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***+**+*****++++++*+**• TRADE WITH YOUR HOME MERCHANTS i* ❖ ♦ 4» *> ►!* •> «5* •> <• •?* 4* •£• ♦ <• «fr 4» • Kings Mountain Herald *******44****4***-t-*444> READ THE ADS IN THIS PAPER • •;**!• ■:* *> v *;• -i- *> •:* VOL. 33 NO. 29 KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C. THURSDAY. JULY 25, 1935. $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE State And N Condensed Ii —State News— RALEIGH, Juiy 24.—Tlie week end mail of the stale board of heul'.li today bioughi only tone new reports ot eases ol infantile parai/sis m North Carolina. The additional sugerers raised tb .year's to 421 but on.y around 10U oases are still in the contagious stage. GREENSBORO, July 24.—The Can non Mills Company of Kannapolis need not pay the cotton processing taxes until its suit challenging their validity is settled, but, if it does not, it must post security to protect the rights of the govern ment. RALEIGH, July 23.—Frank L. Dunlap, assistant director of the bud get, said this afternoon tue new sal ary schedules for all employees have been completed and in the ^aggre gate represent a 20 percent in crease in cost of personal service as voted by the legislature. NEW BERN, July 24.—Without ! team, cultivator or harrow, John Me Sorley farmed a ten acre tract thron gh the depression years and made money. Now operating on a smaller scale, he is still without a team, uses Ip , tie hired help, and still says he makes a profit with his truck, cot- ' ton, corn, peas, beans potatoes and •other produce. BURLINGTON, July 24—Bertha Tyndall says she is a bootlegger and that she'll remain one until she finds a better job so that she can care for her crippled son. She says she wouldn’t mind even going to jail because then “they will have to take care of my little boy there if they lake me.” RALEIGH, July 24.—Revenue col lections for the State of North Car olina showed decided increases for the first 20 days of July as coinpar ed with the same period of last year every levy participating in the gain. A report from the revenue depart ment today showed that total col lections for the period this yeat were $1,26:1,626 against $688,455.98 for the corresponding period of 1934. RALEIGH, July 24.—Catherine Brown, negro woman charged with passing bo'Mis and plain paper mon ey on a blind news dealer here, to day was sentencd in city court to two years in the county workhouse. IX)WELL, July 24,—Miss Mpy Wallace of Lowell, is critically ill from the effect of what is believed to have beeu the bite of a dread black spider, it was reported her today. Miss Wallace was resting in the shade of a peach tree in the yard of her home Sunday afternoon when a black object fell on her from above, biting her on the finger. Within a few minutes she and her body had begun to swell. Physicians have been treating her. but her one dition remains critical, reports said. Although the spider could not be found after it had bitten Miss Wal lace, the general description of the insect and the effect of its bite led to thp belief thal it was of the dread black widow variety. RALEIGH, July 24.—Only six new cases of infantile paralysis were re ported in North Carolina today, state board of health officials said. Despite the decline of the disease the health officials continued to warn that children and ndluts should avoid all possible contracts and should stay away from crowds. WILMINGTON, July 24—Mayor Walter H. Blair of Wilmington was found guilty of a charge of usin; 666 1-2 gallons of city gasoline In his private < or yesterday by Judge J Paul Frlzzelle, who ordered him to pay a $100 fine and the costs. Judge Frlzzelle held the mayor guilty of a simple misdemeanor “not Involving moral turpitude, for which offense he should not be removed from office.'’ On Monday the mayor l)ad entered a plea of nolo contend ere lo the charge. ational News 1 Brief Form —National News— WASHINGTON, July 24.—Passage of tlie AAA amendment measure left the senate free today to tackle a hanking reform bill. Democratic lead ers saw few obstacles in the way of prompt action, though advocates of a government central bank were ptv paring to attempt to write their ideas into the bill. SHANGHAI, July 24.