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I EXTRA I TODAY »— ■ —. . , i SHELBY, N. C. TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1929 Published Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Afternoons By mail, per year (in advance) $2.50 _ Carrier, per year (In advance) $3.00 LATE NEWS ** The Markets. Cotton, per pound . Coton Seed, per bu. . nuts un PROBES OF HEM Sanatorium.—Opinions of Or Frederick R. Taylor, of the state department of Health, Dr. P. P McCain, superintendent of the N North Carolina Sanatorium, and other health experts are quated 'in an article appearing in the July issue of the Sanatorium Sun point ing out the wisdom of periodic health examinations to prevent tu i berculosis and other serious illnes-, “Degenerative diseases are in creasing in their mortality rate every year,” Dr. Taylor is quoted as declaring. “They are increasing out of proportion to the increafth in population, and up until very re cently we have not been aroused to the saving of thousands of lives vi with it in any adequate way at all. In a periodically examined group the mortality varies somewhere from eighteen to twenty-five per cent less than the mortality from an ur. examined group, if this thing can v be put on in an earnest and wide spread scale, it is bound to mean the saving of thousands of live u: our state.” “We constantly see the nerd of this work," Dr. McCain said "Of course we have a great many pa tients coming to the Sanatorium tor examination. All of them come to find out whether or not they have tuberculosis. We examine about fif teen hundred outside cases a year - and only about one out of four has tuberculosis, but we find that some thing is wrong with practically a'.l of them. In emphasizing the fact that the public at large needs .o have a periodic check-up, we have had an experience within the last two years among the medical pro fession in one of the cities of this state in which we found four doc tors who, presumably, were in go^d health, but we found that they had moderately advanced tuberculosis. If doctors can go ahead i rd develop tuberculosis in a moderately ad vanced stage without being consci ous of having it. we don't need any thing further than that to empha size the fact of these examinations being needed generallv. “It is hard to convince an appar . ently well person that he should be examined Many people are afraid they have some chronic dis ease but do not wish to find out about it. They do not realize that such an attitude is the height of unwisdom and that by refusing to ire examined they merely postpone the day when they will learn about their true physical condition, pos sibly after the disease, easily curable if discovered early, has passed the early stage and entered the stx;;e Ahen a cure is much more difficult! ■>r is even impossible.” Judge B. T. Falls Rhelby lawyer who was one of the leading attorneys in the defense of Rafe King. Jurymen Who Tried King For Murder r — The following men composed the jury that tried Rafe King for murder at Chester: R. L. Crook, cotton man, Chester. G. W. Anderson, farmer. Rich burg. O. D. Smith, farmer. Baton Rogue. F. 1* Whitlock, insurance agent. Fred W. Cassels, auto me chanic. Chester. James I/. Gamble, merchant. Great Falls. H. B. Workman, coal yard employe, Chester. S. E. Reeves, merchant, Ches ter. H. G. Hitchcock, merchant, Edgemoor. Clyde Killian, farmer, Lands ford. John Jordan, farmer, Ches ter. James C. Simpson, carpenter, Chester. t RAFE KING IS GUILTY Makes Masterful Argument For King Hon. Clyde K. Hoev who dosed the argument for the de fendant in the King murder case at Chester this morning. Mr. Hoev’s plea was masterful and eloquent and he was kept busy during the noon recess acknowledging congratulations. Hoey’s Plea Regarded As Strongest Appeal Ever Heard In Court t 'Special to The Star.) Chester Court House, July 0. - The only time since the beginning of his trial eight days ago for the murder of his beautiful young wife that Rafe King, of Snelby has dis played any deep emotion came to day when his counsel. Hon. Clyde R. Hoey of Shelby was making an impassioned plea for an acquittal. As the words of the North Caro lina crator fell upon ; is ears, King's eyes filled with tears and he was visibly overcome. Aside from th::. he has maintained a non-commi • tal air throughout.' M" Hop.':; rr imont before the jury for the defense is regarded here as having been one of the strongest peas for an acquittal ever heard by any South Carolina jury. In