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•+4+++++*+++*++++++++* Watch label on your Paper and don’t let your subscription Expire! ♦ •> v <* + •:* <• *:• *:• The date on the label is th« date your paper will Expire .;. .j..;. .j. % , VOL. 35 NO. 12 KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1937. FIVE CENTS PER COPY) State And National News Condensed In Brief Form —.National News— Columbia, S. C. Mur 2:!.—The San tee-Cooper hearing entered its third week In federal court here todav with additional testimony on the es timated cost of the lower state hydro electric project. Defense attorneys prepared to cross-examine Alexander C. Clogher, ,a consulting engineer of Englewood, N. J., who testified last week that he did not beleve the project could be soundly constructed with the $37. 600,000 proposed. Hakodate. Japan, Mar. 23.—The om Inous rumblings of volcanic Mt. Ko mogadate drove the populace of sou them Hokkaido to refuge in the open air today in fear the fatal eruption and tidal wave of 1929 might be re peated. Brookneal, Va., Mar. 23.—Cantb bell county authorities investigating the fatal stabbing and bludeoning of Joe E. Anderson, saw mill night wat chman, turned today to the question ing of his widow and a neighbor, both held in the Rustburg jail. Ponce, Puerto Rico, Mar. 22.Bloody street fighting between police and nationalist demonstrotors for inde pedence from the United States left at least seven dead and 50 wounded Police patrolling the streets yes terday afternoon with riot guns, sub machine guns and tear gas to en force a ban against a nationalist pa rade were reported to have opened fire on a rapidly gathering crowd. Honolulu, Mar. 23.—A commerce department investigation into the crash of Amelia Earhart's $80,000 "flying laboratory” was underway to day as the aviatrix and her collea gues sailed toward Los Angeles to plan another globe-circling attempt. Lubbock, Tex., Mar. 23.—Sheriff F. A. Loyd, paralyzed from the neck down when shot by a negrohe was attempting to arrest Saturday, was near death today. Washington, Mar. 23.—Chief Jus tice Hughes, in a letter presented to the senate judiciary committee to day by Senator Wheeler, democrat, Montana, said that an increase in the number of supreme court justi ces ‘‘would not promote the efficien cy of the court.'’ The chief‘justice made it clear that he was commenting on an in crease from the standpoint of effici ency and “apart from any question of policy” which he said “I do not discuss." New York, Mar. 23.—An insanity defense was planned today for Sal vatore Ossido. who police say has confessed killing 9 year old Einer Sporrer after enticing her Into the rear of his Brooklyn barber shop. London, Mar. 23.—Life boats from the shore today rescued the crew of 72 from the blazing steamer Marie Moller off Holyhead on northeastern coast of Wales. The ship was abandoned when flames enveloped her after two ex plosions. She was bound to Liverpool from Shanghai with a cargo of pea nuts. —rotate News— Clinton, Mar. 23.—Coroner Paul Clumpier listed as suicide today the fatal shooting of Elvin Warren, 16, crippled by infantile paralysis as a child. He quoted members of tic fa mily as saying Warren was des pondent over his health. Lexington. Mar. 23.—William I). Powell, 31. and Jimmy Sneed, 26. oi Schoolfied, Va., were killed in an auto-truck crash here yesterday. Mil ton Massey of Schoolfield, also an occupant of the car, was seriously in jured. H. L. White of Charlotte, driver of the truck, was not held. Wadesboro, Mar. 23.—Floyd Brown of Conover, was badly hurt early this morning when a loaded oil truck of the Setzer Transport com pany of Conover left the road and turned over near Lilesville. The accident occurred when Brown lost control of the truck as it was rounding a curve. T*'e truck and its cargo were destroyed byfire which broke out in the wreckage. Brown, who is in the Anson sana torium,, suffered a fractured should er blade and serious facial cuts. Charlotte, Mar. 22.