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Wetoh Label On Your Paper AiMi Don't Let Yeur Subscription Expire I VOL. 26 NO. 7 . | State And N; Condensed In ?State New*? I Warrenton, b'eb. 20.? A negro | tcvui ai manson, near nero wincn bkrwn from its foundation in a se w vcie windstorm Wednesday night,: is toeing rebuilt. Mocksvllle, Feb. 21.?An eighteen months' old Infant, John Henry i Krye. was fatally burued here Satut I . day when fire destroyed the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. ii. H. i BswaJfiSiiit.m> ?or.aasauniiLi noTinns J Chapel Hill., Feb. 20.?Leaders of 12 Baptist associations in this section held a conference here today. < Imnn, Feb. 20.?Fifteen extra po- < licemen were on duty here jester-;i I day as a precaution after the killing , of Policeman Martin Underwood a J week ago. 11 Mayor Herbert B. Taylors said he was confident that "we have ev- j erything in hand." He said there t had- been "reports of right much dis \ i turbance among parties rfiknown." j i The mayor said the city would ' ( not tolerate Che molestation of any , fcc. citizen, regardless of solor. El Underwood was killed in a negro 1 cafe. Three negroes are being held | ,-without bond In Lllllngton, the coun j | ty seat, and six others are'being de p tained as material witnesses. Gaffney. S. C., Feb. 20.?His throat'j: ^ ripped open, apparently with a hea yy knife, the body of Abraham Lack key. 60, negro farm hand, was found W about l.a. m. Sunday on a bridge across Thickety creek on the Gaffney-Unlon highway. Sheriff R. B. Bryant, who with Coroner W. P. k Batchelor conducted an investlga-! tier, in the case today, said the ne-! ^ gre was evidently slashed to death j a frw minutes before he was found, j I ? ?: j Ashevllle. Felf. 20.?Visitors tour Iing the highlands of Western North ' Carolina this summer will be given' an Opportunity to motor to the summit of Mount Mitchell (6.681 Teet elevation), highest peak in eas tern America,'" over a fre public l, road which will be opened to travel early in the summer. It was ?an^. . nonnced here by H. B. Bosworth, su pervisor of the Pisgah national forest. With the opening of the free road over the parkway section it is anticipated that travel to Mt. Mitchell this season will be increased tir waantf tViAilaOrvfla WJ JUVkfi J l"V?u nuuvin, ' Charlotte, Feb. 20.?A state-wide meeting of the Patriotic Order Sons of America will be held here March 2. Officials said about BOO persons were expected to attend from the 66 lodges in the state. fan ford. Feb. 20.?Robert C Brad hurst, 34, of Bronson, Mich., died in a local hospital Sunday morning as a result of Internal injuries sustained Thursday night when he lost con trol of his automobile while driving alone. Raleigh. Feb. 19.?Mrs. Mary Lee Tfearnddn, BO, was found shot to death yegterday in a small tog barn near her home In the western part of Wake Oounty. Coroner Roy M. Banks said be was holding her sonin-law. Gs Wood row Cotton. for questioning in the case. Brevard. Feb. 20.?The body of Willis Bnloe, 40. of Brevard, was found yesterday in ^ils taxicab, r which had run. Inin t illtoh ataltod. "! I Laughing Aroui With IRVTP The Curious V By IRVIN A COWPUNCHER named Russell about beef cattle and about horf ways and habits of sheep had been bO+ ^ out on the range with a flo^k of woe in* returnee to neauquarters to rrpte boaa mot Mm at the ranch-house. "Wall, Charlie " he asked, "how "Oh, aO right/' said Russell, "fhthfltd with your new Job, e> "Igaees so," said Russell. "But Mgthere'a one thing youH has | to get me another m (AwwiMia Dm i Kings ational News i Brief Form ?{National News? I Jacksonville, Fla.. Feb. 20.?A 90 mile riuc In a police patrol car help rd Mrs. Franklin J). Roosevelt keep up with her program of speaking engagement- yesterday when she ..us faced with delay in her tegular mode of transportation. Four Floriday highway patrolmen cntne to the First lady's rescue and took her from Jacksonville to Day ton a Beach after leadning that her train would Washington, Feb. 20.?Jesse Jones federal loan administrator, expressed wlllinuness todnv to erant nditl. tleiial credit to Finland -as long aa <he was 'still righting with a chance 10 win." isavage. Mr., Feb. 20.?One woman was killed and * nine persona wore injured today when a gas leak tnd explosion wrecked a home which was then destroyed by fire. (Mrs. Thomas Ridgeway, 68. died and her daughter. Catherine was jvercome by a gas leak detected by mother daughter. Bethel. Ohio. Feb. 20.?Dr. William Eberle Thompson! - known as the nation's Eldest practicing physician. died today. He would have been 105 years old July 6. Born and reared in this village SO miles east of Cincinnati, Dr. Thompson resided here all his life, content in the. simple but arduous role of country doctor. He had been in ill. Health In recent " years but continued to prescribe for such patients who called at his modest white painted cottage. Mustang, Okla., Feb. 20.?Farmer Fred Spltler Is host to 40 unexpected guests. They are snowbound tuor lets. "I guess l ran get along okay." he telephoned the highway patrol. 