IF ITS NEWS, IT’S IN THE STAR
r- i
reliable home paper
Of Shelby And The State's
Fertile Farming Section,
Modern Job Department,
1---~
VOL. XXXIV, No. 11
SHELBY,, N. C. MONDAY, JAN. 25, 192G.
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons.
J By mail, per year- (in advance)-.$2.50
I By carrier, per year (in advance) $3.00
Irtoclan
SHELBY’S POPULATION
1925 Census
Where Industr
Climate In A Call For You, .
Funeral Will Be Conducted From '
Presbyterian Church Tuesday
Afternoon at 3 O’clock.
Mrs. Fannie Hull, wife of L. M. Hull1
and one of the most outstanding wo-!
nun in Shelby’s civic, literary and re- j
ligious life, and one of Shelby’s most,
I.eJoved women, died Sunday night at!
11:25 of paralysis after a week’s suf
fering. Her death was expected as her j
condition had been most serious hr
the past week and physicians saw lit
tle hope as they watched from hour
to hour at her bedside. Mrs. Hull's
life had been devoted to a lo’.ing
service for others. She was instrumen
tal in the organization of the Civic
league and the Shelby Public library
which have grown into wonderful
agencies of usefulness. She was a
most enthusiastic member of all the
historic, literary and civic organiza
tions and one of the most enthusias- i
tic leaders of the Presbyterian!
church where she taught Sunday
school classes for many years. Foi
ls years she taught two classes every ;
Sunday one at the Presbyterian |
t'lurch in the morning and one at the
Shelby mill in the afternoon, so her
passing has brought a shadow of
gloom over the entire town. Men, wo- j
men and children in every walk of life 1
loved her for her sincere devotion
and abounding interest in the things
that counted most for the more abun-1
riant and useful life.
Mrs. Hull had a most happy disposi
tion. With a smile and a word of
cheer and comfort she went about
her daily tasks, whether in the quiet
ot the home or on her missions ox
service. The Civic league and the j
Public library stand as a monument j
to her untiring efforts in the years |
gone by. At times she was president
cf the Civic league, president of the'
20th Century dub, charter member
of the Public library, officer in ti e
Daughters of the Confederacy and
chairman of the literary department
ol the Woman’s club. She had hope.l
to see a woman’s club building fin
ished and dedicated before her jour
ney was finished and while they did
hot materialize, she has laid a foun
dation in the sentiment she has creat
ed Since she was stricken a week ago,
the inquiries about her condition have
been a revelation as to her countless
number of friends. General prayer
services were held in the several up
town churches last Wednesday night
in petitions asking that her life might
be spared, but the One who knows
best quietly removed her late Sunday
t-.ight, but her example is left for
friends to emulate in community bet
terment. In the home since the chil
dren were born has been a faithful
colored servant “Mammie Lou” But
ler, tender and devoted in her minis
trations to the last.
Funeral Tuesday.
Mrs. Hull’s funeral will be conduct
ed from the Presbyterian church
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock by the
pastor, Rev. H. N. McDiarmid, assist
ed by Revs. Zeno Wall of Shelby, T.
M. Lowery, of York. S. C.; W. A. Mur
ray of Charlotte. Having an innum
erable host of friends the church will
no doubt be crowded beyond capacity.
Born in Richmond, Va.
Born in Richmond, Va.. Mr?. Hull
was a woman of true Virginia culture
and refinement. She was a daughter
’’>■ late Mr. and Mrs. James Calvin
Johnson. After her marriage to Mr.
L M Hull of Shelby she lived in R>c h
niond for five years. Since that time
most of her life has been spent in
Shelby. One sister, Mrs. Leslie C.
West, of Richmond, and her husband
t’aptain West have been constantly at
her bedside since last Monday, togeth
er with her children, Mrs. Draper
Wood, of Lakeland, Fla., and her son
in-law Mr. Wood, Mrs. J. F. Stevens
and her husband of Greensboro, Mr.
