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VOL. 34 NO 17
KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C.
THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1936
FIVE CENTS PER COPY>
State And National News
Condensed In Brief Form
—State News
Taylorsville, April 22.—Alexander
-county officers continu d investiga
tions today into the slaying Sui (r.ay
night of Marvin Bradshaw, 25, while
holding a negro susp-ct, Wayne Sum
raers, 25, in an undisclosed jail.
Summers was arrested late yester
flay and taken out of the county for
safe keeping. O cers said Bradshaw
was killed at the home of Garfield
Milsaps. a negro, in a remote section
of the county after a quarrel.
Raleigh, April 22.—Charles A.
Troutman of Mooresville today was
appointed to fill a vacancy on the
state highway patrol.
Bryson City, April 22.—A posse to
day hunted the slayer or slayers of
Andy Bradley, 42, whose body was
found in the river near here yester
d.ay by two lishermen. Bradley's
throat had- been severed The exam
ining physician said Tie had been
•dead only a few hours.
' Winston-Salem, April 22.—A mod
«rn gymnasium plant will be con
structed at Salem College this sunt
mer, and the 125 year old offic.e
building of the college will be restor
ed to its ancient beauty, Pres> Cat
Howard Rondthaler announced at
chapel period this morning. The pro
jects were made possible by gi'.ts,
from anonymous "friends of the col
Jege and academy" which total be
tween forty and fifty thousand dol
lars.
Charlotte, April 22.—Supporters of
John A. McRae, Charlotte attorney
running for governor, said campaign
headquarters for him would be open
ed in Raleigh at an early date
Durham. April 22,—A. Dupree To
ler of Washington, N. C.. a barber
■working in Chapel Hill, was fatally
injured shortly before 8 o'clock this
morning on the Durham-Chapel Hill
highway when the car he was djrn:
ing sideswiped a truck and turned
-over twice.
^ Gertrude Kemper of West Virginia
5"*'as critically hurt, suffering flhe
loss of one eye and probable sku.”
fracture.
Toler was the son of Rev. and Mrs
Duffy Toler of near Washington
Chapel H/ll, April 22.—North Car
olina's lone varsity contest for Wed
uesday will be the dual tennis match
with Davidson here as the previously
•scheduled dual track meet at Duke
for Wednesday has been postponed
■until Saturday afternoon.
Charlotte. April 22.—Plans have
been completed for the annual con
ference of the 58th district of Rotary
which wifi,, be held in Charlotte on
May 4 and 5, according to George M
Ivey, governor of the district, which
embraces all of South Carolina and
the western half of North Carolina.
ROBERT HINSON DIES
Robert Hinson, 18 year old son of
Mr. and Mrs. D C. Hinson of the
Park Yarn community died Tuesday
at 1:30 p. m. Robert had been an in
valid for the past years.
Funeral services were held at [ he
home Wednesday at 3 p. m v. >
Rev. Robinson of the Park-Grace
Church in charge, assisted by Rev.
Blanchard Horn. Interment was in
Hollywood cemetery at Gastonia.
Mr. Hinson is survived, besides
his mother and father, six brc'thfers
and sisters
—National News—
Washington, April 22.— Attorney
General Cummings today placed a
price on the head of Alvin Ki. j is,
“public enemy No. 1," and his limp
ing pay, Harry Campbell.
The attorney general offered $5,
000 “for information furnished to a
representative of the Federal Bu i
reau of Investigation which resuits
in the apprehension of Alvin Karpis
and $2,500 for similar information
leading to the arrest of Campbell
The rewards were offered in spe
cial “wanted’' notices carrying pic
tures of each of the outlaws.
Karpis was named Saturday as
one of the plotters in the kidnaping
of William A, Hamm, St. Paul, Minn,
brewer, in June, 1022.
Addis Ababa, April 22.—Crown
Prince Asfa Wosan took, control of
the Ethiopian government today on
direct orders from his father, Em
peror Haile Selassie.
The prince returned to the capital
from the fighting front in the infdst
of reports that his father's troops
had mutinied in the northern sector
Columbia, S. C., April 22.—The
Senate voted today to restore to its
calendar a resolution by the late Rep
R. D. McDonald of Oconee for a leg
islative investigation of the State
constabulary after Senator Hughes
of Oconee charged that some con
stables used State property and time
in "babbling in county politics.''
