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VOL. 34 NO. 37
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 10, 1936
FIVE CENTS PER COPY1
State And National News
Condensed In Brief Form
—State News—
Raleigh, Sept. 9.—By-laws tailing
for sweeping changes In the state's
election laws and for a tax system
based on the “ability to pay," were
adopted here yesterday as the liber
al democrats of North Carolina was
formed into a permanent organiza
tion.
All temporary officers, including
Dr. W. O. House of Tarboro, chair
man, were re-elected. The next meet
ing of the group will be held in
Greensboro at a date to be set.
Salisbury, Sept. 9.—The Salisbury
Ministerial association adopted a
resolution here opposing a local op
tion liquor system without a state- I
wide referendum. Copies of the reso
lution are to be sent to Cale W. Bur
gess, head of state prohibitionist for
ces.
Chapel Hill, Sept. 9.—President
Roosevelt has appointed Frank P.
Graham, president of the University
of North Carolina, a member of the
Harvard tercentenary commission
provided for by act of congress for
the celebration next month of the
300th anniversary of the founding of
Harvard.
Winsston-Salem, Sept. 9.—Greens
boro was selected as the 1937 con
vention city by the Base Hospital
<55 association which elected Rof Mil
liken, of Greensboro, as president of
here yesterday.
A memorial service for the mem
bers who have died since the outfit
returned from France was the fea
ture of the one-day sessiqn.
Henderson, Sept. 9.—Dr. Z P Mit
•'lieii, Vance county health officer for
the past three years, has resigned to
accept an appointment as health of
ficer for Swain and Graham counti
es. The resignation is effective Sep
tember 30.
Shelby, Sept. 9.—Booming drums
and the shrill notes of the clarinet
toned dorn with the smooth notes of
bugles, sax or trombone is in store
for music lovers in Shelby this fall.
The high school will have a band!
Raleigh. Sept. 9.—Coroner Melvin
McLean, of Lillington, said a heart
attack caused the death of John
Hodge, 65 year old farmer whose
body was found slumped beneath the
wheel of his automobile near here
last night.
The automobile was at the foot of
a highway embankment. McLean
said two men told him they saw the
car leave the road and plunge over
the embankment.
Asheville, Sept. 9.—Solicitor Zeb
Y. Nettles said today he would make
a motion before the supreme court
in Raleigh tomorrow asking dismis- j
sal of an appeal notice made for j
Martin Moore. 29 year old negro con '
victed of slaying Helen Clevenger
July 16 in the Battery Park hotel
here.
Asheville, Sept. 9.—A bold negro
holdup man nentted $2 in cash but
he lost his revolver to get it.
Paul William and James Rogers,
both white, reported to police they
had been held up by a negro wield
ing a gun on a street here.
They said while one of them hand
ed over the $2, the other seized the
negro's gnn and beat him over the
head with It. The negro, grasping
the money, fled.
Laughing Around the Wt rid
With IRVIN S. COBB
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Hie Really Important Point
By IRVIN S. COBB
A MONG the writer’s acquaintances is a well-to-do person who spends |
his summers cruising about in a private yacht. The North Atlantic
coast has but few secrets from him.
One afternoon near Cape Cod he dropped anchor just off a villai :e
for the night While he was sitting on deck puffing a cigar before i ;
tiring, he saw one native approach another who was perched upon t te
dock and heard the newcomer say, in excited tones:
“I walked into my house awhile ago and the first thing I notici d
was some blood spots on the kitchen floor. And then I seen how every
thing was mussed up, so that gave me kind of a start, and I dropped
everything and went on into the sitting-room, and there was my wire
stretched out on the floor, plum’ unconscious, with a club layin’ along*
side her where somebody had knocked her cold. It certainly was a ter-\
rible surprise. Here I come home, tired out after fishin’ all day \
*°ng“How was the fishin’?” inquired the friend.
(Amtrlcta N«w» F«atui»». Ine.)
—National News—
Leeds, England, Sept. 9.—Lord
Moynihnn, 70, prominent British med
ical authority who proposed legisla
tion for legalization of mercy deaths
died Monday.
Baron Berkley George Andrew
Moynihan died six days after his
wife, Isabella, whom he married in
1895. He collapsed from grief a day
after her funeral and became steadi
ly worse.
Detroit, Sept. 8.—'‘Colonel'' Har
vey Davis, the man the state charg
es was in command of a Black legion
“death squad” at the execution of
Chtrles A. Poole last May 12, waited
for an opportunity to tell from the
witness stand his version of the kill
ing.
