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Wandering Shelby Youth Is Vamped By “Russian Princess ” Ted League Tells llo» llamr (iirl Intrigued Him uurlng Shang hai Stay. (This Is another of the series' of artieh-s by Ted League, loeal cafe employee, of his expert ences while wandering over nearly a score of foreign coun tries. 1 Our stay In Shanghai was lengthened for varloin reason, (most of them from the war de partment) so 1 betook myself ashore again next evening to see some more of the town. This time, I was sure to keep sober as n preach er on Sunday, I had heard quite a lot about the Russian girls living in Shanghai and working at the Cabarets and numerous dance halls there All of them were reported to be very good looking and very easy to get ac quainted with. I was advised to go first to the Aleazae Cafe, known for it's good drinks, good dance floor and beautiful girls (Before I continue with this I wish to again remind you that I am still very bashful, forcing myself to do the things I want to do but haven't the nerve. Women were a r THE PERSON WHO HAS NOTHING Is Usually The One Who Does All The Damage. Your Only Safe guard is Insurance With CHAS. A. HOEY -' - . Dr. D. M. Morrison OPTOMETRIST. Eye* Examined. Glasses Fitted And Repaired. Located In Webb Building. Down Stairs Next To Hanes Shoe Store. Telephone 585. Shelby, N. C. SPECIAL EXCURSION FARES TO ATLANTA. GA. BIRMINGHAM. ALA. CHATTANOOGA, TENN. VIA SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM FRIDAY. APRIL 12. 1929. ROl'ND-TRir FARES FROM: SHELBY, N. C. TO ATI.ANTA, G A. . *(1.50 BIRMINGHAM. AI.A. . *8.3(1 CHATTANOOGA. TENN._ *8.3(1 Tickets on sale April 12th final limit good to reach original starting l>oint prior to midnight Atlanta April 16th. Birmingham and Chattanooga April 17th. Tickets good on all regular trains both directions (except Crescent Limited.) Fine opportunity to visit these three great Southern Cities. — ■ Round-trip fares on sale from all other Southern Railway Points North and South Caro lina. For detail Information call on any Southern Railway Agent. R- H. GRAH AM. Division Passenger Agent, CHARLOTTE, N. C. danger to hr looked out foe and I tlioug'h't' of Mint idaioe my mother lin'd A© often iii my boyhood *!;•>•> |"Tp(1, when you inert n girl or 'woman, treat her a-, you would an | angel until you imd out Mm i ji t rtllen go around h< r as though .‘lie | were the Devil' ' The r words had hern him died in my mind until I 'could think of nothing else at tune-, end I attribute iii; timidity to that ) 1 arrived at the . Aiea/;ir, earner than i stueihl is:■, !■ ; nci noticed m vi Cal pretty spre, I'ioupfd together ill the bar'.. I v all'll over to one of the munerous tables. tratrd my self : .1 «ri!< (| | .!:... r ale The cool is looked at hv to: k r hard bill brought it neve. Ita'les-.. As soon ns I 1: i.l been v. sited upon, one of the Hire, i ante over and at at the table with me and : tin'll d a con-; versa lion, in very broken : Kn;;lisli. She I. Ui me site v. i s a Uussiatl • Prince:.:; but had to l aw Russia on account of the revolution but that, she expected to come into her own . some day soon. I listened very at tentively, gelling mote nervous all the (line, trying to think of some thing pleasant to ; ay to her but for the life of me I couldn't think of a thing. Thousands of things parsed through my head but I kept1 (saying to myself, "No, I shouldn't :say that. I might hurt her feelings 1 - that wouldn't be the right thing ' to say, I don't, know her well ;enough • .vender if she would mind' | trying to dance with me no, that wouldn't do, 1 Haven't tried to dance: : since It ,'vlttg home when 1 used to dry to danrp with my sisters -etc" j thoughts like those were running1 [ through my head In rapid fire or- : dcr Until I finally said, "Will you : have a ginger ale?" and as soon as the words were out of my mouth I knew that 1 shouldn't have said It for an expression of utter con tempt passed over her face I can; remember it to tins day- -but stir said very quickly, "1 do not like the finger ale you speak or but will you buy me one Cherry Brandsky?" I summoned the coolie, ordered one Cherry Brandy and let her do the talking Of course I believed every thing she said naturally I would do that, being nothing but a "boot," ashore in a toreign place for the second time. Then sht wanted to know