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VOL, XXXV, No. 85
SHELBY, N. C.
MONDAY, JULY 16, 1928.
Published Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Afternoons
Late News
Cloudy Tuesday.
Today's North Carolina weather
report: Mostly cloudy tonight and
Tuesday Probably showers in south
west portion.
Talks for (Self.
In an interview with newspaper
men yesterday at Albany, Governor
Smith let it be known that he will
do his own talking and Is not respon
hlHIe tor statements and opinions
other democrats have. "I shall make
my own views known and I don't
ffel as if I should be called upon
to eomment upon everything that
every democrat sl.ys for himself,”
Smith stated.
SHEIBY BfiY. HIT
3T111. IS a
Young Henley V right Dies in Ra
leigh. Strut k While Chasing
Ball In Street.
Ten-year-old Henley Wright, son
of Mr. and Mrs. W L. Wright, of
Shelby, died Saturday morning a.
RnMgh, this state, from injuries re
ceived when struck by an automo
bile on the streets of the capital
earlier in the week.
According to word received from
Mr Wright, the remains were to
have been buried this afternoon in
Oakwood cemetery, Raleigh. Mr:
Wright's business partner, Mr. S. M.
Blanton, upon receipt of the news,
left for Raleigh to attend the fu
neral.
The brief detail of the tragedy was
this: The child with a number of
his pals was playing baseball in the
backyard of his grandmother's home
The ball was batted into the street,
and little Henley dashed for it and
was hit by the passing car. The ac
cident was said to have been unavoid
able on the autoist's part.
The child's ribs were crushed, and
his skull severely fractured. H~ lin
gered about 48 hours, in an uncon
scious condition, before he died.
The boy was ore of four Wright
children -Thomas, 14 being the old
est. next Clifton 12, then came Hen
ley and the youngest is a girl Render
age three.
Boy Makers Spoon
Into Cell Key; 4
Escape From Jail
Three of Escaping Prisoners Back in
County Jail. Youth Picked
I.ock on Door.
Jour whito prisoners escaped from
county jail here late Sunday after
noon when a spoon was transformed
into a key that turned the lock on
the "run-around' door. Three of the
four prisoners, however, were back
in jail before morning,
Credit for making a jail key out
of a spoon goes to young George
Painter. 16-year-old boy, who had
been arrested for entering a hotel.
The others escaping were Leo Feen
ey, of New York, known to his jail
companions as "Hobo”; Melvin
Lowery and R. W Thorrias. Painter.
Thomas and Feeney are back in jail
and Lowery is still at large.
Following a custom at the jail the
prisoners were taken from their
cells and turned into the "run
around" for their Sdriday clean-up
and also the changing of bedclothes
in their cells. Some time in the aft?
ernoon the lock was turned and the
four prisoners crept downstairs ani
presumably left the jail by the kiten
in door.
County and city officers immedi
ately circled outgoing channels of
travel and within a few hours, three
of the four were back in jail.
INFANT MORTALITY
LOWEST IN HISTORY
New York. July 15.—The infant
mortality rate in cities of the Unit
ed States during 1927 was lower tha.i
in any previous year, the American
Child Health association announced
today in its annual report.
The rate last year was 64.9 deaths
for each 1,000 births, as compared
with 73.7 in 1926 and 100 in 1915. the
association announced. The report
covers the 683 cities in the birth
registration area, embracing 40
states.
Mr. and Mrs. S. A. McMurry. Mes
dames Tom More and Jessie Wash
burn were Charlotte visitors Friday.
?
Ten years ago today Cleve
land county boys were en
route to France—
Five years ago Shelby was
a member of an organized
baseball league—
Today many things of im
portance are happening in
Shelby and Cleveland coun
ty—
—Y'ou get it all, “five and
ten years ago,” yesterday and
today in The Star—
Turn to an inside page for
news items of a decade and a
hair back. On any page
you’ll find live news items of
today.
