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BUY AT HOME Kings Mountain Herald READ THE HERALD VOL. 32 NO. 44 KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C. THURSDAY, NOV. 4, 1937 FIVF CENTS PER COPY1 State And National News Condensed In Brief Form —National News— Washington, Nov. 2.—A coopera-1 alive clinic opened today to provide medical oare for more than 1,000 employees of the federal home loan bank and their families. Gibraltar. Nov. 21—TheNnited Sta les crusier Raleigh, flagship of Rear Admiral Arthur Fairfield, and the destroyers Hatfield, Kane and Clax-j ton. arrived here today. The new U. S. destroyer Manley .was ejected November 5 and the Kane and Hat field were scheduled shortly to re-: turn to the United States. Shreveport, La., Nov. 2.—A cross country search for the third suspect in Chicago's. ‘'moonlight murder” had ended today with the arrest of a man as he engraved the Lord’s prayer on pennies at the Louisiana State fair here. Brussels, Nov. 2.—First practical contact in preparation for the nine power conference came today in a meeting between Norman Davi3, head of the United States delegation aud Dr. V. K. Wellington Kce, Chi nese ambassador to France. Davis was expected to discuss with Dr. Koo, also chief of China's conference dele gat ion, terms under which China would agree to peace negotiations in the Chinese Japan ese conflict. Elizabeth, N. J., Nov. 2.—Out of the mental shadowland 79-year-oid Oswald Rudolph has come back to his son and daughter who had sou ght him far and wide for more than 15 months. He went to New York on business one day in July, 1936, and was struck by an automobile. The accident left him with amnesia and there was nothing in his pockets to identify him. Otoiifigo, Nojvt 2.—'Discovery of another ransom bill provided feder » al agents with a fresh clue today tn the mysterious kidnaping five weeks ago of Charles S. Ross. A $10 note, part of the $50,000ran som'paid to the supposed kidnapers of the 76-year-old retired manufac turer, was turned over to federal a gemts yesterday by T. J. Cook, pro prietor of a South Side Hotel. Chester, S. C., Nov. 2.—Officers said today they were checking all clues leading to the identity of the robbers w'ho forced the safes of two •wt f les-aie houses ear!;v fe ^terday and escaped with an undttenmincd amiunt of money and clieck3. The establishments entered were the Pearce-Youiiul Angel : company, wholesale produce, and Thomas and Howard, wholesale grocery. Los Angeles, Nov. 2.—-Mr. and MteJ Cecil B|artholomew were due in court today to begin their battle to regain custoday of young Freddie Bartholomew from his Aunt Mylll cent. They charge Miss Bartholomew gained a legal guardianship over the goy film star by fraud. —State News— Rooky Mount, Nov. 2.—Odie Joy ner, 21, of Nash county was killed when the roadster in which iie was riding turned over on a dirt roau near ere about midnnight last night. His death was Nash county’c Sth highway fatality in the past six weeks. Goldsboro, Nov. 2.—The annual' convention ol' tile North Central dir-.-l trict of the North Carolina Educa tion association, comprising 18 conn ties, will be held here Friday anu Saui day. Pinehurst, Nov. 2.—Nelson C. Hyde, editor, announced today that' The Sandhills Daily News or South ern Pines and The Pinehurst Press, seasonal daily newspapers, had been merged for this season and would be called the Sandhills News-Press.' Asheville, Nov. 2:—Almost 200; huntsmen, .uheir ambition fired by yesterday’s bountiful bag in the opening of the annual Pisgah nation al forest hunt, barged back, ito the government itimberlauds today hop ing to draw a bead on bear or buck. Greensboro, Nov. 2.—Internal rev enue collections iu North Carolina totaled $25,378,287.78 for October, an increase of $1,407,932.21 over collec tions for October 1936. Asheville, Nov. 2—Winfred Foster 28, of Black Mountain, who surrend ered last nigiht to Sheriff Laurence E. Brown a short time after Elcaney Russell, 29, also of Black Mountain, was slain, faced a coroner’s jury to day. ERNEST L. DAVIS BURIED TUESDAY Following an illness of about two months, Ernest L. Davis, 29, local man, died at his home here Monday morning. He was a popular citizen of the community and was employed at the Phenix mill, where he was su perintendent of the supply room. .Funeral services ^ were lieljd Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at Grace Methodist church, of which he was a member. Kev. \V. A. Par sons, pastor, conducted the services Interment was in Sharon Methodist church cemetery, near Shelby. Surviving are his widow and two sons, Hilly, 6, and Carl, 4. His par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Roe Davis, also live here. Three brothers. Boyce and Janies Davis, of Kings Mountain and Henry Davis of Charlotte, and a