if I ever got lone cine for the [dris 1 hit behind me, wanted me to tell her their r tuts, etc. I couldn't say a word be cause 1 did not have any girls to remember, particularly pleasant things to remember abodt them, so I told tier I didn't have any girls back home and that I was jU;:l a sailor trying to get ahead but she insisted that that was an (old line and wanted to hear some thing different. Here was my chance to be somebody at last! I fabricated a long story about | all the girls I had known, how j many hearts I had broken, how pnany times I had been married and [made a literal hero of myself (?) and 'she listened very attentively, drinking a “Cherry Brandsky" every time site wanted it. at fifty cents a throw- and the throws came pretty often. c*S Other sailors came in by ones, twos and threes, a few marines and some white people tame in and seated themselves at the table next to ours Tlie dancing began, music furnished by three .Russians—music AjkJfti Time to Plant and the best varieties of Vegetables Free Bower Seed Collections Jtnd how (o get them*-' are to/d in the (golden \Mniverson/ Catalog . , ‘\v..m/A. o/° dFV.'I?* woods j SEEDS Write {or your copy today. T. W. WOOD & SONS, Seedsmen Since I #79, 7‘.'. 5.11tit Street, Klrluuond. Ya. Staves Off Stomach Troubles. All On* Stone. Adult* 79c. Children 60e. You'll Appreciate Its Worth that I had in m i heard before — beautiful waltzes;' fast fox trots, things tliat would make your blood run hot. and then 1 old ted Cham pagne. nicrikn lor Hint was the Russian girl name, begged me to dance with hrr as it was only ftrty cents for one itiMice. "You arc so tall and handsome that I want my friends to sec what a good looking man I have for tire evening. Come on, like the |j<k r little Russian Prin ir^ ? She has to make a living ...do ing these things that 1 don't like" iand a thousand oilier things that 1 cannot remember). To make a long story short, I took a big drink of that Cham pagne. pulled up my trousers, made sure that my garters were tight enough not to tall off and away we went, I would step on her feet then she would step on mine; fast music; faster than 1 had ever matched to In the numerous pa rade. we had hut I kept trying. Ml the time she would lean so close lo me, pulling my arm around her a little further each time, and mak ing me think what I had bean nitso ing ah these years; We "danced" several times, came two orloek and the lights went, out very suddenly while we were danc ing. She threw both arms around my neek and kissed me for the first time. In fact she was the first girl 1 had ever kissed in my life. Oil Oil what a sensation! I'll never forget it as long as I live. "You great big bashful boy, eonie on now and take me home. There Is room for you too if you don't have to go back to the ship tonight." I started trembling all over at the mere thoughts of sleeping in a strange house, with Russian people everywhere and not knowing wheth er they would awaken me in time to go back to the ship or no. Relieve it or not, I refused abso lutely to go with her but I offered to escort her to her home. "No, no, that will not do, you must spend the night; come on now, take the rest of that drink wl^h you and lets go!” I went. Then came the dawn! Dead on my feet, headache, corns hurting, feet swollen, my sub-con scious mind torturing nto every mo ment.golly but my conscience had never been hurt so before. Really, I was ashamed to go back to the ship and face tnv buddies. I felt us though all of them would know where I had been, etc. Rut I went. I didn't go ashore again lor twen ty-seven days after that. No, thank you. I had had enough of Shang hai. Then tlie ship was prepared lor visitors day. Strange people came aboard, most of them women, nil looking for something or some one. f was standing on guard at the gangway when who should come up the ladder ut My Russian Prin cess! I couldn't turn awa^—I eould'nt speak. I could only stand there with iny head thrown bark, hand on my gun, and a strictly military appearance throughout. Rut inside I was boiling—to think that she should come -o die ship looking for me Just as soon as she came on the ship she went to the officer of the deck and asked for Mike Levinsky and told him he had promised to marry her and take her back to the states and that slic had several letters signed by him to prove it. Thbe