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VOL. 34 NO. 19
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.
THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1936
FIVE CENTS PER COPY!
Ladies Entertained
fiy Business Men’s
Club Last Thursday
The Men's Club Ladies Night held
last Thursday evening at the Wo
man's Club building was considered
toy all as one of the most enjoyable
events of the year.
Ladd Hamrick, program chairman,
was assisted by J. E. Herndon ij.id
Hayne Hlackmer. Rev. L. Boyd :
Hamm, acted as Toastmaster.
.Mr. Byron Keeter introduced the
speaker of the evening, Mr. Daviu
Ovens, of Charlotte.
.Mrs. Percy Billing rendered sever
al piano selections during the cour*
se of the dinner.
A play entitled, “If Kings Moun
tain Men Played Cards as l|lngs
Mountain Women'' was presented by
Messrs Arnold Kiser, Kenneth
Crook, Johnnie McGill and Haywood
E. Lynch.
A number of gifts werjs presented
to the ladies on behalf of the KocaU
merchants of Kings Mountain.
Hayne Blackmer, president of the
club made the address of welcome
and the response was made by Mrs.
Paul Mauney. ,
'David Ovens’ witty address was
thoroughly enjoyed by everyone
present. Mr. Ovens sandwiched just
enough serious thought in his speech
to be well balanced. Mr. Ovens stat
ed that the business leadership of
the country had always been far su
perior to the political leadership.
In referring to taxes, Mr. Ovens
said, “The only place for the money
t.o come from is business.” As to the
public debt, said that it would take
5T years to pay it off.
The speaker said, “There is plenty
in this country of ours, there is not
too much, what we need is the prop
er distribution, and if this is left to
business men this can be done.” He
did not seem to think that it coulfl
be done by the politicians.
Mr. Ovens said we have got to
pioneer in 1936 just as the pilgrims
did years ago. < j
The ladies seemed to enjoy Mr. ]
Ovens definition of bussle which
was: "A fictitious tale based on a
stern reality.”
VERAS BEAUTY SHOPPE
TO MOVE
Vera's Beauty Shoppe will move
r.^xt Thursday, May 14th, into their
new home jwltich is located two
doors south of the Home Building
and Loan Association on Cherokee
street. Mrs. Vera Rawls has gone to
considerable expense to equip her
new Shoppe with the latest.
Mrs. Rawls ertends a cordial invi
tation to everyone to visit her new
place of business where a hearty wel
come awaits them. Souvenirs will be
given opening day, and one perma
nent will also be given free.
DIES OF INJURIES
William Carl, nine year old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Herndon, who
live near Grover, died in the Sltelby
Hospital late Wednesday afternoon.
The boy was rushed to the hospi
tal following injuries received when
he was run over by a truck used by
a road force, the accident happening
near his home. He died soon after
arrival at the hospital.
Funeral services were held at the
home this (Thursday) afternoon and
interment made in the cemetery at
Grover.
PROMINENT CLEVELAND
COUNTY WOMAN DIES
Mrs. J. A. Yarboro, 59 years of
jage, prominent Cleveland county wo
man died suddenly at her home Tuea
day night.
Mrs. Yarboro's death came as a
great shock to family and friends as
she had not been 111.
She was the mother of R. R. YHr
boro of Kings Mountain and his
many friends here sympathize with
him in his bereavement.
Funeral services were held Thurs
day morning at New Prospect Bap
tist church and interment made in
the church cemetery.
SEVENTH GRADE
GRADUATES
SEVENTH GRADE EXERCISES
MONDAY EVENING, MAY 11
AT 8:00 P. M.
Perhaps for the first time in the
history of the Kings Mountain
Schools, Kings Mountain will have
graduation exercises for those pu
pils graduating from the Grammar
.School. This year we will have ap
proximately one hundred graduates
to receive diplomas.
PROGRAM
Invocation—Rev. E. W. Fox.
Song—Grammar School Glet Club.
Address—Rev. W. M. Boyce.
Awarding of Diplomas— B. N.
Barnes.
Awarding of American Legion
Medals—Com. W. F.-Rhodes.
KINGS MOUNTAIN BANiD CONCERT FRIDAY NIGHT 8:15 CENTRAL SCHOOL
;2 SCHOOL*
L ^AND J
First row L. to R.: Patsy White,
Peggy Baker. Ben Long, Edgar Coop
er, Bill Blanton, Miles Maunev, Er
nest Mauney, Robert Falls, Martha
Lou Mauney, Dick Baker, Paul Stew
art, Ottie White.
