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VOL. 34 NO. 38
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 17, 1936
PIVF CENTS PER COPY)
State And National News
Condensed In Brief Form
—Mate IN cws—
Asheville, Sept. 15.—Police toda.v
definitely listed as suicide the death
of John F. Hamlin, 73, of Madisom
county, whose bullet-pierced body
was found in Labe Craig last week.
Discovery of a pistol on the bot
tom of the lake after had been drain
ed yester, they said, satisfied them
Hamlin killed himself.
Raleigh, Sept. 15.—Farmers at
tending the 20th annual field day at
the Coastal Plains experiment sta
tion between Willard and Wallace
will be addressed by Cameron Mor
rison, former governor and senatoi
Commissioner W. A. Graham, of the
department of agriculture, will pre
sent the speaker.
Raleigh, Sept. 15.—The state utili
ties commission today had under
consideration a request by North
Carolina railroads for authority to
incease by five cents a ton the rates
on sand shipments from Goldsboro,
to Dalton, King, and Pinnacle.
Wake Forest, Sept. 15.—Someone
broke into the city jail and released
six of the building’s prisoners.
Two locks were pried off to open
the doors.
Chief of Police Otis Qnuckles said
the first he knew about the break In
and subsequent break-out was when
Andrew Wortham, a negro prisoner,
■woke him and informed him he had
escaped.
Wortham was the only one of the
six recaptured today.
Raleigh, Sept. 15.—Governor Eh
ringhaus declined today to execute
the authority granted to him by the
1935 general assembly to name a
state poet?laureate. -
The governor said the appoint
ment was one he would leave to his
successor, asserting there were too
many poets from which to choose.
Greensboro. Sept. 15.—A proposal
that funds be raised to advertise
North Carolina, and measures for
the control of liquor are scheduled
to be discussed at a meeting of the
North Carolina division of the South
ern Hotel association to be held at
High Point Sept. 25.
Concord, Sept. 15.—The Northern
conference of the United Evangeli
cal Lutheran synod of North Calroy
lina will hold its annual meeting at
Kannapolis Sept. 29 and 30.
Raleigh, Sept. 15.—John W. Good
man, assistant director of extension
service at N. C. State college, has
announced that a series of meetings
will be held at strategic points throu
ghout the state to arrange a program
of extension work for the coming
year.
Hickory, Sept. 15.—Damages esti
mated today at around $25,00® were
caused by a fire which destroyed a
building here housing the Hickory
Flower shop and the Green Sign Co.
Chapel Hill, Sept. 15.—First ye^ii
men at the University of North Car
olina, more than 800 of them, were
busy today learning their way about
under the program of orientation
week. They will begin their studies
Friday.
North Wilkesboro, Sept. 15.—17
year old Ben Minton was killed yes
terday when his shotgun accidental
ly discharged as he prepared to go
squirrel hunting.
—^National JNews—
Columbia, a. C., Sept. 15.—N. H.
Begley, of Rock Hill, came to Colum
bia to apply for admission to the
veterans hospital but he was in ain
other hospital today.
He lost several fingeis of his left
hand under a railroad train when
he said he slipped and fell when at
tempting to get off the tracks ^n
the approach of the train.
Washington, Sept. 15.—A threaten
ed boycott of American products ii.~
South Africa — one of this nation's
most profitable markets — present
ed the state department today w*ith
I a serious problem.
The state, agriculture and treas
ury departments are attempting to
work out an amicable solution of
trade differences, before the contro
versy develops into a costly trade
war.
Milwaukee, Sept. 15.—The rarity
of a Wisconsin primary election
without a contest Involving a mem
ber.of the politically potent L»a Kibir
lette family was presented today as
the voters chose party nominees for
governor, ten congressional seats,’
Ftate and county offices.
Columbia, S. C„ Sept. 15.—Southi
Carolina banks and building and loan
associations were called upon today
by State Bank Examiner Edward A.
Wayne lo acknowledge three new
1 regulations promulgated yesterday
by the state board of bank control..
The regulations would require
nuilding and loanassociations to ob
tain approval of their borrowings
from the board; banks to have iheir
declaration of dividends approved;
and would restrict the type of r
curities banks might buy.
