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The
Kings Mountain Herald
Established 1889
Published Every Thursday
HERALD PUBLISHING HOUSE,
Ha/wood E. Lynch
Editor-Manager
Entered as second class matter in
the Poslofnce at Kings Mountain
N. C., uudor tre Act of March 3
1879.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
One Year $l.6t
Six Months 7!
A weekly newspaper devoted t?.
the promotion of the general we)
tare and published for rhn ??iitrhi
meat, entertainment and benefit ol
the citizens of Kings Mountain and
its vicinity.
HE STOPPED ADVERTISING
Once then* was a business man
And he was wondrous wise;
Said1 He: "We'll save the money
It takes to-advertise.
We've got the business going.
We'll sit and take this ka:e;
Why squander cash for printing?
Our Income cannot fall."
Thing* prospered for a season.
And prospects rosy grew;
Then sales began to dwindle.
Though why ? nobody knew.
The bom was fretful, worried,
ills face grew pale and drawn,
Going ? now H's gone?
35 MILES
We not lord 1n the news account
of the bun-car accident in which two
were killed that the bus driver wa3
quoted an saying that he waa driving
ulMMit 35 in Ilea per hour. But after
seeing the car that wan hit by the
bus we believe the driver was making
nearer tin miles per hour than
35. Buses just, do not drive that
slow, they have a schedule of- about
55 miles, per hour and "have to drive
*' 60 to keep on time.
So. Mr. Bus driver, we believe yon
will have to change your story, be
cause every bus we have ever met
on the highway was making a lot
more than 35 miles per hour and we
do not believe you are an exception.
' TERRIBLE
The dirt streets of Kings Mountain
are terrible. The worst roads to
be found in Cleveland County are
the streets within the city limits of
our town, and very little Is being
done to remedy the condition. It
certainly seems to us with a tax
rate of $1.87 and an annual budget
'of $158,000 that some cash could be
salvaged to at least keep the streets
In passable condition.
8n our opinion what Kings Mountain
needs is a city manager to see
that things that need to be . done
ARE done.
OPEN FORUM
An open torum for our readera,
but no letter can be published
if it exceeds 600 worda.
No anonymous commy ""'cations
will be accepted. *'.?> name of
the writer will not be published
however, if the author so requests.
Relayed1 from the ..Notth Pole'via
"The Fountain Of Youth"
. Glpnn Springs. S. C.
December 24. 1U28.
Depr Mr'. Lynch: ?
It may be- of Interest to tell you
. that 1 ant now a life member of tit?
.Seminole Trull Association, and
have defeated it as my official
-north-south route. My reasons are:
First: That the .Trail is safe, seenIs,
historic and is niw 99 percent
free of construction work. An added
attraction Is that It is-, practically
free of trailers, trucks; and commercial.
vehicles.
8eo6?td:. I know that the Seminole
Trail on which is located Kings
' i Mountain, N. C., is on the threshold
of its greatest activity, ands during
1939, I on personally contact at
least two million of the estimated
fifty million motorists who will use
"the Main Street of the South" enroute
to the New York World's Fair.
Third: 1 can already vision that
the early completion of the Biuo
Ridge Parkway, which is to link together
the Shensndbah and Great
Smoky Mounta'n national parka,
will attract millions of tourists who
will dri e ov*r this scenic marvel of
America. Tliir means permanent bus
to every interest along the.
Semtnolo Trail.
rwnn: -mat me growing popularity
of the Seminole Trail la evidenced
from official checking* which re 1
ve?l the fact that five tUtte*- more
foreign licensed can used the routths?
year than during any previous
ymtii <.
Fifth: Title 8emftto)e Trail Assoc!,
tttm directory now under prepare
thon, will list ell m-ogmtzed hotels
entering establ-'ehntenta arid bus:
nosees that profit from the tourist
' dollar. This recommended list will
huwv me of the beet of aocommodr
ttons at ell thiss, and I hope to rind
{./ your name In the directory.
Sincerely yours,
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Here and There . .
