^^l?OPULATIOK
HpV Xa4oc?oraUd Kia& Mountain 6,547
Tlllilllili Trading Araa 16,000
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"^TroSaTTntHOTOBB
Dlreeton of the Klnga Mountain
Junior Chamber of Commer
ee win meet on Monday night at
7:80 at King* Mountain "Drug
company, it waa announced this
weak by Praaidont Gaorgo War*.
if; CALL FO* UMUTCgJS
' . C. O, (Shorty) Eden*, member
- of the lioaa club committee,
IP this week iseeod a call to all
peraoaa-whe have borrowed ernt '
choc .owned by the club to rot arm
rfihap. ."Naturally, If the eratshoe
tea otlll being need wo do
not want them." Mr. Kdoao aaid,
"bat wo hare had call* far eratehee
reeeatty and hope that theoe
net beiag rod wiH bo rotaraM|
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. Election of off icon for IMS47
will bo the principal baslaeaa
of the Kiaga Mountain Lioas
club at Ita 'tegalar meeting Taeoday
night at 8:80 at the Woman'a
dab. Election* will fallow
naiAination* from the floor,
and all mtnabera arm being eedally
arged to attend this itieating
KTWANIS PROGRAM
Rev. At P. Wilson, pastor of
First Christian cbnrch, Charlotte,
a native Australian and world
traveler, will address members
of the Kings Mountain Kiwanls
dub at their* regular meeting
Thursday night at 7 o'clock at
the Woman's Club on the subject
" American-Russian Rela?^y.
tions."
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^ MIU nulUMI W 1MB
Jessie James, pne of Byron
Kctoter's string of walking horses,
took two prises in the Mt.
. Airy horse show last week end,
eaptnring second in the junior
Walking class, anil fourth in the
walking stake.
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HOBD PB AOTIOZN O
Dr. D. T. Hord, JK. *v Kings
Mountaip man who w*s recently I
licensed to practice dentistry, is
now aesociated with Dr. E. W.
Connell, dentist of :Mt. Holly.
Dr. Hord took up the practice of
dentistry last week. ... !"
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Edward Yount Dies
In Los Angeles, Calif.
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Puneral services for Edward Lalrb
Yount, 26, nephew of Jim Q. Smith
of Kings Mountain, were held in Los 1
Angeles, Calif., Wednesday morning, ]
JoUowlng bis death in a hospital
' theft Monday' night of whst was
, thoeght to' have been a tropical dlsesu
he orfntraeted. Jn Jn^ia. . |
aon of the late John Clarence1
Yount, Newtoa manufacturer, and
ft Chkrlotte Yount Arnold of
^^ StAtnsvllle, he had served in both
and IJ. 8. AAP during
'IL He' Wen discharged
I " WUh the'Sank of captain in Deeemft
fWK after having received the
D)ati*c*ishe<l Plying Croat, and iev?
eral other award*.
I If* Vswwi altheJail DleaMiJa If 111.
tturjr academy aft Gainesville, G*.
nd tki University of Miami He bad
. traveled widttjT ptfot to the war, v!#?
iung several ioreign countries/ Follewiag
hit riipft - from the service,
; he in* engag inthe manufacturing
f; >?<hii? ia StateavJU* aniil two month*-ago.
when be moved to Loe AnjljjL^iBjg
Blair* Hinton of Loe Angeles;
ived la King* Ifoun[
talf while a boy for several years.
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Dr. Heaton T
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Baccaulaurea
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Dr. Oeorge D.' Deaton, pastor of t
Myers Dark Baptist church, of Char- ]
iotte, wiH deliver the baccaulaureate
sermon to 1946 graduates of Kiaga
Mountain high school on the evening
of June 8, it wan announced this
week by B. N. Barnes, superintendent
of schools.
The sermon will open the commencement
exercises sf the school, which
will b? i-Onrlnrle<* Im (k? frtllAwimr
rteaiug whan dlpl?SS aw preesntad
to gradaafa.
Tha graduatiea elaaa this year ta
caa of tka smallest. la yean, with
only .19. te motive ., diflaimas., This is
traa thraughaat North GacaUaa and
is daa ta tka rhasgeerae front tka
U-grada ta lt-grada sytlsnn. During
tka past fasr ysart, balk alevanth
grade stadaats aad twulvth grade
satadaata kara baaa agtilil dip**
liuaa, t>at gtavaath gradt stadaats of
I tka praoant year mitt attend school
| saotkar year te obtain sufficient
credits far gradaatlaa.
