North Carolina Newspapers

We Ho Job Work the Linotype Way - Let jy Kigtire on Your Work. Vhone No. 11 lift Published Every Tuesday and Friday The Oldest and Best Paper in This Section. VOL. XXV. ; THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C. TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1917 1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE TO EXEMPT ALL MARRIED MEN M, srW'IFlO INDUSTRIES 01 ' ()(T! TATIG'NS. ARE EXEMPT TWO POINTS ARE SETTLED LIBERAL RULES. i-hhig'.on, May 27; Married . ., ,;.;; 1k exempt from conscription ', ,;. raising 'f the first national .in)1v i'f "pi Mi.OfiO men, according to a r't.jKi'rU'il preliminary plan of the war .Apartment. No specified industries . j occupations will be exempt. ' ' jh,.si are the two principal decis :.,rs reached so far by the oflicials .vho conferred on the plan. All tbat ''vomair.s now is for the President to ratify them. . The exemption of men with depend . nts and those needed in the indus , XKS ,! t!s ' country he..- pt eved I h m0-t ,...:i-u'.: problem to wur'.v out i:: fi w;r '" secure anything like justice , ,',-' ration. The diflieulty of de t,'.rm':i.irx whether or not a married r-,,.. wa- actually m-Hed to support ali family at home wa- Jv eonsidcr atii,r. that finally determined th- ofil f exempt all married men. A. :,j m,-i; with other dependent relativ es, such as an aged moth?r or father, the decision will be left to the local c -ur.tv or city board, subject to ap--.,a; to the higher board in each fed eral judicial district. Appeal from the district board may, in turn, be made to the President of the United State?. The question of industrial exemp- ;onf, i even more difficult. For ex ample, it is agreed among the offi cials that the mere fact that a man is a farmer, munitions maker, or ev tn a railroad engineer does not nee . warily imply that he would be of much more use at home than in the army. Liberal Exemption Rules It may be possible to spare many nnii from the farms and the factor-.- making war goods, and there will need for a 'considerable number locomotive engineers possibly for null ei.gineers in the country un ,;,r:;i -.cars of age with an army in France. After consideration of the question 'rem every angle it was decided that .hire is no industrial class that can be exempted, as such. It was determined that there is no . ;iy to make general industrial ex emptions but to take up each individ ual man and group of workmen in a -pecific industry or' a specific agri ultural community and decide that .a-e separately. In the case of a man with depend . ts, he himself may ask exemption. He can appeal from the decision of the local board, if it fails to exempt him. It is not necessary for him, however, to ask personally to be left at home. A person dependent upon him or any other person may ask for his exemption. On this point the rul es will be most liberal, for the reason that many men who should remain at home will hesitate to ask exemption for themselves and any dependents ay be too proud to ask that their pro vider be excused from service. In all matters of exemption the wid est discretion will be felt to the local boards. BUILDING CALLED OFF Building for Graded School Addition U Postponed on Account of High Prices Bids Were a Big Surprise. ihe Shelby Board of Education has 'ailed off for the present at least the "intemplated addition to the main Public school building. When sealed "uls were opened on Thursday even nP it was found that it would cost s"mething like $32,000 to do what '"e school board had expected to ac "mplih for $18,000 when the bond '-tie of this amount was submitted. I-our or five bids were put in for the addition to the main building. Mr Wheeler, Charlotte architect, who llr, w the plans, and the members of ,hp school board after making due "dowance for increase in cost of ma ril. estimated several months ago tJa)t the building would cost about M-,oon, eaving the remaining $6,000 '.' "ttu'r necessary plumbing, improve heating plant and pay for the ,:fw playground. When the bids ere Pd for the brick addition J',lo",e ranged from $21,000 to "1, i Sutn increase in cost of ma r'l was never contemplated, so the atng plant will probably be im- roved before another winter and the Wst'nt building will be made to ans ' " until a