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L XX' NQ' 50 SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, JUNE 23 1911. ; $i,00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE,
PROH lo Ur ontLD VLM I UWAN J rKOGRAM FOR A. R. ESKRIDGE
ARE ENORMOUS SAYS MR, R, B MI
Contract Has Been
Violated Other Ir
regularities E s t i
mated That Town
Pays For All Current
Used With Excep
tionof $13 Worth
Don't Have to Buy.
(R. B. Miller.)
Ten years ago the city fath
ers here through an attorney,
safeguarded the interests of the
tpwn of Shelby and its citizens
in granting a trancnise and
making a contract with the
Shelby Light and Power Co..
but its terms and provisions
have not been enforced. They
evidently thought that for a
corporation to have a monopoly
of a necessity and to have the
power to arbitrarily fix the
price of light was dangerous to
the interests and liberties of our
people. So the price was fixed
and a provision was made that
if any part of the contract was
violated for a space of three
months, then the franchise to
become null and void. Thev
also took an option Vn the en
tire equipment to take posses
sion and ownership at any time
within the fifteen years fran
chise, and that the worth of
same should be determined by
two disinterested men chosen
by each party to the contract.
and they to choose the fifth man
in case of disagreement. Such
valuation to be determined bv
the earning capacity and physi
cal condition of the plant, and
both parties are bound bv this
valuation from which there is
no appeal.
don't have to buy
In the option and valuation
the town of Shelby is not re
quired to accept the plant, but
ue bhelby Light and Power
Co. obligated itself to disnos nf
entire plant in the option
Wanted. uDon the demand nf
the town of Shelby. There
seems to be a misunderstanding
aUhis point. The price agreed
upon for incandescent lamps of
16 candle power was 50 cents
;caling downward as per quan-
used for all night service to
ne citizens, and for street
Wing 32 candle power $1.00
w month. The arc lamps were
11 w.00 per month for all night
'ervice. and every night if de
manded bv the town nf Khelhv
latl reclamation for lack of any
evice was provided.
It was further agreed to re
;ace the above prices after five
ears provided a reasonable pro
j. as made. - An - excessive
jaend could not be used in
gating its present valuation.
nat price of 50 cents all night
rvice per month was 3 cents
nH v W; while the Price now
a has been about five years 15
nts per K. w (equal $2 m pef
l n annight serviceof ten
for the first 8 K.W.and
Scents for balance used.
. VLATING CONTRACT
" my former article the state
, J made that the present
Paid a good dividend but
;bl 00ks not being open to the
' although the contract
this quasi-public corpora-
&Prov
M. AV" mspecuon, xne
rjldnotbefully stated.
rePub ico.j l'
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ALL NEWS OF
GREAT CELEBRATION NOWAR-RANGED
PROMINENT CITIZEN D I E D
i THURSDAY MORNING
Prnfoccnr CUn1 C i XT..J
Till? ntnm ti.t a r, v"Vi"", """ca owaiu, nuicu
.1 HL LAROLINAS Balloonist Will go a Thousand Feet
NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA '
NEWS IN BRIEF
in the Air and Decend in his Par
achuteBall Game, Races, Parade,
Contests Two Brass Bands.
u Everything has been arranged
Happenings in the Two States Boiled for the grand celebration Shelby
Down in Brief Paragraphs For will pull off July Fourth and on
Busy Readers of The Star-The page 6 this issue, The Star is
Most Important Things of the Week publishing a full program which
Summed Up. will be of interest to all" within
Two solid car loads of North ! traveling distance of Shelby.
Carolina Wagons were shipped! The Seneral committee expects
from Winston-Salem this week. ,to make ifc a gala day. Nearly
These wagons are being ship- $500 has been raised to be spent
ped throughout the West Indies. on the occasion for attractions
previous engagement pre-
' worth while and prizes in the
ventea wniiam Jennings Bryan various contests. Mot only are
from accepting an invitation to ' visitors expected from every por
speak to the editors of the State' on Cleveland county, but
in their meeting at Lenoir next ! some coming from adjoining
week. portions of Rutherford, Gaston,
The Rockingham Post vpnnr J Lincoln and Cherokee. Several
the first cotton blooms of the ! thousand people are , looked for
season m Richmond county
the 15th.
on
and every preparation will be
made to entertain them properly.
