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SOCIETY News MISS MAYME ROBERTS—Social Editor—Phono News Items Telephoned Miss Roberts Will Be Apprcriatrd. P. T. A. Merlins. The Parent Teachers association of La Fayette street school "Hi meet Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock, Ishpemng flub. Mrs. Draper Wood will be host ess to the Ishpening Club Thurs day afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the Blue Parrot‘Tea room. Twentieth Century Club. Mrs. Fred Morgan will be ho.ste." to the Twentieth Century club members Thursday afternoon at 4 o’clock at her home in Belvedere • Heights. Tuesday Afternoon Bridge Club. Mrs. Fnul Webb, jr w ill be hos tess to the Tuesday Afternoon Bridge club Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at her home on North Morgan street, n. A. R. Meeting. The Daughters of the American Revolution will hold their regular meeting at the club room Tuesday afternoon at 3.30 o'clock Mrs. W, H. Jennings, chairman of hostess committee. Called Meeting Cecelia Mnsle Club. There will be a called meeting of the Cecelia Music club Wednesday afternoon at four o'clock at the club rooms. lthpenlng Club. The Ishpening club will be en tertained by Miss Elizabeth Me Brayer Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at her home on North Mor gan street. Mrs. Louis Lattimore Gives Luncheon. Mrs. Louis Lattimore was a charming hostess at a luncheon, Wednesday at Cleveland Springs hotel, honoring Mrs. John Wesley Clarke of New York, who is the guest of Mrs. W. G, Hammer in Gastonia. Other guests were, Mrs. H. S. Legare of Gastonia and Mrs. Paul Efird of Charlotte. NtCinrj’-DiTlf Announcement. Mr. and Mr*. William Neil Davis, of Gastonia, announce the engage ment of their daughter. Mary Neil, to Mr. Edgar Woodfin MeCurry, of Shelby. The wedding is to take place in June. Miss Davis is the popular teacher of the fourth grade of Marlon street school and has taught in Shelby for two years. Mr. MeCurry is connected with the Host bakery and is a young man of sterling qualities. Attention! Daughters Of Confederacy! The Daughters of the Confeder acy will decorate the graves of the veterans in Sunset Cemetery Thurs day afternoon. May 9. The Daugh ters are requested to meet at the Confederate monument at 4:30, and go in a body to the cemetery. All Daughters, who expect to have dinner with the veterans on May 10. are requested to send their names to Mrs. J. L. Lackey, not later than Wednesday, MRS. W. B. NIX, President. Convene College Invitations. The following handsome invita tions have been received: The fol lowing handsome invitations have been received: The faculty and senior class of Converse college re quest the honor of your presence at the thirty-ninth commencement May 11 to 15, 1929, Spartanburg. S. C. Misses Louise LaRoque. Marie Marston and Doris Wooten of Kins ton and Martha Robinson of Gas tonia, who have visited friends here a number of times, are among the graduates. Mrs. L. F. McBrayfcr Hostess To Chiron Club. The home of Mrs. L. F. MeBrayer on North LaFayette street was beautifully arranged with a pro fusion of gorgeous rases, Friday afternoon, when Mrs. MeBrayer was a cordial hostess to the members of the Chicora club, in their regular meeting. Mrs. L. P. Holland, the president presided, and after a short busi ness session, the following interest ing papers were read: "Testimony of a Centenarian,” by Mrs, S. A McMurry. “For Longer and Health ier Lives,” by Mrs. Mary Me Brayer. "Youth—A Poem," Mrs. L. P. Holland. A social half hour w as spent, at which time the hostess was assisted by Mesdames S. A. Mc Murry and L. P. Holland in serving a delightful salad course with punch. Special guests, who came in for the social hour were. Misses Agnes and ftuby MeBrayer. Edison Seeks Boy To Carry On Work New York.—Thomas A. Edi son is seeking an American school hoy whose scientific mind may qualify him io carry on thr work of the (treat inventor. wiien such a hoy has been se lected by means of one of Mr. Edi son ,s famous Questionnaires, lie will he awarded four years tuition in the ..'technical school of bus own choice. High school and prepara tory students arc eligible. Announcement of the offer was made by Charles A. Edison, son of the, inventor and president of the Edison industries at Orange. N. J. Thomas A Edison is in Florida. ‘ As the weight of advancing years falls on the gieat inventor's shoulders he is seeking a youth of unusual capabilities who perhaps will have the genius to carry bn the great work he has so well started.1’ the announcement said. The governor or each state and the commissioners ot the District or Columbia will be asked to des ignate one male student who is the best representative of American manhood and possesses the highest ability m scientific subjects during the school year of 1928-29. Each of the 49 winners wil! re ceive a free trip to the Edison lab oratories where they will be asked to answer the questionnaire which will be prepared personally by Mr, Edison. Each of the 49 will be given an Edison radio-phonograph. The names of the state winners must be in Mr. Edison's hands July 1. The East Orange trip will be made early in August. The first Thomas A. Edison ques tionnaire in May 1921, was given to employees and applicants for em ployment at the East Orange plants. It was a mixture of scientific and general information questions. Mr. Edison said it had revealed that men who had gone through college were ‘amazingly ignorant." His questionnaire created a widespread controversy and the University of Chicago drew up a set of questions for him to answer. Mail Pilot Flies Plane Upside Down Airmail Pilot Poe* Involuntary Gymnastics When Twister Twirls Ship. Jacksonville, Fla.