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Hip* at Kluga Mountain
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Br' MiWUii *?rotad to
Iteottai of the general we!
^MBobUahettor the enlightHRwtUMuJTttt
benefit of
I Mtlxena of K'nga Mountain and
twilToht reverie
i i,t||<t*'.'ill 'it/I' liir I rr ?^>
HUeu WltJ oufl 11A IS Beli
feilA perhaps, but does not lire.
Kfln to know no vain regret
M dome selfish thought or
PSas caused another's heart to
bleed.
l*et me so live each passing day,
That when the sun has slipped a
I J. .
d map know I've shared the road,
Acd helped to carry another's
' load.
Ilxit me brine some ray of light
To help another win' bis fight;
To help the burdened stand erectLet
me remedy some small defect
Lord, make me strong for this I've
planned,
Help me to lend that helping
hand;
Fhr I have learned that he. who docs'
not give
?Selected.
SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE
Jtor the third time in the nast sev
oral years a transformer has burned
out during the rash season of
Christinas shopping. The merchants
who have worked hard and filled
their stores with merchandise are
penalised to a great extent by having
the lights to go out Just as
they are entering the home stretch
at the peak ot the buying. The town
ahoaU take aopie kind of precau1
tton to haw" another transformer
% wady to book up if the one in nse
pi la turned out. It's unfair to the mer
t i, . chants who pay tnonth In and mon'
th out, and then right up to me
BB&jj-r?.? place where they are absolutely de\V
.pendent on lights and have them
pp.. out.
I Yea, Sir, something should be
V done about It.
|P I fThe lights went out Saturday af'
V ternoon at 6:10 P. M. and were not
connected again until ' Sunday.
Br'-. UtST YOUR TAXES
? Tax listing begins next Monday,,
January 1st, and every citizen
should co-ope rat? with ' city ' and
\ county officials by listing early.
\' County Auditor, Ray Bfown; Is to
be congratulated on the system he
lias worked cut to gat every ' citU:
V, sen's name and property listed.
An ad appears elsewhere in this
Kjfcy . issue of The Herald with Infonna4
Map about where Lister O. T. Hayes
win he and at what time. GHlaeas
re Invited to clip this ad for - fair
",^4Bfo reference,
Termers are reminded that they
m Will not tie penalised with the foetf.
tuff sod farm products they have
R, en hand at this time, ?s' an attow nee
will he made for what willwsed
from January 1st to April 1st.
Ust, and list ecrly, dent wait an|
til the last minute.
K" WHE STURDY OAK
If the tall, sturdy oak. that all ad?
autre so much, could tell us Its Hfg
. story, wu should learn the way of >
me. This we know, the great , oak
had Its beginning in n little acorn. J
- and Its fight for life was a hart)
one. The little scorn may be drojs
I pad In the middle of a field, where, j
- one may think, It could be free te
srow CO nrvgniy atrengtn without
molestation. Bat even aa a sapling
Om little oak wags* a tattle with
the grsssss for its existence. And
If it soeoeada in growing op out of
' the reach of the giaaatw, the-horse
or cow mav nibble it off. or trample
! a?OQ 1t If it la fortunate enensh to!
- sarrtre, then come the dangers <?f
- ' the elements -a- extreme hsat end
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IL UM4IW- WW> ahr iht vmnUrf
(act of 0i* |k|* Mm fljattod
BM|M is ,i||? <MMt. phM.to Iflro. #
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Here and There . .
Haywood B. Lynch)
On* Kins* Mountain father waa
so aora Tuesday morning that ho
aould h?rdlh
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with the elertric train Santa brought
his son.
The most unusual Chrlstnyu
Card received was the one from the
Qlee Bridges. The card had the
whcle family printed on It, In a
most attractive manner. Mrs. Qlee
must have decided on It because I
don't believe Mr. Qlee hsd It In him.
P. D. Hern don, buys an ad over
the jhone qulckerjjhan any person
I have ever called^ called him and
before I could explain what I had to
sell he sal* "Run It."
