State And National News
Condensed In Brief Form
—National News—
Cleveland, Nov. 80.—Violence
grew today in the Greyhound bu3
strke with abduction of a driver and
shots fired at or near a bus on the
highway, while a federal concilia
tor’s joint conference with both
sides continued here.
Police questioned the abducted
and returned driver and nearly a
score of other men at Pittsburgh
early today.
Washington, Nov. 30.—The United
States has made new and more vig
orous representations to Japan a
gainst any attempt by the Japanese
military at Shanghai to disturb Chi
nese maritime customs.
This was disclosed today at the
state department, where it was ex
plained that the new American dip
lomatic move was in the form of a
formal written presentation to tne
Japanese foreign office of views sub
mftted earlier in an informal, oral
tpanner.
London, Nov. 30.'—Great Britain
and France began today their most
determined effort since Adolf Hitler
became ruler of Germany m 1933 to
make a compact with him insuring
the peace of western Europe.
Premiers and foreign ministers of
the two countries, meeting in a twu
day conference, turned first to Hit
ler’s increasingly strident demandS3
for return of Germany’s former col
onies.
Chicago, Nov. 30.—Seventeen year
old Mary F. Thompson of Durham,
N. C., was proclaimed national 4-H
club canning champion today.
The national committee on boys
and girls club work, announced in
connectiou with the international
livestock exposition, that she won
the title with an eight-year record ol
conning, 9,356 pints of fruits, vege
tables and meats. She will receive a
$400 college scholarship.
Washington, Nov. 30.—A battle
over procedure still blocked the way
toward organized labor peace today
at the resumption of conferences be
tween the American Federation of
Labor and the CIO.
Leaders in both camps were pes
simistic about the chances for an
early settlement. Peace negotiators
have met off and on for five weeks
without any substantial progress.
Pittsburgh, Nov. 30.—Magistrate
P. J. Sullivan held 18 men for furth
«r investigation today in connection
with an abduction story related by
a non-striking Greyhound bus driv
er.
Wilbur Glassbrenner, 27, the driv
en testified at a magistrate's hear
ing that none of the 18 were in the
group who actually kidnaped him
from his bus.
Fayetteville, Nov. 30.—Bonds to
taling $18,000 were held by officers
today to insure the presence in court
of 60 alleged (bootleggers arrested
over the week end.
The defendants were arrested by
county, state and federal officers
In a series of raids that also netted
30 gallons of liquor.
—State News—
Plymouth, Nov. 30.—An inquest
was called today in the triple slay
ing of three men in an automobile
near here Saturday night.
Coroner Jack Peele said Herbert
Holton, 30, shot his two companions
and then turned the gun on himself
and fired.
The other victims were Harvey
Gibbs, 30, and James Clifton, 20,
All three men resided in the Scup
pemong section of Washington coun
ty
Durham, Nov. 30.—David L. Strain
48, issued a statement here yester
day saying he might oppose Senator
Reynold’s renomination.
The Durham farmer and real es
tate man, who opposed Senator Bail
ey last year and supported Senator
Reynolds in 1932, said he would an
nounce for the senate himself
should C. R. Shuping of Greensboro
mentioned as a possible candidate,
decide to run.
Representative Frank W. Hancock
Jr., of Oxford, is already a candi
date.
Charlotte, Nov. 30.—At least six
persons were killed on North Caro
lina highways over the week-end.
Fiur negroes, Floyd Montgomery,
Lee Branch, Jerome Lane, and Lee
Brett, were killed in an automobile
smash-up between Weldon and
Garysburg.
George Jackson, a negro, was hit
by a car near Littleton and killed.
The body of Robert Hunt, 60 year
old Indian, was found on a road near
Rowland. Apparently he was the vie
tim of a hit-run driver.
Raleigh, Nov. 30.—Seeking their
share of a reputed $500,000 oil for
tune left by the late Patrick Doyle,
seven members of the Doyle family
from Wake and Franklin counties
were en rout to Kansas.
They will present their claim at
a probate hearing in Marion county,
Kansas, December 6.
Wilmington, Nov. 30.—"Unavoida
ble accident” was the verdict re
turned yesterday by a jury impanel
ed by Coroner John C'aison, of
Brunswick county, to investigate the
circumstances surrounding the auto
mobile crash which took the life of
Rev. Jesse F. Nelson, Holiness min
ister of Anderson, S. C., killed two
miles frim Supply yesterday morn
ing at 1 o’clock.
Raleigh, Nov. 30.—Penalties equal
to the amount of their contributions
to the North Carolina Unemploy
ment compensation fund for 1937,
will be exacted by the federal gov
ernment from employers subject to
the state act, unless the contribu
tions are paid to the state fund by
January 25, 1938, E. W.. Price, direc
tor of the unemployment compensa
tion division, reminds in a letter to
contributing employers.
