PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY.
VOL. XX. NO. 37 SHELBY. N. C. TUESDAY. MAY 9 1911. . ' $1.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
THE EARL HIGH
SCHOOL CLOSES
M0STSUCCESSFULYEARSCHOOL
HAS HAD
Enjoyable Pinic With a Delicious
Dinner, Speeches by Rev. J. M.
Hamrick and Mr. Lee B. Weathers
and a Base Ball Game With Buf
falo League Community With
Splendid People,
Earl High school closed, its
most successful year Friday ;
. uu fci nr in the tfrnve '
' ,nr,nrtt.v hmldinrf. it
was a most delightful day.
made so by the friendly inter-
1 u A
licious dinner and a ball WyJ&
F,ri th RufTaln nate twenty five dollars to the
m,0 o4ionHon was
f U 1117. X HV UbVVUUUUVV
ut down somewhat - by the
CL" w ; mn,nin
but by noon it had cleared off
and over 200 people were pre-
a - . ,
a Un.r I a1 n imril;
" principal of Boiling Springs
S 6 dire s f he daV to New
He church, immediately
across the railroad from the
school house; His subject was
"Purpose" in which he urged
the young people to go forth in
life with a high and noble pur
pose in view. It was a master
ful discourse, handled in the
most inspiring manner by a man
of thought and force.
Following him was Editor
Lee B. Weathers of The Star
who spoke on "The Opportu
nities of Today", when the
world is calling for strong men probiems. By its splendid edu
and women, efficiently trained ca.ional work the Farmers'
in special lines of work. The Union will probably save the
day has passed when rail split- farmers 0f North Carolina this
ters become presidents and yeaf more than a million dollars,
brakemen become heads of Tf w ppn lin mir excellent
great systems without educa-
tion. Boys and girls must be
educated to solve great
S educated oeoole of Ihe
future. Messrs. A. E.Bettis and
D. G. Webber, members of the
school board and Mr. M. D.
Hopper a patron- took occasion
to commend the able teachers.
Prof. George P. Webb. Misses
Edith Fulton and Darfer Ham
rick. Mr. Webb is one of the
most popular teachers in the
county and has taught with
great satisfaction at Earl for
four years,
rriT x j
""7, apyrcuatc
the teachers for they have done
a great gooa this year.
Alter the speaking a deflcious
dinner was served on the ground
ai me acnooi nouse. ihe gooa
louse. The good
housewives prepared big baskets
of unnH tMnrfo to oat riA ovprv-
body enjoyed it
In the afternoon the Earl
team played the Buffalo
team, defeated them in a seven!
inning game bv 15 to 5. It was
a good game with feature play -
ing. Andrell Webber and Mike
Austell mnRtitntH th. hattervi, y u u w n
for Ffw tFJ Whu; ;ndM
- " ' - -
rrry w hits for Buffalo.
For Farm-Life School.
Graven county leads the
p. ....
uiaie m the matter of farm.
nte schools. An election was
held last week for the establish
ment of a school and it carried
V a substantial majorty. This
as the firstelection of its
hnd held in the State and Su
perintendent Joyner and the
eucational forces throughout
w vi j tuuvu
gratified with the result The
next election is to be held in
Robeson May 9 and' every effort
being made to carry it for the
hrm-life school.
HOW FARMERS
CAN SAVE MUCH
HOME MADE FERTILIZERS SAVE
25 PER CENT
Carolina Union Fanner. Points out
That Fanners Can Save Three Mil
lion dollars Annually by Mixing
Their Commercial Fertilizers at
Home What the Union Saves.
Carolina Union Farmer.
With hoes and shovels-and a
,few hours work each year far-
f oi wua "imaavc
three million dollars annually.
'When you buy ready mixed
fertilizers you pay 25 percent
too muf In every hundred
dollars that you hand over for
fertilizer combine. Inarecent
, 1-1
issue o the Progressive Farmer
the editor points out the waste
and injury that comes through
the purchase and use of patent
miinp and stork foods.
mwunmv - u i.... -
This is all true but the patent
medicine tax amounts to a mere
stance compared withHhe tax
P? !rt' '.!"s;
and in face of the fact that
North - Carolina farmers - alone
can save approximately three
million dollars a year by mixing
their commercial fertilizers at
home and at the same time learn
to use commercial fertilizers
more intelligently, we are led
to wonder sometimes why the
technical agricultural
papers remain silent in
several languages about home
mixed and devote so much space
to less important economic farm
WQrk ready mixed fertilizers'
. lh once fam0us brands
wiU be in demand only by the ;
5JT,J
Ar, intellitfenti. iUcu"iaLa ami -it j British, 7 German. 4 Russia. 2
run them. An intelligent - e Republicans are pitted; merican 2 each French Artfen
white farmer, and especially a mst combiQation. Tht,
uu8. w -
with a sack of ready xed .
guano, for it is a reflection upon ;
his intelligence ana Dusiness
judgment
At L0UDie apnng.
