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KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C. THURSDAY, FEB. 20, 1936
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orate And National News Beloved Woman Dies
Condensed In Brief Form
—State News—
Goldsboro, Feb. 19.—W. W. Wood
ward, of Durham, was burned to
death near here, today and three oth
er persons were Injured, two criti
cally, in the wreck and explosion of
an oil truck in trying to avoid strik
ing a child.
Daniel Winston. Whitaker and
Charles Olive, both also of Durham
who were riding with Woodward
said tobe the driver of the truck of
the Independent Oil Company of
which the father of Whitaker is su
perintendent, as well as Ralph Hood
4 year old of near Goldsboro were
in a hospital here all, except Olive,
were said to be critically injured
with little hope held for Whitaker.
Concord. Feb. 19.—Search was un
der way today for two of three con
victs who made a break from a road
camp- near here yesterday.
One. of the trio, Vester Suther, ser
ving seven months, was shot in the
ehoulder and leg by guards and was
recaptured.
Charlotte. Feb. 20.—Customer in
the Carolina's will save an estimated
$529,000 a yenr under revised rate
schedules on electricity and gas an
nounced by the Duke Power Compa
ny. The new rale schedules go into
effect March 1.
Saving to electricity users, offici
als said, could be divided as follows:
Residential service *20?,,000; com
mercial lighting $173,000, and retail
power, $103,000. Residential gas us
ers would save $22,000 aud commer
cial gas customers $$2S,00U.
Raleigh, Feb. 20.—North Carolina
bituminous surface treated high
ways — ;;,700 miles of road —were
closed today to t.-uck traffic in ex
cess of five ions gross a vehicle.
The state highway and public
works department barred five ton
trucks from the roads in an order is
sued late yesteruay The ban is el’,
lective for - 30 day period.
Charlotte, Feb. 19.—Trustees of
Davenport College at Lenoir, which
was closed three years ago, voted
here today to reopen it next Septem
ber is at all possible.
‘‘Things look encouraging,” said
the Rev. J. 11. Barnhardt, of Raleigh
vice ch-'irman or the board, follow
ing the meeting. Of course, the prob
Jems, as always, are largely financial
It looks as if the reopening can be1
managed this year.
Davidson. Feb. 20.—Dancing on the
Davidson College campus is still
taboo. )
The trustees, meeting yesterday, re
jected requests from the student
body to permit dancing.
Raleigh, Feb. 19.—Robert L. Hurt,
criminal (listriet attorney of Dallas
county, Texas, said here today
Dwight Beard, North Carolina des
perado faces trial in Dallas on six'
charges under each of which his life
will be at stake. '
Beard, a resident of Caldwell coun
ty before he was convicted of the
murder of August Bounous at Val
dese, escaped from State prison last'
fall while serving a life sentence.
(&?iibkUuftbn
W&utpAhcti
by James Preston
(Opinions Expressed in This Column
Are Not Necessarily the Views of
This Newspaper.)
WASHINGTON.— (IPS) — The us
ual February drive for ail early ad
journment of Congress is on, divid
ing the legislators into two opposing
groups. One wants a lot more NRA
like restriction and stifling legisla
tion enacted, regardless of its effect
on reemployment; the other con
tends Congress should quit and let
recovery proceed without further
tinkering.
Most majority chiefs on Capitol
. Will hope the ‘'must'' legislative pro
gram will be limited to appropria
tions bills, a new relief program, the
AAA substitute (including half to
tbree-quarters of a billion dollars in
taxes), extension of the neutrality
act, and possibly some changes in
the TVA. They agree, however, that
pressure for other experimental leg
islation is hampering recovery by In
ceasing - fears about the future.
****
Whose views will prevail Is uncer
tain. But the lawmakers find at the
top of the fear-engendering list a
number of bills that are moving
slowly but surely ahead. These In
clude the Ellenbogcn plan to set up a
new NRA in tho textile industry, the
Walsh hill to apply code coditions to
(Cont’d from front page)
—National News—
Georgetown, British Guiana, Feb.
