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The
Kings Mountain Herald
Establlshad 18*9
Published Every Thursday
HERALD PUBLISHING HOUSE,
Haywood E. Lynch
Editor-Manager
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the Fostofflce at Kings Mountain
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tts vicinity.
LISTENS WELL
Represenifaitfve^ Craham A. itardeu.
used the occasion of a home'.
coming celebration in Pamlico county
U make appeal for building tip of
a "resistance against aar' in this
' country, and made this proposal:
"The day I yi'.l U. plunge America
In to war. that's the day
i ii > fi'J am. - r "* 1 ' '1
oniiting station for enlistment."
That scents reasonable enough. 11
all of our national legislators were
of like mind It woudn't be hard tc
maintain our neutrality. The Barden
plan would just about stake out the
vote of every senator and repreaen-j
tatlve If they used this yardstick In
all sincerity.
CO TO SUNDAY SCHOOL
Sunday morning, October 1st. Is
Sunday School-Rally jDav in Kings j
Mountain. For the past several
weeks the churches of Kings Mountain
have been sponsoring a wrive,
to gain new members for the varl-l
ous* Sunday School clasees and Sunday
is the climax.
It is probably net the dhty ofi
every person in Kings ^fountain tc j
ittend Sunday. School next Sunday]
but it is a privilege. The various
classes in the several different ,
churches extend a welcoming hand
to anyone,to attend, regardless of
whether you are a member or not ,
It is a privilege to live in a country
where one cfin go to church'
without having to carry a gas mask]
along, and where on? can still wor-j
ship Ood without fearing that a
bomb might drop on one'a bowed
bead. v *
I-ct's take advantage of this Privilege
next Sunday.
OUR TASK
The very idea of our getting mlxed
up in the European war ehoulc
be ruled out entirely. It is not for
us. (There will be many incidents j
that will try t he patience. There '
will be brutalities that will make
the blood* boil. There will be provocation
but we must pass them by
for the time being. Europe Is mad
and we must treat Is as we would (
an Insane person. Europe has start-1
ed In to destroy Itself. It will do that]
without any sort cf assistance on^
our part. When the hell of war has
spent Itself and half of the world
lie? 'bleeding and: torn by the wayolcie
our task will be at hand. We
wilt need all of our strength and our
resources to bind up the wounds of
the living and feed the starving j
They will need us then. They are
able without any assistance from uf,
to destroy themselves. They will notj
be able to rebuild on the ashes left ]
by the fire of war. Even if we were,
deeldely In favor of one sMe we can,
serve that side by waiting and then'
help rebuild1. let us stay out
until we are needed to rebuild.
LET'S 8TAV OUT!!
Now that the second World War
hi Europe has becrVne * reatttv. It Is
time for the people of the United
States to begin laying plans to stay
out the struggle, no matter what
the cost.
We have long been of .the opinion
thai what goes. b*? #n Europe Is
nore of our affair, so long is R Is
possible tgv keep the killing confuted
to Europe. Not so long as our rights
on the f|tns Are ?nsspf*^ ?l Pbhukl
we have anything to do with the
struRgM.
Tthrotiphont the ooontry editorial
comment m tme varf:<us newspapers j
Is about divided on the question as'
to whether tit? TWlted States *houl<l j
ell mnn.lttons and |ether traffic to
U?. waning nations. or whether we
ah mild keep strictly neutTal by iso-j
Ifitting ourselvOpl entirely flrom the!
European situatfotn.
Here In this community during
the recent ortsrts, opto son has been
decidedly on Hhe akie of Great Britain,
France anl Folaiut. Even more
no than to the fin* World War. We
bare heard many expressions of
sentiment in favor of setting arms,
ammunitions and supplies to the
ADtM.
We are not adverse tf> tWe. so
long as It can be accomplished a*
long thee* Hams. Le Great Britain,
France anl Poland have nil the?
want, but let they, themselves, nn
the risk ?t getting these supplies
hack to Btafolpa. Let these sale* be
on a strictly CMb basis, to the end
that when the new war finally it
over antf done with, there will jm*
he thebe huge war debt* piled up by
the waning natfonn such at those
pre have bead ao much about since
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Here and There . .
(By Haywood E. I?ynch)
It just had to, there was no other
way around, j am talking about the
rain Tuesday. First, I had my car
washed; then - I watered my grass;
and above all it was fair weak, a?
the rain came.
I wont to the fair Tueeday regard
lesr. of the. bad wet weather. The'
exhibits were good, and the erowoj
was there even though the rain,
came. The Lion's Club booth was do
Ing a rushing business, and believe
me it Is a good place to eat. Sam
Auber, Shorty Edene, and the ladies
wore right dn the job with every,
thing good to eat.
