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VOL. 35 NO. 16
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.
THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1937
FIVE CENTS PER COPY1
Men’s Club Ladies Night
Is Enjoyable Affair
&
Annual Ladies' Night of the Men’s
Club was celebrated here last
Thursday evening at the Woman’s
Club Building with about one hund
red and twenty five present for the
gala occasion. After a song by the
Club the invocation was pronounced
by Rev. L. Boyd Hamm. Mrs. Paul
Neisler rendered two beautiful se
lections with Miss Edwards at the
piano.
Mr. Paul Mauney, President of the
Club, presided until after the delic
ious dinner was served, then the af
fair was turned over to Rev. W. M.
Boyce, Toastmaster.
Mr. J. R. Davis welcomed the La
dies in behalf of the Club. The re
sponse was made by Mrs. W. M.
Boyce.
Sara Herndon, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. P. D. Herndon, gave a reading,
entitled: “Husbands."
Favors and prizes were presented
to the Ladies from Kings Mountain
merchant* and business firms.
Mr. W. H. McGinnis introduced
the main speaker of the evening, Mr. i
Carl Goerch, Raleigh publisher of
the State Magazine.
Mr. Goerch kept the club mem
bers and their “Lady Friends"
laughing from beginning to end with
his wit and humor.
The program committee for La
dies’ Night who had complete char
ge of all arrangements were Messrs
J. H. Thomson, P. D. Herndon and
J. B. Keeter.
Officers of the Club are Paul Maun
ey. President; Glee A. Bridges, Vice
President, W. K. Mauney, Secretary- |
Treasurer.
THE HERALD
EXTENDS INVITATION
TO FASCINATING
NEW COOKING
SCHOOL
Entertainment and Instruction Link
ed In Free Hollywood Production
Due May 13, 14, 15, In Dixie Thea
tre.
There is always something new
under the sun.
Entertaining proof of that state
ment will be presented May 13, 14,
and 15, by The Herad, which is
bringing to The Dixie Theatre a |
motion picture that pioneers in fresh I
stimulating treatment of the oldest
and most important subject in the
world—Homemaking.
Long ago the cooking School grad
uated from a curiosity to a popular
necessity in many parts of the coun
try. Now it has graduated again, leap
ing this time into Hollywood star- J
dom. I
For this is no routine lecture, no .
methodical demonstration which |
the Herald will give to the women of (
the community for three days with- {
out charge, starting, May 13th.
The Herald takes a genuine pride
in being among the first to sponsor
“The Bride Wakes Up”, a full length
feature picture, directed and filmed
in Hollywood, witr a competent cast
to interpret the appealing story.
Women young and old, and men
too, will appreciate the humanness
of this romantic screen story, in
which home problems have been
approached from an entirely new
angle. Entertainment., profitable in
btruction, humor and romance are
woven deftly into a production
which abounds in ingenious camera
studies and remarkable close-ups.
The camera has modernized the
Cooking School, magnifying its ben
efits, losing none of its hospitable,
friendly charm.
(Cont’d on back page)
Town Board
Meets Monday
The Town C'ouni'il in a special
meeting with all members present,
Monday morning received the fol
lowing letter from J. R. Davis,
Town Attorney:
April 19, 1937,
“To The Town Council,
"King Mountain, N. C.
“With reference to the contract
made heretofore with me for the col
lection of back taxes, I wish to vol
untarily reduce the commissions of
fered me as follows:
“5 percent on all collections over
$100.00 without suit.
“10 per cent on all collections un
der $100.00 without suit.
“20 per cent on all collections un
der $100.00 by suit.
“10 per cent on all collections over
$100.00 by suit.
“This to be in effect from and af
ter April 1st, 1937.
"Yours truly,
“J. R. Davis.”
Upon motion of R. C. Gold and sec
onded by J. B. Mauney, the new con
tract with Mr. Davis was accepted. !
Upon the motion of W. K. Mauney
and seconded by R. C. Gold the char
ging off of delinquent street as
sessments that are out of date and
barred by the statute of limitation
were to be marked off.
C. E. Neisler, Jr., made the motion
which was seconded by J. B, Mauney
that Cansler Street be made straight
before improvements are made.
Upon the motion made by J. B.
