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Report: Generally fair tonight and
Saturday.
TWELVE KILLED
Camp Mitchell. Cal., July 17
Twelve men were killed and two
were injured today in an explosion
of natural gas in the east drift of
the Mitchell Ravine shaft, a unit of
the San Francisco lletch-H#tchy
water project, 40 miles southeast of
San Francisco.. Twenty-one others
were trapped in the far end of the
tunnel but fought through gas
fumes and foul air to the hoist and
were rescued.
Hamp Brackett,
Builder, Dies
In Asheville
Former Cuar Citizen, Home Now
in Shelby, Will Be Burled
Saturday Morning
J. Hampton Bracket, contractor
and builder, died Thursday evening
at 9:30 o’clock in the Asheville 'San
itorium whye he was taken tor
treatment about two weeks' ago. Mr.
Brackett’s former home was at
Casar, for he moved with his fam
ily to Shelby about a year ago. As
a contractor, he erected a number
of school houses, churches: and
^dwellings in Cleveland county and
[was known for his honesty and ii>
Tegrity. Some of the public build
ings he erected are Belwood, Ma
riah, Casar, Graham street schools,
Zion, Dover Mill and Popular
Springs churches. He was remod
eling Belwood church when he be
came ill and had to quit. For the
past two years he had been in bad
health and bedfast for the past
four months.
Funeral Saturday
Mr. Brackett for a number of
years was a member of the Casar
Methodist church and a Mason
with membership in the Cherry
ville lodge. He was held in highest
esteem and the news of his death
is a source of great sorrow to his
host of friends.
The funeral will be held at Casar
Methodist church Saturday morn
ing at 11 o’clock.
He was first married to Miss Es
tate Hewton in 1900, a sister of At
torney J. Clint Newton of Shelby,
fihe later died and five years ago
he was married to Miss Lavina
Peeler who survives, with the follow
ing children, Yates, Hazel, Robey,
J. C. Brackett, Mrs. H. A. Ballard,
Mozelle and Armelia Brackett. Al
ee- surviving are the following
brothers and sisters, W. T., A. C.,
Dewey, Joe, Alec and Rev. Cleve
land Brackett, Mrs. T. M. Harrill,
Mrs. C. E. Wilson and Mrs. J. C.
Martin. Ten grand children also
taurvlva.
PritcKard Sure Of
Defeating Bailey
here's Real News Item: Republi
l can Nominee Confident
of Win
Rocky Mount—A Republican vic
tory in North Carolina next Pall if
party workers follow campaign
plans is predicted by Congressman
George. M. Pritchard, of Asheville,
the party’s nominee for the Senate.
Pritchard predicted a Republican
Victory In the Pall general election
In addressing a meeting of party
leaders in the second congressional
Idistrict here. More than 125 work
ers were present for the executive
fcession. ' w*
An educational campaign is plan
lied for every precinct in the State.
Mrs Gardner Near
Husband Hears His
Voice From Chicago
|ttrs. Gardner Site In Same Bund
ing With Him. Listens
On Radio
Raleigh. July 18—Sitting at
his desk in his private office
in a corner of the executive
mansion. Governor Gardner
Wednesday night spoke Into a
microphone on the subject
closest to his heart. North Caro
lina.
The Governor’s voice was
transmitted by long-distance
telephone to Charlotte, where
over Station WBT It was broad
cast over the North American
continent through stations of
the great Columbia, network.
Sitting in one. of the mansion
reception halls, 100 feet from
where the Governor was speak
ing, were Mrs. Gardner and
guests. With a receiving set
tuned In on Chicago and then
Charlotte, they heard what the
Governor was saying. Almost
simultaneously his Voice came
back over the ether after trav
eling hundreds of miles, first
by wire and then by wireless.
Girl, 3 Boys
Held Here For
Theft Of Auto
Car Taken Sunday
In Kentucky
Quartet Also Confesses, Officers
Say, To Robbing Service.
