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A.gj II j And wy At H?nm *" " ? .?" VOL. Z7 NO. 1 Condensed In Slate And Ns - I ^imu. XllllI? Columbia. 8 C. Jan. 1.?Command of the First Army Corpa Ufa assumed yesterday by Maj.Ueo Philip II Peyton, former''commander ot the Eighth (Division. He succeeded Maj.-Geu. Walter C Short, new com rounder of th<# Hawaiian Department. Ma J.-Gen Peyton will supervise training of the Eighth and 30th Divisions at Fort Jackson and the 9th Division at Fori Bragg. N C. Gaffney, 8. C., Jan. 1.?Coroner W P Batchelor said the death of Clifford Sherbert. Jr. tour month old eon of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford ' Sherhert who was found dead in his bed. apparently was from natural causes. Columbia. 8. C.. Jan. 1.?The South Carolina Tax Commission was en Joined yesterday by a Federal Court order from enforcing the ? state's tax on the sale ot tobaccd -products, eoft drinks, beer and oth er commodities at army and navy ? post exchanges throughout the state j - r Conway, ^S. O., Jan. 1?The Car- S terette Sign Shofr Aibrams Depart-1( ment Store, the Western Auto As- j sociates Stores and the Conway Bar ( gain .House, all on Laurel Street ( itrppf worn harllv ftumaiyod Kv fi fa QVI VVV ?? *?? V UWtllUQVU U.? W j ot unknown origin last night. On? j source placed the total damage at ^120.000. The blaze was extinguished after it raged for about two hours, but even then it >\as atfaoktng the roof ^ of Belk'a Department Store on Four ( th Avenue. A. light wind hampered ? firemen. 11 { Wadesboro, Jan. 1.?A man iden- s titied as Gennady L Miron, 45. of ( 601 W. 115th 8jreet, New York, was , instantly killed and three other t persons were injured in an automobile collision on Highway 52 one mile north of McFarlan yesterday. | Miron was said to have been driving | northward, having with a couple ( giving thoir names as 8erge Von ( Baungarten and Mrs. Ellida Van j Bungarten og Jackson Heights. Long lBianu. in. I. * | ( They collided with a car driven ' hv Robert Oaddy. well known farm- ( er of the Sneeaboro section of An* 1 son County, who was traveling j southward and Is said to have begun a left turn when the accident occurred. Washington, Jan. 1?An Imminent "monetary and banking" step fore cast by Federal Reserve officials . was foreseen by authoritative sources today as a precautionary tight ening of the lending powers of banks to check any Inflationary ten dency which might arise from derense spending. Confirmation of ad" impending move involving banking came yes- S terday from Marrtner 6. Bccles 1 chairman of the Federal Reserve t Board and from Treasury Secretary a Morgenthau. 1 " , r 1 1 Wilmington. N. C., Jan. 1.?Ben- t nie Padgett, 59. a WT?A watchman, was in a critical condition in a hos pital here today of injuries suffered I when someone attdCked him while t he was on duty. He received a skull I fracture and severe brclses on the c face. 1 .. i . ,m i . , . . Laughing Arour With IRVES The Wrong Pla By DtVlN i A PURELY self-made citlsen took his first trip abroad. After he rt carried him to Paris, Upon his ret friend about his experiaaeas. "I dont speak any French," he : of any Paris hotels. So when we li postal cards ,of Paris views, becam A# ASIA A# fha Kiev tiAfala anuhaw i??*?"*"551 butK?' ?Th.?l do for me,M I says to r I climbs into a taxi and says 'Hotel "s?y. know whore he U to the city hall." (Amarleao Nnn r* t ' ... . 17 Kings KINGI ' . ' ' 111 | Brief Form itional News Washington. Jan 1. -Japan faces , increasingly severe difficulties la jurchuxlns vitally needed raw niteriuls mid supplies abroad In IM1. . iccordtiig to a survey of Its tluauci- , lay, left $^(>o to John W. Parrlsh to ( five the dinner for mutual friends ' vithin three months of Smith's ! leath, Chicago, Jan. 1.?Eugene Stack, !2 year old pitcher of the Chicago iVhlte Sox, Is the first player on a ] najor league club roster dratted for 1 l year of compulsory military train ng. Stack has been ordered to retort to Camp Custer, Battle Creek, ittcb.. Jan. 7 to begin his year's ' raining, - ' ( London, Jan. 1.?Lord Woolton, ' ^ood Minister, in a broadcast today ' irged Britons to eat more home- 1 frown potatoes and oats and warn >d that "we shall have to do with ess meat in 1941." . j id the World 1 I S. COBB ( 1 ce Altogether 5. COBB a tri > <> Europe not long ago? , tacheu London unexpected business turn he was telling a New York r_, ^ 7%WUI """""""" aid, "and I didst hmr the name utded at Calais I bought a let of ie 1 figured there'd be a picture Sure enough, I found a postcard eith flags on it, and it was called nyself. "So when we get to Paris de Ville' to the drfter. >ok me? The deraed fool took me < .] Pastures, Inc.