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VOL. 34
NO. 20
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C
THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1936
FIVE CENTS PER COPY1
State And National News
Condensed In Brief Form
—State News—
Raleigh, May 13.—115 cases, includ
ing one specially set, are docketed
for oral appeal argument before the
supreme court starting Tuesday. 35
eases are from the 10th and 11th dis
tricts.
Cary, May 13. An automobile
struck and killed Maxine Upchurch,
four year old daughter of Mr. ana
Mrs. P K. Upchurch as she darted
across a street.
Raleigh, May 13—The Postal Tel
egrap company’s report to the state
utiLties commission showed today
it received^ intrastate revenue of
$84,697 and expended $297,356 in
1935.
Gastonia, May 13.—Prof. Joe Me
Dill son of Dr. T. II. McDill, pastor
of First A. R. P. church of this city
and Mrs. McDill has accepted a po
sition as instructor in the depart
ment of English, at Vanderbilt uni
versity Nashville, Tenu.
Aberdeen, May 13.—Fire compani
es of five surrounding towns were
-called last night before a blaze
which swept through the Taylor
GShemical company here was con
trolled. The damage was put at $30,
000. Fumes overcame five firemen.
Raleigh, May 13.—P. A. Leeper,
highway district engineer at Elkin,
notified officials here today that the
reported finding of a meteor in Wil
kes county apparently was in error.
Harry Davis curator of the state
museum had planned to go to the
scene today if highway workers sub
stantiated first reports a meteor had
buried itself some nine feet deep,
leaving a crater four feet in diam
eter in a sandclay road two miles
from Roaring river.
Durham, May 13.—The 1936 South
ern conference track and field meet,
to be held in Duke stadium Friday
and Saturday is expected to bring
out the greatest individual competi
tion in the history ot the meet des
pite the fact that Duke is heavily fa
vored to cop the team title.
Raleigh, May 13.—The state utili
ties commission announced today
the petition of C. L. Davis, of Wayne
sville, to operate a bus line between
Murphy and Knoxville, Tenn., would
be heard at Knoxville May 25 by a
regional board of the interstate com
merce commission.
Raleigh,, May 13.—Three North
Carolina school districts approved
school tax supplements in special
elections yesterday.
New Hanover county voted a tax
of 20 cents on the $100 property val
uation; Goldsboro 15 cents anil Mt.
Airy, 15 cents. Tile extra funds will
be used for a ninth month and other
purposed.
Chapel Hill, May 13. Students of
the University of N. C. medical
school elected William A. Van Mort
wick Green ville, president; Walker
■Runt, Thomasville, vice president;
Walter J. Pijiaowski, Scehneetady,
N. Y„ secretary treasurer, and John
D. Summers, Statesville, representa
tive to the student council.
Did You Know: That the Kings
Mountain High school baseball team
won the Western Conference crani
pionship last spring
National News
McAlester, Okla., May 13.— A
plson foreman and a convict re
po: ted killed and lour others
weie wounded today in a rioiou.s
break of 1- prisoners from McAles
ter state penitentiary.
('. L). Powel f>0 foreman of tlie
brickyard in Which the desperate
convicts rioted to start their break
was slain.
Middletown, N. Y.. May 13.— State
police announced today that two
suspects in the robbery of a Pink
Brusli bank, which netted gunmen
some $13,000, had been shot and
wounded in a field near here.
Philadelphia, May 13. — Pauline j
Lane, 15 year old Knoxville, Tenn., j
girl who came to Philadelphia to
have a cigarette lighter top removed
from her lung, died today.
Valencia, Spain, May 13.—Twelve
churches and religious buildings
were destroyed yesterday during
an’i-clericai outbursts at the town
of Alcira, reports reaching the gover ;
nor of Valencia today said
Reno. Nev, May in.—Gloria Debe- j
voise Spreckles young New York ci
ty society matron, filed suit in dis
trict court here today to divorce
Adopli R Spreckles, one of the heirs ;
to a huge California sugar fortune. 1
,\Vasliingtoon, May 1?., — A modi
lied war profits bill, designed to le
vy income taxes up to about 90 per
cent in time of war, was reported to
the senate finance committee today
by a sub committee headed by Sena
tor Connally, democrat of Texas.
Washington May, in.—Secretary
Morgentliau told the senate finance
committee today that 289, of the 600
corporations which made more than 1
a million dollars in 1934 would have
paid less taxes under the pfan to
base levies on undistributed profits
At the same time, treasury ex
perts told the cominitee they were
confident an equal number of the
corporations would have had to pay
more taxes under the contested cor
porate tax plan in the house tax
bill than hey actually paid under
the present flat corporate tax levy.
