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Fine Fields Of
Wheat And Oats
A round Toluca
5'*elds of 220, 300 and Even oOO Bush
els Reported. Fruit and Vege
table* Abundant.
‘Special to The Star.i
Toluca, July 9—We are having a
lot of rain in this community now
The grass sure is getting a start.
Crops sure are looking fine every
body seems to be carrying on the
hve-at-home plan, despite the
beetle a lot are putting up a supply
of green beans, Mr. A C. Costner is
working with the threshing crowd
he says as they travel over the
country, he never has seen so much
raised to eat. There is a fine crop
of peaches and more apples than
was thought to be at first, as the
trees died so bad with blight. Wheat
is the best this year that the writer
rier remembers.
230 Bushels Wheat.
Sherman Mitchem made the big
gest yield per acre He had six
acres in wheat, he cut two loads for
feed and then got 220 bushels and
296 bales of straw, in cutting his
wheat the reaper would not bind
but half through at a time.
S. A. Sain made 153 bushels on
five acres. F. A Boyles 153 bushels
on 5 1-2 acres. B G. Yarboro made
over 500 bushels of wheat and near
ly 300 bussheis of oats, wheat is
rheap this year, being bnly 73 cents
per bushel.
A lot of people from this com
munity are attending the teacher
training school now in progress at
Fallston.
Miss Mozelle Cornwell of Ruther
fordton visited Miss Sadie Mull last
Tuesday night,
Mr. and Mrs Theodore Boyles of
L incoln county ware *dinner guests
of Mr and Mrs E. Boyles Sun
day.
Miss Ruth Costner spent last Sat
tirday night with Miss Edith Led
ford
•Mr. Woodrow Hoyle was a dinner
guest Sunday at the home of Mr
and Mrs. Luther Mostella,
Mrs. Fred Bowens and children of
Shelby spent last Tuesday afternoon
with Mrs. D. M. Mull.
Miss Ivoree Pruett of Valdese is
spending some time with her grand
parents Mr. and Mrs. C. E Bums.
Miss Mary Ledford of Knob
Creek spent the week end with Miss
Vaunetta Boyles
On Cooler Hunt.
The following went on a big cool
er hunt last Monday and returned
with 24 fine ones: Andy Willis, Ellis
Hartma. Chancey Willis and Tom
Willis.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Barrett of Le
noir spent Saturday night at the
home of her brother Mr. E. L. Hoyle.
The many friends of Dr. F. D. Ed
wards will be pleased to leam he is
improving in the Lincolnton hos
pital, where he is suffering with
rheumatism.
Mrs. D. H. Connor served new com
from her garden last Sunday, this
is the first report.
F A. and L. E. Boyles have been
having new tomatoes for some time.
Miss Sadie Mull Is having as her
guest this week Miss Olive Kronen
burg of Charlotte.
Mr, and Mr. D. L. Davis of Rock
dale, spent a few days the past week
with their daughter Mrs. M. S. Boy
Jrs.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W MpGraw of
Shelby spent Sunday afternoon with
Mrs. D. M. Mull.
Mesdames Green and Ritch and
Miss Abel from Boiling Springs
.junior colleg* visited at the home
of Mrs. S T Carpenter last Thurs
day,
Butterflies Find
Lost Golf Balls
Girdard, Cali.,—Whatever may be
SRid of J. E. Priddy, a golfer, it
must be admitted he is original.
'Tiring of depending upon cad
dies to find balls which I hook or
slice,” said Priddy, ''and noting the
numerous white butterflies flitting
about the St. Andrews golf club
grounds which I play, I determined
to make use of my knowledge as
* rhemlst.
“You know ants, bees and the
like are attracted by certain odors.
I experimented until I found a for
mula which would draw these white
butterflies and saturated my golf
balls with it. Now when I drive one
into the rough I sit down and wait
until they find it for me.”
MR. HAMRICK GOES TO
Bl’T PRESSING EQUIPMENT
Mr. Louis M/Hamrick left Thurs
day for New York City to purchase
additional equipment for the White
way Dry Cleaning company. Mr.
Hamrick states his present equip
ment is running to Capacity and
necessitates additional equipment to
care for the immense volume han
dled. While in New York he will
visit the plant of the World Clean
ers the largest cleaning and dyeing
plant in the world. Mr. Hamrick
plans to be away ten days or two
weeks. During his absence Mrs.
