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POPULATION City Limit* (1940 Caoaua) 6.571 Immsdlate Trading Area 15.000 <1945 Ration Board Figure#) VOL. 60 NO. 6 ? Kings Mountain. Wf. C.. Friday. February 11, 1949 16 Pages Today PRICE FIVE CENTS Local News Bulletins METER RECEIPT3 Parking meter receipts for the 39th week of operations, which ended at noon Wednesday, total ed $140.31 according to a report from the office of S. A. Crouse, ^ city clerk. SECOND WESLEYAN Rev. Roy H. Parker, of Clover, S C., will speak at special servi ces at the Second Wesleyan chur ch Saturday night at 7 o'clock. Special singing will also be on the program. ' KIWANIS MEETING Rev. J. W. Phillfps, chairman of ?the Kings Mountain Boy Scout dis trict, was to address members of ihe Kings Mountain Kiwanis dub at their rego'ar meeting at the Woman's Club Thuridky night at 6:30. The program was arranged, by Joe Hedden. ? f. i i fi J AYCEE MEETING Regular meeting of the Kings Mountain Junior Chamber of Commerce will be held at the Wo man's Club Tuesday night at 7 o'clock. COURT OF HONOR Regular February meeting of the Court of Honor for Kings Mountain district Boy Scouts was. -to be held at the City Hall court-, room Thursday night at 7:45. MISSIONARY TO SPEAK Rev. A. C. Kennedy, a mission ary to China will speak at the ?FJrtt Presbyteriap church Sunday night at 7:30 p. m. Mr. Kennedy , came home for furlough and be L V cause of the critical war condi iions in the section where he ser j. ves couM not return ro his field of service, and in /ueantime is serv Hkt Methodist church in McAdenville. *?"? : . ; tmj. LUTHERAN FILM j . ''My Name Is Han," is the title of the sound re>l}gioua film to be shown at St. Matthew's Lutheran church, Sunday evening, Feb, 13, ! at 7:30 p. m. It is the story of Christian .Love id action in China, and depicts the ' sucCfesa 'Of the Christian Gospel in a land sorely stricken by war and strife. The public is cordially invited to at tend. . / - * 827 TAG SALES Sales of 1949 city auto tags to taled 827 Wednesday. It was (Minted out thiu persons w?o buy tags voluntarily will save a one dollar traffic violation fine, which ? ? -will be assessed if car owners are tagged for failure to display the <iew tags. " ' ' ,i - ? ?" Three Teams Enter ; legion Cage Event Three teams, Including the de .1 fending champions, have entered the third annual American Legion boys high school basketball tourna ment to be held. here March 2, 3, 4 and 5 according to an announce, ment by Paul MaUney, tourney di rector. Fallston, the 1948 champs, and C ' Belwood, of Clevefand county, and w Belmont Abbey Ramblers, of Gaston county, have accepted bids to par ticipate in the event. Invitations have also been ex tended to Harding high school, Char lotte. Boiling Springs, Cleveland county, Stanley high school, Gaston county, and Kings Mountain high ?chooi. Tiwa top Mecklenburg county team*, Iterlta and Berryhill, declin ed invitations due to conflicting da tes with the county cage event there. ' tvowefl top team of Gaston county's Little Eight conference, was unable to accept an invitation according to 1- J. M. Holbrook, principal. ? ?elwood is entering the . tourney '? fa* the first time and boasts a fine record in county play. Belmont Ab bey was a competitor in the first event, in 1947, end was eliminated ? by Talhrton, a. two-timer, who drop ped the final game to Piedmont Among other teams being consid ered are Rutherfordton-apindale, ? 'Western conflsrfnce contender*, and Granite Quarry, Rowan county quint with 4 record of 20 wiQa, two losses this season. ? ~ V' , *? ? yi^yi * 'T\ 'I/-. '? Capacity Crowd Attends Annual Scont Banquet An overflow crowd of Scouts and ScoufeM assembled for the annual j Kings Mountain District banquet at the Woman's Club Tuesday night and heard an address by Basil Whiterier, Gastonia lawyer. ? Some 260 persons were present for the event and heard Mr. Whitener praise the Boy Scout movement for its contributions to good citizenship. The meeting was held (in conjunc tion with the regular meeting of the Kings "Mountain Lions Glub. After group singing of "America," led by Dan Hyffstetier, Rev. G. W. Fink gave the invocation, and Lan ey Dettmar, Troop 2 Scoutmaster, led the pledge to