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VOL. 34 NO. 3
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C. THURSDAY, JAN. 16, 1936
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
State And National News
Condensed In Brief Form
—State News
RALEIGH, Jan. 15.—Major A. I,.
Fletcher, state labor commissioner
-for North Carolina today reiterated
a denial that there has been a whole
sale resumption of child labor in
North Carolina.
• William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor, re
ported a wholesale resumption ol'
child labor since NRA's collapse in
Washington Saturday and cited Nor
th Carolina as a state in which in
creases were noted in textile mills.
* REIDSVILLE, Jan. 15.—Fred Hall
21 year old farmer of Williamsburg
township 10 miles southeast of here
is dead and Ray Goodson, 30, also a
farmer of the same section, is held
In the Reidsville county jail charged
with the slaying which occurred at
the home. of Goodson about eleven
o’clock Sunday nigt.
- RALEIGH, Jan. 15.—Ambassador
and Mrs. Josephus Daniels left here
last night for Mexico City after
spending the holiday season here and
at Washington.
’ RALEIGH. Jan. 14.—Dr. J. S. Dor
ton of Shelby last night was reek-c
ted president of the North Carolina
Association of Agricultural Fairs
as dates were set for openings of 16
major fairs
RALEIGH, Jan. 15.—Dwight Beard
25 year old Caldwell county man
•who has rolled up an amazing career
of crime including a conviction for
first degree murder in North Carol]
na, was under arrest in Dallas, Tex
as. today facing another murder
dirge which may mean he will not
be returned here to serve a l,iife
sentence in state's prison.
ELIZABETH CITY, Jan. 15.—Fed
eral District Judge I. M. Meekins of
Elizabeth City is the plaintiff in a
$5,800 suit for damage which has
been filed in Pasquotank county su
perior court against Robert W. Jon
es, Wilson attorney.
Judge Meekins asks $5,000 for per
sonal injuries and $800 for damages
to bis automobile.
■ Raleigh, Jan. 15.—Vance Baise,
state highway engineer, expressed
the opinion today it would be spring
before surface treated highways of
the state can be restored to first
class shape.
‘We plan to patch the roads wher
ever possible but it will be neces
sary to completely rebuild most of
the highways,” said Baise.
The recent severe freezes, snow
sleet and rain did more than $1,000,
000 worth of damage to the highway
system, Baise has estimated.
CHAPEL HILL, Jan. 15.—Universi
ty student dormitory managers and
their assistants have just been ap
pointed to replace those who failed
to return after the holidays, it was
announced today by Herman Schnell
director of dormitory managers.
Edwin Hamlin of Roxboro and
Charles Mclver of Chapel Hill .have
been made managers, of Battle, Van
ce Pettigrew dormitories with C.
B. Trexler, Wadesboro, and Henry
Wright, Ingold, as assistants.
O. M. Powers of Fayetteville, is
the new assistant manager of Gra
ham dormitory; Walter E Brown,
Charlotte, Old East; Morris Lipton
Wilmington, Ayeook, and H. T. Stall
ings, Wilson, Lewis.
L1LLINGTON, Jan. 15—Wendell
White Mason, of Pineview, was ac
quitted here last night by a jury in
superior court of murder charges in
connection with the slaying last No
vember of his wife. Mrs. Mason was
formerly of Charlotte.
KINSTON, Jan. 15.—Flood waters
which have harrassed eastern North
Carolina lowlanders for several days
reacTie'd serious proportions today as
the overflow from the Neuse river
reached the lower floors of homes in
Happersville.
Little actual damage so far was re
ported, but observers predicted the
rise would continue for at least ^8
hours.
CHARLOTTE, Jan. 16.—F. L. Ma
therly, of Eastway drive, died early
this morning in Presbyterian hospi
tal, being the second victim of motor
car accidents within 13 hours here.
Raleigh Wayne Coffey, 28. a resi
dent of the Dixie section of Mecklen
burg county was fatally injured yes
terday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, dy
ing at 7:30 o’clock last night, after
his motorcycle and a truck collided
at South Tryon and Winona streets.
Mussolini is one national hero who
won’t let his people place him on a
pedestal. Not while there's a balcony
around.
National News—
GOODWIN, Ark., Jan. 11.— Rem
nants or' 17 bodies, victims of Amer
icas most disastrous airplane catras
trophe, were recovered today from
Arkansas marsh country where they
crashed to death last night in ’l'm 1
Southerner, luxurious American air
lines transcontinental ship.
DETROIT, Jan. 15.—The family of
17 year old Shirley Tapp, who awak
ened from her six day religious
‘trails’ last night, debated today whe
ther she should go back to school or
devote her life to the church.
