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j. ... ... r < - ' I . ' Read The Herald t And ' *uy At Horn* VOL. 26 NO. 40 t ' ? 1 .1 Condensed In State And N ?tiUlc New*? i lUlolglt, Ott. 1.?SevM more full turn; inspectors for the t&ato . Labor' augment the staff making inspections tu co-operation with the Fed-j oral wage-hour law. :/l Raleigh. Oct. 1.? Slate Penal Su i perlm undent Oscar Pitts said today j tiiat a guard would be charged with nidiug two prisoners to escape Tues day from the Cary Prison Farm. One of the convicts. Ralph Scott, was - uppreheuded ...yesterday In Greensboro, Pltls said. He added that Scott and the other convict, John Campbell, allegedly held up a riling station near Durham after their liberation. Prison Camp Supt. J. E. Wood said the guard reported that the convicts forced him to remain in the car during the holdup. Campbell, 25, was sentenced in j Haywood to three to fivo years for larceny of an automobile. Scott. 26, was sentenced in Guilford County to seven to ten years for breaking; entering and larceny. Raleigh. Oct. 1.?A State-Federal Markotinir renort said todav that tobacco, prices on the new bright and middle beltB of North Caroliffa last week were slightly higher than during the prevfoue week. Luge were irregular on the new bright belt and primings and nonde script grades brought little lower returns. PriceB ,oT loaf, smoking leaf and cutter grades averaged from 60 cents to $2 a hundred pounds higher. _ ... ^ MOTORCADE TO PASS THRU HERE NEXT WEEK The motorcade, going to the dedication of the new bridge over the Savannah River near "Ttartsvllla, will pasa thru here next Thursday afternoon about 3:00 o'olock accord ing to Mayor J. B. Thomauon, who haa been notified by Clarence Kueeter, of Charlotte. King* Mountain j has been Invited to join the motor? cade here and make the trip whlem j is to ?lso promote traffic over Highway 29. The party will spend Thure-' day night In Greenville, and the next day attend the dedication exercises, and then to Atlanta for Friday night. The motorcade yIII return Saturday. Anyone Interested In -making the trip Is asked to contact Mayor Thomaseon. Band Leaves Today ; For Greenville ' The Kings Mountain Bond will leave hero today at 1:00 ]P. M. for Oreonvllle, 8. C., where they will play for the Textile Festival. The k seventy-four musicians will make the trip by bus, and wtU return late jtonlgbt. Several other bands hare oeen Ih vited to play for the festival, which attracts textile -men from the entire South. i T- 1 Laughing Aroui whhiRvn Example of the 1 By IRV1N ' Vv^HENEVER actors get together or later the subject of dramati someone present will quote a not generally favorable?touching on hit 1 & . ,-ar Ata JW , No symposium of this sort is tmt?nw of tact displayed la print historic occasion in a amall middleprofessionals cnra an incredibly awi The newspaper man who had bean was wiahfal to avoid giving offcnsa honesty, be codld aay nothing oompli "For the benefit of the newm presented 'Lady Audley's Secret* a ' large audience of oar best townspeo] pleasing selections and the acoustics Then there is the famoos criti Sea, Indians, when a certain native the melancholy Dane. The criticism "Among scholars there has 1on| work attributed to Shakespeare we 'fiaeoa. The editor of this paper hi settling for all time this ancient <p opened. The one who turned over author Hamlet!*' / (iMricu Hwra Kings i Brief Formj ational News * | ?Mauuiul News? . Knoxvllle, Tetin., Octj 1.?-Dick Ma j ther, 20 year old University of Ten; ; . _ <{, .i,h.-y.-vl'l'L Hubert Alley. 