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VOL. 33 NO. 3
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N.
THURSDAY, JAN. 17, 1935.
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
Local Post Office Net
Surplus Up 236 Percent
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Kings Mtn. P. O.
Receipts Show
Large Increase
After paying all local ' expenses
of the. Postoffice, except the R'F. D.
carriers, the Postoffice had a net
surplus for the year of 1933 of
$652.33, and after paying all local
'expenses of 1934 except the R. I* • U
carriers, the Kings Mountain Post
f office had a surplus of $3,601-lo.
This being an increase of net sur .
[ilus of $2,343.77, or 436 percent.
Postmaster Ware stated that in his
opinion this would be or.s of the big
Best increases of surplus of any
post office in the United States.
The receipts of the Kings Moun
tain Postoffice for the. *ast three
months of 1933 were $2,920-41, and
for the last three months of 1934
were $4,514.65. t’his being an in
crease of $1,594.24, or an increase
of 54 percent.
Postmaster J. G- Ware, also an
nounces that the receipts for Decern
her 1933 were $1,020-58 compared
with $1,935.06 for December, 1934,
an increase of $914.48. This bein .
an increase of 89 per cent.
Postmaster Ware gave us the fig
ures for the entire year of 1933
which were $10,840.93 compared
with $14,426 47 , a gain of $3,585.54
This represents an increase of a
bout 33 per cent. This set an all
time record for receipts of the local
Postoffice.
Postmaster Ware announced that
some mail is left by southbound
train No. 33 which arrives at Kings
Mountain at 10:20 a. M. This mail
formerly, arrived on train No. 37
which arrives at 1:09 p. m- This
speeds up the arrival of mail from
ik the north about three hours.
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Through State
’ CAPITOL. KEYHOLES
By Bess Hinton Silver
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GOOD STROKE — Governor Eh
r In Khans made a hit with the Legis
lature in his biennial message. If
the Governor listens to the urgent
please of friends from all over the
State and runs for the Senate a
gainet Senator Josiah Bailey, his
recommendations for better salaries
for teachers and State employees
will not hurt his chances.
HOLDS ’EM — Lieutenant Gov
ernor A- H. Graham is one presid
ing officer that holds the reigns
tight on the State Senators. Last
session some of the boys didn’t ke
this but it expedited business and
the personnel of e present Senate
is business like if it is anything.
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURAN
CE— Former State Senator W. O.
I Burgin, of Davidson, is confident he
■will live to see his 1933 bill for a
■ State unemployment plan become
law before this session of the Gen
eral Assembly adjourns. Conditions
were such in 1933 that the measure
had Uttle chance and was with
drawn but the commission, headed
by Mr. Burgin, made a study of the
situation and Governor Ehringhaus
endorsed the plan) in his address
to the General Assembly.
(PRIZES — Perhaps you have
wondered why there is always such
a scramble among Legislators to
get on important committees. The
reason is simplicity, itself in many
instances. The big committees re
ceive delegations from all over the
State and members of the groups
have many chances to turn a few
political tricks. That in future cam
paigns, especially of a State-wide
nature.
DOUGHTON-HOEY — Lines
have formed in the General Assem
bly on the prospective candidates
for Governor -with the sharpest di
visions betweo n the backers of
Clyde R. Hoey, pf Shelby, and Con
gressman R. L. Doughton. Backers
of Mr. Hoey are expecting an an
«ouitev“" jiii from him at any time
(Cont’^l on page seven)
EXTRA DISTRIBUTION
Beginning with this week’s issue
of the Herald we are going to dis
tribute by carriers boys to practi
•ally all the homes in Kir.gs Moun
.ain a copy of our paper, this being
in addition to the regular subscrio
ers.
iWe hope that you will like . the
paper, and we are going to do all
n our power to merit your support
Your home town paper is the ,oest
ndex to the outside as to what your
;own is and what it’s people are do
ng. Help us to tell the world what
a progressive, wide-awake, and
' oautifnl town we hav in Kings
Mountain.
! HAPEL EXERCISE, GRADE 2A
Mrs. Smyre Williams, Teach r
•GLIMPSES OF THE NEW YEAR'
Dramatizing the Twelve Months
f the year.
Herald- -By Eoline Garvin.
New Year—Song — By Dorothy
Putnam.
February, ‘‘A Valentine’—By Joy
Crapps.
March — “Have You Heard The
Wind Go Y o o o o”— by Charles
Warlick.
April—'The Rain’—By Lorena Bar
ton.
May—'“May Time”—By Mary Ann
Crouse.
June — Flower Girl, Bride and
Jroom — Maggie Allen, Betty Turn
r and Billie Gault,
uly—“Betsy Ross and George
./ashington” — By Virginia Sum
mers and Porter Houston.
August — “When I was Down Be
side The Sea”—By Joe McDaniel.
