.SEE OUR NEW SPRING SUITS fyar suits are all tailored b y New York’s best manu facturers and are made of the newest patterns and mater ials. [ $19.50 i TO $45.00 SPRING OXFORDS Nunn-Bush and Selz oxfords. Black and tan, calf skins, fine vici kid. Last to fit any foot. $5°°to $10°° NEW NECKTIES Most men never have enough ties. We are showing a very complete line. All new patterns. JJ.00 and j£j.50 MEN S HOSIERY Plain and fancy patterns. W e re ceive new patterns every week. 25c to $100 BLANTON - WRIGHT CLOTHING CO. SOCIETY News iMISS MAT MIC HO BERT,S—Social fcditor—Phone 25«. News Items Telephoned Miss Roberts Will Be Appreciated. r. t. v Meeting. The high school I'. T A will nirct Mondav night at H o'clock at thi' Ohttsl high school building. r. r. \ Pint pour d. The I’. T A. Oi Marion street, school ha., been port polled to Wed nesday April IT at l oil,, .. on ac count of till' marls meeting. (.rail,mi Street School. Graham street school will observe ■ Fnthi rs Night " Tuesday cv, ning at 8 o'clock at. the building. All par ents are urged to be present. Library Week. Next week v ill be known as Li brary Week and a committee will make a canvass of the homes and business houses lor donations for the Shelby library. Any donations will be greatly appreciated. Garden flub. The Garden club division of th.e Woman’s club will hold their reg ular meeting Tuesday afternoon in Blue Garden, N LaFaycttc street, at 4 o'clock with Mrs. O. M Buttle hostess, tihould it, be bad weather it will meet at the club loom. All members are requested to bring their plants for exchange and come prepared to vote on the club tlow er. Garden ( lull Sponsors Illustrated Pictures*. A large number of lathes assem bled Thursday afternoon tit the club room at three o'clock to see j the illustrated pictures sponsored 'by the (larden club Mr. K A I Rudnsill kindly operated the ina jehme, which showed the beautiful J flower gardens and homes in a very l clear and satisfactory manner Mr. j Henry Edwards announced the dlf I ferent scenes and explained them fully, which was highly appreciated j by the garden club. Birthday Tarty. Misses Evelyn Dellinger. Mary Sue Turner and Mrs Basil Ooode gave Miss Ruth Dellinger a birth day party Tuesday alight at the home of Mrs. Goode on Cleveland Springs road. The rooms were dec orated with sptrea and dogwood blossoms. Miss Dellinger, was dress ed in blue and pink taffeta. About thirty-five guests were present and a delightful dance was enjoyed. Re freshing punch was served through out the evening Mrs. Me Braver Hostess To Bridge Club. Mrs. C. B. McRrayer was a de lightful hostess to the South Wash ington bridge club Thursday after noon, entertaining at her home on S, Washington street, which was beautifully decorated with a var iety'of spring flowers. Each of the four bridge table was centered with blue and yelow pottery vases hold ing pink roses and purple iris. The high score prize was won by Mrs. dean Schenck and the low score prtze went to Mrs. Gerald Morgan. Thr hostess was assisted by Mes dames Will Arey and Harry Wood son in serving a salad course with Russian tea. Dinner Tarty. Mesdamrs J. L. Webb and Madge Webb Riley were charming host esses last evening w ith a lovely din ner party at their home on B. Washington street honoring the Hoeys and their house guests, Mr. and Mrs. T. A Robertson. Jr . Mrs. DuPre und Mr T. A. Robertson of New York. The large during table v.as graced with huge silver howl of different shades of pink tulips An elegant four course dinner was served and covers were laid lor: Mr, and Mrs. C R Hnev. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Alien Robertson, Mrs. DuPre and son, Tommy, Mr. T. A. Fvoboison, Miss Isabel llocy, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Hoey, Judge and Mrs J. I. Webb. