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t Population City Limits 7.206 Trading Area 1 5.000 (1945 BaUon Board rtguraa) VOL.63 NO. 16 ~ 1 Sixty-Second Tear Kings Mountain. N. C.. Thursday. April 17. 1952 Pages Today Established 1889 PRICE FIVE CENTS PLATE I terest in the action photo above at a Little Theatre rehearsal of "The Campbell's Are Coming/' to be | presented on stage at Central auditorium Monday and Tuesday nights. Offering sympathy is Bobby Goforth and,, in process of "applying" a cup of water to the stricken Mrs. Campbell, is Mrs. Sam i Mitchem. Others in the cast are, back left to right Woodie Rawles, Mrs. W. J. Melcher, Meek Carpen ter, Rudl Wuennonberg and Mrs. P. G. Padgett and. not pictured, Mrs. Bruce Thorbum and Jimmy Sphrey. (Photo by Hubert Carlisle, Carlisle Studio.) , local News Bulletins ON HONOR ROLL Miss Shirley Arthur, daught er of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Arthur' was listed on the Honor Roll at Peace college for the second quarter. BOARD SESSION . The city board of commis sioners is scheduled to meet Monday night at 7:30 in regu lar monthly session. The meet ing was postponed from last Monday night, due to the Eas ter Monday holiday. PARKING MONEY A total of $150.70 was collec ted from the City's parking efers Wednesday, according to a report of City Clerk, Joe Hen drick. KIWANIS MEETING Regular meeting of Kings Mountain Kiwanis club will be held Thursday 'night in Ma sonic Dining Hall at 7 o'clock. Program was not announced. RECEIVES RATING Quality Sandwich Co. receiv ed a high "fR" rating (87) on an inspection at the plant here on Wednesday morning. Thorn as Strickland, county sanitari an who conducted the inspec tions, made the announce ment. BO A REORGANIZES Martin Harmon was elected chairman and Menzell Phlfer secretary of the Boyce Memor ial ARP church board of deac ons for the year 1952-53. Mr. Harmon succeeds Lindsay Mc Mackin and Mr. Phifer suc ceeds ?ranklin Ware. BUILDING PERMIT A building permit was issu ed last week to W. K. Mauney, Sr., for construction of one-, room behind Kings Mountain Building and Loan association to be used as a press room at an estimated cost of $500. ATTENDPRESBYTERY Rev. P. D. Patrick, pastor, and C. E. Neisler, elder, represent* ed First Presbyterian church at the quarterly meeting of Kings Mountain presbytery, held Tuesday at Cherryville Presby terian church. Mr. Patrick re ported that a number of good reports were heard and that each of the 44 churches in the preafeytery were represented. Tire presbytery embraces Pres byterian churches in Cleve land, Gaston, Lincoln, Ruther ford and Polk counties. Dr. Grier To Speck At Boyce Memorial Dr. R. C. Grier, of Ertkine col lege, Due West, S. C_ will be guest minister at Boyce Memorial ARP church sit the morning ser vice, according to sn announce ment of Rev. W. L. Pressly, pas tor. . Dr. Grier will speak on the col lege and seminary. A special of fering will also be taken for the college and seminary. The boys quartet of Ersktae col lege will present special music for the aervlce. Comedy Scheduled! Monday, Tuesday] Little Theatre Is Presenting Mountain Drama The Kings Mountain Little Theatre will present its current drama "The Campbell's Are Com ing", a comedy in three acts, on Monday and Tuesday evening at Central school auditorium. Both performances will begin at 8 o'clock. Admir lion is 75 cents per person. The play, which depicts life in the Smoky Mountains, is being directed by I. Ben Goforth, Jr. The group has been working at rehearsals for several weeks. The cast includes: Mrs. P. G. Padgett, as Ma Bran nigbn; Mrs. W. J. Melcher, as Catalpa Tapp; Mrs. Sam Mitch em, as Betty Brannigan; Bob Go forth, as Dick Branningan; Jim my Spivey, as Bildad Tapp; Meek Carpenter, as Cyrus Scudder; Woodie Rawles, as Jeff Scudder; Mrs. Bruce" Thorburn, as Kaye Brannigan; Rudi Wuennenberg, as Kingston Campbell; and Mrs. M. A. Ware, as Afra. Campbell. Negro Red Cross Gifts Reach $384 . L. L. Adams and J. A. Gib- j son, chairman and *o -chair - man of the N?gro division o ! the Red Cross Fund drive, met Tuesday night at City Hal! with leaders of the groups to report on the progress of the i drive. A total of S384.16 