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VOL. 55 NO. 20
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.
THURSDAY, MAY 20. 1937
FIVE CENTS PER COPY'
State And National News
Condensed In Brief Form
—National News—
Washington, May 19.— Works Pro
gross administration experts study
ing the problem of the drought-dam
aged great plains states, said today
public opinion would prevent evacu
ating the 69,000 persons considered
"‘surplus population.”
“Dry years were known before
1934 and many people think that
what has been borne before can be
borne again,” the report said.
Lonoke, Ark., May 19.—Court offi
cials of this little farming town gea
ed their legal machinery today .o
give quick trials to Lester Brockle
burst, midwestern "crime tourist'
and his girl friend. Bernice Felton,
on charges of murder for the slay
ing of Victor A. Gate, Little Rock
landowner.
Washington, May 19.—Associate
Justice-Willis Van De van ter inform
ed President Roosevelt today that
he would, retire from active service
on the supreme court bench on June
2nd.
The 78 year old jurist, who has
been known as a member -of the so
called conservative wing of the
court, made his intention known in
a letter to the Present shortly be
fore the senate judiciary committee
met to vote on Mr. Roosevelt’s court
reorganization bill.
Lakehurst, N. J., May 19.—At
least a month must pass before Cap
tain Max Pruse and his chief officer
Captain Albert Sammt, will be able
to tell their stories of the destruc
tion of the dirigible Ilindesburg be
fore department of commerce inves
tigating board.
That was the word reaching the
board today from William von Meis
ter, vice president of the American
Zeppelin company agents for the
German line.
Madrid, May 19.—American vol
unteer battalions, used continually
as government shock troops in the
Spanish civil war, were estimated to
day to have lost almost a third of
their number in death.
Reliable sources placed the num
her of United States citizens killed
while fighting on the government
side at more than 600. or 30 per cent
of the 1,700 reported to have enlist
ed since the conflict started just ten
months ago.
Monts, France, May 19.—Wallis
Warfield and the Duke of Windsor
will be married quietly at the Cha
teau Cande on June 3, with no mem
her of the Britisa royal family in
attendance.
Washington, May 19.—The su
preme court will decide on consti
tutionality of the social security pro
gram either on next Monday or June
1, the only remaining “opinion days’
before the summer recess.
Croesvllle, Ten., May 19.—Little
Bertha Mae Turner, 12, still is
sneezing after four months, but the
rate has dropped from a high of
more than 4,000 sneezes a day to ft
mere 20 or so.
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Spartanburg, S. C., May 19.—Leroy
C. Johnson, Jr„ rode a motorcycle
through a plate glass window of a
mid-towm store and suffered a frac
tured skull and severe lacerations.
Hospital attendants said his condi
tion was critical.
—State News—
Valdese, May 19.—Cathleen flvt
year old blue eyed daughter of Mr.
aud Mrs. Reid Seagle of Cherryville
was wandering in dense woods near
here late yesterday after having
been lost overnight from her par
ents. The barefooted, bareheaded tot
was thirsty, hungry and suffering
from exposure.
Elon College, May 19.—Roger W.
Babson, statistician and financial
writer, will deliver the literary ad
dress at the 47th annual graduation
day exercises at Elon college May
26.
Raleigh, May 19.—North Carolina
peach growers have prospects for
only 48 percent of a full crop at pres
ent, but indications are that the out
look is 6 per cent better than It was
last year on May 1, when the crop
was valued at $£<700(000. Randall
B. Etheridge, chief of the depart
ment of agriculture's markets divis
ion, reported today.
Manteo, May 19.—Orvile and Wil
bur Wright, who made their first
flight In a heavier-than-air machine
34 years ago at nearby Kitty Hawk,
will be distinctively honored on pro
grams commemorating the 360 year
old landing of Sir Walter Raleigh
and his English settlers between
July 4 and September 6.
Franklin, May 19.—Robert Wil
liams of Jacksonville, Fla., pilot,
was expected to live today following
a plane crash near here yesterday in
which Harve Shiddles, local taxi
operator, was killed.
Stolen Auto Recovered
The car which was stolen from
Mr. VV. D. Bankhead last week has
been recovered by local officers and
the person who confessed stealing it
has been arrested. The car was
found abandoned near the Kings
Mountain Battleground by Mr.
Floyd Holland. Hubert Croman, 17,
years old was arrested in Bessemer
City Monday night by local officers
and a Federal Officer from Charlotte
It is a Federal offense to steal a car
and cross a State Line.
Croman confessed stealing the car
and is lodged In the Shelby jail to
await trial at Federal Court.