Frank Hull and his wife of Logar.,
West Va.. Another sister survives,
Mrs. Mattie E. Bromber of Charles
town, West Va., but could not come
because of an injury in a recent acci
dent.
Phillips Here To
Assist Alexander
•Mr. George Alexander, who recently
acquired the Morrison jewelry store,
and who has been away for 10 days
or more buying new stock, arrived in
Shelby Sunday.
There came to Shelby with Mr.
Alexander, Mr. Jesse Phillips, of the
kichter and Phillips company, of Cin
cinnati, from whom Mr. Alexander
purchased his new display.
Mr. Phillips, speaking Monday for
Mr. Alexander, said the latter has
laid in a splendid line of jewelry of
all kinds, and will be prepared to do
a thoroughly up-to-date business here.
Mr. Phillips said the new establish
ment will be a credit to the town.
Preparations are now being made
for the store to hold an opening at
pome near date in the future
Star Story Gives Human
Insight Into World War
I here were thousands of oc
1 ii il the-sctne stories of the
World war that those at home
never knew. Interesting stories!
" I he One \\ no Forgot,” the
thrilling snail starting Wednes
day in The Cleveland Star, tails
one of these stories, and tells it
as fiction, which it is, but in the
real there were many ,-uch ster
‘ies.
Ti e World war events are in
terestin'; yet; always will be, for
it \ysr,. the greatest event, or c ,
ti.s' so;.he, of several centuries.
There is much bound up in this
story. War thrills, dare-devil ac
tion, f-roly-molded romance and
adventure, interesting insights
into the turmoil of humans
wrought by war and its conse
quences.
Peter Lys-ter was picked by the
author as the hero, who forgot.
Ou: on the western front a shell
fell and from'Peter all memory
of -the past slipped; even the
dreams of the loyal sweetheart
back home. Then the Armistice
and home and he didn’t recognize
the girl he was to marry.
llventuahy. as fiction goes, tie
ending was perfect in its way.
But that’s getting too far
aJtrsg.- Thousands of Star reade-s
are anxious for Wednesday's in.
rui? to reel off the press so that
they may get started on this
great serial. The story will speak
for itself.
The author ftf the story, Ruby
M. Ayres, wrote fairy stories as a
child. She's broadened with lit'1.
Her romances are now distributed
by the NEA newspaper service,
which serves The Star. Her ph
tograph accompanies this story.
By all means start with the
first chapter Wednesday and ad
vise your friends to get in on a
story they will never forget—
“The One Who Forgot.”
Hickory—“I was for the League of'
nations with Woodrow Wdson; I anti
for the World Court with Calvin ]
Coolidge,” raid Clyde R. Hoey, former (
representative from North Carolina,!
to the members ard friends of the I
Hickory Chamber of Commerce Thu'rs j
day night, “It is our duty to make J
war, with its sorrow and slaughter,;
as practically impossible as a human
body like a World Court can do,” Mr,
Hoey told the 150 men gathered at.
the Country club, and he made these
statements after he had talked him
self into the smoot, oiled like, chan
nel that has characterized the ‘‘Sil
ver tongue of the South” and made
him one of its leading orators.
Mr. Hoey was enthusiastic over
the future of Western North Carolina
and he approved with vigor the work
being done by the various Chambersj
of Commerce throughout the section.
This particular part of the State
he said, need not bow its head to
any country anywhere. He rapidly
went through a list of advantages
that started with climate and ended
with birth rate, saying North Caro
lina has forged its way in the past 25
years to one of the foremost posi
tions in the union .
Mr, Hoey was introduced by L. F.
