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2 OL. 33 NO. 5.
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C
) HURSDAY. JAN. 31, 1935
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
KINGS MTN. HIGH 10
meet mm
After a week’s lay-off due to
lid-term examinations, Coach Fui
kerson’s fast Mountaineer baske
teers will swing into action again
Friday night in Cherryville, meet
irkg Jack Kiser's undefeated lads,
ftoth teams will enter the game
WiW) perfect records, four Western
Conference wins apiece without a
defeat. The local team is one of the
■strongest to represent Kings Moun
tain High in a number of years
The local lassies will play Cherry
ville too.
Local Men Prominent
In Davidson Alumni
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DAVIDSON, Jan. 31.—Two prom
inent citizens of Kings Mountain
i.re active members of the Davidson
College Alumni Association. They
are C. E. Neisler, Jr-, T6; and J.
W. Lafferty, ’34. These men receive
■the Alumni Journal, which is the
< fficial publication of the associa
tion, and they contribute to the
■work of the college by their active'
particpation in alumni affairs.
Mr. Neisler is a member of the
Alumni Council of the association,
which is -the governing body in
alumni affairs at Davidson. This
.council convenes every ytear at the
commencement exercises, and the
meeting this year is scheduled for
June 1—3.
Pythians Have
Regular Meeting
The Kings Mountain Lodge No
©6 of the Knights of Pythias had
their regular meeting last Thursday
night with J. D. Hord presiding.
Regular business was digposed of.
Mr. Haroll Crawford was given the
rank of Esquire. Mr. Haywood E
Lynch, editor of the Herald, was a
visitor.
The next meeting will be held to
night, Thursday, at 7:30 p. m. Re
freshments will be served. The
chancellor commander extends an
invitation to all members to be
present tonight.
John McGill Accepts Metro- '
politan Agency Here
Mr. John McGill who for the past
few years has been an employee of
the Summers Drug Company, here,
has accepted an appoinment as the
Agent for the Metropolitan Insur
ance Co., fill the vacancy caused by
the death of the late Mr- S. B. Col
tins. Mr. McGill is one of the
town’s most promising young men
and his many friends and the Her
ald wish him much success in his
new work.
Hunting License Picks Up
Mr. Chas. Dilling, city clerk, re
ported to the Herald that 60 ,state
hunting, 200 county, hunting, and 20
combination hunting and fishing li
censes have been sold up to now for
the season of 1933-34, Most of the
fishing licenses are sold during the
summer months- Mr. Dilling says
that there is a considerable increase
«f the sale of hunting and fishing
license this year jver last year.
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Bring Us Your Old \
Magazines i
We have had several people
; to call for old magazines ip re
sponse to our announcement
last week, but we have not had
so many old magazines brought
in. Ramble around the attic,
cellar, or out-house and get
your old magazines together,
and if you haven’t a wayi to
get them down to the Herald
office, we’ll call by for tb'—'.
An old magazine to a person,
that has not seen it is just as
new as a current issue- Let’s
help stimulate good reading by
bringing your old magazines to
j[ the Herald magazine free ex
• change. Folks come by1 and see
j Fire Chief Asks The
People of City Not
To Follow Fire Truck
Fire Chief, G. W. King has asked
he Herald to request the people of
Kings Mountain, to cooperate with
.he Fire Department byi not follow
.ng the fire trucks. He says to
please stay at lest 100 yards be
hind the trucks, and also to park
jui car at least 100 yards away
rom the fire. ,
There is a city ordinance against
-hese orders and if tfye people will
not cooperate they will have to be
enforced. There is a fine of $5.00
for the violation of either of the
orders. There is also a $50.00 fine
imposed on anyone convicted oi
driving a car over a fire hose.
The Herald pleads with its read .
ers to abide byi the avove request so
that we may have a more efficient
fire department.
ATTEND FUNERAL
OF KINSMAN
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Thomson; Mr.
and Mrs Grady King and Mrs. J.
