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weekly newspaper derated to
lk? promotion of the general wel
Cars and published tor the en light sent,
entertainment and benefit of
Cke citizens of K*ngs Mountain and
U vicinity.
DUTY
Duty defined is a service well done.
It may be rendered by peasant or
king,
Heaven-bom virtue, exceeded by
none,
"'And of its merit augeilc hosts sing,
Htern in endeavors, ex a -ting its toll,
Ever It8 vigil tor foe or lor friend;
"Justice for all" is assumed in its
role,
Duty continues all things to transcend.
Never unmindful of well-earned acclaim,
Baring its life to a critic's ke?n dart
It disregards the base wooing* of
fame,'
Finding ItB abode in Purity's heart.
Duty has "Well dona" as Its rich reward,
Enframed in praises of rare accolade
Of 'Enter thou nsw the joys of thy
Ivord,
Into tho mansions by Master hand ?
made!" . * - I
?William M. Sapp.
national cotton week
The Cotton Textile Ins'itution,
sponsor of Cotton Week, Is fully a
ware of the fact thai National Cotton
Week, May 17-25, _ will bring
good business for the many local
merchants throughout the country
and that means an unusual increase
In business for tbe textile plants.
The picture reveals that the leadership
of the textile industries has a
vision. AH of us fully comprehend
that "where there is no vision the
people perish." The fellow with a
closed mind, or one who continues
to run in the same grooves, some
day sooner or later, figuratively
Speaking, is nothing more than drift
"wood found upon the shores after a
storm. The wise and successful fellow
is one who profits by observing
the experiences of others. No one
can live unto himself, the game Is
one of a mutual excange. The business
that contributes to the ruccess
of local merchants in turn makes
business for the- manufacturing
plants.
As proof of the position taken we
quote from the press the following:
"Through National Cotton Week by
taking advantage of the 'golden opportunity'
the textile industries can
increase our lineage many times,
and at the same tme help the merchants
increase business in the sale
of cottons.
"During National Cotton Week of
last year the sale of cotton goods
Increased, so it is natural to guess
there will be even a better business
this yesr."?The Uplift.
NORTH CAJIOLJNA.
OLiEVB1 iAN^D COUNTY
in superior uourt
Ssrvios of Summons By
Publication
Marie Peyton, Plaintiff,
V?.
Barling Shaver and Jie Shiver I
Froneberger et vr, Owens Froneber
tier, holrs-at-Law of Sol Shiver, deceased,
Defendants.
The defendants, Earllngtnn Shiver
and Fannie Shiver Froneberger et
vir, Owens Froneberger, will take
notice a action titled as above has
been commenced in the superior
court of Cleveland County, N. C., to
foreclose a certain mortgage deed
executed and delivered to Marie
Teyton by Sol Shiver, father of the
defendants above named, and the
said defendants will further take
notice that they are required to appear
at the office of Clerk of Court
of said county in. the courthouse in
Shelby,, N. C., on or before the 27th
day of June, 1940, and answer or
demur to the complaint In said action
or the plaintiff will apply to
the court for the relief demanded ill
Mid' complaint.
TMe the 7th day of May, 1940.
E. A. Houser, Jr.,
Clerk of Superior Court, Cleveland
County, North Carolina. ^
?adv?may 30 Pile.
MERCHANTS^eTCr
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Here and There . .
Haywood B. Lynch)
8ure Sign of Spring: Eb Rhode*
working In his garden.
Speaking of the weather, it seema
to mo Ilk* 1940 will go down in history
as tho year without a 8prtng.
The weather ahanged from winter
:o Summer with Spring left oloan
out.
ol stopped by tho Kings Mountain
'lce"*"ah3-TB?al Co. the other day to
pay Evelyn and Claude a vslt ana
a bill, and I found that Claud* and
Mr. Mark had a private "egg cooker*'
right in the yard. The heat pip*
that carries the steam from the
boiler to the radiators in the office
sprang a leak and steam was es
ture mi. veeuviue, ana ciauae lore
me that he and Mr. Mark had beer
cooking eggs in a pan'right on the
ground over the leak.
The Kings Mountain Herald has
another MAN on the staff without
hiring anyone. "By George" celebra
ted his 21st birthday last week. But
it will still be just 'By George" and
not Mr. Whlttlngton.
I met Supt. Barnes in the Post
Office the other morning and believe
me that feller oertalnly gets the
mall. His arms were loaded down,
and I am glad that I do not have
the job of answering that much
mail.
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Mountain was almost abandoned
Tuesday afternoon, everyone
had gone to Charlotte to see the
Band off on that wonderful trip to
Florida. And believe me the town
was excited about the invitation,
and the last minute arrangements.
