The Kings Mountain Hesald
Established 1888
Published Every Thursday
hbrald publishing mouse,
Haywood C. Lynch
Editor-Manager
f .
Entered as second class matter at
0 the Poetofflce at Kings Mountain,
M. C* under the Act of March 8,
f J.:
,zzl_ ^
SUBSCRIPTION HAT ICS
^ OM ^rear^ .. . . >1M
| A weekly newspaper devoted to
tso promotion of the general w altar*
and published tor the enllghtF
Mat, entertnlnmeut and benefit o!
ak^ .xf' wi_..j
?? cumtn ui muia oiuuuiuid mwi
tta vicinity.
LIFTERS vs. LEANEH8
I 1 > There are Just two kiiuls of people
on earth loday,'
Just two kinds of people, no more I
say.
Not the sinner and saint, for 'tis
well* understood
The good are hair bud and the bad
? ' are ' half good.
Not the rich and the poor, for to
count a man's wealth - '
You must first know the state of his
conscience and health.
Not the humble and proud, for in
life's little span
Who puts on vain airs Is not counted
a man.
Not the happy and sad,, _Par~ the-swtfr
flying years
? Bring eadh man his laughter anl
each man his tears.
No; the two kinds ' of people oil
b. , earth I mean,
Are the people wliio lift and the peo
pr "pic w-ho lean."
Wherever you go. you will find the
earth's masses
Are always divided into Just two
| chesses.
And oddly enouglb. you will 'find, too
I ween ""
There is only one Mfter to twenty
who lean- "
f '*,.
?*- % #
In wblch class are you? Are you eas
Ing the load
Of overtaxed litters who. toil down
the road?
Or are you a learner, who lets others
bear
Your portion of labor ancl worry and
care?
?Ella Wheeler Wilcox
I - : :
IT'8 DONE RIGHT
Kings Mountain Is not as fast as
some towns to Jump jit foT Tiew
things, but after The Best Town In
the State decides to do something
? you can count on it being done right. I
We have in mind rhe beautiful dec-]
oration for the Christinas season. I
'.i ^ The Editor made a 250 mile trip]
through North Carolina lastt week,
and not one of the Towns passed
had more beautiful or colorful lights
than Kings Mountain.
To the Committee from the Men's
Club and L. C. Parsons, of the Street
Light Department, fwe congratulate
you on the good work yon have done.
Yes, when Kings Mountain does
anything, ti's done rlghxr
HOW DO YOU LOVE
| YOUR CHILD?
How do' you love your child? asks
Mtldegarde Hawthorne, in an exchange,
selfishly or unselfishly
It is the mother who is the wise
friend of her children who is the lov
ing mother, who sees to it that their
bodies are healthly and well fed. and
K that ,tl)*y are' given proper training
In ex^cise and good habits. who
helps the young minds develop, and
I. seeks to find the best type of school
Ing for "each one of themp who does
not insist that Tom shall go to colR-:,
. lege or Will be a doctor or Kate star
K ' at home. but who finds out whsit
Tom and Will and Kate are best fitted
for. and helps them to work for
% that end.
It is the mother who delights in
seeing her children happy, not in
seeing them indulged, and who can
K stand noise and clatter when young
t:. nerves are wild with Joy and must
have expression, but who finds the
BjV time , and takes the pains to insist
on go ml manners, who loves her chil?
dren.
She may prate of sacrifices all
f day, and pefhaps she may have sacrificed
herself; but If she looks for
fe ? reward and demands payment it was
? never love that prompted the secrfflce.
It was a epaclal form of. s
E Indulgence.?Hxchange.
We react about a Jap hero named
Mttllaki. No dcublvt his last name Is
Rose.
If he has formed no opinion and
know nothing about it. he Is quallflled
to nit on the jury or accept a bis
K. government ^ob.
People act sensible when they
bear sensible things. When they
yell In wild excitement, they are
ft cheering! some imbecility like war.
. e
I Hone ta the only place where you
sick aground more or lees without
Ming aoy sign of friendliness.
I" Moron* are like Inferior races, If
you poikety treat them as equals,
they deeping you tor being ao low
M ' *, .*u. 1... u,.. I.ealJ&Jt*.
Washington Snapshots
(Cont'd from front page)
strongly enough to force It to a you
So the bill'* proponents hunt*
ways to put "heat" on the cotto
slaters.
