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VOL 35 NO. 10
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.
THURSDAY, MAR. 11, 1937
FIVE CENTS PER COPY1
State And National News
Condensed In Brief Form
—National News—
London, Mur. 10.—Great Britain’s
labor party made a new bid for na
tional power today after consolidat
ing its strength in the London coun
ty council elections.
A socialist program for the econo
mic reorganization of Great Britain
calling for control of finance, trans
portation, coal and power by the na
tion, was drawn up by the party’s
executive committee.
Tacoma, Wash., Mar. 10.—The hid
nap-murder of 10 year old Charles
Mattson is gaining a more perma
nent place daily on the list of Amer
ica's great unsolved crimes.
The nation’s ace manhunters seem
stymied. Their chief hope now is
that the biller may yet make a re
vealing misstep to spur their hunt.
Of the hundreds of suspects arre£'
ted in dozens of cities since the Ta
coma boy’s body was found 56d&ys
ago, not'a single man has been in
any way definitely connected with
the crime.
London, March 10,— A fruitless
search was made at sea today for
the body of Frank Vosper, British
stage star and playwright, w-hile
those who reported his mysterious
disappearance after a champagne
party aboard the liner Paris argued
over what had happened.
A French line official said if the
body were found the company would i
be represented at the induest but j
that if it were not found "the mat-1
ter must end as far as we are con-;
cemed after the captain of the Paris
had made his report to French au
thorities.”
Charleston, S. C., March 10—Allard
B. Heyward, of Charleston, was back
borne today after a 7,000 mile solo
canoe trio that took him through the
Croat Lakes, down the Mississippi,
and through the Gulf of Mexico. He
left here last April.
Washington, March 10—A group
of house democrats urged today con
tinuance of federal work relief as
an attack on unemployment.
"It must be a priciple of American
government that every citizen who
is able and willing to work shall
have work.” said a statement signed
by 16 democratic representatives."
St. Thomas. Ontario, March 10.—
Fire Chief Jack Mitrela, protesting a
gainst the city council's refusal to
grant him a car allowance, walked a
mile to a fire—and got their in time
to ride home on ‘the engine.
San Franeisco, March 10.—Resi
dents of the San Francisco bay
region were shaken from sleep by
an earthquake at. 2:32 A. M Monday
ee’so pa b ym
which knocked articles from shelves
in ca«t bay cities.
Police at Albany and the sheriff’s
•office in Martinez said the move
ment there was the sharpest they
hadi felt since the 1906 San Francisco
disaster.
—State News—
Raleigh, March 10.—With adjourn
men,' set for March 18, the North
Carolina general assembly started
down the home stretch today and pre
pared to tackle the 'evenue machin
ery bill, a proposed $1,980,000 bond
isuse for improvements at state in
stitutions, and the highway reorgan
ization bill.
The highway bill, an administra
tion measure would divide the state
into ten road districts, each of which
would have a representative on the
state board. The bill has already
been passed by the hose ai.i is u in
the senate. The proposed bond issue
and the machinery bill have not pas
sed either house.
Asheville, March 10.—Sit-down
strikers at Asheville Normal and
Teachers college agreed conditional
ly today to go back to their classes.
Their decision was announced aft
er the school administrative commit
tee and faculty members agreed to
give the 400 girl students a week’s
Easter holiday.
Raleigh, March 10.—Primary day
in North Carolina will likely be chan
ged from Saturday to Tuesday and
the old "sunp to sundown" hours
will probably give way to a 6 A. M.
to 7 P .M. voting day.
These changes seem likely as a
report of the senate election and
election laws committee, headed by
Senator Kelly Bennett, of Swain, vo
ted late Friday afternoon. The com
mittee slaughtered proposed absen
tee ballot reforms, but salvaged
from the program of the state demo
cratic executive committee day and
hour changes, a new registration of
voters throughout North Carolina
and tightening of restrictions on mar
kers at the polls.
Boone, March 10.—Coroner R. E
Kelly said today the death of Miss
Virginia May South, 18 year old Ap
palachian State Teachers College
junior who was found shot to death
at her home here, was due to a self
inflicted pistol wouns. Coroner Kelly
said he did not plan an inquest. Miss
South, the daughter of the clerk of
Watauga County Superior Court, was
found fatally wounded yesterday, a
pistol lying nearby.
Henderson, March 10.—Andrew
Knight was dead today after a fight
at a filling station near Norlina last
midnight during which Ted Terrell
suffered severe cuts about the neck.
