?m4 Tht ItaraW A*4 My At Horn* VOL. 2* NO. 35 ' Condensed In , State And N; ?State New*? Greensboro, Aug. 27.?Sixteen per r mm, including Wade Renfrew, V chairman of the High Point Civil | Service Commission and prominent arrest today - on charges growing i v. nut of au alleged ''butter and egg") lottery. | Renfrow is charged wtth consplr-, ing te operate the lottery in Ouil- i ford, Alamance and Davidson countles. Chief L?. U. Jarvis of the Qreeusboro police said that Renfrow wax arrested Saturday night In Higo Point wtth Polce Officer M. Ii; Ormond and Curtis Frost The three were nlaceii nnilwr ISflA IwinHt Wilmington, Aug. 27.?Construction of five buildings to contain 72 modern apartments in a park-like 20 lot area in Oleander for the1 New Hanover-Housing Corp. of Wilmington will begin the first week in September, it was announced here yesterday by Roy L?. Qoode. The apartments will constitute the largest privately' financed residential project In Eastern - North Cartolfna, peRrea^nttng an investment of more- than $300,000. Blue Ridge, Aug. 27.?A plan for a federal union of the churches was . proposed here yesterday by. Dr. E. Stanley Jones, prominent Mothodlst churchman and missionary to India, as the American Christian Ashram came to a close. Auction Sale To Be , Held September 21st The Auction Sale of the property at the corner of Cleveland avoaiia and King street will.be sold at pub lie auction, Saturday, September 21. The property has beeu cut up Into desirable residential lots and will be offered to the highest bidder. Tho funds sfecured from the sale iir will help to finance the cost of the new municipal stadium near the Duke Power Co. sub station. Kiwanian Visitor lo Speak Tonight. jMr., Ralph C. Bar bare, President of the Darlington, S. C., Kiwanls Club will speak this evening to mem bers of the local Club, following their regular weekly meeting in the Woman's Club building at 6*30. RATTLE SNAKE KILLED A rattle snake with 13 rattles was : killed by a Mr. Byers on the York Road near city limits Tuesday night The snake was skinned yesterday by Mr. Harold Hunnicutt, -who plans to add this skin to his collection of trophies. SANK TO BS CLOSED MONDAY The First National Bank will be closed Monday Sept. 2nd, In observance of Labor Day which la a legal holiday. ' fjmghing Arou \ Wkk IRVI i ' On Her Own By DIV1N AUNT CILLY waa sitting in thi new lodge was entreating Aunt At length and with eloquence he p te the society. He pointed out its n LULL ' K>, it had a beautiful name made up < impressive, its uniform dealing. F office, and so forth and so on. In silence Aunt Cilly harkene< she spoke: '"Tell me dis, Br'er Sawyer, b yan lodge at youra fonelise de d "To tell you do truth, SisU' e yit," cenfseead the orator. "Dey's I time we aims to *renge "boot de a all dst." "Br'er Sawyer, brush by," cot "Yo? new lodge done lose its taste happen' to dat shiftless fligfaMmfc jest a little ntoee up dis same sti an* up aa' fined one of deee yore i nigger got up in dis town, same a dat lodge didn't specify 'bout ho Fanny Merrtwether haul ted off os money laid by fur to fonelise 1m Wy she laid 'round de house del dat pore gal had to git to de eemef (Aasrlcsa Km fijft* f ... . e' Kings i Brief Form ationat News ?ISatUMUil JNewM? New York, Aug. \ST.--A woman known us the "lied Rose of Wllltuiuts burg" and her 'i'i year old daughter rt.... J ?? ?* '^1 iifiuicu luuii; hi inr uisi'iusurt' ui a i der world. District Attorney W).Ilium F. O'Dwyer km id the pair?Mrs. Hose i'aittiel. 40, and her daughter, Sylvia -? were arrested last week and questioned at length about the 1930 slaying of Rubin (Ruby the Mjock) Shapiro, whose death was believed to be an 'execution for double-cross ik.. ..t -U 1- 1 . tne, iiiiT i inK in luitu simriL rat'Et'i* eering. MtV Puntiel. whose red hair is responsible for her sobriquent, was crarged with homicide, and her dau ghter was held as a material witness. Vichy, Krauce/ Artg. 27.?Huge for est 'fireh which at oiie time threatened France's Mediterranean naval base of Toulon were reported under control today, but dispatches from the French Riverla said other fires were raging further east in the area around Nice. The fires Just north' of Toulon were said to hav? swept thru 10.000 acres of forest land before they were checked. Attend Luncheon Honoring Governor And Mirs. Hoey The following from Kings Moutf tain were among those who attended the luncheon given at Hotel ObarleB in Shelby Wednesday honoring Uovernor and Mrs. Clyde It. Hoey and other notables: Mayor and Mrs. J. D. Thomasson, Dr. and Mrs. J. K. Anthony, Attorney and Mrs. J. R. Davis, Mr and Mrs. Ladd Hamrick Editor and Mrs. Haywood E. Lynci Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Patter son. Mr. and Mrs. B. 8. NeiU, Mr and Mrs. Charles