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Entered as second class matter January 1, 1905. at the postoffiee
At Shelby, North Carolina, under the Act ot Congress. March 3. 1879
We wish to call your attention to the fact that It la. and has been
our custom to charge five cents per line for resolutions ot respect,
cards of thanks and obituary notices, after one death notice has
been published. This will be strictly adherred to.
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MONDAY, APRIL 1. 11)29.
TWINKLES
if you haven’t found out otherwise, this is the first day
of April.
Congratulations are in order to the congregation and of
ficials of the First Baptist church upon the opening yester
day of the fine new church plant, one of the most up-to-date
not only in North Carolina but in the South.
Shelby, famed in this state as a town where the major
ity of their citizens own their own homes, thanks lo the
building and loan plan, should take note of the fact that
Hartsville, S. C., has seven building and loan associations
through which seventy-five per cent of the citizens own their
own homes. A town of home-owners is a town hard to ex
cel.
HARD TO BEAT, YES
p'OVERNOR Gardner, back in the home-town now for his
first visit, will likely return to Raleigh bubbling over
with energy to pick up again the strenuous duties of his
office. And that is the viewpoint of The Charlotte Ob
server, which says:
“Governor Gardner is enjoying brief surcease from re
cent fierce activities among neighbors and friends in the old
home town, and the State will be agreed that he has earned
this respite. The piedmont air and a few quaffs from Cleve
land Springs are calculated to work the physical wonders
that may be anticipated.”
YOUNG FARMERS ACTIVE
'"THE LATTIMORE section, already a progressive farm
A community, promises to be one of the outstanding agricul
tural regions in the state in the coming years. This is pro
phesied in view of the unusual interest being taken in mod
ern farming methods by the boys and young men of the
Lattimore community. At the age most boys and young men
are turning their eyes cityward for the lure of the weekly
and monthly pay checks, the Lattimore youths are attend
—"ing agricultural classes and are taking the information from
the class room into material practice upon the farms of
their parents. Just last year a youngster of the Lattimore
community established a cotton production record on the
plot assigned to him for cultivation by. his father, and ere
those boys arc through with their farming careers they
promise to be heard of again, individually and as a forward
moving community.
A TIMELY WARNING
•"pHE WARNING of County Agent Hardin to the farmers
of Cleveland county that they should not become so en
thused over the record 1928 cotton crop that they wfruld this
year reduce the acreage of their feed crops to put in more
cotton seems to us to be a timely one.
In bygone years Cleveland county farmers made big
cotton crops and then spent a big percentage of their money
for carload after carload of western hay shipped into Shelby.
Four or five years ago Governor Max Gardner and his newly
created board of agriculture began urging farmers of the
county to produce their own feed, and within a year or two
the shipment of feedstuff into Cleveland county began to
decline. A checkup was made then and it was found that
thousands of dollars were paid out annually by Cleveland
farmers for feed produced in other states, feed that might
have been prodaced here.
By all means the slogan of the county agent is a good
■l phe for the farmers of Cleveland county to follow—"Be sure
r to produce enough feed for your livestock, then go to your
cotton and make every hale possible.-’
THE MAN-EATING SHARK
IN RYGONE days some newspaper editor, no duobt after
being roundly criticised for expressing an opinion, de
clared that there seemed to be only one thing which an edi
tor could condemn without being criticised or threatened,
and that was the man-eating shark. Since that day views,
opinions, and references to the man-eating shark have been
numerous on editorial pages.
