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Oakb. July 18 ?Coroner K.
N. Booker has listed h* "murder and
aniclde" the death* yesterday here
of Aaron Price. 21 year old kitlidU u
County farmer, and hia 18 year old
b-lde of uine month*.
The cortuer said Price apparently
slot his wife fatally and then sent a
bullet through hit own heait, Thoy
were found dead on a bed at their
home by a neighbor. '
Now Bern, July 18.?BUI Barker of
?*???" jnn.1 'tVaij Ml/a i.*' dliwtt,d"ftrr n
hair becoming a member of tbo
eiew of the ill-fated submarine
Boualls.
Just before tbo Squalls made lib
?ou? illvA ?ff PAPtamnnth V W Rir.
M.PV V>? ? ? -?w?
p or .said, the training sab R-10 was
etletad to trustee a fireman first
class. Barite, said ha and --a mat*.
Case? of Florida, were-the only oa?*
of that rank. .Barker ?ab 4b* appotat
eat.
But before be could report to tba
Squalls commasder, ha received a
promotion to machinist's mate. Caa
ey then went to tlje Squalls.
He died with SI others when tho
craft vaapk, after an induction valve
' tailed and part* -were flooded.
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Fayetteville, July IS.?Charles Em
{it- McDonald, 16, of near Fayette*
ide, drowned yesterday lu a mill
pond. Friends aula ue weui swim ing
Immediately after playing base
ball, and they believed he was eeizea
with cramps.
HaleigU, July 16.?Under the new'
relief law passed by congress, person*
wuo uave been continuously on
Wl'A projects tor tae last 16 months
prill bo discharged lu North Caiunu*.
State WrA Av.otuiis.iwvcr U. (j
McGinuis estimated today the new
law would effect S^UO persons on
the WPA payrolls ut North Carolina
>1 he persons dropped wll not be able
to pet on Ue WPA waiting list tor
f todays. Durtas this period they
must be recertified a* la peed by tho
runnc wemre uepartmesu.
Newland. July 18.?A living example
of "live at home" terming:
J G. Phillips, II year old Iagaus
farmer, told C. 9. Balrd, Avery coun
ty Form Agent, that during bio e*tihe
lifetime he had never bought n
chicken, n aack of flour, or n pound
of bacon, but had always provided
them from his own farm so that he
had then oh his table or available
In his pantry at nay. time.
-Mcrgantoa. July 80.?The body of
an unidentified woman, about 20 . to
26 years old, wan found near a coun
try n>ad in lower Burke oounty to*
. .4?Y- under circumstances which led
*" officers to be lleve she might have
hofp a victim of foul play.
Ralph Tallent, 16 year old farm
boy, came upcn the body as be was
walking on a narrow path leading
Into the road Jn what is known locally
as the George Hlldebrand
school community shortly after mid
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By IRVIN
OOME years ago a New York mil
ventures had a falling out wit!
The disagreement reached its clima
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when they called, bringing revolver
was removed to a hospital suffering
the young ladies were taken to Jail
. ; reasoned the prominence of the vi
senSationsl trial. The newspapers
became, for the time-being, eelebrit
Upon their release they were v
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San Francisco, July 18.?Defense
lanveis were ready to resume cross
\amlnatHcn of John L. Leech, form- *
er Comittunist Party organizer In
U-* Angeles, as the Harry Dridges
deportation hearing entered its sec- <
j ond week at the Angel Island lintm- '
I ;iatlon Station today. *
Hridgea, AuHtratian-boru alien end <
West Coast CIO director, is accused
of belonging to an organisation advocating
overthrow of the Govern- t
nent by force. j j
Washington, July IS.?The expand-],
ing navy listed today lot wsrcrsft
. ad auxiliaries oC all sixes as under | .
construction, n record peacetime 1
lee! which by official estimates will 1
' oat $1,000,000,000.
The monthly "progress" report, '
However, Included shlpa on which 1
not a civet has been .driven. In such ruses.
contracts have been let or the 1
(ft'natrucHon assigned td a^alvfyard '
nnd materials are being assembled. '
Pittsburg, July II.?Lions Club 1
nen ? 15,000 strong from eight na 1
ilons ? moved Into this flag-bedeck
rd city today for their annual lntef
national fun frolic and convention, t
bringing with them eght real lions, [
a score of brass bands. several
utatesmen and plenty of oep. ! ?
