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VOL. 34 NO. 28
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.
THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1936
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State And National News
Condensed In Brief Form
—State News
Rockingham, July 8.—A concerted
drive on hobos using the Seaboard
Air Line railway trains in Richmond
county was planned today following
•a conference between railroad offici
as.
Superintendent R. W. Rogers of
the Seaboard appeared before county
commissioners earlier in tue wees
to present facts regarding hobos
and their expense to the railroad ask
ing continued coSft^ration of local
officials in handling the situation.
Raleigh, July S.—Dan C. Bonev,
state ins ^^c® commissioner, report
ed today North Carolina had the low
est average fire insurance rate, for
stock companies, in the southeastern
states last year and the fire loss was
32.5 per cent of the premiums col
lected, the lowest loss ratio in at
least 10 years.
Raleigh, July 8.—Stacey W. Wade,
defeated in bis campaign for renom
ination as secretary of state, today,
congratulated his opponent, Thad
A. Eure, and pledged him and the
democratic party full support in the
November election.
Wade was the first of three can
didates defeated in Saturday's ru|hr
■off primary to congratulate the sue
cessful candidate. W. P. Horton, nom
inated for lieutenant governor, said
he had heard nothing from Paul D.
■Grady and Dr. Ralph W. McDonald
had liot congratulated Clyde II. lluey j
the gubernatorial nominee.
Wilmington, ,Tu!y 8—Soli* i:or John
J. Burney, said today that he .. >d
not been able to find any victim wor
thy of belief in his investigation of j
the alleged flogging of men and wo
men by a hooded band of terrorists
in the Clarendon community of Co
lumbus county.
He said he planned to revisit the
scene this afternoon where the flog
gings were reported to have taken
, place withing the-leet few- month.*
with the hope of completing his in
quiry within the next few days. He
spent two days in this communty
last week.
Goldsboro, July 8.—Dr. B. J. Lind
Icy of Winston-Salem was elected'
president of the North Carolina vet
erinary medical association and
Wrightsville Beach selected the 1937
convention place at the conclusion
of the 35th annual convention ban
quet here last night.
Spartanburg, July 8.—Mose Press
ley, of near Spartanburg, was ccnv
fined in a local hosuital today para
lyzed from the waist down from the
effects of the bite of a black widow
spiderl
Pressley, employed on a county
wide project to stamp out the phony
peach disease in orchards of this
area, was bitten while in a tree In
the Fail-forest secTTon.
Asheville, July 8.—P. M. Plem
mons, 30, bitten on a finger six i
weeks ago by a stray dog, died today |
of hydrophobia.
When he was bitten at the fillin';
station where he worked, he made
light of the matter and refused treat
ment. Saturday he became so ill he
could not work. His condition rapid
ly became worse until his death this
morning.
National News—
Chicago, July 8.—No hope of sub
stantial relife within the next 3G
hours from the record heat and pro
longed aridity blanketing the dout'li
stricken midwest was held today by
weather bureau forecasters.
At least seventy two deaths had
resulted from the sun beating down
mercilessly for six consecutive days
on the area extending from the rich
corn belt of Illinois and Indiana to
the wheal fields of Kansas, the cat
tie ranges of Wyoming and Montana
and the great crop producing states
of the Dakotas and Minnesota.
As the temperatures rose to hei
ghts reaching 120 degrees crop loss
es mounted with accompanying ra*
pidity. Already damage has been es
timated at 1300,000,000.
Seattle, July 8.—A self-styled
"man of destiny,r' John C. Peterson,
a sign painter, today became the 19
candidate to oppose Washington
state’s frolicking represtntative, Ma
rion A. Zioneheck.
“What Seattle needs is a repre
sentative who can relax and take
things easy" said Peterson.
“I was thinking of running for
governor but I think I would make
a better representative
He said a painting job recently
i.etteu him the 1100 necessary for
the filing fee to become a candidate
against Zioneheck and a lot of other
people.
Washington, July 8.—Aubrey Wil
liams, deputy WPA administrator an
nounced today the 55,000 destitute
farmers in five mid-western drouth
stricken states would be employed
by the WPA within a week or ten
days at the most.
