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VOL. 34 NO. 13.
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.
THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1936.
FIVE CENTS PER COPY1
MRS. ARTHUR
CORNWELL DIES
Mrs. Arthur H. Cornwell, age 37.
died at 12:30 Friday night at her
home on King street, her death com
ing as a great shock to her ) ' j<
and many friends. Mrs. Cornwell had
been in poor health for years but
had only been worse for a day or so
prior to her death ;which was At.)/
buted to a heart attack.
Funeral services were held at Cen
tral Methodist church of which Mrs.
Cornwell had been a member since
coming to Kings Mountain, after
her marriage. Rev. E. W Fox 1.'. • 4
charge of the service.
The pall-bearers were Guy llan.es,
Boyce Cornwell, Beverly Cornwell,
Ernest Cornwell and Tom Mullins of
Lincoln ton; C. T. Cornwell of Kings
Mountain, all of whom were relativ
es of the family.
Mrs. Cornwell is survived by her
husband and the following children:
Mrs. M’ac Vincent of Rocky Mt.nuit;
Mrs. Leon Furse of Florence S. C.;
Mr. DeWitt Cornwell of New York
City; Mrs. J. A. Dunnigan of Quanti
eo, V'a.; Mrs. Ernest Sanford of
Greenville, S. C; Mrs. Hayes, Miss
Margaret Cornwell, Miss Dorothy
Cornwell and Mr. Giles Cornwell of
Kings Mountain.
Failing health gave Mrs. Cornwell
little opportunity for out-side inter
est but seldom was she too ill to
ehow an intense interest in the com
fort and well-being of her household.
It can well be said that the rearing
of a family of high ideals was her
chief concern and she lived to see
a fulfillment of her desires and a
rich fruition of her efforts.
The sympathy of the many friends
of the family is felt for the husband,
children and grandchildren.
Annual Meeting Held
Lake Montonia Club
The regular annual stockholders
meeting of the Lake Montonia Club
was held the evening of March 16, in
the office of the secretary, H. T. Ful
ton. A representative group of the
members from Gastonia and Kings
Mountain were present.
The secretary rendered a very en
couraging report of the progress of
the organization and of its financial
condition.
Associate memberships in the or
ganization were limited by agree
ment for this year to twenty mem
berships at $20.00 each. The regular
membership for swimming and fish
ing privileges Is $12.00 per year.
A sum of $75 was appropriated for
increasing the number of fish in the
lake. At the same time the fishing
privileges for non members were Hut
ited. A member can take as guest a
citizen of Gaston or Cleveland coun
ties only once during any one calen
dar month.
A committee was appointed to
study and act on the matter of dig
ging a well and installing a pump in
the picnic grounds and also in the
securing of electric lights. For tho
purpose of securing the lights sever
al offers were made to donate $25.
In addition to making such an otter
J. O. Plonk offered the poles which'
would be required.
There is already a colony of sum
mer homes around the lake and a
number of new ones are being plan
ned for early construction.
The following officers were elected1'
Dr. C. Highsmith, President.
Glee A. Bridges, Vice- President.
H. T. Fulton, Sec’y-Treasurer.
And to the board of directors for
Kings Mountain: \V. K. Mauney, J.
\V. Grimes, J. O. Plonk; from Gas-1
tono: Fred Rollins, \V. B. Hair tuid ;
'Grady Kennington.
State And National News
Condensed In Brief Form
—State News—
Elizabeth City, March 25.—Em
ployes, only r, of them operatives,
of the Elizabeth City Hosiery Mill,
older plant of the Elizabeth City ilos
iery Company, returned to work this
morning when the mill resumed Op
erations after having been closi|d!
;:nce Friday. The mill was working
nearly 200 operatives in two shifts
before it elosed down. 1|.e Avalon
plant, closed for repairs in the hope
of averting a strike on March 10. eon
tinues idle.
Rockingham, March 25.—Approxi
mately $1,000 has been allocated by
the HWA for 10 workers to repair
books in Die public and schoollibrar
ies of the county. The work will be
gin at once. ;
The county furnishes $150 for re
pair materials. Not including Rock
ingham or Hamlet there are 13 white
and four negro scl'iool libraries. The
white libraries have 22,944 volumes.
Rockingham's three white schools
have a toal of 10,180 volummes. Un
der tjie program the old books will
be rethreaded and rebound to the
best advantage.
Thomasville,—C. E. Fiddler. State
highway patrolman died on his wpv
to the hospital after his motorcM.de
had collided with a car driven by C
Watts of Thomasville on State
highway 10. He never regained con
sciousness after the accident.
