The
Kings Mountain Herald
Established 1889
Published Every Thursday
HERALD PUBLI8HINQ HOUSE.
Haywood E. Lynch
Editor-Manager
tared as aecoud class matter
the Postofflce at Kings Mouutal
N. 0^. under ire Act of March
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SUBSCRIPTION HA 1 ICS
Ose Year fl.1
Six Montbo
A weekly newspaper devoted
Ute promotion o! " the general w?
tare and published tor the enlist
Ha vicinity.
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X HISS ASSOCIAIK^)
THE BAREFOOT BOY
lilossiiiKK on thuo. little man.
Barefoot hoy. with cheek ot '.an!
With thy turned-up pantaloons.
And thy 'merry Whistled tunes;
With thy red lit), redder still.
Kissed by strawberries op tin' till
With 111.' sunshine on.thy file".
Through thy torn brim's jaunty
graces
Froth tny heart r give thee joy,?
I whs once a barefoot boy.
Prince thou art,?the grown-up ma
Only is republican, . *
Let the niilllon-dojlareil rid*.!
Barefoot, trudging at his sido.
Thou hast more than he can buy,
In 'the roach of ear and eye?
Outward sunshine, inward joy;
Blessings on thet. barefoot boy!
?John (ire en leaf Whittle
THE BEST TIME ' .
The best time to_ frame ..it an
wer to the otters of a friepd is th
moment you receive them; then ti'
warmth of friendship and the int.
ligcnee received most forcible c
operate.?Shenstone.
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APPRECIATION
Appreciation is not posltiv? utiles
it iB expressed in some form?a
tion. word or deed. And the or
who fajls to express appreciate
for favors or courtesies is one wh
lacks culture, sincerity, and goc
breeding.?Selected.
YOUR DISPOSITION
An Old Quaker was watering h
cow at the town well one mornlr
when the new neighbor drove h
horse up to the trough.
"'What'kind of people live here'
asked the newcomer.
"What kind of people did thee lit
amongst where thee cam)e froSn
asked the Quaker.. ''Oh wa8
good place to get away front, Tt
j/tMipiL- were always easing auviii
tage of me uiul were small ac
mean.''
"I am sorry, neighbor, thee wl
find the same here.';
Anil the man aid. He quarrel*
willi all who would quairel and soc
moved on,
In a few- mouths another fami
came to the.same town. The Quaki
met the new neighbor at the we
The same question was asked I
the stranger. Again, the Quaker as
ed his question.
"'The best and dearest people c
the earth," was the reply. "We we]
in sorrow to leave them.'
"Be of good .cheer! Thee will fit
Just as good and beautiful peop
here, said the old man. And tbe ne
stranger did.
Man is largely the architect <
his own fortunes. The dlsturbii
elements we experience in life a
largely in our own mind. It we s<
things with a sour eye they are ni
urally going to appear sour to us.
we see things under bright color
that brightness will be reflect!
back to us. We must first getproper
disposition for oUrselve
then we shall find that we live
> an atmosphere that fits such a ha
py disposition. The Youing Citizei
WORKING ALL THE TIME
They work quietly in the indui
trial laboratories. The public doesr
often hear what is going on, or ha
occasion to realize the vast amou
ot nard.' painstaking effort that go
into the development ot a new pf
duet. Alle we see is the finul at]
eessful result, with its prospect
more Jobs, more payrolls, and ad
ed comfort for all Americans.
It is worthwhile occasionally, si
ply to keep things in their prop
perspective., to remember that I
dustry is hard at work all the tin
spending large sums of money in t
effort to find new products that w
benefit the entire economy.
Farmers, for instance, will be
terested in experiments that ha'
1 een going on for many years almi
at turning the whole cotton plant
stalk, leaves, boll, and fiber ? in
rayon. If and when this becom
commercially feasible, tt will he
to save our truees -- for wood ts
main base source for rayon ? ai
will also be or.e more . examp
where Industry has helped agrtci
ture.
Hundreds of earnest experimeni
like these, many of them brought
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Haywood E. Lynch) .