his well known oratorical voice, which trembled in earnestness Mr. Hoev launched his appeal for th acquittal of the defendant. He sal that state had failed to prove that Mrs. King had been killed, that it. had failed to prove that she had not committed suicide, and that ali the evidence proved the innocence of “this man." As he recounted the events the night before and the day the body of Mrs, Kir.g was found Mr. Hoev wanted to know if “he was planning murder.” C> TJ' King weeps. Declaring that the letter, written by Mrs. King the day of her death, bespoke in “living burning words” that he was a sick man. Mr. Hocy j continued with great dramatic force. King was affected by the words of the attorney and tears welled to his eyes "If he had killed his wife would he have railed in the little bingham boy. would he t have called in Dr. Burris, would he hate taken the chance of observation of conditions there in the daylight?” asked the attorney, adding that the state has construed ‘ every simple act” of King against him. No Consistent Theory. The state has no consistent theory of guilt, Mr. Hoey continued. After speaking of King's willing ness to “live up to his contract” regarding his insurance arrange ment. Mr. Hoey declared "I am; constrained to believe that a man who would live up 10 his business cont'-act, would highly regard his contract with his wife, made be God, would keep that contract un til death did part them ” The attorney spoke' of King's devotion to his wife. "As she walk ed the streets of Shelby, as he took her to Sharon, she was to him his ■Rose of Sharon’ and lily of the valley,’* exclaimed Mr. Hoey. Piece by piece Mr. Hoey took the state's evidence, and it, construction of this evidence and held it up to scorn and ridicule, declaring in reference to King's breakfast the morning after the finding of his wife's body "Should a man be con victed of murder for eating a piece of ham?'" “Is that evidence of his guilt?” queried the attorney as he spoke cf the various acts of King before and after his wife's death. "I am willing to rest the guilt or innocence of Rafe King on the testimony about the marks on Mrs. King's throat, I'm willing to take the lestimoney of Dr Abel the state = witness,” declared the Shelby law yer. The explanation of the absence of blood on Mrs. King’s face was given by Mr. Hoey, who declared, “I believe that the dog. which licked the blod from her face, was Rafe's dog, the one that knew' her footsteps, that loved her." The suit found in the attic was King's wedding suit, the only tailor made suit he ever had and the only one containing his initials, said the attorney, as he referred to the testimoney of King’s sister that this suit was hanging in the closet the morning after Mrs. King’s death. Development of the theory of sui cide, Mr. Hoey. declared that even though Mrs. King was bright and depressed with the realization that she was suffering with a dreaded social disease. He spoke of the risk of circumstantial evidence. "You don’t look to me like'a mean man” the attorney said the little angel faced girl, who drew the jury, had told King, the day the trial began. “In the name of stern , ma testis justice, I ask you for acquit tal,” concluded Mr. Hoey in an im paissionate outbreak. Asheville Man Hurt In Wreck; 2 Youths Held A. S. Moore Taken To Hospital Following Collision Monday Afternoon. Fo’knving an automobile accident on the Shelby-Ashovtlle highway about 6 o'clock Monday evening, A S. Moore, railway car inspector whose-home Is in Asheville, was taken to a Shelby hospital for treatment while John Hill and "Peaches” Smith, young men of Kings Mountain, were placed in the Cleveland county Jail. Charges were lodged against the defendants of driving an automobile in a reck less manner and operating an auto mobile while under the influence of whisky. Bond was posted for the two Kings Mountain youths, one of whom is said to be the scion of .1 prominent and wealthy family I there. Hill being required to furnish I bail in the sum of $500 and Smith in the sum of $100, Reports made to the office of Sheriff Allen indicate that a car driven by L. L. Merchant of Ashe ville and one driven by Hill were both going from this city to Ashe ville. Mr. Moore being an occupant of the Merchant car. When at a point about six miles from this city, it is alleged that the Kings Moun tain youths attempted to pass the Merchant car at a nigh rate of speed and struck the other vehicle Mr. Moore was badly hurt and the Merchant car damaged while