sister, Mrs. Ruby Morris, of Char lotte, also survive. Notice To Masons All Masons are asked to assemble at the Masonic Hall at 1:00 o’clock Thusdav afternoon. They are expect ed to attend funeral services for L. M. Logan at Bethlehem Baptist church at 2:00 o’clock. Laughing Around the World With IRVIN s. COBB A Hot Finish for a Warm Prayer By IRVIN S. COBB ' 1'HE LATE Sam Jones was the progenitor of a large group of pulpit evangelists who employ spectacular methods of converting wander ing souls to the better life. Twenty-odd years ago, he occupied the place in the public eye which today is so competently filled by the Rev. Billy Sunday. Mr. Jones had a sincere fondness for the black race. This was only natural. Je was bom and reared and lived most of his life in a Georgia town. He would take time from a monster revival to slip away to some small colored church on a back street and make a talk to the dark congregation gathered there. He was fond of saying that the most; striking and in some regards, the most eloquent prayer he ever heard was delivered by a colored pastor of an Arkansas community in present ing him to the latter’s assembled flock. The preacher first invoked the divine mercy upon the audienc?, then upon the nation, next upon the entire creation. He asked help from on high for the President of the United States, for the sick and needy and distressed of all races in all climes, for mankind in every corner of the globe. At 1< h, he appK tched the climax, which according to Mr. Jones, ran as fo. jws: “Oh, Lawd gib Br*er Jones dc eye of a eagle so he kin spy sin a mile off! “ ’Luminate his face wid dc blessed ointments of dye favor till ’longside of him de flames of Hell look lak a tallow candle! “Glue his yeah to the Hebenly telephone an’ connee’ him wid Central in de sky! “Nail his hands to de Gospel plow an* drive him down into some lonesome valley whar prayer is want’ to be made! “An*, please, oh,’ Lawd, pour all ober him de karosene oil of dye love and set him on fire!” (American Non Feature*. Inc.) FIRST SERVICE IN NEW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SUNDAY The Presbyterians are looking forward to Sunday morning, Nov. 7., as ’hey will have the first services in the new Church Building pictured above. The regular services will be held in the morning with Rev. P. O. Patrick in charge. The Sunday scho • will move into the equipped educ >'Onal building. The other uptown churches will unite with the Presbyterians for the evening hour of wo ship at 7:30 p. m. The visiting min * vers will each bring a short menage on a vital phase of the work of the church. They will speak as fol Iowa: “The Church a Place of Wor ihip”—Rev. L. Boyd Hamm. "A Free Church in a Free State"—Rev. A. G. Sargeant. “The Church and Education”—Rev. W. M. Boyce. “The Church the Means of Salva tion”—Rev. E. W. Fox. w. L. FORTUNE Railroad Foreman Retires After 38 Years Of Service (Gilbert Falls) Brn, reared ami educated’ midst! the scenic beauty and the lofty j peaks of western Carolina, a land from which many a self-made man | has come, Mr. W. L. Fortune be-; came affiliated with the Southern. Railroad at the early age of seven- j teen, and his record shows that he served his company well until his retirement, July 1. 1937. Mr. Fortune, now living on Gold street, was horn near Henderson ville in 1874. As a lad of seventeen he cast his lot with_ the Southern Road and there he remained, with the exception of one break which came in early life, until he was re cently retired. For thirty-eight years Mr. Fortune was in active service as section foreman. In 1906 he mov ed to Kings Mountain and for the past thirty-one years he has been working in this vicinity. During this lapse of time he has formed many lasting friendships, and has built a widespread reputation. Gen tle but stern. Mr. Fortune ts known and respected in the service as a tnolder of men and a builder of roads. Mr. Fortune reports that on one or two occasions he has seen mo torist go crashing into the giant monsters of the rail, but the worst misfortune to befall him during his period of service was to be hurled from a bridge into the muddy wa ters of the Catawba river one day in midsummer. During the long career of this railroad veteran^ ,no serious ).vciri deiit occurred on his road as a re sult of broken rails, worn ties, washed bridges, accumulated debris or faulty roadbed. This is a record of which any man should be proud, for in reality, the section foreman is the man into whose chre the trav eling public and the train crew place untold confidence. He is the man who makes It safe for the crow to speed the big locomotive through suburbs and over wide ex panse of countryside, and for the traveler bo he a;- the ever-slalpping of the rails as the rocket train rush es on its daily mission. SPECIAL