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I the Postofflce at Klncs Mountain
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. A weekly newspaper devoted to
[ the aromotion of lhe w?i
i Dm and published tor the fenlight*
sat. entertainment end benefit ol
the citizens of K'ngs Mountain and
tts vicinity.
FRICNDLY SORT OF WAY
If you should know ot a spirit low,
il Of a heart that achee today.
Try warming it Just a little bit,
II la a friendly sot* of way.
..A To see the bright of-a slowing Ught
Tou have fanned within the eyes
Of someone down with a worry
. frown, y i ^
la Is royal sight to prl*e.
To know the gloom of their dreary
YeK_fcdve change# to rainbow hue,
pwrw VK
arf"' frit * friend so good and true.
tl) watch the read for n heavy load
Os aa aching heart today:
Try warming It Just a little bit
?a friendly sort of way.
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TMI LITTLE TRAIL
&; ' ~ TO BEING FRIENDS
tie trail to being friends
that never, never ends.
you may travel fur
-e the nicest places ere.
for yon great vistas fair,
>.'lt fields and fragrant air.
AiH beuer views around the bends;
The Httle trail to being friends.
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THE HUMAN TOUCH
YouH fhid It pays big dividends
To apeak a word of cheer;
!( malUpHee your list of friends
And brings good fortune near.
|t always is well worth the while
^^^^ Jpfcad-dPests not very
Wpo not forget that tender smile,
The hearty, human touch.
?'Texas Training School News.
I TRUE RICHES
Too are richer today than, you
?.%*re yesterday If you have laughed
Often, given something, forglvenrt ev
\?a now, made a ner^JMend. or made
<w?4^B^lWhignttones of stumbling bloeks;
you bave thought mere in terms
of "thyself*1 and. than of "myself or
If you have managed to be cheerful
even If yon were weary. You are
richer tonight than you were this
morning If you have taken time to
trace the-handlwork or God in the
, eoipTnon place things of life, or It
you have learned to count out things
\that really do not count, or if you
have h?en a Ikitle blinder to the
-J faults of friend* or foe. Yon are rich
y _er 1f a lWtle child haa smiled at you,
. ,*-^^y?d a stray <#og has licked your
tnd, or1 If you have looked for the
'{tt tin others, and have given oththe
best k? you.?Old Scrap Book
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tAT ABOUT THE FUTURE
^tOUR PUBLIC LIBRARY
i OB^rabruary 18 of trls year ihr
t K.*njfs Mountain Public Library cole
touted Its aeeond birthday. For twc
the library had served the cltl
MBS of the town, and more thai;
W ^var before wa were proud of th*
r... . dbbhtjhat. we, along; wltr much large!
towns, bad a library which was not
toty a success, but which was prov
ifl more popular and doing; moo
jlBpaoas than much larger libraries
lHKw,P|1ke a deatr knoll to some
E'^H^'re 1ov?. cornea the news frorr
A Raleigh that our attorney-general bat
Interpreted the law* of the state ai
jnaking It Illegal for a town to ap
H^pf^grlate public funds for a library
SMr library has trrlved on the $30)
yaSrly appropriation from the towi
Ai
?"V7i vumod. no wuuiu in/i gui
"?arian because we lose that mon
wt a librarian is not the onlj
needed to beep it going, ever
(int. rave severa
in there. Thosi
Irs will soon bt
l*o is going t<
tny of tljem art
the pages losl
ged by handling
s are gone
ly get more'
has bept th4
ocbed. Booki
could be mend
things which
? serv existence
but without thfi
Dpen*
hs of hard wort
get the library
ned Its doors
Just about th<
i globe, It was a
Now the drears
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I wonder If the firmer* were al
tied fo nee the rain beginning to
full the other day as I was? And 1
wundet it they'd be as glad to see it
stop raining now as 1 would? It
isn't of course. r: Ining right now,
but the clouds keep piling up In tko
west as if Its going to do so, jost
about any time. 1 do like It cool like
this, but as Sklntp Stowe salt at the
dance the other night, "I get along
without >on Very well." Tho, (tor
, gosh sakes, not for too long at a
' time.
