The
Kings Mountain Herald
Published Iwry Ttwmhy
HERALD PUBLISHING HOUSE,
Haywood E. Lynch
Editor-Manager
Bnt?red ma oooood elaaa matter .1
the Poatottoa at Klnga Moan tain
M. C., an dor tro Act of March 3
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SUBSCRIPTION RAITfiS
Ol? Tear 91.50
BU Montho .76
A weekly newapaser denoted tc
toe promotion of the general we!
lane end published for the enllght
mewt, entertain moot end benefit' ol
the citttens of King* Mountain and
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HOUSE AND HOME
A house ts built of bricks and atones
Of sills and posts and piers,
That otand a thousand years;
A house, though but a humble cot.
Within ite col may hold
A home of pricely beauty, rich in
Love's eternal gold.?Selected.
THE U8EFUL WOODPECKER
, , j m?e woodpecker and his immediate
relatives constitute a very useful
group among our bird friends In
spite of some persecution which has
come to them. With his chest of
tools always handy he does the carpenter
work, not nnW in o,toMi.i..
ing his own home but also .in provld
lug homes for a long list of his nei
ghbors, including bluebirds, nuthaches,
chicadees, wrens, tree swallows,
starlings, house sparrow, and
screech owls. His man business Is
to police the community and rid the
trees of borers, spruce bark beetles
- larvae* of the codling moth, pine
weevil, hairy caterpillars, and ants.
KVen though he spots up the trees
with holes yet he does no damage;
instead the trees are benefited. He
is a diligent official, working earlyi
and late, and refuses to leave the
* Insect clean-up job on a tree until
he knows It Is finished. He does not
sing at his work except that his res
cnant drumming on a sounding hollow
limb or the tap-tap as he digs
out an unlucky borer In his way of
resorting to pure exuberance of Joy
and vigorous living. He attacks
wormy fruit; not tor the fruit but
for the worm. The downy woodpecker
is the_most useful of the
group and Is - especially beneficial
to the prchardlst. The hairy wood
pecker does his good deeds more In
timber lands than elsewhere. The
flicker frequents fields, orchards
and open spaces and preys extensively
on ants. The entire family de
serves our protection because they
are practically indispensable to the
forester and the orchardlst.?John
H. Jolllef. ?
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BUILDING and MOI
No Brokerage
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Loans Can Be Curtail*
New Series
Installment shares matur
pay ii follows:
25c A WEEK MATURE
$1.00 A WEEK MATUB
$2^0 A WEEK MATUR
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Ciien Open Benson
With Double Win
Friday night. Jan. f, the Ktnge
Mountain High School boya' and
glrla' basketball teams got off to a
flying, itart by defeating the Golden
Tornadoes from Forest City in
a twin bill In the home gymnasium
It was the* tint double header the
locals have won in several years,
and is the first time in recent hist
ory that both boys and girls bare
won the opening contests.
Tuesday ntcht, Jan. 9, the Kings
Mountain High School boys* and
girls' basketball teams divided a
double header with Cherryvlle at
Cherryville. The Mountaineer girls
defeated the strong Cherry sextet
by a ten-point margin, . while the
boys lost a heart-breaker by two
points In a bitter struggle.
Last Friday night In the homo
gymnasluh Kings Mountain High
School cagers bowed to the Newton
Red Devils In a double bill.
The local girls sustained theii
first loss at the .hands of a fast, pow
erfut Newton sexten; a . smooth
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The boys, after leading by one
nnln? at ? ? *
|i??nu m\ mo nan, siumpea ana ftl*
lowed the Ne<wton quint to nose
them out. The battle was bitterly
contested throughout, and the lead
changed hands frequently.
The Shelby Lions will Invade the
hom<> premises Friday to take on
the locals In another double header
cage program.. Local supporters feel
sure that the recent refeats,, , one
for the girls and two for the boys
will prove to be the "hypodemic of
fight" that will force the squads on
to victory over the arch rivals from
Shelby.
Coaches Suggs and Smart have
been drilling the squads long and
hard, and, along with the players
are very anxious to redeem those
'ctses.
SCOUT COURT OF
HONOR TONIGHT
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A regular meeting of the Boy
^Scout Court of Honor will be heldf
tonight at 7:30 at the court room
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or the City Hall. Scout Executive
Schlele will be present for tbe
Court. Court Is In charge of Rev,
P. D. Patrick as chairman. A' good
group of Scouts are expected' to be
present to make advancements.
W. K. Mauney, chairman ot the
Kings Mountain District, has called
to meet after the Court all members
of the Kings Mountain Committee
and all Scoutmasters and assistants
All Scouts. Troop Committee mem
bers and Scouters are urged to be
present for this meeting of the
Court of Honor.
