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VOL. 32 NO. 28
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C. THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1937
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—State News—
High Point, July 14—Ray Matule
wicz, two times national intercolegi
ate boxing champion, will wind up
training for his fifth professional
fight in a public workout at City
Lifike Park tonight.
The ex-Duke star, victorious n
tour fights, meets Russell Baker, 175
Baltimore, in a ten round main e
vent Friday night. Granger Red Lew
Is, Richmond, fights Lonnie Black
welder, Salisbury, in the semifinal.
Belfont, July 14.—The North Bel
mont branch of the Belmont post
offlce will be formaly opened Friday
July 1®, according to announcement
by Postmaster W. M. Jefferson. This
is a service that has long been need
el here.
Gastonia, July 14.—Oral com
plaints against City Policeman Glenn
Roper were filed with .tbpGastonla
city, council last night by Van P.
Koutro, proprietor of Alp’s > Cafe.
West ■ Airline avenue . eating estab
lishment, and Clinton Walker, em
ployee at fifty cafe.
Walker, who appeared before the
council first, said that in recent
weeks Policeman Roper has been
generally obnoxious in the cafe. He
charged that Roper attacked the
night cook, kicked him two or three
times, cursed him, and jerked him
off his feet in the cafe. Besides this.
Walker charged Rper took money
out of the cash register in the cafe
and caused other trouble. He said
that Roper entered the cafe on at
least one occasion when it was two
blocks off *ls beat and after his
quitting time.
Chapel Hill., July 14.—Lee T.
Crowley of Washington?- Br C., chair
man of the Federal Deposit lnsur&n
ce Corporation, told the North Caro
lina bankers conference Monday
night he believed the present pro
gram would accomplish Its purpose
“through many business cycles to
come.”
Raleigh, July 14.—A 3,040 pouad
■vault door fell on William T. Ran
some, 22, and klled him at a cotton
oil plant yesterday.
"We’d pulled the door open about
six Inches when I saw both the door
and the frame were going to fall,''
said E. Lorlon Covalt. who was work
ing with Ransome, a locksmith.
Raleigh, July 13.—That law the
legislature passed last winter charg
ing a dollar extra costs in al crimi
nal cases has already brought in
$2,439. Half of it will go to an offi
cers pension fund and tre other
half will go into a fund to finance
the state bureau of identification
and Investigation.
Raleigh, July 13.—Injuries she re
ceived late Saturday proved fatal
last night to Miss Laura Williams, 19
of Clayton, Johnny Ham, 18, also of
Ciayton, and James Blizzard. Jr., of
Danville, Va., were killed by an au.
tomobile as they walked with Miss
Williams along a highway near Clay
ton.
Raleigh. July 14.—North Caro
lina’s farmers have gotten $52,668,
016.32 in federal money since May
12, 1933. Figures keut by E. Y. Floyd
of N. C. State College showed today.
Raleigh. July 14.—A portrait of
John White, commissioner of the
State of North Carolina in Great
Britain during the Confederate War
has been given the State historical
commission by John White Arring
ton of Greenville, S. C., grandson
and namesake of the commissioner.
| —National News—
Sail Jacinto, Calif., July 14.—Three
' daring Soviet airmen landed in a
pasture three miles west of here ear
I ly today with a new long distance re
I cord established in an epochal flight
| across the North Pole from Moscow.
Peiping, July 14.—-The Japanese
| itiga command ui lieutsin rushed
! reiniorcemeuts, fully supported
: with artillery and armored cars to
i me Peiping battle urea after the do
Ueat of Japanese troops by the 29th
Chinese route army before tbe south
em aud eastern gates of the city yes
terday.
They were headed for the Japan,
ese army field base at Pengtal, west
of the city, in tue zone where clash
es between night-maneuvering Ja
panese and the 29th army last Wea
' uesduy precipitated the grave crisis
between Japan and China.
. Washington, July 14.—Senator Joe
T. Robinson, ,. Democratic leader
since 1922 and President Roosevelts
rfhief senate adviser, died suddenly
I today' in his capltol apartment home.
| Robinson's body was discovered at
8:15 a. m- (BST) by the family’s ne
gro maid, Mary Jasper.
Coroner A. MaGruder MacDonald •
.said his death was due to heart dis
ease.
