Around Our TOWN
OR
Shelby SIDELIGHTS
By RENN OKI >1.
roon OLD, SKINNY
GHANDI GETS CUSSING
Over on the court square Monday afternoon a couple ot farmers
vere looking through The Star of that afternoon. Suddenly one pointed
out a photograph on an inside page to his companion and emphatically
declared: Dangit! There's one reason why «r aint gettin' enough for
our cotton. The tramp., otta wear more "
He was pointing at a photo of Mahatmi Ghaudi, clad m nothing
nioie than his scanty loin-cloth. Meantime .several girls were strollinj
along the shady paths of the square with little more, il any. cotton on
them. But. in justice to the irritated farmer, there was a bit of differ
ence in their appearance and that of the lutlr, skinnv hero of India
bHELBY SHORTS:
J. J. McMurry, veteran Slielby business man, can remember th<
flay when Shelby wasn't even a tank town, but he scoffs at using a
' alking cane .... The midgets seen at the county fair last week were
spectators themselves at an entertaining performance one morning
They were escorted through the plant of the Belmont cotton mill and
enjoyed seeing how the wheels turned and why a lot of estimates
can be heard as to how much money the fair shows carried out of the
• ounty. Some estimates run as high as $50,000. But a man who knows
says that $10,000 would cover It With some to spare . Ever notice
that midget automobile built by Clyde Wilson, Shelby boy? mean creep
through a crack where an Austin would get stuck .... A photo of Fed
eral Judge E. Y. Webb, on page one of The Asheville Citizen, indicates
that the well known jurist is taking on weight. Maybe he didn't have
time for his usual golf while hearing those big bank cases .... In one
oi Charlie Reinhardts "ads" we notice that Irish and sweet potatoes
are the same price. As far as we know, that may bo unusual or noth
ing at all out of the ordinary .... Every 'possum hunter in the coupty
is Farin' for rain. As they see it the baying of a foxhound is not to be
compared to hearing a real ’possum dog tree. It's the other wav around
for the fox hunters, and, if they don’t mind, we ll let them settle the ar
gument .M H. thinks the triffic regulations in Shelby should be
changed so as to forbid left turns at the 8. LaFayette street and Marion
street Intersection. “It’s mighty convenient for me,” he says, "but
somebody's going to get killed there some day.” We agree with him. A
turn could be made a half block further on and thereby cause very lit
tle Inconvenience. It is too busyq a corner for so much turning. £
SURE IS OUT OF Oil
REACH, ANYWAY
Dollar Reaches Highest Peak." informs a headline in our favorite
fri-weekly, Shelby s best newspaper. But why tell us? It surely is on
some peak for it has been out of this department's reach for some time.
'And, between us, there are several others standing around looking for
a step-ladder, too).
'FUNNY HOW GUESSES
RUN SO CLOSE TOGETHER
Milton Toy, a product of Duke university, figured out that W. A
Pendleton, the music dealer, had sold about 786 radios in Cleveland
county. He hit the right number and can now tune in on the World
Series and big football games on his own radio. But what we re getting
»is how near a dozen or more others came to tying him. Among the
other guesses, tossed in the masket at the fair, were a half dozen or to
placing the number at 787, while four or five guessed 785, and a multi
tude guessed anywhere from 780 to 789.
This corner maintained its customary record by missing by J00 of
more.
TURKEY HAD NOTHING
TO DO WITH IT, MA’AM
An elderly man about town who doesn't say much 'and we wouldn’t
want to guess why) hands up this joke for reproduction—for married
men only:
Wife, preparing for 24th wedding anniversary Why not kill that
old turkey out in the backyard?"
Husband: ‘‘Why do that? The turkey had.nothing to • do with it."
SMALL-CITY DRUGGISTS
ARE GOOD DOCTORS
Tom Pridgen, who tears leaves out of his reporters notebook and
publishes them in The Charlotte News, comes to bat with an observant
reminder. Big-city druggists, he is informed, do not have anything
like as much to do as small-town pharmacists.
Hep right. In the smaller towns and cities the druggist often pre
scribes as well as fills the prescription. By that wcodo not mean that
Urey try to make business for themselves. Right often someone comes
in with a sore hand, athletic feet, an ailing baby, or some other ail
ment and cannot find a dcctor. Immediately (he druggist is asked
v hat to do about k. For the minor ailments and aches of mankind
the average druggists has filled so many physician's prescriptions that
V,e knows almost to a "t" what the doctor would prescribe if he were
mere. And he goes ahead and prescribes it to save time.
Here in Shelby this is a well known fact. Julius Suttle, ' Bones"
Quinn, ‘ Doc " Dennis, Hub Champion, “Doc'' Austin, Frank Hoey, Chiv
Champion and Paul Webb are considered experts in "doing your doetor
ii g till the doctor comes "
In this eolyum the other day we reproduced a letter from J. W.
