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Lumborton, Dec. 3?Berlin Blue, j
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belli In the kohesoo County JhII '
without privilege ;ot bond, followluif !
the fatal shooting of Anderson if'lark
30 year old Indlhn, late Saturday
night-. In the Lumber Bridge community.
A coroner's Jury ordore I Blue
held on probable first degree .murder
charges, pending tho las-lance
of the bill by the Grand Jury of I
tho December term of . Superior
Criminal Court.
Sheriff Clyde Wade said that
Blue fired through a window at
Clark with a shotgun, the shot strl 1
King the victim in the head.
Spartanburg. S. C.. Dec. 3.?A con j
ference seeking to clear til titles |
and leases to land to be embraced
In the U. S. Army replacement oen I
ter to be located five utiles south
of here'was held yesterday. A total
of 20.000 acrtV is sought vfor the
center.
Brevard. Dec. 3.?Brevard. College
announced inaugcration. of a ;
drive to raise $200,000 for construe- !
tion of a new building and for a ;
permanent endowment.
/aragoza. Spain, Dec. 3.? Front 40
to< fat persons were believed killed
and at least 80 injured today- iu p
collision of two express trains at u
way station between Madrid andBarcelona.
Running at top speed, the ex
press from Barcelona to the capital
was reportet to have ployed Into
th? watting express from Madrid at
the Volllla J)e Bbro station, over
turning one locomotive and spliuter
Ing' wooded cars.
Aiken, S. C.. Dec 3.?Dr. James C
Kinard, president of Newberry Cob
lege, will speak before the Aiken
County Edccatlon Association Tliurs
day.
Continued Progress In
Ked Cross Roll Call
Officials of the Red Cross are glad
to report that continued progress is
being made in the- Roll Call. It was
thought that by now a complete report"
could have been made, but
there still are some who have not
turned hi their membership nor
their subscripiion tor our local wel
fare work. All who have not Joined
the Rerl Cross nor made a contiibu
tion for the community relief are
, asked to please phone or see Mr. B.
.Si Nelll, treasurer of local Red
Cross at once.
, If those who have not given,, will
do their share Red Cross officials
will be able to make the best report
in the next issue of The Herald that
has ever been made by the local
chapter.
To give the public some idea of
the work that is being done by the
Red Cross locally, the Herald is
happy to publish the report for the
month of November:,
.Personal Office Calls 146; Telephone
calls in 32; Telephone calls out, 29;
Home and Reference visits 61;- Letters
in 23; Letters out 9; Tele>
grams In 2; Telegrams out 2; Hospital
trips 2; Out of town trips tor
production 2; U. S. Army cases 2;
Food Orders 14; Fuel Orders 5;
Prescriptions and yeast) 2^; Oar,
ments distributed 80; Quilts from
NYA 8; Home Aid Workers placed
6; Milk furnished, pints 330; Used
shoes distributed, pairs 12.
Laughing Aroui
With IRVtt
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By JRVIN
TN THE old days a skilled actor
almost any imaginable role. He
tip, voice intonation and stage busin
to fit the character. Bnt la these de
that physically and temperamental 1 j
the Job, or elee he or she will not di
The other day a distinguished le
Ironic came into the Lam be Club.
"Curious thing happened up the
"What was that?*' inn ui red one
"A man who was said to hare
sidewalk in front of one of the booki
carried him into Donovan's underti
the chap who handles nearly all th<
took one look at him and declined U
"Why f"
"Saia he wasn't the type."
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atioiial News
?National Newa?
Philadelphia. Dec. 3. ?If appeared'
found On the Hte|>* of a University
of Pennsylvania dormitory hid been
"abuudoned" lo a permanent home
.Mrs. Ilesnit- Hitting. hodsetnoiher.
said, she would file adoption papers
*'! have got 1:5 devila here In this
dormitory,' she copimemed. "Thev
are all good boys aiid Rood students
but they need a girl around.
Shttnghnl. iD*y. ?The Japanese !