21. suftered multiple I'raeufre* yesterday when - their rented airplane plunged earthward and crushed into a house iu a residential section. W'ltuesses said the ship, circled several times over the University of Tennessee stadium before overshooting in descent a practice field j behind the stadium. Members of Alley's family said; the youth, a member of Mercer College's lUi'.D football team, had .qhit his studies for service In the U. S. i Jt ? ? _ - ' - - -I Miny Air uorps, wmcu lie liaa. plan nod 10 enter In a few months. Lynchburg, Va., . Oct. 1.? S. C. Brown of Spencer, N. Southern Hallway conductor. was seriously hurt yesterday when a span of the old Virginia trestle at- AltaVista, col lapsed under a train of coal cars plungiug' eight cars 40 feet- to the ground. The conductor was backing a train to the..end of the trestle to couple several other cars. A report here said his cars collided with the others; cuusing them to buckle and the bridge gave .way undQr the train Brown received a fracture near the base of the neck and was still uuconscious last night. ' T" r ? San Kranclsco, Oct, 1.?The $50.000,000 Coldep Gate International Exposition came' to an end last uigbt ?before the eyes of its larg est crowd more tnan 200.000 per-1 son's who thronged Treasure Island wutch the fair p?b? into history. ?-Ar-buglor, sounding taps in the clear calm of midnight. linde good by to the exposition's second year, a tar more successful veuture financi ally tlian the opening year, which ended in bankruptcy court. Ix>s A'ngeles, Oct. l.?Cecil Wetset says, he has declined his share of the $25.t>00 reward for the rescue of kidnaped three year old Marc De Trisan. Jr. ?r Hampton. Va.. Oct.. 1.?An nutoino bile accident on Back River Road near here yesterday killed Claronc Crawford of .High Point, N. C. Red Cross Directors Meet The directors of the local chapter of the American Red Cross held a husineris session Wednesday evening to make arrangements for the approaching annual Roll Call. The following officers were elected to plan and carry on the work of the Roll Call, which will be conducted during November: Mr. TV S. J Peeler and Rev. P. p. Patrick, co- I c^aliynedi. of Roll Call enmmltfee; | Bi 8. Nelll, Roll Call Treasurer;- ' Rpv. R. N. Baird and Haywood E. t?vneh, co-chairmen of Roll Cfcill Publicity. Rev. H. O. Sprinkle, Jr.. was elec ted a member of the board of di rectors end also a member of the cose committee, to fulfill the unexpired term of Rev. L. B. Hamm. tid the World ^ s. COBB - higher Criticism S. COBB it is almost inevitable that sooner c criticism will come up and that ice favorable or unfavorable?but i own work. if!?7 complete without reference to the by a local reporter on a certain western city when ambitious nonul performance of a classic drama. dftaBed to cover the performance to the members of the cast vet. fat imentary. So he merely wrote this: wpitai fund, our lead in f amateur* t the theatre last night before a 1 )k The orchestra rendered several i of the ball were never better." dsm done by an editor in Rising . r-bom prodigy essayed the role of ran something like this: f been a dispute as to whether the we written by Shakespeare or by i u hit upon a satisfactory war of , aestion. Let the tombs of both be in his grave last night was the . ' i SOtto!**, Ie?Jt , * V i - - - \ Moun - ' '. ?" KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C. T Local Kiwanis Here About Boys State . . . ; 1,111) Throneburg uit'i Kluvd 1 < ijm-t.ii reported at the regular meet i i illU of -tin- Kiwuliis Club Thursday j I iim 'iV.Yi*f1 nfr L'fftitr i ine of their experiences at ;h?: Hoys' ! Stsite. I onfcrcncc held recently at f (lit Cniverslty of N.C. at Chapel t Hill. One of these boys was sent by s tin Kiwaiiis Club and the other by t tin local Post of (ho American Le- I gloll. . - | I 'li)e program wa's . In, charge of B. i t S. Peeler who presented the young j innh. Hilly Throneburg told ot the ] operation of the conference. The en i rolIntent was 135 high school boys and discussions wore presented at the'meeting by leading men hi civic affairs of the State. They heard Wll Ham Uncus tell tlu :n of the working 1 of the government. Thad Eure, Sec- I rotary of State, fell,of the working t of the executive department of the i State, speakers .from the Young D.e- t mortals Club about their orguniza- 1 lion.