The date on the label ie th» ■Watch label on your Paper and don’t let your subscription Expire! ♦•Ji'H' "** •5Mf» 4* 4* *5* *5* *t**J**** Kings Mountain Herald date your paper will Expire ***********-H-*********. VOL. 35 NO. 9 KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C. THURSDAY, MAR. 4, 1937 FIVE CENTS PER COPY) American Legion Holds Meeting "There is no group of citizens in .America toiia, who are more whole heartedly in favor of peace than the members of the American Region" -said Wiley Pickens, State Legion Commander, at a banquet held Fri day night by the local Legion Post, iit the Woman s Club building. . Commander Pickens stated that oniy those v-ho had been through if could realize the horrors of war, and explained the Legion’s fight for rea ■sonable national preparedness and the adoption of the universal service act as the surest means of assuring peace for America in the future. A large number of local Legion naires and Auxiliary members were present to welcome the Commander an'J State Adjutant Jim 'Caldwell, and enjoy the addresses delivered by both. Groups of Legion men and Aux iiinry members attended from Grover ilheiby and Cherryville. Entertainment features consisted ©t musical novelties by Master Ray and Miss Kay Canipe, piano selec tions by young Miss Gladden and .song3 with guitar accompanyment bp young'Master Hope. A delicious dinner was served by the Woman’s Club. Twins Give Performance In Charlotte The Mauney twins, Milos and Er nest presented a program of piano -selections at the family party of the Charlotte Woman’s Club last Friday evening and from all reports were given a wonderful ovation. The Sat urday Charlotte Observer gave a glowing account of how the twins captpred the hearts of tihe audience and the following appeared in the Sunday Observer along with a splen did picture of the twins: “Unheralded. Miles and Ernest -Mauney, 12 year old twins, sons of Mr. and Mrs. W. K Mauney of Kings Mountain, presented a program of piano selections at the Charlotte Wo man’s club as entertainment for the club's family party Friday evening. They immediately became a hit of tl>e party. Their playing was unlike anything ever heard in the city. With the confidence of veteran mu • sicians, they played a program of difficult music. Their performance came more or less as a surprise, but -a pleasant surprise, according to those fortunate enough to be pres ent. Miss Katherine Goggans of this city, a graduate of the School of Music at Limestone college,, a form er student of the Paris Conservatory of Music, and for several years a councillor of Junior Music clubs in the State, heard the performance of the twins. She said: ‘In all of my ex perience I bave never seen their equal. Both show the earmarks of a genius. They have a fortune in their fingers—a gift of God1.’ The twins’ program included: Duets—Sec on Hungarian Rhapsody, by Lizst; -Qui Vive, by Ganz; Nola, by Felix Arndt, and, Norwegian Dance, by • --•-•... Will Rogers* Humorous Story .... - By will Rogers '■HERE’S still lots of windmills out in the plains country, where the breeze is generally good enough to pump the water that’s needed. Some farmers have put in gas en gines to pump their water, but oth ers figure out that they ain’t going to be in any hurry trading their free wind power away before con gress gets around to farm relief. There was a New York college girl visiting out in Nebraska lately, and when she went back home she told tier friends the farmers out in Ne braska were the kindest to their animals of any people she ever seen. "Why," she says, “you just wouldn’t hardly believe it, but farmers, lots of ’em, haa put up big rotary fans out in the pastures to keep the cattle cooled off in the hot weather." (Amuicsa Newi Ftsturm, las.