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THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C.. FRIDAY, SEPT. 14, 1917
60 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
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XXV.
HOMES FOR THE
DELEGATES
KINGS
TION'
MOUNTAIN ASSOCIA
MEETS THREE DAYS
CHAOS REIGNS IX RUSSIA
Revolt Continues Grave Korniloff
Reported Marching on Capital
With Troops.
The internal situation in Russia re-
'h V.v. i. I'- Harrill is pastor is
extensive preparations for
1 Tn; tT I'WtCTftV """"""" Russia re-
NEXI. AfwmrH THP S?i7 ma'nS graVC andchatic and just how
wnMES TO HILH IHL DELE- t wi hp -.i... if t
(iATES HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED forecast. Atly theT. of
. . n .. . . discord has so widened that either
The-Kinirs Mountain Baptist Asso- M. Rerencky, head of the provisional
riati-n meets th,s time with the igovernment, or Goneral Korniloff th
Fa;;,ten Haptis church 10 miles dep0Bed Commender-in-chief of ' the
nor!h of S-lhy. on Wednesday ,'army who is opposing Kerencky and
Thursday and ila' fP1- ,1J. ""who demands almost dictatorial pow
ers, will be engulfed.
At the present moment neither side
SPomil VL'illinn. ft v-,i i V-,.
th, Mtcrta,nme,u m ue.egie8 an, Kerencky at the head of the Bovern-
!mTZJ?vT;rS ment in Proraii is Ending all his
rill treat all in the genuine Fallston ene toward the suppression of the
fohior.- which h to make you feel turmoi, crcate( by Kon)iloff an(, his
athn!e am have a good time. Rev.-follo while Konril()ff ,
D.G. Washburn will preach the in-jto bp approachinK IMrograd with
troiuctory sermon. troops in order to law seige to the
The Association met last year with ital. T() t guch actjon Ker.
the Waco Baptist church and accord-,encky,s adherents are teari the
ineto stat.st.es complied at that railroad lines and otherwise are pre
tilM. there are 42 churches in the paTmg to ,.L,sist
associat.on, with a total membership , Whj,e advkes received in London
of 8:147, ami to the value of church I are to the effect that the Batic fleet
property amounts to lo7,2ofi. rhe;is faitnfu to the Kerensky regime,
other advices say that Commander
NEWS OF STAT E
AND THE WORLD
ITEMS OF MOST INTEREST DUR
ING THE WEEK THROUGHOUT
THE WORLD, BOILED OWN IN
PARAGRAPH STYLE FOR
(JUICK READING.
following is the assignment that has
bwn made for the delegates of the
vari 'Us churches:
Ewer Pain M. E. Spurling
Bethlehem- P. Z. Carpenter
M:v. Sfrinps
G. S. and Clemmie Royster
Be;emer Citv E. H. Lutz
Buffalo. M. R. Willis
Casar Mrs. Phoeba Beam
Cherrvville Dr. E. A. Houser
Denikine, of the southwestern Rus
sian army, sent word to the premier
that he -ould give his support to
Konriloff. Official reports are to the
effect that Denikine and several other
generals have been arrested.
Korniloff has declared that his re
volt against Kerensky is animated by
the highest patriotism and a desire to
save Russia from a government dom-
Two Killed for Resisting
Carpenter's Grove Cletus Royster jnateci by the German general staff.
Crowaers un inas. iosiner
Double Springs.. V. A. Gardner
Elizabeth T. A. Stamey
East Kings Mtn. ...E. A. Hoyle
Flirt Hill P. C. Williams
Grover G. Ves Royster
Kin?s Mtn Miss Georgia Lutz
Lattimore H. S. Cline
Lawndale. Cleatus A. Wright
Mt. Sinai C. A. Beam
Mt. Zion Mrs. B. J. Hoyle
Xew Bethel ( Claude Falls
SV.v Hope. -W. A. Royster
Xew Prospect T. J. Dixon
Nonr-an's Grove W. A. Gantt
North Brook S. M. Green
Thomas Simon, a Syrian, called for
the draft army in spite of his claim
that a brother in the Turkish army
made him an alien enemy, was killed
with his wife at Hawkinsville,
Ga., Saturday night, while resisting
arrest for assaulting a member of
the exemption board. After the as
sault Simon, his wife and a brother
barricaded themselves in their store
and greeted a posse of officers and
citizens with a volley from rifles and
pistols. When the fire was returned
J. II. Staples, sheriff of Patrick
county, Va., is charged with miscon
duct in office, the charge being
brought by his brother, Archie Sta
ples. An investigation has been ordered.
and the adoption of a sharp declara
tion of principles. A committee was
appointed to extend aid and encour
agement to New Russia.
