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SOCIETY NEWS MKS. UE.VN Dili M. IdiCw, Telephone The SUi No. 4rJ fciach Morning. 8 Jo 12 Otiota. Mrs. Drum can oc reached at her ho me. Phone 713, aiternooa and tughta On Coin* A grave is all too weak a (lung To hold m.v fancy long, I'll bear a blossom with the spring. Or be a blackbird's song t think that I shall fade with e.n, Melt into earth like snow, Be food for hungry, growing trees, Or help the lilies blow And if my love should lonely walk Quite of my nearncs sfain. i may come back to her, and talk Tn liquid words of rain -Counter Cullen t.veir*u Division Meet- Thursday. Th* evening division of the Wom ens club will meet Thursday night *t 8 o’clock at the club rooms with Mesdames Frank DeVoting and ft if, 'Pratt as hostesses. Cecelia Music Club Will Meet Wednesday. Mrs. Will Arey wil be hostess to the members of the Cecelia music club at a regular meeting on Wed nesday afternoon at. 3:30 at her at tractive home in Belvedere Heights. Mr*, Hennessa To Entertain Book Club. On Tuesday afternoon at lour o clock at the home of Mrs. P, I.. Hennessa, Mrs. Brevard Hennessa Will be hostess to the member.' of the Contempory book club Meeting To Organise Cadies' Golf Club. All ladies who are interested in joining the golf club are requested to meet at the golf chib house on Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock. Steps will be taken at this time to organise the group for other activi ties to be held at the club house Spanish-American War Auxiliary To Meet The Spanish-American war aux iliary will meet, on Wednesday aft ernoon at 3:30 with Mrs. H .V Conran as hostess at her horn* on N. Morgan street. Mesdames John L. Booth, department president, and Alwin J. Brandes. department e.hief of-staff, both of Charlotte, will be present. A good program has been planned and all members are urged to be present. Small Party For Visitor. Miss Gertrude Taylor entertained on Saturday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Dennis at a delightful small bridge party in honor of her week-end guest Miss Lois Greer, of Spartanburg. Three tables were arranged for play: sweet peas were used as decorations in the living room. After several prog re;; - s'ons scores were added and Mrs. Gerald Morgan was given a per fume atomizer ah high score prize. Mif* Greer' received a Jar of bath salts as guest prize. A salad course, followed by a sweet course, was served. Those playing were: Miss Greer. Mrs. Dennis, Mrs. Morgan. Mrs. Holland Eskridge.-Mrs. Robert Dog *ett, Mrs. Edd Post. Mrs. Robert Kord, Mrs. Herbert Clrampion. Mrs. D. 2. Newton. Mrs. B. O Stephen son, Miss Victoria Young and Miss Taylor. M«s Blanton To Br Much Feted This Week. Miss Millicent Blanton. whose wedding will bo a lovely cyent of this week, has been much entertain ed since the announcement of her engagement a few weeks ago. Parties i:i her honor for this week include: A 1 o'clock luncheon to be given by Miss Cliarline Stanley on Wednes day at the home of her sister. Mrs Deck Wilson, in Hnthcrfovdton; a special meeting of the Tuesday Aft ernoon bridge club at which Mrs. W. J. Ei-win will entertain in compli ment to Miss Blanton, on Thursday afternoon, at the Brick House Grill: Friday at 1 o'clock Mesdames Hal Schenek and Jean Schenck will en tertain for her at a 1 o’clock lunch eon at the home of the latter; Friday evening after the rehear sal Mr.. Forrest Eskridge will en tertain members of the wedding party, out of town guests and a few close friends at the cake cutting at his home: and on Saturday at 12:30 Mi's. J. D. Linebergei will be host ess at a luncheon entertaining mem bers of the wedding party amt out of-town guests, Thompson- Blanton tVeddin? Plans Complete. Plans have been completed tor the wedding of Miss Millicent Blanton to Mr. William Austin Thompson wWch will take place on Saturdav afternoqn at 4:30 at the home of the brides parents. Mr. and Mrs. George Blantou. on West Marian street. The wedding will be the out standing social event of the spring and centers the interest of society in several states The wedding music will be fur nished b? Dr. and Mrs. H. S. Plas ter, and Miss Mary Adelaide Rob erts, a cousin of the bride, will sing. Dr Zieno Wall, the bride's pastor, i will: perform the ceremony. Mrs. Charles Blanton Webb, of Birming ham, Alabama a cousin of the bride, will be, dame of honor, and Mi's* Blanton's only sister. Miss Caroline Blanton, will be maid of honor.,Mr. Forrest Eskridge and Mr. fleorgr Blanton, jr.. will act a., ushers. Only