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VOL. XXIX. No.- 63
THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C. TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1921
$2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
1 I Two
-sua
V r J
TAX REVISIONS
OF HALF MILLION
THIS MUCH
TAX
SAVED
PAYERS
TO
EYemptionjs Larger on Income
TaxNo ExtraT Pennies for
Tax on Soda Fountain Drinks.
Etc. : '
Washington, Aug. 13. With re
actions of $600,000,000 below th
pcFen't high war taxes, the Repub
lican revision bill was virtually com
; It: tec! by the House" .ways'.-and mean?
o nmittee today. "
The cuts, directly, or indirectly,
v.ill lighten the tax burdens of near
ly everyone in the country from the
head of corporations, earning mil
lions, down to the children 'who' have
ben competed to "hand over" ex--;a
pennies ti get a chocolate soda,
Chairman Fordney, of the committee,
,.-u.i. ..v .
The hill will raise about $3,000,
(idO.OOO as compared with $8,600,000,
iM'O under the present statue.
Flans are to vote on. the bill in
j he House next Saturday at 3 o'clock
More reductions were, made today,
v;n express and oil pipe line taxes
were repealed, and the levy of cereal
vnibstitutes for real beer cut from 15
to 12 cents a gallon.
On all vendors of soft drinks an
an ual $10 license taxswas imposed
sen! a five per cent levy to be paid by
manufacturers was put articles on
the so-called luxury list
How it Reaches All
Here is the way the new bill af
reets everyone from steel corpora
tior.s to children.. All persons paying
the income tax are reduced 20 per
(er.t and 8 per cent for each child.
This is done by increasing the
married person's exemption from
?l',000 ta $2,500 and by raising the
raid's or dependents exemption from
to $400: All married persons
making $2,500 or less thus will es-
care the tax, while those with, three
children, for instance, can make $3,
TOO without paying' anything into
Uncle Sam's coffer'; These changes
nffect income of the present year.
4" thP miisance taxes, that have
c used the average man to howl
'.ac been eliminated. No more will
, -
extra pennies be required for ice
( iu:m sodas, tooth paste or medicine
and the merchant after January 1
iut, cannot charge several dollars
move in tolls for high-priced wearing
apparel.
If vou postpone your trip
New Year's Day, you can save 8 per
cent on the passenger and Pullman
fo. r,n vnnr frpicht and ex
press shipments will be no 3 and
; tr cent taxes, respectively.
Mayor Gardner Will Receive
SaO Salary Instead of $125
as Asked for Board is Divided
until
OMPROMISE -ON
MAY0R1SAIARY
LECTION IS CALLED OFF
FOR 20TH
gr
The special election which was
called a week ago to be held Satur
day August 20th to vote on an in
crease of pay of $125 per month for
Mayor J. T. Gardner, was called off
yesterday by the Board of Aldermen
and by compromise the mayor, will
receive an increase in salary, of from
$25 to $50 per mrJnth.. At the ' re-,
quest of Mayor Gardner-who wished
to avoid any friction and work for
the upbuilding of the town which can
only be brought about by harmony
in the city administration, the four
aldermen were called into session
Monday morning at which time May
or Gardner expressed a desire to call
off the election and leave the ques
tion of salary entirely in the hands
of the four members of the board.
Aldermen Lackey and Royster op
posed any increase and wanted the
electron to be carried" out as sched
uled so that the people may express
themselves in reference to the mat
ter. Aldermen Hamrick and Ford vot
ed to give Mayor Gardner a salary
of $50 per month. Thus the matter
was tied up and left for Mayor Gard
ner to break the tie.
Mayor Gardner had retired , from
the meeting in order to let the four
aldermen arrive at some decision in
executive session. When the meeting
adjourned the aldermen informed
The Star of its action, whereupon
Mayor Gardner was seen and heJ
stated that he would cast his vote
for the increase and accept the com
promise.
