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administrator s notice Raving qualified a<> administrator, v tin will annexed, of Mary Susannah Hamrick deceased, this 1* to notify all persons hold to* claims against mid estate to rile sunn with the undersigned, properly ttemlsed and varifiert. on or before January 37th. 1831. or this notice will be pleaded in bai of any recovery op name; and Kite la fur iher to notify all persons Indebted to sntd estate to make Immediate payment of such Indebtedness to the undersigned This the 2«th day of January, 1931. Aubrey L. Calton, Administrator. Newton & Newton. Attorneys tlt-Jan H 666 LIQUID t>r TABLETS Cure Colds. Headaches, Fever 6 6 6 SALVE CURES BABY’S COLD T. W. Ebeltoft Grocer and Book • Seller Phone — 82 DAN FRAZIER ~4vil Engineer And Surveyor Para Surveys, Sub-divis ions, Plats and General Engineering Practice. - Phone 417 - Have Your Eyes Examined Regularly DRS. H. D. & R. L. WILSON OPTOMETRISTS Office Over Paul Webb & Son’s Drug Store SAME PRICE 25 ounces for 25c BAKING POWDER It's double acting Use K C for fine texture end Urge volume in your beltings. Ml l! ION S OF POUNDS USED ftv OUR GOVERNMENT When I vu a child, if I did not feel well, or if 1 had a cold, my mother gave me Black-Draught,” save Mrs. Orpha Hill, of Wofford, Ky. "When I waa married, it be came a family medicine in my own home, aa it waa in my mother’s. "I take it for headache and especially for constipa tion. When I get bilious, my akin gets yellow and I have a very bad taste in my mouth, ana a drowsy feeling all during the day. My eyes burn ana I get dizzy, or my head is 'swimming. When I take Black-Draught, it seems to drive the impuri ties out of my system and I feel fine. I am seldom with out this reliable remedy.” THEDFORD8 WOM&N who are run* down, oer voum, or suffer every month, ahouui take Cardul. tf«od for over 40 yeare. Illicit Drug Traffic Great Menace to This Country • • • * • • Shadows of the I’oppy, Imported from the Old World, Cast Heavy Clouds Over the Lives and Fortunes of Many of Our Leading Lights as They Are Caught in the Meshes of Dope. AlyKA Rubens oEANNE E AG EES I I.N $/aM/ace Reid Ife ^ Htes Yijwg Kao Washington.—The greatest threat that menaces our country today is not war nor bolshevism. It ts the shadow of the poppy. It is only when a personal ol prominence pays the ultimate price of drug addic tion that we realize the foothold which the evil habit has gained In the United States. When Wnllnce Held, the movie idol, met an un timely death through drugs at the pinnacle of hta career, a great cru sade was started to stamp out the evil. But enthusiasm waned nnd in a while the campaign was shelved and forgotten. In 190P, when the United States Initiated the first international ef fort to suppress the evil by bring ing about the Hague Opium confer ence at which the nations agreed to put an end to the illicit business, the traffic was spoken of in thou sands of dollars. Today, despite tire | unceasing war that has been waged against, it for years, it is estimated that dope is costing the United stat es $360 001).000 a year besides the thousands of wrecked lives. Smuggled drugs continue to iwur Into the country In an ever-increas ing flood. And, in spite of all in ternational agreements, the lac1 stands out with pitiless clarity that! the United States ts the dumping ground for the dope merchants of the Old World and South American countries. Of course many smuggled shipments are detected by the lynx eyed revenue officers, as, for in stance, the cargo, valued at $175. 000, that was discovered In the hol low mast of the Rady Castle recent ly and the $5,000,000 worth of de struction, labeled as brushes, which was detected while being unloaded from the liner JRochambeau a year ago. But what is caught is a mere bagatelle compared to what gets! through. The tentacles of the dope! evil reach out into every stratum of ficlety. Mrs. Ying Kao, wife of the hinese Vice-cpnsul at San Francis co, fell into Us toils when she was urrested.and charged with dope smuggling on her return from China In her baggage customs officers found u large quantity of high grade opium. OrdinarUy this cargo of concentrated misery would have been passed into the country with out question, as the courtesy of the port (waiving search) is extended to families of foreign diplomats. .But in mis case the custom was not observed owing to the revenue men at this side receiving a "hot tip” from the U. S, Secret Service agents 1n China, Not all of the dope that finds its way to the addict is smuggled. A considerable