more suitable time for 'mlding. t deemed to be the sense of the "dr(1 not to issue the $18,000 worth b"nd.s on June 20 as was advertis i. out borrow the money to over uul the heating plant and do what- lsscr other work is absolutely nec- mc,!'ry ' ()r 'nstead borrowing i ",ey jt may be that just enough h!!l wil1 be sold to overhaul the htatl"g plant. -:v SOCIETTNEWS Tongues and Needles Meeting This Afternoon'-' This afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, Mrs J. Lindsey Ross will be hostess to the members of the Tongues and Needles club at her home on South Washing ton street. Jefferson Davis Memorial to Re Fittingly Observed by I. D. C. On next Saturday afternoon at the home of Mrs. W. H. Rlanton on South I.aFayette street, the Daughters of the Confederacy will observe Jeff Davis memorial with fitting exercis es. The hour is 4:30 and all Daugh ters are urged to be present. Mrs. Suttle Charming Club Hostess A re - t enjoyable meeting of the Thursday Afternoon club convened on last Thursday at the hospitable home of Mrs. Jap Suttle on West Warren street. The lovely Suttle home was abloom with a wealth of i - ouisite roses for the occasion and a I L-asant time was spent by the mem bers and a number of invited guests in the merry game of progressive rook. After the game, a delectable ice course was served by. the hostess, as sisted by Miss Stella Murchison. Cecelia Music Cluh With .Mrs. Arey With a full and interesting pro gram, with War ai d Music as the subject study, the members of the Cecelia Music club and a number of invited guests enjoyed one of the most delightful meetings of the year at the home of Mrs. Will Arey on last Friday afternoon. At the conclusion of the program the hostess assisted by her sisters, Mesdames W. J. Roberts and Ward Arey served an elaborate ice course and mints. The invited guests beside the cluh members were, Mrs. Ward Arey, Mrs. W. J. Roberts, Mrs. Mae Wilkin an,d Misses Lois and Mary McGuire of Nashville, Tenn. CHERRYVILLE CHAT Older Brother Forces Child to Drink Kerosene and Quinine. The Eagle: Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Warlick of Lawndale are spending the week in town, guests of Mr. and Mrs. Craig Harrelson. Mrs. Elizabeth Houser of Shelby is spending some time in town, the guest of her son, Dr. W. H. Houser. Mr. Preston Styers completed last week the frame work of his dwelling which he is erecting on his lot west of town which he recently purchased from Mr. Poteet. This is a very de sirable location situated on the sand clay road leading to Shelby. The one-year old child of Sam Moore who lives at the old mill came very near strangling to death last Monday from swallowing kerosene oil. The child was left in the house with an older brother who in order to stop its fretting and crying poured some kerosene oil in a quinine bottle and forced it down the throat of his younger brother. Drs. Self and Houser were called and administered antidotes bringing relief. ADVANCEMENT This is a day of Progress, Speed, Hot Air (human and manufactured.) Get there or get out of the way and let some one that will. But we still eat SOUP with a SPOON, and all spoons are not SIL VER. If you want to keep up with the best LIVER MEDICINE, quit tak ing CALOMEL and instead take K. L. O. (Kendall's Liver Openers) 30 to the bottle, 25c. adv. Fallston 5, Bessemer City fl Fallston, May 28th, Special: Fallston baseball team defeated Bessemer City Saturday evening by th score of 5 to 0. The feature of the game was the pitching of Glenn, who fanned twen'y (20) men, and never allowed a hit. YOU ARE WANTED at once at Lineberger's to buy Alumi num Ware, Oil Stoves. Garden nose, Auto Tires, Kitchen Ware, Buggies, Wagons, etc. Lineberger's is the place. adv- We are going to run our. Big Cut ter Sale for another ten days. Are you getting a good supply of goods at our low prices? Red Front Dept Store. . adv- We guarantee 36 lbs. flour and 16 lbs. bran from every 60 lbs. wheat. Eagle Roller Mills. adv- 36 Lbs. Flour, 16 lbs. bran from every 60 lbs. wheat at the Eagle Roller Mills. , adv- Iil ILD THIRTY-TWO TOWNS Cantonments to House Near a Million Men Training Quarters for the Armv. The new army bill, which , became a law Friday, provides for an ulti mate force of 2,000,000 men to back up the first troops to go to the front. From the approximately 10,000,000 men in the first draft," 500,000 will first be selected and then an addition al 500,000 if this is found necessary. An increase of $15 additional month ly for those now receiving less than $21, comprising the bulk of the army, graduated downward to $6 additional monthly for those receiving $43 or more, is authorized, and the sale of liquor at or near army training camps is prohibited, while the morals i f tho soldiers are otherwise guarded. 