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Hollis Gathering Of Fiddlers Success Editor Cleveland Star; In a former communication to your columns, mention was made that a teachers’ training school was In progress at Palm Tree church while an outstanding fiddles con vention was In anticipation at Hol lis, the storm centre of educational activity; as well as tire seat of so cial, commercial and musical ac tivities. The training school for 8. S. teachers put on Jointly by the Hei wood and Polkvlllc circuits was a pronounced success, despite the un favorable weather conditions. The session resulted with Belwood win ning 46 credits and Polkville 38. Che corps of instructors were respec tively, Revs. WilbuT McFarlanjJ, Paul Evans and John Hoyle. 3ach proved a master of his calling and left a record for enthusiasm and better improvement in proiiciqncy. Belwood has a larger Methodist membership than Polkville and Palm Tree church than the society at Polkville. The emulation was good, natured and fraternal—albeit, spir ited, The writer entered the pri mary department, or rather kinder garten; but by a malign fatality wai deprived of attendance for two days out of five. Monday morning CHARLOTTE MAN AMAZED AT RESULTS OF GREATMEDICINE •ATS HE HAD IN MIND TO TAKE FIVE BOTTLES OF HERB EXTRACT. BUT FOUR DID THE WORK; NOW HE’S HEALTHY AND FEELING FINE. **No medicine ever accomplished for mo what Miller s Herb Extract did in only a few weeks Jlmn, and I want it plainly understood that I believe it Is the most wonder ful appetiser, system cleaner and health restorer that was ever of fered to suffering humanity. It cer tainly takes a good medicine to do what this good medicine did for me. I was In a terrible run down condition of health when I start'd on this great medicine, other rem edies having failed to get at the source of my troubles and remove the cause at my 111 health, hut Herb Extract did the work v very s> ’'«itantlally and satisfactorily.'* MR, D. R. VANDLfc “When X first started to use this medicine I had in mind to take five bottles IX necessary to banish my IDs and misery, but lour bottles did the work In a most surprising man ner. I was actually amazed at re mits. It acts so quickly and gives such good mults in every way thh, Z feel like it is a wonder worker for people in poor health. Wliat's the use going on with your ail ments and a lot of unnecessary suf fering when such a medicine as Miner’s Herb Extract (formerly called Herb Juice) is Just as near you as your drug store? Every druggist keeps it and it is a small price to pay for good health. I am entirely relieved of sour stomach. Indigestion, bloating after meals, my bowels are regular and I am now, free from chronic constipation. My liver and kidneys act splendidly since I got my whole system thor oughly cleansed and regulated. My food has the right taste and I am not bothered any more with bad taste In my mouth like I used to be before I tried Herb Extract, My whole system. now seems t > be in A-l condition. I am healthy and feeling fine every city, in splendid trim for my work and 1 never lose any time from work nowadays on account of 111 health. Now my general health Is good, my work is a pleasure instead of t dread, and I find a great deal of pleasure in telling my friends of this great medicine and what it does for one in poor health. Know ing as I do what it will do for others. I ask that every ,affrrer of such ills as I' had try a few bottles on my recommendation." Mr. D. R. Pandle, popular grocer clerk, 1425 Harrill St.. Charlotte, N. C„ in giving this enthusiastic statement, voices the sentiment of millions who now enjoy better health since they use it. Have vou tried it? sold in Shelby by Paul Webb & Son, and leading o'.d drug gists everywhere.