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THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1917
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
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WILSON'S MIND
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10 lYlAUIV UI
'RECOGNITION ' OF STATE OF
VAK MAY FOLLOW PRESI
DENT'S ADDRESS MAY RAISE
MILLION MEN FOR ARMY.
Washington, March 30. The ad-mis-trativc
branch. of the American
, -Vrrnmeiit has determined definitely
a course' of action to meet -'live
,-Yily of Germany. Whilj c flicial
u':cc!iH'nt is withheld jicndins
of President Wilson
ii,r c.i-teiicc of a state of war is
xpected to follow soon after the ix-,,.-sion
begins.
The President, having decided on
the principal feature of the address
i, !- delivered to a joint session of
he house and senate, is putting the
, i !:! writing anil today lie
had a final discussion with his cubi
c;. The meeting lasted only an
haur and a half but with conclusions
duickiy made known timo was found
f, r attention to individual departmni-
J Kt-.ttcrs. Later the President
,.,T,.;tc.I briefly with Secretaries
Raker and Daniels, heads of the war
;-.r.( I ravy departments.
No Differences of Opinion
Tii'Ti' is said to have been no dif
'. v, :;,.(. (,f opinion in the cabinet on
h,. ltti at question. The President';
,.di -i !'.- a well as official Washing
t ,i. gem rally have long since aecept
,. it as a fact that war actually is
ii:. waged against the United .Sta--.
-
i . . : s I i. tk.t Germany is
t;j .... war on this nation because
!;. i;a- taken more than 240 Arr.eri
:r. es en the high .-eas., b'cai
hi Y'.- de-troyed Amcric;'.r,'.hips by
;. 'Ydesule, because ni'Hior.-. .f
worth of damage ha-; be-?n
:,,!: a result of German plots i:i
!' :t...l States, brcau-e she has ,
, n:! . d t . ft on foot a cor. pi nr.'
;:':h M-Ni-i ar.d Japan to dismend.i v
: '. '!.;; , ai.il filially becau- ' of
:;(!' that Girm.i'iy triumphant
, c a-titute a future menace to the
an of the world in genera! and of
IV, tod State- in particular.
What Part Will Nation Play?
i in what part the United States
v a play i- a question the govern
ment has yet to determine. The sub
net has been discussed generally with
:. the administration but the broad
; ''icy to be pursued will be deelop
1 only after the nation's status has
Ot-.n defined by Congress and urgent
icYn-e steps completed.
After the President has delivered
hi- address, Congress is expected to
'i'.ke under consideration promptly
the granting of a large credit to the
i.'ot'n,mer.t and to provide for the
raising of an army of perliaps l.Co'l,
""') men. Other measures such as a
censorship bill, syp bill, the regular
army appropriation bill and emer
gency legislation for the army and
avy, also will be submitted.
As summarized today everything
that the government believes can be
uor.e without congressional action to
arm against Germany either has been
done or has been planned. Every
eovernment department is engaged in
ome work of preparedness. Les
;ons taught by the experience of Eu
rope are being utilized as far as pos
sible. FAMOUS FIDDLER DEAD
Incle "Billy" Hill Burke's Well
Knonn Musician is Dead.
Morganton March 31. Uncle
"Billy" Hill of Rutherford College,
known far and wide as the champion
fiddler of the Carolinas, is dead.
For the past 25 years Uncle Billy
has resided at Rutherford College
and during all that time has played
at every commencement and public
evert at the college iind has also car
red the mail from Connelly Springs
n the college during that time and
was greatly loved by the students.
As a fiddler he was acknowledged
as the best in the country of the old
"chool, and in the days of the fid
'"i;rs' convention he swept the first
pnze at every fiddlers' convention in
the State, and after that was employ
el to play as a special attraction, be
(ause the contestants would not play
gainst him for prizes.
l's violin is said to he one of the
'."'"st in America with a tone which
s seldom equaled. He is by far the
best known musicion the State has
produced.
Did Not Ask Money
Contrary to the report in last Tues
av s Star, County Superintendent J.
lfvin did not ask the county com
"Hssioners for $50 appropriation to
J J .'or the band for county com-
cenent and otherwise defray the
i-T of the educational rally.
