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SOCIETY
SEWS
MRS. RENN DRUM. Editor.
relephone The Star No. t-J Each Morning tf lo.13 Oclock.
Mr*. Dram can be reached at ber borne. Phone 713, afternoon and nign'..
THE BELIEVER
A HERMIT told me
That those who believed they could
Sometimes found the Holy One
Alone in the wood.
I WENT to the wood
And listened long.
But *111 could hear
Was the wind-bell's song
1 TOUCHED the ground
But nil 1 could feel
Was a broken flower
Bruised by my heel
I LOOKED at the skv.
But all 1 could see
Was the thin white moon
Staring berk at me
VET when I went home
Prom that, cloistered place
t had met the Holy One
Pane to face!
—lexis Dean Robertson
Mrs. Washburn Oi*e»
Dinner Party.
Mrs F M Washburn entertained
at a bridge dinner last evening in
honor of her guests, Miss Virginia
fcmlth and Mr. Walter Smith, of
charlotte The iable was centered
with » lovely bowl of flowers and a
delightful three-course dinner was
served After dinner bridge was
played at two tables
Covers were laid for: Miss Smith
Mr Smith. Misses Margaret, and
Betsy Hart ness. of Sanford. Mias
Mabel Hord, Messrs, Ed Washburn.
.Ilmmy Washburn. Claude Rtppv
and Mrs. Washburn,
Amorinn legion
A vxlliarv To Moot.
The American Legion Auxiliary
will have its regular meeting on
Friday afternoon at the club room
at 3:30 with Mrs C B Alexander
and Mrs. William Crowder acting
as chairman of the hostess com
mittee. They will be assisted bv
Mis* Elisabeth Alexander. Mrs \V.
A Abemethy, Mrs. Tom Abemethy
Mis* Martha Abemethy. Mrs Archie
Arvher. and Mrs. Rav Allen
Regular Meeting
Of Ruth Claas.
The regular monthly meeting of
th* Ruth class of the First Baptist
Sunday school was held on Monday
evening at 8 o'clock with Miss Louifc
l.edford a« hostess The class presi
dent. Mia* Kathleen Herd, opened
the meeting with devotional, after
which she conducted a business ses
sion. During the serial hour thie*
mtaresting contest* were enjoyed
Meran members and three visitors
were present.
The host see was asaisted by her
staters. Misses Sarah and Mary
Grace Ledford. and her aunt. Mrs
Tom Roberts, tn serving simple re
freshment*.
Interesting Meeting
Of Business ClreVe
At. 8 o’clock on Monday evening
at the home of their parents. Mr.
and Mrs. R. L. Hendrick, Miss Verta
Hendrick and Mrs Robert Agnew
graciously entertained members of
the Business Women's circle of the
Central Methodist rhurch at their
regular monthly meeting A short
business meeting was held after
which Miss Hendrick led the devo
tional The program consisted of
two interesting papers on the even
ings suidv given bv Miss Mary
Reeves Forney and Mrs Lowery Sut
tlt.
During the social half-hour the
hostesses were assisted in serving
punch and sandwiches by Miss Maty
Taylor, of Greenwood. 8 C who is
visiting Mrs H H. Pratt.
Mr*. J. T. Smith
Honor* Mr*. Border*.
Mrs J. C Smith graciouslv enter
tained at bridge on Monday after
noon at her beautiful home on S
Washington street honoring Mrs.
Springs Borders, of Nashville. Tenn
guest, of Mrs. F. R. Morgan. The
living room was beautifully deco
rated with bowl* of radiance rose
and the color scheme of pink and
green was also carried out In the
refreshment plates. The guests were
served delicious punch upon their
arrival. Bridge was played at three
tables during the afternoon and
when cards were laid aside Mrs
r.eph Blanton assisted Mrs Smith in
serving an ice and sweet course
Those playing were: Mrs. Borders.
Mrs. Morgan. Mrs. Ceph Blanton.
Mrs L. A. Blanton. Mrs. J P Cun
ningham. Mrs S. S. Royster. Mrs
Mauney. Mrs Mayme Webb,
Mr*. H. T. Hudson, Mrs C, R Dog
gett. Mr*. C C. McBrayer. and Mrs
Smith.
Part; For Visitor
Tuesday Esenin*.
Mins Helen Ledford and Mr Sam
Ledford entertained at a delightful
party on Tuesday evening at their
home in honor of their eoustn, Miss
Jess Jane Weir, of Gastonia, who
has been their guest for several
days Miss Ledford received in a
lovely frock of blue organdy and in
, t.roduced her guests to the honoree
[ who wore a becoming frock of yel
low georgette About forty young
people enjoyed this hospitality.