. mm
It happened that the new fan
bills coveting many ooimnodlilea ?i
Mtn| debated on the House floo
Two commodfck-a -e' whet and CO
tun attracted moat. interest Th
i m ..<> ? 11 < II i?i'iin snaiwn
el alt)" speaking. w ere willing to pe
mil a vote on the wane-hour bll
Hut cotton state members were no
So the w am)* hour bill proponeni
threatened to knoek cotton out t
the farm bill. And a few of the co
I ton etatg-uienibera were frightcnc
1 Kitoug.1i of them sinned the petitio
; to net the wagtHhour bill out of th
' ltulo& (otttlnlUee. ' .
\ The funny pait of It is that fe<
' folk-s believe there were ettoun
, votes to eliminate wheat or cotto
1 or anything else front the farm bi
1 even thouslt the bill , as a whole Ian'
1 the subject of enthusiastic popular
I ty. Besides that . someone remarke
) that "evarythkng. but the capltol
i was traded to get tne bill up.
Congress may let do something ?
bout taxes during the 'special - se.
slon in an effort to stop tmemploy
j meat caused by the penalty on e>
paaslons. The House Ways an
Means tax sub-cominltiac^-bas'TisreS
onchangewT-tirTKo'Two most hartnfu
]Taxes7 those on capital gains and un
| distributed corporation Iticoe. I^gii
latlve drafting experts are hard a
[ work trying to put the agreement If
to intelligible language,
j Chairman Houghton is ready *.t<
call his full cotivinittee into meet In (
on a moment's notice once the -.Ml
!s approved by the subcommittee
He figures that .?Veil if the bill oulj
! pas ted the House und stayed in th't
Senate until the special session endthat
would be reassuring to busi
ness..-..Because at the January regit
lar session the Senate could pit-'up
where it left off.
- . ***
It .plight sound peculiar to say
that the man who makes- $1000 a
year should worry about the $100,000
a year man. But that Jt just ex
actly what most Wash iig ton observ
ens are saying now./
The cause of all the talk is a questionnaire
sent by the Treasury tc
those who make $MO,000 or more a
year. Thai questionnaire asks for a
listing of assets ? property. No reason
is given for the Inquiry. But
some Washington lans remembei
that a few years buck Italy's "dicta|
torial government' made such an ^ in
<iuiry ana men iouowea k wun s
new tax on property ? homes, farms
I automobiles, .radios, machinery, ev
| eTyttilng that people owned.
| tip to now the United States has
; sever levied a direct tax on proper
I ty. But someone apparently has de
I elded that a splendid way to brtn*
| in revenue to the federal treasurj
would be to tax everybody on tilt
I baais of What he owss. And ones
j such a tax principle is instituted
I taxes can be levied on everything
| from shoes and overalls to a home
i Hi
1 Br
i H *
Santa Is Old And Maybe
Toothless But He Can
Still Enjoy Our Steaks
j ?
Last Friday night, a gentleman
entered our restaurant and called
for one of, our sizzling TMJonv?
steaks. Shortly after being served
he called the manager over to his
table and said "look" and upon
gazing Into hia mouth." It was
learned that he did not have a
J I r* rrln . nrtn e fnnt It allfl VdW fftW
I UHIp|iV| I vvvt? 11 ' - / ??
lower teeth yet he was enjoying
the steak?the steak being bo
lender that he did not need many
teeth with which to chew It.
This Is not merely publicity alcne
bat Is an actual tact and we
can supply proof along with the
name of the gentleman.
Try On* Of Our dialing
T?Bone Ste*ks
You Too, Will Cnjoy It
CAROLINA
RESTAURANT
Good Food ConooUntlouoiy
Propffod . ;i(5
$2.17 Gas Tax From '
M ante? to Murphy
Raleigh. Dec. 14.?It's 621 mllee
and ft.17 In gasoline taxes from
Manteo to Murphl. tf - you use the
n state"# best highways and S car
which averages 20 miles to the gallon
of gasoline.
All cf which goes to show \ why
m ihe average motorist, according to
* tig urea compiled by the North Ouror*.
Hna Petroleum Imhistriea Commitl"
tee. pays on an average of some
T lil'- rVTiYil?f.-'rvti-"nmfAJ'ls
moUve taxes, moat of which are on
' his fuel.
The Manteo to Murphy "figures
are easy to reach ? a road map
* showing the mileage and atmple dl'
vision by twenty, showing the nutnV
ber of gallons used if your car will
go twenty mtlea on each gallon. The
state gasoline tax is 6 cents per gal
e Ion and the federal tax one cent, and
1 so very simple multiplication gives
* the $2.17 answer,
h
1
'J. LETS LOOK BACK
I- From Tha Kings Mountain Herald
<1 tf^inonoon-rnni mnrtnno
NINETEEN YEAR3 AGO
DECEMBER 19, 1918
I Mr. and Mrs. T. U. Hudspeth have
l"j moved Into the Hord house on King
. street.
