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XXV. NO. 31
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THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C. TUESDAY, APIL 17, 1917
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McSWMN WINS
HULl M L, Lin L .
LjmS HELEN ESKRIDGE WINS
W KK ESSAY MEDAL AUDI
TORIl M TACKED FOR BIG
I ONTK'ST.
1 thr Shelby Graded School audi-
,,,rUm rrlllUy IHK"1 .".
Mvaii! " Piedmont liign School
,tA the Hoev cnlil
was .
I'l"" tnl' ',est oratlon an(1 Mlss
Hclril KsklHIge "I "'e onciujr vjiauuu
j.,0l was awarded the Ware gold
, i j" tlin lmcf otaeiflv nn tVlp fillli-
I iin-dal li i "-' -
nt of Cleveland county. In the Hoey
;,!nt,.,! there were eight .speakers
.. V't i the Ware contest tnere were
. ..ntributors of essays, all us-
the same subject.
j. . Ken tne case lor six years
. . i 1 . ae i i
these ineilals nave oeen ouereo 10
,ih i1 boys and girls by Hon.
C. R. H"ty aml "r K- E" vvare lne
i i ...1 1 ninlifnriiim U'QU friiwiU
glll'li SI OOOI aUMl mi ....! v. v. .v.
people from all over the coun-
Ail of the seats were occupied
th i the orchestra ana uaieony
anl ''u wan uL-i.inoi.gu iwi
4 .l.n0.l ,.Mth
!ur:n:ir and American flags. Over
K. n 'liter ot tne arop curiam nuns
portrait of Woodrow Wil-
president 01 tne unueu tidies,
;he frame of the picture being draped
pa.,i. White and Blue. Mr. Mc
Cain's subject on which he won the
H'.i v medal was "Woodrow Wilson, '
the occasion was one of great pat-
Sunt .1. 1. irvm presiueu over me
. . . ' 1 1 il
I cutest which began with a' selection
I ... , . t i n 1 I r .1
tin 1'iedmont Mign scnooi nami.
R,v T. H. Bateman, J. F. Kirk and
A. II- Sims were selected as judges
a: ,il the following high school boys
!ivr"l speeches in the order nam-
V;!!.ur Cash of Boiling Springs,
"I'ulumbia and Her People;" Landon
'.LSwa.n of Piedmont, "Woodrow
I Wilson"; Earl Hartsell of Piedmont,
"Ameri. a" Mission"; Virgil Gardner
Hoiling springs, "ine van 01 our
nrrti 11 r f
cour.frv": Sylvester Eliott of
Fa'.lstnn.-The Perils of Catholicism";
J..e Riser of Kings Mountain, "At
traction "f Life on the Farm"; Flay
H.i'v of Shelby, "What Next"; Wil-
I Ham Cn.wder of Shelby, "Future Des-
i.f America."
After the judges made their decis-
-. Rev. Mr. Bateman presented the
iv irold medal to Mr. McSwain,
a.r...I wild enthusiasm on the part of
th" Piedmont delegation and shouts
applause. Each speaker was pre-
Hil with a handsome bouijuet of
"'.vers, the eritt of supporters and
il-wishers in the contest.
Miss Helen Eskridge who won the
Ware gold medal had 15 other
testants to win over and" it must
aid all essays were of excellent
quality and a credit bot to the au
thors and the schools from which
I they came. Rev. C. A. Wood, pastor
of Central Methodist church present-
f! the Ware medal to Miss Eskridge
a brief, well-chosen SDeech.
The music was a feature of the ev-
Mg, elections being rendered as
follows, a duet bv Piedmont High
School, a trio by Shelby High,School;
"i!g bv Cecelia Music Club, male
I'Jarttt by Piedmont High School;
'J't hy Roiling Springs; duet by
"'imiv.t: mixed quartet by Boiling
M-ng-. together with selections by
til" Pieilmoi'i- Runil U'birh nernnled
:lae.- on the stage to the rear of
tl' S!ii':iLi- TV raiiciri tiTPnncr.