close relatives and intimate friends of the two families have' been invited Helen Stephenson Celebrates Birthday, Mrs. B. O. Stephenson enieruiineti with a delightful birthday party on! Friday afternoon in honor of her small daughter. Helen Morgan Stephenson, in celebration of her third birthday. The little honorcc received her guests in a dress of white crepe, smocked in pink, with which she wore pink socks. About 30 little friends were pres ent and games were played on the lawn and group pictures of the chil dren were taken. Alter an hour spent at play the children were in vited in to see the birthday cake, Iced with white and holding three i pink candles. Cake and ice cream were served and each child was giv en a little flag and a cornucopia full of candy us favors. Little Miss Helen received an ar ray of pretty and useful gifts. Mrs. Stephenson was assisted ui entertaining by Mrs. F. R. Morgan, Mrs. Gerald Morgan and Mrs. Char les Williams. A special guest was Mrs. K. A. Morgan, of Gaffney, great-grandmother of the small j-giiest of honor, who came up a»pec ially for the occasion. Miss Blanton Is Party Honoree. On Friday afternoon Miss Milli-J cent Blanton was complimented at an informal, small tea given by Mrs. R W. Morris at her' attractive home. Miss Blanton had chosen for the occasion a lovely sports frock of yellow flannel w»th brown accessories. Twelve of the honored.; friends were present and soon aft er they hud assembled she was given a small green filing case with in structions to collect from the guests the riling cards to go with It When these were collected she found that each of her friends had written out for her a favorite recipe. After this each guest was given a sheet of paper and asked to write » question and a piece of advice to the bride (elect. After this Mrs. Jean Schenck road "if- and "The White Woman's Burden," clever parodies on Kip ling's famous poems, giving advice] to a brkie. As the crowning feature of the afternoon's enjoyment the hostess brought out a kodak book containing pictures of Miss Blan ton and her friends from their child hood days Ur rough the college years. Mrs Morris gave Mis:; Blanton a beautiful pair of hind-monogrameet linen pillow cases as an honor gift.I At the close of the afternoon the hostess was assisted by Mrs. shemj Blackley aud Mrs. Oliver Anthony ] in serving a salad course with ac-j cessories, followed by a sweet course.. The Misses Roberts Honor Miss Blanton. Misses Minnie Eddins and Mary j Adelaide Roberts were hostesses on Saturday afternoon at one of the prettiest parties of the season when they entertained at an in formal tea honoring Miss Mllllccnt Blanton When the guests arrived they were greeted at Lite entrance hy Miss Isobelle Hpey. Mrs. W. J. Herberts, inothtir of the hostesses, stood at the entrance to the Jiving room and introduced thr callers to the receiv ing line, which was headed by Mi's j Mary Adelaide Roberts. who was' becomingly dressed in a green chif-1 fan afternoon dress and wove a shoulder corsage of yellow rose.;, i Next to Miss Roberts stood the hon- ! oree. charmingly gowned in an aft ernoon dress of pint linen lace, made on fitted lines, with which she wore a shoulder bouquet of white gardenias. Next in the receiving line were Mrs. George Blanton, Missj Caroline Blanton. and Mrs. Joe; Hamilton, of Charlotte, who was formerly Miss Betty .Blanton. Miss Minnie Eddins Roberts, dressed in a lovely gown of printed crepe, stooa j at the end of the receiving line. I Mrs. B. Q. Sephcnson invited thej guests into the diuing room, where! Mrs. Hal Schenck and Miss Char line Stanley were seated. one at either end of the table, pouring tea. Mrs. Lowery Suttle. Miss Sara Bur I ton Jenkins, Miss Betty Suttle, Mrs. Ed McCurry. and Mrs. Hopson Aus tell assisted in serving. passing sandwiches, individual cakes, cheese straws and bon boils. The color note of yellow and green. which was car ried out throughout the rooms in bowls and vases of yellow roses, calendula and other yellow flowers, was accentuated in charming detail ip the dining room decorative scheme. The table was spread with a handsome cloth of Italian cut work and centered with a basket of yellow' snap dragon, gracefully ar ranged. Tall yellow tapers on table and buffet co«t a pretty light in (he I room. These colors appeared again | in the refreshments, In (he cake I Icings, bonbons, and the ribbons ty ! mg the cheese straws into small bundles. Mrs. W. J. Erwin, of Great Palls, S. C . and Mrs. Claude Roberts, ol McAdenvllle, stood between