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Watch label on your Paper and don’t let your aubasriptien Expire! *♦❖+++++++++++++++++•$«* Kings Mountain Herald The date on the label ia th* date your paper will Expire VOL. 32 NO. 32 KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C. THURSDAY, AUG. 12, 1937 FIVE CENTS PER COPV State And National News Condensed In Brief Form —State News— Concord, Aug. 10.—Homer Mc Manus, -4, is sought by Cabarrus county officers for questioning in connection with the death of Jen nings Mullis, 20, whose body was found yesterday morning in the sleep ing room he occupied over the store ami filling station he operated at Cabarrus station. He had apparently been shot three times through the head us he slept Saturday morning. Fayetteville, Aug. 10.—Thomas I,. Roberts. Fayetteville insurance man was free of blame in the death of 14 year old Agn es Gertrude Thorn ton of Godwin, killed Saturday night when struck by an automobile near Erwin. A coroner's jury exonerated Rob erts yesterday. Rockingham, Aug. 10.J—Weak -from loss of blood and complaining of crams, Roosevelt Rollins, 27 year old Scotland county negro wounded by Rural Policeman S. H. Dunlap, of Laurinburg, Sunday when he resist ed arrest, collapsed at the home of B. C. Ussery five miles east of here yesterday afternoon, and was deliv ered by Ussery to Sheriff W. E. McNair here. Rollins declared he had walked the 30 miles from the place where he was wounded to the Ussery placa in the 36 hours which had ensued. A bullet had penetrated bis right side and come out above his hip. passing through his liver, according to phy sicians. The captive was removed to Lauriuburg hospital. Greensboro, Aug. 10.—More than 1,000 persons were here today for •the golden jubilee convention of the North Carolina State Firemen's as sociation. Delegates poured In yesterday and much of the day was spent in regis tration. A baseball game, a floor show, and a dance were among the •entertainment features. Raleigh, Aug. 10.—The death ot Mrs. Kinsey Boylan Thompson of Raleigh, found shot to death at het home last night, was listed by Coro ner L. M. Waring today as suicide. Raleigh, Aug. 10.—A train hit Hen ry W. Jessup, 21, as he was walking along a railroad track near here yesterday and he died an hour later in a hospital. Gastonia, Aug. 10.—Gaston county school children will use approximate ly 65,000 books during the coming year, County Education Superinten dent Hunter Huss said today, with the majority of the books furnished free by the state for the first time. Marion, Aug. 9.—Jacob Smith, 58, proprietor of the James Hotel here, died suddenly in his o ce today. He was a Spanish war veteran and a former chief of police here. His wid ow, a son, and two daughters survive. —National News— Daytona Beach, Fla., Aug. 10.—A 14-passenger Sastern Air Lilies plane crashed into a newly constructed po wer line near the airport today, flut tred helplessly into a thicket and wrecked, killing four persons. Puero Alegere. Brazil, Aug. 10.— Three persons were injured today when firing broke out at a political rally supporting the presidential can didacy of the fascist “Greensnirt' leader Plino Salgado. Toe disturbance started over oppo sition to remarks by one of the rally orators. Peiping, Aug. 10.—Chinese sources reported today a Japanese army de tachment had been wiped out in a battle with Chinese defenders of the great wall pass at Nankow, 30 miles northeast of here. Marietta, Ga., Aug. 10.—Two arm ed men delivered Leo McIntosh, 35 year old recent inmate' of Alcatraz prison, from the Cobb county jail here early today and kidnaped the jailor. T. T. Huddleston, the turnkey, was dumped unharmed from an auto on the Atlanta-Marietta road about three miles from here. Huddleston said another car with McIntosh in it went an opposite di rection after leaving the jail. New York, Aug. 10.—The one-man strike of Dave Hubinsky, 21 year old news dealer, ended in jail today be cause he socked the wrong customer Patrolman John Bou, in plain clo thes, bought a paper at the news stand. He said Rubinsky then ap proached and punched him on the jaw, demanding “what do you mean by buying a paper here? Can’t you see I’m on strike?” Rubinsky was held on a disordrely conduct charge. Rock Hill. S. C., Aug.'10.