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p Woteh Label On Your Paper An* jf Don't Lot Your SubecriptlON I , Expire I ?. * s Jf. vol. m no. | State And N I Condensed Ii ?State Mew?? I Ureeupboro, Feb. 27.?Delegates K from Lions club in region one, zone 1 I two. district 31-B inet' here today. Roy Bolln of Fayettevllle, district tuitrnw, was ine principal spcager. .through the" medium of lt? slate board of health in cooperation with other important agencies, Is preparing to take an advauced step in the field of nutrition. The human being ? noth the rabbit or the guniea pig ? will receive the benefits. fT'he general committee on nutri- j tlo nmet at the call of fir. Carl V.Keynold*. state health officer, in the new state laboratory of hygiene j building, and discussed plans for the I Improvement of the nutritional stat- j ,ub or the people or North Carolina. A?" a first step, It was determined to launch a stajtewide fact-finding pro . gram, to be carried on through the various agencies represented. after which further steps will be taken. High Point, Feb. 27.?More than 300 women are expected to attend the annual convention of the North | i Carolina soeley. Daughters of the American Revolution tomorrow thru i Thursday. $ " Monroe, Feb. 27.?Approximately ( 1.090 hogs have been vaccinated during the past month' to combat ar epidemic of cholera in Union comity, reports T. M. Ma.vfleld, as- i sistant farm agent. Considerable damage has already been caused in Monroe township, the disease being spread along the Concord highway and iu North Monf roe L . ? Ueaufort, Feb. 27.?Its been a ! hard winter for the wild cattle that | roiiai the outer banks. Earl Simpson: of Ocean City, Md., a seaman a | L board of the U. S. coast guard light- | ship, Orchard, said he saw a herd of cattle eating newspapers that\ ha<i been washed ashore along 'lie. beach. r * Rocky Mount , Feb. 27.?Riynion J. Kelly of Detroit, Mich., national commander, will be the principal speaker at . the annual North Carolina American legion post officers' convention here March 9-11. Uetiween 1.500 and 2,000 delegates are expected to attend. Mrs. C. W. Harris of Bishopvill, S C? national vice president, will epeak at the auxiliary meeting to be held In conjunction with the con ventlon. Raleigh, Feb. 27.?About. 17 feet of the Wright memorial bridge, only "highway connecting link between Roanoke Island and the state, was torn out early today by a drifting barge during a storm. Chief Highway Engineer W. Vance Balse said that three 17 foot pake had been demaged by the barge -which had been moored near by doing work for the Virginia Elev trio and Power Co. Rowland.* Feb. 27.,?A train-auto crasli on Main street here yesterday killed three young women' and- injured two others. I Laughing Arout with irviis Practically No By IRVIN TTHERE once was a cleTk of the hoi a unimif- wav nf Itmnlns a Jinr bottom lines of'the page of the reg account of the principal doings in tb a summary of his own personal react seology was unusual but always it w< A-friend of mine was stopping at on a fishing trip. He fell into the h pages of the register, more from the language of the entries thaM because borhood history. On succeeding pages of the boo of the year prerious, he found the tragedy: Tueeday: "While fishing through fell In the 8aeo Riser up to his ne {JSWhippet^is tt aow lookajjka be is fixing to*breal Friday:^* Henry Whippet is sink _ Saturday: "At sine o'clock this it Henry J. Whippet, Esq., went to his (tastasNm > # h.'r> '/ Kings ' ? ? #. ,/' ational News i Brief Form ?National News? Oklahoma City, Pel), tt?Oklahoma's rcd-heuded, pugnacious govurnor. Loon C. Phillips, pledged hliu self today to use martial la* "if nee c seary' to hall flooding of the Grand j fiver dam reservoir until the state : ' * /elmh.lljv^ . HV fur hlllHfkyi and bridges which would be inundated. - He said he had notified the Grand River Dam Authority lioard that he positively will not let them finish i (he dam until we get the money. ' Washington. Fob. 27. ~ v The ( House appropriations committee ' granted an additional $60,000,000 torlurm benefits payments today ; In approvlug a $90,069,139 deficiency bill. At the same time, however. the rOinlnl* ee '<rft .presidential esthna< ps for the measure by $4,020,704, | bringing the total congressional cut oh President Roosevelt's