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POPULATION
City Limits (1940 Census) 6.574
| Immediate Tiading Area 15.000
(1945 Ration Board Figures)
VOL. 60 NO. 9
Kings Mountain. N. C.. Friday. March 4. 1949
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KIWANIS PROGRAM
The girls glee club of Kings
Mountain high school, under tne
direction of Miss Bonnie Mcin
tosh, was to present a musical
program at the regular meeting of
the Kiwanis club Thursday night
at 6:30 at the Woman's Club. Joe
Heddcn arranged the program.
LIONS MEETING
Members of the Kings Mountain
Lions club will hear a musical
program by the B & M quartet,
Station WOHS Shelby radio sing
ers, according to an announce
ment yesterday by Dan Huffstet
ler. The club meets at the Wo
man's club Tuesday night at seven
o'clock. ?
JATCEES MET
The Kings Mountain Junior Cham
ber of Commerce held its regular
meeting at the Woman's Club
Tueiiday night. Feature of the pro
gram was a motion picture film
produced by Esso Standard Oil,
a Thaw travelogue on India and
Ceylon. Charles Alexander arrang
ged the program.
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BAPTIST BUNDLES
Clothing for the First Baptist
church's program of World fielief
will not be collected at the Baptist
Scout hut after Saturday accord
in? to an announcement by Rev.
L. C. Pinnix, but must be taken
to the Shelby collection point. The
drive is being made by Baptist
churches in the Kiqgs Mountain
area and all over the South.
COMMITTEE MEETING
A Joint meeting of the house and
social committees of the Kings
Mountain Countr> Club will be
held Monday evening at 7:15 at
the club. It will be a Dutch Sup
per meeting, and full attendance
Is being urged. . i
SECOND WESLEYAN
. A special service will be held
at Second Wesleyan church Sat
urday night at 1 o'clock, accord-,
ing to annoncement by the pastor,
Rev. Jessie Hinson.
Injuries Fatal
To Foondryman
Claude Byers, Kings Mountain
Negro, died in Gaston Negro hospi
tal about 11:30 Tuesday night, as a
result of injuries received while
working at Kings Mountain Foun
dry, on the Gastonia-Dallas road,
Monday afternoon.
ByerS, age, 36, was hurt shortly af
ternoon Monday while grinding grey
Iron castings on an abrasive wheel.
The wheel broke, witnesses reported,
and part of the heavy disk flew a
gainst Byers' forehead, knocking
him unconscious.
W. A. Frederick, manager of the
foundry, immediately ordered an
ambulance and took Byers to the
hospital
Kings Mountain Foundry, form
erly operated on the Grover road the
Frederick home, was moved to its
new site last fall.
Byers, age 32, was hurt shortly af>-j
erly operated on the Grover road
near the Frederick home, was mov
ed to its new site last falL
Byers was characterized by Mr.
Frederick as one of his most depen
dable and fairhful employee?.
Funeral rUes for Byers will be held
Friday afternoon at Shiloh church
near Grover.
Legal Beei Sales
End On Tuesday
Ugal sals of bw will sad oa
This is ths statement ef O. M.
MulL of Shslby, attorney for lbs
county board of slectlons.
According to law the sals ends
60 days af tsr ths psopls sots It
out and. As county-wids ? taction
having boon hold on January i.
Tuesday will bo ths "last of legal
lulu
The county voted almost 9 to 1
against sals et beer and wine, but
the veto against wine was. to all
practical purposes, superfluous,
sines sale of wine had been ban
ned by action ef the county beard
World Day Of Prayer
Observance On Friday
Union Service
At Presbyterian
Church At 12 'JO
Kings Mountain's annual World
Day of Prayer service will be held
Friday a* First Presbyterian church
from 12:30 to 1 p. m.
The local observance is under
sponsorship of the Kings Mountain
Counc.il of Church Women.
Majority of the city's business
firms will close for the half-hour to
enable larger attendance at the ser
vice.
The annual worldwide service has
been held for many years. It is ob
served in the heart of Africa, in the
frozen reaches of Baffin band, in
the bustling port cities of Latin Ame
rica, in isolated Inland villages of
the Orient, as well as in thousands
of.communities in the United States
and Canada. There is no barrier of
language, nor of distance, color, or
creed. On the World Day of Prayer
all make a common approach to the<
Father. Thus the day has come over
the years to be one of the greatest
single unifying forces among Chris
tians everywhere.
There has been uninterrupted
growth in the movement from its in
ception, and there are now approxi- 1
matelv 13,000 observances in the Unl
ted States alone. Prayer girdhes the
globe. Services will begin on March
in New Zealand and the Fiji Is
lands, west of the date line, and con
tlnue throughout the day. closing
with the observance at Gambell on
St. Lawrence Island, off the coast of
Alaska, thirty miles east of the date
line.
