VOL. XXXVI, No. 08
SHELBY, N. C,
FRIDAY. AUG. 15. 1980
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LA IE NEWS
THE MARKET.
Cotton, per lb._........ 12!4c
Cotton Seed, per bn. . —.......36c
The Weather.
North Carolina: Showers tonight.
Saturday mostly fair. Not much
change in temperature.
Mr. Ilarry To Preach.
Rev. Grady Harry, a native of
Grover, this county, will fill the pul
pit Sunday morning at 11 o'clock at
the Shelby Presbyterian church in
the absence of Rev. H. N. McDiar
mid, the pastor, who Is taking his
vacation.
Boy Shoots Father
Charlotte, Aug. 14.—A 17-jear-olti
boy shot his father to death in the
Matthews section of Mecklenburg
county today and told officers he
did it because “he abused and curs
ed my mother.”
Thomas Fowler, 49, farmer was
taking an afternoon nap on the
porch of his home in the county.
His son approached with a single
barrel shotgun and fired the charge
into the man’s heart while he slept.
Denominational Day
At Beaver Dam Ch.
Three Organizations Of The Bap
tists To Sponsor Meeting On
September 10,
Wednesday, September 1C, will be
"denominational day” loi the
churches of the Kings Mountain as
sociation at Beaver Dam Baptist
church. The program wil be of rath
er an unusual type as it will be
sponsored jointly by the three great
auxiliary organizations, Woman’s
Missionary union, led by Mrs. John
Wacaster, associational chairman;
the Baptist Young People s Union,
led by Mrs. L. H. Ledford, associa
tional leader; and the Kings Moun
tain Baptist Sunday school associa
tion, led by G. G. Page, ascociation
al superintendent; and participated
in by Rev. J. W. Suttle, moderator
of the association. The leader of
each auxiliary organizations will
use 45 minutes for the presentation
of the purposes and plans of his
division cf the work rendering such
program as he may have provided.
The purpose of the Occasion is to
bring all the Baptist .people to
gether in a day of study and wor
ship designed to emphasize In their
thinking the place and importance
of all the agencies at work for the
promotion of all our denominational
work. At the conclusion of the above
presentations Rev. J. W. Suttle will
discuss "The Attitude of ihe Local
Church and of the Association To
ward these Organizations’ after
which the organizations will sepa
rate into department conferences
for a period of deliberation.
It will be an all-day affair and
people from all over the association
are asked to take dinner. Upon
learning that such a meeting was
contemplated Beaver Darn church
extended an invitation z.nd it was
accepted.
Mr*. Wallace Off On
Two Weeks Vacation
. Mrs. Irma Wallace, Mi&s - Eliza
beth Wallace and Miss Lillian Phil
lips left today for Baker iville, Va,
Mrs. Wallace is taking her annual
vacation from th,e home department
work and will be gone for two weeks.
All clubs are asked to take note and
meet with their leaders if their
regular meeting time falls within
this limit. Regular club work will
be resumed, Tuesday, September 2.
FinanceReport
Made Of City
Budget For The Coining Year Is
Also Made tip—Public Hear
On Sept. 2nd.
Audit of the books of the City of
Shelby for the year ending June
1st. has been completed by Scott
and company and today's paper
contains a summary of the assets,
resources and liabilities of the var
ious departments as made by the
Certified Accountants.
It is revealed in the audit that
the administration reduced the cur
rent indebtedness $52,262.47 during
the year and that the current fund
deficit of $51,298.96 has been wiped
out. It further states that “all ex
penses for the year have been paid
or accrued and this same account
'showed a surplus of May 31st cf
$22,283.24.”
The budget for the Current year
has been made up by the auditors
and a public hearing will be held
on the evening of September 2nd
at which time the tax payers are
privileged to call and lodge any ob
jections they may see fit. Accord
ing to the law. a time must be fixed
for a public hearing on a city’s
budget and on the evening of Sept.
2nd, any one interested may lodge
any complaint he or she might
have.
Also, the detailed audit is on file
in the city all for public inspection
at any time, this audit covering the
year ending June 30th of this year
Five Teachers
Less In Shelby
| Public Schools
In the Elementary Schools. Several
Changes In the High School
And Specials.
There will be few changes in
| the Shelby school faculties for
i the coming 'year. The number
of teachers in the elementary
schools has been reduced five.
I Mrs, Ben Suttle will be the only
I new elementary teacher in the fac
ility for the new year. She is well
known in Shelby where she has
been a resident for a number of
years. She is a graduate of Meredith
college and has had several years
successful experience in school work
in this county.
