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VOL. XXXV, No. is) THE CLEVELAND STAR
SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 13, 1H29.
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LA TE NEWS
The Markets.
Cotton. Shelby . .——-—- 19'ic
Cotton Seed, bu--- "0!»c .
Cloudy And Warmer.
Today's North Carolina Weather
Report: Cloudy tonight and Thurs
day. Not so cold tonight and in
cenjral and east portions Thursday, j
Secret Ballot Today.
The Australian ballot bill, sup- 1
ported by Governor Max Gardner^,
will likely be voted upon by the
state senate in Italeigh today and
indications arc that the senate will j
put over the measure. Yesterday j
amendments to the bill and argu
ments concerning them took up the
day.
Cruiser Bill Signed.
Reports over wire from Wash- ;
ington this morning stated that
Rresldent Cooliuge teday signed
the 5274.000,000 cruiser bill.
Bank Moves To
Corner Stand j
Here Thursday
First National In New Quarters On
Old "Corner” Thursday.
New Vaults
Tomorrow, Thursday Morning,
at 9 o'clock the First National Bank ]
will be back “on the corner" at the
same location the institution operat
ed for years, except that the old
stand has been rebuilt and the bank
is located in the corner room of the
handsome new Hotel Charles struc
ture.
Banking business wiU not be in
terrupted in the removal from the
present temporary stand to the lo
cation where the ba.ik operated for
25 years before being forced to
move by the fire a year ago.
In the new quarters will be en
tirely new and modern fixtures,
three new vaults, convenient low
rail counters, and other late mod
em conveniences for banking
I
rooms.
The institution will hold no for
mal opening in changing locations.
Mrs. Hamrick Of
Lattimore, Dead
Died While On,Visit To Her Daugh
ter Mrs. Bridges At Eilen
boro. Age 75.
Mrs. Avery Hamrick, age 75 years,
died Tuesday morning at the .home
of her daughter, Mrs. C. Mills
Bridges near Ellenboro to which
place she had gone on a visit three
weeks ago. Mrs. Hamrick's home is
at Lattimore where she is held in
high esteem by her host of friends
and neighbors. She had been sick
for ten years, but was a consistent
Christian, a devoted wife and
mother, whose going away is a
source of great sorrow.
Her husband of Lattimore and
four children survive: Mrs. J. M.
Gardner of Lattimore, J. C. Martin
by her first marriage, J. B. Hamrick
of Neuse and J. O. Hamrick of the
Lattimore community. .One brother
also survives.
The funeral was conducted this
afternoon at 2 o'clock by Rev. I. D.
Harrill and interment was in the
cemetery at the Ellenboro Baptist
church.
Wrong Information
Given As To Fire
Mayor Wishes Those' Who Report
Fires jo Be Specific As
To Location.
A fire call yesterday caused no
little confusion to the fire depart
ment and has moved Mayor Dor
sey to request that those who re
port fires, be specific as to the loca
tion. A fire call came with the in
formation that the fire was at the
house on the “end of N. LaFayette
street.” The department reported
and found no trace of a fire. Then
they were told that the fire was on
‘‘end of S. LaFayette street” where
upon another race through con
gested traffic was made. Again the
location was wrong and finally the
fire was found to be grass in the!
yard of a residence on S. LaFayette
street near the ward school build
ing.
Mayor Dorsey says this confusion
often arises, because a citizen in
confusion gives the wrong location.
He asks that those who report fires
be specific and careful and that
some one stand in front of the
house where there is a fire and di
rect the fire fighters to the proper
place.
An alarm this morning took the
department to the Union Bank
building where an awning over the
» wore room recently vacated by the
A. and P. Tea store was ablaze
The damage was slight
Small Amount
Unpaid Taxes
In This County
lust Six Counties Had Less Unpaid
Taxes Than Cleveland
County.
In 1928 only six North Carolina
:ounties had less unpaid land taxes
ihan Cleveland county, and $ive oi
the six had no unpaid taxes at the
?nd of the collection year.
The five counties in which no
property was advertised and j
bought by the county for unpaid
taxes were Alleghany, Camden,
Chowan, Martin and Northamp
ton.
In Gaston county land taxes
bought.by the county totalled $2.-,
136, which was 15.63 percent of the
taxes advertised, or in other words j
only .21 percent of the total tax
levy was bought by the county
Gastcn ranked sixth in the state.