Station
A blonde girl, in her early twen
ties and her three boy companions
spent last night in the county jail
here after confessing, according to
officers, to stealing an automobile
in Kentucky last Sunday and rob
bing a filling station near Asheville
since them
The quartet travelling tn the al
leged stolen car, a new Ford road
ster, were halted here yesterday
afternoon by Police Chief Poston,
who became suspicious of the tags
on the car.
i
The girl gave hdr name as Phyllis
Jackson, of Bowling Green, Ky.
Tire driver of the car, a young man
in hjs twenties, gave his name as
T. F. Spell and said his home was
in Eastern Carolina. The two other
boys, one giving his name as Her
man Glenn, were about 18 and 20
years of age. and were picked up
in Atlanta by Spell snd the girl,
they said.
„ Guns In Car
When first stopped Spell and the
girl in the front seat with him re
fused to give out any information
to officers, although questioned for
a time by Chief Poston and Sheriff
Allen. Spell first said, officers re
late, that he and the girl had been
married. This story was later
changed to have it that he was tak
ing her to his mother's horrie in
Eastern Carolina, and if the mar
riage met with the mother's ap
proval, then they would be mar
ried.
As the officers questioned them
they found two pistols in the car,
and later a bag containing articles
indicating they had been stolen.
Although unable to connect up any
definite information at the time,
the officers believed the car to be
stolen and that some store had been
robbed. Acting upon these suspi
cions they placed the youthful quar
tet in jail. Brought back to the City
Hall a short time later, the girl.
Chief Poston says, confessed to him,
and later Spell made the same ad
mission.
According to the story related,
they secured a U-Drive-It car. the j
roadster, in Bowlin Green last Sun-' )
day. Since then they have been
riding about enjoying themselves !
At Atlanta the other boys were pick
ed up. The service station robbery,
which took place, they said, in the
Asheville vjsinity, consisted of .a
haul of caply, peanuts, and hosiery.
Officer Coming
The chief of police at Bowling
Green was notified of the confes-!
sion and left there last night at 11 j
o clock for Shelby. He is expected I
here during the day to take the!
quartet back with him.
Two County Boys To
Take State Law Test
Among the 158 applicants who on
August 18 will take the North Caro
lina law license examination are
two Cleveland county boys. They
are J. M, Wright, of Shelby, and
C. B. Falls, Jr., of Kings Mountain.
Kills His Nurse For Thrill
Fourtecn-year-old Harry Wool
sey, Jr . Kon of a wealthy New Jer
sey manufacturer, has been held on
a charge of murdering his pretty
nurse. Anna Miller, of Scranton, Pa,
The boy, who it is alleged is men
tally defective, described to author
ities the ‘'thrill” he got through the
slaying. He is shown above with
his victim. The youthful ' thrill”
slayer has been held without bail
awaiting action of the grand jury.
Death Of Deputy In Cleveland
Discussed By Greensboro Paper
King Decision
In Few Days
A decision by the South Caro
lina Supreme court in the Rate
King appeal for a new trial is
expected to be handed down
within the next day or so—per
haps tomorrow.
Kins is now in the South
Carolina prison under a sen
tence of death after being con
victed at Sumter of killing his
wife.
His attorneys here are still
confident that the Supreme
court will grant the Shelby man
a new trial, and they believe
King will know his fate before
the end of another week.
Sll£,UiY BOYS LOSE
Playing at Forest City -yesterday
the intermediate class of boys—-Dr.
Jarrett's class--of the First Baptist
church here lost a close bail game
to the intermediate team of the
Forest City church. The score was
6 to 5. O. C. Connor was the hit
ting star for Shelby and Thomas]
starred for Forest City. Moss and]
Doggett constituted the battery for
the Rutherford team and n K. Wil
son and James for Shelby.
RoyAheam, Flier Formerly Here,
Killed While Giving Crowd Thrill
Operated Plane Several Months At
Cleveland Springs. Well
Known In City
Roy Ahearn, who operated a com
mercial and student airplane at the
Cleveland Springs airport winter
before last, was killed Wednesday
afternoon near Hasbrouck Heights.
N. J., when his plane crashed 4,000
feet to earth. Ahearn's wife lived
in Shelby for some time after the
aviator left the city and both were
well known.
