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8 PAGES TODAY , , , By mat], per year (In advance) $3.60 •'.DNKSD'V, MAY 22, 192!) Published Monday, Wednesday, and Bnday Afternoons carrier, per year (inadvance) $3.oc LATE NEWS Xhe Markets. Cotton, pe rpound .... 18c Cotton Seed, per bu.__ 48c Fair And Warmer. Today’s North Carolina Weather Report: Fair and not unite so cold tonight. Tuesday fair and slightly warmer. Settle Tunncy Suit. Late news dispatches this morn ing stated that the suit against ^ Gene Tunney, former heavyweight champion, by Mrs. Katherine Fog arty for a shattered romance with the ex-champ had been settled. Mrs. Fogarty, a divorcee end mother «f a child of 10, was preparing, ear lier dispatches stated, to sue Tun ’’ ney tor $500,000 because she said he married Polly Lauder after car rying on a romance with her. South Shelby Finals To Open Tomorrow Eve * Annual Declamation And Recitation Contest On Friday. Eve. Spelling Medal. The commencement exercises of tile South Shelby school will begin Thursday evening May 23 at 8 o'clock and continue through Fri day evening May 24. On Thursday evening grades 1-5 v. ill render a diversified program of drills, songs and playetts. Music will be furnished by the Toy Sym phony orchestra and the South Shelby band under the direction of Mrs. Plaster and Mr. Sinclair. An operetta entitled "Mid-Summer's Eve'* will be presented by pupils from all the grades and will feature *■ this program. A small admission charge will be made for this enter tainment in order to make the final payment on the school radio which was purchased in October. On Friday evening at 8 o'clock the annual declamation and recita tion contests will be held. The pre liminaries for these contests were held last Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock at which time there were twenty-three contestants. Four boys end four girls were chosen for the linal contest Friday evening. Con ^ testants for the Paul Webb P.eader’s medal follow: 1. -The Little Rebel —Hattie May Humphries. . "Betty at the Ball Game — Aileen Jones. 3. "Mandy's Funeral”—Elizabeth Hughes. 4. ‘Riding the Elephant”—Ruby Taylor. Contestants for the O. M. Mull (Reclaimer's medal follow-s: ^ 1. "Citizenship”—Clarence Queen. 2. "Development of the Con stitution”—Clyde Williams. 3. "German Plan of World Dom ination”—Onnie Baker. 4. "The National V Flag”—Floyd Green. < Mr. John Schenck, jr„ is giving a beautiful gold medal to the best speller in the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades. This contest was held this morning at 9 o’clock and the winner will be announced Friday evening. The girls’ and boys’ chorus composed of seventy of the best voices in the school will render several selec tions. These choruses will be direct ed by Mrs. H. S. Plaster, supervision of music in the South Shelby school. Local Golfers To Play In Tourney •> - Mr. H. C. (Shorty) Long and “Snooks" Webb, kid brother of Pete Webb, the Junior Carollnas golf champion, will go to Charlotte this week where on Thursday they will enter the qualifying rounds of the invitation tournament for the two Carollnas on the Charlotte Country club course. Young Webb since his brother has not been playing regu larly is the outstanding golfer of the Cleveland Springs club while Long is one of the best on the local course and both should take high ranking in the qualifying rounds. < i Few Dictionaries Left, Star Offer Only a few more of the Webster collegiate diction aries remain on The Star's bargain subscription offer. As long as the present ship ment lasts The Star is giving this late dictionary with all the new words for 65 cents in addition to the price of a year's subscription. The regu lar price of the dictionary is $3.50—but by The Star offer a year’s subscription to The Star (by mail) and the dic tionary cost only $3-5- the paper for a year (by carrier in Shelby) and the dictionary, $3.65. Get In your subscription right away while some of th; dictionaries remain. Special Train Arranged Now For Chapzl Hill Hope To Have Two Or Three Hun dred Make Trip To Cham pionship Game-. Definite arrangements have been completed, it is announced by Southern Railway officials, for a special train to be run from Shelby to Chapel Hill Satur day for the state championship game there between the Shelby highs and the Kaeford team. The Southern asked that 125 passengers be guaranteed before promising a .special train with six passenger coaches and a baggage coach which will be used as re freshment car. Supt. Griffin along with Shelby citizens then began 3 drive to have business men of the town bear the expenses on the train ot the high school band so that that much of the number would be as sured. Latest indications today were that the entire band will be able to go, and it Is now thought that there will be more than 200 people on