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VOL. 32 NO. 33.
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C,
THURSDAY, AUG. 19, 1937
FIVF CENTS PER COPY1
State And National News
Condensed In Brief Form
—State News—
Concord, Aug. 16.—Acting swiftly
after a holdup ou Highway Xu. 72
last night, Cabarrus authorities to
day held two of tiie three alleged rob
bars in jail here and continued a
widespread hunt for the third who
escaped after the car in which the
suspects were traveling was run
down at Albemarle.
These in jail are Carrie Mae Ald
ridge, 20, and Jake Ovsbon, 22, of
this city. They are charged with hav
ing held up and robbed — finding
only 55 cents on their victims — a
party of four persons who were on
their way to aDvidson about ten o'
clock last night.
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Greensboro, Aug. 16.—Gov. Hoey
told tne North Carolina Sheriff’s as
sociation in an address for delivery
here tonight he hoped that by the
end of the year a fund for officers
injured on duty would accumulate
sufficiently for its establishment ou
a permanent basis.
‘‘I think thi3 was wise legislation"
the chief executive said. “The officer
incarnates the law and risks his lire
constantly for the protection of the
public and the safeguarding of our
persons and property.
Newton. Aug. 16.—Physicians at
the Newnan, Ga., hospital today re
ported Wade H. Sigmon, traveling
salesman of Newton, N. C.. in a sen
ous condition of injuries received in
a head-on collision near that city last
Thursday. He was placed under an
oxygen tent Sunday when fear of
pneumonia developed. Mrs. Sigmon,
several brothers and the parents, Mr
and Mrs. Henry Sigmon, were called
to Newton Saturday.
Newton, Aug. 16.—J. O. Rowell, ex
tension entomologist from North
Carolina State college, Raleigh, was
in Catawba county last week inves
tigating reports of a widespread in
festation of a new cotton pest, the
red spider, which threatens serious
damage to crops in Catawba county.
Wilmington, Aug. 16.—Miss Alice
Johnson. 20, beautiful student nurse
at Walker Memorial hospital here,
committed suicide yesterday after
noon by drowning herself in Cape
Fear river.
Miss Johnson was reported to have
left the nurses’ iome about 2:30 p.
m., posted a letter to her mother
in Erwin, and then to have called a'
taxi and ridden to a desolate spot at
the mouth of the river. Although
Miss Johnson told the driver she
was to meet friends there, he be
came suspicious because of the de
serted spot she had asked to be put
off at and notified police when he
returned to town. Police were sent
to the spot and found her body float
ing a mile down the river. She wa»
fully clothed.
Bladenboro, Aug. 16.—Four per
sons are in a Lumberton hospital as
a result of a wreck which occurred
around noon today when a taxicab,
pulling out of a filling station, was
struck by a car driving we3t from
Wilmington.
Winston-Salem. Aug. 16.—Arnpl?
money to provide orderly marketing
of the State's bumper crops is avail
able through North Carolina banks,
was the opinion expressed here to
day by Robert M. Hanes, president
of the Wachovia Bank and Trust Co.
i —National Nows—
Portland, Me.. Aug. lti.—Maine vo
'■ is rejected in a State-wide refenen
dttin a proposed one per cent retail
sales tax to finance old age assist
ance and education equalization.
Washington. Aug. 16.—A fist fight
almost broke out among senators to
day when clitics of Senator lingo I-. '
Black's nomination to the Supreme
Court began a vigorous, but conceu
edly hopeless, battle to prevent Sen
ate confirmation.
Nanking, China, Aug. 17.—Gener
alissinto Chiang Kai-shek told the
ambassadors of five nations today
that China would do her utmost to
insure safety of the lives and prop
erties of foreigners in Shanghai.
Manila, Aug 16.—American Red
Cross officials here said today they j
were prepared to care for any Unit
ed States citizens evacuated from
Shanghai aud other Chinese ports
who needed assistance.
Hollywood. Aug. 16.—Ketti Gallian,
french film actress, discovered $20,
000 worth of furs and jewelry miss-1
ng from her Canyon home when she!
returned from an overnight trip, she
told polity today. Burglars apparent
!y entered the house with a passkey,
she said.
Prairie Du C'hien, \Vis„ Aug. 16.— I
Sheriff Oliver White of Crowford
county said tonight he had obtained
a signed and witnessed written con
fession in which Harold Best, 15
year old Solddievs Grove boy, for
the third time admitted the shooting
and killing June 4 of his sister, Mil
dred. 11, at the farm home of their
uncle, Orla Shaw.
