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i Do Job Work the Linotype Way Let Us Figure on Your Work. Phone No. 11 Published Every Tuesday and Friday The Oldest and Best Paj.tr in This Section. VOL- XXV. NO. 9 THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C. TUESDAY, JAN. 30, 1917 $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE SCHOOL RALLY IS ANNOUNCED FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT IS MADE OF THE DETAILS OF THE COUNTY SCHOOL COM MENCEMENT TO BE HELD At'RIL 7th: By J. Y. Irvin: Cleveland county will hold its an nual Commencement April 7th in Shelby. The teachers have adopted the following rules for the different contests: Parade The line of parade will form be tween the Baptist church and the S. ,A. L. Ry. and inarch to college Inn, thence back N. Washington to N. side of court house. Three marsh all will be appointed from each tav iiship. Each school is requested in march four abreast. A set of maps will be given to tho school making the best showing in parade. This contest js open to all schools ex cept Shelby. Shelby being on the ';-um! makes it unfair for it to con test against the county schools; but a suitable prize will be given to the room in the Shelby schools that mak es the best showing in the parade. Spelling Match, High Schools Each public high school in the county will be allowed three contest ants in the spelling match. The contest will be written and the pupil making the highest grade will be given a medal. Spelling Match, 7th Grade Each public school in the coun ty will be allowed one contestant from the 7th grade. The contest will be written and the pupil making the highest grade will be given a med al. High School Declamation and Recita tion Any public high school in the coun ty may enter one boy and one girl in the declamation and recitation con tests. No declamation or recitation can bo over five minutes long. If it should run over five minutes the pup il will be counted out of the contests. No pupil will be allowed to enter either of the above contests who has paid for lessons in elocution. 7th Grade Declamation and Recita tion These contests will be open to any boy and girl in the public schools of Cleveland county who has attended 30 per cent of the school term and who has not paid for lessons in elocu tion, provided they are not above the 7th grade. One boy and one girl will represent each township. There must be a preliminary contest in each township March 17th. The commit tee has designated the following plac es and appointed the following teach ers to hold the contest: Holly Spgs., H. S. Bailey; Boiling Springs, J. YV. P. Hill; Earl, Lawton Blanton; Grov er, Miss Livingston; Waco, J. T. Al len; Shelby, I. C. Griffin; Lattimore, E. S. Teague; Union, W. E. White; Fallston, M. A. Honeycutt; Mulls, Carr Mull; Casar, Miss Laura Falls. Commencement Exercises At the court house an address will lie delivered to the 7th grade grad uates, medals will be given for the best work in English, medal will be given by the Daughters for the best essay on the Reconstruction of the Southern States, and diplomas will be given to all pupils completing the 7th grade, provided they make an av erage of 80 per cent, or more. Rules for Essay Medal Any boy or girl jn the public schools of the county below the 8th grade is eligible to the contest xThe contest will be held in Shelby school building on Saturday March 18th. Pupils wil asfced to come without paper or notes of any kind. The "Re construction of the Southern. States" will be the subject Athletics For boys under 14 years of age: 1 mile race, 1-4 mile race, 100 yd. and relay race. For boys over 14 years of age: 1 mile race, 1-4 miel race, 100 yd. race and relay race. Base ball kame will be played be tween the two best public school teams in the county. All teams wish ing to enter will notify J. Y. Irvin by March first so that times and places can be designated for these. Preliminary contests to determine the the two best teams In the public schools of the county. All teams wishing ta enter for basket ball will notify J. Y. Irvin by March first so that times and places can be arrang ed for preliminary games to deter mine the two best teams. . Exhibits Maps will be given for the follow ing school exhibits: by a one tea cher school; 2, by a two teacher school; 3, by a three teacher school; 4, by a four to seven teacher school; 5, by a room of Kings Mtn. school; 6, by a room of the Shelby school. There will be other exhibits offered for ex hibits by the club members. ' THE COURT HOUSE QUESTION Lively Fight is Expected in Ruther ford if The Question of Removing Court House to Forest City Comes To a