North Carolina Newspapers

BuyA Liberty Bond Today-It Is As Safe As The Government, Pays Four Per Cent Interest and Is Free From Any Taxes-Do Your Du'y. I Published Every LTTtT 11 vol.xxv.no THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, OCTOillT. 1!, 1917 $1.50 A tfEAR IN ADVANCE 00 LIBERTY LOAN SUBSCRIPTIONS NEARINGTHE $50,000 MARK riINT WEEK OF THE SALE VERY GRATIFYING THE LADIFS SUBSCRIBE NEARLY $6,000 AND THE MEN NEARLY $40 090 jlST EIGHT MORE DAYS FOR THE CAMPAIGN TOWNSHIP REPORTS WANTED. During the first week of the sec ond Liberty Loan bonds sale cam naien $45,150.00 have been subscribed for the men taking $39,300 and the ladies very generously taking $5,850. The campaign is now in full swing and 't s expected that the total to (jar will be greatly swelled when the reports from the township chairmen come in. Mr. Forrest Eskridge, chair man of the Central Committee asks SH township chairmen to forward their reports so the amounts can be published in Tuesday's Star. Cleveland county has been appor tioned $332,000. This of course in cludes Kings Mountain as well as the other towns and rural communities. The idea is to get as many people as possible to "buy a bond". There should be one in every home. Four million people invested in the first issue. The ladies are working with the men in the campaign and Miss Selma Webb, chairman of the Ladies Cen tral committee had a very enthusias tic meeting of her committee in the Red Cross work room, this work was to advance the sale of the second Lib erty Loan issue. Her central committee is compos ed of the following ladies: Mesdames 0 M. Gardner, W. J. Roberts, J. F. Jenkins, W. E. Morton, B. T. Falls, J. D. Lineberger and Misses Annie Miil ler and Ora Eskridge. Miss Webb has appointed the fol lowing committees in the county who will work with the central commit tee: Lawndale, Mrs. John F. Schenck, Kings Mountain, Miss Bonnie Maun ey; Fallston, Mrs. E. A. Houser; Boiling Springs, Miss Etta Curtis; Lattimore, Mrs. L. V. Lee; Moores boro, Mrs. Mary Burrus; Patterson Springs, Mrs. Hugh Logan; Wlaco, Mrs. Charles Putnam;; South Shelby, Mis? Ida Hamrick; Belwood, Mrs. H. G. Wiggins; Polkville, section, Miss Susan Elliott; Grover, Mrs. J. A. El lis: Earl, Mrs. J. P. Aydolette. Here is a list of ladies who pur chased Liberty Bonds as it stood vesterdav: ' Mrs. W. E. Morton, $2,000; Mrs. Bettie Lineberger, $1,000; Mrs. A. M. Proctor, $1,000; Mrs. N. R. London, $300; Miss Foy Moore, $50, Miss Mary Moore, $50; Mrs. Paul Webb, $50; Miss Selma C. Webb, $50; Mrs. V. L. Goode, $100; Miss Ora Eskridge, H AMRICK-GRIGG WEDDING. Miss Gertrude Hamrick Becomes the Bride of Mr. Franklin Grigg of Near Lawndale. Miss Gertrude Hamrick, only danghter of Mr. and Mrs. C. C Ham rick who live just west of Shelby and Mr. Peter Franklin Grigg, son of Mr. and Mrs. Junius Grigg who hve near Lawndale were happily married Tues day afternoon at the home of the bride's parents, Rev. Lee McB. White performing the ceremony. There were jn'y the immediate members of the family present and affair was very luiet, coming as a surprise to the jnany friends of the contracting part ies. Mrs. White played Mendellssohn's wedding march. The parlor was beau tifully decorated with red roses and Jed dahlias and the bride wore a handsome brown serge suit with brown velvet hat. Immediately after the ceremony the couple left for Ral igh where they will attend the state Ia'r. Upon their return they will niake their home in Shelby. The bride is a most accomplished young woman and a former student f the State Normal, at Greensboro, nile the groom is a substantial ung farmer. The couple have the "est wishes of a host of friends. SHELBY'S COTTON MARKET. Wly is Shelby's cotton market lower than surrounding towns? That has been the question for years and " cntinue to be the qquestion un . 80niething is done. Euyers are Bt to be blamed for paying as little s they can and sellers are not to be famed for getting as much as they an so it looks as if the only way l0 the sellers to get the worth of Jtton, they will have to buck in a unch, In co-operation and union inere s great strength. t Lspeaks pretty or a town lL . the cow's tail in everything. 