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. 'LARGEST WEEKLY CIRCULATION IN THE 9TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT-SHELBY'S OLDEST AND FASTEST GROWING NEWSPAPER TH UPLVM) .IH i T0 FOR PROTECTION. PROS PERITY AND PROGRF.S5? ui THE PIEDMONi MOUNTAIN SOUTH. BECOME THE rL iLKk NE E1N GLAND" THE INDUS! RIAL CENTER OF A V. E K i C A (SUCCESSOR TO SHELBY AURORA) VOL. XLIV. NO 19 'First in Everything.' SHELBY. NORTH CAROLINA , SATURDAY, MAY 24.. Price: 11.00 the year; 6c the Copy. WISEMAN HEARS DEATHJENTENCE FOUND GUILTY BT JURY OF THE MURDER OF OR- E. A. HENNESSEE TO DIE IN CHAIR JUNE 2TH Jttry Deliberated 58 Miruitea Defend ant' Attorneys Give Notice Of Appeal three-gun man. h--rl his general con duct .n numerous other particulars, had he gone on the stand. So his lawyers deemed it best to keep him off and thus seo'rh these witnesses. Also he proved icn evasive and un willing witness f r the State in I the trial of the P:tL. boys t Mor I ganton and thin nn.i have twen against him here It seems that at Morganton Wise man swore that lie was on the train when the shoot in; took place, while the evidence here clearly showed that he was not. Rivalling the famous Divn murder ( WEBB'S AI'I'OINTMENT , EXPECTED B)l T JINK 1 VISIT TO CASAR SHl.l.H Eddor ttu- p:ip, in l Guilty of murder in the first trials of 1 9 1 12 in puhlir interest, gree was the verdict of an unbiased ly nas HH,n tril, ,-nter of groat Cleveland tmmtf jury in the trial of ' lnlerest and the ;aper .f the .Aaron Wiseman, charged, with the featured trie cas murder of Dr. E. A. Hennessee on ! DePnest. formei v of January 31, 1918, at Glen Alpine. I ,U(W f the Palmetto Stat Burke county. the trial for the AshoviH, The caSe absorbed the attention of j Tmi'-s the new Kepuldeai the special term of court and of hun- , r,,ud of around J",. dreds of spectators and witnesses for ana, Shi Utors from Burls, an-entire week, opening uy on Mon- ami Avery counties have day, May 12th, when the special ve- the hotels and hoard ng nire of 75'men was ordered by Judge 'th,. city and helped pack B. F. Lonjr, presiding. The actual nn,m each day cf the r.. trial of 'Wiseman's case, Number 13. It was a sencatiuna! On the special docket, did not begin, 1 lacking m the Iwncil. . until noon, of Tuesday, May and human interest. Six- court I State B. H. r hut v, red enmg Washington. MaJ- ly it stood that the appointment sentative Webb to the we trict judgeship will be about the fir.-t of June in liig of new man then' tion on the ability of Judge Boyd. The work of the d: become taxing, with the ; the nuniln" of courts Observer A PROTEST I beg the generosity f Kepre 'v. :.--m. r.. .-d n.- Tia-i.-n n fie. .I.n;,- K. !:-:ric' has m rease i hanotte heity T ., .'ea j H.ghlander Special left or. -cfte-dule time via the ntnes to Ijtwrulale at one o'clock Sa I afl.-ni. .on. May IT It arr : h jet.t-tr with a bundle of the ( ', N 6 j that .s the Highlanders the t-d;tor'- ineffaceable smile Arriving in Lawndale, we visited the -t.rc f the t leveland Mill and Power r . pany long enough to receive ; ,, g'.' , hand from Manager1 Parker aim proceed by the Eord line nf Plato , Kn hards to ( -sar. asar w ith its genial pout e-a.-Vr, I i HODISTS MSt: ..vs ill) K N x I 1 1 1 N 1 1 1 K I E -1 N D Y I I 1 HE .-HH H 1 1 I KM I oKI Mir I'ol- rn ' hurh in Ii-triit thcrsub-M-ritn-f. (uota - ampsin W Hell Organized an Y und Was Rained in 1 Hour umrts of y to make a erence to n 1 am th. that i.-. dvst ur r brief -self. victim ilird to it a lat talement .. ; ap.