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Jlulelgh, Apnil 3.?Calling aVeu%)ar
to the fact that 11? person*
were killed laat year In this mate
as a result of drinking and driving
Ha said Hocutt. director of the highthe
drinking driver as the moat dan
icenoue if not the moat numerous
type of offender on our highways
tooay.
"Drinking and driving do not mix
Hocutt said. "Even one drink can
ko effect a driver's reaction time
aa to make him a potentially danger
our driver. The highway safety division
advises anyone who does any
drinking to let someone else do
thedi driving for them."
Columbia, S. C., April 3.?Que*
tloniug of two negro men being
held In the state penitentiary in
connection with the death Saturday
near Conway of Joe Roberts, 60
I year old farmer, was expected to
be resumed today with the arrival
I -or hnerin W. E. Sessions ot Horry
county.
Chief J. Henry Jeanes of the
state constabulary named the prisoners
as Frank Hadson, 30. and Ben
Jackson, about 40. He said they had
l>ecn brought to the penitentiary
for safekeeping.
Raleigh, April 3.?Adj. Oen J. Van*'
B. Jtetts said today that the Charlotte
national guard armory had
been criticized as unsatisfactory in
provision for protection of federal I
proper*jr. and because it was too
crowded.
The complete official report made
by army. Inspectors was forwarded
, to Col. John Hall Mauning, comman
tier of the 120th Infantry, who in
turn must Bend the criticisms to
company commanders.
Gastonia. April 3.?James Baldwin
18, of Bessemer City, was bound
over to the April 22 criminal term
of Gaston Superior Court on a robbery
charge by City Judge A. C.
Jopes this morning after Mrs. G.
D. Gevern. testified in City Court'
young Baldwin snatched her purse
and escaped with it In West Gastonia
last Saturday night.
Mrs. Devern, waitress in a Wea
Gastonia restaurant, said she was
en route home from work. Walking
along under a street light, when
Baldwin snatched her purse. containing
320 cash, a chain and locket
and a deed to a house and lot. Shs
said he ran up the street and hopped
into a car with several boys and
drove off.
Saluda. 8. C.. April 3.?Sheriff E.
Gary Davis said today that Gorge
Abney. 38, negro tenant farmer, had
conleaeed the March 20 slaying of
^ bis wife Ella, and Mrs. Robert U
' fl?^r<Jen, '41. white farm owner.
Darts <9tfbted Abnay who has been
held at the State Penitentiary since
the ratal shoo tinge, a? saying he
shot his wits mbf then turned the
gnn en Mrs. ftsaMP* liter becoming
angry dfhee la Harden gave
hits' t>e*%tqiyTtflM4il -'9ft an illnese.
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r A WAT bade vender before the S]
Journalism begin to flourish in tl
published a weekly in a small town ui
^lever; be began to burn with a ei
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XVjxsmplea set by MO* of the metro:
/ Ppremd-eerle headlines with a view t
He felt, however, that before inti
the columns and to the subecribera
proper excuse. Something mrthy i
nut happen. Soon his opportunity <
about to put hie paper to press,^ Wo
secured the details, he
It ran as follows:
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t.? Death at 4 P. If. Tuesda
y Tripped and Three
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It was not low; indeed It wee exceed
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1 Brief Form
| ?-National News?
Richmond, Va., April 3.?A feder,
al grand Jury indicted two U. S. Ma
. rlnes yesterday for slaying Sidney
, M. Little, Fredericksburg. Va., to'
i acio saleanuin, on >hg pn-? Hun|t
I under J. Stevenson, the marines,
were charged with using an iron
grate to kill Little.
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Chicago, April 3.?Charles \V
Schick. 83. past commander of the
Illinois Department of the American
Legion and a leading figure in
national Legion affairs, died today
of a heart aliment.
Known to Legionnaires throughout
the country as "Daddy" Schick
he was one of the pioneers in the^
ex-service men's organization. .During
the war he' served as a naval
enrollment officer.
Pittsburgh. April 3.?Taxlcab Driver
William Carrigan testified that at
ter a gun fired In the rear of his
cab. be heard Mrs. Ruth Bouhger
say ''Kiss me?shoot me again ?
and finish me."
Alexander P. f!ann. Sfi atoel wnrV
er Is on trial charged with murdering
the 29 year old mother 6t three
I children.' He said the gun discharg|
ed during an argument when "her
finger nails pressed into my hand."
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Port Arthur Ont., April 3.? Six
| persflpa, inclining lour childm^
died by suffocation early today
| when fire destroyed a house on
Port Arthur'c outskirts.
