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Hp pfef - Tr-n rrnTA T TXT f WE HAva xttv i OTYPE MACHINES AND CAN DO ALL THE PAPER WITH I THE LARGEST CIR- r CULATION MOST jl NEWS. $2.00 PER ! YEAR. ! I ,t!i nTI. Va 11 VOL. XXIX. No THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY. N. C. FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1921 $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE COUNTY TO BORROW SUM OF 60,000 BRIDGE NOTES OF THIS AMOUNT DUE. " Make Horizontal Reduction of 15 Per cent in the Values of Real Estate Other Bills. The county commissioners, Messrs. Jennings, Cline and Peeler being pre-ent at a two days session, paid the usual bills, authorized a horizon tal reduction in the value of all real -estate in the county of fifteen per cent and decided on making six per cent bridge notes for the sum of $60,000. Officials say the expenses of the county ,have been kept within the income from taxes except for bridge purposes which have been heavy for the past year or two. The commis sioners secured a loan of $10,000 the first Monday in March and $10,000 the first Monday in April to take care of expenses ior Dnages. n is ' T ned to sell $60,000 in notes due July 1st 1922 and from the proceeds pay off the two $10i000 notes already made, take up a note of about $14,000 given Austin Brothers for bridges ami spend the remainder on bridge accounts. These notes will bear six per cent interest. Bridge bonds have been considered for some time but the bund market has been very dull so it is hoped that by the time the y 0,no0 notes become due July 1st, ! 13J2, the bond market will absorb j this amount of five per cent bridge j bonds. In other words the county . ho:;ts to issue 5 per cent bonds to take up these six per cent notes in July l'J22. Reduce Realty Values 15 Per Cent On Tuesday the county commissioner.- held a joint meeting: with the ; revaluation board and decided on a hiriznntal reduction of 15 per cent on real estate values throughout the county. Hundreds of . fanners came Monday asking for not less than 25 per cent but few of them came back Tuesday which day the commission ers said the law sei for a hearing. However, they were asked to adjust values. Whether this will be satis factory or not to property owners remains to he seen. Individual claims for adjustment must be made in writ inp and a month or two is given in which to do this. The Star hopes to secure a copy of the Revenue Act passed by the last general assembly and publish in Tuesday's issue that part pertaining to the adjustment of property values. Mr Burrus County Solicitor. W. D. Lackey was released from income tax for 1920. Ed Brittain, release of poll tax for 1920. W. A. McSwain was allowed $2.50 per month. ft". R. Newton was made tax super visor for the county to make the ab stracts and receive therefore six rents per name. The following tax listers were appointed for this year: No. l.-J. C. McCraw; No. 2. Clint Hamrick; No. 3. W. A Glad den; No 4. Thompson Jackson; No. 5.-E. L. Whit worth;, No. 6. Mike H- Au.-tell; No. 7. J. G lattimore; No 8Zemri Kistler; No 9. W. A. Gantt; No. 10. S. T. Carpenter; N. I l.-J. C. Downs, Jr. Tax listers will receive five cents per name for listing. Attorney C .A. Burrus was ap pointed solicitor to prosecute offend ers in the recorder's court, this com pensation to be $3.50 for each con viction and nothing for acquittal. Cicero Falls, lumber for bridges $"91.28. 0 P. A. Hamrick, balance on building bridge No. 1 township $878.48. Webster and Roberts, concrete wrk $404.50. C C. Martin, cement wk. $1,362.87. D B .Whisnant, lumber for bridge $24.00. A. B. Humphries, bridge work $2. J- P. Boggs lumber for bridge work $20. Cicero Falls, for Roberta and Webster $27.50. Eagle Roller mills, flour for coun ty home $38.53. R- L. Weathers, stamps $3.51. H. A. Logan, summoning jurors $18. Ralph Gold, something $3. H- A .Logan, jail expense and in "dentals $257.01. M. H. Austell, d.s. trip and expen ds for prisoner $8.50. Jerry Runyans, d.s'. officer to grand Iury-46,80 J D. Lineberger Sons hardware r county home and bridges $47.89. S. M .Warlick, judge election $6. 