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VOL. XXXVI, No. 133
SHELLY. N. C.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 5. 1930
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. BT M,“' a*T ***'• 'ID *4,»oe#* —
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LA TE NEWS
THE MARKET.
Cotton, per lb. ..... 1011 to 10\ j
Cotton Seed, per bu.3(k j
Fair And C older.
Today's North Carolina Weather
Report: Generally lair tonight »nd
Thursday. Colder Thursday and in
west and north portions tonight.
Credit Men To
Meet Friday;.
Pay-Up Drive
ray-Up Campaign To Be I lanned
For Next Week. All Who Ex
tend Credit to Meet.
Every individual firm, corpora
tion or business man who operates
on a credit basis, is asked to meet
in the court house Friday evening
at 7:30 o’clock to plan for a pay,
up campaign to run for next week.
With business at the seasons peak,
a whirl-wind pay-up campaign is
being planned to revive business, de
crease the unemployment and wipe
the slate clean for the extension of
credit next year.
Everybody may not be able to pay
all accounts in full, but a few dol
lars paid on account, to show good
faith, will enable others to pay and
thus start the wheels of progress,
Similar campaigns are being waged
throughout the nation and as close
home as Burke and Gaston coun
tise. with marked success.
Mrs. Thompson Working Campai-n
Mrs. Rush Thompson has been
isked by leading credit firms, to
take charge of the campaign which
will be put over by publicity, win
dow cards, enclosures to be sent out
to every account and by personal
solicitation during the campaign.
The hour for the meeting is 7:30
and all who do a credit business are
asked to be present. The meeting
will be short with very brief talks on
the situation.
Democrats Win
In Rutherford
Except Hardin
Republican Candidate For Shell..
Wins By 121 Votes. Fred Ham
rick Is Defeated.
Rutherford county, Cleveland s
neighbor to the west, torn for a
month wlttt one of the bitter
est political campaigns In her
history, emerged from the bal
lot battle yesterday with the
Democrats triumphant In every
race except one.
The lone office lost by the Dem
ocrats was that of sheriff. Ed Mc
Farland, young Republican,- can
didate defeated Sheriff W. C. Har
din, Democratic incumbent by 121
votes. McFarland received 5.14'
votes to Hardin’s 5,020.
In the contest upon Which the
two parties centered their major in
terest O. R. Coffleld. Democratic
candidate for the legislature, de
feated Fred D, Hamrick, Republi
can candidate. Tne vote was Cof
field 54273, Hamrick, 4.938,
Every other Democratic candidate
on the several tickets won, accord
ing to Editor R. E. Price, of the
Rutherford County News.
An interesting angle to the Mc
Farland election, Mr. Price, stated,
was that in bygone years both his
father and his grandfather have
served as sheriff of Rutherford
county. His grandfather, the late
John E. McFarland, was a native of
the Hollis section near i he Cleve
land county line and the family is
well known in this county. His fath
er, who also served as sheriff, is J.
V. McFarland.
ituuicriuru aisu ^
ey a majority over George Prichard
the Republican candidate for the
U. S. Senate, and did lhr-.wisc for
Zeb Weaver, Democratic candidate
for congress In the tenth district.
Bailey was given a vote of 5,370 tc
Pritchard’s 4,419.
Capt. Peyton McSwain. cf Shelby
and W. K. McLean, of Polk county.
Democratic candidates for the state
senate were given majorities of five
to six hundred over their Republi
can rivals, W. J. Mode and C. F
James,; in Rutherford county.
Mr. Gaffney Hurt
In Accident Here
Mr. J. Frank Gaffney, aged Shel
by citizen, was painfully injured
early Tuesday afternoon when hr
was hit by an automobile and
kjiocked to the pavement while
crossing the street near the First
National bank. Mr. Gaifney was, it
js said, carrying an umbrella and it
is not known whether he did not
ace the approaching car. or just
how the accident happened The
oar. It is understood, was driven by
Bill Whisnant, of West Shelby. Mr
Gaffney was given treatment in the
Cleveland drug store and then car
ried home in an ambulance. His
worst Injury was ft bruise on the
head caused by hitting the pave
ment Today it was not thought
that he was seriously hurt.