S5 ?r,Irvin did not make the
corW'' Was not turni dw"- T1"8
w j is made in iU8tice to Mr-
in and the commissioners.
TRIANGULAR DEBATES
Shelby School Won and
Waco and Grover.
Lost, as Did
About 300 high schools all over
North Carolina engaged in triangu
lar debates Friday and Saturday
nights to select teams to go to the
I University at Chapel' Hill for the
final try-out in the State High School
contest. The question for all debat
es was "Resolved that the Federal
Government should own and contrcl
the railways." On Friday night
Myrtle Warren and Raymond Killian
of Gastonia took the affirmative side
of the question at Shelby against the
Lincolnton team, composed of Morton
and Setzer on the negative, the nega
tive side winning the question by a
vote of two to one.
I The Shelby team composed of Max
Hamrick and Dunt Crowder was
pitted against Gaslonia at Lincoln
ton with the result that Gastonia
won by a vote of the judges two to
one.
i Another Shelby team composed of
Millicent lilanton and Forrest Ham
rick measured words with Lincolnton
at Gastonia with the result that Shel
by won a unanimous decision. This
is considered quite a victory for Shel
by in view of the fact that the Shelby
debaters were pitted against the Lin
colnton debaters who won both vic
tories last year and represented their
school at Chapel Hill.
Grover and Waco each had two
teams in Shelby Saturday night, one
at the Court House and one at the
Academy. Waco v. on at the Court
House and Grover at the Academy.'
Waco won at the Court House and
Grover at the Academy, which moans
that neither school will be represi nt
ed at Chapel Hill, it being necessary
to win two debates in order to go to
the final content at the Un.versitv.
I allstou Commencement
; 'the Fall-ton curnrm n.nni'. nt pro
gram i- as follows:
i ! ;, .- io .. ;r!n. A; '. I . :. - P.
M. Annual .-ermim, by J. F.
Moser, pastor of Fa'.lstor. i-i. K.
church.
Y. !i - i las day i r.vr. i;-c-.
I Friday evening, April 1", at J:'o
P. M. Annual debate. Subject. Re
solved, That the U. S. should own and
'operate her railroads.
I Friday night, April PI, at 8:00 P.
'M. Primary and Intermediate pro
gram. Saturday morning, April II. at
10:30 A. M. Annual Literary ad
dress, by Hon. O.Max Gardner, Lieut.
'Gov. of North Carolina, Shelby, N.
C.
i Saturday night, April 14th, at 8:00
P. M Play, "The Call of the Flag,"
copyrighted by The National Drama
Co., written by Oliver P. Parker.
i Everybody cordially invited to at
tend. I M. A. HONEYCUTT, Prin.
V FARM LIFE SCHOOL
Excellent Report on Farm Work at
Broad River Academy.
j liioau Kiver Academy Is the only
school in Cleveland that has a real
'farm life school in connection, al
though Farm Demonstrator Gidney
says the farm life feature is being
organized at other places to begin
, this year. The Broad River record
for the last three years is very gra
tifying and in the report furnished
by Mr. L. R. Putnam to Dr. Gidney
he thanks Dr. Gidney for the assist
'ance he has been to the school in this
I line of its work and submits the fol
lowing facts: The ground is tilled by
'the school children and in 1914 they
'made ?56.(i(; in 11)15 they made $42
land in 1910 they made $50.33, this de
crease being due to the July floods
.which did so much damage. Mr. Put
nam says, "I think it is the thing for
any school to do and if they will co
joperate it is one of the finest things
that any community could do. There
are many ways in which to help and
!no one will miss the time."
j The profits are used in the improve
ment of the school building.
Contracts for New Mill
Rutherfordton Sun:
The Yelton Milling Company, of
this city, last week contracted with
the W. J. Savage Company, of Knox
ville, Tenn., for complete (iO-barrel
flour mill to be installed by June 1st
next. The mill when completed will
be the largest and most up-to-date
of any in the county and will be driv
en by electricity.