-r, with rcf- p.it . Mitchell o crflowed hu---e of tin' court clime's tr'al. not f mystery 1 m A eyer, ram une selection oi me jury "Jithin two hours the the -yv-gswlecUfljeot-mor than cxaDMainrJT witnessjlegan about f&t t.Tpe8day, kwjptStote and J.V, :m BBel Bad mtecMptl'MiufSday morn Wn . ' jJVHit-?y ifeumenta of counseIHhen be- VO.V. VR&lp iRstedtjtFjrldtr evening nere were rrve speecn- dofense and three for the 'Pef ending were J. F. ih , T 1110111 of jHcjrganton. J. W. Pless Pwseutmg cf Mi)rean- py daafic' Judge Long: -said priva-tely. y i4 fl of i tie iew "great F . i BiHarlaM lof 1iJatt1 IiadwI in liia court -.duriiig iis many years on the. - - The jiidge charged the jury Satur day morning, consuming 58 minutes in so doing, and the jury were out about the same length of time. Their first vote was 9 to 3 for conviction, t he second 11 to 1; the third unani mous. The court received the verdict and adjourned until 2:30 p. m., to allow Solicitor Huffman to come from his home in Morg-anton, where he had I gone on account of illness due to over work in connection with this case. But he was delayed by heavy rains and did not arrive until shortly after court had adjourned. . The Fatal Sentence Sentence of death was passed by Judge Long at 3:30 p. m., electrocu tion day beinpr set for June 20th. Wiseman heard with composure the fatal words, and when asked why sentence of death should not be pro nounced said, "I have nothing to say, except that I am innocent of the charge." The-prisoner has a strong chin, a firm mouth and a good nose. His eyes are hazel-brown; hair black, streaked with gray; sallow complex ion. He is about 5 feet, 11 inches tall, and. is rather thin and wiry; has a peculiar sort of walk. He was dressed neatly in a new black suit, with new shoes, broad -brimmed black V hat whose crown he compresses and rolls in until it hardly shows above the band, and a neat white tie and col lar. His head is not large. He wears a moustache, but keeps his face other wise cleanly shaved. On listening to both verdict and sentence he showed the same stolidity and iron fortitude that ha exhibited throughout the trial. As the officers were taking Wise man back to jail, he said, "You heard what I just said up there in the court room ?" "Yes." "Well, that's what I'll say when I come to die." Mrs. Wiseman and Children Wiseman's wife, with their two little girls aged about 7 and 9 re spectively, sat with him during much of the trial, but were not by his side the final day. He is said to have told them after the jury's verdict was ren- dered, 'Well, if that's the way they feel about it, it is all right" v Wiseman did not go on the wit- nes stand- The State had a host of i i .-witnesses from the mountains of 'j. Avery and' Mitchell counties, the old Wiseman home, to testify as to his character as a gunman, a two and This is the second trial growing out of the tragic and brutal murder of Dr. Hennessee The lirt was at Morganton in March. l'.MS- that of the two Pitts brother- (lartield and Aaron whose brother (Ionium died live years previously at the hands of Dr. Hennessee, following a sensa tional fight. They were acquitted at the- Morganton trial largely through the testimony of J. M. RAMSEY who swore positively that neither of the Pittses correspond in size and appearance with that of the unknown man whom he saw from the car win dow of Southern train 21 on that fa tal night, holding in his hand two pistols and doin j the shooting. RamseyfUecognizea Wiseman JUrajye ,a! the;" State's .first star witnesses of SlelHjr, 'againip Aarpn ?4aroh Wiiemaf e- said he W &tl Know Wiseman at wie time, but He secured an indeKble1 impression?' of the murderer at the time of the. shoot ing and that he recognized Wiseman as the man when he saw him on the witnesses stand is An unwilling wit ness at the Pitt trial; that he, Ram sey, pointed him oflt in the street to Attorney Spafnh ur, who was de fending the Pitt ? boys, saying, "Yon der goes the in: i: who did the shooting." Asked repeatedly on cross-examina tion by Lawyer Ervin of the defense why he did