'| Mr. A. BentonPutnaia-hhs^recentI
ly retuni?d~4T*nir~nopewell, Va.
i-?STrTErnest N. White is seriously
} ill with pneumonia at Spencer where
' he was at work with the railroad.
C ' OopyrlfM 1?J7 by United drtirU Corp.
Chapter One
"They're French ? Parle?ParlsT"
i crowed Collette, holding the dress
triumphantly aloft.
"At least you can claim a auocess
at something." Gertrude answered
wfth vehemence.
"Something that even a German
brain can appreciate!" was Collette'a
quick rstort.
>i "Madame," Gertrude cried out.
"Am I to be Insulted like this. Is
1 It a crime to be German?"
"Madame" was Madeleine Oodard,
lovely and youthful proprletroil
ftf ttia MAaf svhlnel ? J ?" I
VA.MU.. U UICM
shop In Stockholm ,' ; came
on thla chlldlp* ..sre-up between
l?er two a: \,iants. tha thought for
n second how it retli-cted the grim
and savage struggle between oppos*
i Ing armies In France, not far away,
i "Collette!" she spoke sharply. "I
will not have this quarreling. I
don't want Frenchwomen here?
"Hah!" Gertrude breathed trlumi
pbuntly.
"Nor German women,1* she continued.
"I want saleswomen. Ring
tnr Anatole."
The bell brought Anatote, a sly
' { looking little man with a wispy
mustache, grumbling about bis
;i
TjT i Kg
h 9
i Be brought the eultry Vupita fv
J J"n** 1
"Wrap up these models" Madeleine
told him, Indicating several in
the group of new Farie dresses that
had caused the quarrel between
Collette and Gertrude. "We're going
to the Countess Llndenstrom's."
Madeleine prepared to leave as
Anatole gathered up the dresses she
had pointed out. Just a short few
days ago, the German U-boat officer
had fingered them and smilingly
remarked, "You might classify
these as ammunition for the
8tockbolm frontier,"
That was aboard the packet that
had brought her back from Porta
The submarine had stoppod the
ship in the North Sea for routine
Inspection. One man had been taken
off and Madeleine had seen the terror
of the trapped In his eyes. She
shuddered as she thought of the
Incident and the Icy coldness In the
officer's eyes as he questioned her
about the frequency of her trips between
Stockholm and Paris.
In ten minutes 'they were at the
Countess Llndenstrom's. Madeleine
was evidently expected. Doors
opened swiftly before her and she
was ushered through rooms and
long hallways. At last she entered
an impressive paneled chamber.
Major Schafrer greeted her. He
eras brusque, portly, Teutonic, with
a soldierly hardness under his
rounaaeea ma whiudu were busy
wltVi map*. Ikt removal of black
eode booka from the wan aafe, with
aattlnc up a lamp which revealed
a map of Woatora Europe <m the
abode When Mt. Tketr brief preetbra
wore over.
"The lataat Paria model*?" queried
Jtehaffer, k>dWK|r the boa of
,* s -' , ' S ' >
;';k .f. k.. _ . ' . ^ y
I W OPEN FORUM
An open torum for our rood* i
' ore, but no Utter eon be pub* [
lished if it exoeede >00 words.
Ne anonymous commj V cations i
will be accepted. T'.? name ef
the writer will not be published |
> however. If the author to request*.
Ldtet CHy, W Va., Uec 7. 1M7.
Dear Mr. Lynch: ?
of health. I do not know who I Am to
It hank (or the subecrip.tou, but If you
are tending It to ipe 1 want to thank
you and tell you that 1 certainly appreciate
It. 1 have been particularly
intereedet In ^he work that Dau
Cupid hoe been doing In and around
King* Mountain? It icemi that when
he finds a good spot, he la going to
stay there for awhile, bo 1 have especially
enjoyed reading the ac|
counta of these weddings.
! A person appreciates such a news
I paper a great d*al more when he is
way back In the hills of West' Virginia,
so I want to thank you ffcr
sending the copies you have and
trust that you will continue In your
good work there In Kings Mountain.
Sincerely yours.
B. K. Oimand, Jr.
Hoar-Mr. Lynch:?
We will appreciate K if you will
allow us spatx in you paper to publicly
thank each and everyone who
had a part In erecting the beautiful
| street lights for the Holiday season.
She selected a gown and swiftly
swung it over the lamp, matching
its embroidered pattern with lines
on the map. Scbaffer's assistant
swiftly read off numbers, another
assistant consulted the code book.
