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TRADE WITH YOUR HOME MERCHANTS Kings Mountain Herald ♦ *1* *1* <* *!* *5* »;• •£» %* 4 •> *i* •> •;* ♦> READ THE Al)S IN THIS PAPER • v •!• •{• <• •!* v•>*>.j. | *❖< VOL. 33 NO. 11 KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 14. 1935 $1.5U A YEAR IN ADVANCE State And National News Condensed In Brief Form I —State News i Durham, Mar. 14.—The State Bap tist Women’s Missionary Union went into the second of its three day annual convention here today with approximately 1,200 delegates present and hundreds more expected ASKS REYNOLDS TO BACK RELIEF ACT Chapel Hill, N. C., March 14— Sen ator Robert R. Reynolds today was the object of a petition signed by 338 University of North Carolina students, asking him to drop his op position and lend full support to the president's work relief pro gram. i r Accompanying the petition was a similar appeal from Mayne Al bright, chairman of the student di vision of North Carolina Young De mocratic clubs. RALEIGH VOTERS REJECT CITY MANAGER GOVERNMENT Raleigh, March 14. The commis sion form of government will re main .in Raleigh. In an election yes terday the electorate voceu dev.? by a majority of 289 votes a propos al to operate under the city manager type of government. ONE KILLED, ONE INJURED A$ CAR GOES OFF HIGHWAY Asheville, March 14.—J. B. Dar lington, Indianapolis bond salesman, lay seriously injured at Mission hos pital here today as a result of a 200-loot tumble in an automobil^ down a mountainside that cost the life of his companion, W. D. Combs also of Indianopolis. Winston-Salem, Mar. 14.—The al teration that Smith Reynolds sough; legal advice upon disinheriting his first wife and the latter's daughter. Anne, wthin two months after the child's birth was made by H. G. Hudson, attorney for the Reynolds family, in opening arguments to day in Judge Clayton Moore's . hear ing in Forsytth Superior court >n settlement of Reynolds’ $30,000,000 ■estate. I \ 'Ml Hudson outlined negotiations lead ing to the pre-divorce agreement whereby the young tobacco heir set tled $500,000 each upon his first wife, the former Anne Connan, and upon baby Anne, defending the le gality of the settlement. Hfcleigh, Mar.. 14.A negro was re vealed today as raving died in shack les, hanging from the walls of a soli tary confinement cell of a Mecklen burg county convict camp, as a leg islative committee laid plans to vis it the camp tomorrow to investigate the case of two negroe*- who alleged ly suffered frozen feet and had to have them amputated after being ecntined in “solitary.” Reidsville, March 14.—J. Roy Turner and T. G. Mize, of School field, on the North Oarolina-Virginia line, were killed at Schoolfield last night when a southbound Southern freight train crashed into their auto a*nd today an inquest was scheduled to inquire into the deaths. Raleigh, March 14.—The biennial revenue bill for 1935-37 was reported to the house this afternoon by Re presentative Cherry of Gaston, chair man of the house finance committee The biennial revenue bill for 1935 -37. calling for taxes to raise $31, 217,000 the first year and $31,492, 000 the second year tor the state gen oral fund, was introduced in the hcuse this afternoon. Chairman of the appropriations committee said the money-spending ' measure “should" be ready for the house tomorrow. Raleigh, March 14.—The senate spent more than two hours today de bating the Fenner bill, tiready pass ed by the house, which would re quire the inoculation of every dog in North Carolina against rabies and then carried the measure oyer until Tuesday without voting. \ —National News Washington, March 14,—A plan for eliminating 537 of NRA's smaller codes by blanketing them all into a single flexible “small industries” code was presented to the senate fi nance committee today by Donald R. Richberg, on behalf of the adnrinis trat ion. Though Richberg did not personal ly recommend the plan, lie submit ted it to the committee as a method of simplifying NRA administration and concentrating its efforts on the big industries, if congress should desire. The recovery coordinator said he blanket code plan, together with his recommendation for dropping service trade codes, would slash the present code structure down from more than 700 to 181 codes. Washington, Mar. 14.—The over whelmingly democratic congress end ed its tenth week today with none of the new deal progtam enacted and political Washington wondering what this signifies for the Roose velt future. Challenged as never before, the auii....^;.a‘ion’s outward Indiffer ence toward the senate .’.L-d’ock posed a puzzler for those seeking to evaluate its strategy. ‘ Newark, N. J., March 14.—Federal Judge Guy L. Fake today rendered a decision in which he declared the national Industrial act was uncon stitutional in respect to its authority to regulate intrastate business. New York, Mar. 14.