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Kings Mountain made men's socks
are now on sale In the Best Town
Oa The-State. I noticed a tign on
some in Myers' Department Store
this week. They were mads down a'i
Billy Mauney's mill.
FOUR & ONE
* Hollo, fcfks, wp'iv batfki And.
by I ho way. are a certain few young
per pie . gonna be surprised tp see
this.
To get off with a 'bang we might
risk: Did Leon Wolfe have a date
Friday night o- didn't he? There are
aiguments both ways.
Ik the Bell-White affair on or ofl
?or Just re-beginning?
Wl(l Julia have a bottle of smelling
salts cn hand Friday afternoon?
Is the Hamrlck-Moss romance still
boosting that June healthfulness ?
or Is It?
D'l Marie Mrss really say It
or were we drawing these words:'
'Nobody knows who I* like."
Charles (Casanova) Mods most
be having trouble since some of the
girls left school ? or Is It so much
fun keeping twenty, happy?
Edna got a grand rush 8unlay
nlte .... And did the wolf howl.
Wanted: Any information eoncet,
Ing Gloria Corn well. Just any little
thing.
And while we're on the subjectShe
seems to be th? only one whe
can handle "Cat" ? Beauty and the
least?nehay!
Ask Vip and Manly about this
"first love' stuff.
Bits of Nothingness: Are George
and Doris still at ot?? Is Bill Page
still "Keeter Konscious"..
Does "Romeo Tlndall keep a date
book :... or can he keep them
straight in his head Does
''.tUrfflB1 hnrfl in wnrlf dn bard ill At
lo help him forget Is "Woodle
Raw lea trying to break his sister's
records of hearts on a string .
Says Eoline ''It Is the little - things
that count" .... Why," Just look at
Puff!!
Red missed two whole hours work
Just to sit thru a game with Rachel
. ...tch, tch!!
Must Present Cards To
Cotton Ginners
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No cotton can be ginned or sold In
North Carolina wiithout presenatlon
of a cotton marketing card to the
ginner or louyer, It was pointed' out
by Horace Gcsdlfrey of the State AAA
office at State College. He said that
all marketutgs cards are either in
the hands cf growers, or are available
dn the oulces of the county farm
agents, except in a few cases where
farmers overplanted their acreage a)
laments and It was necessary to recheck
their farms.
Godfrey explained that ginner*
aud buyers are subject to a penalty
if they do not make proper, and
prompt reports to the County AA^.
a :nm)'ttee as required! under the
Agricultural Adjustment Act Thereto!
e, at cotton growers are urgently
requested to cooperate with buyers
and (Hsinar* hw shr.uri rve> tKmle oo rAs
n??v? i% tunvi u ?/? nuvniMg iUVh I V?? ???
at the time of ginning or veiling, the
Triple-A oflKcer said. .
AM growers are reqquired to show
their maiketrtng cardfe to ginners and
buyers regardless of whether a red
white or blue cavd is "issued) to them.
Under no circumstances are marketing
cards tramsferable. No grower
should allow cotton to be ginned or
solo 1n his name where the cotton
was produced on a farm other than
the one for which his particular mar
kcting card wbb issued. Growers
ivitli more than one farm should be
(areful in reporting to ginnora and
buyers the cotton produced on each
farm, Godfrey adhrised.
The State AAA Committee has a
staff of six auditors working with
g'.nuers, (buyers, 4ud county oxlces
to assist In checking compliance
with cot ten marketing regulations.
the last war.
To follow these three would, of
course, be getting off the course of
strict neutrality. It wootf tare the
people of this country many a sleep,
less tday ?hd plight*, hnenrohig that
American eeesuen are not being ex-1
posed tp the unerring aim of the
Oerman torpedo.
Bcossouteslty thin country la
svml Uts keep It that way by
usfitag pur heeds, list's stay out of
the Kuropean struggle, no mattes
v hat the cost.
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BWOI MOOTfTAW mWULPTHXJR
NOT STRICTLY NEWS
(By Those "Inseparable Pale".
Gangway! Here we ar# again aft*
er a week'a abeence. May we state
that from now on well write this
phiffle every other week, owing tc
the size of our community.
And now for a bit of goealp:
We wonder: Why Jetanlngs R. has
changed girl? and .... It it ia temporarily
or pennant .... what hat
happened to .Jake H. .... Has he
fallen for that girl next door?!
If I.orna and* Blackle are really
meaning what they are making ut
think!? .... What has happened be
tween Tommle 8. and Eetelle ... .11
Raymond has fallen for M. B.?!....
And Tie said ? That Jackie P. and
that "cutei' Jhnmie D. certainly
.makes a handsome pair!
, Enough said !
