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VOL. 35 NO. 6
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.
THURSDAY, FEB. 11, 1937
FIVE CENTS PER COPY!
State And National News
Condensed In Brief Form
—National News—
L< adville, Colo., Feb. 9.—Confes
sions to two slayings, one in Ala
bama, were pinned today by officers
•on a miner under arrest.
Undersheriff Angela Travison said
the man, giving his name as Carl
Cook, 44, confessed he killed liis non
smoking wife after finding cigarette
biy.ts about their auto trailer homo
■and decided “she was two-timing me.
Nashville, Teun,, Feb. 9.—Tennes
see s house prepared today or ac
tion on a senate-approved "press gag
.bill while the author o f the bill pre
dieted it would not pass.
Cordova, Alaska, Feb. 9.—Alas
kar.s peeped out of their homes on
main street today with their six
shooters cocked to see if any more
cold-crazed ooyotes were chasing
netr through town.
CarviUe, Ha., Feb. 9.—The leper
colony here had its own Mardi Gras
celebration today, just like the down
river city of New Orleans.
Gayly decorated floats were made
lor the parade. nepers on bicycles
and in wheel chairs view and follow
it. The procession will move along
the long screen-enclosed “boardwalk
which connects the cottages where
the patients live.
Even a king and queen were chos
en for the Mardi Gras ball.
New York, Feb. 9.—The state was
ready today to call the first of 40
witnesses expected to testify at the
trial of Major Green, 33 year old tie
_gi'o for the murder of Mrs. Mary j
Harriet Case, 25 year old housewife. I
Mrs. Case's strangled and beat
en body was found in the waterfil
fcd bathtub of her Jackson heights
Queens, apartment, Jan.11 by her
husband, Frank W. Case.
Flint, Mich., Feb. 9.—Mayor Har- ;
old E. Bradshaw, political veteran at '
38, became a virtual dictotr today !
in this strike-ravaged city of 165,000 1
persons.
The city commission, declaring a
“state of emergency” last night '
thrust full responsibility for ‘main !
taining law and order” into Brad
shaw's hands as the General Motors
strike passed its 42nd day.
Detroit, Feb. 9.—General Motors 1
corporation consented today to con
tinue discussion to end the wide
spread automotive strike after indi
cating it saw no use in further con
ferences.
Vienna, Feb. 9.—The Duke of
Windsor has indicated a desire to
purchase an estate in Hungary into
which he can move during May, a
A'ien.ia real estate agent said today.
Mexico City, Feb. 9.—Fighting
threatened today between Leon
Trouky’s communist enemies and
his university friends as the Russian
exile nervously prepared to te a |
New York audience his version of
the recent anti-Soviet conspiracy
trial in Moscow.
—State News—
Raleigh, Feb. 9.—Bills proposing a
revision of election laws and calling
for an investigation of the state ru
ral electrification authority furnish
ed new grist for the legislative mills
today while the finance and appro
priates committees put finishing,
touches to their work.
Both the finance and appropria
tions bills are expected to reach the
floor by the latter part of the week.
A'n appropriations subcommittee
yesterday tentatively adopted its
biggest item so far, an allotment ot
$50,000,000 for the public schools,
following the recommendations of
the budget commission.
Henderson, Feb. 9.—Hubert Bern
ard Cooley of Nashville, brother of
Representative Harold D. Cooley of
the fourth congressional district was
killed instantly last night when his
automobile crashed into a bridge a
butment at the North Carolina-Vir
ginia state.line about 20 miles north
of here.
New Bern, Feb. 9.—Nathanie Tut
tle was found shot to death at bis
home near Oriental and a coroner’s
jury reported he committed suicide.
Raleigh, Feb. 9.—Governor Hoey,
in a letter to the New York state
economic council, which requested
comment on the child labor question
said that child labor in North Caro- j
lina is negligible. No children, he
said, are employed in this state in
sweatshops or in hazardous or dan
gerous work.
Winston-Salem, Feb. 9.—Contract
for the construction of an aldition
to the Chatham Manufacturing plant
at Elkin has been let to the Frank G
Blum company here.
The addition, costing approximate
ly $30,000 will increase production
about 15 per cent, officials said.
