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LATENEWS
The Markets.
Cotton, per pound -lOr |
Coton Seed, per bu. —..—.. 40' i j
Tuesday Fair.
Today's North Carolina Weather
Report: Partly cloudy (nnight.
Tuesday fair in cast: thundershow
ers in west portion. Not much
-hange in temperature.
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It Die In Crash.
Dallas, Texas, Aug. 11.—Eleven
persons were killed near here to- i
night when a section of the Sun- 1
shine special of the Texas and Pa
cific railway hit a gravel truck 20
miles east of Dallas. The victims
were members of two families. All
victims were reported dead when
removed from the wreckage. The
accident happened on the Forncv
Terrell highway at the Texas and
Pacifie crossing. The train pulled
ahead a short distance and stopped
after the collision.
Prospects Good
For New Trial
For King, Said
Attorneys Here Optimistic About
Chances For A Second
Hearing.
Rate King stands an even break,
nr better, of securing a new trial
and a second chance to cheat the
death chair of another victim.
That's the opinion of his two|
Shelby atorneys. j
Attorneys, of course, are usually ;
optimistic, out Attorneys Clyde R. j
Hoey and B. T. Falls have an,
number of reasons—reasons, they
believe, which will be considered
reasonable by the South Carolina
Supreme court—to support then
optimism.
Visits Columbia
, Judge Falls was in Columbia last
week, not on a trip connected with
the King case, but while in the cap
ital city of the neighboring state ‘o
i he south he took time to visit the
'oung Shelby man in his cell at
the state penitentiary.
•‘I found Rafe cheerful," Judge
Falls stated, upon his return, "and
he feels, as we. that the higher
court will give him another trial."
Messrs. Falls and Hoey along wifn
th£ other attorneys in the case have
their opinion as to what legal poin s
will cause the high court to render
a decision giving the Shelby man,
convicted or wife murder, a second
hearing. But as it isn't a wise policy
in legal circles to put your cards on
the table before the game opens,
they’re not saying so much about
those points.
■‘As far as we are concerned, we
do not see how the Supreme court
can refuse as a new trial.” bo*h
Shelby attorneys say. "But, or
course, there is another side, and
those on that side may see it from
rn angle. However we believe we re
right."
Suggestive Suicide.
One angle which may cause the
high court to grant a new trial, as
it is talked about the streets by
friends of King, is that the trial
judge failed to charge the jury a
certain way about "suggestive sui
cide."
Delving into the South Carolina
law books upon the part of some
one. it is said, earthed a Supreme
court opinion of bygone days touch
ing upon "suggestive suicide" in
which a new trial was granted.
"In a murder case where there is
a suggestion of suicide," the opinion
handed down declares, in meaning,
"the trial judge should charge the
jury that the state must show con
vincing proof that death was not by
suicide.”
The trial judge in the sensational
King case, it is said, failed to touch
upon that angle in his charge. The
matter, reports have it, was men
tioned to him by defense counsel
and brought the reply that the sta‘e
did not bring the suicide angle into
the case and, therefore, it was not
necessary for the state to prove that
death was not by suicide, since the
defense brought in the suicide ang
le.
Just how much King's attorneys
will bank upon this alleged omiss
ion in the jury charge is not known,
but street opinion is that the angle
may have much to do with the new
trial chances.
Forty Exceptions.
The defense, unofficial reports
have it, will offer two score or more
exceptions in their appeal before the
Supreme cou"t in October, and it is
understood that legal minds consid
er a half dozen or more of these
exceptions of such a nature as to
bring about a new trial.
Mrs. Hill Blanton
Dies In Charlotte
Mrs. Hill Blanton, formerly of
Shelby and a sister of Hill, Joe and
L. I. Kendrick, died last week in
Charlotte. She was buried in Elm
wood cemetery there. Mrs. Blanton
was a daughter of the late Lawson
Kendrick of Cleveland county and
has many relatives and friends here
who regret to hear of her passing.
^ Surviving are her husband and
ihree children Billy, Bate and Em
roy Blanton.
Will Tour Country to Raise Funds v
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Vera Bush, Amy Schacter and Sophie Melvin, the three women
under indictment for the murder of Chief of Police O. F. Ader
holt of Gastonia, N. C., plan to tour the country to raise de
fense funds. The case is attracting widespread interest
throughout the country, as it resembles in many aspects the
Sacco-Vanzetti'affair, which was the object of world-wide pro
test. ' . r ' r* ^
'International Newareel) » V'
Federal Court
Jurors Selected
For Term Here
Fifty-Four Citizens From Cieroland
And Adjoining Counties Drawn
For U. S. Court.