not tell this at the Pitts trial, he gave ilways the same re ply, "I was not lsked," and .hat he didn't want to weaken his testimony and discredit himself by bringing another man intr the case. The defense subjected Ramsey to a gruelling cross-examination, but were unable to shake him in his iden tification of Wiseman as the mur derer. Ramsey was later backed up by an array of character witnesses such as few men are ever fortunate en ough to have, including Internal Rev enue Collector Watts and numerous officers, bankers and business men of Statesville, his old home town, and elsewhere. Ramsey is a o2-degree Mason and a Shriner. Ramsey's Story Ramsey said his age was 35, that he was married and had two chil dren; home in f tatesville. On eve of the tragedy was on Southern train 21, en route to Ashevijle. "I was in the second-class coach or smoker was on the second seat from the rear, on the left. I heard a shot and looked out, shading my eyes against the window, and in the light from the train I saw a nu n about 12 or 15 feet from me, at an angle of 45 to 60 de grees and he ; h t as he stepped for ward and continued to shoot as he came forward ' iward me. The light showed him plrinly from the neck down; his face was in the dusk and not distinct, but I sW plainly the general outline of form, walk and his long, skinny fingers as he gripped the two pistols, one blue-steeled and one nickled. He wore a tan-colored rain coat; it came down below his knees., As the train pulled out the man was still standing there. He wore a broad-brimmed hat. I reognized the murderer later at the Pitts trial, in the person of witness . Aaron Wise man, and I told not only Attorney Spainhour, but George Ford also, that Wiseman was the man and that (Contir i-d on Page 5) favorable light Kef. r. ; h. people, of this .ion' It h:. ai d I- belli - : aid ! v that I made a sugge ', mi ! member or members !' the . tee that wan to arrange the tainmi i:' fur tin' returned so! d May th Jnth The sugge that I 'hough; it best to bin rate days for the white and This is very untrue. I taki .. pa -red granted that the gentb-m. n stituted that committee u able of making their own ment without any suggest i me. KEY. ARTHUR L. t f w ho ci re ca arrangi mi fro, CAR H Andy Brackett, was there t. us. that is. Mr Brackett wa gvod -hare of the people wi ri mg in. for Saturday was an . an: .a n the annals of t 'asar. tax 1 -ting day, under the m:i ;! turn of P. E. Down. H'-adip,iar!ers were eventual tatd.-heil in l tie bailiWl. k of ): alar representative of the Km parly fur Township No Tl, : ; tried and true example of con M moi racy. Zero Mull. It wa. tore tluit we spent the bu , afternoon and it was in i In of In- friendly home that we tin night, ale fried eh n k n gr. The I OUTlt V ,' ' r -h. She'hy Method -trie! mi t d. ! nob.y :h- 1 '-nt. th - ,i HEROES OF TWO WARS HONORED BlUC, EST ( KOWli EVER SEEN IN sHEI.IM CAVE TUESDAY: ESIiVATED T ".000 l.iixl ) aradr look Plarr in Early Pari ot Morninjt- Speeches by Stone all Durham and D. Z. Ne -Iod SumptuouK Dinner on Court Square t Noon. K , n: a!t. r iin! suptT : i wii gatherei of Sunday"; --fill nd surrshui' alternated Tut i.;ng . after Men ' iy night's i.'S ' t.rvati ied inrv ra n. i rowds nj heel on. Soon the la.-dav. and thousand- ' am! a.-- the irki r- -h. ile n Another Train on Clichfield On dune 1st, the C. C. and O. or Clinchlield road will start a summer schedule from Spartanburg to Alta Pass. This will enable Shelby peo ple to make connection at Bostic each afternoon for points west. Highlander 41 m t ..,Jkfr -w w w m .,, ! . -c !u " h.