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Movi About 3
Voters Retain
MJortt'd from front pagei
changes arc made by act of the I
legislature. f
< >ne principal issue was not de t
?Jdud, A group of 40 citizens had c
1 ?trohg!y requested an opportunity c
*o decide whether the method of e c
Section should be returned to the t
ward system, where voters in one t
-ward vote only for the candidate in t
fthat ward. The option was not in-j t
oluded in the charter election. , j
Several other arguments were t
>?sed by the victorious group, among I
rhi-m the contention that the city t
manager form gave the manager t
too. much authority. i
Administration spokesmen were ,
obviously di. appointed in the out-,|
ctome and one remarked. "They've
set the town back for 50 years." (
Members or the opposition group ,
.-were equally jubilant and at least
one took the position that the ad- i
ministration had been foiled in an j
,-?ttemot "to ram something down
our throats."
The first-choice vote by wards
follows: . 1'
"Ward 'Present 'A B
1 78 26 20
2 69 33 17
3 43 7 14
4 31 56 20
5 87 36 " 21
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308 158 92
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About
Bethware Fair
(Cont'd from front page)
don, Mrs. Robert Ware Mrs. Lyman
Champion, and Mrs. Pauline Moss.
Flower-Mrs. Will Watterson, Mrs.
Vloyd Herndon, and Mrs. Luther
McSwain.
Mrs. Leonard Gamble is general
chairman of the Women's department
and assistants are Mrs. Charles
Owens, Mrs. Alex Owens, and Mrs.
. J. S. Ware. ..
Prior to organization of the Cleve-;
land County Fair, the Bethware
Community Fair was an annual
event, a club spokesman explained,;
md it Is intended to revive the project
as a yearly affair.
The Mclntyre Amusement company
has been engaged to provide
a , midway with approximately 20
oncessions and local clubs will
operate luncheon stands.
Other officers of the fair are Willis
Harmon, secretary, Mrs. Lamar ,Her nrton,,
asslsnrtttr?Boyd Harreteen
Wayne Ware, Frank Ware, Willis
Harmon, and Lamar Herndon, board
jf directors.
More About
Horse Show N
( Cont'd from front page)
>f previous Kings Mountain shows.
Local interest will be centered in
/he walking horse entries of H. Tom
, i'Ulion and Byron Keeter and the
Tine harness entry of W G. Gran
*ham.
Jack Boyd, professional horseman
>f Greenville, S. C., will again comrade
in'the show, managing a string
?>f Greenville horses for Fred A. Falser,
and other owners.
Other exhibitors who will show
iere are Long's Stables, Newton;
-lane fleid, Clover, S. C.; B. G. King,
^Concord; W. J. Jones, of Shelhv:
Kratttvs Thomasoh, Greenville, S. C.
"Walter Lambeth, of Charlotte; Virginia
and Carolyn McBee, of Marion;
Dr. Clyde Whlsnant, of Marion;
a tad Mrs. J. L. Ash more. Jr., of Green-ville.'S.
C.
Admission for the show will be
$100 for each program for adults,
thalf fare for children.
'Exhibitors will f>e entertained at
* supper between the afternoon and
light, events.
Gleneral Chairman' of the show is
. Jacob Cooper.
"We are confident that the Fifth
\nmtal l.ions Club Horse Show Will :
be one of the best ever pres-ented
tiere." Mr .'Cooper said "The club is
anticipating record crowds for this
itothiay e\ent as well as record com ,
I'Otttion in all classes."
More About
Drorlt Registration <
Cont'd from front page)
n.sR tndt'ed without this help.
The Senior Woman's Club will he 1
in ehhtge of the registrations next
Ai'it, and members or other citi- 1
/ ns able to give some time are be- /
Tog requested to call Mrs. Aubrey j
"Mauney, president. *
Men horn in 1922 after August 30 i
registered Monday, and men born
in 1923 were registered Tuesday and 1
Wednesday Men born in 1924 were
Vieing registered yesterday and to- 1
slay.
