VOL. XXXIV, No. 59
SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESDAY. MAY 18. 1927
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons.
By mail, per year (in adva-?^)„|2Xi
By carrier, per year (in adyanca) $3 Oi
What's
THE
News
THE STAR'S REVIEW.
The thermometer here was 60
. thjs morning, as compare*!
Stfoftlv a fcw days back>
fortv-one people were killed in
wrecks in this state
Vpril. Drive carefully.
, ,.P„ort of the successful com
•jnciment exercises of the South
J|hv school is a part of today s
**5- . * *
No further changes in depart
;Btal heads are being eonsider
J|v the new city administration
fwis learned today in reply to
Kveral questions.
Mill? Moore, who years ago is
i,r?ed with killing a South Car
La policeman whose famil;/ now
' in Shelby, has been captured
■irkansas. Mo*e was the same
■ who attacked Policeman Mc
Poston, while the latter was
Jrding: convicts 12 years ago.
Max Gardner wants to be the
friendly governor,1’ he told a Dur
am audience.
Big murder trials are supplant
politics on the^ront pages,
iys all INS. dispatch, to The Star.
Ihc Star's subscription list is
-r0Wing. Names of new subsctib
(rJ arc in today's issue. The. Star
means to carry out its slogan of
'Covering Cleveland Completely/ .
Late contributions to .the flood
relief fund are published to<Jay.
Has vour name appeared yet?
Smallpox is on the wane over
the county, physicians tell The
Star. Those who haven’t been vac
cinated should be. Vaccine has put
a halt to the spread.
One of the biggest local Boy
Scout gatherings Shelby has ever
staged is scheduled for the court
house here this evening at 8
o'clock. At that hour the Shelby
Scout court of honor will be in ses
sion for advancement of local Boy
Scouts. It is stated by scout
masters here that about 50 local
scouts will he up for advancement.
Mr. George Blanton is president of
the court of honor. The Shelby
High bend will give a program in
front of the court house just be
fore the meeting, and the public i«
invited to attend the scout session
lo see the renewed interest being
taken in Scout work here.
An outstanding incident of the
Meeting is that Oakland Morrison,
a Shelby scout, will be up for ad
vancement to the Eagle scout rank
the highest ranking for a Boy Scout
Young Morrison will be the first
Shelby scout to attain this honor.
Carrier Boys
To Own Routes
Subscribers May Hereafter Renew
Each Four Weeks Through
(arrier Boys.
The first 48 hours in The Star’s
subscription plan resulted in 25
new subscribers on a new plan just
being introduced whereby Tne
^-tai can be had in Shelby and su
through the carrier boys at
25c for each four weeks,—12 is
sues for a quarter. The Star is add
ne'v carrier boys in Shelby and
„ an(i these boys in a way
HI own’ their routes, build them
«P and serve their patrons. The
Boys will be under bond. You can
tither pay the carrier boy by the
year or at The Star office, but the
monthly subscriptions will be col
ted for by the carrier who serves
, territory not now covered
r- Cfrr'er ',0-Vs will be served,
c he carrier boy and the solici
,a tnai subscription. The Star is
. Wg to get an monthly subscrib
on a uniform pay basis, so the
"(i will collect only once every
Julv lfitlk8~7May. 21st’ June 18t]’
f.ll': lth’ ctc-> his collecting days
1 °n Saturdays.
sci-lnt.(hanttp is made in the sub
mail in'nrPnCe' U stan<is *2.50 by
tShpli year by carrier in
*he,b>’ an^l suburbs.