A communication from J. Y. Jor
dan, federal court clerk at Char
lotte, stated that the 54 jurors for
the next term of United States
district court here have been drav n,
the jurors being selected from
Cleveland and four adjoining coun
ties.
The session of the federal court
convenes in the court house here
on Monday, September 23.
The list of jurors and the coun
ties from which they hail follow:
Richard L. Jenkins, Gaston; J,
Roscoe Bridges, Cleveland; J. F.
Groves, Rutherford; T. R. Barnes,
Rutherford; R. B. Gates, Lincoln
George M. Brown, Lincoln; M. W.
Harris. Rutherford; Hal Hoyle,
Lincoln; Andrew Hawkins, Lincoln;
G. W. Long, Rutherford; E. H. Arm
strong, Mecklenburg; Lee Robbins,
Rutherford; Robert Friday, Gas
ton; W. H. Sigmon, Lincoln; E. L.
Weathers. Cleveland: F. C. Thomp
son, Lincoln; J. F. Bost, Gaston; C.
C. Putnam, Cleveland; Lamar
Smith, Gaston: Albert Sherrill,
Lincoln: L. G. Rhyne. Gaston: A.
B. Quinn, Cleveland; R. O. Mundy,
Lincoln; Clarence Carpenter, Cleve
land; Edgar L. Heavner. Lincoln;
Clyde Hamrick, Cleveland; J. J.
Neal, Cleveland: Paul Rhodes, Lin
coln; C. G. Pasour, Gaston; A. C.
Wilson, Rutherford; D. F. Adams.
Cleveland; J. R. Pool. Cleveland: A.
S. Yount, Lincoln: Grover King,
Rutherford; R. F. Graham, Lin
coln: J. C. Scruggs, Rutherfovo;
Howard Hernelon, Cleveland; Wal
ter Yount, Lincoln; Clyde Smhh
Lincoln; H, W. Davenport, Gas
ton: W. A. Harrill, Rutherford;
Palmer Harrill, Rutherford; Car!
Womack, Rutherford: H. H, Green,
Cleveland: Claude Kester, Ruther
ford; Paul Beam. Gaston; D. A.
Loller, Rutherford: Walter Harris,
Cleveland; C, B. Harrill, Ruther
ford; Ed Rose. Lincoln; Basil Bor
ders, Cleveland; Marvin Blanton.
Cleveland; J. H. Allen. Rutherfoid:
C. W. Whitley, Gaston.
Textile Plants
Here Have Been
On 55-Hour Plan
Gaston Plants Cut From 60 To 55
Hours. Most of Loral Plants ,
Already Cut.
The majority of the textile
plants In Shelby and Cleve
land county have been run
ning on a work scale of only 55
hours per week, It Is stated
here following queries made
after many plants in Gaston
county cut from SO hours work
per week to 55 hours.
Night employes in this county
for the most part, it is stated, work
five nights of eleven hours each
week, while day employes work five
10 hour -days and until 11 or 12
on Saturday. Additional hours put
in on Saturday or at other times is
at the average rate, it is said of
time-and-one-half pay.
Gaston Decrease.
Gastonia, Aug. 9.—A voluntary re
duction in hours of work per week
from 60 to 55 and the maintenance
of the same wage scale which pre
vailed with 60 horns of work has
been announced by the majority of
combed yarn mills in Gaston coun
ty. and is already in effect.
With the exception of three or
four small mills in scattered sec
tions of the county, which had or
ders compelling them to put in the
extra hours of the next week or
two, every combed yam mill in
the county is now running only 55
hours per week, five short of the
state law allowing 60 hours.
Choose Either of Two Methods.
This 55-hour week means that
the employes choose one of the two
methods, they may work five and
half days of ten hours each, or five
full days of 11 hours each.
Under the former plan, the mills
would run five days of ten hours
each up to Saturday and run only
until 11 o'clock Saturday mornln?.
By the latter method. the mill.,
would run five'days of 11 hours each
and there would be no work done
on Saturday at all.
In every instance the employes
had the choice of which method tj
choose. They were all called to
(Contlnued on page eighth
No Intention To Wed Notices
Posted As Yet In This County
Young Cleveland county couples
with matrimonial intentions are
making no great rush to post their
intentions for five aays at the court
house here.
