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V r We Do Job Work the Linotype Way Let Us Figure on Your Work. Phone No. 11 Published Every Tuesday and Friday The Oldest and Best .Paper in This Section. (f 'Wv-M.e.-v VOL. XXV. NO. 40 FRENCHMEN DISHEARTENED REPORT THAT RUSSIA IS THINKING OF STOPPING HOPEFUL ASPECT ON AC (01 NT OF GERMANY'S HAD INTERNAL CONDITION. Tho democratization of the . Rus sian -army and tne consequent with drawal of German forces from the eastern front are having their ef fuct in France. The heavy reinforce ments of men and guns which Field Marshal von Hindenburfc has been able to throw into the defense of his sorely battered lines have for the time being at least, caused a dead lock which the most furious efforts t,f the British and French have fail ed to break. These first fruits of the chaos in Russia arc the more ominous in thev jumped about 25 cents a bushel, run the hints they offer of future possi- ning up to $2.73 and $2.75. bilities. ihe council of soldiers and workmen's delegates seems to have been aroused at last to the perils of the course it has elected to follow but it is a question if its awakening has mt come too late. The soldiers in the ranks evidently have the bit in their teeth and it remains to be seen if there is a hand strong enough to check them from bringing about 'practical anarchy. The hopeful side of the picture is drawn by the multiplying signs that the political and economic crisis in Germany is as acute , as ever. The extracniinary measures taken bythe'nient was seriously damaged, it is German censorship to prevent the dutsiile world from learning condi tions in the empire have been large jv successful but some facts could uA be concealed. Possibly for the, firt time in history a revolution ami a German republic have been op i:,!y talked about in the reichstag and must significant of all apparent ly the authorities do not dare to i heck the growing audacity of the r.i'lica'-. in fact the pressure of the !-bk-oi:;-:!ts has become so great as for, r the government to hastily vJnlraw its refusal to permit radi . ,. s.,r:,,;i-t ell-legates to attend the n.a' tia! socialist conference at .- .-svh im. 'he '...! situation in Germany al - ;ij.v;ir to lie growing steadily v. arl alarm is expressed in va- carters that the available sup- t .-ufhee to tee.l the nation the next harvest. The effusive with which the administra ,1 the May day strike agi- ir iiavc proved hollow and mere f . r,i - - hunts that the attempt to .-titm,- meat for bread is serlous-limini-hing the country's stock of r, ai imals. part fr'im France the only news nipiirtar.c.' in the war regions lies from the Italian front. Gener- Cail-rna has opened an offensive the Isun.o line but the reports m Vienna and Rome are diametri- ly appust-d as to the initial results. The Italians have made some gains in 'he direction of Triest but it is too early as yet to judge how the opera-t-'-n will develop. 'ii the front in France the hard fighting has been confined to the Bul lcLourt st-etor and the region north of the Scarpe in the Arras battle area, st'-l to a strip about 2 1-2 miles in !'-K'.h cm the western end of the A u- fr-nt. ( nrrcspcindont.-.' despatches from tr ill-court rep-ion renort. General '--in s troops as having reclaimed "r:,;;,l!y , the ground thev had the confines of theruin-an-l to have established 'est of Bulk-court. As to north of th e Scarpe, Briih press renorts as "in'- ter; there is nothing ' 1 a". mil l to i-ivc :i rlnp to - import or the wav it i oi'nian ntt:i-k on tne was ci;-l i r-i il along a re st re toll in the region a mi!!, v,ii 1 he 1'Yen-h . . itlm:-f.! v.c-st !' the h.imos plate;-. J. The ; here were maln'aiii- 1 "! ' -I r,p. atc-l 1 'owerful. ;:s- 1 ." tr,. crown prince's troops. '-'"'I Mat' Heads Music Depart ment :;,! ''he sW: j'r-f. Grady B. Lovelace of Cleve- ' ' ''"Ul,ty. N. C. who recently re V. 