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VOL. 32 NO. 35
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 2, 1937
FIVE CENTS PER COPr
State And National News
Condensed In Brief Form
—State News—
Gastonia, Aug. 31.—Solicitor John
G. Carpenter announced today lie
would attempt to bring Fred Erwin
Beal back to North Carolina to serve
a sentence of from 17 to 20 years in
connection with the slaying of Po
lice Chief O. F. Aderholdt in a com
munist-inspired mill strike here in
1929.
Spruce Pine. Aug. 31.—The Feld
spar Milling company of Yancey
county, employing 75 men, announc
ed a ten per cent salary increase to
day, effective tomorrow.
Jonesville, Aug. 31.—Ray Johnsos,
31, of Jonesville. was held on a char
ge of murder today in the death of
Avery Hemric, 32, who died at an
Elkin hospital of a fractured skull.
Deputy Sheriff R. M. Haynes said
Johnson told him that Hemric came
to the Jolisson filling station here in
a drunken condition and created
trouble. In a fight that ensued, Hay
nes said Hemric was struck with a
wrench and his skull was fractured.
Besson, Aug. 31.—A man listed by
Sheriff R. 0. Barbour as C. R. Rob
erts, 30, a farmer, was held here this
morning pending an inquest into the
death iast night of Mrs. Betty Cree
ch, 49, of Johnson cousty.
The sheriff said the woman was
killed instantly when struck by an
automobile driven by Roberts.
Morganton, Aug. 31.—A coroser'a
jury recessed an inquest yesterday
after failing to determine what eaus
ed a death of J. B. “Bert" Aldridge,
62 year old bear hunter, whose body
was found last week on a mountais
trail near his home.
Raleigh, Aug. 31.—Governor Hoey
has appointed Paul R. Ervin of Char
lotte to the direction board of the
Orthopaedic hospital at Gastonia to
■succeed Dr. James P. Matheson of
Charlotte who died.
The goversor also appointed Dr
D. T. Smithwick of Louisburg to th<l
board of directors of the state hos
pital here, succeeding Dr. Russell
Beam of Lumberton. who resigned.
Raleigh, Aug. 31.—Serious bob
weevil damage in eastern North Car
olina was attributed to warm, damp
weather of recent weeks by J. O. Ru
well, extension entomologist at N. C.
State college, upon his return from
a tour of the infested section.
Greensboro. Aug. 31.—Officers call
ed by persons who heard a pistol re
port found the body of A. McCurdy
Ward, 42. shipping clerk and Worm
war veteran, in a back lot late yes
terday, a revolver nearby. Coroner
James,M. Simpson said Ward had
hilled hirpself. Officers said letters
addressed to his widow and daughter
were found in his pockets.
Charlotte, Sept. 1.—Kenneth A.
Reed, 37 year old painter, awaited to
day the arrival of authorities and his
return to Western penitentiary near
Pittsburg from which he escaped sev
en years ago, came to North Caroli
na under an assumed name, married
and ‘became a model citizen.”
Reed, who lurried Miss Viola Vina
Floyd under the name of Paul Co
thran, remarried her in jail yester
day to rectify the wrong he had done
them.
—National News—
Washington, Aug. 31.—The five
officials named to direct the uncni
ployment census authorized by con
gross will work out detailed arrange
ments at a meeting soon after Labor
Day. associates said today.
The board is composed of the
secretaries of labor and commerce
the works progress administrator,
[lie director of the census bureau
ami tile head of the census statisti
cal board.
Nanking, Aug. 31.—Generalissimo
t'hiang Kai-Shek, premier and su
preme army commander of China,
told the nations of the world today
that their own safety made neces
sary immediate international inter
vention to end the Sino-Japannese
war.
“Intervention is imperative not
, only for China’s sake but for inter
I national safety,’’ the generalissimo
declared in an interview.
York, S. C.. Aug. 31.—L. W. John
son. farm agent, said today more
than 800 York county farmers had
j applied to the federal rural electrl
j fication administration for the con
! struetion of power lines.
