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IF YOlhfARE PLANNING TO
build let us make an estimate
Plans and sketches cheerfully sub
mitted First class workmanship
guaranteed. Lowman'Brothers. con
tractors Phone 727-J tf IBc
BABY CHICKS — POULTRY
bringing best price hi years. We
hatch or sell you chicks cheaper
than hen can hatch them. Rocks
and Reds each Wednesday. Suttle
Hatchery. tf 6c
MEA'I SCRAP FOR SALE,
analizes 55 per cent protein. Excel
lent for hog and chicken feed. $70
per ton City Abattoir. Apply at
City Hall. tf 7c
FOR SALE STOVE WOOD
ready for use Phone 406 Morrison
Transfer Co 1 tf be
FOR SALE CHEAP TO QUICK
buyer, nice desirable lot Just off
Highway No. 20 west of Shelby. Zeb
C. Mauney. tf 28c
I HAVE SEVERAL
thousand dollars to
lend on improved
farms in Cleveland
county. See or write
Marvin Blanton, Led
better building, Shel
by. W-F-tf
MORTGAGE LOANS ON HIGH
class business and residential
property in Shelby. Unlimited
funds immediately available. See
Bert Price, Royster, Building,
Rooms 4 and 5. 12t 15c
SEE US FOR HAY IP YOU
want a bale or a car. Shelby Feed
Co., located with Suttles Hatch
ery. . tl 11c
SHELBY AUTO AND . WAGON
Company, specialiizng in rebuild
ing wrecked cars, building /ta&mer
cial bodies, duco paij$ingT, {ejp. up
holstering and glass work! .Black
smithing. Phone 753-J, South Mor
gan Street. tf 15c
GENERATOR, STARTER
and magnetors repaired. ; We
do general repairing, Phone
737. Turner and Williams
Garage. tf
FOR RENT GOOD TWO HORSE
farm, five miles east of Shelby,
near Kings Mountain highway.
Renter must furnish stock. Mrs. W.
H. Jennings, Shelby. 3t
WE HAVE CHICKS EVERY
day in the week. Finish out your
hen with out chicks. Suttles Hatch
ery. tf 11c
HARMON & MOSS
Electrica! Contracting
and Repairing. Locat
ed under Chocolate
Shop. Phones: Office
230. Res. 203. tf-25
WE THRESH ■ CANE SEED
every Saturday. Morrison Trans
fer. tf 21c
BUILDING LOTS—GOOD Lo
cation. C. S. Young. tf-12c
FROSTPROOF EARLY JERSEY
Wakefield Cabbage Plants, 500, 60
cents; 1,000, $1.00 by parcel post.
Satisfaction guaranteed. Oakdale
Farm, J. Z. Green, Owner, Marsh
vllle, N. C. 2t-lp
Breakfast Bacon 22c
lb., Fat Back Meat
12£c lb., 98 lb. flour,
plain o r self-rising,
$3.35. C. H. Rein
hardt, South Shelby.
3t-lc
WANTED: MAPLE LOGS AND
lumber. Southern Desk Company,
Hickory, N. C. . 12t lc
A 1200 PAGE WEBSTER SELF
Pronouncing Dictionary tor only
65c with a year’s subscription to
The Star. Better get yours noyr.
The dictionary is worth $3.50, the
paper all we ask for it; $2.50 per
ye^r by mail or $3 by carrier In
Shelby and suburbs. tf
DAFFODILS FOR SALE ^c
per dozvL Gertrude • Street,- Vt-l.
Shelby. 4sP
OWNER OP BUNCH OF KEYS
left at Ideal Ice plant office Sat
urday, February 23, may have same
by applying at Star office and pay
ing for this advertisement. 3t-4c
SEE HUNT AND HEWITT AT
Lattlmore for special car load pric
es on nitrate of soda, fertilizer and
fertilizer materials. 3t-4c
A YEAR'S RENEWAL AND 65c
gets a Websters Home, Office and
School dictionary containing 1200
pages and information everyone
should have. It is self pronouncing
and profusely illustrated. The Star,
Shelby. tf
FOR SALE—FRESH REGISTER
ED Jersey mills oow. R. L. Hunt,
Lattimore. 3t-4c
DAHLIAS TWELVE FOR 25c;
bulbs for $1.25, one $1.00 bulb free.
