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The date on the label !• thb Watch label on your Paper and don't let your aubtcription Expire! Kings Mountain Herald date your paper will Expire f TTTTT T I T"T I TTT'I I11 I I • • VOL. 35 NO. 1 KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C. THURSDAY, JAN. 7, 1937 FIVE CENTS PER COPY) CONGREGATIONAL LUTHERAN CHURCH The annual congregational meeting of Saint Matthews will be held this Friday evening, Jan. 8, at 7:00 in t!he Parish Building. Reporta from con gregational officers, organizations and the Pastor will be given. Three councilmen will be elected to fill va cancies made by terms expiring. The three whose terms expires are J. E. Herndon, W. K. Mauney and A. E. Cline. Several changes in the by-laws, already approved by the Council will be read for approval. Every member iB requested to attend. FARM INVENTORY £PGWS ANNUAL PROGRESS MADE , .♦ • —; An annual inventory of farm prop erty and equipment, together with a statement- of 'liabilities, will show the farmer Where he stands, said Dr. G. W. Forster, agricultural economist at State College. The difference between the as* set* and liabilities represents the eqnifcr or net worth of the farm stead, he explained. . Inventories tagen the first of each year will also show the progress made from y&ar to year as the farm Is built up and improvel, and wilt show the depreciation of buildings and equipment. Dr. Forster added. Often a fanner neglects bis prop erty and equipment because he does not realise how fast they are deteri orating. Annual inventories will help focus his attention on the depreciation re sulting from neglect. Dr. Forster pointed out, and will thus serve as a .stimulus to taking better care of his .property. In case of losses by fire, a care fully prepared inventory will reveal the value of the assets destroyed. Such a record will be an aid in ob taining the proper aljustmeat from the insurance company, when the losvw are covered by insurance. An inventory already prepared is an aid in securing credit. Dr. Fore ter went on, as most bankers and other credit agencies require a state ment of assets and liabilities and of the net gain or less per year. Moreover, he stated, an inventory is the starting point or basis for keeping farm accounts, and all good farmers keep accounts of their busl* ness. ARE STUDYING LEGAL MATTERS Shelby, Kings Mountain Program Is Held Up. (Cleveland Star) Pending replies from Attorney General A. A. F. Sea-well, of Raleigh and bond attorney R. L. Mitchell of New York, the county board of com missioners were today withholding action on the calling of a bond elec tion which would furnish money to match a WPA grant of $95,727 for a high school building in Shelby and a gymnasium and improvements on the Kings Mountain high school building. i V meeting monday of school offi cials of Shelby and Ktngis Mountain, the county board of education and the commissioners, resulted in an agreement for all to work together and pursue the best possible policy. TOWN HALL MOVES City Clerk, Charles Dilling, and the Fire Department are now located in their temporary quarters In the Webb Building on Cherokee street. The old Town Hall is being tom down to make room for the new brick Town Hall to be erected im mediately. The phone number at the tempor ary location is the same as the old one, being 196. Any business to be transacted with the Town, such as paying lights and water bills, and taxes, will now take place in the temporary location. Over-Coddling In The Rearing Of Children Seen Bedford, England, Jan. 5.—Dang er of "over-fussing” children are Stressed by Dr. G. K. Bowes, Bed ford school medical officer in his an nual report. "Children of large families of by gone generation,” he writes, ‘witn an intense and real struggle for ex istence, acquired much in the wa> of character for which present condl tions do not provide.”- 4 ' ~ ' * The only child of the present age. Dr. Bowes suggests, is no healthier “and possibly less happy than child ren of largefa milies of the , past desple being medically supervised and treated with elacorate care. "Many children, he adds, are over fussed, over coddled, and probably over-doctored. Largely as a conse quence, they seem in a great meas ure to be lacking in those qualities of self-reliance which were found more often in the harder conditions of life of the past.” RANCHERS OPEN WAR ON THIEVES Cheyenne, Wis., Jan. 5.