Fayetteville, Nov. 30.—The state
sent more wittnesses to the stand to
day as it sought to convict four Aslic
boro men on charges growing out of
the fatal shooting of Sergeant J. S.
Mott of Fort Bragg, on Oct. 16.
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Laughing Around the World
With IRVIN S. COBB
A Burst of True Poetry
By IRVIN S. COBB
A KENTUCKY Colonel was strolling toward town. On the main street
he encountered the leading colored barber, an old acquantance of his.
“Kunnel,” said the black man, “Ain’t you a literary gentleman?”
“Well,” said the Colonel, “I write for the newspapers and once in a
"while for the magazines. Whether this qualifies me to be called a literary
person I leave it for the critics to say.”
“Dat’s sufficient for me,” said his colored friend. "You’s de very
man l’s lookin’ fur. I craves your expert opinion.”
“Why, have you been writing something yourself?” asked the
"Colonel.
“Yes suh, I has. I wrote a poem fur a sign in my barber-shop
and I had it set up and struck off across de street at Mr. Slocum’s
printin’ office and now I got it hung up on de wall of my shop here.
Whut worries me is dat folks come into my place and reads dat sign
and bust out laffin’.”
“Well, was it meant to be laughed at?”
"Naw sur, ’twas meant to be serious. So I’m axin’ you, please suh,
ito tek a look at it and tell me if they’s anythin’ wrong wid it.”
So he accompanied the colored man into his establishment and after
reading the verse which hung upon the wall enclosed in a gold frame
he gave it his enthusiastic endorsement, not only as having poetic value
bflt as embodying a sound commercial principle.
The Verse ran as follows:
“Roses is red,
Vileta is blue
Don't ask me fur credit,
'Cause I'll have to say no!**
Uouicu Neva restarts, Ijm. I
j J. C. Lackey Named Sec. &
Treas. Of B. And L. Assn.
The Board of Directors of the
Kings Mountain Building and Doan
Association, after careful considera
tion of a number of applicants, eloc
ed Mr, J. D. Lackey as Secretary
and Treasurer to succeed Mr. W. If.
McGinnis, who recently resigned.
Mr. Lackey assumed active charge
in his new position yesterday, De
| ceinber 1st. Mr. Lackey is one of
Kings Mountain’s best know busi
ness men. He has been associated
with the Kings Mountain Manufac
turing Co., Kings Mountain’s oldest
Textile Enterprise for the past 'i4Va
years. Mr. Lackey is well qualified
as a business executive to efficiently
fill the office he has been elected to.
Mr. Lackey has served as Treasurer
of St. Matthews Lutheran Church!
for the past 26 years. The new Sec
reary and Treasurer cf the Kings
Mountain Building and Loan has
been a citizen of Kings Mountain
for 35 years, having moved here in
19U2. Mr. Lackey first was employed
by the Southern Railroad, and work
ed in the local depot a short time be
fore he became connected with the
Kings Mountain Manufacturing Co.
Mrs. S. A. Crouse will assist Mr.
Lackey at the Building and Loan
Office.
Mr. Aubrey Mauney succeeds Mr.
Lackey at the Kings Mountain Man
ufacturing Co.
The Board of Directors of the
Kings Mountain Building and Loan
Association, in behalf of Mr. Lackoy
extends a cordial invitation to the
citizens of Kings Mountain to visit
Mr. Lackey in his new position.
Business Section
To Be Lighted
Under a plan of co-operation a
mong the local business people, the
i Business Men’s Club and the Town,
the down-town business section is to
; be decorated and lighted for the
Christmas Holidays.
Mr. Glee Bridges, the new presi
dent of the Business Men's Club, ap
j pointed Mr. O. W. Myers, Mr. W. W.
Souther and Aubrey Mauney on a
| cqjnmittee to canvass the merchants
| for their cooperation and to" make
the arrangements with the Town.
The Town agreed to furnish the
1 wire, string the lights and furnish
the electricity if the business people
I would buy the bulbs and sockets.
| Bridges and Hamrick agreed to pur
i chase the equipment and furnish at
actual cost.
The plan of the committee is to
secure at least a thousand lights.
This number will cost about ?200.
More than half this amount has
been paid in or pledged.
All of those called upon by the
committee have responded very lib
erally. There are many other local
people who have not had the oppor
tunity who will want to have a part
in this effort to build up the com
munity Christmas spirit. All who
will volunteer are requested to see
the committee.
Arrangements are being made to
have the Boy Scouts make holidays
wreaths and ropes for festoons and
decoration.