1 zb C Mauney, lumber for bridge IU9.53. L. U. Arrowood, cement for bridge $687.40. E. W. Dixon, calling court $13.50. W. W. Barron, county home work $57.19.' ' Carl Anthony, bridge work $4.20. Tom Poston, bridge work $2.75. Paul Roberts bridge wojk $7.50. Z. B. Weathers & Son, cement wk. $32. Paragon Furniture Co., home $38.22. E. W. Dixon, lumber for $112.95. Thomas Heafner 16 days county bridge bridge work $48. L. H. Patterson, hauling steel, Mc Brayer bridge $45. A. P. Spake, bridge work $69. Commercial Printery work $11.75. Star Pub. Co., printing and adver tising $35.82. Thompson Co., lumber county home $4.05. Highlander, advertising $19.15. L. B. Ross, hauling lumber $20. Stamey company, nails $7.92. W. H. Blanton, hauling bridge lum ber $16.60. , Shelby Hardware Co., hardware $762.4. Shelby Plumbing & Heating Co., work at jail $2.50. Washburn & Co., supplies $24.90. N. A. Smith, building bridge $78.75. P A. Hoyle, capturing 2 stills $40. R. A. Lackey for C. C. Martin $17.83. Arey Bros oil county home $10.45. D. P. Oates, lumber for bridge $58.64. A. J. Spak? lumber for bridge $5.48 Walker, Evans & Cogdell record books $75.94. Frank Cornwell, hauling bridge $4. H. A. Logan trip to Morganton $15 John T. Borders, salary and expen ses labor county home $183.89. , T W Hamrick, crockery for home S10.P5. T. P. Eskridge .gro.eries county home ?:9.C5. ., E. B. Hamrick for Webster $200. FROM FRIENDS OF THE STAR Like a Letter From Home. Mr. D. F. Putnam, now one of Cherryville's most esteemed citizens, but a former Clevelandite, with a number of near relatives here writes the Star as follows: "I have taken The Star ever since it has beeri pub lished. I have lived away for many years, but have kept in touch with the, old home and friends through its newsy columns. Please place this en closed check to my credit and let the good news come on." Regards to Cleveland Friends. Still another interesting letter comes from a former Cleveland citi zen; the venerable T. W. Martin, who makes his home on Henry route 3, and in renewing his subscription to The Star says "1 find that my sub scription has expired, and I have taken it so long that I can't now do without it. I am getting very old and feeble, and it does me good to hear from my old county of Cleveland and its people. I was born near Fallston August 31st, 1846. Give my love to my old friends Clyde Hoey, James L. Webb, W. D. Lackey, Frank Hoyle, E. Y. Webb, Mills Lattimore, Bailey Eskridge and John Wray. BODY OF SOLDIER McSWAIN IS COMING The remains of Private Baxter C. McSwain who was killed in the recent world war have arrived at Hoboken, N. J., and will be brought to his na tive rountv for interment at New Hope Baptist church, Earl. Funeral nrrano-pments will be made later when the date for the arrival of his body is acertained from the govern ment. Private McSwain is the son of Mr. William McSwain of near Earl, and lost his life in battle when the valiant 30th division boys broke the Hindenburg line. Members of the Warrtn Hoyle Post of American le gion will no doubt attend the funer al in a body and have charge of the funeral services. DEATH OF MRS. MARTHA FRANCIS AT MOORESBORO Special to The Star. Mrs. Martha Frances wife ot Mr. Miles Frances died Mar 27th at the age of 67 year 11 months and 24 days. She leaVes five sisters and a lot of grand .children and a host of friends to mourn her death. Mrs. Frances was woblChritan-JShe was well -known and will be greatly missed in .the home and community. Place your orders for Potato rhr.t? with Campbell Dept Store. Adv SOCIAL NEWS Charming Visitor at Lawndale. Mrs. John Schenck has as her charming house guest at Lawndale, Mrs. Barrow, and. daughter, Mrs Wardlaw Smith of Greenville, S, C, who for some years have been fre quent visitors at the Schenck home and have a wide circle of friends in Shelby. Mrs. Smith is pleasantly re membered here as Miss Julia Bar. row and is a most talented musician. Parent-Teachers to Meet The Parent-Teacher association will meet in the graded school audi torium on Monday evening April 11 at 8 oclock. All the fathers and mothers are urged to be present as this is to be a very important meeting. The following program has been arranged: 'Thrift" Mr. Will Line berger. "Keeping Fit" Mr. Horace Grigg; "Moral Education Through Work", Mr. Elliott "The Father as the Son's Counselor" Mr. O. Max Gardner. "Reading" Dr. Osborne. Selections by Men's Gospel Chorus, Mr. Rupp, director. , Following the program there will be an informal reception. Manless Minstrel Tomorrow Night The clever Manless Minstrel which the literary department of the Wo man's club staged here last month at the school auditorium with such splen did result and will be repeated at the Welfare building in South Shelby Saturday night April 9th at 8:15 o'clock. Don't fail to see it this time. You get more than your money's v.orth. The newest songs, jokes and dances, and a real cake walk. Adults 35c; children 25 cents. Tickets on sale at Blanton & Blanton and Rivieres drug store. One half of the proceeds from