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New Messiah” Is Puzzle To Pupils i>i«solving Of Ordrr By Krlsh namurti Remains Unex plained As Vet. •Tiddu Krlshnamurtl, the much discussed young Indian who has aeen hailed by his pupils as the new Messiah," startled his follow er* a few days ago with the dra matic announcement that the Or der of the Star of the East, the mysterious organization in which are enrolled 100,000 persons who re gard him as "the holy man," is to be dissolved. Standing before a campfire meet ing of the 3,000 delegates represent ing the, society in all parts of the world and gathered for the occasion in a little tent city near Ommen. Holland, Krishnamurti calmly made the announcement of the dissolution of the order which its members have come to believe in the chosen vehicle through which their World Teacher would speak. And now the 3,000 men and women "pilgrims." who yesterday closed what appears to be their last world congress, are on their way home wondering what their leader's action means. There is little In Krlshnamurtlr, brief anouncement to Indicate a a explanation for the dissolution of the Star of the East order. He does not say whether that action was inspired by the wishes of the World Teacher, whom his followers say uses the young Indian as the med ium through which to speak to .this world. •'It is useless to try to re-esiaDiisn order and harmony while Indivi duals in themselves are chaotic, in harmonious and disturbed," the "new Messiah" told his followers as he declared that the order on whtcn they so much prided themselves must disband. "The transformation of the individual must come first. Man being entirely responsible to him self. creates by his own limitations barriers’ around him which cause sorrow and pain. In the removal o' these self-imposed limitations lies glory and fulfillment of self.” Mrs. Annie Besant. the 82-year old international president of the Theosophies 1 society, who "dlscov l cred" Krishnamurtl and has fos ' tered his career, says she is still loy al tb the young Indian, despite his disbanding of the order. In 1909 she discovered the Hindu boy Alcy one—now Jiddu Krishnamurtl— whom she adopted over the pro tests of the boy's father. At the time the Hindu boy was twelve years old. The next year he wrote a'treatise called “At the Feet of the Master," said to have been inspired in a dream In 1911 Dr. Besant presented Krishnamurtl as the future “ve hicle." She explained that It is stated In various Scriptures that the World Teacher, the Head of all faiths and the Inspirer of all reltg [ A ioug progress, come back Into the j I world periodically and takes posses stall of the body of a highly evolved human being in order that He may . through the mouth of this disciple, re-proclaim in every successive age the essential truths of religion and morality. Krishnamurtl. Dr. Besant states, is the chosen vehicle through which the World Teacher will speak when He cornea again, “just as He spoke through the body of the disciple Jesus two thousand, years ago.” Ac cording to the tenets of the cult of the Star, there have been in all twenty-seven "vehicles” for the World Teacher. The first came to the Aryan race of Central Asia under the name of Vyaaa, it Is said. Next appeared in Egypt Tehuti or Thobh, known later in Greece as Hermes or Mercury. Persia gave a third divine leader in 7<oraster, who "garbed the truth in lire." Orpheus, ideal of the Greeks and Romans, and Prince Siddhartha who became the Buddha, or the En lightened One. were predecessors of Christ and Krlshnamurti, we arc told. K.nsnnamuru nas never attempt ed by any miraculous sign to prove his alleged divinity to his followers. . Thanks to the patronage of Dr. Be sant, he has studied under carefully selected private tutors. His charac ter and motives have never been attacked. He has a handsome face and leads a life of great simplicity. His diet is entirely vegetarian. Krishnamurti’s gospel for the guidance of humanity Is self-dis cipline, good conduct and forbear ance. Prom time to time he pro claims idealistic teachings. He has | written several treatises, regarded kby hia followers as holy books, in tte puj Hits purported to have re transmitted to him ypgve what he rr work or Ins rn Sfchls visit to the ago. •mat i am r the World bit has a! W to can v f nappt und not ktritual Revival Meetings Close At Norman <irnve Anri Kadrsh. Personal Mention. • Special to Tlie