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DO CHRISTMAS SHOPPING EARLY ONLY 8 SHOPPING DAYS TILL XMAS Automatic Job Feeders, l'hrec .loli Tresses. ,'o Job i o Lare or Too Small for lis to llnndlo. Phone No. 11. 11 1 It v.'-' 'fj . --?v 'j Two LinotyiM'H,'' ..Advertising :- (r 1 jfj:- (J Cut and IMctiirp "Service. All I f j ! i iff I l lliiino Trim. Cheapest Paper I j t IJ j j ' ' Tj J j I J i , Per Copy in This or in S j i I tj'-- (S Adjoining Counties. 5 - -h kV;' ' ' " WV J A, ' s iN" f -sf sTmW 1. m . -... .. "-m 4 VOL. XXIX. No.- 100 BILLS OFFERED BY PEYTON HcSWAIN WOULD HAVE TAX COMMIS SIONER HERE Withdraws Bill to Cut Fees of . toiler wr Amena Divorce , j-aws uepeai cotton Tax By. Hon. Peyton McSwain In response to your letter of recent .late asking that I furnish you with a nummary or the various bills intro luced by myself during the extra session of the legislature I am forth with sending you the following in- ormauon ior ine benefit of the peo ple of Cleveland county. II. B. 107. An act-authorizing an election to be held in No. 6 township 'or the purpose of deciding whether r not we shall issue bonds to build hospital in No. 6 township. H. B. 108. An Act to validate a bontfl ,Rue in Kings Mountain for school purposes. This was to enable them to ell some bonds which had heretofore neon issued and could not be sold ow ing to some defect in a previous act. H. B. 109. An Act to enablement! telephone systems to collect their dues from members by authorizing them to i?iseonnect those who refused to pay. II. B. 110. An Act to prohibit the court solicitor from collecting a fee where the defendant submits or pleads .milty. This would only allow him a fee in cases which he actually pros tcuted. There has been some com plaint about the costs being too high in the Recorder's court and my idea was to try to relieve that situation. 1 am also of the opinion that the sheriffs fee for arrest should be re Juced from $2.00 to $1.00, but I am not interfering with that now. A? soon as I introduced the above bill I received a petition signed by every lawyer in Shelby asking that the bill not pass. Therefore I have withdrawn , the bill as it is not my purpose to try to enact laws that do not meet with the approval of the people. And I presume that the lawyers are more interested in this measure than any one else. H. B. 112. An Act to appoint a tax auditor for Cleveland county. This takes the matter of making out the . tax lists from the Register of Deeds and enables, the commissioners to ap point some one to attend to this mat ter. The commissioners at their reg ular meeting on the first Monday in December asked that I pass this meas ure. H. B. 113. An Act to repeal .the 25 cents tax on each bale of cotton and refund the money now collected back to the counties. In order to pass this ' " 1 had to submit to an amendment to " the bill that will allow the money to stay where it now is, but as it now 7 stands there will.be no 'further 'tax ' collected.- . H. B. 114. An Act to amend the di- vorce law so that in order to bring action for divorce on the ground of separation it is not necessary that the plaintiff be a resident of the state five years as is now required, and also to make permanent insanity a ground for divorce. This bill has se cured a favorable report from the committee and is now before the house to be voted upon. H. B. 116. An Act to place Catawba ; county in the 16th Judicial District. I was requested by a petition signed by twenty lawyers of Catawba coun ty asking that I try to pass this bill for them as their representative is ' republican and would not introduce the bill. This simply puts Catawba ir the same district with Cleveland. ' Trusting that this information will be satisfactory to you and the citi- sens of the county, and hoping that you will publish this letter for me. Thank God for S. C. The 1920 United States census shows that South Carolina still holds second place from the bottom of all the states of the union in illiteracy, according to a statement given out by John E. Swearingen, state superin tendent of education. The figures show that the burden of illiteracy is on the negro population for of the en tire black population 29.3 per ceptum can neither read nor write, compared with a percentage of 6.5 for the whites. Twelve states show a larger number of white illiterates than South Carolina and five states are larger percentage among the same class 5 ROWAN SCHOOLS VOTE TO CONSOLIDATE SCHOOL Salkburv. Dec. 13. Five school dis tricts in the Mount Ulla and Bear Poplar neighborhood of, Rowan coun ty today voted to