Negroes Confess Safe
Blowing Job
The four negroes arrested by local
officers last week in connection with
the attempt to dynamite and rob the
safe at Ware and Sons, have confess
ed their part in the crime. They are
I in Jail awaiting trial.
1 One of the negroes arrested was
employed at Ware’s.
CHOSEN SPONSOR
Miss Gussie Rose Plese, of Canton,
a former Kings Mountain girl, has
been chosen sponsor for the Brevard
College yearbook. Miss Pleas was
chosen by Leighton Preason, of
Charlotte, editor-in-chief of the annu
al and her picture along with that
of another sponsor appeared in the
Wednesday Charlotte Observer.
Miss Pleas spent her childhood in
Kings Mountain during her father’s
pastorate at Grace Methodist chur
ch.
Laughing Around the World
With IRVIN S. COBB
Go:. Trimmed
By IRVIN S. COBB
TN A town near Boston ■where nearly all the residents were persona
of means there was a smart country-club. Here on Saturday nights
"whole families gathered, the boys, girls and the younger married couples
"to done* and the elder statesmen to play a quaint old Persian game
called draw-poker. .... ...
On a certain March evening the head of a household found himself
far in the rear when time came for his family to go. He sent them
•off in the automobile and told the chauffeur he would walk home.
When the session was concluded the gamesters found it had been
snowing heavily for hours. . The principal figure in this episode started
off afoot in the slush. ,
Long before he reached his house he was soaked up to the knees.
On arrival his first act was to remove his shoes and trousers. With hie
^trousers left on a downstairs radiator to dry he mounted the staire and
^passed through the lighted hallway to his chamber. This took turn
v3>ast the room occupied by his favorite daughter.
Out of the darkness to him came these words: ...
"Well, old sport, I see they finally got your pants 1 -
(Antrim) News Fmtorm. Ine.)
Mrs. Laura McGill White
Dies
Funeral services for Mrs. Lama
MoGill White, age 71, were held at
Long Creek Presbyterian church
Wednesday afternoon and interment
made in the church cemetery. Hev.
Coyt Hunter, the pastor, was iu
charge of the services and was as
sisted by Rev. T. H. McGill of Gas
tonia, Rev. G. L. Kerr of Bessemer
City, and Rev. W. M. Boyce of Kings
Mountain.
Pallbearers were Will McGill,
Wray Plonk, Lucius Hallman, John
and Robert Robinson and Thomas E
| Whitesides.
j Mrs. White was the widow of the
late CharleB White and a sister of
the late Boyce McGill, who died a
short while ago. Her death occurred
at her home early Tuesday morning
after a critical illness of several
weeks. |
Mrs. White was a daughter of the
| late Thomas J. and Amanda Fulton |
j McGill, pioneer citizens of Gaston
I county. |
I From girlhood until after her mar
I riage she was a member of Bethel |
A. R. P. church, near her ancestral
j- home, later going with her husband
! to Long Creek Presbyterian church
of which she was a loyal member
until her death.
She is survived by one sister, Mrs.
A. F. Whitesides of Gastonia. Several
! nieces and nephews also survive.
| Yearly Honor Roll
! The Herald is happy to publish
| the Yearly Honor Roll of the Kings
j Mountain Schools. The list is com
' plete except for the High School
, which is still in session.
It is an unusual honor to be listed
1 as the requirements are very rigid.
An average of 90 or better for the
! entire year on ail subjects, and cot
! duct, an average of 90 on attend
! anee. The names with the asterist
; indicate the pupil has made a per
! feet attendance record for the en
' tire year.
Central School
First Grade: Charlotte Ladshaw.
Alda. Jean . Dans, Edna Littlejohn,
Lois Propst, Oren Fulton. Willie
Morris, Raymond Cox, Nancy Garris
Sue Hamm.
Second Grade: Lou Ann Herndon*
Janell Smith, Frances Williams, Mar
garet Williams, Thomas Baker, Rob
| ert Boyce, John L. Head, Edith Gor
don, Shirley Anne Spivey, Patsy
Webb, Harry Connor.
Third grade: William Moore Boy
ce, Jr.*, Nancy Dickey*, J. B. Cole*,
Earl Myers, Frances Summers, Jean
Hord, Sonny Peeler, Willie Price.
Jaoquejyn Falls, James Herndon,
Joe Cole* Opal Pruette, Katie Con
nor*. Hazel Jones, Christopher
Edens.