the play will be given to the Ella mill band and the remainder will be used by the ladies for the furnishing of the rest room in the court house. Ellis-Ttate Wedding. A very quiet wedding was solemn ized at the parsonage in Shelby, Wednesday April 6 at five o'clock, when Miss Fannie Ellis became the bride of Mr. Roland Tate, of Grover. Rev. J. C. Keever performed the cer emony. Only a few relatives and inti mate friends of the bride and groom were present to witness the wedding ceremony. The bride wore a coat suit of dark blue serge with brown accessories. Mrs. Tate is the daughter of Mr. John Ellis of Shelby R. F. D., and numbers her friends by her acquaint ances. Immediately after the ceremony the bride and groom departed for Grover where they will make their future home. Initial Meeting of Music Club. A most enjoyable and profitable occasion was the initial meeting of the newly organized Music club, a department of the Woman's club. The meeting convened at the home of the club's secretary, Miss Marion Hull on South Washington street at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, With about 25 members in attendance. The program was as follows: Piano duet Mesdames Mack Wil kins and W. H. Hudson. Sketch of Corat Mrs Rush Stroup Song Miss Cline. Criticism of Corat's "Dance of the Nymphs" Mrs. George Moore. Instrumental solo Mrs. Brooks Price. Following the program the hostess assisted by her mother, Mrs. L. M. Hull served delicious tea and sand wiches. Mrs. Suttle Charming Club Hostess. At her attractive home on West Warren street Mrs. Jap Suttle en tertained the members .of the Thurs day Afternoon club and a few invit ed guests on Wednesday afternoon of this week. The rooms were thrown en suite and artistically arranged with vases and floor baskets of dogwood bios soms and the four tables where the game of progressive rook was enjoy ed were decorated in lovely purple flags. When cards were laid aside the hostess graciously assisted by Mrs Carl Thompson served an elaborate salad course, nuts and candies. The special guests of the club were Mes dames J. D. Lineberger, Julius Sut tie, Walter Fanning, Oscar Palmer Jack Palmer and Mrs. George Hall, I guest of Mrs. Ceph Blanton. Enjoy Picnic. ' The members of the 11th grade of the Shelby graded school took an afternon off from ttheir ardous school duties on Tuesday afternoon and hied themselves out to Stice Shoals and enjoyed a real old time pic nic and fishing party. METHODISTS TO WAGE CAMPAIGN FOR SCHOOLS The Southern Methodist church has undertaken this year an extensive movement in the interest of its high schools, colleges and universities the Christian Education movement, the every member canvass of which is set for the week of May 29 to June 5. The five special objects in view are as follows: To develop in the mind of the church an adequate con ception of the place of Christian edu cation in the life of the church, the nation and the world; to promote the cause of Christian education by tying the home ,the Sunday school and the Christian college more close ly together, to lead at least 5,000 young men and women to pledge themselves for whole time religious serive; to deepen the moral and spiritual life of Methodists and pro mote the spirit of Christian liberal ity; and to raise for Methodist schools, colleges and universities thirty-three million dollars. The North Carolina Conference has set out to raise $1,322,500, and the western conference $1,607,000 a total for North Carolina Methodists of $2, 929,500. Rev. H. M. North of Raleigh is educational secretary and Wade Marr director of the North Carolina conference; and Rev. T. F. Marr is secretary and Mr. Norwood director of the western conference. GOOD WORD FOR WILSON C.mmoner Says he Retires With a Rich Store of Wisdom. (W. J. Bryan in the Commoner.) Like all men of positive character, President Wilson had ardent friends and bitter lies, he couldin't have one witho other. Both groups are large L use gigantic tasks have fallen to him and his audience has been the world. Tested as few men have been, he has exhibited great ability and a rare courage he was written a conspicu ous page in history at a momentous period. It is too early to pass judgment on the merit of the measure with which his name is identified it will take time to determine whether theyare permanent. He did not,like Jefferson, Madison and Jackson, turn over the administration to a successor of his own choice, but the years will pass the final verdict. He retires with a vast accumulation of information and with a rich store of wisdom derived from experience. It