—The Han kow' Red Cross society announced to day it had picked up 30,000 bodies of persons drowned in the present floods along the Han and Yangtze rivers near Hankow alone and re ports from other points indicated a far greater loss of life. NORFOLK, Va., July 24—Arrested when they left ship here today, Au brey and George William Neidecker were held on charges of “swindling’ and breach of confidence in the clos .ug of the Travelers' bank of Paris w'hile defense counsel began an im mediate effort to secure ‘heir re- j lease. FAIR BURY. Neb.. July 24.—Three gunmen believed headed by Alvin Karpis, unofficial “public enemy No. 1” fought a running gun battle with two notice officers today in Falrbury streets. BBNNETTSVILLR, S. C„ July 24 ! —Funeral services were held here ^ yesterday morning for Baxter P. iCyclone Mack) McLendon, nation y known evangelist who died sud denly at his home here last night. Death was due to a heart attack physicians said. Only recently he hd returned fron Oklahoma City where he conducted a revival. Survivors include his widow, four sons and tw’o daughters. WASHINGTON, July 24 —The re lief administration today pursued its plan to strike from the relief rolls all persons who turn thumbs lown on jobs. "Any person on relief w’ho refuses a job," said Lawrence Westbrook, as sistant relief administrator, “will bi out off immediately." SHANGHAI, July 24.—If the Amet can mission school of Iluping Col ege at Yochow, Hunan province, vas struck bu bullets from a Japan tse gunboat, it was unquestionably in accident, Rear Admiral Teijiro luglsaka of the Japanese Yangtze pa rol said today'. WASHINGTON. July 24.—A bit er political dispute over whether President Roosevelt had violated his >ath to support the constitution ann whether he and his congressional eaders should be impeached threw he house today into an uproar. Representative Warren. D„ N. ■darted the exchange by referring to i newspaper interview given by Rep resentative Fish. R., N. Y„ in which 'he latter said that if the president ’’ 'rn impeached his leaders should be too. TERRE HAUTE, liul . July 24 — \ two-day general strike that tied up transportation service and closed the doors of nearly every store in ■his city of 66,000 ended oflicially to day. Whether striking workers would heed the appeals of their leaders to -eturn to their jobs, however, await 'd the day's developments. ROME, July 24.—The war minis try proclaimed today that every voting Fascist graduating from the Italian youth movement at the age if 18 becomes a “soldier." WASHINGTON. Julv 24—Vore Jeeins possibility of a 7.500.000 half* ■oltnn cron in 19S6. Senator Bank er.d (D.-Ala.) said todav there was >o justification for cotton textile buyers longer staying out of themar ’*et in an expectation of a break in trices. “No one need expect cheaper cot on. nor cheaper cotton goods this reason.' said 'he Alabamian. “But on he contrary textile huyers should ’“cognize that the prito is now prol) ■bly at its lowest point.” A BUNCH OF KEYS COMING TO KINGS MOUNTAIN a •an Heie are the famous Keys quadruplets, Roberta, Mona, Leota, and Mary, of Hollis. Okla., only quadruplets in world who have reached matu /. They'll be seen here Satu rday night. the J. E. Garvin Elected Legion Commander MISS JOY SAVED FROM HORRIBLE DEATH Mr. and Mr*. H. H. Houston and five sons are very fond of dogs and cats. They have two kittens, Miss Joy and Miss Hap py. Miss Joy decided to take a stroll Monday arteri.oon. Wncn it came time to put the kittens to bed, Miss Joy could not be found. The Houstons searched the neighborhood, but no kitty could they find. When they got near the back porch they could hear a faint meow. Mrs. Hous ton decided the kitten must have crawled under the house through a small hole in the underpinning of the ho-se. Mr. Houston don ned his hunting outfit and rig ged up a light, tore out a hole in the underpinning and crawl ed in. Now, there are two wells underneath the back porch of the Houston home, one full of water ar.d one dry. Luck must have been with Miss Joy as she had fallen in the dry well whicn is 15 feet deep. Mr. Houston let his light down into the well and there was Miss Joy. With the aid of a lasso the kitten was safeiy drawn to the top, to be tucked in bed with Miss Happy. The Herald reporter stopped by to6 see Miss Joy Tuesday, ana she seemed to be none the worse for her narrow escape. Miss Joy has promised Mr. and Mrs Houston and five sons that she will never, never, wander into strange places again. CLEVELAND COTTON FARMERS GET MORE MONEY Cleveland county farmers got $1. 