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fm READ THE mtr HERALD "i - VOL. 25 NO. 27 - Cl ft k 1 *1 ocaie Ana n Condensed Ii ?State New?? Concord, June 13.?Willie Sanders or Cabarrus County died last ulgbt at a Real hospital as a result of Injuries received in an automobile acct dent Saturday night on highway No. ir.1. Cabarrus officers are today investigating the accident in which a man named Vandenhurg is said to have been Involved. Union, 8. C., June IS.?Five store buildings and a dwelling were destroyed and a sixth business building badly damaged by fire In Monarch Mill village here early this morning. The loss was estlmsted to be between $30,000 and 125.000. Durham. June IS.?The asnual con ventlon of the North Carolina Fire Chiefs Association was held here to" day. The one-day meeting was a forerunner to a Southeastern sectional meeting of the International Fire Chiefs Association here tomorrow ' and Wednesday. Greessboro, June 13.?L. S. Mc<j uinnes of Wtnaton-Salem lost control of his tiny Cub training plane In a stunting performance here yesterday and hurtled to the ground from a low altitude. He suffered a tew bruises but was released from a hospital after first aid. The steering lustrument Was reported to have ? fallen from the plane. Parrls Island. S. C.. June 13.?Private H. M. Bennett of Danielsvillc, da., of the United States Marine base here, was injured fatally and Private Robert L. Bruce, also of Panielsville was hurt in an autotruck coHlsicn Saturday near FatrI tax Chapel Hill. June 13.?W. B FIcIor 42. was killed yesterday afternoon when he broke his heck in a dive Into shallow water In Haw Creek alx d miles east of Graham. about two miles from the Chapel-Hill Greensboro highway. ' < Wtnston-8alera, June 13.?The an nnnl convention of. the North C&ro Una Lions Clubs opened here today. Helen Keller, famcus deaf and blind iu>hnl?r addrpanod a mPPtlnr of early arrivals. ' Raleigh. June 18.?The State Motor Vehicle Bureau announced today that a truck reciprocity agreement with Tennessee had been canceled. R. R. McLaughlin bureau director eatd that Tennessee's limit on wetght and sires of trucks virtually prevented North Carolina trucks from entering that State. Rldgeland, 8- C.. June 13.?Ira King. Rldgeland high school athlete who broke his neck at the State high school track meet In Columbia two montika ago. died yesterday at the home of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. King. In Broxton, Ga. Raleigh. June 13.?A franchise wss iKOied yesterday to the Edenton Mackey's Perry Bus Co. to operate busses between the Virginia line and Edenton., over Route 32. J^aughing Arci With IPS'] Not FcrcrettUi o ?: IRVW TJJTP-RE are two good Hc'.e1 ; ems. A Northern man v/?k stopping the help naturally was colored. O came Ifocldng at hia ddSr. nfflmni?nrs,? "Who is ttT" ha asked, attttaj "Hit*h me, boss," came the so "Who's wr "One of do boll-boys." "What do yea wsj>t at this tin "Got a telogiam for you, boos "Ob, that's K. Won, it's not whoa I cob ap ia the morata*. la "There was a paaeo. Than, la a tip. the da iky spokes: "T cant?bit's oil a plate!" Aad bets Is the newer one: 4 A freshly hired boll-bop was what pcetaatMas hotel, wkbUlaa 1 I'StHP1"""... ; A... - . . . ' --.-V'-- " lings ' K ational News 1 Brief Form ?National New?? Pittsburgh, June 13.?A slim, brown haired ex-di.nl 1st v? '.to ?Mid Ita gave tiiinHt'lf up bcjcaUHv li<- waulI <d to clear hi* conscience goes Into court today to aak for mercy in the lauinier-kuife slaying of his first vife and sou four years ago. Buena Vista, Colo., Juue 13.? .Midland Mountain country east of liuena Vista today on the trail of six State Reformatory Inmates who declared they would never be captured alive. Led by a stir-mad pair recaptured after an eacape from the reformatory six week* ago. the gang kidnaped Warden Walter H< Johnson and three visitors yesterday during a stockade aoftball game. Washington. June 13.?Rubber life rafts capable of supporting twenty iron have been adopted by the army air corps for Its largest bombers. War Department officials said today they were developed at Wright Field, Dayton. Ohio, for use on long sea flights. West Pclnt, N. Y.. Juue 13,?The ledgllng