. . . flTld fr;ends of
tC .kilcinrto vmiTnuTiitv
wm inc.. x
clean oil the ground
, where tneir 7
Cfl"cu7u;4 v w""nri:f er'!for or against legislation desired
to be ready tor memorial : - j. and when Jec
tc uuuu., .
vices ounuay. " "h; time rolls around to act
ing Mr. Lee B. Weathers iwui
SDeak. after
sDeak. alter wnicn rvev, u. vs. .
j Washburn, pastor will preach.
Everybody is invited and an
enjoyable day is promised.
Lowery Land Re-Sold.
Messrs. C. A. Mullmax
' nd c F Hambrifiht of Grover
? i TTl.A Satur -
qTin .1 j 1 w 1 1 v . . .iminii.T.iiuii-
C rrz.
I tu n.,rchiu nriA was
$4,030 and the tract contains
about 150 acres located near
: r-, Thicio ii mi more than
IVJ1UTV1.
,
i 1 .Li t iUa firef coin the
: . . 1 1
11 orouuni a ov,
bid being raised and a re-sale
ordered. This is very product come the chief prosecution offi
tive land and desirably located. cer 0f the government, it is
A Nice Iceman
"Say, Mama," said Johnnie, "I
think our iceman is awfully
nice."
"Why?" asked Mamma.
"Well." said Johnnie, "he
iust dropped a gre-a-t big piece
of ice on his toes, and he never.
ctot mad. but iust sat down
on
ovv . -
the gutter and talked to God."
ARE TRYING TO
KILL THE BILL
REACTIONARY REPUBLICANS
i
AFTER FARMERS
Lying In Wait For The Farmer's
Free List Bill That Is In The In
terest of Farmers Want to Pre
vent Democratic Legislation And
Protect Trusts Wichersham Is
Worrying.
WASHINGTON. -May 8-
That reactionary republicans in
the Senate are lying in wait for
the farmer's free list bill and
other progressive legislation
passed by the Democratic
House, is becoming more evi
dent every day. The motive is
two-fold, to protect the profits
of the tariff trusts, and to pro
tect the profits of the tariff
trusts, and to prevent, if pos
sible, the Democrats from carry
ing out promises made to the
people.
The group of Senate Tories is
still able to exert a tremendous
influence upon legislation.
Having packed the committee
with men who take the corpor
ation viewpoint of the partio
ular legislation to come before
those committees, the reaction
aries are in a position to con'
tinue serving special privilege
by obstructing and perhaps pre
venting the passage of measures
desired by the people.
Among those whom the pub
lic may safely rely upon to
oppose most of the progressive
House measures are Gallinger,
Smoot, Lorimer, Guggenheim,
Stephenson. Lodge, Oliver,
Warren, Porkins and a dozen
others who will at all times
have the hearty co-operation of
Vice-President Sherman,
BACKED BY TRUSTS
Back of this group of reaction
aries are arrayed the tariff
trusts, the railroads, Wall street,
s dard Qil and the balance 0j
-
comDine to prevent uie passage
0f a bad bill, but they will be
helpless at times to prevent the !
Tories f rom obstruction the pas-!
sage 0f Democratic legislation
such as the free list bill.
r ..,!.. ... ... . .
; About the only tnmg tne
the
average citizen can do is to
, individual repreSentative in
, Ho and Mtbing
j particularly whether they vote
,
W1CRERSHAM IS WORRIED
United State3 Attorney Gen-
ornl Wiplf prchn-m i worrvincf
He is afraid the investigations
to be made into the affairs of
. the steel trust sugar trust and
i wnniPn trust will - cive these
1 .1,1 Zl
. .,, . xl... :
pro-
au01 T:
con-
txrHto
i 1111 r dm fiiciiiiiiH ill a.
r m . 1. i
sugar trust, have enjoyed ab-
solute immunity from prosecu-
;,rc
j w IT:1, ...k. 1ft 4W.