10 grape vines Lutie, Concord, Nia
gara $1.50 prepaid. F. Putnam,
Black Mountain, N. C. 12 4c
FOR SALE - SEV
ERAL good fresV m‘!k
cows, J. A. Phil,~eck,
Lawndale, N. C. 3t-4p
King’s Place is now under tho
ownership or Roy Newman and
will be operated hereafter as New
man Brothers. Gas and oils, auto
repair work satisfactorily done.
You’ll find us at King’s Place on
the Cleveland Springs Road. 2t 4c
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LIFE ON IS SIT
Congressman Bulwinkle, Ex-Service
Man, Among The Trio
Leaving.
Washington.—Monday is moving
for three North Carolina congress
men, one of whom is retiring vol
untarily and the other two having
gone down beneath the anti-Smith
landslide in North Carolna.
Retirement of Representative Zeb
Weaver and A. L. Bulwinkle may be
temporary or It may be permanent,
but in either event they can look
back with satisfaction upon their
careers in congress. They won the
respect and confidence of their col
leagues on both sides of the aisle.
Their successors, Charles A. Jonas
and George M. Pitchard, have their
work cut lor them, if they aspire to
follow in their footsteps. They set
high Ideals of quiet, but efficient
service.
congressman cyon surprised ms
friends by beating Congressman
Godwin eight years ago, as at that
time it was doubtful if anybody in
ihe sixth district could do it. Several
prominent men had tried it without
success. Congre*man Lyon not only
was elected one time but for four
times, but has never been far away
in mind or spirit from the familiar
scenes along the Cape Fear in his
native bailiwick, and he will be glad
to shake the coal dust of Washing
ton pavements off his feet.
Congressman Weaver has been in
congress for six terms, and cbn
gressman Bulwinkle for four terms.
The former was here during the
stirring days of the World war,
and had a part in framing im
portant legislation during that try
ing period. The latter withdrew
after being nominated in Gaston
county for the state senate in order
to go with the National Guard to
the Mexican border. He was a ma
jor in the 113th field ertillery of
the famous Thirtieth division, serv
ing gallantly in the smashing of
the Hindenberg line.
Even The Birds Do.
When Bob White, a.”big fat quail,
flew against the barrel ol Judge W.
E. Thomas’ gun of Valdosta, Ga.,
It was unanimously agreed by him
end the police chief that it was a
clear case of suicide. Thus explains
the presente of the quail in his
game has, t«iorc the season for
snooting began
TRUSTEE’S NOTICE.
As trustee in deed of assignment
made by Paul Wellmon for the
benefit of his creditors, this is to
hereby notify all persons having
claims against said Paul Wellmon,
to file same properly itemized and
verified with me within sixty days
from date; and this is to further
notify all persons indebted to said
Paul Wellmon to make immediate
payment to me of such indebted
ness. — •-%
CHAS A. HOEY, Trustee.
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Egyptian Kings And Romans
Were Billionaires Years Back
One Pharoah’s Fortune Ran To 500
Millions. Many Rich
Then.
If riches are to be measured by ,
the cost of living, then some of the
plutocrats of the past have not beer,
entirely outclassed by Henry Ford,
now hailed as the first billionaire
in history.
Herodotus, Diodorus and Plu
tarch . give us a few dazzling
glimpses of wealthy men in anti
quity. First of them, almost lost in
the midsts of legend, was the Egyp
tian Pharoah Rameses III—also
known as Rhamp6initus — who
reigned about 3,000 years ago. He
surpassed all predecessors in the
wealth, he. possessed .and in his
fondness for its accumulation. Dio
dorus estimates this Pharoah’s for
tune at 400,000 talents. whioh
would be about $500,000,000 in ac
tual money today. If the purchas
ing power of that period it was
equivalent to twenty times this
amounts- Rameses, therefore, rwas
worth $10,000,000,000 in the buying
value of his day.
To show how far money would
go "a thousand years before Christ ,
it is'only necessary to mention that
a fat ox could be bought for $1 or
less; that a bushel of wheat would
bring 13 cents on the market; that
a day's wage was from 12 to 20
cents.
A Treasure House.
For the preservation of his enor
mous hoard of treasure Rameses III
had a special stone edifice built
adjoining his palace. But Herodo
tus adds that a dishonest architect
contrived a loose block in the wall,
which when moved would amit a
man. to the tons of gold. Appar
ently he w&s afraid to use his sec
ret entrance'' but on his deathbed
he told his two sons about it and
they helped themselves to riche?
until discovery put an end to their
easy money.
