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VOL. 34 NO 18
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.
THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1936.
FIVE CENTS PER COPY!
Overhead Bridge Approved By Council & Mayor
State And N
Condensed Ii
—State News—
Durham, April 29 —A state de
partment of Justice", modelled some
what after the federal government's
criminal hunting "F. B. I.. is pro
posed by the North Carolina social
service conference to fight crime. ;
A resolution advocating the cre
ation of the new state agency was
adopted here yesterday at the clos
ing session ot the group's 24th annu
al convention.
Henderson, April 29.—Two prison
ers used an imitation pistoi made of
soap and bia< kened with shoe polisli
to overpower Jailer W. S. Strange,
tout their freedom was short lived.
The prisoners, L M. Hilda. ac
cused of forgery, a’nd Buddy Macon, ;
facing an auto theft charge, made
their break yesterday. A few hours
later they were recaptured.
Raleigh, April 29.—North Caroli
na's first state park in “completed
form” will be thrown open to the ;
public for general use Friday at
historic Fort Macon in Carteret i
•county.
A restoiation and improvement j
program carried out by a CCC camp
and construction of a highway for
motor traffic finished development
of the area. j j
Raleigh, April 29.—Gurney P Hood
bank commissioner, said to 12 tell
er's window branches of banks had
been opened in North Carolina since
March 191i">, to provide banking fa
cilities for counties which did not
have banks.
NEW MARKET MAN
-AT SUMMITT'S
Mr, Charles Kenley ,of GastoniaX
will be in charge of the market at
SummiiTs Nu-Way according to an
announcement by H. L. Summitt this1
week. Mr. Kenley is married and has
had 10 years experience in the roar-/
ket business.
Mr. Kenley plans to move here i',i
■a few days
Mr. George Womack, who is a! I
ready well known to the Ma,rk'et
trade of Kings Mountain, has accept
ed a position with Crawford's Ma'r-<
ket. Mr. Womack extends a cordial
invitation to all his friends and for
mer customers at his new position.
GEORGE WOMACK AT
CRAWFORD’S MARKET
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LENOIR-RHYNE COLLEGE CHOIR
AT LUTHERAN CHURCH
The A. Capella Choir of Lenoir
Rhyne College will sing in the St.
Matthews Lutheran church next Sun
day afternoon at 5 o'clock. The iVuib-.
lie is cordially invited to attend this
special musical services.
Mr. J W. Jenkins, of Kings Moun
tain is a member of the choir.
ational News
i Brief Form
—National News—
Washington, April 29.—Support
ers of President Roosevelt tor re
eection and of Gov. Landon of Kan
sas and Senator Borah of Idaho to
oppose hint In November drew satis
faction today from the Pennsylvania
and Massachusetts primaries.
New York, April 29.—John L. Lew
is, president of the United Mine
Workers of America, said today that
he had not been able to give any en
couragement to Edward McGrady,
mediator for the department of labor
in the latter's efforts to avert an
anthracite shut-down.
Columbia, S C., April 29.— T1’.‘J
house of representatives sustained
Gov. Olin Johnston's veto of a high
way reorganization act by an annual
margin of seven votes and his high
way construction bond act veto over
whelmingly today, bht reconsidered
the reorganization decision and mo
ved to do likewise on tile construct
ion act. It then recessed until Id
morrow with the question of recon
sideration pending.
Brooklyn, April 29.—Harry Weiss
28 year old Brooklyn taxicab driver,
was held in $50,000 bail today on an
indictment charging kidnap and as
sault of Paul H. Wendel, disbarred
Trenton attorney, whose "confession
to the Lindbergh kidnaping delayed
tlie execution of Bruno Richard
Hauptmann for three days.
Chester, Pa., April 29.—Two men
robbed the railway express agency
today of $2,500cousigned to the Fed
eral Reserve bank in Philadelphia.
Lenoir-Rhyne College
Takes Over Control Of
Cherryville Mill
W. Mauney is Named President,
Gherryville, April 27.—A transac
tion which gave control of the How
ell Manufacturing Company plant
here to Lenoir-Khyne College was !
completed last week. The board of
directors, meeting last Thursday in
Lincolnton, elected as temporary of
ficers \V. K. Mauney, Kings Moun
tain, president; C A. Rudisill, Cher
ryville, vice president and treasurer,
and \V. B. Rhyne, Cherryville, secre
tary and assistant treasurer.
It is hoped that plans can be work
ed out whereby the mill can be put
into operation at an early date.
