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SHELBY’S BUILDING PROGRAM IN 1925 RELIABLE HOME PAPER Of Shelby And The State’s Fertile Farming Section, Modem Job Department, TOTALLED THREE MILLION DOLLARS—1926 WHAT? MAKE A CITIZEN OF EVERY VISITOR. SHELBY’S POPULATION 1925 Census_8,864 Where Industry JoLis With Ciimate In A Call For You, . »• VOL. XXXIV, No. 4G “Covers Cleveland Completely." SIIELBY. N. C. FRIDAY, APRIL 1(1. 1926. Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. "TT-. _J_ __■■■■L J-lL'i! By mail, per year (in advance) .$2.50 ' By carrier, per year (in advance) $3.00 2,000 Home Folks Swayed By Eloquence Of Thomas Dixon Ascd Men Who Knew Him In Ynuth Fhrf To Anditnrinm With Hundreds Of Others In Hear C'ountv's Greatest Son. Tom Dixon, a towering-man with a! lock of gray hair across ins forehead I a man of international lame-.: car;:.-' home Thursday night. to Shelby Ui i ■ Cleveland county. As the shadows of a treacherous: April day fell aslant the wide suet s , of Shelby in the evening they began.P« gather, coming from the mountains > , the north and ranging across tV the county to the South Carolina bor der line, and they came until by u;C hour of the scheduled address the big auditorium was packed and doyen's! were turned away. They came back to the identical spot where Dixon- ; hoy attended school to hear the nvi. v ho more than a quarter of a cent in v art1 stood among the pines just cut iif Shelby and recited his first pub lic speech. There with none to heat or see but the whispering pine.- - a. firs' trained the voice that hold 2.hOu ; -ople silent Thursday night for two hours. It was a homecoming unequable A tribute paid two ways: by the folks hr came back to, and by the distil ■ guished character who re, a rued. Along the front rows of the au - torium were packed the- old men H the community, the men who knew Dixon as a boy ami were ; ur.rades of Dixon’s father; men who brought tits' South triumphantly through the try • i-g days of reconstruction painted .-■> vividly by the author in his nove ls and plays. Among them wire men, who years ago. loaned the money to the eider Dixon with which the man the; h< ard speak’was educated, Ard group ed back through the seats were the j u rn and women who had listened by the firesides of the county to the yg no s*ory of Cleveland's own Dixon b-ys. i nt'y were uif re wiui uu1 r;:aui i) ll-'f to see the man. who rose ‘ r-u ion-wide distinction from their ov n foothills, but they were revrar I 'd with more. Dixon was ha. ': home ‘on. The familiar scenes brought buck memories, and arasne a people with whose speech and customs he was ar easainted, Dixon spoke a never befor Pi von was great to bis home folks ' -fore Thursday n'fht: diyirigi’i - ed from the awe of distance, huh •> In is greater than ever before. With the rolling accent of the tnge •bh-nd ed with the irresistible • ioquence of h.ovhood that sent him to legislature from this county before he was 21, the home coining son became a greater .speaker than a writer. At first they uarvelled before the appearance of the man who created “The Birth of a Nation” and “The Clans nan,’ then they fell in a silent awe -'before the bewitching cadence of inde.-eribabit descriptive oratory. The pride of Cleveland county -. the son it fostered may be overi-sti •mtiled, but the . county is content in the pride. Its people measured http at the beginning and know him now*, and by the knowledge they know the distance erf his rise. And, on a broader plane, that ri was thp subject of his appealing n i dress. Dixon rose from a family that suffered in the ashes of the old South land, and it was the come hack of Dixie that Dixon told of. told in a wav that sent thrill after thrill through the body of every Southerner. Introduced by Newton. Before coming to the auditorium Dr Dixon spoke before the Kiwanis club, hying introduced at both places bj former Senator D. Z. Newton. Kiw i, inns who followed him to the audito rium were among those who could not gain entrance and were turned away. Mr. Dixon, in opening his address explained why he has gone into his new work. Something had happened in his life, he said, that changed its current, something big, something .