JMoie About
!Tax Rate
(Cont'd from front pj.g<?)
4art0re than $8,000.
Principal discussion by the board
on the .budget Included detailed
questions in connection wkh the
?current system of tjulldhig and elee
Wtrical installation inspection fees.
"Some members expressed distaste
:lor the current policy of splitting
fees with the inspectors, but the
matter was tabled until the next
^meeting.
The city anticipated expenditure
<of $15,850 for capital equipment dur
ing the forthcoming year, with $8,100
?f the total already contracted. Tfoe
city owes a balance of $4,600 on the
purchase of the garbage collection
truck. anJ ha* purchased a new bill
ing machine for the water and light
department which costs $3,500. fn
addition, ohe budget calls for $1,500
p> purchase a police car, $2,500 for
installation of ati F-M radio system
; for the police department, $2,250 for
purchase of a truck for the electrical
department, and $1,500 for purchase
of a truck for the water department.
; The electrical department truck will
' replace the 1938 model now in use.
and the water department truck will
replace a Ufe5 model in use, It was
stated. Mr. Crouse said the new wa-<
ter and light billing machine would
cut the city's monthly postage bill
from $60 t? $20.
MY APPRECIATION
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I wish to thank the of KingJ Mountain for
their support in the Ma? Ifrth city election.
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I *ra nt them to know ?'.hat I am interested solely in
the welfare of Kings Mountain and that 1 shall work
at all time to further the progress of the city .
B. Hudson Bridges
Debt service {during the forthcom
ing fiscal year requires $49,(770.97,
including $33,000 for paying oft
bonds, $15,970 in interest and $100!
bank commissions.
Other anticipated expenditures of
the city during 1949-50 include^
Administrative department, $16,
003.28.
Street department, 36,100.44.
Sanitary department, $11,790.40.
Police department, $28,878.10.
Fire department,. $5,917.60.
General expense, $11,706.66.
Water & Sewer department, $35,
894.56.
Light A Power department, $78,
1 193.79. ,
?Recorder's Court, $1,920.00.
? Cemetery department, $5,127.06.
Contingencies, $5,022.14.
Anticipated 1949-50 revenues in
clude:
Taxes, ad valorem 1949 $93,350.30.
Taxes, Poll 1949, $3,210.00.
Taxes, 1948 and old, $7,000.00.
Taxes, Privilege, $6,750.00.
Taxes, Auto, $950.00.
Taxes, Dog $240.00.
Taxes, Intangible (From State).
S3 ,300.00.
Taxes, Franchise, $1,350.00.
Water & Lights Collections, $171,
000.00.
Court Costs, $4,000.00.
Permits, $600.00.
Sewer Charges, $45.00.
Water & Sewer Connections, 52,
500.00.
Sale of Supplies, $300.00.
Digging Graves, $450.00.
Sale of Cemetery Lots, $650.00.
Miscellaneous, $1,00000.
Stadium tlamps. $150.00.
Meter Collections, $4,100.00.
Fishing Permits, $500.00.
PERSONAL,'
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Williams of
Eufaula, Ala., will be guests of Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Pressley this weekend.
Mrs. Williams is the former MI99
Peggy Pressley.
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Tax Board Sets ;
Hearing May 27 I
The board of Cleveland county
commissioners and the Cleveland j
board of tax appraisers will sit joint
ly on Friday, May 27, at the Board
of Equalization arid tax review to
hear complaints, if there are any,
about new assessments on property.
Notices will go out Immediately,
Tax Supervisor Max Hamrick said
Wednesday, to all taxpayers whose
valuations of real property have
been changed this year. Ti?ose who
object to the new listings have a
right to appear before the board and
petition for a reduction.
So far no estimate has been jnade
on how much increase is involved In
the new listing but the total is ex
peoted to be a'bove $5,000,000. Of this
amount the increase in the valuation
of the Duke Power company, proper
ties aiune amounts to more than $4,.
000,000.
I Sitting on the joint board will be
Z. V. Cline, chairman of the board
nmty commissioners, A. C? Brac
ken and H. W. McKlnney, Holly Led
foid, chairman of the board of ap
praisers, J. W. .Irvin and I. B. Go
forth.
Bible Consultant
Will Speak Here
Miss Frances Query, state Bible
consultant of the North Carolina
Council of Churches, will make two
addresses in Kings Mountain on
May 29, ii was-announeed liii^
by Mrs. Aubcey Mauney.