But is there such a thing as a man-eating shark? The
New York World is not positive ns the following editorial
would indicate:
“While swimming in Florida waters Le lloy C'hadbourne
of New York was bitten by a shark. Or at least he was bit
ten by something, and he thinks it was a shark. And there,
alas, is the rub. For did he but know what he was bitten by
he would be in a fair way to settle one of the greatest argu
ments that ever rocked the world of ichthyology. One-half
of this world has maintained for years that a shark will at-:
tack a man, and points out that he has done so on innumer
able occasions. The other half has maintained that a shark
WiU not attack a man, and points out that while he is sup
posed to have done so on innumerable occasions, he is not
actually known to have done so on so much as one occasion
that has been properly authenticated with names, dates and
places. The rest of us, as a result, feel extremely queasy
*hen we venture into deep water. For while we are naturally
fctave and disposed to believe that a shark has never attack
a man, we realize that he may change his habit at any
time without the customary thirty days’ notice, and that
names, dates and places are likely to appear in as regular
order as anybody could desire, with our own name neatly
set off by black rules in the obituary column, followed by a
note that funeral will be omitted as shark has the sainted
remains. Thus it can be seen that Mr. Chadbourne, if he
had been fortunate enough to see what bit him, might have
become famous overnight and might even have attained the
distinction of a paragraph in the forthcoming humanized
edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. But he did not see
what hit him. And he has succeeded, in consequence, mere
j ly in making a moot point all the mooter.
"It. is interesting, by the way, that when he shouted for
help his companions thought he was indulging in a little
comical cutting up, and let him flounder to shore without
giving him help. The feature of swimming mishaps is re
ported so often that it can be regarded as the rule rather
than the exception. Why is it that human beings, when
they come in contact with a dangerous clement, seem to
suffer some temporary forgetfulness that it is dangerous
at all and allow their fellows to struggle, .sometimes to the
bitter end, amid gales, of laughter?
ANOTHER FOCH STORY
pOLLOWING the recent death of Marshal Foch, generalis
1 si mo of the Allied armies in the World War, one critic
declared that Foch and his military record would be forgot
ten in a few years. Many, however, will differ with that
\iew of the prominent French soldier, and since his death
many of the characteristics of the man have been revealed
by intimate stories of his life. Of a now famous dispatch
forwarded by him during one of the crucial battles The
Salisbury Post says:
“One of the most inspiring stories that cluster about the
name of the late Marshal Foch is the story of the famous
dispatch he sent Joffre during the ffirst battle of the Marne.
You remember it, of course—“My left is giving way and my
right is retreating; I shall attack with my center.”
“It is one of those things that thrill even the most
jaded. It pictures, perfectly, the dash and courage of the
supreme soldier.
“But now, it develops, Foch never wrote it! The whole
thing, it seems, is an invention, the product of some gifted
French journalist’s brain.
“Really, though it, doesn’t matter. The dispatch tells
precisely what Foch did, and the circumstances under which
ho did it; whether lie put the words together or not is of
small consequence.”
Nobody’s Business
GEE McGEE—
(Exclusive in The Star in this, section.)
*» tom
Don't Take My Advice.
A few months ago. some so-call
i cil smart guy said that Irish pota
toes would make thin women fat.
and you know It's a horrible dis
grace to be fat now-a-days, and
this statement got into the news
papers, and all females in the Uni
ted State, and Ouatamala stopped
short off troni eating potatoes, and
I Ker-bang! Irish cobblers and
! Bliss went down about $100 per
i bushel. Therefore, the farmer in
Maine is getting about 30 cents
a bushel tor his,potatoes, and the
i railroad company is .getting about
40 cents a bushel, and we are get
ting the balance.
And on the other hand. Dr
Fuller Gass of Oshkosh published j
a statement that liver contained j
vithnin "K " and before you could
say "Jack Robinson,; common old
beef liver went to 97 cents a
pound, and rabbit and ground-squir
rel livers began fetching 30 cents
apiece, and families fought over
chicken livers with all the venom
common to mother-in-law disputes.
If anybody In this nc.ghborhood
has been Improved because of
liver-eating, it certainly amt
ashowing from the outside.
Before the smoke had cleared
away from these propagandist epis
odes. Dr. Killein Quick of Tangan
yika discovered the ultra-violet
rays that the sun had been pour
ing down on the backs of the poor
old farmers for a million years
without being appreciated, and by
the time the ink got dry, thou
sands upon thousands of appar
ently sensible men and women
were sitting out in the sun buck
naked. and they are still a-setting.
