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VOL. XXV. NO.- 49
THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C, TUESDAY, JUNE .19, 1917
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE,
VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN ALL THIS WEEK
FOR RED CROSS FUNDS AND MEMBERS
Outcome of Union Church Meeting Sunday
Night Purpose of Auxiliary is to Get
Funds to Alleviate Suffering and Distress
During this War Appeal for your Help
No Personal Service Asked.
veritable religious
feast of phil-
.'.,, .and humanitarian endea
. r i ; ',-upport of the government and
',!. magnificent Red Cross work,
,;.;i::;eterized the union services
h were held at the First Baptist
. v,.vh on Sunday night, as a fore-
; ,;,! ,f the grand Red Cross War
,;.v.paitrn fund which is being launeh-
: th;. week from ltfth to the 2oth,
lil.-ughout the wi'dth and breadth
:' !!. United States.
Tin- . i-rviee was in enarge ot tn
; :jr mir.i.-ters
of the town, namely :
r, v. I.vc MciJ. White, pastor of the
"-t. Baptist church; Riv. J. F. Kirk,
: rt-iding elder of Shelby District;
v. T. 1. Uateman, of the Presby
tia:: church, and Rev. Chas. A.
V ! of Central Methodist church,
f r the purpose of arousing interest
.:: Shelby's Red Cross auxiliary, and
i nthusiastic and largely attended
.whence heard these wide-awake,
.ning appeals from the lips of
th. te eloquent orators who brought
h..:iie to the hearts and minds of ev
. :;, one present, as never before, the
tils of personal service and self
-.uTifice in this time of crisis. The
: ;;rposes f the society were fully ex
j lained and it was made clear that
t:-.r!!ment in the Red Cross auxiliary
lines not mean enlistment for duty.
Each speaker handled a different
:hase of the subject, making special
t lens for the most liberal support in
;he giving of money and in every oth-
r way possible, that $5,000 might be
Shelby's self-opportioned part is the
raSing of $350,000 which has been
;. -corded to North Carolina
Shelby's Campaign
With this mass meeting as a stimu
li to the public at large, the execu
iw- committee of our auxiliary wil
this week conduct a campaign for
membership, in which it is hoped ev
ery citizen in Shelby may be enlisted
as a member. Scores of workers,
drawn from the leading business and
MH :al circles of the town, will be a
bread all during this week soliciting
ynur financial aid. Citizens are urg
el not to leave their homes without
making provision to meet the cam
paigners. Membership fee is but
t'1.00, but it is earnestly hoped that
every one may see fit to "do his or
her bit" on a more liberal scale, as
G'l has blest them.
The citizens of this community
have done remarkably well in the
matter of subscribing to the Liberty
Loan bonds. Shall less be done for
the Red Cross auxiliary? Let Shel
by's slogan be "If you cannot go to
the front as a soldier, you can enlist
in the work at home". The Liberty
Loan issue was not a charitable en
terprise; it was an investment. From
the Red Cross auxiliary will come no
dividends in dollars; but the cons
ciousness of knowing that one has
served well.
This organization was founded to
a") in the prevention and alleviation
of human suffering in times of peace
and of war, and it is a sacred obliga
tion that each citizen should join and
!o "his bit." Let us rejoice that we
maV give. We know that there are
many other demands. We know that
r'iir people are not wealthy, but we
al-o know that when they are ap
proached in the name of humanity
and succor for the suffering and dy--(.'.
they will respond to the clarion
fall for funds. So be generous men,
the gentleman who will call upon
"'J this week, and women, rally a-
'"und the Red Cross girls who will
wait upon you at your homes.
Koth the Princess and Grand The
ses are to aid Shelby's Red Cross
auxiliary. They are doing their bit,
you do yours? "The Girl Phil
'""a an intense drama based upon
h(1 present war, will be shown at the
.rand Theatre this week, Wednesday,
iiuiisday, Friday and Saturday, a
rait ,,f the proceeds of sale from
WkeU snU i... a. . . . . .,
( -... U) wu. young gins or tne
Wl" Ro to swell this fund.