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And while we're on the subject,
, that guy Stowe is getting db be quite
; a maestro. He certainly proved hisI
ability to quip with the best of them
Monday evening. II was duolargeiy
. tq his wlttlaism, and very mulh to
hie music that the very informal af
fair was one of the most delightful
affairs of the season. As Carl Finger
put It. "That was tre event of the
. ycat." Everyone was running around
tiejesg and In shirt sleeves. And the
'1 fnmmes wwre; dressed Jnst as comfortable
as they could be.
The jitterbugs had their night to
l.owl. and put on quite a show fo.)
those who haven't yet learned ihe
manly art? Or Is it an art? It sniuld
be. especially If everyone did It like
Wleowv Parton.
HarbJiT1 Hit rRer'
v ho hnnB on to him nnf on a rpal
show, and t^ie voting cmtple from
Ocrtonia wasn't baad at all.
Moloney. the radio man at Went ern
Auto, finally rnnvinocd. m# that Tues
day would be a grand day for fisrlngj
fn wo wont out t?j the Cltv I^ake and
sank our hooka In. Wo aat out there
fr r six hour*.' and wore Justly rewarded
with two or three five-Inch-j
long brint. and several little cnos.
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The hand, as usual, made a big lilt
flip, the (Jrover people Tuesday. Mr*,
('ha* Kveroij.e of that town cn|l^
hi and sa^d that-she wanted lis toj
ev press 'the appreciation of the
whole town for their pontine down
to holti them with their ceiebratfhti
Mrs Kverette said" that the band
hist "won the hearts" of the Grover
'elks. Which Just goes to prove out
contention that its the best band In
he si ate.
We wool 1 n't have missed It" for
anything if we had know It wan no
'n't? tdl happen. We mean, of course
'fr .l^ihnnv McGill playlne tennis.
Vctt. he went down to the court the
other nitrht. and he maintains that
'he ontv trouble he ha,d was keeping
up w'/b the ball, so he must he pret
ty good.
Tro rumor came floating into the
office from somewhere thnt there
had been a fieht o\er on the 'allroad
Mte other nicht. and as we have to
rathev the news this week, the edl
1 'o? helnc 'n hed sick, we decided tc
j num ?p Cbler Burns to verlfv It.
to wi> wont up t/> tils office and' arkI
-d him about It. But It gpfmed that
j ifr. Bonis hadn't heard anything and
1 d'dn't have annbodv tp jail on such
a ch'arce. so we decided to stick to
1 n.nff that's done In broad open dayMailt,
or that someone knows sometatne
about, such as the fellow who
l-rrke In Tl. O Staraea 'rouse the
1 o'ber nlcht and ate uo hl-s three
' ?viind "nork roast and1 drank his quart
?> milk And then, because Mr.
mames got curious and wanted to
" fitch h'm. haneed Mr. Stamen on
ho brad and left his sroes for consolation.
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' KrITICAL M oments
3 AND
' Howlarious Scoops
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Starting out with a bang, >ve hope
wo don't end up with the gong.
Flash: A certain child who likes
tj spc her name In the papers is
*> nits to get over the shock of losing
a hov with brown curls and got
little Charles A. Ooforth on the re
. i.?crtnd, Oddly enough (or is It, for
hit?) she likes being a "cradle roh
her." ?0. savs Margaret Ware, that's
why Charles A. hangs around the
r show so much?
Maude. Bdsrar. Peggy and Clara
r are all at School In Ashevllle. Wt
1 wonder how things are going?
1 At the dance the other night the
5 J'tier bugs took the cake. With hop
f skipping and Jumping going on all
) ever the ptnce, everybody had a
9 whooping big time,
t Skimp Stowe was probably the
Mggcst cause for the big time. With
Mm furnishing both the music and
'he humor. Why shouldn't it be fun?