officers who wilt direct the future might of America's armies heard President Roosevelt assert to nay that while King George's visit had emphasized that nations without tears could be friendly, this country's "desire for peace must never be mistaken for weakness." During recent months, Mr. Roosevelt tcld the graduating class at the Lnlted States' ^Military Academy, "International political considerations have required still greater emphasis upon the vltalization of our defense, for we have had a dramatic illustration of* the fate of Undefended natlcus.' Hollywood, June 13.?His funds marly exhausted, the English Episcopal minister who braved churchly wrath ta marry the Duke of-4WM scr and Wallis Slmpsbn Is ''thinking or doing something desperate, like going into the cinema.' The Rev. R. Anderson Jardine accused his church of placing "a boycctt against mc when I came to this country. He said he had been without pulpit engagements, almost six months and hU funds were getting low. Eoston, June 13.?A 1.500 foot plunge of a sightseeing plane near Montague. Mass.. which took four lives and burled two victims four feet underground, was under Investl gatlon today by State authorities. The plane, aloft only a few minutes from Turners Falls Airport, lost its right wing in mld-alr and spun to the. ground burying Its engine more than six feet. Fabric and pieces ol the ship landed In a tree 100 feet ftom the fuselage. New York. June 13.?More than 300 persons have put In their bldt for a seat In the big airliner which will Inaugurate regular passenget service to Europe June 28. More than twice that many have applied for reservations on thai or a Subsequent night !nd the World :N S. COBB g the Bell-Boy i S. COBB : at a small hotel in Alabama where ?ne night after he had retired there r op In bed. mewhat cryptic answer. M of night?" n very important, I gooes. IH read H fet snore it under the door." a raise made sharp by fear of lodng trolling throogh a hallway In a someloadly as ha want TamtaMr i corner i by that iafsmal noise?" demanded rspllii. with magnttosa* praasnee of hmm r I s. . INQ8 MOUNTAIN, N. C. V . . . ' . I1. B. Clinic Begins Here Monday A tuberculosis clinic will be held here all next week beginutiiK Mut. "ay in tne central School Untidily under the direction of County Health Officer, Dr. Mitchell, of Shelhy : lu local chapter of the Red Cross s cr-operating with county health uthcrltteH in this movement. Hoth adults jtui children will he examined and evr>one who lias'ever cad s>mptonis or who have iived in :ii a home with a tuberculosis patient are a'-ked to be present for conultatlcn. The clinic is absolutely free. >y pn.ini I'liwit'.t 1 <o be present to old in the exatnhtaI lions. 'Band Plays For | Cotton Festival The Kings Mountain School Band returned home last night from Gastonla where It took part In the Second Anpual Cotton Festival. The Rand marched and played In the big street parade yesterday afternoon at four P. M. and last night played during the coronation ceremonies of the King and Queen of Cotton In the high school stadium, with Governor Clyde R. Hoey presiding. The band has also been Invited nd has accepted the luvltation to phiy and parade during the Rhodendrcn Festival In AshevHle next Wed neauHv june Jiai. i ins wiii ue mu btoond time the band has been invited to the Aahevllle Festival. The dedication exercises of Great Smoky National Park, at which the ^'resident of the United States will speak, has been postponed until ometlnie in July; the Kings Mountain Band will be present as the only band in the State to represent North Carolina. Man And Woman Take $3,000 From Bank 1 , p Aberdeen, June 13.?Federal agents joined with police today < starch for a man and woman, who Francis Plenaanta, cashier of the Aberdeen Branch of the Bank of Plnehurst, said robbed him of about *3.000.0 Pleasants said an unmasked man aid woman he never had seen before came into the bank yesterday shortly after neon when he waa <0 lone and the woman asked for some change. Suddenly. Pleasants said, the man who appeared to about 25 years old pointed a gun at him and ordered him to unlock tho cage door. The UTMnnn urnnnati nn tall nvalla. WVVVJJt. U uy Ml| U I U1IU ble