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Newspaper
Kings Mountain Herald
Location
Kings Mountain, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1941
Page
1
Ray Joyner aged five, son of Abert Joyner of Dobberville, was struck and killed Saturday at 3 PM on the Dobberville Mc Clive highway. Witnesses and officials say the child ran into the road after escaping his father's car. Coroner Tobmnon and Deputy Gardner ruled the death accidental.
Public notice explains how to purchase Defense Bonds and Stamps through offices or banks and how to write to the Treasurer of the United States in Washington DC for information.
A garbled 1890 Texas political scene is recalled with George Clark and James Hogg as Democratic gubernatorial candidates amid a fractured GOP. The chaotic gathering features a consternated crowd, a floor motion, and a public call for order in a wavering, partially censored recount.
Rev. John R. Miller, a prominent Baptist minister and former pastor of the First Baptist Church here, died Tuesday morning after a sudden illness. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 11 o'clock at the First Baptist Church in Fairman. He is survived by his widow and two daughters, Mrs. C. Floyd of Fairmofit and Mrs. Vide Miller Gordy of Pasadena, California.
Chief Pollenamy states sixty to seventy arrests occurred during July with Burne arrests for intoxication about half the total. The breakdown lists Assault and Battery two, Assault with deadly weapon four, Gambling nine, Speeding four, Drunk thirty four, and other categories including Larceny eight and Theft of Auto two. Some incidents like wrecks, suspicious persons, fighting, and trespass were reported but had no arrests.
Soldiers of the 102nd Cavalry Regiment camped one night at Kings Mountain National Military Park on a reconnoiter maneuver as a preliminary to fall maneuvers across the South Carolina border into York county.
Mrs Sara Gold Bridges 69 of Shelby route 2 died Sunday morning in Shelby hospital after four months illness. She was wife of J C Bridges for 61 years and mother of Cleveland County Commissioner Glee A Bridges and Elmo Bridges. Funeral Monday at Mt Binal Baptist church with Rev Lawrence Roberts and Rev J L Jenkins officiating. Interment in church cemetery. Board of Commissioners adjourned in respect. offices closed at noon.
The City Hall staff is busy setting up records for the coming year and preparing the unpaid 1940 tax list to be published in the Herald. City Manager H L Burdette says the annual audit summary has been received and will be published next week for taxpayers and citizens of Kings Mountain.
Mrs. T. R. Bell died suddenly Monday after heart trouble. Final rites were held Tuesday at 11 AM at Oak Grove Baptist Church. She was born May 13 1880 daughter of the Ledfords and married to T. R. Bell in 1896. Survivors include ten children five brothers and two sisters. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Luther Hawkins with assistance from Reverends Blam McSwain and W G Camp.
The Wright Reunion will be held August 10 at Friendship Church in Fallston North Carolina. The program begins at 10 30 and continues through the day with speaking and special music by several good quartets. All relatives are invited to come bring bilynch and enjoy the day.
A fragmentary item recounts Will Rogers humor involving a group of older women who form a lunchtime club in a neighborhood. The jumbled text hints at social chatter and a comedic setup with varied, unnamed participants and fashions of a rural or small-town setting.
The Annual Hord Reunion will be held at the usual place next Saturday August 9. All related friends are invited to spend the day together. A picnic dinner will be spread at noon. Please bring a basket.
Johnnie Jones, night manager of Otto Pills Service Station, says the suspect known as The Owl robbed here of 54.10 then fled to Asheville. Police compare a pawned pistol found on the man in Spartanburg to the Kings Mountain gang. Chief Jimmy Huma plans to return the suspect to Cleveland County for trial on highway robbery and assault with deadly weapon charges.
P D Herndon president of the North Carolina Ginners Association presided over the state convention in Raleigh with about a hundred ginners from Cleveland County expected to attend two days of talks. Sessions were held with the Department of Agriculture and State College cooperation featuring speakers from across the cotton belt on topics from morale and defense to ginning efficiency and warehouse practices.
The Youth Crusade Week at Central Methodist Church runs Monday through Friday with morning worship and breakfast, noon prayer for peace, evening services at 7, Junior Choir performances, talks by guest speakers, and a Friday banquet in the church basement. Leaders include I Ben Goforth Jr, Dorothy Plank, Meeker Carpenter, Vivian Prince, Nell, and Clemensee McDaniel. All young people are invited.
Paul Patrick Jr son of Rev and Mrs P D Patrick completed a six week course at the Chemical Explosive School Duke University and has been appointed govern ingpector at the Hercules Powder Plant Radford Va Patrick a graduate of Davidson College last June will box in Darlington Aug A safe theft from Yemasse Turpentine Co Society Hum Darlington County was found today in a crook Marlboro County to young boys who had gone to the stream for a wim
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