Williams estimated that nearly
half this number would me employ
ed within 24 hours.
Michigan City, Ind., July 8.— Mrs
Wesley Click offered today to turn
over to the Indiana university med
ical ceaLtr—for sclent!c study the
bodies of her twin babies who died
after being bom with a bone fusioon
at the base of the brain.
Dr. H L. Brooks, head of the
Clinic hooslJTlal staff, said the moth
er had expressed a desire that her
babies might be used for research
in determing the technique of an
operation which would give similarly
joined twins a chance to live.
The first of ttie babies died 15
minutes offer being born Monday
but the other lived, until Tuesday
afternoon, to'Xemfa finally causing
its death.
Washington, Jily 8.—Dealers of
the Aemrican Federation of Laboa
gathered today to deiide whether to
wage war to the knife on John L.
Lewis and fellow insurgents engag
ed in the gigantic struygle to organ
ize 500,000 steel workers into a sin
gle industiral union.
Angry accusations from the oppos
ing camps of industral and craft un
ions indicated no peace was in sight
in the quarrel threatening to split
.he A. F. of L. wide apare with pro
found consequences for the future
history or orsani'zeu labor.
Plattsburgh, N. Y., July 8.—Dr. 9.
Parkes Cadman, fighting peritonitis
and a ruptured appendix, was report
ed today to be holding his own al
though still in a very critical condi
tion.
Laughing Around the World
With IRVIN s. COBB
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The Burden of the Black Brother
By IRVIN S. COBB
ONLY recently I told a story relating to Booker Washington. Today
I crave consent of the readers to tell another. It was a favorite
anecdote of the great negro educator. He said that the citizens of
a remote Southern community got interested in a project to import
some Europeans to the neighborhood and colonize them upon the fer
tile but gone to seed farmlands and truck patches which dotted the
district
A meeting was held at the country courthouse to discuss ways and
means and to raise funds for putting the undertaking through. In the
audience sat an elderly and highly respected colored citizen.
After the meeting adjourned the chairman of it hailed the old ”Agro.
“Hello, Uncle Zack!” he said, “I was glad to have you with us
tonight. I take it that you endorse the project we’ve put under way?”
“Well, Kunnel, I wouldn’t go so fur ez to say dat,” stated the old
man. “To tell you de Gawd’s truth, theys’ already mo’ w’ite folk* in dis
county than us niggers kin suppo’te.”
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Town Appropriates Funds For Library
THE WINNER
I
Clyde R. Hoey, Cleveland’s Own,
overwhelmingly defeated Dr. Ralph
McDonald for the Democratic nomi
nee for Governor of North Carolina
by a vote of 261,970 to 208.738, a
majority of 53,232. In the same pri
mary W. P. Horton polled 206,875
and Paul Grady polled TiTT.5o5 To,t- &
for Lieutenant Governor. Thad Eure
lead Stacey^Wade by 38,343 in the
race for Secretary of State.
Kings Mountain’s Vote
Governor
Hoey: East, 671; West, 515; total
1,186; Total county 11.254.
McDonald: East, 117; West, 133;
total 250; Total county 1,209.
LIEUTENANT governor
Horton: East, 521; West, 347; to
tal 968; Total county, 8,048.
Grady: East, 204; West, 250; to
I tal 454; Total county 3,258.
i SECRETARY OF STATE
i Eure: East 165: West 306; total
! 471; Total county, 6,749.
Wade: East, 554; West, 291; to
tal 845; Total county, 4,401.
CAPTURE QUANTITY
OF WHISKEY
Deputy Sheriffs Charlie Sheppard,
H. G. Ware and City Policeman
Cine Austell celebrated (he Fourth
of July by making a raid which net
ted 7 seven gallons of whiskey and
a quantity of Home-brew. Bud Rob
erts. colored, was arrested, but his
son. Golden Roberts, escaped. The
raid was made in the Ebenezer sec
tion of Cleveland county. Roberts is
out on bond awaiting trial. The
whiskey and brew was found in
Roberts’ home. *
SCHULMAN’S DEPT.
