■CEDI. FREED
IF1ERJHI YEARS
Sampson County Man Convicted On
Circumstantial Evidence Freed:
Parole By Governor.
Raleigh.—For the second time in
as many weeks the gates at state’s
prison have swung open to let out
a man who, after serving the state
in expiation of a crime for which he
was convicted, has been found, with
fair certainty, nevei to have com
mitted the crime, in the last in
stance, after serving more than 10
years of a 20-year sentence, all on
circumstantial evidence.
James Ballard, 17 years old when
a feeble-minded woman 30 or 40
years old, was brutally murdered
in a tobacco field :n Sampson coun
ty. He had been sent to a point 50
or 75 yards from 'ut point at which
the murder was committed to get
a tobacco truck. No motive could
be found and nothing in the con
middle of my
back. I had a
dull, tired feel
ing, and I dread
ed the thought
of having to do
my household
tasks. 1 mis
tired when I
got up in the
morning. I got'
no rest from
my sleep, and I
was sleepy all
day long.
"jay nusrana
got J bottle of Gftrdai for
me. It was not long be
fore I began’ to show a
decided improvement
My strength began to re
turn and 1 felt much more
like myself. The sleepy
spells gradually quit and
the pains in my back and
aides disappeared.
is a splendid
22,
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MAKING BOTH ENDS
MEET
Here’s a case where punc
tuation is important: The
following ad appeared in a
Milwaukee paper recently
in the “Rooms to Let’’ col
umn: “Comfortable room
for rent for one or two
people: steam heated maid
furnished without extra
charge.”
There are no extra charg
es on Sinclair gas and Opal
ine oil. You pay standard
prices for these products
but get quality and satis
faction in a class by itself.
Facts speak louder than
words that’s ’’’hy we sug
gest that you give these
products a trial.
Cleveland
Oil Co.
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duct of the negro boy, before or
since, to connect him with it, ex
cept his tracks at_lhe point he ad
mitted going to for the truck. But
the jury convicted him on circum
stantial evidence. Now, those who
testified against him believe him
innocent and that the crime was
committed by another negro, a des
perate character then in the vicin
ity.
Convinced Of Innocence.
J. T. Kennedy, or. whose farm the
crime was committed, was never
convinced of Ballard’s guilt, but his
! son, Connor Kennedy, then sure of
it, is now convinced that he did not
Judge Frank A. Daniels, who tried
the case, has wvltten Governor
Gardner. However, Ballard has paid
for the crime, regardless of who
committed it, by serving since Aug
ust, 1919, more than 10 years.
Another negro, Bill Ross, driving
| a truck for a Mr. Kyser, of Spencer,
| convicted of manslaughter in David
son county and untenced to five
years in state’s prison, was paroled
by Governor Gardner after it was
found that he nad been forced to
leave undone what would have pre
vented the accident resulting in the
death of two people, a man and a
woman, and for which he has serv
ed more than a Year in prison.
Not Responsible For Deaths.
About 8:30 at night, his gas gave
out and he left his truck standing
on the highway without lights, leav
ing two helpers in charge of It,
while he went half a mile for gas
oline. A Ford truck, running with
out, lights, ran into his truck. When
he returned, he was not permitted
to put the gasoline in his truck and
move it from the road, as he in
sisted on doing; but was forced to
accompany the arivers of the Ford
truck to the filling station to re
port to the owner of his truck. While
they were gone a Chrysler craslfcd
into the Ford truck, turned over,
and killed a man and woman. IT.e
driver of the Chrysler was drunk,
and a pint of liquor was found in
the car with him.
Finding out these circumstances,
Judge N. A. Townsend, as one ol the1
last acts of his service as executive
council, thought the negro had
served long enough for an accident
which he was not able to prevent.
“Oh, yes, we have a wonderful
climate,” said me man from south
ern Texas. “Why only last season
we raised a pumpkin to large that,
sawing it in two my wife used
the halves as cradles in which to
rock the babies.”
Trustee’s Sale.
By virtue of the power vested in
me in certain deed of trust, execut
ed by Fannie M. Stamey and hus
band. S. M. St'.mey, on the 28th
day of December 1927, to secure an
indebtedness to Cora H. Curtis, said
deed of trust oeing recorded in book
144, page 268 of the register’s office
for Cleveland county, and default
having been made in the payment
of the indebtedness thereby secur
ed, and demand having been made1
upon me to execute the trust, I will
sell to the highest bidder at the
Court house door in Shelby, on:
Saturday, January 18, 1930 at
12 o’clock,
or within legal hours, the following
described real estate:
Being lots Nos 2 and 3 on the
South side of Oak street, as shown
by plat of B. F. Curtis property,
made by A. M. Lovelace, surveyor,
in June, 1923, said plat being re
corded in book of plats No. 1, page
No. 57, to whien plat reference is
hereby had.
