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'-; - * . - " \ *" /' > " ~~ " inie ' I Kings Mountain Herald I Established 1?M Published Ivtry Thursday HERALD PUBLISHING HOUSE, Haywood B. Lynch h " Editor-Manager t entered m second class matter a; the PostotBce at Kings Mountain a N. C., under tre Act of March A - 1>7?. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year $1.5t> Six Months 76 J A weekly newspaper devoted to a U>? promotion of the general we!- ii tare and published for the enllgkt meat, entertainment and benefit of the citizens of K'ngs Mountain and Ha vicinity. ' e ' v CHEROKEE STREET PARKING if, Cherokee Street is a one-aide park- j c tag street. When this ordinance was t, first passed the police department? enforced the law, but as time wore * oUv one car at a time began to park. ' v then two, then mere until now, it Is'1 the most congested street lu town, j vnerokeen street is a narrow one, J b i\nd for tbe sufety and convenience r of all concerned, the law should bd t enforced. t THE TO0N ELECTION f " "Aj'T iWlllWIWMii'a* eat to a person Is of more linportan- t ce than something far off. Ttads is (l equally true of government. One is' r much closer with his local government than with even hie county, state or Federal, and' should show t more interest in It. * s In less* than one month from to* r day an elect'on is to be held to de- o clde who will be In charge of the government that we are most Interested! In. r We need men who think more of J the welfare of Kings Mountain than v nny. personal gain. A men who wants the Job .for the honor that It will give his name. Is not tb? man. We ^ need men who have made a success t of tfc own private affairs, capable f pioven business men. who have oon- f ducted their own businesses 4n a | manner that shows leadership. We c huve these kind of men In Kings Mountnin, mere are lots or them, and de sincerely hope, for the good y of KingR Mountain, The Best Town i. In The State, that voters will, have (. an opportunity of casting thefr bal- > 'lots .for this hind of man. g FIFTY YEARS . \ v Editor Haywqrd* Lynch is a young *" North .Carolina publisher of an old North Cajcjlnti pjtperv,TJe publishes the.lyings MoUnlt'dh, Herald that has just celebrated fifty years of, service I Mr. Lynch did not let tliis occas- I Ion pass without due recognition in his paper.'.He pub'ehcd a special edflion giving some rare information p cnid mttelt historian knowledge eon- j] : cernirig the city of Kings Mountain R ami. the Kings Mountain .Herald. Mr- d T.vch is to be congratulated on the splendid'. pregresj he lias made since s tak'ng over the Kings Mountain pa- j, . * per and spot 'al congratulations ore , due to tlte splendid edition, just pub-' \ lished In that thriving Tar Heel city. a ??The Evening Herald. Hock H'll, S. v ;. , - ;c. ;. KINGS MOUNTAIN HISTORY g The people of tho eonntv arc In- j, debted. to the Kings Mountain Herald and its enterprising publisher, r Huywo<5d I ynch for fts fiftieth an- t, niversdry edition. Although the pi- ? per ig" only n half century old. Its an- ,i > nlversary edition "gees back to the (1 early settlement cf the town . when ? stores an j saw mills'moved In about j, 1570-72 Tor the building cf the rail- ^ road from Charlotte to Atlanta- y Scotr'vlrlsh and German pioneers settle there o.nd bv hard, diligent g work. built a town tvntr the h.'stcr'c p setting of the Battleground whlcn gives It national significance. All through the past half century The Herald ployed its part In the town's i" march forward A gocd, live newspaper Is essential to any community'* growth and The Herald contributed! Its force and Influence, townrd making Kings Mountain the thriving throbb'ng city It Is today. We are proud- of Kings Mountain which has so many active churches, hum>nlng l-lduatrlrl plenty beautiful homes, excellent acheols ana few City Hall and Woman's Club .building and a new postofflee to be ^ s-'arfed von.