L . ' I-' J -* ' ? V 5. " . ? 'I DM The HmM AM ? - Buy At Hani* . . At VOL. 29 NO. 26 State And N Condensed Ii t"' ?National New?? Jersey" City. June 3. -Blackened rubble and heal- twisted steelwork held the secret today of the cause of u 24 hour fire thai ravaged eight blocks along the JerSey <'tty waterfront, but the iiullee. Const C.uard1 and Federal ihircau of Investigation expressed belief that It definitely van not sabotage'. Klre Chief Frank .Krtle, who estimated the damage at $25, , . told newsmen to. '"put any rabotuge ' idea out of your mind.'' adding that the fire could have started Irofn a eJ.uVleKsly-i'^Hff.'d ?|gia<>Ui. J. Kdgnr Hoover, -OlM chief, who rilso discduuted the sabotage possibility. said lu,.Omaha, Neb.. tlia*. . there were ?<> national defense' ma fcrials destroyed. V " "** ~ Vatican City, June 3.- -Pope Pius XII, outlining his views on how the "fundamental values" ol social and oeonoinie. life should share in "that iiew order which the world expects and hopes" will emeriti' front the war, emphasized safeguarding of the rights of the individual. In a Sunday radio broadcast commemorating the fiOth anniversary 01 Pope' Leo XIII's social encyclical, "Rerunt Novarum," the Pontiff said be wished to give some further directive moral principles"' on the three' fundamental values: The use of material goods, labor and the family. He cautioned against loo extensive state interference iu the rights and duties of individuals and families and upheld man's right to freedom in his physical, spiritual, religious and moral movements. Dublin, June 3.-?Pour bombs which fell Saturday on neutral JJub lin, leaving at least 30 and perhaps 61 dead, were of German origin, the Government of jpire declared today as it instructeS its charge d' affaires in Berlin to protest aud demand reparations. The known death toll stood at 30, hut 31 other persons "Vere miss ing and a formal announcement ?aid that in all probability the final 4oafli toll aril be 61, since Uttle hope was held that any of the miss ing would be found alive. Gainesville, June ?.?a Hal couji | ry coroner's Jury found that 13 yearold T, J. Bennett, shot in self-defense when he killed his stepfather Hex Roberts, 45. with a shotguu blast ere yesterday. It was the second slaying of similar nature in Georgia within the past few weeks. Recently Robert Messex, 14 year old hoy was sentenced to life imprisonment for the Blaylng of his father, 8berlff A. W. Bell of Hall county said Roberta was shot while pursuing the boy during a family quurrel at the Roberts home one mile south of Flowery Branch. Atlanta, June 3.?Postman G. B. Murdock was fishing lu the Chattahoochee River when he aigted a< giaht snapping turtle. With a yell ri he dropped bia pole in the water, grabbed the monster's tall. A more cautious companion ran and got a rifle, shot the quarry thrice thru the head. On a scale the huge turtle weigh ed 71 pounds. Said Murdock, unabashed by loss of his tackle: "With enough soup to feed my wholo neighborhood what could 1 do with fish, anyway?" f* w? ??~- i* * I Laughing Arou With IRVl I. ; He Was an Oj By IRVIP AN INSPECTOR of plants whe ** stands sponsor for a story of I at Edgcwood Arsenal, near Baltimc a veteran worker. \ y?"T pd -! ' .* .' "Does you know whut us perd "Dynamite an' cannon-balls ar "Naw suhreel Us makes pois watch out fur, 'cause sometimes i lerame show you somethin'," He led the newcomer to a pi! ?:p-inVicd with chloride of lim?. "S I de<-?." that's the way poison sriiet' -irt sim?2, don't yev "tit! yor> tfft /"> a?'" clear ,s this re ; ?'!? be a*?' 'Coo,. V, ! N?? Hv* ?- . . t'v* Bj^l Kings i ~ t. ' ational News 1 Brief Form ?State New?? | ~Mantco, June 3.- A plane report- 1 Odly exploded and fell into the sea . olf Kitty Hawk yesterday but searl chete found no traejj of it. 1>. Walter Harris ol' KH/abelh f.'ity said ltd-and several others saw a plane about three miles out and i it turned toward the shore nial! | seemed to crash. Then, he shid. lit'!; | cralt apparently exploded and he , : ayv the wreckage on waves -hut | finally lost sight of it. C.(ia-i guards i "men and tilanes scouted tin. u*n? i hut nothing whs loutxi Greensboro. June . 3.