would be a graceful thing and a blessing to the country if congress would give to him and to ex-President Taft the privileges of congress to the extent of allowing them to speak to the country through the senate and house. He Declined Office of Bishop. When the general conference of the M. E. church, South, met in Atlanta, Ga., in May 1918 Dr. Franklin N. Parker was elected as one of the new bishops, but after a night of prayer, he calmly announced to the astonish ed body by whom he had been chosen that because he was not fully per. suaded in his heart that it was the .ill of the Lord Jesus he must re spectfully decline the honor that had been conferred upon him. Tonight at Central Methodist church you may have the privilege of hearing Dr. Parker who is now occu pying the chair of Bible .in Emory University, Atlanta. Dr. T. F. Marr, educational secre tary for the W. N. C. conference will also be present. Come out and hear these great leaders in the educational work of the south. SOLDIER SON OF AUSTIN POWERS IS BURIED From Rutherford Sun. Soldier Leonard Powers, son of Mr., E. Austin Powers of Charlotte, formerly of this place wa3 buried at Salisbury Sunday afternoon. He was killed in France in 1918. Over 8,000 people attended the funeral. Mir. and Mrs. W. M. Cooper, and Mr. Lewis Powers, near relatives of the deceas ed soldier of this place, motored down to the funeral. IKE'S TALE Deer Star Reeders: , When me andd Sal got married part of the fo'.ks laughed and made fun of us fur about a week and the othe;. part of the folks air a making fun of us yet.. ' ;,' Sal sez that this beets any world she ever tried, and that you can't please the. people tu lave your lifes hit don't differ how you do. Thar wus me and her; we got married back when we wuz rite young and every body sed we wus fools. Thar wuz Fyank White, he waited so long that he like tu not a got nobody tu have him and every body sad he wua a well I hate tu '1 all him what they sed he wuz, but he is the same thing they sed I am. Sal has been studying a lot about these things and she sez that a man is the everlastingis critter that she ever seed, fur when he gits tu liking a woman he can't stand hit because he haint got her, then when he gits her he can't stand hit because he has got her. She sez that the chaingang and the jail is the fitten place fur sick men. I haint been on the chain gang fur most a year, and I wouldn't a been put on hit then if the jury hadn't a found me guilty. I told a lie and the judge added on a few days fur that. I haint got no harm at the truth, in particular, but you see I jist never did practice tell ing hit, so hit is powful awkward tu me. Well Sail's folks wuz a fooling with whiskey and a making big money since the state- voted fur "Prohibi tion" in order tuxgive the blockad ers a fair chance. I reckon you know ed that Cleveland county was "dry," didn't you? Well the way Sal's kin folks duz it tu go and jine the church tu foo4 folks, then purty soon they are able1 tu buy 'em sum fine clothes and an automobile off en the money they make a selling whiskey. Bill sez that when he sees a feller a roaming up in here atter liquor hit tickles him fur he knows that sick fellers has got more money than they have sense. He sez the very idea of a man agiv ing good old United States money fur the kind of stuff that they drink these times, shows that he haint 1 rite bright. 1 But us fellers whar sells hit don't responsible fur the tuther feller not having no sense the money is what we're atter. Well hit looked like every body else wuz a fooling with hit, and so Sal sed tu me one day that hit werent no use fur us to stay hear no longer as she could see. I sez but how else can we be? Sell liquor and make money. Git sum in a jug and slip around with hit until you can get a sort of a start she but I reckon I must a forgot that I wuz tu make money out of hit for I took a big drink and hit made me so daderned rich that I went tu hollering 'and rejoicing over the fact that we live in a free country and everybody can do jist as they please. The fust thing I knowed an old officer nabbed nie by the back of the neck and strt ed off tu jail with me. When theyiried me fur hit I swore that I wanted 'em to clear me as I didn't have much sense. The judge sed that he wood let me off on my good behavior fur selling the liquor, but that he wood send me to the road 6 months fur not having any sense. I got Clyde Hoey tu take an appeal back tu Sal fur me and she told him that as soon as I worked my time out fur me tu come on back to Casar and she wood pardon me. IKE. FREE TREATMENT