20.—Alfred Haired, newspaperman
of Faranarlbo, declared today that
■ he and Art Williams, American pilot
' had found the long-missing Paul Ked
I fern alive lu the Tuniuc Hnmae
j mountains in Western Guiana.
Thu fliers said they were forced
to leave Kedfern in the hands of an
Indian tribe which will not perm;
him to escape.
Harrod said Kedfern wa» crippled
as the result of the crash which, cf*
Aug. in, 1927, ended his attempt to
make a solo flight from Bir.nswick.
Ga., to Hio De Janerio.
Trenton, N. J„ Feb. 20.- A dra
matic announcement by Attorney
Samuel S. Leibowitz, strongly indi
cating he believes Bruno Richard
Hauptmann is guilty of the Lindber
gh baby kidnap-slaying, appeared fr
day'to have virtually blasted the con
victed man's hopes of escaping death
in the electric chair.
Hauptmann, Leibowitz said, •'un
demands very clearly that his last
card lias frhen played and ho has
lost.”
Hauptmann's date of execution was |
set yesterday for the week of March
uOth.
New York, Feb. lit.—A measure of
mystery cloaked the action of Feder
al agents today as they investigated
a cache of 10,000 $20, gold coins,
seized in a surprise raid on a safety
deposit vault in a new York bank.
Akron, O.. Feb. 19.—Pickets block
aded the Goodyear Tire and Rubber
Company’s three large plants today
in near-zero weather, and compan>
spoke-men said at least 12.000 em
ployes were kept from their work.
Columbia, S. C., Feb. 20.—Ben M.
Sawyer chief state highway commis
sioner and principal target of Gov.
Olin Johnston's fight on the high
way administration; rettfrned to his
I office shortly after 9 a. m. today.
He went to the highway offices
presumably to reclaim his office aft
er a circuit court order last week de
clared Governor Olin Johnston's sus
pension of him invalid and restrain
ed the governor from further efforts
to oust him.
New York. Feb. 20.—Leonard Kip
Rhinelander, member of a socially
prominent family involved in a sen
sational divorce case in 1929, died to
day of Pneumonia at Long Beach,
Long Island.
Chicago. Feb. 20.—A. new cold
wave from Canada today cancelled
the nation's brief respite from arctic
weather. ,
The icy blasts were renewed when,
a low pressure area that promised
to keep things a little warmer was
shunted off ule western slopes of
the Rockies.
Tokyo, Feb. 19.—Japanese officials
applied a partial censorship today to
Japanese press accounts of the dan
gerous situation arising from recent
sanguinary military clashes on the
ill-defintMl Manchoukuo-Outer Mon
golia frontier.
I -
Mr*. GoorgoKendricU, one of King
Mountain s most beloved svoiuei
(tied at lu r homo ou Railroad uven
u1', Friday morning at eight o'clock
Mis. Kendrick's death followed t
long period <>.' declining health. Fo.
the past few months her conditioi
had been serious and Wednesday a
ternot tt slut lapsed into unconscious
ue h and a slate of corns from whict
•he ne\ r rallF'd.
Fitivr il services were held at tin
I*1 *tii. ’.aptist church Sunday after
let.', with Rev. A. O Sargeant, the
as >r in charge and interment fob
t vil in Mountain Rest cemetery.
Music was furnished by a tfiiaijtei
composed of Mrs. C. T. Cornwell.
Mrs. K. W. GriiVin, I. 1!. Goforth and
Gaither McDaniel with Mrs. Manly
Morehead in charge. Sony*. Abid>
With Me; Rock Of Ages; and Love
That Wilt Not Let Me Clo. were sttng.
Active pallbearers were Raul Xeis
ier, K. A. Harrill, Kd Smith. Lawren
ce Lovell, George Maunoy anil Rufus
MeOill. Honorary pallbearers were
Or. .1. S. Hood, of Gastonia; II. N.
Moss. J. O. Plonat, B. N. Barnes, I)
Hord, Plato Herndon, J K. Herndon
VI. L. Harmon. Kd Caldwell, M. E.
Herndon of Charlotte, and Curtis
Falls.
