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SHELBY, N. C. FRtOAf, AUGUST 23 1911. $1.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
to TALKS PELLEGRA NOT
" . mn T mil
j)FimuMni CONTAGIOUS
IEWS work of extra ses- ptomaine poison says geor-
MUIN CIA DOCTOR
i . r, M Pnrhfttinarc Froplu
Ihipd bv Stand Pat Orators
U Press, The Leaders of Democ-'
irvare woreouuiigij uncuiw
av.1' n..,j ua Wo f ion
nd Have ravcu wc
Wory. ;
r,chiTitfton.Aug. 22-Champ
irk, speaker of the House of
nresentatives m a review oi
fiixtv-second Congress, de-
U that the Democratic party
a good example ior uemo
ts everywhere, and that the
tv had redeemed every
lmise it made in the campaign
910 when Democrats wrest-.
control of the House from;
Republicans. . !
it this session the-Demo-'
is have made a record which 1
isurDrised our friends and'
Mounded our enemies." said 1
aker Clark. It has put
lit and hope into Democrats ;
rywhere. I he extra session
s extraordinary not only in1
sense of being a special ses-1
also in the amount qandual-
of the work done. ;
PREDICTIONS REFUTED.
twas predicted, freely en-,
siastically. vociferously and 1
idently. by the stand pat ,
iss and orators that we would ,
Ito pieces, un tnat account.
by reason of that hope they
joiced that the extra session j
Congress was called, so that
might go to pieces at the :
Lest possible date. But we;
e sorely disappointed all
ir expectations. They" even
the date, which was the day
ne Democratic caucus on
uary 19, but unfortunately!
them m that caucus every-;
pig was done unanimously.:
ley then said surely we would j
Ito pieces as soon as we reach-,
the tanlf question, but again
were doomed to disap-
Dr. Roy Harris Says it is Positively
Not Contagious, But is the Result
of Poisonous Foods - Disease Has
Been Known For Over 100 Years-
Is a Serious Problem. j
Atlanta Journal. '
"Pellegra is positively not con-;
tagious." states Dr. Roy Harris i
secretary of the state board of i
health, "as it is the result of j
poisonous foods instead of;
germs." Dr. Harris is one of'
the best informed physicians in j
the south, and his opinion on i
any medical question carries'
weight. . , '
"In reality it is ptomaine
poisoning caused by eating corn
products from diseased grain
and the whole agitation and fear
of pellegra is due to ignorance of :
people who should be better in
formed." Dr. Harris contends that one
person cannot catch pellegra
from another, and says that no
one need be afraid of sleeping
even in the same room with a
person afflicted with the disease
"It is simply caused by what is
eaten, and nothing else," says
the doctor.
The disease has been known
in Italy for 100 years, says Dr.
t. t
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LOVE LETTER
FROM SHELBY
VISITING GIRL'S LETTER TO
MOTHER
ntment, and we did not go to
cesat all. We were more
Iroughly united in the House
lhe end of the session, if pos-!
lie than at the beginning.
IVED WAY FOR VICTORY IN
1912. V
We redeemed everv Dromise !
Jde in order to carry the elec-i
ns in 1910. We haveecono-
Jze; we passed the recipro-
y bill, the wool tariff bill.
free list bill, the cotton bill 1
fh the senate amendments. !
Jiich included the iron and !
'el schedule and the chemical
Jiedule; we submitted for rati-
ption a constitutional amend-
at providing for DODular
etion of Senators of the!
fited States, we pased a bill
we publication of campaign
Penses before the election:'
liberalized the rules, making
(committees elective by the
fuse; we passed a resolution
aamit New Mexico and Ari-
P: and we passed a large
per of other bills of more or .
p importance. It is a record
Mich WP mov wll Ko nrnnn
3 on which we will sweeD
f county in 1912.
Rev. John A. Wray of Miami, Fla.. who comes next week to
assist Rev. John W. Sutt'.e in a series of meetings, beginning Sun
day morning September 3 at the Second Baptist church. Mr.
Wray was born and raised in Shelbv and is a son of Mr. W. A.
Harris, and it has been under . vv ra7', now ot noxvuie. l enn. He has been v.-ondff r u I y suc-
treatment there for that time cessiul as an evangelist wnerever ne nas labored, tie hold quite
It is not anew disease but it " numDer f successful meetings in many of the larger cities and
was discovered in the south only is recognized as a pulpit orator of unusil power. Durinj the
in the past few years. Now Pastorate of Rev. R. F Treadway at the First Baptist Church he
there are over 50,000 cases in the con?ucted a meeting that stirred Shelby as perhaps never before
southern states alone. or since. . , . ' lL , .