The girl became unconscious in
what physicians described as a co
ma induced by religious fervor, when
she attended a revival meeting of j
the Full Salvation Gaspel, Jan. 8.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15—The civ
il service commission today annouti
ced the names of six persons who
applied to take examinations for
postmaster at Salisbury, N. C., the
office paying $3,400 annually.
NEW YORK, Jan. 15.—Newspaper
advertising for the year 1935 showed
a gain of 5.7 per cent over 1934,
Printers ink flidex announced today
December newspaper advertising
increased 2.2 per cent over Novem
ber, the Index figure being 84.7 com
pared with 82.9 for the preceding
month.
The December figure also reflects
a pickup of 12.3 per cent frrom De
cember a year ago when the index
stood at 75.4.
COLUMBIA, S. C., J.an. 15.— Sud
den deat tacame to 289 persons on
South Carolina highways during
1935, an increase of 19 over the pre
vious year.
The state highway department's
annual compilation of road tragedies
and accidents revealed that 31 I
persons were seriously injured and
764 slightly hurt in crashes in 1934.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—A form
er bodyguard of the late Senator
Huey P. Long asserted today that he
had been dismissed from the Capitol
police force for circulating cartoons
which portrayed President Roose
velt in an unfavorable light.
He was J. K. Welsh, a sergeant
on the Capitol force for the last 18
months. He said he received his
‘.valking papers from the senate dem
bcrat patronage committee.
■ WISE, Va., Jan. 15.—Judge H. A.
Skeen today denied a new tril to
■Edith Maxwell, Wise county school
teacher uudef 25 year sentence for
the murder of her father on the con
stitutional Questions involved but
said he would reserve his decision
until tomorrow on the question of
granting a new trial on the basis of
Tiewly discovered evidence.
COLUMBIA, S. C.. Jan. 15.—Repre
sentatives W. M. Crenshaw, of Ander
son and O. Frank Thornton of York
today were elected sergeant-at-arms
and reading clerk respectively of
the house of representatives.
• Crenshaw was chosen by acclama
tion and Thornton defeated four oth
er candidates.
MOSCOW, Jan. 15.—Assistant
Commissar of War Mikhail Tukhach
evsky announced today the Soviet
army has been raised to 1.300,000
Men, making It the largest standing
army in the world.
NEWBURGH, N. Y„ Jan. 15.—Dis
trict Attorney Henry Hirschberg ask
ed the jury today to consider coldly
and without regard to human sym
pathy the case of Mrs. Dorothy Sher
wood, on trial for her life for the
‘mercy drowning” of her two year
■old son, Jimmy.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—Repre
sentative Harold Knutson, of Minne
sota today announced that Senator
Borah of Idaho, had given him per
mission to place his name before
Minnesotans as a candidate for the
republican nomination for President.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. — The
treasury said today it was releasing
current payroll checks to AAA em
ployees.
ROCK HILL, S. C., Jan. 16.—
Woodfin Sumner, two year old dau
ghter of Dr. and Mrs. R. B. Sutniuf
was killed near here today whenshe
fell from her mother s automobile as
tht front door came open. Dr. Sum
ner is city health officer.
If we are going into a fight on
the lines where the battle swings,
let's tight tor free enterprise, free
economic system, free America, free
from a no poly control, free from bu
reaucratic contfol.—Senator Borah,
ALLEGED SHOP
LIFTERS CAUGHT
Two Gastonia colored boys wers
artestcd~charged with shoplift
ing a quantity f merchandise from
Schalman’s Department Store here.
Ont boy was arrested Saturday even
ing and the other Sunday morning.
Seme of the merchandisee that was
alleged to have been stolen was re
covered including three pairs o
shoes and three sweaters. The boys
gave their names as James Leacla
and James Cathey, both of Gastonia
BROTHERS ARRESTED
Two brothers, Arthur at.»l Will
Sprouts of Blacksburg, S. I'., were
arrested by local police here about
1:30 Tuesday morning as they were
aienipting to break into the store of
Robert’s Cash Grocery. They were
barged with attempting to break
and enter and bilged in jail to a
.'/Hit trial. It was alleged that on/
■ f the brc-tliers had a stick in his
land that he was trying to prize a
vilidcw open. The others came up
Just in time to prevent the robbery.
Officers Installed At Saint
Matthews Lutheran Church
Saint Matthews Lutheran Church
held a business meeting last Friday
evening and heard reports from all
departments and organizations. The
reports indicate that progress is be
ing made. !