Star.' Bclwood. Aug: 20. The. revival meeting closed at Normans Grove church Friday night with nine ad ditions to the church. Rev, Black preached for Rev. Gold. The revival meeting closed at Kadrsh with several additions to the church. Misses Elaine Deal and Archie Fay Gantt spent Saturday night with Misses Ruth and Mary Sue Tillman. Miss Namie Lou Goodman was the dinner guest of Misses Ru'h and Vera Hartman Sunday. Miss Pearl Gantt visited her cousins Misses Bessie and Dorothy Gantt of Vale Sunday afternoon Mr. Bynum Willis was the din ner guest of Mr. Irod Hartman Sunday. Mr. Wellington Martin spent Sunday nfternoon with Messrs. Eugene and J. A. Hubbard Mrs. O. W. Ramsey and Miss Mildred Ramsey and Mr. and Mrs. A. A Ramsey and children o! She' by spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs S. L. Gantt,. Misses Victoria McEntyre of Malden visited friends in the com munity last week. Miss Thelma Warlick spent last Tuesday night with Mr. and Mrs. Lee 'McEntyre. Miss Ruth Greene spent last Tuesday night with her sister, Mrs. Victor Lee of Shelby. Mr. and Mrs. Tony Hoyle and children of Chase City, Va., spent last week with Mr. nnd Mrs. Jessie Willis. Mr. nnd Mrs. Buford Spurling and daughter of Lawndale spent Friday with Mr. and Mrs. George Martin. Mrs. Vashtl Parker and two chil dren of Maiden spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. John Queen. Mr. Clem Johnson of Charlott ■ spent last Tuesday with his moth er, Mrs. R. C. Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Will Willis spent Friday afternoon with Mrs. R. C. Johnson. Miss Effie Wellmon was the sup ; per guest, of Miss Pearl Davis Fri I day evening. | Miss Ethel Norman spent last i week with her sister, Mrs. Walter ! Chapman. Miss Ole Mate Brackett visited Miss Male Edwards Sunday after noon. Miss Pauline Dixon or Shelby vis ited friends and relatives in the community last week. Miss Elsie Lou Burns spent Wed nesday night with Miss Vertie Smith. Miss Sarah Warlick is improving slowly. Mr. and Mrs. John Peeler and family visited relatives in Roanoke. Va.. over the week-end. Miss Amy Sue Tillman spent Wednesday night with Misse Mary Sue and Ruth Tillman Mi1, and Mrs. B. C. Turner visit ed Mrs.* Mark Warlick Friday aft ernoon. Mrs. Lawrence Miller and chil dren Mary Beth and Gene spent: Thursday with Mrs. Miller’s moth er, Mrs. S. L. Gantt. Mrs. Olen Murry and children spent a few days last week with Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Richard. Miss Ruby Willis of Rockdale spent Thursday night with Miss Ruby Richard. Mrs. Claude Willis of Rockdale spent Thursday afternoon with Mrs. C. G. Richard. Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Richard spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs Roy Da berry. Messrs. Andy and Tom Willis of Toluca and Mr. West Willis of Cherryville spent Sundav afternoon with their brother Mr. Will Willis. Miss Ruby Richard spent Sunday with Misses Ruth and VerR Hart man. Mr. and Mrs. Mack Smith spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cline of Lawndale. Mr. and Mrs. Burt Sain and chil dren of Toluca visited Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hull Sunday afternoon. Miss Male Edwards was the din ner guest of Miss Mary Brackett last Thursday. Miss Jessie Dixon spent a few days last week with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dixon. I Seven Chinese To Die For Robbin A Tomb Peking.—Seven persons must pay the death penalty for complicity fn. the robbery of Machu Imperial tombs in the eastern hills near Peking, which took place just one. year aca About Living. Berlin—The modern American version is ‘‘live and help live.” Frank H. Sisson. New York banker tells the world advertising conven tion. Essentially, the policy is self ish, he said, since in no oth" Way “can we enjoy the fulness ox lile.” Bathing Where You Cannot Sink; The Mormons And Utah The Salt Desert. Salt Lake. Mormon Tabernacle, And The Largest ripe Organ. iBy RENN 11RI'M.) Try to Sink!” That line glares out at you from every billboard along every walk at Saltalr, the great Utah bathing beach, upon the Great Salt Lake. And try It every tourist docs, but to date it is not recorded that any pei son every disappeared in the salty waters. It Just isn’t done, because it cannot be done. The state of Utah contains about the most unusual collection o! scenic wonders within a small area as may be found anywhere in the world—the