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Hm* Tht Hera** And sty At Mmm VOL. 27 NO. 11 State And ^ Condensed I ?NtUgntl Newt? Washington. Mtrch II.? Stephen Early. White House secretary salt today the rea?tlou to rn itueu Hoo?<\-It a Saturday night address EMMEMMMPPNMMI and individual sacrifices in the Brl tah program "w*? the beat be hai over gotten." In a stark of telegram* received Early suld. were pledge* of 'suppor and loyalty from a good many labo organization*, management, rellgl ous and civic groups, and a larg< number of patriotic organizations. Ocala. Fla., Mar. II.?Nine wnltt convicts overpowered and beat i guard early today, seized his guna and escaped front a truck on a hlgl way northwest of here. Washington, Mar. 18.?A genera manufacturers' excise tax was sug trpK^pfl in nnnci'PHdinnrtl rlrnluu vnu terday as a possible source of sub S'antial revenue to help detray tin cost of the gigantic armament ant British aid programs.The manufacturers' tax was de scribed as much preferable to a get eral sales tax because it would b< applied at the source and not leviec directly upon consumers,' like a sat es tax. No rates were mentoned. This tax proposal, along with nun erous others, will receive the atten tion of the house ways artd meani committee 'i .1 when it opens iti broad stuuy of the nation's eltlri tax structure. The committee' hai been waiting until the treasury hat an opportunity to analyze the Marct 15 Income tax returns. Washington, Mar. 18.?William S Knudsen, defense production chief disclosed yesterday that the sevei billion dollar British and progran plus defense contracts yet to be a warded would require a 60 percen Increase in American industrial ac tlvity. Knudsen. director of the office o production management, Sidney H11 Jinan, pdsociato d^itef^oi4, Secre L i tary Perkins and other governmen ? officials addressed a conference cal iff ed to consider how to increase th< number of trained workers in th< ; vital metal trades industry. Washington. "Mar. 18.?Arthur E Morgan, dismissed by Preslden Roosevelt as chairman of the Ten nessee Valley .authority, failed yes terday to obtain a supreme , cour1 review of a decision upholding th< President's action. Morgan, ousted for "contumacy," on March 23, 1938. appealed from i ruling by the federal circuit cour at Clncinnattl. . Mexico City. Mnr. 18.?The Unit ed States and Mexico may settle 1 30 year boundary dispute by build ing a1 tree-bordered parkway aloni the border. The dispute is over lant In El Paso, Tex. A change In th< course of the Rio Grande, which ii the biundary line, caused both na tlons to claim a strip of land. i * i i i Washington, Mar. 18.?Declarrai that It takes more time to train i doctor or dentist than to build i battleship, Senator Murray, Democrat, Mont., urged Congress todaj to amend the draft act so as to glvi special status to doctors, dentlpu and candidates for those professions '* Pueblo, Colo., Mar. 18.?Women pi tients of the Colorado State hosplta for the insane have completed 1,89( articles of baby clothing for ' Euro pean war refugees since Jan. 1. Laughing Aroi With IRV] r | ! .i H Probably i By mVD TTHP telegraph editor of a Hm A occasion to complain to one < always omitted names from his d .ieerning the importance of getting suggested that in case this essentli he mod. A few days later the editor g< "Wyndham, Conn., Aug. 10th.section this afternoon and lightnini <Jreene, Idling three cows?their ni (Americas Ha* tfr ' \ V > a-*v" v # -V. te' . i 1 Kings ,> . % ? lational News' n Brief Form j State New*| Kurt bragy. March 1*. - Poat au I (hurl tie* anuouncvd today that thu t gloat field ariMI>er replacement ren i ier would be opt ned March tt t tialnrr* will arrive ' ttoiu Kurt t Meade. Md. Fort iiix. N. J. Camp tpton. N. Y? and