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VOL. 33 NO. 47
KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C.
THURSDAY, NOV. 21, 1935
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
State And National News
Condensed In Brief Form
—National News
SPARTANBITRt!, S C. Nov. 2d
A behind-the-scenes drama which
tias followed Earl Carroll's Vanities
this week came to a climax today
when the producer disclosed he had
filed charges with Equity against
Sam ladber, who sought to halt the
ebo-w Monday.
Carroll, after following his show
since Monday, boarded a plane for
New York here early today, and said
the show's cast would remain intact
tor the rest of the tour except for
£*eibert, who said, had only a minor
part.
BOSTON, Nov. 20.—Dr. John F.
Condon, “Jafsie” of the Lindbergh
kidnaping, predicts Bruno Richard
Hauptmann will confess the crime
to him
The former New York educator
told the professional women's Club
be Was Still" working on the case, ex
plaining there were still some things
"w-e wish to clear.”
Dr. Condon said he was convinced
Hauptmann, convicted of the crime,
was ready to make a full and com- |
piete confession. I
"As a matter of fact,” Dr. Con
don said, he has already sent for me
three times, but as yet 1 have not
gone to see him.
He said there was ‘a reason' for
his staying away, but did not en
large upon the statement.
Hauptmann, meanwhile, is in
New Jersey's death house, await
ing a verdict on an appeal.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20,—Gover
nor J. C. B. Ehringhaus of North
Carolina, will he the guest of honor
and principal speaker at the Norrth
Carolina Society meeting here to
night.
Before the meeting, Governor and
Mrs. Ehringhaus will be given a din
ner by the society's officers. A
mong those who will attend will t! ]
O. Mtix Gardner, former governot or
North Carolina and Angus D. Mc
Lean of Raleigh, former assistant C
S. attorney general.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20.—Increasing
taxes and governmental expendi
tures, in the opinion of J. P. Morgan
the financier, threaten to wipe out
the. great private fortunes of this
country within 30 years unless a re
trenchment policy is adopted.
"Why, even you, anybody who
makes any money in the United
States actually is working eight
months of the year for the govern*
ment. and who is going to be able
to or will do that indefinitely'.' 'he
saiil last night on his return front
England. I
In England business is prospering
the financier said, because the gov
ernment lets it alone and does |i’ot\
double tip the taxes on it.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20—The cot
ton spinning industry was reported
today by the census to have operat
ed during October at 103.8 per cent
of capacity, on a single shift basis
compared witli 93.9 in Septemb' J
this year and 97.1 in October last
year.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn.. Nov. 20
Dr. A. M. Wnrriner's quoted story
that he committed a “mercy killing"
48 years ago in North Brookfield,
Mass., split his colleagues today in
to two camps.
An interview in the Bridgeport
Post said the 80 year old doctor d J
liberately had given an overdosi
of a pain-relieving drug to a man
hopelessly wounded by buckshot. I*
brought declaratioss of approval and
disapproval of such acts.
WISE, Va., Nov. 20—.Edith Max
well, 21 year old comely mountain
school teacher, looked today to fur
ther legal maneuvers to remove the
stigma of murder of her father plac
ed on her last night by a jury of her
mountaineer neighbors.
The girl the prosecution charged
with premeditated murder of her fa
ther because she objected to con1
forming to the strict code of conduct
set up by him, was convicted las't
night of first degree murder and
sentenced to 25 years in the state
penitentiary.
ADDIS ABABA. Nov. 20.—Fitaur
ari (Commander) Kakala Aylela,
commanding 1,000 of Ethiopia’s best
marksmen today successfully haltel
an Italian advance in the Itadowa
Hills, inflicting heavy losses, it was
reliably reported here.
—State News—
Dl'RHAAI, Nov. 20.—When Duke
and Slate clash in their twelfth an
liuul battle Saturday, it will be a
inee.uig oi two good tootoall teams
despite the fact that both have been
defeated twice.
URKKNSBORO, Watermelons
left outsiue a grocery store at uigu.
utter the store has Closed are a’ji.
That’s what the grocery-man said
when a policeman arrested some
negro boys for taking tthe fruit.
RALEIGH, Nov. 20.—October ou
struclion activity in North Carolina ;
showed huge increases over October !
of last year and the year before, a !
report of the State Department cf
Labor showed today.