Reading, Pa., Aug. 16.—Mrs. Elsie
Gottwals returned to her Gabelsvilie
home from work tonight to find her
two children, John, 8, and Mary, 6.
beaten to death with a hammer umd
the body of her husband, William.
69, hanged in a home-made noose.
' Police Chief Pauul Klenspehn of
Boyei town said Gottwals apparently
had killed the children in their bcu
today and then committed suicide,
i .
I Washington, Aug. 16.—The House
today passed a bill giving the Inter
state Commerce commission autliori
ty to require railroads tfo instal and
maintain methods and systems to
promote safety for railroad employ
es and travelers generally.
Atlanta, Aug. 16.—A new all-paved
route from Georgia Into the moun
tain resort area of North Carolina
will become available with surfacing
of the Walhalla, S. C., to Highlands,
N. C., highway through the tip of
Rabun county. The State Highway
department announced today that
the Federal Bureau of Roads had ap
proved the project, and that it prob
ably would be placed under contract
September 10.
Washington, Aug. 16.—The Na
tional Youth administration said to
day the number of students receiv
ing student aid next year would bo
reduced about one third.
East year the maximum number
of needy high school, college and
graduate students receiving such aid
was 420,000 Approximately $33,000,
000 — an average of $15 to $20 a
month for each student—was given
out.
t Laughing Around the World
j With IRVIN s. COBB
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Where Republicans are Scarce
By IRVIN S. COBB
’T'HAT famous wit, the late Private John Allen of Mississippi, while
a member of Congress used to tell a story illustrative of political
conditions in his home state.
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Poll'll (,
Booths
According to Allen, there was a man in his county who hankered
to hold public office. “Every time we had a Democratic primary, said
Allen, “this fellow turned up seeking the nomination for one job or
another. But always he was turned down—he never made the grade.
“Finally he just naturally abandoned the Democratic party. He said
the Democrats didn’t appreciate true worth; that they didn’t know
real merit when they saw it. So he turned Republican.
“At the next election he entered himself as a candidate for sheriff
on the Republican ticket. Well, sir, that fellow certainly made a spirited
campaign. If ever a man worked to bring out the full strength of the
white Republican vote he was the man. lie canvassed the county from
end tv end. He spoke at every crossroads blacksmith shop and every
county school-house. He left no stone unturned.
“Well, election day came. He got exactly two votes—and was
-arr-ested that night for repeating 1”
(American Nowa Features, Inc.)
To Examine Domestic
Servants
Dr. H. C. Thompson, county healm
physician, lias received a numb, r o.
domestic servant health certificates
for distribution to tlie various phy
sicians in Shelby and hroughout the
county.
Tile certificates, issued by the
state board of health, are to be filled
in by doctors after an examination
of a domestic servant and then given
o the servant to show his employer.
Urges Co-operatior.
"I urge and request every house
wife in this county to make her ser
■1: ake tiie examination lor vs
- I.• 1 diseases, tuberculosis, or other
. uiiim uncuble diseases in transmissa
blc form.
'•It's surprising to note the large
number of servants examined who
nave such diseases servants who
are working in the home, preparing
meals, and taking care of thp child
ren.
"It would be the best insurance a
housewife could take to have her ser
vauts examined every year as re
quired by the law passed by the 1937
general assembly."
The certificates, in the form of
-mall cards, contain space for exam
ination results for three years. The
servant's name, color, sex. age. type
of work, marital status, address,
date of last examination, and result
of tests are given.
Legislature Ace
The 1937 General Assembly pass
ed a law requiring all domestic ser
vants in the state to be examined
at least once a year to determine
whether or not they are infected
with any communcable disease in a
transmissable form.
The executive committee of the
State Board of Health has defined
the duty of the local health officer
should examine, under this act, only
sucu servants as are referred to the
health department by private physi
cians or certified to the health de
partment by the welfare department
as indigent.”
Treasury Deficit
Shows Increase
Washington, Aug. 18.— (IFS).—De
spite u rise in governmental income
uiinng July, the Treasury Depart
ment wound up the fiist month ot
the new fiscal year with a deficit o:
$249,384,405.92, or more than twice
the deficit at the close of business on
Ju.y Jl, 193d. Kcceipis loi July were
$409,160,636. or about $116,000,Out1
more than the same month last year,
'i inis tiet nation beg in the new ITs■
del year about a quarter of a billion
i(o.iuis away from the actual as well
4s the "layman's balance.”