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to get that many boys and .. girls
ready for a 1500 mile trip, but Kings
*'oi"itsln came thru in a manner
that is typical' of the Best Town In
The State.
By GEORGE?
Politics do strange things to people.
It's really, when you come to
think of it, quite amazing -- the mi*acles
that are worked on a man
when he gets into politics and finds
out that you are a potential voter.
Here I am, just turned voting age
last Tuesday, and even before it actually
oappeneo, the canddates
seemed to know. 1 shaken hands
with so many aspirants to public
office that the old mitt feels like a
few days lay off, wrapped up in a
undle of gauze and stuff, wouldn't
hurt at all.
Once 1 was caught off guard, anu_
when a candidate ior governor was
.utioduccd as, "our next governor,
t almost told the guy that he had
.about as much chance as wour Ch'iiamen
up against one Jap, but I
caught myself . Probably 1 woulu
nave etiuiged a more physically fit
specimen of humanity If I had sail
.because the guy, us it was, al
most shook iny arm off while he
told me all the planks in his plat
to I'm, and several of the knots.
Knotholes, and splinters.
Just to let all the politicians
down, 1 ain't gonna vote this year.
1 had a hunch, all along, that
spring would come, sooner or later.
1 suppose that now I'll have to quit
thinking so. Going to bed In winter
weather Saturday night, and waking
up in summer weather Sunday (P.
M. tcb, tch,) put the skids to the
eld hunch, for here it Is summer.
And we didn't have any spring at
all. I wonder what all the romahtic
boys aud gals will do, now that
spring his been eliminated?
Hut I'm sorta glad it happened
that ay. Science, that infallible
group of grey-heads who tell us why
what happens, had said that the
cold weather would last until June,
because of sun spots. I'm certainly
glad that for once the learned gentlemen
who know everything were
wrong. ' .
AMBLING: Jimmy Bums looks
like the cope must have looked when
yours truly was sporting three corn
ered pants, riding around in his '23
model Chevy .... Mike Milam, always
one of the most loyal of the
Lions, says that the Lion's Minstrel
a'tll ha Iha haoi
mmm w WOV kllM I O l/OVU
seen in Kings Mountain .... and he
ought to bo right They's got
Lewis Cathey and a while flock of
headliners on the program
Straw hats are thicker on the
streets since Sunday than 'the flowers
that bloom in the spring" ..' ..
tra la A hot weather cold is
Just about the worst plague known
to man-kind, I reckon .... and with
the cold weather Thursday. Friday
and Saturday, there's a whole flock
o'folks sniffling .... Including us
... .Vre refrained from saying anything
about the band as long a* I
can. so here goes: "WHOOPTEB!"..
And 1 suppose that Just about sums
up my sentiments, on the subject..
take it away. Gone.
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m BMW MOPWAW MW
Mrs. W. W.Cobb
Buried Sunday
Funeral service* tor Mrs. W. W
Cobb, ace 60, were held Sunday at
ternoon at Central Methodist church
and Interment made in MounI
tain Rest Cemetery. Rev. H. C.
' Sprinkle conducted the services.
Mrs. Cobb's death occurred at her
home on Cherryville road Sa/irday
a fiornnAn
She was befqre .marrta?*, M,1rs
[ 8ne Sneed. member of a well known
I amity who lived near Cherryvllle
Sho was the second wife of the
ls.te W, W. Cobb who died a few
years aRO
She has for many years been a
faithful member of Central Methodist
church but has been unable to
A Story of Turbulent Lo
WaJtoWai
I George RAFT
The HOUSE At
with LLOYD NOLAN
and WALTE
Directed by Archie Mayo
What Has Oonb Bcroai:
Bteve Larwitt, underworld
night club proprietor, /all* in
love with Brenda Bentley, lovely
chorus girl in Jits show. Much
to her surprise, he not only
observes perfect propriety in his
relations with her, but actually
proposes marriage. They spend
three delightful years of happy
married life, during tcbicb
Steve, fired by an ambition to
give Brenda everything she can
possibly desire, expands his underworld
interests until he is
bn bis nay toward millions. But
a Conflict x cith other underworld
powers camoos an attempt
on bis life, and Bronda begs
him to go away ustb her for a
\ time "until tbe feud blows over.
When he refuses she spoke the
advice of Slant ; Kolma, Iteve'e .
! friend and lawyer, who cheriohoo
I a secret longing for Brendo,
I Brenda -coaxes from Slant t\d
! admission that Steve's incomx. t
I fax evasions, if discovered, would
get him sent to jail for perhaps
| a year. Desperate for his safety,
she reports Steve, and Bteve is
I arrested.
Chapter Three
Slant defended Steve in his
trial on the Income taxes charges.
