North Carolina Newspapers

T* V *' 7'- - SUV AT : [" HOMI ~ VOL. SI. NO. A Skate And N Condensed In ?National News? I Meadvllle, Pa., Tab. 2.?An injunc| tton rent rained today, temporarily at leant, the drilling of & new well in'. Tltueville ? the nation's first oil' boom town. ,| Judge O. Clarke Kent granted the injunction to George \V. Sterling' who said the proposed well, only 35 feet from his home, would create a fire hazard. Th? Drake well marking the beginning of the modern petroleum age was drilled near Titusvtlle in Adg. 1859. . I Niagara Falls, N. Y.. Feb. 2?Zero * temperatures temporarily halted the plu&go c(| Honeymoon Bridge J.nto the 175 feet depths of Niagara River todaf. ' A weather shift stopped the break ing up of the Niagara gorge ice Jam! andi the Jumbled mass of twisted' girders which were left after the) famous bridge plunged into the gorge last Thursday on top o the') rumbling ice. '' 1 Moscow, Feb. 2.?The expedition ] leaving shortly to rescue the four | scientists of the Soviet Ncrth Pole , "weather"observation camp also plan to search for wrerkage of the Russian plane lest while flying over the NnrtK *r?" 1? 1 ? v?v ivnnau iivi l U /VIIICI II a I v . last August, It wjus disclosed today, j I The scientists are drifting on an ice. < floe last reported off Northwestern i Greenland. t : 1? 1 Greenville. 8. C.? Feb. 2.8ix stu- I dents at Kutnan University finished < their course at the end of Ibe first 11 semester last week. Jtgistrar Men- 1 del 8. Fletcher announced today the j .-graduates would rbceivf* thvir diplomas at the June exercises. Charleston, 8. C., Feb. 2.?The Kit;1 ilwake, $225,000 streamlined trawl- < er built here, will leave late today 1 for Nerw Londan Conn, and the fish- 1 ing banks off Newfoundland The!' ship was built by the Charleston ' Shipbuilding and Drydock Company for the Portland Trawling Co. Tokyo, Feb. 2.-?Metropolitan police arrested 30 men, most of them university professors. In a new drive j against communnst suspects today. 1 They were accused of violation of 1 the Peace Preservation Law. A slm * liar drive Dec. 15, netted 370 bus- 1 pects. Sydney, Aus? Feb. 2.?The U. S. Graisers Trenton, Memphis and Mil waukee sailed for Singapore today ], after attending ceremonies celebmt-,' Ing the 150th anniversary of the founding of Australia At Singapore they will be present at ceremonies I1 marking the opening, cf Britain* i greet naval base. The Cruiser Louis, 1 vtlle, which came to Australia with the other three, will go to Melbourn ' Feb. 14. Washington, Feb. 2?Churches are l ronger today than they were four , yeara ago, says Presiueut Roosevelt - partly because humanity Is thinking mdfe about the average person. Mr. Roosevelt told members of tbe cltyjwlde Protestant Ministers AssodeVk^t y est onlay that theVe has been definite and. distinct progress toward a spiritual reawakening. Ministers declaring they wanteJ to noose the Nation to "a return to God,' pledged to Mr. Roosevelt our. thought, our prayer, oiir useful ser, vice to our countrv in these difficult day*, { ! Laughing Arou With IRVI [ What the Wile br irvus A MEDICAL man of rather dub: fession, became interested in hii on heraldry and family trees and ti secure a copy of hia family's eoat-of hare had a coat-of-arms, or at least The expert set a professional phyaipian a coat of arms bearing ti - of the quarterinrs of the central sh Now, it so happened that the r reputable practitioner and he had ha poor opinion of the present custom opinion. ' Efl The patron examined the drawl asked, "do you inter *The motto,'* said the research?: Haniiw Mem Kings ational News i Brief Form ?State News? ; Hylv.a, Feb. 2.?Three of five prisoners Who broke out of the county Jail Sunday night were bark in their cells today, but search continued for the other*. Bill Doc-kins, Richard Murray and Luther Owens were captured Hi the mountains yesterday. ( New Bern, Feb. 2.