i .uy
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Kate And N;
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Eensea in
taidga, Jan. 44?Indian {
?d with rousing cheer
ears gift of nearly |70
the United Provinces ,
i
Jem. 4.?George' Mo i
rector of yesterday's
rade' ? Philadelphia
'trtctly ell-male new years festival :
Idn't take any chances on women i
string into the -ranks. Before the <
arada started, he gave voice tests i
o all female impersonators.
X-i- ,
lYentoo, N. J., Jen. 4.?New Jerey
launched today Its huge unern Hyment
compensation program ;
vlth the anticlpalion of paying be- <
ween 930,000.000 and I40.000.0oo to i
he state's Jobless durng 19S9. l
'UV*rtl HtM tSF 1
Vreck Victim
+ Funeral services were held last
'unday afternoon at S:00 t'clock tor
r, W. Owens, mechanic nt the fhe?
t* Mill, who was killed Thursday
nornhtg te a wreck on the Kings- _
dountahsOsetonSa highway. Mr.
Iwans was missing from Onatonla '
Then thai truck which ha was drtv- ng
collided wfth an an to driven by I
f. E. Luke, of 8wansee, 8- C.
Sheriff Clyde Robinson of Oast on ,
oumy, mo oDvuugMea tne acci lent
nH ttat tram til appearances
t wm unavoidable. The driver ot '
the Sooth Carolina auto said that
soth an akbMed aa tbey approach
ad each other and neither he nor
Owena could avoid the collision.
Surviving Mr. Owens are. four j
ions, Elmer. Rnesel. Char lea, and
Oscar; and a. daughter. Virginia
all pt Kinca Mountain. ; .
Mr. Owene bad been employed at |
ha Pfcent* plant. tor the paat eight (
wot aa Master mechanic, He came
Jj. ' to Kings Mountain frtm Eaat St. ,
Umia, HI. {
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||jj^_JIYA ACTiyiL HERE
f ' '
[ Thp girls of the NYA sewing room
H$e to be congratulated for the fine 1
Itork they did during the Christmas
Htfertod. Prom scraps they dressed 65
Haoond hand dolls, making them look
Djlte new; and from. cant-off inner
rubes they fashioned attractive rabBffts,
aqutaveln, kftttena and even ela
Hphants. TMe haa been only one
phase of the wtnV being carried on
Kader the direction of Mrs. Pansy
KFertxer. County NYA Supervisor,
Krith the Junfpr Woman's Club at
^MKmaor. end Mrs. Paul McQlnnle as
Kte preaeot teacher.
io CLEAN CEMETERY
flhe mernbem of the EH Bethel
?tbo<UBt Church are leaked-to meet
. the church next Wedneeday mora
E to help clean the graveyard. All
ilattves who have loved ones burd
there ere alio Invited.
FECIAL SERVICES
H c- . ;
The Church of God Evangel la t.
ev. W. O. Boheler, , whose headlarters
are in Shelby at the present
me wttl preach Saturday and Sun*
ly morning at the Church of Ood
ire. Evening aervluo and 7:30 and
orning at 11 a. m. The public is
irdtally tovtted.
fNNSM?ma?s^as?M?M#a^NsNMsMSas?haNI
Laughing Arout
With iRyn*
Complete in]
i* By IRVIN
41'nr. gentleman who entered the p
* * had a great night the night bef
this morning. Ana looked it! He ^
and bloodshot; his hand trembled,
'that he suffered from what, technical
He fed!" into a chair at the tab
smu and Emerged. To him, all affal
"Well, boss," began the servitor
HOk I don't know," said the n
| the Httle place and tamed sHjjhtly i
^BFSrjSJSLtwirj
itelandn# a small platter. Ob tha <
I *u^Ji t'o"
ii. 1 txmrnf bwb i pin ok yore owoei
ENWim^l?nitf rest tiIts
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.
ational News
n .? f r '
i oner rorm
; ?State News?