Vote. With Forest City people claiming 2,300 signers to the petition asking for a vote on the question of moving the Rutherford county court house from Rutherfordton to Forest City, the Rutherfordton advocates tell their s:de of the case in the following dis patch to The Observer: "One of the cleverest of surprises ever put over on Rutherfordton was the recent coup by the agitators for removal of the court house to Forest City. Sol Gallert, attorney of Ruth erfordton, and one time candidate for Congress, was retained as legal coun sel by the Forest City clan. Peti tions were prepared and enough workers employed to cover the eas tern part of the county in 48 hours. Before any opposition could even hear of the move more than 2,000 names had been secured and the at torney was lobbying in Raleigh. "As soon as the facts. were ascer tained in Rutherfordton letters and telegrams began to flow to Raleigh. Petitions against removal were circul ated in every township in the county and a large number, who signed the removal petitions signed a protest against further agitations of the mat ter. Twice before Forest City sought an election, once in fusion days.when the bill disappeared from the House rather mysteriously and again in 1907 when the county court house was in ashes. Sufficient interest could not then be aroused to justify an election. Now after 10 years of peace the dis turbers, lead by Gallert and backed by the citizens generally of Forest City, a town of 1,592 inhabitants as per the last census, a determined ef fort is made for an election. Indica tions are, it is claimd, that the elec tion will not be granted by the Legis lature." FIRM DISSOLVES McMurry-HulI Company Dissolves Hulls Will Open New Business While McMurry's Will Continue at Present Stand. A business change of considerable interest is announced in the dissolu tion of McMurry-Hull Company, a prosperous and prominent firm which has been operating in the C. C. Blan ton building for many years. Messrs. Colin and J. H. Hull have rented the Eskridge building opposite the First Baptist church and will open the last of this week a general line of mer chandise, catering especially to lad ies fine dress goods and ladies and gent's ready-to-wear. Miss Barron has accepted a position wit hthe Hull Brothers. The McMurry-Hull stand will be retained by Messrs. P. B. and J. J. McMurry who will continue to handle the same line -of merchandise. Both the McMurry and Hull families have been long identified as Shelby merchants and have a wide acquaint ance that will be interested in the announcement of the change. The new Hull store has been fresh ened with the paint brush, while new shelving and counters have been ad ded. Success is predicted for each of he new firms because the manag ers are favorably known to the pub lic. Cotton Ginned to January 16 Cotton ginned prior to January 16 amounted to 11,147,118 running bales, exclusive of linters, Including 189,004 round bales and 115,463 bales of sea island, the census bureiu an nounces. To January 1 last year, ginning aggregated 10,751,990 bales, including 106,968 round hales and 90,671 bales of sea island. That was 97.1 per cent, of the entire crop. There was gimeJ in North Caroli no 659,419 bales. Married On Sunday, Jan. 14th, in Lincoln county, Mr. Lector Ledford and Miss Minnie Weathers were happily mar ried. Mr. Ledford is the son of John C. Ledford of Cleveland county. Box Supper There will be a box supper at Ross Grove school house Friday night, Feb. 2nd. SOCIETY NEWS A Delightful Musical I. The music pupils of the 10th grade under the able direction of their tea cher, Miss . Helen Dover will give a recital this afternoon at the school auditorium at 3:15 o'clock. An unu sually interesting program has been arranged and it is hoped that a large and appreciative audience will greet these youthful stars and help in a most worthy cause. A free will offering will be talcen at door, the proceeds to be used in the purchase of a Victrola for the graded school. Miss Boistic's Music Class (jive Recital A very delightful musical pro gram was rendered on last Friday ev ening nt the College Inn, when the pupils of Miss Bertha Bostic gave a recital to a large and interested au dience. These young music pupils acquitt ed themselves with much credit and by their splendid rendition of many difficult numbers shown the splendid training they are receiving from Miss Bostic. Cecelia Mu Club Miss Kendall was again hostess on Saturday afternoon when the Cecelia Music club convened with her at 3:30 o'clock. A most delightful musical program has been arranged for the meeting and was rendered as follows: Sketch of John Philip Sousa Miss Stella