North Carolina's new marriage
law requiring couples under 21 years
of age and not accompanied by their
parents to post public notice cf
their intention to wed five days]
prior to securing license hasn't
been noticeable except that a few
more couples have joined the al
ready large procession moving to
the South Carolina Gretna Greens
for the hitching ceremonies.
'Since the new law came into ef
fect on July first only eight couples i
have secured marriage license in
Cleveland county and the 16 young
sters who received license for these;
ceremonies were either over 1\
: ears of age, or were accompanied
by their parents who ‘gave the de
sired parental approval.
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"When they have to go to that
much trouble to be married here,
since it already costs far more than
it does in South Carolina, very
few of them are going to get mar
ried at home.” is the opinion ex
pressed about the court house.
Incidentally, marriage license
cost only $4 here now instead of
$5. Very few people were aware of
the fact that the new marriage law.
requiring those under 21 announce
their marriage five days in advance
also cut the price of the license from
$5 to $4.
"But we're too c'ose to South
Carolina,” opines Register Andy F.
Newton. "Home marriages are get
ting scarcer with this posting law.”
So it seems. Not many years
back 20 to 30 couples were married
each month in this county. And
through the entire month of July
and all of August so far only eight
couples have secured license here.
Unknown Dies
After Eating
Melon Here
Acute Indigestion Ascribed As
Cause Of Fred W. Andrews In
South Shelby.
Fred W Andrews, whtvse home
unknown, is a corpse at a local un
dertaking parlor and officers are
trying to locate hts relatives to
know what disposition to make of
his body.
He died before medical aid could
be secured Sunday night at the
home of Charlie Williams in Sou'.’i
Shelby, where he had been a guest
since Friday. Andrews has been
dropping in unexpectedly at the
Williams home about once a year,
at* since his visits were so infre
quent, members of the Williams
family were never Informed as to
his home and location of his near
est relatives. Some one did recall
that he stated an uncle lived in
Spartanburg, S. C., so officers have
been telephoning this morning in
an effort to locate this uncle. Offi
cers there say they know the uncle
and are trying to get the death
message to him.
A watermelon was cut at the
Williams home and Andrews was
invited to help eat it. He was feel
ing as well as usual at the time and
made no complaint, but soon aftc
he ate the melon, acute indigestion
siezed*hun and he died before
medical attention could be secured.
What’s One Little
Wreck In The Air?
Plane Flies Again
Six Passrnttn Resume Trip From
Kinifs Mt. When Plane Is
Repaired.
One of the unwritten rules of
aviation is ‘'Once you're wrecked,
take to the air again to get your
nerve back.”
Last Friday at noon a big am
phibian plane with six people
aboard was forced to make a land
ing at Kings Mountain, this county,
when their motor went dead while
they were high in the air above the
eastern Cleveland county town. Sat
urday afternoon with the machine
ready to fly again after repairs were
rushed from New York, the six
Louisianans took to the air again,
heading for home, as if a little
thing like a dead motor isn't any
thing to worry about.
The field near Kings Mountain
was not large enough for a take-off
with a heavy load aboard so only
two of the party of six were in the
plane when it left Kings Mountain,
but four others motored on to Spar
tanburg and boarded the plane
there.
Prominent People Aboard.
The plane was enroute from
Richmond to New Orleans when
forced down. James R. Wedell, pres
ident of the Wedell-Williams Air
service, of New Orleans, was pilot
ing the plane. Others in the plane
were Harry T. Williams. Patterson,
La., president of the Southern Air
Express system, George N. Gooch,
retired capitalist, Patterson, La.;
Ted R. Bank, Freshman football
coach at Tulane university. New
Orleans; R. H. Bourgoods. Patter
son, La., and Hermann B. Boutsch
city editor of the New Orleans Item.
Father Strikes Son;
Son May Not Recover
Tom Chapman who lives in the
extreme northern edge of No. IX
township got into an altercation
with his son Charlie Champion a few
days ago and the father dealth a
blow on the sons head which may
prove fatal. The son was bleeding
profusely from ears, nose and mouth
and was unconscious through a
whole night. He regained conscious
ness. however, but reports from his
bedside Saturday are that he is still
in a very serious condition. His
father has not been arrested and
report has it that the son has re
ceived no medical attention.
Theatre To Change_
Here On Thursday
The Princess theatre will change
managers on Thursday, Enos Beam,
of the Beam brothers, owners, an
nounced ‘today. It was not revealed
who the new lessees are. Mr.
Beam said he did not know' whether
the house would be closed for
changes or not. Enos Beam, wit.i
his partner. D. W Plummer will
manage the Lyric, which he said
[will be improved.