money and abe and the man ran cut and escaped in an old car. Colored Presbyterian Church'To Be Dedicated The Colored Presbyterian Church , of Kings Mountain will worship for , the first time In Its new building on Cansler Street Sunday. Services . will be held at 11 A. M. and 3 P. M. Tho public Is cordially invited and ( Reats will be reserved for white friends. The building is not com? pletely finished, but with the aid of friends 1* Is hoped that It will be completed shortly.' An ouLcf-town minister has been engaged to, officiate with thq dedication exercises. American Legion Elects Officers i , At the regular meetlsg of Otis D. Gieen Post of the American Legion the following officers were elected: P. O. Ratterree, Commander; L. C. Jlettmar, Vice-Commander; Boyd Harrllson, Vice-Commander; W. F. Hhodes, Adjutant; W. W. Souther. Finance Officer; B. M. Hayes. ServIna tfa.nln Qni n? ?v*7 vyiiiv-ci , mm mi vruiui iu, qri. a? Arms; and W. E. Biakely. Chaplain. it was announced that The Rangers. & group of singers from Radio Station WBT would appear at the local School Auditorium at sight o'clock Friday night under Legtoa sponsorship. .. ' ,j HONOR STUDENTS AT x SOILING SPRINGS ^ Several students from Kings Mountain and. vicinity appeared od the honor roll of Boiling 8prings College for the spring nuarter, re cently Issued by Dean Hubert C. Dixon. Among these are Basil Dixon. Goldle Dixon, Eugene Ms8wah> and Jeenette MsSwaln, all graduates Irene Roberts of Beth-Ware. isissm ' - ? ?* " ." ' ' 1 < itain ? THURSDAY. JUNE 15. 1939 | Lions Club L; Night This I King Mtn. Co-opera i wig / wtza ? 4. - - - - - ' tviui rntiHlij ta.uiiiuh / 1'iograin ( Mayor J |; Thoinassuii has writI I n Mayor lliiu K. iXugias of Chari -' Uf that Kings Mouutain is liuppy | . o io-op. au- witli hi* Friendly Car- ( I oiina* Pi grain. Tbia letter will bo luuio broadcast arom Charlotte Sunday night 7:?0 P. M. Itcth Gov. Clyde H. Hoey and Oov 15. It. May baud has issued proclamaiituis in ibis connection, and at the Invitation of' Mayor Douglas. Mayor Ihcntasron issued the following proc i; uiatlon: PROCLAMATION WH1CRKA8. from our earliest days the Carolina* have acknowledged and recognised the constant need of hospitality and a spirit of friendliness and nelghborllness In the upbuilding of greater cities and greater States and for the development of rur people In the dally pursuit of life, liberty and happiness; and Whereas, a more abundant lite tor our people, is dependent leas upon the material things than upon the .pplicatiou of the Golden Rule; a rededication of ourselves to mutual k'.ndness and cooperation; love ot' tur felltw-mau; a _welccining hau-u to the stranger in our midst and the earnest search for true friendliness one to another, is my sincere desire .. iL. ^1_ ?L? ft- ?11? ? ?. iui mi- peupu; ui iuc vaiuiiuao. NOW. THEREFORE., I. J. B. Thomusscn. Major 01 Kings ,Mountain, do proclaim the week of June 13th to 25th. 193d, as The Friendly Week in The Friendly Carollnae, and I request the citizens of Kings Moun lain to be guided by the motto: "Be j more friendly to >our neighbors and I more neighborly to your friends." WITNESS my hand and seal of Kings Mountain, this the 12th day of June, 1939. J. B. Thomasson, Mayor. IVAH/ jkHOT BY BAN01T8 Asheville, June 13.?Sheriff's officers searched this vicinity today for >. u iueu wuc Clay W. Loudon 23. and his assistant, Lee Hill, saiu sho, .neiii iu au attempted holdup. Hill said he had gone across the iKguway at Louuon's store near Candler and ?as closing me Ware1 house when a masked man pointed a gun at him and forced hint back across the read. Hill said as he enteted the store he saw another mask ed man in the back with Loudon. Hill told officers he threw a bunch of keys at the man who was near r.iin and the man shot hitn while the other man shot London. London and Hill were brought to .iu Asheville hospital. London was shot through the chest and a bullet itit Hill's hip bone. PEDDLER FINED *50.00. / T. E. Herns bouse to bouse candy salesman of Ch&rlott was tried and found guilty of violating tbe peddler law. He was found guilty' in Record* or": Court here Wednesday afternoon and sentenced to two months suspended upon the payment of a .no of *50.00 and cost. Mr. Herns was planning on taking an appeal to higher court. - > .J < ' t I Will Rogers' Humorous Story ! I i t?y WILL ROGERS TTHE opening night of a new play is probably a lot of fun for everybody except the producer himself. Before the show Is over he tai>. , oughta lhrn about aeveai 11 tm Juat from worryia' If It's goona be a SUCCESS* Hut rmlifi mo of a theatrical manager who was producing a play, and on opoaing might a Tory long wait ooctinod aftor tha aoeond act. Tho orch antra leapt trying to brldga : ducer waa alttiag down In froat, right In tho middle and ooold not got oot wtthontMag aottood. All at cnee a lend aawfagr waa hoard at ho haek ihko atage. A frfond <4 tho nanagor Uaaod otot and aiBM .. UaahmhniMnhftLr v .*" * V'* lerald adies ?. i evening The newly elected officers o! the oti?! * ', !) will be installed this veiling at the Re vend annual Ladle* nik iii by 1 *t?t rii-t IvOlis tl viiiidJ r II. Caiike <>f Sli' lli* # Ch'irlff* k. .'.l'miinshoii will present the LlCna tt/.ensb |i ( up tomo-U public spirit .1 cltisen of Kings Mountain -for the i at yen". MM '.'"V I Ik W vrrr pTeslde during the banquet it which the wives. sweethearts .and inv'ted guests will be honored (leonte Mauney will introduce the guests, and C. D. lllanton will present the favors. I-Yllewing the bmqimt in the Woman's Club Putldtiig. a dance will take place with music by Lewis Cathey and his orchestra. For those who do not dance games will be | ph.yed. The dance Is In honcr of the winner of the Citizenship Cup. Lions Sponsor W ' a as lionkey Baseball iDonkejr nasehr.U. one of the funierl games ever conceived. Is coming to Kings Mountain on Tuesday night June 27. . The game is being'put on for tne benefit of the local Lie its Club to help with their work for the blind and buy glasses for needy children, and the game will be played under I lights." -In selecting the players for the unite the committee in charge will ; use great care tT pick men who ' know "Donkey Psychology." Let the Herald know some men j >cu would like to see play?big men j like Tom Pulton, and little men like 1 Haywood' Lynch. We will give full i'ne up for both sides in tile next. :ssue cf lite Herald. Watch for it. The Rar-X-Rauch team of Mountain Donkeys have been trained to piny, in their respective positions and the spectators are guaranteed the laugh of their lives In watching ;he players try to score. The game la scheduled for 8 p. m. sharp and will he plaved on the High School baseball field. If you want the laugh of your life come and bring the family. Admlss on charge for adults will be 25c r.t.d for children under twelve 15c, NEW JEWELRY STORE OPENS Ccudry and Tate, Jewelers, is the name of the new firm which is now open for business in the Tom Fulton l.uilding on the corner of Cherokee and Mountain streets. Messrs C. O. Tate and L.. C. Condry, proprietors of the business are both experienced jewelers with years cf training in their profession. Mr. Condry has I made his home in Kings Mountain for the past five years, and Mr. Tate is a native of Forest City and has lived here for the past five months. Ilie new firm "will feature fatclt repairing. Messrs Condry and Tate extend a cordial invitation to everyone to visit their place of business where they will always be welcome. Attend Tri-State Conference Several cars full of young people from Royce Memorial Church have made the tr'o to Due West, this week tc attend the Tri-State Y. P. C. U. Conference in session at Erskine College. The three states included In the Conference are North and South | t'iirolinn and Georgia, and the meeti ing is held at Erskine as a part of the Centennial Celebration program ef the co liege. Miss Elisabeth Ware, president of the Ncrth Farollnn Fnnfprpneo Mnr riott and Menzell Phlfer, Garrison Goforfh, all of Kings Mountain, and M.ss Hazel McCoy of Charlotte, are among those attending. MEN'S CLUB MEET8 THI8 EVENING AT PISGAtl The first out-door Men's Club supper of the season will be held this evening at Pisgah A. R. P. Church In Gaston County boginnisg at 7:00 o'clock The ladles of t he church hove been busy for several days mak Ing arrangemesta for thh supper and a "feast tit for kings" is contemplated by club members. Wives and sweethearts of Club members will be invited guests. SMALL FIRE LAST SATURDAY Firemen were edited last Saturday afternoon 5:30 to the waste house of the Mar grace Mill where slight damage was done to the contents of out upon arrival of the firemen, anasi... P !,.,,,,.'