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I i > 18?000. I t &'"' / wmw'iuif .m WJJ 'F mu . VI '*. I : l|M ' f> limmons Rej Vt' 51* , 4 _ As Chief Of i w *.- XV?; ,f, &* * I Local News Bulletins JO DIBEOTOK.B MEET The directors of the Kngs Moun- i - tain Junior Chamber of Commerce Will meet Friday night at, 7:30 o'clock' at the Kings Mountain ' drug store. VFW MEETING 1 The Johnnie W. Blaekwell Post 2268 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold their regular meet- | ing Tuesday, the 14th at the city ! hall, at/7:45 o'clock. All members I are asked to be present and bring some prospective member of the Auxiliary. Plans for the Memorial ' Service to be held Sunday the 26th will be made and delegates to' the department convention, to be 1 in Winston-8alem in June, will be elected. i SZWAVni MEETING 1 B. rC.-Gri?r,? president of i ErsVlne MleW bue West, 8. C, ; will addrtoci ^members of the Kb , wanis eHbtheir ragular meetClub Thursday :uight at <7, . i b* held' ar 1h* City Hall Thursday ' ? a ' wir!?j> ?a ' ? * ~ - - - * v mgai, m?t: , vu, at i :*o, according - to an- announcement from Piedmont ; . I Council headquarters. ( Ther ^'lliSi^eiab^U hold < dlaner __ May 10th, at H- 1 tal Charles a**7vq'ciock. .Beserrattens most be aidde by noon Frl1 day. duest speaker for the oeeae< ' Ion wi!1 Major Them. A. B. Dittes, foratr Air .Corp# officer and .\ flyas. and widely traveled adven tvrar, Major Dltton'e talk, "Chan"i '' u biU6d M * BBWlOft CBUm PLAY t. The Beajor Claas of Kings Moontain high school will pr-?ent ea Priday night, May 10, in the high , aehool auditorium 4'Here Comes . Charlie," a three aet comedy by ' . Jaf Tobias. The performance will begin at 8:00 o'clock and admiaaion will be 30c and 60c. , HXS8 PLONK HOME Miss Virginia Plonk, who has re- eently returned from the Europe- ^ an Theatre of Operations where aha served with the American;. Bed ; Cross, arrived borne last JTJhjunidey. j She is the daughter ef Mr. 'and ' Mrs. B. L. Plonk. f '\y ' . '"vV> 1AemaOM HEBB Captain Howard Jaohfon, wall- , ***** *UgS NOOBHUI m*B, ,**- ! rived is Kings Mountain Jast week, . 1 after Mttub| from Jape*.' Capt. Jaekson is now on terminal leave. ^ i Neiftler Elected ^ CI A/MkA^ M MM WltiAflk AOOi^MO uecieiarjr-TreMwer ! . DAVIDSON, May 6.?Henry P.- j Neleler, aea of Mr. and Mn. Paul 21. Nalnlar of Klggs MounUin, has been 1 ehosen secretary . treasurer of tha i Davidson College student body, ac- , oordlsg to an 'announeamamt today by ( tbs student slobttoaa board. " A member of the rising sophomore . elass, Henry same to Davidson from . ^13SS2?2Mr^ ?*be?sMK ?D gfttflThefcaJPi,, jeefrl fraternity. , , i V r i i i ? Uons Ladle* Htaht ' ^'SppSMfaKsr ' * *. V" * . .? 1 ' , "Amw , J m 1 .1 *iWiiy!iiP|y JncP1 flCii i ^5 P.. ?"^/ >. ^Tr"'11 - flMHr 7JMf, kmt im I Kite m. ?Ai ^.'VMtoA te ^cji| j^u >igns Position Police Here Chief of Police W. C. Timmons who came to Kings Mountain, as heac of the city policy department on Oc tobcr 10, 1645, has submitted his res ignation to accept a position as seert tary-treaaurer 01 the Protective In telligence Syndicate, of Chariotte, s private detective agency. Mr. Timmons submitted his resig nation to H. L. Burdette, city mans ger, /this week, effective at the earliest convenience of the city." Mr. Timmons said he regretted to tcave Kings Mountain very much, but that the offer of the -position wit' the detective agency was too good n refuse. It is understood that the King: Mountain police chief is to receive e niL.'j larger stipend than be has re coivcil here ? in fpite of a salary in. lease tendered him. Jn addition, Mr. Timorous pointer out that he owns a home in Char lotte, and that he has as yet been unable to obtain a home here. Mr. Timmons came to Kings Mour tain following his discharge from the navy in wluch he# served as a chief petty offiear in charge ol