* . -V ' / " ' , "... . J; * . T'Ttfi tr-' n Hiatus after the strain of 43 , nonths' war in Chin*. Japanese purcbasinK power in re United fttates. 'the sui'vey InHeated today.- already has been restricted to about $200,000,000 an uially ? a ?ura which represents most of thu^ uioney derived from sales of Japanese goods and their lowly mined gold. Baltimore. Jan. 1.?A business noom in Iceland ? an island guard -d now by 80,000 British and Oanalian soldiers ? was reported today ly seamen aboard tre Hekla, tiny Meamer here with a cargo of fish neul and tales of war-inspired pros jerlty back home. Not an able-bodied man among he estimated 130.000 native Ice anders is out of work, they said, ind Reykjavik, tre Hekla's home >ort of 30,000 persons, has taken ou i metropolitan air with crowded itreets and bustling trade.Much of the island's efTorts are urned toward helping to feed Engand, the officers said. A record-sal lug eater of herring last summer toliicided with a greatly increased lemaud in England for fish, and lundreds of Jslauders moved to nor i nally tiny flsliing villages alons he north coast to handle the catch, i Pittsburgh, Jan. 1.?One of the'] vorld's foremost art critics is going | o help teach Uncle Sam's expanded irmy how to hide. Homer Schiff Saint-Qaudens. di ; ector of fine arts .at Carneigie Initllue and the son of a famous g ictilptor, has been recalled to active i luty in the nations armed forces as i >n erpert not only on strictly mill- i ary but on industrial camouflage.New'Thrk, Jan. 1.?The mugaslne Iron Age In Its weekly . report said oday: "President Roosevelt's call :o the country for wartime produc . ion finds industry ready and anx ous to do whatever it is asked to do ( "There is general agreement with he thbugftt that 'business as usual' ( nust be relegated to the backgrond luring the emergency and with tho idmonitlon that strikes and lockxuts must not be pertnitted to inter ere with the defense output." New York, Jan. 1.?Some twenty xersons will attend a dinner party xne day sooix and toast the late Theodore W. K. 8mith, real estate ' , xperator who died Dec. 15. For Smith will foot the bill post j lumusously ? at his own request., j His will, filed for nrnhatn voutor I \ v ;V. * ' '> -."V. ' ' . . . Moun B MOUNTAIN. N. C. THUI Special Evening Services di Central Mjeiftodist "The Great Dlaroverles" ? ? 111 be he flrat of a aerlea of aermona on ihe religious significance of rreat I uiiiali achievements to be Riven by I i.i iii.Mi' ill r'l T'ii Methodist Church < *. . P. M. oil Sun lu.v evenings miring January Ou lauuary 12 the subject will be 'The beat Cathedrals." with the store it on ahowlug of a rare collection it pictures of the ltritish cathedrals lOine of which have been the targets of German bombs during re;eut weeks. On January 19 the sub lent will be "The Great Paintings" >vi111 the display of a collection of we my paintings by the masters of religious an. "The Message of the Jreat Poets" wlll.be the theme for the service on January 26. Tne public is invited to attend these services. in which the Junior Choir, unlet the direction of Miss Carolyn Carlisle, will present special music, tnd congregational singing will be led hv H Sitivpr Wllll?mu Nimmons Rites Held Sunday Funerai services for Mrs. Vera Hell Nimmons who (lied at the home ;>f her- daughter, Mrs. Mammie Godfrey in Seneca. S. C., Saturday were, tic Id Sunday morning at 1} o'clock troin Macedonia. Baptist Church. Revs. b. V. Frederick, of Macedonia, IV. Blanchard Home. Fastor of [fhurch of Naza'rene. and E. O. Gore Fustor of Oak View Baptist Church, had charge of the funeral. Interment followed in Ware Slioala cemetery. . ~ / Mrs. Nimmons who was 52 iyears' aid had been in declining health for some time. She is survived by her husband. W. A. Nimmons. one daughter and five grandchildren. Mrs. Nimmons was a woman who wan loved by all who knew her. She took an active part in comniun ity work and was a devoted wifa and mother. &he liked the beauty