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Burgess, Mrs M. Webb Riley and Ralph Webb Gardner. Mrs. Hof) Ami l) a ugh Iris Honor House GuesIs. A very charming tea was given yesterday afternoon by Mrs. C. R. Hoey and daughters. Miss Isabel Hoey and Mrs. Chas. Hoev at the \ handsome Hoey home on West Mar ion street from 5:30 to 7 o'clock, honorin'.' their house guests. Mes ! dames Thomas, DuPre and T homas ! Allen Robertson of Neu York eity. Welcoming the guests at the front i door were Mesdames Madge Webb I Riley and John Sehenck The home ' was artist tc-illy arranged v illi a ; profusion pi-iris, tulips. roses and isplrea The receiving line stood in i the large living room. Mrs. Hoey [.was attired in black chiffon with i cream lace berths and shoulder ) bouquet of sweet peas atid lilies of the valley. Mrs. DuPrc was gowned in liii ;.:o georgette with shoulder Imurjii'! of rose buds. Mrs. Chas. Hoey \yoiT Alice blue crepe ramaine and shoulder bouquet. Mrs. Robert, Miii wns atMred in cream lace and id’ll ton with eon-age of tweet peas and Miss Isabel Hney wore powder blue georgette with shoulder bou quet of pink roses and sweet peas. Receiving - between the living room and sun room \va . Mrs. George Hoyle. Entertaining- and receiving m t.he sun room were Me.sdames I’. !, Hennet-sa and J. T. Gardner. Directing the guests to the dining room was Mrs. George Blanton. Receiving" In the dining room was Mrs. Paul Webb. -The dining room was covered with an exquisite lace ( loth and centered with a mound of pink roses, snap dragons, tulips and spired. Seated at cither end of the table pouring tea were: Mes* dames Louis Gardner and Frank | Hocy. Serving tea with sandwiches, rookies and nuts were Mesdames ; Roy W Morris, Jesse Washburn, I F.verott. Houser and Miss Virginia Ilocy. Bidding the guests good-bye at tin- side entrance was Mrs. w. j Roberts. About one hundred guests were invited to call. ! Afternoon Division No. :: Meets. Tim club room was attractively an aimed with basket;, of mixed spring tlowers, yesterday afternoon, when Mesdnmes D H Cline, Ran dolph Logan and W. C Harris were joint hostesses to the members of division No. 2 of the Woman's club Mrs. Clyde Short, the chairman, called the meeting to order at 1 O’clock. Miss Ollle Hamrick, the secretary, called the roll and read I the minutes of the previous meet ing. Mrs J. T. Season had charge of the following program; The sub ject being "Religious Experiences.’ the Hie and letters of Phillips Brooks was read by Mr. D. Ii. Fraz ier A piano solo, "A Scotch Poem." by McDowell played by Mrs. Paul Webb, Jr. Mrs. Alice Lltnebcrgcr read the reminiscences of Lyman Abbott Miss Elizabeth Coleman sang "Thank Clod for a Garden," her sister, Miss Evelyn Coleman, playing her piano accompaniment. Mrs. Columbus Mathews rend the life of William Booth. Miss Vir ginia Hamrick concluded the pro gram with a humorous reading, "Aunt Kuturas Visit to the City." The hostesses se-ved a delicious salad, sandwiches and punch. Lit tle Miss Mary Annie Cline assisted in passing the doileys and helping serve. S< x'IAL Kvening Division With Miss Moses And Mrs. Dellinger. The evening division of the Woman’s club was entertained last evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs, W. H. Hudson on W. Marion street with Miss Ettalie Moses and Mrs. Boyce Dellinger, joint hostesses The rooms were most attractive with tulip*, i pirea and purple flags arranged in fancy baskets and sil ver vases The piano was graeed with a long basket of pink and yel low tulips. In the absence of Mrs. CVph Blanton, the chairman. Miss Rosa Mae Shuford. presided. The subject for the evening was ‘tSo cial Service." Miss Helen Dickson told the life and works of Jane Adams Mrs Roy Newman read a sketch of C’lara Burtin. Mrs. Irma Wallace told of Shelby's need of a octal service worker. and Miss Maytnr Jones made a few remarks on the same subject. A short busi ness meeting followed. It vtiw vot ed to sponsor a picture show at an early date The following officers were elected for next, year; Miss Carobet Lever, chairman; Mis. Elizabeth Roberts, vice chairman rflid Miss Mayme Roberts, secretary and treasurer. The program com mittee gave their report, 'the host esses were nstsstrd by Mesdames W H Hudson. Kate North arid Mis,. Constance Dellinger in serving a delightful salad, sandwiches, can dies arid punch Mrs. PHI Itcani Honors Music Club. One of the most significant social affairs of the spring season was the lovely tea given at the Woman's club room Wednesday afternoon from 3:30 to .