was report ed which is $16 short of goal reached last year and SI 16 ?short of $500 quota for this year, according to an announ cement of Mrs. J. N. Gamble, ' executive secretary of the j Kings Mountain chapter. Mrs. Gamble jtated that some groups expressed a de sire to continue their efforts to reach their quota. CAR FIRE City firemen extinguished a fire in a Plymouth automobile Saturday afternoon at 3:30 near the B & B Restaurant. A pyxene extinguisher did the job and only minor damage was done, Fireman Ted Gam ble reported. Mrs. Florette Henri, New York< author and self-styled "Southern Yankee" returned to New York Saturday night after a busy two days here Friday and Saturday in which she discussed plans with the Kings Mountain Little Thea tre for her projected drama of the Battle of Kings Mountain. House guest of Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Mauney, Mrs. Henri visit ed the site of the battle and the amphitheatre where her new play will be produced, talked to mem bers of Little Theatre groups of Shelby, Gastonia and. . Kings Mountain, and predicted Optimis tically that a, most successful drama would be written and pro duced. Talking with newspapermen Saturday evening Mrs. Henri demonstrated complete historical knowledge of the principals in the Battle of King* Mountain, in addi tion to the events leading up to It and the famous battle Itself. Last year Doubleday & Com pany published Mrs. Henri's novel "Kings Mountain", for which, Mrs. Henri says, she spent 15 years of research, in both Ameri can and British history. She told the Kings Mountain Little Theatre that she had al ready begun writing the Battle of Kings Mountain drama and ex pected to deliver it early In June. Plans of the Little Theatre call for producing It at Kings Moun tain National Military Park In late August and early September. On Saturday everting. Mrs. Henri was the honor guest at a dinner given by B. S. Peeler, Jr., president ol the Little Theatre, at Mrs. Henri, Writing Drama, Gets Acquainted With People And Area drama Mountain, which tr? expects to produce tfcirf sum mer. ? DISCUSSES DRAMA ? Mrs. Flo rette Henri, Hew Twk author. Mountain over the with Kings teem Kings Mountain Country Club, Following dinner, Mrs. Henri dis cussed the drama plans with press representatives, and, later, With Little Theatre members from King# Mountain and other surrounding cities ut an open house. No newcomer in the field of drama, Mrs. Henri's full-length play "Surrey" won the coveted Maxwell Anderson Award for verse drama, in the first year of that contest sponsored by the Dramatists' Alliance. ' Engineer Begins Study of City's Electrical Rates V' mmmimm rnmmmm ' ** ' Max Miller, Greensboro elec trical engineer, was here Wed nesday for preliminary work on an electrical rate study, lor Which he was retained several months ago. Mr. Miller, according to the contract with the city, is to furn ish recommendations on rate changes prior to the preparation of the city's 1952-53 budget. He said Wednesday that the current rate schedule, in use for many years, contained "obvious discrepancies and inequities," and that his instructions are to furnish rate recommendations, that will eliminate inequities, yet reiurn the same amount of revenue to eity coffers. * As one example of "discrepan cies,-" Mr. Miller pointed out that a customer using 100 kilowatts of power under the current light rate would pay $6.10 for the ser vice. He could add a stove or electric hot water heater, there by qualifying for the combina tion LGH rate, use a total of 200 kilowatts, and pay only $5.50 for the whole amount. Mr. Miller has previously made a study of the city's power sys tem, furnished maps of the sys tem, and has made recommen dations for improving the ser vice. M. K. " Fuller, city administra tor, pointed out that one recom mendation already carried out had resulted In much brighter street lights. The Job required cutting over one portion of the street lights from an over-load ed circuit to another that was not carrying a high load. . .The, cost was negligible, he said, and reported that numerous other service improvements are being made by following the Miller recommendations. Cromer To Speak At