* * V * •> * ❖ 4- *> 4* 4* <•*.]•*. TRADE WITH YOUR HOME MERCHANTS *■ 4. 4. 4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4,4.4,4,, VOL. S3 NO. 6 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA TO OBSERVE 25TH ANNIVERSARY President To Open Ceremonies With Radio Address The Bo> Scouts of America will observe the 25th anniversary of the founding of this great character building and citizenship training Movement in America with a full year of celebration which will open Friday night, February 8, at which ' lime Franklin D- Roosevelt, Presi dent of the United States, will speak toassembled Scout Troops throughout the Nation over a coast t<-coast radio hook-up at 8:45 o’ clock. The first part of the celebration will take place during National Boy Scout Week, Feb. 8 to 14th. During the, week there will be National and local programs featuring the place of Scouting in the Home, the Chur ch, the School and the Community. February 10th is National Scout Sunday and the the majority of the Churches in America will observe iSundaj with special references and scout sermons. Many Troops will at ■ tend the Church. with which the Troop is associated and Scouts will ■participate in the service. Throughout the year 1935 special programs will be staged noteworthy of which is a state-wide jubilee pro gram at Chapel Hill during April and the National Scout Jamboree in “Washington during the later part ■of August when representatives from the 30,000 Boy Scout Troops in America will come together and t was agreed that this community should join in celebrat ing the twenty-fifth anniversary of jhe Boy Scouts of America during ocout week, Feb. 8—14th. Plans were made to begin the •veek with a dinner for parents, pa trons of Scouting and the Boy Scouts at the High School Cafeteria on Friday at 7 p. m. The price is being arranged at ‘-’oc per plate for adults and for the Boy Scouts. At this very popular price an excellent meal is offered and it is hoped that the community will join with great "nthusiasm in this efUrt to in crease interest in Scouting. A program is being arrange l which shaH include the Scouts them selves, two local speakers and Capt. B. L. Smith, Supt., of Pitbli * Schools in Shelby. At 8:45 President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Honor ary President of ihe Boy Scouts of America, will address the organiza tion by radio. SCOUTS PROPOSE NEW LOCAL GOVERNMENT Local Troop Two Boy Scouts pro pose a new town administration for Kings Mountain. An election is call ■d for the occasion of the Scout din oer at the High School Cafeteria on the evening of the 8th. All parents and patrons of Scouting are qualifi ed to vote. A complete now ticket is posted and if elected take office Sat urday, the 9th, at 10 a. m. for a pe riod of one hour. The no vly elected, town council will assemble to adopt laws requiring that a'l citizens live up to the oath and laws of the Boy Scouts. The other trrvps, numbers one, | three and four, haye posted an op posing ticket and are campaigning to have their ticket elected. TROOP II Check here to vote straigh ticket: I—'MAYOR. I. (' ) Earl McGill. II. —TOWN COUNCIL. 1. ■( ) George Mauney, Chmn. 2. ( ) Martin L. Harmon. 3. ( ) Fred Dixon. 4. ( ) Jack Randall. 5. ( ) Carl Finfier. Ill—TOWN CLERK 1. ( ) J. W. Jenkins. IV.—FIRE DEPT. 1, (j ) McRoy Sealy, Chief. S. < ) Dick Baker, Asst. Chief. 3. ( ) Campbell Stuart, Truck driver. (Cont'd on page six) P- D>. Herndon Makes Big Yield Per Acre Of Cotton We are printing below a news i tem taken from the Southern Culti vator published in Atlanta, Ga. P. D. Herndon, of Kings Mountain N. C-, sold his W'ikle’s long staple roXton for 20 cents a pound last .fall. He grew 528 pounds of lint net to the acre. , Councilir.tm’s Meeting Postponed , The regular meeting of the city councilmen was postponed until next Monday night on account of two of the members being absent from the city. WE WANT CORRESPONDENTS (We want someone in each conjt rriunity served by the