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.
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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 $50 from at government relief ageney
lo lido him over. Now he is
hack at work, ami is trying return
the money. When ii wits pointed
out 10 him ilint he was not legally
-obligated to do tills, re observed
that "thai was tin- wax I was raised
?<m<l Ihai's tk$*"wuy I'm raising inj
child." - 1
A sn'"at many oilier Anierleaiis toaii
ham a lesson Ircrn tlr.s Nemo tnx
driver. Some' figure the government
owe* them a living
This-Isn't u <rl;leisni of, those people
who have turned to relief only
as a last resin*:, ami are eager to
get Otr the role- as soon as oppcr: nutty
for real job coine-s along. Tib"
htiugry must lie fed. the .homeles?
nheltcred, the olotho-dess elethed.
, The Negro's stationm wis new
because hts att It t:' t-> 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.
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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
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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><j5 American family
than one v T.ch premised curtailment
of waste cf public funds supplied by
the people through the sacrifices that
heavy taxes entail.
Tor the people, as well as the candidate*.
know that high lames and high
cost ?t Itvint are tr.srp :rr.ble twins.
And they went l>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 .<i inn .Hainan i i\' miiih k ri'|iri"
.titcd ih<> 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
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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 <a Mdinp in the dtp
of Algiers. In the Caebe*, Am
and mysterious native quarter
of the town, he ie safe from the
efforts of the Algiers police to
arrest Mm, for the Cae bah is an
international haunt of dangerous
criminals and refugees, and
even the pofice find it easier to
enter than to leave. Plnalljt
Police Commissioner Janvier of
Paris arrives to direct the hunt
for Pepe le Moko, and breaks
into the Casbah with a squad
of picked men. They are tipped
off by Regis, a stool pigeon in
Pepe's gang, that Pipe is In
the shop of Qrantlpare, Casbah
fence for stolen Jetrels.
Chapter Two
Pepe's meditation:) on the singular
beauty of Cruntiptie .s peat Is
were interrupted by the breathless
arrival of Ines, Pepe's sweetheart.
A native Algerian girl, dark-eyed,husky
of voice, with a passionate
-w"*
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Qaby watched hie
intensity of movement* that belied
the catlike immobility of her expression,
she rushed to Pepe, seising
him by the lapels of his coat.
"Pepe! The police ? on the roof!
Quick, they're coming ? Regis
warned me!"
Pepe smiled the gay, boyish '
smile that had had much to do
with making him the idol of the
Casbah dwellers,, and with graceful
fingera brushed back the hair that
had fallen over Ines' eves in her
hasty flight.
"Suppose the police should see
you like that?" he teased. "What
would they think of you?"
Half amused, half frightened,
she begged him to get out of the !
l-lace while there was yet time.
Grand per# had already begun methodically
packing his Jewels, and
as the axes of the police began
crashing against the heavy door,
Pepe's bodyguards shoved a heavy
chest away from the wall,' revealing
a small opening Into the ad- :
Joining house. Silently, they filed
through tho aperture, and the bodyguards
pulled the chest back Into ,
place from the othsr side.
Meanwhile, In a nearby street,
a party of sightseeing tourists ? 1
two young girls ana their dull- ]
looking, , middle-aged escort# ? 1
found themaelves caught In tha
midst of tbs rushing, shouting and
gun-popping police. Gaby, the more 1
striking of the two girls, was Jostled
Into an archway, separated <
from her companlone. A pplr of I
hatftls seised her by tho elbows aad {
propelled her,, firmly but not too <
roughly, inelde the native house.
Hn* turned to find n smugly <
smiling young man, clad In a modified
form of native droee, bowing i
obsequiously nt her side. Sllmane. i
the native police Inspestor .whoec t
special pfbvtnoe waa the Casbdh, <
uttered nfjr. Into an Inner room of
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LETS LOOK. BACK
From The Kings Mountain Hsrald
Nil MMM1
NINETEEN YEARS AGO
SEPTEMBER 4, 1919
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Prof and Mrs. J. T. Allen move
to town last wt?ek preparatory V
opening school September la.
Mrs. H. Frank Ware of Spartau
burg returned home after a visit t<
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Beatt;
Barber.
Mrs.. J. P. Long. Miss Pearl Lott|
and M tss Iva Lineberger spent par
ot last week in Atlanta.
TROOP..FIVE NEWS
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Troop FIv'K held its meeting Mou
day night at 7 O'clock. The progran
was us follows.
petting: Scout oath. We had I
sin ill cahtporee. The winners were
Knot-tying. Kretl More, lndtoi.1 Ban
sey and your old scribe. Charle.
t11. We also had water boiling
Your scribe and Vernon Y'ompsoi
would have won had It not been foi
"hunters stew" supper Saturday
Tie public Is' Invited Ticket* are ot
sale by all Troop 5 Scouts.
Scribe. Charles Uantt.
Scoutmaster. Jack llulletidcr.
During the past 10 years. Norll
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slgnificitnt lespcdt-sii Mute to. a pre
ent acreage of probably over 800
000 acres and mlttluns of pounds o
seed produced, reports the State 1>*
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 -
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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.
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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>
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JUST HUMANS
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The Most Popular Guy on the Bt<OPEN
FORUM
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l" An open ttrum for our road"
oro, but no lottor con bo pub'
liohod if it qxcesdt SCO words.
No anonymous commutations
will bo accepted. name of
tho writer will not be published
however, if the author eo requests.
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| KWIOK OF H BRA I.I): ?
j ('ncti(iued tllscXission alxiut town'
i a regards to n Mini let ptu or .Wtnerg- J
Hey Airport foY Kin km Mouuiuin|
i bring* forth a fow thoughts frrnt this i
] wrlttr In that the idc? has all thoi
. ijrinurks of a stop fotwaru ill th<-j
! work and interest Ixdng shown for1
he advancement of the best Town
j :n the State. ' ,
First of all. vo: dug tlit* Si Utmi-ll!"
f Editor l.ynch in his belief that
ocal \V. F. A. petlsounel be interest. ,
d here ut home, practically nothing
but labor would' figure in ttoi? work.
As for the purchasing cost, a very
mal! sum. seemingly, wouidt b.VKv.
ire of encuglt land for this field.
Due to ail ever-increasing interest
u transporting mail by air. no doubt ;
U the very uear future, a pick-tip ;
it ngram will lie set up with Ohar- ,
lotto on .the receiving end for this
iectkiuy Why not have Kings MoultI
(lit* a? -.It *
ou vu?ivniinut> 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
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/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
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IN A BUREAU DRAWE
if fire strikes your home,
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valuables among the ashei
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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
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>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..- '
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