Washington, Aug. 31.—Secretary
Wallace gave the starting signal to
day for the government’s 1937 pro
gram of cotton loans and notifieo
growers their loans will he ready
“not later thas September 15.’
Shanghai. Aug. 31.—Because of
the increasing peril to neutral ship
. ping from Chinese and Japanese
oombs and shells. United States au
thorities today closed the port oi
Shanghai to all vessels flying the
American flag other than warships.
Hollywood. Aug. 31.—Death of two
prop men when a “magic carpet’
platform crashed at 20th Century
Fox studio was accidental, a coro
ner’s jury decided. Instead of giving
his usual party at the completion ot
production, Eddie Cantor, star of the
picture, at ranged to turn the money
over to the two widows.
Geneva. Aug. 31.—China held Ja
pan fully responsible today for the
undeclared war in the Far East
which she charged was precipitated
bv Jnnpan's “irrevocable poyicy of
military conquest and expansiion on
the Asiatic continent.”
Belzoni. Miss.. Aug. 31—The quest
for jurors to try H. E. Harnett, * .
year old tenant farmer charged with
the murder of his son. turned to th>
"north end of the county’ today aft
er scores of the defendast’s neigh
bors admitted ixed opinions.
New York, Sept. 1.—The orignac
1 field of 1093 claimants to the $9.37,
j 000 fortune left by Mrs. i:7a Elien
! W^od. the little old lady of Heralu
Square, was narrowed to 131 today.
■ Surrogate Javr>es A. Foley reduced
the number d'-astically last night by
I disavowing the claims of 40U mem
bers of the Mayfield clan in Louis
I taua. Texas, Mississippi and other
southern states. He said their at
tempts to prove kinship were “pro
| posterous."
j Laughing Around the World
j With IRVIN S. COBB
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The Habitual Calm of Jacob
By IRVIN S. COBB
YEARS ago, in Chicago, there was a saloon keeper answering to th.
name of Jake who was locally celebrated for the fact that he never
got excited.
Probably on Jake’s part, this was a desirable quality, because his
hlo - HOM
establishment stood in a tough district. Shooting affrays, slugging bees,
stabbing arid gang battles were matters of common occurrences. Some
times there would be an outbreak in Jake’s bar, but through it all the
proprietor would maintain his habitual Teutonic calm. He even main
tained it as he waded in with a bung-starter to restore order.
One night there was a real tragedy at Jake’s. One man had his
throat cut from ear to ear and died on his way to the hospital and
another was bady shot up. The affray occurred at so late an hour that
the morning papers carried merely the bare facts.
About noon, on his way to work, a reporter, who was an old ac
quaintance of Jake’s, met him on the street.
“Say," he began, “I hear there was a killing out at your place
last night.”
“Chess,” said Jake. “One killed, one maybe killed.”
“That’s terrible,” said the reporter. “What was the cause of it 7*
“Oh,” said Jake, “chust dissatisfaction.”
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One Killed And Five
Injured In Auto Wreck
Mrs. Simms Langston, 45, of Li
berty, S. C„ was killed and fite oth
ers were injured, three critically, al
ter their car plunged into the rail
road cut at the corner of Railroad
Avenue and King street above five
o'clock Monday morning.
'Those badly injured were:
T.Tr. Thomas Johnson, of Easly, S.
C.. driver of the car.
Mrs. Thomas Johnson.
Mrs. Annie Bell Adams of Green
ville. S. C.
Mr. Simms Langston, husband of
the woman who was killed, was pain
fully injured but not seriously. His
daughter. Miss Bessie Langston, was
the only person in the car not hurt.
The party had attended a conven
tion of Ministers of the House of
Prayer Religion, at Durham, Nr- C„
held Sunday and Sunday night, and
were on their way back home. Mr.