NOTICE Don’t forget that you have from now until tomorrow (Friday) morn ing at 10:30 to get your entriee ready for the Floral Fair. Study the list* and be a winner. Prizes on dis play in Baker’s Grocery window. Two More Arrested In Local B. & L. Case L. M. Logan Funeral Today Leonidas Marion Logan, age 57, cMed at his home on King street Wednesday morning at 1:00 o'clich. Death came following a long period of {ill health. He had suffered for several years fnom hardening of the arteries which culminated in angina pectoris. Funeral services will be held at Bethlehem Baptist church this (Thursday) afternoon at 2:00 o'clock and interment made in, Bethlehem cemetery, where a number of his forbears are buried. Rev. P. D. Pat rick, Rev. A. G. Sargeant, of Kings Mountain and Dr. C. J. Black of Bes seiner City, will conduct the servi ces. The pallbearers yill be B. N. Barn es, N. P. McGill. E. W. Griffin, J. 0 Keller, Arthur Hay and L. P. Ba ker. Masons of the city will attend in a body and Mr. Logan will be buri ed with Masonic honors. Mr. Iogan is survived by his wi dow. formerly Miss Mitchell Barber to whom he was married in 1900: one daughter, Miss Helen Logan, member of the Kings Mountain school faculty; one son, L. M. Logan Jr., member of the clerical force of the Griffin Drug Co. One child died in infancy. Of hi® eight brothers and sisters only three survive, J. J. Logan "ltd W. F. Logan of Kings Mountain ,..ul Mrs. S. L. Carter of Mars Hill. Mr. Logan was a son of the late Leonidas Marion Logan and his late wife of the Bethlehem community, member of a family, prominent in the religious and social life of that section. In early life lie joined Bethlehem Baptist church, later moving his membership to the First Baptist church after he had established hie home In Kings Mountain. For twenty-seven years he was a l'uthful postal employee and was (Coat'd on back page) Will Rogers’ Humorous Story • — "■ ■ - ■ ———.. > By WILL ROGERS /^IRLS don’t pretend near so much as they used to. Why, Lf a girl likes a guy nowadays, she says to all her relatives and frieadr, “Watch me cop that youngster! li 1 don’t get him I’ll cry my eyes out!” And the oldish aunties ara shocked. I think these here girts are having a lot of fun telling the truth every once in a while. Jean Pink was looking out the window kinds mooning, and her dad says to her, "Say, Jean, not that I’m anxious or anything, but when are you thinking about getting you a husband T" "When am I Dad?" she says. "Why, as near as I can get to it I’m thinking about it all the time, i I know I ain’t rot time for nothing else, and I ain’t hardly jinx, good to Mama any more, I think about it so much.” (Aatriosa tCeee VtsterM, tat] BLAKELY AND BIGGERS ARRESTED McGinnis Trial Underway The trial of Mr. J. M McGinnis, ('.larged with embezzlement of about $10,000 from the Kings Mountain Building and I.oan Association of which he was Assistant Secretary and Areasurer. began yesterday in Superior Court but came to an abrupt halt to enabla the presiding Judge, Honorable Will Pless, to ex amine auditors from the State Build ing and Loan Department and ascer tain the exact amount short aud get further information from them. Late yesterday- Capias' were is sued for the arrest of Postmaster W. E. Blakely, and Lendou Biggers, . who several years aleo worked in I the First National Bank at the same | time McGinnis did. Mr. Blakely is charged with conspiracy and is und er $1,500 bond, and Biggers is charg ed with embezzlement and is also under a $1,500 bond. Deputy Sheriff , Charlie Sheppard last night accom panied Shei. Raymond Cline to | Clover S. C., to arrest Biggers, who returned with the officers to Shelby j to give bond. McGinnis was confined [in the Shelby jail last night to await completion of the trial today. I* is understood the State Build ing and Loan Auditors estimated tlie shortage would be between $12, , and $15,000. Ttie trial started yesterday after noon in Shelby with Mr. McGinnis pleading guilty to the charges. Aft , er the plea of guilty was entered I three character witnesses were plac ; ed on the stand who testified to the good character of the defendant , Those tesfl'ying for 'Mr McGinnis were J. E. Herndon, Mayor of Kings I Mountain, Raymond Cline, Sherifl i of Cleveland County, aud Clerk ol Court. A. M. Hamrick. Judge Pies,s desired more inform ution about the case and Mr. Me I Ginnis was placed on the stand bm ■ Mr. McGinnis was unable to furnist the complete facts and the exact | amount of the shortage, so Judge Pless continued the case until to day. Thursday, so that the auditors who are still at work on the book; ci the association could be siimmoi ed to testify in the case, j It is understood that the shortagi j has accumulated over a period o I several years. The shortage is eo\ ered by a surety bond, and accord ing to the directors of the associa tion no stockholder will lose by tin shortage. Mr. MicGinnis was represented b; Peyton MlcSwain, Shelby Attorney. “YOUNG AMERICA ON THE AIR’’ Be sure to see the progran "Young America on the Air" at tin High School Building Friday night Nov. 5, at 8:00 o'clock, sponsored b: the Junior Woman's Club. Miss Mary Roddey Edwards, Mu ic Teacher, and others have beet working hard to make the progran as interesting as possible, and uti I usual talent is shown in the cor j testants. 