-^-Coast guard oWcliils announced today the cutter ( Pamlico had been sent to Baltimore, t ?- - * iiu.i iui repairs estimated to cost *6.000.00 . * I.incolnton, Feb. 2.?Census report shows that there were 18,489 bales of cottou ginned in Lincoln county frcm the crop of 1937 prior to Jan. 16. 1938, as compared wltb 8.730 bal j es ginned to Jan. 16. 1937, crop of 1938. AshevlUe, Feb. 2.?Ernest E. Norrls. president of the Southern railway, will speek at .the annual Asherile chamber of ccmmerce banquet, Feb. 11. Business and civic leaders from tbioughout western North Car ?Hoa have been Invited to attend. Raleigh, Feb. 2.?If there 4s or lias been a business recession, said today the in an who auditt the Kevsnue Department". accounts, theres to evidence of it iu tax collections. R. I,. Ward, Jr.,. said the month'y Revenue Department report indicated that the retail trade during the Christina's holiday season was as jood. if not better, than the precedng year. *-*'*" .... ."'4 Raleigh, Feb. 2.?Gov. Hoey and Parole Commissioner Edwin Gill were expected to reach a decision to' lay on a clemency petition for Hua-| son Rcbinlson, 19.year old Mecklensurg negro scheduled to be asphyxlitfd Friday at Central prison for riurdor. The negro w.as convicted last lunb of the first degree inuuicr of Albert Dbwllng. beer parlor operator . Fayettevllle, Feb. 2.?A new conr.olidnted high suhocl building in Bastover townsh'p was destroyed l?y j tire this morning between 1 and 3 a'clcck. f^css was estimated at altiost $50,000 practically covered by insurance. This was the first yearj iho building- had been occupied.: ['aiise was not determined. Aslicville, Fell. 2.?Kslelle and Doc > Miller were free today on $500 bonds after federal ' warrants were served i liaising 'them with harboring fugilives. The Millers, state's witness, testified in the trial of Bill Payne and; UV-sh Turner last week- that , the defendants had visited their home before and after the killing of a 1 highway patrolman Aug. 22. Payne and Turner, tried for the| killing, were convicted of murder and sentenced to die March. 4. Wilmington Feb. 2.?The inland waterway motor vessel Chelsea, ldlj Ions, burned and sank In the Ca^pe Fear river five miles south of Wilmington early today. The captain nn<l ernu' rvf olv man oahi nn/1 unhurt I [VIIVI View V* OIA IIIVII M....*.. ?. One craft was owned by the Norfolk Baltimore and Carolina line, with head offices at Baltimore. It carried 50 tons of cargo, all of which was lost. It was en route to Wilmington, on a weekly schedule between Wilmington and Norfolk. Jid the World NS. COBB ! Ducks Meant I S. COBB ioua repute in and out of the pros ancestry. He went to an authority le like, and stated that he wished to -arms. Ha was rare the family mas; a crest researcher to work, brought to the ro battle axes, a scroll and, in each leld a.wild duck rampant esearcher had a brother who was a lard this brother express a decidedly or and bad, himself, absorbed that which bad been brought to him. 'QUACK, QUACK!"* * Mniir - ? ^ i ? KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C. TH ! ^ High School Elect Monito 4 Spodumene Deposits In Kings Mountain Area The recent publicity given the Spcdttnteue deposits in the belt rang ing it win Archdalc to Indian Creek, near. Lincoln ton, may be new to the' public In general. but is several j yetirs old to millers, prospectors and tew mineral Inteiests iu other parts' cf the United Statts. The revival o? the present interest .is due largel to some well diggers on the Dettmar Kami, near Archdalc. The well diggers' attention was attracted by pule blue, glassy-like . crystals that churacteilze spoduinehe. Samples' from the well were turned over to local miners, who In turn had them identified by specialists, us spodumene. All this took place several ye-urs ago. " | Correspondence between profes-* ti'.onul people evcntuully lead to a visj u ny a representative of Smithsonitan Institute,, who was not touch interested with the surface exposes, j Interest continued to grow and e-' vetitui.'