North Carolina Newspapers

> % y. _ 0 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm?mmmtmrnm Hud Th? Harald And .- Stiy At Haow 1 VOL. 28 NO. S? j ' \ , Condensed Ii State And N ?State Newn? laiurinburg. Sept. 20.?An effort was made- today to Identity a man. apparently an amnesia victim wbpsff -' -wrtaf I".*;" nr" name of .Harold T. Hansen. The man was lonntl here yesterday. well-dressed but unable to suy mile ii fAiu ?t * ' * " J " .. numo. nn lull M a, VU i Dai lio was suffering from pressure iu * .'.he left side, of the head. a Kalelgli, Sept. 25.?Governor Hoe> flaid today lie would get recommen dallous tor members of local draft hoards quickly now and that he had directed the state elfcdUorns board to order registrars on duty October 16 to register young men subject to compulsory military service. The . elections board will direct each of the .1,916 registrars to be on duly at their regular polling pla ces for the duy. The governor said he hoped competent and patriotic citizens would volunteer to aid the registrars. Compilations are now being made to detennltiue how many draft boards will be needed in each coun ty and as soon as the figures are complete letters ylll go to the couu ty court clerks, county school super Jntendents, and county elections board chairmen asking them to act as a committee to recommend draft board members. > Anderson. S. C., Sept. 2o.?The most resourceful dugler must be the fellow whd stood on the edge of a trout hatchery, gassing into the water. Not until after the disappear ance of many, fish was his technique discovered. The man made his catch e# with a line, extended through a pocket with a hole In it, down his pants leg and into the water. He pulled the fish up his pants leg. Barium Springs, Sept. 25.-Step's to promite large Thanksgiving gifts tor the orphan home here were being taken today by the laymen's - committee of the Presbyterian Synod of North Carolina. The Instltntlon. receives about 490,000 annually from the church,, half of that amount at Thanksgiving Special committees will be ap pointed in each church and folders and other literature will be dtstribu ted. Raleigh, Sept. 25.?The navy recruiting station here enlisted 60 apprentice seamen yesterday, more than any other station had ever enlisted in time of war. * Beaufort, Sept. 25.?Four business establishments ? the Beaufort Hard ware, Pender's Owens Brothers' Grocery and the Beaufort Barber Shop ? were badly damaged by fire last night. | The Morebead City and New Bern fire departments and the coaat x guard helped Beaufort firemen extinguish the blase. Lutheran Meet in Dallas The Lutheran . Brotherhood for the Southern District trill be held in ' Dallas September 29th beginning at 8:00 O'ctook P? M. Prof. w. P. drier Supt. Gastonla schools, will deliver the address. Laughing Aroi With IRV1 . "And Never the T By IRVIB V?ARS ago President Roosevelt a A swings through the West. The i party was roaring through a canyc One of the newspepeamen aboard of the Union. As he stood on the rear platfo the scenery, he saw, on the farther of curione-lookinjr orifices in the fi diminished these apertures to mi: do his inexperienced eyes, that Jkhej about them was no sign of human dooed for a long time, ma the piles ? np with young sushee. The newspaper men turned tc now deeoased hot then a power in ) "Oh, Senator," naked the rurk what those funny-looldng openings Carter cocked his eye in the and his eye twinkled. "My son," he said, "those ere In the ground and in the East es p< (Awku MM fc/iy ' " Kings i Brief Eorm lational News | ?XSaiiouni New*? Washington. Sept. 29.?Fr(nld?nt ' Roosevelt announced today that the ..VU>' Qcwyv^ou't w'rW.v had placed $1.0W0.810,88'J in ordeis j lor vilal defense equipment. * from airplanes tl gas masks. The contracts were awarded under a $5,000,000,000 defense appropriation act signed by Mr. Roosevelt on Sept. 0. He released a metn oraudum from Secretary Stimsoh de iaitlng orders placed uuder the acts as of Sept 17. No delivery dates were announcod. The bulk of the appropriation was earmarked for the, navk. which con traded fir some 200 warship -the I dav >he ad was signed. Washington, Sept. 2S:?Hints came from luformed administration sources today that the United Slates may go hevond a diplomatic protest in showing dlsapprival of Japan's drive into French Indo-Chiua whch ! Secretary Hull said upset }he status ' (|uo in the