the flag. Aubrey Mau ney gave the report of the district finance committee, and C. C. Edens reported on the progress of David son Memorial Scout camp. A group Reports on progress ol the Boy Scout fund campaign, now under way, couldnot be obtained Thurs day morning. Campaign solicitors had not made their reports. Goal of the drive is SI. 500. of Troop 5 Scouts gave a Scout play let, and R. M. Schiele, Piedmont Council executive, presented Mr. Whitener* solicitor of the Mecklen burg-Gaston distri<ft. Mr. Whitener, pointng to the ad vantages given a boy through Scou: ing, said that 40 percent of the men servingunder Admiral Nimitz in the Pacific during World War II ha<J been Boy Scouts. Of medals for he roism, good conduct, and extraordi nary service presented to the men of Nimitz' command, 60 percent went to former Scouts. The speaker traced the history of the Boy Scout movement, and he said he could speak from experienr ce as a prosecuting attorney for the state that the courts would have much less business if all "boys were at sometime enrolled in the scouting program. The banquet adjourned with group singingof "God Bless Ameri ca" sua fepwrmjf of the Scout ben ediction, led by Buck Early, Scout master- of Troop 3. Mr. Schiele announced that a na tionwide broadcast on the Scouting program would originate at the Sta tue of Liberty in New York harbor Saturday at 2 p. m., with a Boy Scout representing each state participat ing. The banquet was one of the high lights of the observance of National Boy Scout Week here. On Sunday night, St. Matthew's Lutheran church was filled to ca pacity for the annual Boy Scout un ion service .at which Rev. J. H. Bren dall, pastor of Central Methodist church, gave the message. Lions To Sponsor Magician's Show Hypnosis, telepathy and magic will be the. order of the evening on February 18th, when the Kings Mountain Lions club sponsors a lo cal performance of Fayssoux, the Magician and company? Originally from Gastonia, Mr. Fay ssoux has been long associated with the profession and is regarded as one of the best magicians in the bus iness. His show has recently been play ing In the area, and officials of the Lions club said they felt It would be an " interesting, fun-filled perform ance! The show will be held at th# high school auditorium and "will begin at 7:30. Admission will be 25 cents for children and 50 cents for adults. Bank Adds Vaults In Bookkeeping Room The "First National Bank installed last week fireproof vaults in it* sec ond floor bookkeeping department. The new vaults are used for de positors' ledger sheets and for cancelled checks. Prior to Installa tion Of the files the records had to be transferred to the main vault on the first floor each day. The bank began using the second floor bookkeeping department sev eral months ago. The change was necessitated by Increased volume of business, Which required use of main floor space for other work. NAVAL RESERVE In addition to lntstviewlng men for enlistment in the tegular na vy, tnglneman First Class G. R. Chennsy, traveling recruiter from Spartanburg will process men for enlistment in the Naval Reserve. wQ\ be a* the Pos| Offica on Thuritfays. ; County Citizens Own $9 Million In Bonds Total net holdings of Series E, F and C U. S. government bonds in Cleveland count? on December 32, 1943,. was S3 .235,1 56, according . to report of the Treasury Depart ment received yesterday. The report showed that Cleve land county citizens had purchas ed a total of $13,193,079 in bonds ?ince the so-called "war bonds" went on sale in May 1941, and that j they had redeemed bonds totaling i $3,957,923. | The figures give the net pur- ; chase-price value of the bonds, and do not include any accrued j interest. Net value of bondi held in North i Carolina is $341,439,784.25. Series E bonds mature in 10 years. Series F bonds In 12 years, and Series C bonds pay two and one-half percent Interest semi-an nually. Purchasers of bonds in 1941 will be able to receive the full face value in two more years. P mmmmmrnmrnMrnm . Scout Leaden For '49 Listed The Kings Mountain District Boy Scout organization for 1949 is as follows: Chairman ? Rev. J. W. Phillips. Vice-chairman ? C. A. Blalock. Treasurer ? Paul Mauney. Commissioner ? Aubrey Mauney. Commissioner ? H. C. Wilson. Organization And Extension Chairman, Rev. VV. H. Stender. B. S. Nelll, Henry McKelvie, J. G. Dar racott. Leadership Training Rev. W. H. Pressly, chmn, L. C. Dettmar, Ben Gold, Jack Hul lender and James H. Page. Finance W. K. Mauney, chmn., J. B. Kee ter, G. A. Bridges, C. D. Blanton,. J. H. Thomson and 3. S. Peeler. Health and Safety Dr. Phillip Padgett, chmn, Dr. P. E. Hendricks, N. M. Farr, Harry Pa>^dv<wc*fc?nt (Court tfllli) H. C. Wi'son, chftin, George H. Mauney, Patterson, Boyer "Mur ray, L. Arnold Ktser, and Rev. J. H. BrendalL Camping and Activities C. C. Edens, chmn., Harold Hunni cutt, Wiley Blanton, WUHam Plonk, J. W. Milam and Fred Plonk. Relationships ' . B. N. Barnes, chmn; Church Rela tions, G. W. Fink; Inter-Racial Re lations, P. D. Patrick; Rural Jtela tions, W. B. Thomson? Publicity, Martin Harmon; School Relations, Rowel 1 Lane., ' _ . 'j> ~ ' - BoWling Alloy To Become Skating Rink Arcadia Bowling Alley is being converted to a skating rink and will open as Arcadia Rbljer Rink within the next few days, according to an announcement by the management. Effort are being made to complete the renovation of the building to o pen Saturday night, but W. B. Lo gan, partner in the enterprise, said it might be Monday evening before the rin'{ is ready. BOAXD MEETING The city board of commission ers was to meet in regular month ly session Thursday night at the City Ha with the principal item of business expected to- be con- ? stderation of bond issues for ex pansion of the sewer and water system and for Improvement of City Stadium. Red Cross Drive Chairman Names Committee Heads George H. Mauney, chairman of the i.349- Red Cross fund campaign which is to begin March 1, announc ed this week campaign committee chairmen.. They infcl> ? Industrial gifts, L. Arnold Kiser. Industrial employees gifts, W. J. Fulkerson and Hubert Davidson. Business firms, Joe Lee Woodward. Professional gifis: Dr. D. F. Hord. Public employees gifts, W. E. Blakely. " Public school?', Miss W-ilUe McGUl. Colored schools and churches. Processors J. A. Gibson and L. L. Adams. Residential area, Mrs. J. L. McGill. Rural area, Myers Hambrlght. Grover and Bethlehem ^ommun ity, Mrs. W. F. Powell. Ministerial group, Rev. W. H. S tender. This year's Red Cross iiuota calls: for more than $6,000. Large portion of the fund to be retained in Kings Mountain for local use. J. C. Bridges is publicltj'.chalrroan of the campaign. Dogs Aid Arrest Of Negro Youths Bloodhounds from Dallas Prison Camp in Gaston county aided Kings Mountain police in making an ar rest of two local Negro youths char ged with robbery Monday night. Ikie Jamison, 16, and Paul Jack son, 18, were arrested around 9:30 Monday night and lodged in jail, charged with asault and robbery of some 70-odd dollars from Will Sea wright, colored shoe-shine man, near the home of V. O. Wingo, Ne gro, on West Ridge street, at about 7:30 p. m. Monday night. (The Paul Jackaon named in this is not Paul Jackaon. son of John Jackson, who fs employed by Herald Publishing House.) Jamison is free under $500 appear ance bond but AJackson was still in the Kings Mountain jail at noon Thursday having failed to post $500 bond. Both are expected to be bound over to Superior Court in accion at City Recorders court here Monday afternoon. Desk Sergeant Palmer Fulton said he received a call about 7:35 p. m. Monday to send a patrol car t<? West Ridge street and Officers George' H. Allen and W. L. Blackburn, accom panied by Officer J. D. Andrews, who was off duty, answered the call. Officer Allen said they found Sea wright hear the Wingo house and began investigating his complaint. Some time later they saw the two youths leave the Wingo home where they had "dressed up." They were arrested on suspicion and lodged in jail around 9:30. The two bloodhounds picked up the trail of the pair at the scene of the assault and robbery, trailed their course some length, and ended up back at the Wingo home where Jamison and 'Jackson had entered the' rear door and changed clothes. Officers saia the dogs then picked up the trail of the "dressed up" pair and trailed them to the Jail, where they had been lodged during the bloodhound chase. The youths then told officers that one had held Seawright's mouth while the other was taking his wal (Cnrjt'rj An ry?