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POPULATION
I Incorporated Kings Mo oat* in 8,547
Immediate Trading Area 15,000
VOL 67 NO. 26
Local News
Bulletins
RECORD ENROLLMENT
Enrollment at summer school
this year is a record number of
approximately 60 students, in addition
to more than 60 students
in the band summer school, J,
E. Hun?v<>htt. nrini*inal innnn.
ced this week. Courses being offered
include typing, American
history, biology, advanced algebra,
civica aad English. Instructora
are Misa Helen Logan and*
Mr Huneycatt. Mr. Huneycutt
aid requests for grammar achool
instruction were still insufficient
to offer this wbar that a
eonrse would be effared if enoogk
requests are received this week
with classes' te begin Monday.
990m *6 OA** ' "
Ten of the iy members of Boy
Be oat Troop V have sadargone
medical esamiantloia and are
reedy to, leave on Mp^day for .
week* outing' at Piedmont '
Bey 8cout camp at Tryon. Jameo
Mass, eea of Beontmaster Broadaa
Moss, is a councillor at the
oamp this year.
TTM KBBTHrO
Members of Jo^py W. Blackwell
Poet No. fcS?8. Veterans of
Poreign Wars will hold their
regular semi-monthly meeting at
the City Hall Tuesday night at
7:80. Commander Charlie Warllek
said the Jaycee beauty eontest
and a fish fry would be among
the items of business on'the agen
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LIONS INSTALLATION
Dr. W. M. Boyce, former paaA.
.o ** tr. ?_ * s tir? _
sor 01 dojcb memorial Anr cnurek
and now a pastor of Charlotte,
will install the officers of tho
Kings Mountain Lions club for
1MM7 at the moating of the
club to be Held Tuesday night at
tlO at tho Woman's club.
OW OOLXJtOB BOABD
Mrs. John L. MeOill has been
appointed to serve on the Board
of Erskfhe College at Due West,
8. V.. according to a notice of
appointment received from P.
li Orier, ?l?rk of the board, thia
week.
WKAZ. KXWAina BPBAKKK
William 'H. Keal. vice-president
f the Waehorla Bank and Trust
company of Winston-Salem and
president of tbe North Carolina
Bankers msaoeiation, will address
members of The Klwsnis clnb at
their regular meeting at the Woman's
Clnb Thursday night at
T o'clock.
ATTBKOl CONVENTION
J. O. Darracott, secretary of
the Lions elubr represented tbe
local organization at *he annual
State convention held at Raleigh
laat week. Dave Mauney, of
alaalar) Mtra*.
VBVlijTllivi wwmm %v?va
WOt of District 31-A, in which the
. Kings Mountain club is Included.
union nxmnos
Bov. L. C. Pianix, pastor First
Baptist church, will dsTTrer the
sermon st the regular Sunday erasing
union aerrico to be held at
Bt. Matthew's Lutheran ehurch
St 8 o'clock.
KSW FOUOXMAK
George Lemuel Curry has been
appointed a member of the city
police force and assumed his duties
oa Sunday. ^ J
MOM AtTMNM MOT
$ George Moss, superintendent
> W the elty water works here, is
attending the 1044 Waterworks
; Operators school, oat eg ted for.
I' tee North Carolina Waterworks
\ Operators Association by the
TJaireralty 'a school of PubUc
i Wealth, in Chapel HUL Mr. Moan
j , la aaseng the snore than 78 opetai
tors attending Me meet from all
| wrsr. the state.
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to
With John Gold, BUly Thorn
{ Wig and am Bttera shewing the
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Funeral Kites
For Cloniger
Child Today
' Funeral services for Ana Cloniager,
nine-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Cloninger of the Margrace
Mill coinuiuuilj, who died iu
Gaston Memorial hospital about Id
o'clock Tuesday night of injuries
ustaiued when struck by an automobile
Saturday afternoon, will be
'held Thursday afternoon at 3:00
o'cloek at Macedonia Baptist church.
The pastor, Rev. C. B. Bobbitt,
will conduct the rites, and interment
tn #aiia? :- D..i
wm luiiuw iu nuuuiiiu ocii cvuic
tery.
The young child. who attended
Park Ormce tchool, sustained a fractured
-skull and broken lege in the
accident Saturday. She was struck by
the 1941 Pontine driven by Jaeu
Smith, after getting off a elty bus,
according to Patrolman Hal D. Ward
who investigated the ease. Mr. Ward
said the child went around the front
of the bus and stepped into the peth
of the approaching ear.