8 hw cotton sold in nearby on Monday of this week: Lin jwton 27 i.2c, Gaffney 27 l-2c Char 0lte 28c, Grover 26.40,' Rock Hill 27 to 28 Uc, Clover, Filbert and SheV27caU b York coun 27 M The people have the case. What are we Nng to do about it? Don't miss "Dead Shot Baker" a re- Ttern feature at the Grand charges, $o0; Miss Georgia Faison, $30; Mrs Sara Edmunds, $50; Miss Lottie May Hendrick, $50; Miss Agnes McBrayer, $50; Miss Lois Wooten, $50; Miss iuary naray, $oo; Miss Eunice Rob erts, $50; Miss Annie Beam, $50 Miss Pat Walser, $50; Mrs. Jessie Ramseur, $50; Mrs. L. W. Swope, $50; Miss Laura Cornwell $50; Mrs! L. P. Horton, $50; Mary Adelaide Roberts, $50; Minnie, Eddins Roberts, $50; Mrs. W. J. Roberts, $50; Miss Amos Willis, $50; Mrs. Charles Esk ndge, $50; Mrs. S. A. McMurry, $50; Mrs. Jack Palmer, $50; Miss Margar et Love Gardner, $50; Miss Elizabeth Blanton, $50; Mrs. A. R. Eskridge, $50; Airs. B. E. Blanton, $50. Total $5,850. Men's Subscriptions. $ First Nat. Bank of Shelby, $2,500; W. T. Purvis, Durham $1,500; T. W. Ebeltoft, $1,000; Robert L. Ryburn, $1,000; C. C. Blanton, $1,000; Chas. S. Child, Philadelphia, Pa., $1,000; C. S. Child, Philadelphia, Paa., $1, 000; Farmers Hdw. Co., $1,000; E. Y. Webb, $500; A. J. Leventis, $500; C. R. Hoey, $400: O. M. Gardner. $400! A. C. Miller, $300; T. W. Hamrick, ou; Forrest Eskridge, $200;. $100.00 Subscribers. D. Z. Newton. J. F. Schenck. Jr. Wm. Lowery, J. B. Lowery, Clarence s. Mull, J. r . Roberts, Wm. Lineber ger, . E. Humphries, Star Pub. Co. O. M. Mull, Geo. A. Hoyle, C. S. Young, W. C. Whissnant, Roy R. Sisk, Z. J. Thompson, W. A. Pendle ton, J. N. Dellinger, C. R. Doggett, M. A. McSwain, E. E. McBrayer, Robert Doggett, O. E. Ford, J. J. Lattimore, Paul Webb, Rush Stroup, G. P. Webb, H. D. Wilson, Jack Palmer, $50.00 SubscriDtions. F. L. Hoyle, R. R. Lackey, C. H. Hardin Jr., Paul Lucas, L. U. Arrow jWood, J. R. Morris, J. L. Weathers, Jas. and Harrison Yarborough, I. C. I Griffin, B. C. Harrell, Rev. C. A. Wood, Lee B. Weathers, Bayard T. Falls, Jr., Jno. F. Kirk, W. B. Pal mer's Sons, W. W. Heavner, W. J. i Roberts, J. F. Jenkins, Jr., B. H. Pal jmer, Frank E. Hoey, R. E. Carpenter, I A. V. Wray, S. A. Ellis, Felix O. Gee, !J. D. Lineberger, O. N. Lovelace, Yates McSwain, Carl B. Webber. I Tbtal for men, $39300.00 Total subscription to date $45,150. Frown on Publicity. Aroused by publication, in some Darts of the countrv. of Drivate ca blegrams announcing arrival of the American troops in France, the war and navy department have taken steps to prevent a repetition of the incidents, which may result in the court tmaiftial of the officials wno stent the messaged. In some cases former National Guard officers have cabled the governor of their states of the arrival of troops and this has ,been published. The war department has most ur gently requested that nothing what ever be pjrtted about arrivals of troops abroad, promising at the same time lo report promptly any casualty. Friends who know the troops have sailed and hear nothing further may assume they have arrived safely. NEW BLOCKADE FORMULA LAID DOWN BY ALLIES Washington. Oct. 17. Nutral na tions and particularly those in Eu rope, must be prepared to snare even m-eater deDrivations and burdens made necessary by the war under the decision of the recent allied confer ence at London, rwaila of the conference are be ginning to reach Washington through official channels. They snow that the allies are determnied to support tneir armies in the field by cutting offff as far as possible all supplies tor tne German army from neutral sources. Attention was called at the confer ence to the necessity of preventing Sweden from supplying Germany with mtjjl.q and the oDinion prevailed that hereafter the neutrals should be com piled to furnish the allies with goods of their own production. , . ? "Dead Shot Baker" with William Duncan and Coral Hol loway, a special Vitagraph feature at the Grand tonight and Saturday. All wwnt.rv neoDle should see the big western feature at the Grand tonight and Saturday. Admission oniy 5 and 10 cents. First Baptist Church. ,; Sermon by the pastor, Rev. Lee M-n uri,:ta Runriav moraine and I f , lll.u J " night. Sunday school at 10 a. m. ""HANDSOME Residence