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THE bPLN. so. IH IS TO BECOME THE FLTLRr "NEW ENGLAND Tl lr ! '. v I RIAL CENTER OF A M RICA. I ! ,11 ,'T M S, AND SHELBY AURORA VOL. XL1I. NO 4y 'First in Everything. - N'JKI'H CAROLINA SATURDAY ' t-ar ; 5c tht. "opy. CAMP BREAKS THE RECORD Charlotte Expects ( amp to Be Enlarged Becaiuse of Uw Death Rate. Charlotte, N. C, Special Camp Greene may toon become a macs larger city than Charlotte, and the military population of $7,000 may be come 60,000 or 800 if reports ap parently well substantiated are cor rect There. Km bee a rumor for some time Uwt three major generals are to be teat to the camp and that three sttvMons instead of one will be hullt around the skeleton units w he-There is trustworthy" ev idence timl the camp is te tret more atteglHMi from the War Department and ' become one of the biggest in the eountry. It may be the remark able health record that is influenc ing tfc War Department During a period f three months, with an av erage population of 20,000, the death rate mi been almost negligible. Of ficial reports show only five deaths to date, or an annual rate of only one to the thousand, a figure that is 15 or 10 times better than the death rate in" Charlotte or any other town in the South Atlantic States. There has been sickness and at times many patients were in the big base hospital, but the staff under Major Sheep, originally a North C ar olina doctor, aided by a corps of graduate nurses, has kept the deaths so low that the camp is a far safer place to reside than any city in the Carolinas. Only four deaths from pneumonia have been recorded since Camp Greene was occupied by the first company of Tarheel troops in August. Wives Work in Cotton Mills A most interesting story is being told of the fidelity and devotion of several young wives of soldiers, who have taken jobs in cotton mills in the city In order to be near their husbands. It isalso known that not a few wives of soldiers are securing posi tions in local dry goods stores in or der that they may be able to sup plement the salaries, -of their soldier-huibsnda,- an v help pay for rooms, ffmpAnM1 and - ffcial . .dnrfnff thAtvta v prices.fon, tm..ft TtSfJare o ...V wives f J Camp Green 6ffiecrs , .and soldiers re -saying, t V'T-xri5& '. Christmas CeJehraUoa-Planiied if Over?4 f 3,009 has ;bee raised -y. a committee of citizens who plan for a -great Christmas celebration for the soldiers on December 24. A four hour program will be put on, begin ning with a contest between 15 or 20 regimental bands, followed by free vaudeville, till dark, and then the huge Christmas tree iluminated by thousands of electric lights. Char lotte girls, - stationed in' booths in eVery regimental reservation will hand out to each of the 25,000 sol diers a Christmas gift of cigars, cigarettes, candies and fruits. A silver offering cup will be pre sented by the citizens of Charlotte to each regiment at Camp Greene. Dr. R. M. Gidney, Cleveland's farm demonstrator, is arranging to take a stock, canned goods, etc., are being printed in blank forms. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Shull, Jr., and two children, formerly of Gaffney, S. C, spent several days here last week with Mr. Shull's father, before leaving for their new home in Bir mingham, Ala. .OHIO PEOPLE FREEZING FOR -U'k OF CO A I l.uurnof (ox Ask for Authority to ( te Coal finwrruir Cox uf Ohio has wired the oal Administrator at Washington, asking permission, similar to that giv en the State of Michigan, to confis cate some of (he coal which is lying m box cars on side tracks throughout the State, the coal being shunted to one side heoaaae of the great conges tion of freight em practically all lines of railway A: "If yon tmt do something like this people will lose confidence in the gov ernment, because they believe your or der ii tint-tared with injustice If it it carried out arbitrarily without any flexibility." Thousands of Ohio homes have been without a particle of coal this wtarter, and during the last few days of below zero weather reports from over the state indicate untold suffering and several deaths. The homes of the wealthy as well as the poor have been affected. State officials have reports showing that thousands of tons of coal are standing on railroad sidings in Ohio, the railroads being unable to move it because of congested transportation facilities due to war and to the cold weather. Farce Closing Schools Many schools over the state have been forced to close down, including Ohio State University, and many churches are holding union services in order to conserve the little coal they have on hand. Many office buildings are without heat, and in some places business practically has been sus pended. Cincinnati was