--Degreira [ .vote awarded ;58"? st\t itn. umu y ' ' ttjitl Wotuaiis College of . the Culver | tsily of North Carolina entered hup i i. i;s 5oiii year. 1 Filial messages wort.' given ihe: scalers. 'Gov. Ploughton. D. Hi-, tlen Uuinsey, editor-of the' Asheville , j Citizen; Dr. Frank P. Graham. lire3 i ' Ideiit of the University; Dr. \V. C. j Jackson. dean of administration of i the college, and Miss Frances Dani i'e! of Wilson, representative of the ... I graduating class. I V ' Thoinasville,, June 3. --Paul Jack-. | son of Tboma'svlllo was held today j j on charges of manslaughter, re.ck- j | less driving. breaking and entering j ; and receiving in conuectton with J theft of merchandise front the Hudi sou Belk'ktore -here and a subseI quent cliase by officers. | Officers Charles Barnes and W. | II. Lashley said they spotted a heavily londed automobile early yester day and while chasing It the fleeing car turned over. They said T. Koos ovelt Carricker of Thoraasvllle was fatally hurt. In addition to Jackson, the officers arrested two others they identified as Wiley D. Carricker and William Carricker, Jr..- aud charged them with breaking and entering. larceny and receiving. Local Girl Graduates From W. C. U. N. C. CrpMi>sbtfror~jw*?-2.^-MiEB Virginia. IMdnk, dauKher % of Mr. aud Mrs; j If t - Plonb nf Un.mK.tn . re. One was a newcomer, the other aces here?" inquired the old-timer i'?" begun the novice, on gas. An' that's what you got to t gfts loose an' it travels fast. . . . le of kitchen refuse which had been Smell that there funny smell ?" jras smells. An', boy, any time yon Git goin* an' don't let anybody stop servation. Or else when yon wakes 5t Peter* 1" n r?wnw, Iaa) ' ' x t v ' '. -1 ; f tirsieir i Moui KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C. Miss Lottie ( Building To Be Remodeled 4- * ' ' . ' . J. ft. Thorn Bason is- planning U start extensive. remodeling of* hii "bus| less property oil Mountaii Street Which will add greatly t< Kings Mountain us a trading center Tin* buildings ?now occupied by Hit (1. \V. King Oarage and Ansel Beauty Shnprte will be cotnplelelj remodeled and new (routs installer The two finished buildings will In SO by 100 feet and will be niodert In -every respect. Architecture plans have "already been receiver a ltd actual construction will bo.gh about July first according to Mr ThoinassOti. Two sl.ore' building o e?iual size will, .occupy the spaci now taken up with the garage uttc beauty shop. The properly whieh is locate. ...til.;., i.wif* .. v.l?..t ..f ?> ii iixii nun ? uiui.iv t?i III?- ut-v? i urn Office is vtiry desirable and \v K1 the improvements ht bo made suit.' bl?: tenants should' be sutured quid l>. Mr. Thoniassoii stated In would make alterations to suit tin tenant, and if a renter desired tin entire, sphce he would change his plans and have one large bnlldiiH instead of the fwo smaller oues. NEILL HEADS SALE OF BONDS 11. S. Neill. cashier of the First National Bank, has been appointed chairman for Cleveland county tc sell .Defense Savings Bonds. The County Committee to servt with Chairman Neill follows; It. T I.eOrand, IV, E. Abernettiy, ' Clyde R. Hoey of Shelby, R. B. Wilson ot l.awndale, Mrs. F. R. Summers and Haywood E. Eyneh. A separate committee has beer appointed for the eitv of Shelby The Committee under the direction of Mr. Neill will promote the sale of bonds and stamps In Kings Mouv, tain and Cleveland County.: C. H. Robertstm of Greensboro is state administrator of the Defense Savings Staff. A Joint meeting ol the committees will be held at an early date ?o which an authority or tlie bonds and the campaign foi their sale will .be present. The ap pointment or the two committees it tc spread the cost of defenso tt< widely as possible among the Arnei ican people ami give tlicni a sen?* of direct participation in the fmanr ing for nuttoual defense. lu announcing this new progran Henry Morgenthau, Jr.. Secretary Of . the Treasury, said, "Defense S;n ings Bonds and Stamps give us al a way to take direct part In build Ing the defense of our Country ? an American Way to find the toil lions needed for National Defense The United States is today as it has always been, the best investment in the world. This is an opportunity for each citizen to buy a share In America." SCHOOL TAX RATE SET The Cleveland county board ol cpmmilssloners Monday afternoon approved the budget for the Kingf Mountain school districts whlct will leave the 1941-42 school taj rate for Kings Mountata at 27 cents on each $100 valuation. Snie action was taken during a Mail hews Lutheran. .1 ?i!