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Nobody’s Business CEE McGEE— Hot-To-Mollie. I went to a movie-talkie tonight. Pretty good show for only 50 cents: in fact, it was easy worth 20 cents during these times of bread-and soup lines. The leading lady had brogue that was a crass betwixt; Yankee and Hottentot. Being a lit-; tie bit deef, I never did find out J what the plot was and why. The leading man sang most of his stuff to the leading lady. He had the sick-calf act skint a block and the way he held his hand on his (hist when he was reaching up for those high notes was something miserable. Whoever invented a show with singing what-you-want-to-say to-your sweetheart instead of talk ing it was a fit subject. Well, our money is gone, so let's forget it. But what I'd like to know is—why doesn't the theatre mana ger try to keep the temperature of his house more comfortable? Don't get into your head that he diddent have plenty good coal and a fine furnace. Me had 'em both, and his fireman ought to have the job of chief fireman for the Mauretania. For the first minute and a half after I took my seat, the place seem ed pleasantly warm. Within 10 min utes, or possibly 11 minutes, I real ised that I was being roasted. It was surely 123 Fahrenheit plus Centigrade. My celluloid collar be PUNT THIS SPRING EVERGREENS / Plants dug fresh SHRUBS / for each shipment. TREES / No agents; we sell Vines / direct 3r low prices. BerriM / ^ >ears in business. r. / J. a. WATKINS ft ISO. c,c- / Midlothian, ▼». Scud for Catalog now — BILLIARDS — Visit the Shelby Cigar and Billiard Parlor and BARBER SHOP For Clean Sports and Barber Work. Corner South Lafayette 'and East Graham Sts. M. C. PUTNAM AND J. E. ELLIOTT Retpinol goes right to the root of the cough—soothe* the throat, brings up the mucus. Used in many hospitals, for young and old. Safe, pleasant, sure. 50c. W. C. ROUNTREE. M. D. PELLAGRA A SrEClALT* It you have many of the following symptoms, 1 have the remedy, no mat ter what your trouble has been diag nosed: Nervousness, stomach trouble, loss of weight, loss of sleep, sore mouth, hurting in back of head, shoulders or back, peculiar swimming in bead, frothy-like phlegm in throat, passing of rnucons from the bowels (especially **itr purgative), burning feet, s ellow or brown skin, burning or itch ing skin, rash on hands, face and arms resembling sunburn, chronic constipa tion, (sometimes alternating wifh di arrhoea), copper or metallic taste, skin sensitive to aun heat, forgetfulnesa, despondency, thoughts that you might lose your mind, gums red and falling away from the teeth, general weakness, loss of energy, and look older than you are. If you have many of these symp toms, have taken all kinds of medicine, and are still sick, I especially want YOU I "to write for my FREE booklet, ques tionnaire, and diagnosis. W, C. Rountree, M. D.. BOX 1150 heuf. 30-J Austin, Texas gan to sizzle, and rather than start a stampede, I removed it, before it blazed up. I then unbuttoned my vest (called west in Philadelphia and Miami), and next I unfastened my shirt. About that time, X think the live man shoveled in another half ton of coke, and I unhooked my union suit and began to fan with my hat The lady In front of me was sweat ing great goms of perspiration. Her tiny handkerchief was not absorb ent enough, so she began to mop hei neck and back with her little rayon shawl. Then I heard the furnace door open again and unbuttoned my britches at the waist, but she only mopped somewhat faster. I don't think I ever before smelt so many different kinds of flesh scorching at the same time hi my life. I could tell that automobile mechanics were suffering because of the oil odor, and the finest ladies in town were likewise *being blister ered, as the aroma of Madam La Vour’s perfume floated about in the air, and then I smelt a blacksmith getting his, and there were also some farmers and some store clerks, but when the 2 legislators began to bum, I had to leave. It’s bad enough to freeze to death in a movie, but it's much worse to be baked alive hi I one. The ushers stood it all right because they could run out and cool off every few minutes. But every thing was O. K. except the price and the heat. Wanted: A Job. If you or I were to apply tor a job with some reliable busines firm, say the Chew & Spit Tobacco com pany, as salesman or office work, it is possible that the following ques tions would be asked and answered: Name? Age? Married or Single? Do you drink whiskey?