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VOL. 32 NO. 30
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.
THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1937.
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
State And National News
Condensed in Brief For
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—State News—
Greensboro, July 28.—Officials said
today approximately 2,000 fireman
would attend the Golden Jubilee con
vention of the North Carolina Fire
men's Association here Aug. 9-12.
Ralelgn, July 28.—W. Z. Betts, as
sistant director of the division of
Purchase and Contract, announced
today that bids would be opened here
Thursday for materials to be used in
constructing $20,000 prison camps at
Whiteville, and Yanceyville.
Charlotte, July 27.—Henry R. Furr
69 year old fanner, was killed here
today when a Southern passenger
train hit his automobile.
The car was demolished and pans
of it, together with vegetables and
farm produce Furr had brought to
Charlotte, were scattered along the
tracks. -/• •
Winston-Salem, July 28.—Mayor W
T. Wilson today Issued a proclama
tion designating July 28 to Aug 4 as
■•‘Tobacco Market Booster Week”
urged citizens to participate.
Raleigh, July 28.—Talks by club
members, a play and and a puppet
show occupied the attention of 850
Four-H club members here this morn
ing at their annual short course.
Mrs. Clyde R. Hoey, wife of the
governor, had been scheduled- to
speak but could not be present duo
to the death of a nephew at Shelby.
She and the governor went to Shel
by late yesterday.
Raleigh, July 28.—A special meet
ing of the State Democratic execu
tive committee will be held In the
hal of the house of representatives
Friday night to elect a chairman to
replace J. Walla cte Wlnborne (- of
Marlon, who resigned to take aplaco
ou the Supreme Court.
R. Gregg Cherry of Gastonia,
speaker of the 1937 house, is unop
posed for Winborne’a position.
Raleigh, July 28.—Governor’s of
fice attaches said today a one-man
committee would be named to probe
charges of inefficiency at the Agri
cultural and Teohnlcal College for
negroes at Greensfeoro.
A group of alumni recently reques
ted that Dr. M. C. S- Noble reslgu
as chairman of the school’s board
of trustees, averring that courses
had been unnecessarily curtailed and
that Improper physical examination
of students resulted in cases of sy
phillle being reported on the camp,
us.
Raleigh, July 28.—The Utilities
Commission today set seven hear
ings on frelgh rates for the middle
of August.
On August 18, four hearings will
be held on applications of the Sou
thern freight Association, an organf
zatlon of Southern railroads, for re
visions In rates on cotton and cot
ton. products.
August 19 two hearings dealing
with general freight tariffs will be
held on request of the Southern
Freight Association and Southern
Freight Tariff bureau.
August 20 the petition of motor
carriers for revision of rates on cot
ton wanplng, cotton yarn and Jute
yarn will be argued.
—National News—
Washington, July 27.—A nation
( wide campaign to collect delinquent
social security taxes, revenue offici
als said today, has added 250,000 era
| ployees to the treasury's tax lists.
I_
i Washington, July 28.—The navy
department announced today that
| continued efforts to refloat he light
cruiser Omaha, aground off Castle
Island in the Bahamas, still were i
I unsuccessful. Officers said further i
efforts would be made to lighten the
ship to increase her buoyancy.
Belfast, Northern Ireland, July 28.
—Terrorists shattered the peace of
I Belfast and Ulster's Free state bor
1 der with bombs, arson and gunfire
today In hostile greeting to King
George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
Washington, July. 28.—Secretary
Roper today indicated the bureau ot'
air -commerce would grant the appll
cation of Jimmie Mattern for a per
mit to fly across the North Pole ta
Moscow.
Washington. July 28.—An unusual I
conference of Republican womea ]
leaders -here on August 11 will pro-!
vide the first opportunity for gener- j
1 ul discussion of the party’s 1938 ele j
Jetton, campaign.
Chairman John Hamilton sent tele
grams yesterday to all national com j
j mltteewomen, inviting them to dis j
! cuss the work of the women's dlvis- j
Ion.
