North Carolina Newspapers

Published Every We Do Job Work the Linotype Way Let Ua Figure on Your Work. Phone No. 11 Tuesday and Friday Xhe Oldest and Bei paper in This Section. -VOL. XXV, NO, 68 THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1917 $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE H'. SUMMARY OF BATTLE LINE I!UHimi MAKE SLIGHT AD VNCE MANY STRIKES IN (TRMNY GERMANY MAY 1VKE IP POPE'S PEACE PRO POSALS THIS WEEK. Monday's Dispatch: ' ithuugh fur the most part the Brit jh iind French forces in Flanders : tVin vicinity of Lens are en- i;- consolidating positions won holding its first session since the note I'T'u.ek from Crown Prince Rup- jrrived, avoided any general discus v,, the British near Ypres have"1011 of the subject because President 'm further advance on a mile i ,r u, a depth of about ."00 yards thcre must 1)0 a marching analysis of :.,. i0 in the Somme region have thc questions ""' before such dis , : n.i ia ...i . cussion would be profitable. wtil ineir uilullb wiiii iiuvaiuage. ,,. hitter maneuver, Field Mar- Hnig's men succeeded in taking nuns near Ephey and inflicting h i' v losses on tntr Hermans. . ." 1 :IV Germans have been feelin- out 'sURKestions with every indication that ..... .-rength of the French lines in Probably would be several days be- .I; .. V.-sges mountain region, where, fore """'".'to step could be ex-i'':c- heavv bombardments ,thev !e- Fcted. . I,', ,', j attacks lagaiust the French ' . Meantime the undercurrent of ofh .;,v a Badonviller and north of Cel- Clal ,thouPht, manifestly continued to iur-Plaine. Their efforts, how- ltrem,1 uttr'1 a .F1or;v";t,,,n ihs e ,nt for naught under the fire , r, w rench guns and rifles. Crown Prince Fails 1 ;'r.i wse along the Aisne front and r- rhr Verdun sector along the banks ,,f th" River Meuse a continuation of the attempts of the German crown prin.-e to break the French lines met with the usual result failure. The airmen of the allies are work in;: havoc with the German fliers and or. German positions far behind the lu.es. In tights in the air Saturday the French airmen accounted for sev enteen German aircraft and the Brit ish fliers seven, which were complete ly destroyed or forced to land inside the Teutonic lines badly battered from machine gun fire. Eight British machines failed to return to their l.a-e. In aerial raids behind the lines al lied machines have bombarded num cr us tnwns, railway stations and cai.tiinments, the raids extending as far as Selzaete, near the Dutch bord er, eighteen miles from Ghent, which al- i received a visitation. American aviators befonging to the Lafayette squadron took a prominent part in the trench raids and per- funned notable execution. One of the Americans, Corporal Willis, of Bos ton was missing from the squadron when it returned to its base. German airmen also tried their ha l at slipping through the British al-.i were successful but the scor airainst them in the end for the cm iuvjves they loosed fell on a Brit ish prisoner clearing station, killing ten Germans and inflicting further wiair.il? on nine men of their own anyy who had already met with hard u-a.-e at the hands of the British puns. More Strikes in Germany There has been a considerable stiff-j H'.mg in the front in Rumania and s!so in Russia in the recinn of Vilnn Sl'Uth of (Irnrrai'Yiti onntdarn Tr,l - - - - - O . I avia, the Russians have made a stand against attacks of the Teutonic allies af'd repulsed them, and in' the Slanic sector also have beten off attempts l,y the invaders to take further ground. In the Lake Narco district "f the Vilna front the Germans en deavored to win Russian trenches but th attack broke down under Rus sian barrage fire. The present week will witness the meeting in Berlin of the main com mittee of the German reichstag. It i considered probable that at this session of the committee the pope's peace proposal will be discussed and that there will be a frank debate on P'"i!kal .military and economic ques- PERSONALS J. L. Webb left yesterday r ''istonia where he will hold court week. Mr ouis Fornev and attractive tt daughter, Marv Reeves are vis- !T'r? relatives at Union Mills. Emma Walker, who has been ' ""''? the summer here with her ''-it::. .Mrs u.,t ,i i ..: it in- left y foia, Mr. fan- I. . iuiii nvitr iiiiu tuau via- relatives in Rutherford county terday for her home in Louis- md