SOCIETY
News
MISS MAYME ROHERT8— Social Editor—rhone 2Sfl.
News Items Telephoned Miss Roberts Will Be Appreciated.
Dance At
Hotel Charles.
A very largo crowd attended the
dance given at the Hotel Charles on
Monday evening trom 9 to 12
o'clock, honoring the visiting vet
erans and their wives The old
time square dance was led by Mr
Chas. Alexander. From twenty-five
to thirty couples were on the floor
at one time and many of the vet
erans taking part. Music was fur
nished by the high school orches
tra.
Bridge
Luncheon.
Charming in every detail was the
elaborate bridge luncheon given by
Mesdanies Chas. W Hubbard and
Ceph Blanton Tuesday at 12:30
o'clock at the attractive home of
Mrs. Hubbard on Hudson street,
honoring Miss Lula Mae Williams of
Newnan, Ga . sister of Mrs, Hub
bard and Miss Mildred Thompson
of Charlotte, W'ho will be married
to Mr. Robert Hord, this month, and
also sharing honors was Mrs. John
Fox. Jr., of Teaneck, N. J. The
dining room table was covered with
a lare fillet cloth and centered with
a huge bowl of mixed garden flow
ers. The smaller bridge tables were
graced with green bowls of nas
turtiums. a color scheme of green
and yellow predominating. Each of
the honorces was presented with
lovely gifts. The high score prize
was won by-Mrs. Ed Post and the
low score by Mrs. Frank Kendall.
Three delightful courses were serv
ed. The out of town guests besides
the honorces were: M'sses Flora and
Belle Pettit of Gaffney. Mrs Rob
Laney of Monroe and Mrs Frank
love of Lincolnton.
Reception For Veterans.
Wives And Officials.
A beautiful reception was given
at. the Woman s club room Monday
afternoon from 5 to B o’clock, hon
oring the wives and offinlals of the
8panlsh-Ameriei*n War Veterans
and officials of the different en
campments who are attending jthe
reunion this week. The reception
wraa given by the auxiliary here, as
sisted in receiving and entertaining
by the officers of the literary clubs
of the city. The club,room for the
occasion was elaborately decorated
throughout with quantities of mix
ed garden flowers, arranged in floor
vases, baskets and jardinieres. Wel
coming the guests at the front door
on the first floor were Mesdames
A. W. McMurry. J. H Hull and J.
McDowell.
Receiving at the top of the ele
vator landing were Miss Elisabeth
Roberta and Mrs Draper Wood. Re
ceiving aAd directing the guests to
the register were Mesdames Will
Metcalf and Theeda Lutz. The reg
ister was arranged tn the ha'iwny
and presided -oyer by Mrs. Frank
Roberts. Mrs. J. F. Jenkins who
was chairman of the entertainment,
received at. the entrance to the re
ception room and was assisted by
Mrs. J. T. Gardner in introducing
the receiving line, which was head
ed by Mrs. J. A. Ellis, president of
the local auxiliary, standing next
was Mrs. Elizabeth Hartung, of
Toledo. Ohio, the past national
president, of the Spanish - American
War Veterans auxiliary. Mrs, Eve
rett Houser came next, and Mrs.
Delia Garrett of Greensboro, pro
visional president of the North
Carolina auxiliary. Mrs. Crph B'an
ton. D. A R Regent with Mrs.
Stephen N Harris of Savannah,
Oa . wife of ttor national Spanish
War Veterans' adjutant gen
eral. Mrs, W. B Nix. president of
the U. D. C.. Mrs. J. W. Harbinson,
president, of the woman's club. Miss
Eva Garrett of Greensboro, treas
urer of the Percy Gray camp aux
iliary, Mrs. Pitt Beam, president of
the Ishpening club, Mrs. Leon Hoff,
Junior president of the Greensboro
auxiliary, Mrs. Jsley, president of
Greensboro auxiliary. Mrs. Lewis
Forney, senior vice president of
local auxiliary. Mrs. A- J. Brandes,
president of Charlotte auxi’lary.
Mrs. A.SHRD LUN’wt tJ HRDLU
Mrs. E. S. Gray, historian of Char
lotte auxiliary. Mrs. J. K, Parker ot
Charlotte, Mrs. H. S Plaster, vice
president of the Cecelia music cbm.