requests to $274,000,000 for this legislative session. The bill contained funds to meet urfenpecthd cuCrent' Tequtde* ments of various government agencies. Washington. Feb. 27.?Martin T. Manton. former senior federal circuit court judge at New York, failed today to Obtain a supreme court review of his conviction on a charge of. conspiracy to sell judicial favors. At the same time, the tribunal agreed to review a decision which held that a labor union which an gages tn a sit-down strike was not liable for damages under the 1890 Sherman antl-trubt act. Washington, Feb. 27. ? Secretary Wallace was surprised to find, that participation in the federal cotton program this year reach 94 percent. In testimony made public todac l?y the house appropriations jommtt tee Wallace said the department had estimated compliance at 84 petcent. '"We missed that rather bat^ly" he observed. New York. Feb. 27.?Welivery ' of uncensored mail to Europe solethrough air channels appears likelv as a restilt of an announcement of Pan American Airways that Its clipper planes will bmit the Bermuda stop on flights to Portugal, starting March 16. The.company made no mention of British seizure and censorship of mail at Bermuda, nor of publication last week of a news storv that United States mail was seized there Jan 18, "at bayonet point." Men's Club Meets This Evening j Tlhe Business Men> Club , will meet this evening In the WomaV's Club Building at 6:30. Following thV supper routine business will be discussed. All members are 'reminded to be present. TO CLEAN OFF CEMETERY ' * Those who have friends and relatives burled at El Bethel cemetery are requested to meet at El Bethel church Friday morning fbr the purpose of cleaning off the cemetery. id the World i S. COBB ? , Reason for It S. COBB tel in a small Maine town who had y. Each evening he wrote on the ;ister for the current date a brief " ' 'I " e community, usually coupled with Inna fii tham .QAmnflmne Via nV?a_ u amply descriptive, the hotel, having rone up to Maiqe bit of glancing through the back enjoyment he got from the quaint he Was interestd la bygone neigh k for a week of the early spring . ae progressive records of a local the ice yesterday, Henry Whippet ek. He was d rawed oat and took in bed with a powerful bad cold, ailing In a doctor." ipidly continuing to get no better. rt With the pneumonia." \#M r.,. ' I# i^iitaMfctf mjr Mour ; i KING8 MOUNTAIN, N. C. TH ' Presbyterian Speawr . ] ' ^A' M^Srta B ifl Rev. John L. Fairly, O. O.. of Richmend, Vs., who will praach at' tha First Presbyterian Church Sunday. ? <m 0 Rev. John L. Fairly To To Preach At First Presbyterian Church Sunday Rev. John D. Fairly,.D. I)., the Executive Secretary of the Committee cf Religious Education and Fublicat'en. and Editor-in-Chief of all pub ticatlniis of the Presbyterian Church U. S.. will preach at.the First Presbyterian Church Sunday morning at 11:00 o'clock. In addition to the splendid worty lor his Denomination Dr. tuiily is a valued member of the Interdeuomf national Committee that selects tbi. tessouB studied by the majority o\ the Protesiunts in the Uniied States and In other countries also. it is a. tare privilege to nave this great man in our midst, and it is noped u large congregation will be present Sunday morning to bear bis messj^e.. 1 . Rank Receiving Finland Funds The First National Bank is receiving ''Fighting Funds For Finland.'-' A box is in thd lobby of the ' ?nk aud any person desiring to con tribute to this fund are invited ti do to by Cashier R. S. Neill. The !tatic:!fil committee in charge of raia fug th- funds hope to collect $10,000.000 In Just a few days so that Finland may buy war supplies to carry on her defense against Russia. This fund Is separate from the one that ir. being raised for relief purposes only. The Banks in North Carolina are co-operating in collecting the money. Declamation Contest Winners ^ The Pearl FhiRou Memorial Reading Medal, presented annually by the family of the former Centrat School teacher, was won last Thurs day evening by Miss Vivien Prince, member of the Junior Class of Central High School. ' ?/ The Hord Declamation Medal, another annual presentation, was won by Eugene MatAlS, another Junior. The topics of the two students were "Europe Guides," given by Miss Prince, and "The Supreme Menace," by Mathis. .Miss Prince and Mathts will repration t tho arhnnl in Wowiawn "-?'