—Irate far chers of the modern west have de clared war on the 1936 variety oo their oldest enemy—the cattle rust lers. The “rope justice” of the old west Is useless against the present day i cattle thief who Invades their rang es In high powered trucks and races to market with the stolen beer, often butchering it enroute. So the ranchers will fight him with his own weapon—-speed. It was much easier in the “good old days” for ranchers to band to gether, round up the rustles and deal out justice on the end of a rope —thus settling the matter once and for all. Today, however, the west doesn’t go in for such sudden Justice. Be sides, tracking a rubber tired truck capable of 60 miles an hour speed on a good highway, is a lot different from tracking several hundred cattle across the dusty prairie into some thieves in the days of old, were wont to hole up until things quited down. “We have to do something about it,” said Russell Thory, secretary of the Wyoming Stock Growers associa tion and chairman of a committee of the National livestock association which recently was named to “wage war on cattle rustlers.” Thorp wants a compact among the cattles from one state to another daho and Nevada have such an a reement, he said. Ranchers want it extened to cover Wyoming, Montana the Dakotas, Colorado, Nebraska, aliforia, New Mexico and Texas. Laughing Around the World With IRVIN s. COBB By Way of Compromise By IRVIN S. COBB ¥ TP IN Minnesota a railroad train killed a cow belonging to a Scandi navian homesteader. The tragedy having been reported at head quarters a claim-agent for the road was sent to the spot to make a settlement of damages with the ownev of the slaughtered animal. / ~IM)o Y 'VtioiinRsJ, Now, the claim-agent was a plausible and persuasive person else he would not have been a claim-agent. Having sought out the Scandi navian and introduced himself by his official title, he proceeded to make out as strong a case in rebuttal as was possible under the circumstances, with the hope of course, of inducing the injured party to accept as moderate a sum as possible. “Mr. Swanson," he said with a winning smile, "the company wants to be absolutely fair with you in this matter. We deeply regret that your cow should have met her death on our tracks. But, on the other hand, Mr. Swanson, from our side there are certain things to be con . sidered: In the first place, that cow had no business straying on our right-of-way and you, as her owner, should not have permitted her to ■ do so. Moreover, it is possible that her presence there might have caused a derailment of the locomotive which struck her and a serious wreck, perhaps involving loss of hunu.n life. Now, such being the case, . and it being conceded that the cow was, in effect, a trespasser on our property, wnat do you think, as man to man, would be a fair basis of settlement as between you and the railroad company?” For a space Mr. Swanson pondered on the argument of the claim agent. Then, speaking slowly and weighing his words, he delivered himself of an ultimatum: “I bane poor Swede farmer,” he said. "I shall give you two dollars.” UaHrtsaa N«vi VSsterna las.). State And National News Condensed In Brief Form —National News— Rome, Jan. 6.—A seemingly price less painting by Raphael hag been discovered beneath a painting of St. Cttherine in the Borghese gallery, an thoritiea said today. The painting of Saint Catherine, attributed to the schools of Perugino ir Uhirlandajo for 100 years, and so listed in the gallery' catalogue, was subjected to X-ray photographs re cently and the existence of the Rap hhael beneath It was llsclosed. Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, Jan. 5.—Di ver Pete Wood of Brewer, searched the bottom of Sebec lake today for the bodies of a mother and son. be lieved drowned when their car broke through thin Ice. Mrs. Gertrule Wilee 63, and Carroll Wiles, 30, both of Do ver-Foxcroft went to their camp at the lake Saturday for supper and have not been seen since. Washington, Jan. 5.