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VOL. 25 NO. 57
State And N<
Condensed In
?State New*?* |
Sanford. Sept. 13.?-A sui' f r Mtj-j
000 has boon filed 1n Lee C'ouniv Su (
^perlor Court by Roxana Roll us. nog. i
w^man of Broadway. against i
' the Atlantic aivii U'wimh Hallway 'i
Co, and Dr. R. O. Humphrey of San i
ford. Sho^ claim* that her htiaban I <
came to hia death on Juno 14; thru
the negt'Konco of the defendant a
C luuibia. ji. C-. Sept. 13.?The
" ant?Miin"jmjs a WIM n. 1 "IA-M
pjrtmcot of Agriculture forecast to I
?! i> a cotttn crip |;f 833.000 hairs i
for South Carolina from Sept. 1 i
t> rditfon*.
Thia would bo an Increase over <
the 548,000 balea in 1938 and the i
average projection of 837.000 balea |
for tho ten year period 1928 to 1937.! 1
Cbepel Hill. Sept. IS.?The Unvcrstty
ot North Carolina's cars ol 1
19399 began today a series ot con-11
terenuee and teste Intense i to ac- 1
quaint them with their new surroun
dings before they settle down to '
class work Frtiby. The newcomers '
number between 750 and 800. , 1
Spartanburg. S. C.. Sept. 13.? A
Fourth Congressional District Amer !
lean Legion- meeting will bo held
hero Friday night Archie Schlfflcy !
.of Orangeburg, state commander wll
be the principal .speaker. M'cre than 1
150 Legionnaires are expected to
attend the meeting. * . 1
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Newton, Sept. 13.?Ten white 1'
schools and all colored schools of;
th?. Catawba County system will end
their 8ummer sessions this week and ;
early next week and remain closed j
during the ejetton .picking season, j
Newton, Sept. 13.?Gordon Burrls, j
24, of near Newton is d>ead, and Her ]
bert (Deal, 18, of near Ccm:vcr Is in .
the Catawba General Hodpltal with
oerkftas Injuries as a result ot the j
crash of Burrls' car Into a big cak
tree near otd St. Paul's Church west .
of Newton Saturday afternoon abcut
4 o'clock. I
AabevlUe Sept. 13.?The North
Carotins Association of Commeroial
Secretaries will hold! its 1940 meet,
lug to Kfnsbon.
? 4* ?- 4t.i_ - - * 1
iw wrpmwiwn mane una seiec
4 ton yesterday at the closing sessftcin
of its annual convention at which
Frank Pterson of Durham was eloc- '
ted president.
i
; Spartanburg, S. C.. Sopt. 13.? b
5 Dlatrlot Attorney Oscar Doyle said 1
yesterday that former State Senator 1
Clarence E. (Mountain Ltcn, Sloan I
probably whild he called to trial at >
the October term of Federal Court 1
at Greenville on a charge cf obtaining
money from WPA workers on
the pretense that he had obtained ,
employment (en a project for them.
I " r.
Lexington, Scjxt. 13.?Ted Vernon |,
White of Dateeburg was( sentenced
. to 40 years imprisonment yesterday
uroe conviction of crimdnaliy assaulting
a ten year old girl.
* ^ Raleigh, Sept. 13.?North Carolina's
Natioiftal Guard strength. Ad Jut
Gen J. Van B. Mette estimated today
Wight be increased to 4.000 enlisted
men as the result (c<f plane to boost
.the nation's national guard member
ship to 235,000. This iwoud: be a 700
; increase for tbe North Carolina National
Guard!
Raleigh. Sept. 13.?A 1700.000 road
Jetting originally set for Sept. 26,
has been postponed until Oct. 3,
Chief Highway Engineer W. Vance)
False announced'. ' .