-f’.’iou- “ jloubtlo: s," • he said, "some | °f. J'"ii have hoard of the tragedy of last surnmer. Unexpectedly. out of a ■ if ir shy, 1 11>r- both of my brothers. I That was the supreme shock of mv i bfr. I never thought of them pass ing away before the age of mv fath-1 or, who l.ved to be a man of tit), and I my faba-rs mother, mv grandmoth er. lived be 101. When I experi enced this tragedy it crushed my j hear •. and I ask'd myself the ques-i tion: “What shall it profit a man if j he gain file whole world and forfeit I bis 1IV?" i asked myself another] question, and that was: “What sort : of civilization is it .we are living ini that snuffy out the 1 fe of man in! the height, of • i- manhood and his | hi’" best p . bis achievements ? ’’1 The f. is something radically wrong j vVth It. Min should l.ve to a more} advanced-• age titan they are living j today. Tho.-o two things turned t1 e 'current of hiv life and caused me to give revaluation to life, revaluation to ti ■ motives of l.tV. and I closed my desk oil whivh 1 was preparing a! b-M k. stopped the work of preparing a pict'U'o nod turned toward this beautiful idea. Risen from Ashes “Tlv 'them"-, which 1 have chosen I is “The Rvsih" South,1’ The:'-- - could | be no r irig South unless it had ris-1 en frorh. soniething. The South must: l ave been; plunged into some abysm ! some stupendous catastrophe, from j which she has arisen. When we look, back- over our history, we recall the j history of the South, ;t is as 'as tounding fact that the South has ri. - ] en. is still rising, as we see her do ing. I never go over the South but j what I am amazed at what 1 see. I i never look at her glorious presence j • ;» ! do not recall her tragic history i ami wonder how it has been nossible j for the South to rise in such glory within the brief time it has been aie coi iniihseii. And this was because of the tr:.g -(iy of our history. We reach ed the deepest abyss nnv people of our race ever reached because our livt • bo nine entangled in the out t -onu institution of slavery. The Yank- nv ral code was no higher than the. people of the. South. We are 'he same people in breeding and in j the race from which we came. W hen our f it . rs came wer liere thev were i all pious i ' ’ ■ When they landed they landed first on their knees and j then on the aborigines. The differ ence in attitude toward the negro was practically nothing. On the slave questYn we were practically of one mind. The real thing, that ‘happened1 was C at the Yankee had better busi ness sense than we had. He figured out very, quickly that slavery was not oi ly a moral wrong, but an eco nomic insanity. end early in the ■'lime he abolished slavery, not on moral grounds but on . economic ,.iairei -. Wo were in the way of abolishing slavery in the South when the catastrophe was prcticipated. Just when our greatest statesmen were beginning to gather around the council table and entering into id arts for settling this i-sue there sudden ly appear 'd on the scene a strange, Weired old man with the glittering eye of a paranoiac. This old ascetic Puritan by the name of John Brown proclaim 1 siehleiilv a new doctrine JI„ called it “direct action.” Ho meant direct, blood-stained action as the ohlv possible solution of the pro blem. IB preached his doctrine far and wide. He met an immediate re sponse-. not from the mas see of the people, hut from the groups of fana tics. That, old man said to Garret Smith. Theodore Parker and their as sociate'.: “You give me enough mo (Continued on page six.) Hundreds of Star Readers Will Enjoy Serial Story To Start In Monday s Star What happened to Mimsi Marsli, thi‘ beautiful model, in New York’’ That's the big query of the unusu ally interesting serial story. “ The Hood Bad Girl,” starting in The Cleveland Star-in Monday's issue. Many readers have enjoyed the serial stories carried heretofore in •he Star and it is the firm bel.ef of the management that this will be the host of its kind ever published in The •Star. Numerous new subscribers are al rcady coming in desirious of begin ning at the first of the story. Those Who subscribe prior to Wednesday '■f next week will get the issue car tying the first installment. An Idea of It There are two kinds of wolves in New York—the first get a girl that hasn't any money; the other gets the :nnocent girl who doesn’t know PH she should about hr ' Mimsi: Marsh, attractive to the li mit, you'll sav, came down to New York* to he an artist. Down to the l.ij.