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BAHOXtB DAT
'As a climax to Bangle Week in
King! Mountain, in connection
with the annual sale of Christmas
seals, sales were conducted by Girl
v Scouts of Troop 12 on Saturday
- and a total of #03.22 was added to
the fund, it was announced by
Mrs David Ham rick. Eleven of
the 1_ troop membeers participated.
Meantime, total receipts up to
Wednesday on the eounty-wide
campaign? showed it progressing
nicely with #4,906.28 in receipts against
a quota of #9,000. All who
have net seat la money for seals
axe being urged to do so immedl
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s^y/ ' 'WMW SOwie
Members of Johnny W. Blackwell
Poet WMT TTW, will hold a
bam-aaT-egg supper at Bridges
Airport ffiurdty night at T o'clock.
All members are urged to
ad. Next regular meeting of the
y'-,.' ' po* will be on January 14 infornation
given the Herald last week
inadvertently listed the next regf'j'
; ular meeting as January 7.)
RADIO STAB# HBBB
Arthur Smith and his CrackerJacks,
famous radio start of WBT
yn t -ii. ?i?? ? -
vmriguc, win appear Dere mriday
? O' x * ' night at 7:S0 -p. m.. at Central
achool auditorium under sponsorr
' lship ef the local Junior Chamber of
, " Commerce, with proceeds of the
how going to the Grace Metho
dist church building fund.
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METHODIST ffEEVICE
^ The Senior Choir of the Central 1
Methodist church under the direction
of'Mr*. Aubrey Mauney will
- present a special Christmas Music 1
pro-am Sunday afternoon at S
? c'elock. Mrs. J. H. Patterson will, '
be the reader at this program that 1
is mdde up of the Christmas stories,
customs and music of the Old
WfltW ConntriAI. Pnrnlt fttirl mnaU
. from England, Scotland, Wales,
L.vJjt ,, Bu??ia, "Norway,. Serbia^.. *nd Ger??
tnsny will be used. The public Is
!f]\ Cordially invited to attend this
- program.
BAPTIST 8BBVIOH
A choir of 25 voices of the First
' Baptist chnrch will present on Sun
day night at 7:20 a cantata for
Christmsstide and Epiphany. The
cantata's composer is Matthews
and the title is "TRe Story of ,
'' i Christmas. The pubHe is cordially
Invited to attend.
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TO8 BATUBDAT
City firemen were called to
Canit's Grocery on N. Piedmont
venue about 9 o'clock < . Saturday ,
aiming where they extinguished
' -V a "blase resulting from a leaking
her peons tank. No damage woo If'
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? ': V.<v?r. tad Kit. Tkau Bobette
& * ?: Wr* M ITehaeoday into
.V n tt? (mUum at 100 Mytif attest.
Robert. ia sfflw nanaget of
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' ' Robert., of Kings HoonUln, *u
?i< ' i?rlat*i4nt of the Pauline mill.
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> ' Members of On Kiags Mountain
XJoae club will hew u ajdresa by
HoSwnln. Shelby attorney,
at the regular settee of the club
hh' fh* high eohool eafeterla Therehey
sight at T o'clock. Mr. Mo:
i '*tt?iai??. who holde a eoloaeley ia
too army toeoitc, yu recently
^^'^/'jWPted eoataioader of the 120th ia-.
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Kings
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Yale Mailing
Rush Underway
At Postoffice
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The personnel of the Kings Moun
tain postoffice hit their stride on
the Christmas- mailing rush Monday
of this week, and it is one group
which is really looking forward to
Christmas? and a lightening of tho
heavy mail load.
Up to Wednesday morning, the
postoffice here had sold over 67,000
of the brown one and one half cent
stamps largely urad on Christmas
greeting cards.
Total cancellations for the period
December 0 to December 17 were
60,899 ? and the rush had jnst begun.
Big jamp came on Monday, with
13,622 cancellations, and Taeed^y the
post office employees roe 16 070 s?
"" ?*i1 avj1 yv^v>*Y *~jt*'
through the canceling atachiae*.
Postmaster W. E. Blakaly aald
that mailing la much heavier this
Christmas eeaaon than 1b 1M5, with
moat citizem getting a iater start
on the mailing business. Postal re?