In the high school Miss Victoria
Young, a graduate of Winthiop col
lege, comes from Rock H.l! as li
brarian. She has done successful
work in the Rock Hill, Charlotte,
and Sumter schools;
Miss Octavia Jeter, of Santuck, S.
C., will teach history. She has been
in the New Bern high school for
the past four years. Her training was
received at Winthrop college and
Columbia university.
A science vacancy will o? filled by
Miss Kate Wilson of Newton. She
has been teaching in Granite Falls
and Newton for several years. She
graduated from Greensboro college
for Women. A summer course is be
ing taken by her at the University
of California.
Miss Gertrude Taylor, who has
been high school principal at Smith
field for the past three years, will
teach mathematics. Before going'to
Smithfield, she was for lour years
principal of the Black Mountain
high school. She received her train
ing at the-Asheville Normal, the
University of North Carolina, and
■the University of Tennessee.
Up until a few days ago. it was
expected that Mr. W. T. Sinclair
would be back. It is now learned
that he expects to go to Charlotte.
No arrangements ha been made
about his work.
I The same special teachers, with
the exception of Miss Virginia Ham
rick, are expected back on the job
Miss Mary Suttle will take Miss
Hamrick's place as expression teach
er.
All last year's colored teachers will
be back.
Neal Goes To Jail,
Under $ 1,000 Bond
Bud Neal, white man of upper
Cleveland, was remanded to jail in
default of a $1,000 bond today for
breaking and entering the Lawn
dale postoffice. He was given a pre
liminary hearing before U. S Com
missioner John P. Mull and bound
over to the. Federal court under a
bond for this amount. Failing to
raise the bond, Neal was taken to
jail. '
He is charged with entering the
Lawndale postoffice on August 5th.
Evidence against him was worked
up by W. B. Garrison, postoffice in
spector for the governmer.*:.
CAROLEEN MAfJ REPORTS
TWO OPE^ COTTON HOM S
Rutherfordton, Aug. 13.- B. M.
Belton, of Caroleen, has reported
two open bolls of cotton, the first
to be opened in this county this
year. Mr. Melton noticed the open
cotton while passing along the field
Monday afternoon.
Quits Teaching
Prof- W. D. Burns, founder of
Piedmont High School al Lawndale
has retired from the profession. He
founded Piedmont 33 years ago and
is one of the best known educators
in this section.
Delays Sailing For
China; Trouble There
Internal trouble in China has
caused Miss Attie Bostic, mis
sionary. to postpone her return
4o the foreign mission field.
-Itfiss Bostic has been visiting in
her native city for several
months and had intended to re
turn to her mission work on
Sept. 13, but upon advices from
her co-workers her return has
been postponed indefinitely.
She has been advised that it
Is unsafe to return at this time.
Four missionaries, and two
children in the field she has
been working, have not been
heard from since May 23 and
grave fears are entertained for
their safety.
Speak At Borders
Gaston
Reunion
Gathering Of Descendants ot Major
Hugh Borders Will Be Held
At Cleveland Springs.
Descendants of Major Hugh Bor
ders. one of the pioneer settlers of
this section and a hero of the Re
volutionary War. will gather at
Cleveland Springs on Wednesday,
August 20, in an annual reunion, ac
cording to an announcement just
made by Postmaster J, H. Quinn.
Han. Harry Gaston, of Gastonia,,
will deliver an address, which will
be the principal feature for the oc
casion. The Borders clan has offi
cers and these will be elected in the
afternoon after a dinner has been
served picnic style.
It is expected that a large crowd
will attend from this and adjoining
counties in the two Carolina? and
from other states.
Championship To
Be Played Saturday
Eastside and Ella Mil! baseball
teams promise to stage a big show
for baseball fans on Saturday after
noon at 3:30 at the high school park
when they will contend for the
ebampionshihp. They are now tied
and the result of this game will de
termine the champions. A great
crowd is expected. Ladies w'lli be ad
mitted free to the game.
Finance Corporation Comes
To Shelby For Headquarters
Carl Thompson Is Head Of Shelby
Office With Branches At Col
umbus and Tryon.
A new enterprise for Shelby to
open in a few weeks, is the Manu
facturers and Jobbers Finance cor
poration with Mr. Carl S. Thompson
in charge of the Shelby office.
