SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JULY 16 1930
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CLOUDY, WARMER
Todays North Carolina Weather
Report: Partly cloudy, slightly
warmer tonight and Thursday.
Thieves Leave
One Auto, Get
Another In City
Charlotte Car Atjandoheri S' Tin
Home Of Chief Poston. Dorsey
Car Stolen.
Shelby Is getting to be :i.ore and
more a stamping ground lor auto
thieves. Last night or early this
morning thieves abandoned an auto
mobile stolen in Charlotte just a few
yards from the front door of Police
Chief McBride Poston, on the
Cleveland Springs road, and a short
time later, officers surmise, stole a
Shelby car In another part of town.
Between 1 and 2 o'clock this
morning Policeman Rufus Sparks
and Deputy Bob Kendrick were rid
ing out the Cleveland Springs road.
They saw two young men siphon
ing gas from the car of J. G. Dudley.
jr„ who lives next door to Chief
Poston. As the officers pulled to
.the side of the road the gas thieves
saw the Sparks’ policeman's cap
and ran southwest. About that time
of night, or a little later, the Chev
rolet coupe of Winfred Dorsey was
stolen from his home on DeKalb
street. In the direction the two men
fled from the Cleveland Springs
road they would have, t.ac' they
held to the same course, come out
about DeKalb street, and officers
believe they stole the Dorsey car.
Steal from cnier.
The car abandoned was a Dodge
Sedan and Police Chid Poston
learned this morning thac if was
stolen in Charlotte early lest night.
Gas thieves last week stole a quan
tity of gas from the Dudley, car.
and had before that stolen gasoline
from the car of Chief Poston him
self.
Newton Gets Car,
One Is Left Here
Car of Nominee For Solicitor Re
covered. Thief Left An
other Here
Automobiles with empty gas tanks
are useless to car thieves, and today
Attorney J. Clint Newton, Demo
cratic nominee for county solicitor,
will get his automobile, stolen here
last Saturday, back from Anderson,
S. C,
He was informed last night that
the Ford coupe, the property of
Romeo F,aker, stolen from him last
week had been found at Anderson.
After the Newton car was stolen
from in front of his law office on
Marion street, two doors from the
police station, last Saturday morn
ing, officers discovered a Ford road
ster, with the gas tank empty,
abandoned just across the street, on
the court square side opposite the
City Hall.
It is believed that the man who
stole the Newton car abandoned the
other car, because it was out of gas,
walked across the street, entered
the Newton car and drove off. Tire
abandoned car had a South Caro
lina license plate, and, Chief Poston,
after wiring to Columbia, learned
that it had been stolen from E. A.
Taylor at Sumter, S. C. At noon
today the auto was still fycre.
Padgett Gets Call
To Jessup’s Church
Former Second Baptist Pastor Gels
Call To Church At
Lowell.
A former Shelby paste- has re
ceived a call to the church of which
the pastor who succeeded him here
was once pastor. Some lime ago
Rev. Rush Padgett, pastor of the
Second Baptist church here, was
called to Ramseur to take the
charge left by Rev. W. A. Elam,
who returned to a charge in this,
his native county. The Second Bap
tist church then called Rev. L. L.
Jessup of Lowell to the charge here.
Now Mr. Padgett has bsen called to
the former Jessup church.
A Lowell dispatch says the fol
lowing of the call: “The First Bap
tist church, the pastorate ot which
has been vacant since Rev. L. L.
Jessup went to Shelby recently, lias
called Rev. Rush Padgett, of Ram
seur. Mr. Padgett was originally
from that strong Baptist county,
Cleveland, and is well known in
Lowell where he has conducted a
splendid meeting. He has many
friends here and many w?.rm ad
mirers. Some years ago he was sta
tioned at McAdenville. Alt here will
be glad if he accepts the tall.
“It is thought that he will cer
tainly come, although as yet a
definite answer has not bgen re
ceived. The Lowell chinch vill con
aider Itself very lucky to get Mr.
Padgett, who has (he reputation of
being a fine man and a good
preacher.
Brittain Gets Bond;
Record Crowd Attends
Trial In Death Case
Driver Of Auto Which Killed Deputy Under
$1,500 Bond. Companions Under $200
Bonds. Widow Of Dead Officer And The
Young Wife Of Death Car Driver Talk In
Court Room. No Evidence Offered.
*
In a preliminary hearing before County Judge Horace
Kennedy here this morning four defendants in Id in connec
tion with the death of Deputy Sheriff Sanford A. Pruett, who
was killed by an automobile early last Saturday morning',
waived examination and were bound over to Superior court.