Raleigh, Feb. 9.—The resignation
of Morris G. Cooke as head of the
Rural Electrification administration
in Washington is causing general
satisfaction in state governmental
circles here from the governor on
down and is giving rise to the hope
that with Cooke out of the way, it !
may be possible to bring about co
operation of the federal REA with
the North Carolina Rural Electrifies
tion administration and that the
federal REA officials will now try to
work with the N. C. REA instead of
against it.
Wilson, Feb. 9.—A coroner’s jury
pronounced tbe death of W. A, Kirk
Button, 40 year old Nash county far
mer, who was found burned to death
Sunday night in his farmhouse near
Bailey, as accidental.
The seven room dwelling and cow
shed were destroyed. Coroner M. C.
Gulley of Nashville said the fire ap
parently was due to a lighted ci
garette.
Ualeigh, Feb. 9.—New automobile
sales in North Carolina last month
were 5,124 compared with 2,954 in
January 1936.
Laughing Around the World
With IRVIN s. COBB
The Sacrifice of a Wife
By IRVIN S. COBB
•’T’O a married man—and it doesn’t make any difference how long
he has been married, either—the workings of the female mind
are puzzling.
Nearly everybody is acquainted—or should be—with the little
tale of the husband who was describing to his friend the result of a
difference of opinion with the estimable woman who bore his name
and shared his lot.
“I believe in give and tnke,” he said; “we started out that way
at the beginning and we’ve always kept it up.”
“How does the system work?” inquired his friend, who was a
bachelor.
“Ob, bully. Now, for instance, here a few months ago we were
g-eng to buy some new draperies for the dining room. She wanted
«i'k; but I wanted chintz. Well, we talked it over and finally w*
compromised.”
‘Compromised on what?”
“Oh—on silk.”
There is another yarn vaguely related to the foregoing little
chapter out of the domestic life of a happily wedded pair.
Mr. Smith comes home with furrows of care in his brow.
“Mary,” he says, “the way bills keep piling up is scandalous.
We’re spending more than I make. We’ve got to cut expenses to the
b:;ne—both of us—if we expect to make ends meet at the end of the
year. We’ve got to make personal sacrifices, starting with the little
things and going all nlong the line. Now, what would you suggest?”
Mrs. Smith ponders a moment.
“I’ll tell you how we’ll begin,” she says, brightly then; "you
ghavc yourself—and I’ll cut your hair.”
Barnes Is Reelected
To Head Scouting
For Another Year
The Hoy Scouts and friends of the
organization in the community heard
a great challenge directed to them
at the Annual Boy Seou and Parent
Banquet Tuesday evening at the
High School Cafeteria.
The banquet was attended by ap
prosimately one hundred Scouts and
ae undred representative citizens.
A stirring address was delivered
>;■' Rev. C. P. Bowles, Pastor of
Main Street Methodist Church, Bel
mont, N. C. He tallied upon us to use
the Scouting program to supplement
the fine things needed in character
and citizenship building which could
not be supplied by the home, school
and church.
Honor guests at the banquet who
brought messages were Judge Bis
mark Capps of Gastonia, President
of the Piedmont Council Boy Scouts
of America, Joe Whisn^int, of Shelby
Vice President of the Council. R. M.
Schiele, Executive of the Council.
Mrs. Schiele called upon the moth
ers to send their boys to the Camp
at Bake Lanier next summer and let
her take care of them.
Each of the speakers issued the
challenge of Scouting and this same
challenge was presented in a play
let, “The American Boy on the Auc
tion Block." In this Chas. F. 'Phom
asson acting as auctioneer sold a
boy not yet old enough to become a
Bry Scout. Bids were entered by men
taking the parts of War, Pleasure,
'rime, Business, Labor, Professions,
"armer. Education. Home Life and
Fatherhood, Church and Scouting.
The boy was finally sold for a mil- !
lion dollars to Scouting who pooled
bids with the Home and the Church, j
Music for the occasion was furn- j
Islied by the Boy Scouts of the High
School Band. An excellent meal for I
• he gvening Was furnished by 3 group j
of the Woman’s Club.
B. N. Barnes, Superintendent of
City Schools, was re-elected chair
man for Scouting for another year.
B. S. Peeler was reelected Secre
tary. Committee heads elected were:
Finance Committee: B. S. Neill,
W. K. Mauney, P. M Neisler.
Church Relations: Rev. L. B.
Hamm.
Commissioner: Rev. P. D. Patrick.
Court of Honor: J. It. Davis.
School Relations: F M. Bigger
staff and P. E. Moss.