At' tka graduation cxercieas on
Monday night, June 8, three high
school . seniors ? Jacqueline Vails, I
I Patsy Ballard and Jack Prince will 1
I make brief addresses in what is da* |
scribed as a "nay type" commence-1J
' ment. Student* are taking over the I
| program rather than an outside
! speaker.
l Tue linal evening will also featnra ,
, awarding of medals to students.
| Involutions lo graduation exercls- 11
j es have been sent out during the
r.ait week. 11
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Fund For Food * I
Now Over $800 >
As Kings Jdountain's campaign for f(
the RmftfgftnPV Food nnlloailno ann. i
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I tinned this wee!T"W. L., Plonk, chair
| man,, announced that gifts to the ?>
fund totaled more than $800 plus ^
some 2|006 cans of foodstuffs. i jj
Oifts of money for the fund to- | a,
taled $819, exclusive of several ro-lw,
ports yet* to be received, including B1
the open collection at the First Bap- tc
tist church on Sunday and several, al
outlying ehurehea. .e>
Officials of Boyce Memorial ABP
i church have announced that undes-'m
| ignated portion of the collection on
' the forthcoming Sunday will be given w
| to the Tund for food. j jj
"The Initial response to this ap
peal has been ' highly gratifying," p
Mr. Plonk eaid,' "and is indicative Q
| that Kings Mountain ^111 do its ?
1 part on this worthy need.
I "Meantime, all persons who have
pot yet given to the fnnd are urged ?*
to give and to give liberally." j ce
The campaign is being conducted ! l'c
i ;o obtain food for etarving peoples re
I of other nations. , i
Following la the initial report of Ai
| Mr. Plonk: t i?
1 Oakvlew 'Baptist church, $18.51; Ict
Church of the Nssarebe, $8.37; St.'
Matthew's Lutheran, $809.49; Bar- p
idson high school, ^2.48; East school '
children, $14.10; Central school. tl
$21.00; West school $10.46; Patter- ~
son Orore school children, $7.50; ; 1
Central Methodist church, $74.50; Ki; J
'wanis club, $75.00; Lions club (iu- _
complete) $54.00) First Presbyterian 1
church $196.46; an'd box collections, '
$35.83. ' .1
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Fire Destroys
Cline Home j?
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, The home of lire. D. A. Cliae, on rt
J the old McAdenvilla road hare, was , tl
' completely destroyed by $re of a*- i
determined origin on Saturday, U$y
j 18th. ' . $
| Very little of the faraftttre 'tnw *
[ saved from the flame* and only the
smouldering remains 4f the frtimv i>
| work and the ^himaeyh; wSEfi#.' etQl
j standing when thettremen dff^W _
Kings Moaatala lbe/ Department
Igot the fin oat ij
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KXNQHB MOUNTAIN, N. O. THU
'ast Vot
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o Deliver
te Address
iatEvePost Finale;
tfagaiinea A-Ooming
Kings Mountain postman found
thatr mall btfi to maw hat hsarl,?r
om day rooauUy, and on InwiMiillia
famad tlm wm ai
dWIiiiml coptas of Ma Saturday
FuartSar lnrastlgatlon rrrsalS
a KK?-r*u "V
saU *i'< km,
At jk? .'?M Of tts fWOkMM.
It ?h ,t?eeght >wk?kU tfca
nil? wm I ftto tm kid
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!?*<? 'oppy
Sale Set
or Saturday
Poppy Day will be observed in
lings Mountain and throughout the
'nitcd States on Saturday, May 25,
: Was aunounced this week by Mrs.
7. H. Howard, Poppy Chairman of
le local unit of the American Leion
Auxiliary.
Memorial poppies to be worn in
onor of both world wars wiil be
istributed on the streets throughout
le day by volunteer workers from
he Auxiliary and cooperating organatlons.
Contributions received In
sckange for the flowers wiU h9 usi
in relief and rehabilitation work
)r disabled veterans, their families,
id the families of the.dead.
Extensive preparations for Pbppy
ay will be made by the Legion
uxiliary unit under the direction of
ra. Howard aiid Mrs. Ben Ooforth,
wistant chairman. The volwteer I
orkers will be organised into teams |
id assigned to location in downwn
areas. Residences and factorv
eas will also be covered to give
eryone 'an opportunity to pay triite
to the war dead by wearing a
emorlal flower.