- fucult.v members of the Univer i slty uboul government, the mayor * of Henderson uboul city govtrutnenls, Judge Stevens about the 1 courts, High why Commission mem 1 bets "about their organization, State | . Superintendent ot Public Instruct- 1 ion Clyde A. Krwin explained the op 1 oration of the State School system and an agent ot the Federal bureau of Investigation liis organization. Floyd Queen, uu outstanding slu- 1 ileut und Kagle Scout, paid t.ribute to the many public works built by the WPA and as presented to .liirn as the Boys' State. He pointed put ' how practical was the presentations ' made at the conference and how tlte 1 operations of the government were ' made dramatic and real. An actual 1 government was sen.t up lie said, an 1 election held and he was elected a 1 uttiln uoitntni1 Tl? onn.A. n<.MU!VI n IIHV LMIIJ 1 JM win." I burg was elected to the liouse of ' Representatives. Bills were presented in the houses, argued, and omended, debated and passed. Floyd reported that in' addition to the work there was a lot of fan. Dur ing the conference they listened to over thirty speakers. Both hoys- testified to the' value of the conference and expressed the thanks to the organizations which made possible their privilege of beluy members of Boys' State. The program of the Kiwants Clttb ' at their dinner meeting this evening at 6:30 will be on local city gov i ; ernment operation. j I , ' I1 Frederick To Remain At Macedonia Church About six weeks ago, Mr. Freder-, ick offered his resignation as -pastor t( of Macedonia Baptist church, to take place last Sunday,. Sept. 29.;, His people, by voting, refused to accept his resignation. Since that time ( many have urged him to reconsider j ( and to remain as pustor. Mr. Frederick finally decided that I ' a vote be taken that he might know] 1 the mind of his people, as he was | 1 very conscious that there were; 1 some that would rather he would i ' go. . | While being Interviewed. Mr.: Frederick said In a Joky way. ,rW?! Baptist preachers are governed by! the vote of rur people In determin- ' Ing out star. As you know, they j have the i> to ailvis* a fellow : to pass oil.* Then Mr. Frederick sta : ted in a very serious tone. "My own | people at Macedonia lisve been very,' loyal indeed and I desire to express my appreciation for the loyalty of each and everyone, and 1 truat that by our cooperation, our church will continue to make progress in our Master's work." In the Sunday morning service, a vote was taken by ballot. There were 117 votes cast, out of Which 22 were oast against Mr. Frederick. ftB votes were cast for him to remain as pastor for the coming year. After the count was announced. Mr. Frederick arose and expressed his appreciation for the confidence of his people. After the benediction, there was p. long lingering, handshaking, and rejoicing among the congregation. FISH AND OYSTER SUPPER A Fish and Oyster Supper spon ?ored by the ladies ot the Pauline Slub will he held Friday night, OctI. Supper served from 6:00 to 6:30 st the Pauline Club house. Plates sill be 26c. . V II fMsl II j''nfiTtlliTJrf-M ii 11 fCs "if II 1 T in ' ? ; ' " * ' * ' ' lain 1 ' _ - '* ? " . ~ - ... v ' * ' ' * HUR8DAY, OCT. 3, 1940 ). MAX GARDNER TO ADDRESS >UNOAY SCHOOL MEN )F COUNTY ' Hon. O. Max Gardner, former Gov :ntor, will address members of the ten's Bible Classes of all the Chur:l cs in Cleveland County