In Cleveland land taxes bought
by the county totalled $1,196, which i
was 22 64 percent of the taxes ad- j
vertisrd, the county buying only i
twenty-two hundredths of one per
cent of the taxes of the total tax
levy.
Lincoln county bought 2.10 per
cent of the total tax levy. Catawba
bought 4.69 percent of the total
levy, and Rutherford bought 7:57
percent of the total levy.
First Game State
Race Here Friday,
Stanley vs. Shelby
Eight Teams In Group In Basket
Ball Race. Lattimorc
Tonight.
Coach Casey Morris returned to
day from Salisbury where the
schedule for the state high basket
ball race was worked out with
Shelby playing Stanley, crack Gas
ton county quint, here Friday
night in the "tin can” for the first
local game of the race. t
Eight teams are in Shelby's
group, which is group No. 7. The
eight teams are in two brackets of
four each. The first bracket is
composed of Shelby, Stanley, Fall
stcn and Claremont. The second
bracket is made up of Forest City,
Rutherfordton, Henrietta-Caroleen
and Clilfside. Shelby and Stanley
play Friday night, Failston and
Claremont Friday in the first
bracket, while Forest City and
Rutherford elksh Friday night and
Henrietta-Caroleen and Cliffside on
the same night.
Next Tuesday night the winners
of the Stanley-Shelby game and
the Failston-Claremont game will
play in the “tin can" here. On the
following Friday, February 22, the
winner in each bracket will play
here for the group title. Forest City,
Stanley and Shelby are considered
the favorites in the group race.
The Stanley quint, which plays
the locals here Friday night, is one
of the fastest in the section, having
defeated the strong Gastonia team
which conquered Charlotte.
Tonight in the “tin can" the
Shelby highs are playing the strong
Lattimore quint.
Mrs. Forrest Cornwell
Be Buried Thursday
Died This Morning In Beaver Dam
Section At-Tlie Age Of
Forty Years. '
Mrs. Forrest Cornwell died this
morning at 4 o'clock at her home in
the Beaver Dam community. Mrs.
Cornwell was about forty years old
and was a member of. the Beaver
Dam church. She is a sister of Mr.
Bob McCurry and Mrs. Jake Blan
ton of the Beaver Dam section. Her
husband also survives.
Mrs. Cornwell will be buried
Thursday afternoon at 1 o’clock at
*E1 Bethel between Shelby aud
Kings Mountain and the services
will be conducted by Rev. D. F.
Putnam.
Dr. Little, Of China,
In Shelby This Eve
Dr. Lacey Little, of China, will
be the speaker at the mid-week
services tonight, Wednesday, at
7:30 at the Presbyterian church, it
is announced by Rev. H. N. Mc
Diarmid, the pastor. The general
public is extended a cordial Invita
tion to hear Dr. Little.
^LincoJn Flags Few
Here For Birthday
Only three United States flags
were noted flying In the business
section here yesterday in observ
ance of the birth anniversary c*.*
( Abraham Lincoln.
Rooster Breaks
Auto Fi’n^shield,
Injures Driver
(Special to The Star.)
1 Toluca. Feb. 13— Mr. Alfred
Peeler, this section, was sev- j j
rrcty rut about the head and i j
face here recently in a very
peculiar accident.
Mr, and Sirs. Peeler were
passing the home of Mr. and ,
Mrs. A. A. Sain in their au- j j
tomobtlr when a large rooster |
unexpectedly Few up from the i
side of the road and attempt- ! 1
cd to fly to the other side in
front of the car, hut failrd
, to get across, struck the
windshield, bursted it, pieces
of the flying glass inflicting
painful injuries about Mr,
Peeler’s head and face. Mrs,
Peeler was only slightly hurt
other than her scare, but Mr.
Peeler’s wounds nerrr.sltated
his removal to a physician,
losing a considerable amount
of blood before securing
medical treatment. The door
of the car came open at the
impact and the rooster flew
| calmly out of the car after
the crash.
Miss Morrow
‘Lands Lindy’
J2__
Fearless “Slim," The Lone Eagle,
To Wed Daughter Of
Ambassador.
Mexico City, Mexico, Feb. 13.—
“The Lone Eagle” will start flying
double along about next June.
Ambassador and Mrs. Morrow to
day announced here the engage
ment of their daughter, Anne Spen
cer Morrow, to Col. Charles A.
Lindbergh, the first man to span
the Atlantic by air and a general
idol of all nations since his sur
prising flight from New York to
Paris.