Pacific. There was no indication what dc visions were "taken at policy-making conferences of state department officials following the entry Sunday of Japanese troops inti the far eastern colony. . Half Moon, Ark., Sept. 23.?Tht' cotton belt has thousands of cotton ^ ,.11-- - ? ..?Ulk.. -l-- ? Kins, uDuoiij mure uiiiKHnau ir.au decorative. But Raymond Sporr's Is going to be different. tHe says the Half Moon gin. now under construction, is going to be a "streamlined" concrete gin with a spotless white exterior. Moreover the grounds are going to bo landscap ed. > Washington, Sept. 25.?Congressional hopes for adjturnment this weekend were abandoned today' as a joint .conference committee buckled down ro what members called the "real work" of adjusting knotty senate and houses differences In the excess profits tax hilt. Senator Barkley of Kentucky, the *\_ . it . J * x/wmucrttuu itsuuer, ioia reporter? that he saw little possibility that cougress would diapose of this intrl cate tax legislation, as well as the $1,500,000,000 defense appropriation bill in time to quit this week end. San Francisco, Sept. 20.?Inquiry into Baby Marc de Tristan's kidnapping was pushed In secret today by the federal bureau of investigation, and whether Wilhelm Jakob Muhlenbrllch, the accused abductor was linked to tbe Tacoma kldnapslaying of Charles Mattson went undisclosed. The whereabouts of the <oarold German alien and William' Matt son. the slain boy's brother who flew here to oonfront MuhlenbroTch, were not known. Presumably young William Matt son, who saw his brother kldnapeo nearly four years ago, had viewed tbe prisoner, but FBI agents delayed making any announcement of of the resnlt ind the World ' in s. COBB wain Shall Meet?" IS. COBB rM making one of his speech-making special train bearing the Presidential >n in Montana on the way to Butte. t? 7Sf * had never before been in this part rm of the obeervation car, observing aide of the vast ravine, a succession tee of the gaunt mountain. Distance auto dimension but it was eviden^ 1 were artificial and not natural. Tel life. Seemingly they had been aban?f debris at their mouths were grown > U. 8. 8enator Carter, of Montana, lis own state and in national politics. ius one, "would you mind telling me in that cliff yonder are?" direction indicated by the reporter. oh at are known in the West as holea rmanent mining investments." rt Fnium, im.1 f ' ; * a f ' .. . .. Mour ll'l II " I . ' in. KINQ8 MOUNTAIN, N. C. 1 Scout Court Season Off To Good Start Till? regular Court of Honor of the Community Boy Scouts trail a good beginning Ii was culled the best September court in three yearn and it beginning of an awaking of the community to the fact that Scout! >tiK is theune safeguard to the for| oes which WO>illd destroy the An\er' rnt r ""irui? Rev. p. I). Patrick sat as chairmatt nf the court and was assisted fcy Ass'stanf Scout Executive Warlick front Piedmont Council ' Head liiarters in (iastontn. Chairman Patrick called upon the youth and peo' pie of Kings Mountain to rally to j Scouting. Executive Warltck ' reported that 1740 Scouts attended Boy Scotft Camp at laike hauler this summer and that the Piedmont Camp rated the liest in Region Six which .oov era the Southeastern States. Scouts i front each Of the. troops of Kings I Mountain were present at the camp. The' date for the next Court was fixed for October 17th. Thursday,, at 7: R0 P. M. In the City Court Room Contest Winners Announced ! . Mr. C. 1). Rlanton. of the Kings ; Miuntain Drug Co.. announces the j following as winners in the .recent i school window contest. The. prize I winners are in the order of the six prizes offered. The winners: Nelson Hr}dgea. Barle Myers, Frank Sum mors. Bobby Webb. Ray Humphries, and Frances Summers. The correct number of Items in the windoAv wait 4G6 according to Mr. BUnton, Miss Gussie .Huffstetler received the teacher's prize tor the most chil dren entering the contest. Mr. Blanton was well pleased with the interest shown in the contest, and extends his congratulations to the winners. District Meeting D. A. R. To Be Held Here The District meeting of the Dau ghters of the American Revolution will be held at the First Presbyterian Church on Thursday (today) at 10:30 o'clock. Mrs. Frank Summers, newly elected Regent of this chapter, will open the meeting and will introduce Mrs. H. D. 8hackleford who will pre side during the session. Lunvheon will be served at 1:00 o'clock. Mrs. Sllvors'tine of Brevard will make a talk, precedng the lun j cheon which will conclude the se,s ' sion, as there will be no afternoon i meeting. Plates will be fifty cents, j ?