ibe Kings Mountain HeaaJd Established 1889 Publlshad Every Thursday HERALD PUBLISHING HOU8E7 Haywood E. Lynch EeiltoriManager Entered us second class matter ai the PostoAlce at Kiu^s Mountain, JN. C., under tlie Act of March 3, 3879. ^SUBSCRIPTION KATES One Year ., fl.BO Six Months .76 ' A weekly new spaper devoted to ,CT~ promotion of the general v.el are and published lor the eullgbt merit, entertainment and benefit o! the citizens jf Kings Mountain and its vicinity. FIRE TAKES 7\500 LIVES This year, if past- precedent holds/ , mine 7.r>no people will .lie cremated fII burning liiiitilltiiiH six i|iuu?'i(in morn will ill)' ill 't|e ie.!it?||y I I t*lii li* ami scald*. Winn hi ill pi.tin i la shea ami a HaMISMSmMaiMMMMMMMaiSMai make* international headline** and the world I* Inn rifto-i lei ih? public' at large Is ealloii* to the (ar t "thai i>ur annual total of death* from fires is greater lhan i|ii loll woulrl In from Win airplane* iinnlng to naming doom 12 irerawm* eiio.h. Practically every one of those thon bauds of lilt* deaths fOMlu lie easily presented Due to the carelessnessof adults. children are annum Die principal HUflerers. l'ii|nvlM.;tMl stoves, matches left aliout. steam and hot water: these are major eduses of death and: suffering among the very young. Death takes tin holiday whenj those things which may cause fires i and scalds are withi nreach ot a i child's untaught, exploring finger?, j initially' "dangerous. -.aitleulutly in the case of adults, is' the pt act ice of starting stoves and furnaces with kerosene, gasoline or other int.am mable liquid*. You may get away with it a thousand times. Mm the thousandth and first time may mea . I a job for the undertaker ? with you and possibly others' us the objects Of Interest. Next time you reatdi of a spectacular disaster, reflect that something equally horrible can occur in you: home. Think of this before you stir up a balky fire with kerosene. Think of it again when children are about. It is easy to prevent a fire?but U Is impossble to ever make up for the consequences of a fire that takes t life. ? " k SCHOOL AGAIN Itetween '.tun.odd and l.UtlU.OOO North Carolina children have started back to sehoc.l. The schools of to nay are ? wrent improvement on thoso of former days. They lire sen'orotudy su.pporu.Jt considering ability to pay. The stale is doing' a good part by the children of today. There] is nothing in the sfaty that remotely: approaches the school house in iin l portance < xe? pi lite home and tuei church. Those three most important institutions outrank everything els< in import; sue. The hope of this' i iiintrv i.v to t heard in the. trump of I the fojL-t ot tlte I'niled States army. | which is now' just about one million t men. Inn is heard in tlte tramp of tile million children as they start j towaid tite seiiooihoe.se. The desim.< j of litis .country is uut-in an artnv : eanip tint is in the sehooiUotiso. The' laughter ci eiiildrtm going to school is far mot.- reassuring than the] " blnir' of trumpets We therefore take] oft our Itat t<> the milllir.u children as 4hey lUut their hook satchels and start on another" year's march towattis a w.ider knowledge. "RELIEF BUMS" A news item tell of n Negro ta)5i driver who was unable to work for] fl t tlnill VuiMU || js, ??f ? -? ti.. I ? .W..V .?V? H..?; *?l llllllM. nt- tlKUlll' x*l $50 from at government relief ageney lo lido him over. Now he is hack at work, ami is trying return the money. When ii wits pointed out 10 him ilint he was not legally -obligated to do tills, re observed that "thai was tin- wax I was raised ? win'so tint:.mi' todtty. It wheuld he printed- on e\er> relief check and public grant, Mjnckh-nbtng luadhw iters arc hap ' py over'the increased ut u tge to .Ids I pcdezuc which the) seech- on smalt grain as the crop is iiqw pr?w'nfc *u 1 Much a spit e lid way, as to In-'!irate a heaivy yk'd cf hay and seed this .; ttoi Hutherford Count) fat livers report hitesv.kvas to m ?d more pa-, utv acre ?ge. this (all looking to a greater do voJopmeot of the beef eh*.tie industry Mamy of the fle'ds to be fi.d*-d ar?too .roditcg for e.