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Kings
Business Meeting of i
ijuuieran Church
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Tlits Annual Liualnebb meeting of ,
the Lutheran Congregation will be ]
i-i.i ibis Friday. Jan. 12th, at 7:10
in tbe Parish building. Reports
iiom leaders of the uuxiliarv organ1
.at Ions, the PaatAr and Officers will
be given| Flections will be held to.
Mrs. Francis
Houser Dies
At Age Of 95
Mrs. Frances J. Houser, 95. died
early Monday morning at th?t home
?f her son, Horace Houser, ou Parker
street.
Mrs. Houser had been confined I
to her bed for the peel two weeks,
ft* "ft" {*><"? attributed to t^?e in
ftrmtties of ige.
Mrs. Houser, widow of tho Ute
Henry Houaer. waa before marriage k
Mies lx>wrance, member of s prom >
inent Lincoln County family. Her
father waa for many years. Sheriff
of Lincoln county. She waa the last
member of her immediate family.
Since the death of her husband.
20 years ago. Mrs. Houser has spent
V; most of her time with her son and
' family:
During her residence in Kings
Mountain, she has been a faithful
member of Central Methodist, but
has been pnable to attend services
in recent years.
Funeral services were held Tues
day morning at 11:00 o'clock at
Bethpage Lutheran church in Lincoln
county and interment made in
-the family plot in the church cemetery.
Rev. H. C. Sprinkle, pastor bf
Central Methodist church, was in
charge of the services and was. assisted
bv Rev. A, O. Sargeant, pastor
of the First Baptist church.
Hji ; Palibrearers were the following
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Photo by Horxf Studio, Shelby, N. C.
CHARLES MAUNEY
Kins* Mountain
This young man could be elected
to Congress on hi* expression alone.
Anyone can see that he Is a born
pasnpst;(.eAr and rfhould have no
trouble being right "up there" among
the winners at the finish of
the Baby (Derby. Charles is almost
six years old, has rown eyes, brown
hair, and weighs 48 pounds, and is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl F.
Kings : Mountain, and tlie grandson
at jMr*. F. L. Herman and the . late
Dr. F.' U Herman of Con over, and
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Mauney of Kings
Mountain.
Laughing Arou
With IRVT
A Plea for
By HtVIN
1*1'HE LATE Colonel W. C. P. Bre
tuckv's orators in his generati
- <ef his life, with n certain physician
time the two men had been close fi
they had beamewnrades together
The medical man was large ar
rather loved the Hmelight, tod. He
lag* anally occupying a prominent
[ the meeting broke up, a person ww
the bedside of tome ailing indiridu
i waa not always a genuine one?tk
1 foster the impression that the do*
. lOnoe Colonel Breekearldge wi
I' defense 4m a criminal ease in a w
MatiusUd Jp ofMofof I^M*
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ii luur vacuiivieij on me cnurcu
Council caused by the expiration of
,he term of office of T*r. W. A. Rldnnhour.
Chairman, Mr. Paul MoelUt.
Secretary, and Mr. P. R. SumTbn
Newly elected members of
ihe Council will be insuiled at the
Morning Service 8unday Morning,
Jan. 14th. Tho first meeting of the
Council for the year will be held
Monday Evening Jan. 16. in the Pastor's
Study.
, All confirmed members gre urged
to attend tho business meeting Friday
12th at 7:16.
Christian Education Rally
And Conference
A lour months program of educa- j
tional activities will be launched at
Central'Methodist Church at a rally
on Friday evening at 7:00 o'clock.
Rov. E. M. Jones, District Superintendent,
will speak on "Increasing '
the Church School Enrollment," and 1
will hold the first Quarterly Confer
ence of the year for the local church.
The public is welcome to attend,
and church school workers arei
specially urged to come.