---— Previous experience?-——~ I Name of your bank? Are you now’ employed?— , Name of employer?-— Give 3 references? But if you or I were to seek em jploymenl where politics control the ijobs, say with the pr—, —er, er — |—er, O. Well—just most any place where business methods ain't the practice, this is how we would go at it if we got it? Q—Whut’s your name? A—Bill Snooks. Q—Didjer vote for me in last election? A—Yes, sir, I swear I did. Q—How much cash can you raise today? i A—Might scare up *350.00, or meb be more, if necessary. Q—Got anything on your hip? A—Yep. Pint rye, and she’s fine, j Q—Wh-ee-oew! Hot stuff. A—It ain’t aged much yet. Try’ a-nuthcr whiff. Q—The job you want pays $150 per month. A—That's what I heerd. <3—My part is only $25.00 you know? A—Yep. Q—I mean 25 a month? Q—Some rake-off in it, you know? A—So I heerd. Q—We are 50-50 there, yer under stand? A—Yep. Q—Can I look for you tomorrow with the $250.00? —Ml be here loaded. Q—Well, whatcher standing there for? Don’t you know you're work ing for me? Getting political position requires 90 percent pull, 9 percent bull and 1 per cent ability is enough ability for the majority of the peddled pies. It ain’t much wonder to the aver age thinking man that this old country of ours is in such a hellova fix financially, morally and spirit ually. Just smell around and find out (if you don’t already know) what has been going on nearly everywhere for the past 15 or 20 years. STAR AD VS. PAYS PERSONAL PROPERTY FOR SALE To s«ttle estate of Mrs. R. C. Johnson, the follow ing property will be sold at auction on Saturday, Mar. 7th at 10 o’clock at the homestead near Belwood: Two mules, one Ford tour ing car; milk cow, corn planter and other farming tools and equipment. Z. V. JOHNSON, Administrator, Lincolnton, N. C. Quits Her $12 Job to Become a Killer * • * • # * * • • Weary and Discontented With Drab Life of a Waitress, Muriel Sullivan Becomes Bootlegger’s Partner in Crime, Which Brings Her $85 and in Shadow of “the Chair.” Esther Nidiffer The Martin Hoke vhere Esther Nidiffer. Met Her^ 1 Mrs* Maude ^Martin Dr ASBrainard tfufcievN% SuWVAN Coffeyvllle, Okla.—Woman's pas ision for fine feathers and other things that make for a life of ease, has led to many an ugly sit-; uation, but none has been uglier nor more perilous than the posit^n into which that same passion has beckoned Muriel Sullivan, of Semi- i nole, Okla. It has brought her into j the sinister shadow of the electric! chair. ! Muriel was a. waitress in a cheap [little restaurant. Her salary was i *12 a week and what tips she got i weren’t enough to keep her In j stockings. Even then, all might have been ivell if she hadn't met and confided her di-content to Paul Jones, a bootlegger. Mr. Jones was none too satisfied himself, He fancied that lie wasn't getting all that life owed him, and he sympathized with the [disgruntled waitress. Finally he un j folded a plan whereby both of them' might make some “real money.” Back in December, the trial of I Dr. S, A. Brainard had created i something of a stir. The doctor was charged with performing an il legal operation on Mrs. Esther Nl differ. who died as a result. The j principal witness for the prosecu I tion at the trail was Mrs. Maude i Martin, sister of the dead woman, | in whose house the alleged operation I was performed. The trial ended in a. disagreement and the doctor was held for a second trial. Jones’ plan for acquiring some ‘‘real money*' was that Muriel end himself should form a syndicate of two having as its object the re moval of Mrs. Martin, for which service Jones said Dr. Brainard would pay $2,000. It didn’t take him long to persuade Muriel to help him in hi-s scheme, and a few days later she quit her restaurant job in Seminole and accompanied Mr. Jones to Coffeyvillp, where Mrs. Martin resided. The first step then towards the accomplishment of the job was to procure a specimen of Mrs. Mar tin's handwriting. This proved to be rather difficult as Mrs. Martin kept very much to herself and did not encourage chance acquaintanc es. But finally Muriel managed somehow to worm herself into the good graces of the lady and in