North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. XXXIV, No. 71 SHELBY, N. 0. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1927 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons, By mail, per year (in advacsa)—12.66 By carrier, per year (in advanca) fS.Ofl What’s THE News fj-jlE STAR'S REVIEW. „ . ,tatp automobile tags may Sr to July 1. if the ola ^8^'' 1 _that. l^J/not removed before that J lording to an item in The r today. tvnnrr Eskridge yesterday held C* t over the body of an ln • '•J8'.., Kings Mountain *nundawhi<h developed a sensa 2 story of a 16-year-old moth r »nd her child. A pardon is being sought for Dil ird Dean, young Gaston boy who led from the chaingang here Ilars aKoina co-called masked ,nd raid of the camp. Dean was lllv returned to the gang from ew York state. A drunken brawl Sunday in the tlP ground section below Kings Junta in resulted in a small girl ng seriously injured, her father (t, and others jailed. The insurance rate for business hnildines and contents in the up L section of Shelby has been lowered because of better fire pro tection. it is announced from Ka l«fh- * . . Pension check., for Confederata wterans have ai rived here for dis tribution. phe two seriously injured auto jieeck victims in the Shelby hoa pital are showing improvement. Who has the most to say about AI Smith? The politicians, or the epople? Read the editorials today. HIVES LETTER IS. H LIST Ml Waco Woman of Distinguished An. cestry Writes a better as Her Last Will and Testament. A letter addressed to her nieco Miss Alice H. ilea ns of Columbia, S. C., was left in the valuable pa pers of Mrs. Pink Miller of Waco, purporting to be her last will and testament disposing of her estate valued at approximately $5,000. The letter was probated this week be fore derk of the Court A. M. Ham rick. It will be recalled that Mrs. Wlkr was the daughter of a form B secretary of state of South Car diaa and had two uncles who serv ed «s governor of that state. In her valuable papers was a let ter addressed to her niece Miss Alice H. Means “to be opened if anything happens.” This was plac ed in another envelope addressed to Addie Whitworth, wife of M. C. Whitworth a friend and neighbor who had ministered unto Mrs. Mil ler very faithfully during her illness The paper purporting to be a will was written in letter form and was without a witness, hut stated that •he realized she was growing weak er and asked that Miss Means “at tend to all of her affairs for her’’ and make disposition of her estate, naming a number of beneficiaries, including $100 each to Mrs. Whit worth and her daughter, Miss Kate Latimer, a niece, $100 to the Waco Baptist church for the care of the fraves of Mr. and Mrs. Pink Mil ler. Small bequests were made to ether relatives. The Millers had no children. ^Miss Means who was selected in !* ^tter to look after her affairs »to receive almost half of the es «to. She works as a stenographer Columbia, S. C. Miss Means will eo doubt administer on the estate. Kean Beetle In County Damaging •'Tactically every portion of eland county has been visited wently by the destructive bean i..e ®ce°rdin(r to County Agent n iardin. In several sections m necessary precaution have , l€e" takpn< considerable dani Jf 0 the bf,fln crop has been done ays- A sure destruction for [i., ' " ''ore uestruction lor alci.r P’ be is dURtinK with m arscnate, or a soda mix Brp T »oua mix *;ln fJu«tinpr, according: to the V «Kent, one should be eare , 0 ‘ ust on the underside of *Jea\es as the beetles hang tetion . ., oi me waco lUsnri SaVs *bat the beetle has ^h,rstrab,e <iamase in - ^ °°^ and « similiar beetle ii after his young water don Dp ■f„P"ty John II(>rd, of the Waco WacrI'eS »• Ctherwige crops in It, he .J!‘CU.0n are very Promis kti ore'S'.that section having ireofrlns than »«* other s ot the county. 0 Start Revival HereOn Monda; k. who ba SlSk and Rov- M «ful revival'Vf* C'°Sed a 8U revival atForest City, w Hary m ”1. ;S?rv,ces at the Mi ky ChUrch’ in we bounced y n'Kht’ June 20’ Nia|PjSBrS c°ldiaUy invite Ambers trt,?u8 extend« s of other churches. Blind—Succeeds \ w Charles L Bastian. blind, at 1T‘ was a penniless Immigrant. Now. at 62 he Is president or the Bas tlan-Blesslng Co of Chicago, and a millionaire ^He to aa exp<vf on high pressure gasses and holds 61 patents for gas processes. Girl Has Her Skull Fn As lTn~l And Father Battle Drunken Orgy Below Kings Moun tain Results in One Being Shot, Another Injured. (Special to The Star.) Kings Mountain—As the result | of a drunken brawl in the battle : {ground section below here Sunday ! afternoon, G. H. Bryson is in the ; York (S. C.) jail with a bullet hole in his left foot and a gash in his head, his ten-year-old