♦♦♦♦♦♦*++4.+4.++++++4.++^ Watch label on your Paper and •don’t let your subscription Expire! Kings Mountain Herald The date on the label is tha date your paper will Expire VOL. 34 NO. 36. KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C. THURSDAY, SEPT. 3, 1936. FIVE CENTS PER COPY* PATROLMAN enters SUIT AGAINST keeter Officer Claude Allen of M'-klen bu.rs eount-v «>••*» tau. ,1 a suit a. ?a:n'‘ n- J Keeter for *20,000 seek “\K ,i!*mages for personal injury when the Keeter car and the A,len motorcycle crarhcd on the Wilkinson boulevard about four weeks ago. Officer Allen charges that Mr Keeter ran up on him from behind end smashed into h:s motorcycle in nicting a fractured skull. At ’the time ot the accident it was reported *liaf Allen turned his motorcycle cli rectly in front of the Keener ,,ar without warning. Alien has had sev eral injuries on the highway while on duty. . It will he recalled that Mr Keet er and members of his ftmily we-d motoring to the beach one morning this summer when the accident oc curred. It is understood that Mr Keeters car was insured. ‘ SCHOOL TO OPEN ON SEPT. 9TH A full roster of teachers for the Kings Mountain public schools was announced this week by B N Barn «s, snnerfntendent. The schools will open Wednesday, Sept. 9, Football prtctice began Tuesday under the direction of Paul “'Pete' Moss, former Duke university star Some .10 candidates reported. Band practice was begun a week ago under the leadership of paul Hendricks of Mocksville. The teach ors will hold a business session on Tuesday, Sept. 8. Superintendent Barnes said the Hundreds of Kings Mountain pupils v.Hl enter buildings this year which have been extensively repaired, pamted and refinished. A new roof has been put on the East Kings Mountain school, and other improve ...cn;s have been made on the sur roundings of the units. The teachers for the coming ye:.(;* v,ill be: High school: F. M. Bis'gei staff, principal; Mrs \V T Weir li brarian; Mrs. W. .i. Ft person, home ecoonomics: Miss Janet Scog gins of Greenville, S C., French Miss Mary Mitchell of Bennettsville, S. C., English; Miss Bertie Paysour, of Dallas, mathematics; Mis3 Helen Crosland, of Bennettsville, S. C. corn mercial; Paul Hendricks of Mocks ville, band and science; Paul Moss coach and history. Special teachers: Miss Sara Ham bright, expression: Miss Virginia Parsons, piano; Miss Mary Roddey, of Due West, S. C., public school music. Mrs. J. E Thomson will be princi pal of the East iKngs M fintain ele mentary unit and Mrs. Claude Rhyne of the West Kings Mountain school. Following will he the elementary teachers: Miss Hazel Settlvemyre, Miss: Bessie Simonton, Miss Marjorie Hord, Miss Katherine Peele. Mis » Daisy Lovelace, first grades; Miss Elizabeth McGill, Miss Oarlve Ware, Mrs. P. T. Stokes, Mrs Mary X W1I liams, Miss Sara Allison, second grades; Miss Jettie Plonk, Miss O zelle Kiser, Miss Fannie Ctrpenter, Miss Willie McGill, third grades. Miss Lucy Kiser, Mrs. W. .1. Ful kerson, Miss Marie Lineberger, four th grades; Mrs Edna Coon, Miss Kaye Mauney, Mrs. B. N. Barnes, Mrs T A Pollock, fifth grades; Miss Fauleila Adair, six; Miss Mitchell Williams, Miss Helen Logan, Miss Li violating the Hrotyibi,*,ion Laws. V.’.il Lai din charged with violat ing the Prohibition laws was called and failed. He was ordered arrested immediately. H. W. Mitchem was found not guilty of violating Prohibition laws Matt Thomas was found guilty of violating the Prohibition laws and sentenced to two months suspended upon the payment of $10.oo fine and cost. John Hunt was found guilty of I assault and sentenced to one month suspended upon the payment of the cost. U H. Coon was found not rJiilAo of violating the prohibition taws. Roy Letterman charged with a bandonmant, non support, fornica tion and adultery, was found not j guilty. BELK’S LADIES’ SHOPPE OPENS FRIDAY Kings Mountain can soon boast of an exclusive ladies shop, as Br|ik^ Ladies’ Shoppe opens for inspection Friday evening from 7 to S P. M No sales will be made Friday even ing but the new store will be reef for business Saturday morning. Mr. O. W. Myers, manager of Relk's extends a cordial invitation td all the ladies (and the men too. as they