'' 1 ' Rm4 The HtraW And uy At Hmw ^ VOL- 27 NO. 21 State And N< 7? 1 ' -* ' ? * Condensed In ?State New*? , |. C.atonia. vMuy >. Two Gaston ; Count school district*. XofTIi IK-1 <1 inont and Mount .llolly. <|tnt lliolird 1 I f,?r I M in it I n I r i if day fin- < l?t t1dn* on a ulnlh school j * tnoirli Tin*. Iiiiuril viiIhI to approve I -* tilt pelitioiiK. j 1 Salisbury. Ma* ti Three person-., wore injured and two Ours badly , i damaged in an no* blent at tliu . in ' tt rsns ioii ol highways near tins IVoVitt'*,< MailitiilifI I'liurt h. in low-" ,-*. (' I(b an. Ono car wan, driven by " ' . Miss . lintli WiH. :t of tliiy citv and J Occiiph rt by lit-T brother, Jiniiii}' y and .! ('. Haulo. Ml.'.* tVilloii and Jiniiii* . received oilis and biuj.ses Haloiyli. May *>. -Mayor Graham i 31. Andrews announced ,Ud? station here, in order thai its t'ast through trains, may stop. isx") Kurleigh. Tito,, facilities will pifoba- i lily be completed by the time wintor trains resume operation. Alt- | drewssiiay, according to Mrs. Eii- J Tgeue Matthis, Clerk. v Laughing Aroun With IRVIN From the Book By IRVIN S TN THAT part of St. Louis known a old days a fine old Irishman wi Versation with proverbs. He adorned ?: with a wise saw or a quoted saying. ] It is possible that such a constant diet ster's nerves. At any rate he up and i He got a job with a circus, and, traveled for two years up and down the truant came limping home. Ho wi the tips of his broken brogans. He lit parental establishment and rapped tir It was his stera sire- who answe old man took in the tatters, the unsh gear of his returned offspring. , "Be aff wid ye!" he shouted. "And again. How often have 1 tould ye t! moss"? \Git the hell out o' here!" #The prodigal slunk away. Two m tared back once more to the homesteai raiment. He established connections a traveled with the show. He. wore a hi and a fur-lined overcoat. There was f and one gloved' hand Jauntily switched aroma or prosperity en wreathed him. With conscious assurance of a wel stepped into his father's presence. N glad cry the old gentleman sprang for "Ah, Dlnny, me boyl" he cried or *tis the ramblin' bee that gathers the * . (American News Pi Kings itional News Brief Form ?National New*? Ni a V ork. Miiy ?i A atuckyr. uiltl [ka.itl man, wlio t!? * proNyt-tilor uti! iIttliiH il' to- !>? a lcl>iiiMlilitllvi' t ?us. utiiiut in li-uvi- tin- cimihM >',! 1 * | . if .irH-flwl t,lxi:iy mi a iliai^i' l an a Inli'l^li * ~ . i l'l?! lli'fi'l, i.inl lull ki ll .1 (ill ik kill.lip. ilc-il ln.ihiiiiai.ll, \VI|li I . >H Matlilar I'.' I'oi'na wild, re i. i il jiU-adi'.il' iiiiioii-iit be11 ' I c't ilrial .1 :iMurray tiiiibi-iij IUll'* ?'.!> lielllVuii'Urr >J.'|,'|||1| t': I.' ' \\ ...-airiitoii. Mi.y _.il. The artuy. (t iXVIia.t (Miicluhioii- tvt'ip. reached; >111 t!i<' tests w'li' not aiiounced. i i l.i War. depai tmeiii salil. however,; .at intensive tests, crowded into a! >v w t-ks the eiiuivaletit ot a year f normal military flying. Flights' iriiio Simula led combat. conditions J vei < :. iticltided in the tost*. whit h j tefi can ied nut a! l'attiM'son Field, lay ton, Ohio. The plane, which is being tunied nit at Buffalo, NV Y.. for both the inn;. Air corps and the. Royal Air j one. is powered by ah Allison 11 luid-t'ooled tttoto'r more powerful halt that used in the original P-S9 liracobru pursuit plane, hut is "virually the same in external appear dices." the War department said. Denver. May 6.?American motorsts may soon he asked to forego vei>.