Fourth Grade: Meryl Abbot, Lou
ise Jones, Virginia Summers, Smyer
Williams, Everett Weaver, Mary
Ann Crouse*. Loreua Barron, Otis
Falls, Jr.*, Dorothy Putnam, J. T.
McGinnis, Clavon Kelly.
! Fifth Grade: Benny Connor, Horn
et Phaegin*. Harold Glass*, Golden
Barrett*, Margie Barrett, Selma
Lail.
Sixth Grade: A. G. Sargeant, Jr„
Martha Walker*, Janette Mabry.
Seventh Grade: Frances Crouse*,
Miles Mauney, Betty Nelsler.
YEARLY HONOR ROLL
West School
First Grade: Emogene Bridges.
Joyce Cline, Colleen Falls, Myrtle
Murray, Martha Ellen Morrison, Beu
lah Rhea.
Sewond Grade: Alan Blggerstaff,
Helen Childers, Betty Hord, Mary
Beth Hord, Frances Lindsay, Robert
Ledbetter, Norman McGill, Johnny
Plonk, Bill Putnam.
Third Grade: Mary Helen Hord,
Joe Lawrence Hord, Avis Maie War
lick, Margaret Cole, Laura Sue Ran
dall, Pauline Murray, Nelson Bridges
Fourth Grade: Nancy Lee Parrish
Jeanne Griffin. Carolyn McDaniel,
Betty Knox Davis.
Fifth Grade. Malcolm Patterson.
Sixth Grade. George Lattimore, Ed
Henry Smith. James Throneburg
Martha McClain.
Seventh Grade: Billy Throneburg
Rachael McClain. Juanita MeSwaie.
Carol Mae Morrow.
YEARLY HONOR ROLL
East School
First Grade: Clyde Nance, Stone
wall Bennett. Frances George.
Second Grade: Mary Frances Pay
ne. Martha Sue Chaney.
Third Grade: Jean Deese, Melba
George, Bertis Sanders.
Fourth Grade: Mildred Cody, Beu
lah Guyton, Ila Mae Tate.
Fifth Grade: Margaret Hill, Billy
Kennedy, James Lybrand, Jimmia
Burns.
Sixth grade: John Billy Stewart,
Emery Murry, Horace Herndon.
Seventh Grade: Roy Smith, Vir
ginia Hill, Doris White.
Reading Certificate* — Central
School
Fifth Grade: Frances Bennett, Hel
en Allman, Marceline Sims, S. R.
(Coat’d on back page)
! P°PPy Day To Be
Observed Here On
Saturday May 29th
Poppy r>ay will be observed in
Kings Mountain this year on Satui
day, May 99 Mrs. Paul Maunev, ehair
man of the poppy committee of the
Otis r>. Green Unit of the American
Legion Auxiliary, has announced. Ex
tensive preparations for the observ
ance of the day are being made by
the Auxiliary women.
Memorial poppies, to be worn in
honor of the World War dead and to
raise funds for the welfare of the dis
abled veterans and needy families of
the dead and disabled, will be distri
buted throughout the city. Organiza
tion of corps of poppy girls to offer
the flowers to everyone on the
streets during the day and to re
ceive contributions for the Legion
and Auxiliary welfare funds. Tlij
flowers have been ordered from
Oteen where they have been made
by disabled veterans.
Poppy Day is the day of personal
tribute to the men who gave their
lives' In the nation's defense, ex
plained Mrs. Mauney. On that day
everyone can show that they still
remember and honor the sacrifices
of those who lost their lives In tho
way. The poppy is their flower,
made in their memory by their dis
abled comrades.
The American Legion Auxiliary
will ask not set price for its pop
pies. We want everyone to wear a
poppy and to contribute as he is a
ble for the flower. All contributions
will be used for the work of the Le
gion and Auxiliary among the men
who lost health and strength in the
wiar, and among the children whose
fathers are dead or disabled. The
bulk of the money will be expended
right here in Kings Mountain for the
j work our Unit is constantly doing
among needy families of veterans.
MORE PICTURES OF
KINGS MOUNTAIN
TO BE SHOWN
Kings Mountain and Kings Moun
tain people are going to be in tlie
: movies again at the Dixie Theatre
next Monday and Tuesday and next
| Thursday and Friday. Moving pic
tures were recently made and shown
| at the Dixie, and by popular demand
new pictures have been made and
I will be shown on the above dates
| A complete feature and regular pro
gram will also be shown.
Mr. H. Lee Waters, experienced
cameraman, has been here all this
week taking pictures. Pictures oC
the School Band and airplane views
1 of Kings Mountain will be shown
Mr. Jimmy Hord, local aviator, pi
J loted the plane for Mr. Waters to
' take the pictures.
