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DURHAM, Ji.n. 8.—Dr. Ralph W.
McDonald, seeking the Democratic
gubernatorial nomination, charged
the American Liberty League today
with being "determined to involve
thiB nation in war and added “one
of its major alms in seeking to de
feat Roosevelt is to permit the liber
ty Leaguers to share in the profits of
warfare."
The legislator principally devoted
himself to a defense of the New
Deal and President Roosevelt as he
spoke to the Lions club at a luncbe
on meeting.
Doctor McDonald pointed out
that the Dupons, munition makers,
■were listed as providing the most
substantial financial support for the
American Liberty League.
HENDERSON, Jail. 8.—James H.
Cadell* waited to be sentenced today
after his conviction of abducting and
eloping with the wife of a farmer at
whose home he roomed.
Cadell came into tne spotlight here
a month ago by posing as a Federal
investigator and causing two itiner
ant shown men to be arrested for a
murder. The men were inter released
RALEIGH, Jan. 8.—Governor Eh
ringhaus has announced that $200,
000 had been allocated to the state
board of charities and public wel
fare from North Carolina's final fed
eral relief grant so that tlie state
agency and its county units may
handle certification of relief clients.
With tne money, an active wel
fare unit is assured in each of the
100 counties of the state this year
and the state board is expanding its
field staff, tco.
Oharlctte. Jan. 8.—Disagreement c
ver custody of his stepdaughter, heir
ess to a large slice of the $80,000,000
Smith Reynolds tobacco fortune,
was held up to a jury by F. Hrandon,
Smith, jr., today us the cause of his
marriage to the child’s mother, Anne
Cannon Reynolds Smith, going on
the rocks.
LILLINGTON. Jan. 8.—The Har
nett county grand jury today had re
turned true bills charging Oris M.
Pollard and C. F. Deans, the fformer
police force of Angier with murder
in connection with the death of G
F. Collins prominent farmer of neat
Angier.
Collins died suddenly at his home
on Dec. 27 after he was allegedly
beaten on the head with a tficit
iack three times, a number of blows
each time, when he was arrested
Christmas eve at Angier by Pollard
on a charge to being intoxicated.
ROANOKE RAPIDS, Jan. 8.— An
overflow- from the Roanoke rivet
yesterday caused the closing of Ro
anoke Textile Mill No. t and the
Halifax Paper Milt.
RALEIGH, .Tan, 8.—Four candi
dates wore in the field today for the
toga of Senator J. \V. Bailey of
North Carolina, up for re-election
this year.
The latest to announce is David L
Strain, Durham farmer, who said in
a statement last night he would
wage an aggressive campaign for
the Democratic nomination.
RUTHERFORDTON, Jan. 8— B.
Masse Smathers, foreman of the
Enka Corporation at Canton, report
ed to officers today that three men
held hint up near Asheville lajts
last night took hint nearly to Forest
est City, bound him and fled with
his automobile.
Smathers was found early today
walking toward Forest City by Pa
trolman Charles Speed who brought
him here while police investigated.
WADESBORO, N. C., Jan. 7. Two
men held up the Leward Cotton
Mills office at Worthville near here
today, locked two employees in a
vault and escaped with more than
$2,000.
The pair, entering the mill describ
ed ns young and “pleasant appear
in’g’ snatched up a payroll, took a
little more money from the office
safe and escaped in a Ford V-8 sedan
WASHINGTON, Jan. .8—New Dead
ers, tacitly appealing from the Su
preme Court to the electorate, hope
the nation will reject the constitu
tional view of the court’s majority
and eventually follow the course up
held by the minority.
This became increasingly clear
today as Roosevelt administration of
ficials from the White House down
emphasized again and again that
the justices handed down two opin
ions the case that wrecked AAA. Al
ready Secretary Wallace author of
the phrase “America must choose"
has -appealed to every family in the
country to study both opinions
—National News
NEW ORLEANS. Jam 8.—-After
ok night consideration of tile Su
premo court’s decision wiping out
the AAA. cotton futures oil the New
Orleans exchange broke nearly $2
a bale.
LONDON, Jan. 8.—Sudden, larg
scale movements of the British and ]
French battle fleets in the Mediter
ranean sea were announced from
London and Paris today.
| Coincident with a disclosure that
1 two French naval squadrons, 92 war
| ships in all, are going on a Mediter
ranean cruise the British admiralty
announced the withdrawal of four
home fleet men of-war now in the
Southern sea.