Camping: G. A. Bridges
Civic Service: U Arnold Kiser.
Health and Safety: C. G. White.
Publicity: Aubrey Mauney.
Heading: C. F. Tliomasson.
Inter-racial: I. B. Goforth and J E ,
Aderholdt.
Rural Scouting: P. D. Herndon, J.
Leo Woodward and J. S. Ware.
Ten Year Program: L. B. Hamm. J
ChairmanCub Scouting: Rev. W. |
M. Boyce.
Committee at Large: George Lat
timore, I. G. Patterson, A. H. Patter
son, C W. Hullender, George Moore
C. P. Goforth, W. J. Fulkerson, C E.
Neisler, Jr, Rev. E W. Fox, J. A.
Neisler, Dr. S. A. Lowery, Paul
Mauney, George Smith, Sam Suber
D. F. Hord, O. W. Myers, Rev. A. G
Sargeant, Dr W L Ramseur, D. L.
Stewart, C. C. Edens, J. N. Jones,
Charles Warlick, Dr. J. A Anthony,
Dr. E. W. Griffin, J. E Herndon, F
n. Summers, J. L McGill, Carl F.
Mauney, Dr. L. P. Baker.
Week Of Prayer At The
Lutheran Church
Beginning Monday, February loth,
the Circles of the Women's Mission
ary Society of St. Matthews Luther
an Church, will unite in Prayer
Services and self-denial for Missions
Throughout the United Lutheran
Church in America a simlar program
will be followed. The Service begins
at 3:00 each afternoon through Fri
day. The program is:
Monday, topic: Hear Our Father,
Mrs. M. L. Harmon, Leader.
Tuesday, topic: Rule Our Minds,
Mrs Carl F. Mauney, leader.
Wednesday, topic: Expand Our
Souls, Mrs. George W. Mauney, lead
er.
Thursday, topic: Employ Our Tal
ents. Mrs. L. Boyd Hamm, leader.
Friday, topic: . Sanctify Our Rela
tionships, Mrs. Aubrey Mauney, lead
er.
JUNIOR CLASS
SPONSOR PLAYS
The Junior Class of the Central
High School is presenting Mr. and
Mrs. Sauline and their all-star play
ers Thursday, Feb. 11. There will be
two performances: one at 1:30, and
one at 7:30. "Little Orphan Annie”
at 1:30, and “The Trail of The Lone
some Pine” at 7:30. Please be sure
to come and help the Juniors.
|Audit Reveals Big Sum
Of Money Is Due Town
LIBRARY OPENS MONDAY
SCOUTS OBSERVE
ANNEAL SCOUT
SUNDAY
“Thou hast the detv of thy youth”
Psalm 110 verse 3, was the text chos
an by ftev P. D. Patrick of the First
Presbyterian Church, who preached
the annual sermon at a Union Ser
vice observing Boy Scout Week at
the Lutheran Church of which Rev.
L. B. Hamm, is pastor.
Assisting in the service were Rev.
W. M. Boyce of the A. R. P Church
and Rev. E. \V. Fox of the Methodist
Church. Scouts were present in a
body from the local troops. Scout
Miles Mauney repeated the Scout
Raws and Scout Eugene White re
peated the Oath and Motto.
"As the flower looks up to heaven
for the dew for refreshment,” Rev.
Patrick said, “so our hearts look
heavenward lor life."
Other expressions of the speaker
included such pointed thought as
“The measure of life is in deeds ra
ther than in dollars is taught in the
motto 'Do a Good Turn Daily.’ Duke. !
the great benefactor, is today measu
ted by the good deeds done by what
lie has given away—not by the sum
that he accumulated.
“Dwight L. Moody by his great
deeds as a man of God influenced
thousands of lives for good.
“Life is tragic for those who think
the world owes them a living. God
has a place for each to work his own
way.
"Scouts today are children of for
tune. They have privileges a few
years ago a king could not have.
"1 likes to think about the five
word biography of Jesus ‘He went a
bout doing good,’ We live in deeds
not ill years.
"If you in all your good deeds do
not hfeed the call to give your heart
to Ged you fail.”
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MRS. SARAH CAVENY
BURIED SUNDAY
Funeral ervices for Mrs. Sarah
Cavenv were held at Central Metho
dist church Sunday afternoon, at 2
o clock. Rev. E. W. Fox, the pastor
was in charge and was assisted by
Rev tv. A. Parsons, pastor of Grace
Methodist church. The body was
then carried to Earl where inter
ment was made.
