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Play ^ Hist Base For Team Jake Early, Kings Mountain 'a re pgosentative in major league baseball, 1 will play first base on a team, comyw> entirely of major learners, that ia-oehoduled to" begin a barnstorming tear, in the Carolinas now that the rsgvlar 'Big Top' show is over. Baddy Lewis, a Oastonla boy who hie played eight seasons with the Washington Senators, has assembled as major league team composed of all Korth and South Carolina boys, with the exception of Bill Johnson, Yankee third baseman, who la a Georgian. With the close of the majors' season on Sunday,' Sept. 29, these payers, departed for North Carolina to open a two-week barnstorming tour. Besides Lewis, the Washington Senators on the ball club are Outfielder Ml Coan, Catchers Jake Early and 1 Evans, and Pitcher Ray 8craborough. The Chicago White Six send three members of their club to Lewis' team, notably Taft Wright and Ralpit Hodgin, outfielders, and Joe Hay *s. pitcher. From the famous New "K>rk Yankees come Catcher Aaron Bbbinson, the Bombers' greatest find - ?* n:tr : ~ nii.t rr. grace uuinggiu, riu'uor lomuiy ^ rne of Wake Forest fame, and Third Bnscman Bill Johnson. The BSttsburgh Pirates contribute short top Jimmy Brown, and the Brooklyn Dodgers if they aren't in the World Series, donate Pitcher Rube | Melton, strapping right-hander. Lewis and Melton are from Gastenia; Coan, Mineral Springs; Earlv, ' Mlhgs Mountain: Evans, Hbcky Meant; Scnrgorough, Burlington; Wright, Lumberton; Hodgin. Greens tfcsto; Haynes, Columbia; Robinson. tats of Georgia. There's nothing to be desired on the'major leaguers' pitching staff with three good right handers like Scarborough, Haynes, and Melton, while Lefty Tommy Byrne is no sfcnch. Haynes is the Chicago twlrler who out-dnelled Bob Feller on three Occasions {his season. The probablt starting lineup for the hatnatormers will be, as follows: Coan, Washington, rf; Lewis, WashOk. T.I V. - est.. Iff.! iuj uuiiiipuu, x aiiivocB, *>p; ?* ri" fht Chicago, of; Robinson, Yankees, 5 Hodgin, Chicago, If; Brown, Pirates, as'; anii Early, Washington, lb. SOIL CONSERVATION NEWS By Joe N. Craver and W. I. Sbope G. P. Cooper, Route 3, Shelby, has jb excellent stand of alfalfa which He seeded prior to the recent rains, le will also seed some permanent SSsture this fall. The seeding of these two soil conserving crops is a fpwt of the soil conservation farm flan Mr. Cooper worked out with the Broad River soil conservation district, earlier in the year. Rastus Dixon, Route 3, Kings Mouu Ain, has prepared! a seed bed and ap 3|ied lime and fertilizer to a meadow strip which he will seed to a mixHire of orchaYff grass and Ladino clo -?r. Mr. Dixon says: "I have observed meadow strips in action and I show it wHt take care of my terrace water and at the same time, give a joo dhay or grazing crop on the same jwea where would be gullies without tbo protection of Grasses." One of the best wildlife field border plantings is on the farm of A.S. Riser, Route 3. Kings Mountain. This planting was established in 1942 and ittfs proven its value in erosion control and wildlife food and protection. "Bd Hjimriek of Beams Mill community and Yates Brooks of Route 4, Shel ?v also have excellent wildlife field iBrders. , Thomas L. Dcdmon of Ross community recently unloaded his second serload of Mascnt lime which will be seed In the treatment of his establish sd pasture acreage and on land which Sb will to pasture this fall. He ; says: "I am working to Increase my irasture from Us present acreage of ' . - 9B td 100 acres In pasture grasses." jj"; Wayne Bess of nenr Archdale Dairy ' * Hhs seeded three acres to permanent gesture. He also has three acrea. of & , Mspedeza sericea which he will uso flbr hay and temporary grazing during r, ffie following grazing season. HEADACH?Kf flksaSb* nanlai 4 snUt >' ' DBTJQ- CO. assactsxnaBsansaattinMCHUsnuB WHOSO NBWfl By Mrs. Jessie G Costner The Cleveland County