Nanking, China, April 22 —Re
ports Prom southwestern Yunnan
province, indicating renewed com
munist activty there, caused fears
that an American missionary, Miss
A. E. Pfautz, might have been cap
tured by the invaders. Miss PTairtz
stationed at the mid-Yunnan mis
sion at Tsuyung, hud been warned
repeatedly to evacuate, but declined
to do so. He home it at Lititz, Pa.
Washington, April 22,—The Senate
today passed without a record v<Ae
the Kerr bill authorizing States to
enter compacts to control produc
tion of tobacco. The measure, al
ready passed - by the House, g'oes
back to that body with minor amend
nients
Washington, April 22.—Unofficial
reports to the AAA today indicated
that more than 300,000 bales of gov
ernment 12-cent loan cotton might
be moved to market within the next
three weeks.
Movement of the cotton to market
was started last week, and a report
from Georgia said from 200.000 J o
300,000 bales should be sold through
the Atlanta spot market within two
or three weeks.
New York, April 21.—A charge
that frtedom of the press was abridg
ed in recent activities of two govern
mental agencies was a prime topic
today among several hundred mem
bers of the American Newspaper
Publishers Association, opening its
annual convention.
The Association, which will con
itnue its sessions through Friday
planned to go into the subjenl thor
oughly, but scheduled a study of
special problems “or the small city
newspaper today.
Washington, April 22 —A 225*000
gain in employment in' manufactur
ing and non-manufacturing industri
es during March was reported to
day by Secretary Perkins.
Laughing Around the World
With IRVIN S. COBB
■—
There Would Be Three In All
By ERVIN S. COBB
QUT on the Pacific Coast, where the Japanese question and the
prospect of a war with Japan are ever-living issues a group of
the hands at a canning factory were spending part of their lunch
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hour discussing these, to them, vital questions. First one and then
another told what he would do in defense of his country when hos
tilities came. Sitting on a packing case was a lank Oregonian munch
ing the last bites of his sandwich and taking no part in the discus
sion. The foreman addressed him.
“Look a-here, Jeff,” said the foreman. “All these other fellows
have been bragging about how brisk they’d be to enlist and what
branch of the service they’d go into and so forth and so on, but you
haven’t said a word. How do you feel about it? If the Japs were
to land an invading army in this country I suppose you’d go to the
front, wouldn’t you?”
“Yes, I’d go,” said Jeff. “Me and the two others that I knows
of.”
“What.two others do you mean?” inquired the foreman,
"Why, the two that’ll drag me there,” said Jeff.
(Airimn N«w« Ptatan* Ia«.l
CANDIDATE FOR RE-ELECTION
SHERIFF J. RAYMOND CLINE
Above is pictured Sheriff J. Ray
mond Cline, candidate for re-elec* >n
to the office he now holds. Mr. Cline
is a former citizen of Kings M.ouif
tain, and was making his home here
when he was elected Sheriff of
Cleveland county and had to move
to Shelby.
Sheriff Cline in discussing his can
didacy wirh the Herald Ediior said:
"My motto is aH always will be:
"Right Will Win.' 1 have tried and
will continue to try to do the right
thing in all my dealings, and enforce
the laws of ihe great State of North
Carolina regardless of who the vio
lators may be. I feel that the best
condition that could f ist in Cleve
land county would be that of peace
and harmony among all our people
and if re-elected to the office 'of
Sheriff of this fine county I promise
in the future as I have done in the
past to use all my ability in ma’-Afig]
this condition of peace auu harmony
among everyone a reality.”
HOEY's HAIR HIDES HEAD
W. O. Saunders had the following
in his "Bank Clerk and Soda Jerker'
department of the Elizabetn City
luuepeuueut:
"A prominent woman who had
known Mr. Hoey by reputation
for some years, was introduced
to and met him personally for
the first time. Hoey was so cor
dial and so democratic that the
lady was emboldened to ask him
a question tnat had oeen long on
her mind. 'Pardon me, Mr. Hoey,' I
she said, 'but if you will not
think me impertinent, I should
like to know why* you wear your
hair and your coats so long?'