Presbytery to Meet
Forest City Free Press:
For the first time since its estab
lishment Westminster School will
have the pleasure of entertaining its
parent, Kings Mountain Presbytery,
when that body convenes there Mon
day, April 10th. The first session
will be held at 2 p. m and continue
for two days. Rev. W. J. Roach of
Gastonia is moderator.
RECIPROCITY DAY
OBSERVED FRIDAY
LOCAL CLUBS HOST TO DIS-
I TRICT FEDERATED CLUBS'..
MOST INTERESTING PRO
GRAMME AND DELIGIIFUL
LUNCHEON AT THE HOME OF
MRS. S. S. ROYSTER MRS GOR
DON FINGER PRESIDES.
Every detail of a most excellent pro
gram for Reciprocity Day of the
fourth district was carried out with
consumate skill on last Thursday
(when our town was given over to t'ni-
entertainment of the visiting club
ladies of this district, the three fed
erate clubs of our city being hostess.
I Nature, herself exhaled the reci
procity spirit and bade the welcomed
visitors partake of her glorious sun
shine and bright flowers. They were
met at the stations and taken in au
tomobiles to the home of Mrs. S. S.
. Royster, who so loyally gave herself
and her home for the occasion.
This handsome home was en fete
for this happy event, the decorations
being very effective in their yellow
and green 'tones, breathing the fresh
ness of spring in all its loveliness. A
happy time ensued after the arrival.
New acquaintances were made and
old (;ni)s renewed, until 12 o'clock
i came, when an elaborate and deli
cious three course luncheon was serv
ed. ! Promptly at 1:30, Mrs. Gordon
Finger, of Charlotte and chairman
of the fourth district, called the busi
ness session to order, which was op
ened by a beautifule duet, rendered
with pleasing effect by Mrs. W. B.
Nix and Miss Helen Dover. This
assemblage was then led in a eloijucin
word of prayer by Mrs. R. E. Ware,
in behalf of woman and hir work in
the home and abroad.
, Mrs. W. 11. Jasspoi- was cbct d
secretary.
Mrs. W. 1!. Nix, president cf ;lio
Civic League gave the fir.-t u i,Y of
greeting, speaking in Ik lull' of the
League. 'I hi- wa , writu.t ',. v-:re,
attract;
rnu.il f:
raole o,m-
ment.
..... .. ..I. F.n::. ..n-.-i.:.:-' of the
20th Century club was the mxt
speaker, presenting greet, ngs iroi.i
her club. The speaker emphasised
womans awakening, an the effect of
club organization in its varied de
partments on woman and the home.
Still further words of welcome
were added from the Ishpening club
of Shelby by Miss Elizabeth Ebel
toft, who is this club's valued sec
retary. She is a fluent and forceful
young speaker and her few well chos-
en words of welcome were a delight
to her hearers.
Mrs. W. J. Clifford of Gastonia, in
the absence of Mrs. W. J. Martin of
Davidson who was scheduled to make
the response, made a very delightful
and important response in her usual
witty style.
This meeting was fortunate in hav
ing Mrs. Eugene Reilley, vice-pres.
General Federation, of Charlotte
present who made a splendid address
with "The District a Unit in Club
Work' as her subject and one which
she is so well acquainted as it was
under her guidanceship that these
district aieetings came into being.
Mrs. Reilley is a fluent speaker,
possess a magnetic personality and
easily holds her audience.
This was followed by a short talk
from Mrs. Hook of Charlotte, who
was thoroughly in touch with her
subject, "Finance and Our Future"
and gave interesting information on
the finance of the Federation. She
also gave a most interesting and in
spiring forecast of the pleasures and
profit that was in store for those who
attended the State Convention at
Durham in May.
Miss Bertie Lee Suttle gave a beau
tiful rendition of "Carolina Hills'' in
her sweet and clear soprano voice.
The roll call of clubs followed and
reports were read from every club
in the district except one, and showed
a remarkable variety of activity and
work accomplished. The sum of
money expended in public work was
remarkable.
A round table discussion was then
held, Mrs. D. G. Mauney of Kings
Mt. being the leader. One of the
most important features of the busi
ness was the election of Mrs. D. A.
Garrison of Gastonia to succeed Mrs.
Finger as chairman of this district
for the incoming club year, and that
this officer should be called first
president, subject to the action of the
State meeting.