<y>* o<orhf ) I ' ; \ TO PREACH HERE? Or. I. McDowell i Richards, nationally known church | leader and preacher, will preach at i a series of serricas at First Presby terian church beginning February , 21 and continuing through Feb. 27. Special Services At Presbyterian Dr. J. McDowell Richards, presi dent of Columbia Theological Sem- ! inary at Decatur, Ga., will preach at a series of services at First Presby- , i terian church, from February 21 , through February 27, it was an- j nounced this week by Rev. P. D. Pa- j trick, the pastor. '.. . Mr. Patrick said services will be held twice daily, at 10 o'clock in the , morning at 7:30 in the evening. "It is a real pleasure to announce ; that Dr. Richards will be here for a series of services," Mr. Patrick said. "He is a nationally known preacher and church leade.r, and an interest ing and forceful preacher of the, Gospel." Wildlife Club Fish Fiy Monday Kings Mountain Sportsmens Wild life club will hold a "dutch" fish fry February 21 at Lake Monton la according to art announcement yesterday by officials of the club. Club members have been asked to return reservations by Saturday, February 19 and are being asked to bring prospective members to the supper. Committee in charge of the supper consists of T.. C. McKee, Sam Davis and Joe Lee Woodward. Cost per person is $100 "for all you can eat" the announcement said. Terminal Plans May Be Known Next Week r Jack Arnette, manager of the Kings Mountain bU3 terminal, said Thursday he hoped to be able to make an announcement next week on the prospective ? location of a new terminal. ' Mr. Arnette said one bu9 compa ny official was to arrive here over the weekend for a final check-up on a prospective location. He declined to divulge possible lo- I cations. LEGION MEETING Regular monthly meeting of Otis D. Greene Post 155 will be ' held at City Hall Monday night at 7:30 Building plans will be dis cussed. Township Polio Fund Gifts $7,406 j ?- ? Number 4 Township contributed $7,40638 to the 1949 campaign fund for the National Foundation for In fditile Paralysis, to exceed its $5, 000 quota by almost 50 percent. Complete figures reported Thurs day morning by Township Chairman Ollie Harris showed that the Grover area alone contributed gl.M7.65, while the Kings Mountain at#a gave ?lightly leas than $6,00*. The complete, breakdown vt sifts by divisions foiMw Individual Sttd business gifts $894 Kings Mountain industrial gifts $870. Kings Mountain industrial em ployees $1,668.37. f Kings Mountain school area $1, 309.97 (School gifts were divided as fol lows: Central primary, $244.05; West school, $241.85; Central high school and grammar school, $42834; Cast School. $155,73; "Park Grace school, Grover community $1,547.65. (Grover gifts Included: commu nity, $1,216.49; Grover school, $202. 35; Bethlehem church, $101.51; Dix on school, $27.30.) Bethware, Oak Grove, Patterson Grove communities 1649-37. These gifts included: El Bethel church, $159.04; David's church, $tl .70; Oak Grove church, $27.33; Patterson Grove church. $105.54; Bethware community, $47.92; show at Bethware, $30; El Bethel club, $10; Bethware school, $183.34; Pat terson Grove school, $36.90; Vesti bule Colored school, $15.60; miscel laneous donation*, $22. Chairman Harris noted on his report that H. M. Cash, chairman of thla dUision, gave one -half the donations from each chOrch listed.) Miscellaneous gifts IS8&73. (Included In these gifta we/e: Im perial Theatre selection* w35-$5; Dixie Theafre -. il lection*, *?69; PhenlX Women's Club, $21-10; Lions JH52; Kings Mountain Jay cees, $75; Parking n%|^ra, $5.40; March of Dime boxes, $96.42; wish ing well, $61.74.) "It is easy to see from this report that Number 4 Township had a sizeable part, not only in injuring the county's meeting its quota, but in exceeding it by more than 50 per. cent. The response of everyone who had a part in the campaign was ex cellent," Mr. Harris -said, "and I wish to srtate special appreciation to Mrs. i\rry Page, George Houser and Jack '^jy, who headed the industrial gifts group, to H. M. Cash, of the Beth ware, Patterson Grove, Oak Grove group, and to all others who