Fort Devena, Mana I, They will be followed by 11,000 t more In the following i*u wetltr lroiu the tirst. second. tli>rc. (ourtn. i r fifth, sixth and eighth corps area. 9 More than half the artillerymen to be trained for the army this year will be sent to the replacement cell i ter, tin* officers said . j I ________________ .! Rose 5c And 10c Store 1 To Open Here - , a J Kings Mountain will soon have a ' /big new- 5c and 10c Store, as a lease * oh the luige building, located in the " heart of the business section, lias al " .ready been signed by ,1). {'. Mauuey, 3 owner of the property and officials of the Itose finnVThe Kose 5c and 1 fl.Oc Stores with Iheir home office in Henderson. N. C., is well known 1 throughout this section of the south5 as leaders in their field. ' .511* ~ -Mauuey . stated that ten-year ' lease has been signed and carpenters are already at work remodeling 3 the building. The large building is ' to undergo extensive repairs and 1 remodeling. A new front, new floor 9 and ceiling, and a heating biant is I 1 J 10 be installed. -Mr. Mauney stated ! ? that he has signed a contract with ' Clyde Bennett, General- Contractor, 1 for the job which will run into several thousand dollars. The building la to be completed by May lat, and the store will open as quickly after that as possible. J The building whs formerly occupied by Summitt's Nu-Way aud reJceiltlj leased by Crawford and Sons. . The Crawford lease was cancelled ^ so that Mr. Mauney could ncgotiato with the Rose firm. The value of Kings Mountain as a f shopping center will be enhanced by r the new firm opening here. I i Mrs. Sara Delevie Dies t j Mrs. Sara Elizabeth Delevie, 83. died Wednesday morning in Kings .Mountain at the homo of a daughter. Mrs. J). W. Adams. Death fol* Jawed an illness of ceveral months. ' She was a former resident- of Bessemer City. " Surviving in addttten to her daughter it) Kings Mountain, are the fol * lowing sons: Charles Of Alabama City, Ala; John of Kannapolis, and David Delevie of Kings Mountain. . * She also leaves ten grandchildren I and 11 great-grandchildren. Kuneral services will bo held today at 3 p. m. at the home of Mrs. . Adams In Kings Mountain, with Rev t A. O. Snrgeant officiating. Interment . will be in the c.rover cemetery. f State Guard Organized ? . : ' Ftrst Lieutenant Harry R. Bohe ' ler has been notified by Adjutant General J. Van B. Metta, that State Guard Shelby Co. 13. of which Klnga Mountain la a part, haa been recog* ntzed, and the orrranlaation la now ( complete. The ?]nlt meets each Monday night in Shelby in the American Legion ( Hall. Lt. Boheler announced that ( the Kings Mountain men will meet each Thursday night until rurther notice in the Park ^3r*ce School. The members from Kings Mouni tain are: W. O. Cranford, R. C. I Crook. J. H. Moss. E. W. Neal, A. ) L. Stroupe, J. L. Jobnson, L C - Baker and First Lt ,Harry R. Boheler. ind the World EN S. COBB ? 4 a Sister Act 4 S. COBB tford, Conn., dally newspaper, had ! >f hia rural correspondents, that he i spa tehee. Ha wrote the man conall names in submitting a story and il detail was omitted again he would >t this dispatch. -A severe hail storm passed over this ft struck a barn on the farm of Silas unes being Molly, Polly and Dolly. n Features. Ins.) . m KINQ8 MOUNTAIN, N. C. TH Local Kiwanians Hear Smith At Rock Hill (Editor's Note: Tbla article whk was Intended for the last issue < Tiie Herald was lnadvertbotly oml ted and we tire glad to publLh new.) Monday, March to. ten metnltei of the Kings Mountain Klwunls fit went to Kock Hill. 8. to attft a meeting of that Club and to hoi H,. M>.y L In uddltloa to the sixty men*be present from the Kock Hill Club, 1 members were present from Ih itiout. X. f.. nlue from Charlotte. (I'Otn Gsstonla, (en from -Kings Moti