1,21)6 ^behind last year, due to
the drop in overseas regular and air
mail, but he predicted that the mail
ing of cards and packages between
now and next Tuesday will materially
catch op the lag.
In addition to the regular postal
force, Alex Owens, Pink Ware, and
David Neill are serving as temporaiy
aidV- end, in addition, the rural carriers
have two additional helpers.
Mr. Blakcly reported a record volume
of money order and C. O. D.
business and said that the postoffice
is handling a much heavier load of
incoming mail than ever before ?
with more direct mail advertising,
larger magazine circnlattons and otli
er factors.
^ The ppatoffice/, natv^raHy, in an
ticjpating plenty of business through
next Monday. i
As last-minute suggestions for late 1
Christmas shoppers, Mr. Blakely list i
ad these:'
(1) Send Christmas carls first i
L'lass to assure delivery befpre Christ (
mas (use a three cent stamp, firstclass
mail gets priority over third |
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(2) Send last-rafnute""^ packages j
apecial delivery. 11
The window* of fhw pnstofficp will
be closed on Christmas day, and a- ]
gain on New# Year's day, as the
postal employees observe holidays, i
They think they'll need them. *
Beer-Wine
Vote Scheduled
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The Shelby. Daily Star said Toes- J
day that a eounty-wide referndum '
will be held In 10*7 on the qoaation
of continuing the legal sale of wines <
end, beer la the county.
Agreement to call the rete waa re
ported t? have fcfaea reached between
pasters pi the eoeaty and Odac ML
Man and Lea B. leathers, the esse
ty'e lepeceectitN? nt the Ketth
Carolina Beneral jtesieibly whlefc
ooavenee la January. ?
The Star aaid the naatore sakst
iW'mmnt>Uw? to" ntkw the
alo of wine Md boor by leglalatlvo
wu agreed that tbo wpiwutitlTw
will introduce a bOl nailing for a raf
erendum to %h bold 1m May or Jul
of next year.
It waa {Minted out that if the
ton tin oat. la overwhelmingly again it
tbo sale of wlaa and boar, it enfold
be moob aaalar for tbo officen to
enfozoo a law then to bare ita aala
banned without aouadlag the eentlnent
of the people.
Buying Tempo i
Five Shopping 1
Employee! of Klaga Mountain retail
firm* have been working at high
peed thie week, aa Ghrietmaa ahoy
pan throng into atone in order to
complete Chrlatmaa ahopplpg < liata.
Moat merchanta reported higli aalee
volumee laat weekend, and the
iditut . A# hmrintf waa afaaJtl*
iiipi ""J?"? >"m owiuv "
eroatoag tho flm <toy? of the ranwt
wMk. It to oxpeotod to met it?
p**k during Um orthcomlng -wookood
nod W Monday and Tuooday of aoxt
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XfOft ftma Ml oboorrtsg itfilit
23 ?STt
opm Mill 7 p. ni* on Ufenitnij Kvo.
Attitodo of ooe tolooladjr *
tofgd dopOrt??nt atoro wao thiol
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KINCHI MOUNTAIN. N. O. THU1
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SKETCH OF PKOPOSBD RURAL
community health center propoood by
nndor consideration by the Worth
to pport ? booplUL There ere now
M6st Textile
Week's Holid
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Leo Devenny
Bound Over
Leo Devenny, of King* Mountain,
was bound over to Superior
Court on charges of manslaughter in
connection with the death of Hodge
Phifer, 00 year old negro, in hearing
in .Recorder 's Court in Shelby yesterday.
Devenny is charged with driving
the vehicle which struck and killed
Phifer as he walked along the Cherryville
Hoad Tuesday night, December
10. . Devenny
was fined $250 for drunken
driving and $10 f$r driving with
improper lights in connection with
:he accident. He auDealed both lnd<r
ments. lie is free under $1,500 bond.
Hiding in the truck with Devenny
?t the time of the accident was Lee
Jriuand, according to Ormand's iestimony.
Ormand Mid that they had
been having trouble .with light* on
the truck. yV';t
"I saw 'wti tdatf talking along
the road and I thought we had pau
ed him," testified Ormand. "Then
1 heard the truck hit something and
1 told Devenny that we had hit a
man. We atopped the truck and went
back aa aoon aa we could. Somebody
was already there. We helped put the
negro in a car and take him to the
hospital."
