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Kings Mountain Herald I
established ItM
Published Every Thursday
HERALD PUBLISHING HOUSE,
Haywood E. Lynch 3,
Editor-Manager C
ntered as second class matter a
the Foetofflce at Kings Mountain
N. Cn under tre Act of March 3.
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SUBSCRIPTION RATKS
One Year ?lAt
Six Montho .71
weekly - newspaper devoted U
the promotion of the general wel
tare and publlahed for the enllght
seat, entertainment and benefit ol
the citizens of K*nga Mountain and
Its vicinity.
THINK
Oh, you who live by wo<da and "Mffl,"
Among the summer joys.
Hi.'nk of th<> city 1 uvHK-nis
( wrjed with girls and boya.
No trees, no grass just sun and
brick.
And alleys where they play;
T 11' - ' ' f'
of them.
The country tor a day.
Make some poor child your tiny
guest;
Each little helps, you know.
1 -> sendf a child from some hot
street,
Out where the flower? grow. 1
?Selected. ;
WORRY
Some careful observer of life has
constructed a "Worry Table." He
has classified various types of worBearoh
has iWermincd which are
r'cr,, 0111! *|tli.m*gh: cjcxrltideraido retbe
moat popular among the largo
number cf professions! worriers:
1 Worry abcut disasters which
as lo'cr events proved, never hap.
pened?40 per cerft.
2 Worry about decisions in the
post that cannot be recalled or rem,
eriied?30 per cent.
? Worry about possible sickness
that never came?12 per cent. A
4 Worries about ehildref and
fr.ends?10 per cent.
6 Worr.ie? that have real foundation?
8 percent?Sunshine Magazine.
SHORTER TERM
> Schools in the county aro now tn
session, but we don't believe that
the teachers can possibly de a very
effective Job during this, hot weather.
While we know of nothing which
dices a child' more good than helping
with the tasks at home, and his eer
v vices are certainly of value to his
parentis. We believe thnt the time
will come In this county when the
parents will reach the conclusion
thnt the best school term Is the one
which begins in September and I
comes to a close in May. ?(Albe- *
marie News and Press.) 1
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WHAT'S A "KEPT PRES8?" >
Now and then prmebodly accuses i
an editor of having a "kept press.' '
According to the following, borrow- '
ed by the Fairfax Standard from the
Northwr^Hi (Town) Anchor. every
press is kept, and this is how.
"It is kept by hard and tiresome
tabor, by tramping the streets almost
datly, and traveling the country
districts constantly. It Is kept
by men laying awake nights Occasionally
to nian th? next rtav'a work.
It to kept by trfving steady work to .
employees. occasional work to oth-,
em and piecework to a number of
contributor* throughout the country.
It 5* kept Iby providing service to
patrons who need it. It is kept by
finding way* to have the payroll on
deposit for the Saturday checks,"
on. finally, it is kept by constant
watchful care over the affairs ann
one interests of the whole community.?Minnesota
Press. ,.
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KINGS MOUNTAIN FOOD STORES
The 10.000 people who live within
the confines cf what has been correctly
labeled "Kings Mountain's
8Vpplng ATea." eat a lot of food
every day, and most cf this food
pofSes ithjrough the ' 20-odli! fond
whores In the community. For a long
number of years, the grocers <a
Kings Mountain have been recognize
eJ as a capable group of business
men, energetic and determined to d|o
Jut' as much business as they can.
Generally speaking, the grocers
have oDerated their business In a
profitable manner. While none of,
them have become wealthy men. |
they have lived1 comfortably, mm) 1 |
hav? done their nsrl In nrnilrttniUiK I
to the churches and other Worth,. 1
while enterpriser of the community. 1
They are a grr>up of citizens who
are loyal to Kings Mountain and to 1
Its institutions, and KJngs Mountain ,
mouM be in a and plight -without ,
them. ?
Kings Mountain Is recognised as 1
one of the moat progressive towns
tn ths state, and we are happy to ,
see the food merchants do their part (
In continuing the progressive growth I
The enterprise of these men calls *
for commendations. 1
By sprinkling acid phosphate every
few days on menus pilse around <
hie dairy bams, A. C. Darsfott, a I
Harnett County farmer, has practihaDy
eliminated flies about his place ?
