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? ' Wilth Laktl On V*ur P?p?r And'.':.;! Oortt L?t Your Subscription , Expire I VOL. 29 NO. 41 State And Na Condensed In ?National New*? - Indianapolis, Nov. 14.?Baby Bunt tag contrary to the old cradle song 1 tagged along when daddy went rab- i Mt hnuiiUg!*- ( Someone phoned Sheriff A1 Preeti ? ' ey to report a hunter had his four i year old son with him dressed in a i *Wte suit. 'Duplies warned the man other hunters might shoot the child by mlstskc. He took the boy i home. 1 r ij.r in-r mm mm i in ? m m m mm Kmw VnrV Nnv 1??Th? IT O I - 1 , bor Department intervened today ?j ' toy union rcqueat ? in an eleven' 1 day old strike by 5.000 long-shore- J I men that has tied up coastal ship ping in and ont of Set, York harbor . i i Washington, Nov. 14.?The wagehour _ administration tackled today ! the Job of fixing. V1- a ?'n8l? order[ 1 mimhnurn pay for 650,000 workers In 13,500 establishments of the ap- ' parel industry. i Pottsvllle. Pa., Nov. 14.?A mild mannered, 32 year old junk yard worker sat quietly in a Jail cell to-' day awaiting hearing on charges of, aayingl his two small children in a fit of despondency. -. Slashed with a razor and beaten with fl hammer phOHron ycpterday. Their mother, who ran screaming from their modest homo in-nearby Port Carbon Friday night,' lay in a critical condition from m fractured skull. Washington. Nov. 14.?Although Congress likes to wind up Us work early in a Presidential election year a dozen time consuming issues wil confront the legislators in January.1 Heading the lie will be a record ^ defense program and a probable dhowdown on the Administration's reciprocal trade agreements. _ Washington, Nov. 14.?Edward J. Noble, Undersecretary of Commerce: advocated today a campaign to atlm I utete tourist travel to Latin America as a means of creating some new **ofk for ghlv^ dttvdrbed (from Eitrope. j White Plains, N. T? Nor. 14.?A Tear ago a- farmer found a shivering tittle animal he thought was a rabbit and presented It to Mrs. P. O. Pratt Rye, N. T. Today the "rabbit" Wore a Mm ribbon won at the eighth annual Westchester Cat Show. It had grown Into n price-win nint female ma ax cat. Chicago, Nov. 14.?Despite the double blow dealt the 1939 Thanks* giving turkey ? two feast dates in one. year ? the nation may pay a slightly lower price for the delicacy than it did a year ago, market conditions indicated today. Harrlsbnrg, Pa., " Nov. 14.?navld L. Lawrence, chairman of the Democratic Party in Pennsylvania, was summoned to trial to day on a charge of blackmail stemming from the daya when a split in the party ranks precipitated a Orauu .. * Juryl nveetlgatton. 1 ' ' * . - ?. Laughing Arou With IRVI In Favor of t By IRVIN M TyTEAR Durham, North Carolina, time Southerner. His body-ser war and the two of them scarcely 1 for more than a week at a time. V W Civil War the B??ro, had ceae~alc After freedom came, the aaaoeiatioa In the latter year* of Ma Ufl spiritualism. One uy as Jaha, the I ,3m man approached him end said: "Jofca, I've jrat a proposition getting old and feeble. I am mk a J aitmeEmllt I *> ^ auvut w ux? nvrearar. uiftM I |? - wtd ma, ilmi, ink, > a fn* V ? . daf-tima. ^ m ; ' Kings ^ ' -I " '* ' " ' i* 1 t! 1 monai news Brief Form ?State New*? Concord, Nov. 14.?Mrs. Julius fisher, prominent Concord voman. a as inatantb' killed about 7 o'clock his morning in- an automobile acctienl near Koanokc Vu., according o a message reaching here this Homing. Cnffney. 8. C . Nov. 14.?Two wo men are being held in county Jail ;?erc for questioning in connection A-itli'an Investigation into the death ft ' rear old painter of this city, who tied at the hospital here lo?t week under circumstances that led to a [>ollee probe. North Wilkeaboro. Nov. 14.-Offt ers sought today to solve the mvs f rlouH slaying of Sanford Maurice lliirchetfe. 63. who was shot and killed In his home Saturday night as he was undressing to retire. Burcbette was shot through a win dow. The shotgun load went through the .window screen,. glass and curtains. Burcbette sold household article In rural communities. Spartanburg. S. C.. Nov. 13.? An automobile collision on the Spartan burg-linion highway, eight miles south of here, resulted in death to three persons and serious injury to three others yesterday." Ualeigh. Nov. 14.?Officials of the North Carolina Society of Sons of lie American Revolution wondered today if Noah Brock. 