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VOL. XXXIV, No. 42 SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1927. Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. By mail, per year (in advar?»)„l2.5( By carrier, per yaar (in advance) $3.0? What’s »: THE News THE STAR’S REVIEW_ 1 " — * ■Jtai., ni the mysterious death ,a prominent young Shelby man i -ue. First publication of jie story. # , jupi.ri'ir court adjourned here ^ morning, trying only one case futile big Hunsinger suit. There likelihood of a special term to e]jeu> the jammed civil docket, it Chicks, hosiery, and thread are greasing postal receipts at the «cal postoffice, says a nows article. The Kings Mountain Presbytery pH hold its spring meeting here, [he Star announces. Poultry shipments mean much to fleevland county farmers. Read of he poultry shipped out this week Other baseball games this week htirc arc given together with con tests next week. Shelby won yester a^' * * * Another candidate or so for the municipal election announced in this issued. Girl- Load Hoys by Largo Number As in Previous Lists. Ninth (.rude Leads Others. II The honor roll for the month just Bonded shows 05 students attaining ■that record in the Shelby High ■school. I The girls of the school again lend ■ the hoy on the roll, about seven ■cighthr of the Co being girls. The ■ninth grade has more students o.i ■the list with the eighth grade rank ling second. n The roll follows: H Grade 8: 1—Mildred McKinney, I Ray Gibbs, Elsie Gidney, Elizabeth ■ Gidney, Ituth Hamrick, Mildred I Ramrck, Sarah Hoyle, Juanita |,’lim‘. Lillian (tow, Sara Harris, ■ Kathleen King, Maggie McGowan, llhlen Roberts, Thelma Spangler, ■ Tallage Sperling, Aileen Webb, I Raymond Hord, Rachel Welts, M,ary I Fay Dellinger. i Grade 9: 1.—Lula Agnes Arey, I Glady s Colquitt, Mary Frances Car liienter, Maidie Gillespie, Bertie iGettys, Virginia Hunt, Virginia I Jenkins, Dorothy King, Ada Laugh - I ridge, Annie Laurie McSwain, Mae I Ellen MeBrayer, Madge Putnam. I Mary Faye Penninger,, Buna Rol lins. Morine Rollins, Alex Gee, Rob-, ert Gidney, Charles Hunt. Grade 9: 2.—Florine Richardson. Grade 9: 3.—Addie Kanipe, Mil ton Gold, Grace Hartgrove. James Lee, Erwin Anthony, Hattie Ear wood, Gtade 10: 1.—Lucile Bridges,; Mildred Harrell, Minnie Kings/ Sara Richbourg, Lallage Choll, Eth ieen Webb, Viola-Walker, Milan' Bridges, William Webb. Grade 10: 1.—Mclva Hamrick. Grade 11: 1.—Margaret Blanton,1 Irene Bridges, Eva Goforth, Elsie | Green, Lucille Hamrick, Kathleen Iford, Jennie Lee Packard, Maude j Rollins,-Mary Brandt Switzer, Madge Sperling, Novella White. Highs Win Game Playing at Boiling Springs yes terday the Shelby Highs continued their winning streak by defeating the Baptist school boys by a 6 to 4 count. A Shelby rally in the ninth frame brought about the victory, according to reports,; Whisnant and Moore carried the! mound duties foi the locals. Today! Belmont I omorrow The Highs are playing Hickory^ hi re this afternoon, and tomorrow afternoon the strong Belmont Ah- i bey prep team will come here for a game in Shelby’s fine ar.d new ly renovated park. The games next week also prom- I >se to be interesting. Boiling; Springs plays a return engage- | went here Monday afternoon and i Oastonia comes over for a game next Tuesday. Pat Crawford al ways has a fast moving team that draws well in Shelby. Mr. Woodson Falls, And Hip Is Broken Kev. C. J. Woodson, saintly minister and one of the county’s "lost beloved citizens sustained a broken hip bone in a fall at his borne on the Cleveland Springs road Tuesday. WhiHe walking in the room of his home, Mr. Wood son was overcome by one of the attacks to which he has beer, sub j'ct and in falling, his hip struck the iron register in the floor. Mrs. ^ oodson had been to the Store to do some marketing and found h!m 0n the floor upon her return. He was suffering so intently, an X aay picture (was made at the ! Shelby hospital which revealed the 1 broken hip bone. i Largest Sum of Type Given in the County. Hunsinger Found Dead on Tracks. I he jury in the Hunsinger suit against the C. C. and O. railroad brought in a verdict yesterday afternoon awarding $15,000 damages to Bertie Hun singcr, wife of the I. e J. R. Hunsinger whose body was found on the railroad tracks of the C. ('. and O. near the For est < ity station in June. The suit was removed here from Rutherford county, and