_____ Precinct Committee Meets The Precinct. Committee of East Kings Mountain met Monoay nignt I In the City Hall and discussed plans for attending the 10th district Dem ocratic Rally to be held In Morgan ton. today at 2:00 P. M. The commt'lee plans to have several from Kings Mountain present for the Rally. \ Plans were also made to have every eligible voter registered when the books open before the general election. Precinct Chairman J. B. Thomasson presided during the meeting. Other members present were: ViceChairman .V>r. J. E. Mauney: Cap tain O. C O'Farrell, Arnold Klaer, Dewey Randall and John launcy. Bankers Talk War Abroad Atlantic City, N. J... Sepl. 24.? War and its effects on Ainericau economy and governments, and the nation's place In a post-war world appeared today to have effectively crowded out nearly all other topics as the American Bankers Association entered the second day of its tliith annual convention. The 4,000 bankers from all over the United States heard virtually all the speak era at the opening session who were not directly concerned with technical banking problems discuss one or another aspect ot the war and democracy. f Lions Club Meets Next Tuesday The regular semi-monthlv meeting of the Ltlona Club will he held next Tuesday evening in the Woman's Club building at 7:00 o'clock. Several -visitors from nearby clubs are expected to be present for the supper aod meeting. V [ .J s t" . l'.' ,-t : : . . . ...... r . vitain I rHURSDAY, SEPT. 26. 1640 All Lots Set Stadium Pr< Funeral Services For 1'. B. Goforth i?f,' rt' - .f. ?i r-.~r -v.'--iFjUllebil iivfvlws for Thomas Boa (if GolOith. S4, who diod in the She by Hospital Friday morning us u r< s.ult of a hiuk' ii !ii|), were held al the home of u daughter, Mrs. W lflll Putnam. Saturday afternoon al 2:30. ufitl he was buried In Bethe! ceinetefy. The Rev W. M. Boyce, pastor ol the Firei A. R. H. Church of Char lotto ami fortnor ifcwtor of the de teased, officiated. Ho was assisted by Rev. Baird. present pastpr ol Boy'eo Memorial A. It P. Churct and Rev. A. CI. Sargeunt. Surviving are the. following child ren: Mjrs. Charlie Dover of Sharon Mrs. \v. Hill Putnam and Mrs. Geo Qwons of Kings Mountain. Orr Go forth or Framerthn. John Goforth; ol Sinyrna and Hunter ' Goforth ol Harris. mar v iVirs. Jack tame Dies Mrs. Jack (.'able* agc<1 33, d;ed ai her home her? yesterday morning after a lingering illness of tyo years She had been a patient at the State Sanatorium The funeral will be helt Thursday afternoon (today) nt 3:(K -o'clock at the home in (lie Mauney mill community with Rev. J. V FTcdorgks in charge. Burial will bt in Mountain Rest iemeterv. Airs. Cable is survived by her bos hand ant, two children. Roy Lee, ag' od Id and J. D. aged 8. Her fathei and mother, Mr. and Mrs. W F Smi'h. also survive. as does her grandmother, Mrs Roxey Holland aged 86. Three sisters,, Mesdam.es Willie Bell Cable. Maybelle Ross and Odessa Farley and three broth ers, Messrs Leonard.' Clarence and Frederick Smith also survive. Cleveland's Big Fair Underway Cleveland's big fair la now in tul swing, and according to those whe have already attended. It Is biggei and better" than ever before. Tbs 17th annual event which attracts thousands each from this section oi the state, will, continue thru Satui day night. Today and tomorrow, horse rac ing will take place In front of th? grandstand each afternoon and tht mammoth stage show will be presei ted each night. Saturday will be auto-racing day, and several record) are expected to be broken. {Dr. J. S. Dorton and his assistant) have left no stones unturned t< please and entertain the public, ant the big event lasts three mo#e dayi Everyone is invited to attend tht Big Cleveland County Fair. Will Rogers' Humorous Story By WILL SOGERS HOARDING kMM u? a Wot the u most la tores ting plaeto la the world. I guess, and there's beta a lot written about the romance# that tart there. Whoa a boaSUng house bachelor marrlee a girl from eutoide the house, be generally bring* ' her to dinner a few times at his old boarding house, just to show her off to the other boarders aad make the boys all jealous. Well, there was ea old-time bachelor boarder