As expenditures increased faster
than receipts the public debt also
lh'.se. The Treasury listed the nation
dl debt ou August 2 at $36,715,695,
T02.64. or an increase of approxi
mately four billion dollars in a yeai
Examination of the factors causing
the deficit showed that in nearly ev
ery item of ‘‘departmental expendi
tures," the amounts In July exceed
ed the same month in the previous
year. Increased receipts came from
both income and miscellaneous In
ternal revenue taxes. Hut the chief
factor was receipts front ttie sociai
security tax of 1 per cent on employ
ees' salaries and a like amount mat
ched by employers.
Harlow’s Latest
Picture At Dixie
Jean Harlow's latest picture, "Sar
atoga" which was made just before
her untimely death will be shown at
the Dixie Theatre Thursday and Frl
cay of this week. Clark Gable plays
opposite Miss Harlow with a sup
porting cast of Lionel Barrymore,
Frank Morgan, Walter Pridgecn and
Una Merkle. Manager Cash says
that this is the last chance to see
Miss Harlow on the screen and ev
iwyone will want to attend either
today or tomorrow.
J. A. Burns, Is Named
New Chief Of Police
Schedule For
Bookmobile
Now that the Bookmobile has
been in operation tor more than a
month, the people are realizing more
and more its value as a source of
profitable entertainment and more
important, as a source of knowledge.
Since the first day of its operation
the Bookmobile has put into circula
tion almost 500 books. The attend
ance at each stop is indicative of the
increasing interest shown in this
project.
Those in charge are hoping to in
clude every community in the county
in the ltinearary. Each book is loan
ed for a period of two weeks, during
which time the Bookmobile makes a
complete circuit. This makes it im
portant that each person return his
book on the day scheduled.
The schedule includes the follow
ing places near Kings Mountain:
August 25th
Salem Church, No. 74 highway,
9:00 Beth-Ware Service Station 9:30
Patterson Groce school 10:30; Beth
lehem Bchool 11:30; Dixon school
12:30; Grover 1:30; Archrale Servi
ce Station 2:00; Macedonia church
2:45; Mauney Mill store 3:15; Cora
Mill Store 4:00.
Visit Family Of The
Late Mr. Barnes
Mrs. W. A. Ridenhour and Mrs.
Harold Hunnicutt, who recently re- ]
turned from a trip to historic Wil
liamsburg. Virginia, Manteo and oth
or places of interest in Eastern Car
olina stopped en-route for a visit to
the family of the late Ed Barnes, at
Pinetops. Mr. Barnes was reared in
the home of his uncle and aunt, the
late Captain and Mrs. It. S. Sugg, in
Kings Mountain, and was for many
years a prominent local druggist m*
til he moved with his family to l’iae
tops. News of his death, which oc
curred in recent weeks in the Duke
Hospital, Durham, was received
with genuine regret by his many
old friends and asquaintences in
Kings Mountain.
Revival At Wesleyan
Methodist Church
The revival meeting begins at the
local Wesleyan Methodist church
September 1, with Rev. C. L. Wire
man of Ashburn, Ga., as Evangelist,
and Rev. Raymond Lewis of Van
Wirt, Ohio, in charge of music.
The public is extended a cordial
invitation to attend these services.
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At a special meeting of the Town
Council held last week, J. A. Burns,
who has been a member of the Po
lice Department for the two and one
half years, was elected Chief of Po
lice. O cer Burns since coming to
Kings Mountain from Mounty Holly
has made a very aecredible record
and is an efficient officer. The many
friends of Chief Burns will be glad
to learn of his promotion.
Harvey Harrilson, who has been
serving as Chie since the resigna
tion of former Chief It. B. Bryant,
who was elected Sheriff of Cherokee
County, S. C., is now on night duty.
At the same meeting. Jim Smith,
who has been a member of the Gas
tonia Police Department for th« past
three years, was elected to the local
Police Department to replace Cline
AusteU who was not re-elected as a
member of the department.
Officer Smith comes to Kings
Mountain highly recommended as a
fearless officer, and one who had a
clear record with the Gastonia De
partment. Officer Smith is married
but has no children.
The reorganized force as it now
stands is: Day Shift: Chief Burns
and Officer Smith; Night Shift: Offi
cers Harrilson and Jones.
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Will Rogers’
Humorous Story
.. .
By WILL ROGERS
rPHIS here tale always tickled my
fancy. It ain’t the humor of it
so much as the fact that it’s darned
correct.