daughter is ; in a serious condition with a frac tured skull and a brother-in-law, Ollie Cook is being sought by offi 1 cers. ■ • Following the brawl Bryson and his young daughter were brought to Kings Mountain for treatment, after which Bryson was taken to South Carolina—the affair happen-j ed just over the line—and the. lit tle girl back to her home. According to the best informa-' tion obtainable Bryson, his wife j and two young daughters were vis- ■ iHng at the home of Cook on' Sunday afternoon. Both men wero well “tanked up’’ on booze, it is said, and a row developed. Guns, rocks and an axe played a promin ent role in the affair, according co a story told by the older of the two little Bryson girls, Hiley. Wife Gets Axe. ■ Cook, it is said, shot at Bryson several times, one bullet entering Bryson’s foot. Mrs. Cook was said ot have entered the affair with an axe, and one story had it that the gash on Bryson’s head was made by the axe when she swung at him and that the little 10-year-old daughter of Bryson tried to keep i the blow from hitting her father | and received a fractured skull as a result. However, the story told by the older of the Bryson girls was that her father and uncle were throw ing rocks at each other when one of the rocks struck her little sis ter. The particular rock which hit and seriously injured the child was said, according to this story, to have been thrown by her own father. 1 Operated on Girl. Bryr /Ti and a brother trying to' make a getaway were caught by De/vty Green Ware and Policeman Fjdrick, Bryson brought to Kings Mountain to await South Carolina officers stoically refused any treat ment for his wounds. The little girl was operated on by Drs. Hord and Stokes and a piece of her bat tered skull taken out. Following the operation generous Kings Mountain citizens made up a sum of money and had the child sent home in an ambulance. Warrants were sworn out for Cook and his wife also, but they had not been apprehended early in the week, it is said. A Home Behind It. All the pathos of a tragic drunken brawl featured the affair. A man wanted for shooting his brother-in-law, a child near fatal ly injured by her own father, and two families with a future to be in terferred with by law. It is said that the Brysons had just purchased a small strip of land on which to build a home for them selves and had been saving money for the little house by the side of the road. Bryson had the money with him, it is thought, Sunday aft ernoon and realizing that the men were drinking it is said that Mrs. Cook had Mrs. Bryson try to get the money away from her husband fearing that he might unknowing ly dispose of it while in such a condition. The attempt it is said brought on the brawl in which two were severely injured, and two cr more jailed. I Gaston Boy Who Escaped in Fa- , mous Masked Rrid of Convict Camp Seeking Pardon. Dillard Dean, Gaston county youth, who featured in one of the most startling escapades of the local convict ca.mp two years ago, may secure a pardon if a petition now being for warded to the governor is granted. This newspaper today carries formal notice of an application for a pardon or parole for the youth, the application being signed by j Mrs. Tom Dean, his mother. Dean was just brought back to Shelby a month or so ago after having been at large for near two years following his escape from the convict camp here. He gave up to officers in New York state and was returned here by Policeman i McBride Poston and has since his! return been wearing the khaki of the convict camp. Wide Publicity. It will' be remembered by court followers that Dean and a younger hrother-were tried in Superior court here two years or more ago for an attempted assault on two Gastonia girls while out motoring in this county. The elder Dean was sen tenced to two years on the roads, as it is remembered, his brother drawing a lighter term. Some time after his brother had completed his term the convict camp was held up by masked men, it was said. At the time there was wide publicity over the affair, it being reported that the Ku Klux participated, but was later denied officially by the klan. In the course of time the younger Dean and Lee Cody were captured in Ohio, but the elder Dean was not apprehended, vod and the younger Dean were given a hearing here for complicity in the escape of the elder Dean. Some weeks back local officers were notified that the other Dean was being held in New York state. He was returned and placed on the gang to complete the term over him at :he time of his escape. Thej publication of a pardon applica tion today is the first incident in the colorful Dean career to de velop since his return. Hoey Class To Have Barbecue Thursday j