I Doctor George W. Calver, Capi
tol physician, said Robinson appar
ently bad left his bed about mid
i night and had gone to the bathroom
where he fell face downward.
New York, July 14.—Threats of
raids and counter-raids in the na
| tion's union labor camps today tou
ched off the heralded "open warfare'
between John L. Lewis’ CIO and the
I American Federation of Labor for
control of 40,000 members of the
International Longshoremen's Asso
ciation.
As a prelude to the struggle iead
i ers on both sides held cnferences be
hind locked doors.
| Principals gave every indication of
| fighting to the finish with Joseph P.
Ryan, veteran I. L. A. president, d^
claring:
We’re not taking ultimatums from
anybody.
The ultimatum was served on Ry
an yesterday by Harry Bridges,
sharp-nosed little leader of Pacific
coast longshoremen.
Bridges informed Ryan that the
CIO was determined to invade the
nations waterfronts and enroll both
longshoremen and warehouse work
ers.
St. IiOuIs, July 14.—A Bessemer
City, N. C., gir] achieved national rec
ognition today when It was announ
ced by the Danforth Fellowship
Foundation that Hilda Thornburg
had been awarded the 1937 Home
Economics Danforth Fellowship for
two weeks study In St Louis, and i
two weeks leadership training at the]
American Youth Foundation Lead
ership Training Camp at Shelby,
Michigan. The summer scholarships
are given jointly by the Ralston Pu
rina Mills, and William H. DanfortQ,
founder of this national feed and
cereal organization.
Tupelo, Miss., July 14.—Ida M.
Sledge, attractive 28 year old Mem
phis socialite, reiterated today her
determination to organize Tupelo
Carmen Workers in the face of a
move for ‘company unionization in
stituted by a citizens' committee
bent on forestalling CIO organiza
tion.
Laughing Around the World
With IRVIN S. COBB
To Be Concluded Later
By IRVIN S. COBB
' I ’WO NORTHERNERS traveling in the mountains of Kentucky had
gone for hours without seeing a sign of life. At last they came to a
cabin in a clearing. The hogs lay in their mud holes, a thin clay-bank
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mule graced round and round in a circle to save the trouble of walking,
and one lank man whose clothes were the color of the mule, leaned
against a tree and let time roll onward.
“How do you do?" said one of the Northerners.
“Howdy."
“Pleasant country." V
“The Native shifted his quid and grunted.
“Lived here all your life?"
The native spat pensively.
IWew W
NOW YOU TELL ONE
Some weather data has been hand
ed the Herald by a farmer of Cleve
land county, who was born and rear
ed in the county, and has kept no
record except in his mind and you
may believe it or not but is a fact.
That the winter of 1889-90 was the
warmest winter on record. That he
saw boys in swimming during Christ
mas. Heard the quail calling bob
white and that two men froze to
death in Cleveland county. Robert
Lee of Polkville and Sumter Wells
who died near the state-line be
tween Kings Mountain and Bethany,
S. C. of the same winter and that
the wheat was hilled by a freeze In
April after it was in head.
That the winter of 1931-32 was the
second warmest, and that he gath
ered vegetables from his garden in
December. Had plenty of cotton
blooms at Christmas and the cotton
was not killed during the winter.
Now comes one you can believe it
or not, but if you believe it you had
better have the ice man bring along
a little coal when he comes and take
your overcoat to the beach when you
go and see that your car is well
housed before you leave, and never
mind taking your fishing rod and
tackle along; just* wait until the fish
freeze and then gather them up afl
many as you want., ,
Well, this man says that he can
remember when all this happened
and more too. He says that he can
remember when North Carolina had
a three-inch snow in June and that
in July of the same year ice lay on
the ground for a week and that
cattle froze to death. One man that
he knew lost nine head and that
fish froze and was gathered up along
the streams In large quantities and
that he helped eat them and tney
were good. Now, you tell one and
then 1 will give the year and date
of the snow and the names of the
men who lost the cows, also the
names of some of those who gather
ed up the fish.
THE ELDER
GOT HIS MONEY
This happened in Kings Mountain.
The Best Town in the State, in One
of the colored churches.
It is customary for the Presl8lng
Elder to visit his flock every three
months. He usually preaches a lit
tle. and takes up a collection.