“ ‘Delighted to answer your
•esuou, my dear madam,” said
- gracious Hoey. ‘As for wear
ing my hair Ion: when I was a
boy a mule kicked me, took a
piece out of my scalp, leaving a
bald place on which the hair
never grew back. I let my hair
grow long to cover the bald spot '
“ ‘Thank you so much, Mr.
Hoey,’ he lady interjected, but
please don't bother to tell me
why you wear your coats tjj
long.- ”
RECORDER’S COURT
HERE
Several cases were disposed of
here in Recorder's Court Wednes
day. Judge Bynum E. Weathers pre
sided and Frank Hoyle, Jr., p»ose
cuted.
G. L. Enfinger, pleaded guilt., ‘"of
carrying a concealer weapon, a pair
of brass knucks. He was sentenced
to one month, suspended upon the
payment of $5.00 and cost.
Roland Falls pleaded guilty to vio
lating the Prohibition laws. Fra. )
for judgement was continued.
William Briggs, colored, charged
with driving drunk, and assault
! with a deadly weapon was found not
guilty as to assault with a deadly
weapon, but was found guilty as to
drunk He was sentenced to one
month, suspended upon good behav
ior for 12 months.
Eugene Griffin was found not
guilty by a jury of larceny of a quar.
tity of cotton.
Austin Rainey, charged with forg
ery, was reprimanded to Juvinila
Court.
Burt Wade was found not guilty
of violating prohibition laws as ,
charged in the warrant of arrest,
but was ordered arrested on a new ,
warrant. New trial to be held later.
Roland Falls, charged with non
support had prayer for judgement
continued.
Attend Conference In
Statesville
Among those who attended the an
nual Missionary Conference of Wes
tern North Carolina Methodists in
Statesville this week were Rev. and
Mrs. E. W. Fox, Mrs. Carrie Neill,
Mrs. H. T Fulton, Mrs J. O. PJonk,
Mrs. W. C Putnam, Mrs' M H. Biser,
Mrs. B. M. Ormand and Mrs Troy
Carpenter.
Patterson Grove School
Finals Brought To Close
Kings Mountain
Students Win In
Western Contest
iiOEY MAY ADDRESS
DEMOCRATIC NATION
AL CONVENTION
RALEIGH. April 23.—From Wash
ington coins the information that
North Carolina’s Clyde K. Hoey may
hi asked to deliver the keynote ad
dress at the Democratic National
Convention, to be held in Philadel
phia in June.
National Democratic Chairman
James Farley leans to Hoey, says
Washington newspaper men, for two
reasons — first, because of his loy
alty to the Democratic party and his
untiring work in President Roos t
velt's behalf and, second, because he
is considered one of the best speak
ers in the country.
The Washington Merry-Oo-'Round,
syndicated political column written
by Robert Alen and Drew Pearson,
was first to get the Hoey” story.
"Jim Farley is carefully scanning
the oratorical horizon for a keynote
speaker for the Democratic national
convention," the column stated.
"One possibility he is watching is
Clyde Hoey, canddatc- for Governor
Of North Carolina, whose rectnt ra
dio exposition of the New Dfeal
brought a big reactin."
Since tlie appearance ff that arti
cle in newspapers all over the coun
try, word has arrived front Wash
ington teat the Merry-Go-'Rrund
writers had the ‘‘inside dope and
that Mr. Hoey very likely would be (
invited to make the address.
Asked if he would accept such an |
invitation. Mr. Hoey said:
“Wait a minute, wait a minute! I
have not been asked yet and I don't
know that I will be. It may be t;.at i
Mr. Farley will decide against giv- ■
ing that assignment to any candi
date. Let's cross that bridge when
we come to it.’
It was Mr. Hoey’s championship of
the Roosevelt administration, made
during the opening address of his
campaign for the Democratic nomi
nation for Governor, which attracted
the national leaders of the party. Re
calling how Clyde Hoey time and !
time again had been caled on to
fight the party’s battles, Mr. Farley
thought of him when there was an
other fight to be waged, say the ,
Washington writers.
STAGE ENLARGED AT
WEST SCHOOL
Through the efforts of the P. T. A.
under the leadership of Mrs. Pride 1
Ratterree, the stage at West School
has been enlarged and now affords
'space adequate to the needs of a
school of its size.
Those responsible for the improve ;
riients are hoping that funds will bo
available for painting the walls and !
wood-work soon. A neat sum was i
realized from the door receipts for
the operetta, “Jack Tn The Bean
Stalk’, which was given by pupils of
the school last Thursday night.
