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Society; NfJ Ilf />/ MRS. RINK DRUM JE4 Ww WP • • • • (tditor) Mr*. Ilrum may be reached by telephone at The Star office on Mon day, Wednesday and Friday mnrn.nga at The Star office phone A-J. At other times at her home telephone No. 713. With Mrs. .larrett Mrs. B M, Jarretf will hr host- ] r.« tomorrow alter noon at 3 30 toj members of the Mothers- club at Its regular meeting, entertaining at her home on W Marion street.. All member* are invited to br present. Book Club To Meet Tomorrow tnm The Contemporary book club will base its Initial fall meeting tomor row afternoon at 4 o'clock at. the home of Mis* Charlinr Stanley in Fallston. Mrs Henry Edward* ^ -^p | To Have Study Club Mrs. Henry Edwards will be hostess to members of the Renais sance Study club at the opening meeting of the autumn season to morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock, en tertaining at her home on W Mar lon street. Second Division To Meet This Week The second division of the Wont sir's elub will meet on Thursday afternoon at. 3 30 at the home of Mrs J. R. Robinson with Mrs, Billy Davis, and Mrs. Paul Randall as sisting Mrs. Robinson as hostesses Mrs. J. T. Reason will be leader for the afternoon. Mr. Shoffner To Talk Before Garden flub Th# Garden rtub will hold Its flwi meeting of the autumn .sea eon tomorrow afternoon at 3 30 a! th# home of Mrs. Z J Thompson, ft. will be an Important and inter esting meeting and all members are urged to be present. The main feature of the meeting will be a talk by Mr. R. W Shoff ner on lawns and work, to be done in the garden at this season. Munir tnd Art* Club Will Meet Wednesday The music and arts division of five Woman's club will meet on Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock at. the home of Mrs. Rush Stroup with Mrs. Stroup. Mrs. J. W. Har btson and Mrs. Earl Honeycutt, as joint hostesses. This being the first meeting of the club this fall will be an Important one and every member is cordially urged lo bo present. ” Country Club Members #1 Entertained Friday Member* of the Ladies’ Golf club war# entertained on Friday after noon at bridge at. the Country club with Mrs. Draper Wood ar>d Mrs. C. B. McBrayer as hostesses. Four tables were placed for bridge. At the dose of the play the top score prise was awarded to Mrs. Clyde > Short. A sandwich course with acces sories was served at. the close o[ th# play. Mr. And Mr*. Gladden udjfr Dinner Hosts Mr. and Mrs B. T Gladden were hosts at a lovely dinner on Friday evening given in honor of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Dedmon of Birmingham Ala., who spent last week here with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Dedmon. Covers were laid for Mr. and Mrs. Dedmon, Miss Caroline and Joan Dedmon, Mr. and Mrs. R.. B Costner, Muss Mary Sue Dedmon and Mr. and Mrs. Gladden. Mr*. Stephenson • Honor* Visitor Mrs. B. O. Stephenson entertain ed at a amall bridge luncheon on Friday, honoring Miss Gwendoly n Dalngerfteld. of New York City and Blowing Hock who was the attrac tive week-end guest of Mrs. Charles Williams. Bridge was played during the morning at two tables, the high score prize going to Mrs. Jean Schenck at the close of the play. Miss Daingerfield was given a bos of stationery as a guest prize At the mornings close Mrs Stephenson served an elaborate ,twu rourse luncheon. Mr. And Mrs. Dedmon Honored At Dinner Mr and Mrs. Clarence Dedmon >t Birmingham. Ala., were honored at a small dinner party un Thursday evening, given by Mr and Mrs. R B. Costner at their home on Gro ver street The table was covered with a pretty lace cloth and cen tered with a bowl of flowers in mix ed shades A four course dinner «a: erved. Covers were, laid for Mr. and Mrs. Dedmon and two children. Caroline and Joan, Mr. and Mrs. A J. Ded mon and Mr. and Mrs. Costner. Mothers’ Club Buffet Supper Honoring Mr. Ltneberger A number of member.', o! Shr!bv ”oung social set en loved the buffet upper and bridge party given on Friday evening by Miss Katherine O'Farrell at her home in Kings Mountain in compliment to Slier rill Lineberger, who left yesterday io resume his studies at Duke uni versity. Guests Included: Mr. Ltneberger Misses Sara Dellinger, nnd Barn Thompson, George Blanton, Jr., .1 !.. Buttle snd Charles Sititzer, all of this place. Misses I-aura Mauney, Jean Ware and Bertie Wright and Jacob Mauney. Later In the evening additional guests arrived and bridge was en joyed, Kvening Division To Meet Thumdav. The evening division the Wom an's club will meet <n Thursday evening at 8 o'clock at the home of Miss Flossie Grice with Miss Grier and Mrs Boyce Dellinger as Jotnt hostesses All members arc urged In be present. ___,.