-end pleasure driving to con erve the nation's rubber 'supply. Inventor Ralph b. Carr said today Home from a trip to New York j nil Washington. Gov. Carr said an t mlustriiylist serving as a national lefense "dollar-a-year man" dis-' losed to liini that an appeal to mo . crisis' to give up Saturday after- i iooii and Sunday trips was under | Ksvart V\'linit?VI III IWII, .The' same iiulustnalis' also ?old ; int. Carr reported, at liis press eel) , ereuC'\ that speed limits may be j dy. d and productiun of white- j mil tires stopped, with the objective Ql' saving rulioer. 11 n: i o I it 1 it. May-itA failed stu? - navy plane crashed on '.he Oa.liu i lioielitie", killing tin; two men a-, j loard. I The dead men were identified tin : dTieiaily as .lames it.- Collars, pilot! nd Kohcrt John Green, aviation ma luni.-t's mate. Their home address ere not available. Lima, O.. May 6.?The Lima Lo- I omotivo works reported today a urge lank order.from the British [overnnient and preirared at once o enter production on a 24-liour iasi? New York financial circles aid the order totaled $16,000,000. Vice President U A. Larson said 00.000 square feet pf new factory pace would be devoted to the proect. Machinery will be sot up next reek. d the World | s. COBB A * ot Proverbs . conn s Kerr' Patfch there lived, in the 10 wa tnml of larding1 hi? ronvcry niu.al and pointed every Ui.e He had a son, a strapping youth, of proverbs got upon the youngran aw.;,' r in the capacity of & stable hand, . the counuy. Finally, one day, rs in rags. His toes peeped from nped up to the front door of the nidly op the panels, red tho knock. At a glance the aven face and the decrepit footniver dare to darken me t'reshold lat the rolling stone gathers no lore years passed before he veni. But now he came in gladsome rith a troupe of card-sharks that igh hat and patent leather shoes l gorgeous diamond in his bosom a heavy walking cane. The very come flung1 open the door and I or was ho disappointed. With a ward to embrace him. it, "what a true sayin' it is that honey." laturaa, lac.) 1 T; ; ' 1 i ' :' * ; -_ - . ' " , '.. ' ": Moiir KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C. T? Mauney Wil LuCffi i>oUk rr Has Three Calls For May Till Kilit'S, . Dri.fl 1'iMHi |.f-.:i . .*; inli: of M.. . . (' ilv 'd ,.\lr?. flu 1 V li.UiiM. ! Tin- firs.. r:i.r all. u lot Tin- :v>r )"!> < T?iii i d ii.u u an I 'ti'i; ill!Ml (t(liI i llti. uylli i n '.I wlitlr im y ma li-i :.i.'?''i.;i'..i "V ...n.?. ;n? it by tin* liic.il bo . rj for May. Tin; ifoaid hi* r?-?