aided in the campaign. I also wish to thank each person who contribu ted to the campaign, and to eaeh school chfld who v*orked to- fill a card with dimes." Mr. Harris said the Cleveland coun ty total was more than $32,000. The county quota was $20,000. The complete breakdown on gifts te the fund is on file at the Herald office. Disposition Of DuCourt Mill Matter Delayed In a hearing in Federal disirict court in New York Wednesday, Du Couri Mills, Inc., was given until March 3 to satisfy all creditors wit a accounts against it of $200 and lens, and another hearing was set for that date to determine whether the Com pany willbe forced into bankruptcy or whether it will !>e allowed to op erate in . receivership under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy :^c? This information was learned yes terday by J. ft. Davis, Kings Moun tain lawyer; in telephone conversa tion with the New York attorney for the company. Mr. Davis is handling for collection several accounts a gainst the firm DuCourt Mills, Inc., has contend ed that it is not insolvent but mere ly short of funds, and it further con tends that, given time, it will satis fy all creditors in full. It asks specifically for six months time in which to pay all unsecured creditors, stating that it will pay them in three installments of GO days, 120 days, and 180 days after confirmation. Mr. Davis said the New York at torney for the firm informed him that only three creditors were pres ent for -the hearing in New York. The following information was gi ven in the affidavits filed in New York: 'Secured creditors include Pilot Life Insurance Co., of Greensboro. N. C., $150,000, secured by first mort gage; Russellville Mills, Inc., $123, 000 secured by second mortgage, and Crompton-Richmond Co., Inc., $13,000. Other creditors are Automatic Sprinkler Corp. of America, Youngs town, O., $8,180; Drape Corp., Hope dale, Mass., $9,055; Dougles Mills, Inc., Douglasville, Ga., $4,096; White Electrical Cover Co., Atlanta,* Ga., $10,119, and John M. Yarborough, Pickens, Miss., $15,073. It is stated that Yarborough has filed an attach ment against assets at the mill. John M. Yarborough, of Pickens, filed suit Saturday morning in Cleveland Superior court against the DuCourt Mills of Kings Moun tain to collect $15,073.74 said to be due for 90 bales of cotton sold by the plaintiff to the defendant, the plaintiff alleging that the mill is attempting to liquidate and t; at un less he gets Judgment soon his claims will be nullified. DuCourt Mills, Inc., purchased the Kings Mountain . textile plant in mid-summer 1946 from Burlington Mills for $1,000,000. According to the company statements, it operated the plant at a profit until June 1948, but lost money during the last half-year of operations. It completely suspended produc tion operations last week. A skeleton office force is still on duty. Athletics Club Being Organized Sale of memberships In an "ath letic boosters" organization, to be known as the Mountaineer Club, be gan this week. ' Several supporters of the Kings Mountain high school athletic pro grams are thus forming the nucleus for formal organization of the club in the near future.' Purpose of the group will be ac tive support of local athletics, phy sically and financially, with the Im mediate goal of obtaining funds for a week's training trip at Camp Cher okee for the 1949 football team. Constitution and by-laws are be ing written and will be voted on at the organizational meeting. Offi cers will also be elected at that time. Plans also call for efforts to fur ther increase good sportsmanship a mong fans and players at local ath. letic events. The organization is being spon sored by the Kings Mountain Herald. "B" Boys, Varsity Girls Hera Tuesday Rings Mountain high school boys "B" basketball team will meet Cas tonla Junior Chamber of Commerce Juniors here Tuesday night in the second game of a doubleheader that will pit the varsity girls against the strong Firestone sextet of Gastonla. Game time is 7:15 for the opening contest . ) The card was postponed from Thursday night at the request of the visiting aggregations. Seturn games are scheduled for Feb. 24 in Gaatoziia. The bojrs and girl* "Beef meet Shelby fhare da ' Fafc. 47. ' 7