-. Then that splendid , uniformed High School bapd should not be overlocked for 't ly~* brought () renown to the city and been a atlm- v ulu.s to other high schools to give ,, more definite attention to high (| school tnur-'c. ; e, The names of Freno Tilling, W: A. Mauney, C. E. Nelsler and- J. & ' ' Mauney ar? Indelibly linked with T the growth of Klnga Mountain. ( These men were hr-'tders of Chirac- ^ ter as well as material thlnga and to- ' day. thousands of pecple are happier h '.lid more worth-wrlle citizens by these four having wrought so well In their p'oaeering dnvs. We of today a*e enjoying higher standards of Ihrtag because these men labored and sacrificed. . They suffered !h hardships and deprivations whlcn li. made It possible for us to Have the n< abundance of thla day in which wc Is Ufa. H Through the prat century, the la Klnyg. Ifcpntajn Herald fcnalit s'de- li by-side by these rreat leaders roi In i Hug. H|l|' I' PIIIM/ IIWIIWK V-^ ^ . ., . . V. ' .' "" ~ 1 " Here and There . . (By Haywood K. Lynch) It's getting garden time again. I eve noticed several plowing, gating ready to plant. There is somehlng about the odor of newly plowd ground that I like to smell. It eema to be so fresh and clean. edicated in 18*0. I have a sneaking . feeling that neat of the ladies will be late In arising to church Sunday morning so hat they may parade down the isles vith their Easter ftnery Someone has named t..e five wards >f Kings Mountain. I remember only wo of them, but they have viry ap? ircpriate names, ward 2 being WPA ind Ward five being Silk. Stocking, il try to find out the namea of the .ther three and let you know. That list of Mayors we had in the ferald last week was vety Interestng. It" showed that Jim and P. O. lerndon are the only two brothers nat have server" as mayor, and that L. Campbell is the oldest living x-mayor. And the list of clerks reealed that C. A, Dilling and Charles re the only father and sen to serve "i clerk of Kings Mountain. v Once again the craik of the bat ivob us tn the baseball ground as ne Mountaineers open their season gainst Marlon this afternocn. "Toss he pill,, kid," is still the foremost ;.rl)inger of spring. And' this year hculd be a pretty gocd one for the teal High Schoolers. With" Morrison nd Hennett .still in the Infield; itis'.er and Gibson in the outfield-, tnl Grforth and Balkird both ready, .'.lling. and- able to do Mound duty, here should bo lets of games in the win" column for them. Plonk Is alo still behind the plate. 'Besides etng a good pitcher, Goforth -ia also tie of the heat hitters in the confernee hitting .472 last season, whtcb plenty good. Neisler will' also bb 0 ill his bifthig ihis year, wo l?cr leve. lie's tit some trice ones in ro< lire. We hepe that Gibsrn is rts ood as he whs -We first vear, when c had a nice average or -around .400 ill in all. it should be a pretty good car. , So, "Take me out to the ball nine will be our battle cry ot" this week, anyway. I I. . I I OPEN FORUM An open torum for our read rs, but no totter eon be published if it exceeds 600 words; No anonymous cemm-j- cations win do accepted. tame ut the writer will not be published however, If the author an roquet to. ' v.'rv "i': 'i-'' " " ' -i , . l o The Voter* In Ward 5 West Of be Southern Railroad:? t. In a number of, d!sousstons I have card the people express themselcs, that they should get together nil nominate some one to represent lis Ward, and get back of them and Itcl them, and not pass It out to . meon'e who decided he wants to in fcr seme reason of his own. herefore, 1 will clear the show:om of the Cleveland Motor Co on Ion day night, April 10th, and do Into the voters cf this Ward to matt ire at 2:30. where they will be wel imcd to discuss this matter. I am ring this at the raqueat of the tort of this ward. O. O. Jackson. btter schools, finer churches, more dustrles and the eocial and moral I* ncement cf the community. it a source of satlsfac^oa that The erald played a Reading part in mak g out of the little railroad camp of >70 the bustling Kings Mountain of i 39.?Shelby Dally Star. THI KDNM JCOUMTAIN BDUIA Local Girt In Style Show At State College Exposition I Rllelth. Anrll I ?U(u Rlie&i of Kings MeuntAln. Is os? o) 'he 11$ college girls who will jmM clothes made l>y themselves at th< 12th annual style Show and Studeni Rip rait Ion which the Textile Schoo c-f North Carolina State College will