Mrs. Fletcher Hord and "f Kings Mt., are on a visit to Hr larents, Mr. and Mrs. A. P. ! ake n the Cleveland Springs road. s .iary Springs Harkey of Mt. "''y returned home last Friday af l' r a week's visit to Mr. and Mrs. ''"nk Hoyle. Mrs. Mack Wilkins and attractive Sstir. M;00 nf r r t- Tlli.L... i . ... .00 iuary iee Lear oi ien- """v. nave returned home from ntrhtsville where they spent a most dehehtful week at the beach. is tdith Hoyle is spending two ,,! mJ '- a uvihiiiib, V"" teKs in Baltimore. MH . ns tbi O I .... :' 0 i iiss Laura Woodward zen Id D' Brevard. a former citi n of Shelby, but now living in Louis a ig here on a vjsit to his dau h ler- Mrs. E. B. Lattimore. CONSIDER POPE'S PEACE Grave Analysis Will be Mada of Pope's Proposal by President AVil ' son.' '' Washington, Aug. 11. That the government is determined to give rope Benedict's peace proposal the most deliberate and painstaking con sideration before framing a reply was evinced again today by develop ments both at the white house and the state department. The cabinet, "llson IS understood to feel that! Secretary Lansing and his advisers on whom most of the responsibilities ,f.or making this analysis wll rest, i continued their vtmlv of tho mm tiff'; raml "'" " " ' prorosals in thc Vatican note very difficult to accept. As the declared purpose of the pon tiff's note was to present concrete bases for peace negotiations it is re garded as highly essential that the exact meaning of every phase be care fully weighed, keeping in mind that in the event the United States con cludes to entertain the proposals, it will find itself irrevocably committed in the negotiations by the construc tions given at present. ' On the other hand, should the Presi dent decide not to entertain the peace proposals that could not be done briefly or curtly. Out of deference, it is believed, the reply to be made, whatever its character, must enter at some length into the several pro positions advanced. Within a few days exchanges may begin between Washington and the entente capitals and perhaps between Secretary Lansing and the diplomatic representatives of these gowers here Official opinion inclines to the belief that there will be a separate reply from each ration rather than a joint response as forecast in some foreign dispatches, Red Cross Notes Don't, forget Shelby's Red Cross work room, which is open each Tues day and Friday, from 0 a. m. to 5 p. m. and also the evening of the same davs from 7 to 10 o'clock. The services of any woman in Shelby will be welcome and a cordial invitation is given for all to visit the work room. If it is not pos sible to work through the usual morn ing hours, any part of one's time will be appreciated. Even one hour's as sistance is helpful, and as many worn en as possible who can give from on (hour to three hours are urged to en- ; tVio urnrl.- IIOV ilk kill. ..v.... A cable appeal for the immediate shipment of supplies to France has reached the American Red Cross, and this emphasizes the urgent need in Europe for vast amounts of knitted supplies. The cablegram reads as follows: "Begin shipping at once one and a half million each knitted mufflers, sweaters, socks and wristlets. These are desperately reeded before cold weather. In view of the shortage of fuel and other discomforts they will be of incredible value in both military and civilian work. "Last winter broke the record for cold 'and misery among the reople here. They inexpressibly dread lest the coming winter find us without supplies to meet the situation. I urge you on behalf of our ..soldiers and those of our allies who will suffer in the frozen trenches. Thousands of Belgian and French refugees and re patriates are being returned through Switzerland to France." The division managers of the thir teen sections have at once begun on the plans of dividing this special work into- fbv allotment system, which will follow the general spirit of the liberty loan and draft army. Each section "of the county must do its part. And Shelby's allotted share is 200 of these knitted sweaters, socks, mufflers, and wristlets. The chairman of this work, Mrs. O. Max Gardner wishes at this time to ap peal to every girl and woman in Cleveland county to join this knitt ing class, that the work may be done with all possible dispatch. All who have it in their heart to serve the soldiers in this way are asked to