Hamrick and son, Louis, Jr., will
visit, Mrs John Lowery In Seneca.
B. C.
?t Pay« To Advertise
Lattimore News
Of Current Week
Postmistress Sick — Personals ol
People Visiting About Over
Week-end.
Lattimore, July 9.—Rev. W C.
Lynch was the dinner guest Sun
day of Mr and Mrs. George Brad
ley.
Mr. and Mrs, P D. Crowder visit
ed Mr. and Mrs Andy Warlick
Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Fanny Fields has returned
from Georgia where she has been
visiting relatives for the past
month.
Rev. C. C. Matheny and daughter
Alice of Alexander, spent the day
Friday with Mr and Mrs. Karl
Jordan.
Mr. and Mrs. Solon Beam, ot
Shelby and Mr. and Mrs. John Ray
burn and little daughter,Frances of
Lancaster, S. C, were the dinner
guest Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. S. C.
Rayburn,
Mr. W. L. Armstrong visited his
father, Of near Newton, Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Yates Cooper spent
the day Sunday with Mr, and Mrs
Frank Bradley.
Mr, and Mrs. G A. Jones and
children, Corbett and Nelene, visit
ed Mrs. Jones' parents Sunday Mr
and Mrs. C. C. Lovelace.
Rev. and Mrs. L. A Powell of
Drexel, spent Tuesday evening with
Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Rayburn.
Mrs. J. L. Jolley spent last week
visiting relatives In Alexander.
Miss Mildred Cabiness is spend
ing this week in Lenoir, visiting
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs Pervis Washburn
and son, Mr. and Mrs. O. O. Toms
and son, George William, and Mrs
M. J. Stockton and Charlie were
the dinner guests Sunday of Mr.
and Mrs. Jimmie Kanipe.
Misses Margaret Stockton and
Frances Cabiness attended a six
o'clock dinner given by Miss Mary
Belle Kendrick of Boiling Springs,
Friday, evening.
Mr. and Mrs Hart Justice visited
at the home of Mr J. a. Bridges
of the Mt Sinai community, Fri
day.
Mrs L C. and Miss Katie Mae
Toms. Misses Beatrix and Annette
Blanton, and Bertie Lee Threatt
motored to Lake Lure for the
Fourth
Mrs. W. p. McAuther and child
ren visited relatives the past week
end in Shelby.
Miss Edna Harnll who is in sum
mer school at Boone spent, the
week-end with her parents Mr. and
Mrs. W. C. Harrill.
Miss Rebecca Putnam of Shelby
spent last week with her cousin,
Miss Louise Hamrick.
Muss Sara Hamrick visited Miss
Beatrice Cabiness of the Zion com
munity last Thursday.
Miss Evelyn Smith and brother
master Jack Smith of Shelby, arc
visiting their sister, Mrs. Walter
Wyatt.
Mr. J. B. Harrill and daughter,
Cora of Shelby were the dinner
guest Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Hor
ace Harrill.
Misses Zola and Nancy McCurry
of the Beaver Dam community,
visited their cousin. Miss Bertie Lee
Threatt Sunday afternoon.
, Mr. and Mrs. Hatcher Walker and
children visited Mrs. Zulia Walker
of New House Sunday.
Mr. L. R. Harrill of Raleigh spent
the latter part of last week with
his mother, Mrs. Julia Harrill.
The many friends of Mrs. Robert
Wilson will be sorry to know that
she is sick and not able to work.
But Mr. Colon Harrill is filling her
place as Postmaster very nicely.
Mrs. S. C. Rabum is sick at this
writing.
Mrs. M B. Smith and Misses
Mada Wilson and Maude Moore
head of Shelby, and Miss Hood of
Hickory, were the dinner guests
Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Toms.
Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Putnam of
Boiling Springs visited Prof, and
Mrs. Lawton Blanton, Sunday after
noon.
Miss Etta Jones of the Double
Springs community is spending this
week with Miss Pearl Harrill.
Mrs. J. E. Moorehead and son,
Marion, spent the day Sunday with
Prof, and Mrs. Lawton Blanton,
Misses Joey In and Hildra Magness
are visiting relatives near Forest
City.
