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VOL. XXXV, Nojjp
THE CLEVELAND STAR
SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESDAY JULY 25 1928 Published Monday, Wednesday , and Friday Afternoons SSS’iJ-'JS (taSSSS) K
Late News
More Rain Likely.
Today's North Carolina Weather
Report: Partly cloudy tonight and ’
Thursday. Local thunder showers
on roast this afternoon or tonight,
and in southeast portion Thursday.
Hound Show Early In Morning At
Cleveland. Horse Show
Will Follow.
Cleveland county tomorrow,
| Thursday, takes on a new air of
sophistication, tomorrow bning the
djjy for the first annual horse and
hound show to be sponsored by ifie
Shelby Riding club at Cleveland
Springs, near the airport site.
Just a few decades back the coun
ty's sophistication reached to the
rabbit and possum hound a few
fox hounds. In those same dim, by
| gone years, fancy riding was con
[ fined to hanging on to the bare
! back of the plow horse from the
| field to the barn, and back again.
I Xitne passes, as it really does de
[ spite the fact that one doesn't hear
I much about it except on the movie
j screen And riding down South,
; meaning below Kentucky, became
; fashionable, and it was considered
! quite the thing, instead of not quite
the thing, to have a pack of fine
/hounds. Net result: Shelby is to
1 lave a horse and hound show to
morrow. and it promises to be quite
an event.
More than fifty steeds have been
I entered in the fancy riding, driv
ing and Jumping contests, near a
hundred hounds will compete for the
[ ribbons in the dog show and late in
the afternoon horse and hounds,
; with riders aboard, will follow the
fox.
! Members of the riding club spon
soring the show stated today that
they expect several hundred people
| to witness the day’s program, par
| tlcularly the horses as they go
j through their paces in the various
I classes, and the dogs on exhibition
Cleveland county really has an ex
ceptional i>kmber of fine riding
horses and an even greater array of
high-bred hounds. Several of the
i kwses in the show at Cleveland to
morrow are ribbon winners.
T. Ross Alexander, Statesville dog
fancier, will act as judge ini the
hound show, and R E. Goddard, of
Harrodsburg, Ky., Is the Judge for
the horse show. The hound show
gets underway at 9 In the morning
and will be followed by the hors?
; /show at 10:30. Following the end
of the horse show in the afternoon
will be the fox race.
Burke Girl Slain
In Florida, Thought
Body Found Flaatiaf la Biscaya#
Bay And Buried In Potter's
Field.
Morganton, July 24.—News was
received here today, indicating that
,,iMiss Ollie Glass, formerly of Ruth
erford college. was slain recently
near Miami, Fla.
A brother, J. W Glass, and a
brother-in-law. H. C. Goode, left
Connelly Springs this morning for
Miami. They will have the remains,
buried more than a week ago in a
pauper's field, disinterred and sent
to the old home at Rutherford col
lege.
Two weeks ago Miami newspa
s pers told of the finding of a wo
man's body on the shore of Biscayne
Bay with evidences that there had
been foul play.
After days of investigation and
efforts at identification proving fu
tile, the body was buried. Just how
the mystery w-as finally unravelled
with Miss Glass identified as the
victim, are fact." not explained.
In the telegram received here
from Mrs. C. M. Glass, a sister-in
law. who lives at Coral Gables, no
doubt was left but that the identifi
cation was positive. She stated also
that the slayer had confessed and
that the police were expecting him
to tell more of the details.
Miss Glass lived alone in an
apartment in Miami, making it pos
sible for her to be missing for days
without her absence being known.
Her brothers and other relatives
in this county have been at a loss
to discover any slight cause why
she should meet violent death or
A any motive for her murder.
Chairman Will Name
Party Secretary
Chairman Mull Has Tendered Ap
pointment, But Name Awaits
His Decision.
The new secretary of the Demo
cratic state executive committee
will not be a Raleigh man. accord
ing to a statement issued to news
papermen here by Odus M. Muil.
North Carolina Democratic chair
man. Reports prior to the latest
Mull announcement were to the ef
fect that the new secretary to suc
ceed W. C. Coughener, of Salisbury,
would be a Raleigh man.