amount is diverted! from legal supplies manufactured in I the United States from crude opium ■ and cocoa leaves, imported supposed ly in Quantities limited to actuul niedical needs. The profess lens of medicine and pharmacy, in common with all professions, has its black sheep and the trafficking doctor and crooked druggists are foul blots on two noble professions. In Egypt it is estimated that one in every twenty-eight persons Is a drug addict, and If something Isn't done to check the torrent of dope that is flowing into the United Stat - es, we’U soon be on a par with Egypt We keep that cant-be both ered attitude until a new drug hor ror breaks into the headlines of the press. Jeanne Eage’s, world famous as a beauty and an actress, died last year under circumstances that call ed for tin autopsy, and It was found that her brain was literally satur ated with heroin crystals. More re cently the death of the beautiful but unhappy Alma Rubens was indirect* |Vy caused by drug addiction. Dope jluid weakened her vitality to such an extent that she was an easy prey I for the illness that ended her life. | The most awful phase of the busi j ness is the ease whereby the unfor jtunate victim of the habit can ob tain supplies. Last week a miserable, broken wreck of a man pleaded In a Brooklyn court to be sent Sing Sing. ‘‘Don't send me to the penitentiary,” he cried. “Drugs are sold there and you can't get cured. Keepers will get them for you." That one case Illustrates, better than 20,000 words, (hr alarming ramification of the national menace —dope. Tarkmgton Sees New Literary Idea Future Writing Will Be Largely Script For "Talkies” In The Home, He Says. Philadelphia.—An entirely new form of literature will have to be written by authors of the future, In the opinion of Booth Tarkiugton, novelist. Popular Interest In reading books, he said, is on the decline. The Indiana author, here under going treatment for falling sight, looked out from behind dark glasses as he talked ■ shop” with newspaper men. Julian Street, was also present at the discussion, having come from New York especially to se the crea tor of Penrod. Dubbing this “a country-club age,” In which the American people were primarily Interested In golf, automo billng. listening to the radio and going to the “talkies,” Mr Tarking ton said that the eventual Introduc tion of talking pictures into the home side by side with the radio would cause a tremendous slump in reading. "The author of the future,” he said, "wifi not go in so much for the writing of lengthy novels. He will find he has to create something fit for use for the family talking-pic ture set. His writing will have to be more in the form of a script. “When one can press a button and turn on a good play or vocalized movie on the home screen, there will be little time left, for reading. Certainly there has been a gradual decline In reading for a long time. Times are materially changed from the days when the only diversion of the pioneer and farmer was a good book. Editors tell me more people than ever read books because the population ts so much greater, but a very much smaller percentage of the population.reads than formerly.” Mr. Tarkington confessed to two occupations during the months he has been seeking a return of his right. He has been dictating a new story, which rfiay or maw not turn out to be a book, and his friends have been reading detective stories to him. He claims a high “batting averftge* 'for solving the mystery usually by the fortieth page of every detective story read to him. Prisoner Writes Of Fire Trap And Danger To Human Beings (By a Prisoner.) The gradual expansion of the state's prison into a number of units located in various sections of the state, has resulted in the mam building of the system at Raleigh taking upon itself the name of “Central Prison,” and this antiquat ed, unsanitary and thoroughly dis reputable pile of bricks, stone and mortar is the subject of this com plaint. The bunding was erected about the year 1886, which fact alone should be sufficient evidence that it has long since served its usefulness and should now be rele gated to the scrap-heap. Its pecu liar style of architecture forbids an economical alteration into a modern prison building, and to continue to utilize it in its present condition means an annual loss of thousands of dollars to the state in the items of heat and guards alone. But what should be of considerably more Im portance to the people of the state of North Carolina than this matter of mere dollars and cents, is the fire hazard which this old building