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VOL.
THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N, C, FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1917
ECONOMIC RUIN
FACES RUSSIA
May
Petrograd, Llay 28, .via London, I
SOCIETYNKVS
Important .Meeting of Addie Ware'
Philathea Class Sunday
All members of the Addie Ware
t. n,.ii(n thnt,. according to Phitnthon v-lncs nf rotitml mv.i:.i
T,,-i;l S su ' o vniwat ..xciuuuial,
f'"- .. ,.t ko Minctoi nf Vm,.,.h . . i.j- .
lYC'iT-t uict'ranv-L' n.v ...... .o,.... uiunu mc ui&cimy leijuusiea to De
in auenciance ai aunuay school on
Sunday morning at 10 o'clock to hear
the interesting report of the Baraca
Phitethea Conventoin held at Ashe
ville last week. This report will be
given by Mrs. L. E. Ligon who was a
delegate from this class. '
!'l'-an 'save the country from econo
' ' The demands of the work
" were so enormous, he declared,
at ,t denied impossible to keep the
industrial wheels going for any great
lc,tnh of time. '
The Socialist ministers at a recent
il said that the only
m:nui c ..... ,L'.
, nihility they saw oi nuumg
.I'iiffiulty
the
was to bring the war to a
Neither the coalition Cabinet nor
he newly appointed Commission to
ri'-nra1' the difficulties between capi
ta! ar
settle til
Cecelia Music Club This
Afternoon
The final meeting of the Coeeli
Music club before adjournment for
the summer will convene this after
noon at 4 o'clock with Mr. T' T.
,., :ibor has yet found a way to Hennt.ssa at her lovelv home on West
lustrial crisis. The Com- Marion street. Her charming hnui
guests, Mrs. K. R. Clark and two
daughters, Misses Rosamond and
Hope, of Statesville, will be special
guests of honor.
Ministers
,-,f Fiiuin- e
ut,,r but since there
i . c it.
trade anu wuusiry aim
is a wide di-
,. : t...i... .U Airi!.
V rgi IK'1-' 111 Vlt'WS UfUVl'lll iiiu luniia-
,("r ,.,f Finance and the new Socialistic
jjtgijt, r of Labor, it E.-i-ni" probable
that this Commission will be con-
ted with the same dinicuities il.
cvious efforts at reconcil-
attended pr,
iatior..
Factory Conditions
An investigation of the factory con
dition in Petrograd leads to the
alarming, but inevitable 'conclusion
that unless the Government soon
fjAi a means of adjusting the pre
sent difficulties, most of the indus
trial enterprises working for Nation
al defence will be compelled to close
within a few months. An investiga
tion shows that virtually the same di
fficulties prevail in all the big fac
tories in Petrograd and apparently
authenticated reports from the Mos
cow, Donets and Ural districts indi
cate general disorganization. In
many of the factories, the demands
by the workmen for increased wages
are actually greater than the entire
;.r..:ib of tin- factories under the best
, ,.rl;to-!i- of production. The work-m-n
thrush their committees, are in
v.rtual command of the factories and
ail !ijii:iss has to be submitted to
th.m for approval. Wages in a ma
jority of the factories have already
Dover-Quinn Invitations
The following handsomely engrav
ed invitations have been issued in the
city:
Mr. and Mrs. John Randolph Dover
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Helen
to
Mr. Flay Hewitt Quinn
Wednesday morning, .Tune twentieth
at half after t; n o'clock
First Baptist church
Shell.y, North Carolina
Tongues and Needles Club Met
With Mrs. Ross
On Tuesday evening the Tongues
and Needles club was delightfully
entertained by Mrs. J. Lindsey Ross
a her attractive home on South
Washington street. The lower ffbor
of the Ross home was abloom with a
wealth of varied hued roses, and a
happy afternoon was spent in plea
sant social intercourse and dainty
needle work.
