Charlotte, July 3—C.W. Johnson, Seaboard railway detective, yesterday returned from Ellenboro, where he assisted in the arrest of two boys, Otis Hamrick and Roy Bright, both charged with larceny.
The arrest followed a series of thefts on the Seaboard. They are accused of breaking into a box car and making way with merchandise valued at $150.
From the front page of The Cleveland Star, July 5, 1926
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A car belonging to a funeral cortege capsized in a culvert 12 miles west of Shelby at 7 o’clock Saturday morning, as a result of which Mrs. Alvin Johnson of Henderson is in the Shelby hospital in a serious condition suffering from internal injuries.
The woman was unconscious after having been brought to the hospital for between four and five hours.
The party, of which Mrs. Johnson was a member, was accompanying the remains of a 2-year-old child from Saluda, where the child died at the Smith hospital, to Durham, where it will be buried.
The child is the son of W.T. Johnson of Union, S.C., brother-in-law of the injured woman. The corpse was in a car in front of the one which turned over, and was being driven by the father.
The wrecked car was being driven by Alvin Johnson, who, it was explained, owing to lack of sleep nodded at the wheel, the Ford suddenly careening from the highway over a culvert, and capsized.
There were 10 occupants in it, five young children and five adults, including the two grandmothers of the dead boy. All were severely shaken up and bruised, but Mrs. Johnson was the only occupant severely injured.
The car was practically demolished.
Monday Mrs. Johnson was critically ill and was operated on Sunday for internal injuries, which may prove fatal.
From the front page of The Cleveland Star, July 5, 1926
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Deputy Tom Sweezy [Sweeny?] of No. 9 township arrested a white man of Shelby by the name of Flay Robbins one day last week and found in his Chevrolet coupe a quart of liquor and enough under the man’s shirt to make him intoxicated. He was given a hearing before Recorder Mull and drew a suspended sentence Saturday of four months.
Deputy Sweezy was appointed deputy in that township and in the first primary won the nomination for another term over R.B. Fortenbury by a majority of 47.
From the front page of The Cleveland Star, July 5, 1926
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George Ross Pou is ready for a fight for a reform in North Carolina that might prove of great benefit.
Mr. Pou, superintendent of the State Prison, says he wants the General Assembly of the State to pass a bill providing for a mental examination before trial of all persons indicted on capital offenses.
Mr. Pou’s plan, suggests The Asheville Times, would being about a needed reform. It would put a stop to the complications of having men convicted and later declared insane; it would end the expense and trouble of further investigations. Furthermore, a preliminary examination of the mentality of men under indictment would forever stop the possibility of securing clemency for men on insanity that is really doubtful and made possible only through the work of clever lawyers.
“In England this system has long been in use. In Massachusetts the same procedure prevails. The convicted man is first sent before a skilled board of alienists [psychiatrists]. Their verdict on the man’s mental capacity prevails in the court. Of course, it would be absolutely necessary that only the finest alienists be employed. Their decisions would be of great importance and should represent the utmost man’s progress in abnormal psychology. Of course, no one can draw a line between individuals, saying that all on one side are mentally sound and all on the other insane. Such is the difficulty that only experts should make the attempt.”
Editor's Note: The legislature disagreed, and this reform was never put into place.
From the editorial page of the Concord Daily Tribune, July 5, 1926
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During the months of July and August open air services will be held each evening at the First Baptist Church, according to an announcement made Sunday by the pastor, Rev. Zeno Wall. Chairs from the Sunday school department will be placed on the beautiful lawn on the North side of the church building sufficient to seat the crowds that attend, and Dr. Wall hopes that the attendance will grow because of this cool, inviting outdoor spot and that he will be speaking to 600 or 1,000 people after a few services.
From the front page of The Cleveland Star, July 5, 1926
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The Shelby Cotillion Club announces a big script dance for Thursday night, July 8, at Cleveland Springs Hotel. The music will be furnished by the Tar Heel Syncopators, crack Shelby orchestra. The hours are 9 to 12.
The cotton ball planned for that evening will not be held, it is generally understood, there being some misunderstanding about leadership in the event following postponement of the date. The dance of that night, however, is expected to be widely attended.
Editor’s Note: A script dance was a large, formal dance where admission was charged. The script was the paper ticket you bought that allowed you to attend.
From the front page of The Cleveland Star, July 5, 1926
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Mrs. Charles Reichard of Landale usually has a good garden despite unfavorable weather conditions. So far this Spring she has sold 165 dozen cucumbers, 65 gallons of beans and tomatoes in proportion. Of course, the garden is not yet at its best. Other truck is coming on and with favorable weather she will have a better record to report than last summer. Mr. Reichard reports that his section did not have any rain Sunday.
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