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... u Hear Dr. Clearence Poe Speak on Marketing Cotton Co-operatively in the. Court Htfuse Monlay, August 15th at 11 O'clocl i litwo Linotypes, Advertising j ) I Cut and Picture Service. All I T A t i ) Three Job Presses, No Job 1 J Home Print. Cheapest Paper Too Large or Too Small for j ! per Copy in This or in It AHininin? Counties. M Us to Handle. i . - I'honc No. 11- VOL. XXIX. No.- 64 THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C. ; FRIDAY, AUGUST 12. 1921 $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCM f I IT II . . J! I , X if 1 V 2 NATIONS TO TALK ON DISARMAMENT NOV. 11TH, ARMISTICE DAY 19 SET: - Japan Says She "Gladly .Ac cepts" Suggestion of Nov. 11 for Opening The Conference Washington, Aug. 9. The state department was advised by the( Amer ican charge at Tokio today that Japan "t'ladly accepts" November 11 as the i!ate for the opening of the disarm ament conference ' in Washington.Y ; Unanimous agreement on Armistice Pay for the opening of the conference was reached in informal, negotiations among titie" powers' -thai "are .to' be' pre sented. Japan, the last of the partici pants togive her consent, informed the state department through the American embassy at Tokio that she would "gladly accept" the American suggestion to begin the conference on the fourth anniversary of the cessa tion of the world war. Thus the assembling of the dele gates here on a day definite becomes an assured fact, although the dip lomatic formalities require that there he now a formal exchange of invita tions and acceptances. The invitations are expected to go forward from Washington without delay, and offic ials believe that prompt replies will hasten the negotiations into their sec ond phase a consideration of the list of subjects that are to be discuss ed around the council table. It is the expectation that the in vitations will be brief in text, stating in the broadest terms the general pur poses for which the United States has called the powers together. The date and place of meeting will be named in the communications, and t is; not unlikely that there also may' t a suggestion that each nation's delega tion of principal representatives shall number only five or six persons. Who will be the five or six to rep resent this country is still an unde ciiled question, but President Harding and his advisers are giving serious consideration to a long list of eligi- The President himself does not intend to sit as a member of the American delegation, although he probably will open the meeting with an address hinting broadly of the American policies that he hopes to see receive general acceptance. It is certain that at least one Unit ed States senator will be a member of the delegation, and one of the places may go to a woman. The general ex pectation is that the head of the com mission will be Secretary Hughes. CAPT. ROBERTS' WIDOW DEAD AT AGE 90 YEARS Noble .Woman of the Patterson Springs Community Buried at Pleasant Hill - Mrs. John Anderson Roberts, wid ow of the late Capt. Roberts died Wednesday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. E. Wilson at Patterson Springs following an ill ness of only a weeMrs. Roberts was nearing her 90th milepost in life and was a woman of excellent Christian character, greatly beloved by old and young in her community. Her la mented husband was captain of a company in the Confederate army and one of the leading men of this com munity in his day. H was a. valiant soldier and while" he left her many years ago, she reared a family of noble children to t bless her and the county. Her remains were buried at Pleas ant Hill cemetery amid a crowd of sorrowing friends and relatives. Sur viving are six children; Mrs. W .K. Hardin, Mrs. C. C. Putnam, "Mrs. J. E. Wilson; Messrs. E. Q. Roberts, Collet Roberts and Solon Roberts. OPPOSES INCREASE N IN PAY OF MAYOR All honor to Messrs. Royster, Lack ey and Ford, the three town alder men who had backbone to refuse to Krant the Mayor $1,500 per year when he (Gardner) agreed to serve when elected for $300 per year. The board nad no moral or legal right to allow this increase and the tax payers of this town ought to endorse their ac tion by a bir majority when it comes ti decide the matter bv a vote. If m - aas-doga not want to f (though he premised to do so) let nim resign as there are many trust worthy men in this town who will take the job for $300 per year. , (Signed) A, C. MILLER. FIFTY PER -CENT