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hanford, Mar. 12.?A. Coronei'a
juiy which held au Inquest Satur<luy
afternoon into the death cf Augustine
Jones. 20. negro girl of Sanford.
whose body was found Tueeday
in ten feet of water in an aban
noued rock quaryy, ordered Johnny
H Jones, about 21. negro cafe employee.
held flqr further investi'su
lien by the grand Jury at the next
term of Lee County Criminal Court,
.g.j .r.e
sanforil Mar. -12.?A number of
farmers in Lee, Moore and Harnett
Counties have filed a petition with
the State Soil Conservation . Commit
tee- asking- that a soil conservation
district be created in the three
counties.
Mary Baker
Prize In Bab
Sr Phyllis 'Ware Close Second
I The complete list of Baby (Derby
. 'winners will be found In this issue.
Tbe prizes were awarded at the
Dixie last night by Mayor Pro-Tom
H. Tom Fulton. Checks will be
I mailed to those who did not attend
the awarding of the prizes.
THE BABY DERBY
PRIZE WINNERS . * '
. Name Miles
1. Mary Baker?$200 and Cup 70.071
2. Phyllis Ware?$75 00 .... 68,808
3. Richard HunnlCutt. Jr..
?$60.00 ". ?7,025
4 Rachale Jolly?$25.00 30.288
5. Judy Jenkins?$15.00 25.290
Mary Putnam?$10.00 .... 22,831
1. Susan Moss?$6.00 ...... 13.788
8. Mary Beam?$5.00 13.071
9. Charles Painter?$5.00 * 12.416
10.. Jatsy Davis?$5.00 12,152
11. Nell Mauney?$6.00 11,922
" 12. Barbara Gault?$5.00 11,449
13. George Harris?$5.00 .... 10,608
14. "Sunny" Goforth?$6.00 ..'8,832
16. Sammte McCarter?$2.50 8.389
16 Charles Mauney?$2.60 ... 7,929
17. Cloninger Twins?$2.50 .. 7,905
18. Joyce Smith?$2.50 7.660
1$. Jane Falls?$2.50 7,132
26 Gary Allran?$2.60 6.804
21 Mary White?$2.50 6,473
22. Phyllis Hoffman?$2.50 .: 5.983
23. Derice Weir?$2.50 5.615
2$. Nadean Henson?$2.60 .... 5.367
26. Earl Bumgardner?$2.50 .. 4,779
26 Nicholas Sirtlth?$2.50 .." 4,416
27. Joyce Blser?$2.60 4,071
28. Ronald Mitcham?$2.50 .. 3,644
29. William Layton?$2.50 .. 3,629
30. Lydla Croker?$2.60 .... 3.230
MRS. ANN ROBERTS HEADS
A'CT7ERATK>N DEPT. AT
KtfcTER'8
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a Martha Prances McGills, is
to announce that she haai
, Hr* Ann .tytoxtn. to head'
(ha new alteration denartment at
Ro\?rtr> jgifted
apd^ talented seamstrist, who Is already
Well-known to the la&mf..,Ot
K*n#a Mountain. All garments now
Who wOl be.ih.the aioni at alUtmes.
pprchased from Hester's will be fit* |
rtd land alfeiW .by pLm. Roberta
Wetio Ihdu
Kings Aft*
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,K|ng Cotton, lqng time Industrial
rulef in Kings Mountain, almoat relinquished
his throne this week, but
decided to bold on for a while longer,
despite the fact that the Superior
i>tone Company, with headquarters
ip Raleigh, have definitely situated
here, opening a atone quarry on they
outskirts of town.
Mr. R. B. Arthur, Vice President
of Superior Stone Co., in town with
a crew of workers who are busy erecting
and installing mactotnery
for the workings, told the. Herald
yesterday that "we would not think
of going to the extent that we have
unless .we were assured that the
atone would not play out."
