PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY.
VOL.
SHELBY. N. C. FRIDAY, JUNE 2 1911.
V si nn a
YEAR IN ADVANCE.
DEAD BODIES
ARE RECOVERED
THREE VICTIMS TAKEN FROM
WRECKAGE
OWNERSHIPOF
ELECTRIC PLANT
PROPOSITIONTAKENUPATMASS
MEETING
Mr. Lindsay, Engineer on the Second
Engine Remained Under the Coal
and Steel 37 Hours-Body Badly
Mangled Is Weil-Known in Cleve
land County, Having Worked on
Lawndale Railroad.
Engineer J. Mack Lindsay's
body was the last to be taken
lfrom the heap of coal and steel
at the Watkin's trestle wreck on
the Seaboard 3 1-2 miles west of
Ellenboro Sunday afternoon at
5:15 o'clock. Mr. Lindsay re
mained under the debris " 37
hours before the working crews
numbering 150 men were able
to move away the 17 steel coal
cars and tons upon tons of coal
that covered his body. Wreck
ing crews from the Clinchfield
and Seaboard roads got to the
scene Monday morning before
day break and with heavy cran
es and derricks they set to work.
In a short while they had re
covered Fireman RoyDooley's
body that was found under the
second engine. His bones were
broken, his head crushed and
his body scalded bythe hot water
from the boiler of his engine.
Train No. 46 brought his re
mains to Shelby where he was
prepaired for burial by Under
taker 0. Elam and on the after
noon train he was sent to Char
lotte for interment.
WORKED ON LAWNDALE
After working all day Mon
day, all night Monday night, the
rescuing force found mangled
body of Engineer Lindsay at 6
o'clock Tuesday morning. His
head was crushed beyond re
cognition but the lower Dart of
his body wa spractically unscarr-
ed. The morning passenger train
.brought him to Shelby where
he was prepared for burial and
on a special train which left
pere at noon Tuesday his re-
bains were carried to Cherrv-
Kille for interment, accompanied
fY a dozen or more local Mas-
ns. a brotherhood to which he
e!onged. Mr. Lindsay is well-
known in Cleveland county and
pas many friends who are
grieved to hear of his horrible
leath. When the Lawndale
ailroad was first started he was
ngineer on that road. He was
courteous and popular man.
WEAK TRESTLE
The two negroes. Lon Nealv
Early Lewis who were in-
Fed will recover. It was a
f istake that Nealy's back was
I'OKen m t.hft rrncn. lowlc
Pysitis a mislakft that thp
Me was burning when the
pin ran on it. but that it was
Pparentlyin sound condition.
ne collapse was sudden. Dry
eather is said to hav had
'ftething to do with its weak-
'SS. .
Monday a thousand or more
pple went to the scene through
Fiosity from every section of
veiand and Rutherford
Mies and manv even went
rles n the passenger trains.
Wednesday nifnt oKrmt o
ock the working crews had
..back a temporary structure
we lirst train mnld nooc
. lie has been resumed but it
'Hake soma tim ir
hill w, ftVl.
ptueensinpn an
o,Mvw ailu WAl uuo
ere thrown acirld in
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frchfor the bodies.
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H. W. Jetton, C. P.
Joint Ownership of Electric and Wa-
ter Plants by City is Advocated by
j People in Mass Meeting-Resolu-(
tion Offered by Mr.R. B. Miller
Passed Committee to go Before
j Aldermen.
After the mass meeting had
finished business relative to the
Fourth of July celebration
Monday night, the matter re
lating to the purchase of the
present electric system or the
! erection of another by the city
, was brought up and the follow
ing resolution offered by Mr. R,
B. Miller passed unanimousy
Whereas the law as wellNs
the contract provides, and the
. public sentiment here demands
municipal ownership of electric
, light plant in order for both
, water works and electric light
' plant jointly may be self-sustaining
and more useful and to
promote the growth of the town
and reduce taxation.
And whereas numerous towns
around us in the Carolinas run
and operate jointly electric
i light and water plant and by
actual test for a number of years
have found joint ownership of
such public institutions both
t expedient and profitable.
I Therefore be it resolved, first
. by the mass meeting of citizens
and taxpayers of the town of
Shelby that we approve, of the
! municipal ownership of electric
light plant under proper safe
guards and regulation.
