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'triVB TWO LIN- IIr MACHINES THE PAPER WITH vn CAN" DO ALL, S OF PRINT r CALL NO. 11. - THE LARGEST CIR CULATION MOST NEWS. $2.00 PER YEAR. I vtrTTT Nn. 47'-. . fa TYSON NOW SAFE IN PRISON BIG PICNIC PLANNED AT TIRZAH YORK COUNTY WHO KILLED JOIN MAIM FALLS- r of Constable Stroup Who mrlv Lived in Cleveland Taken to The Penitentiary many Cleveland ' county L of John Stroup, native of the section of Cleveland county of Mrs Sarah E. Stroup will Lrested to Iparn that his slaye4 Ln captured and taicen to tne oenitentiary for sale-Keeping. Mowing appeared in the Smith- feerald of July btn.) readers will remember we led a year or two ago a full ac- of the killing of John Stroup, s township constable by Offie a blockader and a very bad Iter who lived near Four Oaks. the killing Tyson disappeared lhough rewards were offered for test by the town of Four Oaks, inty and state, he could riot be Some thought he was staying home and others thought he rcaway several hundred miles. . . a . . . - ' Vts to find him and arres him Mile. it turn out that he went away the states boundaries and Cn- j sailor. About a week , ago to the home of his father in unty about 20 miles from ille, near Grimesland, fpr . a a rest. He wrote for. his wife es near Four Oaks that she p and spend a few days with jit plans were somehow de'port Sheriff Massey in Smithfield. iarsday morning Deputies Geo. and J. D. Stephenson took an pis for Grimesland.. On tho pin went Mrs. Tyson, When Jached Grimesland she employ Womobile to take her to the early the same automobile Messrs Moore and Stepheitsoit n whom they had summoned ith them to the Tyson home." automobile stopped in front ome a woman was seen to sudden rush from her chair. D. Stephenson dashed behind f where there was a patch of immediately Tyson came out house to go into the woods. llr. Stephenson and his pistol m around the Wse and across a field and then the opened fire on him. He n some weeds into a ditch. Phenson tften spoke to him mised him protection if he ?urrender and hold jTJis he did after some per ving his pistol in the Ie WM bought to Smithfield irain 89 and fmm t A1A to Raleigh to the atatfr pen- Fj safe keeping until the i oi court expected That 10,000 Peoole niii De r resent barbecue . Is Planned. York, S. C, July 9. People of the prosperous Tirzah community co-od erating with the York County Cotton association, branch of the American Cotton association, propose to enter tain .10,000 people from the Piedmont sections of North and South Carolina at the Tirzah picnic, August 4. The Filbert picnic ground, famous over the two Carblinas, has seen some big crowds in the baliriy davs of tho late senator Tillman. n.,,..,.. - 1 Blease and others; but nothing to compare with that which it is believed win come to Tirzah. " Three beeves will be purchased by a committee of Tirzah people within the next few days and these will be DarDecued by "UncWack". Cred, fa mous Barbecue chef of Rock Hill. ut. j. d, jonnson of Rock Hill, president or the York County Cotton association will preside over the ex ercises of the morning. The picnic is to be distinctly pies picnic "with a view to encourar- t , . . o ing interest m the American Cotton association and is not political in any sense. Candidates for state and county of fices, it is understood will be invit ed to be present; but those in charge of arrangements are not especially keen to have them seek a place on che platform - .r!ra?ements are-now being made with a view to having ,two aeroplanes fly over the grounds during the dav. and to carry heavenward as many passengers as want to go. THE CLEVELAND STAR, J SHELBY, N. C. TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1920 SOCIAL NEWS BUSINESS NEWS. Missionary Societies With Mrs. Peeler. Mrs. C. P. Peeler will entertain the members of the Missionary societies of. Central Methodist church and La fayette Street church Thursday after noon at her home at Hillcrest. The la dies of the societies are asked to meet at Central church at three o'clock, Cars will he provided to carry them to Mrs. Peeler's home. The ladies will sew for the benefit of the needv phil. dren of war-ridden Europe. Y. W. A. Meeting. On Tuesday afternoon' the Y. W. A. of 1st Baptist church will hold it July meeting in the church at 5 p: m. The young ladies of the church are cordially invited to come at that hour and enjoy as well as he helped by the following program: 1 v Hymn"We praise Thee Oh, God." Bible Study. y Prayer. , ' . ; Planning for the ConventionSYear as Outlined -in W. M. A. Resolutions for 1920-21. Poem "Wrought jnGold." " Personal Service Recommendations. Story -"A Cluster of American Beauties.' ' - ''.