Mountaineers-Lions Tangle Friday In Annual Conntv Gridiron Clash ? , ? ? ?' " ? . ? *'? A??? ? ? The annual Cleveland county skirmish between high school foot ball teams of' Kings Mountain and Shelby la scheduled to be reeled off In City Stadium Friday night at 7:30 o'clock. Although boasting an even .500, t^ur wins, four losses, for the sea son, Kings Mountain wil take' the field as the underdog according to jYKMt observers. Shelby has a season record of tWo wins, five losses and ? tie. Big boys In the Shelby attack are Dick Lackey, 170 pound, six-foot tailback, and Benny Allen, 200-lb. tackle and extra point specialist, Lackey and Allen co-captain the Lions, who have come roaring back to notch a pair of victories in the last two outings, 21 to 14 over Lin% colnton last week and 18 to 12 over Forest City. Lackey does mosi of the Shelby passing and has been hitting the la&t few games. He is also the punt er with around a 45-yard average this season. Junior Paul Smith and Sophomore Eanos Dixon share the running duties with Lackey. - j Jimmy Klser, sophomore tackle and /brother of Jerry Kiser, Davidson college sophomore standout, has been outstanding in the line for the Lrfons, us have several other "kid brothers" of former Shelby stars. Bruce Trammell and Bobby Ingle ; are fast rounding into top-noth flankmen for Coaches Casey Morris and Lloyd Little. Shelby's outstanding games this year have resulted in two losses for the Lions. They were nosed by , Cherryville.14 to 9 and Lenoir, 14 to 7 after leading both opponents j for most of the games. Results of, other Shelby games include: 0, Ru- j therforchon . Spindale 0; 7, Marion 25; 0, Charlotte Tech 13; and 0, Gas lonla 12. Varied Cases Heard In Recorders Court Nine esses were heard during -regular weekly session pf Oity Re corder's court held at City Hall Mon- 1 day afternoon according to court re cords at City Hall. Three defendants were convicted ?on charges of public drunkenness. Luther Black, charged with reck- j less driving, was found not guilty. John W. Petty, charged with dri- J vlng drunk Oct. 22 on warrant by ; Constable W. G. Ellison, was sent to Jail for sixty days for failure to pay a fine of H00 and costs. j Case against Clyde B. Hul lender, ' 'charged with driving drunk, was* transferred to Cleveland county Re- 1 corders court for trial by Jury at the request of Defense Attorney E. A. Hairill. ,? Action in other cases included: Tames Henry Harris; keeping a vicious dog, prayer for judgment con ifelnued on payment of costs. W. M. Andrews, of Campbello, S. C., charged with speeding, taxed with costs. Amos Stacey, no drivers license, fined $25 and costs. Judge W. Falson Barnes presided. "Baptist Convention Meets Next Week A large number of Kings Mountain vea Baptists are expected to go to ftalelgh next week for th annual) ?ession of the State Baptist Con vention. The three-day program begins Tuesday and will feature addresses by a large number of outstanding church and lay leaders, including Dr. Waher Judd,- Congressman from AJi nesota and former medical mis sionary to China. "Rev. L. C. Pinnlx and Miss Eula Mae Teague will represent First ; Baptist church, and majority of other Baptist churches of the area I are expected to be represented. Corn yields on the Rockingham County Home farm have risen from 25 to 75 bushels per acre during the past three years, according to Coun ty Agent J. E. Foil. I ~~ i la Th? Coiwnas Oi Tb? y'\V> KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD ? PfaooM 167 or 283 . ? ci ' More About "Relief" Voted (Cont'd from front page) an ordinance to make use of burial plots in Memorial Park of Moun tain Rest cemetery available free of charge to white veterans of Kings Mountain, the veterans to have ser ved honorably in the Spanish -Amer. lean War, World War I or World War II. llie final adoption was slightly changed from the original draft, in that the first proposal in cluded res;dents of Number 4 town ship. City Attorney J. R. Davis ex plained that there was some ques tion whether the city could make Its property available free of charge to non -resident*. The board granted the request of Mrs. Bill it- Gene McDaniel to cease operations of a taxi franchise, and in turn granted the franchise to Oliver Neal. It authorized the city engineer to obtain a body for a new electrical department truck at a cost of aboutSOSO, and it authorized him to advertise for bids for a new police radio unit. Big Truck Hits Buick Tuesday; No In|uries ? No one was seriously injured in an accident at around 12:30 p. m. Tues day at the intersection of East King 3treet and York Road. A 1948 Buick, driven by Miss Jean Cash, collided with a 1949 White ti-aotor and trailer owned and driv en by Kenneth F. Cather, of Martins burg, Va., according to the police report of the wreck. The Buick was headed north to ward the light at the intersection and the truck was coming into town from the Gastonia highway, police said. Witnesses for both drivers sta ted that each had the green light from the traffic signal. Both vehicles were traveling a round 20 miles per hour, according to the report. No charges have been made by the police department. One officer stated that Mr. Ca ther "did a good Job and probably saved serious injury" to the three persons in the Buick. Miss Betty Cash, sister of the driver, and Miss Pranois Montith, of Bessemer City,] were passengers in the auto at the time of the accident. The tractor turned right down ' Cleveland avenue in an effort to ! void hitting the Buick, the report' noted, and the auto crashed into the vacant service station on the oppo site corner. CARD or TXJUnCS We wish to thank ooa9t of a football team that Stands among the fore most." - * Owens Opening Studio Here Dewey Owens, of Shelby, Is an nouncing the opening this week of Owens Studio in the Morrison Building. Mr. Owens is a veteran of . 10 years In photographic work, and the firm will specialize in portrait work and kodak film developing, Mr. Owens 9aid. The Studio will be open from 9 to 5 daily, he saW. ? Jackie Hill ? Jerie ? lollies SImi 9 to 15 Taffetas, Gabardines, Crepes vorauroys $7.95 to $14.95 PLASTIC RAINCOATS STYLEMART TOPCOATS Keep wmt and comfortable in one of those Iffefc all wool GabadiiMii ' . ' ' *?;? ? v: -w. ' ? -* . ^ ,w' ' ? ' ? '* '?' Grays, Greens, Dark Sine, Tan, Brown $27.50 to $45.00 CONTEST GETTING HOT!