' Hardd Barber and the gal he had
were plentv good. 80 were the cou'
pie from Oaeton, as were Charles
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k has become a nightmare. Will w#
i lose our library? Must we. as Char
1 feotte, give up that for which fe work
fcso hard and waited so long*
aBfrw^ wc charge each member a
! yearly^a or try to raise the money
' otherwlee^Uugt what can we do? j
It's a ti^My queatlon, and on*
which we MM better consider serf1
ously witihy the next fear weeks.
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; way to avoid this calamity
; perfect safety ? is to rei
; Hie cost is very reasonab
; vacation more when you 1
; safe.
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(IB KINGS MOUNTAIN HIltAU> TH1
TIiuhmhmi and fete ski i
Pelieve K or dont, Bo took a no
t'on not to 4m?, ao Bob took Gocle, 1
una didn't teem to regret it bit. |
Bill Wilson ae?nts to bo the latest I
. uv?5 for the females. Bill ia quite a
' ' atwl ffMtM w:
??V V , nuu ?I VIII luc luiufis wv
nt'Mi and heard since, seems to be
alright otherwise.
Facing Bud Huffman: If you're
.11 in town, why don't you let yo?A
self be seen once in a while?
Why does a certain girl (one wh<
is out of town at present) like blacY
hair and blue eyes so much? That
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AOOLPHE MENJOU I
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WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE:
Among the hungry-on at the
Buiatoga racing meeting ie a
disreputable drunk whom oldtimers
knout as Jim Maeon,
one a a fabulously successful
stf f
fortes won Mm the title, "King
of the Turf." Now he ie down
and out, hut stUI privately cherishes
his SeHe/ in the principle*
of square dealing for which he
teas respected while in hie prime.
Mason, having spent his last
dollar on drink, hope a freight
train at night in a rfriciito
downpour and finds himself in
a Horse freight ear presided
over by fifteen-year-old QoMit
Smith, a jockey out of a fob
" because he refused to "throve"
a rdcc. TV/ie?i CoMie finds out
uho his truest is he is overn
red. and they become fait
t friends. '
Chapter Two
"Mr. Mason, this is Mr. Tay
loi
The horse train hod pulled Into
the siding -.lico, and Tayloi;.
a "hord-bitten trainer with a facia1,
expression hot unlike that of a
"1 wouldn't take a million
rodent with dyspepsia, hod boarded
the car. while he scared unpleasantly,
Mason, swaying from
his early morning libation, drew
himself up with unsteady affability.
"How do you do?"
"Why, you little tramp," Taylor
growled at Goldle. "Wbai do you
mean, riding a bum like that with
my horses?*'
"He ain't no bum. Mr Tuvlnr
He's Jim Mason. He's a right
?uy.M
"Oh, he's a right gay, is he?"
The trainer struck out viciously
with his crop, hitting Goldie across
the side of the face. Mason at
once lunged Into the fray, to be
knocked clear through the open
door of the car with a blow to the
jaw and another one under the
eye. Meanwhile Goldie came charging
In, his fists flailing. Taylor
caught him neatly In the eye with
his' fiat, and Goldie followed his
friend through the car door, falling
in a heap In the straw outside.
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It took more than a week In
the city hospital to bring Jim
Mason around to some semblance
of physicsd condition. But Goldie
came every day to visit his hero.
At last the boy came jubilantly
bringing the news that his friend
would be discharged on the morrow.
But Mason's joy was dampened
by the realization that he
lackey money to pay his bill.
Thoughtfully he reacned under his
pil!"*" and took out a gold watcfi.
much do you think this is
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looked at ft. It was a
b? > -*"thing; but its intrinsic
I GO AWAY WITHOUT A
t RENT A SAFE DEPOSI'
+ Do not leave valuables lyi
I ttlKsn doll leave on vnnr
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| trip. Too many homes ha
Click ?iMd at Artwrflli.
Doc Campbell Is mightily Interest
e*j In s gal from Oaatoola whom bt
met at Montreal.
I>add Hamrtck ha* more fun being
followed around by a gang pf kids
than anyone we know.