1 have got 90 dozen eggs, a yard full of chickens and a smokehouse full of hog meat." At El Reno 70 motorists crowded Into the two-room lodge of a doctor Meat "and dairy thick drfvets among them broke out their wares for a feast. After 18 hours the highway there was cleared. Laurens, S. C.. Feb. 20.?The Laurens Electric Co-operative. Inc.. will hold Its first annual meeting here tonight. The co-operative has builll75miles of lines to serve al>out 900 customers in Creenville, Laurens, Newberry and Spartanburg counties. An additional 75 miles, designed to ser ve .700 customers, will be opened soon. Petoskey, Mich., Feb. 20.?Guided by the incoherent tale of a badly frightened and frostbitten runaway boy Indian guides with a dog team found the' frozen body of David Derernay, Jr.. 13, in an isolated area near Sturgeon Bay. Donald Douglas. also thirteen, stumbled into an Indian's cabin near the bay at daybreak yesterday and told of leaving bis chum exhausted In tbe snow. Searchers set out immediately, battling ths drifts in sledges and on foot, but reached tbe boy too late to lend assistance. Lubock. Texas. Feb. 20.?Clear at-ljw, >a.u. * A. . - ? ?n?wj ?uu nfiug luiuyei^iurei today brought relief to the snowbound south plains. The cold was blamed for seven deaths. Bodies of two men, victims of exposure vtfeve found near Lubock. id the World * S. COBB 7 ays of Sheep S. COBB knew all about there was to know tes but his education regarding the neglected. All the same, he went .ly baa-baas. Ten days passed, and mish his supply of provisions. The goes ItT" i?" pressed the employer. if you went me to keep on working: e to do." lot of sheep. Thst first bunch bus hMm IM.) tjm '-.J i... . y ' ,! Moun KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C. Th |;: '/ . ; V '* i " < % *,*! COOKING SCHOOL NtXT <WEEK AT CLUB BUILDING . I Avlcxt Monday and Tuesday are the' l/g days. Women of Kings Mountain \ | And vicinity are invited to attend the j /junior Woman's Club-Spry Cooking ( School, which will be held at the Wo I 1 man's Club Building on Mountatiy Kfegilrt " Miss Ada Williams, experfnome- < ' maker, of the Spry staff will conduct the classes. explaining new, > I ( more economic means of cooking. Cost of admission to the school i will be ten cents, and the proceeds will go, as all Junior Woman's C'ub | campaigns, to local charity. Free i ' gifts wtll be awarded. I There Is the chance for all women < osl!?d>S-sta ! the moot modern ways of keeping the kitchen what the kitchen should and making the budget go farther. It ' *?"i ?<?v wv.aii wppwi tunnj lU vnvw your support to the Woman'* Club in the work which it ia doing. ! Dixie Clippers Hit Town Tonight I A mediocre Saturday night gathering of basket fanatics yelled vainly for competition as the I?ocal I Ulcus Club, boasting a Red Terror 1 which followed in the wake of a gold . en Tornado, completely demoralized and demolished the Gaston Coun l ty first halp champs. Ranlo, here lustr Saturday night. 42 to '22. | So the local club officials. answer to that shout for competition,, ; got busy and found enough to keep j the Jocal fans satisfied for someI time. They went down to Spartanj burg and came back with it written j down on the dotted llue that they I would play the famous Dixie Cltp! pers here this Thursday night. ! That's tonight, and here's a top, I if you want fo see one of the smooj tbest teams in two states in action, j bo in the local gym tonight at eight ! o'clock. The Clippers, boast oue of the; ! -tlongest liut-ups and just about' { .lie greatest array of stars of any ( team south of the Mason-Dlxou. | I'rem the strong Southern Textile ' Conference, they've got Monneyhatn ; who made all-conference in the a| foresttid. Hope. Captain at Citadel, an all-State star, comes next, with i Roi lson, Wofford's coach; Kitchln, an