Big Democratic Victory In County, State, Nation
. t, o v V U f
T T T T T t r r r i ' /
Democrats Of Cleveland Triumph
Majority Runs
Near 3,000 In
Several Races
Spurling And Newton
Lead The Ticket
Cleveland Democrats March To Polls
In Rain To Stage Complete
Triumph.
In majorities ranging from
2.4(H) to 3,198, Democracy swept
Cleveland county in Tuesday’s
general election when over 7,500 ,
voters of both Democratic and
Republican parlies marched to
the polls in a constant driixle of
rain to register their choice for
township, county, district and
state offices.
Returns were received at The
Star office last night and announc
ed bjt J. D. Lineberger over an am
plifying system provided by The
Star and the Home Electric Co. to
interested people who were at The
Star office and in the court house
| where loud speakers were provided
for the comfort of the people.
Bailey Loses One Precinct.
josian k.. tsauey, cancuaaie xor
1IT. S. senate against George Prit
| chard, Republican, carried every one
! cf the 26 precincts in the county
hut Casar which he lost to his op
- onent by 126. Bailey's county ma
-rity is 2,833.
Congressional Vote Heaviest.
Perhaps the great interest was in
She race for Congress wherein A. L.
3’UlwlnUe of Gaston was attempt
! ing to redeem the district from C.
A. Jonas, Republican of Lincoln.
Bui winkle carried al! but three pre
cincts in the county. Jonas was
ahead in East Kings Mountain by'a
margin of one vote, at Casar by 130
i and at Sharon by 10 votes, fiut
I winkle’s majority in the county is
! 2,490.
1 The largest vote cast in the
; county was for congress, a total ot
; 7 566 votes going into the boxes
(from the voters of both parties,
j Newton Leads County Ticket
Andy Newton, Democratic candi
! date for register of deeds received
; the highest vote cast for any Dem
ocratic county candidate, 5.263
: votes, with R. L. Weathers for coun
| ty commissioner running second
j with 5,306 votes. Spurting of Lenoir,
i
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Election’s
| Odd Events
| Sheriff Fred Sink, veteran sheriff
! of Davidson county and candidate
j for re-election on the Republican
; t icket. dropped dead Tuesday after
noon on the lawn of his'home at
■ Lexington. An attack of angina
I pectoris caused his unexpected
I death.
!
j In Alabama early returns from
! Tuesday's vote indicate that Sena
| tor Tom Heflin, vho bolted the
j Democratic party and ran on ah in
| dependent ticket, was defeated by
•John H. Bankhead, Democrat, per
jhapn by a two to one vote.
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New Bern. Nov. 4—Senator F. M.
Simmons today voted a straight
Democratic ticket from senator to
constable, it was declared by obser
vers at the senator's home polling
precinct in the second ward where
it is reported that he displayed his
full tickets, with the marks plainly
showing, before he folded them and
placed them in the proper balloi
boxes.
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At Hickory Tuesday afternoon, C
P. Guthrie, Democratic candidate foi
justice of the peace, was killed when
his automobile was struck by a pas
senger train. He was 47 years ol
age.
At a ballot box near Barbourville
Kentucky, yesterday Boyd Bingham
Democratic magistrate, shot and
killed Hampton Smith and in turn
was shot to death by Smith's son
William .
Early returns in the fifth national
election since prohibition disclosed
majorities for the wet cause in the
Illinois, Massachusetts and Rhode
Island referenda and both wets and
drys leading in the senatorial con
tests where prohibition was an is
i sue.
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Bailey In By A Landslide
Josiah W. Bail
ey yes 1e r d a y
brought North
Carolina Dem
ocracy back to
the forefront by
his crushing de
feat of George
Pritchard, h i f
Republican riv
al for a seat in
the United
States Senate.
The Bailey ma
jority swelling
around 100,000
is one of the fin
est tributes ever
paid a Demo
crat by the peo
ple of the State.
Sparling Carried Every County
In District; Majority 7,000;
Warlick Named Superior Judge
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Lincoln Democrats
Win Every Office
But County Sheriff
—-- ;
I County Which Went Republican.
Two Year*'Ago Conies Back 1
In Fold.