C. Nichols attended the funeral of
their cousin, Mrs. John Powell, nee
Miss Lucy Bell Jenkins, in Char...
lotte Sunday afternoon. They were
accompanied home by Mrs. J. W.
Pelletier; J. K. Pelletier and Miss
Mary Barker Pelletier of Mayes
ville, N. C. who also attended the
funeral of Mis. Powell.
SERVICES AT CENTRAL METH
ODIST CHURCH NEXT SUNDAY
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■Captain Ben J. Smith, of Shelby,
will address the congregation at
Central Methodist Church next Sun
Jay morning in the absence of the
pastor, Rev. J. W- Williams.
Mr. Smith, Supt., of the Shelby
Schools, and prominent layman oi
his church, is a speaker of ability
and will be heard with interest by
Kings Mountain people.
Rev. J. N. Wise will preach at
the evening service.
MR. GEORGE CANSLER SELLS
HARDWARE INTEREST TO MR.
CAMPBELL PHIFER
Air. George Cansler has sold his
interest in the Phifer Hardware Co.
to Mr. Campbell Phifer. Mr. Cans
ler has been connected with this
store for several years. He will con
tinue to work at the hardware
'Lore foor a while.
SMITH INFANT BURIED
i -
An infant of Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Smith of the Bonnie Mill village
was buried in Mountain Rest ceme
tery last ^Saturday.
Pictures To Be Shown
On Sunday evening at 7 o’clock
in the Parish School Building of St.
Matthew’s Lutheran church, pictur
es, “The Challenge of a World
Task4’ will be shown. The public is
cordially invited to come and see
these pictures.
i/OCAL CONTRACTOR IN
CHARLOTTE HOSPITAL
Mr. T. C. Bennett, local contrac
tor is a patient in the Charlotte
Sanatorium where he was carried
last week. Mr. Bennett has been in
poor health for several months suf
fering from a chronic kidney trou
ble and his many friends in Kings
Mountain will regret to know that
he is not responding satisfactorily
to the treatment being given . t the
hospital where he has been a pa
tient a number of times.
WILLIAMS CHILD ILL
Smyre Williams, Jr., young son
of Mr. and Mrs. Smyre Willigims,
has been sick with pneumonia at
the home of his parents in the Hern
don Apartments. Mrs. John McGM
has been substituting for Mrs. Wil...
Hams as teacher of second grade
at Central School.
PASTOR TO RETURN i
Rev. J. W. WilliaSns, pastor of
Central Methodist church, and Mrs.
Williams, who have been recuperat
ing at Clearwater, Fla., hope to re
turn home‘by the middle of next
week.
Grades For Local
Dairies Are Announced
Initial milk grades were announc
'ed by Mr. L. P. Stowe, local miltc
inspector- The following '1st shows
the various dairies that serve Kings
Mountain and the grades awasded.
Marsrace Dairy Grade A.
Patterson Dairy Grade A.
Moore Dairy Grade A.
Sunrise Dairy' Grade C.
Allen Dairy Grade D.
McSwain Dairy Grade D.
5. S. Weir Dairy Grade D.
6. Seism Dairy Grade D.
Thornburg Dairj Grade D.
in the above list Patterson Dairy
and Moore Dairy lack one or two
■terns of meeting the requirements
of the ordinance, but m view of
'..rie fact that they are trying in ev
ory vray possible to comply, the,’
nave been granted a ten day exten
ion in w.i.ch to set these items
eady.
There are about iiO other smaller
dairies sexwing the people of Kings’
..fountain, all of which are handling
grade D sweet milk and butaermilk.
As the Heiald understands the
new Milk Ordinance, it is not to
force anyone to buy any grade milk
but to let the people know exactly
\vhat grade cdk they are buying.
iThe ordinance cads for a fine of
*50-00 for each ond every violation
of this law.
MISS EMMA NORRIS DIES SAT.
NIGHT AT HER HOME HERE
Was One of Proprietresses cf Moun
tain View Hotel-Had Lived Here
For a Long Number of Years.
