lhe Kings Mountain Henaid
Established 1839
Published Every Thursday
"herald publishing house,
Haywood E. Lynch
Editor-Manager
Entered as second class matter at
the Postoffice at Kings Mountain,
N. C., under the Act of March 3,
1879.
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A weekly newspaper devoted to
r.ne promotion of the. general wel
.are and published tor the eulight
meat, entertainment and benefit o!
the citizens jf Kings Mountain and
Its vicinity.
OPPORTUNITY IS KNOCKING
It lias been said that opportunity
kocks but once, and we believe one
of the biggest opportunities in the
history of Kings Mountain is knock
ing now. We have in mind ‘he woik
about to be started on Kings Moun
tain Battleground. Because of out
name and location the Town of
Kings Mountain should reap the big
gest harvest of anything that may
develope from the Kings Mountain
Battleground.
Citizens and organizations of Kings
Mountain, may we urge and plead
with you to unite in an effort to co
operate with those who are interest
cd in seeing Kings Mountain Battle
ground improved.
nearby chapter of the Daughters
of the American Revolution have al
ready signified their willingness to
cooperate to the fullest extent with
others interested in this movement.
Let's pull together and capitalize
on this opportunity to help our
Town, The Town that hears the
name of the historical battle which
history recoids as the “turning point
of the Keoolutionary War". Here's
a golden opportunity to do some
thing worthwhile for Kings Moun
tain, The Best Town 111 the State.
’TIS BETTER TO GIVE
THAN TO GIVE
Everyone should welcome the op
portunity to do their part in the an
nual Red Cross Roll Drive which
will take place next month. The Red
Cross is a spending organization,
but it spends to relieve suffering and
hardships of mankind.
Where, we ask the citizens of the
Best Town in The State, could they
invest their money that would pay
gigger dividends in salvaging the
lives of the unfortunate for the gocu
of all humanity, than the Red Cross
—Your Messenger of Mercy ?
. The Charlotte Observer had the
following to say about contributing
to the Charlotte Community Chest,
of which the Red Cross is a part. Be
cause of its timeliness and busi
ness-like thought we reprint it here:
A Two-Woy Charity Traffic
The appeal of the Community
Chest of Charlotte for public finan
cial support rest upon two solid
principles of life.
First, it imposes an outright sel
fish obligation. Unwisely we are dis
posed to consider that contributions
to such agencies as unite in this
campaign is a depleting, subtracting
and bleeding process, that all the
good to be derived front it is for the
reeipitnt of our charity. Not so.
Sharing with others is a selfish
form of personal blessing. Gener
ous giving to ttie less fortunate, the'
destitute and the underprivileged is
a business that back-fires. v
The streams of charity carry two
way traffic. There is an incoming
which is always proportioned to the!
outgoing. The law of physics whien
insists that reaction is the equivuj
lent of action holds fast in the!
realm of the social and moral and
spiritual. There is a scattering that
enriches just as there is a withhold
ing that tends to poverty. Bread
cast upon the waters does return..
These is such a thing as first having
to lose life before finding it. With
what measure ye mete, it shall be
measured to you again. Give and it
shall be given you.
In tilt second place, this appeal
carries with it the challenge for ;t|
constructive sicial service. We be
long to the social order. We are a!
part of the moral universe and the
law of the social and miral kingdom
is clear and implicit. It revolves a-1
bout a single phrase, "Bear ye one
another's burdens'. This is the com
pelling charge that confronts us.
The mandate laid upon us is unavoio!
able no matter how much we might1
like to squirm out from under it. j
Taking adehuate care in vital ser
vices of those unqualified in their
own circumstances to take care of
themselves is a community respon
sibility that is both unwise and un
safe to Ignore. j
It is always a good investment to;
put one's money in any enterprise
that will create an improved and
more wholesome atmosphere for
one’s own business and financial in
terests.
