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The
Kings Mountain Heraid
Established 1889
Published Every Thursday
HERALD PUBLISHING HOUSE,
Haywood E. Lynch
Editor-Manager
Kutcred as second class matter at
the . PoBtofllce at Kings Mountain.
N. C., under tie Act of March 3,
1879.
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One Year $1.50
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A weekly newspaper devoted to
the premotion of the general welfare
and published, for the enllg lament,
entertainment and benefit of
the citizens of Kings Mountain and
its vicinity.
ACROSS THE STREET
, Cross the street:
You never know
Hut what (lit! beggar passing there
Ma>4 be a King. wftli gifts to share?
Hifts to set your heart aglow.
You never know;. * .i
.. You never know;
Hut wbut the little child you see
May someday rich ant famous be ihit
now he's crying, and his iivYd
lr for your help, so help Inueou.
You never knowHut
what someday.
Uonely down some distant way,
Your, child may t read a rocky road
And some kind friend ina\ share his
You never know.load.
Cross the streetv
You never know
But what the friend wlto's 'there today.
Tomorrow may have moved away?
' Today'* the day lo dolt's
still your privilege to _
Advance
For this may lie your final chance?
Your soul, foni-sht. to Clod may go,
You never know!
M. llooe, in Sunshine Magazine.
A FINE EXAMPLE
Douglas Corrigan, the 31-year-old
mechanic who hopped over the Atlan
tic in his 1900 old plane, did an unusual
thing when he refusedi a glass
of "Irish whiskey" and took Instead
a glass of cool water. His refusal
was not offensive In the least. In a
most courteous manner to those '-who
wished: to?do-hftn honor, he said,
"Thanks, I don't drink; give hie a
glass of water." The refusal was the
6anie as If sitting at a banquet table
where a most delectable menu was
being served'. If there were something
on the menu one did not like,
why partake of the same because
others did? And why should one do
things because it i? considered
smart? Today there is little Individuality.
The masses are followers' antl
not leaders. Reflected glory is a 111 >
mentary thrill, hut the man who
thinks deliberately and wisely is the
one who makes history worth reccrding.?The
Uplift.
LAW OF COMPENSATION
All ui us triqueuuy hear men kick']
lug- because tni'j are required to do
ti ks wUi;.it are not included u.
' tlicir regular duties, tasks for which
they think other's are getting the
credit.
Tlits' is a mistake.
bun t be airaiu1 01? anyone inking
credit thai belongs to ycu. in me
first place they can't do- it tor long,
audi u the sccou.ii place unearned
credit is Uaugeious.
A man may win a promotion 011
the reputation for doing things
which he can't ufc>, but he won't lioiu
the job very long. .This is where you
will come in and get both the job
and the credit.
Always remember that there is .a
law of compensation which operates
just as faithfully as gravitation, and
that Victory goes at last where it
ought to, and that this is just as true
of individuals as of nations.?Selected.
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Product May
Get Silk Mill
Washington, Sept: 5.?The farm se
curlty administration announced' today
it 0 3d accepted an offer of the
Dexdak Hosiery mills of Landsdale,
Pa., to operate silk throwing and hoa
I cry mlllis at three government
homestoad projects.
vo-operative associations or til?
homestead residents will share in
operation, management and< profits
of the mills through Jointly-owned
companies.
T?io projectj are Cumberland home
steads, neaf Crossrille, Tenn., Red
Va., and Skyline homesteads neat
Soottaboro. Ala.
Negotiations are underway, the
FSA said, for operation of simllai
mills at Penderlea homesteads, near
Wlllard-, N. C., and a hosiery knit
' ting mill at Bankhead farms near
Birmingham. Ala.
To finance construction of the
mills and purchase of machinery ana
equipment, the government will lena
(2.060,#00 to the homestead co-opor:i
tire associations. The hosiery com pa
ny will supply 1320.000. .