This sale Is made subject to a
prior mortgage on the house and
lot, with the right to the purchaser
to assume and pay off the prior
mortgage.
This the 16th day of December,
B. T. FALLS, Trustee.
666
Is a Prescription for
Colds, Grippe, Flu, Dengue,
Bilious Fever and Malaria.
It is the most speedy remedy known.
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AUXILIARY HERE
School Hood, Captain In World
War, Says Seeing Value Of
Peace Greatest Result.
One of the moet Interesting ad
dresses delivered In Shelby recently
was that made last week before the
women of the Shelby auxiliary of
the American Legion by Capt. B. L.
Smith, superintendent of the Shel
by schools.
Capt. Smith used as his topic
“What the World Is Doing for
Peace” and feature excerpts of the
address follow:
As we approach the Christmas
season when we celebrate the birth
of the Prince of Peace, It Is alto
gether befitting that we should
turn our thoughts to the consid
eration of the subject of "Peace on
Earth.”
Because of our connection with
military service, you and I may be
privileged to speak with some
right of liberty. Indeed, It seems to
me that of all folks who should
stand for peace, It is those who
served and sacrificed in time of
war that wars might be ended.
Success In any endeavor Is found
through discovery of God's way and
walking therein. Surely, peace must
be the way of God.
Jesus placed his own approval
upon the subject In his sermon cn
Ihe Mount In these words: "Blessed
are the peacemakers, for they shall
Prior to the World War some con
tribution was attempted toward
peace and with some success. Roose
velt had secured the arbitration ot
the conflict between Russia and
Japan. Bryan had negotiated num
bers of peace treaties between the
United States and other nations.
Elihu Root made the thinking of
men turn to the subject The Hague
Tribunal had been formed. The U.
S. had turned back to China for
educational purposes, the indem
nity granted as a result of the Box
er Uprising. Argentina and Chile
settled their hostilities by erecting
at the summit of the Ander moun
tains on their border line a statue
to the Christ, at the foot of which
on bended knees they pledge that
sooner shall these mountains crum
ble to dust than we shall go to war
with each other. Further the Unit
ed States and Canada maintained
few a hundred fifty years good-will
and friendship across a border line
unpatrolled by soldiery and unmark
ed by fortification.
It was left to the World War to
give to the cause of peace its great
est impetus. We saw something of
the amassing cost of war and the
wreckless waste and destruction of
property. There were long years of
extensive preparation; there weie
the hundreds of billions of wealth
hustled away; there are the yea’-s
all too short and the remuneration
all too sparse of pensioning disaoled
veterans and children. Moreover,
there are unending, Increasing In
vestments In the race for future
preparation. With all that has been
said and done the United States
has laid out for itself for simply one
branch of defense a program of
spending that Is overwhelming. Our
naval program alone calls for an
expenditure of hundreds of millions
of dollars annually. The year 19S?
calls for an outlay of $802,000,000.
Elghty-two percent of federal funds
go for wars.
The pity of the thing Is that ar
maments do not give security. They
become the cause of involving us In
conflict.
The World War discovered a man,
a child of the Prince of Peace—
Woodrow Wilson. He envisioned
as have never any other man a world
at peace. He pointed the way as has
never any other man. The world
stood at the attention and* heard
his message. “He came unto Iris own
and his own received him not.” The
pity of a soul crucified on a cross of
political hatred!
League Of Nations.
America lost Its great chance) but
the League of Nations, weakened by
our absence, has gone ahead. Fifty
five of the greatest nations of the
world has affiliated. Only the U. S.,
Soviet Russia, Mexico, Egypt, Tur
key, Ecuador, and Afghanistan are
left out. Germany was admitted at
the session of 1926. “It is not a
moving spectacle,” declared Briand,
the representative of France, ‘ and
a specially ennobling and comfort
ing one, when we think that only a
few years after the most frightful
war which ever devastated the
world .... the same peoples who
were burled In combat against each
other are meeting in this peaceful
assembly..to collaborate m
the work of World peace?”
Radio, wire telephony, and
other scientific advances have knit
us closer together and has given us
better understanding and has de
veloped more cordial relationships.
Recently Ramsey McDonald,
prime minister oi Great Britain, had
suspended their naval building pro
gram. President Hoover has done
likewise for the U. S. The two have
held conferencej on disarmament
and have arranged for an interna
Noble Owner of Much
Disputed Necklace
The Archduchess Maria There«a
of Austria wearing the diamond
necklace that was presented to the
. Empress Maria by Napoleon in
1811. It is now in the custody of
Mrs. C. F. Townsend of New York.
