VOL. 32 NO. 37
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.
THURSRAY, SEPT. 16, 1937
FIVE CENTS PER COPY1
State And National News
Condensed In Brief Form
—State News—
Rocky Mount, Sept. 14.—Two men
John Fritz Brinkley, 31, and Frank
Faulk, were held today in connection
v. itli last Tuesday’s $125 hold up of
an Enfield filing station.
Police Chief O. P. Hedgepeth said
they were identified as two of the
three armed bandits who staged the
robbery.
Rockingham, Sept. 14.—Wi'h blood
pouring from serious wounds in his
right arm, back, and abdomen, Roj
Hoffman, Rockingham cafe operator
hailed a motorist at a filling station
several miles west of here on high
way 74 last night and begged to be
taken to a hostpital.
At a Hamlet hospital Hoffman's
condition was reported as grave to.
day. Most serious wound was a se
vere knife wound across the abdo
men.
Officers today were Investigating
the case, but today had learned no
details as to how Hoffman was injur
•ed.
Taylorsville, S<lpt. 14.—Plato Carr!
gan, 17, died he \ early yesterday
morning of injuries he received when
he was knock down by a hit-and-run
automobile. The youth was walking
along the Conover road when he was
hit by a machine that did not hap
Clinton, Sept. 14—A bullet wounc
in his right temple and a revolver at
his side. Fred A. Caison. Sampson
county business man, was shot to
death in a vacant lot near his home
yesterday.
Rockingham. Sept. 14.—Two yonim
white men abandoned an automobile
here la3t night, invaled a home, stole
suocessively two automobiles, and
left town, all within two hours.. ^
Officers noticed the abandoned cat
twith Virginia licenses, and were
watching it. Meanwhile the boys e>.
tered Dr. J. H. Ellerbe’s home, ate
all the fried chicken and drank an
the milk in the refrigerator, took a
bath, changed underclothing and e.->
caiped with $1.25 cash. They then
took possession of Dr. W. 11 Mein
tosh’s automobile, left it at Thomas
Wheeler’s, transferred to Wheeler ■,
new car. and left town.
SCHOOL DAYS
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vance for the full school term.
—National News—
New York, Sept. 4.—Police today
.sought lo establish the identity of a
young woman fataly injured in a
dramatic leap into the Hudson river
from the George Washington bridge.
The woman, about 25, fought free
of a pedestrian Who ran to her as he
saw her climb a rail last night and
jump to the water 250 leet below.
Greenville, S. Sept. 14.—A jury*
verdict rendered in general sessions
court here today convicted George
Clapp and Otis J. Jamison, Green
ville business men, of conspiracy to
permit the operation of smt ma
chines, but reported a disagreement
in the cases of their co-defendants, j
Representative Lewis G. Prince, and!
France s Drake, a colonel on Gover
nor Olin D. Johnston’s staff.
Tokyo, Sept. 14.—A dispatch to
the newspaper Asahi from Shanghai
fodfjy told how a Japanese suicide
squad spiked the guns of a Chinese
fortification with their bare bodies.
A Chinese torchiwa — an oversiz
ed pill box — had halted the Janan-j
cse advance across a creek in the'
Woosung area. Finally a dozen J a • i
panese stripped, donned red loinj
cloths and swam the creek.
They rushed the torchika and spik
ed the guns with the bodies. Th -|
main force followed, and captured |
the position.
Paintsv'iile, Ky, Sept. 14.—Rushen
i’ere late yesterday after officials an
nounced they feared mob violence,
Dorsey Rudd, 25 year old livestock
dealer, faced questioning today
(connection with the fatal shooting
Cvf his estranged (wife, Lena, 21, at!
an open-air church meeting near Salj
yesville, in an adjoining county. |
Deputy sheriffs said Rudd admit; !
ed shooting his wife while more that.;
300 persons atending the meeting
looked on. They quoted him as say
ing. however, that several persons
had rushed at him with knives.
A motive for the shooting was to
be sought in questioning today.
Los Angeles, Sept. 14.—Authori
ties turned today to an autopsy to
determine how | Cecilia Gillighau,
pretty 25 year old air line steward
ess, came to her death in a Holly
wood hotel room.