CUT IN THE RATES OF PASSENGER A N D FREIGHT HAULS Now Seems a Certainty Elimi- nation of Luxury Taxes are Already Agreed to Washington, Aug. 9. Having agreed to elimination of, the soda fountain, ice cream and" so-called luxury taxes on wearing apparel, and a fifty" per cent cut in the levy on sporting goods, republican members of the House ways and means committee returned today to the job of revenue revision, determined to make further reduc tions in the total tax the American people will be called upon to pay this fiscal year. J A fifty per cent cut in the transpor tation levies, both passenger and freight, was declared to be practical ly a certainty. Those members who heretofore have urged immediate re peal of all of these taxes were un derstood to be prepared to press their point with the argument tha this could be done readily if repeal of the excess profits and higher surtaxes is delayed until next January las now proposed. The total loss of revenue involved in cutting off the transportation tax es was estimated at $260,000,000, or less, it was claimed, than the loss that would be entailed this year through making the repeal of the excess prof its and higher income surtaxes re troactive to last January 1. It also was argued that the cutting off of the' levies on freight and passenger traffic would prove of real help to business through savings in freight charges and added expenses of traveling sales men. Representative Garner, of Texas, the ranking democrat on ways and means committee, in the absence of Representative Kitchin, the demo cratic leader, came out flatly today for full repeal of th- transportation taxes and the so-called nuisance tax es, including ten per cent tax on bat tled in bond soft drinks, ar.c: against any of the new or increased .taxes suggested by Secretary Mellon. The Texas member 'a'. so is of the opinion that a much greater return can be had from back tares li'an the Treasury has estimated. He th nks that instead of the $235,000,000 riven in Mr. Melton's statement to the com mittee nearly S500.OO0.000 can be kt., ;r,,l fmm this source this fiscal year. uwhmaY 0 gramas Splendid Meeting at St. Peters The annual protracted meeting at the St. Peters Methodist Church closed last Sunday afternoon. Rev Dwight W. Brown was. splendidly as sisted in the meetine; by Rev. J. O. Ervin of Dallas, N. C. Brother Ervin is a warm hearted gospel preacher. Not only does he preach the gospel, but he sings it as well. At the after noon service last Sunday twelve young people presented themselves at the altar and were duly received in the church on profession o faith. Others will be received later. The meeting was a real revival and a fine success, in every way. . SHELBY NEGRO IS KILLED IN HICKUKi Hickory, Aug. 9 Hickory police are looking tcday for Fred Pompey, negro, who on Saturday night deliv ered a wicked blow on the head of Sam Allison, a Shelby negro. and caused his death in an hour. The lick was struck with a handle of a mowing scythe and was delivered on the side of the head just as Allison was slipping up the rear steps of Fred Shade's house in the western part of Hickory. Allison an hour bo fore had cut a negress, Eura Pompey, a cous in of his assailant and had gone for a physician. When he returned to see how she was getting along Pompey, who had been hiding in a corn field, came' up from behind and struck the fatal blow; A bachelor always fancies that he is thoroughly worldly-wise, until he ma a babv-eyed flapper, who de- iAMUo - toaclUumJlgw little he knows about women. WANTED TO RENT TWO HORSE f. Renter must furnish stock; J. L. tr BJt Shelby. " t-2P mm. O H k !, e, ' ,- I Shelbys Boy Scouts, a manly com- : . r tain hike and will leave here Monday for a week s outing just eight miles out from Hendersonville. They -will be under management of Scout Mas ter Charlie Roberts and AssistanV master Fred Cook, and about eighteen have signified their intention of go ing. : .;.'. - ' ! Master John Irvin, Jr. Entertains ; Master John. Irvin,. Jr. the h&ndi- t Pretty Party .';.,'' ' rol.,W . some young son of Supt. and Mrs, John Irvin was a most pleasing young host to a number cf his little friends Tuesday afternoon, the beautiful green carpeted lawn of the cou: square being the scene for the party, It was a lovely picture to see these little curly headed lads and lassies at their merry games of play, and a hp py afternoon was spent in the " en- joyment of all kinds of sports anj games.