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SHELBY Was Carolina’s Fastest Grow ing Town 1920-1925 By U. S. Census. _________t NORTH CAROLINA’S LEADING NEWSPAPER OUTSIDE OF THE DAILY FIELD e-—i THE STAR Is The Leading Paper of Shelby and The State’s Fertile Farm Section. - - — ■ ■ VOL. XXXIV, No. 71 MONDAY, JUNE 14, 1926. Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons By mail, per year (in advance)—$2.60 ‘ By carrier, per year (in advance) $3.00 THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C. Heavy Downfall Follows Prayer For Rain By 3,000 People at Revival Meeting In Shelby / i ? DIG TENT REVIVAL CLOSED M SHAY Vast Congregation Prays for Rain at Closing Service. More Than t-00 Converted During Time. Around .3,000 people joined in a prayer for rain Sunday night at ih bi:: Wall revival tent and just at noon today Shelby was visited hy a heavy rainstorm that is estimated to have been worth several hundred thou sand dollars to the farmers of ( lev eland county and business men in general. During the service, which was the ! closing one of the meeting, there was a special prayer for rain and rill those in the large congregation beiiyv ing in the power of prayer were asked , to join. At noon .today as Dr. Wall was giving the data on the meeting the rainstorm broke over Shelby carrying moisture and refreshment to the parched fields and thirsty earth over the section. Other churches dur ing the day featured a prayer f.-r rein, and ministers of these, ehurcl'cs and those who united at the tent rt ival. today felt highly grateful ihr t the prayer of several thousands joir ed together for religious worship had been heard. Was Great Meeting. The revival just closed under ti e direction of Dr. Zeno Wall and Rev. Rush Padgett was considered one of the most helpful and having a wider scope than any ever held in the county. Dr. Wall staled Monday morn ing that it was the greatest revival that he personally had ever assisted ; in. The congregation Sunday night numbered around 3,000 people and was the largest of the series of meetings , Indications during the evening and ; Monday were to the effect that the re'dval would be made an annual af fair. The influence of the meeting has proad to and touched practically ali sections of the county it is already evident . Various churches were in vited in for special services and the effort was made to bring the various communities in contact with the serv ices. Great Results Shown. There were between 100 and 150 conversions during the meeting, and over 300 people reconsecrated thoni • fives to Christ. The estimate was 1.000, or more, neople had asked f >r prayer during the series of services, and an estimated crowd of 36.000 pconle attended the services in all. Dr, Wall with his son, Zeno jr.. left Shi-lby Monday for Morehead City, where he will rest for a week follow ing his strenuous period of preach jne regularly to the large crowds as sembled at the tent to dinar his'ser mons. As the result of his absence there will be no mid-week prayer service at the First Baptist church. At the chonclusion of the big tom revival evangelical meetings hn1. e darted, or will start during the week, at the Eastside. ■ Dover and other churches of the vicinity. Ma"i<>n Faker, Jr., Died Sunday Noon Kittle Marion Gaston Eaker. jr., young son of Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Eaker of the west section of this city, died Sunday at 12:30 p. ni. at his home The child barely two years old, was taken sick suddenly' the day before, and died exactly 24 hours later in con vulsions, despite the heroic efforts to save him. He was survived by h:s father and mother and one sister, Jua nita, six years old. The interment was held this after noon at three o’clock at Sunset ceme tery, Rev. Mr. Helms, of the Metho dist Protestant church, conducted the services. Friends over the entire city '•ill sympathize with the bereaved family in their loss. Syncopators To Play At Cleveland Springs The Tar Heel Syncopators, Shelby a •'rack orchestra, will play, a regular engagement at Cleveland Springs ho u‘l this summer, begining today, it is announced by the orchestra manage ment. The Syncopators, well known over the entire seetion, will play dinner en gagements and dances for the resort, fhe orchestra is made up of some of the best individual musicians in the staLe and is expected to be a big at traction at the hotel. Indian Salvation Army Man Here f —NBA San Francisco Bureau Lieut Col Yc.su Dasen chief secretary of thf Salvation Army in India. 'vas a Pacific coast visitor recently His headqua »ers is Trevancore The picture shows him wearing his native turhan and jacket at the western territorial conference of the Salvation Army at Franciaco Powell Sees Hoey In Senate Race In 1932- Others Also Morrison.' Kirkpatrick.* Howie ar.d Others l ikely To He In Contest With Shelby Man. I It. K. Powell in Charlotte News) Washington.