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Asheville Boys Kills Sweetheart Wants To Die Now Himself Birmingham, Ala. Dec. 5.—This is the story of a soul that is groping for happiness while it faces the pos sibility of death—not the remote death that is hidden under the sur face of the unknowable for all of us, but a violent death that comes with clock-like precision, each swing of Time’s pendulum bringing it nearer nearer. It is a story that is finding hope in visions in the dark recesses ()f a cell at the Jefferson county jail. That soul belongs to Robert Dewey Edwards, formerly of Asheville, X. slayer of his pretty young school teacher sweetheart, Miss Imocrene Lee, of Birmingham. Edwards does not want to live, and the reason was disclosed Tuesday night. Despite the fact that Edwards does not want to live, the state decrees that a right must be made to prove him innocent, and therefore he will face trial soon on a charge that will mean either the distasteful continuanep of life, or death on the gallows. For five days, alienists have been observing Edwards; some retained i y the parents of the 26-year-old slayer in the hope that the evidence gather ed in this way will prove him insane, and others by the state. In all these preparations for his trial, Edwards has taken not the slightest interest. He has said time after time that he wanted the execution to be over with a.; soon as possible. His attitude has puzzled prison of ficials. They have sought a reason for this apparent desire of the for mer Y. M. C. A. director to die. Tuesday night, at a meeting at w'nYh Edwards was again cross.-exandned for signs of insanity, the reason vas disclosed—the soul of the mar was laid bare. “We talk together every night,” he said simply, referring to his dead sweetheart. “She tells me that she is waiting anxiously for me over yonder, and I am anxious to go to her. I don’t want to stay here as long as she’s waiting.” Edwards told his hearers of his life, of his great love for Miss Lee, of her refusal to marry him, and of her intention of going to Demopolis, j Ala., to teach. He recited again the details of the slaying, when he held a short conversation with Miss Lee on a street corner in Central park, a j Birmingham suburb, then knocked her off the sidewalk and fired four shots DR. O. L. HOLLAR Rectal _ Specialist and Genito-Urinary Diseases Piles treated and cured with out pain, knife, chloroform, or loss of time. Treated With Electric Needle. Hickory every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. HICKORY, N. C. ! . ' ~ ' | into her body. He told with stolid di rectness of his own attempt to end i his life with bichloride of mercury 1 tablets, and so join her in spirit in the flight to tlie great boynd. “I wish they would leave me alone.” he complained. "There is nothing un U:,ua! about the fact that 1 want to go to her. She tells me over and over | she wants me to come, and that', j;,|! } am interested in doing.” Ldwards pleaded with his hearer:; | to give him poison so that he could finish up “everything” and join hic j sweetheart.” Tuneful Rocks. — i Sumter Daily Items. From the Spirit Lake Region in Washington come strange tales of locks that pour forth lovely music. I A man who was in the mountains ut | tending to mining claims reported j that he heard the arias from some J familiar operas. His story was given j little attention. Then came another ; man, who had never met the first, but i who reported exactly the same experi | once. Both men had hoard the music be l tween 9 and 11 o’clock at night. Inter-: | est was a roused by the double report. | an<l finally the theory was voiced that radio waves from broadcasting sta tions have been picked up by ledges of minerals in that wild region and reflected back as sound. Further investigation is probably necessary before this can be estab lished as fact. But it starts a chain of interesting speculation. Perhaps it will be found that the mountainsides can indeed pick up radio waves and transform them into bursts of lovely music almost as effectively as a manu factured receiving set. Then the third verse of “America” will have new meaning. “Let music swell the breeze, And ring from all the trees, Let rocks their silence break The sound prolong.” WEALTHY ORPHAN DIES AS FINANCE SITS NEAR Chicago, Dec. 5.