North Carolina Newspapers

1 t lendall Published. Every We Do Job Work the Linotype Way Let Ua Fisrure on Your Work. Phone No. 11 r..inv a-.d Friday The Oldest and Beat Paper in T&is oecuon WW f;.i I VOL. XXV. NO. 81 THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, OCT., 5, IS 17. ' $.1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE KFVV COTTON MILL IS ORGANIZED THIRD QUOTA LEAVES J. M. MeCill Made Captain of the 24 Men Who Left Wednesday Morn ing for Camp Jackson, S. C. NEWS IN CONDENSED TORM Items of Interest Gathered From Over The State. The Liberty Spinning Company is .u name of a new cotton manufac- t,,r:ng plant to be erected in or near with a paid in capital of $150,000.00, Shelby within the next six months the stock having been subscribed within 48 hours mainly by local men Application for charter has been made and as soon as the proper 'papers will be organized and officer and dL re'urn from Raleigh the corporation jiLtnrs elected.lt is thought that Mr. C. C. Blanton will be president of the mill and Mr. James R. Moore, for years associated wth the Henrietta Mills at Henrietta will be secretary and treasurer, i committee has been looking out for a site this week and found sev eral desirable locations which wiH be reported to the stockholders at a later meeting. The main building will be of brick end equipped with the very latest machinery for the manufacture of No. 4's two ply yarn. Messrs. Moore and Hamilton leave this week for New England to close the order for ma chinery. In addition to the plant there will be about twenty five tene ment houses and all will be equipped with electric lights and water. The stockholders hope to have the mill in operation wthin six months from date. That being the case the coistruciton work will be rushed as iparyld SlXfi oneaoin&nruicmiwypp lifeldly Bfl possible and there will be steady .employment for carpenters, masons and laborers. It means the addition of 200 or 300 more people to Shelby's population. GASTON FAIR NEXT WEEK AdmisBon Charge Will be 35. Pro fits Will be PQt Back Into Improvements. MATTERS OF NEWS nv? Y RN PLANT WITH $150,- 00000 PAID IN CAPITAL EX-1 !FCTEI TO BE IN OPERATION Wednesday morning the third con- WITHIN THE NEXT 6 MONTHS. (tingent of men left over the South ern ior camp Jackson, Columbia, S. C. Insteaed of 24 men leaving as schedul ed, two were released temporarily whole the third failed to report for some reason for entrainment. Arthur Austin, who was in Chester, S. C, when the second group left in which he was called to go, and who like wise was slated to depart in the group j Which left Wednesday morning failed to report- and it is not known for ,what reason; but it is possible he. jhas already gone to camp. There I ircsunjr illuming nucumpunieu uy , friends and relatives who came to bid ,were 21 therefore, at the train Wed them farewell. J. M. McGill, one of the drafted men, was appointed tem porary captain and he marched them to the depot, and smilingly, good-na turedly the boys reached etaoinwym turedly the boys entered the train. There were tears in several aes but Considering the significance of the oc jcasion, the event wae borne wonder fully well. ' The next departure is expected to come about the 11th of the month Thursday, next, although official or ders have not yet been received. Catawba's sweet notato cron is es timated at 60,000 bushels, a 25 per cent increase over last year. Ihe date of the State meeting of ELECTION DRAINAGE COMMIS SIONERS ... . r A recent dispatch from Peking, By virtue of Chapters 7 and 95, of China, reported the city of Tien-Tsin, the Public Laws of f Special Session China, threatened by flood. 1 1913, it is hereby ordered that an Objections to enactment of any election for the purpose of electing alien slacker legislation at present, five members' of the Board of Drain voiced by Secretary Lansing before age Commissiners of Buffalo Drain'- the House military affairs commit- 'age District No. 1 in Cleveland coun ine aate oi me state meeting oi line House military anairs cumnuv-.