I
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Here and There . .
(Br Haywood B. I.yncb)
Irvin Allan sant a truck load, about
,G00 pounds, of that fins Clavsland
ofnty tobacco to the 'market in
Aberdeen Tues:(iy. Commissioner
Jlan has had mighty fins luck with
is crop and I hope he gets a good
rice for . his "gotdsn weed."
Harold Ccggins got lost and stuck
n his way to Crowders Craek last
/ask for the Men's Club suppar and
nd Hayne Blackmer and party did
he same thing on the return trip,
iarold must have had his mind - on
he country ham he was going to
et and Hayne niust have been wor.
"!ng about the 'tummy ache" he
ras going to have from all the counry
ham he ate.
, The eligible bachelors around town
an rest easier now that the teaches
are back again. I understand
here are several pretty ones in the
ew crop.
I was up to Blowing Rock Sunday
nd after seeing those large moun.
ains. T feel even smaller than I
aa/ly .nr.-'..Wt r ftKi J.n
ant beside those solid, massive
tructyfeS o* nature.
NOT STRICTLY NEWS
Hello folks! May *e (the new colunnists
with a new column) be alr.wert
to come in this week and
pake a try-?ut in the best paper of
i'he Beat Town In The State? O. K.
,Ye promise If we don't, succeed, will
lay away forever .... and) ever.
Wsj we state, please, that if at any
tt?f we should put any person's
tame in this piffle and they dont
mint it in, if they will only mention
t, we'll be glad to omit it the next
imp. That is. if there is a next
ime! t am sure we don't want any
tiuiU feelings toward anybody.
I think some people will be glad
x> see their names in the paper,
hough, because there Is some who
iave been wanting to see their
im.e in print for a long time.
Congratulations to the writers of
\s It Goes, By George, Here and
I'll ere, and all the other writers ol
he different news columns which
a'c read each week and) enjoy so
nuch. And like most of them, we
ire adding little zips of rumor.
Here goes: if this escapes the
wa?defcasket?!!
Heading all gossip is "Ebbfe"
SVare wearing lightly tinted! 'specks'
ml much to everyone's surprise
[and tier's too!) they make her look
heeps" better 1! .... Coming up
s Lib Fisher working at the Rlts
ist Sun. for the first time since
hey have owned it!.... C. B. C. Jr.
> "out behind the Pine Knot', (as
vo express where he Uvea) having
i'?s souvenir pin from Washington
jo'ng worn proudly by a use-to-be
lame! Woo! Woo! She's at It agatn,
iuh?!! Did a certain guy take off
lunday night when L. J. "refused! to
ro with him! I'll say he <Md.... w?
vnr.ffsir If onv tHrls fh/mchf aKai^
rohn Klser when his Dad was here
Congress Returns
to the People
By Raymond Pitcairn
Under our Constitution the Congress
of the United States represents and is
responsible to the People.
But in recent years many members of
both House and Senate appeared at
times to forget this. Too often they
surrendered their legislative responsibilities
to the Executive branch, or
bowed subserviently to the demands of
appointed office-holders and organized
pressure groups.
That Is why the record of the Congress
which recently ended Its first
session at Washington has aroused such
widespread Interest throughout the
notion. For. In strong contrast to Immediate
predecessors. It reamerted a
traditional independence, and. In the
closing weeks, gave striking evidence
of considering the will of the people
above the whims of pari Iran leadership.
In those weeks, as every citizen recalls.
the Congress enacted a measure
to divorce politics from relief; It rejected
administration efforts to plunge
the nation still deeper Into "pump
priming" debts and deficits; It sought
to ease the tax burdens which bear so
heavily ort the shoulders of workers
and earners, ftlld it ofrprerl other en.
couragemsnts to all citizens who prefer
representative government to any system
of rule by pressure groups and
bureaucratic decree.
But, as Is also apparent, the record
leaves much to be desired.
Desptte rejection of fresh spending
plans, the session established a new
hteli In appropriations. It delayed or
Ignored various measures which might
have hastened recovery by encouraging
the reemployment of Idle funds and Idle
man. It left serious farm and labor
problems without adequate solution.