Ormand said that he had been with
Devenny all day and that each had
had a bottle of beer 12 hours before
the accident but had nothing else to
Irlnk in the way of intoxicating bev5rage
for the rest of the day.
Witness at th* scene of the
wreck testified that they smelled the
odor of alcohol on Devenaey's
breath bet that he did not appear
to bo intoxicated.
Load Gab Driver
Guilty of Assault
Harold Biddlx, 1m) cab driver,
*m (tul |dH; af .a?aalt la speelal
wiIdi of Bwrln'i court k?U
at 01 ty Ball bora Toeeday accordiag
to a.atataoaent by Chiaf N. M. fur,
of tba city eoaotabolary. ' "
Biddlx was fined $S8 aad eoota and
was ordered to pay Cline Lingerfait'a
doctor bill.
Ha. was charged with asaaaltiag
Lingcrfelt with a car pump last Friday
at the bus station hero, aa the
cllmae of aa argumeat between the
two cab drivers. Lingerfelt was
beaten la the head with the pump
according to the local police chief.
speeds; Only
Days Remain
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While a few items are scarce, mer
mrmmj ? ?? *?V l?OV lOIUUVV BUU|<
per will have better luck In 1040
than In eeveral prevlone year*.
Toy merchant* still -have sufficient
variety to handle the Santa 01*0* order*
for children, and, in men'*
goods particularly, a greater variety
of goad* is being offered in Kings
Mountain than over before.
Biggest headache of je wafer* is
finding sufficient watches to take
caretof the Christmas demand.
Merchants win be open, 7
p. si. os Saturday, and wifl observe
a two-day holiday fay Christmas,
closing an Christians day and Doc. M.
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UKDAY, DMO. 19, 1946
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HEALTH CENTER ? Here la an ar tli
Um IUU'i Eolations Dirlalon of the V
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Si Worth OwoHm counties without i
Cars Onmmtoelsn that every count/ li
i Ah mi i?1'mi w7 r flP
employees!
lay Beginning
Christmas Edition
Will Appto&r Monday
n accordance with past custom,
the next edition of the Herald will
bo distributed to subscribers on
Monday, December 23.
It will be the annual Herald
Christmas edition, in which the
majority of business firms will offer
Christmas greetings and salutations
to their patrons. In addition,
there will se a considerable amount
of Christmas feature stories, as
well as the regular news coverage
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The edition of the twenty-third
will replace the edition which
would ordinarily appear on Decern-""
ber 26, which means that the following
edition will be published
on January 2, 1917.. This change
in schedule serves the double purpose
of better serving the mer- |
charts and business interests of |he j
city and also allows the Herald
staff a well-earned Christmas va- j
dfSion. The Herald will be closed I
frim Monday, Dec. T3, to Monday, '
Deo. 80.
The Herald will make every effort
to contact all business firms
regarding the popular greeting advertisements,
but due to limited
! time, merchants who wish to insure
space in this edition should
call 167.
Advertising -deadline -Will be-Satnrday
afternoon, news deadline.
-Sunday afternoon. Correspondents
are urged to get In copy by Friday,
at 8 p. m.
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Jaycee iuie
Party Is Set
CUldfttt ot King? Mountftio op to
II jfMti of ago are invited to bo
goeete of tke Kings Mountain Job lor
Chamber of Ooauaereo it o ChristBios
party to bo held at lis Dixie
Theatre Saturday morning at 0:80.
Through arrange meats with the
management of the theatre, the loco)
(Wc organisation will pro ride
children a 78-mlnute free showing of
comic sWWST and after the show each
guest will Se given a treat including
candy and films.
taoTle Aorta to bs shown include
"Gents (Without dents," featuring
the Three Stooges, "Coney Island
Honeymoon," end four cartoons,
"Hot Toot Cight", "Coo Coo Nute,'
"A Stdiynf I "Dog," and "Herr
Nuts Heir."
Parents are bfing urged to encourage
thdtr children to attend.
Lutheran Brotherhood
Haa Christmas Program
The Lutheran Brotherhood had its
regular supper meeting Monday
flight. Following the aupper which
was prepared and served by members
of the Brotherhood, a Christmas
program waa presented. President
Hugh Ormand presided over the
meeting, nnd Aubrey Mnuney had
charge of program wero: W. A. Ben
aett, Carl Kauaey, Calvin Plonk, D.
