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VOL. 32 No. 27
KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C.
THURSDAY, JULY 3. 1937
FIVE CENTS PER COPV
State And National News
Condensed In Brief Form
—State News—
Raleigh, July 6.—Although Con
gress recently appropriated $4,500,
000 for the Blue Ridge parkway —
the 477 mile scenic highway which
will swing through the mountains of
Virginia and North Carolina, con
necting the Shenandoah and Great
Smoky Mountains National parks —
the routing of the drive west of
Asheville still is in doubt.
The new allotment, available dur
ing the current fiscal year, will be
spent to complete certain sections of
the highway between Asheville and
Roanoke, Va.
The National Park service is ex
pected to announce shortly what
course the drive will follow between
Asheville and the Great Smoky Moun
tain park. *
Kinston, July 6.—Nick Collins,
who was arrested early yesterday
for the shotgun slaying of A. Collins
in Jones county 20 years ago, admit
ted his identity today, but declined
to discuss the charge against him
Collins, 66 year old carpehter and
odd-Jobg man, was arrested In Den
droa, Surry county, Virginia, by
Sheriff John W. Creagh ol; Jones
countty, who acted upon a tip from
an unrevealed Informant.
Creagh brought Collins to Kinston
and placed him in the Lenoir county
jail temporarily. The officer said the
man probably would be plactd on
trial at the September term of court.
Durham, July 6.—Glenn Edward
Hewitt, 21, of Syracuse, N. Y„ was
found dead today in a small labora
tory on the third floor of the Duke
■university biology building.
Three gs jets in the room were
open, and containers of anesthetics
were on the table. Coroner A. S.
Campbell recorded death as due to
suicide.
Hewitt was the son of G. E. Hew
itt, 147 Fellows avenue, Syracuse.
North WUkesboro, July 6.—Funer
al services were held this morning
at Buck’s Arbor Baptist church for
E. Ransom Minton, 30, prominent
farmer and livestock dealer of Spur
geon who w-as killed Saturday morn
Ing when his head wag crushed un
der the wheel of a tractor.
According to reports of the acci
dent rere, Mr. Minton was making
an adjustment on a tractor which
ws pulling a threshing machine
when he was thrown to the ground
and under the wheel. He died short
ly atyer reaching the Wilkes hospi
tal.
Bessemer City, July 6.—A wife and
mother who left husband, children
and home for a gayer life, met death
In au automobile accident near Sails
bury Saturday night. Husband and
other relatives, who identified the
body, are reported to have declined
to bury her, leaving that task for
charity or the body to dissection iu
a medical school.
Hickory. July 6.—A petition was
ready for filing in Forsyth county Su
perior Court todav reouesting a new
trial for Dr. Ralph C. Flowers, Hick
ory dentist, whose seven to ten
years sentence for robbing a Win
ston-Salem Company of >700 worth
of dental gold was upheld last week
by the North Carolina Supreme
Court. • U, -13’
Raleigh, July 6.—Guerney P. Hood
bank commissioner, issued a call
to all State banks in North Carolina
for a report on their condition as of
the close of business on June 30.
I —National News—
Jefferson, Tex., July 6.—A con
i denser on a high pressure gas line
i exploded in the midst of a hundred
- spectators here today, killing three
men and injuring five gravely. The
crowd was watching drillers trying
to bring in an oil well.
New York, July 6.—Col. Prank
; Knox, publisher of the Chicago Daily
News, returned from Europe today
: asserting he was convinced labor
! unions could not exist under fascism,
and with a recommendation the Uni
I ted States establish a labor court
of inquiry, similar to that in Eng
land.
|
Seattle, July 6.—A strike of Amer
lean members closed the Seattle
Star today as pickets surrounded the
plant in a Jurisdictional dispute over
circulation employes’ union afftlia
I tlons. More than 200 employes were
'idle. ’ r-: *
Washington, July 6.—Aides of Sec
retary Wallace said today the Agri
culture Department was ready to
start the. long-tlqae Job of converting
landless tenants fnto farm owners as
| soon as the senate and House agTee
i on legislation.
Berlin, July 6.—Protestant and
Catholic laymen were joined with
their clergy today in sharp attacks
against Nazi church policy. Mem
berg of Pastor Martin Niemoeller’s
Protestant Confessional Synod con
gregation at Dahlem church bold!;
signed a petition protesting the mili
tant Niemoeller'g arrest last Thurs
day on a charge of “inciting to dis
obedience in State institutons.’’