the award by the jury ties the larg est d: mage award ever given in this county. Following the verdict railroad | counsel endeavored to have the ver dict set aside. Judge, MeElroy re fused to do this and then they asked that it be modified as it was too ex cessive. Judge MeElroy also refus ed this request, and an appeal to Supreme court was entered. Although plaintiff counsel man aged to keep much of that type evi dence out it was hinted in the e\i dence offered by the defending rail road that Hunsinger had been ki'.I cd and placed on the tracks, being dead before the train came along according to their view. Attorneys in arguments also touched on the murder theory. However, as has been said circumstantial evidence tending to bring in a murder angle was not admitted, Hunsinger was a section fore man for the railroad at Forest City, it is said. Interesting Case. The suit was perhaps the out standing point of interest in the recent session of court. Able barris ter were employed on both sides and the ease was hard fought. Scores of Forest City and Ruther ford county people were down for the hearing taking a part of two days, while scores of local people were drawn to the court house by the large suit and the opportunity of hearing the legal by-play. Court observers here say that in the past only one award has ever been that large, none ever exceed ing the $15,000 mark in this county. The other $15,000 award was about four years ago in a textile plant suit. Damages of $40,000 were ask ed in this case. Clyde R. Hoey, of Shelby, and W. C. McRorie of Rutherfordton. represented the Hunsinger interests and the jury arguments of both men, particularly that of Hoey of fered the high peak of court inter est. Counsel for the railroad in cluded: J. H. McLaughlin of John son City, Tenn., assistant to the general counsel of the road; J. \V. Pless, formerly of Marion and now of Asheville, division “counsel of the railroad, and Fred D. Ham rick, of Rutherfordton. 'oultrymen Are Raid $.'1,450 at Seaboard Depot. Another Car Filled in Rutherford. Two car loads of poultry were loaded in Cleveland and Rutherford counties Wednesday .of this week, according to Alvin Hardin, county farm agent. One car was loaded at the Seaboard depot here containing 12.00C pounds and these brought the poultrymen a total of $3,450. Mr. Hardin says much of the Cleveland county poultry was loaded at El lenboro and Rutherfordton so the above car does not represent the entire shipment this week from Cleveland. Mr. Hardin says the shipment this week was the largest on record. The largest single shipper was Mr H. McConnell who recently started a poultry farm on the Joe E. Blan ton place just outside of town on the Fallston road. Mr. McConnell I, 200 broilers. After this number was sold off from his flock, Mr. Me Connell still has about 5,000 chick ens on hand. The Suttle hatchery has sold to Mr. McConnell since he started business in January 5,000 baby chicks. Mr. McConnell who probably has the largest poultry farm in Cleveland county came to this county some months ago front Pennsylvania. He is an experienced poultry man and is raising a flock of hens for laying purposes, but so far the only stock he has sold has been fryers and broilers. Chicks, Thread And Socks ; Swell Postal Receipts Here i Local Thread Plant Sends Largest Single Parcel Post Ship ment Ever Through Shelby Office. (Jain Of j 10 Percent Shown. Man 75 Weds Mate ; * Of Just 57 Years j _ - \\ hat Are A Few Years When Spring Rolls Around and Birds Begin to Sing “In the Spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love” and so on That’s right, that verse you’ve so often heard. At the county court house here yesterday morning W. R. Newton, who among other things is a magistrate, mar ried Mr. H. F. White, aged 75, and Mrs. Beuna Canipe, aged 57 years. The bride and groom are well known resi dents of No. 10 township. The license issued by Mr. Newton for the White-Canipe marriage was the fiftli for the month of April. Other li censes issued doing this month were to the following couples: Toland D. McCoy and Farley Cordelia Spratt: W\ M. Gathing and Vivian Dalton; C. R. Hoey, jr., and Bernice Ham rick; Gordon M. Newton and Lawnie Eva Hunt. I CHURCH SCHOOL i On Sunday, April 17, the local Presbyterian church cooperating I with the Central Methodist church and the Presbyterians churches of Kings Mountain presbytery