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VOL. XXV, NO. 100
THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C. TUESDAY, DEC, 11, 1917
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
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pOU H THOUSAND
nFPORTRD KIJ,FJl1IncidU 9the Frm All Parts
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BU;iA- ) r-i.ii-.r oiai ii.-i.mA
i-i'H MUNITION SHIP AND
EXPLOSION TAKKS PLACE IN
HAKP.OK WHICH DESTROYS
TIHH'S AN Da.
Hc.ifsA.' N S. Dec 5. No official
Menpt us made here today to check
a. Cr revise the long list or dead and K . "esPnaency over physi
cal. ' :-cuS!ii!flr frim Thursday's ;U- cf' condition assigned as reason. He
Mt,r hen a munitions ship's cfergo 1 h,mscIf with a pistol. "Wife and
plxled in tha harbor. tw children survive.
The morgue officials held to their . " informal understanding of vote
Mtimale of 4.009 dead, but other ob- mthe nouie on nation-wide women
rest by half. ' suffrage and nation-wide prohibition
Halifax, N. S., Dec. 7. With the contitutional amendment bills, De
of death steadily mounting, it was fember 19 and 20. respectfully, has
WieTpd early this morning that more en reacnt1 h leaders the house of
thai !,000 persons perished in the cone""-
eBplofcioa and fire which followed the' . m?n were kilIe(1 an(1 mre
IIi:ok yesterday morning in Hal- , 2:' lnJu"Hj. mny of them seri
al !i?rbr between a munitions-la- " 7 Rn exP'osion that wrecked
4o French ship and another vessel plant ot the Aetna Chemical ccm
Aa I.ima. loaded witk auppliea for P,ny' 8t IIeidelberg, a suburb of
tit Ikigian relief commission. Pittsburgh, Pa. The property damagi
Tae didtaster which has plunged , 18 stlm,,ted ? t $250,000.
He Dominion into mourning, probab-' Gensr!l1 Du.vhonin, who took over
If will rank as the most fearful that 1 e post of commander-in-chief of the
erer occurred on the American con- R,u"ian armit after the overthrow
tout. Resident of Halifax anj , Prml" Krrensky .was thrown
Aounanda of volunteer relief work- 8 train and killed as the re8'jlt
ma who hare come into the city have of 1,nch law' accord'ng to an official
torn almost dazed at the extent of ,,n,nu!1?ement from Ptprad.
tka horror. - Within the last month 77,500,000
T. , v... . 'one-cent pieces have been coined to
JZnZ'J -3: relie' the Pen"y 8horta caused by
f S li 2 7 ,Wh,Ci imPsition of " The usual
yIrZriZ ) V f iwoIlen demand for 8ma11 coin for hoi-
jea. Ifost oMhem were t charred .J8' d,mM
Zh mu-k?. ! i t
nds of persons seeking trace of rel-'
una oi persona seemag trace or rel-
stives and friends have passed by
e long, silent rows, attempting, by
we flickering light of lamps and lan-
tew. t. identify the one. they
XL ' was accidental. Houston was kill-
Virtaally eTery btfldiflg in the ed in a railroad accident.
ity which could be convert d into I Rear Admiral Charles Custis Rog
a hospital ia filled with wounded, 'era, U. S. N., retired who was con
any of them so desperately bjured atructor of the naval station at Guan
t there is no hope of their recov- tanimo, Cuba, 1904-1906, and comman
ry. Scores already have died in these dant of Norfolk navy yard in 1910-11,
temporary hospitals. An ever-increas- died in a hospital in Washington
r number ia being taken from the Tuesday night. He was 61 years old, a
elmpletely devastated Richmond dis- oatie of Virginia.
wet te tne relief station.
The City was in darkness tonight
etcept for the flames from the fires
sjill burning in the wrecked buildings
the north end. Kerosene lamps
fcrnished the illumination by means
C which surgeons and doctors toiled
lsriocally throughout the night car- j
iag for thenjured.
Soldiers sailors and police patroll-
il the streets tonight, and uoon them
II the major portion of the burion
f searching among the ruins for tha
eid a:-.i wounded. The Csia.li.TiH '
Were assisted in th::j work by ' r
fcom ?n American warship in tho
karbor. ,
The flame-awet ar-a t.wn ar-
roxirr'"'y f-o and one-h;'.if siuaro
fles. It begins at what ia known as
tie North street bridge extending
orth to Pier 8 on the Richmond wa -
rrront and back to a wmt runnngithe best Wishes or tiieir many ircn .