Great. Salt Desert, the Great Salt Lake, the Temple Square of the pioneer Mcrmoms, and the history of those Mormon people which is interwoven in the fertile Irrigated fields where Brig ham Young led his wandering fol lowers to a final settlement,. In fact, the Irrigated portion of Utah which borders upon the Salt Lake to the west at the Nevada line is everything Roosevelt termed it in describing it as “a rose bloom ing in the desert." Riding Upon Salt. The tourist heading east from the California coast strikes Utah and the Great Salt Desert, a freak of freaks. Just as his automobile leaves Nevada. Just a few yards after crossing the Nevada-Utah line the car rolls out upon what at first glance seems to be a vast plain, running into space every direction, covered with snow. It is the salt desert and one drives across it 47 miles before reaching the eastern edge at Salt Lake City. The salt is four feet deep and so packed that the top crust can hardly be broken. There is not a single ridge or deni the entire distance across—Just as level as a floor from one edge to the other. the only hardship of the crossing being the glitter of the sun upon the floor like mass of salt. At the eastern end of the desert is the lake. At first glance it ap pears to be as all other lakes and the degree of salt, therein is not learned until the visitor takes a dip and tries to sink. Thousands of years ago, the geologists say, the major portion of Utah was a grout inland sea. known in geological works as Lake Boneville. Weather conditions changed and the lake shrunk to Its present slue—5 miles wide and 75 miles long. At the southeastern corner or the lake 1s Saltair. the foremost bath ing beach in Utah and the out standing Inland bathing beach In America. The big covey of beach houses, amusement stands, and the largest dance floor in the world, Is erected one mile out in the lake, and every building is of Moorlsn architecture. Twenty-two percent of the con tents of the lake is salt, and the body of water contains six to eigh. times as much dissolved matter as docs the water of the ocean. Per haps that will give the reader an idea why the bather .cannot sink. Of course, no one every really be lieves he cannot sink in Salt Lake until he tries. The writer has made the attempt and failed. The aver age depth of the lake is only 20 feet and when the bather gets to the dqep portions he or she realises that he or she not only cannot sink blit that at times they cannot get their feet to the bottom. A person who knows less than nothing about swimming or floating may walk ont into the lake, fold his arms and legs and life down. Two days later. If he cares to remain that long, he will still be floating about, on top of the water. In trying to sink, however, nev*r try to dive, and, if possible, keep your head out of the water. The heavy amount of salt in the water proves very painful once its gets *n the eyes, mouth, throat and ears No one ever does the Annette Kell ■ evman there after the first trial The one disagreeable feature is that after your 4ip you must tak? a prolonged shower to get the clinging salt off your bathing suit and body coming from the water the iacc seems to be covered with a layer of salt a halt inch thick. A description of Salt Lake City, one of the country's most beautiful centers of population, can be little more than a chronicle of th" achievements of the Mormon church or, as they say it. of the Church of the Latter-Day Saints. Mormon History. Utah was first settled by the li‘ tle pioneer band which accomplish ed a more creditable ambition than did any of our western pioneers— Brigham Young, head of the church and his little band of 148. The fol lowers of the Mormon church which was founded and organized by Joseph Smith, had been per secuted and driven from one sec tion of Eastern America to anoth er. Finally they settled in Carthage, Illinois. Here we digress from our narrative long enough to make the connection we spoke of between Salt Lake City and Shelby, North Carolina. Some years back Shelby people will remember that Dr Hugh K. Boyer. local Method’s! minister, read of the death of. a Mt. Airy citizen. Shortly after not ing the item the minister called The Star and told a remarkable story. “Years back," he said in sub stance, T was preaching in Mt. Airy. There at that time a re-1 markable confession was made 11 ine—the confession of a man \vh> declared he knew the details of the