Vic Lee Sentenced
To 20 Years Hare
For Barn Burning
♦Continued Prom Page One)
them when I went to the swamp
to get licker for him."
He said Lee -wanted to bum the
house or barn of nearly every per
son who had dealings with him,
mentioning that of Claude Mc
Swain, because he “owed him a
little money, that of Bob Padgett
-because his house was close to
•here he kept his licker. ’ and a
number of others.
Brady Jolly, turnkey at the coun
ty Jail, testified that as soon a?
Lee was in the cell, being brought
tram the Charlotte jail, that he
told him to tell the "niggers that
I haven’t told a thing,” advising
them not to do so. Jolly admitted
taking the message.
Lee Offers Akbi
bee a ineffectual alibi was pre
aanted by Joe Wilson. Leo Green
and Laxter Allen, boys who testi
fied that he was at his filling sta
tion all day before the bam was
burned, and first sighted the blaxe
from there.
Tie Lee, taking the stand in Us
asm defense, admitted that Mlmz
bad told liquor for him, and said
be had been threatened by Mints
II he told of the bam burning. He
admitted on cross examination
that he told Sheriff Cline about
the negroes part in the burnings In
an effort to get him to speak a good
word to Judge Webb at his liquor
trial.
A sensational disclosure was made
under the cross examination when
Lee admitted obtaining »400 from
Toy Webb, whom he said he ac
cused of assaulting his wife.
Flay Smith. a witness for tbe
state, declared that the morning
after the fire, Lee told him that he
was at home when the blase start
ad, and thought It might be his own
Ailing station. This was in direct
aontradiction to the story told by
Lee and the boys, who said he was
at the station all day. Smith said
be had told Lee that ‘ Billy” Mc
Swain and some of the deacons
would soon call on him to ask him
to stop his liquor traffic.
An effort was made by the de
fense, through presenting Raymond
York, himself a convicted bam
burner, Enoch Millin and other per
sons who had been in Jail with the
negroes, to show that they had
framed” Lee, putting the bam
burning blame on him because hr
Was already under federal sen
rence for two year*.
Roy Mints, chief witness against
Lee, recalled by the state, denied
any plot against Lee. He declared
that Lee threatened Mm with
death if be told.
Epidemic Meningitis
Case Reported Here
Paul Bullington, son of Mr. anc
Mrs. J. E. Bullington of South La
Payette street, was reported this
morning to be suffering from spina
meningitis, the epidemic form 01
•he disease.
Paul was graduated from Shelbj
high school last year and wan «
student at Bolling Springs iunioi
college.
Services Announced
At Episcopal Church
On Sunday, Apnl 1th, the serv
ices at the Church of the Redeem
er, comer LaPayette and Or ah an
street., will be at the usual hours
8:00 and 11:00 a. m. Church schoo
at 10:00. Rev. J. B. Sill in stayinj
for *the week-end at Mrs. Pack
ard s. 501 N. Morgan street.
Whisnant Store Front
Is Being Remodeled
W. C. Whisnant who owns th<
two story brick building on N. La
Payette street occupied by J. O
Propet and Sons and operated as :
grocery store, is having a new bricl
and plate glass front Installed.
“PRESCRIPTIONS
FIRST”
SUTTLE’S
DRUG STORE
— PHONE 370 —
TIRES AND BATTERIES!
EASY PAYMENT PLAN
Tillman's
LUTZ-AUSTELL
Funeral Home
4M West Marlon Street
AMBULANCE
PHONE
B. S. Neil Named
Bank Unit Head
B. S. Neill of the Pir»t National
bank ol' Kings Mountain and for
merly of the Independence Trust
company, Charlotte, last night was
elected chairman of group 9 of the
North Carolina Bankers' associa
tion to succeed Roger B. Duval of
the Charlotte National bank at the
annual banquet held at the cham
ber of commerce, Charlotte, and
attended by about 200 bankers of
the district.
Other group officers named are:
O. D. Aitken, Industrial Loan and
Investment bank, Charlotte, vice
^ chairman; J. E. Bridges. Union
Trust company. 8helby, secretary
treasurer, and Roger B. Duval,
group representative on the state
executive committee.
Oroup 9 is composed of bankers
in the counties of Burke. Catawba,
Cleveland, Gaston. Lincoln. Ruth
erford and Mecklenburg.
Among those who attended the
banquet were the following officers
of the North Carolina Bankers’ as
sociation; C. T. Leinbach, Wacho
via Bank Jk Trust company, Win
ston-Salem, vice president; R. Em
mett Kerr, American Trust com
pany, vice president, and Forrest
Eskridge, Union Trust company.
Shelby, past president.
Group Of 20 Leave
For BTU Meeting
Some 30 young people from the
First Baptist church left this morn
ing for North Wilkesboro where
they will attend the two day meet
ing of the regional meeting of the
' State B. T. U.
