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The Markets.
Cotton, per pound.. 19c
Coton Seed, per bu. ......._40H
Weather f orecast.
..North Carolina generally fair to
nigt and Tuesday except local
thundershowers Tuesday afternoon
in extreme southwest portion.
Verdict Of King Case.
A dispatch from The Star’s cor
respondent at Chester says the jury
s will probably retire with the King
rase Tuesday morning. Just when a
verdict will be reached. Is of course
not known. The verdict will be
placed on The Star bulletin board
as soon as received and perhaps an
extra paper will be issued to carry
the result.
Receipts Show
Large Decrease
At Postoffice
'lunger Threatens That Shelby May
Lose Its First Class
Rating.
Although the Shelby postoffiee
itained rating of a first class of
iee only July 1. there is no In
considerable danger that the ofifc’
may be demoted back to seconu
; '.as;. at the end of the piesent year
unless there is a material increase
n receipts here, accord’ng t > f
statement obtained this morning
from officials connected with tne
local office.
Figures just compiled for the la-l
•uarter. which quarter ended June
show that there was a material
:rease as compared with the rc
• aits for the same quarter during
:8 and postoffice ohicials here
' not loath to say that the situc
n perplexies and annoys them,
hey are at a loss to account for
.his state of affairs.
The figures compiled at the lot i!
ofrice show that the receipts for the
quarter ending June 30. 1128 at the
local office reached a total of $10 -
023.51 and the total fer the same
date of 1929 is shown to have shrunk
to $7,984.05. A decrease of more
than $2,000 is reported in the o?ie
of stamps alone at the local off:'.;
for the period designatedi.
Postoffice officials here say that
they can hazard no guess as to
what ic responsible for the decrease,
other than the fact that business
conditions have not been quite up
to par and the additional fact that
there was a nation-wide reduction
made in the second class postate
? during the past year. They
■ s that a portion of the blame
:e placed upon this latter fact.
thing is certain and sure,
ral postoffice officials, and
,s that Shelby’s receipts must
.sc in the Fall if this office is
. retain its first class rating.
Coker Men Coming
To Inspect Fields
j. F Clyburn. assistant manager
and D. R. Hopkins of the plant
breeding department of the Coker
Pedigreed Seed company at Harts
ville, S. C. will be here this week to
lcok over the 1,000 acres of cotton
which local farmers are growing on
contract for the Coker company. In
the spring a numbers of farmers
west of Shelby made a contract with
the Coker company to plant 1.000
acres in Cleveland Five, strain two
„ and this cotton is being cultivated,
fertilized and harvested under the
direction of the Coker officials who
have contracted to buy the seed.
The Dover gin has been rigged up
to gin the cotton and keep the Cok
er seed free from other varieties.
This cotton has been planted on
the farms of Blanton brothers. C. S.
Young, Coleman Doggett. Rhyne
Doggett. Clyde and Coy McSwain,
W. W. Jones, R. P. Weathers
Parade Will Be
Feature Tuesday
Will Begin Promptly At 12:15 Anri
Is To Cover I'otal Of
10 Blocks.
Official announcement was
made this morning that the
veterans street parade here to
morrow will form promptly at
12:15 o'clock on lari'ayette
street, north of Sumter, the
various organizations taking
their respective places as is in
dicated in the following order,
and it is urged that all br on
hand promptly. The following
will be the line of march:
I.aFayotte street to Graham:
Graham street to Washington:
Washington street to Marion
and down Marion street to the
Shelby high school, covering all
told a distance of 10 blocks. The.
parade will be dismissed at the
high school building.
The following is the order in
which the various organizations
will appear:
Chief of Police McBride Pos
ton and members of the Shelby
police department.
Grand Marshal Horton and
members of his staff, mounted
on horseback.
Shelby band in uniform.
Department officers of the
United Spanish-Ameriean war
veterans, mounted.
Members of state camps of
the united veterans. Junius T.
Gardner camp of Shelby in the
lead, followed by ramps 1. 2,
8. 4. 5. fi, 7. 8, 9. 11, 13, 14 and
15.
Department officers, by rank,
veterans auxiliaries, with the
Shelby auxiliary officers in the
lead.
All veterans of the War Be
tween the States, riding in au
mobiles.
