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ivr-p W Do Job' Work -the Liaoty;.e. Way - Let L-;, Figure on our Work. Plione Np. 11 Published 'Every Tuesday .and Friday The Oldest and Besl Paper in This Sefition. NO. 30 THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY,, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 1.3, 1917 $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE B y M PRESIDENT FOR CONSCRIPTION INSISTS ON WAR BILL THERE WILL PROBABLY BE OPPOR TUNITY FOR HALF MILLION T0' VOLUNTEER. Washington, April. 11. President Wilson, in a conference with' Speaker rjiamp Clark and Majority Leader Kitchin at the Capitol today, insisted on the terms of the Administration plan for raising a large Army on the rinii pit- of selective draft. At the ai7K' time, it was learned that the War Department virtually had de- ,iei on plans under which oppor .jnjty would he given for approxi mately ."iUO.OOO men to volunteer for .,rviet for the term of the war. The net result of the new plans ,v uld he to make the total National tiuard and regular force to be or ganized lirst independently of the -elective draft plan, approximately men, making room for the sii-orption of half a million volunteer.-. No attempt to enlist rrlen to ac complish this will be made until Con gress has acted and authority is granted to enlist such volunteers for the duration of the war only. The I'resident talked for nearly an hour with Speaker Clark and Rep resentative Kitchin and discussed the Administration Army plan in detail, making elear that it had been drawn upon up after the most thorough consideration at the War Department, ar.d after it had been decided that it was the only way to meet the demand for a great and efficient fighting farce. Opposing Sentiment Both Speaker Clark and Represen tative. Kitchin told the President that "jch sentiment existed in Congress ajainst the plan, principally on the .'round that draft should not be re- rted to until an effort had been made to raise an Army through vol unteers. t'arefnl consideration of the terms f the existing National defense act ;- responsible for the contemplated range of the Administration's policy :r, regard to the mobilization of the National Guard for war. Officials now hnk the law grants the States the r:j:ht to organize additional guard units up to the full limit of 800 men !' a Congressional district. The effect of this change would be to make it possible for the National riuard to have a full strength of 440, '"0 enlisted men in the first clement of the war time National Army. The present policy of the War Depart ment of drafting only those units now existing and such additional units as way be necessary to fill out divisional organization or which have armories v.d other evidences of permanency, would produce about 330,0000 men. Recruit Regular Army The Department has decided, Sec retary Baker told the House Military Committee today, to raise the regular Army up to full strength prescribed y the National defense act 287,000 immediately on the passage of the war organization bill by Congress. This means that three additional increments, totalling approximately ',000 men, would be required. Haptist S. S. Association Tne Baptist Sunday School Asso (iation will meet with Double Springs 'lurch lin 28th amI 29th of April. H churches are requested to attend i meeting. Program will be sent "' each speaker. Some of the very "-t speakers will be present and we expecting this to be a great "'' tit sr. Everybody invited. I"C K Rl!intin (vrnt'irv Rutherford Doctor Dead Kuthirfnrdton. Anrfl 11. Dr. 1 harU-.- I'.ostic McDaniel, a popular unK 1'hysciian, died at the home of sis'"'r' Mrs. W. A. Harrill last '-'ht and ill be buried in Forest ry cemetery tomorrow at 10 o'clock, "tir the services at his late resi- lence. KEN-TONE KRTnv f your Whole System. TftVP , e,w-1UNE KEN-fo,E,7nKEN-TONE-$1.00 bottle 3 WehK- n Get t at Kendall's or - "nig store. adv. I fi the habi of going to nSdWV" anything you inShe1 Ware' House Furnish "ofVu We "y, the -stock an t Sec-Treas. Shelby Loan Asso. Canning and Home Work Prizes The following are names of girls ginning prizes on materials exhibited in Canning Club and Home Demon stration Department at County Com mencement. '." ' j . For best exhibit of canned pro ducts, Miss Ruby McSwain. For best single jar of canned pro ducts, Miss Ollie Rippy. For best history of year's work, Miss Etna Holland. For best cap and apron, Miss Min nie Elam. For best piece of hand work, Miss Gazzie