When they had wsemhlrri they
found partners and were given a
series of contests which occupied I
the early half of the evening, after
which progressive dates furnished
entertainment. Music was furnish- j
ed during the evening by Miss Ma:y
Grace Ledford, sister of the host, ann
hostess. Among the out-of-town
guests were Mr. Edwin Ray, of
Bessemer City, Miss Grace Rollins,
of Gastonia, guest of Mtss Nancy
Coble, and Mias Frances Nannov
of Marion, guest of Miss Mary
Lewis Wilson
A delightful sweet course was .serv
ed hy Miss Sara Ress Ledford and I
Miss Margery Luts. j
Invitations To Debutante
Ball Hare Been Received.
Invitation* to attend the Debu
tante ball in Raleigh on September
11 have been received by Misses
Minna LeGrand. Burton Getty a.
Mary Buttle, and Ruth Laughfidge,
popular members of the young social
set here The Ball, which Is an
annual event, sponsored by the
Terpislcorean club of Raleigh, cen
ters the Interest of State society and
the invitations, distributed among
the debutantes in the various cities
of the state are eoasidered quite
a social compliment. Other names
in the list, of debutantes invited to
attend, which will be of interest
here are Miss Margaret Vanstory,
of Llncolnton, formerly Of Shelbv,
Miss Elisabeth Shaw, of Rocking
ham. who has visited Miss Ruth
Laughrldge here, and Misees Kitty
Moore and Louise Spurrier, of Gas
tonia who have been guests of Muss
Minna LeGrand on several occa
sion S;
Waih 'Em Free If
They Attend Church
E Howard Cadle Indianapolis
evangelist, confronted with the prob
lem of filling up the loooo seats of
his unpaid-for tabernacle, has ad
vertised that every person who at
tends his Sunday services will re
ceive a card entitling the hoidei to
a tree, automobile wash worth .so
rents
Sales Taxe Would
Bring Little Revenue
roNTiNHEn wow nor o.vr*
the total retail sales upon which »
lax could have been levied In 1929
was only $650,000,000 that the total
in 1931-32 wtl| be at least $150,000 -
000 leas than in 1929, due to the
change in economic and business
conditions, and that, the tax, if it,
had been levied, probably would not
have produced more than $5,000,000.
if that much That would have left
a state deficit of fully $4,000,000 a
year or a total deficit of $8,000,000
for the biennium A deficit of this
size not only would have seriously
crippled every state department and
institution, htif would~have virtually'
have made it impossible for the
state to operate the six months,
school term, which this sale* tax
was supposed to pay for.
During the general assembly, one
of the first to question the authen
ticity of the estimate that retail
sales in North Carolina amounted to
$900,000,000 annually and that, a tax
of one per rent on this amount
would yield $9,000,000 a year in re
venue. was Representative C M
Waynlck, of High Point, Gtrtlford
county He showed the Joint finance
committees that this estimate in
cluded all wholesale as well as re
tail sales, that It Included gasoline,
upon which a tax was already lev
ied. and other sales not subjects to a
sales tax Wavnick maintained be
fore the committee that this esti
mate was based on retail business in
North Caro prior to 1929 and that
total gioss retail sales for 1931
would not amount to more than
$500,000,000. His line of reasoning
had a good deal to do with the de
cisive vote by which the general
sales tax plan was defeated in the
house and alter in the sens'c. These
new figures for 1929 in North Caro
lina seem io bear out Wavnick s rea
soning in aimosi every net an.
When the advocates of the general
gross sales tax were defeated, they
i then bent hi* energies to pass a lux
ury sales tax which they maintained
would yield about as much as the
general sales tax, or $9,000,000 But
the statisticians and experts main
tained then, as they do now,- that
they expecteJ revenue frojjt the lux
ury tax was as grossly overestimated
as that from the general sales tax
and that the revenue produced by a
luxury tax such as proposed in the
Hinsdale bill would not have yielded
more than $5,000,000 a year and
that this would have meant a defic
it so large that all the state institu
tions as wetl as the schools would
have been rrlppled
These figures wouid Indicate the
genera) assembly acted wisely,
Three Shelby High Stars Going To
Wake Forest; Two Are Great Backs
‘Milky” Gold And Zeno Wall To Carry Pig
skin For Deacon*. Moore To Wa' e,
Gardner To Carolina. *
'By REiNN DRUM'
Shelbv- always right muf.ii of a V'nko Forest town, will be more
interested than ever tn the Baptist school this fall—and more than
that next fall. .Three of the be. t grinders ever turned out at Shelby
High will bundle their luggage together in a few more weeks and head
for the college where George Blanton, Odus Mull, Big George Moore,
and anv number of loral men were once athletic celebrities.
Thu trio will he made up of two j
backs, 'Milky" iMtltoii1 Gold and
Zeno Wall, and one hefty lineman. ■
Doe" i Howard* Moore
Good Grid Material
Tire way local fan; loo!: a! it the 1
Demon Deacons niav as well ngner J
on haring three bertl.s on their 1 f»o3
eleven filled, and, inciuentaily three
places on ihls fall.. Baby Deacon
oi.ifu already cinched.