Mrs. O. At. Siittle, president oi the
Chicora club- arid Mrs. Thad Ford
of the mimo elub. Mesdames Paul
Webb and-R. B. -Campbell enter
tained in - the reception room an i
directed the guests to the punch
bowl, which was arranged on the
most attrarttvely decorated table
in e,ngnsn »vy ana maaonna lines
and greenery. Serving delicious ira
and cakes were Mesdames c B
Gibson. Gforge Sperling. Guy
Roberts, Yates McSwatn, L. H. L^d
ford and Nora Belle Alexander
Presiding at the.piano and furnishh
lng music during the afternoon were
Mrs. George Hoyle and Miss Maynie
Roberts. Mrs. H. A. Logan, chaplain
of the auxiliary received near the
punch table and directed the guests
to the hallway. Mrs. L. O. Hoffman
bade the guests good-bye in the
hallway. A large number of guests
called and after the reception quite
a number of the visiting veterans
came in for refreshments.
Mesdames Wood Anil Mill*
(11vc Bridge Parly.
One of (he largest, and most beau
tiful bridge parties of the season
was given jointly by Mesdames
Draper Wood and Henry Mills yes
terday afternoon at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. L. H. Ledlord on the
Cleveland Springs road, where Mrs.
Mills has an apartment. The low^r
floor of this, handsome home was
thrown ensuite, and gracefully ar
ranged with quantities of lovely
garden flowers hi floor baskets and
large vases. Each of Hie eleven
bridge tables was centered with a
green glass .swan filled with pink,
yellow and white snapdragons. The
party was Riven in honor of the
recent brides of the city and Miss
Mildred Thompson, of Charlotte, a
brlde-clcct of this month. An in
formal receiving line was formed
just Inside the living room, the
hostesses, Mrs. Mills receiving In a
blue chiffon afternoon gown and
Mrs. Wood was attired In biege and
black chiffon. Mrs. Ed McCurry
; wore peach chiffon. Mrs. Connelly
Eskridge, old rose lare and geor
gette, Mrs. Frank Kendall in orchid
chiffon, Mrs. Norman Lee in powder
blue chiffon and Miss Thompson
wore biege georgette and lace Each
of the honorees was presented wbh
lovely sets of Madeira napkins,
Mrs. O. M. Gardner won high score
prize and was presented with a pair
of silk hose. Mrs. Willis McMurry
was presented with a recipe file for
second high score. The hostesses
assisted in entertaining and serv
ing a delightful ice course, with
punch and accessories by Mesdames
McL. Matheson, L. H. Ledford and
Miss Elizabeth Roberts. The most
attractive yellow-green nut baskets
were passed filled with salted
almonds. The out of town guests In
cluded Miss Flora Pettit and Mrs.
Lyman Hamrick of Gaffney, Mes
dames Spurgeon Moss and Terry
Moore, Misses Mary and Ruth
Moore of Forest City, Mrs. Levy
Hunter of Spartanburg, Mrs. Joe
Lacy of Montgomery, Ala.. Miss Sue
Andrews of Charlotte, and Mrs. O.
M Gardner of Raleigh
Mesdames Mills and Wood are en
tertaining with bridge again today
at 4 o’clock
TOPICS
About
TOWN
Harvey S. White an alert. and
engaging young man, has removed
to Shelby from Memphis, Team., and
will represent here the very sub
stantial Equitable Life Assurance
Society, of New York. Mr. White
has been with the Equitable four
years, and it is a compliment to
this city that such a company
chooses to be represented here. The
company' not only does a life in
surance business, but the Charles
on a big loan business. Mr. White
will be located over the Charles
Store in the Paragon building.
Preaching at Sulphur Springs
will be held Sunday evening, instead
of in the afternoon. It Is announced.
Special song selections from singers
from Sharon church, will add
charm to the service.
The <1 C McNeely company ts
announcing Ui. the advertising col
ums of The Star today, the open
ing of its annual mid-summer
clearance sale. This is an annual
feature of the McNeely business,
and one looked forward to by shop
pers in the Shelby territory. Sub
stantial reductions are made in
these sales, the cuts including prac
tically all items in the stock.
Miss Florence West, of Sanders
ville, Ga., described as a “Georgia
Peach,” is the guest here in Shelby
of Miss Julia Hurt, at the Cleveland
Springs hotel. Miss West comes to i
Shelby from Blowing Rock, where
she was declared to be the
prettiest of two hundred girls at
tending there the Sorority Conven
tion
Mrs William Griffin, who resides
on South Washington street, has
bren enjoying fine home-grown
cantaloupes out of her garden for
more than a week past and reports
•hat the fruit is unusually delicious
flii3 year. Growers over the county
expert to make a large crop of mel
ons this year, according to com
mon reports.
SPECIAL < OMMt M» ATION
CLEVELAND LODGE 20’
Called communication at Cleve
land Lodge No. 202 Thursday eve
ning at 8 o'clock for work in the
second degree.