The Howell plant has been opera
ted since the death of the late D. E
Rhyne by his estate. In 1924 Mr*
Rhyne gave LenoJr-Rhyne College of
Hickory preferred stock to the val
ue of $150,000 as an endowment. To
tal value of common and preferred
stock os $438,000. Through the trails
action just completed the college oh
tained from the Rhyne estate enough
additional stock to give controlling
interest in the mill to the Hickory
institution
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Laughing Around the World
With IRVIN S. COBB
Pretty Polly
By IRVIN S. COBB
TT WILL be recalled that it was necessary for the Wright brothers
A to go abroad to receive proper rteognition for their fist aero
nautic inventions. The French government welcomed them and gave
them proper opportunity to demonstrate that they had progressed far
/ | REFER
i TO ~n\^c
' PftRRoT
beyond any others in developing a heavier-than-air flying machine; but
as a group, the French aeronauts were disposed to show jealousy for the
two Yankees.
Nevertheless, following the successful proof by them of their ability
actually to fly, and, what was more important, to guide their machine
along a given course, a banquet at Paris was arranged in their honor.
Naturally, there was a deal of speech-making. The chief orator was
a distinguished Frenchman who devoted the most of his remarks to
claiming that France had led the world in the new field of endeavor—
or so he insisted—and to proclaiming that future developments ever
■would find Frenchmen at the forefront. Curiously enough, he had very
little to say in compliment of the two chief guests of honor.
Wilbur Wright was next called upon by the toastmaster. Slowly
he rose to his feet.
“I am no hand at public speaking,” he said, “and on this occasion
must content myself with a few words of thanks to the company for
its entertainment of myself and my brother. As I sat here listening to
the speakers who have preceded me I have heard comparisons made
to the eagle, to the swallow and to the hawk as typifying skill and speed
in the mastery of the air; but somehow or other, I could not keep from
thinking of the bird, which, of all the ornithological kingdom, is the
poorest flier and the best talker. I refer to the parrot.”
And he sat down amid tremendous applanse from the Americans
present
(AaMricaa Nm Feature*. la*.}
HERE’S THREE OF irtEM
Below is pictured three of the four candidates for Governor of our great State. The Herald did not have
a picture of the fourth candidate. John McCrae, of Charlotte.
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A. H. GRAHAM
Hillsboro
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Ralph w. McDonald
Winston-Salem
CLYDE R. HOEY
Shelby
i
Former Kings Mtn. Phy
sician Dies* In Gastonia.
Dr Thomas Crouse Quiekel, Gas
Ionia eye, ear, nose and throat spec
ialist and formerly engaged in ithe
general practice of medicine in
Kings j^iuntain died Tuesday on his
doth virthday at his home in Gas
tonia, following an illness of several
months. Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon- at Holy Trini
ty Lutheran church, Gastonia and in
terment made in Hollywood cent*
etery.
Dr. Quiekel began the practice of
medicine in Kings Mountain in 1900
after which he went to Stanley.
Later he took a special course in.
eye, ear, nose and throat work, in
New York and upon completing this
course, took up the practice of that
profession in Gastonia where he re
mained until death.
He is survived by his widow, who
was Miss Addie Guy; two sons, Dr.
Thomas Quiekel of Jamestown, N. Y.
and Dr. John C Quiekel, who was
associated with ’ his father in Gas
tonia.
Forest Roper
Died Sunday
Funeral services for Forest Roper.
38, who died Sunday morning at his
home in Cora mill community, were
conducted at Second Baptist church
at 3:30 Tuesday. Rev. C. C. Parker,
pastor of the church assisted by Rev
W. A. Parson, pastor of Grace Meth
odist church was in charge of the
services.
Mr Roper suffered from a cancer
for the past two years, being con
fined to his bed for ten weeks. Sur
viving is the widow, who before her
marriage was Miss Marie Herd, and
two children, imgene 12, and Lii'lian
10. His mother also survives, three !
brothers, Jasper, Frank, Ivey Roper.
A sister, Mrs. Harvey Smith, all of
Kings Mountain.
Mr. Roper was a member of the
Second Baptist church. Interment
was in Mountain Rest cemetery.
(Opinions Expressed in This Column
Are Not Necessarily the Views of
This NewspaDer.)
Washington. — UPS) — Near)',
frantic backstage efforts are being
made in Washington to keep anoth
er new social regulation law from
joining the dodo and the But Kagle !
in oblivion. •
The law is the Wagner Labor Re
lations Act. It was passed, theoreti
cally, for the purpose of guarantee- j
ing tilt right of employees to bar
gain collectively. But, unfortunately
some Congressmen concede now, it
regulated only the employer and not
the employee. Consequently like all j
one-sided laws, its popularity is
waning.
Washingtonians whose memories
extend back about a year are recall
ing how unpopular the NRA was just
before the Supreme Court ruled it il
legal. And how officials made every
effort to revive flagging support.