In charge of the party was H. C.
Seefeldt, assistant pastor % of the
church. Those attending are: Cath
erine Roberts. Jimmie Ruahin, Elisa
beth Falls, Carolyn and Joe Whit
aker, Mary Tedder, Roscoe Smith,
Wyan Washburn, Woodrow and
Ada Wall, Mary Lewis Wilson, Mar
garet Mull. Eloise Young, Sara Bess
Ledford, Paul Wilson and Evelyn
Webb
Mr. Wilson will represent the
chureh in the better speakers con
test.
Paitori, Worker*
Meeting Monday
The pastors and workers confer
ence of the Kings Mountain Bap
tist association will be held Mon
day morning April S at 10 o’clock
in the First Baptist church.
Devotional will be led by the
Rev. B. P. Parks, with a doctrinal
discussion by the Rev. Lawrence
Roberts. All pastors and workers an
Invited to be present.
Mr*. Roosevelt Will
Receive Club Women
i WASHINGTON. April 5—Mrs
Rooeevelt yesterday told Represen
tative A. L. Bulwinkle of North
Carolina that she would be happy to
receive members of the Home Dem
onstretion clubs of the Southwest
cm district of North Carolina whei
they come to Washington April If
About 125 a’omen are expected t<
make this trip.
PIGGLY
WIGGLY
Guaranteed FLOUR
Plain or Self-Rising
24 LB. 98 LB.
92c $3.40
Irish Potatoes.
10 Pounds _
14c
Sunkist
Lemons, Dost.
17i
Tomato Catsup,
14-or.. bottle __
10c
Pink Salmon
Tall Can
10c
Green Beans.
3 lb..
25c
A Good Selection Of
FRESH VEGETABLES
— MEAT SPECIALS —
15c
FAT BACK,
Poind_
HOME MADE LIVER
MUSH. 1 O 1
Pound_ l&ZC
RIB ROAST — ROLLED
Pound .. IOC
Country Pork
Sausage, lb. .
25c
Home Dreseed Milk Fed
Poultry. Fresh Fish. Any
Cut of Western Branded
P_*
DCfl •
Four Millions for Rural
Electric Lines Proposed
—
i RALEIGH, April 2.—Rural elec
trification in North Carolina is ex
pected to receive considerable im
petus from the proposed allotment
[of $4,000,000 from federal funds.
I The state planning board has es
timated that $25,000,000 Is needed
to electrify all rural communities
where it is practical, said David
S. Weaver, of State college, projects
engineer of the state rural electri
fication committee.
However, he added, $4,000,000 will
be a material help to those com
munities which are definitely plan
ning to establish rural power lines
as soon as they can find means for
financing the projects.
The funds will be made available
in the form of loans. Weaver said,
but loans can be made only to those
communities whose power lines will 1
be self-supporting and where there I
is good evidence that the loan can J
be repaid u i ill in a period <<f 40
years.
The cost ol constructing rural
power lines has been estimated at a
little over *1,000 per mile, Weaver
‘■aid. and five or six consumers are
needed for each mile of line in or
der to make It self-supporting. j
In North Carolina there are 9.
672 farms served from central pow- !
er stations. 6.022 farms with home!
light plants and 264,014 farms with- ;
out electricity. In New Jersey 17,-1
500 farms have power and 8.000 do
not. Weaver stated by way of com
parison
The state rural electrification
committee has completed tabula-'
tlons on 75 per cent of the surveys ;
made recently In more than 700 j
North Carolina rural communities.
Weaver said. The surveys were!
made to ascertain which communi
ties are in a position to obtain ru
ral power on an economical b&sis. ,
Makes Small Fortune Snitching
On Slot Machines in Charlotte
OHARLOTTE. March 31—An ugly
toad to him, the slot machine nev
ertheless wears a precious jewel in
It* head for Oeorge W. Earnhardt.
Already, under the honorable es- ‘
cot of law, it has brought some
money his way and the pastures
still may be green. They may be
worth $300 apiece to him.
"I saw these slot machines being
used for gambling all over the
town,” he said today, “and I went
to Mayor Wearn and told him I
would collect sufficient evidence on
every one of them if he would sui
ply a maximum of ten cents per ma
chine to be used in playing them.
"The mayor said the city had no
appropriation for such things. So 1 i
went to police headquarters and
offered my services there They
showed no interest, so 1 went to
Oastonla to see Solicitor Carpenter
He consulted the law and pointed
out that the town could be rid of
the machines."
The method suggested, he said,
is an old North Carolina law that
permits any private citizen bring
ing suit against the operators of
any place where gaming tables are
kept. It Judgment is obtained, the
defendant, it is explained, is re
quired to forfeit $200 to anv per
son bringing the action.
