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VOL. 34 NO. 24
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C. THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1936
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State And National News
Condensed In Brief Form
—State News
Rocky Mount, June 10.—An elec
trical Eton 111 here disrupted the fire
alarm system hut as it did so it sent
in an alarm from the neighborhood
Lin-wood Massengale.
Firemen responding found no fire
but did find that Liuwood Ma-'sen
gale, Jr., and Edith, 12, had been
struck by lightning which entered
tl c kitchen of the home, tearing the
stove to pieces and tearing up file
roottn. The two were knocked if
conscious hut were revived, showing
no apparent injury.
Tarboro, June 10.—Roland Kenny
North Kenny, and Claude Bellamy,
young negroes, found a bee tree and
set afire to drive the bees away so
they could get the honey.
iThey got the honey but the fire
burned over 80 acres of wood.
Forest Warden M. W. Haynes took
them to court where they were fined
$2.50 each.
Raeford, June 10.—John A. Hid
gin, former legislator and father of
Sheriff D. H. Hidgln of Hoke county,
was struck by a truck while crossing
the road. The driver of the truck,
was held pending outcome of the in
juries. i
Raleigh, June 10.—The soil conser
ration service planted 4,486,000
trees and shrubs on badly eroded
and abandoned land during the three
month planting season this spring.
Elizabeth City, June 10.—Irish po
tato shippers in the Elizabeth C'vf
section were overjoyed at the prices
their produce was bringing. With $2
per barrel considered profitable, lo
cal potatoes were bringing $5.50 F.
O. B. A scarcity of potatoes had in
creased the priles all over the roun
try.
Erwin. June 10.—Preston and
Cefus Powell, brothers, were fight
ing. Their mother, Mrs. Janey PhKv'-'
ell. attempted to intervene and re
reived a severe wound in her head.
The woman’s condition was said
to be serious.
Raleigh, June 10.—The state board j
of elections started its tabulation of
votes today from the 100 counties in
last Saturday’s primary.
The board plans to meet Saturday
tf all returns are in to canvass the
count and declare the result.
In contests where no clear majori j
ty was obtained, candidates in sec
ond place have five days after their
notification of tlhe result in which to
file a demand for a second primary
on July.
Twenty eight counties had sent in
their official results.
Raleigh, June 10.—-The highway
patrol reported today drunken driv
ing arrests totaled 256 in May, a
drop trom the 275 in April.
“Better enforcement of the provis
ions of tlie license act has undoubt
edly had its effect.” Captain Charles
D. Farmer commented.
—National News—
Fairbanks, Alaska, June 10.—Fire
j and water menaced sections of sou
tiie:'.stern Alaska and northern Brit
ish Columbia today while weather
forecasts offered no relief from an
unseasonable heat wave.
Forest fires broke out in the hills
i above inundated valleys as high tern
! beratures died out timber-lands and
speeded the run-off of water from
i glaciers and snowfields.
St. Peter, Minn., June 10—Spurred
by fear of major violence, officials
pursued seven demented desperadoes
over crime-strewn trails today.
The seven mad fugitives — tihree
slayers, two bank bandits and a pair
of robbers — managed to elude law
enforcement officers after nine of
their companions in the Sunday
night. break from the criminal ward
of the St. Peter State Insane Asy
lum had been recaptured.
Naples. Italy, June 10.—Twenty
persons were killed and 100 injured
today when a work train went. off
the track a few miles from the
Naples station.
brittle Rock. Ark., June 10.—A Fed
eral investigator's finding of “No
peonage'- on eastern Arkansas plan
tations conflicted today with a min
ister's renewed claim oof “wide
spread terrorism" in a cotton hands
strike.
Governor .1. Marion Futrell an
nounced receipt of a telegram from
Sam E. Whitaker in which the spe
cial assistant attorney general said
lie found no evidences of peonage in
his investigation of the strike zone1,
Memphis, Tenn.. June 10.—Attrac
tive 20 year old Daisy Peitz held
down a iob as a seeretarv and work
ed her way through low school in
three years.