FELLMAN TO SPEAK AT
LUTHERAN CHURCH
Rev. A. C. Fellman, a Christian
Hebrew, who has been a missionary
to the Hebrew people for 22 years,
will preach at the Lutheran church
Sunday morning at 11:00 o'clock.
♦
Will Rogers’
Humorous Story
,. . . ■ —♦
By WILL ROGERS
TPHERE was a young fellow that
got a job in charge of a small
power station in California. He was
just out of engineering school, and
\rJoTlct
he didn’t want nothing to interfere
with his career. So ne asked tho
district superintendent what had
caused the last guy at that station
to lose his Job.
“Why, a man was killed by the
high tension line there,” says the
superintendent. “I reckon it really
wasn’t the fault of the guy in
charge of the station, but ne lost
his job anyhow. Be sure you warn
people away from them cables.”
So the new guy in charge put up
a sign that said:
' Danger I These wires kill instantly!
If you touch one you’re deadt
And Besides
You will be Jailed for Tresspass
, And I, John Hardy,
Will Beat You Up Ten-ibis!
Americas Mews iMIim Ul.
Patterson Grove school will close
'next Friday night with appropriate
exercises. The following program in
j terspersed with music by an orclies
■ tra will be rendered:
Opening song, by enure school.
Playlet. Nature's Doctors, Primary
grades.
Song, The Quarrel, Primary grades
Play, Five Hourt To Go, sixth and
seventh grades.
Play, Polly's Troubles, fourth and
fifth grades.
Kings Mountain's black faced com
edians, with some of their clever
skits will add to the evening’s enfer
taiument, with personnel as follows:
Kenneth Crook, Chas. Warlick, Jack
Orinand, Red Layton, Odell McGiu
nis and Earl Harrill, with Stayer Wil
liams as interlocntor.
A fee will be charged, the pro
ceeds to go to the school.
■foiln Hicks and Pauline Goforth,
Kings Mountain high school stu
dents won first places in Oratory
and Poetry reading in tile contest of
the Western Conference held at New
ton last Frida: night. Voting Hiiika
had for his subject, "The Case of
Public Education in N'orth Carolina"
and Miss Goforth read "A Minuet.’
Others entering the contest from
Kings Mountain were George Plonk,
declaimer, and Miss Margaret Coop
er, reader, each of whom had well
both city and county medals recent
ly All four lioucrs were won by
students of Cleveland county. Miss
Dorris Cline, of Shelby, winner of
the readers medal is a daughter of
Sheriff and Mrs, Raymond Cline and
was a former Kings Mountain girl.
Ned Fowler of Shelby was winner
of the declamation medal.
Officers For Woman’s
Club Elected At Meeting
CHEROKEE STREET
MAY BE OPENED
Several interested citizens
have been discussing the advise
ability of widening and opening
Cherokee street The north end
of Cherokee street is now block
ed, and the street is too narrow
to provide parking space. Side
walk is only on one side of the*
street. Some seemed to think
the street should be widened and
opened both, while others ex
pressed themselves with being
satisfied if the street could only
be opened. One man said that
Kings Mountain was a growing
town and needed the extra busi
ness section that .opening this
street would provide.
BOY SCOUT COURT
OF HON OR
Tile regular monthly meeting of
the Boy Scout Court of Hon,or ras
held in the High School building
Thursday night, April 16, at 7:30.
Meeting opened with the, repeat
ing of the Scout Oath followed with
prayer by Rev Patrick.
The colored Scouts were examined
first as follows:
Second Class Rank
Roger Owens, troop 10.
First Aid to Animals
('has. Davidson. Troop 10; Roscoe j
Brown, 10; Warden Carroll. 10; Vic- |
tor Carroll, 10.
Then the white Scouts were exam
ined as follows:
Tenderfoot Rank
Daniel Finger. Trcop 2; 1 ( oy j
Hammett, 4: Norman Roper, 4; i.aw
rence Adams, 4: Tag Paris, 4: Carle j
Henderson 6; Pride Ratterree, 6:
Eugene Eskew. 6; ileorge Allen 6.
Second Class Rank
Bill Laughter 4; Wesley Kiser, 4
First Class Rank
Clyde Green, 4 ; .1 C. Bridges, 6.