—Rural police were seeking clues which might lead to the arrest of three men at whom Mrs. C. C. Fisher, of 3215 Tuckaseege road, reported that she fired when they attempted to enter her home last night. Mrs. Fisher said she fired several times and thought she wounded one i of the men. One fell, she said, and she heard groans, but he got to his feet and joined his companions and the three sped away in a car. Selma, Mar. 23.—Coroner E. N. Booker ordered an inquest today into the death of Henry Edwards, 20, COC worker, stationed at White Lake whose body was found beside the railroad tracks near here yester day. Mrs. Rosa Edwards, the youth’s mother, said her son left home the night before with several men she did not know after they told her that their car had been wrecked nearby. Edwards was at home on a two days leave. Laurinburg, Mar. 23.—The fatal j shooting of Charles E. Dunn, 26, j night policeman at Rural Hall, was i listed today as a suicide. Sheriff \V. E. Reynolds said Dunn killed himself at his parents’ home whiee they looked on helplessly. Reidsville, Mar. 23.—A car hit a telephone polen ear here and Bennie j Linsey Garrison, 22, of Reidsville, was killed. William Saunders, the driver, was severely cut. Connelly Springs, Mar. 23.—Approx imately 50 persons were out of work today as the result of a fire which destroyed two brick buildings housing a hosiery mill operated by John Hayesworth of Hickory. Reidsville, Mar. 23.—Mrs. Rosa Morgan, 50, was found injured beside a railroad track, and died the next day in a hospital. Both arms and legs were fractured and she suffered internal injuries. Laughing Around the World With IRVIN S. COBB Mostly on the Ground Floor By IRVIN S. COBB ON his last annual visit to his old home in Alabama, Colonel Bozeman Bulger met a hushv young negro, whom he remem bered as a ragged pickaninny. Hewing spent more than a year with the A. E. P. overseas, Bulger had a natural interest in military mat ters. He asked the darkey what service he had seen. “I didn’t git into de army at all,” said the negro. "That’s surprising,” said Bulger. “You're one of the huskiest looking specimens I’ve seen in a long while. Even if you didn’t volunteer I should have thought that the draft would have caught you.” “De draft did kuch me, but dey didn’t keep me. De genelman whut zamined me he let me go ag’in.” "What reason dM he give?” “Well, suh, after he done look me ovah he sort of laff an’ say he reckined ’twouldn’t be no satisfaction to de Germans to shoot me; an’ he tole me to grab my hat an’ git out of dere. “What were his • xact words?” “Well, suh, near <•% I kin rekellect he say dat my feet was so big an’ flat dat ever f I did git shot I wouldn’t fall ovah.” i American News Features, Inc.) V BOY SOOUT COURT OF HONOR A meeting of the Court of Honor of the Kings Mountain District was held at the High School building on Thursday night at 7:30. Members of this Court of Honor present were: Rev. L. B. Hamm, Aubrey Mauney, Geo. White, i. B. Goforth, N. M. White, W. A. Williams, Rev. P. D. Patrick. Ladd Hamrick, W. K. Maun ey and J. E. Aderholdt. The following awards were made at the Court: Tenderfoot: Max Hardin, William Riupy. Clarence Dixon, William We. i Charles Jae UGamble, Tom Marlin, Clinton Jolly, Edward Blan ton. Second Class Rank: Robt. Dettmar Buck Huffstickler, Billy Conner, Stonewall Walker, Gene Tate, Meek Carpenter, Hal Olive. Bobby Allran, Chas. A. Goforth. Ben Goforth, Leon Wolfe. First Class Rank: Wilbur Jones. Pride Ratterree, Eugene Eskew, How ard Edens. Merit Badges In: Agriculture: Claude Gantt. Athletics: Paul Patrick. Bird Study: Ben Long. Bookbinding: Manly Morehead, Ladd Hamrick, Howard, Edens, Jim mie Willis. - Chemistry: Drace Peeler, Ladd Hamrick, Jr. Civics: Claud Gantt, Bedford Ram sey. Cooking: George H. Mauney. Electricity: Ladd Hamrick, Geo. Thomasson. Farm Home and It’s Planning: Ben Long, James E. Amos. Farm Layout and Building Arran ged: Ben Long. Farm Mechanics: J. T. Pheagin. First Aid: James E. Amos. First Aid to Animals: Wesley Ki ser, Tag Parris. Billy Gantt. Handicraft: Eugene Gantt, Dean Payne, E. W. Neal. Leather Work: Lawrence Patrick. Machinery: Ladd Hamrick. Jr. Fathfinding: Claud Gantt, D. F. Hord, Jr., Bedford Ramsey, Donald j McGinnis. Kenneth Hardin, Marion ' E. White, Herbert Mitehem, Herbert i Humphrey, Robt. Morrison. Personal Health: Lawrence Pat- \ rick, Geo. Allen, Barney Black, Wil- ^ ton Wright, Billy Thornburg, James . Ware. Jr.