Ja'llel with Gettingen street. Noth-
4g hw been left standing
. in this
ssrtion of the city. Only a pile of
atouldering ruins marks the spot
riers the great building of the
mesicaa Sugar Refining company
sod. The dry dock and all the build
fcg which surrounded it were destroy
4t. The Richmond school, which hous-
21 hundreds of children, was demol
hed and it is reported only three es
ped. Canadian officers wko have seen
Vff ervice in France characterized 20,000. Mr. W. P. Leister, formerly
eatastrophe as "the most fearful aunerintendent of the Shelby Cotton
Thick has befallen any city in the Mill, who has been living in South
werld." Carolina for some time will be mana
Cfcief of police Hanrahan late last
rht estimated the number of kiiiea
m 2,006 and other city officials ex
sssed belief that it would exxceed
at number.
Eft Stack is Large.
The perishable food division of the
ed adminiatration at Washington tj)Hity of crops from the West Indies
s announced that the stock of eggs goon aftr new year, he said, would
w m storage is very large in ex- to eliminate the existing strin-
of that at this time last year and genCT and the situation might be ex
11 the handlers and consumers of to approach normal by Feb-
rs are urged to keep these facta v
mind and govern their purchases .
wcordingly. The surplus of cold ster- TW0 BALFi? WITH SEED
' W eggs now bove the supply at BRING FARMER $553.68
's time last year, is more than 20; a w r. Hntrhps a
K definlta terms 757,' Gas tonia . .
fe 7 Tffm ZZr m Z cent two bales of long staple cotton to the
wUtet .- annSr laiteaJrt Flint Manufacturing company here to
jter than the supply last year at . h(j m
dealers are being requestea io .-
T A I 1 L . ..A.
e-te in brindnir this supply to the
-rket to the end that this large sup-
'T of eggs may be used before it do
borate, 'and to counteract the re-
"t tendency of egg prices to run
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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCIL
- n" account of the lack of coal, there urdav night of this week, bcginnms
will be no prayer service Wednesday at 7:30 o'clock. Those who w.ll take
n p"yer,.s, Cml u be Fart are members of the expression
i the latter part of the week, in class. The program, wdl be a most in
time for Sundav'a services terecting one.
the Country.
" -"i-ts, six 01 mem niur-
derers, overpowered two on,). : "
escPd from the Illinois statu prison
at Joilet. Most of them were recapt-
ured.
Surgeon Bland
Willia
ms, of the
H?1 Sute navy, committed '?
?de in a hotel at Norfolk, Va., Mon-
etn .
Five (h!ath,, araon the American
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'exDeditioni
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the war department Tues-
General Pershing. Four were
f Serre.nt j. H Houston of Garland,
Infant fiuried.
Thf dear little child of Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Saunders of Dravo was
buried at Mt. Sinai church on Friday
after Thanksgiving. Mi. Saunders
was Miss Ida Putnam,
The infant of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Wright of No. was buried at Bca-
ver Dam on Nov. IS. The child wn?
two days old.
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of Mr
Amos CRP-'.t, " '
man a;.-l M . . Fd 1
:is i.i .e of tl.e .hi'
i.'v married on droil
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wc.-l: !y
Sn lire M. F. Mci.'
home South of Shelby. For the
ent the couple wid live with Mr. f";
ias I.ee of the Shelby Mill wen ha
Two Mills at Forest City.
It is understood that a cotton mill ha?
been organiied at Forest City ar.
that a Shelby man, well versed in th
textile indsutry has taken stock am'
will manage the same. The mill jvil
be known as the Alexander Manufac
turing company.
Also Forest City is to have a knit
ting mill which has been organize'
with an authorized capital stock of
Sufar Outlook Brighter.
New York, Dee. 8. Prospects are
bright for an early return to noraml
conditions se far as sugar is concern
ed, according to a statement by Jns.
H. Post, chairman of the American
p.fin - r,' committee, today. The avail
sold the seed for $87.75, making a to-
: , - . ui. r,f;i ca The
i ir V --r.-i
ba e. we gnea i P-u"
rnce paid was 41 l- ""ts per po una.