the din ing room and hall and Mrs. F,sley Pendleton greeted the guests In the music room. Mrs. Jean Schenck and Miss Lottie Warren, of Gastonia. ;guest of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hoey, presided at the register in this room. Mrs. XI. S Plaster and Mrs. Ben Buttle lurnlshed music throughout the afternoon. Miss Janie Stamey stood at the door of the music room and bade the guests good-bye a. they departed. C. C, Hamrick Is Dead; Buried Sunday icosmurao thom pM3r: oxe.i spec ted him and will miss his friendly interest in their material and spiritual welfare. Besides his wife and three chil dren, one sister, Mrs. Leahder S. Hamrick also survives, together with a host of other relatives A great quantity of beautiful flowers were sent by friends and loved ones, al though it was his expressed desire to have a. simple funeral with no pretense at show. Dr. Zeno Wall, the pastor, who knew hint intimately and always found him a friend and comforter, conducted the funeral service, assisted by Rev. M. L. Kes ter, superintendent of the Mills or phanage at Thomasvllle with whom Mr. Hamrick’s eldest, son. Fuller, was associated as bursar of the institu tion for 20 years. Favorite hymns such as ’ How Firm a Foundation," i "Beautiful Land," and "Face to Face” were rendered by a double quartet of mixed voices. Tribute To Hi* Life. Dr. Wall gave a true estimate of Mr. Hamrick when he citied seven points which characterised him. First he was a good man-good in every sense of the broad meaning of the word. Then Dr. Wall pointed out that lie was an industrious man, a progressive man as was evidenced by the condition of his farm, the fart that he gave his children a college education by stint and ,self denial, that he loved to see his church go forward and contributed to Its growth. In th* fourth place, Dr. Wall pointed out that he wes an honored man -honored because he had served for years as it dea con and on the building committee of the church—honored bv being a director of the Union Trust Co. since its organization, honored by a long and useful life. Then he was a cheerful man who radiated cheer and comfort to outers. In the sixth place be was a faithful man and his faith was never shaken. Then in the seventh and last place. Dr. Wall pointed out that he v.as a prepared man—prepared for the trumpet call at any hour of the day or night and unafraid to face Ills Master. A. brief tribute was paid by Mr. Kister to Mr. Hamrick as a hard worker and as a slrioere man. Two score of men who were neighbor* and friends in business or church life served as honorary pall bearers, while J. L. Buttle. Algrn Hamrick. Fred Morgan. Hill Hud son, g. A. McMurrv, George Dover. Fields Young and Lee B. Weathers served as active pall bearers. The body was interred In Sunset cemetery, Mooresboro Scouts Plan Active Year Troop one, Mooresboro. Boy Scouts of America, under the lead ership of Scoutmaster J. D. Huggins, ir.. In a recent meeting with their troop committee unanimously adopt ed the 1931 standards of troop ef ficiency of the Piedmont council of the Boy Scouts of America. At the s ame time the troop adopted as their objective for February "seventy-five percent of the troop membership to complete the second class require ments and to appear at the Shelby district court of honor on Monday night, March 2nd." The Mooresbbro scout troop was the first troop organized in the Piedmont council in 1931 and has ah enthusiastic group of scout and | scout leaders. J. A. Kiser is the as-; sistant scoutmaster and R. \v Me-] Braver. J. W. Lucas and R. G. Bur- j pus arc members of the troop com mittee ! Short Shots At least, the Tub-Gilbert, Kea-j ton-Keys altercations have given certain Hollywood stars opportun ity to view brighter constellations. Unlike most fighters, however Buster isn't asking for a return en gagement. "Put the British nation to Work," urges a headline. It is remarkable that this obvious cure for unemploy ment should have so long escaped notice,—Punch. We haven't any really construc tive suggestions for the cure of our' national tendencies to leave tire narrow path, but sometimes we think that an amplifier for the voice of conscience wouldn't do any harm.