p . p llMd Tt?? Herat* am |; lw At How# ' VOL. 29 NO. 27 ^ y State And N [ Condensed Ii ?NATIONAL? Washington, June 17.?The Mate department order for the closing of I VO till German consulates in the Unit#d States" by July 1 Odrew many ex pTesstoug of senate approval today, hut Senator McUttrrau, (D-Nev.) called it. a step toward severing dip lotnatlc relations. "1 am'sorry" that such a n order waT raWe," MoCarran toW reporters. explaining that he feared, the action might push the ^-tipns closer to war. -"OT" course, if we are 'gating to bo forced into war, it was essential. But""80 far as propaganda cctlvitles are coniertfed it would be well it ttie "Sl^te depart ment <[ia(l ordered .- cessation by Soviet Kussla." L Washington. June 1/.?Sumner \\ Welles, undersecretary of state, U' said today the government'* 'basic D charges against Germany for the sinking of the American merchant ship Robin Moor were unchanged by the arrival of 35 missing survlrJk ors at Capetown yesterday. Washington, June 17.?A complete l\ ban on exports of oil froitt the easjt 1 \ coast of the "TTnlfe3 States, without ' } prior government approval of Individual shipments, was proposed to the petf' jum Industry today by \ Secretary' ickes, defense petroleum oo-ordinator. ,) LOCAL STUDENT RECEIVES DEGREE i\ Mr, Thomas ' lert Roberts, son yf' * ?t Mr. Frank Rouerts. received the | degree of Master of Arts in Business Admfnlstration from the Graduate School of Vanderbllt University at Nashville, Tenn., recently. * First Of Priz I Essays Publit -% The ?feraM is ,happy. to publish tho first in a series of three prize-winrtug essays, which wa ssponsored by the First National Bank. Tho L first essay is by France sSummcrs, winner of the 6th and 7th grade group, ifrho won the $5.00 offered by pi the bank. The other two esBayB wiR be published a later issuue of Tht Herald. B. S. Netll. cashier, of the First National Bank, suted that he appreciated the interest shown by tu? imruciiiuiiuK Hiuueniu una ae '.as well pleased with the uuuiber that entered. I , The essay follows: OUR (PRICELESS HERITAGE Young people usually live In the present. We do things, that we can Set pleasure out of at the moment. We enjoy many things without stop ping to think why we have the privilege. We would find It a good thing to examine the past and see just how and when so many of the blessings we enjoy come to us. I saw a very beautiful picture recently that bad much meaning for i our Independence. A crises in American History I Laughing Arou 1 With IRVI 1 fi H n n ii t u K - * I A Matter of 1 lAvt' ' . By IRVDS AS EVERYONE should know, the Hnrtpm. Tilt- norfrrt nAr>ulofi The constabulary is mostly of its ow of a darkish hue. Now and again colored rackets the various by-ways of Harlem. ' It , -colored policemen are trained by auch outbreaks. k One of the first lessons given running to cover when some ganf general. "Remember," said the w P fire they are trying to wing yon.' ' shelter so that yon can observe ai this break for cover, never run in a erven' a poor shot to hit you if he ca So when you make-this dash alway Sure enough in the course of tl among the Harlem blacks, and in t policemen was punctured in three i The white officer soon visited r / commented as follows: "Well, I'm { but sorry to see you all shot up. to teach youT" "Cap n sir," said the negro, "tl reckon ae trout.o wuz Hat I sagged (AoMricmo Ntwi '/' X ___ _ 1,1 [ational News n Brief Form I . i ~?TATB? Raleigh. June 17.?The local gov' eminent commission today Bold ' a 1 <60,000 Rutherford county ?0-day revenue anticipation note to tho j American Trust Co. of Charlotte.1 Tho county will pay 3-4 of one per ! tent interest and will get a premj lum of $T.70, Raleigh,. June 17.?R. Eugene ' lli own has* been named acting director of the public assistance di-' vision of the sT&(e board of charities uud public welfare" to succeed Na-j' than H. " eiton, who will become secretary of the state school, commission, The appointment was- announced yesterday by Mrs. \V. T. : I lloslt. state yiTplt'itfy. ^jiumlsslf.ner; I ' ' | Wilson. June. 17.?Five of WH-! son's six survivors of the ill-fated Egyptian steamer '/.antra'it sailed front Lisbon. Portugal, for . New i Yyork aboard the Aemrican Export | litter Exeter. -| Tarboro, June 17.?Construction I of a municipal recreation center lias ' been ^voted here by the local board, of 'commissioner. The eltv will sup-1 - ply funds not to exceed $2,000 and the W'PA w fir furnish $3,800. Lake Junuluska. Juno 17.