consolidate the elec tion carrvinir by a good majomj W0 building on a 10 acre lot and pecial tax levy of 4o cents. Box Supper at New House -There will be a box supper at New House School. Saturday night,' Dec. 37th. Proceeds for the benefit pMhe school. The public is cordially limieJ. THE 10 MILLION DOLLAR APPROP, RIATION fX)Il RUSSIANS -Urged Upon Congress by Secretary Hoover, Wh0 Says Public Charity Will Not Solve Problem Washington, Dec. ; 13. -Effective ood re,,ef in Russiamust be Xin! istered by congressional action, Sec retary Hoover declared-to the house foreign affairs comrr.itton f.. asking an appropriation of $20,000,000 for the purchase of food supplies for starving Russia. The question could no ha i by public charity, he added, explain ing that voluntary contributions to Russian relief work since August had not amount to $500,000. In urging purchase of twice the amount of grain recommended last week by President Harding in his message to Congress and as called for in the Fordnev bill to appropriate $10,000 win fn purcnase of 10,000,000 bushels of corn and 1,000,000 bushels of seed grain, Mr. Hoover said that the "sit uation required it." The supplies con templated in the Fordney bill, he de clared, were inadequate. In addition to the grain, he said, that 100,000 cas es;; ofndensed.milk should he. sent for Russia. James P. Goodrich, former gover nor of Indiana, and Vennon Kellogg of Washington, both of whom recent- y returned from Russia, where thev studied the famine situation, joined the. commerce ..secretary- in ureinir that a $20,000,000 appropriation be rushed through Congress. LONG STAPLE COTTON INTERESTS GASTONIANS Farmers of That County Have Or ganized and Will Push Early Ma turing Variety Gastonia, Dec. 13. With a mem bership of 75 cotton farmers of Gas ton and adjoining counties, the Gas ton County Webber Cotton club, the long staple cotton growing organiz ation of the county, at an enthusiastic meeting held Saturday instructed the county agent to place an order , for some 500 or 700 bushels of Webber long staple cotton seed, strain 49-4, representing the earliest and best of Dr. Coker's long staple cotton from his farm at Hartsville, S. C. From a small nucleus organized here three weeks ago . the group of Gaston county farmers who wish to propagate the growth of a better grade of cotton in Gaston county his grown to a membership of 75. It is expected that the number will easily be increased to 100. Orders for more than 600 bushels of seed are already on file. This will probably be increas ed to a whole carload of 1,000 bush els, as it is expected that many more will join the clubs as its advantages are pointed out and as the contagion spreads among the farmers of the county and adjoining sections. MORSE IS UNDER BOND OF $50,000 Washington, Dec. 13. Charles W. Morse, of New York, who was re called to this county from France by Attorney General Daugherty was served today with a warrant alleging conspiracy to defraud the govetnmenv and the Emergency Fleet corporation in which the United States is a stock holder. Arraigned before United States Commissioner Isaac R. Hitt, Mr Morse pleaded not guilty and upon waiver of hearing was freed from cus tody 'ipon $50,000 bond to await the action of the grand jury. The war rant, which was issued upon complaint of Frank Burke, manager of-the'tn vestigation department .of the snip- pin board, was served on Mr. Morse in Commissioner Hitt's office in ; the presence of his attorney, Wilton J. Lambert, and District Attorney Gor don."-' " --" ; BILL WOULD STOP FREE TELEPHONE USE Representative Peyton McSwain has introduced a bill in the roccial session of the General Assembly which would stop the free use of tel ephones on party line.' From the best information obtainable, parlies on ru ral lines have not been paying their exchange rent but at the same time have been calling parties' on the same line without asking the exchange to do the rinsringjn order to n.ake par ties pay thus using rural telephone lines in Cleveland and several other counties in this part of the state, a bill has been introduced that will com pell these people to pay the exchange CnargeS Or OS aenieu uie servin: At Central Methodist Church " Tlie themes announced-; tor for his Sunday sermons are: 11 a. m." The pre-eminence ChKrit." , 7 p. m. "Stock - Taking." . Rnndnv school meet at 9:45 a. of m. andMhe Epwtfrth League at 6:15 p. m. -YoVwiiCmeet with a warm wel come at any of these services. CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C FRIDAY, DEC. Home for Christmas Our hearts are all a-flutter, our faces