Then the electric light folks be
gan to make ultra-violet ray lamps,
and you'd be surprised at the num
ber of flappers that are trying to
pump that stuff into them from
that source.
And again, during the spring of
If) and 12, a professor in botany In
the School of Science in Berlin
circulated n report that frogs
legs (fried) would make the old
man of 75 a buck of 24, and im
prove his glands from center to
circumference, and then the chase
for frogs began * A frog knew
better than to even chirp In a
pond, and he was daresome to
poke his head out of the water,
as 4 or 5 old men were standing
on the bank to nab htm In the
hustle and bustle to get frogs
legs, nearly all businesses were
neglected. And tf anybody who
ate frogs legs 3 times a day ever
got any more "spry." I never
heard of It.
Temper Tests.
1. If your hat blows off and
you have to chase it 4 or 5 blocks j
down the street, if you don't cuss,
you are a fit candidate for a dea
con In the church.
2—If you bump your head sud
denly and .severely, and utter no
bad words or think any evil
thoughts, you are certainly suffi
ciently pious to pray in public.
n. If some fool backs lus Ford
into your Chevrolet and bends
your fender, and does not even
apologize for his rudeness, and
you don't get mad enough to kill
the said fool, then you should be
entitled to the privilege of con
ducting a prayer-meeting, or lead
ing the choir on Christmas eve.
4 If your wife tells you to get
up and go shake down the furnace
or put the cat out while you are
reading the evening paper, and
you still feel that you are really
proud of the fact that you married
such a woman, you will no doubt
prove to be a dutiful husband and
a loving daddy—and an all-round
agreeable citizen.
5, If one of sour Halitosis
friends meets you on the street
and proceeds to poke his loud
speaker so close to your face that
his slobbers land in your eyes—
while he's telling you (he same
joke that he told you year before
last and last year and three times
already this year,, and you don't
haul off and knock the lard out
of him you are certainly a real
Christian gentleman, and by rights
—you should be occupying a pul
pit at least two times every Sab
bath.
B. if you can sit still and rest
content, and be satisfied with all
and singular in and about you
while some bonehead is making j
a 50-minute speech wheat a 2-min-1
ute speech would over-load him I
and his hearers, you are indeed j
possessed of a sweet, amiable, en
viable, wonderful, remarkable dis
position; and if your friends real
ly appreciate the merits you are
possessed with, they will point you .
out In a crowd of a thousand as
being the best, the most even
tempered. honorable man in the
world, and if you ain't sprouting
wings, you ain't getting >ou en
titlements ansoforth
7 If your wife spends more j
than you make, and leaves the1
younguns at home while she plays
bridge 13 times a week with her
friends, and forgets to sew the but
tons on your union suit, and re
fuses to come into the "company;
room” when you've brought your
Brother Bill down for a short visit,
and makes you "eat out" when the
cook happens not to come—and
you don't have thoughts of divorce,
murder, suicide, and grand lar
ceny. then heaven is your home,
and this old world ain't worthy of
such a worm of the dust.
Duke Foundation
Aids Local Hospital
Check* To Amount Of $632,249.93
Sent To Hospitals And
Orphanages.
• Special to The Star.)
Charlotte, March 30.—Checks ag
j gregating $032,249 93 arc in the pro
; cess ot being mailed out by the
| Duke Endowment to hospitals and
orphanages in North and South
Carolina, this amount representing
a disbursement of the funds avail
1 able for these institutions under
the terms of the Duke Endowment
tor the past year. This disburse
ment, which is the fourth annual
distribution of funds by the Duke
Endowment, was ordered by the
board of trustees of the Duke En
dowment at its meeting held in this
city a few days ago.
Of the total amount being dis
tributecl at tills time $515,987 was L
appropriated for the care of free :
patients at $1 a day at 75 liospi- .
tals located in the Carolinas. The !
balance of $116,262.93 was approp
riated for the care of orphans and
half orphans In 41 orphanages and \
child placing agencies in the Caro- |
Una’s.