Washington. April 3.?A blonde
secret agent for a former Housei Inv<ostilga|th^g
(committee tepefied today
that William Dudley Pelley, the
Silver Shirts leader, told her a plan
ned to lead a march on Washington
and become |he ''White King" of
the couutry.
The witness. Miss Dorothy Waring
of New York, appeared before
the Dies Committee with Rep. Dickstein.
Dem.. New York, who testified
that Pelley, Asltbvllle, N. C-. pub
ltsher, had been tied up with certain
army officers in a Fasclstic effort
to overthrow the Government.
Must Vaccinate Dogs
The state law requires tjiat ail
oogs be vaccinated against rabies,
and even though the time has expired,
E. W. Grlffta said that he
will be glad to accommodate dog
owners for the next few days, with
out any extra coat.
Owners may bring their dogs to
fhe rear of Griffin Drug Co., or If
several dogs are gathered In' one
place Mr. Grlfftn will call by and
vaccinate the dogs on the premises.
Mother Of Local Man Dies
Mr. C. iP. Blanton of the Kings
Mountain Drug Company was call*
ed to Forest CHy last Friday on account
ot the sodden death of his
?UMther. Funscal sot vices wore held
Sandar. Mr. Bteatoo'Ms the sympathy
ait hla man? HiMM Mia
Sits lis III In St mS i ..me
ad djm. WoM
ks.CC/H
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and No Body
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>anish War, when so-called yellow
le big an enterprising person
pstafes h ww York. He caught the
raving to auulnte the sensational
75^7^0 /
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volitan dailies. So he studied their
0 taking pattern from them,
inducing a thin# so revolutionary in
of his journal, lie must have the
?f being handled in the new way
came. One evening, just as he was
rd was brought in of a distressing
m
set to work to frame his headline.
iiOUR&tSSi',
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r Him Five Miles
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f?No Funeral
1 Made Yet {
!* I? body^type, came the story.
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KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C. T?
j7 K. McMahan Buried
Last Saturday
J. K. McMahan, 78, who for i
number of years resided In Kins
Mountain and Is the '*" "
Clarence Black, of this place, dlei
at his home In Anderson, S. C.. las
Thursday morning after an extend
ed illness. Funeral services wer
held at Toxaway Methodist churcl
at Anderson of which he was i
member, Saturday morning and bu
lal took place iu Wood lawn Memo
i jtefe'.feaSK -r>
Pallbearers were Kelton Hem
tree, Louis. Floyd and Clarence Mc
Mahan, ~ Tburman WDbanks an<
Barney Black, grandsons of lite de
caaikd.
Mr. McMahan had many friend
-in Kings Mountain, where, he wai
overseer at one of the covton mills
H? uIho ItVAd fnr u iinmhov n? v??ri
I In Greenville, S. C\, where he wai
card room overseer at Judson Mill
He was a, member of the. Woodmei
of the World.
SurvJvfug are. four daughtjeis
Miss Harney McMahun of Anderson
Mrs. J. B. Wllbanks of Greenville,
Mrs. Clarence Black of Kings Moui
tain and Mi-s. W. B. Dillard of En
oree; two sons, H. G. McMahan o
Greenville aud W. G. McMahan o
Chester, Pa; two sisters, Mrs. Cat
rie Elmore. Forest City, N. C. ant
Mrs. Rora Hopper. Harrlc. N, C. Ht
also leaves 30 grandchildren and 24
great grandchildren.
Winner In Oratorical
Contest ^
Miss Mary Julia Pollock, studenl
in Kings Mountain High School, wat
declared wiuner in the preliminary
oratorical contest, in Gastonla Mon
day afternoon, thus winning the
privilege to represent Kings Moun
tain High in the Western Conferen
ce Forensic Meet to be held In Le
nolr on May 3.
Other representatives of the local
school at the meeting will oe Mist
Betty Lee Neisler. Poetry division;
Vivian Prince, reading; and Eugen?
Maths. Declamation.
Mathis receutly won the Hoes
Medal for Cleveland County de
claiiners, over a field of coinpetl
tors front other schools over the
County. Miss Prince was close run
ner-up in the recent County Readlni
Contest. Other students ceded thi
privilege of representing Klngt
Mountain to Betty Lee Neisler
thus filling out the four division;
ot representatives.
New P. O. *o Furnish
Two Extra Jobs
The United States Civil Service
Commission announces that in th<
opening of Kings Mountain's new
post office, two positions will b?
open&d to local persons, applies'
lions for which must be made before
April 19, 1M0.