Johnson, driver of the car, had been
ordained a Minister the evening be
fore the fatal wreck.
it was thought at first that Mr.
and Mrs. Johnson would not recover
but a late report from the City Ho
pital in Gastonia, where the injured
were rushed, state without complica
tions. both will recover.
Three ambulances were pushed in
to service to take the injured to th
hospital. Mrs. Langstou died in a
bout 15 minutes after reaching the
hospital.
The car, a 1030 Model Ford, was
almost completely demolished. Local
o;cers thought Mr. Johnson lost con
trol of the car in attempting a left
hand turn at the corner.
Mr. Langston, when interviewed
by Sheriff Raymond Cline and Coun
ty Coroner Roscoe Lutz of Shelby, in
the presence of the Herald Reporter
stated that he did not intend to, and
was not going to take any legal ac
tion against anyone on account of
the wreck. He also said he thought
the wreck was just an unavoidable
accident.
Two other wrecks have happened
at the same place as the Monday
morning fatal accident within the
past year.
Recent Congress To Be
Noted For What It
Refused To Pass
Washington, Aug. "1—flPS>
The first session of the Tilth Co'
gross. with its huge Democratic ni.
jority according to Washington oh
servers will go down in history wi h
two outstanding distinctions. First
will be fame for what it did not do
more yian for what it did and sec
ondly as a nearly eleven-figure Con
gress as far as expenditures go.
By the time it quit for 1937. Con
gross had appropriated nearly ?’*,! '<>,
(iOO,000. it is indicated the outlays
will be approximately $1,290,000,00')
mere than in 1936, excluding the $2,
237,000,000 bonus payment of that
year
When Congress assembled last Jan
uary, the administration had a five
point "must" program for it, name
ly:
1. Re-organization of the judiciary
including the appointment of sin
new' associate justices of the Su
preme Court.
2. Widespread powers for the
President to effect re-organization in
the Governmental services
3. Government control of wages
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KINGS MOUNTAIN
aCiiuOL BONDS SOLD
The local government commission
nt Raleigh Tuesday sold $d5.000 in
Kings Mountain school bonds, the
li S. Dickson company in the capitol j
at a premium of $18.75 with the first
city making the highest bid.
The school building securities sold
$17,000 of the maturities to bear 4
;{-4 per cent and the remainder to
bear 4 1-4 per cent. The money will
be used to finance the present Kings
Mountain school building program
RETURN FROM TRIP
Mr. and Mrs. John McGill. Mrs.
Lona McGill. Mrs. J. G Hord, all of
Kings Mountain, and Mrs. Elmer
Spencer, of Gastonia, have returned
troni a delightful trip to Texas and
interesting piaees en route.
The party went especially for a
visit at the home of Mr. John White
cf Garland. Texas, brother of Mes
dames Hord. Spencer and McGill and
a visit to relatives and friends, in
Dallas Texas.
While in Dallas, the party were
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
lhoinsou and Mrs. Cora Hunter, for
mer Kings Mountain residents, who
are so pleasantly remembered here.
They also visited the Pan-American
Exposition, in Dallas. Texas.
BANK CLOSED
MONDAY
In observance of Labor Dav which
is a national holiday, the First Na
tional Bank will be closed Monday.
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Will Rogers’
Humorous Story |
By WILL ROC.FIRS
^■'’OUNTRY newspapers often get
poetry sent to them to print.
Some of the people that semi in
poetry don't always write it them
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j solves. They just copy a piece they
like real well, ami send that in. Of
course they sign their own name to
it. because they don't know how
much trouble that might get them
into, and besides, tney think it's
worth the risk, just to got into print
under melt good poetry.
Well, the country editors are on
the lookout for that kind of stutf,
and some of thorn are pretty well
up or. the big writers anyhow. One
day a guy came in and introduced
himself to the editor and handed
him a poem with his name signed
to it.
“This is mighty good verse,” the
editor says.
“Thanks. I kinda thought you'd
like it."
“Did you write it?”
“Every word of it, all by my
self.”