at a good boarding house in Indianapolis, Hs was one of these Indiana poets you bear so much about, and he made a lot of friends at the table by not reciting his poetry. This guy liked honey, and since he was an old boarder they always put some on his table, near hla plate. He'd been gone on Ms wedding tour, and when ho came back . with his wife to eat Sunday dinner at the boarding house, he wanted to show off to hia wife as well ss to the other fellows. So when the waitress oemes around, he says. "What's happened to my honey t" It was easy to see there wasn't any honey on the table. The waitress kinds blushed a little, and then she says, "Oh, you mean Clara, the blonde*you was sweet on 1 Excuse me, I'd forgot you was used to coll her honey I Shn's on her mention today." And the bride ears, "1 reckon 111 be going Along. I don't feel like eating dinner today anyhow." Aawlou Mm lyvni, IM lerald f i Saturday- -| egresses ! I ihvil'j kilt^li. ouC tl 111l/lll' ill.ill.liMXI Ul oe tiii'liVt " - - --- - *i*?"ia J ?Hi t IOIU ul iilit . 1 .i . oiiiUiuii, J i.llli ulltn. I lie in,nil.nil' i,i i ii.iT -,i J u. lit' ill I 'I.IS v.i',1 jiii a.i'jii kim I uii' i'iIcm iv^i.iiu ;iit?i tin' >vu> tit 1 ./tUo co-opt ruled to uiiiKt* nit sale I, u buii'u.iii. 1"lie suit' begun utuiul it> Ij A. .'I. Uilll tutlliuut'll Ulli/1 tU.C'l' X'? 's| o clock. Uiiloaig was.biist;, turn \ots oi ouyer.i were on baud tor tut s>aie ,-i ot itto property. Tin property tsonl ,j ;i .or approximately jy.ooo.oo. . I Vlnbl At* -- A I h iui: inviJPJ iur II1C . lOlb P j UnVl: .Already been paid. l-'uuds ue! raved from th?> bale will go to liolp defray the roht of the construction I oi he much-noeded school stadium which vvill lie located near the' contra 1" School. ; Mr, Charles Thoinasson, u tuetnP ber of the committee, said: .'"We p ure satisfied with the sale, and tre 1 want to thank every person whobougly a lot. because Kings Mountain needs a s'adium like other nearby towns have, and the" only < way we could accomplish this, was ' for the sale to lie a success." Progress is being made on the t ' new school stadium, which will be ' in u natural setting hear the Duke < -Power Co. Substation, which is only ' a block from tin- Gymnasium. 1 A legal- kdvertlsemcnt appears In ' this Issue, offering for sale the three ' houses on the property secured for the irev stadium. The houses will ; i ' have to be moved within ten' days I i after the sale which means actual ' construction will begin in the .near future. - ' i Several citizens who attended the ' football game in Gastonia last Prl1 day night ?remarkod that if Kings 1 Mountain had a stadium, the game J would have been played here, and the team would have made several j times as much as they did by play-f j ing in Gastonia. -Kings Mouutaiu ! needs the school stadium, and c'tlI zns are back of the movement. The j athletic field will lot only be more conveniently luuiieu lur iuv puunc 1 and students, on game tavu. but y will also be moi-e accessible tor r dally practice for the teams. Members or the committee In ' charge of the Stadium are: W. K. Mauney, from the Town Council, P. M. Nelsler, from the School Board, j and Charles Thomasson,. from the - Town at large. 5 : , Attend Shelby ' Lions Meeting i Fourteen members of the Kings 1 Mountain Lions Club attended ' the '' Luncheon meetlug of the Shelby j Club Tuesday at the Hotel Charles A district contest for promoting club-visiting is now underway and the local club won the right to keep the plaque until more visitors art. present from some othor club in the district. Entertainers from the Cleveland Ciunty Fair presented several acts that brought words of praise from i all present. - . Those making the trip were Lions . - Jacob Coiper, Carl Mauney. wuaoc Crawford, Haywood E. Lynch, Billy Mauney. J. W. Milam, Jimmy Burns, George Mauney, Proctor Thompson. Will l/igan. Tom Pulton J. G. Darracott. Don Blantou and Howard Jackson. C. N. Porter Leases Ware's Gin C. N. Porter of the Oak Orove comuuinity has leased th'e cotton gin belonging to Mr. W. A. Ware. Mr Porter has had considerable experience In the ginning business in all grades and styles and lie Invites the farmers to bring hlin a bale to be ginned. The gin Is centrally located and Is equipped to do first class work. Mr. Porter will also buy cotton. He began his operations at the gin I last Saturday, and will carry meal and hulls at the