/'PUjmS^
A feilow who had been out in
New Mexico and got broke and had
to stay longer than he thought, only
had about one lone dollar and he
went into a Restaurant and the
waiter came up to him and said,
“Sage Hen.” It was the main diet
that day and he thought of course
it would be taken by the customer.
“What’s sage hen?" asked the
proprietor of the lone buck.
“It’s like Prairie Chicken. They
kill it out among the sage brush.”
“Has it got wings?” asked the
old boy that didn’t crave New
Mexico.
“Yes,” replied the Waiter.
"Well, then, I don’t want it. Any
thing that has got wings, and stays
in New Mexico, I dont’ want to eat
such a crazv thing.”
List Of Teachers Given
For The Coming Session
Much interest fs
Shown In Local
Tennis Tourney
For two wetks tlie battle for an-'
preinacy in the tennis tournament. 1
sponsored by tli« Kings Mount-La ;
Tennis Association, lias b> >•;*. raging.
iAt the start there were 21 entries
numbered as follows:
1, Skimp Stowe. 2. Grady i '.nisier.
:5. Luther t'ansler. 4, L. M. Logan, Jr
, Ilus Oates, 6. Jack Fortune. T. Bill
Fortune. 8, Fred Plonk. 9. Bill B an
ton. 10, Jim Everhart, 11. "Judge"
Hayes. 12. J. \V. Smith. 13. Drew
Jackson. 14, James E. Littlejohn. 15,'
Thornton Harrill. 16. Fred Finger, j
17. (’has. Troy Carpenter, Jr 13 Jiles |
Cornwell. 19, Clyde Murphy. 20,
“Ace" Fortune. 21, "George" Whit-1
tington.
Since then there have b en many
changes. However, no player can be j
eliminated entirely. He cun only I
come down in his rating by losing to j
a challenger. If he drops below num
ber 21 position he can work himself.
back up again by challenging and
defeating some one who has a num
ber. N’o one can challenge more than
two number above his own. and can
not challenge more than two men
each week.
Since the start Fred Finger. Grady
Cansler and Jiles Cornwell have
dropped out of tlm tournament and
Percy Hilling and Fred Thompson
have entered.
Due to a lack of information on
the latest matches the ratings at this
date are unknown, hut will ba print
ed when the tournament ends.
Matches for the first week are as
follows:
Thursday. August 5
“Judge" Hates vs Jim Everheart—
6- 2 6-4.
“Ace” Fortune vs "George Whit
tington—6-3 7-5.
Friday, August 6.
Thornton Harrill vs Drew Jackson
-6-4 6-3.
“Judge Hayes vs Fred Plonk—6-2
7- 6.
“Flash” Ware vs “George” Whit
tington—6-2 6-4.
Saturday, August 7
Hill Fortune vs Jack Fortune—6-4
7-5.
Sunday, August 8
“Judge” Hayes vs Jack Fortune—
3-6 6-3 6-3.
Monday, August 9
Charles Carpenter vs Drew Jack
son—6-0 6-0.
Clyde Murphy forfeited to 'Ace
Fortune.
Tuesday. August 10
I,, m. Logan vs Luther Cansler—
Logan.
Wednesday, August 11
Bus Oates vs “Judge Hayes —6 0
6-4.
Bus Oate3 vs Bill Fortune 6 1 6-0.
Hullender House Sells
For $100
The Charlie Hullender house on
Gaston street which was sold Satur
day at public auction by the Kings
Mountain School Board was bought J
by Mr. Haywood E. Lynch for $100. j
The house is to be torn down to j
make room for the new gymnasium j
which is to be constructed right j
away.
Bids are to be opened Saturday for j
the construction of the Gymnasium j
and the additions to the three school
buildings. The cost of all the build
ng will amount to about $40,000.
Part of tliis amount is to be a Fed
eral grant, while the balance is to he
raised through the sale of bonds,
which were voted by the citizens of
Kings Mountain in the election held
last April.
I. Edsrar Hoover At
Imperial
J. Edgar Hoover, Chief of the De
partment of Justice, will bo seen in
the picture. “You Can’t Get A(wkiy
With it”, at the Imperial Theatre,
today and tomorrow. The picture is
taken from actual facts and not fic
tion which shows the “G" Men in
action behind the lines. The picture
teaches the lesson that crime does
not pay.
Union Service at A. R.
*rcsbyterian Church
The union service will be at the
Associate Reformed Presbvteriau
’"’hurch Sunday night at 8:00 o’clock.
Rev. E. W. Fox, pastor of Central
Methodist church, will deliver the
message.
