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7 Tjf 0 A TAPER OF THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE, AND TO BE PAID TOR BT THE PEOPLE. VOL. XIV. NO. 16. SHELBY, N. C, WEDNESDAY APRIL 19, 1905. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR L.v.ciFTTF! Trt rflTTfiN FABfflFftt Les That They Surprise The World by Reducing Acreage. Dan. J. Sully, one of the great est friends the farmers of the ;0Uth ever had, is out in a letter n which he urges tha reduction f cotton acreage. He advises ha farmers not to be led astray U the present prices, and to (rain surprise the world by frreatly reducing the acreage bis year. The letter is short Ind to the point, and if the ad- rice contained therein is adopted he farmers of the south will be nillions of dollars better off this ime next year tnan tney are at, jiresent. Here is Mr. bully's Setter: 0 THE COTTON , GROWERS OP THE SODTH: If vou wish to win your battle, nd obtain a fair price for your o.ton, you must reduce your create very considerably. You have surprised the world y tee manner iu wdicu .tou lave held your cotton. Surprise t again by cutting down your :reage. Do not be led astray by the resent steadiness of prices. Three causes have contributed Jo bring about this rise of more ha a one cent a pound. First. The urgent need aris- pg from an unprecedented con- umption. Second. Your courage and Irisdom in making the buyer feet your terms. Third. The beliel that you lould cut your acreage to such h extent that the supplies from pis crop and tne growth of 1905- would make a commercial fop no larger tnan tne world eeds. The first two causes lost thpir brce the moment it ,is known hat there is a prospect for a oaerately large crop next year, ven if the mills take 12,000,000 tales during the current season, his would leaye a carry-over of 000,000. Hence the necessity ' a smaller crop this year. Do not let any rise in prices Jctwten now and the end of the wanting season deter you' from Educing your acreage. Such an advance would be an cipating that you were making he decrease which your friends pve advised you to mak. n the June reports of the gov- rnment show that you have fail I to make sufficient reduction e only persons who would be piners by the advance would be s speculators who sell out leir futures at a profit. The price of the cotton you roduce will be regulated by the Etual, not the expected, reduc- on. Don't depend on your neigh- pr to do the reducing. In this matter of aTpage re action bear in mmd three sug- estions: Don't rely on bad weather to pit down the crop. Don t put a large acreage into pttoa siirpiy because it is too te to plant corn or other diver- fied crops. It. would be far bet- r to let part of your land he le iban to run the risk or rais g a crop so large as to make bssible another period of low need cotton. I am making this appeal to ou because 1 regird the nex tw Teeks as critical in the buth and because I believe that ery man who is interested in he welfare of the south should irge the importance of a reduc on in acreage. Death ef Mrs. Emetine l ee. Mrs. E aeline Lee di.e at her tome at Sharon PridaS at the pe old acre of 82 year.' She jad lived a long 'ife of Cjmstian feryiro and ncofnlnocs pi'1 wna ved by all who knewheV Mrs. pe had been a memb'T oi jh.aron Methodist chu" for GO ,ears. Her remains we. ud o est In the Sharon r.hurJ 9me- fry Saturday, the fure1' y se" Ices being couducted bV f. ti. York, of Shelby. Humphries-Walker. Mr. Era.st.na Htimnh rip and liss Leicie Walker were mwieil t New House April 16, the cere iony being performed by Rev. I D. Harrill, of Ellenboro. The TARextends its congrai ulatioui BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION. Relatives and Friends Celebrate the 82no Birthday of Rev. Jno. Ruppe. To the Editor of TmStae: On Tuesday, April 11 the 82nd oirmaay oi Kev. John Kuppe, was celehrated by his children, neignoors and friends, at La roins church in No. L township, At 11 o'clock a. m.. Rev. A. J. Coaner preached an able sermon wcicn was fallowed by interest ing addresses bv Rp.vr. Ti P. Greene and John Ruppe. After mis, dinner was served, and an elegant one it was, only such as the good ladies can always pre pare. Everyone present show ed their att)reeiat,ion hnth hv having good appotites and by complimentary speech. A part of the afternoon