Under the name of Patricia Me
Quire she rented tile room early Frl
day shortly after leaving her oom
mg house.
Her landlady Mrs. Doris Stearns,
said the radio in Miss Gilligan *
room was on until three o’clock Fn
day morning. Forty minutes later
Miss Gilligan registered at the hotel.
Fairmont, W. Va., Sept. 13.—Pro.
routing Attorney Harrison Conway,
in filing a charge of manslaughtei
against a woman said today she hau
Lightened a 60 year old coal min<?1
to death. I
The prosecutor said he was tola
Mrs. Rose Laktich went to the home
of Frank Doobie Sunday and began
oeating the side of his house with a
club because of reports her son hau
i married his daughter. Dobbie, an Ji.
,-alid, got out of bed to investigate,
’onway added, stumbled and drop
ped dead.
Laughing Around the World
With IRVIN s. COBB
The Test of Real Culture
By IRVIN S. COBB
’T'HE assistant manager of a big Hollywood studio is regarded there
I as a self-made man who rather skimped the job.
To him there came an applicant for a job as scenario editor.
“What salary you want?” demanded the great man.
“Two hundred a week”
“Dollars." „ , ,
The magnate leaped off his chair. He was accustomed to paying
beautiful ingenues and glorious-looking men hundreds of thousands a
year but the thought that a mere literary guy should crave so much
money appalled him ,
“Say!” he exclaimed, “you am t no writer, You re a boiglar. for
why should I give you two hundred bones?”
“Well,” said the candidate, “I spent several years at college getting
an education. I’ve a diploma to prove it and I won a degree in English
literature. That took work and stu ly. And I’ve been studying forms of
expression ever since. T expect to be paid for it.”
“So?” said the inquisitor. A crafty light came into his eyes. “You
arc swell educated, huh?”
“You might call it that.”
“Then say for me a big word.”
(American News Features, Inc.)
LET THE SPARKS FLY WHERE THEY WILL
%/r^y
Leslie McGinnis
VISITS HERE
Mr. Leslie McGinnis, and daughter.
Mrs. T. Bascum Martin, of Richmond
Va., lormer citizens of Kings Moun-j
tain, will leave this morning for]
their home after visiting friends
here.
Mi. McGinnis stopped by tire Her
ald o.T.'.e for iiis annual chat with
the Editor of the Herald, and iuci
uentally paid liis subscription to the
Herald up for two years. The corner
sati^n drifted around to the Kings
Mo. ..tain Battleground. The euitor
learned Mr. McGinnis played a big
part in tlte big celebrations held
many years ago when he was a citi
H‘it of the Best Town in the State.
Tlte former citizen, to say Ihe least
was uisappointed in the way Kings
.vlcuntain has allowed the Fork Chap
ter of the D. A. R. to capitalize on
the Battleground in recent years.
Mr. McGinnis asked the Herala
Editor some very interesting tjueo I
lions about the battleground -anu
past celebrations. Needless to say,
be had to turnish the answers.
Who placed the tirst stone on tltt
blanch tn 1815? Dr. McClain, of Bin
coin county.
Who was ressponsible for the.
monument erected in 1880? Citizens
of Kings Mountain.
What State contributed $2,500.00
to this monument? North Carolina.
What State was supposed to con
tribute *2.500.00 but did not do so
South Carolina.
W halt Congressman got the appro
priation tor the monument dedicatee
in 1909V Hon. E. Y. Webb.
What town celebrated this event
in the years 1911 to 1920, with such
speakers as Senator F. M. Simmoiu,
Congressman E. Y. Webb, Judge
Jeter Pritchard, Hon. VVm. Jennings
Bryan, Secretary of State, Governor
Folk of Missouri, Governor H. E. C.
Stuart of Virginia, Senator Georgc
of Georgia, Senator Copeland of
New York? Kings Mountain.
"Who paid all the expenses of
these various celebrations. Wras it
not the people of Kings Mountain
and vicinity?” asked Mr. McGinnis.
Who paid the expenses of the tl.
S. Army Bands who furnished the
music for a number of these cele
brations? Citizens of Kings Moun
tain and vicinity.
What township in Cleveland coun
ty and what state has more descen
dants of participants of this battle
which was so important in the War
for Independence? No. 4 township
of Cleveland1 County.
