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Kings Mountain, N.J C.,' Thursday, July 23. 1914.
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MURDER GASEtOLD FDRNACE
Wells. Dover, and Turners.
'. The Turney Tried in York Court
,''. for Murder Young "Turney
Found Cnilty.
Below is "an .account of the
trial of the Turneys at iYorkville
last week for the -murder of
Wells and Dover. The account
is bluepencileed and condensed
from the Yorkville Enquirer of
last Friday.
, T! e next cases taken up were
those against J. Ed Turney and
Thad E. Turney charged with
the killing of J, K. Wells and
Pin': Dover on the night of
. May 5. ' ,
v Although there were two ' In
dictments against the defendants
. one for each of the men slain, by
' agreement of council both cases
were, tried together.
: Trios. F. McDow, Esq., re
"presented the defense and Soli
citor Henry assisted by John R.
Hart Esq. of Yorkville and W.
Fred McMillan of King's Moun
tain, N. C. conducted the prose
cution. . ...
After the arraignment of the
' ' prisoners both sines exercised
' frreat care in picking the jury.
' ' The venire was finally made
up as follows with John S. Sandi
" fer ffs foreman: H., G. Simril,
J. M. Smarr, W. M. Setzer. R.
. W, McConnell, R. P. Carnes,
. W. R Harper, Quinn Wallace,
1 J. S. Sandifer, JN. Hogue, W.
T. Ligon, T, 8. Lambert, J. A.
. Mills.-:
A. A. Lockridge testified that
y' tie had been summoned to the
. V scene of the killing by a son of
Jim Mack, at whose house the
tragedy occured, about . one
' o'clock. Both Wells and Dover
' were dead; Wells' back pocket
was turned wrong side out and
, .Dover's watch was gone and
his hands were folded on hjs
breast. ' : ''' '
" Wash Harlow was at the scene
' of the killing when it occured.
Wells, he 'said had had trouble
with J. E. Turney . at the home
(- of Well's brother a week before
the killing in regard to a charge
.against Tom McCarter of selling
whiskey. Wells Thad drawn 'a
rook on Turney and had driven
away. Turney wont on cursing
: he said. . - . - . . ;
The witness told practically
tho same story he'told at the in
'"quest. He: heard the shots but
' did not investigate. He slept be-
' 'side a pine tree until nearly 2
o'clock when he got up, viewed
,the bodies of the slain men and
went on home. A grilling crofg
;' examination resisted in a stato-
"-. ment to the effect that he did not
in estiga(ts the shooting jjecause
he thought probably the shots
', . came from officers who were
after Dover and wells.. -'7
M.M. Farris who was also
with Dover and Wells the. night
theywere killed said the party
were drinking and had, a., gallon
j.-' jug of liquor which he,"' Faris i
j.iVottbo, from" Wells, 1 The
... . V sn1l ha' and Dover.: had
.y&Kt&vwd tor his father's house a
distance Of 'about six and one-
half miles' from his saw mill,
meeting Wells and Harlow on
the way 1 They had. gone back
to Mack's lpuse because' Wells
wanted'', a mtch.,, Some one
''called the witness-and when he
"got Within ten feet of" the: men
the shooting began. -He ' ran
around the . hogse, got i n- bis
Sugary and drove off. Be had no
tol.'aiid did not ' know who
Picnic Next Saturday.
Elaborate Preparations Being Made
for Annual Event Speeches
Dinner Ball Game.
The annual picnic will be heW
at Old Furnace .Saturday July
25. There will be addresses at
eleven o'dlock by Messrs A. E.
Woltz and A. C. Jones, of Gas
tonla, dinner at 12, a ball game
at 4 between Old Furnace and
Cherry ville, good band music all
flay and plenty of sporting time
.ll--
ior me young ioiks.
Oid Furnace picnic originated
about twenty years ago with
Onnond Reunion and lias been
a ver"y popular annual event on
the Jast'Saturday in July of each
year ever since. - it was cnang
ed from Ormand Reunion to Old
Furnace Picnic in-order to give
it more scope.
The music will be.furnished by
a rfudeus oi tne tsessemer uity
band supplemented by several
select players from different
parts of the .state. The band
that day will be composed of
thu cream of a number of bands
and the music Is expected to be
a grand feature.
Mc. Bert Ormand,, manager of
the picnic, was in the Herald
office Monday morning and as
sured us that the most elaborate
arrangements would be made.
