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VOL. 33 NO. 37
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C. THURSDAY, SEPT. 19, 1935
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
3 Friday And Saturday Are Dollar Days In Kings Mountain £
State And National News
Condensed In Brief Form
■National News—
HYD EPARK, Sept. 18—General
Hugh S. Johnson reached an under
standing with the President last
week for his retirement as WPA ad
ministrator in New York early in
October in accordance with his ori
ginal agreement.
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Sept. 18
Former president Herbert Hoover
asserted in a Constitution Day ad
dress hgre today that some activi
ties of the Federal government are
of the same sort of ‘‘first sappings1
of human rights that have taken
place in other lands.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 18.—Hear
ing on the petition for probate of
the will of the late Will Rogers is
set for today in superior court at
which time an estimate of the value
of the estate may be made.
Unofficial estimates of the estate,
including insurance, have centered
around $2,500,000. The will is dated
August 3, just 12 days before the
screen comedian died in an Alaskan
airplane crash with Wiley Post and
under its terms the entire estate is
left to the widow, Mrs. Betty Blake
Rogers.
MlAjMI, Fla., Sept. 18.—With giant
hausers already hooked to the
grounded liner Dixie, two tugs wait
ed in deep water a quarter mile
away today for the signal to start
pulling her off the reef where a
tropical storm shoved her.
Aboard the stricken liner, 55
bearded seamen, stripped to the
waist, worked to get the ship ready
for the tugs. Capt. E. W. Sundstrom
said he would have her in deep wa
ter before a week.
TULSA, Okla., Sept. 18.—The
name of Long may return to the
United States senate next year on a
share-the-wealth platform—of e
nough people contribute funds to
finance a successful campaign.
Dr. George S. Long, brother oC
the slain Louisiana dictator and a
perennial — though unsuccessful —
campaigner for office in Oklahoma,
is planning to run for the senate in
1936.
TORONTO, Sept. 18.—The attor
ney for two Detroit airmen, seeking
freedom from manslaughter charges
after their death struggle in mid
air with Len Koenecke of the Brook
lyn Dodgers, expressed the belief
today that the big league baseball
player nad attempted suicide.
‘‘Koenecke was deliberately at
tempting to commit suicide and try
ing to do it one grand glorious fin
ish,^ said the attorney.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18. — The
question of the new deal's future
stand on the subject of constitution
al change aroused renewed interest
toilay in the light of a speech by
Secretary of Commerce Roper, de
claring the right of amendment is
the ‘‘heartbeat of our constitutional
system.'
OXFORD, Miss., Sept. 18—Ell
wood Higginbotham, negro defend
ant in a murder trial here, was tak
en from the LaFayette county jail
last night by a mob and lynched.
HigglnbotKem was seized and
hange'd while the jury was doliberat
ing his case. He was on trial
the slaying of Lyn Roberts, a white
roan last May.
CHARLESTON, S. C., Sept. 18.—A
return to the economic level of 1929
within the next 12 months was fore
•cast here toffay by Dr. Claudius T.
Murchison, director of the United
States bureau of foreign and domes
tic commerce who reached Charles
ton this morning and tonight will
address the Charleston Propeller
Club.
Folger Johnson of Chatham coun
ty is conducting a demonstration in
raising capons for the market. He'
has a flock of 150 of these birds.
—State News—
1
RALEIGH, Sept. 18.—The ques
tion of constitutionality of two li
quor laws passed by the 1935 legis
lature under which 17 of the state's
100 counties have county-controlled
liquor stores in operation was tak
en under advisement today by the
Supreme Court.
RALEIGH, Sept. 18.—Materials
for the lethal gas chamber at State
prison will be ordered immediately
and construction should start in a
bout 10 days, W. L. Craven, bridge
engineer of the highway and public
works commission in charge of
building the cell, said today.
Craven said it would take 60 to
90 days to complete the work and
the cost would be close to $5,OOP.
RALEIGH, Sept. 18. — A negro
who gave his name as Willie Myers
charged with attempted criminal as
sault on a 10 year old white girl
in JOunson county, was held in cen
tral prison here today for safe keep
ing.
The negro was arrested yesterday
about two hours after the alegled
attack,, by a posse of citizens depu
tized for the search, and was rushed
to the prison here by state highway
patrolmen as precautionary measure
RALEIGH, Sept. 18.—Capus M.
Waynick, chairman of the State
Highway and Public Works Commis
sion said today his organization was
ready ‘‘to proceed immediately" if
the Works Progress Administration
will authorize funds for a million
dollar prison camp construction pro
gram.
RALErGH', Sept. 18.—92 persona
met death in highway mishaps on
roads and streets of North Carolina
in August, the largest fatality total
ever recorded for that month, the
state highway safety division report
ed today.