C. Masney, George Houser, Paul McGinn
is, Earl Bnmgardaer, and Billys
Mauney. Mr. Bay Cliae was eleoted
secretary of tho Brotherhood.
OH&XBTKAJI SOBVB V
Th* Cnml Methodlrt ebnreV
will h? open to tfco poblifl Tl|t?
itj, Mia; ul 8aturd*y, Mo*<Wjr
and To??d*y from 6 to 8 o'clock
p. ooOb afUrnoon to allow ft* pofctto
to tI*w tH? ObrUtm** 8?ta?. Th*
lerald
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it's conception of the typo rural
'. S. Pnbllo Health Borrloe and now
r location in aroaa not large enough
my typo nedlol institution and it
a the state hare either a hospital
(TReceiro
Saturday
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Yule Holiday
Schedule Set
With Christmas 10-16 just arom
the corner, majority of Kings Mot
tain citizens were looking forwai
this weel to Christmas holidays <
more or leas long duration when the
could relax, visit friends, and. gene
ally forget the regular weekly toil
Industrial workers generally wi
receive longest holidays, with moi
manufacturing concerns closing f<
one week. Neisler Mills, Inc., Maunc
Mills, Inc., Phenix Mills, Bonnie Mil
Company, Kings Mountain Mfg Cc
DuCourt Mills, Sadie Mill Compan
and Crnftspun Mills, Inc., will su
peud operations with the last shil
on Saturday, rc'aumin? operations ?
Monday. December 3P. Maunev Ho
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icry Company will close on Friday :<
.! p. m.. and resume work at 12:0
a. m. Monday. December 29.
Park Yarn Mills will be close
"two or three days,'' but defini1
announcemer.t c.n the huliuay w-?
not given, and Frieda Mauufactu
iug company. ..employees will enjr,
a three-day holiday, resuming open
tions on December 20, after closin
on Saturday, December 21.
Merchants of the city, with tl
exceptions of drug stores and servic
stations, are to be closed two day
in accordance with regular custor
and the city offices also expect 1
be closed two days, as will the Fin
National Bank and other city final
cial institutions.
City echools will close for a twi
week holiday on Friday, with sb
dents to resume daily sehooltreks o
Monday, January 0.
Many eollege students are alread
at home for the holidays, and ma
jority of tho remainder era expects
daring the fortboomisg week end.
Churches have pleased speei
Christinas prognose ssd ariose ?
clal functions will feature the ho!
day eeaeos.
Mrs. Vance Speaker
t Columbia, Meeting
Macon, On. ? Mrs. Zeb B. Vasi
of the Mereer University faculty hi
just returned from the annual mee
iag of the Southern Business Educ
tion Association in Columbia, 8. <
where she spoke before the Collei
and University Division of the Ass
ciation on the snbjeet of "Busine
Education in the Liberal Arts C<
lege." In addition to her psrtieip
tion on the program Mrs.'^nnee si
represented Georgia on the Exec
tivei Board and attended a lunchei
meeting of the Delta Pi Epailon N
tional Honorary Graduate Fraterni
in 'Business Education of which s
is a member.
Mrs. Vance is fhe former Ml
Mary Elisabeth Elam, daughter
Mr. end Mrs. B. F. Elam of Kin
Mountain. She is head of the I
pertinent of Secretarial Studies
Mercer univeraity.
Stockholders of New
Company Meet Today
Stockholder* of King* Mount*
Narrow Fabric*, Int., are to meet
2:80 thia afternoon at the of flee
Attorney J. B. Deri* to eleol offlc*
and to further of feet organization
the company, according to Bob*
BUey, general manager.
The company, which manafactw
binding and eleetrleal tape, ie, *
la partial operation, and l(r,".:M
j aald ha expected the whola pree*
plant to >e ia operation by Jaaaa
1. He al*o aald that plan* are 'p
thTjUpMii^ofati TrT. L 1
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AO Today
VTVX CENTS PES, COPY
Barkley Store
Midway Lunch
Burglarized
Barkley Brother* grocery on East
King street, and Midway Lrfinch near
the rail station here, were both entered
/by robber* early Wednesday
morning according to local police
und both business firm* report loss
of a number of items, including cigarette*
and sugar.
