Nobody’s Business
GEE McGEE—
(Exclusive In The Star in this eeclion.)
“If.”
If some men had tails and
«ome monkeys had no tails, Dar
win's theory would be more easily
»wallowed.
If Jimmie Smith's Ford had run
lust 50 feet per mile faster, Jimmie
would not have been scraped off the
cow-catcher, and mebbo he would
have growed up to be a sensible
man.
If the gun had not been load’d,
little Bobbie Brown would have 2
legs Instead of one.
If Mr. Fastmail had of been
thoughtful enough to lock his pri
vate office door, his wife would
not have ketchcri him missing ills
stenographer and tlie alimony he
is now paying could have been
spent on her, meaning his stenog
rapher.
If my grocer* customers hid
not of had to meet the first and
second and thtrd and fourth and
all the other instalments cn the
thing* that they could have done
without, he would have been able
to keep his boy in college and
possibly made a lounge-Uzard out
of him Instead of a eakr-eatcr as
he now Is.
If Sallie had come home br
lore midnight, she would have
missed being in a wreck with two
"drunks” just before day that
morning, and then her reputation
would have been fairly good
—i
If dresses were any shorter, mou
men would leave home.
If folk* would attend to their
own business and not. keep pok
ing their nose into the other fel
low’s business, then everybody a
j business would be Nobody'., Bum
ncs»-'
If you don l 111.« this article,,
why, don't road it 1 ve be n lint
ing medicine and fed like flic last
Jassamliie of June. I hate .said ;
and hot. wealhet.
A tire dealer offered me a ,ei ;
of 1 balloons for $55.00, and agreed
to allow me $10.00 for my present
equipment in a swap Ills prior
for the new tires were no ex
change is made is $45.00. Puzz!" j
iHow much was I actually offer'd
for my old tirri? Answer: $0.00
Colton I.rtler.
New York, July 23. A, ,i eons, -
qurncc of favorable weather in the
Interior, call money was easy on
the opening, but, that did not
mean that it was easy to gr»
Since the Hooter entertainmer.t
at the White House, lingerie is
leaning toward colors, and blacks
and "hlRh-yallers" seem to be in
flic lead Hedge selling and south
ern straddling prevented a squee-e
in the shorts, but probable show
ers in Oklahoma reduced ilie K
K. K activities to a large extent,
and no further Impeachment pro
ceedings are likely until some
better political .jobs open up In
the meantime. we advise swim
ming pools and cotton DVDs.
We think it would be a good
idea for the British. European and
American governments to create
a joint fund of $1,000,000,000,000
000 oo to be used for the purpose of
re:ruing trails-Atlantic flyers, and
provide a line of ships about 3
miles apart all the way from
Dover to Old Orchard One is bo :i
every Friday.
anderson. a C , Julie 22, 1929
flrar mr. Hoover:— ,
i rote you a few days ago and
asked you to name me on the
farm relief bored, but have heard
nothing from you, what's the mat
ter? is you sick? if theor ■ ain't
no chance to get me on the cot
ton end of the bored, how about
naming me to re perse tit the be-f
farmers of the south ansoforth. i
will be glad to take the posish rt
25$ per month, provided i am al
lowed to peddle beef as i am now
doing m connection with my lob
of kumner rile or foam i! i can
depend on yore help, or will i hat
ter wait 4 more years hence on
at, '-mith or Owen cl. young?
yores truhe.
mike Clark, rfd
By lire time this article comes
nut m the papers, I will hrve re
duced the fish supply in tlie At
lantic ocean at least 25 per cent
I am "booked to spend next wee;
at Murrcl's Inlet-by-the-Sea, I have
already ordered 4 telephone poles
lo use as fishing rods, and am
now rigging up a block-and-tackle
to foo! with small fry: I expert
io bail, with whales. I am tak
ing orders for Mastadoneans and
Octopus-cats and Wmiper-wam
liuses, and if any one desires a few
dozen of these briney-deep inhabi
tants, just rite or foam mr at
mce First come, first served ■
fi.sli for anybody I understand
that all the dolphins and sharks
if tire Murrells Inlet neighbor
hood heard last week that 1 would
;ie there, and they all “vamoosed."
and are now in "the Bay of Fun
day
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Having qualified as administrator
of the estate or Martha Macason,
deceased, late of Cleveland coun'y.