And how the NRA moved from the
ballyhoo to the alibi stage.
The Wegner Labor Act has done
just that — progressed from cheers j
to jeers; to the point where those
charged with its enforcement are ex
plaining why it failed. The best indi
cation of the trend is the fact that
members of the National Labor Re
lations Board appeared in the Sen
ate Oucation sub-committee’s hear
(Cout'd on back page)
Three High
Named Fc
MEMORIAL SERVICES
TO HE OBSERVED
Memorial Services sponsored by
tile U. D C. Chapter will be observ
ed Friday ot next week, beginning
with a lunch served for the veterans
their wives and widows in the Cen
tral school cafeteria. Members of
families of U. 1). C chapter and
friends are invited to have lunch
with these honor guests. A reasona
ble price to be charged per plate
Following lunch Memorial exercis
es will be held in the Auditorium af
ter which graves will be decorated
and the usual service held at the
cemetery.
MR. MURRAY
GRAVELY ILL
Mr. B. A. Murray, who underwent
an operation at Duke Hospital last
week, lor abscess on the brain
gravely ill according to late news
from his family.
His many friends here and else
where are anxiously awaiting the
outcome. Mr Murrav has been asso
ciated with the Blalock Grocery,
Garvin Made
Production Head
CDaiTy News Record)
Burlington. N. ('. — .T, E. Garvin,
formerly with Billing Mills in Kings
Mountain, has come here as produc
tion manager of the Mayfair and Ra
yon Fabrics Corp.. units of the Bur
lington Mills system. Knowledge of
the connection of Mr. Garvin was
made by E A. Wilkins, of the exec
utive staff of the company's m; fn
office at Greensboro.
Mr. Garvin does not plan to move
his family here until after close of
the school term.
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Will Rogers’
Humorous Story
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By WILL ROGERS
A GUY in London was bragging
about the London fogs. He
says, “Why, they ain’t got fogs like
ours nowhere. You bally guys think
r
you’ve seen fogs around Nova
Scotia. Why, we got fogs that fair
wrecks the town at times.”
“Yes, as how it wrecks the
town ?’’
“Well, you see that there row of
buildings that ain’t standing along
tho water-front there? There used
to be a nice, fine row of flats there.
And the fog done away with ’em.”
“Yes, but how?”
“You won’t believe me. It was
that terrible fog last winter that
atayed three months solid without
moving, all over the town. Well, a
contractor was putting up that row
of flats there, and never thought
about the fog. In the spring the
fog drifted out to sea, and so did
the flats, with everybody in ’em.
The bloody mortar an’ bricks had
been cemented right Into the fog,
don’t you know, and they was solid
with It. We’re waiting for next
winter's fog-bank to drift in, to see
if theae here flats can be unscram
bled."
(Ajwritea Iftwi VSetaiee, hi.(
Men Are
ir Postmaster
The three high applicants for the
position of Postmaster of Kings
J Mountain were announced this week
I by the Civil Service Commission.
The three named are. \V. E. Blalicfy
local Insurance man; \V. A.
liour, retired merchant, and M L.
Harmon, who is now connected "with
Plonk Bros. & Company.
It was thought that Congressman
A. L. Bulwinkle would make the ap
pointment between May loth and
17th as the term of James S "Ware
present Postmaster. expires May
17th. 'Even though Postmaster
Ware's term expires Ma> 17th it is
thought that he will serve until the
end of May or longer.
Eleven had made application for
this position, but only the top three
after an examination by the Citpl,
Service, are eligible for appointment
The following had made application
besides the three already mention
ed: Kenneth Crook, W. 11. McGiJunis
Charlie Warlick, \V W. Souther, J.
M McGinnis, Hugh "Orraand, George
Allen, and Mrs C. E. Carpnter.
To Cross Railroad
Tracks At Corner
Railroad Avenue
All members of the Town Council
were present for the meeting, who
■re Jim Willis, \V. K. Mautiey, U. C
; tloid, John Mautiey, Joe Noisier, and
Mayor J. K. Herndon
The Town Council and Mayor J
E. Herndon in a special meeting
Tuesday uiglit unanimously approv
ed tHe plans for the new highway
' and Railroad Crossing Elimination
The State Highway Department has
already been notified of the accept
ance of the proposed plan, and it is
thought that work will be started
right away.
This project had been under con
sideration for several months. The
State Highway Department with the
aid of Federal funds are to build tlie
new highway and overhead bridge.
The Town of Kings Mountain is to
furnish the right-of-way It is esti
mated that the new highway and
overhead bridge will cost about
$150,000.00.