--*-Gov. i Broughton will be the principal speaker Sunday ou the Haywood county ,day program at this Methodist church conference center, AUDIT BC1NG MADE George B. Emery. Certified Public Accountant of Statesvllle arrived Tuesday to begin work on the annual aQdft for tTte Town of Kings Mountain. I i I e-Winning shed came on July 4, 1776. when repreI ^ontuHvna' frAm nil llto fhlriuon ? ?! unies had the courage to draw up young Americana. There were six characters in It. Three of them in the background represented the "Spirit of '76." The three in trie' ffont represented the spirit of: ; youth today. They all seemed to be marching ahead with the same I spirit of enthusiasm and confidence. What was the "Spirit of /76"? Let us turn back the puges of our American history to the time of our beginning. Those who settled this country came to America br fause j they wished to be free from kings, to be free to worship God as they pleased, and enjoy many other rights. As time passed, England, the Mother Country, began to put , taxes on them and to oppress them with unfair laws. Sho would not give j i them a part in the government. I ; Though the colonists were weak in number and supplies they dared to ( express their rights in the Declarej tlon of Independence, and even more, to fight for those rights In ; the Revolutionary War. Their coui; age and determination won for us (Cont'd on Editorial page) tnd the* World NS. COBB Vliscalculation I S. COBB black and tan district of New York on feeds, clothes and governs itself, rn kind and the politics of the colony bra break loose and sort of shoot up ro curb this bit of lawlessness the white officers to combat and queU > 1 4 wp raters opened fire-on the srarld in bite officer, "when gangsters open fherefore it behoove*, yea to run to ad counter-attack. Now in making straight line. It would be easy for n train hi* gun on you long enough. run ia a zig-zag fashion, ae next week there waa an outbreak', he Apt skirmish one of the colored daces' by three separate bullets, lim at tne hospital the next any and (lad to see you alive and improving. Why didn't you xigxag like I tried lat's perxackly whut I did do, butl when I should have been zaggin'." i Fastens, lac.). . 'J, _ *' I ' "i k- V I ' . , ? ' . v ,? Vr- ".V-.. ,. . . * sd't? V*'' 'aV I'- v' - - IhJH y JLva\j UM KINO* MOUNTAIN. N. C. Mrs. W. A. WarJ Dies Sunday Mrs. W. Alexander Ware, age 61 died Sunday morning at her hom I on Gold street, after several month of declining health. For a week b< fore her death she had been critica ll> ill. Funeral serplca* were held .a I Boyce Memorial "A R. P; Church I Monday afternoon with the pastoj Rev. R. N. Balrd, In" charge. Asala I Mg hluT'werl? W. M. Boyce c I Charlotte. Rev. R. R .A. Young c .Steele Creek Presbyterian Churct Mecklenburg County, both of whor hud been former pastors of the d< ceased and Rev. J. R. lx>ve of Par wood A. R. P. Church, Churlotte. ! Active pall?bearers were v I. G. Pa terson. E. C. Robinlsort,'J? J3. Gan bit*. N. v. MftJuT. f^irvin Uofort and Bright Ratterree. Interment was made In Mountat Rest Cemetery and the many beat tlful flowers bore silent testtmon of the love and esteem of uumbei less friends of the deceased and he family. Mrs. Ware had long heen a meii tier of Bovce Memorial Church. He long years of usefulness In he church and her Interest even _afte her health faTtefT was marked. Sh was of In .alu&ble help" "Th her inii sionary society and circle. Her doo was ulways open to her pastor an her gracious hospitality will " b treasured ' fit ttf? finds.of pastor and .rhelCTamllleB, rvho have serve her^church throughout the ' years She was a faithful wife aud mothe and her life Ts exemplified in th lives of her Tine, family of children Alt of her children except one sor Rreno ' Ware, ot Goldsboro. wer with her when the end garni. .Mrs. Ware was before marriag Mary Caroline XBthony, daughter o the late Mr. 8M Mrs. Abraham An iliony of Patewtoa county, a famil prominently Identified with . th civic and religious llfo of