Almost always the services bring
HMTflrtW iww)n|ft nf mnnv |1 >i l li lirajfl 1
tlons, many nationalities, several ra
ceSyPerhaps the Salvation Army
furnishes the music as it did last
year in Buenos Aires, or a school
girl choir, as in one of the observan
ces in China. 1.4aybe the Bantus sing
in three African languages/ in per
fect harmony. In a service' in Chin
ese Christian church in Honolulu,
there worshipped side by side Fili
pinos, Japanese, Chinese, Portu
^.uest, Negroes, Hawalians. and ma
nv soldiers and sailors from the U.
S. A.
School Band Sets
March 11th Concert
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The Kings Mountain high school
band will present a free public con
cert at the high school auditorium
Friday night, March 11, according
to announcement this week by Di
rector Joe Hedden.
The band will play a varied mu
sical program Including selections
which will be played in the state
contests, Mr. Hidden said.
Following the hour concert, re
ports on activities and expenditures
of the two groups supporting the
band ? the Band-Aid Cltib and the
Band -Parent association will be
made.
The public is invited to attend the
concert.
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t0 announce chairman.
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Met i? al??Stort to obtain SJ^
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1 Friday afternoon ^urch with Inter- |
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Uorthe P^r^iveral
, Julian. Son of ^pc^orth. Mr.
2S .nd- aiyvan? Jv; of Kings!
Goforth was a jived here ?
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Funetal HeW
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Funeral ^^^57 ?pastor of Shi- 1
Thompson hyrch at Grover .1
loh ^^Vnday afternoon at th*l
were held Sunday death in ?
church, toUow nR noon last Fri
Charlotte hosptta t
n??ci.ting at theses ?<JnVs\
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City Election Two Months Away
But Little Interest Yet Shown
According to past history, it's a
little early yet for announcement
of candidacy for city political offi
ces, but it's not too early for talk
and behind -the?scenes wo k. How
ever, whether due to the recent cold
spell or some other reason, matters
politic haven't hit the barber shop
conversation stage as yet. And the
biennial city election is only about
two months away.
The city board, according to law,
will formally call the election at its
meeting next week.
Offices to be filled Include: may
or, five city coundlmen, and Ward
2 and 3 school trustees.
According to the. present charter,
the mayor and city coundlmen are
elected by all the voters, while the
school trustees are chosen only by
the voters residing in the particular
ward. Thus the .voters of Wards 2
and 3 will have two ballots, while
the remainder will get to mark only
one, ss far as elective offices are
concerned.
Lack of public comment on the
election matter leaves a void In
speculation over candidates, though
most observers are assuming that
the tucrnber* of the orese h city
board, with the exception or Ward
4 Commissioner John Henry Moss,
will offer for re election.
?, Mr. Moss, now business manager
of the Rock Hill baseball team, is
out-of-town most of the tlfne and is
not expected to offer.
Other members of the present gov
eming body are H. Tom Fulton,
mayor, and Hunter R. Nelsler (Ward
1), Carl F. Mauney (Ward 2). T. J.
Ellison (Ward 3) and M. D. Phifer
(Ward 5), commissioner*.
Several months ago some observ
ers felt that MayoT Fulton wou>d not
offer again, and felt that retirement
on his -part would open the way for
Commissioner Carl Mauney to offer
for the mayoral post. The same ob
servers did not think Mr. Mauney
Would run for mayor. If Mr. Fulton
offers.
In Ward 3, Otto Guyton is known
to be considering runnfhg for the
city board, and some think there Is
a possibility of another Ward 5 race
between Incumbent Phifer and Otto
(Tobv) Williams, who squared off
In 1&47.
While report* are few and far be
tween, most feel there will be no
lac*: of candidate* for the Ward 4
post, Whether or not Mr. Moss offers
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Negro Killed
Saturday Night;
Charges Dismissed
In spite of a iwo h-our and more |
session in which Attorney A. A.I
Powell sought to take the case to
Superior Court, all charges against
Constable Warren Ellison and Dep
uty Sheriff P. A. Hawkins, in con i
I Ticct ion with ?he fatal shooting of
[ Frank Alexander Burris and wound- I
| ing of Henry Burris, were dismissed
j in Cleveland Recorder's Court Mon
j day.
The shooting occurrrd on Saturday
! night on the county road near the
i entrance to Solvay P.- >ceos Ccrr.pa
; ny.
Officers Ellison and' Hawkins told i
! the following story: the Burris bro- 1
thers were parked, but pulled off as
the officers' car approached. As the
officers stopped the Burris car, a lug
of white corn liquor was thrown into
the ditch. In the car also were a col
ored woman, Elinor Dawkins and a
Negro man, Roger Adams.
When the officers told the party
they were under arrest. Frank Bur
ris said, "I ain't goin, and attack
ed Ellison, throwing him on the
ground. Ellison came up shooting
and the Negro was instantly killed.
