CONDENSED
STATEMENT
| j
National
Bank
OF SHELBY, N. C.
AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS
DECEMBER 31, 1928
RESOURCES FIVE MILLION, ONE
HUNDRED AND TWENTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS. *»
— RESOURCES —
Loans and Discounts_$3,597,808.35
Overdrafts _____--- 21,695.61
U. S. Bonds to Secure Circulation_ 250,000.00
U. S. Liberty Bonds_ 205,554.87
Other Stocks and Bonds- 27,000.00
Redemption Fund-- 12,500.00
Stock in Federal Reserve Bank- 15,000.00
Real Estate Owned_ 60,190.01
Cash on Hand and Due From
Other Banks--— 930,822.74
TOTAL__$5,120,572.48
_ LIABILITIES —
Capital _$ 250,000.00
Surplus ,___ 250.000.00
Undivided Profits - - 252,269.89
Accrued Interest Reserved-50,512.65
Reserved for Taxes--- 25,000.00
Circulation- 239,950.00
Dividend Checks Outstanding-- 5,850.00
Deposits ____ 4,046,989.94
TOTAL ___$5,120,572.48
The many friends and customers of
the First National will be pleased with
the above report as it is the best we •
have ever published and reflects
SAFETY, SECURITY, CONSERV
ATIVE MANAGEMENT AND SER
VICE.
We thank each and every customer
for helping us to make the fine show
ing in the statement above and for the
fine spirit of co-operation shown in
every instance.
FIRST
NATIONAL
BANK
OF SHELBY.
“A QUARTER OF A CENTURY OF
SOUND BANKING.”
OFFICERS & DIRECTORS —
CHAS. C. BLANTON,
President.,
GEO. BLANTON,
Vice President.
FORREST ESKRIDGE,
Cashier
JNO. F. SCHENCK, SR„
Vice President
R. R. SISK,
Asst. Cashier.
C. S. MULL,
Asst. Cashier.
DIRECTORS
CHAS. (J. BLANTON,
JNO. F. SCHENCK, SR„
A. C. MILLER,
JAS. L, WEBB,
Li A. GETTYS.
CLYDE R. HOEY.
0. MAX GAINER,
J. F. ROBERTS,
PAUL WEBB,
GEORGE BLANTON.
FORREST ESKRIDGE
Around Our Town
- Shelby Sidelights -
=========== \yuj, Kenn Drum .
A SHELBY MAN NOTING
that Governor-elect Gardner had
j so many applicants tor jobs because
he is the first man in position to
■ hand out Jobs without dictation
i ffom Simmons declared: “My
; Heavens! Surely there's not enough
Jobs down to Raleigh lor Max to
have one for every Democrat who
has never been for Simmons.”
Not hardly, brother. The Fed
eral pie counter would be unable
to handle that much of a rush.
UP UNTIL LAST W^EK THIS
department by observing the style
of other writers was of the firm
belief that the only way to refer
to Shelby citizens was by the term
"Shelbyites.” Anyway, that term
has served the purpose since our
•observation first began, but last
week T. M. Pridgen, of the Char
lotte News, journeyed up for a
homey-atmosphere story on the
next governor, and in the course
of his story he frequently referred
to the folks here as "Shelbyans ”
Whicl\ is the best term? Some
day, when in desperation to fill up,
we may conduct a straw vote among
local citizens to decide which they
prefer to be called ’Shelbyites” or
"Shelbyans.” When, ii e'er the
matter i.» decided the con um re
fuses to guarantee that outside
writers will follow the wishes of the
home people. Writers have a hank
ering to be different from eac h oth
er in their phraseology and descrip
tion.
SOM3 OF THE ELECTION RE
sentmeni tlili sticks abnu* the sec
tion. A citizen who was slightly in
debted to a Shelby business firm,
name not mentioned, refused for
a time to pay the bill to the col
lector, finally mailing it directly
to the firm, all because the collec
tor was termed “one of those anti
Smiths" while the oth'T fellow was
of the rock-ribbed Democratic type
—that is, if it is perfectly proper
to refer to a Democrat as rock-rib
bed.
THIS DEPARTMENT, AND WE
believe we'll have company in the
thought, is prouder than ever that
it tossed in a ballot for Governor
Gardner now that he has declared
himself opposed to a sales tax for
the state. We can think of noth
ing that would beat a candidate
for office, if he lived anywhere
near speaking distance with South
Carolina, than advocating a sales
tax similar to the one there where
a fellow must dig up a couple of
pennies every time he buys a cigar,
dope, chewing gum, candy and
what-not.