T
Laughing Arout
With IRVtt
One Right Bel
By DtVlN :
COME yean ago the editor of a pop
He made up a list of men and wt
literature, commerce, politics, and o
telegram containing this question: "
' more to lhre, how would you spend th
the replies in a symposium in a subse
Among those who received copiej
thought the proposition over for a sp
back this snswer:
"One at a time."
(AsMjffe Uses 1
Kings
I'' . *-* . -* * . ' . J / , 1
itional News >
i Brief Form:
-National New*? ? t
Rldgefleld Park. N. J.. Sept. 13. ? ?
tlenn'pn \V| 'rid War veterans, u cr j
sanitation of men who served in i
the Imperial, (iennan army, had a- v
r.'eed today to cancel all social nr. c
tl' ltlcs- and refrain from dhtcuf "i'?
?f. the European conflict with other
persons to avald "mhdnfcoi prctatk'n 1
K our acttona." '
c
Port Myers. Kla., Sept. 13.-A 3- *
Lraln prctrudlr.R Itl a sac cutKid'- her
fkull, was given little chance today
to live. !i
Physicians saldi most am- ivn? ^
>? surgery knpwn for the rnrc brain
hernial Ion probably would prove 4
fatal. The six pound girl was normal ^
La ictbcr respects. I
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Copenhagen. Sept. 13.?Fourteen
men were killed today when the Ku- 8
titeh bark Ollvebank was blown up
about 105 miles southwest of KsbJeTg.
*l:ufthtwes*Jem Deaunark. Sev (
m men. ptckd up by a Danish fish
ng boat, said their ship struck a
t:?. 4
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Auchorage, Alaska. Sept 13.?Ma- c
tanuaka Valley sheep and cows may
Save to seek new grazing la id If 5
t gold mining boom in Uncle Sam's 1
tor Northern , cooperative farthing 1
colony develops. 1
Antone Anderson. civil engineer
laid assays showed Massive BtiMe ^
J.vried gold averag'ng 52.15 to the s
on '
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London, Sept. 13.?Ten thousand i
Americans still are In the United I
Kingdom and Ireland, the American J
Embassy disclosed tcjcay.
Seven thousand of thrse are In
England, Scotland and Wales ami | ]
l.nOO of this number do not have i,
passage to 'the United States.
The other 3,000 of the total are
in Ireland.
These figures lnllude Americans
working ksMie-British Isles.
Five s,htpe are ec route to help
3ring faome the remainder of the
Americans.
Council Bluffs, Iowa, Sept. 13.?Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Brewer and their
year old daughter. Shirley, were on
their way last night to a birthday
party for Shirley ? her first. A
heavy hearse skidded lntp thefr
cat, killing the fattier and) daughter;
and seriously Injuring the mother,
Ankara, Turkey, Sept. 13.?The N'i
tional Assembly convened today for
a meeting which informed quarters
Bala pikbably would define Turkey's
Mtilude toward the European war
as one of "watdbfhil waiting."*
New Work, Sept, 13.?The Ainerl
can Telephone and Telegraph Co. an
ncuneed resumption tod'ay of radiotelephone
aiervlce between the United
States and Belgium, Denmark.
Germany. Lithuania, Bulgaria and
Yugoslavia. / , ,
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Bucharest Sept. 13.?The American
Embassy In Pcrtae reported all was
well today in & brief telephone canversatHon
with th? Rumanian legation.
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Shelbyvllle, Ind., Sept. 13.?Four
Shelbyville boys claimed today a
new national blcycl endiuionce record
cf 1.1S5 hours.
Portsmouth. N. H., Sept. 13.? The
submarine Squalls was fnucoessfully
surfaced at 2:05 P. M. (EST) today
pud taken In tow for a Portsmouth
Navy Yard dry dock.
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id the World !
i s. COBB
?
lind Another
S. COBB
alar publication had an Inspiration.
>m?a distinguished in art, religion.
ther lines, and to each he sent a
If you had bat forty-eight hoars
mi" his purpose being to embody
gaent issue of his periodical,
i of the Inquiry was a writer. Re
tell, sad then by wire, collect, seat
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KIHC3 MOUNTAIN. N. C.