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By tlaywoqd E. Lynch
Life is a funny thing, If is made
of upa and downs, good and bad,
happiness and sadness, and sometimes
these come together. Now
take for example when the boys
and girls "go off" to school for the
first time. The mothers and fathers
are happy that they can afford
their child a college education...:
but at the same time it Is a very
sad experience for most mothers
and fathers when they realize
their son or daughter will not be at
home like he always has. They
wake up to the fact that John, or
Bill or Mary will not be home for
their three meals a day, and will
not sleep in the same beds they
have since they were babies. I
know from personal experience
that it is pretty tough or. Mothers I
and daddies. I heard how two |
mothers were talking this week,
one had a son who was gone and
the other had a daughter, they I
were happy, yet they were sad. 1
Coth had a good cry together. J
son is leaving Sunday, and I actually
felt sorry for him. He wanted
h's son to go to college, yet he
wanted to keep him home with
him. But such is life .TIME
and Youth Marches On.
I slipped off Monday and saw
the wind-up of the "Little World
Series" at Spartanburg. Charlie
Thomasson, George Allen, Rev.
Boyce and son, 'Billy, accompanied
me. Charlie said he would go with
me but if he met anvone *.e Knew
he would slip down real low in \he
car. After we got down to the
game, who should come up ana
take the scats right behind us but
other fans from the Best Town In
The State, namely, Eva Plonk,
Claude and Evelyn Hambrignt, ana
Lawrence Lovell. And later our"
fellcW-Townsman, W. K. Mauney,
occupied the box right next to
curs.
I was out at the ball park Tuesday
to see the fellow do some fancy
.hooting, and believe irte. he was
really good. He splashed eggs, cabbage,
potatoes, oranges, canned tomatoes,
milk, all over the park.
The expert marksman, who Is a
cousin of Rev. W. A. Parsons, during
his exhibition said that he had
never smoked a cigarette or taken
a drop of intoxicating liquors.
Preacher Hamm was tn the omce
after the shooting and said if he
could preach and I could publish a
newspaper as well as that man
could shoot, we would be in a class
to ourselves.
Pretty Sight: Kings Mountain
High School Coaching staff work
with the boys' football squad.
I was up at the Victory Qin the
other_ day, and got into a conversation
with P. D. Herndon and Tom
Harmon on the subject of cotton.
And that fellow Herndon certainly
knows his cotton. He knows it,
from the seed to the bale, and then
back to seed again. And talking
about "pulling" the fibers to determine
the length and price, he is
a champion puller too.
Claiencc Carpenter was telling
youis truly and Arthur Hay about
a citizen of Kings Mountain whose
wUo died recently. He collected
the insurance, got in jail three
times and married his stepdaughter,
all in the short span of three
weeks.
Mrs. R. D. Goforth, buyer for
Belk's Ladies' Shoppe, and Miss
Martha Frances McGill, buyer for
Keeter's Ladies' Department, on
their recent trip to New York City
stayed together. This Is the kind
of friendly co-operating spirit I
like to see prevail between two of
Kings Mountain's leading stores.
Economic Highlights
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nesses of tlrt> totalitarian states, and
that matters abroad will continue about
as they have during the past
two or three years, with 'crises" appearing
periodically, making the;
headlines, and then dropping to obscurity.
So far as the figures are concern-1
ed, the domestic situation Is good.
Everything seems to be present that
!s needed for a stable recovery move
nent. The 1937 rtcession resulted in
production falling behind consumptn.
Merchants large and small reluced
their Inventories to the min'mum.
Buying waa on a hand-tomouth
basis, bath because of hard
Imos and because cf the expectation
that sharp price reductions must oc
vui. luwav, wiii) consumption oi
leilshabie goods rising. and with
the government's latest emergency
spending prognm putting a spark of
life into the long-paralyzed durable
goods Industries, commerce is being
forced to replenish its stocks. Hiis
's pro'ar. by the Federal Reserve
Heard's index of industrial prodncicn.
which made its first gain of the
eor in June, and which is now five
>r six points above jhat level.
Some briefs of interest follow:
STEEL: Operations have held to
. fnfr level, and substantial fall fro n
iement ia expected. Future comelements
are good.