-age msim-i m viceiuu the Farmers Union at Winston-Sa- tee, resulted in a committee vote to ty, be held in the Recorders office in 1am V 1 -V- J i V 1 i .Tn,U..l .. i n..f:n ' ! Vn fir.li- lintiaa in Rnalnv M f Via- 7.8 I i Tha RrifUVi atonmahin Tnnanua twoon the hour of sunrise and sunset The Asheville lodge of Elks has formerly the Den of Glamis, was tor- (on Monday, November 6th. 1917 at gone into the hands of a receiver, 'pedoed and sunk by a German sub- which said election all duly qualified with indebtedness of $10,000 and as-'marine off the coast of Ireland a few .electors residing in "said Buffalo sets not half that amount. 'days ago. Crew believed to have .Drainage District No. 1 in Cleveland Portions of Goldsboro were flooded been saved. Property loss about $1,- County, North Carolina, and all elec Saturday as a result of heavy rains 000,000. tors residing in the State of North THE DOCTORS ARE COMING SEVENTH DISTRICT MEDICAL SOCIETY TO MEET IN SHELBY " NEXT TUESDAYABOUT 20 SCIENTIFIC PAPERS WILL BE READ. TKo T anemia nf Wisconsin Municl- Cnrolna ownine lands n said district. palities, in session at Racine, adopt- jwho are duly registered, shall ben en-r iiie car vi uruver vreicn oi jue- ea reauiuwuua ucihoiiuhiu w. ..... uum,w Y ..- noir, out of control, smashed a plat United States Senate expel the Wis- that the Registrar hereby appoined (plana nrimrlnw of TTSnUsv Um4 "- ri1 r aaih t Qit.afni Tha rparihitinnK fol- ahfill rvij the TP iri strati on book bV cost $150 to replace. Four persons lowed an address by Col. Roosevelt, Striking therefrom the names of any the second time recently a part of the city has been under water. The car of Grover Welch of Le ABERNATHY - HAMRICK Special to The Star: Gastonia, Oct 4. While other fairs are charging 50c. admisson for adults .. f n m a) I'll ml V- St I ana zoe. ior cniidren, rne Big uasion County Fair will chartre only 35c. for adults in the day and 25c. at night, j the children being admitted both day and night for 15c. While other (airs charge extra admission for automo biles and buggies, and in some places do not allow them in the grounds, there will be no extra charee. and there will be ample room for parking. This decision was reached at a meeting of the board of direcors a few days ago. A tremendous outlay A ! 1 it.:- "i money nas Deen necessary uus year on account of erecting the large buildings, and making other improve ments for the comfort of the public. Tnnqmnnl. nn ..I. r: i j "a uie Dig uuwn uuiitj fair ia not operated to pa? dlvdends bllt hllM lln riaa4.fM Minnht tha nm- UaObUIl LUUllbl. ... 1 u.x 1 each year beinsr du back in im provements, is whv th small sum three free attractions alone at the !V0 l.i. n 1 T71 111 T- - o uaouiu vouniy rair wui oe muio "v.i.ti Liit. iirii'H ill tuiiiimaiuu. iA CD.. m .. . ... "i Honing ot the hundreds or otner -."i.v,IUI s. rrescnt iBri;n,t;.. ... i.i iv... will --"..iv.iv.av.iuua arc uiai. uicac t.... 1M tne lareest rrnwHa o-utbereA toceth' !er t the Big Gaston County Fair t"&n ha PV'OV t nm.r alTVII- uvtii occu nf aiijr ei- - - vnv VTT V OlnllVVOl Thursday morning at 8:30 o'clock the lives of Miss Ettie Abernathy and Mr. Alger Hamrck were blend ed. Rev. C. A. Wood of the Metho dist church performing the ceremony. Immediately following the marriage, the happy young couple left for Ashe ville and other western points where they will spend their honeymoon. Miss Abernathy is the charming daughter of Mr. Thomas H. Aberna thy of this place, while Mr. Hamrick is the Bon of Mr. Leander Hamrick who is a successful farmer living on the road which leads to Boiling Springs. The bride has been a most efficient employee in the office of the A. Blan ton Grocery Company, while Mr. Hamrick, a graduate of Wake For est College, holds a lucrative posi ton at the Shelby Cotton Oil Com pany's office. The couple left on a triD to Asheville afier which they will return to Shelby and make their future home. were caught between the car an in wnicn i.ar onetie was severely ue- tne