STORE MOVED
Schulman's Department Store
which has been located next door
to the First National BanlT 5n Rail
road TTvenue. moved tfiis week into
their new home on East Mountain
street, next door to Allen's Barber
Shop. The building has been com.
pletely remodeled and a new front
was installed, and the new location
is one of the most attractive in
Kings Mountain.
Mr. I. S. Schulman, proprietor, ex
tends a cordial invitation to every
one to visit him in his new location.
Free tickets to the Dixie Theatre
will be given to the first 50 persons
visiting the new store on opening
morning, Friday July 10th'.
The new store will carry a com
plete line of merchandise for every
member of the family.
A special sale, celebrating the
opening will begin Friday morning.
SCOUT COUNCIL TO MEET
SUNDAY AT LAKE LANIER
Members of the executive board of
the Piedmont council, Boy Scouts of
America, from the counties of Gas
ton, Cleveland, Lincoln, Rutherford,
Polk, Iredell, Alexander, Caldwell,
Catawba, Burke and McDowell, will
meet at the Piedmont Boy Scout
camp ot Lake Lanier, Tryon, Sun
day morning, July 12. The meeting
will start at 11 o’clock with a short
devotional service conducted by
Judge BfSWtirek Capps, of Gastonia,
president of the organization. The
business meeting's will follow and
members of the board will join at
dinner at 1 o*rTbck.
According to R. M. Schilele, camp
director, more than 1,000 scouts are
enrolled in the camp for the sum
mer and hundreds have been turned
away though additional accommoda
tions have been added this year.
One of the important matters to be
discussed by the board is the en
largement of the camp for future
summers.
A CORRECTION
In an article in the last issue of
the Herald it was stated that Mr. L,
M. Logan resigned from the staff ol
the local post office. This was a mis
take. Mr. Logan was retired by the
Post Office Department.
J. B. Keeter Elected
Commander Legion Post
! MEN S CLUB TO
FEAST AT PISGAH
The Men's Club, their wives and
sweethearts, will have their first out
(door supper this evening at 6:30 at
Pisga’h Presbyterian Church, near
Linwood, between here and Gaston,
ia. This is the first out-door supper
of the season. Thes’e suppers will be
held twice a month for the next
three months.
Everyone who attended the supper
last year at Pisgah is very anxious
to get out and participate in the won
I derful eats that will be offered.
Messrs Byron Keeter, Hayne
Blackmer and Haywood E. Lynch,
will have charge of making arrange
ments for the out-door feeds.
HERNDON FAMILY
DINE TOGETHER
Following a custome of years past
the immediate members of the Hern
don family dined together at the
Woman's club, last Saturday with
Mr. M. E. Herndon of Charlotte as
host.
The tables and dining room of the
club were attractively arranged and
a sumptuous repast served by mem
bers of the club.
Those present included M. E.
Herndon, George and Marion Hern
don of Charlotte; Mr. and Mrs. P.
D. Herndon and children: Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Herndon and children;
Mrs. Jason Crocker, all of Kings
Mountain; Mr and Mrs. Tom Hern
don, Mr. and Mrs. Byrd Herndon, all
f Columbia, S. C.; Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Blalock, Union Bevel, Va : Mr.
and Mrs. Chas. Vick, Mrs. Ed Cor,
don of South Hill, Va., Mrs. Jim Bla
lock, Baskerville, Va.
RETURNS TO
HOSPITAL
Friends of Dr. C. J. Black, of Bes
semer City, former pastor ot the
First Baptist church, at this place,
will regret to learn that he has been
again carried to the Charlotte Sana
torium.
Dr. Black, who has been in ill 1
health for a long time and has under |
gone treatment at the hospital sever
al times has been much better for
some time, until he took a turn for
the worse last week.
BIG INCREASE IN
ADVERTISING SEEN
Seattle. July 7.—A tremendous In
crease in national newspaper adver
tising during the next six months
was foreseen today at the annual con
vention of the Pacific Advertis ng1
Clubs association.
Leslie M. Barton, New York City,
! expressed the opinion business men
| would put more money into news
I paper advertising ‘‘rather than give
1 it to the government under the new
tax bill.’’
“Advertising particularly within
the building industries, will exceed
anything we have ever known,” Bar
ton said in a prepared address.