with out- u..;u:- n4 tnnr arTVS bt land. For 'quick sale see Mrs. C. C. Roberts, North Morgan street. ow NEWS OF CURRENT EVENTS Incidents Gathered From All Parts of the Country. Berlin reports that on the various German fronts the entente, forces lost 374 aiDlanes durintr Sentember. as against 82 machines lost by the Ger mans. The Brazilian government Dronos- es to utilize seized German steameri for the organization of international steamship lines. The vessels will fly the Brazilian flag, will be manned by Brazilian crews and will be used in the interest of Brazil and the allies. The Singer Sewing Machine com pany, an American concern, has clos ed its big factory at Podolsk, Russia. The factory employes 3,700 opera tives. The suspension is due, accord ing to the company, to the workmen's demands and the losses caused by the war. Mexicans crossed the border at Terlingua, Texas, last week, and drove off ten horses from the ranch of Butrill and Sublett, according to a message received at El Paso, Tex as. The raiders were pursued by American troops to the internation al line, but escaped with the horses. The 49th annual convention of the National American Woman Suffrage association has been called to meet in Washington December 12-15. Wasb ington was selected as the meeting place so as to bring pressure on Con gress for the pending suffrage amendment to the constitution. New York city has secured an ad ditional water supply from the Cat skill mountains, the line being 120 miles long. It was necessary to se cure title for the city to 21,330 acres, comprising 2,866 parcels of real estate, at an aggregate cost of $17,307,614. The cost of completing the undertaking was $184,707,540. Paul Wierse, editorial writer on the Charleston, (S. C.,) American, and, Captain Klattenhoff of the Ger man steamship Liebenfels, were con victed in Federal court at Aiken, S. C, of conspiracy to sink the ship at Charleston harbor, sentenced to two years in Federal prison at Atlanta and to pay a fne of $1,000 and costs each. The position of Dr. Carl Eggert, assistant professor of German at the University of Michigan, wa3 declar ed vacant by the board of regents at the conclusion of an investigation in to charges that he had made unpatri otic utterances. The charges were made by students. Dr. Eggert has been connected with the university since 1901. John Francis Beckwith, whose love letters have cost various women in the United States $21,000 and who has four wives in various parts of the country, was sentenced by Federal Judge Ray at Utica, N. Y., to 15 vears in the Federal prison at At lanta and to pay a total fine of $15, 000. He was convicted of using the mails to defraud. At Belleville, 111., Herbert Wood and Leo Keane were found guilty of the murder of Scott Clark a negro who died as a result of injuries re ceived in the recent race riots in East St Louis, and the penalty was fixed at 14 years' imprisonment. Wood and Keane were the first white men to be tried on charges growing out of the race riot. Prohibits .Wine For Sacrament Contending that Oklahoma Haws. under which shipments of sacramen tal wine have been seized, are in vio lation of the treaty with France, by which the "Louisiana territory" was ceded to the United States, suit has been instituted in Oklahoma City by Father Urban de Hasque, chancellor, of the Roman Catholic diocese of Ok lahoma to test the constitutionality of the state "bone dry" law so far as such shipments are concerned. The state attorney general, in a recent ruling, held that the Oklaho ma prohibiten law prohibited the im portation of wine even if it was in tended for use for sacramental pur noses. In the petition filed it is con tended that the treaty with France gave assurance' , that the Catholics would be protected "in the enjoy ment of their liberty, property and the religon they profess." Miss Elsie Allen, teacher of domes- tice science in Meredith college, Ral eigh, was found Jead in the, bath of the house where she roomed. early Sunday morning. The indica tions were that she was drowned, probably after fainting in the water. sh had been in her usual health and spirits. Miss Allen was a native of Brooklyn. Seven nersons. one man, two wo men and four