The Central Barber Shop where
lots of Interesting things happens is
the scene for this "Believe It Or
Net." There were three sets of father
and son Charles tn there at one
wviw?w at WF crams mwoc
and Son Charlie. Charlie Thomasson
and Son Charlie, and Charlie Williams
and Son Charlie. . ,
Jtm McGIII la sporting himself a
| pair of silver shoes. Last week he
was helping Hoy Is MoDanlel spray
Ch.\stmas trees with silver pa)wt,
and got lots of the paint on his
snoes, so he Just finished the job.
by spraying both shoes, now he Is
sitting the style In silver footwear
for men.
I met Rev. W. M. Boyce In the
Postoffice here Tuesday evening
and every person who came In gave
the visiting preacher the "glad
hand." Mr. Boyee said he liked the
email town where everyone knew
everyone! He said ho had been In
tn* pent office In Charlotte talking
with Postmaster Paul Younts and
he did not know a single person who
? ~e in. O. K. Preacher, that just
' a<.fce up what I have been saying:
' "ioa: Mountain, the Best Town In
| The State."
I.tared to the most cultured countries
Id the world.
The amount of lnaurnuce we have
j In force in our country is double
htbat of the rest of the world.
I, With only 6 percent of the world's
I area and only 7 percent of its pop^ulatlon,
we consume 48 per cent of<
I the -world's, coffee. 58 per cent of its
|; tin, 58 per cent of its rubber, 21
. per cent of its sugar, 72 per cent of
I Us silk, 36 per cent of its coal. 42
' per cent of its pig iron,, 47 percent
; of Us petroleum.
j rrht're .facts and figures argue.
; more strongly ror me American
j Bystem than the eloquence ot the |
I most silver-tongued orator.?The
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THE HAIR-CUT YARDSTICK
- T6 strip away the veneer and
camouflage of governmental bookkeeping
is (he first step in achlev.
lng genuine economy ? that's the
opnion of ,Mayor H. W. Baals of
tort Wayne, Indiana.
. He makes the. various municipal
costs so plan , that the average clttsan
can compare them with a hair
out, a loaf of bread or a pack of cigarettes.
In addressing the annual conference
of the National Consumers Tax'
Commission fn New York, the Hoosler
mayor said:
. ,
"In Fort Wayne we show that the
individual who has a home assess,
ed at 94.000 wilt pay 42 tents a
month for police pvoteotloo, at thq
price of a meal; for-ttrp -protection
49- cents, leas then the price of
haircut? In Fort Wayne; garbago
collections 8 cents, less then a pun1
day vapory street' cleaning IS cfnta,
i<*m than e 'gallon ef'gee; etnsat
repair, ? cents, tfcaprtofof .g pound
loaf of tissf, for park# and reofea
tton 32 cents, the prion of a pound
of stead; health department t cents
the price of n-eoft -drink .--payment
on debt 18 cento, .the price of a pack"
of etfoarettee; other city activities;
Including pensions and schools, If
cents, lees then a movie ticket."
The total le $1.M a month for all
the civil' services in' Mayor' ttnh'
ctty. How many other municipalities'
can use such yardsticks so favorably?
Tkere should be interesting action
In somC 8,000 city afiflT ' village
halls when the l^CTC woine.1 begin
frfirparlng Mayor Baals' political
brass tacks to Hdlr Cfwri oommuhtf
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In i preliminary report on TripleA
aotlvlUes in 1989, B. Y. Floyd.
AAA executive officer of state College.
says gains were made in every
phase of soil building durliyt
1939, and that there is promies that
1940 will be even a greater year for
the Agricultural Conservation Pvoiram.
j
The use of ground agriculture)
limestone Increased to 108,464 tons
as grants of aid alone, with Individ
uals buying and applying an equal
amount In excess of that required
for praotlces under the program.
This compares with 78,169 tons of
lime used In 1938 and 30,534. jtona
used in 1937, Floyd said.
In 1939 the use of triple-super
phosphate as a grant of aid tot aa led
3.514 tons, as compared with 1,863
tons In 1938 and 370 tons In 1937.
The construction of terraces totaled
more than 20 million linear feet
during the past year, aa contrasted
.rnJth J ?n*aa deida. in >
ind 9.849.000 linear feei in 1937.