phone to her residence at once Phone No. 30. Seventeen persons were killed and two score injured, some Ulinutu ----- fatallv. when two trolley ' . XT-V, ears collided head-on Ileal iiyi lii Branford, Conn. When you want unadulterated pure wheat flour get Coma Lily. . adv.2t WITH THE CHURCHES Revival Services Twice Daily at Bap tist Church This Week Singing a Feature Mr. Kirk at Methodist Church Next Sunday Mr. Bateman To Soldiers. The largest crowds that ever tended a revival in Shelby are greet- ing Dr. Lee White and his' singer, Mr. James Jelks at the First Baptist church. Four services were held - . . . . . i Sunday and the personal work backed by the newspaper advertising brought many from the country and near-by towns. ' The Sunday School had an attendance of 547, the largest Sunday , School ever assembled in Shelby. It.""" f"' 1,111 "nralu.r i i i was the closing of a contest between the classes, Supt. Dover offering a free trip to the Seaside Baptist As sembly to the teacher whose class made the largest gain in attendance and held it. The race narrowed down between the classes of Mr. B. T. Falls and Mr. John P. Mull. In Mr. Falls's class were 81 ladies, while .Mr. Mull'.; had 148 men. Last night a commit tee met to figure out the winner. Supt. Dover, eloquent and scholarly, 'KhotfjUn. According to report he at gave most interesting and helpful tempted to shoot a snake and the points to be gathered from the lea- iad took effect in his foot. lie had ofin iftr.. H- U'Ulf,, r,l!.,l f.. . .... Ui. ui. .,im.c iciirau iui five minutes on what it means to be-1 come a Christian as related to every- day life. The singing as conducted by Mr. Jelks was superb. The Baptist revival which began Sunday August 12th will continue 1 through this week. Double daily ser vices have been announced, in the morning at 9 and at night beginning at 8. The people of the Elizabeth church came in a body yesterday and graduate of the school ,has been ap the pasfor, Mr. White wishes to have pointed cheese maker and becomes other nearby churches attend in a body at any of the services this week, for which special seats will be reserv ed. Dr. White delivers scholarly and soul stirring sermons. He is very practical in what he says and is quick to enlist the attention of his congre gation. Mr. Jelks, the evangelist singer has a beautiful silver-toned voice and sings with the enthusiasm of a Billy Sunday soloist. He is us ing Homer Rhodeheaver's collection of hymns, the same that are used at the Billy Sunday revivals and ' the singing is a great feature of each service. At the men's meeting Sunday af ternoon fully 000 people were present to hear Dr. White's masterly dis course on "The , Christ of Paul." A most gratifying fact at this service was that half of the men in the con gregation came from outside of Shel- by. Sunday night the Methodist and Presbyterian churches gave way for a union service and the auditorium and part of the Sunday School de partment were filled. Rev. J. F. Kirk, presiding elder of the Shelby District will preach at the Central Methodist church next Sun day morning and it is hoped that ev ery Methodist will attend. Rev. Thomas Bateman delivered a special sermon at the Presbyterian church Sunday morning. Capt. Lo gan took the soldiers around in a body and the church was filled. Mr. Bateman, noted for his epigrams, said the Kaiser had done more for the world than Billy Sunday or any of the other evangelists that ever lived, in that he had made more people pray. "Said he, there are many fathers and mothers who will do their best and give their last cent to keep their son out of the war, when they wouldn't give the price of a package of peanuts to save his soul." It's a treat to hear Mr. Bateman; he says things differently and drives home his points with a force that makes them stick. The Draft In just Dr. H. Q. Alexander, speaking in Kings Mt. Friday night under aus iees of the Farmers' union to an audience of about 100, seemed to proceed with some caution. His talk was along general lines of nterest to farmers, except at the point, where he explained his attitude on the draft law. He did not want to discuss the draft law, he said, since the newspapers had severely criticis ed him for this. The press had also misrepresented him, he alleged, and made it appear that he advised peo ple to resist the draft when he did ...,it.:.. of the sort, lie is sun oi the opinion, however, he said, that Zo Lfr law is uniust." IIOIIIJIIK " - ..... . Senator Kern Dead John W. Kcm, former United Sta tes senator from Indiana and major ity leader in the Senate, died in Ashe ville, Friday night, death being due to uremic poisoning. The deceased was sixty-seven years old. To feel strong, have good appetite and digestion, sleep soundly and en joy life, use Burdock Blood Bitters, the family system tonic. Price $1.25 Coma Lily is sweet wholesome all wheat flour. adv.