inlit. and two'from Clinton. S. C. Herbert Helming. District Seer tary- of Darlington, S. C., and Lieu . .unit ' Governor Wilson Harris, i Clinton. were among the out of tow attests and each nti.Uf a brief tall President Krnest Carroll of the Kuf >1111 Club, was in the chair and fl program wu? in charge of PIt Wheeler. Inter-Club Delations Chfii matt. In/.,let Governor Kay Kurrl-.i Kock 11111. presented Mr. Smith. y Mr. bmith, Superintendent i Schools in Thomas toil, Go.. an President of Kiwnnig Internationa delivered a Bcolarly address. In hi ripening remarks he called' upon .K wanlnns to re-dedicate themselves I their God and their Country an stated that if America is to go fo ward people must give first plat to the spiritual values in this of when It is ,so easy to place c-mph sis on the material values. Mr. Smith stated that the Unite States had never gone to war ft material gains, but rather had fo ght her wars for principle. He fe that wo must preserve the * thin we are preparing to defend and we are to preserve our America way of life, youth must be taugl that' there is but one "istn" an that is Americanism. The speaker stressed the sadrei aess of the home aud stated that ts as dear today as it was In. th time of our forefathers; He felt tin rur faith must be as full of meat ing now as it was in the early day it our nation. He called upon th 111.000 members in the 2.118 elut .0 take an active part in the truii tug of citizenship of the youth t prepare them for living in the year to come. /' . _ ? The speaker stressed the irapo tan.ee of teaching the principles < citizenship from the nursery schoi to the college so that young peopl will remain true to Die right way if living. He stated that there was jrcat opportunity for Kiwanlans t lelp in the great program of educi tiag America io believe in and u; ,iold the great American democratl principles. Hn called ou Kiwaniari o stress the fact that unity cud s; :redness of the home is the one e mntlal necessary to make the natio ;reat. 4 Members, of the Kings Mounial ::iub attending this. meeting were W. E. Blakely, P. D. Herndon, H. rtuuuicutt, J E Herndon, J. A Nel ler, L. Arnold Kiser, Herman ( Fisher. J. L. McGlll. Ladd AV. Han rick, and B N. Barnes. Graduating Class Sponsor The Man Who Came Bacl On Friday, March 21, at 8:00 p. n in the High School auditorium, tb Manhattan Players, under the spoi worship of the Senior Class, wl present a three-act comedy, "Tt: Man Who Came Back!' Out ot' Old Mexico comes this coi xly with Its tuneful music, Its beat tiful settings and georgeous co unies. ' At 7:15 p. m. moving pictures wl Pe shown (or those who care I come early, hut the curtain for lb play will open at 8:00. Special music and dancing nun pers will provide entertainment h .ween acts. To those of you who have see :he plays presented by thlB compan luring past seasons, you are promt pd an unforgetable evening. It is line play with many changes < scenery and costumes to add -vartet To those of you who have yfc to a end a Manhattan Players perforn ince, you are promised an evanln >t genuine amusement. Tickets may be secured from an npmhftv f%t tha flanlAv Ola aa TK _?...>? ? ? ?? wwswt WHO** >rlct>: Children, 15c; Adulte, 26c. Kiwanis Meeting rhis Evening Rev. C. If. Pickens of Charlotte vlll be the guest speaker at the rei ilar weekly meeting of the Kiwanl 31ub to be held this evening In th Vomans Club Building at 9:30 M Pickens, who has made a thoroug tudy of aviation, will speak on th lubject, "Wings." The Charlott ipeaker recently made a trip to K! y Hawk to get first, band tnformi Ion about the place where the all ilano was Inventel by the Wrlgb Irothers. \ itain V URSDAV. MAR. 20, 1*41 Officers Are I For Town E 5 Ten Selectees ir > < n . n !! Monday ^ Ten se.Vrtees will leave