slaying of Joseph Smith, Mor mon church founder, and h's brother, Hyrum, at Carthage, Illi nois." Then he gave the details—no', however, until after the death of the man who confessed knowledge of what the Latter-Day Saints call the martyrdom of theif saints. All the details of the slaying of the Smith brothers were never known, and in Salt Lake City, we learned, that the news story from Shclbv telling of the church confession was considered the outstanding news of the year. So much foi that. The entire story df the matter is too lengthy to recite. After the death of Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, became the leader of the persecuted Mormoms. “I will lead you to some place those who persecute us care not to live. There we will settle,” he to'd his followers. Days and days the little band travelled. They followed the Platte river into Wyoming, travelled through the pass anJ reached the valley leading into the Salt Lake desert land. Trappers in the mountains before reaching the Salt Lake valley tried to discourage the Mormon band. “Nothing will live down there except rattlesnake? and coyotes, and safe brush is the only thing which will grow,” the trappers said. “Thi; is our place.” answered Young, “for none will de sire such a country to the extent that they will drive us on again.” And there the hardy band settbd and struggled. First of all they in augurated the system of irrigation in America and the barren, deadly desert began to blossom. Today the farmers of western Utah are second to no others. When they want rain, they open their irrigation canals. But it was a terrible ordeal at fir i. Other followers were cn route by wagons from the east and the first crop coming along fine when a blight struck the land in the form of crickets coming down from the mountains. Within a few day* i‘ seemed as If the army of crickets would destroy the entire wheat crop. Grief enveloped the valley. Driven to where other white men and even the Indians could not live it seemed as if the crickets were to again drive them on starving. Then Brigham Young called for general prayer. Never bfefore, it la recorded, had sea gulls been seen in numbers thereabouts, but just about the time the pioneers had given up hope the air was filled with the great white birds. At first it was thought the gulls would aid the crickets in destroying the crops, but when it was noticed that the gulls were eating the crickets—gorging and disgorging. In a very short per iod the crickets were destroyed and the crops and the colony saved. To day it is a “penitenitary offense” to injure or kill a sea gull in the state of Utah. And of all Utah’s scenes the Sea Gull monument is the most roman tic. In 1913 the church unveiled the monument, the work of Mahouri Young, a descendant of Brigham Young, and considered the most ex pressive work in bronze known to mankind: On the top on the monu ment are the figures, in gold, of two large gulls. Around the sides below are four bronze (ablets. One tells the story, without words, of the ar rival at Salt Lake of the pioneer band, their sowing and preparing for a crop. The next, the most poi'i- j nant and touching of all works in bronze, pictures the grief and de spair of the pioneers as the crickets destroyed their last chance to live. The third depicts the arrival of the gulls, the holy birds of the Mormon, church, and the fourth scene is that of the first harvest after (he gulls saved the wheat. The Sea Gull monument is .n Temple Square, the center of all the activities of the church—a great, plot of ground. a beautiful park, filled with some of the finest, struc tures in America. The outstanding structures are the Temple and the Tabernacle. Any visitor may enter the Tabernacle. the mystifying wonder of architecture, but none but Mormons may enter the Tem ple, and some of the Mormons may not. To do so they must be in good standing—and good standing in the Mormon church means a righteous life. The Tabernacle has the largest unsupported dome in the world. The gigantic arched roof, erected in 1863, is a series of beams Joined to gether with wooden pegs and ra<’ - ride. Not a single pillar holding it up in the center, the immense root rests at the edges upon 44 great piers of cut sandstone masonry Over a million and five hundred feet of timber were Used in the construction. The visitor always asks the name of the architect who drew the plans, back in those early days, of