Marxm, Jan. 4.?(The McDowell
Ctoutaty Grand) Jury today charged
Eruce Staoey, 26, of Old Kort and
Joe Hensley, 33, of Marlon with nvur
tier in the death of Dennis Qlbbs of
Nebo. found fa/tally Injured beside a
railway at Nebo last September,
Columbia, S. C., Jan. 4.?A flaming
negro dwelling in suburban Eau
Clarlr became a funeral pyre for five
occupants early .today and wrote a
story of a seventeen year old youtr
who died -fa a vain attempt to extricate
(his mother from the flames.
Wilmington, Jan. 4.?Houston Ray
Mints, six,, was struck by a . truck
sod fatally -Injured today Just nortn
of here. State Highway Patrol Sergeant
J,. R. Smith said the boy. was
irtuffln Ir n ftn'r ntfiirnn .rug mem
truck driven by. W. R. McAuley
formerly tf Ssnford.
Raleigh. Jan. 4.?Checks for ?165.904.67
to 88M creditors of the derunct
Page Trust Co. went out today
Bank CoiiiiiiI?Onner Ouemey P.
Hood, announced
Aubrey Mfeuney Calls
Animal Meeting Of
County Scooters
1
Cleveland County Scouts rs and
leaders will assemble at the High
School .Cafeteria to Shelby at a sup- j
par meeting this evening at 7:00. C
lira mcvuns on own csjibq uy j
Aubrey Mauney, V^aa-PiesUfcijIt, <of y
the Pie An on t Council and chairman ?
of the Cleveland County District r
On this occasion reports will be c
beard from the members of the ooun
ty organtzMfou. A nefmiaaUoB ?H1 j
be made for Vice-President of the a
Piedmont Council for 1939 to be dec
ted at the annuel council meeting In
Qastonta on January 17th.
At this time also a new county or
gswlsntfam will be elected. The present
orgaotbhtion consists of the
County Istmrffnan, Aubrey Mauney,
the Kings Mountain District Chairman
W. K. Manner. the Shelby District
Chairman, Her. Horace Easom
and the following:
Robt. OMney of Shelby, Commissioner;
Willis McMurry of Sbelby.
Finance Cbairman; Rev. W. M.
Boyoe of Kings Mountain, Cubbing;
D. M. Bridge? of Kings Mountain.
Secretary and School Relations; H.
C. Wilson, of Kings -Mountain, Rural
Scoiutlng; fie v. W. H- MdDlannid,
of Shelby, Troop Organisation; Oliver
Anthony of Shelby, Ten Year
Program, O. A. Bridges of Kings
Mountain, Camping; Rush Ham rick,
or Shelby, Objectives; Rev. A. O.
Sargeant of Ktags Mountain, Ohuroh
Relations; Wyan Washburn of Shelby,
Publicity; and B. N. Barnes ot (
rvmga mvuuittiu, riugniui. | j
Already about twenty tire men *
of Kings MounDarin hare engaged 1
tickets for the supper1 end have made
plane tl attend A larger number are
expected from Shelby and! the other '
oom muni ties in the area are to be
represented.
Executive R. M. Schiele amnotmo
ed recently that only 350 could be :
accommodated at the Annual Banquet
of the Piedmont Council tn Gas
tenia on the 17th and those rrtho expected
to be present should secure
the It reservations at once.
id the World I
F S.COBB |
3 very Detail
S. COBB
epular-prioe restaurant must hare
bra Because hs felt so nkiserallc
pas disheveled; his eyes were wan
In short, It was plain to any eye
lly, is known as a hang-over.