—«dv. the earth was covered with a lan tle of Ice, and he slipped and fell, almost breaking himself In three pieces. The session ended In a banquet on I Friday evening, and tasty viands! were served. The order of procedure was one course of table refreshments and fifteen of what the venacular of Lo, the Poor Indian calls "heap much big talk,” what classic English characterizes flying the eagle; but Is interpreted in modern slanguage as a superfluity of hot air. rhe writer does not qualify as a wind jammer; but features as a Don vi vamt in a gastronomic tournament, He warned the culinary contingent that he was, by a doctor’s orders, upon a diet and had to be careful as to quantity and quality of food consumed. He learns that the ligh priestess of the kitchen deposes that if he is on a diet that his type of abstinence is calculated to breed a famine. December 7, 1929 was date ap pointed for the musical cohorts to assemble at high school auditorium at classic and celebrated Hollis., situated near renowned Cherry Mountain which helped to make history under domination of the re doubtable Colonel Amos Owens, the unique caterer to the raging thirst of the convivial with standard proof but untaxed whiskey and the mir acle of cherry bounce, a compound of cherry Juice and corn whiskey. But the genius of the late organizer of the forces of religion and educa tion and the patron saint cf fid dlers even as Old King Cole; as well as those who plunked upon the banjoseph, the guitar and the man dolin, was the late J. B. Witnrow. He has been called from labor to refreshments upon the evergreen shore; but his falling mantle alight ed upon the energetic and compet ent shoulders of his son, Henry Grady Withrow. The weather In dications of Saturday afternoon were unpropltlous; but nevertheless the clans gathered from Ellenooro, Forest City, Shelby, Gaffney. S. C and elsewhere. Fifty-two dollars and fifty cents were contributed .is cash prizes, a generous fee was expendd for printer's ink; but cash receipts footed up approximately $140, or gross receipts $190, The Grady band of Marganton received first prize, Ellenboro end Oaffncy were award ed generous prizes and Forest City came in for a slice of the bacon. The writer suggested to the radiant feminine player of first violin lr. Ellenboro band that he feature as one of the fiddlers; but she assur ed him that his atrocious features and attire would hoodoo the or chestra now, henceforth and for? evermore. That his repulsive ap pearance would stop a clock, turn milk sour and tarnish their fade less escutcheon. He did then and thereupon, like Mark Twain at die tomb of Adam give way to tumul tous emotion and like the sweet singer of captive Israel when called upon for a song of Zion among the aliens; sat him down by the waters of imperial Babylon and wept. But a son of consolation came around to pour oil upon the waters. He said pretty girls were enougn like peace that they passed all under standing: and were likely, on small provocation, to poke fun at sonic d—d fool, then I arose comforted and satisfied. M. L. WHITE. Recently 673 convicts were taken on a terrible ship to Devils Island, French penal colony for which few men return alive. A housing investigation made in Swansea. Wales, revealed tha, vne family turned its dining table up side down at night for bed. inUSItEiB PALr,. By virtue of the power ot sale contained In a certain deed of trust, executed by Bert Price and wife, Cleo Price, to the undersign *u as trustees, as security for certain notes therein described, said deed of trust being of record in the veglstij of Cleveland county. North Caro lina, in book 155 at page 79, arid said indebtedness not having been paid as y said notes and del'd of trust prescribed and the holler it said notes having demanded the undersigned trustees to foreclose said deed of trust, the undersigned will offer for sale at public auc tion to the highest bidder for cash at the court house door in Shelby North Carolina on the 30th day December, at 12 M, 192.1, the following decribed real cr,; ate All that certain lot of land situat ed in the eastern portion of th“ city of Shelby and being the eastern portion of lot No. 2, in block No. 7 of the Win. Lineberger property as shown by plat made by Leigh Col yer. landscape architect, in he year 1921, which plat Is now recorded In the register of deeds office in Cleve land county, N. C„ in book of pla's No. 1, page 35. and being Joined on the north by lot No. 1, now ownec by Mrs. 4rma Wallace and on the south by Carl Webb lot and the west by Bert Price and Cleo Price and being tcribed by metes and bounds as follows: Beginning U an iron stake on west edge of Belvedcrt avenue, corner of lot No. 1 (Mi's. Irma Wallace! and runs south 87 west 165 feet to a stake; thence south 3 east, to a stake in line of C. R. "/ebb; then. ' north 37 erst 165 feet to a stake on west edge of Belvedere e-.