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minpoiut of a police captain's auic- j .
mobile sent Missouri highway pa ir
trolmen into the search for Jack Rus !.
sell, elusive Oklahcma fugitive sou- "
l,ht throughout the Midwest for a- -r
"laying and two kldnsplngs. >
The Rtinmnn entered a garage at
3816 Main Street early this morning '
nnd ordered Huron Cow Nmwi ?.. '
"-fidanf, to charge the battery of a
car later Identified by engine number
as one stolen In Kenosha. Wis.
Hollywood, July 1?.?Richard Lyon,
four year ol dadopted sen of Ben
Lyon and Be be Daniels of the films,
buffered- a Cut Up In a automobile ae
el dent.
New Tort, July 18.?New York
World's Fair officials agreed today
to "consider" a demand by exhthltors
and concessionaires for A reduction
In tbe tAmission price from
.75 to 50 cents, as a result of grow'n--'
protests orer light attendance.
While anxious to avoid any public
Interpretation of price slashing as a
confession that the fair was s failure,
offlcats Indicated that cutting
the admission charge might prov<? I
beneficial ?' aa Illustrated by ' ' the (
doubling of business at fair parking r
fleda where the fee was tut fso.n 59
to 25 .cents.
Lorlngton, N. M.. July 18.?The j
early Sunday morning killing of a
white man placed three negroes In
jail today, one accused of the slay- :
lng, and caused sn exodus of the .
town's small negro population.
. Washington, July 18.?Revision of '
the Anti-Trust and Patent Laws was
advocated today by the Federal Jfo- J
nopoly Committee, which declared
that "the survival of the system of '
private property depends upon tile '
re-stlmnlatton of economic activity." j
nd the Work!
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ilionaire of earied matrimonial ad- ,
i two young persona of the chorus,
z at his apartments on ah evening ,
s with them. Shortly thereafter he
from bullet wounds in his legs and
. They were indicted end tried. By
ctim the trial was what is called a
were full of it and the defendants
lea.
ouehsafed an opportunity to capitalof
The Shooting Show Girls" they
Sty audience* thSwd^tTin "u
mturod act proved a disappointment.
m of thejta^soould dsaco^ erring
ttHMI tn6CUV9l9 iml InmX DOW OX*
my did rmry well, considering,
lornton, the eld vauderille comedian. .
ymi^thiak of the girls, ehT"
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Carolinians Dine
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governornoey
In Richmond
Wednesday eveuiug, July 12, eight)
lv? former North Carolinians, in
ludlug several itoui K.ngs Aloun
sin and Cleveland County, entertaii
d Uovel-nvr Clyde 1{. Hoey at a ban
net at the Motel Jobu Alar shall it
iichinond, Virginia. All those pre#
u1 at tile banquet ale.uoa living it
irg.niu. ?
Governor Price cf Virginia wel
emcd the audience o( assembler
uroliniaus, white O. K. Cunuiughau
.resided at the dinner. Qoveruoi
'iViry fi ni '! )) dwvd ? ?it
(all of Westbrook Sanatorium.
Mr. Leslie McGinn is, formerly o
tings Mountain, aud Mr. Mark 1U.I
ins. formerly . of Lawndate, concelv
.a tbo Idea of honoring the Oorei
n.r. Mr. Kollina a as chairman o
he committee lu cnarge, with Mr
McGinn,* also serving on the com
nittee. Mrs. Plato T. ^Durham wai
watrmgn of , the ladles committee
dr. McOinnls will he remembered li
Cinirft Mountain aa one of ih? nrrar
sere of the October . 7 celebration
khlch were held here for man;
.tars.