Meek McGill, postmaster of Hick
ory Grove, S. C., and Carson Latti
more, a policeman of that place,
have been arrested in connection
with the murder of W. T. Sims, ne
gro preacher, by a mob of whites
and negroes, near York, S. C, Au
gust -24. So far about a dozen, of
both ntces, have been arrested, -most
of them being held in jail.
What appeared to be a fully equip
ped bomb-making plant was diselos-
Civic League Contributors
Liliuokalani, former queen of Ha-i1 at the Poyetaoinetaoininunununun
waii, has sent to the American Red to the P,ice. at Hoboken. N. J.,
Cross a contribution of $100. In a
letter she said the contribution
would be renewed monthly to the end
of the year.
The President and
went to New York early Saturday
morning and boarded the presiden
tial yatch at the Brooklyn Navy
Yard to spend a few days cruising
in New Y'ork, waters.
When an explosion blew off the roof
of a small building, as two detec
tives were passing. A man who fled
from the structure was arrested. He
I admitted he- was of German birth.
Mrs. Wilson Large quantities of bomb - making
ingredients were found in the building.
The National Association of Let
ter Carriers, in session at Dallas,
Texas, went on record as favoring
a $1,000 vearlv minimum wao-p law
ers and Laborers' Protective Associa- for letter carriers and will petition
tion have been re-indicted by Abi- j Congress to pass the bill embodying
lene Texas, by the Federal grand that sum. The association also de-
Fifty - six members of the Farm-
i in i life 1.1 i i inun' . , .. . i i.i
VJ1UL " - Simon and his wile tell dead, the
Pleasant Grove C. C. Martin later gtm graspjng a revolver which
Patterson Station. -Ben Pool i.u. u j omnt,,i tHp hrntlwr p-
Patterson Grove. .
Pkasa-t Hill ...
-S. P
Poplar Springs...
Pleasant Ridge
Re.v-' Grove
Sar. lv Plains
.J. M. London
and R. A. Lackey
J. J. Blanton
...R. B. Brackett
...A. F. Williams
P. O. Ross
Shaly Grove R. W. Gardner
Shelby First Fallston
Shelby Second
-C. W. Hoyle and W. M. Bridges
Union L. H. Biggerstaff
and Mrs. S. T. Kendrick
Waco.. E. F. Dellinger
Zion Frank Elam
Zoar D. C. Beam
J. J. Blanton, Everett Spurling, T.
A. Stamey, entertainment committee
Col. Field Librarian
Col. A. J. Field, editor of the
State Journal, Raleigh, has been ap
pointed State Librarian to ' succeed
CPt. M. 0. Sherrill .resigned. Col.
Field was private secretary to Gov.
Kitchin during the later's term of
office. He is a brother of Mr. B. S.
Field and of Mrs. W. R. McLelland
of StutesviUe.
M.ss Broughton, assistant libra
ria"; W. F. Marshall and Marshall
DeLaneey Haywood of Raleigh,
ere applicants for the place. The
were Gov. Kitchin, Secreta
r)' State Grimes and Superintend
ent "f Education Joyner. Thev re
w'.d the librarian's salary from $1,
''Hl MJim, increased the salary
the assistant, Miss Broughton,
an'l the salary of her assistant,
King, ?:;im.
M;l 1'av,. at Kin-
s Mountain
,inrt !"t!'!ci1- bung signed by property
niMt'' " K'nL's Mt' favors tho Pave"
:i h,r'f' Part of the business
't ( n 'f the town. The town offers
Hers on each si!e will pay
caped through a back door. Three
members of the posse were wound
ed, one of them seriously, with a
bullet in his lungs.
Germany's Man Strength
Grand Headquarters of the French
Army in France, Sept. 11. The Asso
ciated Press is able to give approxi
mately the figures representing the
man power of Germany in the war at
the present time, together with the
casualties, as follows:
Fixed formations on the various
fronts, employed in lines of commu
nications and stationed in the interior
5,500,000.
Divisions undergoing formation and
men in depots, 600,000.
Losses in killed, permanently dis
abled and prisoners, 4,000,000.
Wounded under treatment in hos
pitals, 500,000.
Total, 10,600,000.