Hugh Brittain, neat-appearing, black-haired young man. son
of C. A. Brittain, Casar postmaster and prominent citizen,
alleged to be the driver of the ear which killed the officer,
was placed under-a bond of $1,500. Prosecuting attorneys^
stated they would press a manslaughter charge against Him,
and perhaps a more serious charge. ^ '
- Three , of the four companions
say to have been wi’th Brittain in
the car were placed under bonds of
$200 each. They were Ivey and Joe
Wortman and Dob Hunt. Roy
Warlick, said to the fifth member of
the party, had not been served with
a warrant and- was not lii -court.
A warrant, it is understood, may be
issued for him, and it is likely, if
such is done, that lie may also be
placed, under a $200 bond.
No Standing Space
Not a word of evidence was in
troduced. and the preliminary hear
ing lasted only a few minutes, but
the crowd that packed and jammed
every inch of seating and standing
space in the big court room was
easily, the largest that ever attend
ed a court hearing in Shelby. The.
entire upper county section, from
Casar to Toluca, seemed to be pres
ent along with hundreds from every
other section of the county. It is
the first time in many, many years
that an officer of the. county has
been killed, and all estimates placed
the crowd attending tile preliminary
at more than 2,000. not counting
the scores who thronged the down
stairs lobbies of the court house un
able to find even peeping room up
stairs. The main floor of the court,
room was packed to suffocation 20
minutes before 10 o'clock and bv
the time the hour of the trial ar
rived the overflow crowd had found
its wav to the negro gallery and
packed all available space there
The first stir came when the four
defendants were brought in from j
the jail, the entire crowd crahing j
for a look at young Brittain, dark
haired, rather handsome youngster
wearing a white shirt and tie but!
without a coat.
Officer's Family There
Court officers a few minute T<jter
cleared seats just behind Solicitor!
Gardner’s prosecuting stand for the
widow and children of Deputy
Pruett. Mrs. Pruett was later given
a chair inside the bar near Attor
neys Clyde R. Hoey and B. T. Falls,
who have been employed to assist
in the prosecution.
Young Brittain, the two Work
mans and Hunt were represented by
Attorneys J. Clint and D. Z. New
ton. while Attorney Speight Beam
retained to represent Roy Warlicfe,
who had not at that time been
served with a warrant.
Wives Meet
The one incident that, held the
court room breathless more than
any other was the meeting and
conversation between the two wom
en whose lives were saddened by
the tragic death Saturday—the
widow of the dead officer and the
girKbi’ide of the dear ear driver.
Just after the hearing started
Mrs Brittain a bride of last De
cember who finished high school at
Belwood this Spring after her mar
riage, was given a seat with her
husband’s counsel. An attractive
young lady, she showed eager in
terest in the proceedings, and she
was instrumental in securing coun
sel. for her husband, it is said. The
boy's father, deeply troubled over
the death of Pruett, had not, re
ports have it, arranged for coun
sel for voting Brittain, The young
wife and an uncle of her husband,
it is understood, employed i both
members of the Newton firm to de
fend, him as J. C. Newton had al
ready been retained by the Work
mans and Hunt; „
Just as the hearing, came to a
close the wife of the defendant
walked from her seat in the court
room to. that of Mrs. Pruett and
talked with her a few- minutes. Just
what was said in the , low-voiced
conversation is not known, but. the
huge crowd hardly budged as it
watched every move on the part of
the two helpless victims of the rad
drama of life and death.
Recommended Bond
Counsel on both sides conferred
Just before the hearing; opened and
after the warrants were read,
charging Brittain and his compan
ions with "feloniously killing Offi
cer Pruett”. Judge Fails, who with
Mr. Hoey headed the prosecution,
arose and announced that defense
counsel had decided to waive pre
liminary examination. He added
that the defense and prosecution
had agreed upon $1,500. bond for
Brittain and a bond of $200 each
for. the, other defendants. Judge
Kennedy- hesitated several minutes
before passing upon the recommen
dation reganvjg bonds, stating, that,
a $1,500 bond in a killing case ap
peared to be small. Defense and
(CONTINUED ON PAGE ELEVEN).
Sipe Now Running
Spindale Theatre
Forest City —' The Spindale
Amusement . Company, which was
recently incorporated, has pur
chased the Royal Theater, at Spin
dale, and has changed the name to
the Carolina Theater, This com
pany , also operates the Carolina
Theaters at Shelby and Charlotte.