O. D. read the letters, called the executive office on the phone, asked for the record of Mike Levinsky and was informed that there was no such man on the ship. Then the fun began. She raved and how! She said some things m Russian that none of us could understand but knew that It couldn't be printed in English. So to quiet her down the O D. sound ed general quarters tall handy on deck' and he took her by the arm and started to look at each and every man on the ship to see if she could pick out her Mike. She look ed but all in vain. My romance was shattered, know ing that there had been another man in her life, thinking perhaps there might have been several. The thoughts of it nearly drove me bug-house but I sturk to my past and was relieved at four p nv. and went ashore to forget her by drink ing more Champagne. The more I drank the more I worried until I enctca up m a cninese shack. Taken there by the ricksha coolie without my knowledge but let conic what would 1 was going to forget that woman, devil that she was. As I entered the door of the "shack ' I was shocked at the al most nude appearance of the Chi nese girls there. Fifteen of them with nothing cn but a rape, w wrap I should say, and the man in charge asked. "Which one you like bestest?" My reply was "Mow much?" He said "Mow much you go?" Finally I gave him a dollar, picked out a girl after she had rather nonchalantly let* her cape fall back that I might view her and she proceeded to entertain me for the evening. The chow was furnish ed, music on a Chinese banjo and a coolie to sing for me. Wine was brought up and I dozed olf to sleep, and forgot my princess. Things like tills began to happen every time I went ashore and then for some reason, our ship was or dered to Canton. China, a city further south and known for it's many revolutions. That is where most all of them are hatched out and fought out. Evidently one had started and some Americans were In danger. (Another Installment of League's rambling and exciting incidents while he answered the call of the wanderlust will appear later in The Star). Western Films Now Losing Grip With .. Patrons Of Movies Only Two Western Films Brin rriMlueeil; Most Companies Will Produce No More. Hollywood. Calif The Old Wc.it nmy be passim? but much more •.rapid is the death of western mo tion pictures. What was once the leading foim Of screen entertain ment for the youngsters of the land, and many of their elders, as well, soon will be no longer available. A check of Hollywood 1 ilrn studio, disclosed that only two western films arc being produced. Para mount is singing the swan song to its western program with a last Zane Grey story starring Wallace Beery. When that is completed there will be no more. Universal is (lie only other western producer Wiih Ken Maynartl signed to star hi a series of wild and wooly films. Hoot Gibson has just completed the i last film under his year's Universal contract. | More than a half dozen young men of the plains who have thrill ed movie tans of this and other countries with their reckless riding j either arc idle or have turned to other forms of screen endeavor. Ilex Bell, a Fox western star, is doing very well as a leading man in straight dramas. Colonel Tim McCoy, former First National acc. has returned to his Wyoming ranch. Jack Hoxie. Burk Jones, Yakima Canute Art Acord—all names once well known—are heard of but scl- j dom in screen circles. Tom Mix. one of the best known of tiie wearers of chaps and spurs, who demanded and got irom $10, 000 to $12,000 a week for a long time during the height of his popularity, is touring Europe on a vacation. Harry Carey, another old favorite in films depicting melodrama on the plains, has turned to straight dramatic roles and has just left for Africa to play the lead in "Trader Horn " Bill Hart, dean of them all, is | living quietly on his ranch near Hollywood. He comes into town fre quently to get his mall and renew ! old acquaintances but the screen 1 doesn't call. Until a few months ago. a cer tain busy Hollywood corner was the gathering place for a group of cow j boys—real ones from the grazing lands— who gathered there dally to swap confidences and discuss the easy money they are picking up in the pictures. They are scattered ! now—gone back to the cattle coun , try or into other lines of endeavor. While the popularity of westerns