? r "1 4 Rud The HtraM | And uy At Horn* VOL. 20 NO. 34 ' State And Ni I Condensed In ?Stite j Goldaboro. Aug. 5.?Delton Ray ] Joyner, five -year old bon of Abert j Joyner of Bobber vile, wag killed instantly when be was struck by an automobile on tbe Dobbtn<|i?> - Mi j Olive highway Saturday afternoon j at 3 o'clock. Officers sad. the car ' Nvat; driven by Nettio Lane of New port News, Va., Coroner T. R. Rob-: in son. Sr., and Deputy Sheriff H. R Gardner, both of Goldaboro quoted ] witnesses as saying the little boy Rad gotten out of his father's car \ _ ? J * .1 4- ? ?- - * - auu iiuu sianca xo run across xne road when he was- lilt. Coroner Rob ! ir.son said the accident was unavoid Able. Columbia. S. 0.. Auk 5.?Mav and .Tune proceeds tor South Carolina coijbtlea and mifnlclpalltes '.from, the liquor tax were the highest since the state's wet law took ef%rct In 1936. , Greepville. 8. C., Aug. 5.?Coroner jDennis Rampey of Pickens county said today he would not hold an I Inquest In the death of Mrs. Ruth ' ' Johnson, 41 of Spartanburg who j wan fatally injured about 7:30 a. m yesterday when two motorcycles wrecked on the outskirts of Liberty .Morehead City. Aug. 5.?The four tb annual three-day Coastal Festival will open Thursday. One of the principal events on the program will be the dedication Friday of the new Morehead City j i post office, Governor J. M. Brough- i ton and Representative Graham A. Barden of the Third district will take part. Raleigh. Aug. 5.?Robert M. Sal- , ter has resigned, effective Oct. 1st as dlrecter of *the N, ,C. Agrlcultur-1 al Exeprlment Station. > DEFENSE B t Q. What is the reason f Bond? J A. To keep America free, tand pride in your coun dictators that the I strongest country in t K ; Q. But if I do not have en . Defense Bond, what ca A. Buy Defense Postal St eveiywhere. Your posi rnent store or druggis them for you, at 10c u Stamps to exchange fo Note: To purchase Defe go to the nearest post write for information I United States, Washing Laughing Aroun With IRVIN , And the Point of Or< Wt.- " ... I By IRVIN S, TJACK in 1890 the Honorable George able James S. Hogg, of Tyler, wt Gubernatorial Nimination in Texas. In those days, the Republican pal minority party than it is today. Its Bat the rank mad file overwhelming! Republican state convention met at Fo were negroee. Both Clark and Hogg ? k The Clark people controlled the J 1 t M-J - lempurwy ciuuimu uucu upon uie iv < ths proceedings with prayer. Sin Kill hailing from near the border betweel fat and black and had a' mighty voice, i the blessings of the Almighty upon t ? he concluded, he roared oat these woi "An' Anally. Oh Lawd, bless Thy 'ho gov*ner of tne great state of Tex. protest and approbation arose. Th minutes. Finally down in the body of a. clan obtained recognition from the pr * ' "Mista Cheerman!" he shouted, 7 1 moves dat de name of George CI " prayer an' dat do name of de Hoar substituted therefor." The Sin Killer was still upon his I emergency. F ? "Mis Cheermnn," he proclaimed, "State the point of order." , "De genelman's motion is pintedl -de prayer in question done went to He ' (Assaricaa SUw. F 1... ' Kings itional News Brief Form i ?National? Washington, Aug. 6.?Assailing "would-be world conquerors" with | unusual vigor after a long absence . from the ca"pTtai; Secretary Hull; predicted 'today that of the "free peoples'" work together with firm de?eVtuination? they will be victorious over the forces of ''savagery and barbarism. New York. Aug. B.?Kills Island authorities said today that they had released Nancy Cuuard, writer and members of the English shipping1 family in custody or the British con ? r.ulate and that she presumably ' would be returned to England by way of