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Shelby’s Action On Sale Of Light Plant To S. P. U. Is Being Watched I.cxinslim People Interested in Dis posal of Municip.il Plant. i Lexington DispaIch > Dcipite all the carefully built up; sentiment against public ownership., citizens of North Carolina towns and , cities that still own their munici pal lighting systems an* inclined ? >i go very slow about pa ling with j them. Some very tempting offers j have been made. Some have accept- j cd but others have rejected, while, ono or more ouch offers are now pendinng. Shelby just now luJkij the spol - i light, for that city. ha., under con-1 Sidcratlon an offer of ti.l0O.OOO for Its light and power system. Shelby, ‘ like Lexington, does not generate Us cwii'pow'er but buys in bulk from the Duke Power company and dis tributes within the city The elec trical equipment there was purchas ed by the city from private owners ta years ago for only 318.000, a sum that at the time did not seem to be very small. Now the net annual in come to the city is something like three times as mue has the origin'll cost. The amount offered by4 the Duke interests Is enough. It is said, to retire all the bonded indebtedness of the city. Surely that sounds at tractive. But there is evidently another! side to It. The city council there has been slow In submitting the proposal to the people and news paper reports are that a majority j of popular sentiment seems to be j against making the sale. The Clcve- , land Star on Monday threw the j STAINLESS £—. . same price too, if you pi WICKS W VapoRub Same formula . . same price. In original form, 100, if you prefer , / for 10/ COLDS _!»/— OVER W acnuKi JARS USED yEARlY DR. D. M. MORRISON OPTOMETRIST Woolwartli Building. SHELBT, N. C. Eyes Examined, Otatsc* Fitted And Repaired. BAKING POWDER MIUIONS OF POUNDS trS£D OUJt COy.ERNJX(IFNT INDIGESTION “My work is confining, and often I eat hurriedly, causing me to have indi gestion. Gas will form and I will smother and have pains in my chest. "I had to be careful what I ate, but after someone had recom mended Black-Draught and 1 found a small pinch after meals was so helpful, I soon was eat ing anything 1 wanted. “Now when I feel the least smothering or un comfortable bloating, 1 take a pinch of Black Draught and get relief.’* —Clyde Vaughn, 10 Shlppy St., Greenville, 8. C. Sold in 25< packages. £7AedfOrel's, BLACK DRAUGHT I WOMEN who 'are run-down, per ] I’**** month, should I CaTdul, Used for over SO year* J weight cf its Influence against the Nile proposal. The city would have to expend an amount equal to 22 cents on the $100 tax levy on its property assessment to buy power to light Us street and pump its water. In the meantime, the paper holds, the value of the light plant will keep on Increasing If the city holds It, and the Increased income, Judg ing by the part, will do much to ward paying off the bonded Indebt edness. This situation is reviewed briefly because Lexington Is interested in* the same matter. We have not yet had an offer to sell, but one may be made at any time. Our city has a heavy debt and taxpayers would wel come a lightening of the burden. Our light plant though it an asset whose value Is genera.ly recognlz Bd, and It Is not uircasonablc to as sume that In ten years from now it will be much more valuable to the :lty than it now is. Ten years from now the debt of Lexington should be much less than it now is, for if we Judge the temper of the people aright they are not going to sanc tion any material increase In the public -debt. There are several other cities in this section that have the same val uable asset, and It is not surprising that, there Is keen Interest among their officials in the talk about a big power development at the Horse slice Neck, built by private capital primarily to furnish current for these city power systems We have no inside knowledge .is to the act ual likelihood of such a development but it Is easy enough to sec that If the cities could secure a cheaper wholesale rate they could cither In crease their net rarnings and thus reduce taxes, or could uduce rates to light users, which would also be a tex reduction. And such a devel opment might assure the Independ ence of the cities against the en croachment of private interests. “Come On, Let’s Go Home’’ i By William T. Ellis.) There is « rather magnlficer. house, upon the