that sec tion "of the State. Surviving aire the husband. Wil Ham" Alexander Ware; two sons Freno Ware of Goldsboro. and Gai risou Ware of Kings Mountain uiree uangnierB, IM rs. ua wrenc< Stroupe. of Charlotte; Mrs. John M< Gill and MIhh Ava Ware of King Mountain; three step-children, Mri Campbell *?hlfer, Mr*. W. 8. Fultoi and M. A. Ware, of . > . ,r r! I 11 -AM d e ? i THE KINGS JViOUNTj e Pres |- Ernest and M { Duo Pi ? Saturday Evening, Ju ?PROGI y I p Sonata in I) Major for two plant >.! Allegro con | Andante j'! Allegro molU ( I Ernest Mauney i ^ I Scherzo in C Sharp Minor Opus ' ballade In F Major .... j Krnest ? INTEItM Waltz In C Major for two piano Brneat Mauney i Bcherzo in B Flat Minor Opus N Walzer 'Nalla" 1. t Miles Ma . Espana Rhapsody Urazlllera (Rliuuiba) Brneat Muunuy i NEPHEW OF MR8. A. Q. SARGEANT KILLED | 1 Rev. anil Mts. A. Q. Sargeant and s family were called to 4 Hendersonj vllle Monday by the sudden death s of Mrs. Bargeant's brother's child, s Jack Featherstone. i- Jack was a young lad of fifteen 1 years, a junior at Hendersonville B High, a member of the band and a r leader fn a number of sports. l< The day before commencement be I was riding on the running board of h a car aQd loRt his hold, falling Rnd [, hitting his head, he suffered a cons cusslon of the bralu Jack died , at , nine o'clock Monday night. Funeral services were Wednesday. I Surviving are two brothers and II two sisters, and bis parents. r , i- gTTraiw""1 ? , i 1 o | ?0ptt r* 1 i will Rogers Humorous Story * , By WILL ROGERS , I '"THE Worst Joke I heard today A was told to me by Miss Belle Astaire, of the Aataires. You know them, the brother and sister, Fred and Belle Astaire, who have made such a tremendous hit in "Lady Be Good." They are over here in London now, and they are a very big success. She was eat to the Studio today with Misa Dorothy Gish, who I am playing in a Picture with. You know when an Actor or Actress has nothing else to do they go and see some other one work. She had her Mothsr with her and t didn't get any real chance to have a good cnat with her. At the table I heard the following and advised k#r ( the SnliV M, !? ? r dance. B "I hear young Smith baa gone 8 on the stage for good now. How ? is he doing?" t "Jolly well, I hear," said the ? ? friend. "They say he Is making a t great hit a* a Hale Impersonator." American Km Feature#, Inc. ["VTi"' * ,-^r-A : > . y - f ?i' i >? . lerald * ? 3y Woman's Club 1 | I. 1 ? 1 [ ' o 0 1 F - f T! t it /it " \' A \IN WOMAN'S CLUB ] ents ' i liles Mauney n anists j ne 21, 1941, 8:00 P. M. [; IAM? ;* " , 0 >s Mozart P spirits * . tl tl : ' s and Miles Mauno No. 39 Chopin p .. . Chopin e Mauney e [J8&ION? b I V 8 ... Arcnskl . n and Miles Maune * t? t o. 31 Chopin .......... Dohnanyt in nney id tl . ... r> ...... 4...... Chabrier :...... Mllkand t( and MileH Maune Cotton Stamp Plan Explained " u County Agent John S. Wllklna and a representative ot the Stamp Plan Managem(e it from Raleigh. Mr. g Hutching, spoke to a group of local L merchants" last Friday afternoon in the City Hall and explained In de tail the workings of the plan. Mr. e Hutchino explained several phases j, o? the program and told the mer- ? chants that a large percentage ot farm customers would he affected. '1 Pictures were also shown by the ^ representative, illustrating the plan! Mr. Wilklns stated that between r $25,000 and $30,000 would be snent j In Cleveland County with the' stamp*. I j 2,700 Clevelffild fafmera have j signed up In the Stamp program,1 B Which 1f^pJjf?enta .J approximately j t one-Tfalf of the cotton growers who could take part In the program. Elected To Girls' State iMlss Martha McClain; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. McClain, had the distinct honor of being selected to represent the local chapter of the American Legion Auxiliary at t Girls' State held at Womans College University of North Carolina, Greensboro. This is a part of the American program of the Legion Auxiliary all over the nation to bet t ter aoquaint the girls with the laws c and government of our counutry. t The young lady la selected by the v Principal "of the School and passed < on by the local Chapter of the Aux- i lltary. t This ts the second year for Girls' a suite ana already It hag grown in t popularity with gome chapterg a- r long with other civic organization* ( nendtng a* high ag eight girls. All expenae* are paid and the gtrla.get l a training moat beneficial to them \ all through lite. g This year the gtrls will go to the t Capitol in Raleigh and observe Just c hpw our lawn are.'made, etc. { c Last year the Lions and the Aux- 1 lllary each sponsored a girl. Misses * Alice Betty Mauney and Jo Keeter, * - . - . V4 \' . < - > ' i - - " - * it'.'