—“They say’’ that in 1932, if not earlier Governor Cameron Morrison, former Congressman Clym, R. Hoey, former Speaker of the Hour*' Thomas Contce (Taint Bowie. L. Kirkpatrick, of Charlotte, and former candidat- Bob Reynolds will all—and possibly more—be n the race for the Democratic nomination to the United- States Senate. There has been a wealth of effec tive gossip which pots Mr. Overman out of the race in 1932, even if age and political inclination do not do so. For one thing, the junior Senator will be pushing .80 ears close if he stays the Senate until 1932. Buut what the politicians seem to be counting on more than Mr. Overman’s willing ness to quit at a ripe old age is the agreement which is credited to the political ambition of Mr. Morrison. ! Even now, with the June 5 primary still fresh in the minds of the folks of the State, there is enough in ihe| size of the vote given to Bob Rey nolds to warrant a large amount of speculation as to what chance he will have In. the five, or six or seven-cor nered contest next time. For months, even for a few years, it has been gen erally agreed among the wiser and more influential politicians that the real battle for the Overman sueees sion would be bet ween Governor i Morrson and (lyde lloey. In most any group of people fair ly well known to the State at large, you can find strong Hoey supporters. During the Reynold campaign .i was a re punt thing to hear it sa’.d that while a change at this time was prob ably unwise, the speaker would come 1932, certainly go into the race up to his neck for the Shelby orator. Mean time Mr. Hoev has been renewing ac quaintances with the folks and he has pretty well covered the State. In a Democratic campaign there are al ways three requests for him to make a speech as compared with one for anv other favorite son. He puts some thing on the ball in campaign years that the other fellows can’t discover. It proves effective. , , . Mr Morrisons campaign, «u,u happens to ho the only one definitely announced, is not to he discounted. Whether there ds one candidate or a dozen against him, he or they will have a real contest. The ex-govern or is quite wealthy in staunch friends ind there is every reason to suspect now that he will become the champion of one side in some big issue to be de vohped in the next six years. The ,,sut. mav arrive with the meeting «♦ the next ‘General Assembly or it may he deferred until the State decides to do something about changing the present taxation system. A tax sys tem formed the large part of Mr. Morrison’s campaign for.the guberna torial nomination in l!»2l>; it may be come the real issue in 1932—if not before then. Reynolds Problem In all serious deliberations concern ing th*>- Senatorial toga, when Mr. Overman shall conclude to lay it aside account is taken first of the chances of Messrs. Huey and Morrison. Many relevant and irrevelant matters are projected into a discussion of their probable chances before the people. In view of the recent primary, how ever Bob Reynolds comes into the nictu-o with enough strength to puzzle ordinarily keen observers. One reason why Reynolds comes into the picture so strong is because no one. apparently, is able to make a satisfactory guess as to what Josiah ; William Daily is going to do. Mr. : Baily has about eliminated himself a either ar candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor against Max Gardner jpr as the leader of a sur mised independent movement. He i has not erased himself from a prom inent, if no influential part, in any : other political undertaking. It is admitted generally that a ! Baily-Reynolds fusion would disturb j the Old Guard, which confesses to an . earnest hope that the battle for the j Overman succession will remain con fined between Messrs. Hoey and Mor- j rison. Mr. Bailey was frequently j counted a Reynolds supporter in the | contest just closcd but when he made an effort, if he did make one, ; to do much about it he found himself 1 and his following lined up side by side with the Ku Klux Klan. A com panionship which the Raleigh man doesn’t like. puns JO JO IH HIS PUCE in i * As this is being written—two o’clock Saturday afternoon, as the half holiday crowd is hotrir.n'hwr to flock to town—it looks like it is go ing to rain: In fact it look< as though it has made up its mind defin itely at last to rain. But suppose it clouds over —gets dark, looks threatening, thunders a bit and even lightens some—end then no water falls. Don't be dismayed! Train yourself to look at life from this point of view—that nothing, nothing, is ever quite as bad or quite as good as it seems. When it looks as though good for tune were breaking for you—every thing breaking right at last, and you are to come into your own after tin long and dark struggle—put the breaks on your enthusiasm. A fly is quite likely to appear in the oint ment. When hides ciouas no\:r bum looks dark, and you feel the prim clutch of ruin layinp cold and clam my hands upon you—cheer up. Your imaginat on is playinp you a trick. Most clouds havea silver lininp. Remember the past. Two years ago here in this baili wick we had a deluge; then a drought; and as time approach ed for the harvest of the cotton, another deluge. And