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VOL. 34 NO. 26
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C. THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1936
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—aiate .News—
Salisbury, June 24.—A 0. Segrav
»s, 47, of near Wilke.-:boro, was kill
•ed last night about 11 o'clock in a
<diti'h on the old Concord road nea.
Bostian's cross reads by Sam P. Ford
•of Kannapolis, a Rowan county dep
uty Sheriff,
The officer claimed he killed in
self-defense.
Spencer, June 24.—The Southern
railway’s southbound passenger
train No. 45 collided with1 a shifting
engine yesterday, and although both
locomotives were badly damaged, no
one was seriously hurt. About 12 per
sons in all suffered minor bruises
•which did not require hospital treat
ment..
Wilmington, June 24.—Kermtt Wil
lianis, 21, of Wadesboro, drowned
while surf fishing.
Warsaw, June 24.—An automobile
•struck Joe Hardison, 55 year old con
tractor, and killed him. A coroner's
jury said tlhe accident was unavoida
We.
Taylorsville, June 24.—A 19 year
old mountain boy sat in court today
awaiting the outcome of his trial
for killing his father whom he said
often abused, beat and cuffed him.
The state announced at the start
•of the trial yesterday it would not
seek a first degree murder verdict
against the defendant, Willard Tea
gue I
Concord, June 24.—The Cabarrus
county hospital board for the propos
•ed new hospital and nurses' home,
■of wibiloh Charles A. Cannon is chair
man was to meet with Architect
Eric G. Flannagan at 2 o'clock this
afternoon to go over plans of the
proposed b^iktyng. 1) aimagan pro
sented plans of the building to tbo
board in May, but the board suggest
ed minor changes and the group
today will look over the drawings
for the second time.
Just as soon as the plans are ac
cepted, the actual work will get tin
<der way.
iThe new hospital and nurses’
heme will be erected near the Cabas
rus country dub on property donat
ed by the widow of the late J. W
Cannon, pioneer textile manufactur
er.
The project will cost approximate
ly $150,000 and of this amount half
was donated by the Duke endow
ment, and tlhie other half by a spec
ial 10 cent property tax.
Asheville, June 24.—A railroad
was sold here for $20, but the seller
lost only $15 in the transaction and
had the privilege of using the road
.three months.
S. M. Connor, business manager
of the city schools, needed a “dinkey
railroad to move dirt from an ath
letic field, shopping in railroad cir
cle, he picked up a nifty for $35.
His hauling over, he decided to
sever |h>is railroad connections.
Came along W. S. Harrison, dealer
in junk, with a hankering for a “din
key.’’ In the twinkling of an eye a
road was sold without benefit of 1.
■C. C.
Raleigh, June 24.— Superintend
ents of municipally owned electric
power plants will meet here tomor
row to organize and affiliate with
the league of Municipalities.
—mtional I\ews—
Washington, June 23.—Secretary
Morgenthau reported today that in-1
come tax collections in the first 20 j
days of June amounted to $298,505.
823, a 25 percent Increase over the
comparable period last year.
At tile same time the daily treas
ury statement indieutt d that income
tax collections for the fiscal yea '
ending June 30 would exceed the $1.
454,000,000 estimated by President
Roosevelt in his revised budget mes
sage.
Leon, Spain, June 25. - Thirteen
persons, four of them women, were
killed and 28 injured today wl en the
Madrid express smashed into a frei
ght train as it emerged from a tun
nel near Ponferrada.
McCormick. S. C., June 28.—Mrs.
Lena Turnage, charged with setting
a forest fire, pleaded in Circuit
Court here that she started the blaze
to drive snakes away from near her
holme. Judge C. J. Ramage of Saluda
sentenced her to six months or a
$150 fine, but suspended senfence.
San Francisco. June 23.—A Texas
hank robber tore a pair of scissors a
part and thrust one blade into the
back of A1 Capone, former gang
king, in Alcatraz Island Prison today
Capone whirled and sent his at
tacker reeling with a blow from Ills
fist.
Washington, June 23.—Sevretary
Wallace appointed a control com
mittee today to administer the wat- |
ermelon marketing agreement in
Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and
North Carolina.