winnow and two were slightly nouncea. hurt. I The strikers at the Norfolk navy The Obseryer says it is estimated yard, about 4,000, have all returned that 60,000 cords of wood will be ;to work. The men said they returned necessary to heat Camp Green Char-. to work upon assurances from Sec lotte, the coming winter, one stove S-etary Daniels and Assistant Sec being furnished for each of 6,000 tents retoty Roosevelt that their grievances What s the matter with coall j relative to me present ws Forsyth county's tubercular hospiU, would be considered at a conference al, built at a cost of $10,000, is open to be held in Washington this week. for the reception of patients. A mav I ITivate jonn Kogers, negru, rICDk ron and nurses will be in charge to'ed in El Paso, Texas, as a desertei care for the patients under the di-.from the army, made a written state rection of the county physician. lment to army oracers sayinB uc ui itK ahnnfinc '(foaartad from his company at Doug- and seriously wounding Miss Nellie las, Ariz., because some of the neg- Roll r.f tno Rahnrna aaofinn nf Unr- nvM Bald thPV WeK STOinir IO 5I1UUI ham county, walked into Durham up the town" and had obtained am- Friday and surrendered. He is in jail, munition secretly for that purpose beimr investeated. ilIIICVI illVJll 11MU DlUi v A V. Mwaa U1M uiwvvh o for a week without results persons who are registered therein not now living in said drainage district, and not now residing in the State ofLo McB. White after which-Attor- . . r i vr .1.- it ji: . i North Carolina, or owning any wnu c- iwwwn wm uuiw u u in said District, and that said regis jdress of welcome, r , trar shall open said registration books 1 Drs. E. B. Lattimore and E. ' A. for one registration of any persons ,Houser, both of this county are on AUSTELL-ELLIS WEDDING Ex-County Commissioner Ellis et Grover Marries Mrs. Austell, Earl Postmistress Mrs. Violet Austell was happily mar ried to Mr. Jno. A. Ellis of Earl Thurs day afternoon at 3 o'clock. Rev. Mr. Beach of Grover performed the cere mony in his usual impressive man nlv a few of the nearest friends of the contracting parties witnessed the marriage, which took place at Mrs. Austell's home. Immediately follow ing the wedding Mr. and Mrs. Ellis left for the groom's home where mey expect to reside in the future. Mrs. Austell is postmistress at Ear! while Mr. Ellis, formerly on the board nf rountv commissioners lives at Grov er and runs a hardware store at Kings Mountain. A virtual embargo on the report of certain foodstuffs and feeds is de clared by the exports administra tive board in adding a list of articles to those already denied shipment, ex cept where their export wll contrib ute to the conduct of the war. Mrs. S. A. McCollum committed suicide at her home in Rockingham countv bv shooting herself. She leaves a husband and several children, the youngest child four months old. Had been sick for several months and was doubtless insane. President Wilson will bestow an American fla with an attached streamer inscribed to show it came from him, upon the Boy Scout? of America troop that does the most ef fective work n selling bond in each State durne the campaign for the second Liberty loan. Lester Marlette. about 30 year old and married, was found beside the railroads tracks at Graham with both legs cut off. Was conscious when found but died in a few moments. Wife and two children live at Graham Just how the accident occurred is not known. After two weeks' work by 25 en tomoloeists of the Department of Agriculture and Texas institutions, it is believed there no longer n dan trer that the Tink boll worm will be come established near Hearne, lex, where it was discovered in a cotton fild. Cotton was uprooted and burned from 105 acres. FREQUENT AIR RAIDS ON ENG LAND Shelbv will entertain next Tiip.hIav 'the Seventh District Medical Society wnicn is composed oi sou pnysicians and surgeons in nine North Carolina counties. While all of this number is not expected to be present many of tha vounirer doctors have