Kin** Mountain Monday morning at 7:20 e l?y bun for Fort Brags. The tnoa will J t 'be served breakfast before they de*! ,J part to. runt p. The ten selected men ./ ..iiu wt;l tor the year's aruty V training are: <!us Mauney, Jr., Waltc-r Hood llrl'lara and Clyde Perry Klrby. Volunteers, jund Benjamin uj Marse sutnmltt. Clyde Ervln Baumgardner, Warren K^waods Reynolds - o. unite iieriitaii l'iiy^e, Walter Peterson. Robert Ware, and James iv 1 ^ lire( , AefcordinR to the local Draft Hoard I Jtr ijuesiiiiiinairts are being mailed daily io registrants;. This will conV iiim until 1.000 blanks are sent out I 1 " ;c The' next quota front the * lociw 1(j hoard will bo three negroes, who r. will leave April '.'tnl. More than like ;0 iy this number will be filled witn ,e volunteers. a A total of 15 registrants were giv en their medical examinations yesterday morning in tlte High Sihool >t Gymnasium. The three Kings Mounu taiu Doctors assisted Dr. \V. h. U Rumseur, Selective Service Bxamlig nor. * it Miss Mary Frances Cantt has achicepttd a position as stenographer ii j to the Draft Board and will assist id Mrs. Kugene Math Is, Clerk. a . " Carolina Dairy, Inc. ,t! Begins Service Here j. f -a' Carolina, Dairy, Inc., of Shelby ie have extended their service to Kings ,s Mountain atul vicinity according to j. an antiouceinent from John Bum. o V complete line ot Approved Grade s A Dairy products will be featured .:tud home deliveries have already been inaugurated. r" The milk supplied by the Carolina 'j Dairy is produced by the finest . herds . in Cleveland County, accorde lug to' Mr. Burn, who is an experienced dairyman with years of truiutng J in the dairy business. Local housewives may leave their p. orders with Blalock Grocery for regie ular home "deliveries of the pasteurl l8 zed milk, and other dairy products. ? 8- COURT OF HONOR >n The Poy Scout Court of Honor will be held at City Hall Thursday . night at 7:30 p. m. Scouts and Scout ^ ers are invited td attend. s * f ??t LIWill Rogers9 s Humorous Story a' By WILL R0GER8 te Q. 'IHE Wont Joke I hoard today H *h told to mo by Walter FutlQ tor, of the Fatter Productions Co. I first tangled with Walter out at _ Ooldwyn's Movie Studio in Culver City. He was what you call a cuttor. That is a fellow that if the v picture hasn't been taken bad enough in the first place, why he U cuts It all up and pute it back to:o grther so it makes it look like ie something. Well, here I meet him in Berlin the other day and he ia t a real nrodaeer and buyer and seller of Movies, and Is a real live f hustling Kid. If yon haven't gone t- into the movie business yet. why ? you cant do worse than Walter, g He will sell you anything that was ever taken. Well, we sit having "Ein Dunkle" one night, arguing over the movies, and Just as I was going to sleep he broke out with . the following. He wont back homo to where he had lived In Rmnsyltvanla. He asked about a certain , Jones family that used to live them and they told him here is what happened to them. Tom, he Is i, i out where yon come from In HoOyP wood. He is In the Movies. He M ,fa s Movie Shlek had doing fine. e thev sey. Jack, that's the next one; he timed stage Actor and yon ' see his picture ever once tn awhile. h William Is an Artist; ho Is a pretty good Painter, they sey. Mary, the e Sister, Is doing some Literary t> work, but Sam, he neVer amounted p to anything at alL He stayed hem, is end it just took about ell he ever ,1 made to sunoort the rest of them." Aawricaa Msvs Wmtvm. ton >--v "* ^' '-?*'u ' > jKv-.l!y ' 1 |?