THE STAR
“COVERS CLEVELAND
COMPLETELY”
POLITICAL URL
ABOUT SHELBY AS
CAMPAIGN NEARS
Next Governor And Next State
Chairman Have Many Callers
And Friends.
Shelby dubbed several years back
as North Carolina's "junior capital'’
bids fair to live up to the title dur
ing the next few months
With the time fast approaching
when the man who has been known
as the “next governor" for eight
years will become Governor Gard
ner, his personal calls and corres
pondence are Increasing rapidly.
And added to the demand upon him
is a similar rush to get better ac
quainted with the likely new; state
chairman, O. M. Mull, who was rec
ommended to the state executive
committee by Gardner.
Going To Raleigh.
Messrs. Gardner. B T Falls. O.
M. Mull and Ex-congressman C. R.
Hoey will leave today for Raleigh 10
attend'the executive committee ses
sion there Tuesday at which time Mr
Mull will likely be formally named
state chairman of the Democratic
party to succeed Attorney General
Dennis Brummitt.
If Mr. Mull is named chairman—
which seems an assured fact now—
his headquarters during the cam
paign will, of course, be in Raleigh
from which point he will direct
Democratic workers, but quite a bit
of his time will be spent in Shelby
and an unprecedented amount of
political activity will be seen here-t
abouts even for a political town.
Mr. Gardner, too. will be away
much of the time in the coming
months on his speaking tour of the
state as gubernatorial nominee, but
ail pilgrimages will be made from
Shelby as headquarters Mr. Hoey as
presidential elector will be active in
the national campaign as may be
Judge B T. Falls, county chairman,
and other local campaigners.
There is considerable activity now.
Department heads, sectional leaders
and many politically inclined are al
ready finding their way to the sec
ond-floor office where Gardner has
mused over his farm crops and legal
problems for a half decade while
he waited. Likewise Democratic
leaders, talcing the Gardner recom
mendation of Mull appointment as
certainty, are already conferring
with the prospective chairman about
fall campaign plans.
That the campaign could be any
thing but active hereabouts, with
the governor and state chairman
both home-town folks, would be a
foolish thought.
SUNDAY SCHOOLS TO
MEET AT ST. PETERS
Pennant To Be Awarded To School
Sending Largest Number
Of Delegates.
Officers of the Cleveland county
Sunday school association announce
that the annual county Sunday
school convention will be held on
Thursday and Friday. August 9 and
10, with the St Peters Methodist
church, eight miles north of Shelby,
on Morganton road.
Outside speakers helping in the
convention will be Miss Flora Davis,
Raleigh, acting general superin
tendent of the North Carolina Sun
day school association; and Miss
Mvra Batchelder. Spartanburg, S.
C„ general superintendent of the
South Carolina Sunday school as
sociation
Also helping on the program will
be several of the best known Sun
day school workers in the county.
The convention is interdenomina
tional, and workers from all Sunday
schools in the county are invited to
participate in the work.
In charge of the arrangements for
the convention are C. T. Stamey
and J, F. Ledford, president and
secretary of the county Sunday
school association. These officers are
requesting the cooperation of all
pastors, superintendents and other
Sunday school leaders in the effort
to make the convention a success.
The officers have announced that
again this year a pennant will be
presented to the Sunday school hav
ing in the convention the largest
number of representatives, sixteen
years of age and over, according to
the number of miles traveled. It is
expected that there will be much
friendly competition for the pen
nant among the Sunday schools of
the county.
Come 52 Miles To
Shop Here In Shelby
A party of folks came over this
morning from Granite Falls to do
their shopping with Shelby mer
chants. They had heard about the
fine stores here and the wonderful
array of merchandise to select from,
so they travelled to 52 miles to buy
[in Shelby.