all aglow, The weather doesn't matter, it may rain or it may snow; Dad and mammy, lad and lassie, and we babies lauirh in irlee At the bustle of the students, hasten ing to the old roof tree All going home for Christmas. And the old folks in the home nest, be it cot or mansion wide, Thru open door sending welcome, on the flood of Christmastide, To kith and kin and sometimes strang er, for this day of merry cheer, Kept in hope and faith and loving, this one day m every year All welcome home for Christmas. Tis the birthtime of the Christ-child, we have kept two thousand years; Tis the glory of his life work shining thru a mist of tears, Tis the fragrance of the lilies that ...... has come across the sea. , Tis the love we bear our brother that brings peace to you and mei " ' Till we all go home for ChriBtmasf M. D. N., in Wallace's Farmer. interesting Visitors Here Among the interesting visitors pending Sunday in the city with rel atives were: Judge James L. Webb, Mrs. Webb, Mr. and Mrs. Robert An drews, Mrs. O. Max Gardner and sons, James Webb and Ralph, of Shelby; and Mrs. Joe Lancy and Joe Lancy, Jr., of Birmingham, Ala. Judge Webb left on the evening train for Greens boro, N. C, where he is holding court for two weeks. Gaffney Ledger. Mr. J. W. McCombs and Mrs. Gleaves Married in Wytheville, Va. The following which we clip from Wytheville, Va. paper of last week will be of keen interest to many Shel by friends of both the contracting parties who spent much of their time here. The bride is an aunt of Mrs. P. L. Hennessa - of this place and has at various times been a frequent winter visitor in Shelby. Mr. McComb is from Charlotte but last year was the popu- ar day clerk at the Central hotel: Mr. J. W, McComb, ' of Charlotte, North Carolina, and Mrs. Susie Gleaves, of Wytheville, were quietly married last night at the home of the bride on Church street, in the pres ence of a few friends. Rev. F. J. Brooke, Jr., was the officiating minis- te. Cecelia Musi Clwb W ith Mi s. Will Harris At her attrae.'-! homo on North LaFayette street Mrs. Will J,-JIaHr was c' most plesng hostess to ' ihe membership of tht; CecelU Music club and a few invited guests last Wed nesday afternoon. ' ' "";"; r The large livnv room was espec- iallv attractive with a wealth of Christmas decorations. The mantle was banked in beautiful berried hol- y and mistletoe, and floor vases and iardiniieis-massed with cedar and holly were effectively placed about the rooms, which were thrown en suite. ' '.".", ; . In the midst of these pleasing sur roundings the following interesting oroeram was rendered: Round Table Ralph Cox, tnaries W. Coombs, Eleanor E. Freer Mrs. Gardner. Trio Peggy Misses Bostic, Willis and Mrs. Webb Violin Solo Selected Mrs. Schenck Zmas Carol Club. Vocal Duet Miss Bostic and Mrs Webb. ' . " Instrumental Solo Mrs. . Frank Love.-.' ' " V . , ... 1 ! vocal solo Bliss niaoei vuuin. Instrumental Duet Misses Parish and Faye Durham. At the conclusion of the program the hostess assisted by her mother Mrs. W. Whisnant, Mrs. Frank Harris served an elegant salad course and accessories. Those enjoying this charminBr hospitality beside the reg ular members were: Mrs. Frank Love of Lincolnton. Mrs. J. H. Hull, Mrs Oscar Suttle, Mrs. P. N. Pyle, Miss Morris of Boiling Springs, and Mrs Geer of Canton. , Miss May Kendall Charming Club Hostess The approaching social Christmas calender is already being marked with hrltrht and attractive affairs. Oh yes terday afternoon Miss May Kendall was a charming hostess 10 tne mem bcrnhip ftf h Jsfrpning club at their literary meeting. The room 1 in which these young club women as sembled was maae attractive vinv with lovely Christmas decora. tiona and quantities of lovely bloom ing narcissus. . - The subject for & afternoon's stu dy was "Some American Uumonsu Miss Elizabeth Ebeltoft opened the programi with a most entertaining article which included the life and works of both Artemus Ward" and , "Bill Arp" while Mrs. J. S. Dorfc delighted her hearers with a splendid paper' ort that beloved humorist, "Mark Twain." -' .; During the social hour, the hostess: assisted by Misses Lucy Hamrick and j Elizabeth McBrayer served an elab orate 'salad course and accessories. Tose Invited beside the regular club i. members were Mrs. Joe , Lacy of Woodward, Ala., and her sister, Miss Sue Andrews of Charlotte, both form er members, and Miss Agnes Mc Brayer. nome Economics The, Home Economics department of the woman's club will not meet Mon day, December 19 as scheduled on ac- j count of it being Christmas week. I Chicora Club to Meet This Afternoon