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Group Of 1100 But Claim On Al leged Partnership Of Century Ago. fit. Loufe.—In a little law office, littered with affidavits, letters, questionnaires and photographs sits a man who may lead 1,1000 per sons to wealth— wealths from the cofers of the Astor family. Calvin I. Hoy, a St. Louis attor ney, ,is the man who Is represent ing this group in the fight for an estate which has been conservative ly estimated at approximately $50’ 000.000. Although they have encountered several legal rebuffs these eleven hundred—all descendants of one John Nicholas Emerlck who, they claim, started John Jacob Astor in business over a hundred years ago —continue with grim determination the attempt to get what they claim Is theirs. Having already lost their first legal fight In the United States dis trict court In New York, the Miss issippi Valley Association of Emer lck heirs are preparing to appeal their case. If they lose the appeal they are planning to take the claim to the United States supreme court. When the appeal is heard the court will review Incidents of more than a century ago which the Em erick heirs say took place—and which the As tors say didn’t. Old Agreement Found. The story which the Emerlcks relate In court was, until recently, a family tradition, but in 1028 the discovery of a will and trust agree ment was made. The Emerlcks say that they are the missing docu ments which prevented prior settle ment of the case. The story, handed down t'Itn gen eratlon to generation, says that Em erick, after giving Astor his start In life as a business man made him his partner-manager In his $1,500, ooo fur business. Emerlck died in 1818. the story goes, but prior to that time. Emer lck had entered into an agreement with Astor stating that his share of the business—$1,000,000—was to continue under the managership of Astor but stipulating that the end of 90 years the heirs of the Emer lck family was to receive Ms entire estate. The Emerlcks claim that the estate has grown to fifty times its original value. Documents In Trunk. The 90 years expired In 1907 or thereabouts, but the Emerlcks did not collect, although they claim the Aston offered to settle at that time providing the will and trust agree ment could be produced—but they were missing. In 1938, however, Mrs. Edna Car nahan, an Emerlck heiress, discov ered what the Emerlcks claim to be the missing documents, In the lin ing of an old trunk which belonged to her wealthy ancestor. Then earns the organisation oi the Mississippi Association of Em erlck Heirs with 11000 members and the selection of Hoy as their lead er. The primary reason for their organisation was to cut the expense of conducting the legal fight. Months of hard and Wy work followed, then came the hearing— but the Bmericks lpst because the court held that the suit should have been Instituted long ago. But the Bmericks say that they had only a tradition "long ago” and without evidence they could not be success ful in a court fight. Now, during the present term of the United States appellate court, the "Legion of the Eleven Hun dred” stand ready to attempt to overcome another great obstacle In their fight for fortune. DAVIS BOV DIES IN SHELBY HOSPITAL HERE Geo. Davis, age six years, died at midnight at the Shelby Hospital. When th' youngster was a child he fell from a porch and received an injury which caused his trouble. He Is the son of E. S. Davis at 330 Gardner street. The burial takes place this afternoon at 3 o’clock at Zoar church. LAWTON GLOVER IS BURIEED AT ZOAR CHURCH Lawton Glover who was bom and reared near the oounty home died In the state hospital at Morganton Christmas night where he had been a patient for ten years. He was bur ied at Zoar church cemetery yester day. Mr. Glover was 45 yerrs of age. Major Avery J. Holmes of Wash ington, D. C., Is spending this week end with his sister, Mrs. A1 Ben nett Mrs. Eraa Shlck of Chicago filed suit for divorce from her husband charging “he 1-st money In the stock market and then robbed the baby's bank to pay his margins." Roy Brown, 3, of Elgin, HI., shot himself In the stomach with a re volver his father kept under his pillow. Earners of Alleghany county are buying shorthorn cattle to stimu late the beef cattle Industry of the county. t Crazed Farmer Kills His Family (Continued from page one.) degeneration in Home of Lawson's brain cells. This discovery, Dr, Halsebeck stated, served to dis credit an earlier theory that a blow on the head about a year ago caus ed the farmer to become Insane. Brother Found Bodies. Elijah Lawson, a Mtother of the teed man, was first to discover that something was wrong, at the Law son home. He found the bodies ol his sister-in-law and four ot the children—Marie, James. Raymond, and