—The staple ;yui security markets showed signs of getting their bearings again to day, after being sent spinning by the plunge of cotton prices yester day. QUINTUPLET HAS TOOTH Callander, Out., March 14.Another Dionne tooth came into being today when what was technically describ ed as a lower central incisor pierced its way through the gums of Yvonne. Yvonne's tooth ran a close second to that discovered yesterday in the lower jaw of A inette. They and their sisters, Einille, Ce ctllie and Marie, are nine months and thirteen days old today. Washington, Mar. 14. -President Roosevelt said today that govern ment studies had revealed no neces sity for new legislation as a result of the supreme court gold decisions. Mr. Roosevelt has some new mes sages in mind for congress, but he is reserving decision on when they will be forwarded. HOPKINS NEEDS 90 MILLIONS TO RUN RELIEF TWO WEEKS Washington, Mar. 14.—Harry L. Hopkins, relief administrator, today requested an additional $80,000,900 to $90,000,000 to supply relief needs for the remainder of March. Daniel Dell, acting budget director said the money probably would be transferred from public works ad ministration funds. Simultaneously, the relief adminis tration granted $4,000,000 to Ohio for the second half of March. Relief administration officials to day estimated average daily cost of March relief at $5,000,000. The largest previous monthly cost an nounced had been $157,000,000. Athens, Greece, March 14.— The possibility of death before a firing squad faced more than 300 Greek rebels today as the government in stituted wholesale courts martial for those implicated in the 11-day revolt. The belief that a mass execution would mark the final chapter of the uprising was widely held in Athens, where it was recalled that a similar fate befell the leaders of Greece's last revolution. Nanking.—Rural reconstruction In China has been made easier by aboli tion of 3,000 taxes levied by munici pal and provincial governments with out authority from the central gov ernment, says Dr. H. H. Kung, fi nance minister, in a formal report. He said the taxes yielded about $9, 000,000 yearly. SCHOOL MAST ERS MEET HERE The School Masters of Cleveland county, an organization marie up of County Superintendents of Educa tion and Superintendents and Prin cipals of schools and in factf-ail male members of school faculties, of the countv, banqueted together at Cen tral school Monday night. > In the absence of Chairman Ben Smith, Supt. of Shelby schools, the meeting was presided over by \V. ft. Gary, Supt. of Fallston schools. A. L. Kelton, member of the county Board of Education, made a talk on “Teach "r Selections from the View-Point of the School Board,” with Supt. B. X. Barnes, of Kings Mountain giving the Superintendent’s viewpoint of the same subject. Mrs. W. C. Caveny, manager of the school cafeteria and Miss Ruth Raby, Home Economics teacher, had charge of the four-course dinner which was served by members of the Home Economic class. A color note of yellow and green was emphasized in table decorations. After the business meeting the guests were carried through the High School building which holds first place in the county and were lavish in their praises of arrange ment and equipment. MARCH 22. 23, AND 25 TO BE DOLLAR DAYS IN KINGS MOUNTAIN_ Next Friday, Saturday and Monday March, 22, 23, aVid 25, are going to be Dollar Days in Kings Mountain. The merchants are now busy prepar ing for this value-giving event. Sev eral attractive stunts have been ar ranged and will be announced in next week’s issue or the Herald. Merchants desiring space in this Dollar Days Edition should get in touch with the Editor right away. Two Students From Kings Mountain At Davidson College —Special To The Herald— Davidson, March 14.—Among six hundred and. fifty students register 31' for the sifl'ing /term at Davidson College is L. P. Baker, sophomore, and L. J. Parsons, junior, of Kings Mountain. During tl eir careers at Davidson ihey have been active in undergrad uate circles and have taken an in terest in extra-curricular activities. Ae recent check-up of the registra lion records revealed the fact that LI state and 8 foreign countries are represented in the Davidson student body this semester. The.majority of he undergraduate group is drawn rom North Carol! ta, South Carolina v’irginia, Florida, and Georgia. Char otte and Greensboro supply more nen for the student body than any Jther North Carolina cities. FLAGS DONATED TO SCHOOLS The City Schools wish to thank the American Legion Auxiliary for he nice flags presented to each grade by Mrs. B. F. Ormand. They have been placed is each class room and will mean much to the schools. Mrs. Ormand made a very appropri ate and helpful talk in the presenta tion of the flags. The school is also thankful for the $5.00 received