The Chicora club will convene tihs afternoon with Mrs. Lander McBrayer at her home on North LaFayette St.; The hour of meeting is 3:30 o'clock. Week-end House Party imk Judie Bctie;CtCTM,at a, delightful ; week-end house party at her home on East Graham street l honor of her neice, Miss Bertha Bos tic. In real southern style of hospitaliW did Miss Bostic threw open the doorH of her home on last Saturday anc Sunday to the following fortunat guests: Miss Elizabeth - Mcurayer, of this place Misses Lide, Taylor and Morris of the Boiling Springs High School faculty, Messrs. Grady Put-" nam, Bridges, Chas. Burros, Roberta , Doggett and William McCord, the lat- ter three being Sunday guests. j Young People's Missionary Society Entertained by Miss Anthony The! Young People's Missionary so;, ciety if Central Methodist church me Tuesday afternoon with Miss Eliza ' beth Anthony. As it was the time for the election of officers the reeular program wa omittea. The following officers belnQ elected:: Mrs. Clyde Short, president Mrs. Herman Eskridge, vice presi, dent; Miss Ethel Ciine, secretary Mrs. John Beam, treasurer, At the conclusion of the meeting the a a. !.i.J V MvftiA nrvfv1 , delicious refreshments. j RECORDER'S COURT FOR LAST TWO WEEKS I The following cases were disposed ! P,J0. Foil. Pmirt vrithhl th- U& Sit IVvtVlUi m ...... , past twoeeks: and coats. - WiU Davis, C. C. W., guilty, fined $75 and costs.- ' " "" - Oscar Byars, C. C. W., guilty, fined $50 and costs. Bill Whisnant, affray, not guilty, Fred Freeman, affray, guilty harged with costs. " " Woody Creasy, affray, guUty charged with costs. , j- V. B. Hanks, D. D. C, guilty, finer? S. M. Morrison and S. C, LedfonT A. and B., not guilty. Arthur Wilson, A. D. W., guilty, fined $20 and costs. Lewis Ramseur, A. D. W., not guil ty. - Alex Dellmger larceny, not guil ty- ' . . John Wilson, grand larceny, held for grand jury. George Wilson, grand larceny, held for grand jury. Hosea Beaver; aiding and abetting In grand larceny, nol. pros. . Hal Mintz, D.-D- C guilty, fined $5 and costs. Rex Mitchem, A. D. W., guilty, charged with costs. Green Matherly, D. D. C, guilty; fined $5 and costs. Ben Nance, D. D. C, guilty, 30 days on roads. Ben Nance, D. D. C, guilty, 30 days on roads. Alfred Brackett, violating compul sory-attendance school law, guilty, fined $5 and costs. In Re: Horace Hull, contempt 01 court, adjudged in contempt for fail ure to appear as witness after being subpoenaed, fined $10 and costs, ap pealed. " '" L. C. Turner, forgery, ' neia ior grand jury. David Wilson, A. and is., guilty, fined $5 and costs. Jesse Biddix, D. D. C, guilty, fined $5 and costs. Dock Wright, retailing, nol pros, witn leave. v'; ' ; ':- ' Will Seeley, transporting and ' re ceiving, guilty, fined $50 and costs. faris Heffner, transporting ana re- ceiving, guilty, finlOo(rTmacv5StS Box Supper at New McBrayer'a There will be a box supper at the new McBrayer school house Thurs- day. night. .December 22. Everybody is cordially iffvited to attend."" ' " 16, 1921. 1 SALES (LAX young people WANT a I Continue foi ViM TD PI IRPI4 A I UUI rUlVrlUL WILiLj 0H.L.L1 1WU : r" ri tp iwp THI5! SAI F ru m rrro 111 1 1 11 IJUS Rbai Jin, COME EARLY AND BR08" in all its details, just once; come ' -- HUFQCJCC UtS.EO0EO I A $25.00 Corf 2 for i. f$29.96 $35.00 Coi 2 for ;50.co Co, ''4 1 Q Qfi 2 for -J f w w " - I I I J I f )UTING 1 yard 16 c 'i yaq . 1 yard Z yaf tmn MIETT DIES OF PARALYSIS Has Stroke of Paralysis While on The Job Leaves Wife and Ten Children Mr. Dan L. Jarrett died Thursday morning at .1 o'clock following a stroke of paralysis which he suffered Wednesday- afternoon at 3 o'clock while helping his son Arthur erect a new home. Mr. Jarrett has been in usual good health, in fact for the past few weeks his health had been better than usual except for the fact that he had suffered for sometime with high blood pressure. Mr. Jarrett was born in Catawba county 68 years ago. He moved to Cleveland and lived in No. 10 town ship for about 15 years where he en gaged in farming. All of his life he has been a farmer and carpenter and was greatly beloved by all who knew him. He was married to Miss Martha Willis who survives with the follow - ing children: Mrs. R. W. McCurry of Kings Mountain, Geo. T. Jarrett of Cherryville, Mrs. Zeb Blanton, Mrs. Thad Peters, Mrs. T. B. Camp of Danville, Va. Mrs. M. E. Threat, B. F. Jarrett who has just returned from Detroit, Michigan, Lester Jarrett who lives in the west, Arthur and Miss Ellen who are at home. Deceased was a consecrated Chris tian, devoted to his church and fam ily. The news of his