All-Southern of Clemson; and Hodges, Wott'ord star. With this aggregation of stars, the Lions look forward to a fast I i game, and local fans can be assured ) of It. This team defeated the strong j Spindale team, and has come out victors in several tilts with other much stronger teams. Unconfirmed rumor has it that they defeated the Celtics. I ' : I In the upset of the Gnston team hiete last Saturday night. Crisp and Smart were stars, with thirteen and a do-en respectively. Stowe was out standing at guard duty. Boy Scout Drive For Fund Now Underway The annual drive to secure funds for the Boys Scout*, of America beban yesterday morning with an early morning breekfaet at the Mountain View Hotel. nr rr u....r~%\. _ i_ * tv* rv. m?uuu/, iw?i v/Ufftirrnaii 01 the Boys Scouts of Amerlcs presided st the meeting. In explaining the purpose of the drive, Mr. Mauney said: "While the people of other nations are raising money for war, we. In Athertca, are trying to raise money to make better sttlzens." The quota of each Boy Scout for one year Is five dollars. Kings Mountain, with one hundred and fifty Scouts, has a budget of $760 to raise. B. S. Nelll, finance chairman In Kings Mountain, distributed pens and supplies to the group of men, between fifty and sixty, who attended. Committees were appointed, and the wooers dlvidr*. iuto groups to canvass for. funds. Declamation And Reading Contests Tonight Thursday night, Feb. 22. at 7:30, tn the high school auditorium will be held the annual Dr. J. O. Hord Declamation and the Pearl Fulton Memorial Reading Contests. A medal will be given .by Mrs. J. G. Hord to the boy delivering tlTe best declamation. Mr. H. T. Fulton. Jr., has provided a medal for the girl presenting the outstanding reading. Contestant* for the events are: Reading: Carolyn Prince, Vivian Prince, and Peggy Morris. Declamations: Harvey laughter. Eugene Mathfs, and I Ben Qoforth, Jr. Musical entertainment will be pro vlded by the mixed double nuartet of the high school Olee Clube. Everyone Is cordially Invited. itain H " V'< .?* ' ? . IUR8DAV, FEB. 22. 1940 Scout Meeting i I Hid Last |, Ibprsday Night p f ibi Th^ annual -meeting and banquet p( of thtt Boy bcouts of America win held .1;fT<-Ji'<le?aa?iay eveuing in the 'V I'afeteria of Central School. wlth/( the Sleii a Club and the Lions CluD sj( of Kwgs Mountain, jointly. rpons/r- j !ng It. A large gathering of l*>y w ReoutA members. of the two clum.. ## and Kouters were on hand to hear w Dr. Vnard. president of Newberry h< safer1*up Dr.|Kinard commended the work 'o' Df Boy Scouts and Scout era highly. Ml He trji the Scouts that being a ah good Scout was l>elng a good Ainer can. and that as long as boys were Scouts, the younger generation will 0* not grow worse. h? Ju Other speakers were Hon. Misttarck Capps, President of the Piedmont Council, and Scout Executive Ri It. M. Schiele. Rev. L. Boyd Hamm if introduced the principal speaker. _ Scout J. C. Bridges, son of Mr. D tnd Mrs. G. A. Bridges, received the * Kagle Scout award from Mr. Capps, g\ who also presented the Mother's I Eagle to Mrs Bridges Investure cer emonles w-ere in the hands of Scou* masters. Wilson. Dettmar and Jackson. and their troops. ar Following the Investure service, in lenderfoot. second class, and first so Class badges were awarded. Merit SI Badges wove awarded by Mr. Schiele an Mr. W. K. Mauney, local Scouter, of was mentioned And pratsed for his work with the Boy Scouts during at the past year, for which he received c-V recently the Sliver Beaver Award, tli highest award which the Piedmont ch Council can bestow upon a Scouter. ce Officers and committees were s|< elected for the coming year. and dh were .announced by J. R. Davis. List of Scouts appearing before 'Cont'd on back' page) II K< Crape Myrtle Honor Roll M On account of the bad weather very little selling has been done on " the Men's Club Crape Myrtle project C ' but the following have signified m their willingness to cooperate. If at any citizen desires to have the beau tlful shrubberjr planted In their ,u yard they are asked to either write ; ( Luther R. McSwaln or call Hay-1 wood E. Lynch at the Herald Office. Mr. McSwaln has charge of selling O and planting the bushes, at a very at special price made possible by the ti< Men's Club. It Is the aim of the in aim of the Club to have the flower- ia ing shrubbery planted in the yards ?i of practically every home in Kings ta Mountain. w Here's the list: m Harold Crawford. ni Howard Puraley. ot Jlolbert Webb. Mrs. Ben Logan. Mrs. Qrler Plonk. 