Canada. Washington. Aug. 5.?Secretary pf Commerce Jones announced today that his oft Ice was finding substltutes for some l.OOD alleged pro-1 A-xis agents biHhg discharged by | 1'nlted States firms In their Latin , American- offices. Weston. Mass:. Aug. 5.?Father Daniel Lineham. S. J., seismologist j ? at Weston college, reported a fair-1 f ly >evere" earthquake was relorned J tonay on the lollege seismograph. ..: Ituffalo, N. Y.. Aug. 5.?A sshedul z> ed test case of the government's d right to compel an Indian to ans- T wer selective service call was aban a doned today after Arnold K. How- P Itt. 23 year old Tuscarora Indian I* of Sanborn decided he "would not be the guinea pig." - w <. tl Houlder City. Nev. Aug. 4?Alex- J1 ander flrant. Jr., folded and tuckttl | Into a gunnysack today a canvass { boat in which he became the first to traverse ? la such a flimsy jj craft ? this treacherous rapids of Q the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, j OND QUIZ i j or buying a Defense Jj o To show your faith s itry. To warn foreign < Jnited States is The ? he world. m iough money to buv a J' n I do? ' !< b? amps, on sale almost ? t office, Bank, depart- y t has them, or can get * pward. Save enough r a Defense Bond. ji L nse Bonds and Stamps, r, , office or bank, or ||| " to the Treasurer of the u, < ?ton, D. C. | ni 1: ai 1 M II II II w d the World [< S. COBB tec ; - . fii ? " "" ~~m~ 4 u Ill Ju: Was Sustained ^ pi COBB . et Clark, of Waco, and the Honorire candidates for the Democratic J'| rty in Texas was even more of a leaders mainly were white men, 1 " : y was black; so that when ths he rfc Worth the delegates nearly all h< (ought this Republican support. w preliminary organisation. The ere rend Sin Killsr Griffin to open ' er was n famous negro revivalist fr It Texas and Arkansas. He was In thunderous tones he invoked Pi he assemblage. And Just before w ids: ' servant, George Clark, aa' mek . as." Instantly a rear of mingled s tumult continued for several the hall n bullveieed black politi- b> esiding officer. PI I teks dc floor to mek a motion: m -_j-_ ?J a . arse d* expunren rrum nai air liable Jeemet Stephens Hogg ba i feet. Inataatly he rose to the re Ti "I speaks to a p'int of order." y out of awder far de reason daft M laven more'n fly? minutes ajfot" . Mtoras. Inc.i. ' Br -- W " ' ?* Moun . \ KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C. THUS "THE-FLYING~ i ^ ^ :U^js?S ~o.-. 'ir' ;m . # ' r=^V * *tp*;/ 'r -r?^ - ~ " "Ihere is an old lege condemned ^orevep 1o st , melm op 5t1pe father of Locaf Ladies 1 Juried Friday 1 Will. O, Hord, 73. well known cltlrn of this and adjoining counties., ^ led at Ills home In Waco last i j nursday morning at 3 o'clock after !f period of declining health of sev- | ral years and a serious Uness of ~ in months. ' ' ( Funeral services fd* Mr. Word we held on Frldar al. 3 p. m. at it? Waco Baptist Church where ho v ras a member. Fifty four years ago j e joined the Elizabeth Baptist f liurch and later moved to Waco, j le was an active leader in church ( rid community $ffars. His pastor, le Rev. A. M. Riser, was in charge . f final rites, assisted by the Rev. . . W. Suttfe and Dr. Zeno Wall s ivterm'enT" ^as at Old Capernaunil J emetery. two miles from Waco. Mr. Hord was born on February-' ( 4, 186"?, (lie oldest son of the late (] smes Y. and Jane Harmon Hord. I t le was married in 18k? to Miss ,. rV. ... A.... n>k? a.'