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WZ r??''mthi3Wi'y: Schuyler. Merritt,- Republican, was
ilrrTtnhS laL":"tr31 .to ess frorS Connecticut
nirHT HOUSE PACKED the high seas on i X. . .Ti by ,t e.
v t (Muin 1 1 1 1 1 V4 it ci l ii iii r.niiriuviir i 1 1 i 1 ...iiu, .
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Jlral vessels 1i-.nl
TO OVERFLOWING TRAITORS n.evcf he disputed' in the history of can.
FRANCE
NEEDS MEAT
HERDS DISAPPEARING' R AI'HU Y
BUDGET SYSTEM
" IS AGREED ON
SJIOI I.D BE SHOT, SAYcJ OVER- the world. That Germany had '.given I Mertoi
V 'N- . : v . ,u. her. pledge that ?h.e v;mld not' sink Welecte.
. : a!1 mt'(' 01 r vessels and then had .York state.
the most attractive anu in- v"jhutd her own pledge and continued
part of tac merchants' 'i;o- 10 (1( wnat she had premised not to do
on Jv Lewis. .Republican, was
u attorney general of New
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program was the ratri tic e ineil accused (.errr.anv of mcddlino-
at the court house at
r.i, in
that she had
:n our forcgu affai-s
y. 1 ho. speakers ol the occasion -l0 P Mexico time after
lion. V.. Y. Webb' and United time to make war on us. promising to
VILLA BANDITS DYNAMITE
MEXICAN PASSENGER TRAIN'
all sho could do to feed her own'. peo
ple on reduced rations.
Thus, since February, France has
had to supply from her own rcs-iurces
4112,000 tons of meat a year to her
armies. 1.428.000 tons fur thn rivm,,, f'OIfVTV rnMMiasmvrDo
rvil .lir:.nii, .w . 1 . . , v,.,.lugiu..lllw
'l-,u n'u.M r a K llr.l.UW .population and another 350,000 tons
THE DANCER POINT-MEAT for refugees, making a total of 2,')00.
IHE PRESSING NEED. . . 000 tons of meat a year dcmai-del by
t ranee.
of Silver Missing.
Jaurez, Nov. (i. With blood-stained
i nator Lee S. Overman of H'R" ,"'r a i if sho would start the
.'(,!;. -bury. These two speakers are lWar ,,fl s;u'' that the most serious
t-nougii t attract a large crowd at t1"01'-' that had come between us and
ar,,. time and they were greeted by an JaI!an nad been caused by German
iron.-!-! audience. Despite the fact j!ey'try. That the Japanese 'mission in
thai it was a busy day on the farm, !tnis coutiv a short time ago had
many farmers came many miles toj1' .'n frank witn our people and had
hear these two distinguished speakers jsa'd tnat the cause of the distrust of
an-i tluy went away entirely satisfied 'tne People of the Japanese nation of
with the time that they had lost onlthe rple of the United States had
their turms. ine court nouse wasirc" uy uerman intiuence in fr,n,lu,vo ut A..m,i:, o.,
rfowHed to the overflowing, -many That, since the coming of ' this jda arrivcd "rh .Z I
c iintiaiuii me neoD e oi tne j.i j i. r- , ,.
United States nml .Tanan hA ureu "Im eniy-nve so.aiers ana pas-
v. vujj,.,,,. JIMVJ UCLUIIIC
more closely united and that todaV
there was less likelihood of war be
tween the United States and Japan
than for many years and that this
misunderstanding between these peo-
(Ry Fred B. Pitney.)
The French government is very bu
reaucratic, nut the trench people do tins with? At the beginning of 1014
not like to be governed. They object her cattle herds comprised 14 987,710
seriously to anything that savors to her cattle herds comprised 14,987,710.
