Mountaineers-Lions Tangle Friday
In Annual Conntv Gridiron Clash
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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.
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More About
"Relief" Voted
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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 o<ur neighbors
and friends for the many kindnesses
shown our family during the ap
neas and death of our wife and mo
ther.
L. D. Sprouse
and Pamlly.
CAKS or TMAHZI
Mrs. Dorus Allen, an4 the family
of the late Dorus 'Allen, want to ex.
press their appreciation to *he ma
ny friends wto helped In many
ways during the ilnee* and death
of their hulbend 4n?Math#r.
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"See You In Kings Mountain
Next Thursday. . Folks .
Mote About
First Mountaineers j
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first broke hit nose, then his leg,
and Clemonsee Boone, who also*
broke a leg.
First mention of the first team
located in the Herald files appeared
in the edition of September 21, 1922,
and it was noted that the story had
been omitted from the previous
week's edition ? quite probably
due to linotype trouble, since ano
ther story -reported the Herald had
been late "because the linotype got ;
out of whack.'
The first story follows: I
"The high school lads were given
a light workout at the school
grounds Tuesday morning by "Red" i
Ormand, Trinity's star half-back. J
Good material is to be had for the
making of a state contender for foot- 1
ball hondrs. Thus far the positions
are uncertain. The following have,
the "stuff" and With a little sea-'
sonlng would develop Into a first
class team: . )
" 'Heavy' Fulton, center: "Bow"
Woodward, guard; "Fat". Hord, j
guard; "fete" Peterson, tackle.
"Dub'" McGinnis, cackle; "Corp"
Houser, end; "Keer" Saunders, end;
"Jack" Saunders, quarterback; "Bet
cha" Boone, half-back; "Dick" Or
mand, half-back; "Lefty" Mat
thews, full-back; "Hawk" McGinnL#,
sub; ?'Squat" Falls, sub; ''Fat" Corn
well, sub; "Liquid" McDanlel, sub;
"Red" Morris, sub; "Abe" Wright,
sub; "Hook" Gold, sub.
"There ar* several more candida
tes for different positions whose
names are among the missing. With
the help of Ormand as coach Kings
Mountain can 4>oa9t 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.
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CONTEST GETTING HOT!