This ends a controversy over which
some ill feeling wasbeing engender
ed. Mayor Gardner stated that he
wished to have the utmost harmony
in the city administration and in
order to allay any friction and all
work together for the betterment of
the town and the furtherance of its
interesthe called the eeting "and
left the matter entirely in the hands
of the aldermen.
Both sides will no doubt rejoice
that the little matter which was
about to cause so much friction has
been settled without an election.
e properly and sell systematic.
ail:.- at the best price obtainable.; In
thi3 manner, the marketing associa
tion will control enough of the cotton
to be a factor in the control of the
price and as cotton is 'placed in the
warehouses of the association, ad
vances will be made to the growers
and averages taken, so that at the
end of the season, every farmer will
receive the same price per pound
that other members have received
for the same grade of cotton. Only
farmers can become members and
orly experts who have no adverse
interest will be employed. It is a
democratic organization in that the
members will have an equal voice In
the election of officers. 5 x
Farmers have been- mislead so of
ten, into organizations in their,, be
half that they, always, join with ff
feeling of fear, but this association
must be long lived for the reason
that members sign up to let all of
their cotton te sold co-operatively
for five year and there is a penalty
of five cents per pound with costs
sufficient to send the sheriff after
him and hire a lawyer" to prosecute
him if he should refuse to let his
cotton be sold co-operatively. Thus
no farmer should fear that his
neighbor farmer or brother in an
other state who belongs to the as
sociation, will kick out of harness.
The movement is making great
strides in all the cotton growing
states and several million bales have
been signed up b.v growers in ,the
cottonO states. Practically 200,00
bales have- Been signed up in North
Carolina and Dr. Poe stated that the
association will be a going concern
within the next few weeks.
hearts which held the attention of
the guests throughout the morning
hours: .' .;;-:Y '.';-
After this a beautifully decorated
wagon containing a suit case ap
peared at the front door, the con
tents cf which was presented to the
lonoree and the suit case when open
ed was found to be ladened with
many useful and beautiful gifti 'or
the bride to be from her friend.i.
At the close of the morning's
pleasure a delicious salad course with
accessories was Bervod ' by Mrs.
Frank Hoyle and Mrs. W. R. Newton.
About twenty fortunate guests en-
oyed this charming hospitality.
Beautiful Party for Miss
Lineberger, Bride-elect
jDna of the most beautiful and
unique social attain that has ever
been given in honor of a bride-to-be,
was that of last , Frida
whan Mrs. , Charlie j Wafc.
Mrs Charlie Williams, nee Janie
Ewers of Reidsville arrived here Sat
nwiav tn snend sometime with her
aunt, Mrs. Fred Morgan.
Mrs. Ben Stroup is spending a few
days in Cherryville with relatives.
sac
HOY SCOUTS OFF ON
BIG MOUNTAIN TRIP
Will Spend Week or Ten Day
at Edneyville Between Chim
nev Rock and Hendersonville
i
Ahnut twpntv Rnv Scouts left
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Monday morning at 6 o'clock for
week or ten days stay at Edenyville
u little, town between Chimney Rock
ur.d Hendersonville. They will camp
' n a big farm which was owned up
nr. M. w
fl'iirg of Shelby, the farm being lo
cated on the crest of the Blue Ridge
mountains. The boys were in charge
of Scout Masters Charlie Roberts
and Fred Cook and they carrjed with
them full camping " equipment such
as tents, bedding, cookirig utensils,
etc. and left in a big trucky
The following boys were in , the
t arty, each dressed in his regulation
Boy Scout uniform fRobert Rudasill,
Tulius Auten, Harry Grigg, Hacket
Wilson, Walter Cook, Lewis Roberts,
Ben Palmer, W. D, Bab'tn, Hugh Ar
rowood, Vernon Grigg, Harrison
Ramseur, Broadus- M. McSwain,
Hugh Miller, Frank Hoyle, Jule Put
nam, Henry Kendall, Whitelaw Ken
'lall, Will Harris, Jr.
