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THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C. TUESDAY, OCT. 18, 1921
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WIZARD COLAPSES
AT K. KJEARING
TOPPLES OVER WHILE
CROWD CHEERS
Simmons Says There are Nine
ty Thousand Men in the Ord
er Calls Craven a Traitor
Washington, Oct. 13. Closing' an
, 11-day defense of the Ku Klux klan,
William J. Simmons, its imperial wiz
ard, toppled over in a chair today
while the chairman of av house com
mittee investigating the order was
attempting to stop the applause which
Jiroke before the crowd knew the
wizard had Collapsed. ' '"
Friends of Mr. Simmons n'r.; U
:n ride and supplied stimulants, but,
it was evident that he was in no
ondition to continue the examination,
;he heaving, filled with many dra
matic incidents during the day, was
adjourned until tomorrow. Physicians
hter reported that Mr. Simmons' con
dition was not serious.
Bundled up about the chest, Sim
oons returned to the afternoon res-
unsteady of feet, his voice hoarse,
' ut apparently eager to denounce
hat he characterized as outrageous
harges against the organization hp
minded in Georgia five years ago.
Complains of Traitors
A solemn stillness prevailed at
limes while the wizard, holding aloft
'he ritual of the klan, read parts of
ihe oath taken by klansmen. And then
in husky tones he told the committee
tnat while Julius Ceasar had his Bru
tus and Washington his Benedict Ar
nold, he too, as imperial wizard of the
Ku Klux, could enter that fellowship
recause he had suffered from the
treasonable conduct of those within.
'if this organization is unworthy
men let me know and I will destroy
:t." hp exclaimed, "but if it is not
then let it stand."
Turning to the crowd Simmons de
clared he wanted to "call upon the
Father to forgive those who had per
secuted the klan," and as the words
left his lips he tumbled into a heap.
The first dramatic incident of the
ay was the sudden appearance of
Senator Thomas E. Watson, of Georg
ia, who, edging his way through the
crowd, stepped up and seized the wiz
ard by the hand. Whispering some
thing, he turned and sat dawn, but
a moment later he was on his feet, de
manding the right to question the
witness in "the interest of fair, play."
. Chairman Campbell broke in to say
that the witness war getting that and
that it was not in line with 'regular
procedure to permit questions by out
siders. Senator Watson insisted that he had
the right, first announcing, however,
that he was not a klansman, although
in sympathy with its aims, and the
chairman cut through the colloquy by
directing the senator to proceed. The
enator merely asked the wizard if he
knew of the big salaries being voted
by Congress for shipping board law
yers, reaching 'as high "as $!1;,000,
which the people had to pay. Wici
that Mr. Watson left.
Ttivnn.rh ; h. testimony cf iilr. Sim
mons, the committee learned fiat the
hpi-shin ol the klan. herald-
VV tHl ,nv ' r
' ed os having passed the half million
mark, actually was around 90,000. The
witness declared that its growth east
and west had been greater than in the
youth, but his illness prevented ques
tioning designed to bring out facts
bearing on some of the present
strongholds of the organization. Ask
ed if he had not claimed "a million
membership," Mr. Simmons smiling
ly replied he might have done so, but
that he was speaking generally, not
by the card.
Ready to Pay Taxes
Representative Garrett, Democrat,
Tennessee, took the witness in hand
to find out something about its rev
enues and profits, asking if the mem
bership fees had been listed as dona
tions rather than fees to prevent col
lection of federal corporation taxes.
Simmons replied there was never a
thought of that, declaring that when
the tax law first became effective he
went to the revenue office at Atlanta
and wr.s informed that the klan did
not come under the law.
"If it doesit is not my fault," the
wizard said, "and if it is shown we
are. liable '-we:. stand ready to meet
111 our ubttgnUuiiS." 1 ' .
Denying huge profits from the sale
". of robes, the witness declared that less
- than 30 per cent of the klansmen own
d regalia.
