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Kings Mountain Herald
Established ISM
Published Every Thursday
HERALD PUBLISHING HOUSE,
Haywood E. Lynch
Editor-Manager
Dote red as second class matter a:
the PostodQce at Kings Mountain
N. C., under tre Act of March 3.
1879. ^ J
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Ol? Year ' Jl.Go
81* Month* 7r>
A weekly newspaper devoted to
the promotion of the general welfare
and published for the enliglitment,
entertainment aud benefit of
the citizens of K'ngs Mountain and
Its vicinity.
TALK ABOUT 50 YEARS
You can turn the leaves of Time
over a period of fifty years and
count innumerable friends made by
a paper .of that lond standing in one
community. Naturally we love all
friends. They have confided in tlie
- , publishers, they have told, us their
sorrows aud their happiness. We
and our predecessors have sighed
with them and rejoiced w|eh thein.
From a stand point of years wc aro
old. New Ideas have been injected in
to the organization and the years of
experience and the hundreds of mis'
takes have all lent themselves as
stepping stones to our progress. We
an rum mm
young, In fact, thai we need the help
of all our readers to assist us In
accomplishiiiK a purpose; yet so old
'*. that we hope you feel the need of
ua to appear in your home..
One, at times wonders Just the
atalua of his business. Just how the
public reacts to the product offered
It has been answered, we .feel,, much
to our satisfaction, in the Issue that
you receive this week commemorating
Tlte Fiftieth Anniversary of this
pafler and Fifty Years of Progress
of Kings Mountain.
We do not take credit for any part
of the success that this edition may
be, we say that nil the success that
. It is may be oredlted to the loyal
supporters of the paper and above
all the community, wW so generaus
ly contributed advertising which
made the paper a success, and the
, wonderftil cooperation of the tnen
and women who contributed ideas
articles and pictures.
Advertising naturally paid the ticket
that this issue- could be. We
hope you will take note of those
who contributed so generously,
> these who were represented in a
minimum way and of course the few
who not feeling that the enterprise
devieted to the betterment of the com
niunity was worth while.
, "We have learned to Know lots of
people better by the Issuance of
this Anniversary Edition and we
bcpe that you have learned to knoW
us better. We have enjoyed working
vith you and seeing the hearty spirit
of cooperation you have evinced.
Your loyalty rings our cash register
much louder t'han your dollars anu
ycup friendship means more '.than
advertising lineage. Our desire is to
serve you better and we can only do
this through your cooperation In the
next fifty years.
OPEN FORUM
An open torum for our readers,
but no Utter can be published
if It exceeds 600 words.
No anonymous commy - cations
will be accepted. .? name of
the writer wll| not be published
however, If the author so requests.
<L>ear Haywood: ?
It has indeed been a pleasure to
have worked with you and the people
of Kings Mountain in producing
your Fiftieth Anniversary Edition.
It is seldom that any one In the
Newspaper Promotion Field meets
w'.th so fine a bunch of fellows as
you have In Kings Mountain. This
goes for all. The ladle* who have so
generoualy contributed to the colvrnns,
the ministers and the merchants,
who so whole heartedly cooperated.
You seemed worried that some
merchants did not seem to wish rep
rcsentatlon. That Is only natural, 1
The cues who build the community i
pay the way for those who ride plso.
Mrs. Abernethy and 1 have enjoyed
the social contacts with friends
In Kings Mountain and It Is our sin- I
cere desire that we can return some I
'day and spend another month as
pleasantly as we have the past.
1 would like to start at Kings 1
Mountain Furniture Store and go on <
down the line to Logan's, cross to <
Plonk's and u? to Hord's and on a- I
- ' TOnnd to Victory Oln and Charlie l
Thomaason's. Paul Noisier, Ladd 1
Ifamrlck, George Lattlmftre. Tthe
JMauneys. Frank Glass, the friends
in 8hetby and Gastonta and Mrs.
Pummers who so graciously furnish- '
en history snd tell every man, Just !
how miuch I have enjoyed working .