Poppies will be more generally
orn this year than ever before,
rs. H?war<^ predicted.
'lonk School Summer
esaion Opens July 1
The Plonk School of Creative Arts,
1 Asheville, will open its twentyeond
rammer session on July 1, aeirding
to announcements recently
ceived here.
The six-week term will end on
ngust 12. Regplar courses are beg
offered iu both the adult and
lildren'a department.
Miss Laura Plonk and Miss Lillian
lonk, formerly jof Kings Mountain.
? director and asaistant director dl
e school.
'rogress Repor
n Merchants' t
J. W. (Mike) Milem, chairman of'
> Kings Mountain Merchants' Asxilatlon
membership committee, amounted
this week considerable ininl
sneeesa an the sssoJTht ion's curint
membership drive and stated
lat the drive Tie continuing.
t .tA
He spbelficalljr.;reported a total of
Ifht Afftrmembers, W$ih a oarreai
Kal membership-?f ?fand said that
lany prtepective13members are yet to
s contacted by the committee.
v'.n
He hopes, he said, that eonunittee
embers #111 be able to devote fuv
ler time^ to the campaign daring
ke current--week.
been- met with
every basin see
Ires, we'We detected,'' Mr. Mlim
said,' ',Mjbdieting that retailers
ere'see the^.. need for ea association
hlch wiU operate to fuU efficiency.
" Unf o J$?nately4 all prospective
iembera >hva net yet been tease
ted, but the caatpaign .ie eomtiatag^and
^effoh ^will be made ^
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B.8DAY, MAY 23, 1916
es In Pr
Fulkerson,
War 2 Vet,
Legion Head
W. J. Fulkerson was elected com- 1
msnder for the coming year at the |
regular semi-monthly meeting of the ;
Otis O. Green, Post 135, the American
Legion held at the city hall
Tuesday, May 21.
John W. Gladden was named Senior
Viea-Gommander and Paul Mauney
and J. W. Milam were named
Second and Third Vice Commanders.
Joka Floyd, present commander,
announced that the post baa jumped
from a class C post, to class A, having
qualified due to the Increase iu
membership.
Discussion pertaining to. the plana
form building for the poat was dls
cussed at length aad the eoadaauder
voted ;the .authority to appoint a
committee to atudy the 'building sit-,
nation and to make recommendations
to the members at a later meeting.
Mr. Fulkerson is a veteran of
World War II, having served at
| lengin tn ue iitms tnettert of op h
' rations. 4 -^4Other
officers elected were: L O.'
Hord, Adjntsnt; James H. Page, As-1 j
sistant Adjutant; Harold Coggins, 'j
Finance Officer; W. B. Logan, 8er- I
vice Officer; Carl F. Payseur, Asaitnnt
Service Officer; Cline Barber,
Guardianship Officer; Jamea Logan
Sergeant-tA-t-Arms; J, E. Herndon, 1
Chaplain; J. S. Ware, Historian; C.
j T. Carpenter, Jr., Athletic Officer; '
j John Henry Moss, Child Welfare Of- : J
ficer; George F. Ware, Americanism '
Office*; George B. Peeler, National :'
j Defense Officer; James D. Soith,
' Graves Registration Officer; O. O. ' i
Walker. Employment Officer; L. W :,
Hamrick, Boys State Officer; Paul B j,
Cole, Boy Scout Officer; John Glad- i |
den, Menfbershlp Chairman; Charles']
! Hubert Aidarholdt, Publicity Officer; j \
| Martin L> Harmon, Oratorical Con- ,
, tget O^tieaH and L. L. Alexander, I
! Chairman, Sons of the Legion.
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Rowland Attends >
I Dodge Meeting 18
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j J. B. Bowland of B. and M. Mo- ! N
tors, returned from a conference in 0
Charlotte, N. C., where he received *
training in a national program laun- ?
ched by Dodge to train all its deal I
ers and salesmen to help truck users
select the sight trucks to meet their j
hauling needs. . ! 0
The training conference was cos-1 ?
A 1 - - . A '? . 1
uucvou uj t% invuiiu bcaiii i rum tuu j j.