"On- r-bon rc not worn for the
purpose of terrorizing people," he
shouted, "they arc as inlm-r.t as the
breath of i,n anuel."
The witness was pressed hy Chair
man Caaiplcli f:: ov hntion of the
recent clash between a sheriff ami
marching klansmen near Waco, Tex
as, and while he replied that his in
formation .was based largely upoli
newspaper reports, he said that the
parade had been authorized by. the
mayor and that the sheriff, in at
tempting to stop it, "seemed to be
under the influence of liquor." Sim
mons said he had called for an of-
SSI
Guild Meeting '
Saturday Afternoon
The Guild will meet in the veBtry
room of the Episcopal church Satur
day afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Returns to School
Miss Annie Wilson,
CLEVELAND WINS
GASTON FAIR PRIZES
GREAT CROWD ATTENDS
ON THURSDAY
El Bethel Community Wins
Sweepstakes for Community'
Prizes Amount to $150 in
; All ; ' .v "J;v .4
METHODIST CONFERENCE
HIGH POINT THIS WEEK
Quite a Number Going From
Cleveland County to the Con
ference '
the bright
ficial repoit, but that it bad not been i young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
forthcoming.
Central Methodist
Has Fine Year
Sunday night before delivering his
closing message of the conference
year, Rev. W. E. Poovey, pastor ot
Central Methodist church, made a
brief but interesting report of the
work of the year. These are some of
the outstanding facts from that re
port: 1. A Sunday School enrollment in
creasing from 432 to 600, thus pass
ing the present .total membership of
the church.
Tliu ti.tal amount raised in the
Sunday School for all purposes over
$2,200," beint; an increase of $1,000 ov
er the previous year.
IS. An Epworth League organized
six months ago growing in enroll
ment to more than sixty, and doing
fine work in developing the young
life of the church.
4. Four active organizations work
ing as a Womans' Missionary So
ciety, .numbering more than a hun
dred and fi'tv members, and report
ing nearly
yeai
Wilson who was called home last
week by the death of her sister, Mr.
McBrjde Poston of Kings Mountain,
returned Monday to Chowan College,
Murfreeslio.ro,. IN.1 C where she is a
studfnt. : " :
Mrs. Wythe Koyster
Improving ' v
The many anxious friend of Mrs.
Wythe Royster who is a patient at
the Charlotte Sanatorium will be
gratified to kriow that she is resting
more comfortably following a serious
operation which, she underwent last
week. Her mother, Mrs. A. W. Mc
Murry, and daughter, Miss Sarah
McMurry, and Misses Amos Willis
and Helen Eskridge motored to Char
lotte Saturday and spent the day at
her bedside.
r.00 raised during the past i Sundiiy.
Gordon Dudley Undergoes
Successful Operation
The hosts of friends of Gordon
Dudley, sen of Mr. and Mrs. J. G.
Dudley of this place, who is a stu
dent at Binghams, Asheville will be
gratified to know that he is improv
ing following an operation for appen
dicitis which he under went at the
Asheville hospital last Friday. Mrs.
Dudley is still at his bedside und his
father and sisters, Misses Elizabeth
and Blanche motored up to Asheville
H adults and children baptized c,ub Meeting Thursday
at the altar.
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(i. iz auuen 10 me oiuiui ,
fession of faith and 56 by certific-
ate, making a total of 108 new mem- j
bers added this year.
7. From 'all sources a budget ol
about $13,000 was raised, of which
more than $500 went to the Chil
drens Home and more than $4,000
was given tor mission.
The pastor expressed himsen as
being delighted with the progress
along all lines of church activity, and
desirous of being returned for an
other year.
Mr. Poovey's pastorate here has
been fraught with splendid results.
He is a great power as pastor and
preacher and his many friends of all
denominations hope for his return to
this charge.
i Afternoon and Evening
The afternoon division of the Lit
erary department of the Woman's
club will meet Thursday afternoon
with Mrs. W. H. Blanton at her horhe
on South LaFayette street. The hour
of meeting is 4 o'clock.
