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VOL. 33 NO. 3S
KJNQS MOUNTAIN, N. C. THURSDAY, SEPT., 12, 1935
*1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
eSfUSlSiT »HUUT
HELD HERE
MI83 GRACE NEISLER MADE
THIRD FROM HIGHE8T SCORE
their
first
The
Twenty-three entrants tried
skill at shooting skeet in the
program here last Saturday,
meet was staged by Bridges & Ham
rick Hardware.
The following were declared win
ners of the trophies which are now
on display at Bridges & Hamrick:
Class A
J. C. Parker of Winston-Salem,
with a score of 94.
Class B
O. J. Hill of Salisbury, with a score
of 86.
Class C
J. E. Crawford of Spartanburg, 8.
C., with a score of 84.
Class D
David Warlick, of Lincolnton, wit!
a score of 79.
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In the class C shoot an extra round
had to be shot to determine the win
ner between Messrs Crawford, Paul
Neisler, and Gene Neisler, as they
had tied in the first go-round.
The outstanding shooting of the
meet was done by Miss Grace Neis
ler who lead the Kings Mountain
shooters by a score of 88. This was
also the third highest score made by
any of the twenty-three entrants.
Miss Neisler has only been shooting/
skeet for a short time, but has re^
ceived quite a reputation with her
-consecutive high gcores. It is hoped
by some of the skeet shooters that
Miss Neisler will enter the State
Skeet Meet as a representative of
the Kings Mountain Club. This meet
is to be held in Winston-Salem, N.
C, on Sept. 27 and 28.
William Short, 12 year old boy of
Icard, N. C„ did some mighty good
shooting with a score of 87.
Among the twenty three entrants
in the skeet shoot, the following
from Kings Mountain participated:
W. A. Ridenhour, Paul Neisler, C.
C. Edens, Joe Neisler, G. A Bridges,
Gene NeiBler, Arnold Kiser, Hunter
and Miss Grace Neisler.
ONE DOLLAR
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young woman, away at school
for the entire school year.
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FIRST BALE OF
COTTON GINNED
The first bale of cotton of the 1935
crop was ginned Saturday, Sept. 7,
by the Victory Gin Company. The
cotton was raised by Mr. Jim M.
Smith of Route 1, Kings Mountain.
Mr. Smith started to gin with his cot
ton on Friday which was Sept. 6th,
but his wagon broke down and ha
did not get his cotton to the gin un
til Saturday, Sept. 7th.
'"'Sir. P. D. Herndon of the Victory
Gin, says that the cotton will run
about 15-16 middling grade.
OVER 400 APPLY FOR
DRIVERS’ LICENSE
/ Over 400 had applied for a drivers'
/icense through the Kings Mountain
' office b y Tuesday. Applications are'
being made at George Allen's Ser'j
s^ice Station on Railroad avenue.
The license will be furnished free
until Nov. first, after then there will
be a charge.
Mr. Allen asked the Herald to an
nounce that there is no charge for
filling out the application when It is
received from the highway patrol'
man, but when he fills out the apph
cation the notary public fee of 26C
will be charged. The patrolman has
no set time to be in Kings Mountain
but will be here several times be
tween now and Nov 1 to receive ap1
plications. He will be at Allen’s Sei*
vice Station.
Drivers may also get their licenses
from Hord ’Furniture Co.
New Highway For Kings
Mountain Approved
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The town council in a called meet
ing last week approved the new
highway tor Kings Mountain. Ail)
members of 'the council were pres
ent except W. K. Mauney who could
not he located. The meeting was pre
sided over by Mayor J. E. Herndon.
The plan approved by the council is
for thd highway to go west in King
street and cross the railroad tracks
by an overhead bridge, providing
that highway 29 (present road from
Grover) can be tied into the new
highway at the corner of Railroad
avenue and King street and that
Railroad avenue can ~ cross over
King street instead of under King
street by an underpass.
The State Highway Commission
has been notified of the approval of
the above plan. No Information has
been received from the State High
way Commission.
Below is a copy of the telegram
that was sent to the State Highway
Commission:
“If you will construct at King
street and Railroad Avenue a
four-way bridge so that inter
section of highway numbers 74
and 29 is on bridge the town
will furnish right-of-way.”
BOV8 BEING RETURNED
Two teen aged boys of Kings
Mountain are being returned from
Charlotte by the local police depart
ment for the robbery of the Gulf
Filling Station on King street Mon
day night. About 95.00 worth of
>candy and cigarettes were stolen.
The boys are about 14 years old and
one ia named West and the other
is named Hawkins, the first name of
the boys could not be learned.
TWO NEW CLERKS
AT KEETER‘3
Miss Martha Francis McGill and
Mrs. Deck Fulton have been added
to the sales staff of Keefer's Dept.