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A Gift for the President
I’rt" it! e n t Cool id go's angling at Brule, tVi... ihi summer won't
suiter lor lack or good equipment—not if the Boy Scouts can help
n. . The president is shown here accepting a pew" fishing i< front
the‘Scouts of Superior, tVis. In the picture, with the pr a,dent, are
Scouts Donald Kunsman and llarri.on Seeley, witu Stoac-.lster,
John L. Banks standing behind them.
! Mrs. Al Smith Puts \
I Her Children First !
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| - Is A Home Loving Woman - I
(By Allene Summer, Staff Writer For The Star And NEA
Service,) __
Albany, N. V.—If Governor A1 Smith goes to the White
House that’s perfectly okay with Mrs. Governor Smith, but if
“Alfred” doesn’t land there the lady in the case doesn’t “see
any use in fussing around about it; it’s meant that way, and
as long as we have each other and the children we’ll be hap
py any place.”
This sums up, pretty much in her
own words, the attitude of Mrs. Al
fred E. Smith, first lady of New
York state, concerning her possible
futures as first lady of America.
Contentment and happiness in
her home and family anywhere and
anytime so permeate Mrs. Smith
that she fairly radiates her con
tentment.
We talked about “the children,”
the monkeys in the executive man
sion's backyard, and the house as
we sat together on a green and
gold divan in the French and Chin
ese reception room.
I felt acquainted with the mistress
of this big house long before she
came down the grand stairway with
' Alfred'' and some men luncheon
guests. I had. become acquainted
with her and the house during my
half hour's wait there.
Just i,ike Heal Home.
It was a House of Noises—fam
ily noises—not the hushed, digni
fied mausoleum like house that first
homes so often are.
I heard a woman laughing up
stairs—not a sophisticated, re
strained tinkle of laughter, but a
real laugh punctuating the bari
tone conversation. I knew that it
was Mrs. Smith. I had been told
that the governor didn't even like
to entertain at a stag lunch witn
out "the chairman” around to
make everybody feel right at home.
Some paiTots and goldfinches
were chattering. a baby cried, a
child's scooter dashed across a
floor, doors slammed, and the
major domo could be heard order
ing "better berries today.”
It didn't seem like an executive
mansion. It seemed like just a home
. & home of family noises.
When Mrs. Smith breezed in, still
laughing over the jokes and fun
had by the little group of friends
‘In the private quarters upstairs, I
just couldn't and wouldn't believe
that here was a first lady. She
wouldn't let me. She just wanted to
"neighbor over the fence" about
the children and the children's
children and needlepoint and the
tulips up the front walk, and
whether I’d had a long hard trip.
Is Easy To Talk To.
Mrs. Smith is the easiest person
to talk to and with one could ima
gine. Her first concern is to put the
| stranger at ease. The "governor’s
lady" was in a copperish green
chenile with amethyst earrings.
First of all she pointed out Emily
and Walter and Arthur, and Ar
thur's wife and little Walter and
Alfred, junior, in the dozen or so
'chased silver frames about the
room.
There are innumerable framed
pictures of various members of the
Smith family in the 20-room mam
sion. I lost count on my tour of the
old house. The pictures were the
possessions pointed out by not the
first lariv. but bv just. ‘‘mama” and
“grandma" as we went from one
room and one floor to another.
The old carvered clock fn the hall
might be passed by without a word
but not a single picture of any of
the- brood, and her own exquisite
needlepoint bell ropes and chair
seats and divan covers failed to be
pointed out.
This tour with the first lady j
proved her 100 per cent domesticity!
perfectly. She stressed the bath |
room and fireplace with each guest
chamber, the reading lamps, the
"good air' which Walter, the baby,
aged 19. got in his room. Here was
just any woman parading her home,,
large or small. I
Family All That Matters.
"A home’s just a home anyplace.”
Mrs, A1 Smith epigrammed. “The
only thing that matters to me now,
ever has mattered, or ever will is
my home and A1 and the children.
“I just can t imagine a home with
only cne or two children, either.