Some Confused, All Amused
(By Gilbert Falls)
Probably the most outstanding so
cial event in college and university
life is now at hand and will be dra
matically portrayed during the next
few days by that group of rising so
cialites who awoke one moruiug to
find that fortune was favoring them
with a bid to some Greek lettered
organization of which they knew
little, but had heard much. Rush sea
son of fraternity court is a period of
stress and strain. Small groups of
students gather to expound upon the
merits, and ignore the demerits, of
their favorite chapters, these being
the ones from which thev noln n u
or the ones to which dad, grand-dad
or Uncle Tom once belonged.
Many a youngster will uon a tux
for the first time and march out
into that strata of society which he
is confident will add glory and pres
tige to his forlorn heart. Banquets
and smokers and dances will make
every vein in the pledge's bidy beat
high with hope—hope that he will
survive the entanglement of satin
lapels and stiff collors.
1 ne nights are bright; the parties
are gay; the soeialiteh, intoxicated
with delight, rush home in the wee
hours of the night, hoping to com
mune with Morpheus. But lo! that
■ math, that language, that theme.
So for the first time many of these
boys see the morning sun creep over
the eastern horizon and swing high
er and higher into its orbit.
Of this the dormitory inmate
knows little. His interest is not ful
ly aroused, nor his attention attract
iid until the period of initiation nears
the climax. Then he experiences a
spontaneous overflow of mirth as
the newly pledged run hither and
thither, some counting aloud the
thirteen links in a chain, others hoi
lowing coo-coo, until the hill-side
knows but the one echo. Others at
tire in robes and banners of such
gay colors as would persuade Gypsy
Rose Lee to reuounce her country
men.
But this soon passes and an at
mosphere of dignity again envelopes
the campus. More attention is devo
ted to class room studies and li
brary research by both dormitory
and fraternity men. Here their in
terests are combined, thus paving
the way for a more cosmopolitan
spirit and a more versatile life.
4 H Boys Compete For
Scholarships
Three one-year scholarships to
State College will be awarded this
week at. the annual North Carolina
State Fair to 4-H Club boys exhibit
ing prize farm aniimals.
Awards will be based on records
kept by the club member and on the
appearance of the animal when judg
ed at the Fair, declared L. R. Havrill
State 4-H Club leader.
Scholarships will go to the mem
bers exhibiting the blue ribbon dairy
calf, the best baby beef calf. and
the outstanding pig. Only bona fide
club members from 10 to 20 years ot
age will be eligible to compete.
In the dairy calf contest, type and
condition of animal will count 35
points, showmanship 15 points, fi
nancial gain 30 points, dairy manage
ment 10 points, and leadership n.
tivlties 10 points. The final three
s.-,. ,>tfi'>5irjons will be obtained from
the club member's record book on
the auuAiUi.
In the baby beef competition, con
formation and condition of the ani
mal as judged from a slaughter
standpoint will count 50 points.
From the record book, the other
50 points will be determined. The
same basis will be used in the con -
test for first prize among club bo>s
exhibiting pigs.
The scholarships are being award
ed by the North Carolina division of
the National Cotton Seed Products
Association.
Strawberry growers of Columbus
County are being urged to set 12,
000 to 15,000 plants per acre durng
September in order to assure them
of a profitable crop next spring.
Guarding Our
Guarani it of Liberty
By RAYMOND PITCAIRN
National Chairman
-Sentinels of the Republic _____
Since our inception as a nation, the
proudest boast of our American Repub
lic has been its guarantee of civil and
religious liberty.
That guarantee is written into our
Constitution. It is the first article in
our Bill of Rights. It is the lodestone
that has attracted to our shores, through
successive decades, men of faith and
character.
It is inextricably woven into the whole
American tradition.
Above all things, it is that guarantee
which differentiates life in America
from life under the new European dic
tatorships. whether of Individual men
or of favored groups. It remains a
keystone of the structure which pro
tects free democracy from the assaults
of intolerance and oppression.
The citizens of our young Republic
recognized all this when they wrote
into the Pederal Constitution a dictum
that:
“Congress shall make no law respect
ing an establishment of religion, or pro
hibiting the free exercise thereof; or
abridging the freedom of speech or of
the press; or the right of the people
peaceably to assemble, and to petition
the government for a redress of griev
ances.”
Modern Americans must recognize it
too. and continue—as dtd their fathers
—the defence of this national tradition
from threats In any form, or from any
source.