The New Jersey dispatch telling
of his death follows:
Roy Ahearn, Hasbrouck Heights
aviator, wanted to "give the crowd
s real thrill’’ when he went up next
Saturday at, Teterboro airport to
present an exhibition in connection
with a benefit air meet for the Elks
cripple children’s fund, but he made
the mistake of rehearsing.
At an elevation of nearly 4,000
feet Wednesday afternoon, he tried
to put a tijf r piarasol monoplane
with a / J-horse-power motor
hrough ait outside loop. But the
ittle mond lane refused to "break
.ind<-r" atj.yhe bottom of its dive
and begin climbing on its back at
the other side. Finally, after many
failures, he seemed to climb a little
higher, to dive a little moie reck
lessly than before.
The little ship was making 200
miles an hour—more than twice its
normal high speed—when Ahearn
started the bottom of his loop. The
wings suddenly broke away from
the fuselage, which dropped nose
first and fell like a roaring plum
met.
The spectators waited in vain for
Ahern to struggle free of the wing
less craft, and “crack" his para
chute The hurtling fuselage struck
and half buried itself in the soft
ground, A few moments later the
wing crashed on the other side of
the road. Bergen county police
were on the scene ir. a few minutes
and started the task of extricating
Ahearn's shattered body from the
mud.
Ahearn was 26. He owned the
Red Wing air circus of four ships
and was known in aviation circles'
for his daring stunts one of which I
was said to be a 15,000 foot para-!
chute jump without, opening the i
parachute for (hr first ln.ooo feei. j
"Latest Enforcement Tragedy" In
This County Viewed On
Outside
Cleveland county people will be
interested in the following editorial
discussion bv the Greensboro News
of the death of Deputy Sanford
Pruett:
Cleveland county offers the most
recent addition to the prohibition
enforcement casualty list.
Early Saturday morning, about
daylight the news dispatches state,
five deputy sheriffs and a federal
prohibition officer, acting on a tip
which they claim to have received
anent a rum Tuning car, attempt
ed to close in on the suspected
automobile after one of the officers
had blocked the road by driving
his machine across it and just in
front of a bridge. The federal of
ficer remained in his car and the
county deputies waited alongside
the road to seize the approaching
car and its occupants when it
stopped.
The driver of the suspected rum
ear, however, jerked his machine
to a stop just before it crashed in
to the officer’s automobile parked
across the highway, threw it into
reverse gear, shot backwards and
ran down one of the deputy
sheriffs who was closing in on the
alleged whisky runner. The officer,
his chest crushed, died in a Shelby
hospital several hours later, while
three men. one of them charged
with being the driver of the death
car and the other two his compan
ions, have been lodged in jail to
answer charges in connection with'
the officer's death.
The tragic incident differs from
the usual procedure. In most of
the prohibition enforcement trag
edies there has been gun play—
a battle between officers and law
violators, a bullet fired by an of
ficer, who was shooting at the tires,
into a suspect who proved to be
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Ha* Taken 1,342
Hot Springs Baths
f'larenee C. Stanley, former
Fa I Is ton merchant and member
of the firm of Stamey Brothers,
perhaps hold* the record for
taking baths at the Hot Springs
National Park. Ark,
In the 28 year* he has been
visiting Hot Springs each sum
mer he has taken a total of 1,
342 baths and “they seem to
have done me great good,” he
says. He took his first bath
there on May 10th, 1900 and has
only missed three summers go
ing back in thirty years. This
spring he has been at Lubbock.
Texas, a town with an eleva
tion of 3,250 feet where the |
nights are pool and his rheuma
tism has been materially helped.
Judge Webb To
Hold Superior
Court In City
To Exchange With
Judge T. J. Shaw
Expected That Brittain Ca»e Will
Come lip Kurin* Term. Grand
Jury Action Expected
The July term of Superior
court will convenr here Mon
day with one of the lar|te*t
criminal dockets in the history
of the county to be taken up.
and K is likely that Judge
•lame* L. Webb may prealde
during the first week.