1-Miss Emma Norris, age 82, pass
ed away shortly alter 11 o’clock Sat
urday night, at her home at Moun
tain View Hotel. Although Miss
Norris had been in failing health
for some time, she had been up as
usual until stricken with a heart
attack late Saturday evening her
death coming as a shock to her rel
atives and many friends.
(Surviving are two sisters, Miss
Agnes Norris and Mrs. Florence
Mims, both of Kings Mountain and
one brother, P. O. Norris, of Colum
bia Falls, Mon., who has been on an
extended visit to his sisters in Kings
Mountain and was here at the tini-'
of his sister‘s death.
Miss Norris, a South Carolinian
by birth, was a member of one of
the most prominent and aristocratic
families of that state- She was a
woman of high ideals and never
lowered the standards set by her
distinguished for-bears. Possessing
a wonderful mentality, she was an
interesting conversationist.
She has been assoociaaed with her
sister, Miss Agnes Norris, in the
operation of Mountain View Hotel
known to the traveling public as
one of the best hoostelries in this
section, and during this time has
been prominently identified with
business life of Kings Mountain.
A member of a staunch Presby
terian family, she was a member of
the Presbyterian church at this
place and at all times evinced an
interest in her church and pastor.
Funeral services were held at the
Presbyterian church, Monday after
noon, at 3 o’clock with Rev. J . E.
Rerryhiil, of Charlotte, a former
pastor ot tne Kings Mountain Pres
o.,terian church, in c.large. He was
assisted by Rev. D. A. Dillard, pas
tor of Tenth Avenue. Presbyterian
church, Charlotte and kinsman of
the Norris family; Rev. Joe Dendv
of Grover Presbyterian church, who
was reared in the same church as
.he Norris family; Rev. Robinson,
pastor Park Grace Methodist chur- j
eh; Rev. W. M. Boyce pastor Boyce |
Memorial, and Rev. An ft us G. Sar
geant, pastor First Baptist church.
Hymns “Jesus Lover Of My Soul'
“O Love That Will Not Let Me Go"'
and “Nearer My God To Thee" were
sung by the choir an 1 congregation
and “Asleep In Jesus’ was sung for
the Recessional.
Active pall bearers were Arthur
Hay, H. H. Houston, Charles Thom
asson, J. M. Patterson, J .R Davis
‘and P. D. Herndon.
Honorary, pall bearers were Dr.
O- P. Lewis, Tom Harmon, J. E.
Lipford, J. O Plonk, Dr J. E. An.
thony, Dr. Bill Ramseur, C. C.
Schell, Claude Hambright, Frank
Summers, A. Hunter Patterson, J. tu
'Garvin, Joe Thomson, Luther Har
'raon, WIill McDaniel, Paul Neisler,
George Cansler, W. A. Ware, M.
A. Ware, W. K Mauney, W E
'Blakely, O 0 Myers and J E. Hern
don.
ilnterement was made in Moun
tain Rest cemeterw, the beautiful
floral designs covering the mound
attested the esteem in which the de
'ceased and family was held.
NEW CIRCULATION
MAN FOR THE HERALD
iWe are pleased to announce that'
Mr. D. C. McSwain *s now connect
ed with the Herald in the capacity
of Circulation Manager. Mr. Mc
Swain has had considerable experi
ence in circulation work on The
;Cleveland Star.
The Herald asks that you extend
Mr. McSwain the same friendly
spirit that you have accorded the
Editor in his short stay in Kings
'Mountain.
THOSE WHO HAVE PAID
A. L. Moore, .City
Giles C. Sellers, Route 3
O. iC. Falls, City
IL. D. Hardin, City.
I W. C. Putnam, City. > 1
HAPPENINGS OF
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Will Weaver, 50-year-old white
man of Gastonia and Rock Hill, was
arrested • last week| in Bessemer1
City trying to sell clothes to ne
groes' of that town. He was found
with about $50 or $75 worth of
clothing, alleged to have been stolen
from people of Kings Mountain last
Thursday and Friday.