??* ?? ^ ??????? au awiv TTOOIVI ?i Conference Forensic meet In March. Miss Prince will also represent the school in the County Reading Contest. and Mathis in the Hoey Declamation Contest. Tlie Hoey Contest will be held in Shelby on March IS, and the Reading Contest on Mar. 29. . , "DOUBLE OR NOTHING" CLIPPER8 GET DOUBLE The mighty roar of Kings Mountain's Mountain Lions faded into a distant Whine last night as the fast stepping Dixie Clippers from Spartanburg demoralized and subdued them in the final half of last night's "double or nothing' tilt, 34 to 31. Kitchen led the victors scoring with sixteen. Qoforth, in the game only a Bhort while, took honors for the locals with 8 Holt took honors along with Kitchin. oh his magnificent passing. Humphries pursued Goforth close ly with 7 points. The Lions next home engagement will ze against Shelby, next Thursday night. , Adult Education Exhibit Next Week The public Is cordially Invited to attend Adult Education "Open House" next Wednesday. March 6. at the Pauline Club House from t to 9 P M. Exhibitions of the different phase* of the work will he dieplayed, and Miss Clam Dale, Teacher. Is very anxloui for the oitlaenship to see for themaelvea the work that la being accomplished. " , , ? X . lerald es' Continues ish Nears. ' \ , Candidate's Need To Hurl Themselves into Kay in Hot Race To Cap tore Credits. One Five-Year Subscription This Week Worth 800 Miles ? One 10-Year Gives 2.0o0 Miles ? Extensions Are Very Val aa.-n.M .art Another name sweeps into the limeliKht In the Baby Derby as I'hyllis Ware, takes the lead iu this week's Honor lloll. This last race for Honor lloll positions was closet by far than any of the previous counts. While tho Honor lioll has itain B URSOAY, FEB. 29, 1940 'Battle Of Mil As Derby Jin Mrs. M. L. Brown Dies At Arc Of 85 . j Mitt. M L. Brow.! 85 died at her home In the Patterson Grove section 1 near King* Mountain at 7 6'clock 1 Mrs. Brown, who had been an tn-1 ! valid for fight 'years,' was the former. Miss Rebecca Bellinger of Mount Zion. She is survived by her, husband, a daughter. "Mrs. G. II. MrDaniel of ! Kings Mountain; seven grandchildI ren and eight great-grandchildren; three sisters. Miss Ratlle Bellinger, j cf Mount Zion. Mrs. Lou'Mauney of | Crotise and Mrs. Hoxanna Anthony of Shelby Puuerai services 1 were belt! Sunday: at 'J:::tt .o'clock at 'lite Mount Zion church, conducted !?> Itev. C., O. Parker, and interment was in the' church cemetery. P. T. First Aid Room Shaping Up ^^The Parent - Teacher Pirst Aid ! room at Central School is beginning to take definite shape, with many j of the needed pieces of equipment , already in place and some of it In suge. c y When your Herald reporter hit the School House on hie regular Wednesday morning rounds, the room was in use. with a grammar gradd girl lying on the bed. and another attending her. The young lady was quite comfortable on the bed until a parent came for her. The first patient was Margaret Williams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Williams, pupil of Mrs. T. A. Pollock's fifth giuue. The young pa-, tient was removed from the room ! : to a Gastonia hospital where she ; will be operated on this morning for the removal of her appendix. Charley P. Tboutassoii, president of ^tbe Centra], _P. T. A. reported i mm niuai 01 tue equipment liatl already been secured, with the with the exception of noine sheets. The items already cullected Are: Two beds, two blankets. . 2 mattresses, some sheets some towels and tvasti cloths, and a table. Articles not yet acquired are, for the most part, pledged and assured. Mr. Thomasson told the Herald that money for medical supp'ies will be raised by a program on the 12th of March. Details of the program 'twill be announced at a later date. former Kings Mtn. Boy Visitor Here / Frank N. Stockton, Vice-President of the Rainbow Division in Washing ton, D. C., was a visitor in his old home town durag the week-end and was a dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Gafluey, Sunday, also visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. I*. Gaffney, of Worthvllle, N. C., while in this section. Mr. Stockton is general auditor for the Certified Public Accountants of Washington. D. C. It is evident that he Is one of the Kings Mountain boys, who