Up to September 1 there had been
641 persons killed in motor acci
dents and August had the highest
total of any month this year. Last
month's total represented a sharp)
increase from the 69 deaths in July
and over the 71 fatalities for Aug
ust 1934. Besides the deaths, there
were 578 persons injured in collis
ions or accidents last month a slight
gain over the 573 injured in Aug
ust a year ago.
■
EDENTON, Sept. 18.—John Horne
textile worker, was sentenced in su
perior court on Friday to die \by
lethal gas on Dec. 6. Horne cut his
wife's threat and then slashed his
own on August 14 in a suicide at
tempt.
DURHAM, Sept. 18—Duke Uni
versity today began its 84th year as
a degree-conferring iinstitution
with special exercises in Page audi
torium. The formal opening of the
Women's College will be observed
tomorrow afternoon.
RALEIGH, Sept. 18.—Two mem
bers of last year's N. C. State Co,!<i
lege football squad, Venice Farrar
and Sam Sabol, and two Raleigh res
idents were fined $250 each in po
lice court here today upon being
convicted of an assault on W. C.
Baugh, local salesman.
RALEIGH, Sept. 18.—Forty six
North Carolina counties were in de
fault on their bonded obligations Au
gust 1, a decrease of 12 from the
56 behind in their payments on June
30, 1934, Charles M. Johnson, direc
tor of the local government commis
sion, told a meeting of the commis
sion today.
RALEIGH, Sept. 18.North Caroli
na had a balance of 177,023 register
ed unemployed for the week ending
Sept. 7 including 128,042 men and
48,981 women, an increase from 170
107 the week before.
Gaston county cotton growers re
i‘ port a heavy infestation of army
I worms.
RETIRES FROM
buSINESS
Two sisters, who have been de'al
ing with and serving the public for
over 40 years are about to retire
from business. They are Mrs. W. P.
Fulton and her sister, Miss Guttle
Beatty, two of King Mountain's best
known women.
' For the past 29 years, they have
been actively connected with the
W. P. Fllton Co., one of the oldest
j mercantile establishments in Kings
Mountain. Their business was found
ed by the late W. H. Fuiton, who
died two years ago on July 17, 1933,
Mr. Fulton built their present store
in 1907 at the corner of Mountain
and Cherokee streets where the bus
iness remained there 29 years. The
I lodges of the Masons and of the Py
thians have accupied the upper floor
of this building since 1908.
Mrs. W. P. Fulton, who before
marriage was Miss Enola Beatty,
and Miss Gussie Beatty have carried
on the business since Mr. Fulton’s
death. They are natives of York
i county, S. C., spending their early
childhood about 6 miles below Beth
any church towards Yorkville (now
York.) They are life long members
of the A. R. P. church, their home
church being Bethany in York court
ty- ~
About five years after the Rail
road came to Kings Mountain they
moved there in 1877 to go to school,
their mother entering the Millinery
business some time later on the
street facing the railroad, where she
maintained this establishment a~
bout 20 years. Since that time Kings
Mountain has grown from a cross
road to a very thriving and energetic
inddustrial center.
The retirment of Mrs. Fulton and
Miss Beatty from active business
completes this unusual record of
faithful public service. Thousands of
friends and customers will miss
them from their former scene and
wish them every happiness and con
tentment for the future.
LIQUOR STILL
RAIDED
Deputy Sheriff Charlie Sheppard
and Bessemer City officers raided a
100 gallon copper still on Kings
Mountain this week. The still was
not in operation at the time of the
raid, and no arrests were made but
the still was destroyed.
I
NEW PLAN TO FINAN
CE BOILING SPRINGS
COLLEGE
BOILING SPRINGS. — After three
h$urs of debating and proposing, 30
irien, members of the board of trus
ses of the college and pastors from
the Kings Mountain and Sandy Run
associations, the parents of Boiling
Springs college, passed a bill tha*
may bring the Baptist school out of
the red;
Thesi men followed up their leng
h. session with a resolution to recorn
mend tjb the individual churches of
the twi associations that they for
: ward 51) per cent of of the co-opera^
I tive prpgram collections, for the sup
port ot the state Baptist institutions,
directly to the junior college, and
whatever other amounts able to be
gathered.
The pastors and trustees agreed
unanimously that the time has come
when fomething must be done to aid
the struggling junior college in order
that it may survive. Many sugges
tions Were offered, but the 50 per
cent plan was the only one placed be
fore tie body for a vote.
The pastors and trustees also ap
pointed a committee to devise and
bring before the assembly at some
later jlate a plan for meeting the
college's incurring debts.
Judge B. T. Falls, C. A. Maddry, J.
A. Brock, D. F. Hord and A G Sar
geant were appointed as members of
the committee.
Association-Wide S.