619,930 more for their cotton crop in 1934 than they did in 1932, accord KINGS MOUNTAIN ing to a report by J. S. Wilkins, In 1934 including benefit pay ments of $434,061, they received $3, 703,402. Of this amount, $2,421,73s was for lint and $847,602 for seed. . In 1932. before the adjustment pr, gram was started, the growers pro duced 64,099 bales of cotton which sold at six cents a pound for a total of $1,828,359 and 30,639 tons of seed which sold at $8 a ton for a total of $245.112—or 2,.083471 for lint and soed. In 1933 the growers planted 82,122 acres. but ■ harvesied only 67.90c acres. The 45,907 bales produced op this acreage sold 10 cents a pound, or a total of $2,295,370. Plow-up pay mentsaud options granted on govern aient-held cotton added $258,935 to 'his sum, bringing the total to $2r 554,305. The 1934 planting was 49.931 acres, which produced a crop of 42, 220 hales which sold at 12 cents a pound. Last year, growers of the county also received benefit payments cT $2,600 on their corn-hog contracts. Thirty-five growers who have start ed raising raspberries received $776 ft' the first harvest from 23 acres At a special meeting of Otis D. Green Post American i>egion rriila> night July 19th, J. K. Garvin wn: elected Post Commander to succeed W. W. Souther. The following oft' cers were elected to serve with Coni mauder Garvin, and will he installed in their respective odices in Octo ber: W. K. Rhodes, First Vice-Comman der. Bojd Harrelson, Second Vice Comiuander. P. G. Ratterree. Adjutant. James S. Ware, Finance Officer. B. M. Hayes, Service Ottlcer. Or. O. I*. Lewis, Publicity Officer. C. E. Warlick, Athletic Officer. G. A. Bridges, Chaplain. E. H. Mathis. Sargeant-al-Arms. The following delegates were elec ted to represent this Post at the An uual State Convention to be held at Fayetteville August 4-6: J. E. Garvin, delegate. L. C. Dettmar. delegate. Paul Mauney, alternate. C. E. Warlick, alternate. BALL PLAYERS WANTED All boys who were born after June 30th, 1919, are urged to meet with Messrs Paul Mauney and Charlie Warlick at Speed way Ball Park Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. The purpose of this meeting is to get the Amer ican Legion Junior Baseball Team line-up for next year. All boys are requested to come. REUNION TO BE HELD The students of the Boll Military Institute will have a reunion and picnic at the Central school in Kings vfountain August 17th. All students of this school are cordially inviteo to come and bring a basket and en joy the day together. WINDOW BROKEN DURING STORM The plate glass window of Plonk Brothers and Company was broken Sunday afternoon during the high winds which accompanied the rain storm. An awning was broken which Cell upon thi> window and wts bros. en. The window was insured. Old Ferguson Mine Now In Operation GREAT SERVICE AT CENTRAL METHODIST An audience dial overflowed Oetv ral Methodist Church last Sunday .light voted their enthusiasiic en lorsement of the union service idea luring the vacation season. A con gregation of at lest 500 necessitated extra chairs in the aisle. The spirit of co-operation was evident through out. The Second of these services w-ill be held at Boyce Memorial A. K Presbyterian Church Sabbath even ing at 8:00 o’clock. Rev. P. 1). Pat rick will preach. RAY WHISNANT LOSES ARM Ray Whisnant, 21-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Whisnant had ais left arm removed last week at the Shelby Hospital as the result of an automobile accident. The wreck occurred on highway No. 20 Sunday afternoon. A negro who‘was riding in the car with Mr. Whisnant was not injured. MEN’S CLUB TO EN TERTAIN LADIES THIS EVENING The Business Men's Club will en- I tertain their wives and sweethearts this evening at an outdoor supper to be served at Bethany church The supper will begin at 7 o'clock and Messrs Paul Mauney and Hayne Blackmer will be in charge of the urogram. This supper being the sec ond in a series during the summer months. Some people never know when : they have enough; others never , have an opportunity of