Idoekade of Shanghai's badlands Imposed
Saturday to facilitate sonrely
Cor a gunman, was extended today
to the western boundary, of the mternational
Settlement as -a Japanese
gendarme wounded by the 'gun-'
man nils n-pjurieu 10 nave u >;u,
inside the barbed wire net work'
through which no food supplies have !
passed since Saturday thousands of
Chinese in {tied about.
ISviinsville. Ind . Dec. .3:? At a tur |
key shout, a friend stood beside i
hiiiul John Grassmah, directed him |
how to aim n rifle and told him to j
"hit the bull's eye.'
Grussinun pulled tiic trigger and.
did just that. He took home a 12
pound turkey for Christmas.
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Lakeland. Fla.-. ,Dec. J.--Miss Kill
lie Stoat,' who claims she can bring
vain by sitting on the shore of a
body of water, was headed fur her
Oxfoiu, Miss., home today, after
Lakeland had had Its best shower in
weeks. V
The "rainmaker" ended au eight |
day vigil beside Lake Mirror yesterday.
Aside tvom the farewell showers.
there was .07 inch of rain n
few days ago.
MIsb Stoate' said she hnd kept her
promise to the berry growers of the
Plant City section who brought her
here. .Heavy rains were reported
yesterday in the Plant City nrea.
Washington, Dec. 3.?Secretary of'
Labor Perkins'and Wage-Hour Ad
ininistrutor Philip Tt. Fleming offer
ed Congress several proposals today
for easing the' economic plight of
migratory workers moving from
state to state in search of job oppor.
tunities.
Colonel Fleming suggested oxteh
sion of wage regulation to large I
scale agriculture so as to give the
workers on big farms minimum pay
rates of from 15 to 30 cents an hour.
Ijondon, Dee 3.?Lor<l V'oolton.
Food Minister, announced today his
Christmas "gift" to the nation
L would bo increased sugar and tea'
rations for the week of Dec. 16.
They will be 12. ounces of sugnr
and four ounces of tea, instead of
eight and two ounces, respectively
allowed now.
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30, film actor has filed a i r i s m |
plaint for divorce from sociu'.iy pro
mlnent Mrs. Ruth Piper Hillingsworth
Koran, 26, who filed her own
petition five weeks ago. Each char
ges cruelty.
Attached to Koran's complaint
was an agreement giving liim sole
custody of their two sons.
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Albany, N. Y? ]>ec. 3.?Krigid wea
ther retained its hold in New York,
today as the temperature dropped
to below zero levels iti Northerrf sec
tionn and new snow added to drlv
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i't Fit the Role
S. COBB
was su phased to be able to take
itudi; :lir | art and then, by makeess
ir.r. ;2 over his own personality
generate times the manager insists
r a candidate muat be qualified for
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ading man with a keen sense of the
street a while ago," he said,
of the class who always bite,
been an actor dropped dead on the
ng-offlces. They picked him up ai d
iking parlors?you know Donovan,
s theatrical funerals?but Donovan
> bury him."
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(Sloe Bridges, prominent King!
Mountain business man NBA war
sworn in as a member of tbe Boart
of Count v ^Commissioners for Cleve
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Bridges was named vice-chairman ol
the board. Other members inducted
intf> office Monday were Max Wash
burn. Shelby Hardware dealer, and
1>. D. I^attimore, farmer of Polnvtlh
The retiring board was made nj
of George Cornwell. Chairman tm!
Ivvtn Allen, and It. II. Wilson.
The Board in their nieeting Mon
day re-appointed nit county, officers
for a :<t) day period. -which i.iclndei
County Auditor Charles Billing, ol
Kings Mountain.
in the afternoon session. Brigh
Katterree, Active Town Clerk
[. Kings Mountain, was named Ta;
Bister for No. 4 Township.