Gainey to his brother, Chauncey, who was away at college before the
Civil war. In the. letter the brother at home told the other one that Jo
i nd Mat Cabaniss had an heir. We wondered if anyone remembered
v ho that heir was. Will Carroll, who can tell you plenty about early
Shelpy, does remember it; it was George Cabaniss, who died years ago
in Texas.
5,000 HOMES RECEIVE THE STAR
Every Other Day. That Means 20,000 intense
Readers. If you have something to sell, tell
these 20,000 People about it in these columns.
16TH IN CIRCULATION IN NORTH
CAROLINA
The Star is 16th in circulation of all
the newspapers in North Carolina.
It exceeds the circulation of 160
weekly newspapers and exceeds the
circulation of 20 of the 35 daily
newspapers.
No other form of advertising is more
economical or effective.
Shelby High School Has New Style
Of Electing Class Officers Now
Ilistnr' < lass Inaugurate'" General1
Election Plan. Other School
News.
iBv Madge Putnam v
In Shelby High school a new sys
tem of electing class officers !* be
ing followed this year. The reason
fer this is to train the students for
future situations in real life and to
prevent the mob action' oi past
years. The system carried out is
similar to the general election held
in the county. It has been sponsor
ed. planned and carried out as a
project of the senior history class-.
All credit is due the election
board, which lias as its members
Sara Louise Falls, chairman; Eliza
beth Campbell. Herman Best. Guy
Laughrldge and Wallace McGinty,
who have planned the election, ap-l
pointed committees, elected officials J
and made arrangements for getting;
necessary equipment to be used.
In assembly program Friday.
Sept. 27th, plans for the election!
were made public, with senior stu-|
dents ns the chief speakers, Emma
Ervin explained the new system and
why .used. The following made short
talks: Mi)d»d La ugh ridge. "Tim
Type of Leaders Neededht Map
Bridges, “How to Register.'' Sara
Louise Falls, “Method of Voting.''
Herman Best. “Political Cerripalgn
to be Used." Mattie Sim Propst.
“How to Vote." To make this clear
er Miss Propst illustrated the exact
methods to be used Aiding her in
this were Catherine Tucker. Elvi,
Hamrick, Louis Earl rnd Woodrow
Blanton. Concluding the program
Edwina Gidney made a plea for co
operation on the part of the entire
student body.
Registration has been going on
all this week. Each period in the
day two seniors are stationed at a
; table in the upstairs lobby. When
a pupil presents himself for regis
tration. he must reneat this pledge
j “Upon my honor I pledge myself
to make an honest effort to observe
the regulations of the school. to
tike advantage of the opportuni
ties for getting an education. to
respect the rights of other pupils
and to support the officers elected
in the genera! election.' He then
jsi:;ns his name and home room on
a card which is filed. No pupil if
allowed to vote unless he has reg
istered.
Nominating conventions were
held by the senior, junior and soph
omore classes, Mcndav, Sept. 28th
Each person 11011111131111" a candi
date for office had.to .make a short
talk on why that person was fitlec
to hold an office.
The senior ticket is as follows
President, Sara Louise Fails. Tor
rev Tyner. Vice-Pros., Edwina 'Gid
ney, Herman Best Secretary. Isabe
Armour. Ray Brown. Treasurer
Mildred Laughridge, James Byers.
The junior ticket is as follows
President, Cclbert McKnight Thur
man Moore. Vice-Pc - Margaret
Ford, Cornelia Sparks, Secretary
Treasurer.
The sophomore ticket is as fol
li »s: President. Esther Ann Quinn
Walter Fanning Vice-Pres. Mar
garet Liles. Stewart James. Secre
tary and Treasurer, Mai Spangler
Paul BulKngton.
Friday. October 2nd. on assembh
j program was held for the purpose
of making campaign speeches
Keith Shull: of the freshman class,
introduced the following speakers:
Margaret Lee Liles, representing
Walter Fanning. candidate (or
presidency of sophomore class Ed
Post, representing Thurman Moore
candidate (or presidency of junior
class. James Byers representing
Torrev Tyner, candidate for presi
rienev of senior class. Kiffin Haves,
representing Esther Ann Quinn
candidate for presidency of sopho
TRUSTEE'S SAM OF REAL ESTATE.