-onemlal tw rss, gwodc-c'.ico. fe; hiiifc - 'i * ' ' V . " \ -- \ ' '* I Here and There . My Haywood E. Lynch " "l Charlie Thomasson. and. B. 8. 1 Peeler, partners in the Elmer Lumber Co. have something else In commcn besides selling lumber. They are both general superintendents of, their Sunday Schools, the' Presbyterian <.apcl Methodist, respectively. Jim Herndon never uses sugar in his coffee. He got out of the / habit when he was in the army dur- |, ing the war where there was a scarcity of sugar and has never i( started back. ' a Frank Summers stopped in the office to buy same "Posted Notic- ' es" and when I started to count < them one by one he said, .'Met me count them the way a real printer .j would." So he counted them by fives in about one fifth of the time n it feoutd have taken me. You know ? Frank used to be connected with the printing business.' I heard Or. Walt Johnson at the l-'HI l'?uM iUM1 !,UU *' fast week, and believe rre that ; man can certainly tell you about it. i ' He preaches what he believes re- : gardless of who it hit*. But ha has ' one peculiarity that worried nit. " He would look right at you and cloae his eyea tight and preach up a storm. I thought his 8unday night ' sermon was the best one t heard. 1 The checker players have moved ( their place of enjoyment from the Town Hall to the rear of the Bowling alley. I caught Ed Campbell and Oliver Hayes at- it the other day and who was watching them with all interest but, Jim Wjllis. I saw Sidney .Blackmer, cousin . of Hayne. in a movie at the Dixie j Theatre the other day, and by the way he took next to the leading | part. And he had on the same stnpped shirt (or one just like it) | that he waa wearing when I saw j him in Kings Mountain at Hayne's 1 home. I was telling Hayne about the shirt, and H&yne said, "Poor old Sidney, he must not have but one shirt." Sidney has a part in the picture "Old Chicago" which Is playing at the Dixie today and tomorrow. Pretty Sigh: The plates of country ham at the Men's Club supper at Bethany. Street Scene: Bankers Gilbert Hord and B. S. Neill, Jr., on their \ way from the Post Office to the bank loaded down with sacks of money. The ROUND-UP By "George" Whot>)> * *....! Hack to scitool! .Ths1 ills are in .an up-road is. the teach1 is try. unsuccessfully'. to keep or-; r. Hut !t'? impossible. The guys!' i" ?als are so glad to 'be Irnck that i > want to sing. Hat what about] Monday? By thou we'll bo settled i own to the old grind. ... -tin 1 even! n nioiin will bo louoly. No more .iHilau: till midnight 1... loo much' rd ire to be done a.':.I while we're on the inbc-it sub Unit r hath it that Sonee and i ' ilia :?m't need a moon...... they j In \ win, Mil under tile iiiantoee nt| ' e picture show. >\nd. so 'tis sald,| lify do right well! Tit hull!: Betty l.ee says she. wish ) s you'd hurry and get sixteen so's i i Taxes?The Public's Biggest Bill By RAYMOND HTCAIRN Although the next session of Congress is still months in the future, certain Senators and Representatives are already discussing methods of collecting a larger federal income. Opinions difTer as to how the money shall be raised. Some members foresee heavier direct tax burdens laid on the shoulders of n larger number of citizens. Others look to greater yields, at current rates?dependent, of course, on hot>ed for Improvement in business conditions. A fnt propose meeting the problem by curtailing government extravagance. The American public would undoubtedly lavor the plans of the. last group. I That is because the people realize from experience that all taxes, whether federal. state or local: ultimately come out of their earnings and savings; ' ultimately raise their living coats; ultimately shrink the value of their wages and the contents of their family market baskets. They reaHxe. too. that under thorn rircuinstaaces. heavy taxeo constitute the biggest hill wbirh the people, as a whole, are railed upon to pay. Many significant issues will confront he American people at the polling piroes this year. But of these none Is iriprrt.