Says His Sermon
Worth Seven Dollars
Moultrie, Ga—Although Nathan
Worthy, negro is not a minister .he
valued his sermon at $7 and got
Ml.05 By a method frequently em
ployed by bandits.
He appeared here ireently and
posed as a clergyman. The congre
gation of a church invited him to
preach.
The service was of the conven
iona! type, until it came Mmo for
'.assing the collection plate
■ Brethren and sisters, t needs
•eben dol'ars so bad,' said Nathan
is he sent the plate bearers down
he aisles
"There ain't nobody goin' to leave
hs church ’til! seben dollars is in
!cm plates,” said Nathan as he
etched from his pocket a pistol.
The collection takers went tVieir
ay a^ain and returned with $11.05.
Nathan took all of it and fled in
great haste.
Officers arrested him
"Naw, I ain't no preacher." he
admitted to them, "but my sermon
was worth the money."
Man Swear* Warrant
Out Against Himself
Fayetteville. — George Roger .
swore out a warrant against him
self. The warrant chraged gambling.
It also included H J. Parker in the
charge. This happened when Par
ker alleged that Rogers had slip
lied $26 from his pocket whilfc he
nodded during a ride with some
girls. Rogers claimed he won the
money from his comrade in a gam
bling game, and swore out the war
rant. Both men are soldiers.
Judge H C. Blackwell bound Rog
ers over to the superior court te
answer the larceny charge, and So
licitor Malcolm McQueen took a
nol pros on the gambling warrant.
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•PERSONAL News
Miss Emma Bechtler of Earl for
the past week ha.i been the house
guest of Mrs Alfred Collins at Oro
j ver.
--
Misses Reba Moore and Bertha
j Hawkins of the Double Springs com
munity spent the week-end m
Charlotte with Miss Moore’s broth
er, J. C. Moore and Miss Mabel
Bridges.
Mr and Mrs. R. C Evanr have
returned home after visiting for
several weeks in Hickory and Gran*.
*te Falls.
Mr and Mrs. Ab Horn and child
ren and Mr. W. G. Hicks and daugh
ter, Selma, of West Hickory spent
j the week-end with relatives here.
Mr. Walter Wall spent Sunday
with friends at Greensboro
Mr. and Mrs. F. Ft. Morgan and
Mr. and Mrs B O. Stephenson ..pent
‘Saturday in Charlotte.
Mr. and Mrs Evans Bostick, of
i Morganton announce the birth of
j a daughter at the Shelby hospital
j yesterday.
Mr arid Mrs. B Austell and fam
; Il.v and Mr. Sam Austell of Earl at
I tended the wedding of Mi3s Agnes
Byers to Howard Loven on Sat’jr
! day afternoon in Charlotte.
i Mrs. E. A. Morgan, of Gaffney S
j C.. Is spending this week with her
| son. Mr F R Morgan and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Roland Elam spent
, Sunday wt'h Mrs. Elam's parents
Mr. and Mrs R B Brackett, near
i Lawndale.
i ——
Mrs. William Tooley, who spent
i the month of November with Mrs.
| John Schenck at Lawndale, left last
i week for her home at El Paso, Tex.
Mr. and Mrs. B W. Dickson left
Saturday via motor, for a two weeks
visit to relatives at Miami, Fla.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dover ancf at
tractive children Betty Ann and
Fn»d Jr, of Lenoir, spent the week
end with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. L Dover.
Mesdames Will King and Lee
Spencer will motor to Greensboro
Friday to bring home their daugh
ters. Misses Dorothy and Alice Goode
King and Elizabeth Spencer, who
are students at N. C. C. W. and will
spend Christmas holidays at home.
Mr. and Mrs. Hopson Austell and
I Misses Eertha Bostick and Lucy
Hamrick attended the Byers-Loven
i wedding at the Pritchard Memorial
] church in Charlotte Saturday aft
. ernoon
I. ■ .
Mrs. Sam Lattimore. of Black1;
burg. S. C.. was a Shelby visitor en
Friday.