-eaii and starwhi rry pie and ii.i: k jg i full cream milk from th. j, cow l ingering over the suppi r table itill the shadows had fallen, wt wan j del'i'd to' the school holl. e. pu ted the bell rope a dozen times and sat i down to wait for the crowd. Pre jently Doe. Willis came along and lion 'others till we had a real crowd. As 1 the editorial heart was about to bust with joy at the warmm-ss and heart i ness of his reception, a gink stepped up and informed him that the cause of the crowd was a meeting of the Juniors and that the editor and hi.s crowd would have to vacate the premises, for regions below. We started to go but hev wasn't no crowd. It takes three to make a crowd. SO. we secured a special dispenstWr v-ule d I'i.. Son from the, chair, delive red akhafr. n m.t n I ai" :i n a . ; rt In futjUiorance of the plan to uiectJ bis constituency and to put through a massive Subscription campaign; the editor has arranged the following schedule of speaking dates, with a meeting every Saturday night 'till the whole territory is covered. For the most part, and if not otherwise designated, meetiiiRs will be held in school houses May IT ('asar May 24 Kings Mountain. May al Earl. June 7 -Holly Springs June 14 -Waco. June 21 South Shelby. June 2S I.attimore. July 5- Polkville or Delight. July 12 Lawndale. 1 July 19 No. 10. One three horse power kerosene engine for sale. Price right. W. W. Barron. 18t2 The Ellis Studio, the home of good photography. Make an appointment today. Send us in a $ on subscription. onderneathXwith iflce litfle crowd that had come in. Here we, laid bare the plans and policies . ojf 'the paper and the party and fotond" a hearty response from the good Republicans. Best of all they organized themselves into a Repub lican club and elected Mr. J. R. Price, president; Mr. John H. Hoyle, vice-president and Mr. C. A. Britten, secretary-treasurer. They decided to get behind the full Republican pro gram, including the $10,000 publicity gram, including the $100,000 public ity campaign fund for North Oaro- Remaining over night, we planned to climb the mountain in the morning but our chauffeur got cold feet and failed to get us half way up so we went, like all good children, tot the Baptist Sunday Sunday school. After a hearty dinner and a long hard snooze on a good, sott bed, we caught a ride with our own Shelby dental operator, Dr. C. M. Peeler, and with only two stops for family supplies came on to Shelby. We found the eoplo of Casar up in arms over the appointment of a party for road commissioner. They do not want a hodse builder who does not favor good roads their road building job and have cir culated a petition agaipst one. It stands about 40 to 1 against. Editor of the Highlander. r I and live anna.:! payments, mber wen- astonished to tile: tl.at $l!(UH0 total was sub-crib e.i :n en, day by the Shelby ('entral Methodist-, nuniliermg less than aim member- loH niemlMTs pledged to donate Jl'U.080 in addition to their usual ihurch contributions for church expenses and pastor's salary each year. South Shelby Methodists raised $4,7011 same day. Other Cleveland county churches, responded to the pledges for money and Cleveland county as usual "went over the top" ami oversubscribed acessnients by about 50 per cent. Th.largest4contrUition to this Centena&mcfrejun& ipom an en- thneiisti'lietibodjB ant wif each no and voiir.g i ij-.iinni. K.ii ( r. -s numb. - .ng i by th " I nited ir nes. scv marcni 1 and pr--appearanri . hur-eback. w!,i!. 'he it...'-ha :.!.!. 1 t the attrai turn.