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TRADE WITH YOUR HOME MERCHANTS > *!• <• ❖ {• <• ❖ ❖•{•❖*!•❖ *> *5* •> -I* <• * Kings Mountain Herald READ THE ADS IN THIS DA PER • -s- * <■ -t- ± * * * * *+ VOL. 33 NO. a KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C. THURSDAY, -MAY 1H33 $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE HIGH SCHOOL FINALS jti£jL.D SUNUAV and iViON DA Y The commencement exercises of •Kings .Mountain High School began Sunday night, with baccalaureate sermon by Rev. C. O. Williams ol Charlotte, who was introduced by Mr. VV. K. Blakely, a former friend. The invocation was given by lJr. .1. j\I. Garrison and scripture reading toy Itev. A. G. Sargeant. f ' Special features of the program were a song, “The lam Chord” by tlie girls chorus and a trio, “Lo How a Rose is Blooming” by Misses Kath ieen Randall, Ruby Hughes and Sara Mae Kails. On Monday night, Dr. James C. Kinard, President Newberry College, delivered the address and won a place in the hearts of his hearers as lie mingled ready wit and fun with sound advice. Dr. Kinard was introduced by G. is. Bowden of Gastonia. The Girls' Glee Club sang a chor ds, “May Morning”. Diplomas were presented to 29 pupils by F. M. Biggerstaff, Higlr •school principal. Rev. W. M. Boyce •delivered prizes and awards to the pupils. WILL QUEEN FOUND DEAD ON RAILROAD TRACK Will Queen, 39, was found dead at 1:00 p. m. Wednesday morning be tween Dairy branch and I’henix mill railroad track. Officers were of the opinion that he was walking toward the Phenix mill section when south bound Southern train No. 135 hit him before he could get off, knock ing him ten feet breaking his right leg at the knee, crushing shoulder and other bad bruises. Train No. 135 passed through Kings Mountain about 10:30. The body was found by passersby, who notified police of the accident. He is survived by his widow who before marriage was Marie Mont gomery, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J W. Montgomery, Gastonia, N. also three boys, Floyd, Grady and Homer; one brother, John Queen, of Shelby; five sisters, Mrs. Clayton Fisher, Mrs. George Weathers of Shelby; Mrs. Gus Painter, Kings Mountain; Mrs. Hugh Ward, Iron Station, Mrs. Lee Glenn, Union Mills 15 C. His mother, Mrs. Jerry Queen, of Shelby, also survives. Funeral services were held from the residence at two 'clock Thurs day afternoon. Interment was made in St. Luke's church cemetery. COUNTY-WIDE COMMENCEMENT HELD HERE SATUR DAY The County-wide Commencement for Adult Schools held at the Wo man's club last Saturday was attend ed by a la rye number of teachers, pit pils ltd mill executives. The program consisted of reading and music, by pupils of the various schools with an invocation by Kev. J, W. Williams and a splendid ad dress b. Rev. A. G. Sargeant. Among out-of-town people present, were Clyde C. Sorrells, divisional superintendent and Mrs. Sorrells of ltulherfordton, Mrs. T. P. Gladden of Gilkey, Mrs. W. F. O'Neill of Rather fordton and others from Rutherford county who were members of th* large group who recently attended the conference of Home-makers in Washington and had a personal in terview with President and Mrs. Roosevelt. Mr. Sorrells made a time ly talk as he presented the certifi cates to the pupils for work complet ed during the past year. Mr. Horace Grigg, Supt. of Public Scuools of Cleveland county, spoke encouragingly of the work accom plished in Adult schools. At the noon hour the teachers and visitors were guests of the advisorv hoard at a luncheon served by the Woman's Club. MEETING NIGHTS K. OF P. CHANGED The meeting nights of the Knights of Pythias Loge have bees changed from Thursday night to Tuesday J D. lford, Chancellor Commander announced this week. The meetings are to be held at the same time which is eight o’clock. PREDICTS WOMAN PRESIDENT— Col. Louis Howe, the famous secre tary of President Roosevelt, has sud denly come into the limelight with his prediction that within ten years, a woman for President will become not only possible, but “advisable.” THE WORLD’S ALL RIGHT TO BE PRESEN TED TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT The play, “The World’s All Right,” sponsored by the Wo man’s Club, with a cast of 150 local people will be staged to night and tomorrow night at 8:15 p. m. at the High School Au ditorium. A real treat is in store for those who are planning to attend this entertaining musical show. POPPY DAY SALE SATURDAY, MAY 25TH Saturday ‘he United States will pay its annual tribute to its World War dead by wearing their flower, the poppy. Millions of Americans in almost ev ery city and town throughout the country will wear the blood-red me morial poppy to show that they still honor and are grateful for the servi ces of those men wlio gave their liv es: in defense of the nation seventeen years ago. In purchasing the poppies, they will contribute to the welfare of the disabled veterans and the fam ilies left in distress by the death or disability of a veteran. women rrom tons ij. ureen unu of the