The three year term of three
councilmen, Mr. Wiley H. McGinnis,
Mr. DJI. Baker and Mr R L Lovbiji
expired the first of the year and Mr
J. M. McGinnis, Mr. J. O. Plonk and
Mr. C. Q. Rhyne were elected to fill
the vacancies. These men were In
stalled by Pastor Hamm at the
morning service last Sunday. The
lay representative elected for the
year 1936 is Mr. A. K. Cline with Mr
W. A. Ridenhour as alternate.
At the first meeting of the Church
lor 1936, held Monday night of this
week the new committee chairman
and congregational officers were
named as follows: Mr. W. K. Maun
ey, chairman of the council; Mr.
M Mci*.ii.'nis, secretary and Mr. .1. E
Herndon his assistant, Mr. .1. ('.
Lackey, treasurer. Mr. L. Arnold Ki
ser chairman of the Church proper
ty committee, Finance, Mr A. E.
Cline, Ushers, Mr. C. Q. Rhyne,
Evangelism, Mr. W. K. Mauney, Par
ish Education, Mr. J. E. Herndon.
The newly elected officers of the
Men's Brotherhood were installed at
their regular meeting Sunday even
ing. They are Ur. L. P. Baker, presi
dent, Lamar J. Rhyne, vice president
Aubrey Mauney, secretary, and Carl
Ramsey, treasurer.
Saint Matthews is conducting a |
ten week Bible Study course for i
adults with one hour study a week, !
taught by the Pastor. The class is J
divided into two sections, one meets !
at 11:00 Wednesday morning and the [
other at 7:00 Wednesday evening in
the Educational building. These ;
classes are open to any adult who
wishes to attend.
Scouters Attend Banquet In
Gastonia Of Scout Council
Distinguished Luthern Orator Makes
Address.
Approximately forty men from
Kings Mountain attended the annual
meeting and banquet of the l'ied
mont Council Bo>s Scouts of Amer
ica in Gastonia Tuesday night. Ten
counties and many communities
make up the area of the Council and
the attendance from this community
was second in number only to that
of Gastonia itself. Over three hund
red men attended the meeting.
The address of the occasion was
delivered by Rev. Oscar F. Black
welder, D. D., of Washington. Dr.
Blackwelder made an eloquent and
masterful address. He declared
youth to be the world’s biggest divi
dend. His hopee of the world is in
building a better citizenship and
Scouting is the way. The world is
waiting for the sunrise and youth is
the world’s sunrise.
As examples tor the youth the
speaker presented five Americans,
whom he called “Sun Crowned Men.
Into every boy’s life he said come
the fork of the road and the hope is
that there he may meet and be in
fluenced by a sun crowned man. The
first sun crowned man presented
was Robert E. Bee. Character was
the mark of this man. Dr. Black
welder said only men of character
are trusted and that the Supreme
need of American today is men of
character.
The second sun crowned man was
Abraham Lincoln. Friendship was
his mark. He loved people. He had
friends because he was a friend.
Theodore Roosevelt was the third
man and his mark was overcoming
hardships. He overcame great physi
cal handicaps to become one of our
country’s most robust men and
great statesmen. Franklin D. Roose
velt he said had the same character
istic for he overcame the handicap
of infantile paralysis. He said that
those that gain the prize are those
who overcome the most and that
those who toiled upward while their
to
comrades slept were the ones
reach the height.
Itr. Joint K. Mott, the fourth sun
crowned man, was distinguished by
his vision. He was one 01 Ameri
ca's most useful men. He had great
influence on the youth oi this coun
try because he had vision. Vision !
ne said was seeing further than j
someone else. j
The fifth man presented was Rus
sell Conwell, the great Philadelphia '
preacher. He was the founder of
Temple University and many church
es and hospitals. He earned large
sums as a lecturer to give it all ’ a
way. The characteristic of this sun
crowned man was service. He forgot
himself into immortality. Ur. Black
welder said that service is self-JJor
getful love, living a useful life and
serving humanity.
The five men the speaker said cen
tered their lives in the Master and ,
maker of sun crowned men, Jesus
Christ. He said that the grandest
times are before us and that the j
greatest lives are the lives yet to
be lived. ■
On the program of the evenini,
were reports from the Council Pres
dent, Bismaik Capps, and the other
officers and from the Scout Execu
tive R. M. Schiele. Reports were
heard from a vice-president in each
of the ten counties making up the
area. Department reports were made
by the chairman of various activities
such as Awards, Health and Safety,
Camping, Inter-racfal Activities,
School Relations, Civic Service, Pub
liclty, Ten Year Program and Fi
nance. Prof. B. N, Barnes of Kings
Mountain is Chairman ( f School Re
lations and made that report.
