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| I ty CovpoEflAs Limi 8#S74 '^'s'l^??mmmmmmmmmmmmmmitm ^HHBSCBSSJCa<CS3S33SC23SX532SSSSS3315SSS22Sae Local News Bulletins W?Gwi$?i S.JAT^ >'! - ' . . ; * -?>?n :.t;'.'- ,t luthmah nuc "The Rich Young Ruler" Is the .subject of the sound motion picture to be shown at the Stl Mat- ' ". - - thew'a Lutheran church, Sunday jBvebing, at 7 p.-m. It is the familiar story from the life of our Lord and true to die incidents, as It is recorded in the Bible. However, what happened to the rich *,- / tar the cllroax of the picture. M The Kings Mountain Presbytery net Tuesday at the First Presby *V terian church In Shelby. Rev. p. D. Patrick and JL H. Webb represented the loenl church. A;- ' 1'. ; 11 m"TO A MENU INSTITUTE ^ ; JBSy S^Se^^OrS' *cSSn?Carolina. The two-day session will feature addresses by Bascom^lmattorney to the p-ttop'? cap.. WEIR SOME SOLD Hi# Boyce Weir home on West tt5?&SSL? Ham O. Weir. The property transaction included the home ette and allghtly more than an more of la^. Jtarchase price waa not anKuaSS^y ',1'Kings Mountain fire department answered three calls last week. ^ On Saturday afternoon they/were kr:, called to Parton Funeral Hotae and Tuesday's call was to a home ; ATI Cannier Rtw?S*..vf,Wpdnpsdav j|.;Se education af^^reK^f^mectP',! . . \?,iing of the elawlto be held :tt ii Roman's Club Thursday night ^/'7& at 0:30. Mr. Blakely is a former Kiwanis district governor and Mr. svV. Benson I# currently president of SSv"? ; |to0 local club. The program was ^'^vfi^Branged by the Kiwanis Education committee, including Bnv. ,> - W. H. 8tender, chairman, George I faoumatn view nuiei wimuruwn I und explained th*J DuCourt Mills EfI.rH,x3r5oiE So! of trust Is made to former crwnI " <rrt PT *. ?JT / "* i.T* t'-'J i ' if V . v 1^, | Mj VI | ^ :?u Wo"e wDioin OCESleMF^^', !V I I I ' I ' yrM 1*1 il ' r v" *^1 \ wnuMM auau W. A. Win, Piovec fautejMUir% William Alexander Ware celebrat- ] \ ed hi* eight-fifth birthday Monday, | January alxth, and waa entertained ' at a lovely appointed dinner at the I iiome of hU daughter, Mrs. John HeGill, on Gold street. Mr. Ware, known to many throughout the county as Mr. Alex. typlfl 4 of the time with the exception ofb occasional visits to church, his mill and barber shop, he looks forward I to his friends visits with him?holding forth his youthful spirit and interest In lite. {..-x V,-. n Mr. Warp was an only son of 1 Mary Ann McGitl and William (Bill) Oates Ware, and a great- , great-grandson of Captain John 1 Weer of Revolutionary lama. An J only sister, Regina Ware, married i William LaFayette^Plonk and rear- J Mountain, having moved here in 1 i 1882 to establish the first industry; J In the community ? agrist mill and ! < saw mill operated by SSS^^Ei* * St,business of this kind lit C3*V?->* land county was erected by Mr. I i nomas rresvm Mctaii on rerslxn-1, mons creoi; a^out six miles from the5 J present town or King* Mountain ami. J chased the did water power mill , IJeGUh M. fitther-lii-lfw, ' siiiss' ander Ware. W. A. Ware was the op- * h erator of the steam plant and * his j ' father, W. <0. Ware, was the miller. ] [- Swing ji^When iStSTcSfrent came to icings MouagUa, the Were R mills wefe among the first to progress with the 5 W. A. Ware became the active I head of thi business in 1898, and ; t'> his son, Molfatt Alexander^; Waref(, K joined his father at the cfa*fc of World War I in IMS-making the Us . also a member o< the business. partme ? f ulaSSt SJfX* 1M0 I >fv| / 7.. **ij, > , 'SW ill II - -. f.it F' I ? ~r? ' I David Cith operator ol thf Dixie H >- <, V i I. i.\ >; B-V 1 I H ' ' Ht!