It was announced yesterday by
Chairman Mull that he had tender
ed the appointment to a man from
another section of the state, but
announcement as to who was ten
dered the appointment is withheld
until an acceptance or refusal is re
ceived at the pre-campaign head
quarters here.
Hoey Opens N. C. Democratic Drive
Ill FULL ELECTION
Would Be Necessary To Change
3,5fl0 Votes. G. O. I’. Leaders
Campaign Hard.
Is there anything to the talk that
Cleveland county could "go Repub
lican" this fall, or is it just talk?
Anyway, such is the talk about
the county court square, due much
ly to the figure of A1 Smith on the
political horizon, and H. Clay Cox,
Bynum Williams, J. H, Quinn and
other local Republican leaders are
getting quite a kick out of what
they term a possibility, but some
thing that is a mere pipe dream, or
a propaganda mirage, according to
Judge B T. Falls. Democratic
county chairman, and Odus M. Mull
state chairman.
Need Thousands Of Votes.
The actual figures show that
more than talk will be needed to
switch one of the state's b"st known
Democratic counties into the Re
publican column. Yet in various
sections of the county rumor per- |
sists that there may be an upset or j
so. Many Democrats, the Republi
cans claim, who are angered, for the
present at least, because A1 Smith
is the official head of the party, will
not only refuse to vote for Smith
but will also refuse to vote the
Democratic ticket even in part On
this basis Republican political
jugglers hereabouts are estimating
that they will corral one county of
fice—if not two. One of their hop°s
is pinned on their candidate for
sheriff, for it is the G. O. P. con
tention that some bitterness must
have been left in the 10-man Dem
ocratic primary for sheriff and that
some Democratic supporters of the
nine defeated candidates may be so
embittered that they will vote for
the Republican candidate, R. A
Lackey, rather than for Irvin Allen, j
the Kings Mountain police chief.
xiut, for the most part, the Re
publican group is banking on A1 j
Smith. They picture a general '
turn-over based on the consistent
tnti-Smith propaganda being!
broadcast by shrewd G. O. P. chan- [
nels and dry Democrats, “These i
Democrats w ho are not going to .
support Smith," the Republican talk
has it, "are not going to like the
attitude of the Democratic candi
dates who must necessarily support
their own ticket, and, therefore, are
likely to vote our entire ticket.”
Democrats Scoff.
Such conclusions are scoffed at by
Democratic leaders in the county
that is now- the center of North
Carolina Democratic activity. These
leaders admit that there will be
Democrats who may not vote the
national ticket in November, but
not a real Democrat, they say, will j
fail to support the county and stale j
ticket. And nearly every Democrat |
in the county will be at the polls
instead of going fishing, it is added, !
as it is just as easy to visit the polls
vote every candidate they desire to
vote, and leave without giving the
! Republican a loophole.
Appeal To Women.
Nevertheless reports coming in
from various sections of the county
indicate that the Republicans are
making a desperate effort to bring
about,their hoped-for upset. An
appeal is being made to Republicans
who have not been voting for years
to drop out of their lethargy and
vote, now that opportunity, knocks.
It is true that many Republicans in
this section have considered a local
victory for- them as a hopeless cause
but may increase the G. O. P. total
this fall because of the apparent
dissension in Democratic ranks.
Another appeal is being made to
Democratic women. who class as
new voters and are not considered
as loyal to party ties as their hus
bands, brothers, and fathers. “Every
Republican woman in Cleveland
county is going to vote,” the Re
publican report has it, "and many
women naturally Democratic will
not even go to the polls this fall,
and some of those who do will re
fuse to vote for Smith and other
men on the Democratic ticket.”
Which is, in substance, the mat
ter on which the Republican lead
ers pin their hope of seeing Cleve
land ‘go Republ ican,” at least in
part, this fall.
Seems Impossible.
Turning back to actual election
figures the turn-over assumes more
of the impossible than the Repub
lican talk would make believe.
Let’s figure a bit:
In 1924 Hugh Logan, Democratic
candidate for sheriff, defeated R. A.