Ij. C. Sipe will be the manager of
the theater at Spindale. Mr. Sipe
says that the best sound equipment
that can be bought is now bring in
stalled.
Taxes By Installment, Boosted
By Star, Seems Likely In N. C.
Strong”rressuTC To Bear On Next
Legislature For Install
ment Plfn Law
The J931 general assembly in
North Carolina,.says a Raleigh dis
patch, will have strong pressure
brought to bear upon it to secure a
law endorsing the payment of taxes
in installments, either monthly or
quarterly.
More than a year ago The Star
began boosting the installment tax
method as one which would make
tax paying easier and more con
venient for the working man and
wage-earner, noting at the same
time that taxes could be paid, when
desired, in a lump sum which is
more convenient for the farmers in
the fall of the year.
The prospects, as discussed by
the Raleigh writer, should be of in
terest here at many citizens ap
proved The Star's suggestion. The
dispatch follows:
"The sentiment for the install
merit, plan became apparent as a re
sult of the many expressions of
opinion heard during the: State
Democratic convention here in favor
of a law to permit installment pay
ment of taxes. And while scores of
tentative taxation plans were .dis*
cussed here and there among the
groups that gathered in the lobbies
of the hotels, the one thing upon
whom almost everybody agreed was
that taxpayers everywhere would
benefit and would feel the pressure
of their taxes much less if they
could pay them in monthly or week
ly installments.
‘ Everything has come to the in
stallment plan these days and it is
a generally recognised business
principle everywhere,” said Robert
R. Reynolds, of Asheville, who was
candidate for the Democratic nom
ination for the United States senr
ate against Senator !• S. Overman
tn ion1;. And I think it should
now be "applied to the payment of
taxes. It is difficult these days for
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Cleveland Is I
Fifth In Gain
In Percentage \
Guilford First
In Both
Eighth Numerically in r.opula
tion Incrcasr in Mate.
One Lawmaker
from a numerical standpoint
Cleveland county ranked eighth
in population gain in North
Carolina from 1920 to 1930, hut
from the percentage standpoint
this county's population in*
crease in the ten-year period
was excelled hy only four coun
ties in the State.
Guilford, where the numerical
increase, tvas the largest in the
State, was also in percentage gain.
Durham ranked second with Meck
lenburg a very close third.
llow They Rated
On, a percentage gain basis thy
ten counties with the lead in popu
lation gains were:
Guilford fi? percent. Durham 59.1,
Mecklenburg 59. Buncombe 52 6.
Cleveland 52.5, Gaston 92.3. For
syth 44, Rowan 27, Wake 26, Robe
son . 22.
Representatives
A large population gain often
gives a county additional represen
tation in the general assembly.
When the census figures were first
announced it was hoped that Cieve
lan'd, which has never had more
than one representative to the gen
eral assembly, would gain a new.
law-maker. However. Mr. O. M.
Mull: Democratic chairman, in es
timating: oh the shift in legislative
representation caused by the census
finds that Cleveland will not gain
another representative as the State
can have only 120 and bigger popu
lation gains in other counties will
entitle those counties to the repre
sentatives three counties wilt lose
by a population decrease. The
counties gaining new representa
tives will be Guilford. Mecklenburg
and Buncombe. The counties los
ing will be New Hanover, Rocking
ham and Nash. The new represen
tation will give Guilford and Meck
lenburg four representatives each,
and Buncombe three.
Meantime Cleveland has only one
representative although Guilford
and Mecklenburg with less than
three times as much population
icemriNUBn on paoe EtEvrm
Try Negro For
Insulting Lady
Haynes Gets 12 Months Tor Indee
ent Exposure, Insulting Proposal
To White Woman.
John Haynes, negro man, a as giv
en a year’s term on the toads in
county court this week on tnc tech
nical charge of asaulting a white
woman in No. 8 township last week.
Ah insulting proposal to the
white woman and indecent expos
ure of his body before her formed
the basis for the assault charge,
according to the evidence, no bodily 1
harm being done her by the negro
who did not, it was said, place his
hands upon her.
No. 8 School To
Re-Open July 21
No, 8 township consolidated school
will begin its, summer term, Monday
July 21, There will be no special ex
ercises for opening but visitors will
be welcome and expected to attend.
An increase over last years Enroll
ment is anticipated and provisions
have been made to take care of this
situation. In the absence of the
principal all preliminary arrange
ments for opening are being carried
on by the committee.