children, were killed instantly late Sunday when the au tomobile they occupied wag struck by a Michigan Central passenger train near Warren village, 'n the vi cinity of Detroit, Mich. i i Ladies and childwin's coats all col ors and all prices At P. B. McMurry k Co. AdT. POSSIBLY A SECOND CALL. Second Call For National Army Will Probably Be in January. The advisability of expediting the second call of men for the National army is heing considered at the war department, and it is said the date may be fixed for some time in De cember or January. Mobilization of the first increment of 687,000 men is now far enough advanced to show clearly that there will be a big deficiency for the 17 National army divisions. More than 250,000 of the first increment are still to be assembled, but it already is evident that there will be available at the 16 cantonments quarters for an additional regiment at each post and at some for a full brigade of two regiments. The strength of the new regimen tal organization is 2,600 men. With a regiment lacking at each canton ment, this alone would mean a short age of nearly 50,000 men. In addi tion, there has been formed a separ ate division of negro troops, which means nearly 30,000 men withdrawn from the original number assigned to the 16 cantonments. The shortage is due partially te the necessity of taking out of Na tional army men to fill up National guard divisions. Two complete Na tional army divisions of southern troops have been absorbed in this way. The remnants of three other southern national army divisions will be consolidated to form a single di visional unit, and the surplus men from other camps will be sent south to make up the missing divisions. Drafts on the national army forces must be made to fill up the enlisted personnel of the aviation service, the medical corps and the service bat alions needed behind the fighting ines abroad. Eventual:)' there will be 250,000 men in the last named service alone, and aviation and the medical service will take nearly as many more, though not all of them will be taken from the National army. NEWS IN CONDENSED FORM Items of Interest Gathered From Over the State. F. B. Scheel was accidently shot and seriously wounded by Cain But ler at Dunn, Sunday morning. Butler was "playing with" a postol. The home of George Clark, ,a col ored resident of Davidson, was burn ed Friday and a 2 year old child of Clark s perished in the flames. A 5-months-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Larkin Hodges, who live in the vicinity of Blowing Rock, "rolled in to the fire" and was fatally burned. Rev. Dr. W. M. Vines, pastor of the First Baptist church of Char lotte, has resigned, effective Novem ber 1. He has accepted a call to Au gusta, Gaa. Vernon Hock, convicted of man slaughter for killing Gecrge Grissom in a cotton mille at Henderson last August, was sentenced to five years in the state prson. Judge Jas. E. . Boyd has been n- vited to deliver an address at David son college on the 25th "College Day." The judge was a student at Davidson in 1862-63. D. T. Otman, a lineman for the Western Union Telegraph Company, was at work on a pole at Linwood, Davidson county, the pole fell and Ot man received injuries from which he died a iew hours later. Fire of unknow origin was dsf- covered in the judge's room of Bun combe county court house at Ashe ville about 3 o'clock Friday morning, and the room was gutted before the fire was extinguished. B. S. Skinner, mayor of Durham and serving his second term, died Saturday after a long illness. Was a native of Hertford and a lawyer; had lived in Durham since 1904. Wife and two children survive. A little son of Mr. Harlie Glenn of Raleigh Was knocked down by an automobile in that cty Saturday and fatally injured. Dave Harris, colored, who drives the machine, was arrest- de for criminal negligence. Fire in Goldsboro Saturday night destroyed the plant of the Southern Cotton Oil company, some outside buildings stored with cotton seed and several railroad box cars. Loss, es timated at $200,000 to $300,000, par tially covered by insurance. Origin of fire unknown. Walter Shelton, who. killed his wife in Rockingham county five years ago and Was saved from the electric chair by Gov. Craig commuting his sentence, has been pardoned by Gov ernor Bickett, and the Reidsville Re view says a good many Rockingham folks are not pleased at all. Thos. Trent of Kernersville was brought before a United States com missioner at Winston-Salem and, re craired to give bond for his appear ance at Federal court, on the charge of wearng an army uniform while not in service, Trent had enlisted in Ithe army .some months ago and was later discharged. 