Mrs. S. A. Robinsonf Gastonia
concluded the program by a very
charming toast to "Our Hostess
Clubs"' after which all joined in sing
ing "America."
The principle speaker of the day,
however, was Miss Anne Pierce of
Charlotte, who came as a special
guest with a special message of par
ticular local interest to Shelby "The
Library and the Child" and this
splendid address will be published
next Friday.
The visiting ladies were then giv
en automobile ridevr over city and
suburbs by the thoughtful men of the
town leaving for their respective
homes on the late afternoon trains
SOCIETY NEWS
Important League Notice
There will be an important business
meeting of the Civic League Thurs
day afternoon in the court house.
( All members are urged to attend
(and be on hand at 3 o'clock so aj not
to interfere with the week of prayer
which is being held at the fi;nd:s:
church.
(Signed) MRS. W. I!. NIX Pr.-s.
Mrs. Fanning Hostess
In Honor of Yisilor
Honoring Mrs. J. II. GKnn of
Inesier, s. l., ner niece ami house
guest Mrs. Walter Fanning entertain
ed very beautifully the members of
jth Tongues and Needle club and a
number of other guests at her charm
ing home last Saturday afternoon.
A happy afternoon was spent in
t dainty needle work and pleasant con
versation, interspersed with lovely
, violin solos by Mrs. Glenn who is a
splendid violinist.
At the close of the afternoon's
'pleasure a tempting course of re
freshments were served. '
Music Club With Miss Suttle
A very profitable and altogether
enjoyable meeting of the Cecelia
Music club was held with Miss Bertie
Lee Suttle on last Saturday afternoon
The home was most beautifully de
corated in Easter lilies and potted
plants, and in the midst of these sur
roundings a delightful musical pro
gram was rendered.
Following this, the ho-tess, i--ed
by her mother and sister, Mrs.
John Suttle andMiss Esther, served a
tempting two course collation, con
sisting of chicken salad, sandwiches,
punch, and ice cream frozen in the
shape of Easter lilies and cake.
MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION
Governor T. W. Bickett hav-
ing proclaimed Thur.-iY.y, April ''
5th, 1017 as planting day, 1 am
going to request the citizens of
Shelby, both white and colored
to join the movement on that
day and plant all back lots,
gardens and all vacant spots that
have previously been occupied by
weeds, in crops of some kind.
The only possible way to lower
the present high prices of veg-
etables and other food products
is to produce more of them at t
home. Plant early crops and
late crops and work all of them
well, thereby helping increase
the harvest.
J. T. GARDNER,
Mayor.
RECITATION
AND
TION
DECLAMA-
Contests Will be Spirited in Baptist
Church Here Saturday--Music by
Grover School.
Special to The Star:
On the 7th of April, County Com
mencement at eleven o'clock at the
Baptist church will be held the High
School reciters' and declaimers' con-
'test.
Those who have' entered up to this
time are eclaimers:
Chas. Erwin, subject "The Vision
! Splendid."
I Adkins Wilson, subject "Sergeant
Prentiss's First Plea."
I Travis Hamrick, subject "The Un
known Speaker."
I Jesse Kiser, subject "The Advar,
tages of Farm Life."
Guy Anthony, subject ', American
Ideals."
Iteciters
Miss Zona Hord, subject "Death
Disk."
Miss Susie Beach, subject "Trick
Versus Trick."
Miss Evie Lee Sheppard, subject
"College Oil Cans." .
We hope others will enter, and all
will be at the Baptist church immed
iately after the parade. The speak
ers will choose their places by lot,
each drawing for a number at the
church.
Music will be furnished by Grover
Music Department.assisted by Mr. J.
J. Malone. If you like to hear a good
string band, this is the place for you
to come, for you will enjoy the music
as well as the speaking. The pro
gram promises to be an interesting
exercise.
MELDONA LIVINGSTON,
Chmn. of Com.
Card of Thanks
We wish to thank our many friends
for their kindness during the short
illness and death of our little son
Yates.
adv. Mr. and Mrs. Stougo A. Davis
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COWS ARE HIGH IN THIS CAT -
TLE SECTION AND DAY LABOR
WAGES ARE HIGHER THAN
SKILLED WAGES IN SOUTH.