Lackey, Republican, by 2.100 votes
and there was very little Demo
cratic interest. The total Demo
cratic vote cast in the primary that
year was only 4,888, while in the
primary this year 7,709 votes were
cast, or 2,821 more than four years
Woman Driver of Auto
Arrested in County For
Driving While Drinking
A nicely-dressed woman, appar
ently about 35 years of age, was ar
rested in a big Packard automobile
early this morning at Grover by
Deputy Charlie Shephard on the j
charge of operating an automobile
while under the influence of liquor
She was brought to Shelby and
placed in jail, remaining there ap- ‘
proximately an hour, according to
Sheriff Logan before she gave casti '
bond for a preliminary hearing and i
was released
No one was with the woman at
the time of her arrest it is said.
Rumors reaching Shelby later in
the day had it that the arrested
woman was thought to be a right
prominent and wealthy society wo
man of a Piedmont Carolina city,
but these rumors could not be de
finitely checked up before press
time here, although out-of-town
newspapers were trying to get to
the bottom of the affair.
These rumors nad it that the au
tomobile ride followed a mixed
night party in which intoxicating j
beverages was one of the chief re
freshments.
Five Turn Turtle
In Car, None Hurt
J. T. Johns. Forest City insurance ,
agent, Mrs. Johns and three chil
dren had a miraculous escape Tues
day morning when the car in which '
they were riding turned over on the
Buffalo road near Joe Beam's with
out injury to a single occupant of
the car. What makes their escape
more remarkable is the fact that
they were all packed in a Fori
coupe
With the aid of Mr. Dedmon and
another man, who were nearby, the
Johns family was helped out of the
car through one of the doors, which
was on the top side of the wTeck.
Boy Drowns In Lake
James, Rescue Fails
Marion—Manuel Garfield Earley.
10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Er
nest Earley, of Marion, was drown
ed in Lake James when he fell off
an old raft on which he was 'stand
ing while w'atching four other older
bays sw’im.
He was unable to swim and lost
his balance. The boys who were
swimming, his brothers, Gerry and
Ray Earley, and George Dobson and
Robie Seagle. made an effort to
rescue him. but were unsuccessful.
The body was searched for dili
gently, but was not found unW
early today.
The drowning took place in the
upper part in Lake James at a place
little used for swimming and about
five miles from Marion. The water
was about 20 feet deep where the
boy went down.
ago. Add the increase in voters,
2,821, to the 1924 majority of 2,100
and it is clearly shown that 4.921
votes would be the natural Demo
cratic lead. Which is to say that
the Republican ticket in the coun
ty will have to increase its total by
2.400 votes, or more, to enter elec
tion day at a neck-and-neck break.
Are there 2,400 more Republicans
in the county now than in 1924, or
can that number be assembled from
new Republicans and bolting Demo
crats? Take the case.
State Ticket Similar.
Four years ago a similar lead of
practically 2,000 votes, was given
Governor McLean over I. M. Meek
ins, Republican, and Congressman
Bulwinkle over J. A. Hendricks, Re
publican. This year the candidate
for governor, O. Max Gardner, is a
Cleveland county son, and more re
liable rumors are to the effect that
many Republicans in the county
will vote for the county's first gov
ernor than Democrats who bolt the
ticket.
Briefly, recall that there were
nearly 3,000 more Democrats voting
in the primary this year than in
1924. and that in 1924 the Demo
crats topped the Republican by
more than 2,000 votes—then be as
pessimistic as possible and see if
you can sanely predict a turn-over
in the political principles of Cleve
land county.
Presidential Candidate.
In the same election John W.
Davis, Democratic candidate for
president, led President Coolidge.
Republican, in this county by 2,006
votes. With no more interest than
was shown in the 1924 presidential
election hereabouts is there a possi
bility that those 2.000 votes will be
switched in addition to half of the
3,000 new Democratic voters?
Those are the figures, Form
your own propaganda
LEADING FACTS OF
TITLE BOUT AT
YANKEE STADIUftJ
Principals—Gene Tunney of
New York, champion, and
Tom Heeney of New Zealand,
challenger.
Stake—Heavyweight cham
pionship of the world.
Place—Yankee Stadium.
Date—Thursday. July 26.
Time—10 p. m. (Eastern
Daylight Saving Time.) 9 p.
m. Shelby time.
Number of Rounds—Fifteen
to a decision.
Estimated Attendance—50,
000,
Estimated Receipts—$1,000,
I 000,
Tunney Share—$525,000.