have to pay the hills), of Kings Mountain and surrounding territory to visit their new store where a com pleto selection of everything the ladies will be found. Mr. Myers and Mrs. n. Goforth have just returned from New York City where they especially to buy the latest fall styles for the new store. The addition of this new store is .iust another example that Kings' Mountain is going forward anti is The Best Town In The State. C,ets “Kick” Out Of Being Bicycle Theft Squad Atlanta, Aug. 31 —The job may not be as ex-citing as tracking down murderers but Detective Harry F. Williams gets a lot of satisfaction out of being the ‘ bicycle theft squad’ on the Atlanta force. Williams’ post was created by the chief 10 months ago and since then he has recovered 500 stolen “bikes" and caught 100 thieves, most of whom received jail sentences. STERCHI HAS FULL TIME MAN HERE Mr. E. C. McClain, local represen tative of the Sterchi Furniture Com pany of Shelby has moved to Kings Mountain and is now devoting all of his time to his company’s busi ness here. Mr. McClain has been1 working Kings Mountain for Ster chi's for the past six years, but part of his time was devoted to his com pany's business in Cberryville. Mr. McClain says that he has al-f ways liked Kings Mountain and is very glad that his work has been' arranged so that he can make ' h'y> home here. ! MARKER TO BE ERECTED One of the markers being erected historical places in North Carolina by the State Department of Conser vation and Development has been re ceived in Kings Mountain and wilf shortly be put up at the corner of Mountain Street and Railroad Ave. Th" sign is about four feet square and has the following wording on both sides of it: Kings Mountain Battleground Scene of Decisive British Defeat Oct. 7th, 1780 Seven Miles South in S. C. National Park. The raised lettering is black on a silver background. CHANGE RESIDENCES Mr. and Mrs. Donald Riant on have moved from the Mrs. Harry Moore home on Gold street, to the Cooper Apartment on King street. Mr. Camp bell and family who have resided in the Dr. P. B. Stokes home on Gold street have moved into the home va cated by Mr. and Mrs. Blanton. Mr. and Mrs. Prod Plonk, formeily of Louisville, Ky, will occupy the Stokes home, it is understood. MEN’S CLUB MEETS TONIGHT The Men’s Club will have their next out-door supper this evening at 6:30 at Bethlehem Baptist church, a hout four miles southwest of Kings Mountain. A large number is ex pected to attend as this is nearing the end of the season for the out door suppers. State And National News Condensed In Brief Form —Slate News— Raleigh, Sept. 2,—"Alcohol and habit-fcnni;;g drugs" l>.\ Dr. Grant U Doan: Hy, University of North Carolina professor, will be taught in sixth grades of the public schools this year. it was adopted by the State Hoard of Kdtuation, and will be published soon rho course was ordered by I the lull5 Legislature. Raleigh, Sept. 2.-The electric chair at State prison, in use for the past 2d years, will probably be hist ory Friday. Three men were scheduled to die in tlie chair Friday and their execu tions will mark the last crime expi ations by electrocutions in North Carolina. All other persons in “death row” have been sentenced to die in the new lethal gas chamber. The 1935 General Assembly provided that cap ital crimes committed after June 1, 1933, would be punishable by death* from gas. New Rem, Sept. 2.—George Isaac Hughes, 96 year old Confederate vet eran who is the father of two young children, was ill at his home here today. , Hughes recently returned from a visit to relatives in South Carolina. High Point, Sept. 2.—Mrs. Eliza J. W illiams, 75, widow of Dr. J. r W illiams. was almost instantly kfli J ed last night when she was struck : by an automobile about three miles i *1 °m Glenda in Randolph county. ! . ^late patrolmen who investigated i the accident said she was struck by 'a car driven bv William E. Cressy of - Arch dale as she was entering anoth or car in front of her iiome. Randol- ■ ! bb county officers said that as far as thev knew the accident was una voidable and no charges had been ; preferred. Greensboro. Sept. 2.