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KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C. THURSDAY, JULY 23. 1936
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—State News
Lumberton, July 22.—Houses were
unroofed, trees uprooted and crops
seriously damaged in a lour mile
area late vestery by a storm that
brought hail and high winds.
1-exington, July 22.—Two men giv
ins their names as J. C. McDowell
and Charlie Hart were arrested here
on charges of robbing the Jarrel
filling station of $100 Friday night.
WhiteviUe, July 22.—Officers to
day were seeking the driver of a hit
and run car which Saturday night
struck and instantly killed It. D.
Jackson. 75 year old blacksmith, on
the streets of Chadbourn.
Jackson’s death was the eighth
4o be claimed in motor accident trag
«dies in North Carolina over the
week end.
Greensboro, July 22.—Thomas C.
Abernethv, state manager of the
Home Owners Doan corporation, an
nounced the appoitment of E. F.
Upchurch, Jr., of Yanceyville, as
state counsel for the organization to
day. Upchurch was named to suc
ceed Judge P. S. Carlton, of Salis
bury, who recently resigned.
Winston-Salem, July 22.—Charged
with the torch-murder of her 62 year
old iuvalid mother, Sadie Lawson, 34
went on trial in Forsyth superior
court today.
Mrs. Lizzie Lawson died in a hos
pital here June 28 from burns receiv
ed the previous day when her bed
was discovered on fire.
The young woman defendant has
denied her guilt, saving s.. ■ put
gasoline on her mother's 1, i to ’ il
bed bugs. She said she did no, set
fire to the bed.
Greensboro, July 22.—District of
fic.es of thcHome Owners Loan cor
poration were closed today at Ral
eigh, Asheville and Charlotte and
State Manager Thomas C. Aberne
tliy prepared to transfer their work
and some of their personnel to the
state headquarters here.
Abernethy said the move, orders
for which he received yesterday, was
made in the interest of economy. A
limited number of tlie personnel of
the three offices were to be brought
here, he stated.
Raleigh, July 22.—Around a 1,000
boy and girl farm leaders are ex
pected here tomorrow for this annu
al state 4H club short course. The
short course will end July 27.
Raleigh, July 22.—The Council of
the North Carolina State Bar, Inc.,
meeting here voted to disbar E. C.
West of Dunn on charges he failed
to remit money collected for clients.
Raleigh, July 21.—Gurney P. Hood,
state commissioner of banks. said
today his department will take over
the liquidation of the North Carolina
Bank and Trust company August 28,
when the three year term of the li
quidation board appointed to handle
the bank’s affairs expires.
Gastonia, 'July 22—Lonnie Bryant
of Gastonia, has filed suit for $10,000
against O. C. Hall of Macon county
for injuries allegedly suffered in log
rolling while he was working for the
Macon man.
—National News—
Greenwood, S. C., July 22.—Bids
have been asked by the Greenwood
county finance board for the con
struction of 111 miles of rural elec
trification lines to hook tip with the
BVVA hydro-electric development at
Buzzard's Roost. The bids were to
be opened August 17.
A PWA allotment of $106,000 was
obtained by the board for financing
the work.
With construction expected to be
gin by mid-September, the system
would be the first county wide and
county owned rural electrification
network in the state. Approximate
ly600 citizens had signed contracts
for the purchase of power.
Callander, Ont., July 22.—The nam
ing of the latest Dionne baby was
still unsettled today after christen
ing ceremonies were postponed.
Texarkana, Ark., July 22.—A
stream of water from a high pres
sure hose fatally injured Miss Gen
eva Dees, 18 year old Texas girl, in
a Rodessa, La., oil field.
The young, Bivens, Texas, woman
was visiting an oil well with an
uncle Friday night when the hose
broke out of control and the stream
cut her fteeply about the abdomen
and legs.
Milwaukee, July 22.—Marvin A.
Harlan of El Paso, Texas, national
commander of the Disabled Ameri
can Veterans of the World war, to
day proposed elimination of war
profits, avoidance of foreign entang
lements, and a strong national de
fense as his formula for keeping out
of war.
Los Angeles, July 22.—A pocket
of carbon dioxide gas said to be
10,000 years old is delaying comple
tion of the mono craters tunnel nor
th of here.