No advance in prices for the per
formances will be made.
The following local firms coopera
ted with Cameraman Waters and the
Dixie Theatre to bring these inter
esting pictures of people and places
you know to Kings Mountain: Cen
ter Service, Summitt’s Nu-Way, Lo
gan Dry Cleaners, and Belk's Depart
ment Store.
INJURED IN FALL
Mrs. J. F. Allison had the misfor
! tune to fail Wednesday afternoon,
sustaining serious injuries. She is a
| patient in the City Hospital, and
her many friends in Kings Mountain
are anxiously awaiting the outcome.
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Will Rogers’ 1
Humorous Story
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By WILL ROGERS
THERE was a woman with a little
son that was named Carl, and
Carl was always doing something
that ha hadn’t ought to do. Ona
thing was that ha liked to hit a
little girl right in the eye. He
would he playing with Mary Idnda.
gentle like and then he’d swing on
her. Ha done that because his
mother wouldn’t let him play with
boys for fear he’d get hurt, and ha
had to practice swinging on some
body. So his mother says to him,
“Whenever you are tempted to hit
Mary in the eye you ought to say.
’Get thee behind me,’ Satan,*' ana
j then maybe you’d stop.’'
‘ "Say, htom, I tried that, and Sa
tan got behind me and howl He
; crave my elbow an awful shove, and
Mary’s eye .was a fright: *ft*r
thatl” ..
(AasHoea Mews P—twee, tne.)
Junior-Senior Ban
| quet Enjoyable
Occasion
The Juniors entertained the Sen- j
iors, the faculty, and the members
of the school board and their wives
at the Woman's Club on Friday even
iug, May 7.
The scene carried out was “The
Lure ue Woodland." A blue crepe
paper shy, dotted with stars, was
draped from the ceiling. Ivy-colored
trellises and pine trees made up a
part of the decoration, and green :
excelsior was used for grass. Many
colored crepe paper flowers peeped
realistically from the grass. Favors
for the girls were little dolls dressed |
in two shades of orchid crepe pa- j
pers. The boys' favors were littlo
gold-colored bows and arrows. The
place cards were in shape of trees |
and inside was found the menu and
the program, which was as follows: j
Menu
Fruit Cocktail
Pressed Chicken
Hot Rolls Smacks
Apple Salad Saratoga Chips
Tomatoes and Olives
Cream Cheese Sandwich |
Pickles Iced Tea
Strawberry Shortcake
Salted Nuts
Program
Invocation — Mr. Barnes
I Address- of Welcome — Wilburn '
White, President.
Response of Seuiors — John Hicks,
| President.
To the Senors — Lillian Moss.
To Mr. Barnes—Nina Putnam.
To the Trustees—Virginia Logan.
To the Girls—New McGill.
To the Boys—Melva Settlemyre.
To Mr. Biggerstaff—James Ratter
ree.
j To the Faculty — Charles Thom
asson.
To the Grade Mothers — Nell Sher
rer.
To the Waitresses — Elizabeth
Plonk.
Soug to the Seniors—Junior Class.
Song to the Juniors—Senior Clns3.
Dance of the Nymphs—Betty Bar
ron, Julia Herndon, Juanita Huds
peth, Faye Moss. Gloria Cornwell,
| .Mice Betty Maunev.
i Senior Superlatives — Charles
Campbell
j Reading — Mary Helen Hambright
| and Eoline Keeter.
Junior Superlatives — Ruth Cave
ny.
I Vocal numbers by Boy’s quartet
Ben Long, Bill Davis, John Hicks,
Eugene McSwain.
The High School Song—By all.
Services At Penley’s
Chapel
In preparation for the coming re
: vival at Penley’s Chapel, there have
been several prayer meetings held
i which have had a splendid result.
The congregation is looking forward
to the meeting and the coming of the
Rev. Chappelle of Lansing. N. C ,
with much anticipation.
The Rev. Chappelle is an able
preacher, and the public is cordially
invited to bear him.
The meeting begins Sunday even
ing, May 23, and continues through
the first Sunday In June. Services
will begin each evening at 7:45. It
is hoped to have special music and
singing. Penley’s Chapel Is located a
bout two miles north of Kings Moun
tain on the Cherryvllle road,
i The pastor, Rev. C. J. Winslow,
and his co-workers of this communi
ty extend to one and all a cordial in
I vitation to attend each of these ser
' vices.
!
New Service Man At
[Center Service
[
Mr. O. E. Williams, an experience'.