Tennessee law says minors can't
take bar examinations but this did
not phaze the aspiring barrister. She
went into Chancery court yesterday
and won an order removing the jlis
advantages of minority.
Now she may take her examina
tions late this month.
Jacksonville. Fla.. June 10.—Myr
tle Raton, convicted last Wednesday
of liarboring a. member of the Barker
Karpis gang, was fined $1,000 and;
sentenced to six months in prison in
federal court here today.
Springfield. 111.. June 10—The Il
linois supreme court today ruled a
gainst Rev. Charles E. Coughlin, Do
troit priest, in his fight for a permit
to speak in Soldier field, Chicago.
Zurich. Switzerland, June 10.- Po
lice announced today they had ar
rested an alleged member of the lies
tapo, the German secret police, who
had confessed a plot to assassinate
Heinrich Brueming, former chancel
lor of Germany.
San Francisco, June 10. — PoVri'
suspicion was removed today from
members of a religious cult who
were questioned concerning a hotel
fire in which seven persons died
Sunday.
Laughing Around the World
With IRVIN s. COBB
The Proper Remedy At Last
By IRVIN S. COBB
POSSIBLY inspired by the missionary work of Pussyfoot Johnson, a
* Scotch minister undertook a temperance crusade amonpr the mem
bers of his own flock. He announced that on a certain Sabbath he would
Juvr me V
■deliver a sermon upon the evils of strong drink, with physical illustra
tions to prove the argument Upon the appointed morning a congrega
tion which crowded the kirk greeted him. Upon the pulpit he placed
two glasses; one containing whiskey and the other spring water. Then,
in an impressive silence he brought a small box from his coat, opened
the box and produced a long wriggling worm.
First he dipped the worm in the tumbler of water, where it coiled
and twisted happily. Then he dropped it into whiskey. Instantly the
haplras creature shriveled, and after a few feeble contortions became
limp and lifeless. Hauling forth a dead thing the minister said:
“Now then, my brethren, behold the effects of strong spirits upon
this wee creature. In the water it took no harm; but the first contact
-with this foul stuff here instantly destroyed it. Need I say or do more
to convince you of the effects of whiskey?”
From the body of the church there rose up a lantern-jawed person.
"Minister," he said, “might I ask where ye got the wnusky in that
■tumbler?"
“Fm glad you put that question,” said the clergyman. “I pur
chased it at that den of iniquity, the public-house, which stands at the
top of the street not a hundred yards from this plaea of worship.”
“Thank ye," said the parishioner. “I’ll he gein’ there on the mor
row. For years Fve bean troubled mesdf with worms.”
(AnsHeaa Km Men XaeJ
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Hoey Leads McDonald
i
Clyde R. Hoey, Cleveland's own candidate for Governor, (left), lead
Dr. Ralph' McDonald, (right), by 4,320 votes. The complete votes for
the candidates are: Hoey. 193,862; McDonald. 189,542; Graham, 124,078:
McRae, 6,736.
A. R. P. CHURCH
REDECORATED
INSIDE
The interior ot' Boyce Memorial A.
It. Presbyterian Church has been re
| decorated in a beautiful ivory and
i light tan. The beauty and couitort
of the church has been further en
I lanced by the installation of mod
| ern indirect lighting. The arching of
a petition, which adds measurably I
; to the appearance of the auditorium
' makes the interior of this church at
I tractive, spacious, and comfortable.
PAGEANT THIS
SABBATH EVENING
A pageant, written by missionari
es among the ant ient Aztecs and il
lustrating their work in that place,
will be presented at Boyce Bemorial
Church this coming Sabbath even
ing at 8:00 o'clock. Miss Ruth Word
is directing and a cast of about 20
participate. The public is cordially
invited.
WEBB HEADS
COLLEGE BOARD.
