8 PAGES I TODAY *— , ., i .* By mall, per year (In advance) $3.60 Carrier, per year (in advance) $3.00 J LATE NEWS | The Markets. Cotton (Spot) ...... .. lS'tC Cotton Seed, per hu. .. 40'=c Showers Likely. Today’s North Carolina Weather Report: Cloudy and probably oc casional showers tonight and Tues day, if Kenilworth Receivers. _ Roscoe Marvel manager of the ho- j tel, and the Commerce i nion Tru-t Company weer named err elvers for Kenilworth Inn, nationally known Asheville hotel, by Federal Judge F. Yates Webb here this afternoon ».t 1 o'clock. Judge Webb also gave the receivers power to continue the op eration of the hotel. The receiver ship order followed a hearing before Judge Webb which was attended by a half dozen attorneys representing trustees and security holder; of the well known hostelry. Negro Unable To Recall How He Was Slagged Ax Victim Cannot Remember Blow. / White Youth And Negro fit-. Bound Over. f ~ - SJTust who hit Boyce Meeks, negro found in a pool of blood in his shack below the Southern station a couple of weeks back after an alco hol drinking party had been held in his shack, may become as much of a mystery as who hit Billy Patter son, With Meeks out of the hospital after being partially paralyzed for a couple of weeks, a preliminary ; hearing of the slugging and robberv was held in county court here Sat-j urday, but the mysterious wielding ! of the ax became more of a mystery instead of clearing up. Hold Two For Court. The two defendants arrested shortly after the slugging—Stough | Green, young white man, and Louis! Ellis, colored—were bound over to Superior court under a bond of $300 each. The evidence, however, failed to show that they were connected with, the slugging of Meeks other than that Meeks said they were at his shack some time before he was hit and bofh admitted being there although claiming that Meeks had not been slugged before they left, Meeks, whose mind does not seem to have fully recovered from the bad fracture on the rear of his head, could tell little about it Green and Ellis, he said, came to his shack on the Saturday night, before he was found unconscious on the shack (Continued On Page Eight) Bury Rufus Seism At Pleasant Grove Seventy-One Year Old Citizen Died Last Night. Lived With .' Son. Mr. Rufus A. Seism. 71 years of age. died Sunday night at the Shel by hospital about 11 o’clock, death resulting, it is said, from cancer of the liver. Funeral services are being con ducted this afternoon at 4 o'clock at Pleasant Grove church, where he had been a member for nearly so years. Rev. H. E. Waldrop is offi ciating at the burial services. Mr. Seism, who had been ill for four weeks, had been making his home with his son. Gaither Seism, just north of Shelby, his wife hav ing died about three years ago. Sur viving are three sons: Gaither. Ar thur and Frank. Also one sister. Mrs. John Stewart, of Lincoln county; and 16 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Brother And Sister Meet After 45 Years Forest City.—After 45 years had elapsed without their seeing each other, Elijah Waters, of Chester, S C. visited his sister. Mrs. Julia Green, who lives on Bostic, Route 1. Though living within 100 miles of each other somehow the years pass ed without brother and sister ever meeting. Mr. Waters' daughter and two grand-daughters came witn him when he visited his sister. When it was learned that Mr. Wa * ters was visiting his sister, about 75 old friends and neighbors came to see him. A brother, Sam Waters, of Alexander, was also present. Making Plans For Baptist Convention The men of the First Baptist church met, Sunday afternoon to be 1 gin making plans for the entertain ment of the State Baptist conven tion which will bp held at the local church. Nov. 11th to 14th inclusive About 1.000 visitors are expected in the city during the convention. W. H. Hudson was made chair man of the finance committee; Chas. L Eskridge, transportation; O. M. Mull, entertainment; Lee B. Weathers, publicity Each commit 1 top head will select other members to serve with him. Young Marine, Shelby Youth, Is Killed In Wreck Sgt. Robert Brevard Roberts Meets Death Near Paris Island S. C. Body Coming Home. Sergeant Robert Brevard Rnber’s, member of the United States Ma rines. stationed at Paris T land, S C. was instantly killed late Saturday night when the automobile in which lie and four other