Mauney and seconded by R. C. Gold
it was decided to buy a bronze plate
for the new Town Hall now under
construction.
Maunice Little Dies
In New York
i
Maunice Jackson Little, native of
this section, died at his home in Buf
falo, New York, Tuesday. Funeral
services and interment will take
place iu Buffalo, Friday, April 23. |
Mr. Little was a brother of Mrs. J.
S. McSwain and Mrs. W. F. Logan
and father of Mrs. Paul Hayes.
Mr. Little was twice married. His
first wife was before marriage, Miss
Jane I^ogan. who was bom and rear
ed near Kings Mountain. Their dau i
ghter, Mrs. Paul Hayes, survives.
His second marriage was to Miss
Pearl Eyrington, who with their son
Maunice, Jr., survive.
He is also survived by his father.
W. W. Little, who lives near Blacks
burg; three brothers, Dr. A. L. Lit
tle, of New Orleans, Ralph Little of
Miamia, Fla.; Neal Little of Ander
son, S. C; four sisters, Mrs. W. F.
Logan, Mrs. J. S. McSwain of Kings
Mountain, Mrs J. E. Lipscomb of
Greenville, S. C., Mrs. Roy Grayson
Of Filbert, S. C.
His mother died last week.
Given 12 Months
For Assault
Clyde Moss, local young man, was
sentenced to 12 months on the roadB
in Recorder's Court In Shelby Mon
day for charges of assault on an 18
year old girl and using profanity.
Mobs was arrested by local officers
Sunday night after complaint had
been filed.
Recorder's Court has not been held
in Kings Mountain for some time.
It is understood that Court will not
he held here until the new Town
Hall is finished.
Laughing Around die World
With IRVIN s. COBB
The Trouble at the Exit
By IRVIN S. COBB
AS I recall, they first told this story on Theodore Thomas. After
Thomas’ death they tacked Sousa’s name to it. The Sousa version
is now enjoying a merited revival.
--«---W-f
The great conductor was putting his band through a rehearsal.
There was a recruit to the organization lately added. Ihe new mem
ber’s instrument was a tuba. This person seemed incapable of getting
through a somewhat difficult passage without making a hideous hash
°f h Sous? halted the others and glanced reprovingly at the offender.
"What’s the matter with you?” he demanded.
"It aind me,” explained the perspiring musician. Its dis dam
horn.” He shook the misbehaving instrument. I blow m it so nice
and sweet and it comes out so r-r-rotten!
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AGED CITIZEN DIES
('. S. Crouse, 83 years of age, one
of Kings Mountain's oldest and most
highly respected citizens passed a
way at his home on Gaston street,
Iasi Frilay morning, following a long
period of ill health. For several
months he lias been in a serious con
dition.
Funeral services were held at St.
I Matthews Lutheran church, Satur
day afternoon, with the pastor, Kev.
L. Boyd Hamm, in charge, assistel
by Dr. Charles K. Bell, of Columbia,
S. C., a former pastor and Rev. E. C.
Cooper. Interment was made i:i
.Mountain Rest Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were F. R
Summers, 1. U. Goforth, \V. K. Maun
ey, R. C. Balter, T. P. McGill, and P.
1). Herndon with a number of his
frienls and associates of former
years. serving as honorary pall
bearers.
Mr. Crouse is survived by one dau
ghter, Mrs. J. E. Aderholdt. one son,
S. A. Crouse, four grandchillren, Er
nest and Charles Huber Aderhold;
Mary Ann and Frances Lavinia
Crouse and one great grandson. He
is also survived by an aged sister,
Mrs. John T. Carpenter of Cherry
ville. A brother, Mr. William Crouse
of Crouse, died during the past win
ter.
Mr. Crouse was a son of the late
Rufus Crouse and wife. He was born
and reared near Cherryville in the
St. Mark’s church community. He
was married to Miss Frances Carpen
ter who died several years ago. Mr.
Crouse and family have lived in
Kings Mountain for many years. Dur j
ing his active he was for a long time ]
section foreman for the Southern
Railway Company.