constantly presents. The recent lire at the Alabama state prison which consumed an en tire wing of the prison building, happily without any loss of life, causes all of those who are in any way connected with the North Car olina institution to shudder at the very thought of the result of a mid night fire breaking out in either wing of this tinder-box. And the memory of the disastrous fire sev eral months ago at the Ohio state prison with the alarming loss of life resulting therefrom, still ob sesses many here. The opinion that the Central pri son building is a veritable fire trap seems to be unanimous but as it is the usual custom of the human race when it’s the other man’s troubles or menace, very few people appear Sufficiently interested to make any move to remedy the defects, parti cularly when there happens to be some expense attached. Mr. George Ross Pou, the prison superintendent, has long realized and urged the nec essity of erecting a new and modern plant. Governor Gardner calls the present prison quarters a fire trap and his appointment of a prison ad visory commission for the express purpose of making a study of the problems confronting the prison ad ministration, together with his ex plicit recommendations to the gen eral assembly on this particular subject, show in unmistakable terms just where he stands on this mat ter. Is it possible that the citizen ship of the state will rqeuire a dis aster, such as is over-ripe for tak ing place at any minute, to make them realize the extreme hazard which constantly confront* the par ticular class of their wards who are housed within these walls? The law, which is you, says that these pris oners shall be confined for various lengths of time, but, regardless of the offenses for which they are com mitted, unless they are sentenced to the electric chair (and even in that event their "burning” is supposed to be humane and as near painless as such a death can be), you have no moral or legal or just right to con demn them to this menace of fire. Just suppose a fire should break out in the east wing of this build ing at night, which is the time fires usually have of bursting forth. This wing is four stories high. All of the timbers used In its Ulterior con struction are of heart pine which has been in the process of drytng for more than sixty years. The only method of reaching the various floors of the wing is by means of a Staircase, each opening being locat ed immediately above the one below it, which in case of a fire in the low er floors would serve as a natural flue. Tire outside barred doors of this wing are, of course, securely locked at night and it is also sepa rated from the cell block by anoth er iron door which is also locked. These means of egress are all on the ground floor. On this first floor is located the print shop in which gasoline is used in small quantities for the purpose of washing type forms and press rollers. Adjoining the print shop is the chair factory in which is stored bundles of cane and frames for chair backs and bot toms. The second floor houses the drug room and operating room in one section and the hospital kitch en in an adjoining compartment. The third and fourth floors are used solely as hospital wards for the male prisoners, there being two each for the white and colored patients. These four wards, two on each of ADMINISTRATRIX'S NOTICE. , Having qualified as administratrix 01 the relate of William M. Robert* deceas ed. late of Cleveland count;. North Caro lina, this Is ta notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said de ceased to exhibit them, properly verified, to the undersigned at Shelby. N. C-. on or before January 19, 1932, or this notice will bo pleadod in bar of their recovery. \U persons Indebted to eatd estate wti please make immediate payment. This January 19, 1931. MARGARET P ROBERTS, Admm Istratrtx of William M. Roberts, de ceased. Chas. A. Burma, Atty. 6t Jan 19c EXECUTORS' NOTICE. Having this day qualitied as executors of the estate of JX B F. Buttle, deceased of Cleveland county. North Carolina, this is lo notify all persons having claims against the said estate, to present same to us properly veil I led on or betore the 7th day of January. 