The date on the label ia the
•*4>4*+*+***++*4*++*+**
V/atch label on your Paper and
don’t let your subscription
Expire!
*j* *j» *j* *j» *j» ♦*< *j» «j« *j* *j* *♦« •*« «j» •*« *j* *$• «j» *j» *j* <£»
Kings Mountain Herald
date your paper will Expire
j» »J» *+« *J< ♦*« «J* *J* «5» *$» *$» «£♦ •{* »J> «J» «J» *J» *J» *J« **. »J- f
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N, C. THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1937.
VOL. 35 NO. 17
FIVE CENTS PER COPY!
Cooking School To
Be Held May 13-15
Interest Spreads in Herald's Free
and Profitable Film Entertainment
Due May 13, 14 and 15, In Dixie
Theatre.
A welcome invitation to the wise
is sufficient.
Evidently The Herald will not have
to get out engraved announcements
for that reunion of homemakers,
May 13, 14. and 15, in the Dixie
Thearte.
No door cards, coupon, printed in
vitations, or cash will be needed;
just the countersign of all alert
housekeepers, who ade due to say
“Show me the latest home ideas”,
when they advance on the Dixie
Theatre at opening hour May 13,
14, and 15.
Showing every person in every
theatre seat the triumphant new
1937 Cookihg School, direct from
Hollywood, will he no problem, for
motion picture, ingenuity has joined
forces with scientific homemaking
to produce an original laboratory
course that deftly combines roman
ce, sprightly humor, originality and
profitable instruction.
All of the popnlar features of the
former Cooking School are here:
The free recipe sheets, the atmos
phere of congenial informality, the
wise counsel, the hints on clever
short-cuts, the upto the minute sug
gestions for entertaining, the demon
atration of delicious and nourishing
dishes, the array of modern kitchen
equipment and the distribution oi
daily gifts and real surprises.
All those elements of fun and pro
fit have been retained, and all are
made doubly worth-while because
every guest of The Herald will have
an individual close-up of every pro
cess.
This scientific new laboratory ol
Ideas has graduated out of the class
where hundreds of women craned
their necks in a vain attempt to see
what was happenisg on the stage, 01
assailed the lecturer with plaintive
cries: "Hold it up high, where we all
can see.”
Now the camera will make the
course truly fascinating and valua
ble, with remarkable close-ups of
each process in a series of model
convewiently-equipiped kitchens;
real, workable kitchens, (not the
synthetic, false-front variety), where
trained homemakers will plan, meas
ure, blend, mix and complete appe
tizing cakes, pies, salads and meat
dishes that look as though they
could be picked right out of the pic
ture and eaten on the spot.
Keeping pace with the baking,
roasting and frying, a series of sal
ads and frozen delicacies will pa
rade In and out of the adaptable e
lectric refrigerator, which will re
veal Its host of possibilities for sim
plifying labor and marketing, and
marketing, and contributing to good
health and good food.
What to do with left-overs? How
to take the gloom out of laundry?
How to save time, energy and tem
per in meal preparation? How to be
attractive in spite of the daily rush?
How to make that piecrust the men
(Cont’d on Editorial page)
PLAY TO BE GIVEN
AT BETH WARE
Reth-Ware High School will pre
sent its commencement play Satur
uuy, May 1, at 8:00 o'clock. The
play will be given in the high school
auditorium. It is a three-act mystery
comedy, “Hobgoblin House", and
will furnish you a full evening ot
thrills and laughs and the best en
tertainment you have ever had. We
invite you all to come out and see
the best play of the season and wit
ness the antics of two of the most
comical and superstitious darkies
you have ever seen who have to live
in a haunted house with their em
ployers and the Henglish 'housekeep
er Here they encounter some of the
most spookish things imaginable and
many mysterious things begin to
happen.
If you enjoy a good mystery with
just the right amount of comedy
don't fail to come and see “Hobgob
lin House” at Beth Ware Saturday
night.
Lenoir Rhyne Choir To
Sing In Shelby
The A-Capella Choir, of Lenoir
Rhyne College, Hickory, will render
a program Sunday afternoon at 4:00
o’clock, at the Lutheran Church in
Shelby. An invitation is extended to
Kings Mountain people through the
pastor, Rev. E. C. Cooper, and no
doubt a number will avail themsel
ves of the opportunity to attend as
the choir will not visit Kings Moun
tain this year.