The hostess was assisted in serving
a elicious ice course, straw-berries
Miss Stella Murchison.
beside the members
were: Mrs. 0. Max Gardner, Misses
Stella Murchison and Annie Miller.
l . - ...... I inn t rwi
"" "'r,. . V M mints bv
:cr.t. hut there has yet been no offset Those ;nvited
: y an advance in prices i me output.
Ir. one of the works in Petrograd,
:hr workmen recently demanded the
itii.uediate payment of 13,000,000 ru-Mef-normally
$6,500,000 to cover
an ir.ifiase of 15 kopecs an hour for
raeh workman since the beginning of
Th war Thti flirortnrc r.f tho nrcrnni.
zktiun 'immediately- ' communicated ,h,onor of Shelby's three June prides is
ttirn th,. f:,mnn. nn,l bVpH rn the meeting oi tne isnpening
h placed under voluntary arret as (which the club's president, Miss Pat
rmt,,tinn aMint tnronta nf th tie Roberts is entertaining in compli-
vorkmer.. which, as usual, accompa-
Miss Roberts Hostess
This Morning
Another delightful social event in
es, is
club
ned the demand
Eight-Hour Day
An eight-hour day has become ef
fusive in all factories. According
to the estimate of a leading manu
facturer, the output of these factor
ies has suffered an average decrease
of 40 per cent since the revolution.
He explained that all these concerns
we confronted with an Imminent
shortage of raw materials and with
hankruptcy.
The manufacturers find it difficult
to borrow money, as the banks nat
urally are not eager to extend credit
to factories which are in control of
temporary workmen's committees. As
a result, some of the factories-will be
compelled to close within a month.
An ironical feature of the difficulties
confronting the employers is the fact
'jjat, although suffering serious loss,
jney do nit dare to close the estab
hshments. owing to threats of bodily
and material vengeance. The power
''t the workmen's committees so far
superseded the authority of the
owners. X0 man m a fact0ry can
dismissed without the consent of
the committees. There is no way of
worcir.jr discipline, said one manu
Wurer, and idleness is prevalent.
b: soiiH' of the works, according to
oi?
ment to Misses Blanche Johns, Helen
Dover and Charlotte Woodson of this
club. The club members will as
semble at the lovely Roberts home at
10 this morning, and at 11 o'clock
Miss Roberts has further extended
the hospitality of her home to a
number of out-side guests, her house
guest, Miss Katie Lee Lewis of Dal
las, sharing the honors of the occas
ion with Misses Johns, Woodson and
Dover.
Miss Quinn Honors Brides-Elect
statement nf
union. the owners decided to cede
the profits to the workmen, but
'H'n this did not meet their exorbi
tant demands.
National Prohibition
'prtsentative E. Y. Webb does
'texpeet any movement in the
'"use for National prohibition until
resident Wilson gives the word, A
I uc of Democrats early in the
...I10" lodged the members only to
, "Kisiation as the PresiHpnt mnv
'1 the nrosprnfinn nf tho
AT t U?i.l i i
hihif ' ooks ior some pro-
on legislation on the second food
r,-t , ls to be considered in the
iew (
ask for
v.ar,
ys.
AD-
But
buy
S MANY THINGS HAVE
VANCED
are alwuvs nn tho inh
isr stuff in " .T!
Rpt th K ,al8c toia o as to
(lru'lc the benefit of our buying. For
KendaipPants' and 8eed. remember
Ua"8 D-ug Store. .. adv.
Among the multiplicity of social
courtesies which are being .showered
upon Misses Dover and Johns by the
various , members of the Ishpening
club, no affair has been more charm
ing in detail than the kitchen shower
given in their honor by Miss Mabel
Quinn yesterday morning at her home
on West Warren street at 11 o'clock.
The personel included the member
ship of the club and as the guests
arrived they were greeted by decora
tions at once patriotic and beautiful,
the rooms being bedecked with bunt
ing in its triple hue and a number
of flags, big and small. Six small
tables were scattered about the
rooms, the guests finding their plac
es at these tables where progressive
"Brides" were played, by cunning lit
tle handpainted place cards.