Last Sunday, after the collection
had been taken up the regular pastor
of the church took charge of the
money. The elder thought he should
receive $15 for his services, but the
pastor handed the visiting brother
only $5.
The presiding elder said: "Boy, I
want the rest of my money." The
pastor, replied: ‘Tve got charge of
this money."
At this point the conversation end
ed. The elder hauled off and knock
ed the pastor completely out with
one blow. The pastor's wife thinking
her husband would be killed, rushed
in. and paid the elder the other ten.
Thus ended the Sunday services.
^THANKS LEGIONAIRES
AND JUNIORS
The citidcns and baseball fans of
Kings Mountain are deeply In debt
to the members of the Otis D. Green
Post of the American Legion and the
boys who played on the Junior Le
gion team for the fine brand of base
ball offered during the recent con
test.
A lively game of baseball and more
especially yhen it is played by boys
for the love of the game, and not
by paid players, is good for every
one.
To all who had a hand in giving
us the pleasure of seeing a Kings
Mountain team on the diamond we
say: ‘'Thank You.”
Boat Trip To New York
Rev. and Mrs. E. C. Cooper and
Miss Margaret Coopre. accompanied
by Mrs. Manly Williams of Wilming
ton, sister of Rev. Mr. Cooper, are
enjoying a delightful boat trip from
Jacksonville, Florida to New York
City and return.
The party drove to Jacksonville,
Florida, where they boarded the
steamer “Cherokee.*’ They expect to
return home early next week.
LEAVE ON TRIP
Mr. and Mrs. Luther R. McSwain
and family left Tuesday morning Tor
an extended trip through Tennessee,
Mississippi, Arkansas and other
points Bouth. Mr. McSwain will de
liver an address at a meeting of the
Water Valley, Miss., Garden Club.
The MoSwatns will also visit the
historical battleground at Chilo,
Miss.
J. E. Crawford
Of Bethany Dies
J. I'\ Crawford, prosperous 64-year
o!d farmer of the Bethany section
died at hi? home about 10 o’clock
Sunday night following a lingering
illness. Death was attributed to a
kidney ailment and complications.
Mr. Crawford was a native and
lifelong resident of the Bethany see
tion, and on° c.f the most progres
sive and successful farmers in the
vicinity. He lived at the old Craw
ford homeplaee handed to him from
liis father.
Funeral services were held at 4
o'clock Monday afternoon at Beth
any A. R. P. church, of which Mr.
Crawford had been a faithful mem
ber since young manhood. The pas
tor, Rev. W. P. Grier, was in charge,
and interment was in the church
cemetery.
Mr. Crawford is survived by two
sons. J. N. and A. L. Crawford of
the Bethany section; three brothers:
T. .1. Crawford of Andraws, W. J.
of Kings Mountain, and J. C. of Beth
anv; two slaters: Mrs. Ed Kennedy
and Mrs. Charles Hannon, both of
Resgemer City; and six grandchild
ren.
Mrs. E. D. Hartsoe Dies
Mrs. E. D. Hart3oe was born Feb
ruary 13, 1875, and passed ivay
.Tune 29, 1937, at her home near the
Old Mill.
She moved with her parents to
Kings Mountain when a small child
and joined the First Baptist church
where she was a faithful member as
long as her health permitted her ta
sro. She had been living in the same
house at the Old Mill for almost 47
years.
She wa3 a devoted Christian and
was loved by every one who knew
her, for she was always hind to the
sick.
Her going has cast a shadow over
the entire community. She lived to
do good for those less fortunate and
was active in Christian work.
Her floral offerings were beauti
ful and she was a woman that loved
flowers.
She Is survived by her husband
and five children: Mrs. M-„ .C. Falls.
Mrs. Grady Tate, Miss Lorene Hart
soe and Billie and Raymond Hartsoe
and tw-o sisters, Mrs. Callle Rey
nolds and Mrs. W. F. Styers, and
ten grandchildren. all of Klng3
Mountain.
Two children preceded her to the j
grave in infancy. She was the daugh
ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Long.
She will be greatly missed In the
community where she enjoyed doing
good for others. She had been in de
clining health for the past ninteen
years, but her death came as a sud
den shock to both family and
friends.
Rites were conducted by Pr. C. J.
Black of Bessemer City, assisted by
Rev. A. G. Sargeant of Kings Moun
tain.