Raleiglh, March 25.—'The State Re
publlican convention this afternoon
adopted a resolution endorsing Fed
eral Judge I. M. Meekins of Eliza
beth City and Raleigh for the Repub
lican presidential nomination.
Raleigh, March 25—T.he state
WPA released 1,877 workers last
week in its curtailment program,
leaving 41,335 on projects. The work
list is to be gradually cut to 32,850.
Many of the workers are being taken
over brother federal agencies.
Raleigh, March 25.—Gov. Ehring
haus has granted an extradition re
quest for |)e return of McKinley Cle
ment, held to face charges of desert
ing his wife and eight young daugh
ters. L
MEN S CLUB MEETS
TONIGHT 6 P. M.
The regular meeting of the Men's(
Club will be held this evening at o
P. M. instead of 6:30 on account of
the Passion Play being given at the,
High School.
INJURED WHEN
STRUCK BY AUTO
Paul Costner, young son of Mrs.'
Daisy Costner of the Pauline village
is in the Shelby hoosyital in a seri
ous condition as a result of being
struck by an automobile, when walk
ing with friends on the Kings M.oun
tain-York highway Sunday afternoon
The accident occurred near the
home of Mr. Hazel Bumgardner, who
carried the youth to the hospital
where it was found that his leg was
broken in two places.
According to information received,
the driver of the car has not been
apprehended.
Kings Mountain Doubles
Quota For Flood Relief
KINGS MTN. CITIZENS RESPOND i
TO RED CROSS FLOOD
RELIEF FUND
Citizens in charge of the recent
drive for Red Cross Flood Relief
funds deserve a lot of praise for the
splendid work done.
The quota first asked for was more
than doubled.
The following is a complete iaUi'l-'
Jg^ion of funds received up to two
o’clock Wednesday afternoon and re
ported by C. F. Thomasson. vice
president of the local Red Cross'
chapter who was in charge of the
drive: .
Central School . $ 46.10
Bast School . 18.50
West School . >14.03
Davidson colored School . 7.31
Amount collected at booths
And by canvassers . 328.93
Total . $414.87
The local Red Cross chapter, under
the leadership ot Mr. C. F. Thom re
mou, vice chairman of the local chap
ter began its appeal for contributions
to the lteil Cross Relief Fund last
Friday. On Saturday two booths were
maintained in the drug stores and
canvassers were on the streets to re
.ceive donations. At. 6 p. m. Saturday
$330 had been received and was wir
ed to National Headquarters. This
amount included $75.00 contributed
by the school children.
Since Saturday additional funds
making the total $400 or more, have
been received. If there are others
who wish to contribute send your con
tribution to Mr. Thomasson or Mrs.
P. G. Ratterree, treasurer. The liber
al response by Kings Mountain peo
ple to this relief call of the Red
Cross is most deeply appreciated by
those who were in charge. They are
also deeply indebted to Mr. Grady
Cole and WBT for the $10.00 receiv
ed from the sale of the Kings Mbumt
tain egg.
Mrs. F. R. Summers, Sec’y of
Chapter
—National News
Loudon, .'uarch 25.—Adolf Hitler's)
rejection of the Ixicanio power pro
po. aitightening the European cri
sis o luiiiian occupation of the
, incim.d, was deliberated toy
Fiinij Minister Stanley Baldwin's
cabinet today at its weekly meeting.
Washington, March 25.—Charges
that relief funds and the WPA ad
ministration are being used tor po
litical put poses were made in the
house today by Representative Hoff
man, republican of Michigan.
! San Antonia, Texas, March 25.—
Mrs. Jesusa Cruz, 100 year old, was
fatally burned 'today while her bus
oanu, Manuel,, also a centenarian
looked helplessly on screaming for
help.
Georgetown, British Guiana, Mar
ch 25.—Damage estimated at $1,000,
000 was estimated by authorities to
day after an Atlantic storm had
crumpled an extensive sea wall.
Portland, Ore., March 25.—Urban
Kubat has solved the family transpor
tation problem with a street oar
pass and a homing pigeon.
Kubat rules to work on the pass
taking his pigeon along. Then he fas
tens the pass under the bird's wing
and it flies home to the youths fath
er.
Father Kubat goes to work like his
son and tlie pigeon brings the pass
back to Mrs. Kubat who uses it t,o
tak" lunches to her husband and son.
Urban, who is 19, and his father
have to pay regular fares en route
home because tbe pigeon is a one
way bird.