—Internal rev onue collections in North Carolina during the first two months of the current fiscal year were $55,441 221 24—a gain of $6,134,942.76 over "the same period a year ago. Whitevilie. sent. 2—Grace and Glenn Fowler, sisters in their teens who were reported, victims of a night-riding band some months ago, pleaded guilty to charges of pros**-' tution today and were sentenced to indeterminate periods in the woJ i men's farm colony near Kinston. Waynesville, Sept. 2.—Donald Hen derson, T6, was held today on a charge of killing his father, William K. Henderson. 55, in a remote section of the county. The boy told officers he shot hSs' father in self-defense when the eld er Henderson tried to regain a pistol which had been taken from hint ear Her after he had threatened to ,k.iJl! his wife. Laurinburg. Aug. 31.—A coroner's jury exonerated Mark Buie, farmer for the fatal shooting yesterday morning of Isham Massey, negro A verdict that the act was “in' defense of Buie's home and family" was returned. The negro attempted to break into the Buie home, it was shown in the testimony. —National News— Holyoke, Mass., Sept 2.—William Fail-Held Whiting, 72, former secre tary of commerce, died at his home here Tuesday after a long illness. Washington, Sept. 2.—Uncle Sam's reorganized border patrol will swing into action along four fronts tomor row in the first move of a new cam paign to stamp out the narcoitics traffic. Islamorada, Fla., Sept. 2.—Resi dents ot these coral-bedded Florida keys have profited by the fair weath er since wind and waves destroyed i their houses and killed some 500 i persons on Sept. 2, 1935. Debris has been cleared and mas siv?e concrete “hurricane-proof" dwellings, 29 of them, have been built along the sparsely settled little islands trailing between Key West i and the Florida main land. Chicago. Aug. 31.—Mr. and Mrs. Morris Levitt pinned hopes for their son's life today on the ability of their own bodies to survive an inoc ulation with deadly germs and pro duce a serum which might cure him of a streptococci infection. T.iiey became “human test tubes" 1 after doctors treating the boy, Philip 7. decided his only chance to survive would lie a blood transfusion from i some one who had recovered from the same disease—viridans type of i streptococci infection. No such do- i nor was found, alt,hough transfusion ' offers were received by the dozen. Ebensburg, Pa.. Sept 2—Snow fell j in this Cambria county seat Sunday during a rain which swept most of western Pennsylvania. The flakes meited as quickly as they touched i the ground. The Unofficial tempera ture reading was 48. Paris, Sept. 1.—Military leaders of Germany's eastern and western i neighbors — France and Poland — | began conversations today directed toward consolidating the military and economic ties between their two countries. T-ondon, Aug. 31,—A new record— this time for the fastest eastward crossing of the North Atlantic—was entered today in the log of the super lined Queen Mary. The huge Cunard-White Star ves sel steamed past llishop's Rock off the English coast last night three days, 23 hours and 57 minutes after she passed Ambrose light off New York. This time shortened the previous ' record held by the French liner Nor mandie by more than throe hours. Atlanta, Aug. 31.—Two weeks ago 13 year old Billy Mosher fell while running with a pencil in his mouth. He suffered no apparent injury hut a few days ago developed a sore throat. A tonsilectomy was ordered. When the tonsils were removed the eraser from the pencil was found imbedded in one of them. Washington, Aug. 31.—Formal pre paration was underway today at the state department to notify towering Christian X, king of Denmark and Iceland, that Mrs. Ruth Owen Rohde had resigned her portfolia as Ameri can minister at Copenhagen. I Laughing Around the World With IRVIN S. COBB The Handiwork c5 the Amateur By IRVIN S. COBB /V LONG back about 1905, in the TIarV Ages of automobiling, a veterin ^ ary surgeon in my town, whom 1 shall call for convenience, Dr. Wilkins, bought himself a second-hand car. It already was beginning to shake itself to pieces before it came into his possession. When the tires wore out the owner, who was by way of being a mechanical genius, equipped