103 year old nn tlvc of Davie county who now lives iri Darlington. Ind.. is not probably the only living grandson of?a veteran of the Revolutionary war. Brock applied by letter last week for membership in khe North Carolina society. He said he was born in 1836 and served during the Confederate war as a lieutenant In com pany B, 10th regiment of "Virginia calvary'. He said his grandfather, Nathaniel Brock of Davis fought In the revolution and died January 28, 1816. .i Ml ++ * Chrtrlotte, Nov. 13.?iThree men were held' here tiday on charges of blowing safes in the Gary bottliug company and Canada Dry bottling company plants here. Only a small amount of cash was taken in the rob beries. ; Mule Runs Away Wednesday ______ I. , For the first time in many years a mule ran away on the streets of Kings Mountain Wednesday morning. The mule was standing hitched to a two-horse wagon while the other one .was being shod at the black smith shop at the rear of the Town Hall, when all of a sudden the animal (became frightened, and started running towards Piedmont avenue,,, between the old Presbyterian Church and the Town Hall, then down| Piedmont to Mountain street where Pat Tlgnor turned the raun-away In to the curb. The mule belongod to John Orr of near Bessemer City and waa driven by a colored man. Considerable excltedent was ere ated but no damage was done Glitter to the mule or the wagon. - - - i nd the World n s. cobb he Sunshine S. COBB . there formerly lived a typical oldrant had been hia alave before the tad been separated in all their lives |Then the young master went to the JM *c, too, H kfa perooaal attendant. ."SS^r ln^,ud b Mffro, ?M chopptof mod tbo wkltk to make to you. Both of ue are maty and you moot bo aosnowhoTO ad neither of us will lire vary much su.w^?T5!rrJ{ in* you do, TO do the same thin* Jofch. Til do Jost what you sea." Up Dare," ho added, "fen's jost W *f you data come back is tswk MO he she* dat you come in do KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C. i If ' .i V Kings Mountain Has Wall Organized Adult FHlimiiAnnl Prnirram The prom-am of Adult Kducation j is well planned to meet the need* and interests cf the Individual as is shown by- the work, which is being done tn Cleveland county. At tho last census 193d, there were 1324 illiterates who could not read nor write. Today 675 of that number have been tuught the fundamentals of primary' education. Of this number in Kings Mountain. '375 have been given the opportunity of sharing knowledge ? hence tcday Kings Mountain is - practically 98 percent literate. A number of Instances could be cfunl' sliL'Ting tlie ^niurtccT" liTterestT ,. 1 . t, ^ a it t -?J - *?-? iu i uv ?uuu(i sua me uiu ui ,ini? wcrk. througfi these schools they pre able to live a fuller aud more broadened life. The following human interest stories will reveal iheir gratitude and appreciation: A lady, age 68, who did not^ know, her name in print la now able to write a very creditable letter and read the reply. She said ito her tea* eher, "no amount of money, could buy this slip in Education given me by you.' Another is that of a young man who wanted to learn to read hla Bible. After three months as a student of the Adult School re la able to i-cad his Bible and has an unusual conception of what he has read and is able to explain It. The different phases of Adult Edu ration are: Literary, General Adult Education, Parent Education, Leisure Time Activities aud Home Mak iug ? in these different phases 624 students are enrolled. Cleveland county has at this time it white and 2 colored teachers. The teachers realize that they must seize every opportunity to discuss social and ecouomic questions with their students and correlate these questions' with the experiences of the group.. The adult education teachers in Kings Mountain ccopeiate one hundred percent with the public school school teachers in the Job of educating. Eatfr week one of the adult1 tetfchers acta as a visiting teacher, going into Dm homes where the school attendance has beep, poor the week before. This visiting teacher endeavors to arouse Interest in school attendance and to clarify any misunderstanding the home may have concerning the school. Since the program has 'been iu operation, the public school- toarhersjjftve no ticed a greater interest in the sclrools and the perv-^ .u of attendance has been raised. The publis schools are very much benefitted (by the program, and it Is felt that a splendid1 Job is being done through; these adult teachers. I I J. E. McLaughen I Passes At Age Of 73 Funeral services for J. E. McLauKhcn, age 