The Cleveland Star from Shelby, North Carolina • Page 1

-CrK, A YOUR NEIGHBOR READS CLEVELAND STAR, WHY NOT YOU! THE PAPER WITH THE LARGEST CIRCULATION AND, MOST NEWS VOL. XXVI. THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, 20 1918 11.60 A YEAR IN ADVANCE ''V EARL ITEMS RED CROSS WANTS 3530 IBS.

CLOTHING FOR BELGIANS 6,000 GERMAN PRISONERS TAKEN BY BRITISH AND FRENCH IN BIG ADVANCE FRENCH AND SERBS LAUNCHJIG DRIVE 3,000 PRISONERS TAKEN IN BIG ADVANCE. COUNTY ORGANIZATION FOR BIG FOUp Cleveland County's Part Will Be More This YearList of Men and Women in all Parts of the County Who Must Help in The Campaign Which Opens Saturday, Sept. 28th They Advance From 1 to 3 Miles on Front of Six Miles and Make Cap. ture of St. Quentin Certain.

Thursday's Dispatch British and French veterans have buy a safe, secure, government bond, bearing interest, but a good investment, and while it is a good safe investment, patriotism is shown also, for you are volunteering your dollars to Uncle Sam's use, which! is During the last campaign there made another vicious and successful of the BtronKest positions they smash at the Hindenburg line. Sweep-ihave held in Macedonia for the past ing forward on a front of 22 miles, 'o years, Marshal Foeh's forces are they went ahead from 11-3 to 3 successfully at the German miles taking many prisoners. The line" on the westem front in the face most important aspect of the more determined resistance, is that it makes more certain the cap-1 The near east finished tne ont ture of St. Quentin, which the Ger-, Ben8ationa' news of the day however. were many instances of real self -de- Lowery Austell, motored to Chero-nial and patriotism.

Young women kee Falls for the afternoon Saturday, bought bonds and denied tnmselvesj. Mrs- Nannie Edney of Henderson-new dresses and hats. Many is spending some time here with bought bonds and denied themselves relatives. attractive investments and luxuries. Mr.

Jake Cline of Blacksburg, visit-Other people bought automobiles, pd at the home of 'Mr. J. H. Rippy 'lands, and good paying stocks and did! Sunday. News of Interest About People Corn-in gand Going in Thriving Earl.

Special to The Star. Earl, Sept. 19. Mr. J.

B. Austell and family of Blacksburg, spent Sunday with Mr. Austell's brother Mr. A. F.

Austell. Cline of Greenville Was a Sunday visitor. Miss Maude Webber the attractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D.

G. Web. ber spent the week end with Miss Fay Mintz of near Blacksburg. Misses Aileene and Agnes Austell Letha and Freclove Bettis and Master Mss Delia Greene visited friends in Shelby I week. Mr.

and irs. Jake Shuford and family of Spencer were the guests Sunday of Mr. J. J. Shuford.

Mrs. S. M. Hopper who has been visiting her daughter Mrs. A.

A. Bet- returned home Tuesday. is the pretty and attractive guest of her uncle, Mr. E. B.

Olive this week. Mr. Jim Bettis of Greenville, S. was byre Friday to attendthe funeral of his aunt Mrs. F.

I. Mintz. Mr. T. M.

Moss who holds a posi- tion at City. Point, came home last week to registe'r and visit his family. 1 Twelve operating gowns have been i i it. 1 1 i i mans have been ordered to hold at all costs. This important city is virtually Surrounded on three sides and its fall seems only a matter of days.

Field Marshal Haig's third and fourth armies charged over the trench system occupied by the British before they were pushed back by the Teutonic flood last March. They captured, in wide sectors, the outer defenses of the Hindenburg line. The British assault was over a front of 16 miles, from Holnon, west of St. nt buy a single Liberty bond. Which was the mst patriotic do you think? The time has come in our national 'ife wnen a man with even a little worth, or with capability of drawing the wages now being paid, who doesj not own a Liberty Bond of his govern-; jmpnt bow his head in shame.

