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. Lancaster, g. C . March 21.?Wealey
H. Knight, 69. employee of . the
Ituke Power company, waa electrocu
ted toda/ when he came In contact
with a 2300 volt wire while at .work
on a line on MoCardeel street here.
Daytona Beach, Fla., March 22. ?
m ib. zwpma uuuerneia Wilson, 62,
was found dead at her borne in Holly
Hill, a suburb today a bullet through
the rncuth.
Coroner Charles Beers said It was
suicide. Mrs. W.ilson bad been lu III
health and her husband is 111 in u
hospital. The Wilsons came hero
> from Black Mountalin. N. C.
Washington, March 22.?A tax expert
of the United State* Qb a tutor
of Commerce forecast a three billion
dollar increase in federal relief
costs and a billion loss in estlmated
revenue today unless the tax
system is revised.
Tokyo. March 22,?Ambassador Jo
spb C. Crew today delivered the Unl
ted States' demand- for Indemnification
for the sinking of the gunboat
Panay. The amount of lndetanrtty ask
ed' was not announced.
QJa|>an previous^ promised indcmiflcatfcn
and other amends as
.a remit of the sinking of the Panay
of the Yangtze river patrol in
whEcth four foreigners lost their lives
December 12.Washlngton.
March 22.?President
Roosevelt sent to the Benate today
tbe following. postmaster nominations:
k. ? - W? a m
?wiu varuiius; orevaru, i. uoicman
Galloway; Cullowheen, Berder
B. Long; Greensbor, John W. (Joleman;
Hayesvtllle, Frederick R. Jonen;
Jackson. May Calvert; Thomas#<j.
ville, Paul Green; Tryon, WUIara H
I' ' Steamea, and Wilmington, Wilbur
-R. Dosher.
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Washington, March 22. ?President
Roosevelt nominated Nelilo
Tayloe Rosa of Wyoming today for
another term as director of the mint.
He also sent to the senate the
nomination of Captain Wiluam F.
Hulsey, Jr.. to be rear admiral in
the navy and Major Thomas D.
Stamps, corps of engineers to bo
professor cf civil and military engineering
at the United States mill
tary academy. Washington.
March 22j?The treas
ury said today income tux collec
' tions in the Hirst 21 days of March
totalled- $685. 89.563, an increase of
u.a )ivi wut uivi iuc ^uiiiyainuic yj
rlod last year.
These figures officials eald, repre
Bented actual deposits of Internal rev
cnue collectors.
New Orleans, March 22. Cotton
futures prices slumped last week ul
der foreign and lccal liquidation In
duced by the senloua international
developments.
Flint, Mich, Marcm, 23.?The
Bulck plant and Fisher Body Corpor
ation Plant No. 1 reopedend today af
ter a one week shutdown. Approxl
mately 12,000 men returned at Bulck
and 4,600 at the pisher plant.
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Laughing Aroi
With irV
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With an
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By IRVU
IJSUALLY Sir Henry Irving m
sometimes as his own produce)
with a large cast and an elaborate
members of the company, a young
rras
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fcssion and of fussy temperamen
himself creditably. Through zeal
staiitly, in the midst of rehearsal
suggestions regarding small details
enthusiasm Sir Henry kept his pati
I One day when Sir Henry was
of stage technique, the pestiferous
j "Sir Henry," he began, "migh
, The matters or my costume and ma
able concern. The script does not i
but the business of the part and tb
that I am supposed to he a persot
question arises whether 1 should pi
as a man forty-three years old. w
F "I should play him," said Irvi
years and eight months."
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Kings
lational News'
1 Brief Form |
j ?State New*-phar'pt/o
Mjsrch 23^?Governor
lloey twill speak at a luncheon here
gaturday for 500 "better" farmers
of 20 counties In this section. Other j
speakers alii include W. Kerr Scott,
state commissioner Of agriculture,
j ffc.?d Kure. secretary of state. and f
\ Clyde H. Euwln. state suiierlntendetit
j cf public Instruction.
Forest Pity. March 22.?A Christian
cducaucn Institute will be held
at Pleasant Grove Methodist' church
in the "West End, Forest City, on
Thursday. March 81, for the Metho-j
' d'.n s of Rutherford and Polk count!I
r? Dp flllhort PAWO ndnfcoOAB lad
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the School cf Religion at Duke University,
will be thd principal speaker
Raleigh, March 22.?The state depar
meat of labor reported ^ today
building activity In North Carolina
decreased in February as compared
with January and with February.
1937.