present here April 20. Miss Rhea Is a student In Mere dith College, Raleigh. Bight othei female college will be represented It the Style Show. The parttclpatlnt girls are studebta In home eoonom lor- Fabrics used In their costumei were designed and woven by ' stu dents In the State College Textile ? - ^ -"P Chapter One There is an imported cat at the (Inge Mountain Drug Co. He waa mported from Qastonla for the sole urpogtf to eaten rats, and judging rom the sise, he is able to handle II comers from the ra{ kingdom. He i by far the largest cat' I have ever sen. I want to thank all those who calld and complimented ua on last week's paper. It makes the editor sel good to know that folks appreiate his efforts. And as I have writBn before, I am a great believe* In aying?something nice about a peron while he is alive and dan hear It. Vhen death comes it is too Iste. . " " ' ' ; - - - ... Kings Mountain's sky scraper (idge is now .completed. All that is ow to be done is for the two mounains leading to it to be maoe. Oh, od I a moot forgot,.* few basements o be made from what Is now first loor buildings. ivelyn and Claude Hambrlsht are I raving Sunday for the warm , pHnate ?f sunny Florida. I was up to too Rosa Roberts at lis grooary storo this week, and He aye he can remember when tne ronument at the Battleground was Buck Rlckabaugh,.young. abaple-rolndsd, bonwt and ujQ^aautlful, was one of tba mottimportant personages In tba HtUa towns alone - Eighties ? and proudly. oop scions of It. Aa driver of. tba .overland stagecoach Back was also tba indispensable bearer of asws big and little, the guide of strangers, sisis*? listen to him. On this sunny spring inatnlng. as Buck brought bis Cmaoord stage (the lateet, smartest thing In frontier locomotion in 1880} briskly t .cucd the - corner of n Tonto, / rizona street and pulled up his six horses in front Of the Oriental saloon, town hangers-on greeted him respectfully "Il'ya Buck! . . . Howdy. Buck!" . . riavo n good trip?"; How's things in Blsbee, Buck?" Acknowledging the greetings with a grin and a wave of the hand, I he alighted and opened the door 'for his passengers ? a conglomerate group of cowpunchers.l I frontier business men, travelers from the East and from the neighboring countryside. One of the tone travelers whom Buck helped out of the coach was .n extremely handsome young ? . I WMPM I nay S I "Duck, I'm poinp to ride t woman obviously cultivated and unused to the rigors of 3tajrceoach travel. Even the slow-witted l?u3'.; co'.tld tell at a clar.co that Mrs. l Maliory was traveling under severe difficulties, for- it was clear that I before many more dava cou'iI mm a very important event was destined to take place in her life. "Is there a place In town where I can get a cup of tea.?1' she asked wearily. "Well, ma'am, you can get a <rup o' cooffee right there in the hotel" As Lucy Mallory headed for the lintel on the opposite side of ths etiVct, one of ner fellow-pasaen-i goiv, - a meek, <tlmld little man dressed In sombre black, confronted Buck. - . "Brother, is that a liquor emporium over there?" "Don't try to preach in there, Revfcrend," cautioned the driver. "They'll shoot you full of holes." "T ? I'm not si praeoher,. Brother," stammered the man shainc'sAedly. "I'm a ? a whiskey sales nan." . When Buck had changed his horses ? for Tonto was only a way station on his twenty-four run.to Lordsburg, New M axles?; he wandered in tn th? Slates Marshal'* office seeking hla friend "Curly" Wilcox, the local Federal representative of law and order. "Hallo, Buck. Heard anything about the Rlngo Kid?" "WeroT Z thought he was In the pon." "He was ? bat he bvhrted out. Oue?e he's almtn' to gst even with thcra Hummer boys. It was their testimony put Rlngo In tall." Upon being Informed, by Buck that he had seen the Plumpnera In Liordsburg, Curly made a quick decision. "Come on, Ruck ? I'm KOln* to I-ordsburg with you ?r I'll' ri-*?? shotgtln on top' o' the ?oach." As Cirly end Buck walked toward the ?*??tng. stage a matter litiie 'in met their eyea , WVlkfr# ! *?' to the fore was MONEY SAVERS COUNTRY SAUSAG^ 1 pkg. Ripple Wheal?1 2 PkgB. Wheatiee?25c; Carnation or Pet Milk, 1 CALL US FOR THj BLALOCK AND k Phone 58-R ? i ' \'? ' THURSDAY. APRIL 4. life ? H. ' ?