The two positions created by the
opening of the paw 970,000 stateture,
are Plreman-laborer, and Jant
tor. The first of these pays I1MC
yearly, and the latter fifty cents pet
hour.
L'Qm. Commission announce* thai
| competitors tor the position wig
I not be ripuired to report for written
examination, bat that the janitor
will he rated oa physical ability,
and the Other position on training
and experience.
Kill' examination and application
blanks may be obtained from Mies
Preetore Black, of the local poet
office. The applications must be filed
with the Managed, Fourth U. 8.
Civil Service district, Washington.
D. Cm not later than April 10.
Debaters Win And Los$_^
/^Klngn Mountain High School debaters
won and lost last Friday as
Tri-Hlgh's affirmative team lost to
the Kings Mountain nsgativea, at
Cliffaidc, and Kings Mountain's affirmatives
lost to Cllffslde at T?1High.
Negative debaters i were winners
in#all three of the trlangulai
^events. '
Affirmative debaters for. K. ? M.
are Juanita McSwaln and. Dorothy
Hayea, and negatlvea, Martha Mc
ciatn and Clara Plonk. 8ubject of
the debate was: Resolved. That the
Government qhould own and operate
railroads.
JUNIOR WOMAN8 CLU? QIVC8
APRIL FOOL PARTY
i
The members of the Junior Woman's
Club entertained a number
of their friends at an April Fool
party at the Woman# Club house
Monday evening.
Some Very cnique Ideas In the
way of April Fool stunts were carried
out and bingo was plated for a
time, after which a moat delicious
supper was served.
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4URSDAY, APRIL 4. 1M0
Old Safe Defies
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Amateur
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i Cracksmen
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',Mr., Itoyce blmontop, the gentle*
man who sell# you your ticket when
1 you take a notion to take a ride on
1 the Itua. wuh robbed one Sunday
f ulaht not >ui lnn? ?n > * ""
??? ?- ? 0 -o". j v?m |?ivir
ITeralii.i and a loud of mou?y was
[* lifted from his cash rogis'er.
J "Hratn, says Mr. 81monton, and
decides that something ought to be
done to prevent a recurrence. So.
he goes into a trance. Coming out
s of it. he goes into action to formula
late the plan which hus popped into
. his head. Grabbing the telephone,
t he calls his sister. Mrs. Walter Dll,
ling. Who lives- on Piedmont avenue
. "Know where I could get a safe?"
i ha asks.
JUrs. Dilling does. In fait, she has
olio on hand. It's a very old one.
? and hasn't been opened since <"apt.
Frieno Dilling, one of the Founders
Of Kings Mountain, passed away.
1 quite awhile hack. The safe belong- j
" ed to Mr. Dilling. who was Mrs
f Yto Iter's father-in-law: The only I
tnuhle Is that Mrs. Dilling doesn't
* kifow the combination to ;h'e safe.
Nobody in towii does. So they're
J stuck.
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Then someone tries it. it doesn't
op4n. Someone else tries, and it
still doesn't give. Several people try
with the net result of a lot of wasted
energy frowning at it.
\ At last. Carl" Ramsey is culled in
1' to try his hand. No go. Carl goes
> heme, ponders, figures, and sleeps.
r And while he worries, everyone a
loiuul is wondering what can be in
t the safe. Finally, Just about every
one is all heated up over what will
be in it. And Carl still ponders.
Then he comes gack, works awhue.
with the spectators standinc
I around with mouths open and eyes
i straining. At last it gives, and the
safe is open for the first lime in
I more than a quarter of a century.
It was worth all the worry. The
1 first thing to come out was a Gas-'
tonla Gazette, dated in 1890, con-!
tainiug a list of the Confederate solJ
> iliecs of Gaetou -who were xlivn. at
that time. Several carefully folded
! receipts followed, and then a small
t flask. After these came some Mex- j
i lean dollars, dated as far ba<.k as
. 1811. and some very old French
> money.
Maybe sometime in the future
breakers will enter the Center Service
again, and try to open the sate
but no matter what loot they expect
they can't possibly get as excited
over trying to open It as several
i persons who tried the other iay.
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? Judge Gwyn Addresses
Lions Chib
Superior Court Judge Allen H.