The Firsi
/ANT YOUR BfBY'8 PICTURE MAD
wmm
tmtjr adjoining the county where he
?-apmad interest. On the day, when
he made, the eouitroom was packed
r the feast of eloquence. Colonel
Idreee when a dtliea hurried lit the
mediately in n enee of Hfe and death,
he .eat en a front bench end in e .
re tie way through the Jam toward
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Idee felt annoyance at baring been
rfhU oration, his faeo gar* no hint
Mt tones he edited eat:
, take year tine! Qhe the patient
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Photo by Hond studio, Shelby, N. C.
nell Elizabeth mauney
East King Street
How can anyone become so hap
py In 23 months? It muBt be possible
for that Is the age of Nell Ellz
abeth. the smiling daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Mauney of Kings
Mountain. Perhaps the thought of
winning the beautiful silver loving
cup is the answer. Nell has brown
eyes, brown hair, and is the granddaughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. T,. ,
Rhioehardt of Belmont, and Mr.
and Mrs. D.-C. Mauney of Kings
Mountain. Remember folks, the first
count of coupons will be Saturday
night, January 20.
nd the World
n s. COBB
the Invalid
f S. COBB
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cxennage, moss iamous 01 au rvenon,
had a feud, in the latter years
of the Blue Grass country. At one
riends, political and otherwise. Also
7b. Him ft)
in the Confederate Artny. But the
in Colonel Breckenridges' last race
famous Ashland district, and therestrained.
id handsome and very dignified. He
never missed a large public gatherplace;
but, curiously enough, before
iid come hot-foot to summon him to
iaL Bees rumor had it that the cell tat
the messenger was employed to ,
sor had an enormous practice.
u aetJn* aa chief rnmn?1 far the
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Highest Scouti
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W, K. Mauuey wili receive the
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3.iter Dtrnter uwuru lor uiHiiuguwju i
ud service to boyhood for the year!
1939 and presentation will be made
in Gastonla at the annual meeting j
nd banquet of the Piedmont Council
Boy Scout of America, on next
Tuesday night Jan. 16th. The Silver
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JUDY JENKINS
301 King Street H
Here is Judy* the two years and!
six months old daughter >f Mr. audi
Mrs. B. Floyd Jenkins of Kings?
Mountain. ? Blue eyes, brown hair I
and even at her age she doesn't llkel
Va I?Iaa a# oriulnn liar a'aloht GtllV 1
iiiu moo w* b*' a**0 "*-? ????/
serves to enhance the beauty off
this pretty little lady of whom we J
expect big things when the Babyl
Jlerby comes down the borne stret-j
ch. F. C. Roberts, and Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Jenkins, all of Kings Moun-f
tain are the grandparents. Have ^
you entered your child in the Derby
yet? Why not? ; ' T
Five New Members
Join Lions Club
Five new members were accepted
Into the Kings Mountain Lions Club
at their regular meeting last Thursday
evening at the Mountain View
House. The new members were Rev.
L. B. Hamm. W. M. Oantt, C. F.
Stowe. M. H. Blser. and Haywood E.
Lynch.
C. P. Goforth, Chairman of the
Fyeglass Committee reported that
a total of 31 children had been examined
amd 29 pairs of glasses
bought by the Club gt a cost of
$115.50. One child did not need glass
es after tbe examination and the
c'her child needed to be treated by
a specialist. One of the main lines
of endeavor of the Lions Club la to
aid those wbo bave defective eyesight
Past District Lions Governor Rob
ert Oook of Shelby made the main
address bringing out the highlights
bheit? AeoanIsvm rv# T Jam* Tit.
nuuui uiv v? b?uim?ivm v? aj*vu? w
ternattonal. Mr. Cook ?u Introduced
by Tom Fulton who along with
W. C. Carenjr had charge of the program.
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ICeasra Charles Thomaaaon and
Howard Jackson made announcements
about the next meeting to be
held Jat j?rjr 18th at whM time
Clomaon College , head football
coach. Jeee Neely, will ahow . picture*
of the Cotton Bowl Game, and
talk to the club member* and Invited
guests. Latum will be awarded
to the members at the High
School football team at the meeting.
which ft to be held la the Wo
man's dak MMht
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RftDAY, JAN. 11, 1940.