He has Just returned from a Euro !
pean vacation to take active charge
of campaign arrangements.
New York. July 28.—Tommy Farr
the Welsh challenger, and Joe Louis
were In their camps at Long Branch
and Pompton Lakes, N. J., today i
i ready to get down to serious training
! for their heavyweight title bout in
I the Yankee Stadium. August 26.
; Louis and Farr formally signed
for the bout in the offices of the
! Now York State Athletlic Commis
ision yesterday.
| The new duMrr'—t will take
| things easy until Saturday when his
first boxing session is scheduled
Farr, however, intends taking on a
few sparrr.ates tomorrow.
Los Angeles. July 28.—Appeals of
John Montague's many screen
friends were being considered today
by Gov. Frank Merrlam pending an
extradition hearing next week.
I "I am giving consideration to the
i many communications from Mr.
j Montague's friends.” the governor
said, adding:
“It must be remembered, however
' that this is a semt-judleial proceed
i ing. at least, and no question of sen
t intent is involved."
| New York authorities are here t«
take the “Mystery Golfer" east to
face charges he participated in the
8750 holdup of a Jay, N. Y., road
house seven years ago.
Washington. July 28.—Democratic
leaders, fighting increased demands
for early adjourninment of Congress
were endeavoring today to hold It
in session long enough to enact the
. major parts of the administration
| program.
Laughing Around the World
With IRVIN S. COBB
No Intc £ In ’Em Anyhow
toy IRVIN S. COBB
A GENTLEMAN who resided in the herrt of the Corn Belt paid his
first visit to Chicago. With him came two friends. The three of
them occupied one large room on a Loop hotel.
On the second day of sight-seeing the Corn Belter’s feet gave oat
on him, as the saying is. After the sootheing contact of ploughed ground
and dirt road his soles ached terribly from so much pounding on cement
and -Salt.
•ig his companions to finish out the evening at a theatre, he
re to the hotel and went to bed. When the other two arrived
si* jcfore midnight, they found the door of their room locked.
They pounded on the panels until the sleeper awakened.
"Let us in, Zaeh!’’ said one of them impatiently.
"Let yourself in,” he answered. "The key is outside there in the
hall.”
“How does it come to be outside when you’re inside?” demanded
one of them.
"Oh, after I got undressed I throwed it over the transom so’s you
fellers could git In without no trouble. It must be layin’ on the floor.”
They found the key and admitted themselves. As they entered
one of them asked:
"Say, Zaeh, what would you have done, locked in here this way if
they’d been a fire?”
"Why I wouldn’t have went.”
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LIGHTING THE FUSE
l
The June Snow
And July Freeze:
This unusual event was in 1914.
Madison, Yancey and Mitchell coun
ties reported three inches of snow,
I beiieve on June 2nd, and snow feil
as far south at Atlanta, Ga. On
July 6th of the same year the hail
that fell In and west of Rock Hill,
S. C., formed into ice and stayed on
the ground for a week. Twenty
seven cows were covered at differ
ent places by the hall drifts which
was more than six feet deep. John
T. Roddey of Rock Hill lost nine
head. The hail was carried to the
•treams by the heavy rains that fol
lowed and fish were froze and were
gathered up along the streams the.
following day. Nevet Hughes who
works at Bridges and Hamrick, was
among those who gatherel up the
fish. Well, 1 understand most people
who read what was published in the
Herald in regard to this just laugh
ed out loud and said, ‘what a lie."
Well, these absent-mined peopla
don’t remember when it rained last
unless they got wet and like myself
didn’t have any dry clothes to put
on when they got home. They would
not know who the president was if
he wasn't feeding them. If you would
get out in front of your office and
holler “July Freeze’’, and when some
one cam© to see what the trouble
was, give them a square meal or give
the women folks a new dress and
the men a drink, they no doubht.
would remember this much longer
but It would not be long before you
A t uld have to barricade yourself or
climb a tree when you said, ‘July
Freeze.’ If anyone doubts this above
get a copy of the Rock Hill Herald
of July 7th, 1914.