Heeney's Share—$100,000.
Promoter—George L. (Tex)
Rickard.
Betting—3 to 1, with Tun
ney the favorite.
■ Scale of Prices—$5, $10, $15,
$20, $25, $30, and $40.
How Tunney And Heeney
Compare For Title Bout
TUNNEY HEENEY
30_.... Age —^ 29
190-Weight_... 200
6 ft. 1 in. .. Height .5 ft. 10:!t
76 inches.. Reach ..72 inches
17 inches ... Neck ... 17 inches
40'_. in. . Ch. (Nor.) .. 38 in.
43'2 in. . Ch. (Ex.) ... 42 in.
341 - in. ... Waist ..... 37 in.
13 in. .... Biceps 131 - in.
12l- In. .. Forearm -- 12■ in.
23 in. ..... Thigh ..... 25 in.
14 in. ..... Calf_161- in.
9 in._Ankle __9'^ in
8!i in._Wrist .... 7'u in.
GEORGIA PASTOR I
JAILED FOR SCORN
Ordered by Judge to Recognize j
Congregation’s Vote, Minister i
Refuses, Imprisoned
Dalton, Ga„ July 24.—Charged !
with having violated a court order j
not to preach in the local church, i
the Rev. C. S. Williams, a minister ;
of the church of God, was serv- |
ing a ten-day sentence in jail here j
today for contempt of court.
He was sentenced by Judge C. C !
Pittman, of Whitfield Superior
court, who had issued the restrain- I
ing order on petition of trustees of
the church to prevent the preacher
from “delivering a sermon or speak
ing before the congregation’’ on
grounds that he had conducted him
self in a “boisterous manner.”
The court ordered that the church
vote on the question, stipulating
that if its decision was adverse to
the minister, it automatically would j
be ordered that he “should not at
tempt to preach" or otherwise tes
tify in church. The congregation
thereupon voted that Rev. Williams i
could attend church only as a wor
shipper and not participate in the
preaching.
It was charged that the minister ,
disregarded this case and “intruded ' j
and otherwise testifying for about J
fifteen minutes.”
Mrs. Aurilla Anthony,
Is Buried At Zoar
Mrs. Aurilla Anthony died Mon- j
day of this week at the of 47 years,
1 two months and 27 days and her re
mains were buried Tuesday after
I noon in the cemetery at Zoar, the
j funeral services being conducted by
Rev. H. C. Sisk, of Forest City. Mt ;.
Anthony was born March 27. 1831
and joined the church in early life,
1 remaining a consistent Christian,
i She was married to W. S. Anthony
about 26 years ago and is survived
by six children Carl Anthony, Mrs.
, Nellie Lemmons, Misses Viola, Cle
via. Pauline and Cora Anthony, also
two sisters and one brother.
By County Physician
Although there are only a few
i cases of typhoid fever in Cleveland
county at the present time Dr. D.
j F. Moore, county physician, is of the
opinion that all citizens of the
county who have not been vaccina
ted in the last year or so should see
| their physician and be vaccinated.
Just a year or So ago the county
experienced a right severe epidemic
of typhoid and the safety first move
is to prevent another epidemic by
vaccination
Vaccine Urged
LIPPI KILLING
GOES OVER UNTIL
NEXT COURT HERE
Grand Jury Returns True Bill But !
Case Is Continued. Other
Cases Heard
Ralph Lippard and Claude Heav
ener. young white men of Gastonia,
will not face trial at this court over 1
the death of Lippard's 19-year-old
wife, Bertha Evelyn, at Grover some
weeks back.
In Superior court yesterday the
cases was continued until the next
term after the grand Jury returned
a true bill of homicide against the
two defendants bound over from
county court by Judge John Mull.
The case would likely have been the
biggest attraction of the present
session and several scores of people
had sweltered through two days in
the packed court room waiting to
hear the evidence of the fatal
drunken brawl as would have been
related by the witnesses. As yet
the exact manner in which the
young woman met her death is a
mystery, and discussion continues to
revolve around the three angles of
whether she killed herself inten
tionally or accidentally, was killed
by Lippard or Heavener, or receiv
ed the fatal wound in her breast
while scuffling with the two drunk
men, one her husband, over tho
fun.