Washington, March 25.—President
Roosevelt lias taken a constructive
step in placing at the disposal of Sen
ator Byrd's committee on reorganiza
tion of the government three of the
ablest experts of the country.
Tlie Virginia senator introduced
his resolution on January 9 and the
senate passed it on February 2*4.
It called for a study of the overlap-)
ping and duplication of government
agencies. A month after the senate
took action, the President revealed
that he had been Clinking along the
same lines for some time and that he
wanted the house as well as the sen
ate to have a committee to study
and report on the situation.
New Orleans, March 25.—Blonde
Elva Cross, 25 year old barroom hos
tess, early today was convicted of
manslaughter for tl'.ie knife slaying
of Roland E Steele, 24, of .Etvuw,
Ala., a $40,000 sweepstakes winner,
in a French quarter barroom last
October.
Lake City, S. C., March 25.—A big
police dog here lived up to his name.
When a man carrying a sack on
his shoulders saw Deputy Sheriff E.
L. lseti'iour, he ran. He was rapidly
outdistancing the office when the dog
nearby, entered the chase and forth
with 'hauled the man down.
The animal held the man by the
leg until the deputy arrived and
found he was carrying contraband
corn liquor in tlli-e sack.
LOCAL FIRM GETS SCHOOL
CONTRACT
Contracts totaling $78,516 for the
construction of the last half of the
Cleveland county rural school build
ings were let Monday afternoon in
the office of J. H. Grigg, county su
perintendent as the county board of
education gave the "go'’ signal for
construction to begin at once.
Following are the contracts an
nounced by the board:
General contract of the Lawndale
elementary school building to the A.
E. Cline and E. T. Bennett Co., of
Kings Mountain for $2,928.
General contract for the county
bus garage and workshop went t> i
Cline and Bennett of Kings M<-u,v(
tain for $9,275, -
Work is expected to begin at once
on the buildings and will close in
midsummer or early fall when they
are completed. Most of the buildings
will be ready for occupation during
next term. School officials were well
pleased with the bids.
READING AND DECLAIMERS
HELD FRIDAY NIGHT
Miss Margaret Cooper was an
nounced winner of the Pearl Fhilton
readers' medal in the contest for
high school' gi. hPld in Central
i school auditor!— '■•••isv nlfht. Miss
Cooper gave "The Wedding.”
The Hord med 1 which is given?
annuall to the b • declaimer, wa$s
awarded George bkmk, who gave
"A Cutting” from Les Misearbles.
MISS McGILL DIES
FOLLOWING ILLNESS
i Miss Carrie Grace McGill. 53, died
at Ihe home ot' her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Leroy A. McGill, nil West
| Mountain street early is. iiday lnorn
| ins. Miss M<Gill had .evil in i.|i
; liea.li li for . ometims and for the pasi
' two woks, had been critically illl.
Funeral services were conducted at
the home Monday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock with Rev. W. M. Boyce, pas
tor of Boyce Memorial A. IV
Church in charge. Interment was
made in Bethany church cemetery
in South Carolina, the home church
of the McGill family.
The pall-bearers were Howard
Pursley, Leroy McGill, John McGill,
Billy McGill, Wilson Crawford and
Claude Hambright.
Miss McGill is survived by her
aged parents, one brother, W. ,1. Mc
Gill, two sisters, Mrs. P. W. White- ,
sides of Columbia, and Mrs. Emma
Pursley of Kings Mountain. ,
Miss McGill was a member of a
well-known South Carolina family,
her maternal and paternal forbears
being prominently identified with
the religious and social life of the
Bethany section where they were
land-owners and where they lived'
until they moved to Kings Mountain
several years ago.
Among out-of-town relatives and
friends attending the funeral servi
ces were: Mr. and Mrs. Grady Adams
Mrs. Mattie McGill. Mr. and Mrs
J. L. McGill. Mrs. Bonier Met i 1
Mrs. Violet Faulkner, all of Bethany
Mr. and Mrs. Oates Stroup, Mr. and
Mrs. Mae Stroupe, I)r. \V. P. Grier,
of Clover, S. C: Mr. and Mrs. Lc.Vjy
McGill, Mr. and Mrs. Howard it V.s,
of Gastonia; Mr. and Mrs. G. W.
Whitesides, Mr. and Mrs. Moflatt Me
Gill, Columbia, S. C„ Mr. and Mrs.
Jeff Whitesides, Mr. Charles White
sides and Rev. E. B .Hunter of Shar
on. S. C.; Mrs. James Pursley and
Mrs. Joe Riddle of Bowling Green.