Mr. 8mith, who Is empoyed at Mrs
l?ata Blahton's seWlee" station, " is
under bond of 91,000 on charges of
reckless driving and assault with e
deadly weapon (the car.)
The child was rushed to fie~*Wnoton
hospital after the aeeidont, bat
never regained consciousness.
Preliminary hearing in the ease
trsinst Smith is to be in Shelby Becorder's
court at a date yet to be
set.
Mr. Ward said the child was picked
up sbout 90 steps beyond the
place where she was struck.
Both the bus, driven by Pred Sawders.
and the car driven by Smith
were proceeding toward Kings Moun
tain on the street which passes the
Msrgrace Sill store.
Surviving, in addition . to the
child's parents, sre seversl brothers
and sisters.
Bond Election
Books To Open
Beuiatration books tor the sDecial
I #200,000 public Improvements bond
election will open for the first time,
Saturday with nil citlsens who expect
to vote required to ? register.
Registrars will be at the five
ward polling places to take name*
for the registration.
As is required by law, the vote will
be "against the books.'' Registrants
who fail to cast a vote will automatically
vote against the proposal*.
The voters will vote "yes" or
"no" on four questions, since Ihe
total of #200,000 is divided into four
Issues, one for construction of recreational
facilities, bne for sewer
expansion and improvement, one for
water line extension, and one for
street improvements.
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Mrs. Cobb Succumbs
After Long IHnoss
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Mrs. Nora Wilson Cobb, 73, widow
of A. B. Cob(> of Kings Mountain
and Mother of Mrs. J. P. Van Pelt of
North Belmont, died at 4 p. m. Friday
at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. John F. Harmon on the New
Hope road near Gastoaia, .after an
illness of one jrear.
Funeral services were lie Id Saturday
at 4 p. m. at the Harmon home
with the Bqv. Garland Winkler, pastor
of the Central Methodist church
of Kings Mountain, officiating. Bur
ial waa la Bethlehem cemetery near
Kings Mountain.
wm /i.li. i_ s a a * a. _
?s.ra. VsOdo u surrivea 07 nor as a
ghters, four sons, Bassell Cobb of
Detroit, Tom Cobb of tht merchant
marina, A. B. Cobb. Jr.. of Beseemer
City, and Hal Cobb of Birmingham,
Ada., and aeveraf f indchildren and
greet-grandchildren.
Baptist Bible School
Oommencement Friday
Vacation Bible echool, being held
at the First Baptist Aorch, will end
Friday >erealagf in coeameaeament en
erctaeW to, be. .held at o'eloek. Pareats
and fri*hd? of the ehS4ren are
InrltA # t />
Enrollment at the echool. whleh
letted two weeks. Is aroand one hundred,
with tat Average < ttUi^nu
ore* eighty-five.
picnie hunch' will be held at
Lake Moatonia at noon Friday with
4ke mothers of the begienere ,a?d
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[NOB MOUNTAIN, N. C. THUBSDJ
Superior Stone Outs
Charges To Minimum
Superior Stone Company has
lowered the weight of dynamite
charges used In blasting operations
to the absolute minimum,
according to an announcement
by Trent Bagland, official of the
firm, this week.
In response to complaints from
cltlxens and the Herald the company
brought experts here to determine
the minimum on chargges,
Mr. Bagland said, adding
that he hoped the rather considerable
concussion caused by the
blasts had been lessened.
"We regret, of course, the necessity
of blasting at all,'' Mr.
Bagland said, "but It is required
if wo are to IShttnne this
nitMr larga operation. However,
V* an do lag oar boat to bring
tho blasts down tothe minimum
of both do 1m and i inn nntnn "
New Yorkers Boy
Pnenix Number 1
Agreement ,JU> aeU.JJnit No. l .of
Pkoalx Mills; Kings Mountain, N. C.
to Fifth Operating Corporation. Tew
Tork City, by a Burlington Milla tub
aidlary company, waa announced laat
Friday.
Sale and management take-over
date will be July 1. The unit, which
| eonalata of the weavTnfe divialon Of
| Phenlx, has over 18,000 apindles and
388 looms. Weekly cloth production
! is approximately 200.000 yards of
! print cloth and broad godtfa .
I Principal officera of the Fifth Op
,erating Corporation are Courtland
Palmer, President, and George B.
I Duekowney, Executive Vice Preai1
dent and Treasurer. C. G. White will
' continut a sSuperintendent of tho
j weaving unit under the new owner
: ship, which will operate under tho
name of Du-Conrt Mills, Inc.