Charles, S. C., Sept. 15.—A
tacular liiaze left pier 3 of the < i
Mallory-steamship line a ble ’■
ruin today, with an estimated i
$500,000.
Starting from an undeterm'
igin, the blaze had eaten av imK
of the pier before they were
ered just as the passenger steanaeii
Henry K. Mallory slipped her moor-*,
ings at an adjacent wharf yesterday
afternoon.
Flames shot high into the air
when they broke through the super
structure of the pier. A number of
freight cars were damaged heavily'
by the fire.
Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 15.—A lat
ter-day Viking in command of the
Norwegian steamship Torvanger
calmly radioed nearby vessels today'
that hurricane-bred seas had smash
ed her rudder and were tumbling
water into her holds.
But no distress call came from
the craft in the path of a tropical
hurricane forging northward throu
gh the Atlantic.
In a matter-of-fact manner the
master of the Torvanger told hiis
story to the coast guard cutter Unal
ga and another Norwegian steamer,
the Noravind.
Santa Monica, Calif., Sept. 15.—
Irving Grant Thalberg, who kept
his own brilliant name off the
screen while he guided others to
fame, was mourned in death today
by a stunned film industry.
Cameras everywhere will halt to
morrow, the day of the funeral, in
memory of the 37 year old produc
tion head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
and husband of Norma Shearer. He
died yesterday of lobar pneumonia.
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Laughing Around the World
With IRVIN s. COBB
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Without Professional Assistance
By IRVIN S. COBB
A LADY who lives on a plantation in the southern part of Alabama
went up to Birmingham on a visit. Upon her return an old
negro man, living on an adjoining place, who occasionally did odd jobs
for her, dropped by to welcome he me and to tell her the news of
the neighborhood.
"Whilst you was gone Aum e died,” he said. Aunt Mallie
was a poor old black woman \\l. in a tumbledown cabin half a
mile away on a back road.
"Oh, that’s too bad,” said th. lady sympathetically. “How
long was she sick?”
"Jes’ three or fo’ days.”
"What ailed her?”
“They didn’ nobody know. ae pawnin' she up and fell sick and
•he kep’ on gettin’ wuss and warns tid de fo’th day come and den, all
at a suddenlak, she hauled off an’ died.”
"Who was the doctor?" inquired his patron.
"She didn’t have no doctor—she died a natchel death 1”
(American N«wi F«»tn»w. !•>«.'
Members Of Phenix
Club Prizewinners
In Contest Held
Considerable interest has been
shown in the general improvement
and beautification of grounds in the
Phenix Mill Village during a con
test sponsored by the Phenix W<(
man Club of which Mrs. Boyd Put
nam, is the president.
Judges were sent out in the early
summer to make a note of conditions
of grounds, etc., around each of the
homes of the village, the same com
mittee making a second round last
week at which time, decision was
made concerning prize-winning
yards and grounds.
The Phenix Mills Company, who
have at all times shown a most co
operative spirit in the work of t»he
club, presented them with a purse of
$50 to be used for prizes and distri
buted in various amounts as leaders
of the club saw fit.
Mrs. John Hall, of Church street,
was announced winner of the $10
prize for most . Improvement. Mrs<
Carl Foster, $5.00, second prize; Mrs
John Guyton, $3.00, third prize; Mes
dames Luke Pearson, Gladden, Hin
son, Eva Allen, Wilson and Bolt,
came In for a close second to these
and were awarded prizes according
ly. Prizes of $1.00 were awarded
Mrs. T,helma Stanley, Odell Allen,
Oscar White, Elizabeth Ross
Brooks, Goins. Austin Lybrand, Shy
tie, John Lay, Bill Spears, rfl'.laxd
Barnett, Harriss, Earl Brown, John
Sanders, Gault and Ed Perry. Where
two families occupied a house and
co-operated in the beautification, the
prizes were divided.
The judges were Mrs. P. G. Ratter
ree. Mrs. E. W. Griffin and Mrs. A
H. Patterson.
?"rs. J. F. Jonas,
formerly Of Kings
Mountain Passes
Mvs. J. F. Jonas, 54, of Marion died
i the Rutherfordton Hospital last
. ,<iay, following an operation. Mrs.
