i Nobody’s
f Business
GEE McGEE—
My wife's kinfolks have been to'
‘see us a right smart here of late
and naturally, we have all enjoyed
ourselves good. Her fifth cousin,
Budella Simkins, came on Decem
ber the 15th to spend Christmas
With us. She has a right cute
bunch of kids. I like the twins bet
ter than either Bill or Rufe or
Joe or Mollle or Rube or Ben. The
baby girl was right sweet also.
Sudella’s husband is practically
non-committal. He says very little
except 'No” and "Yes" as the case
might be. The younguns don't pay
much, attention to them. He Is a
farmer by profession, but has run
for the legislature two or three
times unsuccessfully. He says it Is
hard for a good man to be elected
to office In Texas.
While Sudella and her folks were
with us, she phoned (collect) ’sev
eral of her relatives from Yankton
to come to see her at our home—as
it looked like to her that he had 8
bed rooms in our house. My wife's
third cousin, Elbert, and his bunch
came over and spent 3 or 4 days
with us—them and Sudella had a
right nice time. Elbert is kin to my
wife thru her great-grandma who
was a Pinkerton and married J£l
berts step-grandpa.
Those Texas children craved
scrambled eggs terribly while with
us. They (eggs) were selling at 65
cents a dozen while they (the chil
dren) were our guests. They (the
children) liked ham also, but wa
bought that at only 40 cents a
pound. Sudella said something
rbout going home along about the
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three days.
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Optometrist
Eyes Examined, Glasses
Fitted and Repaired.
Located Upstairs In Wool-,
worth Building.
Telephone 585.
150 Years’ Use
of Black-Draught
"About fifty years
ago,” aaya Mr.
Lewis G. O’Shields,
of Portersville,
Ala., "my mother
save me the first
dose of Black
Draught, and I
have taken it ever
since, when I need
ed a medicine for
constipation. I
have used this
remedy all my
married life, in
raisins mv childrer
I have used Black
Draught for heartburn, as I
have had spells of this kind,
off and on, for years. This
follows indigestion, and in
digestion comes close on
constipation.
"I have found that the best
way to head off trouble is to
begin taking Black-Draught
in time. It relieves me of
dizziness, tightness in the
chest and backache.
“By getting rid of impuri
ties, Black-Draught helps to
keep the system in good
order. I always keep it in
the home, and have recom
mended it to many people,
in my time.”
THED FORD’S
BLACK-DRAUGHT
For CONSTIPATION, J
INDIGESTION, BILIOUSNESS'
Women who need a tonic \
£ should take Cardttt. Used <
k? over 50 years.
u Dv > fills*. CX-199
first of January, but Sudclla's bus ’
band is a little bit deef, and rif j
never understood what site was
talking about till a week later.
Cousin Aaron and his wife were
at our house for a day or so last
week. They had not been up since
week before last. Sudella did net
recollect him—as she was only 2 >
when she married and moved out
west. They both saw a close re •
semblance betwixt the kids of all
parties concerned, cxecept her n
were brunettes and his'n were
blonds, only Sudle and Jim nad
hair that was bordering on to
white, but this was traced to my
wife’s great Uncle, Jerry Merkle,
who never showed up after the bat
tle of the Wilderness. I guess the
bushes were so thick he never
found his way out.
We have also had lots of rain and
snow and the weather has been
otherwise disagreeable including
hail and sleet. And there has been
a quantity of bad colds and sore
throats. We thought once that some
of us were taking flQ but ‘‘he’’
fourth cousin Elite, assured us that
we had only a slight attack of ton
silttis. It is very lonesome around
home today. They have practically
all gone back home for a few days
Vital Statistics.
America now has 1 automobile to
every 5 persons, 1 filling station to
every 6 automobiles, 2 Installment
collectors to every 3 families, 86 i
chattel mortgages to every city
block, 325 foreclosures annually to
every 5 townships, 101 flappers to
every 2 girls than can cook and
mind a baby, 19 deadbeats to every
7 honest men, 14 hypocrites to every
2 pious people, 10 grafters to every
10 dependable politicians, and 9
yoyos to every man, woman, and
child over 3 days old.
He Lost His Head.
