Bethlehem Section
f News Of The Week
Farewell Parly For College Stu
dents. Mr. And Mrs. Howell
Have New Son.
■Special to The Star,,*
Bethlehem, Sept. 7.—The young
^people entertained Miss Estelle
Barber and Mr. Hubert Dixon Sat
urday night with a farewell party
as they are going to enter Boiling
Springs college, at the home of the
young girls teacher, Mrs. J. D.
Watterson. After many interesting
games were played ice cream and
cake were served by the hostess, as
sisted by Mrs. Iva McKinney, Mrs
Andurul Borders. Sixty-five were
present.
Misses Zola and Nancy McCurry
of Beaver Dam and Miss Ruth
Crisp of Grover were the week-eno
guests of Miss Gladys Blalock.
Miss Violet Blackburn of Grover
and Mrs. Iva McKinney of Shelby
spent the week-end with Miss
Gladys Blalock.
Mias Violet Blackburn of Grover
and Mrs. Iva McKinney of Shelby
spent the week-end with Miss Ruby
Watterson.
Mrs. Tom Blalock and daughter,
Jewel, of Charlotte, are the guests
this week of Mr. and Mrs. J. P.
Blalock.
Mr. and Mrs. Onslow White and
son, Albert, and Mr. and Mrs. John
Humphries were the Sunday din
ner guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. P.
McDaniel.
Mr. J. M. Grigg of Shelby is
spending this week with his
daughters, Mrs. J. D. Watterson
and Mrs. J. P. McDaniel.
Mrs. Frank Randall and daugh
ter, Verea, spent Wednesday with
Mrs. J. P. Blalock.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Watterson and
daughter, Mrs. Iva McKinney wer»
Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie Spearman.
■ Miss Ruby Watterson and guest
Mias Violet Blackburn, were Sun
day guests of Misses Evelyn anc
Irene Dixon
Born to Mr, and Mrs. Will How
ell last Sunday, an eight pound
oon. Mother and baby are getting
along fine.
Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Dixon visited
Mr. and Mrs. Palmon Dixon of*
Bethney.
Mrs. J. D. Montgomery and Mrs ;
J. D. Watterson spent Thursday i
jwtth Mrs. J. P. Blalock.
Mrs. J. P. Blalock and daughter.
Miss Piccola. Mrs. Tom Blalock
spent Friday with Mrs. Hal Morris.
Mr. W. A. Dixon is spending this
week in Charlotte.
Messrs. Hood and Monroe Wat
terson spent .Sunday with Mrs.
Floyd McDaniel.
Misses Leona and Josephine Mc
Daniel visited Miss Ruth Arro
wood Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. McDaniel
and family spent Friday with Mr
and Mrs. Jap Putnam of Shelby.
Shelby Challenge
To Other Sections
Charlotte Observer.
Until some other North Carolina
community of the same population
or smaller comes forward to claim
the honor, Shelby will be accounted
the champion producer of disting- J
uished public men, its record in this
respect having been set forth in en
tertaining manner by Mr. Ham
rick in the feature section of The
Sunday Observer.
Of course, it was due to an inad
vertence and not to lack of famil
iarity with the faces of Judge John
J. Parker, of the Federal circuit
court, and Judge E. Yates Webb, of
the Federal district court, that the
picture of the former was used in
the place of the latter in the group
used to illustrate Mr. Hamrick’s ar
ticle. Fortunately neither of the
distinguished jurists could be • of
fended by such a mix-up, for nei
ther would be humiliated or embar
rassed by being erroneously identi
fied as the other.
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present time
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LOCAL and*
•PERSONAL News
Mr. Hmalar Sweerv of Fillston
has accepted a position with Mr. 1
Ernest Elliott In his store in the i
Lawndale section. >
Mrs. W. H. Thompson has gone 1
to her home on West Warren street
and is living with her daughter,
Mrs. Snyder, nee Madge Thomp
son. Mrs. Thompson had her hip <
fractured In a fall In Hugo, Okla.
this summer and since returning to
Shelby has been with her son Z J
Thompson on West Marlon s$ree*.