Precedent at a dinner isn't so im
portant to us us to get ahead of the
line at the ticket window
Sunshine blinds a lot of folks
temporarily but moonshine gets
more permanent victims.
i
Heavy Title Bout
Is Far, Far Away
Sohmeling's l.atcst Troubles Mean
Hnut With Sharkey
Is "Off."
New York—There will be no
Schmeling-Sharkey fight In Sept
ember.
Clone Tunney’s abandoned crown
probably will go begging for a
new champion cannot be named in
1920.
Only I he ret urn of Jack Dempsey
this year can straighten out mat
ters. and the ex-champion is not
likely to tight again.
Max Schmeiing was informed by
th3 New York State Athletic Com
mission today that he was expected
to fulfill a contract signed by
Arthur Bulow, his Clerman manager,
and box for Humbert J. Fugazy at
Ebbets Field this summer.
Fugazy named Pliil Scott. British
heavyweight, as Max's opponent, and
James J. Johnston, whose Brother
Charley is Phil's American repre
sentative, is arranging the interna
tional aspects of the match.
When W. F. Carey, president ^f
Madison Square Garden, who holds
a two-year contract with Schmeiing.
a contract signed by Joe Jacobs as
the Teuton's American manager,
was informed of the boxing com
mission's wishes, he said:
"Madison Square Garden will do
nothing against the rulings of the
commission.
Carey went on lo say that,
Schmeling had obligations recog
nized by the state boxing board,
the Garden would not attempt to
match Max in the meantime against
Sharkey or anyone else.
Schmeling, informed of the com
mission's edict, said emphatically
that he would not fight Scott or
anyone else for Fugazy.
“I only recognize my contract wilh
Madison Square Garden.” said Max.
The German heavyweight added
that he would start at once on a*1
exhibition tour of the country, and
would fight no one until the Garden
selected an opponent for him, pref
erably Jack Sharkey in September.
This lets Schmeling out of the
picture as far as a heavyweight
championship fight under the aus
pices of Madison Square Garden Is
concerned.
If Schmeling fails to fight Scott,
lie will be barred here and steps
will be taken to bar him elsewhere
Carey declined to discuss the pos
sibility of a Schmcllng-Sharkey
fight elsewhpre.
Sharkey Out In Cold.
All this leaves Sharkey without
a suitable opponent. Boston Jack
has nn agreement with the Garden
calling for him to receive $100,000
if he boxes In September. The Gar
den has an option on lils services
which it must act on by July 15.
If It falls to do so, Sharkey be
comes a free agent.
Contrary to some idle statements,
Sharkey docs not, get his $100,000
if the Garden fails to name an
opponent for him. He gets nothing
There Is no one else who could
be put up ngainst. the Bo6tonlan In
September—except Jack Dempsey.
The former champion represents the
last hope of everyone concerned for
a big fight this fall.
Drunken Drivers
Lead State List
Raieigh—Three hundred of the
1028 convictions for traffic viola
tions during the first six months
of 1929 were for driving automobiles
while under the influence of in
toxicants, according to the report
compiled in the state highway de
partment from the reports sent in
by court clerks from over the
state. These reports are not con
sidered complete, as some of the
courts do not make the reports
asked.
The compilation shows that In
toxicated Hrivers lead In convlctioua
for traffic violations, followed by
199 conviction* for speeding and 197
for reckless driving, for the six
months period. Five were convicted
of manslaughter, 21 of assault with
a deadly weapon and 49 for viola
tion of the light law. Listed under
miscellaneous offenses are 255
ctses.
All of the five manslaughter con
victions were during the month of
May, none being recorded for either
of the other five months of the year.
During the past month of June, 40
were convicted for driving while
drunk. 38 for speeding, 41 for reck
less driving, two for assault with a
deadly weapon, seven for violation
as miscellaneous, making a total for
June of 169 convictions.
Bv months the number of con
victions follow: January 227. Febru
ary 173, March 170, April 64. May
223 and June 169, a total of 1026.
Four California cities ere among
those having the highest suicide !
rate. Florid* papers please copy —
Indianapolis Star.
Justice Taft has gone to Canada
Honi soil qm mat v peace,—India
napolis Star.
Another good place for a no
tipping sign is on a cano;- —Publish
ers Syndicate.
Charity consisted in saving noth
ing at the office of the Father's
Day nectle.—Indianapolis Star.
The reason there is plenty of
room at the top is because so many
who get there rail off —Grand
Rapids Press.
MM FEATURES TO
IHT 0.5. CENSUS
Taker* Will Be Paid Aeeordlng
To Number People They
Interview.