Unde Joe is by far the most ab
sent-minded man I ever saw'. He
came to town last week to pay his
taxes, but he took the money Aunt
Minervy gave him for that purpose
and bought a box of Browns Mule
tobacco and a balloon casing. And
Just last Sabbath, it developed that
he left his britches at the dry
cleaners and he couldn't go to
church. He forgot all about his
September rent till yesterday, aft
er he had Invested in a radio. He
went home the other night and
wound up the cat and kicked the
clock out of the back door, and
furthermore, he undressed and put
his clothes in the bed and threw
himself on the floor where he-slept
all night. Why, he ought to be a
plumber by rights.
Give And Take Company.
Speaking of the Pullman sue •
charge which Is only 50 percent!
more than It ought to be, I am of
the opinion that the railroad com
panies would reduce their publish
ed rates oh platinum, radium, dia
mond ear-bobs, watches, springs,at
ter of roses and gold nuggets If the
Interstate Commerce commission
would give Its consent to let them
raise the rates on coal, sugar, le
tilizer, wheat, corn, oats and auto
mobiles. I have always found the
railroad companies to be very lib
eral per-ton-mllc, and if they con
tinue to depend on passenger traf
fic for any portion of their income,
they will certainly bus.
ilb Injured, Z Hurt.
A sad accident happened in our
community last week. A truck ca - ■
rying 14 men out to nut up one of
those "slow down" signs near a
bridge ran into another highway
truck carrying the 14 men who had
been sent out to take down the old
sign, and all 28 of them were bad
ly bruised about the feet and hands
Both drivers were at fault as they
were running nearly 2 miles an
hour and forgot to iook up from
the books they were reading.
13 IS LUCKY NUMBER
DIXIE FARMER FINDS
Montgomery, Ala,—Thirteen is a
lucky number for John A. Reddoch
of Montgomery county, who a year
and a half out of college, is a suc
cessful poultry raiser.
Six years ago cotton growing
wasn’t paying so well. Reddoch and
his mother decided to try poultry
and started with 13 chickens.
The thirteen birds have increas
ed to 2,000 with an average egg
production of 198 last year. A ram
shackle 12x13 chicken house In 1923
has given way to one 400-hen and
four 500-hen laying houses, built on
the latest henhouse architectural
lines.
When the business was off to c
fair start John went to Alabama
Polytechnic institute at Aubui r
where he took poultry courses.
The flock has been built up en
tirely on a pay-as-you go basis.
Raleigh—The state highway pat
rol found many defective school
busses in its survey, Captain Char
les Farmer says.
UTTIMORE HEWS
OF CURRENT EVENTS
Ready For Hoey-Webb Contests
Mr. Harrill A Visitor. Many
Cases Of Mumps.
(Special to The Star.)
Lattimore, Feb. 25.—A number of
students have been at work on theii
readings and declamations getting
ready for the Hoey- Webb contest
which will be held at Shelby F.l-1
day night.
Mr. and Mrs. L>. E. Hoyle had at
their dinner guests Su-'day Mr. and
Mrs. F. Y. Jones and children, Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Wright and Miss
Aileene Wright.
Messrs. Lyman Martin, Lowed
McSwaln, Virgil Weathers, Mar .'in
Blanton, jr., and Tyree Greene wuv
week-end guests of Mr. Yuluti
Washburn at his home near Donnie
Springs.
Mr. L. R. Harrill of Raleigh spent
the week-end with his mother, Mrs.
Julia Harrill
Miss Lola Martin, member of the
Behvood faculty visited home folks
during the week-end.
Mrs. Mollic Bridges, Misses
Aileene and Donaleen Bridges visit
ed Mr. Wythe Bridges at Ellenboro
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. 6. C. Rayburn nad
as their week-end guests Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Rayburn ol Lancaster.
S. C., Mr. and Mrs. 3. L. Beam of
Shelby, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Ray
bum of Waco and Miss Carrie Ray
burn of South Mountain.
Misses Mattie Lou Johnson and
Katie Mai Toms were dinner guests
Sunday of Misses Mable and MauTe
Phtlbeck.
Little Miss Marian Reynolds who
has been quite 111 with pneumonia
is much better.