-iMviM) a ruling 1: ..ill Uriifi :4v:i)? nt t. '!'li<* train was du <> arrive yesterday afternoon about 5::to. The hand will make headquar Nts In iiio Murphy Howl. Following the contests' ilic -group wilt go t'* Washington oti ;i sight? ecing -trip anil return borne- at lh-.ir, A. M. Sunday morning. Those .making the trip lj>*/train besides the liumlinenibers 1v ere: Mr ..nil Mrs. .1 it. i. nor, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thomas:: X. Uircclor and Mrs. I'w nl 1 Iivulricks, Mcsdamcs M tnlcy Moorhead. M.,-k Onnaiid, K l?. Campbell. Sam Suitor. ' H. 11. Bridges, Miss Viola \Vhlte, and Messrs it. (". Gold'.' IX M. Bridges, C G. White and 1. B. Goforth. l^ocal Boy Joins Marines There was accepted for service in the United Statps Murine Corps ut the Oi8t,'ic Headquarters Recruiting Station located in the Post Office BUddlng at Kalelgh, N. C? Willard Odell Cranford; son ot Mr. J. F. Cranford of Kings Mountain N. C. He was transferred to the Marine Barracks. Parris Island, S. C? for a brief period of training. Upon completion of^hls peliinlnary training at Parris Island, h?. will be assigned to some service school, ship, foreign station, or marine barracks for duty. Entrance examinations for enlist ment In the Marine Corps are now being held at the U. 8. Marine Corps Recruiting Station, Post Office Building. u. leTgh, N. C. Full intonnation a.d application (blanks will no forwarded upon request. Much Aid Rendered Locally By Red Cross In the pressing deed for War lie-' lief activity citizens must not forgot the local Red Cross Chapter ami the services being rendered by it at home, in one mouth alone til families were given aid by the Kings Mountain . Red Cross. All of these cases arc thoroughly invest! gated by a Committee in order that no untiiocessary dispensations are made. In some cases "Homo Aid Workers!' are placed in homes where there is illness. Those work ers arc paid by the PWA and placed in the homes by the Red Cross. All are asked to remember the Amerlcau Red Cross AT ALU TIMFJS. and not Just once a year at the annual Roll. Call. HICKORY HERE FRIDAY The strong Hickory High School Team will play Kings Mountain on the local field Friday, May 9, at 3:30 p. m. Hickory has handed the Mountaineers , their only defeat. This game will also be the last in' it -i />?? tc. the closing ose r-fter, ' i (,v. h t Ik 'luring the sununer ,%or.:' h M.r .V.clJUiin ,iost office. Tile stumps are issued in Inc. U5c,; ,..jc. $i.'in and $?7?00 denominations, .villi at tractive hooks furnished for ^ .m* stamps. which may be exchange, eil later vor llefe'use Bonds, or cusJt .1 i. at ant time. The stamps are traii.sferalili:. i i.e Deiciise Bonds are issued for! tls77. s:;T.*iy, $7.Von. :'.7.7. in., tin tit i.. lite sub of lite initio .i:.>t < ontpieie int^ n-mattou ' ..... lie It ; * .on . it her tin' flunk 1 : ' . I .< i'ui-t < >ll L< I To MV*. iJu old tnglilis goes I jii* ' 'honor' <>;' Ooiiii 111 J fust purchaserj ! ?.. ;i Di l' lisi (loud Jli Kings Motile J , ; i coining to l^osunast,! i l'.ii. >> . !y, who soiled sis boil gilt ;ii"' . n'lini Ma> 01 J. It. TliolUa.it-. a was | .a - court !,o show his pat roil iv IVpliit i... pin chasing it MiM'K' boiitl. ' . 1 Revival At Macedonia liaplist Church. i A it'vioil meeting will begin al j Macedonia i:a|