In early life he was confirmed in
St. Marks Lutheran Church, the :
home church of his forbears and in
later life moved his membership to
St. Matthews Lutheran Church,
Kings Mountain. He was faithful n
his attendance anl support, never
absenting himself from regular wor
ship until forced to do so on ac
count of extreme feebleness and in
firmity. He was a most devotel hus
band and father, a kind neighbor
and fiiend.
A large number cf relatives and |
friends front out-of-town attended !
the funeral services.
Tulips At Their
Prettiest Sunday
Mr. Luther R. McSwain says the
tulips in his flower gardens will be
at their prettiest next Sunday, and
the public is cordially invited to
3oe tiit-ru. Hundreds visited the Me
Swain’s garden last Sunday and
were amazed at the beauty of all the
flowers.
The MuSwains have over 80,000
80,000 tulips iu their garden besides
a variety of other flowers.
40 STUDENTS TO
GRADUATE
Forty students are scheduled to
graduate from the Kings Mountain
High School from the class of 1937.
Exercises will be held May 30th and
31st. Speakers for the two addresses
will be announced later.
Local High School Wins
Forensic Events
Kings Mountain High School stu
dents won three of the four medals
offered In the district speaking con
tests held in our city last Friday
evening. The local winners were Ed
gar Cooper, grade 9; Mary Helen
Hambright, grade 9; and Pauline
Goforth, grade 11, who competed in
the Oratorical, Reading of Poetry,
and General Reading contests re
i pectively. All of the local partici
pants were trained by Miss Sara
Hambright, expression teacher at
Central School.
The fourth medal, that for the best
declamation, goes to Rruee Eaker, a
student of the Cherryville High
School. Other schools represented
by the 21 participants included Shel
by, Newton, Cliffside anl Lenoir.
The was the second of the annual
forensic contests sponsored by the
Western North Carolina Activity
Association. It will be remembered
that the schools assembled at New
ton last year and that Kings Moun
tain contestants won two of the four
events at that time.
Tent Meeting Going Fine
A tent meeting which is in prog
ress at the Pauline Mill is meeting
with wonderful success. The audien
ces have been exceptionally good
and about twenty conversion* have
been reported.
Services each evening at 7:30 and
morning at 10:00 each week day and
Sunday services are at 3:00 p. m.
Preaching is done by Rev. H. L
Phillips of Rutherfordton.
The public is cordially Invited tc
these services.
School Election Saturday
ASKS RE ELECTION
Dr. L. P. Baker, present member and
Chairman of the Kings Mountain
School Board announced his candi
dacy for re-election this week.
FAMOUS LADIES BUY
LOCAL MADE RUGS
iTfwo famous ladies have recently
purchased rugs made In Kings
Mountain at the rug plant operated
by the Victory Gin Co. Mrs. Calvin
Coolidge, wife of the late President
Coolidge, recently bought two beau
tiful Scotch plaid rugs. The rugs
were a special order made up in five
colors.
Lady Astor, of London, is also en
joying rugs made in the Best Town
In The State. Lady Astor’s sister
who lives in Tryon. N. C., bought the
rugs and sent them to her sister as
a present.
Kings Mountain is getting some
good advertising from the manufac
ture of these rugs, and if P. T). Hern
don, who is in charge of this plant,
will keep up the good work soon the
Best Town In The State will be
known around the world.
Last week an order of rugs was
shipped to Nassau, in the West In
dies
BARNES TO TEACH
AT BOONE
Supt. B. N. Barnes will teach ir.
the Summer School at Appalachian
State Teachers College at Boone, ac
cording to an announcement from
the College released this week. Supt
Barnes holds two degrees, A. B. and
M. A. The college considers itself
very fortunate in securing the ser
vices of Supt. Barnes.
Scout Troop Organized
At a meeting of the Margrace
Men's Club Tuesday night, Mr. John
Head was elected as Scoutmaster
of a new Boy Scout Troop to he or
ganized at the Margrace Community.
The Men’s Club was recently organ
ized and are already beginning to
accomplish worthwhile ventures in
the Community.
Baptists and Methodist
Bible Classes Meet
The main auditorium of Central
Methodist church was filled to capao
ity Sunday morning with members
of both the Methodist and First Bap
tist Men’s Bible Classes. Recently
the Men from the Methodist Bible
Class paid a visit to the Baptist
Brethren across the street, and last
Sunday the Baptist Men repaid the
visit. Mr. J. R. Davis, teacher of the
Methodist Class, taught.