} Home Making Club House To Be Opened In Shelby The Home-Making classes of She! by, will open their club house next Saturday afternoon. Tea will be served and visitors are invited to call and inspect the rooms and furnishings from twc to four o’clock. The furniture, for the most part, has been made by various members of the classes under the supervision of their instructors. The handwork of class members will be also dis played in the furnishing ond uphols tering. The house is to serve a3 a model for families of limited means. It is equipped with a living room, dining room, bed rooms, kitchen, linen closet and wardrobes suited to the needs of a family of seven. STATEMENT FROM SUPT. BARNES The Herald is glad to publish a statonient from City School Super intendent B. N. Barnes pertaining to the coming election. Supt- Barnes states very clearly the facts in the case and his stand in this important matter. His statement follows: “As superintendent of schools I wish lo make my stand clear on the present school issues. Naturally I favor running our schools nine months* from the first grade through the eleventh, because l think the children of our city are entitled to educational opportunities equal that given the children in other cities our size. There are in North Carolina 9.455 more children enrolled in nine months schools this year than were in nine months schools back in 1933 when Kings Mountain High School had a nine months term. According to the January STATE SCHOOL FACTS there are 145,256 children en rolled in nine months schools this year in North Carolina. “1 do not believe I would be fair to the hundreds of children in our schools and to he citizens of Kings Mountain if I failed to let the facts be known, however, I realize—this txtended term is not a matter for me to decide. I consider it my duty to present the facts as best 1 can and let the town speak its own mind at the polls April 24. CONCERNING PWA PROGRAM “The PWA offers to give Kings Mountain $20,000.00 for school build ing improvements provided $25,000 can be secured to pay 55 per cent of the total cost of the project. it seems to me this is a mighty good proposition since the cost to Kings Mountain will be so very small com pared with the value received. "Each year the school receives from the county a good allotment for debt service. This year it a mounts to $3,060.18. The present debt service for schools is being re duced very rapidly and much of it will be paid off entirely in a few years. This means the schools shall be able to use more and more of the county fund to help pay off the pro posed new school debt. Kings Moun tain must pay only the amount Of debt service over and above the a mount received from the county each year for this purpose. Not only is this true but the city finds it nec essary to help the school each year complete and equip additional rooms and make major repairs. This year, as you have noticed, there is a 3c tax rate for this pur pose. By getting the PWA building program through so that all build ings can be completed, equipped and put in first class shape it is believed this annual city expense can be eliminated.” Harmon Trio To Give Concert Friday Night The singing school which has been in progress for the past two weeks at the Second Baptist church will come to a close Friday night. Mar. a, at 7:30 o’clock at East End school auditorium. The program will con sist of gospel, spiritual, popular and comic singing and a number of hu morous readings and jokes. If you like good music and clean fun, be sure and come. Honor Society To Be .Installed At Central High The public is invited to attend the high school assembly at 10:30 Fri day morning, March 5, at which time a number of students will be induct ed into the local chapter of the Na tional Ho'iir' Society. An interesting and impressive ceremony has been arranged for the occasion and will he carried out entirely by students of the high school. State And National News Condensed In Brief Form —rsational JNews— Hollt wood. Mar. 2.—At the robust age of three years, the Dionne quin tuplets will star in their motion pic ture this June. A story for the five little sisters was prepared at 20th Century-Pox studio here today which would offer acting opportunities the quints never have had before. Mar Dei l'iata, Argentina, March 2.—Authorities planned today to ices, re-enactment ot tue “impulse" staying of two year oiu Dugimo Per eyra Iraola, son of a wealthy Argen tine family. Judge noraclo Areco who said Jose uancedo Oonzaies confessed Kidnaipptug and strangling the boy to a detective disguised as a fei •ow prisoner, expressed beuet in<* pnsener was mentaly deticicnt. San Mateo, Calif., March. 2.—’Aunt Clara' valentine observed her loutt birthday recently, proud o£ the tact tuat in all her life she never had entered a theater or movie. ‘'All i do is read the Bible and sew,” she explained. Although in domestic service in Baltimore before the civil war, the aged negress never was a slave. Her mother enjoyed a free status in England. Denver, March 2.