Resurrection Rev. Voight R. Cromer, D. D president of Lenoir-fthyne col lege, will preach the sermon at 11 o'clock services at. Resurrec tion Lutheran church Sunday I morning, according to announce j ment by Rev. Vance Daniel, pas tor. Dr. Cromer's visit to the chur ch is on the occasion of Lenoir Rhyne College Day in the North Carolina Synod, Mr. Daniel said. At the 7:30 service Sunday ev ening, a motion picture ' '45 Tioga Street" will be shown. The film is the latest in a series be ing produced by the Lutheran layman's movement. Two Bound To Superior Court Two young Kings Mountain area boys were bound over to Superior Court for trial after pro bable cause was found against them on breaking and entering charges in Recorder's court action Tuesday afternoon. Judge E. A. Harrill presided and Solicitor Jack White prosecuted the docket. L. B. England and Ben F. Ses soms, Jr., each charged with breaking and entering, had al ledgedly entered the American Le gion building on February 3 and had stolen cigars, cigarettes, can dy and chewing gum. The boys were placed under $400 bonds each. John J. Mahoney of Shelby was defense attorney. Robert Bess, Negro, was charg ed with asstult on a female. Police said Bess asked a white girl for a date. He received a 6-month sen tence suspended for a period of two years on the following condi tions that the defendant pay the costs of court, pay a fine of $25, stay gainfully employed stay home oh Saturday and Sunday nights, and not frequent or visit ( Continued On Page Eight ) Student Art To Be Exhibited An exhibit of art by school children and by the pupils of Mrs. Herman Campbell will be Shown at ChqfWoman's club Sat urday morning from 10 urttfi 12 and - until 5 in the afternoon. The public is Invited to attend the exhibit. The pictures will be Judged Friday afternoon and will be shown Friday night at the mon thly meethtg of the Woman's club. The meeting will toe the Wo man's Club's annual husband's night dinner meeting, according to announcement by Mrs. I. G. Patterson, president. PUBLISHING COMPANY OFFI CERS ? Shown above_ixie the_ officers of the recently charter ed Kings Mountain Publishing Company. Inc., which expects to begin publication of a weekly newspaper- here in the near fu ture. They are, top to bottom. Hunter R. Neisler. president; J. E. Herndon, vice -president; and W. Faison Barnes, secretary-treasur er. Second Papei Gets Out Sample Kings Mountain's projected sec ond newspaper published a sam ple issue last week dated April 9 under the name of the Kings Mountain News, t^.e sample con taining four pages published by the offset method the paper ex pects to use for regular publica tion. In addition to listing the incor porators of the Kings Mountain Publishing Company, it announc ed that o"icers of the recently chartered company are: presi dent, Hunter R. Neisler. Indus trialist and former city commis sioner; vice-president, J. E. Hern don, waste dealer and former mayor; j*ecretary-freasurer.' W. Faison Barnes, lawyer and form er city judge. It liBted as directors J. E. Herndon, VV. K. Mauney, H. R. Neisler. J. H. Thomson. J. B. Keeter." J. C. Bridges, C. T. Ben hett, W. Faison Barnes and W: G. Grantham. It was learned this week that the news editor will be Jim White, of Kings Mountain, who for the past 1H months has held a similar position with the Cleveland Times at Shelby. Mr. White is a grad uate of Shelby high school, navy veteran of World War II, grad uate of Catawba college, and taught school at Sanford, before joining the Cleveland Times. He is the son of Haskell White and the late Mrs. White. Mr. White will leave the Times on April 25. The page size of the sample Is sue was 14 inches by 17 inches and featured seven columns of 11 em width. All the front-page was devoted to plans of the new company. Among the items: 1) The paper Is to be reproduc ed via the experimental offset method, the sample issue stating that no other paper In the South uses this method. 2) The paper will open with a "guaranteed local circulation of 3,000 copies". 