RALEIGH, Nov. 20.—Clarence
Peterson, escaped slayer of an ’Ashe
ville policeman, was back in state
prison to serve the remainder of his
life sentence today after his recap
ture in Knoxville Tenn. He escaped
last August 27. <
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NORTH WILKESBORO. Nov. 20 - 1
Sentences of 15 to 20 years in State !
prison today hung over Tom Hove (
and his son, Ornaville, convicted last I
week of the murder of 1’hiu Atwood.
Judge F. Don Pliiilips imposed
the sentences late yesterday.
NEW BERN, Nov. 20—Edward
Stanley, about So, well to do Jones ;
county farmer, is dead and his son,
Herbert Stanley, 55 and his stepmo- I
iher, Mrs. Edward Stanley, are in
jail at Trenton charged with » a
aged man’s death. Stanley senior
was shot to death by his son, while
he slept in bed early Monday night,
Jones county officers said the young
er man confessed. Mrs. Edward ,
Stanley, 55, confessed to officers com
plicity in the clime. Both are held ;
with privilege of bail.
RALEIGH, Nov. 20. -Four convicts;
from the t'amp Folk prison farm |
jumped from a rnovink truck onto a
guard today, overpowered him and
escaped in the second oulbread a
niong prisoners oi the farm in three !
days.
Bloodhounds and a posse of offi
cers were seeking the escapees this
afternoon. Monday four prisoners
fled while a guard's back was turned
but all were caught within several
hours.
WINSTON-SALEM, Nov. 20.— A
downtown fire which swept through ]
the Woolworth department store and
an adjacent building together cover i
ing a quarter block—was brought un
der control by firemen early today
after a two-liour battle.
There was no estimate of the dam
age, but it was expected to run pos
sibly into figures. The entire stock
of the stores, including many ship
ments of Christmas goods, was eith
er destroyed by flames or damaged
by smoke and water.
The blaze, of (uncertain origin,,!
started in the basement of the Kin
ney Shoe store, and then spread to
Woolworth’s. Six of the seven fire
companies here answered the alarm
at midnight and fought the flames*
until after 2 a. m.
HOLDING MAN AS
ROBBER SUSPECT
FAYETEEVILLE, Nov. >0— Cum
berland county officers early today
arrested Dewey Spivey, of Sanford,
who they said was under $3,000 bond
in the recent bank robbery at Apex
and jailed him on dirges of job
bing several stores and a filling
station in Cumberland and Harnett
counties.
$207,000 GIVEN
TO THIS STATE
RALEIGH, Nov. 20.—Mrs. Thomas
O’Berry, state relief administrator,
today received an allotment of <.07,
000 from federal officials to carry
on relief work in North Carolina dur
ing the remainder of November and
there was no word it was a ’final”
grant.
The allotment included $200,000
for direct relief work and $7,000
for unemployed women.
RALUTTrH, Nov. 20.—The Carolina
Palwer and Light company of Ral
eigh has announced reduced rates
to North and South Carolina con
sumers, effective January 1 p-ext,
The North Carolina public utili
ties commission announced tbe re
ductions would mean an annual sav
ing of $800,000 to North Carolina
consumers.
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR MRS. SHORT
Funeral services for Mrs. Jessie
I.ee Shor, age 22, were held at the
Second Baptist dm roll on last Sun
day afternoon at 2:30 with the pas
tor, llev. K. L. Chaney in charge as
sisted by Revs. I!. 11. Phillips ajid
W H Dednmn. Interment was made
in the Bethlehem church cemetery.
Mrs. Short died Friday night fol
lowing a brie f illness 01 pneumonia
at thi? home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Jesse McDaniel, at the Cora
mill village.
Mrs. Short is survived by her
young husband. Paul Short and her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse McDan
iel. Also surviving are four brothers
Paul and Forest Short of ths place,
Lester Short of Lawndale. Ernest
Short of Kings Creek; two sisters-)
Miss L“la McDaniel and Mrs. Frank
Dover of Kings Mountain. i
Judge Weathers
Issues Warning
Judge Byuum E. Weathers issued
a warning to operators of slot ma
chines, marble tables and pin tables
that after Saturday, Nov. 23rd, that
they will be brought into court and
prosecuted. This warning according
to Judge Weathers, not only to the
owners of the machines, but also to
the owners of the places of business
that the machines are in
According to the law the machines
can be confiscated and the owners
and operators can be fined from $25
to $250.