Bristol Pike, ■ h northeastern Philadelphia, wh.lcl preaches a wholesome sermon to m< whenever I see it. More than a generation ago then was a successful contractor, deep lr Philadelphia politics, named Mich ael O’Rourke, whose ascent front the plck-and-shovcl brigade hac been rapid. He built city works arc he built sumptuous homes for hit politician friends; but all tire wlnli he continued to live in the simple style of an Irish immigrant. Then he had a grand idea. He would build a mansion for Bridget and tell her not a word about it .until dl was finished. That exciting day came at last: and he took hi., wife out to see the new house. She thought it was but one of his many contracting jobs of which six; was always proud. Without betruying the scc~f O'Rourke took her through all the splendors of the new house. Then as they finished, he said, with na tive instinct for the dramatic "Bridget, 1; 1; for you. I built It as our new home." Bridget said nothing. She looked around again at the unfamiliar magnificence, lingering a bit over the wonderful kitchen, with he comfort sand labor-saving devices Then she turned to her husband rvrfd sait^ 0 “Co:n*on, Mike; let's go home." Never again did Bridget enter the big house. It stood Idle for a long .me, a white elephant on the own . vs hands. Finally, he gave it *r c church, as a residence for prieats; and such it now is. liver since I lirst heart the story Bridget O'Rourke has been one of ..)• admirations. She had the sound sense to refuse to take on a manner of life for which she was not fitted, and which would have ant only care and misery for her. •" was not one of the foolish women who surrender simplicity ad happiness for the sake of "put <u)g on airs," Many rich men are moving cut . their places these days. Is it too such to hope that some ot them re wedded to Bridgets who do not ed the trappings of wealth for ,ne making of a simple, happy home, where love assigns? License Tags Cost Less Than In 1931 Raleigh—The average price paid tor 1932 license plates by owners of motor vehicles in North Carolina a as $15.09 during January, or 35 cents below the average for the same month in 1931. The 1931 general assembly chang ed the method of licensing automo biles and trucks from horsepower to weight as tire price basis There were 271,340 pair; of plates told at the average of *15.09 per »air up to the end of January and a t year there had been 295.115 •old at an average of $15 44 for the period. Believe This Or Not-It Happened Charlotte.—Waiter F. Stan ley ,*i« gassrei a i .oi.'.h be furc the World War ended. Moved to a bespit?! In Eng land, they took away his uni form and gave .Um denim, ile ramp horn- i d resum ■ peace-time pursuits. Need ■ >:g a uniform for a parade, iie went It P salvage store here ai.'l afked for a pair of ). I). pants—the on'.' tiling he lacked. The pair on top of the pile looked like they might fit h.'ni. They did. Inside were Ids name and aerial number. The pants he lost in the hos pital had come home. Mrs. Lindsay Patterson Say* Sovi*t Is Worlds Only Real De ni oora<\v. New York, -Feb. 4.—After traveling 2,000 miles through Russia by rail, boat and automobiles Mrs. Lindvay Patterson, Winston-3a'.em, N. C., writer and lecturer, said today she was convinced it is the only demo cracy in the world. She described it as a nation of kindly, satisfied people and the safest country in the world for a woman traveling alone, as she re turned from a six-months tour on the French liner LaFayrtie. She said the soviet cotton field., and mills have been developed to the point where they ceil offer seri ous challenge to other cotton pro ducing sections of the world. ‘‘As far as I can sec," she contin ued, “Russia is the only real demo cracy in the world. It is a despotic democracy, which supervises the people as they never have been sup ervised before but it is all done for their own benefit.'* She said the five-year plan 'is i going through and that America has •helped much in accomplishing it. "One sees American rxperts ev i ery where,’* she added. I She said caty divorce was not mak ing for immorality in Russia and characterised the typical Russian as one who if he had two loaves of bread gladly would give one to any one who needed it. It is safer for an unaccompanied woman, she said, to be on the streets at night in Russia than it would be in Paris. New Yorjc or London. Japan’s Trade In Shanghai Lowest Of Large Nations Although Almost At Doorstep Of Chinese City. Nippon Country Lower Than U. 8. I Washington, Feb. 4.