Los Angeles. July 6.—Commander
I Earl Winfield Spencer, U. S. Navy,
first husband of the Duchess of Wind
I sor. sped north on a Canadian hon^y
moon today with his second bride,
Mrs. Norma Reese Johnson, widow
of a Detroit manufacturer.
! Ponce. Puerto Rico, July 6.—Inde
pendence Day dynamiters blew up
. two railway bridges and set fire to
three coaches today. The damage to
the cars was slight.
Paris. July 6.—A French stoop re
turned today from a dash to the
Spanish Biscayan shore line to in
vestigate Insurgent seizure of the
! French freighter Tregastel, and
j French officials expressed hope the
! incident would be settled speedily.
1 The sloop Vanquois put back alone
I into Bayonne.
I Brunswick, Ga., July 6.—Holiday
visitors fled the new 40 room King
and-Surf hotel on St. Simons Island
, late today as flames swept the struj
ture and the elaborate King-and
Prince club destroying both.
Jacksonville, Ala.. July 6.—A mys
; terious explosion wrecked the Tut
ton 6 and 10 store here early to
night. A fire followed spreading to
the postofflce building and a vacant
store before it was brooght onder
control. Tre store was operated as
usual today. It employes three to
five persons, all of whom had quit
for tne day and sad gone home.
Huntington, W. Va., July 6.—Five
year-old Mary Louise Paub died to
day. the third victim of a family
meal which physicians said may
have included poisonous fungi, mis
taken for mushroom*. Two Paub
children died yesterday, several
hours after the family of 11 was
stricken at their isolated farm home
at Glenwood.
Laughing Around the World
With IRVIN S. COBB
A Case of Reverse English
By IRVIN S. COBB
CVER so often, people tell stories to tend to prove that an Englishman
is devoid of humor.
This actual tale recounted to me by one of our Anglo-cousins may
be instrumental in teaching us not to generalize.
Fofcry-Ttfetfn.
A prisoner was haled to a Justice court for exceeding speed which
is considered good taste in London. The Judge inquired of the defendant
Wha The accusc^was indignant as he said, “I -was not going forty miles
an hour—not twenty—not even ten—in fact, when the officer came up,
I was almost at a standstill.” ... „ . . ...
Here the Judge interrupted, saying, “I really must stop this or
you will be backing into something. Forty shillings.”
(American Neva Featoree. lac.)
EDITOR LYNCH GOES
TO GOLDSBORO TO
ATTEND FUNERAL
[OF HIS BROTHER
Editor Haywood E. Lynch was
i called to Goldsboro early Tuesday
! morning on account of the tragic
death of his only brother, John
Phillip Lynch, age 22. who met
death in an automobile accident
which oeeured soon after midnight
Monday night, when the car he was
driving failed to make a curve. Edi
tor Lynch left for Goldsboro soon
after receiving the message.
Voting Lynch had been connected
with the Merit Shoe Store in Rich
mond, Va.. for some time and was
i ect inly made manger of the store.
Ho had been spending the holidays
with his mother and sisters in Golds- ,
boro.
Editor Lynch has the sympathy of
his many friends in Kings Mountain,
in this sad bereavement.
MRS. RAYMOND SCISM
BURIED SUNDAY
Funeral services for Mrs. Ray
mond Seism. 25, were held on Sun- ]
day at 3:30 at the Patterson Grove l
Baptist church, with Rev. J. W. 3ut
tie, pastor, In charge. Mrs. Seism
died early Saturday after an illness
of several months. Her death follow
ed t\vO serious operations at a Char
lotte hospital, one about a month
ag. and a second about a week ago.
Mrs. Sci3m was a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Matt Brooks of the Double
Shoals community. Early In life she
joined the Double Springs church
and after her marriage to Mr. Seism
moved her membership to Patterson
Grove. She took a leading part in
affairs of the church and was known
to a wide circle of friends.
Surviving besides her husband are
her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Brooks, j
four brothers, Grady Brooks of Lat
timore, Elijah Brooks of Baltimore, !
Md„ Everett and Marshall Brooks
of Double Springs: six sisters, Mrs.
Marvin Gold. Mrs. Berry McSwain',
Mrs. Schieman McSwain, Mrs. Os
borne Lee, Mrs. Wilbur Cabiniss, all
of thi3 county, and Mrs. Olin Greene.
of Wake Forest. I
Interment was at the Patterson
Grove cemetery. i
• i
Holiday Death
Toll Is Large
A total of 563 men, women and
children met violent death in the
two-day celebration of the nation's
161st birthday.