- city that has no heart and crushes ambitions, and sometimes the person: Mini'sr, winsome thing, had to live and she became a model. Some modr els compromise with their ideal", when they accept a job. Perhaps Mimsi did, and perchance Mimsi kept dreaming dreams. Just what she did, and the things she faced, the story will tell. You'll hardly be able to wait to sec ■ what Minisi did once you start on her story. Yes, she’s “The Good Bad Girl” of the story. Which won, good or bad ? It’s a romance that grips the soul, is clean, and yet has thrilling situa tions and emotional climaxes. Wini fred Van Duzer, pictured above is the writer. Start M Momiivv ii. the Mar. . AGED VET, T. \V. HARMON, BELIEVED NEAR DEATH Reports from Kings Mountain shortly after noon today stated that Mr. T. \V. Harmon, 112-year-old (’on federate veteran well known citizen i f the county, was near death at tin. home of his son, Mr. Tom llarmon on the Kings Mountain highway. The aged man became sicl Wednesday morning and soon lapsed into an un conscious state, it is said, from which he has not revived. Editor Rage, of tiu Herald, stated at noon that little, hope was held for the recovery of Mr. Harmon and that death was expected unv moment. - Violets Bloom In Snow Here -- < . I t or Hot Shelby Climate Does Not ; Affect Beautiful Freak of Na ture Here. Sue, here’s a brief yarn. As the word goes in a newspapci .-hop. It concerns violet bloom, pansy blooms, the bio rams of the peach, 'hoj • pear and maybo—in the end—oratlgr, blossoms. John McGrow used to have a field- J cr on the Giants whom old time fans, - such as J. Baltimore and others, will j n member as Benny Kaull. Kauff we-' caked “The Shrinking Violet.” Of’ course you get the point—he was the ; toughest nut in baseball during that j unhappy time. i But we arc coming to the violet later. Jusl now we will consider j peach blooms and pear blooms ano the like. Last Monday l . c. suuie, wm. i-, thoughtful and observant, express* 11 surprise that the*cpld spell had not; idoped every fruit bloom in Clove -! laud county, and in the whole ofj North Carolina for the matter of that. | Monday was cold enough to cause Clyde Nolan to put on his overcoat, Mr. Ebeltoft’s thermometer fell to forty, and the wind out of the east ffit a though it was full ofpin points. Mr. Suttle awoke Tuesday morning, after the chill of the moon less night,, ami said to himself it is 11 over with the fruit. And he regretted the peaches. And many thought as he did, tha* I all the friut vyas gone—frozen in the: bloom, without a chance. But it developed the apple tree stood out in their gay regalia ot n-ing Tuesday morning'as bold ana blight as ever, like beacons of light in the gloom of the day. Not a bud, not u petal was frozen,—not even nioped. And it was the same with the pear, and the other trees. The conclusion was plain. Fruit blossom the blossoms of the fruit that delights the natives in these parts is tough. They are tough, hardy, and then some. The idea prevalent in the land that because you see alleged delicate pinks and reds and creams and whites on I the trees it must of necessity be and continue warm, or all is lost, is a plain bull. Which brings us along after a delay —to the violet, the shrinking violet. Violets are supposed to bloom in the spring. There is a song to the ef fect that violets bloom in the spring And a violet is supposed to be so lender and delicate that they shrink from the heat or cold with a sensi tiveness almost’unknown in nature But out on North Washington | street lives Mrs. Z. B. Weathers, who (Continued on page three.) Local Legion Post Wants New Members Drive Will Be Staged by Ex- Service Men to Increase Membership of Organization Here. The Warren Hoyle Post of the American Legion will stage a mem j be rah ip drive on Friday and Satur* ! day, April 23 and 24, it is announced I by J. Horace Grigg, commander of j post. It is the aim of Legion officials to enroll every ex-service man in the county if possible. At least 100 new members are anticipated during the campaign. Beneficial Here The work of the local post has pro ven beneficial to ex-service men seeking aid there and it is thought that other ex-service men will find the organization worthwhile and ser ving their best interests. Renewed interest has been shown in general club activity recently by the i post, a smoker and banquet being held recently at which ex-service men of the county were guests. Following n cold snap the local realty mar! seem* to have settled back on a steady and ac tive basis. Renewed activity is being seen in realty circles and Highway 20, after a shivering spell, is : gain the scene of numerous cars loaded with prospect.