Jonas was file wife of Dr. J. F Jo
nas, at one time during their earlier
married life, a popular phjsieian in
Kings Mountain, where his wife
made many lasting friends.
Funeral services were conducted
at the First Methodist church, Mar
ion, Sunday afternoon, and inter
ment made in the cemetery at that
place. .
Mrs. Jonas was a member of one
of the most prominent families a
mong the earlier settlers of McDow
ell county and had spent the greater
part of her life in Marion. She was
at one time district chairman of the
Woman’s Missionary Society Marion
District,
She is survived by her husband
and two sons. Five brother and three
sisters also survive. i
VISITS BRIDE AND
GROOM
Attorney J. R. Davis accompanied
the Editor of the Herald last week
on his photographic trip to get a
picture of the bride and groom, Mr.
and Mrs. John Ray, who are 92 and
85 years of age, respectively. Before
the bride would consent to be photo
i graphed she made Mr. Davis promise
to give her a wedding present. This
he promised to do. Keeping good his
word, Sunday, Attorney Davis, ac
companied by Mrs. Davis and Mr.
and Mrs. B. S. Peeler motored out
to "Dove-Nest" occupied by the new
ly-weds with the present he had
promised. Mr, Ray invited the visi
tors in to see how clean he had
scoured the kitchen. He has altso
bought a pig and has settled down
to a quiet married .life with his 92
year old soul-mate.
Attend Convention Of
Cosmetologists
Mrs. Vera Rawles of Vera's Beau
tv Shoppe, Mrr. Nell Hopper, Miss
Ollie Hartsell, Miss Annie Mae
Howie and Miss Mary Jane I-ogata
of the Ansell Beauty Shop, attended
the recent convention of Cosmetolo
gists held in Charlotte.
Miss Howie was winner of a Per
moeooler which was given away at
the convention. The Permocooler is
used in connection with permanent
wave machines and assures 190 per
cent air-cooled permanent waves.
McGinnis now at
KEETER’S
Mr. Odell McGinnis, popular sales
man of Kings Mountain has accepted
a position with Keeter’s Department
Store.
Mr. McGinnis says that he will be
glad to see his friends and former
customers at his new location,
Keeter’s.
President Roosevelt
President Greeted
By Throngs Here
Last Th- /sday
Bronze, ha-’ — ng Frank
■ in D. Rooh1 vvh( .e wav, 1b
the Preside’ fV u States,
oassed throu0 . west Town in the
State last Thursday, amid the cheers
of hundreds. Even the rains stopped
as America’s first citizen entered
our midst. With flags flying, whi^J
les blowing and siren going at full
bast. The President greeted the
throng that lined Kings Mountain
from one end to the other.
In the car with the President was
his son, John, and Governor of Nor
th Carolina, .! C. B. Eliringhaus.
\bout fifty armed officers, newspa
per men. and high officials Vn G1 ,”t
ernment life made up the motorcade
which accompanied the President.
The Presidential party was about
two hours behind schedule on ac
count of the rain, but not a soul left.
They waited long and patiently to
see the one man they wanted to see.
Children from all the schools lined
‘he streets and waved as Mr. Roose
velt passed.
^ The boys in uniform from the CCC
Camp located at Kings Mountain
Battleground added color to the oc
casion. as well as the High School
Band under the direction of Paul
Hendrix, that thrilled the crowd a
waiting the President's arrival.
Everything was in readiness. Prep
aration had been made in advance
*o have the motorcade routed down
Mountain Street. Mayor J. E. Hern
don had previously called Captain
Parmer of the State Highway Patrol
about the routing
TUp Boys Scouts gave a noble ac
count of themselves to help the 'efl- |
ficient police department handle j
1 'raffic, both sides of the street hav
| intr been cleared of cars. A high of
| ficial of the State Highway Pafrolf
I who was with the motorcade, re
marked on his return trip through
j Kings Mountain. "Traffic rules were
j better observed here, and the citi
| tens were the most, orderly of any
town the Presidential partv passed
through from Asheville to Char
lotte.”
Former Sugg Home To
Bte Remodeled
Mr. E. A. Smith has recently pur
chased the property originally own
ed by the late Captain R. S. Sugg
and will move his family there as
I soon as the work of remodeling and
| modernizing is completed.