The Editor of the Herald invitee
Mr. McGinnis to come back to Kings
Mountain and help put on anotliei
celebration, but Mr. McGinnis replied
lie would like to but he was too
busy in the Railroad business in
Richmond trying to make a living.
SCHOOL CONTRACT
LET
Contracts tor the construction of a
Gymnasium and the building ot two
new rooms at Central School, and
completion of the Auditorium at Con
tral School were let here Tuesday. J.
A Jones of Charlotte, general con
tractor, and Waldrop Co., of Rocs
Hill, Plumbers and Heaters, wer^
found to be the low bidders? at about
$40,400.
Members of the County School
Heard, as well as local members anu
Supt. B. N. Barnes were present for
the letting of the bids. Members or
the Kings Mountain School Board
present were Charles Thomasson,
| Paul Nelsler and A. H. Patterson.
Other work which was hoped to
he included in the present building
program will have to be delayed as
necessary funds are not available.
Free Fair Tickets For
School Children
Shelby. Sept. 15.—Mr. B. N. Barnes
sup lintendi nt tf the Kings Mom:
tain school system, was today mailed
'•'eh tickets by Dr. J. S. Dorton to
be distributed to school children for
attendance at the 14th annual Cleve
land County Fair.
* Friday. October 1. is the day on
which some 100,000 school children
front Cleveland and surrounding
counties will be granted free admit
tance to the fair grounds.
That day, by all logical reasoning,
should break all standing re: on!
for attendance at the local exposi
tion for it will also be "Governor'
Homocoming Day" at which tint*
Governor Clyde R. Hoey, former gov
ernors O. Max Gardner and Omeret
Morrison, and Governor Oliu D. John
ston of South Catolina. will be pres
ent for a mammoth celebration.
Those 100,00(1 kids will walk inti,
the largest mid-way yet to be shown
al a Cleveland County Fair. i .T
Johnny J. Jones Exposition, with 22
shows and 10 rides, has been engag
ed for this year's exposition.
They will also see a well-ehosei,
assortment of free acts in front of
he new grandstand and bleacher
produced by George A. Hamid and
ucluding tile Five A'banis. Dadd:
Lamont, The Winder Garden Revue,
rinx" Borglan's Hippodrome Sens,
tions. The Six Decardes, and Wall
uorf’s Boxing Bear.
FOUR BICYCLES
STOLEN
Four stolen by cycles have recentl
been reported to the Police Depart
ment. Two of the bicycles have been
recovered by the Police Department
according to Chief Burns. Those te
porting stolen bicycles are Jim Wil
lis, Pride Ratterree, Eugene Mathis
and Baney Dettmar. The bicycles re
covered were identified as thy prop
erty of Messrs Willis and Ratterree.
Leave For Erskine
College
The following were among stu
dents from Kings Mountain leaving
tor Erskine College recently: Misses
Ruth Caveny, Carolyn Hord and Lo
nora Fulton; Billy Caveny, Bil
ly Fulton and Franklin Ware.
By WILL ROGERS
'T'HEY was two office boys that
were having an awful row. They j
made a lot of noise. I reckon they
Will Rogers*
Humorous Story
was arguing about who was going
to get off for the ball rame next.
Well, the boss called to Jimmie and
says, “Say, Jimmie, whenever you
ve finished that argument with Red,
I wish you’d go and get a dollar's :
worth of stamps for me.”
So of course there wasn't any j
dollar’s worth of stamps got Next i
day, the boss says, “Jimmie, didn’t i
I tell you to get me some stamps j
yesterday.”
"Oh, yes, that’s right,” he says. I
"But you said when I’d finished
! with Red. And I ain’t started on
that guy yet. I’m taking boxing
lessons, just to get ready to finisti i
it"
(Anurlean New* Feature*, lae.)
y c IN LKAL tiiliLD fr OK
it. E. ivJbKK, 87
Mr. Robert Erwin Kerr, age ST. I
uieu at ins lit me on \\ atierson |
street last TiniiiUtty e»eui:i-; luitow!
mg a week's iciness.
runcial s< i . » i a wore be.,: : l-’Tiz'
a both church Frida) aitt-rnoctt nn-i.