DR. POE SPEAKS
TO FARMERS HERE
ON CO-OPERATIVE COTTON
MARKETING
I
Savs This is Most Business
Plan Ever Inaugurated for
Spent Week-Bnd at
Blowing Rock ,
Mr. Gecrre Blanton and hu I'-vo
attractive daughters, Misses Mi'ii
cent and Caroline Blanton, and Miss
es Kate Webb and Ruth Mundy mo
tored to Blowing Rock and spent the
week end most pleasantly at Green
Park Hotel.
Mrs. Z. J. Thompson Reception
Hostess This Afternoon.
The social event of the week wi)l
be li e lrusre floating reception s.'hed
Ailed for this afternoon, the 'invita
tions to which read as ioiiows:
Mrs. Z. J. Thompson at home Aug
ust sixteenth, nineteen hundred and
t,. t ;l 1 tu-ontv-nnp. fnur-thirtv to six-thir
iH US l Hlisjiicrra uiRc 1 "-
ty. ......
Mrs. A. C. Durham. Mrs. J.
Austin, Mrs. C. A. Thompson,
Gordon B. Crowell.
the Reliefof Farmers
W
Mrs
13 PER CENT N. CAROLINA
PEOPLE ARE ILLITERATE
- ' Washington. Aug 13. A total of
13.1 per .cent of North Carolina's
Population, counting only those 10
years of age or more, cannot read or
write, the Census Bureau announced
today. The native whites are 8.2 per
cent illiterate and the negroes 24.5
the figures Bhow.
Dr. Clarence Poe, the popular edi
tor' of the Progressive Farmer and
perhaps one of the best known men
in he South, spoke tc a coiyi nuusc
filled with farmers and business men
yesterday at noon on the subject of
co-operative marketing,. explaining
thoroughly the movement which; is
sweeping the entire cotton nd to
bacco belts. Dr. Poe was introduced-
by county farm demonstrator R. E.
Lawrence. He is a most practical and
interesting talker and no doubt ap
pealed to the' farmers who are anx
ious for some systematic plan ot
marketing cotton systematically in
stead of dumping it on the market
Dr. Poe has advocated many reforms,
but he declared that this is the most
business-like movement that he has
ever seen, because it is an intelligent
system of selling as well as financ
ing and gets the producers out' oi
competittion with each other.
"We never break out into any new
line of progress until God Almight
or our wives compel us, , said Dr.
Poe and "we will thank God xn
veara from now that this depression
came if we adopt the California plan
of marketing our cotton and tobac
co." The California plan has been
working successfully for twenty
nA u the most successful
marketing plan in America.
After laying considerable stress
on the importance of cooperation,
Dr. Poe explained fully the working
Mrs. C. A. Thompson and attrac
tive daughter, Miss Frances, of Ok
lahoma are here 'on an extended visit
to Mr. and Mrs. Z. J. Thompson.
afternoon
SHELBY RETAINS
TRAIN SCHEDULE
STRONG DELEGATION TO
; ASHEVILLE '
Rutherford and Cleveland Coun
ties Protested Against
Chanire Wanted hv Ashevlll
As a result of a vigorous fight be
fore the North Carolina ' Railroad
Commission sitting at the Buttery
Park Hotel in Asheville Friday af
ternoon, 17 representative business
men of Shelby, backed by Editor
Price , of i Rutherfordton. ' numerous
petitions liberally signed by citizens
of Cleveland, and Rutherford coun
ties, the railroad commission ex
pressed itself in favor of retaining
the : present schedule of Southern
CLEAN UP1DRIVE
TO CUT RED TAPE
SEVERAL AGENCIES PLAN
TO CO-OPERATE
Disabled -Veterans to -: Obtain
Full Benefits of Legislation
Designed to Adjust Claims
Uilmil'arta
Missj Oeland .aiht; trnin No. 114 which operates each
fie home of the. latter, flompMen- mornjng from Marion to Blacksburg
tary to Miss Marie Luieborger whose onj .vmi n ., i,.u- a-.a ....
ary to Miss .Marie ineoqrg
marriage to Mr W. B, Richardson,
Jr. or ueidsviue win take place on
September 9th. ' . .