Next week I will tell you about
Unde Billie, the outstanding hero
of the Civil War, a native of Cleve,
land county, who saved Richmond
more than once during the War but
played his trump card at the Seconl
Battle of Mannassas when he borrow
ed General Lee's sword and saved
the day. This chapter in history
would read like that of June 25th,
1876, when General George A. Cus
ter’s army was wiped out by Old
Sitting Bull's army on little Big
Horn in Kansas. It would have been
Genera Grant's last stand had Lee
not asked Uncle Billie for his sword
and requested that he stop the hu
man slaughter and spare the remain
dor of the Union army which wa3
fleeing for their lives.
W. G. Hughes.
773 Inches of Snakes
Killed
Tito champion snako killers of the
world must live in Kings Mountain.
Messrs John Floyd and Allen Hern
don killed 93 snakes in the yard of
P. D. Herndon at the corner of Gas
ton and King streets Sunday morn
ing. In killing the snake which
measured 37 inches, Messrs Floyd
and Herndon, cut It Into, and out
ran baby snakes all over the yard.
After the killing ceased, check-up
was made to seo actually how many
snakes had been killed, and after a
close count, wbch was supervised by
Mr. P. D. Herndon, father of Allen,
and brother-in-law of Floyd, It was
found that 93 had been killed, one
mother snake and 39 small ones.
The small snakes measured from
9 to 10 inches In length. If all the
snakes had been placed end to end
a total of 773 inches of snakes were
slaughtered. The snakes were of the
Garter variety and are said to be
poisonous.
Stolen Car Wrecked
After Chase
A 1934 Ford Coupe- was.m almost
completely demolished about tour
miles from Kings Mountain yester
day afternoon about 2:(H) o'clock on
the Shelby Highway. Chief of Police
Harvey Harrelson, received a phone
call from the Police Department of
Oa*touia to be on the lookout for
the stolen car. Chief Harrelson no
ticed the car as It turned at the cor
ner of Railroad avenue and King
Btreet. The driver of the stolen car
refused to stop at the request of
Chief Harrelson, who immediately
put out after the stolen car. Chief
Harrelson followed the stolen car
and was only a few feet behind when
it turned over two times in front of
tl Bethel Cluirch ew’the Shelby High
way.
Both occupants of the stolen car
who were white men escaped. Before
Chief Harrelson conM stop his car
and get to the scene of the wreck
both men ran off Into a nearby
woods. One pint of whiskey was
found tn the wrecked car. It was
thought one of the men hurt his arm
as be held it as he ran into the
wood3.
Home Coming At
Antioch Church
(By Vera Hardin)
Another year having rolled around
the people of Antioch and surround
ing communities are looking forward
to the annual homo-coming at Anti
och Baptist church, located one and
one-half miles east of Grover, N. C.,
the first Sunday in August. Every
one is invited, especially lovers of
music. There will be addresses at
10 and 11 o’clock, while the after
noon will be devoted to singing with
Elzle Stroup in charge.
The Rev. W. A. Hoffman began his
pastorate the third Sunday. There
will be preaching services every
first and third Sunday, morning and
evening.
Will Rogers’
Humorous Story
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By WILL ROGERS
'T’HEM floods we have every once
in a while is terrible things.
It’s gettin’ so that it’s more im
portant to stop floods than to stop
I
wars. Why, you could put on a
fine show of a war for what our
floods cost us every yearl
In one of our southern states a
little while ago a preacher was
lookin’ over the flooded land and
It made him terrible sad. He says
to a colored boy standin’ near him,
“This is awful. It makes me think
of the deluge.”
“Deluge? Deluge?” the colored
fellow says, “I’se sorry, boss, but
I don’t know what that word
means.”