Scroggs. Piano Selected Miss Kendall. Piano Duet Selected Mrs. Wat kins, Miss Dover. Tomorrow in American Music Sousa Mrs. P. L. Hennessa. A tempting collation was then serv ed, in which the hostess was grac iously assisted by Miss Helen Dover. Mrs. Blanton Entertaining . at a Series of Rook Parties Mrs George Blanton is entertaining at a scries of parties at her attrac tice home on West Marion street, rook being the chosen game. On last Thursday evening, Mrs. Blanton was hostess to twelve of her married friends and at the close of the game, tempting refreshments were served,Miss Margaret McMurry graciously presiding over the chafing dish. Again the following evening Mrs. Blanton was at home to the same number of friends. A collation of two courses, consisting of a salad course and an ice course was served by the hostess and her daughter, Mis Millicent Blanton. Twentieth Century Club .Meeting With Mrs. Bateman On last Friday afternoon at her lovely home on South Washington St., Mrs. T. D. Bateman was the gracious hostess to the members of the 20th Century club at their regu lar semi-monthly meeting. It was an afternoon with Barrie a sthe inspir ing study subject and the following interesting program was given: The Legend of Leonora Review and Criticism Mrs. J. L. Ross. Pantaloon and Half an Hour Stud ies in Realism Miss Annie Miller, Barrie Mrs. T. E. McBrayer. At delightful social hour followed during which the hostess, assisted by her sister, Mrs. B. J. Hammet, serv ed a delectable salad course. Miss Stella Murchison and Mrs. Hammet were pleasant additional guests of the club. Miss Kendall Club Hostess With Miss Mae Kendall as hostess, the members of the Ishpening Liter erary club enjoyed a very charming afternoon last Friday. North Caro lina writers was the subject for dis cussion, the following interesting writers being the studies for the af ternoon: Poem by John Charles McNeill h Miss Margaret McMurry. Reading from Isaac Irvin Everette Miss Mary Moore. Selection from OTIenry Miss Eli zabeth Ebeltoft. Brief Sketch of North Carolina Writers Miss Laura B. Miller. Discussion "The Birth of a Na tion" Club, At the conclusion of this program which was full of local interest, the hostess served an elaborate and delicious salad course and accessories, assisted by Miss Ruby McBrayer. MEDICINE LAWS ARE CONSIDERED LEGISLATURE LIKELY TO KILL OPEN FORMULA LAW, BUT PROHIBITS ADVERTISING FAKE CURES ABSENTEES CAN VOTE. Raleigh Dispatch, Jan. 27th: The Bennett senate bill, prohibiting the sale or the advertisement of medi cines claiming to cure diseases which medical authority recognize as incur able or without discovered cure, went through the senate today as did the second Bennett bill prohibiting the mis-branding or of adulteration of medicines. This bill was presented by Sena tor Bennett, druggist of Bryson city, and by 'Representative Grantham, Harnett county, both druggists. They are the measures which the retail druggists have accepted as repres enting their wishes in drug legisla tion and in passing them the pharma cists believe that they are more in accord with Governor Bickett's re commendations than are those who introduced the bills desired by the state board of health. The measures went through with out objection. Their companions, the Scales-Page acts, will have no such luck, of course. It is accepted here as settled that the house will beat these badly. The committee that re ported them unfavorably stood 7 to 5 and when Representative Wright of Guilford gets back for the vote, it will be 8 to 5. There isn't the slightest chance for the more drastic bills, ac cording to those who count assembly noses as a sort of side-line to regu lar business. The druggists have understood all the while that the governor did not asli for public exposure of all the for mulae in the medicines under dispute, but that they be "filed" thus giving to state- authority the right to in quire into their contents. Governor Bickett would have made certain of these breaches, advertisement and sale of "cures" for cancer, diabetes, etc., felonious. The bills punish the offenders as misdemeanants with $100 as the maximum fine for each of fense. Absentees Can Vote The house today passed the absen tee voters' act It had a hard fight over preciously little and then went through 62 to 19, Eepublicans with two exceptions voting solidly against it The Democrats did a smart trick today. They found the Repubicans much displeased with phases of the act which permits soldiers, drummers colleagians and others forced from the boundaries of the state, to vote by mail. There had been two bills of this character introduced by Dough toij of Alleghany