1932. or this notice will be pleaded In bar of any recovery thereof. All persons owing the aald rs tate will please make • immediate settle lent to the undersigned This January th, 1931 B B and O M SUTTEE Executor* of Estate of D, B. T. Butt e. deceas ed. gt Jan 12c ■■ V' ■ the floors, arc separate and dis tinct rooms having only one door each which opens Into the main hallway—and these doors are made of heavy Iron mesh and are secure ly locked at night. All of the win dows In the wards, as well as all others In the entire establishment, are heavily barred with one Inch Iron rods which have withstood the ravages of the elements for more than sixty years without showing any appreciable disintegration. In case of a fire anywhere in this part of the building except possibly in the very peak of the roof, the occu pants of the hospital wards would not have a Chinaman's chance of being removed to safety and there Is no earthly way In which they could help themselves since they are not supplied with T. N. T. with which to forcibly eliminate window bars nor are they furnished with rope ladders with which to reach the ground even if the windows were , not grated. Identically the same inflammable condition prevails in each and all of the other wings, ells, cupalos, and minarets of this old building and the connecting links between. The four cell blocks, each with live tiers of small cells every one of which is occupied by at least one prisoner and many now housing two; the wejl wing with its 75 women in mates; the “A” grade building in the rear of the main building whose upper floors are used as sleeping quarters by a large number of hon or prisoners; and the detached ad ministration building with its up stairs apartments occupied by the families of some of the officials, are all fire traps in fully as true a sense as the main building. In fact Just about the only thing within these walls which is safe from the menace of fire is the several thous and concrete culverts belonging to the state highway commission which adorn a large pan of the al ready crowded space in our “back yard.” Unless immediate steps are taken to remedy the situation—and the only economical and practical plan is to junk this senile pile of b ick and erect a modern plant on an other site—some sad morning the citizens of this old state will awake to the terrible reaUption that they are short a disreputable prison building. But in losing it they will also be called upon to face the fact that through their neglect and in difference. they are elso responsible and answerable to their Maker for the loss of scores and possibly hun dreds of lives, all of whom were none the less human by reason of their incarceration as enemies of society. And the method of their passing will be that most horrible of all deaths—being burned alive while helplessly blocked behind bar red doors and grated windows. Star Route News Of Lattimore Section (Special to The Star.) Feb, 12.—Mr. J. R. Greene had the misfortune of losing a fine milk cow this week, Mr. aud Mrs. R. P. Davis and children of No. 1 Township spent Saturday night with Mr, and Mrs. Slain Davis. Miss Frances Vassey is on the sick list at this writing. Mr. and Mrs, J. D. Byars and son, Emmitt, of No. 1 township spent last Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Blain Davis. Mrs. Blain Davis and baby and Miss Inez Davis spent awhile Tues day night with Mrs. Mayor Lovelace. Mr Roy Pinson has been suffer ing Intensely with a carbuncle on his arm. Mr. Emmitt Byars of No. 1 town ship spent Tuesday night with Mr. j and Mrs. Blain Davis. Mr. and Mrs. John Pruett and Mr. Alfonso Pruett visited Mrs. Green burg Pruett of Ellenboro last Sun day. Mr. and Mrs. Blain Davis and son, H. B., visited at Mr. J. T. Hum phries last Sunday night. ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE. Having qualified as administrator of the ■state of Ida Hopper, deceased, late o' Cleveland county. North Carolina, this Is It notify all persona having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhlbh them to the undersigned at htg office in 3helby, N. C., on or before the lath <ta\ of January. 1931, or this notice will be deeded In bar of their recovery. Alt persons Indebted to said estate will please nake immediate payment. This Uth day of January, 1931. FRANK L. HOVLE, Administrator cl Ida Hopper. Deceased. 6t Jan 12c TRUSTEE’S RESALE OF LAND. By virtue of the power vested in me as trustee in a certain deed of trust, execut ed by A. H. Hopper to eecure an indebt edness as described in this certain deed of trust, dated November 29, 1829. and recorded In book. 143, page 93. of the reg ister's office for Cleveland county, N. C. and default having been made In the pay ment of the indebtedness and demand having been mads on the trustee to ex ecute the trust, I will re-sell to the high est bidder at the court house door In Shelby, N. O., on Monday, February 1*. 