CARD OP THANK8
I wish to thank the many friends
for their liberal kindness in helping
me to raise $10.10 tor the Christmas
tree at the colored Presbyterian
church. May God's richest blessings
rest upon each and every one.
Hattie Thompson. (Col).
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)ERNIZATION LOANS
Fees. No. Delays.
id or Repaid at any time
> Now Open
? in (bout <V'< years and If
IS AT *108.09
EES, AT $4M.M I
ES AT 11,000.00
] on FnWaid or Invest- II
|dn about our tyttiftiii
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A. J. Raj He*, secretly the
notorious Amateur Cracksman,
. despite Ms deeire to go straight,
decides to Stoat Ms hostess1
famous necklace in order to
help Bunny ttanders, brother
of Owen, Raffles1 fiancee, out
of a financial scrape which
may moan prison, its outwit*
Inspector Mackenzie of SooTI
. land Yard, also visiting at the
Melrosesf. But, finding that another
thief is also after the
necklace,- Raffles hides and lets
him steed it, then overpowers
him from behind and snatches
the prise away. Craw shay, the
thief, however, has seen Baffles'
wrist watch and, when he
is caught, drops a hint to show
Raffles that he recognises his
assailant, dust as mottles is
about to leave for London, there
is an outcry from Lady MelI
- rose, who has fust discovered
her loss.
Chapter Fiva
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lfaekenxlo'a auaplciona worn par
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ho no tod Crowohoya myotorioui
be ho v lor with r?fpoct to Raffles
npaaaatl Pnfflna teem an a?nlon>
tion of his whereabouts at thi
time of the robbery.
"I mi In my room writing let
tors," wu the response.
Owen, who was present, etlflet
They exchanged agonized
went t<
an exclamation. She knew very
well that he had not been in hie
room. Mackenzie also remembered
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"I don't want anyone to leave
the house," he announoed to the
< assembled guests.
Raffles nonchalantly sauntered
out to the terrace. Be had to
think. Owen found him there.
"There's something going on
that I don't understand," she said.
"Oh?" he said with nonConvincing
lightness. "What?"
A. J.," she pleaded earnestly
"why have you been telling lies?
You weren't in your room lasl
night. I- know it. And I've beer
talking to Lady Melrose ?J know
what you told her, too." {There wai
a long pause,
"What else do you know?" H<
was no longer trying to act.
"A. J. ? it wasn't you!"
"Owen, If you were anyone else
in the worlds I'd deny it. I can'!
lie to you." She began to cry.
"Oh, why? Why?" she sobbed
"You must give it back."
"I can't." be said. "There's s
reason, Gwen. A very good reason
? for once. And I simply can't tell
you ? least of anyone.
"Supposing I give you away?'
she esked. ? . '
Raffles laughed. "That's one possibility
that never entered m>
hood. But Owen, dearest," he wen!
oh, earnestly, "If this had come
off. I would never have done II
again. I'm sorry y6u had to kno,W
But if you give me away, I shall
have to make you look like a fool
I shall have to. You'll hate me
brt vou'll have to now, anyway
I th'nk perhaps I might say goodbye
"
They looked at each other for i
moment and- then dhe looked away
tears blinding her, aa he turned
and slowly went into the house.
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When Mackenzie had pondered
ever his nroblem. he decided tc
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kt Raffles go to tbt city Instead
of detaining him, and la uimtintime
to let Crawahay escape. If
be were correct la hie surmise,
Crawshay would find Raffles somehow
ana attempt to set at the
neclUace.
Raffles, unaware of the trap,
returned to bis apartment la the
city .sad seat Barraeloufh off to
the Airways Office for a seat oa
the next plane to Amsterdam.
He had been home a short while
when the bell rang. It was Owen!
She brushed past him Into the
room, "There's something I've got
to tell you," she announced breathlessly.
"Crawshay's escaped ?
Mackenzie let him ? to come to
you ? I heard him say so ?
Set a thief to catch a thief ?
his exact words." She let that slpk
In while she recovered her breath.
"You 11 have to get away." Raffles
a .a _ .a isna^ti- - ee w a_
uuuueu.?mn ui i niu* w say.r
IUHIm stopped her. "if
only we'd met ten yeare ago ?
It might have been different Tou
and I*? " They were interrupted
by the ben again.
the necklace from his pocket,
looked around an instant for a
1 hiding place, then opened his tobacco
Jar and dropped It in, stirring
the tobacco to cover it He
1 pointed to the guest room door
and Owen slipped oast it
Raffles opened the door and
found Mackenzie. He was in a
> rain-drenched hat and a volumln
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looks as Mackenzie's hand
i ths far.
ous, Incredible cape,
i "What happened to your relative?"
queried Mackenzie. ,
"Uncle Willie?" parried Raffle*.