I ..... i i . . J 111 muni. ,
, .1 l.i. A!.. IT . 1 PUU...i..
11 'ii-. nennessa, one oi neioj
'ill iiiuieiaiis.
Wins Big Honor
an I county friends .and rcla-
''" ; will be pleased to learn that in
jhi P.a-sicr Parish district try-out
Shreveport, La., he last
Mi- Vmm', Will!.-,.! lumrlltpr
"' Ur. and Mrs. E. E. Walker of
''";)RlUi,!!, I.a won in the dcclaim-
'onte-t. This selects her over
team from each district in the
"'Vl' to attend the State University
at 'attmi Rouge and contest for the
t;i;t' elianinionshin. This is the
third sti(...vu; ,v,:.. u.. ......i,,f
"'ir jrat mis uy-ui iiu ul i
1 1 North Carolina has won this hon-
J- ' Jenkins for Alderman
A number nf iVm ,., r.t u-.i
o desire to present to the voters
the town fr. ai,j
v.. mi niuciumu xiuiii
k.a Two the name of J. Frank Jen
ns ye urge nomnatjon an(j
'on and feel assured he can be
tm Upon to asaist in giving the
town
a capable business administra-
tion.
MRS. SIMMONS DEAD
Molher of M rs- E. Y.Webb Dies in
Gainesville, Ga. Buried Yesterdav i
At Wake Forest.
Mrs. M. E. Simmons, mother of
Mrs. E. Y,- Webb died Saturday af- held at the home of Mrs. A. W. M.e
ternoon in Gainesville, Ga., following Murry on last Friday afternoon, with
, . . v iili ai
! physical breakdown. Mrs. Simmons
Is pleasantly remembered in Shelby
. where she was a frequent visitor in
the home of Mrs. Webb. She was' in
her eighties and a long time resi
dent of Wake Forest where the fun
eral and internment took place yester
day, her body being taken there from
' Gainesville where she was visiting
her two sons, Prof. T. J. and Henry
Simmons .teachers in Brenau Col
lege. Other children surviving are
Mrs. Thantham of Candem, S. C.,
jMrs. E. W. Timberlake of Wake For
est and Mrs. David Covington of
Monroe.
Mrs. Simmons was a woman 'of
i wonderful refinement and culture and
lad many friends in Shelby who are
a nrotraetpd i nm frnm a
grievea to learn ot her death.
Congressman and Mrs. Webb and
children went to Gainesville, thence
to Wake Forest to attend the funer-
al.
ly; bond issn:
Amounting to Seven Billion Dollars. i
Is Proposed After I'nanimous Vote
Of House Committee. .
While his colleagues on both sides I
of the house and the galleries cheered I
enthusiastically Majority Leader
Claude Kitehin walked to the middle
of the house floor Friday and pres
ented for immediate consideration I
the $7,0(W,000,0O0 bond issue. i
There was no disposition on the
part of any one to delay the passage
of the bill and before the house ad
journed late Friday debate had been
closed and a vote was taken Satur
day. The measure passed by an
overwhelming vote.
"This bill represents the most mom
entous project ever undertaken by
the United States" said the majority
leader, opening the debate. "This
bill contains authorization for the
largest amount of bonds ever pro
vided for in any legislative body in
the history of the entire world. The
bill comes to you with the unanimous
vote of every members of the wfays
and means Committee
Democrats,
Republicans, Progressives there was
no partisanship about it.
"The terms of the bill are simple.
We propose to issue $3,000,000,000 in
bonds and $2,000,000,000 additional
in treasury notes of indebtedness, the
latter maturing in one year from !
date of issue.
GERMANS SURRENDER VILLAG
ES Six are Given Over to the Enemy
With 13,000 Prisoners Last Week.