'h" degre of Bachelor or is been elected head of the urn- :.. . u!. '"'Partment in Old Dominion i'i ' ?' Sch"1, Bkley Springs, Va. n 1 ,n'la,'(' wa called there im chir" afU'r Rra(luation to take i'-u-f ' f music l,t'Partment on ac 11 sickness of former director. that nrw Stptsnn Vint on,) Hut 1! ands. see Evans E. Me- '.'iiyi-r. adv. ml lre that carries the stock braver' KdS 'S Eva"S E Mc" ' adv. NEWS OF CURRENT EVENTS iS "1 a" Mrs. S. E. F. Rose, historian gen eral of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, died a few days ago at her home in West Point, Miss.. Secretary McAdoo will make a tour of the Middle West, beginning May 17 at Chicago and going as far west as Denver, in the interest of the "Liberty Loan." Five Russian officers and one pri vate lost their lives when a big Rus sian biplane in which they were fly ing fell to .he ground, says a dis patch from Petrograd. Trading in May wheat was ston- ped by the Chicago board of trade and in other wheat pits a few davs , ago after the price ran up to $3.25,1 hut July and SeDtembcr wheat. Signing of the first contract for ship construction under the admin istration's billion dollar programme is announced by the Federal Ship ping Board. The contract went to the Los Angeles Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. and calls for delivery in 1918 of eight steel vessels, each to carry 8,800 tons. According to a report from Am sterdam there was a serious fire last Wednesday on the imperial wharves at Wilhelmshaven, Germa ny. Ihe submarine building depart- said. Wilhelmshaven is the chief German war harbor and naval sta tion in the North sea. Emperor William of Germany, ac cording to a dispatch from Copen hagen, recognizes no state of war with the United Startes so far as his personal comfort is concerned. 'Vhis i Irnwn hv the f:tct tVuit fw 1ms summoned 'his American dentist. Ar. - thur Newton Davis, of Pi.nia. Ohio, to his headquarters to work on h ,...a We can start at once, trr.- Amen The Congress of Haiti ha.- lefuse I Can commander replied promptly, to declare war against Germany but j This response, so characteristic-ally a resolution was adopted protestirg American, surnriseel the British e-orr.'- I in the name of humanity against tlx- submarine warfare. The President the Americans would be ready to he was authorized to break off diplomat-!Kjn n tnis sj,e so P(Wn after ic relations if Germany declined their lonir vovauv When he had re- make the reparation demanded fJ" ; the loss ot the lives 01 iiamens an i to give guarantees for the luture. Gen. Joffre of the French war com mission has been made an 1.I-. 1. by 1 Harvard University. At a demon stration in honor of the French com missioners in Boston last week a 'gold -basket containing $175,000, l.,intribntp(l hv tho srhocJ children of Massac husetts and citizens of New England for the rrenchwar tr- Three People go to Raleigh for Past phans, was presented to Gen. Joffre. Tre.lmPnt-Piti.Mp CnnHitinn MR. PUTNAM DEAD Veteran Living in Oak Grove Section Died Last Week. The Herald: yesterday morning, the eighteen- Mr. L. P. Putnam, confederate vet- montn 0i(1 twins ()f th( Boggs' going eran and leading citizen of the Oak with their mgther. Some three weeks Grove section of this county, died aj ag0 a jojf belonging to Mr. Boggs his home Monday, May 7, and was acte() strangely and was put in a buried at Patterson Grove cemetery stable next to a ,ine two year the next day. His pastor, Rev. I. I. 'C(1lt. The dog died without Mr. Boggs Harril, conducted the funeral in the fcnowjnp at the time what the caio. presence of a large congregation of jof death was atpr hjs fot nrcame relatives and friends. Death camejsil.k an() hv his wifo ami hjrwl m)n as a result of a stroke of apoplexy administered medical attention in the suffered the Saturday night previous jf(irm ()f drenching. Dr. McCoy was from which he never regained cor.-)Cauej a few (iays aro am traced the scioUMiess. He had had two .strokes .trouble to the dog which had the before. Mr. Putnam enlisted in L crate arm' before he was nfed ; i-i'l; ... G. s a year. old mil aw si n ice in I v 1 Wth N C. Kegimi-nt. lie faithful member el' P; tel'so1 Grow ; ; Baptist church and lookc'i ui'or as a in T the 1 hur-h and an true chri-tian ;haract eve nty-M .. i year twice marra'i. He I -i c.i.-'i ! ' v:n- !int m;.rr-"d t- Mi Forbid .I II v :;i'. 1M T - A!.,!-. .,1-; 1 this nine:, the f. -How- I was born three' chiM.-e-i. 'in"- if which survive: Mr? .1 N. Lovelace of (leve,ku;d count "1'1,) ; S-inmel Putnam of Waco, Texas. 