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VOL. 34 NO. 39.
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.
THURSDAY, SEPT 24, 1936
FIVE CENTS PER COPY1
State And National News
Condensed In Brief Form
—Mate .News—
Concord, Sept. 23.—An army ser
geant whose kparents testified he
killed Edward (Bud) Laughlin, 39, in
self defense here Sunday night, was
nt liberty under $1,500 bond today.
The soldier, ltomie Pendleton jof
Fort Bragg, N. C„ obtained bail at
an inquest late yesterday. Laughlin
was buried today. Survivors includ
ed the widow, two step children and
one child.
« Durham, Sept. 23—While most of
the interest will be in Colgate’s raz
zle-dazzle and the manner in which
Duke's Blue Devils attept to cope
with it, one department in which
there is always interest — punting—
will be well cared for when the Red
Raiders come to Duke stadium Satur
<iay. Tom Marshal, Colgate halfback
can really put toe to the ball. There
Is no need to recall the punting abili
ity of Duke’s Ace Parker.
Chapel Hill, Sept. 23.—Letters are
pouring Into the offices of the Daily
Tar Heel, University, of North Caro
lina student newspaper, from stud
ents expressing their views on the
University administrations policy of
barring freshmen and sophomore
girls from the school.
Raleigh, Sept. 23.—The North Car
olina Supreme Court was expected
to decide today whether to review
the case of Martin Moore, gaunt ne
gro convicted of slaying blonde Hel
en Clevenger in her fashionable
Asheville hotel room. The order was
expected to be incuded in the court's
first fall opinions.
Cherryville, Sept. 23—Three young
people were painfully Injured when
their car overturned four miles east
of Cherryville on highway No. 150
Sunday night, and another escaped
Miss Gladys Sisk, of Cherryville and
Walter Cunningham of Gastonia
were taken to Lincol hospital for
treatmnet. The other occupant of
the car. Paul Almond of Gastonia,
was unhurt.
Mrshall, Sept. 23.—Madison coun
ty superintendent of schools, J. O.
Wells disclosed today bus drivers
for three county schools had struck
for higher pay.
Wells said drivers of Mars Hill
high school walked out today, join
ing those of Marshall and Beach
Glenn schools who struck Monday.
He made the disclosure in announ
cing he would recommend to the
■county board of commissioners at its
next meeting that pay of drivers oe
increased from $9 to $17 a month.
The hoard does not meet until the
first Monday in October.
Lumberton, Sept. 23.—'When Hon
ey Harris, negro, was sentenced in
recorder’s court to 12 months for
pushing over tombstones in a ceme
tery, he appealed to superior court.
Harris argued the sentence was
not right, Judge R. Hunt Parker a
greed with him and gave him two
and a half years. |
Forest City, Sept. 23.—T. C. Cash
37, died of burns received when a
spark from a motor pump ignited his
clothing, which had been saturated
with gr.scline as he unloaded a tank
car at an oil company.
—National News—
Cleveland, O., Sepi. 23.—QUhiJb.v
Mellon, Griffin, Ga., candidate V^r
national commander of the Ameri
can Legion, today conceded the al
most certain election of his princi
pal opponent, Harry W. Colmery of
Topeka, Kan.
Clover, Sept. 23.—Tt the regular
meeting of the Commercial (Tub
Monday night plans were made for
an inter-state celebration in Clover
Armistice day, Nov. 11th. For sever
al years Clover has staged the bi'g1
gest celebration on Armistice day
of any town in this part of the coun
try. The club made plans to revive
the holiday and make it the biggest
celebration yet.
Dorchester, N. B„ Sept. 23..—Two
brothers — Arthur Bannister, 19,
and Daniel, 20,—were hanged togeth
er today for killing a 'woodsman!
squatter during the kidnaping of bis
Infant daughter for their mother to
use in the “baby doll” extortion plot.
■ “It’s too tight, 1 canSt pray, com
plained Daniel shortly before the
traps were sprung simultaneously.
Washington, Sept. 23.—The Amer
lean Red Cross, after a survey of
areas damagade by last week’s hur
ricane along the Eastern Seaboard,
announced today relief would be re
quired for approximately 350 fam
ilies.
The lied Cross said an expendi
ture of $30,000 in behalf of the stric
ken families was indicated.
Shanghai, Sept 23.—Commanders
of a Japanese naval landing party
declared martial law tonight, in a
huge area in the northern section of
the international settlement \
three Japanese marines were . ‘jii,
one fatally.