By Haywood E. Lynch .
I. have heard a great deal about It
being quiet the night before Christmas,
but believe me it was quiet ^he
morning after Christmas. I came
down town about ten o'clock and the
rainy streets were deserted, stopped i
p the barber shop to get a shave. I
was the first customer even thouai i
he shop had been open since 7:00
, A. M., so I got my choice of barbers. <
l However, before I left several customers
came In. Then I walked up to
i the Homes 8 to res to see Mike Milam
he had already closed up for the day.
During the hours his store was open
his total sale's amounted to only 13c.
I It was right depressing it was so
quiet.
There is always something sad
about "after Christmas.' Tuesday
morning when I was making my .us- ,
ual rounds of the stores, I found everyone
busy taking down all the holiday
decoration* all the smiling
Santa Causes were beirtg put into
boyes to wait for another year. The
stores looked so bare, I almost wished
there had bean no Christmas. It
reminded me of the times whan t
was a boy and would go out to the
circus tot the neat morning after the
big top had left.
The -merchants report they had en
TjOTFffl ffilPM.
up to in# hit minute, vnc mercfient
sold 44 out of 44 boxes of handkerchiefs
after P. M. Christmas Eve.
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I think everyone was happy this
Christmas. The Firemen, assisted by
the Junior 'Woman's Club made
many a little heart happy. The
Churches and Sunday Schools die
their part in the spreading of goot.
cheer. ./
I understand Supt. B. N. BSrnes
sen received a cap pistol from hit
paternal grandad on' his first vtsi
| to see his new grandson.
Economic Highlights
(Cont'd from front page)
half the ground ?e lost In the 193?
recession.
Big question Is. When can we ex
pect to regain the rest of the
ground? In answering that, most evonomlsts
are playing a wary game.
There Is no lack of good signs on the
economic horizon. At the same time,
there are a number of puzzling unfavorable
factors. The Annalist puts
the case accurately, when It says:
"There would be more assurance of
a continuation of the present recovery
movement If there were not so
many individual Indicators that by
this time should be reflecting the
recovery movement, but thus far
have done so ether not at all or to, i
limited extent."
Man/ experts think that in the
near tuiure the rate of recovery may
tend to slow ? but that the movel
input, will go "head, even though it Is
i in second or low gear. It .is an impor
! tant fact that most business leaders
; are not greatly worried shout what
[ the next Ccrgrcss will do :? they
feel that our lawmakers, after earnest
analysis of-the last election returns.
will veer steadily to the right
I A few business briefs' of iuteres',
j follow:
PRICES: Conlniodity prices reThe
New Congress
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L?_ RAYMOND PITCAIRN
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Again, as this is written, America
looks forward with high hopes to a
New Year.
Most of .these hopes centre on Recovery?on
a return to that spirit of
progress and confidence which has been
so distinctive a characteristic of our
national history.
And Recovery in turn, America realizes,
depends largely on the new Congress
which our citizens have recently
voted Into office, V
What do the American people ask of
that Congress?
Many things that. Individually and
oollectlvely, can hasten the return of
confidence and prosperity.
The unemployed want Jobs ? productive
Jobs which bring the satisfaction
of a fall pay-?avelopo for a fair week's
work.
The farmer, the merchant, the manufacturer,
the business man? all want
opportunity to resume , the productive
. activities which build up both payrolls
and prosperity.
The taxpayer demands relief from
the grewtar burdens which waste and
. wtnrtaftsw hi gee srnmreil have leaded
en hh shoulders ilnrisia recent years,
and which threaten tn,. harass, htm
v, through, year* da, rente. .
The housewife Wants relief hum the
ef the home. .
'16 All these demands are reasonable, and
possible of fulfillment.-But, they require
a realization. 00. the part of Confrere
that it is the representative, of the
people. They require a frira resolution
on the part of individual members to
serve all the people, father than a party
<W n pressure group, or a,handful of
politicians who hold temporary power.
