Stephenson’s
CANNES AND THE
HOLIDAYS
THERE IS REA L CHRISTMAS
CHARM IN A BOX OF FINE
CONFECTIONS.
We ha* e the largest assortment of
first qua! ty candies that ever has been
seen in cne shop at cne t me rn Shelby.
Beautiful holiday packages of NOR
RIS and WHITMAN’S are here in
profv**on. All sines from cne to five
pounds.
— TOR DAD’S CHRISTMAS —
Holly Box Cigars rrcm $1.00 to $3.75
L aether C".garotte Cases 35c to $5.00
Cigarette Lighters $1.00 to $10.00
,\^'r cf Cigarettes in Holiy
pn.che.gos, per carton .... $1.25
Tobacco Pouches . . .. $1.00
Pipes .... 50c to $10.00
SmoHng Tobacco in Holly Wrap
from .......... .. 75c to $1.75
Mens Leather Bill Felds $2.50 to $7.50
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Any lacy anrr^c:r.'::s perfume and
toilet articles and they ma’e an ideal
re-acral gift:
Perfume Sets in Hcubigants,
•f.om .<T7.ro to 5)18 00
Perfume Sets in Coty’s $7.50 to $12.00
RTcha "1 Hvc nut Perfume Sets—
frpm $5-00 to $20.00
Parities Wif\ Cb&in $2 50 to $5.00
Ccrreec*’ W* li Lip-Stic1' l Pretty
Chain) .$5.00 to $30 00
W’d.e variety cf sizes and odors in
Hcubignnt, Coty and Huclnut Per
f”mrs.
Levies Leather Hand. Pays—
Frcm... . $5 00 to $15.00
— ladies* fitted cases
Made by Cook. Traveling Cases
with beautiful toilet filings. A most
wonderful and useful gift.
Stephenson’s
Drug Co.
— PHONE NO. 2— :
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This Boy Remembers
Auto Tag Numbers
Police Depend On Mental Marvel
For Aid In Case Of
Thefts.
' York.—Ting-a-ling-ling goes the
telephone in the middle of the
j night at the home of Harry Fer
j gnsorf, tfl-year-old York school-boy.
Harry Jumps out of bed with the
j celerity of a physician answering
! an emergency call and picks up the
■ receiver.
"My car's been stolen while park
| ed on the streets.” says an excited
| voice on the wire, "and I don’t
know what the number of the li
I cense tag. What is it?"
Harry rubs his sleepy eyes for
just a second. "It’s No. 4o967,” he
answers, and goes back to bed.
Conversations similar to this oc
cur .repeatedly between Harry Fer
guson and other residents of York.
Sometimes the call on him for a
license number is made in daylight.1
but more often it is at night—the
favorite time for automobiles to dis
! appear.
York lias 3.500 inhabitants, anc1
I nearly every white family—scores
! of negro families too—has a car
This runs the number high into th
hundreds. Harry knows from mejtn
: ory the number of every one oi
these cars—of every one in the town ;
of York.
And so it happens that when a
i car is stolen or a license tag lost,
j persons tiere do not query the state
I highway department for the infor
! matron. That is the way they do in
| other places.
i Yorkites have a quicker method,
j They go to the telephone and call
j up Harry Ferguson, whose wizard -
: ry at remembering figures is fa
! miliar to every one in York.. He
I gives them the number as readily
| and casually as he would say.
j “Good morning.” And the informa
• tion received from him is unfail
! ingly accurate.
: Many a time, especially, when the
; car number is wanted at night, a
| wait of many hours would be neces
sary to obtain it from the state
| highway department. Securing it
i from Harry is a matter of only a
| few seconds.
When one stops to think that not
half the residents in the county can
remember the license number of
their own car, the marvelous nature
of Harry's feat in retaining in his
| mirfd the number of every car in
a town with a population of 3,500
j begins to become apparent,
i And figures are notoriously hard
| to memorize. If any one doubts this,
I one should try to commit to mem
: ory some statistical matter. Ex
j perience of this will quickly teach
one that memorizing prose, with
its words and phrases, arranged in
sentences, and poetry, with its rhy
me and rhythm, is mere child's
play in comparison with fixing in
; one's memory rows of figures which
t t ell no story and make no state
| merit.
The most amazing part of Harry's
feat in memorizing all the car num
bers in York is that he is able to
I repeat the performance every 12
! months. At the beginning of each
year he has to sponge from the
tablets of his memory the old fig
ures and replace them with new
ones. How he manages lo make the
change annually and never get old
and new license numbers mixed, is
a mystery to everyone but himself.
What memory system does he use
to enable him to retain this mass of
; figures in his mind? None at all. He
J never even makes out a written list
of the cars and their numbers but
j catches the numbers and .remem
J bers them as he sees the cars on
| the streets. Once his eves fall on
I the number, his mind fastens down
I on it with a grip of steel,
i Harry himself thinks nothing of
1 his remarkable feat . He never meri
j tions the matter to any one unless
| asked about if. He does not. under*
i stand w hy other persons’ minds do
i not, retain figures as well as his.