I
I WASHINGTON, Jan. 8—The house
I agriculture committee today author!
ifcd the tentative drafting of a num
ber of proposals for its considera
tion in providing legislation to take
the place of the invalidated agricul
tural adjustment act.
CHICAGO, Jan 8.-—Snow blank
ed the nation generally from New
England to the Rocky Mountain sta
tes, extending southward through
the Mississippi valley to Texas with
today's forecast for milder tempera
ture and more snow.
WASHINGTON, Jan 8.—In a form
al report to the house, the ways and
means committee today recommend
ed cash payment of the bonus as an
essential part of the recovery pro
gram” and as capable of increasing
the nation's purchasing power.
The committee planned to seek
today a rule to bring before the
house the bonus measure backed by
three major veterans o-^nizatlons
It expected to call up the bill to
morrow, looking forward to a vote
Friday.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8—President
Roosevelt arranged for an engage
ment today with Father Charles E.
Coughlin, Detroit radio priest, who
is in the citv. The White House re
ported Coughlin asked for the ap
pointment.
Coughlin conferred yesterday with
Secretary Morgenlhau but declined
to discuss his visit.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 7.—North Car
olina farmers co operating in farm
adjustment programs stand to lose
nearly $26,000,000 in rental and bene
fit payments as a result of the Su
preme court’s invalidation of the
agricultural adjustment act.
MAUNEYS RETURN
FROM TRIP THROUGH
FLORIDA
Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Mttuney and
boys have returned l'rom an interest
ing trip through the "Land of Flow
ers." In a short conversation with
Mr. Mauney, we heard many inter
esting things concerning their trip
which included a visit to the princi
pal places of interest in Florida. —
While away the Mauney family
stopped to see the Kings Mountain
colonists at Palm Harbor, including
the Thomassons. the Griffins, the
Plonks and guests; were dinner
guests of Hr. and Mrs. H. Brent
Schaeffer (former Kings Mountain
pastor and wife) who now live at St
Augustine; spent Sunday night at
Fort Pierce and instead of patroniz
ing ono of the several wide-open
theatres, asked direction to the near
est church which incidentally was a
Methodist church, where they heard
a splendid sermon by the pastor, a
former Soutli Carolinian and enjoy
ed the beautiful Christmas music,
antiphouolly sung by the two choirs
of the church; visited the famous
Bob Towers, the Fountain of Youth,
Silver Springs, the Art Galleries, Ml
ami, etc., etc.
We sir.;;-.:..;e that Mrs. Mauney re\
eled in the colorful flowers which
make Florida famous, but those of
us who have not had the pleasure of j
visiting Florida" (this is not sour |
grapes) will no doubt he better able
i than she, to appreciate Mrs. Maun- |
I ey's own lovely garden, in the mak
| ing, with its rock garden and pool
! and somehow our own homely zin
! nias, marigolds, candy tuft and our
border of sweet alyssum will not
j seem the least hit lowly or common
j place—but to get back to the Maun
eys and Florida, Mr. Mauney, when
asked if he, like Bill Davis, brought
home any proof of what he saw, re
plied that he saw a tree bearing
twelve varieties of citrus fruits but
could not bring it home.
- i
1 Honor politician for his part in
brtnginf gas to Detroit. Next thing
| they’ll be banqueting a crooner.
The calloused reckless driver ia
; the one who greets his wife at night
with ’Guess who I bumped off today?
HERE IT IS
Plan For A Library For Kings
Mountain
We promised you last week to announce a plan who a
Library could be started in Kings Mountain without a great deai
of cost to anyone. Here it is:
There are about 8,000 people in or near Kings Mountain who
would benefit by and enjoy a Public Libiar/ Hire. Now if just
one person out of every 100 of the above number will y.ve $5.00
to get the library started we will have $400.00. It seems to us
ti-.at it will be very easy to get one person out of every 100 who
w..l benefit by a Library to give the small sum of $5.00 to such a
worthy undertaking.
$350.00 out of the $400.00 could be spent on books Buying the
books at wholesale cost about 700 volumes could be secured.
With the other $50.00 a room cduld be fixed up, shelves could be
built, a second hand desk and a few chairs eouid be bought. Now.
the next question is where will the Library be located. There is
a vacant room at the Town Hall. The room was formerly used by
Mrs. Hamrick for Relief Work. Now, this room is vacant and is
just about the size needed for a Library ju3t starting out. It is
centrally located. It belongs to the city.