> 201 ?{ov. I* I) Patrick at , 1 Central Methodist. . I | L -J i*l 57: Rev; A. C>. Surgeatit a I j i Pi. tiyt v.riati. 1.1 i An- :t: lU-v. II. (* Sprinkle. Sr. , ['a. li v. y iMcyjflill A. K. P. ' ' | j .v.. 10; ni'v. i; N jBnird at St . Ma''!i"wv lAitheum j , I Ati^ 17: Rev. I*. I> Patrick at i : j First Baptist. \ t Auk. 24: Rev. A. <7 Surgeant at t j Central Methodist. I : I .Aug. 31: Rev. H. st,.y , awake much longer waitu-.;; tot such a poke."! Imiflian M?wi F??ture?. Us. . . .y . - V- ' -? ??- ? . ? -- r - " t lerald ' ( Estate Fori s Announced y:'i.\ ^ . * MAYOR THOMSON PROCLAIMS NEXT 'WEEK FLAG WEEK Wht'voas, the period of jjnf Sth lo 14lli Iimr beep designated as KI.AO WKKK l?\ flu- IJiillt ii States l-"la?5 Association, during w'lichtlme llic people ?t our great- country wvill pay tribute to lite Stars and Stripes of the Initial States Mint -yiwlMi! of iuiiiy. of Uliertr and jusire; and W1IKHKAS. it i>_ fit tiny; ut this iiuc when the- wot Id i-< filled with unrest uml influences are worliinn i) desli'Or oil r .Allierieiin ideals ami institutions, that we should accept Lite challenue confront inn aiir de nonary by plliittiih, anew our allei.tiUc to tile Kias: of our Nation. NOW 'rilKIu:r??K|0? as Mayor if lire City of Iviiuts Mountain, 'N'oi h CiVvolinu, I prtii'lairi and desiuial?5 the wccif of June S;!i to ilih is KliAG \VK*K ill i hit- fit v. and all upon the citizens to diephtr iln> "I.AG of rhe t'nitbti Slates m their ionics and their placed of business Hid all expression of our firm- he-, ief in the indivisibility of our coun ry, as syiiiiioli7.eil.tr> the Finn Witness: thy liar.d and the offleK il seal ol tile Town of Kinits M-oun ain. tills,4th day of June. 1941. Joe l}. Thomson. Mayor. Graduate [lit Commencement Speaker ?* < [?V Ion. Clyde R. Hoey who will adIres* the graduating class here j rriday night. Meek Anderson Carpenter rrances Lavinia Crouse lame* Joseph Dickey Martha Sue Dover Herron Howard Edens ralmadge Brooks Frederick Charles Jackson Gamble Mara Mae Gantt Robert Eugene Gault ohn George, Jr. lamas Claude Gibson saao Benjamin Goforth, ir. Mas 8ue Goforth Ellerba VTfieon Griffin, jr. Ruby Louise Hampton Jorothy Hamell Harmon lara Elisabeth Herndon Mary Ruth Hicks lara Mitchell Hord Mara Belle Humphries Louise Jonas tatbryn Jo Keeter Stokes Walter Keller IMartha Ann Kennedy Janny Hord LittteJohn Rilla Rachel McClain Robert Sydney McDanie! Vlartha Juanita McSwain Florlne Mackey Wanda Helen Maloney 3eulah NeJI Mauney Ernest Jacob Mauney Miles Hoffman Mauney Charles Herbert Mltcham Mildred Elizabeth Mltcham Walter Manly Moorhead, Jr. Jetty Lee Neisler Nancy Nickels Me* Denton Owens William Hoke Page Martha Virginia Parker Elizabeth Jaeger Patrick Telia Marie Pearson Menzell Nevarre Phlfer Rufus Qrier Plonk, Jr. Mivian Irene Prince Wade Hill Putnam, Jr. Helen Ramsey Watson Bedford Ramsey Rachael Gilbert 8mith Roy Edward 8mKh Billy Freeman Throneburg Thurman Eugene Ttgnor Marguerite Ethel Tindall. Tdus Frederick Weaver Dorothy Aileen Welch Nelllne Elizabeth Whetstlne ;'ori? Etma White Charles Siocum Williams, Jr. tamcit fT-hy WfTlls, Jr. (Cont'd on psf??* three) ' "V v,"> . " ' v . ' Watch Label 0? Your Paper An* Oon't Let Your Subscription Expirsl ' FIVE CENTS PER COPY m i - ? f. m . m > iospital Here f Vllss I.ottie Ooforlh. wlui wus found dead iu bed at her home oft naUtcgi'ound Road May 20. left her . (11 tiro estate to build and eqillpt * hospital for Kings Mountain, (iofortli was a native- of Cleveland County and ti resident ot Kings Mount aiii ,for oyer 4'? years Her la, t will and testament was written en JanuaVv 15. this year Site doslgi ateil in her will that lb', O. I'. la wis he executor and trustee ot !ln> hospital. Dt. l.ew-i' was- ifnalilu t>> serve because lie wits called for military - ... .. ? ...111. 1. Vlil iisoitv Mi. Ihi'.ici-"ii i'l ejosing the estntu Tin- is estimated , to ho' worth. . hotw.tm ?on ami but the va.'t >. -ittit. will In' ilnti.i milted by "ho ii .11 i -tail win u sold I It-sides tlu- t'l'iil ii*l;ili' the defeased