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7 j . MM aa hcmI ?Mm Matter at 4Kb Bteoftoi at ||^| Mountaia, M. C, aad?r tea Act sC MarcH ?! ' M . SUBSCRIPTION RATK8 . Ska iwi ti.so * mm Mnnthu W A wmekty newspaper d? voted to ! Am promotion of the general wel- . mm and published tot the alightmm*. entertainment and benefit of 1 mo citizens of K'nge Mountain and tfea rJelntty. , ' Carolina lX xm?? AjstociAti^^ patriotTsu ? mm* without t\ country* you'll nirott. of lilm *t Is said , , ilrot* tlmt, instead of living. Tie abould be among the dead. 4*. J*m glad I have a country and- , I set a thrill | ) aatuting e'er the 'Vtara and eRrlpeV' as they wave upon the JtxM. V I W must he loyal, then, and true to 1 this, our uatlve land. ' And help to teach the foreigner to > Xftow and understand, I ijo Thru. after you and I have passed < i JJir out beyond the veil, I 'thtr dear old Country's starry flag ' 5*4.tt above our land will sail. ' ?MurKarette E. Munroe. THIS OAY 18 LIFE 1 Whether one .is twenty, thirty, 1 *mj. fifty, aixty, seventy; whether 1 mb? bus succeeded. tauea or jus; muddled along; whether yesterday flout lull of sun or. storm, of ono KMuse dead, dull days with no weath jb all, life begins today LiUs Is a day?this day. All past are gone beyond reviving. All <day? that still may come for us are anped In the great mystery, and for >*11 we lutOw there may not be anoth et day for any of us. Therefore, this ttmj is life and lite begins anew with I ^ *4ltt 1 There Is no age or period of which A can be said, 'Mlere is the dawn i* Bates day." This day is the dawn M that day. Shall we not take It * 4 ase it the best we can? It is war life. If we prefer to loll the daj sansj ar waste It, then that Is our nrtsttege, however uuwtse and unlasadltahle we may be in doing bo.? Xht Alabama Baptist. A OFFICIAL TIME CLOCK exactly in the center of the Unit el States Naval Observatory, in Washington. D. C , insulated against '"temperature changes or air pros.awi* and cut off from the dlu ot ?Ay traffic by seventy-two woodeo arrw?, there Is a subterranean vault (remaining three clocks. Only one iwnn ever enters the clock vault, and he goes in only once a week to vwalte sure everything is all right. r?tech* are read by periscope, and .tectr readiugs broadcast by crystal ' rsaxtlhttoi over 4 direct wires, to - Western Union, Postal Telegraph, , dtafted States Bureau ot Standards, 1 and the telephone company. There inna really two caults. one within aha other. Kach is controlled by its ware thermostat. The lunor vault is Jttdnted by eleatriclay, the outer one NF gas. The temperature ! 94 de?pun F.. and It never varied by mmm than one tenth of a degree, rlttese three Olympian timepieces of OAs Jfaval Observatory set the ofTl edhf time for the Government. ?MCK FAITH WITH CASH I f, ]to a trej^qftt* addiVss, ?<| eeidenb 1 jlibtrt M. Hanes of the American t JMafcsxe Association, - said that ' if j wet there was a time when Amerl- i gm seeded to be on guard, it Is now i . amae our personal liberties were phstv they would newer be regained, t 'The nation's job now is two-fold: i tmspare against possible lnvasijon; t (hsnp etft of foreign war. ? A? saM? "The bankers of Amerl- y rm are behind the President's de- t theme program 100 percent. TTiey ( (H? ready to finance that program.' s , As in the past, private banking is ( tapering to give all Its energies to j Mm service of the country, flanking ? jSao faith in America Banking will ; Mack that fifth with dollars. I ttht tonal rearmament means that ^pent new factories must be built, j em* eld factories expanded.' It fmmam that obsolete machines must Jhn replaced by new. It mease diffi- f cmtt and co^ly readjustments tttoanghout the whole industrial ' " * Am. eehUmm tHI. will. ^ |HKWv> Ami w avu ?o?v ?u*d? ?*?