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Km4 TH? Hwli $b. And wy At Hww t * i . . ; , ; - VOL. 27 NO. 12 i - ? . r More Selectees ; Announced For April Call The Kings Mountain Draft Board | ^ i* has received a call for three negro ! t J selectees to be sent to Port. Bragg i. on April 2nd and another call for ( 10 white selectees to be sent direct to Port Jackson on April 6th. The | two groups will leave Here at 7:21) , A. M for their respective camps for | a year's training. Other registrants have already i . lieon classified and will be ready for i the second call for. April, which In- ^ eludes seven white and four . negro | . The colored quota In leave Aprlt; j 2nd. are alt volunteers, follow: 156--V: Wesley Ross 402 rrV: IN) Iks Rush. ' 631?V:'Hugh N. OamOle. JThe while quota for the April Sth call follows: 64?John P. Gold. 2W?A. V. Stewart. 255 Junius Hartsoe. 263?Boyce E. Dixon. 271?David J. Delevle. " 286?iHorace E. Bowera. 283?Ben E. Anthony. ^ 302?Fred Lowrance. 309.?Samuel C. Moore. 311?Floyd Lee Turner. I Post Office Grounds < To Be Beautified , Postmaster \V. E. BlaUcly has rec ' V ommended to Postal Officials In Washington thr*. the low bid of 8319 1 be accepted for the beautlfication ot the ground* of the local Post Office? , The bid Included the planting <ST ' shrubbery and trees and landscaping the grounds around the Post Office ' Building. The project is to be completed by April 16th and the firm , awarded the contract will tend to , \ the newly planted shrubs nna trees < . for one year. , ; The Mecklenburg Nurseries ot ' Charlotte was the low bidder of four submitted. The large trees on the Post Office ' property will not be removed but the smaller, scrubby ones are to be j taken up. * , Postmaster Blukely. ens also been 1 authorized to have the grass reseed- p ed, which will greatly add to the 1 appearance of the Post Office prop- 1 erty in Kings Mountain. ] Legion District Meeting I Here Wednesday A meetipg of the 16th District of 1 the American Legion will be held t next Wednesday, April 2nd, in 8hol- < .by, according to an announcement * from W. W. Souther, Diet. Com- 1 mander. The meeting wll begin at 4 1 P. M. In the Legion Hut in Shelby. 1 State Commander Dave Hall of Bel a mont will be the speaker ror the at- 1 ternoon session* The same night at 7 p. m. a ban- r quet with members of the Legion J Auxiliary also present, will be held. 3 Hon. Clyde R. Hoey will' be the n speaker at the Banquet. Following e the banquet a dance will take place. District Commander Souther will ] preside during the meetings. A large number of Letionnalres and k their wives from the five counties in ,, the 16th District are expected to be t .present. t| [ .Small Fire Last Thursday > Firemen were called to the home of Dick Bennett at 102 Myers street a last Thursday about 7:30 P. M. .to u -extinguish a small blaze on the i roof. Anly a few shingles were dam- s A - QUUi I * ??? i i i i . | , Laughing Aroun With IRVIN Another One from tf By IRVIN S 'j'HE English joke differs from the . . tag my personal preference for th to a deep fondness and profound admii Not long ago I ran across Bus typleal being particularly fine specimens. Ci an Anglican clergyman played the pai vaudeville. "Jobsooaayn the rector to the Jewel of rare price, lent shot I often k -of besting." "Yue, snys Jobeon, "and mine ge (Aatriw Mmm T L_ i ; ~~1 iir? Kings JHIBP BURNS TO PROMOTE CLCAN-UP CAMPAIGN" Chief of Pol loo Jimmy Burnt beildoo hit duties of keeping tht town ;lean from law vlolalort It going to ild In a. clean up of the town literal y. He hat aekod the co-operation of Tht Herald and Manager Oavid lath of the Dixit Theatre In the orent to rid Kinga Mountain from in cant, offering three caeh prizes or .the children who will bring the noet cane to the theatre. Chief Jurne la going to eollelt the flnanilal support of the Klwanle and .lone Club In thla movement. Maniger Caeh la going to have a show' ind the price of admleeion will be eh tin cane. Complete details of the plan will . >e announced In the next leeue ot . ^.1111 i|jl iMfrftWNi'rNBi'l ire asked to be on the lookout for it >ecause If the plan goto thru belidee the free show, 91.a00 will be , J I ? v 1 I PT??J. D. L. Saunders Announces gt For Council Kings Mountain's'-political pot be<an to simmer this week with the announcement ot D." D. Sauudcr.s as a candidate lor tuo Town