Police estimate that both firm*
were entered by the same parties in
the early morning hours, between 4
a. m. and 5:30 a. m..
Barkley* was entered through the
back door, after a bar holding th*
door tbut bad been worked out of
position with a small alim instrument
Midway Lunch was entered by the
_ breaking of a small pane of glue
reports. According to police owner
Lloyd liouaer, estimated that missing
items such ss cigarettes, cigars, candy,
socks, beer, and eash totaled eround
$75.
tf t dt'jja'jii1!1;!1 . i. jjssjTi*jw>? m mjtswufc j'.?u !*L";g
suspect some local persons of both
robberies in view of the fact that It
iippcared that much about- the con*
struction of the two doors broken
i into was known and because it was
: apparent that whoever did the jobs
was very familiar with the police pa*
| t rot schedule. Both firms were check
id ed at intervals during the night tbey
m stated.
rd j .Major items missing at Barkley's
jf ' according to manager Pete Barkley,
y ] included sugar, sugar stamps, snuff
r. . cignreftes. possibly quantities of
| meats, and toy balloons, but amount
ill j of the loss sustained by this .firm
st I was not announeeil yesterday.
j Three quart bottles of milk were
.y i tound at the grocery with the cream
Is J missing leading police to suspect
i j three persons were involved in the
v | break-in at that establishment.
8. leading clue left in the lunch eif*
j tablishmcnt robbery was conridera*
in i blc fingerprints which nre in tho
o. [ prone** of i<cinp traced ha the invfcj
tt } ti>;atiou of the two robberies, first in
il j several months here, continues.
I'1 Baker Is Appointed
,i, Corporal at Fishburne
|V I Thomaa P. Baker, son of Dr. an i
Mrs." Luther P. Baker,'of Kings Moun
j, tr.in, N. Piedmont ave., a student at
ITiabbume Military School, Waynesle
boro, Va.r was appointed corporal in
,e a general order published today by
Col. R. G. Sherman, Inf., head of
0 the school's R. O. T. C. unit, relating
.0 to the organization of the cadet corps
into a battalion of three rifle com'
n. panics and a headquarters company.
Cadet appointment designated in to*
j. day's order were effective at onCa
a.' and will remain in effect until fur*
n ther notice.
Since the opening of school in Bap
tember, there has bean a continual ro
if tation of cadets in the leadership po
I- sitions in the military organlsatioa
>4 for which their respective claaatfeations
(years of military instreefclem)
in the B. O. T. C. made them aliflt
" | bla, the pvp?M to view bolag to g*a
e rally analyse the eapabUiti** . of
each cadet aad to plea* him trior*
he would do the boot_Job. Tha ?y
polntmfcnU made today weto baaed
oa demonetrated efficiency to conjunction
with eonduet and academic
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u Oar Stolen Here
t- Found In Oaffney
a
3.. N. M. Parr, chief of the Kings
? Mountain police department, announ*
eed tble week recovery of an automo|M
bile stolen here last Saturday night.
'1 The vehicle, a 1033 Plymouth
a coach owned by A. D. BeTI, of Kings
?o Mountain, war found Monday night
n- in Cherokee county by the sheriff's
on I department and word from Qaffney
la- was received here Tuesday,
ty The ear was abandoned at the time
he of discovery and no elnes were found
ae to who stole the car.
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lf Merchants Are Warned
r; Against Check-Flashers
Of
Rules for merchants who wish to
void cashing worthless cheeks were
listed in the current Merchants association
bulletin; in the mails Wednesday
as follows:
1. Be suspicious of strangers whs
ask check favors,
in t. Require personal and positive
at identification.
of S. Just because a man is in unl>ra
form doesn't mean his check is good,
of Many forgers nee this ia a disguise.
>rt o?t his sOrtM number.
a Ifrery strange check worth cash
si lug Is worth investigating,
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?r .. ocean quartet |
it .- The Oexey quartet of Geatonla .$9
tj 'win bf at the Baoend Wwisyw -wis
ihf. 'Methodist ehureh on ffimday evqw,
t* tag Deq, tt at T #*eleok;.V|l* .fib*.- '.Jl