Tlie plan approved is as follows:
The road f.vill come down King
street to the corner of King street
and Railroad avenue, cross the rail
road tracks and continue down King
street and about a mile west of Rail
road avenue curve left and lie into
the present highway to Shelby. This
will give Kings Mountain a little
more than a mile of new hard sur-i
faced street. Thu present plan calls
for the new street to tie into )h.e
present Shelby highway at the oily
limits, just beyond the home of
(leorge Mauney.
A six per cent grade is to be put
in on both sides of Railroad avenue
and both sides of this street will be
open by intersecting the new higty
way
The plan approved calls for lower
ing the railroad tracks two feet
which will consequently make t;h«f
bridge two feet lower.
Highway 2!t to drover will con
tinue as it does now down Railroad
avenue.
KINGS MOUNTAIN AT THE CROSS ROADS
(I5y H. X HARXUS, Superintendent Kinits Mountain Schools)
loday Kings Mountain stands at the cross roads. Every sinc e the legisla
tive enactment of liklM, when the supplementary school taxes were abolish
ed throughout North ( arolina. Kings Mountain has been struggling to edu
cate her children with the funds derived front those sources which were
lawfully left for her. She has been able to keep pace with the other cities
ot the State which were not able to vote again a supplementary tax for the
education of their children, it is believed that Kings Mountain has done the
best she could by her children during these strenuous years, when the fi
nancial situation of the people lias been in such condition that they did
not feel that they could put fortli any part of their tax funds over and
above what the State was offering their children. Our people have, during
these years felt that they had to wait a year or two to begin the recon
struction of the supplementary fund for the education of their children
The question now comes. “HAVE WE NOT WAITED LONG ENOUGH?" At
the present time, our school is considered a leading North Carolina school,
i The High School is one of twenty Public High Schools in North Carolina to
he fully accredited by the Southern Association. This is no mean achieve
ment and was brought about because the intelligent and energetic citizen
ship of Kings Mountain was not willing to see the school take a back seat;
No person in Kings Mountain is willing for the lxings Mountain Public,
J Schools to be out classed by the other schools of the State, Our people ex
pect the best and are going to have the best because they realize' chat the
| future welfare of our fair City depends on the youth of today. AND THAT
j THE YOUTH MUST HE TRAINED. No parent is willing to see his child
placed in competition with other children unless his child has received
(equal training with those other children. We do not expect untrained
[horses to win when they are competing with well trained horses. We do
not expect untrained dogs to catch the fox when they tire competing in the
race with well trained dogs Certainly we cannot expect our children to
achieve unless we give them adequate training and preparation
HAS THE TIME COME FOR KINGS MOUNTAIN TO THINK OF A
SUPPLEMENTARY TAX?
On March 27th. a questionnaire was sent to every Special Chartered City
School in North Carolina. C;i of the (18 school reported Out of this mini
her it was found that only ten of these places, Kings Mountain being one
of the ten, are not making definite plans to hold a special tax election for
the support of their schools within the next twelve mouths. Many of these
have already held the election since March 27th and, in each instance, the
tax election has been successful. The City Schools of North Carolina are on
the move. KINGS MOUNTAIN MUST MOVE OK BE LEFT STANDING
and to be thus left means she will be stepping backward. We hope our
energetic town will not wait until she is lost in the dust of the advancing
forces to open her eyes that she must advance. It is just as easy and much
more commendable to be among the leaders out in front where the air is
clear, as it is to be a follower struggling along to keep ftont being lost in
the dust. Some fifteen or more of these City Schools have already passed
a supplementary tax, ranging from .12 on the $100.00 valuation in Morgan
ton, to .50 on the $100.00 valuation in Koanoke Kapids. In Lenoir they
voted .15 as soon as tlie State cut the supplementary fund and they have
been able to do such advanced work with this .15 that they are now holding
an election to raise this to .27 on the $100.00 property valuation.
KINGS MOUNTAIN CHILDREN TO RECEIVE TWO AND ONE-HALF
YEARS LESS TRAINING THAN THE CHILDREN IN MANY OF THE
OTHER N C. TOWNS
The questionnaire sent our March 27th revealed that a large number of
the North Carolina towns, in voting a supplementary tax, are not only pre
paring for nine months schools, but are adding the twelth grade to their
Public School System. KINGS MOUNTAIN CITIZENS. DO YOU KNOIW
WHAT THAT MEANS'? It means that a Kings Mountain graduate goes to
college or goes into competitive jobs with twenty months, which is two and
one-half years, as our school now runs, less training than the boy or girl
finishing front Koanoke Rapids, Rocky Mount, Durham, Charlotte or any of
these other towns which have voted nine months schools and twelve grades.
Talk about giving our girls and boys a chance in life. Well, what chance
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