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VOL. XXX VII, No. 38
SHELBY, N. C.
M0NDAV.MAU.3n. t'»;i Published Monday, Wednesday and friday Afternoons.
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Cotton, per lb; __....... 10Vic up :
Cotton Seed, per bu ___ ol'ic
Rain. Colder,
Today’s North C a r o li n a
Weather Report: Fair to*
night. Tuesday increasing
cloudiness probably followed
by rain. Somewhat colder in
west portion.
Snow KiPs 16.
Kansas City, March 30.—
Fresh snow fell yesterday in
the Rocky mountains on the
heels of a spring blizzard
which took at least lti# liv.es
there and in the I’rairie stat
es. Yesterday’s fall, however,
was accompanied by moder
ate temperatures and while
hampering reestablishment of
communications with isolated
communities where it is fear
ed more dead may be found
was not expected to bring the
tragedy of last week’s storm.
M. L. Patterson
Termed Guilty
By Jury Here
Former Ella Mill
Official
Ion Returns Verdict After Thru
flours Consideration. Motion
Is Made.
fn Superior court today it ea»
stated that sentence in the '<•
I.. Paterson case will lie passed
Tuesday, likely early in the aft
ernoon.
The' jury in the M. Lem Patterson
larceny case returned to the court
toom here Friday afternoon with a
verdict Of guilty.
Patterson, former official of the.
Ella Textile mill, a branch of . the
Consolidated Textile corporation,
-as charged with false pretense as
:v result of the alleged manipulation
of a s'jtle of came cotton to tire mill.
Originally seven counts 'fere pre
ferred against him but only one
, omit was tried, that being an ii;
■iance when it is alleged Griff Bor
ders sold two bales for Patterson to
he Ella mill for which Patterson
,-as WOrkh g at the time. Border
aid he sold the cotton to the mil1
■ hrough Patterson as Patterson .>
cotton. A small profit was made and
after cashing the check from the
:aUl Borders testified that he and
Patteraou split the profit. Eater
Borders said he went to the general
manager of the mill and told him
■ .bout the sale, returning his part
of the profit. The state’s contention
•vas that there were no two such
Oates of cottno. Tire defense contend
rd that the stale did not introduce
sufficient evidence to show that the
* cotton sold was not the property of
Patterson.
The case was bitterly fought and
consume the entire day Thursday
.nd a half day Friday, the jury re
ceiving the case at noon Friday and
onjing back in with a verdict three
hours later.
Motions Made.
After the verdict was entered the
efer.se moved that the indictment
•e quashed as it was alleged that it
■vas hot properly drawn and did not
gree with the evidence in the
■harges. The matter was held open
until Tuesday.
Forgery Charge.
Friday afternoon Judge Wariick
sentenced Cleat Costner to five
months dir the roads on a forgery
charge.
More Cases. 1
About 35 more criminal cases re
main on the docket to be tried this
week before the court takes up the
congested civil calendar-. Just how
many more days will be given over
to criminal cases is not definitely
known, but it is likely that the crim
inal docket will hold sway until to
morrow at least.
in superior court here tills morn
ing Walter Gordon, colored cook at
a local cafe, was given 90 days on
the roads or must pay $100 fine and
costs for possessing two pints of li
quor. The original sentence was six
months but Judge Wariick stated
that that was "a mighty long time
to serve for two pints.”
James O'Neal, colored, Was given
five months on a charge of stealing
the car oi another negro at the col
ored fair here last fall.
Suit Against Store
Settled Here Today
The damage suit of Elizabeth
Short, young Shelby girl, against
the Miller?Jones shoe store here
was settled, out of court by com
promise here today, the court en
dorsing the agreement made by at
torneys on both sides.
Some ttme ago the defendant was
charged by the store with attempt
ing to steal or stealing goods. The
damage suit, asking $25,000, was
then filed When the compromise
settlement was read to the jury m
court this morning the sum named
•"as $30b. i
Cleveland Second Industrial County In Western Carolina
Divorces Lead
Marricg:sHere
For This Year
Fourteen Divorces In
Court Here
One Already Granted. Only 19 Mar
riage, Licenses Sold In County
In mi.
If the Superior court this
week grants the 14 divorce suits
on the civil calendar, the county
will have more official divorces
for 19.'il than marriages.