London, April 1'!. On a 12-mile
front from north of the River Scarpe
to south of Loos, Briti;h troops to
day pressed back the Germans all a
long the lino and captured six villag
es. Field Marshal Haig's men. the
official communication from British
headquarters in France tonight, adds,
also have gained a footing in German
trenches northeast of Lens. Pris
oners ami guns also wre taken in
the advance.
Southeast of Arras, tb
statement ,
the British also made
and now are astride the
pro-
grer.s
Hin.l-
enburg 1 in :is far as a point seven
miles southea-t of Arras.
The villages seized by the Britisr.
are all east and north of the Vimy
rid"e. Thev are Hadhiel. Willevul, i
Vimy, Ftit Vimy, Givonchy-en- Go
helle and Angres.
The British ollieial communication
issued this evening announces that
the total prisoners taken in the of
fensive begun early last Monday
morning now aggregate more than
lfl.OOO. Guns to the number of KiG
also have been taken.
Iied in Texas
Last week's Kings Mountain Her
ald copies from a recent issue of The
Elein (Texas) Courier an account of
the death at Elgin of Mike Sellers, aj
native of Cleveland county who went
to the Lone Star State 20 years ago.
!He was a son of George Sellers, of
Cleveland county, and a brother of
Mrs. J. J. Logan, Mrs. John Wells,
Mrs. L. A. Love and Will Sellers, all
of Cleveland county.
SOCIETY NEWS
Mr8, -McMurry Club Hostess
An unusuallv interestinc meeting
a large number of the members in
attendance.
Edith Wharton and her most inter
esting 'book, "The House of Mirth"
was the subject of the afternoon's
study, Mesdames C. R. Hoey, 0. M.
Gardner, and R. E. Ware reading
clever papers on this subject.
Mrs. S. S. Royster and Mrs. L. M.
Hull were elected delegates to the
State Federation which meets at
Durham May 2-5. Mrs. 0. M. Gard
ner, a member of this club and Fed
eration Auditor will also attend.
The hostess was then assisted in
serving a tempting salad course by
her daughter, Miss Sarah McMurry.
A Beautiful Spring Hospitality
Always a very charming hostess,
Mrs. O. M. Mull proved hesrelf an
unusually gracious one last Thurs
day afternoon when she was "at
home' 'to the members of the Thurs
day Afternoon club and a number of
additional guests.
The Mull home was made especial
ly inviting for the meeting, the color
scheme of many hued purple flowers
being carried out in numerous
bowls and vases of flags and lilacs.
In this pretty setting five tables of
i progressive rook was played. The
hostess, assisted by her sisters, Mrs.
Paul Webb and Miss Elizabeth Mc
Brayer served fruit salad, sand
wiches, poratoe chips, ices, and stuff
ed figs.
The additional guests were: Mes-
dames Frank Hoey, S. R. Riley of
Greenville, S. C, 0. M. Gardner, L.
i P. Holland, Lander McBrayer. -IJoyce
I)eUingej, Miss Amos Willis and
mother, Mrs. Willis of Ky., and Miss
Annie Miller.
Miss Moore Entertains Club
On last Friday afternoon at her
lovely home on West Marion street,
Miss Mary Moore was hostess to the
members of the Ishpening Literary
club.
The room in which these young
club women assembled was beautiful-
ly decorated in spring flowers, the
study of the afternoon being on Fa
mous Resorts.
The program was as follows:
Roll call Names of Famous Re
sorts. White Sulphur Springs, Virginia
Miss Marion Hull.
Lake Chautaqua Miss Nell Ligon.
Atlantic City Miss Ruby McBray
er. Old' Point Comfort Miss May
Kendall. Music Miss Suttle and Miss Johns.
The hostess assisted by her sister,
Miss Ruth Moore concluded the plea
sures of the afternoon by serving a
delicious ice course and mints.
.Misses Nell Ligon and Pattie Rob
erts were elected delegates to the
State Federation.
Mrs. Riley Hostess at Series of
Club Hospitalities.