1 Gwyn of Reldsille, who Is holding
' Court in Shelby thria week was the
' main speaker at the Lions Club
' Supper Tuesday evening at the
' Mountain view House. Lion Sam
Suber presented B. C. Ham 11 who
IntcQduoM Judge Gwyn. Tho Jurist
dlscepmed very fterctbiy t|?e hwowsity
for oMtsens to do something aboot
"Highway 8aftey."
President J. W. Milam announced
1 the awnlnariug committee and welcomed
Patrolman Jolly as a new
member of the Club.
. County 8ottettor William Osborne,
of Shelby, wae a gueat of the Club.
Will Roger*'
c.
i Br WILL ROGERS
A SCOTCH soldlar was fat bad for
/* not saluting an officer or somsthlnsr
soriooa Uka that, and a courtmartial
ordered him to be taken
' right oat and shot. The Scotchman
'1 aaLsd for time oat to count his
MWr Mm ha handad wear Us
paraonal effects to ba ami W? t>U
pandlto. ' Tr
W3T An ity tfe* tkt lftrt ?
low tfetfold thim ctory fed ft
Sctftafeftfta in hl* o?4Urr?. and tfe
fiedtdnaan dWat Uufth. Ho r*
up nd ftftid, -Thaf. m ? tiu*
Ift tfe itory-tdlM told klm no j
?5?iK&J!
fed wt-ftat pMHrtn to tmmt HT
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.Lions Will Be Hosts
To Farmers
The Lion* of Kings Mountain will
be hosts to farmers of the surround""
lym""""'""*- at tlutk' next regular
meeting on Tuesday, April lt>.
at the Woman* flub a( 7:30 p. in.
Members of the committee In
charge of the event are attempting
to secure W. Kerr Scott, Commissioner
ot Agriculture of the State,
as speaker, but it is not know definitely
at this tline that he will nt-*
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The purpose of the meeting is to
promote friendship and a closer relationship
with the farmers surrouu
ding .Kings Mountain, who muke 'the
"best town In the State" their market
center.
Each member of the Lions is asked
to Invite at least one f&rmor for
the occasion.
Wreck On
! Grover Road j
Wet pavement- was reported as
the cause of an accident on he (trover
highway Saturday morning,
when the auto iu which three young
ladies from North port. Ala., collided
with one occupied- by a group of
Central. S. students. knocking
the latter into a train on the Park-I
Yarn side track.
Mrs. 13111 Young, driver of one of
the autos was most seriously Injured
ot the group. with a crushed
knee and minor outs and bruises.
Misses Bessie Wheat, and Eugenia
Holmes, the other occupants of the
Young car, were unhurt.
A Rev. Harvey, driver of the other
auto, Reland Elam. ot Brent, Ala.
Marjorie Hein.. Camden. N. J. and
Eva Mae Higgins. Roanoke, Va.. occupants
of the car which hit the
train, sustained [minor .injuries.
Three other occupants of the car
were, unhurt.
The young iHdics iu lite Portland
car were headed for Arlington. Va..
and the Central studeuts for I>oug
Shoals. ' ,
Conference At
At Lutheran Church
Tire Spring meeting of lite Southern
Conference of the North Caro
lina iailheran Svnod will lie held in
St. Matthews Lutheran Church here|
today and tomorrow, April 4th and I
5th. tThe formal opening begins at
10:00, and the Service, Serntou and
Holy Communion at 10:45. The
Rev. W. G. Cobb. President, will deliver
the sermon.
Visitors and delegates together;
with Pastors will be about a hundred.
The sessions will continue
through Friday afternoon center,
ing around the general topic "The
Correlation of the Work of the Syu
od aud of the congregation in the
program of the Church."
This Evening (Thursday) at 7:30
<Dr. J. C. Delta of Albemarle will de
liver the sermon. Friday Horning
the opening devotions will begin at
9:30 and the business meeting Vol*
lows.
Visitors are welcome st , all of
these Services.
GOSPEL. IN PICTURE# TO EC
PRESENTED AT PARK-GRACE
EUU.B CHURCH
The Rev. Arthur K. Barktey. well
known evangelist and '^Jrtlst . , of
Rock Hilt. S. C.. will be at the. Park
Grace Bible Church Sunday April 7
at 11:00 o'clock. He will present the
Goepel In Pictures.
mt. _ TV a*I- - ? ? ?
iup ncr. wir. oarnicy i? a very
talented artist and musician. You
will en]oy seeing him as he draws
the pictures. This Is a real treat,
for the Christian people of Kings
Mountain.