“Shake hands again,” says the
editor. “I never knowed I'd have
the good luek to shake hands with
Willie Shakespeare himself, right
here in my office.”
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Schools Open With
Large Attendance
SCOUTERS PLAN
ACTIVE YEAR AHEAD
Diet' Bridges, Scoutmaster of Boy!
Scout Troop No. 6, and Aube y
.Maunej were host for a meeting of
tile Scouters Club at the Bridges
Cabin at Bake Montonia Friday
■veiling. Those attending enjoyed a
supper > fillet of fish, rolls, salau
and lemonade.
Scouting Chairman B. X. Barnes
appointed the Seoul masters and the
Troop Committee chairmen of the
six local troops on a committee to
el range for a Stout Rally Program
to be held at the Bali Park the last I
of September or early October. This
progi am is to be a Scout Demonstra- '
ticn and will provide an activity ot
interest to all the Scouts and pa
trons.
Aubrey Mauney, Glee Bridges and
Carl Davidson, the committee or
Scoutmaster Training announced
plans for a course of study of six
classes to begin Friday evening. Sep
tember 17th, at the Bake Montonia
Cabin ot W. K. Mauney. All scout
masters, assistants, and leaders are
being enrolled for the course. P. fJ.
Herndon, chairman on rural scouting
s working up some leaders for rurai
troops and these leaders will join in
taking the course.
This first class in Scoutmaster
Training will begin after a chicken
noodle supper planned for the next
meeting of the Scouters Club.
Those present at the Bridges cab
in were: J. It. Davis, Dr. o. P. Lewis,
B. S. Neill, B. S Peeler. Carl David
son, \V Iv. Mauney, Aubrey Mauney,
Daney Detmar. 1. B. Goforth, W. O.
Myers, J. B. Woodward. J. E. Ader
holdt. Rev. B. B. Hamm. P. D Hern- j
don and 11. C. Wilson.
19 Neisler Mill Employees
To Receive First Aid
Certificates
The following people completed
the First Aid course held by Mr.
Frank Crane. Safety Director of the
North Carolina Industrial Commis
sion for the Neisler Mills. Inc., and
convened in the Margrace Club i
House during the week of August
l«th. Mr. Paul Mauney, General Man
pger. arranged for the classes:
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W. A. Barber. Ray Blackburn. Cli
tus S. Blackwell, W. B. Bracket'.
Dewey Caldwell Everett Cashion,
James \Y. Cloninger, J. P Dillard,
W. S. Ervin. Oliver Falls, \Y. G.
Flowers. Joe Gaffney, C C. tluat'.
Carl J. Gibson, H. A. Goforth, Arthur
Hamrick. J. L. Head, Charles Hend
erson, W. B. Huskey, J. J. Jenkins.
J. \V. Jenkins. C L. Jolly. R. -V.
Jolley, Clyde Kee, Harry \V. Kimmell
Everett Medlin, He a Mitcham. M. B.,
Moss, Beck Page, T. 1.. Parrish. L. C
Raines, John Randall, Thomas W.
Smith. Ralph P. Thomas, VV. R Thom
son. John Thompson, L. L. Ware, R.
H. Webbt Lester Welch, Clarence
Whetstine. H. Otto Williams, Has.
kell Wilson. W. H. Winchester, Clem
Wright, Wilbur Wright.
The following registered but din
not complete the courst: George C.\
Barber. Boyce Early. H. R. Hunnl- j
cutt, A. S. Lynch, C -H. Moss, G. T.
Thornburg. C. D. Ware.
The 49 satisfactorily finishing the j
course will receive North Carolina
Industrial Commission Standard ;
First Aid certificates and Standard
Red Cross First Aid certificates
from National American Red Cross
headquarters, Washington. D. ('
This word is part of the safety ed
ucation program conducted by tne
Commission for the various indus
tries of the State. We •• as tic
F. S. Bureau of Mines tha- First Aid
is the best peg upon which to hang
safety education,
MRS. FLOWERS
BURIED IN MOUNTAIN
REST
Mrs. Mary Brannon Flowers. 35,
died at her home in Kings Mountain
Friday after an illness nt blood
j poisoning. Funeral sen Ices were
held at 3:00 p. m. Saturday at Mace
donia Baptist church near Kings
Mountain, and interment was in
lountain Rest cemetery.