He stated that he would take a
squad of hands Tuesday and re
move the seventeen stumps from
the road, between Long Creek
Church and the' intersection of
the Long Creek rbad with Bese
mer Gity-Gastonia road at Van
tines place. He states that this
done the road will be good' all
the way." Several thousand peo
pie are expected. '
told almost identically the same
tale he told the morning of the
inquest. He 1 returned home
aoout 11 o'clock from Peeler's
mill and heard loud talking and
cursing in .his yard, Wells asked
him fpr a match., while search
ing -'Ja. ".his 1 hoise fur a
match there came, ai knock at
the door. SSoa after . he opened
the door, the firing; began. He
saw Tiimt-y, senior, shoot twice,
and saw two flashes of fire: from
the rear of the house. Ho saw
two ' men fall. He did hot "see
Thad Turney in the .cluster, of
men; about the bufcgy in the
yard. He asked the defendants
if they were going to see whethor
the men in Uie yaritv were dead
or not, and Mr. J. E, Turney
said, No you go. He went
back toward the house and did
not know whether the Turneys
went home or not. He did not
know when Mr. 'thad. Turney
got his lantern which was in the
house, . but -it was' gone next
morning. ';.; , ; :: ,
Deputy Sheriff Rhodes o!
Kings.Mounain, N. C. testified
that he had discovered a still on
a branch a quarter of a mile
from. Jim Mack's,- house, two
days after the homicide. He also
a keg of mash near the house of
Wash Harlow. He did not of his
own knowledge -know whose
properly the still and mash were.
The defence introduced several
witnesses' to testify as to the
character of the deceased inen.
,Tiie testimony of J. Ed Turney
was about UW this: f , -. :, ..
About an hour and a ,hal . -be
fore sundown. 1 left., home- with
my son Thad to go fishing oh
Clark's TWc fou'r'nii! s away.
PRES. WILSON
For Deleter Vti Cdcl alien.
Kings Mountain Battle A'emcrial As
sociation met Monday night Pres.
Vilson to be invited to sp:&.
President .Woodro.w -Witson.
of the United States vvus tin
unanimous choice of tin; Kir.irs
Mountain Battle Mciiio;i::l Assu- :dor tin' auspices of tlie Sunday
ciatiou here Monday ni'ht as !scho'l iiiniiaj.'enH'nt of the Me
orator for the seventh, of (K'to- j I hod'st t.'linrch of Bessemer City
her Celebration. Many nutiies, a i I'l'iilt.y at the pleasant picnic
dozen or so, were mentioned as grounds nt Sunnyside, about
splendid and' probably available I seven miles north of Kings
mate-Hal for the august occasion ! Mountain near the residence of
but all gave way before the
name of the mighty Statesman
President and every body agreed
that he was this best man we
could get. It was decided to
send' a delegation of at least
twenty-five of our most represen
tative men to Washington to ex.
tepd the formal invitation to the
President on a date to be "agreed
upon by the executive .board of
the Association and "Presi
dent, provided a date can b fix
ed with the Presiden. TIip fol
lowing were appointed ol the
Committee Monday night. W.
H. McGinnis, D. M. Baker, J.
B. Thomason, Dr. O. G. Falls,
G. G. Page, F. Floyd, and L.
A. Kiser. W. P. Fulton, D. M.
Baker, and Dr. J'. E. Anthony
were appointed a' Committee to
get up the remainder of the
twenty -five delegates.
It was decided to ask tho gov
ernment to furnish a band' and
a company of Soldiers for the
Celebration. It was pointed out
that .'Charlotte had been accord
ed soldiers for her Twentieth of
May Celebration wnereby a pre
cedent had been : establish-
eb which was the only bar to
our having soldiers last year.
It will be remembered that .t
a meeting of the Memorial As
sociation several weeks a;,'o R
was decided to invite Ex Pres.
Tneodore Roosevelt to deliver
the annual address but it was
learned through his secretary
without sepding a delegation
that he could not come. ; ' .
The delegation that will go to
Washington to- present Presi
dent Wilson with the formal, in
vitation has been instraucted to
secure the next best man to , be
had in case the President can't
corner
creek, We caught sixteen cattish
and an eel, and about eleven
o.clock, as well as I could gues,s,
came back to Mack's house hav
ing no idea of any trouble or of
meeting any one. My son was in
front and we had a lighted lan
tern and came by the path in
front of Mack's houpe.
When we approached , the
bouse ' I heard some one -say,
Give me vour sun. I want to
shoot thaf. light out." "Thad
went to the house after his lao
robes ' and went to turn my
buggy around: the buggy being
between the corner of the yard
and Macks wagon.