Council from Ward 3. Street talk hanV that several candidates will be in tb? field from other Wards in the near future, with more than one name being . mentioned Irora Ward 5. No indication has been received from my members of the present board is tti whether they will be a candiiate to succeed themselves or not. The election will be held Tues'd&y, May 6th, ,to elect five members ot i ihe council and a member of the School Board from Ward 1. Mr. Saunders is owner of Sauud?r"s Dry Cleaners and is a memuer at the Lions Club, He was formerly averseer ol the filling Silk Mill, tnd has- been a resident of Kings Mountain for the past 14 years. He is a regular attendant ot the Metho11st Chufrti. The announced candi- ,j ilate is married and has oue child. Mr. Saundere in discussing his announcement with The Herald mid: "I am running on the Democra I tic platform, and 1 will appreciate 1 the vote and support of everyone In my Ward, as I will try to serve to the best of my ability." i Mr. and Mrs. Head To Operate Western Union After April first the Western TTn. on Telegraph Company will dlscon- J Inue regular employee at the local J >ffico as it has In many other pine- , 's similar. Mr. and Mrs. John " L. |' lead, manager of Mountaiu View , lotel, will handle the Western Unon under the Agency arrangements, j nd service will be given same as s past. Mr. ft. W. Phillips, the preseut , nanager. will hace shortly after j tprll first and will go to his and j , ilrs. Phillip's home for a few weeks' , tear Hickory, N. C., before going ; lsewhere. diamond Ring Recovered ] . i A llamond ring and a wedding iand, alleged to hare been stolen rom Mrs. Horace iHord week before * iat was recovered last week by the 1 'olice Department, and returned to 11 Irs. Hord. The two'rings were ral- I ed at |140 by ^Irs. Hord. Mildred Hill, white waa arrested 1 nd charged with the theft. She is * nder bond awaiting trial in Shelby, according to Police the rings were 1 old by Miss Hill to the man from v rhom they were revovered. I , ! .. 1 d the World J( S. COBB I b e ic Mother Country ? .COBB t American Joke, bat without deny- t e home-grown sorts, I must admit s wtkm for some imported varieties. tl _ a I British jokes that shade me as r iriouslv enough, la both of them " rt of the "feeder," as they say la h town botcher, "a good wife is a B say that a good info takes a lot taitr * Mtusa, 1M) 1 P I i . ,0 Moun . KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C. THl Presbyterian Speaker 1 J J Rev*. C. Darby Fulton, D. D., who I will preach at tho Flrat Preabyterlar 1 I Church Sunday, both morning and evening aerviceo. Rev. C. Darby Fulton, D. D ; a . e n - * - *? ai first i'resbyterian Rvv. C. Darby Fulton was born In-, Kokv. Japan. Ills parents wer<> lio'h ] missionaries, having served In Ju-j pat) for about fifty years under the Kxecuflve. Committee of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian. Chur 1 eli'In the United states. He spent his early life in .fapaii ttittil fourteen- years of age, at which * time he returned to the United Sta- f tes for schooling. He attended the s following institutions and received I degrees as specified: Pres'nteria: t College, Clinton. S. C.. 1911, .A- H.. ii University of South Carolina, 1914. t A M. Columbia Theological Sentl- i nary. 1915. B. D.. Princeton Theolo- t gical Seminary, 1916, S. U., Pres- ! 1 byterian College, 1924, D. IX In 1917 he returned to Japan and served until 1925 when ho was call- ' k'U to serve as one of the Secretaries of the Executive Comniittee. Belore returning to take up his work in this country he visited the other fields In the Far East, spending several months , in Korea and China. In 1932 he became Executive Secretary. and besides his visit ,o the , Orient in 1925, he spent several mon ths in 1935 studying the worn in . Brazil, and made another brief trip to the Orient in 1937 for a first * hand study of the difficulties just . beginning In Korea. Dr. Egbert W. Smith says' of him.- , ",Dr. -Pulton's birth in Japan, bis ^ association from childhood with the j Japanese people, his travels' in otner a countries of the Far East, and ills present position as Executive Secretary of Foreign Missions of the southern Presbyterian Church, .to- . tether with his rare gifts of persontllty and eloquence, combine to make hint a strikingly effective tpeaker on missionary themes." in the fall of 1939 he visited our ' WVXICO JHISBIOU. Dr. Fulton will preach at the First | Presbyterian Church Sunday morn- ^ ng at 11:00 o'clock and Sunday ev- c jnlng at 7:30. He is an eloquent r speaker and is considered one ot the d creinost authorities in America on c Missions. It is a privilege to have u ?im visit the Presbyterian Church c tore. b a Hostesses For The ? 