Kirst Services In David
iaptist Church Sunday
Members of the congregation of
he newly constructed and alqpbst
onipleted1 Dnvld Baptist GhurcV> ?-m
he Shelby Highway near Bethware
sill worship It the fir % time In
heir building Sunday.. The opening
crvices will begin at the Sunday
Icbcol hour folllwltig with the r? -to
iir n*rnlng services at 11 A M.
vith the pastor I). F. Putnam \m
barge. f
Another service will* be held In
hv ai'lerlo .11 at St'Qb P, M . 41th l>r.
."tin Wull of the First Baptist Chur
h of Shelby bringing the tuetwaae.
>p<-clal musical piygram ha3 been
n,rnm m, I.I vn.i./tg. <i*ftist?ls ?VY?l'il.lr?
t Quartette from Shelby. .
The public is cordiallv invited to
ie present for either or both ct the
let vices.
The building will not be formally
le-ulcated at this time as it Is not
itiite - complete, but an announce;
nent as to the exact date will be
tu<de later.
Services will continue throughout
ill of next week with Rev. Putnam
n charge.
rtRS. THEODORE HUFFMAN 0IE8
Mrs. .Thejcdqre Huffman, age 62,
tied at her home near Kings Moun,
aln Friday night after several years
if declining health.
The body was carried- by train
Saturday night to the old home cl
he family, in Jasper. Ala.. where
unerai services and interment toofc
dace Monday.
Mrs. Huffman Is survived by hei
lusband and two sens. Theodore, Jr,
ind Frer Huffman, all of Kings
fountain
Road De
fiible Teacher Elected For
. ity Schools <
Miss Mildred Lowrance of Mooree Jle,
who graduated from Queen*
.htcora College l*St Spring ham go.
:ef?ted the position as Bible teaches
n the Kings Mountain school sysem.
,
Miss Lowrance comes to Kfaigs
fountain highly recommended as a
ntki? pv-v ???>??>? ..a i?
uuwcit vi DIUIU. cue ywiaiutnu in
English and Bible In College.
In tbe High Sctyopl, Miss Lowrance
vUl teach tax) Bible classes daHy
ach student taking a straight five
laj a week course, which constitutes
a full unit of work for a year
n tbe elementary school, she wil
each 8 classes, two at East, twe
it Park Oraoe, andi tour at Central
ihe Will teach each class twice a
vueic for one semester, and threr
limes the other semester, giving
j'ementary students a half unit "ci
.vork. Only students from the sixtt
trade upward are allowed to tak<
he course.
Bible Is being taught In th<
ichools of Kings Mountain for th<
first time, with the Churches of tlx
town and the other civic organizn
:icn? <i:ntributing to the cost of th<
course. {' *
WHEATIES AND SEVEN-UP
OFFER 8PECIAL
' 1 V
Wheatles. that .delicious cereal
and Seven Up have joined togethe
to offer Herald readers a super spei
ial By clipping the coupon in th!
lsuue of the, Herald and taking it t<
your favorite grccer you will be gi
en abeolutelf freo six bottles of Sev
en-Up, the drink that Is most invig
orating, with the purchase of tw
packages of Wheatles. This offer '
fcr a limited time only so clip th
coupon rlglit now, before you ror
get it and get your free bottles c
Seven-Up.
SMALL FIRE SATURDAY
AFTERNOON
Firemen were called out Snturda
afternocn to entlngutsh a small fir
at the Victory Gin. It waa reporte
that the blaze waa a "small cot to
fire" which did ver>' little damage.