The toll was believed the highest
in the history of America’s obser
vance of Independence Day.
Only four deaths were attributed
directly to fireworks. Traffic acci
dents constituted the biggest single
ause. A total of 310 persons were fa
tally injured on streets and high
ways.
There were 142 drownings Sunday
and Monday. During the same period
107 persons died violently in other
ways.
The four fireworks deaths com
pared with 11 last year. This year’s I
victims were three children and a:
man. Geraldine Mulvey, 8, Woonsoc-1
ket, R. I., and Julia Freiss, 9, Balti
more, Md., suffered fatal burns when
their dresses were ignited by spark
lers. Eloise Hope Burton, 4, bought a
penny box of matches to Ignite fire
works at Price, Utah. Neighbors
found her fatally burned in her yard. ]
Howard C. Marsh, 48, Roxboro, Mass ,
was fatally Injured while tamping
powder into a home made cannon. |
Although few died in handling fire ,
works, hundreds suffered burns and,
minor injuries. The total in Metro-1
politan New York alone was 845.
Among the states New York had
the largest number of fatalities from I
all causes—39. Michigan was next ‘
with 36 and California third with 34. !
Pennsylvania had 26, Ohio 25, Texas
and Missouri 21 each. Vermont was j
low with only one death from vio-,
lenee.
The toll of traffic deaths was the j
largest in more than a decade com
paring with 228 during the celebra
tion of Independence Day a year ago
and 54 ten years ago.
To Reside In Texas
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Aderholdt
and little son of Bilexi, Miss., arriv
ed last Thursday for a short visit to
relatives here and in South Carolina
before going to their new home on !
the Texas coast. Mr. Aderholdt Is a j
government sea food Inspector and j
will be stationed in Texas for some
time. Mr. Hubert Aderholdt who has
been on a trip to New Orleans and
Biloxi, returned home with his broth
er and family.
Romford, England, has only one
member in the House of Parliament
though it has 230,802 inhabitants.
Local Legion Jrs.
Get Even Break
In Four Games
Gastonia Defeats Locals 3-1.
Gastonia Juniors defeated Kings
Mountain Juniors here last Friday
by the score of 3 to !. Gold. Kings
Mountain ace. pitched a fine game
although Gastonia got eleven hits
off him. Gastonia scored all three of
its runs on errors. Gold had perfect .
control, lie walked only two men. !
Loses To Cherryville 7-6
Cherryville defeated Kings Moun-|
tain here Saturday by the score of
7 to 6. This was Kings Mountain's
second lose in two days Huffstetler
pitched fine ball until the six when
he weakened and was relieved by
Jones. Jones pitched fine ball until
the eighth when relieved by Gold.
Locals Defeat Mt. Holly 23-4
Kings Mountain Juniors defeated
Mt. Holly Juniors here Monday 23 to
4. Jones started his second gam®
of the season and pitched fine ball.
Qold relieved -him in the • ninth' in
ning and struck out three men.
Kings Mountain pulled jome fancy
base running and hitting here Mon
day. when they brought in six runs
in one Inning.
Locals Win Second Straight
Kings Mountain Juniors defeated
the Mt. Holly lads for the second
straight 14 to 4. Huffstetler going
*i.o rout, for the first time this year.
He pitched shut-out ball until tbs
seventh when he weakened and four
runs crossed the plate.
John Franklin Ballard
Dies From Stroke
John Franklin Ballard, age 65,
overseer at the Phenix Mill in Kings
Mountain, died at hig home. Friday
afternoon following a stroke of para
lysis, suffered Friday morning while
about his work. Death came a few
hours after he was stricken.
Funeral services were held Satur
day afternoon at 2:30 at Grace Meth
odist church with Rev. W. A. Par
sons in charge. Interment was made
in Mountain Rest cemetery.
.Mr.-Ballard was an active and
valued member of Grace church and
prominent in textile circles of this
section. He had been overseer at the
Phenix Mill for a number of years
where he was loved by' the employ
ees. He had also at one time held
the position of overseer at the Osage
Mill, Bessemer City.
Mr. Ballard was a native of Lin
coln county, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Levi Ballard.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Laura Ballard, six daughters, Mrs.