Now, for the next question. Who will operate the Library? A
young lady could be selected that would keep the Library open
about six hours a day for about $12.00 per week. The Library
could be open two hours in the morning, afternoon, and evening,
which would give everyone ample time to visit the Library and
got their books. About $3.00 additional per week would be needed
for miscellaneous expenses that would come up. This would make
a total operating cost of $15.00 per week or only $780.00 per year.
Now, the next thing to do would fie to get the Town Council, who
always have the best interest of Kings Mountain at heart, to ap
propriate this sum for the operation of the Library. Of couibe,
their permission would also have to be secured before the vacant
room could be used. This could be done by seeing the members of
the Council individually, or a petition could be signed by all those
intqijesteol in having a Public Library in Kings Mountain. If tiie
Town Council saw fit to appropriate this $780.00 to operate the
Ltbrary for 12 months, and they could not find any way to get
this money without raising the tax rate, it would only take two
cents on the $100.00 valuation to raise this amount of money. And
we feel sure that the taxpayers will receive as much for this two
cents as any two cents in taxes that they pay.
Another thing that has not been taken into consirte-ation is
that of other donations. Surely more than just one out of every
100 will want to have a part in starting, a Library for Kings
Mountain, The Best Town in The State. Some will give more than
$5.00, some will give less, (any amount will be appreciated). Some
will give books. Most of the merchams will be glad to donatei so
w.ll the Fraternal organizations, so will the Civic clubs, maybe,
the churches would like to have a hand in this forward movement
of Kings Mountain. The plan outlined above will not give Kings
Mountain a big, elaborate Public Library, but it will be a start. If
we can just gel started, it will grow, and some day Kings Moun
tain will have a Public Library that will make other towns “Sit
up and take notice.” You have heard, “From little acorns, mighty
oaks grow.'
Let’s get started, because if we will only start, the good peo
ple of Kings Mountain will see this worthy venture through in
grand style. Who will be the first to send in their donation' Who
will be the first to start the ball rolling for a Public Library for
Kings Mountain? Your Town and Our Town.
The Herald will be glad to act as a collection agency for any
one who desires to make a donation to the fund that will pay
big dividends in the form of many hours of educational, and en
tertaining reading. Every donation will be acknowledged in the;
Herald. Watch this list grow, it will not take long to put this
fund over the top. Give, Give as much as you can but don’t be;
afraid to give a little just because you can’t give a lot.
We have not tried to show the necessity and usefulness of a
Library for Kings Mountain, because we think that most every
one already knows of the unlimited value that a Library will be
for all.
If anyone can think of a better plan than the one outlined
above, the Herald will be glad to co-oiperate to its fulfillment.
The Herald will be glad to work with any group or any indi
vidual towards securing a Libra 'y or any other worthwhile under
taking for the betterment of Kings Mountain, The Best Town In
The State.
Booster’s Club Ladies’ Night
Friends and members of tne Boost
ers Club and their wives and sweet
hearts, of Billing Mills were enter
tained at a banquet last Saturday
night at the Woman's Club celebrat
ing the election of new officers into
the organization.
Many distinguished guests from
this section were invited, the princi
pal speaker of the evening being Mr.
Floyd Todd of Gastonia who spoke
on the subject "The Value of Organi
nation.” Mr. A. G. Myers and Mr. J
B Reeves, President and Vice-Presi
dent, respectively of the Billing
Mills Co., both gave short addresses.
In showing its appreciation for the
services rendered by the retiring
President, M. Ted Montjoy, Mr. .1
13. Garvin, Supt., presented him with
an handsome pair of gloves from the
Club. Mr. Montjoy is succeed by Mr.
F. M. Shehane, who takes over the
duties of President immediately.
Entertainment following the pres
entation of gifts was provided by
Br. Jack Ramseur, formerly of this
city, who rendered excellent piano
arrangements of two popular musi
cal compositions, and Miss Mary
Ruth Beard and Mr, Buck Timber
lake of Gastonia who received tre
mendous applause in the acting of
their comedy skit, “No, No, a Thous
and Times No.'
Music during the dinner and pro
gram was furnished by that wall
known orchestra, “John McKensie
and His Rhythm Rounders.”