Theee things may or may not be corrected
in later sessions. Bat what constituents
will remember to that, to the
md. Congress again asenmed Ha rs poostblUUee;
again dianmhalid that,
under enr system at toisclrs and halsnesa,
to to a nssidlnals and net a sabnrvtont
toanah at iinnminli again
Is to the paapls and net to peBUesd
Wis tinMsrs^jmger ^ tor new saperttn
aU this the psopts again see heps
lor a i sturn to the urogiina and proaWv
wmcn Americs enjoyea tinner
mr triad' and proved form M raprewntettve
'government.
la II thap ssa a intaan ad pnissn ant
la ton gngli, I
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Co.* last wwk-wll reawlw him
clrla? I know come who did. We
hew the McGlnnls, WhetMine affair
1* still coins etesy! How about
!t, Dot? Also that double caae of
the Falls cousins ? Gibson brothers
.... Wonder If Cart P. Knows who
It was yelled at him on a certain
bock porch Satudihy nltef
(Cnough said! Will 'Red" erer make
up that mlnr between twoy boys?
Wo wonder on! Strange, isn't It, but
wo think this Is enough gossip for
the first time and probably the lastNow
lets see who went where and
who came here. Just In the Bonnie
community and close around'
Mr. and Mra. Major Klnson spent
the week end visiting relatives in
\irginia.
Mrs. Rcsm Klntball visited her dan
rhter, Elizabeth. In tl>e Black Moun.
tain Sanatorium Sunday.
Miss Ernestine Baker of . Four
Oaks. N. C., Is visiting Masfha T.ue
Bennett.
Mrs. R. D. Etters hart as her
guests last week. Mrs. boyd Etters
ard son. Lovd Edward of Chaiiote.
Mrs. Prestiey Watkins of Qastonta
was a visitor here for the week end
Misses Evelyn Ware and LUHan
F' hrf. Mr. and Mrs. Brown Wore,
?nd .ii'ini KJ.mur muKi.Bj
o unitliney hook ana nacn saiuruaj-.
Mrs. I,awrence Davis of Lincolnton
visited Mrs. John Fisher for the
week end.
Mr. Hubert Clemons l? ill at this
utxom ms
IN TECH
WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE:
Harry Favcrsham, a young officer
in tho Royal North Surrey
Regiment, resigns his commission
on the evo of his Regiment's
departure to join Kitchener
in Jigypt. His three brother
officers, Durrance, Willaughby
and- Burroughs, each send, him
a white feather as a mark of
their coutcmrand tthen his
fiancee> Ethnz Eur-roughs, fails
to approve his course, he plucks
a fourth white feather from her
fan. Later Hcrry realizes that
his action really was motivated
by oowardice, and he sails for
Egypt. Disguising himself a,'* a
> dumb Bengali native, he mates
i hie way to the battle Unes, and
is present when his old company
is overwhelmed by an att
tacking force of natives. Burroughs
and WUloughby are
taken prisoner, and Durrance,
blinded by the intense sun, falls
unconscious On the field and is
left for dead.
Chapter Four
Favsrsbsm. in his dingy Bengali
drees, carried the still unconscious
Durrance to bis tent, laid him
! gently on hie cot, opened his ttmlc,
and forced some tester from a
canteen between his lips. Slowly
l
.
Totfv* your wkol? Uf? oXeod
forty, maybe
nhwrance rtfalntd consciousness,
stirred then ut up.
"Nightmare*," he muttered.
"Devilish, tormenting nightmare*.
... la that you, peter? . . .
Wbat'e the time?"
Harry almoet wept when he realized
for the first time that hi*
friend wa* eighties*. But he dared
not reveal hi* identity, and mad*
no aound.
Durrance roge to hi* feet and
staggered forward toward the
tabic, calling for Burroughs and
Willoughby. Still no sound. He felt
his way out into the open and the
uncanny alienee, coupled with his
awareness of someone nearby
whose movements he could hear
but who would not speak to him.
soon broke him down. The bitter
realization came to him that he
had not been dreaming?that hi*
friends were gone, his command
wiped out.
He pulled out his revolver to
iiux an ana to UM agony; but
Harry ?u upon him at once, (.nrt
in the struggle the resultant shot
went harmlessly upward, sending
the vultures wheeling skyward.