Herald to vol unteer to send us^ the news each week of what happens in their sec tion. This will mean vots to the up., building- of the Hing’d as well as the community. Elsewhere in the paper we are printing a list of com munities that wt are especially anx ious to have the news from each week. If you are Interested doing this work .please contact the editor for further details. REV. PATRICK CALLED 10 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Rev. Patrick of Latta, S. C., has been called to the pastorate of th First Presbyterian church. He has notified members ol fhe congrega tion that he will preach for them Sunday, Feb 17. Mr. Patrick h i • filled the pulpit of the First Pres lyterian church on several occasions ie has not decided definitely that iie will accept the call for regulai epvicc yet. HULLENDER BROTHERS ARRESTED Chafe and Charlie Hullender, bro thers of Kings Mountain were ar rested Tuesday, being charged with the burglary of McConner’s Store on I Church street. A preliminary hear ing was held at recorder's court in Shelby and they were bound over to Superior Court for trial. About $22 worth of cigars, cigarettes, tobac... co, and can goods were stolen from VteConrer’s Store last Friilay night, ’by the two brothers it was alleged. Chief Bryant reports that a few drunks were picked up over the past week end. The local police department w'as notified to be on the look out for a negro, 5 feet ar.d 8 inches tall, weighing about 170 pounds, who was thought to be headed towards. Kings Mountain. This negro is re ported to have stolen an overcoat, ^ ulued at $10 from a Mr. Kirby in . nelby. MISS MARY YOUNT MAKES HONOR ROLL AT SALEM ACADEMY t ■ Miss Mary Charlotte Yount, of Kings Mountain made the honor roll 'for the first semester at Sal em Academy, Winston-Salem, N. C-, according to a report received by the HeraM from the principal of the Academy. HISTORY OF SCOUTING IN KINGS MOUNTAIN (By Carl Davidson) Scouting in Kings Mountain is not just a thing of the list few years. In fact -we had one of the first, if not the first, troops to be organized in North Carolina. Rev. C- K. Bell, a former pastor of the Lutheran church, was organ izer and scoutmaster of this troop 27 years ago. This first troop was composed of C. E. Neisler, Jr., Fred Baker, Paul Peterson, Ben Mauney and Jas. McCoy. However, the first troop in Kings Mountain to be organized under the National Charter was Troop No. 1 organized in 1924 and sponsored by the First Presbyterian church. This troop today has an »active member ship of 32 boys with Call Davidson as Scoutmaster. Soon afterwards, in fact the next year, Troop No. Two was organized and sponsored by the Lutheran church. This Troop has an active membership of 32 boys also, with Lanie Dettmar as Scoutmaster In 1931 a new Troop, No. Three, was started with the First Metho dist church as its sponsor. Today this Troop has a membership of 12 (Cc.nt’d on cage ksix) HIGH ENGAGE NEWTON .Central High will play Newton Thursday evening in a double-bill The girls game will begin at seven with the boys beginning at the end of the girls’ game. ( After two straight losses at the hands of Cherryville and Shelby the Highs are anxious to break into the win column, ond they are confident >f accomplishing this Thursday ev ening. The admission is 10 and ‘.4 cents. }.++*++++++++++++++*.{..*+++++. SPECIAL SCOUT SERVICES 'In keeping with Annual Boy Scouts’ Week a Special service will be held -at the Central Methodist church on; Sunday night at 7:30. The Rev..'W. M. Boyce of the A- R P. church, will make the address and Rev. C. K. Derrick, Pastor of the buthenan church will assist in the'service. The Scouts Will attend in a body, dressed in their uniforms The public is cordially invited to at tend _$his service. JAMES W. I3E PA SSES AT AGE Or 94 EARLYSA1. MORNING lames W. Ware, age 04, died at 'the home of his son, Mr. Charles P .Vare, near Kings Mountain, early ast Saturday morning following in dries received in a fall a few