MOTORS: As Is slwavs true in
mid-summer, production is now al
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THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALDT
most nil. But some makers are plan- "
nlng more of a splurge, with their
1939 cars than they thought was
wise a few months ago. The general
upturn in business and sentiment *
has encouraged them.
AGRICULTURE: As mentioned aI
hove prices have weakened. On the
other hand, the chances are thut the
fanner's cash income for major 1
crops will be Reasonably satisfactory *
this year ? though prices will b<lower,
yields will be higher, especl- '
ady In the case of grains.
EMPLOYMENT: Latest. flRUres' J
which have anl pretense to authority
indicate that there has been a fair
amount of reemployment by Indus1
try. and .that material gains will be;
made after I^abor Day. In the other| 1
hand, at least 10.000,000 people are
still out of work, and there seems 1
to be small chance of most of them f
finding Jobs, unless a business re- 1
Vlvnl of much greater Intensity than
anyone anticipates occurs.
Blair Gives Pointers
On Cover Crop Sowing t
Small grains and legumes to b-'
grown as winter cover crops tnav bc| i
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;il< king by using a narrow s*od drill > jri^Tgl
IN M M A
WHAT HAS GONE BEFC7.E
In the Casbah, dark and Jor- >
'lidthtii.ly m y s t e r i o u a native \
imi'ter of Algiers, Pepv .lc
M i k o, internationally famous'!
if rat thief, has been eluding
the imlicc for two pears. Their
efforts to capture him arc made
-.tselcss -by the loyalty of the
CosOUh nutives, who idolize the
gay, charming Pepc and protect
Mm. Fltutllj/ Regis,- a stool
pigeon in Pope's gang, betrays
his whereabouts to the police,
'rut Pepv is warned of their approach
by his nutivs sweetheart,
ln.es, and escapes their ontiaught
with only a slight bullet
wound. During this raid
I'npc meets a beautiful tourist
girl, Gaby, who is intrigued. by
Ms romantic air, though he professes
to be attracted mainly by
kor jewels. But Inspector 8li?ian?,
an Algerian police officer
who has struck up a friendship
with Pepe, makes plans for
using Gaby for his oton ends.
Chapter Three
Regis, the rotund, furtive In?
riwer who sold the secrets of the
?" .'bah to the police at v.-hatover
,.c.- he could get, presented himr
U at headquarters. He had a
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Mr
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"Bo you tcanf to get avx
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"We've ?11 learned that there'*
only one way to arrest Pepe. If he i
comes- out of the Casbah, then It's
child's play."
"Shall we send him an engraved I
Invitation?" suggested Inspector i
Louvaln sourly. I
"He's too clever to fall into a i
trap," continued Regis, undaunted, 4
"but some of his friends are not 1
so clever. For example, young Pierrot,
whom Pepe loves like a bro- .
ther who Is also a son..." I
He went on to outline his plan, i
Lou vain listened, shrugged, and ;
consented to try It. 1
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Pierrot, youthful member of
Pepe's gang, was disgruntled. Pepe I
had been unjust to him. Pepe had
warned him to shun the company i
of the unpleasant Regis, and Pier- i
rot, very conscious of the fact that
he wad a free man and of age, <
had defied Pepe. claiming that
o'jlle he was loyal to the chief In i
"business," he had the right to !
eho*se his own friends. Whcreuoosi
f *pe had genially slapped hU face,
iMiulllatlni him before the others. I
flow Pierrot vae consoling him- 1
elf with the company of hie good 1
friend Regie. Moreover, he needed I
Regis' advice. For he had received I
a pussling letter. The letter pur- 1
ported to he from Ills mother, ashing
him to come and see her In 1
the main section of Algiers ? out- <
sldu of the C as bah.. This mystified a
Pierrot, for he had thought his a
mother was in France; tout he-was a
a dutiful son, and If his, mother J
was awaiting him la Algiers, he
' I ?xnfld not hurt her toy felling to I
o?me. So he sought Regis' advice t
ea to whether the letter wae t
genuine. I
As a matter of fast Regie was
well qualified to advise him, for he t
himself bad written the letter. And c
now he solemnly compared the o
handwriting with a previous letter s
Pierrot's mother had written, and
aeeurcd the boy that the letter 11
from Algiers was ladeed gsnuine. y
and that the henoratole thing to do h
would be to go down into the
town (where the police awaited
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Hl'RSDAY, SEPT 8, 1938
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LETS LOOK BACK
From The Kings Mountain Hsratd
NINETEEN YEARS AGO
8EPTEMBER 11, 1919
Messrs James Ilambright and Calrln
Plonk left Saturday for Guilford
'ollege.