sin. Cotton Damaged By Fire Friday Fire from unknown origin Friday afternoon - did considerable damage to 226 bales of cotton stored In the Bonnie Mill Warehouse. Most of ttio bales were scorched and water damaged, which will run Into several hundred dollars. Chief King and hla firefighters kept the fire from spreading, and aoon had the smolter lng cotton extinguished. The damaged cotton has been for several daya lined up on Gold Street ta dry out : Watch Label On Your Paper An4 Don't Lei Your Subscription Expirel PIVE CENTS PER COPY Pjv3airiL._ Speaks To Kiwanis Club In a rousing ami ehi<)ucnt address 'o the Kiwimi* t'lub Tht/rsdav even "i^"iif*"f"ilir'irr' fCi"i'd "i'.-VT'ji ill ?|---* * h l( I'. 'Church, vcatbd upon nit) ; vLt-ii ;o lo'il, . upon tin-* rock out at J Ua.it our count ry ha* been cai'voil. 'rVll yt (lit- landmark* which have fiude our oiintrv great point onward ?nd upward," lie .said. '"It is our responsibility to hand It on hubfeiuished 10 tin:, future gen inttoiis. Vindicate the worth ot our government which is today challeng id by communism. uazism and t'asc? sat. It is being challenged by our . own lawlessness. It. is being challenged by our crime and corruption. "Tile problems,'' ho continued, "will yield only .in an aroused, public conscience. In tlie midst of all tho rhalleii-JOH facing America is our Constitution." The address was bo lug made -in observing National Con stitution Week. Democracy," declared Dr.' Haii'd, "without safeguards. is dangerous. The Consti' ut inn is . a safeguard a* gains! these dangers. It safeguards the one individual as as well as tho ipanv. it guarantees the right of the tnr'viduajf The Ante/ can doctrine eeeognzes tjie man as of priceless"' worth ntid a being of supreme rtignl ly. ' ' . .. . . 1 ''Totalitarian govern mcn.tn put tlie state, as supreme above land inrt (Jod'Jl takes from tniin-his very soul and .makes him only a nog in a *? machine. It would crush constitutional liberty. It would rob mail of justice, righte'onsness and truth. ''Indignation is iusepavable from real Americans.. The more patriotic a man la the more he ia enflamed ; * l>y hrutalltv and dishonesty. The mission of indignation. in America If to clean the atmosphere of filth and injustice. It Is time for American indignation to assert itself. Tho freedom of the whole race is at stake tednv while we halt between two iplnlons" The meeting of the Kiwanis Club will bo held this evening at n::t? nt the Woman's Club. The. program will give place to work being done to traiu youth in civic usefulness. Talks will bo made by Floyd Queen and Billy Thrlneburg who recently attended a Boys State Conference model state and election held at Chapel Hill. One of these boys was sent to the meeting by the Kiwanis Club and the other by the Vocal 1'ost of the American I-eglon. Receives Thanks For Highway Fund Mayor J. B. Thomassou has received a letter of thanks from Sam T. Reid, Secretary if Seminole Trail Association, Inc., for the $117.50 raised by interested citizens of Kings Mountain to promote traffic over Highway No. 29. Mr. Reid repeated his invitation to have sever ul cars from Kings Mountain to Join the motorcade for the opening of the new bridge over the Savannah River between Hartavllle and An-" . derson, S. C. on October 11th. The motorcade will come thru here the day before, Oct. 11th. Flans are being made by local citizens to have at least one car make the good will trip for the bridge dedication. ty James Presto* j (Opinions Expressed in This Column Are Not Necessarily the Views of This Newspaper.) Flash'. Common horso< souse is bo ginning lo make Itself felt against emotlinalism hysteria lu some Con. gresslonal quarters! That's news. It means that if the trend away from emotionalism and toward ligie continues, the nation may yet be able to arm Itself for satlsfactoory defense. Legislative debate over conscripttlon of men led to pure hysteria la which some solons talked unthinkingly of conscripting wealth and industry. Now. they are beginning ta realise that conscription of Industry and wealth would mean clnsrriptlen of the whole nation. - tv The sounder thinkers are now con vlnced that only the unwilling Industries atid dollars should be con flscated. They realize that If "wealth" Is conscflpted It means forcing everybody to buy government bond* K./4. r.A (VA\ / VV/WUv u uu vnv? ' ' . ' ' * ' /. . *. - :: . * - - : * ?.vi