Mrs. Kendrick is survived by a dau
•liter. Mrs. Will Bird, and a grand
laughter, Mrs. Harold Crawford.
u<:h of Kings Mountain. Her hus
band preceded her to the grave fif
teen years ago and her only son,,
died thirteen years ago. Mrs. Ken
drick was before inarriatte Willie
Borders, daughter of the late John
Borders and his byte wife, Rossle
Green Borders, prominent Cleveland
county family. Mrs Kendrick and her
• bears wore members of Elizabeth
ni'iisl church, one of the oldest and
rongest couutry churchy , of the
aunty and from which hhtve none
•it many prominent people in the
saptist churches in various sections
f this nnd oilier Stales.
The Kindrick family moved to
vines Mountain from Shelby in
hOO. Airs. Kendrick has been a faith
iul and consecrated member of the
First Baptist church since coining
here. She numbered her friends b>
nor acquaintances, looking for the
best she found the best in every ono.
Her hospitality knew, no bounds and
no Estimate can be placed on a life
suclj h hers, coming in contact with
so many lives, and with an inlfuence
always for good.
Tlie funeral services were attend
ed by n large number of relatives
and* friends.
Among the many people from out
of ^own were, Mr.and Mrs. Edwin
Ware, Miss Frances Ware, Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Bordenrs and M. E. Hern
don of Chalotte; Mr. and Mis. Hugh
Wray, |)r. J. S. Hood and George
Patterson of Gastonia; Mr. and Mrs.
C. K. Dcggett, Mrs. Fannie Hudson.
Mrs. Cha?, McBrayer, Mr. and Mrs.
Zez Mauney, Mrs. Flay Hoey, Mrs.
Maytne Wray Webb, Mr. and M|rs.
McBride Poston, Miss Hill Kendrick,
Mrs. Mayme Thompson and Mrs. (’.
C. Roberts, all of Shelby; Sam and
Jim 'Tulstell, of Earl; Charles, Will
and I-loyd Austell of Gaffney, S. Cj
Harry Falls of Asheville; Will Bird
nnd Mr. Hodge of Columbia; Mr. and
Mrs. Plato Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Her
bert Miller, Mrs. Jake Burgin, Mrs.
! Mark Hoyle and Mrs. Buck Ramseur
' of Liucolnton.
Grade Crossing Elim
ination Seems Assured
The Only Problem Evident
Is Location And Commun
ity Co operation
(Bv Aubrey Mauney)
It now seems very certain that
Kings Mournain is to have the pro
jected grade crossing elimination.
The stun of nearly $100,000 has been
appropriated for this purpose and as
yet this has not been cancelled. How
aver, many places are pushing for the
fund3 and it is not absolutely sure.
The plan which seems in favor at
this time is that passed upon favor
ably during the summer by the city
council. This plan calls for an over
pass at King Street. The objection to
this plan was the high fill at the
corner of King and Railroad avenue
wich would be necessary and the
damage to property which might re
sult from this. However, this diffi
culty has been helped through a pro
posed lowering of the railroad track
by two feet. If this would be done
the fill would not have to be as high
and any damage to property would
be reduced.
Many who have appraised the mat
ter of damage contend there would
be no damage—at least not as much
to abutting property as would be in
the case of taking the highway over
another route.
According to plans of this project
Railroad Avenue would go straight
across King Street as now. At that
; point there would be very little
| grade except south along Railroad
Avenue. The three other directions
from the corner would be on a very
ne-.'.r -’evel. It is proposed that a stop
and go signal light be placed at this
corner to assure safety for traffi .
Mayor Herndon in his letter to the
Herald last week reported on two
plans. One was the Falls Street und
erpass and a project at King Street.
His project for this point indicated
that Railroad Avenue would cross
not directly over King but by curv
ing right and left over the property
on which are now located the two
filling stations at that corner.
It was claimed th •. the Falls street
plan would be safer cad would open
up new property and give the com
munity additional paved streets. On
the other hand it is pointed out that
the improvement and extension ot
King street to the highway near the
city limits on the Shelby side would
open up a splendid new city develop
ment. They point out that the area
so opened up would be more even
laying lots than those opened up
through the extension of Falls street.