To Receive
ng Award
\ir award is a national rocognl- ]
lion Kruntfd by the Boy Scojls of
\ipou the tL'conunondatlou
in ti.e local. Boy Scout council, two
lu.Ii uvwird* nr?: allotted .each year
to tho eleven counties of the Piod- j
inniit Council,
fltWriVy "4iuj ?i m
ted lu the work of tho . Piedmont '
Council since 1924 and hat) nerved
the local community and tho countil
In various leadership capacities.
Me ?s fiow chairman of the Kings
Mountain district which leads the
eleveu counties in the number of
Scout troops on a population basis,
and is chairman of the council com
mittee on organization and extension.
. Mr. Mauney is the second Kings
Mountain Scouter to be honored by
iccelving this high award. Mr. Carl
Davidson, Scoutmaster of the Presbyterian
was presented the Silver
Beaver award for 1937.
The Herald congratulates Mr.
Mauney on receiving this outstanding
honor from the Boy Scouts of
America.
Westminister's Abbey's Poets cor
nfir r-nnt.'iinc a huot nf T nn?rfollnw
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and tablets" to Lowell and Walter
Hinea Page. , j
3aby Derby D
\LD WITH OUT COST, THEN ENTEf
Photo by Hord Studio, Shelby, N. C.
ROBERT EUGENE NEI8LER
Kings Mountain
The Baby Derby Editor claims
that, the moat beautiful children of
Cleveland County are entered in the
Baby Derby and Robert helps us
prove that point. Robert Eugene la
the three-years and five months old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Nelster of
Kings Mountain, and the gvandson
of Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Miller of
Cheater, Va? and Mrs. C. E. Neisler
of Kings Mountain. lie has blue
eyes, red hair and weighs 30 pounds
Remember, there is a $10 special
prize for the moat coupons by January
20. i
Babies Undei
Eligible For4
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Humorous Story
By WILL ROGERS
T GUESS they still use switches
on the school kids in some parts
of the world. I've read something
like that now and then, although
I'd supposed theyM stopped licking
kids at school a long time ago.
Anyhow, I heard about a boy
that wasn't very good In school, fis
came bom* terrible wand on*
nlfht and told Ui aotbw ko didn't
nut to jo bock to oebool oaf mot*.
Wbon tho author aajted Kim what
' waa op, Ko ian. "WoB, 1 dent
mind gattfej alappod or whipped
by the principal onoa la a am
. But Sere waa a conple of wottcaeaa
otw at the achoeft when I eaaie
home topirht, and I heard one of
tham 4*11 tha 4V a f fVaap mi
onhntlk put ia mn webfo Mitah
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On account of the bad weather
he regular P. T. A. meeting tor the f
tenth of January which was Bohetlu I
led for last Tuesday night was call
d ..-Y, president t'hai les Thomas* i
.in. announced that the next meet , *
y',11. he the second Tuesday in
February, and he would like to havo
i ...-> litu.iy present to make up t
or the meeting that was missed,.
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fcocal 'Robberies?"
Mayor Pro-Tern Tom i'ultuu aud v
^hief ui Police Jimmy Bums re- . .
^ueii 10 Kings Mountaiu last i
.ught from Warrenion, N. C., where
.hey went to return Charlie Watkins t
..cgro, who confessed three ot the ,
local robberies coinmitteed before ,
Christmas. The negro is lodged in {
the Kings Mountain jail awaiting
trial, which will be held Friday in
ohelby.
The negro was arrested in War
ten County for burglaries similar to.
the one in Kings Mountain. His |
finger prints were identical to those t
taken, at the request of the local
police department from the window
sill of the Horry Page home on
Mountain street .which was entered
I ctcun;. j
The negro confessed that he en- i
tered and described how he did It i
and what he stol? from each of the |
three houses here. .At the J. L. Mc
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I HIM OR -IER AT ONCE AT THE
lMiuto by Hord St'/Jlo, Sheiby, N. C._ ]
MARY ANN BEAM
202 Goforth
Iatroducing a real contender for
championship In the Baby Derby In
the person of Mary, the 13 months I
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben ,
F. Beam of Kings Mountain, and '
the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. '
E. E. Beam, Bessemer City. She 1
has blue eyes, brown hair and <
weighs 25 pounds, and if her many
supporters are any criterion, she *
should have a very envious position 1
on the first Honor Roll. There are 1
30 cash prizes to be awarded at the 1
conclusion of the ? Baby Derby Mar- '
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$500 In Prize* To Be Awarded In 1
The Herald's "Baby Derby."