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR MACK GREER
SATURDAY
Funeral services for Mr. M. Greer
who died early Friday moi.uug at
his home at the Dilling boarding
house, were held at Ml. Pleasant
church, Greer, S. C, Saturday at one
o’clock and intermetn made at that
place.
Mr, Greer, youngest son of Mr and
Mrs. 12. C. Greer, proprietors of the
Dillitig boarding house is survived
by his parents, his young wife, nee
Miss Ruby Wood, an infant daugh
ter two weeks of age; one sister,
Mrs. H. li. McAtee of Kings MiNin
tain; two brothers, Morris 12. Greer
of Kings Mountain and Roy C. Greer
of Drayton Mills, S. C.
Mr. Greer was a member of Cen
tral Methodist church. His untimely
death, followed a long period of semi
invalidism. The sympathy of the
many friends of the young man and
his family is extended them in their
bereavement.
Many lovely floral designs and
flowers paid tribute to the esteem
the young man was held in the com
munity.
“Seals Becoming a Menace," re
veals a California paper. Husbands
will certainly be glad when the fur
coats season Is over.
It’s easy to recognize that Her
bert Hoover's in the insurance busi
ness by liis eagerness to discuss his
policies.
Postal Receipts Gain Over
$1,500.00 During 1935
LITTLE FRANCES
HOUSER DIES
Friends of Mr. and Mr.i. .1. G
lleatty of Dallas, the latter formerly
Mies Merle Houser, of Kings Moun
tain, were saddened to hear of the
death of their bright and attractive
eight year old daughter, Frances,
which occurred Monday morning at
9:30 at the Matheson Clinic, Char
lotte, following a ten days illness 01
spinal meningitis.
Frances had a wide circle ot
friends in the Dallas school which
she attended and was beloved by her
classmates and other acquaintances
who were shocked over her critical
illness and death
She is survived by her parents,
one brother, Gordon H., and one sis
ter, Hetty Lou.
Funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon at the home of the
child's grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
D. H. Houesr, on Piedmont avenue.
Kings Mountain with >'• v. J. W.
WaTSIup, pastor Dallas Presbyterian
church, in charge. Interment was in
Mountain Rest cemetery
LEGION HAS INTER
ESTING MEETING
The program committee furnished
an interesting hour of entertainment
Tuesday night for the forty five ia:
gionnaires in regular monthly meet
ing at the Woman’s Club Building.
Luther K. McSwain, local Legionnai
re gave some very interesting facts
tegarding an incident in the Civil
War when one of his ancestors,
George McSwain tried in army court
martial for overstaying his 1. :.ve ol
absence and sentenced tu be shot.
Clias. G. Hamrick, grandfather of an
other local Legionnaire. I add AY |
Hamrick, was a member uf a detail
chosen s the firing squad. However,
Hamrick was relieved of the painful
duty when explained that he was re
lated to McSwain, but the records
show that McSwain was shot,
Delightful string music and vocal
music was furnished by a string
quartet from Oak Grove. Members
of the quartet were. Claude Bell,
Lyman Champion, Ever' tt Ford, and
Clyde Randall. Boulit'ul refresh
ments were served. Members of the
entertainment committee were: G. A
Bridgs, chairman; L. it. McSwain, W
E. Blakely. L. L Alexander and W
F Stone.
The next regular meeting of Otis
D, Green I’ost, the American Le
aion. will be held February 4th. with
the following committee on enter
tainment: Hr. \Y. L. Ramseur, C T
Carpenter, C E Warlick. 1‘ 1) Fulton
and L. C. Dettmar.
FIREMEN ISSUE CALL
FOR TOYS
The members of the local Fire
Department issued an appeal this
week for toys to be repaired for the
needy children next Christmas. A
bout 300 children were made happ>
this past Christmas !>.• the Firemen
and those who gave toys to be im
paired and distributed.
It was thought by members of the
Fire Department that if they would i
stait now, right alter Christmas be
fore lots of the toys are thrown ;
way that many more toys could be
collected than last Christinas. Tills
will also give the firemen more time
to put the toys in first class shape
before Christmas. It must be remem
bered that the Kings Mountain Fire
Department is a Volunteer one, and
the repair work on the toys must be
done after working hours.
The Firemen ask for toys or any
shape or condition. They said that
even though a toy seems to be be
yond repair that this toy may have
on it just what it will take to pint
on another toy. Bo they asked that
regardless of the condition of the
toys that it be sent to the Town
office.