-.' Prayer for consecration. Duefr-I Gave' my Life for Thee, Business cession: : NEWS AND INTERVIEWS Cotton Pest. ' ,: s; Speaking of cotton pests the other dayi Mr. Elzie Wellman related an eperiment tried on the boll weevil at Mr Billie DePriesfs farm in South Carina last year, the farmers were anxfcus to know if the boll weevil couli stand winters freezes and Mr. Welfman says a test was" made by nutting a boll weevil in a block of ice. fThe weevil remained buried in the" Ice for 36 hours and two hours aftejj it was taken from the. ice it flewiaway, showing conclusively, that the weevil can Jive through the win ters that we have in this section of the Piedmont. J SQUIRE FALLS FAVORS . A TAX ON ALL STOCKS Says Constitution Makes Stock Certificates as Well as the Corporation$ Pay Tax . Has Fine Cotton. ' " ' 1 Mr. Curtis Weathers of ' near Dou Die ahoals doesn't own the largest farmhn theN county, but he is one of th best farmers and gets some of tne best yields from his lands. He has ,u m conon tins year and tak mg we entire 45 acres, he Derhans has the best prospects in the county. Looking his fields over the other day, a iarmer estimated that Curtis would make: fully 35 bales.' GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY FOR THE SUMMER -COURT Judge Shaw Presides Over Su- trior Court Which Convenes Here bit Jiily 26th. , 't'-' ir "j" ' " Judge Shaw, presides over the sum mer term of Cleveland Superior court hwhich convenes beiie 'July 26th. While Stamey i company's big sale which h1"8 two weeks term, the docket BORROWS $21,000 TIL TAXES COME IN started Saturday attracted people for owes around, ine store was filled yith customers all day Saturday and the lprts eoald hardly Vait'ba tfiem.' The sale continues this week and many bargains are being offered as was advertised in last Friday's Star. Gilmer's Shelby store sold a solid car load of sugar Friday and Satur day of last week and Manager Latti more immediately wired for another car load vto be shipped out of Winston Salem at once. The entire car was sold at 25c per pound and customers were not limited in the amount they could '. buy. Efird's two store inaugurated a big consolidation sale Saturday to continue through all this week. Great crowds took advantage of the many bargains offered and big sales this up hisfwee'c are n prospect. After the sale the stock in the Suttle s stand will be moved into the Blanton building (the Wilkins stand) where the store will be run in the future. The Wilkins stand, has been ; remodelled r through out and the up-stairs formerly occu pied by several fraternal orders, is now a part of the Efird store, the lodges having moved into the Ellis" building over S. Gillespie's, store it light and it Is thought the business will be finished in one "Week. The fol lowing jurors hayejeeji drawn: -. . -F1rttWek 'Jurors., r No. l.B. M. Jelley. ' ' No. 2.E. W T tedbetter, J Cray ton Wiggins, E Bert Lovleace. 1 . No. 3. Chivns L. Byers, C. Ruffin Bridges, George E. Rippy. W Cbuld Grow Fruit. f r ! 4 Dr.V. C. Osborne" who' has winter home .and citrus grove at Umatilla, FJ wturned to Cleveland with hii wffe to apehd the eummer Dr Os borne has 300 orange , and 30fr grape fruit tees and they produced fine last winter. JOf conre the trove has been 'Prayed and' cultivated 'just like 'our field crops in Cleveland coun ty, t)?. Osborne says we could grow peaches and Apples, in Cleveland if w wanjd piltlvae, spray and fertilize our trees. Thi irf a fine fruit sectton and large groves could be made to pay handsomely if the proper atten tion wre given. tiieowv, , . ' ' Dr. Osborne ihiured hia eves iath ering , peaches And Is - wearing green glaasea or awhile. His eyes were In jured looking up toward the suV for six dayi in succession while gathering peaches in a grove in Florida owned by his. daughter Miss Gazzie Osborne and Mr. Morris Shuford of Fayette- v'lle. formerly of Lawndale. Their DEATHS. J regular meeting . of the f aldermen last weeki C. R. aec m the absence of grayer. Current expen Vordered paid mZT li wa8 order- ,m be borrowed f f m : obligation, which include r which M ,x. i"8! Until fU . f.ii. , r w was increas- wees, .... Vf iv BE GIVEN ELVcoNGRESSMEN Carolina win . ' ' . ?emW0 " wo addi- lwiofr i.the ised n, f "Pfesentatives tiS Vn Siege1' of the fCWn has begun a. study SoKvnofnearlyK2'- Mted Stato 1 PPuation 2 states w ha ,aP C 000,000 ' accoX. 