Negro Fail is in progress this week. Kingi Mountain school children will be ad initted to the fair free Friday. Charles W. Roberts was a visitor ii Charlotte Monday. M. L. Campbell of Cansler street returned from the Oaffney hospital last Wednesday. He is able to be oul after having undergone an operation Early Sunday morning. Mrs. Katie Brooks passed at the home of hei daughter,.Mrs. Lillie Mae Whitworth near the Ricks Place. Mrs. Brooke was the widow of the late Isaac Brooks of Bessemer City. She is survived by four sons and two daughter! The funeral is to be held Tuesday at ternoon from Mt. Pleasant Baptist church. Bessemer City, of which the Kev. w. At. Alurry is pastor. The Home Economics Department of Davidson School, under the supei vision of Miss Sabiness, gave a so cial at the school last Friday evening. Rev. S. T. Qillespie. pastor of Gethsedc-.ae Baptist church. preached at St. James Baptist church, Bessemer City, Sunday night, in interest of a drive for the Oxford Colored Orphannge. Willie Winstead, a Negro 4-H club boy of Person County, made 3 times as much corn as his father this year, rbe only difference was shallow cultivation and T-20 hybrid seed. 01 Today, mo quate, dep to provide Carolinian; Both loc high for t phones. Si: new telepi Our study for more a< continue t< In ordei hire more costs and V, Thp cos The cost < per cent, i - * Total pa Wages in 1 the past U x cies and tr adequate t in North ( A* I *" our operat Althoug keeps goii 1 changed f money we amount w v ness. Sine r Carolina 1 increased The raj has causa Company If - : ' t / "'Ail ^ jf . * i * TMHf'rY"! ">* * , ./CD C?? 5/ 4V> i ' *," I. . .-Q/tflly1! THE KINGS MOUNTAIW HKBAL. ' Diva Bomber^ Oraah Features Kochman Show Charlotte. ? The "Dive Bomber" | f crash, regarded by experts as one of i the most dangerous stunts ever st- , - tempted is one of the featured acts in the World Famous Jack Kochman i Hell Drivers show, which makes its appearance at the Southern States . Fair on Wennesray,~Oct. 9 at 2 p.m. ' I ' ^ In the "Dive Bomb" crash, one of I Koehmau's Hell Drivers circles the < j I track in in an old stock sedan, races I , up an elevated runway to a height < of 12 leet plunging through atace to j ( reach an altitude of 20 feet to hurdle ] s a large greyhound bus, after which i he comes crashing into the side of a i ! parked automob'le. ; Just which member of the 20 man j troupe hill be selected to perform ( ifhia htTir^Aiil ovnnf hflu nnf l.onn *? ?? **w? v,v? Mw* MVV" | ( determined. In many instances the I TIME FOR ( FRC I McCarter' W. King St. Dealer for?Socony Vacu M?, 1 *1 > f would li Inert i Telephoi re than ever before, North Carotin endable telephone service, and it is it. We are now furnishing more sen j than at any other time in our his1 al and long distance calls h$ve reacht his state and more and more peopl ice the first of the year, we have ini lones. But we still have 23,000 ord of the state's growth indicates that ervice from present as well as new ci 1 increase. to keep up, we must enlarge our people, regardless of the fact that wages have risen tremendously. t*of erecting buildings is up 76 to : of providing telephone facilities is ind telephone materials 15 to 25 pe: tyroD costs have increased 196 per cei tforth Carolina have been raised $2,3 2 months. This was in keeping with ends and to assure competent person lervice. We now have 4.800 Souther - Carolina. Wages account for about ing costs. :h the cost of everything we do to pa lg up, pour telephone rates have 1 or many years. Because of this, th i are paying out ~ .'