Margrace Men’s Club
Meets
The Margrace Men's Club had an
interesting meeting Tuesday night
at the club house. Routine business
was transacted.
Officers of the Club are as follows:
President, C. J. Gibson; Vice pres
ident, B. E. Ware; Secretary, L. W.
Ledford; Treasurer, M. B. Moss;
Sick Committee, A. M. Royster; En
tertainment Committee, George Bar
ber, J. J. Jenkins, L. W. Ledford;
Cuaplains, Wood Jackson and Carl
Gantt.
Missionary Program At
Central Methodist
A playlet portraying the mission
- ■ Mes of the Southern Meth
odist Church was presented last Sun
evening at Central Methodist
Church. Miss Rachael Goforth took
the leading part and was assisted by
Nancy Dickey and David Neill.
The playlet was given as a part
of the Bishops Crusade and was fol
lowed by an offered to be applied
the amount to be raised in the South
ern Methodist Church.
Laughing Around the World
With IRVIN s. COBB
The Wild Game of our Mountains
By IRVIN S. COBB
COR years this tale has been one of Sam Blythe’s standbys.
A Sam was bom and reared in western New York, on the lower
fringe of the Adirondack region. He says there used to be a guide
over in the mountains who, being reckless by nature, made a specialty
of escorting city sportsmen into the wilderness during the hunting
season. Any North Woods veteran will tell you this is a hazardous
calling. Moreover, the. mortality figures prove it.
Green sportsmen invade the tail timber carrying high-powered
rifles and shoot at everything they see moving in the bushes. The
result is that a few of them kill one another but the majority destroy
their guides, even though the latter for self-protection wear red shirts
and red hats and white neckerchiefs.
This particular guide, so graphically recalled by Sam, had several
close calls. Finally, when a bullet had ripped his shoulder and another
had blown his cap off, he had an inspiration. He made himself a suit
of awning cloth of broad alternative stripes of white and blue.
But the first time he wore this costume abroad they brought him
home again, bored through and through. As he emerged from a
thicket a city gunner stationed across a clearing had plugged him.
At the inquest the remorseful slayer was introduced as a witness.
“Now look here,” said the coroner, “of course nobody accused you
of killing poor old Jim intentionally. But it does seem curious to me—
and I imagine it strikes the members of the jury the same way—when
Jim was in striped clothes which you could make out a mile away,
that you, standing not a hundred yards distant, should mistake him
for a deer.”
“I didn’t mistake him for a deer,” said the city chap, “I thought
he was a zebra.”
(American Nm Futarts. 1m.1
Town Election Next Tuesday
BOTH SCHOOL ISSUES CARRIES!
- .—- —._2. -
BOY SCOOT COURT
OF HONOR
The Kings Mountain Boy Scout
Court ot Honor was held in the I
High School Thursday night April i
.itnui at 7:30 o'clock.
Meeting opened with the repeat- |
dig of the Scout Oath.
The Negro Scouts were recogniz
'd first and were as folloys:
Tenderfoot Rank: Walter David
son, 10; Arthur Davidson, 10; Mo
zell Jones, 10.
Then the work proceeded with the
White Scouts.
Tenderfott: Billy Gene Neisler, 1;
Chas Moss, Jr., 1; Eddie Campbell 1
R. G. Plonk, 1; Johnny Houston, 1;
Billy Rhodes 3; Ernest Dee Davis 4
James Maybew 4; Hoyt Redmond,
4; Demuel Deese 6; E. W. Griffin 6;
Ervin Henderson 6.
Second Class; Hopkins Houston 1
First Class; Robt. Fulton 1.
Athletics; Lawrence Patrick 1.
Bird Study: George Thomasson 1;
Wm Jones 4.
Bookbinding: Leon Wolfe 3; A.
C. Wilson, S. M., 4; Howard God
frey 1.
Carpentry: James 4.
Civics: James Amos: 5; James
Smith 4; H. C. Wilson S. M., 4.
Cooking: Lawrence Patrick 1;
Paul Patrick 1; Wilbur Janes 4.
First Aid: Lawrence Patrick 1.