"Do you mean to say you haven’t
heard of the deluge where Noah
gathered together all the animals
in pairs ana put them in the Ark
and rot away safely?”
“Well, no, I haven't, boss. Tea
see, we ain’t seen a paper down this
way fo’nigh onto fo* yeahs, and
dose things jest naehatly don’t gat
to ua.”
Mm >*■•» Matas** lank
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Principal For Central
School Is Named
! Local Tennis Team
Defeats Firestone
The Kinga Mountain. Termi3 team
composed of Skimp Stowe. Luther
Causier, Bus Oates, Grad. Cannier,
and L. M. Logan. Jr., played Fire
stone Tuesday night in Gastonia in
he team’s first out of town match.
The match was to have been a
three out of five point match. Three
single matches and two doubles.
Kings Mountain won the th.ee sing
les and one double match. And since
the team had already won more than
the necessary three out of five mat
ches and the time was getting lat»
the last doubles match was called
off.
Here is the dope on the different
matches. Skimp Stowe, the local No.
One man after getting off to a rath
er shaky start, finally won over the
Gastonia’ No. One’ man. Castle 1—8,
8—2, 8—8. Grady Cansler No. 2 man
licked nankin No. Two man’4—8,
8—3, 6—2. Luther Caasler No. Three
man had little trouble winning over
Castle No. three man for Firestone
6—3. 6—2. L. M. Logan, Jr., paired
with Grady Cansler, won orer .Rank
in and Brumner 6—1, 6—2. The lo
cal team plans to play the second
match with Firestone in the next
week or so.
In about two weeks the Kings
Mi/untain. Tennts Club plans to spon
sor a City-wide tennis ranking con
test. The club will give every player
in the City that’s interested in ten
nis a ranking number. That is the
best player will be No. one; second
best No. two, and so on down the
line.
Now, here Is the. object. If a player
| is ranked, say as played No. 12, he
may challenge not higher than two
players above him for a match two
| out of three seta. In other words he
I can challenge No. 11 man Or No. 10
man. ,’lf*h% challenges No. ’ 10 man
and defeats him he then become*
the No. 10 man. and the No. 10 man
drops to No. 12. So that way every
one has a chance to advance to high
er position In the rankings.
The matches may be played any
time suitable to' the tw o players play
mg. A player may not challenge and
play more than two players above
him in any one week. He can play
as many challengers below him that
are eligible in the week to challenge
him.
The positions as will be given will
net be cirrect naturally as lots of
the players have never played each
other. But will be a starting list
just to get the matches started. So,
if a player is listed lower than he
tliinks he should just tifhten up the
old belt and thrash the living-day.
lights out of the fellow that is rated
higher than you and climb up into
your rightful position in the sun or
cellar as the case may be.
First Union Service At
First Baptist
Tbe first union service for the
summer will be held at the First Bap
tl»t Church Sunday night at 8:0.')
o'clock. Rev. P. D. Patrick will
preach. These services have been a
blessing during past years and wo
are expecting the members of the
churches to fully co-operate in these
services.
School To Begin Sept. 1st.
Boys and girts of Kings Mountain
have only one more month to romp
and play before they will hear the
school bells ringing calling them
back to school. Supt. B. N. Barnes
announced yesterday that the schools
of Kings Mountain will open for the
Fall term on Wednesday, Sept. 1st.,
at 8:30 A. M.
A general teachers meeting will
be held the day before schools open
which will be Tuesday, August 31st
at 10 A. M.
Delinquent Counties Hold
Up Blind Checks
Raleigh. July 28.—Dr. Roma S.
Cheek, executive secretary of the
~tate Blind Commission, said today
the aid to the blind checks scheduled
to be mailed this month may not be
dent out unless seven counties send
in their contributions for the pro
gram by Saturday.
Under the law, Dr. Cheek said,
each county must participate and
only 93 have sent In their contribu
tions.
“If checks from the other counties
are not forthcoming by Saturday, the
>ntire State program will be held
ip.”’ Doctor Cheek said. "The
checks for July must be sent out
■ by Saturday, as the July payment?