Santa Sa
In With 1
Keeter's Wins Window
Prize
Music filled the air in King
Mountain last night as Santa Clau:
made his appearnce to the dellgh
of throng estimated at 2,500. Hun
dreds of voices in hurtnoiiy will
the ttines of Christinas songs usher
od in iin- Christmas season, wlilcl
is an *nnnua?""3v0nV .CpiVnsoiViT b;
the Merchants .Association. filei
Cjubs from the three Kings Moun
tain' Schools and JJixin. Beth-Ware
Park-Grace, Bethlehem, and Patter
gflll (il'nt'O tlnillnil ?l?" ' ? -? - '
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encc who had gathered at the Bap
list Church corner for the first pul
lie Christinas tng in Kings Moun
tain:
Miss Carolyn Carlisle of the King
Mountain School. faculty l<M tin
inning assist,<1 by Mr. Kennet)
Crook. Miss Dorothy Carson accotn
| panicd tlio singers on tho piano
which was stationed on a lurgi
, truck in front of the Church.
Mr. Skimp Stowe was on han<
with his loud speaker outfit, whtel
added greatly to the gala occasion
Santa made his appearance fron
j a second story window of tho Ctaur
cli via a ladder. Children's ani
dults voices could be lieaM foi
miles as the grand old man stoppei
for his annual visit to Kings Moun
tain.
Preceding the singing, the Kingi
Mocntain Band under the directioi
of Paul E. Hendricks, paraded thri
the business section and then play
ed several numbers;. In front of tin
Clurch.
Kittle Miss Betty Falls, dauglite:
of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Falls, thriller
the large crowd with her solo
'.'Away In A Manger.
Kollowtn; he' singing Santa tool
Ills stand in the entrance of thi
Presbyter; in church and presented
sifts to all boys and girls.
The colored children of Kingi
Mountain were not forgotten; thej
wore given thoir treat in front o
the Christmas tree at the City Hall
by employees of the Designing room
of the Margrace Mill and the Mer
chants Association. The crowd wai
oderly and very little confusion wa>
evident us the gifts were being dis
trlbuted.
Keoter's Store was declared win
ner of the $5.00 cash prize for th?
best decorated window, by out o
town judges last night after th<
opening celebration. The judges it
announcing the winner stated tha
they had to make two trips to de
termtne the winner as several stor
es had very attractive displays. Tb<
judges made special mention ol
the center window of Keeter1!
which was attractively decorated
with gifts for Her and Htm.
President Qlee Bridges of thi
Merchants Association asked Thi
Herald to express his thanks U
everyone who helped to mske th<
event such a success. Mr. Brldgei
said, "1 think everything went of
just fine and everybody had a fini
time, and in behalf of the Mercbanti
Association. I want to express oui
appreciation to everyone who help
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HURSDAV, DEC. ft, 1*40
Lions Honor
Draft Board
And Enrollees
wiii host at their meeting Tuesday
i.tgltl 'o Ihw laical Draft oily i d any
the two volunteers wh?? -will leavetor
Fori Bragg Today to Jolts the
'Army. Lion J. \V. Milam presented
t'huit'utan of the Board. Frank Summers,
who Introduced the other two
members of the Board. Ilayne Black
titer and Arthur llay.
Mr. Summers explained the classifications
of the' registrants and oth
er details of the work of the board
i . Mr. Hay, the spokesman of the
1 Board entertained club "members
1 with his witty remarks and inteifest
^tg and inspiring patriotic speech.
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I conclusion of Mr. Hay's address that
j be did not know whether to cry ot
I j enlist.
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i Lion Haywood R. Lynch prcscnte'l
I to the two honored guests, Owen
HulWiiekier and Chafe Hilleuder.
. attractive traveling kits as a token
? of the esteem and honor the Lions
1 Club hold for men who volunteer
r their services to their country.
(don Charlie Tlu'mtnsson usked
t| that all'.members of tlie Club who
f! were of draft age to stand. All but
< | seven members of the large num|
her present, stood.
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j COUNCIL ADOPTS CITY
I VAh(AGER FORM OF
j v j^trtNMENT
s j Members of the Town Council in
s ' their meeting Monday night adopt'
ed a standard City Manager ordinance
for the Town of Kings Mouni
c iii. The city manager is to be the
chief executive and head of the ad?
.unijtratlve branch of the local gov
' jrnment. The complete ordinance ta
a on file at the City Hall and any in*
terested citizen is invited to inspect
i? it, by Mayor J. B. Thomasson.
The ordinance was passed after
- the motion was made by>C. E. Neis
" Itr. Jr., and seconded by W. K.