knowing. Crumbs of comfort don't always materialize from casting our bread , upon the waters. no Mr. George Patterson who jwns the oil Ferguson Gold Miu* which is South of Kings Mounts! Battleground, is having the inin worked. Several Gastonia people at connected with Mr. Patterson > he operation of this miu». The wor' is in charge of a Mr. Ellis, au expo ieneed mining engineer of Telic Tenn. The workers are now cleanin' out th * shaft and a number of wor! ■rs will be given employment a soon as the preliminary work hr been completed. This is the same mine that wa worked years ago h.v Major Jon lones of Blacksburg, and later by Mr. John Dover of Shelby. It has been reported by sevetal c the oltl workers that the ore from this mine ran $107.00 per ton on th basis of the old price for gold. It i: claimod that considerable ore wa left in the vein. Ore that runs as high as $15.00 per ton is considered to be paying. A. J. SECREST AC CEPTS POSITION WITH STAMEY’S Mr. A. J. Secrest has accepted a position with Mr. Stanley as mana ger of a new store he is opening in Spindale, N. C. He will assume his duties there about August 1st. Mr Secrest is the sou of Mr. and Mrs. Blair Secrest of Monroe, N. (\, and cam? to Kings Mountain as as sistant manager of Belk's Depart ment Store about three years ago. Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Secrest are wishing him success in his new position. RALEIGH, July 23.—The stale tno tor vehicle bureau reported todav that au'omobile accidents In Jun resulted in 83 fatalities and 460_ per sons injured. SPONSORED BP OTIS xJ. GREEN POST AMERICAN LEGION The only adult quadruplets in ihj United Stales will make a personal appearance in Kings Mountain Sat urday evening at 8 p. m. at the High School Auditorium. The charming young ladies are 4-5t'u of one uuna i ed years oil, and are talented enter tainers. They are being brought to ! Kings Mountain by the Otis D. Green I’ost of the American Region. The Keys Sisters, Roberta, Mona, Leota, and Mary, four of a kina, made an appearance at the First Haptist church is Shelby Sunday night and over 2,000 people flocked to see them. An entirely different program will be staged in Kings Mountain Saturday night. Quadruplets are born only one set to every 1,000,000 births. The Keys sisters were born in Hollis, Okla., and are now sophomores at Baylor University in Texas. They varied in weight when th ty were born from 3 3-4 to 4 1-2 pounds, and their weights now range from 130 to 157 pounds. Tickets are now on sale for the performance at Summers Drug Co.. Griffin Drug Co., and Sunimitt’s Nu Way. The prices of admission will be 25c for adults and 15c for child ren. The first eight rows of seats will be reserved for loo extra. The local post of the American Legion is to be congratulated upon ,enuring such uu unusual entertain ment ptogiam for Kings Mountain Mrs. Flake Keys, mother of the lour sisters will also be present. ATTEND FUNERAL IN FLORIDA Mr. and Mrs. Byron Keeter left ■arly in the week for Orlando, Ha., vhere they attended funeral services d their brother-in-law, Marvin A. .'timer, who committed suicide ear .• Monday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Keeter wore joined >y Mr. Keefer’s sisters, Mrs. Whar on and Mrs. Charles I’earce or Jreenwood, S. C., who accompanied hem to Orlando. Mr. Turner, who was a member of me of Grover’s most prominent {am lies was a former banker of Char lotte. He has been in illhoalth for a lumber of years and has spent much I' this time in hospitals lor treat ment. His first wife, who has been dead for twelve or fifteen years, was be fore marriage. Miss Oveida Keeter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. .1. Kee ter of Grover. REV. PAUL HORNE ACCEPTS CALL Rev. Paul Horne who has been do ing evangelistic work at Macedonia Baptist church has accepted a call to the Statesville Gospel Tabernacle. Mr. Horne will enter his new work August 1st. This is the same denomi nation as Amee McPherson preach es. NEW MANAGER AT EAGLE Mr. J. R. Moore is now 'he mana ger of Eagle Sc and 10c Store, hav ing replaced Mr. Brewer who reslgn j ed to open a shoe store for himself | in Shelby. Mr. Moore is orleinally from Concord but was transferred from the Waynesville Store.
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