—Plans to borrow half a million dollars to resume- relief paytenis in Colorado were announc ed today by the governor a day ait er a shooting outburst ai the Denver public weltare bureau. A negro, de nied relief, killed three workers and critically wounded a fourth. Belief payments were suspended last month when funds became ex hausted. Auburn, Wash., March 2.—Enechi Kato, oti year old Japanese farm la borer, was sought for questioning to day in connection with the strang ling and shooting of his family of live. * Bodies of the wife and four child ren were discovered in a crude grave beside their home here. New Orleans, March 2.—The crest of the Mississippi river flood, having definitely "flattened out,” flowed slowly gult'ward today from a point below Baton Rouge. Meteorologist W. F. McDonald of the New Orleans weather bureau, said the crest was below Baton Rouge and would pass south of New Orleans by Wednesday. The stage re maiued at 19.1 feet here aud station ary at Baton Rouge at 44.9 feet From Natchez north it was falling rapidly. Montgomery, Ala.. Mar 2.—Orders to “arrest'on sight” t.velve violators of Christmas paroles were Issued here today. Only twelve of approximately 500 state convicts released for the Christmas holidays have failed to re turn. I —Mate News—* Morganton, March 2.—Coroner Rus J sell fS. Greene said today that no in ques^ would be held into the death of Miss Martha McGalliard, 23 whose body was found in a wc-od yes terdiy, a bullet wound in the head and ‘her father's service revolver at i her slide. Grjeene said Miss Galliard, daugh ter of a Morganton policeman, had killed herself. The coroner said the young woman catne home last Fri day from Banner Klk where she was a nurse. He said she had suffered a breakdown. Oxford, March 2.—Granville coun ty school officials closed all county schools for a two-day period because of bdd road's caused by snow. Raleigh, March 2.—Abandoning the defensive that lost the legisla. tive- liquor fight, drys in many coun ties are now planning to counter attack by demanding immediate county elections provided for by the county option law. This is a complete change of front on the part of militant prohibi tion advocates who have heretofore fought their hardest against any sort Of election by counties. There are many indications that their pro posed offensive Is born of despera tion- Two years ago they opposed any election by any unit—county or state. In this assembly they battled vigorously for a statewide vote, vio lently assailing any county by coun ty balloting. Burlington, March 2.—Fire origina ting in a storage room damaged 300 bales of cotton at the Tabardrey Manufacturing company at Haw Riber. Shelby, March 2.—More than half of the $300 needed to purchase an oxygen tent for the Shelby hospital was raised in a drive by the hospital auxiliary here this week. Several other donations have been promised, and purchase of the tent is expected in the next few days. Ralegh, March IfSMlemoorTTal entfne of Nash county, may be the candidate of the “Liberal Democrats of North Carolina for governor in the 1940 primaries, according to re ports going the rounds here. Lumberton, March 2.—Leon Blake, found unconscious on a highway near here, was said by hospital at tendants today to be in a serious condition. Police said they were detaining Ed Jacobs, Buie Indian, without privilege of bond. Hospitaj attend ants said' Blake, a middle aged man, suffered a fractured skull. Charlotte, March 2.— C. \V. Pal mer, farmer of the Dixie road com munity, died this morning at seven o'clock at St. Peter’s hospial from Injuries received' last night when he was struck by an automobile dri ven by Fred Calahan of Forest City. Callahan was under arrest at rural police headquarters. Laughing Around the World With IRVIN S. COBB r The Height of Boredom By IRVIN S. COBB VV/HEELB ARROWS have been the subject of at least two standard anecdotes. There is the stock story of the Irish laborer who angrily yelled to an Italian co-worker: “Here you, quit monkeying with that there wheelbarrow. What would an ignorant dago like you know about (“THE SlArtT" \ OH IT" 6ETS \ Oh< My StefWESl machinery ?” And there is the other dependable standby which nearly everybody has heard, of the visitor who was being escorted over the grounds of the state lunatic asylum and came to where a