those of faint heart said we were through; that cotton was ruined, and the bitter end was in sight. But we made a good crop of cotton and it brought big money. Then remember last year. The weather man did his very worst. It got dry and dryer; the earth parched and cracked and baked and gave off iieat waves that shimmered in the summer sun to give you the razzle dazzles. Again the croakers said— We are ruined. It is never going to rain any more. Not only is the cotton without a drink, but we are (Continued on page four.) Towns Support Club Meet Here Gasteniu, I.inculnton am! Others Will Attend Luncheon Gathering at Cleveland Sp'rings dune 25. Tha proposed ga.hering at Cleveland Springs on June 2 5 of all the luncheon club in towns and cities in this section is meet ing with general approval and seems to be a certainty. Late reports from Gastonia are to the effect that the inter dub council there endorsed the meeting and arrangements will be made by each club to attenl. The Lincointon 'Kiwanis club at its meeting last night approved the plan and announced the inten tions of its members to attend. Word from Rutherfordton and Forest City is that members of the clubs and civic bodies there will attend provided the meeting is held June 25, giving more time' for arrangements. Nothing definite has been heard from other towns invited, hut clubs from several other places are expected to attend. In the meantime J. C. Newton, secretary of the Shelby chamber of commerce, rind Kiwanis offi cials here are making plans for the event. A survey mapped out by Secretary Newton calls for a meeting to cover the entire aft ernoon, but to be of a recreational nature —“making bws out of the business men of the feetion.”. Dur ing the afternoon the leading business men and club members of the several towns in the sec tion will pilch horseshoes, golf, swim ard otherwise entertain themselves and mingle with repre sentatives from other towns. Late in the evening a big banquet sup per will be held at ihe Cleveland Springs hotel where * program will be planned tending to advance the general interests of the sec tion covered by the towns repre sen ied Outside clubs are being urged to forward ideas and plans to Mr. Newton here. Will Flan for Half-Day Closing Dur ing Summer Months. May Or ganize Retail Merchants. All the retail merchants of Shelby will assemble Tuesday- night at 3 o’clock in ihe court house auditorium, according to a notice issued by the Shelby chamber of commerce. The main purpose of the meeting will be to plan for a half day elosing of local stores and business houses during the summer months. For several years the merchants of Shelby have been accustomed to clos ing for ahalf-day, Thursday after noon during the summer affording a bit of recreation for employes of stores and business houses, and since the topic has been muchly discussed of recent weeks the matter has been taken over by the chamber of com merce. All the merchants present will be asked for opinions and views on the closing and the most suitable day of the \veek will be selected.. _ - Suffice to say, it may bo announc ed now to employes that the half-day vacation will he forthcoming. Indica tions already evident at the chamber of commerce assure that. l’lan Organization. J. Clint Newton, commerce secre tary, stated Monday that the matter of organizing the retail merchants of the eity will likely be taken up at the meeting. If the organization is per. ferted it will work as a department of the chamber of commerce. Tn addi+.’on to the half day closing the meeting is expected to take up the matter of closing earlier on Sat urday nights, giving employes more time, in which to prepare for the Sabbqth. Pension Checks For Veterans Now Ready The pension cheeks for Confed erate veterans and their widows are now ready for distribution it the office of Clerk of Cour*: Oeor$re P. Webb, it is announced. The checks for the second half of the vear. Veterans, or widows, must ap ply at the office in person if they are able to do so, and other *\vise must semi responsible and properly tredittd after the check-. ACTUAL WORK AT CLEVELAND SPRINGS A view showing canstri'ctior. work ul Cleveland Springs Estates. Shelby’s Major Development. Old Playmate Believes That Dellinger Is Charlie Ross Story Started In This Section Standi l'p Under Scrutiny. Starrs Push On ___ (Philadelphia Record Dispatch) New York—While Walter L. Ross kidnapped m 1874 with the famous Charley Roes and then x'eleased, de nied todtty the New York Stock Ex change, of which he is a member, at No. 41* Broad street, that the matt J brought to New York by Mr. and Mi*. Pierre C. Starr was the missing Char | ley Ross, a previously unknown man called upon the Starrs at the Hote} Vanderbilt, where"they live, and gave contrary evidence. After talking for an hour with the man brought Norfn by the Starrs a? the missing Charley Ross, the centtai figure of what haV been the Great American Mystery for 52 years, Fred erick R. Lewis, of No. 750 Monroe St , North Bergen, N. J., gaw the follow ing affidavit to a