'Southerner" o p Hostesses selected (or 'The South- t srnor", new Pullman Standard >u!lt streamlined train, have been innounced by the Southern Railway n preparation ot the road's plans o exhibit the traia in a number ot owns between New Orleans and 7ew York, which began March 17. Hostesses chosen by Miss Wanda j. Myers, director ot hostess series tor the railroad, ioclude Kathee M. Elkln, (Decatur, Oa.; Annie ( j. Engbarth, Ocean City, Miss.; iary C. Sandlin, Old Fcrrt, N. C.; inlta M. Tipping, New Orleans; ean R. Ware, Kings Mountain. N. and Eleanor D. Warren, Blrmlngam. # In addition to being tall, one ot uo a!\r*f uwoiuoums uux" mie position. \ ach hostess has qualify because t her spontaneous and war rosmile ' nd effervescent personality. "The Southerner which will oper- ' te as three trains is built of high ensile steel, with stainless steel heathing. It will be followed out of tie Chicago shops of Pullman-Standrd by three trains to operate beween Washington, D. C.. and Memhis as "The Tennessean. 'OLIOl INSTALL FINGER- | ?l(lNTINO DEPARTMENT < Chief ef Polios Jimmy Burns an- J lounoed that a fingerprinting depart tent has been Installed at police leadquartere, and all persons arrest- \ d are new fingerprinted and the Tints are cleeslfled and filed. The ' isw. department is under the dlreeIon ef Offleer Melvtn Hoover, who < t In charge of the Identification department. r . a ' 1' ': \ -k' ' ,v_ j tainl ?.? ?? ' JIMOAY, MARCH 27. 1M1 Ifoulh Killed In Train-Car Occident Here One of the lurgest crowd*, that tier assembled at Oak drove churI'll attended the funeral services Sunday afternoon of Samuel Odell [Sell who was killed Saturday afternoon, when the ear which he was Irlvlug was struck by a train at a railroad crossing in King* Mountain. The popular young man was born l>ee?']iib? 1 31, 1922. making him IS i ear a and three months of age. lie tj.i, vg ri'.'ivgi ;[| jiiiM'Ji rotqtiiuni.y tie is survived bv his Dai-ills, ilir.i bioiln-i-. Horace, Kuti'iii, and Ai: .'?hl. one sister, lletly V.n, ""ati'd In-. . luaKinal grandiiiofle .r. II.,T; \Vtighu and a host of othi t'luae rt laiives Who are bereaved liy bis tragic and un:iinciy death. I'!" beautiful flural ofterlug was a rung tribute to' hi.- splendid chart <r and ai tested the love uud csi itil !viiiirh hi vein li?.lit Tin funeral H?vili.es were held at . " > Sunday. ufti'iaoon-and were in hurgc of the past or, Itev. \V. liUlli r. IluWillie, who was assisted by itev. t'. K. [lookout, pastor of the .icloiy Baptist ChUrcu in (iastonia. The tragic accident which claimd the. life ot the textile employeearm youth, occurred at the (told street crossing about 3:30 P. M. tings Mountaiu shoppers which ht'onged the streets were' horrified it the sight of the fast freight with ho car' hooked on the front of the :t)gine. The engineer stopped the rain two blocks away, at the ovorn ad bridge corner. , Yot :?g Bell wag a-emow >1 from he smashed CHf. a lP3n Kotd, and ak'eti to the Uastouia Hospital vhere he died in about 30 minutes, jeath was caused by a Severe head njury over the right ear. No bones vere broken. The young man never cguuied 'consciousness. Tlie car which had Jiist been pur based thut morning, was cowpletey demolished. The young man's father, Sam Bell, tad just gotten out of the car a few peonds before the fatal crash, to go o Bridges and Hamrick Hai-dware or some plow poluts, so that the routh could resume his plowing vhich he had started after dinner, fouug Bell had been plowing and lad broken a plow point pilot totue ccldent. The family of the young man, who vas held in the highest regards by 11 who knew him, have the sympahy of the entire community, t.i the ragic and untimely death of their on and brother, ?inds Old Coin Mrs. J. A. Williams of the Sadie Till village found a very old British oin near her son's home in the Co a Mill village last Friday. The coin espite Its age, was In very good ondltion, with the lettering and figres very plain on it. The copper oin was dated 1770. The coin has een