Mrs. Silas Ray Riley of Greenville,
S. C, entertained the members ot the
Cbieoi a club, of which she was a
valued member for
long before
her departure to her new home in
Greenville, on last Friday afternoon.
The club meeting took the form of
a tea-drinking. The hostss' mother,
Mrs. Webb and aunt, Mrs. H, B.
Quinii poured toffee, and hot choco-
late, and were assisted in serving
sandwiches, cakes, etc., by Miss
Stella Murchison.
The following afternoon Mrs. Riley
was hostess, entertaining the mem
bers of the Cecelia Music club at
their regular meeting.
The following interesting program
on "Sacred Music" was rendered with
pleasing effect:
Paper Hymns of New Testament
Miss Helen Dover.
Paper Early Protestants Hymns-
MVs. Ruth Thompson.
Solo Selected Miss Bertie Lee
Suttle.
Great Hymn Writers Mrs. L. P.
Holland
Quartette Selected Mesdames
Thompson, Hennessa, Hoyle and Miss
Willis. " '
A tempting collation was served at
the close of the program.
THE LETTER WON PARDON
Gov. Bickett Gave Boy His Freedom
When the Latter Wrote "Hungry"
With a Big "H."
A full pardon is granted Charlie
Jarrell of Caswell county, Va., by
Gov. Bickett, solely on the merits
of a boyish letter that the lad wrote
the Governor from the State prison,
where he has been serving a two
year's sentence for being a party to
breaking into a store while he and
some North Carolina pals were run
ning away from home. Here is the
letter that the lad sent the Govern
or and which, without the usual as
sistance of a lawyer, won the par
don:
"dear mr gov, iam a small boy
iq. the state prison, my mother and
father live on a little farm in Vir
ginia and some boys came from over
in north Carolina to my home and
they wanted me to go with them to
north Carolina, and i went and we
got Hungry on the way and went in
to a mans store that niht and they
put us in jail, i staid in jail three
months and then was sent for two
years here, i have been here 12
months and am the smallest white
boy here, so please mr governor,
let me go home and i wont never
leave home no more."
"It will be observed," says the
Governor, "that 'Hungry' is the only
word in the letter that the boy spells
with a ciptal. When the boy refers
to himself, he in all humanity jots
down a little V that barely makes a
speck on the page. He does not
ringe or crawl before the man in
Whose power rests his liberty, but
approaches him as a friend and fel
low mortal and in letters on a level
with those referring to himself, he
writes "dear mr. gov." But when
he comes to speak of the might of
the passion that through all the ages
has held boyhood in its savage grip,
Uiis sense of proportion dominates
his hand and he writes, 'we got Hun-
gry.' The letter is true," sys the
Governor. "In it is revealed a way
Ward boy, who has wearied of the
life in a far country and longs to re
turn to his father's house. I would
be a far worse criminal than the boy
if I refused to allow him to do so."
S. S. Program
The S. S. Association of the Kings
Mountain Baptist Association will
meet with the S. S. at Double Double
Springs on April 28th and 29th, 1917.
Saturday
10:00 A. M. devotional services
conducted by Rev. R. C. Campbell.
10:30 A. M. Reporst of commit-J
tees and organization.
11:00 A. M. The "Higher Christian
Life" by Rev. L. M. White.
1:00 P. M. What is the Chris-
tains' Attitude in the t'resent
World War? By Rev. W. R. Beach.
1:30 P. M. The S. S. Teachers'
Equipment by Rev. D. F. Putnam.
2:00 P. M. Open conference.
Sunday
9:30 A. M. Devotional Services,
Conducted by Rev. A. C. Irvin.
10:00 A. M. The "Home Depart
ment" in the country S. S. By Rev.
.1. V. Devinnv.
10:30 A. M. What phrase of our
Mission work is in greatest need at
present By Rev. R. C. Campbell.
11:00 A. M. Sermon by Rev. D.