Mrs. Flowers is survived by her
husband. Robert M. Flowers. three
children: Grace, Harold and Marge
Flowers; and the following brother?
and sisters: Albert Brannon ot
Mcoresville. Mrs Mcchael Quinn ot
Bessemer City and Mrs. Maggie Fox
of Gastonia.
With a first day enrollment in
crease of 57 pupils Kings Mountain
City Schools opened yesterday for
the 1 7-;>s session.
City School Superintendent B. X.
Barnes announced total first day eu
ro. intent was I lls besides the Color
ed s< tiool which had an enrollment
<1 1!Sm. Kill • : i,pent by schools was as
follows: Central 431. Hast 15:16, West
Jlti. High School 34a. The High
School showed the biggest increase
of any school over last year having
an increase of 45 pupils. Enrollment
the first day is practically always
below the regular level it reaches la
ter and increases at all schools are
expected later, Supt. Barnes said.
Basal books for elementary school
children are supplied by the State
free this year, but all supplementary
will be rented same as usual. Work
books will have to be bought by pu
pils same as usual, and the twenty
five cent fee for elementary pupils
for libraries and instructional sup
plies will be charged as has been the
custom heretofore.
Two teachers are short in the eie
mentary school this year over last
year, but out high school teacher
has been added, Supt. Barnes an
uounced.
The sixth grade from West End
will attend Central School, and Miss
Mitchell Williams will lie transfer
red from West School to Central
School because of a loss of a teacher
there. The only way to keep Wes.
School on the Accredited List, after
losing a teacher, is to send a grade
to Central School as it is required
to have at least one teacher per
grade to keep the standardization
And. in all fairness to the West End
children, Supt. Barnes decidee it
would be better to send the sixth
grade to Central than to try to crowd
seven grades on six teachers. West
End sixth grade is very small, Ceii
tral sixth grade is very large. By
combining, the two can be handled
by two teacher very successfully.
Supt. Barnes said: "All schools
got off to a good beginning, with
the least amount of friction noticeu
in many years. Everything points to
the most successful year ever.”
Supt. Barnes also stated he thou
gh! this was the first year in the
history of Kings Mountain that ev
ery grade from the first to the eleven
th. commenced a nine-month schoo.
term.
CentralSchool's new Principal, Mr.
I>. M Bridges, was on the job anc.
mult a favorable impression on the
parents who attended the first day
of school.
CHICK TAKES AUTO RIDE
Believe it or not but the bantam
chicken of Thamer Gamble rode all
the way from the Margrace Village
to Railroad Avenue, a distance of a
bout two miles, on the bumper of
Mr. Gamble’s car last night. Mr. Gam
ble said he did not know the chicken
was on the car until he stopped his
car up town, and a bystander called
his attention to it.
Mr. Gamble says he drove his car
about 35 miles per hour but the chick
managed to hold ts roost on tno
bumper.
The chicken got a return tr'p in
side the car as Mr. Gamble had to
take his chicken back home.
tCpinions Expressed in This Column
Are Not Necessarily the Views of
This Newspaper.)
still occupied with thoughts of the.
•;.»t V's.-ilon \of Congress, uAaifiins
tration leaders in both houses have,
turned their eyes toward the future.
Before the final gavel had fallen to
end the first session of the Seventy
fifth Congress they were planning
for the coming months. The last
week of Congressional life was spent
largely in jockeying that legislation
which could not he enacted then into
a position near the rail for the next
term.
When will that session come? ft
is a fairly safe guess that it will
be in October or November because
j Congressional elections come next
! year, primaries in the early summer
j Legislatures, accordingly, will bo
fairly itching to get home as soon
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