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MRS. ULYSSES S. GRANT COMES OUT FOR SMITH New Orleans —Afreri E. Smith is going to get the vote of Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant. Mrs. Grant made that announce ment while stopping in New Or leans with her husband, who is the son of President Grant. She said her husband might vote, for Smith also and that neither of them had ever voted the Democratic ticket before Mr. Grant, who is seventy seven and was life fathers secretary during the general's last eighteen months ill the Wliite House, did not commit Mm self. NORRIS CINCHES NEBRASKA FOR SMITH. SAYS RASKOB New- York —John J. Rascob. Dem ocratic national chairman, com menting on announcements that Senator George W. Norris of Ne braska, will support Governor Smith asserted, "it will absolutely clinch the state of Nebraska for Smith." Entertainment Entertainment, says the philoso pher of fun, is never a game but al ways a sharing oi human pleasures and interests, of ideas and ideals — Woman's Home Compnlon. A Car Is Like Topsy BETTER FOR A LITTLE SOAP AND WATER. If is neither necessary nor genteel to drive a slovenly, il! kept automobile. You are apt to be judged by »he appearance of your car—Just as you are by your own personal appearance. V\e perform the same service for cars that a dry cleaner performs for your clothing. We specialize in washing, greasing, polishing. And we do the work indoors, which i- a great ad- * vantage. Temple Service Station CARS CALLED FOR AND DELIVERED, Location: East Warren St„ Next Door to Masonic Temple, Telephone 22ft. WEBB THEATRE — TONIGHT — DOLORES DEL RIO IN “RAMONA" ^ our last chance to see this great picture. Also News Reel and Fables. ADMISSION 10 AND 25c. — SATURDAY — RIDE 'EM COWBOY — KEN MAYNARD AND TARZAN, HIS WONDER HORSE, IN “THE GLORIOUS TRAIL’’ Ken’s latest picture. See him ride and fight. A mighty epic of the west. Also Oflllfpr 1_ ADMISSION 10 AND 25c". Webb i The PRINCESS Theatre WHERE THE CREAM OF PICTURES ARE BEING SHOWN. \VE INVITE COMPARISONS. TONIGHT — TH£ fifm 0wm WITH ,rTrv ccmpsch fcIJ/*lAMCV4 A staunch story steaming stokers. An »f wistful wotn en of the water front. ' 0 1 ganmnum] WOW! WHAT A PICTURE. Just ask those who saw it last night. It’s His Best Yet. ALSO COMEDY — NEWS. TOMORROW — OH, BOY! See this one. “KID COWBOY” WITH REX BELL. Five and Ten Years Ago The Following Items Were Gleaned From Issues O) The Cleveland Star Of Five And 10 Years Ago. FIVE YEARS AGO, October 28, 1923 1 Rev. R. J. Bateman, n. D.. of Asheville, is assisting Rev. R L. Lemons in a series of meetings at the First Baptist, church, is preach ing two powerful sermons daily at the services held each morning at 10 o'clock rind each evening at 7 30. Dr, Bateman is one ot the south's ablest pulpiteers and each message is a soul stirring deliverance. The many Shelby friends of Miss Alma Abernethy will be interested to learn of her wedding on last Saturday at- the Calvary Baptist church, West Asheville to Mr. Slay den Ingle. Miss Abernethv is the attractive daughter of Mr and Mrs. W. A. Abernethy of Shelby. Mr- and Mrs. James Franklin Jenkins announce the engagement of their daughter, Margaret Brie* to Mr Hevwood Dale Laughing house, of Greenville, this state. There was opened in Greenville, Is C. this week another S. Sc W. cafeteria. interesting Cleveland: county people because it is thp fourth in the chain which is owned and controlled by three Cleveland county boys, Frank Sherrill, Fred | Webber, of Earl, and J. D line j'berger. These young men .started out several vears ago in the opera tion of a cafeteria in Charlotte which was quite successful They now have eating places in Winston i and Asheville and in these three ! places feed a million people annual - I Iv. ■ Miss Lucy Weaver, the 16-year old girl who was oadly injured last Saturday night when struck by a car driven by Rush Hoyle near Rockdale, is reported to be gradual ly improving, .