Col. Albert Cox To
Peak Here Thursday
Man.li. '^ert (~ox< one of the out
faro ngio.naire8 of NoI-th
i«v ini ri- v‘s't Shelby Thurs
KjWanid del‘ver an address to the
to whiV bat C1rland Sprm«s
Hovu l “ members of Warren
kav'e *"^e American legior
e" 'nv‘ted. With the Ki
petted °naire8’ U is ex
Lionel fox 150 • WU1 h6a
tw obc ' The occa8ion will be
Colonel °f Memorial da>
World war raK overse<*8 the
Bios' m» and *S one of the state’s
first' d^m?i!ntJ.itizens' This is the
ever un/ ,th,e K,wan'R club ha<
Britan^0". ‘° e"tertain tkc
BIG MURDERS AND DIVORCE TRIALS
TAKE FRONT PAGES FROM POLITICS
Recent Snyder-Gray Trial Got Nearly As Much Publicity As
National Convention. 41 Telegraph Wires
Were In Use There.
(By James I„ Kilgallen, INS S.aff
Correspondent.)
New York.—Big murder trials
and spectacular divorce cases are
vicing in America with national
political conventions for front
page space in the newspapers.
The recent trial of Mrs. Ruth
Brown Snyder and Henry Judd j
Gray in Long Island City, N. Y.,'
“compared favorably in the vol-'
ume of words transmitted by tele-'
graph with certain national con-;
ventions,” according to an an
nouncement by the Western Union i
Telegraph company.
Three times as many words were ,
telegraphed out of Somersville, N.
J„ during the Hall-Mills murder
trial last fall, and the wordage
from White Plains, N. Y . on the
Browning separation suit ran well
over the 1,000,000 mark.
On Many Wires
There were 41 telegraph wires'
carrying news out of the Queens
county courthouse at the Snyder
Gray trial. Thirteen of these wires
, privately leased by press associa
tions and individual newspapers.1
There were so many wires that it :
♦as necessary to place them on 1
two floors, on the third floor |
where the trial w'as being held,1
in the basement. International
News Service’s two leased wires1
were on the third floor, in a room
just off the courtroom. j
In Somerville at the Hall-Mills
ease the entire basement was made
over into a huge, clattering tele
graph room.
At the Snyder-Gray trial, the
W’estern Union, with 19 toll wires
handled 1,318,311 words during the
sixteen days of the trial, which
compares with 4,698.311 words
handled 1,318,311 words during
the sixteen days of the trial, which
compares with 4.698,311 words
handled by that company on the
Hall-Mills case which lasted near
ly five weeks and was held in a
place less accessible to the news
paper offices of New York City.
The Western Union, during the
Republican National Convention in
Cleveland in 1924, transmitted
2,397,866 words of press, and dur
ing the long drawn out Demo
cratic National convention in New
York the same year sent out 9,
705,6603 words, which is perhaps
the record of a single big new .
story except, of course, the world
war.
Bee Hive. Activity
At all of America’s big court
trials the telegraph rooms are bee
hives of activity during court
hours. The fastest operators are
assigned to handle the “flashes"
and ‘‘bulletins” and running stor
ing as fast as the news “breaks”
in the courtroom.
These trials have been^roming
so fast newspaper men and Op
erators have become well acquaint
ed with each other.
At the Snyder-Gray trial the
longest wire set up by the West
ern Union for handling indivi
dual press dispatches was to a I
newspaper at Birmingham, Ala.,
1,032 miles away. Most of the
American newspapers depended
upon the press association for
the’” reports of the sensational
case.
Interest in this trial was inter
national. Cable officials 'report
ed an unusually heavy file, Ger
many and Scandinavian nations
leading in the amount received.
Mrs. Snyder was of Scandinavian
descent although she was born and
raised in New York City. The long
est individual newspaper dis
patch was one of 53,120 words ad
dressed to a New York morning
newspaper and contained a full
*'Q” and. “A” running story of
one day’s proceedings.
OEMS
(Iff TO BELIEF
FBIKB OF BED CROSS
Contributions Here Total $760 Now
Added Suffering in Louisiana
Necessitates Giving.
Contributions to the Red Cross
fund for relief work along the Mis
sissippi area are coming in clow
despite the fact that dispatches
yesterday were headed “Another
Louisiana Town Wiped Away bv
Flood.”