Mullins, S. C.. July 22.—Bettie
Blanche Kennedy, 7, was fatally in
jured Saturday when struck tty a
car as she was crossing the road in
front of her parents’ home.
Dallas, Texas, July 22.—A strong
wind and rainstorm cut a damaging
path through Fort Worth, Dallas and
a score of smaller towns last night
and early today.
The loss at the Texas centennial
exposition here was estimated at
$100,000. The exposition's lighting
system was wrecked, flag poles were
snapped and concessions and shows
generally were damaged.
Oklahoma City, July 22.—Resi
dents of a three block northeast res
idential area who hoped for rain last
night instead were scraping off a
crude oil shower today.
G. R. MeAlplne, assistant fire
chief, said the oil shot out as a well
was being opened for flowing. He
aid a valve in a separator which
sends the oil to storage tanks and
the gas out a 40 foot vent pipe failed
to trip and all the oil escaped from
file vent.
Tampa, Fla., July 21.—Ships and
planes widened their search for the
motor ship Nuncoa, missing with 22
aboard. It sailed from Georgetown,
Grand Dayman, in the West Indies,
July 4, and should have reached
Tampa about four days later.
—
Laughing Around the World
With IRVIN S. COBB
A Distinction and a Difference
By IRVIN S. COBB
/"\N TH0 Congressional Limited a passenger who, to judgo from the
visible evidences, had been patronizing a bootlegger, hailed the
Pullman conductor as the latter passed through the car.
“Shay, conductor,” he inquired rather thickly, “how far is it from
"Wilmington to Baltimore?”
The conductor told him the distance in miles, and passed on. On
his next appearance the inebriated one halted him again:
“How far is it from Baltimore to Wilmington?”
“I told you how far it was just a few minutes ago,” said the
Pullman man. _ ,, . ...
“No you didn’t,” said the traveler. “You told me how far it was
from Wilmington to Baltimore. What I want to know is how far it is
from Baltimore to Wilmington.”
“Say, listen,” said the irate conductor. “What are you trying to
do—make a goat of me? If it’s so many miles from Wilmington to
Baltimore isn’t it necessarily bound to be the same number of miles
from Baltimore to Wilmington?” .
“Not nesheshar’ly,” said the other. "It’s only a week from Christ
mas to New Year’s but look what a devil of a distance it is from New
Year’s to Christmas.”
(American New* Feature*. Inc.l
Child Drowns
In Well Sunday
Little Freda Bell, six, daughter at
Mr. and Mrs Ed Bell, of the Ebeirl
•/.er sect'on, was drowned in a wel\
Sunday while an older daughter was
watering the cow. The cow 's chain
was tied to tile top of the box by
one of the children and the cow
made a surge pulling the box from
over the well, causing the child to
fall in. The well was 60 feet deep
with water 14 feet.
Immediately after the child fell in
'o the well, the mother made a fran
tie effort to save her by dropping
the chain from the well down to her.
A neighbor, a Mr. Black, rushed to
Mrs. Bell's assistance, going down
into the well. He recovered the
child's body. Some thought tie child
was still alive and she was rushed
to the hospital, but died before she
reached there.
Mr. Bell is employed at the Pau
line Mill here. The Bells have the
sympathy of the entire community
in their bereavement.
Funeral services were held at Oak
Grove church at 4 o’clock Monday
afternoon, conducted by Rev. C. C.
Parker. Freda Is survived by her
father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Bell and three brothers, Jonah, 8,
Lowry 4, and Manuel 2, all of Kings
Mountain, Route 3. Interment was
in Oak Grove cemetery.
Flower girls were her little plays
mates and cousins, Lillie Mae
Wright. Eloise and Melba Watterson
Helen Tliomburg, Emma, Mable Bell
Obeida, Buna Hullender, Ruby Ruth
Inez Ware, Bessie and Emma Foster
and Eloise Ford.
Pall bearers were Stokes Wright.
Fred and Reid Bell, and Bustei
Phillips,
Freida's little grave was covered
with beautiful flowers.
TENNIS TOURNAMENT
iy STAR! ALU. iZl li
The first tennis tournamtut ever
attempted in Kings Mount'in will
get under way promptly at -:00 p. ni.
on Wednesday, August 1-h, on ttiej
tennis court behind the Oty
plant
. on tUei
tj vvate#
'I ne public is very cordially invit
ed to attend these matches. There
will be no admission charges what
soever and it is hoped that a goou
crowd ot tenins lovers will be on
hand to see the local lads do their
staff.