Under bv virtue of the authority con
tallied in that certain deed of trust ex
ecuted by E. H. BrsckeU and wife. Maiiie
Brackett to the undersigned trustee, said
deed of trust being dated March 7th
1029 and recorded in the office ol the
register of deeds tor Cleveland... county
N. c in book No 153 at page 301, secur
ng an indebtedness to the Shelby and
Cleveland County E A: L. Assn., and de
fault having been made in th‘e pav-meiit
of said indebtedness anti, being requested
to sell said properU I will on
Friday, October 23rd. I»»l
at 12 o clock. noon, or within legal hour:,
at the court house door in Shelby, N. C
sell to the highest bidder for cash at
public auction that certain tract of law,
lying in No 7 township and bounded as
follows:
Being a part of that tract deeded to E
E. Cabahirs by E. H. MeSwain said deed
being of record m, the register’s office ol
Cleveland county. N C in book XX at
page 80 and more particularly described
as follows.
Beginning at a pine stump in the west
edge of the road. W. P Hawkin'3 corner
and runs thence with Hawk ms line 8
21 degrees 45 minutes E 429 feel to a
stake. Hawkins corner: thence with Haw
kins line S. 34 degrees 30 minutes E. 375
feet to an iron stake, Hawkins corner;
thence a new line s. 58. degrees 45 min
utes W 790 feet to a poplar sturnp, a new
corner in P. H Bridges line: thence with
said line N 3 degrees 35 minutes E. 1160
feet to a stake in the center of the road
W. P Hawkins line; thence with the
road and Hawkins line N 84 degrees VC
minutes E. 303 feet to the beginning con:
tabling 12 l acres, rntfre or less and being
that same tract of land which v.as eon
veyed to E. H. Brackett by E F Caba
il hs and wife by deed dated Deo 29th
1928 and recorded in the office of tb.
register ol deeds for Cleveland county
N. C. in deed book 3-Z at page 57
This September 22nd. 1931
JNO. P MULL Trustee
4t Reut jJc
more class. Paul Arrowood rcpre-:
scnting Colbert McKnlght. candl-j
date for presidency of junior class.1
I rank Jenkins representing Sara L.
Falls, candidate for presidency of
sailor class
Tomorrow the final election will
be held The Australian ballot .sys
tem will be used and the same
ballot boxes and booths used in the
general election. These will be sta
tioned in the upstairs lobby with
following seniors in charge. Her
bert Hamrick. Frank Jenkins, 8. M.
Weathers, Kathleen Hamrick. Mil
dred lauighridge. Virginia McMur
rv. Elizabeth Thompson. Mary Sue
Thompson. Emma Irvin. Evcrette
Cabaniss, Wilbur Dayberry, Paul
Wray. Amanda Harris, Isabel Ar
mour. Bernice Houser, Vernie Mor
rison.
When the. Votes are counted, the
candidate or some person repre
senting that, candidate must be
present to see that all is open and
above board, and the names of the
wining candidates.wiU be irosted on
the bulletin board
BIRTHDAY DINNER OCT. 18
AT ALICE BRIDGES HOME
There will be a birthday dinner a*
the home of Mrs Ollie Bridges,
better known as P. H. Bridges. Sun
day. October 18. 1031. Everyone is
invited. Come with well filled bas
kets.
STAR AD VS. PAYS
Pleasant Grove
Week-End News
Sunday, School Mtalno standard.
Personal* (If I’roplr Visiting
About.
Pica ant Grove Oct 6 Out
Sunday school is progressing nicely.
It was recognlaed as a standard
school last Sunday. The new offi
cers (or the following year have
been elected and a teacher’s coun
cil has been organized
Mr and Mrs. Plato ledford an 1
family spent last Sunday In Hick
ory visiting relatives.
Mr and Mrs. Ed Bridges and
son. Bobby, spent Sunday with Mr
awl Mrs. Pressley Sweezy at Elleij
boro
Miss A V Costner spent Sunday
with Muss Ophelia Hendrick.
little Mias Boyd Barnett a pent
Sunday with little Miss Uaomi Wil
liams.
Miss Jennie Mac Callahan ol
Shelby six-nt the week-end with
Miss Vevvette Elliott
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Oreenway ac
companied by Mr. and Mrs John
Oreenway of Mulls Chapel spent
the day Sunday with Mr. and Mrs
Claud Biggerstaff of North Brook.
•Those visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Pressley Costner Sunday were: Mr
and Mrs. Grady Hoyle and son,
Billy. Mr and Mrs. Qtiley Wright,
Mr. and Mrs. Zim Williams and
daughter, Euitt, Misses Opal and O
V. Bedford, Corene Costner and
Elizabeth Bridges.
Mr and Mrs. Hnlln of near Mor
ganton -spent a few days last, week
with Mr. and Mrs Vono Shutord.
Miss Novella Wright visited Mbs
! Annie McSwatn of Cherry vtlj
1 Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs W. C Bridges vis
ited Mr. and Mrs Patti Bridges <.j
Cleveland Springs Sunday,
j Mr. and Mrs. Max Gardner and
daughter, Jewel, visited their
j grandmother. Mr W T Hamrick
Sunday.
j Messrs. Earl Costner and Ben
nett Wright visited Messrs. D P
and Willard Ledford Sunday
Mr and Mrs. Grady Wilson and
Idaughter, Annie Pearl and son,
I Jack were pleasant callers tn the
I community Sunday .