*v . v . ' . -rf v; v ' lerald rSamed T| Jection < Member* of the Town Council Muuuijr ..lfc>t named the registrar* , I.a J-dge* bf the election to t* I hpUl V?v j}|K nw?t nMn ^SB!r SSS^u^BTu^flliyrSty, I April 6th. , Registrar* will have the book* at a the regular polling place* for four H "ouaecutlve Saturda\s beginning with the above date.. . ? Polling place* are the same an ?. they were two year* ago. when the ^ vown voted for the first time under a the ward system. , -j The polls will open on voting day ( at 7:00 A. M. and close at 6:00 P. M.I t Candidates are required to pay a ? ft-/ ot $5.00 to file and notice of f 11- ^ i/ig must be-iln five days before etec a (ion. . ' ( Besides the five members of tho y Council to "be elected , one member 0 of the School Hoard from Ward One j: is to be chosen. Voting placets, registrars, and s "judges for the five Wards follow: Ward I, City Hull. Registrar, C j, I-,. Black. Judges Howard Jenkins and J. E. Herndon. . v Ward 2, City Hall, Registrar, S. j A. Crouse, Judges T. 1'. McGiil and M L. Arnold Riser. , j Ward 3. Phenix Store. Registrar, u Boyd Putnam, Judges E. A. Smith and D. C. Paysour. v Ward 4, Kings Mountain Mfg. Co. Store, Registrar, W. P. England, j Judges George White and J. R. Rob erta. g Ward 5. Cleveland Motor Co., Reg istrar. E. L. Campbell. Judges B. M. g Ormand and E. B. Olive. S Mother Of Local Man Dies ' A Funeral services for Mrs. Louisa Conner, one of Gastonla's oldest res It (dents, were held Sunday afternoon tl nt Grace Methodist Church in Kings ci Mountain. / n Mrs. Conner, who had alreudy " passed her 90th birthday, died on a Friday at the botne of a son, J. B. a Conner, in South Gastonia. jj A largo gathering of friends nnd v acquaintances attended tlio funeral. t( and there were beautiful floral offer )( ings in large number. The services wereln charge of Rev. S. W. Johnson ir pastor of Grsre church, assisted by J)r. J. II. Hudson of Catawba. Burial was in Ef Bethel cemetery. . Mrs. Conner was born in Cleve- Sl laud county Dec. 22, 1850, and thus !l wus in her (list year at thetiine of her death. Site joined E! Bethel ^ Metliodist Church in Cleveland conn ^ 'ty as a girl, but moved her member a ship to Grace Methodist church in '< Kings Mountain lu 1899. 1( Surviving are three sons: D. J. Gardner and J. B.' Connor of South Gastonia and Mack Conner of Kings f Mountain. ... Mrs. Conner was very active and In good health until about two mon- n ths ago when she suffered an attack |< of influenza. Her health had grown e steadily worse since that time. t< Mrs. Conner was a woman of outstanding Christian character, belov g ed by hundreds of friends and ac- h quatntances In Oaston and Cleve- 1 land cpunties and elsewhere. h She was of a kindly and loving j disposition, and her death brings sorrow to many. Funeral Services For George M. Goforth Funeral service* for George M. Goforth. age 90. were held at Bethel Baptist Church. BUenboro, Sunday afternoon and Interment made in ( tho comclory at that place. * Mr. Goforth died at the home of Ills'eon, Mr. J. T. Goforth. near iviugs mountain. siuuruuy aucrnoon 11 He wan a native of Eltenboro but ii had been living near Kings Mouu- it tain for the past 20 years where he c made his home With his son. Be was a highly respected citizen and had c made many friends in this section t! since coming here to live. He bad e long been a member of Betbel Bap- b tiat church, EUenboro. r Surviving are four sons, J. T.? of Kings Mountain, Lee Uoforth, ot tl Cliffslde, Harry Ooforth, ot Bpindale I Hatcher Ooforth of Kllenboro; one tl daughter, Mrs. Elijah Hatnrick ot n EUenboro. I v . h Firemen Answer Two Calls i ? s Firemen started the week . oft s Monday morning about 7:30 by e answering a call to Yarboro and Wo h mack's Orocery. No damage was a dona. d Tuesday afternoon about 2:15 tl they were called to J. B. Keeter's on "e Cleveland Avenue to enttngnlsh a o grass fire. No damage was reported. * . .... I !jviy.jpjgjpvp^p*mffpippqp^l^9! Wnteh Label On Your Papnr AnO *" . .c. Oont Let Your Subscription Exp I rol - c ^ ' " ' FIVE CENTS PER COPY K. M. H. S. To Be i " i' - * * * ' ' % ' ' Represented At itate Meet Tbn North Ca. ollna NaUoiml Hodir Society Convention ol which tings MotinUln High School la n ll?h School, Salisbury ou March 21 iid 22. Student* and sponaor* from it high schodl* throughout the tat* are to attend. National Honor Societies are spon one! by the National Association of lecoiidary School t'rincl|Mls m oiler to encourhge Improved Hcbolarblp among high school sludcnVs. 