Up to a few- years ago such tales
from Herodotus and Diodorus were(
considered samples of Oriental ima
gination; but since the golden dis
closures of Tut-ankh-Aroen’s tomb
the was one of the least of the
Pharaoh’s) the untold wealth of
these sons of Ra has entered the
realm of reality. Small wonder.
that they plated their household;
furniture with precious metals and
encrusted their common domestic
utensils with gems.
The Egyptians.
Incidentally, how these old Pha
raohs could command labor! Cheops
who came somewhat later than
Rameses III, kept 100,000 men at
work on his pyramid for twenty
years. Furthermore, front modern
deduction, based .on inscriptions
and various remains, it is evident
that this army of pyramid build
ers worked with tools and-science
may be compared with methods
and means employed in a modern
high-powered industrial plant.
Amazement grows at the wealth
and achievements of the Egyptians
when it is known that their coun
try w¥s hot much larger than fe
third of Massachusetts and that
their population never vent much
beyond the 7,000,000 mark. However,
they knew how to make the most
of their land, discipline themselves
into an organle whole and make
conquered peoples work-for them.
Croesus’ Wealth.
Croesus' is another hero of Hero
dotus. Nobody knows how rich this
liydian King was, but his name
became a synonym for fabulous
wealth. An idea of his possessions
may be had from a propitiatory
offering he sent to the Delphic
Oracle. This, bid for success In his
campaign against the Persian host
consisted of a pyramid of 117
brick, some of them solid gold,
weighing 400 pounds apiece. The
whole was surmounted by a golden
lion weighing-800 pounds. There
were huge bowls of gold, silver,
necklaces and money. Altogether
the gift aggregated about $10,000,
000 t current valuation; but again
it is necessary to multiply by
twenty to get the purchasing per
iod of that period. We see it, then,
as-a ~little presept of $400,000^000
presented to the gods. Yet; in spite
of this pretty tribute the oracle
could, not give him the victory, he
craved.
1 A Princely Gift.
Certain of Croesus’ relatives seem
to have been quite as well off as he
was himself. Pythius, one of his
distant'kin, is pictured as-giving
Xerxes a token of his esteem in the
form of money to the amount of
$24,000,000. When Xerxes hesitated.
Pythius assured him It was-a mere
trifle that he happened to have on
hand. Multiply that by twenty, al
so, and it becomes nearer to half a
billion in the purchasing power of
the time. It is safe to assume that
there have been few., gifts in hls
comfortina
STEADY INCOME
You can assure your
wife a check the first of
every month for life.
This means indepem
dence and freedom
from want when you
are gone.
Let us talk over the plan
that will end your worry.
Call or phone.
C. R. WEBB
General Agent,
Shelby, N. C.
tory to equal this one.
Solomon had an Income equiva
lent to $20,000,000 a year today,
which would place him in the
Rockefeller class. Sardanapalus and
Nero were golden overlords, and
Lucullus spent fortunes on feasts
and luxuriously living. Roth the
Queen of Sheba and Cleopatra were
'.. dies of great wealth.
Rich Englishmen.
Except for the dark ages, there!
does not seem to have been a per
iod in history when there was not
some colossal wealth or some fabu
lously moneyed family towering
over the rest of the world. Even a$
early as the fourteenth oentury we
hear of very rich men In England,
like William de la Pole and Dick
Whittington. De la Pole lent his
king the equivalent of 1,000,000
pounds sterling on one occasion—
and never -got it back. Good Dick
Whittington found it likewise ex
pensive to be in royal favor, for it
Is related that at one festive party
he made a grand gesture of allegi
ance and admiration by burning tip
about a million dollars’ worth of
kingly debt3 In the presence of his
monarch
In the fifteenth and sixteenth
centuries the families of the Medici
in Florence and the Fuggers in
Augsburg dominated the world of
finance. They Were the' Rothschilds
and Fords, of their day and made
and unmade kings/often holding
the destiny of Europe In. their
hands. Incidentally the wealth of
the Rothschild family in its several
branches ws estimated before - the
great war at about $3,0001000,000.—
N. Y. Times.
British dramatic critic says where
women dominate an institution
they ruin it. Indicating that man
Is somewhat of an Institution —Mi
ami News.
