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Brown Recommends Higher Postal Rates Washington, Jan. 21.—An in crease In postal rates to meet a prospective $150,000,000 deficit in post office revenues was recom mended today by Postmaster Gen eral Brown. Brown recommended that the first class postal rates be increased trcm two to three cents an ounce and estimated this would bring in >100,000,000 additional revenue Cotton Legislation Declared Harmful Washington.—The Cotton Stabi lization corporation's market activ ities were described today before the house agriculture committee as "very harmful" to the American industry. Russell Clark, vice-president of the New Orleans cotton exchange, testifying in the committee’s study of measures to regulate or prohibit short selling in cotton gave the opinion in response to questions. WEBB THEATRE TONIGHT Mark this down: this will be one of the most talked-about dramas in years! ‘ti&suury W# Co4umMa Piotur* Z Columbia pioturo ^wMli LEO CARRILLO % CONSTANCCCUMMINOft Aobort Younf—Borlo KarioK ADMISSION 10c -SATURDAY THE DANGER-DAREF At His Thrilling Bestl 1 Tremendous drama of a man who broke jail to get the men who framed him! Show Open at 11 O’Clock Saturdav ADMISSION ______ lOe — Coming Monday — Two Big Features - LAUREL and HARDY in their Second LONG COMEDY And WALTER HUSTON — LIL DAGOVER and WARREN WILLIAM In “THE WOMAN FROM MONTE CARLO” WEBB THEATRE TOMORROW-OPPORTUNITY 6 DOZEN Wirthmor Dresses 49' New Shipment . . . Guaranteed Fast Colors. BUY THREE OR MORE WHILE YOU CAN MAKE THIS SAVING 3 Dozen KNITTED SUITS And DRESSES Extra Special 89c 10 0 FELT HATS 39c 50 SILK DRESSES .... Satins and Crepes Worth Up to As Much as $9.95 . . . $2.95 tyle Shop CORNER WARREN AND LaFAYETTE STREETS / LOCAL and* •PERSONAL News Mr. and Mrs. Jap Suttlc have Just returned home after spending several days with their daughter. Mr?. Newton Farnell, and Mr. Far nell at their home in Greensboro. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Ryburn left on they will spend the next severr.i months. Mr. and Mrs. R. U. Woods and children. Marjorie and Anne Un derwood, will leave during the week end for Wlnterhaven, Florida, where they will visit Rev. and Mrs. Rob ert L. McLeod, Rev. Mr. McLeod being a brother of Mrs. Woods Mr. and Mrs. Sam Latttaiorc, ct Polltville, visited friends and rela tives in Shelby yesterday. Miss Ida Abrams returned to Shelby yesterday after spending several days with her father, in Forest City. » Mrs. Ua Sanders, who operates the Courtview hotel left today for Waynesville for a week's visit with friends. Friends of Miss Francis Graham, of Earl, will be interested to know that she has accepted a position to teach public school music in the Lattimore school. Mrs. Charles Lever is visiting her mother, Mrs. Bradley, in Gastonia this week. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Lattimore, of Spartanburg, S. C„ spent the day here yesterday with Dr. and Mrs E. B. Lattimore. Mrs. Julia Abernethy, of Ruther ford college, is visiting her daugh ter. Mrs. B. L. Smith, and Mr. Smith here. Mr. O. M. Mull returned homo yesterday from a business trip to New York City. Mr. John Lineberger, student »r Duke university, is spending sev eral days at home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Lineberger, dur ing examination week. Mr. Oscar Morgan, of Union Mills who was formerly employed with the Southeastern Express company here, spent the past week-end with Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Richbourg and family. Mr. and Mrs. Baxter Kirkpatrick moved this week from their house on N. Morgan street to the home of the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Washburn. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Fowler will move into the house vacated by Mr. and Mrs. Kirkpat rick. Mr. John Irvin, Jr., Mr. Albeit Suttle and Mr. Pegram Holland are among the Mars Hill students who are spending several days at home this week during exam week at the college. Poplar Springs News Of Current Week Mr. Padgett Preaches. Sociable at Home of Mr. Elliott. Families Moving. (Special to The Star.) Poplar Springs, Jan. 21.—Our pas tor Rev. Rush Padgett filled his reg ular appointment at Poplar Springs Sunday, bringing an interesting mes sage to a large crowd among them being a number of visitors whom we were indeed glad to have with us. Mr. and Mrs. O. V. Hawkins of Shelby were the dinner guests Sun day of Mr. and Mrs. DeWitt Ham rick. Miss Mary Belle Kendrick of Boil ing Springs spent last week end with Miss Mary Sue Holland, j The intermediate B. Y. P. U of , Poplar Springs church enjoyed a so cial given last Thursday night at the home of their leader, Mr. J. D Elliott. A large crowd was present and a number of games tvere play ed during the evening. After the games they were invited Into the dining room where refreshments, consisting of cookies, lemonade and fruits were served. Rev. and Mrs. Low-ell Barnette of Wake Forest college were the din ner guests Sunday of Rev Mr. Bar nettes aunt Mrs. Ollie Queen. Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Pruett and daughter Mary Francis and Mrs Etta Glascoe of Shelby spent Sun day afternoon with Mr. and Mr*. D. I. Wesson. Mr. R. W. McCurry, Misses Ubby, Zola, Will Ellen and Mary Lou and Master Dan McCurry of the Beaver Dam community were the dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Jones. There has been quite a lot of moving in this community since the first of the year. W'e are glad to welcome a number of new fimilies into ©ur community. Mr and lire. Lelanj Jones and children of Shelby spent Sundey afternoon with Mr. Jones parents Mr and Mrs S B Jn:ie* Mrs. B, O. Stephenson and Mrs. Cna*. Williams spent Wednesday in Charlotte. Mr. H. U. Woods returned home; Wednesday night from Columbia. | S. C. where he had been on a busl-j ness trip. Chicago babies born in 1932 will each owe $250 at birth. About their only way out of debt la to grow up and become college football play- j School Dentist In Rutherford County! Rutherfordton.—Dr. A. D. Under wood, state board of health school dentist, arrived In Rutherford county this week and will be In the county for 18 weeks. He will have headquarters here. The first school he visited was Chimney Rock. He hopes to reach ^he majority of the [schools cf the county. Gaston Woman Gets Sentence Over Booze' _» I Oastonla.—Mrs. Ola Mull of' Dallas, wife of Poker Mull, known I to officers as one of Gaston coun-j ty's most successful bootleggers, was: sentenced to two years in jail by! Judge T. B. Finley in superior court! here on a charge of violating the! prohibition lap-s. Mull himself is now serving an eight months road sentence for the same offense. Cedar Chest Holds [ 43,000 Pieces Wood High Point.—A cedar chest said to contain more than 34,000 indi vidual pieces of wood so put to gether as to almost give the effect of weaving, is on display at the Southern Furniture exposition here. The chest Is only 27 Inches long, 32 2-3 inches high and 16 Inches wide. It rests on four legs, the front ; fcnes being said to ccntain more than 7,000 pieces of wood each. Colored Family Is Down But Not Out In Depression Boo nr Negroes Build Box - Like Hone. Shlwering Boy Begs For Nalb. ! Boone —No money, no job, house rent long past due, and the sheriff I coming again Wednesday to put him and his six children out upon [the streets; this, in brief, is the situation facing Lee Anderson, col ored man of this section, who. like everybody else, has felt the sting of the prolonged depression. But while the depression may have An derson “down,” he