—-Boston Herald. There seems to be no unemploy ment among cabinet-makers in France Albany Kews. Cleveland Farmers Show Interest In Lespedeza At Meeting Here; To Sow Big Crop Here This Spring fcofrnmjED from paoe :one( | Those present expres-cd much in 1 tercst in the lespedeza movement in the county and asked for informa tion about the soil-building crop from other farmers who had les ■ lxdeza last year. Talks were made by Ray Williams, of Kings Moun tain; R. W. Wilson, of Falishm: Prof. E. L. Dillingham, of the halt; more school; by Dr R M. Gidney, of Shelby and other . All boosted lespedeza as a crop and as a soil builder, expressing the opinion that it would do much to advance agri-* culture generally in the county. As a result of the meeting the farmers presented sent in an ord-. for 1,200 pounds of seed. As en thusiasm spreads it is expected that many other farmers will order seed. Although the meeting centered r.bout lespedeza there was general approval of the live-at-home ides, and r hearty endorsement w;i3 given The Star's ‘grow-your-own lood" drive. As many tanners desire further information about lespedeza and its value, Agent Shotftier, at the re qtiest ot The Star, has prepared the following article on the crop: The question of lespedeza has be - come one of the major questions among the farmers of Cleveland county. In this short article I will endeavor to tell what lerpedeza is and the benefits of growing this le gume. First of all, lespegeza Is not a Crass; it is annual legume ia legume is a plant what will take the nitro gen from the air by nitrofying bac teria and convert it into fertilizer so crops can use it). It is a thick growing and fine stemmed legume, a summer legume. It ir, sometimes called Japan clover, and was intro duced to this country before the Civil war from Japan. Lespede&i. is adapted to most any kind of soil, and especially any we have in Clev eland county. We p'oiably have lespedeza on our farms and do not know it. of the common variety.. Lespedeza can be grown on the poorest kind of soil and make a profitable growth. It will make' a growth of one ton of vegetation on most any soil in the county. As a soil builder, there is noth'nj betteh In counties not far from us lespedeza has increased corn yield 20 to 25 bushels per acre during one crop, wheat ten to 18 bushels per acre, and cotton 500 to 1200 pounds, of seed cotton per acre. A proven test in Stanley county shows this. , Lespedeza for hay is In the class with alfalfa. It makes a high qual ity of hay and yield. from one ,o iour tons per acre. With a gout stand it will make or.e ton of hay per acre fo reach four inches; above per acre for each four inches above cured due to the fine stems. It makes a real pasture and can be seeded with other grasses ■ cl j works tine. Use five to ten pounds per acre with other grasses. It can not be pastured too closely but what it wit! reseed the next year It fur nishes pasture from June to frest and stands the drought fine. At present there ax four varie ties that are popular through tnic section: Common Tennessee 78. Ko rean and Kobe. The latter three are improved varietlec. The com mon variety Is mostly recommend ed for pastures and soil improve ment, However on fairly good soil St will yield one to four tons of nay per acre. Tlie other three varieties grow taller and more adapted to hay. There is not very much difference in the growth of these three varie ties. From my observations of these three varieties f would recommend the Tennessee 76 It grows from t®n to eighteen inches high with fine stems. It will average four to twelve bushels of pan caught seed per ac e, but more if they are threshed. Lespedeza should bo seeded twen ty-five bushels to the acre whoa sown alone. Lespedeza seed weighs 25 pounds to the bushel. They can be sown on grain crops or other lend. It is mostly sown on the small grain crops and suits very fine for this place. No preparation of soil is necessary. If the soil has a hard crust it might be best to break that crust lightly with a harrow and fol low with the seed, not before the1 harrow. The seed may be sown with a grain drill by keeping the disc out j of the soil, this will spread the seed more evenly. AH you have to do is sow the seed and forget about it and the lespedeza will come. The serd should be sown in the spring from late January to mid-March. If sown after the freezes, cover lightly with harrow. Needs Xo Fertilizer. Lespedeza needs no inoculation and makes profitable growth with out fertilization, but responds well with an application of lime. We should make special efforts 10 have a patch on our farm for seed. Be very careful to secure clean see.l and keep it clean. By growing our' own seeds we will have seed m r ; car or two to sow most or our farms. By this method of fmprovlng our soil we will be able to cut the cost of producing our