All Discarded Apparel With Any wear Badly Needed for the Suffering Belgians Mrs. Max Gardner, Chairman 01 the Cleveland county Chapter of the Red Cross, has received a communication from Red Cross Headquarters urging that Cleveland county put fourth every possible effort to raise its allotment, 3530 pounds, (minimum) of clothing for the Belgians in the coming (campaign. This campaign starts September 23rd and lasts one week and Herbert Hoover, iChairman of the Commission for relief in Belgium has asked that the American Red Cross collect an additional 5000 tons of clothing. Every kind of clothing for all ages of both sexes is urgently needed, or any kind of piece especially canton flai, nel which might be used for new born babies. Shoes of every size are asked for an even scraps of leather for patching shoes.

Half worn garments may be used, but no flimsy material or party clothes, or anything with rubber on it can be used. These things can be sent to the Red Cross Room in Shelby at any time before the 30th of September. Every Red Cross member in Shelhy should send something for this cause. Each auxiliary in the County is requested to get up a contribution and send in for this and thus show in one more instance how responsive our county people are to every call. MRS.

R. L. RYBURN, Chairman, Belgium Relief Com. BOILING SPRINGS WANTS TO GIVE MILITARY TRAINING Mr- IL Quinn, chairman of the Krn r4 (uotaoc rt Tlm'lin rr Gnrinrra lle has written the authorities, jn Washington and has a letter' which says that they arc now working out a plan which they hope to include manv nf tho socnnHnrv r-hnol nf the Irountrv and in that event the Roilintr Springs high school will be given careful consideration. Mr- Quinn Bays the "option board ha.

not as yet received instruc- tions as to the boys who will be a lowed to go to college and take aca- demic and military training at the ex- Dense of the eovernment. Reading the Quentin, to Gouzeacourt north 0fjDBWerea DUl not Dcaten Ilttle Don't wait for your committee to! miss uorcas Kunyans who has been come to see you, go instead to them her vacation here with her and volunteer your dollars, by has accePted a position as scribing to these fourth Liberty stenographer at Portsmouth, Va. Miss Olive Weadon of High Point, The Drive Was Mid, Against Bulgarians Who Admit They Were Forced to Retire Heary Fighting Soon. While the Serba and their French allies are wrestling from the Bulgars The offensive which has been launch ed there seems not only the most successful but the most pretentious in many months. It seems probable that a furtfter advance by the Franco-Serbian troops will necessitate the recall of tho Bulgarian divisions which have been loaned to Emperor William to bolster the Teuton resistance hi France and Flanders.

3,000 Prisoners Taken. An ofticial Sorbian report declare that the reconstituted army of the hn8 taken nt on'y 3.W0. prison- ers but an important park of cannon, BulKa" admit having retired but declare that the attack has been chocked to the north of Gradeshitsa. Thcre is nothing to that the "dvance of the Serbs and ha been definitely held up. Jleavy Fighting Forecast.

The lull in the fighting in the west is regarded by military critics riritJah nrl Froneli rmia nt.ah British advanced their lines grim and desperate struggle for the St. Gobian forest which the Germans on the American front the past z4 'l'" fts irresistible drive against the St. Mlhiel 8aIient- There are indication tha the Germans intend to retire be- ninrl tna innnnhnrir lino in tnia Enehv. In their advance, which reach- ed a depth of more than three miles at some points, they took more than 6,000 prisoners. Important Towns Taken.

Not only did the- blow bring nearer the capture of St. Quentin, which the Germans are strucreline desDeratelv to hold, but it went far towards wiping out the Only bulge in the British line, which resembles a salient. Epchy, Cleveland county's allotment will be published as soon as the authorities make the apportionment, likewise the amount of the lonn, rate of interest and terms of payment. In our organisation for this earn- paigri Mr. William Linebergor will have charge of publicity; Mr.

D. Z. Newton will arrange for public meet-! c1 i nigs aim sjjruneis, arm ovinia Webb will head the ladies in their at the apex of the bend, has the pfelutle to further heavy taken and the same fate has befallen blows nt the foe by the Americans, maue Dy me IOllOWing laaies: Mrs. B.i"""'' F. Jones.

Mrs. W. H. Graham, Mrs. school, is making an effort to get Goweacourt and Harg.court, which stood nt the end.

of the wino- work. Mr. Clyde R. Hoey and I will A. B.

Webber, Mrs. P. R. Camp, Mrs.tnr Kovernment to include this well-be at your service in this work, D. G.

Webber, Mrs. R. P. Francis, known high school in its list of schools whenever and wherever you may need Mrs. W.