will open at the Presbyterian church ’ here a leadership training school j for men of the church. The school will be conducted by Rev. J. E. Purcell, D. D., execu I tive secretary men’s work in the ! Southern Presbyterian church. The school wiill continue through Fri day night, April 22. The first class will be at 3 o’clock Sunday after noon, and thereafter each night through Friday night. oiisW SHORTS IN SUIT Son And Father Both Get Dam ages In Case Where Boy Was Injured In two civil suits in Superior court this week Thurman Short, young Bessemer City boy, and his father, were awarded damages totalling $2,584. In one suit young Short received $2,000 from Earl Wilson and R. C. Gray representing the Gastonia Ice Cream company. In another C. M. Short received $1,000 for the loss of services for his son and a total of $584 for doctor bills. One of the verdicts came as a result of a compromise. The suit developed from injur ies received by the Short youth when he was riding on one of ihe ice cream trucks that featured in a collison with a Kings Mountain truck. Quite an array of counsel ap peared in the case including O. Max Gardner, C. R. Iloey, of Shel by; Lawrence Jones, of Charlotte; Bismarck Capps, of Gastonia, and J. R. Davis, of Kings Mountain. FOR MEN CUMING Young Abernethy Leaves For China Member of Famous Devil Dog Reg. imcnt Sails on Transport Hen derson for China. Lester B. Abernethy, youngest brother of Rev. G. P. Abernethy of Shelby sailed this morning on the transport Henderson from San Diego, California, for Shanghai, China where trouble has developed and American soldiers are on guard tp protect American liyes and property. Mr. Abernethy is a member Of the famous Devil Dog regiment which was cited three times in the world war for its achievements in Chateau-Thicp-ry section. Two French army citations are sufficient to take an organiza tion eligible for the award of the French faurragere and the band is worn by every member of a regi ment to show the high honor of the entire regiment. Young Abernethy has been in the Marines for three years and was in Shelby on a visit to his preach er brother last April. Chickens, hosiery, and thread on tribute a major portion of the 10 per cent postal receipt increase re ported at the Shelby postofficc for the first quarter of the year. Figures jurt issued by J. H. Quinn, postmaster, show that pos tal receipts at the local office gained 10.,'1 per cent, during the first quarter of 1927 over the first quarter of 1926. The gain in actual dollars is $838.62. It is an old business adage that postal receipts offer the best ami most certain business barometer of any community. With that in mind business seems to continue perking up in the Shelby sector. January, of this year, revealed a gain over January of last year, of more than $390. The February gain was $440.83, while March had a gain of $50. The receipts and gains for the first quarter are: Receipts for January 1926 were $2,878.04: for 1927, $3,225.14; a gain of $347.10 or 12.5 per cent. Receipts for February 192C, | $2,075.-74; for 1927, $2,516.56, a gain of S440.83, cy 21.2 per cent. Keceipts for March IVZ t>, $3,120.44; for 1927. $3,171.13, a I gain cf $50.69. or 1.6 per cent. For 1st quarter 1926: $8.674.21: i 1st quarter receipts for 1926, $8. 1912.83; a gain of $835.62, or 10.3 i per cent. 1 The largest single parcel post | shipment ever sent through the 16 ' cal office, postal officials ' say, i was last week when the Lily Mill & Power company, local thread j manufacturers, shipped approxi i amtely three truck loads of thread j to purchasers, sales being accred i ited to the Chickasaw Thread i agency with headquarters here, Fred Dean heading the firm. The i Lily plant, it is said, is now ship j ping a large quantity of thread by i parcel post to all parts of the couit j try. The Janet Hosiery mill, another ! local plant, has shipped in recent ! months large quantities of hosiery by parcel post to many foreign j countries as well as all sections of 1 the United States. | A number of other companies in I the city are shipping a considerabie j amount of goods by parcel post, | claiming, it is said, that it is less I expensive than other modes of trans portation for many articles. Among the me.nv varied articles shipped by parcel post from the local office during the quarter weie several thousand chickens. The year 1927 has seen Cleveland coun ty develop into one of the foremost poultry counties in the South ami ! chicks from local hatchelres are in wide demand. This week the Suttle Hatchery, headed by Ben Suttle, ! shipped 1,000 baby chicks by par cel post in one day. Four hundred chicks went to Mt. Holly; 200 to Statesville; 200 to Charlotte, and 200 to Candor. 