Podge field organization which re- | 0
cently concluded an intensive train- j c
ing program in Detroit under the t
direction of L. F. VanNortwick, Di- u
rector of Truck Sales. The meeting c
was one of the 258 national confer- t
| ences arranged to train more than
6,100 Dodge dealers and salesmen to
I analyze trucks users' requirements. c
hr.a82sreeee hss6 eeeeee
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STAB1JOHTZB8 TO MEET >
An important business meeting
of the 8t*rlight Club, young people's
organisation of East Kings, _
Mountain, srill be held at. the J
home of Mack Murray, off Cle- ]
veland avenue at 7 p. m. FriI
day evening, Say 24.
ted By Milam
dember Drive
Hamm Bites
Conducted
Funeral services were held in the
Hope Well "section of South Carolina n
on Wednesday, May 15th, for Mr. s
William B Hamm, 71, father of Mrs.
C. V. BJppy and Mrs. C. P. Jones Q
I or mnga mountain, who died at hie "
home there Monday, May 13th.
8ervl<-?? were conducted by the
Bev. John Gregory, assisted by Bev. _
W. H. Stehder, paator of the Lather r
an chareh here. Interment was at j
th^ cemetery of the Hope Well ?
fkveh.
;: Be la eorrlved by hit wile, . Mrs.
Hattle^hfedll^n t^^ |
lerald
imary S;
Three Local I
Nomination f
Thumbnail Sketch
Of Primary Facts
Polls open 6:30 a. m., close
6:30 p. m.
Predicted rote: 7,000 to 9,000.
Polling places: Bast Kings
Mountain, Olty Hall courtroom.
, West Kings Mountain, Victory
Cbenblet company.
Number of ballets: two, one
Including candidates for district
solicitor, county commissioner,
judge of county recorder's court,
to the llorth OawMaa house of
ibpi esm tall mo. the other a
Number 4 township ballot latest*
sod->constable.
XUglblo tutors: tbghtersd
Vets Blank
Rex By 3-0
TO.O Vi-~ >-!
*MV UUUUMMU rem won a 1
league game from the Bex Mills |
team yesterday at city stadium to (
the tune of 3-0, with Don Parker, ' ,
ace curve-baller of the locals, 'tight ?
is tin' with base hits, allowing the 1 j
'amed sluggers from Qastouia only ,
wo bingles. j
Big stick of the game was Bob ^
iVells, local third-saeker, who homer <
3d in the fourth with team-mate Co- '
nan Falls, who had gathered a free
ticket, on base, to put the Vets out *
tront with their first two runs of the T
hall game. Wella also smacked a line 1
tingle to left field in the eighth for 1
a batting average of two for four *
or the game. "" j e
Kings Mountain's other run came;,
n the eighth when John Gold's t
harp grounder was errored by short-;
top >i. Dodgin, and Gold was ad- jj
aneed to second by Well's lick, v
oming in to score the final run of <j
he day on Floyd Smith's hard sin-;
:le to right center. Smith shared c
dtting honors with Wells, getting c
wo for four for the day. fj
Parker, in pitching his first shut j 0
rt' game of the year, struck out 8
ive men,and was given excellent , '
uppor| in the outfield, with Smith .
Baking three beautiful shoe-string
atches of link drives off the bats of
heRex boys, and Falls going way '
p on the bank in the fifth to rob j t
atcber Chandler of an extra bate ; |
>low. | t
The game was played before a '
rowd of six hundred rabid, yelling 0
leacherites in the most, good old ;
unshine seen around here in weeks,
ndicating better weather and more
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Memorial Rites To i ]
Be Conducted Sunday . .
The Johnnie William BlacVwell '
*ost No. 2268, Veterans of' Foteigi. '
Vara will hold a National Memorial ^
trvice at Mountrin Rest cemetery ^
i o'clock Sur.dav afternoon. May
F
0., it was announced today by w. ?
3. L>ogan, chairman of the commit'to.
Services are tq be conducted by t
lev. W. H. Stender, pastor of the t
^utheran church. - 1%
Mr. Logan stated that gold star { o
nothers will have special reserved {I
eats and that the public is invited.
Muster of the VFW will be a: j *
:30 o'clock 8unday afternoon at the Je
ity hall, with the Otis D. Green (
"ort No. 155, the American Legion, y
nvited to mu?ter with the.VFW. Mr x>g*n
said "I hope that there will '
* a large turnout of the member* -y
f both veteran organization* a* a|g
ribute to and in memory of our e
tar ?le?d.