'lie selective draft army will be i!r.n: I into 10 divisions. Men from Noriii and South Carolina and Ten-no.-c m:1 go in the sixth division. The .'atio::al Guard troops, soon to be called, will also be divided into Hi divisions and the members of the Guard from North and South Caro lina and Tenth-see -will be in the ninth division. For purposes of dis tinction the army selected under the draft will bo called the National army The government will at once pro ceed to provide 32 camps canton ments, after the French style, they are to be called for training the national army and the National Guard until they are called into active serv ice. The Guard, which was trained on the border lat winter, will doubtless be sent to France fiM after Per shing's command goes. The conton jments will be located at various con venient points. North Carolina j hopes to get two, Hamlet, Gm-ns-;boro, Asheville and other places of !fer sites. So far Atlanta and Augus ta, Ca.; Ayre, Mass.; El Paso, Tex., and American Lake. Washington, j Each cantonment will have 22,000 I men. Twelve will be in the new (southeastern department commanded ny Major l.eneral Leonard vv ood, mak ing 2(14,000 troops assigned to this department. Six camps will be es tablished in the central department, six in the Southern, three in the western, four in the eastern and one in the northeastern department. The building will be done by con tract, under supervision of army offi cers. Col. I. W. Littell, of the quar termaster's corps, has been placed in general charge of construction by Secretary Baker and has nearly com pleted the organization of his forces. In effect, the project is to build 32 towns, complete with all necessary equipment and facilities. It will re quire (5,000,000 feet of lumber, which was adopted because the price of canvas is so high and the supply so short. If tents were used it would require two complete sets a year to keep the men under cover. There will be 2,000 buildings in each department. These will include quarters for officers and merr.stables kitchens, mess halls, bath houses and store rooms, in addition to numerous structures for special purposes. While some of the barracks will be of two story corstruction, the majority will be long, low one-story affairs, so ar ranged as to suit the convenience of regiments or larger units. Each town will cover a little more than a square mile of ground, not including the big tracts of land neces sary for drilling and military opera tions during training. Modern plumb ing and sanitary arrangements will be installed, and the War Department expects the cantonments to be the most up-to-date barracks of this type erected for an army. In addition to the cantonments, the quartermaster's department has laid plans for the erection of central groups of warehouses and storage buildings which will be situated con veniently as to transportation lines, and will be the supply depots for the camps. Quartermaster Officers al ready are at work inspecting sites for these depots, and a large number of reserve officers have been assigned to duty in the various military de partments to carry on inspection work. Rutherford Standard Raised Landmark: Rev. Dr. W. R. Ware was at Ruth erford College Friday to attend a called meeting of the trustees. Prof. Walker, former president of Weav er College, was elected an addition al professor and agent of the col lege. Rutherford College was raised to a Junior college by the addition of another year. Heretofore there have been only two years. It was decided to launch a campaign to erect at the college a building as a memorial to the late Rev. Dr. J. II. Weaver. The building will be of brick and will cost $25,000. ' One way to relieve habitual con stipation is to take regularly a mild laxative. Doan's Regulets are re commended for this purpose. 