As for attractions, Professor
Moore county, walked into the
saw and was cut to pieces.
A blind horse, left standing '18- TT
unnitcned near a saw mill in , . . ....
luunisL, win oe me cniei ieaiure.
He has an immense gas bag
Air. JohnF Cobb said to be ; a thousand feet or more above
the grandfather of Ty Cobb, the ; the head3 of the spectators. He
famous baseball player diedj will give a trapese perforrnance
Friday night at the State Hospit- in mid air and as he descendg in
al at Morganton. He was 80 his parachute expiosions wm
years old and a native of Chero- j take place Prof SwarU
kee county. Ja mogt satisfactory exhibition,
It is reported that an Oregon j having been in the balloon busi
apple grower has bought a tract neSs a number of years and
.Uu 1K(u iuiic.mc cotuu rnaae successiui ascensions in
lish an apple orchard; that he j big cities throughout the eastern
has a nursery of 20,000 trees in 'states.
Oregon, all of which he will ship Then there will be the parade
to his Buncombe farm and plant, 0f decorated vehicles, secret or
and he expects the trees to begin 'ders and automobiles. Four races
bearing the fifth year. j and a tug of war will be other
Governor Kitchin has been in- features and a sham battle in
vited to the Fourth of July cele- J which uniformed soldier belong
bration to be held at Caroleen. ing to Co. G. First North Caro
lina Regiment will participate.
Then the pole climb will be the
most amusing feature. In the
afternoon the ball game between
Extensive preparations are be
ing made for a gala day.
BOOSTERS BOOST.
Eighty Five Spartanburg Men Come Shelby and a team made up of
To Shelby on Special Train to Ad- the best players from Moores
vertise Their Town. North Caro- br. Forest City and Boilng
Springs.
linians in Party.
Coming 85 strong on a special
Pullman train, the Spartanburg,
S. C. Boosters Club arrived here
Tuesday and spent two hours
Free ice watch will be served
on the court square. The soda
fountains will be prepared to
erve hundreds of people with
i t u: i.i
in the city, proclaiming the cut" me re-
splendid advantages of theulfPr, Hoteb and restau
Vitv nf Surrey " Thev stnnn- rants WlU be able to feed those
; Ir ? n, It T a wh0 do not brin their meals
ed at Gaffney. Blacksburg and with them.
after leaving here went to Hen- The hours for the various things
rietta. Forest City, Rutherford- will be-procession 10 to 11: fat
ton and Marion going also to and lean race 11 to 12; dinner 12
Aowm nH HpnHprannviliP to . 1: boys and bag races 1 to
before returning home. The
Boosters had an 18 piece uni
formed band and gave concerts
at the places they stopped. The
purpose of the trip was to ad
1:30; tug of war, 1:30 to 2: sham
battle 2 to 2:30; balloon ascension
2:20 to 3:30: ball game 3:30 to 5.
Girl And Mule Killed
Ellenboro. June 20 The 16
vertise their city and attract year-old daughter of Mr. Bud
business. Flaming circulars and Dobbins, a well-known farmer
literature were distributed free- who lives near 1 Cliffside Junc
ly among the business men. tion. was struck and instantly
They took dinner at the local killed by lightning during a
hotels and the Cleveland Com- heavy rain and electrical storm
mercial club members showed which passed over this section
the visitors over Shelby in auto- this afternoon,
mobiles. The Seelby . mill band The mule hitched to the wag
was engaged to furnish music on in which Miss Dobbins was
ajs0 riding was also killed.
MairiSVrn Cleveland Boys Lose
were North Carolinians. Mr. O. ' '
L. Johnson, mayor elect being a Messrs. T. F. and A. A. Hor
native of Henderson county, ton. formerly of this county.
Messrs. Ramsey. W. L. Turner, but now living at Little Rock.
W. C. Lattimore. W.P.Turner Ark. where they are in busi
and possibly others in the.party ness suffered a heavy fire loss
being from Cleveland county. wntly when their excelsior
. plant was destroyed. The logs
Misses Sarah and Lucile Dog- is said to be about $8,000. They
get who have been visiting Mrs. have many friends in this
C. R. Doggett returned Wednes- 'county who will regret to learn
da y-to the ir-hom i n-CharlotUr-of-their jaisf or tune
Mr. A. R. Eskridge, one of The Most
Respected Citizens of The Town
Dies After Long Illness Had
Bronchial Pneumonia W a s 58
Years Old Two Children Survive.