Judge Thomas Shaw, of Greens
boro. was first, scheduled to preside
at the July term here, but it was
said today that he and Judge Webb,
both of whom will retire from the
bench this year after many years of
seryice, may exchange terms during
the first week. Judge Shaw, it was
added, may corpr here for the sec
ond week. —■ *
Highlight Case
The feature case of the big erlrrin
nal docket may be the Pruett-Brit
taiu hearing, provided the grand
Jury returns a true bill and the case
gets on the docket for next week.
The preliminary hearing Wednes
day of this week drew a record
crowd to Shelby, and another mam
moth crowd is expected when the
case comes up in Superior court
and the evidence in the death of
the officer is presented.
There are several other impor
tant cases booked, nnd it is said,
also, that the grand jury may pro
duce several new rases
N. C. Democrats
In Harmony,
Mull’s Opinion
No Punishment For Simmons Fac
tion Thought Of. Party
Harmony Seen
Raleigh, July 18—There is noth
j ing to indicate that, any punitive
■ measures will be taken against
! those who supported Senator F. M.
Simmons rather than Josiah Wil
liam Bailey when the State Demo
cratic Executive committee meets
here July 23 to organize and lay
the preliminary plans for the cam
paign this fall. State Chairman
Odus M Mull said here today.
“I have heard nothing of any
sentiment or any movement to pun
ish airy Democrat for anything, re
gardless of how he voted in the
June 7 primary, and I will not be
a party to any such movement,”
Chairman Mull said today. "How
ever, I am sure that nothing of this
sort will arise either now or during
the campaign this fall. The tend
ency throughout the Democratic
party in North Carolina right now
is harmony and unity. There has
been no bad feeling left as the re
suit rtf f hn nrimnrv ramnaifTH
far as 1 can tell, and I am con
vinced that there is more harmony
and leys factionalism within the
ranks of the party now than in
year*.
This means an overwhelming
victory for the Democratic party in
North Carolina in the November
election. And I believe that there
will be many more Democratic vic
tories in other states with more
Democratic congressmen and sen
ators in the next congress than
have been there for years. The
distress "Hoover prosperity” of the
past year or more has proved a
boomerang throughout the nation,
with the result that the people
everywhere are turning to the Dem
ocratic party as their only hope for
relief from Republican oppression.
I am confident that North Carolina
this fall will send ten Democratic
representatives and another Dem
ocratic senator back to congress
with an overwhelming majority."
This statement from Chairman
Mull should allay the fears of those
who despite the apparent harmony
in the party, have still been nerv
ous for fear that some retaliation
might be attempted against those
who worked for and voted for Sen
ator Simmons in the June primary,
of which there were some 132,000.
But tire attitude of Chairman Mull
and of other Democratic leaders has
been and still is that the Demo
cratic party in North Carolina needs
the good will, help and votes of
these 132,000 Democrats who voted
for Simmons just as much if not
more than ever, and that nothing
should be done to Irritate them. It
lias also become apparent that the
majority- of those who., voted for
Simmons have accepted the results
nf the piimary without question
have forgot ten past differences and
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Cupid Call* Ricli
Pair Together
Mrs. Caroline Hynson Stollen
werek, above, widow of E. Carroll
Stollenwrrck, “of Baltimore, will be
married- thfo Fall- to I-amont du
Pont, president of the F.. I. du
Pont de Nemours Company and
chairman of General Motor*. Mrs.
Stollenwerck now live* in Scan
dal#, New York.
(International Nawaraal)
Brittain Signs
Bond For Son
All four defendants bound to
Superior court in connection
with the death last Saturday of
Deputy Sheriff” Sanford A."
Pruett have secured bond and
have been released from jail
here.
The $1,500 bond of young
Hugh Brittain, said to be the
driver of the car which killed
the deputy, was signed by his
father. C. A. Brittain, Casar
postmaster and one of the
county's leading citisens. The
1IW bonds of Ivey and Joe
Workman and Dob Hunt were
signed by relative*, and all were
out of JaB shortly after the pre
liminary hearing Wednesday.
Rutherford Paper
Bought By Pearce
Rut her ford ton—John E. Pearce,
of Pinevflle, Ky., who recently pur
chased controlling Interest In the
Sun Printing company from Dr. Phil
lip Norris, has taken charge of the
plant and newspaper. Mr. Pearce is
here now and the rest of che family
will arrive soon.