Two men J. K. Wells and
Pink, Dover 'walked to, the
the buggy and another man was
at my back. .
I 'said, Vstop boys. I'm not
bothering you." The .men were
cu rsing and Dover got be tween
the wheels. .:V: ;-'v':"Z-
The man behind me had a
pistol and said' "stop, -VofiJ",
I .dropped the shafts I was, tYofcrjuled school lc.r t " .a. t
ing andjie fired. I then flred'snd lis now comploU aind rjied i'u
lie ran nronnd the house . st'THtjc d Uu-t sm c ' ''- A
firie-r. When he fired the ..seConrl !
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BIG PiCNIC
At Srnnysidc Last Friday.
Bessemer City Sunday Schools Have
Outinc. Zhts Mountain
Tcan Makes Good.
Basket
Tin- hnji'St nnd one of the
most enjoyable picnics e.'cr hold
by B.Mse:niU' folk was given un
S. j. Kiser.
The event was an entire day's
; outing, and while it was promo-
ted and arranged by tho Metho
dist Sunday Sunday school, all
of the other Sunday schools of
the the town and vicinity weie
invited to join n the festivities,
aud it thereby became a gener
al Sunday school picnic for ajl
denominations.
The weather was -propitious
and afforded the best conditions
for an enjoyable day. It was
estimated that about 3,000 per
sons, young and old, were pres
ent during the day.
In the pleasant and convenient
grove near the church, a large
number of wwings had been pre
pared for enjoyment by the
younp: folks, and a basketball
ground prepared, where two
interesting and lively games
were played between teams f rom
Bessemer City and Kings Moun
tain and which' .resulted, in a;
score of 6 to- 3 in favor of the
Kings Mountain, team. - t ...
Tables aggregating a total
lonth of probably 1,000 feet wore
neatly spread and laden with
a most abundant supply of an
almost endless variety of good
things to eat, v.-lneh had been
prepared bv those whoj know
how to , tempt the aopetite and
to satisfy hunger. I
So elaborate a luncheon hat
probably nsver been served in(
that locality. A slight shower
shortly after luncheon drove the
crowd Into the several buildings
'"near by and afforded opportuni
ty for exchange of ideas, divert
ed from the special exercise.
After the shower, many of the
party assembled in Hie pasture
land of b. L; Kiser and witness
ed two games of baseball, the
first of which r as between Bess
emer City and Sunnyside .teams
ancf ra.su Hed in favor of Sunny
side; the, second game was be
tween Bessemer City and Kings
Mountain teams and resulted1 in
favor-of Hesseier City by a
score of !) to 4.
-It was a source of satisfaction
and pride to all who attended
the gathering to realize that so
large an essemblage hnJ spent
the entire day in a pleasant, joy
ous and profitable intermixing
without the annoyanco and dis
grace of any disturbing element
resulting from intoxicants,
which have sometimes obtained.
The Initial efforts whjc! have
ld to this eventful day idio.ilO
be made of record, and nr. jea.v,
an annual repetition of ios lew;
be provided,
A-good delegation of Kiurra
Mountain people were m r.ttei -
dance.. . . ...
X .Mimi -Pearl, Jones o:i be ...
C i as acceptea t i t i
a member of the f '.rv t - ; ''
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THE lAONEYlSTAK WILLIS
I Touring Party. Cent d from L.st VVk. j Cass to Be Tried Next Week.
'A Continuation of the True Story
of Travel by our Own Knme
Folks.
(By Mis.- Bonnie Muuney)
It would not only be tiresome
but impossible to describe the
many monuments, nevertheless,
I want to mention several of
them. The New York State Mon
ument is '.Ml feet, high -and cost
$90,000. The Pennsylvania Mon
ument is in the shape of a large
dome with a conservatory :it the
top. This is the most expensive
monument on the field the
cost being S1'.K).00!K The National
Monument in the National Cem
etery is u handsome piece of
work.-On top is the figure of
Liberty and at the four corners
of the base stand figures of War,
History, Peace, and Pleuly. This
has a cost of 50,000. Our guide
showed us the boition of the two
armies on the fir.-tt", second, and
third days respectively, the head
quarters of the generals in com
mand, the spots where General
Reynolds was killed and where
Gen. Harlow fel', the Valley of
Death where so many Confeder
ates wore killed when forced
back from Little. Round Top, the
High Water Mark, the place
where Pickett, mode Ms fatal
charge and other points too num
erous to mention here.