The Judge, desiring to he fair and
square about this matter has given
Ibis warning so that the machine
may be done away with without the
law having to be resorted to.
All slot machines and other such
contraptions were confiscated by
Judge Weathers several months
hack but lately som- of these ma
chines have crept back into action.
So now according to Judge Weath
ers all slot machines and similar
devices must go.
Vote To Postpone
Action On Park
Tlie Town Council in a special
meeting held last Saturday morning
voted to postpone action on the park
and playground for Kings Mountain.
The park and playground was to
be located on the old water wot! jl
site on North Piedmont avenue. An
application for this project was filed
with WPA and the project was ap
proved. .(
Tlte cost of the park and play
ground was to be about $17,000 with
the Town of Kings Mountain furnish
ing the land and $4,000 in cash, this
amount representing the cost of the
materials that were to be used a$iui :
the WPA was to furnish the balance !
of ab, ut $13,000 which was to repre- :
sent the labor on the project.
HIGHWAY LETTING DEC. 5
Raleigh, Nov. 20.—The state high
way and public works commission
will hold its next letting of contracts
on December 5 and the commission
probably will meet on Dec. 6 and 7.
Bishop Mouzon To
Speak In Kings
Mountain Dec. 1st
Th ■ Ministerial l n <n of the city
have planned a com .anility wide cele
braticn of the Four Hundredth Ain
niversary of the English Bible to In'
held in the High School auditorium
December 1, at 7:30. Bishop Edwin
l). Muu/.on, outstanding Southern
Methodist from Charlotte, has ac
cepted an invitation to the platform
on this occasion. Bishop Mouzon is
in constant demand all over our
southland for great gatherings on
special ocassions. Our ministers
have done the community a real
service in bringing to this service
so prominent a person. Kings Moun
tain should pack a capacity crowd
in the auditorium. It is expected
that this wul prove to be an all
time record for attendance upon a
religious service in Kings Mountain
Special attention will be given the
singing on this occasion. A choir of
100 voices will be assembled. Every
church is co-operating in this unuau
ai attempt to bring the value of tlie
English Bible to the hearts of our
citizenry'.
December 1st at 7.30. Mark it on
your calendar and make your plans
around this meeting.
Local Grade Cross
ing Project May
Be Cancelled
City Asked To Furnish Right-Of
Way.
Editor's Note;—The article below
was taken from the Cleveland Star.
The Editor of the Herald checked
with both Mayor Herndon and City
Clerk Charles Dilling and they both1
reported that they have not been in
formed of any action that has been
taken pertaining to the overhead
bridge in Kings Mountain. The Town
Council passed a plan for the over
herd bridge and sent it to the State
High Commission an: up to now . ve
Town officials have not been no: tied
of any action that has been takem.
Kings Mountain may lose the
$00,000 railroad crossing project, it’
is learned from Charlie Koss, attor
ney for the stale highway commis
sion in Raleigh.
The city is asked to furnish the
right-of-way and assume any dam
age to property by reason of the
crossing elimisation, but the city
officials have never gotten together
on this point. Citizens want highway
No. 20 to traverse the business sec
tion as it does now and to eliminate
the present grade crossing by an
overpass or an underpass, would do
damage to property which the city
is unwilling to assume.
Attorney Ross says the matter has
been hanging fire for several weeks
City officials have been meeting and
giving consideration to the problem
but they have not agreed. Unless
there is an agreement and a will
ingness on the part of the city to
secure the necessary right-of-way
and assume damage to property, if
any, the project calling for the ex
penditure of*$60,OOU federal funds,.
will be cancelled..
The Same Old Story
The following newspaper dispatch
is but a repetition of a hundred or
more similar statements which have
come from New England in recent
years:
Manchester, N. H., Nov. 12.—
Sacrifices must be made by the
State aud the bondholders, man
agement and employees of the
Amoskeag Manufacturing Com
pany in Manchester, State offici
als said tonight, to save the
country’s largest cotton textile
unit.
The mill which once employed
12,000 workers was closed re
cently. Many of its operatives
moved elsewhere or have been
forced to seek relief, in view of
the situation in Manchester the
committee, which said liquida
tion of the company would be a
calamity of State wide propor
tion, was ordered to survey the
situation.
The Amoskeag Manufacturing Co.
has 687,000 spindles and 21,000
looms, and is the largest cotton man
ufacturing unit in the United States
On the whole it is a well equipped
plant and in former years it was
very successful.