Terrell was placed under guard at
a hospital here and attaches said his
injuries were serious.
Raleigh, March 10.—J. Rant Hus
sey, 45, a resident of Raleigh, died
instantly early today when struck by
an automobile as he walked beside
highway 401 two miles south of Ra
leigh.
-Corojior L. M. Waring of Wake
county Investigated the death and
ordered an inquest. Waring aaid ft
car driven by J. W. Bardoux of 11
Dixie Trail struck Hussey and that
Bardoux claimed the man apparently
stepped in front of the machine.
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Laughing Around the World }
With IRVIN s. COBB |
Perhaps It Had Started to Tick, Too
By IRVIN S. COBB
TN THE War the Fifteenth New York regiment, colored, of the National
-*• Guard, became the Three-hundred and fifteenth Infantry of the
A. E. F. and saw considerable active service in front line trenches in
northern France. Nearly all the commissioned officers were white.
One of them, a captain, who came home as a major, served for awhile
as the bombing officer of the regiment. Under him he had a bombing
squad of enlisted men.
Behind the lines, before the regiment went up for actual hostilities,
he assiduously drilled his squad in the art of throwing hand grenades.
For practice the men were given dummy grenades. Religiously for hours
■♦•very day they were schooled. Finally, a time came when the captain
figured his outfit were ready to handle the genuine article. He lined
them up, nervous and wide-eyed, and by way of a beginning handed to
each man a genuine contact bomb loaded and ready for business. Then,
following the ordained ritual, he started to sound the signals:
At “One” each man was to set the mechanism in his bomb. At
“Two” holding it in his right hand, he was to draw it back the full
length of his arm. At “Three" he was to fling it as far as he could in
the direction where the enemies’ trenches were supposed to be.
“All set men?” called cut the captain. “Very well, then, make
ready. Now let’s go. One!”
Before he could utter the second command a small black private
at the end of the line nearest to him flung his bomb as far as he could
send it and it exploded, where it struck, sixty feet away, before his
companions had released their missiles.
“Say, here you, what do you mean by throwing your bomb before
the signal for doing so was given?” demanded the captain. "Haven’t
you learned anything all these months Vi
“Cap’n,” quavered the offender, "I Jjjgt natch’lly couldn’t hold on
no longer ’en whut I did do. W’v.
in my nand.”
-n’lld feel dat bomb swellin’
(American Mtwa rtuu.-, luc,;
Temperance Sermons To
Be Preached Sunday
Temperance sermons will be prea
checl in three Kings Mountain chur
; ches Sunday March 14th at the morn
iug services. M. A. Adams, of Ruther
fordton, who is Director of Temper
ance Education of the United Dry
Forces of North Carolina will speak
at the First Baptist church. He will
talk on, "The present Uiquor Situa
tion and the Way Out.”
Kev. W. M. Boyce of the A. R. P
Church will speak at his church
and Rev C. C. Parker of the Second
Baptist will also preach a temperan
ce sermon.
Air. Joe Erwin. Charlotte Attorney
will speak at Bethlehem Church, near
Kings Mountain.
Tne sermons are to be delivered
in cooperation of the United Dry For
ces of North Carolina.
Troop One Scouts
Starts New Year
Troop One Boy Scouts of America
sponsored by the Men's Bible Class
of the First Presbyterian Church
started their new charter year with
a bang Monday night in the Troop
Hut.
New patrols were formed with new
loaders and new assistants. Mr. Carl
Davidson has been re elected by the
sponsors as Scoutmaster and Mr.
Jack Ormand as his assistant.
Troop One is the oldest troop in
town and are very proud of their
record thus far. Each boy pledged
not only to live up to me record
thus far set but also to endeavor to
the best of his ability to improve on
it. Troop One has produced six Eagle
Scouts, three of which are now reg
istered and in active service.
Eagle Scout Charles Thomasson
was elected to the post of Senior Pa
trol leader. The patrols with their
leaders and members follow:
Paul Patrick, Patrols Leader,
RATTLE SNAKE PATROL; Humes
Houston, Assistant Patrol Leader;
Bill Davis, Alvoyd Metcalf, Lester
Watterson, Edward Blanton, Tommy
Martin.
Jimmie Nickels, Patrol Leader,
STAR PATROL; Buren Neili, Assis
tant Patrol Leader; Wood Rawles,
Buddy Williams, Johnnie Houston,
Drace Peeler, Clinton Jolly.