He praised newspaper advertising
as “more effective than any other
medium/’
I
Will Rogers’
Humorous Story
By WILL ROGERS
• ■ ’HERE is a Scotchman that lives
"*■ In Chicago, and he has a radio.
There was a lot of conversation at
the club one day about radio stuff,
r
1
t/vr l
but Sandy didn’t join in. One of the
fellows Bays, “Sandy, you got a
radio, ain’t you?”
"Aye. I got one.”
“Well, don’t you listen in on the
programs every night?”
“No. I dinna want to burn out ma
bulbs.”
"But how do you get your mon
ey’s worth out of the radio?”
"On the Sabbath. I used to go
to church. But now I turn on the
I 4 radio. There’s nine morning ser
vices, and two at evening. I turn
from one to the other when they’re
taking the collections, and I imag
ine. I’m givin’ a dollar in each bas
ket. Tis a great feeling, and up
liftin’ too.”
Ainricu New* Feature*, luc.
I
Delegates To State Conven
tion Named
Officers of the Otis D. Green Post
! of the American Legion were elected
jut their regular meeting held at the
| Woman's Club Building Tuesday
I night. All officers were unanimously
j elected. Tiie new officers will be in
stalled and assume their respective
positions the first meeting night in
October.
The following were elected:
J. B. Keeter, Post Commander.
W. E. Blakely, 1st Vice Comman
der
N F. McGill, 2nd Vice Commander
P. G. Ratterree, Adjutant.
W. W Souther, Finance Officer.
John Floyd, Chaplain.
Luther R. McSwain, Sargeant t
Arms.
Legionaires W. W. Souther, Luth
er R. McSwain and B. M. Hayes
were elected delegates to attend the
State Convention to be held at Ashe
ville July 26 to 28t'h.
Alternates named for the conven
tion were: J. S. Ware, W. F\ Rhodes
and Charles B. Campbell.
The entertainment committee for
j the next meeting which will be held
the first Tuesday in August is as
follows: M C. Falls, Chairman; John
Floyd. J. B. Barron. G. A. Ware and
Charles B. Campbell.
FOURTH OF JULY
QUIET HERE
Even though the Fourth of July
came on Saturday and Voting day
at the same time Kings Mountain
passed a very quiet day. Police Chief
Bryant reported only one arrest was
made, this bting a drunk
No serious automobile accidents
occured in or near Kings,fountain.
However, the nation lisml its to
tal of violent deaths at 389 in the
week end celebration of Independ- i
ence.
it was the largest Fourth of July
fatality list since 1931 when 483
died and the second largest in the, ;
last 9 years.
Fireworks resulted In six deaths,
one less than last year.
Motor vehicle Talalilies nutnbdert
230 as unprecedented numbers took
to the highways for the double holi
day.
Deaths by drowning were listed at
99. Others lost their lives in tavern :
brawls, airplane crashes, wild shoot
ing and railroad and other accidents
Fires and lightning claimed other
victims.
National guardsmen occupied Rent
sen, Iowa. A firecracker there start
ed a blaze that resulted in a loss ~es
, timated at $300,000. Four blocks of
business buildings were razed.
Deaths by states included North
Carolina, 3 motoring; 1 drowning;
and 9 from other causes, total 13.
' LEGION TEAM TO
PLAY CHARLOTTE IN
SERIES GAME
The Kings Mountaie Junior Legion
Base Ball team will play Chaijlutte
I Legion team here today at 3:45 at
I Speedway ball park. This is the sec
! ond game of the Elimination Series,
j The local team was defeated by
| Charlotte in the first' game played
there to the tune of 8 to 12. The
| local boys played a good game and
! had the game won until the seventh
' inning when they blew up and let
the Charlotte boys pile up the win
ning run®.
If Kings Mountain wins this game
today they will still be in the run
ning. but if they lose. Kings Moun
tain will be eliminated from the con
I test for the championship. It is hop
j ed by supporters of the local outfit
! that a large crowd will attend this
; game and pull for Kings Mountain.
BLALOCK GROCERY
MOVED
Blalock Cash Grocery and Market
moved from the Fulton Building at
the corner of Cherokee and Moun
tain streets to the new buiTduig al
most directly in front of the former
location. The new location was re
cently remodeled and a new front
installed.