crops. We are buying too much commercial ferti lizer when we can ,'rnw it on our ■ arms. ; Jonas Talks Of Voting Frauds , (CONTINUED h'BDM PAGE ONE i | recall that practically the same elec [ tion officials served when Jonas and ' Pritchard won as • did when they j lost. \ Shelby Case. I u his iratid charges Congressman i Jonas has cited one Shelby case, I alleging illegal registration and use i ui an absentee vote. In showing how election machin ery swings an election in North Carolina a speech of Senator Josiali ! !w. Bailey, made in 1926, was given the Nye committee. The Greensboro News’ Washington correspondent tells as follows of the Jonas confer ence with the Nye committee: “There lias been placed before the committee copies of a speech attrib uted to SAiator-elect Bailey. In this address, delivered In Winston Salem in 1926, Mr. Bailey is alleged to have declared, in effect, that election officers in Pennsylvania had no advantages over those in North Carolina, that, given the election machinery, he could make his ma jority'"whatever he pleased, and that! at Apex the election officers had) voted a bird dog. Mr. Jonas contend- j ed Mr. Bailey had been right in 1926. | and that election methods in the! state had undergone no improve-! ment. Control of Machinery, "The idea of Mr. Jonas seemed to be that Mr. Bailey did. in point of fact, get control of the election ma chinery. that this machinery turned out a great majority for him. Just as he charged had been done by the | Simmons lieutenants in 1926, when [he was the victim. "The discussion turned upon the absentee voters law, and Chairman Nye asked if the North Carolina leg islature was now in session, and if there had been any serious demand i for the repeal of this law. which has led to so much complaint. The re ply was that in one of the largest counties 'of the state, Buncombe, the members 6f the legislature had been ipermitted to secure a repeal of the law. a step which had come rather late, since in that county, as a re sult of u coalition between corrupt politics and high finance, govern-1 ment had all but broken down. "Senator Nye thought such con ditions altogether reprehensible, and j said if the states failed to provide a remedy, it looked as if the remedy 1 would have to be found in a na tional law. insuring some degree cf I federal supervision over the elec [tlon of presidential electors and ! members of congress. Effective Action Possible. i "To this Mr. Jonas replied if this : course were pursued the federal prosecuting officers would find it possible to take effective action, when election frauds were commit ted. "Mr. Jonas said that if he became district attorney, he would be able to do something about it. when the election laws were violated, but that, in the absence of a federal law, he would be helpless, as other federal prosecuting officers now were. He said that tiu ie was no present me thod of going behind the returns, that the state courts had so hel^. and that the election machinery was run by whatever faction of the dominant party that happened to be in control at a given time, and the ballots were counted and announced by the machine agents, as the votes might be needed. Lyric — TODAY — THE SCREEN'S DARE DEVIL COWBOY IN A THRILLING, BREATH-TAKING ALL TALKING WESTERN “THE LONE RIDER” “The Leather Pusher*” WITH KID ROBERTS CARTOON COMEDY With OSWALD ‘‘PhantonOf The West” With Tom Tyler - COMING - “SEWANEE RIVER” iHoey, Pou Argue For Power Firms (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE I is capitalized at $100,000,000, and Its ! physical property is assessed for taxes at $52,000,000. He said tne equalization fund for schools now in operation had not reduced the com pany’s land taxes. Denies Watered Stock. In an exchange of words with Senator Hallett 8. Ward of Beau fort, Mr. Hoey denied any of the Duke stock was watered. "Our only water is in the rivers.”] he said. “We are asking no special favors. The Duke company is willing to do its share. We are not going to leave the state, but with higher taxes in dustries are not coming here. Many have already passed us over,” Mr. Hoey declared The Shelby lawyer said the de-: pression had hit industry just as bad as the farmers. He warned against removing all the burden of taxation off land and placing it on] industry. foundation Owns Stock. He said 40 per cent of the Duke < stock was owned by the Duke en dowment. but that the building pro gram at Duke university was not primarily financed by dividends from this stock but from a personal gift