notary: “Today, June- 7, I saw a picture of Charley koks as a baby and of a man supposed to’he the same Charlie Ross at the present time. I recollect that as a boy I had often | played at the old Ross home at No. 9 Washington lane, Germantown, near Philadelphia, Pa., and had been one of those who played with Charley Ross very shortly before he was kidnaped on July 1, 1874. “I believe I am related on the mat ernal side of the family, for as a boy I used to call a lady there Aunt Sarah, and I now presume this to have been Charley Ross’ mother, who had been Sarah A. Lewis before her marriage. Curiosity Aroused “My curiosity was aroused and I thought it migh^ be of service in proving or disproving the claimant's identity. I came at once to the Hotei Vanderbilt and introduced myself to Mr. and Mrs. Pierre C. Starr. They questioned me and, discerning mj good intentions and open-mindedness, brought into the room the man sup posed to be Charley Ross. “Of his own free will he repeated Lo me all be could remember of his early childhood, which checked up with my more accurate memory of Charley Ross and the Ross place, for I believe I was 8 years old at the time of the kidnaping, when Charley was 4. “Naturally, my memory would be clear and there were some things which I remembered and he did not, especially the names of the coachman, etc. “My corroboration of his childish memories and the traits and appear ance of him induced me strongly to be lieve he is the lost Charley Ross. “Without having any interest in the case beyond that of helping a man to find his place in the world, I now, ot my own free will, affirm that the man presented to me here today as the supposed Charley Ross, is to the best ] of my belief the Charley Ross that I | knew as a boy and played with moic i i than 50 years ago.” Mr. Lewis said in his ciitTdhood he | lived in Locust street, I*iladelplda I Although the Ross home was far off, i he frequently went there visiting with his mother and played with the child ren in the big yard. He remembered the span of white horses, the big black dog from next door, the lay of the land; the coachman Peter, and innumerable childish details Recount Dim Memories They sat together while the mar. who is searching for a name recount ed his dim memories. Lewis did njt talk, listening to Ross. The latter told of the i laymates he remembered, I two girls end a boy. I.ewis cherktq I this. In fact, everything Ross .«!« scribed, in a somewhat hazy way, re I calling it from the remote years. Mr. ■ Lewis checked with his own remem brances. There was one pause when Ross said i that at the bottom of the sloping yard ! was a “branch.” But it was a verbal • disagreement, and soon righted, for Lewis callul it a "crick" and each was referring to a small brook. Walter L. Ross, interviewed by a re presentative of The Record at the Stock Exchange, said the man’s claims were preposterous and that he would not investigate them. He said the disappearance of his brother more than half a century ago was a tender matter in the family and’he would not reopen the wound. He declared the family was continually annoyed by cranks and those who aimed to ex ploit their misfortune. Mr. and Mrs. Starr were indignant at the Hotel Vanderbilt that thr,ir motives should ba impugned. They de clared they had been drawn into fhe matter, even against their will, by the force of circumstances, and could not now shirk What appeared to them a duty in spite of the annoyance and indignity to which this course might subject them. The Starrs said they had sent Mr. Walter Ross a telegram warning him against making any statements which they would consider libelous. “We have been drawn into this mut ter most reluctantly,” said Mr. Stair, “and only through our desire to see justice done. I am at a loss to under stand the attitude of others who may be concerned. It would seem to me that the only possible point of view is one of co-operation and helpfulness. The evidence adduced so far has all been affirmative and cannot be de stroyed by mere categorical denials and negations. While I regret most deeply the necessity of making this statement, it seems requisite to dis claim this relationship, they are now under the obligation of disproving it.'1 Walter L. Ross, who commutes each day from Philadelphia, was stolen with Charley, his brother, on July 1, 1874, by Mosher and Douglas. After th» pedlers and kidnapers had driven some distance they set Walter down and drove off with Charley. Charlie was never seen afterward, although halt the world searched for him, and Christian K. floss, his fath er, wore out his life anti fortune in the vain quest. Another brother, Henry A. Ross, is president if the Itoss-Tacony Crucible j company, of Taeony, near Philadd- j nhia. The man v. ho the Starrs are c\ n vinced is Charley Ross disclosed to day a sequence of letters having to do with the Ross family. He suid that 1 ist February, while livi.ng under the name of J, C. Dellinger, he had heard from some of tne older citizens of Belton, Ga., that he was many years ago suspected of