Mr. and Mrs. John Burrus of
Washington, D. C, have been
spending several days with her
brother, Attorney Chas A. Burrus
The two Burrus families went to
Rutherford college yesterday to
visit their father. Rev. A. J. Burrus
and from there Mr. and Mrs. John
Burrus return to Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. Cicero Hoey of i
Wilmington, Delaware, have been
spending a few days with their par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Hoey. They
left Sunday on their return home
by way of Bristol, Tenn. and Cleve
land, Ohio
Miss Sara Thompson and Messrs.
Henry Lee Weathers and "Snookie"
Lineberger leave tomorrow for Dur
ham where they will enter Duke
university.
Mrs. John Wynne Doggeti and
little daughter,* Mary Leslie, have
returned home after a visit of sev
eral days to Mr. and Mrs. Wiseman
Kendall in Greensboro.
Mrs. Irma Wallace and two chil
dren, Elizabeth and Malcolm, are
at home after spending a few weeks
visiting relatives in Lemenburg,
Mecklenburg and Rockbridge coun
ties in Virginia, and tn Greens
boro.
Mrs. H. T. Hudson lias returned
home after a trip to Washington,
|d. C., where ahe visited Mr. and
Mrs. John Hudson who have just
gone to Washington to make their
home
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hoey, jr.. of
Canton, are spending the week-end
here with Mr and Mrs. C. R Hoey
and family.
Mrs. J. J. McMurry, of High
Point, is spending this week here
with her parents, Mr and Mrs. S.
A. Washburn
Miss Kathleen Young, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. H. Fields Young,
left Saturday for Raleigh where
she will enter the senior class at
Meredith college. Miss Young has
gone early because of the fact that
she is in charge of all new stud
ents and of all social activities on
the campus for the year. Miss
Young has been head of this im
portant t committee for the past
three years.
Mr. and Mrs. M, H. Rialey, of
Statesville, spent the day here yes
terday with Mr and Mrs. D. R.
Yates.
Miss Nancy Brice, of Chester,
will leave today after spending a
week here as the guest of Miss
Elizabeth Austell.
Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Houser, Mrs.
Georgia Hickson and Mr*. Irma
Wallace went to Spartanburg yes
I terday to attend the funeral of
Mr. H. V. Darnell, who died there
on Friday.
Among the students leaving yes
terday and today for Mars Hill are:
Misses Elizabeth Blanton, Lillian
Crow, Ray Gibbs, Pegram Holland,
Albert Suttie, John Irvin and By
ard Falls.
Mrs. W. E. Frost and two children
Grace and William, leave tomor
row for their home In West Palm
Beach, Fla., after spending ten days
here as guests at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. J. L. Lackey.
Miss Ruth Hopper, Mrs. Thelma
Hopper Smith of Shelby, and Mr.
Earl Thompson, of Charlotte, spent
the week-end at Lake Lure.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shull return
ed home from Charlotte on Satur
day after spending several days
visiting at the homes of their rela
tives, Dr. J. Rush Shull and Dr. C
M. Peeler. They were in Charlotte
with their son, George, who under
went several operations in a hos
pital there.
Mrs. George Blanton, who h
spending the summer in Blowinj
Rock, spent Friday night at hei
home here and returned to Blowinf
Rock on Saturday with Mr. Blan
ton, who spends his week-end:
there with his family.
Mrs. J. T. Gardner and sister
Miss Alliq Nooe, returned Saturda:
from Hendersonville where the;
spent a week or more
Mrs James Yarbrough and son
James nr, of Orlando, Fla., wh<
have been visiting Mrs. Mary E
Yarbrough here leave today to re
turn to their home.
Miss Allle Nooe left yesterday for
ter home in Charlotte where she
esumed her work as teacher in the
ity schools of that place. She spent
he summer here with her sister,
tfrs. J. T. Gardner
Mr. Charles Switaer leaves today '
or Roome, Ga., where he will re
nter Darlington academy.
Mr. L. O. Hunter, who Juts been
tndergoing treatment at the vet
-rans' hospital in Memphis, Tenn.,
luring the past several weeks, spent
he week-end here with Mrs. Hunt
:r at the home of her parents,
3apt. and Mrs. J. F. Roberts. Mr.
Hunter is much improved and re
,umed Vo his home in Spartanburg
yesterday. Mrs. Hunter was unable
-o accompany him on account of a
slight illness. 1
Mrs. Charles Wall, of Lexington,
is spending this week here visiting
tier parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. P,
Holland, on N. LaFayette street.