Abernethy. The Shelby lawyer and
statesman began complimenting the
ladies who served the dinner. He
confessed his weakness for the fairer
sex. and then said that while he was
in Washington he heard a sermon by
Dr. Chappell, brother of the beloved
Asheville divine. The preacher said
it was his conviction that five wo
men to every man would be in Hea
ven. Mr. Hoey told the minister af
ter the sermon that he had given him
is greatest reason for wanting to go
to Heaven. And the Cleveland ban
ister can come as near entertaining
five of ’em at a time as any other
man. The speaker recalled an occa
sion many years ago, when he wns
18 years old. They were having a
Democratic convention in Wilkes
county, and that was in the days
when’ “they filled up on something
else besides enthusiasm. At that con
vention was old Dr. Abernethy found
er of Rutheford college, near Con
nelly Springs. The pioneer educa
cator was an impressive looking man
said Mr. Hoey, and while he was
walking down the streets during the
| convention a man. pretty well tanked
j up, approached him and said, ‘ Bro
| (her, what office are you running
for?”
“Sir.” replied Dr. Abernethy, ‘ I
am a candidate for the Kingdom of
Heaven.”
The soused politician drew hack
in admiration, and remarked, “Well
friend, I’m be darned if you don’t
get it. There ain’t another man here
running against you.”
Loaded With Facts.
Mr. Hoey was loaded down with
facts and figures regarding the de
velopment of North Carolina in the
past 25 years. From 24th place in
the production of farm products, he
said North Carolina has pulled up to
j fifth place in the Union, and Mr.
(Continued on page eight.;
Snowfall Supplants
Balmy Weather Of
Last Week Period
Shelby and Cleveland county
did itself proud Monday and
staged the second snow scene of
the winter. It came, as the saying
goes, out of a clear sky. The folks
went to their well-earned repose
Sunday night, rather congratu
lating themselves they had or.e i
foot in Florida, considering the
caressing balminess of the local
atmosphere. When they woke up
Monday morning, Recording to
the song, the scene was changed, i
There were one hundred and
one versions of the time the gen
tle flakes began to fall. Some said
two o’clock, and from that witch
ing hour when the moon begins t >
pale, and the roosters lift up the
other foot for a second nap, the
time of the arrival ran all tnc
way to four o'clock.
But the main point—upon all
are agreed is—it did snow. Some
four inches fell, converting court
square and the rural parts
arour.d, into fairyland. It was a
day of glee for the kids. And
strangely enough it failed to put
a crimp into automobile traffic.
There were about as many cars on
the streets Monday morning as
usual.
It was announced at the ’bus
office that the service was about
half an hour late.
Owing to the mildness of the tem
perature, it was 35 degrees at nine
o’clock, the snow early showed
signs of reversion to type, if you
get what we mean.
Mrs. Grover Hord is
Burried at Buffalo
Woman in the Prime of Life Leaves
Husband and Seven Children—
Buried Saturday.
Mrs. Emma Pearl Hord, wife of
I Grover Hord died Thursday morn
! ing at 10:30 o’clock at her home
west of Shelby after an illness of
ten months, during which time she
suffered untold agony but remained
a patient sufferer and cheerful
through it all. Mi's. Hord was only
32 years of age. She joined the Buf
falo Baptist church when she was
about 15 years old and remained a
faithful member until death. On
. August 10th 1910 she was married
to Mr. Grover Hord and to this
! union seven children were born, three
gh'ls and four boys who survive, to
gether with her mother and father,
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Porter, five bro
| thers and three sisters.
The funeral was conducted Satur
day morning at 10:30 o’clock and
i the interment was at Buffalo Baptist
1 church, the funeral services being
conducted by Rev. H. E. Waldron,
i assisted by Rev. W. G. Camp.
The people.* of Shelby arid vicinity
called to it Christhiii citizens mars
meeting to hi* held in the* h irst Bap
tist" .'chim/h Tuesday evening of this
week at 7:00, o’clock.
The purpose of the call is to give
everyone the rare opportunity of hear
ing far. James S. McCav.:. the general
herret.r.ry of the National Reform as
sociation. who has come to Shelby
after delivering n series i f addresses
;n Chariot fe and Gastonia under the
euspioes of the Ministerial union of
t’r<' two cities on the general then.e
“Save America,”
Dr. MeOnw spoke to enthugintme
;u■ •tierces in the Methodist and I'res
bvtarran churches Sunday morning
and evening.