the train since numerous people from Forest City and other point; have indicated a desire *r> sec the game. The regular one-way fare t> Chapel Hill is $7.34 cents tut on the special train the round-trip may be made for $5, less than fare one way. The train will leave Shelby about 6:30 Saturday morning, wih reach Chapel Hill In time for the game and start the return trip im mediately after the game, arriving back in Shelby between 11 and 12 o'clock Saturday night. All parents and fans who plan to attend the game are asked to notify Supt. Grit fin, or Messrs. Wyeth Rovster and Vernon Proctbr so that the guar anteed crowd my be assured How ever the train will be able to carry all who may decide to go at the last minute. Team Off Friday. Coach Morris and his western championship team will not go on the special, but will leave Shelby Friday so that they may practice on the Chapel Hill diamond Friday afternoon and Saturday. The town and several sections of the county are highly enthused over the local outfit and there is little acubt but what there will be several hundred people on the sidelines in Chapel Hdl Saturday afternoon. Reports reaching Shelby have it that six o: seven members of the Raeford team hit from the left side cf the plate and such being the case Coach Morris may start his portsider ‘ Lefty’' Moore against the Raeford boys with Hamrick, who has turned in six wins, held in reserve But what Morris will do no one knows but Morris and he may not decide definitely until the umpire starts the game Saturday after noon. Local business houses are making plans for receiving a detailed re port of the game and local people unable to attend may keep up with the progress of Shelby’s third clash for state-wide honors. Mr. And Mrs. Bridges Hurt In Auto Crash Two cars dirven by Mr. Coleman Bridges and by Mr. Yates Putnam collided Monday evening on South La Faye i-- street and both Mr. and Mrs. Bridges were somewhat injur ed. Mrs. Bridges was thrown from the ca’- and shaken up while her husband, it is said, received a lac eration on the head. Mr. Putnam was accompanied by two of hi two brothers. Only Fourth Of Property Listed; Nine Days To Go Tax listing in Cleveland county has been unusually slow so far this year, aecord ingto Mr. IV. It. Newton, tax supervisor. So far, he says, only about 25 percent of the property in the county has been listed and only nine da's remain in which to list taxes during the month. The average amount of property in Shelby and No C township listed so far may i not reach the 25 percent mark, he added, but some of the listers in other townships of the county have listed more. Western Champions Licked By Belmont Abbey Here Tuesday l’atcbrd-un Team Drops Comedy Of Krrors, And Ronehrad Mays Herr. After winning site or seven . stsatght games the Shelby high* yesterday lest what was supposed to be a hall game to the. strong Belmont Abbey team 8 to 7, The Shelby outfit started the game minus the services of Capt. Lee shortstop, who was taking c rest, and the last three innings were played with only three Shelby re gulars ir. their accustomed posi tions. As ’t was Shelby would have won had not a small boy picked up a wild throw near the grand stand, the blocked ball sending a Shelby runner who had scared back to third. Just how many errors and bone head plays the two team:, pulled of during the afternoon evaded the calculation of the scorekeeper. Comic plays, wild throws, nnd un heard of baseball made the affair a comedy for Shelby fans who for the first time in six games relaxed end took it easy with no worry about being eliminated from the race. Of the eight runs the visitors earned only about two and base stealing and fielding turned into rough-and-tumble footba'l at times v.ith the players roughing it up tather freely Takes One Out, Several times Belmont players go ing into second ran full :peed into the player covering the base, while on one occasion when Rippy took second the player on the bag for Belmont lay down upon him so that he could not advance on the wild throw. These clashes together with several decisions on bases had tho. players considerably worked up. About mid-game the Belmont third sacker slid into Bridges on second a bit roughtly, and after passing a few kicks on the ground Bridges took a swing for the visitor's head, but was immediately taken from the game and sent to the club house by Coach Morris. A running one-hand catch by Boston in rightfield, the hitting and base-running of the Belmont first baseman, and the fielding of Rippy on third were the lone features of real baseball exhibited in the com edy. Eserhcrdt, rightfielder. secur ed four hits cut of four trips up and Gold hit three times out of five. Belmont secured one nwe hit off , ''Lefty'' Moore than did the locals 'off of the Belmont hurler. With Lee out of the game GoW was switched to his old position at short, and Rippy was brought in [from leftfield to play third with McSwain playing leftfie’d After Bridges was removed the only three (Continued on page eight.) Coporate Wealth Of Cleveland County Is Over Ten Millions Decrease Is Shown In Corporate Wealth Of Entire State. Raleigh.