The Amoskeag Manufacturing Co.
has a fine water power and taxes in
New Hampshire are reasonable as
compared to those of Massachusetts
and Rhode Island, and we doubt if
they are much, if any, higher than
those of the Southern States,
By reason of the water rates from
New Orleans and Galveston to F*tl1
River, Mass., the Amoskeag Mann
facturiug Company has been able to
secure its cotton at approximately
the same freight charge as Southern
mills, and by reason of its ..proximity
to New York and the other, big cot
ton goods markets it has been able
to deliver its goods to customers at
a smaller freight expense than South
ern mills.
The Amoskeag Manufacturing Co.
has had very able management and
supervision and its employees were,
to a large extent, French Canadians
with both experience and skill in
textile manufacturing.
Why then must the Amoskeag Man
ut'acturing Company be in the posi
tion of facing liquiration and why
musl the bonlholders be called upon
to make sacrifices?
Why have a large portion of the
12,000 employees moved elsewhere
and why are many of those who re
main being cared for with Federal
relief?
(Cont’d on back page)
Local Citizens Receive
Honors At Skeet Meet
At the North Carolina State Skeet
Meet, held in Winston-Salem, St pt.
27 ami 28, the following Kings .Mono
Itiin entrants received honors:
Grace Noisier, a gold scarf pin, i
for North Carolina woman cham
pionship.
Pauline Neisler, a silver tray,
for runner-up.
C. K. Neisler, Jr., a silver cup for
high gun in class C.
H. It. Neisler, a silver Cup. for
high gun in class L).
Their trophies arrived Wednes
Commemorate An
niversary Of Bible
_ I
In commemoration of the Four
Hundred Years of the Printed Hng
lish Bible the ministers of the town
have arranged the following sched
ule of services in the schools..
November 20: Talks on Our Bible
Anniversary:
Central School, Rev. K. \V. Fox,
10:40.
West End School, Rev W A Pa
sons, 8:45. I
East End School. Rev it. I. Cbau
ey, 8:45.
Park Grace School, Rev. VV. C.
Lovin, 8:45 .
Dec 1st, Central School auditori- :
um. Union service of all churches
with Bishop Edwin S. Mouzon of
Charlotte, to speak.
Dec. 2nd, High School. Rev. A (1.
Sargeant on: Histroy of the English
Bible.
Dec. 3rd, High School. Rev L. 11
Hamm. The Influence of the Bible
on Language and Literature.
Dec, 5th, High School, Rev.. P D
Patrick, The Bible and the Life and i
Ideals of the English Speaking Peo- i
pie. |
Dec. 6. High School, ib-v. W AT. !
Boyce, What The Bible Can Do For j
I's Today.
The Ministerial Union deeply ap
preciates the co-op* 'ion of Supt.
Barnes anl his face- in making
these services possil it .
Soils Need Fertilizers
Not Ordinarih i'iiven
Many North Caro! : i ._ils need [
fertilizing elements no: ordinarily
supplied in the usual mixtures eon- :
tabling only nitro. oil, phosphor:,
acid and potash.
"For iustam e. the bright red col
or of cotton leaves in sandy areas
of the State indicati a d. l . h n - of1
magnesia and in .-..-tie ins.ances, 1
losses from this trouble amount
10 or 20 percent of the possible cot- '
ton yield," says 1.. (1. Willis, ooii. ,
chemist of the North Carolina Ex
periment Station. "It is possible to
put dolomitie limestone in tin- lorti
iizers to supply tlie magnesia cor
rect the acidity of the fertilizers and
have an excellent effect on the soil |
There also are ot'.i -r sources of the
element and possible, by supplying j
the needed magnesia for two or I
three years, th • soil deficiency will
be corrected."
Mr. Willis has found that there is ;
a need for other fertilizer elements :
in the different parts of the S'ute. |
Some of these are manganese, cop
per, boron and others. On certain
truck crops, such as lettuce, beets
and spinach, 25 to 50 pounds of man
ganese sulfate to the acre mixed
with the fertilizers often means the
difference between success and fail
ure with the crops.
A single application of 50 pounds
of copper sulfate costing about $;!
has been effective for three years
on drained swamp soils in making
them more productive.