Interest aroused by these addresses
\varva>1 the belief that there will be
a large crowd to hear him on tomor
row evening and tie First Baptist
DR. JAMES S. McGAW.
cliurch has tendered the use of their
big auditorium. “Ou National Heri
tage; Shall We Keep It?” will be the
subject for the occasion.
Every church member, parent, tench
cr and member of any patriotic order
will want to hear this appeal for the
maintenance of the great fundamen
tal Christian principles and Christian
institutions which have made possible
our republic and which are under fire
today as never before in the history of
the country.
The National Reform association
which Dr. McGnw represents is the
old pioneer in the field of moral re
form. It has always stood for the
Word of God as the only guide for na
tions and is constantly proclaiming
that one-third of the Bible which is
God’s direct message to nations is the
solution of our present day problems.
The organization has the endorse
ment cf practically every evangelical
church in America.
The people of the Southland have
been particularly friendly to this
association because it is non-sectar
ian, non-partisan and nation-wide in
its activities; and thoroughly Chris
tian in its principles and purposes.
At the meeting yesterday the
hearty accord with which the projects
Of the association is received was man
ifested by the unanimous vote of both
Congregations asembled.
Those who heard Dr. McGaw yes
terday want to hear him again and
are anxious that as many as possible
will have the same privilege on Tues
day evening.
Opening Of Ice Cream
Plant Tuesday Night
Ice cream "'ill be served free from
fi to 11 o'clock to those who call
Tuesday at the ice cream plant of
: the Shelby Ice and Fuel Company.
I The new plant has just been com
I pleted and placed in operation, fur
j ishing a new industry for Shelby
and employment to about 25 people.
Mr. Leslie Taylor says invitations
have been issued to the dealers and
consumers whose names lie bad, but
if you failed to receive one, another
invitation is extended in today’s
Star. At the opening, music will be
furnished by the Shelby High School
Orchestra. Those who attend will be
ushered through the plant and shown
the modern machinery, the cleanli
ness of everything and the process
through which the product goes to
convert in into Blue Ridge Ice
Cream.
Mr. Joe Carroll of York. S. C., spent
Sunday here with his sister,- Mrs.
Walter L. Fannins.
LESLIE L. TAYLOR
Formerly of Iluthirf >rdton, one of the cffit-crn aid owner:* of the Shelby
lee and Fuel cortijiany, mal *va of Blue Ki-dge lie cioatn. •
Arey Brothers Bay Hudson
Agency From Chas. Hoey
Sure, They’re Down
The Florida Way
How many Shelby and Cleve
land county folks are now living
in Florida?
Could the exact /number be
learned and added to the special
census figures it’s almost a cer
tain that Shelby's official census
would near the 10,00t> marl;—but
such is impossible unless they
j return.
An idea as to the large number
of local people who have migrated
to Florida was gained over the
week-end by Tnlmadge Gardner,
of the local postoffice, in going
over the mailing list of The Star.
Hundreds of Stars go out by
southbound Southern mail and
are listed together on The Star's
mailing list. A survey of the list
by Mr. Gardner revealed the fact
that approximately one-third of
The Stars southbound go to Flor
ida.
There may be a bubble in Flor
ida, but it is a luring bubble.
Jim Rice and “Buck” Cabaniss, Col
ored Servants, Get Reward from
State. Built Breastworks.
Along with the pension check for
J’hil Roseboro came two other checks
for colored servants, who served the
Confederacy. The checks were claim
ed last week by Jim Rice, 80-year-old
negro of Kings Mountain, and Sam
(Buck) Cabaniss, of Freedman, col
(red suburb of Shelby.
Rice and Cabaniss both of whom
curved well during Civil war days
were not body servants as w*y> Phil
Roseboro, but were pressed into serv
ice to build breastworks for the sol
diers of the south. The two old fellows
in claiming their checks told of inter
esting events during their service to
the white folks.
Rice, whose application for a pen
sion, was advocated by Attorney J. R.