—Corporate wealth i n North Carolina decreased almost ten millions of dollars in valuation from 1927 to 1928. decreases having been shown in 72 of the 100 coun ties, of which only 28 showed gains, according to figures compiled in the office of LeRoy Martin, executive secretary of the state board of equalization, from figures in the of fice of the department of revenue. The greatest decrease in any county was in Buncombe, which showed $26,722,235 in 1927, as com pared with $24,638,014 in 1928, or a decrease of $2,084,221. New Han over and Nash were close seconds, the former showing a decrease of $1,790,031, or from $15,844,544 to $14,054,513, while the latter dropped from $7,282,049 to $5,523,165. or $1, 758.884. Increase In Gaston. Gaston county led in increase be tween the two years with $2,946, 987, or from $47,201,267 to $50,148, 254, with Cabarrus a,s a close sec ond, showing an increase of $2,610, 7C1, or from $21,387,476 to $23,998, 177. Bladen with an increase of $1, 159,737, from $2,436,239 to $3,495, 976, was the only other county show ing an increase amounting to a million dollars. Guilford county leads the state in value of corporate wealth, with $62. 538,441. Mecklenburg is second with $54,499,239; Gaston third, $47,201. 267; Forsyth fourth, $36,464,896; Durham fifth, $27,161,387; Bun combe sixth, $26,722,235; Cabarrus seventh, $21,387,476; Wake eighth, $20,793,694; New' Hanover 9th, $15, 844,544, and Rowan tenth, $15,713, 111. A few of the other leaders, in rank, are Davidson, $15,372,245; Rutherford, $14,810,615; Halifax, $13,616,118; Iredell, $13,558,317: Richmond. $12,798,876; Catawba $11, 706,740: McDowell, 11,576,603: Rob eson, $11,513,109; Cleveland, $10, ,349,729. Randolph, 10,231,299. j “Casey” Morris To Return Here; So Will Sinclair Athletic Director And Musical Di rector Of High School Accept Contracts. Casey Morris will be back at Shelby High next year to direct the high school and city schools ath letics. That announcement made by city school officials here today will be ol considerable interest ui that it comes Just two days beiore the Shelby athletic director leaves for Chapel Hill with his Shelby team to seek the town's third baseball crown. Along with the Morris announce ment Was another one of interest which stated that Prof, W. T. Sin clair would also return to Shelby as musical director and trainer of the school bands and glee, clubs. Prof Sinclair's Shelby High band only recently won the Class n band hon ors in the state-wide contests. Both Winners. Morris and Sinclair both accept ed their reelection to the school faculty this week. The defeat of the special school tax election and the announcement of the new board that all faculty members here would go on the state salary,schedule w ith no supplements made it doubtful if either Morris or Sinclair, both sought by larger schools would re turn. Howc\er Shelby citizens inter ested in athletics and music added to the school board offer in order to retain them and both were re turned. Prof. Sinclair since coming to Shelby has accomplished wonders with the young musicians of the town and lias developed numerous individual performers of note in ad dition to his championship band. Casey Morris in four years of coaching here has won the state baseball crown one time and will play Raeford Saturday for the title again, and his other achievements with the Shelby boys include two western baseball championships, and two football teams which moved twice to the western semi-finals. In addition to his work with the high school athletic teams lie conducts daily exercises and athletic instruc tion at the various schools of the city with all students participating, the grammar grade track meet here today bringing together all lthe youngsters of the town in a central | ized contest. Shelby Man Brings 4 Fruit Flies From Florida To Shelby Is stopped, Searched And Sprayed Five Times By Government Men In Florida. Mr. ana Mrs Luico M Hull, just buck from their winter home in Florida brought with them from Orlando four fine specimens of the Mediterranean fruit fly which has caused so much consternation there with the fear that the fly may de stroy the citrus and fruit crops. Mr. Hull has the four flys, some what smaller than a hot.se fly w>!h brown striped wings, in a small vinl of alcohol along with larvae and cocoons from which the flies de velop. Sheiby people whc are be ■i.ng to wonder where their nex* oranges and grapefruit will come from are showing considerable in terest in the pest which has already caused 2,900 government