2,500 chicks were taken off in one hatch by Suttle Wednesday. Spring .Meeting Of Kings Mountain Presbyterians Coming To Shelby The annual spring meeting of the Kings Mountain Pres bytery, composed of numerous Presbyterian churches in sev eral counties, will be held at the Shelby Presbyterian church, it was announced here yesterday by Rev. H. N. Mc Diarmid, pastor of the local ! church. The meeting of the presbytery was originally scheduled for Chim ney Rock, but was later changed to Shelby upon the invitation of the congregation of the local church. The date set for the opening of the presbytery is Tuesday. Apr:I 19. The session, it is said will likely be on for two days and two nights. FALLSTON PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kiser and little son Ben of the Ora Mill ,were the week end guests of Mr. and Mrs.! R. O. Bumgartlner, Miss Thelma Young of Shelby I was the guest of Miss Janie! Stamey Wednesday night. Mr. Franklin D. Warliek, a! member of the>firm of the Fallston j Hardware Co., is suffering with | pneumonia, his many friends wish , for him a speedy recovery. t 150 (iMsts at Kinanin Night Pro gram. Good fellows Quartet and Hand Furnish Music. One hundred and fifty guests at tended ladies night program of the Shelby Kiwanis club Thursday night when Rev. McCoy Franklin, miracle product of the Grand Fath er mountain basis in Western North Carolina was the chief speak er and delightful nuisic was furnish ed by the Good Fellows quartet of Charlotte and Shelby high schoool hand under the direction of Prof. W. T. Sinclair. It was declared to be one of the most delightful pro grams over rendered here on ladies night. Clint Newton, the young sil ver tongued orator welcomed the ladies, after which a representa tive of \V. A. Pendleton, local Vic tor dealer, gave a demonstration of the self-changing, ortltophon.c type of phonograph, tile newest in vention of the Victor compary. Cartridge pencil favors were furn ished by the First National Bank, matches by Kelly Clothing com pany, and small boxes of candy by Nunnally candy company through Cleveland Drug company, local dealers. Mr. Franklin told his life story in no boast of self, but to show the i type of mountain people of which he was one. He was one in a fam | ily of 15 children, his father being opposed to education. Through the inspiration of Dr. and Mrs. Sloop he determined to get an education l but had parental restraints until he | reached the age of 21. Mr. Frank j lin gave a beautifu lword picture \ of the majestic mountains, a vivid | imitation of birds and animals and j told of the customs and habits of | rca^ mountain people in inimitable style. ! Mr. Franklin, after going through i the grades, high school, college and I seminary in 12 years, came back to do moutain religious work among the people he knew' most intimate ! ly and no\v he is connected with the Crossnore school where 490 nioun i tain pupils were in attendance Iasi ! year and 200 were turned away j The school is supported entirely on i cast off clothing contributed by friends throughout the country. Now the plant is valued at $100,000 and is doing a great work. I Handsome and valuable prizes j given by local business men and l firms were drawn by the following i lady guests: Miss Gertrude Gow er, Mrs. Zeno Wall, Mrs. J. S. Mc I Knight, Miss Ouida Mundy, Mrs. Max Gardner, Mrs. Grady Lovelaee, Mrs. Anna M. Frice, Mrs. Lee B. Weathers, Mrs. C. A. Hoey, Miss : Rachael Summerow, Mrs. A. B. Sut : tie, Mrs. M. A. Spangler, Miss Eva | Grice, Mrs. C. A. Burrus, Mrs. E. M. ■ Geier, Miss Foy Moore, Mrs W. E. ' Jordon, Miss Katherine Carpenter, 1 Mrs. Reuben McBrayer, Mrs. Clyde Short, Mrs. C. H. Sparks, Mrs. .J. F. Ledford, Mhs. Paul Webb, Mirs Ora Eskridge, Mrs. J R Dover jr., Mrs. C. R. Webb, Mrs. J. C Newton, Miss Margaret Crowder, Miss Mil dred Waters, Mrs Aaron Quinn. Miss Janie Stanley, Mrs. E. B. Lnt timore., Mrs. A. P. Beam, Miss j Christine Walker, Mrs. j. J. Latti more, Miss Sara Roberts. J. F. Ledford Out For Alderman Here J. Farris Ledford makes formal announcement