SINCE HOOTCH AS A ‘FLU"
medicine has been innocently men
tioned in the colyum heretofore
the following observation by the
Yorkvilie Enquirer is presented:
•'If anybody around would have
plenty of liquor for remedical pur
poses, naturally ’twould be the man
ufacturers and sellers of liquor. But
it would seem those gentry and their
families a:* not immune fren flu.
“A police officer told The Enquir
er that he and others recently raid
ed four houses in this community
habitats of hyenas suspected of
handling hootch. In every one of
the houses raided, one or more
members of the family were down
with flu.”
But regardless of what The En
quirer or anyone else says those
vho want their hootch will con
tinue to contend' that it's good
“flu” medicine, while those who do
not want it will take the opposite
side of the question.
AN EXPRESSION FREQUENT
ly heard on Shelby streets is that
“I like the three uptown ministers
here now better thun any trio we've
ever had here at the same time”; i
when one hears a thing over and |
over and over there must be some- |
thing to ft ... An inside report j
wafted about town of recent weeks
is that •'Casey" Morris might put
Boiling Springs Junior college on
the map if he were to coach the
football eleven there next year . . .
Among the things we’re not both
ered with in our mail are notices
asking us to be present ‘‘at a meet
ing of stockholders” pf certain
banks, and furthermore it would be
an error on the part of the postal
clerk if we ever found in our mail
an envelope containing a dividend
check . . . yet most any newspaper
man can tell you what window en
velopes are used for . . Gents fur
nishings stores here must be hav
ing pretty good business in the sock
department of recent weeks since
the sweet young things seem to
have made a fad of wearing socks
over their silken-clad ankles. But
perhaps they Just look like socks,
and are not . . . One thing about
it: they look better on the feminine
limbs than in the collegiate style
the college boys wear theirs ... A
puzzle game being played at bridge
parties in Shelby since Christmas
centers abcut finding a man pres
ent who isn't wearing a Christmas
gift tie . . . If saloons ever come
back Charlie Burrus Should make
a good bouncer what with the prac
tice he had has in keeping Job
hunters out of Max Gardner’s df
; flee lor two months and more . . .
What if the first month in the year
I really Indicated the type ol year it
I would be- new auto lay,, dog li
; cense, taxes, Christinas bill,-, etc?
James A. Wilson, Shelby's veteran
and inveterate traveller, doesn't
seem inclined to let any president
get ahead of him going places. Last
year when President Coohdge rode
into Havana on his battleship, or
w hatever kind of water buggy it
was, Mr. Wilson was there nt the
dock waiting lor him . . . Now Mr.
Hoover is Just, corning back from
the South American countries and
Mr. Wilson is planning a tour in
that direction. Ii A1 Smith hud
been elected we presume the Shel
by man would have caught a rub
ber-neck bus and looked over East
Side, the Bowery. brass shops,
Chinatown, and so on . . . McIntyre
and the big columnists may attract
a lot of fan mail but such cannot
be said of this. imitation colyum
As we recaP the only lan mail ever
received, pertaining to the depart
ment. came from a deaf evangelist,
a governor’s wife, an anti Catholic,
an angered hotel proprietor, and a
man who had a sign on his place
mispelled purposely, we think, to
get a bit of free advertising, that
is if mention in these lines is con
sidered good advertising. That's
just five in all, but some of the
readers pass their commrm atom;
orally, and occasionally in blister
ing form. Fact, maybe they're not
many readers after all And, in
all humility, why should they be?
THIS DEPARTMENT, BY WAY
of donating free advertising lor out
side interests, believes that the
show to be seen, or rather heard,
in Charlotte this year will be Fri
day night when Clarenet Harrow,
the famous criminal lawyer, and to
some the terribly wicked fellow w ho
believes in evolution and is opposed
to prohibition, debates former Con
gressman Willie Upshaw, of Geor
gia, who does not believe in evolu
tion but does in prohibition.
They'll debate prohibition. The
general appearance of bbih of them
should prove tire evolution theory.
FEDERAL TAXES IN STATE
HUGE GROWTH OYER 1928
Raleigh.—Gilliam Brissom. In
ternal revenue collector, announced
that the federal tax collections in
North Carolina lor the first six
months of the fiscal year were more
than eleven million dollars above
the same period last year.