.,.,n imminent inane in iIre churcn j
cemetery.
llis pastor. Rev. P. D. Patrick was;
in cliatge ol tile services and ‘was
assisted by ltcv. A. u. tsargeant, of
Kings Mountain, and Rev. Mr. walk-j
i r, p. s.ui of tin- Presbyterian chur-j
cb, Gaimcy, S. t .
.Mt. Kerr was a retired farmer J
and native of Suciby, spending hi..
entire life in tie- Carolinas. tie had
been a member of the Presbyterian
church salve earl> youth. H-- was a
.■.on oi the late joint William Kelt
and wile. Nancy is: w in Kerr
Air. Kerr was man ied twice. His |
nrst w.ie was Miss Kate Borders,
to this ttiiion live ohidren were born,
ite following four surviving: Mrs. C.
it Robbins, Miss Jessie Kerr ana
Frank Kerr, all of Gaffney, S. C.;
Mi a. ('. D. Gladden of Kings Moun
tain.
His second wife was Miss Satan
Hortl who died nine months ago. The
following children of ties union sur
vive: Mrs. Eugene Mathis and Miss
1-carl Kerr of Kings Mountain, with
-. ticni the deceased made his home,
Mrs. William !>. Johnson, Swansea,
.j. C„ Dr. R. M. Kcir, Columbia, S
C., Jce K. Kerr, Greenville, S.
.take G. Kerr, Rock Hill. S C. He is
*iso survived by three sisters Mrs.
,oni Black of Kings Mountain. Mr..
Ellen Per-ton and Miss L:1 Kerr, ot
Shelby.
Attend Funeral Of
Kinsman
The following from Kings Moun-1
tain attended the funeral services of
Mrs. Candace Josephine McCJill. at
Bethel church, near Hickory. Tues
day afternoon: Mr. and Mrs. A. J.
McGill, the former a brother of the
deceased; Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Crook
Mrs. A. H Patterson. N. F McGill t
Norman McGill, \V. A. Ware. Mrs i
Boyce McGill. Mrs. Lucius Hallman
and little daughter. Mrs. C. W. Ricti
ardson and Miss Pearl Hicks.
Mrs. McGill, who was a native c~
this section, died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Goracn Whiteuer, si
the age of 77.
&he was a daughter of the 1'ite
Wiliam Alexander McGill, promi
nent family, of Gaston county. For
the past 45 years she had lived in
Catawba County.
HOUSTONS LEAVE
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Houston ana
family moved Monday to Pagelancl,
4. (’.. to make their home after licit'.,
n Kings Mountain for over Id t ear,.
Mr. Houston was formerly secretarv
and treasurer of the Phenix Mill aiu
v-cre recently connected with the
Noisier Mills. Mr. Houston served a*
a member of the Kings Mountain
hhool Board. Mr. Houston is now
'ssociated with the Palmetto Yarn
Co., of Pageland, a branch of th> ,
Neisler Mills.
The many friends of the Houstons
will regret this moving, but hope!
for them much happiness in the-t1
new location.
To Attend Legion
Convention
Seven members of Otis D. Green
Post of the American Legion plan to
attend the National Convention
which meets next week in New Yore
City. Most of those plan to make thfc|
trip expect to leave Kings Mountain
Saturday night and return Wedner.
day of next week.
Those expecting to attend arc.
Paul Mauney, Byron Keeter. Glee
Bridges. Dr. \V. L. Ramseur. \V. W
Souther, \V. E Blakely and Clarence
Carpenter.
Cleveland Bonded
Warehouse
Mr. Earle Carpenter of Hardin. N.
C.. has assumed managership of the
Cleveland Bonded Warehouse. Mr.
Carpenter is well known in Kings
Mountain, as he married a Kings
Mountain girl, a sister of Messrs
Puller and Press McGill. The Herald
extends a hearty welcome to Mr. and
Mrs. Carpenter to the Best Town in
lie State.
NO BOOKS FROM LIBRARY
Permanent quarters for the Kings
Mountain Public Library, the Red .
Cross Office, and County Welfare
Office are now under construction i
bc^ement of the new City Hall. Dui
to the fact that carpenters will b
working the balance of this ween
no books will be let out, but the Li
brary will be open to receive books
that are due. Plans are now being
made for the formal opening cf the
Library in the new quarters shortly. .