Lawrence Patrick. Patrol Leader,
PANTHER PATROL; Bill Ruddock,
Assistant Patrol Leader; Robert Ful
ton. George Thomasson, floppy Hons
ton, Howard Gdfrey, Ben Long.
Kings Mtn. Furn. Co.
Westinghouse Dealer
The Kings Mountain Furniture
Co. has been appointed dealers for
Westinghouse Electric Refrigerators
according to an announcement to
Mr. Harold Coggins, Manager. The
Westinghouse is one of the best re
frigerators on the market today,
says Mr. Coggins, and the line was
chosen after careful investigation of
other makes.
The United States Government re
cently placed an order with West
inghouse for 16,697 refrigerators, af
ter checking operating costs of oth
machines.
Several of the newest models re
frigerators are now on display at
the Kings Mountain Furniture Co.
and Mr. Coggins extends a cordial
invitation to everyone to ‘-ee them.
MEETING OF
ERSKINE ALUMNI
The monthly meeting of the Ers
kine Alumni was lield at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Blakely last
Friday evening. Prof. L C Galloway.
Head of the History Department of
Erskine College, was the guest speak
er of the evening. Prof. Galloway had
for his topic, “ Southern Shrines,”
and told most interestingly of the
“Hermitage,” home of Andrew Jack
son and also told of the Life of An
drew Jackson.
During the social hour delicious re
freshments were served by the follow
ing hostsses: Mrs. W. E. Blakelv,
Miss Janet Scoggins and Miss Mary
Roddey Edwards.
Wins Fulton Medal
Giving a one-act play, “Smoke
Screen,” Mary Helen Hamibrlght of
the ninth grade was awarded first
place In the reading contest of high
school girls for the Pearl Fulton
memorial medal last Thursday even
ing.
Mary Helen was also successful
last Saturday in winning a place a
mong the six girls to speak to-mor
row evening at Shelby High School
j for the County Schoolmasters’ med
I al.
Study Club To
Starts Canvas For
Library Books
Members of the Study Club will
begin next week on a drive to se
cure books for the Kings Mountain
Public Library which recently open
ed. Mr-. i>. D. Herndon, President, ap
Pointed t!ie following lommittees to
canvass tire different streets named:
Mountain Street: Mrs. N. F. Me
dill and Mrs. Carl Davidson.
Piedmont Avenue. Mrs. J. M. Rhea
Mrs. C. \V Harper, Mrs W. K Crook.
Geld Street: Mrs. I. G Patterson
and Mrs. P. G Ratterree.
King Street: Mrs. Chas. Thomas
son and Mrs. J. R. Davis.
Gaston Street: Mrs J. M. McGin
nls and Mrs. O. W. Myers.
Railroad Avenue: Mrs. Paul Mauu
ej- and Mrs W. T. Weir.
'The Library is in need of books,
and everyone who has books they
would like to donate are asked to
have them ready when the club
members stop by for them. All types
og books are needed, and regardless
of the condition of the books, as they
can be repaired at little cost, and
put in first class shape.
AJ1 book3 donated to the Library
will be marked “Donated" and by
whom donated.
The Library now has two copies
of “Gone With The Wind,” as Supt.
B. N. Barnes had Mr. Lynch to or
der another copy at his expense. Sev
eral new books have been received
this week, and 200 more have been
ordered, and should be in within the
next few days.
Club Home In Shelby
Opened
One of the out standing accomplish
nients of the Adult Schools of the
county was the furnishing of a Mod
el Home by the Home-Makers class
of one of the Adult Schools, of Shelby
This house is to serve as a club
home in thefuture.
It is comfortable furnished at a
minimum cost and has proven that
families of most modest means car.
-their homes comfortably and
attractively.
Uisearued rundown furniture had
been reconditioned some pieces made
by hand and with the cooperation of
Shelby merchants, the class was en
abled to complete a most worth
while project.
On last Saturday afternoon th°
class \vas“ at home" to visitors. A
round 175 inspected the rooms and
drank tea.
Among Kings Mountain people
who called were Mesdames E. W.
Neal, C. W. Harper, O. O. Jackson.
T. H. Pegram, Ben E Goforth, Mr.
and Mrs. E. B. Olive and W K Maun
ey.