GIRL SAVES FRIEND
Miss Gladys Smith. 14, rescued her
frieud. Miss Madge Mltchem. 12.
from the Old Mill reservoir. The
reservoir was not quite full the wa
ter was over Madge's head.
Will Rogers’
Humorous Story
----♦
By WILL ROGERS
T WONDER how the girls are
coming out that studied how to
cook in school. There has always
been jokes about brides and the
way they can’t cook, although I
never 'could understand why being
a bride would make anybody cook
wrong.
Anyhow, there was one bride
that never took cooking at school.
She served lamb chops and her hus
band acted awful funny about eat
ing them.
‘Well, they just taste funny,"
he Baid. “I’d like to eat then, but
you know that taste is just a little
queer. You must have done some
thing to them lamb chops, because
no lamb ever tasted like that on its
own hook.”
“Why, John,” she says, “1
cooked them lamb chops awful
careful. I burned them a little b<t
here and there, but I remembered
what the radio woman said about
what to do for burns, and I put a
little soda and witch hasel where
over I’d burned ’em. They ought
to bo good."
Ilwritu Mm Haom Inc?
MRS. WHITESIDES
DIES
Mrs. M. W. Whitesides, age 83,
died Tuesday at her home near Ixme
Creek Presbyterian Church, follow-1
ing an illness of four weeks. Mrs. |
Whitesides sustained a broken hip
in a fall and her condition has been
verv serious from the beginning.
Funeral services were held at
Long Creek Church Wednesday aft
ernoon at 4.clock, with Rev. Coy?.
Hunter of Bessemer City in charge.
Interment was made in the church
cemetery. I
Mrs. Whitesides had long been a
member of thp Long Creek church i
and was well known in Gaston com-!
ty.
She is survived by five children,
H. W. Whitesides, of Bessemer City,
Harley Whitesides, of Raleigh, W. '
Clove Whitesides of Pontiach. Mich. 1
Mrs. C. C Kiser of Bessemer City
and Mrs. Raymond Je nkins of G.n- ■
tonla.
House Asked To
Top Farm Veto
Washington, July 13.—The agri
culture committee voted today to
ask the House to override President
Roosevelt’a veto of legislation which
would continue low Interest rates
on farm loans for two years.
The House was expected to vote
shortly after noon.
Chairman Jones (D-Texl said the
committee rejected a proposal to
ask the House to refer the Presi
dent's message to the committee so
that It might attempt to work out a
compromise wiih the White House.
Under terms of the vetoed legis
lation, the Interest rate on Federal
Lend Bank loans would remain at
3 1-2 per cent during the 1938 fiscal
year and advance to 4 per cent in
1939. The short-term Land Bank Com
missioner loan rate would be reduc
ed from 5 to4 per cent during the
two years.
In his veto message. president
Roosevelt said he did not believe
continuation of the low rates, put
Into effect in 1933 during the depres
sion. was Justified.
Syndicate Buys
Charlotte Bonds
Raleigh, July 13.—Hweive synd!-:
cates composed of more than 61 .
financial firm.c bid today for $1,400,-;
000 of City of Charlotte water im-1
provement and street funding bonds '•
which a syndocate headed by Cliass |
National Bank of New York bought
on a basis of 3.069 per cent.
"The bid was very good." com
mented W. E. Easterling, secretary
of the local government commission,
by which the bonds were sold.
Harris Trust and Savings Bank
of Chicago. Wachovia Bank and
Trust company of Winston-Salem
and Burr and Company, Inc., of New
York, formed the syndicate getting
the securities. The next low bid was
bv Chemical National Bank of New
York and associates on a basis of
3.13 per cent.
The Chase National and associates
bid for the $1,300,000 water bonds
$680,000 of maturities to bear 3 1-2
per cent and the remalder three
per cent and a premium of $10 for
the street issue with interest at 3 1-4
per cent.
A $12,000 Wake county note was
sold the First Citizens Bank and
Trust Company at par with interest
at 2 per cent.
Boost Roadside Gardens
St. Louis. July 13 —An c”nual a
ward to operators of filling stations, j
sandwich stands and other roadside ,
enterprises, who landscape and beau |
♦ ifv their grounds, has been estab
lished by the Garden Club of Amer- j
ica. Bach filling sttation and stand 1
will be judged individually.