}. W Howell, well known lumber salesman now living on East Mar ion street and T. F. Gold, laundry man. are both building nice bunga low homes on W. Warren street be yond C. S. Young’s residence. Now that the deep well has been finished on 'he court square to supply eight gallons of water per minute, the mayor and aldermen of the town of Shelby, who agreed to build a fountain and provide and maintain the power pump, have two plans drawn for a fountain. Esti mates on cost are being secured from contractors. The plans call for large brick columns with a roof. There is a definite move on in Shelby for extending the corporate hums of the town. This has been talked for some time, but it seems , that the legal machinery has not been enacted providing for such extension, so nothing can be done until after the next legislature meets. Talk of extension has been In the air for some time and quite a few outside property owners who have heretofore been opposed to ex tension, now favor it. Rev. C. F. Sherrill and Mrs. Sherrill will arrive in Shelby next week from Guilford college where ! he has been pastor. He was super | annuated by the Western North | Carolina conference and will make ' his home here in new residence be ! ing under process of erection at j Jones place on East Warren street, i Mr. and Mrs. Sherrill are the par ents of Mrs. J. D. Lineberger. TEN YEARS AGO. Ortober 25, 1918. The influenza situation has not1 improved as indications tended to j foretell at the beginning of the] week yesterday's report showed 119 | new eases m Shelby and vicinity i Most of those reported are in Shel- j by proper. There have been 16 deaths in Shelby within three days this week. New eases are reported dailv at Lawndale. Grover. Kin?> Mountain. Boiling Springs and many cases are being reported daily j from every section of the county 3.- j 768 cases have been reported in the i county and approximately 35 deaths. In the MeSwain family six have died so far. In the history of Shelby no such calamity as the present epidemic has befallen the town. There has! been more suffering, more loss of time and energy, and more deaths than in any other period of the ! town's history. It would take an al most unlimited amount of space to record the details of suffering and distress in the .tundreds of families, following m the wake of the pan demic disease, called Spanish in fluenza. At least 35 people have diPd and more than 1,200 have been stricken by this fearful disease Lawson J, Owens oi r»Q. 1 town ship. Cleveland county, lost his life on the Ticonderoca, formerly a j German steamer, which was tor pedoed almost 1.700 miles from shore The only known survivors are three officers, five men of the crew j and 14 soldiers. It is thought the; steamer was loaded with soldiers, j Mr Owens was stationed at Camp ; Jackson and hi Wednesday’s mail The Star had a card from him mail- i ed at the Red Cross canteen at Florence. S. C. Mr. John Pool of Failston receiv ed a message Thursday that . his j son. Henry Pool had been wounded in France. Col. Chas. W. Stiles. U. S. Public health commissioner recently as-i sumed responsibility for the distri bution of liquor in connection with the treatment of .nfiuenza in North Carolina. Following that up. Fed-j eral authorities in Shelby distribut ed six or eight gallons to Cleveland ; physicians to prescribe to patients i that needed it. Mr. Frank E. Hoey has purchased ; the J. Lindsey Ross home on South j Washington street. Mr. Max Gardner has purchased ; | ten acres of ground near Freedman ; from Mr. John Eskridge at a con sideration of $3,600. Mr. DeWitt Elam, son of Mr. and , Mrs. George Elam after being away from home for seven years landed safely in Shelby Tuesday. DeWitt has made three trips to France. Under the splendid and efficient leadership of Miss Selma Webb, the ladies working in the fourth liberty bond campaign sold a total of $6, 350.00 in bonds to 481 subscribers ! which is $35,000 more than the ladies sold in all of the previous ! campaigns. Piedmont Opening Delayed to Nov. 12th Vacation Of Six Weeks To Allow Students To Pick Cotton— Pickers Are Short. (Special to The Stan Piedmont high school will not open till Monday, November 12. This will make a vacation of six weeks. We are doing this in order to help the farmers. Despite the great number of unemployed in the state ; according to reports, there is a great scarcity of cotton pickers in : this portion of Cleveland county ' and the farmers are dependent I largely on the children to help gath er the crop. The work of the first two months I of the session was fine and we are hoping that every child will be in school promptly on November 12. Investment in education is the best investment that fathers and moth ers can make for their children, who as Dr Charles McKiever used to say are “The seed com of civiliza tion.’’ With best, wishes for you and for the best county newspaper in North Carolina. W. D. BURNS. SHOT FRESHMAN MAY RETI'RN TO N. C. COLLEGE State College—Dixon Poole of Spartanburg, S. C., State college freshmen who recently received ser ious wounds when shot by a negro watchman at the college apple or chards, is recovering at his home in the South Carolina city but will not return to college before 1929, college authorities have been in formed. Young Poole has the consent of : his father to return to State if he desires. He was popular here and received courtsies of several fra ternities during the rushing season just closed. ‘V Double Shoals Dots Of Community Items t Special to The Star > Double Shoals, Oct. 24—The rain has given rest for many tired cot ton pickers. The weekly teachers meeting of • the Baptist Sunday school met at j the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. j Spangler last Saturday night. A j large number were present. After I class Mrs. Spangler served fruits, j candies and cakes to the delight of all. The meeting meets at the home ‘ of Mr. and Mrs. J. W Costner on next Saturday night. Master Dwight Spangler is re- j covering from diphtheria at this writing. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Spangler and ! Miss Euna Spangler spent Satur day night in Charlotte visiting Mr. | and Mrs. Clemmie Spangler. Mr. A. D. Spangler and sons, ; Yates and Eubert, and Mr. and j Mrs. A. L. Spangler and children i w'ere dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. I Clyde Cornwell Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Spangler spent the week-end In Charlotte. Methodists Leave Political Topics Charlotte, Oct, 25.— Ministers and lay delegates attending the sessions got the annual meeting of the West ern North Carolina Methodist Con ference, in the First Methodist church here, today settled down to consideration of the business of the conference. The storm of yesterday which fel-, lowed adoption of a resolution op posing any but "dry” candidates in the political campaign did not come up this, morning, when min isters and others plunged into the second day’s work of the meeting. Speed and precision marked the . conduct of this morning’s sessions, j Students Favor AH State Collette—With 250 students voting. Governor Alfred E Smith. Democratic nominee, received 167 votes and Herbert Hoover Hepubll- \ can. 6b, in a straw vote conducted j ar North Carolina State college by the student weekly. The Techni cian. The counters said they dis carded 15 ballots which were un readable. One student vote "To H-with both." One voted for President Cool- i idee, while another voted in favor j of Norman Thomas Socialist stand ard bearer. Music's Patrons The patrons and custodians of the best, of old and new in music, painting and letters are those mod ern princes the industrialist and the financier.—Woman's Horde Companion Hancitalv Improves. New York — V P Giannuii, head of the Bank of Italy, and Banci taly would pay a quarterly dividend of St instead of the usual 50 cents and that the bank of Italy would pay Si 50 and a special dividend of 50 cents. fry Star Job Printing Live In Subway New York -With $1,085 cash in his pockets Thomas McGuire, 85, civil war veteran, lived in sub way trains tor a week. Thy money, withdrawn from a bank, represent ed savings from his $50 »> month pension The police took charge of him till relatives could be located. Close I’niversities Budapest Four Hungarian uni versities were closed after anti-sein itic rioting in which students anti workmen participated and during which there were numerous minor casualties and 140 arrests in Buda pest, A stormy parliamentary de bate over the disorders ended ui a challenge to a duel (liven Modal Washington, The Navy Depart - mem today forwarded a silver life saving medal awarded bv the treas ury department to Lieutenant J. H Griffin, of Annapolis, Md . for at tempting to rescue n man who had fallen overboard at Long Beach Calif, January 15 last. 19 Killed, 26 Hurt Here -Ofc Nimt. race in. Ma t eras crashed through aliowm . n w.ra killed ami -6 were injured during a recent \i;iin:-. ,V' a result of the crash pictured here. Signor :i Vamou, an racer, traveling 120 miles an hour .. , ■ tier .ar. hurtled over a guard rail and plowed • Jf.o'rs. The death car finally came to rest a# Matcras t was among those killed ) A. V. Sons Shelby’s “PRICES DSD IT.” FAY IDEAL HOSE Exclusive agents for Fay Ideel Hrse r >r Children, that button at the wa'st. Co1 ”, F ^ , Write, Cordovan, Nude, Be'ge end French Nu-a. "e c, get your sup ply early as they are hard tc gc ]a! er. / -:t_. *r?' i DANIEL GREEN COMFY CUT SLIPERS Felts, Kids and Satins. All the newest shades. 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