How many people arc there tn
the United States? How many
animals—how much goods in cir
culation—how large the “army of
unemployed?'' We, as everybody
if you wait long enough Uncle
Sam’s tellers will furnish the fig
ures. More than $39,500,000 will
be appropriated by congress tor
the task, which is to be completed
in about six months, it is estimated.
There' are several novel features
about this years census taking
which distinguish it from past un
dertakings. The country's popu
lation is increasing at the rate of
about 1,400,000 yearly, a record
that surpasses anything in his
tory. An excess of births over
deaths and of immigration over
emigration arc the eausc of this.
It is estimated that the popula
tion next year will probably have
reached the sum total of 120,000 -
000, which is 30 times that of 1790
when the first census was taken.
The much mooted question be
tween Republicans and Democrats
—“What is the extent df unem
ployment?"—will be settled, and
this, too, Is a proceeding never
authorized before in a decennial
census bill. Nor, for that mat
ter, docs I he gathering of figures
relating to distribution of goods
have any precedent, although Mr.
Hoover strongly advocated such a
provision when lie was secretary
of commerce.
The 100,000 persons who go
from door to door gathering sta
tistics will be paid according to
the number of noses counted. A
supervisor will preside over each
of the 565 districts, which are to
be divided into sections for the
enumerators to cover. The latter
are to carry charts showing Just
what information he must ob
tain. All this nformation Is
strictly confidential, and deliber
ately misleading the census taker
Is a violation of law punishable by
fine and Imprisonment.
Four Cases Typhoid
At Gaston Hoyles
Four of the children of Mr. Gas
ton Hoyle, well known farmer Jiv
ing on highway No. 18 between
Beam's mill and Fallston are suf
fering with typhoid fever, thought
to have originated In-a contaminat
ed well Water from the well has
been sent to Raleigh for an analy
st*. but a report has not been re
ceived. Wray. Marzona, Chivous and
Kenneth Hoyle, two boys and two
girls in the Hoyle family who are
down with typhoid are getting along
better, it was reported from that
neighborhood this morning.
Education never comes as a be
quest. it is aiwaya an achievement,
' A single camphor tree yields
above $5000 worth of camphor. A
single camphor ball will feed 5000
moths.
Farmers Celebrate
Fourth By Working
Voi.uk People Attend S. S. Con
trition. Personal News Of
People On The Go.
(Special to The Star.)
Mount Sinai, July 9.—The Fourth
of July passed very quietly in this
community. Most of the farmers
were too busy working their crops
to take time to attend any cele
brations.
A number of people from this sec
tion attended the Sunday school
'convention at Poplar Springs
chi rch Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hughes of
| Greensboro, and Mr. and Mrs. Wil
iliam Cannaday of New Bern, spent
| Friday night with Mrs. J. H. Rol
1 nis
Mr and Mrs. Fo.v Putnam and
children visited Mr. and Mrs. J. D.
Eskridge of Shelby Sunday after
noon.
Miss Essie Harrill, who is attend
ing summer school at Lenoir-Rhyno
college, spent the week-end at
home.
'I he young people of this com
munity enjoyed a pound supper
given at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
David Champion Saturday evening.
Mrs. Josie Gramlin or Galfney
visited relatives in this community
Sunday.
Mrs, Brainard Westmoreland and
children of Charlotte. spent last
week with Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Bridges.
Elijah Weaver, little son of Mr.
and Mrs. Will Weaver had the mis
fortune to be kicked on the head by
a mule one day recently. His heaa
was cut enough to cause severe
pain, but seems to be getting along
nicely.
Mr. and Mrs. George Philbcck cf
Avondale, were visitors at the home
of Mrs. J. H. Rollins Sunday after
noon.
Miss Pegram and Mr. Andrew
Hunt of Shelby were visitors at our
Sunday school Sunday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie BaUey of
Forest City visited relatives in this
section Sunday.*
Mr. and Mrs. Rome Hanes of
Morganton spent last week with
Mr. and Mrs. Will Weaver and fam
ily.
Farmers Of State
Ship Many Hogs
Raleigh—Cooperating with county
agents and teachers, the state de
partment or agriculture helped
farmers or North Carolina ship 270
carloads of hogs by freight to
northern markets during the ftrst
six months of the year, the depart
ment has announced, and 75 car
loads were shipped by truck.
Beaufort county led in the ship
ments with 66 carloads, totalling
5.119 head, being shipped by 376
farmers of the county, who received
$108,015.