-2t. NEWS IN CONDENSED FORM terns of Interest Over the Stat. Gathered From Frank B. Johnston, a member of the Asheville cavalry troop, arrest ed for criminal assault, was acquit- at-jted after a hearing in the Asheville police court. ' Mrs. Thos. T. Browne, wife of the .director of the North Carolina corn clubs, died Wednesday in Raleigh. ) 1!.. .1 .1 .1 a1 l M t "usounu anu mree cnuuren 0IU' ,an mtant survive. At Smithfield negro church. Pine- le, township, Mecklenburg county, Bunuaymgni, nan Ldinej was snot hiuiiiu'(i. lunv i.rown la neiu 10 ttn- swer for the killing. The Inter-State Commerce Com mission has ordered a hearing to be held at Asheville September 21, on the complaint of the Graham Coun ty Lumber Company and Carolina Wood Producton Company against the Southern railway. Arthur Bailey, a young man liv ing in North Brook, near I.incolnton, Vinf n n:i H" nf h i fruit tttT ui t h n ,,,n i m p, i,,r jirmv service. Henrv Dobbins and Luther Par- fcer, bovs of Yadkinville, took a joy 'ride in a borrowed Ford and while going at 35 to 4D miles an hour the machine turned over. Parker boy's wise badly injured. With the establishment of a cheese factory by the Valle Crucis Industrial School, Miss Hefner, a the first in the South. Miss Hefner took a course in cheese making at the Pennsylvania State College. AS TO MEN WITH FAMILIES President is of Opinion That Men With Families Should be Excused. Washington, Aug. 7. Prompt ac tion by exemption appeal boards was urged today by Provost Marshal Gen eral Crowder in a telegram to the governors declaring delays would mean that men with exemption claims undecided would escape the Septem ber 5 call to the colors at the ex pense of others who have waived ex emption. Every district must fur nish thirty per cent of its quota on the first call and unless the claims of all belonging in this contingent have been deided men further down the list making no claims will have to be moved up into the vacancies. The government desires that every man go as far as possible in his proper order. In replying today to a letter from Senator Weeks, urging that aliens be drafted for military service, Presi dent Wilson said the matter of diplo matic action to clear the way for such a step "is already interesting the de partment of state, and I have no doubt will be pressed as far as cir cumstances permit." Referring to a suggestion by the senator that men with families, except those who have married to escape draft should be exempted, the President said he had reason to believe the point was "very much in the mind at any rate of most of the drafting boards" buf would take pleasure in calling the attention of the war department to it again. Alliance Sound on War The State Farmers' Alliance, which is still in existence, at its meeting this week, adopted the fol owing resolution: "The State Farmers' Alliance, nt its annual session at headquarters, desires for itself .and its membership to be placed on record as a peace loving people, believng in the mot to of the Alliance: 'Peace on earth and good will toward men.' But in this hour of our national peril we wish also to go on record as being loyal to our people and our govern ment. Therefore, be it resolved: "Firrt, That we pledge our loyal ty and support to the President of the United States in the prosecution of the war in which we are engaged until hostilities have ceased and an honorable peace has been made vin dicating our entrance into the war. "Second. That we urge our rulers, in connection with our allies, that an- . r ...l.i. 11 nouncement ue n.aue ui mu ou.u Ibe rpgarded .as su(h.clt'nt . ?"antee . .rv!..,- nnvf ,,?tifi' j.niifn . eratiou of terms of peace." T. B. Parker was elected presi dent. It was decided to sell the Al liance headquarters property, build ings and 140 acres of ground near Hillsboro. Men and boys for your vacation