Alericai; Legion Auxiliary will he on the streets here alll day distributing the memorial flowers. They will he part of an army of near ly 100,000 women which will carry out the Auxiliary's nation-wide dis tribution of poppies. Fully 10.000,000 of the little red blooms are expected to he given out, with $1,000,000 re ceived in contributions in exchange for them. The poppies have been made by disabled veterans working in 36 dif ferent government hospitals and convalescent workrooms located in forty states. The flowers which will listributed here were made at Oteen Hospital. They will be offered on the streets by a corps of volunteer , workers under the leadership of j Mrs. J. E. Garvin, chairman of the Auxiliary's Poppy Day committee. No price will be asked for the pop pies, each person being free to con fribute as little or as much as he i '■hooses for his flower. All funds re- 1 reived will be expended in the wel- ! fttre activities of the American Le-1 gion and Auxiliary among disabled veterans and needy families of vet "ian during the coming year. The hulk of the money will remain right here in Kings Mountain to he used in the work of the local Legion Post and Auxiliary Unit. HOUSE OVERRIDES PRESIDENT’S VETO WASHINGTON, May 22.— Flaunt ing President Roosevelt's personal earning that the Patman $2,200,000, 000 bonus bill invited "disastrous" ■onsequences, the house thundered the necessary two-thirds to override his veto today. The vote was 322 to 98. The issue thus was placed square v up to the senate. There the ad ministration was counting on a few otes margin to sustain the Roose velt objections. MAY BOOST HOLC FUND WASHINGTON, May 22. — The conference report on a bill, to add $1,750,000,000 to the capital of the Ionie Ovine'S l^oan Corporation was idopted today by the house. Senate -'lotion Is necessary before the bill in be sent to the White House. State And National News Condensed In Brief Form —National News— McLEAN IMPROVING WASHINGTON, May 22—Former Governor Angus W. McLean, ill with a blood clot in the right lung in a hospital here, today was reported by a.a p... oieian to have spent a rest ful nigh'.. McLean, the physician said continu-s to show signs of improve ment. WASHINGTON, May 22 — Congress received its Patman bonus bill back from the hands of President Roose velt today, tagged an unsound and unfair invitation to ‘disaster'. In the crowded chamber of the house of representatives, he warn ed the hostile bonus majorities ot both braTIches of an “ultimate reck oning in uncontrollable prices’’ and ‘destruction’ of savings via the print ing p7ess'Jniohey route—should his veto be overriden. RACER KILLED IN SMASH ON SPEEDWAY INDIANAPOLIS, May 22—Johnny Hannon of Norristown, Pa., was killed at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway today while practicing for the annual 500 mile race, A riding mechanic for Hannon received seri ous head injuries when the car iiit the wall at the northern turn. The accident occurred near the spot where the car of Harry Insinger of Los Angeles was damaged earlier in the day wtien it skidded into a re taining wall. The car tore through a concrete wall and landed on its wheels 50 yards from he track. Hannon was thrown from the car. WASHINGTON, May 22—The cot ton spinning industry was reported today by the census bureau to have operated during April at 85.3 per S cent of capacity, on a single shift basis, compared with 92.9 per cent during March this year, and 104.5 per cent during April last year. SAY ACCIDENT CAUSED DEATH OF LAWRENCE WOOL. Doretshire, Kng., May 22. —Whether or not a mysterious black automobile had anything to do with tlie death of the almost legend ary Lawrence of Arabia a coroner’s jury of 7 men decided today that he met death accidentally. TO RLUE ON COTTON CASE WASHINGTON, May 22. — The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether lower courts acted correctly in dismissing a suit brought by Lee Moore, a Clint, Texas, cotton planter, to test the constitutionality of the Bankhead cotton production control let. It consented to review the case at its next term beginning in Octo LONDON, May 22.—Stanley Bald win, lord president of the council announced in the house of commons today that Great Britain will In crease her first line air strength to a total of V,500 airplanes in order to obtain parity with Germany and France. This figure, is to be compared to the actual military air strength to day of 580 airplanes, excluding the navy's air arms. WASHINGTON, May 22— Recom mendations of the allotment board tor spending the first billion dollars under the $4,000,000,000 works pro gram were approved today by Pres ident Roosevelt. The actual orders will be signed as quickly as the budget director drafts the desired form. The President repeated today at his press conference that he hoped to have the program in full operation by about November 1. I CHICAGO, May 22—Jane Adams internationally known social work er and champion of world peace, died late Tuesday in Passavant hos pital, whetj she had undergone a major