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NORTH CAROLINA’S LEADING NEWSPAPER OUTSIDE OF THE DAILY FIELD SHELBY Was Carolina’s Fastest Grow ing Town 1920-1925 By U. S. Census. i Irttrlauii VOL. XXXIV, No. 7.°. 12 Pages Today THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY. JUNE 18. 1926. Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons By maU’pcr year (in advance) -$2-6° —_____* By carrier, per year (In advance) $3.00 Ed- Dixon Withdraws From Race For Sheriff In Second Primary- Logan Now Nominee Asheville Minister Under Charge Visits In Shelby Hr. Ashley Chappell, Prominent Preacher. Appears To Be Unfortunate Victim Of Unusual Circumstance. Shelby was the stage yesterday for the development of one of the most remarkable plots, in which actual human characters played a part, ever recorded. 1 he actors in the unusual, dramatic, aiid soul-blighting drama, were two pastors—two prominent pas tors—of the Methodist church of North Carolina. One of these was Rev. Ashley Chappell, I). 1)., pastor of the fashionable Central Methodist church of Asheville, and ranked as one.of the most brilliant men in the Southern church_ Standing' accused of immoral conduct. • And the other was Rev. H. K. Boyer. 1). 0., of Shelby, credit- j cd with being the profoundest thinker in the North Carolina pul- i pit— Called to defend his co-worker at the bar of the church. Dr. Chappell came to Shelby to confer with Dr. Boyer over ! the line of the defense, and met the local pastor in his study and ! was closeted with him for several hours going over the evidence.1 The trial will be held before a committee of thirteen church men at Statesville July 20th. Meantime Rev. Chappell, D.D., is in this position: He has been suspend ed from the pastorate of his fashion able church, but the board of stewards is standing by him as a unit, declaring their belief in his innocence notwith standing the unusual circumstances of the. case. He is married; has a beautiful and cultured wife who has expressed pro foundest confidence in him, and two children. He is forty-five years old. The alleged offense occurred in Memphis, Tennessee, during the meet ing of the general conference of the Methodist church there May 8th. Learning of the run^or of the "story, a representative of The Star went to Hr, Boyer’s office yesterday morning and asked the pastor concerning the case. Dr. Boyer is frank, open, ns honest as the sunlight, qualities which have endeared him to thousands in this state. He said: “We haven't anything to conceal, and I am going to tell you the whole story; lay the cards on the table. I consider Dr. Chappell to be absolutely innocent, and I am defend ing him with that conviction in mind. “The circumstances are highly pe culiar, and I consider Dr. Chappell the victim of the most unusual group ing of circumstances I ever heard of. The case is stranger than fiction/’ Dr. Boyer then went on to relate the facts back of the charges con fronting che minister. Here is an out- ; line of the narrative he told, pied! rated upon two basis facts upon which the tragedy in the life of the preach- , er revolve. One of these is, Dr. Chappell suf fers from the malady of hernia. The other is, he is a confirmed pe desman. mie night during the conteivnic sessions he was detained at a commit' tee meeting until after nine o'clock. ! It so happened that day had been ! such a busy one that he had not had ! time for his usual daily eonstitutiorni and upon the adjournment of the j committee started out for a three- 1 mile hike. That's the setting of the stage for the occurrence. Here is what happen H■ de had walked hut a short distance ""hen the truss, which he wears as a result, of the malady from which he suffers, became dislodged. Under such circumstances he is the victim of ex cruciating pain. He suffered so on this occasion that he came near fainting A stranger in Memphis, he did not know in which direction to turn for aid. Obviously he was in a neighbor!" od of the poorer section of the town, and "hat was worse he saw no house im mediately around him that was oc cupied. In his agony he staggered to the door of the building nearest hint, which seemed to be a vacant store conm. He tried the door; it was lock ed. Ho moved to the corner of the '"hiding, which reposed on an alley, lb staggered up the alley, and came •" some sort of side door. Near lb.