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The Klnga Moan tain Hcaald
' Eatabllahad J8M
Publlahed ivtry Thursday
MBHALD PUBLISHING HOUM,
Haywood C Lynch
- Editor-Manager
JBatared aa aocoad claaa matter at
the Poetofflce at Klnsa Mountain.
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A areehly ncwapaper devoted to
i II ?TTT"
arc and publlsUr-d for the en lightmen
t, entertainment and benefit of
the cltlcune >t Kttga Mountain ann
its vicinity.
THE GOSSIP
For thirty ycorvt MJUa Oution's tongue
woe loose,
nL . _ a .< -- i Mt. . a_ ' a
ou?! wove ner g^wp uk? me vts"
con a threoda
A female spider, knowing hunger,
spreads
For moyhs. She paralyzed with bitter
ialco
IMstilloi within herself. A thousahd
times
Unwary creatures felt her poisoned
bite:,
Nothing stayed her savage appe
- tlte., '.i ;
??ct she vah hard!) 0.-.1 jioiig of her
crlmeg.
The memory of her shrill, vindictive
laugh
Its-all Miss Du'iteu has for epitaph.
?-Carmen Judson.
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THAT NEW HIGHWAY
There has been oonalderable discussion
lately, about the new highway
to eliminate the daublo track railroad.
The, Herald la always interest,,
ed in anything for the development
or welfare o-f Kintgo Mountain?The
Best Town in The State.
Here is cur idea about the propos
ed road and underpass. Until something
better Is offered we ere for it.
There has been talk of eliminating
the double track tby an overhead
bridge at the corner ctf Railroad avenue
and King street for the past
two years, but uu> to now nothing has
become of It. and we would hate
very much to ?oo tho uew proposal
lrilled to try to get something that
might seein bettor.
With the i?w proj>Ofjal 3.2 miles of
now concrete street will be construe
ted. 2.2 miles of this now street will
be within tho dity limits of Kings
Mountain. At the nvost distant point
' from the city limits the- new road
will be only 500 foot away, blew territory
will be ppo-tied for future de
velopnient and growth of Kings
Mountain. All of this, without one
penny's cost to Kings Mountain. We
not paying this plan is the best,
bit we repeat until something better
is CffeFed, we aro are for It.
OANCtNG
We hav'o ' nhv.iys oonlended that
d-,icing properly ehoipcroned Is good
recreation, ,ncit only for young folks
but grown-'upa as well.' We would
much prefer lo have dancdufe in
Kings Mountain whore parents may
see that their children properly cor.
duct themselves than to force .....the
joung folks to patronize nearby road
houses of disreputable character.
We thluk a ftue .place for the
young folks to gather and dance
would be .the new gymnasium.. How
about It mothers and fathers; what
do you think? .
THANK YOU 8HELBY
It ha? come to the attention ot
the Herald that every morning 30
WPA workers are hauled from Kings j
Mountain to Shetby where they work
en street 1 improvement aivi city beau I
oftcation projects. We are very hap-j
py that Shelby has these projects
going on because since Kings Moun-!
tain obviously baa no needs for
these improvement^ we are Indeed
glad that our stater "flown, Shelby,
has been fortunate enough to secure
piojects to keep OUR workers busy.
PREEDOM OF THE PRE88
.Irately thero ha? been a considerable
discussion of the freedom of the
press. It was the main theme cf the j
gprlng convention of the American:
Newspaper Pirt?ti?hon? Association,'
Which put itself on record as prepared
to come to the assistance of any '
newspaper which might find its Mb-.
rty of expre?j.on threatened by any I
omcmi or ourea*i ok (uTomuieui.
There is something strange and
novel tor Aracrtm In the mere. sugtest
ion that the Constitutional guarantee
of a free press Is even remote
tj threatened. That the threat seem*
serious enough to be considered1 by
the representative news paper men
ef the nation nietw food for thought.
There are many indirect ways not
amounting to outright censorship by
wMota, even <!n a democracy, public
officials can put preasure upon news
papers whose editors do not agree
with them. The most dangerous
threat to the frocrfoni Of the press.'
^aw'erer, consists is efforts to under
mine public confidence <n newspapers.
Such effortn have been so numerous
In recent years ss to give the
ftnpreaalon of deHbenate propaganda
assigned to bring newel**"
disrepute.
That the puMto oonfMbnce In the
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Washington Snapshots
(Cont'd from front page)
members out of the rank* of the revolted,
because when the spending
start* ncbody wants to be left holding
an eotipty bog.