The evening division will convene
that evening at 8:00 with Miss Jessie
Hamrick at her home on North La
Fayette street. All members who can
not attend are requested to kindly
notify the hostess.
- Hundreds attended the ! Big Gaston
county fair last week, especially on
School children's day, Thursday when
free tickets were distributed through
the county superintendent and the
various school committeemen; Many
cars went over each day and special
courtesies wera accorded the Cleve
land county people, who manifested
such an interest in making the Gas
ton fair a Buccess from the stand
point of exhibits and from the stand
point of attendance. - .
The fair without a doubt is v the
second best in North Carolina, being
excelled only by the State fair at
Raleigh, so it was quite ait honor to
win prizes. The fair association, es
pecially the live secretary Mr. Fred
M. Allen are to be congratulated on
such a good exhibition of field crops
vegetables, fruits, canned fruits and
vegetables, live stock, needle work,
textile products, etc.
Some of the winners of blue rib-
bons from Cleveland county are: El
Bethel in the community fair booth
1st prize also $25.00 sweepstake from
Sunnyside which has been taking this
..prize for the past several years at
the fair. Boiling Springs 2nd prize
Union third nrize and Earl fourth
prize.
In the thirty six jar exhibits E
Bethel won first 'prize, Union second
and Earl third prize.
Clyde Barber won first prize on
corn, L. A. Beatty fir;t prize on
Rhode Island Red chickens and White
Leghorns, A. T. Newton first prize
on pair mules. Dr. Dorton first prize
on saddle horse and driving horse. M.
Beam of Waco won ten first prizes
and one second on his magnificent
herd of registered Hampshire sheep.
The livestock judging contest for
the club boys of Cleveland county on
dairy cattle and hogs was won by the
following boys: Dairy cattle Kaipn
Hoey first, Ellis Morrison second and
Chas. Falls third. Hogs Clyde war
ber first and Alex Hoyle second. The
nri7.es were ten dollars first prize,
four dollars Becond prize and two dol
lars third prize.
The Western North Carolina Con
ference which assembles Wednesday
morning at 9 o'clock in the. Wesley
Memorial church, High Point, is conv
posed of two -hundred and ninety-one
clerical members and eighty-eight lay
delegates. To these three hundred and
seventy-nine names may be added the
names of twenty-nine young preach -ers
who are on trial and a very large,
though indefinite, number of visitors
who invariably attend the' annual
meeting of the conference, s t !' "
This host of militant Methodists.
the big majority of whom hail from
MASS MEETING
TONIGHT IN
INTEREST OF A
HOSPITAL
Dr. Marvin Scruggs,
noted surgeon of Charlotte
will be here to confer with
us. Everybody invited to
be present at the
Court House
promptly at
7:30
By Order of Board of Trade
Mrs. C. It. Doggett Entertains
in Honcr of Her Niece, .'
Miss Frances McBrayer
.-In honor of her charming niece,
Miss; Frances McBrayer, bride elect,
Mrs. C. R. Doggett wur a most de
lightful hostess at her home on North
LaFayette street, last Friday after
noon from 4 to 6 o'clock. -"
The lower floor was thrown en
suite, a beautiful color scheme of
pink and white being artistic Hy car
tied out by the lavish use of dahlias
and potted plants, which filled, silver
and cut glass baskets and vases. Five
tables were placed about the room
! where a came of progressive rook
held the interested atntion of the
twenty fortunate guests throughout
the afternoon.
When cards were laid aside this
gracious hostess, assisted by her
daughter, Mrs. Nelson Laltimore
ua pWant salad course, salted
nuts and mints.