S. C. Mr. and Mrs. Wade Put's1: ui
Clover, S. C.
EAST SCHOOL P. T. A.
MEETS
The East School had its regular P.
T- A. meeting Tuesday afternoon at
3:30. Rev. W. A. Parsons had charge
of the devotionals. Mrs. W. A. 1 ;; i
sons made a very interesting talk on
on the “Value of the P. T. A.”
Mrs. James, the president, had
charge of the business meeting.
i ue P. T. A. is offering me del
again this year to the best declaimer i
and tile best reader at East school.
Miss Fay Mauney's room won the
picture for having the most mothers
present. Mrs. Thomson rt ported that
the school contributed about $17.00
to Flood Relief.
WELCH BUYS HARDIN
PLUMBING SHOP
Mr. L. O. Welch, of Welch and
Jones, has purchased the Hardin
Plumbing and Heating Shop on Cher
okec street. Mr. Welch has moved
his business into a the building for
merly occupied by Hardin.
Mr. Welch extends a cordial invi
tation to everyone to visit li is new
place of business where he will he
better able to serve his growing
plumbing and heating trade.
The telephone number will remain
the same, 67-M.
Local Stores Put On
Three Big Dollar Days
WOMAN’S CLUB ENDORSES
LIBRARY MOVEMENT
Th; Woman's Club endorsed the
library movement at their businejs
meeting held at the club Saturday
afternoon.
Mrs. F. E. Finger, retiring presi
dent, presided and among matters of
impov -price, was the election of ;f
nominating committee. The club vo
ted to send $6,00 to the Sallir Stuth
al Cotton Loan Fund.
Former Citizen
Endorses
Library
Letters like the following we think
deserve publication, Gluu to have
readers who are still interested in
their old home town.
Thank you, Mr. Kamseor, for your
encouraging words:
The Herald especially thanks you
tor your expressions and offer tor
Ire Public Library of Kings Moun
tain.
Ilfl \V. Union St.,
Fullerton, Pa.
.March 23, 111ofl.
Mr. Haywood E. Lynch. Publish' r.
The Kings Mountain Herald.
Kings Mountain. N.
Dear Mr, Lynch:
Thank you for your card remind
ing me that it's time to shell out u
gaiti if I want to keep up \v ith I he
home? town news- -which goes with
out saying. Here 'tis.
The Old Gimlet is getting better
all the time. Let me commend you
for tile interest you are taking, not
only in getting out a commendable
news sheet, but in the town itself.:
Kings Mountain is a good place to
live in, and with a good newsistper
.,i advertise and exemplify shat fact
it will go places and do things. Keep
up 'he good work.
It looks as though the town is due
for a libraey soon. I greatly feared
for it at first, because an attended
library is usually and expensive prop
osition for a town that site. I'm
where there’s a will there's a way—
and the will seems to he much in
evidence. My library consists almost
entirely of technical wolfs, but 1
have possibly a halt a dozen works
of fiction here that arc j.is: taking
ui) room in my over-crow.lt J book
case; and I’ll be glad to ml them
down when things get gf.ug. .• ■:!.
give nte the word when the tint ■
Please extend my thanks to Mrs.
Patterson for the nice things she
said about my brother, Dr. .Tack Rain
saur, in her column last v.v.-k. With
a boost Hi; * that, business ought to
be booming for him by n w.
The flood missed Allentown. We
had high water, of course, but noth
ing to brag about. Resides, Die city
proper (including Fullerton) is sixt\
feet or more above the river. Only a
few low-lying streets and factories
ever suffer here.
Sincerely yours.
Oliver Ramsaur.
Large Attendance At
Road Mass Meeting
OPPOSITION EXPRESSED TO
CROSSING ELIMINATION
PLAN
At a mass meeting at the town of
fice Monday evening a representa
tive group of approximately sixty
citizens expressed opposition to the
grade crossing bridge proposed by'
the State Mighwa> Engineers. This
plan was described in the last issue
of the Herald. This plan called for a
large bridge over the railroad at
King street. To clear the railroad
right-of-way abutments would be
brought back on each side making
necessary the building of Railroad
Avenue on the adjoining property on
both sides. Railroad avenue on both
sides of the track would be raised to
the level of the fill of King street.
This fill would be approximately 10
feet In the center of the street on
the east side and fourteen feet on the
west side.
The plan was described In the de
tail to the meeting by Mayor J. E.
Herndon and o h rs who had talked
with the er - Some disappoin'
ment was felt that the engineers had
not given more figures as to the ele
vations and so forth or that they
wore not themselves present to put
forth their proposition.