the Kings Mountain car jumped acros. a six-foot ditch but was not badlv damaged. Mr. Moore was brought to the Shelby hospital where it was ascer tained that he had suffered very painful, though not necessarily seri ous, Injuries to his back and it ts probable that he will be incapacitat ed for some time. No hearing of the case against the Kings Moun tain defendants will be attempted until such time as the injured man is able to appear. Peanut Pushing In Pike’s Peak Manner Not since blind Homer sang and Aeneas wandered, has the race been so cluttered up with big achieve ments and great stuff! Take the case of Bill Williams. Coming up the home stretch in a cloud of dus;. with pads on his hands, nose au.i knees, he finished his heroic under taking of pushing a peanut twenty two miles to the top of Pike's Peiuv, using his nose entirely and ex clusively as the motive power. He won $500 for his accomplishment besides the glory of newspaper bul letins on how many peanuts he wore out in making the grade. A connoisseur in unusual perfor mances has listed some of the lat est. The flagpole sitter and trib chained automobile driver aga'n infest the land. An Englishman played the same piece on the piano a thousand times without stopping. A polish jazz band ground out its so-called music for thirty-three hours without a pause for a long breath. An Italian played a trom bone six hours and twenty minutes while treading water, which added another horror to the futility of treading water. Even in Europe the search for quick fame has worked miracles, particularly gastronomical miracles. A German ate a 300-pound pig in ten days. Another of his country men swallowed seven and a hali yards of sausage in the record breaking time of thirty minutes. An Italian ate more than two miles of spaghetti in one session, and on the twenty-third gulp a Parisian swal lowed the last drop of a two-gallon jug of beer. Tnus, we see, there is no limit to peanut greatness. It has reached the point where the most disgusting torif andizing wins space in our in telligent newspapers. Anything thRt is great, big, outstanding, colossal and immense is a ticket to the seals of the mighty. Foreigners used tv »ay that Amercians judged every thing by the question, “Is it tii<' biggest in the world?’’ Now it be gins to look as if this American habit had contaminated all Europe! Laugh often even if you don’t have anything to laugh at for it is a great aid to digestion. John Haynes Holmes says that any man who gets married has to sacrifice 50 per cent of his indivi dual liberty. Thou optimist, John.— Hamden Post. Rafe King, Shelby Man Who Faced Murder Charge Before Chester Jury Ihe above picture of Kafe King, Shetby man accused of the murder of his wife, was taken by a newspaper photographer at Chester, S. ('., while the trial was in progress and is re garded by King's friends as a splendid Hfceness. King appear ed to be unperturbed throughout the entire trial, according to newspaper reports coming from Chester. Mr*. Faye Wilson King Who Wa* Found Dead In An Outhouse On January 25th Attractive young wife of Rafc King, Mrs. Faye Wilson King, popular in Shelby and later in York county, for whose death the Shelby man has been on trial for his life since last Mon day week. Mrs. King was held in high esteem by a w ide circle of >Vcnds and was loved in particular by the sch«>ol children of the little town of Sharon, York county, South Carolina, where she met her death. 4 Jury Deliberated Three Hours Motion For New Trial Is Made ) Hearing Of Motion For New Trial Is Set For, Wednesday Morning At 9:30. No Court Room Demonstration. King Holds Iron Nerve. Verdict Carries Death Penalty. Breath Silence In Court Room. (By ERNEST JACKSON.) (Special <o The Star.) Court Koom, Chester, S. C., July 9 (6:27). -“Guilty,” was the verdict rendered by the jury at 6:27 this evening in the Rafe King murder case. “Your honor will please note a motion for a new trial and \\e would like a time fixed now for hearing the motion,” said Thomas F. McDowe of King’s counsel. i •Judge Henry Named fl:30 in the morning as the time for hearing arguments on the motion. King’s iron nerve and composure did not desert him when the verdict was read. After hearing it he even smiled slight ly His father W. Pink King, who was seated immediately back ot him, gave him a warm hand clesp and said something in an undertone that no one else could hear. I he jury indicated at 6:05 desire to report a verdict, hut Judge Henry had left the courtroom and had to