*? t^gi mdade and hands, vital as they " ?M(. mm sot enough. Money, vast aanab af It, la necessary. And the a* Mr. Haaea said, are ready ,w*? the money. Todhy all tndustry Is unified ? MOW ha do all It can for our Amer ttmm way of lMe. And banking la a* sassrg the mo|st important servants oat we have. " . . rf, s "' . V .. ??<(UW . v_ . _ - ? m l Tt^T^ nm wq vncrc - a ua*) /; Om af Uw M mthmial MIm ?f Mw Mwlwt af Mm Ktoaa Mom tain faaulty, Carolyn Cantata ami Katharma haaln waa U atop by Tha HaraM aWtaa aM wlttMka far tha Hfar frtDtaf In tha Qaat Town In Tha htata. Thay nlf thay juat hao to kaep up with what waa happening hara during thalr abaanca. ao Tha Harald now haa capiaa paing ta Sannattavilla, S C., and Olbaon, N. 0. Thanks, Teachers. wa'il try to kaop you informad, for . tha .next throe months as you kaop our child ? r imi, unviog iwwui; iuu?9 uot ureal of Knoxvllle, Tenn., to view he beautifully majestic man-made >roJect. Norrls Dam, by the Tenne* tee Valley Association, returned tod ake up the Great Smoky National rllfihway, of which we read and hear i lot about and of which Kings Mountain should feet a great pride n since our famous baud was exended an Invitation to play when >ur President planned to preside at he dedication ceremonies. On with the trip. It was Sabbath, tseen ding and descending tallies of lesutlful mountainous highway, the ealisatlon of God's sanctum y and vorsbtp In His open air Temple tatilled medtatlon. iDeep In the heart of this splendor ay Imaginary eye caught a vision >f A Wedding of the Purest. June, he month for brides, was clothed n all shades of green with white dooms of the blackberry vines to rive the bridal color scheme, with s J. a_ s_ e_^~ a _m ? * a i?n?uu? uk mountain iwurri 01 piniB hading to dMp rbododonroo tow iMtoontinr ttio ? <** of pwr? mark ..I. . " ' v % ; ren informed for nir>? month*. And one of the first official duties ?f newly-wed Wilson Crawford was to subscribe to The Herald. O. K. Mr. and Mrs-, we'll do our beat to see that you recolve your Herald each week at your attractive "LoyeNest" on 'West King Street. Thinking about weddings, June clipped off right many this time. There's Elisabeth Ware, Mildred Moss, Velma Putnam, and T. W. Grayson, Wilson Crawford and Wilbur Wright. Here's our war news for the week. Each morning the Kings Mountain War Council meets in their chambers at the Central Barber Shop. Members of the Council ire: Otto Ware, J. R. Davis, Oliver Hayes, Western Union PhilRbs, Ed Campbell, John Seism and Irvin Allen. The other morning the discussion got so hot that Councilman Seism offered to bet Councilman Allen the best mule he had that Rustic would go to war against Germany. To date .the main item agreed on is that if England can fight as suooessful as she retreated from Flanders, she will win the war in a walk. Add to your list of gardeners who really enjoy working in their yarda: Maude and Arthur Crouse, and Margarette and Robert Miller. Juet ftbout every afternoon on my way home I notice them, busily engaged in their yarda trimming shrubbery, mowing the lawn, or planting flowera. Tho other day I was standing In front of tho Kings Mountain Drug, when' Irvin Allen passed by all dress ed up in hla Sunday best, with a package under his arm, and a couple minutes later he paeaad in the opposite direction dressed in overalls, and work hat. With his ability at quick changing he should be In the Spy Department of the U. 8. Army. Kings Mountain received her hare of the pictures taken during the 32nd annual Convention of the Southern Textile Association held the first part of this month at Blowing Rock. Messrs. J. C. Keller, of the Park Yarn Mill, and C. D. Ware, ?f the Noisier Mill, two handsome Kings Mountain textile men adorns the picture page in The Texile Buietin reporting tho mnt. Clarence Carpenter and Jim Mo3111 have box number 1 In the new >ost Office. J. L. . Settlemyre had tpoken for the number