Due to the fact that this is the
first attempt at ho!uiug a tourna
ment here, and not knowing just
what response there will be the
tournament will be only single mat
ches ioi boys. At first it was thou
ght that the girls would also play
a tournament at the same time but
it seems that there are not enough
girls interested at this time. It is
hoped, however, that next spring or
the next time that there is a tourna
ment held that tre girls will be all
ready to go.
The elimination matches will he
two out of three sets, and the semi
finals and the finals will be three
out of five sets.
All persons wishing to enter must
register before Sunday, August 9.
There is no registration fee and the
only cost of playing In the tourna
ment will be one new tennis ball
per match per player. Players please
register at Hus Oates Service Sta
tion before Sunday, August 9, and
tell any of your friends that wish to
enter to be sure and get their name
on the dotted line before the zero
hour.
As soon as the registration is over
the brackets will be drawn up and
every player will be notified who
and when he is to play. So. don't for
get the time and place and plan to
attend the onliest, bestest and
'irstest tennis tournament to be held
In this fair city of ours.
Mountain View Hotel
To Be Sold At Auction
LOCAL FIRM GETS CHARTER
Papers of incorporation issue*
Monday from the office of Seoretait
of State Stacey Wade include: \
The Rhea Wholesale Company on
Kings Mountain, which would oper
ate a general grocery business under
500 shares of authorized capital wit*
90 shares subscribed by Elizabeth
Rhea, P. M. Neisler, C. E. Neisler
and J. H. Thomson, all of Kings
Mountain, also secured a charter.
MAKE TRIP TO FOLLY BEACH
Mr. T, C. Hardin, L. E. Deese and
wife, and Edgar, Jr., and Marjorie
Rhea, spent last week at Folly
Beach and Mt. Pleasant, at Charles
ton, S, C. They report some crops
looking good, but that crops in York
and Lancaster counties, S. C„ were
in poor condition.
Bethany Woman
Buried Tuesday
Mrs. J. F. Crawford, age 55, prom
inent woman of Bethany, was buried
Tuesday morning in the cemetery of
Bethany church following services
conducted by the pastor, Rev. Mr.
Grier.
Mr3. Crawford, well known wo
man of the Bethany section, passed
away Monday morning.
She is survived by her husband
and two sons, one of whom A. T...
Crawford, lives in Kings Mountaiu
and the ther, J. M. Crawford, lives
in the Bethany section.
DONATE BOOKS TO
LIBRARY
Miss Ruth Hord this week donated
to the Public Library of Kings Moun
tain which is to soon be started sev
eral books. Miss Hord Is connected
with the School Library in Gaffney,
S. C„ and she also offered her servi
ces in getting the Library started in
Kings Mountain.
The Town Council recently approv
ed $25.00 per mouth for the main
tenance of the Library, and Dr. J. E.
Anthony donated a room in his office
building for the location of the Li
brary.
ATTEND SUNDAY
SCHOOL MEETING
IN RIDGECREST
Mr and Mrs. D. F. Hord, P. F., Jr,.
Rev. and Mrs. A.G. Sargeant and
Mrs. Billy Carroll, Secretary of the
First Baptist Church, left this week
for Ridgecrest to attend the South
east Conference of the Baptist Sun
day School. The meeting will be in
session for four days.
Plans have been made for the sale
of tlie Mountain Yiey Hotel proper
ty, at auction on August 4. The sale
will be conducted by Penny Bros.,
well kuo"!^:'auctioneers, the building
mud all equipment to be sold *
'Vfhe Misses Norris leased the
tel from Rev. L. T. Mann in 1900
and purchased it during the follow
ing year. Since that time the popu
lar hostelry has been a favorite
stopping place for traveling sales
men and the general traveling pub
lic, who have praised the quality of
food and entertainment provided.
A number of governors have been
entertained there on various occas
ions and among others of note was
the late William Jennings Bryan
who was entertained there during
his stay in Kings Mountain. when
he was principal speaker at a cele
bration on the 7th of October.
Much local interest centers in the
outcome of the sale and it is thought
that in all probability, a modem ho
tel will replace the frame building
SPECIAL SERVICE AT
PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
Thursday evening, July 23, at 8:00
o'clock there will be a special ser
vice at the Presbyterian church. Mr.
