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Of Shelby And The State's
Fertile Farming Section.
Modern Job Department,
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VOL. XXXIV, No. 7
“Covers Cleveland Completely.”
-IF IT’S NEWS, IT’S IN THE STAR
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SHELBY’S POPULATION
1925 Census_8,854
Where Industry Joins With
Climate In A Call For You, .
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Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. \ IJy mail, per year (in advance) 42.50
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Lee Cody and
Deane Tried
Convict Guard and Convicts Tell uf
Gang Hold-up and Identify
Cody as Leader.
Following a preliminary hearing
before Recorder John P. Mull Friday
morning Lee Cody and Crawford
Deane, young white men, were bound
oyer to Superior court under a $lf
OiK) bond each on the charge of par
ticipating in the holdup of a guard at
the convict camp here last September
and bringing about the release of
Ralph Dillard Deane, brother of Craw
ford Deane.
Details brought out in the. evidence
rt the preliminary hearing for the
first time gave the public a clear in
sight into the case and through eye
witnesses identified Cody as the lead
er of the so-called masked and robed
party.
Guard on Stand.
Louis Eads, guard at the camp or.
tne night of the hold-up, took the
stand first and related the affair in
detail. According to him it was about.
•2:30 in the morning when Cody (the
guard used the name positively—not
saying he thought so) stepped in and
told him to “Stick ’em up.’’ a gun be
ing pointed at his breast. The guard
complied, according to his evidence,
and Cody then told him he wanted
Ralph Deane and wanted him quick.
There w'as some trouble in unlocking
the door to the convicts, but after be
ing hurried by the man with the gun
Fads managed to get it unlocked, the
intruder holding his own gun and the
guard’s on him. When it was unlocked
Plummer Thrasher, a convict, ran cut,
the guard said, but the man termed
Cody ordered Trasher back. The guard
v as placed in the room and two con
victs were forced to cut off Deane’s
chains. When they departed, the
guard said, Cody gave Deane the keys
and Deane locked the guard and con
victs all together.
Questioned about Cody’s identity
the guard was positive that it was
Cody, stating that having worked his
on the gang for 100 days he knew his
voice, and also recognized warts on
one hand and the slippers the intruder
wore. The man was masked, t o
guard added when questioned by So
licitor Burrus, and was robed ir. a
way. He further stated that four cr
lire others were in the party, but that
lie did not recognize any of them, al
though he thought they were all robed
or masked in some way.
F’lummer Thrasher, a prisoner, next
took the stand, and told of certain
conference held between Cody, the el
der Deane and himself about gett'ng
■ way after Cody’s time was made,
"he younger Deane, on trial with
Cody, was not copnected with the
plans, according to Thrasher. Thrash
er stated that he knew when Cody
was coming and was ready when he
stepped in and held up the guard. Act
ing from a natural impulse, thinking
(hut he was to be freed, Thrasher
aid he stepped out the door as soon
as it was unlocked, but that Cody
t ointed the gun at him and ordered
1 im back. Thrasher was reasonably
certain he told the court (hat he re
cognized Cody’s voice, but stated ‘.hat
be could not recognize either of the
two other figures he saw. They did
Jot resemble Crawford Deane in
stature he added on being questioned.
Marvin Grigg, another convict, was
placed on the stand and practical':.'
f dlowed the details related by Thrash
ci and Eads. The voice sounded like
Cody’s he said, but had no way of
positive identification. Chief Hahi
r.ck, who conversed with the prism -
< rs in jail, and Deputy Mike Austeli,
'"ho with Claude Harrill brought them
hack from Ohio, were other witnesses
used by the prosecution. Their evi
dence was in connection with events
(canspiring after the defendants and
Kalph Deane, who has not been cap
tured, had left this section.
Young Deane in all of the evidence
' as not positively connected with the
holdup, other than by certain remarks
he made to Chief Hamrick and one
1'Ien of a getaway talked before the
leal hold-up.
Both defendants were well dressed,
f "dy presenting a very nice appear
ance, and neither seemed worried as
(he web of evidenc came closer.
Deane frequently smiled as if in de
csion at certain statements made by
witnesses.
It will' be remembered that Cody
and Deane, going under assumed
lames, were arrested in Ohio last:
'"eek upon request of local officers.
’! he other Deane who was freed at the
gang hold-up and was also wanted in
I’hio in connection with a charge
there made his getaway.