next Sun* lay morning in tne First Baptist ihurcb. in Shelby. Gov. Gardner wilt j&e as his topic: "The Gospel of _uke as contrasted with the Philos5p'ffSi*Ei" rfnifl*'I'Srarrra+ryfi states." Several hundred men are ex ie'.ted to hear the former Governor who is considered one of the best ipeakers in the South. The meeting will begin at 9:45 A. M. and mem>ers of the Bible Classes of Kings Mountain Churches are cordially In/ited to be present. Kiwanis Directors Meet With Mr. and Mrs. Blakely Directors of the Kings Mountain Clwunis Hub were entertained by ll,.oln,i.ol., ,,,.,1 Xl.? 11' 1.1 I WDtiicaavv | Ull U ?? I r> . ? ?. !< k.J IU A' kj it their home on West Mountain Street Tuesday night. Mrs: Hlakely lerved u delirious countr>' ham supter with all the accessories. Follow ng the supper, the directors discuss d business pertaining to the Club The following enjoyed the hospitality of the ltlakelys: L. W. Ham ick. 11. S. Peeler, J.-L. Woodward, 1. R. Davis, J. b. McOill. W. K. Mauncy. P. M. Neisler and Ullbert Hord. t Lion sEnjoy Question Program Lions front Shelby, Charlotte and Uossemer, City enjoyed with the lojal club the question and answer program 'following the supper Tuetf lay night in the Woman's Club building. Teams were selected from each of the Clubs and Dr. II. C. Sprinkle. Jr., of the local t|uh "outanswered" all the visitors. President H. Tom Fulton presld t?d during the meeting and Haywood E. L> nch had charge of the program /1 W\ ^ j." ^ * rri vups rresemea 10 tsana J. L. OTRH11. o member of till Kings Mountain Centennial Paradt Committee, presented to Ben Brid gcs. Drum Major of the Prize-win t'tng Kings Mountain Band, twc cups yesterday morning during oh;< pel exercises. The cups were u wards won by tlie band for botii marching and playing in the Clove land County Centennial Parade. Mr McGill was presented by Mr. Char li s Thomasson. co-chairman of Put licity for the celebration. i'o Show Pictures At First Presbyterian Rov.E. E. Kille8pie, D. 1).. Supt of Home Missions for the Synod ol North Carolina of the Pr'esby teriar Church, will bo at the First Presbyterian Church Sunday evening. JL)r Gillespie is well known and belovea throughout the State, in his lours ol North Carolina he has taken many Interesting pictures of scenery nnd af church work. Dr Gillespie will jhow these pictures in the Fellowship Hall Sunday evening at 7:30 3'clock. The public is cordially invicd to this service. r?:? ? Will Rogers' Humorous Story By WILL ROGERS CTORIES about things to eat am' ^ people that eat them are alsupposed to be funny, so I recknthis'll be awful funny. There w? a fellow that was eating in a restaurant where he was right well acquainted, and he ordered fish and soup and a lot of other things. Tha waiter brought the soup in, and then he stood around and finally he says, "Say, Mister, if you don't mind, would you just as leave have the flak before the soup T" 1 The nstomr says, "Why, ao, I wouldn't Just as leave. I want the aeup first, of course. Unless there's seme good, strong rssssu for having the meal served some ether wav." "Well, sir," says the waiter, "1 think there's a pretty strong reason. If you don't mind, I think that there flsk just naturally kaa gone as long as it ought to without sating." Saertwe Hon FMtere* lea, *' ' r * \ lerald I}"'.' -V ' V.. ' Alleged liuiglar i I Arrested I \..m J i' /Holland, iivgto, win 1> ul--1 Icit'd to have broken 'into tin O W'J j K!:ik Garage and tin Kill..