Ix>ve your enemies. They mer-lv
shoot you. Your friends levy the
taxes.—Wheeling Intelligencer,
Education will Increase your earn
ing capacity. Just look at our rich
college professors.—Chico (Cal.'
Record.
Carolina sroJ<i;S
NA < • S.iV('Yu; M',iu v
^ ES, IT’S HOT! But we have just the hot weather spe
cials to please you, all before your eyes for selection.
Beech Nut Peanut Butter 10c
Certo, per bottle _____30c
Grapefruit, Royal No. 2 cans, delicious____ 27c
N. B. C. Soda Crackers l!„x.. 45c
Fruit Salad, Libby’s No. 1 cans_,____ 25c
Red Wing Grape Juice, per pint_______ ~~ 25c
Welch’s Grape Juice . 29 c
Specials Friday and Saturday.
Royal Aster Lard . $ l .05
SUGAR 54c
BLUE RIBBON MALT 69c
UPTON’S TEA
CLIQUOT CLUB ALE a* 44 c
Carolina Stores For Carolina People
RilS URGE
PROBES OF HEM
Sanatorium.—Opinions of Dr.
Frederick R. Taylor, of the state
department of Health, Dr. P. P
McCain, superintendent of the
North Carolina Sanatorium, and
other health experts are quated in
an article appearing in the July
issue of the Sanatorium Sun point
ing out the wisdom of periodic
health examinations to prevent tu
berculosis and other serious Hines-.
‘'Degenerative diseases are In
creasing in their mortality rate
every year,” Dr. Taylor is quoted as
declaring. "They are increasing out.
of proportion to the increase in
population, and up until very re
cently we have not been aroused to
the saving of thousands of lives in
with it in any adequate way at ail.
In a periodically examined group
the mortality varies somewhere from
eighteen to twenty-five per cent
less than the mortality from an un
exampled group. If this tiling can
be put on in an earnest and wide
spread scale, it is bound to mean
the saving of thousands of live in
our state.”
“We constantly see the need of
(this work” Dr. McCain said. “Of
course we have a great many pa
tients coining to the Sanatorium 'or
examination. All of them riw to
find out whether or noo they have
tuberculosis. We examine about fif
teen hundred outside cases a year
and only about one out or four has
tuberculosis, but we find tnat some
thing is wrong with practically all
of them. In emphasizing the fact
that the public at large needs so
have a periodic check-up, we have
had an experience within the last
two years among the medical pro
fession in one of the cities of tills
state in which we found four doc
tors who, presumably, ware in good
health, but we found that they had
moderately advanced tuberculosis. If
doctors can go ahead trd develvn
tuberculosis in a moderately ad
vanced stage without being consci
ous of having it, we don't need any
thing further than that to empha
size the fact of these examinations
being needed generally.
'It is hard to convince an appar
ently well person that he shouiu
be examined. Many people are
afraid they have some chronic dis
ease but do not wish to find out
about it. They do not realize that
such an attitude is the ‘height of
unwisdom and that by lefusing to
be examined they merely postpone
the day when they will learn about
their true physical condition, pos
Farmers Bureau Is
Saving Much Cash
Raleigh.—A saving of $270,700 was
effected for farmers of North Caro
lina by the state department of
agriculture, according to estimates
made by the department, by reason
of cutting overhead expenses for
poultry growers selling their pro
duct.
During the six months period
poultry growers of the state shipped
5,414,014 pounds of live poultry, re
ceiving an average of 26 cents per
pound for their fowls. Thirty-two
per cent more poultry was shipped
out of the state during the first half
of tills year compared to the similar
period last year.
Don't think that a man Is a mil
lionaire just beeause you see him
putting on a million airs.
Is the pen mightier than the
sword? Did you ever hear of poets
and writers ever getting pensions?
How to escape being gored by an
angry bull. Avoid going where an
angry bull is likely to be.
siblv after the disease, easily curable
if discovered early, has passed the
early stage and entered the' stage
when a cure is much more difficult
or is even impossible.”
ALL
Ladies’ Ready-To-Wear
NOW
V4 and V2 off
REGULAR PRICES
Children’s Ready-To-Wear And Millinery
Included In The Price Cut. The Most Important
Announcement Of The Season
The merchandise offered you is our regular, standard,
ACORN QUALITY, not job merchandise bought for sales
purposes.
This event comes at a most opportune time* just when you
are needing many things for Vacation Wear. By supplying
your wants at the Acorn Store you will have more to spend
on your Vacation.
No prices changed, Original Tickets on all Garments and
Hats. Just come in and make your Selection, and deduct
from 25% to 50%.
COME EARLY WHILE SELECTIONS ARE BEST.
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