Shelby Masons To
Attend Grand Lodge
J- Frank Roberts, master, and Carr
Cline, senior warden, and George
'• Washburn, junior warden, of the
JAcal lodge of Masons will leave Shel
ly Monday to attend a Grand lodge
meeting in Raleigh. They go as dele
gates from the Cleveland lodge, and
will be absent several day.
Champ Fiddler Plays for Ford
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MtUJJt? IHlUkti tli." u:.\
loi Hclil > l‘ui a. auto
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Department Tel- grams Arid Kick to
Affair. One Forbids Flirting With
Flappers. Dover Speaks,
The postoffice employes of Cleve
land county, ail hands around, from
the big boys down the line, came in
foi; a jolt from Uncle Samuel's post
office department Wednesday; when a
telegram was received i . Shelby by
Postmaster Quinn announcing that all
flirting with flappers that visit., lire
various postal emporiums in the
county will have to be cut out. No
nameswer mentioned. It was a biank
11 order.
.Men m tne tvnemy omce put tno
jblame on Carr 'Cline. The writer of
•.bis article tried to find Cline Thurs
day to find put if ho had any defense
to make, but he was absent from the
ppstoffice window. Fred. Baber said he
had left town.
The Postoffice department also
cave heed to a report which seemingly
has reached headquarters ’hat G V.
, Hawkins is engaged in forming A1
Smith dubs in Cleveland county. The
.'•department let it be known that the
tot ming of “wet” clubs in this bail
iwick would not be tolerated.
The telegrams conveying the dis
pleasure of the department were re
ceived while the t^stal authorities
were celebrating a quarterly dimer
Wednesday night at the Courtvievv
• hotel-.Sonie said the wires were bogus.
But. at that it was rather freely ad
! milled there were grounds for the
Girting order.
The bunch, fifty strong, embracing
i (embracing is a good word) all the
postal employes in. Cleveland county
had a jolly evening. Once every three
'months this cr >wd, collectively known
i.s the Cleveland Postal Service coun
cil, succumb to their appetites and
fit down at a banquet.
It was a three course affair Wed
nesday night, plus singing (hid) and
speech making. Alsb some jokes were
< racked, including the aforementioned
telegrams. The crowd hauled in Mr,
JohnR. Dover, mill magnate, who
gave them a humorous speech.
Postmaster Quinn, as president < f
the council, presided (Whether or not
the genial postmaster kept order is
beside the point).
The group got down to serious busi
ness iexcepting always attention to
the three course dinner) long enough
to pass a resolution for each of C.e
postmasters of the county to file
with the Shelby office data on the-in
crease of business in the - several of
fices for the past two years, by way
i f showing how much the county has
grown in postal receipts.
The next affair will be held at
Kings Mountain. (Note: If the menu
can be satisfactorily arranged).
Chickens, Musical
Instrument, Gun, Or
What Have You?
Bargains are not the only
tilings listed in the “penny vol
nnins" of The Star. One finds
there oddities, freaks and some- |
times even romance. This time it’s
too comprehensive to he covered.
In the “penny columns” of this
issue a man offers to trade a
good automobile for a “flock of
Rhode Island Red chickens, good
gun, or musical instrument;”
An additional line adds: “Don’t
choose any possum dogs.” So if
you are looking for an auto and
have anything at all to trade—
besides a ’possum (log—-thers
y.-ui opportunity.
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Old Phil Begins
By Banking Coin
At Far Age Of 87
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Takes $77.50 Check Straight to Bank
! Intends to Make It Last Until
Nest Check Arrives.
I The first cheek he ever handled, the
i first banking account he ever had.
and the most money ever—-that was
the predicament Old Phil Rosebpro,
87-year-old Shelby negro, found him
self in late Wednesday afternoon, ex
cept it could hardly be a predicament,
unless it was a fortunate one.
His pension check, the first ever
given a colored man in this stale,
came late Wednesday and 20 minutes
after its arrival Old Phil and Cl“rk
of Court George P. Webb were head
ed for tlie Cleveland Bank and Tru t
company, where the money was de
posited. Prior to that trip the old
time servant had never known any
thing about banking business. The
check was for $77.50 and $07.50 was
k-ft in the bank for safe keeping, the
old fellow taking $10 along for necr- -
ties. He know.-: nothing about checks
but his face will be his password
when he goes back after more money.