sent to a New York firm tor ppraisal. It was thought that the coin tight have been lost by a member f the British forces which took art in the Battle of Klnga Mourn aln. Will Rogers' Humorous Story By WILL ROGERS THE big day for a lot of men ia when they can get up and tell the boy scouts what a hard time they had getting started. - The poor kids must be scared to death from all the hard talcs they hear these well-fed guys telling them about how the successful men all itarted sweeping chimneys or sort uik K*I unj(r. Well, there wee one rieh fellow that always used to tell every meeting that he spoke to all about his hard luck at the a tart. "When ( landed in this here town," he says, "I had only three dollars to my name.1* He get away with this tale for twenty rears, sad ?o? day a fellow of his own age happened to liear it. "Yes," says this wise geexer to the one that sat next to him, "that's the truth, all right. Ana t Fou know how he spent his three bucks? For two of tham he got drunk, and the third he used to aire home for a thousand dollars." Aaurtcu Mew* httna tea lerald 'Lions Far me Next Tuesda MRS. CHAS. P. WARE DIES LAST NIGHT Mr*. Chas. P. Ware, 'Well-kuowt \roiuaii of the Patterson Grove sec 1 .Ion, died at eight o'elork lust nigh in the Clt.v .Hospital. tSaslonia where she underwent au operation : lew days-ago. Mrs. Ware titty six year of age, and was before :nar . iuk< . Miss l.ula Carroll. Mrs, ,\Vare t? survived by lier has Witt, of Kings Mountain, James Carl, Ifowurd uml Robert Ware j .iiii'e daughters. Mrs. G T. Thorn ' nun;. Mi.vcs Man Francis and i^u ' ei 1*0 Ware.. Also two brotlieis sur ! vh? . Ktuest J W Carroll, bolt j> l',i-i?( iiiir c iiy. and bne 'sister Mrs J. liutf. put.erson. of tin- Pilt'.c son Grove section. FuiiOfal sei v iei! will be conduc'e* i i |vio.. : 00 p. in. ul Ki Bethel chill ch. The pastor, assisted by Rev. a Surgcaut. pastor of the First Unj list church, Kings Mountain." ant Iter. J. \V. Sulilo. of Shelby, wil have charge of the services Interment will be in life cnurci cethetery. Letter From Lonaori Describes Condition The Kings Mountain Red Cross ic very anxious for everyone to fealizt the Importance of War Relief P)0 duotion and cooperate with them lr this phase of lied Cross work. The following is au excerpt frotT a letter received by Mrs. tiarrj Page from Mrs. Biltle Liugatd ol London, England, who visited Mrs Page here several years ago. Mrs Lingard is engaged In active wat work In Leeds. Her letter presents u vivid picture of indomitable Brlt ish courage, and the need of Red Cross aid at this time. "1 am now doing nursing u< the Leeds Infirmary whicli hi very hard work just now as we are so busy but I must work hard for our cause Wo are all so bright and confident under Mr. Churchill's leadershii and very grateful for the good ani genevius.'help from your country, which is Just wonderful. 'T had some very nerve racking e> periences in London during the biitx, but 1 cannot write about thein Mow wonderful 'the people were and so.brave;, but we can take it, and more besides. "Wont U be grand when we can all enjoy peace and freedom forever? "Our It. A. E. are wonderful. Wo have reason to feel so proud of them....... "We have bad a very severe winter with lots of snow. It makes It so difficult to get about. Did 1 tell you about our Non-stop Knitting Bee we had In London? There wore 17 of ns all lacliPH- whrt it Wo went on for a whole year nignt and day, you know. Ten of us during the day and the others at night, all taking In turn our share of night work, making garments for all the forces. We had Just completed 4,500 knitted garments when old Nazi bombed our meeting place along with a good stock of wool. It was completely destroyed. However, we are still trying to keep up the good work. I lost three of my friends that night......." England will face another "very severe winter." Please lets begin now to fill Kings Mountain's quota for War Relief Production. Mrs. J. E. Htrndon is head of this unit Yarns and materials are supplied by the Red Cross. Will you help? ' Fined For Hunting On Park Area The first case for hunting on the Kings Mountain Federal Area was tried in The United States Court at Rock Hill, S. C.. on March 17. 