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Deer Star Reeders:
This here bonus shore air a Rood
thing but why in the dickens don’t
they fix hit so that me an Hill ran
draw is what I can't understand—
list look at sum of the boys tiiat
cum back from "oversees" ana if
you can find a scar or a skint p;ace
on ’em 111 give you a chaw cf
Browns Mule. Sal sea sum of em
hurt their wind a running about
the time the Hindenburg me tvuz
broken—they called hit “gittin
passed" but hit don't hurt you
much fur I've bit that way several
times me an Palmer Hoyle ootn Hit
haint fur me tu say what is rite
about such things, but if fightin is
what hit takes tu git a bonus I or4,
tu have the first one sent out oy the
government an I am shore I will
unless the Casar folks do sumpthin
tu veto hit. Hike the soldiers of Al
evxander the Great, I bear thi
scars oi many a conflict.
Our looking glass is cracked and
broke up so bad we can't use h1’
no more, but when I git whar that'
is one I look in hit and then . am
sad, remembering how I looked be
fore Sal come on the scene.
In one battle not in France, I w tut
wounded twicp at about the same
time.
I knoved that she had a rr>ek in
each hand and wuz a gaining
' HALE f>l VAl.tAHlE MHM PRtH-I.RTY.
Under and by virtue of the authority
conferred upon us In a deed of trust ex
ecuted by S R. Anthony and wife, EtLa
Anthony on the 19th day of October 1926.
, and recorded in boon 131, page 386, wl will
] on Saturday the
Uh day of April. 11)31. at Id o’clock M.
, at the court house door In Cleveland
cumity. Shelby, N. C, sell at public auc
tion for cash to the highest bidder the
following iBnd to-wlt:
All that piece, parcel or iract of land
] situate, lying and being tn No. 4 township,
Cleveland county, North Carolina In the
west edge of the town of Orover. N C
e nd being more particularly described bv
metes and bounds ns follows: Beginning at
a stone. C. F Harry’s corner, thence with
111* line N, 3 K 36 40 poles to a stone.
Belt's corner; thence with h1s 3 Hues, vie
N 87 W 4.!>8 poles to a stone; thence N
4 E. 3.38 poles to a stone; thence 8 87 E
4.88 poles to u stone. C F Harry1* corner,
thence with his tine N. 3 E. 8 21 polet to
* »tone. his corner; thenoe with his line
8 87 E 14 82 poles to. a stone, R. a.
Adams corner; thence with his lino N 3 E
11.84 poles to a stone, O. VV Oroen's cor
ner: thence with his several lines, vlr8
78 W. 21 poles to a stone, thence 88 VV 18
poles to a stoue, thence 8 34 W 1178
poles to a stake la a branch;Jthence N
87 VV. 3102 poles to a stone; thence N.
.hit's W. 123 84 poles to a stake in a
branch: thence With the branch 8. 52’3
W, SO poles to a stake In a branch, thence
u "3 VV. 14.18 poles to a stone; thence VV
I pole to a stone; thence 8. 18 VV 12 poh s
to a stone, Hardin’s corner: thence with
tits line ft. 34b E. 84 poles to a stone. C. 1’.
Harry’s corner; thence with his line R 87
1; 123 40 poles to the place of beginning,
containing 61 acres, more or less. Refer
ence IS made to the following deeds: C A,
Turner to 8. R. Anthony, dated February
13,. 1913, recorded In book BBB, page 187;
O. VV. Green and wife, to 8. R. Anthonv,
dated December 6. 1918 recorded in book
NNN, page 639, R. U. Adams and wife, to
S. R. Anthony, dated October 18, 11)17, re
corded In book NNN. page 197 of the
Cleveland county registry,
Tht* sale Is made by reason of the falt
er* of 8 JR Anthony and wife. Etta An
thony to pay off and discharge the In
debtedness secured by said deed of trust
A deposit of 10 percent will bo required
JrtMn the purchaser at the sale.
"ttii* the 17th day of February. 1931
FIRST NATIONAL COMPANY OF
DURHAM, Inc., trustee, formerly
First National Trust Company. Dur
ham, N. C., W. U. nrumhum and T.
I, Bland, Receivers for first N«
, tional Company of Durham. Inc ,
Trustee, formerly First National
’lyust Company, Durham. N c.
r A Burma, Ally. 4t Mar 6c
ground rapidly, so .list as i • unit'd
my head tu see what the enemy
wuz a doing. 1 .smashed into a tre<
and jist about ruined one side of
my features (ur all time. I elt sum
thin strike me in the back oi the
head at the same time which had
the appearance of a six pound r ick,
this blow from behind knoeke 1 the
sense out of me and I’ve ain that
way ever since.
I got a furlough of four weik then .:
I went back tu the, scene of aelion t
tu try tu do what X Could fur my
country.