North Carolina, this is to notify ail
persons having claims against the
estate of said deceased to exhibit
them to the undersigned at Shelby,
N. C„ on or before the 26th day ol
June, 1930, or this notice will ne
pleaded in bur of their geeftvery. All
persons indebted lo said estate will
please make immediate payment
Tins June 26th. 1929.
FRANK L. HOYLE, Adniinls
t'ator of Martha Macason.
Jno. P. Mull, A tty.
•'Got I m Anri Look 'lm Up"
Solicitor’* Onions In Gil
bort-Koach Case.
Charlotte.—Orders to "tret ’em
I
and lock .'em up'" were issued by
Solicitor John G Carpenter to the
sheriff's office here following un
successful efforts to locate . state's
witnesses in the case against vV
Tom Gilbert and Arthur J. Roach.
Gastonia policcment charged witn
assault upon Pedro Melton with a
deadly weapon with Intent to kill
and with being drunk and disor
derly
Melton, one of the witnesses
sought, was operator of a.filling sta
tion on (he Gastonia-Charlotte
highway on the afternoon of June
7 and in an affidavit presented at
a recent habeas corpus hearing heic
declared that the two Oastonia of
ficers had visited his place, which
is on the Mecklenburg side of the
Catawba river. and had subse
quently cursed and abused him and
chased him into the river, where
he was fired upon several times.
Other witnesses sought are Bob
Brown..B. C. Pinion and Mike Hens
ley Ttie gastonia officers were’ir
dicte.1 last week by the Mecklenburg
grand Jury and their case was set
for trial Friday morning in Meck
lenburg superior court, but because
of the inability to locate states
witnesses, the case was postponed.
Solicitor Carpenter expressed de
termination to get these witnqpses
to rourt and let them testify as to
what happened at Melton's place
The alleged assault occurred a few
hours before the fatal shooting at
Gastonia of Police Chief, O. F.
Adrrholt. Roach and Gilbert, who
accompanied Chief Acierholt and
other officers on the ill-fated visit
to the Strikers’ tent colony that
night, were also severely .shot dur
ing the melee there and have onlv
recently been able to leave theii j
beds.
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Ponder Makes The
Officials Comply
iR R Clark m Greensboro News )
I N. M. Ponder, citizen of Ruther
ford county, brought action against
| the county commissioners, civil and
criminal, for failure to have ali
claims against the county itemized
and sworn to, as the law requires.
| There was more than one hearing
without a conclusion, but Ponder
stuck to his knitting and finally
! the commissioners threw up their
hands, so to speak. They plead
nolo contendere in the criminal
action, an admission of guilt with
out putting it that way, and a non
| suit was taken in the civil action.
; The commissioners were fined a
cent each and the cost. “Both
sides seemed to be pleased with
the final decision.” says the report,
and it is added that the commis
sioners have adopted a rule that
all claims against the county must
be itemized and sworn to. which
is what Ponder was out to make
them do Tire eounty attorney said
he had been ‘reliably informed
that at least 50 county officials
m the state were doing just like
Rutherford'' before the action was
brought against the Rutherford
commissioners, but they are “hav
ing all their claims itemized and
sworn to now”
Prom which you will see that
Mr. Ponder lias rendered a large
public service. He not only started
his own officials to complying with
a requirement that is obviously im
portant. but tl\e influence of his
action caused a half hundred other
officials to mend their ways.
Whether Mr. Ponder will get credit
in his own county is another mat
ter. It is usually very unpopular
to take on the court house people
when they are banded together for
purposes offensive and defensive,
as they usually are. One who tries
it Is not only due for much un
popularity, but he is fortunate
if he escapes with no more than
counter attacks on liis motives. It
is encouraging to find a, citizen
occasionally who has the nerve to
take action to compel officialdom
to protect the interests of the citi
zenry, as they promise to do
and take oath to perform. If that
should become a habit, 'presently
officialdom would be taking such
care that it would not ignore the
laws enacted for its guidance and
for the protection of the public
funds, and if and when called to
law. try to evade by calling the
evasion a technicality. May the
tribe of Ponder increase, say we.