UUU flUU iUvoH8"u omw wiv
nnv lvir. vv icuciauaiu icit inc
service of the sugar trust to be
. ... , , , ,
difficult to understand how the
immunity which they might re
ceive, but will not through con-
gressionai mvcuKduuus. cuuiu
be any more compie w man uie.
immunity Mr. VVickersham has
given them.
Mr. J. A. Jones, a progressive
and influential citizen of Latti-
. .
more was here yesterday.
GENERAL NEWS
OF INTEREST
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS CON
DENSED f::;,
General News of the Entire Country
Boiled Down in Brief Paragraphs
For Busy Readers Most Import
ant Events of the Entire Country
Summarized From Great Daily Pa
pers And Served Fresh to Star
Readers.
The peace envoys of the
Mexican government and the
insurrectionists are now in con
ference.
Three Senators and two Re
presentatives of the Ohio Legis
lature have been indicted for
bribery.
President Taft in his speech
at the opening of the third
national peace conference in
Baltimore Wednesday declared
that the Unitel States would
keep hands off and not seek to
extend its domain or to acquire
foreign territory.
An Anniston. Ala. preacher j
and pastor of two churches will
be tried ior operating a moon-
shine still, ihe revenue om
cers caught him in the act.
une woman wasK.uiea.aman
and a woman fatally hurt and a
iu ui in pei sun is naming as 4 rc-
sun oi a disastrous joy nae
in Newbury. N. Y. Friday. The
automobile ran into a ditch. !
Mrs. Ella Wilson, mayor of
Hunnewell, Ras. gave the city ,
fathers to understand that no
business would be transacted
until they had confirmed her ap- to the Westinghouse Electric
pointment of Mrs. W. E. Hilton Company for all the electric
for city clerk and Mrs. G. A. supplies for the interurban trol
Osborn for city marshal. i ley line contract repre-
A dispatch from Asistic Rus-
siasays that heavy rains and
hail storms have ruined the cot
ton planted in that district and
re-planting will be necessary.
! Thirty-six deadnoughts are to
; pe launcnea . tnis yearoy ine
leading naVai powers, ll to be
ian and Spanish.
CLOSING AT CHERRY VILLE
Graded School Graduates Six - Rev.
L-nerryviiie graaea school
ciosea with appropriate exer-
was the closing of a gratifying
year of work and six were
graduated. Lewis Mauney. Wil-
iam Black. Caldwell Howell,
Rex Akerand Miss Elsie IRob-
erts and Miss Harrelson. Prof,
: G. W. Strausell was principal
and had seven capable teachers
to assist him. The enrollment
was about 350. At exercises last
Thursday and Frklay,
jev g.
B. Turrentine delivered the ser-
mon in the church and Rev. E.
H; Kohn - formerly of - Cherry-
vUlc. now of Sumpter. S. C. de-
livered the annual address. A
livered the annual address. A
nlav wasrendered bv the stu-
-
5
Iuceiy"
Wreck On Lawndale.
Two car, were overtun.edo,
1 vvu tai wcic uvci luiucu uu
.
we lianauoit lauiuou iuumwaj
il t .....j, u n rAThn.H.
morning when the train was
making its trip down. The acci-
dent happened on a curve near
the old Ford plantation but no
one was hurt It is supposed
that the cars were loaded m
such a way t0 make them top-
heaY and when tram
rounded a curve tney tumbled
over. The engine and coach
remained on the track and the
train made its regular round
A
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ALL NEWS OF
THE CAROLINAS
NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA
NEWS IN BRIEF
Happenings in the Two States Boiled
Down in Brief Paragraphs For
Busy Readers of The Star The
Most Important Things of the Week
Summed Up.
A $65,000 fire swept Hender
son last Thursday night. The
large storage warehouse of the
Carolina Bagging Manufactur
ing Company was consumed
with its contents. 1 wo years
ago the same plant was de
stroyed.
The executive committee of
the State Board of Agriculture
was in conference in Ralegh
last week discussing plans for
the $30,000 animal industry
building created by the last
Legislature.
At Randalman, N.
week, Reubin Vail, a
C. last
member
or a small snow comDanv was
A t
bitten bv a snake and lies criti
cauy m at the home of a citi
zen Vail was operating on the
snake's mouth when bitten.
Mr. Daniel ThomDson a Drom-
jnent farmer of Gaston countv
dropped over dead at his dinner
table last Thursday at the age
0f 67i He was a native of
Lincoln county and has three
children living at Lincolnton:
Mrs. LolafDellinger and Messrs
Houston and Lloyd Thompson
The Southern Power Compa-
nv awarded the rnntrart. Fridav
sented $300,000.