in this issue that he is a candidate for alderman in Ward 1 in the May 2nd election. Mr. .Ledford has been urged for some time by his friends to enter the race and this week he got con sent of his mind to enter. Mr. Ledford is one of the officers of the Rex Cigar company and prom inent in the civic and religious life of the town. At present Mr. John Toms of Eastside is alderman from Ward 1. He has not made any public or private declaration, as far as The Star can learn, whether he will be a candidate to succeed himself. T. P. A. In Boost To Local Scouts At their recent annual meeting members of the Travellers’ Pro tective association elected the fol lowing officers: H. L. Hunt, presi dent; C. Rush Hamrick, vice president; Felix O. Gee, secretary and treasurer. The old board of directors was reelected. Instead of the annual banquet the “knights of the grip’’ decided to give $5 to each of the seven Bop Scout troops in Shelby to help the boys buy needed equipment. It was also hinted about among the : ravelling men that about July 4 T. P. A.’s contemplate having 1 picnic and inviting the scouts as heir guests. Lifeless Body Of Young Insurance Salesman Found On Lonely “Mystery Road” Mile From Shelby-Was Shot Harrison Ramseur Found Dead This Morning With Gun By Side And Bullet Wound In Head. Left Love Note To Young Teacher Here. Death Shocks Entire Town. SHELBY’S mystery road, winding through thick woods to Wesson bridge over Serond Broad river, came into the oublio gave again this morning when the lifeless body of Harrison Ramseur, well known young 19-year-old insurance salesman, was found drooped across the fender of his road ster at the side of the road, a bullet hole in his temple, a gun lying nearby, together with a handkerchief and an empty ether can. Dead Many Hours. The body of the youth, who comes from a prominent family, was discovered early in the morning by colored work men going to the bridge fur construction work. They hurried ly called officers and the coroner was summoned. At the time this was written a coroner’s report had not been issued, but it was definitely known that young Ramseur had been dead for many hours, his body already being cold. It was only a few weeks ago that the lonely road, lined on each side by trees and thickets and little travelled, came into the limelight following the disappearance there one night of Claude Weathers, prominent local contractor. After the Weathers disappearance the river nearby was dragged for hours before it was learned that he was alive in another town, returning later to state that- he had been kidnapped after being drugged in a little construction shack just around ,the bend from where the body of Ramseur was found this I morning. The ether can by the body this morning carried the | minds of scores who gathered there back to the other dis i appearance. Left Love Note. Soon after the urrival of the coroner scores of curious people j began to visit the scene and view j the body before it was removed to a local undertaking establishment, i where a second inquest is being j held this afternoon. Before re j moving the body members of the coroner’s jury removed letters, in surance papers, and other articles of personal belongings, seeking to find anything that might throw light on the tragic death of the young fellow. Among other things found was a j letter to a girl friend, which, al though it is not made public by the coroner, contains a farewell mes sage, it is said. The letter, which also had attached to it the young man’s fraternity pin, was address - I ed to a young lady teacher, Miss Evelyn Scheider, whom he had call ed for a date early Thursday even ing, it is said. Miss Scheider, it is understood, had a previous engage ment before his call and therefore was unable to make another en gagement. * The letter, according to a verified reading, opened with the greeting “Darling.” The epistle was brief and was written on only one page. The opening trend stated that per haps he could call her that “now,” and continuing was the final re quest that she take the accompany ing token—presumably the fratern ity pin—and keep it to remember him by. Expressed His Love. Near the close of the short letter his love for her was expressed in the highest terms. Before signing his name, "Harrison,” came a sen tence hoping that they would meet1 again. utner man me aoove notning oi valued important was in the letter. There was no upbraiding, nor indi-, cation that any but a pleasant1 friendship had been between them. Nothing was said of a love that j was not returned although ois love for her was expressed strongly. 