The Japanese marines, les: C
three hours after the shooting, os
cupied the entire Hongkew ; a
and assumed full control, upph.iu
ing the international police.
Des Moines, la., Sept. 23.— Oov
Alf M. London stepped personally in
to lowa Republican party organiaa
tion work today after a farm ad
dress pledging a ‘free and independ
ent agriculture.”
Cash benefit and cqniserv;ation
payments were endorsed by the can
didate last night amid the cheer,rs
of an audience at the State fair
grounds estimated by Police Captain
F. E. Timmons at from 15,00 to 18,
000.
Los Angeles, Sept. 23.— J. R. Wil
Hams was looking for an accident
about to happen. Two cars appeared
headed for a collision in front of his
home. Williams ran to obtain a clos
er view. There was no collision, but
Williams fell and broke his leg.
Geneva, Sept. 23.—The credentials
committee of the League of Nations
decided tonight to recommend thaf
Ethiopian delegates continue to sit
in the assembly, and reversed a pre
vious decision to submit the ques
tion of Ethiopia’s sovereignty to the
World Court.
« r: - - -'V*• — m - w -i m m m <»^mi i
I
Laughing Around the World
With IRVIN S. COBB
*■ ■ ■ ■ - ■ . - " ■■■ - ■■■ ■. ■»■«■■■ >
The Reunion of the Aged
By IRVIN S. COBB
' | 'HERE is a certain mu. ‘ :al comedy star who is not quite so young
as she once was. She still has beauty and voice and she is just
as clever and talented as ever; but it is not to be denied that a good
many years have passed since she made her professional debut. 4
During the past season she headed a road show. Business at
times was not especially good and the tempers of the troupers suf
fered. Relations horn*.; somewhat strained between the prima donna
and certain members of the chorus.
For the opening performance the house was no more than two
thirds filled and the audience, for some reason or other, seemed
rather unresponsive. The leading lady was not in a particularly happy
frame of mind as she sat in her so-called dressing-room after the final
curtain, removing her make-up. Next door several members of the
chorus were shifting to street dresses.
There came a knock at the star’s door.
J “Who is it and what do you want?” she demanded sharply.
"It’s the house manager, Miss -," came the answer. There’s
a lady out front who’d like very much to see you.”
“I’m not receiving visitors tonight,” said Miss -rather acidly.
“Who is this lady?”
“She tells me that she thinks you’ll be glad to see her. She says
that she was a chum of yours when you were at high school.”
Over the dividing wall came floating the voice of a catty chorus*
lady:
--"Wheel her ini”
(£aaiiasa Km Valna, las.?*.
| Democrats Of 10th
District Have Harmonious
j Pep Meeting
Representatives of both men and
women of all the various organiza
| tions of the Democratic party in the
district were present, as were some
of the State Officers and Repre
sentative Bultvinkle.
The speakers expressed renewed
df enniiaaticn to hold their sains
and policies of the New Deal against
the restoration of the old regime,
that brought on and would maintain
| a depression. A campaign of emanci
pation will be waged under the lead
ership and policies of the great e
inancipator of the oppressed, Mr.
Roosevelt.
Among the local towns people at
tending the 10th district Democratic
meeting at Gastonia Tuesday were
E. L. Cambpbell, W. E. BLakely, P.
G. Ratterree, D M Baker, Geo Allen,
J. E. Herndon, W. W. Souther, Mrs.
Bonnie Summers.
FINE MESSAGES
DR. LITTLE DELIVERS
i The revival which is being eon*
ducted by Dr. Luther Little at the
First Baptist Church is being at
tended by large crowds. Dr. Little
has a spiritual message to bring t|c>
the people which draws all who hear
I him nearer to the Christ whom he
I serves. Those who have heard him
will not need another invitation.
Those who have not heard him
'should not let this opportunity pass
■without coming under the influence
of this great man of God. As ye*t
his subject for Saturday evening has
not been announced. On Thursday
evening his subject will be “LiglhLs
and Shadows of the Upper Room.”
Friday he will preach on ‘‘When the
Heart Turns Home.” and will bpir|g
these services to a close Sunday
evening with “Recall of Love."