Eternal vigilance remains today, as in
the era of the Pounders, the inexor
able price of liberty.
And to that high ideal of liberty—
both of action and of spirit—America
still is dedicated.
Demonstrations in which TVA tri
ple superphosphate is being used are
showing good results in Rockingham
County.
In the United States, one travels
north or south for climate variations
is mountainous Colombia, one trav
els up or down.
Museums in Rome, London and
the United States have bought many
of the oil paintings of Percy Crosby,
a comic strip artist.
Sir Walter Scott, Scotch poet and
novelist, died in 1832.
LET’S LOOK BACK
From The Kings Mountain Herald
NINETEEN YEARS AGO
OCTOEER 17, 1918
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Fulton ana
little daughter, Ellen have returned
from a visit to Rock Hill.
The waste house at the Dilling
mill was burned Friday night and
several bales of waste was destroj
ed.
I
Jwmul
PRESENTS
The play that thrilled the nation becomes
•n even greater film, starring SYLVIA SIDNEY
• od JOcL Me C fit A, with Hr nphroy
• . . Released through United Artists . . •
Fiction bod by VIRGINIA WARREN HASTINGS
What Has Gon« P.sfore:
Dave Connell realises his love
for Kay, a rich man’s darling, is
hopeless. Tommy Gordon and
his gang of gutter arshins play
fully lure Philip Grisuiald, a rich
boy who lives in the East River
Apartments, into a deserted
warehouse, beat him up and rob
him. Meanwhile "Baby Face"
Martin see* hi* mother, who
slaps hie face, call* him a Hiller
and beg* to be left alone. Drina,
Tommy’* sister, who ha* been
picketing with the girls in her
factory, tell* Dave a settlement
is imminent; now there is a
chance for her and Tommy to
escape the evil influence* of
Dead End.
Chapter Four
Griswald was ordinarily ft quiet,
composed little man. But when he
heard how the six young rough
necks had attacked and robbed his
son he was white with fury. He led
Philip by the hind out into the
street.
“Thero they are,” said Philip be
tween sobs. He indicated Tommy.
"He’s the one. He’s the leader."
Griswald strode over to the wharf
and grabbed Tommy firmly by the
arm.
"Why did you beat this boy?”
he asked severely. “What did you
do it for?”
Philip screamed, “He'i got my
watch. He’s got my watch.”
IMM, W KUUU WUi Uiai
! do?"
1 "It will do this much good: it
l will get the little gangster before
I he can do more harm than this.”
“But he can be punished some?
other way,” Drir.a pleaded frantical
• ly. “I’ll see to it. I mean — I'll
! speak to his mother.”
Griswald turned from her brus
quely and entered the apartment
i house. Mulligan sighed wearily and
; scratched liis head.
“Well, well. And who does this
! guy think he Is, anyway?”
I The doorman smiled knowingly.
“Judge Griswald’s brother. That’s
all. Just Judge Griswald’s brother."
To Mulligan's questioning, Drina,
and Dave preserved an Impassive
silence. Mulligan was nonplussed.
It would be a tough job finding the
brat, and if he didn’t, that judge
would probably break him. First
thing he knew, he’d be pounding a
beat in Harlem. This precinct was
bad enough. He confided his
troubles in a conversational and
friendly way to two men who were
loitering outside of Pascagli's. Mar
tin, with a price on his head, took
a special delight in talking to Mul
ligan. Hunk stood by nervously.
A girl had sauntered down the
street towards them. Her lips were
smeared with rouge in a futile at
tempt to disguise an unhealthy pal
lor. She wore a chei p, scanty dress
which revealed every line of her
body.
“Well,” she said, addressing Mai'
tin and Hunk. “Who’s the import
ant guy wants to see me? Come on.
I’m busy."
"Let me go," said Tommy. "You’re breaking my arm!"
"Don’t stand there,” Griswald
barked at the governess. "Call a
policeman.”
Tommy, who had been sil •
through* all this, was now t!>, .
t ughly frightened. "I ain’t gi.l the
watch,” he told Griswald. ‘Get me
go. I'll get it for you. Honest I will
— aw, mister, don’t call the cope.