the coldest place in Ohio today, the minimum temperature there being twelve degrees below zero. U was nine below at Columbus, eight below at Dayton, two below at Toledo and two above zero at Cleveland, the weather bureau announced. Many trains have been annulled be cause of the cold weather, and those that are running are hours late. Tele graph and telephone communication is still seriously interfered with. Wash ington Star. GOOD FRIENDS Of PAPER Come In to See the New Man ager and Pay Their Sub scriptions to This Paper Th, r :;.,,, The Highland ; allegiaiui :,, th. 1st: "d friends of renewed their M' -r since Dec. THE SNOW MAN COMES 11! The, Biggest Snow fat r . North' taroUnT!.V, 4KitBJe nor then half of thet2utaetern States, was visited by a big aaoW storm' 6n Tuesday .evening, which left a blanket of fine white snow to a depth of from 4 inches in Asheville to about 10 inch es in Eastern Carolina and Virginia. It was 7 inches deep in Shelby, cover ing an already frozen ground. j Wednesday showed no signs of a thaw, leaden clouds for the most part obscuring the sky. KKNrVS .s C. (i. Kirharda Z. T. Bracken i- T. l'ton Zero McNeill J. B Horn Jno. M. Hum en John Hani nek 1). Parker Mrs. A C. Hranton I.. 1.. Seism J. K. Wright F. ( '. Champion S. 11 Sain J. Sam I.. H Haumnardmr J K DaviH J I.. I'oteet A. V Palter-. in W. I 1 aw- M-:V St list Ii I HI. Its John l.edford D. M Wort man I). O. Willis Julius e Ion W. J. Self H. H. lilac k W. M. Ilaumgardner P. A. W right H. A. Hartnian J. H. Downs A. A. Pruett W. C. Fortenberry W. J. Lail J. L. Poteat There is room here for your Can we enroll you next vuove gentlemen for their consideration and kind words for the paper. ttn. M I "LITTLE B ' Po-o 1 I I I I 1 j rk of II Killed In K .. . ; I miik a ' J K 1 1 I i : : . 1 Jailed I n dher th a if.-, due t.i all. .a , gUI.s. was tha' ., '. Shelby Wedne-.l,. . ' httie Ab Post, t , !,. : ; , . , i of Mr and Mrs A I, 1' ' , . by Ralph Griffin, of i. . age There are several -t,,r , -tragedy. It appears that wag walking along with ,,ui. Favel, son of Mrs S 1' l ,n were approaching the h. u-. , son Dickson, back .,f A Ralph Griffin was standing . th, porch with 8 ritle, which he ha, I t., r rowed from Spurgeon t'abaiu- t hunt rabbits. Young Favel 8tU that the t.r tlm boy shouted to Ab, "Give Tin h. t' ' And that little Ah may not haw hear, I him, but walked on, whereupon nung Griffin leveled his gun and tired, the shot taking effect in the temple uf the Poston boy, who took fourteen steps, forward and dropped in the sin.w This1 was about 2 p. m. At six oYlock he breathed his last, without ever having regained consciousness. Interment was at Zoar church Thursday after noon. The Griffin boy was arrested, taken before Recorder Falls and then Indeed in jail A further hearing i- epe. ted to take place today i Friday i The young prisoner stales that 1,, a-ked young I'oston to hold mit In- air rdle for him to shout at, and uh. n lit tie All held out his irtin, Gnilin lived with the unexpected tragical iv-nit The eighth grade children, with win. in little Ab was a favorite, w.-nt in a body to his homo to pay tribute to their dead companion Young Griffin's mother is dead and he has been living at the home .,(' his unole, Will Hippy. His father. i,.,k Griffin, summoned by wire, came to Shelby Thursday from Winnshoio. S C, where he is working at the carpen ter trade with Mr. Julius Branton. E f . t T - b A cui:iDV'c urn POSTOFFICL OPEN M a (j n 1 1 f i r , -tit bb 000 -frurlure Houses L'i'c lo Sam - Prop erty Onn of Fr pst. Mr T d.e. 1' , -ii'..! on. im,ee, i bad w,. d H Ilk -Ible al.t r till ' , , i : r ' Lire-' post ' lie vvern ' '-..noo, has this week, . ! ,uttit be . difiee Mon W,ll ,1 Rob w rked all 'nest struc- ated in a 'teen thou i about two brick build being "built FATTENS MEN IN NEUTRAL LANDS Kaiser Sends Conscripts Abroad Before Entering Into Ac tive Service. HENRIETTA PROGRESS Henrietta, Special There is no Thursday mornine looked ominous doubt but that the people of Henri- of continued snow and that afternoon etta are wide-awake, in doing their it peppered to a further depth of D'.t. in social work, in raisina still about half an inch. The indications higher the standard of hospitality, and are as The Highlander goes to press along with all this they do not forget that it will be one of those rare snows -"eir ""ty patriotically, which lie for weeks on the ground. I You will find that they are co- The "cold spell," beginning on Sun- workers in all progressive movements, day, the 9th, King Winter drove the The superintendent made a good thermometer down to 19 degrees, with move when he had a theater con- a high keen wind to enforce his de- s true ted at this place, the machine be- crees. Monday was a still day, but one