*"* Plumbing,: Ladd Hamrick. Poultry Keeping: J. D. Jones, Wil bur Jones. Public Health: James Ware, James E. Amos, Geo. Thomasson, J. C. Brid ges. Readnng: Clarence Carpenter, jr. Safety: Troy Lee Wright, Eugene Wright, Lloyd Early. Wood Work: Lawrence Patrick, Geo. Thomasson. Star Rank: Clarence Carpenter, Ja„ Geo. Thomasson. Life Rank: James E. Amos, Paul Patrick. Eagle Rank: Ben Long, Geo. H. Mauney. Eagle Palms: Drace Peeler, Clar ence Smith. Charles Thomasson presented min iature Eagle Badge to his mother. STORES REPORT GOOD BUSINESS Opening of Easter Sale of Merchan dise Brings Heavy Retail Volume. A gratifying volume of business on Friday and Saturday is reported by local merchants who formally ushered in the spring and Easter shopping season at the week-end. A check-up of merchant's indicate that for many stores the business surpassed any similar period since the first of the year. Large crowds were on hand to inspect and buy the spring merchandise being displayed. Local Minister Conducting Services In Charlotte Rev. W. M. Boyce is out of the city this week, leading in a series of pre-Easter Services at the Taberna cle A. R. P. Church in Charlotte. He will be back for the Easter Services the Sunrise Service at the High School at 6:00 o’clock, and in his own church at 11:00 o’clock. Dr. E. N. Orr, pastor of the Tabernacle Church, and one of the outstanding ministers of Charlotte, will preach at the Vesper Service. CHECK FLASHER GETS 2* YEARS B. G. Conner, who casher a series of worthless checks week before last was sentenced in Superior Court to serve from two and one half years to five years, with a sus pended sentence of five years to fol low. Several Kings Mountain citizens who had cashed the worthless checks went to Shelby to testify a gainst Conner, but they did not take the stand. Sufficient evidence was presented by Sheriff Cline to con vice Conner of forgery. Easter Sunrise' Service 6:00 A. M. Here Sunday Services To Be Held On Steps of High School Building. . All Churches of the City are unit ing in the Sunrise Prayer Service to heni ;r six o cioi-K Easter morn ing oil the slops of the Central High School building. This service is to be held, rain or shine, at it will be held in th" school auditorium if it should be raining. Mr. Barnes has assured the Ministerial Association that the building will be healed, should the weather be cold. Jesus said, “I am the Resurrection and (lie Life.” With a deep sense of love and gratitude may the whole community meet in this early service on tiie Resurrection Morn. The program is as follows: Leader: Rev. P. D. Patrick. Hymn: "Christ Is Risen" (all sing ing.) Invocation: Rev. E. W. Fox. Scripture Lesson: Mark 16:1-8, Rev A. G. Sargeant. Hymn: "Christ The Lord is Risen Today.” Introduction of Speaker. Easter Message: Rev. W. M. Boyce. Short Prayer: Rev. L. Boyd Hamm Pray the Lord's Prayer together. Hymn: "The Day of Resurrection. Benediction: Rev. W. A. Parsons. Doxology. Miss Hattie Mae Leigh Buried Wednesday Funeral serviices for Miss Hattie ! Mae Leigh, age 21, were held at Grace Methodist Church Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock with the pastor. Rev. W. A. Parson, in char ge. At the request of the deceased, interment was made in the El Bethel j church cemetery beside the grave of her fiance, Willie Green, who was killed more than a year ago. Miss Leigh had been ill for only a ■ short while and her death came as a shocck to her many friends and relatives. She was a member and faithful at tendant of Grace Methodist church. Surviving are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Leigh; six brothers, Al bert. George. Theodore, Clarence and Floyd, all of Kings Mountain, two sisters, Mrs. Jane Nance, of Kings Mountain, and Mrs. Charles Lail of Shelby. SCHOOLS TO HAVE TWO DAYS FOR EASTER First National Bank Will Also Ob serve Easter Monday As Holiday. Teachers and pupils of the Kings Mountain Schools will have two days holiday during the Easter season. The days the schools will be closed will be the Friday before and the Monday after Easter Sunday. It is understood the time will have to be made up later. The rural schools of Cleveland will not take an Easter holiday. Bank To Observe Monday As Holiday. The First National Rank will ob serve Monday. March 29tli as a holi day, f---- . ■ ■ .... H Will Rogers’ Humorous Story .