Editor of The Star:
I Douglas, Arizona.-I have received ollna-r n't think of any other just
s6 many requests recently from now that aPP,eaIs to me any more:
friends around Lawndnle and Shelby I Best wishes to star and it9
for information about .'Arizona ami Tim, I remain ever a tar-
other nnrta nf fVin Snnihuif i.heel. .
have decided to use the columns of I
your paper to convey to them this
.information with the hopes that same
proves of interest to your other rad
'ers as well.
Arizona, has a population of con
siderable less than three hundred
, thousand people; L!0 per cent of these
being Mexicans or of Spanish descent.
I There are about 10 per cent of the
other population that the Indians;
mostly Apache. A large reservation ,Fa,ls Presidl"l?- yesterday's sw
for them is set aside near Fort Hua-jsion John Hawkins was given thirty
chuca, where they revel in the forms iday on the cnaingang for vagrancy
of life typical to their race. ,and discharged on a charge of re-
The chief-Drodueta of Ari7,mB n tailing. He was hailed into court
horses, cattle, and copper ore, very
little farmiiiL' beinir carried on py.
cept in the Imperial Valley where ion the niads- Henry Bt'atty- another
there are a large and profitable yield whit? man' was trk'd for Perjury ami
I of cantaloupes and grapes. Owing to !,,oun'1 over to Superior Court. Realty
,the high altitudes and mountainous (testified that he had not bought
! regions, it is almost impossible tc!whiskpy from John Hawkins
properly irrigate the land so that ex- and Kn0lh Gowan swore today that
tensive" farming can be carried on. Ihe saw him buy fqur Pillts frmn IIaw
,The altitude ranges all the way from ikins' m',K'e thu lharKe t,f perjury.
,2,000 to 0,000 feet above the level of !The law abidinK element of this com
the sea, and this makes the days very imunity arts rejoicing at the strict en
Iwarm and the 'nights verv cofd forcement of the law by Recorder
the rainy neason in Arizona is
from the latter part of June till he
early part of September and ihe wY..';
blows all the time. There is usually
lots of dust and it is almo.-t impos
sible for one to keep' it out of the
house.
Like a'! dc.-ert countriis buiMi'i.'.r
materials are very expensive which
accounts for the numerous adobe
structures one sees in parsing
through the Southwest.
Cattle, too, are .very costly. A good
milch cow sells for all tho v.av f i v.ni
$35.00 to SoO .00 and beef caflo'lo-ln.
all the way from $30.00 to $40.00 dpi
head depending upon weight and r.trt
One would naturally assume that,
.in a country where cattle is raised to
'such a great extent, beef would be
.very low in price but a beefsteak in
.Arizona win cost more man it wmn i
in New York or Philadelphia.
A dollar here usually goes about
half as far as a dollar, ir North Caro -
lina. To get any kind of a decent
,meal at any good restaurant sings
'cents or more if one happens to pos-j
'Doo ., .,: l i iJ
uum uciuiv ion auuut niAij n einty
sess an appetite above normal and
the Arizona climate makes a person i
very hungry.
Even day labor in this country is i
higher than skilled labor in the Sou -
thern states, and the mines Dav from
$4.00 to $6.50 per day for eight hours
work. A girl clerk in a soda water i
and ice cream stand gets from $9.00
,to $18.00 per week and hotel and res -
taurant help draws salaries that ,
. wouiu asionisn iois oi me working
'people but with all these high wag
es and salaries the people in the
'Southwest do not seem to have any
more money than the average cotton
ImilL worker in North Carolina. Liv
ing and household expenses are at a
maximum and their bank accounts i
(don't grow very fast. ',
jBisbee, a city forty miles north of
(Douglas, is the biggest mining center ,
(in the state, there being several of the t
ibest paying and largest mines there i
:in the country
Douglas, itself, has a population of
'about 20,000, 35 per cent of it being
'.Mexicans, and besides there are at
present about 7,000 United States
soldiers in camp within one mile of
.'the town.