* dnnr was a jj,jr|—a mulatto girl. At •he doorway he met a woman, anpar f'Mtly a negro woman, and asked her if he could he accommodated with a r"'"n for a few minutes. The woman told him, yes. and led him inside. She showed him into a r"om. He was standing in this room. | ,rving to alleviate his suffering when h,> heard a commotion outside. • he cops were raiding the place. It was a house of ill-fame he nad •"advertently fallen into. The cops were obviously watching it. and immediately they saw him en (Continued on page six.) THOUSANDS WATCH j BIG U PARADE Shelby Streets Paved With People for Colorful Event. Delegates From Two States Gathered. An estimated gathering of around 5,000 people packed the streets of Shelby Thursday night to witness a parade by about 200 robed and hood ed members of the Invisible Empire. Business streets .for several blocks were jammed with cars and all side walks and standing spaces in the bu siness section were packed with people j craning to witness the steady march in single file of the white-robed klar.s men. A klan picture was featured during the day at a local theatre and follow ing the parade an interesting address was made hy J. W. Alford in the court house. The auditorium there was fill ed, with standing room going at a pre mium. The klansmen in the line of march did not enter the court house so that the public might hear the ad dress. However, several robed klans men acted as ushers. Come Long Distance. It is said that around 200 were in the parade, most of them being dele gates from other klans here. Informa tion supposedly coming from klan of ficials here have it that several hun dred klansmen here did not parade, including the majority of the Shelby klan. Delegates from other klans came from as far south as Greenville, S. C.; as far west as Asheville, and as far east as Charlotte and Kanna polis. As it was the meeting was con sidered one of the biggest gatherings of kiansnien ever held in the section. The line of march started at the city ball park and passed through the main business streets of the town. Information considered reliable, learned here today has it that there are around 200 members in the Shel by klan. Ladies In. An unusual feature of the parade Thursday night was the appearance at the head of the parade, and just behind the fiery cross, a car filled with women rohed in keeping with the klan regalia. It is said that they were members of woman’s klan auxiliary of a nearby town. Correct Dates For School Elections School elections relative to the con solidation of Cleveland county schools will take place Monday, June 21st, in stead of July 5th, as stated in the last Cleveland Star. If the elections are carried, Sharon, Shanghai and Beaver Dam schools will be consoli dated, as will Earl, McBrayers, Br >ud River and Cedar Grove, and Elizabeth md Roberts. County school property in No. .1 and No. 10 districts, consisting of Ellis school building and site, and the Mt. Zion building and lot, will go on *ale the first Monday in July. It will be noticed that these dates were, through error, exactly reversed in the Wednesday Star. Florida Folks Buy In Homeland At Cleveland Springs When a man is impressed to the extent of investing, "he is really sold on a thing”—as they say in Wall street parlance. By that barometer the realty development future of Shelby and Cleveland Springs appears more proposing than ever. This week Alfred P. Marshall, developer of Cleveland Springs estates, brought to Shelby a party of leading citizens from his home city of Clearwater, Florida. Many of them were business and civic officials, and it was not Mr. Marshall’s intent to sell them real estate. In the weeks ahead he plans to bring many Floridians here and to interest them ;r. Shelby real estate. It was his plan that if this first party of his lead ing fellow citizens were impress ed with Shelby that it would be easy to bring others here on their recommendation. But— They liked Shelby and Cleve land Springs so well that—not only will they boost it back home —while preparing to leave Fri day quite a number of them pur chased home sites in “Carolina’s Most Dependable Development.” In fact, more than 86 per cent, of the party purchased home sites there. Some plan to build, other.? see increasing values ahead. With this small scouting party im pressed to the extent of investing it is thought big buying parties will practically buy our home land areas under construction. Climate, highways, scenery, mineral waters, play facilities and a generally active business trend were Shelby assets with which the visitors were most im pressed. Contractor Who DM First Shelby Job Gets Wrork. Outline of Streets To Be Paved. Contracts were awarded to Ely Construction company, of Augusta, Ga., and Zeb Weathers Co., of Shel by, Wednesday night for a program of hard-surfaced street construction calling for an outay of approximately $125,000. These were the low bidders in a field of eight bidding for the contract. The Augusta contractois offering to do the black-top hard . ur facing at a cost to the city of $2.00 per square yard, while the home firr.i will lay all the concrete at $2.15 per square yard. The streets to be paved are as fol lows: The extension of South LaFay ette street through South Shelby, W. Graham from the Southern railroad to McBrayer.