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1 " The Kiifes Mountain Herald
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Vol 11
Kiogi fountain, N C,- Thursday, August 6, 1914.
No. 28
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OF MURDER
Says Ceveland Jury in Star Williams
Murder case Centered fight on Zeb
Bell bot failed hi conrkt.
Below we (rive the details of
the triaHof the four Blacksburg
bo vs for the raarder of Star
Williams in Kings Mountain on
the night of March 17th. As
chronicled by the Highlander of
last Friday.
Not ruilty.
The Clevleand jury in the. cue
of the Blacksburg boys, charged
with second decree morder of
Star Williams, colored, at Kings
Mountain carnival, March 17th,
were out all of Thursday night
and Friday morning and returned
a verdict of not guilty" in the
case of J. Z. Bell.
The other defendants H. E.
Davidson and James and Fulton
Whisnant-had already been giv
en their freedom by motion of
solictor Newlan, who, at Thurs
day noon when the evidence was
all in, asked for a nol prose, with
leave in their cues, but the judge
refused and the verdict of "not
guHw" was entered in their case
The arguments of attorneys
and the judge's charge concerned
J. Z.. Bell only, who, the State
believed was the guilty man. -Powerful
speeches were made
by attorneys for the defence,
reoresenting legal lights of three
counties Cleveland, Gaston nnd
Cherokee (8. C.)i Col. T. B. But.
lerot Gaffney, S. C, Mr. Stone-
. wall J". Durham of Gastonia and
Hon. Clyde R. Hoey of Shelby.
The solictor bandied bis case
well and made a fine speech. Be
was ably assissted in the pros
ecution by Mr. N. F. McMillan
of Kings Mountain, and they
made a better case than many
believed was possible.
The Judges Charge
Judge Harding made a splendid
. charge to the jury, and a partial
summary of tnis charge will
give a, fairly comprehensive re
sume of the case. -
'" TJe judge said that no chain
of circumstantial evidence was
-stronger than its weakest link,
and the chain must be practically
' flawless in order to gain conyict-
. ion. . f -"
The State presented this chain
JStar Williams was proven killed
by a deadly weapon; State con
tends weapon was held in the
hands of J, Z. Bell; that be se
cured weapon, indirectly It pas
sing first from bands of the ne
gro barber (now on Cherokee
chaingang for larcency of batter)
to the hands of Deck Fotton and
from the latter bands to those of
Zeb Bell, who is shown to have
, had the pistol all the evening
untllfter the tragedy; '
State contends that defendants
assertion that be was at car,
preparing to go borne when the
shot was fired Is incorrect; that
, he pas proven by witness Elliot
to be,' with the other boys at or
jM-pi the northeast corner of
,ioa otidge; contends that they had
been drinking and were not at
the'r !par when the killing took
plat ", that Elliott witnessed the
killing, the shot coming from tbe
direction of the group (to him)
unknown person; . " '
. State contends that JvZ. Bell
held the fatal pistol tost he;
with the other boys, went to their
tMtomobite tried U crank it to,-
away from the seene of the
S taA whon. if l.hA ifafanrianl: hiut
Was Dedicated
Last Sunday
lings MoimUin Methodist Church.
Tha dedlcatorlal service of
the First Methodist church was
observed here Sunbay. Tlie
beautiful new church, althouirh
sufficiently spacious for ordinary
emergencies, was crowded to Its
capacity and numbers of people
were turned away for want of
room. The Sunday school room
was opened up adjoining the
main auditorium rnd was in a
few moments taxed to its llmi.
The gallery was then resorted
to and likewise it was soon full
to the overflowing and the ushers
had reached their limit
A splendid program was car
ried out from the beginning.
Special music bad been prepared
by the choir and a solo was
rendered by Mrs. George A
Hoyle of Shelby. The outstand
ing feature of the program, was
dedicatory sermon By Dr. Plato
T, Durham of Charlottn. For
considerably more than an hour
this great pa I pit orator held that
vast congregation almost spell
bound There were several
reasons why tbe speaker could
hold the undivided attention of
sucn a crowded audience ior
such a time and they already
tired. First, he is an old Kings
Mountain boy. "Second, bis world
wide reputation as a preacher,
and third, what' he was saying
was sufficient to bold anybody
who wanted to ' learn. At the
conclusion of tbe sermon the
officers of the . church lined
themselves up in front of the
chancel and H.T.Fulton present
ed the church - and Presiding
Elder Scroggs pronounced the
sentence of dedication. :
Kings Mountain Methodist
church has a history which
looks, back over forty, years
when the society was organized
in the year 1874 with nine mem
bers, as follows; Dr. J. W, Tracy
Dr. B. F. Dixon, Richard H.
Garrett, Reglna Tracy, Isaac
W. Garrett, Bennett B. Willi I
ford, Peter E. Hines, Mary E.