At 2:25 o'clock Tuesday morn
ing at his home on West Mar
ion street. Mr. A. R, Esbridge
died after a long illness and
much suffering. The citizens
were saddened but not surprised
as he had been in a dying con
dition for several days. The
immediate cause of his death
was bronchial pneumonia and
possible diabetes, according to
the physicians in attendance.
Mr. Eskridge had been in ill
health for a year or more. Dur
ing the winter he had an attack
from which it was feared he
J would never recover, but he got
; well enough to greet his friends
on the streets for a few days.
About two months ago another
; attack seized him. Every pos
sible effort was made to pro
long his life and physicians and
two trained nurses were con
stantly watching over him. A
few days prior to his death, the
news went out that his condi
tion was dangerous and the end
was expected at most anv
moment.
Mr. Eskridge was 58 years old.
He married Miss Mary Blan
ton who survives, but her health
has been bad for a number of
years and she just recently re
; turned from a hospital at Ashe
iville. Two children. Mr. For
rest Eskridge and Mrs. W. J.
Roberts, Jr. survive. He also
leaves one brother. Mr. T. Cling
Eskridge and one sister Mrs.
Martha Cabiness. The deceased
was an honest and generous
citizen, liked and respected by
everybody. For years and years
he was in business here and was
known as an affable, genteel
man, highly polished in his
manners and friendly in his dis
position. He has a large family
connection that forms the fore-!
most citizenship of the county.
After going out of business here
he did railroad contracting in
Tennessee and Kentucky for
two or three years. His health
began to decline and he cdme
home, managing, the Central
Hotel for awhile.
The funeral was conducted from
the residence Wednesday morn
ing at 10:30 by Rev. C. A. Jen
kins, of the First Baptist Church
of which he was a loyal mem
ber. The interment was in Sun
set Cemetery, Messrs. J. J. Mc
Murry, S. J. Green. J. A. An
thony. W. B. Nix. C. M. Latti
more and W. H.Jennings acting
as pall bearers.
TARIFF ON NEW WOMEN
WOOL REDUCED ON PARADE
DEMOCRATIC BILUREDUCESTHE FIVE MILES OF SUFFRAGETTETS
TARIFF , MARCH STEEETS
Repesentative Underwood, Leader of Nearly Sixty Thousand "Martyrs"
The Democrats in the House is Engage in The Most Uniaue Per.
Given Great Ovation -Significant
Victory for Democrats -Senate
May Tie Bill up This Session.
Washington. June 20. The
I House by a vote of 221 to 100
formance on Record They Parade
The Streets of London in Support
of Amendment Allowing Women
Right to Vote. ,
London, June 17. Led by
today passed the Underwood . "General" Mrs. Drummond, a-
wool tariff revision bill provid- stride a fine charger, a colossal
ing for a reduction of the duty coronoation procession of suffra-.
on wooP and manufactures of gettes estimated at from forty
wool. Twenty-four Republicans to sixty thousand women
voted with the Democrats for marched through the streets of
the passage of the measure, and London tonight preparatory to
one Democrat. Representative the meeting at Albert Hall. The
Francis of Ohio, voted against parade, which is said to have
it. j been the greatest procession of
amendments voted down j women in support of the suf
Many amendments were of-!fra2e movement the world has
fered and voted down, the only j ev,er seen marched in a five
one adopted being a, s 1 i g h t mile formation from the Vic
change in phraseology. Almost ; toria embankment which leads
five hours were spent by the! east from, Westminister bridge
House in debate under the five-and Proceeded along the cor
minute rule. Immediately pre-: nation route to Kensington,
ceding the final vote, a motion I Millitant and non-millitant
offered byRepresentative Payne suffragettes combined on this
of New York, that the bill be occasion, all question of caste
re-submitted to the ways and was Put aside-and Queens and
means committee with instruct-! those garbed to represent such
ions that it await a report f rom ! characters as Boadicea. Cather
the tarriff board on the woolen I of Aragon. Mary Queen of Scots
industry before makintf a final ! and Queen Victoria rubbed
report of the bill, was lost by a!?houlders with fellow-workers
vote of 189 to 118.
