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VOL. 33 NO. 4.
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.
THURSDAY, JAN. 24, 1935
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
BEN G. LOGAN PASSES AWAY
Was Former Resi
dent oi Bethlehem
Section
Ben G. Logan, 58, Spanish-Amer
ican War veteran, died athis home
on West A (fountain street Tuesday
morning at 2:00 o’clock.
Mr. Logan returned from) his
work as night watchman at ithe
Margrace Mill around one o’clock
and was stricken with a heart at
tack soon after, dying shortly after
the doctor arrived. ,
Funeral services were held ■ at
Bethlehem Baptist church, with the
pastor, Dr. C. J. Black, of Bessemer
Cityi, in charge. Music was furnish
ed by the choir, asisted by ag quar
tet from Kings Mountain, composed
of the following: W. K. Crook,
"Charles Warlick, I. B. Goforth and
Horace Houser. v
The active pallbearers were Spur
geon MoSwain, T. D. Blalock, J. 1'.
Blalock, Dixie McDaniel, Will Al
len and Charles Spearman. Honor
ary pallbearers were Spniah-Amer
ican War Veterans of this section.
Mr. Logan, a son of the late
Marion and Elizabeth Logan, was a
member of one of the staunchest
and most dependable families of
this section- He was a memfer of
Bethlehem Baptist church, near
which he speqt his boyhood and
earlyi manhood days. He was one of
the most valued members of the
choir, but broad In his view3, J he
was at all times ready to assist in
the choirs of other churches.
Of a genial, affable disposition,
he numbered his friends by his ac
quaintances.
IHe is survived by his widow, fiee
Miss Wells and the follcwng child
ren: Marion Logan, of the Farmers’
Commercial Bank force, of Char
lotte; Mrs. Wyatt Blalo-ck, Miss
Mable Logan anl James Logan, all
of Kings Mountain.
He is also survived byi four bro
thers: John, Will and L. M. Logan,
of Kings Mountain; George Logan,
of Dallas; one sister, Mrs. Lee Car
ter of fJ'ars Hill. i
Mrs. Powell
Critically III
1 —i
>Mts. John Powell, nee Miss Lucy
Bell Jenkins, is critically ill in
a Charlotte hospital. Mrs. Powell is
■well known in Kings Mountain, hav
ing* spent a number of years at the
home of her aunt, Mrs. B. R. Willi
ford, following* the death of her
mother.
BUSINESS MEN’S CLUB
MEETS THIS EVENING
The regular meeting of the
Business Men’s Club will be
held this evening at 6 o’clock,
at the Woman's Club building.
Rev. Smith of Pineville will be
the speaker of the evening.
J. W. Costner To
Speak Sunday
Mr- J. W. Costner, Superintend
ent of the Kings Mountain Baptist
Sunday School Association will be
the speaker at the opening exercis
es of the Adult'Department at the
First Baptist church here next Sun
day morning a 9::45. For the past
few Sunday mornings outside speak
ers have ‘been on the program for
the opening exercises. Dr. LeCompte
Hill, a local physician, spoke on
"'Mental Hygiene” a few Sundays
ago and. Mr. J. R. Davis, local at.
tomey, spoke on “Our Christian
Churches" on Sunday., January 13th
Mr. Bynum Weathers, Judge of our
■County Recorder’s Court was to
speak last Sunday on "Law En
forcement" but was unable to ap...
{SSir-..Vie will be the principal
speaker to'this department in the
near futurf. This department has
an average \ ^"ndartce of around
•one hundred (
Sure Theres Beauty
In Our Town
One of our friends and readers of
the Herald brought us the piece
printed below. Even though we
have been here less than two weeks
ar.d do not know all the ladies
mentioned by this writer, we en
dorse all that he says about the
beautiful weaker-sex of Kings
Mountain. After we have been here
a Httlelonger we will be glad to
submit our list for your approval.
In "the meantime send your list in
we‘ll be glad to call attnetion to
the beauty in our midst. His story
follows:
“During the past few weeks our
neighboring towns and publishers
have taken considerable self pride
in the quality of their local pulchri
tude. We cannot sit idely by with...
out letting it be known that we can
also boast of local pulchritude a.,
mong the weaker sex. The fact of
the matter is the writer thinks
that we have our neighbors beat.
It seems to u-| that nature has
done an unusual bit of work in cre
ating beauties under the shadows of
our famous mountains. There are so
many beauties here both married
anl single that the writer hardly
knows where to start *n picking a
list of the most beautiful as has
been done by our neighbors. Any
way what about Mesdannes Hayne
Blackmer, L. P. Bakker, Gillie
Falls, Hunter Neisler, and Misses
Helen Ridenhour, Sara Virginia Fin
ger, Virginia Warlick and Emma
Rice. Let us have your list because
we have just begun to name them.