Cleveland to the east, one of the
North Carolina counties which
went into the Republican col
umn in 1928, is today back in the
Democratic fold.
Lose One.
A message from The Lincoln
County News to The Star at 11
o'clock today stated that every
Democratic candidate except one
had been elected. The lone Repub
lican was the present sheriff, A. S.
Rhinehart, who was re-elected by a
close majority of around 110 votes.
The highest Democratic majority
in Lincoln was that of 279 given W.
■ H. Sigmon, candidate for legisla
ture. The other Democratic major
ities ranged from 75 to *79.
Bulwinkle-Jonas Close.
The Bulwinkle-Jonas contest m
Jonas' home county is a nip-and
tuck affair and the outcome will
probably be in doubt until the of
ficial count is made. Late last night
Bulwinkle had a slight lead over
Jonas, and morning reports had It
that Jonas seemed to have lost his
home county. This is not known
yet, but either way the vote will be
close. “Anybody's race as it looks
now,” the Lincoln paper told The
Star,
Catawba, Caldwell
And Burke Back In
Democratic Column
Counties Adjoining Cleveland Re
turn To Fold In Tuesday
Voting.
Cleveland county is no longer an
Isolated Democratic county sur
rounded on several sides by Repub
lican counties. And Lincoln county
Is not the only neighboring county
which returned to the Democratic
fold yesterday.
Back cainc Burke, Catawba and
Caldwell.
Solicitor Spurgeon Spurling talk
ing to The Star this morning stat
ed that he had just been in conver
sation with officials in Burke and
Catawba and they informed him
that every Democratic candidate In
the two counties was elected Tues
day. Two years ago these counties
voted Republican or independent.
Two years ago Spurling's home
county of Caldwell defeated the
Democrats with a fusion ticket, but
yesterday Caldwell came back with
a general Democratic majority of
around 1,500, Details of Lincoln
county’s come-back is related else
where in The Star today.
Cleveland Native Take* District
Over Patton By Landslide
Vote.
Spurgeon Sparling. Cleveland
county native and one of the
state's most able court prosecu
tors, was re-elected superior
court solicitor for this district
Vestcrday by a top heavy major
ity over his Republican oppon
ent, Frank Patton, of Morgran
ton.
Three to four of the counties m
the solicltorial district are ordinar
ily considered Republican counties,
but Mr. Spurting was given a ma
jority in each of the five counties.
The vote was close In Burke, Pat
ton’s home county, but today Mr.
Spurting Stated that a message
from Morganton at midnight stated
that he had won in that county by
500 votes.
Checking up this morning, he in
formed The Star that his approxi
mate majorities in the five coun
ties were as follows—Caldwell 2,125
Catawba 1.400, Cleveland 3.200,
Burke 500, Lincoln 200. This shows
that Cleveland gave Spurting, whe
led the ticket here, his greatest ma
jority, with Caldwell, where he now
lives, giving him the second big ma
jority and Catawba following close
behind
Warlick Wins.
Attorney Wilson Warlick. of New
ton, is now Judge Warlick, whining
the judgeship in the election yes
terday over the Republican candi
date. Gill Wyley Klutz. Figures giv
ing the Warlick majority were nol
available this morning, but it ii
certain that he Won. He will at the
beginning of the year, succeec
Judge A. L. Qulckel. of Lincolnton
who was appointed by Gov. Gard
ner to succeed the late Judge J. L
Webb
Ex-Service Men
Stage Banquet
Armistice Day
Every World war veteran in Cleve
land county is invited to the big bar
becue, sponsored by the local post
of the American Legion, which is to
be held in the company K armory
here at 6 o'clock Armistice day
evening. Confederate veterans and
Spanish-American war veterans are
invited as special guests, according
to Post Commander W. S. Beam.
The food and refreshments for
the barbecue and banquet for the
veterans is being contributed by
citizens of Shelby and the county.
The ex-service committee, compos
ed of Police Chief McBride Poston
and Mr. Robert Crowder, has al
ready made a canvass of uptown
Shelby, but others who desire to
contribute to the first Armistice
day fete given. the ex-service men
may do so by getting in touch with
cither Chief Poston or Mr Crow
der, i :i.