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iunaway Oar Goes *
Railroad Fill >
b
Oonilderable excitement wnt erent- a
d Monday afternoon when the 1937 t
Jhymler coupe owned by Clyde Hal
Under ~to6h a runaway home atu-11
Dd* and ren over the fill onto the , *
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A m Today
FIVE CENTS PEE COPY
aturday
Hen Seeking
'or Office
Democrats of Kings Mountain and
Cleveland county will go to the polls
Saturday to choose their party nominees
for political offices, with political
observers predicting a vote
of not less than 7,000 and a top of
perhaps 9,000.
During the past week, candidates
have been making their final appeals
to the voters and interest in the primary,
particularly in King* Mountain,
has shown a marked upturn in
the past seven days.
When a group of three or four
men were seen talking together on
the street, the odds wers.hlsrh that
ths subject vu polities.
Mapor intoroet continued to center
is the fire-men sheriff'* race, with
the political inaldera predieing that
Hugtr*. Logea, Jr., D. L. Willie and
Hal IX Ward would finish in the
firet three. As to whieh position the
three wonld finish there was no
unanimity of opinion. The predictions
varied usually according to the
leanings and residences of the prognosticators.'
Clyde Bridges was still
given an outside chance of finishing
ligher than fourth, with L. E. Woods
relegated to the last position.
Also getting its share of the political
talk was the race between
Charlie Williams of Kings Mountain
ind Odus Mull of Shelby for repreicntative
in the North Carolina
louse. The majority expected Mr.
IViiliam# to poll a considerable majority
in his home precincts but
vere unable to give information con
:erniug Williams inroads Into the
leavy-voting Shelby precincts.
West Kings Mountain precince ot'icials
are to be: Mrs. J. H. Arthur,
egistrar, Kyle Lynch and Wray A.
SVilliama. At East Kings Mountain
?recinct, Mrs. P. D. Herndon is the
egistrar with C. L. Black to serve
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.? juujn-, <11^11 (vtainers,, eiecioris
board chairman, coulil not be
cached Wednesday to learr. the
lame of the other judge.
With farmers delayed in spring
ilanting by an excess of rain, it
ras thought a clear sunny voting
av might mahe the rural vote light.
Voters of Number 4 township will
hoose one of six men for township
onstable, with Incumbent W L.
tlackburii sure to get many . votes
nd expected to receive most oppoition
from Johnny D. Jones, former
ity policeman. Garfield Royster and
loss Gregory, Other candidates are
Austin Librand and Alfred B.
ilavton.
Also on the township ballot will
te n four-man casting for magistrate
ncluding Lee Roberts. Kings Mounain
bnrber. Bright D. Ratterree, a
ormer magistrate, Floyd Williams
ml L. B. Turner.
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City Court
Docket Light
Tn - sii a vs i.l -i. -li- ?
*? iBftcu ?v me civy recordrs
court here Monday, May 20th, L.
I.- Turner, of Kings Mountain, asked
or a jury trial after a warrant had
>een issued him on charge of
mblic drunkenness and interference
rith the fire department in the dieharge
of its duties.
Turner allegedly tried to keep
he firemen from .combating the
ire last Saturday at the home of
Irs. D. A. Cline, and was turned
iver to city policemen by Grady
Cing, Chief of the Fire Department
Bur gin Ayars, charged ?witfti at
ault with a deadly weapon, was gien
a six months sentence, suspend*
id on payment of $25 ahd costs. Ac*
ordtng to po|ice, Ayars Assaulted
Vlnnie Ayars, his wife, with an ice
dctf.
Dan Owen, Joseph Bigger*, and
7orth Anderson Kedley were found
ullty of speeding and each was fin*
d $10 and costs by the court.
Jack L. Richard was found guilty
f violation of the Turlington Act
nd was fined $10 and eosta. Rich
rd had in his possession a plat of
rhiskey with the seel broken for
everage purposes and as he was not
t his home he was in violation of
he North Carolina liquor law.
Woodrow Klmbreil end Homer
lenderson were given sentences of
ne month in jail for public drunknness.
...y.
. Robert Beatty was fined $5 and
eete ier ;publk drunkenness and the
aflowiagriseeee.taxed with eeete for >