Bites Conducted
For Mr. Davis
Funeral rites for William Eg
bert, Davis, 76, of Grover, were
held Sunday at 3 p. in. from Shi
loh Presbyterian church, of which
he was a memlber.
Mr. Davis died Saturday mor-j
ning in the Kings Mountain hos
pital after a week’s serious ill
ness. Son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. EJpihriam Kelly Davis, he re
tired several years ago from em
ployment at Minette Mills where
he had been a supervisor. He was
a native of Cleveland County.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Bertha Jane Wilson Davis; two
sons, Arthur B. of Grover and
Charles E. Davis of Detroit,
Mleh.; one daughter, Miss Inez
Davis of Grover; three brothers,
Forrest F. Davis of Great Falls,
S. C., and R. V. and John M. Da
vis of Lancaster, S. C., and two
sisters, Mrs. J. L. Radford of
Blacksburg, S. C., and Mrs. J. R.
Wilson of Great Falls, S. C. Also
surviving are six grandchildren
and four great-grandchildren.
Officiating at the final rites
were the Rev. J. Richard Hobson,
Rev. Don Calbaniss and Rev.
Park H. Moore. IBurial was in the
Oakland Cemetery in Gaffney.
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downtown parking areas. The
result: An Increase in tickets is
sued for illegal parking of more
than 100 per cent in the first
month.
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This Is The Law
By Robert E. Lee
(For the N. C. Bar Association)
DOGS
Is the owner or keeper of a dog
liable for the damage it does?
Section 67-1 of the General Sta
tutes of North Carolina provides:
“If any dog, not being at the time
on the premises of the owner or
person having Charge thereof,
Shall kill or injure any livestock
or fowls, the ower or person ha
ving such dog in charge shall be
liable for damages sustained by
the injury, killing, or maiming of
any livestock, and costs of suit”
It should’toe carefully observed
that the atoove statute refers only
to “livestock or fowls.” It says
nothing about toodily injuries to
one’s own person or damages to
property other than "livestock or
fowls.” The particular statute, al
though enacted in 1911, has never
come before the North Carolina
Supreme Court for an interpreta
tion. i
The civil liability of dog own
ers is found in the common law
or the decisions of the court.
The most recent dog law ap
pears in Pegg vs. Gray handed
down by the Supreme Court in
North Carolina in 1964. In an
opinion written 'by Justice Jeff D.
Johnson, Jr., evidencing both a
practical and legal knowledge of
dags, the cburt said: ‘It may be
conceded as a well-established
principle of law tWat where a dog
roams abroad on another's land
of its own accord and does dam
age or inflicts injury to persons,
animals, or property there can be
no recovery therefor in the ab
sence of special statutory enact
ment, unless it toe shown that (1)
the dog was possessed of a pro
pensity to commit the depreda
tion complained of and (2) the
owner knew, or was chargeable
with knowledge, of such propen
sity.”
“This principle of law is groun
ded upon a recognition that by
natural instinct and habit an or
dinary dog of most breeds is in
clined to roam around and stray
at times from its immediate hab
itat without causing injury or do
ing damage to persons or proper
ty. And in deference to this nat
ural instinct of dogs the process
es of the early common law es
chewed the idea of requiring that
they be kept Shut up, and instead
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promulgated the foregoing rule
which allows a reputable dog a
modicum of liberty to follow his
roaming instincts without impo
sing liability on its master. And
so, since early times the law has
been and still is that the owner
of a reputable dog is not ans
werable in damages for its entry
upon the lands of another upon
its own volition under circum
stances amounting to an unprovo
ked trespass.”
• • •
Is the owner or keeper of a
dog liable in trespass if he sends
or allows his dog to go on the
land of another in pursuit of
game?
lYes. The Supreme Court ol
North Carolina expressly so rul
ed in the previously mentioned
case of Pegg vs. Gray.
In the particular case, a pack
of seven to ten foxhounds of the
defendant on numerous occasions
chased foxes onto and across
the plantiff’s land without his
permission and in disregard of
his protests. They damaged gro
wing crops and stampeded a herd
of seventy ibeef cattle which in
turn damaged the fences. Al
though the hunter himself did
not enter the plaintiff’s property,
it was held that he could he held
responsible on the theory of tres
pass for the damage done toy his
dogs.
Mrs. Sellers'
Rites Conducted
(Final rites for Mrs. W. A. Sel
lers, 86, of route three, were
held Friday at 2 p. m. from
Mary’s Grove Methodist church,
interment following in the chur
ch cemetery.