operation. Jane Addams erected two fortress es of fame: her ideals of humane ness, an intangible stronghold of the spirit, and the Hull-House, the | tangible expression of that ideal. —State News— STRAWBERRY CROP ! NETS HALF MILLION , CHAOHOl'kN, May 21. Straw berry shipments continued here to j day after figures revealed more than | 150,000 crates, netting growers more than half a million dollars, already had been dispatched to markets Total shipments of crates last year were 83,307, lor which 1381,832 was received. j TO WAR ON KILLING : OF SONG BIRDS • GREENSBORO, May 21. — If Guil i ford county doesn't have more song birds, it won't by the fault of Game j Warden Benbow even if he has to hail some juvenile dead-eye dicks in ! to court to do the trick. ^ l Uis shooting of song birds anti destio., mg their nests will have to oe Stopped, he says, "or else I shall have to indict every youngster a gainst whom 1 can gather evidence.' tie is calling on parents to help pre j vent tue practice. RALEIGH, May 22.—J. M Brough ton, Raleigh, attorney engaged by the ijtatler interests, expects the Elva Statler Davidson will case, doc keted for next week in Carthage, to come up for trial in the September term of court in the Moore county seat. Mrs. Davidson was found dead in her garage at Pinehurst last Febru ary 27. less than two months after she had married H. Bradley David son, Jr., of Washington. TWO CHILDREN DROWN ALBEMARLE, May 22. — Funeral services were held at Running Creek church near here today for two children of Mr. and Mrs. San ford Helms of the Whitley mill com niunity, who drowned yesterday when their father's wagon slipped into Bear Creek after its two mules had become startled. — RALEIGH, May 22. — Boarding houses that do not advertise in any ! way for transient business are not subject to any tax whatever unless they have dining rooms with seals lor Hi or more persons. Those that have dining rooms with paces for lu persons or more must pay a state privilege tax of $10 and $1 addition til for each dining room seat, but they will not he required to pay the :! per cent sales tax on meals unless they advertise and solicit business from tourists and transients and hits become classed as tourist hom es instead of boarding houses. Com | missioner of Revenue A. J. Maxwell ! pointed out today. BURNS KILLS CHILD BEAUFORT, May 22. Clara Dial ley, six year old daughter of Roy Dudley, state highway employee, died at a Morehead City hospital yes Po'day of burns incurred the previ ous day in a gasoline pot explosion. The father was severely burned it tempting to entinguish flames in the child's clothing. A B. Dudley, 22, un cle of the child, was burned about Up- same in a similar explosion 15 miles away. ANTON BREES BACK AT DUKE FOR SUMMER DURHAM. May 22. — A lton Brees. noted carillonneur of the Mountain Lake Singing Tower in Florida, will spend his fourth sum mer here this year as carillonneur for Duke University. His first reci tal will be given Sunday afternoon. Tune. CCC CAMPS AT BATTLEGROUND Two CCC camps—both in the Kings Mountain Battleground Park — have definitely been lo cated in York county, and a third camp has now been allo cated to York county. Indica tions pointed today that this camp would be a Soil Conserva tion Camp located in the Eben ezer section. ! $500,000 FIRE—Brooklyn, N. Y.. f.re ‘fighters battled a waterfront ware house fire for three days before over ! f ’.ing it. Djring thi battle more I than 200 firemen were injured. MAYOR PROCLAIMS SATURDAY “POPPY DAY”HERE Saturday, May 25th, was pro claimed Poppy Day in Kings Mountain in a proclamation is sued by Mayor J. E. Herndon. The proclamation urges all citi zens to honor the World War dead by wearing the American Legion and Auxiliary memorial poppy on that day. and to aid the war's living victims by con tributing to the Legion and Aux iliary welfare funds. The procla mation follows: “The City of Kings Mountain during the great crisis of the World War sent forth its sons in response to the nation's call. They served gallantly in the na tion’s defense, and of their num bers some were called upon to lay down their lives in that servi ce. The memory of their patri otic sacrifice should always be held dear by the citizens of Kings Mountain. "Therefore, I. J. E. Herndon, Mayor of Kings Mountain, urge all citizens to honor the dead and aid the living by wearing the American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary memorial poppy on Saturday, May 25th. "And to that end. I do hereby proclaim Saturday, May 25th, Poppy Day in the City of Kings Mountain, “J. E. HERNDON. Mayor.” DAILY VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL AT LUTHERAN CHURCH The |)cop!>‘ of Kings Mountain will be pleased to leant that St. Mat thew's BnT-eran church will attain conduct n Daily Vacation Bible School. Classes will begin at 8:110 A. M. Monday. May 27th, and con tinue daily except Saturday for two weeks A competent corps of teach ers will be on hand to teach and train the young folks. Classes will be provided for young people be tween the ages of the kindergarten group and high school boys and girls. 