Dr. J. Sidney Hood
Dies In Gastonia
Dr. John Sidney Hoed, owner and
operator of Hood’s Eye. Ear, No.w
and Throat Clinic, and one of Has
ten county's leading physicians, and
former resident of Kings Mountain,
died suddenly at his home, 526 South
Chester street, in Castonia, at three
o'clock Tuesday morning from a
heart attack.
Dr. Hood's death was entirely un
expected He was apparently in his
usual health when he retired Mon
day night after spending the day in
l.is offices and attending to his pro
• • ~:inia 1 duties as usual. About mid
r.iglit he suffered a heart attack and
a physician was called. He rallied
from this temporarily but shortly af
ter 2:30 a. ni. suffertd a second at
tack which resulted in his death with
in a few moments.
Funeral services were conducted at
the Hood home yesterday morning at
10:30 o'clock. Rev. Dr. B. A. Bowers
pastor of the First Baptist church of
Gastonia, of which he was a member
officiated. Interment was in Holly
wood cemetery, Gastonia.
Active pallbearers were Dr. .1.
Frank Cranford, Clyde C. Armstrong
Dave W. Smith, Jack Siler, Dr. R. H.
Parker and Dr. J. E. Anthony of
Kings Mountain. Honorary pallbear
ers were the member of the Gaston
County Medical Society and Dr. Ap
plegate. of Washington, chief sur
geon of the Southern Railway Sys
tem.
Dr. Hood, who had long been an
active Mason, was buried with full
Masonic honors. He was a membei
of Gastonia Ledge No. 360, A. F. &
A. M . a Scottish Rite Mason, and a
member of the Oasis Temple cf the
Shrine.
Dr. J. Sidney Hood was born at
Davidson in April, 1884. the son of
John Green and Roberta Johnson
Hood. He received his preliminary
» ducat ion in the public schools of
Davidson and later attended David
son College and Guilford College. He
received his medical education at
Jefferson Medical. College. Philadel
phia. from which institution he was
graduated in 1908. While there he
was a member of the Kappa Phi fra
ternity.
Locating in Kings Mountain. Dr
Hood practiced here for 14 years. He
then went to Chicago where he too':
special courses over a period of two
years in tlie Chicago Eye, Ear, Norl
and Throat Hospital. At the conclu
sion o fills studies here ho went to
Gastonia in 1923 and established t!”>
Hootl Clinic which he continued to
operate until his death. During Dr.
Hood’.- sia’ in Kings Mountain lie
was active in civic affairs. He was a
member of the board of aldermen
and entered actively into the civic
life of the town. He was one of the
t rime movers in tHe establishment
of tho Lake Monionia Club which
has grown in recent years to quite a
colony.
Dr. Hoed was twice married. H>s
first wife, who died as the result
of an accident three or four years
ago. was Miss Eloise Tailor. From
this union two children surviv, Mrs.
Knox Hood Summey and John Sid
ney Hood, Jr., who is a student at
the local high school. He also leaves
his widow, who was Miss Nell Cans
er cf this place, one sister, Mrs. W
I Taylor of Burgaw; one half-sister.
Mrs. Clyde Carroll, of Arcadia. Fla.,
an uncle. Bradford Hood, of Science
Hill, Ky., and an aunt, Mrs. Robert
Shelton, of Davidson.
Dr. Hood was a man cf pleasing
personality and genial disposition.
He had a wide circle of friends not
only in iris profession and among his
patients but with the general public.
by James Preston
(Opinions Expressed in This Column
Are Not Necessarily the Views of
This Newspaoer.)
With the legislative, executive
and judicial branches of government
disporting themselves in holiday du
ties or pleasures, the incidental
fourth branch” of the Federal struc
lure (the regulatory commission-,
Loards and administrations) claims
[he attention of the national audt
snee.
And except for periodical pro
nouncements from the regular gov
ernment bureaus, the show to dato
has been stolen by the ‘fourth
□ ranch.''
All that brings to mind the signit
icant fact that this extra arm of tne
government has shown more prolific
growth and had more material bear
ing upon the functions of American
life in recent years than most of the
other arms of government; further,
that the number of regulatory com
missions established during the Iasi
(Cont'd on Editorial page)