of the best that could be the merenrv crawled down to 12 in bought. It onened UD Fridav eveninu-. census of the farms of the county, in J the t,ariy m"urlljng. The snow season showing five reels to an audience of January, through the public schools, has ranK m temperature from "bout five hundred. This will be help- yuestions as to acreage, yieius,, v , around 19 to 31. nil along the line ot education for new Old citizens remark upon the dry, ideas can be grasped easier when fine snow and the early approach of seen by the actual eyesight. Along severe weather, making them think of with education is the moral side. It "old times," and they prophesy the brings the boys and girls into a social hardest winter yet, with Shelby coal ;rathering for some good purpose dealers minus coal and water pipes in which has been carefully planned by hundreds of homes are frozen "bone the superintendent and others in se- dry." 1 lectins the very best pictures. I Waterworks .superintendent Julius there was a box supper given at The Cade Mfg. Co. is building two Weathers has worked all night for the hall recently for the benefit of of its "Compotype" line-casting ma- several nights at the river pumping night school, and partly .for dav chines for demonstration purposes jka s.Aqpqg oaks o uoibis . school in which the people responded one by the Penn Pressed Metal Co. 1 supply from a "freeze-up" cheerfully and raised the sum of at Camden, N. J., and the other at the . This is the "sunny south," say the f $61.43 in all. The prize cake brought shops of A. Nacke & Son, PhHadel-; soldiers from the North encamped in , $33. Miss Eula McMahan was the WOULDN'T LET SOLDIERS HAVE THE POTATOES winner of the cake. The authorities are planning to phia. Mr. Cade, the inventor, .s s 'p- these parts, prinrendinp- the construction work in Camden. Mr. M. A. Turner, presi- , ad Weifare Worker is at the Cliff- ?5uiP a, building for the welfare of dent of the Bank rf Gastonia nnd I',. I side Mii)8 the people of Henrietta mill, including B. Capps of Wilson have Deen aaaen snower Datns, liDrary, etc. to the directorate. j The Cliffside mills, of Cliffside, 'have employed -Miss Jennie Y. Flem- First Lieutenant B. P. Caldwell and . jng as community welfare worker. A committee was anDointed to can vass the town to raise money as a con tribution for the benefit of the brave, Bennettsville, S. C, Special In re sponse to the request for potatoes to be sent to the soldiers, about 75 bushels were left. ,atbei:Verk the boys wanter6 potatoes, but when he wrote to the camp that the potatoes were ready to be shipped, he received the following reply: "Camp Jackson, Nov. 26, 1917. "Mr. Tom C. Hnnier, Bennettsville, S. C. "Dear Sir: I am in receipt this A. M. of your letter of Nov. 24th ad vising that you had collected 75 bushels of sweet potatoes which you had desired to donate to us here. This is a handsome present and I appreciate the sentiment which prompts it. Army regulations, how ever, do not permit the acceptance of presents of this kind. I am therefore compelled to decline it with thanks. "Very truly yours, "K. A. I. yon, "lpt. ll'JlSrd Inf. Those who contributed potatoes for this purpose may call at the clerk's office before noon Saturday and get them. If not called for by that tunc they will either be sent to the or phanages or sold and the proceeds given to the Red Cross and V M. ('. A I'ee Dee Advocate. I'l l'" A FOR DEMOCRACY l.egare Circulates I'etition Concerning Case. T. Keith l.egare, scoutmaster of the Boy Scouts in Columbia, is circulating a petition which will be presented to Mni Cen C .1 Hailev The paper re spectfully rcpie-ls the commander in chief of Camp Jackson to adopt the same "Anti Caste Order" as Cen. II. A. Creep of Camp Lewis. Tacoma, Wash., which reads: "This is an army of democracy and it must remain democratic Officers and men of my command may meet as social eiuals outside the cantonment." Columbia State. Mrs. Caldwell of Cliffside have been Miss Fleming has been on the ground i enthusiastic soldiers now in the unending- a few davs in Launnbure, . for severa weeks, meeting the people , ""v u uatueiieios 01 r ranee guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. and Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Li. tiaweii. L,ieui. Caldwell entered the second officers' training camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. and was recently commissionea nrsi lieutenant. He has been assigned to and laying out plans for her year's program of work. This program will embody many varied activities which will be regu larly reported in this department. Among the many improvements The Sunday schoon are nroo-rpssinij' nicely, with an enrollment of about 600. Good Sunday schools are an in dication of future