—Private funeral services will be Leh^f tomorrow for William M. McClintock, known as the “millionaire ornlian.” who died as his financee waited at his bedside with a marriage license. McClintock and Miss Asabelle Pope had been sweethearts since school days attended Dartmouth college but stop ped his academic training to take up business courses to fit himself for ad ministration of the S6,000,000 estate which had come to him only seven months ago. Then he fell ill and he and Miss Pope planned to wed in the hospital. She obtained the marriage license, but death intervened. Y'oung McClintock was the fifth whose life, was cut short before the fortune was enjoyed long but it is re ported be bad remembered Miss Pope in the will he had executed a few months ago. Heavy Snow Fall. Jamestown, N. Y.—During a four hour storm last night, 12 inches of snow fell here. Automobiles travelled with difficulty and some wires were carried down by the weight of the snowi but there was little other dam age. Trotting around dumb-bells is the onlv kind of exercise some men ever seek. DR. R. C. HICKS Dentist Office Shelby National Bank Building. Phone 421. Shelby, N. C. DON’T TAKE A CHANCE Your Car May Freeze Get a Gallon Dena tured Alcohol of Us Now, and be Prepar ed. Price $1.00 per Gallon SUTTLE’S DRUG STORE Kins and llarrill. Slayers of Major McLcary, Electrocuted Friday •At Columbin, S. C. Columbia, S. C.. Dec. .Tr-As the son j came over the walls <.f the South Car-j oliea penitentiary this morning, two lives went into eternity, and one of the worst crimes iri the state’s annals was expiated. Mortimer N. King and Frank Harrell were electrocuted in the | death chamber of the state’s hastile j for their murder of Major Samuel H. ! MeLearv, of the United States army. The bolls in the penitentiary of fices rang C o’clock and ere tlie sun's I rays pierced the gloomy darkness of the prison enclosure a large crowd | of curious men had gathered at the prison gates. There has seldom been such a large crowd on hand for an electrocution. Both men went to their death ad mitting lives of sinfulness, but both held confidently * to the love of a Christ, whom they believed to have forgiven their black sin. Harrell went first. At 5:30 the death warrant was read to him by Captain Evans, of the orison guard. In the death house with the doomed men at the time wsa Rev Dean Crain, chaplain of the penitentiary, who prayed with the men and held up be fore them the love of a Savior. Harrell Was Nervous. Witnesses were admitted to the lit tle chamber of death for the execution of Harrell at 0:13 o’clock. Four min utes later Harrell was brought in. With him was Chaplain Crain. He took hi ssett in the big oaken chair. He coughed. He cleared his throat, and then he wps asked if he had any final statement to make. “My good friends.” he began, and there was a tremor in his voice. “If I had lived for God, I would not be here today.” Harrell seemed to hold on to the last minute to a hope that he would escape the doom which the law fixed upon him. He declared he had not committed crime heinous enough to bring him to the chair. “You feel that your sins have brought you here?” Chaplain Crain asked of the man in the chair. “Well no.” he replied: “I Aypn’t admit any thing wrong, u-'tJefcA lawyer say; so.” “Do,you believe God has forgivevn your sins?” the chaplain asked; “and that he will save you?” “Yes,” Harrell replied in low vsoicb, and the chaplain continue<k“He loVes you; the Good Keeper will save you.”’ The big switch was thrown at 0:24 o'clock. In four minutes and ten see ondsi.the attending physician, .declar ed life entirely extinct. One of the two criminals had gone to his eternal destiny. PEYTON McSWAIN Attorney-A tLLaw Civil and Criminal Practice in All Courts. Office: Union Trust Co. Building. r------* HATS RE-NEWED New method. Hats French Dry Cleaned and Blocked by Steam_ H. LEE SMITH Speedy Service By Majl. SPARTANBURG, S. Lb Survey ing, Roads, S)ib-dividing Streets. Estates. Water & Sewer. D. R. S. FRAZIER Civil Engineer and Surveyor. C'ourtview Building. I'hone .r>78. r - C. B. McBRAYER ATTORNEY AND UNSELLOR-AT-LAW Prompt Attention To All Matters. Office Union Trpst Bldg. » ■ ■-. ■ -» r ....