IB a twinkle To
Return By Big
Majority Vote
Democratic Solon
Regains Seat
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| llimix rat Goes To River Ahead f or
First Time Ever. Lead
Now 8,401.
Two years ago an election
upset put Congressman A. L.
Tlulwinkle out of office, but yea*
terday the Gastonia Democrat
swept back Into office, over
Congressman Chas. A. Jonas,
who defeated him In 1928, by
one of the greatest majorities
the ninth district ever gave a
Democrat.
Figures assembled from over the
district this morning by The Star
make it certain that Butwinkle de
feated his Republican rival although
a number of precincts from the
mountain counties are yet to be
heard from.
At 10 o'clock this morning 187 of
248 precinct* in the congressional
dUtrict were reported. These gave
Hulwinklc 35,9(58 votes and Jonas
27,507—a lead of 8,401 votes for Bul
tvinkle. The remaining precincts
cannot overcome such a great lead.
Great Victory.
The Bulwinkle win is a great
trfnmph for Democracy from other
aspects than the big majority, for
the Democratic candidate made in
roads in Republican strongholds in
the mountain section. Moreover for
qnee the Democratic candidate
reached the Catawba river ahead of
his opponent. Heretofore it is a leg
end that the Democrat Is trailing
when the western counties are
counted to the river with Mecklen
burg to hear from. This time Meck
lenburg gave Bui winkle a majority
that would have saved him had he
been slightly behind upon reaching
there, but Mecklenburg's vote was
not needed for a victory. Burke,
Gaston and Cleveland county ral
lied to Bui winkle with heavy ma
jorities while Lincoln and Catawba
helped build up the total.
A mesage to The Star from The
Charlotte News this morning 6tated
that Madison county. Republican
stronghold, seemed to be headed for
the Bulwinkle column, as Is Vancey,
another close county.
Six Of Ten.
Upon the basis of returns already
in Bulwinkle carried six of the 10
counties in the district, and has a
chance, it is said, to carry the two
j others mentioned above. The coun
I ties carried by the Democrat follow
--Burke, Catawba, Gaston, Cleve
i land, Lincoln, and Mecklenburg.
Vote by Counties.
1 At 10 o'clock this morning the vote
by counties as reported was as fol
jluws:
. Avery—10 of 18 precincts—Bui
j winkle 287, Jonas 1.034.
Burke—19 of 21 precincts—Bul
j winkle 4,656. Jonas 3,656.
I Catawba—14 of 21 precincts—Bul
! winkle 4,656, Janas 3,656.
j Cleveland—complete — Bulwinkle
3,028, Jonas 2,538.
Gaston—complete—Bulwinkle 10,
179, Jonas 7,645.
| Lincoln—14 of 22 precincts—Bui
j winkle 2,768, Jonas 2,443.
Mecklenburg—complete—Bulwin
. kle 7,392, Jonas 4.594.
Madison—3 of 24—Bulwinkle 385,
■ Jonas 186.
Mitchell—9 of 12—Bulwinkle 836,
Jonas 1,794.
Yancey—one of 11—Bulwinkle 132,
j Jonas 164.
The figures above lack only 61 of
248 precincts of being complete.
Estimates made by political ob
j servers today had it that the offi
cial Bulwinkle majority would range
{around 7.000 votes—possibly more,
Mrs. Laughridge
Suffers Eye Injury
Mrs. Roger Laughridge suffered a
rather severe injury to one of her
eyes on Monday when a large splin
ter flew up and struck her in the
face. The splinter cut the eyeball
but the pupil fortunately was not
hurt. While the injury Is painful and
will require careful treatment. It is
thought that there Is no danger of
losing the sight In the eye.
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(OTHER DETAIL ELECTION
NEWS WILL BE FOl'N'D OV
r*4C;E 10 OF THIS ISSVEJ
Back He Goes
Major A. L. Bnlwlnkle was yesterday i
returned to congress when voters of j
the ninth district gave him a big j
majority of Congressman Chan. A.1
Jonas who defeated him two years
ago. Cleveland county with the
greatest Democratic majority in
history helped build up his hand- i
some vote.