irona ta the war, the attendance will be large with . some pi the most prominent ohviicians in the state in tha bodv. The, sessions will be held in the Court House where 20 scientific papers on Various medical and surgical subjects wiU be read. The opening meeting will begin with an invocation by Rev. German air raids have been made In England almost nightly for a week. Saturday night eleven per material damage was not great, the sons were killed and 82 injured. The British report says, and the air nlanes were driven off before they 'could attack Wndon. The Berlin r. port says: Our aviators attacked docks and warehouses in London as well as Ramsgate. Sheemessant and Margate The effect of the bombs was recog nizable from conflagrations caused. Our .airplanes returned undamaged. Another raid was made bunday night but the details of the damage have not been reported. dav. October 5th. 1917, and keep ssme open at Shelby, North Carolina, each day thereafter,, Sundays excepted, up to and including Saturday, November 3rd, 1917, for the purpose of register ing any persns entitled to vote in said election not already registered. ' And it is further ordered that all persons entitled to vote in said elec tion for Drainage Commissoners oi said District held in the years 1913 and 1915 shall not be required . to register and shall be enttled to vote said election without re-registration, !and it is further ordered that T. K. Harnett be. and he is hereby, appoint ed registrar, and W. H. Jennings and G. F. Wolfe are hereby appointea judges for said election. This the 1st day of October 1917. tobes 1917. Bv order of the Board of Commis sioners of Buffalo Drainage District No. 1 of Cleveland County. Attest: W. R. Newton, A. H. CLINh Secretary cnairmuii ( All nersons interested are herebj directed to take notice of the fore going. This the 1st day of October 1917. Dr. H. D. Stewart is president of the society and. Dr. W. F. Mitchell of Shelby is first vice-president Dr. S. R. Thompson of Charlotte is secretary'' An interesting feature of the meet ing next week will be an elegant lun- Iimii aMtfaH In tha risntral TTntftl dining rooms at 10 o'clock Tuesday night after the close of the program irl the Court House. y. Local " doctors are making exten sive plans to give the visiting mem bers of their fraternity a royal wel Icome and good time while here in Shelby for the first time tha society has met here, MRS. A. . SPAKE DEAD- Wlfe of Mr. A. P. Spake Dies of Can cer Buried Tuesday at Elizabeth Baptist Church. Mrs. A. P. Snake died Monday night Chairman .October 1, at 8:15 o'clock. Her death was not unexpected as sne naa lin gered just on the borderland between life and death for some time. On the first day of this year, she was car- IllOU IV UXO UUU1C1.V.U .ivnjiiwt - T. K. BARNETT, Registrar, treatment an! it developed that she . iKaH tha ArftA (lineage, cancer, and WILLIAM BARNETT DROWNED while a treatment was administered FIGHTING FOR SUBMARINES Another series of thrilling seports of recent naval actions against Ger man submarnes illustrative of the manner in which the U-boat menace is being met has been given out by the British Admiralty. The records are official and authenticated, but no dates are given. The report tells of the destruction of submarines by tomedo eun boats and British U boats." and the fights made on sub- mrinM hv armed merchantmen. A number of submarines were destroy ed. Want 33 Cents For Cotton Thirty-five CPnU o nnnnd na the plrnum price for cotton of the 1917 r'H na 1100 a ton for cotton seed WdV0ated fcy. members of. the woima Farmers' Union, at 1 conferencp in rimi,i -t ... vviuuiuta csv v , Paign was launched to urge "Tniprt tr. i.n . . . . ... ,iium meir staple ior higner !, A resolution was adopted dis- th'nf any intent of the membe i. e Un'n to procure nniust nrofits nother resolution the conference f aressed its ioyalty to the govern. ett during the war.. Night Prowler Killed Mi, u ' abour22 yeans old, was I .vDy Mr. J. M. Wlnllona a. ia w omp i? , entering the