In a letter to The Herald, Mr, Mc
Junis aald: "We born North Care
inlans anu now residents of Vli
,.aia are proud of the "Old Nortl
State" and particularly proud of ib
:one?i and God-fearlug governor
ion. Clyde R. Hoey, and feel auri
i.&t the people of North Carolini
nd Cleveland County can well *a:
o bint, as lu the parable of tin
Ten Talents, 'Well done, thou goot
.nil faithful servant^Governor
Hoey, in his speech, tolt
he assembly that "North Caroltm
5 nob an economic problem, avet
he the South may be considered thi
4o. 1 problem. In fact, North Caroll
la is busy supporting forty four o
he other forty eight states in th<
nlon." In this way he referred t<
he enormous anrcunt of federal tax
s which North Carolina paya, rank
ng fourth In taxes,, with only Nee
fork, Pennsylvania and Ullnola payrig
more. > A
Mr. McOlnnis Informed the Herak
hat Prof. Itobt. l>ee Durham. wh(
/as born and reared In Kings Moui
nib. came from Bnena Vista, Va
'lib his daughter, to assist In lienor
i>g Governor Hoey at the dinner.
Several Richmond papers devote<
on Mderable space to stories and pic
are* of tie event.
Mayor Checks On Post
Office During Washington
Drip
filavor -J. B. Thomasaon who r<
urned last -week from a bnslnes
rip to Wasting!on, D. C., report
that he conferred with Cougresema
\ I, nut winkle relative to the net
Pout Office for King* Mountain. Ms
[or Bulwlnklo called the procuremeu
Department and they Informed hlr
irat the plane and specification
were 83 percon' completed, and the
they would be finished shcrtlv. The
itae Fourth Postmaster General *a
railed and re stated that his offtc
wae "about ready to go" and tba
Kings Mountain would soon Oar
their building started.
n>e two pieces of property at th
torner of Pledmdnt Avenue an
Mountain Street have alreadr beei
e cured. The Carpenter property ha
d'eady been paid for and the Goi
rmment has the deed, action Is b?
ng taken lihmediately to secure th<
ieed to the Hord property. This nil
inks about 30 days and immediatel:
thereafter bide will be advertised fo
the construction of the buildin
which t/111 cost including the prof
Pity about 170,000.00.
Little Lou Ann Logan
Wins In Beauty Contest
Friday night, July 14.. at the Yoi
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naiuoBce uicnuc iu piuwiug i\v.v
little Miss I?u Ann Logan of th1
city won the North Carolina atat
Junior beauty contest. The wlnnr
was determined by a vo^e from a si
lection of pictures.
'While at the state contest In Bk>Ing
Rock, Lop Ann received a scree
tost which la to be viewed by R. I
"Bob" Thompson, movie talent scoi
for National Cinema Productions,
the screen test proses a success; Lc
Ann will be sent to Hollywood wh
aa all-expense-pald trip.
Along wltr Mayor O. C. Robbli
of Blowing Rock and "Miss Nor*
CaioHna or 1PM." who was Mb
Joyos Black af Burlington. "LHI
Miss North Carolina of 193S" led U
hall which was given in .honor of tl
lucky winners and an of the heaa
contestants at the May Tlew Man
Hotel.
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LocaT Negro Gets
' Neck Broken
| I:o> McClinloa, local naaro recta
i. j known as "Tocta"; remained In nj
n u outturn ronuitlon at Shelby hospli
nU after a fight In the 8helby Jail1
s Monday nielli. Details ot the brawl
f III which several negroes part'clpated,
remained a mystery.
i- ilcClinton had been sentenced to
' v.b intiiitis about a month ago fori
shoplifting a bottle of Bayrnm from !
1 a local dime store. McCT.nton has!
?eeij a shine boy for local barber'
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. Dr. H. C. Thompson, attending phy I
f i siclan, said that pressure bad been |
removed from a broken vertebrae in j
j McChnton s neck, leaving It some-,
Auat easier, and that swelling had.
s? tie away. However, the negro is i
f still paralyzed from the neck down. '
? being able to move only hla head.
| Dr. Thompson said that he could
o nothing but wait tc see if the |
| nerve tissues of the spine would re1
generate. If tbey fall to do so, it will
~t .mean that the spinal cord has been
severed. If this 1s tbe case. McClin;
ton will remain paralysed. Body reT.stence
would be considerably low'Hl
and sny Infection might cause
. If the nerve* regenerate, showing
that the splngl cord has not
I pen severed, McCllnton has a good
hsnce to live, and will probably recover.
While the negro remains in a se
a rlous condition, officials are contlnu!
log an investigation to determine the
cause of his injury.