The second section of the pa
rade will be headed by ihe
American Legion drum and
bugle corps; next will come vet
erans of the World War in uni
form and as many Boy Scouts
of Cleveland county as can be
in attendance.
The third section will be head
ed by a band, followed by the
various civic organizations ot
Shelby. including the Rotary
club, the Kiwanis club, the Shel
by Merchants’ association, Shel
by Riding club and like organ
izations; the fire department in
uniform and fire trucks and
derorated automobiles. In the
latter class business houses
wishing to do so will be per
mitted to enter decorated cars
and private car owners are
urged to cooperate.
Immediately following the
conclusion of the parade, the
huge assemblage will repair to
Cleveland Springs where the
barbecue dinner will be served
to 1,000 or more persons.
Registering For
Election On Bonds
Registration certificates were oc
ing issued at the Clcvelpnd countv
court house here Saturday to prop
erty owners of school District no.
33. entitling them to vote in the
school bond election to be held at
an early date at which time the
question of issuing bonds for school
purposes in the sum of $60,000 will
be decided. The registration books
were opened oh June 29 and will
be kept open f&r two more Satur
days. July 13 and 20. It was stated
Saturday that about 125 voters had
registered at that time to partici
pate in the elrction, out of a pos
sible total of 800
Stubborn Blaze Breaks Oat
In Bakery Establishment
Considerable Damage Is Done To
Bost Company Early Saturday
Morning In Cake Room.
One of the most stubborn fires
the Shelby fire department has had
to combat in a good many weeks
broke out in the Bost Bakery hero
about 1 o'clock Saturday morning
and strenuous efforts were required
on the part of the fira fighters for
about. three hours before the blaze
was finally extinguished. Damage
dene to the bakery equipment and
interior will amount to several
thousand dollars, it is estimated,
while that done to the building
owned by T. W. and Frank Ham
rick is negligible.
L. C. Bost. proprietor of the es
tablishment In question, said Sat
urday that he had not been able
to ascertain the full damage he had
suffered, but that It would be con
siderable.
The fire appears to nave original -
ed in the cake department, being
discovered by employes of the bakery
who were on night duty. The blaze
made its appearance under the cake
oven and owing to the fact that 't
was located in such an inaccessible
spot, the difficulties of the firemen
were doubled. They were forced to
cut three holes through the floor
and to smash an opening through
the outside brick wall in order to
get a play of hose on the blaze.
The small basement was flooded
as a result of the huge amount of
water necessary to put o. t the stub
born blaze in the thick floor.
The damage done by the five
probably would have teen greater
had it not been for the fact that the
bread making department of tne
bakery was separated from the cake
department by a fire door and when
this door was closed it prevented e
spread of the flames.
The bread department suffered no
damage and the bakery was oper
ating Saturday.
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Veterans Convention Headquarters
The handsome new Hotel Charles, which will be general head quarters for the North Carolina Spanish-Amcrican war vet
erans and the auxiliary thereto, now meeting in this city. The convention opened here this morning and will continue
through tomorrow, with many enjoyable features on the program. (Star Photo.)
A. M. Hamrick, clerk of the court of Cleveland county,
this morning announced the appointment of George Latti
more of No. 8 township as county commissioner to fill out
the unexpired term of Dr. G. M. Gold, deceased. It is an
nounced that Mr. Lattimore will sit with the hoard for the
first time at the meeting held on the first Monday in Aug
ust.
Since the death of Dr. Gold there h$s been keen specula
tion as to his successor on the board. The county commis
sioner’s post is generally recognized as being one of the
most important offices in the county, since this board has
supervision of many of the county’s most important matters.
Dr. Gold’s term of office has about 18 months yet to run
and Mr. Lattimore’s appointment will therefore be for the
same tenure of office.
The new commissioner, who comes from the same town
ship as the deceased member, is regarded as a citizen of sterl
ing worth and one of Cleveland’s county best farmers. It is
generally believed that the appointment will meet with pub
lic favor.
Casar Girl, Disappointed
In Love, Takes Her Life
Locked In Bank;
Couldn’t Get Out
It is a common enough experience
to be on the outside of a bank
wanting to get in, but it is unusual
to find one on the inside wanting to
get out.
Lowery Austell, of the First Na
tional, last week found himself on
the inside of the bank: locked in,
and wanting to be on the outside
more than anything in the world at
that particular moment.