Hairy, by the way, aside from his
j wizardry at remembering figures, is
| strictly a regular fellow. He likes
| automobiles: he hkes athletics; he
j is fond of everything else that ap
; peals fo boys of his age. He is in
[ the 11th grade the city schools
land is a good student. He is the
i son of W E. Ferguson. York mer
i chant.
| SAl'NDERS, HEAD OF STORE
C HAIN, MARRIES AGAIN
| Chicago, Dec. 20 —- Clarence
i Saunders, Aladdin of the chain gro
; eery, and Miss Patricia Houston,
j member of a prominent Mississippi
family, were quietly married at the
Chicago Temple late yesterday.
Six weeks ago Saunders, founder
of the Figgly Wiggly stores and
j now head of another grocery chain,
! was divorced in Memphis, Tenn., by
j his first wife to whom he had been
j married 25 years. The grounds al
i leged by Mrs. Saunders were cruelty.
I his two sons, Lee, 21, and Clay, 19,
testifying for their mother. A
daughter. Amy Claire, 17,. did not
testify.
farmer mad at mule
BEATS HIM TO DEATH
Pittsboro.—Hezekiah Eubanks, a
farmer living four miles south of
here, became enraged at a mule he
was riding a few days ago when the
mule became frightened and threw
him. and is alleged to have chain
I ed the animal to a tree with a tree
; chain and beat him to death with
> club.
1
| In Cabinet Scandal
Lucien L. Klotz (above) ex
financc minister in cabinet of
former Premier Clemencean
of France, who is charged with
passing . worthless check1
amounting to millions of
francs He recently resigned
from the French Senate.
(IntamlitVna] Newsreel).
Twins 4 Times In 7 Jk'tars.
Washington.—rFcir the fourth time
in seven years twins have been
born to Mr. and Mrs. Grover C.
Robey here, bring the total num
ber of children in the family to
fourteen.
“Doing well,” was the report on
the mother and the twins, a boy
and girl to be named Clarence and
Constance.
Both the mother and father are
members of large families. Mrs.
Robey, formerly Miss Anna Bar
bara Midlecoff of Baltimore, is one
oi thirteen children. and her hus
band one of eighteen.
JOHN COOLIDOE MAKES
FIND AND PUZZLES POLICE
New Haven, Corrn.. Dec. 19.—A
young man, walking to work found
a purse in the street. He picked
it -up and handed it to Policeman
Christopher Fagan. The policeman j
asked for his name and he replied,;
“Only a ci'izen ’
MysFfied by the reply Fagan j
told his superiors at Cedar Hill!
station about it when he turned
in the pur ;e which contained a |
dollar bill and a few trinkets. It \
proved to be the property of!
Catherine Simpson, daughter of
Judge Ernest C. Simpson of the
superior court and well known
socially. The finder oi the purse,
police learned later, was John
Coolidge.
MEXICAN GOVERNMENT TO
PURCHASE 44 AIRPLANES
Mexico City.—The newspaper El
Universal mid that the '’overnment
intends to purchase 44 airplanes in
January. Fourteen will be acquired
In the United States and the others ;
in Great Britain, France and Spain.
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THE
COLONEL !
EXTENDS
HIS VERY
BEST
WISHES OF
THE SEASON
TO ALL. I
Eagle Roller Mill Company
The Princess Theatre
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COMING “WINGS” DECEMBER 27-2S.
AT THE —TODAY — '
I VDTf “DUGAN OF THE DUGOUT”
Li 1 IVlV Saturday — Buddy Roosevelt*
— FOR JOB PRINTING —*
AT COST CALL
THE STAR PUBLISHING CO.
•fiat,
LAST CALL!
STORE CLOSES MONDAY NIGHT DEC. 24TH
Special Values As A Climax Of Our Great
CLOSING OUT SALE
XMAS GIFTS
CLOTHING
MILLINERY
HOSIERY
READY-TO-WEAR
NOVELTIES
JEWELRY
UNDERWEAR
FURNITURE
House Furnishings
PHONOGRAPHS
PIECE GOODS
NOTIONS
FOOTWEAR
AND THOUSANDS
OF OTHER
USEFUL ITEMS
AT GREATLY
SACRIFICED
PRICES!
REDUCTIONS
10*
75*
OUR COMPLETE
LINE OF TOYS
IS INCLUDED IN
THIS GIGANTIC
CLOSING OUT V
SALE!
VISIT TOYLAND
ON OUR SECOND
FLOOR.
SANTA CLAUS
WILL BE IN OUR
TOYLAND ALL
I SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.
BRING THE
KIDDIES.
“LAY-AWAY”
CLOTHING
Must be Called for
not later than
MONDAY
NIGHT
DEC. 24TH
POSITIVELY NO REFUNDS WILL BE MADE
AFTER DECEMBER 24TH
It is the general rule of every store to dispense with refunds during big
sale events. However, Gilmers has made refund* during the Closing Out
Sale, but notice is now given that no refunds or exchanges will be made
after December 24th. GILMERS, INC.
“LAY-A WAY”
TOYS!
Must Be Called
For Not Later
Than Saturday *
Night,
DEC.22ND. ,