-j * ' ' . .. " ' ; JjUi Watch Label On Your Paper An# Don't Let Year Subscription xpirel mmmmmmmmmmmmmfmmmmmmmmrnmmmmmmmmmmam " .M.> * iOj ??????? i I.i i ,m PIVE CENTS PER COPY * ' ? Vhere The Soldier Soys Are Located , The ^lerald la lu receipt of the allowing list of locations and deuchmeuts of local boys who are erviug in Uncle Sam's Army. The iorald will publish from thpe to line the addresses of young men ervtng thoir one-year Selective lervice. Lots of the boys are away rom home for the first time and hey will deeply appreciate a letter r card from folks 'back home. Most f the selectees from the local loard are sent to Fort liragg or 'ort Jacksou, but are quickly transerred to other famps throughout he United States. This list may be , lipped for future reference. The complete list as received to aie from Army headquarters fol>\ys: .* ." . H'.racc M. Walker, Infantry, Holacoment Training --O ? Wheeler. Gu. Austin A. Williams, 252nd Coast ,'rt tilery, Ft. Screven. On. John H. Yeltou, 252., C. A.. . Ft. icreveo. fla. Robert (N.MI) Smith, Infantry Uo ilacomeiit Training Center, t'auip Yheeler, Ca. John M. Costlier, J4q. and llq. Sq. 4th Dumb Group; MacDill Flefd,' la. Huron U. Hlauton, 252nd CoaHt < .ttlllery, Ft. Screven. Ga. ]own To Buy Property ''or School . Members of the Town Council let Tuesday ntjfST"with all present [ayor Jotl; Tholnson presided. Thfe aiurd voted to allow the water cusjmer on dead-end lines 4,000 gal >ns of water for the minimum of 1.15 instead of 2,000 gallons for ther customers. There will be only ne customer- on each dea'd-end. and mt is for the last connection on le Tine. Dr. U P." Baker. Chairman of the chool Hoard, and A. H. Patterson, lember. and Supt. B. N. Barnes apeared" hi fore the board and request d the Town Conncll to purchase be property at the corner of Parkr and Gaston streets to be used y the school. .(The .board voted to_ / urchase "ihe property fal ~a~~'Pi,lce < I1/-** ot to exceed $3.0flo ,^n? a commit-' p V se was appointed to put the deal hrough. "Counciimen Wl.T.unis, Ben ett and" Hamricw voted for the lotion. Councilman W. K. Muuney id not vote as he Is interested in ne erouerty. It was thought that the property a be bought which includes a house lay ,b,e used for a vocation tralnlg fii the school system. - , Complaints about pig pens within lie rity.nhifls were heard, but no efintte action was talcen ou the ratter. ? Afer considerable discussion and evision the privilege license schedle was adopted. , .i i i - . i. IROTHER OF LOCAL ADY DIES Jake Rayfield. aged about thirtyight years, died Monday morning n the Shelby hospital at 5:45 after , serious Illness of a few hours. A native of Shelby. Rayfield was he son of Mrs. Maggie Hensott who lied five years ago. Final rites were held at the homo if an aunt. Mrs. Robert Grant. Tueg lay afternoon at 3 o'clock. Survivors Include thrde sisters: ilrB. Ijona Gantt of Kings ^fountain ars. isaran Wright or Cherryvllle, . ,nd Mrs. Mamie Heffner of- Morgan on. by James Presto* Opinion* Expressed in Thi* Column Are Not Necessarily the Views of This Newspaper.! The precise Implications or the Resident's most recent fireside hat wilt be discussed around this own. and probably throughout the thole country for many weeks to tome. There were bo many lights ind shadows In the long address hat It will take a measure of time ind considerable subsequent acftrl y w ciamy we rem meaning or nany of the hints dropped by the :blef Executive. The speech has already been ana yzed endlessly from the point of lew of foreign affairs. But tbe dan [Or in neglecting another side of he question was dramatized by two ibservers who, as soon as they revived mimeographed copies of the ^resident's talk, calmly sat down md began measuring it. After n few (Cont'd on page three)