Mary Lou—in the Lawson home. He hastily summoned neigh bors and a search revealed the bodies of Carrie and Martbelle, the other two girls, in a tobacco barn about a quarter of a mile away. Big splotches of blood in snow which lay on the ground led to the find ing of the bodies in the out-house. Shortly afterwards, the body of Lawson himself was discovered. Sheriff J. J. Jackson, of Stokes county, and Coroner Halsebeck, who conducted an investigation, said they believed Lawson shot his vAfe as she held their five-months-old baby in her arms. Blood which ap parently was that of the mother was found on the baby’s clothing. It appears that the erased man then shot down Marie the oldest daughter and after slaying her, beat the three youngest children to death with the disjointed barrel of a double-barrelled shotgun. The gun barrel, twisted and bloodstain ed. , was found in the room. The three children were slain with a blunt instrument. Two of the girls, Carrie and Marl belle, the sheriff and coroner be lieved, fled from the house terror stricken. The father, bereft of his reason, pursued them and shot them in the back as they ran to the tobacco barn. Only shot-gun wounds were found on the body of Maribelle, the youngest, but Carrie had been wounded with a shotgun and shot through the head with a 25-30 calibre rifle. Both guns were found, the shot-gun near Lawson’s body. I’scd backs For Pillow. Lawson carefully placed the bodies of these two daughters in the tobacco bam. He folded their hands over thetr breasts and closed their eyes. Having no plllowd to put un der their heads, as he did the others, he used pieces of tow sacks to soften their resting place. The sheriff and coroner, in re constructing details of the tragic afternoon, said Lawson then prob ably returned to the dwelling house and prepared the bodies of the five members of the family he had kill ed. He closed their eyes and fold ed their hands as he had done with the bodies in the tobacco bam and put pillows under the heads of everyone of them. The coroner said It was possible that with this act of tenderness a semblance of reason returned to the insane farmer, overwhelming him and causing him to rush from the house and slay himself. Lawson shot himself through the heart. PERSONALS Dinner guests of Mrs. Sarah Witherspoon Christmas day were, Mr. and Mrs. H. P, Sigmon of Newton. Mrs. Bright Car-rick and two daughters, Helen and Carolyn are spending the Christmas holidays at High Point with Mr. Carrick. Dr. and Mrs. Robert Ramseur of Winston-Salem spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Hershel Blan ton. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Bennett of Whitevtlle will arrive today to visit their son, Mr. A1 Bennett and Mrs. Bennett. \Accidents In Rutherford Area hrlstmas Frrexe ('«usp Many Auto Smashes, Child Fa o Into Fire, Burned, Rutherfordton.—The heavy snow j r>nd ice of this week brought a nnm I her of minor accidents to this coun ty. | John Allen, well known citizen of , near Cliffside Is In the Rutherford j ton hospital in a critical condition, due to injuries received when his car ran off the end of Buck Shoal bridge across Broad River Tuesday. While returning from Mars Hill,, , Mrs. A. E. Edwards was painfully though not seriously Injured Sun day afternoon at Chimney Rock when the sedan In which she was riding collided with another car driven by Dearwood Keeter, of Chimney Rock. In the car with Mrs. Edwards were her husband, two grandsons and Rev. B. B. Smart, of Henrietta, the latter driving. The slick condition of the highway caus ed the wreck. She is improving at the Rutherford hospital. Monday night Miss Fannie Dick erson, daughter of clerk cf court and Mrs. M. O. Dickerson, was injured about the face and nose when the car in which she and Mrs. Mai Wil son were riding was struck by an other car. A number of cars have turned over or slid into ditches, posts and the like but no serious injury was done to the occupants. Dollie the three-year old daugh ter of James Crane, of this place, fell into an open fire Monday after noon and was painfully and prob ably fatally burned. Hospital physi cians hold out little hope for her recovery. D. M. Hawkins, employee of the Henrietta Mills at Caroleen had his thumb and forefinger cut off his left hand in a picker in the mill recently. He is improving at the Rutherford hospital. Snow Lingers Long. The heavy snowfall of last Sun day morning has remained on the ground longer, local weather ob servers say, than any snow since the winter of 1917-18 when the ground was blanketed for weeks. On Shelby streets much frosen snow is still in evidence despite several days of sunshine, while throughout the county, particularly on roads with out pavement or> gravel travel Is still greatly