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By WILL ROGERS
KJARY and Patricia were fight
ine, like little sisters do. I reck
on. Like their mother never did
Will Rogers’
Humorous
when she was a little girl, you know.
So their mother come along and
says, “Girls, girls! Can’t you have
a little difference of opinion without
tearing each other to pieces about
it?”
"But this ain’t no difference of
opinion!” Vary says.
“How come it ain’t?” says Moth
^"Wen. Patricia thinks I ain’t go
ing to let her use the doll carriage,
and I think Just exactly the garner
| Dr. L. P. Iiaker Files For
{.School Board
f _—.—.
Dr. L.. P. Baker filed for re-elec
tion as a member of the Kiugs Moun
tain School Board. Dr. Baker is the
only new candidate to announce
this week, and only one to tile for
the School Board.
Fourteen other candidates had al
ready filed, ten for Town Council
and four for Mayor.
The Election is less than two
weeks off with the voting to take
place Tuesday, May 4th.
Saturday, April 24th, is the last
day to register to be eligible to vote
I in the Town Election.
Drive Safe
SAFETY PARADE AT
4:00 P. M. FRIDAY
Public Demon»tration In Behalf of
Highway Care Is Arranged.
Headed by City officials. Kings
Mountain's Safety Parade, featuring
the Magic Car which is operated by
remote control and which has been
touring this State in simlar parades
the past month, will be hold prompt
ly at 4:00 o’clock here Friday after
noon.
The Parade is a plea to all motor
ists to use every care within their
power in driving, to pedestrians to
be careful in crossing streets. And
it will emphasize the need for Pre
vention of Property Damage and Hu
man Suffering.
The car will be controlled ny Capt.
J. J. Lynch, who has been conduct
ing these drives and who follows
the Magic Car in another machine,
tapping out the signals which will
cause it to stop, start, turn, blow
it’s horn, obey traffic signals and do
all the things a driver should.
Wherever these Parades have
been held, the turnout has been es
pecially large. And the whole State
is having a chance to learn the les
son of Safety and Careful Driving.
It makes no difference what the
car is "It can never be safer than
the driver handling it."
Walter Y. Hosier, Safety Crusad
er, spoke at the school house here
Wednesday at 10:45 on “Murder On
The Highway.”
MRS. LITTLE BURIED IN
BLACKSBURG
Funeral services for Mrs. Sallie
Gunthorpe Little, were held in
Blacksburg, S. C., last Wednesday
and interment made in the cemetery
at that place. She was the mother of
Mrs. W. F. Logan and Mrs. J. S. Me
Swain, of Kings Mountain, who were
also bereft of a brother, Mr. Maurice
Jackson Little, who died in Buffalo,
New York, a week after his mother’s
death.
Survivi ng Mrs. Little, are her
husband. Mr. W. W. Little who live9
near Grover, three sons, Dr. A. L.
Little of New Orleans, Ralph Little
of Miami, Fla,, Ned Little of Ander
son, S- C., four daughters, Mrs. W.
F. Logan and Mrs. J. S. McSwain, of
Kings Mountain, Mrs J. E. Lipscomb
Greenville, S. C., Mrs. Roy Grayson.
Filbert, S. C., 29 grand children and
8 great-grandchildren. She is also
survived by one sister and three bro
thers.
Band Leaves Tomorrow
The Kings Mountain School Band
under the direction of Paul Hendrix,
will leave tomorrow morning to
take part in two big events in North
Carolina. The baud will make the
trip by bus and the first stop will he
Greensboro where the band will take
part in the State Music Contest and
will compete with other bands of
the same class for State Honors.
This meeting will begin at 11:00
o'clock at N. C. C. W.
From there the band will go to
Durham to participate in the pa
geant depicting the progress of pub
lic education in North Carolina,
which around 5,000 students will
take part. The event will be held in
Duke Universit y Football Stadium
at 7:00 o’clock.
After the pageant band members
will return home. Those who are
making the trip besides Band mem
bers and Director Hendrix will be
Supt. B. N. Barnes. Mrs. E. W. Grif
fin and Miss Virginia Parsons.