was spent in song service, and the music rendered was excellent, also several verv short but inter esting address were made rela tive to the life of Brother Ruppe aDd or tht great and lasting work he ha accomplished. Mr Ruope has been an or. dained minister for 30 years, and has discharged his duty faithful ly. He has done a ereat work in this country; a founder of several churches, and is blessed with health and strength to heln carry on the great work in which he is so much interested. His home is just over the line in South Carolina, and many hearts have been nude glad because he has sent them away with two hearts that beat as one, having married over 600 couples. The immense crowd present enjoyed the day greatly, and re ioiced that thev could meet and honor one we all have so much confidence in. G. R. P. D. Gaffney, S.C., April 17. Death oF Mrs. Elizabeth Carpenter. King's Mountain Herald. Mrs. Elizabeth Carpenter, widow of the late Wm. Carpen ter, and mother of our towns men, A. P. and M. M. Carpenter and Mrs. C. S. Crouse, died at the home of her son, M. M. Car penter in this place at 4 o'clock Tuesday morning and was bur ied at St Marks church on yes terday. Her pastor Rev. Mr. Kohn, of Cherryille conducted her funeral services in presence of a large audience. Mrs. Car penter was 86 yeirs old and a good, quiel Christian woman. Since the death of her husband Mrs. Carpenter has made her home with her son in this place. Mrs. Carpenter has b-en in de clining health for some time, but old aae was the prime cause of her death. Wholesale Grocery House. Mr. Ab. Blanton and family, of Marion, arrived Monday and they will make Shelby their future home. We give them glad and cordial welcome. Mr. Blanton is a successful and pro gressive business maa and he will open at ooce his wholesale grocery business in the Lineber per brick building, near the Lineberger shop, and will do an extensive business. The firm name will be A. Blanton Grocery Co., and Mr. Blanton will give the business his personal atten tion. Death of Mr. -Dover. VI r. Willis Dover, a highly re upected citizen of Beam's Mill, died at his home on Monday morning, Apr. 10th, of grippe. Deceased was aa ex Confederate soldier, was 65 year old, and leaves a wife and several chil dren to mourn his less. His body was laid to rest Tuesday at Pleasant drove Baptist church graveyard, Mr. L. A. Wright making a short Ulk at the grave. The Star extends its sympathy to the sorrowing family and rela tives in their great bereavement. Graded School to Close Monday, May I. The Shelby graded school will close Monday, May 1st. with graduating exercises. The stud ents who have completed the graded school course and who will receive their diplomas are Misses Gertrudo Hamrick and Mabel Jjlton. In addition to the ordinary graduating exercises, there will be songs, and recita tions by several young ladies and declamations and orations by wral youig men. MARRIAGE AT STICE A Popular Young Couple ; Marries A Fishing farty-Cemings and Goings. Special to Thi 8IAB. Stice, April 18. Oa last Sun day afternoon, April 16th, one of the prettiest marriages of the season took place at the resi dence of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Run yans, of Earl, when their charm ing and accomplished daughter, Miss Belle, became the wife of Mr. Hubert Powers, of Blacks burg, S. C, Rev. I. T. Newton, of Blacksburg, performing the ceremony in a very gracetul and impressive manner. The bride was attired in a lovely white gown, trimmed with lace . and ribbon, and was quite beautiful. The groom wore the convention al black. Messrs. Baxter Bet tis and Cleve Webber, of Earl, were the handsome groomsmen, and the lovely bridesmaids were Misses Dottie Byers, of Patter son Springs, and Rubie Kun yans, of Earls. Quits a crowd of friends and relatives attend ed the marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Powers left Monday for their home at Blacksburg, S. O., car rying with them the best wishes of a host of friends for a long and happy life to gother. Miss Mayme McCraw, one of Gaffneys' loveliest young ladies, will arrive Sunday to be the guest of her friend, the fascinat ing Miss Myrtle Borders. Miss Hula Powers attended the Powers Runyans nuptials, at Earl Sunday. Miss Robbie Hopper, of Earl, was a delightful guest at Mr. C. A. Borders Sunday. Mr. D P. Byers, of