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. ...uiiimi^ .tvucuuif iur urun 1
.'registration of youths between the t
ages of 18 through 25 follows: I
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More About
Smith Murder J
(Cont'd on page eight)
iere.' He went out the front of our _
touse and got in the Plymouth cou- ft
>e: He backed out sort of fast and ?
Irove down to Ray Sellers house. I1
;ould hear him fussing with some- J
me. I don't know who it was. I saw jj,
t mhn there though. Ray Sellers' js
>ack light was on. In about 15 min* j
Ites Robert drove off up the dirt SJ
oad. As soon as I saw him leave I |j.
jut on my clothes, got the children v|
rp and dressed them. We went out di
:he back door of our house and down
:hrough the woods. I was going to ^
:ry and get my babies over to my a
nother's house because I was a- \r
'raid that Robert would come back a
and harm us. He had threatened to
kill me before.
"We walked through the woods p
and at the edge, of the pasture to s)
the Riser's, a neighbor. I was carry- d
ing Melba, aged 3, and Mary Jane, ti
seven, was walking. We woke Mr. ..
Kiser up but he said he couldn't a
carry us home. We than went to a w
hard-surfaced road and each time n
a car came along we would ifide. g
We went to two more places but
couldn't get anybody to take us. I
finally got to Mr. Rufus Plonk's n
house and after a while he and his C
wife took us home. I didn't know c
anything about the crime until the a
sheriff told me about it the next ?
IS
"On August 28 Robert was let out j,
on bond. Boyd Howell," my hus- g
band's brother, told rne this and s
brought, me word that Robert want-]
ed me to come to our house at Shady ir
Rest and stay with him. I t<4d Boyd y
that I couldn't go back to living with 'tj
Robert and he said that he couldn't J
blame me. s
"He left. About dark somebody |C
brought Robert to the house. He n
went in and ate supper with me and e
my mother. After supper the kidsi
got sleepy and I took them up to t
bed. Robert went with us and we S
talked for about two and one-half t
hours! He told me that he wanted y
me to testify at the trial that I shot "
Betty Smith in self defense. He show
ed me some teeth marks on his arm
and told me to say that I bit him in
the scuffle. He explained the position
of the beds and the condition 1
of the room so that I would know.
He told me that if I didn't testify for
him that I would be sorry in the future.
I do know that he's been able
f /-? rVU> Alt* A 9 r* 1 1 ? ?!! kllA 1* a'o .
w j/aj UUI U1 Oil me 11UUUIV lie O !
been In before. '
"The kids and I went to bed and
Robert slept on a cot in the next
room. The next morning he got up.
ate breakfast and got my brother.
George, to drive him to Shady Rest.
He came back about dinner time
and ate with us. He culled me upstairs
after dinner and said he had
been over to town to see a lawyer
and that the lawyer told him that
if I told that I killed Betty Smith
that r wouldn't even be locked up. |
He said that the lawyer told him it,
would be better for me to tell now,
because they wouldn't believe me if
I waited until court time. He went
over again what I was supposed to
say so that the time-would fit a-bout
Ray leaving and me finding the two
of them in bed. He told me to say
that Betty said, 'We'll just have it
out then.' and that I took the gun
away from hertand shot her. He
told me again to say that I had bit
him. He told me where the pools of
blood were, how Betty was dressed,
where she was shot, how many times
and all about it."
"He told me to tell the story as
near as I could the way he had told
it to me." j
"Just before we. left going to Kings 1
Mountain I told my brother, Ran- j
dolph, that I was going to confess.
that I killed Betty Smith. I was go-j
ing to tell Mama but she had gone j
to see my sister. Some man came in
in a black Ford sedan and took me I
and Robert to the bus station in'
Kings Mountain. We took a taxi to
the funeral home. I made the con-,
fession before Coroner Ollie Harris ]
and two other men. I signed it knowing
that it was all a lie.
"Robert has threatened to kill me'
before and I was afraid that he
would hurt me and the kids if I
crossed him.