Mrs. Cavenv had been in poor
health for sometime but had improv
ed, death coming suddenly, Saturday
morning, after she had arisen from
her bed.
She had been a faithful member
of Central Methodist church since
coming to Kings Mountain more
than thirty one years ago. She attend
ed services regularly when her heal
th permitted and gave of her means
to the support of her church.
She is survived by several step
children, two of whom, Mrs. Luther
Spearman and Mr. W. C. Cavenv live
in Kings Mountain. Also surviving
are three brothers, Preer Randall,
Earl and Dock Randall, of Blacks
burg, S C.. a sister. Miss Donnie
Randall, of Slielby.
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Will Rogers’
Humorous Story
By WILL ROGERS
TT AIN’T so very much fun to be
deaf, I reckon, but I don’t know
what joke-makers would do if they
didn’t have deaf people to josh
about.
One story is about a senator that
was awful deaf and terrible digni
fied. He made a great show of Be
ing something more than a mere
senator.
So there was a guy from the
home town come to see the senator
about getting to be a postmaster,
and the senator had him to dinner.
• The senator didnt’ say much. But
in the middle of the dinner he says
to the guest, “Say, what's your
name anyhow?”
“Thrupps is my name, Senator.”
“What?" •
“Thrupps, John Thrupps.”
“I’m sorry, but my confounded
ears aint’ so good. Say it again.”
“Thrupps. Thrtipps. My name is
Thrupps.'*
“Well, I give it up," says the
senator. “I’ll have to call you Mr.
Olson, I reckon. I can’t understand
you when you pronounce your
name. Sounds like nothing but
Thrupps to me.”
(American Nawi Futvna. U*Ji
Tlie long-looked for event is now
■ at hand, Kings Mountain's Public
Library opens to the citizens next
Monday, February 15th. at 2:00 o'
clock at the temporary location in
the Town Hall.
Miss Ina Mae Uavis has been se
cured as Librarian from WPA. Miss
Ha vis is a high school graduate, and
is highly recommended by Supt. 15.
N. Barnes and Principal F. M. Big
gerstaff by whom she has been em
ployed through the National Youth
Administration.
The local committee in charge of
getting the Library started in Kings
Mountain lias had the wholehearted
support and cooperation of Mrs
Lois Young, district Supervisor of
Library work, of Hickory, and also
Mrs. Jesse O’Shield, County Super
visor of Library work for Cleveland
county. They have given considera
ble of their time and knowledge to
the inauguration of Kings Mountain’s
Own Public Library.
The Committee in charge of the
Library wants the public who so gen
erously gave to the Library Funds
to realize the location of the library
is only a temporary one. as perma
nent quarters have been arranged
for in the new Town Hall now und
er construction.
As everyone knows what a library
needs most is books, go when you
come to the Library m xt week, you
are invited to bring a book (or
books) to donate to the Library.
The Library will be open every
afternoon next week from 2 to 6 p
m. This is just a temporary sched
ule. A definite program will be an
nounced later.
Every citizen of Kings Mountain
is extended a very cordial invitation
to visit their Library next week and
every other week, throughout the
years to come.
Funeral Services
For Aged Woman
Funeral services for Mrs. Rhoda
Bennett, age 85, were held at Grace
Methodist church at 11 o'clock Tues
day afternoon. Rev. W. A. Parsons
was in charge of the services and
interment was made in Mountain
Rest cemetery. The pallbearers were
the following grandsons of the de
ceased: Lloyd, Bill. Leonard and
Burton Bennett and Henry Ford.
Mrs. Bennett had been ill for the
past nine weeks at her home on the
York road and passed away early i
Monday evening.
She was the widow of the late i
John Bennett, whose family have
been highly respected citizens of
this section for many years. She
was a charter member of Grace
Methodist church and at all times
loyal to its support. She spent her
entire life in this seetion and num
bered her friends by her acquaiu
fences.
Surviving are six sons: B. T. Ben
nett, of Toecoa, Ga„ who has been
in ill health for some time, James.
Wade. Arthur, and Gus Bennett all
of Kings Mountain; Rev. John Ben
nett, pastor of the First Baptist
church at Norwood; three daughters
Mrs. John Jones and Mrs. John Ford
of Kings Mountain and Mrs. Carl
Mayfield of Belmont.