The announcement removed from
the eligible list one of the two most
prominent matrimonial prospects,
the other being tlie Prince of
Wales. And, incidentally, the an
nouncement settled definitely the
discussion as to which of the Mor
row girls Lindbergh loved since ru
mors have had him engaged to both
Anne Spencer Morrow and her
sister, Elizabeth.
The fearless young aviator first
met his fiancee a year ago last
December when he flew to Mexico
City while on his good will tour
and was tlife guest of the American
ambassador and his family, then
he made another visit there last j
November.
Feared Ills Safety.
Oddly enough the greatest fears
for Lindbergh's safety came on the
day his engagement was announc
ed. Early yesterday morning the
lone aviator left Belize, while mak
ing his inaugural round trip flight,
over the new canal zone air mail
route, for Havana, but when he
did not arrive for hours after he
was expected fears began to be
felt for his safety. He carr\c in,
however, to Havana at <:48 in the
evening.
Queried by newspapermen at
Havana about his engagement Col.
Lindbergh informed that, he would,
confine his remarks “to aviation.
But when told that press wires had
already brought in the announce
ment he said, “Well, then you know
all about it and I have nothing to
say.”
Parachute Jumper
Improves Slowly
At the Shelby hospital today it
was stated that Norman Wilson,
daring parachute jumper with
Pilot Roy Abeam at the Shelby
airport, v.as improving slowly from
injuries leceived at the airport
last Sunday morning when he was
struct by the propeller of the
Ahecrn plane.
Wilson suffered a double frac
ture of his left arm arid although
it is not such a serious injury im
provement is necessarily slow. Teak
Presnell, a youngster from Ashe
boro still in his ’teens, substituted
for Wilson in the Sunday afternoon
jump.
Dr. And Mrs. Boyer
deceive B*g Pounding
A large number of the members
of the Central Methodist church
met at the church last evening and
.went in a body to the parsonage
where they completely surprised
Dr. and Mrs. H. K. Boyer with a
generous pounding of all kinds of
groceries and eatables. It took
some time to unpack the truck
which was heavy laden. Dr. and
Mrs. Boyer both rude short ta’ks
of appreciation arm ir.c jolly crowd
wjeut a pleasan'. •vowing together.
Hoover Cabinet Nearly Complete
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With the report that Mr. Hoover has selected William N.
Doak of West Virginia, vice-president of the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen, as Secretary of Labor, and Walter F.
Brown of Ohio as Postmaster-fieneral. the President-elect has
nearly completed his task of selecting his cabinet.
UotarntlloMl
Stock Speculation May Mean
Panic, Edison Declares In
Birthday Queries; His Replies
Famous Inventor Answers Usual
Barrage Of Question?. Talks
About Rubber?
Fort Meyers, Fla., Feb. 12.—
Thomas Alva Edison, the snowy
haired creative genius, became 82
years old yesterday.
In robust health and high spirits
the aged inventor received con
gratulations from President-elect
Herbert Hoover, who made a 48
hour journey by automobile and
boat to bring his personal greet
ing. Henry Ford and Harvey Fire
stone, old cronies of Mr. Edison,
joined In paying tribute to their
famous friend of nearly 40 years.
Rises Early.
The octogenarian arose shortly
after daybreak aa is his custom. He
then faced a firing squad of writ
ers and cameraman for his annual
interview in the morning and at
noon he took the next president,
Ford and Firestone on a motor tour
of this city. During the automobile
trip, covering five miles, Mr. Edi
son and Mr. Hoover received the
acclaim of some 20,000 who lined
the streets to applaud the incom
ing chief executive and the electri
cal wizard.
Mr. Edison and his distinguished
guests retired to his tropical estate
for a birthday luncheon and several
hours of conversation before Mr.
Hoover boarded his yacht late to
day to embark on a fishing trip.
Tonight the inventor brought the
day to a close with a short radio
talk over a coast to coast hook-up.
When the corps of reporters fin
ished with the electrical wizard at
the morning interview they had
learned that he foresees a greater
era of national prosperity under
the Hoover administration, but
predicts an "ultimate panic” un
less the increasing stock specula
tion is checked.
Possible.
For the first time since he con
centrated his energy three years
ago on the problem of finding a
plant capable of producing the na
tion’s rubber supply in the United
States, Mr. Edison admitted that
“it might be possible in the f uture
to grow rubber and compete with
the tropics."
Other questions submitted to Mr.
Edison besides the one concerning
Hoover prosperity and his answers
were:
Q.—What are the dangers, if any,
of the increasing stock specula
tion?