7' S? reS. accosrd,n to ow ?!:atotalof.l2. C. V!n. ' ?pen several weeks. Planes to Attempt Alaskan Flight. The war department announces that four Army airplanes will undertake a flight from New York July 15 to Nome, Alaska,and return, a distance of 8,690 miles, The purpose will be to demciniitrate the . practicability of commercial air lilies to Alaska and thus expedite the development of the territory. . , . - - DeHaliland planes, - equipped with Liberty motors, will be used. Nearly one-fourth of the long flight will be across Canada and the war depart ment announcement said that the Can adian government had extended un usual courtesies during preliminary arrangements for the expedition. War department officials expect that the voyage will result in airplane mail routes to Alaska, reducing the time, of bringing the maO. to the state from 30 days to a week or less, and providing opportunity for mak ing photographs of hitherto inacces sible portions of Alaska for engineer ing purposes. : ; "North Carolina Letters Carrier's association met in Charlotte last week and elected the following offi cers for the year: E. L. Neal, Greens boro, re-elected president; Ward Bi Thra'tt, of Charlotte, vice president; Will Keiger, of Mount Airy, re-elected secretary ' treasurer. Win'ston-Salem was selected as the meeting place in 1921 " , O. A Rsh w hTZV c 'lor,da J"1 was exceptionally ' ' good this year. er, H: F. Peterson. . ... . No. 5.:.. H. Miller, R S Thorn- " , , , , , . , . burg. ' ,. ; ? , -v,'- : , No. 6 J O Bowen, Stough A. Davis j T"-j' TIT TT Tt . n f euinon, w. n. cianion, l. J. !ora Wray McMurry. Thompson, Forrest . Eskridge, O. C. Dixon, C. B. Subtle, Sr. j No Wray, the 4-year-old daugh- No. 7. G. P. Irvin,' Sam Lovelace, ,ter of Mr- nd Mrs- G. W. McMurry V. B. Lovelace, W. B. Melton ,lied at the home of her parents on No. 8. Guy Lattimore, Andrew j, the Kings Mountain' road Saturday Elliott, Hugh B Covington. r morning. The funeral was held at Sa- No. 9. John A. Self, F. S Rollins, lem church Sunday morning at 10:30. u s. Koyster, sr., G S Koyster Jr To Editor of Cleveland Star. : '''''.''.:...'. ."fV k Will you allow me the space io yovr paper to discusi-f ome of tho laws of the last legislature of North Carolina and in regard to , revaluation aqt and taxation in general.' In the first place i propose to take ud the unconntitu ' tlonal law that was passed by our last legislature and haying the check to propose an amendment to the consti tution to legalize this exemption , Ot yi stocKnolders of all corpora tions in the state which Judge Clark, of North Carolina,'and,the Supreme court of the United States sayZis 't legal. Yet some of our little 2vi yers are bucking up against Juie Clarks opinion, which will mako a monkey blush behind his ears. NovS Judge Clark says that the constitu tion says that all stocks and feotuf. are liable for taxation and should floY be exempted. That the . corporation and stockholders are two and distinct separate parties and each are l'able for taxation, and by io doing i(j.npt double taxing. Yet,' the legislature, of 1919 did exempt al stockholder! from tax on their stock. Now let us whetherit is right to tax stock of IKi.ii.uUu. m ... . .J.r vjviiuqb, 10., umstrate: I tha -uer, new ad.UW.OO Of stock 111 the Buffalo cotton mill, I held il 12 montnsand that $3,000.00 earnil th an additional $1,000, which was 33 1-3 per cent of my original Investment Now, should I not have Wen navfnV i' 11 .1 .. -- o mx an ine time on my cotton mill tock. I exchanged ray itock for a ttactjOt laiid which did not prod'uc me p per cent. Interest - but the ' tax collector, Jumped me for he, taxoa myt land and raised the price of ply land three times what it was orevlaus; ly assessed for; Now if it was right vr tu w oe exempt rrom tax on my cotton mill stock it is right to exempt me from paying on my land, j ask any of the little 2x4s what difference in the mill stock and my land. Both; was my own property and the cor- poration had just as much right to follow uiv the proceeds of my stock and say Mr. Tax-collector you cannot! tax that land for.it Is the child of my corporation and is , therefore ex HEAVY HARVESTS ARE FORECAST BYiTHE DEPARTMENT OF , ( j; AGRICULTURE Prospective Yield is most Cases. Larger than Average' for Five' Years Rice Has Big Yield. ( Forecasts of heavy harvests of the . countrys principal farm crops mark- ; , ed ihe July report of the department of agriculture Friday. The prospec tive yield in most instances is larger than tbe -average production for five years 1914-18, while tobacco and rice production promises to be the largest ,' on record, tobacco with 112,000,000 founds more than the previous larg- est crop, and rice with 11,000,000 bushels more than ever oroduced.' . 