Second row: D. F. Hord. Clemon
see McDaniel, Buddy Parrish, Bill
Fulton, Bill Davis, Margaret Coop
er, Buren Neill, Charles Thomasson,
Oeorge Mauney.
Third row: Gene Tate, M. J. Bell,
Eugene McSwain, Martin Harmon,
Brace Peeler, Rhodes Elam. Mac
Sealv, Hal Olive, Dorothy Plonk,
Bobby Allran, Professor Hendricks,
Flower Show To
BeH eld Next Week
The Annual Spring Flower Show
will be held at the Women's Club
next Wednesday, May 13, and will
be under the direction of the Gar
den Department of the Club, of
which Mrs. J. 15. Herndon and Mf 9.
W. K. Mauney are chairmen. The
Civic and Welfare Departments will
have charge of serving the meals.
Blue ribbons will be awarded for
entries as follows: Iris, best collet*
tion, 2nd best collection, 3rd best
collection; best vase, one variety;
2nd best one variety, 3rd best one
variety; best single bloom, 2nd best
single bloom, 3rd best single bloom.
Peonies — Best collection, 2nd
best collection, 3rd best collection;
best vase, white, best vase pink, best
vase red; best single bloom, 2nd
best single bloom, 3rd best single
bloom.
Pansies — Best bowl, 2nd best,
3rd best.
Flowering Shrubs — best display,
one variety, 2nd best display, one
variety, 3rd best display one variety
Poppies — best vase pink, best
vase red, best vase California.
Sweet Peas — Best bowl, 2nd and
3rd. I
Mixed flowers — Best mixed bow!
2nd best, 3rd best.
Climbing Hoses — Best pink, best
yellow, best white, best rest, best
climber in any other color.
Hoses — Best mixed bowl, 2nd
and 3rd.
Best vase — Radiance roses, best
vase cochet, best vase pink, other
than above best vase white, best
vase red, best vase yellow.
flest single bloom, 2nd best bloom
3rd best bloom.
New or unusual flowers — Best
vase, nd best, 3rd best.
Miniature arrangement — not ov
er 6 inches. '
Best arrangement, 2nd best, 3rd.
Most artistic arrangement of
fruits.
Most artistic arrangement of gar
den vegetables.
Artistic arrangement and suitabili
ty of containers will be taken into
consideration as well as quality of
flowers, etc.
1A1 are invited to make entries
and help make the show worth while
Donations of salable plants will be
appreciated and those in charge ask
that these be sent to\$liib Wednes
day morning.
Awarding of other Medals—Rev.
Boyd Hamm.
Song—Grammar School Glee Club.
Benediction — Rev. A. G. Sar
geant.
BAND PARADE
The School Band will be parading
the business section of Kings h!fuin
tain between 10:30 and 11:30 Fri
day morning. Again the Band will
parade at two o'clock from the High
School Building to the cemetery.
JUNIOR-SENIOR
BANQUET GALA
AtT AIR
The Junior-Senior festivities were
held at the Woman's Club last Fri
day evening and was a gala affair.
The auditorium of the club, vyhew
tlie banquet tables were arranged,
was transformed into a moon-light
garden scene.
An elaborate meal was served by
the Woman’s club.
The following program was rend
ered:
Invocation—Prof. B. N. Barnes.
Address of Welcome—by Toast
master and Junior class president,
John Hicks.
Response of Seniors — Class pres
ident, Earl McGill.
Toast to Seniors—Pauline Goforth
Toast td Supt. Barnes—Carolyn
Hord.
Toast to Trustees—Rhette Chalk.
Toast to the Girls — Wilburn
White.
Toast to the Boys—Naomi Edens.
\Toast to Prof. Biggerstaff—Mar- 1
tha Lou Mauney.
Toast to Faculty—Cora Herndon.
Toast to Grade Mother s— Dick
Baker.
Toast to Waitresses—Paul Patrick
Song to the Seniors—Junior class.
Song to the Juniors—Senior class
Dance—Shirley Spivey.
Senior Superlatives — Claudia
Ware.
Music; To You—by Otey Speaks.
Mary Boyce McGill, Ottie White
Fairy Grace Patterson, Ruby L.
Jones, Kathleen Gaffney, Eva)
Baldwin.
Junior Superlatives—Martin L.
Harmon.
Junior-Senior March and Song —
Marching Along Together.
High School Song.