CONTEST NOW IN PROGRESS
ENTER YOUR BABY TODAY 1
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10 Special Prize Offered For The '
Moat Coupons Reported Jan. 20.
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Your Child Can Lend Much Interest '
To Unique Contest By Becoming
Entrant
Several New Merchants Welcomed
To The Contest Will Be Found In
The Baby Derby Pages.
Many people "who read last week's '
announcement of the Bstby Derby
are still in dbubt as to what it's all
abont For that reason we will give
a brief account of this most interest
!ng project.
The Bbby Derby is a competition
for babies under seven yearn . old,
Itvtng la Cleveland or adjoining
counties More than 1500 In cash
prises will be adanded to the winners.
The first prise Is $200 and.. a
beautiful aeiver loving cnp.
The winners will be the babies
who have the most "miles" to their
credit when the Derby ptoses on
March 1 Naturally, the babies do
nothing themselves toward winning
the prises, eaeept bn their own beau
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Holders
le-Eiect Officers
)f Bank
**lhc stoHihAlders of the First Naionul
Hank. at their auuual meetti#-.'.
Tuesday afternoon In the di
cfctpi's room of the bank re-elected
I) officers and directors. The offtera
re-elected wero Jj. M. Baker,
'resident, H. L. Mauney, Vice- Pr?t
lord. Assistant Sashler.
The lMrectors were: I). M. Baker,
.. A. Bridges. W. K. Mauney, B. L.
iiaui,ey( l?. M Neisler. F. It. Summers
anil M. A. Ware.
the stockholders were well plea*
d with the report of the husineaa
or the past year and were very op
huistic for the outlook of business
onditions for 1940.
At the conclusion of the' meeting
'ri shlent D. M. Baker "set-up" ' all
>resent to 10c cigars and 10c drinks.
Men's Club Meets
1'nis Evening
The first meeting of the New
Vear of the Men'sc Club will be
teld this evening In the Woman's
"lob Building at 6:30. The program
committee for the evening Is cornrosed
of Glee Bridges, Hunter Nels
ler and Haywood E. Lynch.
All members are Invited to be
present. ,
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JIMMIE ROBINSON
607 W. Mountain
Jiuimie has assumed a spectator's
lose in this picture, but- be is a long
f/ay from being one in the famous
iaby Derby. We feel thut be is
.ruuuu iu ue -way up mere" on the
Hbnor Roll when his friends atart
lepositlng their coupons for bhn.
limmle Is three years o\fi, has blue
;yB, blonde hair and weighs 42
pounds, and Is the son of Mr. and
VI rp. E. C. Robinson of Kings Moun
ain, and the grandson of J. B. 8hlmr,
Columbia, S. C., and Mrs. J. T.
toblnson of Kings Mountain.
dpwuons Expressed in This Column
Are Not Necessarily the Views of
This Newspaper.)
Who Owtens Who and How Much
Is the thfufte of a little game being
played between the WTHte House
and Caultol Hill.
It Is a friendly game. No one will
get shot over a division of the stall*
es. Both sides 1mow the rules Drett*
well for a game of this kind !s play
ed every year when It becomes necessary
to may out & new budget
for the federal government.
The only winner in the game to
date the Farmer. He already has >/
the nfoney ?and probably has spent if
ft. I ?.
Now the Whito House is trying to
move its chess men over the fiscal
chjscker board to show that Congress
gave this money to the farmer
and make no plans for repaying
the Treasury. a
Congress has Issued no offelal
statement. But ft is known that
some members of Congrsee felt that
the farmer was entitled to his share
of the federal money lost the seme
as the city reliefers.
Boiled down the situation Is this:
The federal debt fa 941.S bllllona. '
Under present tear MB billions W
the max fin ?m the - federal government
can harrow.
Federal speeding exoeeds federal
Income by sash **opottfc? that
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