Padgett To Conduct
Pleasant Ridge Meet
Rev. Rush Padgett will conduct
the revival meeting which begins
Sunday. July 12th at Pleasant
Ridge Baptist church. Rev. W. G
Camp is the pastor and invites the
public to attend the services during
this meeting.
Renew Your Health
By Purification
.Any physician will tell yon that
Perfect Purification of the Sys
tem is Nature’s Foundation of
Perfect Health.’' Why not rid
yourself of chronic ailments that
are undermining your vitality?
Purify your entire system by tak
ing a thorough course of Calotabs,
—oiice or twice a week for several
weeks—and see how Nature re
wards you with health.
CaJotaiK purify the blood by ae
tivating the liver, kidneys, stomach
and bowels. In 10 cts. and 35 eta
Packages. All dealers. (Adv.)
New Prospect News
Of Current Weekj
Threshers Expected This Week—
Many Attend Singing Con
vention-Personals.
New Prospect. July 9.—The crops
sre looking very promising since the)
recent rains. A large crop of wheat
and oats Is in the barns of many
farmers awaiting the threshers.'
which are expecting to enter this
community sometime about the last
of this week.
Among those from this community
attending the singing convention at
North Brook No. 1 the fourth Sun
day were: Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
(Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Jackson White
i and children, Mr. and Mrs, Edgar
| Howell, Mr, and Mrs, Jethero Mc
j Swain, Misses Daisie and Bessie
j Poston, Florence Beam. Mr. Thur
man Beam, Mr. and Mrs. Julius F.
Howell and children, Mr. and Mrs.
| V. V, Wright. Mr. Dwan Gardner,
and Misses Lorna Beattie, Vangie
McSwain, and Emma Sellers.
Mrs. Margaret Anthony of Lin
coln county spent the past week
and is spending several days of this
week with her aunt. Mrs. A I.
Howell and Mr, Howell.
Mr. and Mrs. V. V. Wright, spent
| Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Maurice
j Wilson of near Iron Station,
j Miss Mary Connor has been
spending some rime with relative;
in Shelby,
J The baby daughter of Mr and
' Mrs. Tom Mart in has been sick for
some Ome but is slowly improving
j at this writing.
1 Misses Bessie and Daisie Poston
and Florence Beam visited Miss
Vada Wright recently.
$1.000Per Day
Highway Saving
Raleigh, -*-A savings of approxj
i mately $1,000 a day in the main
jte nance of the 10,000 miles of state
! highways has been announced by
I Leslie 'R. Ames, highway engineer.
Mr, Ames explained the savings
I had been effected chiefly by elimi
jnating 101 of the 369 maintenance
i sections and increasing the average
j length of each section
In addition, a ten per cent cut
jin wages was put into effect for
workers on the revised sections.
Where the sweet potato beds were
covered with cheap fabric treated
wtth linseed oil, the plants were
about ten days earlier, reports W.
A Peebles of Apex, Wake County,
| who bedded 300 bushels this spring.
1:—. .
Max And Cam;
Biggs And ’32;
Raleigh Items
(Star News Bureau)
Raleigh, July 8 —Heard and seen
around the well at the University
of North Carolina during the rerent
commencement:
Senator Morrison; 'Crawrord, you
know that if you had come on with
us and supported your old friend
Cam instead of your young friend
Max you would be on the supreme
court bench today "
Judge Biggs: "Maybe so, Cam But
if Max Gardner had followed the
same rule you would not have been
in the United State senate today."
Judge Biggs was campaign man
ager for O. Max Gardner for gov
ernor in the hectic decade ago, when
he was defeated by a narrow mar
gin by Cameron Morrison. Heriot.
Clarkson, campaign manager for
i Morrison, is now on the supreme
court bench.
To Aid Friendv
i Raleigh, July 8.—Judge j Craw
ford Biggs, chairman of the state
board of elections, has Informed
Governor Gardner that he will not
accept the appointment of Unit
j chairmanship again, but will hold
! on until another appointment Is
' made and which is now due.
I "I don't mind serving as chair
man for the election, but it is the
primary races that bother me," said
Judge Biggs. "I want to be free to
support my friends in the primaries,
and I can’t do it and continue as
i chairman of the election board.''
Game Laws.