I know a fe,low who will be enjoying
some home-made fruit cake
n a few days. I was in the Post Ofice
Monday and saw Clarence Black
^ .nailing a package which contained
q a Christmas cake to his son, who is
in the Army in Panama. The pos
_ cage on the package was $1.40, but
.he enjoyment of eating some ' of
nama's cake far away from home
H will more than pay for the postage
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Bird hunter* are reporting that
tt thfe bird* are scarce this year. Frank
u( Summers was In the office to buy
it
.d me that the woods and fields are
full of rabbits but the birds are soma
ether place. Several others have
told me of the large number of rabbits,
but' the scarcity of birds. Shor_
ty Edens has done about as well as
iny with the birds so far. He has
jagged about 15 so far, and the season
is just beginning.
Sport of The Week:
Fountalneer Humes Houston, 'so
excited during the Christmas rusn
I;, that he tried to make a milk-shake
on the orange squeezer at the Kings
Mountain Drug Tuesday.
Thanks to the writer of the fol
lowing:
"Dear Mr. Lynch:
"We like the Herald very much
it our house. Enjoy Mr. Belk's short
stories, and the Womans page, and
your writing too.
"A Subscriber,
City."
Charlie Thomascon. who is a
r great booster of Kings Mountain
and The Herald gave me this item
which he had clipped, tor my Cots'
umn:
ic Mujso- Rooseip
lini Stalin Hitler velt
1 lorn . 1883 1870 1889 1882
o-j Took office 1922 192* 1933 1933
i rs. in power 18 16 7 .7
Age ......... 57 70 , 51 58
Totals 3880 3880 3880 38g0
is Divide by 2, the answer is 1940.
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Frank Stroup, the efficient and
n energetic manager of the Home
|0 Stores has rearranged his stock so
|(j that customers may wait on themselves.
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Mrs. Many Moorhead says Kings
Mountain needs a town clock. She
was down town the other day and
Is each of the four clocks she taw Indl
iK cated a different time, and you know
la she is used to railroad time, which
is always on the dpt.
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Miss Dorothy Carson, the talented
f0 pianist who accompanied the slng?
ers last night played with his glova
es on. She didn't want to greet Santa
with cold hands.
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1 Carl Short who tried to clear a
path for Santa from the truck to
I the Church entrance waa smothered
'"I with happy children trying to get
closer to the man from the Frozen
ft North,
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If Otis Falls can sell gas as well
|y as his little daughter, Betty, can
n sing, he'll have the gas business
11 cornered here.
)y
' Miss Carolyn Carlisle, the Oirec1
tor of the singers, was dressed the
part, she had on a beautiful black
' fur coat, and I have been told they
p> wear furs at the North Pole.
id Postmaster W. E. Blakety saye to
le mall early aa it will soon be too
w late.
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>8 "Fall of France" Lecture
? Here Next Tuesday
Mrs. Marjorte S. Martin, of Lenolt
" who was In France when it was oc
8' cupted by the German Army. will
50 give a lecture of her eye-witness aca
count of the "Fall of France." Mrs.
I8, Martin Is a gifted and talented
speaker and everyone is invited to
P hear her patriotic address next
" Tuesday evening. in the Central
School building at 8 o'clock. Mrs
Martin has made her home in Eu
rope for the past seven years add l?
St woll niialiflOd tn tall* 1
.V M.MWUV VUMUI
't It ions in Europe.
ve Mrs. Martin's appearance in Kings
nt Mountain is sponsored by the locai
ea Tost of the American Legion. Le
'? gionaire W. W. Souther is Chairman
ic of the Committee'for the program
of other members of the committee ar;
Id- (iiee Bridges and L. W. NVeedon. An
interesting and inspiring program
tn has been arranged and the timtli
er ness of the message will make il
In doubly important to the citizenship
ne of America. Chairman Souther an
?n nounced that a space will be reser*
ill ed for the colored citizens of Kings
Mountain and community,
in T he Kings Mountain School Band
ve will play.
ed
to With the organization of a club in
e? Pnagtown School, every rural school
,j_ in Durham County now has an aca
tive 4- HClub.
completion each year, serve to stres
the Importance of research to the
a'" American concept of an expanding
economy that constantly distribute;
19 , more goods and more pleasant liv
to ing to all its people.
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THB KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD.
Interest Shown In T. B.
Seal Sales
Conslderal interest is being shown
in , the sales of T. Q. Christmas
Seals which began here Monday according
to Mrs. Mack Gantt. Chairman.
Mrs. Gantt stated that everyone
who had been contacted gladl.
bought seals to aid in tuberculosis'
work. Sales of the seals will continue
until Christmas.
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Mrs. Gantt announced the following
committees to aid in the sale
of the seals that mean so much to
the health of America:
Publicity: Haywood E. Lynch.