—Dollars and cents reasons back of Japan's In vasion of Shanghai and the grave conoem of other nations are shown in the international trade figures for that port. Great Britain, with 9,331 nation als in the port, in 1930 sold goods ir Shanghai to a value of *83.000,000. From- this gateway to China's principal trade artery, the Yangtze river, she drew 21,000,000. Both fiy ure.i Include the trade of British India. The United Stales, with 3.614 cit izens there, exported to the Chinese port *79,000,000 worth and received imports totalling *32,000,000. By contrast Japan, almost at Shanghai's doorstep and with 35. 650 subjects In Shanghai sold there only *59,000,000 and purchased $19,000,000 of goods. To a greater or less degree a Chinese economic boycott of Japanese goods has been in effect since 1928, and dates back for its origins to tire famous 21 dr mands made on China, The boy cott has resulted in Chinese mer chants purchasing from Brltiu and other countries tire cotter, goods and silks they formerly ob tained from Japan, State department officials say this boycott was a potent factor »n tire beginning of trouble in Man churia, as well as its subsequent extension to Shanghai. Even Germany. with compara tively few citizens there did a *20.* 000.000 export business to Shanghai in 1930. drnwing *4.000.000 worth o! Chinese goods. France’s export-' were *7,000,000 anti imports *10, 000,000. Italy solu *8,000,000 worth and purchased *3.o00.000 of goods The Dutch East Indies were a sub stantial factor with *17,000,000 of export trade and *2,000,000 of im ports. Belgium exported *8.000,000 wortli, Imported *1,000,000 worth Canada's figures were *5,000,000 ex ports, *500,000 Imports. Charlotte Man Strangles Himself Charlotte, Feb. 4—Thomas M. Shelton, for more than 40 years an active figure In the ousiness life of Charlotte, killed himself here yes terday, He was 63 year old , He had been in ill health far more than a year and white alone in his bed room this morning he strangled himself with a shedy. Report Harpers Are Reconciled After Troubles Defendant* In Murdei>t'asc Said To Hr Together At Home Near High Poiifi. • Oi-eensboro.—Terry It? Harper traveling salesman, who was acquit ted by a Jury In superior court, here of the murder of Charles O. Holton ■ and who collapsed in the court room immediately after return of the verdict, returned to his home near High Point Wednesday after noon. He had been a patient in a \ Greensboro hospital. He is tiow with his wife, according to infor mation received here. Mrs. Harper was the benefiedary of an order of Judge John Oglesby; of Concord in superior court here, dismissing the charge of murder of Holton which had been lodged j agr Inst her. She returned to the Harper residence following acquit tal of her husband. Available information here is to the effect that the Harpers have ef fected a reconciliation. In the trial evidence was presented to show that the last request of Holton’ was that he be permitted to see Mrs.1 Harper, for whom he professed af fection. Evidence designed to show intimacy between Mrs. Harper and Holton was Introduced in court However, it lias been reported that Mr. nnd Mrs. Harper have resolved to forget past difficulties and Work out their future together. KINGS MOUNTAIN SOCIAL Special To The Star Mrs. M. Elmer Herndon was the charming hostess to the Daughters of the American Revolution, Wed nesday afternoon at her home on Mountain street. The rooms were decorated with a profusion of yel low jonquils and red cactus. Tire program was in charge oX Mrs. W. K. Mauney, the subjert be ing George Washington. Mrs Mau ney gave the introduction to Un program after which The Star Spangled Banner wa s sung by everyone present. "The Lo.abic George Washington,” a reading, was given by Mrs. D. C, Mauney and Mrs. E. W. Griffin. ‘'Tire Re-, liglcus Life_ of George Washington' was read by Mrs. O. B. Carpenter. Mrs. H, T. Fulton gave the final reading which was entitled "Lin coln's Tribute to Washington.'' ! Delicious refreshments ir. flic form of Log Cabin salad, cherry tree salad, cherry pie and coffee were enjoyed. The hostess was as sisted in entertaining by Mrs I. L. Justice. Mrs. P. D. Herndon, Mrs. C. E. Carpenter and Mrs. Harold Crawford. Prison Population Hits Highest Peak Raleigh.