BANQUET AT
WOMAN’S CLUB
Miss Bacon, of Charlotte, District
Supervisor of Adult School Work and
Miiss Mills, of Raleigh, Supervisor
of Nursery Schoc. Work, among the
highlights on the program at a ban
quet at the Woman's Club Saturday
night. The banquet was sponsored by
the Home-Makers class, of Adul
Schools, under the direction of Mrs
E. B. Olive, County Supervisor and
Mrs. C. E. Carpenter, one of the
teachers.
Mr. W. K Mauney, a members of
the advisory board of Adulst School
Work, was master of ceremonies
The invoeation was given by Rev. E.
W. Fox pastor of Central Methodist
church. Short talks were made by
Mr. Horance Grigg, County Supt. of
Education; Mr. B. N. Barnes, Supt.
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Will Rogers'
Humorous Story
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By WILL ROGERS
r|'HERE was a woman at the groe
ery store giving the grocer I
piece of her mind.
ITTT
“See here," she says, “now 1
spoiled ray dress on tne paint on
your door!”
“Oh, I’m sorry," says the grocer,
"but I had a big sign there that
said Fresh Paint. I reckon you
didn’t see it?”
“Sure I saw it I been seeing a
sign here that says Fresh Eggs for
the past three years, too. but I
never seen any truth in it How can
a lady beliiive what the signs say
in a joint tike this?"
(Aanrtcaa New* Feature*, lack
H. S. Honored By
Western Conference
Kings Mountain High School feels
honored in being selected to conduct
here the sprinf forensic contests of
the Western North Carolina Activity
Association. These contests were
held last year at Newton: and half
of the events were won by Kings
Mountain students, thus gaining for
the local school the recognition of
the entire distret, which includes the
counties from McDowell and Wilkes
in the west to Gaston and Catawba
on the east. Some of the other
! schools belonging to the conferenc
| are Morganton, Shelby, Lenoir, Cliff j
side, North Wilkesboro and Marion,
| supt. B. N. Barnes will be in charge
i of all arrangements for the contests,
I which will he held on April 16, aft
ternoon and evening.
Legion Circus Tonight And
Tomorrow Night
Everything is all set and ready for
the ‘ Big Show,” the American Le
gion Circus, sponsored for the Jun
ior Legion Baseball program to be
staged at the High School tonight
and tomorrow night.
Miss Helen Finley of the Amateur j
Theatre Guild, of Boston, who is di |
recting the show, reports that the
show promises to be one of her best
and will prove undoubtedly to be
the biggest amateur production stag- i
ed in this community.
A regular side show ts put on dur
the course of the show and also the
“big top" act attractions. The show
itself is screajningly funny enough
but with the added acts of side show
and main tent attractions, the show
is a knockout in hilarity. Amusing
situations, and ridicucusly funny
incidents make this the coined.' sen
sation of the year. j
The following are taking part ie.
the cast, and naturally the show is
bound to be a “whale of a success."
John Floyd, Leon Hendricks, Paul
McGinnis, Ithette Chalk, Jewel
Moore, Jack Ormaud, Clyde I-indsey
Eoline Keetei, Debie Suber, Curtis
Falls, Mrs. Jess Stewart, “Red” Mc
Clain, Will Rhodes, Smyre Williams,
Eugene Goforth, Ray Black, “Vic”
Henderson. C. L. Ramsey, Clarence
Smith and Humes Mouston.
Mr. Byron Keeter, Post Command
er, of the Legion extends a cordial
invitation to everyone who wants to
see a real show to come out on on"
of the two nights the Circus is in
Kings Mountain.
Ten H. S. Students In
Coveted Honor
Those students t.o be taken into
the Kings Mountain High School
chapter National Honor Society last
Friday morning were:
Senior: Clyde Putnam, Naomi E
dens, Mary Boyce McGill, Margaret
Phifer, Claudia Ware, Virginia Plonk,
and Nelline Gault.
Juniors: James Ratterree, Nina
Putnam and Esker Earp.
These boys and girls are especially
honored in being charter members
of the new organization.
An interesting and impressive pro
gram was given at the initiation cer
emony, with high school students in
full charge. <*uite a number of pa
trons were present.
Greensboro Col. Glee Club
i Here Next Monday
I The widely known Greensboro Col
lege Glee Club, under the direction
of Walter Vassar, head of the voice
department, will present a concert
ihere eext Monday, March 15, at 7:'.10
I p, m. at the Central Methodist chur
| ch. The personnel of the Glee Club
i includes about forty persons, thirty
i four of whom will make the trip to
Kings Mountain. They will spend the
iiig.n here and leave the next morn
ing for Rutherfordton for another
concert.