25c a box at all-, drug stores. adv. The Canning Industry (G.-.L. Smith, in Dunn Dispatch.) Twenty-three years ago I served as an apprentice in a large northern-tannery establishment and learned how to pack fruits and vegetables. At that time T was living at Sal emburg in Sampson county, N. C. When I returned home I put up a small canning plant on my farm and packed huckelberries and -.. tomatoes the first year. This was the first canning plant put up in Sampson county, N. (', I increased my capacity and continued the bu.-ine.-s in .Sampson county for several years, 1 established the first canning plant in Dur.!i, N. ('., in 1M4. Later this business was moved t- 1 lilies ( u-k and the capacity inerea-ed. The out- ! put of gi puckt Bui. Ci-..k was sold to the jobbers trade. In lS'.il I moved to the town of Coats, bought a farm loiated one mile from the town and erected another canning plant which is now in opera tion on a practical ba- is. I have had an expel ience that is worth while thai has continued through a period of .23 e.ir-. I am familiar with open-top-both procisscii for all fruits that can be packed by such a process. I am also familiar with the closed top-both processes for all vegetables that can be packed. Every farmer who owns a farm should have a canning plant. Every farmer cannot ru:i a canning plant on a commercial basis and sell his pack of goods to the trade but he should hafe a small plant and pack for his home consumption at least. Our Agricultural College at Raleigh should have a complete canning plant and teach all beys who take an agri cultural course how to pack all fruits and vegetables. Our Farm Life School at Lillington should do the same thing. Any Farm Life school or Agricultural college that does not teach its agricultural pupils how to pack all fruits vegetables, pickels, jellies, preserves, jams, catsups, etc., j is far below the standard of practical i usefulness. There are 70 odd counties in North Carolina that have girl canning clubs. These club girls are looked after by ladies who have been appointed by the department of agriculture. They draw salaries ranging from $40 to $50 per month. These lady instruc tors should have been well trained in some practical packing house or col lege of agriculture where such train ing is taught. I notice in one county of our state last season the girls who packed peas, apples, corn and tomatoes lost more than 90 per cent of their pack. This loss was caused by not know ing how to pack the goods. I notice the instructions sent out to pack sweet potatoes is a miserable failure. Every farmer who has a kettle set in brick that will hold 40 or 50 gal lons already has a plant of his own use. He can buy one tipper, two coppering tools, a crate to fit in ket tle and one fire pot for heating tools. This will make him a complete outfit. This whole outfit should not cost more than $25 or $30. ine next mosi aesiraoie imnjf is how to run it. Our farm demonstrators are being made up of college students and if such demonstrators could have the training they need along this line they could teach our farmers how to erect their plants and how to pack the goods. This is a day of technicalities for practical business and the man who can do a thing safely is now in de mand. Knowledge, co-operation and capital are always in demand, for the building up of all industries. Sunday Farm Work Legalized Under supervision of the rules both branches of the Great and Gen eral Court of Massachusetts have nassed this bill: "The cultivation of land and the raising, harvesting preservation and transporting of agricultural products shall not be unlawful on the Lord's Day, while the United States is at war or until the first day of January following the cessa tion of such war." Anybody who knows how strong is the tradition of the Puritan the ocracy, the "blue-law" spirit in the Massachusetts Legislature anil in Massachusetts. in ' spite of its great admixture of more liberal pop ulations, will be amazed at this con cession, even to the necessities of war. DON'T TAKE DANGEROUS DRUGS FOR HEADACHES Nothing dangerous in our headache and neuralgia remedy II E K ' it is effective but harmless, keep a bottle in your medicine chest, you don't know when you might need it 10, 25 and 50c bottle. Kendall's Drug Store. adv. Hosiery without any equal at the price at the store of Evans E. Mc- Brayer. adv. L.VTTIMORE MAN MARRIED Pretty Girl of Spencer He is the Son Of Mrs. Emma Bridges and Couple Will Visit Here. Specal to The Star: Spencer, May 24 The home of Mr. and Mrs. W, P. Young in Spencer was the, scene of a lovely marriage tonight, when one of their daughters, Miss Gladys Flossie Young, . became the bride of Mr. Samuel Hush Bridges The vows were said before l!cv, ('. M. Pickens, pastor of the Methodist church, who used with impre.