Immediately following the game,
dear old UncleSam arrived in his mail
wagon, ladened with a wealth of use
ful kitchen articles which 'he lavish
ed upon the two brides. Represent
ing Uncle Sam was little Master Al
bert Kerr, who made a most unique
picture in his costume of red, white,
and blue. A delicious two-course
luncheon then followed, in which the
color note was cleverly emphasized.
The hostess being assisted in enter
taining by Miss May Kendall. .
Those present beside the regular
members were the hostess' two house
guests, Misses Mary Underwood of
Carthage and Delia Stamey of Falls
ton, and Misses Lois and Mary Mc
Guire of Tennessee, guests of Miss
Johns.
LIBERTY LOAN WEEK, JUNE
2nd to 9th.
Liberty Loan Labor Day is a part of Liberty Loan
week, which will begin on Saturday, June 2nd, and end on
Saturday, June 9th.
SATURDAY, JUNE 2ND, and SUNDAY, JUNE :5RI),
will be Liberty Loan days in the churches. The clergy
men, of the various denominations will preach special ser
mons calling attention to the Liberty Loan and urging
the members of their congregations to do their part in
making the loan a big success.
MONDAY, JUNE 4TH, will be .Merchants' and .Man
ufacturers, Liberty Loan Day, on which the merchants
and manufacturers of the country will devote their ener
gies toward getting all persons with whom they come in
contact to buy a Liberty Loan l?ond.
TUESDAY, JUNE 5TH, will be Professional and In
surance Men's Liberty Loan Day, on which the profess
ional and insurance mert of the country will make a spec
ial drive for the Liberty Loan. Every insurance agent in
the country will give his time on that day to soliciting
subscriptions to the Liberty Loan Bonds.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6TH, will be Liberty Loan
Labor Day and Automobilists' Liberty Loan Day. In ad
dition to the efforts of the workingmen of the country,
the automobilists will lend their energies toward getting
subscriptions to Liberty Loan Bonds.
THURSDAY, JUNE 7TH. will be Farmers' Liberty
Loan Day. On this day the members of the Granger's
and other farmer's organizations throughout the country
will make a special effort to secure subscriptions to the
Liberty Loan.
FRIDAY, JUNE 8TH, will be Woman's Liberty
Loan day, when the women of the country will endeavor
to persuade every person who is able to subscribe to at
least one Liberty Loan Bond.
SATURDAY, JUNE 9TH, will be children's Liberty
Loan Day. On this day, the "school children of the coun
try will have their innings in getting subscriptions to the
Liberty Loan.
SHELBY SCHOOL FACULTY
Teachers Elected for Ensuing Year
Where Former Teachers do
Supt. (iriffin Re-elected. '
At a recent meeting of the Shelby
Board of Education the following tea
chers were elected for the ensuing
year:
Misses Agens McBrayer, Mabel
Jetton, Mary Hardy, Mary Moore,
Stella Sfc-oggs, Eunice Roberts, Mrs.
Orlando Rustic, Mrs. Walter Ram
saur, Misses Selma Webb, Georgia
Fason, Annie Beam, Mrs. S. H. Ed
munds and Mr. B. C. Hariill. Sup
erintendent I. C. Griflin was ilected
for another term.
As will be noted several changes
in the faculty were made. Miss Ina
Moore returns home to teach next
yeai. Miss Harrelson will special
ize in commercial high school work,
Mrs. Swore resigned t ) accept work
at Boiling SpringK, and Miss Sumner
goes to Graham, N. ('. Miss Roberts
comes to Shelby from the public
schools of Cordele, Ga., where she hai
been quite a successful teacher dur
ing her absence from Shelby. Miss
Roberts formerly taught in Shelby
hut resigned to accept work else
where on- account of her health. Her
mt'.y friends will be glad to know
that her health has been entirely re
stored. She comes with the highest
testimonials from the school in which
she has been teaching. Miss Mary
Moore has been substituting in the
school during the past year. She has
had several years of experience in
teaching' sirjre she left college. Miss
Annie Beam has been teaching in
Monroe during the past year. The
State Normal College from which
she graduated and the people of
Monroe, where she has been teaching,
are very extravagant in their praise
of Miss Beam as a teacher. Mr. B.