'"IS IS mrvlmJi,1.
Those
' arp trtx'mr
j i
of
f.""MK iu iigia ior everyone
US, SO PVnrvK.I., ,..lf u.
'Wain; come, be a worker; come and
;m us you will give, but come. Our
'rodent of the United States has
'ailed on fV,n , .
h
aS (allwl r,n i. -r .. .
mi: uuiiif ini'n rn ncrnr tip
wii lUt. rt.sl 0I us l0 give.
, ' men cannot be deserters, neither
far, we.
nose of us who come to the end
, war without
down ; f. hvm
n m our savings, without having
... ovu-uciiiai, auaii
ashamed ever again to walk a-
their i" World of men who bared
enio rfaStS to batUe tl,at we might
y llfe, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness. Tomorrow our own boys
will be on the way. ' They will take
their places in the line of battle.
What can we do for them?
We must send doctors and nurses,
we must provide hospitals and ambu
lances, bandages and medicines for
them. We must provide now. There
is but one means of sending this help
to the battle line. That is the Red
Cross organization. It is authorized
by our government. Through many
years aral many experiences it h'
I c'arn(,(1 tfc confidence of the civilized
world, it you have money to send
you must send it through this or
ganization. There is no othe way.
Not to contribute through the Red
Cross is not to contribute, at all. It
is to fail your own boys in their hour
of supreme need. The people of the
U. S. have been asked to raise one
hundred million dollars for this bless
ed work of relief for those who fight
that wo and our children may be se
cure. Committee Works Hard
The campaign committee has work
eel desperately hard assembling the
teams and mapping out the city into
tei.-itories for each to cover.
Following are the names of some
of the forces that have been assem
bled to further the local Red Cross
movement and who are at work this
week on the membership campaign.
Acting as chairman for Shelhy'.s
Auxiliary is Mrs. O. M. Gardner,
Miss Selma Webb, secretary; Miss
Ora Eskridge, treasurer.
The campaign committee to solicit
funds among the men have been di
vided into two teams, namely:
First Team
J. F. Roberts, chairman; Paul
ebb, I). . Newton, O. M. Mull.
Second Team
C. C. Rlanton , chairman;; Rush
Hamrick, C. R. Hoey, V. J. Roberts.
Ladies First Team
Miss Selma Webb, captain; Misses
Laura Burton Miller, Pattie Roberts,
Bertie Lee Suttle,' Lila Dover, Mar
garet McMurry, Lucy Hamrick, Ruth
Mundy, Elizabeth McBrayer, Annie
Smith, Agnes McBrayer, Emily Rob
erts, Mildred Hamrick, Fuschia Lack
ey, and Madeline Miller.
Ladies Second Team
Miss Ora Eskridge, captain; Misses
Beth Andrews, Marion Hull, Nell Li-
gon, .Mabel Quinn, Elizabeth Ebel
toft, May Kendall, Ruby McBrayer,
Mabel McBrayer.Mayme Hardin, An
nie Miller. Lafaee Whisnant. Gussie
Sisk, Edith Hoyle, and Bettie Green.
An advisory committee has also
been appointed to look after and as
sist in the work, this being as fol
lows: Lee B. Weathers, chairman:
Messrs. A. C. Miller, J. F. Jenkins,
W. H. Miller, Robt Carpenter, Z. J.
Thompson, J. R. Dover, J. C. Smith,
J. H. Quinn, Colin Hull, R. L. Ry
burn, Will Lineberger, and Dr. R.
C. Ellis.
BUYS STORE ROOM
.. Blanton Grocery Company Buys
Store From Mr. Seaton Washburn.
The A. Blanton Grocery Company
has purchased the two story brick
store and adjoining the present quar
ters of the grocery company from
Mr. Seaton A. Washburn, the pur
chase price being about $5,000. For
some time this building has been oc
cupied as a wareroom tor k. r,.
Campbell, A. Blanton Grocery Com
pany, J. I., buttle company ana .Mr.