According to Dr Harris this A cordial invitation is extended to all the people of the town
disease could be prevented by and community, regardless of denomination. Mr. Suttln and tho
an act of legislature preventing meinbefs 0,f lhe econd Baptist church desire to mane" this thc
the shipping of western coYifcin- eatest oampaiga m the history of Shelby , and solicit
to the south, and he believes the earnest prayers and hearty co-operation pt all the Lords
that if Riirh an art wPro nzwA PeoPle m the Community. ,
that pellegra would be unknown
in Georgia in five years. West
ern corn, to a great extent, is
damaged badly by the weather
during the winter. It is then
shipped south, and the diseased
WATERMELON FOR WFBB
Pastor From Mecklenburg Sends
Democratic Melon to Webb
W afhington, Aug. 25. Repre
grain causes a kind of ptomaine sentative i ates w eoo to-aay
poison which is called pellegra. received a seventy pound water
"Unless taken at an early melon f rom Rey.b.t. Conrad,
stage, the disease is practically Charlotte. Mr. Conrad says
incurable, being recurrent." said the melon is the finest grown m
Dr. Harris. "This means that Mecklenburg county, andnearly
after the patient has apparently every one knows that Mecklen
been cured, and there is no rash ' bur melons are the unestjand
in his body, it is apt to break out best m the world,
again in a couple of years worse lo-day Mr. Webb invited
than ever " Speaker Champ Clark and a
Dr. Harris believes pellegra number of his friends to take
is a serious problem for south- luncheon with rum when the
em physicians, and believes melon was sliced by Speaker
ih;r firtht arfainct it will hp Clark. Mr. Conrad wrote Mr.
hopeless unless the lawmakers
come to their assistance.
ST. PALL MEETING CLOSED
WILLIAMS ELLIRSO
Pretty Wedding in the EpKcopal
Church Wednesday Evening.
Wednesday evening at 6:80
o'clock in the Church of the
Redeemer. Miss Catherine
Elizabeth Williams, daughter of
Mrs. Sarah Williams and Mr.
BenjamineEllirso.were happily
married by Rev. Mr. Dye, rec
tor of the Episcopal church at
Lincolnton. The church was
prettily decorated and the bride
wore a white dress with a white
picture hat and carried a white
prayer book. Miss Margaret
Anthony was maid-of-honor
and little Miss Jessie Walker
noyie was ring Dearer. ihewas
dressed in white and pink.
Messrs. Ed Waitt, an uncle of
the bride and Jerrard Jetton
were the ushers. Quite a num
ber of friends witnessed the
the sweeping
coming in
campaign."
the
THE VETO
New Firm
pam Tailoring flnmnanv is
f name of a new firm which
Pko in a few days in the
fWer building, middle store
f"H. It Will Kq vnonnfJ W
Uve Of ChrrvvillA an,4 a
t ! young man. He will carry
wed clothing and also run a
feZ? ?nA cleanmg club in
f rear of the store.
To Johnson Citv 1
h lte August 29-and 30 to
KrVily'.Aenn- for the
on. ina "r.11-
ulnr au 01 running tne
ffi, oyer the Seaboord.
Ki t0 B1acksburg. S. C,
up by Earl and Shel
5s,iV8.dJJ? to pass Earl at
turn t,- ftelby at 10:13. The
5.n trip fare is nn rv
ecnmm7 -wiuuy is one OI
cmmittee in charge.
Webb a letter in which the writ
er said that he sent the melon
"as a token of my very high es
teem and regard for you. It
is marked "Hon. E. Y. Webb
Tuntv-FivA Tnnvpmnn and Twpn- and Hon. Champ Clark and
ty-Three Additions-Rev. Mr. Gold Democracy. It is prophetic of ! ceremony. The bride and groom
n Finp Preacher the progress of Democracy and ' left on the Southern train for
The protracted meeting closed
Monday and there were 25 con
versions and 23 additions to the
church, 18 by baptism and five
by restoration.
Pastor Rev. W. M. Gold was
assisted by Revs. K F. Newton
and J. C. Bianton of King's
Mountain.
Bro. Gold is a safe pastor and
is liked well by Lhe people of
upper Cleveland, the most of his
I. l . ... in . ... . .
woi-k ueiu in una nm. uozen biilj. it is ciiiy by corn
pastor of St. Paul, Carpenter s parison wuh soms other presi
Grove and Casar Baptist churches dents th;it the record looks large,
he is doing a grual work. r Qeveianu holds the big re
Mr. McClure Hovlo. son of cord for voloeSi During his
Mr. Azer rioy.e ana miss L,etue itfht years as chief executive
victory which is Knoxville. Tenn. and other
next national , points. They will make their
fhome here until the first of the
1 mi i . .
year, ine bride is exceedingly
pretty young lady and has many
friends here, while the room is
a splendid traveling man with
Proctor-Gamble Co.