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headers are so confident now that
heir strategy wCil work, they have]
tu.cJy 41c to tevlvo the . re->
K'ct(i< Kcvofruiaeu rootganisnttoh prof
giant. It is aot yet oilictally on tla-* j
? lit...: a-I'.h the wage-hour,
and spending measures, but well In-J
formed observer* say It wil be soon.
havir.g plenty of troubles of Us own
with the corn-belt farmers and the
Vttou far,iters of the South over
e.rop all ttnent*. When quotas for
erc-ps are announced in various commnn'.tlr*.
it has* become s sure-are
signal tor an indignant meeting of
protest and some farmers are even
mulling their contracts back. In the
ccrn beb (he protest is taking organised
let an In the "Corn Belt Lib
ert.v League." Now the Depanmem
j Is beginning to worry about * what
the wheat tanners are going to say
abcut soil conservation payments
when they come due. It seenia that
most cf the wheat growers had their
grain planted before the farm act of
1938. granting payments for soil conj
servaton. was approved. They
! thought they could plant all they
wanted to. Now most of the fanners
have large wheat crops coming up J
! and will have trouble qualifying for
the "scarcity checks-1 unless they
i plcw under part cf their crop.
There is worry too, in the heads of
I a lot of gcvernment theorists ana
eonpiTiVts these days. It's been
more than a month since the new ,
pump-prmlng spending plan was ancouncil.
They had figured that there
vs-ctild he a "psychological" upturn of !
business immediately ? not from
the spending but from the antlcipa !
tlp'n cf It. The upturn hasn't'- come;
nd the worriers are worrying that
: maybe actual spending won't even
turn the trick.. ~ .
! Observers are. scratching their
heads, too, over the recent pronounce
meats by the CIO urging me new j
spending spree. They wonder If the,
CIO's econcmlsas actually have lHg- j
ured out what the new spending Is
going to mean to labor. Most think- j
ers are in agreement that it isn't go- }
ing to benefit labor, but, on the con-;
trary, do considerable harm., After,
all, employers can't pay a spending
spree bill and wages at the sanrt
time. You just can't put tho aamo
dollar in two -Dockets at the same
time, and It doesn't take a highsalaried
economist to figure ttyat out.1
And on the matter of- relief, a
Michigan constituent has written his
Congressman about the OlO's shako i
down strike tactics in his community.
The man complained that pickets
prevented him from gcing; to work
: because he hart not paid his union
dues. He wound up with this snapper:
"About the only plants left operating
here are the relieti plants."... |
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has not basil serHus-.y ^liukei. j
30 far is evJienced by the growing
increase In newspaper circulations.'
It is up to the press, however, to
justify its own liberties by iefenciing J
any ether liberties of citizens which
may be threatened.
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The Need for Unity
By RAYMOND PITCA1RN
1 National Chairman
?? Sentinel* of the Republic I
In America we observe many anniversaries,
commemorating Important dates
in our history. Many others we forget.
Among the latter is Included May 14.
Yet that day Is well worth recalling.
It was the date set early In the year
1787 for the opening of the Convention
that wrote our Federal Constitution.
Although the difficulties of travel In
that period so delayed many delega'es
that the formal opening had to be postponed
until May 25. Washington and
others met at Independence Hall on
that day prepared to take the Important
steps that would unite a disorganized
people. . .
In their great objective lies the slg- i
nlflcance of those dates. For out of the j
Convention then assembled evolved a
plan and a spirit of national unity and
cooperation which has made the United
States one of the greatest nations on
, earth.
As with . all historic anniversaries,
there lies In this a lesson and an Inspiration
to our nation. In that convention
long enmities were stilled hv
readiness to see opponents' points
of view, end by a willingness to subordinate
certain sectional or group
demands to the welfare of the nation
as a whole.
Here Is an example which America
might follow with benefit today. As
tbis U written there are evidences that
tut'ii thoughts are In the minds of many
ef r :r people. At recent meetings, employer
and employe groups have spoken
ct taller cooperation. At Washington,
various leaders have shsw a renewed
Intention to help the notion throngh
(he difficulties which now beset tt, and
to discourage group sen Wet.
All tills Is encouraging. America will i
hope it continues. For what America
needs today Is a renewed spirit of the
team play which built a great nation out
of thirteen struggling states and made
that nation the symbol for liberty, for
opportunity and for program now
known over all the world.