The, other two Negro men, mean
time, ran away, but only Adams was
successful. Officer Hawkins felled
Henry Burris with a shot in the
shoulder.
The altercation occurred Saturday
night about 8:30 p. m.
The hearing was held In Cleveland
Recorder's Court at Chelby on Mon
day. .
Merchants Hold
Annual Banquet
Over 175 merchants and their em
ployees enjoyed a laugh -filled even
ing at the high school cafeteria Mon
day evening as .the Kings Mountain
Merchants association held its an
filial bftmjult 1 ,-r> v "**?? >k
Majority ot the wit was served up
by J. Graham Morrison, of Lincoln
ton, who spent 30 minutes recount
ing some old Jokes, adding some
new ones to the delight of the au
dience.
The banquet was opened by group
singing of "America ", and Sam Weir
gave the invocation. Glee A. Brid
ges served as toastmaster and pre
sented special guests.
Retiring President Joe Lee Wood
ward installed the new officers for
1949, including Harold Coggins, pres
ldent, L. E. Abbott, vice president,
and'J. C. Bridges, Ollie Harris, O. W.
Myers and T. W. Grayson, directors,
In his remarks, Mr. Woodward
praised the work of Secretary James
B. Si.ir^jon and the other officers
and directors and declared "the as
sociation is the biggest and the best
In the history of Kings Mountain."
He solicited for the incoming off i -
fleers the cooperation of the mem
bership and cited Phe need for "a
little harder work" in the coming
year to keep business moving.
"We are feeling the leveling off in
business that everyone expected,"
Mr. Woodward said, "but it is not a
depression. It is a return to normal
which always saw a Uanuary - Feb
ruary lull for retailers. It means that
merchants and their employees are
going to have to work a little hard
er In the coming year. If they will,
there will be no need for layoffs in
the retail field."
incoming President Coggins stat
ed appreciation for the honor of
being <?1ec*teri prpeld^nt anr* pled?
ed to give the association the best
Job *1 am capable of doing." He >
expressed confidence thai the aid of)
the membership and the officers |
would enable showing of a, good re
port a y*-<?r hence.
Secretary Simpson briefly sum
marized the activities of the year in
the regular fields of operation and
in trade promotion and stated his
appreciation for the cooperation he
had received.
Hilton Ruth presented the speak
er. and Toastmaster Bridges ac
knowledged the gift of floral deco
(Cont'd on page four)
Local Citizens Attend
Hearing On Schools
A number of Kings Mountain cit
izens went to Raleigh Thursday
morning for the General Assembly
hearing on appropriations for the
state school system.
Among those attending from Kings
Mountain were Dr.t,. P. Baker, chair,
man of the board of school trustees,
Mrs. J. N. Gamble, Mfs. Paul Maun
ey; J. B. Keeter, Superintendent S.
N. Barnes, high school Principal Ro
well line, * v Hedden. Mrs. W.
T. Wefr. and Mtas Margaret Gofor
*h, faculty members.
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Legion Cage Tourney
In Semi-Finals Friday
Credit Restrictions
Relaxed By Board
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Installment buyers, with the ex
ception of automobile purchasers,
will have to plank down less, ef
fective Monday.
The Federal deserve board acted
Wednesday to lower rsedit re
strictions Dovu payments on ev
erything except automobiles were
lowered from 20 percent to 15 per
cent, but the one-third down re
quirement on purchase of automo
biles was retained.
Auto buyers did get their load
stretched out. if not lightened.
Instead of being required to close
out a contract in IS or 18 months,
they will not have 21 months in
which to pay. if they wish.
The Associated Press estimated
a possible load-lightening on au
to contracts of about Sll per mon
th, depending on the amount of
balance outstanding.
The 15 percent down payment i
will apply to tires, furniture, ap
pliances. and other personal pro- !
petty sold on time contracts.
City Board
Meets Tuesday
The city board of commissioners
will hold their regular March meet
ing at City Hall Tuesday night at
7:45.
Principal items of business on the
agenda will be formally calling the
regular biennial election -foiL_^fay
10th. and calling of a $350,000 bond
election for the same date, accord
Ing to Mayor H. Tom Fulton.
Mayor Fulton said the board ?ex
pected to receive approved data on
?he bond iswws from Mitchell and -
Pershing, New York bond attorneys,
prior to the meeting.
The board announced its inten
tions of calling the bond election fol
lowing the February meeting. Ac
cording to plan, the board will offer
the voters three separate issues,
with $250,000 devoted to sewer plant
Improvement and line extension,
$50,000 for water line extension, and
$50,000 for improvement of the City
Stadium.
Church Women Urged
To Donate Bundles
Annual clothing collection con
ducted by the Kings Mountain Cou'n
cil of Church Women in conjunction
with World Day of Prayer, will .be
continued Friday by ladies of First
Presbyterian church it was announ
ced this week.