IUism cotton like jh on the face
of it profitable business.
Play at Piedmont.
A Hay entitled "Valley Farm" will
be given at 1'iecimont nign scnyui i
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SHELBY'S NEW P0STOFFICE IS '
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new postofficf: building
Sholby's new government buildins was occupied last night and is open
oday for the reipt and dispatch of mails. Don't forget and go to the old
oca; ion through for:e of habit. The Federal building has b?en completed at
cost cf Jli'sOOO and stands on the corner of Washington and Warren streets,
t was begun '21 months ago and encountered considerable delay in construc
tion on account, of lha contractors, Messrs. Candler and Campbell going
hrrikft rn llnMlf'V ir.Vi ivhifil nonoaitflfaf ln kAnrlintv fAmnnnw miati!nn Ilia
n , , . , . , ... . . ; . . r nation. Party blined by the smoke
1 , ! y V , countered by dekyed shipment, of material. But now fFrom burni y dwellinpJ ,
the building is finished and has been officially turned over. It is a magnifi- round B9Bigtinf BOme 0f the poor
rent structure, simple in exterior architecture, but handsome and substantial jmothers and little ones who were run
in every respect with every convenience for patrons and employes and the 'ning around screaming and searching
safc-k'ej ir.g of the records, mail and money. The body of the building is vainly for lost ones, in many instan-
cf white pressed brick with stone steps, a concrete courtyard in the rear
and terraced lawn in front aud on the south side.
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The lobby is spacious and costly with marble terraia floor, marble bor -
der, marble wainscoating and columna. There are four sections of lock boxes,
a double window for general delivery of nail and sale of stamps, three wis -
dows on the left side for money orders, Registry and parcel post. The build-
ing has two large burglar proof vaulta, one for the postmaster who is now
the central accourting postmaster for 14 postoffices in the county, which nec-
essitates his keeping on hand valuable
Th bu!H;rg is equipped wi'h secret passageways for postoffice inspec-j ptW Wrangled by the smoke, I
tors who might wish to investigate the conduct of any employes without ept pining out bodies from under
their knowing he is in the building, . . i,eam8 and fallen chimneys and under
Ut stairs will be found shower baths, toilets, carriers' and clerk's rest wreckage. Some of the bodies were
oom crd r. civil service room where civil service examinations will be held. without clothing. Many were so muti
...... , . . D . , . . . . . . .. lated that it was difficult to realize
Jr. John oung of High Point has been the efficient supervisor of the wen humaru Some men
construct or of the building fcr the government. He has been in the gov- were virtually demented. Thinking
?rnment service for20 years and during the erection of this building, kept mY 0f their wives and children, they
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m e'f'1.-' "v or evrrvrn'ng to see tint
'.he best and were put in according to
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W. J. ROBERTS, POSTMASTER
Fifteen M?n Operate ia the New Federal Building.
Mr. W. J. Eohjrts has been the courteous postmaster for over two years,
having received the endorsement for the
the public. Sinco taking charge he and his assistants have done their utmost
to give atisfactory service and in this they have pleased the rtrons in a
nost gratifying manner. Under an executive order affecting all office of
this class, Mr. Roberts can hold his position as long as he wanU to and his
services arc satisf artery to the postoffice department. The others attached
to the office are: J. B. Mauney, assistant postmaster, Wilbur H. Baber, sen-
ior clerk. Russel G. Laughridge, junior clerk, Ch... W. Washburn auxiliary,
Carr E. Cline fireman laborer and Georgia Stewart (colored) char woman.
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Card of Thanks.
Although fr.r away in the west, I
want to thank the kind friendt end
neighbors for their kindness and heH
during the i!!ner-s and sad devth
my dear old father. Mar k'n
you all ELIZABETH GPTCH,
Santa Posa, Calif., New 23 .
r.urai r.Trr.C'.i ironi ini" nneiuy uuiro r. ivuuie iiu. i viourgc inni;
No. ? H. V. Ilwki'-s; No. 3 Cieorge Dover; No. 4 Charles M. Carson; No.
Fred E. Green; No. 6 Walter Hartgrove; No. 7 Charles H. Wells; No. 8 J.
Forest Lutr.; city carrier No. 1 W. R. Putnam; city carrier No. 2 John A.
Weaver. .