Sholby, June 9.—Election of Judge
K. Yates Webb as olmiuinau of the
board of trustees of Bodling Springs
Junior college an<l the re-election of
President A. C. Lovelace to direct
tbe activities ol the college next
year climaxed a meeting of the trus
tees of the college and the general
boards of the Kings Mountain and
Sandv Hun associations here.
Judge Webb succeeds J. H. Quinn
Vho lias been chairman of the board
since the founding of tie school 3.
yca s ago. He was named trustee
ehsirnian emeritus.
In accepting the- trusteeship of the
college Judge Webb said lie was glad
to be actively connected with thr*
college and voiced t.he opinion that
Boiling Springs is now facing the
brightest future of any junior col
lege in the state.
Mr. D. F. Hord and Rev, A. 0.
Sargeant. trustees, attended the
meeting from Kings Mountain
Both To Serve Again
A. L. Bulwinkle, (left), was re elected over three opponents as Con
| gressman from the 10th Distriqf. J. R. Cline (right) defeated Irvin Allen
f for Sheriff of Cleveland County.
250 BONUSES TO BE
PAID HERE
Full details of delivery and certi
fication of Adjusted Service bonds
to veterans were announced today
by Postmaster \Y. E. Blakely. The
bonds are due here June 17 and more
than 250 veterans are eypected to la
accommodated from the Kings Moun
tain office There are approyimately
600 vets in the county who are sehed
uled to receive nearly $350,000.
Postmaster Blakely emphasized
that the bonds will not be delivered
to the veterans at the postoffice.
There will be no exception to this
rule. Veterans who receive mail
through P. O. Boxes or general de
livery will be notified to call at the
room in rear of the post office buSld
irg the af e -toon of June ITtll and
thereafter. "Veterans receiving their
mail by city or rural carriers will h>
notified to meet their carriers on a
designated day or trip, and if not
known personally to carrier be pre
pared to furnish suitable identifica
tion as the bonds can only be de
livered to person addressed and at
the the address given The matter of
identification applies to all veterans
regardless of where they receive
The bonds will be delivered to
veterans residing in the city delivery
area on the afternoon trip of carri
ers June 17th and to veterans re
siding on rural routes on. the carriers
regular trip June 18th. Veterans will
kindly make the necessary arrange
ments to meet their respective car
riers on the date and trip mentioned
in order that the bonds may be ds
ltvered as promptly'as possible.
iThe veterans maty cash all or any
part of their bonds or they may keep
them in their possession. TPhe bonds
will be tax exempt and will draw
three per cent annually.
A room fat the rear of the local
i rostotnce will De openea ana an or
| i ra clerk will be ou duty to help the
I veterans fill out their bonds to have
them cashed.
WU1 Rogers’
* Humorous Story
; p——-—
By WILL ROGERS
COME people come back from
Europe with notebooks and
maps ana hotel stickers that tell
M.
the whole story, but others come
back with a long headache.
Last summer there was a jolly
little party went all over Europe.
Last rail, Mrs. Trott, who was in
this here party, was visiting with
two or three other travelled women,
j The others was telling their ad
ventures.
“Oh, was you in Rome, Mrs.
Trott?" one of them says.
“Rome? Why, I’m not so sure
thftt WO WM.”
“Well, there’s a darling little
i hotel at Lucerne. Was you there?"
“Lucerne? I don’t seem to re
! member it."
“How about London. Was you
l there?"
“Well, to tell you the truth, I
couldn’t be certain whether we was
or not You see, I didn’t keep any
record, and bit husband bought an
the transportation and all the liquor
for the erowd. Everything was
lovely, I immlnr, but I can’t re
call the places wo was at"
(ft—rtw TTisi fief ns tin 1
V. Hj/fflcGli-ilNIS GEYS CALL
FRjBTlVl JIM FARLEY
nighy
Sinn ijt
The phone rang Tuesday
at thi home of W. H. McGi
Mrs.yMcGinms answered the phona
and*'' was informed that New York
wanted tc talk w.lh Mr. W. H. Mc
Ginnis. Mr. McGinnis came to the
phone anJ found that Postmaster
Ueheral James A. Farley, woo is
alSo Executive Chairman of the
Democratic Party, was on the line.