Bines anb ' Sarah Garrett. The
first pastor of tbe flock was Dr.
Jno. W. North and Dr. L. 8.
Bnrkbead was the presiding
elder. Eor tbe first ten years
tbey worshipped in the school
building until their boa so of
worship was erected in tbe year
18M.The first building served
tbe. ever growing congregation
ontil the present new structure
was finished in 1000. Tbe present
building was projected under
tbe pastorate of Rev, G. D- Her
man and was built daring tbe
pastorates of Ker. M. H. Vestal
and Rev. Geo. V. Kirby." The
membership of the cbnrcb has
grown from nine to 850 members
and the Sunday school baVan
enrollment of 225. The debt' was
paid off the newbuildinirin 19I3
and was dedicated lat Snnttay
Rev Plato Tracy Durham : who'
preached tbe ' dedicatory1 sermon
is a" native of our' town'.1- As"
y onng man he was ' highly1 edrf
catted and entered the mtefetryHour tiiaes-wben seed frbm'thttse
at; an' early "date. His efforts
have evea been . attended with
success and' bis promoMou 1 has
been continuous and certain A He
is at present presiding-' elder of
the ' Charlotte district' of tbe
Western North Carollnft Confer'
Knoe and, is profeasor'-elect of the
chair of churoh history in the
great Methodist ofciveraity at
Atlanta, Ga.
Some Chips From Ye Local
Woodpile About Ye People
Guests Of Br. And
Mrs. Harmon
Mr. Uus. Hardin and daughter
Minis Pansy, of Patterson Surings
visited at the home of of Mr.
and Mrs J. A. Harmon here last
Thursday.
Petersons
Back Home
Mr. H. E Peterson has moved
his family back home from Spar
row Springs where they have
ient a good part of the summer.
Their chief object In taking this
extended outing was for tlte
neaun oi tne oaoy who was al
most hopelessly sick at the time
they went out there. The ex-
p eriment was a success and the
child is in fairly good health
again. - '
Miss Pearl Little
Not Te Be Here
Miss Pearl Ltttle music teach
er in the graded school here for
he past six or seven years, spent
las t week here visiting friends
and arranging for the ensuing
year Miss Little will not be
re this year but will conduct
a private studio at Hickory, N.
C, her oil .one. She has ar
ranged for her friend Miss Essie
Robinson of Hickory, to' have
charge of the work here:-
MrcRasssU
GoestBsra
Mrs. C. E. Russell ana' child
ren. Iris and Gladysey formerly
of Kings Mountain btft now of
Greenville, B.C. arrived in the
city last Friday and visited
around . among' friends until
Tuesday when tbey returned to
Greenuille. The Rusoell family
was amoftft ouf most popular
citizens' wbi!e tbey llvee here
and we are always glad to 'hive
them visit am
Shumaker
Comdtny Leaves
Mrs. W, DV Shnmaker and
daughter, M:ss Lucy who' have
been on a several days visit to
her so; Mr. Sam' Shumaker,
and family here, left' for Char-
lottfe-wtttfd' thy will' visit re
latives before retttrhirg 'to their
home at DavidsotW Miss Eloise
Mays of CorneiioM; ift ti re
turned to her bom' Tuesday
after a visit to Mr. Slilter's
family. :
Some Good v
Did Time Pacfce-
j Mr. I Boyctf FallsprfeSettWti
tbe Herald Ug of good olflH
time peacheS'Mondsy, Thiiy are
not the common narsefjrpeacfr&tt
Tbey are mighty liner but aWiotfjl?' sveh a ' sDlendld" com
usually tinted 1 wlW aonWa1Btfflty.'tfc' old jsidenoe itself
else other thatf1 tbe old" et-
ginal peachl But1 tB-paicnes
are- all ' peach,' jura l1- tfnie'
sweet;' juicy peaches: Wr.r- PdM'
says that' lie 'has-beenrSfets
this kind11 of 'peach for thirty
years and tbtfftferways remain
the same. He kflows, of at ' least
peaches have been plantedXi andl
the ' same- lcenwcat quality of
peact- produced.' He says this-is
not eoramon ' with' thd- ordinary
gr at ted pe&cbl-. But 1 instead the
grafted 'peach1 tfrien grown from
a seed departttrAm the' mother
peach both id quality asid flavor.1
Born to Mr. and Mrs.. .Charlie
Bcnimgardner July. 5th a son.
Kann tpolis Merchant
Credit System.
The Mercantile Association of
'.annauolis, N.C. has just issued
a thirty-page booklet of the cre
dit rating of practically every
body in that whole section from
tne biggest buyer to the negro
wench who might want a nickel's
worth of snuff on credit. The list
carries about 1,700 names and
every merchant is provided with
a book. The Herald boys pub
lished the book lost week.