I Legion Officer* in
stalled At Special
Meeting Recently
At a special meeting of the local
post of the American Legion held re
centl.. at the Woman's Club building
J. B. Keefer was installed as Post
Commander for the coining year and
Dr. W. L. Ramaeur assumed the du
ties of Post Atheltle Officer whose
duties will include the promotion of
Junior Legion baseball next spring.
The meeting was attended by two
groups of visiting Legionnaires as
well as many of the local members.
The visitors were from Legion Posts
of Hickory and Gastonia.
District Commander Ralph Shell
of Hickory was in charge of the in
stallation ceremonies and made some
interesting annd timely remarks.
The following officers were install
ed or appointed:
J. R. Keeter, Commander. W. E.
Blakely, N. F. McGill. and W. F.
Stone, vice commanders; P. G. Rat
terree, Adjutant; W. W. Souther, Fi
nance; B. M. Hayes, Service; J. S..
Ware, Cuardfnaship; Luther Me
Swain, Sgt at Arms: -T. H. Floyd,.
Chaplain; O. P. Lewis. Historian; W
L. Ramseur, Athletics: C, A. Bridges
Child Wei Tare; W. F. Rhodes, Mem
bership; and C. F. Thomasson,
Chairman S0113 of Legion.
M^slc was furnished by a string
trio play Ink popular and old tlm(e
numbers. The musicians were, Smil
ey Myers, Paul Ramsey, and Claren
ce Cobb. A radio had been installed
and the Legionnaires listened to ra
dio addresses by State Commander
Josephus Daniels and State Comman
der elect, Wiley Pickens.
After refreshments were served
the meeting adjourned until the reg
ular meeting in October.
MERCHANTS WILL OFFER MANY
VALUES HERE ON DOLLAR DAYS
OVER $100 TAKEN IN
RECORDER’S COURT
i T'.e schools of Cleveland county
are over $100 richer as a result of
th ; fines paid here in Recorder's
Court yesterday afternoon.
Four colored men pleaded guilty
to gambling. ’Two were fined $1.00
and cost while the other two were
let off with the cost. The four being
Willie .Jones, Macy Castle. Son Dye,
, and Will Grier. After paying off one
remarked that his gambling came
pretty high.
George Yyatt, colored, was senten
ced to two months suspended .u^oon
the payment of $5.00 fine and cost.
D. W. Gantt pleaded guilty to vio
i lating the Prohibition laws. He was
let off with a $lo00 fine and the cost.
Don Biddix, colored, pleaded guil
ty to stealing. He was sentenced to
eight months on the roads.
Roy McClinton, colored, pleaded
| guilty in the same case and was sen
| tenced to six mouths,
j Golden Roberts pleaded guilty to
violating the Prohibition laws. Eight
| gallons of liquor had been found in
his home. He was sentenced to six
months suspended upon the payment
of $50.00 fine and cost. He took ihe
six months.
Probable cause was shown and
found of assault with a deadly wea
pon in the case against Della Hina
ley charged with sticking a knife in
the back of Mary Gaury. Both are
colored girls of Gastonia who wtle
attending a midnight show face re
cently. ( •
The case against H. D. Schumats
was continued.
ROOSEVELT PICTURES
AT DIXIE THEATRE
News reel pictures of President
Franklin D. Roosevelt at the Green
Pastures Rally held recently at Char
lotte will be shown in connection
with the regular pictures at the Dix
ie "’Theatre next Monday and Tues
day. Manager Cash stated that he
had had several inquiries as to when
the scenes would be shown.
MOUNTAIN VIEW
HOTEL REPAINTED
AND RENOVATED
Mountain View Hotel which has
for many years been a popular stop
ping place for traveling salesmen
and others as well as a number ol
local people, is now under the man
agement of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Cav
eny.
The building has been freshener
and repainted inside and outsidr
and a number of changes made. Oi
Monday the dining room was opener
for regular meal service. The man
agement expects to maintain the
high standard of service set here-to
fore.
Fall Merchandise Included in Offer
ings of Leading Kings .Mountain
Store — Note Many aBrgains List
ed This Paper.
Kings Mountain's greatest semt.
j annual trade festival — Autumn
j Dollar Days — gets underway in ,
|the city today and continues i
through Saturday with practical- '
ly all stores here participating in
the bargain celebration.
As a result of the preparations
| that have been going ahead here in
! anticipation o"f the event, there is
j every indication that Fall Dollar
: Days will attract a greater crowd of
shoppers than any previous similar
trade event here.