Mr. Joe A. Neisler, member of the
city council, made the statement that
in his conversations with all of the
highway engineers they have indieat
ed that the Falls Street proposition
would be possible but that it would
not be feasible and practical. The
Falls Street plan it is estimated
(Cont'd on back page)
B. N. Barnes Is Elected
To Head Scouts Here
JOHN W. KAMSEUR
lMJRIEl) LAST FRIDAY |
Funeral services for Join White
Kamseur, age 4J, v.ere held a: the
Presbyterian cliurrh lu‘tt Friday
morning with Tie-. j. K. BorryU.li, .
former pastor in c .Virgo. lnternrie;i
was made ia lajn? Crook ccnse.ery.
The pallbearers were douc-u.-t o/
the church.
Mr. Hamseur is survived by hH
aged father, two sisters, Misses lies
aie and Sura Hamseur and 0:10 broth
cr. l)r. W. L. Kamseur ail of Kt/igr
Mountain.
Mr. Hens-cur’s death followed an
illness of several da; s of pneumonia
He was desperately ill from the b>
ginning an 1 cartful attention of phy
sicians and nurses were oi u avail,
llis death fcllo-.ed jioseiy that of
bis mother who di-»d on tihs previ
ous Sunday night. Mr. Rain.*cur had
been a faithful mctr.be/ oi tin* Pres
byterian church, t inco oh idhnod and
had serveo hie church In various
ways. He had lived an eiompiary
Christian life and w.Il ho greatly
missed in his home and .'oaturjau,-.
GROVER ROAD TO
BE REPAIRED
The road to Grover ha; lj it;
very bad condition sine** tr bad wea
liter of late, :.ud scvral c;‘ in
and near Kines Mounia:: *•:; <■ the
State Highway Depart:;; •a: about
having it repaired. M::yi r J. 53. Hern j
don received the following letter
statT.g that the road w u:J i*> repair
ed a? soon as the weather waulc per
mit:
Raleigh, N. C.. Feb. 17, K’.C.
Mr. L. Herndon, .Vi; r.
Kings Mountain, N. C.
Dear Mr. liert.don;
1 appreciate yottr 1 ' r F/hrii
ary 15th din , tins tit ft . . * ,h
condition t i No. 25» be; King
Mountain and Grover. •. a.vari
of the breaks in the 1 and are
planning to get about : >• ■ ci.sines* of
restoration as soon a- ..*•„.;h,-r cou
Uitions will pprmit.
Sincerely yonts,
CAPUS M. WAYN! .7, ,-jn.
Washington Pro;', ram At
High School
Miss Daisy Koveiac*-’- ~e ic tf the j
Central school first grad.:, n'..oil a.
very interesting and et; vainin;-, |
program during civ.;. •! exercises !
Wednesday morning. The pngr-iiii I
was in honor ot Georg1 W.: slitigteti. |
and the etiiire class t oh par- in the ;
exercises.
Brother Of Locit] Man To
Run For Solicitor
Reuben D. Elam. of Str-.'oy, broth
er of C. P. Elam, who . •> made his
home in Kings Mountain lor the
past four year#; will b • a candidate
for County Solicitor in the .June Pri
mary.
Mr. Elam hits been practletny I.aw
in Shelby for the past two years, be
fore that he was with the Cleveland
Hardware Co. and Wright, Baker
Co., Men's Clothing store in sjhoit);'.
No PWA Funds For Kings Mountain
According To State Director’s Letter
Bad Weather Cuts
Attendance At Schools ,
Tiie Trad weather for the past twoi
months has cut the atteudance ail
the local schools. Most of the absen
tees were from the primary grades.
Supt. B. N. Barnes, in discsssing
the poor attendance since Christmas,
stated that the number of teachers
that will be allotted to Kings Moun
tain sext year depends upon the at
tendance this year.
I The attendance last fall before the
| bad weather started was very good,
but during January and February,
the attendance has dropped consid
erable.