—Police hunted today for robbers who blast ed open the Raylass department store safe over the week eml frtWI e» caped with several hundred dollars. La wrenceburg, Tenn., Aug. 10.— James McGee, nine year old school boy, was killed almost instantly yes terday afternoon when struck on the temple by a batted ball during a school yard game. The accident oc curred when he ran out onto the diamond where some older boys were playing during recess. Washington, Aug. 10.—Chairmen of senate and house agriculture com mlttees predicted today that bumper crops now being harvested or in pros pect will bring no abnormal slump in prices. The views of the chairmen. Sena tor Smith, democrat, South Carolina, and Representative Jones, democrat. Texas, were echoed by other com mitteemen who said recent price de clines were "normal adjustments." Laughing Around the World With IRVIN S. COBB How the Orders Got Mixed By IRVIN S. COBB IN A little fishing town where I often go in the summer, there used to be a curb old character. He was a boat-builder by trade made dories and skiffs and smacks, as no other man in those parts could. Also he occasionally was called upon to fashion a coffin. "Another resident of the village fell grievously ill. The doctor admitted that the sick man couM last only a few hours longer. So a party of the patient’s friends went to wait upon the old boat-builder at his shop and ask him to make a coffin of suitable size and have it ready when the bereavement actually occurred. The old fellow balked. It seemed, he didn’t like his neighbor who was dying. Even under the circumstances, he declined to forget the grudge. Besides, as he stated he was a boat-builder by trade, not a casket-maker and finally, he was busy on a very special job. And the long and short of it was that he wouldn’t stop now to make a coffin for anybody. , , The delegation withdrew to consult further. They had exhausted their stock of rguments. But one of the group had an inspiration. He went away and presently returned with a jug of rum and, going to the shop, presented the rum to the old chap with his compliments, and once more renewed his request that he fill the order designed for the future use of the man with whom he had the fued. . The boat-builder listened to reason and accepted the peace-offering. From behind the closed doors of his establishment the listeners could hear a great hammering and planing and sawing. Toward evening these sounds ceased. They went up to the door and knocked. There was no answer. So they forced an entrance. The old fellow was lying asleep on a pile of shavings in a corner. Alongside him, was the jug and it was empty. But oil a trestle in the middle of the room stood the completed coffin, lid and all. There was just one unusual feature. It had a rudder on it.” (American New. Feature*. Inc.) TO RECEIVE SCHOOL BIDS Bids for the construction of a Gymnasium and additions to the four school buildings of Kings Mountain will be opened August 20tb. Actual work on the buildings will begin just as soon as possible after the opening of the bids. It is understood the new' gymnasium and the im provement to the other buildings will amount to about $40,000. Battered Body Of Man Found Near Aberdeen Southern Pines, Aug. 11.—The ba' tercd and partly decomposed body of J. E. Carraway, 50 year old tour .it camp proprietor, was found in a clump of woods near here early to day, and officers sent out an alarm .or two young men with whom he w'as reported to have driven away front his camp last Friday morning. Coroner I). Carl Fry of Moore coun ty, after an investigation, said Carra way had been robbed and slain. anJ that an inquest was not necessary. An examination of the body show ed that the victim had been stabbed through the heart with a five incn dagger after being beaten on the head with a sandbag. There was also what appeared to be a bullet wound in the head but the condition of the body w'as such as o make it impos sible, Fry said, to determine imme diately whether he had been shot also. A dagger was found nearby. Mrs. Carraway told Deputy Sher iff Charles Dunlop her husband had around $1,000 when he left their camp (The Connecticutt tourist camp) 13 miles south of Southern Pines Friday morning with two roughly dressed men who had been staying there since last Wednesday. Other sources, however, said it was probable that he carried from $20® to $300. Only $1.50 was found on the body. No alarm had been felt over Car raway’s absence from the camp un til yesterday when his automobile was found abandoned near the edg» of Southern Pines. J. G. Riley, of Aberdeen, set out to look for a vfteel rim missing from the car, and came upon the body 75 feet from tha Plnehurst^Southern Pines double highway, a mile from here and a Ike distance from where the auto mobile was found, about 7:30 A. M. Bolt Kills Four Girls Creedmor. Aug. 11.