I :annot be made to August.’’
Full Time Librarian Added.
Mr. D M. Bridges of Rutherford
ton, N. C., has been elected as Prin
■ •■■t oi Kings Mountain t entral
School according to B N. Barnes,
| .sii|) iinti-iiociii. Mr. Bridges comes
! to Kings Mountain highly recoin
t,i hv me State Department of
Public Instruction. Mr. Bridges for
n pa-Kt two years has served as
Principal of Rutherfordton and Spin
dale Consolidated High School. Be
loit- that time, Mr. Bridges was a
member of the faculty of the large
Klemeutary School at Ruth.
M r. Bridges finished high school
at Bolling Springs Junior College,
alter which he attended college at
Mars Hill. Mr. Bridges received bt»
A. B. Degree from Wake Forest In
11931. For the past two summers Mr.
Bridges has been working on his
Mister'tri-Degree at Duke University.
Mr. and Mrs. Bridges will arrive
in- King's Mountain on August 2»tl»
from Duke University where Mr.
Bridges has been attending Summer
School.
Kings Mountain Is extremely for
tunate In securing a man of such
unuSal qualifications to fill the posi
tion vacated by Mr. F. M. Biggeretaff
I who resigned to go to Burlington,
N. C.
Miss Beulah B. Stroud of Kinston,
N. C., has been added to the faculty
1 of th» Kings Mountain High School
as full time Librarian. ML°s Stroud
: has had teu years experience in Li
brary work and la a graduate in Li
brary Science.
Return From Furniture
Market
1 D. F. Hord and Mrs. Sell ilowtiffol
ton of tie D. F. Herd Furniture Co.
are back home again after spending
several days at tbe Furnlturo Expo
sition now iu progress at High Point
According to Mr. Hord the High
Poiut Furniture Exposition is the
only show of its kind in the entlrw
I South and is second only to Furnt
i ture Market of Chicago. The attend
aucu thi* year is breaking all rec
ords.
Mr. Hord stated further that right
now- is a good time to buy furniture
as the prices are bound to go up
v, in-it new Fall merchandise i3 re
ceived. Furniture dealers from thron
ghout the South attended the High
Point Show, and Mr. Hord remarked
1 most of those whom he came in con
tact with were very optimistic about
business. most everyone was looking
1 for a prosperous Fall.
I The D. F. Hord Furniture Com
! puny carries a very complete stock
| of quality Furniture, as Mr. Hord
I has already pointed cut, now is a
■ yood time to buy.
I -
Ware And Falls Sponsor
Free Movie
"Wheela Across Africa’’, an Inter
esting motion picture will be presem
ed free at the Ware and Falls Motor
Company tonight at 8:00 P. M. The
public is cordially invited to see thi3
picture which is not only entertain
ing but also educational. Mr. Hunter
Ware had the pleasure of seeing the
picture in Charlotte and secured it
to be shown here.
Opinions Expressed in This Column
Are Not Necessarily the Views of
This Newspaper.)
Everybody has tucked away In his
ttic or cellar the equivalent of a
wedding present from Aunt I>avlnia,
I which is kept hidden until it’s neces
sr.ry to drag it out on parade. Well,
Vice Presidents used to be like that.
But “Cactus Jack" Garner of Texas
:s changing things.
Up to the time Garner ran for the
■Mce Presidency, the Speakership of
the National House of Representa
tives, which he then held, used to be
second in importance only to the
Presidency. The Vice President was
usually a quiet soul who did nothin?
much but preside over the Senate
nd get bored at the hours upon
hours of debate.
Gamer didn't like that kind of
ouslnese. Right off the bat, he got
himself invited to Cabinet meetings,
not as a Cabinet officer but as spokes
man of the legislative branch of the
■toyeminent. Unlike other Vice Pres
idents, he had no Inferiority com
pie*. lie used to say that the man
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