  • ; l'I'm re It next Sun | any. May 11. Kcv. McKenzio H. Loui; <>f St.itvsvilli* will be with the eon _ivstation atiti tlo the yreaching. Services will be held each even ing at 7:4a. Mr. lxnig Is a sou of the late Judge Long of Shelby, lie .Is a great preacher with broad experience.. A preacher who preaches a sound gospel that Is hard ou sin. The public Wirt bo greatly benefited by hearing this' man preach". A ! feature of the meeting will be good spiritual singiug each evening. Rveryone is invited to come and join in the meeting. Win Rogers' Humorous Story ii .1 By WILL ROGERS XTTERE was a young: man that A made a groat hit with a girl, . crossing the Atlantic, lately. .She was a sure-enough little beauty, and he wasn't so bad with his line of conversation. There was quite a lot of things she didn't ' know about a ship, and he didn't know any more than what he had road '] in the travel booklets, but he was always tolling heT something that was new, even if it wasn't so. When the ship finally came into ' the harbor at the end of the trip, ' the young man was hoping to get 1 himself dated up for the week at > the girl's aun't house, so he kept telling her more and more stuff about the sea. He heard a great I noise and he says, "There it goesl ! They've, dropped their anchor!" "Where'd they drop it?" she . says, kinds scared. I "Why, into the water." . "Oh, myt" she says. "Rut 1 knew It would happen. Ha-n't that anchor ' been hanging out there, just ready ! to drop, ever since we Pft ?he other * /lde"" . - < inarlcan N?w? F(?'.nn, Ina. J ( : riii li"i*'i ia'riailiil JtlI fi" I j W'&'-l -ri . . JisLl.o, i _ - * terald .* * . 1 * ' tt, Ham! homson (>KKiri.\i^kKri Ward 1 W. K. Mamu'x 1!)A. A. hmkriduo 'M Ward 2 (..'{j'ilii; I Ion net I i i< . ij larrcll lis j bo,Mjume> 1.3 - Ward 3 Ladd \N. ltainrick 325 I). L. Saunders . t 25; Ward 1 Charles S. Williams 135 \\ v O. St vers . 117; Kugene Roberts 7t> Harold Hunnicutt 5| Ward 5 J. H. Tnomson 217 H. Tom Fulton " 171! Lions Have Interesting Meeting following .the Lioiin Club Supperi Tuesday ovenilltf in the W'muaiis : Club llulldr. j; . she mretiiii; \y cniauwitr.l! >, St-rvii r j <\di tl> io out s'.i:n 1 fllu. worli. Wi'ic [ . -. {Hi il ;o V. .(.. I iillt.i-r-.oti, t". j Iji!" . : itati i lay w.iOvl" K i.cmli j CLASS OF 40 TO PLAN' REUNION 7 ! A ;? 11 mci'lrtuc o? tiio nf : J?? will bi: !1? i'l * . '.In- -? liool liOUsii* 'U pr. . in. . A', l liiv> important meetUm plnus ill.' to made im a class i euni<>i, j '(toll i !i? i ai'iei. I .< :' i> have been sent io members hi ilr.s class notilyiiig them n! Hit- ini'i'linj... and it Is? i hoped that every 111? 11il> ; can In. i present. j .SUSPENDS ACT IVIT V '.TILL SUMMER Because of school activities, the Junior Little Thuatrv will not "meet attain until after school is out. Intensive practice on "The Anties of Andrew," will beRin early iu the summer, and plans are bein^c made whereby the Little Theatre may uuite w ith the. Junior ' Little The.a tie then. . * ... SENIOR EF'WORTH LEAGUE ACTIVE ' ' j A fics of simi[na In the "Sermon _- Ui 4 t Till MothOili.-!" I'M;! i'ell, l).'. M i- i- i ;ii/..'i l>i.'ill X. ill. Til!.- 'i.e e.ouj! i.i yc'-ii/i pi-o ply' i limbed :< i)>? i<;ji Kinns Moiit:i.-.ii: s.itei'i.i. jiiaht !' u i'ie:i'io. 1 ... ...' | t ^ memorial service at cemetery sunday evening ( A Memorial Service sponsored |?y ( Ibe local I): A. It. Chapter will be lifcld at the Cemetery Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. All tha Patrl- 1 otic oiiranizatioiis. of the town, and > ill others, are invited to attend this < lervice.