—Though state's prison received 80 fewer prisoners in Jan uary this year than in the same month last year, the total state convict population increased to 2. 89i on January 31, ‘lie highest peak, recorded. J. K. Powell, prison statistician, said that; January admittances tills year were only 106. compared to 186 in the same month last year. Discharges, deaths and escapes, however, fggregated only 101, an increase in population of five for the month. Sunken Submarine Located In Channel London. Feb. 4.—The admiralty announced tonight that the British submarine M-2, missing since it dived a week ago yesterday with 61 qnen aboard, had been located at the bottom Of the English channel near ly six miles off Portland Hill. The vessel, virtually given up as lost after a desperate search for days failed to show a trace of It, was located by the destroyed Tor rid with powerful apparatus which detected tell-tale sounds. Ten Year Plan Body Is Meeting Today Raleigh, Peb. 4.—Two committ tees of the North Carolina 10-year corporation will meet today in Char lotte. They arc the correlating com mittee of project A, which is con cerned with attracting additional tourists and permanent residents to tire state, and the committee on in dustrial and agricultural research. F. Roger Miller, of Asheville, is chairman of the correla'>ng com mittee and Dean H. G. Baity, of the school of engineering of the Univer sity of North Carolina is chairman of the other committee A Sam Jones Story. (From The Monroe Journal.) Sam was out west when the sil ver rage was going in the 90s and when the hard times were begin ning to loosen up. He tells of meet ing a wild-eyed silver man: I said "Profverity has come again. The clearing house receipts, the railroad earnings, the marts of trade, ami the wheels of commerce roll high er than at any time in the history of America. Prosperity lias come again.” A good old silver loon in the audience stood up and said, "It hain't hit me yit,” and 1 said "Neighbor, it's mighty hard to hit nothing.” Chinese War Chief Upholstered as a protection against the intense Manchurian cold, Mar shal Feng Yu-Hslang, standard bearer of the Koumintang, Chinese Nationalist Party, is shown as he left tho Tientsin station on his way to Nanking, the capital of the Chi nese Republic. While the seat of fovernment has been removed rom Nanking, troops of the Chi nese army keep pouring into the city to defend it should the Jap anese attempt an occupational move. Holmes Successor? IA recent photo of Judge Orie L [Phillips, of Albuquerque, New Mcx iicp, Judge of the Tenth Unite* States Circuit Court, who, accord I lug to political observers, is on* | of tfiaiic mentioned as a possible successor to Justice Oliver Wendel Holmes on the Supreme Court bench. Judge Holmes recently re tired through age and failing health. The Shorter Crop _ I I From The Stanly News and Pres. • The Stanly county cotton Will be approximately 1,000 bales short a; compared with last year. Unles prices show a tendency to advance before planting time, it is very like ly that the next crop will be con siderably smaller. Farmers in the county are Inclined to make cotton a side croifwhcn it is hard to sell at a profit. KX1CI TOKS' NOTICE Having this day qualified as executor* ot the estate* of the late 3. M. Wilson 01 Cleveland county, this is ro notify ail persons having claims against the sa.ti estate to present same to us properly proven on or before the 29th day oi January. 1933. or this notice will be pleaded in bar of any recovery thereof All persons owing the said estate wul please make immediate settlement to the undersigned. This Jan. 29th. - 1932. CLARENCE and W. GRADY WIL SON, Executors of Estate of J. M Wilson. 