The appommemts were made from
nominations submitted by interested
groups from throughout the territory
Appointments are effective immedi
ately. T.he committee succeeds a
temporary group named in the agree
ment, which took effect May 12.
The committee includes:
A. F. McLean, Rowland, N. C.; C.
K. Upchurch, Raeford, N. C, alter
nate.
Portsmouth. Ohio, June 23.—Riot
ing marked by gunfire broke out to
day at the Portsmouth' works of the
Wheeling Steel Corporation, closeed
by a strike since May 22.
Lakehurst, N. J. June 23.—The dir
igible Hindenburg grounded at ths
naval air station at 5:15 a. m. EST.,
today, bettering its previous record
for a westward crossing of the North
Atlantic by 32 minutes. It was 61
hours and 25 minutes out of its home
port., Frankfor -on-Main, Germany,
when the grounding ropes were hea
ved out.
Sebastian, Fla., June 23.—Hund
reds of curious visitors shed no
light on the identity of a strange
sea creature washed ashore here.
The body is about 15 feet long, the
head bears a rough resemblance to
that of a camel, while the leathery
hide is covered with coarse, matted
hair. ~
Washington, June 23.—President
Roosevelt today signed the new tax
bill and the $100,000,000 Interior De
partment appropriation bill.
Laughing Around the World
With IRVIN s. COBB
Brave, But Also Reasonable
** By IRVIN S. COBB
TJRANK SMITH who pitched a few years ago for Cincinnati in the
^ National League, was reared at Tarboro, North Carolina, and began
playing baseball there. He became the baseball idol of his fellow
Tarborians, and when George Leidy, later manager of the San Antonio
team in the Texas League went to town to lure the young phenomenon
into faster company, the whole community showed their resentment
very decidedly, because with their pitcher gone the home team would go
"to pieces.
“I was in my room at the hotel,” said Leidy, telling about it,
"when a dozen husky, determined looking citizens walked in and told
me that Frank Smith was going to stay right where he was and that
if I wanted to go on living I’d better catch a train leaving for the
North at 7:30 o’clock that night.”
“What did you say to that?” asked a listener.
“I told them,” said Leidy, “to go to thunder. I told them that I
was a free-born American citizen and that I would stay there a year
if I wanted to. I told them in so many words that they couldn t bluff
me. I told them that I would die in my tracks before I would show the
white feather—and I was down at the depot at a quarter of seven,
waiting. (America New* Feature*, Iac.J
FIRST COTTON BLOOM
To Mr. J. M. Smith, of Route 1
Kings Mountain, goes the honor of
rat ng the first cotton bloom of
the season. Despite the dry weath
er Mr. Smith has a fair crop of
cotton. This bloom was brought to
the Herald Tuesday arternoon, and
if anyone has a bloom that opened
prior to this time the Herald would
like to know of it.
TEACHERS RECEIVE
*16,600,000 PAST YEAR
' otal Was $41,000 More Than
o_ -oi Comm,ss.on Had Estimai
llal ;gh, June 23.— A total of $16,
800,00b wain paid out to 23,581 school
teachers and prin< ipals during phi*
past school year in salaries, Lloyd
K. Grit tin, executive secret ary of the
State School Commission, announced
today. This is some $11,000 more
than the School Commission had es
timated would be expended for teach
ers salaries, and was made neces
sary by the employment of .">0 more
teachers than the commission had
allowed for. There were 250 more
teachers employed this year than
last year, when the total amounted
to 23,322.
The total of $16,600,000 paid out
to teachers and principals this past
year does not include the salaries
paid to superintendents, janitors,
school bus drivers or to mechanics,
Griffin pointed out. The salaries paid
to superintendents amounted to ap
proximately $400,000, to janitors a
bout $350,000, to bus drivers. $280,
000 and the school bus mechanics
$175,000. When th'is is added to the
amount paid the teachers and prin
cipals, the total expenditure for sal
aries alone is $17,802,000.
The cost of transporting some 200,
000 children a day to and from
school in more than 4,000 school
busses amounted to $1,896,000 this
past year, or fully $100,000 more
than had been estimated. This was
because of the very severe winter
in all sections of this state which
added greatly to the cost of operat
ing the school transportation system
The cost of operating and heating
the schbol buildings over the state
was also $38,000, more than had
been estimated, while t)be commis
sion also spent $'48tTO0 more for
school busses than had been budget
ed for the purpose. So altogether tlie
cost of operating schools ttiis
past year was much larger than had
been anticipated.