has gone out and made good. ' Will Rogers' Humorous Story ' 1 1 ? -?? By WILL ROGERS COMB people have more troubles J than others. And still, the guys with the longest faces ain't always the ones with the most troubles! A fellow was going along home one night, and his face was purple. I He fainted in front of a grocery store, and they threw water on him till he woke up. " 'Sail right," he says. "I Just fainted because my collar is so tight. It nearly chokes mo all the time, yon know." "Bui why don't yon get n big tsioufh oollar?" " Well, I got n lot of trouble. My wife left me, and my car wait run . and thothSo is on the blink. The .rtprJ&FWSS my tigWoellar." twlrtm Mwihawu lee - - i jiL.:;. shown a weekly xhakeup. the totals up to this, time show the leaders well bunched; in total mile credits What a race this !s. folks- not one of the leaders on the various Honor Rolls have a lead over * the liehl that Is worth "bragging" about ? the leaders are closely bunched. and it is highly probable that by the time the next HouOr Roll is shown there will be; several clian ges. 'i'he very work that is accomplished during this, week may be jitst wjiat it takes for one of. them to "cinch" the first prize of $200 and loving cup. honor ^ud glory, i The sixth Honor Roll is listed In 8te Baby Derby page. The positions j occupied refer only to one week | find are not based fipon the complete standing to date. Babies having a high standing on the other Honor Uotls and a lower one on this Honor Roll, naturally, occupy a higher position for the race as a w'hole than their position in this Honor Roll designates. Bather close to the rail, readers, uuu witness an ex.cii.ng ilnisli to j tuts Baby Derby ? the home a tret-1 ch uas oten reached, and just one | week, from Satuiuuy. one ot tile parents ot one of me babies itl~ tuts iact is going to be the proud owner j ot $2uo uuu the . bcaui.iul loving cup. Alt's. J. K Jewell. .Vlouut Airy, ! N. whose baby won the first nrj'/t. uti.1 ,.i??. i ItufA ..-1.,... \ ' r " MMV* V?|/ VI1VI V 1' I Vit, ilil, I Harvey tell lite mother ' who wins the liaoy Derby that site can pre pare for the most thrilling moment that will ever happen in any one's life time, and I hope her baby will act as cute as mine.'.' Joe Lob' West woreland. Canton. N. C.. first prize winner and his mother visited the Derby office at Marion. Joe Bob saw the loving cup in the window and started raving about "we had his cup." Mrs. 'Westmoreland had to take him back to her car and show him his cup before she could get things amicably adjusted. Parents, now it is up to you entirely whether you will experience this feeling ? whether your darling will be the proud possessor of this trophy which will Inst him or her for a life time. This Derby is goiug to be a last, and exciting "paute- pi. mites' and retnewiter lolkB, you can uelp your tavortte win by asking for coupons from the cooperating meicitams and by subscribing to The Herald or extending your subscription to The Herald ? you cau give hiin or her a real boost by giving a 6-year or 10-year Herald subscription. , . Candidates: Make every nxinute count during these next few days Remember every minute counts dur ing these next tew days. Rmember, tbat $200 and loving cup belongs to your baby, today, just as much as it does to any baby entered in the race ? remember, .too, that there is a difference, in value, of $126 and a loving cup between first and second prize. On the Honor Roll will be found the names pf the babies and their relative standing for last week ? TUB ONE Till NO that this an nouneemeut does not show is THE CLOSENESS OK THE RACE. Another Honor Roll will be published next Monday. Coupons and Herald subscriptions are worth double vali ue this week what they will be worth next week. There are two special prizes offered for this week. A 10-year subscription for the most Herald sitbscrtiptlon money. $10 in cash for the most baby coupons. One baby can win Imth of the prizes One candidate workfcif? in our ItgDy uerpy sain last wee* tuai an the ground had been gone over and every prospect had been seen and It was impossible to do anything more with subscriptions. But she waa mistaken. One of our former campaigns was won by getting subscriptions in the closing few days at a time when all the workers but two Were saying there could be nothing more done. These two took first and aeoond prises and did it on the home stretch. The same situation always exists and exists right now Jn our Baby perby. "Extensions" Count Big. (Cont'd on Bdllorial page) ?