6t Feb lp NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Default having been ir^de in payment of the indebtedness secured by that cer tain deed of trust to the undersigned as trustee for First National bank of Shel by. N C. by L M Hull and wife. Ruble L. Hull, on the 3rd day of June. A. o., 1929. and recorded in the office or tbs register of deeds of Cleveland county in book 153, page 296, I will, under and by virtue of the power of sale vested tn me by said deed of trust, and at the request Of the cestuique trust, and for the pur pose of discharging the debt secured uy said deed of trust, proceed to sell to the higher bidder, for cash, at the court houie door, in Shelby, Cleveland County. North Carolian. at 12 o'clock, noon, or within legal hours on Saturday, the 20th day of February, A. I» , 1932, the follow Ins described land, to wit All that certain lot of land lying anc. being in No. 6 township. Cleveland coun ty. North Carolina, and situated In the southeastern square of the town of Shel by- and on the west side of South Wash ington street and bounded on the east o> Washington street, on the north by a vacant lot of the parties of the first part ou the west by the resident lots of R. E Carpenter add Dr. T. G. Hamrick, bound sd on the south by the resident lot oi Dr Tom Gold; the same being the resi dent lot of the parties of the first part ind described by metes and bounds as follows; Beginning at a stake in the west edge it South Washington street, the same be ng the northeast corner of the residtr.t ot of Dr. Tom Gold, and running thenrt frith the west edge of South Washington street north ninety-five feet to a stake, tew corner of vacant lot of the parties o: he first part; thence a new line west o* e tundred and seventy-four feet to a stake n the line of the resident lot of Dr. T 3. Hamrick: thence with the lines oi the •ealdent tots of Dr. T., G Hamrick and T E. Carpenter south ninety-five feet to i stake, the same being the northwest :orner of the resident lot of Dr. Tom 3old;. thence with the line of Dr Tom 3old-s resident lot east one hundred and ieveotV-four feet to the beginning, to tether with the residence and other hi tidings of the parties of the first pat opated thereon; the same being a part cl hat lot which wais oonsuved to the sain m M Hull by Fred 8. Davis and wvie. da me « «'eed dated .Apr:' 997 and recorded Hr rhe office of t-h* eg later of deeds of Cleveland county in >ook PR of deeds, pats to together witn i small lot hr strip of land conveyed t* he said It- M HuU by W. X Purvia. This January 15. 1932. O M MULL f 4t Jan \& (N. C. Woman Thinks Russia Has Only Present Democracy ! Mrs. Lindsay Patterson Says It Is Nation Of Satisfied People. ’ New \ ork.—After traveling 20,000 i miles through Russia by rail, boat and automobile, Mrs. Lindsay Pat terson, Winston-Salem writer and lecturer, said she is convinced it is the only democracy in the world. She described it as a nation of kindly, satisfied people and the safest country In the world for a woman traveling alone, She said the soviet cotton fields and mills have been developed to the point where they can offer se-1 rious challenge to other cotton pro-! during sections of the world. ! "As far as X can see,” she con-1 tinued, "Russia is the only dem- ! ocracy in the world. It is a despotic 1 democracy, which supervises the people as they never have been su pervised before, but it is all done for their own benefit.” She said the five-year plan is go ing through, and that America has helped much in accomplishing it. "One sees American experts every where,” she added. She said easy divorce was not making for immorality in Russia and characterized the typical Rus sian as one who, If he had two loaves of bread, gladly would give one to anyone who needed it. It is safer for ah unaccompanied i woman, she said, to be on the ! streets at night in Russia than it would be in Paris, New York or London. Tin Can Tourists Name Royal Chief' ■ Sarasota. Fla.—J. E. Martindale, j a retired Columbus, O., real estate i dealer, this week was nominated royal chief of the Tin Can tourists of the world, an organization of; some 850,000 automobile tourists in i the United States, Canada ami j Mexico. Nomination constitutes 1 election Money In Davie. (From The Mocksvllie Record) The editor attended a sale of per- i sonal property near Redland last I .week. He found that to be one sec jtion of the county where everybody seemed to have plenty of money • About, all we saw were $5, $10; and $50 bills. The sale was a big sne j cess. Everything brought high prim-c and about $400 was realized. Davie county is in excellent shape, com pared with many sections of the country. Business is getting better 'since we have quit yelling hard times. ADMINISTRATE 1X S NOTICE Having this day qualified as adminis tratrix of the estate of Hugh A. Logan deceased, late of Cleveland rounty. N. C notice Is hereby given to all persons in debted to said estate to make immediate .payment" to the undersigned. All persons having claims aga.nst said estate are jvdtlfied to present them to me property proven for payment on or before Jan uary 8th. 1933. or this notice win O' pleaded in bar of their recovery. This January 8th. 1932. LOU LA H. LOGAN. Administratrix of the Estate of Hugh A. Logan, d? ceased. ftyburn <fc Hoey. Attys. 