and Kittrell of Vance. The committee worked out a substitute and the house passed it. Bills passed final reading as fol lows: Incorporate Kings Mountain Battleground association; establish the weight of a bushel of onions; a mend the revisal as to the appoint ment of guardians; exempt Hender son county from the state primary; strike out Hoke and put McDowell in lbilbli6ue:.oplneserd The State Bar association bill to provide three examiners to examine applicants for law licenses and leav ing the issuance of the license with the Supreme court after the board has held the examinations and grad ed the examination papers, was laid before the house but went over to an other day. The bill provides for the president of the State Bar association to appoint the board of three exam iners. The following bills passed final reading in Senate: Prohibit the misbranding and adul teration of drugs; regulate civil terms of court; prohibit the sale or advertising of remedies purporting to cuVe incurable diseases. Senator Brenizer of Mecklenburg, offered a resolution empowering the committee on constitutional amend ments to draft immediately legisla tion on the part of the Benata for counties, cities and towns. The re solution was, after discussion with drawn with the understanding that there will be an expediting of this work and further consideration and action Monday. Box Supper at Waco At Waco auditorium on Friday ; night, Feb. 2. A short program will be rendered. Everybody invited. You can buy a buggy or wagon cheaper now than you can later. Buy now from J. D. Linebergers Sons. BATTLE PICTURES To Be Made Around Kyigs Mountain, Re-Staging the Famous Battle of Kings Mountain The Proposed Road to the Mountain. ', A special to The Observer from Kings Mountain under date of Friday says: ' The announcement to the effect that the Dixie Film- and Producing Com pany would stage and re-fight thi' bat tle of, Kings Mountain this Spring, and that film of the. bat tl would be made by the company, Ivi met the most hearty approval of U-idii;g citi zen", of the town. Much varm and favorable discussion of " aatter has been extant on the stv,. ts ever since ;he arrival o' !!. ; lo.jn'eiiient. The news of (he ?-i;".scd action of the film poop!.1 h:::s (invoked a dis cussion relative to the road loading ffi.,11 the town of Kings Mountain to the historic battlefield. At present the road is bad, but before the arrival of the .'io'l persons to produce the film, a new road will have been completed, which will make travel to and from the battlefield easy. The road is being built jointly by the people of Kings Mountain, of York county, and citi zens who will be mostly benefitted by the new highway. A subscription list has been in the hands of a soliciting committee for some time and those willing to help on the North Carolina end of the road, are asked to contribute. The commit tee consists of Messrs. G. F. Ham bright, L. A. McGill, and G. W. Ken drick. The people of York county are deeply interested in having the road completed and are at work on their end of it Besides building near ly two miles of the road ,they are erecting a bridge across Kings Creek, at considerable cost While no definite steps have been taken toward the celebration of the one hundred and thirty-seventh anni versary of the famous battle of Kings Mountain, which will be held here October 7, it is generally understood that an effort will be made to make this the biggest event of the kind ever had here. It is freely talked that the people of East Tennessee, whose forfathers fought in the battle, will be asked to take a hand. 01i7er Taylor of Bristol, Tenn., was here sometime ago and in speaking with this correspondent on the subject, said that he was stire a large delega tion from his section would gladly take part in the celebration. Mr. Taylor is the author of a history of the battle. Fallston Defeats Waco in Basket Ball Special to The Star: (' The Fallston Basket Ball Team de feated the Waco team on the Waco grounds, by a score of 27 to 10 Fri day evening. It was the first game of the season for both schools and was therefore interesting to the large crowd that attended. In the first half the Fallston boys took the lead and kept it throughout the game. At the end of the first half the score stood ten to four in favor of Falls ton. At the beginning of the second half Waco with two new men, came back strong but was not able to get the lead on their opponents whose victory was almost assured. In the second half the score was 17 for Fallston, and 6 for Waco, thus mak ing a total of 27 for Fallston and 10 for Waco. Jhe Star for Waco was Floyd Park er who threw all the goals for