Mr. Roberts expects to threw the building open to the public for their
inspection one nigh;, soon after affairs are straightened out.
U.U I un 1 VVMV I IIVO I llUliTclls of Seeimr Bodies of Dead Men.
Wa'W
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auppliea and considerable money.
tnp matfrai anu wornmansnip were
specifications.
office in a very flattering vote from
. o . -. v" n i?m
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The 'interstate commerce commis-
sion has deferred until April 4, 1918,
the effective date of proposals of the
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rrmcinal trunk line railroads east of
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usissippi to raise joint rail and
lake raits to t'n? level of rail rate3. this territory was a part of Snartan
Irtvestlffithn cf the en'.' 3 water com- burg county. She is the mother of
e 5-i"i ''rit!rn in Ih- G .$ Lakes.-Messrs. '-W. N., Charles and Lloyd
' . , -.-fiiv,-'v'-. Austell. '
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Women and Children Under
The Wrecked. Buildings.
The battlefields of Europe do not
provide a pnrallel to the scenes wit
nessed at Halifax, Nova Scotia in the
opinion of Duncan Grey. .
He was engaged in inKpectinghellH
in a shed on the water front and
barely escaped before the ... building
collapsed.
This is his story: '
"A few seconds after the roar of
the explosion a gust of wind swept
through the shed and then down came
pillars,' boards and beams. I rushed
to the open and the sight that met
my gaze was the worst that I hope
ever to ece.
"I have been in the trenches in
France. I have gone 'over the top'.
Friends and comrades have been shot
in my presence I have seen scores of
dead men lying upon the battlefield,
but the sight that greeted me yester
day was a thousand times worse and
far more pathetic.
"I saw people lying around under
timbers, stones and other debriR;
some battered beyond recognition and
other groaning in their last agonies.
"Rushing here and there, I strug
gled to assist them and as near as I
can remember pulled 22 men and chil
dren from under the wreckage. As I
was right in the effected district, I
witneflsed the full horror of the sit-
ces never to be seen by them again.
struggled on, coming across
Imore and more bodies of dead men,
i m nd children. rth was ev-
'..ryhere. i'
1 "Flames were sweeping a wide
j pathway for themselves. Doomsd
structures were belching forth great
(volumes of emoke from doors and
windows. Tne district was a living
dashed about in tne Duming oeorm
, hazarding their lives with the single
thought of rescuing their own.
"I shall nevfr fortret how I felt in
that hour. I saw little children run
ning along, some with blood stream
ing from them. All were crying for
their parents while fathers and moth
ers meed about in frenzv. 1 have nev
er seen anything so pathetic, even on
the battlefield."
Pi" hi Few K. A. Leblnnc, the Ca
tholic bishop here, received word that
all the children of the Sacred Heart
convent and ot St. Mary's school in
Halifax escaped.
ITALIANS HARD PRESSED
By the German Troops
Saturday's Dispatch. j
That the Italians are being hard
pressed by the enemy in greatly su
perior numbers and in gun powder is
indicated by the latest official commu
nication. Additional gains have been
made by the invaders in the Asiag
plateau region, but again a heavy
price in men killed or wounded was
paid by the attacking forces. At Inst
accounts the Italian line still was
intact and the way barred aganst the
enemy debauching on the Venetian
plain.
The Berlin -war office in an an
nouncement of fresh victories achiev
ed against the Italians asserts that
4.000 additional men have been made
prisoners, bringing the total since the
Jnew offensive began, up to 15,000.
I Only minor operations are in pro
gress on other fronts.
Blacksburg Man Injured.
CAttrttv Ledtrer.
j a, j. Goforth a prominent citizen of
Blacksburg, sustained a serious injury
Thursday when the team which he
was driving became frightened by
the falling of a piece of furniture
from the wagon. Mr. 'e,1
gj IZtiy A
. . hi f . d vead bem. cut in
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a number of places. Fortunately no
bones were broken and it is hoped
that he will have a speedy recovery.
The accident occurred in Blacksburg.
Mrs. Austell Stricken.
Gaffney Ledger.
Mm. Susan Austell was
Thursday afternoon with , apoplexy
and her condition at the time of going
to press ise very serious. Mrs, Austell
is the widow of the late Hon. Wm.
. . ... 4j o ii--
county in the general assembly when
Austeu.wno "pno ?