Branches will be maintained at
Columbus and Tryon where the cor
poration has been established for
two years and operating under the
direction of Mr. Fjed W. Blanton
of Columbus and Tryon: It has an
authorized capital stock of $100,000,
of which amount $40,000 is cumu
lative six per cent preferred and
$60,000 is class A and B common
stock.
The company handles a general]
Une of commercial financing for
merchants, manufacturers and job
bers merchants, manufacutre and
jobbers, also purchase accounts re
ceivable and other well secured short
time, monthly payment paper and
industrial loans. Many finance cor
porations of this kind arc now op
erating throughout the country,
trading in commercial paper and
collecting short term notes taken by
manufacturers, merchants ,<nd job
bers.
In moving to Shelby, the corpora
tion which has maintained head
quarters in Polk county, increases
its sphere of activity. Additional
capital is being sought with which
to carry on in a larger wav
Officers are representative busi
ness men of Polk and Cleveland
counties: Fred W. Blanton, presi
dent and treasurer; Carl & Thomp
son, vice president, W C. Ward,
vice president: P-. s. Lewis, secre
tary, D. S. Blois, assistant treasur
er. The directors are the abo\ e men
tioned men and the following C.
P. Rogers. Herbert C LJetcalf. J.
Lawrence Lackey, F. P. Bacon, T.
A. Rippy, T. E. McKee, Dr. Ben
Gold.
V
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Three Hurt In
Railway Motor
Car Accident
Motor Car With Bridge Forrc Jumps
Track South Of
Shelby.
Three negroes were badly Injured
this morning around nin; o'clock
when the railway motor car on
which the L. F. Connor bridge con
struction force was going south,
jumped the track. The accident oc
curred a few miles south of Shelby
between here and Patterson Springs.
The three negroes who were rush
ed to the Shelby hospital soon after
th accident arc; Henry Stevens, of
Rock Hill. S. C.; Logue Martin.
Mooresljoro, and Asa Parker of
Kingstree, S. C. It was said at noon
today at the hospital that the men
were getting along as well as could
be expected, and it was thought that
all three men would recover from
their injuries.
It is understood that L. F. Con
nor with ihs bridge bonMructidrt
force of six or eight men lett Shel
by this morning and were on their
way south when they got within a
few miles of Patterson Springs, the
railway motor car jumped the track,
[injuring the three negroes rather
[seriously and shaking up tne rest of
the force. It is not known exactly
what caused the car to jump the
'track.
Highwaymen Find
New Night Method
Local Men Tell of Finding Appar
ently, Dead Men on Highway
At Night
Highwaymen have found a new
method of stopping cars a! night
for no good reason under Sie sun,
think W. A. Pendleton, A L. Swain
and Esley Pendleton who drove
through in their car from Wilming
ton where they had been on a fish
ing trip. They took a night trip
to avoid the heat and traffic.
At two i>oints they saw men lay
ing like dead on the edge of the
concrete highway. On seeing the
first man they took him to be in
jured or dead. The car was halted,
put in reverse and backed to the
point whefe he was laying. When
the three passengers alighted from
the car the apparently dead or in
jured man, quickly rolled off the
road and disappeared in the woods.
It was thought he was using himself
as a decoy to stop a car with a sing
le passenger and might have had
confederates hidden in the woods
ready to overpower a lone night
driver. The second time the Pen
dleton's saw a situation like this,
they did not stop.
Battleground Road
Work Progressing
Gaffney “Ledger:
Satisfactory progress Is being
made by the Cherokee county
chaingang in improving the
road leading from the National
Highway to Kings Mountain
battleground, according to Sup
ervisor E. .». Clary, who said
there is no doubt the work will
be finished well in advance of
the sesqul-centennial celebra
. lion October 7.
Mr, Clary said he understood
that the road being built by the
state highway department to
connect with the North Caro
lina highway from above •rover
is also going forward at a reas
onable pace. The York county
chaingang is building highways
on the York side of the battle
field.
Electrician Of
Lincolnton Killed
Lincoln ton, Aug. 13.—William W.
Barnhardt, electrician • of Winston
Salem, met instant death at a lo
cal cotton mill about 6 p. m. today
when he came In contact with a
wire bearing 2.300 volts of electricity
while engaged in repairing the
motor of a humidifier.
Barnhardt, about 45 years of age.
was standing on a stepladder when
the current coursed through his
body and was dead when he struck
the floor, it was said.
Workers at the Massapoag null,
where the tragedy occurred, rushed
Barnhardt to the local hospital
W'here artificial respiration was re
sorted to without success.