from the late James B. Duke. Mr. Pou, beginning his talk in that low tone for which tii is fam ous, told the committee that it was up to the legislature to decide "whether this state is to remain agricultural or to become an indus trial state.” "If we remain agricultural, we are j doomed to poverty,” he added. “Cotton is as dead for this section as turpentine. We can’t grow cot ton and compete with India and Egypt and other countries. Our wheat is gone. I give tobacco five I more years. Italy is already grow ing her own tobacco. We must turn to manufacturing and make a mar ket for our farmers.” he said. More Young Now Drinking Liquor (CONTINUED FROM PAOE ONE;) ) Thinks there was a good deal more drinking before prohibition han j Around The Carolina Theatre (With Apologies To RENN DRUM.) Hello Folks! I)ld you see that Charles Farrell was just married ? Well we will soon play his latest picture, “BODY AND SOUL,” end he has a new leading lady, ELISSA LAND!, whom the critics are raving about. So keep on the look out. for the date ■ • • » Do you know —that—the next JANET GAYXOR and C II A R L E S FARRELL picture will be •DADDY LONG LEGS?” Bet it will be a knockout— ■■■■■ • • • ’ ■. —that RUTH ROLAND is the richest woman in Holly wood, and that she just fin ished her first talking picture, “RENO?” We are playing it next Wednesday— —that Marlene Dietrich will play opposite Victor Me Laglen. in her next picture— and that, it is to be titled •DISHONORED?” —that wc are having a re turn showing of “TOM SAW YER” Saturday morning. Feb 28. for the PARENT-TEACH ER Association, to help buy books for their libraries? Il will codt you a DIME. So il you can't come, just send the dime along, as we need these books mighty bad. (Signed) CHAIRMAN. • o « The Janitor from the Caro lina theatre in Charlotte and the Janitor from the Carolina Theatre in Shelby were hav ing. a hot argument. “Oar Theatre,” said the Shelby Janitor, “is much larger than yours.” “Oh, but we have a very large one.” the Charlotte jan itor replied. "For instance, il a man threw an egg from the back of the stalls it would probably fall short of the or chestra.” f “Indeed?” said the Shelby janitor. “Now if a man threw an egg from the back of our theatre, it would hatch before It reached the orchestra,” Submitted by E. McB O 6 C Come on folks and submit your Jokes, they mean free tickets to our theatrS. Every body can°play. WE THANK YOU. after. Gradual Improvement. “The attorney general of the state was of the opinion that there was a gradual Improvement being made In the liquor conditions and the drinking generally. "The chief of polite of Raleigh thinks drinking is increasing among the young people, especially among the girls. "The chief of the alcohol divis ion of the state health department at Raleigh thinks prohibition con ditions are improving. "The United States marshal thinks prohibition cor ditions are im proving, though the young men ere becoming repeaters. "The sheriff at Greensboro does not think there is as much drunk enness, but some substantial citizens seem to drink more, and the gills and young men do not get drunk but indulge in social drinking, mos; ly at parties. "The United States commission-" at Greensboro says ne is of the opi.i ion that drinking among the your? people is on the increase. ‘The sheriff at Asheville thinks drinking among the young people has considerably decreased, hut more girls are drinking now. The chief of police at Asheville think drinking is very much on the de crease. Got bootlegger-, down tc •pints and quarts,’ used to be gal lons. "The state solicitor at Wilntir./ ton says he thinks drinking is on the increase among the people in that locality. The anting deput prohibition administrator thinks drinking generally decreasing thinks wonderful results are being secured.’’ Sheriffs in two counties were list ed as apparently "hot very active’ in prohibition enforcement by ’he investigator. February Dress EVENT 250 New New Silk Crepe Dresses ALL OVER PRINTS AND PLAIN SHADES These are all new dresses, just ar rived at the time you want one most for “Easter!” Gay prints, bright shades and prac tical “all-time” colors. Marvelous V Values! Spring Dresses Smart and New $^.90 These dresses would have sold for two or three dollars more than this price a year ago! Each one is a new Spring style ... of bright colored silk crepe, a gay new print or a combination of a print and a plain color ... just the kind of a dress you want to wear right now ... and all through the Spring. J. C. PENNEY CO„ Inc.