Elbert M. Conover, Director of the
Interdenominational Bureau of Ar
chitecture, will speak He will show
and explain plans for the new
church.
♦-----“
Will Rogers’
Humorous Story
--4
By WILL ROGERS
DEOPLE are getting so kinds
tired that they don’t care what
they tell on themselves any more.
The worse it is, the better.
Well, I heard of a lady at a
bridge party that says to another
lady, “Say, was that your husband
that brought you in a car?"
“Sure, that’s him.”
“Well, I’d hardly know him. It’s
1 been a year since I seen him, I
reckon, and he looks so pale and
thin-like; has he been sick.”
“No, but he hasn’t had enough
to eat for a year."
“Oh, ain’t that terrible. Diet,
huh ?"
“Yeah, real strict diet, all right.”
“Well, do you reckon it was in
digestion that was the cause of it?”
“Nope, it was bad checks. They
locked him up for a year and didn’t
feed him very well; that's all.”
| (Aaerlcaa Nm Itetvw In«J
Delivers Radio Address
) Boosting Kings Mountain
FORMER KINGS MTN.
YOUTH IS DROWNED
Ralph Watterson, IS, son of mJS.
•I. P. Watterson el Hock Hill, vis
drowned Tuesday night at the switi
aiins pool in Confederate park fn
Rock Hill.
Watterson was a Cleveland count
native and his parenVs were l'orinei
1> residents of Kings Mountain. He
was the son of Mrs. Ida Dixon Wat-'
terson and the late J. P. Watterson,
funeral services were held Thurs
day morning at the El Bethel church
with the Rev. D. E. Vipperman of
Mullins in charge of the service. In
terment was in the church cemetery.
The young man is survived by his
mother anu several brothers and sis
ters. including K. H. Watterson. J.
W. Watterson. Mrs. A. C. Beil, all
of Kings Mountain.
MEN S CLUB TO EAT
AT EL BETHEL
The Men's Club will have their
second out-door supper of the season
this evening at 6:.10 at El Bethel
church on the Shelby Road.
Over eighty, including the wives
and sweethearts of the members, at
tended the last supper held two
weeks ago at Pisgali.
The Herald has been asked to an
nounce that there will be a bounti- '
fill supply of everything good to!
eat at this supper, and it is hoped a
large crowd will come out and eat
their fill.
Program For
Union Services
Four of the five down-town Church
es are planning to hold union even
ing services during the month ot
August. This lias been a custom for
\ome time in our town and there
terns to be a desire among the
( hurches that have participated in
I le past to continue the practice.
'hese Services will begin Sunday
Jvening August 2nd, at 8:00 in the
A. It. P. Church with Rev. P. i). Pat
rick preaching.
August Pth in the Methodist I
Church, Rev L. Boyd Hamm, preach
ing,
August 16th in the Methodist
Church, Tile Rev. Mr. Parsons
preaching.
August 23rd, in the Presbyterian
Church. Rev. \V. K. Fox. preaching.
August 30th in the Lutheran Chur
cli. Rev. \V. M. Bovce. preaching
Members of all churches and peo 1
pie with no Church affiliations are ,
invited to attend ail these services.
STUDENTS MAY (JET
ENTRANCE BLANKS
The Herald has been asked to an- 1
nounce that any student desirin'- !
transscripts for entrance to college I
may get them at the Central school
office from Miss Louise Putnam, sec
retary.
Miss Putnam is in charge of this
work in the absence of isupt. 15. N".
Barnes and Principal F. M. Bigger
staff.
Supt. and Mrs. Barnes are on an
extended automobile trip to Cana
da, and Principal Biggerstaff is tak
ing Post Graduate work at Duke
University. Mr. Biggerstaffs address
at Duke will be Box 4765, Durham.
N. C.
by James Preston
(Opinions Expressed in This Column
Are Not Necessarily the Views of
This Newspaper.)
The latest sad story in figures is
! making Washington faces both hap*
i py and glum. The happy are those
! who seek a cure for the squander*
1 lust epidemic. The glum are those
who wish that statements on the
government's financial condition did
not have to be made every year.