-.m to mere wethers and earners than that now being raised by iv tubers of Conjress themselves?the j.rchiem of heavy taxes and their effect ; on vhe family pocket-book. on recovery j and on re-employment. , And no csnti'.dats. regardless of party, eou'd run on a pia'ferm more signifleant to th-? eipn>oth held dawn to reasonable p:(! ? :t.'rits. HE KINGS MOUNTAIN H BRA LI' ou wouMto't need a ehaautter ....I tnd Pat le so'ooo aorry that she vsmPi home when 'Fk>bo' come .by he other night Jones Fortune told us Saturday hat he didn't have to sing that song my more .... We didn't understand II we saw Hazel up the street Simlay night .... naturally, Jones was vith -her ....!. AT IA)NG 1*AST: 9 little goldfinch. rhispered In our ear that Margaret j s very must 'that way' about a cer- j aln young man who lives down be-' tiw- her on the same street ...' | Hid we thought that ended 'waj : tick when Margaret v.jis a soph . ..! j There's cnly one song for each arp'\ say the Chinese; and we wont! rgue with Asia..,.! . | lloy'o'bcy. If the Chinese are right j and we say they ane). hasn't pat j it a loud of discords. . . .! We sincerely hope that all the liiys'ii'Kuls who are leaving for cluol ha I a good time Tuesday light . Ami we're pSMtJf sur* hat James Katterre did....! iTTENO W. M. U. Mis IV V Hold. Mr*, jorn Head .? %!!<.*? %?.. ...... . I-* . .?..f -i iiu . Missionary Society of the "iiHi llnptist church, .it the tneetinv if'the Woman* Mi Nonary Union I the King* Mountain Association eld sit Pleasant Orove I tup'1st chur-i h IsiHt week. Approximately four undred rctc tote red. Mrs. Hord gave the response to he nddre-m of welcome. The meeting will be held lieXt ear at Kllxubeth church. Mr Til M H ]/ Relented ttv? Rk2* J United ArtuH WHAT HAS ?ONE IEFORE .. Peps Is Moko, famed jewel j thief an debonair ae he it clever, I hoe eluded the police of all I Murope and * partin.ent of Agriculture. 1 The swift dram* oPae k adventurer's last stand* vLGIERS Iltorrmg CHARLES BOYER in the Walter Wanger production with Sigrid Gurie and Hedy lamarr Please ? this way," he drawled in perfect English. "We cannot afford to let any visitors be hurt." Eager for some fit the .easement she-bad Ctrtne'to seek, she followed him Into a room where sat a native woman In gypsy dress. "What's happening?" Gaby asked. "Oh, it's-nothing. The police are looking for a man." 'But all this ? for one man?" "Ah, but you don't know Fepe le Moko," the gypsy woman boasted proudly. "How does he do It?" "A good hesdv" volunteered Slimane. "It's not his head that saves him." countered the woman, ."it's Ills heart. A man with such a good heart can get around anyone." "Sounds intriguing," murmured Gaby. She followed Slimane's gase. which was fixed on a narrow stairway in a corner of the room. Down the stairs came a startlingly handsome young man, calmly* rolling a rlceve of his coat to bare an arm from which a thin stream of hlnnd trinklnri fiaKt/ uralnKnd - ^ ?? 4AIV.IIV.U TTTT* face fascinatedly. No one needed to tell her that here was the strnr.gc, almost fabulous man they had been talking about. "Permit nie to hope," purred BHsKLdBuSEfeB. w E3C.. -?