Mr. and Mrs. John Wright and
daughter, Vertn I.ee, Velma an I
Mary Etta spent Sunday In Hick
ory.
I Mrs. Furman and EvercUe Wright
■spent Btinday afternoon with Mrs
Luther Sellars of Fa Us ton.
Mr. Newell Wright spent, las'
week-end with Mr. Marvin Stroup
of Shelby.
Mrs. Grady Moyle spent Saiur
day with Mrs. Paul Bridges of
Cleveland Springs.
Mrs. Crawford Barnett and sons,
Arnold Lawson and Lowell spent
Sunday with Mrs Ludla Ledford.
We are sorry to note that Mrs.
Sarah Ledford is slek at this writ
ing, We hope for her a speedy re
covery.
Mr. and Mrs. Dewrel Glascoe of
Morganton spent the week-end In]
this community. e
l-XIt t'TliKS1 NOTH I
Having this dftf quJtUfied ax executor;
of the estate of ftanKlin Hat rill. de
ceased. late of Cleveland county. North
Carolina. this Is to notify all persons in
debted to the said estate* to present them
to us properly proven on or before the
15th dnv of .September, 1032. or thh
notice will be pleaded in bur of any re
covery thereof All persons Indebted tn!
the said estvite will moke Immediate
settlement ;o the undersigned, This Hen
tember tftth. t»3I
Y ATK8 and MTCHAUX HAftRUX !
Executors of Estate of Franklh
Harrlli ot Sept i«i>
Ellenboro Farmers
Win At Two Fairs;
Thousand Pound Male Hog Wins
First Pri*o at tloth County
Fair*
'Sprciul to The Star,'
EUrnboro, Oft. 6. -Winning a to
tal of $fi3.50 at the Cleveland and
Rutherford county fairs as n result
of exhibiting their quality Poland
[china hogs. Morris. Emett and
! George Humrlok of Ellenboro have
brought honor to themselves and
j their community within the past
two weeks. They won a total ot nine
firsts, three seconds and tout third
places at both of the fairs.
Their 1000 pound male nog along
with their matured sows and gilts'
won first prerfitums at both tatrs.
At the Cleveland fair they were
awarded the first premium (or hav
ing the best herd in the swine
show.
These three brothers, all sons ot
noth i of mii Of rrusoNAi.
rRoerln v
Ft virtue of the power of sale con
tamed in u certain chattel mortgage or
a Conditional 8»Ie Contract of record In
book lWk at page fti of the registry of
Cleveland countv. North Carolina. 6ame
helm: rseeuted by The Enloc and Michael
Funeral Hoyie to tin* E M Miller com
pany to secure an indebtedness that hi
specified; and said indebtedness not hav
ing been paid according to the terms
therein stated when due. the undersigned
will offer for sale at public auction to
the highest bidder for cash in front of J.
1. Lackey s garage in Shelby, North Car
ollna on Fridav. October Hi. 1031 at 3
o clock p m. the following de.sorlbed per
.-sonai property, to*wit 1 certain E M
Miller company style No. 25 Hearse Body
mounted on HEW Dodge chassis No D
;’0«-U7. motor No. Upholstered
in ‘'Chase" PTost, Grain genuine and
a t leather: finished In two-toned Dawn
Mist Gray Dneo, complete regular flower
i-a\. saddle lights, and extra tire and
tube.
This the 22nd day of September. 1031
E M MILLER COMPANY
Mortgagee
*t Bent 2h
Elijah Hamrick, began fhefr swim
breeding work several years ago,
and today they have between five
and ten breeding animals ail ol
which are pnre-bred registered in
dividuals One of their brood sows
was purchased in Tenn. at a price
of $75. This $ow along with other*
in their herd have produced pig*
which have weighed 60 pounds at
tlte aRe of eight wreks. Thetr male
hog Is of the Mayfield breeding of
Rutherford county
Three of their brood sows have
farrowed within the past month and
they will soon have pigs for sal#
and to be grown out for b-eedli^|
and butcher purposes.
Marine Statistics
Less Hum one-third of our im
ports and exports are handled In
American ships, although we have
enough ships to handle two-thirds.
—Collier's Weekly.
FARM FOR
SALE
Splendid farm with
dwelling, tenant houses
and mil buildings for sale.
Small cash payment and
long term with low rate
of interest for halunce.
Farm is near paved
highway in Cherokee
County.
T. K. VASSY,
GAFFNEY, S. C.
;UI». . UP..UI*.
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