trips everything from hats to hose at Evans E. McBrayer's, the men's store. adv. Come to Evans E. McBrayer's if you want good goods at a reasonable price in clothing, shoes, hats and furnishings. A welcome await3 you. BIG TAX ON MUNITION PLANTS Estimates Amounts the . So-Called Munition Plants Will Pay in The Form of War Taxes. Senator . Simmons' revenue bill speech is in the Record, bearing date of the 15th. In his remarks, Mr. Simmons printed the following: : "As appropriate to this argument I desire to drect attenton to the fol- lowing except from . . a letter written by the manager of one of the impor Uant cotton mills in North Carolina to the manager of another North otton mill manager roiina cotton mil jn ri.piy to n t.t. ter protesting the Senate scheme and rates, it says: The strongest argument confront ing us is the enormous amount of money the Senate bill will get out of the munition factories and kindred industries. This makes the law pop ular and when we consider the great profits being made by those compan ies directly out of the war, we are forced to conclude that there is some justilcation for the popularity." For illustrative purposes I give you the following: United States Steel Net profits, $430,000,000; taxe due, $148,0(i8,()00; per cent of profits, 35, Bethlehem Steel Net profits, ?18(- 000,0(10; tax due, $17,030,000; per cent of profits, 35. Lackawanna Stetd Net profits, $'.'5,000,000; tax clue, ?8,780,0)0; per cent of profits, 35. American Locomotive Net profits, $7,250,000; tax due, $432,000; per cent of profits, 6. Baldwin Locomotive Net profits, $0,400,000; tax due, $334,000; per cent of profits, 5. 'These figures were taken from the Wall Street Journal and the de tailed calculations are printed. In addition to this the profits of the Du- pont, Hercules and Atlas powder companies are estimated at $101,612,- 000. Their total excess profits tax amounts to $38,000,000, or 37 per cent of their net profits. To this must be further added the amounts to be received from the independent powder companies, including the A merican powder mills, the shell, am munition and small arms manufac turers, such as Winchester Repeating Arms Company, Remington U. M. C. Co., Peters Cartridge Company, Western Cartridge Company, United States Cartridge Company ,etc. It is estimated that 331.3 per cent of the entire revenue collected under the Senate bill will be derived from what is understood as munition industries. Under the House bill they will pay, after adding 121-2 per cent now spec Belvie Skates, Plaintiff much as under the Senate bill. As above stated, the United States Steel Company will pay under the Senate bill $148,000,000. It is a fact that eight munition plants alone will pay as much under the Senate bill as the entire House bill will raise. The Village Preacher At church, with meek and unaffected grace. His looks adorned the- venerable place; Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools, who came-to scoff, remain ed to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal, each honest rustic ran; E'en the children followed with en dearing wiie, And plucked his gown, to share the good man's smile; His ready smile a parent's warmth expressed; Their welfare pleased him, and their cares distressed; To them his heart, nis love, his grief were given, But all his serious thought found rest in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm. Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. Teachers Institute August 27th The State Board of Examiners and Institute conductors has arranged to hold Cleveland county's institute at Shelby beginning August 27th and continuing two weeks. All teachers that expect to teach this winter must attend every day for the two weeks. This is not my order but is a state law and I have no power to excuse you. So if you ex pect to draw the county's money you must be at the Institute for ten days. Institute will be conducted by Prof. Highsmith and Miss Fulghum. 5t. J. Y. IRVIN. Constmation causes headaches, in- d.gest.on, mzziness , orow. --- ,. . . . t-i a mild, opening medicine, use Doan's Regulets. 30c a dox at an stores. When it's flour you need get Coma Lily. adv.