* face faacinatedly. Bllmane, "that It's nothing serious." "Thanks. Juat a flea bite," shrugged Pepe. "Your police are getting smart ? It was a mistake for me to go up on the roofs." Then, extending his wounded arm to the gypsy woman, he ordered cheerily, Fix It up." While his arm was being bandaged, Pepe's eyes fell for the first time upon the tourist girl. His gaze took in appreciatively her extraordinary beauty; but only for a moment ncrore it wandered to tho heavy rope of pearls around her throat. She stailed, half challtirgingly; he smiled back, shilling his [Ut to her features again; then once more regarding the tempting Jewels with an apprglelng look. And m he looked fton her face to' her throat and back agala, a warm light kindled la his eyes. They exchanged few words at i this first meeting; the sirauge, lovely girl from the world outride fascinatedly watching the famous crook, who In turn regarded hsr with mingled admiration for her beauty and professloual interest In her adornments. But the foxlike Sllmana. ever planning, ever jbserving, stood by quietly wstvh- ' Ing them and smiled to himself. Finally, the police having given ap the hunt. Pepe mfcde courteous apologies and left the house. "It's a shame, isn't M?" Slimare remarked to Oshy when Pej>e hod gone. "Such a waste of talent an unusual intelligence.. .one betes to see him buried so young." "Burled? What makes you so ure?" Tve marked the date of hte arrest on the wall of my room.'' laid the detective quietly. "Hipu ? prbric It reads blank In the ray? >f the setting sun." (To he eew?*mted> * ' -1'*. ' - i /->, ***' .J v ' ? - -- ?* ?? ?. , JUST HUMANS 1 (frft ^ The Most Popular Guy on the Bt iun, it*u j lyon the air rout?j. as 'Cleveland) t'ouhty'ii concentration point? With svcrk rnpfJIy progresaliiK on he Kings Mountain National .Park, "n a , 'hort while we hope to see it lifted ua one of tile South'* beat known pdfnts of Interest. thereby .unking It is tin rca lioney-nlooning ouplea anil tctirists at large. I . It Ik geitcrnlly undeiatooil that a ? , i_. 1^. STAR in I /Vc^THE RING! Kaiiedntn make* him a star performer /"la W-9 In the ring! trong, Yjr t I tough edge? .aako [fA VI Star Single-edge 1/ %\BUd?i liar per- t 11 V Jformeri with the. \lrougheiit beard. J Oure 'MHO. HIS VALUABLES WER1 , ' ' IN A BUREAU DRAWE if fire strikes your home, I valuables among the ashei .';i " door of a safe deposit box you. It takes but a few mil cents a week, to rent a sai this menace of fire. FIRST NATII Kings Mour Member Federal Depc * ' By GENE CAR* =_ ^ ^ \ ^f^^'-'l,_ ''' "-1 r y ( m^II^V-^f *T >ck. His Father Owns the Shop Ihhii (Utc?n local iiirtj, being aeronuulically inclined. are confronted with tb?- .problem of u suitable traiu Iiik field where an In hi meter is ?nguged. Under present, conditions, they find It necessary to go to Charlotte, uretrfly adding to the eost. laist. hut not. leaiat, wluit an asset such a field would be to our town in commercial ami business channels. Present' day business firms aro rt|>; ily taking to. aircraft it\ expediting business -deals in short order. > why make it necessary for a pros ie:'tlve buyer, ten veVing by plane, : t.se time in having to navel by bus r train from Charlotte to Kings lotiniuin Yours truly. Air-minded Citizen. IMPROVED OUTLETS Improver! market, outlets ft?r Amer lean apples bid pears are expected in Kurope during the coining market hig season, according to reports of the IT. S. Bureau of Agricultural E- " . onomles. .. .. The' North Carolina Confederate Soldiers' Home in fiuloigh was closed 11 July, 1938. following placement of Its cne remaining Inmate in a prl- , rate home..- ' ?^I norfT UT TW?* "jgjL I now you H ? **r / Alka-Seltzer Does Headache "slow you down?" You are a rare exception if it does not. One or two tablets of ALKASELTZER in a glass of water makes a pleasant alkalizing solution that usually brings relief in just a few minutes. ALKA-SELTZEK is also recommended for Gas on Stomach. "Morning After', Arid Indigestion, - Colds, and Muscular Pains. You will like the tangy flavor and the results when you take Alka-Seltaer. Alka-Seltaer, when dissolved in water, contains an analgesic, (Sodium Acetyl-Salicylate). In addition, the alkalizing agents in Alka-Seltzer help to relieve those everyday disorders associated with hyperacidity. . ' Small package Me R- J Large package * * s R * i will you look for your 5, or simply unlock the ? The answer is up to lutes' time, and a few 'e deposit box and end J 1 DNAL BANK it-ain, N. C. sit Insurance Com. ' t ?J ' r. . ,< * . '