Thomasson, Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Mauney, C. K. Neisler. Jr., Mrs. C. E. Neisler, Mr and Mrs. Arnold Riser, Mrs. J. K. Lipford, Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Bridges, Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Ramseur, Mr and Mrs. P. D. Herndon, Mr.' and Mrs. E. W. Griffin. Mr and Mrs. Joe Neisler. Band To Play For Legion Semi-Finals Tonight The Kings Mountain School Band which ia in great demand will play this eveulug in Shelby during the second game of the 8emi-Finals of the American Legion Ball game. The two teams playiag for the oppor tunity to enter the "Little World Series" is St. Louis, Mo., and Sau Diego, Calif. The local musicians who have been called on a great deal to add color and pep to all sorts of gatherings will demonstrate their prise winning technique this oveuiug in the neighboring city. A large number of Kings Mountain baseball fans and band supporters are expected to attend tonight's game. ad the World M S. COBB II I I I ? I * > Motive Power I S. COBB t i kitchen door. The organizer of a Cilly to become a charter member, ainted the advantages of belonging aanifold advantages. To begin with, if noble long words. Its ritual was tactically every member would hold 1 until tl ; solicitor ran dry. Then ?fo* you goea any fu'ther?do this aid?1* re ain't quite got 'round to dat par* wen so much else to do. But in due tek benefits an' da baryta' road an' mnandod the sagacious Aunt GLQy. fur me already. "I 'members wbut lad Fanny Iflantwether what Used eet. Yere two yeahs ago she took new-fangled lodges which a strange i what yea's aimin' to do now. An' baryta' money, neither. Well; den * day an' died widout sry cent of ir. An' what wus de upshot, den? d far goin' on three days an' den ery de beat way she could." faWM, las.) j -- v >. :'^ ' r"' : j Moui KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. & T Band Tc Large Crowd I Sees Parade Here Tuesday : a .I'.'tt . ChiMjM I * *. A throng of Ktug.?- Mounuilii and Cleveland County citizens, estimated variously at between eight and tfcn thousand, witnessed the premier showing of the groat Cleveland County Centennial 1'urade Upre *1*... ~? ? i u ?. n ?i ?i > nivilllilfc it I Cli:vvu (IC1UCK. The parade, oue of the moat spec tacular ever witnessed hi Kings Mountain, began on West Gold street, and wound through flagdraped street* of the business section. led by marshals Claude Hambright and Keller Mt-Glll on black horses, and Charles 8. Williams on n spirited white. Governor Clvde-R. Hoey followed immediately after them in the Governors official autoH, Tom Folton. general chairman, and John McGill,. Claude Iiambrlght and Grady King, parade committee' men, had the tempo of the parade,' and the order of march timed to per fection, and everything ran smoothly. with no hitches or unnecessary stopping along the way. Chief of Police Jimmy Burns reported that several of the out-of-town police and State Patrolmen who assisted his staff commented that it was one of the inoBt orderly crowds they had nt'pr cPott at a na ratio Pit v omnlnV. ees assisted in keepiug the route of 1 The parade clear Tjf=j>arked cars. No arrests were uiade for disorderliuess during the day. The bright spot of the parade was the appearance of the attentlon-coni pelllng Kings- Mountain School Band along with bands from Forest City, Cherryvllle and Shelby. Out of County Judges announced yesterday morning that" wiuners of loving cups in the parade were Klugs Mountain's School Band, for both marching and playing, tile City of Shelby for the best Civic Float, nud the Shelby Star for the beat Commercial Float. (Mrs. E. W. Griffin, who has won national recognition as State Direc tor of Safety of the Federation of Woman's Clubs, created most inter* est with her float, depicting the horrors of an auto-tricycle collision with the victim, the driver, and a patrolman. The gayer highlight was the appearance of Wa.-h Layton and irvln Allen, riding in a cart pulled by a donkey,, dressed as a couple in the gay nineties. Layton was dressed as the female of the pair, with Allen dressed as a dandy with a long, black stogie. Elmo Bridges driving a 1911 mod el T Ford brought forth laughter from the sidelines. f The mills of Kings Mountain clos j ed during the parade, and the large | crowd saw the pageant of marchers nnd succession of floats, fire equip ?a? A minim t oH Hflflru IUUU v> JOV/ and bands pass tn review. Floats and other units from Shelby joined with those from Kings Mountain to make the more than half mile parade the moat impressive ever witnessed here. Kings Mountain reciprocated and in the afternoon sent her parade to Shelby. Crowds began to gather for the parade early Tuesday, shortly after 9 A. M. and long before the parade started, the streets were lined with Interested