' ,
j Attended Dedication
Here Sunday.
The following out of -'town
guests attended the dedicatory
exercises of the First Methodist
Church here Sunday. Rev. D. F.
Carver, former pastor who pre
ceded the present pastor, and is
now on the Mocksvllle, N." C.
station. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Dur
ham of Gastonia, Mrs. B. F. Dix
on of Gastonia, Mr. and Mrs. B,
A. Babcr, Mr. and Mrs. ' Geo.
Hoyle, Jno. McLurd, and 'Bob
Watson, all of Shelby. S. J.
Durham is a brother to Dr. Plato
T. Durham who preached the
dedicatory sermon and Mrs. Dix
on is his mother.
Old Bruin
Wouldn't Do.
There has been a terrible scare
over about Ware School house
about a bear being at large in
the community. People were
afraid to stick their heads out
the door after nightfall and it
was not considered safe for wom
en and children' to venturer be
yond the yard in bnvd dayligirt
Armed men scoured the woods
in grave fear. Tracks as Ulg as
a mar's band were to' be seen
her and there. Faint1 hearts
thumped in the throats' of the
population until the enemy of
man and beast had been' appre
hended and put to death ' where
upon it was discovered' to be a
merino sheep.
Mr. Loot's Heart
Goes Back.
Mr. A. M. Long left Saturday
for Monroe, Union county, N. C.
his old home. He will not only
spend several days wandering
over his old plantation with
friends but will make an effort
to buy back and repossess the
pld 'homestead where he spent so
many happy years. The splendid
f ieldir and orchards call him back
to hw younger days whiSta he
made a bale to the acre and bad
luscious frait throughout the
Reason. And tpo the old plantat-
belhgflB"tWi Nry shadow, as it
,tofTOm Academy which is
recognized -as" one of the' ' first
high schools in ' the state. Mr.
Long lites-mts fountain -add
has strong bttStuesa add family
connections hBrevHis only daugh
ter,'-Mfs: C. QRfijnri lives here.
Bhrt ye bia bearthStdBe'is ca'llihg
- M"r.' R;( W: Houser rof f Greefiii
viltei S. C, a aoa of Mr.' E R.
Hdwserof Kings Moudtiaid, has
Just retorted 1 from'' Mdttphls,
Tenn. wherehe went to ' meet
his wife who had been on'' a two
months visit to her mother' in
Marshall, 'Texas--
At Elbethel
August 154MRE AT HOME
vr
Homecoming and Dedication
There will be a Homecoming
at Elbethel Methodist Church on
Saturday, Aog. 15, and the fol
lowing program will be rendered
A Historical Sketch of Elbe
thel Rev. M. tt Clegg.
What Elbethel Has Done for
Methodism, . Rev. E. N. Crowdcr,
Present and Future of Elbeth
el,. Rev. J. F. Armstrong.
Why Should I Love Elbethel?.
..' Rev. J. C. Harmon
Methodism, Rev. J. R. Scroggs
There will be good music by
the choir. The exercises will be
gin promptly at 10 o'clock A. M
Everybody is cordially invited
to be present. Dinner will be
served on the ground.
Tbe Dedlcatorlal Sermon will
be Dfesched on Sunday, Aug. 16
at 11 . m. by Rev. W. R. Ware
of Salisbury, N. C.
Rarer Cane
y1Mi0MBmi
Mayor and Mr. A. E. Cline
returned last Wednesday night
from StatesvilJe; N. C. where
ftotf bad Been since" Friday pre-
vtolMf 4n a Visit to his' parents
aailoM home; Tug? were met
thert' by the mayor's brother,
Mf. JVT. Cline, a wholesale man
of Irlanhoma. Mr J, T. Cline
brought the mayor and wife
'home on his automobile Wednes-'
Hay afternoon' and : took the
mayor0 to' Shelby ThllVsbay to
attend eobrt' returning to States-
-villa in the aYterboon. Mr f, T.
Cline was accompanied to States -
ville) by his" wife and three child-
ren'aDd triadd the trip froa Okla
hohla babtomoblle.
Prof Cox a
Randlemaiti
Prof, ifc C. Co' writes" from
Asheboro; M C.,r where be has
spe'iit the s'nnnner at the old
home" plactf asslstfMg- his'mbth'er
with 'the fate, that he" wlW be
located at Rindlemari,1 Nl C. as
suoerinteHifcai etfv the gradfed
school for the ettevirfg year and
that he will too ve there and ' set
np housekeeping this wee. Ran-
dieman iST the largest town in
Randolph' County and has a
school as 'large or larger than
tbe Kings Mountain school. This
is Prof. Cox '8 native1 stamping
ground arid his home folks glad
ly recognize Ws snpHorityaS'a
schooVm i.-
ProfL-Co- wa8stiperinteffileBt
of the1' graded'' school here" ls8t
year antt-'ft&nhed a precedent
for alt Ground wbrkthat Tiiss-
cessors maymrMl strive to rewf at.