- going out and customers coming hack. With the visit her.' bf several out-of-town buyers tl.i d ght de pression of the cold nan disap peared and local dirt sale man have been viewing with each other in ‘‘showing off Caro lina's fastest growing town.by the official census.” Cpusiderable building is going on now in various sections of the t vvn. Of much interest to those who have been watching realty activity is the building along the rlevdaral Snrings road. The Dudley and .‘-eh' nek homes irt the heart of the Clevelan 1 Springs estate are nearing completion, while this week construction work was star'ed ,<vi a 10-room re u l< ncc for Rev. Mr. Rowe. of South Carolina, on his valuable property on the highway just i ;-st of the resort park. An Karl contractor is in charge and the big job includes a garage and i outbuildings. Miss Fannie llarrill Digs up Interest ing Occurrence Which Happened Here 16 Years Ago. Mi'---, Fannie Harrill. of Charlotte, who has been employed 1 y the Bell Telephone Co., was sent tf- Raleigh, last week to do research work for the telephone company. This research work is to get information for the coming celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the telephone being tried out in the larger cities of North Carolina. This research Work ,vAn done at the State library at Ra leigh. The Charlotte Observers were examined as far back as 1R79. There were other interesting things dug up from the past, besides telephone items. Imagine M;ss liar rill’s suprrise on examining the Ob servers of 1R80—finding this item from Shelby: “A farmer living in Shelby, had p'ar.ted a large cotton crop, and he .was very blue over continued dry weather. His cot.on was suffering for lack of rain. lie decided that he would' ask Dr. Hudson, a very deeply spir itual man:—-one who believed great ly in praper—to pray for rain. He did so, and he was so sure of the rain after the promise of the preacher to pray for rain, that: he told the neigh bor:. to carry their umbrellas that dav for there would be rain. About 2 o’clock it began to rain—rained on the farmer’s fields of cotton, f, 1 three successive days, and did not rain in Shelby.” The farmer was Miss Fanny Hpr rills father the late John Harrill. 'the farm where the cotton was planted, was the land where the hospital now stands, and the Hull farm back of the hospital. The preacher who pra;. - ed for rain was Dr. Hudson, the be loved pastor of Central Methodist church, father of the bite Tom Hod s', n. He lived where Mr. \V. 11. Hull now lives. A number of people stood cn the corner where Campbell’s store now stands, and saw a hard rain for three days in succession, on the farm ers cotton. There are those in Shelby who remember this occurrence. Uncie Dock Suttle and other remember it Miss Harrill was a tiny girl when this happened. She has heard it spoken of very often. Meeting For Chamber Of Commerce Monday To perfect an organization of the chamber of commerce which has bee n in process of formation for the past three weeks, a mass meeting is called to be held in the court house Monday lrght at 8 o’clock. Those who hue subscribed, those who have not sub scribed and as well as those who do not subscribe are asked to attend Ibis meeting which it is expected that the directors will be elected so that the work can be started off at once. Of course the amount of money set for a goal has not been reached, but the citizens will determine at this meet ing whether they will proceed with an organization which will be limited in its scope of work to the amount al ready subscribed, or wn“tiler move canvassing will be done to enable the chimber to do a greater work. Remember the time and place for this meeting. In the coun house Mon day no-in it v Vrc , Statue of Champ Clark Frederick C. Hit hard, cntcago r.' «:d * j'ptar. u working on a mutue of Champ Clark which is to be erected on ovmpiciton at Bowling Green Shelby Teams Going Strong In Contests At Chapel Hill MRS. WALTER LEE Respected Woman of Polkville Dies After Illness of Only 24 Hours. Buried at Palm Tree. One of the saddest deaths recently, was that of Mrs. Blanche Lee, wife of VViiltPr Ih-«, prominent furaj letter carrier on Lawndale ft-1, who passed .1 voy Wednesday afternoon at t!