Many Scldicrs Passengers and Train .them of meddling in a man's private j By the end of 1014, after five months
Crew Killed $100,000 Worth f iattai"s. or this reason it has been ex- 'f war her cattle were reduced tI" 12,
WILL
ADOPT NEW SYSTEM FOR
MANAGEMENT OF COUNTY.AF
FAIRS WHEN THEIR NEW
YEAR BEGINS.
immediately rose agajnst the pro
posal tO trivi tbp IfllvliPIllYlnnt iVt vifvltt
floors, shattered windows and coach- to examine their hn,t nn,i nA ,f
es crowded with frightened Mexican if they told the truth about their in
men, women ad children, who were 'comes, or find out what their incomes
shivering half-naked in the bullet-torn j were, if fthey failed to make a return,
seats, the Mexican Central passenger So a scheme was figured out for tax-
utim, wi.ii-n was auacKea oy vnm inn a man on von tim, v,; r,f if
Herds Depbted.
What are the hcn'i tlw V An
ai inc regular monthly meeting of
the county commissioners on Monday
of this week it ,was agreed that be
giniung with the county's new year in
December, the budget system of fin-
tremely difficult to get a workable in- !)08,24.'l, her sheep to 14,0;i8,oGl and Ja nce be adopted. This means that
come tax lag in France. The people, hogs to 5.025,291. Today her cattle lthe various sources of revenue will be
herds are cut down more than twenty "wiimieu unu apportioned to tne
per cent, while her Bheep number iocve,Bl uuruneni,s; cnugeg anu
having to stand throughout the entire JdPanese mission the people of the
speaking. The Shelby graded school,
td by I'rof. Griffin attended in a body
occupying seats in the gallery.
Congressman Webb began the
speaking by informing the people
that we are in war. He said that many-
no more than 10,000,000 and her sheep
number no more than 10,000,000 and
her. hogs 4,000,000 a loss of nearly
fifty per cent of her hogs and three
eighths of her sheep on top of the loss
of 20 per cent of her cattle.
Cattle feed is short in France and
the cattle are poor and under weight.
More of them have to be killed in pro
portion to supply the needed quantity
of meat. Milk cows have been killed
and the shortage of proper feed has
he himself among them, had omosed,P)e naa Deen cleared up when the
the war at the beginning but that now i German intrigues and plots with the
there was but one course for a true !foreif?n affairs of these countries had
American to persue anu tnat was tor"" ! " mission. track The 00 train mmrHs from tb.' i "-""-"-"""""'"'I
every aid to our eovernment. in Senator Overman closed by tracing 1l.J'l'T!l?ne reason be,n that they hav
this time of our national crisis. K -l the ancestry of the present Germans , . . n 'J1 . .tl 1" "lT;.been. na 10nal but M Pari".
ey true American he said now was back to the IIuns who nad destroyed
an enemy to the kaiser and it was our ,and Plllaf?ed Rome many centuries
duty to 'aid our' government in any a- He Mid that the present genera
wav to win this war. Since we arejtlon 18 no improvement on their an
in the war, he continued, differences i cestors and that the Germans are
that existed among us before the war iothlnf? more than educated savages
shsuld be forgotten and we should pre and btes. That since the world be
sent a united front to our common San ml?ht had never overcome right
enemy. Mr. Webb then showed that and that n would not in the Present
there was no uncertainty as to the strufft?led for the freedom of man
outcome of the war. We are cer- kind- That Germany has already corn
tain he said to be on the victorious mitted enough crimes in Belgium to
tide. With Germany exhausted by the condemn hr before the eves of tht
drain of supplies for three years be- wonu an(1 lnal lne ureal uon 01 JUK
re we
entered the war she could not tice wouli in the end mete out to
sibiy hold out much longer. He
cave statistics snowing our immense
then
Germany, her just deserts and that
r, ,-,ves which we were putting iM,0 .come would regard oodrow Wilson th h thp coaches
the war at the rate of forty million and the American people as the pre- of mm
servers oi ne pomicai iioeny ano ine
he made no income tax return, or (ie
the government thought too low.
Savins' how or whnt n mon oVinll
scngers were killed on the train. - at is. also o-Pttino. rroft,,
The peon passengers were still so Vate affairs, and therefore, the French
badly frightened they could only tell government, knowing intimately the
uisconneeieu siories oi wnat occurrea peiple it has to deal with is slow reduced both the quantity and quality
aunuay morning on tne aesert wi s-l-o-w in coming to such measures, of milk. Why, I have seen the time
miles south of Chihuahua city. The lo- even in face of thn
wmouvu o,m Lwu cars oi ine - traiii f Ood shortage in the country. There to get milk for my little boy in Paris.