Large Bible Clans of Central Meth odist Church to Enjoy Outing At Cleveland Springs. Clyde Hoey’s Bible class compos-, ed of men of Central Methodist church will enjoy a barbecue and outing at Cleveland Springs Thurs day evening of this week. Plans are in the making for a great oc casion. Mr. Roy Sisk who is one of those in charge of arrangements says the Shelby High school band will furnish music while the negro - quartet which has become famous in these parts for rendering negro spirituals, will also be on the pro gram. There will probably be no speaking, but other features will be arranged to make the evening a j most enjoyable one. The barbecue will be prepared and served by Will Abernethy and Sam Morrison in the beautifully shaded grove at the playground, j The Men’s class has a total en rollment of 348 and is one of the ■ largest men’s Bible study classes in North Carolina. About ten days ago the class had a group picture made from the steps of the hand some new church building and 222 pien were present. The picture will appear In several church publica tions. Lindbergh Baby In This County j Kings .Mountain reports j the first “Lindbergh baby’’ ! in Cleveland county. i Last Sunday a son van ? born to Mr. and Mrs. Kelly ( Dixon, at Kings Mountain, ( and the youngster was named * Alvin Lindbergh Dixon, the 5 middle name being for Col- S onel Charles A. Lindbergh, 5 famous trans-Atlamic flier. ( Lone Eagle of Air (lets Tired of New York Crowds md Dodges Newspaper Reporters. New..York. June 14.—After sub mitting to being led about from function to interview arid back to function for more than three weeks Charles A. Lindbergh suddenly oe gan to play hide and seek with his retinue today and proved an adept at the game. Reporters rifted up to the Park avenue apartment house where Lindbergh and his mother are guests about 8 o'clock this morn ing, thinking that early enough to catch any man who had been up un til the small hours of the morning. They were informed at the door that the aviator was still sleeping and they settled down for a wait. Then it was announced that Lir.d bergh had left the apartment at 7 o’clock and gone for an automobile ride. The game was on. l ne next word of him came from Mitchell Field, where it esemed he had driven with Casey Jones, Cur tiss test pilot, and had inquired about conditions for flying to Washington so that he might pftnf back his trans-Atlantic “Spirit of St. Louis.” Conditions were bad, a heavy rain was falling and the charts showed no hope of brightening weather. So Lindbergh left the field, headed for New York, before any of his searchers had caught up with him. On returning to the Park avenue apartment he accorded the bewildered reporters a brief inter view, then disappeared again. But reporters knew that he and ' his mother had accepted invitations ! to a luncheon at the newspaper club | so there they lay in wait for him.' But—Lindbergh didn’t go to the luncheon. Harry Bruno, host at the lunch eon and associate of Richard Blythe Lindbergh’s personal representa tive, was informed of the change in the flier’s plans but he kept his counsel. Mrs. Lindbergh attended the luncheon alone and left befoie[ it was through. Then Bruno, who apparently was! also playing hide and seek or tag or something, announced that Lind bergh had gone to Newark, thenc? to proceed to Washington to fly his “Spirit” back in time to attend the city dinner in his honor at the Com modore. This announcement stood up just about long enough to get in print. Then it was discovered that the flier had made another trip to Long Island, and that instead of be ing at Newark he was up in the rain above Curtiss field, circling | about in a special Curtis Oriole and “feeling out” the flying conditions.' He came down after 20 minutes to announce that they didnot feel so good. When he was informed that Boling field at Washington was un der water due to the daylong down fall he announced that the flight was definitely off until tomorrow. Byrd May Fly Over Atlantic And Back Across, Reported New York, June 14.