Raleigh. July 8.—Legislation en
acted by the 1931 general assembly
which relates directly of Indirectly
to the activities of the state depart
ment of conservation and develop
ment will- be reviewed by Coi. J. W,
Harrelson. director, at the regular
! summer meeting of- the board this
week at Morehead City.
The board will consider the effect
of this legislation and adopt rules
and regulations looking toward car
rying out the enactments.
The morning of the first day will
j be taken up by public hearings and
receiving petitions from commercial
fishermen, most of whom, all along
the coast, will probable be repres
ented. The hearings will be held in
the municipal hall at Elizabeth City
and the executive session will be in
the office of Capt. John A. Nelson,
fisheries commissioner. Reports from
the various divisions of the depart
ment will be submitted to and con
sidered by the board
Union Community
News Of Week-End
Harris Child to Hospital—Rutli
Weather* Returns From Hos
pital— Fersonalx.
July fl -Our Sunday School is
progressing nicely under the man
agement of our fine Superintendent
Mrs. A. p. Harris. Mr. G. T.
Cabams* taught a training class
at our church last week. The book
studied was "Seven Laws of Teach
ing." Forty-seven applied for seals
Our B. Y. P. N.s are also doing
Some good work now. Mr. Ray
mond Greene ts general director.
Miss GraCe Greene had as her
guest* last week. Misses Irene
Smalley, Mary Lou Yclton, and
Kathleen Beatty of Lawndale.
Mr, and Mrs. A D. Harris carried
their small son, Billie, to Charlotte
Wednesday, where he will undergo
an eye operation.
Little Miss Letha Belle Blanton,
of Gastonia is spending some time
with her uncle Mr J. O Blanton
and family.
Miss Gracr Greene , .spi n! th<
week-end with Mr. and Mrs Ed
Grieg of New House.
Mr. Yates Champion of Shelby
spent the week-end with his mother
Mrs. R. M Champion.
Little Miss Ruth Weathers who
has been in a Charlotte hospital
for quite a while is at home now
and improving some.
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Shuford and
sons. Heyward and Herbert, spent
the week-rnd with Mr. and Mrs.
J M. Mode..
Misses Mildred Mauney and Mar
garet Greene spent Sunday with
Miss Prances Weathers.
Muss Margaret Webb Mode spent
Saturday with Mr. and Mrs R.
B, Gold of Shelby.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Bridges have
moved to Shelby, where Mr. Bridges
has accepted a position with the
Piedmont Cafe.
Miss Grace Greene returned to
Rutherford hospital Sunday, where
she is in training, after spending
her vacation with homefolks.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Greene
were callers at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. j. M. Mode Sunday afternoon.
A large delegation from our
church attended the Assocational
Sunday School meeting at Zion
Sunday afternoon. The meeting
will be held at Union the first Sun
day in August.
The Revival services will begin at
Union the third Sunday in July.
Extra Values
McNeely July
Clearance Sale
SATURDAY
lust Received — 5 Dozen
LACE TRIMMED
GOWNS and DANCE SETS
Special Saturday
JULY CLEARANCE FEATURE VALUE
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NEW SHIPMENT — HUNDRED FIFTY PAIRS
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STYLE QUALITY SERVILE
Mr. and Mrs, Oeorge Gold spent
Sunday with Mr and Mrs. Howard
Gold of Shelby
Miss Vertle Webb spent last week
with Musses Orace Doster and Ruth
I Campbell. .
Mias Bessie Campbell is spending
awhile with Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Stamey of Polkvllle.
Mr, and Mrs, Theron Covington
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Covington
MUss Lyda Poston is visiting Mrs.
Sip Wltherow this week
Picnic For Second
Baptist On Sunday
The Sunday .school and member
ship of the Second Baptist church
are making plans for an all-day
picnic to be held tomorrow, July 11,
on the grounds of the Poplar
Springs Baptist church.
The following have charge of the
arrangements and program: R. H.
j Wilson, general chairman: Mrs. J
[C Dodd, chairman of refreshment
committee, W. T. Brown, chairman
of entertainment committee; Clar
ence Morrison, chairman of trans
portation committee.
All members of the church and
Sunday school and members of
their Immediate family are invited
to attend this picnic Everyone i*
requested to meet at the Second
Baptist church at 9:30 a. tn. and
brtng well-filled lunch basket. Those
who have cars are especially urged
to furnish transportation for as
many as possible
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