When told that it would be best, to
leave the money in the bank Phil re
marked: “Yessir; Alise gonner leave
it dere. Ahse gonner made it las* a
long time. Reckon, boss, if Ah live
much longer Ah’ll ever git annuder
check”. He hadn't understood yet
that he was on the regular pension
list, and that next June he would re
ceive another check for a similar
amount and twice each year thereaft
er. Seventy-seven dollars was a let
c f money to Phil-—a regular fortune.
Clerk of Court Webb is of the opin
ion that the old fellow chuckled to
himself all night between remarks
about how good white folks were to
him.
When the Superior court convenes1
in March there will appear on the
docket (unless a compromise is reach-1
ed in the meantime) the first case of
a will contest on nearby property in;
the history of this county for some
years.
In fact. Mr. Webb, the clerk of the
court, declared that he remembers;
only one other will contest on county
property in the history of his admin-{
ittration, which extends over a period
of eight years.
This current squabble has arisen|
over the will of the late Mrs. Fannie
Poston, of tire Elizabeth settlement,
east of Shelby. The bone of cordon-!
tion is a 30-acre farm, and a four
room dwelling that reposes upon it. j
Mrs. Poston willed the farm in!
trust to her daughter Mrs, Sarah Ma
bel Poston Wellmon, the will speci
fying that the proceeds from the acre I
age were to be devoted to the welfare
of her son, Janies Dewey Poston.
Now James files complaint that his
sister is withholding the proceeds.
Some years ago a will contest fea
tured eourt proceedings. It was that
of Joe Willis, It is the general under-1
standing among attorneys that “a will
is a piece of flint to break, and ti e
feat is seldom accomplished. But Mr |
Webb said it was his recollection that !
the heirs broke the Willis will, and
secured a new deal.
A Common Complaint
Buddy—“Oh, dear, my purse seems
always alike.’ v
Dicky—“Always alike, what do
you mean?”
Buddy-—“Why there’s never
change ia it!''
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any
Lily Mill To
Make Thread
ScJu»:ic!:'s l ocal Plant To Manufac
ture Spool Thread, Bucking Hig
Tru.t. !■- Uij; Mine.
IlertVa yarn to make ' Shelby sit
| up.
It -; important, and 11; ■ most, ifn
I portrmt ones, it can be told ni a para
| graph.
I The Lily Mill has engag -d upon the
j manufacture of spot thread for <Jo
j ni' t.t; .a And the importance of
jtbot revelation consists in the fact
j that insofar a-, is known this is the
i only mill in the South engaged in this
sort of production.
It : a new departur> a big jump.
It means that the Lily Mill is put
ting oat a product to Luck a trust—
j the spool thread trust, with trading
; headquarters in New York, and manu
! fa< luring headquarters in Connocti
cut.
The managers of the Lily Mill have
lav! plans to cut the ground from
under competition through under-sell
ing. They are nutt ng out a standard
thread to sell for ten cents a spool of
four hundred yards. Whereas the
trust thread sells for ten cents for
two hundred yards— a difference of
a little matter of a hundred per cerit.j
J. W. Sc he nek, of the Lily Mill, dis- j
cussed the new enterprise with The
Star Friday, lie said the new under-:
taking is a week old. They are- malt- ;
ing the basic part of the thread at the j
! Lily Mill, and finishing it up at the i
j Lawndale plant. At this latter plant, !
by the way, fancy parcel cord has,
j been succes sfully manufactured for j
j years, although the public doesn’t j
know a great deal about it.
The Star representative saw tome t
of Lie new spool thread at the A.!
Blanton Grocery Comtiany, through j
the courtesy of Mr. C. S. Young. Mr.
Young was highly enthusiastic about
the new product.
According to his angle of vision,
whit h is usually pretty w;se, it adds
a hitch in the bedt to the enterprise
of Cleveland county.
H L. HBVLE DIES
ST FIII.LST1I DOME
Piominent Fallston Citizen Dies Sud
denly. Leaves Large Family
Scattered O'er Section.
Mr. Alexander L. Hoyle, one of
Fallston’s best known citizens, died
suddenly at his home there Tuesday
night. Mr. Hoyle was apparently in
good health when he retired, but.
about 0 o’clock his wife heard a noise,
going to the bed she fouhd him dying.
An outstanding and honorableciti
zen, a church member for years and
liked by his neighbors and friends,
the deceased will be greatly missed in
his enterprising section.
The funeral services were held
Thursday morning at Pleasant Grove
church, where the deceased had been
a member since early boyhood. The
services Were conducted by Rev. I. I).