certainly isn't going to be “out”—no, not by & long shot. Monday morning a kind hearted individual was rather timidly ap proached on the streets b: t ragged and dirty, but mannerly, negro boy who implored him to read a note crumpled tightly in one shlv vering hand. While the stranger read the note, the lltjtl" fellow turn ed his back to the cold west wind and danced up and down to keep warm. He stuttered because his teeth were chattering with the bit ing cold. His note, scrawled in pen cil on the fly-leaf of an old book, read: "To whom it concern please give me 5c or dime to get seme nail with. We have tc get out' f the man house today and have not got no place to go please help u. The stranger accompanied him to the hardware store nd bought the nci. himself, then followed t’.a boy home. On the way hr tried to stop at a f iotographe ti office and i have a picture taken lut the boy | protested saying he was too “ragged I looking.” j Arrived at the place the boy had spoken of as “home," the stranger I found a one-room crude box like I affair in construction back almost under the jutting edge of a moun tain. The father was busily work ing with bits of sheet roofing he had been able to salvage and odds and ends of lumber yrobably of no use to anybody else. The floor was yet to be put down, and great gap ing cracks showed in the roof where the cold wind fluttert the tattered roofing, but the little boy explained the the flooring was to | be put in that night, since he had obtained the nails. Because the sheriff was coming and they had to move. To Move Wednesday. “Can’t have my children turned out of a home and out on the rtreetV’ said the father between blows of his hammer. “I’ve got to | get it ready by Wednesday, so we can move.” \ The family has nVnty to eat, hav ing farmed a small patch of land, but the father has had no job til winter and has no money with which to pay house reni It cer tainly won t be much of a house either: this hut he is improung to withstand the assaults of a moun tain winter—but. at lust. it * go. ing to be a home”; end a home, these davs. means much, if you ask No. 1 Town*hip New* Of Interest Camp Creek Preaching, Several People Sick. Peraonr.l Item*. (Special to The Star > No. l Township, Jan. 21.—Tin T" will be preaching services at Camp Creek next Saturday afternoon at 2 and Sunday at 11 o’clock, with Sunday school at 9:30. Everybody Is invited to attend these service.? There arc several on the sick Ivt at this writing, Mr. Dillard Bridge1 Is recovering from pneumonia; M Blaina DavLs from scarlet fever: Miss Helen Davis Is on the sick lilt also. Miss Virginia Byars lies hr.d tonstlltls. Mr. and Mrs. Oill Lytic and chil dren, Mrs. Deck Holland and chil dren of Converge were visitors at Mr. Willie Byars Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Thurman By-rs spent last Friday night With .Vi and Mrs. Blaln Davis Mr. and Mrs. J. SI. Price a*;,i Mr and Mrs, Johnnie I: .cruier nl Gaffney were visitors at,'Mr. Rorr Davis Sunday afternoon. Those calling to :ce Mr ft.;. < Davis last Tuesday were: Mr. an ! Mrs. Robert Jolley, Mrs. Dec Byr.:.,, Mrs. Tharner Humphries, Miss Ines Davis, Mr. Robert McCrayv a.ju M. Bud Bailey. Mr. Will Northern anu daughter;-1 Lettle and Vernla of Gatfney were coders nt Mr. Rome Davis la : Sat urday afternoon. Double Springs News Of Interest Prof. Stine*. AddrwsiM Sunday School. Many Attend Farmery Meeting. 'Special to The Siar.i Double Springs, Jan. 21.