Burlington Mills Corporation will
retain Phenix Unit No. 2. a cotton
yarn mill. This plant will continue to
operate under the present manage-1
ment and supervisory set up.
rui Will Bp operated
Here; Buiffuig Started
Construction on a 26x100 fotmrrtck
building on Cheroke? street to house
a local Fanner'a Cooperative Exchange
was begun on Wednesday.
The new businesa establishment
here is to be operated by Hal D.
Ward and will specialize in the sale
of feeds and seeds and other farm
needs.
Mr. Ward said he hoped that 'tha
businesa would be in operation by
September L
"A White Threa
Veteran Teach
By Martin Hanson
"There is always a white threa 1
in every person's character, no matter
how dark his character may appear
on the surface. And if you find
that white thread and develope it, it
is frequently possible to' completely i
eliminate the dark ones".
The statement was made by Mis#
Bessie Simonton and gives an insight
into another statement that in 401
years of teaching youngsters, 'she
has never had any trouble with children
or their parents.
Forty-six years Is a long time, and
Miss Bessie, as she is known to her
many former pupils,- is retiring for
what anyone would tell you is a well
assnsil
In the course of 49 years?47 spent
teaching King* Mountain children ?
Mils Bessie ha* had many exparien
ces and met many people. She hai
also taught children of four genera*
tiona and frequently meet* people on
the street who apeak and aak, "Ton
don't remember me do you?"
The usual' reply la, "I don't re
member your aatae, MTT remember
your face." And 99 timea out of
100. It'a aome now-grown young man.
or woman, who learned hia ABC'? un
der Mine Beatfe, for ahe haa "started"
at leaat 1,200 six-year-olds on
the road to learning.
Mlaa Beaoie first began teaching
In the old familiar one-room aehoolhonae
In South Carolina, with hM
aeven gradea confined to one room.
The children hat on benches, and
there waa no flksk to write on?Or
lean ?? Te 4wlla,*tha children had
to leave their seat a, wad go to the
writing bench, aMtply a' slanting shelf
at the front of the room.
The foilowhag^year, 1900, Miss
ifthMiufc^iSwg under the 3ministration
of Bee. A- J Klrkpafb
riek and Bar. A. jC h4*daay. At bfc
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tY, JUNE 20.
City Taa ^sre
To Be Hiked
By 10 Cents
Kings Mountain's 1940 tax rate
will be Sl.O'J according to preliminary
budget estimate prepared by City
Manager H. L. Burdette.
Meantime, the city is again offering
customary two percent discount
on prepayment of next year's taxes
during the month of June. The tax
ia to be figured on the $1.60 rate,
and is, of course, subject to readjustment.
Mr. Burdette said the tax increase
ia due to Increased cost of materials
and labor, and thaTTue principal reason
limiting the rate increase to 10
cent* per 910o valuation la antiuipa- |
tion of greater income tro.^ t ie sale
of water, lights and power.
The budget was aet op Off the
city'a property valuation of 94336,955
which will bring in an eatimated
971,471. with* tie balance of .an estimated
over-afr revenue of 9204,81*
to come from water and lights. lieenae
taxei, intangibles, cemetery
i and sewer rental inrome.
Vinaf estimate is fo be prepared in
the near future.
The city's bonded debt will drop
to 9399.000 at the end of the current
fiscal year. June 30. Of next
year's anticipated income, 951,54''
(almost one-fourth) will go for deft
service, with the bondeu debt to be
reduced 931,000.
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Daughter Of Local
Citizen Succumbs
Mrs. Aronia Webb Hudson. wife'
of C. A. Hudson of Gastotiia, died ,
Tuesday night at 7:30 in a Charlotte!
hospital after a lingering illness.
In addition to her husband she is
survived by her mother, Mrs. J. A.
Webb of Kings Mountain; four chil-.
dren. Mrs. I.eonard Summey of Gas1
tonia, Paul Hudson of Cherryville, ,
] Ray Hudson of Oak Ridge. Tom; . !
and Carl Hudson of Castonia; the
fcllowi: g brothers and sisters, Ray I
Wcbl^ of Cliffside, Ralph Webb of J
Gaston:?, Forcit Wabb of Ohio, "Mrs. I
C. W. rfullendcr of KingS Mountain,
Mrs. J. W. Dagenhart oT" Charlotte. I
Guy Hudson and Mrs. Gardie Wilkie
of Swannanoa. Kour grandchildren ?* !
to survive.
Funeral services will be held Thurs
day afternoon at 4 o'clock at the
Main Street Methodist church of
which the deceased was a member.