.M..Inna ! iniy /*mi VYiiiiwwiiii wiiu nui ?ncn. j ither survivors Include three sons, i t oron of Waco, Raymond of Boiling i" j prings, aiiil Alvin. of Shelby; four ! f aughtei'8. Mrs. Klisha McBrayer of holby. Mrs. Aubrey Clay and Mrs. arl Davidson of Kings Mountain, j f nd Miss Maude Ava Herd of Waco. I ( Thr?e brothers who V.,rvlve ara: j pss. John, and "Frank of Waco, and j mr sisters are; Mrs. D. P. Krone- I erger of Bessemer City. Mrs. P. M. | V Ifashburu of Shelby. Airs. W. V. I mlth of Charlotte, and Mrs. W. 11.' eago, of Fayettevllle. Seventeen v randchildren and one great-grand- j, Mid, also survive. a Pallbearers wero six nephews: ? lines Caldwell, Ed Washburn, J. > Hord, Jr., James William Hord, c illle Ycago, and Fred Harmon. p onorary pallbearers were other v ephews and grandsons of the do- ^ eased. Flower bearers were the j elces and granddaughters. Mr. Hord wffs known to all as v Uncle Willie." and was noted for Is joviality and sense of humor, nd endeared himself to the many P ho knew' him In every walk of c fe. Although his suffering was in- g inse, he fought It bravely to the j t nd. The crowd which overflowed j ir church. ancCthe unusually large j g oral offering were evidences of y io high estetm In which he was h old. For many years he opeflfted a ? iw mill, thresher, and cotton gin, id was cons' lered oiie of the hardit worWftg men In the county. 1^ Mr. Hord had Ttved until Novnher 25 of this year, he and Mrs ord wdu!9 ha"*a celebrated their ith wedding anniversary. oimer Pastor of First laptist Church Buried Wednesday Rev. John R. Miller, prominent aptist minister died Tuesday morn g at 12:15 o'clock in a Lnmberton >spltal where a few hours earlier e had been rushed by ambulance hen he became ill suddenly in airmont at the home of his daugiter. Funeral services were held at the Irst Baptist Church in Falrmon Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock. Rev. Mr. lllller waa a former pas r of tho First Baptist church here Besides his widow, he is survived r two two daughters. Mrs. F. O. loyd of Fairmont, and Mrs. Vida filer " Gordy of Pasedena. Calif. Mr. and Mrs. George Ware have itumed from a vacation trip to snnessee and Kentucky. Mrs. Ted Gamble Is a patient in emortal Hospital Charlotte, where io underwent an operation last tain 1 ISOAY, AUG. 7. 1*1 DUTCHMAN- j - t Y? _:,^.w-^x-.-~ >.* a r.-r -- -AVJCa= -> - ? . \ \ ND or A SPECTRE SHIhJ UL TfrE SEAS WITHOUT" OSMAN* '0 Arrests Made luring July I #A total of 70 arrests were made hiring the month of July by the Fo / Ice Department, according to Chiel^ t Police Jimmy Burns. J^ \ _^Arre*ts for being drunk accwmttid for about half the total arrests or the month. The complete list if arrests follows: Assault and Battery 2; Assault vith deadly weapon 4; Beatinu loard Bill 1; Capias 2; Gambling 9 Ugh way Robbery 1; Investigation k, Violation of Lottery Laws 2; )perattng Auto- for Hire Without LI ense 2; Operating Auto Intoxicated Oneratlnf? Auto Without Drivers1 .icenso 1; Reckless Driving 1: speeding 4; Violation of Liquor j ?aw? 3; Drunk 34. The above ^rrest statistics do not ( ake- in consldeiHt^Pn 0,6 numfcter if offenses reported * and lnvestlga-1 ed for which no arrests were made j 'hcse consisr of the following. in >art: Wrecks'^; Peeping Tom 1; suspicious Person 2; Fighting 3: i greeny 3: Attempt to Break and ^nter 2; Theft of auto 2 (cars reovered); Escaped Convicts 2; Tres j iass 2; Doors of Business' Places nund open 3: and Theft of Blcy:les 2 . (Bicycles returned). JNCLE SAM'S REGULARS MSIT KINGS MOUNTAIN The streets of Kings Mountain ( vere astir last night with soldierly ; noking members of tho 102nd Cav- ] iry Regiment, that is spending one j light only on the Kings Mountain National Military Park in the nurse of a reconnoitre maneuver relimlnary to this fall's maneuera on the "South CaroTlna side of rork county. . \ VRIGHT REUNION SUNDAY The Wright Reunion will be held lutiday Aug. 10. at tlf; Friendship 'hurch in Fallston, N. C. The proram will begin at 10:30 and -conIti'ue"Through