that team. For Fallston, Tommie Cline threw six field goals, Love Jones six and Amos Bumgardner one field goal and one fool ball. The guarding of Austin Lackey and Clarence L. Hoyle was exceptionally good. The line up was as follows: Fallston -Tommie Cline, right for ward; Love Jones, left forward; Amos Bumgardner, center; Austin Lackey, right guard; Clarence L. Hoyle, guard. Waco Bunyan Ehyne, right for ward; Floyd Parker, left forward; Reid Sullers, center; Roy Daltort, right guard; Luther Harmon, left guard. Referees Allen, first half; Hon eycutt, second half. K. L. O. For AH Liver Troubles 30 to the Bottle, 25c Kendall's Drug Store. Ken-Tone, the System Builder. adv. GO TO J. D. Llneberger's Sons for all kinds of Wire Poultry Wire, Hog Wire, Barber Wire, etc. adv. LIVE ITEMS OF NORTHAROLINA ITEMS FROM ALL OVER THE OLD NORTH STATE BOILED DOWN FROM THE DAILY PAPERS. The body of a female infant was found on the banks of tho French , Broad River, Asheville. . Attorney General Manning rules that the act of the Legislature rais ing the Governor's salary is consti tutional. Charlie Thompson colored, bellboy at the Guilford Hotel, Greensboro, fell down tho elevator shaft Tuesday and Was killed. Prof. D. C. Suggs of Greensboro has been called to the presidency of Livingstone College, Salisbury, to succeed Or. W. K. Goler, resigned. Senisti-r Fir.mens, who has been right much indisposed for several days, is fit his home at New Berne" to rest for ten days or two weeks.' Robert Berry, a Salisbury negro, just stopped dancing Monday night in a dance hall at Asheville when he dropped dead. lie was cheering the musicians when he fell. In two weeks and three days of Buncombe Superior Court, criminal term, Judge Shaw pronounced 47 sep arate sentencea and a total of 71 years in prison or county home. Homer M. Clark was Wednes day sentenced by Judge Shaw in Buncombe Superior Court to serve 30 years in the penitentiary for kill ing Robt. M. Davidson last month. Capt. Caleb D. Bradham, for 17 years commander of the North Caro lina naval militia, has been retired at his own request and the rank of rear admiral has been conferred on him. The executive committee of the North Carolina Teachers' Assembly met in Raleigh and decided to hold the next annual meeting in Char lotte during Thanksgiving week. Rev. W. R. Bradshaw, nine years with State Mission Board of Baptist State convention in Western North Carolina has accepted the pastorate of the First Baptist church of Hick ory. S. E. Burgess, division passenger agent for the Southern at Philadel phia, Pa., will succeed Mr. R. H. De- Butts as division passenger agent at Charlotte. Mr. DeButts goes to the same position in Washington, D. C. The two-year-old and only soa of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Wren of the Aspin mill village, Fayetteville, was strick ing matches and his dress caught fire, burning him so badly before help arrived that he died later. Rev. Chas. Smith, a Baptist min ister, 38 years old, accidentally shot and killed himself Monday while out hunting in Guilford county. He was crossing a fence, .he rail broke and the gun was discharged severing the jugular vein. Mr. Philip Sowers, aged 93 years, one of the largest land owners in Ro wan and Davidson counties.died Moa day afternoon at his home near Spen- . cer. He was a native of Davidson county and is survived by a daughter and two sons. Gordon Luther of Candler, Eun combe county, frmer soldier in the armies of Francisco Madero of Mex ico, died Tuesday in a hospital in Asheville, death resulting from inju ries received when he fell under a train engine a few days ago. W. C. Suggs, chief of police of Norwood, was killed this week by Kirk Furr, one of several brothers whom, it is alleged, had it in for the officer. The shooting took place It front of the postoffice, where the offi cer had gone to stop a row. Furr ei- caped. Lawson Gonge, a 13-year-old white boy, is under $500 bond for burning a school house and church at Street, Mitchell county. The loss was $800 to $900, with no insurance. The boy is reported to have admitted burning the building because he did not want to go to schooL V Two resident physicians of a Mary land sanatorium came to Raleigh af ter an escaped insane patient They got on the track of him and caught him near Sanford. En route to Ral eigh the patient jumped from tha machine and escaped. The patient is represented to be heir to large prop erty. For the Stomach, Nerves, Blood, Appetite, for that good for nothing fagged-out, can't-sleep feeling. $1.00 bottle, 3 for $2.50. Kendall's Drug Store. -adv II M . : M . i ! i - i .
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