marine., were riding, going to Savannah, erased into a truck at a point two miles south of. Hardeeville, S. C lit skull was fractured in two places, and he suffered internal injuries, according to a telegram to The Star irom Savannah Ga.. this morning. Sergeant Roberts is the son of Mrs. W. Josh Roberts of Chestnut street, Shelby, and had served four years in the Marines. R^rem!" he re-enlisted A telegram from headquarters r.sted his mother whether she wish ed the body returned to Stieibv for interment, or buried with tla,- usual mll'tary honors in. a government cemetery and immedia'ely a rc* auert was made that his Cedy be sent to Shelby. The funeral will bf> held at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning from Rober*\ res rienre on Chestnut street and burial will be at Patterson Springs Young Roberts is the youngest son of 'Mrs. W. Josh Roberts and besides his mother, four sisters and one brother survive: Mrs. Will Arey, Mrs. C. C. Ho-n. Mrs Herbert Whis nant. Miss Ruth Roberts" and Ben Roberts. Two half brother:-. Will J and Geo. Roberts also sievive Veteran Maker Of Harness Dies From An Infected Tooth John R. Melton Buried At Union Sunday Afternoon. Highly Respected Citizen. Mr John R Melton. f or years proprietor of the harness depart ment of the Farmers Hardware herp and well known to hundreds of Cleveland county citizens, died about 7 o'clock Saturday morning at his home in east Shelby. Death, it. is said, resulted from an inrected tooth. Funeral services were held at Union church Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock and a large crowd was in attendance. Mr. Melton, who was 51 years of age, joined Big Springs church 30 years ago. but later mov ed his membership to Union. Rev. D. G. Washburn conducted the funeral services. A quiet, law-abiding citizen. Mv Melton was a true friend to scores and his death after an illness of three weeks brought sadness to many. Surviving are h Char lotte law.ver and former minister, was one of the men, it Is alleged, sought b.v the anti-communistic mob whleli recently paraded from Gastonia to Charlotte. Ilmlson along with others sympathetic with the strike movement have been hard to locate In Charlotte following the anti-red flare-up In Gaston. I Tessner Released I On Payment Of Fine Monry Said To Have Bwn Sent By I'nion In Charlotte Krrof nlws Visitor. Cleo Tessner, alleged labor agita tor. who was ejected Irom a miil residence last week at Kings Moun tain and was also fined *25 and the costs in county court here for op erating an automobile without prop er license, was released from Jail Saturday upon payment of the fine. Reports heard here had it~that the money to pay Tessner’s fine came from union sympathizers at Charlotte, while one report had It that it was sent by Attorney Tom P. Jimlson, who represents the strik ing group. After his release from jail it is said Tessner leturned to Kings Mountain. Visitor Arrested. On the day after he was placed I in jail here and also on the day' following his ejectment from the Cora mill residence at Kings Moun tain, Tessner was visited at the jail by two men not known here. In Sunday's newspapers Sheriff Allen saw the photos of the men arrested late last week in Charlotte for hav ing riot guns, other guns and am munition in their possession, and one of the photos, the sheriff said, was that of one of the two men who visited Tessner in jail here. Where To Buy Copies Of Star Copies of The Star may be pur chased by those who are not regu lar subscribers from two newsboys on the streets each press-day aft ernoon, and at Albert's newsstand at Suttle's drug store. Brummitt Tells How Gardner May Call Out National Guard Attorney-General Issues Statement Clarifying Rights Of Exe cutive To Call Troops. Raleigh.