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The y Kings Mountain Herald Established 1889 Published Every Thursday HERALD PUBLISHING HOUSE, Haywood E. Lynch Editor-Manager, stared aa second class matter a. the Postofflce at Kings Mountain N. C., under tre Act of March S. i87t. : - ' - SUBSCRIPTION HA TBS One Year I1.6U Six Montbc "" A weekly newspaper devoted to the promotion of the general wel tare and published * for the enllgrht ment, entertainment and benefit of the citizens of K'ngs Mountain and Its vlolnlty. ~~ ~ | i ' .^"North Carolina > -\ /mjjS ASSOCIATION;} THE LAND OF "PRETTY SOON" 1 know of n Inud wliere the streets are paved. MeaeeBnwae&UeJMUifaJttilMeisnBbBaiieSaMaMMMM achieve. It la 'walled with the money wo meant to have navel And the pleasures for which we. - grieve. ? * The klfaid wth-ds unspoken, the |u\vir. t?ee broken. And many a coated boon Are ^towod away there in tli ii Ian. somewhere? The land of "Pre.fty aeon.' T.here arc uncut Jewels, of possible fame. Lying abolut in the dKiwt. And many a noble and lofty aim Covered with nip Id and' rust. Ami, oh, thifs place, while it seenTT So near, , Is further away than the mcoth! Jlhough our purpose is fair, yet we never get there? The land of "Pretty Socn." It is further at noon than it is at dl&wn. Further at night 'than' a.t ti-' v.n; Ob! let uk, beware of that la id down there? , The land of "Pretty Soon." ?Unknown. IT'S GOOD BUSINESS Like the Shelby Star says in the' editorial appearing below It is good business on the pavt of town offi-i clnlB to keep the citizens, informed Kings Mountain is very fortunate r having Town Officials headed by Mayor J. B, Thomasson who art very anxious for every taxpayer tc know tiist how his town Is ODerated Mr.yor Thcmasson says: "When wt have a meeting we are discussing the businesses of every citizen o Kings (Mountain, we have nothing tt hide, and appreciate citizens having enough interest in their town to inquire how if is being run." rrhe Shelby edtcrial follows: Sane Financing Here Shell>y and Cleveland ccnnty citizens no doubt swelled with pride when they read recent flnancla statements of these governments' snb-division showing a constant re ducticn in debt and yet a gradua extension of public service and im provements. Cleveland county people are conservative in their habits and they have expected and received sane administration cf public affairs from the hands of their officials. Any waste and extravagance would Immediately call for condemnation ot officials. Here, out public officials as wel as our itax |payeds recognize the fact that a public office is a public trust and that all public acts con. statute Information wh,lch the taxpayers are entitled to know. Secret or. back-stage transaction of publle affaire is not attempted nor would It be tolerated. ' r With all tax notices which the county will socn send out, will be enclosed a full and complete statement of the county' financial affaire. This serves to keep the people fully informed and forestalls any wild and nfnoundej rumors that might get afloat. Our people are interested In the welfare cf our conn-' tv and towns and take e-ren.t nrirte In the san^ and conservative manner in which public affairs are administered. | Other counties mighit well follow the example set by Cleveland in keeping the tax payers informed | That is. the idea Is excellent when( the officials have nothing to hide 01 keep back from the "stock-holders' of the government. ' KINGS MOUNTAIN'S LOSS 18 CHARLOTTE'8 GAIN . . Usually we think of one person or community's loss as another's gain '?and often it Is. But there are stlt' people in this harum-scarum world of ours who can lose happily ? because they know that If the gain overbalances the loan It is worthwhile. This la the ease concerning the departure of Rev. W. M. Boyce from our midst. It is our loan and Obarlcte'a gain. It ia also Reverend Boyoes* gain, and we cannot wish It otherwise without being selfish. During the period of time whldb. Mr/ Boyce haa spent M King* Moun-1 T rr ;-;.v v ; TH1 ????? Here and There . . (By George plnoh-hluing for Haywood E. L#ynch) ? Pinch hitting for the editor is undoubtedly an honor, but its else quite a job. Especially when you're a columnist and have already writ : ten your own column ? used all the| stuff you had in store. - But since Ger.e showed us the scarcity o | apace, we believe that we can fill it.j The Sunday School Rally Day i went over in a big, BIG, way. Down at the Drug a little while ago, John, ny McGill, who Is one of then there A. R. P.'s, told us that maybe we Methodists had the biggest at tendance, but he'd-bet us (tch, tch) that his percentage was bigger j Since we' ran up the figures on It j maybe we had better Keep quite a-; bout it all. But we must had It to the ARPS, because 197 out pf s pot sible 202 is pretty good. (Sudden Thought): What if Jak? Early's batting average had been that good for the season? 