The present officers of the organi
zation were re-elected ai d plans
were laid for the work this year. Ob
jectives were approved for 1936 and
a simultaneous financial campaign
was agreed upon to follow Scout
Week which is the week of Febru
ary 8tli. That week in every com
munity throughout the nation a pro
gram of activities is being arranged.
qdn McGinnis dies
Funeral services for Mr. Con Mc
Ginnis, age 51 were held at the home
of the family near Bethlehem Bap
tist church on Monday afternoon
with Rev. C. J. Black of Bessemer
City in charge, assisted by Rev. W.
S. Camp of Cherryville. Interment
was made in Mountain Rest ceme
tery.
Pallbearers were Chief Bryant, E.
L. Campbell, J. M. Sealy, Bob Hayes
Charles Shepherd and George Bar
her.
Mr. McGinnis, who was a well
known taxi driver of Kings Moun
tain died following a short illness.
He is survived by his widow who
was before marriage. Miss Barney.
He is also survived by two daugh
ters, Chloe and Bonnie, one son,
Carl McGinnis. A brother, Clarence
McGinnis, is a mechanics at the
Parle Yarn Mill.
According to President Roose
velt, most Americans want to glvcf
something for what they get. If nee*
eeaary.
BROTHERHOOD TO
MEET IN SHELBY
The Southern District Brotherhood
of the United Evangelical Lutheran
Synod ot North Carolina will meet at
Ascension Lutheran church in Shel
by, Sunday, Jan. 19. at 3 p. m. Dp.
K. C. Cooper of Kings Mountain is
pastor of this church.
it.-. -
Among those who will take part in
the program are W. A. Ridenhour
and Dr. E. C. Cooper of Kings Moun
tain.
SAFETY SIGNS
PUT UP
Two sets of safety signs have been
put up here this week. One set ha#
been placed on Piedmont avenue on
both the North and South side t of
Ridge street indicating that it is a
school zone and to drive slow. The
other set is on both tht north and
south side of Gaston street. This Is
a Btop sign, before entering the
highway on King street.
Men’s Club Committees
Announced At Supper
TEXTILE MILLS TO
UPHOLD WAGES IN
INDUSTRY
All Local Spinning Mills Represent.
ed in Charlotte Meeting Monday.
The executives of most of the
carded and combed yarn mills in the
south agreed to continue to ad
here to the principal provisions of
the former NR A code and adopted
plans to handle the problems creat
ed by the invalidation of the proc
essing tax by the Supreme Court.
The meeting was held at the
Charlotte Chamber of Commerce. A
mong those attending from Kings
Mountain were W. K. Mauney, S. A.
Mauney, I). C Mauney and Aubrey
Mauney. All of the spinning mills of
Kings Mountain were represented at
the meeting.
The pledge provides:
1. —For employees engaged in op
erating textile machinery inside the
mill or engaged within the mill in
handing material in process, the
maximum work week shall not ex
ceed 40 hours in one calendar week
2. —The minimum rate of wages
for such employee shall be 30 cents
an hour in the southern branch of
the industry with the exception of ,
learners and workers partly incapae
itated by reason of age or disability.
3. —Minors under 10 years of age
sail not be employed.
H—’Productive machinery , defin
ed as spinning spindles and looms,
shall not operate more than 80 hours
in any one calendar week, such lim
itation to apply to each individual
spindle and loom.
During the meeting many of the
manufacturers weie pleased to hear
that the Supreme Court had ordered
$200,000,000 in impounded taxes re
turned lo the processors. Some
twelve millions of this belongs to
tlie textile industry in Nortli Caroli
na. The mills of this communitty
have a considerable interest in this
state.
P. T. A. Meet At
West End School
The P. T. A. of West School met
on last Wednesday with a fair at
tendance, considering inclement
weather.
/ The first meeting for the year was
held in December and officers were
elected as follows: Mrs. Pride Kal
terree, prehident; Mrs. N. F. Me -'j
Gill, vice president: Mrs. Troy Car-,
'njmter, secretary and treasurer.
in December some of the shrub
bery at the school was transplanted
and proper protection given plants.
The president has announced a show
er for the school medicine cabinet. !
this shower to be given next Mon
day and Tuesday, Jan 20 and 21. j
Much interest has been shown a- !
mong teachers and patrons in the
proposed enlargement of the stage
in the auditorium. i
THE POEM IS
PUBLISHED
A young lady cam • into the Herald
office and asked to see the Editor.