}e Hoelfey hospital after an illness of only p4 hours. Mrs. Lee had been in fairly goi d health when she was suddenly :Iken ill with uremic poison and rush ed to the hospital where all that medi cal skill could do, failed to prolong her life. She was one of the mast highly esteemed women in the Polk villo section, a true mother who had given her life to her family. She war 42 years of age. the daughter of Isaac Mauney of Cleveland Mills and is sur vived by her husband, father and five children. Carl, Mary Lizzie, Annie, George and Paul. One daughter, the infant child, died only a few weeks ago very suddenly and shortly there after Mr. Lees father, Mr. Frank Lee noted song leader, passed on to his fathers. The sympathy of the entire community goes out to th" Lee fam ily in their triple bereavement. Airs. Lee was buried Thursday aft i moon at Palm Tree Methodist church where she held her member ship and was a ntos. active and con. .- eCrated communicant. A crowd that over-taxed the church and a beautiful | floral tribute attested th° high es J teem in which she was held. The fu nernl services were conducted by Rev. : .loin Green, assisted by Rev. J. M. , Morgan and Rev Mr. Morris. Pi t f. W I). Burns, who had known the family for many years and the beau tiful life of Mrs. Lee, also paid a fine and deserved tribute • to her sweet character. Mrs. Lee is also survived by three brothers, Horace and Toni Mauney, of ooper Cleveland, P. Marvin Mauney of Columbia. S, C„ and iwo sisters, Mrs. (I. M. Gold of Shelby and Mrs John Daniel Lattimore of the county Traveling Men At Annual Banquet About 75 are expected to attend fbe annual banquet of Post O. Travellers Protective association to be held to night in the dining’ room of Central hotel. The local post of which Toni Moore is nres., has 5fl members, bul they are allowed to bring their wives to this annual festive occasion. Max Gardner is expected to make the prin einal speech of the evening, after which there will be short talks In traveling men and a talk by Rev. Zeno Wall, chaplain of the post. The ball on i . v I ■’ .. o'oer: Go Into Finals for State Tennis Hon ors. Affirmative Team in Semi Finals of Debate. A wire received this afternoon from Chapel Hill states that Shel by enters the finals for the state tennis championship in both sin gle- and doubles. Whitelaw Ken dall and Gilmore Singleton, Shel by's doubles team, defeated Char lotte this morning for the privi lege of entering the finals at 4:30 this afternoon. This morn ing Kendall, of Shelby defeated Sheffield, of Canton, which places him in the finals at 1:30 this aft ernoon against Rogers, of Ashe \ ille. for the state title, - —. Shelby High school debate and ten nis teams were going strong in the s, ate-wide contest being held at Chap el Hill up until Friday noon, accord ing to wire received at noon from Prof I. C. Griffin, city superintendent of schools, accompanying the teams. The standing at noon gave one Shelby debating team a chance to (■tone through for state honors, while in tennis Shelby plays for the state championship. I.ate.st Dope. The wire from Mr. Griffin to The Star reads: “Shelby affirmative won in first preliminary debate. Speaks at ore today in semi-finals. Shelby’ wen semi-finals in tennis and plays Asheville for championship this after noon.” From the foregoing it is understood that the Shelby negative team must hove been eliminated while the af firmative team, composed of Dorothy McKnight and Vernon-Grigg, still re mains in the debating contest. The Shelby negative team was compose V of Virginia Hoey and Jennie May Cal l,,ho n. Kendall Going Good. Just wnicn one ot tne jsneiny t.is teams will play for the slate title cannot he deciphered from the wire.l The doubles team, Whitelaw Kendall and Gilmore Singleton, may he playing Asheville for the titles, or in singles Kendall may he meeting Rogers, of Asheville for the singles champion ship. On the other hand both may bt , in the finals. It is presumed however that young Kmdall must be playing for the sin. glos title, considering tournament data to cate. In the singles preliminary K<ndall eliminated a Winston player 0-2, O-o. On the second round he stop ped the Wilson entrant for singles 6-4, 6-3. In the doubles preliminary Single ton and Kendall defeated tly Wilming ton Learn 7-5. 