Mr. Dilling Re
ceives Promotion
Robert (Buck) Dilling has re .
cently been promoted to Field Man
ager of the Easterru Airline and
will leave Monday for New Or .
leans where he will be stationed.
iMr. Dilling Is the son of the late
Walter S. Dilling and Mrs. Dilling
and has been in air service with
headquarters at Greenville, S. C.,
for some time. His many friends in
Kings Mountain , his home town,
will be interested to hear of his
promotion.
Cleveland County Ranks 39th
In Retail Sales Per Capita
{Cleveland county ranks 39th in
net retail sales per capita by counti
es in North Carolina for 1933 ac
cording to a report released by the
University Press of North Carolina
The eport also shows that there
were 337 stores in Cleveland county
and that they did a business of ]
$4,894,000. Cleveland county had a
payroll of $378,000 for the year
1933. Each person living in Cleve.
land county had $94.00; to spend,
this figure is derived at by divid
ing the number of people living
in this county by the numiber of dol
lars spent for 1933. All the above
figures are for the year 1933.
The state per capita retail trade
was $115.00, this making Cleveland
only $21-00 behind the average for
The estimated gain for the first
seven months of 1934 was 38 per
cent over 1933 sales. ,
The leading county for net sales
per capita was Mecklenburg and the
lowest was Tyrell.
SIGNAL BELLS INSTALLED
During the past week the Souths
et"n Railway has installed a set of
warning signals at the crossing at
the intersection. ot Mountaih and
Railroad avenue. The signals are
of the automatic type. As the trains
approach the crossing a set of bells
start ringing. There has been a
long felt need for some sort of stop
light) on warning signal at this
crossing. The signals can be heard
at the crossing on Gold street. We
have .had several serious accidents
at this particular crossing.
COUNTY VALUATION
REDUCED IN 1933
Cleveland Holds
50th Place of 100
Counties In State
Cleveland county had a reduction
in assessed valuation of 21 percent
in 1933 over 1934. This puts Cleve
land in 50th place of the 100 coun
ties of North Carolina. The assess.,
ed valuation of Cleveland county,
for 1933 was $27,801,000. The tax
rate for Cleveland county was 43
cents for 1932-33 and for 1933-32 it
was 36 cents- The above figures
are based on data compiled by the
N. C. Department of Revenue from
county auditors' reports, and releas
ed by the Universityi of N.C. Press.
Mr. Secrest
To Lea ve Town
Mr. A. J. Secrest, who has been a
popular salesman at Belk’s Depart
ment Store since its opening in
fc-tngs Mountain will open a store
in Blacksburg, S- C., February 1st
under the name “Peerless Depart
ment Store. Miss Evelyn AUran, al
so of this place will be connected
with the store. >
Mr. Secrest has made many friends
in Kings Mountain since coming
here and they are bespeaking for
him success in his venture. He is a
young man of sterling character
and splendid personality.
STROUP INFANT DIES
Friends of Mr- and Mrs. Robert
C. Stroup sympathize with them ov
er the loss of an infant, who passed
away at the Stroup home on Par
ker street, two hours after birth.
Mrs. Stroup was before marriage,
Mias Lockridge. A short funeral ser
vice was conducted by Rev. W. C
Lovin, pastor of the Wesleyan
Methodist church, and interment
made in Mountain Rest cemetery.
Lee Programe at
Central School
As a fitting celebration of the
birthday of Robert E. Lee, the fol
lowing program was rendered at
Central School by grade 8-B under
the direction of Mrs. J. L- Head.
Introduction—Alien Black.
Song — Star Spangled Banner.
Robert E. Lee — Charles Thomas
son. i
Religious Life of Robert E. Lee—
Virginia Logan.
What Lee’s Soldiers Thought of
Him—Elizabeth Plonk,
Song — How Firm A Foundation
—Lee’s favorite Hymn.
An Incident in the Life of Leee—
Bertie Lee Dixon.
Lee’s Favorite Address of His
Soliders—J. D. Jones.
'Lee and Grant Meet—Billie Lau
ghter. t
Sor.g—Tenting Tonight.
Interest Centers
in Stunt Night
i
[Patrons of Ceneral school as well
as others are no doulbt looking for
ward to the treat In store at Cen
tral auditorium Friday night at the
P. T. A. Stunt performance.
Some of Kings Mountains favor.,
ite “Stars” will appear on the pro
gram. The small-.admission fee will
be used for whatever needs may
arise.
A. J. Kirby To
Speak at M. E.
A. J. Kirby, Lay Leader of Gas
tonia District and for many years
active steward of Main - Street
Methodist Church, Gastonia, will
speak at the 11 o'clock hour at
C^btral Methodist church next Sun
day morning. Mr. Kirby is always
heard by the Kings Mountain con
gregation with interest. Rev. W.. 1*
Scott of Belwood will preach at
night.