MRS. HARRISON TO SPEAK
TO YOUNG PEOPLES FORUM
The young peoples forum of the
Cleveland high school will give a
program Sunday evening for the
benefit of the Missionary society of
the Baptist church.
The subject for the evening will
be "Home Missions” and two featur
es of the program will be talks by
i Mr*. J. W. Harbison and the Rev.
Father Sills of the Episcopal church.
, Music will be given by the forum
choir.
Farm Debt Committee
Formed For County
•Continued troni page one.)
the land, but may stay on it for a
small rental. If the price of land
goes either up or down in the five
year period, the owner may have
the piece of land re-appraised, and
pay accordingly.
It is under the considerations
of this new law that so many west
ern farmers were able to hold their
property last year. Mr. Guynn did
not think It would encourage debt
ors to dodge honest obligations, but
would rather give them a fairer
chance to pay them, in more even
proportion to values when thr debts
were made.
Dwighl Beard’* Life
Saved By Governor
RALEIGH. March 31.—An execu
tive order snatched Dwight Beard,
killer and erstwhile "society thief,"
from the shadow of the electric
chair, to which he was sentenced a
year ago.
Governor Ehrlnghaus commuted
the sentence of the convicted slay
er of Augustus Bounos, Valdese
merchant, to life imprisonment on
the recommendation of four su
preme court Justices, and the trial
court judge.
Beard, a former North Carolina
State college student, was returned
to Burke county last year to stand
trial for murder after he had been
arrested in St. Paul. Minn., and
charged with a string of "society
thefts.”
After his conviction Beard ap
peal to the supreme court and last
month the court sustained the con
viction by a 3-2 decision. Later two
of the justices who acted to sus
tain the lower court recommended
clemency.
Carolina Stores
Bananas
GOLDEN RIPE
POUND
5c
Snowdrift
« POUND
BUCKET
98c
COCOA
OUR MOTHERS
2 POUND CARTON
19c
COFFEE
DANIEL BOONE.
2 POUNDS FOR
35c
Cora Flakes
KELLOGGS or POST
TOASTIES — 2 FOR
15c
RINSO 3 for 25c
Irish Potatoes
NO. 1 —
Ifi LBS.
19c
LETTUCE 2 for 15c
RICE - 6 Pounds.25c
Oranges, nice juicy, doz. .. 10c, 15c, 20c
GRAPEFRUIT - 3 for. 10c
In Our Market
FAT BACK, Thick and Heavy, lb. 15c
BEEF ROAST, 2 lb..25c
LIVER MUSH - Pound. 10c
STEW BEEF - 3 lb.25c
We Deliver Every Friday and Saturday
- VISIT OUR CURB MARKET -
A Real Bird-Dog
Hiding the hounds-instead of
riding to them seems to be the
forte of this Australian cockatoo.
But really the dog counts his
jockey a fine feathered friend.
Collegians Leave
For N. Wilkesboro
BOILING SPRINGS. April 5 —
Miss Lucille Johnson, Dr. J. L. Jen
kins and the Bolling Springs college
male quartet will attend the reg
ional better speakers contest to be
held at North Wilkesboro today
and tomorrow.
Miss Johnson received an invita
tion to play during the two day
meet of the B. V. P. U. speakers at
North Wilkesboro and an invitation
to have the quartet to accompany
her. The quartet is composed of
Alex Ross. Dwight Humphries, Wes
ley McMurray and Almon Barbour.
The best speakers will enter a
contest at Ridgecrest.
The Eugenics Record Office of
the Carnegie Institution says that
brothers and sisters are more close
ly related than father and son. or
mother and son. Biographically a
father and son have one-half com
mon blood, while a brother and sis
ter have all common bloocf. One
contains with his half brother the
same amount of common blood that
he contains with his father.
The surface of the moon is less
rugged than that of the earth.
Belwood School (
Gives Program
For Its Closing o
Commencement activities at Bel- j c
wood high school will get underway 1
Monday. April 8 with the annual 1
declamation and reading contests j
for the sixth and seventh grades,
according to an announcement by' s
Prof. H. M. Young, principal of the j c
school. c
Speakers secured for the exer
cises are the Rev. J. B. McLarty, r
of Asheville, who will preach the j 1
baccalaureate sermon, and Dr. G.jc
I. Humphries who will deliver the i
graduating address. Dr. . Hum- : c
phries is president of High Point -
college. Both he and Dr. McLarty'
are In wide demand as speakers.
Calendar
Following is the commencement
calendar:
Monday, April 8. declamation and
reading contests for grammai
grades.
Thursday, April 11, piano recital.
Wednesday, April 17. primary and
grammar grade operettas.
Saturday, April 20. Junior play,
“Happy Valley.”
Sunday, April 21. sermon.
Monday, April 22, declamation
and reading contests for high
school.
