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j I Two Linotypes, Advertising , i Automatic Job FeeJers. 1 1 3 Cut ana riciure otnc 1 1 Home Print. Cheapest Paper j ? 5 .. In This nr In Ihree Job 1'resses. iSo Job); Too Large or Too Small for ( !.. I onv in mis r Us to Handle. . I I, V. 11 Adjoining Counties. nunc illfi Aft. ft A ; 0L. XXIX. No.- 6: THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C. TUESDAY. AUGUST 9, 1921. $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE I v I . ! ; II I I r I I I il II HI ll ll f l F I n a '- " ' " DAMANS DAY AT MOORESBORO kTFICNIC LARGELY AT TENDED w Addresses by Arey. Scott and Ltneberger Dinner. Cattle Judging and Contests Mooresboro had a great Dairyman's Picnic Saturday with several hundred .pvsent ,'tifc enjoy the program, the purpose 'of which was to stimulate a deeper interest in the dairy industry in Cleveland county. It was a happy Fathering ''of BOO people 'who had as ttmbled to hear the addresses, wit-re.-s the demonstrations, contests and t.tbletic students which had been care fully arranged by County Farm Dem onstrator R. E. Lawrence, J. U. 'Rol lins, secretary of the : ; Mooresbbro Creamery and others who are inter csted in the progress the dairying in dustry is making. i , 0 The first thing onvthe progTam was a parade of three trucks, the first c;;: rying a dairy cow with milk maid r.r.;! cream separator, representing tii, production of milk from the cow t) the creamery. The second truck represented the milk and cream haul vis who bring the product from the fain to the creamery. The third truck was representative ; of the creamery itttiChowing the testing of milk, the making and packing of butter and Secretary" Rollins making out the cream checks which go out regularly on the 10 tf each month. A platform was erected in the grove near the Sandy Run Baptist church when President E. ti. Hamrick of the Creamery delivered an ad dress of welcome and introduced State Dairyman J.. A. Arey who delivered a short address which was followed by an address by Mr. R. W. Scott of Haw River, a practical farmer who is,; a member of the State Board of Ag riculture and when a member of the Legislature introduced bills which called for one practical farmer from each Congressional District on the Board and a bill authorizing the erec tion of the Agricultural Building at the State College at Raleigh. Both were practical addresses touching sev eral phases of the farming industry, particularly the dairy industry. Edi tor Lee B. Weathers was called upon for an address and he devoted a few minutes to "Knowing. North Caro lina', comparing Cleveland county to the other counties of the Btate from an agricultural standpoint. He touch ed on co-operative marketing which is being stressed throughout the South before the cotton and tobacco growers. This subject will be present ed in a few weeks to the cotton farm ers of Cleveland county. Mr. Wm Lineberger, . secretary-treasurer of the- Shelby Creamery delivered a brief address which was well receiv ed, declaring that the two creameries of the county are paying all they get for butter to the cream patrons in order to encourage the industry and build up the county. v A sumptuous dinner was served on a long table in the grove, the good ladies preparing the best things the farms afford for the several hun dred present .X , . ... ' "'. This was followed by a demonstra tion of cattle judging by Mr. Arey, state dairjftnan, . who took two cows and pointed out to those present the ' proper manner to judge the good and bad qualities of dairy cattle. He" told of the production of 300,000 pounds of butter last year ' by the three creameries in Cleveland which brought the farmers 1180,000. The W. R. Lutz cw at Hickory was referred to as the" heaviest milk producer in the "State, producing last year 844 pounds of butter on 3 1-4 tons of grain, 3 1-4 tons of silage and one ton of hay. Following the Judging demonstra tion there was a unique contest in the form of a slow mule race to. see "which mule could make a given dis tance in the longest walking time. A mule of Jim Bridges driven by Cor ris Wright winning the $2 prize. The ball game in the afternoon re sulted in a victory of 2 to 0 of Mooresboro over Lawndale. ; 4 Fifty-Fifty. , . Boston Transcript - - Two girls unfamiliar with baseball were watching the local nine play a visiting team last Saturday. "Isnt "IHaTfine?'' remarked "one'gn"We tave a man on every base." "Why that's nothing,' said the other. "So fcave they." ELECTION ON FULL TIME MAYOp JOB TO BE HELD IN SHELBY AUGUST 20TH v Question Will be Whether May or Gardner Will Give Time and Receive $125 Per Month fi Bpcciai eiecuon has been called