Bev. Claude Moser, pastor, will conduct
the services assisted by Bev. Wv]
C.~ Black, pastor of the Wesleyan
Methodist church. Burial iTill be in
Mount Olivet cemetery.
id In Everyone"
er's Philosophy
Just How Old Is The j
Mountain View Hotel?
In what year was the Mountain
View Hotel bnllrtlng erected? {
P. D. Herndon, real estate agent,
who la sailing the property
at auction on June 88, says many
people are asking just how old
the Kings Mountain land-mark
Is.
Ha la unabla to tall them and
baa been unable to find any dtlsen
who knows tha answer
The hotel property has bean
sub-dlvt&td into nine lota for the
auction, with the provision that
the boAlng, to bo retained by
seller, will be removed try January
i, 1047.
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Bob's Cola To Close
For Week?No Sugar
Bob'a Cola Bottling company will
uapcnd operations on Friday and re
main closed until Monday, July 1*
according to an announcement this
week by Bob Abernathy, official of
the firm.
Beason for the suspension has
been inability to obtain sugar.
"We have plenty of polnta but
can't find' the sugar," Mr. Abernathy
said. "We regret very muek the
necessity for suspending operations,
bat we have no alternative. We will
reeume bottling Bob'a Cola on July
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| Kiss White Is Reporter
F<*r Ahramae Ooker Votes
Hartaville. 8. 0., June 17.?Class
reporter far' Coker Note#, * quarterly
publication' of the Ceker College el
tfmma* association, hava' been namdd
by presidents ojMnost alutanat^aaa
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ww? J.&0AIU1 X ? flUII ATM WU11CI |
is to be one of the contestants In.
til* beauty pageant to bs staged by I
tha Junior Chain bar of Commerce on
July lft. -'Miaa Kinga Mountain of
1940" wfll rapraaant tha city at tha
itato contact In Wilson.
Fund For Food
Totaled $1,053
W. Lk Plonk, chairman af Kinga
Mountain'a Emergency Pood collection,
annouced today total caeh gifts
to the fund of ftl.033.90, plua eontrl-!
botion of about 2.000 cans of foodatuffs.
The cash contributions have already
been forwarded to collection
headquarters in New York, and the
foodstuff has been shipped to a Baltimore,
Md.. warehouse for shipment
to starving Europeans
In addition to many personal contributions,
organizations and other
groups taking part in the collection I
were the K wanis club, Lions club 1
St. Matthew's Lutheran. Boyee Me j
roorial APP. Presbyterian. Central
Methodist, First Baptist. Patterson
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uiu>c oa|iiui, uuiTrew oipun cnur |
ent-s, and the Church of the Nazarene ,
an 1 al! schools in the Kings Mountain j
area.
"1 wish to thank all persons who
I helped make the eosuccessI
ful''. Mr. Plonk said. "In addition.
I wish to thank particularly Hubert
Davidson, John Caveny, Billy Bouser ,
George Houser. T. C. MoKee. J. W.
Milam, H. C. Wilson, Charlie Bla-i
lock. W. B. Logan and C. C. EuTJns
for their help in packing canned <
goods for shipment, and Ifityor J. H.
Thompson and Neisler Mills. Inc.,;
an'd W. K. Mauney, Jr.. for furnishing
cartons and other necessary pack
ing materials.
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Bliss Allen Returns
From Chicago Meet
Miss Grace Allen of Allen's How '
er Shop arrived in Kings Mountain'1
Sunday morning frtffh Chicago. 111., I
1 where she attended the National
Telegraph Delivery Service Conven |
tion held at Hotel Continental. Reg- i
istration was held Monday morning!
and the design schools started In |
the afternoon lasting throughout |
Thursday. The convention came to a (
close with a banquet and dance in j
the grand "ball room of the hotel on
Thursday night. j
Every phase of the florist indus- \
try was brought out with leading designers
of the United States and Ca-;
nada demonstrating. There were four !
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aiuiiw* iivoi i^vrrva vsrvunt I opnjsented
?t the convention.
Baird Resigns
ARP Pastorate
Dr. B. N. Baird, pastor of Boyee
Memorial AfiP ohurch, has resigned I
that position doe to ill health.
Dr. Baird presented his resignation ,
on Bnnday, June 9, and it was aeeepted
by the chnrch session at a
meeting on Wednesday night Jutte IS.
He has been on leave of absence
from his dnties as pastor for ths
past several months.
Dr. Baird. who assumed the Sbties
of pastor p? "the church on February
11, 1940, succeeding Dr. W. M. Boyi
ee, we* uniformly sneceeefnl in hie |
church and has been a civic and eom
inanity leader serving die proel#?st
of the ^iwei^ie club et the tinyj.^hp .
suffered a stroke of paralysis In
May IMS.,-. ..