aavy shore patrol. Before entering the service, he had for many yeart been a member of the Charlotte police department, and he was also s veteran of World War I, serving in the army. In Kings Mountain, Mr. Timmoni has been active in eivic work ami the affaire of veterans organizations Mr. Bnrdette could net be reached for a statement eaVly Wednesday af ternoon, but it ia? understood ' that no replacement far office of chief ol police has yet been obtained. "I regret leaving Kings Mountain very much," Mr. Timmons said "and thtt ia from the bottom of my heart. The eltizeUa of Kings Moun tain have given me fine cooperation ind I shall merer forget it." McGill Rites Conducted / - ' Mrs. Mary Amanda Fulton McGill r4:?*memBer rrf a.*>i??$*r Kings Moui tain family, died Thursday morainf at StSO o'elock at her home nagi here after a short illness. Funeral services were conducted Pridnv mftarnAAw ai O OA ?? * - j ? w.W V CIVCA Ml :heA (First Baptist church with 1 the pastor, the Stay. L. C. Pin nix, off lei sting. Interment. ?u at the old Be thel cemetery. A life-long resident of Cleveland - ountv, Mra. McGill was the widow if .the late Isaac. A. McGill. She is survived by * 10 children (nines,. George, and Leland McGill of Wallace, Nl, C.J Mrs Preesly Bumplc of - Bnrgaw, N, C.j Raymond McGll of Charlotto; Mrs. G. A. Spake oi Shelby; W. A. and Isaac McGill, Jr, of- stings Mountain; Mrs. JL L Plonk, and s.Mrs Lsrura Wolfe, also of Kingt s*. *? V;f *. *. rrl. Attll Twini v r,s. t , sisters, Mra. W. A. Herndoi and- for*- Harmon, and one .Fulton, an of Kiagl .^^^^esa^-w??mr>Byro* Hord, Bai tar, Wright, Glenn White, HaroU Crawfjfof-jl, CharUe Blalock, and Jot QoBfedGi^te Memorial BapHtarviee Planned > The Kings Mountain chapter of ths United Daughters of the Confederacy innouneed a memorial service forth* Confederate dead , to be held in Mountain Beat cemetery on Sunday afternoon, May 18th at 4 o'clock. . A short commemorative program is, scheduled as follows: . Song:'"Nearer My God To Thee,*1 all sing, i- ' > Invocationt Bev. J. G. Winkler. tioSS wi! *" "M* BrM Trlbuto to Confodorato D??4 86I01 "tkero Li No Dootk." Jam "JSSK^ tS* (Stile b Wlaf nrIB<1 > ,'v , >*.; <"' <-, ,f x?vor Oc MOUNT ACS, H. 0. THURB I Interest Jn Ji Politics Is v5 increasing R Cleveland County politic* thowod 1 ' slow but sure evdence of increasing aJ interest this week, with the final day for registration coming up Bat 1 urday. With the May 25th Democratic prl- g 1 mary only slightly more than two I weeks away, the average voter in Kings Mountain was still more or J less apathetic, but snatches of con eraation could occasionally be picl:- , g> ed up on the street corners about .arieus candidates. . 01 Candidates, meantime, were beating ?' ' ,:he bushes for votes?with most in c-i teres! being centered in the five- 01 sheriff's contest. ' IIo! Ward, Kings Mountain repre-' 1 -fcntetite in the five-man field, wav ' _ j spoiled to be gaining ground in , ?arai itrccincts, with I). L. Willis1**! t* i ,!ao reported gaming strenuto "> 1 cverat <evtioiis. Hugh A- Louni: i . J hi .va> in Kings Mountain several tim- j 1 es during the past week, as was: Clyde Bridges. j'r Also in Kings Mountain this weekly i was James C Farthing, LeAir lawf ver, who is a candidate for solicitor ' CI of the 16th judicial district. He is op-, . i posed.by Horace Kennedy of Shelby' . and M. T. Leatherman of Liucolnton. ? i Farthing was making capital of the i fact that he is a World War, II ypt- 0 eran with 43 months service. en > Kings Mountain registrars Mrs. P. c0 ' B. Herndon and Mrs J. H. Arthur - reported an increase in registrations i last Saturday, and tbey also visited a number of textile plants early in tb the week to give workers a better Wl ' opportunity to get their names on 1* the books. Total new registrations at i both precincts ire about 150. ? Registrars will