Library Books Mended
Books on the shelves of the Kings
Mountain Public Library are now In
good condition thanks to the Book
mending project of the WPA under
tae supervision of Mrs. Lucy Patrick
of Oastonla. The hooks, a total
of 322, were re-sewed and new covens
added, and no* readers o<
Kings Mountain may enjoy a book
without having to worry about
loose pages falling out, The Library
Is open each day 1n the week and
everyone is invited to avail themmpIvaa
nt tho larvirPR nffprpd hv
their public library.
TO OPEN KINDERGARTEN
Mis* Ellen Peterson will open a
Kindergarten in the new Sunday
School Building at tbe L.ut|icn>u
Church on the eighth of April.
_ School will open each morning at
R:00 o'clock and close at 12:00.
Children from three to six will be
enrolled. (j A
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Kings Mountain
To Have Junior
Baseball Team
Kings Mountain crack o' the bat
tonatica tan rest assured that the
liitiiiu Trtu t? u-lll ? * ?j ? i'
? vnw ? i/UM n V il JUIIJur L?W*
gion baseball leant, according to
Messrs Jim WUlis and Shorty K
.SPXvxS ~V?5?** s*?S??K VJWtefs* * ?. /J*, -j*
team and raising funds to finance It
Messrs Kdens and Willis told the
Herald yesterday that even tho the
financial situation at present is not
so good, they are pushing the plans,
j)id looking arouud for a coach to
handle the team. Kdens will manage
It.
Kings Mountain. according to
those who started the move, abounds
in Junior material which has
in the past been taken to the Coun- ty
seat to represent that city. Tliey
plan to utilize the raw material and
prove to the fans here, that Kings
Mountain can turn out a team just
as good as those in the two larger
near-by towns.
Kuuds for the leant arc being nils
cd b> private donations and through
the Civic clubs of Kings Mouutain.
it will be run through and according
to the rules ot The American
Legion Junior lia.seball ntovoment.
Messrs Willis and Kdens are at
present busy with arrangements, or
dering equipment, and looking for a
coach. Boys who are interested ar>?
t.. ? 1 ' ? * ? 1 - * 1
I L'VUIK unci > tewea UHU uivenugaiaa
to lie sure that there are no doubts
as to their eligibility.
According to Mr. Edens, the first
[practice will be Saturday ^afternoon
at 2:00 o'clock at the High School
park, and all boys Interested in play
ing with the team are usked to report
there at that time.
Rev. W. H. Bowman To
Address Parent - Teachers
... t
Parents and Teachers of Central
School will meet uext Monday night
instead of Tuesday, to hear Kev. W.
H. Bowinun, pastor of the Clover
Presbyterian Church, discuss tho
[events leadlug up to, and the actual
phases of the present European
conflict.' "
C. P. Thomassou. president of tho
P. T. A., announced that the date
was changed so that How Bowman
could appear on the program. Rev.
Bowman is a native of Sumter. 3.
C., and a graduate of the U. S. Nav- ,
al Academy at Annapolis.
He recently discussed the situation
before the Klwanis of Gastonla
and was highly praised by the "Ambler."
of the Gazette, for his thoroughness
on the subject.
Band Parents Assn.
To Meet
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The Band-'Ptarents Association
will meet next Tuesday opening km
the Band Room at Central School
at. 7:30 P. 1L according to President
Ladd Uamrtck. The purpose of
the meeting, will be twofold; find,
to m*k? plana and preparation for
the state meeting to 'be In Qreeophoro
April 17th SOd to elect officers
for the coming year. President
Hawrteg sad. his onrafiTzatlon harm
rendered a real service daring the
nasi pear sag are to be congratulated.
(Opinions Expressed in This Column
Arm Ma* Ulaaaaae.ilM W i
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This Newspaper.)
If farmers, housewives, office and
factory workers, and the like. fall
for Washington's latest fairy Story,
they are in for some bruises ? literally
us well as figuratively.
The latest yarn, notwithstanding
hard and fast facts to' the contrary, .
is that the nation's ills, and partlc
tilarly its present unemployment
are due to the use of machines. And
of all things, most of the blame is
put upon industry. It is held up before
the nation as the chief producer
of unemployment through the
use of machines.
To most people, such a story will
seem silly on Its face. It's the Story
behind the tory that is moat inter
esting. And that story is this:
Senator O'Mahoney of Wyoming
is chairman of the Monopoly Committee,
which la to hold hearings
soon oh "technological unemployment"
? unemployment caused by
machinss. 80 the Senator Introduces
a bill to grant a t^x benefit ts
those who use machines less anA
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