"v'c v'w! wiei-neu uy me uyna-r nave been efforts at price fixing, but I have gone from store to store, beg.
wue m m naa oeen piacea on ine they have not worked satisfactorily, ging some one to sell me as little as
two cents wortn oi milk lor my baby.
The government is trying to con
serve the meat supply and save the
herds now, by limiting the use of
meat to one meal a day. The endeavoi
is made to accomplish this purpose by
forbidding the sale of meat after 1
p. m. and ordering the butcher shops
closed at that hour, while hotels and
restaurants can serve meat only with
the noonday meal. But his measure
has had little effect on the use of meat
as it serves only against the restau
ratns. Housekeepers can buy all the
meat they want before 1 o'clock, and
was a common thing last winter to I thcy do lt 88 there is no restriction
. :have to run half over the citv to find m lne amount tnat can oe oougnt.
'"O morlVot iirViAVn rmaan, imnnfnl.lno
er killed during the attack or executed ampIe has tried fixing the ice of
soon after Every one on the train butter, but it has been found that the
was robbed and made to disrobe, even result has been to drive butter away
the clothing of the women and chil- from paris to localities where it could
dren having been taken by the Villa sol(1 for what the market wo,d
followers for their camp followers, 'pay.
The messenger for a large Ameri
can company in Mexico is missing and
the $100,000 worth of silver bullion
which he was bringing to the border
is also missing. The express messen
National Price Fixing to be Tried
A scheme of national price fixing is
to be tried now with beans and pota
toes. Both of these crops are far below
the requirements of the country. I
tiro 1 1 1 1 nA n a tiraA Via tia !n finnlitt. '
tor and other railroad employes, the,hav,e. ,e?.ina"y i?8 en P0
engine crew losing their lives when lCOuld not be bou'ht ParlSt fnd
the engine was blown up
Villa's men fired volley after vo
into the train, killing many guards I ,, . , . .... Vif ill iho moat nno wsirh nt midHnv.
" fixinc Rcheme for beans and nnlatnos and thus make Up Tor naving none
sscn- . "...
c liar., per nay. With this immense
iimoui-t of new supplies which A mer
it a would furnish the allies, the result
i ' the war could not be otherwise
than a victory for us in the end.
St i atui- Overman was introduced by
Mr. Weill) in a few well chosen words
at the i hose of his spoech. Senator
Overman was never in better trim to
make speech and his many friends
wtiv ),... disappointed. He began by
Ia ir .- a very, high tribute to Con
gressman Webb and his work in the
iat ci.:tgres. He characterized Con
gressman Webb as the President's
rgh: hand man. He also paid tribute
"." !'!. .eland county's di inguished
.1 uege Webb and Lieutenant Coventor
Janii.cr and predicted for this bril
i er.-. nung statesman a great future.
e e.gratulated the Daughters of
the Onfakracy on the splendid nv m
!.: :.t the Confederate dead stt'i
ttd :, the west side of the court
'.-:uare and predicted that scon the
s t -i'ie of our square Would lie
r:v ,l lV a similar monument to the
1 'liviiand county heroes wlm fall
' : France.
".(r Overman plunged into his
nhie-t by saying that all the wars
'h: h :y United States had fought
hiei b, , :i fought for the principle of
liberty. We have not yet entered a
r r. r e. mqucst and did not enter
th s o: fr that purpose. He then
religious freedom of mankind. That
Woodrow Wilson would take his place
among the immortal of the world's
heroes as one who championed the
cause of liberty in behalf of the com
mon people and was instrumental in
bringing about the equality of man
throughout the entire world.
a market where ereem veiretab es moreover, m me rramunuiu unc i-uu
went .could be bought. The national price
n" '.;n w a;.. at nicht. and. this. also, is the prac-
... - .. ..mil unmr Lur luu a v - -c . --. .