It has been pretty definitely established
that MoCliutin was injured
in a brawl with other prisoners in
he celt block. (Dr. Z. P. Mitchell, on
the third floor when It happened, re(
! ( rted that he heard a scuffle, and
B Inter a thud a* one negro was
thrown. He also said that he heard
a an argument before the tight.
* McCllnton told Dr. Thompson that
' another negro hud thrown him over
I ait, shoulder Into the cell bar*
n ulONS
CLUB MEETS
The regular semi-monthly meeting
ct the Lions Club will be held
litis evening at 7:00 o'clock at the
Mountain View House. Rev. W. M.
Itoyce, pastor of the A. R. P. Church
will speak to the men on "Religious
e | Education In the Public 8chools."
II iCE CREAM SUPPER
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!. on the Old Mill Lawn Saturday night ]
? July 22, sponsored by the Friendship
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is ""THERE'S nothing a kid enjoys
e ranch more than giving its dad
.. a kind of n let-down. If the kid
can make the old man look like
thirty centa, why it's a atftceaaful
da*.
Mary came in to her dad'a study
w and handed him a sheet of paper.
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'? "8es, I dnwed the whole family
th of wallows/*, she says,
is "Bot yon most be cuekoo," the
iA old man says. "There are no swal*
llW M ttllj .VoolM
" "Cowihe net," she saw. "Don't
' yew know that the swaliows have
ty all gene sowth for the winter T"
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Band Will Drill
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The weekly King* Mountain Band
Concert, which is conducted each
KrUiay, ba* ix ' ii chunked to a drill
.it the Ball Park, and the Mats has
ivunited to 7:00 P. M. Instead of' ;i
6:30. the usual time. I
In announcing this, officials said
that they wanted to give the people i
of Kings Mountain an opportunity to
-.tee the Best Band in the State' do- >
Ing some of the several new formations
which they have been working
rn since the last band tjrill
Another feature of the drill ' will
'? the ro-uiti< n of all former mein- |
tors of the baud who are able to at- ,
. tid. All bovs au<l girls who were |
in the Kings Mountain band before (
giaduating from High School ate t
- ked to be present. Special teats ,
will be reserved for these.
Officials of the band said that they ;
tore satisfied with attendance last j
Pilday. Several cars from out oC:
..wn were counted presenr. There
were also three out-of-state autos:
One each ftotn South Carolina. Oecr
r:o. and' Texas.
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Has Quiet
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Kings Mountain Police loo's, an at- '
tt'osi-vucat'on ever the week-end,
having little trouble with either
.iiuiiks. brawl*, or et cetera. The
iygest excitement of the week came
Xu.urday night about 8:30, wheft
Virgil C'hilders, negro, became dissatisfied
with the exterior features
cf David Mitchell, also colored, and
decided to change them.
Chllders used a kuife to do part of
the work, cutting Mitchell's hanu
md making an ugly, but not dangeron
a wound. Ne t getting complete
satisfaction from this, he went for
his gun to compelte the job. The but
1-t either travelled tco slowly. or
Mitchell traveled too speedily, for
w! en the scrap was over, nnd poltce
in the scene, Mitchell was foUnd to
have a bullet cut on his shoulder.
Hotli wounds were treated by a local
doctor.
Little else happened. Chief Burns
stating that 1t was ''one of the quietest
week-rnads for scmetlme.- with
"> ioh fewer public drunks than usual."
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Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon for Asbury Owens. t*0 year
I i. well known fanner cf Cleveland
County. Mr. Owens lived with his
} n-ln-law, Albert Warltc, between
K ngs Mountain and Cherryvllle.
Mr. Owens Is survived by two sons
John and Oeore, and four daughters,
Mrs. Maggie Lewis, who lives on the
kl<vh n-aw lira Alhnrf Wo fl IrV
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v. ith whom he lived. Mltly, and
Manad. ,
Interment was In Mountain Rest
cemetery.
Merchants Association
Meets Friday Night
The Kings Mountain Merchants
AsaOclatlon. Inc., .will have an Important
meeting Friday night tn the
City Hall at 8:30. The time waa set
at 8:80 ao that the meeting would
not Interfere with the Band concert
earlier In the evening.
Mrs. C. L. T/owder, secretary of
:he Oastonia Merchants Association
will be present and address to local
organisation.