Mesdamc. John Schenck and Hal
Schenck, of Lawndale, and Mrs.
Jean Schenck spent today in Char
! lotte.
I _
I Mr. and Mrs. S. C. McGinnis ard
| children of Charlotte, were guests
! of Mr and Mrs. Hugh Bettis yes
jterday.
Miss Abbie Jane Wall, of Coker
| college. Hartsville. ^3. C„ will arrive
i Friday to spend the Christmas hr/.,
idays with her parents. Dr. and Mrs.
Zeno Wall. Zeno Wail. Jr., student
at Wake Forest college will arrive
Thursday.
Mrs, Tom Abernethy, who has
been ill at her home, is able to be
out again
Born to Mr and Mrs. John Kes
ter at the hospital in High Point.
Friday night, an infant which lived
only a short time Mrs. Kester was
before marriage. Miss Sedalta
Propst. Mr. Kester is in the same
hospital, recovering from a serious
operation.
Mr. and Mrs. John Tucker had es
dinner guests Sunday at their home
on Cleveland Springs road Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Allen of Rock Hill, S. C.,
Mr. and Mrs R. F. Berry of York. S
C., and Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Hamrick.
Mr Ralph Hoey returned today
from Concord where he was a week
end guest of Mr and Mrs, Joe Can
non.
Some Charlotte visitors Saturday
were Mesdames J, L. Lackey, J. S.
McKnight, William Osborne, Misses
Nora Cornwell, Kate Wilson, Anita
Winkler. Minnie Eddins and Ade
laide Roberts and Mrs. Lowery Sut
tle.
Mr Lewis Forney arrived horn*
Friday from Memphis, Term., where
he has been taking treatment in a
gcerr.msnt hospital.
Miss Fay Dellinger visited Mtrs
Zell Marks In Gastonia over the
week-end.
Misses Etta Bpverly and Louis**
Dimrn .--pent the week-end with rd
a.ives at Charlotte.
Musses Grace Hartgrovr and
Blanche DePriest spent today in
Charlotte.
Mrs. G R Stine and young son
were able to leave the Shelby hos
pital yesterday and go to their
home at Lattimore
Sergeant James E McSwam ol the
U. S. army has arrived home lor
the Christmas holidays with his
family at Grover. His furlough will
expire January 4th.
Mr. J. Ed Oates left this morn
ing for Asheville to spend a few
days with his brother. Mr Rush
Oates before returning to his Home
in Seaside, Oregon Mr. Oates vis
ited Mr. and Mrs. Carl Webb while
in Shelby.
Mis." Ruth Hopper and sister,
ilrs. Thelma H. Smith were the
guests Saturday night of they- sis
ter, Mrs. L. M. Hill and Mr Hill
of Charlotte for the opening dance
at the Charlotte Country club Mrs.
Hill accompanied them home Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hoev and
Mr and Mrs. Flay Hoey met Mrs.
Floyd Smith of Bristol. Tcnn, in
A: hcville yesterday and brought
her- to Shelby for a visit with her
parents. Mr. and Mrs S. E. Hoey
during the Christmas holidays
Mr and Mrs. Joe. E Nash spent
Sunday in Hickory, guests of Mr.
and Mrs. R N Ourely.
Messrs. Brevard Lattimore and
Fred Logan arrived home last week
from Florida and will spend the
Christmas holidays at home
Mrs, B O. Stephenson joined Mr
Stephenson in Charlotte Thursday
and he accompanied her home Fri
day to spend the week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Lauglmdge.
Miss Betty Sue Laughridge and Mr
j Claude Webb spent Friday in Char
lotte.