Miss Query will 9peak in the aft
ernoon at Central Methodist church
at a Woman's Rally, under sponsor
ship of the Kings Mountain Council
of Churchwomen, and in the evening
she will speak at a union service at
First Presbyterian church. She will
speak on the work of the state coun
cil and school Bible teaching.
At the women's meeting, a consti
tution will be adopted and officers
elected. Mrs. W. E. Blakely is acting
president of the Kings Mountain
council. ?
Cross-Burning Is
Laid To Prankster
A prankster Or a hard loser ? not
the Ku Klux Klan ? Is being credit
ed with a small cross- burning job
on the vacant lot north of the 'home
of Mayor J. E. Herndon on the even
ing of May 12.
Cky police investigating the inci
dent said they found a small un
burned pair of fence posts, each a
bout two feet long. The posts had
been tied together with , suing, and
the cross- burner had Ignited paper
around the make-shift cross. When
the string stinged and broke, the
cross fell to the ground and the fire
went out.
Chief of Police N. M. Farr said his
Investigation indicated the job could
'be credited to either a prankster or
some chap who lost an election bet.
Mayor Herndon first became aware
of the incident when police ques
tioned him about it the following I
afternoon.
Central Set To End
Season Here Monday
Kings Mountain high school base
ball team is scheduled to close the:
1949 Western conference season here J
Monday when they meet Tri High of !
Caroleen in the final game. The
team is set to meet Cherryville there
Friday night at 7:30 p. m.
Keeter's Horses
Winners At Marion
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Keeter, M. . and
Mrs. H. T. Fulton attended ? horse
show In Marlon last Friday and Sat
urday.
Mr. Keeter won first place In the
stallion and gelding class. Mr. Ful
ton riding Mr. Keeter's mare won
first place in the mare class.
In the amateur stakes Mr. Keeter J
won first, Mr. Fulton, second. Satur- <
day nlgttt Mr. Fulton won Second J
and Mr. Keeter, third.
Britain's war with Trance in 1895 4
was partly paid for by a tax on ba- j
chelors. ?
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Memorial Service
(Cont'd on page four)
gram. Girls dressed In hoop skirts
represented belles of the sixties, the
Legion, VFW and Boy Scouts repre
| sented the days of World War J, and
the Girl Scouts and Brownie Scoujtx
represented the days of World War
II. The belles, Girt and Brownie
Scouts placed poppies on the white
cross in memory of the dead.
The program opened with playmg I
, of the "Star Spangled Banner" by
?the high school band, wl*h group!
singing led by B. S; Peeler. Jr., and
i Rev. W. L. Pressly gave the invoca
i tion. Rev. W. H. Stender gave the
i closing prayer, and D. D. Saundv>is>
' played "Taps" and Jack Still played
! "Echo" on tfie'bugle.
Mr. Peeler sang two solos. "On
{ ward Christian Soldiers" and "Abide
: with Me" ;
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1 Mra. M. A. Ware directed the pro* j
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Local Students
(Cont'd from front page)
American schools In Argentina and
(Japan. It tested only the best at the
best all-round students. Only those ;
students ranking in the upper third
of their classes scholastically and
qualifying in character, service, and
?leadership are eligible to member
ship in the organization. '
The two competing members from
Kings Mountain were chosen by the
members of the local society. Each
chapter was allowed a minimum of
two contestants, additional contest
ants being allotted according to
membership. ,
The present members of the Kings
Mountain Chapter include: Seniors
? -Billy Gene Amos, Charles Blanton,
Peggy Jackson, Barbara Matthews,
Herman Mauney, Pauline Mauney,
Peggy Mauney, Jack Ruth, and Jun- j
iors ? Joanne Bridges, Mary McKel
vie, and Iris Patterson.
TEEN-AGE DANCE
The Entertainment Committee of
the Kings Mountain Country Club
Svill present a Teen-Age dance at
the club on Friday night, May 27,
it was announced this week by
Hilton Ruth, chairman of the com
mittee on arrangements. Music will
be furnished by the Gene Tirruns
quintet.
CARD OF THAlfXS
We wish to thank our many
Xrientbj lor the Kindness shown ?u?
oirni for .the floral designs sent in the
parsing of our daughter. Kay Carver.
The Carver Family. *. ?.
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A sp-KYge was carried by Roman
oOldl?? as a drinking, vessel.
The mink, highly valued for its
fur, has a very disagreeable wmell.
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Baseball and Goll Equipment
Fishing Tackle ? Guns