— Shelby Women lele*l M Blow ins Rock Mrs F. R Morgan. Mr*. P, H ■ Laltimorr and Mrs S. 8. Roystei returned home Fndav after s|tentl mg last, week at Blowing Rock with Mrs, John Schepck at the Schcnck-. cottage. While there they were ex j tended a number of social courtesies On Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Scheijck j entertained al a small bridge party; I on Wednesday afternoon Mrs j. I, Snyder of Charlotte honored them, at a pretty party at her beautiful I summer home there; and on Thurs day afternoon-they'were again com pitmen!ed most delightfully a-tj bridge at Ihe summer home of Mr Cox of Wadesboiii These witlr a number of smaller social attention; made the week a most enjoyable one Miss Elliott Is Party Honoree Mrs W. J. Jone assisted by Mrs. Paul Randall, entertained at the former s home on N Washing ton street on Friday atternoon ai a miscellaneous shower honoring her sister, Mtss Belle Elliott, whose marriage to Mr Max Coble d Greensboro will lake place on Or tober 1: When the -guests arrive.' each was given a blank on which she sent Miss Elliott a clever tele gram and these were collected and read bv the bride-elect. The guests were again given slips of paper on which they wrote advice to the bride aaid these, when read, fur nished an entertaining feature. Ml ; Anna Beth Jones gave a delightful reading. "The Bride and the Butcher." after which Mtss ElK'a beth Austell, dressed as a Gipsy, ap peared at the door in quest of a charming bride-elect." After ;rad ing Miss ElUiott's palm ip clever original rhyme, she declared her to be the fortunate recipient of a largo basket of gifts which she presented lo her. At the afternoon drew to a close the hostess served r refreshing sandwich course with accessories in which a color scheme Of pink and green was carried out She was as sis ted in serving by Misses Anna Beth and Louise Jones. Pave Weath ers and Mrs. Randall Muss Elliott was die .sed for th occasion in a fall model of brown and tan crepe. Out of town guests present were j Miss Lewis Patterson of Patterson I Springs. Miss Bertha Beach of j Clinton and Miss Ora McWhirtc I of Blacksburg Texan Seeks A Probe Of Cotton ExchangelnN. Y. I an t l nrterstand Who 4.000 Bairs ] l.rss. ( aused Drop of 100 Mil lion Dollars. Austin. Fcxas. Sept 19 The Texas house ol represent a Uses to day adopted a resolution previously passed by the senate, iru morializing the secretary of agriculture and congress to regulate cotton ex changes to prevent a iceurrence of the unwholesome demoralization and malicious destruction of values" that allegedly follow publication of the September R government cotton crop report. The resolution cited that although the September 8 estimate sjiowed an Increase of only 1.000 bales in the anticipated production and saf es of textiles had increased 382 per cent and unfilled orders 113 pet ' cent, the price of cotton had drop-. ped S10 per bale In new of the) mall crop and Die increased pro-; dticlioti more than |200ooo.ono: (would have been placed in the nr.i lfries of trade had tjie price |e\»). (been maintained. the resolution, state! I -_■ .| 1 There's one office that always] 'seeks the man ... it is the tax col-' [lectors office. i Baffling Death Mystery Solved After A Suicide Bod? Of Mrs- Edith DuBois Kou&dj In Carefully Prepared Crypt. Plymouth, Mass., Sept. 16 Th body of Mrs Edith DuBoia of Tuck ahoe, N. Y., was found today in a carefully prepared concrete crypt, burled in the basement of her sum ! mer home, five hours after her • husband, Charles E DuBois, rom j milted suicide in a Quincy room ing house. The discovery came after a series of dramatic and swift-moving de velopments in what had been the most baffling mystery to confront Massachusetts authorities in recent years. From early morning, stale and I local police, assisted by a detail oi I National Guardsmen, carried on ml [a downpour of rain their search for. the woman, missing since August 10 Suicide Spurs Search Their hunt was spurred by new, from Qumcy that tile dapper 39 vear-old jeweler for whom a mur der warrant had been a-sked tin successful on Monday, had died from a self inflicted bullet wound DuBois. who had shaved his neat, waxed mustache, shot him olt in the | bathroom of the rooming house t which he had dwelt for three days as "Ralph Auric: on ' and died soon afterward in a hospital He left no I note, and never rrgaiiied ron.-nn :1 ness. 1 hr next sensation in. me ca < came when the work of dragging Great Herring 'pond. wit. enfied ab niptly and. wee d came fremv As: ud - ant District Attorney John W Sul livan to have ten men with -pick and shovels, ready to search the rottiiRe where new' construction had ! aroused suspicion ; , I Under a two-inch laser of con | erete and ciu.