'There were also encouraging
gains th the seeding of lespedexa,
winter legumes, and blue grass,"
tbe AA Aexecutlve said. "We had a
greater participation In carrying
out soil building practices by com*
plying producers in 1939 thon in
1938."
Fldyd estimated that 161,800
farms earned some payment for agSAMUEL
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SYNOPSIS ]
Scotland Yard it encountering i
unusual difficulty in attempting i
to solve the mystery of a thief i
known at The .Amateur Cracks- t
man. Inspector Mackensie is i
put to ioork on the case with i
the order to find the criminal
or else I The criminal happens \
to be the suave, debonair, handsome
A. J. Raffles, society man t
and extraordinary amateur
cricketer. He has fallen in love ,
with Owen Monders, younger j
sister of Bunny Menders, who <
ssLfKH&.w >
profession, Baffles tries to avoid J
declaring his love to Owen.
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Chapter Two
Raffles saw Owen home and, as 1
He had feared, the Worst happened.
In an impetuous, utacontrol- <
led moment, A J, Raffles, sportsman
and amateur thief, society
tutterfly without ties or commitments,
proposed. He returned home '
in a high state of exhilaration,
aRn/mwraH Ia Vita narfsnf "nanfla. <
man's gentleman/ Barraclougb.
V that h?U iWMU, TvTifa
r?to5gh ? iUd* ^coSL.t '
approved in no uncertain term*
ana returned In a moderately blab
dudgeon. Bat Raffles, undaunted,
' .tooiI??ti Wa pack of cigarette a.
emptied It, slipped the stolen brace- <
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returning*thU. * Farewell^ IbeAmi!
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The nsxl morning Oven called i
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im.-r-ffnfEai-pSTws-WeU
I dothlnk a gtrl baa the
right to know the noma at tha
man aba's coing to marry. You'll
bari to tall tha olsrgymaa, won't
'"'"Whet time la Itr* ba oountered.
"Twelve o'clock."
-TwalvaT Yon m?tn to say the
Whole morning's gone, and we
haven't mat yet? whan can X aaa
you 7"
Tra got to go to tba Melrose's,
I've promised. Why don't you some
tooT^Ledy^Melroie would be thrillRaffles
hesitated, than agreed.
- Xn the meantime, however. Inspector
Maclumile had^ received
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rlcultural conservation and soilbaildlng
Atrial the year, and 78 per
cewt of the total soil building silowanoe
set apart to ha earned by
producers was earned. .
g jln addition, cotton parity payments
are being made to 118.000
farmers, and wheat parity payments
to 8,024 producers.
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COTTON GINNING REPORT
Census report shows that 64,721
bale* of cotton ?were ginned In Cleveland
County, N. C., from the crop
of 1939 prior to Dec. 13, 1939, as
compered with 38,813 bales for the
crop - of-1983 - ?>
Akron, Ohio, Dec. 28.?James D.
Hill, Jr., 18 year old NYA worker,
was held on murder chargea after
confessing he slew his father because
he "hated" him.
We wish to thank our neighbors
and friends for the many deeds of
kindness shown us in the recent Illness
and death of our dear husband
and father,^ H. T. Wright. We especially
thank Dr. J. E. Anthony for
his faithful service during this Illness.
May God bless each one of
you who helped in anyway.
Mrs. H. T. Wright and family.
SSM
From the crowds of villagers,
Lady Melrose with her two Pox.lese,
attended by Owon and a
Tew other cboeen onee. Lady Melrose
detested cricket and boasted
shout It, but tolerated It tor t'r. i
lake of humoring her hue baud.
She usually spsnt the time In full,
view of the game feeding and pelting
her dogs.
A little apart from any of the
groups stood two men, obvlouj
outsiders. The younger, flashily
irtwed and rather shifty in appearance,
moved off to meet a
woman who nervously nodded at
blm and slipped him a piece of
j'aper. She was Wilson, Lady Mcl'ose's
maid. "Did the old girl brine;
down the whole lot?" asked Crawshay.
Shb nodded.
"Harry,'' she pleaded, "wont you
flease give It up? I'm frightened,
f we're caught It means prison."
"Now. now." he reassured her.