-, -iveness the beautiful ring ceremony of that denomination. As the bridal party entered the parlor the weddng march was skilfully rendered by Mrs. M. J. Henry which added much to the beau ty of the occasion. The parlor was tastily decorated in roses and pinks while the dining room adj.nnirg was draped in honeysuckle.- with basket of flowers and candles were in evi dence everywhere. The bride and groom were attended by Mi,-s Sadie Young, a sister of the bride, and by Mr. George McCatl of- Danville, a friend of the groom, the maid of hon or being dressed in pure white. The bride wore a suit of Copenhagen blue with accessories to match, and the groom was attired in black. Pres ent to witness the ceremony were seventy live or more relatives and friends from various parts of this and adjoining counties. The out of town guests included Mrs. Emma Bridges, mother of the groom, and a son, Mr. Ernest Bridges, of Lattimore, and Mrs. Fannie Griffith, of Princeton, W. Va., a sister of the bride. After an hour spent in partaking of delicious refreshments consisting of ices and takes and in receiving the congratulations of friends the bridal party boarded a southbound train for a trip to Atlanta, Chattanooga and other places. Before returning to Spencer to live they will visit the mother of the groom at Lattimore. The bride is an accomplished young woman and the groom is a young man of sterling worth holding a position with the Southern Railway at Spen cer. He is a native of Cleveland county, a son of Mrs. Emma Bridges now living at Lattimore. FORI) COMPANY UNDER FIRE To. Determine Whether it is Violat ing Anti-Trust Laws Mr. Chas. L. Fiikridge of Shelby Testified. Attorney General J. S. Manning devoted several hours Friday to hear ing evidence preliminary to determin ing whether or not he will proceed against the Ford Motor Company, of Charlotte, which controls the Ford sales and service in this State, on the charge of violating the North Carolina anti-trust laws of 1913, in that it is enforcing a policy of forc ing all Ford dealers to handle ex clusively Ford machines and to pro cure their parts and accessories from the Ford Motor Company. A number of dealers from different sections of tKe 'State were examined and the case was left open for the Ford Motor Company to- offer evi dence in eunport of their policy and in answer to the evidence of the complainants. The hearing will be resumed June 11 and 9 speedy dis position of the case by the Attorney General is promised, since all Ford agency contracts in the State are sub ject to renewal August 11 and agents want the issue settled as to whether the exactions of the company are legal in this State. C. Le Eskridge, Ford dealer at Shel by, told of experiences in being forc ed to give up the Overland agency and then of demands the Ford Motor Company made that he discontinue furnishing garage or other services for the agent who succeeded him, who was, it developed, his brother. After a sharp correspondence the matter was dropped. He still han dled the Hudson with the consent of the Frd Motor Company. College Gets Liberal Offer The enthusiasm which marked com mencement day at Flora McDonald College a year ago on the announce ment of the endowment of the chair of history was excelled Friday of last week on the announcement by tne Board of trustees that Mr. Ceorge w. Watts of Durham, had offered to con tribute $50,000 on condition that oth er friends of the institution give $100,000. Tlans are already in the making which will secure this gener ous donation. nrovoke nrofanitv but profanity won't remove them. Doan's Ointment is recommended for itching, bleedine or protruding piles. 