On down the Mississippi levees
continue to break away carrying
disaster before them. Thousands
more are homeless this week than
were last week. Estimates from tl e
flooded zones are that only about
10 per cent of the farms in the fer
tile valley will be planted this year.
i ne iunus nero now total
The Belwood council No. 84 of the
Junior Order leads the list of recent
contributions with $25.
The latest list of givers to suf
fering humanity follows:
Joseph I). Boyles, Toluca 1.00
American legion, add. _ 1.00
John P. Mull_ __ 5.00
Cash _ 1.00
Belwood council, 48, Junior
Order__ 25.00
Sees His Kin For
First Time In 37
Years Last Week
Kings Mountain,—Mr. and Mrs.
John W. Hooser of Oregon, are
here visiting Mr. J. E. McLaughen
Mr. Hooser is a cousin of Mr. Me
Laughen and left Gastonia 87
years ago. This is his first visit
since he left.
Mrs. Hooser is related to the
Beams of Lincoln and Cleveland
counties and will visit them before
their return west.
She is the daughter of Mr. Josh
ua Beam, who was well known
throughout this section before he
migrated to California in 1852. Mrs
Hooser is very anxious to meet as
many of her relatives as possible
before returning to the west.
Young Shelby Men
Open Second Store
Max Washburn and Bob Hord on
Saturday will open another Haines
One, Two Three Shoe store at
Forest City, it is announced.
Messrs. Washburn and Hord have
charge of the Haines branch here
and will also have 'he Forest City
branch of the Haines chain under
their direction.
SUICIDE CLUe AT
DAVIDSON COLLEGE
COMES TO AN END
Students Disperse Organization
After Talking it Over With
The Faculty.
Davidson College, (INS.)—
Davidson college’s “Suicide
Club” is no more.
It has disbanded suddenly
as it first leaped into the spot
light of publicity.
The little band of eight students
has been dispersed by an order of
the college faculty.
The students according to reports
were offered a choice of accepting
expulsion or singing a pledge not
to discuss the subject of suicide
among other students.
Members of the club denied their
purpose was to prompt self-de
struction, but said it was their aim
to conduct discussions , into the
theory of suicide.
It was understood that there was
no oppostion to the faculty’s ulti
matum.
The “Suicide Club” had been in
existence for only a few weeks.
The club attracted nation-wide
attention, springing into existence,
as it did, in the midst of the “stu
dent suicide wave.”
DECIFii
ALLEGED SUM
Raleigh, (INS.)—The fate of
Pearle Mitchell, Chatham county in
I mate of deaths row, will be decided
by the State Supreme court here
i next week.
The high tribunal will decide
■ whether the negro slayer is to be
given a new lease on life and a
chance to prove his innocence at a
second trial, or whether he must
die in the electric chair on sched
uled time.
The negro was tried and con
victed in Chatham superior courr
for the slaying of William L. Fogle
man, country merchant.
Fogleman was shot at his store
during the early hours of a Sun
day morning, when he was sitting
up to apprehend thieves who had
been entering his store, he said. A
clerk also was injured, but re
covered.
I Twelve other cases come up in
the supreme court during the week.
I Ten of them are from the 10th ju
dicial district. The other two are
especially set cases.
After Mud Bath
, r, !
Jockey J. C. Mergler doesn’t \
look as If he had just crawled out :
of the tub on Saturday night, but
lie's happy just the Fame. He ha«f,
a narrow escape when his mount
stumbled In the mud during a raco
at •/» * threw the boy.
Children Of Old Carolina Will Be
Depicted In Historical Pag
eant Here Friday.
For some weeks the pupils of the
Marion street school have heett
under the training of Miss Mar
garet Ellis of the University Ex
tension Division, preparing the his
torical pageant to be given Fri
day evening at 8 o’clock. The pag
eant will be not only children but
prominent grown-ups will take
important parts. The curtain will
raise promptly at 8 o’clock and a '
delightful and instructive evening j
| is promised. All characters will be!
costumed to suit the various
“Children of Old Carolina,” whom
they represent.