Cleveland County Fair Given Wide
Publicity In Leading Farm Journal
Southern Agriculturist Gives Entire Page To
Fair Here. Says Fair Is County’s
* if * Best Asset. • * *
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More than a half million farm
people the world over will read this
week of one of the South's outstand
ing agricultural fairs.the Cleve
land County Fair—thanks to The
Southern Agriculturist, farm perio
dical. v -•» «*
The issue of The Agriculturist
which comes off the press this
week carries an entire page of
photos and descriptive matter about
the Cleveland County Fair in as
serting that "A good fair is a coun
ty's best educational asset "
The magazine has a circulation
of 655.280, and has 60,081 subscrib
ers in North Carolina.
Five photos of exhibit booths at
the last fair here are shown and
the descriptive article. headed
"Cleveland County. North Carolina
Shows How To Do it,” follows r
"Cleveland County, North Caro
lina. has long believed that a good
fair Is one of the most valuable edu
cational projects that can be spon
sored by the farming interests of
any county. Due largely to the
hearty cooperation of the women’s
and 4-H clubs of the county, the
Cleveland fair has grown in attract
iveness and Interest year after year
until it now ranks among the best
in the entire South.
"The pictures given orv this page,
which were furnished through the
kindness of Mrs. Irma P. Wallace,
the Home Demonstration agent for
the Cleveland County, give only a
faint idea of the splendid exhibits
and the attractive arrangement of
the various booths. It takes long
planning ahead, faithful work and
plenty of it, to put on a fair like
this, but the results are always well
worth the efforts made
“Note the variety and quality of
products shown tn the top center
pteture, which is a view taken down
the middle of the main isle where
the displays of horticulture and
(arm and field crops were centered.
Beyond the screen of cotton stalks
tn the background the space tn this
aisle was given over to the 'work of
the women of the county, to whom
was also given the long space to the
right of the aisle The top left illus
tration shows another section of the
farm and garden crop display, this
one featuring corn. "No picture can
show the beauty of those rows of
creamy corn against the green back
ground,” w’rites Mrs. Wallace.-“The
first section of 9 rows is the par
ticular corn. Cleveland Two-Ear,
which has proved especially adapt
ed to our soil.”
“The Bethlehem Community booth
received the blue ribbon. It is strict
ly an agricultural booth, "for we be
lieve In making an agricultural
booth the real thing, and keeping
women's work out of it, except what
comes from agricultural home in
dustries,” Mrs. Wallace says.
“The 4-H and home demonstra
tion clubs put on the booth shown
at the lower left. It Is a graphic
story of health, with its great var
iety of fresh and canned vegetables,
its posters showing balanced menus
made up from farm and garden
products. Everything used in this
“live at home” program can he
raised on the farm except fish and
citrus fruits, which are occasionally
placed upon the balanced meal lists
A ‘health horse.’ using nearly every
available vegetable, and named
(Continued On Page Eight)
County Fair List
Amount* To $6,000
The premium* In be offered
at the Cleveland County fair
which begins at the fair ground
amounts to >6,000 according to
Dr. J. S. Dorton. ,The prem
ium list will be ready for dis
tribution this week and plans
are taking shape for the great
est fair event in the history of
Cleveland county. There was re
cently published a story in The
Star about the state fair to be
held in Raleigh, stating that
the premium list would amount
to >24,000. Some readers got
this confused with the county
fair. Dr. Dorton says the county
fair of course could not pay any
>24,000 in premiums.
Star Editor Made
National Officer
Editor Lee B. Weathers of The
Cleveland Star has been made vice
president for North Carolina of the
National Editorial association, which
organization comprises a thousand
or more newspapers. Mr. Weathers
is former president of the North
Carolina Press association. The Na
tional Editorial association Is na
tional in its scope, as the name
indicates, and has a vice president
for each state in the Union. He will
serve as vice president from Nortn
Carolina.
Messrs. J. Walter Hartgrove and
Guy Hull spent yesterday in Lin
colnton with friends 1
Webb Boys Victors
In Another Match
At Charlotte Club
Pete And Snook Drfut MrC'anlr»(y
And Tinsley. Play In Shelbv
Today.
Pete and "Snook" Webb, Shelby’s
youthful golf wizards, are about
ready to take on Bobby Jones and
Walter Hagen. They want to get
licked now and then to lnocula e
themselves against the swell-head
disease.