First Aid to Animals: George
Thomasson 1; Wilbur Jones 4.
Journalism: Ladd Hamrick, Jr.,
6.
Pathfinding: Paul Patrick 1; Tag
Parris 4; James Smith 4; Wilbur
Jones 4; Bill Gantt 4; J. D. Jones 4;
H. C. Wilson S. M., 4; James Amos
5.
Personal Health: Robt. Dettmar 2;
Ben Goforth, Jr., 3; • Hal Olive 3;
Meek Carpenter 3; Bobby Allran 3
Janies Smith 4; Loyd Early 5; Chas
Goforth 6; Thos. Ladshaw 6.
Physical Development: James
Ware, 5.
Plumbing: H. C. Wilson, S. M., 4.
Public Health: Bedford Ramsey 5.
Reading: Ladd Hamrick d.
Safety: Dean Payne 5; Eugene
Gault 6.
Woodcarving: Geo. Thomasson.
Woodwork: H. C. Wilson, S. M., 4.
Life Scout Rank: Lawrence Pat
rick 1; James Ware, Jr. 5.
Gold Quill: Ladd Hamrick 6.
The last Court of Honor before
the usmmer vacations will be held
Thursday evening. May 20th, at
7:30. At this meeting many Scouts
are pushing to secure their certifi
cates of advancement. Scout George
Mauney will at that time be award
ed his Eagle Scout Badge an a min
iature Badge awarded to his mother.
Also scheduled is a short moving
picture.
During the summer Courts for ad
vancement will be at the Scout
Camp on Lake Lanier, Tryon, N. C.
HERE’S THE TICKET
For Mayor
Vote For One
( ) George Alien
( ) Tom Fulton
( ) Jim Herndon
( ) Charles Williams
For Council
Vote For One
( ) Charles Campbell
( ) R. D. Goforth
( ) R. C. Gold
( ) O. T. Hayes
( ) John Mauney
( ) W. K. Mauney
( ) C. E. Neisler, Jr.
( ) Hug h Ormand
( ) W. W. Parrish
( ) W. F. Rhodes
( ) Jim Willis
For School Board
Vote For One *
( ) Dr. L. P. Baker.
SISTER OF MRS
SUMMITT DIES
Mrs. Frank C. Rhyne, sister ot
Mrs. H. L. Summitt, was found dead
in bed at her home in Gastonia yes
terday morning.
Her husband made the discovery
when he awakened. Death was ascri
bed to a heart attack suffered some
time during the night. Physicians
said she probably had been dead for
everal hours.
Funeral services will be held this
morning at 10:30 o’clock at Ford and
Douglas mortuary in Gastonia, witn
Rev. George S. Bowden, past jr of
Holy Trinity Lutheran church, in
charge. Interment will be In Oak
wood cemetery in Gastonia.
SUBSCRIPTION OFFER
EXPIRES SATURDAY
The offer of G Dixie Theatre tick
ets free with every one year sub
scription to the Herald will end Sat
urday,; May 1st. All who have not a!
ready taken advantage of this special
offer «|re urged to do so at once as
this offer will never be repeated.
The ^management of the Herald is
well pleased with the response re
ceived,from the special offer. Num
bers off new subscribers have been
added'to the subscription list while
otherslwho were already on the list
paid v i their subscriptions from one
to fiv< years. Quite a few have taken
the H< raid for friends and relatives
out of town.
Subi tribe today, before it Is too
late t#" get your Dixie Theatre
Ticket*.
Kings MountainTo
Have Jr. Baseball
Baseball fans will rejoice In the
news tfct the Local Post of the
American Legion will have a Junior
LegioniTeam this year. Plans are
underway and boys have already
started practicing under the direc
tion of C. C..Edens, who will coach
the team.
Dr. W. L. Ramseur was recently
elected Athletic Officer. He will work
with Coach Edens to have winning
team for Kings Mountain.
All boys who are interested in
playing on the team are asked to get
in touch with either Mr. Edens or
Dr. Ramseur.
It will be remembered that Kings
Mountain has had Legion teams for
the past two years. It is hoped by
those interested in baseball for
Kings Mountain to get right behind
the team and help them to win gam
es after the season opens.