School Meeting Getting
Results
Progress in the association wide
teacher training and clinic work be
ing done in the Sunday schools of
the county this week was reported
by' leaders as ‘‘one of the best piec
es of work ever done fn this field. ’•
Classes are bing held each even
ing in all rural churches and con
ferences and demonstrations are be
ing held by a group of half dozen
churches at the First Tiaptist.
A district meeting was held Wed
nesday afternoon at Pleasant Grove
and another will be held Friday aft
ernoon at Kings Mountain.
The associational Sunday school j
meeting will be held here Sunday, in J
a final report session and inspira
tional addresses.
Bargains Here For Dollar Day
Here Friday And Saturday
BROTHER OF LOCAL
MEN DIES
William Hay Thomasson, brother
of J. B. and C. F. Thomasson of this
city, 38 year old Gastonia business
man and world war veteran, died
at 9:30 o'clock Wednesday morning
at the Oteen government hospital,
following a prolonged period of poor
health.
His brother, Charlie Thomasson
of Kings Mountain, and his sister,
Mrs. Shooks of Wilmington, were
at his bedside when he died.
Mr. Thomasson had for many
years been a member of the First
Presbyterian church. News of his
passing comes as a source of the
deepest sorrow to a wide circle of
friends.
VISIT HERALD PLANT
Three charming young ladies en
tered the Herald office Tuesday aft
ernoon, and said, ‘‘Mr. Editor, twe*
are studying newspapers in school,
and we want to see how The Herald
is printed.” The editor of the Her
ald was glad to show the youn&' la
dies around the shop. First, they
were shown how the type is set
on the linotype machine by Mr. Eu|>
gene Matthews, then how the paper
is printed by Mr. Horace Walker,
and then how the paper is folded for
the home by Paul Walker. They
seemed to enjoy their visit very
much. The young ladies referred to
are: Misses Bettie Neisler, Nancy
Suber and Gloria Cornwell.
Hundreds of Real Values Offered
Shoppers in Kings Mountain To
morrow and Saturday.
Tomorrow, Friday and Saturday ,
are going to be big merchandising
days in Kings Mountain unless all
signs fail.
It is to be Fall Dollar Days with
Kings Mountain merchants, many
of whom are offering extraordinary
values through their advertisements
in today's Herald.
Local stores, in addition to the
Dollar Day bargains they are offer
ing, arfT ouT^ing with the newest and
best in all lines of Fall goods,
which they are offering at attractive
prices.
Read the advertisements in to
day's Herald, check the items you
are particularly interested in, and
get an early start tomorrow morn
ing to do your shopping. In taking;
advantage of these special offerings
you will be effecting many worth
while economies.
Kings Mountain merchants are
probably better prepared this fall
than a|t any time for the past |lx
years to take care of your evpryl
want. The buying public should
show its appreciation of the efforts
their local merchants are making to
provide ample stocks of the latest
and best in all lines of merchandise
by giving them their patronage.
Local stores offering Dollar Day
bargains are: D. F. Hord Furniture
Co., Bridges and Hamrick Hardware
Griffin Drug Co., Crescent 5, 10 and
25c Store, Belk’s Dept. Store, Plonk
Bros. & Co., Keeter’s Dept. Store,
Kings Mountain Furniture Co., Fos
ter’s Shoe Service, Eagle 5, 10 apdj
25c Store, .i. and P. Tea Co.
City School Attendance
Shows Increase
FILLING STATION
ROBBED SECOND
TIME
- . \
Jolinnie Lackeys Filling Station on
King street was robbed t'or the sec
ond time recently, Saturday night.
Two brothers, Isom and Manse Win
go, colored, were arrested by local
police officers and Deputy Sheriff
Charlie Sheppard, charged with the
robbery. About $20 worth of mer
chandise consisting of meat, lard
and can goods which was stolen was
recovered by the officers.
The Filling Station was also rob
ot Kings Mountain, who have been
arrested anu bound over to Superior
Court.
DISTRICT MEETING AT
CENTRAL METHODIST
An all-day meeting of Missions and
Bible Study Leaders of Gastonia Dis
trict was held at Central Methodist
church Tuesday with a splendid rep
resentation from 22 churches of the
District.
Mrs. C. M. Clark of Statesville, the
efficient Mission and Bible Study Su
perintendent for Western North Car
olina Conference was the leader. Mrs/
Clark gave a most comprehensive in-j
terpretation of the purpose and aim'
which should be upper most in the
minds of Mission Study leaders and
stressed the importance of Missions
and Study groups in the churches.
Mrs. J. E. Garvin of Kings Moun
ts nr, recently appointed District Sec
retary, presided and the morning de
votional service was led by Mrs. J.
W. Harbison of Shelby. At the noon
hour a buffet luncheon was served in
the dining room of the church.