11 was last married to Miss Clariisee Kendrick who survives with the fol lowing children: Dow, Hill. Benton Tand Crowder. all of the county. Four children born to this union are dead. Card of Thanks Being unable to see you all, we want to take this method of thanking the good people of Shelby and in our neighborhood who were so kind and sympathetic on the death and burial of our devoted father, Mr. W. Cath ey Wolfe. a(v f, His Children. The clean, up-to-date, home of quality, merchandine is McBrayer's clothing, hat and shoe store fr men. For the best pair socks at 15, 25, 35 -and 65c, see Evans E. McBrayer. THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELOT, N. C FRIDAY, MAY 18, f OUR VESSELS CROSS THE SEA AMERICAN WAR VESSELS ARE IN EUROPEAN WATERS Tb JOIN IN HUNT FOR GERMAN SUBMARINES. Queenstown, May 16. A squadron of American torpedo boat destroyers has safely crossed the Atlantic and is pa. rolling the seas in war service. The American Navy's actual entry into the war zone has already been productive of a brush between a de stroyer and a German underwater boat according to an announcement by the British Admiralty, but the re- 'f'ult il nas not been made public. ihe destroyer squadron arrived in -ueenstown after an uneventful voy Ege across the Atlantic, but almost immediately after a formal exchange of greetings with the British Naval officials, put to sea again for the hard work that is before it. A crowd of several hundred persons several1 of them carrying tiny Ameri can flags, lined the water front and cheered the destroyers from the mo ment they first sighted the flotilla until it reached the dock. The crowd cheered again when a few moments later the American senior officer came ashore to greet the British senior of ficer and Wesley Frost, the American Consul, who had come down to the dock to welcome the flotilla. Every thing was done in simple, business like manner. There was an entire ab sence of formality. The commander of the British flo tilla was waiting on board his ship and sent wireless greetings to the American units as soon as they hove in sight, steaming in a long line into the harbor. "Can Start at Once" After the exchange of shore greet ings and the British commander had congratulated the American officers ' "-" al vu "r a5"" "When wi you he ready for busi- .ness mander. who said he had not exm-red covered from his surprise however he ma(e a snort tour of the destroy- ers and admitted that the American tars looked prepared. "Yes" replied the American com- j mander, 'the wav 'we made preparations on ovej. That is why we are ready. MAD DOG TROUBLE As a Result of a Single Dog. Mr. Max Boggs who lives above Belwood left Tuesday for Raleigh to take the pasteur treatment, his wife and hired man, William McNeillv left dumb rabies. The colt died this week. Mr. ( Boggs had scratched plac- . cs on his hand and upon the advice Dr. McCoy left for Raleigh im mediately after this danger was re- ,, a(,(i Mr. William A. Crowder who wi; Inure yesterday said thnt si:v- Mr-. Hoggs ami Me.Wil'v w.-reliable to become ir.fcciei!. he in ed on their troing to Raleigh a! a for the treatment. Since it has been learned that one might become in jected in the ey-s, through the nose or moum. it may oeeome neees-ary for tho other Bogg- children to go to Raleigh later. & j Mr. Noah Boggs, father of Max is j critically ill and was not expected yesterday to live much longer. He is 'about 78 years of age. To think what danger a single worth less dog might cause is enough to prompt the owners to kill every dog in Cleveland county. Often rabies makes its appearance when animals have not been exposed to the disease. Then the dumb rabies gets in its work when there is little or no evi dence of its presence until it is too late. Dr. McCoy has promised to write a communication for The Star bearing on the symptoms of this disease which is playing such a havoc in Cleveland. " Good goods, honest methods' is why Evans E. McBrayers store grows more popular every day. Cash goes a Ion? ways at McBrayer's. SOCIETY NEWS - , Mr. Wilkins Weds Miss Lear or Ken. '.'' tucky The many friends of Mr. Mack Wilkins will learn with keen interest that he; left Tuesday morning for Lancaster, Ky., accompanied by his father, where he was married to Miss Bonnie Lear of that city on yester day afternoon. The marriage was a very quiet one, and took place at the lovely home of the bride's parents, Mr, and Mrs. V. A. Lear