be at the precinct polling place again Saturday for the ^ * final day of registration. Persons not 1 registered for a regular election since 1938 must get their names on (Cont'd on page six) gi Legion Has 5 Busy Session . j! The American Legion held Its bl- T< > monthly meeting at the city hall r last Tuesday night with the com- . manner, John Floyd, presiding ana ran through a heavy agenda. Commander Floyd appointed a not* SD 1 mating committee to study the Le co gioa roster and make their recommen cations to the members at the next wi meeting, Tuesday night May gist. an ; which will be election night. W. mi L. Plonk was appointed chairman ot vc this committee and others named [ ware John Oladden, Carl Paysonr, ( Harold Coggins, and Gilbert Hord. 8U I New officers must .be elected before Be > the department convention which '' will be held in June. . Several delegates to the departi meat eenvention were selected with a .few vacancies' in. the delegate roe- t, i tar left open until the next meeting. B 'The convention Is to be held in d 1 (Cont'd on page sin) j^s [Merchants Men Will Get Unilei - y * n* The Klags Mountain Merchants ss- . 0 soclatlon will conduct a drive for I]] i new members beginning Thursday in | ' . an effort to arrsatlv d"1' , membership in that organization, li j ? ! ?m announced this week by J. NV . ! E > (Mike) Milam, chairman .of the , bership committee. fl i Though the memoership in the es- t eocUtlon ha? shown a considerable in- a > creese- in Ike peat few weeks, Mr. Milcxa pointed hot that many busi- . nese firms are not yet affiliated and { . (hat an active effort will be made B to bring tkeaniato the organization. a^s aasg e wa essw ssw^^^^ ^w n a tion,, Byvon . Keetsqr and Martin Ear- * men, >membtis';^4t the membemhip ' : rfWraaBiTl'tmT ! 53^^48^ *""** ft* ? - IJ52LBSl*5i,lSiS 2 for eereral 1000000," Mr. Mi lam ;; Ota- JO ted. "Ooljr thttfrjh Ml partlripatlkri si r can tl^Z^iat^a^aececaplUh |Rj& -Mjjpv ' Mil OAT, MAT 9, 1940 Hoal Shorta If Operatic Is iound Over )n Rape Count Fred Johnson, Kings Mountain nt ro preacher, was bound over to th ipcrior Court on three ehrages, rap< 11 a child under 10, resisting arres id assault with intent to kili, i ty recorders court here Munda ternooii. Juiin-oi., self-styled minister, wli as alio, rCii-lat ptiics .Ust .Male :th by i'oJiee tjiticer Keil lisne, hiie allege 11y in tlie a< t o: lapm, is niueycar oid step-daughter an sisting arrest utter police uuu bfee immoncd, has just recently bee leased ironi the hospital to tac ial on the three charges. Johnson is under $300 bond on tb isrges of resisting arrest and a; ult with intent to kill. Convictio i the first charge could result ii e death sentence. Paul Jackson, jr., 15 year ol ings Mountain colored youth, i dged in the Cleveland County jai raiting trial by Juvenile Court o arges of assault aand carrying i neealed weapon. Jackson was picked up in fiont o e Harlem grill while allegedly i e act of assaulting a white kid am M found to be in possession of i rge knife. Lawrence Howard Davia was give 3 months suspended sentence t ly $50 and costs for driving drunl jinn Stiles and Talmadge M. Pen nd were given one months' sui nded to pay $15 and $10 and cost) In another vehicle ease Hubart ? tips, Jr, was given 1 months' sui inded sentence and was taxed th sts for violation of the Motor Ve cle Act. Snips permitted Hubart H nggins to drive knowing Huggin id no drivers permit. Hoggins wa ven 1 months' suspended to pa; 0 and coats for not having a dri re Sumise. < Ella Mae Clerk, negro of Besseme ty was picked np at the bns sts sn for assault with a deadly wea in and given a 3 months sentenct X * - spenueu on payment or 9JCU an ta. Martha C. Hartsoe was <ax?