POPULATION
City Limits (1940 Census) 6.S74
Immediate Tiuding Area 15,000
(194S Ration Board Figures)
VOL. GO NO. 41
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Kings Mountain. N. C.. Friday, October 21. 1949
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
WILLIAM ALEXANDER WARE
Final Rites Conducted Sunday
Fox Pioneer Citizen W. A. Ware
* MISS KATHLEEN MALLORT
Baptist Women
To Meet Here
Miss Kathleen Mallory, of Birni
Ingham, Ala., executive secretary
of the Southern Women's Mission
ary Union of <ehe Baptist church, will
be the principal speaker at the Wo
man's Club next Tuesday night at
a meeting of the Business Women's
Circle Federation of the Kings
Mountain Baptist association.
Announcement of the special
?meatlng was made this week by
Mrs. L.C. Plnirix.
Also to be present lor the meet- 1
^Ing Jiere will be Miss Ruth Proven
ce, executive secretary of the North
Carolina Woman's Missionary Un
ion.
A large crowd is expected for the
meeting, which begins at 7 o'clock.
It Is the regular quarterly meeting;
. of the association group. Ali mem
bers of the Federation are being
urged to attend. -
Joy Theatre "Late
Shows" Now At ll?$
Of interest to late theatre- goers
will be the announcement made this
- week by Joy Theatre that regular
weely "late shows" will begin at
31:30 p. m.
Change in hour, from 10:30. was
necessitated by change in mill sche
dules, a spokesman Of the firm sta
ted.
The Joy Theatre runs "late shows"
on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
nights weekly.
Logion Seeks Names
Of Gold Star Mothers |
Members ol Who Rlagi Moun
tain OtU D. Gnmi ?0st 155. A
merlcaa Ls?tsa. are ssVdng the
HOT? et all Gold star mothers
of the Slags Mountain atfsa.- it
was announced this week by D. P.
star m&rnm ?fl igp
V eland Comity are to be specially
be?sad at special Armistice Day
j -Funeral services for William '
I Alexander Ware, 87, Pioneer
: Kings Mountain citizen, were con- 1
Quoted Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock from Boyce Memorial Asso
ciate Reformed Presbyterian chur
ch..
The simple but impressive rites
v/ere conducted by rhe pastor, Rev. I
W. L. Pressly, assisted by the Rev.
W. M. Boyce, D. D? of Charlotte, a
former pastor.
. Mr. Ware died at his home on
Goid street at 11:59 a. m. Friday,!
October 14. He had been in dectin
i*>g Wealth for the past several ;
years
to a heart attack suffered two days
previously,
Born near here on January 6, 1862,
Mr. Ware came to Kings Mountain
with his father, the late William'
Oates Ware in 1880. Two years later
his father opened the Merchant :
Mill, first steam-operated grist mill,
and saw mill in the area. William
Alexander Ware was the steam
?plant operator. He was continuously
associated with this business, later,
to become Ware & Sons, for the re
mainder of his life. Mr. Ware be- !
came active head of the firm in !
1898, and <tfhat year added a cotton i
gin to the firm's operations. In j
1930, the firm entered the whole
sale grocery business, and in 1940
it "built a 50,000- bushel capacity
grain elevatqr.
? He was the son of thfc late Wil
liam Oates and Mary Ann McGill ,
, Ware,, JJe wap twice married, first!
to MlM tfwra Fall?, who died in
1893, then to Miss Caroline Anthony,
who died in 19*1.
He was closely identified with
, the civic and religious life of the
community all of his life. He was a
former mayor, and wa9 a charter
j member of Boyce Memorial ARP
'church which last year observed its
fiftieth anniversary. Throughout
the years, Mr. Ware considered the
work of the church paramount. An
active member and elder, he was
strict in attendance at all church
fynctions, and active in promoting
Hs work. ?
Surviving are three sons and five
daughters, Moffatt A. Ware, Garri
son A, Ware, Mrs. Campbell Phlfer,
Mrs. W. S. Fulton, Mrs. J. L. McGill,
and Miss Ava Ware, all of Kings,
Mountain, and Samuel Freno Ware,
of Goidsboro, and Mrs. L. L. ^troupe,
of Charlotte. Also surviving are'
I eleven grandchildren and seven,
great-grandchildren.
Interment was made at Mountain
Rest cemetery. ; |
Active pallbearers were M. H. 1
Bisev, C. B. Carroll, Carroll Falls,
Oscar McGarter, George Morrow and
Tom Garrfble. Honorary pallbearers
were elders and deacons of Boyce
(Memorial ARP church.