1 rtifieates and awards will lie made to those who have pi rfec attendance records and do commen dable work in their classes. It is hoped that the School this year will lie tlic largest and most successful ever attempted. Members end friends ol St Matthew’s Church are cordial ly invited to send their children t< tiiis school. Tiie closing services wii lie held on VTT.iuy evening. June 7th. at which time the awarding of cer tificates will be made and the work of Die school brought to a close. SHE I BY KIWANIS CLUB TO MEET WITH | BUSINESS MEN’S CLUB The Shelby Kiwanis Club will in Id a joint meeting tonight at 7:00 o'clock with the Business Men's j Club. Messrs Monroe Rhea and ' (leorge Baltimore are in charge ct i ilie program. The meeting will be held at lit- Woman's club building. i I CRY BABY BUFFALO, N. Y„—“Sooopy”, j motherless bottle-led monkey at the i city zoo, is a baby in other respects ; besides eat ins a special formula pre pared by a child specialist. “He cries at three-hour intervals just like a real baby if his bottle is not given to him." says William R'lodehouse, keeper. “1 even have to v t up at midnight, 3 a. m. and (i a. m." , “ScoopyVis a rare East Indian 1 species of the monkey family. , SUCCESSFUL CLEAN UP WEEK CONDUCT ED BY JUNIOR WO MAN'S CLUB i h<' newly organized Junior \V> nan's ( lull of Kings Mountain feels neouraged over the success of the irst civic project undertaken, that staging a clean-up campaign. \Tith the co-operation of the children tie merchants, and other individuals, i)kuch was accomplished. The com tittee that planned and carried out he project was composed of Misses iMargaret Noisier. Marie Lineberger, tnd Nell Hord. S Prizes were won bv the following for the largest piles of trash. First prize- |2.t>0, Presbyterian Croup of Boy Scouts. Second prize—$1.00, Mrs. Mattie Henderson. Third prize ..">0, Bessie Halbert, (colored). The club wishes to thank C'hief-of -Police Bryant for acting as judge of the trash piles. Another feature of the campaign I was tin can collecting. Popsickle.3 I were given as the reward to all i school children who brought as i many as 25 cans to ule various schools on Thursday afternoon be tween i and 5 o'clock. 51,657 cans were received at the East End school j which led over the other schools. I Yates Conner of East School brought the most caus, his amount being 850. Donald Culbertson and Lloyd Mo Daniel, both of East school had 700 each. Many others collected two or three hundred each. The club is indebted to the follow ing merchants in town for so gener-. ously donating the popslckles anj ice cream cones to reward these, children: Summers Drug Co. 23a popsickles. Griffin Drug C'o., 115 popsickles. It. C. Gold, 100 popsickles Summitt's Nu-VVay 100 popsickles. Canary Soda Shop 25 • ones. The irerald Publishing House kind ly printed the tickets which were given the children to call at the va rious stores for the ice cream. We appreciate their cooperation. The club also wishes to thank Mr. W. C. Caveny who had charge of collecting the cans and other gar bage. His large truck and efficient men provided for systematic collect ing of the town's trash. At a later date a regular schedule for correct ing garbage from the different streets will be worked out and print ed. Until that time anyone wanting trash moved can notify" Mr Caveny, who will see that the work is done. The teachers at me various schools who received the tin cans J were helpful in tue campaign and we I wish to thank them, and also any | others who took part. The Hoy Scouts who cleaned the vacant lots did a good deed for the town as a whole. The campaign has been a great success and we hope the people of the community will continue to keep their premises and streets clean, and help make our own one of the most attractive in lie stale. __ < .... < | Through STATE CAPITOL KEYHOLES : ( By Bess Hinton Silver) STORM BREWING? — In t he Fourth Congressional District, so ably represented for more than a third of a century by the beloved late Edward W. Pou, it now appears there may be a lively scrap. It is rumored around Raleigh that Repre sentative W U Lumpkin of Frank lin, known to one and all as the co author of the McDonald-Lumpkin plan in the bite Legislature and ''a peoples candidate” may offer in op position to Congressman Harold D. Cooley. Mr. Lumpkin was a bitter opponent of taxing "fat-hack and molasses,” always a friend of the schools and an avowed ”li<tuor con trol” man. He has carved a name a rnong young Democratic leaders. The rumor-graph Iso reports that form er Representative Otway Binns Moss, of Nash, is feeling out the Fourth District Congressional waters Others mentioned as possible foes of Congressman Cooley are State Sena tors Carroll Weathers, of Wake, and W. 1’. Horton of Chatham. **** RE-DEALS—Is ther to be a re deal In North Carolina politics? Sente of the natives think so. Repre l (Cont'd on page four)
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