the Tabernacle and the roof, which cannot be equalled by modern builders. The answer is "Brigham Young." More famous because of the many wives the Mormon church permitted him than for his real achievements in life, Young has never been proper ly credited with his part in making pioneer history. It was the genius of Young which introduced irrigat ed farming for the dry west. Brig ham Young who worked out the wagon-cart plan of carrying th? pioneers across the mountains and deserts, Brigham Young who sur veyed the site of the present Salt Lake City, a perfect city from the standpoint of the landscape artis': Brigham Young who devised Utah’r school system. Brigham Young who began the country's first depart ment store and cooperative mer chandising plan. In fact, when the Mormons in. their attempt to live upon , the desert found they needed something which they had not, Brigham Young began thinking— SPECIAL.. 6-cup Aluminum PERCOLATOR^ 75 COl)PONS from. | OCTAGONI SOAP PRODUCTS^ Good for limited time only. Redeem your coupons at CLEVELAND FURNITURE Co. r LIVE IN THIS TERRITORY IT WILL PAY UOli TOKrims': THAT WE MAKE THE VERY BEST fine screen CopperHalf-tones ' Newspaper Half-tones •Zinc LineEtct}iifsft £ Color Work, % CITIZEN ENGRAVING CO. Citizen Building Telephone 876 Asheville.N.C. x L and his thoughts usually proved successful. Just how the west would have been settled today had it not been for the genius, Brigham Young is only problematical. In the Tabernacle is the largest of pipe organs and it is there that the famous Mormon choir holds its sessions. The pipe organs draws thousands there each year. The mammoth building, 250 feet long and 150 feet wide, scats 8,000 peo ple and can be emptied when nec essary, within three minutes. The walls are for the most part doors There, too, the acoustics are un equalled by our modern theatres When only 30 or 40 people are *n the building the spoken voice echoes and re-echoes about th: building in such a manner that it is hard to catch. But with every or.e of the 8,000 seats filled a falling pin <it the ffont can be heard by those on the rear seats. The Temple, the most beautiful of the buildings, is 186 feet long 99 feet wide, and 222 feet high. To the Mormons it is a holy place and not an assembly ground. Here the ra>r riage and baptismal ceremonies are held and the last sacred rites for the dead. While in the Tabernacle It is ex plained by the guide that there ar.‘ no salaried ministers or other sal aried church workers in the Church of the Latter-Day Saints. Any brother in the congregation, or any sister, for that matter, may be call ed upon to preach each Sunday. Their missionaries, and they have hundreds scattered about the earth, serve also without pay and further more pay their own expenses. Nowadays members of the church have only one wife and observe the laws of their country. Still their church does not consider it a sin to have more than one wife other than that one of their first creeds is io obey the laws of the land in whicn they live. (The history of the finding of the lost Book of Mormon, the founding of the church, its tribulations, and finally its center of achievement in Utah is a very interesting story in full detail. The writer has this his tory in a brief form and will be glad to lend it to any person inter ested.) Other points of interest in Tem ple Square and Salt Lake City in clude the bronze statue of the Hand-cart Family, Assembly Hall, the museum, the old observatory, the Smith statue, and the various residences about the city of Brig ham Young and his favorite wives. (The next installment of the travel- narrative, passes, through Idaho and the land of the Blac'; foot Indians, into Montana ..and Wyoming,, and. the. world-famed Yellowstone park. Its geysers, peaks, and other attractions.) “WINGS” Special Request Engagement. PRINCESS MON. - TUES. 10-20c -SAY Did you have a nice vaca tion this summer or did you have to stay home because you didn't have the money? IF SO You can take a vacation next summer if you will | only prepare for it by start | ing a VACATION SAV j INGS ACCOUNT HERE— MOW. Put aside so much , each week or each month— j If you wish to take a $50.00 | trip—Save only $1.00 per week—A $100.00 trip, save i a couple of dollars per week I and so on—that’s the way , folks who take vacations 1 do. Have the money on hand when vacat ion time ji comes again,. Travel, sec j; things, this is a great big j beautiful world. START TODAY At The CLEVELAND BANK & TRUST CO. Zion Community News Gleanings Party On Motor Trip To Wrlghts vlllr. S. 8. Officials Meet Fri day Night. (Special to Tlie Star.) Zion. Aug. 19.