Miss Mary Hannah, technician at
the Shelby hospital, has as her
guest Miss Mildred Covington, oi
Meridian, Miss.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Dixon and fam
ily attended the Dixon reunion
yesterday at Lake Lure.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. House, of Earl,
announce the birth of a daughter
at the Shelby hospital on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jean Schenck and
little guests, Misses Martha and
Corinne Abemethy, of Cherryville,
spent the day yesterday in Lincoln
ton with Dr and Mrs. L A Crow
ell.
Judge and Mrs. E. Y. Webb. Jim
my and Lilly Taylor, and Mrs. John
Pender will arrive in Shelby today
after spending the summer in Ashe
ville. Mrs. Pender will visit them
here before returning to her home
in Tarboro.
Mrs. Frank Reavis entered the
Shelby hospital today where she
will undergo treatment
Mr. Cecil Qilllatt, of Durham,
spent the week-end here at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Nix.
Miss Rosalynd Nix returned to Dur
ham with him yesterday where she
will teach In the city schools this
year.
Mist Evelyn McCall of Marion
spent the week-end with Miss Ro
berta Royster near Fallston.
Misses Nancy Stoner, Margaret
Darnell, Messrs. Cooper,' Weisher
and Smith of Asheville, visited Miss
Roberta Royster Sunday at her
home near Fallston
Mr. Spurgeon Hewitt underwent
an operation for the remo\*al of his
tonsils in the Shelby hospital today
and is getting along nicely.
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Miss Jessie Mackle spent the week
end at Granite Falls with homefolks.
Mr. Fields Young, jr„ left last week
for Chattanooga, Tenn., where he
will enter McCallie school for boys.
He will be a member of the senior
| class.
Miss Mary Meares Beery and Miss
Mary Meares, of Wilmington, will re
turn to their home today after
spending the week-end here visiting
Mrs. M. Webb Riley and Mrs. J. L.
Webb at their home on S. Washing
ton street.
Mr. and Mrs. Burton Mitchell and
son, Burton, Jr., spent the week-end
her visiting Dr. and Mrs w r.
Mitchell.
Miss Minna Caldwell, of Charlotte,
was a week-end guest at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. R. T. LeGrand.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Larkin, who
have been visiting the latter’s moth
er, Mrs. Walter Ramseur, left yester
day to return to their home in Chi
cago.
Miss Ella McNichols Miss Etta
Beverly, Miss Mary Hannah and
her guest, Miss Mildred Covington,
spent the day yesterday at Mon
treat.
Miss >iancy Grey visited friends in
Shelby this morning.
Messrs. Ralph Webb Gardner,
James Webb Gardner and George
Wray will leave Wednesday morn
ing for Raleigh, from w’here Mr.
Ralph Gardner will go at an early
date to enter the University at
Chapel Hill.
Miss Ethel Thomas spent the week
end visiting relatives at Lenoir
Miss Marietta Hoyle. Mks Helen
Roberts, Miss Ann Elmore and Miss
Maggie Murray McGowan have left
for Lenoir where they will re-<*nter
Davenport college. Miss Hoyle went
a few days early as she is president
of the T. W. C. A. for this year and
must be on hand to welcome new
students.
irONTTKTTSD ON PACK WIGHT.)
Maybe Realtors
Have Reason For
Land Tax Views
Says '-and Speculators Desire To
Rtnettl By “No Land
Tax” Flan
Vionroe Journal.
We now know what the great is
sue In North Carolina Is It is stat
ed by the "Realtors," and the News
and Observer, which says that the
realtors are on the right line when
they demand the repeal of the 13
cents ad valorem tax for the six
months school, says:
It is a clear cut issue. Let e\ery
candidate be called upon to ring
clear. Those who are not willing to
pledge a repeal of that tax will
vote to continue It.
going to ngm i■j a
special interest. That is the interest
of the realtors. What is a realtor?
He is a land speculator. He buys
land, mostly town land, boosts up
the price in every way he can. and
sells it for a profit. If he holds It
out of use long enough the need for
its use becomes so great that the
person who is at lest compelled to
buy it an an Inflated price for use,
pays the realtor a great profit. But
the realtor has not made the land.