Mr. Arthur said that 35 or 30 men
are now at work at the site, getting
ready for the actual work of
turning out agregates for concrete
hltumlnua rock, and agrlcnltnral
lime. One of the workers of the company
said that the Agricltural Lime
It) this section had shown In tests
to be superior to any produced saywhere
else In this state.
m?s crew of workers, now living
at the ^fountain View Howe, came
to Kings Mountain on February M
&1nce then they hare been bust excavating
and erecting. Bjr April IS,
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L.os Angeles. Mar. 12.?'Dr. Ueorg
Iv. Dazey, bantu Monica physicist
celebrated h>s acquilal on a uiutdc
charge in the "greatest weddlog at
niversar.v, a man over had."
The 41 year old doctor, now n
married, had been accused of drufi
glng his wife, Doris. 31. four year
ago and carrying her to a gurag
to dlo beneath an automobile e>
haust pouring out carbon monoxid
Mulllns. H. v.. Mar. 12.?Ills ca
failed to make a curve near Page
land yesterday and J. It. Thomas,
24 year old garage employee o
Charlotte.. was killed tnetantljy li
the crush that followed..
Wins First
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riviontonia Stockholders
Meet
' Stockholders
of . Lake Montonia
! private resort near Kings Mountain
! in their annual meeting In the offtci
of H. Tom Fulton, secretary am
J Treasurer, Tuesday night, voted ti
| install electric lights at the Lake.
Dr. J. Frank. Cratiford, re-electe<
I president of the' organization by thi
j stockholders announced that instal
latioti of electricity< at the resor
was made possible through the co
operation of the Rural Electrifies
lion Administration, governmen
agency which provides rural elec
trlclty on a self-liquidation basis.
Cabins at the lake have, prior t<
j this time, been lighted with keroseue
lamps or privately-owned ligb
'.ng systems. It will now be posslbh
for ail cabins to be lighted wit!
electricity.
Hayne S. Blackmer was re-eleetet
Vice-President. Tom Fulton, Secretary
and Treasurer, hud Fred Rawl
ings, of Gastonia, assistant Secret
tary. and Treasurer. Directors 'nan
ed for 1940 include O. C. O'Farrell
O. P. Lewis, and C< F. Thoniasson
of Kings Mountain; and W. 11. Hair
Francia Whitesldes and Dr. C. Higl
smith of Gastonia,
Approximately one half of th<
stockholders of the Lake attcnde<
the meeting Tuesday night.
N. Y. A. TAG DAY
iDou't forget Saturday, March 16
is N. Y. A. Tag Day and be sur<
to buy your tag which will heln t<
give employment tp the. gifts wh<
wgtrk "ip, pur. seeing room, maklm
clothes, for 11 ocdy children In ou
tqwn.. Every cent ypu give ?g spen
for material for these clothes. Th<
time of these girls is pgld jpr by Jh(
N^ tf, A., andjt Js only possible fo
.up to give them employment b;
furnishing ipsterial for .the gar
monta which .are' made. This sewlni
room .has: heen sponsored by *h
Junior Woman's, Club tor the pas
two years and they, solicit your at
slstynce In contln^ng this work.
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stry For
1 ti s* B' untain
Vr the first of May, they expect t
Wave the Working^ ready for turnlni
out the crushed stone. The stom
found here Is of the variety used li
t?r and gravel streets, and In mix
ldg with concrete.
J Approximately 25 men will be pei
^nanently employed with the com
pany here, Mr. Arthur stated. It it
said that eight hundred tons C
crushed rock should be turned out
per day at the quarry. Limestone
the kind found here, gives off. as i
by-product, agricultural lime, whicl
Is used by farmers, thus, Klngi
Mountain., agricultural by environ
ment, will be furnishing one of th(
most potential necessities of goot
ONMMI
Mr. Arthur told the Herald thai
his brother. Mr. J. H. Arthur. wll
be permanent superintendent n<
the workings here. W. H. Ragland
of Raleigh. Is President of the com
pany. which was Incorporated las'
September. The 8uperlor company
also operates quarries In Had Hill
Va? and Dunn, N. C.
The quarry Is located just south
of town, approximately a quarter o!
a mile off the Grorer highway. It h
reaobed by the road which turns oil
the Highway at the City llmtti
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!? A summary of the year's actlvl
.' (tieauu uccouiipluui'ineutti ot the
Ki.igs Aiuu.uaill L.1011S "Club.>- was
. j pivaented by different members ot |
t ! the club at its regular meeting last j
| i uuioiiuy evening iu the Mountain
* v lew House.