C. Harrill graduates this year from
the University. Mr. Harrill has
made quite
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
NEW ENTERPRISE
FOR SHELBY
four men are building a
weave shed with 40 looms
Cost of new enterprise
TO BE $13,000.
KINGS MT. ITEMS
Citizens Want a New Depot Double
Tracking the Southern New Doc
tor at Kings Mt.
From the Herald:
Final steps towards giving, the
Southern Railway System a double
track line from Washington to At
lanta, 649 miles, were taken on April
5th, when contracts were let for grad
ing on the 71.5 miles betwen Char
lotte, N. C, and Mt. Zion, S. C, tfce
only part of the line not already in
service as double track or under con
struction. In order that this work
may be completed as rapidly as pos
sible it was let in six sections, run
ning from 5.8, miles to 18 miles in
length. Southern News Bulletin, for
May.
From sixty to seventy-five of the
citizens of the town of Kings Moun
tain assembled in the Opera House
on Wednesday evening, May 23rd, at
8:00 o'clock for the purpose of dis
cussing the matter of the new pas
senger station, which the Southern is
contemplating constructing for our
town in the near future.
We cordially welcome to our fair
city Dr. M. R, rarrar who arrived
Where to Register
Lineberger's when you need any
thing for the kitchen, house, garden,
farm, etc
The big sale at the Cleveland Cash
Store is in full blast. Go to it. adv
here last week to take up the practice
of medicine with his office at Mauney Cleveland Mills ...J. D. S
Drug Company's store. Dr. Farrar Fallston P.
Tuesday June 5th, is registration
day under the army draft law. All
male citizens 21 to 31 are required
to register. There are no exemptions
from registration. The following are
the registration places and regist
rars in the- 23 precincts of Cleveland
county.
Precincts Registrars
Holly Springs J. A. McCraw
Young's ,J. M. Irvin
Boiling Sprgs ..0. P. Hamrick
Sharon - M. D. Moore
Patterson Spgs. L. H. Patterson
Earl S. H. Austell
Grover ... W. A. Dover
Kings Mt G. W. Kendrick
Kings Mt. G. F. Hambright
Stony Point - Z. V. Cline
Waco E. L. Whitworth
Court House Claude Webb
Court House , J. Y. Irvin
Academy Peyton McSwain
Academy' Geo. A. Hoyle
Queens T. P. Hamrick
Mooresboro ' Buren Martin
Lattimore J. B. Lattimore
Double Spgs C. A. Hamrick
Polkville S. S. Mauney
Delight J. F. Eaker
Lawndale J. B. Cline
Carpenter
L. Peeler
A $15,000 weave shed is a new en
terprise for Shelby, Ground was
broken this week and work has al
ready started, on the building which
is located on property purchased
from Bilyl Hospins on South Wash
ington street. The promotsrs are
Messrs. John R. Dover, Chas. C.
Blanton, C. C. Cobb and Elijah B.
Hamrick. Whilo .the Board of Trade
is not directly responsible for this
new industry, it lent its influence
and encouragement in every way
possible. Since its organization it
has brought a number of worthy
things to pass and Shelby is growing
and improving at a rapid rate.