to be held in Shelby Saturday Aug ust 20 on the question of paying Mayor J. T. Gardner $125 per month for his full time in the office, or con tinue the present rate of $25 per month for performing the usual head ship duties as mayor. V : , Saturday morning, there was a called meeting of the Board at which time-it was 'decided to call the elec tion to 'be held August 20th, on which day -Mayor Gardner would resign and that other candidates may enter the race and that whoever is elected may take up full time duties as may or at a salary of $125, should thel voters see fit to raise the pay. Later j m the day, the action taken at the 9 o'clock meeting was rescinded and another action taken so that no other candidates may enter the race. The sole question therefore to be submit ted to the voters will be whether or not to empower the Board of Alder men to employ Mayor Gardner at a salary of $125 or not. The following is the wording of the resolution adopted after the action of the 9 o'clock meeting had been repealed: "Whereas Mayor J. T. Gardner has requested several times that his sal ary as Mayor be increased from $23 to $125 per month and the Board of Aldermen refused to grant this in crease and there , being petition pre sented with the names of approxi mately 240 citizens of the town of Shelby asking that we grant him this increase and "Whereas the Board of Aldermen desirous of obtaining the wishes of the people of the Town of Shelby con cerning this important matter have adopted the following resolution: "Be it resolved that an election be called for Saturday August 20th, 192j from 7 a. m. until sunset to de cide the question as to whether the Board of Aldermen shall employ J. TGardner as Mayor and pay him a salary of $125 per month for full time service; all favoring the increase in salary will vote "for increase" and those opposing will vote "against in crease" to $125 per month. "If aj the said election the ma jority of votes cast shall be for an increase in salary of Mayor the said "Board of Aldermen shall employ the said J. T. Gardner for his term of of fice at $125 per month, payment to begin with commencement of his term from May 1, 1921. ; "Said election to be held under the laws governing election for Mayor and Board of Aldermen. "That general registration books in the town to be used in said elec tion. - "The registration books shall be op en from August 8th to August 19th inclusive, when all that are not reg istered may be registered, all who are registered in last Mayor's election are not required to register. T. C. Eskridge is named registrar and L. F. McBrayer and Claude Webb judges." WHY I HAVE REQUESTED AN INCREASE IN SALARY Because I have put in my whole time for the past 3 months and Tiave made suggestions to the Board of Aldermen which, they have put into practice, whereby a saving of over $500.00 per month or over $6,000.00 a year is being saved the cityand for whole time am only asking '$125.00 per month, the same Salary the city is paying Victor Rudasill and B. O. Hamrick and I have the faith in the people of Shelby that they are too big hearted, fair minded and pro gressive to wish me to put in my whole time and save what I have for the city, for just $25.00 per month, and do not believe they will disap point me; but that at the election Saturday, Aug. 20th a majority will cast their, votes for an increase in salary and thereby put Shelby in the class of progressive cities. J. T. GARDNER." Mrs. W. H. Yeago and little daught er"MiTrthaFrahceg-of-NoTfolk,-ya. are spending the summer here wun her sister, Mrs. Maynartf . wasnouni and other relatives -. " ' , sqnd Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Falls Announce Birth of Daughter- viw . .. . . . Mr. und Mrs. B. T. Falls announce the birth of a dainty daughter, Eliza beth Eskridge, on Fri day, August 5th. J ' ..v.. vi Spending Ten Days in Mountains , MissVann Barr.ett arrived in Shel by last week from Washington,, D. C. and she and Mrs. G. Max Gardner have been at various points in the mountains of western Carolina spends ing ten dayp. ? - Mrs. Forbes Honored by Mrs. L. A. Blanton I' Mrs. Forbes, who is ever a social favorite in Shelby, this being the home of her birth, was again honored on last Saturday morning, when her cousin, Mrs. L. A. Blanton entertained for her at three tables of rook. .;'' The attractive and inviting Blan ton home was aglow with a wealth of pretty sunflowers, and in the score cards and refreshments this idea was artistically carried out. When cards were laid aside the hostess assisted by her sister, Mrs. Charlie McBrayer served iced canta loupe and a palad Course with ac. cesrorie3. , - Mrs. O. G. Falls Give Lun