workers to go to Orlando in the attempt t > c’T.dicate the fly. The fly, it is said, stings the orange or other fruit and leaves an egg. the egg cevelops into a “skipper,” or larvae, which plavs havoc wnth the fruit, before turn ing into a cocoon and then to the fruit fly itself. Before leaving Orlando Mr. Hull picked some oranges from one of their groves there, hoping to fret some fruit back to Shelby. The fruit was placed in a small pantry there and in a day or sj he noticed the flies all over the window. Coin ing back the Shelby party was stop ped five times between Orlando and Augusta, Georgia, by government workers who opened their bags and searched the car closely to see that no oranges or other fruit was com ing out of the state. After the search the car was sprayed sinre the state of Georgia is putting for'h every effort to keep the dangerous fly from moving north out of Flor ida. With such a particular search of cars five times each day Mr. Hull is of the opinion that very little contraband booze from Cuba is be ing brought up from Florida theS? days. St. Peters Memorial. Memorial services will be held at St Peters church on Sunday, May ^ti, with dinner on the grounds? Heads Pilgrimage Following the precepts of her great grandfather, Daniel O’Connell, the emancipator, Miss A. O’Connell Hayes will soon lead a pilgrimage to Dub in. Ireland, to take part in the elaborate ceremonies to be Meld there in connection with he centenary celebration of Catholic emancipation, for which Daniel O’Connell was in a large measure responsible. (lnttrnatloaaJ N*wsrcel) Bulwinkle Speaks At Closing Program Of Boiling Springs Graduating Exercises This Morning Concludes Junior College Com mencement Program. The first commencement of Boil ing Springs as the Baptist junior college tor this section ended there about roon today with the annual literary address by Major A. L. Bul winkle, former congressman from this district. The Bulwinkle address was pre ceded by the graduating exercise; in which Roy Hammett was vale dictorian and Janie Wilson wai salutatorian. Last night the annual play. “The Barber oi Seville,'' was given b> the literary societies of the college. Good Attendance. The entire commencement pro gram, beginning with the annual sermon last Sunday night, were well attended, those in attendance coming from all sections of Ruth erford and Cleveland counties and other parts of this state and South Carolina. County Couples In Gaffney Weddings The following couples from this county were married by Probate Judge Lake W, Stroup last week in Gaffney, South Carolina: Cam McElroy and Cora Sailers, both of Shelby: Bailey Gold and Verna Mac Mode, both of Shelby; Grady McCurry and Geneva Led ford. both of Shelby; John Stroup i\nd Florence Shelton both of Kings Mountain; Nolan Garner and Vio let Allison, both of Kings Moun tain. Shelby Boy To Get Military Training A dispatch from Davidson college states that L. C. Roberts, son of Capt, and Mrs. J. Frank Roberts, of Shelby, was one of the 25 David son students selected to take ad vanced military training at Camp McClellan, Alabama, this summer. Those selected are awarded a sec ond lieutenant's commission at the end of the four years training. Publisher Of Star Improves At Hospital Mr. Lee B. Weathers president and publisher of The Star, is im pioving nicely at the Shelby hos pital following a severe operation there one week ago. Despite his steady improvement, however, he will be in the hospital for another week, it was stated today. Memorial At New Bethel. There will be memorial services at New Bethel church Sunday. Mr. John Mull will make the address fit 10:30 o’clock, followed by a ser mon by the pastor. Rev J W. Cut tie. Dinner will be served on the ground. Retiring City Fathers Hold Their Last Regular Confab Tuesday Night I'nless someth Inc hobs up in city affairs to demand urgent action on their part the retir ing city fat liers of Shelby anil Mayor \V. N. Dorsey have held tlieir last meeting together. The session was the regular mid-month aldermanle meet ing last night in the city hall, hut in adjourning Alderman John Sehenek, jr., a member of the hoard-elect as well as of the retiring board, had the minutes so arranged that If nec essary a call meeting of the hoard may be held prior to the swearing in of the McMurrv ad ministration a week from the coming Saturday. Friendly Meeting. "It was a very quiet meeting —in fact, mention was made of the lack of delegations and peti tions in view of the fact that it was our last regular session.' Mayor Dorsey declared today. "We transacted no business of any great importance other than the paying of several hills and such minor matters. In the lulls we talked over with each other our relations together as mayor and hoard members, and it. was remembered that, al though we all have not agreed at all .times, w