Hit wuz on the full moon in Au
gust 1917, Gus Richard and Wnl'ei
Lee of Lawndale both of 'em good
fellers that will bear a lot of hatch
ing had jincd my Co, as volunteers
We held u council of war and de
cided we wiu strong enitf . Ui make
a nlte attack on Juke Baker's wa
termelon patch an lake several of
'em prisoners.
Sal warned us tu be on our gard
agin surprise fur she sed Jake kept
a double barrel shot gun ...dea
with peas fur Zero Huffman of
Shelby, who had a habit of f.\aliru;
round Jakes hen roost atter dark, As
all of us had bln raised on peas ve
disregarded her advice and ueein tu
march jist at mldnitr. Gus wuz in
front fur he is tall and not a overly
good looking. We had oveicum sev
en of the finest melons in Jaap’s |
regiment and hit looked like victory |
wuz in our grasp when Waiter Lr ■
of Lawndale, faint everyi lung. Jist
as sure as Walter gits full >1p goes
tu 'singing and cutting didoes—es
pecially when he is about half
drunk. Gus tried tu git him tu rjult
his meanness and meet us ui Casar
the next Saturday nlte. but that
made him worse than ever. About
this time I deserted them fur 1 .send
truble a com In, I seed he had a shot,
gun too. By the time Jake fired .the
first round I wuz hid in a clump of
nigger pines and them oilier t*o
soldiers wuz retreating. 1 bcilevc yH
they wood have made their-escape
if they had bin sober instead >f be
ing normal. White Jake wuz a pu -,
ting the handcuffs on 'em 1 heard i
Gus say that he wuz prepare:! In I
go, and that we'd ail git i bonur
along about the year 1931. IKK. j
LVT1IKRAN SERVICES ON
SI NIJW ANNO! M H>
Lutheran church of the A cm
slon, Rev, N. p. Yount, pastor. Fifth!
Sunday In Lent, Passion Sunday.
Sunday school at 10 o'clock '.'each j
iera and classes for all. Morning
worship, 11 o'clock, sermon &;/ the
i pastor. Luther league 0:30. ;s live
[ program for wide-awake young peo
ple. Evening worship, 7:30, sermon
by the pastor.
Satisfying services, timely topic*,
hearty welcome always. Those serv
ices are held in the Episcopal
church South LoFayetto street
Come
i.vtct iRi.v s noth i
j Having qualified *e OMctttrM of. the es
tate ut Sure!) Witherspoon, deceased, of
Cleveli.tnl county; North Carolina, tills ts
to notify all persona having claims against
tho said estate, to present same to me
properly verified on or before the IStli
day of February, H3S, or tilts notice will
ho pleaded In bar of any recovery thereof
All persons owing the said estate trill
plraso make tpimetltaie settlement to the
undersigned. This February 13. 11131.
W1LU8 WITHERSPOON. Executrix
of Ejtute of Sarah Witherspoon. de
ceased.
M. R. Weathers. Attv
et Feb 13c
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Personal News
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Old I ash limed spelling Her Held
Association Will Affiliate With
Stale and Nation.
iSpecial to The Slur.)
The South Shelby P. T. A. met in
(he school auditorium Tuesday
evening at 7:30 p. in. Rev. W. R.
Jenkins, the president oi the asso
ciation, presided over the meeting.
There was p good crowd and all the
members showed real interest in the
work of the association.
After singing tlie P T. A. song to
(lie tune of "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp”
Mr. Worth Mitchem, lay member of
the Lafayette Street Methodist
church conducted the devotional.
Mrs. C. M. Stroup was present and
made a thoroughly Worthwhile talk
on tire benefits of P. T. A. affilia
tion with the state association, 'The
8. Shelby group unanimously decid
ed to affiliate with the state and
national association.
Miss Nancy Buttles fourth grade
had the highest percept of parents
present and was awarded the Bible
given by Rev. L. L, Jessup, pastor of
tile Second Baptist church. Mrs.
Ren Hendrick s sixth grade also
made a fine showing when the par
ents were counted.
As the April meeting will be the
last meeting in this school term Mr
Jenkins appointed a nominating
committee composed of Mr. Char
lie Reinhardt, Mr. P. E, Whitener
and Miss Selnm Webb to nominate
officers for 1931 and 1932. The S.
Shelby association is lining up its
work for the coming year with the
Intention of making 1931-32 a red
letter year.
The committee appointed by the
president to go before ' the city
fathers at their February meeting to
ask foi a curbing for the park, a
Beaver Dam
Events Of* Week
Shelby.—The attendance was tint
ut Sunday school Sunday. Wc are
glad to see so many at our people
out again and want them to strive
to come every Sunday from now on.
We were indeed glad to see so
many visitors out for B. Y. P. U.
Sunday night- It encourages Us to
go forward in our work. We welcome
anyone ut any time.