MISS HAMBRIGHT DIRECTING
CLASS RLAYS
Members of the graduating class
under the direction of Miss tV fa
Mambright teacher of dramatics art,
are working hard on their senior
class plays, which they are to pre
sent May 15. This year the class is
to present three one-act plays. The
plays chosen are— Two Crooks and
a Lady, and—A Wedding, and Three
Friends,
As is the custom, „he class ife
planning to use the proceeds from
the plays to buy a useful gift for
the school.
The Seniors feel that they are inj
deed fortunate in having as th|plr
director, 5'iss Hanrbright, whose
pupils have been meeting with such
outstanding success during the cur
rent school year.
ENTERTAINS JUNIOR CLASS
Mrs. W. C. Caveny, grade mother
was- hostess to the Junior Class of
the high school of which Miss Ruth
Caveny is a member, entertaining at
the Coffee Shoppe, Wednesday after
noon. An ice course was served.
Rural School Pupils!
Medal Winners
In tli° contest for the medals of
fered by the Victory Gin to pupils
making highest average, in nearby
rural schools the winners were as
follows: Marjorie Seism, Patterson
Grove; Buford Humphries, Bethle
hem; Elizabeth Randle, Beth-Ware;
Mable Bell, Oak Grov.e; Carl Gore,
Dixon School.
At Beth-Ware the American Region
medal given by Mr. Luther McSwain
was won by Thelma Carroll; read
ers medal, Virginia Allen, declama
tion medal, J. B. Rail.
Medals given by Miss Freelove
Black to a pupil in each grade of
Beth-Ware school for most improve
ment in reading were won by the
following: Chas. Thrift, first grade;
Hazel C'anipe, second grade; Jacob
Keller, third grade; Preston Harmon
fourth grade; Darvin Keller, fifth
grade; Douglas Bookout, sixth grade
Ruth Randalt seventh grade.
The medal given by Mrs. Carl
Davidson to best readeer of OtiU
Grove school was awarded Virginia
Ware.
;Mr. P. D. Herndon has announced
that the Victory Gin will award
medals again next year for pupils of
above school making highest aver
age.
Will Rogers’
Humorous Story
By WILL ROGERS
'J'HERE
was a museum in Paris
or somewheres where there is
a lot of skeletons of animals. A
Frenchman was showing some Am
VTTrw-CI - ■ - 1
erican friends through this here1
museum, and he was trying to im
press the visitors with Napoleon:
Every once in a while he would
claim that something he was show
ing them was connected with Na
poleon. So he come to a horse’s
skeleton, and he says, "Now, that
there is the skeleton of the horse
| Napoleon rode in all his great vic
l toriesl The horse’s name was Pet, F
believe, and he was almost as brave,
as his rider.” ;
So the Americans didn’t pay
much attention, but one of them
asked, "Say, what about the skel
eton over there of a little animal T
Right there, beside Pet. Looks like,
a calf or a colt or something.” I
"Ah, that, too my friends,Is con-;
nected with the history of the glori
ous Napoleoat That is, in fact, the
skeleton of Pet whan he was a colt,
brave and true!”
COLORED SCHOOL CLOSES
Closing exercises for the colored
schools are now underway. Exercis
es of the primary department were
held Wednesday with the grammar
grade commencement slated for Fri
day. Senior class exercises were
aeld Thursday evening.
Commencement sermon will he
preached by Elder J. W. Roberts,
PrincTpal Ebepezer school Sunday
afternoon at 3:30.
The graduating exercises will be
held Monday evening with commen
cement address by Rev. Arthur H.
George, Professor of Church History
Johnson Smith University. Char
lotte, N. C.
WINS STATE PRIZE
Ray Kiser, young son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. G. Kiser, who live on the
Kings Mountain-Cherryville high
way, was announced winner of the
fifteen dollar cash prize given by
the State in the essay contest on
Agricultural subjects. Young Kiser,
an eighth grade student of Tryon
school near Bessemer City compet
ed with pupils from 75 schools. He
is a nephew of Mrs. Laura Mawney
and Miss Lucy Kiser of this place.
WRITES AND DIRECTS PLAY
Miss Frances Goforth talented dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. D. Goforth of
this place, has gained considerable
recognition at Brevard College,
where she recently directed and
played of leading role in a play,
"MacDougal's Dilemma," of which
she was the author.
Miss Goforth, who is president of
the Dramatic club of Brevard Col
lege, wrote the play in honor of the
College Orchestra.
LEGION MEETS
The regular monthly meeting of
Otis D. Green Post, The American
Legion was held Tuesday evening at
the Woman's Club building, with a
bout thirty Legionnaires in attend
ance. Music was furnished by the
Oak Grove String Band. There was
a general discussion of Junior Base
ball for the coining season.