—Mr. i nd Mrs. H. H. Greene and family, of Charlotte, visited Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Greene and family Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Mtlton Hawkins of Shelby spent Sunday with <Mr, and Mrs. W. 8. Davis. Miss Lena Bridges was the dinner guest of Misses Lois and Susan Brooks Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Yates Greene and son, Yates, jr., spent the week-end with Mrs. George Daugherty at Cow-pens, S. C. Prof. Glen R. Stines of Latti more was a visitor in Sunday school Sunday. He addressed the adult de partment in the opening exercise, Everyone enjoyed his messrge. Misses Lois Brooks and Louise McSwaln spent Tuesday night with Miss Dorcas Harrill of Lattimore. Mr. and Mrs. John Moore spent Monday night with Miss Minnie Ct»ba»i*s. - _ __ Mr and Mrs. S. V.’. Or sene and Mr. and Mr*. Qlin Choeue vlsheu Mr. und Mrs, D. G. Washburn 3un dav night. Mr and Mrs, John Moore visit- ; ?d Mr. aui J V- Heajhrre | Sr ; day night. We wdcniio Mr. and tjr.i. Ed j Willis and famiivv.-yrho iurt rntn • • rd into our community recently. Mrs. O, O. Toms, Mrs. Most Stock toil *nd Mi .r ’I, O. Hamrick waited Mr, W. W. Washburn Wef.rsdfey afternoon. Ksv. p.r'd M ", TV <J. ,idjburr and Mr and Mrs. T. iweil Ms r\ and sen were dim- r :tue*fc» Mrs. ;L**la T.-mrtck .Vivh . %d, y .moutr. '■ lt>:oy Morrill . hired M j. W TV ,.Y hburn Tuesday evtnSr.it. , numbly of mm from the com- • rauntty attended t'v farmer■> ban-! ivd ct. Chariot - Welnesdo : Mlt'j Ueba . r.d M Rurh r»«vu • enter!air'd the \ peopl. < f the leomravnlt-'. w th a party J-rHayj inter, t ; Mi s Blear ’>!gh i t i priding a fe.v diiv. v . her Mrs. D. ’ P. TVrshbinr. . Three Debate Team* i To Meet In March Shelby Meet. Mnrulnton And G*n-I tn.thi In Annual Three C®r- j iitued Debate. (By Caleb Mcsnaln. SliSlb;,'. Lincolnton and Oastoniaj viU comprise this section’s parti- | [ Cipar.Ls In the yearly triangular tie- j (bate. to be held In March, Each! 'school will have two teams, an at-j 1 flrmativc aiul u iiegatlve. to ce-j bate the query: •’Resolved, the* j the United States should adopt a j system of compulsory unemploy - i meat insurance." The negative j team.1; usually \ Salt contesting reboot, and there debate the af ! flrmatlve teams of that school. However the debate may be held on neutral grounds. If the partici pants so wish. Shelby's preliminary contents will , be held on or about February 12 jEach contestant In the preliminary (debate will present one singulrr point, In favor of the query or op posing It. Outside judgea will select the four best debaters, two affirma tive and two negative debate't. These four will comprise the tri angular teams of Shelby, and will participate in the contests between Shelby. Gastonia and Lincolnton. One alternate for each side will also be selected, In order that the full number of representatives will be maintained In the event that a participant is unable to debate. Chicago i3 facing financial ruin It probably never will forgive the government for locking up A1 Ca pone. New Spring Styles Our Buyers have been working hard during the week selecting from New York’s best known shops outstanding numbers in Ladies’ and Misses’ Spring Coats Dresses and Hats. These items have been delivered daily by express and may be seen SATURAY (Tomorrow) for First Time. An Invitation The style and quality that you can now buy for your dollars will undoubtedly surprise you. We will enjoy your visit and will take pleasure in showing: • our new lines. Campbell's CAHOOHf ' pHONE ___ " TODAY ONLY _ ——yy K' M. "THEMMEovS;s“L“r Extra: CW»* ZZ+xi _-.-—— _ both EVERY BODY B°Th XOC a*** Cash For Poultry I’HE following prices will be paid FOR POULTRY NEXT WEEK: HEAVY HENS. ]5 cti. leghorn hens ,, stags. COCKS .... '°J*" DUCKS .7C“ geese....I cu Eagle Poultry Co. F. B. ROPP, Mgr. Near Seaboard Depot Phone J49 Read This QUARTERS ARE DOING THE WORK OF DOLLARS IN OUR QUICK CASH RAISING FURNITURE SALE * This is truly the place to buy. Come, see. We can save you money JOHN M. BEST FURNITURE CO. Shelby’s Oldest, Largest and Best Furniture Store.
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