-- Mii 1:0' I tain Building and l*oatr A aviation J 1 Monday jjlchl. is ill Hie Seel .. t. '> f j awaiting trial Tile burglat. entered [ Iho King Garage tbivugb a i?:u kt i window ehoilly before '.i I'. M and 1 ' -Jtai i w .S i i?n m * inm'.tm "ilinty.aat who opened bis place f! bustii ss 'y ! t i auswcr a wrwk dull., Nothing was | j found ntl*/||ig by Mr. King. i I letter the burglar broke into t!i^ s , kings Mountain Building nniF T.oan I /Association, which , is just two doors west of the King Garage. The ' intruder used a pair of plyers to tut ' a hole In the door panel so : hat - lie ' cm Id put ills "hand * through and 1 : turn the lock. Ho- also used- the ' I ainc method to gain -entrance into | the cage. A drawer ,o the desk was I p'i/i <4 open and a watcn was taken. Chief Jimmy Burns and Officer ' Carl Short located the persons who said they bought, the watch from ' Holland. The officers trailed Jtot- ' ! land to Shelby, ami found that Tto ( [hud already been arrested by Shel- ! 'by Officers for breaking and cuter1 ' ! ing Into a negro home I here. ' Local officers believe Holland Is the same person , who recently broke 1 .[into The Bit. ami ?Dr. J K. Vntli- ' i ony's office. Fingerprints were tnkeil ! at that time, and prints of Holland are being checked to see if they tally with the first set. I / ????? - ( Legion To Have tiam Supper Friday , All members and former uioiui.er* j, ot Ot.lH li. Green I'ost of the Aliler- J f ' j can Legion arc cordially invited to , i the supper to be held Friday uigiti , | I at 7:30 at Glee Bridges" cabin at , i! Lake Moatouia. The com mil tee in , . . charge ot arrangements is stocking j tup heavily ott country ham and all , i the accessories, and a lull atlendau- , cc is desired. Plans were' made for t i the supper at the meeting held Tues i i day evening in the City Hall, and a record breaking attendance it; being prepared tor ami expected. Legion base hall was also .discuss1 ed auu it vtus decided by members ll ] to have another legion teatu next ' tear providing financial- support was ' secured, as it was this past season. The Post met ali bilis ami "paid- ] . out" during ISMw. Local fail's contri- . , buted. and it was thought that the | stttne aitl could be secured another ' year; ' . Post Commander haney De'tmar " presided during the meeting. . . , ; < jW. W. Whisnant Dies I W. \Y. Whisnant. 82. died a: the home of his son, Bryant Whisnaut , in Kings Mountain Monday night at j 13 o'clock. Ho hail boeu in ill Health , for the last several years. Funeral , f services were conducted at the El-. , 1 Bethel church at 3 P. M. Wednesday j > afternoon, with burial In the church cemetery. * 1' I Mr. Whlsnant was u native of ' ! Cleveland county and a lifelong ( member of El Bethel Church ' Surviving are two daughters. Mrs 1 I L. II. l.laloek and Mrs. B. P. Dixon ' or Kings Mouutnln; and throe sons, r 1 C. C. Whlsnant and Bryant Whia- B nant of Kings Mountain, and Wayne Whianant of Morganton. ^ Junior Woman's Club J i'o sponsor Picture Jlie Junior Woinuos Club will sponsor the picture, "I laive Vou Again;' featuring M.vrna Coy 'and Wil tiain Powell at tlio Dixie Theatre r.exl Monday and Tuesday, CTrtoher 7th and kth. This picture Is one of the most. entertaining of the year, .mil the club members a to indebted to Mr. 1). K. Cash for an opportunity ^ to sell tickets, und raise itiuds for the club, which will he a pent for a j worthy cuusc. Club meinhots will! have tickets und anyone desiring 10 I set* 111 v picture i* uhKtm IU aucuru ^ tickets from au> member. . Kings Mtn. Boy !i Injured By Truck * Ilillle Owens, 10 year olil ton of w Mr. and Mrs. James Owens, was seriously injured about 3:30 Tuwday ft afternoon near bis home in the Park if Yarn mill community when struck n by a truck operated by Richard o Gantt, delivery driver for The Oa- o sette The small boys was iiumedl* if ately taken to the offices of Dr. W. *f L. Rantseur and a short time l;l*or tr was taken to the Shelby hospital. .Hospital attendants report that young Owens is apparently suffering If from head injury. Ills rccor.ery is tl expected1. : ' 5 ... -M Watch Labal On Your P?r??r And Don't Let Your Subacriptlon Expire! * . " * FIVE CENTS PER COPY 0. A. R. Third District Meeting tiere LastThursday Tic J'- .iiiiiiml inn 'iu;'. ul 'ho I hint Iflt i North Cittuliiiu ImuA..mrt.ta.jaa-,T.