A similar necklace is in the posses
sion of Mrs. Ernest Graham of
Chicago. Both claim their neck
lace is the one presented by Na
poleon.
Mr. And Mrs. Jackson
Wed 57 Years Ago
Brother Of Mrs. S. E. Riviere And
His Wife Married In
Shelby.
Going to Texas 57 years ago as
a bride, traveling by boat, rail and
stage and finding the streams and
rivers frozen over ■n. 1th ice, was the
experience of Mrs. T, F. Jackson,
who with Mr. Jackson, celebrated
their 57th wedding anniversary last
month.
From New Orleans the Jacksons
went to Galveston, Texas, by 'nat,
landing November 18, 1872, ar.d
proceeding as far as Columbus by
rail and thence by rtage to Moulton,
Lavaca county, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
son had all the thrills of pioneer
life. Mrs. Jackson was formerly
Miss Jennie Cline, the wedding tak
ing place in Cleveland county, North
Carolina, November 6, 1872, during
the days of reconstruction', in the
south. Mr. Jackson had previously
served in Company I, First Georgia
infantry during the war between the
states.
Mr. and Mrs. Jackson have been
residing in Fort Arthur, Texas, the
past 12 years with their daughter,
Mrs. M. F Bledsoe of Bledsoe place.
Other children are Mrs. W. H. Jones
of Port Arthur, Mrs. C. J. Jordan of
Aransas Pass. A C. Jackson of
Wharton and F. C. Jackson of
Wharton. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson also
boast of 13 grand^tagga and two
Mr. gJackson celebrated his 82nd
birthday on March 4 and Sirs. Jack
son will reach her 79th birthday on
January 21, 1930. ;
<Mr. Jackson is a brother of Mrs.
S. E. Riviere of 3hclbl£*®d is pleas
antly remembered here by many of
the older people. Mrs. Jackson Is a
sister of Mrs. K. F. Behenck.)
tional conference in Xcmdon, Janu
ary, 1930.
This year for the first time In
many years the president of the U.
S. refused to issue a navy day pro
clomation, delivering rather an ad
dress on peace, November 11.
It wu of the greatest significance
that Armistice day speeches this
year were overwhelmingly peace
speeches. Even John J. Pershing's
speech was de<.iaedly so,
"Till the war-drum throbs no longer
And the battle-flags are furled
In the Parliament of man.
The federation of the World.”
TRUSTEE’S SALE OF LAND.
Under and by virtue of author
ity contained in three certain deeds
of trust, executed by J. R. Melton
and wife, Eva Melton, to the under
signed trustee, said deeds of trust
being dated March 11, 1936, and re
corded In book No. 135 at pago 254,
January '2, 1927 and recorded in
book No. 140 at page 262, January
7. 1928 and recorded in book No.
149 page 97 in the office of ohe reg
ister of deeds for Cleveland coun
ty, N. C„ securing an Indebtedness
to the Shelby and Cleveland coun
ty B. & L. association, and default
having been made In the payment
of said indebtedness I will on
Saturday, January 11, 1930,
at 12 o'clock noon, or within .egal
hours, at the court house door In
Shelby, N. C., sell to the highest
bidder for cash at public auction
that certain lot or parcel of land
described as follows:
Being a part of the Hall-Wray
land in the southeast part of the
town of Shelby, N. C. Beginning at
an iron stake at a root 27 1-3 feet
slightly east of north from a large
hickory on the east side of the
Kings Mountain road as it formerly
ran past McArthur’s house and
runs thence with the Hall-Wrav
line S. 85% E. 206% feet to an iron
stake on said line, comer in J. R.
Osborne's line; thence with Fisher’s
line N. 7 W. 198% feet to an iron
stake, comer in J. R. Osborne line:
thence with Osborne’s line N. 85%
W. 193% feet to an iron stake in the
old Hayy-Wray-McA
stake being 14 feet south of a pine
and near a spring on English’s
land; thence with J. L. Webb's 1-ne
S. 3% E. 197% feet to the begin
ning, and being that same lot which
was conveyed to J. R. Melton by G
C. Beam and wife by deed dated
March 17, 1924, and recorded in the
office of the register of deeds for
Cleveland county, N. C.
This December 11, 1929
* „ *?Np. P, MU1&, Tm^ee,
M'BRAYO SCHOOL
■UNITY NEWS
Students Doing Good Work. Mr.
Hobbs Celebrates Birthday.
Personals.
(Special to The Star.'*
The following students of our
school are to be complimented lot
doing excelent work during the first
month of school each making an
average of #0 and over on ali their
school work.
First grade: Mary Ruth Davis.
Ocie Bisk, Ruby Alien. Third grade,
Herman Allen.