10 Bonnie Mill Club. t * lo E. A. Smith, Jr. M ' M BANK CLOSED TODAY . . to The First National Bank will be at closed all day today in observance vl of George Washington's birthday which is a national holiday. ot ~" vs i ! i r? Will Rogers' $i Humorous Story By WILL ROGERS " ce T DONT have any idea when this as x here reducing fad is going to stop. 0\ It's a shame, the way some of the u women spend all their money try-. , ing to get eo thin that they 11 die the very first time they catch cold. 111 And it used to be that a woman w! didn't have a chance to ret a hushfinf) linHI mna ? ? -I ?1 - ? ?BMW naio UltU ?uu yiunip, Anyway, one woman went to a Pi beauty doctor that waa kind of dumb. ,, "I havo a little problem for you," sho says. "Fact is, my chin has grown a trifle heavy." H The dumb beauty doctor just lis- W tened. M ^ Z IE m - S "Well," ahe west on, "I thought 81 maybe yon could reduce it. Make it a little emaller. Just tike It used tVl to be. It lent bad, of oouree, but it'a too big to suit me. A trifle fat, " in fact." *( "I eaa help you a lot," says the dumb doctor. "Yea, I can flx that n chin up. But 111 reduce all three ef 'em for only a little more money. ? Why net have 'em all fixed up at enooT" n * [erald " r v' ? ' >ig lvuie ire< )erby Closes v rf I <1 RIDGES MAY RUN FOR 3R COMMISSIONER Street talk ha* it that Glee Bridie, prominent bu?ine*s man, it con dering throwing hi* hat into the tg for County Commissioner in the mlng Democratic Primary^ When ked by a Herald representative ednesday afternoon a* to whether TV a??q.|0. r fljgev ?a rd That he had not made i his mind, but that he had had ta of citizens.not only in King* contain and 8helby but also throu out the county to ask him to run. Mr. Bridges is a member of the ngs Mountain School Board. and Ined county-wide publicity when I was foreman of the recent grand ryIrs. A, H. Pollock - - 'asses At Age | if 82 Years Mrs. A. H. Pollock, known tamlllly to her many friends as "granilother' Pallock. passed away at her me on King street early Tuesday, i ie~ was nearlng her 82nd birthday j id death came after a long period j falling health. Fnlieral services , were conducted J iiivvi iuMi>n \ uui vai n\ . l WV I :lock Wednesday afternoon, with j e pastor. Rev. H. C. Sprinkle, in ! larpe. Interment was made n the J metery at riaeksbuvp. S. r. be-; ie the crave of her husband, who pd in 1913. Pallbearers were' she following anasons: Marvin and KObett Morw, of Charlotte; John. David and ' enry Keeco of Florence. S.. C.. and lward Jordan of Pelzer, S. C. Mrs. Pollock was before marriage iss Mary Elizageth Kedwine. \oau- i iter of T. W. and Mary Clark Kedine. prominent citizens of Union runty. For. nearly thirty years she uuc ucr uuiue ill uiacKSDlirg, tj. U. | which place she was living at the ! me of her Irisband's ileat. For | any years site has resided at the I Jnie of her son, T. A. Pollock, In ings Mountain. Mrs. Polio. k was a member of j enual Metuodisi church and was | tiliated with the women's orgauiza oils ol' the church, She was deeply terested in her church but in her ter life on account of her years id physical frailties, it became her sk to serve only by "standing and aiting." She was a gracious, culired christian woman. a devoted lOther, looking well to the ueeds ' her household. Surviving are two sous, T. A. Pol- j ck of Kings M ouutain; J. M. Pol>ck of Porest City; three daughters rs. M. H, Morrow of Charlotte,, rs. J. id.. Reese of Florence, S. C-, id Mrs. Edward Jordan of Charlesn, s. C. Fourteen grand-children, id five great-grandchildren surve. ' fMrs. Pollock is also survived by le sister, Mrs. T. F. Marr of Bretrd, wife of Rev. T. F. Marr. D. D., itlred Methodist minister. 5,500 Damage Claims .re Allowed A total of 15.500 in damages was carded plaintiffs in special proedings launched in superior court i a result of construction of the rerhead bridge at the corner of attleground avenue and King reet. The amount was fixed by roe appraisal Commissioners hh-h met Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Boll Miller Finger and the me Oil company wet? awarded !,5lK> jointly; Mr. and Mrs. J. E. erntlon. $500; Mr. and Mrs. F. R. ummei's and Mr. and Mrs. J. E. " rn rt AAA . *? ? ? ? .t " - ~ 1 emuoii, ?4,tou; mr, <uiu xivs, ueu, T. Mauney, $500. All are King* ountaln property owners. The awards were agairtat the ato highway and public works com isslon and the city of Kings Mouniln. The property owners or the ghway commission and city have le right to appeal to superior court id ask a Jury trial. Kings Mountain months ago gave ie stat highway commission a bond ilievfng the commission of damaa?. The appraisal commissioners, amed some time %go after the proerty owners had filed epecial proved tnga, viewed the property Feblary 8. The commissioners. ware tough Beam, J. A. Latttmore and Lowerjr An?t?11. , 1 afe jjjfc .,* > - -- .;.