* and runs w'i’h said edge of said avenue north 3 west 105 feet to the place of beginning, and being that lot conveyed Bert Price and Cleo Price by feed of record In the aforesaid office In oooj; OOO, page 134. This the 20th day of N.n ember. IS-.. E, B. THOMASON. L O. LOHMANN. ujt, i Newton and Newton, Atty.s. Around Our TOWN Shelby SIDELIGHTS By RENN DRUM The next time any Shelby un dertaker, or funeral director us they prefer to call it, happens to be In New York and wishes to be given a favorable recep tion in exclusive circles, where the South is still considered r giant checkerboard of big plan tations and plantation owners are considered the stuff, he might introduce himself as a Southern planter. That's what Steckel, the musician-comedian of Gastonia, called Grady Love lace in listing his profession at a Rotary club meeting. AND WHILE THE ROTARY club is on the mind this depart ment would urge Carl Thompson, ot whoever happens to be president o' the club when it holds another “Ladies Night", to tip off the sp»tk er of the evening to the fact tnat any Joke sprung on Dewitt Quinn should be a new one. A year ago Dr. Frazier, of Q teens college, was the guest speakei for the Rotartans on the evening they were entertaining their Rotary Anns and Anettcs (Annettes are the sweethearts of bachelor and divorc ed Rotarians who hope some time to become Rotary Anns.) As is cus tomary at such gatherings the speaker secures the names of ; w eral members in advance and uses them for his v. tse-cracks. Ho to’d this one on Dewitt, the pill peudler: I've known Dewitt for years. He has held many Jobs. Years ago he was the assistant to the proprietor of a rural mercantile store. Ofie day the daughter of the section's wealthiest citizen came in very much flustrated. She Informed the pro prietor that she was en roule to a party and had noticed that she had a run in her hose. She was a’rcady late and was unxious to know if she could purchase a pair stockings from him and make tire change in the store. There was no dressing room in the store so tire proprietor told her to get behind the counter and make the change and he would see that no one peeped. Then he in formed Dewitt that he should not go near the counter or^ even look in that direction. * “If you even glance that way, you're fired,'' the proprietor said. Then, declared Dr. Frazier. Lev’ltl got a new Job— It’s a pretty good joke and the "Ladies Night" gathering got quite a kick out of hearing the head cf a dignified Presbyterian school lor girls tell such things. But it isn't such a hot joke when you hear it the second time, and it’s more and more like an icicle pun when it's pulled for the seoond time on the same man before the same crowd Which gets our rambling narrative up to the present day. Recently the Rotary club here staged another feed and frolic for the Rotary Anns and Annettes. Edwin Steckel, the very entertaining Qastonia musi cian, was the speaker, and while getting wound up he pulled the customary wisecracks on club mem bers. They were all very amusing, then the speaker started cn lni3 one. "I've known Dewitt Qunui for years. He has held many jobs. Years ago he worked in a country s’orc" and so on and on, and as the speak er proceeded a kind of silent em barrassment settled over the bi3 dining room. At the end of the Joke, where Dewitt was looking fler another job, it was somewhnt of a strain ns the members clapped tneir hands and looked at each other to see if any one might be giving away the information that the same Joke had botfiv popped oy Dewitt once before with the same crowd listening in. Of course Steckel did not know it, and, as we say, it was a good joke when first sprung, but y know —well, it's somathi-ig like having turkey hash on the day after Thanksgiving and having the guests of the day belore drop back un expectedly for another meat. v Steckel, by the way, judging by complimentary remarks heard ne.e about him since, is wasting a lot of good Will Rogers talent by earning his livelihood attempting to teach children “do, ra. me" on the piano keys. I hr 13-Suit Man. Hundreds of Shelby people are curious to know the Identity of Shelby's best-dressed mnle—the man who sent 13 suits and 13 pairs of trousers to the local cleaning end pressing plant on the same day. Since that Item appeared In this tangle of type the proprietor of the pressing plant who gave out the .n formatlon says that he has eeeiv ed many telephone calls and nas