—The bodies of four sisters who were killed by lightning yesterday were prepared today for funeral services. The four. Misses Maurice Hester, 24, Vivian Mae Hester, 19, Mary Swain Hester, 16. and Edith Hester. 13, died instantly, apparently of shock, in mid-afternoon yfsterdav when a bolt of lightning struck near where they were working. The father, Edgar Hester, prosper: ous tobacco farmer, said he, a son. Joe, the girls, and two other relativ es were stringing tobacco around a large bench at the farm when a rail began to fall. Suddenly he said, a bolt of light ning struck somewhere in the vicin ity, and the four girls toppled over in a heap. They were dead when the men none of whom were injured, reached them. Hester said the bodies showed nc effect of the shock. ATTEND HAMRICK FUNERAL The following from out of town at ended the funeral of Mrs. D. D. Iamrick which was held Monday -if ernoon. Mrs. Hamrick was the moth ar of Mrs. C. G. White of King Mountain. Those attending from out f town were: Mr. and Mrs. \V. 1. Aiiisnant of Concord; Mrs. Marie 'ink of Philadelphia; Mrs. Earle tills of Landis; Mr. and Mrs. W. T. luucas of Gaffney. S. C.; Mrs J. L Vlatheny of Miamia. Fla., Mrs. Lee lonas and Mrs. John Thrfi of York, t. C.. and Mrs. J. C. Smith, Mrs Da is Boyd and Mr. Harlan Smith of lock Hill, S. C. BAPTIST YV. M. U TO MEET HERE The annual associational meeting if the Baptist Woman's Missionary Union will be held here in the First Baptist church August 26. Rev. Arthur Gillespie, a native of he county and now a missionary in China, will be the principal speaker. There are 43 churches in this coun ty in the W. M. U., and all are asked to send representatives. GOFORTH REUNION A cordial invitation is issued to the relatives and friends of the late Preston Goforth to meet in reunion at Bethany school on August 21. Band Association Officers Elected Tuesday Night L3dd Hamrick Elected Chairm-an. Officers for the newly organized Band Association were elected Tuesday night in the Band Room at the Central School building. The following officers were elected: Chairman. Ladd Hamrick: first lice Chairman, Byron Keefer: sec ond Vice Chairman, B. S. Peeler; Treasurer, B. S. Neill; Secretary, Sirs. Troy Carpenter, and Finance ’ Chairman. \V. K. Mauney. The fol lowing were elected to serve with Mr W. K. Mauney on the Finance Committee: Mesdames J. R Davis,: Fred Finger. E. W. Griffin, L. P. Ba Her and Messrs Glee Bridges, H. S. Blackmer and Charles Thomasson, Another meeting is to take place next Tuesday night in the Band Room at 8:00 o'clock. Each member present was urged to bring five new members with them at the next1 'meeting. The Association is m ade up of citizens who are interested in the Kings Mountain Band whether they have children playing in the band or not. Other important committees are to be elected at the next meeting and the Band will also be present and play for the occasion, and it is 1 hoped a large number will attend, j The Kings Mountain Band is one | of the best assets of the Town and ! it is hoped by those who are organ- j izing the Band Association everyone | will lend their support by coming j out to the next meeting, Tuesday' night, August 17th. KEETER RECEIVES INVITATION Mr. J. B. Keeter, of Keeter's De partment Store has received an in vitation from the Arrangements Com | mittee of the National Shoe Retail ers Association to serve as a mem ber of either the Men's Women's or Children’s Style Committee a*, their semi-annual Style .Conference which it to be held on September 9th and 10th at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. Being invited to serve on th:r, im portant committee is a distinct hon or. as shoe styles for 'next spring patterns will be selected by this committee. Mr. Keeter will not be able to at tend the Conference as he is now on a