1931. at It o’clock M, or within legal hours, the following described real estate: Beginning at a stone In the Mt. 81nal Meeting House branch, and running thence south «S west Ml feet to a stake. Hal comb Putnam's corner: thence with his line south • east 1130 feet to a poplar. Ellis’ corner; thenee with J. M. Putnam's line, now Btggerstatrs line, south M east 1037 fyet to a atone and pointers In esla line, a new comer; thence a new line north 4 east I7M feet to a point In the branch one foot south from a poplar on the bank of the branch: thence down the branch as It meanders to the beginning, -ontatnlng so seres, more or loss. Terms of Sale: Cash. Bidding will be»!n at $440.00. This the 2nd day of February lgjl. W. O. ORAHAM Trustee 2t Feb 3c Vaccine Treat ment in Scar let Fever Even the Mildest Cases of Thi Disease Should Be Carefully Treated, Warns Authority By R. S. COPELAND, M. D. U. S. Senator from New York. Former Commissioner o) Health Neto Vork City. SCARLET fever is the most contagious at all the disease - that come to plague our chil dren. Like diphtheria, it can and should be prevented. This can be . tcco mpiishea, many authori ties believe, by the use fcf cer tain vaccines. Scarlet fever is a disease that appears almost without warn ing. It bepms with sore throat, fever and a bright red rash. Vomiting Is often an early symptom. The tip of the DO COPELAND tongue js very red. There may be a white furring, with red points here and there. This is spoken of ap a “strawberry tongue.” Peeling of the skin begins soon after the appearance of the rash Mild aa the symptoms may be. this Is a pretty sure sign of acarlet fever During the past few years most cases of scarlet fever have been of a mild form. However, the dangers are not so much from the disease It self. They lie In the complications that may appear during or after the acute symptoms have appeared. Because of these dangers the best medical and nursing care are neces sary in all cases of scarlet fever, Infections of the cars, enlargements of the glands of the neck, pneumonia and kidney diseases, may result even In the lightest attacks of scarlet fever. The disease Is highly contagious and all cases must be Isolated. Quite frequently mild forms are overlooked entirely, or carelessly handled by the family. Such cases are a menace to a community, because of the spread ing of the disease. They cause much discomfort and illness that could have been prevented. Due to the marvellous work of the Drs. Dick and other research work era, we now have at our disposal a means of determining whether chil dren are susceptible to this disease By moans of the "Dick Test.” we can determine definitely whether a child should be injected with scarlet fever vaccine. This procedure le aim ilar to the •'Schick” test for Uiph therla. • Testa Greatly BeneftcUK _ ’ | Every child should receive a Dick test as well as a Schick test. Tht procedure Is indeed simple and the benefits great. If all individuals co operated with thetr physicians and local health bureaus with reference : to these simple tests, the percentage of diphtheria and scarlet fever wouh' soon be greatly decreased. Indee ws might look forward to eradication of these dread ailments. If there are young children In vour be please talk with you' family p... sician about these ail roents. He will advise you about th modern methods of preventing them It Is only by voluntary cooperatlot that the public can be spared man) of Its afflictions. If one had only himself to conslde It would be easy to travel througl life. But we must consider the com mon welfare. That is why it la cei talnly the unselfish thing to aecer vaccination against the disease which are believed to be prevente by such treatment. £ Answers to Health Queries O. H. Q.—What would-you advise for terrible noises In the ears? This has been going on some time. ,1 am (7 years of age. A.—The noises are probably due to a catarrhal condition which has penetrated to the middle ear Clear up ike underlying causes first of all. B p. T Q.--What do *fcu advise for pimples? t.—What would cause a lump the sis* of a walnut to form on the left aide, just under the breast? 3 —How much should a girl of 12. S ft, 5 in. tall weigh? A.—Correct ths diet by cutting down on sugar, starches and coffee. Bat simple food. Avoid constipation. 2,—Have an examination to locate the cause. J.