squad of the inmates were trundling material for a building job. The visitor noted that one of the group was holding his barrow upside down and said to him: “My friend, why don’t you turn you wheelbarrow over and roll it ■in the regular way?” “Shh! Not so loud,” warned the lunatic. “All these other chaps here are crazy but I’m the only sane one in the lot. Why if I turned this wheelbarrow over those fellows yonder would fill it full of bricks.” I crave to add a third to the list of wheelbarrow jokes .The man who told it to me vouched for its authenticity. He said that in a little town in Georgia there was a cotton-mill hand who, on account of the closing down of the mill, was given a summertime job of cleaning and repairing tho village streets. He had no associates, and undoubtedly the work grew monotonous, yet he stuck to the task because he needed the money which the municipality paid him to tide him over the dull season. One blazing hot morning a passer-by noticed that he was dragging his barrow behind him as he passed through the principal street. To the onlooker this seemed an especially laborous way of moving the unwieldy vehicle. “Say, Bill,” he called out, “what’s the big idea? Why not push your ( wheelbarrow instead of pulling it?” “Well, Mr. Dunson,” answered the languid operative, "I do get so tired of looking at the damn thing all day. (American News Feataru. Inc.) 'Special Young Peoples Service At A. R. P. Church On Sunday evening at 6:00 o’clock there will be a special meeting foi young people in Boyce Memorial Church. Mies Ada Rose Demerest, special lecturer to school and college groups from the National W. C. T. V will speak. All the churches of the city are cooperating in this service. Miss Demerest is on a nation wide tour as a speaker in the great Tern Iterance Education Movement. She has covered the larger part of the state in the last few weeks. Reports of her effectiveness commend her to the people of our community. While the meeting is for the young people, sponsored by the several groups in the different churches any interested person is invited. A free will offering will be taken the proceeds of which go to the Frances Willard Centenary Fund for the great Alcohol Education Move ment so sorely needed at the pres ent time. Remember — Sunday evening at 6:00 o’clock in the Bible School Building of Boyce Memorial Church. AMERICAN LEGION TO SPONSOR CIRCUS “The Circus,” a comedy shown with a circus background, is t° he presented by the American Legion for the Junior Baseball Program on next Thursday and Friday, March 11 and 12 at the High School audi torium. The show is extremely un usual in type, portraying as it does the trials and tribulations connected with running a circus in an amus ingly exaggerated way. The various committees are busy and things are all in order for the show. With the enthusiasm mount ing and things already started with a big bang, "The Circus’’ is- off to a flying start. Everyone likes to go to a circus and here’s one in tow anew. It's a cir cus of laughs and a carnival of good times. The cast is more than en thusiastic about the rehearsals and everyone seems to be having a grand time in the staging of the show. Miss Helen Finley, of the Amateur Theatre Guild, of Boston, is in charge of the production of the big TOWN CLERK NOW BONDED The Town Hoard met Monday night, and announced that Town Clerk Charles Dilling has been bond ded for $5,000, and Mis. Arthur Crouse, who is now assisting Mr. Di’.ling has been bonded for $2,500. l’he recent audit of the Town of Kings Mountain revealed that the City Clerk had been serving without bond. At the same meeting an ordinan ce was adopted to make it unlawful for anyone in the Town of Kings Mountain to have more than two dogs within 100 yards of any resi dence. A complete copy of the ordi nance is published in this issue of the Herald. ALL CITY SCHOOLS TO BENEFIT UNDER PWA ALLOTMENT The Kings Mountain City School Board, in regular session Friday evening, February 26, voted to give all school buildings in Kings Moun tain benefits when Kings Mountain receives the new PWA building pra gram. The Board went on record as favoring the folloying: Two new rooms with equipment at Fast School, needed repairs and equipment at West School, two rooms -at Davidson School, Com plete and equip the unfinished rooms at Central School building, renova tion of Central School auditorium to improve acoustics, and a new root over it which is badly needed. A gymnasium at Central High school. Annual H. S. Reading Contest Today The public is invited to attend the annual reading contest of high school girls Thursday evening, Mar ch 4th, at 8:00 o’clock, high school auditorium. Three girls will compete for the Pearl Fulton memorial medal. The program follows: “The Finger of God", a one-act play, by Carolyn Hord. 