Heat Is Fierce
The court finds it hard to make
any speed in disposing of the dock
et due to the extremely warm
weather and the heat of the crowd
ed court room.
Among the cases disposed of so
far the following:
State vs. John Calvin Pruett,
possession, aiding and abetting in
the sale of liquor; Jury verdict of
guilty. Sentence not passed as
yet.
State vs. Ollie Surratt, receiving
and possessing; four months. Judg
ment was suspended on Pink Mc
Swain tried under the same charges.
State vs. Arvel Morris, driving
drunk, carrying concealed weapon;
$50 and the costs.
State vs. Flay Simmons; count
charged to fornication and adultery
instead of carnal knowledge of
female under 16 years, attorneys
stating that w'as of bastardy. Judg
ment was that the defendant pay
the clerk of court $150 which is to
be given for the use and benefit of
the girl prosecuting witness at in
tervals as deemed advisable by the
clerk.
Dunn-Cline Case
State vs. Elizabeth Dunn, receiv
ing and possessing; defendant plead
guilty and witness were dismissed
to return for another case Thurs
day morning. The case Thursday
morning will likely be that involv
ing Furman Cline in liquor charges
as the aged Dunn woman was a
state's witness against him in coun
ty court.
State vs. Monroe Childers, forg
ery; four months sentence. Three
checks bearing the forged signature
of Lon Spangler were cashed by the
defendant at A. V. Wray's store,
MeSw'ain’s store and with Earl
Honeycutt. Thurman Crane, who it
is alleged wrote the checks for
children, was dismissed after bein'
warned by the court about writing
checks for others.
Starts To Court
And Drives Into
Another Session
Is Defendant In One Court Ilut Is
Tried In Another
First.
Lacy Stewart, young white man
of Forest City. Shelby and else
where, has the court hoodoo upon
him, if there is such a thing.
In time past Lacy has made the
acquaintance of the court room
several times, but his troubles seem
to be piling up cn him. Some time
back Stewart was given a six
months sentence in county court for
fornication, but he appealed to su
perior court. On a vagrancy chare :
Judge Mull gave him another
month and he appealed again.
Monday morning Stewart started in
his car from Forest City to Shelby
for his two cases in superior court
before Judge Webb. En route his
car and a car driven hy John Blan
ton got together in regular wreck
style, and before Stewart could get
upstairs to superior court here he
wras arrested again and carried be
fore the county court dow'nstairs
for driving a car while intoxicated.
At the conclusion of the case Judge
Mull tacked on another three
months—making a total of 10
months—and Stewart appealed
again. Now lie awaits a hearing be
fore Judge Webb in three cases.
Kings Mt. Man Has
7 Names; Initials
Spell First One
A. B. R. A. H. A. Morrow Has ’Em
All Beat In Names. Ones
Lived Here.
When it comes to names Ab
raham Beatty Robinson Allen
Hamilton Alexander Morrow, of
Kings Mountain, should be able
to contest with the longest- j
named people on the globe.
Recently it was claimed that
Julian Edward William Helen
Nelson Christopher Jones, of
Kinston, had the longest name
in the entire county, but the
Kings Mountain man, who once
lived in Shelby goes his several
better. The Kinston man has
seven names, and so has the
Kings Mountain man, but there
are only 35 letters in the Kin
ston man’s seven names while
there are 39 in the seven names
of the Kings Mountain man.
What is more, it should be noted I
that the first name of the Kings !
Mountain man with a long name is
Abraham and if one cares to read
the initials of the Kings Mountain
man they will be found to spell
Abraham, Try it:
A—braham
B—eatty
R—obinson
A—lien
H—amilton
A—lexander
M—orrow.
But Mr. Morrow, who is a brother
of Mrs. H. T. Bess of Shelby, is very
little worried about his names. He
signs his name “A. B. Morrow'' and
is known to his close acquaintances
as “Beatty."
Want Shelby Man To Speak All
Over State. Congratulate
Smith Stand.
Clyde R. Hoey, noted Shelby law
yer and state presidential elector,
was today the most sought-after
public speaker in North Carolina
following his stirring plea for A1
Smith here last night in opening
the North Carolina Democratic
campaign.