1 The Star communicating with a school official this morning learn ed that the young teacher, who is popular here, stated that she had been called for an engagement on i the previous evening, adding that j although she had had several even- j ing engagements, perhaps one c j so a week, but that she had never imagined that there was more than the friendship of youth between them. Whether or not there were any other messages on the body is not known. Murdered or What? Many things about the tragic i death of the young man during the night hours of Thursday are unu sual, baffling, and mysterious. The youth was among the best known men of the town, and was an energetic young fellow of fine habits and a winning disposition.' His tragic death comes as a shock to the entire section because of his own popularity and that of his fam ily. He was the son of Mrs. Jessie Ramseur and the late Walter Ram seur. and his mother is considered one of the town’s most beloved wo- j men. His disposition was always' jovial among the younger set with; whom he associated and he numb-, ered among his pals practically all the young fellows of the town. He was formerly in the employ of Os car Palmer, local grocer, out about one month ago he became associat ed with the local office of the Met ropolitan Life insurance company as collector and salesman. Officials of the local office say that he had every prospect of being a fine sales man and was doing well, although as with all beginners he was not ! selling policies with the regularity I of an experienced salesman. His fu j ture with the company seemed as ! sured and relatives and friends had high hopes of a successful career for him. i He was educated in the Shelby High school, at Christ school in Asheville, and was a student last year at Duke university, but did not return last fall. No statement from the young main’s home was obtained this morning after the finding of the body, but several of his young friends uptown have stated hat they sawr him yesterday evening at | hours ranging from 5 o’clock until about 8 o’clock and that he seemed in good spirits. From that period on until the body was found this morn ing nothing is known of his actions. About 7 o’clock this morning col ored laborers going to work on th« Wesson bridge construction job turned a corner down the lonely road and saw the Ford roadster parked by the side of the road at the edge of the woods. Coming closer they noticed a body on the running board and immediately they came back to town with the mes sage, informing city officers of their gruesome find. Policeman McBride Poston togeth er with Mayor A. P. Weathers rush ed to the scene and made an inves tigation. At the time, however, the tw'o together with others failed re cognize the young man owing to the blood that came from the wound in the head. They returned to tov. n and secured Coroner T. C. Esk ridge and a coroners jury was sum moned and returned to the scene. What Was Found. tuners arriving: soon recognized the body. The coroner’s jury ap proaching the car and making a close investigation found the body as if young Ramseur had been sit ting on the light running board facing the woods and had fallen over on his left side against the front fender. His head resting cn the bend of his left arm, his left hand being back across his chest to wards his right shoulder. The right hand drooped across the body towards the left. Near the body was a Spanish automatic, apparently a .32 calibre. There were no other cartridges in the gun except the one that had been discharged and this empty shell was hanging to the ejecting side of the automatic. Up in the seat of the roadster, it is said, the magazine of the gun was found. Also a handkerchief and an empty can of Squibb’’s ether were found on the ground near the body and the car. Shot in Right Temple. Two holes were found in the head apparently both being made by the same bullet. The bullet apparently entered at the right temple and came out the head just behind the left ear. It is said that a physician examining the body after it was taken to an undertaking establish ment found owing to the smooth entrance that the bullet entered the