1941. The defendants were arrested on the park in the fall and the case has Just come up for trial. A verdict was reached in favor of the United States, and these men were convicted and fined. Tbia is the first such offense tried here agalnst hunters on the Kings Mountain Federal Area. Park officials in charge feel this case will set a pre?dent. Queens College President To Address Kiwanians Dr. Hunter B. Blakely. President of Queens Collet of Charlotte wilt address members of the Klwanti' Club this evening at their meeting In the Womans Club building at 6:30. Dr. Blakely is a newspaper col umnlst. writer and an outstanding speaker. Dr. Blakely Is a first cousin of President of the Club W. E. Blakely. Watch Label On Vegr Paper MO Owrt Let Veer Subscription txpirol rive CENTS PER COPY r's Night y :-::2|:^y;;| John A. Arey, North Carolina Hairy KxtenMon Specialist, of Statu College, Raleigh, will he the main speaker lor the second annual Llous Club farmer Night to be held next ' Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock in tlio Womat.s Club lluilding. Mr. Arey, '- is not only a dairy specialist, but also an outstanding leader Iu agtb J eiittuil' education, lie Is a fnuu ibaf. rah talk Ihu farmer's languHge, atitl the eott unit tee in charge of the pro?iAjfipuiiMMiiMybAl Iiiiltil'lil I III u. :?r, y tor xlie occuslon. ; County Agent John S \V 'kins ?4?f I Hhelbv will introduce Mi Atev' i> I Lions llolhitid lnxon atftl W C. . | lavgtia, Program Chairmen. bavo \ | been hu v for III. past . several . i weeks ti cking arrangement- for ttio r annual ofSgtjt, ' All Lion- are to brine.n farmerat their, guest, and arrangements are ( ' !' I'ttig tit;.do tor approximately 100 j 'ti be prestspt. >! "Last year Hon. Kerr- Seott, Chairl man of the State Department of Ag ricuiture. was the speaker,'and farmer* still remember his address ax i one of the most helpful and pructi i iii rm iii.nn- 1:1 rvings .Mountain Several outstanding farmers anil farm leaders from Cleveland" and Gas toll Counties havo been iuvitei an.guests of the Club. f * " ' '"j ; Chorus For Easter Sunrise * Service Called To Meet r ?^ij ( High School Glee Clubs, tlio r choirs of all the churches, and oth- ' . f ers who will Join In a community choir to sing at. the annual c.oramun ity Faster Sunrise Service are re; quested to meet for a brief practice on Sunday afternoon at :! o'clock in the First Hap'.ist Church. Miss DoroI thy Carson, who has been appointed to direct the slgtng, wishes to havo as large a choir as possible for the service and. requests the aid. of- all ' singers in the community. The annual service will be held i' shortly after sunrise on Sunday > morning, April 16. The Itev. H; C. I Sprinkle. Sr.. of Mocksville. N. (\. , I has been seloctesl as the preacher of I the occasion. ' Miss Low ranee To Address Senior Epworth League Miss Mildred Lowrance, local 111ble toucher, will .meet with fhe Senior Bpworth League, Central Methodist Church, next Sunday evening at 6:15 o'clock to discuss with tlio group, "Our dlouto Town." This group of young people are dlscuttaing "with some, outside speaker each Sunday evening what they, as Chris tlans, can do to improve the community. Last Sunday the Hon. J. R. Davta met with the League and offered good suggestions of projects for the young people to undertake. . iLEGION ORATORICAL WINNER Karl Thomas of Llncolnion was selected a winner in the American Legion Oratorical Contest held hero recently, according to Dist. Comma* dcr W. W. Souther, who had charge of the competition In his district of five counties. t fey James PreStom ? 1 . (Opinions Expressed in This Colunsa Are Not Necessarily the Viewe of Thie Newspaper.) The attitude of a noisy minority that "dog bites business man" Is the real fust of headline news has raia directed the attention of many peo- k pift Trom the really tremendous achlevements of American industry so far In building up the natlolial defense#. Coupled with the vociferations of disgruntled theorists In obscnrlng the accomplishments of industry lias been the necessity of keeping de tailed figures and Information concealed In many cgses. After all, when you're creating defehaes to make the nation safe, you don't go out of your wgy to glre potential enemies a complete set of charts on those dofenses. - ' But even parts of the recerd of manufacturing achievements so far afford sufficiently startling evidence J to give the average citizen a new ? measure of confldenc and & new measure of pride in the industrial (Cont'd on Kdttorlal page)