Mr. and Mrs. W R. MrEntyre arid
son, Clifford, were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. D. B. Hughes Monday
evening.
Misses Nell DeLdateh and Geor
gia Davis were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Clifton Davis Sunday after
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Davis were
welcomed callers at the home
Mr. and Mrs. CUfcon Davis Sunday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Byers were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Bor
ders Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Leigh spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr. and
Mrs. R. W. Lemons.
Mr. John Borders was a welcom
ed guests of Mr. Troy Blanton Sat
urday evening.
Misses Ida antJ^Ellen Rlppy were
pleasant callers at the school Thurs
day.
Mr. Hobbs wt{o is the head of the
Hobbs-Peabody construction com
pany celebrated his birthday by giv
ing a dinner, December 10. A large
number of guest were present and
all reported an enjoyable time.
We were very glad to have the
following new pupils enrolled in our
school Friday Ray and Ernest
Moore and Margaret and Myrtle
Russ.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Mcswaui
were welcomed visitors of Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Wilson bunday afternoon.
Mrs. B. Austell and Mrs. Austell
Bettys were guests of Mr. and Mrs
J. R. DeLoatch Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Giles Rogers were
welcomed guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Lyst Sunday.
Mr. Ernest and Miss Mary Sue
Blanton were callers at the home ol
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Allen Tuesday
evening.
Mrs. J. L. Rhodes spent Thursday
evening with her daughter Mrs. c.
C. Allen. She was accompanied by
her two sons, Metsrtf. George and
Dewey Rhodes.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Moore and
family were guests of Mr, and Mrs.
John Borders cap evening lust
week. •
Mr. and Mrs. Giles Rogers motor
ed to Cherryville Sunday evening.
Fourteen Cleveland
Students At College
Appalacian State Teachers College
Has An Enrollment Tis Year
Of 545.
There are fourteen Cleveland coun
ty students at the Appalachian
Administrator’s Notice.
Having Qualified as administrator
of the estate of Johannah Bur
chett, late of Cleveland county, N.
C„ this is to notify all persons nav
.ng claims against the said* estate
to present the same to me properly
proven on or before the 13th day
of November 1030 or this notice will
be pleaded in bar of recovery
thereof. All persons owing the said
estate will please make Immediate
settlement to the undersigned. Tills
November 12, 1929.
J. L. BUTTLE, Administrator,
Estate of Johannah Burchett,
deceased.
Dr. D. M. Morrison,
Optometrist
Eyes Examined, Glasses
Fitted and Repaired.
Located* Downstairs Next
To Haines Shoe Store.
Telephone 585.
State teachers college tills year and
it la understood that all of them will
come home for the Christmas holi
days when the school closes Decem
ber 20. The following are the stud
ents: Zelma Downs. Pauline New
ton, Manta Horton, Lloyd Turner,
Marvin Brittain, Bonnie Lee Wal
ker* Ina Wortman, all of Casar,
Mar/on a Hoylo and Chlvous Hoyle
of Fallston, Edith Sain of Belwood,
Grace Hambrtght, Viola Houser,
Martha Cornwell and Nell Hayes,
all of Kings Mountain.
This Is an eventful year: The
success of the football team which
has not lost a game to any North
Carolina or Tennessee college in oil
the eight games played; the bas
ketball teams which have started In
the same fine way; the five wide
awake literary societies; the inter
collegiate debates; the county clubs,
with their touch of "back home;"
the excellent work of the Young
Mens and the Young Womens Chris
tlan associations, that render he'p
ful programs every Sunday night;
an enrollment of 545 students; and
most of all, In the line of eventrul
tilings is the fact that this is the
first year for the institution as a
four year college. At the May com
mencement bachelor's degrees will
be conferred upon a class of fine
young men and women.
TRUSTEE'S SALE.
By virtue -r the ,— er of sale
contained In a deed of trust execut
ed on May 21st, 1929. to me as truf
tee, securing an Indebtedness to the
Shelby Building and Loan associa
tion, and default having been made
In the payment of satd Indebted
ness, I, as trustee, will sell for cash
to the highest bidder at public
auction at the court house door *n
- --.oy, N. on
Saturday, December 28, 1929,
at 13 o'clock M. the following de
scribed real c..atc:
Situated In the town of Snelby.
N. C., and known as lots Nos. 12 ..no
13 In block A, as shown on pint cf
the sub-division of the Cyclone Auc
tion company’s property, made b*
J. A. Wilkie, surveyor, and recorded
in book two of plats, page 3, In far
office of the register of deeds of
Cleveland county, N. C., reference u>
raid pl*.‘ —'tag hereby made for lo
cation and dimensions. Ths Nov
ember 26, 1929.
CLYDE R .iOEY, Trustee.
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