handicapped. Try Star Wants Ads. Announcement Mrs. T. H. Abernethy to now the sole proprietor of the WAYSIDE RESTAURANT having bought out the half in terest of Mrs. Boland, and as sumed full management Christ mas Eve. Mrs. Abernethy Invites those to the WAYSIDE who seek com fort and satisfaction In dining, those two words embracing good, wholesome food, well prepared, and service that is efficient and pleasing. THE WAYSIDE RESTAURANT Centrally Located on East Warren Street. USED CAR SPECIALS THIS WEEK Chevrolet Roadster, 1928 Model. Chevrolet Coupe, 1928 Model Chevrolet 4-door Sedan, 1928 Model. Chevrolet Touring, 1927 Model. Top, paint and upholstery tirst class. Curtains like new, only been driven seven thousand miles. Ford Coach. 1927 Model. Four new tires, new Duco linlsh, seat covers, and the motor Is A-l. Ford Coupe, late 1927 Model. Equipped with bumpers and spare tire. New Duco linlsh and In first class mechanical con dition. 1925 Ford Coupes and Tourings _ doing Cheap. Essex Coach. 1929 Model Four brand new tires, first class mechanical condition, well cared for by former owner. Crawford Chevrolet Company — PHONE 265 — Leaders in the Sporting World Make ‘ and Sustain New Records in 1929 As the year 1929 nears a close, it has brought to the fore various athletes who excel in their chosen field and bring new honors of championship to the athletic world. Above picture shows some of the leading champions who have made new records in 1929 (left to right): Bobby Jones, one of the outstanding figures on the Golf Links;. Henri Cochet, of Prance who succeeded to U. S. Singles Crown worn by Rene La Coste. In golf the honors go to Joyce YVethered, British woman’s champ. At the extreme right is Helen Wills, champion tennis player, who is about to forsake the links through her marriage a few days ago, <I»ter»«tioaal N«w»re»} Use Sweet Potatoes Around Their Necks Eight Ellenboro sweet potato growers with small potatoes tied around their necks with Christmas twine to make lavalieres heard an inspiring address In the agricultur al room of the Ellenboro school from Dr. T. E. Browne, director for vocational education from Raleigh, and talks from other prominent speakers, last Thursday evening, when the growefs banqueted them selves and their special guests at a cost of twenty-five cents per grow er on sweet potatoes, chicken and othpr products fresh from the farms of the growers. The feast which gave sweet potatoes from the Ellen boro curing houses in each course of the banquet was held as a celebra tion to the rapid progress made in sweet potato growing within the Ellenboro community within the past three years during which per iod of time three curing houses with ; a total capacity of 15,000 bushels have been built. J. B. Hatley of Albemarle, a for mer teacher In the Shelby High school, visited friends here during Christmas. At The Tht-tr«.s "Paris” has its final showing at the Webb today, terminating a thrjk day bill. This is the sort of show that, like the well known cigarette it satisfies. It has all the life and pep that Irene Bordoni can put in to it, and that is saying a mouth ful. Irene has caught the country with her vivacious and pleasing per sonality, and "Paris” is her best ve hicle to date. ‘‘Oh Yeah” is on t<W morrow. This is a light comedy, very amusing and very well done Indeed. The attraction now playing the Princess theatre Friday, Saturday of this week Is ‘The Ivaders” with the king of all western stars, Bob Steele. The management announces for Monday and Tuesday the mogt entertaining picture ever brought to the screen. ‘4 Devils" is said to be far above the average picture hav ing played to New York audiences at $2.00 admission for months. Janet Gaynor, the star of Seventh Heaven, is supported by an all star cast. To miss this production is tt> miss the best. ?e ny Column WE WILL HAVE another supp]^ f fire work* for Ne# */ea/* at Little Mexico oq King* Mtn. Road. Look for sign. 2t 30c Young Man. Prom The St. Louis Post-Dlspalch Col. John H. Carroll’s salary as a Washington lobbyist—$75,000. The president’s salary—$75,000, Chief Justice Taft—-$20,500. Supreme court justice—$20,000. Cabinet salaries—$15,000, Senators and representatives-** $10,000. Young man, be a lobbyist. lO CASH PRIZES 10 i Saturday January 4th Promptly 2 P. M. 5 Model T Fords 1-27 Dodge Touring 1-28 Dodge Sedan 1 - 70 Chrysler Roadster 1 -1929 Essex Sedan 1- 28 Chev. Sedan 1-27 Chev. Touring 1-27 Chev. Coach 1 - 70 - Chrysler Touring 1 -- 1926 Buick Coach Other Makes and Types to Select From Our Loss Is Your Gain — As You Will Set The Price IT WILL PAY YOU TO WAIT FOR THIS SALE If You Have Something to Trade-T ell-Us we have a plan to suit ENFIELD - NORFLEET Inc. DODGE SHELBY, N. C.
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