.teasing fas e are taking in, despite a record to! e 1941, the costs of providing sen lave climbed 102 per cent, while r only 76 per cent. >ld advance of costs in comparison \ i our rate of earnings to go down, was earning &59 peor cent on the ainc SOUTHERN BK1 TELEPHON v / 's'. .' v - ^ v? , P fgUB8DAY. OCTOBERS 1?4< driver* hold conference on the Twenty eight track before the event takee place that last for f sad decide among themselves whose raising events torn it will be, to take the leap, vers program. Track conditions, the type of car to be used and a number of other couditions are all taken Into consideration. When the stunt was fir*t instituted Jk by Promoter Kochman, the Hell Dri % vers nose dived their cart from the ^ Jb m and of an elevated rampway as they crashed into parked machines. Now. however, they travel at a much high- JL ^ < er rate of speed to hurdle the grey- g \J J bound bus. Each .jump must be timid perfectly to prevent serious Injury. If the car falls short, it nrny land into the side of the bus. Too If yc nuch speed would make the car nose live into the tract at a point be- &Ctillg pond the parked car, thus endangering the life of the driver. Precision, anti-fn ? cool head, timeliness, are all factors that must be known and practiced. Wha ing. ou' 3-0OD FOOD Don t ] Ijfl quantit s Grocery Jrai Phone 233 tun Tires. Few in stock 1 * UJtm* ike to tell yo eased Rates tes are Nece a needs ado- Invested In the state. Today our purpose per cent. This rate reflects i dee to North does not Include any possible Lory. able this year only on 1944 f BeWs earnings are today the id an all time !e want tele- Nevertheless, the Compan; itailed 36,000 expansion program. We are | era on hand. 000,000 in the next five year ; the demand prove and expand telephone ustomers will must proceed with this constr in order to meet demands for facilities and We need improved earnings construction costs of providing service, and able terms, the capital fun expand our service. 100 per cent. up 46 to 60 That is the reason we have r cent. on business telephones and te long distance calls within the at since 1941. 11,416 within Current costs Indicate a nee national poll- than we are asking. But we ael to provide under the new rates will pre n Bell people dence local charges are to re two-thirds of income under the new rates v of our total North Carolina r ously rising costs of providii rovide service remained un? The State of North Caro te amount ox greatest growtn and expanau ter than the state more prosperity than lume of bust- effective telephone service is rice In North the Telephone Company mue evenuea have believe, therefore, that < is sound and in the public ii vith revenues In 1941, the rant of money * II AND TUGftAPH COMPANY Jf cs ; action packed eventa Billy Barley and Marie 'Beenon of uU two hour* of hair Richmond county were blue ribbon complete the Hell Drl- winners at the 4-H Poultry aele at Aiheboro. .. ' ' t *e You Ready r Antifreeze? >ur radiator is over-heating, or otherwise up, then you're not ready for putting in seze. t your radiator needs is a thorough boilb?to put it in shape for winter months, neglect it and have to buy unnecessary ;ies of anti freeze. See us today. cy McGinnis Garage Phone 25 \ Jr v why > : >*.< vv ssary" -- ' - r't << ' our earning rate is only 2.71 the latest wage increases and tax refund that may be avail- ederal income taxes. Southern lowest in history. x y is going ahead with a huge Drenarinflr to SDend about ?40. 8* on construction work to imservico in North Carolina. We uction work, despite high costs, service. > if we are to meet the increased I if we are to obtain, on reasonda necessary to improve and s asked authority to raise rates 5 charge 5 cents more on most i state. 3d for greater increases in rates hope our operating experience ^ jve them sufficient Since resi- 4. main unchanged, the increased ?ould amount to only 7 per cent evenuea. In face of the continulg service, this is moderate. Una is tiow in a period of its >n, a growth that will bring the it has" ever known. Good and essentia] to this progress and if*;,' it be in a position to supply it. ie- / ^ 1 )ur request for increased rates 1 itereat. & CaroHnaa Manager (' > % - :*\[T % -i * INCOftPORATID 'J 1'*> % '' -J 1 \ i <: ,\r ,l k * Xs? I ...^x ;* , 1 I
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