- ; After the games a delicious col lation, served in -attractive little green paper baskets and mints waaj greatly enjoyed. In entertaining, Mrs, Irvin was assisted by Medames W, B. Nix and NeUon Lattimore and Miss Agnes McBrayer. Pretty Little Girl's BJrthday , Party V Little Miss Sarah Thompson en tertained about twenty of her little, cOntempories on last Monday after- neon in celebration of her seventh birthday at . the Thompson home on. West Marion street. . The spacious lawn was gaily dec- orated .for the occasion, and swings and joggling boards had been placed about for the enjoyment of these lit- J tie tots and games. of all kinds were! played until a late hour when ,all were invited into the dining room. In here was the real party for the beautiful birthday cake occupied the I center of the table, decorated in its 1 seven tiny pink candles the cutting of which caused much merriment. A de- licious ice course was served in which the color scheme of pink was still fur- ther carried out. Little Miss Thompson was the re cipient of many useful gifts. Misses Lenna Newton and Carrie Belle Lever Entertain For Charm ing Visitor --'Misses Carrie Belle Lever and Len r.a Newtcn were joint hostesses yes terday afternoon at 5 o'clock nt the elegant home of the latter as a pret ty courtesy to Miss Newton's lnuse guest, Miss Mary Anderson of High Point. V The Newton home on South l,a Fay ette street was attractively decorat"! in a wealth of beautiful roses anl other flowers, and tables were placed about the rooms, which were thrown en suite, for the various games which were enjoyed throughout the after noon. A delicious ice course, candies, ami salted nuts were seVved.; these two charming young hostesses being as sisiea'Ty'Meidamer Archie Archer nnA PWH Short. Mkses , Lever and, Newton will again,, entertain this, morning in hon or oC Miss. Edith Hoyle, bride-elect, , vThostrippToaching marriage announced in Tuesday's Star. was HAMRICK-McSWAIN RE-UNION DRAWS CROWD Congressman McSwain Of South Carolina Was One of the Speakers . .t ' ... By S. C. Jones A large crowd of relatives met at the Mt. Sinai church and celebrated the '156th anniversary of the Ham- ricks and McSwains in this part of the country, as they came here in 1765 and settled all up and down First Broad river from Shelby to' the waters of Main broad. The: reunion was one of the best meetings '! ever attended and I want to congratulate the people of Mt. Sinai church for their good behavior. Fine order pre- vniled throueh the day. There was fine talk by Hon. John TTrSuin who ii now in cofifeSf rm th. fourth congressional dis- trirt of Suth Carolina, also by W. A. McSwain of Columbia, S. G and JM. Melton, Lattimore R-l and re tl a p Hamrick and others. There ceive reward. . 4t-12p ; -plenty of it. The old" time singing led by Mr. Frank Lee was a good fea ture and everybody enjoyed it. The meeting decided to hold another re. Union next year at Boiling Springs. 3. C. JoavV G. P. Hamrick, W. A. TH CnTn if I 1!ffTnrii. V.: h 11 a m pTnl?'" Henry McSwain and Reuben Green were appointed as a committee to fundj m hasmg the old McSwain graveyard and preserving ggme M DavM McSwain wflg the white - buricd in this part of the country, about the year 1768. MAY DO AWAY WITH v SOME LUXURY TAXES This Would Cause aS Loss in Revenue of Fifty Millions Soda Fountain Taxes May onte Dcwn - ': 'Tflt1 i: If; ; f' Washington, Aug. 8. -Agreement to eliminate the taxes on : fountain dri.iks and iej cream and the so-call ed luxury tax on wearing apparel is understood to have been reached to- day by republican members of the house ways and means committee, sit- ting in executive session. A reduction 0f one-half in the 10 per 'cent levy 0n sporting goods also is said to have been agreed upon, The total loss of revenue from these proposed changes would be slightly less than $50,000,000 and the reductions are the first to be passed upon by the majority mem- bers in their effort to carry out the announced program . of republican house leaders to cut half a billion dollars from the nation's tax bill. Repeal of the 10 per cent tax. on carbonated bottled beverages, which is collected and paid by the manu- facttfrer monthly, also was discussed at the meeting,, and favorable action was predicted by some members of the committee, who argued that il was not fair to remove the tax on drinks at fountains in the cities and retain the levy on bottled goods sold largely in the rural districts, Hours of Discussion ' Before undertaking revision of spec