Helen Ramsey Wins
Baker Medal
Helen Ramsey of East School won
out over a field of nine contestants
to win the coveted Baker medal in
the reading contest held at Central
(Cont'd on back page)
Kings Mountain citizens will go
to the polls Saturday to decide two
importan questions pertaining to
tie Schools. 557 persons have regis
tered to take part in the special elec
lion. It will lie necessary for every
i one in favor of the issues to vote, be
cause if they fail to vote their name
ui the registration books will count
as a vote against the issues. The
two issues to be decided are stated
here exactlc as printed on the bal
lots:
"For the Levy of a Special Tat
not to Exceed 20c to Supplement
! the Public School Fund."
“Against the Levy of a Special
i Tax not to Exceed 20c to Supplement
lilt labile School Fund.'’
"For the Issuance of $25,000
School Bonds and the Levying of a
Sufficient Tax for the Payment
Thereof.”
“Against the Issuance of $25,000
School Bonds and the Levying of a
Sufficient Tax for the Payment
Thereof.”
If the second issue carries Kings
Mountain will receive a grant of
$20,000 from PWA to match the
funds raised locally.
Voting will take [dace at the Cleve
land Motor Co., with Mrs. C. E.
Carpenter as Kegistrar, and I. B.
Goforth and B S. Peeler as Judges.
The polls will open at sunrise and
close at sunset.
Funeral Services For
Mr. Bridges
Funeral services for Luther Brid
ges, age 60, were held Wednesday
morning at 11:00 o'click at his late
residence, in East Kings Mountain
and interment made in the cemetery
at Patterson Grove. Rev. \V. A. Par
son, pastor of Grace Methodist chur
ch, was in charge of the luneral and
burial rites.
Mr. Bridges died rather suddenly
Tuesday morning but had been in
failing health for sometime. He is
well known in Kings Mountain hav
ing spent his entire life in this sec
tion.
Surviving are his widow, who is *
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hut
fstetler, four sons, Clyde. Frank,
Robert, all of Kings Mountain; four
daughters, Miss Edith Bridges and
Mrs. Roy Camp of Kings Mountain,
Mrs. Howard Davis of Pinevllle and
Mrs. Henry Bryant of Paw Creek.
James Leslie Parker
Funeral
Funeral services for Jui
Parker were held at h>s
donee in the Bonnie AL
A • dnesday afternoon at ..
with Rev. W. C. Weaver,
The bcd,> was eari mu -o
ri. C., and interment n.. j<
tain View Cemetery at th
Mr. Parker passed a.i ;
morning following an . ; i
a kidney ailment.
lie is survived bj h
jefore marriage w..o
uing, and two oil. ^
age l it, and Zorn. . „
riving au. two na..
a .s Leslie
late resi
,, Village
; 00 o'clock
in charge,
acksburg
in Moun
at place.
Tuesday
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c'redii Lnu>»»
Last SuLurua.i u .ployees
ji the Murgracu .... a cred
t union to aiu mm... i He name
of the newly . uizution
viii be Margrave j_. » federal
Credit Union. A rep; native of
lie Kami Greuu .... . .on Jlu
reau of the Uuiteu Govern
itient met witii the in. ted mem
bers to aid in tu. ulo. -on. A
.barter lias been rtv.... • . irom the
U. 8. Government.
the following oiueei a commit
tees were elected: i-r aenr, John
uyd; vice Preside-m 1. I*. Thom
as; Treasuier, : og; and
Clerk, L. L. Ware.
Directors: John Fio\< Percy Bill
ing. John Weaver, Wo- : ackson, L
I. Ware, Floyd Jenkins and It. P.
Thomas.
Supervisory Committee: C. E.
Neisler, Jr., K. H. Webb aud Paul
Mauney.
Credit Committee: Broadus Moss,
It. U. Miller, Carl Gibson, Arthur
Hamrick and Carl Davidson.
The object of the organization is
to help members financially. Mem
bers will pay in dues ea.h week and
when they are in need, a loan can bo
made. After an account has reached
•ilOO the member will b - invited to
place it in the bank ot Building and
Loan. The Herald wish s the new
organization much success in its
undertaking, as it will be. a great
help to members in time of need.
It Is understood a similar organi
zation Is underway at the Pauline
Mill.