Charlie Thomassou, program
; chaiimun presented those whr
made leports. Tom Fulton explainea
about the installation ot the Safety
' fatrcl in A.ie Kings Mountain
1 School System. Haywood E.? Lynch ^
told about the" presentation of the i
1 Citizenship Cup. and Rev. H. C.
Sprinkle. Jr.. congratulated the dub
I- on the part it had in placing a Bible
e teacher in the local school system,
i Fred Stallworth told about the'pre-:
I. I fftHiiiitinn nf tho Ranri trnn^?f nn th? 1
outstanding accomplishments of1
' the Kings Mountain School Band."
i l.uther Cansler reported that -a total i
of -37 pairs of glasses had been pur*.
?| chased by "the club for de3ervlng
I Leys and girls who had defective |
eyesight.
Supt. B. N. Barnes who was ' a
guest at the meeting thanked the
Cluh for their loyal cooperation
with the Kings Mountain School
' system.
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, the meeting night from Thursday
. to Tuesday, beginning with the first
r jneetlng In April.
t Torn Fulton preseptM tjp PrkblB
dent J. W. Milam and, Howard Jack
B pon, chairman of the membership
J committee, mlnatnre Lions for the
m eleven now members secufted dur*
L Ing January. .
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, Exhibit Held
_ , The exhibit March 6 at the Path
line Club House of articles made
by atudents in the .dlvtsion of Adult 1
Education of Kings Mountain was
worthy of the interest of the whole
town as well as the,more than 200
visitors who called to view the display
which the different classes of
the Cora. Mauney Mfg. Plant, the
0 Phenlx Mill and the NYA < sewing
K rooms and Pauline, under the lead
a ership of MIbb Clara Dale,, one of
1 the teachers In the Adult Classes,
U u.hlnk ?.'?I J
uiv.il im?*7 ucon viKmiiK^i rourc
than a year. Many have been taughi
r to read and write.
The progress notes ot each stuJ
dent were so arranged that the
f steps of progress were clearly noted
t at a glance. The note books of the '
. NYA girls Bible work were an an- 1
i Interesting part of the display. The 1
> whole club roont was attractively '
? decorated wltl) work done by the
- home-makers of the Adult class, in- |
> eluding rugs ot latest designs, bar- i
I rel chairs made by coveting barrels.
knitted sweaters, shoulerettes
t scarfs, cut work, embroidery; most i
1 beautltul crocheted purses, two ext
quisitc alghans. centerpieces, capes j
. and sacques, and many other useful |
novelties. ]
t Nor 4ras the culinary department i
r neglected. Roll#, cornsti?0cs and 1
cake showed skill In this line. I
Punch and wafers was served by
i the committee, 4
f The first to register on this occas 1
i Ion was one who was unable to (
f write her name last August. Now 1
i she Is proud to he able to writs (
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Residence Damaged By
i ue iuesday ixight
The 1 home oi MIsb Carlyle War.
on \\ est Mountain street was Uani
ujtu 10 the extent oi approximated)
ifllK) Tuesday evening about sevei
o cioclv when a blaze emitting frotr
a water, abater got into tiie ceiiiut
and climbed to the roof.
'i he root was entirely demolished
but little fire actually broke Into
the rooms of the house. Greatest
damage was from water, which leah
ed into the house from. the blaziui
ioof.
Firemen fought the blaze foi
more than an hour. Little could b<
done about the roof, however, be
cause the fire broke around th<
chimney, and as quickly as flremet
extinguished the blaze on one side
It broke out on the other.
The house, which was divided in
to four apartments, was occupied
by Miss Ware, herself, Mr. and Mrs
Bill Craig, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert
Hord, and Mrs Bessie Weir. Furn
ishings were removed from the
house, with little damage excep
that from the steadily falling rait
which poured down while the fin
consumed the roof.
Mrs: pill Craig discovered th?
fire, and aept in the alarm. By th<
time firemen arrived on the scene
it bad climbed to the root.