'OTmJmred with last year's output, tsfyear's winter wheat, rye, corn, sweet potatoes, peaches and hay crops . ?ivi 'indications of being, smaller. larger crops than last year are fore Mt tot 'shipping wheat, oats, barley, , . ifrhite poUtoes, tobacco, flax, rice and ' ipples..:;"''',:-:,- :. I Throughout June better weather conditions' increased the prospects 6f i011 o', very Important crop.' TJie .jmprpvement-waa reflected in , 28,000,000 bushels more . in ,' the' 'combined winter and 'sorinir heat crop, than estimated a month . -LWflM, bushels , more oats, 8,- ' ' 000,000 bushels more' ryei . 4i 1 ; More; Spring Wheats ; i y i The , spirirjjg wheat crop is " ' larger . than last yearV by 82,000,000 bushela. v-, Bu the Wjnter jwheat crop la 114,000,- . tp0tU8ti1 smaller: although It is . : o,nly $3,6,000 less than the five-year '' average, roductian . - - ( Wheat fl last year's crop remain-' ak ing oh a.rms Jury 1 was reported as 4?,756,O00"i'bushel or mae.thaij Cve5 per cent of ; the crop. That added to t.v-r this year's ' protpeptive production . makes available about 856,000,000 . ; -bushels of , wheat which, according to - - , official will be ample to meet domes- ' tic requirement and leave - a surplus j - for export.. ; 1 , The condition of the -corn crop was - reported not so good as a year ago but the area planted shows an in- - crease of 617,000 acres. - Indications No 10. A F. Hicks. No. 11-W. I Turner. v . Second Week. No. U-AA. . G. Humphries HJo-2. Brevet F. JoUp.v. No. 3--Columbus C Sepough, Gaither Allen. s i No. 4.J. B. Kecter, L. M. Logan No 5 E. A iDalton, C S Putnam. No Wil Hendrick, J M. Gold, J. W. Mclntire.- No. 7. E. L Jenkins, Charles Hamrick. . No 8 J O Blanton, A M, Hunt No. 9 B O. Walker - No. 10.-J. P. Boyles. No. 11. Schenck Patker. " .A Boss Oil stove will take the heat out of the kitchen these hot days see the Farmers Hardware Co. ' Ad RUTHERFORD FARMERS TO CATAWBA -COUNTY . About 300 farmers from Rutherford county and the Lattimore section of Cleveland passed through Shelby yes terday morning at 8 o clock en route to Hickory and Catawba county where they will spend the day inspecting po tato houses, the dairy farms and fine dairy cattle; The farmers go an the guests of the Farm department oi the Farmers Bank and Trust company of Forest City, Caroleen and Lattimore. Mr. Proffitt Who has . charge, of the farm department is former demon strator for Rutherford county and is doing a great work to stimulate bet ter farming in the two counties. ,He went to Hickory Sunday in advance of the caravan of farmers to make arrangements for the dinner which will be 'served at the expense of the bank. The farmers travelled in auto mobiles and expected to return home yesterday evening. 'Infant Page. I The month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. DaMd Page died Sunday morning at the Belmont mill. The -neral was held yesterday afternoon at Zoar church. v ., t . Mrs. Eliza Porter Settle, wife of the late Thomas Settle, of Asheville, died this week in a Baltimore hospi tal where she hod been ill for some time. She was notive of Wilmington but was for a'loog time a resident of Greensboro, moving to Asheville with Mr. Settle about 20 years ago. She was 46 years of age and is survived by one sister, Mrs. Tench C. Coxe, of Asheville, who was with her when the end came. ; , Shelby friends will be glad to know thrRevrWrArMtffrayTTwstor-of the 1st Presbyterian church is improving in health and expects to take up his regular pastoral work September 1st. He and his family are at -Montreal for the summer. , . , . empt from taxation as to say the In that rrn k" iiMwAnn.. . .. : i f akk ui ine parent corporation should be exempt,. And yet the legislature of 1919 did exempt,- contrary to the constittltion that ,our forefathers' made and under which we have lived until now, all stocks from tax, and yet this legislature in defiance to the con. stitution under which we : have lived so long pass this law exempting 55 per cent of the best