It happened this way. Austell
went into the bank sometime early
in the evening to take a shower. It
will be recalled that the bank has
a line of showers in the basement,,
which have a great appeal these
hot July nights.
Austell, wishing to feel the re
freshment that comes from having
the sweat washed from his fevered
brow, sought the showers.
But it so happens that the lock
on the bank's front door is not a
spring lock. When it shuts it means
business; it moans to stay shut. And
it did just that on this particular
occasion. And Austell bad no key.
As the kids would say, imagine the
young man’s embarrassment, find
ing himself in the big institution,
all by himself so to speak in the
moonlight.
Resorting to the telephone, he
called for an hour before he got
help. Finally he interrupted his
cousin, Hopson Austell, in the midst
of a heavy date, it is said, and gut
him to the front door with a key.
Such is the modest story of a
man who accomplished just off
hand that way and accidentally,
whai so many dream of doing, and
never reach the point.
Beatrice Pruett Shoots Herself
while Family Is At Spring
Making Ice Cream.
Miss Beatrice Pruett, 16 year old
Casar girl, shot herself in the fore
head Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock
at her home and died 40 minutes
later from the wound. It Ls under
stood that she brooded over a dis
appointment in a love affair, a
young man who had been paying
her attention, having married an
other girl on July 4th. Miss Pruett
left p note telling her family when
and where to bury her remains.
While members of the family were
at the spring making ice cream. It
ls understood that the girl went
back to the house. A short time aft
erwards the report of a pistol shot
was heard and when the members
of the family reached the house,
they found her prostrate form lying
across the bed in her bed-room.
Miss Pruett is the daughter of
the late Miles N. Pruett. Her moth
er and a number of brothers and
sisters survive. The family lived in
Shelby at the Ella mill for a num
ber of years, moving back a short
time ago to their farm at Casar.
The remains will be buried at the
Casar Baptist church Tuesday aft
ernoon at 3 o'clock, the funeral
service to be conducted by Rev.
W. G. Camp of Cherryville.
No inquest was held because the
coroner thought the evidence that
she came to her death from a self
inflicted wound was too well es
tablished.
PolkvHle Club Meets.
The Woman's club of Polkville
will meet on Tuesday. July 16. with
Mrs. D. D. Lattimore as hostess. It
is urged that all members be in
attendance.
Address By Jonas Is
Feature Of The First
Session Of Veterans Here
Mrs. Carlo Self
Is Dead Here
Prominent Young Matron To Br
Buried Hrrf Today. Was Miss
Witherspoon.
Mrs. Carlo Self died Sunday night
at 11:45 at her home on N. LaFay
ctte street, following a decline in
health which has extended over a
period of three years. During her
long illness, the very best medical
attention was sought, but it was im
possible to stay a dreaded malady
and the end canie peacefully short
ly before midnight.
Before her marriage to Mr. Carlo
Self, one of the popular clerks at
the Shelby postoffice, Mrs. Self was
Sara Witherspoon. She was a very
popular young lady, nearing her
31st birthday. She joined the Luth
eran church at the age of 18 and the
funeral is being conducted this aft
ernoon at 3:30 from the Wither
spoon home by Rev. N. D. Yount,
her pastor, assisted by Rev. H. R.
Boyer. Interment will be in Sunset
cemetery.
Surviving are her mother, hus
band and the following brothers and
sisters Mrs. O. D. McGee of Con
over, Henry Witherspoon of Con
over, Clyde Witherspoon of Char
lotte, Mrs. Joe Lewis of Washing
ton, D. C., Mrs. Herbert Sigmon of
Newton. Mrs. H. E. Farris and Miss
I Willie Witherspoon of Shelby.
Governor Back
In His Office
Governor Gardner, accompanied
by his small son, O. Max. jr., Mrs.
Gardner and her parents. Judge and
Mrs. James L. Webb, returned to
Raleigh about noon Saturday from
Gettysburg, Pa., where the governor
presided over the unveiling of the
monument to North Carolina troops
taking part in that battle.
Governor Gardner was well pleas
ed with the way the exercises went,
off, the beautiful day and the crowd
of present and former North Caro
linians and other visitors at the un
veiling exercises. He was especially
delighted with the excellent inter
pretation of the spirit of the occas
ion 66 years ago by Gutzon Brog
lum, as revealed in the monument
created. The remark of one former
North Carolinian in reply to the
question of what he had to say
about the monument tfras that he
had nothing to say, but Could only
look at it and cry.