- Building permits from 21 cities
showed $926,574 wofjth o# construe*
| Hon In pebruary. In February 1937
the amount waa $1,104,745; In January
193$ It was $1,124,241.
Asherille March 22.?rThe body of
{ a man found in a Laurel thicket near
] Beaver Lake club house Saturday re
malned unidentified today.
The bedy lay face down and In
a depression under the face was a
bottle containing a small quantity of
liquid thought to b? chloroform.
Lincolnton, March 22.?Ray Alfred
Lutz. of Maiden, entered a plea
of not guilty of violation of Sect lot
16 of the Unemployment Compensation
law In Catawba county Record
ers Ccunt Tuesday, but was found
guilty on five different checks. He,
was given a sentence of thirty days
on the first count, and prayer for
judgment was continued Id the four
other counts.
Lutz testified that he didn't understand
the compensation law. and
that was why he accepted the checks
Tatboro. March 22.?Police Chief'
.1. T. Parker cf Plnetops said today
j three ncgrces were being held here
fnr "antn Weenine" nendfnc n hearlntr
?- " " ?
- on assault and robbery charges arising
from an alleged attach On a
white' man in Pinetops Saturday
Parker said Lewis Whitman, 25,
was knifed when he attempted to
chase three quarrelsome negroes
iroin the yard of his heme near
) Pinetops. Whitman was reported in
I a serious condition. The officer nam
| od the prsoners at Jeffy Briggs, 25,
( Ernest Briggs and Oeo. Taylor.
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Greensboro; March 22.?Harry B.
j Caldwell, master of the state grange
said today he had written each mem
ber of tre Nonth Qaroltna congressional
delegation protesting against
a reported move to revice provisions
of the new farm bill.
Newton, March 22*-^Thirty five ca
ses of bottled liquor were capture 1
Thursday night at the Bloody Bucket
filling station near Claremont and
eighteen more cases were found In
an automobile about eight miles be
low Lincolnton R -was said today.
The owner of the Rloodv RnrJia
J was placed under arrest but tbe oc
cupants of the automobile escaped.
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jnd the World
in s. COBB
ye to Details
^ S. COBB
:ted as his own stage director and
r. One time he was mounting a play
scenic investiture. One of the lesser
actor newly graduated into the pro
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t, ?u exceedingly anxious to acquit
he became rather a nuisance. Coni(
he would approach the star with
i. But because of the youth's evident
lenee.
directing an especially tricky piece
novitiate sidled up.
t 1 interrupt you for one moment?
ke-up have been giving me ronsiderstate
the exact age of the character
s lines themselves lead me to believe ,
t approaching middle age. Now the
ay him as a man about forty-two or I
rhat would you say. sir?"
ng, "as a man of exactly forty-two
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the publication of the first issue of th
paper: First row: Howard Edene, Bill
Faculty Advisor. Second row: Lalla.'ay
terson. Third row: Haael Falls, Virgin
Cornwall, Nina Putnam, Marjorie Rip
Mary Julia Pollock, Howard Whitting on
Buren Neill, Bobby Allran, Ladd Ha
Easter Sunrise Service D
Planned G
The Ministers of the Churches cf
[he town at their last meeting unanmousiy
decided to continue the Eas trt
TT a err Ire held at Sunrise on Eas- 8e'
.er Morning on the fnent of the Cen- a
:;al school building. The program is tia
being arranged by the officers of thej "?
Association. ' ' - M-'1
This set vice was started two **''
years ago by the Lutheran Church ^
and last year it expanded into a s''1
town-wide Service and members ofall
denominations ttcok part in it.: ^
!: will continue this year with -all '
the Churches cooperating. An invita-j I!'
tion to the colored people Is again*
given. .* Ias
Details of . the program will be an
nounced through this paper at a In
> date, and committees to help ,s-'
wi-th the arrangements will be ap- :,n
pointed. % j!or
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nic i ancit mf
'rom Cemetery u?<
Reports of deatrlction and thefts
of riowera and plants tr lots 1n Moun
tain Rest cemetery have been made O]
to Herald correspondents and we
are asked to give the matter publici- (
ty in an effort to atop this annoying
praotilce. One lady especially has *
spent much of her time trying to J1
beautify the grave of her son, and ,
other loved onea, and. has time and ? ^
again replaced flowers that were a
stolen from her lot only to have the gri
theft repeated. We are hopeful that
some ateps can be taken by those
in authority to stop this thoughtless '
den:ruction rhd manifest) disregard
for a sacred place.