>:th him and thank every pubHc
spirited lady and tell her how much !
we hiave appreciated' her, cooperation.
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Of course 1 cant do'thle as I must
} leave but I hope you convey my "
heel wishes to them all.
Staeerety.
_ . Don Abernethy.
hah a radio hookod up In the milking
rcom. Hoilan says the cows give
thtlr milk better to 'the crooning
music.
Human nature is a funny thing
White ladies pay to have their
toaight hair mads kinky (curly) and
colored women pay to have the.T
curly (kinky) hair made straight.
S have heard lots of comment aI.
ut cur 50th Anniversary Edition,
but I- believe that Charlie Thomas
sor. has been more interested in it
than anyone else. Thanks Charlie,
wc stop writing this phifle and let
yiu have It right now.
"ffflS~'N~THATT
' By Alice Burton
Patterson Grove Section
Oh Goody! Last week's Herald
told that the 5oth Anniversary Kdlion
would be sent oil th;s week.,
Ml the talk about" It has aroused my
urloslty about our home town as It
was fifty years ago. I've thought of
ill the what? When? and How's?
tnd am eagerly awaiting for this
nek's paper because 1> am sure It
will have all-the answers.
,l)o you enjoy having someone who
bus seen the history In the making
(ell about it? I do and unfortunately
for him my granddad (J. K. Gofortb)
was t he "someone1' I chose in this
vase. Grandpa is In the eighties and
having lived near Kings Mountain
nil his life, he has seen the town
glow from a mere sloping place to
the town that It Is today. He has
seen the dirt roads give .way to pav.ed
streets. Automobiles take the
place of buggies and wagons, etc.
He said thut fifty years ago the land
where the city halt stands was covert!
by bramblv briars and
bushes. Stldden thought ? wonder
if we might someday, say 50 years
'rom now. be telling-the young gen
cratInn abcut Kings Mountain as it
s today? I.r.ts seef in 1989 we could
's>- that work was begun on the
post office In '39 (would that be cor-1
-ect?) and the- overhead bridge was
completed. Oh well, maybe it would
best not to cross our bridges 'till
we come to them.'
And now I want to congratulate
the Herald fcr its 50 years of service
and I wish It the very best of
Mucess in the futtjre.
Sylvia Lee reports that there are
several absent from' school each day]
bemcnttse of measles.
Keeping up with the folks:
Ainrng those who visited Mr. and
Mrs. K. M. Bvfrton and family Sundav
were Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Green
and Magdnline, (Willis and Robert
Gveee of Phenlx Mills, Mr. and Mrs
VV- R. Neelev and daughter Pearl,
-'in Mr. and Mrs. George Neeley of
Port Mill. a. C.. and Mr. and Mrs. B
T. Turton cf Charlotte: Mr.
William, Authur and Frank
M'are of Oak Grove were visitors In
iUs section Sunday.
Mrs. J, W. Carroll apd sons. J. C.,
Gecrgc and Edgar Carroll and Flay
Payne and Lawrence Carroll vlslteo
Mrs. W. S. Patterson and family of
lUthlehem section Thursday night.
Miss Maggie Lee and LUlle Mae
Carroll accompanied Rear, and Mrs.
C. C. Parker to Spartanburg Wednes
dav morning where Rev; Parker
took the place of Rev. John A. LeImd'
In the morning broadcast.
Messrs Hord Burton and Sam Carroll
wore among those who attended
the alrshow near Shelby Sunday.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sincere
appreciation to all those who were
so kind to us during the illness anu
(loath of our sister and aunt, Geor*
gia >Da vis. May God Bless you all.
Margaret Davis
Ida Mad Davis. t
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MORE YESTER YEAR
BOCIBTY
(Cont'd from Society page)
nri*.*:rically Accorded-, the cojor
?t heme being green and pink. In the
[enter of the table rested the birthIk)
cake trimmed with candles cotr
Forming to the color scheme. On either
side of the cake were rose
jowls filled with violets. The center
ANNOUNCEMENT~
1 hereby offer myself as a can dilate
for Alderman in Ward Five. Id
i>? city election to be held In Kings
Mountain May 2nd. If eleoted I promts
to give my best service to the
conduct of the city affairs. Your in'luence
and vote will be greatly appreciated.
