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VOL. 32 NO. 36
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 9, 1937.
FIVE CENTS PER COPY1
State And National News
Condensed In Brief Form
—htate INews—
Wilson, Sept. 7.—The citation a
gainst John I>. Gold, editor of The
Wilson Daily Times, for contempt of
court that was to be heard here to
day before Judge Walter J. Hone
of Nashville in superior court has
been held over until later in the
week it was revealed tonight.
Judge O. P. Dickinson signed a ci
tation for contempt against the Wil
son editor last month ordering him
to appear before Judge Hone to show
why he should not be found in con
tempt for certain editorials criticiz
ing the court in the local paper.
I>unn, Sept. 7.—Trustees of the
Church of God in Erwin, headed by
Rev. E. E. Winters, pastor, appeared
before Judge VV. H. S. ISurgwyn in
Harnett superior court this morning
and obtained a perpetual injunction
against the Tomlinson Church of
God in that city to prevent the sale
of a church building there.
The injunction was sworn out by
the original Church of God group aft
er the Tomlinson group attempted to
sell the church building to the Erwin
mills last week. The firm refused to
buy the property because of the dis
pute between the two factions.
Hickory, Sept. 7.—Wesley New
man Sherrill, 60, proprietor of the
Sherill Ice and Fuel company in
Longview, was almost instantly kill
ed this morning when he was knock
ed approximately 15 feet from a coai
chute near the plant to a cement plat
form by an avalanche of coal sud
denly released from a freight car.
His head was badly crushed and
he was dead when brought to the
Richard Baker hospital. Sherrill was
helping a negro employee unfasten
a door on a car of coal on the unload
ing chute when he was knocked from
a narrow plank on which he was
standing an fell head downward on
the cement floor.
Statesville, Sept. 7.—Mrs. W. B
Lackey, 76, died today in a local hos
pital, death resulting from injuries
received in an automobile wreck a
week ago, four miles north of States
ville on the Chipley Ford road. In
the same crash, Mrs. Lackey’s daugh
ter, Mrs. Ola I-ackey Griffin, 40, wa
instantly killed.
Hickory. Sept. 7.—Margie, two
year old daughter of Mr. and Mr. .
Lennis Crafton of near Ilildebran
was back at her homo, well and hap
py. today after being lost in the
woods throughout Saturday night
while a party of about 50 alanm-.
neighbors searched for her in shifts
it was learned here today.
Goldsboro, Sept. 7.—A 35 year old
negro booked as James Marshall
was formally charged with highway
robbery today in connection with se>
era! bold holdups in this community
recently.
Sheriff Paul C. Garrison said the
negro had admitted the holdups am
had also been identified by several
of the victims.
Clinton, N. C., Sept. 7.—Rachel Me
N'Jal, negro was instantly killed near
here this afternoon when the auto
mobile in which she was riding with
Monk Fryar, negro, crashed into a
pine tree after it had failed to take
a curve on a slick dirt road.
Raleigh, Sept. 8.—Assistant Attor
new General Harry McMuilan said
after a long distance telephone call
to the clerk of Iredell superior court
today that Walter (Preacher) Caid
-well, sentenced In Iredell county to
be executed Friday for criminal as
sault, had perfected an appeal to the
supreme court.
—National News—
Boston. Sept. 7.—Reports of a
“mad dog" submarine in the Medi
terranean led to the painting today
of both sides of the steamer Maddal
ena Odero with Italian colors, This
means of identification was used
widely by ships of neutral nations
during the World war.
New York, Sept. 7.—An oil separa
tion tank on which a repair crew
was at work exploded tonight in the
Astoria plant of the Consolidated Ed
ison company, killing one man, and
injuring 21 others. The dead man,
Oscar Hines, 30, was blown several
hundred feet by the blast which oc
curred as repairmen were replacing
top plates.
Kansas City, Sept. 7.—Food sent
I through the mail for men in a strike
j closed plant surrounded by pickets
I is “abnormal mail” and need not be
| delivered, William W. Howes. first
j assistant postmaster general, said
I here today.
Washington, Sept. 7.—Secretary
Morgenthau curtailed a treasury
borrowing program today, explaining
that ‘‘we have enough money on
'land and there is no reason for fur
ther borrowing.
He also told reporters that holders
of $817,000,000 of 3 1-4 per cent Fed
eral notes maturing September la
would be offered a choice of two
exchange issues — 1 1-4 per cent 15
month notes or two per cent five
year notes.