James Tiddy's shop. Now that it
has been purchased bv the Blanton
Company it will be used exclusively
by them ami give three times as much
floor space as has former! v been us-
ed In the newlv acquired building
a larger business' office will be fitted
up, a private oince provuieu ana an
: l - 1 ( I
elevator installed for transporting
goods to and from the second floor.
This large grocery company conducts
one of the largest wholesale stores
in western North Carolina and the
new room has been needed for some
time to carry the large stock.
Would Send Hubby
Among the thousands of letters
reaching the provost general's office
in Washington from wives, mothers
and sweethearts asking exemption
.for their men, officials were amused
at seve ral of the letters received
One woman said her husband did
not want to go to war, but had no
good reason for not going, and tipp
ed" the War Department that it
!would be iust as wel1 to make a so1"
dier out of him. . ,n ,
President Wilson's Proclamation
of Red Cross Week
' INASMUCH as pur thoughts as a nation are now'
turned in united purpose towards .the performance to the
utmost of the services and duties which we have assum
ed in the cause of justice and liberty.
INASMUCH as ljut a small proportion of our people
can have the opportunity to serve upon the actual field
of battle, but aU men, women and children alike may
serve and serve effectively by making it possible to care
properly for those Who do serve under arms at home
and abroad.
AND INASMUCH as the American Red Cross is the
official recognized agency for voluntary effort in behalf
of the armed forces of the nation and for the administra
tion of relief.
Now, therefore, by virtue of my authority as Presi
dent of the United States and President of the American
Red Cross, I, Woodnnv Wilson, do hereby proclaim the
week ending June 25, 1917- as Red Cross Week during
which the people of the United States win be called upon
to give generously and in a spirit of patriotic sacrifice
for the support and maintenance of this work of national
need.
WOODROW WILSON.
Washington, D. C.
SOCIETY NEWS
Dover-Quinn Nuptials
Tomorow Morning
The event of the week of para
mount interest in the social circles
of the city is the marriage of Miss
Helen Dover and Dr. DeWitt Quinn,
which will take place tomorrow morn
ing at 10:.'i0 o'clock, at the First Bap
tist church, the bride and groom be
ing widely popular and held in affec
tionate esteem by a large circle of
friends. Prior to the ceremony a de
lightful musical program will be ren-
dened by Misses Mabel Quinn of this
city and Ruth Mason of Gastonia
Mrs. Lee White presiding at the or
gan.
The attendants are as follows:
Maid-of-honor, Miss Lila Dover, sis
ter of the bride, and brides-maids:
Misses Beth Andrews, Margaret Mc
Murry, Bertie Lec Suttle, and Mar
garet Dover ,with little Miss Cather
ine Dover, the attractive little sister
of the bride as ring bearer.
Mr. Ben Suttle will be best man;
Messrs. John Wynn Doggett, Claude
McBraver, Jack Dover and Forrest
Eskridge acting as ushers.
Among the out-of-town guests here
for the wedding are: Mr. and Mrs
W. C. Addison of Columbia, S. C;
Miss Mary Pitts of Elk Hill, Va.;
Miss Norma Page of Greensboro, N
C; Miss Ruth Mason of Gastonia;
Miss Pat Walser of Lexington, N. C.
After the rehearsal for the wed
ding, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Dover will
entertain the bridal party at their
home on South Washington street.
MR. WEBB'S WORK
Has Put Through Many Important
Bills for the Administration.
.
Washington, June 15. Represent
tive Webb, chairman of the house
judiciary committee, has put through
more administration bills at the re
quest of President Wilson than any
other congressman during the pres
ent extra session. At the special re
quest of the President Mr. Webb
handled the espionage bill, the bill
taking over German interned ships,
the export bill, embargo and the neu
trality measure. In addition the
President has made a special request
of Mr. Webb to handle the bill au
thorizing the chief executive to ;or
der certain freight shipments given
preference in time of war.