Playing on the Charlotte Coun
try club course Saturday afternoon
the Shelby golfers defeated Freddy
McCanless. Myers Park club cham
pion,’and Roy Tinsley, assistant pio
of the ' Charlotte Country dub
course, 4 up and 3 to go,
Shelby Match Today.
This afternoon Tinsley Is booked
to bring a new partner, "Funny"
Orr, with him here to give the Webb
team a return match on the Cleve
land Springs course.
In Saturday’s mStch the Webb
brothers turned in a card of 75
each for the 18 holes while McCan
less rung up a 79 and Tinsley an
80. The Webb's best ball score was
69. Pete rang up two birdies in the
outgoing nine and one in the home
stretch nine, while "Snook", the
Carolinas junior champ, holed out
two brilliant one-under-par shots or
the first nine. McCanless, a husky
youngster, consistently outdrove iiif
Webbs, but the short approach
game of the Shelby boys and their
deadly putting from all angles on
the greens made up for the drive?
with enough left over to lock the
match at the 15th hole.
Close Gaines Mark Play
In County Baseball Loop
Cloth Mill And Eastside Maintain
League Lead. One Game
Under Protest.
The two east Shelby baseball
teams. Cleveland Cloth and East
side, held to their lead in the
Cleveland county baseball circuit
Saturday by registering their firth
victories of the season, although a
decision must be first handed doan
upon the Eastside win as a pretest
was filed.
Playing in the city park hire
Eastside defeated Union 10 to 1 and
the Dover-Ora club took the meas
ure of Knob Creek 5 to 3. Playing at
Lawndale the Cloth Mill crew won
a close contest from the Lawndale
outfit 4 to 2, while Boiling Springs,
playing at home, eased out ahead
of the Lily Mill team 5 to 4
Babe Ruthian blows for the day’s
play were turned in by Bumgardner,
of the Cleveland Cloth: M. McSw1 in
and Miller, of the Dover-Ora
The Boiling Springs-Lily gr.mc
carried through eleven frames in a
deadlock, while at Lawndale 'Curly'
Smith and Cline engaged in a
hurling duel but Smith had the
edge, giving up only four hits to
win the game 4-2.
At Lawndale.
Lawndale. Aug. 12—Playing her;
Saturday the league-leading Cleve
land Cloth team defeated the locals
in a fast game 4 to 2. Smith, visit
ing hurler, gave up only four hits
and whiffed 10 batters, and at bat
himself he slashed out a double and
a triple. Bumgardner was credited
with a four-ply swat on a fumbled
throw. Cline hurling for "'the horn?
team pitched a good game but was
touched for nine nits. He struck
out 5. The work of the opposing
(Continued on page eight.;
Prince in lll*HeaUh
The British royal family is said, [
to be greatly concerned over
the continued ill health of
Prince George the Fourth and,
youngest son of the British;
King. Prince George was re
cently transferred from the
Navy to the Foreign Office in
the hope that his health would
improve, but the change has
failed to better his condition.
94 Years Old
Mrs. DycusDies
Aged Woman Of Near Lawndale
Section To Be Burled Today
At Union Church.
Mrs Rtcy Dycus White died Sun
day afternoon at 12:30 o'clock at.
her home near Lawndale at the age
of 94 years, one month and 17 days.
She was stricken with paralysis on
Wednesday of last week
Medical aid and all the tender
care from loving l ands could r.ot
restore our loved one. Mrs. White
joined Sandy Plains Baptist church
in her early girlhood, later in life
moving her membership to Union
Baptist church of which she was a
member ai the time of her death
She had a quiet lovable disposition
and was a beautiful Christian char
acter who practiced her religion
wherever she was and under nil
circumstances every day in tne
year. Her quiet Christian influence
will perpetuate her memory in the
years to come.
She was preceded to the giave
by her husband, the late J O.
White, thirty-two years ago. also
two children. Mary Ellen and Jos
eph. who died in their early child
hood.
Mrs. White is survived by two
daughters. Mrs. William Yelton with
whom she made Ijer home, and
Mrs. Charlie Yelton of Lawndale,
together with fifteen grandchildren
and seventeen great grandchildren
Funeral services will be conducted
by Rev D. G. Washburn, her pas
tor, at 2.30 o’clock Monday afte
noon at Union Baptist church.
The grandson^ and granddaugh
ters of the deceased will act as full
| bearers and flower girls.
Do Traveling Men
Want A Real Picnic?
Officers Sounding Out The 73 Mem
bers On The Idea Of A
Picnic Gathering.