one box but no was not tall enough to reach It. Open Forum An open forum for our readers, but no letter eon bo published If It oxoeods BOO words. No anonymous communications will bo accepted. The name of the writer will not be published however. If the author so requests. The opinions expressed heroin are not necessarily those of the Herald. The following letter'* a deecrlploo and impressions o< a "citizen of iCings mountain" gained on a recent J rip through the Or eat tknoby Moan isbis: rbe Great Smoky Mountains tightly Named It. only an artist or writer 1 could >o 1 should like to do Justice to a -ecent trip through Mils scenic torge. a- J-*?*?? a. m!T <SuL unJT'ttS?* ?TZ joined together to withetaad the stores* at lite, m woll h. oejoy the (lory of Ktaf Sol to iot| u they bbth awy live. On either aldee were gradual ettendents la their array of plok and roso. Believe tt or not, others present were The Three Beers. The Daddy Beer, the Mother Bear, and the Little Tiny Bear In their natural black coats of silken fur. The wedding music, Falling Waters, was softly rendered by Rippling. Soloists were colorful birds of prey. Many distinguished guests from nearly every state were present. The wedding feast was enjoyed by innny hundred? ot plcnlcers aling the National Park Drive. The recei atonal, muet have been in the heart* of all as It wan with the writer, a cry for Peace and understanding for the entire world. Peace Be Still in our Christian America, even in the face of our great defeuelve program. A Kings Mountain Citizen. What Ha* Oohs Baroas: John Webb, a prominent lawyer, and hie partner, Rue Sampcon, are fighting a highway graft racket headed by Vincent Caching, local poUtical leader. On an evening when Webb hoe an appointment to call on Alms Brehmer, Ms client and former sweetheart who ie now Cashing'* official girl friend, he arrtvee at .her penthouee to find that ehe htw been murdered. Webb and Caching, together with Ann 8evmonr. a niaht ehtfe enter tainor in low with Webb, and seme other* who know JJmo, are taken to poMee headquarter* for Tuoetiontno hit PoUoe 0?MM(NtoMr Qmvoo, who U friendly wtth CmMd# and trim to oaot onopieion on Wohh. Chdptar Four Webb, MwriWm *u rslsaaeJ *lons with the otlur nuptcti; for Uu laboratory report ihovM, to tlx* dlecomftture of Cashing and Jo joe. that tho Mood found on Webtra sboaa vm not that of tho murdered woman, but the Mood ah ad bjr Cnshlng whan ho wna ahot tho arm by Taylor. Whan tho fueata had departed, the f mat rated Joyce atormod at his detectlvaa. "It you boya are tuck, perhaps I can hare her murdered all over aftln ? in alow motion!" "We're right back where wo started from," meditated Captain Graven. "A? we've got to work en la the knife." _ < He Jooksd down dt the dank. mm. Urn knife had vnniohedl e I Week la their office again, Webb and Hampaan were bualjjr praparlaf a ssrise of riant chaste and tss&'SoSrAXi snsi tsnnsaa of the highway ooeatruoUoa racket In the mate. They were upoef under two general headings. One read: "Coot of our roads compared to other States." The other: "Mounting death rate due to defective roade in thla State." "Have you checked on all t bees' figures?" inquired Webb, j "Have 1 ever let you down?" sparred Rue. "I'd rather not answer that." I Webb opened the top drawer of I his deek in search of a report. Vrhsu was tk. m.uvl.r W n I f. _i.w the bloodstains atlU oa It! Rue spotted it la Um mm* Instant. They looked at each other. "This may be way oft the subject. churn* said Rus. "but did you kill Alma BrehmerT" "I told you yesterday about the i?<ote warning me ? " "1 remember the story aad X remember it wasn't very oonviaoiaf ? but you probably had your loasoas tor whatever you've been doing." 