Ifcmsey Fined $7S6;
Sentence Suspended
Chariea E. Ramsey, former Kings
Mountain postoffice employee, was
fined $750 and given a suspended
sentence of a y#ar and a day in fed
eral district court at Shelby T^ues
-Jir.^Ramsty 'had pl<-ad gui:ty to
a charge of theft of mail.. He was
placed Of} -probation for a three-year >
period I, 7,'ilson - Warlick,
presiding over the court. Mr. Ram
sey represented by Attorneys
J. R. Davis and Faiso.i Barnes, of
Kings Mountalti, and Peyton Mc
SwaJn, of Shelby.
Local News
Bulletins
METER RECEIPTS
Parking meter receipts for the |
week which ended Wednesday to
taled $145.56 according to a re
port from the office of S. A. C'rouse,
city cteirk'?.- . v ? /? ' ..j
IN COLLEGE CHOIR
Miss Charlotte Jenkins, daugh
ter of' Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Jen
kins, was one of the freshmen se
lected this year for the Catawba
College choir. Miss Jenkins sings
altc,-.
NO PARKING
The city has placed "no park
ing" signs on the east side of
Piedmont avenue near the Kings
Mountain postoffice. This portion
of the block was (designated a "no
parking" area to eliminate traffic
congestion, it was announced.
. KtWANIS PROGRAM .
Members of the Kings Mountain
Klwanis club were to see a movie
on the Plantation pipelines at the
regular meeting of the club Thurs
day night at 6:45. I. G. Patterson
arranged the program to tie in
with "Oil Progress Week."
TO CONVENTION
City Engineer J. S. Evans and
City .Clerk S. A. Grouse left Wedf
nesday for Winston-Salem, where
they are attending the annual 1
convention of the North Carolina
League of Municlpaltiies. The :
sessions will end on Friday.
C. S. PLONK ILL
C. S. Plonk, well-known Kings
Mountain business man and {a?- <
mer, is a patient in Memorial Hos
pital at Charlotte. Mr. Pfonk suf
fered a -heat* attack Sunday night, j
His ?'*?. ? garriart. a* seri
ous but no* erkieal.
FALLS SHOOTS ACE
Coman Falls shot a hole-in-one
on the number five hole at Kings
Mountain Country Club golf |
course last Saturday, . Buck Press
ley. club professional reported ;
this week. Mr. Falls made the ace
on a temporary green ft the 108- j
yard hole. ?
CORN SHUCKING
Third annual corn shucking of
the Young Adult Fellowship class
of Central Merhodist church will
be held at the home of John
Owens Friday night. Members of
the class are to meet at the chur
ch at 6:30. All members are urg
ed to attend and to bring a friend.
BLOOD DRIVE
Members of the Junior Cham
ber of Commerce wil sponsor the
next visit to Kings Mountain of
the Red Cross Bloodmobile, ac
cording to action of ?he board of
directors Tuesday night. The
Bloodmobile is scheduled to re
turn here on January i, 1950.
CREDITOR'S MEETING
Meeting of creditors of Kings
Mountain Narrow Fabrics, Inc., is |
scheduled for Monday at the j
Meckienburg County courthouse
In Charlotte. The meeting 1s a j
continuance of the first meeting of j
creditor? of the bankrupt firm, j
Harold Hunnlcutt, trustee, said j
last week the stockholders hoped .
to present an acceptable plan to I
the creditors for operation of the
firm in bankruptcy.
BUILDING PERMITS
Building permits were issued at j
City Hall during the past week to.
.Jake Slpes;, on Wednesday, for i
construction of a new four- room
dwelling on York rodd, $2,500; to j
L. Arnold Kiser, on last Friday, !
for construction of a two-car ga- |
rage at residence on East King
scree t, $400; and to J. R. Roberts, i
on October 12 for construction of |
a two-car garage at residence on
North Piedmont avenue, $300.
LIONS MEETING
The Kings Mountain Lions club
will hear a program arranged by
Kings Mountain Girl Scouts at the
tegular meeting Tuesday night at
7 o'clock, h was announced yes
terday by Hilton Ruth, program
chairman. Mrs. E> T. Plott is ar
ranging the program. Mr. Ruth
?aid ?he meeting will b? held at
f i high school cafeteria, rather
than <he Woman's , Club. The
change van made to make the
Woman's Club, customary meet
ing ptor \ available for a meet
ing <* th > Bucines? Women's 'Fed
eration M the Kings Mountain
Baptist n sociarion. .