R. C. Gold.
?adr?epr 27p
See Ua; For Information about
planting sweet potatqes. Kings
Mountain Drug Co. ,
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Here and There . .
(lly Haywood K. Lynch)
Wall, here I am back In print a'
fjaln, after a few weeka reet, thanka
to Don Abernethy who hae fc?.en ae
slating with the 50th Anniversary
Coition.
I was out to aee Holland Dixon
ct the Margrace Dairy the other day
ar.u believe me he certainly know*
hi* cows, and bull too, for that mat*
ter. I found out one thing that I did
net know before. They milk their
cows to the tune of radio music. He
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WTAW HMULQ. KiNOg MPtaNTAll
p'fce wm underlaid with grow u<
pink. WhM U>? room wm Mnui
and the candles lighted it presenteo
a moat beautiful effect. Bjr each
plate was laid a bunch of Violets
which served as souvenirs.
The gifts were numerous and exquisite.
Special features were music by
Margaret Osraent and recitations by
Sara Kate Ormand.
William Hord and Emelyn Dllllng
tied in a guessing contest and drew
straws for the prise. .
It was a most enjoyable afternoon
and when evening began to fall the
little folks departed for their homes
all wishing their little hostess many
happy returns.
We give an Incomplete list of the
Lucsts as recognized from a picture
mude of the group in front of the
R? ndrlck home. George Hord, George
Moss. Thelma Patterson, Virginia
nird Frances Ware, Lenora Pattersou,
Prue Nell Houser, Buck Herndm.
Knox Hoed, Nick Moss, Mar
IN TVCMMCMM
with cast of 1,000.
tilmit Am UNfTtO ARTISTS
WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE:
Marjorie Brooke, niece ot the
Governor ot the Northwest
Frontier Province of India,
' (tyeriy contents to marry young
Captain Carruthera although U
will mean a life of danger on
The wild Frontier. Bhe goes with
Carruthera to eatabllah a British
Residency ot Tokot. frontier
town where the native Prince
Ghul la plotting a general uprising
after murdering hie brother,
the Khan, and driving the
Khan'a little eon. Prince Axl>n.
into hiding. Ohul Invitee Carruthera
and part of hie garrison
to a dinner party in the courtjard
of hi a Palace on the laat
day of the sacred feast of Httharram,
planning to massacre
them with a hidden machine
gun when the final beat of the
great 'ceremonial drum announces
the end of the feast.
But Prince Asirn, hearing of the
plot, warns the Governor, who
starts an expeditionary relief
force on Its way, whue Aslm
rides ahead and reaches the
Palace fust as the death signal
is about to sound. He knifes the
drummer and beats Ms oicu
private danger signal, which
I Carruthera has haerd and recejn.'seff.
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Chapter Six
The hidden native machine-gunner,
startled by the unaccustomed
sound from the drum, drew aside
his curtain momentarily to look i
out. Carruthers glimpsed the re- :
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Ohul took Mm (h
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vealed weapon and at one* saw i
*.lia sanguine plot. <
"The bugler be shouted. "The
bugle!"
colonel Bond gave an order, and <
the bugler stepped forward to give i
the call that would summon help '
from the Residency. i
Meanwhile Carruthere raulted up '
to the balcony. knocked out the I
bewildered machine gunner with a i
hlnw tn the Im ? a nrl sale a#l 4Wa
gun. The Hindus V>egan firing their i
ancient rlflM and musket* at tbs <
British soldiers, while a party of
GhuVs men swarmed out on the
balcony and overpowered Carruth- 1
ers ? but not before be had
wrenched loos* a vital part of the i
gun. It was thus severs! minutes j
before they could get the gun I:
working ? precious minutes aur-l
lng which Escot end his relief
forces rushed Into the courtyard at
the double quick, firing as they
cam*. But they were rail heavily
outnumbered, and Carrutbers realised
that when the machine gun
started to speak there would be
lltta ehance for them.