What do they do at Christmas and
Thanksgiving? The children and A1
and I have had such good times to
gether ali our lives. Why. you should
have just droped in on us some
time when we lived in New York!1
We'd all get around the table and
have a regular circus.
“Big rooms and things like this
don't make families happy,” she
philosophized with a sweep of the
hand at the lamps and cushions
and oriental rugs and French dolls
and carved chests and china orna
ments. .
"I'm not a bit happier here than
I was in our Oliver street three
room flat. and I won't be a bit
happier in the White House than
here. But if A1 wants it—’*
The first lady of New York likes
many "pretty things” about her.
Two French dolls in cerise adorn
the green taffeta bedspread of the j
gubernatorial bed. A “health ma- i
chine" stands by the bed. An altar
with candles and images is at one'
end of the room.
Off this room is Mrs. Smith's
|Own boudoir._A French doll sat in
’ every chair. Cloissone and illum
ined leather, taffeta and drapes,
j cushions and mother of pearl, made
the “boudoir” a regular Cecil B. De
Mille movie set.
Movies In Home.
"Yes, it's cosy and cheery,” said
Mrs. Smith, gazing fondly at her
own sanctum.
The governor’s study is on this
floor, and a private sitting room. It
lis here that the Smith private life
is lived. the Sunday afternoons
when all the children come home
javith the grand children, where they
see the new movies several nights
a week, and where their old friends
jfrom the Bronx and east side gath
i.er around the fireside to talk over
i the good old days
'Confirmed on pstgfc' four 1
i
Fair Secretary and Departmental
Heads Already Busy Preparing
For Big Farm Event.
With only two months to go un
til the big Cleveland County Fair
this fall. Secretary J. S. Dor
ton and his assistant are al
ready busy preparing for the biggest
county farm exposition in the two
Carolinas.
A formal program for the five
days has not been mapped out as
yet, but Secretary Dorton already
has most of his shows and attrac
tions selected and along with the
officials in various departments has
about planned the various types o:
entries and exhibits. One meeting of
department heads and officials has
been held and another will likely be
called soon.
“We hate to say the same old
thing—that it’s going to be better
than the last one—but we’ve said it
several times now and I believe the
thousands who have attended will
agree that marked improvement was
shown each time,” the fair secretary,
stated. “So, why not be frank about
it? We have one more year's experi
ence to work with and we’ve con
stantly been growing, not only m
size, but in the nature of exhibits
and attractions.”
The fair program, it is assured,
will bring back the regular list of
attractions with some additions. The
regular list, of course, includes horse
racing, shows, fireworks programs,
stunts a gay midway, and nearly ev
ery type of farm, home and live
stock exhibit that could be imagined
in a Piedmont Carolinas agricultur
al section.
At present the fair association is
offering three prizes for the best
fair slogans submitted by July 28 to
Mrs. Irma Wallace, home demonstn
tion agent.
School Principal
For Shelby Will
Be Selected Soon
Superintendent Griffin Anounees
Miss Keller's Successor. Faculty
About Complete.
Supt. I. C. Griffin. of the city
schools home from Chapel Hill for
the week end. states that the new
principal for the Shelby High
school, to succeed Prof. S. G. Chap
ell, may be announced at an early
date.
A number of experienced school
heads are now being considered by
Superintendent Griffin and the
school board, but no definite de
cision has been reached as yet.
Other than the selection of a prin
cipal and one or two teachsrs the
entire city schools faculty for the
coming year is complete.
Teacher Training Head.
Miss Kathleen Emerson, of Gree.i
wood, S. C., will succeed Miss Mary
Keller as head of the teacher train
ing school here Superintendent Grif
fin also stated. Miss Emerson was
selected by the state department of
education and approved by the lo
cal school board. Her salary, as a
trainer of teachers, is paid by the
state. Miss Emerson has done grad
uate work at Columbia and Pea
body. For five years she has been a
special teacher in the city schools
of Winston-Salem.