cheon at Cleveland Springs ' ' From Gastonia Gazette: Mrs. O. G. Falls, of Kings Moun tain, entertained yesterday at the Cleveland Springs hotel at a very beautiful 1 o'efock luncheon givenv in honor of her niece, Misi Doris Har ry, of Salisbury, who is her - house guest. An elegant luncheon was serv ed and bridge was enjoyed during the afternoon. Invited from Gastonia we're Mrs. W. E. Haynes and guestf Mrs. James Copeland Rhea, of Rock Hill and Mrs. Charlie Thompson. Oth er, guests were Mrs. Walter Dilling and Miss Irma Willeford, of Kings Mountain, and Mrs. Walter Davidson, of Charlotte. ? Mr. Caldwell Marries 1 , jGeorgia Girl . ' VMr'T:0. Caldwell of th"i3 place and Miss Nina Stallings of Bplton, Gr, were married Wednesday evening of last week at 5, o'clock at the Metho dist ' par8onageiAev. W. E. Poovey, pastor of Central Methodist church performing the: ceremony in his us ual impressive manner in the pres ence of only a few friends. Mr. Cald well has been living in Shelby for a number of years and is an expert au. to painter, while the bride is a hand some young Georgia lady, very popu lar in the community from which she comes. For the present they are do ing light housekeeping in the Shel by National Bank Building. ; ; Miss Edith Hoyle to Marry - jMr. and, Mrs.' Frank L. Hoyle wish to announce the eneagemefit of their daughter, Edith Virginia to Mr. M. Richard Barr, thelwedding to take place in the early ,FallMiss Hoyle is one of the most popular and at tractive young ladies in this section, while Mr. Barr, a native of Washingt ton, D. C is a popular traveling sales man widely known where he has suc cessfully travelled for a number of years. Miss Hoyle "returned Sunday from California where she has been since February-on -visit to her uncle Mr, Walker and other relatives. The wedding will be one of the leading social event of the early Fall and the announcement comes as quite a sur prise to her " many Shelby friends since she has been away for nearly six months on an extended visit. Miss Gaffney Entertains For House" Guest . Complimenting her charming house guest, Miss Stella Anderson of High Point, Miss Elma Gaffney: was hos tess at a lovely porch party Monday mominfir. when a happy party of about twenty young people ; en joyed the entertainment. The porch ; was beautifully decorated in sunflowers and other yellow blossoms,"' yellow and brown being the color ; scheme The guests found their places desig nated by pretty hand painted ' place eards in the shape of sunflowers. "Put and Take" furnished much merriment throughout the morning. Refreshing fruit -punch-was erved -during the game Following the games, the hos tess. assisted by her sisters. Mrs. E G. Gaffney H Raleigh and Mrs. J. R. T r Wtud j r Thomas, of Orungeburg, served a delightful ice course and 'almonds! A number of other charming hospi talities have been planned for Miss Anrlctson while she is in the city. Amen;? them being an informal din ner party given at Cleveland Springs, last .evening, in her honor. lomc From Itutherfoid Hospital Miss Frances Dellinger's many friends will be interested to know that sho returned homo last Saturday from the Rutherford hospital where !ie underwent a most successful op eration a few weeks ago for appen dicitis. irg.'feuttUfi Honors Ier Sister Mrs. Chas. Forbes Mrs.:' Jap Suttle was a gracious hostess on Ian Wednesday afternoon to the members of the Tongues and Needles Club and a few additional guests, as a pretty courtesy to , her ister,.Mrs. Charlie Forbes of Green ville! N, C who is spending sometime here with her family. The attractive Suttle home on West Warren' street was artistically dec orated in quantities of pretty azaleas, five tables being arranged in the var- ous rooms for the game of progres sive rook. i . As the guests arrived they were invited into the punch room where MiBHes Elizabeth McBrayer, Mary orbes and Loula Moore Suttle pre sided over the punch table. At the close of the afternoon's pleasure, the hostess assisted by Miss McBrayer served an elaborate ice eoui3e, candies and nuts.V w 5 ' . Mrs! R, E. Ware Entertains Drinking for Visitors At ! At lier lovely home on West War ren street Mrs. R. E. Ware was a most charming hostess at an informal tea drinking Tuesday afternoon from 4:30 to 6 in honor of her two sisters who are her guests from Texas, Mes dames M. J. Dukes and J. R. Bridges and Miss Denny of Greensboro, guest of Mrs. Lawrence Lackey, and Mrs. C. McNeely." ' :" ' The spacious living and dining roQjtaawera thrown. , en, suite ,f,nd made especially inviting and attrac tive , for this, happy occasion by wealth of lovely late summer flowers and receiving with the hostess and hep honor guests