CLOVER HILL NEWS
OFCUfflTWEEK
(Special to The Star.*
July 27.—The farmers are getting
ready to Jay by their crops
Miss Selma Norman was the din
ner guest of Misses Nettie Lee and
Mate Ramsey Sunday.
Miss Winona Hasting visited Miss
Inee Ledford Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Ledford visit
ed Mrs. Ledford's mother Sundav
at Lawndale.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Walker and
children and Mr. Enoch Ledford
went shopping at Shelby Monday
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hasting visit
ed Mr. Hastings mother Sunday
afteinoon.
Miss Inez Ledford visited Miss
Ethel Shujord Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Carl Norman visited Mr.
Wendell Ledford Sunday.
Miss Ruby Turner was the din
ner guest of Miss Vertle Self Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ledford
visited Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nor
man of Bel wood Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. M. E. McNeely visit
ed Mr. and Mrs. Amos Ledford
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Raseny visit
ed their cousin, Mrs. Lizzie Lee of
Mooresboro Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. L. L. Norman visited her
mother, Mrs. Amoa Ledford Sun
day afternoon
Miss Marie Queen visited Misses
Male and Nettie Lee Ramsey Sun
day afternoon.
Mrs. Amos Ledford returned home
Sunday from a two week’s visit with
her daughter, Mrs. D. M. Freeman
of Shelby.
Master 'J. B. Freeman of Shelbv.
visited Master Buren and Evere:t
Ledford Sunday.
Mr. and Tilden Queen of Shelbv
were pleasant visitors in the com
munity Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Forest Walker and
little son. Jack, of Shelby, spent
last week-end with Mr. Walker's
parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Walker.
American factories turn out more
than two-thirds of the world's sup
!v of rubber goods.
Administrator's Notice.
Having qualified as administrator
>f the estate of Corrie McBee. de
'eased, late of Cleveland county,
'forth Carolina, this Is to notify all
persons having claims against the
•state of said deceased to exhibit
;hem to the undersigned at Shelby,
(f. C„ on or before the 10th day of
July, 1930, or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said es
tate will please make immediate
payment. This 10th day of July.
1929.
FRANK L. HOYLE. Ad
ministrator of Corrie Mc
Bee. deceased
Mooresboro School
To Open July 29th
The Mooresboro school will open
Monday July 25, according to an
announcement made this morning
by one of the officials of the school.
It will be remembered that Prof.
J. D. Huggins who was connected
with Boiling Springs high school
and college for a number of years
will be the new principal of the
Mooresboro high school this year.
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND.
Under and by virtue of the au
thority conferred by deed of trust by
W. B. McSwain and wife, Mille Mc
Swain to the First National bans
of Durham, N. C„ trustee, dated the
15th day of April. 1928, and record
ed in book 150, page cievcianri
county registry, the First National
bank of Durham, trustee, will on
August 21, 1929 at 12 o’clock M.
at the court house door in Cleve
land county, sell at public auction
for cash to the highest bidder the
following described property:
Beginning at a stake on the norfn
edge of Morton street, and runs
thence with a line of lots No. 1
and 2 north 35'j cast (17 feet to an
iron stake in Lawton Blanton'
line; thence south 59'> east 50 feet
to a stake; thence with the line of
lot No. 6 north 351 * east 69 feet to a
stake; thence south 60 east 50 feet
to a stake in the north edge of an
alley; thence with the north edge
of said alley south 35'. west 138 fee:
to a slake in the north edge of
Morton street; thence with the
north edge of Morton street north
61 west 100 feet to the place of be
j ginning, same Being lots nos. i
j and 8 and the southwest part ol
j lots No. 5 and 8 of the D. D. Wilkin
j property a plat of w hich property :•
of record in the office of the reg
ister of deeds of Cleveland count v
North Carolina, in plat book No. ,
at pago*25, and being that proper!'
which was conveyed to W. b. Mr
Swain by deed of record in bool
3-U at page 591 in the office of thi
register of deeds of Cleveland coun
ty, N. C. reference to which dect
and plat is hereby made for furtho
identification and description.
This sale is made on account o
default in the payment of the In
debtedness secured by the said dece
of trust.
This the 5th day of Julv, 1929
FIRST NATIONAI, BANK OP
DURHAM. N. C.. Trustee.
D H. Covington, Atty
Durham, N. C.
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