^ia jmlty and jrmtoal undwianill^ (
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ph? kings MOUNTAIN fflBUIJ) 1
p. t. a. klkcts opricsitt
t the lest meeting of the Central
P. T. A held in the School auditorial
am, May 10, the following officer*]
tor the coming school year were
elected:
Mr*. Paul Mauney. President.
Mrs. W. K. Mauney. V-Pregllent.
Mws Helen Crosiand. Secretary.
MUs He leu Logan. Treasurer.
A depute bit ween Britain and,
France ovpr the oocupvlen by
ft "I Paehnda. a town in
?h? Hucfm. nearly prorokiMt
*?r between ibe two countries la
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WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE
The Squeaker, underworld
character who acta a* a fence
for jewel thieves and usually betrays
them, is being sought by
the police of London. Inspector
Barrabal of Scotland Yard, posing
as the down-and-out "Captain
John Leslie," gots a job in
the office of Frank Button, who
specialises in hiring derelicts.
Before long Leslie and Sutton's
fiancee, Carol Stedman, who
helped him get the fob, find
themselves falling in love. Larry
Oraeme, Jewel thief, steals the
almost priceless Rissik pearls
and is double-crossed by The
Squeaker. He escapes from the
police, bent on revenge, and
goes to the dressing room of his
sweetheart Tamara, (Umcef at
the Leopard Club, where (they
are interrupted ~oy a knot)k at
the door. . .
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"Yes?" called Tar am a, while
Oraeme stood tense, ready to spring
through the window whenoe he had
entered. But it was only her dresser,
warning that It was almost time
for her to go on In the show.
.1 He kissed her a hurried but passionate
boodbye, while she vowed
to corns to him somehow, anyhow,
wherever he might be, if only he
No words were needed /
could elude the police. Then, when
she had gone out to take her turn
on the floor of the night club, he
put on the hat and overcoat which
nil accomplice had Bent for him to
Tamara at the club. In' the overcoat
v.'cre a revolver and a scrap of
paper on which was scrawled the
message: "Sutton at Stedman house,
hittle Oreen tonig''R."
He crammed the note Into hie
pocket end, finger: 14 the revolver
InaMe lila /?/> + iwnlraf Himhhil Alii
to the fir* escape.
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Stedman House, the sumptuous
suburban home of Frank Sutton's
senior partner, was gay with music,
brilliant lights and Che festive chatter
of two hundred party guests. As
Carol and Leslie strolled about the
grounds she seemed quite oblivious
to the fact that her fiance had not
yet put In an appearance.
Inside the band struck up a lively
tune, but Leslie made no move
to go in.
"Don't you like dancing?" Carol
aked.
"Very much ? but not at the
moment"
"Aro you worried about something?"
"Yes ? I'm afraid I am."
. ( "Something I've done?"
"No, no. I'm terribly happy about
you. As a matter of fact..." He
stopped and looked, at hor. No
words were needed for what- bis
eyes spoke.
"I'm so glad," whispered Carol.
She raised her lips to his kiss. I
"Darling!"
"Thank you, Carol," ho said simply,
then kissed her again, lingerlngly.
Neither of them had eyes for the
shadowy form of Larry Oraeme,
skulking along the side or the house
only a few rods away. But Sutton,
arriving strangely late at the party
and looking expectantly about him.
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Home Coming At Cherry
Springs Baptist Church
Home coming will be observed at
Cherry Springe Baptist church, cne
of the oldest Baptist churches In the
State, Sunday May 29. A fitting pro- J
gram has been arrange*! and a number
of prominent speakers* secured I
for the ocoaekn.
At noon a pfcnlc style lunch wit
be served.
Cherry Springs church Is located
near Old Tort In McDowell county.
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promptly spotted the slinking figure
and 'ell In behind him, following
hl?wGraeme
turned the corner at the
rear of the house and waited, pistol
in hand- And when Sutton turned
the corner he found himself looking
down the muxzle of the gun.
"Good evening, Mr. Sutton. We're
going to take a little walk to the
police station. X came here tonight
to kill you, but I've changed my
mind."
Sutton started to argue With him,
while they proceeded along the paved
walk toward the outer gate.
"Listen, Graeme," he protested. "If
you turn mo In they'll get you too."
"They've got mo," growled the
escaped thief. "I'll do fifteen ycais, ,
but you'll do life. Life In a prison
?full of men who know you and ,
hate you!"