—Being forced to fly upside down when his plane en countered strong winds over Geor gia was the experience of A. P Kerr, Jacksonvllle-Atlanta airmail pilot for the Pitcairn Aviation company. Kerr, who is the Florida mana ger of the aviation firm, was flying south from Atlanta and ran into a gale sweeping southern Georgia Rain was falling heavily and the [ visibility was poor. “At McRae. I ran into the worst wind I've ever experienced." said Kerr in relating the incident. "It was so strong and swift, it turned my plane completely over in the air. “I wax forced to fly upside down, not through any choice of mine, i however. I finally succeeded in righting the ship and bucked head winds to VVaycross " Although delayed on his trip by the high Winds, Kerr arrived here safely with the mail DAMAGING STORM HITS IN RUTHERFORD COUNTY Rutherfordtom — One of the worst hail and electric storms in the his tory of Rutherford county visited a section of country about, two miles ' cast of hcie Friday afternoon. The storm seemed to be about ! five miles wide and moved in a ; northeast direction. Gardens, fruits j and vegetables were badly damaged Trees were blown up and fruit trees uprooted in many places. Several barns and outbuildings were blown down and one stable near Logan station was blown away. The barn of Forester Briscoe was blown over, but. no serious dam age was done except to his feed stuff and ills mule was injured. Joe Hudson, farmer, took refuge in an old house and when it shook lie got srared nnd ran for his home near by and got his w rist pamrully bruis ed by the hail, which was reported ui some places as large as guinea eggs. At oiif place at Logan station the hail was six inches deep after the storm. Nils Asthair is coming along nicely in his English efforts. I once was told a Swedish accent was the toughest to shed, but, after all. In these hifalutin days, when a leopard changes its spots—courtesy the local cleaning establishment— what Is a paltry Swedish accent? Try Star Wants Ads.l ft— —-= Another Angle On School Costs ^ I 4\ We are told by some that we place too much .store in education, that we too greatly exalt our schools, arid particularly that we spend too murli for them To what extant is this true? Here is a man, , the head of a family, whom we have in mind During 1928 this man nnd render ed to him a number of bills. One bill was for the protection of his family's future through life insur nnrr. It totaled $270 for the year. Another was for the family automo bile. Its cost, including all items depreciation, operation and repairs was $1200 for the year. Another sizable bill came in for luxuries whieh he and the members of the family had consumed. The princi pal Hems covered wore candy, ice cream and similar confections, the aters. and tobacco. The bill for these luxuries came to $700. This man, we will agree, was pret ty well off. lie was wisely protect ing his family through life insur ance. He was able to purchase $1200 worth of automobile transportation. He and his wife and children were able to enjoy the luxuries of life to the tune of $700 a year. How much should such a citizen be willing to pay for the schooling of his chil dren? If he expended $250 a year for this purpose would he be giv ing education too high a place In his scale of values? Answer this question as you will. The man described above is really Uncle Sam if \ou will take the preceding figures and add .seven zeros to them you will have what I Uncle Sam paid in 1928 for four important items of national ex penditure: t.ife insurance _ $2.7000.000 Passenger auto. 12 000 000,000 Certain luxuries .. 7.001),000.000 Public education 2 '00,000,000 It is true tliat most families are not as well off as the one describ ed above. Most families in 1928 were not able to spend $270 for life insurance. $12000 for automobiles, or $700 for luxuries. But neither did mast families pay as much as $200 a year for the schooling of its children. Speaking in averages, if ' a family spent less for the first | three items, it spent proportionate ly less for education. It i' the pro portion which counts, not the act ual amounts spent. Assume any kind of a family you wish. Take the figures given above and make your own divisions. Then look at your results and you will find that, on the average, every time we spend a dollar for schools we spend $1.09 for life insurance, $4 80 for passenger automobiles, and $2 80 for articles clearly In the lux ury class. What do you think about j It? Does the cast of schools indi- i cate we are placing education too 1 high in the scale of values? A Bit Of News From The Paragon Our Buyer has been in the Northern Markets for the past week going from place to place, care fully selecting a varied assortment of Merchandise for our store. In many instances we were able to secure items at ridiculously low prices. This week has been set aside to celebrate this special buying event and if you’ll come to our store you 11 find many, many items attractively priced not listed in today’s advertising. ^ou like bargains and we like to have them for you and at this particular time we are proud of these special offerings. Howard Cole Winner Of Speaking Honors Cops Honors At Count.? Meet Of Orators Representing Schools. Rutherfordton. — Howard Cole. Harris high school student, won the silver loving cup offered by F. E. Price in the county-wide high school contest at Forest City. Nine high schools took patr in the con test. as follows: Shiloh, Cliffside, Forest City. Gilkey, Hollis, Ruther fordton. Spindale. Caroleen-Hen rietta. Harris and Mt. Vernon. Judges were Miss Laura Howard, home agent, Rutherfordton; E. W. S. Cobb, superintendent of Polk county schools and John W. Artz, county agent, Polk. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. This is to notify all parties that T, E L. Beam, undersigned, have this day sold the Chocolate Shop locat ed in Shelby, N. C. to J. A. Dycus and J. Hoyt Dycus and after this date will not be responsible in arvy way for any debts or contracts made in the name of the Choco late Shop or bv the owners there of All persons indebted to the said Chocolate Shop prior to this date will please make immediate settlement to the undersigned. This the 11th day of April, 1929. E. L. BEAM. Henry B. Edwards, Atty. SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY OFFER ON SATISFACTION GUARANTEED jrop^y, o o o TWAOt MARK ^WARRANTED SWEDISH STEFI , -sweetssssts I resent this coupon to our store with ,19c and get a regular 50c package of Im ported Swedish Sfeel TRO PHY SAFETY RAZOR BLADES. CLEVELAND DRUG CO. SHELBY. N. C. This Offer Good For 30 Days. Cleveland Youth Wins Fame As London Boxer Charles Worth Willis of Shelby who Joined the Navy of Uncle Sam on May 2. 1929 is now in Liverpool, England where he is stationed on a battleship. He is first mate of the ship and has won distinction, so it is reported here, as champion light weight boxer. He is also a splendid baseball player. His friends will be glad to learn that he will be~home“on~a~lisitTometime this year. TORTURING PAINS Ceredo Lady Tell* How She Wet Unable To Find Any* thing to Relieve Them Until She Took Cardni. Ceredo. W. Va.-In telling how she ™ benefited by taking Cardui. Mrs. Perlie Yelkey, of this place, says: “At one time, I had a very serious epell which left me weak. At times. I would suffer such intense pains : •cross my back and in my side that l could hardly stand it. “I endured this over and over again. Every time the pains were ! worse than before. i was m a66pair because nothing helped me. I tried several reme dies. but I continued to suffer. "One day, I read about Cardul. Other women told how they had gotten strong and well after taking It. I have orten been thankful for that day. for after I had taken Car- ; dul for awhile. I felt like a different: human being. * "It did not seem possible, but I did not suffer the old. torturing pains, and I really felt well. 1 can heartily recommend Cardul, for I know how much I improved afler I took it. Since then, I have taken it several times when I have needed a tonic, and I have always been benefited. It is a wonderful help.’* All good druggists sell Cardul. Try it for your troubles. »/. A SOLID WEEK OF SPECIAL VALUES - AT THE PARAGON - PURE THREAD SILK TO THE TOPS Full Fashioned Hose Very Specially Priced, It's nothing unusual to buy stockings for one dollar. In fact you’ll find them every where. but for this week we are offering the most unus ual in values. The most fas tidious will find in these the excellent quality, trim fitting and all the good features in better hose. Come and see. A GOOD IDEA is to buy 2 prs. of one color. In case of mishaps you will get double service from the odd stocking. It’s a fine time to lay in your summer's supply. The Season’s Best Colors. FAR ABOVE THE AVERAGE Tub Frocks FOR SIZES UP TO 46 You have never seen such an assort ment of Dresses in your life for One Dollar. A size and style for every age and type. Thev are most unus ual at this low price. Come this week and ask to see them. Full Cut — Generous Hems. NEW SILK ENSEMBLES Attractively Priced $10.00 And $15.00 We bought these in New York last week and feel aw fully proud of them. ’Cause we get them so reasonable. Some have short jackets and others full length coats. The dresses are with and without sleeves. You must see them to appre ciate their real value. NEWEST SUMMER HATS IN DISTINCTIVE STYLES $5.00 They’re the newest ar rivals from fashiondom and each style is really smart — Nothing ordi nary about them except the price. Little Tots ORGANDIE DRESSES And Bonnet to Match ^ $1.00 i We ran across these in New York and they are as attractive as can be. Come in plain and small prints. Sizes 1 and 2 only. A New DEAUVILLE SANDAL Tan & Brown Com bination $4.95 The same excellent ■ quality as in all Para gon Footwear. Bought in New York and just received here. All siz es up to 7. WASHABLE CREPE I PARTY AND GRADUATION Silk Frocks With and Without Sleeves $10.00 AND $15-00 Fresh and crisp from the racks of New York’s leading dress manufacturers. Plain Crepes, Prints, Chiffons Silk Pique, Mandalay Crepes and so many new materials brought! put first, time this season. i Frocks Priced For This Week Special AT $10.00 Little ladies, we want you to see these dainty frocks here that are especially suited for graduation or parties. They’ve just come in and you’ll get best selection by coming early. Materials of Georgette, Crepe and Taffeta. Sizes from 13 to 20. A SOLID WEEK OF BIG VALUES. PARAGON DEPT. STORE (These Values Made Possible By Special New York Purchase.)
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