head from the right side and ap parently emerged from the head on the left side where the hole was jagged. The body when found was cold »nd stiff, and death apparently came many hours before, probably Coroner,s Report The coroner's jury adjourned at four o’clock without reaching a verdict. It was announced the jury would be reconvened in case any additional evidence were forth* coming. Three o'clock: The coroner’s jury is still sitting in the case in the grand jury room of the court house. Two witneses have testified: Miss Evelyn Sheider. school teacher, and “Jimmie” Blanton, the dead boy’s brother in law. Broadus Newman has just been called. Broadus saw him at dark, when he was leaving town ostens ibly on his way to Boiling Springs. L. R. Cornevin, manager of the in-, surance company that employed young Ramseur will also be called. Judge Falls states the body will be buried Sunday afternoon, after the arrival of the youth’s sister, Mrrs. Earl Larkin, of Chicago. Broadus Newman testified that he endeavored to buy a gun from him late yesterday afternoon. Cornevin, insurance manager, testified the boy’s business ac counts were intact. The fact is being made much of that a number of cuts were found in the rain coat on the dea«i body, as though made by a knife. The negro who found the body asserted that the appearance of the leaves around the ear indicated the body had been dragged to the running board where it was found. It was said four suspicious char acter stopped last night at the Victor Hotel, registering at twelve o’clock. The presence of the can, sup posed to have contained ether, found on the seat of the car. is i still unaccounted for. A check-up of the drug stores in Shelby re vealed the fact that no such pur chase was made by the young man. i Broadus Newman told the cor oner’s jury that when he talked I with young Ramseur late yesterday afternoon he talked much of “his girl.’’ That he saw her get in a i car near the Colonial Filling sta tion while he was there, and call ed her over the telephone a few minutes later, saying he thought maybe she had gone home. Judge Falls, the lad’s uncle, in a statement to The Star this after noon, said the family is at complete loss to account for the fatality, that the boy had no enemies that was known of, and seemingly them was no reason why he shouid have taken his own life. “Jimmie” Blanton told the jury that young Ramseur calling at the Union Trust Company yesterday, exhibited a roll of bill that con tained probably fifty dollars. The coroner’s jury consists of T. C. Eskridge, coroner, Dick Hen nessa, Bobby Hawkins, Knox Har din, R. Lee Weathers, A. P. Weath ers. during the early hours of the pre vious night. There was considerable blood clotted about the head and face, while a quantity had trickled down the body to the level portion of the running board under tho body. Borrowed Gun. The gun found by the body was borrowed about 11 o’clock Thurs day morning from Mr. Rush Thomp son, according to information given this paper. Officers here after an inventiga tion expressed the opinion that the can of ether had not been purchas ed in Shelby. Other than the blood on the head and on the fender of The car thers were no other blood stains about the spot, neither were there any in dications of a struggle that could be found. The youth was well dressed at the time of his death and wore a yellow “slicker” coat. This coat, it is said, had several slits on one side but the regular dress coat under neath was not cut. The necktie ar.d collar of his clothing were slightly disarranged. An examination was made, it is said, of the body at the undertaking parlor but no bruises or lacerations were found anywhero on it except the bullet wound. In addition to his mother young Ramseur is survived by three sis ters and one brother. They are* Mrs James Blanton and Miss Edith Reid Rameur, of Shelby; Mrs. Earl Lar kin, of Chicago, and Mr. Randolph Ramseur, an elder brother. The deceased was a nephew by marriage of Representative B. T. Falls, author of the Australian ballot bill, and was also a nephew of Mrs. Mary E. Yarborough, coun ty treasurer of Cleveland. He was a grandson of the late Harrison Eskridge, Confederate veteran who held the honor of capturing Col. Rutherford B. Hayes, during tho ' Civil war. who later became Presi*. dent of the United States. i
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