jfic sections of the existing revenue jaw the committee majority spent Beveral hours discussing possible cuts jn taxes and expenditures, togeth er with the probable amounts of gov errment income from the various sources other than internal revenue Several iets of figures weie consid erej i,ut it -was said no formal agree mcnt was reached on any final totals. It is understood that in the course of this discussion there was a 3Uggertion that the committee ap point a delegation to go over the whole situation very frankly, with President Herding nnd Secretary Mel'on with n view to obtaining their counsel cs well as urging that the executive depastmcnts hold down rigidly on expenditures. So far as wa. disclosed, no action was taken, but at the conclusion of the day's ses sions. Chairman Fort'ney said he might confer with Mr. Harding upon the latter's return from New England SMhj Continues to Win Shelby continues its winning streak, taking two games' out of four so far this week. On the local ground Monday," Shelby defeated' Lerioir1 by a score of 7 to 2. On Tuesday Cowpens came up and defeated the local boys bv n arnrft of 7 to 0. On Wednesday circus dav Shelbv met the Fallston boys and defeated them 10 to 2. Falls- ton has a aroocl team, however, for a town that size and Pitcher Wright made a fine showing. Redfern has been released from short; Robert Johnson of Norfolk, Va. has come to handle his position. Fink, left fielder has gone to Lexing- ton and the Shelby managers nave added Sealey of Union, S. C.. and Smith of South Shelby. Cowpens plays' here today and York Tuesday. Today s game will play off a tie, Cowpens and Shelby having won two games each so far fa the series The path of Paradise or Purga- toy is strewn witn cut miowers nu nee ana iencea in wuW ow ribbons. I ... STRAYED BEAGLE PUP, black and white spotted August 8th. Notify Was a large crowd and a fine dinner. CORN FORECAST LARGER IN SOUTH CROP CONDITIONS SHOW IMPROVEMENT rospective Production of Crops Hcpes to Make the Cominj? Seas in the Country Generally Are on a Record Breaking Year- ureatly Reduced U Washington, Aug. 9. While ' the ! orn crop m practically all the other important producing states wasad-) versely iiffected by weather condi. tions during July, the crop in all southern states showed improvement the department of agriculture's " re port today show. and forecases this month for all states in the south are argpr than the estimates niadt a I month ago. ' , Mississippi's crop showed ths larg- est increase, improvement there fori the month aniountlng to mo;e than 1,000,000 bushels. Jdues exchange of pickle and pre ,The forecasts of production for the serve recipes. (Every member is re- various Mates with comparison with the July forecast follows: Virginia 43,929,000 bushels, an in- crease of 1,045,000 bushels.; North Carolina, 58,138,000 increase I 3,010,000. ' Georgia 87,740,000, increase 8, 709,000. Tennessee, 85,1 8" 1,000, increase 734,000. Alabama, 75,003,000, increase 1 5,- 579,000. Mississippi, 94,183,000 increase 11,- 176,000. a Louisiana, 49,590,000, increase 20,- 091. July's constant hot weather and ack of rainfall reduced prospective production of crops more than a quarter of a billion dollars. Today's crop report of the department of jW. B. Nix. agriculture showed forecasts reduced) January Milk and Milk Products by millions of bushels compared with a month ago. , ,' ' The reduced estimates of corn, wheat, oats and white potatoes alone aggregate 396,000,000 bushel and the prospective loss of production, calculated pn August 1 farm prices, amounts to $83,500,000 for white po- tatoes, $64,800,000 for oats, $56,000,'- 000 for corn and $54,400,000 for wheat. Almost every crop was adversely affected by the almost constant high temperatures and shortage of rains. The damage to white potatoes was extreme. The department of agriculture's monthly report today forecast 52,- 000,000 bushels less than estimated a month ago, 91,000,000 bushels less corn; "192,000,000 bushels less oats, and 61,00,000 bushels leas potatoes. WAR TROPHIES WILL BE GIVEN TO CITIES AND TOWN'S After five hours of deLaty a sen ate bill authorizing distribution tc states and municipalities of cannon and ether war material captured by Americans from the Germans was re committed by the house Wednesday to the military committee by a ve-tfc of 103 to 99. A section appropriating $400,000 for the expense of distribu tion was eliminated on a point of orJ er by Representative Garrett of Tenn