1 Well, at last it Is Pair time and
] 1-ere's hoping everybody gets to gc
and that they'll have a grand and
glorious time- And so there's nothing
else to write, will give you t
few personals and say "Bye" 'til.
'Miss I.ydia Ware had as het
guests Sunday, Mr. and Mrs.. Blace
Grayson an1 Misses Eunice and
Chapter One
"These were the alim end dingy
streets of New York . . .
These were the streets where
boys played, but did not know the
real laughter of boys, and were
sage beyond their years. There
was music of a sort: mostly It was
the rhythm of steel on cobblestores.
The music of the string
and lute and horn, the music of
limpid melody, they did not know.
And when they saw It, they
le.ughed. They had never heard it,
Inside.
Young Willie, with clean, freckled
face ana trombone case beneath
his arm, walked In terror of them.
FVankle was their leader; he, with
Hocks Mulligan and Domlnlck and
Fever Jones, would watch for
Willie returning from his music
lesson and when they saw him.
would give chase. Willie played
music, so he was soft: he could be
bullied, or beaten, into handing
over his spare change as "dues
. for a club to which he could never
belong, or would ever want to
join. And Willie wasn't the only
one. ...
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Frankte's eyes were darkly' brilliant,
and bis handsome boy's face
drove out from beneath his black
The pawnbroker fawned ? b
mop ot hair. He wee a leader, and
aoon bad to pay. A mother of one
of thd boya who bad bad hie
pocket* cleaned came to Frankle'a
house, and spoke to hi* sweet,
tired-faced mother, and to
Frankle'a stepfather, Ed Miller.
8he complained.
"Every week tbe aeme thins!
They take his carfare away. And
your step-eon la the leader, Mr.
Miller. If It don't stop, I'm going
to pollco!
"Don't worry?It won't happen
again. Here's your dime." Miller's
^ oloe wee cold, and brutal.
When the woman had left, he
turned to Frankie>s mother, and
bitterly berated her. With self-pity,
' with no remorse, with the savagery
of one who la far away
from all that Is youth, he cursed
and shouted until the woman could
only turn away.
Then Frankle came In, playing
on his harmonica. A rough hand
tore it from hla mouth. And a
rougher voice rasped In his ear,
and sent him off without supper,
Into the cellar.
In the cellar, Frankle turned
promptly to the business of escaping,
as he had dons many times
before. As he climbed to tne window,
his foot broke through thi
tqp of an old, dusty trunk. He
looked down and saw an old
violin case, which he opened and
found to contain a violin.
Frankle was out of the eeilai
quickly.
The pawnbroker fawned, and
pretended to be genteel, but hit
top price was four dollars. Then
was a new fortune in the treasury
and the hands of Rocks and Dom
thick and Fever ^clutched for it.
Part ta celebration, put in nasi
for even score money, the gam
walked up and eroee town, to i
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DAT. MCPTt M, IW
ChrlKIn* Onqnon, all of UMOkatm.
Mr. and Mrs. John Fisher and
children, Lillian and David and Miss
e? Lydla and Evelyn Ware motored
to Blowing Rock Sunday.
I Mrs. D. F. Moss had as her gueal
: Monday, Rev. jDexter Couch of Hickory.
Mrs. Dave Crawford and daughter
Susy, of Bessemer City visited! Mrs
. Carrie Price Tuesday.
I Mrs. R. E. Ware had as her guests
I Friday Mrs. /Theodore \Randall and
daughter, Shirley of Shelby.
Misst Julia Price spent Sunday via
, iting- friends in Oastonla.
S Miss Eatelie' Dunn who has been
| ill at her home for sometime is lm.
proving rapidly.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Cash an?
children spent the week end visit,
ing relatives at the Dixon community.
And until Thursday week,
I Au Revoir.
' Financial expeits estimate rhat un
cer tainty on the part of investors it
holding hack expenditures of $5,000
000.000 over the next five years by
j uiiiltles for new equipment. Thl?
' 1 ?.'/ lllrl nivn -k. Ltlu n * maJ ? <.
I in uiu nnt Mi'ii ry juw m nuuu
iw?iM?iiS22iSSSLJSS!^??SSt?
preclative. The gang went to Carnegie
Hall, where great music was
played, at top prices.
On the sidewalk there, Franlcle
played the harmonica, Dominlck
danced, and the others chorused
for both. A policeman's appearance
brought the entertainment to
a quick halt. Behind the pillar
that was his hiding place, Frankle
looked down. A pair of tlcn.s,
half out of their envelope, V<id
fallen at bis feet. *
The price on them read "$6.50,"
and he and Dominlck stared,
unbelieving. Frankle tugged at the
aleeve of a passing man.
"Hey, mister?what goes on in
there?''
"Helfeta."