F. Putnam. (
1:30 P. M. Old time singing led by
O. I. Price and A. M. Lattimore.
Rutherford News
The Sun, April 1:
The construction of the new Esmer
alda Inn at Chimney Rock, we under
stand, is heing rapidly pushed and
will be .ready for occupancy by June.
News has been received here of
the death of Mr. Otis Morgan, whiih
occurred at his home at Laurens, S.
C, yesterday evening after a short
(illness of pneumonia. Mr. Morgan
was a native of this town, a son of
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Morgan, and
went to South Carolina about five
years ago where he has since been
engaged in the lumber business.
$1.00 FOR 50c
Cut the coupon out of this paper and
get you a dollar bottle of KEN-TONE
for 50c. Only have left about 50
bottles to let you have on this intro
ductory offer. Paul Webb. When
this 4s gone.KEN-TONE will be $1.00"
bottle, 3 for $2.50. adv.
H E K
For headaches and Neuralgia, 10, 25,
and 50c bottle. Kendall's thrug
Store. adv.
NEW BANK
Will be Opened in Gastonia by M. A.
Turner and Associates of Grover. ;
Through the Gastonia Gazette we
learn that Mr. Marvin A. Turner and
his associates will open a bank at
Gastonia. Mr. Turner is cashier of
the Bank of Grover, one of the strong
est state banking institutions in
Cleveland. The Gazette says:
It was originally planned to make
this a National bank but this plan
has since been changed and it has
been determined to operate it as a
State institution. The capital stock
will be $50,000 and application for a
charter will be forwarMed to Secreta
ry of State Grimes at Raleigh within
the next day or two. As soon a the
charter is received a meeting of the
stockholders will be held, directors
elected and a permanent organization
perfected.
Associated , with Mr. Turner, who
will in all probability be cashier of
the new bar.k, are a number of men
living away from Gastonia as well as
quite a number of prominent local
business men. The stock has nearly
all been subscribed. Mr. Turner ex
pects to move his family to Gastonia
at an early date in anticipation of
the opening of this institution which
will probably be the first of June.
It is probable that the bank will
be called the Bank of Gastonia and
that it will occupy the quarters soon
to be vacated by the First National
Bank which expects soon to move in
to its handsome new seven-story
building. Negotiations are pending
for a lease on this building now.
MEN AND MONEY
Are Flatly Demanded by President
Wilson If Wo Are to Fight This
War.
A flat demand for speedy enact-
mcnt of the administration's pro-
gram of war legislation was served jthey have usuany supplies themselv
on Conirress bv President Wilson and l ,..,., ., fr,..t mor.
his advisers after Friday's
meeting.
cabinet
"We cannot fight a war without the
man-power and money-power of the
nation which Congress must provide
and provide at once," was the ultima
tum carried to the capitol by Secre
tary of the Treasury McAdoo while
the officials were in the midst of
the omciais were in the midst ot av ,, ,
,. . , , , . be more economically managed ana
long drawn out discussion of the big , .. . . , . nart-Ur
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seven uinioii uouars uomi issue oiu. i
The administration demand did not
meet an immediate response, for the
house adjourned until tomorrow with
the war finance bill still pending. The
full strength of the administration in
fluence in both house and senate, it
was stated tonight, will be exerted to
cut short the parliamentary prelimin
aries and rush the war legislation to
the statute books in order that
American men and American money
may do their bit against the subma
rine menace.
While the great bulk of Congress is
ready and willing to respond to the
President'swar demands, it was said
tonight there is a tendency to move
slowly and deliberately. "Too much
talk and too little action," was the
way one administration, leader de
scribed the legislative situation.