Patterson Springs, spent Sunday most pleasantly at Stice. Mrs. balhe Gibson and daugh ter, Miss Belle, visited at Mr. S. M. Moore's last week1 Messrs. T. H. Abcrnathy and three sons. Chess, Charlie and Tucker, Graham Anthony and D. Lineberger, Jr., of Shelby, came down the river fishin? oa Saturday afternoon. They caught some very large fish. The frost has not killed all the fruit yet. To Marry in Texas. It is a source of great pleasure to his many friends in his native county to learn that Mr. Geo. Franklin Simmons, formerly of Cleveland county, is to be mar ried to-day, and that his bride is one of the fairest young ladies of th Lone Star State. Mr. Sim mons has been in Texas three years and is associated in busi ness with his uncle, Mr. W. A. Martin who is also a native of Cleveland county. Mr. Simmons was one of the most popular.and energetic young men of this county, and he h-is the congra tulation of his friends here on his success in the business world in Texas as well as the matri monial. We copy the following from a Paris Texas daily: "On Wednesday evening, Apr 19th, Rev. J. T. Pinson will per form the ceremony which will unite in wedlock Mr. G. F. Sim mons aud Miss Pearl Hicks at the home of the bride's parents on Pine Bluff street. Miss Hicks is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Uiram T. Hicks and an estim able young lady whose pretty rae and charming traits have won for her a large circle of frinds. Mr. -immons is a nep hew of Mr. W. A. Martin, a young man of sterling qualities and a gentleman in every sense. Mr. and Mrs. Simmons will beat home at 801 Limar avenue. Mr. Smith Goes to Charlotte. Mr. Charts H. Smith who has been in Shelby as druggist with Julius A. Sattle, upon the re tirement of Mr. SutUe from the drug business, hai moved to Charlotte and accepted a posi tion as druggist with Messrs. J. P. Shaw A Company. Mr. and M'.s. Smith came here from Newton several months ago an i grew very popular with the Shelby people who regret they have moved away. A reporter of the Charlotte Observer says this of them : "Both Mr. and Mrs. Smith have many friends in this city who will gladly wel come thera back to a permanent residence here." ALDERMAN PRESIDENT OF UNIVERSITY. Native of North Carolina and Former President of Our Own University. ; Charlottesville, Va., April 13. Dr. Edwin A. Alderman of North Carolina was today inaugurated president of the University of Virginia. "Dr. Alderman is one of the most eloquent and scholarly ora tors in America," once remark ed the head of a great Baltimore University, speaking of the new president of the University of Virginia. Another note ! schol ar remarked at another time "He has about him more of the evidences of culture than any other man I know," Dr. Alderman has about him something of the atmosphere of the ancient Greeks. Thorough ly modern, a man who enjoys life and whose pulse beats in unison with his time, yet some how he reminds you of Pericies, and you know he would have been no mean citizen oi the Athens that built the Parthenon and pave the world a priceless contribution of eloquence and poetry, philosophy and art. Eloquent and polished, he does not sacrifice matter to manner and has a very practical way of carrying out his ideals.' Born at Wilmington, N. U. May 15, 1861, he b3longs dis tinctly to the new generation which had no part in the war be tween the states. Trained for college at a Virginia school, he went to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and graduated there in 1892 as a bachelor of philosophy. As soon as he got his diploma he began teaching school and was soon the superintendent of pub lic school ot the town of Golds boro, N. C. He became inspired with the idea that education was the salvation oi the south. With his intimate friends, Dr. Charles D. Mclver, he weat through the state holding teachers' institutes. In a few years Dr. Alderman was called to the University of North Carolina as professor f the history and philosophy of education. Two years later, in 1996, he was elected president of the University of North Carolina to succeed Dr. George T. Win ston. He made a notable record as president and won a national reputation as an orator and edu cator. When Col. William Pres'on Johnston died Dr. Alderman was elected to the place left vacant by Col. Johnston's death presi dent