.,* t \\i \ icp t. oOitraf tvea . of j the bureaus of Mines visited the propt rties, and made tests, which proved favorably. Keports,of this visit, attracted attention of miners' interested in this mineral.. Miners, and large mineral interests have bought mining properties, and mining rights. Plant has been constructed for the burning and seperation of the ore near lh)ng Creek. Several carloads have been shipped for experimental purposes by investors. According to reliable information two large mining companies are contemplating erecting plants near Kings Mountain in the near future. One will be constructed on the S. S. Weir farm near Kings Mountain and atK'thcr one at Dettmar tarm ne.tr Aichdale. Spoduniene Is one of the three ores from which lithium is recovered. Deposits of the outer minerals are found in the Dakotas and California: The only know deposits ot spodtunene is found along the tin belt from Archdalo to Lincolnton i with the largest and best deposits near Kings Mountain. Lithium,, while it is recovered as a liquid from spodumene ore is converted Inbo many (brtns, including lithium metal, the lightest of alt metals. This metal is five times as aluminum. Fortunately for Kings Mountain, it Is located near the heart of the tin belt and near the largest and best spodumene deposits, which giv es the town an opportunity for a future development as a mining center as well as Industrial. . round-Hog Sees His Shadow At Gobbler's Knob | -V . 9 Gobbler's Knob, Punxsutawney, Pa.. Feb. 2.?The seer of Gobbler's Knob made his 41st appearance today, felt the nip of oold air on his nose and oolder snow in his toes, retreated to the comfort of his bur* row In these Western Pennsylvania hills. He saw bis shadow and that, say follower^, of., the .Gobbler's Knob groundhog, means stx mora weeks of wiator. " .Y ' * j>A' o MM it^in f ? , '" 9 URSDAY. FCR. ?, IMS ?: ? HER, NOW! Students rs * In regular election form students, of Kings Mountain High school elccj ted yesterday morning the following as Monitors for the spring term: | 8th grade: Herbert Humphrey an 1; Betty Lee Neisler, Iftih grade: Marriott Phlfer and Helen Falls. 8th grade: James Gibson and Marie Hoes. 11th grade:- George Mauuey and Sarah Henry Summltt. This was the first time in the history of the school that monitors have been elected by the studeuts. Heretofore, they were selected by j the faculty. To be elected a8 a monitor Is con j rSldered to be ana nf the honcrs a Student can receive in the high schcol. The monitorial staff,1 which is composed or one bey aud one girl from each grade, forms the governing body for pupil participi lion in school government. To qualify as, monitor the pupil must have passed all of his school studies during the previous semester, and have made an average of !'A" on conduct.! A large percent of the high school stuacnt bedy met the requirements lor eligibility for monitors. Those eligible wore; 8-A Harold Jackson, Billy Thrcneburg. . 8?B Boys: James Alexander. Earl Clonioger, Howard Kdens, Corwin Kurtick, Eugene Oault, Gartrel Har I mon, Stokes Keller, Ernest Mauney, Miles Mauney, Manly ? Moreheai, Max Pearson, Herbert Pumphrey, Rcy Smith, Raymond Spe?nnan. Ben; Ware, 8-B Girls: Sara Hemdon, Audrey Suddutb. 8tC Girls: Frances Crouse, Doro tny Greene. Mary Ruth Hicks. Sara Hord, Jennie Huilender, Jo Keeter, Martha Kennedy, Ionise Ix>we. Florine Mackey, Nell Mauney, Rachael McClahi,, Juanita. McSwaln, Carol Marrow, Hetty Lee Noisier, Nancy Nickels, Virginia Parker. Betty Pat rick, Helen Rnmseyi Marjorie Rippy. Rachael Smith. Aileen Welch, Don* While, Evelyn Wilson. SMA Boys: George Thomas son, Pride Ratterree, James Ware. 9-A Girls: Agnes Abernathy, Peg sy Baker, Gloria Cornwell. Aline i C'.urvpbell, Virginia Cordell, Frances Hettmar, Grace Hall, Eollne Keeter, Melba Keller, Margaret Ldford, Faye Moss, Margaret Paysour, Mary Peter ton, Mary Julia Pollock, Clara Plonk Vera Sargeant, Louise Sherrer, Mildred 8tewart, Patsy White, Evelyn Weaver. 