gers. Killing many ot tne men anrrt- , ,. . ., . , tirP.
ordering others outside the train fori .. .K .. ... .. Thrro is orlv om real solution of
. a penalty for sending either comnwdi-1 mere, is or.iy one rtai soiuuon oi
execution. q fc djstri problem. France must have more
The passengers were then ordered Jon meat. He herds are disappearing rap
to disrobe and when two women re-1 ' . , . , , ., , :.iiv Tnpv arp today far below the
, , , , ,., So far, meat has withstood all ef-,""- lney are touaj iar oeiuw me
fused they were shot and seriously ' . . ',er point. 5?()on thev wil have to
. i a tt f, .11 . 1U113 LU VV IIU VUIIBUIIllfLlUII -
overnight without clothing.
There were no Americans on the
TUESDAY'S ELECTIONS.
Democrat Elected Mayor of New
York Woman Suffrage Seems
To he Gaining.
,. nUU. n 4U .............
, y-. , , ruin v cttiitri to m i u u v idii&uii 11-
, train. A German bov who was coming ' . 1
, , iv i ,r tion of meat in I ranee or to increase
'to the border was robbed of every- i , . , . ,
I . , . , j, u i v,, i.,,. the supply. Otherwise, the end of the
i thing he owned and reached here bare- .'; ' , ' .
i, . , e i .. war will see the country so reduced in
.footed wearing a pair of ragged ov-!
I ,, i u- u i i its herds that it will take many years
oralis and a high Mexican hat. One ' J . .
... - ., - it- u . ; to bring them back again to the point
Mexican family from Muhoacan, in- . ...
I. . ,. iii r i n where France wi be once more self-
, eluding a husband, wife and two small . .
' u:n.. ... U, ,llk ,, . rh . i. ii,.-..
there has been no attempt to control be reconstituted entirely. Meat, meat,
.its price and yet it is virtually nec-
mcat and again meat is pressing need
for France.
Woh-.s.'ay's Dispatch.
" The ou-.standing feature of the
elections in the United States yes
terday was the apparent a.-surcd vic
tory for woman suffrage in New
York state by a majority of approxi
mately 40,000. While
were winning in the
t 'Jilts fmn dhin indi
tht n in that slate.
Two .-tates, Ohio, a
- , i ! cti pr.ihibi ion.
tur'.s from Ohio showe
Supply Must Be Increased.
Of course, the thing to do is to in
crease the supply. When a country
has had its bread stuffs cut down to
suf-baek
the suffr.i't
east, fariy
:ld defeat.
re-for
I'imhI Regulations.
1 New Mexico.
Ine Hiipb ie re-
that 'b.' ci. li
test in that state was very close
with
b
a
e
!b drys leading
The prohibit'. 'iv.
carried New Mexico.
The entire Republican
et. headed by Governor
ma!!
i.lelltl
in
huahua city.
J The passengers agreed that Julio
Acosta mid Martin Lopez commanded
ttio Villa followers. There were 450
in the Villa command and they left fori the pxtent to whilh France ha'
.u fi,,. r,,w,inir tli.. tmin iftTed. the riople naturally fall
llll.- IIII'UIII.IUIJ iv,... .11. .... ; -
; jto meat. One might think they would
tall back on vegetables, nut tne
same reasons that have deprived them
of erains have deprived them of vege-
Kerulatn-r.s governing the
oi food stuffs under the
ing of manufacturers and dealers have no 1110re raise vegetables than wheat,
been approved by rre.ddent Wilson j And they have fallen back on beef,
and will be put into operation by the rlUf;tnn and pork. The herds existed
food administration immediately. The anfi thev have been eaten up. The peo
ple had to have something to eat.
To what extent the herds have dis-
PIEDMONT NEWS.
Hallowe'en Celebrated Literary
cietics and Music Club Ren
der Splendid Programs.