A.—Ultimate panic. Loss of con
fidence.
Q.—Have you ever given any
thought to the chemical develop
ment of synthetic rubber?
A.—No. It has no future when
rubber is quoted at 23 cents per
pound.
Q.__Will the manufacture ever be
extended to the point where it will
be used for the pavement and road
service?
A—Yes. Short sections have been
in use in Scotland lor five years
with great success,
Future Results.
Q.—Hew will the success of your
rubber txnerunents affect the fu
! ture agricultural prosperity of
Florida?
A.—I believe those states border
ng on ilie Gulf of Mexico car,
! grow plant rubber with profit to
the termer in case, of war prices,
tut it might be possible in the fu
ture to grow rubber and compete
with the tropics.
Q—Is it true tliat you have
found r. plant which promises to
solve the rubber production prob
lcm* in the United States, and do
you hope to develop1 it this winter?
A.—I have found over 1,200^
plants to produce rubber, about 40
of them will be cultivated on a large
scale.
Q.—In cities, comparable In size
’ and general conditions to Fort My
ers *20.000) should the municipality
own and operate its own public
utilities or purchase the service
Irom private concern.
A.—Municipalities should not
own or conduct the public utilities.
But it should control their opera
tion.
Q—Is It advisable to appropri
ate an additional $24,000,000 at this
time for prohibition enforcement?
A.—Yes.
Q.—Should the United States try
to have the most powerful navy in
the world?
A.—It should build in parity with
England.
Q.—Will the various electric lights
now used for medical treatment be
utilized for elimination to bring a
greater era of health in sections of
the country where people are forc
ed to live indoors for a consider
able period of the year?
A.—Mr. Edison crossed out this
question with the statement that
“this question is too ridiculous to
answer.”
Q.—Do you believe that intelll
(Continued on page six.)
Forest Fire Fought
In Rutherford County
Farmers Of Upper Rutherford Bat
tle To Save Timber Near
- Lake Lure,
Rutherfordton, Feb. 12.—Farmers
of upper Rutherford county were
engaged tonight in a battle with
flames that threatened to sweep
through mountain timberland to
the vicinity of Lake Lure.
The fire has been Dumlng all
day to a brush-covered tract from
which timber has been cut. Scores of
men have joined in the battle to
prevent spread of the blaze. Early
tonight it appeared that the fire
would be under control soon, unless
the wind arose.
A barn on the farm of Q. W.
Whiteside near Lake Lure was
burned today. A mule perished in
the blaze and much farming ma
chinery was destroyed.
Mrs. Irvin Buried At
New Hope Ch., Earl
Mrs. Cuvy Irvin, widow' of A. B
Irvin was buried Monday at New
Hope church, Earl, the funeral
services being conducted by the
pastor, Rev. J. L. Jenkins. Mrs. Ir
vin was 64 years of age and had
been living in this county for two
years, coming to North Carolina
from Georgia. Her husband preced
| ed her to the grave tw’o years ago
; Surviving are three sous^ and three
! daughters.
A ■
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Negro Held In
Fatal Burning
Of His Spouse
Clothes Alleged To Have Caught
On Fire During Faintly Row,
Causing Her Death.
In county court here today Wade
Fullenwider, colored, was hound
over to superior court Under a $2,000
bond, so that charges developing
from the fatal burning last week
of hla wife, Cora Fullenwlder,
might be further investigated by
the grand jury.
Wade Fullenwlder. colored man
of the Waco section to in the coun
ty Jail here, and has been since
Sunday, awaiting a hearing today
hi county court at which time lie
will be questioned concerning a row
wrlth his wife, who died last Friday (
from burns received a week or more i
back.
The woman before she died is al- 1
leged to have told Demity Bob
Kendrick that on the day she way
burned that, she and her husband
were fussing, or that he was fus. -
ing with her in the house. He
threatened to kill her aud flashed
a kntfe, she is said to have told the
officer. In backing away from him.,
her story had It that she got too
close to the open fire and her
clothes blared up, burning her
severely. A day or two later the
husband, it Is said, brought her to
the home of her daughter in Shel
by where she died last Friday. It
was at the daughter's home that j
the burned woman told her story to!
the officer.
Insurance Papers.
"" After hearing the story' officers'
kept on the lookout for Fullenwlder
and nabbed him Sunday, the day of
his wife’s funeral, when he came to
town, he said, to turn over his
wife's insurance papers to her
daughters. ->c\
Not long after the woman was
burned a report generally circulat
ed was that the woman's life was
insured and the policy, which, it
was alleged, would have expired in
a short time after she was burned,
waa made out to Fullenwlder.