In the town of Gettysburg is
an old house called the Jenny
Wade House. It is now u:ied as lenburg will preside and Solicit
a museum of war relies and a jor Thomas S. Newlands of Len
souvenir shop. l:i this house, loir will prosecute, assisted by
.Ttnny Wade, the onlv inhabitant Lawyer N. F. McMillan of Kings
of tho town killed during the I Mountain,
battle, lived. At the time of her, ... A no Jurors,
death she was kneading dough. At the recent meeting, the
Tuesday morning was the a;-1 Count?' Uomliiissioners drew tho"
pointed time for starenvr lioire. 'ollnwinx juryrs;
No desire to go beyon.l Getfys-, p:. ,,. W(1i. No; i, Void Hum
buighad he to befo-- bten n n ,, , so t Humphries,
nested. tut there were motives
in view when one of tne younger
members of our p
our going to l-'iulu
recovering Irom tl
by the luggestio'n
the matte'- and dei
.'Ve discussed
ided to go,
ATI 1:80 A. M. w sfii'l
bye to tlie t itv rfoi ami i
good-Id,
faces toward the City of I'rotn
erlv Love". (Im-route lay thru
Yor't, Colun ' 1 L r
At the last n-i '"! ciiv v.-e i .
dinner. This k o".o of th" r.! , .tf
cities in the state and is v, y-.r-xi
business . cont.ff. . L .? iter
County of whicn. Lawcast:::- ''-is
the county site is p'WNivVr"!i the
garden spit o' the t.-nihw . t.a.te
and from tne aivieiir-iic of i.Iip
farms this is moMt-cercinnly true
There are no imuorrsnt towns
when vou leave here yon get.
to Philadelphia, and a good part
of the road is poor, hut, t -ie eigh-
teen mnes from Philadelphia :s
thd,beginning of the excellent,
road. After a slight, delay with,
the other car, we oxovh up .toVh
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July Term of Court Meets Next
Monday Noted Star Williams
Murder Case -Jury List,
The murderers of- Star Will,
iaiiis will be tried in superior
Co'irt at Shelby next week. The
.July term of court is scheduled
to open next Monday, July JTtli,"
Tne case which easily overshad
ows everything else on the (lock
et is the trial of the four Blanks-
burg young men. .1. 7,. BeH,
H. O. Davidson, .lunies Whisnant
and Fulton Whisnant, for the
murder of Star Williams, a 10
year old negro boy, here during
carnival week in March.
The state does not charge that
all ihrse young men had a hand
in the murder, but that one of
them rhot tiie negro wantonly.
Which one, the state does not
allege,.and it remains with the
state to fix guilt upon one of
them before case can he estab
lished. It is believed by ma.iy
that the state will have a hard
time to establish a case, as the
deed was shrouded in mystery.
The ease came up for trial ut
at previous Mission of court, but
was post poned by the request
of the solicitor, owing to the
elostn--Ks of the murder to 'the
time of the trial. The boys, with
a strong array of counsel, were
I ready for trial. They have been
j out on bail.
Jud.i W. F. Harding of Meek-
George D. McSwaln. and D. D.
Todd: ;o. .i. 1.1. A. lxjgan, Oho
sugge.ste(iiriavon,i..r) ', u. L0Wery; No. 4
nia. After I Loon Vf ie. 'John Ohanoy, John
W A Seism, W V Login, Io
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H K. J. Neal . No. 4 A. N. McMill
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No. 5 Vv. L; M'vtrretc. John P.
Owens; No. 6 W. P. Eddleman,
Georgt) L.. Putu.wn,' Chas L.
iKskridge; No. 7 M- L. Beam, A.
ivf. Liattisiore: No. b f. E. Cham
lion, L. '.. Gnggjo. 9 Gaston'
u.'iv Nu 10 Cicero C. Falls
I.e. 11 Jus. I. Elmore.
part ot us were visited by Mesrs.
Meefe and'biiarpics to attend
tii-s theatre. Thursday morning'5
our wandering s'heep returned
ana we siarteu lowaras xiiu-
, more - but fate was : gainst us
'he and before long we were to find
M'U'o"vi it out.. Just at the ange of Ches-fi-
oi, P' southing ent 'viong.
on .''nd wo headed for toe Peun'a,-
Oarage; In three honrs-we learn-
'ed th'-sar rctirt. bp f tcirel
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faihit-e to obtain H in Plfiladol-
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