Corn Doctor Draws
Good Business On
City Street Corner
All the world loves a lover, runs
an old adage, and it seems as if
nearly as many people are interested
in corns that grow on the toe, or
rather in how to remove them.
Shelby is several years removed
from the old days when the medi
cine shows and corn dottors were
the biggest Saturday attractions, but
a com doctor who ballyhooed his
wares from & street corner here
Saturday did a good business and
kept his pet street corner packed.
Shoe merchants who boost the
merits of corn-less shoes would be
surprised if they knew' just how
many people exhibited their need
for such shoes by patronizing the
foot “expert” who made a days
stand here over the week-end. The
doctor caried the usual line of med
icine vials filled with the custom
ary red fluid that “takes ’em out by
the roots, ladies and gentlemen!
Completely removes ’em, if you
please, without pain to you or your
corn. Step right up, ladies and gen
tlemen! Let me demonstrate. Why
walk around with a grouch on your
face and a limp ill your limb? When
I get through with you, you’ll have
to look at the almanac to see when
it’s going to rain—there’ll be no com
| left t.o warn you 1 \nrl >o or>.
Knifes Her Hubby
Over Other Woman
As Babe Looks On
[Colored Woman Carve* Erring
Spous* While Her Child Ke»U
On Shoulder.
"I'm done an' got enough of yo'
■messin’ wit dat woman, so take
dat," Daisy Black, young colored
woman, told her husband, James
Black, Saturday afternoon as she
drove a knife blade into his shoul
der just a few' minutes after she
met him with "other woman" on La
Fayette street near the Webb drug
store.
As she plunged the knife blade
into her husband with one hand she
held her 13-months-old baby in her
left arm. The pickaninny merely
cooed as he watched the bustle of a
Saturday shopping crowd, unmind
ful of domestic trouble in his own
family. "The other woman" who
had walked up street with James,
did not tarry long.
Passers-by and officers interfered
before the woman could do serious
damage and she and her husband
were jailed. In county court todn /
the woman was taxed with the costs
for her gentle reprimand of the err
ing husband, while the husband, who
in the melee had slapped'his wife .;
face, was given a 60-day road sen
tence. The sentertce followed infor
mation tendered the court th it
James had been staying about "the
other woman” reqularly and neces
sarily was not giving his cotton crop
and his own family quite enough at
tention.
LITTLE INTEREST
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Bishop Candler Among: High Prc
lates Denouncing Cannon
Movement.
Asheville, July 15.—Political lead
ers of western North Carolina, claim
mg a lack of enthusiasm for the
movement, were free in their predic
tions today that Bishop Cannon’s
dry rally, scheduled to be held here
Wednesday, will not be attend by
the success for which he had hoped.
So far only 18 persons, more than
half of them women, have made re
servations at hotels here for the
conference, which. Bishop Cannon
has announced, will be held behind
closed doors. Those who have indi
cated their intention of being pres
ent are almost without exception
connected in some manner with the
Methodist church through its vari
ous boards and field work. who
might be expected to follow the lead
of Bishops Cannon, DuBose and Mou
zom. all of whom will be here.
From South Carolina comes the
news that Governor Richards, re
garded as the champion of dry sen
timent and Dr. E. O. Watson, editor
of the Southern Methodist Advo
cate, of Columbia, have indicated
they will not be present, although
they were invited.
Dr. W. M. Forrest of the Univer
sity of Virginia, prominent theolo
gian, has issued a statement de
nouncing the activity of ministers h:
politics and Bishop Warren Candler
of Atlanta, probably the most in
fluential leader in southern Metho
dism. in reply to numerous requests
for his position, made it plain that
he was not in sympathy with those
who sought to drag the church into
politics.
Josephus Daniels secretary of the
navy in Wilson’s cabinet, long re
garded as the leading, exponent of
dry sentiment in North Carolina,
will not be present. Mr. Daniels is
supporting Governor Smith.