-—. By WILL ROGERS VOU know, I reckon boys are get ting more and more unreason able in their demands. It used to be that a boy was tickled pink to have a girl marry him, and he didn’t begin telling her what she had to contribute until after the wedding. But you take the case of this young man, Vince, that I heard about the other day. His girl was talking and talking about home and so on. ‘Tm just crazy about being a sort of home body, Vince,” she says. "Do you feel crazy about having a home, too?” "Sure,” he says. "T'm nuts about it. I reckon I’d a-never asked you to marry me if it hadn’t been for this ewell home you got here. HI sure enjoy the shade of these big trees, you know. Just you set your little mind at rest I wont’ take you awav from such a swell home as this.*’ (American New* Fsatam. loti Two More Candidates Announce This Week D. A. R. CONFERENCE IN CHARLOTTE The Colonel Frederick Hambright Chapter, D. A. R. . of Kings Moun tain is to be one of the hostess chap tors at the annual l). A R Confer- j ence to be held in Charlotte next week, March 30th, 31st and April 1st 1 at Hotel Charlotte. Special features of the three-day ! conterence include an elaborate rails- j ical program, to be given by local i artists, the presentation of a number ! of national officers who will be speei- j a! guests of the occasion, a number of luncheons, receptions, etc. which I will be given for the honor guests. The Conference w ill open formally j Tuesday afternoon. March 3hth, at two o'coek and in order that you may be given full benefit of the meeting it is hoped all will be regis tered by that time. Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock, Mrs. Belk will give a tea honoring Mrs. William A. Becker. President (feneral. In the evening at G:30 Mrs. Becker and Mrs. Belk will be hon ored with a banquet. The evening session will be at 8:30 at which time Mrs. Becker will address the Conference. The Regents' luncheon to which ! all are invited, will be at Hotel Char j lotte, Wednesday at 12:45. The Wei! nesday morning and afternoon ses sions will be devoted to the business of the Conference, with the Memori al Service at noon at the First Pres byterian Church. At 4 o'clock, through the courtesy | of the Colonial Dames tea will be given at the residence of Mrs. Stuart W. Cramer. The Mint Muse um of Art, through its officers and trustees, hos extended an invitation to the Conference to visit the Mu seum and will receive them during the afternoon. A revolutions~y exhi bit prepared by the local D. A. R. I and an exhibit of Coats-of-Arms as sembled by the Colonial frames have been arranged for the pleasure of our guests. The main attraction of the Confer ence will be the attendance of many notable women. Mrs. William A. Becker, President General, National Officers and Chairmen and a number of Regents from other states. Mrs. Paul Neisler is regent of the Colonel Frederick Hambright chap ter and a large number of members expect to attend the Conference. ONLY TWO WEEKS LEFT TO REGISTER IN SCHOOL ELECTION All persons desiring to vote in the School election to be held on Satur day April 24th, must register on or before Saturday, April 10th. Mrs. Clarence E. Carpenter will be at the Cleveland Motor Co. Saturday from | now until April toth to regiister all who desire to vote. Only twenty five persons have registered so far. Two votes will !