—Our Sunday school is still progressing fine. We have a good attendance every Sunday. We were very glad indeed- to have Mr. W. W. Washburn from Double Springs to talk to us. Other visitors were Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Ledford and Mr. Roy Ledford. All the teachers and officers are urged to be present at the church Friday night at 7:45. Miss Jack Sears from Nashville spent last week with Miss Nina Cabaniss. Mr. John Cornwell of Nashville, visited his brothers last week in this community. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Irvin. Janie, Ruth and James Irvin. Mr. and Mrs T. D. Horne and Billie motored to Wrightsville Beach last week. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cornwell, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Cornwell and daugh ters, Dorcas and Francis visited in Georgia last week. Miss “Jack" Ferguson is spending this week with Miss Ruth Irvin. Mrs. Ira Elmore and children spent two days last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Corn well. Mr. and Mrs. Otis Royster and boys, and Miss Clara Royster, spent the first part of the week at Wrights ville Beach. Miss Beryl Ford is spending a while with her aunt, Mrs. Forest Lutz. Mrs. Susan Cornwell and daugh ters, Laura and Nora were the de lightful guests of Mrs. T, P. Caba niss Tuesdry afternoon. Little Billy Cabaniss is spending a few days with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Cabaniss. Mr. and Mrs. Lowery Austell vis ited Mr. G. P. Irvin and family Sun day afternoon. Embalmed Evidence. St. Clarsville, Ohio, Aug. 13.—An embalmed chicken will be one of the j exhibits in evidence presented to ithe September grand jury here. When William Baker, of Shady ville was arrested for chicken steal ing, a dressed chicken was discov ered hidden in the cistern. Prosecu tor McKelvcy ordered the fowl taken to a funeral parlor and em balmed so it could be used agaimt Baker next fall. Star Advertising Pays Fools Rush In. Cincinnati Enquirer. President Gil says he is willing to discuss the religious question, which certainly proves that he’s a rash person. A “Quare” Animal. Nyack, N. Y.—An ocelot, habitat of the hot forests of Central and South America has been found Uv this thickly populated section; Doubters can see the beast—or his skin. He was killed by James Baker when found, surrounded ay slain chickens. -PRINCESS TODAY IS BARGAIN DAY . — 10c TO ALL — TIFFflMY*/TMHl pwmt/ THE m*m m WOBBLE/ ! FRonfl no«y oy piter b. kvne I Laughs Mingle with Heartaches in a Drama of Newlyweds Who had to Take “Welcome” Off ' | the Mat! JOHN HARRON, i LILA LEE, Lucien Littlefield, Sunshine Hart, Vivian Oakland and others, Directed bjr Georee Archainbaud A Tiffany-Stahi Production ] Also News Reel and 1st Chapter of “Tig er’s Shadow.” - 10c TO ALL’ - Model AA—Stake-type body < 1 7 THE NEW FORD 1^-TON TRUCK THE chassis of the new Ford truck is designed for reliable service. There are forty different kinds of steel used in it, each made to wear longest under the stresses to which it is most often subjected. The three, hearing crankshaft and the three-bearing camshaft are of Ford carbon manganese steel. Valves are of chrome silicon alloy. Transmission gears and shafts are of chrome alloy steel, heat treated for hard ness; j The front axle is a chrome alloy steel forging. Steels for other important parts are equally specialized ;; • to make certain that the Ford truck will give long, economical service. Many features contribute to the splendid perform-. a nee of the Ford truck. Its engine develops forty horse-power at moderate speed. Cantilever rear springs reduce rebound and lessen urtsprung weight. A Hou daille shock-absorber at each front wheel increases stability, decreases jolts. The fully enclosed six-brake system is long wearing and positive. A shatter-proof glass windshield increases the driver’s safety. These and similar things throughout the entire chassis give evidence of the thorough care with which the new Ford truck has been designed for long wear, relia bility and economy. Come in to see the Ford truck, and let us help yog decide which body type is best for your use. Chas. L. Eskridge
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