—Attorney-General Den-j nis G. Brummitt, in a statement is- j sued, sets forth for the informa tion of the general public the legal I and constitutional aspects of the : governor s authority to call out th? National Guard The governor, the statement se'.s forth, has authority to call out the militia to execute the law. suppress riots or insurrection and to repel invasion. In the first instance, that of ex ecuting the law, if the governor calls oiit troops at the request ol they act in subordination to the local civil authorities. They go to a locality to see that the civil law is enforced and that defiant crimin als shall be made to yield to the demands of the law. The National Guard, where the right exists under express provisions of the statute and common law , must also endeavor to suppress a riot or prevent it if one is threatened and if necessary to that end arrest offenders. The par ties arrested shall be turned over to civil authorities for trial. Where there is an insurrection it is distinguished from a riot by the fact there is organized and armed uprising against the authority of ; the governor. The responsibility for 4; Mothrr Of Ftv« Ridlngr On Trnrli When Shot. Othrr* Hurt. Hear Wltnrsse*. Gastonia, Sept, 15.—With the coroner'* Inquest Into the death ol Mrs. Ella May Wiggins, striker, vic tim of an anti-communist mob, only partly completed, seven men today were held In bonds of $1,000 each on charges of manslaughter. They were arrested on warrants Is sued at. the request of Solicitor Jonn O. Carpenter. The inquest started in the Gaston county courthouse at. 9 o'clock this morning. Except for an hour when the hearing was adjourned that persons attending might go to church, and a few minutes to get a sandwich for lunch. the hearing continued without, a break until 4 o'clock this afternoon when ad journment was taken until next Sat urday, The men arrested were F. T. Mpr row. driver of an automobile which collided with a truck in which 21 members of the National Textile Workers union were fleeing from a mob; Theodore Sims. Lowery Davis, and Troy Jones, who were In the car with Morrow; George Llnger felt, driver of the truck; L. M. Sossoman. master mechanic of the l.oray cotton mill at Gastonia and Will Lunsford, a Loray mill em ploye. The warrants charge that the men “did conspire confederate and agree together to slay and did slay Ella May Wiggins.” They were re leased on bonds of $1,000 each sign ed by J. A. Baugh, general mana ger of the Loray mill of the Man vtlle-Jenckes company. Examine 29 Witnesses. Twenty-nine witnesses were heard at today s session of the Inquest. Four physicians testified that Mrs. Wiggins met her death from a sin gle bullet wound. A mill superin tendent who was passing at the moment took the witness stand to corroborate in large part the etory told by the workers on the truck. Robert White. 15, whose arm was broken when some member of the mob clubbed him, and Mrs. Mary Goldsmith Jones told their version of the incident. Mrs. Jones was wounded on the Up In some manner. Mrs. Jones said she could not swear that she was shot but was positive she was not hurt in the collision. G. R Spencer, superintendent of the American mill at Bessemer City, and occupants of the truck aU told Coroner J. F. Wallace and ills jury that men armed with pump guns apparently tried to halt the strikers when they were dumped out of the wrecked truck. As the strikers fled Mrs. Wiggins was kill ed. Several witnesses declared shots were fired at those who remained in the truck. The shooting was a result of ef forts of anti-communists to prevent;' an advertised meeting in South Gas tonia by communists and members of the National TextUe Workers un ion which last April called a strike in the Loray mill. Twenty-five heavily armed deputy sheriffs pe troled the section about the place where the meeting was to be held. The victims of the automobUe col lision and shooting which occurred (Continued On Page Eight) Shelby People In Gastonia Saturday For Strike Clashes Many Go There To" Witness Clash Between Mobs Of Reds And Anti Reds. Scores of Shelby and Cleveland county people motored to Gastonia Saturday afternoon and night for the anticipated clashes between communistic strikers and anti-com munist lc citizens of Gastonia and Gaston county. A number of local people there during the afternoon were near the scene where the mother of flve children was shot and killed after the truck, filled with strike sympa thizers, in which she was riding wa* wrecked In a collision with another car, from which, it is said, the fatal bullet was fired. Others saw thd body of the woman before It wkf removed and while the first of tile inquest was being conducted. Later In the night scirei of (am Gastonia area visited ttB Kings Mountain section after >orts were broadcast that the ooa& ■miniatic meeting, scheduled fat jastonla and cause of all the dis urbance had been transferred to Sings Mountain No demonstration, lowever. was staged in the east I