1 Holly Smiths representative fror Charlotte will be here Friday aftei noon to hold t.he rehearsal and a' of the contestants are asked to mec at the School House at 3:30 p. m. Tickets a. now on sale and th admission is 10c for school childre and 25c for adults. (Coat'd on back page) Part Of Red Cross ContributionsWill Be Spent Locally (Aubrey Mauney) At this season of the year com munities throughout tit.- length and ■met liruadT.ii of this liinii put nil their annual ecmmun y chest campaign. This means the community'. contri bution to all causes for which the community would be called upon for voluntary contributions. rli is In cludes Y. M C. A , Y. \V. 0 A. Boy Scouts, Home and Family services and all charities. Kings Mountain does not have such a campaign. Many of tin- services which these communities call for funds we do not have any like organization but those services which our community j renders are taken care of by indi vidual drives for each purpose. The Ked Cross In our community renders a wide variety of services which in other communities come under other organizations. All of each contribution to the Red Cross over fifty cents goes into the funds of the local chapter. A membership in the Red Cross Roll Call is one dollar. Thrs is a mini mum contribution. It is the plan of the Red Cross Drive committee in Kings Mountain to secure a large number of individ ual contributions so that evary one may have a part in the program. It is the plan of the committee to ask for some large contributions. It is the hope of the committee that ev ery one who can will give liberally and be glad that they can give so that those who cannot give may have the help which they need. The Red Cross is our organization doing a great welfare work. The needy we have with us. It is not possible for each to investigate the cases and render the service that is needed. We have an effect tive and efficient local worker who can do this for us. The cases that, we know or those who come to us lor aid we can direct them to our Red Cross and feel confident that we are giving when the greatest need exists. Mrs. Ruth Gamble, the Executive , Secretary of the Kings Mountain Chapter stated that in addition to I the fund which is built up in the ; contributions made that in case of an emergency or disaster we can call upon the National Red Cross for assistance. Thus the fitiy cents to the National program may come hack to us in the same way that it goes on its errand of mercy through out this country and the world wher ever there is great need such as comes in the wake of floods, drou ght. fires, hurricanes or wars. Mrs. Gamble reports: Work done by the Kings Moun : tain Chaipter of the American Red ; Cross from December 15, 1936. to November 1. 1937: Persons furnished clothing, 192. Persons furnished food, 269. Persons furnished medical aid. 71. Persons furnished fuel, 50. Persons furnished yeast for pel lagra. 11. Persons given hospital care, 9. Adults with T. B. given aid, 8. Children with T. B. given aid, 5. Persons given service only, 27. j Ex Service men and families giv ! en aid, 14. Persons furnished supplies from Loan Chest, 13. Total number persons given aid, 669. Total amount of money spent, . $1,616.84. C0tiihutgton r^yiap shots by James Preston ' (Opinions Expressed in This Column Are Not Necessarily the Views of This Newspaper.1 Nearly every body read the news paper stories about how 41 million aires paid more than 41 million dol lars in income taxes in 1935. But few saw or hoard members of Wash ington’s “inner circle' fret and fuss i and worry about those figures. : j Back of it all, of course, is the ,! ever.'ncreasing popular demand for • | a balanced budget. Not many govern j merit experts are really hopeful that the budget can be balanced by u re i1 (’ruction of expenditures. They think, i instead, that the income from taxes - must be increased. So the experts are hard at work trying to stop “loopholes" and to i fiiid out how to get more tax money ■- without raising taxes. \ I * * * * , ' Some were startled that the new ! share-thehvealth taxes on the 41 •> millionaires produced only *41,500, l 000. They were especially disappoin ted since these millionaires pail ■ (Cont'd on back page)
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