Mrs. Grady Ware Dies
Funeral services for Mlrs. Grady
Ware, age 34, were held Sunday af
ternoon at two o’clock, at Central
Methodist church. Rev. E. W. Fox,
the pastor, was in charge, assisted
by Rev. C. C. Cook, pastor of Sec
ond Baptist church.
Mrs. Ware is survived by her
husband, Grady Ware, and four
children, James, Jean, Bryan and
Barbara, all if Kings Mountain.
Also surviving are a brother, Jack
Lowe, of Ninety-Six, S. C., and three
sisters, Mrs. Nellie Sisk and Mrs.
Cicero Russum, both of Spartanburg
S. C., and Mrs. Alice Webb of Gaff
ney, S. C.
Mrs. Ware had been in failing
health for sometime and was carried
lo the Presbyterian Hospital, in Char
j lolte, where after a critical illness
of four weeks she passed away ear
j ly Friday morning. Mrs. Ware recent
| 1> connected herself with Central
Methodist church. She was highly
esteemed by her neighbors and
friends and the sympathy of the en
tire community is extended the huh
band children.
Visit Count Home
Fifteen members of the Daughters
of Wesley Bible Class of Central
Methodist Church, accompanied by
their teacher, Mrs. E. W. Griffin, vis
ited the County Home laBt Wednes
day evening and distributed bags of
fruit among the Inmates.
A scripture selection was read by
Mrs. Griffin and prayey offered.
Special songs were sung by the
class and requestd selections of in
mates of the home wefe sung by all.
New Presbyterian Church
To Be Dedicated Sunday
THE OLD AND THE NEW
Above is pictured the Presbyterian Church which has served the con
gregation for the past 30 years.
The new Preebyterian Church which will be dedicated Sunday with four
former Paetors officiating.
Nancy Luzene Griffin Is
Buried Monday Afternoon
Funeral services for Nancy Luzene
Griffin, age, 16, were held at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
E. W. GrWfin, on West Mountaiu
street, Monday afternoin at two
o’clock and interment made in
Mountain Reht cemetery.
Rev. E. W. Fox, pastor of Central
Methodist church conducted the ser
vices, assisted by Rev. A. G. Sar
geant, pahtor of the First Baptist
church. Pallbearers were Dr. W. L.
RamiseuT, Grady King, and U D.
Shuiford of Kings Mountain and J.
W. Cook of Greenville, S. C.
Surviving are her parents, one sis
ter, Jeanne, two brothers, Wilson
and Walter Griffin. She is also sur
vived by her maternal grandparents.
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Kurfees, of
Coolemee.
Nancy had been an invalid throu
ghout her entire life and passed a
way quietly while enroute home Sun
day, from a visit to her grandpar
ents, in company with her mother,
her brothers and sisters and a color
ed attendant. The trip to Coolemee
was made last Friday to fulfill a
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By WILL ROGERS
SPHERE was a doctor that give a
lady some strong medicine for
her father. The old man had lum
i«* m ei
Will Rogers*
Humorous
bago. The lady come back after a
■week, and she says, “Say, Doc Lit
tell, that dad of mine is just too
ornery to live. He won’t take your
medicine any more. He 6ays it
gripes him and burns his throat,
and he makes an awful fuss.”
“Why, it said all over the 'bottle
For External Use Only, didn’t it?”
• "Yeah, and I made him take it
externally, too. I asked the school
tepcher what that word meant, and
she said outside, and you bet that
boy has had to go out on the side
walk to take every dose of it.”
> (American New* Fcntumc. Inc.)
long-expressed wish of Nancy’s.
Denied bodily activities, on ac
count cf physical handicaps, Nancy’s
mind was unusually bright and alert
and in early youth and throughout
the remainder of her life, a mentali
tty far beyond her years, was mani
fest.
She possessed an unsually sweet
disposition and her family and
friends find the sadness or their per
sonal bereavement, softened Im
measurably by the reflection of her
beautiful life. The memory of her
sweet voice and lovely smile will
linger to bless and enrich their lives
The beautiful floral offerings
that more than covered her grave
showed to some extent the love and
esteem of her friends and the tender
sympathy extended the bereaved
family.
A large number of out-of-town rel
i atives and friends attended the fun
oral service and burial rites Among
them were, It. W. Kurfees, Mr. and
Mrs. W. E. Jones and children, of
North Wilkesboro; Mrs. Charles
1 Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Squires
of Charlotte; Mrs. Judge Gaddy, Mr
Phil Gaddy, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Grif
fin, of Marsliville; Mrs. James Grif
fin, Mr. and Mrs. Evan Poe, of Mt
Gilead; Mr. E. Clegg Griffin and Mr
Van Williams of Wingate; J. W
Cook and Glenn Griffin of Green
ville, S. C.; Mrs. O. C. Wall of Thom
asville; Mrs. Norman Morrow, Mrs
Harvey Williams and Mrs. C. E. Ly
day of Gastonia; Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Griffin cf Statesville; J. It. Curtis
Bessemer City.