prosperity. The president of the mill Mr S R Tanner, presented to the public school th. fr of Col. Pickering. U. S. R.. at ' m.H about the millsd urine the year . n,ce. . ot of Kof beneficial books for Chickamauga Park, Chickamauga, has been a large addition to the of- . ,1Drry, which the school very Tenn., and has been ordered to report I f,ce building. A second story has mniy appreciates. The. school has -Lunnourg rx- been added and this has been cut up rC - v - numuer 01 good dooks into a number of beautifully appoint-, " ainaness or tne county j tv, ,kiA kniMino. h superintendent, which is eauallv n- A civil service examination will be been done' over and with fresh coats precia ted. Charlotte Observer. , i i t iou Tae. I rt vamioti and nAina it n regents a I 1 mastership of Belwood. The office j very attractive appearance. Char lotte Observer. there December 15.- change. said S223 the last fiscal year. Those wishing to stand the examination can frocure blanks from thepostmaster at elwood or from the Civil Service Commission, Washington, D. C. Mrs. Susan Borders Austell, widow of the late Hon. Wm. G. Austell of Gaffney, S. C, died at her home in that city on Friday night of last Wm U rwmkpr hut the weath- week, at the age of 74 years. er is never too cold for the real friends 1 Mr. J. L. Poteat paid The Highland of The Highlander to send us in some er a visit this week and incidentally subscription money. Every dollar subscribed for the paper, remarking sent in will be used to make the pa- that it was "the best paper he ever per better. "ad." - I Aw 't Overlook I I &st sabscriptioB. M yap I are la arrears remember I tbat we cas always Had I good ate for I the MONEY j Hon. and Mrs. Zeb Vance Walser of Lexington have announced the en gagement of their daughter, Miss Patsy Adderton, to Lieutenant Hiram Barncklow Turner of Indianapolis', Ind., the marriage to take place at Lexington on January ,rth. The groom-to-be is a graduate of Wabash College, 1915, and is stationed at Louisville, Ky. Miss Walser is a graduate of Peace Institute, Raleigh, and a former student of the Cincinnati Conservatory. For two years she was teacher of music at the Boiling Springs High School and during the past year has had charge of the music department of the Shelby city schools. She is a daughter of a for mer attorney -general of North Car olina (1896-1900) and is a young lady of great charm, talent and attractiveness. Lawndale's new hosiery mill. oned by W. R. Newton, D. Klmore and oth ers, is starting up this week, with ten knitters and five lonpers. Mr. Fl mer MrKinney. who secured his train ing in the north, is the superintend ent. He expects to move his family to I.awndale. CUT DOWN RATIONS AT HOME Germans Take Foo:l From Invaded Territory and Export it to Scan dinavia to Keep Up Pretense of Shipping Food. London. New Inltu nun o.n .,f a high ly interesting character eutirernitig German food supplies lias been obtain ed. Submarine crews are now the best fed of any of the fintiting men in the whole German service. This has been ordered to attract men to It. At the same time it is Germany's Intention to do most of its submarine high mortality In flje. undersea work and the necessity of saving the regular naval otlicers and men for the high seas fleet. Food damouflage. In order to send o per cent of Ger many's foodstuffs to Denmark and Sweden, this amount, it is stated, is being withdrawn from persons in occu pied territories. It is considered vital ly necessary as propaganda that Ger ninny should lie able to make a pre tense of sending food outside. T,i help counterbalance this expor tation. It Is known that In recent months Germany has been sending a considerable number of conscripts Into neutral countries to fatten up, prelim inary to active service. The shortage In food In many big manufacturing centers has 1,-d to the return home of many highly skilled Dutch and Scandinavian workmen, de spile l.iL'li wages ottered. Others pe riodically go home to put in a few weeks on belter rations, returning again to obtain the higher wages. The latest food simisiios from l.er many, which cover a period from An gust M the present time, iiidi.nte thai new llour was placed in inari.. I in Berlin during August, whereas a our ago it wasn't done until Nov. ml er. This was imperative heeau-e of the shortness of t ln jio'ato er..p in some sections. Seven pounds weekly is the flour ration now, as compared with ten and a hrdf pounds last year. There has tieen a heavy increase In the price of condensed milk through out Germany since August. Causing Night Blindness. The dearth of fodder is: the most dangerous aspect of the food situa tion because Germany Is trying to maintain a large amount of live stock. The ration has now Been reduced