Suggests Automobile Association
Mr. W. J. Arey, a popular automo
bile dealer suggests that the auto
mobile owners of Cleveland county
form an association at an early date,
the purpose of which will be to pro
mote good roads, work for benefiei.il
legislation, urge strict obedience t i
the kiws on the statute books and United States and the several state
obsirve the rights of others The j govt rnments in the campaign for
turn - to - the . right law should by j' ervieo. It declared that they would
forceably impressed upon every driv-1 assist the farmers to get adequate
er as a precaution against accident s seed supplies and fertilizers. The
Mr. Arey would suggest the election President declared that the govern
of officers and the payment of a small ment would see to it that there was
membership fee. He says with a j no manipulation of the nation's food
many automobile owners in the coun-supplies and that the trade would
ty as we have the association ought
to be one of great strength and
benefit and its formation and pur
pose are evident.
Confederate Pensions
The Legislature increased the ap
propriation for Confederate pen
sions from $500,000 to $575,000. It
was estimated that this amount
would increase the pensions of wid
ows and soldiers of the fourth class
from $42 to $45 per year. The Chat
ham Record does not believe the
amount appropriated will permit so
much increase. That, paper says that
while many pensioners die every
year, the increase is almost as fast
as the decrease.
APPEAL TO
AMERICANS
PRESIDENT WILSON SAYS THE
SUPREME TEST OF THE NA
TION HAS COME AND WE
MUST ALL SERVE TOGETHER.
The whole nation was called upon
for war service in a formal proclama
tion issued yesterday by President
Wilson. Declaring that "mere fight
ing will be fruitless," the President
demanded the active support and co
operation of men and women in every
walk of life, "a great international
service army." 'From the fanner to
the housewife, each individual was
called upon to do his or her share in
conserving and making available for
war use the vast resources of the na
tion. "The supreme test of the natin
has come," said the President's pro
clamation; "we must all speak, act
and serve together."
The President declared that while
the navy is rapidly being placed on
an effective war footing, and a great
army is about to be created and
equipped, "these are the simplest
parts of the great task to which we
have addressed ourselve's."
Supply Abundant Food First
He declared that the first great
thing to be done was to supply abun
dant food, not only for the United
States and its fighting forces, but
for a large part of 'the nations with
whom we have now made common
cause."
The imperative need for American
ships was emphasized by the Presi
dent, who declared that they must be
j ""'It uy the hundreds to carry vast
.quantities of supplies across the seas.
submarines or no submarines." Thev
must, he declared, carry to the peo
ple of England and France and Italy
lanj Russia the things with vAich
es. but cannot now artora tne men,
the materials or the machinery to
make."
"It is evident to every thinking
man," said the proclamation, "that
our industries, on the farms, in the
shipyards, in the factories must be
made more prolific and more effi
cient than ever and that they must
It,c,'vv uuuJlvil 1 pu.v.vw.u.
nninimiiTitB nf nnr tnclr
than they
have been; and what I want to say
is that the men and women who de
vote their thought and their, energy
to these things will be serving the
country and conducting the fight for
peace and freedom just as truly and
just as effectively as the men on the
battlefield or in the trenches. The in
dustrial forces of the country, men
and women alike, will be a great na
tional, a great international service
army a notable and honored host
engaged in the service of the nation
and the world.
No Manipulation of Food Prices
The President called on the far
mers of the nation for an immediate
increase in the production of food
stuffs asserting that "upon the far
mers of this country in large mea
sure rests the fate of the war and ,
the fate of the nations." He urged
young and old alike to turn to hte
farms. He appealed particularly to
the farmers of the south to plant
abundant food crops as well as cot
ton. The proclamation pledged the co
operation of the government of the
continue as "unhampered as possible
The middlemen of the nation were
warned to forego unusual profits and
to render 'patriotic and efficient ser
vice. The railroads of the country.
managers and men, were urged to
prevent any obstruction of the trans
portation facilities of the nation.
The motto "Small Profits and
Quick Service" was prescribed by the
proclamation for the merchant, and it
called upon the shipbuilder and the
miner and the manufacturer to give
the best service In their powers.
The cultivation of food gardens,
was outlined by the President as one
way to help. Se called upon the
housewives of the country to prac
tice strict economy and to prevent
waste. j J
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