No. 3 Schools Will
Re-open next Monday
The consolidated schools of No.
3 township will re-open Monday of
next week. The consolidated schools
include Earls. Patterson Springs,
McBrayer and Broad River Eighth
and ninth grade pupils will attend
at Earl and tenth and' eleventh
grade pupils at Patterson Springs
building.
Former County Girl
Dies At Morganton
Lillie Cook, daughter of Jesse
Cook, who formerly lived at Casar
but now lives at Hickory, died Mon
day in tlm state hospital at-Mor
canton. The office of the sheriff
hpre wras notified of her death and
Deputy Ed Dixon informed her
family at Hickory.
Brother Of Shelby
Man Opposes Blease
One of Senator Cole nlease's
two opponents in Sotflh Caro
lina for the Ilrinocratte nomi
nation as Vnited State* Senator
Is a brother of a Shelby man.
He is Solicitor Leon W. Harris,
of Anderson, a brother of Mr.
I) H. ■arris, Shelby fertlllrer
salesman. The other nlease op
ponent, in what is developing
into a typical red-hot Soisth
Carolina political race, is James
F. Byrnes.
Three Buildings
At County Home
Planned, Board
One Addition Of
Eight Room*
Building for Colored[ People. Stor
age-House. To KrpUcr Burned
Buildings."
Our* io congested condition*
whirii have existed at Cleveland
County Home for the Aged and
Infirm since a fire carlv this
spring destroyed four outbuild
ings and storage houses, the
county commissioners at a
meeting held this week derided
•to erect two new buildings and
an addition to the main build
ing during the summer.
Another reason for the decision
'to build at an early dat\ iiV addi
tion to ihe necessity dn« to con
gested conditions, is that it is be
lieved no cheaper time !n which to
build could, be hoped for.
Buildings Needed.
Prior to the fire the capacity of
the home and buildings were over
taxed to take care of the increasing
number of inmates, and .once the
fire, which destroyed the building
for the aged colored people, the sit
uation has been acute, particularly
in taking care of the colored In
mates and supplies.
Bids for d.he three, buildings will
be opened on August 2, at 1(1
o’clock in the morning. Prior to that
time bids may be filed With Mr. A
P. Newton, register or deeds The
contract under two project heads
will be awarded to the lowest bid
ders. and the commissioners, ac
cording to Mr. A, E. Cline, chair
man, reserve the right to reject any
and all bids not satisfactory
The first project calls for an
eight-room addition to the main
county home structure. The second
calls for a six-room budding for
colored inmates apd a four-room
storage building.
Can Plant Potatoes
And Beans To 29th
Potato Crop Ruined Bv Dry Spell
May Be Re-Planted With
Success Now
This year the farmers of Cleve
land county took to the live-at
home movement as they have not
done for more than a decade. fQuite
a bit of cotto^ land gave away to
corn, peas, potatoes, beans and
other crops. Then came the recent
drought and heat wave and It ap
peared as if the county would suf
fer. due to a twist of fate, in Its
first real effort to live at home.
Corn was damaged by the heat,
many potatoes were ruined, and the
bean crop seemed doomed.
However, gardening and truck
farming experts say that it is not
(oo late now to start some of those
food crops over. This opinion Is
concurred in by J. F. Allen, suc
cessful potato grower of Hickorv.
Mr. Allen says where the Irish po
tato crop has been ruined by the
drought that a new crop can be
grown. He believes It enough to
try it He planted first on March
15. This crop was ruined. He
planted again about six weeks ago
and the recent drought. Now he's
planting again, the Hickory Record
says, and expects a good crop unless
there is more unfavorable weather.
Beans, he adds, roasting ear corn
and other vegetables may be plant
ed tip to July 29 with prospective
good yields.
Gulf Company Adds
150,000 Tank Here
A gasoline storage tank with a
total capacity of 150,000 gallons, is
being put up at the Royster Oil
Company near the Belmont Cotton
mill. The Royster Company is the
distributor for the Gulf petroleum
products in this territory. Already
this distributing station has stor*
age tanks which have a total ca
pacity. bf loo.ooo gallons and when
the new unit is completed, the com
pany will have a total storage ca
pacity of a quarter of a million gal
lons at this place.