Mr. Pearce who has been engaged
in newspaper and magazine work for
the past 20 years, held the position
of musical director and announced
for radio station WHIS at at Blue
field, W. Va . for some months before
coming here.
City Calls Payment
Taxes, Auto Taxes
Mayor McMurry issued a call to
day on the auto owners to buy city
auto license tags which sell for $1
for passenger cars and for the pay
ment of privilege taxes, how due
The schedule of privilege taxes was
recently published showing what
firms and business houses are sub
ject to this privilege tax. A penalty
of five per cent got"S on August 1st
and will be increased month after
month until paid.
4,500 County Pupils
To School On Monday
Six White Schools, 32 Colored Open Next
Week. School Also Begins For 4,000 Mor<*
Chddren Monday Week. Open Early To
Aid In Cotton Picking,
It s bark to school Monday for approximately 4,500
school children in Cleveland County, all of whom will return
to their books bet ore the winter is over in order that they
may leave school for a month or more in the fall and aid in
picking’ the big cotton crop.
Don t Race Shelby
Cops Now; They
Have New Flivver
Aldermen Replace Wnrn-Out Car
"llh Somethin* Cop* Can
Travel In
Rum-runners and escaping
criminals should give Shrlbv a
wide hrrth now, unless they are
amlou.s to be caught.
Today the city police are
driving a spanked-fire new
flivver that has a speed up to'
lb miles per hour, and maybe
more If pushed. City aldermen
and officials decided to pur -
chase a new poller ear when an
investigation revealed that the
old department car was in need
of nearly everything except a
new steering wheel, and that
most anyone who eared to do so
could get away from the local
eops in ; a chaae; -
"But try it now, once we get
this speed buggy broke in", the
blueroats urge.
Mr*. Daisy Wright
Buried Wednesday
Wife of Fred Wrijhl, Jr. Buried
At Bearer Dam Wednesday
Afternoon
As__
Mrs. Daisy Wright, wife of ,T
Fred Wright, of the Beaver Dam
community died Tuesday afternoon
in the Shelby Hospital where she
was a patient for treatment. Mrs
Wright had been In declining health
all winter and all that medical skill
and loving hands could do, was
done, but all to no avail. She was
only 38 years, one month and 25
days old and the mother of three
lovely children Geneva, Erie May
and Bessie Lou who survive with
their father. Mrs. Wright was the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. A.
Bowen of the Beaver Dam commun
ity. Her mother preceded her to the
grave. Also surviving are the foh
lowing brothers and sisters. Wm.
Garland. Hoyle and Floyd Bowen
and Mrs. Clarence Wright.
The funeral and interment: was at
Beaver Dam church Wednesday
afternoon at 3 o’clock where she was
a long and faithful member, the
services being conducted by Rev. D.
F. Putnam and Rev. I. D. Harrlll.
A large crowd of sorrowing friends
was present and the new made
mound was covered with a wealth
of flowers.
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NEW SWEET POTATOES
Mr. and Mrs Claude Turner per
haps enjoyed the first home grown
; sweet pot a toes for th is section this
year. They report that they had
their first, ones from their own
patch on July fi.
“Nice People”In Communist
Trouble At Gastonia Misled
Youths Taught Profanity By Com
munists. Government In
vestigator Says
New York, July 18—A part, of the
Communist program for the over
throw of the present order is to
teach children to . be profane.
Charles C>. Wood, commissioner of
conciliation of the United States
Department of Labor informed the
Congressional Committee investiga
tion Communistic activities.
Wood said that profanity was par
ticularly noticeable' at summer
camps attended by Communists
children, such as the one at Win
gate, N Y. to which children of
Gastonia strikers were carried. Thp
youngsters he said, were Instructed
to show disrespect of the Deity in
even the most casual utterances,
such as "Hello, God Dammit!” or
"Pass the bread. Odd Dammit!”