> I K? Y' j? i Bvv I f.'V I ." ' ' ' V . I INDKR WARE f Citizen. I ?W?a?S5 ^ut^lSShiSSaim ^MuZri^nSSi^0^ *** .' ' . jc^ ^ v^i Srter at Boyce Memorial ARP churnmt fftllranul In M?imlW?? tJ? ? - ? emetery, Mrs. McGill died at her home an Vest Mountain street, Thursday afar a Short Illness, Despite her deilinlng health, Mr*. McGill taught ler fourth grade class on Monday, ler condition became serious TuesMy-1 ;v';'v.... Widely known In educational ciriles of Western' North Carolina, she tas a leader in cHic affairs and shurch activities. ' She is survived by her husband, V. J.McGllJ; and three step-child en, W. J. McGill, Jr? of Albany. Ga. J. McGill, of Boston, Mia*, and Ms. Nelsorl i Pittlnger of ' Union Sridge, Md.fc a brother, Hugh Hol?njb, of ML Airy; and a half-broth;r, Hurley Holcomb of St Louis, Mo. ^Active pallbearers were ;; Elmer McGill, of Charlotte, Leroy McGill, H GSStonla, and Claude Hapibright, toward Burnley, John L. McGill. and Fohn E. Gamble, of Kings Mounain. Elders and deacons of Boyce Memorial ARP church served as lonors# pallbearers. W. Pink Herndon Final Rites Held *l Funeral strrteaR$>r W* Pink Hemion, 62; Kings Mountain, route %j were held yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Bethlehem Baptist church irlth Bev. J. W. Buttle, lev. W. G. Camp, And t. W. Foglejnan, In char Ste. lAterm?Vlt WAR In Ate fwriw<*k AIIVA UftrrtHnn thhAA At , Ml N1 Ito flwi' th Charlotte; two slaters, Mlatfi Pearl tMtni9nvBi comumiy. tie jeave rout ' ;-;' - "* ," |jyjl '<^ 3 '.] Stiff vear will highlight a meeting I i " / i " v y^ 1lU.JWWJ ^ < > ''M;* /it'V'^''-'^ yw11 *r. ' , Langmei assigns EflecHro Ftkl * -ft/. > W. 7. Laughter, for the past elgh months manager of the- King Mountain Merchants association last week tendered his reaignatloi to the association's directors. Th resignation Is to take effect on Feb ruary 1. . (&, ?,}' In a letter addressed to Preslden John L. McGill, Mr. Laughte wrote: "Due to present conditions, it ha been necessary to aocept ancthe position with more pay and bette ti?? ?ti? fllti.re "^ 7 VTA&g&u 'VL\ V Msign from a position that has al forded me many kindnesses an courtesies from officials and mem bears of the Association that I hav ooum in contact with while dolnj my work. In the future, if there is any thing I can do to further the prog resa of the Association, do not fal tA Mil An AM" When the resignation wu pre seated to the board at a calle meeting last weak, the board ac - ? * - * <4 laI, ,, . ,41- . ccpiea n witn iqikis. Mr. Lfcttghter said he expected t became affiliated with Imperii Ufa insurance company. The board appointed its officer! Mr. .>MC^<Vlc?-president J. V, Milam and Martin Harmon, as < three man eOmmlttee to reoomment rattoeeasy.4 SdhrrocBd " Tter/.'Ji; Lewis Thorn burg, pasto of SbTCark'a Lutheran church a China Grove, and a prominen Scouter, will deliver the featured ai dress at the annual Bcout-Cub Pai eats banquet at the ^oy Scout' dls trlet, h was announced yesterday b; HgFa. G. Winkler, member of th Date^tf- the banquet is Monda nlght, ^Februao' > rather than Feb All other details announced lat week are unchanged, with the dir ner to be served by die members c Grace Methodist church at the Wc man's Club at 7 o'clock. The banquet usually attract some 200 Scouts, Scouters. and Pai enu. ReV. Mr. Thornburg, former 1a theran pastor for many years I Btatesvllle, Is very active In th Boy Scout affairs and holds -th Sliver Beaver Award, one of th highest awards given to Scouters, Bahquet tickets wll go on sale 1 the near future at *1.00. HI. . . , Rdiry it* isoneier i HaXS,St mJLH! hospital. Gastonla, Wednesday af ernoon at 5 o'clock after an lllhei of two weeks. .:;4 Son of the late Chambers and En ma Westmoreland Boheler, he wi bom and raised near Kings Creel S. C. . /Vyj . .v. j'i He Is survived bv his wife. Lll rJollev Boheler, ahd eleven chlldrei Estelld. Charles. Thomas. Boy. Jus Its, Edtth. Snurgeon. James. Bobb; Joe. And Barbara; two hrothors. Ha t-Sl. andH., of King* MbUntpli >bd two sisters. Mrs. D. L. Alfe and Miss 1? Boheler, also i Kings Mountqi^U He served as First Sergeant I World War I and was a;- Natlom Guard First Lieutenant On*, of tl original. organizers