> echod (root North CiioUu NtM. yellowing tho Stylo Show. rtsttora will bo eeeOrihd through tho taaUHh building, whero student# win do moastrate the processes 11a ooototv lug now cotton. Into beautiful fabric#. J The Style Show was originated br [! Dean. Thomas Nelson. hMut of the j l Textile School, to prove the value M ot cotton in making stylish clothes. , . ? i Guernsey Is Sold . To McGiU r A registered Guernsey cow has rei cently tjeen sold by Roy Whisnant l to N. F. McGill of Kings Mountain, N. C. This animal la bouann's Cream i land 372342 according to The Amer lean Guernsey Cattle Club, Peterborough, N. H. I a' pretty, rather showily-made up blood* girl, holding firmly, to the arm or a large, seedy, shabbily dressed man who was quite plainly "and quits happily arunlc. Behind these two (evidently-keeping at a safe distance) marched the Tonto Ladles' Lqw and Order ljiymf'jr iimwiu'w iisluj super-virtaeua hsWtsmM complete with . their eapiaalttji badges end "rSTSlr.b'JJf he.d Met under- the teen of the town ' 1 oe/ers end bit Iter Ilpe to keep ' Rom crying, woo Pel lee, forme:employee Of one of the town dance belle whom the good ladles bed singled out for their wrath because she happened to. bo the prettiest dance hall girt In town. The man, who took his disgrace with philosophic -cheorinees. Was the once dlatlnfulthod but now besotted Doc Boone, a rurgeon still skllfull when sober, but reprehenalbly behind In his work and his rent and considered no -credit to the community. ' "Do I have to go. Doc, Just be cause they say so?" pleaded Dallas. "What have I done? Haven't I any right to live?" "My child," replied the doctor, patting her arm, "we have been struck down by a foul disease called social prejudice. Come, let us be x proud ? the tumbril is waiting. AUon*, Madame la Com>hots:in on the stagecoach!" tesso ? -to the guillotine!" And he helped her gallantly Into the stagecoach. Already in the vehicle, waiting to resume their Journey, were hucy Mallbry and Mr. Peacock. Doo Boone had already made' the lattsr'S acquaintance while he was doing business In the "liquor em. porium", and upon discovering hia occuoatlori and his well-stocked kit _ m ?" ? - - oi sampieB nan welcomed mm as a true and vahicd friend. "Well. Mr. Peacock," booned the iMetor Jovially, "here we go across ihe deievt ? carrying our own oaaia with us, eh? Ha-ha-ha!" ">U aboard for Lordsburg, folks!" cried Buok in bis hoarse, gravel-scratchy voice. A galloping of hooves up the street caused the occupants of the coach to crane their necks and stare. Young Lieutenant Blanch- . ?rd rode up at the head of a detachment of ten cavatnrnen, pulled up beside the drivers seat, and handed Curly a large eeaMt envelone. ... . "Cant. Slckela asks if you will ddllver title despatch In Lordsburg the moment you arrive. The telegraph line has been eut. We're going .with you as far as ths n?t station at Dry Fork, and other soldiers Will convoy you the reet of the way to Londsburg. You must warn yonr passengers that they ' travel at their own risk." - "What's the trouble, Lieutenant?" asked Curly. "Oeronimo!" "OertmUho!" . . . the dreaded name was taken up and repeated In a. whisper by the crowd of ontookers In the street. Hhrery one knew what It meant. The most vicious, meet relentless, moat.fcar"d of frontier Indian chiefs was leading bis followers on the waioatta again ? bent on settling ,hlu a?o?u against the white man which badi already cost untokt Uvea.and offering among the frontier settlers. "OsroAliuor* Buck started to I clamber down- from his box. "I jtJirt coin'," h? qntyertd, T T (To *0 continued) .?> ;r? )> ? Pound .. 23c Oc ; 12 Mfcrbles Free Flash light Free 9 small or 4 large cans 25c A' EASTER DINNER GROCERY ARRET E. Mountain St. 1 .. . 