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(Special to The Star,) Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Newton and ■on, Roy, and Miss Lottie Elmore motored to Charlotte Saturday night to see A1 Jolson in “The Singing Fool” at the Broadway theatre. Mrs. Oenia Poag spent Sunday with Mrs. F. E. Lindsey. Misses Beuna Lindsay and Annie Mae Poag spent Sunday in Spin dale. Mr and Mrs. Elzle Lemons and small daughter, Lucille, Connie Lemons and Graje Bailey spent the past week-end at Bat Cave with Miss Bailey and Mrs. Lemons mother. Mr. Carroll Brown of Pacolet was a visitor In the Ora Mill commun ity Sunday. Miss Lois Moss of West Shelby gpent the week-end with Miss Thelma Lynn. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Starnes spent the week-end In Cherokee Falls. Mr. A. J. Drune of near Hickory was the dinner guest Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Connor. Miss Vertle Greene spent the week-end at home with her parents near Fallston. Miss Vivian Buice was the Sun day afternoon guest of Miss Estelle Connor. Mr. and Mrs. J. V. DeVenney and grandson, Mr. James Grigg of near Lawndale visited at the home of . Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Pritchard Sat- j urday afternoon. Those numbered among the sick ! are: Mrs. Ella McGee, Mrs. C. D. Henderson, Messrs. Hershel Greene, and Haskel Wilson and Mrs. C. W. Sherrill. Mr. Russell Ivey and Misses Lois Moss and Eula Blanton visited Miss Polly Pritchard Sunday afternoon. Miss Fay Pritchard spent Sunday afternoon with Miss Ornle Lee White. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Connor and small daughter, Frances Dare and Miss Nell Connor motored to Spar tanburg, S. C. Wednesday. Miss Hattie Freeman of Spindale Is back with us again and is help ing With the work in the drawing department. i Mr. Horace Gramtt of Asheville, is spending some time with his uncle Mr. C. W. Sherrill. Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Weaver and children visited Mrs. Weaver’s par- < ents near East-side Sunday. Mr. A. J. Drum of Hickory was the Sunday guest of Miss Polly . Pritchard. Mr. and Mrs. Foyd Tate and Mr. j and Mrs. Geo. Southard were visit- j ors to Charlotte Saturday. They also attended A1 Jolson at the Broadway theatre Saturday night. Fifty Shelby Folks At Tri-City Meet Voters Are Urged To Exercise Their Right On November 6.—Tim Crews Speaks. Fifty Shelby people attended the tri-city Kiwanis club meeting at Forest City last night when the Forest City, Rutherfordton and Shelby clubs held a joint meeting in the Kiwanis club room. A bountiful and well prepared dinner was serv ed. Twenty-four representatives came from Rutherfordton and 32 from Forest City, giving Shelby a lead in attendance out of the 106 present. George Gillespie, district lieu tenant governor presided over the meeting which was addressed by district governor elecf Tim Crews of Spartanburg. Quartets and speeches furnished the entertainment for the evening. Capt. B. L. Smith of Rutherford ton urged Kiwanians to exercise their voting rights on November 6, pointing out that it is the duty of every qualified voter to register his or her choice for office holders without prejudice or bias. 1 am ap palled at the character of the na tional campaign, frouglit with ap peal to prejudice and base mis statements of facts,” said Capt. Smith when he urged his listeners to weigh principles and vote as their best judgment dictates. Governor-elect Tim Crews of the Carolina district was an honor guest of the occasion and delivered a short speech of greeting. FALLS FROM AIRPLANE; CATCHES, CRAWLS BACK Windsor, Ont. — Dan Strevett, youthful student pilot of the border cities Aero club, fell from one of the club’s moth planes. According to early reports, Stre vett was at the controls of the plane, with the club Instructor, R. H Boundy, flying with him. Suddenly the plane went into a vertical dive and Strevett fell out. Soundy also fell from the fuse lage but succeeded in catching the wing. He pulled himself back into the plane, which was then flying upside down, righted it and made a successful landing at Walker air port. A searching party went out to look for Strevett’s ody. As a speaker for the Democratic ticket Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson should be one of the attractions of the campaign, altho it is really her husband who draws,—Arkansas Ga Mttft, IFIRE LOSS LIST Raleigh.