George T. Putnam
Passes At Lenoir
Former Hesldeut Of Cleveland
County, Died Suddenly While
Silting In Chair.
Word has been received here of
the sudden death of George T. Put
nam who passed away last Satur
day morning at 7:15 o’clock at Le
noir while sitting in front of the
fire in his home there. Mr. Putnam
had been slck'for several years. He
formerly lived In Cleveland coun
ty and moved to Lenoir a number
of years ago.
Mr. Putnam was buried Sunday
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at New
Bethel Baptist church near Lawn
dale with Masonic honors.
Surviving are his wife and five
children, thre boys Jewell, Lee
Norris and Sherrill. and two
daughters, Dcnell and Nancy.
Three brothers and three sisters
also survive: Gordon Putnam, of
Lawndale, B. E. Putnam, a mem
ber of the Shelby police force. Er
nest Putnam, of Shelby, Mrs. D. O.
Wilson of Shelby. Mrs. J. V. Ham
rick of Shelby and Mrs. E. M
Hamrick of Double Springs. Mr
Putnam was 52 years of age.
Boiling Springs
Head To Speak T o
Rutherford Meet
Forest City. —The February
meeting of (the Rutherford county
club will be held in the banquet
hall of Blantons cafe in Forest
City, Fricay, February 15, at one
o’clock.
Dr. J. B. Davis, president of
Belling Springs Junior college, of
Belling Sp tings, will be the speak
er. Mr. Davis is a speaker of note
and is much In demand for special
occasions. Mr. Davis was an in
structor in the University of
North Carolina and holds a num
ber of degrees.
R. M. Schiele, scout executive ot
the Piedmont council Boy Scouts,
of Gastonia, will be present at this
mieting and will speak briefly in
interest of the Boy Scout move
ment in Rutherford county.
Mrs. Hughes Adds 8
Volumes To Library
Mrs. D. B. Hughes has contribut
ed eight volumes to the Boiling
Springs junior college library col
lection which Is being ia:;en by
The Cleveland Star in an effort tb
bring this Junior college up to a
standard required by the Baptist
state board. The volumes are very
appropriate for a college library.
Confesses Shooting
Shortly after his mother, Mrs.
Ann Rankin, died in a Port
land, Me., hospital from
wounds which she insisted
were self-inflicted, her son
Francis, aged 11, sobbiftgly.
confessed to the police that lie
had accidentally shot her.
Uotitn&Mo’i*! N.Mrtrtao
Bailey Seeks
Simmons Seat
Sonic Want McLean To Kun. Gard
ner And Morrison Not 'Friend
ly To Bailey.
Raleigh. Feb. 12.—J. Will Bailey
has already begun his campaign
for the senatorial seal occupied by
Senator Simmons. Mr. Bailey is
conferring with members of the
legislature and visiting political
leaders in an effort to reassemble
the organization which supported
htm against Governor McLean in
i the 1920 gubernatorial primary, and
to secure the support of the Smith
| Democratic organisation in the last
| campaign.
Mr. Bailey, it Is understood, will
run against Senator Simmons will
ingly. but if Governor McLean en
ters the race, he would withdraw,
in exchange for McLean’s support
in the 1932 gubernatorial primary,
and support McLean against Sim
mons.
Although Ex-Governor Cameron
Morrison Is understood to be urg
ing Governor McLean to run
against Simmons in 1930, in order to
pave the way for his own candidacy
against Overman in 1932. officials
and friends of Governor McLean do
not believe that he will oppose
Simmons, or support Bailey under
any circumstances.
Political observers here, however,
do not concede that Mr. Bailey will
have a very good chance against
Simmons, although it is belteved
that with the addition of the anti
Simmons followers to his own fol
lowers he would make a better
showing in the 1930 senatorial race
against Simmons than he would in
the 1932 gubernatorial primary.
Governor Gardner and the state
organization would be against Mr.
Bailey :n either race, for the gov
ernor and Bailey are old enemies
Bailey fought lor Morrison against
Gardner in 1920. .and his race in
1924 against McLean did not please
either Morrison or Gardner, as both
were McLean supporters.
Gaffney Marriage
Mart Draws Many
The following couples from this
section secured marriage license in
Gaffney. South Carolina, last week.