Mr. Farley discussed With Mr. Me-/
Ginnis plants for the Democraf-io
Parly for this part of the state.
CHIEF BRYANT
HAS ANCIENT COIN
/
Chief Bryant, of the local Police
Department, is the owner of a very
old and rare French coin. The coin
is the size of an American dime but
s a French DO cent piece. The date
on the coin shows that it was ininteU
during 1347 which would make it
589 years old. This coin has been in
the Bryant family for more thorn
200 years. The date on the coin
shows that it was minted 145 years
before Columbus discovered Ameri
ca.
SATURDAY’S VOTE
House Of Representatives.
Gardner, East Kings Mountain,
15'J, West Kings Mountain, 170;
County 5,298. i
Sanders, East Kings Mountain,
-04; West Kings Mountain 262,
County, 2,;*»78.
Smith, East. Kings Mountain 170;
West. Kings Mountain, 175; County,
3,880.
Register of Deeds
Blanton, East Kings Mountain, 147,
West Kings Mountain, 93, Counity,
4,120.
Newton, East Kings Moiuiuiin,
471; West Kings Mountain, 545;
County, 8,218.
Sheriff of County
Allen, East Kings Mountain 254;
West Kings Mountain, 290; County,
6,972.
(..line, bust Kings Mountain, 3i8;
West Kings Mountain, 355; County,
,372
Coroner
Lutz. East Kings Mountain. 204;
West Kings Mountain, 215; Coif >| ,
7,332.
Morrison, East Kings Mountain,
373; West Kiugs Mountain, 380,
County, 3,384.
County Recorder
Powell, East Kings Mountain, 257
West Kings Mountain, 270; County,
5,063.
Weathers. East Kings Mountain,
340; West Kings Mountain, 338;
County 7.016.
County Solicitor
Elam. East Kings Mountain, 263;
West Kings Mountain, 274: County.
5,073.
Hoyle, East Kings Mountain. 333:
West Kings Mountain, 354; County,
6,884.
LEGION JUNIOR BALL
TEAM DEVELOPING
RAPIDLY
The local Junior baseball team is
rapidly developing into a likely look
ing squad under the direction of
Coach Moss. The players are show [
ing a lot of pep and enthusiasm and
a merry buttle is on among the indi
viduals for a place on the squad. The
starting line-up has not yet been se
lected. The squad has not yet shown
tip regular fence buster, but they all
have their eyes on the ball and are
hitting for a sigh team average and
several of them are pulling them out
of the air and dirt like big leaguers
in the field. Among these who look
good to your reporter are:
Eumgardner. cand of; Reynolds,
C: Gold, lb: Bennett, of; I'Hi’toli,
of; Harris 2b; Crisp, 2b; Humphries
ss; Lonzo Goforth, lb; Foster; Jones
ft; Yates, of; and several others
that we will report on later. Th«
most promising pitlvhers that we
have looked over are Eugene T'.ofbr
th. Huffstetler, and Illalosk, These
boys have the old soup bones well
lubricated the wild mill deliveries
are shooting some sweet ones across
the platter.
several oilier well Known .minors
have not yet reported, or are not
working; yet regularly. These In
clude Thornburg, Chubby Leonard.
Luther Morrison and several others.
These, along with all other eligible
junior players are urged by the Le
gion to report to Coach Moss as
soon as possible.
The fans are invited to attend the
squad workouts and see how well
the boys are doing. A practice game
will be played soon, so that all the
players may seen In action under
fire, and soon the squad will be se
lected to represent Kings Hkc.i.r,
tain In elimination series.