By now they had reached a pillar ,
of the canopy that extended, over .
the path. They paused behind it to
argue. i
"Don't be a fool, Graeme," said
Sutton! "I can get you out of the
the country tonight. L>ook, Til give
you all the money you want ? any*.
thing! Ill give ft you right now!" |
He thrust his hand Into his hip
pocket. A moment later there was
a muffled pistol shot. Larry Graeme |
silently crumpled and sprawled on
the walk. Sutton, after wiping the j
handle of his gun and flinging it i
Into the hedge, walked ooolly Into i
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or what hit eyes spoke.
It was Leslie who found Graeme's
body, and when Inspector Elford (
arrived to take charge of the case
he placed Leslie under arrest on ]
prima facie evidence. Carol started
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whatever of Leslie'* guilt, but she
wu Interrupted by Sutton, who
pointed out that he bad been In the
garden shortly before the body was
found, and had seen nothing.
"The murderer must have come
from the house," said Elford,
"otherwise you would have seen
him, since you came down the
drive. Isn't that so, Mr. Sutton?"
Sutton replied that It was so.
During all this Leslie, despite
Carol's Impassioned pleas, made
only the most perfunctory effort to
defend himself against the charge.
And after hearing Sutton's adnals*
Ion that be had . been in the garden
just before the murder, Leslie
suggested to the Inspector that they
get along to prison.
"Haven't you anything to say?"
cried Carol. "Ho explanation? Nothing?"
"There's nothing I can say,' replied
Leslie, and turned to go out
with the arresting officers,
see
Leslie and Elford, having rer.ch-? !
Scotland Yard, congratulated each
other on the success of their bit of
play-actings at Stedman House.
"That fake arrest certainly made
Sutton talk,", remarked Leslie. "Ha
was so anxious to squeak on no
he did a little squeakihg on himself."
"What we need now." pointed out
Elford, "Is 'a de.Mnlte link between
SuttOn and Graeme."
"You're right," agreed Leslie.
"And I think I've got It!"
(To be Continued) 2
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"No, He's Gone Away For His HcalthI"
U. S. Senator
Frank Hancock
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TEN REASONS WHY FRANK HANCOCK WILL BE
NOMINATED FOR T*IE- UNITED STATES
SENATE
? A * a r-% * 1 i a i a a
1. a mtmDer 01 congress ior aoout eigm years ana oy
brilliant and effective service has won the confidence and
admiration of the people of his District and the State of
North Carolina.
2. He has high Committee standing and holds the confi
ience of President Roosevelt and Administration leaders
3. He has worked unceasingly and effectively for meas *
ires for relief of distressed home owners in town and
country; for protection and security of bank depositors
uid for the aged and infirm. 4.
For more than five years he was a .member of the
steering Committee of the House which finally succeeded
in bringing about the passage of legislation providing
For the immediate cash payment of the Adjusted Service
Certificates held by our veterans. He has also supported
mthusiastically legislation providing pensions for wid>ws
and orphans of disabled ex-service men. During the
ast session he was active in the effort to secure for Noru
i"1 I: ? ii :i-i
it vyai uiuia a irew v ci^raus nuspuai,
5. In the present session of Congress he has rendered
mtstanding service in the preparation and passage of the
lew Surplus Control Program and has taken an active
>art in presenting the merits of the control provisions of
he Bill which our farmers improved by an overwhelming
rote on Saturday, March 12th.
He has made it dear in his public declarations as well
is before the special Committee preparing the Bill, that
its success depends upon the complete elimination of faviritism
in the allowance of marketing quotas for tobacco
ind cotton so as to insure protection for the smaller
growers, ,and those with larger families.
6. With a deep interest in and excellent knowledge of
ndustry asd business, he believes that industry and
msiness should be encouraged and promoted and conduc
ed in true American way, and during the nresent ses
lion of Congress voted to encourage private enterprise
ind employment removing certain objectionable and pun
itive features of our Revenue Laws which had proved a
mrden to honest business enterprises.
7. He is and always will be a sincere friend of labor
ind has sonsistently supported measures for the protection
and security of the rights of the man who works
*-ith his hands. 8.
He knows the people of the State and their problems
is perhaps few men in the State his age, and his hesrt|
ind brain have been and will continue to be devoted to
lie interests of all people of the State and not to special
privileges ,or advantages to any individual or group.
9. He is a hard worker and early and late his office
loor in Washington is always open to any man, woman or
!hild seeking his advice or assistance. Though property
nterested in foreign affairs, North .Carolina and North
Carolinians come first with him in all things.
10. Able, sincere, frank, courageous and experienced,
le is a splendid example of vigorous personality, sincerey
devoted to honest and effective public service.
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He Speaks Over WBT Friday Evening, May 20. Tune In
And Hear Him