Harrill and Rev. G. P. Abernethy.
Mr. Hoyle was born in Cleveland
county near New Prospect church on
June 15, 1801. the son of Martin
Hoyle. He married Miss Laura Ann
Spurling in 188.'! and is survived by
his wife and eight children, all of the
children heing married. Twenty-three
grand children also survive as do
t ight brothers and four sisters, three
brothers heing dead. At the time of
his death Mr. Hoyle was 64 and one
iu.lf years of age.
Surviving children are: Lawrence
A. Iloilo, of Shelby; John M. Hoyle
and Mrs. T. A. Lee. of Fuliston; G.
Ed Hoyle of Charlotte; Mrs. R. 51
Brackett, of Shelby; Clem A. Hoyle,
and Clarence Lee IToyle of Fallston.
and Mrs. Richard Moore, of Fores.
City.
A large crowd of relatives, neigh
bors and friends gathered at the fu
neral services in tribute to the de
parted, who was hold in high esteem j
by all who knew him. Pall bearer? ]
were: Messrs. Will Dixon, Clem Mar-1
Lin. Chas. Clay, Tom Sweezy, Lewis
Ledbetter and L. F. Hamrick. Flower j
bearers were: Annabel Lee, Mary Sue'
Brackett. Blanche Hoyle, Lalage;
Hoyle, Wray Hoyle, Lela Ross, Faye j
Ross and Fannie Ross. The floral of
ferings were many and beautiful.
Miss Laura Miller
Sells Spanish Rights
Miss Laura Burton Miller, of Kin"- j
ton avenue. Charlotte, and well j
.rown in Shelby, having lived here;
For years, has just sold the Spanish*
rights of her story, “The Green Amu*- j
let” which appeared in the Scpteni-j
>er number of Munsey’s; and the'
story will soon be translated into;
Spanish and published in -that conn
! Baptist Pasters To
Meet Here Tuesday
All the Baptist pastors and
Sunday school -uperinterulehts in
the Hint's Mountain association
v.ill l ampiet topi • Ian- Tuesday ev
enitit;. .ianuury 18. at 7 o’clock at
the ( lovelorn! .Vprirfts hotel here,
it is amlovii -toj h; i fticinls < f the
association.
•\ -splendid pi* :ri'ain . h,m hoen
I ai l any d and i' is imped that cv
j cry church in the association will
1 . he represented.
\ Around. ■"•*> pastor- and apcrii.
: tcnoe.nts arc capetted. it is sa'd.
1»ice A« Much C iiim-I (ini)4< l ard
In Sh‘Ihv \nd ( cun'' . V»i v l ittle
Canned lle'o, Wholesale Mer
chant Declare ;.
Vi hat the late lamt oted drought
cu: t Shelby and ( level and County is
slowly but surely being revealed.
Facts drip through the Colander of
time, into our beans, its ’twere.
Mr. C. S. Young, of ihe- A. Blanton
Grocery Company, told the Star Fri
day that the increased consumption
of canned goods in Cleveland county
this fall and winter, which could prob
ably l>e traced a a direct result of
the drought, was one hundred per
cent. '
Which means, if you please, that
where we ate one can of the good old
garden stuff in 11)20 we are eating
wo cans today. And what that means
in tern's of dollars and cents, multi
plied by the collective appetite of
Cleveland county, would shock the lo
cal imagination.
“We canned virtually nothing,” aaid
Mr. Young, "for the simple reason
there was nothing grown to can. Wo
should make up for it this year, by
adopting the greatest diversified
planting program we have ever under
taken."
The well known merchant said he
estimated the money loss from the
drought, including that of the short
cotton crop,would fall little short of
four million dollars—three and a half
million anyway.
Local Orchestra
Heard In Oregon
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Reception of an experimental pro
era in broadcast Friday night by sta
tion WBT at Charlotte obtained from
Ammonsville, Oregon, on the Pacific’1
slope, Tuinicu, Cuba, and New York
state, according to 11. VV. Burwell.
station announcer, who displayed a
number of letters and telegrams
from listeners-in.
A goodly portion of the musical
program was furnished by the Caro
lina Syrcopators, crack Shelby orches
tra, composed of local talent and con
sidered ope of the best of the state's
best musical organizations,
Replies stating that clear recep-j
tion was obtained were received from'
points in South California, Canada,*
Wavorlv, Mass., Kokomo, Ind., San
Antonio, Texas, and from several
points in New York. Pennsylvania,
Illinois, Ohio and Michigan.