Radio and Electric Refrigerator ser
vice man, has accepted a position
with the Center Service according
to an announcement by Mr. E. E
Marlowe. Mr. Williams has had sev
eral years experience with nationally
known firms, and comes to Kings
Mountain highly recommended. Mr.
Williams was with Radio Station
WBT in the service department.
The Center Service carries Zenth
Radios and the well known Norge
and Stewart Warner Refrigerators.
To Exchange Pulpits
Rev. W. G. Cobb, Pastor of St.
John's Lutheran Church, Cherryvllie
will exchange pulpits with Pastor
Hamm for the Morning Service this
Sunday Morning.
Bank Closed Today
In observance of • tbe Signing of
the Mecklenburg Declaration of In
dependence, the First National Bank
will be closed today.
Farmers Awarded
$1,250 Damages In
In Local Law Suit
After hearing evidence and argu
ments for two and half days aud
remaining out for more than two
hours a jury today awarded M. V,
Cash and N. K Cash a judgment for
$1,250 against the town of Kings
Mountain and the Neisler mills.
Judge U V. Cowper ruled that
the defendants in the action share
equally in the amount (o he naid.
The suit grew out of damages al
legeu to iiu.e Ijeeu . li.c. . ou ti e
farms of the plaintiffs, caused by
the improper disposal ol .sewage
lrom the town of Kings Mountain
and of certain chemicals Burn tn«
mill, w'hich come by medium of
Beaaou creek.
Evidence brought out in the trial
tended to show that certain repant
lions to oilier farmers m the neigh,
borhood of Beaaou creek, have been
made by the mill and town on a<s
count of sewer and chemical diapoa
al. ’’
Attorneys for the defendants are
going to make a motion today to
Judge Cowper to set the verdict a
side. If this U not done, an appeal
win be taken to the Supreme Court.
J. R. Davis and Peyton MeSwaln
represented the defendants aud K
C. Harrill and Horace Kennedy Weft
lawyers for the plaintiffs.
Mrs. Martha Cornwell
Dies
Funeral services for Mrs. Martha
Cornwell, age 77, will be held this
(Thursday) afternoon at 3:00 o'clock
at the home of her son, Mr. A. H.
Cornwell, on King street. Interment
will be made in Mountain Rest
Cemetery. Rev. E. W. Fox, pastor of
Central Methodist church, will be in
charge.
Mrs. Cornwell di'Hl around noon
Wednesday in the City Hospital,
Gastonia, where she was carried
ten days previously, o unu-rgo
treatment for injuries received in a
fall.
Mrs. Cornwell was the widow of
the late J. Will Cornwell. She was
before marriage Miss Martha Mul
len of Lincolnton, member of a well
known Lincoln county family. In
early married life she moved wltn
her husband to Kings Mountain
w*-orr t'-ev lived for many years
and reared their two children, a
son and daughter.
In 1910 she left Kings Mountain
to make her home with her daugk
.... . uuvis midges and family
in Florence, S. C. Following the
death of her daughter ten years ago
she continued her residence in Flor
ence, with her grandchildren.
She was visiting her son A. H.
Cornwell and family when the acci
dent which caused her death occut
red.
Mrs. Cornwell was a member of
Central Methodist church and dur
ing her residence here was faithful
in her attendance and loyal to her
church. She was a kind and thought
ful mother, a helpful neighbor and
friend.
She is survived by her son A. H.
Cornwell, thirteen grandchildren and
eleven grea&grandchlldren. She is
also survived by a half sister, Mrs.
Mary Cornwell of Lincolnton.
kOpinions Expressed in Thi6 Column
Are Not Necessarily the Views of
This Newspaper.)
Congress is ending its forced five
months sit-down strike.
More than 100 working days ago.
the present session began. Inly two
major laws — the Neutrality Resolu
tion and the Guffey-Vinson-Lewis
coal control act — plus three appro
priations bills have been enacted
The Neutrality Resolution was jam
med through and signed the nighl
before the old law expired; the Guf
fey bill was rushed through in the
face of threatened coal strike.
U usually, if Congress does nothing
for five months, it means that all it
well and that there are no problems
to be solved. But that isn’t true this
year. To cite Just one problem, mil
lions are said to be still unemployed
(although until a census is taken n t
one knows the truth of this situa
tion) and billions are being asked
for them.
Most Congressmen are inclined to
igree'that there is work to be done.
But up to now they have been heid
hack by word that the Administra
tion's Supreme Qpurt bin must be
passed before any other ifctfjo'r legis
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