He and Mrs. Baird intend to continue
to mele their home in Kings
Mountain and have purchased the Gaston
street residence now ocenpl-1
ed by Mr, nnd Mrs. Bill Howard I
from Mrs. J. as.. Garrison. . ?,J
rrm to msbt
Johnnie W. ' BhMkwelU. Poet*
22?s, VFW wUl hold Its regnlai1
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FIVE CENTS FEB COPY
Frank Cranford
Is Chairman
Of Beauty Event
Frauk Crauford lias been oamed
giUernl chairman of the Kings Moun
lain Junior Chamber of Commerce
Beauty Pageant to determine "Miss
Kings Mountain of 1V46."
Also announced this week were
committees for the event Which is
to take place on Joly IS at the high
school gtmnasium when Kings Mono
tain girls between the ages of Tfc-28
vie for honor of representing the
city in the state contest.
North Carolina winner will subsequently
represent the state in the
national contest at Atlantic? City, N.
J.
Mr. Cranford reported four early
entries in this contest: His* Avia
Warlick will be entered under sponsorship
of the VFW poat, Mias Peggy
Smith is to be sponsored by tae Lions
club, Mite Margaret Caskien by
Mauney Hokiery company, and Iflaa
Mary Ann Crouae by the Kiwaai*
Several business ftrm* have e?ready
indicated they WTTT sponsor ?ntrie*
and are aoxioua to eontact pee ible
contestants. 'Young ladies latereated
in competing in the eon
teat ahould g?t in touch with tJhalrmin
Cranford or the members of the
entries' committee.
Following are committee# appointed:
Orchestra?E. W. Neal.
Publicity?Martin Harmon.
Entries?Charles Thomasson. Bl'.i
Davis.
Finance?W. K. Mauc^y, Jr., Jim
Page.
Tickets?Charles Carpenter.
Judges?Hoyle Mf Daniel.
Conduct?Hal Ward. Haywood JDlen.
Decorations?James, Houser, * Fred
Wright, Ertle towers, Drace Peeleri
Arthur Walker, T. M.~ HnufcrJ.
Program?BiU Logan. George Hoti
ser, Clcmonsee MeDaniel, W. Ki
Maunev. Jr., James Houser. I
Ushera?James Harris, Marriott
Phifer. j
Members of the refreshment com}
nrittee are to T>e appointed later. j
It was also announced (hat TIafVfcjf
Laughter will serve as master of cerai
monies at the event.
Two Drunken Driven
Fined At Busy IWiiiion
f
Robert Britton and William Who:}ley
were found guilty olf driving
drunk end each Was given a 90 day
sentence, suspended on payment of
50 and costs with bis driver's license
revoked, in action taken as
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uvj rm-uruvr ? court oere II IM tlty
hall last Monday.
Thia brings convictions for driving
drunk to a total of five for the last
two-week period.
Myer C. Arrowood was1 given sixty
days, suspended on payment of $10
and costs, for not having a driver'
license and driving without brakes.
Ross Lee Oats was found guilty of
speeding and not possessing - a dn
ver's licen\e and was {axed $10 and
costs with a sixty day. sentence suspended.
t
Henry MartTh was found guilty of
being dr^nk and disorderly and was
given ninety days, suspended to pay
$10 and costs and put on good behavior
for one year. ' On a similar
charge, fiowell Hayes .was given sixty
days and taxed 910 and costs, art-,
so put on one year's good 'behavii.
Leonard Bennett Wns charged the
costs for destroying a mattress :n
the city jail after he bad been lock
ed up for public drunkenness and
waa taxed the coats of the eourt for
the offense. *
Collie M. Smith was charged with
violation of city code number five
and taxed with the costs. Ha had
torn down ft street barricade and
partially destroyed It.
Garland tioofin w?a f?Wd polity
of carrying' concealed weapon not
on hia pftraon and waa taxed $10
and eoata.
'The following ware given thirty
days, suspended otr payment of $8
and eoata for public drunkenness: J.
L. Buck, W. C. Humphries, John J..
Stevanaon and Barley Green,
v tried r for,patyk> ?q^ken ness
and aenteneed thirty days, each euapraded^topftyeosta.
IshttavxxJ. B.
Myers. Fred Adftrholdt. Bessie Short.
'thmr' Glenn
hoe. /.Mtti 0:v-. tv
Merchants Association
Telyhons Nomber gBl ^
,
*. aisaoriattaa, >aaassecas tut- fWk
that the offtoe aoir M