-. Tlie lung aim varied parade, about nil' m.le long, headed by charming Red C'ross school girls, dressed in immaculate white, the soldiers and marines, about 200 strong; the 600 automobiles and other vehicles excit ed wonder and admiration, while sev eral thousands filled the court square and watched the vast throng the biggest crowd ever seen here. The marshals on piajicing steeds, kept perfect order, and no accident hap-f pened here Tuesday. The 1areestMtmribution to this nobhi' cause came m a poof iit0e girl of seven years who gave i " she had in this world $5.00 from pen nies saved during two years. She gave r.ll she had and had nothing left, this was like the widow's mite and showed self-sacrifice. Tins was all contributed or pledged in one day. Other sums have been added to the $20,080. The following figures are official from the Methodist p:utcr. Rev. C. A. Wood, up to Wednesday mirning. Other sum:: will increase these aivc unts : Churches: Shelby Central South Shelby Sh: ron Sulphur Springs Iielwood Ass'mts $12,89., 3,200 9..-.85 Pledges $20,148 4,700 1,200 1,000 10,327 The entire Shelby district has over- scribed and other parts ot this sec- j anP; enjoyed the huge tion have responded nobly and "gone over the top." Electric Co manufactures assembles all the plants from their factory. Ask fellow who makes his who makes his genera tor. who makts his battery, who makes his rheostat. 18t2 Western as well a: that come to boss j , ,i, i,,.ra Send us ii a $ on subscription. FRONT PAGE EDITORIAL THE BLACK EMY! Seldom do we speak of our personal affairs but as we go to press, we have a telegram announcing the passing to the realm of the spirit of our own precious Mother. We have always spelled that name with a capi tal. She was all the world to us. For her, we came to this sunny clime. We planned to have her here in a few days to spend years in peace and love. She is here in spirit but her bodily presence is gone. We crave sympathy in the blackest day God ever made. . t ... ! ; i me poetjjgrapr-.er wipi rus magiMjr- e- "o- lying ienr ana art wai maa.es . w ' "v-'-ii. tanc to6k.ihe, pkfcarf 'tt ffj 1 thei tirfaaayjl' rfw4wipeettl. war sat at the -westide QftliieSher- - ry post office.' . ' The Speaking. " Hon. Clyde K. Hoey was the ef- ficent master of ceremonies, with D. Z. Newton to introduce in a short speech the gifted orator, S. J. Dur ham, lawyer, from Gastonia, and the son of Capt Plato Durham of Shelby. He gave a true, eloquent speech, punctuated with applause. The speaking was brief, as the hour of dinner, which no luckless sinner ever fo-gets, was announced. Something to eat the old and new soldiers want ed juid soon "the aching void" was tilled. An elegant and bountiful din ner awaited the heroes of two wars. Audubon Rudapill had charge of making six long tables and he did his work well. The old soldiers had chairs' for each one and a magnificent spread of choice and varied viands tit for a king. The old soldiers ate dinner and some had headache from overeating. Then they greeted their comrades and revived war stories, in which each one was a hero. . Then 200 young and brave soldiers came to the repast and praised the ladies who kindly administered to the inner man. The spread Tuesday was bountiful ami magnificent more than enough. Then others were invited to the repast. At noon the soldiers ate their dinner, innocent of rain. As soon as the dinner was served, heavy rain made visitors seek refuge. Then sunshine and rain contended for supremacy until 4 o'clock, and many fair ladies' toilets were injured by the rain, and one said "this is not a free country, for we are rained (reigned) over." If you want a good photo of the baby, bring the child to the Ellis Stu dio. He makes babies laugh. Instock, Western Electric plants that will furnish you two Hi candle power lights two hours each night for thirty-three nights on oi.e batterv charge. Price, $360. W. W. Bar ron. , 18tl Great Things Born in Silence. Silence Is the element in which grout things fashion themselves to gether; that at length they may emerge, foil-formed and majestic, Into the daylight of Life, which they art thenceforth to rule. Carlrle. Send us in a or subscription. I Mi " '- i. vc ,1 i ' if s TV.- p.-e.?;
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