Washington, May 13.. Backers of
the Frazier-Lemke farm debt refi
nancing bill claimed another vic
tory In the house to day as the con
troverted $3,000,000.000 measure
reached the amendment stage and a
substitute federal reserve system
for agriculture was held out of order
Columbuh, O, May in.—46 of
Ohio's 52 important dele sates, in
complete primary returns indicated
today, will go to the republican na
tional convention supporting a fav
orite san and six Senator William E
Rorah as candidate for president.
CAPTAIN WOLTZ TO
SPEAK IN SHELBY
Captain Claude R. Woltz, of Gas
tonia, candidate for Congress, will
speak at the Cleveland County
Court House in Shelby, Friday even
iug at 8 p. m.
Captain Woltz served during the
war in France and was commission- i
ed a Captain by the U. S. Army.
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Laughing Around the World
With IRVIN S. COBB
“A Rose By Any Other Name-”
By IRVIN S. COBB
AT A closely contested municipal election in New York the Tammany
*“■ ticket seemed in grave danger Accordingly suitable steps were
taken. Scarcely had the polls opened when a group of trained and
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experienced repeaters marched into a down-town voting place.
“What name?" inquired the election clerk of the leader of the
squad, who was red-haired and freckled and had a black eye! The
young gangster glanced down at a slip of paper in his hand, to refresh
his memory.
“Isadore Mendelheim,” he said then.
“That’s not your real name, and you know it!” said a suspicious
challenger for the reform ticket.
"It is me name,” said the repeater, “and I’m goin’ to vote under
it — see?”
From down the line came a voice:
"Don’t let that guy bluff you, Casey. Soitiifly your name u
Mendelheim!” ' •
(Amrieaa Nm Pwtpm. !»«•)
Poppy Day To Be
Observed In Kings
Mountain Sat. 23r^
Poppy l>ay will be observed in
Kings Mountain tris year on Satur
day, May 113, when memorial poppies
to Jbe worn in honor of the Woild
War dead will be distributed throu
ghout t.ie city by the local Unit ; lif
tro American Legion Auxiliary. The
Auxiliary women are making exten
sive in epuratious for the observance
of the day.
Tin poppies, made of crepe paper
by disabled veterans, will be otter
ed on tne streets by volunteer work
ers from tile Auxiliary Unit and co
operating organisations. "Poppy
girls will dismuute tne flowers, ,n
the business district throughout the
day, and will also work in the out
lying shopping centers. Contribu
tions for the welfare of the disabled
veterans and needy families of vet
erans will be asked in exchange for
the flowers.
Wearing the poppy is a personal
tribute to the men who gave their
lives in the country’s service. By
having a poppy on the coat on Poppy
I>ay, all can show trat they still m
member and honor the sacrifices
made for American during the
World War.
Wearing the poppy also gives the
wearer a part in the vast work car
ried out by the American Legion and
Auxiliary for the war's living vic
tims; the disabled, their families
and the families of the dead. Every
penny contributed for a poppy goes
to the support of this work, the bulk
of the money being used here in
Kings Mountain in the welfare ac
tivities of tlie local Legion Post and
Auxiliary Unit
JACKSON CARVES
CLYDE HOEY
/ O. O. Jackson, of the Clevela/ntJ
Motor Co., who has developed ouite
a reputation as a carver of iJo-t
traits, lias just completed a life-like
exactness of Clyde R. Hoe , , ( ,: --
|Jhind s own candidate for Govi rnot •
Mr. Jackson carved the likeness
out of hard wrood, doing till the work
• ■itli a pocket knife. Mr. Jackson
: Plans to piesent his work oi art to
| the “next Governor of North Caro
rlina."
The portrait v ill h • on display at
the Cleveland Motor Co. for several
[.days and Mr. Jackson will be glad
i for all those who desire to see it t<
do so.
Mr. Jackson recently finished a
similar caning of Will Rogers
Concert Given By
Local School Band
The Kings Mountain school haivl
pave a concert at the High School
auiiitori utn under the direction of
M r l’aul E. Hendricks, instructor.
The program was as follows:
Norma's Dream —• Band (Cornet
Duet)
Stop—Orchestra (Fox Trot)
Armande—Band.
Idle Fanry—Orchestra, serenade.