of Oak Vie Baptist church here, he was a taac i*r art A rSatrmiin nf th* hnaM n/t At Funeral arrangement were Ineor K|arnhflfi ttl 'til# JlilliOf ChATTl T 11 I I J I r . V *- ' ,'' - t sfeMkOORflM^BEBIBSBStta^ESSSSSSSS^BS Detailed Stat On Ruddock BT MART E. T. Plott, professional bondsme 1 company, Chief of Police, N. M. Fai r ihoinson, and City Manager H. L. 1 week any collusion concerning bo Mountain. An uie above-named were reply t titled "What the Deal?" in which t r with speeding and running a red li The editorial, Incidentally, was edge. It contained this error: VI) 1 E xee. He had told tne Herald he was T ed that he had. (2) The other erroi r made In the editorial of the chargi Th? editorial has attracted more ,? mrs&wir.i M.fjj tlons, and many others have comrr d offered information about other In to get out of jail. The Herald editor was, in effect, c with City Manager Burdette, Mayoi ? self he four principals. air. o r arret 1 had taken the edit* - intended, and be took Issue In rati : right to criticize the amount of bon 11 ing out that setting a bond was hi citizen of the city and stats, had a i tally and personally. After some dli A view. During the discussion about the : auto driver was discussed pro and , Mayor Thomson asked why I die ? fore publishing the editorial. My re & January 15,1 called.on Mr^Burden ing of die previous night. The detal i, tion. There was no mention of the 1 r. one of the topmost matters on the1 h lame excuse, Mr. Burdette said he * he had forgot it The Mayor then i no action is taken. I replied that e> discussed at a city board meeting \ the minutes, and should be pubxla that the meeting room door was op piled that a Herald reporter would and report them when a written In This meeting ended with the sti outlining the situation would be g Chief Farr has since pointed out tlcular figures they are. The mlnli r maximum, set by state law, is $500. t Ing to the minimum. (On second o( t $50). Mr. Farr pointed out that, if ? * bond is therefore forfeited and, by , with the city thus "stuck" with all rest. The reasoning la that a man v p customary fines, he says, will not * Mr. Farr also said that customer - violations is to give citations to co\ y offender is known and thought te l. after receiving a citation, falls to a and the offender brought in. Following Is the schedule of bon tion, $100; minor traffic violations - The Herald, as stated in the edit >r accordingly publishes herewith the >- eluding detailed accounts by Offle O'FarreK, for the purport of clarifj ^ also a detailed account by Mr. Bui * Pickens Statement "W. L. Blackburn. P. D, Fulton an I were making a routine check 01 it Mountain street, when two cars? ie '41 Plymouth, followed by a '41 Mei e cury passed the fork, proceedln e east on King street at GO miles pt hour. The cars continued 4* a hlg rate of speed to the Cansler street i n tersectlon, where they started slov > ing U$ the stoplight at .llgdB ground and King. I had driven .1 miles per hour to catch them ail had closed td within SO paces fe the time they rotated the ligh It had Wrhed green and they cor tlnued at 30 to 35 miles per hour, figured on letting them go. "Before I turned at Piedmont I >t return to the police station, bof *1 cars ran through the red light I t- Piedmont and King, and I decide id to stbp them. Traffic was pretty h? (Cont'd on page four) , ^teache?TeUI|i 40 Peicent "Aaos * i.?i... '<II . i i ? . 1; Symphony Here Maicl * S&J Quota $300 Short >n North Carolina Little Symphon; af composed of 31 pieces, will presei two concerts here in Central aud torium March 5, Mrs. Aubrey Maui eft local chairman, announced th M week, stating that the quota, fi ,e Kings Mountain is still 1300 Short committee hope mbership -' Om next two week dues were: gene tve,|S; donor, *2 i general nwfltM * na * ?