The body was held at a local fu
neral home tonight pending advice
from relatives.
Oe mi is Heads Schoolmasters,
J L Dennis, principal of No 8
township school was elected presi
dent of the School Masters club at!
their first meeting of the season held i
this week at the Wayside restaur
ant.
“Missing” Couple Return Home
I -
Charles Kern, 80-year-old mil
j liohaire, of St. Louis, Mo„ and
his wife, who have mysteriously
i disappeared following their de
parture from Toledo, O., by au
tomobile for Defiance, O. Mr.
Kern was carrying a bank draft
• for $70,000 and it, was believed
that, the aged couple have kacn
kidnaped by a gang of con
fidence men. They returned
unexpectedly and refused to
talk.
(T*l»ph*t* kr lat«m*tl*n»l K«w#r#»I)
Nearly 8,000 Attending Rural
Schools Of Cleveland County
Five Hundred Increase In Enroll
ment Of C olored Pupils. Problem
Arises.
There are 7,754 pupils enrolled in
the public schools of rur.il Cleve
land not counting any of the six
months schools w hich are now in j
session, declared County Superin
tendent J. H. CSrigg this morning
These figures do not include the
city schools of Shelby and Kings
Mountain, which schools a:c not in
the rural classification.
Big Increase In Colored.
The figures only include 13 eight;
month white school districts which
have an estimated enrollment of 4.
744 pupils and the colored schools
which 7-how the greatest Increase in
enrollment with 3,010 pupils. “’This
is the first year in my administra
tion 'of four years that there has
been unr jump in School enroll
ment," said Supt. Grtgg. The color
ed schools present a problem. The
increase has been so much more
than wns anticipated. One colored
school in No. 9 township has an
enrollment of 240 with only three
teachers. "They are sticking their
heads through . the windows and
doors of Vance school In upper
Cleveland.'’ said one colored patron
in this district.
! The rural school enrollment last
year was 10,613, white and Mack. A
considerable increase is expected
this year and the increase presents
a problem of finance which must be
worked out in the fact of a cut in
the school tax rate.
It should be borne in mind that
the above enrollment figures of 7,
744 white and colored does not In
clude the city.schools of Shelby and
Kings Mountain which do not, be
gin until September The schools
which have started, run fer a few
weeks until cotton pick’ng time
when they will suspend m cider for
the children to help In the harvest.
A few six months schools are oper
ating and a number of others are
to start, but no reports, nave been
sent in and the figures above do not
include any of these short term
schools.
Enrollment By Districts.
Enrollment by districts for the
white schools in elementary and
high school is as follows:
Dover Mill .... 105
No. 8 Township_........... 564
•Mooresboro ... ........_... 260
Fallston ........_____292
Laftimore
Beiwood ..._
Waco ..
No. 3 Township
Piedmont _
Grover_._
Casar ..
Boiling Springs
I Moriah ..._...
. 610
.. 473
.. 261
. 573
. 448
368
. 350
. 200
.. 150
Above figures are estimated for
: No. 3 Township. Piedmont, Grover.
I Casar, Moriah and Boiling Springs.
New’ high schools are bring set up
in No. 3 township and a! 'feotling
Springs, thus making 13 rural high
schools now’ running.
Tree Sitters Braves
Weather 16 Days
P«*(e O'Shields, Shelby’s tree
sitter, has been perched in a
Iree near the Campbell De
partment store for 16 days ami
is still gain? strong. Three times
daily li« is refueled from a local
cafe while a radio-, furnishes
him entertainment day and
night. Ellis Studio has made
pictures of O'Shields who ex
pects to "stay up until It
snows” and these are sold as
souvenir post cards at the tree
and on the streets.
Fair Premium List
Being Distributed
Sfi.dOO in Prize* t> Offered at Big
Cleveland County Fair, Br
. ginning Sept. 30
Premium lists for the seventh an
nual Cleveland County Fair are now
ready for distribution. They were
turned from the printing presses
yesterday and are being distributed
through Dr. J, S. Dorton, fair sec
retary, R H Shoftner, farm agent,
Mrs. Irma Wallace, home demon
strator, drug stores, fair officials,
and the various farm clubs of the
the county.