Mr' Bitf'R' (SWell'ormirs
the Herald sebt to bis address!
at Palmersvllre, C.
Mr.' Horace Rndjsill ordbrshis
address changed Trom ' Prrnce
yllle; III.' to Prim ghar,' Iowa."
j Mr. G. N. Enrlett of ' Newbera
Ui C. visited 'his brtther in law,
Mr: C. F. Huntet here'last week.
He was enrbdte to Black Monnt-'
ilili- :;v-:
) .'Mr.- R.'' R.;' EMuser' ' is VMting
hefwjrl.' R.'W.V H6nser and fdml-
V at Greenville1, S;' C. ; ;
' Mrs, SE:'- HoyW'spentrSa'tur'
diy4 night in 'Charlotte as" tie
est of MrsV'Wright !;
If you want the1 news from all
over the state aead the "State
Items. '-on page six.--: , ' "
00R SOLDIERS
Lee" Baiier of -Manilla, Philippine Is."
lind Ed Ware of the' New Hampshire
John B. Wart of the Kearsargc, '
M cssrs Le6 Barbel, Fie Ware '
and Jno. B. Warci ol Uncle
Sam's' war department' are here '
on a visit to borne folds'. -i
ThbmasL: P-arber (IjHe Bar
ber) is the son of our toWnsman,
Robt, R Barber'. He lias" just"
completed his second three-year
terrain the United States Army
and is now preparing to enlist '
for seven years more, The first '
three years of his army life was
spent at Fort Leavenworth'
Kansas, in the Company F. 13th.'
Regiment. When he re enlisted
three years ago his regiment
was transferred to Manilla,'
Philippine Islands, where he re
mained until about thirty da'S
before his arrival at home which
time was spent enrouet. Mr Bar
ber is very fond of army life
and expects to leave within a
few days for re enlistment in
New York State. He will have
to re-enlist for seven years, four
years of active service and three '
either active or reserve. The re
serve term may be spent at
home or about business any
where but he will be subject to
the call of the government at '
anytime during the term of en
listment. Mr. Barber tells a very inter
esting story about a visit to the
city of Nagasaki, Japan, while
Lon his way home. He says that
he saw only pne automobile and '
one horse in the city. Tbe streets
are not adapted to rapid traffic.
They are very narrow and very
hilly. The chief means of private
conveyance . fo the rickashaw.
The rickashaw is a narrow gauge '
fone seatedtwo wheeled vehicle
and is awn by one man w i t h -
put any harness. The' wheels '
are on the bicycle' orfier' and the '
seat is" large ' erKJagb ' for' one :
passenger odry; The natives who'
putt thtf rirtkashaW make fine
gnides and' do good traveling.'
Their1' speed' lathe trot which1
they can hold indefinitely: Up '
Jiill knd down hill rain or shine '
they keep' trotting. For this '
means" of conveyance1' only
nominal charge Is niade. Three '
yans or1 $1;50 hires'' one' for the '
day. These rickashaw pullers, as 1
We- stated,'- make' ' fide ' guides. '
They af6 eitrembly careful with 1
the!!1' foreign' pdtrddiT nt)t' to '
allowHhem cheated in'a business 1
trttrisactTdri' where' thtB foreigner''
:dosn't"'kndWltfitf value' ot th'ngs.
W; E,V Ware'XBd Ware) is' the
konbtTAt! ft; M.' Ware of Ktngs '
fountain add "is jtist1 flashing '
bis second 1 year ' od'' the' United '
States' Battleship" New Hamp'-:
shire wftjfi'heiddiiarters' at Nof-
folkrlrililB,;'Mr., Ware' states'
that ' he' dtdnit like ' life' ' Id ' tfitf !
iavy for the" first year 'or 'sd JbutV l
thrtt nbw'hH'bad leafried 'to like "
it aria thinks tnaeWwlll' re-eh- '
(1st 'when i hi present Wr'to' is up -the't4rm'
of ' enlistrrie'nt 'Id' th '
iivyMrfcV'yariri bf :
fbreS mt' id 1 tlict 'imfr:, : Recent
ruHngs;'hawever,' haw made' the1
thm id'hdirmy' Wen yearn. ;
! MV Wkre-hW"1 nver' been
acros" but hds keen life In 1 Mdx--
66 for si V ' add 'a hilt m o bthr '
He was at-Vera eras' during the ' ,
MadrTo' trouble and the election '
last year: Relief ships' were seht
and the1 NewHamshire departed 1
thMeiican coast' before the'rec '
cnt trouble 'there, While Nw-"
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