Makes Bad Mistake
New York. July 13.—“Want to buy
a blanket cheap " John Stillato, 51.
homeless, asktd Thomas Mason in
downturn Manhattan.
“Cctne along.’ replied Mason. a
detective of the safe and loft squad.
‘The last time I saw it before was in
my car around the corner.”
In Essex Market court, Stillato
said: ‘‘I must have made a mistake.”
Party On Trip to Beach
Mrs. J. B. Keeter, Mrs. Grady Pat
terson, Mrs. W. K. Crook. Misses
Phyllis and Iris Patterson of King3
Mountain and Mrs. C. Floyd Shuman
of Charlotte are on a trip tc Myrtle
Beat*.
■At Southern Workshop
Misses Elizabeth Plonk. Maud*'
Plonk and Virginia Plonk, and Edgar
Cooper left last week for Asheville
where they enrolled for the summer
course at Southern Workshop.
Churches Plan
Joint Services
Continuing the custom of the pre
vious summers that Ministers of the
five down-town Churches have made
plans for union Evening Services
during the month of August. Each
ol the Churches will have one of the
five services and a visiting minister
will occupy the pulpit. The following
schedule has been arranged:
August 1st at the F'irst Baptist
Church, Rev. 1*. D. Patrick, preach
ing.
August 8th, at the Presbyterian.
Rev. L. Boyd Hamm, preaching.
August 15th, at Methodist, Rev. A.
G. Sargeant, preaching.
August 22nd. at A. R. P. Church,
Rev. E. W. Fox, preaching.
August 29th. at Lutheran, Rev W.
M. Boyce, preaching.
These Evening Services begin at
8:00. The entire town is cordially
invited to attend. This is the first*
time that we have had all of the
Churches co-operatin in this effort.
To Move Into New
Town Hall Next Week
Town Councilman. C. K. Neislcr,
Jr. officially accepted the new Town
Hall for Kings Mountain from the
contractors Wednesday. Plans arc
now being made for the moving
from the temporary location on Cber
okee Street. City Clerk Charles Din
ing stated he thought the moving
could be completed some time next
yeek.
The P. W. A. engineer approved
the building, stating that everything
had been completed by the contrac
tors according to contract.
The building contains rooms for
the City Clerk. Street Superintend
ent. Police and Fire Departments,
Court Room. Public Library', and the
jail.
The building cost approximately
$50/*00 w-ith all the furnishings.
License Plates Now $1.00
All automobile owners will now
have to purchase a City License
plate at the price of $1.00. The cost
for the past several years, has been
only 50c but the Town Council in a
meeting held Monday night voted to
raise the cost. Heretofore car own
ers just voluntarily bought them, but
from now on the Police Department
tad been instructed to set that every
ear owner in Kings Mountain has
one. Members of the Police Depart
ment has been busy Tuesday and
Wednesday selling tho plates. City
Clerk Charles Dilliug said that over
100 had already been sold by Wed
nesday. It is estimated that there Is
between 700 and 800 cars in Kings
Mountain.
Attends Biennial
Convention
Miss Sara Finger had the honor
of being one of the seventeen dele
gates who represented the Luther
Leagues of North Carolina at the bi
ennial convention the the Luther
Leagues, of America, which met in
Spiingfletd, Ohio, last week.
On Vacation Trip
Mrs. Grady King. Mrs. J. C. Nick
els. Jimmy and Nancy Nickels, al!
of Kings Mountain, and Ben Wille
ford. Jr., of Charlotte, left Wednes
day for a two weeks stay at Swans
boro in Eastern Carolina.
James Preston
lOpinions Expressed in This Columr
Are Not Necessarily the Views of
This Newspaoer.'
A lot of the nation's lawmakers
who thought they were casting
bread upon the waters by voting fo:
broad legislation in behalf of labor
unions now find that instead the>
hurled a boomerang which threatens
to smack them right between thi
eyes.
The reason wras that, at the insis
tence of the labor lobbyists, the leg
islators decided to Impose no restrh
tlons whatsoever upon the union?
Now, after a year and a half, the r«
turns are coming in not only fron
the back home precincts but fron
the Capitol itself.
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There is one angle causing partic
uiarly furrowed brows. Although pul
He opinion, to say the very least, i
not friendly toward the CIO, th
CTO leaders are feeling pretty cocky
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