1 Senator Beott, uetag Rue* graphs. > a eeaanti tsotlsg machine, mmd hie own eteatorlaa rhetoric with devesting effect, proved dreaeoMo-. Ally to thi fttin fliinti that thi highways betag built by Cash leg's oootraetor friends were of about the durabd^r^aad onnUeteuo^c| Oolfeo"' In the gsJlery^UOtraed to htm i ilh growing bitterness. "Its Urns.- Cuehlnr remarked as they -that Mr. Webb was picked uo Mr murderenced ^""^J'^he almost ntrhtly ecenes of * nn'eamatnoao with his Hbf, oeurouo aad liimsastiiglj v" , i * v" * I ti . _ --'? Ht> n% is to a tewgfc rw MUM mi ? wwdL The o*U wwllir at II* winter just H*( freee out the mate amy of til* No. 1 lum mammy at the Agricultural South, aad moor tar mere hate found an effective weapon with which ho combat the hardy weevil* that survived the treese*. These weapon* ? the new pretquare mopping and dusting treatment, and the established postsquare poisoning methods ? v* outlined in detail in a new publication of- the State College Extent ion Service, It is Extension Folder No. 46, entitled "Boll Weevil Control.' Any farmer of the 8tate may receive a copy of the folder tree upon icqueet to the Agricultural Editor at N. C. State College, Raleigh. i ouniy iarm agents or me mienaion Service also have supplies of the publication in their offices at the county seats. WTS SCARIEST M A iTT?iiiJMini | r WMNI eloua wife, who had heal ughfully reading the newspaper' characterisations at her husband as the late Alma Brehmer'e "cloeeet friend". She yelled and stormed; he prowled and left the room.' Then, while looking in his desk for his revolver with which to enact her standard suicide threat, she came upon a faded and yefr-i lowed newspaper clipping. A flench at it, and her eyes grew wild with . new horror. Footsteps approached lightly from . the hall. She hastily thrust the clipping Into a pocket of a sport ooat which her yonng daughter, Senile. had thrown over a chair preparatory to going oat. Sarills, blonde, lovely and recently oat of finishing school, took the ooet, noted her mother's weird look, end WW* OWt When Snrtlln had gone. Men. Cashing hysterically accesed her husband net only of murdering Alma Brehmer, but also of killing Alma's father. Cashing knew a* once what had happened, and demanded the clipping she had fonnd. And while She laughed at him In n creecenda of Insane freasy. he vvtam' I m, Mr.- I K| H B;. y He"*. Ann. hn JM Mga* |a i^.?? naiad tofathar.TfcaUfbt r*> w?T?< Ik* kwtiy, but badly bat> tarad. fen* of Barilla Cvahlan. Both >m TlrtaaUy la ahrada *a upaida down bafora Wabb'a arrival. of flnUh 2T Webb, '"I (UPPOM y^rtTollni a low. father's .iMwd it?rjr- . This ?m aay own Um. You in, the things ths paaui htv* boon printing about him uvi mad* 11 other virjr unhappy ?" f "And you thought you'd stop the news at Its source by finding, evidence that X was the murderer," suggested Webb, regarding her large, luminous eyes thoughtfully, "flay, your father did leave something worthwhile for posterity after ah. How old are you?" i Twent7-two. Why?" I "X was Just thinking about the fishing laws...Have a cigaretter* She looked at htm half defiantly, half submissively, as he leaned over and lit her cigarette with his... Newt morula#, feeling as fH as oould reasonably be expected. Webb entered his office and frowned lrrttatty upon finding Kim Ater T**on ~f?- .tjycw MUrtu hta "''Jj k* awr. ."Wkr iwi on yow own jjM?r W IWWW. No intwtr. l*o ItMkid hor on tho abouMer. ( ss?S^*?h~v?