Second. That a full commit
tee be appointed to confer with
mayor and board aldermen with
a view of formulating plans
and taking such action as they
may deem wise and expedient
to secure the municipal owner
ship of an electric light plant
either by purchase or construc
tion as provided by recent leg
islation. Third, That this committee be
authorized to request the mayor
and board of aldermen to secure
upon the recommendation of
this committee the services of
an expert and unpredjuded elec
trical engineer to appraise the
physical value of the present
electric light and power plant
and submit an estimate of the
cost of a new and modern plant
capable of service equal to the
present plant in connection with
present current of the Southern
Power Co. and also independent
of same.
The committee is Messrs. S.
S. Royster. R. B. Miller. Lamar
Gidney. II. T. Hudson. H. E.
Kendall C. M. Lattimore and
W. J. Arey.
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH
MONEY FOR THE
NEW RAILROAD
ELEVEN MILLIONS FROM FRENCH
CAPITALISTS
Trans-Continental Road Promoted by
Col. S. A. Jones of Waynesville is
Said to Have Secured Millions
From French Proposed Road
Comes Through Shelby and Runs
Across State.
(By the Associate J Press.)
Asheville, N. C, May 27 At
a meeting of the promoters of
the South Atlantic Trans-Continental
railroad, before the
governor and council of state at
Raleigh this afternoon. Mr. C.
J . L. Lantry, of Chicago, an-
iunced that $11,000,000 of
French capital had been secured
o finance the proposed road.
which will run from the Ten
nessee coal fields through Knox-
ville. Waynesville. Asheville
and Rutherfordton to Southport
and larger connections.
The hearing this afternoon
was primarily called on the
question of securing state con
victs for the construction of the
road in this state. Another con
ference will be held next week
additional showings will be
made to the governor and the
council. Definite announcement
will then be .made as to . the
availability of convicts for the
work under the proposition of
the railroad company.
(This is the road promoted by
Col. S. A. Jones of Waynes
ville who has been working on
it for a number of years. A
route by Shelby has been select
ed and during the spring and
summer, a large force of hands
have been working through the
mountains West of Rutherford
ton. We hope the report that
they have money is true and
we have every reason to believe
that it is, because the Associat
ed Press, the most accurate
news service in the world, sent
it out.
AUTO MISHAP
Sufficient Fund Have Been Raised
For a Big Celebration.
Following the mass meeting
in the court house Monday night
at which a committee was ap
pointed to raise funds for the
Fourth of July celebration and
yesterday morning they had
pledges sufficient to carry out
one of the most extensive
celebrations ever undertaken.
Another mass meeting will be
held Monday night in the court
house at which details as to the
nature of the celebration will
be discussed and decided on.
The committee that had charge
of solicting money was com
posed of Messrs. H. E. Kendall.
Lee B. Weathers. J. C. McBray
er, Grover Hamrick, H. T. Hud
son. R. E. Carpenter, W, H.
Blanton. S. S. Royster. A. W.
McMurry Paul Webb, J.L. Sut
tle.J. T. Gardner.
Two Shelby Gentlemen Hurt When
Their Car Smashes While Speeding
Along New Sand-Clay Roads Mr.
Wray's Ankle Broken.
Mr. Stough Wray has his
ankle broken and other scratch
es and bruises about his body
and Mr. Nelson Lattimore has
his face disfigured and his el
bows and left leg bruised as a
result of an automobile smash
up which happened just on the
edge of town Monday afternoon
while they were speeding along
in a Ford auto at a rate of 20 miles
an hour. Mr. Wray is in bed
from his injuries, while Mr.
Lattimore's injuries were mi
nor. He has been out since the
accident. The mishap occurred
as they were passing by Mr. D.
B. F. Suttle's plantation on a
straight stretch of road. Mr.
I Lattimore was at the steering
j wheel and says the cause of its
,' going down was the right front
j wheel flying to pieces. - This let
the front part of the machine
1 on the ground. Three of the
wheels were broken and dished
so they will have to be replaced.
The radiator is wrecked and the
top is injured. The car turned
turtle on Mr. Lattimore,' while
Mr. Wray was hurled several
feet away.
Mr. R. M. Gidney who was
near at the time of the accident
went to the rescue and brought
the two gentlemen to a drug
store where their wounds were
dressed. The car was a Ford
run-about belonging to Dr., W.