a few days was attending shows with her and visiting at her house. Mur iel all this time sailed under the name of “Bobby Brown.” Muriel pretended that she was going to Joplin, where Mrs. Martin hacj some friends, on business, and asked Mrs. Martin to give her a letter of introduction. The lady complied and sealed her own death Warrant, for her signature was traced from that letter to the sui cide note. Nothing now stood in the way of the contemplated crime so, on the i evening of Jan. 6th. Muriel and Jones called at Mrs. Martin’s hpme. I Jones had a pistol but it was j understood that Muriel should do the actual shqpting. The unsuspecting victim enter tained the pair by playing records on the vlctrola and It was while she knelt on the floor changing a record that Jones gave Muriel the signal to shoot. Muriel weakened at this point. After all Mrs. Martin had been kind to her. She couldn’t do it and excused herself say'ng she had to go to the kitchen for a drink. Jones followed her and argued that if she didn’t do the job he would have to do y himself. So the girl took the pistol, went back to the sitting-room and shot tho unsuspecting Mrs. Martin from behind. The guilty pair then placed the pistol and suicide note beside the victim and left. But the note was a clumsy forgery—-it read: “I am guilty of Esther’s death; Al. don't feel too hard on me. I tried to help her, I can’t stand this any longer. Goodbye—Maude Martin"—and the wound could not have been self-in flicted. The police at once put their finger on the motive. Dr. B- ■ narti was questioned and "Bobby Brown” rounded up. When confronted with the evidence Muriel confessed every thing. She told how Dale Orrison, a cab driver, drove her to the out skirts of the town on the day after the murder and paid her $60 She returned to Seminole by bus and a few days later Jones gave her $25. That was all she received for the murder of Mrs. Martin—$85 in all —that and a journey into the grim shadows of “the chair.” County Basketball Tourney to Open (CONTTKCTD FROM PAGE O.VE i there 'Rill be three games as fol lows: Casar vs. Fallston; Waco vs. Mooresboro; Shelby vs. Lattimore. Thursday night the play will be as follows: Bel wood vs. Grover: Polk ville vs. Kings Mountain, with two of the three winning teams Wed nesday night staging the third game. Tuesday night the Shelby highs will play Heiuietta-Caroleen in the state title race. If Shelby wins that game and wins in the county tour ney here Wednesday night the Shel by team will not play in the tour ney here Thursday night so as to play in the state race. In that case :the third game Thursday night will be between the two winners of the Casar-Fallston and Waco-Moores boro games. If Shelby loses to Caro leen Tuesday night then the three winners in the county tourney here Wednesday night will draw to see which of the two play Thursday night and which team gets a bye until Friday. The four teams remaining in the race after Thursday night's play will clash in two games Friday night. Then the championship con test Saturday night aud the pre sentation of the Rotary cup to the victorious quint. Although sport fans place Latti more and Shelby as favorite to win there are many who consider the Grover quint the dark horse of the tourney. The chances of Grover and the seven other entrants are made considerably brighter due to the fact that with Shelby and Latti more playing each other the first night one of the two strong teams will be eliminated. The Shelby boys drilled by Coaches Casey Morris and Tilden Falls, have been in a slump for a week, and It is generally pre dicted that thev will have to show improvement over their recent play to have an even balance Wednesday night against Coach Hood's Lattl more tossers. The tournament is being held a week earlier this year than has been the custom so that it will not conflict with an athletic meet and tourney the following week at Kings Mountain. This is the fourth year of the county tournament and the event draws fans from all sections of the county because the competing teams come from all parts of Cleveland. Demands Lashes For Chick Thefts Dover. Del.