Davis, of Kings Mountain, is also of
South Carolina origin and came f^orn
the same county. York, as did Phil
Roseboro. His service was at James
and Sullivan Islands and with Beau
regard's battery, near Charleston. He
belonged as a slave to Billy Rice, of
York county, who sent him to work
Tor tiie Confederate troops. Rice is
[active for his age and is thrifty, own
ing a 05-acre farm two miles south of
Kings Mountain, is married and has
several children.
‘'Buck” Cabaniss, the only native
Cleveland county negro in the trio.,
is a town character about Shelby and
his pint-pocket store in Freedman is
well known about town. Buck in the
J slave days prior to the war belonged
t<> William Cabaniss, a big Cleveland
c ounty planter and served with a .la
boring corps in Virginia and Mary
land with the troops. Pink Cabaniss,
son of Buck’s master, returning to
Shelby after the war ran up on Buck
in a Virginia town and brought him
back here.
There was an officer in war days
that scoured the country pressing
j negro laborers, horses tend mules into
service. Suggestive to his work he
‘was known as the “press master”
Cabaniss was picked up by the “press
master.”
Needless to sav both of the old-time
'darkies were made happy hv their
['•>' • k«- . . .
After every employee connected j
v/ith the Hoey Motor Comany had j
married, Thus. A. Hoc.v the unmar
ried proprietor, got a divorce from
business Saturday. He has sold his I
agency for Hudson and Essex auto
mobiles to Arey Brothers. While
Charles is single, the sale was not
made because he is opposed to mar
riage. however. Seven of his employ
ees had taken unto themselves a
“better half’ since they became con
nected with the super-six show
rooms, but this had nothing to do
with Charles’ divorce from the auto
mobile business. He and the Arey
boys were talking and the matter of
a trade arose. Areys and Hoey be
ing in the automobile business which
is naturally a trading life, soon
came to terms and Charles has turn
| ed over to them the agency for the
I Hudson and Essex cars which young
| Hoey has been selling for the past
! five years.
815,000 Involved
I About. 815,000 is involved in the
transaction and not only includes the
i'jfancy for these two well-known au
tomobiles, but also includes the
stock of supplies. The large brick
building is not involved. This has
i been retained by young Hoey and
leased to the Arey Brothers who will
■ontinue the agency for Hudson and
Essex cars at tjie same stand: You tig
Hoey has not announced his vocation
for the future.
Arey Brothers will continue their
agency for the well known Chevro
let. Having taken on the Hudson and
Essex they now have two cars a
little higher in price so they can bet
ter meet the demands of the trade
that require these models. They
will also continue the distribution of
Texaco products which are handled
throughout the county through their
dealers. Arey Brothers are hustling
young dealers and two of the oldest
in point of automobile experience in
Shelby.
They have been highly successful
with the Chevrolet and Texaco and
promise a continuance of the splen
did service that has characterized
their business in the years gone by.
The name under which the Hudson
and Esrex agencies will operate will
be announced this week.
130 New Pupils In
Schools Of Shelby
At the close of the fourth-month of
school on January 15, 1926, the en
rollment of children in the public
schools was 2,478, distributed as fol
lows :
Central High school -- 464
Central elementary — __ —-- 616
Marion ...— 357
LaFayette . --- - 527
Eastside - 190
South Shelby-- -- 460
Colored school - 304
Total___ __2,478
This means that about 130 pupils
have entered school since Christmas
The result is a crowded condition in
all buildings except South Shelby. In
many rooms the teacher is trying to
teach 50 or more children. To accom
modate the 2,478 pupils 65 class
rooms are available—an average of
38 children to the room.
_—
Mrs. Charts. L. Eskridge and Mrs.
! A. W. Eskridge spent Friday in
Blacksburg with relatives.
—Dr. Boyer Better—Dr. H. K. Boy
er, pastor of Central Methodist
church, who has been sick with a cold
for several days, was reported as con
siderably improved Monday, his
many friends will be glad to hear. Dr,
Boyer was unable to conduct the seiv<
jKCs at t ential thuicl Sunday.