Short. Several members of the Home De monstration clubs exhibited canned products and needle work. The best jar was exhibited by Mrs. W. O. ifolland and second best by Mrs. C. C. Whisnant. The best piece of needle work was exhibited by Miss Kathryn McSwain and second best by Mrs. John I). Elliott. Eighteen first year girls received club emblem pins. Money to pur chase these pins was given by J. D. Lineberger's Sons, The Red Front Store and others. SUSAN O. ELLIOTT, Co. Home Demonstration Agent. BILLIONS FOR THE WAR Will Loan Big Sums to Entente Al lies. Leaders in Congress haxe virtual ly decided to raise about 50 per cent, of the first year's war expenditures by taxation. If this is done it will be necessary to raise war revenue to the extent of $1,750,000,000 throueh new and increased measures of tax ation during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918. This is exclusive of the $5,000,000,000 bond issue, au thorization for which will be sought of Congress this week. The total demand upon the financial resources of the-c-ountry during the first year of the war under this programme would be $6,750,000,000. Of the $5,000,000,000 to be raised by a bond issue, $.,!,000,000, it is definitely stated, will be loaned to the allies. The purpose is to make the loan and accept foreign bonds as security. Already $100,000,000 has been votedt by the President as a war em ergency fund. DEBATE TONIGHT Hoey-Ware Contest to Take Place Tonight Special Music Will Be Rendered. The Hoey-Ware contest will take place in the graded school auditorium tonight when nine young men from high schools of the county will con test for the C. R. ,Hoey medal. Spec ial music will be furnished by the Piedmont - Band, Boiling Springs music class and the Cecelia Music club. The stage will be attractively decorated with American flags. Prof. Irvin will preside. Mr. Hoey was not ready to announce names of judges yesterday. The winners of the Dr. R. E. Ware essay medal will be announced. There were 10 contestants for this coveted honor. ' Mrs. Thacker to Speak The annual meeting of the Woman's Presbyterial of Kings Mountain Presbytery, to bo held -iii Belmont Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of next week, April 18, 1!) and 20, will ho of special interest by rea-son-tf the fact that on Thursday af ternoon Mrs. J. Ernest Thacker, of Norfolk, will deliver her new lecture on "The Next Generation, What?" This lecture has been delivered in a number of large cities and has been pronounced unusually fine. Mrs. Thacker is a sister of the famous Rev. Thomas Dixon and wife of Dr. Thacker, the well-known evangelist. Can Fly Without a Machine A Shelby man remarked on th? re ceipt of the news that Congress had passed the war measure, that he would immediately volunteer for the aviation service but would not ask for a machine. He thinks he can qualify for flying without the use of a machine. , IP YOIT WANT Goods of quality and service, trade with J. D. Lineberger's Sons, Shelby's leading hardware dealers. "AUF CUD. aav. SOCIETY NEWS 20th Century Club The 20th Century Club will con vene this afternoon with Mrs. Avery McMurry. The hour is 4 o'clock. Miss Moore Club Hostess This Afternoon . '. fc This afternoon at 4 o'clock Miss Mary Moore will entertain the Is.i pening Literary club at thir regular semi-monthly meeting at her home on West Marion street. Young People's Missinary Society Meets The Young People's Missinary So ciety of Central Methodist church met Friday afternoon at four o'clock with Miss Eva Palmer. An interest ing program about "Christianity in Korea" was rendered. Then followed a brief discussion of business. At the close of the meeting, the hostess, assisted by her sister, little Miss Lela, served a tempting salad course, coffee and candy. Social Courtesies for Winston Visitors The following from Monday's issue of The Twin-City Sentinel, of Winston-Salem, will be of interest here to friends of Lieut. Gov. and Mrs. O. M. Gardner. Among Winston-Salem's Easter visitors have been Governor and Mrs. T. W. Bickett, who are guests of Dr. and Mrs. T. W. Davis, and Lieu tenant Gov. and Mrs. Max Gardner. During their stay in the Twin-City quite a number of delightfully infor mal affairs have been given compli mentary to them. Winston-Salem people wishing to show their delight in entertaining the States chief execu tors and wives and hoping for an early return. Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Reynolds enter - J tained at an informal dinner for Mr. and Mrs. Rickett and Mr. and Mrs. Gardner yesterday at noon. Mr. and Mrs. Clement Manly had the visitors as guests Sunday evening. Mr. Jam es . Gray, Jr., entertained at a buf fet supper at the Zinzendorf. Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Reynolds entertained at an afternoon tea Saturday after noon, and Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Wright also entertained for them. Contracts Let for 28 Submarines Contracts for construction of 28 800-ton sea-going submarines prob ably will be awarded by Secretary Daniels before the close of the week, Bids opened at the Navy Department carried proposals for 54 vessels. Con gress has authorized only 38, howev er and 10 have already been assigned to the Navy Ward at Portsmouth, N. II. - - ... Some offers, exceeding the authoriz ed cost limit of $1,300,000 per ship, may be accepted because they fix the time of construction at several month below that of other proposals. To cover the additional cost, it would be possible to draw on the emergency fund provided for speeding up con struction or the cost plus percentage of profit scheme may be invoked. Kitchin Won't Resign "Claude Kitchin is not going to re sign as majority leader nor does the administration desire him to do so. In fact. Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo and Postmaster General liurleson pleaded with Kitchin not to even consider such a move when the North Carolinian returned to Wash ington to take up the leadership of the house Democrats and to pave the way for raising the enormous fund necessary to prosecute the war a gainst Germany. Rev. I. T. Newton The following from the Biblical Recorder will be of interest in Cleve land where Mr. Newton held pastor ates: "We hear that Rev. I. T. Newton, of Dallas has accepted the call to our church at Whiteville. Brother New ton is a useful minister who has done good work in the South Fork, region. The Cape Fear-Columbus brother hood will give him cordial welcome," Don't buy goods altogether on friendship. Buy where you can get the most for your dollar. That store is Evans E. McBrayer. adv. A Nation's Prayer Make bare Thy mighty arm, O God, and lead this people on. I'ay by day, month after month, we have prayed that the cup of war might pass from us, for we have not been able to say Thy will, not ours, be done. . We have gazed with awe upon the horrs of the battlefields of Europe There we have seen suffering and death such as the angels of heaven never ' looked down , upon before; while here we have fcnjoyed the peace and prosperity which have flooded our land, and we have pray ed that we might not ha-ve to give up our comfort and our ease and face the awful realities cf war. We have Mid to our soul, thou hast much goods laid up, eat, drink and be mer ry and think not of duty, but of plea sure. We have not prayed, O God, that Thou wouldst show us our duty and give us strength to follow wherever Thou mightiest lead, but we- have prayer that our will might be Thy will. We have prayed that Thou wouldst save us from suffering, not that Thou wouldst give us strength to meet and bear suffering if called by Thee to do our part in saving civilization from destruction. Forgive us, O Lord God Almighty, that w;e have so long prayed not to know the path t duty, but to be kept in the path f ease nd safety. ,We cannot fathonj the mysteries of this world ,we cannot understand how Evil can for so long a time mas ter Good; we cannot see how out of all the horrors and the sufferings of these latter years Thou canst bring forth blessings to mankind and get glory and honor unto Thyself. But we know, O Divine Father, that all things shall work together for good to them that love and serve Thee. Teach us, then, to love Thee as we - have never loved Thee before; teach us o serve Thee Vs we have never served Thee in the past. We believ that Thou art calling us to take up our cross and follow Thee, and that Thou hast called us to some great service to mankind and to Thyself. Arm us, O God, with the power of right. Let us not go forth trusting in our own strength, which is but weakness. Let no spirit of revenge, no hatred fill our hearts, but give us the strength which comes from seeking to know and to do Thy will, ana from being led by Thee. Grant, O Father, that we may be jreadyto drink of the cup from which Thy Blessed. Son, our Redeemer, drank when, in boundless love for others, He prayed that not His will, but Thine, be done. Draining the cup of human agony. He became the