of Tulane University at New Orleans. That Institution was rich and has fine possibili ties. He infused into it the uni versity spirit and made it an ac tive force in the life of New Or leans. Big Missionary Meeting. Charlotte Observer. Asheville, April 13. The year's event in the history of Southern mis'-ionary Methodism will be the gathering in Ashe ville in May of the South Atlan tic Missionary Conference, which comes for a four days' conven tion and which in all probability will be attended by from 1,500 to 2,000 delegates, iacluding the most prominent bishops, minis ter and missionaries of the Southern church. The conven tion will convene in the City Auditorium on Thursday even ing, May 17, when Bishop Hoss will preach the opening sermon, and continue in session four days. Methodists of Asheville are looking forward to the great gathering with a great deal of interest and preparations are be ing made this week for the enter tainment of the 100 or more dele gates who are on the official pro gramme. The remaining dele gates to the conference and other prominent Methodists who will be in atteadance will defray Iheir own expenses while in the city. The conference in Asheville this y-mr will be distinctly ona of education and inspiration, and in referring to this a well known Methodist publication says: "Justly these two: for never yet was there enthusiasm without knowledge, or zeal without direc tion, that did not waste much of its fire." The solemn-looking surgeon is apt to be a great cut-up. 550 SHARES SUBSCRIBED. Shelby Building and Loan Association Meets Thursday Night and 550 Shares Taken Much Enthusi asm Manifested 50 More Shares to Make it Permanent. In accordane with a previous announcement, a meeting of the citizens of Shelby was held in Blanton's Hall Thursday night for the purpose of stirring up interest in and placing upon a pirmanent working, basis the Shelby Building and Loan Asso ciatioa. At no other industrial meetiug held in Shelby for many years has there been such a large crowd and so much intar est and enthusiasm. Mr. C, C. 'Blanton, President of the First National Bank, was elected president of the meeting and Mr. J. Prann Roberts, sec retary. Before the meeting was opened for the subscription of shares, C. R. Hooy, Esq., was invited by the president to ex plain for ' the benefit of -.those who had not been attending the previous meetings of the asso ciation, the methods, plans, and benefits of a building and loan association. Following Mr. Eloey's remarks cam the poll ing of the house to see how many shares would be subscribed, 550 shares were taken, thus at testing to the determination of the citizens of Shelby to have a building and loan association. When 600 shares are subscribed and the charter and by-laws re ceived, the association will as sume permanent organization. These will very likely be pro cured some time next week. In stallments on shares may, how ever, be paid in any time before then to the secretary, Mr. J. Frank Roberts. The followiag gentlemen were appointed a committee t draft a charter and submit by laws : C. (J. Blanton, C. R Hoey, L. J. Hoyl, Orlan do Elam, H. E. Kendall, W. H. Thompson, George Blanton, J. It. Quinn, J. D. Lineberger, L, Y. Webb, Heriott Clarkson, D. D. Wilkins, J. F. Roberts, W. H. Jennings, A. C. Miller. Presence of Mind. William Hoskins, an antebel lum colored gentleman, of Shel by, with the taffying tongue of a politician and the politeness of a Chesterfield, related an incident in the presence of a Stah repor ter recertly which convinced him that another colored hero from Shelby had been unearth ed. The word "unearthed" is used advisedly because the heroism of the young negra un cle Bill spoke of consisted ia the little pickaninny s rescuing him self from the confines of Mother Earth. Before tntering into th details of this remarkab'e incid ent as they dropped in dramatic, ii not grammatical style, from the lips of uncle Bill Hoskins, it should be emphas'zed for the benefit of those not having had the pleasure of meeting him that his veracity is unquestioned and his record for honesty as imma culate and unbesmirched "as the hawthorn buds that blossom in tho month of M3y." But let's come down to the story. Uncle Bill says that a nesrro boy four years old who lives in his end of town fell into a well thirty feet deep ia which