MERIT BADGES
Bookbinding
D. F. Hord. Jr., 6; Bedford Rain
sey, 5.
Carpentry
Lawrence Patrick, 1: George Thom
asson. 1; Robert Fulton 1.
Cooking
H C. Wilson, 4; J. D. Jones, 4, j
James Ware, Jr., a; Chas. Gantt, 5. !
First Aid
Claude Gantt, 3.
First Aid To Animals
Brooks McAbee. 4: Clyde Greene.
4: J. D Jones, 4: James Smith, 4.
Bed Ramsey, 5; J. C. Bridges, 6.
Handicraft
Billie Laughter, 4; Billie Gantt, f (
Wm. Jones, 4; Wesley Kiser, 4; Wil'
ton Wright, 6; Clarence Carpenter,6
.1 C. Bridges, 6.
Leatherwork
James Nickles, 1.
M usic
Clyde J. Greese, 4.
Public Health
Clyde J. Greene, 4; James Smith,
4; Claude Gantt, 5.
^Reptile Study
C R. Huskey, 6,
Safety
Clyde Green. 4; Paul Hullender, 3;
Paul Patrick, 1.
J_ife Scout Rank
J. D. Jones, 4.
Meeting closed with the Scout
iBenediction.
SCOUT TROOP MEETS
(Buren S Neill, Jr., Scribe) '
The meeting of Troop One opened
at the Scout Hut Monday night ati
7:30 o'clock with the roll call.
W'e played games after the busi
ness session and closed with the
Scout Oath.
At a meeting of the Woman's club
held at the home of Mrs. F. E. Fing
er on last Friday afternoon the fol
lowing officers were elected: Mrs.
D. C. Mauney, president; Mrs. W. K.
Mauney, first vice-president; Mrs. E
W. Griffin, second vice-president;
Mrs. Manly Morehead. recording sec
letary; Mrs. Pride itatterree, assist
ant secretary; Mrs. W. A. Rittyen
hour, custodian; Mrs. P. D. Patrick,
chaplain; Mrs J. E. Herndon, treas
urer.
The club was divided into two de
partments: American Home, and,
Garden Department, with Mrs. J. H
Herndon and Mrs. W. K. Mauney as
chairmen; Civic and Welfare Depart
ment, with Mrs. Grady Patterson
and Mrs. Pride Ratterree, as chair
men.
Meetings of these departments
will be held on regular meetings day
tht place of meeting to be designat
ed by leaders.
The club voted to again sponsor a
spring flower festival sometime dur
ing the month of May. (.'.act date to
be named later.
(Opinions Expressed in This Column
Are Not Necessarily the Views of
This Newspaper.)
Washington. — ilPS.) — Spi*>.g
has definitely arrived in Washing
ton. The sign: "A lot oi Congressmen
who dislike the sulphur and molass
es treatment are having to swallow
another bitter pill just the same.
Publicly, they say they like the
medicine Rut privately, they storm
and fuss because politics is forcing
them to take their medicine and vote
to appropriate another $1,500,000,
000 for "work-relief'' and boondog
gling.
Until three years ago, when tho
depression was at its worst, Cbn
gress had zealously guarded its right
to stimulate where virtually every
dollar of federal money was spent.
But under pressure, it finally got
into the habit of appropriating lump
sums without any strings and let
ting somebody else say where (.t
should be spent.
The legislators saw the error of
their ways, they say, when they dis
covered that money was being used
for things Congress had refused to
approve, such as the Florida ship
canal and Passamaquoddy tides-harn
essing and hundreds of other pro
jects.
They want now to tighten up; to
say again that the money shall be
expended only on things previously
approved by Congress. All they can
do is wish.
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The dilemma of Democratic mem
bers, who are torn between desires
to "go along" politically and to stop
being “rubber stamps,’ was height
j ened when General Hugh S John
son's attack on the present relief
program became public, after being
suppressed six-months.
Johnson described the WPA pro
gram, as he had to administer it in
New York City, as “stupid and
cruel." Sixty per cent of the created
work, he said, “is needlessly ex|>€D
sive and a fatuous gesture.’’
"The money should be disbursed
as direct relief except for wiorth.
while and necessary work on a basis
I of cost competitive with contempor
(Cont'd on hawk page)