11 'umnwg, ' BJUUII presents one of the biggest mysteries to present day science, we be Have. You know what doodling 111 Or do you? Well, it'o thooe funny little thinga you scribble when yot Open Forum An open forum for our readers, but no letter can be published If it exceeds 500 words. No anonymous communications will be accepted. The name of the writer will not be published however. If the author so requests. The opin?ions expressed herein are not necessarily those of the Herald. Kings Mountain, N., C Oct. 3, 1939 Kditor Kings Mountain Herald, Kings Mountain, N. C. .Hear Mr: Lynch: ? May 1 have a small space in youi fine paper. 1 have a grievance want to get off my cheat. 1 was coming d'nn the hlghwa> from town. Between town and thl Ice Plant W. .P. A. workers iwert repairing the roadway. I am In fav'cr of that work and believe some of our finest citizena'are working or such prject*. But today 1 met with outright insults from two of them. The tlagman on this project wat I standing on my side of the read looking the other way. Just as I wat almost even with him he jumped | rut in the road and flagged me. ' put cu the brakes and had to pul 1 t f ha nl hfir ulrlo Af f ho ri 0 avoid liittiug hint. 1 continued my forward motion slowly, pulling tc the right to get off the highway at the law says I must. He walked into the side of the car. If his clothet had caught on the car I migh\ Jtave caused his death. Not a pleasant rhcught. v. When 1 stopped he came to the car' and using abusive tone, asked! If 1 didn't have any brakes?. (If I didj not have good' brakes he wouldn't] | be alive mew.) He said' he was going : to call an officer and did so. No I one came and I told htm U> take my I number as I couldn't stay all day. | I came on down where the overi seer ef the Job was and reportedl his conduct. I got ridiculed for. my I pains.. .. This flagman has jumped in from of other cars and I am wrndering if j there Is some one who can tell him that giving him that job didn't give ' him the highway. jWe would not want Kings Moun. | tain to get a black eye from the traveling public. Yours truly. C. Raymond Sanders. i Fidltor Herald:? Thirty-six yeara ago when I was ' seriously siok with throat trouble ?nd expecting every day to be the I last. 1 wrote a letter to be given to I 1 U _ | .. -? - _?.J_ ? 1 t X - i hi ev CI my inenos H?King inem 10 prepare my body for burial. Those friends were Mrs. Daniel Fulton Mrs Lizzie Falls. and Mrs. I/ee McAlister. It being the Lord's Will, hiive out-lived them all, Mrs. Fulton passing away last week, prompted I me to write this. Mrs. Lee Harmon. I?^ tain literally the entire popnlatlop 01 .he town has come to know and e^ jatcem him, because of the great pan ! he has had in the progress of the town. Whenever we think of man)' i of the acquirements of Kings Mounl tain within the past few years which have contributed ho our prog, ress. we Instinctively link the name of Mr Boyce with them. He has been one of Kings Mountain's meet clvl? minded: citizens. In Charlotte Mr. Boyoe will have a much bigger field In the work ol upbuilding of humanity. Knowing Rev. Boyce as we know him, we feel confident that he will do the things that are expected of h1m in the trig, ger city. Mr. Boyce le qualified In every respect and Is entitled to this step up the ladder of eooceee. So we say, farewell, hut not goodbye to Mr. Boyce because he will live long in the memories of the citizens of the Beet Town In Ihf State. , I KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD are using ar taltpheiw. It'a funny J how many crazy dadgni a person can craata without thinking. Why, thfta discourse! Wall, wa'va juat fln.j iahed something that looks Ilka fi crosa between Gothic Temple mat j ble floor design and a Venetian boatman singing "La Cucaracha." | Now,- if there's any columnist thla r.lde of New York and the 8unda> Mirror office'^tfto could have dona, a batter jcb of gueaslng (boy! how*t that ? "guesting") for Haywood E L., show me to him. Take it away, Gene. 4 What Has Gon* Bkfomj In New York's lough Scut Side, a bog named Frankie grows up; helping his gang collect funds for lAsir treasury by waylaying Willie, the neighbor hood sissy, On his way to II mviio