-w > *.. . - - x-tuv.ki ; .... ', - ; ; ; >., '* _ Read The Herald And m'i Buy At Home X FIVE CENTS PEH COPY Jit In Baby Saturday Interest Picks Ufj, As Candidates Buckle Down For 1 f"~' Vr"""* TO riinun tine ? Help Your Fav* orite With Coupons and Subscrip tions Now. NO CANOIOATE CAN AFFORO TO SLOW UP Richard Hunuictjit won - the $10 this week's Honor Roll. Many other babies gave Richard a real race for tills prize and the top position. The complete Honor Roll which shows a general shake-up is listed in the Raby. Derby page. Th.ere's no special prize offer this week but there Is big mileage at stake. Parents should secure every availablo coupon and subscription by Saturday night ? end of the first period. A. word to the wise is suflicieut, Every day since tile Raby Derby was launched the parents of the various baby entrants have had oue date ringed* on tile calendar ?and that was February 24 ? last day of the* firm n??HnH ? *!??? i.?e? #??.. ,?.wx. vnt >u.ii my till which coupons an ut their highest value. For instance, sirice the' staj-t of the Jjerby. and up to this Saturday night each coupon >s worth a three-mile credit. Next week, that is from February 26 to March 2 inclusive, each coupon counts but two miles each. The last \veek of the Derby, from March 4 to March 3. finds coupons worth but 1 mite each. Now let us take for example a one-year, new or old. subscription to The Herald. Up to Saturday night it counts 180 miles. Next week, the second period, that same subscrip- ' tion counts but 120 miles. while the last week of the Derby finds it worth only on miles. March 3. the. closing day of the Derby. ' is but a little over two weeks away. Each. parent wants to see the honor and glory of victory "ome to their twiby. To those parems we say . that reports made thia week will have a mighty important bearing on your baby's ultimate sua cess in the JDerhy. " One new or renewal five-year sub script ion this week counts 1200 miles. One ten-year this weelc counts .1000 miles plus looO -tonus. Auy group of subscriptions totaling ' $15 reported asy one week earns 1000 mile -bouus. it would tie worth your time to try for a few of"these big subscriptions and go /.coming past the opposition. Remember, that any lead you might have had when the first period is over automatically become? larger the next week innssucli as rompetittou must over come that lead handicapped by smaller mileage on coupons and subscriptions. Candidates, can you' afford to slacken your pace now that the goal is lu sight? Or are you going to put just a little more energy into tha race? Not to do so means that you are courting defeat. Tou can win the prtze you most desire if you show a little greateer activity than any of the others ? Just a little more determination due inc these last few days. Remember, your friends are watching this race, measuring each candidate by her or his activity and earnestness. If yoa can prove to them that you mean business they will help you morn now than ever before. But do not (Cont'd on back page) ES^ESTOM ?4 (Opinions Expressed in This Column Are Not Necessarily the Views of This Newspaper.) Curiosity killed the cat, but giv? eminent apparently thrives on it. uuvernineui a inquisitive tendency Is a familiar matter to farmer* and businessmen who spent a substantial part of their time answering questions. But this year "he pub " lie is going to become conscious of these matters, too, for the census taker will soon be ringing doorbells again. The 1940 census will be the most comprehensive ever undertaken by any government ft Is going to seek a lot of answers that. If they are sensibly interpreted, can bo very helpful. On the other hand, among the 50 questions the America* housewife will answer this time there will be found some to which pretty good answers already exist. On a small scale, then, the avers** citizen Is about to experience a ph* nomen on tbat the man who la trf*. ( eatf* oa JMitortal pace) , - . ' * . \ - v \ .r. -