>e cast during the election to decide two important questions pertaining to the schools of Kings Mountain. The two ques tions are: 1. Whether or not Kings Mountain School District will pro vide supplementary funds of 20 cents on the $100 valuation to allow full nine month school term. 2. Whether or not Kings Mountain School Dis trict will vote a $25,000 bond issue to meet a $20,000 grant from the Fed eral Government for a building pro gram. Those who favor the issues, and register, and then fail to vote in the election, will count as a vote against the issues. HOLY WEEK SERVICES The Lutheran Church concludes Holy Week Services with two servi ces, one tonight, Thursday, r.t which the Lord's Supper will be administer ed, the other tomorrow. Good Friday afternoon at 3:00. The Pastor and Rev. W. M. Boyce, Pastor of the A. R P. Church will speak on the “Words from the Cross.” The two congrega tions will unite for the Service in the Lutheran Church. A cordial invita tion is extended to all of the people of the town. COTTON CENSUS Census report shows that there were 31,480 bales of cotton ginned and to be ginned in Clevel*~d County from the crop of 1936 prior to March 1, as compared with 46, 002 bales ginned to March 1, crop of 1935. II. TQM FULTON FOR MAYOR, R. C. GOLD FOR COUNCIL Two candidates threw their hats in the ring for the coming Town Election to he held May 4th. H. Tom Fulton. Proprietor of Ful ton's Mortuary, in this issue of the Herald, announces his candidacy for Mayor. Mr. Fulton served on the Town Council for the 1933-35 term. Mr. Fulton is president of the North C. loiiiin Funeral Director’s Associa tion. He is a member of Central Methodist Church, and is a native born citizen of Kings Mountain. Mr. Fulton says tie is running en tirely on his own, and not in the in terest of any clique, faction or clan. R. C. Gold First Candidate For Council R. C. Gold, present member of the Town Council is the first to an nounce his candidacy for re-election to the oouncil. Mr. Gold has served on the Council for the past two terms. Mr. Gold was formerly in the hardware business in Kings Moun tain. but now conducts a similar bus iness in Pineville, N. C. The only other candidate announc ed so far is Mr. Charles Williams who has already decided to run for Mayor. MEN’S CLUB MEETS TONIGHT The Men’s Club will have their regular meeting this evening at 6:30 at the Woman’s Club building. Dr. L. P. Baker and Arthur Hay will have charge of the program. The meeting will start promptly at 6:30 and all members are asked to be on time by the Secretary, W. K. Maunev. Mr. Marion Davis, prominent Char lotte business man. has been secured as the speaker of the evening. Mr. Davis will discuss, “What Modern Rusiness Expects of the Young Man.’ AGED MAN DIES IN CORA MILL VILLAGE Mr. Wm. Lee Owensby, age 81. died last Friday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Clarence Ford, at the Cora Mill village. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. C. C. Parker, pastor of the Second Baptist church, and interment made in Patterson Grove cemetery. Surviving are his widow who makes her home with a daughter. Mrs J. L. Ramsey; the following daughters, Mrs. Clarence Ford, Mrs. J. L. Ramsey, Mrs. George Shipman, and Mrs. J. W. Clontz. Eight grand children and twelve great-grandchild ren also survive. (r0uilu*ujtcn ^snapshots James Preston (Opinions Expressed in This Column Are Not Necessarily the Views *f This Ncwsoaner.l A stiff fight of nearly knoca-down and drag-out ferocity is going on be hind closed Washington doors. It may never come ully into the open, but a lot of hard feelings are being created. It centers around one of the great est tax experiments of recent years —the so-called “corporation surplus’’ tax. The publicly stated purpose of that tax was to force distribution of income in the form of dividends to share holders by levying a penalty up on income that was not distributed. But the same law also included provisions questioned by many. One was so phrased that it levied the penalty tax upon income used to en large and improve a plant. **** These days, with everybody trying to create new jobs, the penalty levy on plant extensions and improve ments has run counter to the gener al phlosophy. For it has kept many mployers from expanding their bus inesses so they could hire more peo ple, for the more they spent on ex pansion the more they were taxed. Small concerns seeking to grow were, particularly endangered. That is what the fighting is about. A lot of federal tax experts want to change the “corporation surplus” (Cont’d on back page)
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