Court To Open
Thursday After
Election Recess
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Two Killing C«IM Already Disposed
Of In Sentences Of Five Tears
And Two,
Superior court will resume its ]
grind here tomorrow. Thursday, j
morning, with Judge T. J. Shaw,
of Greensboro, presiding, after
having taken a recess since last J
Friday because of yesterday's
election.
The term which opened one week
ago Monday faced the largest crim
inal docket in the history of the
county and could hardly have han
dled all the cases on the docket in
a full two weeks. As It Us many of
the cases cannot De tried until the
next term.
No civil calendar matters will
likely be tried as the court will in'
probability devote its remaining |
time to clearing up the criminal!
docket as much as possible. However
It Is expected that several divorce
suits will be disposed of.
So far two killing cases have been j
tried. In one Thomas Daniel, young
negro man, drew a term of from]
five to eight years in prison for j
fatally injuring Poneze Propst, six- i
year-old school girl of the Belwoocli
section, with his automobile after
she had alighted from a school bus.
In the other case Will Coffey, col
ored. was given a term of two years
on the county roads for shooting!
Alta Robbs, young negress of the
Boiling Springs section.
8ix killing cases were on the
docket at the beginning of the term
but several have been continued.
The only other death trial which
may come up Is that of Will Strick
land and Alvin Thompson, both col
ored. wh» are charged with fatally
injuring James White also colored,
at Lawndale last summer.
^McSwain Elected
To State Senate
Although full returns are not Va
from the five counties in the state
senatorial district, it.-is assured that
Capt. Peyton MeSv/atn, of Shelby,
and W. K. McLean. of Polk count".
Democratic candidates, will go to
Raleigh as the set -dors for this dis
trict, Both Cleveland and Rutker
foiu gave the two Democrats good
majorities, Polk and McDowell vot
ed Democratic, and the race is said
to be close in Henderson, the fifth
county in the district.
Ir. Cleveland McSwain received 5.
271 votes, McLean received 5.087,
while Mode and James, the republi
can candidates, received 2.102 and
2,096 respectively. The Me Swain
and McLean majorities in Ruther
ford ranged around eight or nine
hundred. Cleveland and Rutherford
together gave them a majority P
ne,,i 4h00 votes,
Majority Of Bailey
Around 90,000; All
Districts Democratic
Majority Of Democratic Senate Candidate
Continues To Grow. Party Wins Every
Congressional Fight. General Democratic
Triumph Over Nation.
Today, the day after, there isn’t any doubt about it be
ing a Democratic year. In all sections of America yesterda
Democratic candidates were victorious in one of the mo.
important and hard-fought off-year general elections in t\v
decades. North Carolina, which fell into the Republican
presidential column in 1928 for the first time, staged a come
back by sending Josiah W. Bailey, Democratic candidate, t>
the United States Senate by a majority of 90,000 or moi
and by carrying all of the ten congressional districts and th
general state ticket, and by redeeming several counties.
GREATEST YET
When Cleveland coun
ty yesterday gave sever
tl Democrats on the tick -
;'f majorities of over 3.
000 votes it was the
greatest Democratic ma
jority registered in the
history of the county, ac
cording to Hon. Clyde R. j
lloey, veteran campaign
er and Democratic lead- ;
er. This big majority is !
the most remarkable j
when it is remembered t
that weather conditions j
were bad.
Vote A Rebuff
To Hoover; See
Roosevelt Out
For 1932 Race
Neither Tarty It Appears Now Can
Control Next Congress. Talk
Of Hoover Withdrawal.
(Special to The Star.)
Washington, O. C., Nov. 5.—
Control of federal government
over the next two years will be
split and divided with an ad
ministration that remains Re
publican but with a congress in
which no party will hav eanv -
tiling approaching absolute con
trol. I'nder such circumstances
the inauguration of a new pro
ject of any character radical or
constructive will be difficult and
probably impossible. The essen
tial routine functions of govern
ment will be carried out but the
center of the Washington stage
will be occupied by political
jockeying and maneuvering for
the preferred position in 1932.
That is outstanding immediate
result of Tuesday's election be
ause at this writing it is the
one practical certainty, with it,
however are strong probabilities
of scarcely lesser importance.