1? A. *_ a. . W t . mm *
w, wok on* iook k we muim
)ility, came a colored waiter.
genially, "whut'a It goin' to be thU
fferer. He miffed the doee air of
>aler, 1 fed like thunder. About
and few kind words.'*
" asked the waiter. "You Is fedin*
e fran me is two fried algs an' * '
\ . ; . .* * ? ' ' ?
nterl*
ie kitchen. Preemtly ho returned
doth before the nenroue patron he
t
%" He sink Ui Tolee to i <benot
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KINO* MOUNTAIN. N. C. THI
i !?..- .
Wpw Plan 1
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THE HERALD ENDOR
Your Home Town Paper, 5
ly will never endorse or r
that is not for the best intej
tain as a whole. After caref
The Herald is happy to voic
of the new plan for the. cha
< eminent.
We beHeve this movement
to a better Kings Mountain,
The State. There are ma
change and very four agains
For the benefit of otir reax
Herald for their informatio
affairs we have published tl
has any desire to hide anytl
by the citizens to better the
.....I ...
The Lions Club should he.
this step that will mean so i
ness of Kings Mountain.
The Herald is most empha
plan and feels that a great
era will be likewise after th<
its of the new set-up.
rw a a a ana
low MUM HOT ; If,
Hair McLaughen WC
Funeral wnluw for Blair Hunter I p
ioUugheo native of Dallas.
la*ton county, who died Monday at *
its home in Chattanooga, TenL, |Jfl
rera held at S o'clock Tuesday aftirnooa
In Chattaaobga, with Internet*
following In * Chattanooga - XI
emetery. rellm
Surviving are hla widow, Mrs.
Florence McLaughen, two sons, Ray 6
nd Wilbur McLaughen, and a dan*
[inter, Mis* Roee McLaughen all ot , 6
'hattenoogat *tanj
Aim eaarvtrtag are the following ,h*1
rother and slaters: J. E. McLarugh- 0(1 *
m of Kfeupa Mountain, J. J<. McLay- f *
;heo of Washington, D. C, Mra. J, T |
Ifgmou, also Of Washington, D. <S.
Ira. J. U Canon of Owrtotte Mra
. W. Klrkpatrtak of Oateearltle, TlJ
dra. Fell!* MoClahi of Oastonla: Mra ^rtl
lobert Murdoch of 8t. Louis, Mo.
al n
A llntotypa operator tor the past It
to years and more on The Chatta- of t
Moga News, Mr. McLaughen began are
ila newspaper career In Qastxmla erab
vorking on the Oasette under for- Sew
ner Editor W. F. Marshall In the \ent
;arly' 1900'a. He left the Oaaette in falls
1903 to go to The Charlotte Obser- tal <
rer, where he remained until 1906. vent
liter m brief period On a paper In men
radksonratlle. Fla., and other papers prcra
M soon, located with The Chattanno- the
ja News and had. lived and worked Klni
In Chattanooga continuously since, laun
He wm a member of the Metibo?st
church. Mr. MteLangben's death
flowed a long fllneaa, during the All
murae of whlob He underwent one or U.
more operations.
Mr. McLugtim was well known ~
In Kings Mountain where he has g.
drifted hie brother and other rela- be ;
three frequently M the peat.
. Rep
tun
Prosperous Year Reported ti
By Financial Institutions jj"
The
The three financial Institution# of H|1(
Kings Mountain report that the year Bhy
Just ended was very prosperous. rfp,
with appixMqtoetsiy #31,000 being
paid out it jlivMende during IBM.
The het Is of the three firms ex- ^
pressed o\ .Imlstn for the 'coming ^hu
year, a^rqdng that It looks like eiM
1930 will |>e an eras mhre prosperous
year. Mr. B. 8. Nelll, of the First
Natir nal Bank said: "Everything
points to an even better year
in 1939." \Mr. J. C. Lackey tf the
Kings Mountain Building and Loan
Association Mid that he believed
business would improve during the
coming year. -Mr. A. H. Patterson, *head
of the Home Budding and Loan
? AM . as A .a .. ^ - - ' .
expressed tne mibk urn 1939 would ?
be a . most prosperous year. J
'' di
FELLOWSHIP QROUPV^QIVE
CANDY -PULL
The Fellowship Group of tfaeJH'rt
Presbyterian Church will g^Ha
Candy Pull in Fellowship Holl.^R"
day night 7: SO, January lOtb. I I ,
If you hare never taken parfl r;
such entertainment you have
ed something. PulHng candy Is
Joyed by both young: and old.