73, were held at Central Methodist Church on Sunday afternoon at 2:30. and interment made In Mountain Rest cemetery. Rev. H. C. Spripkle, Jr., the pastor, was in charge of the services, assisted by Rev. P. ,D. Patrick, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Charles Williams sang "Going Home" and a male quartet com posed of Smyre Williams, Carradine Moss, Hal Olive and I. B. Qoforth,1 sang ''In The Sweet Bye and Bye".1 Active pall bearers were E. A ' Smith, Paul Nelsler, Hayne Blackmer, Joe Nelsler, Hunter Neisler and Dr. W. L. Ramseur. Honorary pall bearers were a num ber of former friends and associates; of the deceased. rrlio mnnv hean-tifiil floral dealma bore silent testimony of the sympathy and love for the bereaved faml ?y. Mr. Me f^ughen passed away soon after returning home from a football game Friday afternoon. News of Ms passing was a great shock to relatives and friends. He was a native of Dallas, N. C? and member of a well-known family of Oast on County. . For the pest forty years he has lived in Kings Mountain. Soon after moving here he Joined Centre! Mhyt odist Church of which he wee' , js member st the time of hie death. He was s traveling salesman and was aotlve until the time of his death. urjsp Surviving are his widow, who was before marriage Miss Rose Indwell of Greensboro; two daughters, Mrs. J. D. Smith of Kings Mountain, sad .M*a^DoPre Hlgh^of AshevlUe^ Alfo I 3a OM gr?u'tn*:~K' ' * c*H' 'K \ . V tain H THURSDAY, NOV. 1S, 1939 Merchants Onenincf Oi " ' i A HELPING HAI iaii . . J -. ,. l?i ? . ^i-li.lfi'iW"1 ra f^K r>vf ? ' ^v^MBfl ?-w J? i * AmipeM R*d Croas Roll Lions Club 1 Local jFiremei BAPTIST TO BUILD NEW PARSONAGE u The congregation of the rival Bap t tisi Church voted last Sunday morn1 j :ng to erect a new parsonage on the s King lot on Gaeton street. The new] lo; is at the rear of the present site t of the parsonage. A modern home Is s to be built Including heat. It Is un- t dcrstocd that the construction will ^ begin very soon. The house is to be f_ of brick veneer construction. j The house and lot at the corner 8 of King and Gaston streets, former-' 1 i ly the parsonage has been sold to1 ! Mr. Byron Keeter. 1 i 1 OYSTER SUPPER 8ATUROAY t > ? ? .? Circle No. 2 ot Central Methodist t 1 Church will serve an oyster supper t . Saturday evening, Nov. 18th in the C ! basement of the Church. The delicl- s i ou? supper will be only Zee nrct tnej i public is invited. The meal, will he | Served from 5:30 to 8:30. \ ] I Will Rogers' Humorous Story ? ? ..I By WILL ROGERS IT'S funny how people want to * know all about a guy that they're going to give a dime to. Just aa aoon as somebody asks you for enough to boy a meal, you want to know whether ho soar misspent a Many and whother he's "deserving. Why, eure, he's deserving, if he's hungry. Well, there arms a tramp some to a honoo and Aokod If ha could hovol eff fls first WW fall, since It wasn't vary heavy. The lady -I got to aokyoa this," oho oays. -Do?m Uqoor at all?"Now, Mjra tho tramp, -1 got to know oomatKlaf Mtrt I eaa jroa. Am I to undontaM . that thtojo a iathattoa. or jo* , erald : T To Have ( * ' " n Decemb< . .. ? . . ?????????-. . ?D FOR ALL | j ; 1 < V Vl v'/ . t v 1 * mLt -JA L _ p / *? > - . h' ^ / 'Jrj ' ^!^^>.;;|f H Cull rotttp for 1999. fo Fete 1 " ' MWJ>* 'Members of Kings Mouutaiu's Vol 'uteer Fire Department win be ;uertts of the Local Lions Club at heir regular meeting at the Moun-, aln View House thus evening at even o'clock. Chairman of the Program Mommlt ee, C. F. Thomasson. anniunced hat 20 firemen are expected to atrntl the dinner tomorrow evening, rhla la the, first time that any organization has feted the Volunteer Bremen of Kings Mountain for the tervlce which they reuder. practical y without cost, to the town. In a statement to the Herald. Mr. ("homasson said: "Not since the| sea of the Fire Department began he work of making Kings Mountain i safe place in which to liv? have hey ever been publicly thanked for he things they do. We. of the Lions Hub wish to take this cportunity to I diow them that we do appreciate heir work," Firemen of Kings Mountain are ilways ready at a moment's notice, o drop whatever they are doing >.nd' .answer any call. For their ser. rices they receive a small amount or each fire call they answer. The present system was organized in nay, 1931. with Grady King as Fire 'hlef. Since 1931 two trucks have been idded to the equipment. ThN brings Kings Mountain's force of equipnent to a standard adequate for the protection of the town. Mr. . King itlll serves as chief of the fire department. Calls are answered Immediately, with the voliftvteer firemen working as smoothly as professional firemen to extinguish fires. Drills in fire fighting technique are Sold to assure greater efficiency on the part of the men. gCOUT COURT OF HONOR The regular meeting of the Scout Court of Honor will be held in the Court room of the City Hall at 7:10 this evening. Scout troops are urged to attend In a body, as this is an Important meetingScouts Mb Oofortb, Jr., and Oeo ?