hich was not humanly possible, we have never split up in anger. and always have managed to maintain a friendly spirit of cooperation. In view of the fact that we ■nl(ht not again assemble as an official body mutual regards and best wishes were passed be fore we adjourned." Incidentally It was noted at the meeting that Mayor Dorsey has never faced the necessity of casting a vote In board meet ings to break a tie between the four aldermen. On the other hand, It was pointed out, nearly every vote during the two years turned out to be unanimous. New Hoard Meeting, Mayor-elect MeMurry has been out of town for several days but well-founded reports have It that he may meet with his board-elect for an informal, get- ac>|ualnted session about next Monday or Tuesday night. Meantime a doxen or more ap plicants for rity Jobs are mark ing time—and a bit nervously at that as the incoming adminis tration is asking that every application hr; submitted In writing with nothing being said until official action is taken. Future Of Liquor Law May Depend Upon Study Of Group President's Commission Studying Enforcement May Influence The Statute. Washington. May -M—Eleven prominent Americans, ten lawyers pnd a woman educatm-, chosen . President Hoover to be members of Ms national law enforcement, com mission, will gather around a con icrence table here this week to la;, plans for .nvestigatlng and attemp* ing to find the remedy for lawless ness in the Lnlted States. George W. Wiekersham. of New York city, attomey general in the Taft administration and president of the American Law Institute, will sit at the head of the tab!; a;, chairman with another former cabinet officer, Newton I) Baknr 11 Cleveland, war secretary in the Wilson administration, sittinc at his light as tanking member of the commission Three Jurists. The others will be three fed eral judges, William S. Kenyon, of Iowa; William I. Grubb, of Ala bama, and Paul J. McCormick, of California; four eminent attorneys, Roscoe Pound of the Harvard law school; Henry W. Anderson, of Rich mond. Va., Monte M. Lemann, of New Orleans, president of * he Louis iana Bar association, and Prank J Loesch. vice persident of the Chicago crime commission; a former Jurist. Kenneth R. Mackintosh, of Washington State, and one educa tor, Miss Ada L. Momstock. presi dent of Radcliffc college, Cambridge Mass. The commission is expected to get at Its work within a short time and concededly has before it the most stupendous undertaking of any country. Guesses as to the length of time it will require for the com pletion of the job vary, but even the most optimistic agree that a final report is not to be expected within a year and a half or two years. Dry I.aw Topic. While the official White House announcement of the personnel des ignated the body as the national law enforcement commission, its chief function appears to be asso ciated in the popular mind with pro hibition enforcement. This trend of thought is clearly reflected in the comments on the selections made by leading members of congress. Generally speaking these com ments were favorable, with some of the drys as well as the wets rather Big Snake Strikes At A Toluca Woman Working In Kitchen l Special to The Star.) Toluca. May 22.—Mrs. Alvin Oral, of this section, had a very rrrlfylng experience with a big nake while working in her 'litrhen recently. Mrs. Deal had slopped to pick up a piece of paper near the cupboard when a big black snake ran up the wall and struck at her. the snake’* fangs missing her face not more than an inch or so. The snake when killed measured four feet. ^olkville Community Club To Hold Meet A called meeting of the Polkville community club will be held Sat urday afternoon. May 25, at three [o’clock at the home of Mrs. W. A. Covington. Important business will be transacted and all members are urged to be present. Hopper Reunion. The annual Hopper reunion and memorial will be held with the Buffalo people at Buffalo church in South Carolina on the fourth Sat urday in May. Rev. Jenkins-of Boil ing Springs will deliver the mem orial address at eleven o'clock. All relatives and friends are cordially invited to attend. Dinner will be served on the ground. enthusiastic and decidedly hopeful of some concrete results so far as the v. hole prohibition question is con cerned. One man prominent among the anti-prohlbitionists, Senator Edge of New Jersey, called on the extremists on both sides of the controversy to let the commission function and reach its conclusions witnout inter ference from them in the way of the inquiry. The political importance of the icport of the commission has not been overlooked in the make-up of the tribunal. The selection of an outstanding Republican like former Attorney-General Wickersham and an outstanding Democrat like for mer Secretary of War Newton D. Baker is calculated to take