Hoa' It His Be-i Ecrcis?d by The
Former f residents.
Kl:isii Ticies.
Mr.Taft is inaki.vj; snm'jthinj
of a record as h veto prevsident.
Yet, up to the present time, he
has not vetoed more than a
dozen bill.;. It is en!;
Lail, daughter of Jacob Lail, all
all of upper Cleveland were
married Sunday, G. M. Cook, (J.
P.) officiating.
Excursion to Asheviile. t
C. T. Morrison of Hickory, N.
C has completed arrangements
to run an excursion from Gas- had recourse to the veto
he wrote 313 veto messages. 301
of these bein j in his first term.
President Harrison wrote 19
vetoes in ail. Roosevelt wrote
but few: possibly not a dozen.
Hayes vetoed eight bills. Gar
field vetoed none at all. Arthur
wrote four. President Grant
rather
tonia to Asheviile. via. Blacks- often, wntu g -ib messages of
burg. Shelby and Marion, on disapproval. Johnson wrote 2:V
Sept. 5th and 6th. Train will Lincoln 3. Buchanan 7, Pierce 9,
leave Gastonia at 7:00 a. m. and p0lk 3. Tyler 3, Jackson 9. Mon
take on passengers at all stations roe 1. Madison 6, Washington 2.
from Gastonia to Lattimore. Adams. Jefferson. John Quin
Fare " for the round trip from Cy Adams, Van Buren. William
all stations from Gastonia to Henry Harrison Taylor and
Blacksburg, $2.50, fare from all Filmore wrote no veto messages
stations from Blacksburg to at all. The great majority nf
Lattimore $2.25. Train will ar- the Cleveland vetoes were di
rive in Asheviile at 11:00 a. m.. rected against private and spe
returning the following day. cial pension bills. Mr. Taft too
Sept. 6th, leaving Asheviile at to his credit, has killed some
4:00 p.m. 4t bills of this kind.
Takes The Roads
Rev. C. A. Moser, th,e 'negro
preacher who was convicted last
week for F. and A. was senten
ced to H months on the roads,
but Recorder Hudson offered to
reduce the sentence to 12 months
rather than have him stay in
jail until next court at the ex
pense of the county. He
couldn't raise the bond, so will
go to the roads. He wrote Re
corder Hudson a letter offering
$25 if he would change the sen
tence to a line. Mr. Hudson
was indignant and sent word
that the court was not for sale.
The court would have tried him
for attempt to bribe if Mr. Hud
son knew the Reverend was
familiar with the heavy punish
ment for such offense.
Rather Lose Sleep
Dear Editor: Please send me a
copy of last Friday's paper. I
failed to get mine. Several times
I have missed getting Friday's
paper and I had almost : rather
do without my dinner or lose a
night's rest as do without The
Cleveland Star.
Rev. A. L. Harmon.
Sees The Baby Railroad, Falls in Love
With a Shelby Boy And Breaks an
Engagement With Frank For Walt
er Reproduces Walter's Letter to
Her in Which He Tells of His Love.
Letter from a young lady
visiting in Shelby to her mother:
Dear Mother:
I arrived here last Saturday
morning on the train. They say
they have four railroads here
but I only saw two. There may
be twin railroads or a baby rail
road somewhere around here.
It's funny but I have heard the
same expression up here that I
first heard down there. I met a
fellow who recited this to me:
Little Willie ia the best of sashes,
Fell in the fire and was burned to ashes,
By and bye the room grew chilly,
But no one liked to poke poor Willie
I wonder what he meant by
saying that to me? This is in
deed an original place up here
and the families you asked me
to call on are perfectly charm
ing. I am very anxious to stay
here many days yet. You will
be tflad to hear that I have
broken my engagement with
Frank since coming here, and oh
mother! I have met the sweetest
boy you ever saw. He asked me
who was the most devoted wor
shiDDeratmy shrine, the most
successful assaulter of the heart
of the if air princess, and guess
what I told him. "There is no
successful one so far, sir, but
have encouraging hopes." Then
he swore to me by the immortal
gods who used to inhabit the
ethereal regions of Mount Olym
pus that he was irom that mo
ment my most valiant k night
and asked me timidlV if I could
give him any encouragement. I
told him then with tremors in
my voice that I was engaged.
but you wanted me to break it.
He said he was accustomed to
those things, for me to go ahead
and break it, and take him. Of
course, mother, you know I
never accept anyone on first ac
quaintance but I did as you told
me. And now, I am so happyl I
feel as good as I did when I saw
that hateful Smythe boy fall off
their roof. Oh! I forgot to tell
you his name! But that will
wait. I don't even know what
he does but that first book of
Jaura Lean Bibby said that
Love, that primeval awakening
of the sub-conciousness in the
heart of the innocent maiden
asks not what the beloved one
does, but asks if he loves. I
know that sweet Walter loveth
me for he really said so.