Wallace a a !ve 22-Cal'bre bullets fired 1 " 8h(:t.gun entered the negroe's 11 i7 5?" about 100 yards and Uvj ine cnner's jury return- A nu . Jusl"iaDie homicide. "neaat V a ,,een Piling about )W ' wndell, peering in at win- liens n-Li j a the inmates. U- L..T "fined-j fnan,.i j v GLOVER - ELAM Mr. Sam W. Elam son of Mr. Frank Elam of Lawndale, who has been in the Motor section of Camp Sher ridan, Montgomery, Alabama, surpns ed his many friends by coming into Shelby yesterday morning with a wife Mr. Elam was married to Miss Dor cas Glover," daughter of Mr. James Glover of Ellenboro, Wednesday af ternoon at 5.30 o'colck at .aancy, o. a . . . His bride was visit-ng at ner eou- j nma in Gflffnev when they were , I married, Rev. Gault prooonetaoinp married, Rev. Gault pronouncing .c . ceremony. They expect to sP.u a few days in the Lawndale vicinity; after which Mr. Elan, returns back to his soldierly duties, leading .... bride behind for a. time at wast. HAYWOOD'S CATTLE , . -ftt worth about iweany i.wv , . . . $80;000, were shipped to market, last Veek from Clyde Haywood County. lAll the cattle were Haywood county product and it i said thatjhoj. fattened in pastures - kept onftj -nJ maimer-exceeded range , , . in weight the cattle kept up and fed Syrian Mother's Good Example Among the Union county boys who left for Camp Jackson was Frank Nassiff. a young 'Syrian merchant. He is not technically a citizen of this county not having rectived the last of a series of naturalization pa pers, but this is the land f his choice and adoption. So, when the summons for his appearance before the exemption board to be sworn in to the service of Uncle Sam came, he answered without a murmur. Just ibefore leaving town to catch the train, he bade his aged mother good bye. She a native of Syria, loves America, and to her son she said: "Go; and may God Bless you!" There are American mothers, born and reared in the spirit of in dependence, who could profit by the example set by this Syrian mother. She did not lament the fact that she t "didn't raise her son to be a soldier," but sent him away to fight for the PRACTICING REBEL YELL ( To nut "the fear of God" into Roche ( German) hearts. United States Marines in training at Quan- timn rohpl veil. Confederate veter ans, who take keen interest in the aptivitina nf the sea-soldiers, are teaching the boys their battle-cry, re miniai-pnt of Civil War days. It is thought that the blending oi a nwmnn'a "pa- vah" ith with the Mnndriniilincr whoon of the Seminole, will put a "pep" in the Marine Corps Kkim - sufficient to dislodge tne Boches from their trenches. Gastonia" Gazzette, October 2nd: Wilburn Bamett. aged 17, lost his life vesterdav afternoon in the pond of the Anna Cotton Mills, commonly known as Baker's Mill, while at tempting to swim across. In compa ny with .three other boys Barnett was takrjr a swim. The other boys were on the bank when Barnett de cided he would swim across to the onoosite side. When about half way across he went down, whether from xhaaaiioft Ot eTtfflB is not known. The water at the point where he dis appeared is 15 or more feet deep and the attempts of his companions w. rescue him were in vain. Early this morning the water was let off the pond and the body was recovered. Barnett was an operative in the Anna Mill. He was a son of R. C. Barnett The family had been at this mill only about six weeks, having come from Rutherford county to which place the body will probably be taken for burial. NO DECREASE IN SUGAR PRICES Fighting Men Will Get Turkey Amerran soldiers and sailors in everv Dart of the world are to have Thanksgiving and Christmas Turkey, and of the very best quality. The War Department is now making ar rangements for the ..turkeys. The total amount required for the two hol idays, it is estimated for both serv- will not be far from 2,500,000, DUU ocilb Jim. v ICeS Will I1UU ue itxt iluiii i-.uvu,vwu. flag of her adoption almost without an(i'more than 1000,000 pounds must ivcaicu ... reauy ior uiswnuuiiun uj i.u.cm a murmur. the