—Representative F. F. Smoot introduced a bill in the leg islature to make lashes mandatory as part of the punishments for per sons convicted of stealing chickens. The bill would fix the number of lashes at not less than ten or more than twenty. The maximum term of imprison ment for the offense would be five years. JOB PRINTING OF all kinds at lower prices than you have overpaid. Phone 11 or 4-J and let us give you an estimate o n your next printing order. Automatic presses, accurate count. tf-24p FOR LETTER HEADS. ENVEL OPES—IN FACT ALL KINDS OF IO|5 PRINTING—PHONE NO. II. Perfect Gentleman THTOWTIT j CIMjlf Tina Tweedie, Chicago night club entertainer, has come to the de fense of Leo V. Brothers, who will soon go on trial charged with the murder of Alfred (“Jake") Lingle, Chicago reporter. Tina says Brothers is a "perfect gentleman" and adds that she does not believe he ever carried a gun. STAR ADVS. PAYS Gastonia Wins From High Five Shelby Boy* I<om While Shelby Girl* Defeat Gastonia Lassies There. Two Shelby basketball teams play ing at Gastonia Friday night broke even. The Shelby girls sextet skip pod through Gastonia’s girl cagers by a 36-16 score, while the Gastonia boys were lacing the Shelby high boys 23 to 10. Considerably off form, the Shelby boys never did hit their stride and as a result failed to give the Gas tonia quint anything like the battle they did here week before last. Smith. Gastonia center. led the scoring for the Gaston cagers with 10 points. Devine with three points was high for Shelby. The lineups: Shelby Connor, f . - Poston, f - Austell, f - Devine, f . ... O. Brown, c . It. Brown, g - Eskridge, g . McSwain, g - 0 0 0 3 2 2 1 2 Totals . . ........i.--10 Gastonia Henson, f - --—-— 8 Beard, f . ......y...0 Boland, f . ..........—„.i«— 8 Bmlth, c . -----10 Cathey, g . .. 1 Leary, g -..—.. 4 Totals . .. H3 Girls' Game. Of the girls’ game The Gastonia Gazette says: "The game was probably In Shel by's favor throughout. The Oas tonlans had several good chances to redeem themselves, but they were unable to make their crip shots. Shelby w as good at both passing and shooting, although they too missed more shots than they should have. "Dellinger, of Shelby, was high scorer. She and Laughrldge were Shelby’s outstanding players. For Gastonia, Reep and Margaret Smith shone. Smith is developing into one of the best players that Gastonia has had In several seasons. Fletch er also did some very commendable floor work.” Girls’ lineup. Shelby B. Eaker, f . ----- 8 Wray, f . —-.—.- 5 A. R. Dellinger, f -..10 Falls, jc _ .- ^ Jones, Jc . .............- 2 Irvin, sc.....-.0 Glover, sc . 0 Laughrldge, g . --........... 0 Mayhew, g - ------- 0 Jones, g . ...-- 0 G. Dellinger, g . ----- 0 Total.- 32 Gastonia Marshall, f -- 0 Milen, f. 8 Fletcher, f_....-........ 2 Reep, f_—»-—-2 Anders, Jc - ...---- 4 Smith, sc . ----... 0 McLean, g . —- 0 Powell, g ______........ © Craig, g . ....—... 0 Parker, g - ...-......- 0 Total . ....- 16 Ten Dont’s For Business Men Washington.—Ten commandments tor business men struggling with the depression were suggested in a radio address by Dr. Julius Klein, assist ant secretary of commerce. •'Don't blame the depression for everything which has marred the tranquility of the economic scene," was the first. The others were: "Dont compare peaks with slumps. “Don’t fall into the fallacy of ex pecting the wage earner to bear the brunt of readjustment. Talk of drastic slashes in American living standards borders closely on lunacy. “Don’t cut loose from associated activities in business. "Don’t ignore the amazing power of the new technology. “Don't cut marketing research. “Don’t overlook the stabilizing value of foreign markets. "Don’t fall into the perils of the mass production mania. Quantity operations are by no means assur ance of quantity profits. “Don’t overlook the perils of ob solete equipment. “Don’t be stamped by unfounded rumors.” HOSIERV HOSPITAL, Inc (Of Charlotte N C.I Branch At ! Mrs. Harmon’s Hemstitching j Shop (Coder Chocolate Shop) Hosiery and Knitted Good* Neatly Repaired. I All (Ion Must Re La and or ed. ' DR. A. PITT BEAM DENTIST — PHONE 188 — Especial Attention To Pyorrhea. c Authoress Tells How to Combine Career and Home * * * *** Versatile Pen of Fannie Hurst, One of America« Leading Writers, Vividly Shows Many Women Achieve Economic Independence Through a Successful Career. "Caring for. her. Pets. Fannie Hurst Ac A KusicrAjsr (By ALICE ALDKN.) New York.