FIREMEN VISIT FIRE
Three Kings Mountain Firemen vis
, ited the scene of a fire in Charlotte
' as spectators. Fire Chile G. W. King
I had asked the Charlotte Fire Chief
! to let him know when they had a
fire so that a few members of the
local Fire Department could come
over and see how the Charlotte De
partment handled a fire.
The call came Monday evening.
Chief King, Assistant Chief Otis
Falls, and Fireman Charlie Dilling,
rushed to Charlotte and got there in
plenty of time to see the fire fight
ers of Charlotte in action. A four
story building was burning, and sev
eral points of how to fight u fire
were picked up by the local firemen.
' Ten trucks and six pumpers were
* used on the fire.
The postal receipts of the Kings
Mountain Post Ollice gained $1,68.:.
.14 during the year 11)30 over the pre
vious year. This represents an in
crease of over 11 percent.
The local office issued 14,368 mon
ey orders timing 1935 compared with
13,137 lor 1054. an increase of 1,131
money orders. During 1935 a total of
3,325 money orders were cashed here
compared with 2,260 tor 1934, mak
ing a gain of 59 money orders cashed
here.
The Kings Mountain office had 81
Postal Savings Accounts at the end
of 1934 and at the end of 1930 this
number had increased to 111. or a
gain of 31 accounts.
After paying all the expenses of
the local Post Office such as rent,
lights, heat, salaries (except for R.
K. D. Carriers) the sum of $3,545.93
was transmitted to the Surplus Pos
tal Fund.
Here's some interesting informa
tion released by Postmaster .James
3. Ware, during the month cf Decern
her alone 17,000 lV4c stamps were
sold. This amounts to $255.
The seven daysprior to Christmas
24,700 letters or cards were cancell
ed by the cancelling machine, this
does not include the pieces of mail
that was too large to go throu the
cancelling machiue.
William Green Dies
Tuesday Of Injuries
Injuries Sustained In Auto Accident
Fatal To Young Man.
William Green, Ti your old textile
employee, died at 5:15 o'clock Tues
day morning in the City Hospital at
Gastonia from injuries received Sat
urday night when he was struck by
a car driven by F. F. Mack of For
est City. He suffered a fractured
skull and other injuries in the acci
dent
No police action lias been taken a
gaist lilaek other than requirement
that he post a $:iUU bond as a mat
ter of routine.
Reports at the tint;- of the acci
dent said it was unavoidable and
that Air. lilaek was not at fault.
Surviving the deceased are his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. John Green of
the El Bethel section, and seven bro
liters, namely: Frank. Evan, Grover
Fred and J. It. Green, all of Kings
Mountain; Horace Green of Belmont
and Rev. Ellis T Green of Bakers
ville.
Funeral servi.- : were held Wed
nesday at o'eloci: at Ey Bethel
.Methodist church, and interment fol
lowed in El Bethel cemetery. Dr. C.
J. Black, of Bessemer City, officiated
He was assisted by Rev. W. A. Par
sons, pastor of the Grace Methodist
church, Kings Mountain, and Rev. 15
Y. Wise, the El Bethel pastor.
The deceased had lived with his
brother, Frank Green, in Kings
Mountain lor the past five years, be
ing employed at the i’heuix mill.
WASHINGTON
SNAPSHOTS
The horns of another dilemma are
growing swiftly in Wasliingtin. One
prong is dollar stabilization; the oth
cs is continuation of the present un
stable monetary program.
A big factor retarding business re
covery has been fear about what
might be done to the nation’s money
Some of that fear originated, per
haps only by coincidence, about the
time the dollar was declared to be
worth only 59 instead of luO cents
in gold. It was heightener when Con
gress enacted the Cold Reserve Act
of 1934, taking all the gold away
from the Federal Reserve Ranks.
On January 30, the Presidential
power to make the dollar represent
even less gold and to continue use
of the $2,000,000,000 stabilization
fund expires. It can be continued an
other year by a Presidential procla
mation. But the catch is this:
The administration, and business
in general, have been emphasizing
and re-tmphasizing recent improve
ment. The only way the moneetary
program could be extended without
legislative actiou would be by a proc
lamation “recognizing the continu
ance" of "the emergency,’ to use
the language of the law. That would
be poor practical psychology right
now.
Consequently, some folks are look
ing for a middle road. There is talk
about getting Congress to pass a nentt
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