The fact that Webb has put his
shoulder to the wheel notwithstand
ing his opposition to war is interest-
jinp. vveDD was against tne war reso-
Iuuon all(1 nas Deen 0 of those who
ithought we should stay out of the Eu-
ropean contact it possible. But as
son as the President declared that
ate of war existed W'ebb has been
one of the President's strongest sup
porters and has clone more to uphold
the hand of the President and the
government than any other man.
.State's Contribution to the Wars
The Reidsville Review says that
Attorney Jo. Murphy lias "ransack
ed history to find out how many men
North Carolina furnished in the
Revolutionary and Civil War and
the figures are interesting. In a pop
ulation of 385,000 the colony contri
buted 25,000 soldiers to Washington's
cause and in a population of 992,000
the State sent 162,000 men to the
firing line or the home guards in the
War Between the States. Of this
number 38,000 never eturned. The
figures for the Civil War probably
are too high, as most historians
place the number of troop at 127 -
000. '.' ;. .4 irt .
FROM OVER THE COUNTRY
Items of Interest About Various
Matters.
The A. P. Hill Camp of Confeder
ate Veterans at Petersburg, Va., in
vested ?G0O in liberty Loan bonds.
Lord Northaliffe, lpresentative
of the British government on a sptx
cial mission to co-ordinate with va
rious war commissions in this coun
try, who arrived in America a few-
days ago, has opened offices in New
York.
Hereafter during the war, women
applicants will be given preference
in filling clercial nositions in tho
War, Navy and Commerce Depart
ments of the government. The pol
icy may be extended later to cover
all branches of the government.
Arthur W. Copp, superintendent
of the Southern division of 'the As
sociated Press, died in Washington
Tuesday, after a lingering illness.
He was 48 years old. Mr. Copp en
tered the service as a telegrapher 25
years ago and had served the Asso
ciated Press in many capacities.
Fifty-five persons, mostly mem
bers of the Farmers' and Laborers'
Protective Association, and chargad
with seditious conspiracy against
the United States government in in
dictments returned by a Federal
grand jury at Dallas, Texas. Some
of those indicted already are in jail.
The railroad war board, to which
Pittsburg coal producers' association
reported that the high price of bitu
minous coal was due primarily to a
shortage of transportation facilities,
issued a statement saying that dur
ing April the 85 principal railroads
moved 29 per cent more bitumonious
from the mines than in the same
month of 1916.
A bill drafted by Secretary Dan
iels designed to deprive any member
of the navy of his pay during inca
pacitation due to injuries received
owing to the use of drugs or alco
holic liquor, or other misconduct,
has been introduced in the House of
Congress. An existing law covers
cases where sickness or disease re
sults from th,ese causes.
Two missing boats from the Brit
ish steamer Southland, torpedoed
and sunk on June 4. have been found
and the 40 men who were in them
safely landed. Edward Rigney of
New York, who had been reported
missing, is among them. Ihe South
land's captain reports that one
American was killed in the sink
ing of the steamer but he did not
know this man's name. Five other
Americans' on the Southland were
rescued.
Going to Jail Now
In New York Tuesday Louis Kra
mer, self-confessed anarchist, was
sentenced to two vears in Atlanta
penitentiary and ordered to pay a
fine of $10,000 for conspiracy to dis
tribute anti-conscription literature.
He also received a year in jail for
failing to register.
The same day a penitentiary sen
tence of 11 months and 29 davs for
not registering under the selective
draft law was imposed by Federal
Judge Chatfield in Brooklyn, N. Y.,
on Herman P. Levine, school teacher
and college graduate.
"The Girl Thilippa", Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, any
day 25c, 15c children afternoon. Ev-
erybody 25c at night.
adv.
Slogan: "If you can't go to the
front as a soldier, you can enlist in
the work at home." Join the Red
Cross. 4. . lti
IKE'S TALE
Deer Star Folkses:
Hit is but fitting and proper at this
itime tnat l shed a little Ink fur my
'country -tu show my Patriotism,, as
they say. Sal wants me tu register
and jine the army, and shed my
BLOOD; but that don't suit me jist
now. If I knowed that she'd shed
any tears if I wuz tu go an shed my
blood, hit wood be another thing; but
I'm certain she wouldn't.