The parts assigned are as fol
lows:
Children of the Lost Colony— |
Featuring Sir Walter Raleigh.
Children of the Primeval Days •
—Indian Scenes, featuring Manteo. 1
Children of the Old Colonial
Davs. featuring Edward Moseley.
This section has four scenes,*
portraying the different nationali
ties which settled in Carolina.
Children of the Revolution—
Featuring Cornelius Harnett, the
spirit of 1776 and the battle of
Guilford courthouse.
Children of the old Plantation!
days—Featuring the plantation j
scenes, including Old Marster and
the negro cabins.
Children of the Confederacy— :
Featuring Governor Vance,
i Children of the New Freedom— j
i Featuring Governor Avcock.
Children of Today—Some 200 to I
1300 children will appear in this >
scene.
The high school orchestra will
, furnish music for the performance.
Principal characters in the pag
, eant will be represented as fol
lows:
Father Time—Mr. McDiarmid.
Sir Walter Raleigh—Mr. For
rest Hamrick.
j Manteo—Mr. W. L. McCord.
| Edwin Moseley—Mr. Frank
Roberts.
Governor Archdale—Mr. A. R. I
Bennett.
Go], Hugh Waddell—Dr. Reuben 1
McBraycr.
Schoolmaster—Dr. B. A. Stevens
Bishop Spangerberg—Dr. Hub
ert Plaster.
Flora Macdonald—Miss Milli
cent Blanton.
Cornelius Harnett—Mr. Henry !
i Edwards. I
Colonel Wm. R. Davie—Mr. Rush !
Hamrick.
Gov. W. A. Graham—Mr. Ed ;
Anderson.
Mammy—Mrs. George Hoyle.
Governor Zebulon Vance—Dr. I
i Boyer.
Governor Charles B. Aycock— !
Mr. ,J. C. Newton.
Kiwanis Entertains
Former Service Men
The Shelby Kiwanis club is en- j
tertaining members of the Warren,
F. Hoyle Post of the American le-!
gion at Cleveland Springs hotel on |
Thursday night at 7 o’clock and all i
members of the legion who expect |
to attend are asked to notify' Ev-i
erett A. Houser, post adjutant, as
soon as possible so that arrange- j
ments may be made for them. All
members of the legion are asked t >
call Mr. Houser at 595 before noon
Thursday; earlier if possible.
NO OTHER CHANGES
IDE IN HEWS OF
Dill DEMENTS
Report of Change in Water and
Light Department Erroneous.
Dorsey Announces.
No departmental ehange< other
than in the police, fire, clerical and
street departments have been made
*o far by the mayor-elect and the
aldermen-olect. according to a
statement by W. N. Dorsey, mayor
Jt, this morning.
allowing a meeting several
hts ago of the board-elect it was
reported about the streets that .1
Charge was being considered in the
water and light department now
headed by R. V'. Toms. Questioned
ah<>ut the matter Mr. Dorsey ans
wered: “There is nothing to it. So
far as I know there has not been
sufficient complaint about this de
partment to even necessitate con
sideration of a change.”
T‘I have done everything so far
tHat I said I would do, and have
made the changes I promised I
wpuld make,” was the manner in
V^ich the mayor-elect concluded
jfljf subject.
jMsked about employment of fire
win and nolice officers bv Rich
and Roach, Mr. Dorsey stated
flfct .he did not feel that he had
jlv right to speak for them, as the
Jmtter of employing the men un
«r them ts up to the two chiefs.
However, it is understood that sev
ipal men for both departments have
jben recommended to the chiefs.
MRS. Mil IS
BUD IIIESDff
^Beloved Woman of No. 3 Township
i Buried at New Hope. Husband
And 5 Children Survive.
On Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Sam
Austell, who died Sunday night May
15th, was buried at New Hope Bap
tist church, amidst an unusually
large gathering of friends. Burial
services were conducted by Rev.