—It was likely it was learned here today that there may be another trans Atlantic flight over the week-end, it being learned that Commander Richard E. Byrd may take off by Friday. | Reports have it that Byrd may seek to establish a new record by flying to Paris and back again. He1 was the first man to fly over the North pole. A man close to the Byrd flying camp at Roosevelt field said this morning that Byrd intended to hop off tomorrow night or Thursday morning. The weather bureau, however, said that no request had been made to have ocean weather charts com piled and that the weather at least on this side of the Atlantic was not favorable. v Commander Byrd himself declar es that he had no intention of leav ing before Friday and that no de cision had yet been reached con cerning a return flight. He set Fri day, he said, because he believed that the first day that atmospheric conditions could have improved enough to make the journey feas ible. It was learned that the food for the trip, enough for 30 days in case of mishap, had been stowed away | in the ship and that the tanks hai been filled with gasoline. The heavy landing gear also .has been attached instead of the light wheels which have done service during the! test flying. ffltl USE NilS BEFORE JUIYI B1 KEEPING OLD IE Revenue Commissioner Makes Ex planation Clearing Up Tangle About Auto License. Raleigh.— Automobile owners may display the new half year li cense tags before July 1 but they must not be used to replace the old tags before that date. Revenue Commissioner R. A. Doughton raid explaining that the law does not prohibit the premature display of the new plate but does not allow the premature discard of the old. The delay of motorists in apply ing for the new plates, which were placed on sale June 1, has been attributed largely to the under standing that they could not be used until July 1. Revenue officials had interpret ed the law as prohibiting the dis play of the new tags, and an nouncement to that effect has been repeatedly made. It developed from the commis sioner’s explanation today, how ever, that the law is aimed at the old plates, being designed to pre vent their discard, and the new one substituted, until the begin ning of the fiscal period for which the plates are being issued. If, therefore. the motorists is willing to display two tags until July 1 he can attach his new plate, hang it where it will hide from view the 1926-27 tag which must be carried until June 30 has gone. Misunderstanding of the law is attributed for the arrest here Sat urday of a negro, Thomas Dunn, in charge of displaying his new plate in advance of the date speci fied by law. Dunn hired lawyers and made ready to bring n test case on the ground that the new motor laws carry no prohibition against the use of new tags. Insurance Rate In Business District Here Moved Down Welter Fire Fighting Facilities of Shelby Bring About Rat* Lowering of 5 Cents. The rate for fire insurance in the business district of Shelby has been lowered five cents owing to improved fire protection,, it is an nounced by the North Carolina In spection and Rating bureau. Supposedly the new rate result? from the addition of a new fire truck, a trained volunteer fire-fight ing department, and better water facilities provided by the new wa ter plant. A rate slip from Landon Hill, manager of the bureau, under the date of June 9, as noted by Marvin Blanton, South Shelby insurance and building and loan representa tive, reads as follows: “In consider ation of recent improvements in the Shelby fire protection, a credit of five cents is hereby allowed in rates published prior to this date, on all mercantile buildings and contents, where deficiency charge of ten cents is included. This to apply only to mercantile risks with in 500 feet of city hydrant and within three quarters of a mile of fire station.” Four or five years ago, insur ance men here say, a deficiency rating of 10 cents was applied to Shelby, and the new rate lowering of five cents mear.s that the defi ciency rating here now is only five cents, according to Capt. J. Frank Roberts, insurance representative. “Lindbergh” Dresses On Sale In Shelby The “Lindbergh” dress! Have you seen it? It’s the very latest from the style shops of the metropolis. J. C. McNeely, home from a buying trip to the big time, has brought several specimens of the garment with him. They are very dainty things, dolled up with a design of Lindys monoplane, and cut on smart lines. They are Milady’s last word to the world. Mr. McNeely went to New York to lay in a array of-new things for his June sale, and he brought home the bacon, and is advertising the sale in today’s Star. The merchant says the new things women are wearing are handsomer than ever (if that is possible); cut with more style and better lines. Word he brings homd is that the outlook for fall business by the New York merchants is es pecially encouraging. "New York is not overabusy at this time", ho declared, “but all believe the coun try is in for cne of the best au tumns for tha j»it fire or »it ycara." Car Canned 100 Feet by Twister r —-. — 11 ' i _ I Tin- recent tornado which killed several people and injured scorns st Kldon. Mo., carried this car 100 feet, but It still Isn't a bad auto for the fix it's in. as the motor runs In the picture are Charles luchs and his daughter Doris, both showing cffe.ts of the storm