1 All In Readiness For Formal Open
ing of New Gastonia-Ktngs Moun
tain Highway.
Preparations are complete for tie
1 oTSclpl opening of the new Gastonia
Kip.ys Mountain highway, to be held
ne^rl Tuesday, June ltjth
/Principal feature of the occasion
iAvill be an address by Cl.hitman
' t'njins M. VVaynick. of the State High
way Commission, to be delivered at
(/<l celebration dinner scheduled to be
I gin at 7 o’clock in the evening at
^Central soiiool cafeteria. Kings Monn
■fain.
i Tjje Kings Mountain School Band
’ wp( go to Gastonia in the big truck
ril the Neisler Mills, a tul parade the
fstreets of Gastonia,
i Jim Herndon, Mayor of K> jgs
Mountain, will make the address of
| welcome.
There will be only 125 reservations
for Gaston county. Another 100
plates will be reserved for Kings
Mountain citizens
Members of the Men's Club are
planning to attend tills meeting and
supper which will take the place of
the regular meeting scheduled for
this evening, Thursday, June 11th,
A large number of official Gas
tonia and Kings Mountain automo
biles will form a motorcade which
will eave Gastoia over tiie new high
way for Kings Mountain shortly af
ter 6 p. in. on the celebration dfj".
W. E. BLAKELY
ASSUMES POST
MASTERSHIP
W. K. Blakely who won out over a
field of eleven candidates assumes
the duties of the postmaster's p I '■
lion here last Friday, ' The formed
postmaster, James S Ware, slaved
on a couple of days to acquaint Mr.
Blakely with his duties.
Mr. Blakely said that he was sure
lie would like his new work very
much as soon as lie became accus
tomed to the routine.
Mr. Ware asked the Herald to
state that iie sincerely appreciates
the fine spirit of cooperation shown
him by all the people of Kings Moun
tain during his term of office.
LUTHERAN BIBLE
SCHOOL
Daily Vacation Bil>le School at
the Lutheran Church has enrollment
of 217 including the teachers. The
■school will continue through this
(otrying week and hold the closipg
program Sunday, June 21st. at 6:20
in the Parish Building. A-t that time
certificates will he awarded to all
pupils who attend not less than nine
of the ten days and who do satisfac
tory work
On Friday evening, June 19th, at
7:45 a 7 reel moving picture of the
Life of Christ will be ff'iown in the
Parish Building. Not only the Bible
school pupils are invited but the pub
lie in general. No admission will be
charged, but an offering will he re
ceived to pay the rental on the
films.
BOYCE SPEARS AT
BATTLEGROUND
Itev. W. M. Boyce, of the A. R. P.
Cliurclv, spoke to a group of LA A.
It’s from Charlotte at the Kings
Mountain Battleground at a dinner
held there Thursday at noon.
OBSERVATIONS
(By Mrs. A. H. Patterson)
wftiwwwwwwtwjwvtwa
jMv attention was called last Sat
urday to the radio broadcast of the
official opening of the Texas Centen
uial K.xposttion and as I listened, I
was struck b> the wonderful portray
j al of the scene by the announcer
laud the vivid description of the set
j ting and colorful pageantry, during
the staging of “Under Six Flags.’
I According to the announcer, six
flag holders were placed in the cen
ter of the stadium, these to hold the
flags of Spain, France, Mexico, Ixmc
Star Republic, Confederacy and the
United States, and while thousands
of people looked on, the pageant
was presented.
A promiuen.1 Spaniard was the
first speaker, telling important inci
dents connected with chapter, num
ber one, in Texas history and how
people of his country settled there
when Texas was a wild and virgin
territory. Following his talk the band
played the Spanish National Air
and -0 horsemen dashed forward,
the leader placing the flag of Spain
in the first holder.
Attention was then directed to
France from whence came words of
greeting from a prominent Parisian,
who told of the part France had
(Cont'd on Editorial page)