^f*ssf at^ft^.tiygau&'a^r (r* ft* ooonwmit " ' " ' i*J . - ' - - -t> w . "What Arc You Doing to Hir "This is T'keep th' Blood fr He Stan Washington Si (Cont'd from front page) ating to the fullest extent, the would have been "well prepare when the teat came. Yet these commentators ad< Prance and England had to preperv their ''social gains". ? , to the las ditch. France, for example, under i Socialistic leadership thought tha Frenchmen were good enough t work only 30 hours a week yet stll produce the tanks and armore cars and munitions then needed. So a 30 hour week was the Fret ch legal standard. They stuck to I untt| it became evident that Idealist must be replaced by realism. The; it was too late. They could not, i the short time remaining, < build th machinery necessary to defend thel nation. It Isn't ihat these Washlngtoi commentators want to "sacrifice' all social gains by wiping them ol the statute books. They believe A merlca can still meet Its demand; without that kind of "sacrifice But they .believe that some of thei could be eased a bit under the cli cumetances. What good arts these gains thes; commentators ask. when a man' uuuio in utjBi.ruj eu u> a Dome, woe he Is shot down by a cannon tiro from a tank, and when hie wife tyi children flee down a highway Intel no to an unknown future? What good does It do a dyln, man to remember that he once go double pay for working over fort hours a week? And what comfort they continue. Is It to a former leai er of the French nation who sees hi people ground under mechanical so periorlty to remember that he male talned all ''social gains" to the end There are many reason* for dlt cusslons of these Questions. One which brings the point home to Washington, Is the tact that desplti a demand from the public, from th< House of Representatives, and fron one important. labor organisation, i few Senators are still trying t< block Wagner Act amendments. The Wagner Act has been on th Unas Mss BmIm Ckttki ibtaaatts Pais fthkfr KINGS MOUNTAIN DRUG CO. < > I-:: IT MAY BE HIDDEN ?BUT IS IT SAFE? < ? p.' ' .7 V :; You may hide your val but the experienced bui i >' fire will hsre no trouU < > sounder to put your in |j | safe deposit box here, f > protection of oar stroa i * First Natl Member Federal Deposj I l I wr\ ^ fl r?i" om. Rushin' to His Head When ds On ttl" __ lapshots books about five year*. It naun't r? y stored Industrial peace as it was d supposed to do. The latest official report shows that in a'single week I. the Ijabor Department's concilatloa e service was called upon in labor dia >t putes involving 7,918 workers in key a defense Industries. it ?: ? o . U As these Washingtonians put k, d the establishment of legal proteotion for collective bargaining wm h a social gain -which should not be t wiped out. But should collective bar a gaining be encouraged to the point Q thtt a few agitators, and perhaps _ even aliens, can make comtdnuatlr e increasing demanns for higher wagr es and shorter hours dntil rearmament is crippled? Another factor is that Congress la now beciming conscious of the cost u of things. It is working on a bllhoa dollar Ux bill. It is getting atrall Ct that next March when the tone coos es to pay the heavier Income taxeo, s people won't even like the -phraw ."auper-tax" as much as they do now n ( Consequently, they wonder It r- eteps shouldn't be taken to hold. down the cost of the defense pree gram. They recognise that by far ? greater portion of the cost of alrn planes and ianks and the like is foe d They hope that the preeent flurry d of strikes is no indication of what ^ will follow. If it is, they say, than something drastic might-have to ba B done. t in the meanwhile. many insist y that such an eventuality might bo ? forestalled if the Smith bill amendd Ing the Wagner Act. which passed s the House by a two-to-one majority, i* la promptly passed by the Senate. The Herald $1.50 A Year I BICYCLE REPAIRING I Complete line of Parts 9 Prompt Serviee * Bring your Bicycles to Us, we will fix it in a hur 1 ry and have you riding again. | FOOTER'S Shoe And Bieyele j Service Phone 1&4 ij. : 4 i ' ' I r -ri . > uables around your home, <! rglar or the long finger of < le finding them. It's much ; iportant belongings in ? ; rhere they will have the g vault. 4 ional Bank jj it Insurance Corporation 4 > > IM ?? ? ???# ?? ?? 1 . v .v#
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