Mrs. Ed Millican left Saturday
for Savannah, Ga to join Mr Mil
lican for a few days before they go
to New York Mrs. Millican was ac
companied as far as Charlo'te by
jher mother, Mrs. B O Hamrick
| and Mrs. William Andrews.
| -
j Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hudson and
children. Hill. jr. Rnd Mary Alice
Hudson and Miss Ettalie Moses will
leave’ Friday by motor for a visit to
friends in Atlanta and LaGrang*
Ga. during the Christmas and al. o
a tour of Florida.
A Mere ‘Slip.’
"Dad. what does the 'yellow peril’
mean?”
"A banana skin left lying on the
pavement.’—Exchange
Man of Iron
' Before we were married you us^d
to call me your angel "
"Yes I remember."
"Now you call me nothing "
'"mat shows my self-control.’—
Vart Hem. Stockholm.
Dry* Back Hoover
For President Again
Washington—President Hoover
has a new pledge of co-operrtion
from the prohibition forces deliv
ered by Arthur J. Barton, president
of the national conference of or
ganizations supporting the 18th
amendment.
It was Barton, who. with Bishop
I James Cannon, jr.. organized the
famous Asheville convention in the
1928 campaign to secure Hoover
votes In the normally democratic
south.
Barton said he had told Mr. Hoo
ver that in his position as head of
the 33 prohibition organizations co
operating through the national
conference he brought the state
ment of backing for the adminis
tration’s stand.
Cleveland Girls On
Anniversary Program
Girl Students From Cleveland At
Mars Hill On Society
Program.
(By ALBERT SLITTLE.I
Mars Hill. Dec. 14.—The fourth
and final of the anniversary pro
grams by the four literary societies
of Mars Hill college. was given
Saturday evening, December 12tli
when the Clio society for young
women celebrated their 41st buth
dav.
The original play “The Quest of
the Shepherds." written by Mamie
I Perry and Martha Stack, was pre
[ rented by the society before a large
audience in the college auditorium.
[The following girls from Cleveland
county wore m the play: Elizabeth
Blanton, Shelby,, shepherd; Julia
Cox, formerly of Shelby, shepherd;
[ Sara Hamrick, Lattiniore churn ;.
Following the program an ti'fwr
mal reception was held for the *o
eicty members bv lh" Ph ' < hi ,<
literary society for young men.
New High Building
In No. 3 Occupied
Agricultural Department Aridrii
Murh Shrubbery Brought In.
Swlfllw Organized.
(Special to The Star 1
We are located In our new build
ing. and it certainly Is a pleasure
to have such a fine place In which
to work. Surely wish we might have
had It many years ago
There are enrolled tn our school
163 high school pupils A fine spir
it Is displayed In our school There
Is hearty co-operation by troth
teachers and also by the pupils
On the last Friday In November
No. 3 high had a shrubbery day
The parents ranic In with their
teams with which they greatly im
proved the school grounds Many
brought shrubbery. Moreover some
very beautiful evergreens were
brought from the West View Nur
sery. We hope to make our ground1
very beautiful.
We have added to our school an
agricultural department composed
of one teacher and thirty pupils. Wo
are very proud of thi new addi
tion.
Three hustling literary soriottei
have been organized in the Consol- i
idaU'd high school These societies
have given several excellent pro
grams Each Thursday these socie
ties give special programs.
Athletics In our school Is very en
couraging. especially our bask"1
ball teams We have two very
strong teams. The boys have plav
ed five games this year and won
one The girls have played only font
and won two.
We are planning to give a public
Christmas program The public is
cordially Invited
Land Acquired For
Migratory Birds
25.000 Aire Track In Hvde (minlr
Now a federal Bird
Sanctuary.
Raleigh. Dec 14 -Acquisition of
3.000 acres of land in the Swan
ouarter migratory bird refuge in
Hyde county by the U S, bureau of
biological survey has been author
ized by the migratory bird conser
vation department in Washington
The new land will be consolidated
with contiguous areas already ap
proved lo make, wiih water areas,
mi administrative unit of about 35
000 acres.
The Hyde county retuge Ls the
only federal sanctuary tn this star
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