Through Saturday only 10 tu.tr
riage licenses had been issued in
Cleveland county this year, four lets
than the total number of divorces,
suited. Four, of these license.- we::?,
issued, tliis month.
Grant One.
One* divorce was granted ui court
dating a lul this morning. Jesse j
r .-te: . of Kings Mountain, war p ’• -
on a divorce from Cora Foster, |
v.honi he married in 1926, whtt' an'I
$ct of adultery with ;nother rr.«.
was shown.
Married Couples.
Couples securing, mat riage license
here this month were: Spencer Ep
ic y and Be: : ic Reep. of fcurke coun
ty: Samuel Andrews Grigg and A: - ]
nte Ella, Dye. and Clayton Fi.nri
i.nd De'lp Queen, all of .Cleveland!
county. Tire Fisher-Queen license
was issued Sat today.
Large Crowd And
Deep Interest In
Methodist Revival
Rev. J. It. Church To Preach Each
Evening This Week. Good Fri
day Service Planned.
A deep spiritual interest is being
manifest in the Central Methodist
church revival which started a week
ago and runs through this week.
Large crowds were present at thej
morning and evening services Sun
day. Rev. L. B. Hayes, the popular
pastor preached on "Who Is He?" a
questioned asked as the Master en
tered the city of Jerusalem. His
Sunday night attendance was large
and the Sunday school room again
had to be opened to accommodate
tho crowd. Last week the presiding
elder, Rev. R. M. Courtney, preach
ed once a day and Pastor Hayes at
the other service.
This week, there will be only one
service daily, preaching to be done
by Rev. John R. Church of Kings:
Mountain who comes direct from a!
revival at Lenoir. Service will begin
at 7:30 o'clock.
Good Friday Service.
Special Good Friday services are
being planned for Friday of this
week, commemorating the hours the
Master is said to have been on the
cross. Tills service will be held from
12:30 to 2:30 and consist of scrip
ture reading, meditation, hymns,
prayer and talks.
Several aditions have been had to!
the church membership but the;
doors will be properly opened fovj
the reception of new members on j
Easter Sunday when the two weeks,
revival comes, to a close.
Shelby Girl In Big Fete
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* Princesc Pat-tfAH'jSoe.HaeBieQ? 'Saint Pat "-G. m Vamevon
“Saint Patrick.’’ G. W. Dameron of Bessemer City and
“Princess Par.” Mary Sue Borders of Shelby will preside
jointly over the largest and most elaborate Engineers’ Fair
at North Carolina State college, beginning April 2. The
celebration will begin on Thursday, April 2. with a parade of
more than 800 R. O. T. C. cadets led by Cadet Colonel Charles
B. Turner, Jr., of Hendersonville. Governor O. Max Gard
ner. President E. C. Brooks and others will be in the review
ing stand during the parade.
Sales Tax Battle OnAtRaleigh;
Predicted. Senate Will Put End
To Both Sales And Luxury Plans
Over Hall of Senators Opposed Xo
Either Tax Even If House
Pfhies One.
i By M. If. DL'NNAGA.V.
• Star News Bureau.)
Raleigh, Mar, 30—Sales tax or no
sales tax has been the all-absorbing
problem in the general assembly ios
a week, particularly in the house ol
representatives side. The question of
if a sales tax, then which, was ans
wered by the house committee and
later by the house, as a committee
of the whole, in favor of the general
sales tux, as against -the so-calieo
luxury tax, by the close margin of
four votes,
•This Tote, of course, was not decis
fve. In fact, proponents of the lux
ury tax, in some instances, voted for
the general sales tax, with a sort of
reservation that they would ntUo
duce amendments when it comes to
final voting in the house to subsci
tute the luxury tax, or thpt fhe sen
ate when the revenue bill reu nes
that body, would substitute the lux
ury sales tax and send it back to
the house for concurrence.
Lines established when the ss
named MacLean bill was enacted to
require the state to support the six
months school term, and when the
later Johnson-Jolly bill, providing
machinery for operation of the six
months term, was enacted, both by
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Three Men Die In Crossing Crash
At Kings Mountain; Related In City
Automobile Hurled 130 Feet Dowuj
Track. Trio Instantly
Killed. 1
Kings Mountain, March 30.