- street, Lineberger street, running from Highway No. 2D toward Eastside, and various connect ing streets in the blocks surrounding the court square. West Marion and the Charlotte highway will be further widened from the Methodist parson age to the bounds of the old city lim its. It is interesting to note that the Ely Construction Co., paved the first streets in Shelby, those surrounding the court square, in 1917. Since that time the city’s system of paving has been extended until now there are but few important streets in the city left to be hard-surfaced. Work on these streets will begin at once, probably within the next two weeks. Although no further construc tion is planned at this date, several requests for paving in other sections of town have been received, and it Is probable that other construction will be discussed some time in the near future. Blaze Starts From Bolt Of Lightning W. H. Queen, painter and, paper hanger of Shelby, who lives on South DeKalb street annex, is a lucky mat. —the luckiest man in town. During the storm of last Monday lightening struck his home, ripped up part of the chimney, ignited a spark that caught a pair of hose on the closet floor belonging to Mrs. Queen —but the fire died there. When Mrs. Queen, who was absert from the house at the time, return ed, she saw upon the floor a quaniity of debris, and later discovered where the fire had started. Lightning tore a hole through the attic, and ran down the chimney. The damage was slight. A First Lady? — NEA, Cleveland Bureau Mary Miller Fisher, daughter of John S. Fisher, of Indiana county. Pn . may 1* the next first la^v r. Pennsylvania. Her father, er. Is the Il-puMIcnn n<.i--."«s lot governor of the keystone State. Half Holiday Seems Likely Plans for a weekly half-h >li da.v among the Shelby stores were thoroughly discussed at a meeting of representatives in the chamber of commerce office this week. Although only eighteen were present, the gathering was very enthusiastic over the plans presented by secretary Newton. These plans weer that all stores should close one afternoon a week, preferably Thursday, during the months of July and August, that all dry-goods stores should close at 9 o’clock on Saturday nights, and that all grocery stores should have the later hour of 10 o’clock for their closing time on these nights. Due to the fact that several business houses were without re presentatives, no formal vote was taken on the propositions. How ever, a committee of three disin terested parties will be appointed by secretary Newton some time in the near* future to circulate petitions among the merchants of the town relative to the three questions under discussion. Home Office of Wildacres Claims Exemption From Responsibili ties of Local Agent. Wildacres Development company, .vith branch office in Shelby, claimed exemption Thursday from all debts incurred by their agent B. .lay. This came as the result of communica tion established with them by Ben nett and Edwards, law firm of the city, in regard to sums totalling iround $800 owed, it is said to Dr. Morrison for office rent, and the Shelby Book Supply company for furniture. Mr. Bennett stated Thursday that the Wildacres Co. claimed to have a ■ontract with their representative ab solving them from all obligations of this nature and making him wholly responsible for them. Acting on this, they are planning to prosecute Jay, it is said for the amount of the bills as soon as they can secure the removal of the case to Cleveland county. If further developments show that re sponsibility devolves upon the home office, suit will be entered against them for collection, it is further said. Earl Will Succeed Neely As Manager J. Q. Earl, a native of Cleveland county, who has been manager of the Efird store at Laurinburg for the past five or six years, is coming to Shelby to succeed (I. W. Neely as manage? of the local store, it has been an nounced. Mr. Earl is slated to take charge on Monday. Mr. Neely has been appointed, as was told in Wednesday’s Star, to the assistant managership of the Char,, lotte store. Shelby’* Assels And Opportunities •*ut On Air Out of Clearwater, Fla. Many Listen In "Shelby must quit hiding her light under a bushel basket, Hntl put on a campaign of advertising that will make the world, especially the tour ist world, sit up and take notice," ac cording to Mr. R. (J. I-awrence, prom inent Floridian of Clearwater, Fla., who is nowing spending some time in ; Shelby. He has two slogans, the slogans that he claims gave Florida | her place in the sun—“It pays to ad vertise,” and “Tell the world." Mr. Lawrence says that the "City of Springs’ in his estimation has at tractions that surpass those of Ashe ville and Hendersonville, that her year round climate has no equal anywhere | in the country, and that the only | thing necessary now |g a campaign I of intensified, personalized, organized ! advertising. The program broadcast from sta : tion WGHB at Clearwater last Wed nesday night expressed the same opin ions as those held by Mr. Lawrence. It was given in honor of the Florida i delegation now visiting at Shelby’s : premier resort hotel, and many radio fans over the city listened-in to the praise coming from Florida of West ern North Carolina in general, and Shelby in particular. The program was diversified, consisting of a var iety of musical selections, as well as j the feature address by Mr. Hansplant, ■ acting vice-president of the Clear i water chamber of commerce. Mr. 1 Hansplant, after a welfome to his fellow townsmen listening in on me program, launched into a discussion of the advantages possesssed by Western North Carolina and of the possibility of a cooperative advertis ing campaign between the two sec tions. He mentioned the attraction to tourists of a winter home in Flor ida and a summer home in the west ! ern part of the state. It is interesting to note that the ex i pense of such a program as that broadcast the other night runs well between $600 and $600. Mr. Lawrence’s primary purpose in visiting North Carolina is to invest!