'he first chapter was organized'' in he city of Chicago lit 1P21. Today, here are nearly 2,000 chapters locu cd In- accredited high scliooia in iian> slates and possessions of the /lilted States. Juniors and senlora id eligible for membership if they uiiill, the scholastic requirements nd are outstanding In the qualities ** t service, leadership, and character a their school and community life. North Carolina is one of seven tales which have organized statu SHociutions and hold conventions or the interchange of ideas. llftty Lee Neisler and Gloria Corn fell will represent Kings Mountain iiglt School at the meeting. They .ill be accompanied to Salisbury by Irs. Ted Weir, member of the faclty.. Committees appointed for the con ention: s ' 1. Nomination: Kings Mountain ligh School, Kings Mountain. , 2. Placement: New Hanover. High chool, Wilmington. 3. Resolutions: Monroe High chool, Monroe. 4. Publicity: James A- Gray High, chool, Winston-Salem. L. G. Ganti Passes A. G. Gantt, one of the most prom lent and best known Citizens of le Bessemer City section of" the aunty died at his home near Be-sso ler City at 4 o'clock Monday mornlg, aged 82 years. Funeral services were conducted t the home at 3 o'clock Tuesday fteruoon and were in charge of Dr. [' C. Sprinkle, pastor of Central lethodist Church of Kings Mounlin, and Rev. S. W. Johnson, paa>r of Grace Methodist Church of lings Mountain. Burial took placa i the cemetery- of Long Creek Pres yteriau Church, not far from the antt liofne. ' Surviving Mr. Gantt . are three oils and three daughters. TTTese re Columbus Gantt. John Gantt and lack Gantt, all of Kings Mountain; Irs. Ben Smith of Kings Mountain, Irs. B. F. Weir of Hainpstead, N. C. nd Mrs. Myrtle Smith of Wiliningjn. Mr. .Gantt's wife, who was- beire her marriage. Miss Diana Clark ied about six years ago. weaves For California Mr. Iiillle B. Blanton, who has pasted lp the Army Air Corps, will >ave.this morning for Sap Franclso, Calif. While there he will study > be a meteorologist Mr. Blanton has previously Deea tatloned in the Panama Canal Zone, aving received his discharge in 939. Since being discharged,, he as held a position with the Nelsler (Ills. IbSyiupshvU ty James Preston Opinions Expressed sn This Column Are Not Necessarily the Views of This Newspaper.) Another stop-gap method of haudng strikes from Washington is it the making| It probably will lotne i the form of a Presidential order resting a new Defense Labor board Many Washington observers, in-^ ludlng Congressional students of he situation, are fearful that whatver happens in this direction will e only a treatment of the ailment ather than a cure. These legislators point out that he public, and apparently even the resident, have been sold th belief hat the defense strike situation la ot bad because only 1-400th ot rorklng time was lost last month a labor disputes. That, of course, doesn't present a ma picture. It Is possible for a mall rivet plant to be closed by a trlke without making much differ nee In total working hours lost by tbor disputes. One reason Is that If n airplane factory has to slow prouction or close down because of. he absence of rivets, thnt is cbargd officially to "material shortage" r something else besides a labor . (Cont'd on Editorial page)