BUS STATION
MOVED
The Bus Station has been moved
to the Center Service Station located
at the corner of Mountain Street
and Railroad avenue. The change
was made to better serve the travel
ing public as the new location will
provide space for the buses to drive
in off the streets for the loading and
unloading of passengers.
Messrs E. E. Marlowe and Jack
Arnett© Are proprietors of the Cen
ter Service, stated that the bus bus
iness will be handled in conjunction
with their regular business.
MEN’S CLUB MEETS
THIS EVENING
Regular meeting of the Men’s Club
will take place tris evening at 6:30
at the Woman's Club building. This
is the first meeting of the Club
since Ladles’ Night and a large at
tendance is desired.
The program committee has ar
ranged a very interesting meeting.
Return From Wake
Forest
Mr. E. B. Olive, landscape-gardner
has returned from Wake Forest
where he has completed a job of ar
ranging shrubbery and ever greens
at the college.
<>• ■■■ ■ ■ ■■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ “
Will Rogers*
Humorous Story
. -- -——. p
By WILL ROGERS
'T'HERE was a hotel in a small
■*" town that was doing its best
to treat the customers fine. It tried
to give them everything they could
get in hotels in the big towns, end
the customers appreciated it too.
Well, the hotel got an orchestra
to play in the dining room, and it
wasn’t a very good orchestra. Just
some of the boys with their saxo
phones.
But the orchestra was anxious to
please. While a big. rich-looking
guy was eating, a waiter come to
his table with a note. It Bays: "Is
there anything you'd like to request
the orchestra to play T"
The big guy, who was trying to
read a paper with his dinner, wrote,
"Yes, puss in a corner 1”
(AsMrissa Mm Itetans, lasji
Special Levy And Bonds
Both Get Big Majority.
School loving citizens tramped
in a downpour of rain all day Satur
day to the polls to cast tlieir votes
in favor of both school issues, which
gave them assurance of a nine mon
ths school term and also gave ap
proval for a $25,000 bond issue to
match a PVVA grant to build a gym
nasium and improve other school
buildings.
Count of the votes indicated the
school forces won the nine months
by a score of 70 to 1 and the bond
measure was approved almost 50 to
1.
Heavy Vote
A total of 558 persona were reg
istered in the special election. Of
this number 491 voted for the nine
months term, to be provided by a
maximum levy of 20 cents per $100
Valuation. Seven actually voted a
gainst it and 57 did not get out to
vote. Their votes also counted a
gainst the levy.
In the bond election 489 voted for
and ten voted against, with 59 not
voting. i
A meeting of the school Board is
contemplated for this week to make
plans for the building program.
Plans for the new gymnasium will
be drawn immediately. Selection of
the site has not been made, but it is
expected to be in the vicinity of the
Central School. It will also be used
as a community center.
Additional money obtained by the
bond issue and the PWA grant will
be used to complete a number of
rooms in the present high school
building, add two rooms at the east
school, two rooms at the negro
school and make some improve
.ments at the west school.
The results of the joint elections
are said to be by far the biggest
majority given in any of the School
elections held throughout the State.
School patrons are still rejoicing at
the overwhelming vote cast despite
the downpour of rain.
It Is thought since the citizens of
Kings Mountain so whole-heartedly
showed their desire by their one
sided vote to have a nine months
school and remain on the Accredited
list that plans would be made to op
erate the High School the full nine
months term this year.
Patterson Grove Finals
The closing exercises of Patterson
Grove School will be held Friday ev
ening at 8:00 o’clock. The following
program will be presented:
Welcome — Nancy Allen and
Thomas Wright.
“The Farm Play” — A playlet by
the primary grades.
Two vocal numbers — "May Is
Here", and an ‘Old Fashioned Bou
quet.”
A play — “Aunt Sophronia Goes
To College.”
Special Music by string orchestra.
Diplomas will be presented those
completing seventh grade work, and
the medal given by the Victory Gin
Company will be awarded.
A small admission fee will be
charged.
OPERETTA TO BE
GIVEN
The elementary grades of Central
School are presenting an operetta,
“Sleeping Beauty’’, by Frances Ho
mer, Friday night at 8:00 o’clock in
the Central auditorium. This promi
ses to be one of the most outstand
ing and entertaining events of the
commencement season. The cast of
characters include:
Sleeping Beauty: Betty Lee Neis
ler.