Such widespread reception, as evi
denced by replies from those who j
heard the program, emphasizes, said
Mr. Burwell, the value of Station j
WBT as an advertising medium for’
the Queen City.
Mr. Turner’s Sister
Dies In Florida
Mrs. Parcsade Ell's died at 5t30
o'clock Thursday morning at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. E. D.
Lessier, at St. Petersburg. Florida,
according to a message received by
relatives here.
Mrs. Ellis, who Was SO years of
ace, was the wife of the late Robert
Ellis, who died many years ago.
She was the only sister of Mr. Sam
Turner, well known Shelby citizen,
Little Boy Saves
Sister From Flames
Billy Dyeus eight-year-old
youngster, assumed a heroic role
Thursday when he saved his two
year-old sister from what might
have proved death.
Nancy, two year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Dycus
was playing near an open grate
Thursday while the mother was
preparing dinner and in some
manner her clothes caught on
fire. Billy playing nearby saw his
sister’s predicament and hurried
ly pulled her from the fire, hav
ing partly extinguished the
flames when Mrs livens rein hod
lit
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Cherryville Man Shoots
Up Town; Chief Is Shot
Jesse Van Dyke, Young Butcher Runs Wild With
Gun Thursday And Shoots Two. Holds
Officers At Bay For Time.
A u-K |>ho*.i« Viie sage to The Star from the Lincolnton hospit
al this morning stated that Chief of Police A. L. Painter, of Cher
i \ .1 u!im \vas shot by Jesse Van Dyke on a rampage at Cher
1,' ' ihe l mirsday evening, was in a serious condition and in an un
conscious stupor. His condition was described as “bad” by phv
sicinn , w no stated that the bullet had entered the head just to the
i (,; the right eye and had presumably made its way along
the edge ot the skull and the brain on the right side. Physicians
a! the tun ■ v.eiv preparing to relieve the pressure of the skull on
t.u. brain and the outlook for the police officer would not be pre
di ted upon. He hud been in an unconscious state since arriving
..i live hospital, but wjs in more of a stupor Fridav morning it
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Hoi cc Desiroycd By
r Itiraes At Grover
Thursday Afternoon
A house belonging to Mr. Fred
Green and located on one of the main
strict* of Grover was destroyed by
jf;n Thursday afternoon early.
The house was occupied by a Mr.
Humphreys and family and no en 1
I "-as at home when the fire started.
jThe blaze was first noticed when
[.lumping out of the roof and the fire
I was beyond control when held was
;summoned. However, workers mana
ged to save all the household goods
|and furnishings with the exception of
clothing in one closet.
Just how the fire originated is not
definitely known. One presumption is
H'ai it started front the chimney,
while some believe it may have ori
ginated in the closet or elsewhere.
It was a five room house and there
was about $dO(.i insurance, it is re
ported.
The name of A. P. Weathers, ntav
or of Shelby, was added to the board
of directors of the Cleveland Bang
and Trust company, at the * annual
meeting of the institution held last
week.
Other than that there was no
change in the official personnel of the
establishment, it was announced.
William Lineberger was re-elected
president! ft. E. Campbell, vice presi
dent; J. J. Lattimore , secretary*
treasurer, and J. L. Suttle, manager
of the insurance department,
Tlie board of directors, revised lo
contain the name of Mr. Weathers is
ns follows. Mr. Lineberger, Mr. Camp
bell. Mr. Lattimore, Mr. Suttle and
Z. J. Thompson, C. Rush Hamrick, J.
A. Suttle, J. E. Webb, W. J. Arey. H.
h A oung and the mayor, Mr.
Weathers.
CO. K Moves Into
Prepared Quarters
Shelby Military I’nit Now Stationed
In New Royster Building on
South LaFayette.
Headquarters and armory equip-1
tneiit of Company K, Shelby unit of j
the national guard troops moved this
week into the specially prepared j
basement of the new Royster build-!
ins on South LaFayette, where quar-i
ter* will be maintained in the future.
The company has been stationed;
in the Washburn building armory on
Morgan street since May, 1923.
The new quarters are constructed!
conviently for an armory with club j
and recreation rooms available to
members of the company.