9-7. A dispatch from Chapel Hill last night stated that Rocky Mount and Chapel Hill would plcv in todays doubles, while the win J thing team of the Fuyetteville-Char loite match would nlay Shelby in the semi-finals in doubles. Up until last night there remained only four in the singles race; Rogers, of Asheville; Kendall, of Shelby; Shof field, of Canton. Merritt of Chapel h;?i. i — • • - Church Gathering Commends Reli gious Work of Deaf Mute Here Who Holds Services “The deaf will be made to hear.” A Shelby man. deaf since birth, apparently had faith, literal faith, in that passage from the Holy Book. For several months Andrew C. Mil br. Jr., a mute has been holding re ligious services for the mutes of this section of the state, lecturing, ad vising and preaching to them, his neople. And now his noble work is being rewarded by those who have been attracted to it. One of the features of the Spring meeting of the Kings Mountain Pres bytery held at Forest City this week was the nrnise accorded Mr. Miller for the fine work he is doing. The resolution ns passed by the gathering reads: “That the Presby tery of Kings Mountain commends Andrew C. Miller; Jr., for the inter est he Is manifesting in the spiritual welfare of the deaf mutes of the Synod of North Carolina. The Pres bytery hereby expressing its appre ciation of this important work and assures Mr. Miller that it stands ready to assist him in making his work permanent by referring it to the favorable consideration of the Synod of North Carolina.” Which means that in addition to aiding in the work the presbytery will ask the state synod to take note of th« retnarkahle services being held bv Mr. Miller. Many Worship Places On the second Sunday in each month Mr. Miller preaches in the Shelby Presbyterian church to the mutes of this section. On practically all other Sundays he holds services ■ for his people in nearby cities, Hick ory. Lenoir, Morganton and else, where. Numbers gather here for the monthly services and it is not known just how many of these unfortunates i are afforded an opportunity of reli | yious worship through his services, which has been yiven yratis just for [the love of h:s people. An additional point of interest to the services is added by his wife, who leads the singing and otherwise assists in the sendees. Makes Good Report Rev. H. N. McDiarmid and Mr. ! L. A. Gettys, representing the Shelby | church at the presbytery, which met Tuesday and adjourned -Wednesday afternoon, turned in the best report ever made from the local church. Sixty-four additions were made to the church roll, and during the year ■i cohyreyation of only 241 members contributed $15,842 to all church causes. Rev. W. W. Akers, of Lineolnton, was elected moderator, succeediny [Dr. I. S. McElroy, of Kings Moun | tain. On Sunday, May 9, Rev. W. G. [ Goble will be installed as Presbyter ian pastor at Cherryville and Rev. H. N; McDiarmid of the local church will have charge of the installation and w'341 preach the installation sermon. SHELBY LOSES 10 ! GIIST0I1 OUTFIT Play Lenoir Here Friday and Char lotte in Charlotte Saturday Afternoon. “Casey” Morr.s Shelby highs are this afternoon, Friday, playing the strong Lenoir team here. Saturday, the young Shelby out fit moves down to Charlotte for a re turn game with Rawson’s Queen City team. Charlotte was defeated here last week and the locals are point ing for another victory. Playing Pat Crawford’s heavy hit ting Gastonia team in Gastonia Wednesday afternoon the locals were defeated but demonstrated their abi lity to hit against one of the best clubs in the state. Gastonia emerged victor by a 11 to 8 score in a game featured by bonehead plays and extra base hits. Harris Star. Fielding features were furnished by Kd Harris, Shelby center field er. and Carson, Gastonia’s guardian of the center territory, both making sensational running catches with the bases loaded. Schneider, Carson and Morris were the big guns of the Gastonia hitting, while Hoyle and Gillespie, local catcher, were the hitting stars for Shelby. After the first inning Hoyle re lieved Dutch Whisnant on the mound and managed to check the Gastonia rally to an extent. Snelby _ ___ 004 001 200— 8 11 3 Gastonia _§gl u00 0f»x—11 13 g #
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