The new merchandise for the Au
! tumn season and the usual great va
j rietv of staple lines, as well as spec
| ialties, novelties and furniture will
be offered at special prices to induce
: immediate and large-volume buying.
This edition of The Herald carries
advertisements of merchants taking
part in Dollar Days, and the wise
shopper is directed to check each ad
vertisement closely for information
regarding the hundreds of bargains
available.
WILLIAMS’ DONATE ORGAN
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Williams
have donated to the Central Metho
dist Church a pipe organ. At a to
■cent meeting the congregation ac
cepted the gift which will installed
right away.
Soon Kings Mountain will boast
of three Church organs; one already
at the Lutheran Church, one donated
to the new Presbyterian Church, by
Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Noisier, and
the one to be at the Methodist
Church.
----
Will Rogers’
Humorous Story
♦—.—i >
By WILL ROGERS
CVERY guy can see his own use
fulness in the world. And gen
erally he’s got a better notion of
HTFj—
jk
1
how useful he is than anybody else
has got.
There was a bass drummer that
owned a little orchestra that played
jazz for dances. The other fellows
played saxophones and ukeleles and
I such things. So somebody says to
y the owner, ; Say, you don’t add
. much to the music with that drum
. of yours, do you?” “No,” he says,
“I can’t say that I add anything to
the music. But I manage to keep
s a good deal of the stun from be
ing heard.”
UaerUea New* YKatana. I«sl
More Than $800 To Be
Paid Part Time Workers
Cash Prizes And Commissions Will Be Paid By
Herald To All Taking An Active Part In Sub
scription Contest That Starts On Friday,
September 23th
LOCAL DEMOCRATS TO
ORGANIZE
i - *
A meeting of all Democrats of No.
i 4 Township will be held this evening
i'i 'j'tl}, TaiA1 H-»H ®- 7 p. n. E/i,*y
j Democrat is invited to attend .thha
meetting as an organizations is to be
: formed to get out a big vote for the
I party. Don't forget the time and
i place, 7:30 this evening—Town Hall,
i DOUBLE TRAGEDY
NEAR SALE CITY, GA.
Sale Cltl, Ga., Sept. 21.—Sale City
and the surrounding community were
shocked beyond words early Satur
day morning, Sept. 12, when 1. be
came known here that both Mr. B.
M. Harmon, age 56. and his wife, age
45, were dead from pistol shots
which occurred at their farm home
a short distance west of Sale City
at 4:30 A. M.
Neighbors returning from a fox
hunt testified that they heard loud
talking and then two shots, and rush
ing into the house round both bodies
on the bed. The four children living
, in the home gave the same testimo
ny. A coroner's inquest was held, con
j ducted bv Coroner John Moore and
I Sheriff Wade Baggs. of Camilla, and
a verdict was reached that “both ap
parently died from guns' ot wounds
inflicted by Mr. Harmon." Both were
shot in practically the same place, a
small hole behind the right ear was
foun t on each and a pistol was found
near K ■—non. Mr. Harmon died in
stantlf: V Harmon lingered about
(Cont’il bade page)
patters: ., GROVE
ARRIVALS
-v
A check-up on births of recent
date, a few of which may be three
hnd six months old, reveals the fact
that there is no immediate danger
Df race extinction in the Patterson
Grove section.
i The following are some, if not all
bf the babies arriving in the terri
tory included in the Patterson Grove
School district with the exception of
two which claim Oak Grove as their
home: Norma Kay Huffstetler, dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Hut'f
(stetler; Frances Louise Patterson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Boyce Pat
t erson; Theo Marie Huffstetler, dau
lighter of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Huf
'fstetler; Jacob Anthony and Jo Ann
1 Dixon, twin son and daughter of Mr.
hnd Mrs. Kelly Dixon; Harriet Eliza
both Fitch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs
George Fitch: Donald Ralph Ham
rick, son of Mr. and Mrs Joe Ham
rick, Kenneth Cleophas Hamrick,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hifn jf :k|;
Robert Eugene and William Joe
Putnam, twin sons of Mr. and Mrs.
(Lawrence Putnam; Bertha Sue Put
nam, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Wayne Putn. \i; John William Neal
Ison of Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Neal;
Gerald Kenneth Foster, son of Mr.
laud Mrs. Howard Foster: infant son
of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bell; Lawren
I ice P. Chapman, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Noah Chapman; Carolyn Geneva
'Bell, daughter of Mr. and Sirs. Hch’
ace Bell; Sara Anne Blaok, ,dr.ugh/
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Black; Mof
ifatt Green, sou of Mr. and Mrs. How
'ard Green.