But for a lawyer as shrewd as
Slant, it turned out to be a singularly
Inept defense. Day after day
as the trial progressed, the Government
attorneys drew forth more
and more facte about Steve'# illegal
operations, until bis whole
career stood bare and wu blaxon
x. forth to the press. Finally the
cast went to the Jury, and in abort
order came the verdict: "Guilty!" I
*7 kaw nothing In tug ?
hOTS V / we
Steve etood before the Judge
|0 h#AT MOti&Ct prOOOUBOld* A
short frthfiH him* smoiijr
t^Upfc?{^ItoiaTlhm^
da* eat convulsively twisting bar
MMtdr *** bl<ore a#nt*nce
"Nothing," eaid Steve bitterly,
"except that I wouldn't be here
If I waan't framed." Brenda went
rigid at the words.
"Tm not going to talk about
law very mud," said the Judge,
fixing Steve with a piercing glare.
"This trial baa served la Vneover
three or four years <t yeaY spectacular
record. The law was something
for you to Juggle and laugh
at You've made your ten rules
and lived by them ? ruthless and
without scruple. You're not fit for
normal society under normal rules.
The sentence of thl. u
years In the Federal prison."
A hush descended on the court.
Steve stood staring blankly, stunned.
Then he turned around, his
eyes wildly seeking his wife.
"Did you hear that, Brenda?
Ten years! Ten years/"
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After they had taken him away
Brenda turned bitterly upon Slant.
"Ton said a year! Ton did! you
said a year!" The words came
irom her like a cry of utter desolation.
"Tou eant always tell about
these things," said Slant.
"What a stupid fool I was to let
you defend him! Look at what
you've done to him!"
'What f've done to him?" He
smiled significantly.
"Whatever I did was to save his
life. I wanted him where he'd be
safe."
"I understand. Brenda. Tou meant
- well. Stop blaming yourself."
"Blaming myself!" She broke
down. "Oh, Steve..."
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Brenda was given an opportunity
to visit him in Jail before he
was taken away to the Iron cell
where he was to spend a decade
of his life. She found him nervous
and lumpy, with the look of a
hurt, brooding animal in his wea.
Brenda had decided to con few
everything to htm. She eat lo?kt"*
at him through the metal screen
that separated them, while the
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WILL KNOWN WOMAN
DIKB SUODSNLY
Mr*. Frank A. Adams, 1(* 38, died
suddenly at her home on North Rail
road avenue, late Wednesday afternoon.
She la survived by her husband,
three dkHdraat; Lawrence, age lhj
Tlielnia age 16, Fred age 14. One
child died ii\ infancy. Also surviving
are her mother, Mrs. Bailie Huff
stetler of jCb>8h Mov/itain; two
brothers. Forest ' Huffstetler of
Kings Mountain and Hunter Huff'
etctler of -OierryviUer tevi "Mas ire.
Mrs. John Harris and Mrs. Hugh
Smith both of Kings Mountain.
Mrs. Adams is a native of Kings
Mountnln and has for manv vm?
been a loyal member of the Second
Ragtlst dhurch, where funeral services
will bo held Friday Burial
we I
I9*r present*
Joan BENNETT
IROSS the BAY
GLADYS GEORGE
31 PIDGEON
Released thru United Artiste
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framed me? I can't figure It out
Why don't Slant find out?"
"Steve, listen. I ? I must tell
you ? i
He went on wildly, unheeding.
"Who did this to us? Who framed
us? Ten years without you ? J
can't take It! I won't!"
"Don't talk that way, Steve," she
pleaded. "You mustn t even think
that way."
"I can't go on without you,
baby. It's like taking the breath
out of my body..." He continued
to pour out his grief, giving her
no opportunity to make her confession.
As she was leaving after, the all'
too brief time allotted, she met
Slant on his way in. He turned
and fell into step with her.
"Brenda, there's no sense in your
rvlnor fn ovaI/1 ma v.-- ?-"
? ^ o -? ?. w.M MI?| ajvtvc nas 1CII
everything in my .hands, and I
want to do all I can for you."
"You've done all you could, all
li|ht ? but it wasn't for me or
for Move. How did it happen that
"Just ?a tear as Ik takes to say,
'Double imas Stay away from
me. I now want to see you
again."
He leaneh toward her with a
gesture' almost of intimacy. "I
know you're upset, Brenda, or you
wouldn't have said anything so
foolish. You and I are bound to
see each other again. After all, we
have a secret."