Bids To Be Asked On Hospital
For Opening On November 18 th
REV. J. P. TRUE BLOOD
First Wesleyan
Revival Underway
A 10-day fall revival Is currently i
underway at First Wesleyan Meth
odist church on Waco Road, with
'Rev, J. P. Trueblpod, of Hertford, N.
C., conducting the services.
The special series of services be
gan Wednesday nighrand will con
tinue through Sunday evening, Oc
tober 30. ' ? '
Special music for the services is
under the direction pf H. S. Smith,
of York, S. C.
Rev. J: W. Phillies, the pastor, is1
extending an invitation to tile .pub
lic to attend the Services.
Servlcggf begin each eVenin g at
-7tW?T - ? -r-. - ?V
Students WUI See
"Nicholas Niclcleby"
Sophomore, junior and senior
classes of Kings Mountain high
school will see a special showing of i
"Nicholas Nickleby' the film version j
of the Charles Dickens classic, at the j
Joy Theatre next Thursday, October
27, at 1 p.m.
Only one showing of the film will i
be run, as it Is not on the theatre's]
regular schedule. Admission will be
25 cents.
Showing of "Nicholas Nickleby,"
an English film, was arranged
through the cooperation of the Joy |
Theatre with the high school. The!
picture is highly recommended for
Its authenticity in portraying the
life and traditions of Victorian Eng
land, and was arranged for show- 1
ing to the school students as a sup- 1
plement to ther egular classroom ?
work.
Parents or other interested patrons
areb eing invited to attend the show- :
ing.
* "Pieces Foi Peace"
Asked Of Citizens
Kings Mountain citizens are be
ing urged to prepare bundles for
needy people throughout the world
in the local part of the "Pieces for
Peace" program.
The bundles are to be deposited
at the Lutheran church on Novem
ber 4 and will thenoe go to needy
people around the world. Needed
are articles of clothing for all ages,
and particularly desired afe pieces
of fabrics of all kinds.
The drive is being conducted here
by women's church groups of the
city. < . ?
Kings Mountain
Hospital Step
Nearer Reality
Tile couiuj board of HOTpila ] trus- '
tees should know rhe cost of the
proposed 24-bed Kings Mountain
hospital on November 18, L. Arnold J
Kiser, member of the board, told the
, Herald Thursday.
Mr. Kiser said he had been infor- :
mod by Walter W. Hook, Charlotte j
architect who has prepared the
plans for the Kings Mountain hos
pital, rhat advertising for bids is to >
i be started and that the bids are to j
bo opened on November- 18.
The Kings Mountain hospital js
to be built Jointly throgh federal,
state and local funds.
| The project wa.s given state and
| federal approval several weeks ago,
i and funds wilt be provided to sup
; plement local funds voted in a spc
j cial C9Unty wide bond issue election
; of J94fi
Under thf?. botid vote, the citizens 1
of teh county approved issuance
of bonds totaling $400,000, with
[ 5240,000 earmarked for improve
rnents to -the Shelby hospital, and
$160,000 (or building of a hospital
here. Additional funds are available
for the locai unit from the estate of
, the late Lottie Ooforth.
Site of the Kings Mountain hos
pital, purchased many, months ago,
will be in a tract off West King
street, near ? the Kings Mountain
Country Club and Blackmer & Com
pany.
Lane Says 56 j
Ifeei Free Meals
Fifty -six Kings Mountain school '
: chi'^ren need free school lunches, f
Rowell Lane. Kings Mountain high!
school principal, told members of,
! the Junior Chamber of Commerce at
> its meeting Tuesday night.
Mr. Lane, outlining rhe operation
J of the various school cafeterias in
the city, said that about half the
group are currently being provided
free lunches at the schools and that
about $800 would be needed to pro
j vide free lunches for all of the needy
! group throughout the balance of the !
school year 1949 50
Mr. Lane said that one child had i
gained eleven pounds after eating 1
lunch at the school cafeteria for
three weeks.
Teachers, he said, had reported i
several instances of children's who
loitered on the school grounds, with
out lunch, during the lunch-hour pe- '
, riod. Thus far, it has been school
1 policy to feed the children free fn- i
aofar as possible. In turn, to avoid j
Member of the Junior Chamber,
of Commerce board of director*.
In souion alter th? regular meet- 1
ing Tuesday night voted a $100
donation to the city schools lunch
! ? fund for underprivileged children.
the stigma and possible bad effects
on the child of constant give-away
meals, Mr. Lane continued, the chil- !
idron are given various Small tasks
1 to do at school. |
The lunchroom program is a fed
erally supplemented program. Last
year, federal funds of about seven
cents per meal enabled :he local ca- j
feterias to operate "slig.uiy in the
black," Principal Lane reported.