from the Auxili ary for the milk fund. LEGION MEETING TUESDAY NIGHT "fhere will be a special meeting af Otis D. Greene Post, the Ameri can Legion at City Hall Tuesday night March 19th at 7:30 P. M. All members are urged to be present. Legion Junior League Baseball will be on the program. Also it is hope that we will initi ate a new member who has never belonged to any Legion Post before. This will make the lirst ceremony of this kind in the local Post. W. W. Souther, Commander. HES A WINNER Above is pictured little Bobby Gene Murray, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Murray, who was recently declared winner in the pre-school contest sponsored by the Junior class of the Kings Mountain High School. TO BE GIVEN The famous “Heaven Bound' pa geant given by a grpup of negro teachers of Cleveland/county will be presented it^ thtr Kings Mountain Central school \ajroitorium Saturday evening, March 16. at 8:00 o'clock. A moderate admission price is being charged. The director, Violet ,, Thomas, statr.- that quite a few changes have been made' In this play since Its ap pearance here last. Since that tiiae. the troupe has appeared at many points over the United States, in cluding a western lour. There are about thirty players who take part in this high class performance of' music and drama. It has been hearti Ij endorsed in many places by reli gious and educational institutions. POLICE ARREST SEVEN DRUNK NEGROES IN ONE CAR The local Polise Department ar rested seven drunk negroes itt one car around one o'clock Sunday morn ing. The local Police Department had a busy time Sunday morning when they arrested seven drunk negroes in one car. The arrest was made a bolt one o’clock in the morning. Chief Hryant said, "It looked like a bunch of Gypsies moving when they got all seven negroes and the three police officers loaded in one car.” Chief Bryant investigated a wreck at the corner of Railroad avenue and King street. Very little damage was done and the owners said that they would settle the costs among them selves. BUSINESS MEN’S CLUB MEETS TONIGT _ The regular meeting of the Busi ness Men’s Club will be held tonight at 6:3d at the Woman’s Club build ing. An interesting program has been arranged and a full attendance is desired. McSWAIN RESIGNS FROM THE HERALD Mr. D. C. McSwain who has been in charge of the circulation depart ment of the Herald, has resigned to accept a position with the Augusta, Ga., Chronicle, in the circulation department. The Herald wishes for Mr. McSwain the best of success 1.1 his new work. Mr. Sinyer Williams, who Is al ready known to the people of Kings Mountain and surrounding territory has accepted the position vacated by Mr. McSwain. Any courtesy extended Mr. Williams will be appreciated by the Herald. PIEDMONT SCOOT ERS’ CONVENTION TO BE HELD HERE MARCH 26TH A Scouter*s Convention of Pied mont Council will be held here Tues day, March 26th. The meeting is to be -held at the High School and a dinner is to be served in the School Cafeteria. The complete program and all the details will be announced in next week’B Herald. Kings Mountain To Have Junior Legion Baseball POPULAR SONG LEADER HERE Mr. I). S. Edwards, for many years a popular and efficient director of group singing has been secured to lead the music the last five days of the evangelistic meeting at the local A. K. Presbyterian Church. Mr. Ed wards is from Due West and is pel sonally known by many here and many more throughout the Carolinas His coming will be a pleasant at traction in the week's services be ginning this coming Sabbath evening at 7:45 Dr. C. B. Williams, pastor of Pis gah A. K. Presbyterian Church. is directing the music until 'he arrival of Mr. Edwards. Special preparatorv services are in progress now. Wed nesday, Thursday and Friday even ings, from 7:45 until 8:45. Dr. Wil liams is in charge of the singing at these prayer and praise services. Mr Boyce speaks briefly each evening. Careful plans have been made. Pastor and people are anticipating a time of real refreshing. Mr. Boyce asks that the invitation to all the people in the town and communitv be made most cordial. PROMINENT LINCOLN COUNTY MAN PASSES J. R. Warlick. age 75, of Lincolu ton, long identified with the civic and religious life of that section, passed away at his home last Thur.v day night, following a long period oi ill health, growing more critical three weeks prior to his death. He was father of Mrs. Ora A. i Rhea, who lives near Kings Moun tain. Funeral services and interment took place at Daniels church, near Lincolnton, Saturday afternoon anu was attended by a large number of her relatives and friends. Among those attending from this section were Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Rhea, James Rhea, Mrs. Frank Go forth, Miss Louise Goforth, Miss Pinkie Lee Randall, Mrs. J. T. Go forth', Ben Phifer and Steve