Supt. B. X Barnes announces the
following teachers as having been
elected to serve in the Kings Moun
tain Schools for the year 1017-38,
Kings Mountain is to be congratula
t-d upen having secured s«eh an ex
erVent teaching for its schools, due
to the unrriug efforts of Supt.
Barnes. Sew ral new teachers liave
been added to replace those who
were lost at the close of last year's
term. Tile list follows:
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Miss Baulei'a Adair. Spartanburg.
S. CL. fifth grade; Miss Daisy Beve
laee, Mooresboro, N. CL, first grade;
Miss Marie Bineberger, Binoolnton.
N. CL. fourth grade; Miss Katherine
Peele, Gibson, N. C., first grade; the
following teachers live in Kings
Mountain: Miss Sara Allison, second
grade; Miss Gussie Huffstetler, sev
enth grade; Miss Willie McGill,
third grade; Mrs. Mary X. Williams,
second grade; Miss Helen Bogan,
sixth grade; Mrs. Claude Rhyne, six
th grade; Miss Fannie Carpenter,
third grade; Miss Marjorie Hord.
tirst grade; Mrs. W. .T. McGill, four
th grade; Mrs. B. N. Barnes, fifth
grade; Miss Mitchell Williams, sev
enth grade; Miss Carlyle Ware, sec
ond grade; Mrs. .1. H. Thomson, six
tli grade; Miss Lucy Kiser, fourth
grade; Miss Ozelle Kiser, third grade
Miss Fay Mattney, fifth grade; Miss
Elizabeth McGill. Second grade; Mrs
Hugh Ormand, third grade: Miss
Jettie Plonk, third grade; Miss Haz
el Settlemyre, first grade; Miss Bes
sie Simonton. first grade; Mrs. Edna
Coon of Bessemer City, N. C.. seven
th grade.
HIGH SCHOOL
/
Mr. D. M. Bridges. Hutherfordton,
N. C., Principal; Miss Beulah Stroud
Kinston, N. C.. Librarian; Mrs. W. T.
Weir, Kings Mountain. English; Mrs
W. J. Fulkerson, Kings Mountain,
Home Economics; Miss Janet Scog
gins, Greenville, S. C., French; Miss
Mary M. Mitchell, Bennettsville, S.
C.. English; Miss Bertie Pasour, Dal
las, N. C, Mathematics; Miss Helen
Crosland, Bennettsville, S. C., Com
mercial; Mr. Paul E. Hendricks,
Mocksville. N. C„ Science; Mr. Paul
E. Moss, Kings Mountain, History.
SPECIALS
Miss Mary R. Edwards, Due West.
S. C., Public School Music; Miss
Mary Frances Hord. Kings Mountain
Expression; Miss Virginia Parsons,
Kings Mountain, Piano.
COLORED — Elementary School
Mattie Gidney, Shelby, N. C., first
grade; the following live in Kings
Mountain: Savilla A. Archie, fifth
grade; Jessie Gidney Costner, sixth
grade; Dwight A. Costner, seventh
grade; Missouri L. Jacksou, third
grade; Mattie Belle Ledbetter, four
th grade; Eliza T. Tribble, second
grade.
COLORED HIGH SCHOOL
Robert J. Davidson. Kings Moun
tain, Science; Clyde E. Fowlkes,
Ijeakesvillo. N. C.. Scienee^eo.;
James E. Lynch, Rutherford county,
English and French.
MEN’S SUPPER AT
BETHLEHEM
The second out door Men's Club
Supper will be held this evening at
Bethlehem Baptist church at 6:30.
(flhibhUtqtGn
Hi^napshvU
by James Preston
(Opinions Expressed in This Column
Are Not Necessarily the Views of
This Newspaoer.)
Gathering dust in a Congressional
pigeon-hole this week was the once
.mbitious proposal of President
Roosevelt to revamp the 150-year-old
system of government by abilition of
the present civil service structure;
by centralization of the power now
invested in a half-dozen regulatory
commissions and agencies and by
creation of a National "planning”
board or commission that would help
I the chief executive shape his legisla
tive projects.
Those were the presidential hopes
as contained in the Reorganization
Plan which Mr. Roosevelt sent his
Congressional champions early in
the prolonged session. That the pro
posal is currently dead is blamed,
act only on considerable opposition
•i phases of the plan, but largely to
he pressure put upon Congress for
11approval of the even more ambi
iocs Court Bill, and to the surge of
desire on the part of Congress to
stop being ‘‘rubber stamps” stamp
ing away its own constitutional
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