I> Mauney.
The Council also voted to take
ever the water and light customers
s .:ic Cora Mill January 1. The mill
i heretofore had been supplying wat
ler and lights, but recently sold the
houses to employees.
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} Christmas Gifts
Central P. T. A. hus selected Wed
j uesday, December 18, as Its Christwas
(lift .Day. Pupils and parents
j are asked to bring usable clothing or
r canned food to school that day. The
j clothing will be' mended and given
. to children who need it. The food
wlil be used for our underprivileged
s children.
, We will assemble In the audltorl,
urn at 10:40 on this day.
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Humorous Story
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\ By WILL ROGERS
XTIE Worst Story I heard today
* was told to me by another
/ Englishman. He is a railroad conf
ductor, and he used to run between
Glasgow and Edinburgh, in Scotland.
Well, he had lots of times a
lot of trouble about getting tickets
from Scotchmen that was trying
to ride free or at a reduced rate,
but ha said the wont he ever got
etung waa br a fellow with a very
red face, when the train stepped
at Larbert Junction for collecting
tickets.
Hils red-faced fellow couldnt
find his ticket, and kept ransacking
his pockets and stewing around
in awfal excitement. Finally, the
conductor caw that the fellow was
holding the ticket In his month.
"There It Is, yen feel, la your
nv uth." he said, and grabbed the
ticket.
Ke waa told, after the Scot got
c.!T. that the gay had turned to one
of the ether paaseagen end saidi
"Awm nee eich a rate as I look*
ed like to yon colleether. Twaa
an auld ticket, an' I waa sucldaf
the date off."
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REV. HERMAN G. FISHER
vho has resigned as pastor of the
iedeemer Lutheran Church of Maon,
Ga., to accept the pastorate of
t. Matthews Lutheran Church of
Kings Mountain., The first sermon
of Rev. Mr. Fisher's new pastorate
will be delivered Sunday, Dec. 22.
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Classifications
Announced
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The classification of the first 32
men who registered with the local
Draft Board are listed below. Out
of this nernber only one man, Baxter
Wray Owens, qualifier for group
1-A. The of tier numbers are also put
lished, as well as the qualifications
.or the different groups.
The list as released by the local
board follows:
1-A?7: Baxter T.'iuy Owens, white
1J1-A-?1, Walter Thomas McSwain
--white; 2?Garland Miller- Hcberts,
white; 3^?Samuel Wood row Howell,
white; -1?George Albert Morris,
while; j--Benjamin JkmaU .Harry,
white; S?-Willie Abort t'hilders,
white: 11?Burgin William Proctor.'
white; 12?Japies Baxter, colored;
ir?Ducal Oren Barrow, colored; 11
?Paul HI I is, white; 15?iO.ul Jasper
Black, white; 11>?William Carl Mil:
lev, white; i7?Charles Elmer Im
Ban. white; 18?Tom bee Hamrick.
white; 20?Clarence Warren, color
erl; 21?Charlie' Andrew Borders,
white; 22?Arthur Daniel Worrells,
white; 23?Wilkie Eugene Pruiti,
white; 24?Jaines llarence Plum ley
white; 2d?Carl Thomas Hord Mulllnax,
white; 27?Jeff Elliott, white.
I 2S?Mnnutltus Odmns, colored; 30?'
[Fred Wendell Plonk, white; 31?
, pahlei .Moody Bridges, white; 32? I
Robert Hord Burton, white.
IV-F: 10?Hubert Krauth McGinnts.
white; 26?R. A. Jolley, white
Four registrants unclassified.
Class I
Class I-A: Available; fit for general
military service.
Class I-B: Available; fit only for
limited military service. ,
Class 1-C: Member of) land or na
val forces of United States,
Class I D: Student fit Tor general
military service; available not later
than July 1. 1941.
Class 1-K: Student fit only for 11m
lied military service; available not
later than Jtlly 1, 1941. t
Class II
Class II-A: Man necessary in his
civilian activity.
Class III
j Class I1I-A: Man with dependents
Class IV
Class TV-A: Man who has com j
Dieted service. .. J
Class IV-B: Official deferred by
law.