long has been on the wane the j talking pictures delivered the death blow. The public fancy has ! turned to the newer and noiscr 'form of entertainment and the pro | ducers, lacking sentiment and quick j to respond to the public demand, | have shelved all western stories in favor of the more intimate drama | depicted by the “talkies.' ! Whether the westerns will come back is debatable. Certainly they will if fans demand them but any such call at. present is too weak to be heard above the chatter of the : audible entertainment. The Upper Berth. From The Detroit Free Press. “The discomforts of the upper berth'' are under discussion by the American Railway Engineering as sociation. The biggest one Is the lack of a window to look out of in the morning before it is time to get up. If Pullman designers w'll stick in !a second-story window, the “upper ' 'will romc into Its own, particularly | among those who appreciate a gen tle cradle motion between sleeping and waking. Or the 17 sons of J. B. Candrill of London, four are lawyers. two are judges, five are physicians, three are ministers and three are being educated. INDIGESTION Taxi Driver Goes Back To Medicine He Had Taken When a Boy to Find Relief. Nicholas vi lie, Ky.—'"Running * text Is my business, and I am called out at all times, sometimes just be fore meal time, and tills makes my eating as well as my sleeping very irregular," says Mr. Jesse Dickerson, or 502 Central Avenue, this city. "I had indigestion, on account of this irregularity. I would feel very uncomfortable after meals. I would be constipated and have dizziness, i "I knew I had to take something, j I remembered how. when at home I before I was married, my mother ' would give us Black-Draught, and > how she believed in it. "So I decided to take it again. It mire did me good. I am glad to let others know what a good laxative Black-Draught is. It clean up a dull headache, and makes me feel like a new person.’* Thousands of other men and women find Black-Draught a great help In relieving common ailments, due to indigestion, constipation and biliousness. In thousands of families, Thed ford's Black-Draught has a comer all its own on the medicine shelf. In use nearly 100 years. Safe, efficient, reliable. Sold everywhere. Try It NC-J9T The Presidential Handshake. New York World. I'hr time has conic, u seems to us, when the president of the Unit ed States can safely and properly abandon the custom of shaking hands with every tourist who shows up with a letter trom his congress man in his pocket. There was a time, of course. when there was some justification for this practice. The idea was that the. president should not be an aloof figure on a pedestal, but should be accessible to the common man; association with such citizens as cared to cull, it was thought, was good for him as well as for the citizens. But times have changed. It is no longer prac tical for the president to have any extensive association with the Com mon man. for if lie attempted ft he would have no time for anything else. Furthermore, the necessity for conserving*his time—for placing a limit, that is. on the number whom lie will receive—has completely re versed the character oi the rite. Those who attend it are not now the generality of citizens. They are such citizens as have been able to exercise a little influence in order to be present: not much, of course, for a letter from a congressman is perhaps ttie easiest thing in the world to obtain, but enough to per mit them to return home and boast that they have been recipients of an honor that is not open to the many but reserved for the few. In other words, what we have here is not an instrument of democracy but an instrument of snobbery of the pettiest and sleaziest sort. The drain on the president's vi tality that all this entails is ob vious. On Wednesday Mr. Hoover shook hands with 1,757 persons and has been nursing a sore hand as a result. It does seem Idiotic that we should go to such pains to obtain the best man we can for this office Man so Nervous Gets Sore When Spoken To "It actually irritated me to have anyone talk to me, I was so nerv ous. Vinol ended this and I feel wonderful now."