of nature, and cultivated a lovely flow ; ?r crArdmi npftr thn sftrvicp I Dii the Grover Road operated by she and her husband. K.M. Drug Winners Announced " > Dou Blanton of the Kings Mountain Drug Co. announced the follow ing as winners in , the cont'eBt re-1 rently conducted. Considerable interest was aroused among the young folks during the contest. The prizes were awarded at a party on Christmas morning by Charles Thomasson. Winners were as follows: Girls: Grand Prize, Frances Summers; Prize 1. Margie Lou liickey; Prize 2. Louise Roberts; Prize 3, L'illie Falls; Prize 4, Phylis Ware; Prize 5. Jo Lynn; Prize 6, Martha Ann Cox; ?prlze'7; Susan Moss; Prize 8. Shirley Mae Pearson. Boys; Grand Prize, Terry Ledford Prize 1, Blllle Smith; Prize 2, Giles Ctornwell, Jr.; Prize 3, Eugene Roberts; Prize 4, Nelson Bridges; Prize >, Wm. Herndon; Prize 6, Dickie [Innnl/iiitt* Prt-?o 7 Paul MpHnnis Jr.; Prize 8. p. V. Mullins, Jr. Kiwanis Officers To Be installed Tonight Officers for the coming year will je installed at the Kiwanis meeting :h'ls evening at 6:30 in the Womans r"lub building. North and South Car allna Dlstrffct Governor, Charles W. Munstrong. of Salisbury wilf be In charge of the installation. Officers !" be installed are W. K. Blakely, President, succeeding I .add Hamrick. and Harry Page, VicePresident, and Gilbert Hord as Secretary-Treasurer. Directors will also bo inducted in to office. The Club has made excellent progress. during the past year, under the leadership of Ladd Hamrick. Street Decoration raken Down f Members of the Town Electrical rorce were busy yesterday taking down the Christmas street lights that have been up since the first of December. The garbage truck has been loaded down Tbr the past several days with Christmas trees that have served their purpose, and Kings Mountain la back to normal after the rush of the Holiday season. CITY HALL BCTNQ CLEANED -1 t The Interior of the City Tlall is undergoing extensive cleaning. The walls, woodwork, and floors are being scrubbed and washed by five somen on the WPA cleaning project The work Is helping the appearance of inside of the building. The women have been at work for several weeks. lain F tSDAY. JAN. 2, 1941 Lions To Meet Next Tuesday The first regular meeting of the year of the K*n-? Mountain Lions Club wilt be held neat Tuesday evening at i o'clock In the Wom*ne gram h;_? been arranged and all i.ions are urged to be present tor the supper and .necting. Attend Funeral In Ramseur The family of Mr. J. O. Plonk went to Ramseur Sunday, Dec. 23. to atteud funeral services for Mra.. Plonk's niece, who passed away after ap illness of several months. The deceased was a lister of Mrs. P. B. Stokes of Norfolk, Va., who is pleas antly remembered In Kings Mountain and who. has the sympathy ot her many friends, here, in her bereavement. i,ane 6>iok<>8, son 01 i>r. ana mr?. S'okes, accompanied the Plonk fair, ilv to Kings "Mountain for a short visit, before returning to Norfolk. AAA Committee Must Okeh Some Practices An important announcement to farmers by E. Y. Floyd. AAA execu tlve officer of N. C. State College, points out that several of the aotl building practices under the 1941 Agricultural Conservation Program require prior approval b; the county .AAA committee before credit will be given. These include a number of practl ces which farmers will be carrying out mostly during the next few months, Floyd stated. Among these are: Contour strip-cropping. forest stand improvement, apple tree removal, and fruit or nut tree plant ing on contour. Pefore credit cau be given for such practices, the AAA leader said the prior approval of the . county AAA committee must be obtained in writing, with one copy going to the producer and one copy filed in the compliance envelope for the farm. The written approval will tn c+udf^?instructions for carrying out the practice in accordance with the Triple-A regulations. AAA supervisors or representatives of the county committee will determine whether the practice has been carried out in accordance with the instructions and specifications. The county committee may elect to have the county agent, assistant agent, br a vocational teacher to act as the committee's representative. Floyd also called attention to the terracing specifications under the 1941 program. In all cases where the { terraces are not constructed by a county terracing unit, the producor will be required to present evidence that the terraces have been built according to standard requirements and have been laid out by either a representative of the Extension Ser vice, a representative of the Soil Conservation Service, or a vocation al teacher. 