—Here are some of-the pressing issues •- facing the 75th congress, yhlch convenes to morrow. Legislation for shortening work ing hours and fixing minimum wages urged by President Roosevelt, Some administration leaders want a con stitutional amendment Neutrality legislation, including e mergenSy action to meet the Mock arms shipments to Spain, and perma nent laws to replace the present act expiring May 1. Farm tenancy laws to put more land under the ownership of the men who till it. Relief appropriations to tide the nation’s unemployed through the rest of this fiscal year and the next. Monetary legislation extending the President’s power — expiring Janu ary 30—to reduce the dollar’s gold content. TarMf legislation extending the President’s power to negotiate re ciprocal trade agreements ofter May 12. Adrian, Mich., Jan. 5.—An explos ion of a Wabash freight train loco motive killed three trainmen lgst^ night, here. Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 4.—State prison officials waited apprehensive ly today to see if reports from 12 scattered roads camps would incre ase the record number of 13 convicts who failed to return to captivity aft er Christmas paroles. Governor Bibb Graves granted Christmas paroles Dec. 17 to 494 of the best behaved long termers a mong Alabama’s 5,000 state convicts on thtir promise to return before mid night, January 1. Washington, Jan. 5.—The public debt has reached a new all time peak of $34,407,864,000. The daily treasury statement for December 30 disclosed today that $50,000,000 of new borrowing last week pushed the debt $37,000,000 ov er the previous recorl high establish ed last June. Tacoma, Washington, Jan 5.—High ways of southwestern Washington were blocked by hundreds of armed men today in a spectacular police effort to capture two men' suspected in the kidnapping of 10 year old Charles Mattson. Tacoma. Wtash., Jan. 6.—A visit by two southwest Washington men to kidnap investigation headquarters 'today revived speculation the abduc tors of 10 year old Charles Mattson may be hiding the boy near Shelton. The pair was identified as a She’, ton business man and a resident of Hoodsport, near Shelton in heavily timbered and sparsely populated a rea southwest of Tacoma. London. Jan. 6.—Great Britain or dered a mass movement of 172..00C tons of warships in the Mediterran nean today after requesting Ger many and ditaly to answer by Satur day her proposal to ban volunteers from the Spanish civil war. Washington, Jan. 6.—Senator Wag ner of New York was chosen by the democratic steering committee of the senate today to head the power ful senate banking committee. Hartsville, S. C., Jan. 6.—A coro ner’s Jury absolved William Taylor, Washington motorist, whose car struck and killed Leila WeatheTford. 13, near here. Atlanta, Jan. 6.—Moving swiftly to fulfill promises of change in po lice administration, Mayor William B. Hartsfleld today held the resigns tlons of Chief of Police T. O. Sturdi vant and Assistant Chief A. Lamar Poole, I —-State .News— Raleigh, Jan. 5.—Choked streams ' werit out of their banks in eastern | North Carolina today, inundating low | lands and menacing highway traffic. The United States weather bureau jhere preJicted the Neuse and Roan oke rivers would reach floodstage late today or tomorrow. The latter, already above flood level, is expected to reach 40 feet nine feet above flood stage, at Wel don, a flood advisory said. Raleigh, Jan. 6.- |\. state retire ment insurance and pension law for «U state employes, including more than 23,000 school teachers, will be urged of the 1937 general assembly as part of its social security pro gram, according to reports being beard here. Goldsboro, Jan. 5.—Phillip - Moye, SO, nen^walktng a foot log over a sha,'0fer®'h lnto water sever. inches^B^and - drowned. ^atatesvyi^i ^aoL 3.—There Were 20 violent deaths in Iredel county during the year just ended, of which number automobiles lead with ten fat ait ties, a number equal to all the other causes put together A check over he records for the year 1936 reveals violent d'eaths in this county as follows: automobiles, 10; homicide, 3; suicide, 2; killed by train, 4; killed by fall into under pass, 1. Dunn, Jan. 5.—An automobile -crash a week ago. Deputy Marshall Henry A. Turlington said today, end ed a 36 year old hunt for a boy who wrecked a train, killing three per sons. Turlington said the highway acct dent victim had been positively ider. titled as the fugitive, Alvin Rastus Tart, alias Arthur Kivett. The offlc«r said Tart at the age of 18 tied a spike to a rail with a handkerchief to “see how flat the train would mash it." • f The youth, Turlington said, ad mitted to friends that he was respor. sible for the train wreck, and then fled the community. . .o trace of him was found in the 36 intervening years. The man the officer identified as Tart was killed in an automobile wreck at Ridgeland, S. C. Sanford, Jan. 5.