buying trip to Baltimore and New York, and it will be impossible to make the return trip. DIES FOLLOWING OPERATION Mr. Clifford Hamilton, of Clayton, brother-in-law of Mr. Byron Keeter, died early Wednesday morning fol lowing a tonsil operation. Mr. Keeter wuo was in Baltimore and other relatives left immediately for Clayton after hearing of Mr. Hamilton's death. Union Service At First Presbyterian A large and appreciated audience attended the service last Sunday at the Methodist church and heard the splendid message bought by Rev. A. G. Sargeant. Rev. L. Boyd Hamm will bring the message this Sunda' night. •»• Will Rogers’ Humorous Story *-,, Ry WILL ROGERS HTHE worst story I hoard today is about a colloo-e boy. In spite of all the squawkin' people do 7 VoT Pi \5HPime about the younger generation the kids seem to have a goo.d time in their own way after all. At one of the eastern colleges re cently, the students built a big bon | fire to celebrate something or other, and were whooping it up all over the place. While the flames licked up the boxes, sofas, fences etc., and everybody was making merry, one of the boys just stood leaning against a tree and looking on. “What’s the matter, Jake?” says one of his pals, “Is your bed on ’ there?” “No,” Jake says sadly, “I was just thinkin’ what a swell break it would be if I had a store over there.” (American New* Feature*, Inc.). CHICK IS MOUSE CATCHER Mr. W. F. Rhodes of Parker Street has a two-legged mouse catcher and it is not a cat with only two legs. It is a chicken, a pound and a half Rhode Island Red pullet. Mr. Rhodes saw the chick pounce upon the mouse, catch it and then eat it. Mr. Rrode-i said he knew chickens were fond of mice but this is the first time he ever heard of a chicken catching a mouse. Mrs. Rhodes says she is going to do away with her mouse traps and cats and keep the chickefi in the house instead. Kills Self On Wedding Eve Salisbury. Aug. 11.—Death early today claimed Homer L Lyerly, 40 who shot himself through the head yesterday on the eve of a sunrise wedding service, and plans have been completed for his funerai Thursday at 10:30 A. M at St. Pe ter's Lutheran church in eastern Ho wan. of which he was a lifelong member and where he had held re sponsible positions in th-> church or ganization. He was found shortly af'er noon at his father's home in the countv where he lived, with a bullet hole through his head, and a pistol lying near by. At a local hospital where he was taken he told his fiancee. Miss Lena Brown, of Granite Quarry, h shot himself “to help you." Des pite a thorough investigation. no causes have been assigned for tlr3 act. The wedding was scheduled for today at 6 A. M. at Christian Luther an church, near Granite Quarry. BELK’S ADD NEW DEPARTMENT Belk's Department Store has add ed a Photographic Studio to their store which will be located over the Ladies' Shoppe on the second floor. Mr. Timothy Hord. who has had several years experience in the Photographing business will be in charge of the new department. Mr. O. W. Myers, manager, extends a cordial invitation to everyone to vis it this new addition. A Correction Through an error an advertise ment appeared in the last issue of the Herald stating that the Kings Mountain Building & Loan Associa tion was paying -1 per cent on paid up stock. This was a mistake, the Kings Mountain Building & Loan As sociatiou is paying 5 per cent inter est on paid up stock. The Herald regrets this error very much. Carnival Here All Next Wreek The ‘Broadway Shows of America" will show here all next week at the Baseball Park. The Carnival, one of the largest on the road this season consists of 8 rides and 9 shows. Two sensational free acts and a george ous fireworks display will be shown each night, as well as a free concert each night. Parking space will be provided without charge. Four hun dred show folks go to make up the personal of the large outfit. UNDERGOES OPERATION Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Richards, the latter formerly Mist Ruth Settlemyre. will be interested to knew that Mr. Richards who unit erwent an operation for appendicitis in the Greenville Hospital last Sat urday, ij. improving satisfactorily j Mr. Richards suffered a severe at 1 tack on Friday. Mrs. Richards spent the week end his bedside, returning to her duties in the