When the whistle blew, calling th
f'remen, the buttons which manipu
late the siren became hung and th
whistle tilaw for several minute
disrupting business down town fo
sowdtlme. ,7
MEETING AT METHODI8T
CHURCH
The meeting at Central Method!?
church grows la Interest as Rev. I
M. Robinson brings stirring mesne
ges. The meeting will continue thr
the present week with preachln
each ntghL including Saturday, at
7: SO. 8et ilcen are being annocnoe
at least through Wednesday ntgt
of next week and may continue long
itain K
THURSDAY, SEPT. 14, 1939
Bids For New
Post Office
Opened
yC\yC" Pcnnolt. Veal gen ral ron^
factor. who submitted a bid '.or ttaci
Xcpa'racti&u ol ih*' new j>< *! >Y',<
building for * K UtgV&ftAXUtSffii r<-?;v-iv->
( ? > ilif tinj wIiik cotiimuriii ailpn 1
i from Washington officiate:
The tolli 'WitiK bills were CjinirU
Hep- :i)h? f (v jlKSf bi I*?1 !..!
WOtl.s Agency. Public f?Ui!(lit:ii< A-i;
winte'ratIon, Washing ?'?. b. tor
tbe construction of th? lf s 1'iwt
<># !.. .. ?>l. . - ?? - ' *
mil i urnii mi in,-,i ,, ij,,,
Bidders Amount
, O. J liuvird & Co. $43.oo<i
Augusta. On. *
Ij H. Galllmore #46 !K?0 .
Greensboro. N. C.
.' H. K. Stewart A Son $47,952
High Feint, N. C.
!*' E. P. Date Construction Co. *48,000
Morgan ton, N. C.
Clyde T. Bennett 148,736
, Kings Mountain. N'. C.
Algernon Blair $48,933
Montgomery, Ala.
(Southeastern Const. Co. $49,505
I Charlotte, N. C.
V, P. Loftls, $49,833
, Charfctte, N. C.
A. Farnell Blair. $49,897
> Decatur, Ga.
J. A. Jones Const. Co. ' $31,700'
i Charlotte, N. C.
f Blauner Const. Co. . $36.9ot?
s Chicago, 111.
The ct-mnunlcatlon did not sa
that the bid had been awarded but
' had only been opened. but it 1
thought that the contrac'. wlil b
> let in a few days and the actual i
wcrk begun.
dication 1
. <
Woman Injured In
Auto Collision
Mrs. TltCrman Moss, local woman
. received serious cuts on her leg
, a neck injury Saturday night t
> wfceh the auto in which she was j
. riding collided with another near,
Gastonia. Her eight year old daugh'
. ter was more seriously injured, re
k cdving a broken cellar bone and a
, fractured shoulder.
Mrs. Mo&s was visiting her father
> Teff Davis, who was also In the auto
r when the accident occurred. It was
> reported that Davis received minor
.cuts on bis arm. The driver, whose
. name could not be learned, and Mrs.
Mobs' twin daughters were itnlnjur>
ed.
S Central P. T. A.
i Elects Officers
r
' The Initial fall meeting of Central
" School P. T. A. was held Tuesday
j In the high school auditorium with
s a representative number In attend>
I ance.
' ,Mrs. W. K. Mauney. first vice
president, presided, and during the
: | business session a president and i
: vice president wore elected to fill'
i vacancies left by the resignation of j
Mrs. Aubrey Mauney and Mrs. \V. i
K. Mauney. Mr. Charles F. Thomas
I son was- elected presldeit and Mr.
I- G. White, first vice prosldent
Splendid. music for the evening!
c | was furnished by the school band |
1 under the direction of Mr. Paul Hen- j
?! tiricke.
1 i
?: Will Rogers' I '
c "
- Humorous Story
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By WILL ROGERS
TP YOU'RE anything like mo yon
will be about plumb sick of
f i Scotch stories. Everywhere I go
e| people seem to think that the only
d kind of a humorous story there Is
n is one which deals With the people
that wear kilties. However, sometimes
there is one that seeps
* through with a grain of real humor
i- In it and that's the only reason
e I'm passing it on to you.