9-B Boys: Ladd Ham rick, James Amos, Billy Gantt, Ben Bridges, T tmoo nannott Tovmab fl (Kaon 9-B Girls: M^arle Moss, Betty Lou Roberts, Alice Hetty Mauney, Nancy John Gamble, Gladys Pheagln, Violet Laughter, Sera Barber, Alma Mil leu, Elsie Williams, Virginia Greene Elisabeth Matthews, Elisabeth Ashe. 10-A Boys: Bobby Allran, Jones Fortune. 10 A Girls:) Juan Ha Frederick, Mar garet Mtteham, Helen Rhodes, Sue Ruddock. Bonnie Smith. lOB Boys: Coley Campbell, O. C. Ktser, Clem on see Mc Daniel, Jim Ntokles, Marriott Phlfer. 10-B Girls: Arioso Barber, Ruby Bennett, Helen Clonlnger, Helen Falls Katharine George, Mary EreJy?. Ooforth, Kathleen Green, Ruth Hughes, Margaret Hicks, Mary Lall (Cont'd on back page) Mar..fSniiiiiaiSM?riiSi Sue li ii i in'i . . '?-f t ? \ - ' lerald ? ? "'1 [Extended Mai Service Is Sta .Ju?; i ? + National Boy Scoot Week p February 6?13 , Community Planning To Celebrate ^ (Aubrey Plans have betii effec'trd to prop- v trly observe in Kings Mountain tlie 2StU Anniversary of the Boy Scout w organization in America. The theme ,c for the Meek will bo ' Buiidlng a Stronger Generation." el Special programs will be carried v\ cut at each of the individual troops sc at their regular meeting time Mor.- si day evening at 7:00. All Troop Com b< mittee members are. urged on that sc occasion to get together with, their ill troops. All parents are invited to h< attend the trocps in which they have boys. IP Tuesday at 8:15 P. M. the Scouts throughout America are to assemble g( to renew their Scout Promise and oledge of loyalty to the Scoot Laws. There will be at that time a Nation al Boys Scout Prcgram Broadcast to ^ the naticn. Thursday at 7:0t P. M. at the High School Cafe .' Ha the Aunual' Community Father and Son Banquet j will be held. The Business', .Man's club are sponsoring this occasion' and are inviting tlie boys and par-!81 ents to Join with them. They have reduced the price of the tickets to:10 i'5c and expect an attendance of; 250. . " n< Tlie Sccuts will render a program to demonstrating the Twelve Laws.j The speuker for the occasion will! film the Honorable C. B. McBrayer oL p( Shelby. He is an eloquent speaker d< and a man thoroughly sold on tLo' tii prcgram. of Scouting. ' re * 'fill Tt.- - * - ' "* * - C i ue msirvnuco M scouting W eeK Will be cciiciudei a Union Church Service, ui the Presbyterian ja* Church on which occasion the see ;aT mon will be preached by Rev. A. G jct Sargeant. The Boy Scouts w ill at* I tend in a body and take part in the' service. ' IC it3 Rev. A. G. Sargeant is in charge x of the program for the week. Carl! Davidson is in charge of the pr>j gram of tlio Boy Scouts, .lack Hullenj 'A dcr * Is in charge cf window d* oora*; K ting and will have a large display in ia the large .window at Beik's Depart*! ment Store. . . i ca : ol Much Interest is being taken in thi> announcement of a continuity) troop mobilization- some time duringi Scc.trt Week. The signal for this will be a special signal of the fir,.* alatiit. At this signal the Scouts are expect* i._, ' d to come to the City llall in ror*1 e, ord time. Alter mobilization a my**' M t**t;> project is planned to prepare! the Scouts for a real community ser' ,, . , . * st Vice in case of emergency. w New Stop Light g Installed ^ The third .stop-go signal light on East King street was installed this m week at the comer of Gastcn and ol King streets. The other two lights S cn East King street which have been di uii for some time are located at the center of Piedmont Avenue and the! tl ether at Cleveland Avenue. n cl c Will Rogers' Humorous Story By WILL ROGERS * 'l'HE worst story I heard today has to do with these chain / stores that sell everything from a fa* tooth-pick to ? sewing machine. p Once upon a Una there ued to bp ITBwHm In one store, meats In ? another and drnn in another, but now they seem to have combined * them all in one store. t A little while ago a lady walked ( Into one of these overgrown general stores and says, "I'd like to have a set of chains for my car, it's too slippery to drive without I them." Tn soiii madam but we carry only groceries." . , die says, kind of indighuitlfj *1 thought this was a chaFe U?