. I ,, ,, JMipgWip.i l II 11.11 BUY AT ,4 HOME FIVE CENTS PER COPY ' 1 ? ? r Lets Have A . Clean Town Says Mayor .1 V. I in.tiiadv 11 v. iiu ha* i.i yilkt, u ii-i.c iumif U1.1I1 x ' iijm li lia^ M ;ii' il t'-ni av ail tn has / f.l .Ilia lb I'llil UlOl lln O |!lie toe t.i'.vpa} era the hlial n't jji.a I mill O' IllYi have a rlK'" to expect. One of ia* main ihluji* he liut* stalled iu i m aln.i1 ltine he has been Mayor, i that King* Mouiitain is to bo a g^ iil /in'miMi"'l ?i-.-.,i.,ii.'il?*>ijili Hi )Vi.ii?1i nin 1. 1 > 'I hoiiiHSBOU a?Ks the eoaiperallou of ' t citizens iu this coitnectlon. Ha li'iit mnuf nf iha ?i>uuts and invited them . to assist h.m iu keeping the back lots cleaner and more sanitary- Ho has instruct I the driver of the garbage truck to be more careful in the collection, and also make his collection regularly. ' Mayor Thomasson saia, "We hare rot completely worked out our syst :n of keeping Kings Mountain ( - aa. but with the co-operation of ti<c cl.tl/.eus we think we can have a more nanltary cotntnunlty." Mayor Thomasson asks that those whc have garbage and rubbish around their homes to rail him and he .will Bee that it Is moved. Mr. Thoinnason has an office in the Town Hull and can be reached by telephone. The new Town Council is working tfgether harmoniously and is ''clicking" in the best Interest of Kings Mountain, and -the citizenship has a rieht to be' proud of the men they have elected to operate their tc-wn government.. HOLDS GOVERNMENT. BUSINESS COMPETE - i ' Tulsa. Gkla., .lane IS?(IPS).?Re lotions between the federal govern- - v litent and business border on outright ooinprtItion; G"n G M Markham. Director of the American Pe-' Moleiim. industry Committee. told delegates to the convention of the Natural Gas Division of the American Gas Association. "P.usiness," he said, "Is trying to Induce the consumer to spend hisdollars to satisfy h<? evident needs. Government.- thru bond and taxes ' < frying to force the consumer to ratlsfy the government's financial ftftrrtc firs! 'Oovernment. Federal, state and Ural, ia creating a huge harden of debt. Some day these obligations must be met. Consequently ? those , hurlness enterprises ' which produce wraith must and will be called upon to foot the bill." RUTHERFORD YOUTH IS SHOT TO DEATH Rutherfordton. June in.?Junior Otose. 19 died last nleht In a Ruth'ordton hospital of pistol wounds. Sheriff Moore of* Rutherford County announced today he had ' arrested I'm Tavlor In connection with th? shooting. SOY ELECTROCUTED IN SMITHFIELD Sm'thfleld. June 1",?While re?? movlns trash under his home yester dny. T"t n Dupree, jr.. 14. was electrocuted His mother tried to pult him from the wires, but the current kndcked her away. (tyashuufoti ty James PreSton (Opinion* Expressed in This Column Are Not Necessarily the Views of This Newspaoer.V A pebble oil the beach is still just a pebble, even when transferred to :lie "social position" of a rock garden. There is no metamosphoslB. IJut take a political pebble from IV.dunk to Washington and the metamorphosis is astounding. He. or show hecomes a self-styled social lion, or r.ouess. overnight and no social height is too great to discourage' ths the climber. So It Is that a good many pebblee who felt flattered to be Invited to a Saturday night shindig at a neighbor's home In Podunk. are causing no leas a personage than an ambassador to lose sleep and poise in Washington these days, it Is all bocause they can't get an invitation to meet the King and Queen of England Two weeks before the scheduled irrlval of Their Majesties, the guest list of those invited to the official garden party at the British Embassy was announced. It ran Into many hundreds of names. Those appearing on the list were the Congressmen, the top-rnng officials of the adminia >ration branch of govrnmsnt, sad (Cont'd on Bdltoiial page), < \-2
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