So-
stati
San.;;
t.ek
i W.
victory
was
-hi.woii that we were God's select peo- ; y ,.( al. won an overwhelming
pic to establish the principle of de-!;n Massachusetts, while the
nioi-rmy and religious freedom in the jvratic state ticket, headed by
world. He recited that the American moHeland Davis for governor
Keviilution was fought for this prin- successful in Virginia,
eiple. that the war of 1812 was for Interest in the municipal elections
"us principle, the Civil War and the cer,tered upon New Y'ork, where John
Mexican and Spanish-American wars p Dylan, democratfi defeated Mayor
.. . I. l . . r
principal objects ol me rules, a em
administration statement sets forth:
"To limit the prices charged by ev
ery licensee to a reasonable amount
over expenses and to forbid the ac-
Demo- Iqiiisition of speculative profits from
West- a rising market.
To keep all food commonties
Special to The Star.
On Wednesday evening October 111
the ghosts and goblins assisted Miss
es Miller and Grigg in entertaining
(he other members of the faculty.
The ghosts and jaek-o'lanterns lin
gered at P. H. S. until Saturday ev
ening, November Hrd. At this time
wierd objects were seen peering from
behind corn stalks and beautiful au-
hand- tables. There have not been the hands tumn leaves which had been placed in
icens- If,-, r-nltivate the cround. Thev could! the auditorium.
The Pierian and Musigmnrhoninn
literary societies rendered a very in
teresting program for the entertain
ment of the young ladies and mem
bers of the faculty. The program was
as follows:
Selection by the band.
Declamation The South and Its
Problems Abner Cornwell.
appeared is shown by the cutting
down of the meat ration of the sol
diers at the front. At the beginning
of the war they were allowed ore
pound of meat a day. Twenty per cent
has now been cut from that allow-
were all for the promulgation of the
cause of political liberty and religious
freedom. He then said that this and
this alone was our motive in entering
the present war. He predicted that at
the close of the present war that the
principle of liberty would be so well
cstabished that there could never be
another great war. This he said was
the idealist's side of the question, but
that from a practical side we had
wany other reasons for entering the
present war.
He said that Germany had given us
many causes for war. That she had
violated every principle of internat
ional law as it applied to our sailing
on the high seas and in other ways
suited and disregarded our rights.
He said that fcur President had been
" patient as any man couW be and
had used every means to avoid war
hut that it could not be8yoided. He
fil that some cheap politicians had
wen eritcising the President and say
'"K that Mr. Wilson was elected on
the issiiB tnat- iw a mit. of war
... v. v n7fi. "
John P. Mitchel, candidate ior re
election, by a plurality of more than
140,000. The kr) ire Tnmmany city
ticket also was elected.
The Socialist vote showed a gam
of more than 400 per cent over that
cast in the municipal campaign four
years ago. .
The bi-partisan judicial ticket in
Chicago defeated by a plurality esti
mattd at 80,000 socialist candidates
stand on an anti-war platform.
The attempt of Senator Penrose
backing the so-called town meeting
candidates to oust the Vare brothers
SBf.r a,ties 83 ntey be pre-
nonpars to have Deen unswcesaiui
"II - ,
'To limit as far as practicable con
tracts for future delivery and to curb
dealings in future contracts.
"Under the food control act," the
announcement continues, "in addition
to the power to promulgate rules, the
President is given broad powers to
deal with individual cases. This pow
er will be freely exercised to accom
plish the three purposes set above.
If every licensee will make those pur
poses the cardinal principles of his
business and obey the law and the
regulations he will be free from inter
ference by the government Violation
is cause for revoking any license as
well as subjecting the offender to such
sides were
but at that hour both
claiming victory.
William A. Magee, former mayor
of Pittsburg, seemingly was defeoted
t i7i r Uoiiiwlf n wealthy business
man. Both are Republicans. Harry L. tor workmen that many of our young
Davds Republican was re-elected jnen. and some of the older ones as
mayor of Cleveland. Charles W. well, are taking President Wilson's
T,itt Publican, was chosen may- advice and getting an education be-
nd that .. v. Mv electinsr Geo. fore it is too late. Willam Jones, Jr.,
Plunged us into war. Anyone mak- w Smith mayor of Louisville, the ha just entered Rahes Auto and
lnK such a charge was a traitor and Republican party in that city scored .Tractor school, of Kansas City, Mo.,
ought to be took out and shot for 1 first victory in ten years. John where he will take a thorough techni
treason. h ;a otj -.,,h n.'.i..t. Tr,t,iiVnn. was chosen may- cal and mechailcal course in automo-
, . mu aiiiiu buiuuiwuu y .VlttiVlIl, iKjiuui..-.., j ... . . .