CONFERENCE HERE
ABOUT 111
Marshall, Florida Developer, and Oth
ers nt Hotel for Farley About
Future of Development.
With the hills and dales of the
Cleveland Springs estate blanketed
in snow Monday morning a confer
ence was being held during the day
at the resort hotel concerning the fu
ture of the great resort development
planned there.
The conference was termed by
those attending as one of the most im
portant to the future of the develop
ment, and not only western Carolina,
but other sections of the state are
awaiting with interest the plans to be
announced.
Among those attending the confer
ence were Shelby people taking a di
rect interest in the development, Al
lred Marshall, Florida financier and
realtor, who will stage the devel
opment; Carl S. Draper, landscape
architect of Charlotte, and several as
sistants; and S. 1*. Baird, landscape
expert of Cleveland, Ohio.
Phillip Affleck, prominent Wash
ington realtor, also arrived in Shelby
over the week-end and was in confer
ence with local realtors and others
Monday. Although not directly inter
ested in the resort Mr. Affleck thinks
mrch of the future of this section and
is looking over prospects for his
clients and investing interests.
Nothing definite had neen made
public /Monday at noon concerning
Mr. Marshall’s trip here, but local di
rectors of the hotel company stated
prior to the meeting that matters
coming up during the day would be
of much public interest.
Mr. Draper and his men will pre
sent the latest “plans for the devel
opment and they will be gone over by
Mr. Marshall and his local associates
and arrangements will probably be
made towards the handling of (he de
velopment work about the hotel
grounds and residential sections.
The plans of Draper contain the
entire resort development idea includ
ing the layout of the new golf courses,
avenues, boulevards and club house.
Tuesday night, it is announced, a
meeting of local golfers and officials
of the Cleveland Springs club Will* be
held. At which meeting plans con-,
cerning the new course will be dis-'
cussed together with other businos3
of the club and new officers will likely
be elected.
Romantic Play At
Auditorium Friday
A new romance. “Nadina of Para
ci.'.e Isle,” recently produced bv
Mark Byron, Inc., will be presented
for one performance at the High
School auditorium Friday ngiht
January 29th under auspices of the
Woman’s Club. This play is in three
acts, with music, and was written by
Lincoln Osborn. whose “Uptown
West” proved to be one of the out
standing plays two seasons ago when
produced by Earl Carroll on Board
way. Mr. Osborn spent several yen-s
in Hawaii, and thoroughly under
stands the simplicity of the natives.
The play opens on the shores of
Honiopu Bay, Hawaii, with the fas
cinating Hawaiian music of the steel
guitars played hy native musicians.
The beautiful Hawaiian dancer, Na
dian, has three suitors, but refuses
their offer of marriage, as she has
fallen madly in love with Lieutenant
R'ley of the U. S. Revenue Service,
who dreams of the sweetheart he has
left in the states, and whom he will
marry when he completes his study of
the Islands. The Lieutenant loves
Nadina as an amusing lovable child
and when he refuses to marry her,
even for a few nights, she appeals to
her grandfather the witch doctor of
the Islands, for aid, which he refuses
In despair, Nadina dances her pas
sionate dance of supplication to the
fire God, and is about to throw her
self into the consuming volcano, when
the old man relents, and assists Na
dina in carrying out her plan to have
her desired lover and herself de
clared lepers, so they will be sent a
way together. When she returns to
Rilgy ,and he still remains untouch
ed by her bewitching and seductive
charms, she works on him the aid
given by her grandfather.
Dramatic heights are reached when
Riley’s American sweetheart unex
pectedly visits the Island, and it is
then that Nadina proves her true
love for the Lieutenant. The charm
the beautiful haunting music, are
indeed a rare combination which in
of this story, and the fascination of
sures the delight of everyone seeing
this play. Miss Emilie Montrose has
the role of Nadina, Marjorie Chester
plays the part of the American
sweetheart, both supported by ’veU
,-hosen cast.