Catawba Community Fair
Catawba county will have six com
munity fairs this month, to be fol
lowed by the county fair at Hickory
September 25-28. The community
fairs will be held at Mt. Olive on .
the 15th, Terrell on the 18th, Kil-j
lian's on the 19th, Rockett on the j
20th, Y'ount on the 21st. Miturxa o:i .
the 22d.
The officers and directors of these
six community fairs number 'W an 1
back of these officers and director- I
of the county demonstration ag.-nts j
have a small army of producers who j
are vicing with each otln r in every:
honest effort to show the best exam- j
pies of their skill and industry. 1
jury, lhey are charged with con
spiracy to defeat the draft law.
Three men were killed and 21 per
sons, including several women, were
injured in an explosion at the Frank
ford arsenal In Philadelphia. The ex
plosion is believed to have been due
to the accidental dropping of a tray
of explosives.
Twenty - three American ambu
lance men have been decorated by
the French government with the
War Cross during the last week, for
their work in the recent heavy fight
ing. They include Lansing M. Pay-
nen of Durham, N. C.
An inquiry to fix responsibility for
the worthless cartridge primers sent
General Pershing's expeditionary
force began in Washington Monday.
The investigation is made by congres
sional committee, by request of the
War Department.
Press dispatches recently stated
that church bells, some of them cen
turies old, had been taken from
churches in Germany to be melted
for war munitions. A later dispatch
says that all bronz statues in Ger
many will be melted for munitions.
Two men were shot and wounded
and others were beaten with revol
ver butts Sunday when the Ninth Il
linois infantry broke up a labor pa
rade at Springfield, 111., planned as
a demonstration of sympathy with
striking street car conductors and
motormen.
Virginia tobacco for the American
soldiers abroad filled the holds of a
four-masted steamer that has sailed
from an Atlantic port. Smoking and
chewing tobacco was included in the
shipment which, it is said, is the
largest ever sent from the United
States to France.
Private Joseph Lawrence of Cin
cinnati, 0., a member of E. Battery,
Eighth Field Artillery, was instant
ly killed at Fort Sill, Okla., when 60
horses, frightened at the heavy gun
firing, stampeded. Eleven other per
sons were injured, two of whom are
not expected to live.
One Italian was killed, another
probably fatally wounded and two
police officers were slightly injured
at Milwaukee, Wis., Sunday, when
an attempt was made to break up a
patriotic open air meeting in the
Italian section. The two Italians
who were shot are members of an
alleged anarchistic club.
cided to inaugurate a campaign urg
ing each member to purchase Liber
ty Loan bonds when they are offered
next month.
d
GROWING WHEAT
IN CLEVELAND
Jnited Slates Government Asks
Carolina to Increase Wheat Acre
age Cleveland Farmers Asked to
Increase 20 Per Cent Some Val
uable Pointers.
S'leaking to a delegation of the
Now Yolk Woman's Suffrage party. ( paration, conservation
who visited him at his home at Oys-.and tearing loose from
By R. M. Gidney, Farm Demonstra
tor: ,
Will you pay the penalty by eat
ng corn bread next year or will you
sow some wheat? North Carolina
does not grow wheat enough to feed
her people, Cleveland county being
one link of N. C, is also guilty of
not growing enough wheat to feed
her people. You say it can't be done.
You said the same thing about corn
and declared lfty bushels could not be
grown on an acre, yet today fifty
bushels per acre is commoti in Cleve
land. This year in Cleveland our
highest yield of wheat on a single
acre was 45 bushels, on average fields
from 10 to 20 bushels per acre.
To make an increase of growing
wheat we must first make .better pre
paration and use good seed and with
good fertilization we can grow wheat.
When to sow in Cleveland county can
be adjusted by elevation. Take
Shelby, your county seat, at an ele
vation of 900 feet between Oct. 18
and 28, or the following table may be
of benefit to you in your section.
At elevation of 800 feet, wheat
should be sown Oct. 19 to 28.
At elevation of 900 feet wheat
should be sown Oct. 18 to 28.
At elevation of 1000 feet, wheat
should be sown Oct. 17 to 27.
At e'evation of 1100 feet, wheat
should be sown Oct. 16 to 26.
Now you have the time for sow
ing so next we would advise home
grown native wheat or acclimated.
Some of our native wheats are Horn,
Bowen and Okra, and acclimated or
Leep's prolific, Blue Stem, Fults and
Red Chaff. Bearded varieties, Ful-
caster, Stones and Lancaster, ror
smutt in wheat you can use Copper
sulphate, or Blue Stone or Formalin.