September — ‘School Days’— Group
of children — Angeta Falls, David
Mauney, C- Kelly., J. T. McGiftnis,
Ruby Jackson, Juanita Huffstickler
October — “Leaves” — By Virginia
Wolfe.
Merry Ghosts sung by Margaret
Falls, Lucille Carroll, Helen Hens...
ley and Pauline Ervin.
Noverber — The Pilgrim and Indi
an Folk—By Nancy Plonk and Otis
Falls.
December — “Santa Claus’ — By
Yates Smith.
Recitation — "Twelve Months of
The Year.’—By entire class]
Song—“Happy New Year” — By
class. 1
CONVICTS KIDNAP PRISON
BOARD, WARDEN; FLEE AS
COAST POLICE RALLY
|SAN QUENTIN, Cal., Jan. 16—
desperate convicts broke from San
Quentin Prison today, kidnaped
vVprden James B. Holohan and four
members of the prison board, and
poured a withering fire from a
machine gun at pursuing guards.
Airplanes took off immediately
from Hamilton Field to aid suppres
sin the break.
Alcatraz Island guards and po„
lice from all Northern California
prepared to send' forces to the scene
WARDEN INJURED
Holohan, veteran prison warden,
jumped from the running board of
his automobile after six convicts
kidnaped him. He suffered a frac.
turcd skull. Physicians feared he
would die.
Members of the prison board, in
eluding Secretary Mark E. Noon,
Frank Sykes, Warren Atererton am'
Joseph Stephenson, and two guards
were taken along as hostages.
'Governor Frank F. Merriam, in -
formed at Sacramento of the break
immediately assumed personal
charge of efforts to capture the
men.
TELL US YOUR NEWS
To have a first-class newspaper,
you must have readers. To 1 have
readers you must have riewSr—to
ha^e news you must have the aid
and help of the people in the com
munity in which the paper is pub
lished. Help us to give you a first
class newspaper, by telling us your
news—news about vour friends,
neighbors. relatives. Your local
Home Town paper — The Herald—
will always be glad to print any
article for the betterment of our
town—Kings Mountain.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR AN
THONY CHILD HELD LAST
IRIDAY
Funeral services for Margaret
Anthony, 6 year old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Anthony, were
held at their home near Gastonia
last Friday afternoon ana interment
made in Pissah cemetery.
The services were in charge of
l!;v. C- i>. Williams, pastor of Pis
_ah cliuu'h of which the Anthony
family were members- He was as
sisted' by Rev. Francis White, pas
tor of West Gastonia A R. P. ehur
ch and I)r- J. M- Garrison, forme!
pastor of Boyce Memorial and life
long friend of the family.
The entire community was sad
dened over the passing of little
Margaret, who lived only a
days after she was stricken with
pneumonia. During her short liif
she er. death d herself to those wit a
whom she came in contact by; her
winsoma, lovely disposition.
She was a Brand-daughter of the
late Dr. J. G- Hord and Mrs. Hord,
and has visited frequently in King':
Mountain. Her paternal grand par
ents lived nearby.
She is survived by her parents,
one brother and one sister.
LOCAL ATTORNEY APPOINTED
RECORDER PRO TEM
E. A. Harrill, local attorney, who
was recently appointed Recorder
pro tern for Cleveland county was
sworn in by Clerk f Court, A. M.
Hamrick last week. Mr. Harnll has
entered upon his new duties and
tried several cases this week in
Recorder’s Court. This appointment
was upon the recommendation of
the local bar and the present Coun
ty Recorder, Bynum Weathers
JENTS KILL TWO
kidnap suspect.
JKLAWAHA, Fla., Jan. 16
»d Barker, long sought for the
naping of Edward G. Bremer,
althy St. Paul banker, and his
ther “Ma’ Barker, were shot to
ith today by department of Jus
» agents after a withering, six.,
tr machine-gun battle.
MEETING NIGHTS AMERICAN
LEGION C HANGED
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The Otis D. Green Tost of the
American Legion voted at their
meeting held Tuesday night, to
change their meeting nights from
the secor l Tuesday in each month,
to the first Tuesday in each month.
The meeting scheduled to be held
January Sth was put off until Jan
15th on actount of so many mem
bers being sick with the flu.
The Post endorsed the movement
ow underway for establishing
Kii ;--s Mountain National Military
Park.
Post Commander Souther presid
td at the meeting.
STL NT NIGHT t ENTRAP P. T. A
The patrons and friends of Cen
tral School are invited to Stunt
Night program sponsored by tht
Central Division P. rl. A- on Friday
night, January 25, at 7:30. A smal
admission fee of 10 cents will be
charged, the proceeds to go to t.'ic
Milk Fund. The following program
will be ier.de;td:
orchestra
1. T he Gang.
2. The Newspaper Minstrel.
3. Lazy Bones.
4. Popular Songs.
5. Ac.obatic Stunt.
THE GRAND PARADE
1. The OF Woman in the Shoe.
(2. Little Boy Blue.
3. Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary.
4. Jack and Jill.. .
5. Goldilocks and the Three Bears
6. Jack Horner.
7. Little Miss Muffet.
8. Little Bo Peep.
9. Ole King Cole.
10. Little Red Riding Hood.
11 Jack and the Candlestick,
12. Grand Finale—School.
Hr,. . D.-.k the would encounter a
battle before their quarry surrend.
ed the agents early today had warn
ed other residents of the little sum
mer colony and local authorities of
what they might expect.
The Barkers were barricaded in
their place, well supplied with ma
chine guns and ammunition. They
apparently never had any intention
of 'being taken alive.
Page Presents Editor Lynch
liUIlj'S CIREEIK, N. C., Jan. 14, 1935.—With this issue cf
ne Herald the management .passes from Eugene Matthews,
.ssee, to H. E. Lynch, lessee, j want to thank all patrons of
.he Kings Mountain Herald and the job printing plant for
neir continued support of the business during all the vicis
.itucbes tnrough which it has passed in recent years. And I
eapeak for Mr. Lynch a continuance of your loyalty and
apiport. i
The Herald has justified its existence many times over
since its establishm/ant in 1889 when the late and lamented
W. A. Maiuney decided that a newspaper was as necessary to
the growth of a town as a pcstoffka or a mayor 'both of which
offices he was holding, or had hold, when he launched the
town’s first newspaper and be came its first editor. Esquire
Mauney, as he was ever known, never departed this first es
timate of a newspaper’s usefulness and mission. He was al
ways loyal to the business no mpjtter who owned it. The peo
ple of the community shared this opinion of the town’s
most revered sage and never i ’ewed the old original news
paper to be supplanted by com petition.
As owner of the business 1
thanks to those substantial cit
my interest and investor V;nt
tive manager August 15, 1929.
gone seme severe trials since
throutgh many ordeals over
good people who had' been
paper stood faithfully by and
also to express deep gratitude
insisted that I again resume
live aigain in the good town. My
here seems to me to be my im
inclination is to follow this
work here is done.
Ml’. Lynch comes to yc<u
,ial families of Wayne county,
year® he was awiay at school
GtWsiboro Angus, the leading
for seventeen years. He is a
Mins. Lynch is also from a pro
tion. They are both Democrats
tber of theori a fool about it. I
ship, hospitality . and support,
and want to settle down and
want to exterdj my hearties,
izens who have safeguarded
since I severed relation as ac
The institution has under
that time and has passed
which I had no control but the
‘raised’ upon the old homr
paw to it that it lived. I war
to those who have continual!}
the editorship of the paper and
connection with the college
mediate responsibility and may
,course until I feel that my
from one of the very autastant
With t:ie exception of two
he has been connected with the
newtipaiper cf his home- town
‘natural tom’ newspaperman.
miner.it fiaimlJjy of the same sec
and Presbyterians, and nei
coircnend them to your friend
They ' have fwd littlte children
build'a home and a business.
,G. G. PAGE., Owner and fo vr.
‘or editor of the Kiftgs
Mountain Herald!.
Much Interest Shown In
National Military Park
NO RECORDER'S COURT
THIS WEEK
On account of the shortage of
number of cases to be tried in Re
corder’s court this weak, court wa
not held in Kings Mountain, only
wo cases had be; n set for trial.
The case against Thomas Eskridge
:olored, for assault on a female
with a deadly weapon nd resisting
in officer was postponed. Cons’dera
jlc excitement was created whet
dskridge cut two negro women Sat
irday afternoon on Hord Row. fh<
officers had to subdue Eskridge be.
'ore he would submit o arrest.
ifi snuaround in train
IN vVE. ■ i LKN PASS
A1 AMOS A, Colo-, Jan. 10—-Hud
died in railroad coacnes o^ a buz
:ard bound Dsnever and Rio Grande
..eslcrn passenger train, 20 passen
;;rs waited today ,or giant locomo
.ives to clear a path down the, San
Juan mountain side with snow plow;
Howling flown from the norut yes
.erday the blizzard piled the snow
six teet high along the tracks of
lIic narrow guage line and maroon
d the passe-g-;;* 'train on the to?
jf two mile high Cumbres pass.
Employees of the railroad said
tnose atoa.d the stalled train were
tomfortable as steam was maintain
’d to heat the coaches and there
was food available.
The snowstorm, the first in three
years to the up traffic on the line,
also halted three other Denver and
Rio Grand Western trains.