cruel. Turk, she apreciates American customs and manners. Her parting words to her son is ample proof of that. Mrs. Bettie Lineberger and grand son, Albert Suttle spent Tuesday in Shelby. Mrs. Lineberger is spending tha w nter with her daughter, ours. Julius Suttle at Lincolnton. ( Mrs. L. E. Legion wife of the nnnnTfir Southern Railway agent was taken to a hospital at Rock Hill, Sr-Cr-Mowlay--monHngi ber 5. There are 32 cantonments of the National army as well as num erous posts of the regular army to be supplied by the War Department, besides the fleet and shore stations of the navy. The United States food administra tion announces that it has assum ed -control of the price and distribu ton of sugar for America Jind her allies. Under the title of interna tional sugar committee, five men, two representatives of the European allies, two Americans and George M. Rolph. of the sugar division of the food admnistration, will handle the situation. All domestic sugar pro ducers of the United States , it is said, have agreed to abide by the iprice decisions tt the commissions 'and to co-operate wth it in every way. No immediate reduction in the crice of sugar i3 to be expected, the food administration says, owing to the increased cost of refining sugar. by the skilled surgeons, no hope for recovery was entertained. ror wo past nine months she has borne her suffering which was 3vere at times, with remarkable patience and resig nation. . Her fond and dutiful hus- - band was to her a source of everlast ing joy in making her last days on earth beautiful with thoughts and deeds of love. Everything that he land the trained nurses, Misses Cora the Ruthforl Hospital, together wun Cowan and Miss Mollio Hopper of a host of true friends coul.l do to a'- leviate the paia-racked body wts gladly done, thongn every lovo prompted action was tinged with sor row for home was gone. Mrs. Snake before marriage was Miss Sarah E. Wilson, and was born October 7, 1857 and had she lived six days longer, she would have been 60 years old. Deceased proiesseo faith in Christ and was baDtized into the fellowship of Zion Battist church at the age of 13 years, bne is sur vived by her husband and tour cnii dren, Mrs. D. F. Hord of Kings Moun tain, Miller, Charlie and Yates bpane. Also two brothers, W. V. ana J. m. Wilson, arid four grand children all of Cleveland County. The funeral was conducted by Rev. A. C. Irvin, assisted by her pastor, Rev. W. E. Lowe, at Elizabeth Tues day afternoon at 3 o clock. Amid a large crowd of sympathizng frends her body was tenderly laid to rest. Mis Ollie Sherrill: a ooDUlar teach er in the Shelby Public schools was sllpd hv telecrram Sunday to Greens- hnm ta the death bed oi ner aunt. Mrs. John C. Trogdon. Mrs. Trog- don was also an aunt of Mrs. J. D. L!nebergefofthiOTa'ce. GOOD FOR THE MASON'S Yorkkville Enouirer. An Atlanta dispatch says tnat the Cnthnlifi fraternity of the. Unit ed States wilf appeal to congress to override Secretary Bakers ruurg tnat only the Roman Catholic Knig jts of iColumbus shall be permitted nave secretjorfer buildingi.t,aPny-Can- tonmenta. Hurrah for the nasonsi RID THE SENATE OF THE DIS LOYAL , In an open letter to the governors of the United States, made public in New York, the executive commit tee of the American Detense aociety urges that "steps should be taken at once ,to rid the Unted States Senate of these men who by their seditious utterances are giving aid and comfort to Germany." . ' "The public remarks ana tne votes of Senators Stone, Reed, LaFollette, Vardaman and Hard- Ivxva v wick," the letter states, "clearly show their willful obstruction, seawous, u not indeed treasonable, tactics." Each Governor was asked to "arouse public sentiment through an tijoeal to the lathers, motners, wives and sisters oi tne men at tne irunt. in his State. r r J. Hill left Wednesday for -n-.n.aa Ctv Mo. to be at the bedside of-hia-f ather who-auffered . - atxoka-. nf nirnlv!" . f i ! i i'"i i,t i i I'. ' '..41 '.I vx i JLnla4he-TesaiC tdulfortfnteTT .;. . . .