The name meant nothing to
them, so they hawked the tickets,
until they saw the cop. Then
Frankle made a decision. He
handed the tickets to the man at
the door, and the two ragged boys
slipped into the dark and mur- >
muring auditorium. Quickly, be- (
fore they could take In the brilllnwAh
of liiA ' i a? _
MMW HIV MUU1CIIV.V, UIQ U5IIUB
went dim. Then the figure of 1
Jascha HelfeU, genius of the violin,
came upon the stage, and the
applause thundered, and echoed. <
Suddenly. HelfeU was playing... . .
The Soy Frankle changed, became
intent, and quiet. He could
hardly understand why or bow the 1
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music moved him, but it did, and
tears came to hie eyes. He listened,
and watched, and missed no
sound or movement that was made
by the figure on the stage, by
Heifets. The numbers went on. and
the Impatient Domlnlck left?but
Frankle did not move. And when
It was over. Frankle walked in
the darkened night with the sound
of Helfet* and the violin in bis
ten. He lifted the harmonica, and
it* harchness shocked him. Then
he was lost within himself.
Nearer home, Frankis came upon
the pawnshop he had used before,
and he saw hi* violin In It* window.
He needed It, needed it again, ,
and he knew that he must have ?t
again for his own. ...
... ,
The next day, Frankie had tne
violin. 1
The treasury had been despoiled,
with the assent of Dominick, who
pointed out that most of the
money was . Frankte's, anyway. .
Rocks Mulligan did not agree, and
meant it. Frankie was no longer
hie leader.
[ At home, Frankle's mother heard
the strange sounds from her son*
i room; when ebe asked, ffe told
her of the violin and of how ho
i bad found It, and she begged bin*
i to put It away. It was his father**
I and Miller would hate it* presence.
I She told Frankie of how hi* father
had taught him to play the inatrur
ment when he was a email boy,
and of the wonderful night* 1111*4
I with DIQllc.
I Then Miller came. He saw the
t violin, and accused Frankie of
i stealing It. The boy's brain burned.
- When Miller tore the fiddle from
him, smashing It, Frankie lashed
out, and drew Wood.
1 -That's the ttnlshr Miller aboutg
ed. "He's , ring to a reform school!
Tonight I" _
(ft he sssHsusd.)
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"Are You Hurt, Dear?"
"No. I'm Looking to See If The
Washington Sna
(Cont.a from front page) | v/o
[lie threat of war. These have al thi
oo often provided an opening wedge blj
!< r setting up a planned1 economy j nei
v.-laith, cnce instituted, is seldom a- tin
sandcned even with the return o ' th
peaceful times. ! po
Therein lies the most powerful ot mt
reasons why we ought not to yield en
what the psychologists call "wai
psychosis" ? whdeh simply is a so
kuvt of group mental disease by tic
ah Ichr "people believe that our get-[t>
Ping mixed up dn the war Is inevita- pe
t>le. an-l that everything this coun- cf
try does and thinks in the futuri pc
sught to pay homage to that fear. | ?
Neither the administration, nor tn> ]
iustry, nor any group in this country,
is as yet wiling to accept suet
? line of reasoning. It is only too
;lear that acceptance of the premise
hr.l the European war octopus Is
iure to get us can only, no mattei
vhat happens, work to the worst pos
;:ble interest of our own system ol M
epresentative democracy and prl p,
rate enterprise. 8(
The argument against letting our. 8r
elves be victimized! (by "war psych* l,
slsr" is an extremely practical one ??
At the root of It lies the knowledge o<
that there 1s plenty of (work, to he o?
done In this country, dn putting our o<
own house in order an-ll achieving s o<
return to sound prosperity, and! thai o<
uiutue emphasis on legfalatlve or ad- o<
minlstrattve lnnovatdons under guise cr
of necessary emergency measree
tvlt inevitably hobble this work. R
jsaiurauy, notnang tnat stands , in M
the way of providing for national *dc ~
reuse or strengthening the dikes o
otir neutrality ean he countenanced
ror a moment. But our secondl line
t>f defense In war. and our first line
in peace, are our healthy American
ind'ustn'es. These will be best pre:
pared for any event, from "limited
emergencies" Tight up and down the
scale, if the present time lis devoted
to providing them with every possible
encouragement to move ahead.
"Washington thinking these days If
following that tack mere completely
than it has in s ling time. And' many
of those who disagree about everything
else under the sun are no*
hoard chorusing the" cry that indue
try must be strengthened at thii
critical period! in world affairs.
It Is common knowledge to repor
ers that dependence on lindustry and
Its leaders increases In times o
Mi est. This old axiom Is (being pro
it right now in the national capita
where popcrnment departments In
which theorists once held sway are
constantly being reinforced bv pra?
>Vb1 (men of affairs who won their
jpurs In bueAness and possess s
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