The premium list this year con
tains about. 70 pages, and is the
largest ever issued with a number
of new departments added to inter
est and recognize other phases of
the farm and community life of the
county. The prizes are the most
valuable ever offered and fair of
ficials and as well as the clubs and
other organizations of the county
are making great preparations for
the big Fall event
Indications are that the entries
will be more varied than last year
and well up to standard. Dr. Dor
ton promises the best fair the coun
ty has ever had, for considerable
improvements have been made at
the grounds in providing more ex
hibit, space, si* big free acts^ are
offered daily and the mid-way
shows will be provided by Rubin
and Cherry, the largest mid-way
aggregation playing this section of
the South.
Shelby F iremen To
Attend Convention
TSix members of the Shelby. Fire
department will attend the 43rd
annual convention of the North
Carolina Firemen's convention to
be held at Morehead City, August
19th to 21st. A. L. Duckett ci Ashe- '
ville is president of the association. 1
Those who attend from bhelby in- i
elude Chief Robertson. Everett Del- •
linger, E. L. Irvin. Paul Hawkins, i
Dee Elmore and Zeb Beam. They ex- 1
pect to leave here in automobile
Sunday morning to reach Morehead
City in time for the convention and
some fishing.
City Schools To Open
Here September 7th;
Teacher List Given
Piedmont Head,
Mr. Burns, Retires
I’rof. IV. I). Kurils, founder
of Piedmont High School 33
year* ago and active head ot
that institution since that
time, hit* retired frbm the
teaching: profession for a
time at least. Prof. Burn* is
one of the best known educa
tor# in this part or the state
and thousands of boys anil
girls have gone out from hi/
tutelage to succeed in the
I world.
Prof. Burns, a native of On
slow county, this state, found
ed Piedmont 33 years ago and
at one time it was the larg
est private high school in
point of enrollment in North
Carolina. He Is note writing
insurance and looking aftei
his timber interests In upper
Cleveland. Succeeding him as
principal of Piedmont High is
Mr. F. M. Blgerstaff of Ruth
erford county, a Duke univer
sity graduate who has been
teaching in Chatham county
for three years,
Sinclair Will Not
Return To Shelby
Music Department Heads Accepts
Position With City Schools
In Charlotte.
W T Sinclair, who tor a number
of years has been head or the de
partment of music in thy Shelby
schools, will not return this year.
He has accepted a portion to direct
musip in one of the schoqls In
Cliarlotte, according to an an
nouncement he made this week; to
The Star.
Mr. Sinclair has been with the
Shelby schools for a number of
years, directing b{tnd, orchestra and
vocal music in the several schools
Of the city. Just who will lake his
place, has not been announced. Pro
visions for a teacher for this de
partment has been made in the
school's financial budget and among
citizens who wish to see this de
partment continued. As Mr. Sinclair
has only recently decided that he
will not return to Shelby, although
re-elected by the city school board
in the spring of this year, no steps
have been taken to fill his place as
yet.
College Night At
Central Methodist
At the morning service Rev. A. C.
Swofford of Gastonia will preach
in the absence of Mr. Hayes. "Col
ege Night” will be observed at the
'veiling service instead of the reg
ilar preaching service. All young
leople who expect to go away to
ollege and others too are cordial
y invited to attend. An especially]
11tractive and Interesting program
las been arranged. The Methodist
ichools and colleges will be present
ed. The evening service will be
leld at 7:30 Instead of 8 o'clock.
There will be no Senior League
>n account of the young people
taking part In the evening service.
Governor And Two Judges Are
Speakers A t Beam Family Meet
, Money Being Raised For Monument.
Aged Defendants Are Present.
1,000 People There,
Over l'.OOO people, direct descend
ants of John Teter Beam, met for an
.all day reunion at New Prospect
church yesterday. The church found
ed by the father of all Beams, John
Teter Beam.
The reunion was called to order
by the chairman. Dr. A. PT! Beam.
Miss Ruth Beam, of Cherryville, sec
retary read the minutes of last years
reunion, then Mr. D. A. Feam, of
Shelby, chairman of the Monument
committee reported plans for this
monument to be erected to John
Teter Beam '^ver $150 an, raised.
A quartette ssn^everal lovely mus
ical selections. N~'*
The first speaker. Judge Clarkson, j
of Charlotte, was in trod u i; J by At
torney W. Speight Beam of Shelby, j
This address, "Our Ancestors andj
Duty Towards Others,” wa3 greatly
enjoyed by all. Then Governor O.
Max Gardner, a member of ihis clan,
in his own eloquent manner told of
the Beam history, also of the Dix
ons, so closely bound in friendship
to the family. He said ne supposed
there were 75,000 direct desrendants
of John Teter Beam spread over the
United States.