— RODERICK H. KING Osteopathic Physician Office in New Fanning Building. Hours: 9-12; 1-4. PHONES: Office 529. Residence 83. King's Death SffM. Kir.tr was brought into the death chamber at 6:3d o'clock. He took his vent in the chair, and without hesita tion, and in strong, clear voice he j said: “Goodbye,” to Chaplain Crain, I :t»: t rho >k his hand. Cm verj serry to have to sit down in thi- hair.” lie said. “T realize the disgrace ! have brought on nay-1 seL". 1 ask God to Mo . everyone of I you: i ask tied to forgive nil my sins.’* Looking straight at one of the spec-! t ilers in he little chamber of death,. ■> S. marine, hand'one in his uni-] form of the service, King pointed, and J said: “I say, friend, ! don’t know your name, hut I want, you to tell every body, I died like a man. 1 hope God will j forgive me, and that I 'will meet Him in heaven.” ‘The blood of Jesus cleanses us from all unrighteousness,” the ehap-i lain repeated, as the electrode was fixed on King’s head. "All iff this you will know in a few minutes.*’ At. 6:10 o'clock the switch was thrown; in three minutes and 58 sec onds the physician nodded his head and the circuit was broken. King had gone with Harrell to face a God of eternal love and judgment. King’s hotly was shipped by an un dertaking establishment to relatives at Canton. N. C. The prison authori ties shipped Harrell’s body to Union — Coroner Investigates Skeleton in Old Well Winston-Salem, Dec. 5.—TIip coro ner anti a jury are still investigating the mysterious case in connection with the finding of a human skeleton in an old abandoned well on a farm a few miles south of the city. The jury was in sesion two hours or more this morn ing, during which several witnesses were examined. The investigation was held behind closed doors, though it is understood that sufficient evidence has been re vealed to convince the officers that the skeleton was that of Bruce Snipes, who disappeared four years ago. A lock and chain was found in the well Thursday, and these are believed to have been the property of Snipes. The coroner and his jury will meet again Saturday morning to continue their investigation. Though nothing official has bren given out, a rumor is current that one man, suspected of the alleged crime, has been arrested, afcd that the belief is entertained thnt.fjhe guilty parties will yet be rounded «p. A ;*,V j-', of better qual'iv :*”C til ing do.v.i rut )f t’lj mo tains this year due mure t w.‘’gc- about pruning, spraying, &!ti\sting and iertili»:. i> tl:o r To cu- w tu re port that they are now making more aioiu v, ,o). Clover .helps to restore poor soils, find many Tarheel farmers. OLD SORES, PIMPLES BOILS. RASHES EASILY HEALED BY UCftRBO BETTER THAN IODINE . , SOLO Bt ALL OBUtiCiSTS.' PAUL WEBB Shelby, N. C. t """ 1 S PATRIOTIC SONS OF AMERICA Meeting Every Friday night at 7:30 Visiting Brethren Weleorne. Pr. C. M. Peeler Dentist Office in Whisnant Buiiding Over Battery Store. Office Phone 99-W. Residence Phone 460-W. -* cBvsmess Colleges \ LET US TRAIN YOU FOR BUSINESS Penmanship, Bookkeeping, Bank ing, Machine Bookeeping, Account ing and Auditing, Theory and Practice. » Secretarial Courses, Letter Writ ing, Typewriting, Shorthand, Spe cialized Training for high class of fice worn. Address Dep’t. S CECILS BUSINESS COLLEGE Asheville, N. C., Spartanburg, S.C. OPINIONS —OF OTHERS— Hilly Sunday. (From N. C. Christian Advocate.) Billy Sunday lays little, if any j claim to originality. And it ha? been ! stated repeatedly that this widely I known and unique evangelist is want-1 ing in tile gift of originality. But he unquestionably has some little talent j along this line, even if lie is not in a! class with the inimitable Sam Jones. A case in point- is what he said when deploring the tcndenc yof the church to rely upon ecclesiastical machinery : and all sorts of organisations while] the vital, personal element is left ] out. Wheyeupon Sunday ventured this remark: “I expect to read before long that 'somebody has invented an elec-1 tru-huggonrap’no-'queezephone, so aj fellow ran stand in New York, and hug and kiss his girl in Chicago!" Paramount the Peanutr~ (From News and Observer.) California has added millions to its annual income because it paramount cd the prune—on almost every dining