Pete Suber had a date with thi
ADVANCE! NOTICE: The long
(almost hopelessly) awaited Professor
Paul E. Hendrlcka-Helen Croalouc
nuptla's will be announced
sometime thla month. The wedding,
according to a ' 'confirmed report
will be aoinetime In August. r.er>y
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BBWaB^M^pllaiSaaaei^^mSaaSO^SaSW^na
beauty moved blm scarcely at ail
in comparison to tlie thrill he fell
on reading the inscription on the
case: TO THE BOSS, FROM
JOHNNY".
"I wouldn't take a million doljari^
for ^that ^wat ch/j^ muUercd
.. .But now ? well, maybe Johni/y
Downs would understand. After ali
It's a hospital."
"You couldn't do that, Mr. Mason.
Not Johnny's watch." He ftrhed
Into his pants pocket. "Look
at thle."
"Why, this Is a receipt ? the
hospital bill?"
"Sure.'I forgot to tell you ? I
got a Job. Tico jobs."
"You mean ? you used money
you earned ? for me?"
"Well,", almrst defensively, "I
had to fret you out o f hock,
didn't I?" <
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"Twenty-seven fifty I've got; 1
twenty-seven fiflv I've got," chan*.- ? '
oti tlie auctioneer. "Twcnty-iiovtni i
'iff*/ for a T'.lark Tonv colt out n#
Midnight.. .r>o. I hear three tnotsawt?
Who'll give three thou- 1
sand?" I
Mason and Goldie, with two do!- ,
lars between them, had home out
to the racehorse auction to kill an 1
afternoon, '/i'hey listened to Use.
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i dollar* for that Watch."
auctioneer for a f jw mn.utes. then <
sauntered over to the V. Volet. r.. ar
the paddock, where anc'her horse . '
was being made ready to be 1 ut I
up. The groom, ; p atently afiaid ,
of the animal, hai died him t ingerly
while muttering soothing 1
words.
"That's the one 1 was telling you
about, Goldie," ob: ei ved Mason,
watching casually. 1
"He looks sound. Good chest,
good legs, good looki'.jf. But he#
kind of on fire, ain't lie?"
"A good race horse can't be too 1
lively. And ho ought to be. His
name Is Red Gold ? he's the
son of White Gold out Of White
Queen. That colt has one of the
best blood lines In the world."
Meanwhile the horse kept pawing
stamping and rearing wildly-,
making his groom more and more
littery. The auctioneer's voice be
van again In the paddock nearby.
"Now, ladles and gentleman, I cail
your attention to the last and most
Important offering of the day. A
maiden three-year-old eon of White
Gold out of White Queen. Bring
that horse In, boy!"
The two friends followed as the
groom led the horse, still pa v. ing
and fidgeting, over to the auctioneer's
stand. As he came to a
stop, Red Gold put his ears back,
snorted, and pawed the air with
his front legs. The spectators grinned
knowingly at one another.
"A thousand dollars, gentlemen."
cried the auctioneer, for what may
be another Zev, Morlch, Cavalcade
? or I might even aay Man O'
W- r."
The horse reared again, and the
erowd laughed boisterously.
(To he continued.1
JMY WORRIES ::
r BOX!
ing around the house
vacation or week-end
ve been ransacked by
es are away. The best
r ? and make sure of f
nt a safe deposit box.
le and you'll enjoy your
enow your valuables are
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onal Bank i
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t Insurance Corporation 'J I
| up to $5,000j00
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JUST HUMANS
"Aw, Y'likc AM the Jam
(Cont'd from front pace)
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?m abide by no rules oiber than
heii own, and figuratively tbuinb
their noses at the courts and Const!
intional law.
Hero is the baVb in the committee's
report:
"....the prime consideration ana
emphasis has been on strengthening
the powers of the Federal Government
.so as to regulate and control
ihe governed with practically no con
sMeiiUicn being" given to providing
Means and methods whereby the
governors could be governed and the
regulators could be regulated. The
iute has ccnte when some oT these
regulators consider themselves at'-ove
the statutes and when they
show contemptuous disregard fo\.
both the Congress and the courts.