U. S. DESTROYER
SUNK BY U-BOAT
AMERICAN DESTROYER IS SUNK
IN WAR ZONE BY GERMAN
Sim.MARINE MOST OF TilE
CREW PROBABLY LOST.
' Washington, Dec. 8. Lieutenaat
Commander David Worth Hagley and
Lieutenant Norman Scott were among
the survivors rescued after the sink
ing of the American destroyer, Jacob
Jones, by a German submarine ia the
war zone Thursday night. Th navy
department was so advised late to
night by Vice Admiral Sims,
These two officers, two warrant ef
f icers and two enlisted men were
named in the admiral's dispatch its
survivors in addition to the 37 pre
viously reported saved. It is now es
tablished that the fire line officers en
the destroyer were rescued. Gunner
Harry R. Hood and 63 men are mlss-
Admiral Sims' report said that Ooa
mander Bagley and the five other men
saved with him got away in a motor
boat and were picked np and landfed
Uninjured at th Scilly islands.
The Jacob Jones, one of the largest
and newest American destroyers oper
ating in the Atlantic, was the first
American warship to fall victim te a
German submarine, but was the sec
ond American deetroyer to be lost fat
foreign waters. The Chauncey saak
with her commander, Lieutenant Com
mander Walter E. Reno, two other
officers and 18 enlisted men, after be
ing cut in two by the transport Rose
early on the morning of November
20th.
MISS PATSY WALKER AND
LIEUT. TURNER TO MARRY
Popular Lexington Girl to Become (iM
Bride of Army Officer ia
January.
Mr and Mrs. Zcb Vance Walser an
nounce the engagement of th4ir
daughter, Patsy Adderton, to Hiram
Bafricfclow Turner, lieutenant in tM
United States army, the marriage to
take place January 5th at Lexington,
lieutenant Turner ia a member of a
prominent family of Indianapolis,
Ind,. and a graduate from Wabeeh
college in the class of 1910. He re
ceived his apointment at Fort Ben
jamin Harrison and has been assign
ed to the United States army, being
now stationed at Louisville, Ky. Mies
Walser ia a graduate of Peace insti
tute Raleigh, and a student of the
Cincinnati conservatory. It was while
a student there several years age
she met her fiance. The wedding has
been put forward on account of the
uncertainty of the date when Licute.
unt Turner will receive sailing orders.
This announcement will be of in
terest to a wide social circle through
out the state. The family of the bride
have long been prominent in this sec
tion and Miss Walser w a wide social
favorite and a musician f decided
ability. For two years she was ta
charge of the musical department of
Boiling Springs high school, ta
Cleveland county, and has this year
been teaching music in the Shelby
public echooL
RECRUITING OFFICERS HERS.
Naval Ilea Sav the Kaw Needa
For all Branches Negroea
Wanted Ispecially.
Onr eerresDondent had a frarth cen-
-vontatina veaterdav with B. T. Benk
JrP chief electrician U. B. navy, wh
has with him Mr. H L Bel lee, boat
swain's avate first class forming at
traveling recruiting party under th
command of Lt Comd. John J, Lon
don of the Raleigh recruiting station,
j The navy needs electricians, wim
less operators, machinists, firemen,
seamen and mess attendants. All ct
the positions are wonderful opportw
nities for young man etarting with
good pay and having very good aoV
vanceaienta to poeitione oi mgn ranai
Smm fnnr hundred men from fan
ranks have been made eommissionel
officers in the navy in the past Dn
months. Any man in tne navai serv
ice can take the examination for a
commission at any time he cares tn
and a man going in the service now
has a fine chance of making the eom
ntssions. The position of mess attendant
a great opportunity for ambition
young negroes, pay to start is $37.0t
per month and all expenses. There h
advancement to $72.00 per month and
additional.
i Anyone interested is cordially in
vited to call on the recruiting party at
the postoffice for any information on
the service.
I There is a wonderful moving pic
ture on at the Princess Theatre to
night "Life and Training in the Navy"
Here mothers and fathers can see
just how their sons will be treated ard
cared for by Uncle Sam.
Men who are in the draft can en'-t
prior to December 15th, 1917. So
there is no time to lose. .
See those silk and linen handker
chiefs also fancy and initials at Evans
E. McBrayers.