8INQINQ CONVCNTION
The Singing Convention will meet
Sunday gt Macedonia Baptist ohnrota
The public la cordially invited.
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Local Citizen
Passes At Rinp
Old Age
Joseph M Wood, 84 years old,
tl.eti alter a lingering- illucau Tue*uay
afternoon. The 4eath cauie at S
? ?ioeK ai the lu me of lint uaugluti,
Mrs. Kamtie Keener, route 2.
Mr Wood' was born iu fa Id well
county but bad made big. home la
v'l> vt luiui am! UusU n counting lor
the majority of his life. Kor a nutn? .
r pf years he wag overact.-! at the
Margrace Mill After hia retirement
pl-out five years he had made h;?
I. ...? with h's daughter ' ,
He was a wld< wer, his wife having
preceded him In death by a lit*
do more than a year.
Survivors Include: five sona. Peri
y of Melay. Va., Robert o* Waco.
Muck of King* Mountain. Horace of
Kannapolls and Klnley of Atlanta,
('.a two daughters, Mrs. Keene.
?nd Mrs. C. L Ballard of Charlotte;
i.nl a number of grandchildren.
funeral service Will be held tbli
r?ft*rm>-rt at S'O'Hdok at' the Mo
Mlensville Baptist Church In Gaatoa
county. The eervicee will be conduoie.i
by the Rev. J. N. 8now. former
lystor of the church.
Iiurlal will be in the church come
rcry iroiae on iftie wot.
I'own Council Meets
The Town Council in their /.gular
<omi'-luomhl> meeting Monday night
toted io hire .lohu Eck, certified.
Public Accountant of Gastonta to
iituke the annual audit. Tre fee to be
[.aid Mr. Eck Is not to exceed $250
nnd may be smaller 1f the time retulred
to make the complete audit Is
iot too lcng. ...
The meeting lasted about three '
ours with all members present.
Most ot tbe time was taken tn the
I'lscusston of tbe water and light
rate reduc.itns. Councllmen W. K.
Mauney and Ladd Hamrlck who am
ire. water and light commissioners
fi'.tcussed rates they had studied, but
no definite action was taken, but it
U understood that the reduced rate*
will apply on July accounta.
A request from Haywood R. Lynch
for a sewer line to be pot on >rft?ntat
Avenne was referred to Commissioners
Mauney and Hamrlck.
Red Cross Workers
Enjoy Dutch Treat
The directors and officers of th?
local Red Cross organisation, with
their wires and husbands enjoyed a
Dutch ateak supper at the home' of
Mr. and Mrs. Hnrry Page, oo Tuesday
evening. Plans for the affair
v ere made hy Mesdames C. K. Noisier.
Pride Ratterree, Pete Gamble
and Harry Page and the crowd did!
lust Ice to the ont-of-do6r supper, con
s'stlng of steaks with all the trim
uiiuko.
Mr. Olee Rridgos wa* named aft
chairman of Red Cross Roll Call for
ih? coming year, with Rev. L. Royd
'f.imm. na^or rf the Lutheran churcn.
as his assistant.
HSV. E. W. FOX IMPROVING
Friends of Rev. K. \V. Fox who Is
a patient In Mercy Hospital. CharIcite.
will be Interested to know that
he Is Improving and will be carried
to the home of his son-in-law. Dr
Rbvne. In Statetrvllle, the latter part
of the week where he will remain for
sometime
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t Opinions Expressed In Thla Column
Are Not Necessarily the Views of
This Newspaper.)
K the Administration's new $3,88.000.000
iending-sponding program
fails to get Congressional approval
before adjournment. It will be because
the st'fr in the castd Idn't let
the supporting cast In on th? rehear
sals. The supporting cast here ls'tha
Congress. '
What happened Is that the Administration
had the program quietly
drafted by Brain Trusters Corcoran
end Cohen, and neither of them consulted
Congressional leaders. In fact,
the Congressional group was not
even Informed the bill was being wrt
tten. So It was that the newspapermen
covering the White House ksesC
all the details of the new program be
fore Vice-President Garner, Speaker
Bankhead or House Majority Leader
Rayburn knew such a program existed.
Bo welt did the drafters Corcoran
and Cohen think of their program 1
for spending nearly four billion mora
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