'' Two Scotchmen went fishing with
I the understanding that the one who
u caught the first fish would have to
u pay for the rent of the boat Sandy
- had hardly put his polo la the
B water when ha got a bite that al.
ssoet broke his Use. bat Us refused
[. without bait
? M
toMMtawMweairiiirt/ir t hit
lerald
I
Prospects Fc
Not Encoura
M. t* Lockrjdge Dies
I Maxwell Paul l,nokrldir?, aue 34.
nied ar**lff^hcmo lit Kings Mcuii'a:i
Saturdnv afternoon. ( Ilow :?iu :i
week's illness.
Funeral st-iAics ?.'re eon ! noted 1
at Bethany A. U. P. Church with J
iiev: \V. M Itojce. pastor* of thej
deceased In choree, assisted ! > a '
l.nwoll minister. -BuHal ttok iilat'fj
Mr. Isoekrldge Is survived his'
widow. formerly Miss Annie Wells,
u daughter. Jewell, his .father- V. A
l^ckrldge, all of Kings Mountain
ad a sister. -Mrs. Frank (Iris i ill.
formerly of K^hgs Mountain. now
of Lowell
s
Local Man Honored
Dr. W. 1* Mauney, son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. L. Mauney. was recently
honored by members ef. his profession
by electing him Secretary.'Tresis
urcr of the North Carolina Pedit
Association at the suite meeting
held in Winston-Salem where X>r
Mauney practices.
Dr. Mauney also appeared on the
program as one of the speaker, .for
the morning seeMon.
The Herald wishes to congratulate
Dr. Mauney. a Kings Miuntain
ctt'zen, who lias been highly hcuorod
by his associates. '
omorrow
Kings Mountain's new JlnO.OOO
highway and bridge. diirectly linking
highway number 29, South, and 74,
West, will be formally opened and
dedicated! tomorrow (Friday) afternoon
at 3:00 P. M. ? ,
Main speaker of the occasion will
be Congressman A. L. Bulwtnkle of
GaStonia. Alao on the program will
be T. Max Watsim, Division Highway
Commissioner of Shelby; H. E.
Neell, Division Engineer of Rutherfcrdton,
and Mailer J. B. Thomasson,
who will cut the ribbin, opening to
traffic two of the chief highway cutlets
of tbls section of the State.
The Kings Mountain School Band
will form a parade at the beginning
of the section of new highway on
East King Street facing the bridge.
They will march Uo the new bridae.
where the ceremony will he held,
aud where they will play several
ei-ledtlons. A^Jcr ,Mayer Thoinasson
opens the highway, a motjcreade will
proceed down the new highway to
Uie point at which it meets he o!<!
Shelby highway, and deme hack up
Muontaln .street.
Tlie new highway has been finish
ed alter almost a year of construction
on both the new overhead1
btidge and the streets .which had
to be filled. The contract for the
hritdge was lot last September. Construction
began in October, and the
bridge w'as completed in April. Th j
highway contract was let In October
and construction began when the
txlnge was completed.
.During the process |ct construction
130 men were employed steadily, by
the Construction company. These
men laid 23.000 square yard'3 of con
ctete In the highway. Slctewalks re,
quired 3,300 square yards cf con
crete. ,
Battleground Avenue, formerly
known as Railroad Avenue, on the
epst side of the tracks, and RailrceJ
Avenue., icn the West side of the
tracks, had to b? filled to como up
to the level <*f the nefw highwaiyi
Several sections of th? new highway
itself, fit>m the bridge to Piedmont
Avenue, and Just out from
down, required filling. yrhls filling
required H1.000 cubic yardto of dirt.
The banks of the places filled in
on each side fcf the railroad have
been sodded, lending the view of
the bridge from the. business section
a much more attractive air, with the
green grass hiding the ugly rod
banks which formerly greeted the
eye#.