Saviour of ' mankind, redeeming - the world from the power of Evil through His suffering, death and resurrection. He taught us that service and sacri fice are better than great riches, that he who seeks selfishly his own good only may lose his own soul. What shall it profit us as a nation to gain the wealth of the world and to lose the, soul of our honor and of our duty to Thee? If such by Thy will, may it be ours as a nation to lie led by Thee to help save mankind from the do minion of Evil. Give unto us, 0 God of infinite love, Thy 'grace, which is love out loving love," to enable us to say where Thou leadest we will follow. Maks us as a nation, O Thou Al mighty Ruler of nations, worthy to become the redeeming power to save mankind from sinking beneath the barbarism which rights against civ ilization ar.d against Thee, that all the nations of the earth shall come to know Thee and to seek Thy guid ance through all the ages to (Hirne un to Thy honor and glory. To Buy Big Tract A Columbia, Tenn., special says that the Maury county court voted an appropriation of $100,000 to buy lands to offer as a location for the middle Tennessee agricultural experi ment station authorized in the mil lion dollar bond issue for the Uni versity of Tennessee. Canvass collars 60c to $1.50 at Lineberger's, also collars leather all over and canvas backs witS leather fronts. See us for all kind of leather goods, for horses and mules. J. D. Lineberger's Sons adv. C 1 cCeaibs ' ' ' . Sj"18' Shelby Presbyterian i nun.. h Only 159 Members Raised $;,680. Rev. T. D. Bateman and Mr. L. U. Arrowood represented the Shelby Presbyterian church at the . Kings Mountain Presbytery which was: in session at the Westminster School in Rutherford county beginning Tues day and ending today. The Shelby church carried up a report which is hard to equal. The church is in creasing in finances and numbers and the financial report showed that the church contributed for all causes dur ing the past church year the hand some sum of $5,f80. The report shows 159 communicants of which number 3" are non-iosiderits. The new church building has just been completed and is very neat, commodi ous and convenient and all of the mon ey which went into the remodeling of1 the same was aised among the church members. The Sabbath school is in a flourishing condition and has 125 enrolled. Mr. A. C. Miller who has been superintendent for 14 years is very efficient and an untiring worker, then growth being due largely to his relentless efforts and unlimited en ergy. The pastor, Rev. T. D. Bate man is a fine preacher and popular among all the denominations. The Star congratulates them on this splen did report to the Presbytery and while the church is not so strong in numbers, the members are strong in the faith and are liberal givers. Col. Gardner Withdraws From May or's Race To the Citizens of Shelby: When I returned from the border in February, numbers of Shelby's best citizens requested me to make the race for Mayor assuring me that it was their belief there would be no opposition to me. Am sure this would have been true had there been no liklihood of my having to leave home; but conditions have change since then. It now is practically as sured that my Regiment will be or dered out at an early date; so think it best for the city's interests that some one be elected who will remain at home. With heartfelt thanks to my friends who have so faithfully supported me in the past and tend ering my services and best wishes to my successor. I withdraw from the Mayor's race and urge the city to unite on Taut Webb and elect him without any oposition. J. T .GARDNER. A Fact Some people's eyes are color blind; can't see a good thing. This leads us to say it is strange every one can't realize that our association is a SAVINGS BANK. Yes, better still, for we pay six per cent interest and you are exempt from paying taxes. Jf you "tote fair," the money you have on hand must be given very soon. New series, 22nd, opened last Saturday and many have taken stock. Paidflip shares $72.50 and in six years you will receive $100. Can you beat this? Geo.' P. Webb, sec retary and Treasurer. A. C. Miller, president. adv. NOW IS THE TIME To build up your System for the summer. If you are rundown, have any Stomach troubles, Can't Sleep, Nervous Feeling, Can't Digest what you 'eat, poor appetite. Sallow Com plexion and Bad Blood we want you to try that medicine that so many are taking, and talking about how much good it is doing them, and see how it will build you up. This medi cine is KEN-TONE, THE SYSTEM BUILDER, price $1.00 bottle, 3 for $2.50 at-Kendall's or Paul Webb's Drug Store. adv. Progsam Rutherford County Baraca-Phila-thea Unirn, Caroleen Baptist Church, April 29, 1917. 