at 5 o'clock in the afternoon. There were no attendants, the bride being given away by her father. Im mediately after the ceremony an in formal reception was held, this hap py young couple leaving soon after wards onthe Carolina Special for Shelby, arriving here today or Sat urday morning to make their home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Wilkins. The bride is one of Kentucky's most winsome and attractive daughters, and does not come to Shelby as a stranger, she having only a few years ago been the guest of Miss Margaret McMurry and while in our city made many warm friends. Mr. Wilkins was educated at Berea, Ky., and is a young man of sterling business qualities, being in the mer cantile business here with his father in the firm of Hoyle and Wilkins. He is a popular member of Shelby's younger set and his bride will receive a warm welcome in hnetoy s social circles. BURKE'S BOND NO GOOD Good Road Bond Issue . in ourke County is Held Unconstitutional by Supreme Court. Raleigh May lti. Burke county's $300,000 roasl bond issue and the le gislative act creating it went down to invalidity today when the Supreme court upheld Judge Frank Carter- in his permanent restraining order a- j gainst the road commissioners of Burke county. The action against the commission ers was orougnt by k. 1. tiayweu and others. The constitutionality of the act fails on the failure of the house to give an aye and nay vote on an amendment which the court holds vital to the main issue. By failing to square with the constitut ional provision the whole thing goes down. The act was introduced early in the session and it went through its read ings. It went to the senate and was amended there. The purpose of the bill was to create a road system with the county rather than the township as the unit. In the amended act the six townships which vyere to have shared the money were given the right to vote, itere the trouble came in because this vital provision in the act should have ben passed by aye and n vote and it was omitted in the final concurrence of the house with the senate amendment. RUSSIA GETS BIG LOAN a One Hundred Millions Loanedto be! Spent However, This Country. for Supplies in Washington, May 1(5. The United tjir: , . States today loaned Russia $100,000,- 've then turned to the general 000, bringing the total amount loan- consumption of thecountry and dec-id ed to the Entente Government up to c( that we would take money from $070,000,000. v the luxuries and what might be call- The money was loaned to be spent eij the 'semi-luxuries' of tltt- nation, as needed, without stipulation or un- These will yield us a total of $418, dcrstanding of any sort further than 000,000." Mr. Kitchin pointed out Russia stands back of the obligation, that the class included alcoholic and will make it go-M, and will spend the ) drinks, with $171,000,000; cigars money in this country under the su- an,j tobacco, $08,200,000; automobiles, pc rvisicm of a representative of the musical instruments, motion picture Trea-ury Department or a eonimis- fim, jewelry, sporting goods, pen sion to be named by the American ' sul.,. boats, perfumes and che-win-: G..iernme.t. - !gUms, $170,250,000. Referring to the The latter stipulation was made in ViX ,,f eighty millions on automobiles a soirit of ce-i ;a cat em. without in :am accessories, Mr. -Kitchin said that ;i .. ling to em!-aiia-s the Rusia'i jsi1Ut. the- proposed levy was publish Goverr.ment or to curtail it - nur.has. 1 i ... become a necessity ing power, but wiih the er.il 111 view .hat I'.ussia will sc. ur- the maximum result for the nn.ney .-he i- to spend. To aid in this, the Tiva-ury Depart ment will plac e at he r dispo.