Governor Gardner postponed the
trip he had considered taking to
New York on business.
flog* Thron* Is In A Urn da nr* As
Sixth Annual Encampment
Begins Here.
Featured by thr address of
Charles A. Jonas, member of
congress from the ninth North
Carolina district, the sixth an
nual' encampment of the North
Carolina Spanish-American War
Veterans and its auxiliary be
gan in the Cleveland county
court house this morning at 10
o’clock and will continue through
tomorrow afternoon.
Delegates to the encampment
began arriving in the city late
Sunday afternoon and were
greeted by gaily bedecked streets
and an enthusiastic public.
Memorial Nervier.
A memorial service was held at
the First Baptist church of Shelby
Sunday night at which time the
pastor, the Rev. Zeno Wall, D. D.,
paid high tribute to the veterans.
This morning the official regis
tration of delegates began at the
Hotel Charles, convention head
quarters. and at the opening hour
several hundred delegates were en
rolled. with many others arriving
hourly. It Is expected that the to
tal attendance by tomorrow will oe
in the neighborhood of 1,000.
When the convention was called
to order in the court house this
morning by J. F. Roberts, chairman,
the audience stood and saluted as
the colors were carried to the ros
trum, one of these being a huge
American flag and the other being
the official flag of the department
of North Carolina. Two stanzas of
“America” were sung by the audi
ence, following which the invocation
was delivered by the Rev. H. K
Boyer. Chairman Roberts extended
a warm welcome to the encampment
and expressed the opinion that the
Spanish-American war veterans had
been sadly neglected. He said that
the war in question was one of con
sequence and that the volunteers,
when they enlisted, could not know
that it would not be a long war
and that It would not be a bloody
conflict.
Address Of Welcome.
Mayor S. A. McMurry was in
troduced and given a round of ap
plause. after which the official
welcome was extended by J. C. New
ton, member of the Shelby bar. Mr.
Newton declared that the Spanish
American war was a war of hu
manity and that all Shelby delight
ed in paying homage to the vet
erans of that struggle. He said that
Shelby, “The Friendly City” is
proud of being chosen to entertain
the encampment and hopes to make
its hospitality as perfect as possible.
Responses to the welcome were
iContmucd On Pay Eight)
King Case Probably
To Go To Jury Some
Time In The Morning
Two Arguments Made This Morning And
Four More Remain To Be Heard. Marion
And McDow Make Impressive Pleas For
Their Respective Sides.
'By ERNEST JACKSON >
Cheater Court House. S, C. July 8.—Arguments By J. A. Marlon of
York for the state and by Thomas F. McDow of York for the defense
were made this morning in the Rafe King murder case. Mr. Marion
spoke fiom 10.10 a. m. to 11:35 a. m. and Mr. McDow began speaking
at 11,40 and at 1:05 had not concluded his argument
Shelby Guard
Off For Camp
For Fortnight
Headed By (’apt. Peyton MrSwatn,
I-oral Militia .Start* On
Training.
The Shelby company of the North
Carolina National Guard, officially
designated as Company K, 120th In.
fantry. full of pep and high spirit*,
departed over the Seaboard rail
road at 5 o'clock Saturday, bound
for Camp Glenn, Morehead City,
where the local militiamen will un
dergo a period of two weeks of In
tensive training
Included in the detachment leav
ing Shelby Saturday were 55 en
listed men and several officers,
these being headed by Captain Pey
ton McSwain, commanding officer
of the local company.
The local company joined Com
pany F of. Charlotte and the How
itzer company of Gastonia at Char
lotte and the three companto* pro
ceeded from that point aboard a
special train, Camp Glenn being
reached shortly after 7 o'clock yes
terday morning according to reports
coming back to Shelby to relatives
here of the young soldiers.
The Shelby soldiers were housed
on the Seaboard train in two Pull
man cars and a baggage car was
provided to carry their equipment
and information received from them
today is to the effect that the
journey to camp was made under
very pleasant conditions.
Prior to his departure Capt. Mc
Swain said that his company is in
fine physical condition and he ex
pects them to acquit themselves
with credit during the brief train
ing period.