Ervin Moore, of Kings Creek, and
Bettie Davis, of Shelby. Clarence
Turner, of Shelby, and Mamie
Hamilton, of Hickory; Carl Deaton
and Zora Devine, both of Shelby;
Lawson McFarland and Eva dettys,
both of Hollis; James Byers, of
Grover, and Annie Belle Beam, of
Blacksburg.
Just One Marriage
License In 2 Weeks
With half of February gone only
one marriage license has been is*
sued in Cleveland county during
the month. The couple securing
the lone marriage paper this
month was Arthur Franklin Tom
lin and Essie Florence Royster,
both of the county.
Only three couples secured mar
riage license in the county during
January.
Those in the skirt business .Just
naturda’ly have to sell short.—Ar
kansas Casette
No Second Cat
In Mrs. King’s
HeadAsStated
Report or Finding Second Cot Wu
Erroneous May Hire
Other Counsel.
A couple days following the sec
ond autopsy on the body of Mrs.
Rate King at Kings Mountain %
report Issued from Yerk, 8. C„ de
clared that doctors performing the
autopsy had found a second gash
on the head. At the time Cleveland
county physicians, who aided in
the autopsy, stated that they had
made an agreement to make no
comment on the autopsy other than
their official report, but privately
they declared that the report of a
second gash was untrue, at they
found only one cut That correction
is borne out in a news dispatch
from York today.
York. S. C., Feb. 13.-It was in
dicated yesterday that the state of
South Carolina through her solici
tor. John Lyles Olenrt, of Chester,
would resist vigorously a motion of
counsel for a change of venue for
the dead woman’s accused husband
Raft King, if such motion is made. _
To Employ Added cWnseL
Belief that citizens of Sharon
and York would employ additional
counsel to assist Solicitor J. Lyles
Glenn in his prosecution ol the
case was fostered by the. statement
that several prominent m^h that
they would be glad to contribute to
a fund for that purpose.
A decision regarded as definite
has been arrived at in a group of
local men to retain a prominent
young attorney to assist the prose
cution. - * ” ’ " . ’
No Gash In Head.
It was learned in Sharon yester
day that a widely circulated state
ment that the autopsy at Kings
Mountain, N. C„ last Friday re
vealed a deep wound on the crown
of Mrs. King's head in addition to
the gash cn her forehead; is in
correct. Dr. Joseph H. Says, one of
the state’s physicians who assisted
in the autopsy in Thomas Fulton's
undertaking establishment at King’s
Mountain last Friday; told this oer
respondent. “There was' no deep
wound on the crown of Mrs. King’s
head. The only wound on the
head was a cut on the forehead
which extended up into tier hair.
That wound was In the nature of
a tear, and while It extended down
to the skull it did not fracture the
skull."
Dr. Saye returned to Sharon Sat
urday, from Clemson college, where
on Friday afternoon he went So car
ry part of the stomach of the de
ceased to the state chemlat for an
analysis as to poison. The chemist
will not make his report for a week.
According to Dr. Saye no physician
or surgeon or chemist can tell now
whether or not Mrs. King Jfta suf
fering from a venereal disease which
her husband told the coroner's jury
of inquest she Was suffering from
and which she had contracted from
him. It is not possible to obtain
blood for a Wasserman test to es
tablish the point
House Attracts Interest.
The house near Woodlawn Pres
byterian church on the old Ches
ter-Shelby road where the Kings
lived, and the outhouse where the
body of Mrs. King was found on the
night of January 35. continue to be
centers of interest not only, for Sha
ron people, but for scores of people
who pass that way now ip order to
give it the once over. Numbers of
newspaper photographers have been
there in recent days to make pic
tures. The house, along with pic
tures of the principals is alpo being
shown in the moving picture new*
reels over the country.
J. H. Brackett Buys;
To Build 4 Houses
J. Hamp Brackett of Lawndale
has bought several tots at the in
tersection of Martin and Graham
streets and wUl build four dwell
ings. He will build cne first for
himself, however, then -erect sev
eral dwellings for sale or rent. Mr.
Brackett lias moved his; family to
a house on the iilghway just be
yond Cleveland Springs Where they
will reside until the new house is
completed. Mr. Brackett Is a con
tractor who has executed a number
of jobs in the county.
Harry Woodson Is
Building Store Room
Harry Woodson who recently
purchased a business lot on a
Washington street from J- T. Har
ris and J, M. Black. Is having
erected thereon a bride sto«*|
building 28 by 80 feet. Construc
tion work is being done by Will
M. Roberto. It is not announced
who will locate the building whea
completed.