John George, Mrs. L. L. Guyton, Mrs
J. H. Roper, Mrs. T. J Ellison. Miss
es Pauline and Mildred Ballard; four |
sons, James M, Samuel G., Charlie, ]
and Frank Ballard. all of Kings
Mountain. He is also survived by
three brothers, T. A. Ballard of Bes
semer City, Henry A. and J. M. Bal
lard of Llncolnton; two sisters. Mrs.
H. A. Clark and Mrs. Elmore Burris,
both of Charlotte.
To Award $125 In 4-H
Poultry Club Project
i
The Southern Planter farm magu
7ine of Rochoond, Va., will award
1125 to the North Caroina 4-H Club
member making the beat records in
poultry this year. L. R. HarriU, 4-H
club leade at State College, announ
ced.
Will Rogers’
Humorous Story
* wood that had his window all
cut out right while he was looking
through it. He ran out and yelled
for the police, and when the cop
came he says, “It was one of them
four or five going along the street
there!"
So the cup grabbed a tough-look
By WILL ROGERS
IE was a merchant in Holly
fair guy in the group that hap
pened to he walking along, and was
beating him good and plenty to
make him confess, when a sweet
girl camo running up.
“What you beating that poor man
for?” she says.
"Why. he cut this man's window,
and won’t confess."
"No, you poor prune, I cut the
window. I just thought you’d bo
blaming somebody for that.”
“But why did you do it. Miss?
“Oh. T always test rny‘>hgait#
mtxt rings that way!”
(Awtritma News JS»Sta«y%il6l
'Mrs. Laura Kiser Mauney
Passes Monday Morning
Brother Of Editor
Lynch Fatally
Injured In Auto
Accident
Two Other Young Men Injured
When Car Leaves Highway And
Turns Over.
GOLDSBORO. July 6.—John P.
Lynch, 24, of Goldsboro and Rich
mond was killed In an automobile
accident on highway 117 a few miles |
south of Wallace about 1 o’clock
Tuesday morning. I
Pete Martin and Edward Hemby
of Richmond, young friends of Mr.
Lynch,, were injured 4n the accident,
Mr., Martin seriously.
The two injured m#a were hurried '
to the James Walker Hospital Ic |
y» ilmington. Mr. Hereby’^ injuries *
were not considered serious and he
was expected to be discharged upon j
recovering from shock.
Coroner M. O. Pope of Burgaw
questioned young Hemhy and on hi*
statement ruled that the death of the
popular Goldsboro and Richmond
young man resulted from purely at !
cidental causes and that an insuest
was unnecessary.
Mr. Lynch was driving north In a
Hudson Terraplane. Burgaw reports
said, and apparently lost control of
the automobile on a straight stretcn i
of highway. The car turned over sev ■
eral times and was badly damaged.
A severe fracture of the skull
caused the death of Mr. Lynch with
in a few' minutes after the accident.
Dr. J. D. Robinison of Wallace, who
was called to the scene of the acci
dent was quoted as saying. Dr. Rob
ingson administered first aid td I
Messrs Martin and Hemhy.
Mr. Lynch’s body was removed to
a Burgaw undertaking establish
ment and brought during the morn
ing to Goldsboro.
Surviving are the mother; one
brother, Haywood E. Lynch, publish,
er of the Kings Mountain Herald
who was expected to reach Golds
boro Tuesday, Miss Tucker Lynch
and Mrs. David John Smith, both o(
Goldsboro.
The deceased was a mar. of splcn
did integrity and genuinely popular
in among a wide circle of friends.
He was for a number of years as
sistant manager of the Goldsboro
store of the Merit Shoe Company j
and on the basis of his record was j
given some months ago. promotion i
to the place of manager of the Rich- 1
mond store. He had visited relatives 1
and friends in Goldsboro over ths
Fourth of July and was returning
from a trip to a Wilmington beach
when the accident occurred. j
Mr. Lynch was a member of the
Goldsboro Presbyterian church an*
the Knights of Pythias.
Mr. Lynch had served as usher at
the church for two years prior to |
his removal to Richmond.
Funeral services will be held from
the home of his mother, 113 North
Georgia Avenue, at 4 o’clock Wed-1
nesday afternoon. Burial will be
made in the family cemetery at the
old Lynch home near Nahunta. j
The following have been named to
serve as active pallbearers: Robert
Simkins. Roy Cogdell. Francis Cog
dell. William Corbett. Whiz Smith,
Cyrus aCantpen. Osburn Lee, Theo
dore Montague. W. A. Simmons and ,
Louis Mariner.