"We are constantly learning new
facts about fertilizers," said Mr. Wil
lis, and as new soil requirements
are identified it is almost certain
our methods of fertilizing will
change. It is seldom realized that
the soil of tlie State is continually
changing. A part of this change is
due to the removal of fertility l>v
cropping and a part by leaching
and this fertility cannot be fully re
placed by simply making heavier ap
plications of ordinary- fertilizers.'
MR. MAUNEY INJURED
Mr J. I,. Mauney, aged citizen
East Kings Mountain anil member 91'
the Board of Trustees ot' the City
Schools, was injured last week whti
kicked by his horse. Mr. Mauney'
has been confined to his bed at the
home of his son, Mr. John Mauney.
on church street.
BANK TO BE CLOSED %
THANKSGIVING
The First National Bank will be
closed ail day Thursday. November ,
28th. in observance of Thanksgiving '
i.'kiy.
Dr. James C. Kin
ard To Speak At
Lutheran Church
Saint Matthews Lutheran Church
will hold a business meeting in the
Parish building this Friday at 7CIO
The committee on finances will pre
sent the budget for the coming year
and the congregation will be asked
to approve it and lay plans for lt|6^
The committee consists of Messers
W. II. McGinnis, A. K, Cline and D.
M. Baker
The teams, 15 in number, have
been selected and will hold a meet
ing on Friday evening, 2!ith to pre
pare for the work of the canvas*
which will take place Sunday afteif
noon, Dec. 1.
Dr. .las. C. Klnurd, President of
Newberry College, and one o f our
most outstanding laymen, will be
the speaker at the meeting tonitr^,
at 7:01), the 22. Dr. Kinard's message
grows out of his own experience as
an active worker in his own congre
gation an the Church at large.
ROY'S JEWELRY
OPENS HERE
(toy's Cash or Credit Jewelers
have opened a branch in Kings
Mountain. A complete line of jewel
ry including nationally advertised
watches, rings, diamonds and sil
verware will be carried The location
of the new firm is next door to the
Herald office on West Mountain
street. Mr. J W. Suntmey will be in
charge of the new store and extends
a cordial invitation to all to visit
Hoy's l'or anything in the jewelry
line.
MIKE MILAN BACK
Mike Milan v. ho was recently
transfer: vd to the Home Stores in
jKock Hill ha: been transferred back
jto King.; Mountain. Mr Milan ex
tends an invitation to his friends
and former customeis to visit his
shore.
LEAVES FOR CHARLOTTE
Miss v!i 1 ■-■: Smith has resigned
her position with the Cleveland Mo
tor Co., of this place and will take
up simialr work with the City Chev
rolet Co., oi' Charlotte. Miss. Smith
has been a valued employee of the
Cleveland Motor Co. for sometime.
Sim com ->a to Kings Mountain
with it': puree's several years ago,
s in * has mad ■ i.ian.v friends and has
b,jen a popular member of Hie young
er social s-u He friends regret very
milch that siie lias decided to make
this change.
BREAKFAST AT
A. R. P. CHURCH
The Thanksgiving Service will be
held at Boyce Memorial church at
7:30 A. M. After a 4a minute period
of worship the congregation will be
the guests of the Men’ Bible Class
at breakfast, prepared and served by
the class in the basement of the
Bible School building, it is the inten
titin of file pastor that the first fam
ily reunion on that glad day be the
church family. All members are cord
ially invited to this family gather
ing.
BLALOCK CASH GROCERY
OPENS
Blalock Cash Grocery is now open
with a complete line of groceries,
meats, fruits and vegetables in the
Fulton Building at the Corner of
West Mountain and Cherokee
street Mr. Charlie Blalock is proprl
etor of the ne wstore and he has had
seven years experience in the groc
ery business. Mr. Blalock extends a
cordial invitation to all to visit his
for the gest thngs to eat at reasona
ble prices. The phone number of the
new firm is L8-R.
Local Attorney
Gets Position
r~ — \
C. B. Kalis, Jr., local attorney re
ceived an appointment as attorney
for PWA for this district which is
composed of 13 counties. Mr Kalis
will make his headquarters in Char
lotte.
-Mr. Kails is a graduate of the Duke
Law School and has practiced law
in Gstonia and Kings Mountain.
BANK RECEIVES ROGERS FUND
The ~irst National Bask si still
receiving funds for- the Will Rogers
Memorial. The campaign for dona
tions closes Thanksgiving Day and
all who desire to make a contribu
tion should do so right awa/.