having been the miss ing Charley Ross. He asked a Phil adelphia newspaper whether anybody was known who could show him pic tures of Charley Ross and of Douglas, one of the kidnapers, so he might compare these with his own early pic ture and that of flto tin peddled who had reared him as a stolen child. — The newspaper replied as follows: “We do not know just where you could secure a picture of Charley Ross or Joseph ituglas, supposed to be one of his abductors, unless Wal ter L. Ross, brother of the kidnaped boy, has one. He lives at Thirty third and Moreland avenue, Chestnut Hill, Phila.” “Dellinger,” then living in Denver, N. C., said he wrote Mr. Ross, encloF ing affidavits signed by C. R. Fauk ner, R. B. Scales, J. C. Quillian, C. Wade, A. J .Carter and Mrs. V. J. Carter. aH of Belton, Ga., all deposing that “Dellinger” had been reputed the stolen Charley Ross years ago. “I wrote” explained hte supposed Charley Ross, “t?.at this gave me some reason to suspect I might be the missing child, and to avoid publicity, for ray family and that of Mr. Walter Ross, I was taking this means of ask ing for 3arly photographs. I stated that in case he was not inclined to (Continued on page four.) Hooded Members ef Invisible Kmpire to Parade Through Shelby. • By The Hundreds. Shelby in to witness one of its most colorful events Thursday night of this week, June 17, if plans announe. ed by local Ku Klux klan members are carried through successfully. On tbut evening robed and hood ed klunsmen from about 15 towns a- d cities in North and South Carolina will parade the streets of Shelby in full regalia. Coinciding with the mam moth parade of ihe invisible empire will be a public speaking at the court house and a K.'-K. K. film at the Princess theatre. History Revived. The program as related by klan of ficials will push back the hand on the clock of Time in Shelby and bring hack colorful memories of the old South, it is said. Years ago Tom Dix on, famous author, made the old klan immortal through his stories of their workings—stories that were based about the historic court square of Shelhv in the days when the white robed knights of old assembled there. And around that square Thursday night several hundred klansmen will march ^nd later enter the building fur a public speech by a klan speaker. The klan here has issued an an nouncement saying that a picture, “The Toll of Justice", telling of the workings of the klan, will he on from 2 in the afternoon until 11:30 at night at the Princess theatre. At 8 o’clock in the evening. J. W. Alford, of Wil mington, will speak in ihe court hou-e and the public generally is invited to attend. Although it cannot be definitely learned it is reported that the robed parade will start from the city ball park at 8 o'clock and will follow u line of march around the court square, I and main business section of the ! town. Two ('aro)inas In. A klan official of Shelby states that the parade should be one of the larg est ever staged in the two Carolina;?. Invitations, he says, have been mailed out to klaus over both states and in dications are that representatives from all klans will take part in the ceremonies and march. Some of the towns and cities listed to send dele gations are: Marion, Rutherfordton. Asheville-. Hend< tsonville, Forest City, Morgan ton, Hickory, Newton, Gaffney, Lin colnton, Kings Mountain, Blacksburg and Spartanburg. The last klan parade staged in Shel by attracted throngs to the court square vicinity of Shelby and the gathering was considered one of the largest ever assembled in the town. * With the likelihood of a still great parade Thursday night an equally large crowd k expected to witness lho unusual event. fiflf. J. E. THOMPSON FiliS III PULPIT Aged Minister, Related Here* Has Sudden Attack During Sermon. Father of Mrs. Gidney. Shelby people will hear with regret of tho illness of Rev. J. Ed Thompson at Salisbury# Rev. Mr. Thompson, or.o of the oldest ministers in active serv ice in the state, is the father of Mrs. Lamar C. Gidney and is well known in Shelby, having preached here years ago. The account of the attack in news dispatches from Salisbury says: Rev. J. Ed. Thompson, pastor of Main street Methodist church is in the Salisbury hospital following an attack of weakness he experienced while conducting service at his church this morning. Realizing that he could not go on with the service, Mr. Thompson was pronouncing the bone dieton to dismiss his congregation when he fell backwards and struck his head on the floor He was rendered unconscious and remained so for a couple of hours. But this evening is reported to be showing improvement. Mr. Thompson is one of the oldest ministers in active work in the con ference and has served a number of churches in this section of the state. Good Rain Visits County. So far as could be learned early in the afternoon the rain of Monday hit all sections of the county. The im mediate territory around Shelby re ceived a good shower, which appar. . entiy was heaviest southwest of town in the general direction of Boiling Springs.