Born to Mr. und Mrs. Clarence
.edford Tuesday, a son. Theodore.
Mr. P. D. Herndon left Friday for
['nicti Level, Va...to visit his father,
VIr. G. C. Herndon.
Mr. Jesse Klser has entered I^etolr
College.
M>". Will Ramiseur returned to
Ja\td*cn College last week.
ir sowing by hand and covering the
leed with a cultivator or narrow har
ow.
CPcps that) are recommended for
his purpose are oats, rye, barley.
rituHon clover, burr clover., Ausi
iatt w inter peas, and \etcH .accord
tig to B. C. Hlalr. extension agrottonist
at Slate ( ollege.
The cOtton stalks should be cut
is >n as possible after the' first
licking so ss to give the cover crops
jrnwth. he |M>iiited out.
TH? swift drama of^an
L adventurer's last suod.
UjGIERS
I,
CHARLES BOYER
in the Walter Wanger
production with Sigrid
Gurie and Hedy Lamarr
him) and look for his mother. Its
fr.ct. Jtegisi offered to accompany
mm. r ijr uiis was pari or itcgis'
plr.n: to Ret Pierrot out of the
Casb'.li- ar.d into the hands of tho
police, whereupon Pepe lo Holt.o
would leave the safely of the Casbah
and come out in search- of
his friend.
So Pierrot and Regfs'went dowp 1
into the town, arm in arm, to find
Pierrot's mother.
*
Pepe, usually lighthearted, was
in an unhappy mood. He stood on
a terrace in the Casbah, looking
out ? as far out as he could look
?at the sea. The fat-off whistle of
a steamer seemed to make him
even sadder.
The devoted Ines, hovering about |
him as usual, caught his disconsol- '
ate mood. For she knew that his
thoughts were far away from her,
and she was determined to get at
the reason.
"Ines," he told her in reply to
her persistent nagging questions,
"you've always lived In the Casbah.
For you, there's nothing outside.
For me, it's like being in &
grave ? I can't stand much more
of it."
Ines understood.. He yearned for
the world qutside ? and If he
wanted to go away, she reasonably
offered to go with hiin.
"But Paris is a long way off.
And it's different there ? "
"Couldn't you be happy in Paris?
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W'iIK- S^HSi
xyf she cried bitterly.
You think I'd look funny in Paris?"
he demanded angrily.
"It's not you, Ines, he insisted.
It's. the Casbah ? you're part of
It, you belong here. You' don't understand
the way I feel. I've stood
It for two years ? morning, noon,
and night ? the same people and
the same things. I'm fed up ? I've
had enough!"
"Oh, so you want to get away?
And it has nothing to do with
me?" she cried with violent bitterness.
Well, do you know when
you're going away? Never! I'm
the Casbah ? 111 keep you ? try;
to get away and you'll find out!".
"Stop It, he grated, gripping
her arm in cold fury.
"There's nothing else for you,"
he went on wildly. "No France,
oo Parts, no boulevards!" ,
"Are you through?" he demanded,
shaking her.
"No!" She threw herself into his
arms, sobbing violently. "I love
you!"
e e e
It was getting late, and Pierrot
tad not returned from town. Aicha,
Pierrot's sweetheart, sought out
Pepe and told him how worried
the was. Pierrot had gone down
nto town with Regis. And Regis
ad oome back ? but not Pierrot. .