- < V 1 ? BANK TO BE CLOSED SATURDAY .The First National Bank of Kisgs t Mountain will be closed Saturday, < May 10th, in observance of Confed- i c irate Memorial Day, which ! a i > state legal holiday. Merchants are ' t isked to please note the closing 1 iate antt sc-ure change' for Satur- v Jay's business on Friday. wwawwp?lll! I?, M(? W J Jil W1 W< .- ,- ~*m > * -. ' . -' * * ' ; i ' /. " % - , - - .. Watch Label On Your Paper Ani Don't Let Your Subacriptton ' Expirol PIVE CENTS PER COPY rick, Elected . K Ui xn ' .Mv iVM r' yisis.. iint'lo-i uji lioite i. i'j. - ' I. V .) VuffJ Weill tl? . till :-.i': 1 on tllU ' ?" " *\> ? .ft ":l . ' l-o'.-Ml- . ' . i, i:,-. .i' for - \>--\ M- ,\ li.V Of ' ->i ]-,i: . iii lift r '' , ' ;.. vi i * ; r iu Town / A .'ufi- .3,. \ ' ?-' *i - V-"? -': * . '?! .1'{' 1 i;i jr (oft ...*\ ?i./,; ,' > W?! t\'. i 1.1 .j. TUfjiii;-:';* * *\ ; ? t ! V .'*? 1 ;'?? !? JU; ?4 ? ij-t Via r. vi .'i.f' ii < i j?i i crc- . 'f.l \'.*i V'i \V. (ii;V '*#?i ?h?i " . ' ' ' I . . l'(SI * I - / . I ]})'!(? K : :i' tut.. "\\ > . kefs? were ?i:- > . . .i> ii'li", v\ ili imvt-.llii' ino in'ilia at It' \. M In Ihe-City Hall and !>< aiw ti ih?- otilh of ofl'ii i hy Town .V'lofr.e4- ,| |{ .Hurls. liiiUo-dintely fo'.lowiiitr i!o- CnuiK.ilno n w ill elect, "one <>: stii.-ir nnnitiji Miior and M.iyoi I'l'o-Tiin. who will servo for the in-.M tw'o ycais. . Ti ioC in tjlv . ' . c.iti eett ' . ti i.il :i,-en:i ! . (o!.-oi! lilies, el :hi i.tni'id' 4 ir-tind of i--n?..s involved. . K .i li of Ml- tie- Ward:- laid 1 ;tst > i a-o ...i Mo V."..4' ! went , iilioe!i4,,-<;,..1 .Sinn tic 'i -i pcilijitit'od am) tit*, town Is hin T. U> t.p! iiiil. iio 'i lit i li-rilss-4 i:i. rati li.iat' v 'now tie -c eet. talk i- w .1 : iiiiif i I it lei. ? M.iyto H. '! I:r:n:i? -..it will he prt-sc;;t fo. tile n.ee;ilia. ;o wi ll as ether inemli-.-i's - at the retiring ! liiid I'otio' ilmiiii \y . K Miutney mi: ??! inwii iirri \v;ll not bo pros <'iii rn? the meeting. NEISLER COW COMPLETES NEW OFFICIAL RECORD Peterborough. N. H.? A new record. exceeding the-average of tho Guernsey breed for her age and class has just been completed by a fi 1-2 year old cow. Audrey's New Year X8576X of Kings. Mountalu. N. C\, tested and otfned by P. M. N'eis- ' Jer. Her official rpe.ord Supervlpcd by the. North Carolina Sta'c College and announced by the American Guernsey Cattle Club is 10486 pounds of milk and ofi9.r> pouiiTls' ot butter fai, class A. (fflriihinqton g^napsftotij by ' JameS Prestow ' ' t r.xpicpsco oi inis uuijmn An- Not Nects-jdnly the Views of Thi< Newspaper.) A- Coii'-it? '? u< : |>i. ;i.tr<' to vote nlllonv in it': w Use! lor def< use, ,s-.iiiy of tltoiti a'to sending a fervent if. unspoken prayer to- the folks baok home. Their opni"1 lent3, tf hey will do it. can help them out ?f a tight spot. The legislators h.'ive been transat In rr the tax proposals into Hints vhirh fit llie poe'keibooks of their auiKtituents. Their only hope to ceep the tax burden from rising titirely out of sight is thai ttooy inn out down on some of the waste 'ui non-denfense expenditures. Even "Seci'etjaiy Morgonthau sng:ested a billion dollar cut in lionlefense expenditures. Hut the men .11 Oapitoi Hill are between lite dell an'd the deep. Tho ininuto tliev legln to talk about cutting tho exlensos ot a government bureau vtth peacetime functions. the bn(Cont'd on p.tCc. two)