Then Durrance again collapsed,
, exhausted.
' Faversham quietly loaded his
friend's Inert form onto his back,
and inarched off toward the rlrer.
For five days and nifihte their
strange Journey continued ? the
blind man send his speechless companion?across
the desert to the
rlrer, down the Nile In a make
Shift llttlS beat; while Faversham
. eared for ble friend, fed him.
, e.ursed him through his fever, hut
snoke never a word. At dawn of
the fifth dav they reached their
deetlnattou the British eernp or
the river's henk. And sUe some
. fiddlers watched from behind a
screen if rushes, FmrsHBi wenoeuvered
hla bom Into Shallow
water, lifted the ^sleeping JPurrarge
on the bank.
Took." wills pared, pud et the
watching soldiers, TOrty little
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Frsas TH? King* Mountain Meralo
NINETEEN YEARS AOO
KPT. 2, 1920
Dr. L. P. Baker an) family sper
Sunday la Charlotte.
Mrt. "W. O. Bhii' returned to Oo)
unibia Monday after a visit here.
Mr. W. D. Weaver and famil
have returned from a week's visit <
relatives in and near. Earl.
;Mrs. John Plonk and chiMre
have returned from a visit to h<
mother at Mt. Vernon Springs,
wilting.
Mr:"and Mrs; Will Grlce had a
Their guests ever the week en<
M.sses Louise WalHs and Nell B<
lick of Gastonia.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Cash an
children spent the week end wit
Mr. Grady Cash of the Dixon con:
incnlty.
Mrs. Eugenia Ballard and Mif
Feme Parrish vlsittd Miss Jul!
Price Sunday.*<
Mrs. Phillip Houser is rapidly r<
covering from an operation in tli
City Hospital. She is expected horn
This column was brought to yo
1 by the cortesy of a couple cf insej
art ble pair 8ee you next wee
; maybe.
AU REVOIR.
1 /TM4 j|| A-ta 1 l N
NICQLOR
scum?'e's got an officer, an' 'e'a
robbin' him! Come on!*
They rushed down upon the
"dirty little scum," seised him in
the act of fumbling with somo
papers in Durrance'e b:cast pocket,
and hauled him up into the camp.
His blindness pronounced lncurable
by the army surgeons, Durrance
was given his honorable
discharge and sent home to England.
To old General Burroughs
and Ethne it was a high privilege
to take him into their home and
care for him.
Not that he greatly needed care
for long. Indomitable even in the
faqe of his tragedy, Durrance methodically
went about conquering
the darkness. He learned to dress
himself, to find his way about the
house, even to ride a horse over
hurdles.
As the pleasant weeks went by,
with Ethne constantly in his company,
profoundly touched by his
struggle to overcome his handicap,
Durrance sensed that real happiness
might StOl.he in store for
him. General Burroughs, too; saw
the trend of Ethne's feeling to?
ward the youth, and one evening
felt constrained to speak to her
about it.
"You've your whole life ahead
of you, Ethne. ... I know it's
an unselfish, noble Impulse. . . .
But for thirty, forty, maybe fifty
of you, Mthno . . . For thirty,
fifty years."
years. ..."
"For heaven's sake don't talk
about being noble." sbe cried. "It'e
lust . . . well . . . It'S just that
l're made up my mind!'
"Then there's nothing more to
be said, Ethne." The general gave
a resigned shrug.
That evening their old' friend.
Dr. Sutton, dropped in for dinner
after a long absence. Greeted with
delight by his old comr&de-at-arms
and by Ethne. he found an opportunity
to take the girl aside
before dinner and give her a
message. ,
"Nearly two years ago Harry
left England, and I promised htm
that night to bring a message to
you. Ho promised to write to me,
only to show that he was still
alive. Xf X heard nothing for a
year, then his silence would mo.n
that be was dead."
"So that's the end," murmured
Ethne.
At dinner Durrance recounted to
Dr. Sutton the curious story of
his rescue by the mysterious Arab.
He finished with the man's apparent
attempt to rob him. "He
nearty got one thin*," concluded
Durrance, "the only thing I was
carrying. Remember this, Ethne T"
V?'lett?!"ft ***elope.