spectators. Business was at a standstill during the parade. Stores remained open until 2 P. M. to accommodate the crowd. PARK-GRACE SCHOOL TO OPEN NEXT TUESDAY The Park-Grace school will open next Tuesday morning. September 3rd, according to an announcement by the principal, Mrs. J. C. Nichols. All pupils who go to this school are urged to enroll opening day. Lions To Have Picnic Members of the Lions Club will have their annual picnic next Tuea day evening at 7 P.M. at Lake Mon tonla. Wives and sweethearts .will be Invited. All members are remind^filter nrolLfillnH Km llrotft ou W WtHig WWM President Tom Pulton is very amicus to bare every member present tor the plcnto, which Is one of the most enjoyable affairs of the year. ATTEND BOYS STATE Wily Throneburg and Floyd Queen attended Boys State at Chapel Kill They .were sponsored by the Klwan Is Club of Kings Mountain. ttain fl HURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1940 ) Play Fo Miss Kings Jk : 1 n* * *, S BBS* By Br' JS t flj 0 Miss Dorothy Hoke, dsughter of M | crowned ''Miss Kings Mountain" by < Cleveland County Centennial Cetebr Centenn Big Sue Cleveland County's 100th birthday i celebration which opened Sunday .night, ended last night with the big i dance and ball at High School- O'm in Shelby. The big expos'tion which i was spousored jointly by citizens of i Shelby. Kings Mountain and rural i Cleveland was a big success from i "every standpoint. The attendance at every phase of the mammoth celebration was most gratifying, show tug tha? citizens of Cleveland are i proud of Its history. Members of the Committee headed by Odus Mull of Sbetby and Mayor J. B. Thomasaon of.Kings Moun tsin are to be congratulated on the success of'the undertaking that waa 1 so well received by the entire citizenship. An overflowing crowd was on hand for the Religious Services held , Sunday nigbt. Monday night, for the coronation of the Queene, and' the premier* 1 i . -? < | Wdl Rogers' J ; | Humorous Story By WILL ROGERS THKH floods up la New England A was terrible, too. Why, If the rivers mo going to go baa on us this way every once in a while, itll get to be more important to atop them than it will be to atop wars. I You oould put on a pretty good war for what our flooaa has cost us this year already. preacher was looking at the water, np at MoatoeUer, Vermont He was terrible discouraged. He says to a colored fellow that was near him, "Isn't it awfalf It really seems like the deluge, ail ever again." "Deluge!" saya the black bey. "What's that about! I deat knew that word." "Oh, yes, nrdy you've beard of the Deluge, with Noah putting all - the enlmale late a big heat end getting away." >, "Well, boss, I a'poee I ought to know about it, but I tell you we alnt aeen a paper up here for three years, and things like that don't get to us." Aawrtsaa Maes IWuw, tat. '' ' .. % ' '' ' ' ' ] . [erald rtl&Pi . , I Mountain ? K -n; ~y; : ?i 1 * 'a Mk* fflhf rr - r - - a ?a W ML ~ K h ti a I - e' B p. and Mfa. Letter Hoke, who wn ^ Governor Clyde R. Hoey at the n ation Tuesday evening. ial ; w cess 1 showing of the great pageaat, ' any hand, and member* of tho and arc very much excited over icir iiirltntion to play for the Proa lent of tho greatest republic in tho orld. The Kings Mountain hightopping musicians ^ were invited to lay . over a year ago but the dedlcaoti was . postponed because tho resident could not bo present. Besides the President, {Secretary [nrold Iv Kes Governor Clyde K looy. and the Governor of Tennes- , oe will liear the prize-winning andstors in action, the rame miniuvers that won for them a rating f one in the national contest ia lorltlu. . Special busses have been chartereif } take tlio boys and git-is, and their tpablc .director. Paul IS. Hendricks, j New Found Gap, which is on ha 'ennessee - North Carolina lina, hey. will leave Monday about 7:00 .M aud return late the same night he -exact time, the band will play ' i not known but It Is thought it ill he between 4:00 and 4:30. It (a fso. thought that the entire dedicaon program will be broadcast over national hook-up and the music ot lings .Mountain, N. C.l- will be eo rd throughout the cut Ire coun- " y- ' . Kings Mountain .will he the offlcl 1 North Carolina Band at. the exar* ises, and the Kuoxville. Tenn;, and will represent the State. of ennessee. . : Byron Keeter, President of the land - Parents Association is busy, taking arrangements for the trip. 'here has beeu some discussion, ot bartering a special bus for parent* nd band supporters who desire to take the trip. ichool Begins [uesday Kings Mouhtain School will opon uesuay . morning Sept. 3rd. ^ accord ig to Supt. U. N. Barnes. The build igs hfive been - cleaned and repaird ami put in Brut class condition >r the opening. 1A ' general teachers iceting will b