PROVISIONS OF MEASURE
The bill places a duty of 20
per cent ad valorem on raw
wool imports as against an aver
age duty of a little more than
44 per cent ad valorem under
the present law. On partly
manufactured wool and on pro
ducts manufactured in whole or
in part from wool, the average
duty under the proposed law
would be about 42.5 per cent ad
valorem as compared with the
present average ad valorem
duty of more than 90 per cent.
in the suffragete cause from
the sweat-shops of White
Chapel. ,
A MIXED CROWD.
Every phase of social, prof ess
ional and industrial life was re
presented, among the paraders
being women of title, prominent
actresses and collegians. Hun
dreds of historic characters
from the early ages down to
famous Victorians like Char
lotte Bronto, Grace Darling,
Jenny Lind and Mrs. Browning
were portrayed. Seven hundred
women who had been impris-
hasestimatedthatthebill would -l"1"112 fe.ate of e pafant
reduce the annual revenue un- iuey ca"eu ! lin ?an"
der the woolen schedule of the " suff'aftte colors.
tariffibyalittlemorethanSLOOO..:!11"6 many Americans m
qqq -the ranks.
The bill prescribed that it' The mternational contingent
mall be in effect January 1.1 was P1urespue, with the re-
many con-
Mr. Baker Dead
this
Mr.
old.
the
bad
Mr. Allen Baker, an aged man
and father of well-known and
influential children died
week of urenic poison.
Baker was about 96 years
one of the oldest men in
county. He had been in
health for several years.
Drills to Begin.
All members of Company G.
first North Carolina Regiment of
which Mr. O. Max Gardner is
captain will be expected to attend
the drills in the armory every
Tuesday and Friday nights in
order for the company to make
a creditable showing at the en
campment this year. Drills will
begin Friday, June 23.
Mrs, .E. E. Williamson and
aunt Miss Miller are in Winston-
-Salenwisitinj relathrcj
the bill will pass the Senate at ; i ana r,asiern nations in
this session. , their native garb.
; JEER AT "MARTYRS"
Will Give Recital. j Immense crowds viewed thc
Monday night, beginning at , pageant. Some ieerintf cri nf
8:30 o'clock there will be a musi-"jail birds" were heard as the
jcaleinthe graded school audi-.martys,,to the cause, passed.
tonum. The best talent in . but on the whole their reception
Shelby will take part and a; was not so antagonistic as on
most enjoyable evening is prom- previous occasions.
ised. It will be under the auspi-; The leaders were jubilant' at
ces of the Daughters of the Con- the success of the demonstratiou
federaey and by patronizing it -pointing out that for the first
you will not only help a good time the militant suffragettes
and worthy cause, but receive an and constitutional agitators had
inspiration and a pleasure. - Cho- made"cbmm6n "cause.
ruses composed of children and The meeting at Albert hall
grown-ups, solos and quartettes was enthusiastic, Mrs. Pank-
will be rendered. Miss Ava hurst, who presided, elicited
Aycock is training the partici- oud cheers by the declaration
Pants- that the demonstration proved
7- that victory was close at hand.
More Fine Wheat.
Mr. A. E. Canipe. one of the Attend Meetin2
leading farmers of the Fallston This week the State Medical
neighborhood brought in several Society met in Charlotte and
fine wheat heads Wednesday physicians from all over North
of the prolific variety. The Carolina were in attendance,
heads measured 7 inches in Several Cleveland county phy
length with four full large sicians attended. Drs. W. F.
grains to the mash. On seven Mitchell, W. T. Grigg. E. A.
acres. Mr, Canipe has 300 Houser.Harlan Shoemaker S. S.
shocks. Last year he made 123 Royster. Drs. Shoemaker, and
bushels on . this tract and this Mitchell were on the program
year he expects to increase, the and read interesting and instru-
yield considerably.
etive papers.
Mr. G. B. Cabiness was here Miss Maggie Black and Mrs.
from Charlotte to attend the A. C. Miller were in Charlotte
erarorMf. A. K, Eskridge. Wednesday for the day.
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