1 1 >. * "Why Do You Pick Out . "To Be Near You When " ., " * v ' % Washing lua Sin (Cont'd from front page) d the Congressmen wanted to start g Itear.ngs weeks ago and then endear p or to correct the labor act. The start egtsts dolayed bearings as long as p possible, but finally, had to give in to t gnawing public pressure. c . The next step, then, was to rush o the adjournment drive so amend- p ment of the labor act could net be n occompl.shed at this session. t, , -f Is In this connect!':*), there in an In- * u resting story making the rounds of the Capitol corridors. It is being accepted as tiro "news behind the r news" of the CIO-AFofL peace nego- y flattens. rne story being told It that agree-1 a metit was reached several weeks ago) " between the CIO. the Labor Dpartnient and someone at the White House that there should be no amendments to the labor act. The problem, then, was to find a way to forestall the drive for careful diagnosis of the act In Ccngress. A 'peace conference" was finally decided upon. Announcement waa made that the warrlg labor factious were being brought together for reace-pact talks. Then word was sent to the C-apltol that the prosrecta of peace would be dimmed If the labor act question was stirred up I fn Ccngress. It Is. indeed, a sore ques lien with both the labor organizations. with the'AFOfL wanting aivendments and the CIO demanding -the act- be left alone. True, It would d'na the prospects for peace between the two groups, but? . It was a foregone conclusion In I Washington .stthe time the peace c'Tiference started that no peace agreement could possible result. i lis Happened Aagalui The Secre tary of at nct-sohnportant goverr ntent executive looked up from b/a* desk a few days ago to see a gentle man walking towe.rd the cilice door ' if the executive. She called the gen tleman to task. When he said he wanted to see the said executive, the secretary chirped efficiently: ^ | Well, you will iust lixve to wait. He is busy now. After several minutes of heel cooling the gentleman informed the young lady secretary that he Was in ^ a hurry; that his mission waa lm .portant. Hut this failed to influence her. After more minutes of waiting, ' the gentleman departed. but with this reminder fcx the secretary. Vj . Just. tell your boss that the At torney "General of the United States was In to see him! ? It] I One cf the Congressmen has done a painstaking job of 1 research and come up with some figures Indicating that the U. 8. has probably outTHE BANK CHECK? is one of the i of modern bush Over ninety percent of all tion is carried on by meat in the form of deposits wi checks in settlement of ranging from a few dolls i dollars. - For large amounts and i rdthin the community, an points, the bank chedk pei safely and economically. 1 help in the bookkeeping & and establish a legal recoi Tliesfe business sendees through a cheeking accoui FIRST RATH Member Federal Depc iilirMini nil..!.. > - , ' -ohvmc * ... ... ,- .- * ': % -v \ i ^ GNH*^ y 4nv a <Sf- * This Place to Fifht?" I Finish Him" ljjjuiuia . . . .? one Europe in the number of "cmer cuciej And ciisls period#" In tbo ast S years. Since '1933, Uie Congressman recrts In the Congressional Record, here have been* no less than 39 aoalled "emergencies". proclaimed fflclally tyy Federal officials. To i :,ve his point the Congressman sted the dates and the exact quo- . 1 :tions of official statements that an emergency, crisis, disaster, serious . ltuation, ctr period of .increasing urcucy" existed. "This is. at the rate of one new mergeucy every six weeks for six ears,' declared the Congressman, is it any wonder that the people re emotionally exhausted?' | LETUS '1 Put You Back On Your Feet We know our business when it conies to repairipg shoes, of all kinds. Call us today. FOSTER'S,. SHOE SERVICE Phone 154 I j. FILL at a friendly neighbor's Esso Station AND Ng}* . ,* - ,-y. iThe onlv nthor . rara I that you can't pass . I Will be those other cars using I tfSSO GAS. I CITY SERVICE I STATION I. Otis Falls i ' I Phone 208 1,1 1 1 T- - nost efficient i less devices. I the business of the nais of bank credit. It is lich are transferred bybusiness transactions, ir& to several million small, for short errands d long ones to distant rforms its work swiftly 1 n addition, bank chocks f those who use them1 d of payments. aire available to you it at this bank. I INAl RANK iftftk tWiWn ait Insurance Corp. i -M '''X-*jjrfi. *>. i?vavf'v'*
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