> 30 o'clock by Mrs. A. Pitt Beam honoring the members of the Cecelia Music club. The spacious club room and hall ways were elaborately decorated throughout with quantities of splrca, purple iris, and pink snap dragons; a color motif of pint, purple and white being emphasiz ed. rlhe tables and piano were graced with beautiful baskets of flowers and candlestick:, holding pink lighted tapers tied with pur ple tulle. Welcoming the guests on their arrival ai the front door down stairs were Mrs. W. 13. Nix and Miss Amos Willis. Receiving at the clow tor landing upstairs were: j Mesdames Madge Webb Hiley and I). W. Royster. The register was (Continued on page live) Around Our TOWN Shelby SIDELIGHTS Hy HENN DRUM NOV/ THAT SIDNEY SMITH tlH: daily newspaper cartoonist, lias Tom Carr out. of Jail and doe Jenks'j Dynamite Dunn Is going u> fight some more, readers of The Star are, wondering if Jack Tail is going to, permit Gus.sie to marry the rich Wright Hoot, Jr., and leave poor, ; old tow-headed Gils out in the i cold. Isn't it amusing the way love] at fairs tn the cartoons get new s paper readers interested? One star reader, we understand, has written I,ait the cartoonist, urging him not to let Gus.de drop Gus because the reader believes Gus might be a fairly good-looking fellow if Jim Austell, Doe Willis, tlie McWhirters, or some other bar bers could get hold of hint and give him a hair cut. IS THE AVERAGE SHELBY business man a good speller? A.! recent program at the Rcftary club 1 didn't make it seem so. Five minutes of attempted spell ing saw only four members of the dub standing up. The word that sent most of the dignified business men to their seats was "charlotte nisso." the majority of the spellers wanting to spell it “charlotte rousse." A fairly easy word, “as jsimllate,” left the club champion, E O McGowan on his feet, I This department, incidentally, took the dip on "diphthong ’ MOST PEOPLE APE PROUD OF their ability to spell and quite often one hears middle-aged and elderly folks telling the youngsters what grand spellers they were in school. The youngsters quite often, if they cared to do so, could show up the older folks by trying them out One has to remain in practice to spell well just as one does to play golf, baseball or tennis. If you have a friend who thinks himself, or herself, to be a good speller, give out this sentence to them and see If they misspell very many words: "It Is agreeable to view the un paralleled embarrassment Of Ml harassed saddler or peddler serenely sitting upon & ceme tery wall gauging the symme try of a perfectly peeled pota to.” | AND HERE S A JOKE, IF YOU can figure it out, that a reader of I the colvum has a hankering to see | in print: ! "Hello, Olaf. where you ban so long?” "I ban got married." "That's good ” "Not so good, my wife got two children.” "That's bad ” "Not so bad, she got $10,000." "That's good." "Not so good, she wouldn't give me the money ” "That's bad " j “Not so bad. she built a house." "That's good ” I "Not so good, the house burn , down.” "That’s bad " ( "Not so bad my vile she burn _ up 111 hOUSt " AND NOW IN THE YEARS TO come we presume that the mem bers of "Capt. Peyton's army” can tell their grandchildren of the time they served on the Loray frontier, and of the good-looking blende mill girls whose Jeers the soldier boys had to face instead of Mexican, or some other type of lead ITS A PITY THAT AUTOMO biles look so much alike. One night this week several Shelby ladies drove a sedan of a certain make to the Webb theatre. Leaving the show they returned to the enr, loaded up, and then the driver noticed that her keys were missing. Thinking it right odd that any one would steal the keys with out stealing the car, the lady began to look about. She happened to