Store. Both Miss McGill and Mrs..
Fulton extend a cordial Invitation tq
all their friends to visit them »t
Keeter‘8. /
LARGE AUDIENCE AT
LAST UNION SERVICE
A capacity crowd of over 400
heard Rev. L. B. Hamm of St. Mat
thews Lutheran Church In the last
of the planned union services. Mr.
Hamm preached to the delight and
benefit of his hearers in this first
appearance outside his own church
in Kings Mountain. The audience
was expressive of its appreciation of
the spirit and strength of the rn^ts’
sage.
In the eight services held by the
co-operating churches, Kings Moun
tain has voted her hearty approval
by packed congregations. Several
times ever? available seat having
been taken, chairs were crowded in
to aisles and vestibules. It is a com
mon pleasure to note the spirit of
brotherliness illustrated in these
“family unions.”
LEAVE FOR GEORGIA
Mrs. Richard C. Wilson, her moth
er, Mrs. Hughes, and her son, Billy,
left Tuesday for their old home in
Rome, Ga„ where they will reside.
Miss Jane Wilson has returned to
Asheville Normal. Hank Wilson has
entered school at Banner Elk and
Richard Wilson will remain in Kings
Mountain for awhile.
The WTson family have made ma
ny friends in Kings Mountain who
are sorry to see them leave.
SERIOUSLY ILL AT
OTEEN
Mr. W. H. Thomasson, of Gastonia
wh in early life lived with his par
ents in Kings Mountain, is seriously
ill in the hospital at Oteen and all
hope for his recovery has been a
bandoned.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Thomasson and
Mr. and MrB. Charles Thomasson of
this place and members of his fami
ly elsewhere have been at his bjt*>
side.
State And National News
Condensed In Brief Form
—State News—
RALEIGH, Sept. 11.—Because leth
al *as equipment has not been in
stalled in the state’s new death cham
her, George Frank, Rockingham ne
gro convicted of assaulting a white
woman, will not die Friday, P. D.
McLean, assistant parole commis
sioner, said here yesterday. Mc:
Lean estimated it would be .several
weeks before the gas chamber was
GASTONIA, Sept. 11.—The case a
fainst Agammemnon Koutro, 22
fear old cafe employee who is charg
ed with second degree murder or
manslaughter in the death ot Cecil
Hookout, 18, was expected to be in
the hands of the jury in Gaston su
perior court early this afternoon.
Presentation of evidence on both'
sides was completed shortly after
10 o’clock this morning and argu
ments of Solicitor John G. Carpen- '
ter and Defense Attorney Ernes'
Warren were expected to be com
pleted by noon.
■ RALEIGH, Sept. 11.—Convicted in
Robeson county superior court yes
terday of an attempted attack on a
four year old white girl, Jim Wat
son negro today began a fourteen td
fifteen-year sentence In state's pris
on here. Watson pleaded guilty.
DAVIDSON, Sept. 11.—Registra
tion for Davidson college fresbmen
was completed here last night, with
one of the largest classes in the hist
ory oF'tfie college entering. Figu.es'
on the number of new men enrolled
were not complete, but the indica
tions were that the new class would
break records for the past several
years.
RALEIGH, Sept. 11.—George W.
Coan, Jr., state WPA administrator*
told the Raleigh Rotary club here
yesterday that North Carolina was
entitled to $50,000,000 from the
works progress administration funds
‘‘If we get much less than that
I’ll feel very much discouraged ano
believe that North Carolina did not
get T31I benefits from the Program,”
Coan said.
RALEIGH, Sept. 11.—To protect
the interest of its creditors while a
bond refunding plan is worked out,
the town of Benson in Johnston
county has filed a petition in Fed
eral court here under the 1934 bank
rujfffcy act.
RALEIGH, Sept. 11.—Senator
Bailey announced yesterday he had
been informed by C. A. Cobb, di
rector of the cotton division of AAa
that North Carolina cotton growers
received $57,118,927.11 in 1934-36, in
cluding AAA payments, compared
with $27,048,000 received in 1932-33.
RALEIGH, Sept. 11.—An executive
committee appoipted to select ma
terials and designs has decided on
native aluminum for the new histor
ical markers to be erected on North'
Carolina highways. The 1935 legisla
ture appropriated $10,000 for the
work during the biennium.
MARS HILL, Sept. 11.—Four men
today held up the branch here of the
ClfTiens Bank of Marshall and es
caped with an undetermined sum.
A number of shotB were fired as
the bandits sped out of the commun
ity and first reports said a negro
girl, who was walking along the
street was wounded.
HATTERAS,'Sept. 11.—The De'
pendent, a freight boftt plying be
tween Belhaven and Hatteras, burn
ed off Hatteras Inlet Sunday morn
ing while the crew of three were
rescued by the Hatteras Inlet coast
guard.