Secretarial chairman; Miss lx>uise
Putnam.
Advertising: Scout Troop 4, H. C.
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Love...Melodrama I L0M1
WHAT HA!. GONE ?HO?E
Johnny .MuSP'i. iiv.iHi: attorney,
meets and -lunrries a. yirl
during a lrif f?? Hvta:. he
brinpj his iiryic, Jane, ' jVov
K?"a, /.'it his b??j, ieije 'COlit
tic, '.oho hcts a J ? </ h ; < . r,
0, reseats Hit} <j'
, atw{ then Johnny's :i' *Srr < ;??* r
j w/i?n Jan: IiT.'i ?? i?
j Johnny's i.Vis. Jfiww ? ?
j p; .. If I'll: !?< ,.*-.i ft <5 V Old-dtk I
i 7of.?IH,7 aVli .'?)?> !l't *H f,|
; ff-S. f'urniunitic for fhtir j/- I
m-Avt Irl/i. C.tj ier, ? / /.*.?, |
i | office, iiits them off 'ha t< :.t.
Jahnnj is witAC'l a'. the c
. j ?? ?? ,"o handle a .cast at of.Je,
j r r?J W SCI'lCti iit OH
I yV' i; ji\'? ? ?i l ie I
/ <. the iir, ,i?ni
! \V-.'o\ o - H-'jts j is
! :o -j-' 11 fur!tierin
the /; ?;(. y.yt.-yihtitr noes ".d ontj
: .? :i,o lirJlifr. A % '. *> ihs i.ttyc
! ?--v rs '.Is i\root Ce.J. r."n.>unee?
i .'.n (ty'tii ion- to the firm is i?'e
! is-/ made.
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Chapter Three
Jane gazed fondly across the
tuvie at Johnny as tne judge cont'nued
with his announcement.
' Yes." said Doollttle,' "the firm
.. ill be ? Doollttle. ? Meaaer.-i.midt
? Doollttle ? Hutch ? "
He glanced again at Eunice.
"- - - and Carter!" the judge concluded.
ohnny stumbled to his feet, offering
an outstretched hand to
Carter. Jane could only look at
Johnny, her eves filled with tears,
?nowlng his disappointment.
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"I'm aeking everyone to tak
Somehow the evening ended and
the guest* left. Jane was alone
in the kitchen with a stack of
dishes. In the other room she
could hear Mr*. Mason talking to
Johnny.
"If you hadn't rushed Into this
marriage there wouldn't have been
any question about your getting
the partnership," lira Mason was
saying. :
"My partnership with Jane Is all
the partnership I need," came
Johnny's answer. "And mother,
there's something else. I don't like
to mention this, but It's not easy
| for Jane, and I do wish you'd try?
er, well ? you know, mother,
not to make it any more difficult."
Offended, her voice querulous,
I Mrs. Mason answered, "la that the
way you feel about it?"
"Yes, mother, that's the way I
feel about it."
I Jane's heart skipped a beat. All
her disappointments and depressions
over the dinner party and Its
stunning outcome faded away.'
, smiung, numming under her
brc-ath, she began to wash the
dishes.
In a few week*, Jane had even
greater cause for happiness. She
went straight from the doctor's ofl
fice to the courtroom where Johnny
was pleading a case. Sha heard
her husband's brilliant summation
to the Jury, then beckoned him to
her side. There, together, they
( shared the news that Jane was to
Ijccopie a mother. When the Jury
Returned, bringing a verdict In
i favor of Johnny's client, neither
kpew or cared anything about the
, case, or courts, or the law.
Johnny was at the hospital
? when the baby was born scvaral
months later, beside himself with
worry over Jane, with happiness
at tne glad event, wonaer at
I the mystery of It all.
As he rushed up to the door of
. the delivery room, a nurse came
1 out. holding in her arms a newborn
infant. '
"Is this ? mine?** asked Johnny.
incredulous.
"Yes." said the nurse, in a
matter-of-fact voice, "that's your
I bov."
The news was too much for
Johnny. They put him to hed 1n a
nearby room and brought him
around with smelling salts.
i The arrival of John Horse'
, Mason. Jr., chanced everything a*
the apartment. Now there Was Mot
room enough for Jane. Johnnv.
Mrs .;'a?on and the hnbv. too.