from 250 grams to 'J(X) and 150. Germany's lending medical men are now more frank thnn ever before In statements that malnutrition, if con tinued long, will mean the elimination of the weakest and explain that night blindness Is the disease now spreading In the fatherland Just as It did in the wake of the famine In early pe riods of history. Neutral doctors testify to the In crease in cases of perforation of the Intestines as a result of the lack of food. A report .lust Issued by Insur ance companies declares malnutrition Is exceeded only hy military service ns the cause of the greatest number of deaths. i i"i ' ', it r.. a. ' , i.'cti' V i.g the ;,:,.w It - 1 I ba(.;;, !h. toe tur. . Nvrt. ' ar....i.a tow" ha. lie les. :,,., -and population j The 1 ' r r rial , r, t . ' "I'". - for a r, in I.ke mo-' ..f :h,,-, . : 1 lav - t it 'I h, rt ehh.nHr n -'iried up pul.i:.' -entiietit against On red brick design i),al protests " ' '" Congressman Webb and he "'Id up matt, rs with the treasury de oartrn. -it unt ! ;(,, white pressed hn. k materia -,, tuted. The i".i Id:':. upon the lot at , .ot-iier ,.f Winter, .ind Washing-;- u b. re v. located .Shelby's -! t -tU ' i,ri. r the i ' j War. ' h !..'. W i,re p.- wa- post ' i i , i ' . i 1 ' ' 1 1. I and ' ; i ti 11 w ere t he niti ' ' '"Tim, . w,,i k ;,i April, : Ibit li n! broke on aiioth- ' i " I "ding company lia.l ' n.-i. th. Ar: This delave.l mat ' i it, :iio Mi d,dph Diet 7 was i" I-.. ..1 ee, r,-.,. ,r Candler 1 a'i pl H M r .b.'m V wig of High I'o1 nt . ' ,1 .'I, i t h,. govern- in. it - r I. . . t h. supervisor of , "'ii-:. lion f,,i- "', 1, Sam." ' A fuller write-up o' the building ! and of its force will apt ear next week, I w hen we will publish a nice cut the hrst real photograph of the building ever to tie published. United States Civil Service Examina tion First Grade or Clerical January 91, 1918 The United, i in iHiiim mil w ii i on en rnmj January 19, 1918 at any first or se cond class postoffice in the States of maryiand, rvortn Uarolina, Virginia, and West Virginia, and the District of Columbia, where the l ommission has a local Board of Examiners, to se cure eligibles from which to make cer tification to fill vacancies in first grade or clerical positions in the va rious branches of the Field Service, unless it is found to be in the interests of the service to fill any vacancy by reinstatement, transfer, or promotion. It is expected that a la-ge number of vacancies in the Internal Revenue service will be filled from the first grade or clerical register. The demand for male eligibles for clerical positions in the navy yard at Norfolk, Virginia, at f MS per diem, has been greater than he supply. Competitors will be i amined in the following hrst grade : will have the relative cat od on a basis of 10C arithmetic. ibjects, which weights inrli Spelling, 10, 'iip, la, letter id correcting ihv and civil ti pennu writing. L'.ri. copying manuscript. 1'.. gene government. 111. The re.Uirement th.t competitors shall receive u ratin- ..f at least 70 ner e. nt m arithmetic ;.nd lio per cent. in report writ ins' (now letter writing! I , one elielhlo. ha been omitted. The , ;v and . ha. -i umination ar.,1 the r cen i heat ion are she Form lo'. "Instru. cants. I-'..-,, rth Civil ?. Five h.e.l- will he : examinat ion A ge, 1 S years or ov the examination. Applicants must su aminer on the day of their photographs, la' years, securely past t . Provided on the adpii them after their appi Tintvpes. group ; "ifs will not be ac This examination is ns of the United St tne requirements. I-'or application ban nduress the Secretary- of the United States Civil Service Board at the cus tomhouse or postoffice at any of the examination points, or the District Secretary at the addri ss below. Applications must be properly exe cuted and filed with tht District Secre tary at Washington, D. C, in time for him to arrange for the examina tion. Secretary Fourth Civil Service District, Washington, D. C. d: ('.. ... Morrison has ooened a dry and repair shop in the music store of W. A. Pendleton. They ex pect to occupy the former post office site, as soon sr. it is made ready for t hem. f the ex. le ; govc-ping n further in ions to Appli vice Dist rict " '.lowed for this on the date of out to the ex he examination en within two ' in the space :on cards sent at ions are fil otographrs, or pted. nen U all citi t tes who meet (Form 1371) Testing Precious Stones. The science of optics has In the last year or so given much aid to jewelers n making tests that are said to be ab solutely conclusive as to the nature of a gem. The refractive Index, or the power of bending light rays, is deter mined as to precious stones in the same way as that of the spectacle Imiiecb which the opticians sell.