Two ladies and two men testified
against him in Recorders Court at
Shelb>. The clothing found in his
possession was identified by the peo
pie of King's Mountain. He was con
victed and sentenced to 12 months
on the roads. It was proved that the
clothing had been stolon from the
Clothes line and back porches. Chief
i3ryant told the Herald that several
nther people of Kings Mountain had
Complained f losing clothing in
■ his manner.
I Monday morning at 2 a. m. at
! he police were making their regu
! lr drive, they noticed a window
! token in the Phenix mill store
1 'pon further investigation, they'
Pound that the store had not been
l ntered. A few minutes later they
taught Jas Wright, 18 years old
1 olored boy from Gastonia. He still1
I lad the rock in his pocket with
l vhich he broke the window. He con
Cessed, sating that he wanted to get
! nmself a couple of zipper sweat
! ?s. He was tried in Recorders
’ ourt and given six months for at
! --mnting to break and enter.
I Chief Bryant reports also that
! is department is investigating the
i.heft of a fur coat, stolen from
! Its. Katie Falls Frazier from her
office building. Some finger prints'
hre being made in an effort to
(.rack down tbe thief.
Former Kings Mount
ain Woman Dies In
Charlotte Hospital
Mrs. J. K. Powell, known to Kings
Mountain friends as Lucy Bell Jen
■ im-; Powell, died early Saturday
doming in a Charlotte Hospital,
Allowing an illness of several mon
ths which became more serious re
cently.
F'uneral services were held Sun
day afternoon at the residence in
Westminster Place, Charlotte, with
ihe Rev. Willis G. Clark,, rector of
St. Peter's Episcopal church, in
•barge. He was assisted by Rev. W.
H. Wheeler, of the Thompson Or
phanage, in which Mrs. Powell took
an active interest.
Interest was made in Elmwood
cemeteryi
Mrs. Powell was the daughter of
.he late Captain Will Jenkins, pope
tar conductor for the Southern rail
road, for many years and his late
wife, Rena Bell Jenkins, both of
whom were well known in Kings
Mountain.
Following the death of Mrs. Jen
kins, Mrs. Powell, who was then in
her early girlhood vears. came to
Kings Mountain with her young
brother, La Bonne, to make their
home with their aunt, Mrs. Dora
Willeford.
Her sweet and lovely disposition
endeared her to all who know her
and her many friends of former
days as well as those of later years
mourn her untimelyi passing.
She is survived hy her husband
anl one brother. D. T.. Jenkins, of
Charlotte. She is also survived by
her st^p-mother,, and a step-sister.
Mrs. R. E. Wilson, Jr., both of Char
lotte, and a step-brother, R. C.
Miller of Philadelphia.
Through State
CAPITOL KEYHOLES
By Bess Hinton Silver
I.IQUOR AND GOVERNOR —
Some astute political observers in
Raleigh express the opinion that
passi ge of any bill to call a refer
endum on the question of liberaliz
ing North Carolina’s bone-dry li
quor laws by the present legislature
would work decidedly to the benefit
of the potential candidacy' of Clyde
R. Hoey, silvertangued Shelby ora
tor, for governor next year. These
political wise-acres figure that Mr.
Hoey would lead once more the
fight against liquor and that he
would be successful. They say that
;his would be interpreted as a man
date from the people and that the
Shelby attorney would be handed
the Democratic nomination for Gov
ernor on a figurative silver platter
DOUGHTON — The boys who
are supposed to know their political
stuff have doped it out that the
fate of the sales tax may have
more than a little to do with Con
gressman R. L. Doughton’s decision
on the campaign to get him in the
gubernatorial race next year. Mr.
Doughton led the fight against th>
sales tax in Congress just a few
years ago. If the present General
Assembly adopts a_ saels tax as a
necessity he would either be forced
to support it or reverse himself,
the dopesters say. It looks like the
■ egislature is going to reenact the
•■ales tax and you can make your
bets on Congressman Doughton.