It was on the promise to sftrte the
people faithfully that every member of Congrem
achieved offioe. On his fulfillment
of that promise depends not only
his own career, but the welfare of the
.Nation.
And en the detremtnstlsn ef penfrees,
as a body, to reassmbsr and heed
that verity, rests Xnnlsa's hapes far
a year ef true prsgrsm and reeovsry.
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cently took a fairly a harp drop,
though they were well supported
and there was no danger of a crash
in values. The whole price situation
Is confused and rather chaotic. a*id
is one of the least bright spots in the '
business picture.
CREDIT: Bank deposits are at almost
an all-time high ? which
means there is an abundant credit
baalft for husinASA Avrvanalon 1* isrlll I
remain to be seen whether business
loans will kxdreasei accordingly. So
tar, they haven't.
, STEEL.:, Index of production Is at
only a fair level. The trend Is upJR.
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Vies f?rlsM in London, four
nsio /Hondo havs gathered as
pennansnt fcottss gueatt. They
were the charming Carletons ?
' *Colonof Anthony, a former
actor whoee family coiled Mm
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Ate ckiUren, ?'
| Kichard. The Car let one had roe.
cued Mi? Fortune from a train
wreck, and aha had ?had tham
to etay at kar homo. QaorgoAnna
quarreled with her euitor,
Duncan MacCrae, and Richard
had become romantically involved
with Leslie Bounders, in
i i. hose office he worked. 8he icae
j disgusted because he frankly
| confessed he and his family were
! awl to get Miss Fortune's money,
i ki:i she loved him anyway. Their
;for!s to appear "on the level''
>o Miss Fortune gradually uplifted
the motives of the Carlet'y.is.
Kichard spent all hie salary
?k a present for Miss Fortune
?a little dog?and Oeorgc-Annc
took such good care of the old
lady she decided to leave all
i her money to the Carletons. Bo
j Miss Fortune invited them to an
j announcement party ? a dinner
i ' lance.
Chapter Six
George-Anne's eyei were red with
weeping when she found her family
In the sitting room. They were
very cheerful. The Sahih, for his
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"Come on. Rich, let's dt
j ?al and adroitness in disposing of J
Wombats, had been promoted.
"He's been made the headmost I
local sales manager of the entire
f.ondon branch," said Marmy. "It's 3
just what we need to convince the t
old lady.. How pleased she'll be!" . f
George-Anne s voice was bitter. i
"Yeah, she'll think we're wonderful
nil right. She does now. You C
don't have to go on with It- ?
we've won. In her now will ? 1
we'll get everything she has." c
Marmy was elated, but the Sahib
and Richard turned ayay In silent t
"' "embarrassment. r
"Where are your cheers?" George- 1
Anne demanded. "This is what we. t
want,, isn't It? This Is what wo
went after!" t
Marmy, naive as ever, didn't <
notice the significant silence -of the *
Sahib and Richard, nor the ear- f
casm In Georsre-Anne's voice.
"You're not being fair. George- >
Anne deserve* all the credit." r
The Sahib and Richard hastened
to agree. t
"Yes, we're set at last," said
George-Anne, with a tortured smile. e
"Our party can be a celebration. 1
now. we'll have a wonderful time!'1 ?
Both Duncan and Leslie name, to ?
the party. Duncan had said goodbye
to George-Anne "once and for
all," but be couldnit disappoint 1
Miss Fortune. Leslie was disgusted a
with Richard's frink gold-digging
attitude, but was curious to see t
wHat bis fhmlly was like. 1
"How did you happen to have
rnch a lovely aister?'' she asked
Richard.
"Good looks run in our family." J
"Why did you ask ths manager 1
?o recommend a good night school (
iu engineering?'' .
"Just to Impress him;" !
But Leslie told Richard She didn't
believe he was so tough and hard- i
boiled aa ha triad to,make her, believe.
Wasn't he planning, to work 'j
aJoat JMR .fl.r th. fimlly
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. HeanwhUe Duncan Jot the fortyninth
time, ,asked George-Anne to j
"I'X love ' to. Duncan," ahe aald, .