There will be a email fee of <teafl|
oents for eaoh oandy trailer. TheCiS
proceeds of tlris affair will be used! jfl
to help purchase m mimeograph mar*,
dhtne for the church. ,j$mi
Tehre will be music, end If you d?H
sire to play there will be games fort
Breryoa# is urged ^to Join in thH|pj
L. * 11.
JRIOAY, JAN. f, 1ttt
? - f "i ?
For Town
SES NEW PLAN 11
rhfi Herald, knowing- H
ecommend anything
est of Kings Moun- f<
ul thought and study *ta|
e lis opinion in iavor (cni
nge 01 the local gov-) ^
line,
man
is the stepping st<me syet
The Best Town In TJ
ny reasons for the t
t ft. "AN
iers, who look to The TME'
n pertaining to local
te entire Mil, no one - Th?
ling. It's a movement can
sir form of govern- huJ
congratulated upon thot
much in the forward- 2
Kin
ticaily in favor of the
majority of its read- hen
jy know of the mer&
. ' ot :
Into
Mill And U
iundry May Z
icate Here E
of 1
i* Herald ham learned from a pon
bio aouroe thai local intereata a a
making an wrtiamtfre tunrey. of Urol
poaatbtlttiea of conatructloc a tar
sty mSl In The Beat Town In ce \
Stale. Although as yet the tfhet
are not definite, It waa learned
Kinna Mountain la hlthlv fuar
a the location. for the plant. Tho B
traction of a hosiery mill in ?/ 1
pa Mountain woold contribute
h to the industrial progress of 9011
town. Within the pent few years r*ea
growth of the ttniery manolai.
>g industry in the south has
1 ateadly increasing, with serer- the
lllla now located in this sectlou. ate
has also come to the attention 8taJ
he Herald that Intslde iutereate wItJ
contemplating investing cooetd- w>le
capital in a laundry here.
snal times in the paet laundry Brm
urea in KJtogs Mountain hare
d, but with the amount of oapt- B
which ia behind the forthoomine ot
ue, and the leadership of the the<
behlrxi it, the laundry should the
e auoceeeful. New machinery of
latest type w*l be in stalled and ?**
pi Mountain may boast of a t'ho
dry equal to any In thia section. 10
the
270
nual (Congregational p?r
eting Lutheran Church jj?
he annual bnatueaa meeting of
Matthews Lutheran Church will
lield in the Parish Building this _
lay. January 6t, at 7:30 P. M. .
orte from all auxiliary organisea
and congregational officers,
he election, ot ofhoens will be
1 to fill four places on the Char
Council made vacant by Abe term
>fl\ce for these four men expiring. 007
i tour retiring counollm^n are ?
[h D. Onnand, J. O. Plonk, C. Q.
ne and Dr. I* P. Baker. A lay esentatlve
for 1939 will be eleo"Hie
present one Is U Arnold
Br. ^tt
very confirmed member of the 8tT
rch is eligible to vote In all theee
Home and Is urged to attend.
. ' Of
I Sot
Will Rogers' Z
Humorous Story
# iiir
' n ' I CO!
By WILL ROGERS th?
.... .-.j, ge
rHERE was a colored guy ihat s<*
worked for a railroad, and i.ne otr
ly he come around and says to his ^oa
~ri rm?
Gov t An
w
[ere It Is T?
? H
>r the benefit of the citizens of
88 Mountain the Herald publlso t*b>.
here the plan fcr changing the 'ng
t of local government. Reader* a J?