been asked by at least 100 people just who the debonair gent might be. He still refuses to tell, but states tliat the average observer would hardly guess who it is be cause tlie majority of the suit3 -re ; conservative and of practically the ! same shade. Incidentally, r.e > e i colls one other Shelby man who 1 has sent 10 suits to be cleaned ,v j!he same time, and spiernl ,*t,o have a suit for every day U\ the week—and that's not the old joke j about having one suit and wear-' lng it all week. That's this colyum's | suit. In connection with the. item about . the 13 suits owned by one man, a reader suggests that the colyum name or conduct a contest to de- ' termine Shelby's best-dressed worn- 1 an. Not on your tintype, inend ' That little act would be more dan gerous than praising Simmons be fore some Democrats in Shelby, or 1 cussing him before others. The de partment remembers too readily the horrified criticism which swdoped down upon it a year or two ag> when it suggested a bathing beau ty contest for the girlies of the town out to the Cleveland Springs swimming pool. Yet, it is our bet had that con test been held it would have been hard to find a single Shelby man during the afternoon without look ing over the Cleveland Springs nili side—and very few wives would have been in to, callers during the after noon with many of them out to see just what hubbies* were so interest ed in pulchritudinous forms. That ought to start enough howls fer one day. Stand by while this station sounds off tuid disappears. I YET WITH WORK Pleasant Hill People Attend Fu neral Mrs. Francis. Personal Items Of Section. (Special to The Star * Pleasant Hill.—'There is a 'ot of work to do in this community in the way of gathering, some cotton yet to pick and corn to gather, not much wheat sown on account, of so much rain and bad weather. Those attending the funeral of Mrs. R. P. Francis at New Hop" last Thursday were Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Francis, Miss Alpha Frn.icis. Mrs. Marcellus Gantt, Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Guffey and Mr. and Mrs. Tom H. Lowery. _ | Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Neal visited Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Guffey Sunday afternoon. I Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Kendrick anr. children visited Mr. and M.s. Jo.' Beam Sunday. | Mrs. Anwar Gantt and son. R hand Visited in Shelby Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Lowery ;.nd children visited at the home cf Mr. J. C. Lowery Sunday. 4 Mr. and Mrs. Marcellus Gantt,. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Francis ard Miss Alpha Francis spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Tom H Lowery. Fannie Mae Lowery was the din ner guest Sunday of Mary and Ethel■ Guffey. j The quilt sale and oyster supper at the church Friday night, Decern-j ber 6 w as very good. *66 40 was col- | lected from quilts and supper which will be used for the church Two quilts were sold, the first one was e silk one which brought $20 ard was bought by Mr. J. O. Hendrick, the1 other was a sunflower, which brought $35. Mr. Joe Beam bans the buyer of it. The Sunday school and B. Y. P ! U. unions of Pleasant Hill church { are planning to have a Christmas program also Christmas tree. The Lead. The preacher had been doin j his 1 I stuff for nigh on to two horn’s, and the length of the sermon and dry ness cf the subject was beginning to tell on the congregation. In fact Deacon Beggs, Who w as seated near the rear end of the church, had doz ed off. Finally the minister became pretty well exhausted so he ended his sermon with the following words We will close with a short prayer, j Deacon Beggs will lead.” , The deacon awoke wit ha Jtvk and replied: ] “It isn’t my lead; I just dealt.” j TltrSTEES SALE. By virtue cf the %cr of sale contained in a deed of trust execut ed on May 21st, 1929, to me as tru tec, securing an indebtedness to the Shelby Bmldthg and Loan associa tion, and default having been r-adg in the payment of said indebted ness. I, as trustee, will sell for cash to the highest bidder at public auction at the court house door V. oy. N. * on Saturday, December 2*. 