Three men, employes of a local lex -.
tile plant, were Instantly killed here
Friday night at 7:30 o’clock whenj
Southern passenger train No. 40. j
northbound, struck their automo-j
bile at a crossing on the city square;
and hurled it 150 feet down the j
track.
The victims:
Ambrose Crotz, about 50, owner of
the automobile
Boyce Martin, 30, a bridegroom
of a few weeks, who was driving.
J. T, Heat op, about 26 and un
married.
Passed Second Car.
Witnesses of the crash said the
car in which the men were riding,
a small coach, darted around anoth
er machine that had halted for the
train and moved directly in front of
the locomotive.
j The impact demolished the auto
mobile .throwing the fragments sev
ieral coach lengths down the tr* it.
The three men were hurled clear of
the wreckage and were dead when
spectators reached them.
The train halted, while the bodies
were carried to a local mortuary.
No Inquest.
Chief of Police George Allen said
it appeared to him that the men
had driven difectly in front of the
train to their deaths. He said an in
quest would not be necessary.
Ail three of the men were em
ployed in the dye room of the Mar
grace mill.
Were Miil Workers.
Crotz was a widower, and insofar
as could be learned was not sur
vived by any close relatives. Martin
is survived, by his bride of a few
weeks.
The machine was traveling in the
direction of Shelby when the train
struck it,
Note: J. T. Heaton, one of the
three men killed in the crossing
crash at Kings Mountain Friday
night, was a first cousin of Baxter
H. Denton, of Shelby. He -was in
ahelby, talking to his cousin. Bill
Denton, in The Star printing plant
Friday afternoon, not many hours
before liet'is: hilled.
Senate To Stop
Sales Tax Plan
Senator McSwaln Believes Senate
Will Kill Both Sales And
Luxurv 'faxes.
The gross sales tax non being
passed by the house will not get
by the senate, and neither will
a luxury tax.
That was the predict ion made
here over the week-end bv Senator
Peyton McSwain, of this county,
home for the week-end.
The local senator w confident
that the opponents of the gales tax,
which he says will put the little
merchant out of business, have
enough strength to die senate to
stop the house measure dead. Like
wise. he believes the luxury tax
measure to support the MaeLea.T
school plan will be defeated in the
senate, perhaps not as easily as the
sales tax. More and more senators
he says are realizing, that the so
called luxury tax will impose a new
burden on the poor man as well as
on the man more able to pay. Such
a measure he contends places
another hardship on the man least
able to pay rather than relieve him
of anything.
This week he says will see the
showdown on the sales tax and lux
ury tax battle. Just what will hap
pen if the senate kills both meas
ures he Is not able to say. There is
a possibility that the equalization
fund will be increased to 10 million
dollars to operate the schools out of
state funds.
Mrs. McCord’s Sister
Passes In Asheboro
Third Death In The Family In Less
Than a Tear’s Time.
Funeral Today.
Miss Ida May Parrisli, 17 year old
. sister of Mrs. Win. McCord is being
[buried at Asheboro this afternoon
I at 3 o’clock where she died Sunday
I morning at 3 o’clock after an illness
of a year or longer. Miss Parrish
has visited Shelby on several occa
sions and won many friends here by
her attractive personality and
friendly disposition.
This Is the third death in the
Punish family in less than a year’s
time. While her father lay on a bed
of sickness from which he later died,
a brother of Mrs, McCord slipped
0 nthe'floor and fell with a shot
gun in his hand. The gun dischur.;
,ed a fatal load In the young man’s
j body. He had started to shoot a bird
jin a tree in the yard at the home.
1 Mr. Wm. McCord is attending the
I mineral of his sister-in-law at Ashe
| boro.
\lLge McMurry
Commissioner
HighwayBoard
Ask Governor To
Appoint Him
Petition Governor Gardner To Ap
point I,oval Man On Stale
Highway Board.
A petition signed by 1200 or more
prominent citizens oi Cleveland
county ha.- been forwarded to Gov
ernor Gardner asking that he ap
point Avery W McMurry tvs one of
the seven men to constitute the
highway board after July 1st. Mr.
McMurry is a practical man with
flue judgment and keen discretion.