He has not added a penny to value,
he has not created any wealth as
large as a grain of sand
Why does he want the tax taken
off land? So that the tax will go,
not into the public treasury for the
schools, but Into his own pocket
For he knows that the moment the
tax is taken off, the increase in
price will measure Just the amount
of the tax taken off. If the people
who are constantly talking on this
subject would study It some they
would alro soon learn this The Ux
taken off of land goes into the
pocket of the speculator. It is true
that nobody is buying land now', but
this Is because they have no money
and because there is no business
going on in which they can use the
lots, not because of the tax. Tire
:mgn who buys the land pays the
tax. If the tax stays on the land it
goes into tire public treasury’. If
lit is taken off it goes Into the
pocket of the speculator. And land
| speculation has more to do with
bringing on a depression than all |
:he taxes e\er laid. So the land
speculators are working lor their
jwn private Interest in lobbying lor
taxes that suit them Just as much
*s the corporations are laboring for
their own Interest In lighting lor
taxes to suit them The claim that
■Realtors" are lighting to Increase
home ownership Is only a camou
flage, Just like the claim of the cor
porations that they are fighting lor
the public good The land specula
tor l:> the worst enemy the home
owner has. If lie wanted to benefit
the home owner by taxation we
could do so by taking the tax oil
his home so long as he uses It as
his home, and putting a heavy tax
on unured land. Then It would not
be profitable for the "realtor" toj
do business by running up the price
of land and thus making It harder
for home owners and actual farm
ers to get it. All th* Increase in
naked It nd value ought to go Into
the public treasury. The public cre
ates 'll. If this were done there
would be no "realtors." no slums,
no miserable tenements with hu
man beings crowded like sardines,
no increasing rents on the poor and
on doing burless, no ten thousand
acre farms taking all that tenants
can make and stifling rural life.
But the “realtors" must be main
tained in the most parasitic business
on the face of the earth. Long live
the great issue. Whoopee, we shall
all get rich yet by lifting ourselves
by the bootstraps of the “realtors.
Gandhi Buy* New
Blanket For Trip
Aboard the S. 8. Bajputana, En
route to London—Mahatma Gandhi,
on the way from Bombay to attend
the Indian round table conference
at London, has added a homespun
blanket to the meaner costume he
usually v. earr.
The loin cloth which ordinarily
is his only garment, was inadequate
against the chill winds of the sea.
and It appeared likely that he would
wear the blanket also at London.
Tire Mahatma is not a very good
sailor and Miss Madeleine Slade, Iris
English disciple, Is the worst sailor
in the party even if ahe Is an ad
miral’s daughter. Davldas Oandhi,
tire Mahatma's son, has taken over
most of her duties
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Bishop Complains
A Bit Too Late
Asheville Citizen,
As smart a nun a;, Bishop Can
non Is ought to know, and probably
he does know, that hit defence
against the revelations of the Nye
committee falls to register. The
beans have been spilled, the cat Is
out of the bag, the game is up.
All that the bishop says tn de
nunciation of the Nye committee'#
methods of procedure may be cor
rect. Hts claim that the committee
has given him a raw deal may be
true. His contention that the com
mittee has abused Its powers may
be justified. But the fact that he
committee In the present Instance
may have been infringing, as he
maintains, upon the bishop's rights
as a citizen doesn't help the bishop
now.
The case against hint Is before ihe
public. It may have been very re
prehensible on the part of the com
mittee to bring out as It did the
evidence that it has spread on the
record, but the evidence 1* there.
The bishop cannot meet the aitu
ation by saying that they had no
right to put It there. He cannot
meet It by abusing the committee
It ts too late, bishop, much .00
late for the tactics that hitherto
were useful enough and effective
enough. The story which the Nye
committee has unfolded demand*
an answer in so far as it Is poeslble
that it can be answered. The reve
lation that the money used to wage
the holy war against A1 Smith came
from Republican sources I*. of
course, something that cannot be
disposed of, for the witnesses who
told that story were the men who
say they put up the money or help
ed to secure It.
Fye For Business.
Suitor—I would like to marrv
your daughter.
Business Man- Well, er you can
leave your name and address, and
If nothing better turns up we ear.
notify you.
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