Messrs. W. M. Blanton and Edgar
Shytle of Sharon visited Prof. Law
ton Blanton Sunday afternoon.
Misses Blanche Davis and Vertle
Lee Blanton were guests of Miss
Dorcas Harrill Tuesday night
There are still many cases ol
mumps in the community.
Miss Pearl Harrill spent the wees
end In Shelby with her grandfath
er Mr. J. B. Harrill.
• Miss Bleaka Blanton spent the
week-end at her home in Shelby.
Miss Burnette Hunt of Meredith
college spent the week-end with her
parents, Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Hunt.
Mrs. W. T. Calton who has been
ill for some time is reported mucti
improved.
Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Hunt had as
their dinner guests Sunday. Mr. L
R. Harrill of Raleigh, Dr. C. H
Harrill of Shelby, Mrs. Julia Hat
rill and Mr. S. C. Harrill of Laui
more.
Forest City—When church offi
cials discussed with financiers way*
of funding the debt of the First
Baptist church here, Dr. W. A
Ayers, pastor, requested that n'.s
salary be reduced $400 yearly.
CARD Ol THANKS.
We wish to thank the kind neighbor*
and friends for their kindness to our
father and husband during his illness
and death. We shall never forget the
sympathy and kind expression," of lore
and condolence.
Mrs D. A. McSwatn and Children
\ STRPN6
A Strong Argument
in favor of Sinclair gas and
Mobiline oil is. the admitted
excellency of its purity and
quality. Years of consist
ent satisfaction in perform
ance proving' superiority in
power and mileage have
established for these pro
ducts, a reputation beyond
parallel.
You will find it more
economical to buy acknow. j
ledged products than to
nay for experimental quali
ties.
Cleveland
Oil Co.
Distributors
Union Trust Creates
Now Confidence Now
Rutherford Sun.
The opening of two branch bank*
one in Rutherfordton and the other
in Forest City, by the Union Trust
company of Shelby last week lid
more to restore confidence in til a
county than million; of words
Money is the life blood of any a.id
all business and credit may well bf
likened to the artei les through
which the blood flows
Fortunately the credit of the
county has not been impaired; this
indeed would have oeen a ca!a
mity that might be felt by genera
tions yet unborn, and much prana,
is due rightly to the board of com
missioners for Rutherford county
and their advisers foi the steps
takeii to prevent the catastrophe.
The people who live In the coun
ty are mostly good citizens, faith
ful. loyal and home-loving. Not one
of them can be Independent of the
others; the common welfare Is their
welfare and at present there can lx
no more certain wav of showing
loyalty than by making use of th»
banking facilities of the county
This does not mean borrowing
money but lending it to the final*
clal Institution, for that tn effect 1:
what depositors really do.
There Is a great deal of cash hid
den away In far too many homo*
this money could and would do ai
Immense amount of good if it 1
placed In the banks. Of course then'
will be some people who will laugn
and say tn themselves that, by de
positing their money they arc cot
..am to lose It. fhis is not the
truth; it was lack A confidence
that caused so many financial in
stitutions to close their doors an i
thus tie up large sums of cash, Che
lifeblood of the county. It is tlm"
to replace some of the blood tern
porarlly withdrawn; it can be done
with safety and the only method
practical is to have confidence to
make deposits. To the cold and
selfish, whose only concern is thiir
own well-being, it may be said, and
truthfully, that despite their out
LIFE OF THIS PARASITE
LASTS ONLY 30 MINUTE®
rttin Arbor, Mich.—Lives that a~«t
only 20 minutes from birth to ol<1
age are described In a report to the
American Association tor the Ad
vancement of Science oy Dr. Earl C
O’Roke of the University of Michi
gan.
These living things are tiny rod
shaped objects called male gametes
of malaria parasites of California
quail. Though this parasite does not
carry malaria to man. Dr. O’RoUo
studied it for new light on growto
of malarial parasites in general
The extreme short lives of the
gametes are part of a cycle that
enables the parasites to multiply
rapidly. Some stages of develop
ment require as little as 10 seconds
from start to finish. Sometimes
however, one of the 10 second pro
cesses lasts two to four minutes.
ward manifestations of faith, It Is
wanting in them.
FELLOW FARMERS
PLANT THE BEST COTTON SEED
YOU CAN GET!