The Washburi home on Sumter
street was made beautiful and par
ticularly inviting by a wealth of
golden glow and crepe myrtle, and
the chandeliers in the various rooms
which were thrown ensuite were
shaded in attractive designs of green
crepe paper flowers.
As the guests arrived, they were
greeted at the front door by the
two hostesses, the honor guest, and
Mrs. S.,A. Washburn and ushered in
to the living room where the punch
table, attractively arranged .with
ounches ot luscious grapes, foilage
was presided over by Mrs. Will King,
and York. The commission did not
render an open decision, but it was
manifested that the present ' sched
ule will be retained so that main line
southern connections can be madc
as at present. ' '
The Asheville Citizen started , the.
agitation to hold the morning train
at Marion for No. 36 from Asheville
in order to get the Asheville morning
paper into this section early enough
to go out on the rural routes of
Rutherford and Cleveland counties.
Also the arguments were that
Asheville wanted closer business,
social and political intercourse with
this section of the state, especially
Rutherford county which Is In the
tenth congressional district. The
Shelby representatives had . no ob-
Mrs. Herman Eskridge, Mrs. C. A. jection whatever to this desire, in
Dcggett and Miss Eunice Roberts.
The thiry guests then found their
places at the seven small tables ar
ranged for the games and contest by 1
lovely little wedding bell plac3 cards.
The first feature of the afternoor,
fact wanted better railway facilities
with Asheville but did not want.:, the
Blacksburg connections to-suffer, ,by
reason of any adjustments tha
might be made. i . V
There will no doubt be a cotnpro
was a contest especially arranged mjfie in the matter, where&y Vtrain
for "the newly weds", a chver con- No. 36 leaving Asheville now at 6
ceit of the hostess and this wa fol- a. m. will leave at 3:45 a m. '-for
lowed by ( games ofcards arranged Marion, arriving at Marion in time
and fashioned by the clever hostess eacn moming for train No. 114
herself, the games at the Feven tab- which serves Rutherfordton, Forest
les all being different and pertain- city. Ellenboro, Mooresboro, ; Latti-
ing to the bride and groom, their more, Carofeen, CJiffside, Henrietta
wedding journey and future life, an,i 0ther points along this division,
these games being played according This compromise will satisfy the
to the same rules governing the gamo
if rook. At the close of the contest
Mrs. Charlie Roberts was presented
the prize for having the most cor
rect answers, a book of poems by
Robert W. Servial and the honor-
Vee we-? given a lovely silver io pick
and casing.
A delicious ice course was then en-
ioyc'.l, the. raited nuts being arranged
in cunning little paper baskets, the
I cndles of which were tied with
wedding bells.
The uniqueness of the entire affair
Asheville people, especially Mr,
Chas. A. Webb one of the owners of
the Asheville Citizen, the morning
daily, and also satisfy the patrons of
this divisioa-of the Southern. In fact
Cleveland and Rutherford oounties
were victorious in retaining the
present schedule and also tecured a
change in the train leaving Asheville
so that connection can . be had at
Marion, thus living two direct trains
m, thusg
frMTtAs
Asheville through thi
daily
ection.
Hon.' O, M. Mull.untiring
worx
wes a source of admiring comment for Shelby and Cleveland cauhly "wna
by all the fortunate guests.
Bridge Party for Mrs.
Frank Hull .
ViMrs. L! E. Ligon entertained most
charnvingly at her home on isoiin
Morgan street last Thursday ev-c-ryng
in honor of her daughter Mrs.
Frank Hull, of Charleston1, West Va.
who has been spending the summer
here
The rooms were artistically deco
reted in quantities of lovely golden
glow, making a pretty setting.for the
fortunate guests.