COTTON CROP IN
COUNTYSURPRISING
PROSPECTS GOOD FOR THE
NEXT YEAR
General Conditions Good and No
Material Damage by Boll
Weevil is Contemplated
(By Optomlst)
The cotton crop in Cleveland Coun
ty will probably be picked and ginned
by October 81, the earliest harvest in
the history of, the county.
, We are indeed fortunate in Cleve
land county when we compare our
Conditions .with, $he "m conditions ' of
many other sections of the country.
It Is estimated we will make around ''
20,000 bales of cotton this year which ''
at 20 centa per pound will bring to
our farmers $2,000,000. We are for
tunate in other respects too, no county
in the cotton belt is more likely to
be free from the boll weevil : than
Cleveland county. We are located on
the very rim of the cotton belt, that
in west or north of here no cotton is
produced except in the eastern sec
tion of Rutherford. Our nearness to
the mountains, will always assure cold
winters, and cold weather is the one
certain remedy that destroys the boll
weevi). While Texas, Alabama, Geog
ia and lower South Carolina with
their warm winters have been' great
ly damaged by the weevil our cotton
has escaped unharmed. It will be in
teresting to readers of The Star to
know that the Federal Government is
bending every energy through its ex
perts in O"ious departments to dis-,
cover some method of destruction of
the boll weevil. The U. S. Department
of Agriculture has appropriated $1,
000,000 to find a remedy to rid the
South of this pest, and it seems cer.
Utn that the same skill and scientific
knowledge that has enabled us to
conquer and kill the germs of typhoid
fever, yellow fever, tuberculosis, small
Three large and important docu-F nnd d'Fnthena in tne human race,
ments have been filed at the 'Court nf lne WW motn corn DoreT P"
House before the Register of Deeds i0 butf grass-hopper and other in-
that 'part of the Old North State
whicn lies west of the counties of
Caswell, Granville, Montgomery and
the Pedee river, will takp the . Fur
niture City a willing captive. The
Methodists ordinarily figure largely
in the life of High Point, but next
week that good town will learn, if
never before, what complete Metho
dist denomination is like. Presbyter
ians, Friends, Baptists, and all the
rest had as well run up the white
flag.
Those attending the session of the
Western North Carolina Conference
and representing Central Methodist
church are: Rev. and Mrs. W. , E.
Poovey, Kev. R. M. Hoyle, Mr. and
Mrs. G. A, Hoyle, and Messrs. D. D
Wilkins, C. R. Hoey and William
Lineberger.
All of the Methodist ministers of
the county, together with lay dele
gates from all of the churches will
leave today for High Point to attend
the conference,
FIVE MILLION DOLLAR
DEED OF TRUST RECORDED
Tho Deeds cf Trust .one Five
Million, Another $200,000
Rate Case Papers -
the
SWEET POTATO HOUSE
AT B- S. NEARLY READY
The twentv-five hundred bushel
sweet potato house at Boiling
Springs which is being built by twen
ty farmers near Boiling Springs is
nearing completion and the carpent
ers expect to have it ready for the
potatoes by the twentieth. This marks
the beginning of a new industry for
Cleveland county farmers as the po
tatoes will be properly cured and
graded and put on the northern
markets. The potatoes will be cured
according , to the government plan,
and it will be necessary for . all par
ties storing potatoes to dig at the
same time. The directors have set
Oct. 21st to 25th as the time to dig
the potatoes for this house. The cur
ing will begin on the 25th. ,
The slock holders will not have
enough potatoes to fill the house this
vonr nnd anv one wishm? to store po-
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Ladies of Presbyterian Church
Delightfully Ascertained by
.Woman's Auxilary "
fOn Inst Friday evening at
lovely home of .Mrs. Felix 0. Gee on
South Washington street the Wom
an V Auxilary . of the Presbyterian
church was hostess to the entire
membership of the ladies of the
Presbyterian church, this being an
annual and delightful courtesy ex
tended by these good women. (J .