;W. E. Blakely and W. W. Souther
were selected to act as a committee
in making the award of the Legion
School Medals.
Th;3 next meeting will be held
June 2 with the following commit
tee on entertainment: W. W. South
er, John Weaver, J. S. Ware, C. A.
Goforth and O. P. Lewis, chairman.
ENTERTAIN AT
BARBECUE SUPPER
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Neisler w«rd
hosts at a barbecue supper on |last
Monday night having as their guests,
the members of the evening bridge
club and pupils of the eighth grade
of the High School, of which Paul
Nisler. Jr., is a member and Mrs.
Neisler is grade-mother,
Following the barbecue, bridge
was played at six tables by members
of the club.
Cherokee Street
Committee Named
At Board Meeting
At the regular meeting of the
Town Council Monday night a group
of about 20 interested citizens met
to present the matter of opening and
widening Cherokee street. Charlie
Thomasson acted as spokesman for
those present.
Mr. Thomasson stated that for
the growth of the business section
his street should be opened and
widened. He said that he had talked
with lots of citzens about this mat
ter and they were all in favor of the
street being opened. Mr. Thomasson
further said that now was the time
for this street to be widened before
the East side of the street was built
up.
(Mr. A. H. Patterson stated that he
had heard some of the biggest fuss
es at (he corner of Cherokee and
Mountain streets, that one car
would start to turn in Cherokee
srteet and another car would be com
ing up the street, and one or oth,er
car would have to back up. He also
said that he was very much in favor
of widening and opening the street.
W. H. McGinnis told the council
that he thought the street should be
opened and widened.
Others present expressed themsel
ves as desiring to see the street
both opened and widened. ,
J. It. Davih wanted to know how
the board felt about the niattrf.
They expressed themselves as being
in favor of the project providing it
did not cost too much.
At the conclusion of the discussion
Mayor J. E.Herndon appointed the
following committee to contact prop
erty owners that would be affected
and report next Monday night to the
Council. Three from the citizens
were appointed: Charlie Thomasson,
Tom Fulton and A. H Patterson, two
from the Council, \V, K. Mauney and
.Toe Neisler. ;
AMERICAN LEGION
AWARD
(A committee composed of W. W.
Souther and W. E. Blakely, were ap
pointed by the Post Commander, W.
F. Rhodes, to determine the winner
in the Seventh grades for the Amer
ican Legion School Award. . This
medal is awarded on the basis of
merit in the following points: HON
OR, COURAGE, SCHOLARSHIP,
LEADERSHIP, and SERVICE, voted
on separately by the class, plus
teacher assistance.
The committee visited the schools
Wednesday morning, conducted the
examination in cooperation with the
respective teactiers, and selected the
winners as follows: East School, 7th
grade, Billy Gantt; Central Schoif,
7th grade, George Tbomasson; West
School, 7th grade. Pride Ratterree,
Jr.
The medals will be presented Mon
day night by the Post Commander
at the regular closing exercises of
the Grammar schools.
An interesting committee obser
vation, is that the selections of the
winner in each class coincides very
closely with the opinion of their re
spective teachers.
Local Baseball League
Organized \
The Kings Mountain Textile Base
ball league was organized here last
week. The league will be composed
of the following teams: Pauline,
Phenix, Mauney, and Park Yarn
teams. The league plans to have reg
ular games scheduled for the entire
season.
Mr. Ted Weir was elected presi
dent and Mr. W. H. Jackson was e
lected secretary of the league.
The first games of the season will
be played here Saturday, Park Yarn
vs. the Phenix ut the Phenix, and
Pauline vs. the Mauney at the Mauu
ey.
SEALY HOTOR TAKES ON
SEIBERLING TIRES
Announcement was made this
week that the Scaly Motor Co.,
Dodge, Plymouth dealers, have tak
en on the well-known line of Seiber
ling Tires. These tires will be sold
on the budget plan, and Mr. H. S.
Garrison, of Charlotte, an experien
ced tire and budge man will be in
charge of this new department.
Mr. C. M. Mills, of Mills Auto Ser
vice, Charlotte, Distributors, of Sel
berling Tires, who was in town Wed
nesday, said that Mr. Seiberling is
the oldest tire manufacturer in the
United States.
ATTEND DISTRICT
CONFERENCE
Rev. E. W. Fox, pastor Central
Methodist church, I. B. Goforth,
chairman, Board of Stewards, D. A.
Fulton and Carradine Moss attended
District Conference at Kadesh chur
'ch, Fallston last Tuesday. '.