taxable property in North Carolina and yet they set back sing doxologies through their nose and thank iheir Maker that they! bushels smaller than last year's but 19,000,000 . bushels larger than the , five year average. ' : Corn acreage and forecast of pro duction (in thousands, that is 000's omitted) by the principal producing : southern states follows: , ' Virginia 1.620 acres 'and 40,797 bushels; North Carolina 2,784 and 56, 988; Geore'a 4.R27 and 60,035; Ten nessee 3.022 and 73.994; Alabama 4, 117 and 62.620; Mississippi 3,071 and 59,438! ?nlsiana 1.903 and 88.882r' bonds should be taxed and it is no more double taxing than when a man sells his land and takes a mortgage and note and the fellow that holds the mortgage and the fellow "; that own them tnd both have "to pay tax on their holdingg and it is not double taxing because the note bear interest EX-SUFFRAGE CHIEF REGRFTq "d the fellow that has the land gets ACTIVITY IN BEHALF OF"sufTs rent free &ni 11 a aot double " - ,taxTr. The farmer that ' buys the r tin lilra th XT t.i ' ' ' kaa ,tiV7Li t m r v us Tm, flP25 aTld 146,081; Oklahoma rjH 8tiCe f ,!qUity 53-63J Arkansas 2,599 and demands that every one should pay 50 041 - , ' t SSt? T9' Il ' ' ' ' whe.t in the Sooth. ' t TA. h" Bh0uM , at in the principal racing cipal of ad-valorem. Then stocks and K.iaw,w (in thousands of Knoxville, Tenn, July 7. Miss An nie Bock of Los Angeles, formerly a suffrage leader, in a letter to W. R. Anderson, representative in the low er house of the Tennessee legislature urges him not to support ratification of the suffrage amendment Suffrage she says, coarsens and cheapens wo men. She expresses her regret at her forjner activity in its behalf, saying that since suffrage has-been granted there has been 'an "alarming increase in immorality, divorce and murder in California.' -r'?- v'-r ,.' -r-y-j.. "I Was One Of the nrnminont urni-l-. ers who helped to bring suffrage to California,' and I regret , .it," she writes , "Woman suffrage has made cowards and puppets of men.'. Were the meni to Vote on' woman suffrage in California to-day it would not "carry To the south, woman suffrage would bring more than calamity?' The Farmers Hardware Co is of fering canning ' outfits cheap this- week.'' ,-.v id. Keep "your eye on the Farmers Hdw land buys a mule to work the land rnd gives his note for the mule and the note has to be given in for taxes and the. farmer that has 4 the mule pays taxes on the mule, and it is not double . taxing. - The same principal j ' applies to stocks and bonds. Now to 'this revaluation Virginia, ; 1186; Tennessee, 4.i3 1; ' North Carolina 7,774 "Texas, 1449. Other Jorecasts of production' are: Winter wheat - 518,000,000 hushels; spring wheat! 291,000,000; oats 1,322, 000,000; v barley 193,000,000, rye 82, 000,000; white potatoes 388,000,000;; sweet potatoes 98,500,000; tobacco 1, 601,000,000, pounds, flax 14,4000,000 . bushels; rice 52,100,000; hay 84,800,-; 000 tons; apples (total) 200,000,000 bushels apples (commercial) 30,200,- 000 barrels; peaches 45,200,000 bush els " ' .: '..:; ' ' Bicycle Knocked Off Bridge, - i - Will Dixon tntrptVior uritK tiia Kt.- act I think : it i0 t-wj u- t n. . man and wheel over the railing, the- holders and the farmers. But, to value r 7 . 1 T?"" T car crashed through, the aide pt the fcaci,!M i j v Lbridge and threw the occupants info naraenips on we lanq owner, Dut.some tha, f,,: frt will say we will lower the rate.' If you put land higher than its earning capacity, you lower the rate on cash and credit and raise the, tax on the farmer Now; I have written this ar ticle not in the spirit of malice but in a spirit-of "justice and equity' to all if it offends any one I( cannot help' it The purpose of th)s article is to hue to the, line, and hit the face that gets in the way ' " J. Z. FALLS. ' Mrs. J. T. Bowman returned last week from a visit of several weeks to friends in Lynchburg, Va. "' the, water to join Dixon, who had al ready received, his bath. The rear ' wheels of the car caught on the rail-, ing and the Car did pot fall into the : stream. Dixon received a gash on his leg and came to Shelby for medical at tention. The occupants of the car were not injured and their names could not .be secured. v,.; .:, - STRAY NOTICED STRAYED.-, from ' my ihouSe Saturday night bay mare mule, weight 830 pounu.?. traced to Jfooresboro. Rewani-far in formation leading to return to Cr '
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