Douglas, has two of the largest
smelters in the United States;' prob-
ably the largest in the world. Viz:
TV,p Onwn and thP C A. which
handles all the ore from all the sur -
rounding country. About 8,000 peo
ple are employed by these smelters.
Douglas, has more drug stores than
Charlotte to her population, and more
pool-rooms than Cleveland county
has blockade 'stills.' There are five
churches in the town besides the Sal
vation army hall and the Y. M. C. A.
building where regular services are
held. The soldiers spend thousands
of dollars here every month and near
ly every business man in town cat
ers to the soldier's trade. The dance
halls do their share of business and
only a day or so after the soldier
draws his pay, he finds himself broke.
The largest building in the city of
Douglas, is Hotel Gadsen, which is
six stories high and has about 250
modem rooms. There are many other
hotels here but the Gadsen is the best
and likewise the most expensive place
to stop. Its rates are from $2.60 to
about $10.00 per day. There are a
bout twenty first-class restaurants in
the town and nearly as many second
and no class ones.
The town bears a striking resemb
lance in some sections to some of the
towns I visited in Mexico with the
American Expeditionary forces and
although back among English speak-
in PeI,le I fecf that I am still too
ncar Mexico for my own personal
'comfort': ''';'" '"'
1 This October I am going to return
to the United States where I won't
hear any Spanish lingo spoken and
don't have to wear goggles all the
'.'; time to keep the dust out of my eyes.
.This place surely must be North Car
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KINGS MT. NEWS
Recorder's Court Has a Case of Per
jury Flag Pole Exercises at
School A Wedding.
Kings Mountain, March 31. Re
corder's court was in session here
Friday and today with Judge 15. T.
again today on two charges of re-
itailinK uml was Kiv,;'n twelve months
'Falls.
' The graded school held its fair ;nd
flag pole oxoiYi-cs Friday afternoon.
The exhibition of work of the scho-d
children evinced the fact that Supt.
F. W. Orr and his efficient corps of
teachers have wrought well this vear.
I Invitations reading as follows have
been received by friends:
Mr. and Mrs. (1. S. Ware reqm st
the pleasure of your company r.t the
marriage ceremony of their daugh
ter Delia Janette, to Ben Dixon
Phifer Wednesday evening, the
fourth of April, nineteen hundred and
! seventeen at half past eight o'clock
CLEVELAND LOCAL LAWS
The following local laws per-
fnininir tn Plpvplnml county tt'prp
1 passed by the 1917 General As-
.sembly:
1 ofnce of co""' treasurer re-
I established; treasurer appointed.
i Shelby Recorders court
Eighty thousand dollars bridge
bonds
Tor
Terms of Superior court fixed.
Supplemental bridge bond act.
Dividing line established.
Additional revenue for Shelby
, graded schools,
Salaries fixed
New bridges provided for.
Crowder's Mountain township
school district law amended;
1 special tax.
Commissioners authorized to
transfer convicts assigned to
work upan the public roads.
Kings Mountain road district.
Shelby to issue graded school
bonds.
Supplemental treasurer act.
Quail protected.
Commissioners authorized to
pay register of deeds for regis
tering births and deaths and
making out tax books.
Dog tax.
Commissioners authorized to
reimburse Shelby for street im-
i provement.
Veal law repealed.
A Correction
We wih to make a correction of a
news item which appearea in lues'
'days' Star in the absence of the Edi
tor. The article stated that Gar
' . . , i m
'ence Mode had trouble with his fath-
pr Julius Mode and had left home.
We are informed that this is a plain
mis-statement; that Mr. Mode had no
trouble with his son whatever, but
went to Morganton to work, the part
ing being friendly and free from any
ill feeling. While it was the policy
of the editor to cut out such corres
pondence as this, we wish to condemn
the writer who signed "Blue Bell"'
and who was evidently some thought
less girl who had a grudge against
Mr. Mode and his household, a most
estimable family of No. 10 township.
A Card of Thanks
We want to thank our good friends
and neighbors for their many kind
nesses toward us during the illness
and death of our dear mother and
grand mother, Sallie Ann - Camp.
May God's richest blessings rest and
abide with them all, is my prayer.
Mrs. S. P. Moore. i
adv. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Curry.
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