-..aMnr..ei .-fc--V.-K-X-*:* net li'uv last Thursday in the hT<"St Te~>liytci inn Church, with the <*??lnn l Pr? (ti'rtf l: llambright Chapter u ting as hostess. Ttio meeting opened Willi Mrs. KYnitk It Summers.' regent of Out tostcsr chapter, presiding. i'roccslioitul of |mi;i'K carrying colors was ii-il b;. Miss Helen llay. chief pag.o ' * trid Mrs. J. li lierpdou at the piano. The invocation by Rev. .1*. I) Patrick. pastor of the church', was followed bv the. singing of "America". [>y the assembly "following which ivas the pledge of Allegiance lo the Tag. and the American's Creed, I' d >y Mcsdames H S Speck and B K. Troves. < .reelings wre extended ho visiting chapter- representatives by Mrs. \V K Mauney. vice regent. if hostess chapter and response bY Mrs M .11 Wales; regent <>f the Wit-iam Hasten chapter of C.astonia \ horns of High ? School .students tang "tlod ni.'ss America." The business session followed with Mrs. 11 I) Shnekelford. District director presiding The feature af the morning was an address h? Mrs. J. S. Silverstppi). reeon.t of tho North Carolina D,.' A K. Tho domttant note stressed throughout tho session w,rif-'active Tied Pross service by the daughters. during tho present crisis The importa nee ofv ^ach doing her share both In servlto and contributions. After chapter ennrfs were road, a memorial service wits' held honoring ho?c ntrvrtjcrs who have pn?ced c during 'bit rear which was boaii'lfnllv conciud * <, >d with'.a ?oio itv Mr'-' P. if. MnskeTI if phoriotfp. "There is- no iVath" >y O'JTara. The pages were Miss Helen Hay, hairtnan, Mrs. George Ho.iser, Miss Virginia Summers. Miss Elizabeth Mathews. Miss Hetty l,ci> Noisier. Miss Nancy Xickles, Ml"s Krancea Summers- . Lions Donkey Ball GSame Tonight Today is Purro Mall day in Kites Mountain. Those unpredictable burros. the snooty cousins of the lowly ionkey. will he the ceii'/r o." atl'rao Ion at the nail Park > lion the local l.'ons Plnb will mcpf the heavyweight team from Oastonia. Kach and every burro 1b the game >f tomorrow is thoroughly trained ,n tlte same manner of a polo pony end their training is the humane ejuivulout of drilling a hole in tlx* op of their skulls and stuffing iu Spalding's latest rule book. With men trying to play Softball ?ml donkeys doing everything to mwuiaKc nitur HiioriH. m?'re IK ony one thing tlial can result; and hat is a game of the most hilarious un that the otherwise peaceful com nunity of Kiugs Mountain has ever lecn. The game will be called promptly it 7: till and tickets, mav he secured rom any member of the Lions Club tdubs tickets will be Cue and childeu's 10c. Opinion* Expressed in This ColumM Are Not Necessarily the Views of This Newspaper.) When possible economies in govin me n t are mentioned to the atrage Washington advocate of spen ing, (lie usual answer is in tiio ortii of a question that is supposed a be u killeL ''All right;? the spend ,'itliout-end thqorist says, "JuBt there would economize? Just what ssontial sarviros of government rould you eliminate?" This leaves out of account tbo ift that nobody has mentioned cut ig out enure services. Tito prime* need, actually, is careful coon my in each Individual cane Thou* nds of small economies which, ldtvldually, the bureaucrats would Beer at ? could add up to a pretty lonumental sum. Here is a case in point: Printing the Congressional Record ' supposed to com the taxpayers of ic. nation about $50 a pane. Anyone (Cont'd on back page) 4 . V .".nV' j'
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