The first distribution for hospi- ;
talizatlon purposes and the sup
port of orphans from the Duke En
dowment was made in 1925. During
that year 52 hospitals in the two
states were assisted for 216,781 free
days of care. In 1926, 63 hospitals
received aid for 339,127 free days.
In 1927. 73 hospitals were assisted
to the extent of 434.361 free days.
Forty five hospitals in North
Carolina are participating in the
distribution for 1928, including the
Shelby hospital. In South Caro
lina 30 hospitals and 41 orphan
ages in the two Carolinas.
Carry
B and L
Shares
Between now and January First this associa
tion will pay out to Shareholders (people who
have been carrying shares with us) over $125,
000.00.
Over $50,000.00 will be paid to these share
holders in May and another $50,000.00 in Aug
ust, and $25,000.00 in November.
— DON’T WAIT —
But come in today and start Shares. We wise,
get in on these fine dividends.
They are only 25c per share per week and
you may take out as many shares as you wish.
4 Shares are $1.00 per week.
10 Shares are $2.50 per week.
20 Shares are $5.00 per week.
— AND SO ON —
COME IN TODAY AND TAKE OUT AS
MANY SHARES AS YOU CAN POSSIBLY
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CLEVELAND BUILDING &
LOAN ASSOCIATION
OFFICE WITH
CLEVELAND BANK & TRUST
COMPANY
PaROIINA STOI{i;S
NA < • S. iVC YtU M' !W ',
Goodness and Flavor in each and every article pur
chased at CAROLINA STORES. And my! There is
such a saving.
FLOUR, 24 lbs. Laurel Valley S1.00: 24 lbs. National 90c
Quaker Macaroni, 3 packages for....25c
Matches, 3 large boxes _____10c
LUCKY FIND CORN, can. 10c
I’into Beans, per pound___10c
Rice, Fancy Blue Rose, 4 lbs. for_25c
TOMATOES, Fancy Virginia, can . 10c
Salmon, Raceland No. 1 Tall can_17c
Palmolive Soap, 3 for __23c
SPECIALS FRIDAY & SATURDAY
SUGAR, 10 lbs. . 53c
PEACHES, choice Evaporated, 2 lbs. 23c
SOAP, large size Octagon, 5 cakes . 25c
FALL CITY KRAUT large cans, 2 25c
APPLES, Choice Evaporated, 2 lbs. 25c
CAROLINA STORES FOR CAROLINA
PEOPLE.
P. J. BROWN, Managet.
V
CONDENSED
STATEMENT
FIRST
NATIONAL
BANK
OF SHELBY, N. C.
AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS
MARCH 27, 1929.
RESOURCES NEARLY FIVE
MILLION DOLLARS.
RESOURCE^
Loans and Discounts-$3,608,334.02
Overdrafts - 2,673.97
U. S. Bonds to Secure Circulation-250,000.00
U. S. Liberty Bonds_.... 204.389.90
Other Stocks and Bonds_ 42,000.00
Redemption Fund- 12,500.00
Real Estate Owned- 60,299.71
Cash on Hand and Due From Other
Banks _ 564.347.68
TOTAL
$4,831,545.28
LIABILITIES
Capital- $250,000.00
Surplus_ 250,000.00
Undivided Profits_ 287,357.00
Accrued Interest Reserved_ 44,293.50
Reserved for Taxes_ 25,000.00
Circulation-- 250,000.00
Deposits_ 3,727,894.78
TOTAL ....$4,834,545.28
The many friends and customers of
the First National will be pleased with
the above report as it is one of 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 and 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. C. BLANTON,
JNO. F. SCHENCK, SR.
A. C. MILLER,
JAS. L. WEBB,
L. A. GETTYS,
FORREST ESKRIDGE.
CLYDE R. HOEY,
0. MAX GARDNER,
J. F. ROBERTS,
PAUL WEBB,
GEORGE BLANTON,