But for the new auditing system
which was installed last summer un
aer which a close, daily check is
kept on the expenditure of all school
funds. the cost would have been
much greater, Griffin sa'id. But the
saving resulting from careful audit
ing of school funds will enable the
School Commission to complete the
school year with only a small deficit.
Farmers Must Act
To Earn Payments
Farmers in other parts of the Uni
ted States who normally plant a lar
ger percentage of their farm acreage
in soil improving crops than do tar
nipfs of North Carolina will likely
share to a greater extent in the pro
ceeds of the new farm program if
North Carolina farmers do not act at
once to comply with the new pro
gram.
This Is the opinion of E. Y. Floyd
of State College, who says that Nor
th Carolina farmers may offset this
seeming advantage of other sections
by replacing cash crops such as cot
ton and peanuts withsoil improving
crops.
There is still some doubt in the
mind of many farmers as to how to
proceed to cooperate. The first
thing to do, Floyd says, is to fill
out a work sheet in which is listed
the acreage of all crops grown on
the farm in 1935, the acreage or
each and other information about
the farm. The second step is to work
with the community committee to
doermine the soil depleting base on
each farm. Then soil conserving
crops must be grown on a part of
this soil depleting base. Fourth, soil
building practices must be followed
to earn the class 11 payments.
As a fifth stop, the farmer makes
a formal application for payment for
what he has done, and finally his
farm is checked to determine wheth
er the conditions for payment ha ve
been met.
Floyd points out that only one pay
ment wil be made under the new
program and this will include both
soil-conserving and soil building
payments. This payment will be
made as promptly as possible after
conditions have been met by the
farmer. Since May 31 has been set
at the last date for county agents to
receive work sheets, Floyd urges
prompt action in taking this first
step towards cooperation with the
program.
If A1 Smith “takes a walk” at the
Philadelphia convention, it will prob
ably bother the Democrats should he
slam the door.
Kings Mountain To Get
Cash For 2 PWA Projects
Two Boys H. rt In
Motorcycle Crash
Mack Moore, Jr., 2h, of Rome Geor
<ia, was »till in the Shelby hospital
at noon today, following an accident
in which he and W. F. Sanders,
i Kings Mountain youth were serious
ly injured Saturday evening. The
motorcycle, driven by Moore, hit the
Southern railroad tracks at the Mar*
grace Mill ci oxsing and skidded at a
terrific speed oft a nearby embank
ment.
iSanders was recognized by some
friends who rode by after the wreck
and was rushed to the Gastonia hos
pital where attaches announced that
he was injured badly and had three
scalp wounds of five, three and two
inches.
Moore was rushed by passersbyers
to the Shelby hospital and identifi
ed by a Rome, Ga„ laundry stamp on
his undershirt. Moore is seriously
lnm at the Shelby hospital and is \
not expected to live. He has a brok- ;
en jaw, broken nose and teeth knock j
ed out.
MOTHER OF J. M
SEALY DIES
Mrs Alice Nelson Sealy, mother
of Mi. M. Sealy. died at In r home
in Rock Mill, S. last Sunda
night after a week's serious nine
Mrs. Sealy was in her 75th yea
Funeral services Wt re held in Roc
Hill Monday afternoon. 1
was in Haurelwood cenu tery
Hill.
Mrs. Sealy is survived by
dren, T.) grandchildren, and
terinei i
in Hoi i:
ten ch
8 gre:
grandchildren. All the children
tended the funeral.
Mr. Sealy has the heart felt syn
pat by of his many friends here
bereavement.
SPONSOR PLAY
Group number three, of the Wo-1
man's Club are sponsoring a play,
“Rebecca Of Sunny Brook Farm" to
be given under the direction of the
Sanline-Crawtord Production Co. A
splendid cast is at work on the play
which will be given In the High
School auditorium, Thursday even
ing. July 2nd.
J. C. Baumgardner Passes
After Lingering Illness
MEMORIAL SERVICE ‘
AT MEN’S CLUB FOR
J. M. RHEA
The regular meeting of the Men'. * '
Club this evening at 7 P. M. will be J
a memorial service to ,1. Monroe
Rhea who died suddenly last week.