"No one's gomg to be caught. I'm
going to marry you. aren't I, >
when we've got this little job done?
Now get along, and dont worry."
With Raffles on their side, tho
villagers won hands down. "Thank
goodness!" exclaimed lady Melrose.
"We shan't have to go through
that for another year! And now
we can enjoy Mr. Raffles' society
Ui p ACfteM
The women remained below while
the men went away to shower
e?d dress- after their strenuous
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Washington Sr
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ushered him into the cloakroom
where, before a laughing group of
lollow Congressmen, the man was
made a member of the Demagogues
Club.
This fun-making won Dies many
friends, among them Speakers
Ralney of Illinois,, Byrns of Tennes
Bee and Garner of Texas, all of
whom he inducted into the club. About
that time, the Texas youngster
decided he wae ready, to branch
out
(He (became interested in silver,
knowing that some legislation was
coming.along soon. So when the existing
Oliver purchase plan first
was suggested, pies put into bill
firm. He became so well-informed
on the subject the House Ways and
gleans Committee, one of the hard
est iboiled and best posted in Wash
Ington. spent four boors instead ot
the usual 16 or 20 minutes, dlscussln
gthe subject.
The silver bill became law. As a
reward, Dies got a place on the lm?
portan Rules Committee. That was
not enough to keep him busy, so it
was only natural that he should be come
- interested in "iBtns.' They,
were new ti him because they are
little heard ot in Texas.
After much preliminary study,, he
got the House to adopt a resolution
creating his committee and giving
his 616,060 -for -an investigation of
un-American isms.
- 'IIben Die* got his firjtt-setbaA.
.The Honse allowed him only |16r
000 because the resolution cresting
his committee specifically empower
?d him to borrow clerics and invest!
gators from existing government agencies.
But he was refused hely by
the Justice Department, the Laboi
'Department, end several other agen
otee, ail of which were aiding the
-LnFtollette Committee in (he Senate.
Next, in order to trace financial
contributions to "lsto" otgdhisations
-Dies -requested a Presidential order
-like that glven 'to the Sinafe' Lobby
Inveeflgnttng comin*tt|)e. permitting
him ' to inspect Federal income tax
returns. That, too, was denied him.
; Dies want ahead with the investl
gatlon. Ha decided that the only
way to do it was to "stage n headhne'.shOW"
-and get the Rbuse to ap
propriate more money. He succeeded,
but in the initial headline hunt
tag ?ug> he erred. He IK vUshmi
-tare upd rent did talk pare beer
tar'* He got the additional money,
tat he ' had created an unfavorable
impression of the committee in ma*
ny responsible Washington quarters
When the Committee really sot
dorm to work, this unfavorable impression
was reflected in a series
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of incident*. He was accused of cal .
line Shirley Tentple a Communist .
when the record shows that one wit
nes* simply said that she had unwittingly
let her name be used by a
Communist organisation!
Most recently he waa accused of
publicising u mailing Instead of a
membership list of the American
League for Peace and Democracy,
which is described as a "Communist ,'i?
front" organisation. The record
shows that the list was a membership
rosier. - " * * ",
Through recent months, Dies hah
realised that powerful forces were
aligned against him. A* a result, be
took his story to the country, making
several dozen speeches from
coast to coast in the hope that popular
sentiment would force continuation
ot itis committee so It inat
remain on guard'against alien "latin* :
prqpoganda which might get t&
United 8tate? Into war. Tired out
he returned to Washington jpceqtty ' ;Ti
only to hear it had been decided" by
opponents that his committee
should die. Wearied by two yeans
'of ^uphill battle, conscious that he
baa made many mistakes, afraid
ihhr "Win" advocates ** and fellows
travelers will sabotage hi*' wort, - j
he^threatens to give up the whole
He Is described at "111" or "resfr- '
lug;" As a matter of fact, he la aim ''
Ply letting others wind up current J I
hearings while he tries to make. ,?|
his mind whether the fight 1* wqrtls^
the effort. He knows, as do ' those |
In Washington who would stop. htffl
Investigation, that only a public -de^jj
mand dsn continue- the eoaffijgpjHH
- and Its work. .
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