King: Martha Anne Kennedy.
Queen: Rachael Smith.
Princess: Mildred Ervin and Fran
ces Crouse.
Central P. T. A. Meets
Next Monday
The last meeting of the School
year of the Central P. T. A. will be
held next Monday evening at 8:00 p
m. Most of the meetings have taken
place on Tuesday and everyone Is
isked to make a note of the change
to Monday. Each grade is going to
be "At Home’’ to the parents, and
ill mothers and fathers are especial
ly invited to be present.
Election of officers for next year
will be held. Mrs. Frank Summers
has served as President for the past
I year.
MAYOR AND FIVE
COUNCILMEN TO BE
NAMED
Kings Mountain voters will go to
the polls next Tuesday, May 4th to
elect a Mayor, five councilmen and
one member of the School Board.
Four candidates have filed for
Mayor and eleven for the Town
Council. Mayor J. E. Herndon and
the present board consisting of R. C.
Gold, John Mauney, W. K. Mauney,
C. B. Neisler. Jr., and Jim Willis,
have announced for re-election. Dr.
U P. Baker is the only candidate
for the School Board.
The term of office for Mayor and
Council is two years and for the
School Board, Bix years.
In the last election held two years
ago a total of 943 voted with elev
en candidates out for the Council
and two for Mayor.
Polls will open at 7:00 A. M. and
close at 7:00 P. M. It is thought that
the voting will take place at the
temporary quarter of the Town
Hall, but this had not been definite
ly decided at press time.
Charles Dilling has been appoint
ed Registrar, with J. B. Thomasson
and C. E. Carpenter acting as Judg
es for the election.
W. K. Mauney and H. D. (Red)
Ormand are the two candidates who
have not been previously mentioned
in the Herald. A complete ticket
of all the candidates appear else
where on this page.
Go to the polls next Tuesday and
vote for the men of your choice.
PIGGLY WIGGLY
OPENS HERE
SATURDAY
R. S. Plonk of Bessemer City and
Kings Mountain Will Open A New
Piggly Wiggly Store Here Satur
day, May 1st.
Mr. Plonk has acquired the exclus
ive Piggly Wiggly franchise to oper
ate a Piggly Wiggly store in Kings
Mountain. The store is located in the
old Fulton building located at the
orner of Mountain and Cherokee
streets which has been completely
overhauled, fixtures and equipment
of latest design has been installed,
making the New Piggly Wi ggly one
of the most modern stores in this
section of the country.
In commenting on the acquisition
of the Piggly Wiggly franchise for
Kings Mountain Mr. Plonk stated he
had long recognized that the Nation
ally known, time tested and proven
Piggly Wiggly system of merchand
ising offered many things of great
advantage to the independent mer
chant — enabling him to offer his
customers all that can be desired in
the purchasing of food at the lowest
prices consistent with good quality.
Mr. O. 1. Womack, formerly em
ployed at Crawford’s, will have char
ge of the Meat Department and as
sures his friends they will receive
their money's worth on every buy.
- Your attention is called to the un
usual values offered Open Day Sat
urday, May 1st. See advertisement
on back page of this issue.
(Opinions Expressed in This Column
Are Not Necessarily the Views of
This Newspaper.)
Some day or other, Washington is
going to win itself the name: "The
City of Paradoxes.” It has more cas
es per square inch of the left hand
not knowing what the right is doing
than any three other cities in the
world.
Congressional chiefs are worried
about it. In private, they say the
legislators are making a habit of
voting for things demanded by or
ganized groups regardless of the re
sults. Take, for example, the Presi
dent's recent remarks about prices
rising too fast. Congress had a lot
to do with that by levying taxes on
corporation income and payrolls. But
in less than a week after the Presi
dent’s warning, Congress finally
passed the Guffey Coal Control Act.
The basic purpose behind that is to
raise coal prices.
•***
As another example, look at the
budget. It was drafted without in
cluding funds for tenant farmers or
new housing or federal aid to stat-J
schools. Congress applauded at
tempts to balance the budget. Yet
the farm tenant, housing and school
aid bills, costing a billion dollars
(Cont’d on back page Section One)