1 I Will Rogers' Humorous Story By WILL ROGERS THEY tell me that country newspaper* often get poetry sent to them to print. Some of the people that send in poetry don't always write it themselves. They just copy a piece they like real well, and send that in. Of eourse they sign their own name to it. because they don't know how much trouble that might get them into, and besides, they think Ifs worth the risk, just to get into print under such good P?W?It the country editors are on the lookout for that ldnd of stuff. mtt/4 ismh s# ifr ! nssmll up on the big writers anyhow. On* day * guy came in and introduced himadi te the editor and handed him n poem with Us name signed to It. "Thia la mighty good wan*," the editor aaya. "Thank*. I ldnda thought you'd like It" "Did yon write H?" j^Erery word of it, all by my> "Shake hands again," says the editor. ."I never knowed I'd have the good luck to shake hand* with old Willie Wadsworth Longfellow himself, right here in my office tar , nineteen-twenty-eightr American N?*l T?tun*. la* . W . - rs-. - - ' * yvi lerald V ' . i' - 11 Highlights 0 News Events ' Kings Mountain citizen*. reflwllug u|K>n tlii- meinorte* of i to- year which closed at midnight Tuesday', may weir hope that the infant 1941 will deal as kindly with them as did its predecessor. For 1940, although it brought its average share of sadness to the hearts of many through the passing of some of the outstanding citizens, also brought an increased measure of prosperity and happiness An industrial survey at the clo/c of the year would show that practl ruuun iui oi?uiuui, Oct. 17: W. E. Blakely Elected President Klwants Club. Oct. 17: About 1400 Men Register Here for Selective Service Draft. Oct. 24: Three Killed on Highway Hear Here. Oct. 31: Property at Foot of Mountain Street Purchased for Site for School Stadium. ' Nov. 7: Five Suits AgaTTlst Town for Overhead Bridge Damages Settled. Nov>?14: -Council Hlre^ If. L. Burdette as City Manager. ,Dec. 5: Rev. H. G. Fisher Accepts Call to Lutheran Church. Dec. 12: Two Killed In Wreck on Grover Road. cally every plant baa been running at capacity, with many operating three shifts daily. The opening of Superior Stone Co., and -tne Kings Mountain Foundry, and the improve ment of the town's water, sewage, and street facilities and' many other projects have released thousands of dollars in increased payrolls. Hanks, stores, automobile dealers and operators of other business establishments report a very satisfac t'ory year, many saying thaf 1940 sur passed the record of 1939 by a cotnfortable margin. Building and l>oan associations report a gratifying increase both In the number of patrons and 'shares sold. Only one firm went banlfrupt. while a number of new .business establishments were opened during the year. Important' happenings of Kings Mountain during the past year recorded in the columns of The ' Herald are listed below. Deaths and weddings are not included: Jan. 11: W. K. Mauuey, presented Silver Beaver Boy Scout Awtud. Jait. 18.: 487.000 Town-wid; WPA Project Approved. Feb. 15.: Glee "Bridges Elected President Merchants' Association. March 7: Men's Club Craugea to Kiwauis Club. March 14: Mary Baker Wins First Prize in Herald Baby Derby,. March 14: L. W. Hamrtck Elected President of New Formed Kiwanis Club. March lb: Superior Stone Co. Be gins Operations Here. April 18: Band Given Bating of 2 In Stale Meet at Greensboro. ,May 9: Band Jyeaves for National Meet at West Palm Beach. Fla. May 16: Band Awarded Rating of 1 in Florida Meet. May 16' Kings Mountain Population Increases 16 percent. 