Rev. H. F. Wright of Rosman, this
state, Baptist went so far as to
write Bishop Cannon a letter in
which he declared that "we can wed
afford to trust God and the Ameri
can people to do the right thing'
and questioned the propriety of min
isters entering the political arena.
With cold water being thrown on
the Methodist-Baptist movement to
defeat Smith from within the own
ranks of the churches, there is lit
tle fear among political leader in
North Carolina that the threatened
bolt will be anything but a myth.
The fact, coupled with the ap
pearance of the negro issue, refer
red to by half a dozen speakers and
writers in widely separated sections
of the south, will, it is believed, dis
count effectually any steps that the
ardent drys may take to block the
victory of the New York governor,
the politicians say.
Stroup’s Condition
Shows No Change
The condition of Attorney Rush
Stroup, former county treasurer, re
mains about the same, according to
reports from his bedside this morn
ing. He is able to take a little
nourishment, is perfectly rational,
but his pulse is still low and his
vitality gradually weakening.
Mr. Ed Caldwell of Kings Moun
tain v at a Shelby visitor on Friday,
Heavy Rains About Shelby
Damage Crops, Burst Lake
Mrs. Vanderbilt
Just half an hour after she had
obtained a divorce from Waldo
Hancock Logan at Keno, Nov.,
Mary Wkr Logan married Cor
nelius Vanderbilt, Jr., the publish
er. % underbill, also recently was
diro, • • • %vife
Bulwinkle For A1
But Opposes Any
Change In Dry Law
Congressman Tells Smith He Will
Work For Him But Against ,
Any Wet Ideas.
Gastonia, July 13.—In reply to in
terviews given out the past few
days, by Charles A. Jonas, of Lin
colnton, Republican nominee for
congress from the ninth district, in
which the G. O. P. candidate charg
ed that A. L. Bulwinkle, Democratic
candidate to succeed himself, and
not stated his position on the liquor
question, the latter today issued a
i statement in which was embodied
1 copy of a letter he sent to Gover
nor A1 Smith on July 2.
After congratulating the governor
on his nomination and assuring him
of active support in the coming
campaign, Representative Bulwinkle
said: "As the Democratic nominee
for congress from the ninth con
gressional district of North Carolina
it is not amiss for ms to say that
if in the future any attempts arc
made to repeal or amend the 18th
amendment, or to amend or repeal
any of the existing prohibition law.!,
I shall, as a member of congress,
strenuously oppose any such at
tempts. This statement is made so
that in the future there can be no
misconception of my views on the
prohibition question."
Earl Youth Smiles
And Wants Food
Broken Leg is Reset. Blood Trans
fusion is Resorted To. Is
Better Today.
For the past two days it looked as
if Louis Earl, young son of Quinn
Earl, manager of EJird's Shelby store
who suffered a broken leg some
weeks ago when the car in which
he was riding went over an embank
ment near Grover, could not sur
vive. The broken bone had not
knitted correctly and surgeons had
to open his leg again, rest the bone
and tie it together with a silver bolt.
He was in the operating room for
two hours and lost much blood. As
a result he has been very weak and
for several days, it was feared that
he could not make the grade.
This morning a smile beamed
across his youthful face and he ask
ed for nourishment. The family and
friends are greatly encouraged as he
shows signs of improvement. On Sat
urday his father gave his blood for
a transfusion into the veins of the
youth to restore his strength and vi
tality. This it has done, and now a
turn for the better seems to have
! come.
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Lineberger-Thompson Lake Dam
Gives Away Before Torrent.
Bottom Land Flooded.
A heavy downpour of rain late
Friday afternoon following daily
rains for a week or more did con
siderable damage to farm crops in
the immediate section about Shel
by.