Special Christinas Series
Rev. W. M. Iioyce announces a se
ries of Christinas meditations und
ei the entrancing theme of ‘Voices
Along The Bethlehem Road.” There
will be meditations on: An Angel
| Speaks; A Maiden Replies; A Ma '
Listens; A Baby Cries; Some Shep
herds Sing; Wise Men Worship
These will be given; at the Vespet
Service at 5:00 o'clock each Sabbath
evening of the month. Two will be
given at the Mid-Week Service on
December 15 and 22 at 7:30. The
series is designed to take one step
by step from Nazareth to Bethle
'hem.
l our Services To Be Held
The new handsome $50,000 Pres
byterian Church and Sunday School
Building will be dedicated here Sun
day in four special services. Mem
bers of the congregation and friends
of Kings Mountain Presbyterians
have looked forward to this event
fcr many months. The public is cord
ially invited to attend all of the ded
ication services.
LAVING OF CORNER STONE
The corner stone will be laid at
ten o’clock with the ^executive
Committee of the Building Commit
tee in charge. The following com
prise this committee: J. B. Thom
asson, P. M. Neisler and J. H. Thom
sen. Rev. Fred J. Hay, former pas
tor, who is now Thastor of the First
Presbyterian Church of Dillon, S C.,
will deliver the main address. The
exercises will take place just out
side the main entrance.
The Church Roll and important
Church Papers will be placed in th«
corner stone. This issue of the Kings
Mountain Herald will also be put
there to be preserved for years to
come.
DEDICATION OF THE CHURCH
Rev. W. L. Dingle, D. D., President
of Davidson College, will deliver the
dedicatory sermon at the 11 o’clock
service. Dr. Lingle is a gifted speak
er and Presbyterians are awaiting
his sermon with much interest.
Special music by Mr. George
Emery of Statesville will be render
ed.
Greetings from the Mother Church
Long Creek, will be brought by its
Pastor, Rev. Coyte Hunter, of Besse
mer City.
Dr. J. K. Hall, former pastor, will
bring greetings from Kings Moun
tain Presbytery.
Rev. J. E. Berryhill, of Charlotte,
former Pastor, will take part in the
dedication service with a scripture
reading and prayer.
Rev. P. D. Patrick. Pastor, will
close the morning dedication servi
ces with a prayer.
4 O’CLOCK MUSIC SERVICE
An Organ and Chimes musical
concert will be presented at four
o’clock Sunday afternoon with Miss
Virginia Parsons, and Mrs. Harold
Honeycutt and Mrs. Joseph Maust of
Richmond, Va., taking part. Rev. R
J. McDevaine, farmer pastor of Mon
roe, will have charge of the devo
tionals at this service.
NIGHT SERVICES
The seven-thirty services will be
held in the Fellowship Hall where
the dedication of the Neisler Memo
rial Education Building will take
place. Special music will be rendered
by the choir.
Rev. J. K. Hall, D. D., Pastor of
i Goshen Presbyterian Church of Nor
: ih Belmont will read the history of
the Kings Mountain Presbyterian
Church.
Mr. Joseph Maust, of Richmond,
will sing a solo at this service.
A memorial address to the late
Mr. C. E. Neisler, to whom the Edu
cation Building of the Sunday School
has been dedicated by the congrega
tion, will be delivered by Rev. Fred
J. Hay, who is the last living pastor
: of Mr. Neisler. Mr. Neisler waB Su
perintendent of the Sunday School
for 34 years.
A bronze plate with the following
inscription will be presented at this
service:
In Memory of
Charles Eugene Neisler, Senior
Elder in this church for 37 years
and Sunday School Superintendent
for 34 years. As a tribute to his
Christian character, his outstanding
leadership, and his loyal devotion to
the Church, this Educational Build
,ing is dedicated.
fPrml’H on nnirp fmirl
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by James Preston
(.Opinions Expressed in This Columr
Are Not Necessarily the Views of
This Newspaper.)
Most of Washington’s best guess
ers are willing to bet that the spec
ial session of Congress will adjourn
without having passed a single maj
or law. The one possible exception
is that it may make scale extremely
necessary changes in taxes.
There are many contdibuting ren
sons, for that forecast, but the- big
gest is that basic human emotion -
fear.
, When the last session ended, Con
gressmen were supposed to go back
! home and get the “feel” of the coun
1 try. Then they were to he summoned
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