The company is now preparing for
the annual inspection which comes
in February, and checks will Ik* dis
tr.buted to members of the company
at the drill hour Monday night. Af
ter the annual inspection officers of
the company state that it is planned
to take in a number of new recruits
before the annual summer encamp
ment, (
Shelby Salesman
Sees Good Future
Mr. E. E. Post, traveling man,
making his home and headquarters in
Shelby, reported upon returning to
the city this week, that an unusually
satisfactory Christmas trade was en
joyed by the merchants in his tern
ary.
Mr. Post said his diagnosis of the
business situation is, the future looks
promising for a satisfactory business,
‘f look to see trade from fair to good
luring the coming season,” said he.
“Nothing exceptional, you under
hand, but 1 expect u fairly healthy j
volume, f thing pusinegs ha.-, a tuai-j
i' uiidtfiout*' . I
r»uvui * u u»ck liiursfu-y evening
Cherryville. Shelby's neighboring
t( wn to the east, was the scene of a
ram page in real life, resembling a
scene in a wild Western movie. Jesse
\ an Dyke, 25-year-old Cherryville
man, either temporarily insane or
crazed with drink, staged a rampage
on Fouth Mountain street there with
a gun as a partner, shooting wildly
into the air, into stores and at passing
people. i
Chief of Police Painter, who et
tempted to arrest the wild young
ran, was shot in the head, the bullet
piercing his forehead near the right
eye, while Horace S. Farnsworth, a
passerby was seriously wounded by
being shot in the abdomen. The Cher
ry ville chief was rushed to the hos
pital at Lincolnton.
Had Town Terrified.
During the firing, which lasted
about a half hour Van Dyke shooting
at intervals, the people of the town
dared not move from their homes. On
South Mountain street all the lights
in the houses and stores were extin
guished during the pistol firing, while
there was no one on the streets, re
ports from Cherryville state.
Farnsworth was hit with one of
the first bullets, and when Chief
Painter went to arrest him for tho
.•hooting, he was fired upon, falling
in his track*. His body lay where it
fell until Van Dyke had gone further
down South Mountain street. It first
appeared that Painter was dead.
Officers Surround House.
Van Dyke finally went to the home
of his mother-in-law. Mrs. Lester Def
linger, on South Mountain street.
Sheriff T. G. Rhyne, of Gaston coun
ty, arrived with a posse after the
shooting had ceased. The Dellinger
house was surrounded, but no oi.e
volunteered to go to the house and
arrest Van Dyke.
Van Dyke is the son of a well
known Cherryville butcher. He has
served in the navy,and had a good
reputation in this town.
Mood Them Off.
Sheriff Rhyne had a posse of 12
men surrounding: the Dellinger house,
to which Van Dyke had retreated and
placed himself in one corner guard
ing the door with his revolver. The
posse included O. F. Aderholt, as
sistant police chief of Gastonia;
Howard Prather, Gastonia policeman:
Clyde Robinson, Adam Hord, Myers
Rhyne, Stephen Stroup, D. P. Leon
hardt, O. L. Sams,. EL G. Petty, W. A.
Dameron and Mr. Jackson, deputy
sheriffs, and Ike Lemaster, Bessemer
City police chief.
Once Van Dyke called for one of
his friends, whom he allowed to enter
the Dellinger house and bring him a
soft drink. He also called for his wife,
holding her, too, at the point of his
pistor. She said Van Dyke told her
that he was planning to come out and
kill about six men, and then kill my
self.”
Little Wife Gets Gun.
Late in the inght Van Dyke turned
his pistol over to his wife, a woman
of small stature, who was in the room
with him, gave himself up to Sher
iff Rhyne, with words “I ain’t shot
anybody.” He appeared, members of
the posse said, to have just awakened
from a trance. He was taken imme
diately to Gastonia, where he was
placed in jail.
Van Dyke realized, it was said, that
he had been doing some shooting, but
vehemently denied that he had “kill
ed anyone.” Sheriff Rhyne said the
nan had probably been crazed-drunk
and was evidently sobering up, first
I ress dispatches say.
Local Men Attend
Furniture Exposition
William Lineberger and M. A.
Spangler are leaving Shelby
Monday to attend the semi-annual
furniture exposition in High Point.
This semi-annual event has become
a notable feature in furniture trading
in this section of the south. The High
Point manufacturers exhibit their
products in a huge exposition build
ing, to give the buyers the benefit of
\iewing in a compact mass the latest
productions in the furuniture line.
Mr. Lineberger and Mr. Spangle?
will u.uki. the trip by motor.