' hear he shouted from the
He well that he was sacrl-l
flcing mas* to Ohul's disappoint-1 {
ed wrath; tat he was giving his 11
man the opseetunlty to aeoape with I
their Uvea. Scoot had a* choice but II
to obey, aad the men, carrying !|
their wnusoed with them, slowly
r? treats J to the Residency, whet* .
they ata~a preparation tor a siege. (
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Frtope Qbul.J^a^ QsrruChers !
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I. H. C* VfVTlBIH AKKVW8ART 1
'! LETS LOOK BACK
From The Kin** Mountain Hartid
NINETEEN YEARS AQO
APRIL 1, 1920
Mr. 8. A. Crouao has -cturuea
ftdpi a trip to New Orleans.
(Mrs. Julius Ware of Mt. Holly \is
lted In town the first part c. .he
week.
Ml". W. It. Msnnev h? nmvort Intn
lila new home on Piedmont avenue.*
Mr. Ben D. Phlfer haa quit hi?
mall route and taken a position in
the D. M. Baker Hardware Co.
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Buret and Ethel Oanient; Sara Kate
Ormaitd, Fred Ware, Jake Hord,
Tom Pulton; BUI Hord, Madge Patterson.
Grace Nelaler, Helen ^Cornwell,
Lorene Corn well; Ava Ware, ,
Lena Ware, James O'Farrell and Lamar
Rhyne.
Fifty four guests were present.
denoy. Carruthcrs contemptuously
refused.
No one J>ut a deluded dreamer
like Ghul would have cent out his
mob of Ill-armed, Ill-equipped Hindu
wartiore to fight a pitched battlo
against the two battalions of British
troops who arrived from Posliuwar
the next day. But Jt wai
Ghul's last -desperate chance. ..cud
he lost it! His men went downlike
stalks of wheat before the rifle
fire of the Tommies, while' tlw.
mountain batteries which had been
lugged over the wild passes threw
shell after shell Into the Pelai..
As the British began closing In
around the palace, Gnul hurried to
his private safe to pull out his
boxes of stored gold and jewels.
He would slip out the back of the
palace and escape to Turkestan.
But Ghul, like so many other
murderers and traitors, haa counted
too much on the loyalty of other
traitors. Opening tho door of his
private room, he was confronted
by his erstwhile co-consplrators,
who bad decided the time was ripe
to go over to the enemy. They
had released Muhammad Khan ani Carrvithera
from the dungeon whe:o
one had experienced torture and
the other was awaiting it. And .
now they were helping poor Uuhcr.imed.
dreg himself, gun in
hand, toward the man who had
broken him.
8llently, his eyes glued to the '
gun, Ghul backed into hie room...
back and back, until finally ho
was in a corner. With his last
ounce of strength Muhammad pulled
the trigger. Ghul crashed to tho
floor, hie wild dreams ended. And
H
u #]kj lunftnti
tutnc him, the victim of thoM
ireams, Muhammad Khan lay dead.
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la tha thgpne room of tha palaca I
?f Tokot, to tha chaar of hla loyal ,
subjects, Prince Aalm had racatvaU
tha Golden Daggor of Tokot which 1
signified that ha ruled. Now ha had
to face his hardest task yet...taking
leave of bia frienda Captain
and lira Carruthere.
"Your Highness," said Carruthere
gravely, "will you do us the honor
>f Inspecting our troops before they
Tha young King Joyfully aseentid,
and received the salutes of the
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Undershir
"But Why?"
"He's a Night Watchman No*
Washington Sn
(Cont'd from front page) i
most hit Hie headlines wound u{T
only as muttering* that echoed them
selves out iu the Inner chambers.
Incidentally, when the nrguaiei.9
wus at the boiling point, one official^
quickly Issued a statement to the
press praising the .Court's decision-*
to put himself on record (just in case
and to make It all the more difficult
fov the angry ones to strike up a dif
ferent tune.