Invited to study the hill as out- tLnd
d and aee for themselves the wen
y advantage* It haa over the old thai
em. Mou
le Bill follows: be c
man
t BILL TO Be BNTITLKD, The
I ACT TO AMBND THE CHAR- on?
I OF THE TOWN OF KINQB DMi
UNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA."
font
General Aeeembly of North *re8
>lina Oo Enact: Jection
1. That chapter three ^ta
dred and ?l?'v n? ????. ****** noae
i of North Carolina. Saasion one * P?
isand nine hundred and nine, deal
tied, "An Act to Amend and Coo- Mou
late the Charter of the Town of opw
ga Mountain, North Carolina."
all i atnendmlenta heretofore
le to said charter amended at 'he
-Inafter stated. men
Division Into Ward* nem
eotlon 2. That the said Town
Kings Mountain shall be divided thta
five wards as follows: rea<!
Ward No. 1 m*n
eglnning at a point In the center *v<ho
Southern Railroad 826 feet north- *****
. of the northwest turner of the L- (
them depot and nmnlng thence "mr
rly Eaet to the end of Gaston pre"
set; thende with Qastjtra Street ture
therly to the corporate kftnita k
he Town; thence with the corite
limits 8. 78 W. 8,820 feet to liqt
take; thence with said corpofMe erai
U N. 66 W. 1,860 feet to the oen tore
of the Southern Railroad; then- 0f t
with the Southern Railroad nor- cure
lv to the beainnfne. ! IvnAi
w w - w- ilUVI
IWard No. S ,?
spinning at a point In the center ,
Southern Railroad 886 feet nortat
of the northeast comer of the .
thern depot and rtranfcig thence w "
rly Baat to the end of Qaston *t;
thernco wkh Gaeton .Street '
dWTtr to the' corporate limits of
Town; thence with the corporlimits
N. 41 a 4,860 feet to a'??*
Ira (In eatd olty thmtterf thence
l the corporate limits N. 12 1-2
to the Parker Brand* or CrowdCreek;
thenoe up the Parker
nch to the beginning.
Word No. 8
oghmfog at a point k* the center
Southern Railroad 826 feet norist
of the northwest corner ot
Southern depot and running B
noe nearly Taat to the end of
ton Street near Parker Branch;
nee down aald branch easterly
the corporate limits; thence wkh L.
corporate llmtte N. 12 1-2 W. 6,feet
to a stake In the aald cor- 5
ate limits; thenoe with aald cor- .{Jj
ate limtts N. 81 W. 1417 feet to
center of the Southern Railroad;
nee wttb the eald Southern RaHd
southerly to the begbrodng. Ward
No. 4
Jeglnntag at a point in the center
Southern Railroad 825 feet norm- ne*
t of the northwest corner of the . f
ithem depot and running wtth . T
Itbern Railroad northerly to the ,
porate limits; thence, with the j?
porste limits N. 61 W. 2.070 Whf*?
a stake on the CherryrlUe Ro&f
nee with the corporate Ifmtts 8. Er*
1-2 W. 2.016 feet to ajlftlte;
noe with the clrporate InXs 8. "
W. to the Waoo Road! thence r"
h the Waco Road and Piedmont
eet to the beginning.
Ward No. B
Se-gtnntog at a point in the oenteT "
Southern Railroad 826 feet northit
of the northwest corner of the
j'thera depot and running thence r*~
therly with Piedmont Street to
ico Road; thence with the Waco
ad westerly to the corporate
Its; thence with the corporate . _
Its 8. 40 W. 8/660 feet to a stake, *
her of the corporate Utafes; "Tr
nee with the corporate limits 8. E.
4,276 feet to the center of the
rthern Railroad, comer of Ward *
S; thence with the Southern Rati 17
a northerly to me. beginning,
leotlon 2. That on the first Tuee- ^
r after the fWet Monday (ln liay.