—-County Agent B. O. McMahan is distributing checks for $2,200 to Greenwood township farmers, the first payments in soil conservation benefits for 1936. Elizabeth ton, Jan. 5.—The Gape Fear River, swollen by recent rains rose stead! y today toward a predic ted crest of 27 feet—five feet over flood stage — by tomorrow, A report by the U. S. weather bureau at Ral eigh said the river would reach 33 feet at Fayetteville, but would re main. within its- banks. Burlington, Jan. 5.—A federal court order permitting the closed consolidated mill at Hopedale to bor row $76,000 was expected to be fol lowed by immediate re-opening of the ^textile plant. Will Rogers’ Humorous Story By WILL ROGERS •THE kida sometimes get funny ideas about what the grown folks are trying to teach them. Kida -7” often bring: home kinda twisted stories from Sunday school because they don't always understand the words and phrases they hear out of the Bible. There was a kid that was learning a lot about the Old Testament at Sunday School. He had heard about the Prodigal Son and was telling his mother the story when he got home. "The worst thing about it,” he says, "was when the old man hurt his throat.” "So?” says the mother. "I d'm’t, seem to remember about any throat trouble.” "Yeah, but there was. The Dad, running out to meet the kid that come home, hurt his throat See, it tells about it here in the book. 1 can prove it to you.” And he pointed out in the story where it said that the father saw his son coming and run out and "fell on his neck.” (iauliu News IWIm 1m) ****** * This is the first issue of the * Herald to come out in 1937. It * hardly seems possible that ano * other year has passed and today * -we are living in the year 1937. * Thinking over the past year, it * has been a pretty good one. * True, some of us have not been * able to make as much money as * we should have liked to make, * but 1935 was still worse, and we * ought to take courage. But in * many other ways there is reason * for thanksgiving on the part of * many people of the world, espec * ially us in |America. We have * suffered no great calamities. We * have been kept out of war. Our * farms have produced an . ample » supply and we have advanced * apace. * But what of 1937? Well, It * looks good. It will be wbat most * of us strive to make it. If we * have faith in our country, in our * fellowmen and God, and work * we shall make the grade in 1937 * in high. -_»£- • • Adult School At ; Baptist Church The Adult School opened Its Win ter Session at the First--, BftftMst dhurch Monday evening at- -7:30. While the attendance has not beef aa large as had been expected, a genu ine interest has been manifested by those present and the school should prove a real blessing to its members. Tbe hope is that more of the people of our town will avail themselves of this opportunity to develop themsel ves for Christian service. During the first period Monday ev ening the pastor, A. G. S&rgeant, led the class in a most interesting study of some of the fundamental truths as found in Genesis. For ten consec utive Monday evenings this class will continue to study the Bible per iod from Adam to Moses. It is not limited to Baptists only, but is open to anyone over sixteen years of age who is interested in knowing and un, derstanding God's Word as revealed in the Scriptures. Mi*a Sarah H&mbrlght has charge of the course in public speaking. Those who sat in her class Tuesday evening will not need a further invi tation. Impromptu speeches from members of the class constituted a part of the period and all of the fun. The course will be continue next Tuesday with instructions in and practice of public reading. The first period Wednesday even ing is designated for the Baptist Pro gram. The closing period each Wednes day will be a course in vocal music under the direction of Mr. Paul Hen dricks, band instructor of the public schools. INAUGURATION PULLMAN LEAVES FOR P,ALEIGH A special puilman left Kings Moun tain last night on train No. 40 at 7:20 for Rialeigh for the Clyde R. Hoey Inauguration today. The pull man will leave Raleigh tonight and arrive back in Kings Mountain to morrow morning. The round trip fare including pull man charges were $13.65 for a lower berth and $12.65 for an upper. Seats are reserved in the large City Auditorium in Raleigh for the Cleveland