- I gate the possibilities of routing north and south bound travel through Shelby. He stressed the necessity, both psychological and actual, of a road system second to none in the South, since impressions carried away by tourists rests mainly on their memory of the conditions of the roads over which they pass. The entire partly was agreeably surprised to tif.u that the city had such a central loca tion in regard to the road system and resort centers of the state, and that the highway program in the county was progressing at such a rap.d rate. Mr. Lawrence concluded the inter view with the highest praise for Al fred P. Marshall, new owner of Cleve land Springs, and stated that real es tate development in the city had a man behind it in Mr. Marshall who was well-financed, second to none in his ability to “do things,” and who would absolutely do what he promised for the city and section. AH he needs is plenty of help in “Boosting Shel- : by" ' ! Near Seriou* Crash On Thursday Morning Taxi Sedan Crashes Into Truck Street Junction. Both Cars Are Damaged. JK wreck that came near being of fatal consequence occurred near the junction pf DeKalb and Gldney streets Thursday morning about three o’clock, when Syd Nolan, local taxi driver, crashed into the rear end of a truck belonging to Grover Howell. The truck was parked under a shed at the side of Howell’s home, and Nolan, driving a Cadillac sedan that belonged to Plato Grigg, drove straight up the driveway leading to the shed, struck the truck squarely and almost completely demolished his car. Some damage was also done to the truck. The causes of the peculiar accident are a matter of conjecture. Nolan states that his intention was to fol low the road that leads on down through Curtistown, but through mis take and bad lights, he mistook the driveway for the road. The impact of the collisipn knocked the truck i through the garage wall. Nolan’s injuries, so far as is known are not of serious nature. He sus tained bruises about the breast and face, with possibility of further in ternal injuries, but Friday morn ing he was resting fairly well at h:s home on Buttle street. Former Deputy Decides To Remain Out Of Run-off Race After Re-Considering Several Angles Dixon, Who Made Good Showing In First Primary, Leaves Logan As Nominee. Big Luncheon Meeting Will he Clos ed With Mammoth Dance Boost ing in Cotton Induatry. Plans are now on foot to staff? a big “Cotton Ball” at Cleveland Sprin«ra on next Friday night as the closing number of the big luncheon club gathering. The dance will be featured by the awarding of prises to the three ladies with the beat cotton cos tumes, and the winner will be crowned as “Princess Cotton of Piedmont Carolina." As detailed by the Shelby Cotillion club and textile leaders the “wea* more cotton” theme will be carried out throughout the dance. With scv. eral hundred people here for the gath ering of business men during the half day and acores of others coming for the ball, a huge crowd is expected. Textile leaders of the section will offer cash prises to the three out standing cotton costumes worn by ladies and practically all of those taking part in the dance will be cloth ed in cotton goods. An Hour of square dancing, the hobby of Henry Ford, will open the program. The old-fashioned square dances will be followed by a Charles ton exhibition by Shelby's champion Charleston stepper. Then the big dance will begin. Shelby’s young so cial set will invite dozens of friend-, from nearby towns and cities to at tend the event and scores of the oider folks are expected to be on hand for the square dances. With the families of luncheon clues and chamber of commerce members coming from a half-dozen towns the lobby of the big resort hotel should be filled with dancers and on-looken,. As planned now the ball will be different from the usual script dance in that there will be no charges for couples entering. Through the cour tesy of Mr. Alfred P. Marshall, oi Cleveland Springs eglates. the Tnr Heel Syncopntors, crack Shelby or chestra, will furnish music for the oc casion. Name Committees. At a meeting of the Shelby Kiwanis club Thursday evening plans were perfected for the big gathering Fri-1 day night and committe’es were ap pointed to look after the various parts ! of the afternoon program. Committees named by J. D. Lir.e berger, president of the club, were. Golf—Charles L. Eskridge and Jean , Schenck. Horseshoes—Josh Latt'more and John W. Doggeit. Tennis—J. H. Grigg and Reuben McBrayer. Swimming and diving—Dick Gur ley. Golf exhibition—Chas. L. Eskridge