Yemassee, S. C., Sept. 7.—A bird
dog sat on the gasoline foot-feed in
Major Charles P. Elliott's automo
bile as it rounded a highway curve
"ear here today and so accelerated
•lie vehicle that it plunged c-ff the
■jad and broke the left arm of the
retired army officer.
Major Elliott. a dog fancier of Slid
den, S. C., was taking several dogs
out for early trials. The officer was
transferred to the Marine hospital at
Farris island for further examination
Anderson, S. C., Sept. 7.—The boo
ies of K. A. (Monk) Johnson, Ander
son insurance man. and his 1:4 yeat
old cousin. Joe Clinkscales of Lown
desville, were found today in Sav
vannah river near Harper's Ferry
where tre victims had gone in swim
ming Sunday.
The bodies were recovered after
:i search that began when Mr. John
son's automobile was found parked
near the river with clothing of the
two in the rear seat.
John, 50. president of the Citizens
Insurance agency here. was well
known over the State. He is survived
by a sister, Mrs. lola Ould of Ander
son.
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I Reidsville, Ga„ Sept. 7.—The estab
lishment of a woodland “Alcatraz"
gave Georgia a start today towaru
evolution of its old chaingangs into
an industrial penal system.
Prison Commission Chairman G.
A. Johns, conducting newspapermen
on a tour of the $1,500,000 gleaming
white institution, described it “as
near escape proof as you can get it.’
The prison was built with Federal
aid.
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Manila, Sept. 7.—As a precaution
ary measure. Pan American officials
decorated wings and fuselage of the
huge Hong Kong clipper with Amer
ican flags today. The clipper flies
i Manila and Hong Kong. Japanese
warships were reported in the Hong
I Kong region.
Laughing Around the World
With IRVIN S. COBB
The Lure of the Limelight
By IRVIN S. COBB
IV^IKE CUNNINGHAM, who was an interesting Chicago character, got
I’-*' a job as stage-hand at a vaudeville theatre. In his first week it fell
Just as
Little favor
or)
to him to don a policeman’s uniform, and at the conclusion of one of the
scenes in a comedy sketch he chased a comedy tramp across the stage
meanwhile brandishing a big club.
On Wednesday night he went to the dressing-room of the comedian
and said,
“Say, do me a favor—will you?”
“What is it?” asked the actor.
“When I chase you acrost the stage tonight let me ketch you mid
bvi,: you up. Me goil’s out front!”
(American News Features, Inc.)
CHICKEN THIEVES
SENTENCED
Defiant and arrogant until the
very last, Harry Smith, IS year old
mountaineer and admitted chicken
j thief, was given nine months on the
toads by Judge »Bynum Weathers in
Kecoruei s court, Monday in Sheibv.
^Gus McGhee, IS, and Cecil Vernon.
17, wjio pted not guilty to the same
charge. were convicted and were
given three months each, suspended
on condition that they pay for the
stolen chickens and that they re
mum oi good betiavior for a period
of two years.
Minnie Davis, 15 year old Besse
mer ( icy girl, who was arrested a
■otiy With the boys, was remanded to
me juvenile court of A. M. Hamrick.
On her evidence, the latter two boys
were convicted.
Several other hoys, whose identi
ty Smith would not reveal, are stih
the object of a search by Kings
Mountain officers.
The chickens were stolen from
Hie house of Grady Bennett of near
Kings Mountain. Chief Burns and
Officer Smith made the arrest. The
girl declared she had run away from
home, but her father testified on the
stand she was “a good girl, and I
ain’t never had a bit of trouble with
her.”
Smith w-as said by officers to be
under probation for a crime commit
ted in Hendersonville, but neither he
nor members of his family in the
courtroom would tell the nature ot
the crime.
\\ hen asked about the accomplice*
of his crime- he said, "That’s what
you are paying the officers for.
Sales Tax Increases
Despite Exemptions
Raleigh, Se.pt, 8.-Sales tax collec
tions for August, made on July sale*,
will show an increase over the cor
responding month of 1936. despite
the .'act that exemptions from the
levy were allowed for the first time
since June, 1935.
This fact is clearly shown by fig
ures up to and including collections
ot August 24, the latest available. On
that date tax collections for August
1937. amounted to 078G.153.77 a
gainst $781,032.29 for the correspond
ing period of August, 1936. showing
an increase, therefore of $5,121.83.