Mrs. Phillip Padgett said yester
day that bundles should be brought
to the Presbyterian church before 4
p. m. Friday, March 4.
"Anyone wishing to contribute
bundles to this drive is urged to do
so," a spokesman said.
Regular Club Night
To Be Held Saturday
Pegular monthly Club night will
be held at the Kings Mountain Coun
try Club Saturday night at eight
o'clock.
A buffet dinner will be served and !
reservations should be made at the'
club house not later than noon on1
Saturday. ? 1
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Mountaineers
Edge Belwood,
Meet Fallston
Mountam High School's
Mountaineers ran hot and cold Wed
nesday night in the opening round
of the third annua; Legion Bas
ketball tournament, but they ran
j hoi when ii counted to eliminate
Belwood high school 41 34.
In the opening game of the tourn
ament 'Fallston s Flyers, defending
i champs and pre-toUrney favorites,
had an easy time of it as they dump
ed Belmont Abbey 61-30
The pairings pit Fallston against
the Mountaineers in the first game
of the semi-finals Friday night.
Completion of second round play
was underway Thursday night with
Waco taking on Charlottes Hand
ing high school, ami Granite Quar
ry tangling with No. 3.
From the sp-ctaior standpoint the .
Mountaineer-Belwood game was the
highlight of the o|>ening night, and
not because of partisanship to the
local cause.
With only four minutes of play
remaining, the score was locked at
32-32 as big Ray Warlick, Belwood'*
bespectacled forward paced an up
hill climb. He followed up a game
tying basket with a successful free
throw to send Belwood ahead by
33-32 and Mountaineer hopes drop
ped as their big center Herman Mau
ney fouled out.
But the team fired up to ice the
game. Hunter Warlick sank a bas
ket to pi)t the Mountaineers ahew-1
permanently at 34-33 a few seconds
before the rest period at tfie three
-minute mark, biu -Jack Buth pro
ceeded to get hot for the necessary
insurance. In the final three min
utes, Ruth, who tallied 14 points
during the evening, sank two bas
kets, one a beautiful long shot, and
set up another with an expert bit of
passing to Herman Jackson. He lost
credit for another which went throu
gh the hoop a couple of watch ticks
after the final gong sounded. Bill
Amos sank a foul for the remainder
of the final scoring spree. Mean
time, Bel\Vood was held to a" lone
foul shot by Troy Warlick.
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In the opener. Fallston took an
early It-ad and kept adding to it.
Ho, le Wright tossed in eight baskets
and a free throw to get game scor
ing honors with 17 points, while El
liott was not far behind with 14. Bel
mont Abbey, with a team of prom
(Cont'd on page four)
King Winter Marches
Icily Into March
King Winter, who with the ex
ception of a few - minor tantrums,
had taken the role of the benign ru
ler all season, acted up in 'no un
certain manner over the weekend,
and the mercury was still hovering
at low marks Thursday morning.
The weather break., coming after
an unusually mild January and Feb
ruary, caused heavy duty Mr oil
ahd coal dealers, and added gray
hairs for the peach farmers and oth
er fruit growers.
So far. most fruit growers thought
their orchards were still all right.
One man reported an estimated 20
percent los-i, but in general the cold
had not yet blacked out the crop as
it did nin this area last year.
Initial Reports Indicate Good
Start On Bed Cross Fund Drive
Thouph reports were few and scat
tered yesterday, first indications
were that Kings Mouivtain's 1949
Red Cross fund campaign was off to
a good start.
While a total of only S476 had
been deposited ttfthe account of ti\p
Red Cross from the current drive, a
campaign worker in the Industrial
division had a total of $800 to tor
sVard to his group worker, and drive
officials expressed the opinion that
a good start had been made.
Most of the money turned in was
from the residential division, head
ed by Mrs. J. L. McGlll, which had
virtually completed its work.
Quota for the 1949 drive is $6,202,
of which 81.7 percent will be retain
ed IrJ Kings Mountain for local Red
Cross work.
J. C. Bridges, publicity chairman j
for the campaign, yesterday urged
aTl workers to turn In report as
quickly as possible.
"We are anxious to keep the figu
res flowing in. both for an accurate
check on progress of the drive, and
to end h successfully next week, 11
possible," he said.
George H. Mauney, campaign
chairman, reiterated his appeal for
liberal contribution*, pointing to the
past record of the Red Cross, booth
on local and national levels, as the
top service organization.
"While the service of the Red
Cross during thfc past few years a
lone justifies continued support of
the organization, tHe Red Cross has
not been content to rest on its lau
rels but Is constantly moving Into
new fields of service," Mr. Mauney
Stated.
He mentioned specifically the
^lood bank program and local wel
? fare work. _ . {
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