county friends of Mr. Hoey These seats, says Representative Er nest Gardner in charge of arrange ments for the House, are close up front. SINGING CONVENTION There will be a singing convention at Oak Grove Baptist church Sun day, January 10 directed by Prof. Wlade Humphries of Gaffney. There will be quarets from Spartanburg Gaffney, Morganflon, Sheilby, and Prof. Collins and his quarete from Ldneolnton. The public is cordial!) invited to attend with well filled bas kets. W. E. BLAKELY’S FATHER DIES Mr. W. E. Blakely’s father died Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mr. Blakely. The body will be carri ed to Ora, S. C, for burial. Miss Mary Blakely of Blacksburg school faculty, and Ralph Blakely of Rock Hill were at his bedside when the end came. MOVE TO NEW HOME Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Bryant and two chidren and Mrs. A. A. McCorkle moved recently to their new home in Orangeburg S. C., The family have many friends in Kings Mountain, who regret to see them leave. I EMPLOYMENT OFFICE OPEN FRIDAY A branch of the North Caroline. Employment Serrvice will be open here Friday morning a£ the rear of the Town Office for the registering of all who desire to work on the pro Jects soon to be started in Kings Mountain. Mr. Subtle, who is in charge of the registration stated that it will be necessary for every one who has not registered within the last three months to register to qualify for a Job. A special request is made to all skilled laborers to register. It’s A Boy Dr. W. L. Ramseur Deliv ers Little Mr. 1937. LITTLE BOY TO RECEIVE MANY PRIZES. The winner of the first ‘ place in the race tor {the title of Little Mr. or Miss 1937 wi* declared last night to be Little Mr.' Baby Goforth, son Of Mr. and Mrs. Bun Goforth, who ar rived in Kings Mountain, the Beat Town in The Stale, at 10:18 P. M„ January 0th. This, little son will receive the many gifts offered last week by the progressive merchants of Kings Mountain. The mother before her marriage was Miss Martha Hord. Dr. W. L. Hamseur was attending phy sician. Kings Mountain’s baby derby win ner had not been named last night. The newcomer was born at the home of his parents on the Shelby Road. Kings Mountain's winner was sev eral days later in making his appear ance than the winners from Gas tonia, Charlotte and Shelby. The three winners from these, towns made their debut on January 1st. Dr. C. W. Harper called earlier last night to report a baby he deliv ered on the York Road just across the South Carolina line. The nine pound winner will be given the following prizes by the par tlcipating merchants: Layette Basket, by D. F. Hord Furniture Co. Squibb’s Baby Set, by Summers Drug Co. $26.00 allowance on a new Ford by Plonk Motor Co. $1.00 month’s payment on Kings Mountain Building and Loan stock. His first pair of shoes from Belk’s Department Store. Shampoo and finger wave for the mother, from Vera’s Beauty Shoppe. Baby blanket by Keeter’s Depart ment Store. A surprise from Griffin's Drug Store. One year's subscription to the Kings Mountain Herald. ONE SIDE PARKING ON CHEROKEE STREET Cars will be allowed to park on only one side of Cherokee street. This will greatly relieve traffic con gestion, as this is a rather narrow street. Signs have been put up by the Police Department to notify mo torists of the change. There was some discussion several months ago about widening Chero kee and opening it up to King street but most of the talk has died down lately. (Opinions Expressed in This Column Are Not Necessarily the Views of This Newspaper.) Id view of the many trial balloons which have gone up from various quarters in recent months dealing with Constitutional amendments to enlarge the powers of the Federal government or legislative action to curb the powers of the Supreme Court, the indifference or coolness of members of Congress to the issue may have a deep underlying signifi cance. The extent of this signifi cance will become better known as Congress moves further Into the ses sion, as the Roosevelt program un folds, or, perhaps, as the Supreme Court hands down new decisions af fecting legislation enacted in the last few years. * ♦ * * That most members of Congress were not taking seriously the pro posals to alter the basic structure the political system was evident, however, almost from the time that they began to return for the new session. One interesting sidelight (Cont’d on back page)