ASHEVILLE, Sept. Jl.—William
Dudley Pelley, founder of the Silver
Shirts Legion, has announced his
candidacy for president on a plat
form of “For Christ and the Consti
tution.”
Pamphlets announcing the candi
dacy were received here today and
carried the caption: ‘‘At sign o?
cross. I propose to serve my coun
try as its next president. Announce
ment you have been waiting for."
—National News—
NEW YORK, Sept. XI.—Ameri
ca's textile industry, forever beset'
by some economic terror, has ap
parently turned into what analysts
believe should be a period of stren.
gth and expansion.
More fhan two years ago the en
tire industry struggled with un
precedentedly high production sched
ujes just before the advent of NRA
codes, and in following months the
trade suffered from the excess out
put.
; About a year ago, strikes tied
manufacturers into a tight knot, pro
cessing taxes began to chafe, Jap
^pese Competition pinched more
tightly on export markets, and prof
its were something to boast about.
But in the past few weeks, there
has been a progressive change not
ed in major branches o f the textile
industry.
NEW YORK. Sept. 11—Bullish
fires leapt up In the stock exchange
today with a heat reminiscent of
pre-depression days. Several issued
advanced $1 to $4 a share and the
turnover approximated 2,400,00(1
shares, making it one of the big
gest days of the year.
BATON ROUGE, La.. Sept. 11 —
Dynamic, fervid Huey P. Long,
swept from the peak of power by an
assassin's bullet, lay in death today*
amid the monuments of his legthy
political reign over Louisiana's af
fairs.
This stunned capitol city, scenet
of his unprecedented rise to domina;
tion in an American state, his mas
terful legislative coups that made;
him a dictator, his use of the militia,
to force his will, turned out to pay
homage at his bier and gave him a
leader's burial.
HYDE PARK, N. Y„ Sept. 11. —
President Roosevelt went into the
role of peacemaker and conciliator
agafn today with Secretary Ickes,
public works administrator, coming
here for a showdown on the works
relief program.
HYDE PARK, N. Y„ Sept. 11. —
President Roosevelt and Father
Charles E. Conghlin, the priest, had
a talk here yesterday, it was learned
today.
Just what the President and the
Father talked about was not ascer/
talned today. /•
It was discovered that Joseph B.
Kennedy, the chairman of the Feder
al securities and exchange commis-v
sion telephoned to the home of Mri
Roosevelt and requested an appoint-^
ment for Father Coughlin. This ap
pointment was granted and Kennedy
and the Father visited here.
COLOMBIA, S. C„ Sept. 11—A
voice from the clouds was expected
to call out directions today for C.
B. Coward, 67, of McBee, unseen in
the dense Santee river swamp
where he has been lost for five days,
to find his way out.
An airplane equipped with a loud
speaker left here to fly over the ■
vast waste of cypress, underbrush,
and water in search of the elderly
railroad section foreman, who was
last seen Friday morning.
NEW YORK. Sept. 11.—An attrac
tive young woman whom police said
was a sympathizer of striking ship
ping clerks had herself chained to a
street pole at Broadway and 38th
street today and addressed the large
crowd that gathered while police
hacked the padlocks away.
MIAMI, Fla., Sept. 11.—As 200 men
scoured the Florida keys today in
search of the last of the storm dead,
veterans’ groups pressed their claim
that the tiny islands could have
been evacuated in time to have pre
vented the disaster.
Their demands continued in the
face of reports from three separate
investigations that there was no
negligence involved in the death of'
' more than 400 persons in the storm’
IwindB that swept over the keys on'
the night of September 2.
NEW PA8T0R
Above is pictured Rev. L. Boyd
Hamm, new pastor of St. Matthewr,
Lutheran church. Mr. Hamm comes
to Kings Mountain from Macon, Ga.,
where he took an active part in both
the civic and religious ' life of the
city.
MEN’S CLUB MEET"
AT EL BETHEL
About 75 attended the supper at
El Bethel Methodist church last
Thursday evening, glfen for the
Men’s Club and their wives and
sweethearts. The attendance was
very good and even though the rain
kept some members away. As one
member said that attended, "It Just
made more food for us that came, by
some staying away.’’ From all re
ports the country ham was the best
ever, and in the biggest quantities.
It was announced that the next
meeting and supper will be held at
Patterson Grove Baptist church,
Thursday, September 19th.
RETURNS FROM
HOSPITAL
The six-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Otis Falls who underwent a n
operation in a Charlotte hospital
early last week, was brought home
Tuesday and is recovering nicely.
THE* GLORY ROAD”
PLEASES LARGE
AUDIENCE
"The Glory Road", written by J.