the day with speakig and special music by several ood quartets. All relatives are In-! !U cuiin-. oring DasKets of IniHi and enjov the dav r~ ' Tl; Will Rogers' j Humorous Story < i < . * i i. i i 1 ? * By WILL ROGERS ' r i'HERE was some girls that had got past thirty years old and hadn't got married. They all ' worked in the same neighborhood, t so they kinds ?rot to talking it over at lunch. Then they decided to make up a sort of clinic and talk I wan and means. ( After a club had been formed, t the girls had a big secret meeting, r aad they *11 talked about the whys and gats about catching a man. One of them was speaking. "Of course/' she says, "it's my opinion that a blonde has got a better i chance than a brunette anyhow." "I object to that," Says a real determined lady In a back row. iT' ' 1^1 _ _l i. < Ifin 18 uukid( inoui Home- n she knrws nothing about. d and brunette mint got noth- . do with it. I been both twice. ir.. didnt make any difference!'* 9 Americas Mtwa IWInw, Is*. f " '' 1 ' : * ' . . i'.tiitiiimiiiht-' [erald Mrs. J. C. Bridges 1 Buried Monday lr Final rites were held Monday af- > , eruoon ut 3:00 o'clock at ML Sinai ^ Baptist church for Mrs. Sara Gold 101 Bridges. 60. of Shelby, route 2, who ; WI lied In the Shelby hospital Sunday af it 8:45 a. tn. following au Illness of !our inunths.. ' ? A native of Cleveland county, to Mrs. Brdges was the wife of J. C. Bridges, whom she married 51 years igo. She was a member of the ML c.? Sinai Baptist church and the mo- ' a'' ther of Glee A. Bridges, member of M the Cleveland County Board of Com nissloners, and Elmo Bridges. j Jo , In addition to her husband, sur- ( cr viyors Include seven sons: Hugo - ( Bridges, of Amerlcus, Ga.; Milqn 1 Bridges of Albany. GaH Ben llrld ges of Charlotte; T. F. and Durham j Bridges of Shelby; six daughters: j Mrs. E. M. Williamson of .Pineville; j l!> Mrs. J, M. Biggerstaff of ClMTslde; . ^ Mrs Le? Blackburn of Mooresboro; | Mrs. B. Li. Westmoreland of Blacksburg. S C.. Mrs. W. G Ellis and 1 Mrs. L. Y Putnam of Shelby. j w Three brothers and four sisters also survive: the Rev. W. M. Gold of Ellenbord; Coleman Gold of j Kings Mountain; Victor Gold . ot j ? Indiantown, Fla.; Mrs. ' William I w Daves of Ellenboro; Mrs. Wayne j Covington of Shelby; Mrs. Hart Justice of Crouse and Mrs. Cliff -* Cooper of Polkton. Forty seven grandchildren and nine great grand children are additional survivors. A"lie funeral service was In charge j N at the Rev. Lawrence Roberts anil i is 'he Rev. J. L. Jeukins. Interment! & followed In the church cemetery. "! si The Cleveland County Board of j H Comwlsviomers ,met Monday morn- 1? ing and adjourned but of respect to p] Glee A. Bridges, member of the! v< Board. All county offices in the j court house were closed at noon tl Monday out of respect. m O City Office Staff Busy tr 11. The office staff at .the City Hall , B is busy setting up records for the ft coming year. New Clerk K. S. Saw- a yer is on the Job and is fast get- C ting acquainted with the System of i\ the office. .ML The staff is busy preparing the, i< tax list of unpaid 1940 {axes which | L will be published in the next issue ( it or Tne Herald ; u City Manager H. L,. Burdetle i C stated that the summary of the an- '< nual uudit has been received and F will be -published next week for the P Information of taxpayer and cttt- C zens of Kings MoufitaTh Mrs. Bell Dies j ^ Unexpectedly Final rites were held Ttiesday i morning at 11 o'clock at the Oak j 4? Grove Baptist church for Mrs. T. j R. Bell, widely known woman of j J* the Oak Grove community, who ? died suddenly Mondu> morning at | her home. 1 Mrs. Bell had been seriously 111 ! '* for several days of heart trouble but j was thought to be recovering. She j w visited her daughter in the commu- i l*1 nlty on Sunday. j c< Mrs. Bell was born May 13. 