The August. 1937, figures include
the new excise tax on building ma
terials imposed by this year’s Genet
al Assembly, making it plain that
hut for this new levy, there would
have been a marked drop in sales
tax collections.
It has been estimated by the De
partment of Revenue that not less
than 36 per cent of all sales now
made in grocery stores are exempt
front the sales tar by reason of the
legislature’s action in exempting a
bout ten food staples from the tax.
Estimates made at the time exentP
tions were allowed were that there
would be a big drop in revenue in
the absennce of a marked business
revival.
In view of the fact that the taxes
collected on July sales are unques
tionably going to be higher than last
year, the figures are another indica
tion that business conditions in the
state are very good.
Two Bales Cotton
' Ginned
Two bales of cotton of the 1937
crop were ginned in Kings Moun
tain Monday of this week. One bale
was grown on the farm of Irvin Ai
len by Grady Bailey and was ginned
at the Victory' Gin Co. The bale
weighed 521 pounds and was inch
staipie which was bought by Mr. P. D
Herndon for 10 1-4 cents a pound.
The other bale which was also gin
ned Monday was grown by Mr. J. S.
McSwain, this bale weighed 48.
pounds and was ginned by the Kings
Mountain Oil Mill. The cotton wa»
15-16 staple and was bought by M
Hambright for 10c pound.
MISS MARY W HITE
DIES
Funeral services were held Sun
day, August 29, for Miss Mary Whir.'
who died August 27, at her home on
Gantt street. She had been in failing
health for a number of years. Funer
al sendees were conducted by her
pastor, Kv. J. W. Suttle, and inter
meat made in Pattersou Grove cem
tery.
Miss White is survived by one sis
ter. Miss Georgia White, and one
brother, Mr. W. K. White, both of
Kings Mountain.
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FALSE ALARM
A false Fire alarm was turned in
; about 9:00 o’clock Sunday night.
| Police and Fire Departments are try
ing to locate the guilty party.
Monthly Meeting
Of Town Council
Is Held Monday
Tlie regular monthly meeting of
the town Council watt held Monday
night with ail members present ex
cept C. £1. N'eisler, Jr.
Tile hoard voted to appropriate to
the T: Chapter of the K- d Cross
v40 p- a :::onth for relief work.
The hat duet for the fiscal year be
ginning July 1st was partially adopt
ed.
Bids w- re received and opened for
the purch .se of a new car for the
Polite Department. Two bids were
submi’ted. One from the Plonk Mo
tor Co., and one from the Cleveland
Mctc-r ( u. The Cleveland Motor Co.
was found to be the lowest bidder,
and the contract was awarded for i
1937 Standard Chevrolet Coach.
W. M Boyce and Haywood R
Lynch appeared before the Board to
tequest that part of the basement of
the new City Hall be completed and
partitioned c-ff as suitable quarters
for the Kings Mountain Public Li
brary. This request was granted.
Other routine business was dis
cussed by Board members.
Gastonian Jailed In
Columbia For Old Slaying
Gastonia, Sept. 7.—Claude Gregory
35. former Gastonian, wanted for the
murder of Coy Sims, 31. Gastonia re
lief worker here September 29. 1925,
was jailed in Columbia, S. C., today
at the request of Sheriff Clyde Rob
inson of Gaston county.
Gregory is fighting extradition ac
cording to Solicitor John G. Carpen
ter, who today forwarded requisition
papers to Gov. Clyde R. Hoey at R;u
eigh, requesting that he take imme
diate steps to extradite Gregory.
Sims' partially decomposed body
was found in a patch of woods near
here after M. P Bell had seen him
disappear into the woods with Greg
ory two days earlier. Both men were
drinking heavily. Physicians. aftei
an autopsy, said Sims had been kill
ed with a large stick or some other
heavy instrument.
Imperial To Have
Family Day
Commencing Wednesdav, Septem
ber 15th. and every Wednesday,
thereafter, the Imperial Theatre is
going to give its patrons a real Bar
gain Day.
Ail children under 12 years of age
will be admitted free if accompanied
by their parents.
LOCATE IN KINGS
MOUNTAIN
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Car
penter. who formerly lived at Hardin
will be interested to know that they
have located in Kings Mountain
where Mr. Carpenter has a position
at the bonded warehouse.
Mrs. Carpenter was before marri
age, Miss Ellen McGill, of this place.