Three Hables ot auction bridge was
enjoyed during the evening, and af
ter cards were laid aside the hostess
assisted by her daughter, Mrs.' Will
is McMurry and Mrs. Vernon Proc
tor served an elaborate collation con
sisting of a salad and an ice course.
Tho iinsfc list included Mesdames
Wvpth Rovster. Charlie Roberts
Vernon Proctor, Misses Sue Andrews,
Mae Kendall, Lucy Hamrick, Pattie
FlWnhpth Roberts and Marion
cum - - - -
and Mildred Hull.
A Miscellaneous Shower
for Miss Hoyle ;;-v.; .
At her lovely, home on South La
Fayette street Miss Lenna Newton
and Miss Carrie Belle Lever enter
twined lointly Saturday morning m
ul. f Miaa F.Hith Hovle. one of
Shelby's most -charming brides-to
urged" to attend this meeting.
Gilmers Club Has Picnic
Several months ago the employees
of Gilmers, Inc. organized a social
club. Their first Annual Picnic .was
be. Xt
BhTOnkatio,hicbil
brace the cotton growers oi every
BUte in- the union and place their
cotton each year for five years into
the hands of expert -selling agents to
the Newton
home was artistically arranged with
quantities of exquisite cut flowers
t tables were olaced about
(liva . "
the room for a game of progressive
spokesman for the Cleveland county
delegation and he handled' his case
with the greatest ease, directing ev
ery argument on the specific points
at issue. Those going from Shelby
were S. S. Royster, Paul Webb, W.
L. Fanning, J. P. Lineberger, J. T:
Woman's Missionary Society
Central Church to Meet Wednesday
Mrs. Lamar Gidney will be hostess
to the Woman's Missionary Society
of Central Methodist church Wednes
day afternoon at her home on East j Gardner, A. M. Hamrick, Mike Aus-
Marion street at 4:30 o'clock. tell, Wm. Lineberger, Julius Sut-
Mrs. B. T. Morris of Gastonia, sec- tie, Jack Palmer, I. C. Griffin, How
retary of the Woman's Missionary I ard Hamrick, Forrest Eskridge and
Society of the SheUy district, ' -.will Lee B. Weathers. -The officials of the
be .present and all the members are I Southern railroad, General Passeng-
f Government agencies, the Red
Cross and the American Legion will
begin work in North Carolina Mon
day in their clean-up campaign to
cut the red tape that has prevented
thousands of disabled veterans from
receiving the, aid that the govern-'
ment is glad to give, and has, retard
ed the adjustment of hundreds of
claims' of others who were ifo the !'
service during the world war. '
The clean-up squad will be com
posed of experts, who have the one j
purpose in view of gettjng in touch ;
with' the veteran and starting the
mftchinery to get for them ' a quick
and satisfactory adjustment of their ':
affairs. , r ; l' ' '
September 21st and 22nd are the
dates set for the Clean-up Squad to
be in Cleveland county and dis-.
abled soldiers will come to Shelby
on these dates to nee the Clean-Up
Squad which will work in conjunc
tion with the Red Cross of which
Miss Mayme Roberts it secretary and
the American Legion Post of which
Hon. Peyton McSwain is an . official
Soldiers from Cleveland, Burke,
Lincoln, Gaston, Catawba and Ruth
erford counties are asked to come to
Shelby on these dates and have all
pending matters adjusted without
charge. . '
In the next few weeks similar
work will be undertaken in every
State in the Southeastern section.
The .plan of campaign is simple.
It'.te-ntemplates giving each veteran
tHe opportunity to have his difficul
ties of compensation and vocational
training and medical treatment
straightened out right at home, in-
fttead' of through lengthly long dis
tance correspondence. At the same
time, the squad will give every vet
eran a chance to find out whether
he has a claim, and if he has to file
it for him so that he will get it im
mediate results.