4 . HOME GUARD ORGANIZED COMPANY OF 50 MEN HEADED BY CAPT. ROBERTS TO BE USED FOR DEFENSE AT HOME OR ANYWHERE IN NORTH CARO LINA. A company of home guards was organized in the court house Tuesday night in obedience to the wishes of Governor Bickett who has called for companies to be formed in every county and city in North Carolina. At the meeting, Mr. R. L. Ryburn, chair man of the County Council of De fense presided and explained that the object of the movement is to have an organized company of mili tia to quell any uprising or repel any invasion of our state territory. Men from 31 to 45 were enlisted and they took an oath to stand by the constitutions of the nation and state and obey all orders and com mands of the governor of the state and the officers of the guard. Capt J. F. Roberts who has had extensive military training was elect ed captain. Capt J. F. Jenkins, an other man with military experience having served as captain of the Tar boro and Shelby companies was elect ed first lieutenant Mr. R. E. Camp bell who was a member of the Cleve land Guards and went to the Spanish-American war was elected second lieutenant. Non-commissioned offi cers will be appointed. Regular drill nights will be held and the next meet ing is Tuesday night Whether uni forms and guns will be furnished is not known. The following men have joined: T. P. Eskridge, E. Edgar Blanton, J. Lawrence Lackey, Grover C. Beam, r. L. Hennessa, W. r . Mitchell, W. C. Harrill, A. P. Poston, J. R. Mor ris, Will L. Kendrick, Wm. G. Spake, C. A. Doggett, C. H. Eskkridge, C. E. Porter, W. A. Gladden, Thos. J." Bab ington, S, M. Morrison, R. E. Camp bell, D. E. Honeycutt, W. V. Metcalf, C. C. McMurry, Geo. A. Hoyle, J. F, Costner, W. R. Hoey, Forrest Esk ridge, B. C. Harrill, Rush C. Thomp son, D. Z. Newton, Jno W. Dorsey, J. W. Wilson, E. B. Lattiomre, Mial W, Tiddy, T. S. Morehead, Felix O. Gee, R. L. Hendrick, H. W. Jetton, Jim Dover, V. A. Costner, J. Lon Thom asson, J. F. Jenkins, C. R. Doggett, J. C. Mull, J. F. Roberts, Oscar Palmer, Lee B. Weathers. SPECIAL NOTICE. The management of the Princess theatre wishes to announce that be ginning Thursday November 1, 1917, the admission price will be 5 and 10 cents daily, The reason for this advance is due to the heavy war tax the government has put on the mov ing picture shows. That will amount to about $3,000 or $3,500 more taxes we are required to pay a year in ad dition to that, our state, county, town and revenue come. I am sure the theatregoers of this city appreciate good pictures and can easily see the special taxes was our cause of ad vancing prices, and not our film serv ice, but no doubt we will be charged considerably more for our service in the 'future. There are a number of theatres that have already closed and more expected to do so before No vember 1st on account of the big bur den of special taxes we are now hav ing to pay. Respectfully, E. L. and Z. BEAM, Mgrs. Princess. Mr. Pou's Sensational Charge. Anthrax germs impregnated ban dages made by Red Cross workers in North Cas,olira and this condition was discovered at Red Cross head quarters in Washington .according to a statement made by Mr. James H. Poo, in an address jn Greensboro Sunday afternoon, Mr. Pou, says the News, was discussing the widespread activity of German agents in this country, and the viciousness of their attacks. He said a governess in a North Carolina household fell under suspicion when investigation was made, and a detective was put upon her trail. She left the state, went west, reached Los Angeles and at tempted to leave the country but is under surveillance there. Acting Cabinet Officer. President Wilson has designated S. L. Rogers of North Carolina, director of the census, to act aa s secretary