THREE KILLED IN
BANDIT
BATTLE
LA SALLE, 111., Jan 16—A run
mng gun fight through three coun
ties ended today with the capture f
three bank robbers and the suicide
of a fourth. Before they were roun
ded up the robbers had kiilled two
men, a sheriff and a bank cashier,
and wounded two others.
A thirteen year old boy, Norber't
Maas of Leonore, 111,, who had
been held as a hostage, by the rob.,
bers, was wounded in the hand.
Tiie robbers, who fled after an
unsuccessful attempt to rob the
Leonore State Bank of Lsnore, 111.,
were surrounded and captured in 8
field near McNabb, 111-, by State,
county and city police. They were
taken to jail at Ottowa, 111.
LION \TTACKS
CLYDE BEATTY
ROCHESTER, Ind-, Jan. 1C.—
Clyde Beatty, once saved by a Hon
.oday nursed fractured ribs and cuts
and bruises inflicted by another o>
ihe beasts. Black-maned Samson,
aeing prepared for an act at circus
.vinter headquarters here knockecr
the trainer across a 40-foot arena
yesterday as Beatty tried to teach
it some simple tricks- Beatty fend
;d off the beast with a straight...
| back chair until assistants came to
the rescue.
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door through the Classified Sec
tion of the Herald. Don't put
your paper down until you have
read that section through thor
oroughly, because new and in
teresting ads come in, and one
of these may have just what
you have been looking for a
long time.
They sell: they rent; they
l:ny; they find the lost ... in
fact, they’re quite wonderful to
perform the many services
which they do.
Mens Club Take
Lead in Active
Support Shown
fHio Men’s Business Club at their
meeting last Thursday, heard open
discussion wn the prospects of get
Cns Kings Mountain National Mdi
tary Park in the near future. It
was unanimously agreed that the
citizens should pull together for the
Military Park.
Immediately arter the meeting,
Attorney J. R. Davis called Wash .
ington by' long dORnr-ca teh ihone
in teres ted parties arid was assured
by them of th ir active cooperation
to secure the National Park. Tele
grams were also sent to Senators
Reynolds. Piailov and Congressman
Buhvinkle at Washington.
The Otis D. (-reen Post of the
American l.eg’o. , at their r-.eeting
Tuesday night went on .eeord as
wholeheartedly endorsiing and offer
ing their aid in this movement.
Tiie last Congress passed a bill,
authorizing $200,000 for establish
ing Kings Mountain National Park,
but no appropriation was made for'
it.
WESLEY AND PASTOR SPEAKS
AT BUSINESS MEN’S CLUB
The Business Men’s Club enjoyed
their regular dinner and meeting at
the Woman’s Club room on last
Thursday evening.
Mr. P. D. Herndon, program chair
man, introduced Rev. L. C. Lovin,
pastor of Wesleyan Methodist
church who made a splendid talk
on “Essentials To Success.” Mr
Herndon also introduced Rev. W. A.
Parsons, news pastor of Crace
Methodist church, who was a guest
of the Club.
During the business session W.
K. Mauney, secretary, and treasurer
of the club, gave a brief resume of
the past year’s work. The dub has
taken an active interest in the pro
motion of things pertaining to the
interests of Kings Mountain as well
as meeting the needs along the lines
of social welfare.
(Mrs. A. H. Patterson, representing
the Parent-Teacher organization,
made an appeal for a donation to
the milk fund for undernourished
and underprivileged children of the
school and met with a most gener
ous response, the club voting to
give $25 for this purpose each mon
-h during the school months.
Representatives of the various or
ganizations in town were guests of
the Club as follows: D. A. R., Mrs.
C. E. Noisier and Mrs. W. K. Maun
:y; Woman’s Club, Mrs. F. E-. Fin
ger and Mrs. A. H. Patterson; U.
D C., Mrs. D- C Mauney and Mrg.
.V,. A. Ridenhour; American Legion
Auxiliary, Mrs. Paul Mauney and
Mrs. Pride Ratterree; American
Legion, W- W. Souther and Pride
Ratterree.
These representatives along with
men of different business organiza
tions were present in the interest or*
the proposed National Park at
Kings Mountain Battleground.
RAILWAY
REPRESENTATIVE
ADDRESSES KINGS MTN.
STUDENTS
Mr. E. W. Goldsmith, Supervisor
of Safety, and Sanitation for the
Southern Railway System, paid a
visit to the Kings Mountain Cen
tral School Monday morning, Janu
ary 7th.
All the pupils were called into
the auditorium where Mr. Golds
smith made ■ an interesting and help
ful talk on “Safety •’ He pointed
out that 20,000 children are killed
in our country each year, many
from such causes as swinging onto
trains and carelessness in crossing
railway tracks. He made several
practical suggestions for reducing
the number of such casualties.
Supt. B. N. Barnes, speckin'? for
ihe students, assured the visitors
that the school would cooperate
with the railway, officials in this Im
portant matter.