Kuhn. HERALD MAGAZINE EXCHANGE STILL HOLDING INTEREST The Herald free magazine exchan ge which was started several weeks ago is still holding interest as is shown by the number of people that come by and select their books. If you have not been in and taken some of these magazines to read you are invited to do so. If you have some old magazines around the house we will appreciate it if you will bring them down to the office so that those that desire reading ma terial may use them. If it is not con venient to bring them to the office if you will call us we will be glad 'o come for them. NO. 4 TOWNSHIP MEETING TO BE HELD HERE A township relief meeting is 10 be held at the High School auditori um Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o' clock. This is a called mass meeting of all relief clients in nulber 4 town ship. A cordial invitation is extend ed to all clubs of Kings Mountain, and all citizens to attend this meet ing. The heads of the different depart ments, which is composed of Ruth erford, McDowell and Cleveland counties will be present. Among those to attend this meeting are: Miss Ruth Catlin, head of all relief work in this district; Mr. Ward, dis trict farm supervisor; Miss Helen Rhindehouse, district caBe-worker supervisor; Mrs. Ben Goforth, case supervisor of Cleveland county; Mr. Dedmon, farm supervisor of Cleve land county, and Miss Mae Hamrick. C. E. Warlick Will lie In Charge of Team Assisted by W- W. Souther and J. E. Garvin—Hope To Pla.y First Game at Early Date The Otis I). Greene Post of tha American Legion announced this week that they will sponsor an American Legion Junior Mastball team.. 1 his team is to represent Cleveland county in the State finals io be played at the /nd of the sea son. j All boys over liV years of age and those who will nsft be 17 yeats of age until after midnight, June 30th, 1035, are e'igible to play, and are urged io register at once with Mr. C. E. Warlick, at his home, 102 N. Piedmont avenue. Part of the Legion Americanization program is to in still young boys in the spirit of fair play and sportsmanship. The Junior baseball teams is one of the means ot carrying out the above plan. Mr. C. E. Warlick, athletic officer, will be in charge of the teams, and will be assisted by W. W. Souther, Post Commander, and J. E. Garvin. Vice-Commander. Mr. Mill Hinson will assist In coaching the boys. Post Commander Souther, said: “Tho people of Kings Mountain have always wanted a Junior Legion team now they are going to have it. We solicit the support of all the citizens of our city and the surrounding com Ttiiiuities. We want to win." Mr. War'ick is very anxious ror the boys to report -right away It is Hoped that the tirst game wilf T>a_ played in the near future. Mr War lick says. "This will be a good chan ce for the boys that are interested in baseball to get some very good ex perience.” Several of the boys who played on Junior Legion teams last year are now playing professional baseball with big leagues. Some Past History of Legion Junior Baseball. There have been several good Le gion Teams in this section. Gastonia has won the State Championship i number of times, one of these games was attended by 10,000 people. Last year Shelby entered a Junior team for the first time. They elminate.l Belmont in two straight games anil won one out of three games with Gastonia in the State finals. Char lotte won the State Championship from Gastonia. Regional Finals, which composed four states, were won by Charlotte, The Eastern Fi nals were played in Gastonia be tween the seven teams representing (.lie 24 eastern states. Charlotte was not eliminated until the last day, be mg defeated by Cumberland, >ld., who later won the championship of the Vnited States. The Eastern finals will be played in some Northern state this year. Gastonia expects to be hosts to the “Little 'World Series" this year, which is a five game series between the winner of the Eastern and Wes tern Finals. In this case Charlotte has been promised the regional fi nals. * I JfcJ THROUGH CAPITOL KEYHOLES ( By Bess Hinton Silver) NEW THREAT — Information em anaiing from Washington. D. C., in dicates the certain candidacy of Congressman Lindsay C. Warren, of Washington, N. C., in opposition to Senator Josiah W. Hailey in 1936.. While Senator Bailey has gone to the aid of President Roosevelt in re cent weeks in a spectacular manner it is pointed out by Warren support ers that the primary of next spring ‘‘la just around the corner.” Senator Bailey was said to have list ground in his opposition to enactment of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, the Bankhead cotton control bill, the seed loan act, the St. Lawrence wa terway act, the soldiers’ bonus pro posal. all except the last sponsorej by President Roosevelt. (Cont’d on page five j
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