cur you see ‘stewed prunes.” You nev er saw that ten years ago. The prune growers organised, put up money to: advertise and popularize thy prune, and the increased demand made grow ing prunes on a large scale profitable. The lowly peanut can be lifted up to the lordly peanut if its properties are made known and if those interest ed will bes as wise as fruit growers of California have beep. So many things can be made of peanuts that the field is unlimited. It means big money, too, to North Carolina Eventually. Why Not Now? (From the Lund murk.) When nn expiring congress meets I for the short session, especially fol lowing a presidential election, there is always more or less talk about our antiquated political system, under which a congress elected in November j does not meet in regular session for 13 months. The congress elected No vember 4th will convene in regular session the first Monday in Decem ber, 1925. Terms of members begin on the 4th of next March and the new congress can be called into extra session arfy time after that date. But unless called into extra session there will be no tnecting {or a year. Thus a Congress elected om some special is sue, instructed by popular vote to enact icltain legislation, could do nothing until more than a year after it was elected. ^Vldantime a Congress elected more thap two years ago has three months in \Jhich to legislate. The absurdity of this sort of thing ap pears on a moment’s reflection. If in the midst of a presidential term, say (wo yea-s hence, the populace' should rebuke the administration at the polls; if the election should show conclu sively, for instance, that the people opposed certain legislation and desir ed its repeal, their wishes as express ed at the polls could not be made ef fective for more than a year, while the repudiated congress Would have three months in which to legislate. Say an administration is repudiated and a CHEST COLDS RedJen the skin by tho use of hot applications. Then massage briskly with Vicks, spread Vicks on thickly and cover with* hot flannel cloths. VapoRub i r If Million Jaro Utad Ytarty P. Cleveland Gardner ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Royster Building Shelby, North Carolina DR. A. PITT BEAM Dentist Shelby, N. C. Phone 188 In Dr. Ware’s former office. Shelby National Bank Bldg. "P RUSH STROUP Attorney at La\* Royster Building Phone 514. mmmmmammm—mm DR. DAVID M. MORRISON Optometrist Eyes examined, glasses fit ted, lenses duplicated same day as received. Office in New Fanning Build ing—Telephone 585 few.... -I-•'.■■■ ■.!# ■ ’.(■ \v ileal called for. The old adminis tration and congress has throe months in which to further impose its will after it i< repudiated. It is generally admitted that this arrangement, made for the stage coach era, i< entirely out of date and ■light to be changed. Almost every session of congress bills are introduc ed to amend the constitution for that purpose. One house of congress takes action the other doesn't and nothing is done. Every year there is more talk of the necessity for the change, lty and by something will bp done. But when it is generally admit ted that something should be done, why not put it over without delay. The idea in government, however, is to take plenty of time. Never get in n hurry. Banker a Suicide. Coalville, l’a.— The body of Wal lace Marian. (15 years old president of the National bank of Coatsville, with a bullet wound through the temnle, was found yesterday in hi suffice. Nearby on the floor lay a pistol wjth one empty chamber. An investiga tion by Coroner Patrick resulted in a verdict of suicide. You're Right Colonel. (From Charlotte Observer.) Judge E. Yates Webb is quoted ns having made the boast that the Shel by High School football team “can lick the University of Virginin." May be so. At ary rate, it is one football team that cun take-down The Ob server's silverware as fast as wo can put it up. Ar.d the fellow who might feel that engagement in a first-class fight would h1 good for his constitu tion—well all such a fellow would have to do r to get out on the streets of Shelby and suggest that the Shel by team cannot whip anything on earth. He would t ither have to leave town in barreled raiment, or take the ambulance route. Armc"ians An