Along Hickory creek, sections of
Broad river and particularly along
Buffalo creek bottom lands were
flooded and much damage done to
the crops. In some instances the
swollen streams swept wide paths
through cotton and corn.
Damage About Cleveland.
Late in the afternoon the dam
holding the water in the Lineber
ger-Thompson lake, just north of
Cleveland Springs, was swept away
and for a time the valley below the
lake and about the springs wras
covered with a rushing torrent of
water. The small swimming pool
dam at Cleveland Springs also gave
away and several small bridges were
washed down stream.
The washing rain was classed
as the only hoodoo on Friday the
13th hereabouts.
A peculiar thing about the recent
heavy rains is that several sections
not far removed from Shelby have
received very little rain. Deputy
Tom Sweezy in town Saturday stat
ed that he ploughed all day Friday
and could hoe his crop today—this
with other sections almost washed
away with the continuous rains. I,i
the lower part of the county th-;3
has been no great amount of rain,
and in sections to the west, about
Spindale, the crops are suffering
from a lack of rain, according to re
ports.
To Rebuild Lake.
J. D. Lineberger, who along with
Carl Thompson, owned the Cleve
land lake, stated Saturday that the
lake would be rebuilt and enlarged.
The dam, it is understood, wall be
nearer the highway 20 bridge, thus
giving about 10 more acres to the
w'ooded valley to be covered by the
lake when the dam is rebuilt.
This Beet Beats
Any Beet—12 Lbs.
Here's the story of a beet that
tried to beat all the other beets in
the community and made good. It
was grown in the garden of R. E.
Newton, who lives on R-l Casar, and
attained to the dignity of 12 pounds.
Which most folks will agree is some
beet.
Mr. Newton said he had others in
his garden of the proportion of nine
pounds and under.
The lucky gardener exhibited the
phenomenon in The Star office this
morning. It was of the size of a ,
more or less ambitious watermelon,
but colored like a beet, shaped like
a beet, and. to all intents and pur
poses. was a beet.
Mr. Newton said he could ascribe
no reason for its huge size, other
than that perhaps its glandular sys
tem, like those of fat humans, was
in some way extraordinary.
Former Citizen lo
Buried Here Sunday
Mr. John E. StGeorge died Satur
day morning in Suffolk. Va„ and his
remains were brought here for in
terment beside his wife in Sunset
cemetery Sunday afternoon. Older
citizens will remember Mr. St.
George who lived here for a number
of years and married Miss Letitia
Stephens, an aunt of Mr. Harris
Hardin, Mrs. Robert Crowder and
Miss Mayme Hardin. He-was about
75 years of age and highly respect
ed citizen. His wife was buried here
about a year ago.
The funeral was conducted here
at the Palmer Funeral home by Dr.
Hugh K. Boyer. Out-of-town people
here for the funeral were: Capt. and
Mrs. David St. George and son Dr.
John St. George, of Portsmouth, Va.
Messrs. A. B, Stephens. Crayton
Stephens and son Crayton, jr.. ot
Suffolk. Va. and Dick Pierce, of
Rocky Mount.
County Man Goes Back To
Prison, Parole Revoked
| Ed Terry of Kings Mountain, Goes
Back to Serve Murder Term
After Three Tears.
Ed Terry, white man convicted of
slaying a negro in 1923 on a con
struction job at Kings Mountain,
was sent back to the state prison
yesterday after three years of free
dom hi good behavior parole having
been revoked because of poor be
havior since he was freed in 1925.
Had Five Years.
Terry was given a five-year pern- i
tentiary sentence in 1923, but after
serving two years he was paroled
due to his past reputation and his
behavior during the two years.
Of recent months, however, it is
alleged that he fell in the toils o£
the law both at Lincolnton and
Kings Mountain and word of the two
affairs reached the ears of Pardon
Commissioner Bridges and eventu
ally came to the notice of Governor
McLean, who revoked the parole.
Deputy Bob Kendrick departed
with Terry for Raleigh Piinday,