2:30 P. M. Called to order by President. Prayer Rev. M. B. Clegg. Music Choir. Reading of minutes of last meeting. Roll cal! and two minutes report of classes. Quartet Carolecn classes. Address A. L. Smoot of Salisbury, N. C. Quartet Cliffside classes. Business, Song. Benediction. , No Morning Service A telegram to The Star yesterday from Rev. Lee White who is in Charlotte reads, "Announce no ser vice Sunday morning. Service Sun day evening at 8 o'clock." AN ALLIED WAR C0UNCILT0 MEET FOREIGN COMMISSIONERS ARE COMING FOR CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS QUESTION OF WAR ON GERMANY. Washington, April 11. Assembly in Washington with a few, weeks of a great international war council was foreshadowed by an-announiement from the State Department today that a British commission, headed by Arthur J. Balfour, Minister of Fore ign Affairs, is expected to arrive within 10 days to discuss with the Government here questions connect ed with the conduct of the i war. In addition to the Foreign Minister, the commiiision will include Admiral de Chair, of the British Navy, General Bridges, of the Army, and the gov ernor of the Bank of England, at tended by a numerous staff. This was as far as the announce ment made by the State Department goes, but it was learned authorita tively that a French commission com posed of officials ar officers equally as dfstinguished as the British rep resentatives also will be in Washing- ' ton about the same time. This com mission will be headed by M. Viviani, the present Minister of Justice in the French Cabinet, and formerly Pre mier. . It is not known definitely whether any other of the Allied Powers will send commissioners to Washington, but it is assumed that, owing to the difficulties in passage and the prob able delay, the interests of these Governments will be confided to their resident Ambassadors. No Details Given Beyond the statement that the ob ject of the commission is to discuss generally questions of policy connect ed with the .war, no information was given at the State Department. It was made clear that in no way will the United States Government depart from the traditional policy of avoid ing anything in the nature of politi cal alliances, though of course, that docs not include full and intimate military and naval co-operaton in the prosecution of the war. Government Fixes the Price A saving of $18,000,000 in the na vy's bill for steel during 1917, and of more than two million in a single order for torpedoes, is represented in price agreements effected with the manufacturers by Secretary Daniels. In the case of the torpedo order, the Secretary brought the manufacturing concern, the E. W. Bliss Company of Brooklyn, tqerms by invoking for the first time the new law authorizing the government to set a reasonable price foF navy material and . compel private plants to abide by them. The Secretary atates . that the agreement provides that there is to be no increase in prices over those paid for material used in the 1916 naval programme. These prices are substantially lower than current, market prices and it is estimated that they involve a saving of approx imately eighteen million dollars on the tonnage required for 1917. Through voluntary agreements the viously effected with copper, brass, munitions, shipbuilding and other concerns the department already has saved many times the amount repre sented in the steel and torpedo agreements. 9.000 Germans Captured The British offensive between Lens and St. Quentin with which the spring operations have been opened and which is still in progress has proved even more successful than the earlier accounts indicated. General Sir Douglas Haig reports that Monday's captures, exceeded 9, 000 men, while 40 guns fell into the hands of his troops. The Canadians, who had one of the hardest bits of the front to contend with, are now in complete occupation of the famous Vimy ridge, even its eastern slopes having been cleared of Germans. The Canadians also have repulsed German counter attacks. If you are in need of a Range. Oil Stove, Buggy or Wagon, you want the best, don't you? Well, we handle the best only. See our line. J. D. Lineberger's Sons. adv. 700 Pairs Low Cut new sprint? shoes going at old prices at Evans E. McBrayer. ' adv.