Seattle, Sept. 8.—The battle for
the congressional seat of the late
Marion A. Zioncbeck and the politi
cal bid of Rostlie Jones Dill, divorc
ed wife of former Senator C. Dill, at
traded attention at Washington’s
primary campaign ended today.
Paris, Sept. 8.—France deciding
to ask for more than >275,000,000 ad
ditional to bolster her armed service
moved simultaneously today toward
a new world disarmament effort.
The cabinet drafted a new national
defense bill to provide for an initial
appropriation of 4,200,000,000 francs
(currently $276,360,000) to answer
Germany's recent doubling of her
universal conscription.
Dalton, Ga„ Sept. 8.—A 21 year old
negro was lynched near here yester
day after his arrest on an accusation
of attempting to assault a white wo
man.
Sheriff J. T. Bryan said a c— ■ C:
of about 150 men removed the . j
boohed as A. U MeCatny, fro:
Whitfield county jail after u
tols to force Jailer John Pitt
liuquish his keys.
New York, Sept. 8.—The < o. - I
ists and socialist parties will
during the present nation ;a j
campaign more than doubb
mounts invested in their reap, t: i > e i
candidates in the 1932 presidential
contest, the campaign headquarters
of both parties disclosed today.
Pittsburgh, Sept. 8.—Dustless soft
coal which promises to eliminate one
irritation from the lives of house
wives was described today to the
American Chemical society by Dr.
H. R. Fife and P. W. Edenburn, of
the Mellon institute of industrial re
search.
San Diego, Calif., Sept. 8.— More
than 5.000,000 out-of-state visitors
and approximately $20,000,000 have
been drawn to California by its Pa
cific International exposition in two
seasons, Frank J. Blecher, exposition
president, estimated today.
The big show will cilose the seo
ond season here Wednesday.
Charleston, S. C., Sept 7.—Wilson
Bierfischer, 23. and Ryan Hardwicke
17, were in a Charleston hospital to
day with injuries suffered yesterday
when their truck skidded and crash
ed into a train near Manning.
Neither were seriously hurt.
Barrow, Alaska, Sept. 8.—The
feared Artie ice pack, aided by early
snow, wind and freezing tempera
tures, endtngered the motorship
North Star today and forced the ves
sel eastward away from Barrow
where it was sent with food supply
for staving eskimos.
The President To Pass Through
Kings Mountain Today
Will Be Here Today
America’s First Citizen will pass through Kings Mountain today on
h.-„ way to Charlotte to the “Green Pasture Rally.” Throngs will greet
l:n as he passes through our Historical City.
President Roosevelt will pass'
through Kings Mountain today be
tween 2:30 and 3:00 p. m. according
to announcements that have been
j made. The president will he on his
I way to the Green Pasture Rally in
Charlotte from Asheville.
It is understood that the Chief
Executive will come via Shelby.
Plans are being made to have some
one to call from Shelby when the
President leaves there so the citi
zens of Kings Mountain will be on
the look-out for the motorcade.
When the President leaves Shelby
the Fire Siren will be blown so- tihe
citizens may be on the look-out and
the school children of all the schools
of Kings Mountain will line the
streets through which his car will
pass. The school band will play
“Hail To The Chief" and the stores
and business houses will be closed.
Flags will be waving and everything*
will be in readiness for America’s
Number One Citizen.
It is thought the motorcade will
follow Highway 74 through the Best
Town In The State.
MARSHALL WRIGHT
SUFFERS BLOW ON
HEAD
Marshall Wright, teen-age negro,
was the victim of an accidental hit
on the head Sunday while playing at
the Elmer Lumber Co. yard. His com
panion, Jones Wade, another negro,
youth was swinging a stick around
and it struck Marshal! a hard blow
on the head, causing a deep cut.
James, still the friend, took Mar
shal to Dr. J. E. Anthony and after
i a few clamps were in (dace the two
i boys went on heme discussing what
1 it could have been At this writing
Mai. ” is doing as well as could
be exp 1.
HERE’S THE BRIDE AND GROOM
MOf
JllLi,
Above is Mr. and Mrs. John Ray who eloped last Friday to
and were joined toflether for bettef, or worse as man and wife.
Gaffney
In the springtime a young person's
fancy gently turns to Love but it
must be in the early Fall that an eld
erly person’s turns in that direction.
It has also been said that True Love
Never runs smooth and that Lojve
conquers all obstacles.