6t Jan 1L ADMINISTRATRIX’S NOTICE. Notice ts hereby given that I have thie day quaUfied as administratrix of the estate of D. E. Honeycutt, late of Cleve land county. N. C.. and all persons 14 debted to said estate will make Immed iate payment to the undersigned. Ail persons having claims against said es tate wiir present them to me property proven lor payment on or before January 14th, 1933. or this notice will be pleadeu in bar of their recovery. Thi$ January 14th. 1932. MARY E. HONEYCUTT, Adminn-. tratrix of the Estate of D. E. Honey cutt. dec'd. Ryburn & Hoey, Attys. 6t Jan 18c Here’s Perfect Type Of Beauty New York.—Mabell Ellis, of Sew York, Is the 1932 model if American beauty. Pulchritude experts at the \ American beauty congress se lected her from 500 beauties. These are her q< ilifieations or the title: Ilc’ght: Five fcei and one- | half inch. Weight: 118 pounds. Measuremet.'»s: 34 inches j around the bu:l and hips; and 26 inches around the waist. Miss Ellis, who originally came from Birmingham. Ala., U the fcmirine type but ath letic. Now that depression is gripping the world, the economist has come into his own. Trouble is, he doesn't know how long he'tl have it. Don’t Sleep On Left Side, Gas Hurts Heart If stomach gas makes you rest less and unable to sleep on . right side, take Adlerika. One dose will rid you of gas or nervousners, and bring sound sleep. Paul Webb & Son Druggists, adv. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICli. Having qualified p.s administrators o the estate of Susan F. Jones, deceased late of Cleveland county, North Carolina this is to notify all persons having claimr against the estate of said deceased, to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 25th day of January, 1933. or this uotice will be pleaded in bar of then recovery. All persons Indebted to said es tate will please make immediate pay ment. This the 25th da- of January, 1932 F. Y. JONES. J. II JONES. JR . Administrators of ths Estate of Susan F. Jones, dec d. Bynum E. Weathers, Atty. 6t Jan 25c Kings Mtn. Highs Lose Two Games Kings Mountain, Tcli 4.—The i Kings Mountain High school bas- j ketball teams both boys and girlr lost to the Rutherfordton highs ai the central school gymnasium here Tuesday night. The girls game was interestin' and hard fought and the outcome was uncertain until the last minuti of play. The score was 24 to 28 Waldrop for the visitors and Oate, for the locals starred at the for ward positions with 12 points each The Kings Mountain boys lost 1 their tenth straight game, of th( season by the lop-sided score of 36 to 11. McDonald for Rutherfordtor was the individual star of the boys game. 666 MQl'I!) - TABLETS - SALVE 366 Liquid or Table s used interifa! l.v and 666 Salve externally, make » romplete and effective treatment for folds. Most Specdj Remedies Known C. C. HORN Attorney At l^aw Room No. 11 Lineberger Building 'DR. S. F. PARKER — PHYSICIAN - | Office Phones 64 and No. Z j Residence Phone 12U-J — QUEEN CITY COACH LINES — FOIt, ASHEVILLE, CHARLOTTE, WILMINGTON, FAYETTEVILLE. FOR ASHEVILLE ANl) INTERMEDIATE POINTS: LEAVE SHELBY for ASHEVILLE: 9:45 A. M.: 3.00 • P. M. FOR CHARLOTTE AND INTERMEDIATE POINTS: LEAVE SHELBY for CHARLOTTE: 11:10 A. M.: 2:0C P. M.; 4.30 P. M. FOR WILMINGTON AND INTERMEDIATE POINTS: LEAVE SHELBY11:10 a. m. FOR FAYETTEVILLE AND INTERMEDIATE POINTS: LEAVE SHELBY: 11:10 A. M.; 2:00 P. M. — FOR FURTHER INFORMATION — PHONE 450 - QUEEN CITY COACH COMPANY i) Send a VALENTINE of Lifelong Happiness -HERE, at last, is a really unus ual Valentine idea. Send your little boy or girl two Valentines; one the old-fashioned kind, and one a brand new bank book. Open Valentine’s Day accounts for the children. Union Trust Co. POULTRY CAR AT Seaboard Depot WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1932 We Will Pay Cash The Following Prices: Heavy Hens . 14c Leghorn Hens . 11c Cocks . ..7c Stags . 10c Ducks and Geese. 8c Turkey Hens —.. . 20c Young Toms. 16c Old Toms. 14c CLEVELAND FARMERS MUTUAL EXCHANGE, Inc. B. AUSTELL, President.
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