> Very little favorable comment of
the proposition was heard and con
siderable disappointment was ex
pressed.
Mr. Frank Summers was asked
how much damage would be done to
the property of the W. A. Mauney
estate on the svest side of Railroad
Avenue. His reply was that the prop
erty would have to be bought.
A vote of those present was called
for oof those in favor of the plan of
the engineers should the damage to
be paid by the town be not over $25,
000. No favor was indicated.
A vote was called for of those in;
favor of the plan if it could be done
costing the town nothing. Still no
favor was indicated.
Mr. R. C. Gold then asked, “'I want
to know how the gentlemen here feel
about it if the town secures no'
grade crossing elimination and the
road is left routed as now.” Many
expressed their favor of this by ac
clamation.
Mr. P. D. Herndon expressed oppo
sition to the construction of any kind
of bridge at King street. He made
the statefent that “no citizen with
any public pride of Kings Mountain
would want any kind of bridge what
soever at King street. With this ring
ing note the meeting was adjourned.
FREE THEATRE
TICKETS
Kings Mountain shoppers and
those front surrounding community
! will have the opportunity to buy and
save during three big dollars dajfe
here Friday, Saturday and Monday.
More than twenty merchants are
offering through the advertising col
itnn's of today’s Herald special vtal
i ues for these three days. These val
; ties that are not avaialble every day
anti the thrifty shoppers will take
! auvantage of the bargains offered,
i FREE THEATRE TICKETS
Most of the merchants taking part
in this town-wide event will nave
tree theatre tickets to offer their cos
tomers for Dollar Days. These tlcK
ets will admit anyone absolutely
free to the Dixie or Imperial Theatr**
anytime before Saturday, April 4. Py
i doing jour shopping during Dollar
| Days you not only get the unusuai
values but you also get the free thea
tre tickets.
The following merchants are tak
ing part in this annual event:
Kings Mountain Building & Loan.
Crescent Store.
Griffin Drug Store.
Summers Drug Store.
Walter's Flowers.
Hoik's Department Store.
Keeter's Department Store.
Summitt s Nu Way.
Phifer Hardware. *
Bridges and Hamrick.
Hord Furniture Co.
Kings Mountain ice and Coal Co.
Victory Gin Co.
Sealy Motor Co.
Blalock Cash Grocery and Market.
Robert’s Cash Grocery.
The A. and P. Tea Co.
Red Front Dry Cleaners.
Foster's Shoe Service.
City Service.
Home Building & Loan.
Plonk Bros. & Co.
L. A. Hoke.
Home Stores i \
Davidson Band Visits
Kings Mtn. iligh School
The Davidson College Band pave a
splendid concert in the High School
auditorium on Tuesday morning,
March 1M. The entire program was a
treat. The Band played several sym
phony numbers. Then the college
quartet sting several selections. The<
program was closed with the cot
lege song. Old Davidson'' played by
the Band a:; t s ing by the Quartet.
Kvi ry one who was presi nt enjoy
ed the concert thoroughly. We hope
the Davidson Band will com - again,
it will be welcomed.
Kings Mountain people are especi
ally interested in this baud because’
Bobby Baker, sou of Dr. and Mrs.
1.. P. Baker is a member and a’*o
because Anderson Keeter, cf Orean
der, Fla., grandson of Mr and Mrs.
I). J. Keeter and nephew of Mr. B* ^
ron Keeter is a member.
W James Preston
(Opinions Expressed in This Column
Are Not Necessarily the Views of
This Newspaper.)
Washington. — (IPS) — As is al
the with catih-phrases, the "breath
ing spell'' that was to help business
and industry speed recovery is get
ting a new interpretation in Wash
ington.
It is that bills which they oppose
are to he rushed through before bus
iness men can catch a breath. To il
lustrate what they have in mind, the
industrialists point to procedure a
dopted by the Senate Interstate Com
merce Committee on the Wheeler
Rayburn bill empowering he Federal
Trade Commission to study the per
sonal affairs of any businessman for
any purpose.
That bill was introduced weeks
ago. Its opponents generally were en.
couraged to believe that It would get
nowhere. Then, suddenly, the com
mittee ordered hearings.
Surprised, individual business
men had no opportunity to prepare
themselves for testimony against the
hill. Consequently, when the hear
ings were called, few opponents
were ready. The hearings in the bill,
which would give the Trade Commis
sion what some Congressmen term
"unprecendented snooping powers,”
lasted just one day.
Significant, too, was the fact that
Trade Commission officials who pro
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