L'nless this country Is to become
first a parliamentary and- then a totalitarian
government, with the
3tates reduced to mere police provides
and -with both the legislative
;nd Judicial branches of our Govern
tnent dominated by the administrative
agencies of Government these
administrative agencies must be rejuired
to both observe the terms of
Jtatutes and to exercises good . faith
In their administration of sucb stat
ites."
Best indication to date that Congress
really wants to adjourn by
July IS is the recent mood exhibit
?d hy the House. That chamber has
suddenly begun meeting at 11 A. M
every week day, which is an houi
?arller than usual. Also, several. of
Its sessions have lasted past the din
r.ee hour as compared with the usual
"about five o'clock' recess. More
Saturdav sessions also are In pros
l>ect. which Is a definite home
atretch hint.
There is more significance than
lias been printed behind the announcement
of the OTO that It will begin
b major unionization drive In the
altcraft and shipbuilding Industries
?oon It is these industries that will
carry the heaviest load In the National
defense program. And here Is
the background for the announced
riO drive:
Se.veral weeks ago the CIO almost
succeeded In sHppnng a J OK EH
gg|p
I Dr. Mile
(Liquid or Effe
Soothes irritated ner
, sleep, helps you to "j
w.EARLY everyone is n
I IN worries, street and h
work and exciting recreati
ous system that brings on f
- I ache, Nervous Indigestion,
An attack of nerves m
quarrel with your husban
to your children.
DR. MILES NERVINE hi
of the nation for nearly <0
get a bottle or package at yo
your money if you are not <
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cs, It's Gimme, Gimme I'
lapshots?????fhiough
Congress which would hav*
given labor agitator* (or even foreign
spies) enough power virtually
to shut down the nation's defense Industries.
The JOKER was in the
form of an amendment to the Nato
the Natonal Defens Bill. It
would have voided any government
difenw contract if the firm holding
; the contrnct was engaged in any laj
her d'spute. And a labor dispute cafi
InVatt n dispute between an employ*
j < r and a single employee. The
i amendment was tossed out of the do
! f'-nse bill when, at almost the last
tilt tite. the joker was discovered
Tims, many at the Capitol interpret
the CIO membership drive in
the defense industries as a show of
''^-termination to gain control of
these vital units of industry ? with
or without! legislative "cooperation."
Many at the Capitol, too, -are a
b't worried over the prospect, fot
they remembeh?all too well ?some
rf the violence and long shut-downs
'hat have accompanied othtr CIO
t'rivts.
PERPETUAL, MOTION DEPARTMENT:.
The Home Owners' Loan
Corporation, seeking to mollify some
rf its distressed borrowers who are
in danger of losing their homes tot
the tax collector, hss hit upon a hew
lending scheme. The HOLC has announced
it will now lend money tot
delinquent taxpayers to help them
avoid foreclosure?. The loans. ? of
course, will be made only to homeowners
already Indebted to the"
HOIXh
Thus the government will take
money out of one pocket, give It to
, the taxpayer, and then take It back
and put It In the other pocket. All
he taxpayer gets out of It Is a bigear
debt to the HOLC?and he still
he* to nav other taxes to support
the HOLC. ? . .
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T'sed many years for the relief of
upset stomach, excess acidity, indigestion.
dysentery, colitis, and rela!
ted stomach disorders.
Sena rate prescription adults and
children.
! THE OLD RELIABLE
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Nervine I
rveacent Tablets) ves,
permits refreshing
get hold of yourself."
ervous these days. Financial
ome noises, late hours, hard I
Ion put a strain on the nerv- H
Sleeplessness, Nervous Head- I
Restlessness, Irritability.
ay make you lose friends, I
d or wife, appear tyrant
is been soothing the nerves I
years. If yos are nervous,
ur druggist He will refund H
mtlrely satisfied.
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