C. Ellis, Mrs. W. F. Bettis.

ito K'vo military 'training to the teen The importance which the Germans at several points. They are attached to the territory wrested from making steady progress in the inyest-them is indicated by the announce-ment of st QuPitin, a difficult task ment that they launched determined even under most favorable conditions, counter attack as soon as they could Ceneral Petain's veterans are for-be organized from the Haricourt to ing ahead slowly but urely in their Mrs. Jake Green and Misses EtheVD0s wno registered sepiemner the Oiinn'ron rivulet. The summesg of their efforts remain somewhat obscure but it is not be- have been ordered to hold at all cost, lieved they can' recover the ground only is the position a natural they have lost. -itadel, but the Teutons havevfortified French Equally Successful.

in eT7 wy their ingenuity could While the French advance was Iess 'devise- Notwithstanding the diffical-with whom they co-operated, they'll of their task, however, the French were equally successful in gaining lare moving on, taking prisoners as their objectives. They moved forward bey go. on a front of six miles to an average Americans Are Quiet Austell and Salli ctiettis. I SERIOUS DAMAGE IS DONE BY 1 AIRMEN BEHIND HUN LINES, I ni" Frfcp.i July 31. More than 244,000 pounds of bombs, inv a inlev day i rcently JBr't'h force on objectives behind the Gcr man lines.

In a week, military establishments 12 nlaces were at.tn.-Ved hi ir -j times by the British air force Cap- tnrpH Hnennw. th. rmv h.H ho. ously interrupted at several points. A report from Metz shows that aft-1 er a recent raid when the gas works us.

KnmnstW iritino. vnr m.nnnr. 1 ation and begging you to think ol i and talk Liberty Bonds constantly iL. 1 i ouring ine campaign, i our ooeuient servant, pnRPtfQT rKninn Cleveland County Liberty Loan Com-', mittee (For the names of the ones on the township committees see page two.) Ministerial Relief. For 1918 $229.23 For 1917 $139.09 The Poor lor 1 .18 $398.04 For 1917 $262.56 Sunday School Expense.

For 1918 $1,471.73 For 1917 1.45G.60 Other ObjccU For 1918 $12,7.,7.90 at a To the People of Cleveland County: Beginning September 28th the gov, of the United States for the fourth time will offer to the public an issue of Liberty Bond3 for war purposes which will be called the Fourth Liberty Bonds and for the three weeks which the campaign for sub-criptions. to these bonds is being waged, there will be nothing more interesting and important to the Ameri-can people than the success of this (wpaign, except the news of our American army on the western battle irc-t in Europe. The of these bonis by thi co pie is necessary to provide the raiment, munitions and pay for this great army. Our army's glorious! successes recently and its supreme sacrifices in the cause of liberty, i should make it easy for those at home to make minor sacrifices in the way of taking bonds and giving time and labor to the work necessary for this t-amraign. Every sectioruof our country is cx-lected to do its proportional part in i sing this loan and Cleveland county will be apportioned a sum which will first appear staggering, but as our i rorle have shown in the last eam-vaign their ability to do their part, ven so, the closing of the Fourth Liberty Loan on October 19th will find Cleveland county in the lists of tlfose who have reached their goal.

To do this, though, will require the Wst of co-operation and spontaneous liberality in making subscriptions fn men, women and children. The must be waged vigorously from start to finish and to that end beseech the aid and co-operation jf all. Committees, with their chairmen, covering every section of the ounty have been appointed and are published below. Men and women of Cleveland county, let your pride in your home section be upheld, see that your neighborhood comes across, and proves a credit to Cleveland county. Some people have claimed that it was not an act of real patriotism to KINGS MOUNTAIN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION AT UNION Rer.

John W. Suttle is Re-Elected Moderator Along With Other Officers Large Crowd. The Kings Mountain Baptist Association which convened Wednesday with Union Baptist church had a large iowd of delegates, visitors and ministers present. Ideal weather prevailed and those in attendance were there for business. The large church was crowded, with very few people remaining out of doors.

The people of Union church had made elaborate preparations for the entertainment of delegates and visitors in their homes and at the church long tables were erected for the serving of dinner. Tosts were put up about the church so automobiles could not get closi enough to disturb the services with noises. All former officers of the associa. were re-elected: Rev. John W.