n: ;,,, w hi e and tractor eiiifrcenK. .
v . . . , . r I
ug Bji,u amia lumuiums
P'ause from the entire audience.
lated
He then told how Germany had vio-
? our rights on the high seas by
engineering.
v Rnclc. defeated Louis P.1 Jones will return to Shelby as soon
r.v th incumbent for mayor aa he graduates and open a garage
of Buffalo'. Buck is a Republican, and repair shop which will be run on
riat the high teas had been regard- Hiram H. Edgerton, Republican, was 'a strictly scientific basis,
moving to the consumer in as direct ance. And I will point out again that
a line as possible and with little de- ony ,jjre necessity will countenance
lay. reducing the food allowance of sol
diers at the front.
Meat Shortage Serious.
Civilians, r.aturally were the first to
suffer, when meat became scarce. The
price went soaring. Retail prices to
consumer doubled and trebled. The
poor cut down in quantity, one under
stands, and the very poor went with
out entirely. But those who could pay
could have meat( if they were will
ing to give the price.
The time came, however, when there
had to be an attempt to control he
consumption. The army requires 36,
000 tons of meat a month. France's
herds suffered enormously at the very
beginning of the war. A total of ap
proximately 2,500,000 cattle, sheep
and hogs from the French herds were
seized by Germany in the invaded
provinces. Coming immediately on top
of this loss France found herself com
pelled to find food for some millions
Belgian and French refugees. This had
to be done at once and the herds re
maining had to be slaughtered with
out stopping to ask questions about
the future. One doesn't say ta a starv
ing man, "What will I do tomorrow,
if I give you this crust of bread to
day?" ',-
' England, therefore, undertook to
supply France with 250,000 tons of
meat a year, and this supply was
kept up at the rate of about 20,000
tons a month until February of thia
year. At that time the English supply
was stopped. England was having
Cleveland Boy Taking Motor Course.
The war is causing such a tremen
dous demand for motor car and trac-
roads, indebtedness; poor;' salaries and
fees; demonstration work; court ex
penses etc., and it is thought that
the commissioners will not allow the
expenses of either department to ex
ceed the amount of money that's avail
able for that particular purpose. The
object in the adoption of the budget
system is to put an end to the prac
tice of letting expenses run more than
the available .revenue in any one year.
The tax payers will hail this new sys
tem with great pleasure.
Other business transacted:
L. J. Wiggins, lumber $ 18.84
J. A. Lovelace, bridge work 9.25
R. M. White, bridge work 3.37
W. A. Walker, supplies, Elliott 10.00
F. Y. Jones, bridge work 8.00
Pettis, Austell Co., nails .82
W. T. McKinney, lumber 14.85
P. A. Hamrick 7.00
C. C. Martin, concrete and bridge
work, No. 2 - 242 00
W. A. Spangler, part burial expenses
of Starling Wilson 5.00
City Cafe, feeding jury 4.25
E. W. Dixon, serving notices . 1.80
A. S. Peeler, bridge irons 4.60
Miss Susan O. Elliott, part on to
mato club... L 15.00
R. B. Dixon, lumber , 25.00
D. B. Hughes, rock and lumber 3 25
Miller Powell, culvert work ... 2.50
C. C. Martin, culvert work 3.V5
P. A. Webster, col., road work 5.07
W. G. Hord, lumber 57.44
County Home Bills, 15 for grocer
ies, supplies, rye, shoes, cans,
etc. 338.60
E. W. Neal, auto trip IjjO
W. J. Jones, concrete work - 154 00
A. T. Mull, clover seed 8.50
Rush Stroup, pay roll, bridge work
42.50
C. C. Beam, bridge work 5.50
Edwards and Broughton, office sup
plies 26.27
Goldsboro Hospital j 35.43
I). I). L.tttimore, expenses, pauper
3.00
B. F. Lindsey, expenses, prisoner
. 5.00
Thompson Co., sash
V. S. Hicks, bridge work
W. W. Barron, plumbing
Jtar Pub. Co., printing and ad
T. W. Hamrick, clock work, etc
1.3)
18.58
6.55
32.45
3.25
Miss Gertrude Hall, court stenogra
pher
E. W. Dixon, calling court
W. Y'. Weathers, jail work
Shelby News, adv.