Local people feci that Cleveland
county is entitled to some recogni
tion in the matter of highways,
hence the name of Mr. McMurry is
offered us one of the most capable
men'from this county.
The state highway system has
been reorganized under a bill which
was enacted by the present general
assembly All county toad systems
will be taken over and maintained
by the state with an increase, in the
gasoline tax to six cents per gal
lon. Heretofore the tax has been live
cents.
Seven of the ten present highway
commissioners have agreed to serve
under the ^-organization until the
governor has .time to appoint the
new commissioners. At present he is
busy with very important matters
coming before the general assembly
and it is very likely that the gover
nor will not appoint the new high
way commission for a month or two.
Rev. Hayes to Speak
At Hollis Finals
. Closing Exercises Will Be Held Dur
ing ttfeek of April 5th. Rev. Mr.
Snow 'So Preach.
The Hollis high school will hold
its commencement exercises during
the week beginning April 5. On
Sunday, April 5. at 3 o'clock, Rev. I
E. E. Snow, of Fallston, will preach
the baccalaureate sermon. The sen
iors will give their class day exer
cises on Thursday, April 9th, at 7:30
o’clock, and a* the same time the
intermediate grades will hold their
recitation contest. Friday, April 10,
is commencement day. At 10:30 a. m.
the high school pupils will have re
citation and declamation contests,
at 12:30 dinner, and beginning at 3
o'clock p. in., the literary address
and graduating exercises will be giv
en. The address Will be delivered by
Dr. b. B. Hayes, of Shelby. Immed
iately thereafter, diplomas and
medals will be delivered. At 8 the
high school pupils will present "Poor
Father," a comedy in three acts.
Perry Humphries
Buried Thursday
Will. Perry Humphries, prominent
farmer of the Beaver Dam commun
ity died on Wednesday of last week
at the home of his son. William,
where he had been living. Mr. Hum
phries was 64 years of age and is j
survived by two sons, William Hum
phries, of Beaver Dam, and Tom
Humphries of South Shelby.
Funeral services were conducted
Thursday by Rev. D. F. Putnam and
Interment was In the cemetery at
Beaver Dam church. A large crowd
was present to pay a tribute of re
spect to this noble citizen.
Shelby People Hurt
In Auto Collision
While Clarence Morrison'was coin
ing to Shelby Friday with Iris typs
sisters and two of their school
mates from N. C, State college,
Greensboro, the car he was driving
skidded into an oil truck near Bes
seiner City. Each of the occupants
was more or less bruised or cut. bat
none was seriously hurt. Tire car
was badly damaged as It skidded
sideways into the rear of a neavy
oil truck.
Webb Enters Big
Augusta Tourney
Pete Webb, young Shelby golf
professional, left yesterday for Aug
usta. Georgia, where he will play in
the annual Southeastern open go if
tournament. He was accompanied
!■ by W. H. Lyle, Spartanburg pro who
was formerly at Cleveland Springs.
The two last week played in the big
.North and South open at Pin-hurst
Dental Lectures
On Here This Week
Ur. Branch of State Health Depart
ment T« Speak At .Many
Places This W eek.
Dr. E. A. Branch, director of Oral ]
Hygiene In the state department ol
health arrived in Shelby today and
will speak at many places in the
county this week on the care of the
teeth. He hopes to visit all of the
consolidated schools of the county
and talk to the school children in n
body, before the civic clubs and
Parent Teachers associations.
It la understood that Dr, Branch
has a series of lantern slides bear
ing on the care of the teeth and
one's general health as Influenced
thereby which he will show when
ever possible at, these lectures.
A schedule of appointments Is be
ing made out today for his itinerary
in the county.
W. P. Gale Dies;
Buried Sunday
Veteran of Spanish American War
i; Succumbs To Stroke of Par
alvsl* Here.
W P. Gnle, veteran of the Span
Ish-American war, tiled Saturday
lilght at " :30 o’clock following a
stroke of paralysis which lie suffer
ed about a week ago. He died at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Madge
Wise, in West Shelby, but the fu
neral took place Sunday afternoon
at 3:30 o’clock from the residence of
another daughter, Mrs. Claude Hur
rill on 8. DofCulb street.
Services were conducted by Rev.