The happy now hope that the fi
I nancial statements will make the
126.000. 000 American people see
where they are heading. The glum
fear that is what will happen
* * * *
The glum were happy too for a
time. That was when newspapers em
phasized only that the government
debt was $33,779,000,000; that expen
ditures for the last year were $8,
880.000. 000; that the deficit for the
year was $4,764,000,000. Their hap
(C-ont'd on back page)
/ Rev. L. l!oyd Hamm, Pastor of St\
Matthews Lutheran Church, deliver-\
ed the address below over Radio \
Station WSPA. Spartanburg, S. C„
last Saturday afternoon at t»: JO p. m.
This address ".is the first in a se
ries boosting towns in this part of
North and South Carolina.
Rev. Hamm stated that he was in
debted to Mesdames K. K. Summers,
J. E, Herndon and Mrs. Charles DiU
ini: for the information contained
St^is address.
The address follows:
Friends of the radio audience I
have something wonderful to place
before you but nothing to sell. l*et
me tell you the story of a little town
in the garden spot of the Americas.
"Kings Mountain, the town with a
wonderful historic back-ground, an
opportune present and a glorious
future." This little town with about
6,500 people Is situated in the ex
treme northeast corner of Cleveland
County, North Carolina, just six
miles from the historic spot whero
the turning battle of the Revolu
tionary war was fought and thus
made sacred to all true .Thaericans
because of tlie sleeping valor of
some of our early American heroes.
We are near the border line of the
two Carolinas and in touch with
everything that one could desire for
progress, for healthful and uolbe liv
ing. Surrounded by fertile soil, heal
thy climate, vast acres of ground
rich in mineral deposits, springs
with healing qualities, lakes and
summer resorts and overlooked by
the Kings Mountain and the wonder
ful Blue Kidge rang*', we are literal
ly enjoying what millions have nev
er dreamed of. Its not simuly the
glorious historical background that
we delight in but the present wittt
all its opportunities and the future
with its challenging possibilities.
Our town is inhabited by progressive
industrious, civic minded and God
fearing people. A town in which
any man desiring to live a useful,
happy and upright life can find ev
ery encouragement and assistance.
Our citizenry is rich in those quali
ties that go for safe, sound and up
right Imng, frugality and progres
sivoness, character and spirituality.
This quality of manhood and woman
tiood has a soil beneath its feet that
is equally rich in limestone, mica,
kaolin, iron ore. tin and gold. Now
there are prospectors leasing lands
and planning to tap these rich mines
To be sure we are proud of our
town and community and think it a
noble trait for any person to pos
sess. "it's a poor frog that will not
praise his own pond." But as thrill
ing and glorious as our past is it
gives no more ground for just pride
than does our present possess and
future hold for us.
Time will not permit our telling
you of the many rich heritages back
of no small number of our citizens
and which are so nobly manifested
by them now.
• Tne tart tnat our town nas tnc
name of tlie historic battle ground
of one of the decisive battle of the
Revolution has brought distinction
and recognition to ns that we would
not otherwise have enjoyed." Our
patriotic citizens have engaged in
many celebrations of that battle.
These celebrations date back to
1880 the Centennial and have con
tinued down to the present. Many
of these celebrations have been held
iu our own town instead of at the
battleground.
Kings Mountain has every reason
to rejoice in the prospects of having
iu the near future an attractive
National Park of Historic importan
ce. Literally tied up with the birth
of dur n..T1oh, well should our Feder
al Government take cognizance of its
importance and in a fitting way
/ autify and preserve it. There are
now two companies of CCO boys at
work there. Two monuments have al
ready been erected and have for
many years marked the sacred spot
hallowed by the spilled blood of our
noble forefathers. The initial pro
ceedings looking to the celebration
of the Centennial were inaugurated
by Kings Mountain Citizens, and
what was known as the Kings Moun
tain Centennial Association. It was
| in the "1st Congress that a bill was
I passed authorizing the expenditure
of $250,000 in the establishing of a
National Military Park.
What this National Park will
j mean to our town and this section
I of North Carolina and South Caroli
| na after the Government has com
pleted its program is beyond our es
timation. It is the present plan to
make it into both an historic and a
recreational resort. This includes
the building of lakes, recreational
grounds and parkways. Good high
ways will be constructed from our
main paved highways out to the
park. People from all parts of the
world will bo attracted to this his
toric spot. That will mean a rise in
the value of property in our com
(Cont'd on Editorial page)