Rev.W. B. Creasman, a Bap
tist minister, died Wednesday
in Asheville. Tuberculosis.
Frost in RIadden countv
few days ago killed the young
cotton and there was nmhuW v a
similar result m other counties
in that section
The commissioners of Guilford
co. have appropriated $2.500Jper
annum for the maintenance 0
a department of health.
competent physician will! be
employed and required Jto give
all his time to looking after
general sanitary conditions and
-,ZT:-Tv.Juv,
iuuuuiugJiuc..j'ui.luMiui
J. u. canister, manager 0:
office in Ralegh, dropped dead
in Richmond Tuesday. Banis-
ter's death is said to be the re
suit of grief. (Last January, in
Raleigh, his wife and child
was asDhvxiatedlbv a Caslstove
while takingfaSbath. Banisters
health began to tan and some
time ago he gave up his work
inaians n ui uame.
The Cherokee Indian base
ball team won the game Satur
day atternoon over the - bhelby
boys by a score of 16 to 7. The
game was ' uninteresting
game was uninteresting and
only fairlylwell attended. Su
professionals enabled them to
run the score higher than they
, . - . I.-! -.,
cared to. As an exhibition
game it wa, worth seemg:
x p: jt
erwise now ouiimuiis anu XjCOn-j
ard constituted the battery fori)f whatwiththe. present con-
Shelby. Shelby boys did well
and got some valuable training,
- Thank You
Chiriotn Cbronici.
Star has in
The Cleveland
a ngw pr(jss & new
equipment of type and now
takes rank among the hand-
somest papers in the State. Edi-
tor Weathers is fulfilling his
i - il PI -II
promise w me peopie oioueioy.
BENEFITS OF
FREE LIST BILL
WHAT IT MEANS TO THE MANY
FARMERS
By the Remision of Duty on Articles
They Buy They Will Save $8,000,
000 The Trusts Will Lose Re
duction in Price of Flour Demo
crats Getting Down to Brass
Tacks. .y I
Richmond Times-Diipatch.
Under the free list bill pre
pared by the House ways and
means committee, the farmers
of the country will be benefitted
to the extent of more than $8,
000,000 by the remision of duties
upon the articles which they
buy. The cotton growers of the
South, it is estimated, will save
at least $1,500,000 in the baling
of their crop. It is further esti
mated that for the farmers who
grow peanuts, potatoes and kind
red crops, which must be pack
ed in gunny sacks, there will be
a saving of from $3,000,000 to
$4,000,000. The home builders
in the West will be $20,000,000
better off because of the free
lumber which this bill provides,
and while the Steel Trust will ',
lose a part of its enormous pro
fits at the expense of the people,
the consumers fencing and bal
ing wires will be $5,000,000 bet
ter off. There will be a reduct
ion in the nriee of flour of $1.17
the barrel, which means a great .
saving . for all those who eat
bread and who must eat bread
tcr live. Then there will be a
saving to the people in the cost
of boots and shoes, sole leather
goods and harness, and on every
implement employed on the
farm the people will enjoy the
benefit.
The Democrats are "getting
down to brass tacks." There is
objection of course, in some
quarters to the adoption of this
free list, but the benefits result
ing from it will be so wide
spread that we believe the bill
will pass, and we believe, fur
ther, if it does pass, it will re
ceive the approval of the Presi
dent. , ...
Col. Webb's Office Open
Open for the summer season.
Col. A. H. Webblthe jolly-good
laughter and entertainer who
takes life easy and makes others
look on the bright side of things
has opened his office again. He
has put down a beautiful green
plush carpet on the floor with
pretty greenjoverhead to match.
Everything Is in perfect har
mony and the music of song
birds blends with his contagious
laugh. Callers are welcome.
Office hours from 9 to 12 and
from 1 to 4. (On the court
square.)
Crops Are Good.
Commissioner of Agricluture
W. A. Graham annouces that
reports made by. his. fertilizer
inspectors as to crop conditions
in this State show an increase
of 8 per cent in acreage of cot
ton, an increase of 5 per cent
in corn and a decrease of 8 per
t. ! i 1 .1 nn -
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large mcrease in the amount of
v..jj .
,1."
k omoll inroQOO in 4 Via orrAOff
dition about the same as
last
. year at this season.
I Thanks.
Scotish Chief..
- The Cleveland Star is now
printed on a iarge Cottrel presS
and comes to us in new dress,
Shelby is a good place to print a
good paper in and the people are
getting what they deserve m
- a ! -
ui mc.