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Returns From Hospital
Thn mnnr frlonr'a r\f \jf f Tool# Ar
m MV ! ?> ? / II IVIIUQ vrl i?I> I?nviv V/" I
mand will be glad' to learn that he
has sufllclcnty recovered from se-j '
rloua Injuries received In a recent
automobile wTeck to be able to leave
<he Oastonla Hospital. Mr. Ormand. j
roturned home yesterday. ' 1
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Wins Medal j
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Kings Mountain is proud of her (
representative at the reading contest ?
held in Shelby laet Friday night
Mies Elisabeth Plonk won the
Cchoomaaters' beautiful medal. She
has already won the Pearl Fulton
Medal in the contest here a few
weeks ago. Congratulations, Miss >
Elisabeth.
Men's Club Meets '
Tonight
The Pualnesb Men's Club wll '
meet "h'-'sdsy night (tonight) at 1
7:00 o'clock at the Woman's Club t
Building. Program for the meeting '
Is in charge of Messrs H. T. Fulton '
and IX M. Bridges.
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Is Kings Mountain High School 1
ly Thornburg, Miss Mary Mitchell, <
Is Aides, Lillian Moss, Phyllis Pat a
Logan, Mildred Jolly, Gloria 5
Ipy. Fourth row: Jim Nickels.
^ Charles Campbell. Top row: '
wrick, Jr., and James Ratterrce. >
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r. A. L. Stanford At
Mitral Methodist
The members and pastor ot Cen-, '
il Methodist Church consider them j
Ive* fortunroe in the selection of; J
pastor-evangelist to leid in a spe
il meeting beginning next Sunday. |
tr.-h 27th. Dr. A. L. Statit'ord of (
upolnton will arrive on Monday at1
r.oon to preach that night. Ite- J
ming Tuesday therje .will be two
vices each day. The hours for 1
vice will be 10:00 A. M. and "7:30
M. - ' ! 1
Dr. Stanford Is well known here.
conducted a meeting here sever-;
years ago which is remembered 1
onetiof the best meetings ever ?
'd in the local Mothcdist church.;
Strrford has held pastorates in (
ntral Methodist Church. Shelby.,
d First >1 thodist Church in Char
Mr. F. C. Todd of Oastcnla will
aduct the song services during the
etlngr which will continue through: 1
$ first Sunday in April or longer. 1
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peretta At East School
rhe primary grades of East school
II present an operetta "Peter Rab ]
t" at the East school auditorium (
turday evening, March 26. at 7:30 ;
lock. Admission &c and 10c. Specselect
lone will be given by the ^
immar grade glee cIud.
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Will Rogers'
Humorous Story
By WILL ROGERS
A LADY gave her husband's 1
year-bcfore-laat coat to the
voman that scrubbed for her. She ,
old her it was a perfectly good ,
-oat, but a little out of date, and rhat
maybe the scrub-lady's bus- t
i?nd wouldn't mind wearing it this
winter. She handed it to the wonan
on a coat-hanger made out of
wood. That night she bragged to
ler husband about being charitable.
'I even gave her the coat-hanger,
10 her man can keep kind of tidy,"
he said.
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Bat when the woman that gave
tway the coat asked her scrubad
y some time later about how it
it and everything, the scrub-lady
aid, "Well it's all right now, but
ny man Just had to take the
wooden part out of the shoulders.
4* says them things ain't for a
nan tnat stoops at his work, and
t nigh killed him the first day he
wore It."
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r. H. Jenkins Dies In 1
Columbia I
Funeral tervicvk for Thomas Mar- J
lacn .leukins. f>9, of Columbia. 8. C.,
cho died at the Veterans hospital
fter an illncsKof Several months
it re conducted from the Dunbar '
'uueral hcm<- at 4 o'clock Tuesday h
fteincon by the Kev. a K I'htlllpa.
* '.or tt Arsenal Hill Presbyterian *i
hurrh. assisted by the Rtv. John H.