Mrs. Sellers died Wednesday
afternoon at Gaston Memorial
hospital after an extended ill
ness. She was a native of Cleve
land County and a member of the
Mary’s Grove church.
In addition to her husband, she
is survived toy three sons, Ray
and George Sellers, both of route
three; Lee Sellers of Oherryville;
six daughters, Mrs. IP. C. Huff
stetler, Mrs. Etta Costner, Mrs.
Clem Wright, Mrs. B. A. Smith,
all of Kings Mountain, Mrs. Gra
dy Beam of Bessemer City and
Mrs. Marvin Wallace of Trout
man.
iAIso surviving are two brotn
ers, Wray and Will Williams of
Kings Mountain; two sisters,
Mrs. Price Harmlon of Kings
Mountain and Mrs. Harley Queen
of Shelby; 23 grandchildren and
29 great-grandchildren.
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one — by saving a life!
“The motorist who has every
thing (except a seat belt, that is)
could wind up with nothing but
trouble if he gets in a traffic ac
cident," said the National Safety
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Miss Hi Miss
Deadline Set
ROOK HILL — Dec. 15 is the
deadline for Winthrop College’s
1961 Miss Hi Miss program.
High schools from throughout
South Carolina and from within
a 100-mile radius of Rook Hill
in North Carolina have been in
vited to take part in the Winthrop
program.
Each school participating in the
program selects an outstanding
senior girl on the basis of schol
arship, leadership, character, and
personal attractiveness.
The outstanding student from
each school will be pictured in
Winthrop’s 24th annual Miss Hi
Miss edition of The Johnsonian,
to be published Feb. 24, and She
will be invited to the South Car
olina College for Women in Mar
ch to participate in Miss Hi Miss
Weekend.
Two hundred and ninety-eight
young women took part in Win
throp’s 1960 Miss Hi Miss pro
gram.
Council.
The Council, a nongovernmen
tal agency organized in 1913 to
prevent all kinds of accidents,
heartily endorses seat belts at
Christmas — or any other time
of the year, for that matter.
“Seat belts,” it said, “are the
No. 1 device now available to re
duce the numlber of traffic deaths
and injuries. /
“Use of seat belts by every dri
ver — and the day may come
| when this will be nearer reality
—could cut the traffic death toll
by 5,000 a year, the num/ber of
injuries 60 per cent.
“Wish a friend a truly merry
Christmas this year. Give 'him a
| life saving seat belt.”
(And while you’re at it, why
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ther. Buy belts for yourself and
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Sunday School Conference Set
Representatives of 68 Churches
in the Kings Mountain Baptist
Association will gather at First
Baptist church Sunday afternoon
for a Sunday School conference.
The program, at 2:30 p. m..,
will follow the theme, "Sunday
School Objectives” and will in
clude scripture reading and pray
er by Rev. OB. L. Raines, pastor of
the host church; group singing
and department group conferenc
es for all workers in the Sunday
School. A panel discussion of
“Better Group Training Schools”
wilt close the meeting.
Leaders for the various depart
ments will include: Mrs. A. D.
Davidson, Cradle Roll; Mrs. Eu
gene Roberts, Nursery; (Miss Na
omi Edens, Beginner; Miss Joy
ce Dover, Primary; Rev. Robert
Cantwell, Junior; Rev. Jack Wea
ver, Intermediate; (Rev. (Burley
Turner, Young People! Rev. W.
V. Tarlton, Extension. Allen Jol
ley will (be panel moderator and
members of (the panel will include
(Ralph IMitehem, Roland Death,
Fred Jones, Jamies Stanley, Paul
Ross, T. W. Estes, J. E. McGin
nis, Norman Brown, N. S. Har
din, (B. L. Raines, Stuart Johnson,
and E. M. Smith.
Total farm output went up 19
per cent from 1950 to 1959, with
no increase in resources used.
EXECUTORS NOTICE
Having qualified as executor
for the Last Will and Testament
of Mrs. MJary Ellen Lackey, de
ceased, all persons having claims
against her estate will please file
same with the undersigned on or
ibefore December 1, 1961, or this
notice Will be pleaded in bar of
any recovery, i
All persons indebted to said es
tate will please pay same promp
tly to the undersigned.
This the 25th day of November,
1960.
J. R. Davis,
Executor for Mrs. (Mary Ellen
Lackey Estate. 1
Davis and White, Attorneys
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