U Settlemyre, Jr., and directed by
Miss Lucile Cansler, which was pre1
sented last Friday evening at the
High School auditorium, was well rd
ceived by the large audience.
The ail-colored cast did some very4
good acting, especially Annie Ma3
Hiekmond, who played the part of
Pauline, and Lola Cherry, who play
ed the part of Mammy Johnson. *
The chorus composed of about 30
voices from the choirs of the color*
ed churches of Kings Mountain add
ed the necessary background to the
spiritual and religious play.
The balcony of the auditorium was
reserved for the colored people of
Kings Mountain and a large crowd
attended.
MRS. H. W. GALLIMORE
DIES
Funeral services for Mrs. H. W.
Galllmore, 64, prominent woman 'of
the El Bethel community, were held
at El Bethel church, Tuesday after
noon at 2:30. Rev. J. N. Wise, the
pastor, was in charge and was as
sisted by Rev. C. J. Black of Besse
mer City, pastor of Bethlehem Bap
tist church.
Mrs. Gallimore had been suffering
with cancer for the past six months
and during that time, was for a
whlle a patient in the Shelby Hospi
tal. She was carried to the City Hos
pital, Gastonia last Sunday, where
she passed away Monday morning.
Mrs. GaTi'more was a member of
Bethlehem Baptist church but at
tended El Bethel church near her
home and was greatly interested in
the work of her own and her adopted
church.
She is survived by her husband,
Hj. W. Gallimore, and two sons,
Smith Gallimore and "¥8168 Gaslit
more. She is also survived by three
grandchildren.
W. W. Cobb, Aged Citizen
Is Buried Today
KEETER’S ANNOUN
CES PALL SELLING
CAMPAIGN
{ In a double page ad in this issue
of the Herald Keeler's Dept. Store
announce their Fall Selling Cam
paign. Mr. Byron Keeter has re
cently returned from the northern
markets, where he purchased the
newest in fall merchandise for every
member of the family.
A Chevrolet Automobile will be
.given away during this special sell
event.
Mr. Keeter invites everyone to
visit their store and participate in
the many values they have to offer.
EAGLE STORE
REMODELED
The first of Eagle 5, 10 and 25c
chain of stores was opened over 11
years ago. This chain is headed by
Mrs. Rush Stroup of Shelby, presi
dent. Mr. S. R. Wallace of Morgan
ton, general manager.
This store has been redecorated
which includes repainting entire
store, refinishing counters, windows
and all fixtures.
We have a full line of highest
grade five, ten and twenty-five cent
merchandise which is on display.
Mr. B. T. Turner of Gastonia had
charge of remodeling the store.
Mr. J. R. Moore, local manager, ex
tends an invitation to every one to
visit tie remodeled store.
ATTEND CONFERENCE
Messrs W. A. RIdenhour, W. K.
Mauney, Rev. L. Boyd Hamm and
others of Kings Mountain will at
tend the Southern Conference of the
United Lutheran Synod of North
Carolina at Daniels Lutheran church
of Lincolnton, N. C., next Thursday,
September 15.
Mr. W. K. Itauncy is ou the pro
gram for Thursday afternoon at
3:30 p. m. Mr. W. A. RIdenhour is
treasurer of the Conference.
Mr. W. W. Cobb, 78, one of Kings
Mountain’s oldest and best-loved cit
izens passed away at his home on
izens passed away at his home on
the Cherryville road in the northern
limits of town, Wednesday morning
following an illness extending over
a period or several years. During
the past two weeks his condition
had grown steadily worse until the
end come.
Funeral services were held at the
home with Rev. J. W. Williams, paa
tor of Central Methodist cnurch, in
charge and interment made in
Mountain Rest cemetery.
Mr. Cobb was twice married. Sur
viving are his widow, who before
marriage was Miss Sue Sneed. Four
sons by his first marriage survive as
follows: Fred and Doris Cobb, of
Greenville, S. C.; Lawrence and
Clarence Cobb, twin sons, who live
at the home of their father in Kings
Mountain. He is also survived by
one sister, Mrs. J. M. Hayes of this
place.
Since coming to Kings Mountain'
many years ago Mr. Cobb has been
a faithful member of Central Meth
odist church, where he brought his
children in their youth. After lit
health prevented him from attending'
he was Interested in the progress of
his church and enjoyed the visits of
his pastor and the laymen.
Of a genial, friendly disposition,
he numbered his friends by his ac
quaintances. He bore his affliction
with unusual patience and fortitude
and near the end expressed his
readiness and willingness to meef
his Maker.
ACCEPTS POSITION
AT BELK’S
' Mrs. D. Goforth has accepted a
rposition as saleslady at Belk's. Mrs
Goforth is recognized as an author’ j
ty on style designing and materia j
selections, and Belk’s feels ver\ j
fortunate in having secured her ser
vices. I