I won’t touch him again. We do it
to all the kids and they do it to us.
Please, mister. Hey, you’re break
ing my arm. Let me go, you —. ”
Over on the sandhopper Drina
and Dave had heard the commo
tion but had paid little attention at
first. When they heard Tommy’s
yell, they came running.
“What are you doing to him?"
Drina demanded excitedly. "Let him
go.”
“Do you know this boy?”
Tommy interjected quickly, "No.
1 ain’t never seen her before. Mind
jour business, lady.”
He writhed with pain as Gris
wald renewed his hold. With his
free hand he drew a pocketknife
irom his trousers and opened it
with the expert motion Martin had
tr.ught him. Griswald saw the knife
and tried to grab it and in that in
stant the boy’s hand moved up and
•lashed his wrist. Griswald uttered
a groan and released his hold. In a
flash Tommy had flown up the
6trect and disappeared. The door
man of the East River Apartments
bandaged Griswald’s arm. In the
excitement no one noticed the ar
rival of Mulligan.
"What the matter here?” he in
quired with the authority of the
law.
“An accident,” said Dave.
Griswald snorted. “I wouldn’t call
it an accident. One of these hood
lums on the block cut me. I want
you to find the boy and arrest
him.”
Drina said placatingly. "I’m sorry
you got hurt, but he didn’t mean
to do it.”
"What’s the boy’s name?" inquir
ed Mulligan.
"I don’t know,” said Griswald.
“Ask this girl. She seems to know
him.”
“I don’t know him,” said Drina
quickly. "I never saw him before.
But I live around here and I know
these kids are wild, but they don’t
mean any harm, really mister."
Griswald exploded. “If they don't
mean any harm, then a beating, a
theft and a stabbing are pretty
good all in one day!”
Mulligan brought out his note
book. "What did the boy look like?"
”'lh>n and dark and — oh. it
sho ddn't be hnrd for you to find
Mm. x want him caught and ar
eested.”
At the sound of her voice Martin
looked up in amazement. “Fran
cey!”
The srirl turned to him sharply.
'How do you know my name? Who
are you?” Her puzzled look slowly
changed to one of amazement. "For
the love of — Marty!”
“Yeah. It’s me."
“How are you, Marty? You did
something to your face.”
“Yeah. Plastic, they call it.” Mar
tin jerked his head, indicating to
Plunk that he wanted him to beat
it. Hunk moved reluctantly off a
little way up the street. Martin
grabbed the girl, but she evaded
hi3 kiss.
“What’s the matter? Ain’t I good
enough for you?”
"Aw, no. It ain’t that.”
“You know, Francey, I never for
got you. Remember the night on
the roof? A couple of crazy kids
we were! We were going to get
married. I bought a ring at the five
and dime store.” He laughed with
pleasurable reminiscence.
“Listen,” said Francey nervously,
“You better get away from here—.”
“What’s the difference where I
go? They’ll get me some day. I only
came back for you.”
The light in Franccy's white face
had gone out. “I wouldn’t be good
for you. I’m tired. I’m sick. Can’t
you see it? Look at me good. You've
been looking at me the way I used
to be.”
Realization dawned on Martin
and he recoiled from her. The nos
talgic dream was finished. His face
filled with disgust.
| “Well,” she shouted at him fierce
t ly, "What did you expect?”
They stood awkwardly silent for
a moment. Martin reached in his
inner pocket and drew out a thick
roll of bills. He peeled several and
gave them to her.
“Here. It’s hot. Be careful where
you spend it. And keep your lips
buttoned up. Now beat it.”
She turned, with his harsh dis
missal, and started up the street.
Then she retraced her steps and
spoke to him again.
“For old times’ sake, will you do
me a favor, Marty? Will you kiss
me, just once? For old times'
sake?”
Seeing his hesitation, she came
up to him and pressed her cheek
against his lips. He pecked at it
distastefully and turned away scow
ling. She laughed bitterly and
walked quickly away. Slowly, vici
ously, he wiped his face with the
back of bis hand.
(To be continued)
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