The Buccaneer — Band, March.
Piano Duet—Mauney Twins.
The Little Grey Church — Orches
tra (Serenade).
Indian Bo>—Orchestra( Fox Trot'
Xylophone Selection -—• Mauney
Twins.
Pantheon — Band (Overture)
WWatch Your Step — Novelty No.
Saxophone Solo—George Plonk, ae
companied by Miss Virginia Parsons
at the Piano.
The Mikado—Selections! Band)
Ambition — Orchestra (Overture)
Baptist Daily Vacation Bible
School Opens Friday Morning
The annual Daily Vacation Bihle
School ot' the First Baptist church
will open with the registration Fri
day afternoon at 2:30. Immediately
following there will be a parade of
about 20 cars, carrying flags and
banners, which will take the child
ren to a nearby city.
Monday morning. May 18th, the
daily schedule for the D. V. B. K.'
will begin. The school will continue
tor four weeks, with three hours,
from 8:30 to 11:30, five days each
week. The first four days will be
taken up with Bible stories, charac
ter stories, memory drills on the
Scriptures and many interesting and
helpful projects in hand work. Each
Friday the entire school will go on a
picnic.
An enrollment of about 200 is ex
pected. Provisions have been made
to take care of all the departments
with children between the ages of
four and thirteen. ,
Following is a list of the faculty:
Principal: Mrs. Marie Carroll.
Juniors: Group A—Miss Grace
Fortune, Mrs. Harold Crawford and
Rev. A. G. Sargeant.
Juniors: Group B: Mrs. Bryan
Herd and Mrs. Ray Kirby.
Primaries: Mrs. C. C. Oates, Mrs
Baxter Wright, Miss Mary Jane lx>
gan and Miss Lula Logan.'
Beginners: Miss Octavia Craw
ford, Miss Annie Roberts and Miss
Linda Houser.
N.EW MANAGER AT
A. AND P.
Mr. W. R. Beatie arrived this
week to take charge of the locall
A. and I’. Store succeeding Mr. 1>
H. Campbell who resigned to accept
a position with J. M. Rhea, who ji*
opening a new grocery store across
from the West End school.
Mr. Beatie foremly lived in Kings
Mountain, and has been with the A
and P. Tea Co. for four years, Mr.
Beatie is married.
Mf. Caupbell has made a host of
friends while he was manager of
the A. and P. His friends wish' ffcr
him much success in his new work.
Former Pastor At Boyce
Memorial Church
Rev. (J. Li. Kerr of Bessemer City,
a former pastor of the local A. R.
Presbyterian Church, will preach
at the morning worship hour iu the
absence of the pastor. Rev. Kerr is
pleasantly remembered by a great
number of Kings Mountain people.
Rev. W. M. Boyce is in Rock Hill at
the First A. R. Presbyterian Church
conducting a series of services. He
will return after the Sabbath night
service to deliver the Commence
ment address at Hickory Grove High
School on Monday night.
Pupils Of Colored School
Receive Diplomas
Eight pupils of the colored school
received diplomas at the gradua
tion exercises of Davidson H.-gh
School Monday night.
Rev. Arthur George, Professor of
Church History and Church Manage
inent of Johnson Smith University,
made the address using as his topic
“Constant Values In A World ol1
Change,” with special emphasis on
courtesy and kindness.
■Prizes and awards were given to
the boy and the girl making highest
scolastic record for the year; to the
pupil reading most books; to the pn
pil making highest averages in
mathematics and to the pupils bring
ing most books to the library.
Announcement was made of a $100
scholarship to be given to Johnson
Smith University to most deserving
pupil of senior class.
Music was furnished by the H“i.gJi
School Glee club and was of high
order.
REPUBLICAN CAN DI
DATES FILE
\
j Among the Republicans who filed
^it the office of John P. Mull, chair
man of the County Board of Elec
tions before closing time Saturday
were: James S. Ware, for Regjstei
of Deeds, and B. P. Dixon for ShetS
IMT, both of Kings Mountain.
Will Rogers’
Humorous Story
By WILL ROGERS
’T'HE way kids talk back to their
elders these days is kinda shock
ing to some of us oldsters. It seems
like we was kidded into believing
; that whatever the old folks said
was right, when we was little. Now
the youngsters are supposed to
have opinions of their own on
everything from mud pies to a cor
rupt judiciary, before they’re six
years old.