Vtbb, pastor of the -first Haptlst "T
hnri.il. >** WUar. if
ide cemetery- ' h
Mr. Jenkins had lived in (^olumbia *
or the past 32 years, 23 of thoso T
laving been spent In the service of
he Virgipia Life Insurance Co. ii<
He Is survived by his widow. Mrs. f
.ucy Scercey Jenkins; two sens Kay | S
oond D. Jenkins of Spencer. N. C.l"1
nd William Thomas Jenkins* ol j C
charlotte, N. C., three slaters. Mrs. i 1
Jthel Hayden of Atlanta, (la. Mrs.)'1
iubert zden of Roam.an, N. C.. an 11 K
.1 rs. Helen MUuldin of Gainesville, t<
la., and one brother. Howard Jen- f
:ins of Kings Mountain, N. Cj P
Mr. Jenkins formerly" lived in h
Ciogs Mountain and was married a
ere. . 1
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Jcout Court Of J"
ionor ,' i,
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ames Amos of Troop 5 Presented p
Eagle Badge. Ii
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The regular mcnthiy meeting of \
he Boy Scout Court of Honor open n
1 with the repeating cf the Boy ti
scout Oath followed with prayer*p
>y Rev." L. 1$. Hamm. Scouts appear t,
ng before the Court for advance ?
tent are as fellows; a
Tenderfoot: James Waters 1; Paul o
loberts 1; Jack Webb I; Harold tl
ilass 2; Ricahrd Laney 2; floyd tl
Smith 4; J. T. McOinnis 2; Fred tl
lopro 2. - .v h
Second Clacs: Grady Watterson. 2 t<
Sddie Smith 1; John Fulton 1; Glee p
Cdwfn Bridges 6; J. D. McXeeley 6;(s
~"oyt Ramseitr 5: Chas. Littlejohn 5 g
I. L. McDaniel 3; Cooledge Fin ley 3;lg
Either Godfrey 7; I.awrence. Flew a
rs 7; Joe Hawkins 7; Clyde Hhea 7., n
Jplrst Class; Wesley Riser 4;ju
'larenee Dixon I. g
Merit Badges; Animal Industry; I v
[^urtls Gaffney 5; Vernon Thompson! y
>; James Dav-s 5; Eugene Mathis 6; c
Pride Ratterree 6; Eugene Eskew 6, d
Jeorgo Ailen 6; Robert Dettmar 2. n
Ath1-?Mcs; James Davis 5; J. C. 8
Midges 0; Howard Edetts ti; Jimmy
iVillie ti: Billie Gantt I; George Lai t
itnorc 3.
Bookbinding: Wjslcn Ledfcrd 4; I
{ay Bridges t; VernOtt Thompson 5;
Camping: Billie Gantt 4
Civics: Leon Wolfe 3: Geo I?attl {
nore Ernest Mautfey 2; Eugene
lathis ti.
f^arpentry: Ullllo- Gatitt; Eugcnt i
Jantt 6. | t
Cotton Farming: Harry Wilson 5.'!'
Farm Mechanics: Eugene Bautt 6 '
Firemanship: Vernon Thontpscn 5,1
I lmrny Willi- 6; I/eon Wolfe 3. i?
First Aid: pioyd Queen 2; Jim;'1
ny Willis 6; Donald McGlnnis 2! j
Bilie Gantt 4; J. C. Bridges 6; How i
trd Edens 6: Andrew Ramsey 5. |
First Aid to Animals: Rooert Det '
nar 2; Howard Edens 6; Vernon e
Thompson 5; Dean Payne 5. c
Forestry: BilUe Ganu. 2. u
Gardening: Harry Wilson 5. *
Handicraft: Manly Morebead ?; 0
Bobo ?ash 2; George Latttmore 3; 3
Bobby Allran 3; Clarence Dixon 4; '
Morman Roper 4.
Hog and Pork Production: Harry *
Vilson 5. I
Jimmy Willis 6.
Personal Health: Floyd Queen 2;
Beorge Lattimcre 3.
Pigeon Raising: Dean Payne 5;
l.oyd Early 5. !
Pioneering: Andrew Ramsey 5;
Paul fcdle 5; J. Q. Bridges 6; How a
trd Edens 6; Eugent Gault 6: Eu- ,
tene Mathls 6; Pride Ratterree 6. (
Safety: Andrew Ramsey 5; J. C.
Bridges 6; George Allen 6: Arnold
'.'alls 2: Bobby Rhea 7; Clinton Jol
y 7.
Siar Scout Rank: Floyd Queen 2;
3eovge I>attlniore 3; Gene Davis 5;
llmmy Willis 6; George Allen 6; An
Irey Ramsey 5.
Five Year Veteran: Chas. Thompson
l.
Poutry Keeping: Doyt Redmond,
i; Harry Wilson 5; Max Pearson 4;
Vorman Rcper 4. .
Ptvbllc Health: Paul Cole 5; Jimmy
A'llis 6; Eugene Mathis 6; George
Lpttlmore 3.
Pottery; Norman Roper 4.