"Your eusplcldns abbot us were 1
rlrht. Duncan. We didn't love the
old lady ? and we dlda't aUy with I
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ward, but no great betterment la ea
pected for tlxe next month, or two.
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- MOTORS: la booming along ti
fine shape. (The Arrjf<ri<.*n |pubMc'i
appetite for cars it apparently hi
Hiitiable ? and it aleo appears tha
many families will sacrifice almpa
onv hIno" olo? 1~ *
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new model.
CONSTRUCTION: Is steadily"ton
proving, especially In the reaidentla
field, when adjustment for seasons
trends Is made. This is one of tlx
beat phases of the entire recover;
nfoveraent.
hsr because aha was lonely ? we
were after her money from the
start.. .That night you came to the
house, Z was afraid you'd spoil
things,"
"Yet you're not afsald now?"
"No ? she's come through. We're
iww'ii* i ujjjgg*a
cards . . . And wa bshave Ilka dtcent
people only whan It pays."
"Such a aarloua peach, dtrllnr
but I don't bsllsve a word of It. I
arnnt to marry you."
"No, Duncan. I won't mesa up
irour Ufa. Once X wouldn't marry
you b a c a u a a you weren't rich
enough, now I won't marry you because
I'm not good enough for
you."
Juet then there waa a commotion.
Mlsa Fortune, dancing with
he Sahib, had fainted. The excitement
of the party waa too much
for her, and she had auflercd a
iicart attack.
At home, the doctor eaid her
condition was serious, and. she .'it
.mcc sent for her lawyer. After an
interview with his client, he met
the Carletons downstairs.
"Miss Fortune's one thought
:hroughout her grave condition has
been to sign a new will.. This sho
lias done, - making you the benetlciarles.
I congratulate you. But it
won't make much difference ?
now."
Richard Interrupted. "What are
you trying to tell us?"
"Simply this: a rather severe
depreciation in the Value of Xfiss
Fortune's holdings hacs left the
estate practically dsplstsd. 1 trust
inee," she said softly.
rou will forgive her."
Rather unexpectedly, It was Marny
who spoke first.
"Why should we forgive her,
Hr. Anstruthcr? That's a strange
hing you're asking. Wasn't she
;ood to us? And we don't even 1
?eed the money."
George-Anfie's face lit up like a
Christmas tree.
"Absolutely not," the Sahib put
n. "Perfectly able to stand on our
iwn feet." .
"Indeed," muttered Anstruther, a ,1
>lt disconcerted by George-Anne's i
adiant smile. "Ir Miss Fortune
Ives, I .may not be able to save
bis house for her."
"If Miss Fortune lives, elr,"
he Sahib replied, "she may have
i home with us ? always.
The lawyer wee surprised, apologetic.
"If I have misjudged you, I beg
'Qur pardon," he said, and left the
oorh.
George-Anne's laugh was hyserlcal.
.
"We dont want the money! We
inly want to be what she thinks
re are! She mustn't die! We've
tot to show her. She saved us.
ihe saved all of us!"
Hie, doctor, appeared.
"You may come in now. Miss
fortune wants to see you. She
Mum ui m mucii v^ruojrer.
They marched In, the little spoted
dog Richard bought for Mlsa
fortune trottjng ^proudly after.
Several month* later, a ahiny
flying Wonibat atopped with a
ubberiah equaal before a Jittle cotage
In the country/Klehara piled
>ut flret, pulling beetle after nlm.
thihcao jumped out to aeetat
Horge^p/ie, AJ1 four ran through
1 hope* we're not too later
Jeorge-Ana# eaclaimed. .
"Oh, what If anything happens to
mailed ffrtetlnjrt- M!m Forlun#
to h bog ..on
^"'e^& qver, end Juat enough to i
ro around* ebe **1(1.. * ' 'T;'
,?nthe . Jan# of A$iaot>\ny
had her eOred +hlte puppte*.
lech with, an enprmmn black eyebrow,
like, tba|r; ^pother. . ,
TKK END.
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