school. With one of his pals, Frankie wanders into a Jascha. Ueifets concert at Carnegie Hall, and becomes so fascinated by the great music that he redeems a violin he has seoretly pawned, and begins practicing at home. When his intolerant step-father destroys the instrument, Frankie inetinetivcly strikes him, and the step father threatens to send him to reform school. Chapter Two But Frankie chose leaving home to being sent to the reform school, ae Miller had wanted. While his step-father was shouting, and making his way to the police, Frankie was out of thfe window, and away. Into the violin case he had stuffed a few of his spare belongings, his shoe-shine box, his harmonica, Then he walkea. Lonely, hungry and listless, the boy walked through the great unfriendliness of the city, snatching for food, shining shoes for tho dime that would buy a frankfurter. And he acquired a dog, a mongrel pup whose lonely eyes I Peter teas in love with A* would not let go, whose geniality was the only friendly thing Frankie had known for a week. When Frankie went into an auto junk yard, to sleep in an old car, the dog followed him, and hie ahiny button eyes stopped the tears in Frankie's own. Frankie called him "Sucker." And Sucker, chasing a cat, led Frankie to the Lawson Music School for Children. Frankie had run into the old brownstone house after the dog, and had turned td leave when he heard the sound of a flute, and saw children with Instruments. Inside, he could see the eld Professor, and the small orchestra, and a lovely little girl, beautifully singing. She smiled at Frankie.... "Sound an A, Joey," be heard the Professor say. A note was struck. "I said an A?" Frankie found himself speaking, impulsively. The sound of hie voice surprised him. "That's not an A?that's a G?" The Professor turned to him. "How'd you know that?" "Excuse me?" Frankie muttered, turning quickly to go. "Guess I bhoulda kept my mouth shut?" "Walt a minute" the old man said. He struck a note. "What's that?" "C" "And this?" "H flat." Then the Professor would not let him go. hut called for his 'daughter, Ann. a lovely young woman with the rich beauty of one who has known children In her eyes. They went through the exercise for hor, and were both ami-zed. Franltlc had a natural ear. He told them of how hla father used to plav "the game" of music notes with him. Tdcy made him a student of the school, knowing he pould not pay, not knowing he was homeless ... After Ann had led Frar.kto back to the classroom, she found Peter McCarthy in the hall. Peter was " . v;. . < THURSDAY, OCT. t, INI Pittsburg, Oct. 8.?Ten ;Mr old Frank Delcaatro wants a squad o. , police "who will protect our right* as American citlsens." He reported to the Detectives' Bu reau that a nine year old fellow student at his school demanded It cents tribute a week from many o the boy* utiler threat of "beating the life' out of them. FYank said hi missed this week's payment ana now I am a little bit-afraid". Deteciives tock his plea under advisement. completely In love with her, blinded by an armful of potted'flowers, and freih out of a job. She four.d out about the Job herself. Peter had been working for the owner of a music store, who was owed money by the Lav/sen School, and who had recently been pressing for payment. She Knew what Peter had done, without his saying it, for sho loved him, too.... _ Willie, whom Frankie and his gang had tormented, who had been made to pay "dues," was one of Mr. Lawsons students." When Frankie saw him, he was petrified. After the session was over, the I children tumbled down the brownstone steps. Sucker was Waiting. So was Willie. Frankie pretended a wry friendliness.-until Willie told htm tho detectives were after him, and suggested cynically that it would , really be too bad If they found him. Despite all of his pathetic objections, Frankie handed over the dime. Here was blackmail, pure and simple. Then Willie bought an ice-cream cone for Betty, who had sung so beautifully and smiled at Frankie. He stared after them, In utter misery. 