The seniors and Intermediates arc
observing “Study Course Week” this
[week quite a number are taking the
course. We would be glad if every
member could take It.
Rev. D. F. Putnam and Mr. Plato
Hamrick spent Tuesday in Thomas
ville and other points of interest on
business.
Miss Nora Walker cf Bolling
Springs who teaches at Beaver Dam
was the spend-the-night guest of
Miss Ethel Humphries Tuesday
night.
Miss Selma Callahan was a din
ner guest of Misses Pearl and Bryte
dlascoe on last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. K. McCurry and
daughter, Bcvls, of Cherryville,
spent the week-end with the for
mer's mother, Mrs. J. L. McCurry
sidewalk In front of building and
better roads reported favorable. Mr.
F. E. Whttner who was chairman of
the committee made the report.
The program for the April meet
ing will be In charge of El. D. Whis
nant, O. II. Reinhardt and I*’. E.
Whitener.
At the conclusion of the business
meeting the association enjoyed the
old fashioned "spelling bee." The
president gave out the words from
the Blue Back spelling book. The
captains were Mr. E. D. Whisnant
and Mr. Worth Mitchem.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy lillis and
j daughter, Polly, visited Mr, and
.Mrs, Bufprcl Padgett Sunday after
j noon.
I Miss Tenny McSwaiti was the
week-end guest of Miss Ethel Hum
phries.
Miss Made McSwaln, of South
8helby, has been spending part of!
this week with her cousins. Misses!
Thelma, Louise and Buna Blanton,
also Miss Nanie Jones.
Mr. and Mrs. Possey Bridges, of
Double Springs were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. C. E. Bridges Sunday.
Mr^ and Mrs. Renso McEntyre
visited Mr. and Mrs Pinkney
Weathers Sunday.
Friends of Mr. Perry Humphries)
will be sorry to learn that lie is very |
sick at the home of his son, air. W.:
H. Humphries.
Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Glascoe and j
children, Junior and Foy, were din- j
ner guest of Mr. and Mrs. Julius!
Lovelace and Mr. and Mrs. Bill j
Glascoe- in the Double Springs com- j
muntty Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Mauney ancij
children of Kings Mountain spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Humphries.
Mr. and Mrs. Coleman Brooks i
and children visited Mr. and Mrs.
Wesley Callahan Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Quietly Jones of
Shelby visited Mr. add Mrs. S. E.
Jones Sunday evening. ,
On Monday of this week, Dan
McCurry. youngest son of Mr. R. W.
McCurry was accidentally hit at
school with a rock. The rock hit
him on the side of the head and he
was rushed to Dr. Moore's office
where medical attention was given
It was found necessary to take two
stitches to sew up the wound. His
school mates and teachers will be
pleased to learn he Is getting along
just fine.
Mr. Homer Hamrick had as his
dinner guest Sunday Messrs. Albert
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GOLD DUST, 6 pkg». ....25c
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PRUNES farcy Calif. 5 lbs. 25c
OCTAGON SOAP 5
OCTAGON SOAP 7
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Star washing powder 8 pkgt. 25c
Old Dutch cleanser, 4 pkgs, 25c
BROOMS CImuwmp each
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CELERY — li for.15c
CARROTS — 3 bunches —_10c
BANANAS — lb.5c
ONIONS — 2 lbs__ 5c
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MIXED SAUSAGE ___ 12Jc
CHOICE STEAKS (any cut) ... 25i
PORK RIBS .. 12|c
PICNIC HAMS. 15c
FAT BACKS... 8 l-3c
NEW LOW PRICK
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The Great Atlantic 4b Pacific Tea Co.
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| McGinnis, Truman Bridges and1
j Ralph Callahan.
Mr and Mrs. Palmer McMurry
j and children of the Ora mill cillage
I were week-end guests of the latter’s
t mother, Mrs. Zeb Blanton.
Mr. and Mrs. Orville McSwain and
family of South Shelby were dinner
ghests of Mrs. Zeb Blanton Sunday.
Mrs. E. D. Humphries entertained
a number of young people with a
party Saturday flight in honor of
.ier cousin, Miss Audrey Mcfciwain
of York, who lias been visiting her
awhile.
Miss Annie Van Dyke arul Mi
Kelly Hues of CherryvUle visited
Miss Libby McCurry Monday night.
Games and tnuslc were enjoyed
until a late hour, then the guests
were invited into the dinning room
where delicious cake, pickles and
fruit were served.
Hogs and iambs are both doing
oet-ter on the produce exchange. On
rhe stock exchange, when the hog:
win the iambs g morally lose,—
American lumberman.
that twenty-nuhioivdollar relief
tund is to be loaned out upon agri
cultural property. Our rulere in their
infinite wisdom have decided that
what the distressed farmer needs is
another mortgage..The New York
er.
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