The property situated corner Pied
j mont Avenue and Gaston, was pur
j chased several years ago by Mr. Geo
V. Patterson, of Gastonia, and is one
of the most desirable locations in the
city.
t
Will Rogers’
Humorous Story
---—
By WILL ROGERS
TT AIN’T always fair to see our
selves as others see us, because
sometimes the others see wrong.
Now, for instance, this here Mrs.
Ackey was at a card party at Mrs.
Bugg’s house, and Mrs. Bugg says,
“I near, Mrs. Ackey, that you been
telling around that Mr. Bugg beats
me.”
“My goodness, Mrs. Bugg,” Bays
Mrs. Ackey, "who told you that?”
“Why, Mrs. Hanger tells me you
told her and all the other neighbors
In the block.”
“Well, well, Mrs. Bugg, I’d never
•-thought it of Mrs. Hanger! Why,
the woman can’t keep anything to
herself, can she?”
| Awartm Mews yeomen Ian
School Enrollment Is
Smaller Than Last Year
LAST OUT DOOR
SUPPER OF MEN’S
<JLUB THIS EVENING
The last outdoor supper of the
Men's Club will be held this even
ing at six o'clock at the First Bap
tist Church, Grover. Immediately fol
owing the supper which will be ser
/ed picnic style the crowd will be
Invited inside the church to hear a
lecture by Dr. Julian Pennington, in
ternationally known Psychologist.
In this talk he tells the story of
how science is learning to know
which man to employ for a given
place. The lecture is illustrated and
requires 30 minutes.
Mr. Byron Keeter who was for
tunate in securing the services of
Dr. Pennington asked that as many
ts possibly can to remain for *he
lecture. ' * *'
MAUNEY TWINS,
MR. BOYCE HEARD
Kings Mountain Talent Delights Gas
tonia Civitan Club at Meeting.
(Gastonia Gazette)
Ernest and Miles Mauney, twin
sons of Mr. and Mrs. \V. K. Maun
ey, and Rev. W. M. Boyce, pastor of
the A. R. P. Church, all of Kings
Mountain, charmed the members of
the Civitan Club Wednesday at their
luncheon, the two former by their
piano playing, and the latter with a
profound address on "Finding the
Good in Man."
The handsome and charming twin
ons of Mr. and Mrs. Mauney, their
mother being the former Miss Sarah
Hoffman, of Dallas, delighted their
Gastonia audience with the skill and
case vi'h which they performed,
both in . numbers and as a duet.
They're : . . 1 as two peas, the
only differtiKt . that one is two
pounds heavier than the othey. They
dress alike and stranger can tell
them apart. TV < . are 1- years old
and have appealed on many pro
grams in Kings Mountain and a d
joining towns.
Rev.. Mr. Boyce's talk was one of
the best and most eloquent the club
has heard in many days. It was an
appeal to find the best there is in
man to try to bring out the good.
REVIVAL AT SECOND
BAPTIST CHURCH
Announcement has been made that
Rev. H. L. Phillips of Marion. N. C.,
will begin a week of Special Si ^vi
ces at the Second Baptist Church
next Sunday, Sept. 20th. Services
will be held etch evening at 7:30 and
the public is extended a cordial in
vitation to attend. Rev. C. C'. Parker
Pastor of the Second Church, will
assist in these meetings.
Announcement was also made of
the Home-Coming Services which
are to be observed the first Sunday
in October which the 4th. Dinner
will be served immediately follow
ing the morning services. Commit
tees have been appointed to make
arrangements for the Home-comitng
and complete details will be an
nounced later.
HEAR MISSIONARY
SPEAK
A number of Kings Mountain peo
ple went to Shelby Friday to hear
Mr. Strain of Nashville, Tenn., who
spoke at Central Methodist cl' \ •!' ,_
Mr. Strain will leave soon for worx
in the Foreign Mission Filed and
will be supported by the Western
North Carolina Conference.
MISSIONARY TO
SPEAK AT LUTHERAN
CHURCH
Dr. L. Grady Cooper, who has
spent eight years in China as a mis
sionary, now at home on furlough.
1 will preach at the Morning Service
at Saint Matthews Lutheran Church.