*?! ? Aa411 aaaaJwa fhnll usiumurc, ?if.. pin Bo?le Bil|M at thl? Court of Hon or,, with their mother* recetvini rtfw Tlnlature Steele H*d?4? ? ' ,.> 4* . ' ? V --. , ,,? : ?? _ Read The Herald A?d r ? .. ii Buy At Horn* , I FIVE CENT8 PER COPY Christmas er 1st Members of the Kings M ;'iintala Merchauts' Association vo: U at heir meetiug Monday night ?u the I'owu Hall to have their 'Christmas ipeniug Friday night, Dccemoer 1st. L'ommiltce* Were* nnnhintMt ?<? . - ?- -- ? ? ?f ?.vw- ?*? Mit?nv irrangemeuts for a most elaborate xcusiou inaugurating the beginning >t the 'Christmas season.Santo- . / ' ' L'laus ha? been extended a cordial Invitation to be present, gifts will be on hand for alt the children and the "* rd on. More definite information as to the opeuing will "l?? published as soon us the plans areknown. . * : ' />e\i . V ; '. ; Members voted their approval to Inviting the Shelby Hand to Kings Mountain opening and in turn the local hand wQuld go to the Shelby opening. Kings .Mountain wilt observe "old Thanksgiving as the holiday and atfc members agreed to close their wtor- ' , ei November 30th It was also dec id t-d to close Monday, December 35th, for Christmas. A committee was appointed to 'con. tact the civic clubs of Kings Mountain for cash prizes to be awarded the winners of the best decorated homes and stores. Another committee wast appointed to solicit . funds for additional Christmas street light decorations- to makb Kings. Mountain one of the most .beautifully decorated towns for the Yulelide. Members voted to have, Mrs." Geo. Moss. Secretary, commissioned a Notary Public so that members may have her notorize papers without cost. President J. it. Keeter presided during the meeting which was largo Jy attended, and every member pres cut was enthusiastic about the outlook for holiday business. Several members were heard to remark that it was one of the best meetings they had ever attended. Rev. H. C. Sprinkle Preaches At Armistice Service r ' Rev. If. C. Sprinkle, Jr., recently appointed pastor of Central Methodist Church, tcld a capacity congro guuuu ni me nr* rresDyrenan Chtinch Sunday night, that ' Them v;ill never he a war that will en* wars." The occasion for the sermon was the annual Armistice sermon, which is a feature in the churches of King?, Mountain. Itev. Ccy* Hunter, member of thn Otis p. Greene Pcstof the American Lesion, ?n the opening prayer, after which Rev. A, G. Sargeant, pastor if the First Baptist Ohurch, read a list, of names of Cleveland county men who died in the World War. and alfst of thoste who served in the war and have died slncn then. Rev. P. D. Patrick, pastor of First Presbyterian, presided at thn service; with special musdc fnrntahctl , by the Church Choir. Kigheen I.egionairres, occupying special seats and1 the Legion Auxiliary seated opposite the Legionheard Rev. Sprinkle point out four items which make for maintenance I of Peace, namely Liberty, (education [ for Peace. Respect for Law, and j Loyalty to Christ. ^^napfhct4 by James Preston (Opinions Expressed in This Column Are Not Necessarily th? Views of This Newspaper.) For hard and realistic descriptions of what something really means. Us usually a good idea to (O to the dictionary or encyolopedht. The deflnltiona qonlafwed therein may not be very poetic, bat they give a real picture of the hard facta Here's the definition of war cos. tatned in the encyclopedia: "The act of war consists In the destruction of men'a bodies and the work of their hands.' Mere and more, as reports from all over the world come pontine into Washington^ exports are betas made to realise the destructive effect of war. either directly or tndl rortiv (a the "work of men's heads* ?to the Industry and enterprise i that In time of peace are devoted to making the material life of people happier and more comfortable. The Mrst dbee ration . naturally l made by economists on this subject (Cont'd on back pace) inrtiififl^r^ 1 - li^T-rr-- 'TfilUM