—Wm. Fahy. Vinol is a compound of Iron, phosphates, cod liver peptone, etc. The very FIRST bottle makes you sleep better and have a BIG appe tite. Nervous, easily tired people are surprised how QUICK the iron, phosphates, etc., give new life and pep. Vinol tastes delicious. Quinn's Drug Store. adv. land then subject him to such silly I chore as this. In oiir opinion Mr. j Hoover will, do well to abolish the. j receptions altogether, or else, if lie likes to retain the idea they repres ent, make a brief appearance at a ! gathering which all may attend, but which would involve no hand 1 shaking and hence no fatigue. i 18 All! PASSENGER ItOlTES WILL START THIS SPRING j Chicago.—Eighteen air passenger routes covering more than 14.500 1 miles will be opened during the . spring and summer months accord- j ing to a survey of the American Air ' Transport association. The opening of the new lines will, have a lowering effect on air pas senger rates the association report said. MORTGAGE SALE. ! j Under and by virtue (1 the au-! thority conferred upon me in a! deed ol trust executed by R. C Ilieks, widower, and B. C. Hicks, widower, on the 23rd day of July, 1926, and recorded in book 136. page 230, of the register's office of Cleveland county, N. C.. default in payment of tlie indebtedness there in secured having been made and the holder of said indebtedness having requested foreclosure. I will on Saturday, May 4, lil'Jfi, at 12 o'clock M., at the court house door in Shelby, N C . sell at pub lic auction for cash to the highest bidder the following land, to wit: All that piece, parcel or tract of land lying in No . 9 township, Cleveland county, N. C„ containing 128 acres more or less, and being more particularly described and de fined as follows: Begining at a pine stump, D. R. Hoyle's heirs’ corner, and runs with their two lines N. 40 E 40 3 poles to a stone; thence N, 77', W. 6,3' . poles to a pine stump; thence with Lewis Evans’ land S. 39’* W. 39.9 poles to a stone: thence N. 79’j W. 56 3 poles to a stone; thence N. 77 W. 28 poles to a stone, Everard Killmyrc s corner; thence I with his line N. 72 \V. 62 poles to a 1 stone; thence N. 77 W. 77h- poles to Grassy branch; thence down the branch 10 poles to the road; thence with A. S. Peeler's line N, 681 - W. 12 poles to a hickory; N. 25 W. 9' poles to a stone; N. 77 W. 25 poles to a persimmon, Antic Peeler's cor ner; thence with her several lines S. 10 E. 28 poles to a stone; W. 13 pbles to a pine: S. 10 E. 13 poles to a stone: thence E. 13 poles to a stone; thence S. 85 E. 28poles to a stone in the old road; thence with the old road S 5 W 23 poles to a stone; thence 8. 29 I.. 17 poles to a stake in the branch; thence S. 0 11. i) poles to a holly bush, W. J. Carter's heirs’ corner; thence with their, lines N. 8 E. 38 poles to a pine stump; S. 77 E. 08’- poles to a stone; thence S. 1 pole to a stake. Charles Elliott's corner; , thence with his line S. 81 E. 39 poles to a .stake; thence S3 17 u. E. 12.3 poles to' a stone. M. G Canipe s corner; thence with his line S. 78! E. 58.2 poles to a stone; tlience S. 28 E. 26 poles to a stone; thence s. 75 E. (14 poles to a rock; thence with J. E. Hoyle's line N. 5 W. 36. poles to. a stone; thence with his line N. 22’i W. 52 i poles to the beginning, said tract made up of the tracts conveyed by B. C Hicks to R. C Hicks on March 18. 1926, by deed recorded in book 3-T, page 54; oi tlir tract deed by C. R. Canipe ai< ■ wife to R. C. Hicks November < > j 1917, by deed recorded in book CCC | page 265. and of the tract deedc | by C. S. Lee and wife to R. < ! Hicks, March 22, 1926, and recon ed in ixiok 3-R, page 593. all v: l the Cleveland county registry. The foregoing land will be soU subject to a prior encumbrance ur I der a deed of trust to the Non Carolina Joint Stock land ban . recorded in book 141, page 117, an i [a prior encumbrance to E. Wort Hicks recorded Uj book 136, pay j 226, and to unpaid taxes any an: ! other prior lien, and the pure lias < at said sale, in addition to his bio will have to satisfy said prior en cumbrances to perfect his title. This March 30, 1929. BYNUM E. WEATHERS. Trustee. SATISFACTION! There is more to a “Caterpillar” than its great POWER and TRACTION. It produces VALUE RECEIVED by enabling you to realize profits from its work. “CATERPILLAR” TRACTORS Implements And Equipment LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE MR. A. E. FINLEY, HOTEL CHARLES — SHELBY, N. C. Anderson Tractor & Equipment Co. BILTMORE, N. C. 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