County Property Values Placed
At 38 1-2 Millions; Tax Same
Slayer hr Furnace Murder
J«m*» Mitchell (without la‘*. -
| 2t-yo*r-®lH. «hippine clerk, who
j etuffed body of Lillian Mac--,
i Donald into * fumif* ih the
! huilding where both were fJr
I plow-d ;n Portland. Maine. H -
la ahown under guard 1/ting led
: T’ -
*■ n-rrum police courtyard, hand'
ruffed to InepriHor Richard J,
Nu*rnt. Th< youth la- hern
V i without bail. An irate
crowd tfathAfe.M ousnide of*
ccurthouar yelling1 threat*.
tlnt»nMu:*n»; N»war»n.
Showers Sweep Section, Shelby
Stops Sweltering To Shiver
Rains Beginning Early Tuesday Morning
Give Relief From Heat Wave, Is Worth
Thousands Dollars to Wilting Farm Crops
Cleveland county farmers today
are gleefully casting a weather eve
over their stubble land with a view
to plowing, believing that despite
the lack; of rain for weeks and the
absence also, of outside farm relief,
the farm situation may not be so
hopeless after all.
Its wonderful, the psychologies!
effect a couplb good showers of
rain have upon a community. Es
pecially when the rain comes at, a
time when it could not have been
more desired
While the farmers of the county
watch their wilting corn perk up
and their cotton show renew d
signs of growth due to the rains
which set in shortly after .midnight
Monday. Shelby citizens have put
their coats back on. buttoned up
their collars, and in a few instances
have fired up their furnaces because
of typical fall weather which came
along with the rains.
Mercury Drops
Saturday was the hottest day of
the year here, the hottest in three
years, and Sunday was only a lit
tle cooler due to threatening rain
Monday the weather was still warm
enough to be uncomfortable and it
appeared as if the record heat wave
might retain its hold for another
sweltering week. But a few minutes!
after midnight Monday a downpour!
of rain—the first real rain in weeks i
—set in. There were intermittent ]
showers for the remainder of the!
night and Tuesday, and by Tuesday
morning the mercury in the Ebel
toft thermometer, which climbed 10
101 Saturday, had flopped some 30
degrees,
Tuesday night the rain continued
and today steady showers were fall
rCOftTINt'Et) ON PAGE ELEVEN, t
Husband Of County
Woman Shoots Self
Man Who Marrlrd MKs Brunie
Dcvrny. of Cleveland, Kills
Self At Newton
Newton* July Iff H Muck Travis,
68. committed suicide at his home
two miles east of Newton Monday
by blowing the top of his head off
with a. 10-gauge, double-biifrel:shot
gun.
Mr. Travis, according to his fourth
wife, who before marriage was Miss
Brunie Deveny, of Cleveland coun
ty. got up early and went downstairs
to make a five'in the stove, but soon
caipe back to his room stating that
It was too early to get up. After re
maining in. bed., tor sometime 4vis
wife is said to have called him to
get up. He again went, downstairs
and shortly afterwards the family
was awakened by the report of the.
gun. Rushing down they found him
lying on the floor of an inclosed
back porch, where tire oil stove had
been moved during the summer He
had apparently sat on a chair,
which was against, a partition and
placed the gun against his forehead,
polling the trigger with his finger.
The reasons for his rash action
are nbt definitely known He is
said to have left a note to. his fam
ily. the contents of which could not
be learned: However it is thought
financial troubles were, largely the
cause of the suicide.
Dr. and Mrs. E. B. Lattimore and
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Morris motored
to Hendersonville. Saluda and Try
on on Sunday.
To Have Military Parade At
Kings Mountain Celebration
President Hoover To Be Presented
By Governor Gardner
, At f ete
Charlotte. July 16—The kings
Mountain battle telebrat ion to be
held October 7 will be featured by
a military parade at 11 a hi. as a
part of ceremonies preliminary to
the address of President Hoover, ac
cording to a tentative partial pro
gram of the celebration announced
by Clarence O. Kuester of Char
lotte. chairman of the central cont
j imttee.
I Anot her fea ture will be the un
veiling of the Ferguson monument
which will take place in the after
noon. Col. T I,. Kirkpatrick. Char
lotte lawyer, will conduct this cere
mony.
The parade will include military
units representing the National
guard and regular army and will
be held in the town of Kings Moun
tain. Paul R. Younts of Charlotte,
representing Adjutant General J.
[ -—-—.
Van B Mol ts, is in -charge of prepa
rations for the military pageant.
Voulh to Fete Hoover
On the short ride fro® the old
monument to the new monument.