F.Mitchell. While the doctor
was calling on a patient, Mr.
Lattimore who drove the car for
him. took his; friend, Mr. Wray,
or a short spin out the good
road. The car is now in Mr.W.
J. Arey's garage and will be re-'
paired as soon as parts can be
ordered from the factory.
TOBACCO TRUST
IS DISSOLVED
SUPREME COURT HANDS DOWN
DECISION
American Tobacco Company and Al
lied Interests Violated Sherman
Law Drastic Decision-F ares
Worse Than Standard Oil Company
Justice Harlan Dissents on Sever
al Points,
Washington. May 29 The
government today won a sweep
ing victory over the so-called
"tobacco trust when the Sup
reme Court of the United States
held the American Tobacco Com
pany and its allied corporations
to be operating in violation of
the Sherman anti-trust law.
By directing that the combin
ation be forbidden the privi
lege of interstate commerce or
be placed in the hands of a re
ceiver unless it disintegrates in
harmony with the law within
six or. at the most, eight months,
the court is regarded to have
dealt with the tobacco corpor
ations more drastically than
with the Standart Oil Company
of New Jersey, whose dissolut
ion was ordered two weeks
ago.
BOTH SECTIONS VIOLATED
Both the first and second sec
tions of the Sherman anti-trust
law have been violated by the
so-called tobacco trust according
to the court. Not only has, it
in the eyes of the court, res
trained wrongfully and unlaw
fully interstate commerce, but
it hasjattempted to monolpolize
the tobacco business to the in
jury of the public and of its
competitors.
While the decree was regard
ed as unusually severe, at the
same time time there was a
touch of leniency in not making
the combination an out-law
"now". The various elements
of the combination are to be
given an opportunity, under the
supervision of the United Stat
es circuit court for the Southern
district of New York of re-creation
so that there may be brought
about "a new condition which
shall be honestly in harmony
with and not repugnant to the
law,"
HARLAN DISSENTS
The opinion of the court was
announced by Chief Justice
White, who also delivered the
opinion of the court in the Stan
dard Oil case. The entire court
agreed that the tobacco combin
ation violated the Sherman
anti-trust law, but Justice Har
lan dissented from the repeated
interpretation of the Sherman
. anti-trust law so as to call for
; the application of the "rule of
'reason," in determining what'
restraints of trade were for
bidden by the act. In this res-;
pect the division . of the court
was the same as in the Standard
Oil case.- Justice Harlan also
took issue with the rest of the
court as to the reorganization of
the , tobacco company, saying
that he had found nothing in
the record which made him "at
all anxious to perpetuate any
new combination among these
companies, which the court con
cedes at all times exhibited a
conscious wrong-doing."
Mr. Geo. W. Watts, of Dur
ham, has given another $15.000 ,
to Union Theological Seminary
(Presbyterian), Richmond.
A volcanic eruption is feared
in Henderson county. It is said
that a column of smoke is as
cended from an abyss in shaking
Bald Mountain and strange,'
mutterings are heard within its
depths, it is thought that the
rumblings of March 28 were
fore-warnings of eruption soon
to come.
ALL NEWS OF
THE CAROLINAS
NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA
NEWS IN BRIEF
Happenings in the Two States Boiled
Down in Brief Paragraphs For
Busy Readers of The Star The
Most Important Things of the Week
Summed Up.
A water famine is anticipated
in Charlotte. The source of
supply is not sufficient to fur
nish the city and street sprink
lers have been called in.
Commencement exercises at
Davidson College have been in
progress this week. Many old
students were on the campus
for a reunion.
By a vote of 145 to 25. Green
wood, S. C. school district in
cluding the town of Greenwood,
voted $25,000 for additional
school buildings.
Mr. Lemuel Bonck, who lived
near Newton, was found dead
in bed Thursday morning. Was
50 years old and had not been
well.
Capt. "Tom" Lloyd, wealthy
cotton mill pioneer of Chapel
Hill, died Wednesday night at
the age of 78. It is reported
that he left a large part of his
fortune to the University of
North Carolina. Until four
years ago Captain Lloyd could
not write his name and he was
the only cotton mill owner who
kept no books.
At Lenoir the other day, E, C.
Leonard was showing the gun
that he had owned for 20 years
to a crowd of friends. It was
unloaded of course, but Grover
Brindle, 23 years old was shot
dead when the gun discharged.