> "Oh, Aunt Lizzie wouldn't let him .
i go out. The rain, you know." Raffles
was acting host. "I'm afraid
I X haven't any chocolates," he said
i regretfully.
"I have!" said Mackenzie and
i produced a paper hag. Then he be.
gan slowly and agonizingly to
search the apartment. When he
came to the guest room, Raffles
, tried to. stop him.
"I'm sorry, there's a lady in
; there ? and her name's not Craw>
shay."
Mackenzie was skeptical. "You
i can trust me," he said.
He was astonished to see Owen,
i hut she pretended to think nothing
of it. She sat down on the couch
and chattered inanely. Owen called
i for sherry. Then Mackenzie called
: for sherry. Soon they were all
drinking sherry. Mackenzie was
. feeling a little uncomfortable and
out of place. He took out his pipe
i and patted his pockets, looking for
i his pouch. "What's the matter?"
I asked Raffles anxiously.
"I left my pouch," said Mae'
kenzie. He reached for the tobacco
? Jar. "Is this pipe tobacco?"
"Yes," said Raffles. "I don't know
r if you'll like it. Why don't you
1 have a cigarette?" Mackenzie rei
fused. "Won't you let me give
t you a cigar?" He produced a box.
"Thank you," said Mackenzio.
1 Owen breathed easier.
"Til smoke this after dinner to
night," ha continued.
; ^^Take another, for now," urged
i 'Td rather have my pipe," in;
sieted Mackenzie.
Owen and Raffles exchanged
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tion year.
What the Congressmen now seek
is a "painless" tax ? a tax that the
average voter pays without realizing
it. The truth is that already
more than half the government's In
come is collected that way. Secretary
Morgentbau recently calculated
Mint- cnnanmnrd rtairl R3 nor nont nf
1928 taxes. These were levies like
those on tobacco, gasoline and what
are called "excise" taxes but which
actually are sales taxes.
Of course the New (Dealers like
taxes of that kind. They, can spend
aud spend and the average citizen
does not realize that he is paying
tuxes which the government gives
back to him In the form of reMef or
benefit payments or a new post ofice,
after deducting the cost of hand
ling the money.
In short, the taxpayer thinks he
is getting something for nothing.
.Henry T. Ralney of Illinois, once
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
paraphrased the remark of
a noted French expert on finance
on one occasion to explain this phil
osophy. He said:
"The ideal method of tax collection
is to get the most feathers with
the least squawking of the goose."
Secretary. Wallace, who is arguing
for a revival of the processing tax*
es under the dlsgutaed noma "certificate
plan" Is a follower of that
school of thought. The other day he
was quoted as saying at a press, con
feyence:
'"The great advantage pf the certificate
plan is that it does not appear
in the budget If it appears in.
the budget people point to It and
say: "My, how large the budget ial*
In other words, what the people
don't know wont hurt them.
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An interesting sidelight on the
whole system of hidden taxes is
that a . Washington newspapermen
several years ago was the innocent
suggester of a means by which
these hidden taxes were Increased
trefnendously. It happened this way
The House Ways'and Means Committee
was battHng with the tag
problem. It had boosted Income tax
es as high as It thought It conld;'
it had burdened corporations with
all the taxes they could stand; and
It still ~ needed money. One Commit
teemen explained this to the news
paper reporter who, after thinking a
minutes, asked: "Well, why dont '
you nut a tax on electric refrigerators?"
The Committee snapped up the'
suggestion. It worked out a system
under which consumers' pay millions
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THAT COUNTS!
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You're going ahead to a 1
you aave a part of yqu*
Why not opei} a
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in taxes annually without knowing
It. The government now not only) V.3
taxes refrigerators but radios, auto
mobiles and accesso-rlee, chewing a
gum, lipstick, cold cream, shqtguns,
and dozens of similar things. 1
It wasn't so long ago that Attor>
r.ey General Murphy said that a bll
lion dollars a year could be saved
in government costs by lopping m
million employees off all public pay;
rolls. But less than a month ago,
the total number of people on the
Federal payroll reached the highest
figure in history. And just since
Murphy made that suggestion, the
Federal debt has Increased more '
than a billion and a half dollars.
Experts, even Including some lot
the Tre'sury, say taxes in many; v,
fields already have reached the
point of "diminishing returns." By|
that they mean, in* effect, that the .
tax rates are so high that they;
' ring in less money than thev would
If they were lower; that some people
don't care to make more money]
because they'll Just have to turaj
it over to Che government
Statistically, the truth Is that la ?
the SO's only 12 cents out of every)
dollar of income produced was taken
in taxes for purposes of government,
but t'odiy the figure Is 21
cents. Thht Is' progress ? toward ai
government which takes all of ev)
t-rybodv's money and does with, it
as it sees fit;
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