President Hoover and the members
of the party of distinguished guests
I will pass between a double lane of
boys and girls, with a military band
playing "Hail (o the Chief." preced
ing the party, according to tentative
arrangements. John G. Richards,
governor of South Carolina. will
preside at the opening of the for
mal program to mark the climax of
|the celebration. The invocation will
be given by Dr. J; I. Vance of Nash
ville. Term., after the singing of
i "America," Governor Richards will
'welcome the visitors and then iti
; troduce Governor -O Gardner,
who will present President Hoover.
President Hoover’s speech, the
outstanding event, of the cclebra
| tinn. will .be followed by t jie sing
ing of "America, the Beautiful" as
the conclusion of this part of the
i (CONTINUED ON PAGE ELEVEN.).
Total County Tax
Is 73 Cents
Lltllc Change In Tax Rates In
,'Special School .\li<I Road
Districts
The estimated valuation of the
property In Cleveland county for
the new tax year is $38,300,090.
and the tax. rate of last year
stands at 73 rents., according to
the annual budget of the conn-""
tv commissioners prrparcd by
A. K, Cline, commit ion chair
man and published, in The Star
today. „
Despite an increase In school cost
the countv government, officials. In
preparing their.budget, for the year,
cut coiners elsewhere and maintain*
cd the old tax rate.
, How Divided
The tax rate of 73 cents Is di
vided with 19 cents going to tho
county-wide budget and, 34 cents
to the public school budget. The
county-'wide budget is divided into
three head*—General Fund, Bridgo
Fund ami Deter Service Fund. Fif*
teen of the IS cents is the levy for
the general operation fund, and tho
remaining four cents for the bridgo
fund. There is no levy for the Debt
Service Fund as the gasoline tax of
one cent not only takes care of tho j
debt service but, also takes care of]
$!3,ti00 of the bridge fund, or
total of $35,375. , >
No, « Wealthiest
No. B township, in which Shelby) |
is located. Is the wealthiest ot thd'
H townships in the county with No.]
I, in which ' Kings Mountain and '
Grover arc located, ranking second,
The property valuation estimate fop
No, fi is $14,330,000, or more than
third of the total county valuation.
No. 4 township valuation is set at
$9.48fl,000. or almost one-fourth of
the total county valuation. The
property valuation of No. 1 town
ship. $442,000, is the lowest in th#
county.
Township Road Tax
There was very little change irf
the township road tax in the various
townships, Tire only two changes,
both decreases, recorded were in No.
1 and No. fi townships. The No. 1 .
road tnx was decreased from 85
cents to 70 cents, and the No. 8
from 24 cents to 20 cents. Tha
highest township road levy in thd
county, since She No. 1 reduction
from 85 cents, is in No. 10 where i(|
is 75 cents. No H and No. 1 ranl«
second high with a rate of 70 cents.
School District Rate
-Only ope .special school district
has its tax rate changed m the new
budget, aud that is Bethware witlt
a reduction from 35 to 20. The av
erage special district rate for the
entire county is 39 cents. The
highest rate is 50 cents and tha
lowest is 10 cents. The low rate is
in the Dixon special district, and
six districts—Casar, Bclwood. Polk
villr. Lattimore. Aftoresboro and
Fallston—have the 50-cent rate.
Woman Kicks Deputy
Threatens Allen In A
Booze Raid Tuesday
Posey Blanton Given Six Month*
On Roads. Mrs. Blanton
Gets Riled
Deputy Bob Kendrick has a
bruised shin, Sheriff Allen has been
threatened, and Posey Blanton,
Shelby filling; station operation, la
headed for six months work on the
No. 6 chain gang as the result of a
raid made Tuesday evening by of
ficers.
Tuesday officers visited the Blan
ton service station west of Shelby
and found no whiskey. Shortly
later Sheriff Allen and Deputy
Kendrick visited the Blanton home
on the east side of Sheiby, just be
yond Cleveland Springs. When
they made their search there Mrs,
Blanton became riled, the officei,
say, and used the pointed toes of
her shoes with painful, effect upon
Deputy Kendrick's shin; he says.
Sheriff Allen was also threatened
with being shot or injured, he testi
fied in court today. The search, the
officers said, resulted in the, finding
of two jars of liquor hid near an
outhouse at the Blanton home, a
gallon of wine in the house and
some liquor poured out in the back
yard just as they arrived.
Blanton was in court; his wife
was not. He said the wine belonged
to her and that he knew nothing
about, the liquor found near his
home. Judge Kennedy thought it
over, recalled that Blanton had been
fined on a liquor charge a few weeks
ago. and passed out the-six-months
sentence. Blanton may appeal. It
is said. : ' * i
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