the sub (Continued on page eight.) Capt. Ed Dixson Can Spot Stanley Veteran Five Years Ninety-One-Year-Old Vet Of Stanly Will Meet Two Cleveland Vets Of More Years. Daily newspapers of the state yes terday published a news article from Albemarle. Stanly county, stating that a 91-year-old veteran of that county would likely be the oldest fol lower of Lee and Jackson at the annual reunion in Charlotte early next month. Just what other coun ties in North Carolina and the South will have to say to that is not known, but Cleveland county can put that record on the back seat. Capt. Ed Dickson, of Fallston. can spot the Stanly veteran five years and ask him to try it again. Capt. Dickson attended the recent mem orial reunion in Shelby and plans to attend the Charlotte reunion. An other Cleveland county veteran old er than the Stanly county warrio: who will likely be at Charlotte is "Uncle Billy” Putnam who is 92. It was also stated that Stanly with 34 living Confederates might have more living veterans than any of the other counties. Pension checks were mailed out here this year to near 70 veterans in Cleveland coun ty and at least 50 are known to be living. Weather Holds County Farmers Back In Planting Quite* A Bil Of Land Not Broken Much Planting: Is Yet To Do. If Cleveland county holds the honor again this year of producing more cotton than any county in North Carolina there will have to be some unusually good weather in the next three weeks or a month. The rainy, cool weather of recent weeks has proven a handicap to the motion farmers of the county anti two more weeks of similar weather will send the county down below the iO,000-bale production mark which a as passed last year with several thousand bales to spare Farmers differ in their views as to what percentage of the Cleveland county cotton crop Is already in the ground, but all agree that there is still quite a bit of land to be broken in the county even before planting begins. The wet weather with fre quent cool snaps hasn't done any good for the seed already planted and some of the crop already in may not come up unless hot weather sets in soon. In many Instances it is said that the cotton already up is turning yellow due to the bad weather and the fact that, the rains have given the grass the “ups ’ on the cotton with the ground too wet for culti vation. Father Of Mr. Cline Dies In Statesville Civil War Veteran Was Father Of Cleveland County Business Manager. Mr. Reuben F. Cline. 84-year-old veteran of the Civil War and the lather of Mr. A. E. Cline, Cleveland county business manager, passed away at his home there Sunday following a stroke of paralysis which lie suffered ten days ago. Funeral services, conducted by Dr. J. D. Kinard, were held Sunday after noon at 4 o’clock from St. John's Lutheran church. Interment took place at Sharon Lutheran church, eight mlies west of Statesville. Mr. Cline was bom In Iredell county September 20, 1844. After serving through the Civil war, he returned to the farm and remained there until he changed his resi dence to Statesville 22 years ago. He w as remarkably well preserved phys ically. having never been seriously sick until hi3 last Illness. His wife, two sons and two daugh ters survive in addition to the son who is a Cleveland county official. Cleveland To Get $35,000 From Fund From Gasoline Tax Will Be County’s Share Of One Cent Increase On Gas For County Roads. Cleveland county's share of the three million dollar fund brought about by the extra one-cent tax on gas. as provided by the last legisla ture. will be $35,430, according to a dispatch from Raleigh today. The fund is divided among the 100 coun ties according to area and popula tion and is to be used for the main tenance of county highways, thus removing a county road tax. The estimated quota for neigh boring counties follow: Burke, $30, 090; Catawba, $32,400; Gaston, $41 220; Lincoln, $19,680; Rutherford, $35,160. Lincolnton Fire Does Big Damage Lincolnton, May 20.—Fire of un determined origin at 7 o'clock to night broke out in the cotton brok erage office of B. C. Lineberger and Brother, destroying cotton samples and office equipment entailing n loss of several hundred dollars. The cotton company occupied the sec ond story of the Reinhardt block. Water used in controlling the fire drenched the stock of goods on the ground floor of the Lincolnton Variety store the Robinson Radio and Electric company and the Rail way Express agency office. The damage to all firms is quite heavy, probably several thousand dollars. Prompt action of the firemen sav ed the two story structure from be ing destroyed, the building being burned only partially. Important Masonic Meeting. Cleveland lodge No. 202 A. F. •*£ A. M. will meet in regular com munication Friday night. A full at tendance is urged, as election of ollicers fo* next year Is to be held.