Judge J. L. Webb concluded the
morning program with a short talk
appropriate for the occasion and en
joyed by those present.
Then the dinner. Imagine food
for a thousand or more spread on
one long table with plenty of fried
chicken,, devil food cake, pickles,
barbecued mutton, country ham and
those famous home-made cakes, pies
and biscuits. After this crowd had
eaten bountifully, there was some,
left.
After dinner the crowd reassembl
ed in church for a-fellowship meet
tCONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT.)
Building* Bring Gone Ovrr And
Repaired for Annual Trek of
2,500 White Children.
Announcement Is given out by
Superintendent B. L. Smith stating
that the local public schools will re
sume classroom work on September
8. Preliminary meetings of the
teachers wilj be held on September
3 and following for the purpose of
receiving Instructions, taking the
census, making schedule;, assigning
pupils to sections, registetiug pupil .
etc.
The superintendent has been on
the job every day since returning
from summer school, preparing for
tire new year. The audit of la,"
year's financial matters has been
made by George.G. Scott and com
pany. It will be published at nn
early date. The buildings are ail be- .
ing gone over and placed in the
best possible condition. Orders have
been placed for necessary supplies
Transcripts of credit have been fur
I nlshed for boys and girls applying
I for admission to college. Vacancies
have been filled In the iaculty and
teacher assignments have be*n
made. It Is hoped that everythin'!
will be in such readiness that regu-'
1ftr work can start on the very fir.
day.
r-upii* uia i were conouionea ta.'
spring and have been doing work
under an instructor this summer
will be given an examination, prob
ably on September 5. to sec wheth
er they are now prepared to go to
the higher grade. Those who desire
to take these examinations should
communicate with thfeir principal
Elementary Teachers.
The following is a list of teacher
for the entire school system. Where t
no postoffice address is given, the
teacher’s home address is Shelby
The figure following each name is
the grade to which the teacher has
been assigned:
Washington School.
Agnes McBrayer, principal, l;Mrs
Marien Nash, 2; Mrs. M. T)ddy, 3,;
Ruby McDonald, Anderson, 8. C., 4;
Augusta Alexander, 5: Mrs. Frank
Kendall, 6, 7.
Marion School.
i Laura Cornwell, principal. 1; Ann
Hamrick, t; Mrs. Easdaie Blanton.
2: Mary Crowell. Forest City, 2; Mrs.
Ed McCurry, 3: Minnie E. Roberts.
4; Lucy Hamrick, 5, Alpha Gettvs.
6; Petrie Mull, 7.
Jefferson School.
Mrs. G, P. Hamrick, principal, 7:
Mrs. Helen Dobbins Eskridge. 1:
Mrs. Henry Mills. 1; Mrs. Madge
DePriest Baker, 2; Margaret Coop
er. Maysville, S. C, 3; Edna Parker.
3, 4: Hazel Holmes, Councils, 4; Mrs.
C. S. New, 5; Clara Edwards, 6.
IjkFayette School.
Mrs. Buena Bostic, principal. 1:
Mrs. Ruth Plaster, 1 2; Anita Win
tCONTINUIO ON BAOE BIGHT i
Kings Mtn. Man
Claims Assault
1L B Olive Seeks Arrest Of Men
Whom Hr Claims Assaulted Him
Near Toluca.
Newton. Aug. 13.—E. B. Olive of
the Kings Mountain section was in
Newton yesterday seeking the ar
rest of Ervin and Otis King and Al
fred Peeler whom he claimed had
assaulted him last week cn High
way No. 18 above Toluca.
According to Mr. Olive’s story, he
had sloped his car in front of the
home of D. E. Coftan for a business
consultation when the , three men
approached him. Vm alleges that
Ervin King had a sRb but placed
it on the gasoline tank of rhe Olive
car. Otis King is alleged to have
seized Olive, jerking him violently *
while Ervin King threw a heavy rock
which missed its mark
Peeler took no active part in the
affray other than following at close
quarters and seemingly holding him
self in readiness should Ins assist
ance be needed, Olive said Olive
claims he fought in his own defense
the best he could but was forced to
break away and run into the Cofton
home. ’
In swearing out the warrants Mr.
and Mrs. Cofton were summoned
as witnesses as they are alleged to
have been eye witnesses. *
Oscar King, father of the alleged
assailants was convicted on a
charge of embezzlement at the last
term of court, according io Olive
and is now doing time which is
held to be a contributing 'ause of
-the attack since Olive was I he main
prosecuting witness in the case.