Mr. Hoey could hardly find time
to attend to his legal duties in su
perior court today as telegram aft
er telegram and long-distance tele
phone calls poured In congratulat
ing him.
One call came from Salisbury anl
all the caller said wras: "Clyde Hoev,
I thank God for you."
From York. South Carolina, came
another call: "Mr. Hoey we read
your speech in the papers th's
morning and a bunch of us out
here on the street decided the only
thing to do was call you up and
congratulate you.’’
Another message was: “We've
long known you were the best evan
gelist in the state. You converted
’em last night—and how!"
To Speak Saturday.
All ot the numerous invitations to
speak could not be granted. of
course, but on Saturday of this
week Mr. Hoey will address the
Burke county convention at Mor
ganton at 2 o'clock in the after
noon. and on the following Satur
day at the same hour he will ad
dress the Catawba county conven
tion at Newton. Among the numer
ous other invitations was the re
quest for him to speak to a big mass
meeting at Charlotte w'ith the hope
that the address could be broadcast
over the radio station there.
Speeches Are Printed.
For 10 hours a big printing press
in The Star job printing plant has
been running at full speed and is not
as yet up with the demand for
copies of the speech, which are as
sembled in pamphlet form for the
Democratic campaign committee.
Included in the demands for copies
of the speech was one from Tay
lorsville, Alexander county, nearly
100 miles from here, for 1,000 copies.
Three Taylorsville Democrats drove
to Shelby and back last night to
hear the speech.
Correspondence was underway
today between N. C. Democratic
headquarters and Smith headquar
ters in New York about the speech
and it may be that printed copies
of it will be distributed over the en
tire South.
Mr. Claude Webb, proprietor of
the Webb theatre, made a business
trip to Charlotte today.
Miss Mildred Thompson of Char
lotte spent the week-end here.
Mrs. W. N. Dorsey spent several
days last week with Mr. and Mrs.
Julian Hord of Cliff side.
Nothing In Smith Principles
Unfits Him For Presidency,
States Bible Class Leader
Big Crowd Braves Thunderstorm To Cheer
Every Mention of Smith Name by Former
Congressman. Leaders of Eight Counties
Hear Fervent Appeal for Spotless Demo
cracy. Many Women Join in Applause.
“Ladies and Gentlemen, I am for A1 Smith for President
of the United States without excuse and without apology.
There is nothing in his connections as a Tammany man, in
his prohibition record, and in his religion that makes him
unfit to be the leader of our great party,” declared Clyde R.
Hoey, former congressman, to an applauding throng that
packed the Central school auditorium here Tuesday night for
the opening gun of the democratic campaign in North Car
olina.
Approximately 1,000 people, com
ing from eight Piedmont and West
ern Carolina counties, braved a viol
ent electrical and rain storm to hear
the “Silver Tongue of the South"
deliver his fervent, heart-spoken ap
peal for Democracy unstained and
for the man who rose from a street
newsboy to the peaks of American
fame by his spotless record of pub
lic service.
Crowd With Hoey.
That there were Democratic ene
mies of the New York governor ir
the audience is not to be doubted,
and present, too. were a few Re
publicans, but from the time Judge
B. T. Falls, county chairman first
mentioned Smith's name until Hoey
completed a lengthy address that
never tired an eager audience, every
mention of Smith literally “brought
down the house." ^
A Mixed Audience.
It was a peculiar political audi
ence. One-fourth of it, it is esti
mated, was made up of women, and
among the Democratic leaders pres- \
ent were county chairman of five
Democratic counties in this section
and leaders from still other coun
ties. Counties publicly recognized
prior to the address were: Meck
lenburg, Lincoln, McDowell, Ruth
erford, Henderson, Alexander, Gas
ton and Burke.
no muemess.
At no time did the flowing elo
quence hesitate to criticise or con
demn those who oppose Smith—
the speech flowed smoothly on pre
senting for the first time in this
section of the South a comprehen
sive defense and plea for the New
York governor. It ran the gauntlet
of the Smith career, intermingled
here apd there with Democracy and
the party’s role in government as
compared with Republican misman
agement; it took up the three major
criticisms of Smith—Tammanyism,
wet, and Catholic—and crumbled
each criticism to dust. It was, first
and last, a speech of facts. Every
statement made was based on fact,
and criticisms that have been made
were torn and rended because of the
lack of fact as a basis.