essee, acting Democratic leader, but the house by a vote of 126 imm3diate ly rejected an amendment by Rtpj-e-sentitive Roach, Republican, of Mis souri, to require communities receiv ing the captured articles to pay all transportation and packing charges. Representative ManP.: Republican, of llHnoim. held that the bill as alterea ired the Federal government to - i pay expenses, but provided no funds and made the motion to recommit. Be- fore the motion was adopted the bill, which provided that states should The State still owes we county fn, share in the distribution in propor- 000 from last year and this year the tion to the number of troops furnish- salary schedule and the revenue bill ed during the war, was amended bo that the distribution would be made by congressional delegations instead of by governors as the senate had decided. Chairman Kahn of the mili- tary committee, reported that 84.00Q trophies, including 70,000 rifles, 10,- 000 machines guns and 2,200 field guns and mortars, were in storage in New Jersey. ' ' , The cost of producing a ton of hard coal is front two and a half to three times as great as for mining a ton of bituminous coal because the beds are deeper,' thinner and generally inclined at steeper angles than those of soft coal. roving eye and a restless foot to Keep his heart in one place, as it is for a kitten to resist the temptation to run after every danrinf shadow. HOME ECONOMICS YEARLY PROGRAM tOVEKS ALL PHASES OF HOME LIFE u s. To Study Vital Subjects The program committee of the Home Economics department of the Woman's Club met in the office of the chairman Tuesday and arranged , the program for the year. It is hoped that this will be a record breaking year for this department and every effort has been made to include things that will be of interest to every housekeen- er, The following is the program: September Pickling Reorganization of club payment of quested to bring her favorite recipe), Demonstration of pickle making by Mrs. Clyde Hoey. October Foods f 1. What varieties do I introduce in the suppers for my family? Mrs. R- L. Weathers. 2. The balanced menu. Age, occu- pation of family and season of year. Mrs. R. L. Ryburn. Demonstration steam . pressure cooker. Miss Cornelius. V November 1 Demonstration making paper dress form. December ". Lecture Good and bad. taste in dress. Lecturer to be supplied. Dem- onstration of candy and cake making- by Mrs. Chas. McBrayer and Mrs.- J'The food value of milk whole milk skim milk and buttermilk by I Mrs. Frank Roberts. 2. Use of cheese in the diet its food value by Mrs. J. T, Gardner. Cottage cheese and cheese dishes by Miss Holton. - February Food For Children -Roll Call Answered by eachjnem- ber telling how to introduce carrots, creens. salads, beets, parsnips, etc Mnto a child's diet. j. Paper Foods for growing chil dren by Mrs. Rush Thompson. 2. Malnutrition among children by Mrs. S. S. Royster. Demonstration milk dishes by Mrs, Jno. McClurd. . March Millinery Paper Good and bad taste in hatss ky Mrst O. Max Gardner. ripmnnstration in. refreshing old hat3 by Miss Selma Elanton. . April Flowers and plants for the lawn by Mrs. R.L. Ryburn. Arrangement of plantings by Mrs. J. A. Anthony. Demonstration by. MV Mayme Jonc3. May Budgeting 1. Diisibn of the income, a. house hold accounts, b. Personal accounts by Mrs. L. M. Hu;i. 2. The clothing budget for various members of the family. a. How much am I FendinK for clothes? b. Am I receiving full value ? c How can I reduce the cost! - Mrs. B. T. Falls. .... - Demonstration salads by Mrs. Ceph uiamon. BOARD OF EDUCATION uisi HKBtu u rn n..ivi supt. J. T. irvin says mts . cuuV.. board of education is disturbed over the matter of financing tne scnoois. will not meet, thus creating anower deficit of $12,000 for this year. Supt. Irvin says that 11 the money mat. can be raised for school purposes is. being raised under the revenue bill, but that salaries allowed by law re- quire far more money man iuo w enue act allows the commissioners to raise. This situation is true u ov North Carolina ana is peryicAtn fchooi boards. It is thought that the special session of the General As- sembly called to meet in uecemoeir will relieve the situation somewn, either by cutting salaries or by ' rais- ing more money. Mr. Irvin thinks the legislature will cut' down the salary- bill for teachers. n in uevtiana tou". , month i September, -rhile the. sir month, school will open the . first Monday to November. - iwv x. - i - w ui'l'p- '