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Will Rogers*
Humorous Story
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By WILL ROGERS
■"PHIS one was told me by a movie
feller they call a cutter. That
is a fellow that if the picture hasn’t
been taken bad enough in the first
place, why he cuts it all up and
puts it back together so it makes
it look like something. Well, here
I meet him in Ber'in the other day
and he is a real producer and buyer
i
nn-HK
-mi s.
8)11 ?
and seller of Movies, and is a real
■ live hustling Kid. If you haven’t
| gone into the movie business yet,
1 why you can’t do worse than
Walter. Ho will sell you anything
! that was ever taken. Well, we sit
having a party one night, arguing
over the movies, ami just as I was
going to sleep he broke out with
the following. He went back home
to where he had lived in Pennsyl
1 vania. He asked about a certain
Jones family that used to liv'e there
and they told him here is what
j happened to them. “Toim he is out
i where you come from in Holly
I wood. He is in the Movies. He is
| a Movie Sheik and doing fine, they
! say. Jack, that’s the next one; he
turned stage Actor and you see his
picture ever once in awhile. William
is an Artist; he is a pretty good
Painter, they say. Mary, the Sister,
is doing some Literary work, but
Sam, he nnver amounted to any
t tlimg at all. He stayed here and
I it just took ahout all he ever made
i to support the rest of them.”
(Americas News Features, Inc.)
I NEW TEACHER
I ADDED AT HIGH
i SCHOOL
Miss Louise Morris of Charlotte,
graduate of Queens College of the
class of 1937, has been added to the
faculty of the High School according
' to announcement by Supt. B. X.
| Barnes. Miss Norris will teach Bio!.)
gy and History.
I A vacancy arose in the High
School faculty by the addition of a
George Reed Home Economic IJe
| partment, which is supported mainly '
I by Slate and Federal funds. Mrs. W. |
J. Fulkerson was placed in charge of
ihe lo wly added department, and
M'ss Morris was added to fill tic*
vacancy.
Supt. Barnes stated that the at
| tendance is increasing daily and ev
erything is running very smoothly
in all grades at all tlie* schools.
“More children have books this
> ear titan ever before.'' remarked
Supt. Barnes, ‘as books are furnish
ed free in all the elementary grades.
We are discouraging children from
ljuv.ng books as there is no need for
it."
i Cent Cotton
Loan Offered
Arrangements for making the 9
cent government eotton loan availa
he to farmers will be completed on
(,,'r before September 15. according
to word from Washington received
at State College.
To qualify lor the full !* cents a
pound, said hi. 5 . Floyd, of Siate Col
lege, cotton must be 7-8 inch mid
dling or better.
Cotton with a 13-16 inch staple
and middling or better grade will
qualify for 8 cents a pound. while
cot toil 7-8 inch in staple hut under
middling giade will be eligible for
7 3-4 cents a pound.
However, no loans will be made
on 7-8 inch cotton too low in grade 1
to be delivered on contract unde;
regulations of the New York ana
New Orleans cotton exchanges, or
on 13-16 inch cotton under middling
grade.
i The loans will bear interest at 4
per cent and mature on July 31,
1938. To receive a loan, a grower
must agree to comply with the 1938
agricultural conservation program.
Floyd pointed out that the loans
will enable farmers to hold then
cotton for better prices rather than
have to dump it on the market as
soon as it is harvested.
By spreading the sales over a long
er period, he continued, the market
should hold up better than if this
season's crop were dumped on the
market as fast as harvested.
Tlte cotton price adjustment pay.
ment also offered will be similar to
that of 1935. except that the limit
hrs been raised from 2 up to 3 cents
' a pound.
The amount to be paid on each
i ale willl be the difference between
12 cents a pound and the average
price of 7 -6 inch middling cottou
on the day the bale is sold, the ad
justment payment not to exceed 3
cents a pound.
County To Buy Furniture
For Courtroolm
County commissioners Monday au
thorized spending the sum of $500
for office furniture in the new city
hall at Kings Mountain after Coun
cilmen W. K. Mauney and .1. K. Wil
lis appeared before the meeting and
made the request.
The furniture will be used in the
courtroom where Judge Bynum E.
Weathers holds court one day per
week. Desks, chairs, and other equip
merit will be purchased. Before now
the county has been paying rent on
space and furnishings at Kings Moun
tain.