For the ISst six months of this
year collections totalled $123,312,
561.79 against $111,985,336,43 for the
same time during 192*77 'Dt^friber's
gain was $1,774,834.09 whiW t that,
for the six months was $11,327.
225.32.
North Carolina last year wr.s third
among the 48 states in volume ol
collections.
Plowing Christmas Week.
(From The Anderson Mail.)
Just a few lines from the corres
pondent at Generostee in today’s
Daily Mail carries a world of im- j
portance. These few1 lines have to
do with the fact that "two young:
farmers plowed Thursday, Friday,1
and Saturday of last week.”
When a community or a county!
or a little section has young men
who are willing to plow during
Christmas week, wc think that sec
tion has something to be proud of.
We don't know their names and
don't expect to, but our hats are off
to the young men who are energe
tic enough to do w’inter plowing
during Christmas week.
HdII ET remedy
■ I Li E* Guarantee
Every 75c tub® with pile pipe and every 60c
box of PAZO OINTMENT is Bold by all
Druggists with the understanding that
money will be refunded if it fails to cure
any case of Itching. Blind, Bleed*11? or
Protruding Piles. Why not try it.
I LET ME I
I
QUOTE YOU
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INSURANCE. |
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Loses on V*' 'dding Eve
Police of Buffalo, N. V , have
been unable to account for any
plausible motive in the suicide
of Evefettc L Mugler on the
eve ot his wedding to beautiful
Elizabeth Abbott, above, Buf
falo Society girl. He had been
heard to remark that he did not
think him sell worthy of the
wealthy and beautiful Miss
Abbott.
<Xn tarnation** Nswara*!)
Hearst {'rize For
Prohibition Real
Wants To I'in4 “Sfttwtitiite That
Wilt )> M re Liberal Anu-ri
tan Measure.
.'New York : \V. I? Hearst through
his ncv." ; ers olierett a prize of.
$28,000 lor the best plan ti repeal
the 18th amendment nnd substi
rtitute "o more liberal and more
American measure,”
Mr.- H r - offer was contain
ed in a telegram to Edwin J.
Clapp, published by his papers.
Clapp, lormerly with the Hearst
papers, is now connected with Du
rant Motors. W. C. Durant re
cently offered a $25,000 prize for
the best; plan to enforce prohibi
tion. The prize was won by Major
Chester P. Mills.
Mr Hearst's- telegram, was in
answer to one from Mr. Clapp re
questing the publisher’s view on
“Education vs. Force In getting
th.e 18th amendment obeyed,” nnd
also asking for a talk about "this
problem oi law observance as a
necessary part of the return of the
country to being law-abiding.”
In his telegram, Mr. Hearst said
he does not believe that prohibi
tion ever will be or ever can be
enforced. . He believes that, if a
violent effort is made to enforce
it during the next four years by
WEBB & WEBB
— REAL ESTATE —
Farms and City Property
See GEO. P. or E. L. WEBB
UNION TRUST BLOG.
ftriELBY
— Telephone 454-J —
6 66
Is A Prescription For
Colds, Grippe, Flu, Dengue,!
Bilious Fever and Malaria.
It is the most speedy remedy known '
J No one knows how to see
i that the funeral ceremony
is conducted in a fitting and
appropriate manner quite
so well as does an earnest*
trained, experienced and
conscientious funeral direc
tor.
The expense is entirely
within your own control in
accordance with your wish
es when you confide the
funeral arrangments to
THE ST A ME Y
COMPANY
Fallston, N. C.
Funeral Directors
and
Embalmers.
Ambulance Service
Day Phone No. 4
Night Phone No 6
tiif nepuoncan 'namuusirnnon. uv
| next president ot the Uniter state
will be a .jemocrnt.
The presidential candidacy ol
Governor Smith, he said.' proved
1 nothing except that the people dc
lot want Smith and he said the
peVsonnl liberty Issues would not
1 have won the campaign with any
[candidate.
I Mr. llearst declared the people
do not’ wr.i t to be ruled by the'1
liquor Intvests, nor by the bone
dry fanatics He said prohibition
has been repudiated hv every
country which has ever tried it
and he considers the 18th amend
ment not only the most flagrant
, violation ot the basic American
principle of personal liberty but
the most complete failure ns a
temperance measure that, has ever
been conceived and put in "im
practical operation.”
DR. D. M.