The house was artistically arrang
ed with lovely fall flowers and potted
plants, and in the midst of these sur
rounding a delightful program was
enjoyed. Mrs. R. L. Ryburn gave a
SDlendid and enjoyable reading fol
lowed by an interesting and inspir
ing illustrated lecture "Young peo
ples Missionary Work" by Mrs. Aber
nathy of Lincolnton, president of the
Presbvterian Synodical of this ais
iri.fc who was the guest of honor at
this delightful gathering of church
women. The speaker was charmingly
introduced bv Mrs. W. F. Mitchell,
resident of the local auxilary.
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During the social, nours wmcn iui-
i n rlnlii-imis salad course ana
elaborate accessories were served.
SHELBY SCHOOL BOYS
WIN JUDGING CONTEST
6Four Shelby High School boys,
Ralph Hoey, Ellis Morrison, Alex
Hoyle and Julian Thompson who are
studying under Prof T.' B. Elliott in
the agricultural department won at
the Big Gaston county fair last weeK
and will leave for Raleigh this week
where on Thursday they will enter
the stock iudtfing content.- At Gas
tonia they entered the contest for
judging dairy cattle and hogs and
won first and second places in judg
ing dairv cattle, second in hogs and
tied for third place on hogs. Their
average score was first, second and
third and these enterprising young
fellows will go to Raleigh this week
to compete with the agricultural col
WM of the state for tho valuable
nrizes offered in stock judging
Should they be fortunate enough to
win there, thev will be sert to At
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lnnta to iudee at the Southern Live
Stock Association and should i.tey
win in Atlanta. Ga. it w customary
to send the winners to b-pe to the
international livestock show.
nd the Clerk of Court. The longeht
document is the evidence in the fam
ous power rate case which contains
over 1,300 typewritten pages of mat
ter in which the cotton mills contend
for lower power rates from the Sou
thern Power Company. These papers
are in the office of Clerk Geo. P. Webb
for the special term of court which
will be necessary to try tha case on
ppeal, it having been assigned to
Cleveland county by the state cor
poration commission.
A five million dollar mortgage has
also been probated by a foreign cor
poration which has a manufacturing
plant here as well as in four or five
other places. This is a first mortgage
or deed of trust for five million dol
lars on the property of the Deleware
corporation. The document is printed
and bound, containing 191 pages, the
fees for registering being between
$50 and $75. Register of Deeds
tatoes e;m see
T. Jolly.
always
The neutest cook doesn't
make the best soup.
Few of us are willing to hear both
sides." '
There is no safer investment than
hifrh class farm land in Cleveland
ronntv. Better buy a tract at the Max
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BUI I
MR. McMURRY ACCEPTS WORK
AT KENDALL MEDICINE CO
Mr. Charles R. McMurry has ac
cepted a position with the Kendal
Medicine Company, a well known and
progressive young wholesale drug
and manufacturing concern. Mr. Mc
Murry is a' registered pharmacist,
holding a license from the state
Missouri having operated a drug
store in Excelsior Springs, Mo. for
a number of years, However, he. is a
Cleveland county man and returned
sometime ago to his native heath. He
has been stock room clerk . at Gil
mer's store and is a very popular and
efficient young man who will add to
the already good force at the Kenda
Medicine Company. Mr. McMurry will
travel this territory and being wel
known with the trade, it is felt sure
that he will be a valuable addition
to the staff. Messrs. H. E. Kendall
and Flay Hoey are already on the
road for the Kendall Medicine Co.
Mr. Tom Dixon' of Lincolnton spent
the week-end with Mr. and Mrs,
K. McMurry of near Lawndale.
sects, will soon find a way to put an
end" to the pesky boll .weevil.