it with ordinary buggy-wheels. One day an automobile run to a nearby town was organized. Every proud proprietor of a car joined in. As the procession headed out past the corporate limits it was met by a farmer from the Massac Creek section on his way in to the warehouse with a wagonload of tobacco. His half-grown son rode with him. As the head of the column loomed through the dust the farmer’s two mules, unused to the sight of automobiles, showed signs of skittish ness. The boy leaped from his seat and held the heads of the team, the mules flinching and trembling as the cavalcade roared past. Seemingly, the last car had gone by. The youth was in the act of climbing back to his place alongside his father when in the distance there arose a terrific clattering sound and over the crest of the hill appeared Dr. Wilkins seated at the wheel of his machine and striving valiantly to overtake the tail of the vanished parade. The astounded agriculturist caught one good look at the approach ing apparition. Then as he set the brakes harder than ever and tightened his grasp on the lines he called out to the boy: “Hold ’em, Wesley, for God’s sake, hold ’em. Here comes a home* made one!” (Aaericaa New* restore*- IacA_ I MARSHALL CROWDER DIES Marshall Crowder, age 40. died ah his home in the Bonnie Mill \*i!^ag© last Thursday, following a period or ill health. Funeral services were held at St. Matthews Lutheran church. Kings Mountain, at ten o'clock Saturday morning, with the Rev. L. Boyd' Hamm, pastor in charge. Interment was made at St. Luke's cemetery, north of town. Mr. Crowder had been a faithful member of St. Matthews Luthei-nyi I Church, but was unable to attend regularly recently on account of ill health. He is survived by his widow and the following children: Elizabeth Hunter. Bonnie, Helen and Mrs. Lon nie Mae Randall, with of Theodore Randall. He is also survived by a brother, Thomas Crowder of Kings' Mountain. Mr. Crowder moved with his moth er to Kings Mountain from Cherry ville in early boyhood and most of his mature life has been spent in the Bonnie mill village. He was held in high esteem by his friends and ac quaintances. HOME COMING AT BETHLEHEM Home-Coming day will lie ob&e**v ed at Bethlehem Baptist church Sun day. Sept. 6. The program follows: Sunday School 9:45 a. m. Preaching by Rev. W. G. Camp at 11 o'clock Social hour and dinner at 12:00. Song service begins at one o’clock' conducted by Uncle Wade Humphri es of Gaffney. S. C. The famous Majestic Quartet of Rock Hill. Pro Collins Quartet, Brick' House Quartet of Gaffney, and many others will be present. All singers and quartets are invi ted to come and help in this great song service. Bring well filled baskets. WILDCAT VETERANS STATE REUNION Plans for the North Carolina State Reunion of the 7,200 Veterans from this state who served with the Wild cats are progressing fine. The Reunion will open on Sunday Sept. fi. in Greensboro, with registra tions at the O'Henry and King Cob ton Hotels. An impressive memorial Service will be held at 3 p. m. and smoker at 8 p. m. Reception to Jhe ladies will be held at 6 p. m. Monday. Sept. 7, (Labor Day) a business session at 10 a. m.; lunch eon at 1 p. m.; parade at <3 p m. and dance at 8 p. m will fill in tlie day. Every Veteran Is cordially invited. HOME COMING AT BEULAH CHURCH Home-Coming day will be observed at Heulah church on Sunday, Septem her 6th. Rev. H. M. Robinson will preach at 11 o'clock. Music for the morning service will be furnished by the Mncolnton choir. Mr Shelby Roper of Lincolnton will give the address at 2 o'clock. There v111 be special music during the afternoon Public cordially invited. MECHANICAL COTTON PICKER MENACES TO SOUTH, EXPERTS SAY Stoneville, Miss., Aug. 31.