*atf Th* Herald . | An* Buy At Home t * 'i . - '- ' - j. , r FIVE CENT8 PER COPY New Post Off ice About Half Completed Your 11 (MaUl |{c|Kii'icr. feeling rather ambition*. anil extremely " caer1 Jttic. d><iilvd a little while nuo that I an needed something to h*o U{> i some ot that stund-up energy. au?l I'Olim to tile ? ouclusion that a iOtlK i'imvliy-t x\ elve itreUh. and a thren minute yawn, he proceeded to carry out his desires, and rambled over to the l'ost Office construction site. ltcuchi?K his destination, he' was informed h> one of the colored work 1 ers. that Mr. (,Salliinore was ''up on ! top.'.' and thai if he wunted to se? lllt> ItitOu ? ? ?1 * - in u umr ui eiumix'j' up tin* adder. Having sumo of that enormpus amount of energy remainj in?. !?? proceeded to do Just that. Aft or a very brief test at the top of the ladder he espied Mr. tialH( itiore who was instructing one oT the workers in the art of setting. In r? s'-, ' Him! 'tiiiifniitu, Mr. tialltntoro. I'm mumble mumble. ' of tho I mumble mumble. and My Kditor I wanted a little squib of news about the i'ost Office." This was an aeS roniplislvmettt of some merit, eons Id j ering the terrific strain of climbing | the ladder which he had just undergone. He then launched ihto the reg ttlar sterotyped interview, and emer Red a much wiser, and little lees I sleepy person. .He Rot back to the office sometime later, and hi deciphering the notes which he had scribbled on a scratch pad. learned that the Job is now approximately one-half completed. . . The stone work.' the really tough part of the job. three of the llttla marks told him. was complete. Some i more- squinting anil frownipg finally convinced hint that Ills notes said that the?iofif would be on by tho first of tlie week, and that the brick I work might be completed by the time the readers of tbi< journal get through figuring, what they'll hey' (Torn which advertiser." The weather. according to Mr. Gallitnore. hats delayed the work to tome extent. The anyUghl wus going up as the reporter made his yt!n l it. The job. according to the_ notej book, which is according to Mr. i tialiimore. sltould he finished by the middle of June. Work remaining ia ! the plastering." scenery, grading and ' approach. I Way down at the corner ot' the I page were these words; Tetter than | Belmont." Using his Holmes-like ingenuity at detecting the faintest | clues.- he concluded that Mr. GalllI more hud said that Kings Mountains Post OfTlce would be much nicer than the recently completed Bel mont Post Office. Then he leaned back in the Editors chair (The EM. was out to luaich) and resumed Ills yawning. I Community Clubs Study Home Hygiene ; *?'" _ * The Bonnie Mill Clubs have ha<t the privilege of tfelptul and inter* eating studies in "Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick,'* taught br Mrs. Pride Ratterree. The village has both a morning and- afternoon, club under the leadership of Kra. rcdna Houser. The afternoon club wan organized the first of the year and the afternoon clug more recentiy. ?fr ? ($udu*iqtcn wQnafUhcti James Preston (Opinions Expressed in This Column Are Not Necessarily the Views of This Newspaper.) I.ike Hanquo's ghost, sins of (he past have come hack to hauitl a nymber of WashingtoniatiH. The ghost spends most of his time hang* ing around headquarters of the new bureaus and hoards and commissions which regulate everything f rota what a farmer plants to wages paid a clerk." , The haunted agencies are mostly new ones. They were set up to administer new laws a couple of times and reached a peculiar conclusion a That they had the power to dl nearly anything that the law did not specifically forbid them to do. Take the Labor Board as an ex ample. It had the authority under the law to 'direct employer* to .re? hire men whom they might hare fir* ed because of union activities. The law didn't say anything about forcing employers to htre men who ha? never wofked for them. Yet the Board haa tried to do Just that. It Instructed one company ti* (Cont'd en Editorial pags) ^ ' ? - * ' : * * . ' ' K vJ/lJ . * . ' / *J
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