Bobbie was about that old when
his Grandma saw him standing on
his head on the lawn, and she was
afraid he’d fall over the retaining
wall and kill himself. So she says
very gently, “Bobbie, I don’t think
I’d stand on my head there.”
“No,” says Bobbie, without get
ting down, “I reckon you’d better
not. Grandma. You’re getting old
for this kind of stuff.”
(AautaM Nuri fMms Ia«4
Annual Spring Flower
Show Held Wednesday
Yearly Honor Roll
For City Schools
The Herald ;s happy to publish
such a long list of students who
made the Honor Roll for the entire
year. To be eiigbie for the Yearlj
(Honor Roll a student must a/eragej
I ;0 or better for the entire schoo.
jyear, have made A on conduct. To
; ;aUi and every student on the lists'
; oelow the Herald extends congratu
lations on your outstanding accom
: plishment.
V/est School
Allen Biggerataff, Hetty Hurd, Nel
'son Bridges, Steve Stewart, Nancy
Parrish, Leonard Abernathy, Wil
■ Ham Throneburg, Dorcas Carpenter,
! Norman McGill, Mary Helen Herd
Avis Mae Warlick, Eugene Mitchem.
i Agnes Abernathy, Juanita McSwain,
j Helen Childers,. Margaret Cole, Lau
| ra Sue Randle, Hetty Knox D;i is!,
i IColine Keeter, Prances Dettniar.
East School.
Daniel Brut, cuariotte Ldoyu, mi
ly Carpenter Marjorie Redmon, Jean
Deese, Charles Wilson, Geo. Cooke.
Central School
llarry Connor, Frances Williams,
William Boyce*. Jacqueline Falls*,
Christine Moorefieltl, Eoime Garvin,
Emelyn Gillespie James Gladden,
Can line Biddlx, Ray McKenzie. Bob
ov Marly, Karl Myers, Delores Walk
er, Marceiine Sims- Loreua Barron,
.ioIhi Louis Head, Cun ice llord, Shir
ley Spivey, Klsie iviug, Opal Pruiti,
Mary Ann Crouse, James Herndon,
Loianu Herndon Jean Herd, Frances
Summers, Margie Barren B. S.
Pee.ler, Jr., Benny Connor, Betty
Turner, Golden Barrett*, Nancy
Dickey, Eddie Houston, Katie Con
nor, Lowell Lovin. Jennie Lee Belk,
Homer Pheagin, Gladys King, Eu
, gene Falls, Nancy Kennedy, Lucille
Carroll, Muni Hoitzelaw, Willie L.
Price, Otis Falls, Jr„ Virginia Sum
mers, Ozelle Gladden.
Graduation Exercises For
Grammar School
Kings Mountain Grammar school
graduation exercises which wore
held at Central school Monday even
ing, May 11. This was the first exer
cise of this kind to be held in Kings
Mountain. The program follows:
Invocation—Rev. E. W.Kox.
Song—Grammar school Glee club.
Address — Rev. W. M. Boyce.
Awarding of Diplomas — B. N.
Barnes.
Awarding of American Legion
Medals—Com. W. F. Rhodes.
Awarding of other Medals— Rev.
Boyd llarnni.
Song—Grammar School Glee Club
Benediction — Rev. A. G. Sar
geaut.
The Spring Flower Show was held
| Wrdn unlay with an unusually fine*
i display of flowers ol various classes
[,uul varieties.
The show was sponsor* d by the.
I Garden Dejjat tment of the Woman's
! i'luh and lunch was senod by the
Health and Welfare Departments.
No prizes were awarded but en
tries were judged and ribbons de
noting honors were given.
The judges wre Mrs. Jasper. ZaK
ora. Mrs. Hoy Smith and Mrs. Black
i ;ili of r'.iarlotte, and honors won as
; follows:
Iris I'.i-st collection, Mrs C, E.
; Neisler; second, Mrs. J. K. Herndon;
I third, Mrs. Grady King.
Best vase one variety; Mrs. C. E
| Xeisler, second, llev. B. W. For; 3rd
| Mrs. C. E. Neisler.
Best single bloom: Mrs. .1. E.
i Herndon; second. Mrs. C. E. Neisler
Flowering shrubs; Best, Mrs. Chas
Williams; second, Mrs. W. K. Maun
ey, third, Mrs. C. E Neisle1'.
Popples: Best red, .Wrs. F~a.nIf
Summers; best pink. Mrs. E. W.
Griffin; best California. Mrs. i'ranIt
Summers.
Hoses: Bset red climbing rose.