-al the services of expert buyers in this country familiar with American mar kets ami with American values. Liberty Loan Mr. C. C. Itlanton, president of the First National Bank has received the following notice from the Federal Re serve Bank at Richmond, "request all banks, merchants, manufacturers and other employers to have the fol lowing line printed in red on all pay envelopes used bctwen now and June 15th." "your Patriotic duty buy a' liberty loan bond" If you can't fight, "do your bit" in the war by purchasing some liberty loan bonds. Give the sale of the bonds all the publicity you can. This store gains new friends and customers each day. Folks know they can get their money's worth at Evans E. McBrayer's. adv. 1917 NOW HEAR AVAIL OF WOE Paying For the War Raises a Howl Claude Kitchin Joyous Mood. The mournful sounds heard in the air the past few days are not the mothers wreping for sons who have enlisted for the war. It is the wail of woe coming from visiting delegations in Washington who are telling mem bers of Congress that they will be utterly ruind and forevr undone if the war tax bill passes Congress in its present shape. It is tho war tax that is producing the tears. Hon. Claude Kitchin chairman of the ways and means committeeis having the time of his life. He finds many of the folks who denounced him for opposing the war emitting a yell of horror when they find they have to pay the bill. Mr. Kitchin says thjere are many things in the bill on which the Democrats and Republicans on the ways and means committee un animously agree that he does not approve; there are things not in the bill he would have in it, but the mon ey is needed, hence the tax, and he will shut his eyes and vyte for it Other members say the same thing. The bill, it is estimated, will raise $1300,-000,000. Discussing it Mr. Kitchin said: 1 "There is hardly a title or a section or paragraph or item that in ordinary times of peace would not be a' cruel injustice upon the people of the Unit ed States, or that I would vote for in ordinary times. They can be justified only by the necessities of war. But every dollar we raise is absolutely necessary. My fear is that while the department tells us We need $3,800,- jMW AAA ts. Yio nrt.l tVio npvt flttf-fll rv - ,'v -w- n v. year,' that it will be five billion betore the end of the next fiscal year. I am almost certain that it will. "Your children and mine have had nothing to do with bringing on this war. The people who will have to pay the bonds are yet unborn. We should mnnifpst some .sacrificial spirit in putting the burden upon ourselves The men who have to pay those taxes will never stand within 4,000 miles of gun shot. If T were not willing to cr U8e 0f the cheaper foods such as fight, I should 1-e willing to tax my- corn, vegetables and skim milk, with self every dollar of my profits tolout lowering fo.od efficiency. She maintain the boy who must fight, jspoke of the importance of canning knowing that that boy is sacrificing &n( preserving, and told of how to all profits that might come to him by skill. 1 "A million, and perhaps more, of the best young men of this country will sooner or later face the enemy's guns, and no man who has to pay a dollar of these taxes who remains at home, while the bays are at the front, should protest and complain and de nounce this bill. He is not to reason why; he ought to be willing, as the young men of this country are will ing, to sacrifice all profit, all busi ness, all career and offer up their liv es. It does not lie in the mouth of any American patriot to say I will refuse to pay my dollar, or sacrifice any part of my profits. We should be' able to say, take all my profits if necessary to sustain my country i.i the war.'" Saying that the bill would raise has ever been presented to any legis more acicmionai uixrn nun om.t ...v lative body in the history of the world." and tha. more tax burdens might follow, Mr, Kitchin said fur- throughout the lai my tiict," he declared, "they have come- to be an in.i.spe-ssime neces.iiy - ,-,,r,lieer to arguments presente-l. m.... ........ :eipv for nil b'wines. ! L HO (lie inee -.-. j or going to church and for the work on the farm. We class them among the semi-luxuries. Then we are go ing to get twenty millions out 01 coca-cola and other like drinks." Memorial at Casar Memorial day will be observed Casar the 4th Sunday in May. at All day services. Everybody invited to come and bring dinner. Grave yard cleaning on Friday morning May 25, A. A. RICHARD, NO CALOMEL Take Kendall's Liver Openers in stead of Calomel, eat or drink any thing you want to and go right on with your work. They are for Men, Wome nand Children. Purely Vege table, 30 to the bottle 25c. Ask your dealer or Kendall's Drug Store, adv. "or your Underwear, and Neck wear, see Evans E. McBrayer.. adv. $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE LADIES PLAN