I reckon I'm sum too old tu re
gister, but she sez not. I never did
zactly know my age fur I can't re
member when 1 wuz bom, but
seems like hit wuz a long time niro.
The first that I can recollect I wuz
a grate big boy and had op ragged
clothes and wuz awful hungry. I
have been that way hundreds of tim
es since then, both as tu clothes and
appetite.
Doctor Gold sez. I'll be that, way as
long as I live. Hit seems like that if
I wuz Sal, and wuz married tu a man,
and wanted tu get him out of tee
way, that I'd hate tu ax him tu jine
the Army, wouldn't you? Now sup
pose I wuz tu have tu leave Casar
and go away over tu Germany or sum
of them other heathern nations,
don't you know hit wood jist be the
making of Sal! If I wuz tu start I
wouldn't more than git tu Lawndale
on my way tu Germany, till she'd
have her another man and run away!
These fellers up here beats all that I
ever seed anyway, and hit don't do a
bit of good fur Zero Mull and George
Peeler tu say a word tu them about
letting Sal alone, fur both of them
wood run away with her at the drop
of my hat. These other fellers know
hit too. Then sum how, I don't like
war much no-way. So I want every
body in Shelby tu exempt me, if they
please. I never fought a battle yit
but what I got defeated more or less
generally more.
One time Geo. Richard had sum
big fine watermelons and as good as
I ever eat. The patch wuz powerful
handy tu git tu away back fromi
the road and close tu a piece of .
woods.
Well, them watermillions jist kept
gittin' away and disappearing till
they won't but a few souls of 'em
left. I dont' know what made him,
but you know how folks is he laid
hit on me.
Every' morning soon, he'd go tu his
watermillion patch, and thar wuz the
vine and the place whar a big one
had lain, and thar wuz the tracks of
a man, leading towards the timber,
and thar wuz a pile of fresh rinds
and that wuz all.
The next night and the next morn
ing hit wood be repeated. At last
Gus got powerful tired of hit, and
got sum other fellers and held an
nquest over both rinds and tracks!
Their verdict was "that the rinds
was the ones that I left the night be
fore and as to the tracks they wuz
made by sum feller that went bare
footed and who had not washed his
feet for over two weeks.' They put
Sal on the stand and she swore that
I hadn't washed my feet in 17 years
and 23 months; so the case wuz de
cided in my favor. The following
day I declared war on Gus Richard
and began to prepare fur action im
mediately. I knew he wood pass by
at a certain hour next day, so I got
me up about a bushel of rocks and
sum pieces of fence rails and lay con
cealed behind sum bushes and await
ed his coming.
Just as he got even I let drive right
straight at his head with a big rock,
but I reckon I wuz sorter excited,
fur I missed him about 10 feet.
He lit out on me and like tu a beat
me tu death; while Sal and sum oth
er fellers stood thar and watched the
battle but remained neutral. Hit
might be that way next time, so I
want tu be exempted. IKE.
N'otice to Public School Teachers!
On the 10th and 11th days of July
917 at Shelby an examination will
be held for all new teachers and for
all second grade teachers. Under
the new law all first grade teachers
who attended the teachers' meetings
last winter will have one year certi
ficates issued them by the State
Board of Examiners, hence they will
not have to stand this year. But all
new teachers who expect to teach
and all 2nd grade teachers who ex
pect to teach must take the examina
tion on the 10th and 11th of July.
The new law, makes it misdemeanor
for the committee to hire any one
who does not hold a certificate.
3t-adv. J. Y. IRVIN.
At The Princess! Special Friday
Extra! Extra! Don't miss seeing
the Atlanta fire at the leading thea
tre, 'The Princess' Friday, appearing
in the Current Event. No extra
'charges.
adv.
Miss Cranor offers you real bar
gains in summer hats, white wash
skirts, and Toile waists at her Style
Shop this week. GWer her a call.
LIVE NEWS OF
NORTH CAROLINA
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL
OVER THE OLD NORTH STATE
BOILED OWN FOR BUSY REA
' DERS.
Charlotte grocers close every
Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock.