The history of the boll weevil in the
United States dates to 189229 years
ago, when the first entered Texas
from Mexico. Since that time he has
practically covered the South with tha
exception of North Carolina and
Tennessee, The farmer! of Texas, Ok
lahoma and MiMlasippI and Georgia,
hava been contending sucvessfuVt-,
with the weevil for many years a2d
making great cotton crops. Texas last
year made 4,000,000 baW of cotton
In spite of t'.;e weevil while this year
Texas' will make less than 2,000,000
bales. In 1914 when the weevil cov
ered the extreme cotton South he did
little damage, and we made the larg
est crop in our history. This condi
tion demonstrates tV.e fact that the
weevil is much worxe some years than
others. The short crop this year is by
not means attributable solely to the
Weathers savs it will take him ten! weevil; the drought in some sections,
days or two weeks, to copy tho deed! too much rain in others, lack-of fer-
of trust on the records. t.lizer in others, ana reduction in sx-
A $200,000 deed of trust has been erage contributed with the weevil, to
recorded from No. 4 township, a bank, ' the tremendous shortage in cotton
an individual and a textile plant be-; production, we nave tne snonest cov
ing involved. The principal to this
tbesecond largest deed of trust that
hns been recorded since Mr. R. L
ton crop this year in 35 years and by
July 1922 the entire surplus of cotton
together with tha crop of 1921 will
Weathers has been registrar, is the all be consumedthus insuring tha
argest individual tax payor this year cotton farmers m ueveiami county
splendid price lor next years ciu?7'
Leading cotton dealers do not hesi
tate to say that cotton naxt summer
will be mighty scarce and the price
mighty high. So after all, Cleveland
county is in good shape and our fann
ers looking forward to next year with
confident expectations and a , still ,
greater and more abundant prosperi.
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in Cleveland county, which shows that
even the wealthv at times need mon
DEATH OF NOBLE COLORED -
WOMAN, AUNT PUSS LOUIS
The many white friends as well as
those of her own race will laarn with
keen regret of the death ; of - "Aunt
Puss Louis" as she was affectionately
called by all, which occurred at three
o'clock at her home in Freedman
Sunday afternoon, after having been
confined to her bed for several
months. The immediate cause of her
death being old age.
Aunt Puss was known - both in
Rutherford and Cleveland counties as
a fine type of her own race, and was
a celebrated cook. She was born in
Rutherford county and after her mar
. Song Service
There will be an all-day song serr
ice at Oak Grove M. P. church ono
mile west of Palkvillej N: C. the 6th
Sunday in October. All denomina
tions, creeds and orders, are invited
to come and bring solo, duet, quartet
or class. You will be given place to
sing ycur special songs to your
t heart's content, and our , joy. The
riage she moved with her huaban l to j services will be featured by special
Shelby where she has reared a. splen
did family of daughters and one sort
Henry, all of who are now living here.
The funeral services were conduct,
cd from Zion Methodist church Mon
day afternoon, in the presence of a
large concourse of both white and
colored friends who gathered io pay
their last respects to this n.tle and
deserving colored woman v.lnse life
has proved such a blessing and ex
ample to her race. .
Gardner Land. SalCV
The public is invited to go to the
O. Max Gardner farm and inspect it
this week before the sale Saturday,
Oct. 22nd. adv.
Don't give your children fatherly
advice let them grow old unassist
ed.. .- ; . , ' ' '
Some can't think and others don't.
The character and location cf the;
Max Gardner farm will increase in
TaTuTTaclryear.- It1 wlti-Titffarirbnpg
a good price. adv.
Mr. and Mrs., Eldridge Weathers of
the Union community left yesterday
for Raleigh to attend the state fair.
music, rendered by men of note in
the musical profession. Come and en
joy the resonence that flows from
voice culture, by Profs. Duncans and
Vaughn, the greatest exhibit of voice
culture ever given in Cleveland coun
ty. ,
REV. J. D. MORRIS.
One of the leading farmers of
Cleveland county said on the streets
of Shelby this week that the 337 ac
res composing the Max Gardner farm
was , the finest and most attractive
large farm in Cleveland county, adr
Some men know less than they are
given credit for. ,
A clean profit is one that makes a,
profit for the other fellow.
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