Mr. Wiley H. McGinnis will deliv
er the address, having known Mr.
Rhea all litis life. Mr. Rhea was an
active member of the Men's Club.
Mr. Rhea and Aubrey Mauriey hao
originally been scheduled as the pro
gram committee for this meeting,
but due to the death of Mr. Rhea
he memorial services has been ar
ranged.
CROWDS ATTEND
HORD FURNITURE
OPENING
A crowd estimated at more than 50b
attended the opening of the remodel |
ed and enlarged Hord Furniture Co.,
last Friday evening. The /Kings
Mountain Band played.
The following won gifts offered
during the opening: Mrs. J. L Head,
Yates Gordon, G. O. M'oore, Earl
Brown, Mrs. Harley Black, Mrs.
Henry McGinnis, antf John*it; Rain
ey.
Mr. D. F. Hord expressed his
thanks for the unusually large crowd
that turned out for Ms opening.
More gifts will be given away Fri
day and Saturday at 3 p, in. during
their Grand Opening Sale which is
now in progress.
BRYANT WINS CHECKER PRIZE
R. B. Bryant, Jr., son of Chief of
Police R. B. Bryant, bagged a $30.00
prize as being the high scorer in a
checker tournament between Gaff
ney and Hendersonville.
Mr. Bryant made his home in
Kings Mountain for awhile and was
well known as a checker player.
Will Rogers’
Humorous Story
—.. t
By WILL ROGERS
V^OU talk about women being gos
I sips, but they’d have to work
hard at it to beat some men. And
especially when some men get a
' bit of liquor under their belts, they
h’ are just as curious about every
body’s affairs as any woman you
ever seen.
] A judge in California came from
the train one day with a bundle of
gplf clubs that he had just bought
from the shop where they’d been
repaired. A neighbor of his was
strolling home, all lit up.
“Hello Judge, what kinda score
Ju make t'day?” he says.
“I ain’t played today," says the
judge.
"Aha, I see! You just goin’ to
play, huh?"
j “No.”
| “Ah, I gotja Judge! I thought
i so! You just brung them clubs home
to beat the wifie, didnt’ you?”
(American N»w» Future*. Inc,j
Funeral services for .T. C. Baum
gardner. age 82, will be held at the
First Baptist church this (Thurs
day) afternoon, at 2 o'clock. Rev.
A. 0. Sargeant, will nave charge and
will be assTsied by Dr. C. J. Black,
of Bessemer City, a former pastor,
and Rev. E. \Y. Fox, pastor of Cen
tral M. E. church.
Mr. Baumgardner died at seven
o'clock, Wednesday morning, follow
ing a critical illness ol several
weeks, and, several years of senu
;nvalidiam. Members of his family
living out of town were summoned
to his bedside, the latter part of last
week and since that time, his death
has been expected momentarily.
A native of Gaston county, Mr.
Baumgardner came to this place,
with his family, when Kings Moun
tain was only a small village His
passing takes away one of the few
remaining men. identified with the
business life of Kings Mountain at
that time.
He was a charter member of the
First Baptist church, of which lie
has been an active member since its
organization. He gave liberally to
ward the support, both of the old
frame church, where the congrega
tion first worshipped and later to
the present church edifice. His hos
pitality in his home was unbounded
and no visitor found a more cordial
welcome than bis pastor.
His advice and counsel were of
untold value in matters of church,
home and business.
He was a member of the Masonic
and Pythian Orders.
Mr. Baumgardner is survived by
six daughters and one son as fol
lows: Mrs. i. A. Ronerts. Mrs. Will
McDaniel, Miss Letitie Baumgardner
and Mrs. Curtis Falls, all of Kings
Mountain; Mrs. Girard Sherer, Mrs.
Herman Erwin and Mr. Clarenco
Baumgardner, of Erwin, Tenn., and
Mrs. Frank McDaniel of Wilmington.
One daughter. Mrs. R C Baker, died
less than two years ago. His wife
who was before marriage. Miss Lina
Costner, of Dallas, died several
years ag3.
Musical Program At Bap
tist Church Sunday
On Sunday evening, June 2&th, at
eight o'clock, the "Sacred Ensemble’
will present a program of sacred mu
sic at the First Baptist church.