She had written a poent and wanted j
to know how much it would cost }o j
have it published. She was told that J
it would cost one cent per word, i
This was lots more than the young |
lady had. The reason papers make a
charge for publishing poems and
cards of thanks is to eliminate so
many and such lengthy ones. It is
not for a revenue measure.
The young lady did not have the
money. She seemed very disappoint
ed. When asked by the Editor why
she was so interested in having the
poem published she said that it was
a poem that she had written to her
mother who died just before Christ
mas, and that her mother when she
was living had always enjoyed read
<ng her poetry.
Needless to say, the poem is pub
lished lit this issue of the Herald
BELK’S JANUARY
SALE NOW ON
Belk's Department Store announc
es in this Issue of the Herald In a
page ad the opening of their annual
January Clearance Sale.
Mr. O. W. Myers, manager, says
that they will have unusual bar
gains for every member of the fami
ly, and that it will pay everyone to
buy now, during this sale and save.
Prices have been reduced and
everything is in readiness for this
event.
In its drive to electrify farm areas
the Government might try stopping
AAA checks.
School Stages Interesting
Program
Hayne Blackmer, president of thft
Men’s Club announced the commit
tees at tit ■ regular supper held at
the Mountain View Hotel last Thurs
Jay evening.
H. I). Herndon and J. S. Ware had
charge of the program. An interest
ing program was staged by the stu
dents of the Kings Mountain schools
with Supt. B. N. Barnes presiding^
Music was furnished by the High
School orchestra under the directiou
of Paul Hendrix, the vocal numbers
were led by Miss Virginia Parsons.
An entertaining dramatic act was
staged by the Herndon sisters.
The following committees were an
nonneed by the Club President:
Public Affairs: L. B. Hamm and .1
E. Garvin.
Auditing: B. S. Neill and J. H. Da
vis.
Publicity: Aubrey Mauney and
Haywood E. Lynch.
Fellowship: Sage Fulton and Mon
roe Khea.
Executive: Paul Mauney, Glee A.
Bridges, P. D. Herndon and J. M.
Sealy, W. 1,. Rantseur, C. E. Neisler
Jr., and Hayne Blackmer.
Parachute Jumper
Has Narrow Escape
Irvin Davis, parachute jumper of
Detroit, Mich . had a narrow escape
here Saturday liis jump from a
plane piloted by D, L. Willis, Jr., of
Shelby was sponsored by several mer
Chants of Kings Mountain.
The wind got in the parachute and
Mr Davis was unable to guide it.
Te landed in the high voltage
wires near the Kings Mountain Ice
and Coal Co. .vlr. Davis' clothes were
badly torn and he suffered bad
burns on his arm and legs.
He was treated at the office of Dr.
S. A. Lowery.
HEAR NOTED
JAPANESE
The following from Kings Moun
tain were among those who went to
tiaffne-' Monday night to hear the
noted Japanese Christian who has
\)een speaking in various sections of
rhe United States: Kev. and Mrs. W
4. Parsons. Mr. and Mrs. George
Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs. J E Mauney,
Mr. and Mis. Mack Gantt. Mr. a nd
Mrs. P D. Herndin, Miss Fay Maun
ey and Mr Hugh Williams.
WASHINGTON
SNAPSHOTS
Congressmen who came Il k to
Washington for the new session's
work were greeted with talk about a
reduction in expenditures. They lit
erally cheered, for those who had
paid any attention to fiscal affairs
had found some astounding facts.
As the session opened, for instan
ce. The Associated Press calculated
that in a little more than two years,
the Federal government had spent
or loaned <16,000.000,000. Of the
loans, a percentage must be consid
ered bad.
Sixteen billion dollars even in
these days isn’t a sum within normal
human comprehension. So one Sou
thern Congressman went to work
with his pencil and translated the
total into understandable figures. He
found that at present rate the ex
penditures ran to nearly $250 a sec
ond. In other words every time the
clock ticked, Uncle Sam paid out
$250.
But Uncle Sam. this Southerner
reminded, didn’t have the $250. He
actually was taking in only about
$125 each second. So with each
clock tick he was borrowing ai|'t<h.~
er $126. And paying interest on the
borrowed money. He now owes near
ly $31,000,000,000. Someone has figu
red out that If $1 had been spent
each minute' since the birth of Christ
the total would not yet be one bil^
lion dollars.
The question of where to get the
money to pay back that borrowed
continued to worry some legislators.
The President assured them he
would not ask for additional taxes
this session. Chairman Harrison of
the Sente Finance Committee would
say only he was “hopeful” there
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