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Cofoiridntty Sunrise Servic*
Raster Morning, March 24th. will b?
held (p front of Central High Bchoo
"This Is _,$e. ijfth. .year tShis Servdct
has been conducted. Rev. P. D. Pat
rick la the chairman of the commit
.t-e Horn the Minister's Associatlor
to arrange the program Dr. R. C
Cooper,, President of the Sou there
Lutheran Theological Seminary at
Columbia, 8- C? will give the Eas
ter Message. Dr. Cooper is wel
known in Kings Mountain for Jtc
lived here prior to his going to Co
lumbia. .
Mr. .Paul Hendrix and the Higt
School Band will give a sacred cor
cert just before the Service beginf
and also play for the service. The
High School Olee Club will lest!
the singing. A worshipful and in
spiring program has been arranged
All of the Churches of King?
Mountain are sponsoring the Ser
rice and the public Is urged to at
:enc1 and Join in celebrating thf
greatest event in history. The pro
sram will be given you In the Her
[\ld next week.
MRS. CWENSBY
31ES SATURDAY
Mrs. Florence Owensby, 74, died
it 3 p. m. Saturday at the home of
a daughter, Mrs. George Shipman
if ter a long illness. She is survived
)> three daughters. Mrs. Rhfpman
Mrs. j. L. Ramsey ot Kings Mounaln
and Mrs. J. W. Clont ot Char
otte; eight grandchildren and 13
(reat-grandehlMren. .
Funeral services were held Sunlay
at t:t4 p. m. at the Oekvlew
lap list church, conducted br
i. C. Ooer, assisted by key. U, B
rurder. Interment was in Patterson
Irore cemetery. Her hnsband died
bree years ago.
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the best band in the State, will pre- sh
vsent their annual.'concert tomorrow
night in the auditorium ct Central
School.^The band, which has
j been busily preparing for the State
11 and National Contests for the past
j few* weeks, will present a varied pro
' gram consisting of their required wt
contest numbers, wajtzes, and re(
' swing. . ' Mi
t This will probably be the last 1 l'
I concert for several of the outstand- ye
; ing members of the hand, and ofti- W?
clals urge the people "of the town
r to attend, as a tribute to these mem
s bers aud the director. There will be
- no charge for admission. , . 1,e
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Director Paul E. Hendricks, in an
announcing tltc concert, said: "This n?
' should be, and 1 believe ii will be.
the. best concert that the band has )e
' ever presented at any time shice it tel
has been organized. We are playiug j,a
' everything from Bach to Scatter- m
braiu." Among the numbers present ou
ed will be "Niobe," the requlrsd Con
test selection., 'Hongroise." the other
contest number, which is not
compulpory; A niedly of JerOtne | r'I
iverue t> lunes ironi ?QOW Boat", o*1
Johann Strauus'" Tale from Vienna fo1
' Woods," from the Motion Picture, 'ca
J The Great Waist; and the very pop
' ular swing tune, Scattertorain.
Professor Hendricks said that be
had varied the. program as much as a
possible so that all music. lovers,
no matter what their taste, might
? enjoy the concert. None of these gf
5 tunes hare, been pressnted to the .
I public of Kings Mountain by the .'
5 band beforo. 3
The band, which now boasts more In
, than seventy pieces, has reached a w<
new peak in perfection, and. Mr.
, Hendricks believes that under any sa
t. normal circumstances is better than Tli
. U has ever , been before. Last year iCc
I the Kings Mountain band was voted an
, the Best Band In the State in drill- lv
, Ing, later entered the contejt In vl<
Greensboro and won a rating of one.
{ In Charlotte., where the National
, contest was held last year. It won a
, very high rating. In both concert
, and drilling.
' This year the members: of the j
' band are preparing for Greensboro
-1 again, and officials arc pondering
L l the possibility of a trip to West
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National Contest will be held.
Service Station Robbed ari
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Thieve* entered the Center Ser- on
vice Station between one and three
, A. M. Sunday night, taking $90,60 rl"
, from the bus station cash register. J1
Time of the entry was set by Mr. ed
' Blanton. who works in the station. <)f
and pollceinen. Mr. Blanton worked te'
until one o'clock, and at three the
police who investigated discovered 1<K
the broken front door glasB. The fut
persons who entered broke a sec- 1
Hon of glass in the frbnt door, remched
through It and unlocked the ^
door. Mr. Boyee Slmonton la Bus *'
agent at the Station. n"
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Police imported yesterday that pre
the thieves left no clues, and that 1
no arrest baa been made to date.