1H?9, at 12 o'clock M. the following de scribed real . ate: Situated in the town of Snelby. N. C„ and known as lots Nos. 12 nd 13 in block A, as shown on plat cl the sub-division of the Cyclone Auc tion company's property, mad? b J. A. Wilkie, surveyor, and recorded in book two of plats, page 3. in t'u Office of the register of deeds r,f Cleveland county, N. C„ reference u raid p'_ t -_ij)g hereby made f-v a j cation and atmenslons. Th : \ov ember 26. 1979 CLYDE It. ..OEY, Trik'c-. WEATHER PROVES 110 FARMERS ,'otton In Poplar Springs Section Being Picked Now. Sunday School Well Attended. • Special to The Star.* Poplar Springs.—The farmers arc rery thankful for the pretty warm lays in which to finish gathering heir crops. We hope they will con tnue for awhile and let us get our :rops gathered before Christmas, vhlch is almost here. We had a very good attendance it Sunday school Sunday. We hope ,o have a larger crowd out when ve move over into our new modern :hurch building and get organized >n the standard basis. We are plan aing to have services in our new rulldtng the fourth Sunday. There surely aren’t any people any proud ?r of their new church than the Poplar Springs folks. Our pastor Rev. D. F. Putnam ind Mrs. Putnam were with os .-.nd several more visitors for B. V. P. V. Sunday night. We just can't hop hut tell our grade for Sunday night, which was 99 1-2 percent. After B. j V. P. U. our pastor gave us a very helpful message. Friends in this community sym pathize with Mr. and Mrs. John Ellis. A baby daughter was bora to them Saturday night. It was bur ied at Beaver Dam Sunday after noon. Mrs. J. D. Elliott is at the bedside of her sister Mrs. Dorcas Blanton who is very ill. Mr. L. E. Hamrick and family moved to their new home which they recently purchased, know.i as the Queen farm. Mr. Hatcher McGinnis and fam ily moved into the house vacated by Mr. and Mrs. Hamrick. • Mr. Bill Philbeck was dinner guest of Mr. Yates McGinnis Sun day. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Martin ar.d children J. T.” and Lillie spent Sun day afternoon with l^r. and Axu Dave Lemon# arid family. Mr. and Mrs. Baxter Putnam ar.d daughter Rebecca visited in the community Sunday afternoon Messrs. James Allen and Major Philbeck spent Saturday night with the McGinnis boys. Miss Alma Hamrick spent Sunday with Miss Ruth Hamrick. Administrator's Notice. Having qualified as administrator of the estate of Johannah Bur chett, late of Cleveland county, N. C\, this is to notify all persons Hav ing claims against*, tj» -W'J esia'J to present the samt! to me properly proven on or before, the I2th day of November 1930 or this notice will be pleaded in bar Of recovery thereof. All persons owing the said estate will please make immediate settlement to the undersigned. This November 12. 1929. J. L. SUlTLE. Administrator, Estate of Johannah Burchett, . deceased. LOOK FOR KMPIRK BRAND ON BACK OF EACH PIECE EMPIR] PLOW SHAPES RELIEF that la REFRESHING ’ vy* nave used T he dford'e Black-Draught for years in our family. I can highly recom mend it for many ailments. We take it for colds and for com stipation. *7 have four children, and I give it to them. When my little girl gets bilious. I giveher a treatment of Black-Draught, and she ia all right in a day or two. "Sometimes when I have indignation from improper anting, I have headache. Then I take Black-Draught. I alwaya fekl fresh and have more energy after I have taken it."—Mrs. E. Reich. 3215 East Firat Street, Austin. Texas. caHtTtrtTioN, laeiatsTiea, WOMXN who need • Ionic shook lake CAKDU1. In u»e o.er 50 yenn. Mrs. Everette Blanton 1ms been ■isiting her mother. Mrs, Sue Ham ick of Boiling Springs. Mrs. Ham ick has been very sick. Mr. Jarvis Hamrick rrtftdc a busi less trip to Charlotte Friday. Mrs. Latham of Sharon, S. C. vis- I ted Mesdames W. W. Jones and A. j Hamrick last week. She has >een at the bedside of her son Mr. 2arl Latham who is in the hospital, latest reports from his bedside vere that he was better. His mar.y 'riends in this community have oeen ,ery anxious about him. Miss Pearl Wallace is very s’ok igain with cold and asthma. We dncerely hope she will soon be veil. Mr. Alvie Jones spent Saturday night at Mr. W. W. Joi^ps. Messrs. Major Philbeck, Edison and Ervin Noggle and their cousin ,vere dinner guests of Messrs. Allen Jones and Bryan Bowen Sunday. Miss Lola Wesson spenk Sunday j afternoon wfth Miss Pearl Wallace. ' Mr. and Mrs. Ed Lemons of Boi< ing Springs visited Mr. John Wal lace and family Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Gladden