-2t. Out Seeing Fine Farms The editor went a-seeing fine farms and, bountiful crops Saturday with a bunch of young (comparatively so) Shelby fellows who had training on the farm and follow it for pleasure and profit. It might be said that the crop outlook in Cleveland is the fin est in years. In fact, with improv. ed and more scientific methods, Cleve (iami countv soil never vielded' such Ca-Lrnna nmi ha i,0 .,.! "u crops and the harvest will be rich with prices "tangoing amid the stars" as Governor Bickett said during the campaign and nothing short of a drought, storm or tempest can change the outlook. Old Kaiser Wilhelm who thinks he is in league with God and has the Supreme Father on his side in this war, must squirm and really queston his feigned Holy al liance when he gets reports from Cleveland farms. In the party, the editor went out with Saturday were Lieutenant Gov ernor O. Max Gardner, lawyer, poli tician and farmer and its hard to say in which line he is most success ful; Lawrence Lackey, deputy sher iff and farmer; Stough Wray, just plain farmer but a big one in South Carolina; Forrest Eskridge, banker and farmer; Graham Dellinger, who grows cotton, corn and wheat and makes cotton bagging and cotton seed oil as a side line. These men prove that young hjeads, ful of scientific knowledge of farming can do things with the help of Mother Nature. Mr. Wray who lives near Ridge way, S. C. now, grew up under his father's training. Mr. Gardner says he was the pioneer in Cleveland county in the use of nitrate of soda. He was the first to use fertilizers profusely and while it cost big mon ey, proved that it pays in the long run. Down n South Carolina he has over 300 acres in cultivation and uns 17 plows. Gues how many bales he will nake. Lieu. Gov. Gardner is perhaps the biggest individual farmer in Cleve land County and this year he has 105 acres in cotton and 108 acres in corn. His crop in two separate farms is the best all round I have seen. He has used fertlizer lavishly, his fer tilizer bill for this year being $3,000, but he will make over 100 bales of cotton and from two to three thous and bushels of corn. Some of his land was purchased for $25 per acre and many who looked at it declared it was not worth $15 but Mr. Gar dner has built up the land and $100 an acre would be refused, because with his skilful management it pays a good dividend on this investment. In all he has over 500 acres, the Post Road farm being almost level ar.d ideally located. The cotton is well fruited, the stalks are a dark, green color and average four feet in height. It's the finest all round crop the editor ever saw in Cleveland. And Graham Dellinger who has divers interests, is beating his father at the game of farming. He has a valuable farm just below Shelby with 90 to 100 acres in cotton that should easily make a bale to the acre. He plants early, uses considerable fertilizer and stable manure and to one who enjoys seeing farm work, his fields present a picture fit for the artist to place on canvas. Mr. Dellinger is not much to diversify; he gpecializse. Cotton is his hobby in this county, while n Catawba ho has a farm where he has made this year between 1,700 and 2,000 bush els of wheat. One field has 185 level acres in it. Mr. E.-kridge makes a study of im proved methods of farming and the Eskridge farm will produce this year, if favorable weather conditions con tinue, 30 or 40 bales oi cotton ana 1,000 bushels of corn. Forrest has gained much knowledge from Blanton Brothers, (George and C. C.) who have the largest farm in the county. He has purchased a part of the Rob erts estate and will go in on a more extensive basis next year. Lawrence Lackey has as fine a field of corn as ever grew, out on the W. H. Jennings farm on the Shelby-Kings Mountain road. He plough ed the corn himself he was caught on the job with the fine corn, cotton, cane, wheat and hay, his 55 acre track bought for $100 an acre should make twenty five per cent interest on the investment. Mr. Lackey says Bynum Mausey ha3 four acres of cotton, the best in the county. Coleman Doggett has some of the best fruited cotton and a negro tenant on E. A. Wellman's plantation has a field which is the admiration of all who see it. There are many good farms and farmers in Cleveland and those who see the crops in other counties and other states, declare that we have the best outlook within a radius of ... , . rrw c.. kno urj nines, cro iuuk ui- each veek a review of the farm work in the county and tell who some of the big farmers are and how they do it. Weathers. A.