This group of splendid musicians
have been broadcasting for about
four months. In addition to the reg
ular ensemble numbers, there will
be solos, duets, trios, etc.
The personnel of the organization
includes Billy Caveny, sou of Mr.
and Mrs. W. C. Caveny of Kings
Mountain. Mr. Caveny plays the
Clarinet and Saxaphone. Six talent
ed musicians make up the Sacred
Ensemble.
MOST STORES TO CLOSE
MONDAY FOLLOWING THE
FOURTH
Most of the stores and business
houses of Kings Mountain are
planning to close Monday follow
ing the Fourth of July as it comes
on Saturday. The fourth not only
being a Saturday, is also the day
of the Second Primary. A few of
the businesses are not going to
close either day.
Town
Hail Is In
Approved
Project
Mountain i
get liPi -.hare i i the
ter million d-dk i> w
ea t > state
for PWA pi
se nt the gene
the White
Roosevelt's si:
included in
lc
- eduled to
.•fin and quar
i< h vas a&Aur
and grants
ij'-cts when Congress
al deficiency bill to
House for President
mature last Thursday,
the tist of projects!
v,hjJ.it were approved by the PWA
MaJch1 31, are two of which Kings
Maintain is concerned.
The first project provides for a
new City Hall, extension of water
mains, sewer lines, and street im
provements. and involves the expen
diture of $96,363.
The second project provides for
improvements to the High School,
gymnasium, and improvements on
other school buildings, at a tota
most of $62,727.
>ScThe total cost of these two pFo
jeots is $153,100. If the grants are
made as in the past on PWA pro
jects, 45 percent of this amount or
$71,595 will be given to Kings Moun
tain as a direct grant and bonds will
be issued for the difference.
The town authorities had been pre
viously notified the towns that ap
ply for grants only, instead of grants
and loans, would be given preference
so the Town Council met in special
session Tuesday night with all pres
ent except W. K Mauney who was
out of town and voted to apply for
grant only.
City clerk Charlie Hilling inline
diately notified H. O. Baity, state
director, of the Council's action.
PAYROLLS SHOW
INCREASE OF ABOUT
SIX MILLION A WEEK
Washington. June 22. -The labor
department reported today 88,000
persons were returned to employ
ment during May and weekly pay
rolls increased approximately $6,
700.000.
At her press conference, Secretary
Perkins commented the increase was
unusual. She said May usually re
flected the beginning of the summer
decline in industrial employment.
"Everywhere I have been, I have
found an underlying steady activity.
Miss Perkins added.
She said there was increased em
ployment in durable goods industries
usually the last to gain
The departuent said the total num
her of persons employed in May was
650,000 greater than in May, 1935,
and that weekly earnings were al
most $36,000,000 higher.
The report said factory employ
ment, contrary to seasoonal move
ment, continued an upswing which
tgis been reported each month siuce
January.
Postal Clerk Examination
To Be Held
Applications will bo received
through June 27th for the examilta*
lion to be held later to secure a sub
stitute clerk and mail carrier for
title local Postoffiee. A~vacancy has
arisen through the resignation of
Mr. L. M Logan.
Applicants must be between It*
and 45 years of age, be five feet., ♦
inches in height, and weigh at least
125 pounds.
The pay for substitute clerk and
carrier is 65 cents per hour.
Full information may be obtained,
front Miss Freelove Black at the
Postoffiee.
(Opinions Expressed in This Column
Are Not Necessarily the Views of
This Newspaper.)
Washington. — (IPS)—The Nation
al Capitol seems to have put on its
thinking cap. It took it less than
two weeks to catch up with what
the Supreme Court really did when
it invalidated the New York State
■ minimum wage law for women. It
| usually takes much longer.
When the decision was first hand
ed down, cries of jhoror went up —•
from men called u|H>n by newspaper
men to comment before they had
even had a chance to read the de
cision, much less think about it.
“Alas!" they cried. “The Supreme
Court says that neither the federal
nor state governments can function
in that field."
Hut now the froth is settling down
and tine thinking has begun. It ap
pears, to the surprise of many, that
j it was not the Supreme Court b-»
the Constitution which created the
.. (Coat'd ou back page.)