In addition to the military duties,
there will be numbers of athletic
and social events at Morehead City
in which the local militiamen will
participate.
Dave Says He Was
Early; Car Broke
Dave Turner who usually comes
forward with the first bloom of the
season, was in town this morning
with a handful of cotton blooms
which he gathered on the Gardner
and Mull farm near Grover. Dave
says he had blooms June 25, but his
car was not running, so he could not
get to town and first honors went
to Berry Mintz.
J. H. Morgan who is farming on
the Blanton farm west-of Shelby
found a white bloom on Sunday.
With four more attorneys to
speak, the indications are that the
cajie will not reach the Jury until
tomorrow morning.
Both Mr. Marion and Mr. Mc
Dow made forceful arguments, caro
fully analyzing the evidence from
the respective viewpoints of the
state and the defense.
Attorney Marion said the state
had proved everything In the case
it had set out to prove and beyond
a reasonable doubt had fixed re
sponsibility for the murder on King.
Attorney McDow said the death
of Mrs. King was shrouded in mys
tery and severely criticized the
superficial nature of the second
autopsy.
•SHELBY DOCTORS AIDS
IS DEFENSE OF KINO
Chester. 8, C.. July 5.—A physi
cian who attended the second
autopsy of Faye Wilson King at
Kings Mountain, N. c„ testified this
afternoon that he was “satisfied'*
the woman was not chocked to
death.
Called to the witness stand by the
defense in the trial of Rafe P. King,
the woman’s husband, who is charg
ed with her murder. Dr. S. a Roy
ster. of Shelby, N. c„ declared he
did not believe the physicians per
forming the autopsy had made suf
ficient examination to determine
that she died from strangulation.
In response to Questionine. a—
Judge B. T. Pails of the defense
counsel. Dr. Royster said that to •
have been "morally certain” that
her death was caused by* chocking,
it would have been necessary to
cut into the muscles of her throat
and examine the windpipe apd oth
er parts of the throat.
Previous testimony had brought
out that the other physicians at the
autopsy had decided she had been
choked when they discovered the
bruised condition of the blood ves
sels under the skin on either side of
the throat.
The 62 year old physician, how
ever, was attacked by the prose
cution on cross examination for
not having given the other physi
cians the benefits of his doubts.
Was A Looker On.
Under the heated and almost bit
ter questioning of Col. Arthur L.
Gaston on cross examination. Dr.
Royster became-plainly angered and
declared “1 have told you at least
half a dozen times I was sent to
look on at the autopsy and not to
take charge.”
“But you heard Dr. Robert «.
Abell and the other doctors say
they were satisfied she died by be
ing choked. Don’t you thin* that as
a man you should have done any
thing you could to have proved
(Continued on page eight.)
Baseball Promoters Will
Hold Meeting Tomorrow
Schedule Will Be Drafted And
Other Final Details Worked
Out Soon.
Directors, managers of the various
teams, and representatives of the
eight clubs are expected by the pres
ident, J. R. Robinson, to be in at
tendance here tomorrow night when
a second meeting will be held at
8 o'clock in the office of The Cleve
land Star to perfect plans for the
Cleveland county baseball league.
Robinson said this morning that he
is expecting every club to be repre
sented, since it is imperative that
final plans for the opening of the
league next Saturday be worked out
early this week.
The president explahis that the
league will not be operated for fl
nacial benefit or profit, but solely
as a sporting enterprise. Those
responsible for agitating the under
taking were prompted, says Mr.
Robinson, solely by a desire to pro
vide the city, the mills and rural 1
communities with clean sport and
recreation for the remainder of the
summer and there is no individual
to benefit in a financial way.
The principal matter to be dis
cussed and considered at tomorrow
night's meeting will be the draft
ing of a playing schedule. TeTnta
tive opening games have alreadv
been arranged for next Saturday
with Eastside playing Lawndale
here at 2.30 and with Boiling
Springs and Dora-Ora clashing in
the second game of the day im
mediately upon the conclusion of
the first contest. Cleveland Cloth
mill is to play Union at Union in
the opening game and the Shelby
mill team will meet the Knob Creek
team at Khob Creek.
At tomorrow night's meeting all
clubs will be required to submit
their player lists of 14 men and
other details will be considered and
discussed. It is declared by officials
of the new league that all clubs
must be represented at tomorrow
sight s important meeting.