thert were six feet of water. His mother hearing the scream and splash rushed to the rescue. Loo't ing ia, she ' saw her on holding a plan ic floating in the well, perfect;y serene and with all his wits aboilt him. He calm ly observed that if she would be so kind as to lot down the bucket he would get in aod be 4 rawa up. The bucKet was lowered and the child saved. "Box" Supper. To the KJltttr ofTui Stab: There will be a "Box" supper, given by the young ladies at the Mooresboro academy, on Satur day, April 22nd, beginning at 8 p m., for the benefit of the Pub lic Library. All are cordially invited to attend. Committee of arrangement: Nok a, Martin, Ch'm. L"cy D. Boothe. ' WildaScoggins. Bettik Rollins. Mooresboro, Apr, 18th. SHELBY TO BE A GATE CITY. Division Passenger Agent Hunt, of Charleston, Recommends a Through Train Via. Shelby to Marion -Such Arrangement to Place Shelby in Direct Connec tion With the Great South East. Mr. R. W. liunt, division pass enger agent of the Southern Railway, of Charleston, S. C, was in Shelby Monday in re sponse to a petition from the cifizeas of Shelby for the ar rangement by the Southern of a more satisfactory and conveni ent schedule. Mr. Hunt had in vestigated the matter carefully and thinks he will be justified in recommending the running of a through train from Kingsville, 8. C, to Marion, which will in ef fect be a through train from Charleston to Marion, since the proper cannection can b3 made at Kingsville. A meeting of the pasienger agents of the South ern will be held ia Washington some time next weekand at that meeting Mr. Hunt will submit his recommendations. Should they be adopted, the change will go into effect about the first of Miy. While we can not have the perfect assurance that th's schedule will oa made, we may confidently hope that we will succeed in getting it. Mr. Hunt is passenger agent for this di vision, as has been stated and has investigated the matter thor oughly and is convinced that such a change will bi the for best interest of tho road. This of course means that his advice and suggestions to the committee of agents at Washington will be received with favor.- Mr. Hunt states that the through train will reach Shelby roming from Charleston about 5:30 p. m , and returning from Marion will reach Shelby about 9:00 a. m. The present sched ule of the local passenger will remain unchanged, making it continue to be possible to leave Shelby in the morning to con nect with the west bound train at Marion and in the afternoon to catch the north bound train at Blacksburg. With such a sched ule Shelby will be in quick and direct connection with the out side world. In making a trip to Charlotte to stay over night, we will be able to spend three hours longer there than at the present time. People may leave Charles. ton in the early morning -and reach here at 5;30 in the after noon. The same convenience will be had by the citizens of Atlanta aad all that portion of the South who will be able to make connection with Kingsville and other places in South Caro lina. With the Southern ex tended from Marion to Chatta noogaa3 will in all probability be done before many months, Shel by will indeed be oa a main line and have the railroad facilities of a gate city. Tais , contem plated arrangement will be of especial advantage to Shelby, owing to its growing popularity as a summer resort. ' Cleveland Springs will be wonderfully ben efitted, its guests coming priaci pilly from South Carolina and Georgia. Shelby is anxious to see this arrangement made whick means such advantages to her people in so many ways. To Nominate Aldermen. Meetings will be held in the four wards of Shelby on next Monday night at the usual meet ing places, and candidates will ba named in each ward for alder men. Let the voters all turn out and help to make the nomi nations. Re-Elected Chairman. Mr. A. U. Miller has returned from Morganton, where ha at tended a meeting of the Board of Directors of the D. & D, School. Mr. Miller was re elect ed Chairman of the Board aa honor most worthily bestowed. At tho Graded School en tertiinment Friday night the grades will each doorat$ a por tion of tha assembly hall and vie with each other iu serving cream and cake at their respective stands. Come out and partici-; pate in this pleasure.
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