If you fail to find seed wheat, see
your county agent. The Eagle Roll
er Mill has agreed to help in secur
ing home grown wheat and a s"all
charge of ten cents per bushel above
market prices will bo charged for
their clean wheat. With early pre-
of moisture
Receipts from honorary members
of the Shelby Civic League for 1917.
$10.00 Gifts
J. W. Rudasill.
$5.00 Gifts
Mrs. Bessie II. Mitchell, Mrs. W.
0. Goode.
$2.00 Gifts
Mrs. Mamie 11. Brown, Mrs. J. M.
Forbis, Miss Vernna ' Durham, Mrs.
Mary Burrus, Mrs. W. A. Wray, Geo.
L. Lr.glish.
$1.00 Gifts
Rush Stroup, W. I). Lackey, W. If.
Jennings, I). Z. Newton, W. B. Pal
mers' Sons, Paul Webb, J. L. Suttle
Co., T. W. Hamrick, M. A. Grigg, S.
L. Gillespie, A. Blanton Grocery Co.
L. A. Gettys, J. H. Quinn, W. J. Rob
erts, 0. M. Mull, 0. M. Gardner, Far
mers Hardware Co., E. E. McBrayer,
J. T. Bowman, R. E. Ware, Giles
Webb, J. I). Linebergcr's Sons, Thomp
son-Branton Co., S. A. Washburn,
Hull Bros., Mial Tiddy, J. S. Wray,
J. T. Gardner, C. R. Doggett, Dr.
Mitchell, A. C. Miller, Mrs. A. R.
Eskridge,' E. Y Webb, Mrs. N. M.
Harrison, Mrs. Callie Harrill L. A.
Jackson, Mrs. Frick, Mrs. George
Wray, Miss Mattie Adams, Mrs. Pat
tie Ware, Mrs. J. D. Lineberger, Jr',
Mrs. Margaret Doggett, Wray, -Nix
Co., H. E. Kendall, F. L. Hoyle, J. J.
Lattimore, W. J. Arey & Sons, Cleve
land Drug Co., J. L. Webb, Mrs. Es
ther McBrayer, Miss Fan Barnett,
Mrs. Julia Green, Ed Blanton, C. C.
Blanton, Forest Eskridge, C. P. Rob
erts, J. C. Smith, C. Webb, G. W.
Spangler, W. C. Whisnant, C. R.
Hoey, Star Publishing Co., R. L. Ry
burn, John Dellinger, P. B. McMurry
Co., J. J. McMurry, Hoyle & Wilkins,
C. L. Eskridge, Dr. Royster, Mrs.
Hugh Logan, J. F. Roberts, J. R. Dov
er, W. H. Blanton Geo. Blanton, Shel
by Grocery Co., B. A. Baber, K. Ken
dall, Mrs. W. H. Bomar, Mrs. S. F.
Roberts, Miss Maggie Balck, B. T.
Falls.
50c Gifts
Dr. E. B. Lattimore, R. E. Camp
bell, W. B. Nix, Moses George, P. M.
McSwain.
23c Gifts
E. D. Sellers, M. A, McSwain.
LATE NEWS OF
NORTH CAROLINA
INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
FROM MURPHY TO MANTEO
CONDENSED IN PARAGRAPH
Kl.OM THE STATE DAILIES.
REV. P. E. DOWNS ORDAINED
Former Wake forest Student and Na
tive of Cleveland Ordained for
Ministry at (agar.
Cut Out Muffler Cut-Outs
this cotton
tcr Bay, Col. Roosevelt said: "To de- patch sowing of wheat, we can mane
ny the' mother the vote seems to me i Cleveland county produce enough
something so preposterous that our wheat to feed her people with some
descendants will fail to understand to spare. But if we continue to
how we could call ourselves self-J practice the sowing of our main
.i ,i.,mnf.r'iti( nrH vet'croos oi wneat in eoaun i.eius, c
Special to The Star:
The church of the Baptists at Cas
ar, on July 13, 1317 came topether
for the purpose of ordaining Bro. P.
E. Downs to the full work of the Gos
pel Ministry. There were eight mes
sengers from five churches. Tho
council was composed of the pastor,
W. M. Gold of the Casar church and
its members. Also messengers, A. C.
Irvin, D. G. Washburn, J. V. Deven
ney, J. W. Suttle, A. H. Simms, W.
D. Burns, J. Z. Falls and W. A.
Elam.
After a strong sermon by D. G.