of Bolling Springs visited Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Hamrick Sunday night. JAPANESE WOMAN OF 83 GETS PLANE FvIDL Tokyo. — Mrs. Sano Okamotc was born in Wftkayama perfect,ure 83 years ago, when there was not even wheeled vehicular travel be tween Yedo—as Tokyo was then railed—-in the east and Kyoto in the west. Travelers along the Tokaido, “Eastern Sea road,” the great na tional highway, rode horseoack or in palanquins carried by human bearers. The jburney required many weeks. Recently Mrs. Okamoto, who has eight children, 19 grandchildren and 17 great-grand children, flew from Osaka, now the western metropolis, to Tokyo in two hours in one of the Japan Air Transport company's new passenger planes. RECOMMENDS IT TO OTHERS Lydia E. Pinkham’a Vegetable Compound Help* Her So Much Cleveland, Ohio.—“I sure recom mend Lvdia £. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to any woman in the condition I was in. I waa so weak and run-down that I could hardly stand up. I could not eat and waa full of misery. A friend living on Arcade Avenue told me about this medi cine and after taking ten bottles my weakness and nenousness are all gone. I feel like living again. I am still taking it un til I fepl strong like before. You may use this letter as a testimonial.”— Mrs. Elizabeth Toso, 14913 Halt Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. We Stick To Our Promises at any cost. We believe that to break a promise is ike paying money for an advertisement telling peo ple not to buy Sinclair gas and Opaline oil. So when we recommend Sinclair pro ducts to a motorist we do so knowing that they defy competition. Cleveland Oil Co. Distributors NOTICE OF SUMMONS. North ' rolina, Cleveland County. L. O. Hamrick, plaintiff, vs. Coran C. Wrtght and D. D Wright defendants. The defendants. Coran C. Wright and D. D. Wright, will take notice th„t an action as entitled above has been commenced in the superior court of Cleveland county, N. C., for the purpose of obtailnng judgment against the defendants in the sum of $350.00 with interest on same from Nov. 14, 1929; and uie said defendants will further take notice that t..e. are required to appear at the office of the clerk of the super ior court of said county In the eou-t house ... Shelby, N. C. on the 30tn day of December, 1929; the de fendants will also take notice that a warrant of attachment was issued by the -'.jrk of the superior et n for said county on the 19th day cf November, 1929, against the prop erty of said defendants, which ver rant is :..urn able ’ fore sa’d clerk at the tim; and place above named for the return of the summons, when and where the defendants are required to appear and answer o. demur to the complaint or the re lief demanded will be grantee This ‘he 19th day of November, 1929. A. M. HAMRICK, Clerk Superior Court, Newton & Newton, Attys. When Mrs. Elizabeth Nemec, of Ashland. Wis., killed a hen prepara tory to her Sunday dinner she found a penny in the gizzard of the fowl. Forbidden to own automobiles or motorcycles, Yale undergraduates have taken to bicycles. 6 6 6 Is a Prescription for Colds, Grippe, Flu, Dengue, Bilious Fever and Malaria. It is the most speedy remedy anown. Dr. D. M. Morrison, Optometvist Eyes Examined, Glasses Fitted and Repaired. Located Downstairs Next To Haines Shoe Store. Telephone 585. AT THE PARAGON ' YOU’LL FIND Women’* Colored Kid BED ROOM SLIPPERS Red - Blue - Green — Black $1.00 They formerly sold for $1.95. Cadet Chiffon $1.95 SILK STOCKINGS $1.00 PA1R Pure thread silk — Our best grade. All grouped for Final Clearance. $1.00 ICE BOWLS With Tongs 50c Marked exactly half price for quick clearance. Not so many here so come early and get this bargain. Size 20x33 $5.95 PICTURES $2.98 Six or seven beautiful Pictures now marked half price. New stock and in perfect condition. Good Substantial CHAIRS FOR CHILDREN 95c Unfinished Oak Chairs, both straight and rockers— reduced to 95c each. LEATHER FOOT - STOOLS / Or Hassocks 89c An ideal item for giving or for use in your - own home. Men’s 50c LINEN INITIAL HANDKERCHIEFS 25c EACH All 50c Initial Linen Handkerchiefs for men mark ed HALF PRICE. — WOMEN’S DRESSES — Valuer $15.00 to $39.50 . $5.00 10 $15.00 Final Reductions on all Dresses and Coats. Buy them now at Rock Bottom Prices. PARAGON’S GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SALE.