For three reasons Coker’s No. 5 is the best.
It makes more per acre, lints better,t and
on account of the quality of staple, brings
a higher price. This variety of seed is
scarce. I offer a LIMITED QUANTITY
of choicest, GIN cleaned, Re-CLEANED
sacked Coker planting seed for 90c per
bushel.
The champion cotton raisers of North Car*
olina planted Coker No. 5.
See me at once, or write,
M. G. LATHAM, Lattimore, N. C.
Three Important Factors
Enter Into the Cost of
Yoiir Automobile
• ' - • - '• ■" - v'' . • " ; • ";.D. ■ . • ' ’ ' •• . . : • ...* I
1. How much it coots to* make the car
2. How much extra you pay the dealer
3* How much it costs for operation and up-Jkeep
f
1 HE PURCHASE of an automobile Involve*
a considerable amount of money and it
should be carefully considered from all
angles before a final decision is made.
The value of the car to you depends on
the value built into it at the factory, how
much extra you pay the dealer for dis«
tribution, selling, financing and accessories
and what it will cost to operate and main
tain the car after purchase. Each of these
factors, as it relates to the Ford car, is
frankly explained below.
Economy in production
The FORD CAR is made economically be
cause of the efficiency of Ford production
methods. The money saved through this
efficiency is put back into the car in im
proved quality of material and in greater
care and accuracy in manufacturing. The
constant effort is to eliminate waste and
find ways to nuke each part better and
better without increasing cost—-frequently
at lowered cost.
Because of Ford economies in large
production and because the Ford organiza
tion operates on a low-profit margin, the
price you pay for the car is much less than
it would be under any other conditions.
Yet it brings you many unusual features
of construction and performance.
At least $75 extra value is represented
alone by the Triplex shatter-proof glass
windshield, the Rustless Steel, the four
Houdaille double-acting hydraulic shock
absorbers, and the five steel-spoke wheels.
The unusually large number of ball and
ftrfler bearings and the extensive nse of
fine steel forgings instead of castings or
stampings are additional features that
reflect the high quality built into every
part of the car. Throughout, it la a value
far above the price you pay.
loir dealer charge*
The SAME PRINCIPLES of efficiency and
economy that characterize the manufae*
ture of the Ford car are applied also to
distribution. Obviously it would do the
public little good to save in production if
these savings were sacrificed later in ex*
cessive costs of selling, financing and
accessories.
The Ford dealer, therefore, operates on
the same low*profit margin as the Ford
Motor Company, his discount or commis
sion being the lowest of any automobile
dealer. He does a good business because
he makes a small profit on many sales
instead of a large profit on fewer sales.
NOTE THESE LOW PRICES
Roadster • • $435
Phaeton . $440 Tudor Sedan $500
Coupe . . $500 Sport Coupe $530
Two-window Fordor Sedan • • $600
Three-window Fordor Sedan • ■ $625
Cabriolet . $645 Town Sedan $670
(All pries* /. o. b. Detroit)
Low charge* f°r time payments through the
Universal Credit Company
The lower cost o? telling, combined with
the low charges for financing and acces
sories, means a direct saving of at least
$50 to $75 to every purchaser of a Ford,
in addition to the savings made possible
by economies in manufacturing. The
money you pay for a Ford goes into value
In the car. It is not wasted in high dealer
charges.
Lowe up-keep eomtm
It IS IMPORTANT to remember that the
cost of your automobile is not the first
cost only, but the total cost after months
and years of service. Here again there la
to decided saving when you buy a Ford.
The cost of operation and up-keep fto
lower because of simplicity of design, the
high quality of material, end the reduction
of friction and wear through unusual ac
curacy in manufacturing and assembling.
The reliability and longer life of the car
contribute to its low depreciation per year
of use.
The intelligent, painstaking service ren
dered by Ford dealers Is under dose fac
tory supervision and is a factor in the low
up-keep cost of the Ford. All labor la
billed at a flat rate and replacement parts
are always available at low prices through
Ford dealers In every section of the
United States.
In two, three or five years, depending
on how much you drive, the saving in
operating and maintaining a new Ford will
amount to even more than the saving on
the first cost of the car.
FORD