Thursday. April 25 class exer
cises.
Friday. April 26. graduating ex
ercises. and senior play, "Wild Gin
ger.”
All events will be at 8:00 in the
evening with the exception of the
graduating exercises, which will be
at 10:00 in the morning.
Service Announced
At Second Baptist
Proving Spirits” will be the
morning worship subject of the
Rev. C. V. Martin at the Second
Baptist church Sunday morning. He
will also preach again in the even
ing at 7:45. Sunday school will be
at 9:45 and B. T. U. in the evening
at 6 o'clock.
PENDERS
Good Housekeeping Week
Pender’s Stores are celebrating Good Housekeep
ing Week in all their stores, all this week—with
plenty of quality food bargains tested and approv
ed by the Good Housekeeping Institute.
Peaches
Libby's Sliced or Halves
Large
** Cans
35c
Pears
LIBBY’S BARTLETT
LARGE
CAN
21c
MINUTE TAPIOCA . . . Pkg. 12c
FRUIT JELLO ... 3 Pkg.. 17c
PHILLIP’S DELICIOUS
TOMATO JUICE
Dried Babv
LIMA BEANS
Domestic
SARDINES
SANTA CLARA
PRUNES
Hershey’s Breakfast
COCOA
6 CANS 25c
3'8817c
4 CANS 15c
6 LBS 25c
3 CANS 25c
Phillip’s Delicious
Spaghetti
Colonial Crushed
Com
5c can 10c can
Heinz Baked Beans ... 3 can.. 25c
Old Va. Apple Butter . . 4 lb. jar.25c
1). P.-CUFFEE,
POUND ___
GOLDEN BLEND COFFEE.
POUND _
MONTICELLO COFFEE.
Vacuum Packed. Pound
Colonial Baking Powder, 1 lb. can .... 15c
SELECT PINK SALMON - Can.10c
PALMOLIVE SOAP, 3 Ban .. 13c
Colored Choirs To
Sing Here Monday
There will be a singing contest for j
olored choirs in Cleveland county
a be held in the court house Mon-1
ay night. There will also be con
ests for quartets and other num
ers in singing.
Choirs entered now are those from !
toiling Springs, Maple Springs and
Vestibule. The Vestibule chair is
aid to be one of the first colored !
hoirs in North Carolina to broad-1
ast over the radio.
Quartets entered are from Esk -1
idges Grove, Boiling Springs, Cle\e
ind Springs, Patterson Springs;
thers are expected today. Prof, i
iarl Hardin, of Shelby is to be in i
harge.
BuoaflrA“°^
Officer* Get Bon(
O. T. Stanton andE. Uwn
officers of the Mu.tn* .
i-ociation. have been m Mou
this week on bustnc** of?m
tiation. While in Mount A ' '
had issued them the Wlf.
nation bond ior the current^
ance year, as required by a,,
ance department. **
Penny Column
HAVE a CLIENT WHn
SI.400 to loan on gilt edge reJ
tate security. See John p.
> Yresk • Pure • Sweet
DIXIE
CRYSTALS
CHEESE
20c
TASTY WHOLE MILK
lb.
GRANDMOTHER'S
ffhaie Wheat BREAD " K L"1 8C
Wheie Wheat ROLLS Doz 6C
SWIFT'S
JEWEL
8» to.
ALASKA pink
SALMON
10c
Tan Can
ifiLATIN DESSERT
\8SORTED IXAYOHS
SPARKLE 4 .*«. 17c
BACON
SUNNY FIELD
cm imm ic. ***. Q
BUTTER CuMyfwM Crumry »• 39c
SKYFLAKE WAFERS 18c
RINSO — 3 mm ckft. - 25c
LUX TOILET SOAP 2 >*'• 15c
LIFE BUOY SOAP 2 »< 15c
LUX FLAKES «»« *«• 10c
BAKING POWDER »■" !»■ c»10<
FLOUR SPECIAL
- IONA -
24-Ib. 87c
48-lb.$1.73
98-lb. $3.40
SUNNYFLIELD
24-lb. 92c
48-lb.$180
98-lb. $3.59
6 lb. Bucket SNOWDRIFT.$1.00
Sunnyfield Corn Flakes, 3 for.20c
Large 360 Size LEMONS, Doz.21c
Produce Department
Golden Ripe BANANAS, 4 lb. _
YELLOW SQUASH, 2 lb.
Fresh ASPARAGUS - 2 lb. 23f
Plenty Ripe TOMATOES, lb.
New Red Bliss Potatoes, 4 lb. ^
Meat Department
NATIVE STEAK - Pound 2(*
LEAN PORK CHOPS - Pound _
MEATY VEAL CHOPS - Pound jjf
THICK FAT BACK - Pound ■_*£
FRESH FISH AND OYSTERS_
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