No admission will be charged for
the concert, but an offering will be
taken. Rev. E. W. Fox, Pastor of
Central Methodist Church, extends a
! most hearty welcome to the people of
i Kings Mounrain to attend this con
! cert and hear some beautiful music
both vocal and instrumental.
Richard Baker Wins
Governor’s Medal
For the third year in succession,
Central High won out in the, county
declamation contest. At this event
last Friday evening in Shelby, Rich
ard Baker was awarded first place
and will receive the medal given an
nually by the Hon. Clyde Hoey, Hi^
speech was President Roosevelt's se<
oud inaugural address.
Richard bad that morning won tho
Dr. J. G. Hord memorial medal, re
ceiving first place in the local boys'
contest.
Talk, Eut No
Candidates For
Town Election
There has been plenty of talk on
the u meets for the past several
w eks. about the coming Town elec
to be held May 4th, but up to now.
even though the elevtion is only a
bout seven weeks off, no candidates
have filed for any of the offices to be
filled. A Mayor, five members of the
Town Council, and one member of
tbe Town School Board are to be e
lected, the first Tuesday, following
;he first Monday in May, whirh is
the 4th. Officers elected are installed
the first Monday in June. Charles
Billing is Registrar for the election.
Almost every group on the streets
are now discussing who will “run”
tor this office or that, and most of
tht m predict, exactly “who” will be
the winner in each race.
MAYOR'S RACE
The names most frequently men
tioned in connection with the may
or's race are, Charles Williams, Tex
tile Machinery Salesman; Tom Ful
ton, Undertaker; and George Allen.
Magistrate. There has been some
talk that Haywood E. Lynch, Editor
of the Herald, will throw his hat into
the ring for Mayor, while others
thought he would run for the board.
However, the first named three have
bad their names connected with the
race for some time. Some of the
Political Dopesters have it that May
or J. E. Herndon will offer himself
'or re-election, while others have it
that he will not run again, this be
ing his second term in office.
It. C. Gold, present member of the
Board has been mentioned as run
ning for mayor.
COUNCIL RACE
It is generally thought the present
board will offer themselves for re
election, maybe with the exception
)f one member.
Othets mentioned in the "street
talk" for the Council include W. W.
Parrish, one of the foremen at the
Pauline Mill, Ladd Hamrick, Mill
Executive, B. F. Smith, local mer
chant, and Byron Keeter, of Keeter's
Department Store.
Up to now there has been very lit
tie discussion as to candidates for
the School Board.
The above information gathered
tty your reporter may be all wrong,
it 1s the done as talked on the
streets. By the time election comes
tround a completely new slate may
>e out.
The present Town Council con
sists of: Mayor, J. K. Herndon; Coun
■ilmen, W. K. Mauney, John Mauney
ft. C. Gold, Jim Willis and C. E.
'■ieisler, Jr.
I. E. HERNDON
MOVES OFFICE
J. E. Herndon moved his business
afflee this week from the Williford
Building to larger quarters in the
building farmerly occupied by J. M.
Rhea Wholesale Grocers, on Chero
kee Street. The J. E. Herndon Co.,
dealers in Textile Waste, have ex
panded their business recently, and
report that business is very good.
The new' location will be used as
an office and warehouse.
James Preston
(Opinions Expressed in This Column
Are Not Necessarily the Views of
This Newspaper.)
Whatever else folks around Wash
ington think about the proposal to
pack the Supreme Court, most of
them agree that the debate about it
is turning into one of the best myth
debunkers in years.
At the very start, of course, sup
port was sought for the plan on the
basis that it was designed to help
the farmers and the workers. The
plain implication, and in fact the
argument, was that the interests of
the two groups were exactly the
same.
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No sooner had the debate really
begun, however, than that myth was
exploded into bits, to the horror of
the Court bill’s backers. First, labor
unions announced their intention to
apply all the pressure they could to
win Congressional votes; seco»d,
the National Grange, leading farm or
ganization, openly Tnnouced opposi
tion to the bill, and other similar
.'arm groups remained silent.
But to cap the climax, and to
strengthen the farm organization's
position, the American Federation of
Labor announced its intention to
unionize farm hands. That was a sad
sad tactical mistake, for it showed
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