It has been quite a debate as to
where Gold would go. Coaches and
alumni of a half dozen schools have
been eyeing the lanky lad who at
tained more fame in scholastic j
sports than any other Shelby player 1
At Shelby, High he played very near
every position to be played in three
different sports In football he
started out as a tackle, developed
into a great pass-receiving end, and
then turned full back and half bark
After he left. Shelby High for Oak
Ridge he was transformed into »
quarterback. He Is really a four
threat gridder for he passes, kicks
and snags passes of all types in
addition to running with the oval
He played at least four positions in
baseball in high school here and two
in basketball Incidentally, he cap
tained footbRll, baseball and basket
ball In high school and then last
year was captain of the Oak Rfd^e
eleven While at Shelbv High be
was picked on two All-State foot
ball teams and on one A11-Southern.
The enrollment of such a versatile
athlete would bring elation to any.
college campus
Thr Wiry Wall.
But Gold isn't the only bark field
throat Shelby will be .sending to
Wake this fall. According to re
ports. he will be accompanied by
Zeno Wall, son of the First Bap
tist pastor, and the wiriest, shrew
dest high school quarterback seen til
these parts in years In high school
Wall was considered a bit under
size for football, but his headwork.
punting and side-stepping ability
made up for his lack of weight. Last
year as quarterback for the Junior
collegians at Boiling Springs, the
wiry Wall made It; clear that site!
doesn’t count so much when it comes
to lugging a ball across the white
stripes. He was the hardest back
to bring down in Junior college foot
ball in North Carolina and wa.v
picked as All-State field general .n
the Junior colleges He and Goldi
were teammates at Shelby High . I
then one prepped at Oak Rtdge and!
the other at Boiling Springs Thp I
two teamed together at. Wake Forest
should be hard to handle Both
ran pass and punt, both can catch
passes, and both can step out with
the ball.
With Gold and Wall anil be "Doc ;
Moore, who was a running guatdj
and tackle at Shelby High when
Wall and Gold were in the back
field Later Moore played at Boil
ing Springs and was captain ther'
while Wall was quarterback He >...
one of the best running guards and
one of the hardest-fighting most
experienced line plavers tn this sec
tion. Speedy for his weight, Morne
can be transformed into a fullback,
but in addition to hts defensive play
he is a wizard at pulling out of th°
line to run interference for the ball
carrier.
It will not be surprising a year
from this fall to see Shelby fans
crowding the stands at every Wake
Forest, Game expecting to see Moo: e
coming around the end with Gold
behind him and then Wall behind
Gold with the pigskin tucked under
his arm And it will not. be sur
prising, either, at least to home
town fans, to see that trio register
quite a number of touchdowns for
the Baptists
It isn't an absolute certainty that
the trio, each outstanding at hi>
position in high school and prep
school, will go to Wake Forest, but
the odds now are that they will.
To Carolina.
Ralph. Gardner. 18a-pound son of
the Governor, who played center
and guard at Shelby High and later
center at Woodberry Forest, is sche
duled to enroll this fall at Carodim.
Well developed for his age. with
the promise of being huskier, and
with more experience m the line
than nine out of 10 gndders carry
to college, the hefty youngster ap
pears to have every opportunity of
equalling the gnd record established
at Carolina by his famous dad who
was captain of football teams at
both Carolina and State.
This time next month the foot
ball teams of the Carolina colleges
j will be in the midst ol their train
ing, but with the youngsters named
! above and other Shelby and Cleve
l, land boys on the froth outfits the
i frosh teams will ihare attention In
| this section with the varsity squads
1 Illinois meat dealers are advertis
ing to make the public “sausage
minded.' Out here the public is al
ready- boloney minded —Arisona
Producer.
Forest City To
Be Here Friday
A baseball game that shoulr
be the hottest of the season is
booked for the Shelby park
Friday afternoon when thr
Cleveland Cloth mill team
takes on the fast (ravelins
semi-pro outfit from Forest
City. The Forest City club has
several victories over .the In
cal outfit, but the Cee-Cers
are determined to win Friday's
game*
Kings Mountain comes here
Saturday for a game with the
Shelby club and either Slpe or
"Snag" Ormand trill hurl for
the visitors.
Shelby Blanked
By Forest City
Forest City, Aug 11—Tim Me
Keithan let Shelby down wuth two
hits and fanned H men and Dick
McKeithan clouded s long doubie
with bases full in the fourth rack as
the locals won by S to 0.
Fisher with exception of one bad
frame pitched good ball He whifled
nine hitters but was given ragged
support
Shelby .. . 0 2 s
Forest City . . » a n
Fisher and Oliver: McKeithan and
Shehan.