TOcpNsERVE WANT TO STOP WASTE, REN DER SERVICE TO THEIR COUNTRY AND ORGANIZE RED CROSS SOCIETIES. The women of Shelby and a repre sentative number of those of our county gathered in mass at the Court House here on Wednesday afternoon to discuss sanely and dispassionally the pressing issues of the day; how our women can help meet the needs of the hour and do "their bit" in this war crisis which we are now facing. Mrs. C. R. Hoey; temporary chair man, caned the meeting to order and in a few concise words stated the 00-' ject of this gathering the conserva tion of food and service in its fullest sense. She closed her, remarks by quoting that beautiful little poem, "The Gospel of Work." The meeting was led in prayer by Mrs. Chas. Wood, after which Mrs, R. L. Ryburn was made chairman and Miss Annie Miller appointed secre tary of this meeting. The first sub ject to be discussed was that of home economics, Mrs. R. E. Ware being called upon to present this important question. Her remarks were most helpful .She advised, as a very speci fic means of household economy, the dismissal of the hired servant, and if that f s not feasable, for the house wife to make personal supervision of her pantry. Mrs. L. M. Hull further emphasized the importance of food conservation together with the rendering, of ser vice and patriotism and urged that the women as well as the men, be loy al in doing the things that our Presi dent has called upon us for. Miss Susan Elliott, Cleveland's Home Demonstration agent had been invited to make an address on Home economics, which subject she pre sented with much .enthusiasm. She said that this must be secured, chief ly, through the further education of the housewives. We must study 'our business and learn how to make larg make a cheap home canning outfit, available to all housekeepers, and ad vised that city canning club be, or ganized, on the same principles of that which has been so profitable to the women ih the country, and tender ed her services to all these clubs who may see fit to call upon her. Mrs. Thos. Watkins then poke briefly on the conservation of dress. This was followed by Mrs. O. Max Gardner's plea for an organization of our women into some definite patriot ic society. She told of the origin of the Red Cross movement in Switzer land years ago, and of the wonderful work for suffering humanity that it has been instrumental in doing throughout the world, saying that she was ready and willing to assist in the organization of a Red Cross chapter in our town. Miss Pattie Roberts on behalf tf the young women of the town, made a most beautiful and patriotic talk. . She pledged the hearty co-operation of the young girls in all manner of Red Cross work and that they as citi zens of Shelby were more than anx ious to "do their bit." That every woman should show her zeal in this war crisis by constituting herself a "recruiting officer." Mrs. Edmunds, of theaculty of the Shelby Ifigh Schooi, spoke of "How and Why the Women Should be Loy al." That the ywomen should file their patriotism and should catffh the national an(d international spirit and have a broader horizon. Mrs. Rylurn closed the meeting with her -tirrmg patriotic remarks -and said that the women of Shelby jwere ready to stand by their eoun jtry and giv, n of the' life blood of j their husbai.-i.-. tons and loved ones lif lucessary. he said that she hop led that this meeting would be u I stimulus to further activity along all . .j. of uiutK. .fcavor. America 1 was the-ii sung. Clurrjville News . The Eagle: Mrs. A. B. Peeler and granddaugh ter, Miss Clara Dell Self, are spend ing the week in Charlotte, the guests of her son Dr. Clarence Peeler. At the regular meeting of the coun ty commissioners on the first Monday an election was ordered to be held in the nroDosed school boundary to be annexed to Cherryville Graded School district June 12th on the proposition of levying a special tax of 90 cents on the poll and 30 cents on the $100 worth of property for school purpos es. J. C Ballard was appointed re gistrar and W. A. Putnam and G. T. Jarrett were named a9 judges. HEK The Harmless Liquid Headache and Neuralgia Remedy. Keep it in your Medicine chest. H E K ill relieve he pain QUICK. 10, 25 and 50c bot tle. Kendall's Drug Store. adv. - - i. .... I V . t n - 1 ' n