1880, ! ,s the daughter of the latfj Mr. aud ' cl Mrs. Jake Ledford. 8he was niarrl-j ed to T. R. Bell In 1896, who sur-1 n vives Other survivors are: ten ir children: Mrs. "t'otn Moore, Mrs. tc Mitchell Watterson and Marshall in Bell of Shelby. "K!rs. "Wiley' Blanton p of Kings Mountain. Mrs. Marvin -* Randall of TTethwafre. Hubert Bell of pi Salisbury. Mrs. Oscar Lovelace, i Mrs. Fred Parker, Jake Bell and i Dorse Bell of the Oak Grove com- j of nninlty; t\vo brothers. Tllden and j Sollie Bedford of ibis county and ' m two STMers, Mrs. T>- J- lx)velace ' and Mrs. Rufus Saunders, also Cleveland county. . Services were In charge of the j ^ pastor. Rev. Luther Hawkins who j ^ ivas assisted by Reverends Blain i p. klcSwaln and W. ~Q. Camp of Moor- j ssboro. . -of dR. J. C. LACKEY " In JUFFER8 8TROKE wl The mBny friends of Mr. J. C. Ri Jackey, Secretary and Treasurer of ry. .. : The negro den,t% evef be'/fg in ings Mountain. Chief of Poltoie Jimmy Buitia ent to Ashevillc Tuesday in an ati have the negro returned to Cle;land County for trial oh a mors rious eliarge of highway robbery id assault with deadly weapon ith iutcnl to kill. D. Herndon Presides X Ginners Meeting 1*. I). -Herndon, President of the orth Carolna Ginners' Association in Italeigh presiding during ths tate Convention which is in seson today and tomorrow. President erndon stated that approximately > ginners from Cleveland County launed to attend two two day conentlon. The Convention is being held with le cooperation of the N. C. Departlent of Agriculture and N. C. State ollege. Speakers from all over thau cotin belt are on the program which, icludes such important subjects aa uslness Morale and National Dcsnse. Objectives of the OinnerB ssociation. The Farmer - Glnner ontract. Merchandising Improper Ginned Cotton, "Toting Our oad," The Warehouseman's Stake i Better Ginning, Wage and Hour ,aws Affecting Ginners. Proraotig Raw Cottou Interests, Better I l_ ?... T~? n I I |M XT nu?l. inning DBiiei t uiiuii iu nurui aroliiia: Oinn era' Responsibility > the Cotton industry. Utllzlng the hidings of Ginning Research; Trlle A Record Keeping. Ginning .*, osts Investigations, etc. routh Crusade Week it Central Methodist The young people of Central fethndist Church will begin their Youth Crusade Week" on' Mondav lornlng Aug. 11 at 7 o'clock with telr Morning Wach service and reakfast. which Is to . continue nch morning throughout the week. d by 1. Ben Goforth, Jr.Kach dav at noon the church betl 111 announce a nraver for peace i which. It Is hoped. the entire immunity will 1oln. ^crothv Hoke in charge of the program in the turch at this time. Vesper SerxMppR ore to be held on ic lawn of tTTe' church each everig at 7 o'clock with Meek Carpen>r In charge of tlffe program. FoTiwlng this program. the Young pop!? wfit enjoy a period of rec"?t'op. led by Maude atld Hhrotbr lonk. The public is cordially' invited to tend the evening services at 8'00 ich evening. The Junior Choir will ntr nnil different sneaker* will nke talks. In culmination of a full week for i?' young people. a banquet will held on Friday evening at R:0(> the olitirrli basement. at 35c a ate. Vivian Prince. T,it> Nelll and emonsee MoDanlel are in charge ector. der civil service at the Herculw^? wder Plant In Radford,'Vs.f Mr. l?Ut. 1-? V1 / ta uiciv, WW ^iu HI HUUSICU iruip uovw n College last June, will begin irk next Monday. Darlington, 8. C.. Aug. 1 -A safe ilcta waft .stolen from the Yemaaae rpen tine Company in Society II, iDarlington county, late last ?k, Was found today in a creek Marlboro county bV young bdya 10 had gone to the ntream for & * >",.? -J*