NEW COACH AT
HIGH SCHOOL WELL
EXPERIENCED
Paul E. Moss, known in athletic
circles as ‘Big Pete” is well quali
fied to fill the coaching job of the
Kngs Mountain High school. Mr.
Moss was a member of the class of
1926 of Duke University, and took
part in all the major athletic sports
while at Duke. He was a basket
ball star and Captain of the 1925-29
team.
Mr. Moss coached at Candler High
School for three years and at Le
noir High School for two years.
Coach Moss comes to Kings Moun
tain from Bridegport, Conn., where
he was doing accounting work for
the Southern New England Ice Co.
Mr. Moss is mu ied and both lie
and hos wife have already moved to
Kings Mountain.
PROMINENT S. C. MAN
BURIED TUESDAY
Mr. B. B. Davis aged citizen of Co
umbia, S. C., and father of Mrs. C. I
Derrick, who formerly lived in King6
Mountain, died at his home Saturday
night.
Funeral services were held at Eben
ezer Lutheran Church at Columbia
and interment made at Little Moun
tain. Mr. Davis is a member of a
prominent South Carolina family. He
is well known in Kings Mountain
where with his wife he visited ffre
quently an and spent much of his
time at the home of Rev. and Mrs. C.
K. Derrick. Mr. Davis had been ill
for about three weeks and the mem
bers of his family had been at his bed
side.
County Farmers Ask
2,489 Acres To Be
Terraced
Requests for terracing work to be
done on 2,4S9 acres of land have
been sent in by farmers of Cleve
land county to the local soil conser
vation committee, reports County
Agent J. S. Wilkins. In addition to
these new terraces, growers have
asked that old terraces be gone over
and widened on 1,549 acres. Re
| quests were received from 94 grow
ers. 1 -■».
The enrollment of the City Schools
of Kings Mountain showed an in
crease over the very high enroll
ment of last year, according to fig
ures released today by Professor B.
N Barnes, Superintendent.
For the first four days of school
last year 1,658 students were en
rolled, compared with 1,724 for this
year. This is an increase of 66 stu
dents, or about four percent. Supr.
Barnes said that the enrollment
picks up later in the school year
and that he prophesies that the en
roll/ient near the end of the year
will pass the 2,000 mark.
Below is a list of the enrollment
figures of all the schools Tof "both
last year and this year:
School 1935 1934
Central Elementary .... 435 446
Central High . 304 300
East End . 384 361
West End . 269 246
Davidson . 332 305
1,724 1,658
Totals
PRIZES OFFERED FOR
THEATRE NAME
Messrs D. E. and C. E. Cash are
announcing in this issue or the Her
ald rules for the naming of the new
Theatre which is being erected on
the West side of Railroad avenue, '
Get your thinking ca'p on and sub
mit your name for this new theatre
because if your name is selected
you will be the winner of a three
month’s pass to this new, and up to
date theatre. Th e ballot box to re
ceive the suggested names will be
located in the lobby of the Imperial
Theatre on East Mountain stree*.
All names must be in by September
30th so you had better get your
name in right away.
THREE CARLOADS
TRUCKS DELIVERED
HERE
Three carloads of Ford Trucks
were delivered to the Kings Moun
tain National Military Park here
this week by 1. S. P. Motors, local
Ford Dealers. The trucks consisted
of two pickups, five dump trucks,
and three stake trucks. This is one
of the biggest shipments of trucks
that has ever been unloaded in
Kings Mountain.
The trucks are to be used in the
construction work of the Kings
Mountain Military Park.
ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
Happenings That Affect The
Dinner Pails, Dividend Checks '
And Tax Bills of Every Indi
vidual. National and Interna
tional Problems Inseparable
Prom Local Welfare.
The latest moct of Emperor Halle
Selassie of Ethiopia (who numbers
among his myriad titles those of
"King of Kings’ and ‘Lion of Judah')
to save his little country from Itali
an domination, marks one of the
most dramatic and unexpected epi
sodes in the long history oof diplo
matic intrigue.
Selassie’s only remaining hope
for maintaining Ethiopian soverei
gnty lies in enlisting the aid of ma
jor powers — especially Great Bri
tain and the United States. For
some months the Emperor has striv
en, through high sounding appeals
based on general principles of liber
ty and justice, to bring Anglo-Ameri
ca actively to his side. He has failed
almost 100 per cent — Whitehalla nd
Washington are polite, vague and
definitely non-cooperative. England
has sent and is sending large groups
of worships, planes and soldiers to
her bases at Malta and the Suez
Canal, and is calling on the League
of Nations to step in—but she has
shown no Inclination to make the
British lion roar in behalf of other
powers. American policy, as indicat
ed by the recently passed neutrality
bill, is one of complete isolation.
(Cont'd on page eight)