Life Scout Rank: Paul (? le 5; Cur
la Gattney 5, Loyd Early 6; .Eugene
Sskew 6; J. C. Bridges 6; Pride Raterree
. Eagle
Scout Badge was presented
o James Amos of troop 5. Presents
len was made by County Chairman
Vubrey Mauney. Eagle Badge waa|
pinned on by the mot tier of th
Scout and a miniature badge was
pinned on the Scout's mother by
Scout Amos.
Awards of previous Courts were
nade ufter which the meeting closrd
with the repeating of toe Scout ,
Dencdlctlon.
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Drive For Boy
icout Funds
Editor's Note: ?Because Of the
importance of the article below, we
ave moved it from the regular
Open Forum" column on the Ediorial
page, to the front. The editor
f the Herald endorsee what Mr.
homasson has to say. We think his
lea is a good one, and sincerely
ope that it will go over in a big
fay:
O THE PUBLIC
The fulliwitig committee was elec
Jd a few weeks ago to serve as the
inane.. committee for the Boy
.corns ror tne timing year: C. F.
'honmsiKon, J. H. Thomson and C.
I. White. IhrouKh this column of
lei all 1 am taking its opportunity . ,
o aay to the public, first that the
toy $cout movement In King* Moun
ain is one of the best things that
rem a publicly promoted standout,
that we have in our City. We
ave at present seven white troops
nd one colored, consisting of some
75 to 200 boys that are getting the
est kind of training. New ot course
t takes money to keep tnese troops
oing. and we have the Job of raising
it Kings Mountain six hundred dolrrs
for this purpose, aud the time is
ast due for us to turn our amount
a to the treasurer of the Pledtnont
loy Scout organization. So what
I'e have got to get busy and get
his money up. Now, in order for us
a keep from dividing our Town off
a sections and catling together aout
twenty ct our best business
nen. taking up a lot of their time
nd assigning them different parts
f the town to go out and nunt up
he other business men and take up
heir time soliciting and hoggin-;
hem for their donations. Now, this
t what 1 suggest; first that in order
o keep our Bey Scout movement
unciloiiing. you have already been
uhscriblng; you know what you can
lve; you knew what you have been
iving. then in order to eliminate
II this trouble just set down and
take out your check to C. F. Thomsso?.
Chairman, or to t he Boy ' V
-coins, drcp it in the Muii, and that
rill solve the whole problem. . Next
oar the Chairman can mait you a
lard staling that your payment is
lue. This will save all this business 4
if a committee having to come to
ee you.
Thanking you for Check ana inorest
in our Bo-y Scou'us.
C. F. Thcmasson. Chairinan.
Earned Better Homes ]
Chairman !
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Mrs. Boyd, Phifer has accepted
ho Chairmanship of the Better
Icmes in America Committee for
'attorson drove community for. the . a
938 campaign, which will end in the
bservance of National Better Horn- 4
s Week April 24th to 30th.
Better Homos In America, aa the
tame implies, fa primarily interested
n bringing "better homes" within
he reach of all citizens, and to that
nd Js conducting an educational
nmpaign id cooperation witn volinteer
local committees to bring
nowledge of better and more econ- "
im'cal forma of house architecture
ind houae furnishings to the at tenIon
of the people of America.
Economic ? 1
Highlights 1
The current Congress, which has
et a new high in unproductiveness,
s at last getting around to serolus
nistness. It faces a congested oal- J
ndar, plus the prospect of some of
he most acrimonious debate |n 1
cars. Every major measure how In
irospect has enthusiastic partisans
md inflexible opponents who ere \
ircpared and eager for the most
ough-andready parliamentary bat
rrimest piece of legislation now
n the limelight ts the House tax
>111. known as the Revenue Art of " ;9
938. Iti the form approved by the
louse, this measure, retains the
ouch-debated undistributed profits
ax in a mitigated form, and creates
i new yix, oaUcd the ( "third' basket" |
ovy, aimed at closely held enterprtids
There is strong sentiment In
he Senate for absolute repeal of
he undistributed profits tax, and 1
>ractically no sentiment, so far as
tnyone can see now, in flavor of s I
'bird basket" tax. This illustrates 2 !
>' the points of the bill which may
>e drastically overhauled by the Sen I
>te. Furthermore, the House tax bill .
s largely predicated on two gssumicrfs:
(1) That the 1939 deficit will
>e under 91.000.000,000, and (2) that
here will be no lose in fevenues.
Those seemed sound assumptlcne a
irbile back?but net today. The stag 3
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