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(When picket lines were establish- jed
around all o( Washington's princij
pa) hotels last week It caused consld!
etable embarrassment tor several
people. Strangely, most of the embarrassment
boomeranged on labor
union officials Instead of on Congressmen
and other officials who
live in the hotels.
The Congressmen were perturbed
nt first and pickets confidently expected
that the legislators would
move from the struck hotels lmmedl
ately. However, very few. If any,
moved. Thus, the union officials were
embarrassed .to see Congressmen
selling the example for the general
public In ignoring the picket lines.
'The situation was partcularly tick
l<sh for one Senator. He was one o.
the authors of the National tabor
Relatione Act. and is a resident of
one of the hotels. To avoid the pick
el line, he used the garage entrance
uf the hotel.
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Excitement among Army and Navy
officials last week was almost equal
to tha excitement that mlgfct be expected
if war had been suddenly declared.
Cause of It all was a "JoJcer'
the CIO manageg to slip Into the
Army's national defense bill. It was
in the form of an amendment thai
>vould have given the CIO virtual
alctntorlnl no wen* In /talormlna whsl
companion could participate in the
action's defense program.
The story being told around the
Capital is that the "joker" was the
[ IOs price for piece in the ranks of
if labor. The CIO according to the
story, laid the amendment before
rertain high government official#.)
with an ultimatum of 'include it ln||
I lie defense bill or there wont be auy
peace In labor.' The officials suppoa
cdly place the amendment in the
lands of a friendly Senator ?nd it
was included when the defense meas
ire passed the Senate.
It might be well for Mr. and Mr*.
Citizen to brush up a bit on personal
sistory In the next few months. Rea*
ion is that the census takers wilt be
uound before long with a set of
luestions that are likely to put a
THE RANK CHECK?
is one of the
of modern bus!
uver ninety percent of al
tion is carric/* on by mea
in the form of deposits a
checks in settlement of
ranging from a few doll
dollars.
For large amounts and
within the community; ai
points, the hank check p<
safely and economically,
help in the bookkeeping <
and establish a legal reeo
These business services
< through a checking accov
FIRST NATI
Member Federal Dep
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an' Don't Need !t Anymore!"
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heavy strain on most. people's memory.
It Is not going to be a job of Just
erupting noses, etc. This year the
government wants to know what
each citizen was doing 10 years ago;
where he ived 10 years ago; what
liis earnings were. an?r any number
of other memory puzzlers.
1814
ANNOUNCEMENT
Ye Oldo Pokes Concert will be htnden
on ye first Friday even in April
haying been carried forward from yc
lirst date announced. Ye entertainment
will begin at 8 of ye tyme by
ye watch. Those who be layte and
have to stand uppe will not be charg
td extra.
PALMOLIVE, S for ...2Qo
SMALL 8UPER 8UD8
(Red Box) S for 270
SMALL 8UPBR SUDS
(Blue Box) 8 for 27o
LARGE 8UPER 8UD8
(Blue Box) 2 for 47c
OCTAGON SOAP (giant 4 for ..19o
OCTAGiON SOAP (small) 10 for 24o
Octagon POWDER (largo) 4 for 19c
Octagon Powder (small) 10 for 24o
OCTAGON TOILET 4 for 1?o
Octagon Cleanser, 2 for Ve
Octagon Granulated, 2 for 18c
Crystal 'A/hlte Soap, 3 for ..... 14o
Margrace Mill Store
LET US
Put You Back On Your
Feet
w- c-r. biHncss
when it comes to repairing
shoes, of all kinds.
Call us today.
FOSTER'S
SHOE SERVICE
Phone 154
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most efficient
iness devices.
II the business of the nans
of bank credit. It is
hich are transferred by
business transactions,
ars to several milthm
.
small, for short errands
nd long ones to distant
srforms its work swiftly
In addition, bank checks
A those who use them
rd of payments,
are available to you
utt at this bank. <
ONAL BANK
rit Immune. Corp.