L. B. Hayes of Central Methodist
church of which Mr. Gale was a
member. He wa e>a regular attend
member. He was a regular attend
resentatives from this class served
as pall bearers white his grandchil
dren serve# as flower bearers. In
terment was in Sunset cemetery.
Mr, Gale was well knowm to the
older people of Shelby where he
spent most of his life. He was a car
penter by trade and was held in
high esteem by hts host of friends.
Surviving are three children: Mr«.
Claude Harrlil, Mrs. Madge Wise,
Mrs. B. B. McKee. Fourteen grand
children and three great grand
children also survive.
Antique Shop To
Be Opened In City
Mrs. Webb and Miss Me Braver Open
New Business Here On
Wednesday.
Mr*. Paul Webb and Mips Eliza
beth McBraycr will on Wednesday.!
April 1, open an antique shop at the J
old Roberts residence on North
Morgan street, adjoining the Paul
Webb home.
The two ladles have assembled
one of the choicest collections of
valuable antiques in tills section, arid
the opening of the big collection to
the public will be greeted with en
thusiasm by antique lovers of this
vicinity.
Vickery Sells Out
Plumbing Business
. —
W. E. Vickery who has conducted j
a plumbing and heating business ui |
Shelby lor a number of years, has !
told bis business to the Model j
Plumbing and Heating Co., recent 15 |
organized here by Mr. E. B. Hlil whe I
has recently moved to Shelby from j
Spartanburg, S. C. Mr Hill has;
opened up a place of business on j
West Graham street.
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Annual Output Plants
Runs Over 18 Million
Forty-Five Industrial Plants In County Em
play 4,604 People With Yearly Payroll Of
Over Three Million Dollars. Catawba
Tops 22 Western Counties.
Although generally classed a« an agricultural county,
t Icceland county is the second largest industrial county of
tin counties m the area designated as Western North
Dyer Is Under
A Federal Bond
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Cdnfpssn To Counterfeiting Hufta
lo Nickels. Hold For Federal
Court.
Carl Dyer, 35-year-old farmer of
the McRrayer Springs section Is
under a $1,000 bond to Federal
court ou a counterfeiting charge at:
a result of the finding last week in
his pocket* and at his hopie of buf
falo nickels he had made In a mold
which he had constructed.
When Henry Thomas, United
States secret service agent, came to
Shelby Friday he stated that Dyer
confessed his guilt, to him and he
was given a hearing before U, S
Commissioner John P. Mull.
Dyer was arrested last Thursday
by Automobile Inspector D. D. Wil
kins for making his 1931 auto „ags
out of the old 1929 tags. While he
v. as being taken to jail by Police
Chief Poston the phoney buffalo
nickels were found in his pocket
later Chief Poston and Inspector
Wilkins found other nickels and the
mould at his home.
He was fined *50 and the cost for
making an imitation automobile tag
Throngs Attend
Baptist Revival
Over Two Score Are Saved. Large
Auditorium Filled At Both
Sunday Services.
What was called by many as the
greatest day In the history of the
First Baptist church, was experlenc
e dby that. membership yesterday.
Throngs of people attended all serv
ices during the day and scores of
people were saved and united with
the church at both morning and
evening services.
The day was opened ivith the
Sunday school when about 900 peo
ple were in the teaching service. De
cision services were held in several
departments by Dr. Wall and Mr.
Easom and a great number accept
ed Christ.
‘■Expelling the Devil," was the
subject of Dr. Wall in the service at
11 o'clock. The message was pre
dicated on the incident of Lucifer,
son of the morning, whose ambition
cosTurran on page eight i
Gets Big Fish,
George Elam was exhibiting this
morning the head of a 5 1-4 pound
buss caught by him . over the week
end at Bridgewater. He was accom
panied by D. Elmore. Another Shel
by party caught five fish weighing
17 1-2 pounds.
Negro Killed, Four Officers Cut
In Gaston At Big Church Gathering
Meeting Of Friendly Aid Society Of
Carolina,s Turns Into Big
Battle.
Gastonia, March 30.—Four Gaston
county officers were slashed v.ith
knives, two of them seriously vourti
ed, yesterday as they attempted to
quiet a row at a negro church ntw
here. \
Before the officers succeeded to
quieting the disturbance they shot
to death Cleveland Mason, South
Carolina negro. Mason's brother also
was wounded in the shoulder.