TOP CONFERENCE
To Start Series With
Cherryville Feb. 1st.
(By Martin L- Hannon)
By virtue of our straight victories
the Kings Mountain Mountaineers
are leading the Western Conferen
ce. Although Cherryville is also un
defeated, they have not played as
many Conference games to date.
The team is believed by many j
to ibe the best in the history of j
the school. The line-up includes j
Captain Mac McSwain and Mickey
Mode, guards; Hullender and Hank
Wilson, forwards; and Jim White,
center. Coach Fulkerson also has a
capable group of reserves in Gofor
th, i>arly, Klkin, Thornburg and
White. This team crashed through
to victories over Lenoir, 41-35; Shel
byi, 21-17; Forest City, 31 30; and
Morganton 34 25. In each of these
games the boys have presented a
variety of passing and shot-making
that completely puzzled the oppos
ing team, j
The firnt game of the series with
Cherryville will be played at Cher
ryvllle, February 1. This game will
be one of the most important in
the Conference race, and it will
have an important bearing on the
outcome.
Training Course
At First Baptist
Following is a program of Bible
•School Leadership course which will
be held at the First Baptist church
•nex^ The book to be studied is
“When Teachers Teach”, with the
classes under the direction of B. N.
Barnes, Supt. of the city schools
and Argus G. Sargeant, pastor.
MONDAY
7:00 p. m.—Not all Teaching is
Teaching.
7:45 p. m.—Address: Bible School
■Leadership and the Church — Rev.
W. A. Elam.
8:15 p. m.—What Teaching Is.
TUESDAY
■ 7:00 p m—You Must Know Whom
You are to Teach.
7:45 p. m.—Address: Bible School
Leadership and the Record System
—Rev. R. L- Chaney
8:15—You Must Know What you
Are to Teach. t
WEDNESDAY
7:00 p. m—You Must Know How
You Are to Teach.
7:46 p. m.—Address: Bible School
Leadership and the Holy Spirit —
■Dr. C. J. Black.
8:15 p. m—You Must Have The
■Attention of Those You Would
Teach.
THURSDAY
7:00 p. m.—You Must Make Clear
•That Which You Would Teach.
■ 7:45 p. m.—Address: Bible School
•Leadership and Missions—Rev. J.
W. Suttle
8:15 p m. You Must Secure YTour
■1 .earners’ Co-Work.
FRIDAY
7:00 p. m.—You Must Test the
•R suits of Your Teaching.
7:45 p. m.—Address: Bible School
•Leadership and Prayer—Rev. Rush
•Padgett.
■ 8:15 p. m.—Review and examina
tion.
Herald Starts Free
Magazine Exchange
The Kings Mountain Herald
has started ■ a Free. Magazine
Exchange. Readers of the Her
ald who have old copies of
magazines are invited to bring
then to the Herald Office. The*
paper in turn will distribute
them to tyhose who wish to
make use of the exchange.
There will be no charge in the
transaction.
Bring us your old magazines.
Call by the office and examine
our Magazines and see if there
are any which you wish*
LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT KEEPS
LOSS LOW DURING PAST TEAR
Preliminary Held
For Triangular
Debate
The preliminary-for the triangu .
lar debate was held last Monday.
The querry for the deoate is, lie
solved, That the United States
Should adopt the polity of extend
ing Federal Aid to general public
Education. Many high school stud
ents took part in it and each prov
ed by his debate that he had stud .
ied the topic carefulljv ’Ihe tour
best debaters were to be chosen to
represent Kings Mountain in the
Triangular Debate which will be
held in March.
The judges chose Juanita Putnam
and Sara Mae Falls for the affirm
ative, and Ruby Hughes and Martin
L. Harmon for the negative. Louise
Brackett was chosen as alternate.
The judges were Mr. F. M. Rig
gerstaff, Mr. Wilson and Miss Sara
Harwbright.
Scout Court
Of Honor
lhe regular monthly- Court ot
Hccior for the Boys Scout* of Kings
Mountain -was held in the High
School auditorium Thursday night,
January l&.h, at 7:30 o'clock.
■Meeting opened with repeating
of the Scout Oath.
The first part of the Court u-ai
conducted for the colored Boy
Scouts who w-on the following ad .
vancements.
Clayton Brown, Tenderfoot.
Victor Carroll, Second Class.
Joseph F-easter, Merit Badge in
Blacksmithing.
Eulas Rosemond and Roscoe
Brown, Merit Badges in Carpentry.
Chas. Daviiison, Merit Badge in
Personal Health.
Then the Court was held for the
White Boy Scouts who won the fol
lowing advancements.
TENDERFOOT
Robert Fulton, Troop 1 Kings
Mountain.
SECOND CLASS
J. L. F'heagin, Troop 3.
Bedford Ramsey, Troop 5.
Thos. Hartsoe, Troop 5.