—She should weigh about 110 pounds This Is about the average weight for one of your age and height as determined by examination of a large number of persons. A few pounds above or below the average Is of little or no significance. CweiiiM. UU. to Nmswtr raim Santos tee. STOCKHOLDERS MEETING. Notice is hereby given thst the annual mealing of the stockholders of the Cleve land Building and Loan association will lie held In the directors’ room of tne bn ■on Trust company at Shelby. N. C., at 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon, February 18, 19J1, for the transaction of any business thst might come before the shareholders This February 9th, 1931. J. L. SUTTUS. Secretary-Treas urer Cleveland Building and Loan Association. It 9c TRUSTEE'S SALE. Under and by virtue of the authority contained In a certain deed of trust given by Will Camp and wife, Ora Camp, to T. P. Hamrick. which deed of trust is o record in book 144 at page 9 in the oi ilce of the register of deeds of Clevelan county, North Carolina, the underslgne.. trustee in said deed of trust will on Marc. 14th, 1931, at 3 o'clock p. in. at the cour, house door in Shelby sell at public auc tion to the highest bidder for cash, the .ollowing described real estate: Situate on the waters of First Broac. river, and being a part of the John Me Swain tract of land, and beginning on a white oak and runs Egiepce north 3 east -0 poles to a pine stump; thence north 4i west 33 poles to a stake; thence north 43 east 39 poles to a stake In Wilkins Ford road; thence along several courses of the road 116 poles to a stake; thence south 18 west 12 poles to a stake and pointers in the old line; thence north 86 east 60 poles to a stake In the branch; thence up the branch 103 poles to the beginning, containing 69 acres more or less and being that same tract of land conveyed to T. P. Hamrick by M. H. Hamrick and wife by deed dated 36th of April. 1931 and re corded In the office cf the register of deeds for Cleveland county. North Caro lina tn deed book KKK at page lgg. ref erence to which is hereby bed for further lentlfieetlon. This 6th dey of February, 1931. HORACE KENNEDY, Trustee. dt Feb 9c Build With Brick DELIVERIES FROM PLANT TO JOB When In need of FACE OR COMMON BRICK write us, or phone 75m, Mt. Holly, N. C. With our fleet of trucks, we can make quick deliveries to jobs, saving freight and double handling, thereby putting brick to jobs in much better condition. FOR SERVICE AND QUALITY SEE KENDRICK BRICK & TILE CO MOUNT HOLLY, N. C. If QUEEN CITY COACH LINES FOR, ASHEVILLE, CHARLOTTE. WILMINGLON FAYETTEVILLE. FOR ASHEVILLE AND INTERMEDIATE POINTS: Leave SHELBY:—9:45 a. m.; 3:45 p. m.; 8:45 p. m. FOR CHARLOTTE AND INTERMEDIATE POINTS: LEAVE SHELBY:—7:50 a. m.; 10:50 a. m.; 12:50 p m.; 4:50 p. m.; 9:50 p. m. FOR WILMINGTON AND INTERMEDIATE POINTS: LEAVE SHELBY:—10:50 a. m.; FOR FAYETTEVILLE AND INTERMEDIATE POINTS: LEAVE SHELBY:—7:50 a. ra.; 10:50 a. m.; FOR FURTHER INFORMATION - PHONE 450 QUEEN CITY COACH COMPANY ^, REMEMBER... The price is COACH or BUSINESS COUPE ».o.». Dam* It challenges lJhe performance of any six, regardless of price. It introduces Super* Six smoothness to the lowest price claaa It looks like a far more expensive car. It is bigger, wider and roomier than many cars that sell for hundreds of dollars more. It is the Value Sensation in a year of sensational values. and you get RARE RIDING COMFORT Beam Motor Co. Dealer - Shelby, N. C. Consider for » moment much your name in this will mean to you end femily. Your position in community, your femily's so ctel ectiisties, your opportuni ties to enjoy life require tbet you he elweys within quick end resy reach of your friends end business associates. A tele phone m your home provides for these contacts. Vi ir "It means so much to the children** "Trank and I always felt that we could get along without a telephone —it actually took the children to show us what we have been missing.” "Since the children have entered high school they have made a num ber of friends and they missed not being able to talk to them over a telephone of their own. Most of their friends have telephones and use them to arrange their social activities— parties, theatre, visits. So Frank and I decided that we must have a tele phone and when we found how little it cost we ordered one installed at once. "Of course we said that we were doing it for the children, but I was in for quite a surprise. I believe 1 actually use it almost as frequently as the children." There’s no need for any family to do without a telephone nowadays—its small cost is more than offset by the comfort and convenience it brings. For immediate installation call the Business Office—or see any telephone employe. SOUTHERN BELL Telephone and Telegrcph Company (Incorporalod)
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