MORRISON'
OPTOMETRIST
Eyes Examined, Glasses
Fitted and Repaired,
Located next to Haines
Shoe Store.
(Down Stairs)
SHELBY, N. C.
TELEPHONE 585
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TRUSTEES SALE OP LAND.
Under and by virtue of the power
and authority’ contained in that
certain deed ot trust dated the
13th day ot December, 1927. made
by Scott Wright and wife, Etta
Wright, to D. Z, Newton, trustee, to
secure a certain note for the sum
ot two hundred, twenty < $220.00)
dollars executed by the said Scott
Wright to A. L. Wortman, and
which deed of trust was duly re
corded In the office of register of
deeds for Cleveland county, N. C.
in book 144 page 2G1; and default
having been made in the payment
ui said non us paaiucn ir suiu ill -
strurnpnt. the undersignul trustee
being direrteo to execute the trust
imposed upon him will offer lor
sale to the highest tmide: for < ash
at the court house door in Shelby
N. C at l'J o'clock M . on liie 7th
day ot January. 1929. the following
described real estate tying in No
• 11 township Cleveland county
.North Carolina:
Beginning on a stone, known as
the chestnut corner, and runs s
67'. W <>() poles to a stone: thence
S. 31 E. 91 poles to a hickory;
thence S 3 W. 92 poles to a rock
pile. Azof Pruett's corner; thence
S, 87 E. 50 poles to a black gum;
rnencc in. no poies to a oeacn, near
‘ a spring; thence N. 40 E. 12 poles
• 10 the brunch; * thence up the
; branch as it meanders 17 poles lb
, a gum at tho mouth ot a little
i branch; thence bp the Itttlj brahch
as it meanders 112 poles to a dog*
wood on bank o{ same; thence N. 8
E. 7 poles to the beginning, con
taining 50 acres, more or less Same
being that tract? ol land conveyed
to Scott Wright by deed ol record
in the otftcfc of register ot deeds lor
Cleveland county, N. C. in book
EEE. page 98.
This tne 6th day ol December,
1028.
n. Z. NEWTON, Trustee.
FOR SALE
ACCOUNTS
Thi> following judgments, notes and accounts ar#
off, red for ssde to the highest bidder:
The right is reserved to reject in full or in part
any offer.
THOMAS 111 RCHRTT, (Col) Shelby, N. C., $12.25
C. R. SMITH, Shelby. N. C„ _ $3.00
R. C. CHAMPION, South Shelby, N. C. $8.85
SARAH GRAHAM. (Col). Shelby, N. C $36.98
MARKS SPENCER, Shelby. N. ('., $6.00
The above listed judgments. nofces, and accounts
have been assigned in us for value received and are
guaranteed by the owner to be just, true, correct,
and. undisputed.
Any bids for the above accounts may be mail
ed to the undersigned at their office in Statesville,
N C., but must be received on or before Saturday*
January 12th, 1929.
Pioneer Service
Co., Inc.
STATESVILLE, N. C
CONDENSED STATEMENT OF
UNION
TRUST CO.
SHELBY, N. C.
Including Branch Offices at Lattimore, Lawndale and' Fall
ston, at the Close of Business, December 31st, 1928.
RESOURCES OVER ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS. .
— RESOURCES —
Loans and Discounts __ $1,023,407.28
Overdrafts 3,176.72
United State Liberty Bonds 51,921.88
Other Bonds and Stocks __ 17,400.00
Real Estate_ 5,000.00
Fixtures_ 5,000.00
Cash on Hand and Due
From Banks_ 178,563.00
TOTAL__ $1,284,468.97
— LIABILITIES —
Capital_-.$100,000.00
Surplus __ 85,000.00
Undivided Profits_ 4,868.
Reserved for Taxes_ 1,500.
Reserved for Interest_32,195.
Rills Payable__ 52,000.
Dividends Unpaid_ 3,000.
Deposits_._ 1,005,905.70
TOTAL__ $1,284,468.97
88388
THE CUSTOMERS AND FRIENDS OF THE
UNION TRUST CO.
Will be pleased with the above report, which reflects growth
and encouraging progress. On the basis of the Strength and
Growth of this Bank we solicit your business. We are natur
ally pleased with this statement has it is the largest we have
ever published.
UNION
TRUST CO.
SHELBY - LATTIMORE - LAWNDALE - FALLSTON
BANKING — INSURANCE — TRUSTS
“IN UNION THERE IS STRENGTH.”
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