Mr. Dover who was seen yesterday
on his sick bed at home where he is
recovering from a threatened attack
of malaria, said the building will be
of brick foundation with a frame
super-structure, the dimensions be
ing 25x128 feet with a wing 20x40
feet. The building will be equipped
with 40 looms for making a line of
cloth specialties. Wliile the wheels
will be driven by electric power fur
nished by the Southern Power Com
pany, a boiler will be installed to
keep the tenfperature of the building
suitable for weaving. The output
will be approximately 10,000 pounds
a week. Just how many people will
be employed is not learned, but'what
ever help will be needed will be pick
ed up, there being no necessity for
the new enterprise building tenement
houses.
It is hoped to have the plant ready
for operation by August 1st. Mr.
Cobb will be general manager and
a reputation lor nimseu ir. JacK uover will be superintend-
at college, both in scholarship and in ent.
He was a member of the
defeated Virginia last fall
athletics,
team that
in foot ball. He also belongs to the
base ball team. With Miss Beam as
an expert basket ball coach and Mr.
Harrill as an experienced coach in
foot ball and base ball, the Shelby
High School should improve its re
cord in athletics. Mr. Harrill lives
at Marshville, N. C. Mrs. Bostic has
had charge of the Patterson Springs
school for the past year. She will be
principal of the South Morgan Street
School. The work has not been as
signed to the teachers yet. Most of
the newly elected teachers and sev
eral of the former teachers are go
ing to attend summer school this
year. The Superintendent is in cor
respondence with teachers for the
commercial and the domestic science
departments.
APPEAL TO COLORED RACE
Mull's : Zero Huffman
Casar A. E. Elmore
Concentration Camps
comes hree from Salisbury. He has
a home and family in Greensboro, al
so a home in Charlotte. If things go
well and he decides to stay with us
he -will move his wife and two chil-
, 1
uren nere laier. t ;.. i,j n,n,oin
We take pleasure m announcing I thp I)epament of the Southeast( has
that Rev. and Mrs. J. L. Chaney "fj designated the following points in
Washington, North Carolina will ar-'the Southeflst as concentration
rive in the city the last of the. week g fof the seective draft Ar
and Mr. Chaney will begin Sunday a(At,anta twQ -c two divisions;
...... ....... I -' .. ai,ii'nl' mnatini, ar I. rat. a ....
Macon, two camps, two divisions;
MINISTERS
URGE
TION
REGISTRA-
two week's revival' meeting at Grace
Methodist church. Mr. and Mrs.
Chaney are both natives of Kings
Mountain, he being son of Mr. R. L.
Chaney and she being daughter
Mr. L. L. Parish.
of
First Baptist Church
m.
Services at 11 a. m. and 8 p
Sunday School at 10 a. m.
Morning sermon: "Let Not Your
Heart be Troubled." John 14:1.
Evening sermon "Be of Good
Cheer," the first of a series of three
sermons on "The Gospel of Good
Cheer."
Good music and a cordial welcome.
Life Long Stigma Will be I'pon all
Young Men Who Fail to Register
Pastors and S. 8. Superintend
ents Asked to Call Attention to
Law
Fearing that a large part, of the
constituency of the Christian church
es in the county do not realize the vit
al significance of the law pertaining
to the registration of all men between
the ages of 21 and 31 on Tuesday,
June 5, and the penalty of one year's
imprisonment imposed for a failure
to register, without ' the alternative
of a fine; and, also, recognizing that
a -life-long stigma will be upon each
and every one who fails to register,
we, the Cleveland County Ministerial
Association urge each pastor and
Sunday School superintendent to pre
sent and explain the law of registra
tion to their churches and Sunday
schools next Saturday and Sunday.
L. McB. WHITE
JNO. F. KIRK
T. D. BATEMAN
A. H. SIMS
A. J. BURRUS
C. A. WOOD
L. W. SWOPE
Augusta, one camp, one division; An
niston, Ala., one campf one division;
Columbia, one camp, one division;
Greenville, one camp, one division;
Spartanburg, one camp, one division.
Camps for three divisions are yet to
be designated, and an Army board of
survey left tonight to look over other
places offered. Aiken, S. C, will
i most probably be allotted one divis
ion of the final three.