Hut j 'oony, after oavlnj, the hos
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THURSDAY, DBC. 6, 1940
Wilson, Scoutmaster.
Mailing list chairman: Mrs. H. R
Partou.
Business District: Mrs. Harry
Page.
Mill Offices: Miss Addellne Wan
HoHSchool.
Central: Miss Qussle HuH
stetler; West End, Mrs. C. Q.
Uhyi(t>; East End. Mrs. Joe Thomson;
Margraco. Mrs. J. C Nickels;
Colored School, R. J. Davidson.
The food stamp plan for aiding
the market in moving surplus foods
into trade Channels has been extended
to Ashevtlle and the remainder
of Buncombe Cobnt.v. announces the
t'. 8 Department of Agriculture.
smcs<pisiin mi mmsy
role James'BARD
STEWART
Made for
ich Odier
Ltd by DAVID O. SELZNICK
L,hj Crcmwcll Scrtta pity by )o Swctliot'
turud ty Stlzoick IattrottiouaJ
Rt.'imud firm Vnittd Artist*
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pStal bill, was flat broke. His expenses
rose, though his salary r*
maincd the same.' Where to put
the baby became a problem.
"Why can't he stay In our
to^:n?n suggested Johnny.
",'Ie kept you up last night.
dMn't he? You've got to get your
sleep, too," Jane objected.
"Yoy should have taken tha?
r.!o consideration, my, dear, be
title' you rented this apartment,"
added Mrs. Mason, with demure
-.ver-sweetness.
In the midst of the discussion.
Hilda, the new maid, came In and
cr.lt her job, refusing to work
with a baby in the house.
"My business is cooking." she
said firmly. "You get somebody
rise to wash the diapers."
Softly, almost to herself. Jane
said. "I wish I could go back to
the hospital."
Suddenly Johnny's voice interrupted.
"Look! Mother! Jane! Look ?
the baby! He's smiling ? he's
smiling at me!"
Mrs. Mkxson bent over the crib.
Jane rushed over to look.
"That's gas," said Mrs. Mason
flatly, completely knocking the
spirits from Jane and Johnny.
They reached no solution con- ,
cerhing Junior's sleeping quarters.
All they could do was move him
from room to room. He would
sleep in the kitchen at night, and
in .the living room by -day. Mrs.
Mason would keep her room for
herself.
Johnny, returning from a reunion
of his college class one
night (the class which had voted
him the man most likely to succeed)
nearly stumbled over the
r- ' -r- J -*
* a 38 per oent salary tmi."
baby's orlb. His spirits already had
been depressed because be had
met classmates who already had
found the road to success, while
be, most likely to succeed, was
still a struggling lawyer. Nearly
tripping over the baby's orlb only
served to emphasise his failure.
Arising from bed, Jane did her
best to cheer him upj She dec Wed
to tell Johnny what she knew in
her heart was true. "
"The trouble with you la you
let people step on you. You do all
the work In that office. You're too
modest. You don't appreciate yourself."
She spoke on, and Johnny began
to catch her enthusiasm. Tomorrow,
she told himi, he must go
into Docilities office, demand a
raise and a partnership, or quit!
On this. Johnny balked. Jane, not
to be denied, contfnued with her
fight talk. At last Johnny went to
bed, determined to go over the top
tomorrow.
When the morning dawned, how
ever, it did not seem qulto so
simple to .ohnny. In the privacy
of his own small office, he rehearsed
his speech to the Judge. It
sounded unconvincing.
He gathered enough courage to
Jtnock on the judge's door. Ho
entered; leaned over the desk and
spoke up.
"Judge Doolittle, there's something
I've got to say ? "
"Oh, it's you. You're just the one
I wanted to see; sit down," invited
Doolittle.
Without giving Johnny a chance^
to go on. the judge made his own*
speech. Times were hard, he said,
and clients were cutting down all
around.
"You've been capable and loyal
right from the start, Mason. But
these are extraordinary times ?
for all of us. So I'm asking everyone
to take a twentv-five per cent
salary cut. I'm starting by taking
a substantial cut in my own personal
drawing account."
Johnny made a miserable exit
from the office. As he left, he
heard the judge talking on tn?i
telenhone and saving:
"Hello. Commissioner. You kn.uv
that Tittle piece of property ?.n
Park Avenue? Well ? if the price
Is right - "
Johnn's face was a mask o."
doom as he went back to his own
cubicle. ' .
(To he continued)
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