Suttle moderator; B. T. Falls, vice-moderator; J. J. Lattimore, clerk; George Blanton, treasurer.

Rev. D. olivor. 1 IMI11Y 1 ULUalll UI VIitTlI ucii'vi ed the annual sermon and it was a powerful discourse on the subject of Salvation" which he divided into three sub-heads-past, present and future. The moderator, Mr.

Suttle dis- patched business with tact and ease, always keeping up with the set program. The digest of church letters compiled by the clerk, J. J. Lattimore shows the following interesting facts: Pastor's Salary. For 1918 113,537.28 For 1917 11,274.73 State Missions.

For 1918 For 1917 1,309.13 Home Missions. For 1918 :.186.13 For 1917 1,068.64 Foreign Missions, or 1918 For 1917 $1,444.49 1,346.28 Orphsnsf. Tor Inm t9 9.R0.97 For 1917 1,416.65 r.hrUH.n VAnraiinn i newspapers between the. lines he oi i i-o mues, aaamg several j.iL i i 1 i "undred prisoners to the British bag. now nold tne "outnern outsKirts of Contescourt less than three miles from the suburbs of St.

Quentin. The tnkinc of St. Quentin remains a jnn i. iv iasK nowever, ior uer- n.n( p8.uons nu capiureu oruur irum uenerai von Morgen to the fourteenth reserve I 1 I and a number of other important drafts must be secured. The ZZTJZ For 1917 8,001.99 sent to Luxemburg.

'entrance requirements will be aecept- ToUl for All Purposes A prisoner stated that while he wasfd, but if the plan is worked out to For 1918 $35,311.39 i Valenciennes, most of the import-gve military training in secondary For 1917 ant factories in that city were damag-1 schools (high schools) the great ma-Total Church Membership. led by bombs from the airplanes which jcrity of boys who cannot pass the For 1918 8,943 vvere so high up that they were in- college entrance requiremsnts will be For 1917 8,580 visible from the ground. One large pivrn the same military instruction in Officers and Teachers. 'factory with four or five chimneys these institutions. For 1918 was almost completely demolished.

corps emphasir.es the importance ofilnary to. a retreat, the terrain they hold. He orders them I Another victory has been recorded not to yield another foot of ground for the American, British and French in "the imminent decisive battles" jon the new'y constituted eastern front I Detachments of the allies have routed MR. JIM WEAVER, FORMER jbolshcviki forces in the vicinity of CLEVELAND MAN DIES and rePrte(l many of (the red guard officers went over to the) v.ti.. s.ii in aIlies when their men fled in panic.

itarv objectives were heavily bombed, part of the civil population was Quarterly Conference at Salem Meth. odist Church Saturday. The fourth Quarterly conference; il Ol 11 t- I Ill Kor 10.17 341 Scholars in Sunday Schools. For 1918 5.W 1 For 1917 5.111 20 GERMAN DIVISIONS HAVE BEEN DISBANDED th. American Armv on the for the Shelby Circuit will be held- Lorraine Front, Monday, Sept inai an ou.ua.s oe present.

under the imoression that onlv 18-, vear-olds will be allowed to io to. school as the questionnaires are being mailed to registrants between 19 and 36 (inclusive) and from these the Oc- pression has prevailed that only 18- vear-o ds who can Pass the COlIejre TWO FLIGHT LIEUTENANTS KILLED IN AIR COLLISION Kingsville, Sept. 17. Lieut enant Davidson, of Elizabeth, N. Jj Lieutenant 0f Hartfod, were here wen hn in which thev were tv- wpnt tn nog.

div. and CEashed to the ground from a height of geverai fopf The men were members of an airplane squadron temporarily attached to Park place field here, Cardinal Farley Dead. Mamaroneck, N. 17. Car- 1- 1 T1.

Tn 1 amai jonn m. New York, died at his country home, tonight. The aired nrelate had I. -----o- ed a relapse last Saturday following partial recovery from an attack of pneumonia. Miss Lail Dies of Dy sentry.

Miss Vassie E. Lail, aged 16 years, died Tuesday afternoon at 6 o'clock of dysentery. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Lail who live on Mr.

Odus M. Mull's plantation. The remains were WKen weanesaay 1 TTJ Olive Grove church where the funeral took place, conducted by a Mr. Quinn. Mrs, Josh Mauney and attractive little daughter returned home last week from Waynesville where they visited relatives.