John W. Suttle and Dr. Zeno Wall
of Shelby and Rev. Mr. Moore of
Chester, S. C., a former pastor of
Mrs. Austell. A large and beauti
ful array of flowers attested to the
esteem in which shg was held.
Mrs. Austell was one of 15 chii.
dren of Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Bostick
of Shelby. She was born February
18th 1868 and at an early age join
ed the church and has ever since
been one of its most faithful and
diligent members. At the age of
20 she was married to Mr. S. H.
Austell of Earl, to v^ich union
was born the following children:
Mrs. John Byers, of Charlotte; B.
Austell, Hopson Austell and Ruby
Austell of Earl, and Wade Austell
of Charlotte. She was a most de
voted wife and mother and faith
ful in every duty, and made many
friends throughout the county.
Mrs. Austell had been in declin
ing health for some time, having
never recovered from a severe ill
ness of three years ago, and the
end came peacefully and quietly
Sunday night when her heart sud
denly failed.
Pall bearers were Mike Austell,
Yates Putnam, Lowery Austeil,
Baxter Bettis, Grady Putnam, and
Suttle Bostick, nephews of the de
ceased. A number of the nieces car
ried the flowers.
The following- brothers and sis
ters also survive: Miss Judie Bos
tick:, of Shelby; Mr. John Bostic of
Long Beach, Calif.; and Wade and
Attie Bostick of Pochow, China.
Hamrick Plant To
Enlarge Quarter*
The Whiteway Dry Cleaning Co.,
of which the genial Louis Hamrick
is the head, shoulders and the mo
tive power, is preparing to make a
substantial enlargement of their
quarters. Mr. Hamrick owns the
building in which the company :s
quartered, and he announced Wed
nesday that he has been planning
and is now executing an enlarge
ment to take care of added busi
ness. Forty feet of vacant space in
front of the shop for display pur
poses and storage capacity. “In
creased business” was the explan
ation offered by Mr. Hamrick for
the enlarging program. He said
his business has been very respon
sive ot the growth of Shelby.
SQUARE DANCE TO
OPEN NEW PAVILION
Rafe King, proprietor of Kings
swimming pool announces that h’.s
new pavilion which has just been
completed will be formally open
ed on Thursday evening May 20th,
beginning with a square dance at
8:30. Music will be furnished by a
local orchestra. The swimming pool
will be opened next week, if the
weather warms up.
108 Years Old, and No Gray Hairs
___ , JPfcs.
A century of life to look back upon, Mrs. Nancy J. No*'.on of Nel
sonvillc. Ark.. 13 I0S years old and hasn't a gray hair. */* Welson,
despite her age. maintains a lively interest in current * . - and
events, such as bobbed hair. Her best medicine, alio sajrs,^ vtli*
outdoors, She is shown hero with a K»*‘*'v"“'VkWr.
41 Killed By Autos In
This State During April
.
Smallpox Epidemic
Continues Decrease
The sma"pox epidemic over
Cleveland county seems on the
wane, according to local pyh
sicians. Dr. D. F. Moore, coun
ty physician, stated today that
not ner r so many cases are be
i ing report as were only a week
or so ago.
The decline in the spread of
the disease is accredited by
physicians to the wide use of
vaccine. More “sore arms’’ are
J being carried about Cleveland
county now than ever before
and smallpox is at its lowest
ebb since the epidemic started
OF SUITE HE SAKS
j _
1 Wishes to be Known as “Friendly
Governor” He Tells Audience
In Durham Meeting.
Durham,—O. Max Gardner, in an
address here Monday night opening
the Durham exposition, fostered by
the Durham Merchants association
declared that if he should ever be
come governor he would “covet no
! higher honor than to be known as
i North Carolina’s friendly gover
! nor.”
This declaration of ambition was
warmly applauded by the 5,000
people, including mayors of a num
ber of nearby cites and towns, gath
ered in the large warehouse where
the exposition is being held.