Claud Gantt, Troop 5.
■Curtis Gaffney, Troop 5.
Chas. Hullender, Troop 5
BOOKBINDING
Buren Neill, Troop 3.
James Nichols, Troop 1.
PATHFTND1NG
Ray Black, Troop 3.
Buddy Parrish, Troop 3.
SAFETY
iBuren Neill, Troop 3.
LIFE SCOUT RANK
Rhetta S. Clark-, S. S- M. Troop 2
Meeting closed with repeating of
the Scout Benediction.
Patterson Grove
Club Meets
The Patterson Grove Home De
monstration club met at the home of
Mrs. A. P. Fails, Thursday, Janu
ary 17. The meeting was opened by
singing “America the Beautiful,”
after which th$ club collect was re
peated. * ■, '" ~
Miss McGregor, County Demon
stration agent, taught the club sev .
eral new songs.
Twenty two ladies responded to
the roll call by tolUng of some im
provement they had made in their
cooking, homes or grounds.
The Club voted to have oyster
supper Saturday night, January 26,
the proceeds to go toward the club
house fund.
iMiss McGregor conducted a help
ful discussion on floors, giving the
best mothod of treatment for old
and: new floors, best method of car
ing for floors. Pamphlets were .dis
tributed giving information on . how
to clean floors and also what finish
■to use on certain floors. ,
Miss McGregor requested the
members to attend *>n all-day club
meeting to be held in Shelby, Jan
uary 25th.
During the social hour the hostess
served a tempting salad course with
accessories.
Consists of 14 Mem
ber, and Answered 18
Call During Year.
The local fire department answer
18 calls during the year 1934.
They were successful in keeping the
fire loss in King's Mountain down
to the small figure of $287.60 on
personal property and $1,033 00 on
real property. This makes a total
los3 of only $1,319.50 on $4,000,
000 valuation or a loss of about
3-8 of one percent. This is a mighty
good record we think.
The department is composed of
14 members including a paid driver.
The equipment consists of an Amer
ican La France Pumper and a Cad
illac service truck, which was built
by the local department. The ttucks
carry full equipment of chemicals,
ladders, eac., to take care of any
building in town and 2,000 feet of
hose. AH members are furnished
proper equipment, such as boots,
coats, and helmets. Several mem .
bers have been taking training in
the N. C. Drill School and Fire
College since the department was
organized byi the present chief and
associates on May 22, 1931, and are
considered very good firemen by the
officials of this school.
IThe Kings Mountain Fire Depart
ment is composed of the following
members: Grady W. King, Chief;
Otis C. Falls, assistant Chief; J. M
'McGinnis, Secretary., Carl Davidson
Charles G. D.Uing, H. T. Fulton, R.
L. Lovell, Pat Tigr.or, Glenn Grigg,
Marvin Goforth, J. R. Yarboro,
Claude Harnbright, Hunter Allen
and P. D. Fulton, paid driver.
Through State
CAPITOL KEYHOLES
By Bess Hinton Silver
THREATENING — If former
Lieutenant Governor R. T. Foun
tain, of Rocky Mount, doesn’t seek
to snatch the toga now sported by
Senator Josiah Bailey, Raleigh,
next year a lot of people who help
support pillars around the State
Capitol will be very much surpris .
ed. Mr. Fountain’s actions have
been interpreted as those of a can
didate for a year or more but in
Raleigh recently he was asked' di
rectly if he intended to run for nom
ination to the Eastern Senate Beat
“I am seriously. considering it,”
Fountain replied and that is con.,
sidered something in the nature of
a direct reply from a man who nev
er has been prone to tell other peo
pie what he intends to do.
*****
WISE EGG —i Lieutenant G-over
nor A.H. Graham, is reputed to
know his way around in the world
of politics and his Senate committee
appointments seem to justify that
estimate. Examination of senate : p
pointments will reveal that every
member of the Upper House has
berths on several important commit
tees and the new members seem par
ticularly pleased. If Mr. Graham
really intends to run for the Demo..
cratic nomination for Governor >n
1S36 it is a safe bet that his commit’
tee assignments have not hurt . his
chances. ....
LIFE AND LIMB —: The mount- .
>ng toll of death and injury result,
ing from automobile accidents has
resulted in introduction of almost
57 varieties of bills to license auto
drivers and provide other means of
nighway safety. These bills proba.
oly will go through the melting. pot
of roads committees and come out
<n the form of comittee substitutes >
euibpdying what members of the __
two roads committees consider their
best features. From all indications
the present'Genera'/Assembly is
going to pass some sort of law to
license all gas wagon drivers.
«***»
IBOWS TO ENEMY—In the ap
■mintment of A. A. F.. SeaweU as
•Attorney General to succeed the
late Demis G. Bvim nitt, Cover.,
nor Ehringhaus considers that he is
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