The hotel at Ninety Six, S. C.
owned and operated by Mrs.
Annie Sherard was burned
Monday night and practically
everything was lost. The build
ing will be re-built.
Mr. George W. Vanderbilt
who owns 132.000 acres of land
in Western North Carolina has
joined the Highland Lake Club
at Flat Rock. Henderson county
where a $100,000 club house has
been built with many cottages.
At a memorial celebration in
Salisbury Tuesday at which
many negroes were gathered,
Emma Sloan, a dusky damsel of
Charlotte was carved through
the heart in a dance hall. A
nother negro woman killed her
over a man.
GENERAL NEWS
OF INTEREST
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS CONDENSED
General News of the Entire Country
Boiled Down in Brief Paragraphs
For Busy Readers Most Import'
ant Events of the Entire Country
Summarized From Great Daily Pa
pers And Served Fresh to Star
Readers.
More than 708.000 automobiles
were registered in the capitals
of the various States May 1,
according to lists compiled.
New York leads in the list of
registrations with 70.000
It is estimated that the coro
nation of King George will cost
about $100,000,000. It will cost
American visitors, it is thought,
about $20,000,000 to see that
King George gets his crown on
straight.
Two passenger trains met in
head on collision near McCook,
Nebraska, Monday, and nine
persons were killed and 22 in
jured. The returns of the first com
plete Chinese census place the
population of the Celestial em
pire at 439.214.000.
The Postmaster General is
designating new postal deposi
tories every few 'days. The
latest is a batch of 50. to begin
business June 25. The office
named for North Carolina is
Goldsboro.
While testing an automobile
in the vicinity of Richmond,
Austin Miller was killed by a
tire bursting. When the tire
burst Miller was thrown against
a tree with such force that his
body was torn almost in two.
The Senate has fixed June 12
as a date for a vote on the joint
resolution providing for the
election of United States Sena
tors by direct vote of the peo
ple. The resolution already
has passed the House.
The flying machine now
threatens to become as danger
ous to the innocent bystander
as the automobile. An aero
plane fell in a crowd at Kursk,
Russia, on Sunday evening,
killing five persons and injuring
one hundred.
BANK IS CLOSED
Little Child Dead
Howard Wilson, the sweet
little 15 month old child of Mr.
and Mrs. Lewis Lee died Tues
day morning at 5 o'clock from
cholera infantum. It took sick
Friday and the service of phy
sicians was called in, but they
were unable to save its life. The
parents were devoted to it and
have the sympathy of friends
in their bereavement. The f u
eral was preached by Rev. E. E.
Williamson and the interment
was in Sunset cemetery Tues
day afternoon at 5 o'clock.
Ice Cream Supper
The young people of Patter
son Springs will give an ice
cream supper Saturday evening
June 3 beginning at 4 o'clock at
Patterson Station, for the bene
fit of the Methodist parsonage.
Hackett Byers. Jess Blanton.
Jess Neal, Roscoe Hopper.
Oscar Patterson. Mrs. Paul Rob
erts, Lena Hogue. Virginia Pat
terson, Florence Blanton, Daisy
Roberts, Sallie Hardin. ' Loula
Hawkins. . Committee.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Wray of
Charlotte are here for a few
days visiting their parents, r
On Account of Suicide of Mr. R. M.
Spruill, Cashier Says Presidents
Are Responsible For Shortage.
On account of the condition
of the Merchants and Farmers'
! Bank at ColumbiaTyrrell coun
ty, and the suicide last week of
the cashier. R. M. Spruill. the
bank has been closed by the
corporation commission and a
receiver will be appointed. It
is said the shortage is not more
than $3,300 but there is some in
sufficiently secured paper and
the bank examiner, on his last
visit, had warned the bank offi
cials that the paper must be
made good. ,
Spruill left a note saying that
T. IT. Woodley, president of the
bank, and B. F. Duncan, former
president, were responsible, The
friends . of the cashier do not
think he was much involved
and are at a loss to account for
the suicide. The impression
prevails that he worried over a
condition for which he was not
responsible but for which he
felt he would be held account
able. ":
A Boston girl who was watch
ing a Sedgwick County farmer
milk a cow adjusted her glasses
and said: "It's all very plain
except that lido not understand
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