A. H. GRAHAM — Meantime,
friends of Lieutenant Governor A.
H. (Sandy) Graham are leaving no
stone upturned in smoothing out
the ground for him to make the
race for Governor. Many friends of
the second-high man of North Caro
lina express confidence that neither
Hoey or Doughton will make the
race and that Mr. Graham will be
the next Governor of North Caroli .
na. It’s all being kept very quiet
but so far the Senate's presiding
'officer hasn’t done anything that
observers classify as a political mis
take and he has said that his luck
with this General Assembly proba...
bly may have decided influence on
his decision in the gubernatorial
contest.
urro tfwepr ogrlc kO HRLU ..
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GASOLINE TAXES — It looks
(Coat’d on page live)
HEW OFFICERS EL
ECIED III I. R. P
The officers for the coming year
were elected at a called business
meeting held before services last
Sunday morning. Mr. Bright Hat
terree was elected Chairman of the
Concession, and Mr. J. M. Sealy,
secretary.
The following were elected as
Elders, which are permanent: W- F.
Rhodes, T. N. Harmon, F- B. Ashe.
The following were elected as Dea
cons which are permanent: W. E.
Blakely, J. M. Sealy:, John McGill,
John Gamble.
Rev. W. M. Boyce presided over
the meeting.
Annual Pre
School Contest
The annual Pre-School contest
sponsored by the Junior class, will
be held from February 15 to March
2. The time limit is two weeks- The
places this contest will be held are
G.riffin's Drug Co., and Summers
Drug Co. If we make over $100, the
first prize will be $7-50, and the
second prize $5 00. If we make as
much as $100, first prize will be
$5 00, and the second will be $3.00
if we make from $50 to $75, the
first prize will be $3.00, and the sec
ond $2.00. If we make less than $50
first prize, $2-50 and second prize,
$1.00 i
,The vote rating is as follows:
1 cent—5 votes.
5 cents—40 votes.
10 cents—100 votes.
15 cents—150 votes.
20 cents—225 votes
2-5 cents—‘100 votes
35 cents—500 votes
50 cents—750 votes
75 cents—1000 votes
$1.00—1500 votes.
The age limit is up through five
years.
The names ol the entrants will
be given in the near Titure.
Ottie “Pat-’ White,
Junior Class News Reporter.
City Must Be Cleaner
Less water was used in Kings
Mountain during the year 1934 than
during the year 1933. 95,152,000 gal
Ions were used during 1934 compar
ed with 99,380,000 gallons used dur
ing 19-33. This is a decrease of 4,
228,000 gallons. About 7 or 8 mil
lion gallons were used each month.
The two months of 1934 that
showed the biggest decrease over
1933 was February! and November.
This decrease in water consumption
might have Seen caused by the fact
that two tires occurred these mon
ths. The Plonk Garage fire was in
February 1933, and the Herndon
home fire was in November 1933.
Or it maybe that Kings Mountain
is just cieantr than it used to be
an I does not need the water to be
washed, this applies to the city it
self and to the inhabitants.
OUR FIRST ANSWER
Below is the first answer we re
ceived on the beautiful ladies of
our town. Send in your list, let’s
show the other towns that we are
well stocked with beauty among the
weaker sex.
Editor:—
I saw in the last issue of iyfrur
paper a list of some of the best
looking girls of this city. I am sure
your list would be incomplete with
out the name of Miss Sara Collins.
A Reader.
Oyster Supper At El Bethel
Club House Saturday Night
There will be an oyster supper at
El-Bethel club house Saturday night
February 2nd. Ice cream will also
be served. Proceeds will go for im
provements on club house. The pub
lic is cordially invited.
DELUNGER INFANT DIES
An infant child of Mr. and Mrs
W. B. D?llinser, of Billing Mill
village died last Saturday and was
buried in Mountain Rest cemetery.
The many friends of Mr. and Mrs.
Dellinger sympathize with them,
in their bereavement.