A third raced the message to a
chamber above looking out to sea,
where an Ingenious semaphore device
flashed Information of French
troop movements to a waiting boat.
On board the boat, the leaping. spark
of the radio relayed the message
to expectant headquarters In
Berlin.
The work was soon finished. Madeleine
stated the price for her information.
Major Scbaffer protested,
then yielded with grudging admiration.
"Thank you, Major.' Good-bye,
gentlemen," Madeleine spoke and
was gone.
Madeleine's big sale for the following
day was to a Baron, Karl
Marwitz. He brought Lupita, a sultry
creature from the Grand Hotel,
to her shop. And Lupita had bought
everything her pretty eyes lit on to
the tune of 1,200 kronen.
Marwitz was a newcomer to
Stockholm. He was cultivated, poised,
darkly handsome, but about him
there was an air of something sinister,
unhappy. Madeleine could not
guess that he had seen her at the
WTM 8
B' TB
MM (V
om the Grand Hotel to her shop.
'
Casino the evening before, where
she had been accompanied by her
English friend. Bob. Bob was a
gentle, blonde youth who had lost
an artw In Vnwiw Ho *a h?
Just another drifter In Stockholm. .
It was soon apparent to Madeleine
that the Baron Marwlti*s In- .
terest was not for Luplta, but for
herself. When she bade him goodbye,
It was with the realisation that
she would see him soon again. She
Immediately summoned Anatole. '
"What do you know about him?"
she asked.
Anatole was a mine of Information
on newcomers to the Swedish
city. With spies and adventurers
converging on Stockholm from
eVery corner, the dty bad become
a hotbed of Intrigue. And a market
had been set up for Information,
that most precious commodity In
time time of war. It was a popular
cafe, the Cherry Garden. Anatole,
a habitue of the Cherry Garden,
had the Information In a little book.
"Karl Marwlts," he read. "Traitor
to the Fatherland . . .deserter . . .
oourt-martlaled during absence . . .
cashiered . . . sentenced to death."
Madeleine examined the slip
wnicn ion Mr rurtner tnat km
Marwlta had bean a eaptain la the
Oarman Nary. "Funny." aba w
marked at laat, "ha doesn't took tba
think aor Aa>
atole asked
"Instinct."
"Feminine inatlnotT" retorted An*
atote, putting Into the phraee an hia
contempt for that dOetoue weapon
"No. |ii iifianlnnat." an
wared. "See If yon oaa Had out
gore at the Cherry Orchard about
(To be can Honed)
> v.'
BaKJtTmP^Sn BRkij Ml
Mir ^ f^lp V E3^VjB1 If|2 Wjwfl
' '* "Don't Forget My Willie's Birthday Party'*
"Kin I Bring a Jane?"
We are very proud of Kings Moun- Rr;pf Ttfpwa IteniR
[ talu and ?waat everyone to know onei ^eWBJliems
that each member of our club is en- ^ Kreen {ce<s caused a sejojitig
the Pretty Sight." voro dpol> Jn egK production in the
Yours truly, poultry flock belonging to O. W. tse
Carl Gibson, President. ly of Ala.man.cc county, he reported.
Margrace Men's Club
Correct this sentence: gets
: r bushels of fan mail," said one of the
PHONE 167 FOR JOB PRINTING 'nils, but he never monitions lit."
Say Merry Xmas
WITH FLOWERS
V**
Aa Beautiful
m ^ Poinsetta or
BfflM Other Blooming
is the ^
Perfect Xmas
Gift
* j
;.' i -?
Loved Ones That
Have Passed On
a
* V |
We have a Big Selection of Cemetery Wreaths
. .. r ?
Prices are so Low," no Grave need go UndecoratecJ
i
Walter's Flowers
Phone 95 Kings Mountain, N. C.
1 . " i i
TMSW IS A VOOMS LADY IN NtLCS, I I ?* ALWAYS t I
WHOSK PACK IS ALL COVSAKO U WAS WOARIgO, I
WITH SMILIS. r? /tth /m I
'TILL SHI TOOK fiOOO NERVINE I
ft E LAX!
?y3jr^ to jgSj?"'An Hfl ft
:--'V MI DR<miles' ? ';
njervine -j9|
MfVNt WMWH Ml ffWP MM BflMWMi 11^
SauJBi(nvim( i*m up-to <* ? pk
1M" M2 mtmAIM?tLH l3Btal^^HHKJ
t SeeH frMtlt Mr purVifm tl <MI(A, ; . )