50c at any drug store. adv. Our stock of Hosiery is complete, on mirpiiasn from Evans E. McBray- er and you will be pleased. adv. One counter of short lengths. Wonderful bargains. Come in and get your share. Red Front Dept Store. d,f' NEWS IN CONDENSED FORM Item of Interest Gathered From Over The State. In the suburbs of Hamlet James Gaddy, nine years old, climbed an electric power line tower and was instantly killed by the shock. Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Daniels and their four sons have sub scribed for $10,000 Liberty Loan bonds through a Raleigh bank. F've-months-old baby of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Stiller of "Salisbury, lay on a pallet near the stove. Fire from stove ignited pallet and the baby was fatally burned. j'rivate Harry E. Orrell of the Wilmington company of Engineers guarding a bridge over the Pee Dee river, 12 miles from Hamlet, was killed by a train. Headquarters of the State Nation al Guard has been notified by the War Department of the acceptance of Cavalry Troops I! of Andrews and C of Wilmington, recently organiz ed. The Monroe Enquirer says the 3-ycar-old son of Rev. and Mrs. M. A. Osborne of Union county gut some of the contents of a "Daisy" fly-killer in his mouth and died in six hours. John Green, negro, arrested in An son county for criminally assaulting a 12-year-old girl of his own race, broke jail three days afterward and got away. lift victim is said to be in a serious condition. Lee Edwards, a Granville county negro, under sentence of death for wife murder, is to serve 30 years in the State prison. Commutation made on recommendation of judge, solicitor and many others. H. W. Civils, employed in the shops of the Norfolk Southern rail way at New Berne, got a thumb mashed off when a steam hammer fell on it). He asked for $10,000 damage and the jury gave him $500. A new Methodist church, to cost $30,000, is being bui(,t at Lenoir. Mrs. Uriah Cloyd, aged 89, the old est living member of the church and blind for many years, laid the first brick. (She was present when the foundation was laid 73 years ago. In March a 9-year-old boy was shot and killed at Elk Mountain cot ton mill, in Buncombe county. The shot came from a distance and who fired it and whether by accident or design was never learned. The boy died and two youths who were ar rested on suspicion have been dis charged for lack of evidence. At the State meeting of the Baraca and Philatheas in Asheville last week E. L. Broughton of Raleigh was elect ed president of the Senior Baracas, Miss Lola Long of Greensboro presi dent of the Senior Philatheas. Miss Mary Dixon Riddick of Asheville president of the Junior Philatheas and Clyde Tesh of Thomasville presi dent of the Junior Baracas. Next meeting at Rocky Mount. Baptist Sisters Must Wait Women members of the Southern Baptist churches are denied the right, for another year at least, to serve as delegates to the annual convention of the denomination. Dr. Robt H. Coleman of Dallas, Texas, aroused the Convention at New Or leans to keep interest by suddenly offering for adoption a proposed amendment to the body's constitu tion making women eligible to the convention. A motion to table the amendment was lost by a vote of 328 to 248, but finally a motion prevail ed o refer the amendment to a com mittee of five with instructions to report on it at next year's conven tion. The report for the foreign mission board showed that Southern Baptists have 458 churches in foreign fields, one-fourth of which are self-sup porting. The 47,161 foreign mem bers last year gave $132,371 for all purposes, about one - fourth the Southern Baptists expended in their foreign fields. The next meeting of the Conven tion will be held in Hot Springs, Ark. Rev. Mr. Putnam's Meeting Rev. D. F. Putnam, nastor of the Baptist church of Cherryville assisted in a series of meetings with Rev. S. A. Stroup at Lincolntoa Ave. Churek the past week. There are some 20 odd candidates for Baptism as a re sult of the meeting. We are roine to run our Big Cut' l Colo fnr Bnnthar Ptl HaVS. Are you getting ft good supply of goods at our low prices? Red Front Dept. Store. ' aav- SEE Our big assortment of Aluminum Ware, and other nice things for nice folks. 1. D. Lineberger's Sons. adr. v. f )- ivv-e- ?i ,? .... T . Zt 4: f. - J '' v . J.' eN t ? ' ? '! '' 5. ' ' -It i e : : ( A ' J . I :$ ,' .'fe ! i "