Boxing Bouts At
Lawndale On 1 5th
Pearson Meats Waters In Main fin
Of Program Other Bonta
As Prelims.
Lawndale. Aug. 12 -Jimmy Pear
son, 122, of Lawndale, will meet “Red
Whaler Waters, 122 pounds, of Ap-;
palachtan college, in a 8-round bout j
as the feature fight of a boxing pro-!
gram here Saturday night. Aug 16,!
The program will be put on in the
building opposite the Lee and Self
cafe
Battling Healey and Bob McCurry
meet in the semi-final.
Several good preliminaries have
been arranged
Lawndale Lo»es In
Clo*e Ball Game
'Special to The Star i
Lawndale, Aug 12 Saturday,
Align, t 8th, one of the fastest games
of this season was played In Mor
ganton between Morganton and
Lawndale. Both clubs were evenly
matched itv the Infield and the out
field-also in using the willow, It
was a pitchers duel between Abb
Singleton of Morganton and Blue”
Gold of Lawndale, a former star of
the Polkville High School. Bach
pitcher allowed only two hits each
A? the score, was tied in the ninth
inning The game la.si.ed through the
twelfth lnning - the score being 2 fo
1 in favor of Morganton Each club
has won one game and the tie will
be played off here in Lawndale in
the near future it is anticipated
that it will be another real base
ball game
Lawndale challenges and club in
Shelby for a game. Managers, Glen
Lee and Reid. Blackburn.
She Drinks Milk From
HAMRICK DAIRY
MARGARET BLANTON
12 Months Old Daughter Of
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Blanton,
Fed On Raw Grade A Milk
Produced By
G. L. HAMRICK
DAIRY
LATTIMORE STAR
ROUTE
Mooresboro News
Of Late Interest
Ire Oram Supper—Mr*. Hamrirk
Celebrates Birthday
Personal*.
‘Special to The Star.) ,
Mooresboio. August 11—Misses Ola
and Odenia Hamrick .spent the dav
Thursday with Miss Mnlda Ha no 11
Of Mooresboro.
Miss Nervel Fraser of Grace Hos
pital. Morftanton is spending her
vacation with her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hester and
children spent the week end with
Mrs. Hester's parents. Mr. and Mr.v
E. S Fraser
Mr, Fred Hamrick and Mr. Avery
Bland of Gaffney. S. C. were cal
lers at Mr. A. W. Hamrick's Satur
day afternoon
Misses Ola and Odenia Hamrick
Honored their week end guests,
Misses Minerva and 07,elor Sorrati
of. Gaffney. S C with an ice cream
supper Friday night
Friends of Miss Ruby Fraser re
gret to learn she is sick at this
writing.
Mr 8 D Bridges. Mr. and Mis.
•1. N. Bridges and children, Mr.
Arthur Bridges and Miss Minnie
Bridges visited Mr. and Mrs. Cole-:
man Bridges Sunday afternoon
The relatives of Mrs. A W. Ham
rick gathered at her home Sunday
to celebrate her 43rd birthday, a
bountiful dinner was spread and
enjoyed by all present. Those enjoy
ing the occasion were Mr. and Mrs.
H S Jolley, Mr. and Mrs. M. T.
Jolley and children. Mr. L. L. and
I. W Jolley, MLsaes Docia and Min
nie. Nellie, Katie lee. James anj
Aunt Jane Jolley of Cllffside. Mr.
and Mrs, I.. r Jolley and children
of the Race rath section, Mr. and
Mrs. John Hamrtrk and daughter,
Ida Mae of Chi [side, Misses Minerva
and Ozelor Sorratt of Gaffney, S. C
Callers in the afternoon were Mr
Kermtt Blanton, and Miss Vera
Blanton, Mr Arthur Wright of Gaff
ney. and Mr. William Greene of
Mooresboro.
Misses Minerva and Ozelar Sorratt
of Gaffney, S. C. and Misses Ola
and IjOIs Hamrick spent the day
Monday with Mr. and Mrs. A. £
Philbeck,
Tariff Hit# 1J. S. Magazines
Ottawa, Canada.—The new Can
adian tariff makes American maga
zines and newspapers almost luxur
ies. A five cent magazine, for in
stance, will cost readers here 25
cents, The new rates affect Ameri
can publishers only.
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Thursday, 9:30 A. M,
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Thursday, 3:30 P. M.
4 YARDS
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Lment Seersucker and
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Dramatic Sale
Ladies Shoes
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le
Two Pairs Of Ladies' Shoe*
For a Total of $2.99
Punjab and Frutt-of
the Loom
Dress Prints
All New Patterns,
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17c
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Friday, 9:30 A. M.
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One. Table
Gingham, Chambray
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Yard
Heavy Weight
Hickory Shirting
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x/% Price
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Choice Of Any Pair Queen
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