Phenix Mill office Monday morning Accompany Student To Crossnore Rev. and Mrs. E. C. Cooper accom panied Miss Eva Baldwin to Cross nore last Saturday, where she en rolled in the Crossnore School for the coming year. Rev. and Mrs. Cooper spetf Salui ■lay night at Lanv''le Falls returning through Morganton Sunday, where lev. Mr. Cooper preached Sundaj ■venitig at the opening of the new Lutheran Church. Rev. Doris Rudisill of CherryvilU is pastor of the new church and Re'' Cooper was instrumental in the or ganization of the congregation dur ng his mission work. Regular Meeting Of Town Board Held Monday The Town Council met Monday night with all members present. The meeting lasted about three hours, with several important matters be ing discussed. Police Oilicer Cline Austell who has bet>n a member of the Police De partment for the past two and one half years was not re-elected. Three members of the council voted not to re-elect O cer Austell while the other two members did not vote on the matter. Mr. Austell has already left for his former home in Blacks burg, S. C. Mavor J. E. Herndon stated about a dozen applications had been re ceived to fill the vacancy on the Police force, and that he was in fav or of giving the job to a home town man, but the Council would decide who would be appointed at the next meeting. In the meantime the three other members of the department are holding down the Job. Other business discussed at the meeting included partitioning the basement of the new town Halt Building for the Red Cross. Count? Welfare and the Kings Mountain Public Library. The Council voted to allow the Broadway Shows of America to play in Kings Mountain next week, tax free, under the sponsorship of Ttie Kings Mountain Fire Department. A short called meeting of ths Council was held last week for the acceptance of tlie streets that had been completed and hardsurfaced. Hopes F. D. R. Will Stay For Isle Pageant Washington, Aug. 11.—Reprosenta tive Lindsay C. Warren of Washing ton. N. C., expressed hope after a conference with President Roosevelt today the chief executive will at tend tlie Virginia Dare pageant when he goes to Roanoke Island. N. C., Au gust IS for the Virginia Dare cele bration. “I ant very hopeful the President will be able to remain for the pa geant that night,” Warren said. Warren said he understood the President’s present plans are to go to Elizabeth City, N. C., by special train, going front that place by coast guard cutter to Roanoke island and upon his return to Elizabeth City board the train for the retrn trip to Washington. Previously the White House had said the President, on the return trip, probably would board his yacht the Potomac, at Norfolk. Va., for the return trip to the capitol. The representative indicated a change in plans would enable tho President to remain longer at Roan oke island, allowing him time to at •end the pageant. Senator Robert R. Reynolds of North Carolina said in a statement he believed the President’s visit t® Roanoke island “will do much to stimulate the economic growth" of he coastal area of North Carolina. STEWART ERWIN AT IMPERIAL Stewart Erwin, who is termed the second Will Rogers, is featured in the picture, “Small Town Boy," with .Joyce Compton at the Imperial Theatre today and tomorrow (Thurs day uni Friday.) This picture is said to be one of the best ever made by Erwin, as it is full of comedy and drama. James Preston Opinions Expressed in This Column Are Not Necessarily the Views of This Ncwspaoer.) Wlit'ii llu> port Longfellow wrote those lines insisting that tilings are lot what they seem, he might have tad Washington and Congress in mind. Or maybe in his day, legisla te bodies weren’t as susceptible to pressure by lobbyists and organized mindreaders as they are today. On the surface, for example, the new Wage-Hour Bill is pictured as a piece of legislation designed to help factory workers. Instead, those who really know what is going on realize that it will put a much sharp ->r edge on the axe wielded by John L. Lewis In fact, it might almost be llled the “LewisBiU" instead of tha ttlack'Connery Bill.” **** That, actually, was the story bo* ind the squabble on the senate lour and in Congress. The senate was in the midst of fiery debate over (Coufd on back page)
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