_ ^ ' vV 10 p?g'jl .] IL Today | | FIVE CENTS PER COPY ' 1 S3 emenls Given Speeding Case 1 IK BABMON in and employee of Solvay Process rr, Judge O. C. O'Farrell, Mayor Joe H. Burdette denied compelely in the past nding of persons arrested in Kings ing to lost week's Herald editorial enhe case of YVilltam O. Rudock, charged gr.t, was presented. vv.iiten without Mr. Ruddock's knowl4r. Ruddock had not paid the bonding going to pay it, and tne Herald assumr was one 01 omission. No mention was e ot run...,ig unougn u. reu ugui. commeni tiian any written in the K'J"VOLM.KIK'.1 'A t *v? ? < i;? VV-" n-') win tented on It favorably. Still others nave cidents when it seemed to them hard sailed on the carpet Saturday afternoon, r Thomson, Judge O'Farrell and hlm>rial as a slap at him, which was not ler strong manner with the Herald's d set. I took Issue with him here, points right and privilege, but that I, as a ight to criticize his actions, both editor scussion, Mr. O'Farrell agreed with this matter, Mr. Ruddock's reputation as an con, which I regarded as a side issue. A ? uuviiu uic |flvj^ct UUICIAII DO* ply wu by example. On Wednesday, e to pick up details of the board mewls given were primed in lafct week's ediSuddock case, but I learned later it was board's agenda. Remarking it was a had no notes on the matter and that idded that there are no minutes where ery subject brought up, considered, or was public record, should be entered in hed. Point was made by Mr. Burdette en and 1 could have been present. I re: attend the board meetings regularly vltadon to attend is Issued, itement by the Mayor that statements lven. the reason for bonds being set the par- i num tine for speeding is 910 and the , with the local court pretty well adherfense the law says a minimum fine of in offender falls to appear in court, his gJa law, goes into the county school fund, Expenses in connection with the arrho Is put under a bond as small as the respect the court and. will not return t policy with respect to so-called minor irt only, requiring no bond, hi case the V <&. e or gobd character. If h traffic violator. ppear for trial, a capiaa may oe Issued d fees for mAe^or-lesa regular violat'Farrell and whlph te posted In the po- || ICO:' operatlngcar after license reovca- 1 orial, Is glad to air the situation and i following accounts of the incident, in- ' ./3 ere Pickens and Gladden and Judge ring the part of each in the case, and ddock himself: I ""* *> a "I had left Shelby Mont 11:30 p. it ro., and entered King* Mountain on a King street about 12:05.1 slowed tor r. the stoplight at Battleground and a King, but it was green and I drove .. tr on. I took the red light at Fuller h McG ill's service sUtlon and though n I could have stopped, but didn't.. j. There was no traffic. j. "I fltat noticed the police car be'0 hind me in front of P. D. Herndon's {vjwj d homb} *nd I pulled In at M A M Set,y vice after the police car had driven t. alongside and waved a flashlight at J me about the vicinity of F. C. RobI erts house. "After I stopped, Mr. W. L. BlackA bum came over, and I let him in my. h car. Re asked if I would mind going tt back to |ne police station. I aald no d and drove to the front of the city l- hall. Mr. Blackburn got out, then I (Cont'd on page four) dl They Want s The Board" hi Teachers of Kings Mountain area :'M schools, In meeting at Central school Monday afternoon for a /! hpart-to-heart talk with Represeny, tatlv^'Odos Mull, of Shelby, told ij Mr. Mull In no uncertain terms that (. they wanted an increase of 40 percent "acroea the board." |g After considerable misunderstand Jr lng over the week end between tea- ; cher groups and Mr. Mull, the legislator came over to Itlnga Mound uln to talk with the teachers. ?- In the course of the discussion, I ? thing from peroetttafe* to f* iltors w and back again, but reiterated aev- - -M ? tral times the statement that \he r "ednnocred the pjdMia oS mil ^ ??? ? em
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