All this happened Friday when
Mrs. Thomas Arrowood, who is only
: 92 years of age, and the widow of a
Confederate Veteran eloped to South
Carolina and took upon herself a
husband, Mr. John Hay who is 85
.years young. Mrs. Ray is from the
11 Bethel community and Mr. Hay i,
rom the Bethlehem section. /
iThe bride and groom hired a faxi
here Friday morning and fled tp
Soath Carolina, had the ceremony
performed that made them husband
and wide, then motored onto Spar
tan urg and took in the Junior Le
gioi baseball game of the “Little
Wo Id Series.” They spent the t|>
anc i of the week-end tn South Car
olina on their honeymoon.
Their love affair has been rather
romantic on account of Uie serious
objections on the part of Mrs. Ray's
children. The lover has not been per
mltted to do any courting in the
homo, her children saying she was
(too young to get married, conse
quently the lovers met at secret
spots down at the old milking place,
and at nearby neighbors' homes.
The courtship has been brewing for
the past six or eight months which
climaxed in the wedlock of the mod
ern Romeo and Juliet.
There was nothing to the rumor i
that Papa Hughes, of New Bern, N.
C., acted as best man for the groom.
All the world lov<’s a lover and
everything is fair in love and war,
so the bride and groom are hsfjpy
at their home on the farm of the
bride in the 131 Bethel communAyi |
THREE HOMES
ENTERED HERE
LAST WEEK
Three Kings Mountain homes were
entered here last Friday by an un
known white man. About 3:30 last
Friday afternoon the home of Mr.
and Mrs. D. F. ilord on King street
was entered and about $7.00 front
Mrs. Hord's pocketbook. was taken.
Nothing else was missed. Mrs. Hol'd
had just stepped out of her house
to visit her daughter nearby. When
she returned sue discovered her loss
and police were called immediately.
While the police were at the Ilord
home word was sent that a man was
in the home of A. H. Cornwell on
King street. The man had escaped
before otiicers arrived. Then it was
discovered that a man who police
think was the same one who entered
the other two homes had also gone
into the home of llev. and Mrs. A. U
Sargeant on King street. Nothing
was missed at the Cornwell or Sar
geant residences.
The police say the way the burg
lar works is this: He walks into a
home, if he sees no one he takes
anything he wants, but if he meets
someone in the home he asks if so
and-so lives there. After he is in
formed that the person he is looking
for is not there he quietly goes on
his way.
Citizens are warned to lock their
doors before they leave the house.
BURGLAR CAUGHT
IN THE ACT
George Wright, local white man
who just got off of the chain gang
Monday was caught in the act of
robbing the Bonnie Mill Store about
ten o’clock last night. The Police
Department got a call that someone
was trying to break into the store,
and when they arrived at the scene,
the front glass from the door had
been broken. Officer Burns entered
the store and covered the intruder
who was hiding behind the counter.
A half of sack of beans was nearby.
Wright was lodged in jail charged
with breaking and entering.
HARRELSON NEW
CHIEF
Harvey Harrelson who has been a
member of the Kings Mountain Po
lice for the number of years lias
been named Chief of the Depart
ment to replace former Chief K. B.
Bryant who resigned to run for
Sheriff of Cherokeen County. Bry
ant was elected in the second pri
mary held Tuesday.
Johnnie Jones of the Dilling Mill
community has been added to the
force to bring the department back
to its regular strength of four men.
GENE NEISLER ON
TOWN BOARD
Mr. C. E. Neisler, Jr., president of
the Neisler Mills, Inc., i as been e
lected to fulfill the unexpired term
of Mr. Joe Neisler who has resigned
from the hoard as he no longer
lives within the city limits of Kings
Mountain.
Mr. Neisler will be sworn In office
at the next meeting of the hoard
which will be held next Monday
evening.
ATTEND NATIONAL
vSKEET MEET
Miss Grace Neisler and Mr. C. E.
Neisler, Jr., will leave Saturday, Sep
tember 12, for St. Louis, Mo. where
Miss Neisler will enter the National
Skeet Meet. The Ladies event there
in ho shot off on Tuesday, Septem
ber 15.
...—.—I... »
Will Rogers’
Humorous Story
4-——1
By WILL KOGERS
'J'HERE was an American visiting
in a country town in England,
and the American was making
everybody’s eyes stick out, telling
them how tall the Chrysler building
is and how fast the subways run
and everything. One day the talk
was about marriage and divorco
The American says, “In New York,
you know, a couple is divorced
every fifty minutes.”
"I don’t believe that one,” says
one of the listeners to another. “You
know they’d soon get tired of that
kind of 'one play and quit being
married altogether!"
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