<oa Mori HiIqui laej " . ? NIAO .9 THE ' FIVg CCNTt PER COPY , 1 ' ifl 1 Delivery | irted. I 'a reel Post Service Begins February 15th Kings Mountain can now boast of 3 to full city mail routes, according t Postmaster W. K. Hlakely.' Ser- ' 9 ice began to the new sections Mort- f! ty of this week. Two deliveries | ill be uiude daily to the enlarged riltorles. Tjiv two roiftes ore now \ tout eight miles in length, and cov 1 s ptactlcally every home In the ty limits. Postmaster LUakely asks 'J rery resident on Che new route to t"| mnil Kovao OO nuUi.i-. ? wm.?vj? ?o 4UW.MJ as |V' ble, as mail cannot be left unless )xen are erected. This, extended rvlce Is the first major addition to le city delivery siuce house-to>use delivery began in 1928. Sections included in the new dorery are: - Mauney Mill Village. About two bloika extension on ?utb Railroad Avenue. Extension on West Gold street. . - I Extension West King street. About three block extension ' on S 'atterson from West King street. Ridge street from-City street to j ortb Railroad avenue. Extension on North Cansler. Two block extension ou Waco ?*<?. V '* Short extension on North City reet.' Cherry Road "from Lackey street Stowe street about five blocks. East King from Stop Light to Ar>ld Kiser residence. Cleveland Avenue from Stop Light Haywood E. Lynch residence. AnotWe-r important announcement om Postmaster Blakely about the ostal Service is that Parcel Post . -llveties will begin for the first me iu Kings Mountain about Febtary 15tli. A motor vehicle will be cured and all packages will be de* rered to the heme. Before all pack;es larger, than a shoe box in size id two pounds in weight had to be illed for at the Post Office. Observe Week Of 'rayer 1 r i ' January 30' to February 6 is the 'eek of Prayer and Self-denial for oieign Missions in the Presbytern Church. The chimes are being used as a ill to prayer each afternoon at five clock. On Friday night the last prayer rvicc for the week will be held in te Fellowship H-all. -Everyone is rged to attend this meeting. Mrs. . L, Heaves, cf Grover. who has rved as. a missionary to China for ghtecn years Will be the speaker ^ this service. During thos? days of danger and tfferlng for our Missionaries, the , hurqh at home must uphold theni ith its prayers and gifts. k;out Council Meeting attended In Shelby Jfl (Special, to The Herald) A good group cf Kings Mountain I en attended the regular meeting f the Piedmont Council held, hi helby at the Hotel Charles, Tuee ?y evening. Preceding the Council meeting lere was a County organisation icethtg called by Aubrey Matiney, .,?& nairman cf Scouting in Cleveland ounty and Vice-president of the (Coi on back page) ty JaheS Preston, Opinions Expressed in This Column 1 Are Not Necessarily the Views of J This Newspaper.) To those who wonder Just exactly ,hat are some of tthe causes of the -*1 iresent feeling of uncertainty,, je- a eph P. Kennedy, retiring chain nan of the Maritime Commission uppllea an answer in his annual reort: - ueapue me urgent neea tor WW" q opstructlon (In the shipping Indusry), private operators resltate In he face of present labor situation, -jj Chaotic labor conditions, signalised i jy demands of the crew, 'sit-down*. \ ind 'quickie strikes, and slipshod J I performance of duties are character ] stlc of the. Industry. "No lasting eure will be effected J until the Jurisdictional strife onw J prevalent tn maritime labor la terra-I uated and a more oopperatlv# vrorlt^^H Ing- arrangement }g reached by th?J (Cont'd oa back page)