Mine Union Shows
Fat Bank Balance
Scranton, T’a., Sept. 8.—(IPS).—
Tiic 1'nited Mine Workers of Ameri
ca, from which John D. Bewis built
the CIO had a bank balance on Juno
1 of $3,563,772, according to the la
test figures given out by the Union.
At tiie same time, it was ravealer.
that the United Automobile Workers
a CIO affiliate only 18 months old
had a cash balance of over half a
million dollars.
The U. M. W. balance represents
i dues and assessments coUeo'ed from
the miners by the employers and
turned over to the Union under tin
check-off system prevailing in th*
! industry. The June 1 balance show
; a gain of $S08,7«0 over the balance c
last December 1.
Expenditures listed for the firs
s*- months of this year include;.
$283,306 for salaries and $180,327 fo
| expenses.
Dilling Mill Tax
Valuation Is Cut
Exactly In Half
The Doling Mills, which was re
cently purchased In the Phenix Mill
and is new operating as I'henix Mill
Number 2 has had the valuation toi
taxable purposes reduced from $350,
"00 to $175,000 w hich is exactly hall
into. The valuation on Phenix Num
ber One was raised front $200,000 to
$225,00". an increase of $25,000.
'i he revaluations were made by
the County Hoard of Assessors.
A total valuation of $48,000 was
added to the tax hooks on white reat
estati- for the year of 1057. However,
with the $175,000 reduction on the,
Dilling Mill the assessed valuation
for Kings Mountain will be over
$100,000 less titan last year.
The assessed valuation of Kings
Mountain has been decreasing at t
rapid rate for the past several years.
Just a few years ago Kings Moun
tain had an assessed valuation oi
over four million dollars, now it has
less than three and one half million
even though considerable building
has been going on here during the
same time.
CCC Camps Retained
Richmond, Va.. Sept. 7.—A total ot
52 Civilian Conservation Corps
camps will be retained in national
and state parks and other recreation
ai areas of the Southeast for develop
ment operations during the new en
rollment period beginning October 1
the National Park Service announced
today at its eastern field headquar
ters here.
The new enrollment term, the 10th
since establishment of tlie CCC in
April, 1933. will be open to unem
ployed youths 17 to 23 years of age,
both years inclusive, as well as to
30,000 war veterans. Action of Con
gress at the last session authorized
recruiting up to 300,000 men, exclu
sive of a 15.000 quota for Indianss
and for territorial and insular posses
sions.
Aeassignment of National Park
Service camp units lias been approv
cd which includes:
Kings Mountain National Military
Park, and Mountain Recreational
Demonstration Area. Kings Moun
tain, two camps.
Neisler Herd Given
National Recognition
Peterborough. N. H., Sept 7.-—Two
cows in the herd of P. M. Neisler of
Kings Mountain. N. C., have comple
ted official records in the Herd Im
provement Division qualifying them
for admission to the Advanced Regis
ter of The American Guernsey Cat
ilo Club, according to Karl B. Mus
scr, secretary.
A six year old cow in the Neisler
herd. Foremost's Rady of IV. S. R.
294751 produced in 365 days 9436.8
pounds of milk and 468.5 pounds of
butter fat n class AH1. Another
Guernsey five and one-half years old
On a of Upland Farm 328171 produc
ed in 341 days 8906.5 pounds of milk
anti 407.3 pounds of butter fat in
class AH1.
Tigers Lose to Cubs
The Rilling Cubs defeated the Par
kcr Street Tigers Saturday after
noon 9 to 0. Red Fite caught a thrill
ing game. Pearson allowed no hits,
no runs and walked one. Pearson
got four Hits out of five bats. So did
Red Fite.
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Economic
I Happenings That Affect The Dinner
I Pails, Dividend Checks And Tax
j dills of Every Individual. National
i And International Problems Insepa
rable from Local Welfare.
A short time ago the New York
Times' isdex of business activity
reached a new recovery high, and
stood at its maximum since Septem
ber. 1929. The figure reached was
110.9 100 equalling a theoretical nor
mal. Of the many items contributing
to the index, ail rose hut one-—car
loadings.
The other standard business oaro
meters show a similar trend. The
recovery movement has been steady
uui persistent, even in the face of
ltsquieiing factors. An example of
•his is provided by eledtric power
output. As a rule, power use decreas
■s in the summer months, due to
longer days and a recession in Indus
| trial operations. Yet this year power
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