were, Mesdames Charlie Young, Lawrence Lackey, and Zeb Mauney. . During the calling hours a delict ous collation was served. Mrs. Mack Wilkins Entertains At Elegant Reception , One of the largest and most brilli ant social events of the mid-summer was that of last Thursday afternoon when Mrs. Mac Wilkins entertained atna; largo floating-reception in honor of the members of the Tongues and Needles Club. . The attractive Wilkins bungalow home on West Marion street, was beautifully arranged "for entertaining, the decorations being especially at tractive and artistic. Masses of lovely crepe myrtle were placed about the rooms every where in lavish profus ion and the chandeliers were shaded in pink, thus casting a. soft glow of the rooms which were thrown en suitt, . . The members of the club were sta tioned about; receiving in the. various rooms, and' in the parlor where Mrs. Wilkins received her guests were the two officers! of the club, Mesdames1 Nelson Lattimore" and M. O'Shields. In the dining room where an ele gant ice course was served the table decorations were handsome pink ros es, a large silver basket of roses oc cupying the center of the table, with four small silver baskets containing mints at the corners. - About two hundred guests enjoy ed Mrs. Wilkins charming hospitali ty during the calling hours, from 4:30 to 6:30 o'clock. 1 . Miss Turner Marries The many Cleveland county friends will be interested in the following en graved eard which has been issued, the bride being the daughter of the Eli Turner of the Sharon Community and a most popular and attractive young lady who is living at Chesnee, S. Cj . . Mr. Whitney Osier Hines Miss Veil Gazzie Turner announce their, mar riage on Saturday August the sixth, nineteen hundred and twenty-one, Snartanburflr. South Carolina. At home, Chese, S. C. Another Rhnwer for ' Bride Elect Miss Marie Lineberger, bride-elect who since the announcement of her approaching marriage in September, has been the recipient of many lovely affairs, was again tendered a shower last Saturday afternoon, when Mius Lottie Mae Hcndrick entertained In her honor at her home on Sumter street. ' - . ' . The parlor was appropriately dec orated in cunning little cupid. and hearts of various Bizea, and "prcgTes sjve hearts and cupids were played at the four tables scattered about the room. After the games which afforded much merriment, Dame Cupid was brought in, resting on a beautiful sil ver tray and surrounded by a show er of lovely handkerchiefs,' these be ing presented to the bride-to-be. . The hostess, graciously assisted by Mrs. Grover Beam then served K im elaborate ice course and accessories. ; MUST CUT UNCLE, 1 SAHHXPENSES A QUARTER OF A BILLION DOLLARS If Addition Taxes Are to be Avoided, Says Secretary Mel lonSources of Revenue A cut of more than $250,000,000 in the ordinary expenditures of the government this fiscal year is neces sary if additional taxes are to be avoided, the House ways and meant committee was informed by ' Secre tary Mellon. On present estimates, he said the total government cost this year will be $4,550,000,000, of which $3,830,000,000 must come from taxation. - . Even with the suggested reductions Mr. Mellon said, the internal revenue yield for the year "could not safely be permitted to fall below $3,570,000, the emated yield under existing law." ' , - The Treasury Secretary told the committee that actual expenditures for the first full months of this fis cal year indicated that,' unless, there was''an extraordinary newx'efforf to reduce expenditures,' the estimate which the treasury had presented might be regarded as conservative. Ordinary expenditures for July, lie said, amounted to about $322,000,000 as against $307,000,000 for July, 1920, while the current deficit last month was $113,000,000 as against $76,000,- 000 in the same month a year ago. "An analysis of the principal items of expenditure for July, 1921," the secretary continued, "shows that $59, DC0.000 was on account of the War Department, $56,000,000 on account of the navy,-and $32,000,000 on ac count of the Shipping Board. If ex penditures are to continue at any thing like these rates, the cstiraatss will be greatly exceeded." -'. Estimated Yield ' Excluding the suggest increase of one cent in first-class mail rates and the two-cent tax on bank checks, Mr. Mellon estimated that the proposed revision of taxes would bring a total yield this year of $3,620,000,000 and $3,283,000,000 in the fiscal year 1923 His estimate assumed the following changes: , k - ' Increase in the corporation income tax to 15 per cent, as of January 1, 1921 (or January l, 1922) and the re peal of the $2,000 exemption. " Repeal of tht