The first day he was away
from me he wrose me this letter
I copy from: "My Own Precious
Cnristine I am absent from
thee, my first and most beloved
one.today, and 1 would that l
were as Mercury of old that I
might fly down with fire on my
heels and burn into everlasting
conflagrations those who are
standing around thoe while I
am away and drinking in the
beautific smiles with which y ou
reward your host of flattering
two-faced persons. Oh! death.
where is thy grave? Oh! cheese.
i where is thy bite? Would that
!the infinite unknown would
swallow me in its cosmic sul
phur water before Lydia. ray
future wife, should prove false
to the adoring - Romeo and
should be consigned to the
dwelling slace of her unfortu
nate and fortunate has-been
lovers! ! Oft in the stilly night
I arise from dreams of thee. O!
thou flower of the wilderness,
thou jewel of the ocean, thou
rainbow of the East!!""
Ma-ma, don't you think that
is the most perfect lyric you
ever saw? How I love him. how
I love him!! I may not come
home at all. I went to a bridge
party Sunday. We all went out
to the overhead bridge and
watched the buggies go past I
did so want to ride but Walter
said riding made him sea-sick.
Anyway, he is a perfect speci
men of American undergrowth
and I know you will dote on
him forever. Write me very
immediately, as Walter says,
and let me know what you
think of your naughty Chris
tine. ,
WHAT CONGRESS
HAS ENACTED
DEMOCRATS FULFILL THEIR
PROMISES
Canadian Reciprocity Bill Enacted
candidates l or Congress Must
Give Statements of Expenditures
Membership Increased State
hood For Arizona And New Mexico.";
Washington Dispatch, Aug. 22.
The bid work of achievement.
at this session must be credited
to the Democratic house, the
fust to be sent to Washington
in 18 years. The new laws,
their purpose and effect are:
Canadian rcciDrocitv Grant.
ing free trade with Canada in
agricultural products, cattle.
lumber and wood pulp, if Cana
da ratifies the agreement at a
special election next month.
Corrupt practices Requiring
publication of three statements
of expenditures by all candi
dates for Congress and the sen
ate before both the election and
the primary, the last not less
than ten days nor more than 15
days before the election or pri
mary; providing for another
statement within 15 days after
the election, and limiting the
total expenditure to $10,000 for
senators and $5,000 for congress
men and naming criminal penal
ties for violating the law,
Congressional reapportion
ment bill, increasing the mem
bership of the house from 391
to 483 members, and distribut
ing them so that no state will
lose a representative.
Statehood Admitting Ari
zona and New Mexico to the
union on condition -that the
former eliminate-the recall of
judges from its constitution and
that the latter liberalize the pro
cedure b amending its proposed
constitution. ,
National monetary com
mission Abolishing the . "lame
duck's roost." and requiring the
final report to Congress by
January 8. 1912.
The bill vetoed and their pro
visions are:
Wool tarifflrevision proposing
a sweeping reduction on raw
wool, wool clothing and all
woolen goods.
Farmer's free list removing
tariff taxes from agricultural
implements and from flour and
meat when like action is taken
by Canada, a measure designed
to compensate the farmer for
the loss he sustains by the re
ciprocity pact.
rirst statehood resolution,
granting statehood, but in a
way allowing Arizona to retain
the recall of judges in its system
of local self-government.
The bill confronting certain
death by another veto is the
Underwood cotton bills reduc
ing tarff taxation on cotton
goods exactly as first proposed
by the house and amended by
the senate to include steel and
iron ore, etc.
The reform postponed is:
Direct election of United
States senators.
At The Hospital
Since last reported, three new
patients have come to the Shel
by Hospital. Mrs. W. W. De-
Priest of New House was oper
ated on for appendicitis and is
doing nicely. Mrs. M. W. Grigg
had a gall stone removed. Miss
Lucy McGinnis came in from
Cherryville Wednesday even
ing as a medical patient - with -Bright's
disease. Mrs. T. W.
Lattimore was able to leave the
hospital yesterday. Mrs. CM.'
Bridges is getting along well and
Mrs. W. V. Metcalf has been
able to roll out on the porch.
Young John Queen who has a
broken arm is doing fairly well.
Palmer Stacks
Mr. Oresta M. Palmer, for
merly of Anderson, S. C, now
of Little Rock. Arkansas, was
quietly married Tuesday to Miss
Mary Lou Stacks, at Anderson,
S. C. the bride's home. The mar
riage was the culmination of
several years' friendship, and
his many friends here are con
gratulating him on the happy
step. They leave Thursday for
Asheviile. and from there to
Little Rock where Mr. Palmer's
headquarters are. All join in
wishing them a long and nappy
life.
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