Ancient Race. (Herbert Welsh In New Armenia.)) The Armenians, established in their newly conquered country, have re mained unshaken in all vicissitudes and by their courage have preserved until our days their Nationality, their language and their customs. The races thut the Armenians knew in their infancy have vanished from the face of the earth. Their 6rothers, the Phrygians, ure today only a vague memory. Among JH® contemporaries of the Armen.ar»s, only the Hellenes, the Italiotes hnd the Gauls huve survived, n.qt, however, without undergoing many cha<tpe», id abandoning many of their farm er customs. Except the Greeks, one must seek the kinsmen of the ‘[Ar menians umopg £he Nations who were brought from the steppes of-the north toward the shores of the [VLed itorunean by the same flood that brought the ancestors of Halk 'to ward Thrace. It can clearly be seen that the ti tles of nobility of the Armenian race date back to more than 3,000 y<iars before our era, uml that they are much more ancient than those of most of the European peoples. About the time when Rome was being found ed, Haile, the eponymous herp of Armenia, led the Armenians to Ara rat. The Persians were just com mencing their political life when Armenia had already constituted her self a State. >>• . The Value Of A Boost. (From Gaffney Ledger.) A Boston capitalist once met a man from a small city some miles away and soon found that he was ,so thoroughly convinced that his home town was the best on earth, that tbe" capitalist Investigated. The cap»ta|ftt wired the home town newspaper: “Just net one of your boosters;'he is n wonder, and if your city is any thing like him, I want to know mqfe about it.” 'Ibis led to an arrangement tl)at . was of mutual benefit to the ca'ipi talist and the city as well. < It merely shows that a community will advance only when it is com posed of boosters instead of those who pull back in the harness. Every resident of Gaffney can be,, n real asset by saying something good ubout Gaffney every time they gre away from home. You never know when your words may fall on fertile soil. If you are not enthusiastic about the advantages here, you can not expect one livftig elsewhere to be. Wc must have a wholesome en thusiasm for the whole eommunjty and the opportunities it offers pthef* before we can hope for healthful • ►ho may be induced to locate her1?, growth and industrial development. Taking boxing lessons before seek ing a quarrel is a part of wisdom. ’ i. ROOFING TILE Made here at home red and green colors. in Spanish design and in plain, E.spc~in°i IfcftO* **** Use this tile on your roof. It is permanent and fire proof, also cheaper in the long run, be cause never has to be replaced and mrkes insurance cheaper. We manufacture building blocks, concrete drain pipe, win dow and door sills and sell lime, plaster, cement and structural steel. Z. B. WEATHERR5 & SONS Phone 192. Shelby, N. C. m mmmm •• t BUILDING MATERIAL When you want an estimate on that house, let us give it to you. All kinds of first class mill work, doors, window frames, mouldings, framing, weather-boarding, flooring, siding, ceiling, in fact everything that goes into a home. Let us show you Sheet Rock, a fire-proof wall board. ARROWOOD-HOWELL LUMBER CO Phone 321. Shelby, N. C. i. T—■* NEW FLORIDA TRAIN “Land of the Sky” Special VIA Southern Railway System Through sleeping car front Charlotte to Jacksonville, via Colum bia and Savannah, thence A. C. L. R. R., with connections at Jacksonville for all Florida points: SCHEDULE Southbound Northbound 5:20 p. m. Lv.-Charlotte___Ar1. 0:80 a. m. 10:55 a. n.. Lv. - Columbia _ Lv. 6:40 a. m. 3:55 a. nt. Ar. - Savannah _ Lv. 12:45 a. m. 8:15 a. m. Ar. _ Jacksonville _ Lv. 8:15 p. m. Dining car service and observation car between Charlotte and Columbia. Excellent service to and from Florida. Round Trip Winter Excursion tickets on sale daily to all Florida and other Southern resorts up to April 30th, limited to return until June 15th, 1925. Stop-oyers permitted going and re turning. Write for descriptive booklets. For further information and sleeping car reservations call on any Southern Railway Agent: ■; Division Passenger Agent, Charlotte, N. C. R. H. Graham,
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