< th costs for public drunkenues id put on good behavior for 1 >nths and Floyd W. Dover was gi n 1 month, suspended on paymen costs for the same offense. Robbie Roberts was found no illty on an affray charge but wa ntenead 1 month, suspended 01 lyment of $10 anl costs for publi unkenness. SAT. LEGION PRACTICE Junior. Legion practice will be leld at 2 O'clock 8aturday afterloon at the city stadium. All canidates are asb?d to be present as practice game will be held. w: ' ibership Drivt s?t - V -* .. way frewtay harle8 Carpenter owOn Herald Staff Cborloo T. Carpenter, Jr., son t Mr. and Stxe. Troy Carpenter, Is on a member of the Herald staff. Mr. C*:per.tor will ts in ch-rgu <t drcnlation and sporta, and he rtll Mae asalst in nsrws writing end Mr. ffcrp?&t?r 1b a gradoato ot Mason ooUogo and was reoonttj ?noT?My discharged from the arvf. H? nma annul for 38 months aa'"a' oomimt officer art* hoist Infantry, la Morth Africa, lldly, Bngland, rxanoo and Okrm CPtoch 0ifta o Aid F?od<kU?ction The ,KUi?s Mouataia Miaiitark societies thia aadoned tfc pfaf'tt tfllHa* Pioak. rhainaa food Oolleetloa. ,1 n* otsr. "ton designated eolleetWh (Boiday, May 18, to thd'fkadTy * ^ mfyt f roataet all ekarefcte la tfc ge May Force! Ims At NeisleJ r ?. ....-? I >r^. ' . I B ?! ;v ? HEBE THIS WEEJt?Dr. F. Crossley j e Morgan, well-known minister, will ' e conduct a Bible conference at First Presbyterian ch.rch beginning Sun- p e day and continuing through May 17. i j 'o ' l1 Morgan Here Coming Week 1 B u ?? B Dr. Crossley Morgan will conduct j a Bible Conference at the First Pre* 11 byterian church beginning Sunday 81 ' morning and continuing through Fri- 1 " | day evening. ? I Dr. Morgan's'first message, at 11." 1 (o'clock Sunday, will be on "The'81 Central Call of the Christ to Man."| u At 8 o'clock Sunday evening hisser- i11 mon will be "The Vocational Call ] 01 . of the Christ to Man." This will be r* a message especially planned for'1 ( young people. ?j ( Each week day, Monday through t" Friday, at four In the afternoon. Dr. P Morgan will bring messages from the 1 book of Habakkuk, the Prophet. h "You will find much light in ma- [ 1 , ny world problems In hearing these J afternoon messages," ^_.d Bev. P. g D. Patrick, pastor of the church. j v Dr. Morgan's subjects eaeh even- 4 Ing are to be: Monday, May 13: The Snpreme Triffs^r In Pl,?*.v Tii r ?? ! w ' Tuesday, May 14: The Christian [ ^ Warfare, or, Fighting the Devil. j 1 Wednesday, May 15: The Pivotal w j Fact of the Christian Faith. ai Thursday, May 16: The Terms of ^ Christian Discipleship. a Friday. May 17: The Second Com- -j * ing of the Christ. ' Prices Stymie ; : Hospital Plan e High prices of construction hit ! t< Cleveland County's hospital board j g of trustees in the face this week, % with the result that construcion of -i *1 l ospithl here apd enlargement of tb? Shelby hospital has been indefinitely * delayed. D Estimates of construction cost, tl _ furnished by plans drawn by Walter st W. Hook, architect, indicated that ? erection of a 50-bed hospital here . would cost $500,000 ? considerably " more than the $160,000 voted for the hospital in last summer's special ^ bond election. Though an additional $30,000 is available for the hospital ^ from the estate of the late Miss Lottie Ooforth, the differential is still 01 over $250,000. 0 TL. a aub trustee* nave stated their unwillingness to pr-eel wi'h the hospital pro- r?.mi ui.t'.l lui...r.g i-osts are lett. I P Money from tale of county bond* a for the hotpital it in the bank, and d Arnold Kiser, .member of the board ei of traatee*. said, poaaibllity of invert ing the money Mtil the trustee* tee ? fit to proceed wtyh the building pro- " jeet it being invest Jgated. Hook't f%wfa ,fwre fcW.OOO at estimated c|*t ,/or .thaeonatTUction, $27,500 for>plaatW?fc.$tW6 .