"Ray Sellers' wife told me that no
jne could blame me for -shooting
Betty in bed with my husband."
September I and 7, men born in
1925.
September S and 9, men born in
1926
September 10 and 11, men born
n 1927,
September 13. and 14, men born
n 1928.
SeDtemher to and Ifi 1 mi*n K-.-w Im I
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929.
September 17 and 18, men born in i
930 before September 19.
Men born on or after September
9, 1930. must reglilter on the day
hey become 18 years of age or with j
n five days thereafter." 1
FIFTH
2 Big Evi
cm STADIUI
THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HER J
Jninspected Can 1
Vill Be Stopped j
tv Patrolmen ;?
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Jackpot question *for hundreds of ]
orth Carolina motorists this week <
"What will happen to me because j
failed to get my motor vehicle in- i
jected before the August 31st dead 2
ne for models of 1936 and prior i
intage and for 1947 and 1948 mo- (
sis?"
Anxious motrists have been
vamping information sources such
s the State Department of Motor
ehicles, Highway Patrol offices
nd the Carolina Motor Club with;
lis question and many more. |j
Members of the State Highway
atrol have been issued orders to
top motorists driving, these pasteadline
models that have not been ;
ispected. However, jhe motorist
ril| not be fined but will be given
citation to have his car Inspected
'ithin ten days. Actually this alounts
to a ten-day extension or I
race period.
"The wise motorist," says Cole11T
ri-vi n ? ?
on ??. ivuuens, x-resiaeni 01 tne ;
arolina Motor Club, "will have his
ar inspected as soon as possible
nd not risk this ten-day grace perid
because the deadline for 1937 and
946 models is September 30, and
hose cars will be rolling into the
nspection lanes throughout the,
tate in a steady parade all during,
eptember."
"Also most motorists feel embarassed
when they are stopped by the
iighway Patrol for any reason, and
he majority would much rather;
hat this, did not happen. Lane in- ]
pectors will examine any model i
ar regardless of deadline for that;
rsodel and will not report late com-1
rs to the Highway Patrol."
Regulation Numoer Five issued by
he Department of Motor Vehicles
Mechanical Division provides for
he inspection periods for various
ear models and for semi-annual inCome
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ANNUAL LIONS
ents - 2:3
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ULD. KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C.
ipection during 1949. ^1
This regulation designates that %
ill models to and prior to 1936 and
.947 and 1948 must be inspected by
Vugust 31, and that all motor vehices
of the year models 1937 and 1946
ihall be inspected on or b -Tore Sepember
30. All motor vehicles of the
'ear models 1938, 1939, i943, 1944,
1945 shall be inspected on or before
October 31. All motor vehicles of the
rear models 1940 and 1942 shall be
nspected on or before November 30
?nd all motor vehicles of the year
model 1941 and 1949 shall be inspec:ed
on or before Dec. 31, 1948.
Western Carolina
League Standings
(Games of Sept. 1)
w l ret.
Lincolnton 67 39 .632
Newton -Conover 66 39 .629
Morganton 52 52 .500
R. C. Owls 51 54 .486
Shelby 50 54 .481
Marlon 49 56 .467
Lenoir 44 61 .419
Hendersonville 38 66 .365
SCEHDULE FINALE
Friday
Shelby at Newtor.-Conover.
Morganton at Hendersonville.
Lineolnton at R. C. Owls.
Marion at Lenoir.
Saturday
Newton-Conover at SShelby.
Hendersonville at Morganton.
R. C. Owls at Lineolnton.
Lenoir; at Marion.
Monday
Afternoon
Shelby at Hendersonville.
Newton-Conover at R. C. Owls.
Lenoir at Lineolnton.
Marion at Morganton.
Night
Hendersonville at Shelby.
R. C. Owls at Newton-Conover.
Lineolnton at Lenoir.
Morganton at Marion. j
FOR SALE: Several bushels good
CANNING PEARfe now ready.
$1.30 per bushel at the orchard.
See Glenn Oliver at ARCHDALE _
FARMS. s-3. ^
and Gt
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