R. R. Lackey, jail expense
Arey Bros., gasoline for bridge
L. U. Arrowood, cement
W. D. Lackey, postage
J. F. Jenkins, coal
37.00
10.0
2.70
3.00
' 48.60
1.35
49.53
3.80
209.30
DRAINAGE BOARD ELECTED
Election Held Monday for District No.
Ore Will Pay Half Taxes
This Year.
At the election Monday the follow
ng gentlemen were elected commis
sioners of Buffalo Drainoge District
No. 1: A. II. Clline, J. Bunyan Rhyne,
W. R. Newton, Martin Roberts. P. C.
Lavender. These men were elected
, Declamation They Died for The.r j without an oppositing ticket and the
State Kent Harris. board stands the same as last year
Two selections by band. with exception of Mr. Roberts who
Play A Mock lna!. succeeds Mr. Borders.
Refreshments were servce
diately after the program.
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Mr. Newton, secretary of the board
savs there is about $12,000 in the
The Piedmont Music club met last treasury and part of this money will
Wednesday afternoon and carried out
the following program.
Instrumental sol Ethel Elmore.
Trombone solo Byrd Greene.
Woodland Vdicea 'Kp.haleen No
lan. Vocal solo Lucy Hasty.
An exciting contest followed. The
members stood in a circle and passed
a batr around which contained titles
of familiar songs. The pianist play
ed and occasionally the music ceased.
Then the one holding the bag opened
it, drew from it one of the strips of
paper, and sang a part of the song
indicated upon it. The one who failed
was asked to sit down. Miss Ruth
KemD sang more songs than anyone
else and received a bag of candy as
a prize.
To Fix Meat Prices.
Preliminary steps in the Federal
government's plan to determine fair
meat prices were taken Saturday at
a conference between Josph P. Cotton,
chief of the United States food ad
ministration's meat dinsion, and rep
resentatives of the principal livestock
eyrhanpas of the country", when a
be used this year to pay on the ass
essments on the land owners. It is
thought that thesurplus in the treas
ury will be used to meet half of the
assesments of the lands owners. The
first year's tax was paid from the
surplus left after the work was com
pleted. Last year the land owners
paid full assesments. This year they
will pay about half and still have
enough left in the treasury to meet
a part of another assessment later on.
Crops in the Buffalo district are
said to be fine this year, the com
yield being exceptionally good where
the lands were not covered with silt
and could be cultivated The floods of
last July wrought havoc with thorn
sands of acres of fine bottom.
27 Confederate Veterans in Shelby
Mr. L. Dow Webb has been jotting
down the names of the Confederate
soldiers living in Shelby and has em
rolled 27 who are living at present:
They are: T. K. Barnett, J. K. Wells.
Zemri Falls, W, H. Miller, O. C. Sar
ratt, T. P. Alexander, Amos P. Aus
tell, John S. Wray, L. D. Webb, M. N.
Hamrick, M. F. Hull, WV Harrison
Eskridge, A. C- Irvin, W W. Lucas,
minimum figure of $15.50 a hundred 't E Elliott, Marion Eakridge, Wil-
nounds for hogs was agreed upon,
Minimum prices on other livestock
will be announced soon, it was said
followed by maximum wholesale pric
es and possibly retail prices later on.
Kam Turner, D B- F. Suttle, Dr. A-
D- Ward, C. B- Suttle, Vester Weav
er, Capus Lee, S. J. Green, C. E
Bennett, Robert Henry, L. Pink Con
ner, J. Frank Whisnant
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