untimely death is a source of great sorrow to .his many friends h fUHful wilHe-endaeted. Fr dav mornine at 11 o'clock from the LaFayette street Methodist church where he was a member and the Inter ment will be at Zoar. Rev. E. B. Stab ler assisted by Rev. J. F. Moser of Cherryville will conduct the funeral XT (TAN L. JAI $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE ExperienjjUDGE fflfJlii juuua vviiiiii UEUUWLLS'.: NKiHT LIKE If they Might Once See The Shame Exposed, They Would Stop Joy Riding Late at Night From Greensboro News: -.Following the evidence and argu ment of lawyers speaking in regard to clemency for the defendant in a par- ' ticularly sordid case in Guilford Su perior court yesterday, Judge James L. Webb, presiding, spoke briefly but not the less convincingly concerning immorality and the connection be tween it and automobile "joy" rides and other things he considers demor- 1 alizing for the young. ine case was tne state vs. John T. Marshburn, a married man, charged with seduction. Marshburn plead guil ty to violation of the law against pros titution and was sentenced to six months en the roads.. Several witnesses took the stand, all of them, with the exception of , ,,the ; father of the 'chief prosecuting wit ness, Edith Stanley being young peo ple. Three of them,including Miss Stanley, are girls. The evidence, while contradictory in 'some respect, was alike in that it showed Marshburn, had jleft his wifo and children and gone with the girl to Durham, wherd they stayed about three weeks, living as man and wife. There was a split in Jthe testimony as to whether Miss Stanley had been told that Marsh burn was a married man; she stating otherwise, while a girl witness said that she had told Miss Stanley that Marshburn was married and had been In reply that she didn't carew Tii,1o.a Wfthli ovnroauorl tha lulah that tne boys and girls In North tar U agC 860 - jjusi Bucn a ease as nau oeen ,iaia hear the evidence and see the prin- Icinals navine theh ncnalty of having tner name Put before all who might ee, and then go back , home. ,.,Th (judge thought that it would nave a powerful effect for good on the lives of the young people. The case brought out the fact of - in automobile ride, two girls and three boys. Judge Webb spoke quietly,, not raising his voice beyond a conversa tional tone, but his strictures against the "joy" ride were unreserved. , He referred to the case, a girl destroyed, l home destroyed, a father and moth er heartbroken. Judge Webb spoke of heavy-hearted mothers and fathers who sit at home while their children are out, dreading, fearing that eat day may bring some ugly teport against their own children. - ' Quiet held the courtroom as Judge Webb talked. Strange rides witn strange persons, outings at ... night, late picture shows he ran over what he condemned as harmful to the young. There should be a curfew law, he said, one that would require all arsons under 18 to be off the streets and at home after 8:30 every night. FARMER SHOOTS WIFE , THEN SHOOTS HIMSELF Henrietta Man Has No Chance for Life, But His Wife Has Both in Hospital From Gaffney Ledger: Ike Hammett, middle-aged farmer, shot his wife twice and turning the gun upon himself fired a bullet into his own chest at Henrietta, N. C, 15 miles from here, Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock. They were taken to the Rutherfordton," N. Cr hospital. Mrs. Hammett has a chance to recover, but Mr. Hammett is expected to die, ac cording to reports received here yes terday. Mr. and Mrs. Hammett separated early this year, and for the past months Mr. Hammett has been living in Gaffney. Mrs. Hammett - was in this city Saturday, and the two were seen on the streets together. Mr. Hammett owns a house and lot at Henrietta and a farm near that ' place also. He and his wjfe are said to have had domestic difficulties in the past. Before marriage Mrs., Hammett was Miss Carrie Newman, of North Carolina. There are no children In the family. Mr. Hammett is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Hammett, who now live in North Carolina. He was born and reared at "Hammett Town", about 11 miles - from Gaffney. For the past several years he and his wife lived at Henrietta. Leaving Gaffney Tuesday morning, Mr. Hammett went to Henrietta to t - 4 ? -bi-w i 1 tvt-tha. puxpose-oLeffccti. ing a reconciliation or niviamg me property, it is supposed. It is re ported that just before the shooting he told hl3 wife that if they could not live together they could die toe-ether. They v ere maw led a gooj
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