Dr. Cooper is a brother of Dr. E. C.
Cooper of this town. Friends and
sage Sunday morning at 11:00.
visitors are invited to hear his mes
C. .1. GAULT MANAGER
HOME STORE
Mr. C. J. Gault has been promot
ed to manager of the Home Store
on North Piedmont Avenue to sue
coed Mr. Earle Harrill who has
been transferred to Bessemer City
os manager of the new store which
has just been opened.
Mr. Gault is well known to the
•fide of Kings Mountain and he ex
vnds a cordial Invitation to his
friends to visit his store. )
Mr. T. P. Duke, of Charleston, S.
C., has arrived to act as assistant
manager of the local store.
The total enrollment of the five
schools of the Kings Mountain s,
tom is 87 less than last year, accord
ins to figures released by B. Ni.
Barnes, Superintendent. A total of
I,.24 students were enrolled on the
tilth clay of school last year com**
i pared witli 1,021 enrolled on the fif
11h day of school this years.
Supt. Barnes contributes the cause
! for the decrease in enrollment to the
I tact that age requirements for he
| ginners were changed. Before a
i child can enter school under the new
ruling he must reach the age of six
by October 1st, whereas they could
enter last year if they became six
b> January 1st. Another cause as
listed by Supt. Barnes was that the
Dilling Mill is not in operation.
I The biggest decrease was shown
| at the East End School, so Supt.
I Banres changed one of the seventh
grades from the Central to East
End. This gives both of the schools
one seventh grade.
Kings Mountain has the same
number of teachers as last year, but
if the enrollment (average attend
ance) does not increase during the
school year two teachers will be lost
for next year.
Below are the enrollments for all
the schools for both this year and
last:
1935 1936
Central Elementary .435 400
West Elementary . 269 254
East Elementary . 384 354
High School . 304 319
(Colored) Davidson
Elementary . 253 245
High School ..... 79 65
TOTAL . 1724 1637
SUFFER INJURIES
WHEN THROWN
FROM BICYCLE
Jimmy Nichols and Wendell Alv
bott suffered minor injuries when
struck by a car driven by Miss Alice
Elam on Monday evening, the acci
dent occurring near the new home
of Mr. Charles Hilling on 1 J lg
street as the boys were returning
home front a meeting of Boy Scouts
Wendell Abbott was knocked tin
conscious but soon came to himself
and both boys were able to go to
school Tuesday, although suffering
somewhat from soreness and bruis
es.
WEEK OF SPECIAL
SERVICES AT FIRST
BAPTIST CHURCH
Dr. Luther Little. Pastor of the
First Baptist Church of Charlotte, N.
C„ will begin a week of special ser
vices next Monday evening at 7:45
at the First Baptist Church here.
The services will consist of singing,
worship, and preaching, and Dr. Lit
tle will be assisted by Rev. A. G.
Sargeant, Pastor.
The following themes will be diS4
cussed by Dr. Little:
Monday evening, Sept. 21—“Dis
tance Not Enchantment
Tuesday evening, Sept. 22—“Su
preme Hour."
Wednesday evening, Sept. 22—
“Victories of Faith."
Thursday evening, Sept. 24—
“Lights and Shadows of the Upper
Room.’’
Friday evening. Sept. 25—“When
the Heart Turns Home."
Sunday evening, Sept,
of Love."
27—"Recall
James Preston
(Opinions Expressed in This Column
Are Not Necessarily the Views of
This Newspaper.)
Some of the national capital's fi
nancial experts are wondering how
it is that the federal budget will run
"only" $2,096,996,1100 out of balance
this fiscal year instead of $3,596,996,
300.
Two factors raised the question tf
ter the budget bureau issued its re
cent recapitulation. The first is re
lief expenditures. The $2,096,966,300
deficit includes only the $1,425,000,
000 appropriation voted last session
of Congress. Already, relief officials
jiave served notice that the $1,425,
000,000 will be almost all gone when
Congress reconvenes in January. It
will, therefore, be necessary to get
more money to continue relief as at
present. Relief officials hope $500^
000,000 extra will be enough.
If they ask, and get, $500,000,000,
the deficit for this year will be $2,
596.996,300.
Second is the proposed reduction
(Cont'd on back page)