-lutl stone, the search era found the strongly built eon ] f ete box. rounded at tire top. The body was wrapped in blaci cloth, and bound with window core: with a pillow underneath the head Blood on the face caused police to express conviction Mrs DuBois had not been strangled but they would give no opinion as to tli cause of death until an autopsy | had been performed Decrease >' '•vn In Peop’c In Prison ' Raleigh, file p. i ii of NorMi Carolina , state pr'i on showed a net decrease of 9,7 during the tin? eight, month • 'of tin-, yea1 as com pared with a net nierca ■ of 433 fo the same period -last year. George Ross Pop, superintendent, reported Saturday. Tile August figures showed a de C-rca-e in prisoners of 12 during flu month, leaving a total of 2,791 eon victs in the Central prison and *!., camps and farms scattered over tire state. The averag- population - during the fiscal year 1931-32 was 2.814 recent figures of Mr Pou showed A $3.50 DICTIONARY for only 50c Here’ How To Get This Wonderful Value Renew your subscription to The Star for a year at $2.50 and pa> 50r extra, (for Mail Orders Add I Or for Postage.) (-'or *3 oo from mail sub scribers you set a year's Mibscriptton to Hie Star <155 copies* and this won derful word book contain ing bver 1.000 pages. The publishers' price on this dictionary alone is $3 50 but,, as long as the supply lasts you get the Star for a year and the $3.50 dic tionary all tor $3.00. No books sold separately. Each book packed in a nice carton and the pub iishei s price of $3.50 stamp ed on the container Ex amine it carefully and if you don't feel that it is worth the extra 50c. return it and get your money back. This is the same wonderful 1,000-page hook we have hen distributing for several years. It is illustrated, has synonyms and antonyms, foreign words and phrases, commercial and legal terms, weights and measures, the l . S. Constitution and the last census figures. The Cleveland Star MONDAYS' WEDNESDAYS FRIDAYS ’* The Cheapest Local Newspaper Per Copy Published In North Carolina. Made Her Dreams Come I rue At 70 .raving Civilization I lard-Working Scrub-Woman Rcali/.ii.'g llcr Ambition For almost hall a century.' from lie time she was an immigrant1 nil from Norway until she wa icarlx 70. Ranch l.erohl worked for .thor people she hrd dreams like atjvc r girls. of independence, a nemo if. her own arid a normal life such *? other women enjoyed But the reason she did not make these | dreams come true is her pwu secret. I About a year ago she had another j Iream. strange in some respects but [ perfectly natural because wander- ! lust and love of adventure arc part and parcel of human nature. No] doubt the blood of adventure Vik- ( ing ancestors in her veins had; something to do with this dream, j Tired of hard work, long hours, backache, cold winters and her gen eral hum-drum exislence. Miss Le rnhl, then working in St. Paul, Minn, packed her belongings in a rowboat and started drifting downj the Mississippi river, just to rest, to be alone and think and to see new sights* Her objective was New Or leans and the Gulf of Mexico, where she intended to spend her time Just as she used to on the lake near her girlhood home in Norway. Capper's Weekly told of her progress down the Mississippi, reaching St Louis about the first of the year, and of i he crowds who met; her at various stops Prom then on noth ing more wa; heard of her until re cent! v. She reached New Orleans early last spring.. where sympathizersi slave her a lifeboat to which she j attachedher little craft and con-j tinned drifting down the river to the gull There Captain Martin. Johnson of the United States Coast I Guard who heard of her story, ord-| ered a power boat which towed her; little "fleet" to an inlet formed by! Grand Isle and the mainland. "This is the home l have been dreaming1 of she told the captain, as they tied up her boats for her. This Inlet, known ns Bay des Het ty . once was the rendezvous of Jean Lcfifty's notorious pirate gang. Here lire pirates moored their fleet, that once preyed on Spanish galleons and any other luckless foreign ships that came: that way. All of which makes this spot the more appealing to this advcntwe-loving old woman Many of the natives of the region are descendants of Jean Lalitte and they gave her a cordial welcome. The Coast Guard has taken her under its wing but so far she hn proved abundantly able to take rare of herself She has put up a cabin for her home and fishes te her heart's content, or just loan, around and takes things easy With a net she recently made out of cord she catches crabs, a new diversion as well as adding a delicacy to her table. Food supplies not produced bv her own efforts she obtains at ilie store of .John Ludwig on the island for whch she pa.*.' with lire rid large-size dollar bills Oner a month some one sends her a letter j from St Paul, keeping her in fund.*,. I So, at ' three-score-and-ten." Ran dl Lemhi has found peace and con ; tenlment and has made her dr c m come true Wlio docs not envy her? STARTS ONE WEEK FROM TOMORROW TUESDAY, SEPT. 27 Starts The First Free Fair Ever Held In Cleveland County.... With The Largest (Traveling Coney Island) Mid way Attractions Ever Brought To Shelby... The First A. K. C. Dog Show Ever Held In North Carolina_Fire works Every Night.... Attractions Every Day And Night-Horse Racing... Large Crowds... More To See...More To Do... BRING THE FAMILY The Gate Admission Is Free Come Every Day And Every Night
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