PUBLICATION OF SUMMONS, j
North Carolina. Cleveland County.
In the Superior Court, Before the
Clerk.
Della Thomas, Plaintiff
vs.
Enoch Thomas, Defendant,
To Enoch Thomas, non resident,
defendant.
You are hereby notified that an
action, as above entitled, has been
instituted 11* the" wipeMOr court of
Cleveland county, N. C., against you
by th* -plaintiff. In which she is
asking for an. absolute divorce upon
the ground of 6.yea» separation
and yot* jure-furttoat notfted that- a
verified complaint has , been filed
In my office and that you are here
by required to appear and answer
same on or before March 6, 1929
at pay office in' Shtffcy. rT: C., or the
plaiptiff will applyTo the court for
the'relfef demanded in the*■ com
plaint’ ;
Herein fail nob and of this sum^
mon* make due return. ■ - v
Witness my- hand1, and; seal, ■ this
January 14, .1939.
A. M. HAMRICK,-Clerk Sup
erior Court,. Cleveland County.
D. A. Tedder, Atty.
TRUSTEE’S SALE OF LAND.
Under; th* power of sale con
tained in a deed of trust, executed
by C. A, Bigger staff, ana wffe,
xiecsle Biggerstaff to me as trusUte
for D.’C, Beam, on the 1st day ol
February, * 1927, as security for a
note of *1500.00, said deed or trust
being ol record In office of regis
ter of deedr of Cleveland county, N.
C„ ’h book 144' page 85, and,In of
fice ol the rogistery ol deeds of
Lincoln county i In book 165, page
15, and, said note not having been
paid- at maturity and the bolder of
same having called, upon me to
ro raw ids
The Most Persistent Thief
OF YOUR PROFITS IS ,
HIGH INTEREST RATE
THE EASIEST WAY TO SAVE
Is Through
LOW INTEREST RATES.
We Lend On Acceptable First Farm
Mortgages At Lowest Rate Of Interest
5 TO 35 YEARS 5£%
Nothing Complicated About It. Let
Us Tell You.
Shelby National Farm Loan
Association
HENRY B. EDWARDS, Sec.-Treas.
21 Royster Bldg. Phone No. 673.
foreclose said deed of trust. I, as
trustee as aforesaid, will offer for
sale to the highest bidder for cash
at public auction at court house
door In Shelby. N. C. on Saturday
at 12 m„ March 16, 1929. the fol
lowing described property, to-wit:
Lying partly in No. 9 township,
Cleveland county, and partly in
North Brook township. Lincoln
county, N. C„ and being joined on
the north by the lands of Hardin
Opton. Chahrles Costner and others
on the east by Little Creek, andthe
south by Charles D. Dellinger and
on the west by Sam Bingham and
Si<f Gngg. and beginning on a post
oM? oarnw^df Hardin Upton, and
runs' ’46etMe with Upton's and
Costner's lines 8. 86 E. 9fl poles to
a atone: thence with Doras Park
er’s line : 8. l’i W. 58 poles to a
poet oak: thence N. 85 E. 94!* poles
to. a(hwkoty; thence N. 80 E. lit*
I I . I II' 1 ■ .,«.U . , JIM-... ■
poles to ft rock; thence S. 80 E 31
poles to the middle oT XJtUe Creek,;
thence down the creek as it' mean
ders 8. 4 E. 6 poles; south'17 teas*
26 poles: a io w. 13 poles; & f ty.
67 poles; S. 26 W. 34 H pole*; thence
leaving said creek N. 7# W. 108
poles to a stone; thence N. 86 W.
lilts poles crossing public rood to
a stone; thence N. 4 E. 20 poles to
a stone; thence N. 68 W. 1$ pp)es
to a white oak ih Sam Binghams
line; thence N. 33 44 MS. 51 poles to a
pipe knot and pointers; thense S- 81
W. 354* poles to a stone in Sid
Grlgg’s line; thence N. 2*1 E. 4fti
poles to a stone in Upton's line;
thence N. 81 R 3S38 pbB* to na
iron stake; thence N. 4 R W*
poles to the beginning, containing
246 acres, more or U)Nk. 'U£a*-'
This February 9. 1929. *«v
D. 25. NEWTON, Trustee/
Newton & Newton.
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