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> Ciwanis
Club
Elects Officers
U Meeting
> Have Inter-Club Meeting Tonight.
All officers and illricior* of tho
niiei llusiiteSs Men 8 dub were
ected us officials of th_e newly
riued Kiw*ul? Club at the orgutilU.on
ineiliiK held last Thursday
cuing in the Woman's. Club buildg
The following from the Shelby
lub wbi.l, i. ynWVV '
iitb attended |)intricl Governor,
brace Kusoti; Itufch Humikk. and
in r lea A Bur run Warreli I). Olson
eld service representative ol Kill
nis International, who had ' been
re signing up members was also
esetii for the meeting
Kiwiuils pills were presented to
e members by Secretary Gilbert
Bi-ti.
< oiiiplclc list of officers and dleUit'k
an : President. L. XV. iiatttk;
Vice-I'resldent. \V. K. Plal.ely;
cretaryTreasurer. Gilbert' Hord;
ul Oirii'tpts. P. M. Noisier, W. K.
auney. Hurry Pane, J. It.- Davis,
S. Peeler, J. I,. Woodward, and
1.. McGill.
'('lie Club meets oaeh Thursday
citing,and for the meeting tonight
l inter-elub program has been arnged
w;ith three clubs attending.
An attendance of 123 is expected
r the meeting this evening with
lelby and Forest City Clubs meetis
with the Kings Mountain fluh
hear Hon. Edwin Gill, of Raleigh,
ate Commissioner of Parole. All
snibers are reminded- to he prest
for the meeting this evening. The
Kiwatiians are making plans
r Charter Night which will beheld
ortly.
0 Celebrate 100th
irthday Anniversary
Attni Nancy Adams, local colored
man. will celebrate her one huudtlth
birthday autiiversary, Friday
itch 15th. She was born near
eveland Springs one hundred
ars ago this Friday. Her mistress
is Mrs. Sallie Fulwiley Forney.
mt Nancy was 26 years old whea
e war ended. She married Sam B.
lams and raised four children of
r own. Only one of them living . *
w. She raised 32 other ! children
d now has another little girl al>st
five years old to rais".
She moved to Kings Mountain 52
ars ago. and was cook, in the Ho
1 when it was run by Mr. Pinchck.
She is still able to read her
ble and thread her needle witht
her glasses. '
Aunt Nancy says she thanks the
?od Lord for sparing her life to &
>e old age of one hundred years.
io will thank any of her friends
p any little preaent they would
re to give. *
a. 0. morrow.
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t Lutheran Church
Holy .Week will be observed with
rvice* each .Evening at 7: SO jt?
? Lutheran Church. The Pastor
11 present meditations each even?
based on the Passion of Christ
Action upon the Cross, using the
>rds of Christ frOm the Cross.
Monday: Forgiving. Tuesdav: For
l(tyig> Wednesday, Suffering;
iursday: Pemembering. Holy
mmunlon. (Friday: Completing
d securing. The public Is cordialInvited
to attend all of these aer
:es.
pinions Expressed in This Column
Are Not Necessarily the Views of
This Newspaper.)
Kyes in Washington these days , . ,
s turning towards the United Sta
* Patent Office, housed in the
ndsoine big Cdmmerce JlulUling
Consitution Avenue. Carved in
>ue over the entrance there are
s immortal words of Abraham
tcoln ? "The patent system addthe
fuel of interest to the firo
genius" ? and that single sentee
of Lincoln's has plenty of apcation
as America once again
iks hopefully to the immediate
ure.
B*ap #Vil? unn'e r? o t-1? ihn 1C AIL *
VI va? ?n ;coi inpift? vhc iUVHI n?r
'ersary of the American Patent
stem. And simultaneously., 1940
o is' marking an increased reooglon
of the Importance of tnvenn
and Industrial research to the
iareas of this country,
rhese matters are extremely Ira?
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