be sum moned from his home. The verdict carries with it a sentence of death in the elec tric chair. I he notice of an appeal for a new trial automati cally stayed the imposing of the death sentence by Judge Henry. The courtroom was jammed when the verdict was read. Gentleman of the jury have you agreed on a verdict, in qin red C lerk of Court J. E. Cornwell, after everything was ready for hearing the jury’s decision. “We have,” announced R. L. Crook, foreman. The verdict was then handed the clerk of the court who read it in the mist of breathless silence. No demonstration occurred when the verdict was announc HOLDS IRON NERVE. Attorneys Offer Verb Strong Pleas In Closing )King Case Chester, July 9— Argument by John H Hemphill, the fourth and last of the day, wound up the aft ernoon session Monday in the case of the state vs, Rafe King. Testimony regarding the presence of human blood on clothing of the King's and on the floors and doors of their home was attacked by the Chester attorney. He endeavored to show that the tests for the blood were Incomplete and rapped the noted pathologist who made the tests for his "own ideas about such tests." Mr. Hemphill said that if the pathologist could not be more def inite. "there must be something wrong with his chemistry." He ridiculed the state’s contention that Mrs. King was strangled to death and cited several reasons to prove that she might have commit ted suicide. Condemnation of physicians who performed the autopsies on the body of the deceased was made by the barrister, who scored them for ‘‘jumping at conclusions.” “I really doubt that traces of poison cesto be found in that small portion of her stomach subjected to chemical analysis after the organ was twice washed out with em balming fluid, the lawyer said.” State’s attorneys were flyade by the speaker telling the jurors not to be afraid of the "bugaboo of reasonable doubt,” for endeavor ing to insinuate to the Jury that King had been married twice before and had killed both wives and for telling the jurors that they would not be horyfst men if they held she comniirted suicide. “Planting” of the blood-stained suit of ejothes marked “R. F. K.” found hidden in the attic was the target of if he attorney in closing. "God know's, I wish we could catch a fiend like that.” he shouted. "The man who planted those clothes there was attempting to murder Rafe King through the process of the law.” He ended by reminding the jury that they were not trying King under the moral law and asking them to bear In mind that the North Carolinian must be given just as fair a trial as a man from this state. Solicitor Hines led off for the state when the afternoon session began with even more people in the room than at the morning ses sion. wnen a larger crow! than at any previous session of the trial was in attendance. The heat in the court room was terrific, most of the air currents being off by the crowd that Jam med the place and it was not tp»g before a woman almost was over come by the heat, although she was quickly revived. Another fainted later. Mr. Hines launched into a lengthy resume of the case after which he dwelt on several Impor tant points. At the conclusion of a disserta tion on the two autopsies, he shook a finger at the Jurors and shouted: “If you are honest and seeking the truth, you cant say that, that woman poisoned herself.” Later on in his speech he said: “There is no other evidence in this case but that she was strangled to death.” The blood-stained suit marked !“R. F. K.” that was found hidden in the attic several weeks after the death of Mrs. King was played up by the Lancaster man, who scored the contention of defense counsel that the suit was "planted." Presence of human blood on the clothes of King and his wife and on floors and doors of their home, [sworn to by a nationally famed pathologist, was stressed by the so licitor. In closing Mr. Hines declared: “Murderers go free, criminals go unpunished, men go upwhipped for justice. Juries are falling. Men kill their wives and get away with it. And when is it going to stop?'* The back-to-the-farm movement has been a complete success. There are now more becks to the farms than ever before.—The Thomas E, Pickerill Service. In order to eliminate curves mil lions of dollars are spent each year in this country by railroads and >verwelght girls. A heathen country is one ta vhich the pay-roll can be trans ported without an armored ear.— 3rookIyn Times. ■ i
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