“I enjoy a fight. My life has
been one of contest. But when th?
battle is over and the game has
been won or lost, I cherish no bit
terness against my opponent,” Mr.
Gardner added.
COTTON MARKET
(By Jno. F. Clark & Co.)
Cotton was quoted at 10:30 today
on New York exchange:
May 15.54; July 15.79; October
16.18; December 16.35.
8 p. m. Southern weather: All
clear except cloudy at Raleigh and
Corpus Christi. Memphis had 1.08
precipitation. Forecast: Carolinas
and Georgia fair, Alabama fair to
day and possibly showers north por
tion tomorrow. Mississippi part
cloudy today and possibly showers
tomorrow, Arkansas showers to
morrow in west portion, Louisiana
and Texas part cloudy, Oklahoma
showers in east portion.
Memphis special to Journal of
Commerce says crop has made fa
vorable progress most of the east
ern belt, the lower half of Texas
nad non-flood section of Louisiana,
but quite the reverse is true in
north central and northeast Texas
eastern Oklahoma, most of Arkan
sas, west Tennessee and western
Mississippi. West and northwest
Texas and western Oklahoma need
rain.
Buying by mills to fix prices has
a firm tone and looks a purchase
on reactions.
There Were 122 Violent Deaths
During Month. Autos Big
Killer in N. C.
Raleigh,—Forty-one persons lost
their lives in automobile accidents
in April and a total of 122 persons
died violent deaths during month,
the monthly report issued by the
state board of health shows. In
March 102 persons died violent
deaths.
Burns accounted for a total of 26
lives as compared to the 28 per
sons who were burned to death in
March.
Spring like weather brought more
automobiles into use and the result
was that sixteen more lives were
lost from automobile accidents than
in March when King Winter sat
astride his throne.
Warmer weather also brought an
increase in the number*of homi
cides and suicides. In April there
were 20 deaths from homicides as
compared to 13 in March while the
number of suicides stood at U>. o"'
more than in March.
Three persons lost their lives in
trying to beat the speeding locomo
tives at railroad crossings as com
pared to the two deaths in March.
Gunshot wounds took a toll of
five lives as compared to eight in
j March.
Five died from drowning as eom
' pared to four from a like cause in
1 March. Lightning killed four as
i compared with none in the preced
ing month.
Up Goes Star’s
Circulation List
—
In the first 48 hours of The Star’s
subscription drive, 25 new readers
have been added to our list of
patrons. Watch the steady dumb.
Subscribers may pay by the year
$3 by carrier in Shelby and suburbs
or $2.50 by mail. For the conven
ience of many Shelby subscribers
are taken at 25c for four weeks,
12 copies. Here’s the last 48 hour
list: .
Charles R. Beason, Mooresboro.
Virginia Biggerstaff R-l, Latti
more.
Mrs. R. M. Farthing, Elnorn,
Canada.
Mrs. Jane Dover, Oak Ridge.
W. D. Crowderfi Norristown, Pa.
Cicero Mull, Conneaute Lake,
Pa.
In Shelby.
Mrs. H. L. Newman, S. LaFay
ette St.
Belmont Filling Station, South
LaFayette.
Will Griffin, S. Washington.
Mrs. Dock Griffin, S. Washing
ton street.
Mrs. J. W. Owens, S. Washing
j ton street.
, Mrs A. V. Seism, S. Washing
ton street.
J. M. Vaughn, S. Washington.
1 Martha Mills, E. Graham.
Margie Smith, E. Graham.
Minnie Logan, Jennings St.
Mary Sanders, Jennings St.
Ida McKenzie, Jennings St.
Mary Wilson, Jennings St.
Rev. J. E. Robinson, Jennings St.
Mrs E. M, Auten. Gidney St.
Harry Capple, S. LaFayette.