1 With. Sucker by his side, he I plodded along the darkening streets. Later, the mist turned to rain, and came down heavily. I Frankie saw a policeman, and . dodged back toward the school. Into Its alley-way. He crawled through an open cellar window, i and the sound of steps coming H 111 1 1 m' m, and freak out of o fob. down the stairs sent him huddling? in * corner. Sucker barked. The Professor turned and saw 7r ankle. "Hello?any more back there T" "No?Just me." "Why aren't you home, my boy f Frankte was silent, and the Professor knew. He saw the boy's wet clothes, and without a word removed a soaked coat and sweater, wrapped him in a blanket and pushed him onto a bare cot. "Why did you run away from home ?" "I didn't do anything! My stepfather ? we couldn't get alontr, that's all. Wouldn't even let me || play my harmonica around the house. Kept sayin' It's a waste of time. He was always barkln' at mom ? drlvln' her craay ? " x ou Know?almost the soma thins happened to m??except that I wandered into a music school for rich children. They threw me out." < "Gee, that was cheesy, wasn't It?" "After that, ail my life, I kept dreaming: about a place where kids like me?and you?could so . . without being: thrown out. And now I have it. Isn't that wonderful?" Frankie was getting sleepy, but the old man's eyes were shining:, and he went on. "We're going to have a concert in a month?maybe you'll be in it. Can you imagine the people w,u i they hear .tnc children? They 11 say?those children ere fcrillir.'t! They have genius! We must encourage them! We'll shower then) with money?so that all thasa ni ^rvelous talents won't be lost to the world?" His voice was soft now. "?to a world that's gone so mad?It'a forgetting the t.-?u*y there Is In music?. Yea, thsfs what they'll eoy ..." , Both Franklo and Sucker were < asleep. < ??? ' , ' (To be continued) iiii * v . * *% 1 1 1 ' . 1 . dm*, (aJcii c "Never Says More Than a C "No, I'm Married, Too!" Washington Sr , . (Cont'd from (rent page) left out tot Is the rvdmlni^ fr.it ive planning incidental to national defense and International affairs. Hon Is the Brain Trust planning going u |lbe with the planning of the emergency planners? Is there going to bt a healon collision between the theoree of these two groupB? The correspondents are well aware ot the Eran Trust's brand ol planning, to wit: plowed undei crops, and other methods of "planner scarcity" intended to raise pric EA And the apparent objective oi the other group is to see that the U. S. has abundant materials, ttotb (or home consumption and sale to any and all outsiders who want tc buy, and to fight down increasing prices! Even before It happens, the sideliners are calling It an "unavoidable collision at the intersection of Planning boulevard and Preparednest avenue." ' ?? ? As Congress assembled for lti special session the definitions of ? nnmoa emergency- were many One wag even Interpreted the pres. ent condition as an Improvement He reasoned: "We have had an cmergency since 1933. 'l>ut now we have only a 'limited emergency. That is an improvement,". ' ' * ?? Many at the Capitol have express eri some fear that the turn of European events might tend to bog down Interest in domestic problems. For Instance, some returned to "Washing ton with the belief that the country wcnld lose interest now in theques Hon of amedlng the National Labor Relations Act, and correcting othei one-sided laws too .hurriedly written In previous Congresses. But these with such fears no long or entertain them. They reason now thsit new Interest In these problems will be generated because of their vital connection with the safety 01 our own country. The Investlgatlot ef the National I>abor Relations Board and amendment of the laboi act, for example, now become more Important because Industrial peace will be necessary If any expanded na tlonal defense program Is to be car. rlei out. One factor that has helped change the fear outlook to one of optimism Paint With DUTCH BOY WHITE LEAD Kings Mtn. Mfg. Co. Store I 4- -f- -fr -#t til rft A tit A 1*1 A ?1fc A Jt. A A A A J| A A A A A A T% VVVVTTVVTVVVtT*TT?TTTTT IT'S EASY Pay Bj . A checking account at th 1.?SAFETY for your 1 2.?CONVENIENCE in 5.?RECORDS of transa 4.?RECEIPTS proving 5.?CONTROL of your f These conveniences are checking account here. ! FIRST NATK Member Federal Depot Deposits IrQraret .* ' * . * Couple of Words, Docs He?" . i i . . i ,i . ... ,i ???? * 1_ lapsnots -? Is the new interest being shown Id the work of The House Committee Id vestigatlng un-Amer1<ym activities (the Dies Committee). Persons who at first paid only passing attention io the exposures of that committee are now very much alarmed oves the borings-fiom-wilhin. Henderson. Oct. 3.?The Vance County Grand Jury indicted! Vernon C Roberfci), 25 year old barber on a first legree murder charge yesterday In connection with the slaying of Hunter Cbggsdale, cafe poolroom employee. Roberson'a trial is dooke* , d for this week. WHEN YOU NEED rQuality shoe repairing just phone us, as we call for and deliver. 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