>r eleet**l. work, $57,500 1#* hpatta* U and VrtrtWtl^tf.'atd $11,000 for ele " vateft'yJThe architect'a 'Xbe -Hrta the- ? total ({o 'wMth^,|^<;w* aoth- ' kl and otwffiftllMUe fl * the iartitatioa into dpetitVlaf shape J 9 ?that,' the treateea estimate, will f* " ? quire another $100,000 to make the * ' project a $800,000 job >r m J MJkMK HOLIDAY TODAY J ? Tk? Ytnt NatlOMl teak will b? , eifiMi -IWdv ,^-Ww^e ? , 4m??pwa?i e ky. B. ft. tfeill, twertiw tW-ww^7^" A- ,> - *1 loxc^ I * - ' # id?wt. . - W 14IX riVE CENTS PEE COPY Curtailment Mills Soon City Begins To Feel Strike 5y Coal Miners As new*; aj-er licui.:iiics carritM the I isi-ou raging news t hat "informal" u. i t anient efforts to bring about seiMiini-ut of tie ri[>)ilihg coal fillic. an uiiiii i of .Noisier .Mills, , i. t fitl* li : : ii iicl, of their . uri.nio l in h veek to ten i'uv- il tin1 r.iimr- do <it vet urn to woik I :i ;i !. >. 1. ?; pi:mt? luacie it wp? .cveuled that wislo: iiioiii nffccsed by the triko. while Claude Hnmbright, coal oaler, said liis stocks were very xhuusted. C. E. .Noisier said that the big Marrace plant lin.il not more than 10 ays supply of coal, required in proucing steam for warping and finish ag operations. Most other textile plants use coal rincipallv for heating, as steam is ot required in yarn spinning. W. M. Moorhead, of the Southern ailwav office here, said that the Dal ahortage baa resulted in carailment of second seetious of pas?nger trains Nos. 33 and 34, and hat freight service is completely aspended except for priority goods, tcluding perishable foo^s, drugs ad other priority commodities. Mr. Hambright said Monday that would require 10 days to receive Dal shipments here after the miners Jturn to work, and he added that ae strike would probably mean a reater local shortage of coal during ae forthcoming winter than was ekerieneed during the winter of 19458. (iwanis Held Vnnual Banquet More than 200 Kiwanians, their ri\*s and other guests heard a hu lorous and practical address by Rev. ohn MoSween. Greenvillei 8. ,C., linster in the feature of the Sixth nnVial Ladies Night banquet of tha lings Mountain Kiwanis club helt' t the high school cafeteria last hursday night. Mr Mc8ween, formerly president f Presbyterian College, and now nstor of Fourth Presbyterian chura of Greenville, delighted the audinee with a fund of humor and philsophy as he spoke on the subject Keeping Our Balance." Rev. W. H. 8tender served as mas?r of ceremonies, and J. R. Davis ave the welcome to the ladies with Irs. J. H. Patterson giving a reponse of appreciation in rhyme. After the opening of the banquet rith group singing of "America," >r. P. G P.adgett gave the salute to he flag, and the invocation was aid by Bev. J. G. Winkler. Rev. Li. C. Pinnix led the audience 1 an after-dinner songfest, including le old favorites "Reuben and Bahel" and "Let Me Call You 8weeteart" and a club song, "The Mora Pe Get Tnm'tt""' " -W. Perfect attendance awards to elub ember* were presented by District overnor Eugene Coltrane, president f Brevard Junior college, end the poaker was presented by Rev. P. '. Patrick. Mr. McSween preceded the princial portion of his address by 15tinutea of hnmorous anecdotes which rew much' laughter from his audisee. Moving into his address, the speakr listed four principal ways of ? Keeping Our Balance." They were: 0) Keeping alias a sense of hulor; (8) Keeping a sense of proportion; (8) Pn^tng problems against a irge background; and ;'<4)^laUar<n#,iifrfepal life aain.t ^ life. *?ked. 'Ow*' ' *ta rvnttom. fph #r e^o re it is )laf11 V tl>oold k**P '** J He mrged alf to' cultivate a hfbbjr ? order tUl time Might be badget- ^ d for helping other*, and he flhyrd elflehnee* an the underlying iiue f. the, nation ' inability U solvd the ^ rebleta of prfee eenlwl Um( dlf : vj Mettle* in Making the halted * Naoa* workable. *'L . 1 -' > .458 MSettlahnean," he eaid, ?U ialse >'M t the- botteM of any triable lai thfte j ({ iVT- (Ont'd ? page eix) | * ' . ' '-v: . -k; s
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