Old Newspaper Extra Found > Here Tells Of Lincoln’s Assassination Shad do not sell so high in the meat and fish markets of North Carolina in these days, but back during the hectic days near the end of the Civil war residents of Ra leigh were paying $50 for a pair of shad—if they had the money to pay The information about the time shad sold for a small fortune was secured from an extra edition of the New York Herald of 1865 which is now in the possession of Mere dith Hennessa, he having found it among the private papers of his father, the late P. L. Hennessa. The extra edition of the New York newspaper wras put out to oenvey to the public the news of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln..The paper was a six col umn affair and had only two large heads at the top. One of these col umns was headed "Important—As sassination of President Lincoln, President Shot at Theatre Last Eve.” The paper is dated Saturday, April 15, 1865, and in another col. umn under the photo of Lincoln is the heading "President Dead,” with ashort dispatch from Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War, saying that “the president died at 7:22 this morning.” Practically all the details of the 1 assassination and information about I the attack on Secretary Seward was given in dispatches from Sec retary Stanton, and this informa tion filled four of the six columns on the front page. The remaining two columns contained news of ‘The Rebels.’ One column was devoted to the last proclamation of Jeffer son Davis, and under it was a dis patch from the Danville (Va.) Reg ister telling of Davis moving his headquarters from Richmond to Danville. The sixth column con tained dispatches from other South ern newspapers, including four from the Raleigh Confederate and one from the Asheville News. High Prices. One of the dispatches taken from the Raleigh Confederate read “Our market on the arrival of the Weldon train yesterday became overstock ed with shad. They went off slowly at $50 per pair.” A dispatch from New Orleans published on the front page stated that cotton w-as selling for 42 cents per pound and flour for $9 per bar rel. Some Controversy. From another it is supposed that a controversy was on in this state over accepting Lincoln’s terms of surrender. An article from the Ra leigh Confederate was headed “Or gan of Gov. Vance Advising Gener al Lee to Submit to Mr. Lincoln's Terms.” However, the article dis closed that the Confederate was taking issue with the Conserva tive (the Vance organ) for having advised such procedure. The item taken from the Ashe ville News concerned the exchange of prisoners and told of the arrival at Asheville of General R. B. Vance. Other than on the front and back pages there was very little news in the four-page paper. There were two editorials on the editorial page, one commenting on the presi dent’s death and the other on Davis: last proclamation. On the back page were dispatch es from General Sherman, then at Goldsboro; General Grant at Rich mond, and from the war depart ment at Washington. The second third and fourth pages were prac tically filled with patent medicine advertising and testimonials. The Herald, according to the mast head, was published by James Gordon Bennett, editor and proprie tor. SHERIFF IN S. C. Deputy Townsend, of GGreenville, Arrested in Home of Slain Sheriffs Wife. A Spartanburg man in Shel by on business this morning conveyed the information that a deputy had been arrested for the murder of Sheriff 8. D. Willis, of Greenville. The Wil lis murder has attracted wide attention and the arrest of one of his deputies for the killing came as a complete surprise in South Carolina. The Spartan burg man also stated that De puty Townsend was arrested at the home of Mrs. Willis, wife of the murdered man. A Quiet Arrest. A late dispatch from Greenville says: j Henry Townsend, deputy sheriff, was Tuesday night arrested for the murder late Saturday night of 1 Sheriff Sam D. Willis of Green I ivile, under whom the accused man served during the entire term the , deceased was in office. The arrest was made upon a warrant sworn out by Detective W. W. Rogers, of \ l the governor’s constabulary, and Townsend was taken to the state prison in Columbia immediately after he had been arrested, he pro (Continued to page 8) 01 WRECK VICTIM IN COMA 10 DAKS Information from the Shelby hos pital this morning was that Ralph Morgan, one of the six injured in an auto smash between Shelby and Mooresboro a week and one half ago, is still unconscious at in tervals although 10 days have pass ed since he was injured. However, hospital attendants say that the injured man is showing quite a bit of improvement as is Pink Wright, the other seriously