'The Phantom Aeroplane," a story Eoline Keeter. “Smoke Screen," a one-act pla, Mary Helen Hambrlght. Music will be furnished by the high school girls glee club. J. Boyce McGill Buried Sunday Funeral services for J. Boyce Me Bill, age 61, were held at Boyce Me morial A, R. P. church Sunday after noon at 1! o'clock and interment made in the cemetery at Bethel church. Rev. \V. M. Boyce was in charge of the services and was assisted by itev. G. I,. Kerr of Bessemer City, a former pastor; Rev. T. R. McDill of Gastonia and Dr Ernest N. Orr, of Charlotte, pastors of other members ol the family. The pallbearers were J. O. Plonk, Clarence Plonk, T. P. McGill, Will McGill, Lee Wolfe and M. A. Ware. Mr. McGill's death oc curred Saturday afternoon. He had been In failing health for several years and for the past few weeks his condition had been critical. Mr. McGill was the son of Thoma3 J. and Amanda Fulton McGill. Hi3 forbears were among the staunch pioneer settlers of this section. He spent his entiire life at the ances tral McGill home on the Kings Mountain-Cherryville highway. In early youth he joined Bethel A. R. P. church, near his home, later mov ing his membership to Boyce Memor ial church, Kings Mountain. He was a loyal supporter of the church and was invaluable as a choir member and leader. He possessed a voice of unusual sweetness and volume and was happy when engaged in the singing in his own and neighboring churches. He is survived by his widow who before her marriage was Miss Mary Weir, of Kings Mountain; five dau ghters, Mrs. Lucius Hallman, Miss Willie McGill and Miss Mary Boyce McGill, all of Kings Mountain; Miss Nair MoGill and Miss Nell McGill of Charlotte. Two sisters surviive, Mrs. C. L. White, of Long Creek and Mrs. A. Frank Whitesides of Gas tonia. CAFE RATINGS ANNOUNCED Final ratings and grades on the hotels, cafes and tourist camps in Kings Mountain and vicinity have been completed by J. N. Johnson, district supervisor with the North Carolina State Board1 of Health. Below are listed the ratings and grades: Carolina Cafe, 90.0, grade A; Moun tain View Hotel. 81.0, grade B; Red Star Service Station, 78.0, grade C; City Recreation Parlor, 71.5, grade C; Kinys Mountain Sandwich Shop, 70.0, grade C; Okay Lunch, indicted, tried and convicted for operating a cafe without complying with the reg illations of tlie State Board of Heal th, and closed. The following voluntarily closed or discontinued preparation of food for sale: Webbs Lunch, Ostrom Lunch, Dads Place, Standard Lunch, Dads Cafe, Piedmont Lunch, Tea Lunch Room, Peoples Cash Store. Banquet At Woman's Club Saturday Night State officials, field representatives county supervisors and others have been invited to a banquet to be put on by the Home-Making classes of Cleveland county, at the Woman’s Club, in Kings Mountain Saturday evening. The affair promises to be one of the largest of its kind to be held in any section and the program will be of unusual interest, with speeches by heads of work of this kind in the county and state. (Opinions Expressed in This Column Are Not Necessarily the Views of This Newspaper.) The statistics gatherers and record book searchers are hard at it in the battle over the proposal to increase the size of the Supreme Court. One point made in behalf of the proposal is that It would speed Supreme Court decisions on the constitution ality of federal statutes; that people would not have to remain in doubt so long as to whether the laws were actually legal. This sent some folks scurrying back to records on the NKA, in an attempt to find out why that stayed on the books as long as it did. And the results were to say the least, somewhat surpris ing. **** The researchers found, for ex ample, that in March, 1934 the Su preme Court set down for oral ar gument in April the first NRA test case. Thus it would have been pos sible for the Court to return its ver dict in June. But suddenly federal (Cont’d on back page)