Washburn from Eph. 3:8 the council
elected A. C. Irvin chairman and W.
A. Elam, Secretary, Bro. J. V. De
venney was appointed to conduct the
examination of Bro. Downs. After a
very satisfactory examination as to
his Christian experience, call to the
ministry and views of Bible doctrine,
the council voted to set apart Bro.
Downs to the Gospel Ministry.
The prayer was led by the pastor,
W. M. Gold, and then followed the
imposition of hands, the charge and
presentation of Bible was made by
Rev. A. H. Simms. Bro. Downs dis
missed the congregation and we all
felt that God had been with us.
Bro. Downs is n strong young man.
having finished his course at Wake
Forest College two years ago and
since that time he ha; been teaching
and preaching.
Mav God's blessings be on him.
W. A. ELAM. Sec.
The Rich Square times fears that
the scarcity of meat, will result in
the extermination of all the squirrels
in Northampton county.
Rev. E. 0. Sample, a Presbyterian
minister, formerly of Mecklenburg
and well known in this section, died
a few days ago at Hendersonville.
The contract has been let for the
new buildings for the institution for
the blind, to be erected near the
State prison, in Raleigh. The cost is
$140,000.
Daniel S. Jones, night foreman at
the light plant in Elizabeth Citv.
was shot from ambush while at his
work and mortally wounded, dying
in a short time.
The postoffice Department has au
thorized two additional clerks for the
Winston - Salem office and instructed
the postmaster to keep the office
open until 9 p. m.
Lindsay Brittain, a 12-year-old boy
of Rocky Mount, wading with other
boys in an old rock quarry near Wil
mington, stepped in water over his
head and was drowned.
Fitzhugh Griffin, driving a gov
ernment automobile at Camp Greene
Charlote, ran over a negro boy,
Frank Goin. The boy died and Grif
fin faces a charge of manslaughter.
At Wilmington, Mrs. James A.
Fairley was run into by a negro rid
ing a bicycle. She was seriously
injured. The negro was held under
arrest to await the outcome of her
injuries.
Mrs. Chalmers Glenn, mother of
ex-Gov. R. B. Glenn, died Sunday
morning at her home in Greensboro,
in her 87th year. She was the moth
er of five children and cx-Goy. Glenn
is the only survivor.
Mrs. Carrie Travis, wife of Mr.
Cicero Travis of Maiden, Catawba
county, died a few days ago, says the
(Newton Enterprise, from the effects
of burns received when kerosene oil
exploded in a cook stove.
Ninteen young women from Wilkes
county left North Wilkesboro in one
day for Winston - Salem to work in
(the Reynolds tobacco plant. The
child labor law cut out many work
ers in the Reynolds factories.
' T.'-f.
The
"f t
'th each
1'lar. is tn r,o,... ,.u.,f ,;i
. r1 ' co.vui v'nc linn
'' ni0st imnortanf tlinrouirhfares Vi-.ia recommended their
' V1 tsi:deJ cost of S:!5.000. I from all cars built in
Because muffler cut-outs on auto
mobiles have no mechanical value
and add nferely another unnecessary
to American me .me iluim.h
obile chamlur ot commeiio
eli.uination
his country
('overn.ng ai
deny it."
Two men were killed and one
wounded in a gun fight near Glen-
coe. Minn., when four Industrial
can't expect to reach a full harvest
and I would caution every fanner not
to waste high price wheat on late
sowing on poor land and preparation.
On the other hand wojld say the
noise
i autom
II after January 1. l'.MS. Nearly nan .
'.er3 along the pro- the 110 automobile malcers in mi
f. . . ... . . , . (II ... ..t.tc !'l '
(iowri- u u 18 Planned to put 'chamber do not tu mumei ie,.u v..
'""UllUe. nstlhfilf nr enmn r,lh- '
Kt.Lo" i-i In. inn. lirt-r.lv ci
'".eriy ov
etl ru'itn
".aner-t pavement,
., ' mere k
tn(' Plans
no unexpected hitch in
tain
l! IS exneeted tn Vinvp Monn-
b'eet nn. i i,:..., l
partlv neumoni avenue
Wins PaVlMi before w'nter "weather
their present cars.
SHELBY HIGH SCHOOL OPENING
Enrollment for First Day Highly
Gratifying With 170 Present.
Makes Veiled Attacks?