That was enough for Pepe, who
ltd Ion ST tffO formftd his nnlnlnn
>f Real*. Ho want to the Alrorlan's,
i Cubth cat)), aought out Regis,
ind took him Into on inner room,
rhere the other members of the
tang crowded areuad him ellently.
"Tou're a brave' man. Regis,"
aid "Pejxf significantly. "It was
>rave of you to take Pierrot Into
he town and then come back
lore."
Regis, frightened out of bis wits,
lobbied bis protestations of Innoenoe,
while the others crowded
loser around him. Carlos Judicially
tudled tho bock of Regis' neck.
"Say, ,P< ?<?. hi* hair Is getting a
Ittle long hrro on his neck. Don't
ou think we ought to cut It for
JmT"
(Te be continued)
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Nations Arc Strong
As Thcv Arc Free
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By RAYMOND PITCAIRN
In several recent utterances, advo
catcs of the various forms of totalitarian
government have described theii
methods as evidences and attributes oJ
strength.
But they are wrong. The surrendei
of the rights of the common citizen U
either one man. as In dictatorship, 01
one group, as in Communism, indicate:
precisely the opposite. It is ah evidenc*
of national weakness.
The rise of a dictator to unlimited
power docs not prove that that dictatoi
(s strong. It shows that the people whe
accept his tyranny are weak.
The^ success of a clique in grasping
control of an entire nation docs not
prove that that clique is able and courageous.
It shows that the natloria
character has become feeble and timid
For both the dictator and the politics
clique gain power in proportion a* Uu
people lose courage, self-reliance anc
the civic virtues. That's why the newei
Isms of Europe, however they may fascinate
the few, can never win the great
body of American citizens.
Courage, pride and self-reliance art
part of our national heritage. They art
the seeds from which grew our Constitution.
They constitute the basic elements
of our Bill of Rights. They an
the qualities which give reality to oui
boast of "government of the people, bj
the people, for the people."
And so long as the American peoplt
treasure that heritage of strength ant
courage, neither threats from without
nor persuasions from within, can shak<
the sure foundations on which rest oui
precious rights of liberty, opportunil]
and self-government for alL
Nations are as strong as they are free
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A. B. Falls property co
Streets. Lot 12x350 ft. 1
sacrifice for quick sale
Small cash payment. B
years at 5 per'cent int<
property as part paym
tion see Frank R. Ang<
Co., Roanoke, Va., or J
HIS VALUABLES WE
IN A BUREAU DRAW
If fire strikes your horr
valuables among the asl
door of a safe deposit be
you. It takes but a few r
cents a week, to rent a s
this menace of fire.
FIRST NAT
Kings Mo
Member Federal D<
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ThelROUND-UP
By "George"
This may be our lust "Round-Up",
the we're nqt sure yet, so we Won't
r : say boodbye tctd-ay. We'll just spill
[ the hetins us usual tor do we spill the
bcuns, Julia?)
We've just learned why. Huron did
J not want to go ofT to school this
5 year It's because he's afraid
s that sornecne else will grab Sarah
while he is away.- ! Now why
I i couldn't Phyllis wait on Oletnanaee
r 7;
' Arid a little blhl whispered In 'our '
ear that Ralph Grlflin has pit lenity*
^ of competition Tho wo haven't
the slightest idea what it's all
I about ! And Margaret, the
>> biid was net a gold finch this time.
' And now we've seen the Prlnc?
| gal ... ! Yep. Mr. Bell was right
f But then, he never fails me
I
' Betty Lee Is still on the warpath
...... why, we can't Imagine ....r
J And Margaret Is even worse !
It*8 breaking my heart
Boo-hoo . Sarah Mae has
gone away (not a poem, Julia, just **
J a co-incident) ! Anji that is
heart-breaking news !
Wfo'H rw-e-*
j ucivim a uucr i_iiill UWOJ'
j Baker lias a stood time with Hazel
, Falls at (he dance !
> Note to Miss Morris: You'll have
r plenty of competition In your u-v affair.
so step lively." sal ". '
ltut now we had better duck
So kushto bak 1
be to
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