injured man. Morgan received a compound fracture of the right leg and sev eral fractured ribs, while Bright received a fractured skull. Both men are from Henrietta. Four oth ers received minor injuries in the same crash, it will be remembered. Commerce School Ends Term Today Twenty-two Young People Receive Diplomas From Commerce School in Shelby. The spring term of the Georgia Carolinas school of commerce clos ed here today. Twenty-two young people were given commercial diplomas by Mr. Spiva Richardson, commercial in structor. They were: Mrs. Ray Al len, Miss Olivia Hull, Miss Lola Connor, Miss Elsie Hardin, Mis3 Marian Bridges, Miss Lucille More head, Miss Nannie Jones, Miss Ma rian Jenkins, Mrs. Lillian Burton, Mrs. G. M. Green, Vernon Grigg. B. B. Wright, Norman Francis jr., Reid Harrelson, Everett Bridges, Boyd Propst, Eubert Irvin, Sam Crawley, Garland Washburn, Bill Putnam, Miss Cira Harrill, Bill Rayburn. BODY OF INFANT i FOUND IN SEWAGE NEAR KINGS MI. Child Born Out Of Wedlock Left In Sewer Disposal by 16 Year-OId Mother. •V Sanitation workmen at a Kings Mountain mill village yesterday morning uncovered one of the most nauseating clues to a probable crime in the history of the town. It is the custom of the mill vil lage, which has a surface toilet style of sewage disposal, to move the buildings at regular intervals. Tuesday morning workmen moving one of the buildings were shocked to find the body of an infant in one of the cesspool disposals under the structure. Officers were noti fied and an inquest by Coroner T. C. Eskridge followed with the re sult that ocnsiderable startling in formation developed. A family by the name of Wilson lived in the house nearest the building and an investigation at the house revealed that a 16-ycar old daughter, Odessa Wilson, was in bed in a serious conditon as the result of child birth. Facts that came before him, ac cording to Coroner Eskridge, were that the girl, who worked in a tex tile plant at night, visited the building Monday morning and while there gave birth to the child, being in such a condition physically that the child fell into the cesspool disposal. Following the birth of the child, it is said, she dragged herself to her home and went to bed suffering terribly. Later Dr. P. B. Stokes, Kings Mountain physician, was called to ' treat her, but it is understood that the birth and disposal of the child was unknown to anyone except the young mother until the gruesome find Tuesday morning. The mother of the girl told the coroner that some time back she believed her daughter to be in bad condition, but that the girl stated different ly and continued work so that her suspicions were quieted. An examination Made After the find the body was re moved and cleansed and an exam ination made by Dr. S. A. Lowry, called in by the coroner’s jury. Dr. Lowry, according to Coroner Esk ridge, stated that the child, a well developed boy, had been bom alive, but the physician was un able to tell, it is said, ju3t what caused the death, whether it was strangulation in the cesspool, or death from lack of necessary at tention after birth. The Wilson family moved to tho mill village from Mecklenburg county only a few months ago, it was stated. * Verdict Of Jury The Verdict of the coroner’s jury, in brief form, was that “the in fant child of Odessa Wilson came to its death through an unknown cause.” Citizens serving* on tho jury were J. A. Harmon, J. A. Wright, G. W. King, J. L. Lodin, Grady Patterson and J. M. Pat terson. Coroner Eskridge stated Tuesday* afternoon that the girl was in such a condition at the time of the in quest that it was not possible toj question her. Whether or not an infanticide charge will be prefer red, or just how the matter will be legally handled is ont known. Escaped Prisoner Back In Jail Here; Tom Gathaway, young negrai boy, is back in the county jail here after several days freedom. The boy, who was awaiting Superior; court on the charge of attempting, or assisting, in an attempted at* tack on a small negro girl, escap ed from the jail several days ago while the turnkey was watering the prisoners. Deputy Mike Austell last nighli located Tom at the home of rela tives in the North Brook section of Lincoln county. The boy was in bed at the time and had been working on the farm since escaping from jaiL , Pension Checks Now Here For Veterans! Pension checks for Confederate Veterans and their widows are now at the office of A. M. Ham rick, clerk of court, and may be called for at any time, it is an nounced. There is a total of 188 checks in all, 76 for veterans and 112 for widows. The veterans’ checks are $100 each with one being for $115, and the checks for widows are $50 each, a cash total of $18,2151 ^ . i