This year the supplement will be'
only five cents, he added. ,
?(Cont'd on page four)
Coal Dealers Rationing Supplies
As Local Stocks Continue To Drop
Kings Mountain ooal dealers re
ported their coal supplies running
'Very thin," this week, as the latest
John L. Lewis walkout continued.
One dealer wax limiting his cus
tomers to a ton each and another to
a half-ton, in order to better spread
the limited supply.
Coal shipments had not complete
ly halted, as three car* from non ?
union mines were received by the
dealers Thursday mormng. "Ho*
ever, obtaining the non-union ooal
was becoming more difficult, a-s
union force* threatened the non
union miners still in the pits.
The non-union ooal has been a
vai fable only ?t premium prices
considerably higher than regular
market prices. Local dealers said
this reflected the irvrMUrl** diffi
culty in getting the non-union min
ers and carriers to handle the coal
under increasing risks of violence. |
One local dealer also reported that
coal supplies of many Kings Moun
tain industrial establishments are
also getting quite low,
? In general. Kings Mountain sup
plies have been in better shape
than in surrounding cities. One
dealer, who said he had a sufficient
supply of stoker ooal used in furn<
aces has been supplying rhls type
ooal for hospitals in Shelby and
GastonUr. -
The situation was still being
viewed hopefully by local dealers,
wlfh the feeling that the strike
would be settled before local sup
\ pHes are completely exhausted. Bui
there were tw> assurances this would
1 be the case. C '
REV. JOHN W. MOORE
Moore To Preach
At Grace Church "
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Rev. John W. Moore, pastor-evan
gelist, will preach at a special se
ries of services beginning Sunday
morning at Grace' Methodist chur
ch and continuing through next
week, according to announcement
by the pastor, Rev. G. W. Fink.
Mr. Moore has' served as pastor
of some of the state's largest Metho
dist churchca, including Main-Street
Gastonia. Wesley Memorial, High
P.Oin.t, First Methodist of Charlotte,
and a number of others. He has also
served as -superintendent of the
Charlotte district.
"He is easily rated among the
best Gospel ministers of the &?ate,"
Mr. Fink said. "Xs an evangelist, he
Is highly successful, and people
throng to hear his masterful ser
mons. In spite of the fact that he is
a great preacher, he uses plain Eng
lish that a child can understand.
Children youths, and adults hear
him gladly. The church extends a
cordial Invitation to all who can to
hear this great preacher."
Mr. Moore will launch the series
at the regular 11 o'clock services
Sunday morning, and services will
be held each evening at 1 o'clock be
ginning Sunday evening.
District Teachers
Are Meeting Friday
Friday will be a school 'holiday
in Kings Mountain, as Kings
tain teachers and school officials
Join with some 3,000 others for rhe
South Piedmont district In attending
the 27th annual district convention
In Charlotte.
The program for the 15-oounty
district meeting will include a gen
eral session at 2 o'clock Friday aft
ernoon, followed by three division
al and 2 departmental meetings.
Mrs. Helen G. Neal, of Kings
Mountain, a (teacher at Bessemer
City, is a member of the vocational
guidance committee. Feature of the
meeting of this department wiH be
addresses by Ella Stephens Barrett,
state supervisor of guidance servi
ces and by Mrs. H. L. Hassell, direc
tor of student personnel and cur
riculum of Durham county schools.
The general session will be held in
the Charlotte Armory Auditorium.
The Classroom Teachers will hold a
business session ar 4.30 in the Cen
tral High Schooi auditorium and a
dinner meeting ar 6:15 in the din
ing room of Efird's Department
Srturfc. The Division of Principals
will meet at 6:15. aiso at Efird's,
and the Division o i Superintendents
(Cont'o ?r: page four)
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Mountaineers
Away Next Week
Kin gs Mountain high . school
Mountaineers war* to play the
Newton -Conorer ~Red Devils" in
City Stadium last (Thursday)
night and next Friday (Oct 28)
are slated to Journey to Mt. Holly
for the final road gam*.
The next homo game, which be
gins a three-gam*, season-dos
ing stand at City Stadium, is
scheduled against Charlotte Tech
high on Nov. 4.
The Mountaineers continued
their losing ways on the road this
?eason by draping a 20 to 6 ver
diet to Rutherford ton-Splwdal*
high last Friday night
rollback: Dehrln Huffs tetter
tracked over lor the King* Mean
tain eeeve from tkree yevds set
Kings Mountain has won it's
twe hiss i stands up b last night.