(?. hndl >hl-p>inual|y thereafter,
rw shall be an election held tn
d Town for the election of fire
vn commissioners, one for ' epdh -
?r for ?l?it*4oii and ?b? oiftijKifiM
WWI ? HemHty ro?^hH wi
rd ahall be declared atoetad.
Action 4. That the ?reM?t tJ|
all fire of *be twa?r? 'jjjjyg
ided School DWrtrk* ?h|fl
TaoMaar after the ttr*j|
r^rM
'sir'r' '- *' J^ '.
Pivlde^^L Five
Wards.
latory, fh?t will mean much in
?dvonw:r ?nt of Kings Moun,
was made last Thursday nat
the Mountain View HOUiprat
hit mecitfng of the lAcmA Club
tavdted business men. \ Plana
? announced tor a complete
ige In the government of Kings #
ntaln, whereby the town would *
livided into Ave wards, with one
bedng elected from each ward,
five men elected would elect ,
from their number a* mayor, f
ding the town into wards in the > \
step toward* the city-manager
i of government that most prosire
towns hare adopted.
R. Davis explained the bill in '
11 Mr. Darls stated that the purr*
flm rrr'^-- ^?
ogram that would asaa a groat
to the advancement of Kings
o'.eln. Mr. Davis said: "We are
atlng under the same set-up we
? had since 1874, wo must modre.
We are looking forward to
city-manager form of govern- '
t Ike say other successful bust
operates under."
ae complete hHl Is published tat
Issue of The Herald, and is ally
In the hands of Otis MSU,
iber of the State Legislature
la to Raleigh. The three alloti
of Kings Mountain, namely: 1.
hmgbell. J. R. Davis sad R C.
rill. Jointly prepared the Mil for
entment to thn that* Duglsls- M
[ . M
r. George W. Manaey Introduced
ard Jackson. President o f the
is Club who stated that at eevmeetings
of the Board of Direcof
the Club that every detail *9
he bill *m studied, ??d after- ? J
ful deliberation the board unen- JH
Mir approved the near plan,
lee Bridges etwted ttmt be ni
iya In favor of anything that was ;1
the betterment of Kings Moun,
and that the bUl aa drafted
good and he was tn favor of It
rron Keeter stad: "I am tn favor
t and want to see It Pass.'
the mala things waTtkat^t! * v
Id ellmhiate poll tics,
harlee Tbomsason, who was hiluced
as . the Clarence Kneetsr
Town Bolster, stated: T hare
l ft great many changes In Kfcige
in tain since 1908, and I believe
la one of the moat Important ^
? in the advancement during
time. I em for It and everyone
i I have talked with are tor
. U Campbell, who eerved "^^1
ror of Kings Mountain when tfcdanfiPM
ry was the big earn of $10 per j V
r stated that the new ptei^:vraa
most democratic form of guv sen* - ^
it trader whloh any town -onld^L.
rate. it*. Campbell said
was almost a duplication of the
* ubwi 07 utedukvu u?n, ?
Oh h on# of the faireet and boat jS
it adopted. M
om Bolton stated! that he waa .-'i
t wholeheartedly ilk favor of the ' 'dfl
plan.
l C. Harrtll, program chairman. 'si
odooed Bar. W. M. Boyoe one qfjfl
two main speakers. Mr.
Introduction laugh
1: ' Today ia the time &S3
th^ea. and right here tefl
start. A man dhoul{Ljjfl|
1 prow bis. and the
the business grows.'
I. S Net 11 Introduced (MM
eta who were: J. R. DsyM
(ices. Byron Keeter. Paul J
W. Ham rick, Charlee TUHH
rwood B. Lynch, B. S.Peali
B. Anthony, w W Ptnbs
l Willie.
k? the ?x?chudoni/;?<l||u^M
ee who expr|gMMM
re nifeh m their
n. The mtetJ
end thodfl
i to be mmH