FOR ALL EX-SERVICE MEN The Star is glad to announce to all ex-service men entitled to Dental treatment that they are urged by the 5th district of the U. S. P. H. to file an application for dental services with the department direct at Atlan ta, Ga., or with Dr. Joe Osborne, I, cal examiner Royster building, Shelby. It should be remembered that the ruling as to whether treatment will result rests with the department, and not with the dental examiner. This service should be greatly appre ciated by all ex-service men and the privilege will be widely taken advan tage of we are sure. Mrs. George Hall of Indianapolis, Ind., and mother Mrs. AmefiaWray, are spending some time in this, their native state, visiting relatives. They are in Shelby for a visit of few days to Mr. and Mrs. Ceph Blanton. MERCHANTS PLAN BIG COUNTY TOUR TO VISIT OTHER TUESDAY TOWNS Plan to Have From 50 to 100 People in Automobiles Head ed by the Ella Mill Band. ' Dollar Day on Thursday April 14th will be promoted by a tour of the sur rounding towns by 50 to 100 mer chants in automobiles headed by the Ella Mill band. The tour will start Tuesday morning at 8 o'clock and the following (schedule has been worked out by Messrs. Wm. Lineber ger and Paul Webb who were assign ed this duty at a meeting of the mer. chants in the Board of Trade rooms Wednesday morning which was at tended by 23 business men. Leave Shelby at 8 o'clock; Lawn dale at 9; Fallston at 9:45; Waco at 10:30; Cherryville at . 11:30; Kings Mountain for dinner and leave at 12:30; Grover at 1:30; Earl at 2:30; Boiling Springs at 2:30; , Cliffsiie Henrietta at 4:00; Mooresboro at 5:00 and Lattimore at 5:15. The purpose of this tour is to create a good feeling between Shel by and her neighbors, tell the people along the route that Shelby is a fine shopping center and that special bargains will be offered on Dollar Day to all who come. Messrs Clyde R. Hoey and O. Max Gardner have been invited to join with the mer chants on this tour and make short addresses at each town where the business men will stop for a few min utes, shake hands and bid them come to Shelby. Business in Shelby is looking up and with the completion of Cleve land Springs, a busy summer is looked for. New Buildings and enter prises are going up and Shelby mer chants are keeping abrrast of the times, Btocking their stores with good merchandise that will attract buyers not only from Cleveland county but from all adjoining counties.' On Dol lar Day, bargains will be offered that have never been offered before and shoppers may rest assured that they will profit by their visiti. Messrs. J. D. Lineberger, W. E. Lowe, of Gil mers, Sappenfield of Efird's, Whit sett of McNeely's and Suttle of Sut tle's drug store have arranged for the band, for the distribution of sev eral thousand pieces of literature heralding Dollar Day in the name of the Merchants association and will place large banner across the busi ness sections of Shelby and South Shelby; put banners on jitneys that ply between Shelby and other towns o the Dollar Day event will be thor oughly advertised. At First Baptist' Church 7, rt-- Contributed. Beginning Sunday morning the pastor Rev. J. M. Kester will preach a series of sermons on "Holy Spirit" His theme Sunday morning will be "The Holy Spirit in the Life of Je sus" He has chosen for his evening subject "The Purpose of the Holy Spirits' Presence in the World." The pastor will be glad to meet vis itors and strangers at the close of all the services of the church. He would also like to receive any information about any members sick or otherwise needing his attention. Every home should have the best books,, hence our church library will furnish this. This library will con tain books on every department of the church work. It is hoped that tW library will be ready for service about the middle of April. Make your plans now to read and study the best books. An interesting meeting of the Wo man's' Missionary society was held Monday afternoon at four o'clock at which time the members had the privilege of hearing short talks from the delegates who attended the state meeting at Rocky Mount The Training class will meet this evening at 8 o'clock p. m. instead of 7:30 p. m. All members are urged to be present at this time. , Don't forget Sunday school at 10 a. m. Come and bring others. A Central Methodist Church. 9:45 a. m. Sunday school, be one time. 11 a .m. Sermon subject "A' series of Surprises." 6:45" pTm. Ep wortrTTeague. , 7:30 p. m. Sermon . subject: "A Series of Still Greater Surprises." ""Come thou wit hus and we will do thee good." "" " -