Supt. Barnes said that if the at
tendance would pick back up to
where it was last fall that it would
not be any danger of losing any tea
chers next year. If the attendance
had continued without the recent
drop the average would have given
Kings Mountain as additional teach
er 1/ >.t year, like it did this year.
| Indiana officials announce they will
' Jail fortune tellers in a new drive.
I But why not punish them? No one
I ever stays in an Indiana Jail.
Mayor J. E. Herndon is in receipt
of the following letter from H. (r.
Baity, State Director of PWA stat
ing that no more allotments can If
made. Kings Mountain had an appli
nation in for a new City Kail, street
improvements, and sewer lines,
Vhich according to this letter cannot
be approved.
It was thought by some of the
Town Officials that even though this
letter has been received that Kings
Mountain has a good chance of hav
ng their application approved as
Haywood Itobius, Charlotte
attorney, has been employed to take
this matter up with authorities in
Washington. Mr. Robins has made
several trips to Washington to gset
his application approved. The total
amount of the application is $90,000.
00. The letter follows:
Chapel Hill. N. C„ Feb. 18, 1936.
Mr. J. E. Herndon, Mayor
Kings Mountain, N. C.
My dear Mayor Herndon:
We are advised by our Washington
oflce the;, in compliance with & Pres
h"* ’ '• * '-r effective February 10,
1926,'no further allotment can be
made to PWA projects, either from
the National Industrial Recovery Act
appropriation of 1933 or from the
emergency Relief Appropriation Act
of 1935, All fumis hereafter becoming
available through the rescission of
former allotments to PWA projects
cannot be used for reallocation to
eligible PWA applicants, but will be
be transferred to other emergency
agencies of the Federal Government./
In view of this situation we are wr*
ting to advise you that only aj par
ent way in which Federal funds may
be made availablt for assisting in
the financing of your project— and
approximately 300 others in this
Slate which, like yours, are o n the
waiting list—is through a new appro
priatlon by the present Congress
specifically earmarked for non-Fed
eral PWA work.
We appreciate the social desirabil
ity of your project and the time and
expense that has been required of
you in preparing and promoting your
application. It is our hope that the
ultimate outcome will be more favor
able than now appears. Please be
lieve that this ofllee will always be
at your service.
Cordially yours.
H. G. BAITY,
Acting State Director, for the Admin
istrator.
cc: Mr. Charles G. tAUing.
KINGS MOUNTAIN TO •
HAVE LEGION
BASEBALL
It was announced this week that
Otis D. Green Post of the American
Legion will sponsor Junior Legion
Baseball here this season. Last year
was the first year that the local Post
.had Junior Legigon baseball.
All boys whose birthday comes aft
er March 31, 1919, will be eligible to
play this year. Most of the boys that
played on the team last season will
be eligible this year. A supiTy ol
balls, bats, gloves and uniforms are
on hand from last year.
Tlte Athletic Committee of the Le
gion Baseball program for the com
ing year is as follows: Glee Bridges,
Charlie Thomasson, Hayue Blackraer
W. E. Blakely, Charlie Warllck and
Paul Mahney.
Further announcement as to where
and when the boys are to report,
will be made later.
Mussolini ts disappointed in the ;
Italian mothers because of tho failing ■
birth rato. The women should have
pride enough in Italy to make It a
country that can wage a first clues
war.
Over Two Hundred Attend
Scout iianquet
More lima two --a Boy Scouts
and lueir parents hu.» t.teuus attend
ed the Aun.»tr.vary . i.uui and Son
Bannuot at the High bCJool Cafeur
la Thursday evening.
J. It. Davis act' d as toastmaster,
it. M. Scliiele, Scout executive of
tho Piedmont Council of which the
K.ngs Mountain troops are members,
-■ommenJed the local people in their
.utoiest in Scouting and he reported
of the w ork and g o win of the organ
cation in this area.
As an evidence of the value of
-Scouting ihu troops presented a
short play enPtled "'lime will Tell"
and time did tell t .at Scouting was a
great moans of building a better and
nellhier citizenship.
The speaker of the occasion was
Rev. John MeSw.cn, !). D., of Chen
tor. S. C„ He was presented by Rev.