The North Carolina Pharmaceuti
cal Association will be in session in
Asheville June 19-21.
The 10-year-old son of Luther Dix-
it,on
of Courtney, Y'adkin
county,
played with a dynamite cap and "his
hand was nearly torn off. savs the
Mocksville Record.
Senator Thos. J. Walsh of Mon
tana and ex-Senator Chas. A. Towne
of New Y'ork will be speakers at the
meeting of the State Bar Associa
tion in Asheville July 3-5.
Mocksville Record: The wheat
crop in Davie county will be among
the best in years. Everybody who
works will stand a chance of getting
biscuits at least once a day and pos
sibly twice.
In the Federal court in Greens-
ooro last weeK tne jury returned a
verdict in favor of the Old Nick Wil
liams Company, defendants in a suit
in which the government was trying
to collect $15,000.-
Watson Davis of Clear Creek
township, Mecklenburg county,
died in a doctor's office in Charlotte
while undergoing X-ray examina
tion. Kidney trouble. Was 50 years
old and leaves two children.
Imprisoned over six weeks at Fort
Myer, Va on a charge of desertion,
Carl Kilby, 16 years old, of Miller's
Creek, Wilkes county, was released
through the efforts of Congressman
Robinson, who sent him home.
Dr. J. W. Summers of Charlotte,
under sentence of three years in the
State prison for malpractice, has
been granted a second reprieve of 30
days so that he can make applica
tion to the Governor for pardon.
The Monroe Journal says that a
couple of good citizen of Marshville
C. M. Griffin and Ellis Bailey
good friends engaged in a friendly
wrestling match. Both bones of Mr.
Bailey's ankle were broken and he
will be laid up for a spell.
Edgar B. Ramsey, 59 years old,
son of the late Dr. Jas G. Ramsey
of Rowan county, died a few days
ago at his home in Seattle, Wash.,
He is survived by two brothers,
James H. Ramsey of Salisbury and
Claude C. Ramsey of Seattle.
Mrs. N. Tim Deaton,of Concord,
apparently in her usual health,
complained of headache after sup
per and lay down across the bed. An
hour or two later it was found that
he was dead. Was about 35 years
Id and is survived by her husband
.nd five children.
The Shuford gold mine property
in Catawba county, consisting of 13
tracts of land, the mineral interests
and the machinery, was sold at auc
tion at Newton Monday. J. A. Cham
bers of Pennsylvania, representing
the heirs of the T. P. Chambers es
tate, was the successful bidder at
the price of $16,000.
Frank Brown, a private of Com
pany B. Second North Carolina Reg
iment, National Guard, one of four
men on night duty guarding the
railroad bridge at Haw River, was
struck by a train Monday night and
instantly killed. It is supposed that
he fell asleep while on duty. Re
mains taken to Kinston for inter
ment. A. L. Howell, a patient at th,a
State Hospital at Morganton, com
mitted suicide by hanging. His home
was in No. 10 township, Cabarrus
county. Was 58 years old and is
survived by his wife and ten chil
dren. He had been in the hospital
about three months. Mr. Howell
was formerly jailor of Cabarrus
county.
Harriet Allen, 4-year-old daugh
ter of Mr .and Mrs. Barna Allen of
Troy, Montgomery county, was
caught in the shafting of the Troy
Knitting Mill, wound .around the
shaft and killed before the machin
ery could be stopped. The little
girl was in the mill with her father,
who is secretary and treasurer of
the company.
During a storm on the 9th, light
ning set fire to a barn on the old
Jdhn Finley place, in Wilkes county,
and killed two horses. The horses
belonged to Misses Annie and Clara
Finley and Charles Mitchell. The
fire was extinguished before the
barn was burned. Paul Craven was
rendered unconscious by the light
ning but soon recovered. .
This community has done nobly in
the matter of subscribing to the Lib
erty Loan bonds; shall less be done
for the Red Cross Auxiliary X
YotiT choice of the latest styles in
voile waists, white wash skirts, hate
at recced prices at M.isa .Cjra,no.r's,