days jefore his death. Funral services were held Sunday iftemoon at three o’clock with Rev. W- M. Boyce, -his pastor, in charge. -Te was assisted byDr- J. M. Garri son a former pasttor and Rev. J. N Wise, pastor of El Bethel Church, inteiment was made in El Bethel ) jmetery beside his wife who died -0 years ago. The large crowd which taxed the capacity of the church attested the esteem and respect felt for he aged man and his family. He is survived by two daughters Mrs. E L. Campbell ond Mrs. C. T Divpind; two spoils, W. P Ware and Charles P- Ware, all of Kings Moun tain. Five children have preceded hd-nrv to the grave. Mr. W'are has 34 grand children, 53 great grand-chil dren and two great great grand children. Mr. Ware was a veteran of th Civil W-ar and at the time of his death, the oldest citizen in Cleve . land county. Ho was a well known figure on the streets of Kings ; Mountain and until recently thou ght nothing of v.-alking from his home to town, a distance of three miles. He usually began a converse tion with his friends by Plying, “I’m the oldest man in Cleveland county and Pve never had a doctor.” He also boasted of being the champ ion of lvs regiment. Mr. Ware had never been absent from a Memorial Service for Veterans since the Uni ted Daughters of the Confederacy began the custom of holding these services on the tenth irf May, many ycars ago and always enjoyed rem iniscences with his comrades. His presence will be greatly missed a < these services. DR. WARE ACCEPTS GOVERNMENT POST U- of A- Instructor to be Senior Agronomist of Bu reau of Plant Industry Dr. J. O. Ware, “Jake" as he is known to his many friends in Cleve land county is a native of Cleve land county and a brother of J. S 'Ware, local postmaster. Dr. Ware is a graduate of N. C., State Col lege and also Cornell University. Dr. Ware in a letter to his broth er stated that he did not know where he would be located at the present, but that it would be some where in the Southern States. Fayetteville, Jan. 3.—Dr. J. O. Ware has resigned as agronomist with the University of Arkansas Col lege of Agriculture to become senior agronomist in cotton genetics and oreeding in the newly organized Di vision of Cotton and Other Fiber Crops of the Bureau of Plant Indus try, United States Department of Agriculture. His appointment is in recognition >f the cotton improvement program carried on by the College of Agri culture in Arkansas under his di rection, a program instituted in li>20 soon after Dr- Ware come here. The program has resulted in Arkan sas achieving a first rank place as a staple growing state. — Arkansas Gazette. COUPLE TO CELEBRATE Mr. and Mrs. Leroy A. McGill, 'iwo of Kings Mountain’s most aged and highly respected citizens will celebrate their GOth wedding annt •mrsary next Saturday, Feb. 9th On account of the illness of Mrs. McGill, the couple expect to spend the day quietly surrounded only by their immediate family. MEETING OF CENTRAL P- T- A A meeting of Central P- T. A. will be held at Central School on next Tuesday afternoon at 3:30. WOULD ORGANIZE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH On January 31 Senate Mill It;t* ■Relating to tho Organization o; he Clevelaml County Board of lealth1’ was introduced and sent to he Committee on Health. The bill irovidcs for the organization of a 3oard of Health for Cleveland, ounty and allows the Board of six members to elect the County Health Officer and the County Physician The Chairman of the Commission ers, the Mayor of Shelby, and the County Superintendent of Schools constitute three members, the Clew and County Medical Society on the 'ourth Monday in November 1936 ffiall elect two physicians to serve for two years, and each two year ( hereafter shall elect such physici ans, to take office on January 1st nucceedir g. These five members at the first meeting after ' election shall select one dentist to serve on the Board as ,the sixth member MILK ORDINANCE ENFORCEMENT DELAYED Mr. L. P. Store, dairy