Mrs. C. E. Neisler, best, pink climb
ing rose, Mrs. C. E. Neisler; best
white climbing rose. Mrs. M. A.
Ware; best climbing rose of other
color. Mrs. Frank Summers; best
yellow climbing rose, Mrs. 0 E.
Neisler; best red radiance, Mrs. E.
A. Harrill; best pink radiance, Mrs.
P. M. Neisler; best white rose, Mrs.
E. Cooper; best red rose, B. M.
Ormand; best yellow, Mrs. ,1. E. An
thony; best single white, Mrs. C. A.
Dilling; best single red. Mrs. Frank
Summers: best single pink, Mas.
Frank Summers; honorable men
tion, Mrs. Havne Blackmer.
Pansies--Best, Mrs. .1 E. Herndon
second, Mrs. W. K. Mauney.
Miscellaneous — first, Mrs. E W.
Griffin, second. Mrs. Frank Sum
mers, third. Mrs. Frank Summers.
Peonies — First, Mrs. Tom Huds
I peth, second, Mrs. M. A. Ware.
Sweet Peas — first, Mrs. D. C.
Mauney; second, Mrs. Glenn White;
third, Mrs. W. T. Weir.
Best arrangement of vegetables—
Mrs. F. E. Finger.
Best fruit arrangement — Mr.
Souther.
Best breakfast table arrangement,
Mrs. Chas. Williams.
Best mixed flowers—first, Mrs.
W. K. Mauney; second, Mrs. A. H.
Patterson; third, Mrs. H. S. B.aokj
mer.
Miniature arrangement — first,
Mrs. Frank Summers; second. Mrs.
Frank Summers; third. Mrs. G. W.
King: honorable mention, Mrs.
Frank Summers
Best unusual flowers — first. Mrs.
Frank Summers: second, Mrs. Frank
Summers; third. Mrs. E. W. Griffin:
honorable mention, Mrs. Frank Sum
mers.
The Home Economics classes of
the High school visited the Flower
Show in a body during the day.
W. E. Blakely Named
For Postmaster’s Job
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OPENING OF VERAS
BEAUTY SHOPPE
Delayed
The formal opening oof Veras
Beauty Shoppe has been delayed on
j account of non-arrival of some of the
' furniture and equipment Mrs. Vera
Rawls stated that she was very dis
! appointed to have to make this an
j nouncement, but that she had rather
< wait a few days and have every
| thing in readiness. An announcement
| will be made later as to the exact
date of the opening.
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MEN S CLUB MEETS
| TONIGHT
i The regular meeting of the Men'h
[Club will he held this evening at the
; Woman's Club building. Messrs B.
N. Barnes and J. M. Sealy will have
charge of the program.
MEN S BIBLE CLASS
HAS SUPPER
The Men's Bible Class of the First
Presbyterian church entertained at
a fish fry and steak supper last
! Friday evening at the site of the
old City Water works. Mr. O. W.
Myers is president of the class. Mr.
J. R. Davis, invited guest of Mr. Ar
thus Hay, teacher of the class spoke
informally to those present. Re
marks were added by Rev. P. D. Pa
trick, and the teacher.
f W. K. Blakely lias been recommen
tied by Congressman A. L. Bulwinkle
as postmahter for the local post
jofiice to succeed James S. Ware.
)
Mr Blakely’s appointment will
have to be confirmed by the Senate
in a few days. It was thought that
Mr. Hlukely wood take charge of
the office about May 19th as this is
the time the term of the present
pohtmaster expires.
Mr. Blakley has been a citizen of
Kings Mountain for the past seven
years. He is a native of South Car-l
oliini. but came to Kings Mountain
from Georgia. He is a member of the
American Legion, a former automo
bile dealer, and has recently been eu
gaged in the insurance businehs. Mr
Blakely is a loyal member of the A
It. P. Church and a member of the
Men’s Club. The many friends of Mr
Blakely wish for him the best of
luck in his new duties.
Mr. Blakely was named after get
ting on the eligible list of three, out
of the eleven who applied for the po
sition. ,
TROOP ONE MEETS
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(Buren Neill, Jr., Scribe)
The meeting of Troop One met
outside of the Scout Hut at 7::’>0
Monday night. We are to know liow
many can go to camp as we aret gtp-i
mg to work the thing they have at
the Camporee. Wo enjoyed the fish
and steak supper the Men’s Bible
Class gave to us last Friday nighjl.
Court of Honor meets ’Thursday,
May 21.