,The new section Is one and. twotenths
miles In length, making an
almost straight section of highway
ftora the East CUy limit to the
.West, and allowing persons who are
headed from Oast oris to Shelby or
vice versa, to cnoes the railroad over
the new bridge eliminating the hazard
which formerly eclated.
Of the one and two tenth miles
half of It a U feet curb to curb
The remainder is regular width.
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FIVE CENTS PER COPY
>r Hotel
ging
V . . _ . -
Members of the Finance Commit,
tec of the lltlel project met Mohdoy
night in the Town Hall and aepcrted
that less than $lf),00t) had.
been definitely /pledges' for stock to
promote a new modern hotel fcr
King* Mountain: A total of $s,*uiO
wps plcdiivi but acvcral members of
the committee had n t been, able, to
contact their prospective ' * l-uekar*.
and their reports were not tnad<*.
committee the locafon- of the proposed
betel would have a meat deal
to do. with the amount of stork different
citlaens would take. One
member sstatej. that his group
A V..IJ A ? 1- _ a?i. '- Te -
?uuiu mf ?hm<ou wonn or stock ir
tlu hotel was placed on their'proper
I)', hut they cculd not take any
where near that amount unless It
was. Another member reported his
connections would take stock If the
location was at a certain place but
could not promise anything unless It
was.
Several members of the committee
were very disappointed at the
outcome of the -first- effort to promote
stock. In fact one member
who has been very much interested
In the hotel project stated that it
looked like to him the promotion
war over unless the citizens came
across more liberally in stock; or
leave the selection of the location en
tlrely to a committee. A committee
was appointed of the Plonk Interests
Mauney interests to see Just what
could he' worked out and another
meeting Is to-be called when they
are readv to report.
Dr. L. P. linker, a member of the
committee, stated that he would bo
glad to sell hisi lot cn King Street
for a hotel at what he paid for It,
as he purchased this property sever
al years ago with a hotel In mind.
Citizens cf Kings Mountain have
shown a great deal of Interest In a
new hotel; and with the enthusiasm
that has been manifested it seepna
very disappointing that more\ have
noi. shown stronger financial Interest
in It. Persons
Warned Not
To Follow Fire Truck
Too Close
Police-Chief Jimmy Burns yesterday
a?ked the Herald to announce
that beginning immediately, all per.
, Bona following the fire truck tco
| cloBely to fires will be prosecuted,
according to section 119, paragraph
| (P) in the Statute Books of North
Carolina L>aw.
The Law says: "It shall be unlawful
for the driver of any vehicle other
than on ocicial business to follow
any fire apparatus traveling la
response to a fire alarm closer than
one block or to drive Into or park
such vehicle within one block where
fire apparatus has stppped in answer
to a fire alarm."
In making the statement, policeman
Burns said that hereto'ore ilrlvern
have violated this law and
plended -ignorance In several instances.
the drivers have become so
bold as to drive over fire hose
which were in the street. The foregoing
statement was issued after an
| arrest Saturday cn this charge. .
CWzrthutg&n
f&^napshots
James PreStoh
(Opinion* Expressed In This Column
"ic 1101 i?eccaaarny ine views of
This Newspaper.)
Washington doesn't, as some may
surmise, merely hum and , wroWeo
and swat files between sessions of
Congress. A great deal of important
activity is taking place these days
on the banks oT the sluggish Potomac.
Late summer and early fall avttvl
ty at the national capital might be
conveniently divided iuto two gener
al classifications. The first of these
might be called "fireworks.'' That'a
the news that goes off with a big
bang and thick, dlack. Ink)' kheadlines.
Into this group would! probably
go much of the governmental
hard work that results from the
present Jangled1 state of Eiirofcean
nerves, work that has kept State
. Department windows nblade with
. light many a night lately. Also included
here would be the Investigations
of the Dies Committee., aiming
to show the Identity that ertsta
. among all the foreign "lama" an*
making It clear that all of them am
(Cont'd on Editorial page)