The trouble took place at the
Neeley’s Grove Baptist church where
the annual convention of the
Friendly Aid Society of North Caro
lina and South Carolina, attended
by 1,000 or more persons, was In ses
sion.
The officers were summoned to
the church by convention officials
who reported a group of negro men
were "drunk and disorderly” and
causing trouble.
Prank Reid and two other ne
groes, whose names could not be
learned, were arrested and placed
in jail here on a charge of parti d
pating In the fracus.
The Injured officers are Deputy
Sheriff Sid Abscher, of Oramerton,
seriously stabbed: Deputy Jin
Queen, of Gastonia, stabbed through
tne lung; Deputies Joe W. Brand m.
of Cramerton, and Wiley MeGinfels
of Gastonia, less seriously injured
Coroner L. B. Kincaid called on
inquest and summoned Solicitor
John G. Carpenter to assist in the
investigation. The officers said oth
er arrests probably would follow, ;
larolina.
Catawba with a slightly latg.;?
annual payroll In industry topi
Cleveland.
The neighboring county of CaUw
ba, however, has more than twice at
many manufacturing plants.
Figures Given.
Cleveland county with <5 indus
trial plants employing 4,604 people
with an annual payroll of *3,514,15fl
has ft yearly output of products val
ued at *18,885,572. Catawba has 106
plants employing 5,963 people wi‘l»
a payroll of $4,113,899 and an an
nual output of *21,742,818.
Iredell county ranks third with
an Industrial output of *17,509,125.
Caldwell is fourth with *17,345,^35,
Jackson county Is fifth and Bun
combe Is sixth.
These industrial figures were com
piled by the 1930 census and cover
the industrial year of 1929.
Counties with tobacco or luci’is
trlal centers led other ports of tne
state in salaries and wages, and in
the value of products. Forsyth coun
ty was first with products valued at
*295.498,391 and $14,222,588 paid as
wages to 16.946 employes. Durham
county had products valued at *138
224.445 and Wages totaling *6,C89,
384 to 7,36ft employes. Rockingham
county had products valued at 611?
995,538 and paid *5,311,578 to 6,710
employes, while In Guilford *!8.
431,302 was paid to 19,270 employes,
and the county had products valued
at *97,024,414.
Mrs. P. P. Duncan
Buried On Sunday
At Palm Tree Church
Kurrumbs At Age of Eighty Yean.
Was Miss Sara Sweesy. Six
Children Survive.
At Palm Tree Methodist church
near Lawndale Sunday afternoon at
3 o'clock. Mrs P. P, Duncan was
buried. She died on Saturday after
noon at 3.30 o’clock, two days be
fore she would have celebrated her
eightieth birthday. Mrs. Duncan be
fore marriage was Miss Sara Sweezy
of Rutherford county. Her husband
wtio was a successful farmer and ac
tive in Republican politics of the
county, preceded her to the grave
some three years ago.
Mrs. Duncan was a kind hearted
Christian woman and loved by her
host, of friends. She is survived by
three sons, John and Lester Dun
can of Nash county, Sam Duncan
of Cleveland county, Mrs. L. V. Lee
and Mrs. C, D. Mauney of this
county, Mrs. J. M. Grigg of Ports
mouth, Va.
Funeral services were conducted
by Rev. Jasper Snow and interment
was in tl»e cemetery at Palm T*ee
Methodist church near which she
lived.
Only 5
Days To Go
With Kaster only five day*
away. Spring shopping is gain
ing commendable impetus
Shelby merchants' new stock*
are complete and ready to be
drawn on for the things that
make the Easter parade cnr
of the biggest events of the
year. Every issue of the "eve
laud Star this week will con
tain golden opportunities to
save money on Easter apparel
Other things, necessary to
complete your plans for spend
ing a happy Easter, will also
appear in The Star.
Read Star advertisements
this week and let them guide
you to better aud quicker
Easter selections from Shelby’s
leading merchants. Some •»
portant values have been plan
ned for this week’* trade.
Watch The Star and do voor
Easter shopping early. This
Easter, your dollar will buy a
?1.2» worth in Shelby.