THORNBURG
IMPROVING SLOWLY
Lebron Thornburg. who has been
n patient in hte Shelby Hospital Pol
lowing injuries received in an as
phalt explosion sometime ago is im
proving slowly but according to hos
pital attaches will have to remain
there for sometime yet.
Mr. Thornburg was thrown about
55 feet by the explosion and was
badly burned about the arms and
face.
He is a son of Mr. and Mrs* I^ee
Thornburg who live near Kings
Mountain and was prominent in ath
tetlc circles when a student at Kings
Mountain High school.
TO STUDY IN
CHICAGO
Mr. William Lawrence Mauney,
who graduated at Temple University
‘Philadelphia, last spring, left Mon
day for Chicago, where he will take
a post-graduate course in Chir
opody.
1 Mr. Mauney passed the State'
Board examination following his gra
duation and has decided to more ful
iy prepare himself for his chosen
profession.
* _
j Twenty Cents On Every Dollar Goes
to Non-Winners — $400.00 to Lead
ing Prize. Read Rules and Adver-I
tisemeitt.
The Kings Mountain Herald an
nounces today a subscription and
prize campaign that will get under*
way on Friday morning, September
25th, and run for a period of but six
weeks. At the end of this time more
than ISOO.OO in cash prizes and cash
commissions will be awarded to
those who take an active part.
Everything connected with the
enterprise is free. The four prize
winners will be determined from the
number of votes secured as given on
paid subscriptions to The Ilerala
which sells for *1.50 a year.
As each subscription is turned in
to the campaign manager for the en
terprise here at The Herald Office la
Kings Mountain, votes will be issued
in the form of a reserve vote coupon.
Trese coupons will be held by the
various workers until the close of
the contest on Saturday at noon,
November 7th, when they will be de
posited in a locked and sealed ballot
box for the judges to count and de
termine the winners. All taking an
active part will be treated fair and
square, with the prizes going to
those who work and earn them in
accoi dance with the rules as set
forth in the page advertisement con
cerning this contest and found else
where in this issue.
$750.00 IN FOUR PRIZES
The prizes to be awarded are four
in number with the leading award of
$400.00 in cash. Other awards to be
given at closing time are $200.00 for
second place, $100.00 for third, $50.
00 for fourth.
If you enter the drive and fail to
earn one of the cash prizes you will
be paid for your efforts by a liberal
cash commission of twenty cents on
every dollar subscription turned in.
Nothing any fairer than that!
One thing we want to impress on
those who are thinking about taking
part. You can take out your cash
commission from each report •w&tih
the understanding that in the event
you win one of the prizes this com
mission will be considered a part of
the prize won and so deducted from
the value of the award.
At a later date The Herald will se
lect the names of the three judges
who will determine the winner, will
be announced. They will be prom
inent business or professional men
of Kings Mountain or vicinity and
will see to it that those who work,
the hardest and do the best work
will be he winners.
OPENING DATE FRIDAY
The six weeks' drive will get u*nJ
derway Friday morning. Sept. 25th.
The closing day will be Saturday
noon, Nov. 7th. The winners will be
announced and the awarding of priz
es made here at the newspaper
office at three o’clock of that same
afternoon.
\Ye want everyone, who wants to
make a little extra money, to take
part. Those interested can put their
spare time into the affair or they
can put all their time. The more
time aud energy one puts into the
enterprise the more it will return
them in the way of one of the big
cash pi izes or a cash commission.
Those interested in receiving fur
ther details may call in person at
The Herald office or arrange for a
personal visit from the campaign
manager by simply calling the news
paper office.
I
(Opinions Expressed in This Column
Are Not Necessarily the Views of
This Newspaper.)
The New York Sun's just-complet
ed survey of unemployment is at
tracting unusual attention in Wash
ington. The reason is that it is the
first detailed study of the subject
made since the depression started.1
The Sun finds that, in 1935 there
were 6,000,000 unemployed. Since
1935, of course, thousands If not mil
lions of the jobless have been put to
work so that today the figure would
be appreciably lower than that.
• * * *
The Sun’s figures have been at
tacked, notably by the American
Federation of I^abor which still in
sists that sofmewhere around 10,000,
(Cont'd on back page)