This charge, spoken in all serious
ness and accepted by the commit
tee members in that light, was a
feature of hours of testimony in
which the Commissioner drew upon
long experience in dealing with 1
strikes end other labor disorders
to cipicii t^e opimyn Umt Cun}-,
. gfcAat’ift’-- • jwtVg'Vk.uy a -JmslN: " * *
munism in this country is nothing
but organized violence."
Wood Indicated that he had
found Communists less interested In
arbitration than in agitation. He
depicted them as greedy trouble
makers still numerically insignifi
cant but growing somewhat both in
numbers and in the foment of dis
content.
Not Serious Menace
Near the conclusion of the''"day's
session, however, Wood admitted
that in his opinion Communism did
not constitute a menace to the con
trol of government,
“As far as taking this country
over is concerned,’’ Wood testified,
•■that's all ppppycock, When vou
look at the wild-eyed bundle of hu
man junk maxing up Communism
in this country y mi’ll know that
there is not a chance.”
In answer to a question put by
Hamilton Fish, Jr„ chairman of the
committee,. Wood said that there
were, about 10.000 Communists in
this city and an equal number else
where in the country. He said he
believed these figures represent an
rw who wiu hark to the
school bells again Monday, 1,500
are whits children and approxi
mately 3,000 are children.
Tho white schools opening art
tho four schools In the No, 3 dis
trict- Patterson Springs, Earl, Mc
Brayer and Broad River—No, fl
consolidated school, and Moriah, All
of tho 32 colored school* in the
county will open next week, four
new schools for colored children! be
ing included in the 32. Later to
day It was learned that Bolling
Springs will openJMonday, also,
Others'Monday*Week “
Other schools with an enrollment
of around 4,000 children will open
on the following week. These
schools are Moores boro, Casar,
Piedmont, Belwood, Paltaton, Waco,
and Dover mill. Lattimore may
Open on July 28, although there is
a likelihood that the school win
not begin Its summer session Until
the first of August. Grover will
open on August 4.
All these schools are long term
schools, the six-months schools not
opening until fall.
School prospects for the year are
bright and all indications are that
more children will be in school in
the county this year than ever be
fore. due to a certain extent, to
the four new colored schools which
provide school facilities for colored
in sections of the county which
have not had such heretofore.
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Four Violent
Deaths A Day
Flfty-SfTfn Die In Auto Accidents
In N. C, Daring Jane, 39 In
Year.
A total of 143 people, more than
four per day, met violent death in
North Carolina during the month of
June. Of this number ^? died in
auto accidents, running the total for
the year to date to 338.
This, according to the vehicle
reau of the department of revenue
at Raleigh, was an increase of 43
as compared with the number killed
in automobile accidents during the
first half of 1929, figures compiled
by the motor vehicle bureau et the
state department of revenue re
vealed. The number injured showed
a decrease of 174 as compared With
the 2,159 injured during the first
half of 1929.
Eleven pedestrian* lost their Jives
from being struck by motor cars last
month; 28 from collisions between
automobiles, one from automobile
collision with a horse drawn vehicle;
four from a collision with trains;
three from collisions with fixed ob
jects and 15 from non-collision ac
cidents.
Three children playing in the
street were killed by automobiles;
two pedestrians croesing with the
signals at intersections; cue cross
ing against the signal; two crossing
between intersections; one standing
on safety aisle; one getting out of
another vehicle and one walking on
the roadway.
In addition to the 11 killed there
were 60 pedestrians injured.
As is customary, the records show
ed a large majority of the fatal ac
cidents were caused by careless, o
reckless driving; 16 resulting Iron
speeding, four from driving on th(
wrong side of the road; six from
not having right of way; two from
cutting in: two from reekles* driv
ing and three from cUsregardin;
signals.
Want* Location Of
New Cotton Gim
Miles H, Ware of Kings Moun
tain. special agent for the govern
ment in collecting cotton gining
figures, a&ks The Star to request
those who are building new gins in
the county this year, to notify hm
of their location, name of owners
and postoffice address. He needs
this information in collecting sta
tistics qn the cotton crop during the
ginning season.
Major R. B. Babington of Gas
tonia was a Shelby visitor today and
mode a talk at the Rotary lunch -
ton.
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