T,. r .( luh Meeting
torja" aul Webb was hostess yes-
afternn on 10 lne Thursday
of tS.n lub '" the first meeting
Mn. There was a large at
tend
Dr. H. Q. Alexander, president of
the State Farmers' Union and mem
ber of the State Board of Agricul
ture, spoke at Startown, Catawba
county, Friday. The Hickory Rec-
A A BO I'd
"Several of those who heard the,
speech saw in it only" veiled aiwcaa
against the existing order, an effort
dp, . ' splendid program and the disaffection with the gov
a high III 8nd refreshments wefe of 'ernment without actually making
able ocr U was a most enjy-'remarks that could be used definite
ias"n for the members. iy against him."
Workers of the World attempted to ,M,.t arj choicest land be sowed to
hold up and rob two farm hands who wj,cat would mean much to Cleveland
were riding on a freight train. Three !county fr 1918.
of the Industrial workers of the '
World were arrested. They claimed
the difficulty was with ordinary
tramps.
To relieve congestion at ports, the
exports administrative board has
waiveu uoui .m. .y.uov- Monday, the first day of Sheii.y
ment ot expert license ior snipmeni High Schooi) gave proniis0 of a great
of raw cotton to Great Britain, session Prof .Griffin and his able
France, Italy, Japan and their colo- j g of' workers are pieased with
nies and to Russia. Cotton was pil- jthe bright prospects. The enroll
ing up for shipment faster than the ment for the first d foi,ows:
application for license could be j Total
grated. Grade gB ,..43
The American Alliance for Labor Grade 8A - 30
and Democracy, organized three Grade 9 - 40
NOTKT.
There seems to be no limit lo
thp . butter market. Every
week sees higher prices and it
looks to us as if present prices
or (even higher ones) will exist
for a long while.
Cows fall off now, pnrtl;- elite
to lack of attention, on account
of gathering crops: and we need
more butter fat. It will profit
you to pay closer attention to
your cows, feed them up and
urge your neighbors to send U3
their cream and benefit by the
biK prices we are going to nay.
SHELBY CREAMERY CO.
SHELBY, N. C.
A patriotic meeting will be held in
Boone tomorrow in honor of the se
lected members of the National ar
my in Watauga. Messrs. W. C. New
land, Frank Linney and S. J. Erwin
'are named as speakers. Picnic din
'ner; Testaments for the selected
men.
John W. Hutchinson of Charlotte,
who had entered the second training
camp at Fort Oglethorpe, died there
Saturday, following an operation for
appendicitis. Mr. Hutchison was a
member of the Charlotte bar, was 30
years old and is survived by his
mother, Mrs. A. C. Hutchison, two
brothers and a sister.
At Lenoir an automobile driven by
Ned Jones collided with a telephone
post. James T. Gross, one of the oc
cupants of the car and a member of
Battery E, field artillery, was thrown
on the concrete sidewalk and his
kull fractured. His condition is se
rious. The other occupants of the
'car were not seriouslv hurt.
i
About a year ago August 27,
1916 Robt. A. Beattie, a Charlotte
groceryman, 60 years old, shot and
killed his wife. He was held insane
and sent to the criminal insame de
partment of the State prison. He
has ,now recovered is pronounced
sane and will be returned to Meck
enburg for trial for the murder of
his wife.
E. A. Todd and Sam. King, white
men sentenced to a year in the State
prison for operating a distillery at
Wilmington, had friends at court.
John J. Blair, superintendent of Wil
mington city schools, ami other in
fluential Wilmington citizens, ap
peared in behalf of the booze-makers,
and 1,200 citizens signed a pe
tition in their behalf. All of which
moved Gov. Bickett to change the
imprisonment to a fine of $1,000.
First Baptist Church
Cotton Ginner to September 1
weeks ago, with President Wilson's
stamp of approval, concluded its big
loyalty conference fit Minneapolis,
Minn., with the election of officers
Grade
Grade
10
11
.39
.18
Totals - -170
Rev. Lee McB. White will preich
.both the morning and evening ser
vices Sunday. Sunday School will be
held at the usual hour, 9:45 a. m. At
the evening services, Baptism will be
administered to all candidates both
boys and girls. A large attendance
at all these exercises are cordially
requested.
Cotton ginned prior to September
1 amounted to 605,513-bales, count
ing round as half bales, the census
bureau announced Saturday in its
first ginning report of the season.
Round bales included numbered 22,
724. Sea Islanl included were 2,S90 -
bales.
This year's ginning compares w:t.v
850,668 bales ginned to September 1
last year and 463,883 bales in 1915.
Seventy - two bales were ginned in
North Carolina prior to September
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