Do the traveling men who am
members of Post O. in Shelby want
a picnic? The officers, B. H, Ken
dall, president, Felix O. Gee secre
tary and treasurer and Dr. Zeno
Wall, chaplain, want to know. There
are 63 members of the association
in this territory and there is money
in the treasury, says Mr. Gee to
bear the expense of a picnic. A
number of members have express
ed a desire to get together one day
during the month of August and
since the treasury has funds to de
fray the expense of a real outing
and feed, the officers are anxious
to know how the members feel on
the subject.
Members of Post, O. Travelers
Protective association will please
notify the officers whether or not
they are in favor of this suggestion.
GARDNER INVITED TO OPEN
EXPOSITION AT CHARLOTTE
Charlotte.—Governor O. Max
Gardner will be invited to deliver
the opening address at the Char
lotte exposition to be staged in the
new armory-auditorium October
2-12, officials in charge of the pro
gram for the exposition announced
tonight.
Youth Injured
Mysteriously
At Local Mill
Hudson Blanton Found In Uncon
scious State In Dover MUI
Card Room.
A 15-year-old youth, Hudson
Blanton, has been In a semt-con
sclous condition at the Shelby hos
pital since Friday noon and If ha
falls to recover from the fractured
skull he suffers with It may never
be definitely known Juat how he
was injured.
About 11:30 Friday morning
other workers in the Dover textile
plant, just west of Shelby, found
young Blanton, who was a sweeper,
lying in an unconscious condition
on the floor between two cards in
the cardrooms. There were two
bruises on his head, one of whicn
proved to be a fracture, but as yet
it is not. known whether he fell
against or was caught by a machine,
or whether he received the blow, or
blows, on the head In some other
manner,
A Little Better.
Soon after being found he was
rushed to the hospital where an
examination revealed the fracture,
and since that time he has been In
a very serious condition. This
morning it was reported that he
seemed to be “a little better” but re
mained in a serious condition.
There were no wounds other than
the fracture. It was said.
The fact that young Blanton's
clothes were not tom or disarrang
ed and that he had no injuries or
bruises other than those on h’.s
head indicate, it is said, that hs
could hardly have become entangled
in any machinery since there would
have been other evidence of such.
One supposition Is that lie might
have slipped and have fallen for
ward striking the forepart of his
head on the floor or some machin
ery Then it could be, some point
out, that he was hit on the head.
The fracture is over the left eye.
No one was near him when he
received the injury and workers
j nearby did not hear any outcry or
commotion.
Young Blanton, a Boy Scout and
well known in the Dover village, ic
the son of Mrs. A^tie Blanton.
Burke Man Freed
Again For Murder
Cnnvirt^P Of Manslaughter In
1928 Hr Appealed And Granted
New Trial.
Morganton. Aug. 9 — Russell Mull,
young white man, who last ynd*
appealed to the supreme court from
a sentence of manslaughter in
connection with the death of Lon
nie Lefevcrs and was granted a new
trial, was this afternoon granted
complete freedom when after de
liberating 55 minutes the jury re
turned a verdict of not guilty.
The case has been pending for
more than three years. On June 2b.
1926 at an ice cream supper in the
Laurel section south of Morganton,
given by Jerrol Mull. Edgar and
Russell Mull, brothers, the Lefevcrs
engaged in a fight in which Lefev
ers was killed. He died about an
hour after he had been shot by
Russel Mull.
Edgar Mull was wounded in cl\e
affray and when the brothers were
tried at the March term of Bulk2
superior court in 1928. Edgar Mqll
came clear and Russ'eli Mull was
convicted of manslaughter with a
sentence of from 2 to 3 years in
the state prison. Early this year the
supereme court granted the new
trial.
JThe case has occupied two days of
the present term of court, Judge W
P. Harding, presiding, 'f’he plea of
the defense was based entirely on
self defense. The defendant took
the stand himself, admitted the
shooting but said it was after his
brother had been shot down and
threats had been made against
him. The brothers who were the
participants in the affray were the
chief witnesses. but possibly 75
others, including many character
witnesses were examined.
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$50,000 Error In
Headline Corrected
In Friday’s Star the headline
over the story on the front page
showing the amount of money
the various schools will get this
year from the state school equal
ization fund, it was stated that
the sum was $7,221 more than
last year. This was written and *
should have appeared $57,221
more than last year." The fig
ures in the body of the article
were correct, but since the er
ror appeared in the headline in
large type. The Star wishes to
correct the same i