Tammany's part in aiding the
South after the Civil war made way
for the explanation of what Tam
many Hall really is. A declaration
that Smith, because he is frank and
honest, is no wetter than any
president we have had for 30 years,
and now is not as wet as Hoover,
brought on the tidal wave defence
for Smith's prohibition views. Then
came the religious issue: The politi
cal voice calmed down to the mild,
gentle, swaying voice of the Bible
class room as the teacher of North
Carolina's biggest Methodist Bible
class explained that A1 Smith as a
boy at his mother's knee learned to
worship the same God Protestants
worship, to bow before the same
gentle Christ Protestants bow be
fore, though in a slightly different
manner.
Talk In Dark.
Twice during the address the
electric lights flashed out due to the
heavy electrical storm, but the
speaker never stopped speaking, and
the intent, eager crowd, leaning for
ward in their seats to catch every
spoken word, listened on unmind
ful of the blinding flashes, the rum
bling thunder, and pouring rain
outside.
Generally sp°aking, decades have
passed into history since Shelby
has ever witnessed such a political
gathering.
The Speech Itself.
Mr. Hoey said:
“The Democratic party appeals
powerfully to the whole people in
the state and nation. It is the real
national party in sentiment, ideals,
policies and principles. For the
last 63 years ever since the close of
the War Between the States—it has
been the only refuge for the people
of the South who have been Inter
ested in preserving our civilization.
Following the war, in the days of
her poverty and desolation, and
while the heel of the alien was still
upon her neck, the South bowed
before Jehovah in the hush and
stillness of the eveainy and breath
ed the prayer of every true South
ern heart in asking Tor deliverance
from conditions worse than war
and horrors more intolerable than
the carnage of battle.
“With resources exhausted, money
gene, homes devastated, towns and
villages pillaged and burned, the
land over-run by carpet baggers
and camp followers, and looting*
bands of soldiers and marauders in
vading the sanctity of the homes of
our people and making life one
long and dreaded night-mare—and
with Jefferson Davis, the erstwhile
president of the Confederacy in
chains awaiting his trial for treason
to the Union—the South’s cup of
sorrow was full and overflowing. In
this sad hour there came but one
friendly and sympathetic voice out
of the hostile North—it was the
bold and fearless appeal of the
Democratic party for justice to
and forbearance with the South and
her people.
New York Friendly to the South
“The mighty force of this appeal
came from the City of New York.
Charles O’Connor, a member of
Tammany Hall, a Catholic and one
of the greatest lawyers in America
\ volunteered to defend Jefferson
Davis against the high charge of
treason, and so brilliantly did he
perform this duty that Davis was
eventually released from prison and
set free, and thus large numbers
of Southern officers and soldiers
| saved from prosecution, and he
! did it all without money and with
out price.
"This was the beginning of the
dawn for the South, but it was a
long, tedious, tiresome journey
thrombi the years, attended by
privauons ^wTOJoflr ' htfthber and
marked by hardships innumerable,
testing the stoutest hearts and lay
ing burdens almost unbearable upon
the men and women of that period.
The dominant element in the Re
publican party was insatiable in its
hate and unrelenting oppression of
the South and her people, and the
only friend we had in the court of
public opinion was the Democratic
party of the nation, and this great
■party has been the bulwark of our
■defense and the champion of our
cause in congress and In the forum
of public thought for more than
half a century.
“When Zeb Vance was elected to
the United States senate and denied
his seat, but later re-elected and
returned, it was the great Demo
cratic senators of the North who
iplead his cause and won for him
admittance to that august body.
(Continued on page two.)
Keep “Tab”
The 1928 presidential cam
paign promises to be one of
the most interesting ever held
in the United States. Be
tween now and voting time in
November political news will
be the big news of the day,
every day. You’ll want to
keep informed.
In this issue The Star pre
sents the complete speech of
Hon. Clyde R. Hoey at Cen
tral school last night—one of
the most comprehensive Dem
ocratic speeches ever made in
this section. In another col
umn election figures of four
years ago are cited and com
pared with prospects this
year. Each issue of The Star
until November will carry the
latest political news, fairly
presented. You cannot afford
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