—Two farm experts who came here today to view a demonstration of a me chanical cotton picker predated that success of the machine would threaten the south s agricultural bar ance and “spell the end of the small farmer. Oscar Johnston, government cot ton specialist, forecast the doom of small-scale operations. A. F. Toler, his business associate on a 43.000" acre Mississippi plantation said “southern agriculture would be in i a turmoil” if mechanized picking | supplanted hand labor. Johnston came from Washington i and joined State Agricultural lead ers, planters and cotton Sinners to examine the picker developed by John and Mack Rust of Memphis, j Tenn, "If the machine is successful,* j Johnson said, “the immediate re- | suits on southern agriculture would be too big a question to answer, for j there would be no point to small lime farming. “The picker would be ideal 4 >'r big planters but not for the small farmer who grows only four or five hales each season. He couldn't af ford it for his acreage is too sma I Johnston said it might be possi ble to coordinate the machine and hand labor on large-scale operations He attended the demonstration as a 'plain farmer' and said he would not report ofticailly on his inspection. “I hope the machine won’t work," said Toler, “because it would upset our present system and southern ag riculture would be in a turmoil in the future. “It might be possible to coord SPECIAL SERVICES XT CENTRAL METHODIST CHURCH -Next Sunday will be observed at Central Methodist church as Home Coining day both at the Sunday School hour and at II o'clock Every member is urged to attend, all form er members who cun do so are ex pected to be present, and all friends of the church and its membership are cordially invited to come and en joy the occasion. At the T: .10 service Sunday night Rev. H. K. Duncan, who is to preach in the meeting beginning Sunday and continue through the week, will be present to preach. The pastor ur ges all who can to be present Sun day night, meet Rev, Mr Duncan, pnd hear him preach his first ser pion in the special meeting. 1 BOYCE MEMORIAL Rev. \V. M. Boyce, Pastor Bible School at 9:45. M. A. War#, General Superintendent. Morning Worship at 11:00. The pastor will speak op: “The Estab lished Church.” Evening Service is at 8:00. The sermon subject is: “The Star-Count ing and Heart-Healing Jehovah.” Y. P. C. U. meets at 7:00 o'clock. Prayer Service each Wednesday evening at 7:30 Anyone is cordially invited to a vail themselves of the services of this church. ' nate labor and the machine but there’s one thing a machine can't do and that is chop cotton in the spring We've got to keep our labor to do that work.’ E. C. Weslbroow. Georgia cotton’ specialist, was not alarmed over the possible effect of the machine. “Of course," he said, “it is impos sible to predict the ultimate result, of mechanical cotton picking. It would be far reaching, but it might not displace tenant labor as much as some observers fear. 1 believe tho two can be coordinated." Whether the device is economical ly superior to hand labor was to be this fall. The cotton picking ability of the machine, cost of operation and speed, will be compared with that of hand pickers over an entire season. The apparatus is powered b>' trao tor and as it moves down the rows of cotton. 1300 moistened spindles rotate on a drum and the cotton i Us stripped front its bolls when it ad heres to the moist spindles. Tho spindles revolve on the drum to a trough on the other side of the ma chine where the cotton is stripped off and blown through a funnel-shap ed pipe into a hamper. ({jjndtinqton t^napihvU ky James Preston (Opinions Expressed in This Column Are Not Necessarily the Views of This Newspaper.) The political campaign is on with a vengeance. Both major parties’ presidential candidates are taking advantage of opportunities to put themselves and their views before the country. President ltopsevelt is making a tour of the drought state l Alfred M. Landon has made his initial stump speeches in the Eastern states, lie plans more. As the campaign gets into high a new issue is building itself up for debate in Congress. It centers a rutind the strike which has closed down the Post-Intelligencer and de prived Seattle, Washington, of its famous morning paper for the first time in 71 years. The Seattle strike was called, theo retically, because a photographer and a dramatic critic were discharg ed. The American Newspaper Guild (Cont'd on back page) WE INVITE Any new family moving into Kings Mountain to fill out the blank below and receive the KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD 2 Months free Name 11 Address