—"For those wlio.: for economic reasons, must do it, house keeping is a drudgery, though, oi course, essential. But for those who don't have to do It, it is a supreme extravagance." 80 declared Fannie Hurst the well known writer, to a group of women anxious to know how to combine their professional and domestic ca reers. For with more and more wom en achieving economic independence through a successful career, there has come a determination of these women to adjust their lives so that neither the career nor their basic femininity shall suffer. Fannie Hurst practices what she preaches, No housekeeping for tier, not if she can help it. An apartment, yes. She would not live in any hotel, she says, because a woman should have the background of home life Tlrts, in her opinion, is more import ant than the machinery of house keeping. Can this machinery be eli minated? It can. says Miss Hurst,, and so she is sharing with her pro fessional sisters everywhere an ac count of her menage and how it is run. biie nas a big duplex apartment in New York. It is homelike and lovely, full of the brilliant personal ity of the writer. All round her arc her possessions, her old rose hang ings. her paintings and other works of art. Her balcony is filled with books. It is a real home. And yet,, there is no evidence of housekeep ing or its attendant drudgery.1 Meals? Those are eaten out, for Miss Hurst believes that the average! restaurant offers good plain fare,! quite as well as a maid would pre-1 pare it. When she does give a tea: or dinner, the whole affair is given to a smart caterer and so she is not bothered while she works nor is her home turned upside down while the party is in the throes of prepara tion. She warns professional women about living in hotels where all is red plush and servants. There is no! chance for the women tired out by a busy day to relax or find comfort. The only solution is a home minus too much machinery. It is not that Fannie Hurst knows nothing about housekeeping. She does. Otherwise she could not have written so entertainingly as she does about food in her newest novel “Back Streets.” She has her heroins, Ray Schmidt, prepare countless din ners for the man of her heart, Wal ter Saxel. She describes vividly the neh German dishes whose aroma has become almost part of the city of Cincinnati—the early home ot Ray. Graphically, the author makes a small apartment become imbued with life, with the feminine fabric of its occupant. Whether her descrip tions of home life are so graphic be cause she herself lias reduced her own domesticity to a minimum must remain Miss Hurst’s own sec ret. But from her own descriptions she ought to be a pretty good house keeper, and no doubt is. It was a house in the country that decided Fannie Hurst against too much housekeeping. She kept a large i otablishment and found it impossi ble to give matters over entirely to the servants. For the best servant in the world is incompetent when it conies to solving certain problems, os Miss Hurst soon discovered. And so that is why she has evolved her present method of living, one that hus filled her with happiness and contentment. She has found, too, that her friends ore just as anxious to come and see her, even if she doesn’t Invite them to stay to din ner, They seem to enjoy going about tier, discovering new restaurants and being able to talk to her without having to listen to a recital of do mestic worries and cares. whenever Fannie Hurst has to„lis teu to the criticism of friends who proudlv declare themselves to be ■'the old-fashioned wife and mother type," she says she thinks of her own mother whose fine Intellectual vitality was entirely wasted In wor rying about the countless bother some details of housekeeping, de tails that could all easily have been eliminated. What do you think of all this, you women who are trying to combine a career and a real home? INFLUENZA SPREADING Checks Colds at once with 66G Take it as a preventive. Use 666 Salve for Babies. I DR. S. F. PARKER — PHYSICIAN — ' Office Phones 64 and No. 2 I Residence Phone 129-J • -"I! . .- ■■ - l I .. Mr. FARMER - Let Us Show You Our AVERY PLOW REPAIRS STEEL PLOWS BRIDLES, COLLARS TRACES, BACKBANDS Or Whatever You Neew To Carry On Your Spring Plowing. Shelby Hardware Co. - “We Serve To Satisfy.* Phone 330
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