"Tes. It's stin got some sand In
It?look!" - ,
As Ethne took the letter and
shook out the sand, a small oblect
dropped out. It was a white
feather, with Dnrrancc'e visiting
card attached. Ethne, her father
and Dr. Sutton aat la stunned
silence; hut Durrance, all unaware,
chattered gaily on.
the way, Durrance," ashed
the Doctor, making hie voice as
casual .as he oould. "what happened
to. your Arab friend?"
(T? he ee?ftiwsd>
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- Washington Sr
(Cont'd from front page)
"Washington.'
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All c-f which may be too long a way
of saying that Congress, not so many
weeks ago a powerful body making
the nation's laws. has - broken up
now into more than five hundred individual
units scattered all over the
country, each dxtremely concerned
about his political future. It is at
times like these thatN one ot the
no.rt interesting and important phases
of the American system of government
appears on the scene. For
this .is the period during which Reyrv
.--xmtative and1 Senator most anxiously
sound out public ^opinion,
buckling down to (hat tremendously
serious work which has been known
since time immemorial as "mending
the political fences."
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What will the individual lawmaker
find out this time concerning the
wishes of the constituents back
home? No one can say with absolute
certainty, but there are at least
three straws In the wind:
Straw one Is the' attitude of Congress
Itself at the session recently
conclude)! Naturally, Congress tries
to Interpret public opinion to the
h?st of Its ability; that Is the keystone
of the system of representative
democracy, and it's the . best
system worked out so far though
like all things human It Isn't perfect
The legislators last session didn't
gc too far on't on a limb until they
could check with the home folks,
but they did Institute certain reforms,
aH pointing in a single di
rectton. In other wordh, Congress Ind-ceted
a belief that what the public
vant.fi Js legislative action of a
t>pe that will restore business confldence
and start the wheels of progross
rolling again.
Straw two is the "straw vote.'
Congressmen are naturally very am
iou* to ittadi out whether they guessed
right last session, and recent
polls of public opinion ween to shoa
that they were. These polls have ervi
danced ipefeeetag dtsB^Urffactton
with heavy government spending
mounting taxes, and political tinker,
tag wfth the welfare of buwtneaa In
the case of one reform that lndhstrj
considers particularly vital to It!
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iMf/miv ?o
welfare ? mametl, amendment Off
the Wagner Ast ao that both aide#
can stand equal in the eyes of the
law ? the percentage of the pufelig
demanding a cnnnge In the Act roesf
. In three short months from 62 per,
cent to 70, according to the reliably
! American Institute of Public Opto*
, Ion It'would be hard to maintain, i#
j the face of a popular majority at*
bravy. that the puhUc Ibn't vitally
1 Interested In this matter of restoring
J business confidence. .
There's one more si raw, lees hn*
p.-.rtant perhaps than the first twofc
but still indicative. That Is the opt#
ion of political observers who, Ilk#
> the Senators and Representatives^
make their bread and butter out ot
1 gueeefug right more than haf the
time. Most seasoned observers vritM
out too special an axe to grind ax#
Inclined to go aJdng with the belief
that what's most needed, and most
! wanted by the public, is CongroseToii
I si action next session to achieve the
| reforms business and industry mosi
. need: Wagner Act amendments sport
sored by business and labor group#
alike, taxntMn reforms that ?*>
make real sense and make Invest*
nicivte 1n private enterprise offer th#
possibility of profit, and real govern
mental economy aimed towards end
lng the balloon-like ascent ot th# ^
nation's debt load.
Summing up. then, this seema tQ
be the story: All the straws tn the
wind point to a public Interest trt
" eing Congress dlo the things that
will mfcbt aid business recovery, and
thus bring back prosperity for th#
whole country. You, os an America#
citizen, will be aldthg ycor repecseni
tative in Washington if you gfv#
Mm. in writing or in person, ytnrrt
opilion on these matters. And it the
r ngressman is half the Judfee off
t.i*- a- -a- - J ? i*
yi.uuv inupt'i u? t? VJ ttummi uy w
, his return to W&abington next *tm
| Mr<n ought to bring tba reform* bua-?
| 'rem and industry need. All of
, which ta pleasant for the arerugo
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