Bell-Whitesides Wedding
Gasbohia Gazette:
A quiet but beautiful home wed
ding was solemnized last Wednesday
evening, May 23, at 8 o'clock, at the found.
East St. Louis Scene of Race Riot
home of the bride's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W .B. Whitesides, in the Pis
gah section, when their daughter,
Miss Florence Catherine Whitesides,
became the bride of Mr. Charles S.
Bell, of Kings Mountain.
East St. Louis, 111., May 20. (Bul
letin) A mob estimated at 3,000
persons, determined as they shouted,
to rid the city of negroes imported to
work ut factories and muniton
plants, swept through the streets last
night and early this morning attack
ing and beating negroes wherever
Several negroes have been
injured so severely they probably will
die.
Plenty of goods, low prices,
sale in full blast. Cleveland
Store. -
Big
Cash
adv.
Negro Preacher is ,no Shirker Has
Two Boys to Register and Wants
All Ministers and Leaden to Insist
On Colored People Registering.
To the Editor of The Star:
As I am one of the leaders of my
race, the colored race, I want you
to publish this letter for the benefit
of my people. We see that a war is
going on and our country is taking
a part in it for her rights and I want
to say that every citizen in our coun
ty ought to play his part. I hear
some of our young men say that they
are not going to register on the 5th
of June andT want every preacher,
every teacher and every leader of my
race to tell every young man that is
21 years of age and under 31 to
please go to the precinct voting plac
es and register on the 5th of June.
Tell them to stop saying they have
nothing to fight for. That is a mis-
tike for we have our land, our mules,
cur horses, our wives and God knows
we have as many chilren as any race
on earth and we ha.ve just ai much
iuty to stand by our flag as any
other race. I have two .boys 22 and
24 f years and. I am just as willing for
them to go as any -body and if my
country wants me for my service, just
call for me at 53 years and I will be
there to do all I can for my country.
Let the pass .word be put out among
us as a colored race, "go and enroll
the 5th of June." Let us be loyal to
our country for we are here among
our white friends and the same Lord
that protects them, protects us.
Mr. Editor, I just want to say that
most of our young men are willing
to register but we have some lew
mule headed feljows whom we can
not count on for assistance. Please
help us bv publishing this letter.
REV. A. H. HOPPER.
RECRUITS
List of
Company
members who have joined
G. 1st N. C. Infantry since
their return from border duty in Feb
ruary.
Tharkerson, Jesse V.
Gantt, Eurie.
Crosby, J. H.
Blanton, Ed.
Spangler, J. E.
Suttle, Robert.
Hoey W. P.
Jones, M. L.
Dover, M. J.
Nolen, Clarence S.
Powel, Summey.
Abernethy, T. J.
Poston, J. M.
Hord, Otto L.
Branton, Ray W.
Rudasill, Jake.
Adams; Frank.
Abernethy, P. G.
Two More Stills
Newton Enterprise:
If capturing stills were scalps and
P. P. Jones, deputy collector of Hick
ory, swung his trophies from his belt,
he would look like an animated hair
mattress. Thursday he and his posse ,
(stillhounds, they call 'em), gently
took in two more. At one place six
fermenters and 100 gallons of beer
were caught and at the other, a cop
per still, 50 gallons, was in full op
eration, and they got still, cap, worm
and 400 gallons of beer. The beer in
the still was boiling and the licker
trickling from the worm, and two
men were punching the fire, but they
lit a whole bag of rags and disap
peared. The officers, however, claim
to know them.
WEDDING
Presents, such as aluminum ware,
Pyrex Ware, Silvef Ware, Oil Stov
es, etc., at Lineberger's. adv.
We want to make Saturday our
biggest day during the entire sale.
Cleveland Cash Store. ad.
Many attractive prices are offered
at the Cleveland Cash Store during
our sale. Come now. adv.
Knowledge is unequally divided be
tween those who know everything
and those wko think they do,
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