C. lioyd Hamm ot the Lutheran
hurch. Dr. MoSivoen was a supreme
entertainer and convulsed his au
dience with his colorful stnry telling
Of Seeding he spoke as a man of
experience as falh.-t, organizer of
several troops and as a past scout
master.
lie said that Scouting was building
cur citizen hip of tin future. Dr. Mc
Swoen said that ho v rs interested in
Scouting becuc- 'd l,o believed in
hoys and knows In v ; because Scout
lug builds for 1 :ud .rahip and rever
ence for th” ba.! things of life.
Dr. MeSweui presented four scouts
of long ago--Daniel, Sbadraeh, Mc.b
hath and Abednego. These young
men in captivity in foreign land
made up their minds that they were
coming clean ant. that they were
'/■'.an 10 be difft i .a from the crowd
if n t.'Sr.r to go r'ght. They were
true to thrtnse’.ve.i regarding their
boci -. as Fcmething high and holy.
They were patriotic to their home
and country ready io live or die for
it. They were true to Gcd and to
Cod and to hhei. faith.
Music for the occasion wuis furn
ished by the High School Orchestra
under the lead rs-iip of Paul Hon-’
dricks. The group war very present
able wearing their new capes. This
was their first appearance in their
new uniforms.
The meal was furnished by the
Woman's Club. Tlmy are to be tom
undid for t'ril: rtfert and made a
heat : a r.f o to tuiv.tt,.; a meal at a
■v... , 1 til: r | Hu. .
Ai.ui the ban . : t a.l nu n willing
;o take part in an organized group
in the interest of Scouting in Kings
Mountain wire ree.ucstcd to remain
and th» following were elected as
leaders and committees:
H. N. Barnes, Chairman.
B. S. Peeler, Secretary.
Finance Committee: B. S. Neill,
Chairman, \V. K. Mauney and P. M.
Neisler.
Church Relations: Rev, L». B. Hamm
''■muty Commissioner: Rev. \Y, M.
Boyce.
u
Davis.
School Relations: !■'. M. Bigr-er
-taff end Raul K. Mess.
Camping: G. A. Bridges.
Civil Service: C, C. Thomasson.
Health and Safety: C. G. White.
Publicity: Aubrey Mauney nod
Haywood ii. Lynch.
Reading: J. hi. Garvin.
Inter Racial: J. E. Aderholdt and
!. B. Gofortli.
Rural Scouting: 1‘. D. Herndon, J.
v. War. , C. S. Plonk and Joe lAe
Wocdv. ttrd.
Troop Organization: C. W. David
son, J. W. Smith and Ladd Hamrick..
Ten Year Program: J. E. Herndon.
Committee At Large: J. M. James,
George LaHimore, I. G. Patterson, A
H. Patterson. C. W. Hullender, C. P.
Goforth. George Moore, iW. J, Bulker
son, C. 10. Noisier, Jr., Rev. E. W.
Fox, J. A. Ne.isler, I)r. S A. I.owt|ry.
Rev. P. I). Patrick, Paul Mauney, L.
P. Baker, E. W. Griffin, George
Smith, Sam R. Suber, H. H. Houston
D. F. Hord. O. W. Myers, J. M. Sea
v, Rev A. G. Sargeant, Dr. O P Lew
", Dr. W. L. Ramseur, W. S. Fulton,
L. C. Dettmar, O. R. Husky, D. L*.i
Stewart. C. C. Edens, L. L Davis, J"
N. Jones, 10. L. Davis, H. C. Wilson,
Chas. Warllck, Dr. J. A Anthony,
Jack Hullender.
FIRE SIREN CALLS
SCOUTS TOGETHER
Late in the afternoon in answer to
a special number of blows from the
fire siren at the town office more
than seventy Boy Scouts mobolized.
Chief Grady King talked to the
b<r. gathered together on how they
make themselves of service in
•> a fire.
M i. " . :h 00 hoys present
<; '■'■rtf cnt'iton. The
iunce of the other troops were
v 1 with IS; No. 2, with 12; No. 4
with 7; No. 6 with 13, and No. Id,
with 2.