r.ot'ce Mayor Dorsey seated at the window of the city hall and thought perhaps that he had seen some one about her car. Whereupon she entered the of fice and asked hizzoner if he had seen anyone loitering about the Cut. ■ No, I haven't lady, but that car vou arc trying to get started be longs to Mr. Culbrcth, the city clerk.” And so it was. The lady's car, of the same make and model, was parked next to the Culbreth car. IF THIS COLYUM SHOULD OO on a strike. wonder if anything would happen other than a few letters to the boss commending him upon the improvement of the paper? Our idea is that if all the colyums were as weak as the chatter today the boss might get a Carnegie med al along with the complimentary letters. But, y'see, we had a hankering to watch Babe Ruth 6wat a cou ple baseballs over the fence today at Charlotte but had to stay here and make sure that Shelby people had some monotonous reading to make them sleepy after supper to night. Room Is Offered In Star Building Organized bodies of clubs, committees or associations of any kind, are offered the use of a large room In The Star building over the Star office. This room will seat 25 people with comfort and is conven iently located for social, busi ness or religious gatherings of small groups. Lights, heat, water and toilet conveniences are at your dis posal without charge. Bodies of men or women who wish to hold meetings in this office, will please phone In advance and make reservation in order that the folding chairs might be placed and the room made available for your use. Eskridge News VOL. 1. APRIL 12, 1929. NO. 14. Yes, we will have a lull nine months school, Shelby never goes backward. Investigate our new finance Plan, it is lower and better, don't be misled by street gossip ot hot air artists, we will show you the facts. Graham Dellinger says "The Stork i the funniest bird alive. It kids the world." Ford sales are going fine and ears are getting harder to get on account of the great demand. Don't, let tins spring catch you without a New Ford. The Shelby Merchants Assoc iation will be of great benefit to our little city. Spend your noney at home and make the town still better. Long—"I hear ye've give up’ tobacco. Ezry. Green -"Well. Si, I ni sorta tapering off like. I don't swal low the juice no more We have a wonderful bargain; in a Model "A" Ford Sport coupe. Also other good buys, see us for real used ear values We l.ave a few more ten pound bags of Ford's Ammonium Suphate for your lawns and shrubbery, get a bag now. When you see one of these flappy little flappers hoofing It back from a little ride you can bet your last penny that's she "No's" her fellows. Drop in and let us explain to you the Ford Recorded Alcmite Service. Look over our service and parts department, our serv ice records. If the folks who design wom en's fashions aren't careful, they’ll work thmeselves out of a Job one of these days. Gall No. 241 and ask to drive a New Ford, you will be surpris ed and delighted, and we will be glad to have you test and com pare our cars with others. From the depths of the Sedan There came a muffled curse. He was trying to fold a road map Same as it was at first. See Walter Turner for expert battery service. (ieorge Elam will take care of your wants tn parts and tires. You can secure economical ownership of your Ford car through the Ford Finance Plans. CHAS. L. ESKRIDGE Spring Coats NOW REDUCED 1-4 To 1-3 OFF You need wait no longer for your Spring Coat. It’s right here for you at the sea son’s lowest price. We’ve cut and cut and cut deep to move them out. It doesn’t matter what kind or price you se'^t the Coat is yours at a bargain. COME EARLY FOR BEST SELECTION FIRST BIG REDUCTION NEW PRINT DRESSES SPECIAL AT $0.75 We frankly feel that the dresses we are offering here at this price are really out standing values. We don't claim them to be $20.00 or $25.00 dresses but we will say you can hardly tell them from the higher priced numbers. Other Dresses $14.85 To $24.50 The newest arrivals in our dress depart ment at th