The new building is much larget
than the old one, and Mr. Blalock
stated his business had grown sc
tnrrfh recently that he needed a big
ger store.
Besides a full line of groceries
and produce, the store carries a full
line of meats.
♦yeMss untKUHtt siKfcfc.1
PROJECT
The Town Council in a lengthy
I session Monday 'evening approved
$25 per month for the maintenance
of a public library here providing
the citizens of Kings Mountain would
: raise tie necessary funds to start
! the library ltev. W. M. Iloyce, At
torney j H. Davis, and Haywood B.
Lynch, Editor of the Herald, appear
■d before the board and made the
request.
It is hoped by the members in
charge of the starting the Publto
Library will have definite informa
tion to announce next week as to
when the drive will begin to raise
the necessary funds to begin this
worthwhile undertaking.
Already books have been donated,
and one check has been received as
a start. It Is thought by those who
have been working oh plans to have
a library in Kings Mounty that ot
will only take a few days to raise
the money.
CHEROKEE STREET PROJECT
W. K. Dickerson, Engineer of
Charlotte, presented- to the Council
a map and estimate of fhe cost of
widening and ' opening Cherokee
St7ceT "His estimate was between
$25,000 and $30,000. This estimate
includes the Cost of both widening
and paving the street. The street is
now 30 fe£t wide "and its is to be
made 60 feet wide. This estimate did
not include the cost of the White
wav. The original plan to curve at
the corner of Cherokee and Gold
streets was changed. They new plan
calls for the moving of the Bonnie
Midi SfiTTe anil for Cherokee street
ti meet Gold street at a right angle.
Mr. Dickerson was instructed to
draw up a petition to be filed with
tlie State WPA authorities. It is un
derstood that the WPA will furnish
the labor for the propect which will
save the town considerable cost.
SCHOOL APPROPRIATION
City School Superintendent B. N.
Barnes and A H. Patterson of the
School Board appeared before t'ho
Council and asked for an appropria
tion of $2,000 for repair work for the
School buildings of Kings Mountain.
Tiiis was $H00 less than was appro
priated last years. After discussion
by the Council this arriount was ap
proved.
MRS. J. L. HEAD
WINS PRIZE
Mrs. J. L. Head, of 104 East Kins
Street was declared the winner in a
contest to select a name for the Dry
Cleaning Establishment recently
purchased by Mr. A. A, Abernathy:
Mrs. H»ad submitted the name,
"Just-Rite Cleaners." She will re
ceive the cash prize of $2.50 and
$10.00 in dry cleaning from the
Just-Rife Cleaners.
ONLY THREE CASES
IN RECORDER’S COURT
Only three cases were tried here
in Recorder’s Court Wednesday aft
ernoon
John Fulton, colored, was found
guilty of being drunk and disorderly
He was sentenced to 8 months sus
pended upon the payment of the
cost and good behavior for 6 months.
Bud McDaniel was found guilty of
violating the Motor Vehicle Laws.
He was found guilty and sentenced ■
to six months suspended upon the
payment of a $50.00 fine cost. This
was the case growing out of the car
being driven by McDaniel through
Kings Mountain at a high rate of
speed chased by local police officers.
Probable cause was shown and
found in (lie Earle Ledford case.
Mr. Ledford was charged False Pre
tense. He was placed under $200
I bond to await action by the grand
jury.
DAN GARRISON BUYS
TIRE BUSINESS
| Mr. Dan Garrison, of Clvarotte,
who has been in charge of the tire
department of the Sealy Motor Co ,
j has purchased this business and
will continue to operate it. Mr. Gar
ri-on is an experienced man in the
tire business, and has made many
friends since his stay in Kings Moun
tain.
A complete line of the famous
Seiberiing tires and tubes will be
carried. They will be sold on the
budget plan.
Mr. Garrison extends a cordial in
vitation to all tire users to visit his
place of business which will be loca
J ted at the Sealy Motor Co.
FAMILY REUNION
A family reunion of the Herndon
clan, descendants of the late George
; Graham Herndon and Mary Carruth
Herndon was held at Bethlehem
Baptist church, the home church of
the family, last Sunday, July 5.
! A picnic dinner was served.