First is the prospect that the wet
and dry question will be brought in
to the presidential and congression
al campaign of 1932 as outstanding
Issue which every party leaders may
do in the meantime to prevent it,
second. Is the fact that Franklin D.
Roosevelt re-elected to governor of
New York by largest plurality ever
given a candidate in that state more
than ever stands out as the likely
presidential selection of his party
two years from now. Third, is the
1 unescapable conclusion that the
Hoover administration has received
a rebuke. It Is already causing an
undercurrent of discussion as to
possibility of a complete new deal in
1932 something which could only
come about, by voluntary with
drawal of Mr. Hoover as a candidate
for reuominatton.
Zeb Mauney Grows
Turnip Worth $5
A $0 turnip, believe it or not. was
grown this year by Mr Zeb Mauney
of Shelby.
Mr. Mauney's turnip was worth
$5 to him because it was the largest
turnip grown with seed pm-chased at
Suttle’s drug store and Mr. Julius
Suttle. the proprietor, had offered
five dollars in gold for the largest
turnip grown from his seed. Many
large turnips were entered in the
contest by farmers of the county.
The growing Bailey majority !.,
North Carolinn and the redempt.e
of two of the ten congressional ths
trlcts lost to the Republicans two
years ago illustrates the militant’
with which North Carolina Demo
crats marched to the polls Tuesda
through rain and in some section
snow.
The Democratic trend In th:
state was evident In many othr
states throughout the nation, i
could not be determined this morn
ing, but political obaervers beUew
that Democratic victories through
out the nation may make the ner.
congress a Democratic body. In
numerous states Democratic gubet
natorial candidates swept to victor;
early reports indicating that one or
two atrong Republicans state
might elect Democratic governor
and senators. Outstanding Demo
cratlc victories over the nation in
eluded the great majority give:,
Gov. Franklin Roosevelt of Nr
York over his Republican oppone
Charles Tuttle. Another Democratn
triumph was in Illinois where l
Ham Lewis, veteran and picturesq i
Democratic campaigner, stacked m
a victory of approximately 2 to
over his Republican rival, Rut
Hanna McCormick. Early return
from Connecticut indicated thr
there was a possibility of the Dem
ocratic candidate being elected
In North Caroltn*.
| The crushing defeat of Geo:,.
'Pritchard, Republican senate can
j dldate, by Juslah W. Bailey was th?
| foremost item In the North Carolina
j election. It will be days before the
| Bailey majority will be definitelv
! known, but reports from Charlott"
; and Raleigh this morning stated
‘that it would probably be 90.000 or
more, possibly 100,000. Late figure-:
last night gave the vote at that time
as Bailey 157,510, Pritchard 69,451
A telephone message from Demo
! cratic State Chairman Odus M. Mull
this morning stated that the Dem
ocratic victory was general through
out North Carolina, only a few
counties of the 100 electing Repin
lican candidates.
Democratic Congress,
llie next congress may not have a
Democratic majority but every Nona
Carolina congressman will be a
Democrat. Here are the early fig
ures on the ten districts.
First — Representative Lindsay
Warren, unopposed.
Second—Representative John K.
Kerr, 4,207, to 312 for E. D. Dickens
Republican chairman concedes
Kerr's election. Twenty-nine pr
cihcfcs reported.
Third—Representative Charles *_
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Shelby Man Hurt
In S. C. Car Crash
York, 8. C„ Nov. 4.—D. A. C. Mc
Swain, of Shelby, N. C., who owe
the Elijah McSwain farm in thf
Hood town section, near Sharon, and
who has been engaged this year Ui
cultivating the farm, was seriously
injured Friday afternoon whenthe
automobile in which he and several
of his farm hands were returning to
Shelby was wrecked near the home
of Mrs. W. M. Wallace in the New
Zion section.
Mr. McSwain suffered severe in
juries to his head and face as well
as several broken ribs and possibly
internal injuries. The injured man
was carried to the home of Jack
Wallace nearby, where a physician
was summoned and his wounds were
dressed. On Saturday morning an
ambulance was summoned from
Shelby and Mr. McSwain was car
ried there for treatment His con
dition is reported today as critical.
The other occupants of the car es
rape.d with slight injuries.