excess profits tax as of January 1, 1921, (or January t 1922.) - Increased collections of bank , in come and profit taxes. An increase on cigarettes and smok ing and chewing tobacco.' Repeal of the transportation tax upon freight and passengers; the tax to be reduced one-half January ' 1, 1922, and entirely repealed January 1, 1923. ; .' An - increase:: of . the . documentary stamp taxes by approximately .doub ling the present rates so as to, yield an additional $30,000,000. . " The license tax upon motor vehic les, averaging about $10 piece, and to be graded according to power. ' Repeal of the tax on ice cream and fountain drinks as of January 1, 1922. Revision of the-income Ux rates, with a maximum surtax rate Teduced to 32 per cent. ' - Repeal of the so-called luxury tax es on wearing apparel, carpets, rugs, trunks, valises, and the like. ' Mrs. Elam Hawkins was taken last week to the Rutherfordton hospital where this week the will undergo a serious operations for gall stones. It is oped she will withstand the operation. -:. TAX LEVY MADE BY THE COUilTY SLIGHT INCREASE IN THE NEW RATE Estimated That Property Valu ation is lhirty Four Millions Against Forty Two Millions in 1920 The county commissioners in ses sion la9t"wcck made the tax levy for the county and vari6us townships ' which have road bonds, the tax basis being 58c on the $100 worth of torop orty; as against 43 cents in 1920AThe commissioners found from the ab- , tsfcracts' made by Tax' Supervisor W. R. Newton who has been" working- .strcnously for 80 days on the tax re turns that the total value of all prop erty, In Cleveland county is approxi mately thirty four million dollars as . Compared with approximately forty ' two millions in 1920. The state and county levy for schools last year wart 29 cents (13e for state and 15c for county). This year the requirements,, were for a 08c levy for school pur poses, t35c of which amount Is for paying teachers and school expenses, " while, three cents will be for build ing and repairs. For county purpos- ' cs there, was only a five cents in crease in the levy over last year. The rate is calculated on basis to raise the seme amount of money that was raised in 1920. County schools .:.... :38c County purposes H. ... -15c, Railroad bonds ,..-....l-4c Roads and bridges --,3 3-lc Bridge bonds ..... '..Jc Total.: ... ...,58c Township Roads r. No. Vl roads . .... .... .45 No. 2 roads .'. ..22 ' $o. ,3 reads ..25 Grover , precinct ' ..... VI Kings Mtn. precinct ... 10 East K!n Mtn. ..05 No. 5 roads ..... ... ... 25 No. 6 roads ... 20 No. T. toads " . .. '.;.J20 No. 8 roads ...... ......... No. 9 roads 1T No. 10 roads ... ... ..0 No. U roads The above road taxes are on prop erty. According to the " constitution the poll tax is three times the amount of the property tax , , In districts where there are spec ial taxes for schools, the commission- -ers did not make the levy, but will do so later upon recommendation of the county superintendent, Mr. J. Y. Irvin. MAN STOLE $81.15 MADE TO PAY FINE OF $10,000 " Herbert T. Martin, treasurer of Martin & Martin, Inc., of New York dealers in leather goods, was fined $10,000 Tuesday by -Federal Judge . Shepard for defrauding the United States out of luxury taxes. . The cor poration was fined $2,000. fleas or guilty were entered in behalf of both. 1 Urging a prison sentence for Mar tin, United States District Attorney Hey ward told the court that experts had estimated the government wa being defrauded of $5,000,000 a monthr In luxury taxes of various business concerns, and that while tne xuarun - case was being investigated the cor poration's books were destroyed. In a plea for leniency,' counsel for Martin saia mat nis cueni owea me government only $81.15. ; : . . J ...... I f .... L J Aft.- This was the first luxury tax case prosecuted, in the federal court for this district. Judge Shepard said that the reason he did not sentence Martini to jail was that pleas of guilty had saved the government the expense of triaL He gave warning, however, that jail terms would be imposed in the - future. - . Married in Register's Office Morganton News-Herald: The editor of The News-HeraM , happened in the office of Register of , Deeds Howard yesterday just in time to witness the marriage of Mr. Ed ward A; Smart of Forest City and Miss Gertie Van Horn of lower Burke. The ceremony was performed by Esq. W. F. Hallyburton. . Mrs. Charles Bradford of Golds boro nee Frances Walker, after a delightful visit here to Mrs. Frank Hoey, expects to leave today for Ashe ville to spend sometime with her grandmother, Mrs. J. R. Scrog-gs. . Come to tlie circus T'.l.fp" bring the children and make Camp bell's hear,rtcr3- " "