J. R. Crawley, R-4, Shelby.
Mrs. Ferris, S. DeKalb. ,
T. Auten, Gidney St.
NAB MILLS MOORE
IA LITTLE ROCK
ON MURDER COUNT
Charged With Killing Husband of
Shelby Lady at Sharon, S. C.
Once Overpow ered Guards.
Mills Moore, who has served time
on the local chaingang and who li
years ago participated in an11 at
tack on McBride Poston, now po
liceman but gang camp guard a:
that time, has been apprehended in
Little Rock, Arkansas, according to
reports here.
Moore is charged with killing . ••
Policeman T. R. Pecaingcr at Sha
ron, S. C., in 1918. The widow of
the late policeman and her family
now live on Sumter street in this,
city.
Attack Poston.
• Twelve years Moore came very
near shooting Policeman McBride
Poston. Moore together with CJaudc
Haynes was serving time on the
county gang here and Poston was-a
guard. The two convicts slipped up
on the guard, Haynes striking him
down with a shovel. While down
Poston says Moore grabbed up h>s
double-barrel shotgun and started
to shoot him, Haynes persuading
him not to. The two convicts es
caped, were captured later and
sent to the Mecklenburg gang, es
caping from there some time prior
to the time Moore and his brother
killed Policeman Penniger.
The dispatches telling of the cap
ture of Moore follow:
Little, Rock, Ark., May 14.—Mills
Moore, alias Mills Pruitt, is being
held here to await the arrival of
South Carolina authorities, follow
ing a reputed confession, ascribed
to him by officials today that he
killed a policeman in York county,
South Carolina in 1918.
He was arrested here in connec
tion -rtrtih the theft of baggage at a
railway station.
Sheriff Informed.
York, S. £., May 16.—Mills
Moore charged with killing Police
man T. R .Penninger, at Sharon,
a village seven miles west of York,
September 30, 1918, is under arrest
in Little Rock, Arkansas, accord
ing to information received here
today.
A press dispatch was to the effect
that Moore had confessed that ho
was the man wanted for the killing.
He will return to South Carolina
without any formality of extradi
tion, Sheriff Fred E. Quinn was a-l
vised in a telegram received from
the chief of police at Little Rock.
With the capture of Moore, a man
hunt of almost ten years comes to
a close. On two occasions men sus
pected of being Moore have been
located in distant states, one of
them being brought from Missis
sippi several years ago, only to be
released when it was found to be a
case of mistaken identity.
The refuted confession in the
case of Moore, however, indicates
that at last the right man has beeii
found, officials declare.
Moore shot and killed Pennmger
while the latter was attempting to
arrest him and his brother, Frank
Moore, for disorderly conduce,
Frank Moore, began the row by
striking Penninger on the head with
a pistol, after which Mills Moore,
shot and killed him.
Mayor Luther Whitesides, w-ho
was held at bay with a drawn re
volver during the shooting. The two
brothers then fled and escaped.
The following December Frank
Moore was arrested in Raleigh, N.
C., and brought here and convict
ed of complicity in the killing. He
was given a sentence of ten years,
but escaped from the York county
chaingang after serving a few
months. Mills Moore, was not cap
tured until today. He has served
terms on the chaingangs of Meck
lenburg and Cleveland counties
North Ca(r9lina, and Greenville,
South Carolina.
Hopper Reunion 21st
And Not May 28th
Every seven years, Saturday be
fore the fourth Sunday in May
comes on the third Saturday and
not on the fourth Saturday, so when
The Star put a head over the re
union notice of the Hopper reunion
appearing in Monday’s Star, we did
not bear this fact in mind, so a cor
rection is necessary. Saturday be
fore the fourth Sunday in May this5
year comes on May 21st and not
on May 28th. Those who expect to
attend the annual Hopper reunion
at Buffalo church just over the
edge of Cleveland in Cherokee coun
ty where the reunion has been held
for the past 20 years, will please
take notice of this corrected date.
Revs. Rush Padgett and W. E.
Lowe will preach.