inspector, said there will be a short delay in the enforcement of the recently pass :d milk ordinance, due to the fact ' hat the legal argle of the ordi i ance is being investigated. BESSEMER CITY MAN DIES Mr. D. M. Withers died at hi ■ home at Bessemer City last Satur day morning following an illness of wo or three months. cMr. Withers has been a popular; salesman for the Singer Sewing Machine Company for many year and was well known in Kings Moun tain where he spent much of hi : time. STREETS FUSING PAVED City workmen are busy this week repairing the streets. The holes in :he street at the corner of Railroad avenue and Mountain street are be ing filled with new asphalt. HURT IN ACCIDENT Frienls of Mr. John J. Logan will regret to know that he had the misfortune to suffer a broken leg in an accident which occurred last Monday afternoon. Mr. Logan was hauling al oad of wood and in some way fell from the wagon, the wheels running over his legs. He is thought to have had no oth other injuries and is getting along as well as could be expected. IMr I.ogan is at his home on Gold street. THEY ARE STILL LAYING iM. L. Harmon. H. F. Everhart. R. C- Baker. B. S. Peeler. A. H. Cornwell. A. G- Sergeant. P. D. Fulton. J. M- McGinnis. J E Garvin. Mrs. I. H. Patterson H P. Stowe. c Mrs. Thompson Jackson W. D. McDaniel. M. R. Randall. Rilth George. W. C. Ledford Ted Gamble. McCoy Service Station. N. F. McGill. T. N. Harmon. B. A. Neal. G W. King. I Carl Putnam. W. M. Morehead. >G. W. Alien. E. B. Hanis Mrs. Fleming Ramseur. Mrs. Lona McGjll. Mrs. W. M. Goforth. W C. Putnam. C. A. Bridges J. N. Gamble. H. R. Parton R. B. Keeter. i Miss ViolaWhite, Graham, N. C. BILLING HILL BOO STEPS CLUB HAS LADIES NIGHT SAT. Pres. Meyers And Vice Pres. Reeves Attend Supper 'Die Boosters Club of the Dilling Mills entertained their wives and sweethearts at their fourth meeting at the Woman’s Club building last ■Saturday evening. Mr. J. E. Garvin, general superintendent of the DU1 ir.g Mill, presided at the snipper and the following made talks: Mr. A. G. , T vers, president, Mr. J. B. Reeves, vice r>resident, Mr. Perk Thompson, of Textiles, Inc., and Mr- -Haywood E. Lynch, editor of the Herald. Dr. J. H. Henderlite, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Gastonia made the main address, and was introduced by Mr. Myers. Dr- Henderlite said that the real -hir.gs of. a commuitv were not banks, roads, bonds, buildings, nor money, but the real things of a com munt;, was the ‘fellowship’ of peo ple. He also said “In union there is strength. It is organizations like the Boosters Club that binds one another together that makes a stronger community.’' Dr. Hender lite further said “It gives one hap piness to receive, but it gives one a j great deal more happiness to give.” Music for the occasion was furn ished by the orchestra taken from the nersonnel of the Dilling Mills Mrs. Myers and Mrs. Reeves gave favors to all the ladies present. The officers of the Boomers Club are: C. T. Montjoy, president; S J. Kirlr, vice-president, H. O. Ariail, secretary .and treasurer. The Boosters Club was organized in November 1934- The purpose of the club is to help any needy ones ami to boost their mill and their community. The Dilling Mills Company arc manufacturers of fancy dress goods | and combed yarns. OUR NEW FEATURES Ever desirous of giving the peo pie of Kings Mountain and vicinity a better paper we have signed a contract for a full year's feature service, which includes: —News Photos. —Washington Colulmn. —National Carbon. —Editorials. —Serial Fiction. —Comic Strip. —“Today and TomurJjrrow.” —Pattern .Service —Health Column. —The Woman’s Angle —Rambling ’Round N. Y. —Comic Philosophy. —‘Sportette. — Sun 'ay School Lesson. —Feature News. —B:".ce Barton Essay. | —1-H Club News. We hope you will enjoy these features each week. We tried to se lect a feature service that would appeal to all readers of the Herald subscriber family. 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