1910 '6.540 compored wltr 6,682 for 1930. ,M8>" ~3: |400 Raised for Red Cross War Relief in One-iDay Free Will Contribution. , _ May 30: 60 Graduates of Kings Mountain High school Receive Diplomas Sunday Night. May 30: Glee Bridges Elected County Commissioner.' June 6. H. Pom Fulton Elected President IAons Club. June 13: Charles Hilling, Town Clerk for past 17 Fears Appointed County Auditor. June 13: Terminal Service Station ?new Bus Station Opened. June 27: Town Council Hires R. N. Hines aS General Superintendent June 27: New $70,000 Post Office To Be Opened Monday, July 1st. June 27: County Club Organized. July 4: Two Killed fn Plane Crash Near Here. July 4: Schpol Board Approves Stadium Project. July 4: B. D. Ratterree Named Acting Town Clerk. ' July 25: Town Council Approves Stadium Project. July 25: D. M. Baker Presented 50 Year Masonic Award. Aug. 8: Rev. L. B HUtmm Accepts Burlington Call. Aug. 8: P: D. Herndon Elected State President of Oinners. Aug. 22: Cleveland County Centen nial Begins Sunday. Aug. 29: Band Plays for President Roosevelt at Dedication of Smoky Mountain National Park. Sept. 12: R. N. Resigns Sept. 26: School Property at Cor ner of Cleveland Avenue and King Street 8old at Auction > to Raise ? J T-r*T . "" "? - V ' -i. fr,^ VT-. > - - ^ ;.v'_ ' '* . - <; * ' ?' S -.' . ' * ' ' s \ 51 **'." 1 V Watoh Libel Oft Your Paper And Don't Let Your Subscription spiral PIVE CENTS PER COPY f Local Of 1940 1 TAX LISTING TIME MERE Tax Hating time la here again, and Bright Ratterree and J. E. Ellla art \ buay Hating taxes In Klnga Mountain and No. 4 TowmBhip. The law require* all taxpayer* to ITat their personal and real, property during the month of January. V- *. "* <T- ? i Draft Legal Aid 1 Appointed ~The Legal Aid Committee of tin* North Carolina liar Association ha* appointed Mr. Henry B. Kdwarda I and Mr. Ralph \V. Gardner of Shelby N C? as a cohimtttee In Clevo1 land County to advise and render ! all poss'ble, assistance to men, wh? 1 are to be Inducted Into service an to their rights under the Soldiers* . and Sailor's Civil Relief Act ot 1H4I) i and the Nationnl Service Life Tn| suranco Act of i!M0. | Any man lteing inducted into tim service or tho Selective Service 1 Training Act of l!t4o and wishing'to take advantage of this service should sec either one or the other of the above attorneys. ' < Stadium Project Filed With W. P. A. ^An application for the Kings Mono, tain School Stadium project has been filed with the Works Project I Administration according to ii. h. Buidette. City Manager. The Stadium is to be constructed oil the prop ^ erty at the foot of Mountain street.^ Ctty Manager Burd'ette stated that the application has been completed and filed with the Charlotte Office, who will take the project up with officials in Washington. The project contacted considerable man-hours and will take precedent over projects that require more materials. Tho application will also be rated favorably because tt pertains to schools. The City Manager stated that tt would he several weeks before a definite answer could he received as to the approval of the project, but he thought it would go through alt right. | Thanks Christmas . ' Seal Buyers Mr? W. M. Gantt wishes to thnuk the citizens of Kings ^fountain who made the sale of Christinas Seals a success. Total received to date la $126.55. and the city schools' contrt? buted $22.16 of this amount. HUNG IN REFRIGERATOR Chicago, Jan. 1.?Mrs. Mary Meyers, 46. spent ten minutes hanging from a meat hook in her grocery store refrigerator yesterday She was placed there by two gun men who first Itound and gagged her and robbed her of $68. A truck driver rescued her from the chilly vault. Mrs. Meyers attracted attention by tapping on the floor, whicA she was just able to'reach with ber toes. . .? ????????? f OaheS Preston (Opinion* Expressed in This Column Are Not Necessarily the View* of This Newspaper.) Even with the vast majority oC our citizens lined up squarely behind the huge national defense program, regardless of prtrbable cost, no little doubt and confusion Continue to assail thoughtful citizens. The Administration In Washington calls. for unity. Every good citl.' zen favors unified effort in. the com won cause. But oven while the Pres Ident was calling for unity other* were found hurling rocks at industry and business. A spokesman for a large and important labor group proclaimed a while ago that American industry could not make it* maximum contrl button to defense by "fighting labor* He had no word to say about labor "fighting Industry." and the fact mat inai in equally detrimental to maximum detfenee effort. " One government spoliesman, who has enjoved the regpcct of both, labor and Industry and who only ro? (Cont'd on back page)
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