of Commerce whenever Secretary Red field is absent from Washington br kept fro mhis office on other matters in Washington. This makes Mr. Rog ers an acting cabinet officer when Mr. Redfield is absent Subscribers will please look to is ia arrears, kindly remit at once. TtfH ean find when yon a " t eubaeriptioB expires by referring to the labeL The price is a - COAL SUPPLY NOW IN SIGHT STATE FUEL ADMINISTRATOR HAS, RECOMMENDED THAT OUR IMMEDIATE NEEDS BE SUPPLIED AT ONCE. Secretary I. . Griffin who is also Fuel Administrator for Cleveland county has finished his survey of the fuel situation in Cleveland and made 'recommendatons to A. W. McAllister the Federal fuel administrator for North Carolina at Greensboro, who in turn has recommended to the gov ernment that Mr. Griffin's recommen- dations be carried out. The most im portant of these, is -that 30 oars of domestic coal be Bent to Shelby deal ers at once. Government prices are expected to prevail and the consum ers are expected to be supplied at from $6.50 to $7 per ton. Mr. Griffin's survey and report is as follows: Domestic Coal, Shelby. Consumers reporting .".....317 Consumers not reporting ....... 24 Total , . ... 314 Cars reported consumed last yr. 58 Cars reported needed this yr.... 60 Cars reported on hand now 9 Consumers without any coal 168 Report of the Dealers. Dealers in Shelby 3 Cars of coal sold last year...... 74 Amount of coal now on hand 0 Report of Steam Coal for Industries. Domestic. Mayor reports no coal on hand. No coal in hands of dealers and very lit re in hands of consumers. Report of Steam Coal for Inlustries. Ind. reporting .. .... 11 Ind. supplied ... . . 2 Cars used last year ... . 73 Cars needed this year . 78 Cars on hand (not distributed).. 5 Governments. Cars used last year by city...... 1 Cars used last year by school ... 2 Cars used last year by county 2 Note: Neither of the above ha3 any coal on hand. At Lawndale. Cars used last year 60 Cars on hand . 9 At Boiling Springs. Cars used last year 5 Cars on hand 1 Recommendations : 1. That 30 cars of domestic coal be sent to the Shelby dealers at once. 2. That 10 cars be sent to the manufacturers of Shelby. 3. That 20 cars of domestic coal be sent to the dealers in Kings Moun tain. 4. That 50 cars of steam coal be sent to manufacturers of Kings Mountain. 6. That the Clinchfield Company be required to carry out its contract with the manufacturers at Lawndale. 6. That a car be delivered to the consumers at Boiling Springs. Respectfully yours, I. C. GRIFFIN, Chairman Fuel Com. for Cleveland County. MEXICO WILL LIFT HER GOLD EMBARGO Mexico's recently announced gold embargo will be lifted within a few days says a dispatch from that capi tal city, as the result of arrange ment made between this government and Mexico, by which sufficient gold will be permitted to be exported to cover the balance of trade in Mexi co's favor. In addition to this the United States will permit Mexico to buy corn and other staples in the United States to meet the deficien cies in the food supplies caused by short crops throughout the republic. As a result of this arrangement Mexico will abrogate its decree as to silver shipments and will not impose a similar provision contemplated as to petroleum and hemp. HEAT FORGOTTEN IN NEW HOSPITAL Spartanburg, S. C., That ar rangements for heating the govern ment base hospital at Camp Wads- worth have been overlooked is inter esting the medical corps here. The in stitution now nearing completion at the cost of $430,000 is without any provision for heating, according to the military authorities. This matter has been taken up with the war department but as yet no authority for making changes has been given. , Regiment of Indians. A reriment of Oklahoma Indians mav be one of the American fight ing units in France. Some 350 or more) drifted non-English-Speaking Indians are to be transferred to the First Oklahoma - National Guard which already has a considerable, number bf Indians in Its ranks, and it ifl proposed that enough additional Indians from the Oklahoma quota or 800 be assigned to the same regimeat to fill it to war strength. . - fWn !n and see our naw shoes for ladles, men, boys and children. P. B. McMurry ft u. Aav.