When Steve was taken away to
the Federal Prison, Brenda engaged
a small apartment on Telegraph
Hill In San Francisco overlooking
mf frmmMi*
the Bv. From Um eurtainUoe window
im could com out and aoo
tbo prison, wooiw what ho waa
doine, what ha waa think Inc. And
atalctat tho periodic fluhn of tha
prison searchlight ehona in bar
window; and even that cava har
soma mall fsaline of eon tact with
tha man aha Iotm and whom aha
bad batrayod bacanaa of that lor a.
Bha trareled out on tha farry to
aaa him on tha monthly rial tine
days, alone with tha numaroua
othsr "rook widows." And aa tho
montha paaaad aba was to find
him growing a littla mora relax
ad, almost rasienad to tha lone
ordaal of aaparatlon that stretched
ahead of him ? so lone as ha
knew that aba was up there la har
littla plaos on the hill, so lone as
ha could look acroaa tha Bay and
know that aha was waitine there
for him.
On the ferry returning from har
first trip to the "Rock", Brands
Decame acquainted witn Mary Bo**'?
*, y?unK. Jaunty, rather emphatically
blonde fellow-passenger
whose husband. It turned out, bad
so far served two years of a nine
year sentence. Younger than most
of the other "rock widows," Mary's
bre?y good nature attracted Bren?*
f.n? ** th* months passed her
loneliness caused her to draw
^oser to the other xlrl; but not
without admonishing Mary to eom!dentlty*Cr#er
r?**r<lln* Brenda's
On an evening about six months
after Steve's Incarceration Marv.
suffering from a fit of unwonted
despondency, paid a late call on
Brenda, routed her out of bed,
called for two glasses, and produced
a bottle wfclch Which she
proceeded to pour good cheer. Brenda
s. refusal of a drink was no
damper on Mary, who before long
was in a lyrical mood. Brenda
decided to walk her home.
Out in the street Mary's determination
to sing snatches of opera
at the top of her voice caused
Brenda to decide on a taxi. She
draegedthe tlosy girl Into a drug
"tore, where thev found the one
fdlanhAh* KaaIK rwumnlmt Qlenitlnv
bv to await their trim, thev watched
Imnattently while the tenant of
the booth, a stronalv built, firmtawed
trounff man, pursued his conversation.
"Hello, lforlev?" thev heard him ?
say. "This Is Nolan. Tim Nolan."
(To ho continued)
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| passed it by a three-to-one vote. A
majority of the delegations from 35
states -were for it. while only three
state delegations opposed it.
Yet every possible effort (s being
made to keep the bill froth, becom(nir
til
I nib law.
Another good sample Is the Wagner
Act. AH public opinion polls
have shown for a year, and continue
to show, that a great majority ot
the people want that law amended.
Yet here again, the powers ,that be
seek~"~to thwart the willt of the majority
because a minority ? the
CIO.? likes the law 'as is."
There is a growing public belief
which was summarized by a National
Press Clubber who remarked:
The Wagner Act gves the same protection
to racketeers that the prohibition
amendment did to bootleggers.
But still those in control want
to preserve this protection.
There 1st little doubt, too. but that
a majority of the people would like
to see government expenses cut before
'heir taxes go sky-high. Yet
folks who control Congressional machinery
are doing little about reduc
ing expenditures. The debt., which
sopie day must be paid, goes higher
daily. 6
This remarkable calculation was
made only recently by one House,
member who is worrying about the
future: We would have to take 85
percent of the net income away
from all people who made income
tax returns to pay the runing expen
se of government this year.
.Here Is still another sample of
thwarting the will of the majority
Nearly everybody agrees that despite
a laudable objective of putting
a bottom under wages. the
Wage-Hour law does lots of unfaic
things such as requiring in some eases
that men who make as much as
110,000 a year be paid time and n
half for overtime.
Euslnessmen were summoneed to
Washington to tell about such cases
They hoped to get relief in unfair
instances. Yet when they testified
In public hearings, they were cross-{
examined by labor union lawyers at
length ? and without any advance
notice that they would he crossexamined,
or that they could crossexamine
other witnesses.
All the way through, the current
tendency is to tell the people that
what they say goes, and then when
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I they drop their guard to sock 'em.
with a rabbit punch.
Crack by a National Press CIirt>'
ber; We still have a government of
checks and balances ? checks io?
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Notice of Administrator
Having qualified as Administra- tor
of the estate of L. P. Wright, deceased.
late of; Cleveland County, .
North .Carolina, this is to notify all
persons having claims aganst said
Estate to exhibit the same to ale.
the undersigned Administrator, on
or before the 22nd day of Maasti.
1942. or this notice will be pleaded,
in bar of any recovery thereon.
All persons indebted to said estate
are hereby notified to make
immediate payment to me.
This 22nd day of March. 1940 4
J. L. Wright, Administrator.
E. A. Harrill, Atty. ?adv?June 7.
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