and W. H. Lyle. Present Memorial At Presbyterian Church .Memorial Bulletin Board Presented To Church as Memorial to Late Mrs. L. M. Hull, Devoted Member Special features will mark the ser vices at the Presbyterian church Sun-, day. At the close of the morning worship a handsome bulletin board | will be presented to the congregation by Mr. L. M. Hull as a memorial of ! Mrs. Hull. An appropriate service, unveiling the memorial, will be con ducted on the church lawn where the bulletin board has been erected. This service will be held immediately fol lowing the morning worship, and no doubt wilj be largely attended. At 9:45 the Sunday school will be. gin its work under the direction of J. S. McKnight, superintendent. Rev. H. N. McDiarmid will preach at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. His morning sub ject will be “Christ in the Home.*’ “A Puzzled Landlord” will be the evening tonic. The choir will sing “Praise Ye the Father” (Gounod) in the morning; and “How Long Must We Wait?” in the evening. At 6:45 p. m. there will be a joint meeting of the junior and senior Christian En deavor societies to hear the reports from the representatives of the young j people’s conference recently held at Davidson college. To all the activi- ’ ties of this church the public is in vited. There will be no race for the sher iff’s office in Cleveland county's sec ond primary. This was definitely decided yester day when Ed. W. Dixon, of Bel wood, second man to Sheriff Logan in the first race, made official announce ment to The Star that he had with drawn from the second race. Thts leaves Sheriff Hugh Logan unopposed in the second primary, and consequently he is the Democratic nominee for sheriff—which in reality means that he will be the next sher : iff succeeding himself, as there are j no indications of a political turn-over in the county. There has been talk for several days that Mr. Dixon might decide to withdraw, but such was not ascer tained for a certainty until he mado his announcement to The Star. In making his decision the popular Belwood man will likely find that he has made himself stronger with the county and in his announcement he reveals a fine feeling of consideration for the voters of Cleveland. He says in that connection:"—I am convinced that it would be for the best interest of the Democratic party and all concerned if I withdrew.’’ Mr. Dixon, a former deputy under Sheriff Logan, made a fine record as an officer and is considered one of the most substantial and trustworthy citi zens of the county, as was made evi dent by the votes he received in the first primary. In political circles it is talked that the decision of Dixon will likely rebound in his future favor—meaning that bv saving voters additional trouble and by keeping a complete harmony in the party that his thoughtfulness may bi rewarded in time to come. Other Races On With the withdrawal of Dixon pol itical activity will center on the race for clerk of superior court between A. M. Hamrick and George D. Wash bum. There are no indications now that would likely change this race, it ia said. So on July 3 Cleveland coun ty people will cast their votes for only two offices that of clerk and for superior court solicitor, the candi dates for the latter being San Erwin, Jr., of Morganton, and Spurgeon Spurling, of Lenoir. Dixon’s Statement Following is the complete state (Continued on page two.) countTSIns LUKE LURE PRIZE Miss Helen Cahinesa Gets Award Among 3,000. Shelby Was Gate way To Big Opening Festi vities There. ’ Chimney Rock.—With more than 3,000 names of persons in attendance registering their home addresses a3 guests of Lake Lure for the day's opening festivities, it was unanimous ly decided that the ten dollar gold piece donated by Dr. Morse, should be awarded to Miss Helen Cabiness, of Shelby RFD 4. While the presentation was being made motion picture cameras clicked away recording this portion of a cere mony which all present declare marks an era in the progress of this portion of Western North Caro lina. Shelby and Cleveland county, as a gateway is playing its part in putting over this the largest develop ment in the state. The regular line of Lake Lure busses make the night or luncheon stop daily, and sometimcD several each day, at the Cleveland Springs hotel. Other prizes awarded at the lay ing of the cornerstone were as fol lows: oldest person present, L. J. Ledbetter, aged 79, who participated In the flag raising on top of Chimney Rock in 1916, awarded a handsome ly bound volume of Azure Lure; J. P. Edgerton, a blind citizen of Buncombe county, aged 75 received a similar award. Major Lawrence W. Young of the U. S. Army, Honolulu, received a handsome traveling bag for having traveled the greatest distance from his home to Lake Lure. Little Miss Virginia Milner, daughter of Willis J. Milner, jr., was presented a souv enir doll for officially deciding that the prize of ten dollars in gold, offered by Dr. L. B. Morse, president, should go to Miss Helen Cabiness, of She!
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