Honorary palll.carers: deacons
and elders of the First Presbyterian
church and the following: M. P. '
Phillips of Salisbury; Edwin Pavis,
T. \V. Parker. D. D. Montague. B. B
Montague. E A Simkins, Lester Cor
bett, John Charlton and J. Frank
Mclnnis.
Edward Hemby. the young man
not badly hurt in the accident, had
visited his people in Wilmington dur
ing the holiday.
Local Girl Wins
Scholastic Honors
Greensboro, July 7.—The distinct
ion of making the highest academic
records in their respective classes in j
Greensboro college for the scolastlo
year 1936-37 goes to Miss Katherine j
Bradley of Forest City, jsntor; Miss |
Mildred Lucille Horne, Richoond, Va j
sophorore. and Miss Dorothy Plonk,
Kings Mountain, freshman, accord
cording to an announcement made
by Dr. Luther L. Gobbel, president. I
Mis. Laura Kiser Maiincv passe i
away at her home on West Moun
tain street early Monday morning.
Death came following a long period
ol ill health. Mrs. Mauncy had been
a patient in the Rutherfordton Hos
pital several times during the past
year but the skill of physicians and
faithful attendance of nurses failed
to cope with the disease that had
taken hold of her body.
Funeral services were held at the
home Tuesday morning with Rev. L.
Boyd Hamm and Rev. Legrande
Mayer, of Elloree, S. 0 , in charge.
Interment was made in Mountain
Rest cemetery.
The pallbearers were S. A. Maun
oy, A. H. Patterson. Edd Hord, Ruf
us La I’lonk. Lafayette and John
Lackey.
Mrs. Mauney is survived by one
son, George Mauney. She is also sur
vived by her aged mother, Mr. John
Kiser and a 3ister. Mrs. Lucy Kiser,
both of whom lived with her; three
brothers, J. L. Kiser of Hickory;
Rev. W. A. Kiser of Cicero, IU.; and
A. S. Kiser who lives near Kings
Mountain. Her husband, Mr. Floyd
Mauney, prominent merchant of
Kings Mountain, died several years
ag;o.
Mrs. Mauney was a member of St.
Matthew* Lutheran Church, and in
earlier life a member of St. Luke's
Church near the home of her youth.
She attended services regularly as
long as her helath permitted and
gave liberally of her means to its
support. She was aso greatly inter
ested in the civic improvement of
Kings Mountain and nearby com
munity. She was a member of the
Kings Mountain Womans Club and
worked untiringly on any tasks al
lotted her. Unselfish and true to her
friendg and loved ones, her illness
and passing has caused more con
cern, no doubt, than any other per
son ever living in this community.
She wag a dispenser of cheer and
good will and her presence bright
ened any church gathering, club or
family circle.
Mrs. Mauney was a lover of na
ture and especially of flowers and
surrounded herself not only with the
most beautiful cultivated flowers
but found unusual delight in her
wild flower garden, filled with
plants and shrub* from neighboring
woodland and fields.
Adult Education Classes
To Meet In Shelby
There will be a meeting of Adult
Education classes at the American
Legion Hut. in Sbelbv next Saturday
evening with program beginning at
7:30.
Those who have had the pleasure
of attending similar gatherings are
looking forward to the meeting Sat
urday evening.
Hev. A. G. Sargeant, pastor of the
First Baptist church. Kings Moun
tain. will make the address of th*
evening The program will feature
a short play Illustrating the high
lights of the work of the schools, an
exhibit of handwork of classes and a
lashion show-, staged by members of
the home-making classes. Dresses
suitable for house, street, afternoon
and evening wear will be modeled
with particular attention given to
lines suitable for slender and stout
figures.
People living in centers where
schools for adult pupils are maintain
ed and also those living in isolated
sections, without access to libraries
will welcome the announcement that
the Bookmobile will soon begin its
rounds in this section. Through the
efforts of leaders in adult education
work, these booksmobiles are being
equipped and supplied with books
from the state library and are ex
pected to fill a long felt need in the
various sections of the State.
by James Preston
(Opinions Expressed in This Column
Are Not Necessarily the Views of
This Newsoaoer.i
land picnic with Democratic mem
bers of Congress may leak. out. But
for the time being, the only way to
find out why the show was staged
and what it accomplished is to quote
people who are supposed to know.
First, the “why." It is common
gossip that for weeks, Congressional
leaders had been telling the Presi
dent that his prestige on Capitol Hil
was ’.-aning. One reported reason
was his advocacy of the Suprem®
Court enlargement plan; another
(Coi.t'A on hack p