A number of grandchildren and
great-grandchildren survive. She is
also survived by an aged brother,
I Mr. Pink Bumgardner of this place.
—
INFANT BURIED
SUNDAY
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Ware was buried in Moun
tain Rest cemetery Sunday morning.
The infant passed away soon after
birth in the City Hospital, Gas
tonia.
World Day Of Prayer
To Be Observed
The Churches cf Kings Mountain
will have part in World Day of Pray
er this Friday February 12th. All
around the world, in more than 5b
countries Christian people cf all de
nominations will observe this • day
of prayer. Mrs. W. K Mauney is to
be the leader and ladies from the
other Churches in town will have
part in the program of meditation
and prayer. The Service will be held
in the Lutheran Church at 3:00. The
people of the town are invited to at
tend.
Over $20,000 In Water And
Light Bills Due.
A total of $83,155.10 is due the
Town of Kings Mountain on past
due fixes (both real and personal),
sewer, water and street paving as
sessment*. and light and water bills,
according to the annual auditor's re
port now on file at the Clerk’s office.
The audit was made by George H.
Emery, C. P. A., of Statesville, N. C.
for the year ending June 30th, 193G.
This is the second year Mr. Emery
has made the audit.
Below is a list of accounts due the
Town on June 30th, 1036:
Eights and water bills, $31,926.37.
Street paving, sewer, and water
assessments, $23,918.12.
Names and amounts of those who
are assessed are listed in the audit.
Taxes, real and personal, $37,310.
61.
This includes unpaid taxes on real
estate from 1927 to 1934, and person
al taxes from 1925 to 1935. Personal
taxes before that time have been
marked off.
There has been quite a bit of dis
cussion on the streets of Kings
Mountain as to how so large amount
of unpaid light and water bills had
been allowed to accumulate. Several
stated that those who pay their bills
pay in reality for those who do not.
Some made the remark that the
large utility companies, who are ex
perts in the business of merchandis
ing electricity would never have al
lowed this amount to accumulate,
which would mean a lower rate to
those who pay their bills.
The Auditor made several recom
mendations under the heading "Geu
oral Comments,’, as follows:
"The expenditures of monies from
the funds' of the town are made on
vouchers signed by the Clerk and
Treasurer. These vouchers are not
approved either individually or in
summary by the Council. We would
suggest the advisability of such for
mal approval at each monthly meet
ing of the Council, and the record
ing of such approval in the minutes.
"Tax releases also should be form
ally approved by the Council. and
sucb approval recorded in the minu
tes.
"There is no fidelity bond in force
covering the Clerk and Treasurer,
who is also the collector of taxes
and utilti' s revenues. For the pro
tection of the Town of Kings .Moun
tain and also of the Clerk and Treas
urer. stn li a bond should be secured.
"The minutes of the Council
should bear the signature of both
the Clerk and the Mayor. The latter
is lacking.
“Other than above, we found the
books and records of the Town of
Kings Mountain to he neatly and ac
curately kept, and to reveal therein
no evidence of any irregularities.'’
BOARD MEETS
Tile Town Board met in executive
session last night with all members
present. The clerk was instructed to
see that all lights and water bills
are collected by the 15th of the
month or to discontine the service
beginning March 15, 1937.
Action was also taken by the
board to collect street paving, water
and sewer assessments and back
taxes, and if necessary to reduce
the accounts to judgements.
The bond of the Town Clerk was
discussed and it was decided to take
the necessary steps to secure a fi
delity bond for him.
Other routine business was dis
missed before the Board adjourned.
(0nllutujtcn
W&nQjuhoU
ty James Preston
(Opinions Expressed in This Column
Are Not Necessarily the Views of
This Newspaper.)
Predictions in politics have left
many a so-called political expert far
out on a limb and wishing he had
never gone into the forecasting bus
iness. But events here in the Na-.
lion's Capitol have moved fast e
nough in the past few weeks to
make one prediction seem fairly safe
it is t-hat during the coming months
many people will be playing the
thoroughly Americanized game of
"putting 'em on the spot." The Su
preme Court is to be the target. Un
less the guesses of the corps of
•Vashington newspaper men are all
vrong, one of the heaviest propogan
ila campaigns in the history of the
(ountry is already under way looking
toward proving to the people that
the Supreme Court is the root of all
our economic evils.
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If the inside whispers which are
hi ing passed around are correct —
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