1 rw nH eioht Horman infan- VIIC 1 1 1 1 vi i try battalions, equ.valcnt to. twenty divisions, have been it is lThi3 procedure usually is a prelim- 1 11UUVI 11(11 UUle (tpCill 1 ready to have become almost ancient history. The blunt and unmistakable) refusal of President Wilson to parley with the central Bowers excent nnnn the term8 he previoU8iy flid dowll seems to have voiced the of the entente. They are likely to the reply of the United states for aH ag they did in th(J cage of the papal proposal, yyjpg Qp NEWSPAPER MAN FOUND DEAD IN NEW YORK New York, Sept. 17.

Mrs. Charles E. Chapin wife of the city editor of the New York Evening World, was found dead with a bullet wonnd in hep head in the bedroom of the' Chapia aparxmem ine notei umterian iat. todftv. here lata today.

Discovery of Mrs. Chapin's body followed receipt by Don Seiti, busi- neBS manager of the Evening WorM. of a ietter gigned -Charles E. Chap- in" in which the 'writer hinted at suicide and added: "My wife has been such a good pat I cannot leave her alone in the world poti immediately began a gearcv for chaoin. bnt m.

jate hour tonight he had not bee found. Cotton 32 cents, about three tiates higher. Yon can get a Favorite Rang learned, in order to fill the gap by the past year's fighting. Women each church be present and more if possible. and boys are being called to tne aux iliary service to replace men.

Five thousand women have already been for this pVpos; boys ofM, bf Sunday, night GafTney and is Buried at Sharon, Wednesday. Mr. Jim Weaver, a highly respected i theM Tuegday morning at the age of cmzen oi unney, aieo at nis nome 1 1 it. 37 years, leaving a wife and three children. Mr.

Weaver had besn a suft- erer from cancer for two years, his health being very bad for eight months. In the meantime he madei a trip to John Hopkins hospital but 4. ll. failed to get relief. He was a native of the Sharon community of Cleveland county, son of Mr.

Sylvester Weaver and is survived by the iollow- .1 1 I ing Drotners, r. jonn a. weaver, popular city mail carrier of Shelby, Ja unA WinfioW W.r Kin, Weaver of Cherryville. A large crowd attended his funer al at Sharon Wednesday, the services oeing conuuciea Dy r. namncs of Gaffney.

Rutherford Soldier Killed. In the casualty list of yesterday was the name of Joseph L. Huntley of Rutherfordton, N. killed in action. 11 IL.

ii i aim cauty nn ronumca me name oi nana iasi oi mi. Holly killed in action. Mrs. Margaret Doggett who has i fourteen are being utilized. Captured officers say that Germany i- is very tired of the war and no long-: er hopes to do more than keep whati" NEILL at Salem Methodist church next Sat-' urday September 21st.

It is very iL-i .11 t- i j. There WlU De a ymens convention nl ni ttidHKA LV. ,111111 ilfe VlWVIVa nlan 1 nii tab Inn tvi am mam There will not be any preaching at Sulphur Springs next Saturday Dy tne paswr. Rmther Canine of Pollcville will fill the pulpit at South Shelby vi C. WILLIAMS, Pastor.

SALE OF WAR SAVING STAMPS BY MERCHANTS Mr. L. P. Holland who has charge of the sale of War Savings Stamps by the merchants reports the following sales. R.

E. Campbell i oanaers 136.00 r. i vw. i Riviere Drug Co. 75.45 50.00 .40.00 1.00 Blanton Blanton W.

C. Whisnant Total $1,308.70 is its own. MANY GERMAN AIRPLANES BROUGHT DOWN BY BRITISH London, 17. Sunday along the British front in France was char-rerized bv vicious air fighting, the weather had improved and the air men were up large' numbers. The British aviators brought down 37 hos-iw.

1 i Itile machines. At least zy oi mem tirtnllv destroyed. Sixteen of the British machines failed to return Miss Edith Cranor spent the weeK- lend with her sister in Statesville. been visiting her granddaughter, Mrs. jost about at the old price if yon bar Paul Morgan and other relatives in now.

Nothing is as good as a Favr-Gaffney has returned home. Ue. Farmers Hardware Co. Adv. 1918 Fr 1917.