Class 1V-C: Nondeolarant alien.
Class 1V-D: Minister of nellglon
or divinity student.
Class rV-E: Conscientious objector
available only for civilian wfork
of national importance.
Class 1V-F: Unqualified for military
service.
FIREMEN CALLED OUT
TWICE RECENTLY
Firemen were called out two
times within the past week, to fires
that did very little damage. The
fire laddies answered a call to a
grass fire last Friday about noon.
No damage was reported.
Wednesday afternoon about 2 p. m
firemen were called to a house near
Fulton Street which was occupied
by negroes. The fire waa out upon
rrival of the firemen and no dam.
age was reported by Chlei Oraoy
King.
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Tin* Hev. Merman U. Fisher liav
reRtkniil. ti pastor of tin* Redeemer
Lutberan Church of Mucottv tie., to
unept a call to brcvnic pastor of
St. Matthfcw* Lutheran Church ". tut
...s, supply pastor of St. Luke's l.uilt
t rail Church In- the rural community
U?v. Fisher nil! succeed tlte Iter.
L. ltoyd llamm, who residue.1 thu
local, pastorate after a service of
five years to accept a call to Macedonia
Lutheran Church of Lurlington.
He
will come here with his wife
and four children 011 December 10th
and preach his first sermon us pastor
ut the Sunday morning service,
December 22nd.
iDurliig his short service iu Macon
tbo church there lias hud aq increase
in membership. In that city
he has served as Secretary and
Treasurer and as President , of the
Macon Ministerial Association. tie
is Director of Young People's Wo At
In Macon and Regional Director of
Lutheran World Action to seuuto
funds fot* staitded Lutheran Missions
ihrocghout the world from tlnj
states of Georgia. Alabama, Missis*
ippi and Kloriaa.
The new minister setved his first
charge at Alamance near Burlington
There he built from u mission of
12 members to a self-supporting con
gregatlou of 220 members,
Rev. Fisher Is a. native of Salisbury,
N. C., and comes front.a preaching
family." His twin brother la
! minister of the Aslteville Lutherait
Church and he lias three other broI
liters In the ministry at churches in
j North Carolina. He Is a graduate of
I Roanoke College at Salem. Va., and
j of the Southern Lutherait, Tlieologl1
cal Seminary at Columbia. S. C.
" in preparation for the coming of
! Pastor Fisher the Lutheran parsonj
age, has been completely; painted ,
j and renovated aud a heating plant
i installed.
The Lutherans look forward to
I the coming of their new pastor and
hope for hint a successful period of
service with them aud in the community.
Crucifixion Of Christ To
Be Shown Here ?:?
A talking motion picture utterly
different front anything ever-shown
in this community, will tie presented
In Hast End School twice today,
llrst showing will this morning at
10 a. tit., and again this evening"at
7::>U.p. in., under Die sponsorship of
East School P. T. A. This picture ta
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only talking motion picture ever
made of the life and crucifixion of
Christ. The film is a, spectacular
and Impressive production. Critics
everywhere have acclaimed it tho
greatest talking picture of its kind
ever made. Every man, woman undchild
in this community should so?lt.
The East School P. T. A. is procd
to bring this spectacular film to this
city, and everyone is urged to se?
"Golgatha" because it is not only
educational, but highly interesting
entertainment. .
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(Opinions Expressed in This Column
Are Not Necessarily the Vievv* of
This Newspaoer.)
The booming rearmament drive
shows clearly in Washington that
defense - minded Ameeicans are tak
ing steps which may destroy tha
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When you get right down to it,
the United States is preparing to ra
sist two alien forms of government
? national socialist! and communish.
Under both of those two forms,
the government is supreme and the
individual of no importance except
as a servant of the government.
Thos free worship of God, free
dom of speech, freedom of press,
the right to go into bosltiess of
one's self ? all these are forbidden
under Naxlsm and Communism. ^
Religion, speech, press are allimportant.
But another freedom
which does not exist in Nasi and
Communist nations ts what We refer
to in this country as private
enterprise. That means the right of
the individual citlson to open a grocery
store or a filling station, to lay
a pipe line to transport oil. to da
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