—North Carolina's fire loss for September was, with one singfe exception, the lowest month ly total on record, State Insurance Commissioner Can C. Boney, re ported. Only $108,575 was destroyed by the 125 fires which occurred during the 30-day period. The loss for the corresponding month last year was $714,95 from 145 fires. The record low fire loss in this state occurred in June, 1922. when only $105,980 of property was burn ed. Of the 125 fires last month, the report shows that S3, with a loss of $65,325, were in towns, while 27 with a loss of $43,250 were in rural i districts. Fifty-three of the town i fires were of dwellings, with a total | loss of $25,630 In not a single one of the larger j towns of the state was there a fire j involving a loss of as much as $5,000. I Two small towns, Elkm and Ayden, j had such fires. The fires in the $5,00 class were j distributed among the following j counties and towns: Davidson, j dwelling $6,000; Randolph, dwell ing, $5,600; Edgecombe, tobacco packhouse, $7,000; Elkin, dwelling, $5,000; Ayden, barber shop, $6,000. Greensboro had the best record of the larger towns, no loss at all be ing reported during the month. Raleigh was second with $75 and Durham third with $125, Others j were: Wilmington. 12 fires, $5,000 loss; j Winston-Salem, 15 fires, $2,650 loss; I Charlotte, 15 fires, $2,470, and High ! Point. 2 fires, $935 loss. The fire loss for the first nine I months of the present year in $3.- | 441,150, compared to $4,337,800 for the first nine months of last year and $4,926,923 for the same period in 1926. ■ “It is evident that North Carolina has achieved a stabilized reduction; in fire loss. Our record over the past several years cannot be attributed to luck,” said Andrew Joyner, stat istician of the Insurance depart ment, who made the report. MEXICO CITY ENDS BAN ON CNESCORTED WOMEN Mexico City.—A woman is no longer subject to arrest if she hap pens to be alone upon a Mexico City street after nightfall. The new - chief of police. General Antonio Rios Zertuche, abolished a regula- ; tion, previously prevailing, that any unescorted female aboard at night might be arrested. He said that the law was possible of grave abuse and was an unwar ranted interference with personal liberty. It had been intended to prevent, women of the underworld walking the streets. It sometimes caused serious embarrassment to other women. Lutheran Church of the Ascension. Members and friends will please note that we are now using the Marion street school building, in stead of the Central. Sunday school at 10 o’clock. Morning worship. 11 o'clock. Holy communion. Annual congregational meeting immediately following the morning service. Evening worship 7:30. Members are expected to be on time every time; visitors are assur ed a hearty welcome all the time. The president of Cornell advises the freshman to get plenty of sleep. Courteous upperclassmen will direct ! them to the most restful courses— i The New Yorker. Election Retr Special he Star By Were you at the Charles Store Opening yesterday? If you did not visit the Charles Store on the Opening Day let us urge you to inspect this store at your earliest convenience CHARLES’ VALUES CHARLES’ QUALITY CHARLES’ SERVICE The crowds streamed In by the thousands. It was the highest tribute that we have had in years and we stiil feel a little dazed about the whole , thing. The response has just overwhelmed us. WE THANK YOU, the people of SHELBY and vicinity, for this wonderful reception. A Charles-Shopping-Tour is always pleasant as well as profitable-save time as we!! as money A New kind of Department Store Featuring Merchandise from Se to $5*00. Thousands of articles’ that you and everybody else will need, at money saving prices 1-3 WEST WARREN ST. SHELBY, N. C. For Unsurpassed Value And Quality COME TO BEST’S Compar Our Prices and The Quality Of Our Furniture With Others;-We Are Convinced You Will Then BUY HERE John M. Best Furniture Company i
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