Obviously the biggest problem in
the campaign is getting in touch with
the veterans, particularly those who
live in outlying communities. Many
are illiterate. To overcome this dif
ficulty the government, the Red
Cross and the legion havj issued a
joint appeal to the pres of North
Carolina arid to every patriotic or
ganization in the state to lend aid
in seeing that word cf. the coming
of the squad reaches tv? ex-service
mety and in explaining to them just
what' the coming Jto relieve veterans
who report to the squad from every
inconvenience delay and expense, As
roon as a disabled soldier arrives at
headquarters he will be furnished
with transportation back home and
meals and lodging as long as his
business lasts. It is particularly im
portant that each ex-service ' man
bring his discharge with him to
headquarters. ;
er agent Mr. Hudson,- Assistant Dis
trict Passenger agent Mr. Tayloe and
others stood with Cleveland , and
Rutherford counties in their conten-tion.
The Railway Commission hearing
held at Stice's Shoals Thursday ev- the ease was composed of W. T. Lee,
ening of last week. Their entire force j Judge Pell and A. J. Maxwell.
of twenty-five were present and re
ported this the' biggest and the best
picnic ever held at Stice's. After a
bountiful feed, many games were en
joyed around a large campfire.
LEE HALLMAN SENTENCED
TO '15 -YEARS IN THE PEN
Mrs
Monroe Journal .
Fifteen years in the penitentiary
at hard labor was the sentence im
posed yesterday by Judge T. B. Fin-
at I ley upon Lee Hallman, well-known
Marshville man. after the jury had
Mrs. Mitchell Entertains
Visitor
rs. W. r . Mitcneu enieriainen
a lovely porch bridge party Wednes
day morning at her home on South I decided that he was guilty of an as.
Washington street in honor of Miss 1 9auit with intent to commit rape on
Mary C. Howell of Tarboro who is I Miss Louse Tolbirt, Cabarrus county
the charming young guest of Miss Jschool teacher. The jury was out ;
ALargarec jeniinsA i i eignieen noure. - v
The snacious arid attractive front I The verdict was returned at nve
porch was artistically arranged with I o'clock, Mr. W. tS. Huey of Jackson
Quantities of. lovely roses and sun-1 township, speaking for his fellow-ju
flowers and four tables of auction rors: and following eloquent appeals
bridge held the interested attention for mercy by Messrs. J. C Sikes and
of the sixteen guests until . a late W. B. Love, Judge Finley gave the
REUNION OF M AUNEY
; FAMILY HELD THURSDAY
A' reunion of the 1 Mauney family
was held, at the old Tryor. monument '
in; Cherryville township Thursday
with a large attendance of friends,
and relatives of the Mauiey connec
tion'. A bountiful dinner was botht
preceded "and followed by " speaking."
Attorney E. R. Warren, of "Gastonia,
was he speaker of the morning, be
ing Introduced by Mr. A. L. Quickel,
of Lincolnton. The speaker oj the
atternoon wass Mr. A. Nixon, of Lin
colnton, who traced the history 6f
the Mauney connection in an in
teresting; way, , . ,
The Gastonians attending the re
union in 'addition to Mr. Warren were
Mrs. R. M. Reid, Mr. C. Lee Gowan,
Miss Lowry,Shuford, Mr. Martin
Shuford, and Dr. T. C. Quickel. v
hour. -
When cards were laid aside, the
hostess assisted by her sister, Mrs.
0. A. Gettys served a deliqous ice
course-and accessories. V
defendant the maximum sentence of
fifteen years. The defense immedi-
Miss Margaret Anthony who has
been, attending the summer school at
Morganton has returned home.
Mr. and Mrs. Holly McNary and
two children of Greensboro ; are
spending sometime here the quests
of Mrland Mrs. John McKnight, the
former being a brother to Mrs McNary.-'-;'"'""','."
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Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Ballentine of
Andersonand Mrs. J. 1L WakefieUL
of rAntrevilleT S.CT who "have been"
ately gave notice of appeal to the Su- spending a few days here with their
prerae court, and young Hallman was , sister, Mrs. Hugh Hunt, returned
released on a $20,000 bond.' 'home today. . -
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