3) The paper Is to be published weekly on Wednesday afternoon. In its sample issue, the project ed newspaper claimed that it , {Continued On Page Eight) Davis Confident City Will Get Gas Allocation City Attorney J, R. Davis is confident the Federal Power Commission will allocate a sup ply of natural gas to the City of Kings Mountain, which is seek: ing to inaugurate natural gas service here. Mr. Davis, who testified In be half of the city's allocation re quest before FPC two weeks ago, is now awaiting word from the commission to return to Wash ington for cross-examination by firms ..nd groups opposing the Kings Mountain allocation. Others appearing at Washing ton In behalf of the Kings Mountain request were C. E. Nelsler, member of the city plan ning board, Mayor Pro Tempore James La.vton,. and Sam Helf man, engineer for Barnard & Burk, who made' the Kings Mountain natural gas survey, Among other technicalities to. be attended to is obtaining of a certificate of necessity and con venience from the North Carolina Utilities commission, regarded by Mr. Davis as a routine mat ter. Shelby also seeks a gas al location, and the Shelby board of commissioners voted Monday night to request the necessity certificate. Opposing the allocation to Kings Mountain and other cities of this area are Transcontinental Pipeline Company, owner of the transmission pipeline, Northern cities which want their gas al location increased, and some la bor groups, particularly the United Mine Workers. ? . Mr. Davis said he felt the com-, mission's previous policy in fa voring applications of cities for a gas supply, plus Kings Moun tain's nearness to the pipeline, materially supports the Kings Mountain request. Mrs. Myers" F ather Claimed By Death Funeral rites for Joseph Mar cus Bellotte, 79. father of Mm. O. \V. Myers, of Kings Mountain, wore held Monday afternoon at his homo in Seneca-. S C.. inter ment following in Oconee Me morial Park. Mr. Belloite died early Easter morning. lie had been in declin ing health for the past several years,. A life-long resident of Oconee County, S. C., Mr. Bellottee was the son of the late Samuel E. and Sarah Tillinghast Bellotte. Ho was a member of Seneca Presby terian church. Surviving, in addition to Mrs. Myers are his wife, the former Miss Leasette Frick, seven daugh ters, three sisters and eleven grandchildren. Among Kings Mountain people attending the final rites were Mrs. B. S. Peeler, Sr., B. S. Peeler, Jr., and Mrs. C. F. Thomasson. Baptist Youth To Hear Farrar First Baptist church will ob serve intermediate day on Sun day, beginning with breakfast at the church at 8 a. m. and fea turing at 9 o'clock an inspira tional address by Rev. John Far rar. At regular morning and even ing services Intermediates will serve as ushers and they will furnish special music at the ev ening service. Kiser Won't Seek k* "A I ? WINS MEDAL ? Miss Marie Cobb, Junior at Kings Mountain high school, won the annual Schoolmaster':. Reading Medal at Gardner-Webb coltego Friday night with her reading, "At The Employment Agency." Miss Cobb Wins Reading Medal Miss Marie Cobb, junior of Kings Mountain high school, was winner Friday night at Gardner - Webb college of the annual Schoolmasters Reading medal, given annually by Cleveland County Schoolmasters Club. Miss Cobb gave a humorus reading on the subject, "At The Employment Agency". All read ings given were humorous, in line with the policy of the club to alternate each year from dra matic to htimorous readings. The contest was held in the E. B. Hamrick building and J, A. Hallman of Bel wood school, pre sided. Contestants thking part in the contest in addition to. Mrs Cobb were: Jailors' Norman of Bel wood schofrj, Beth Davis of Lattimpre, Bryie Smart of Polk ville, Joann Mayhew of Number 3. and Marjorie Putnam of Moor esboro. . Mixed Chorus To Present Program The Spring Concert of Kings Mountain high school mixed chorus will tie held tonight (Thursday) at 8 p. nv. in the high school auditorium. The chorus received a superior rating at the district contest held recently in Charlotte. The chorus will present Mrs. Katheririe Mauney's 'Then Con quer We Musft" which vni 1 1 be heard for the first time in con cert form and a choral reading of . "The Gettysburg Address". A free will offering will be taken during intermission: The program includes sacred, patriotic, choral reading, N'e^ro spirituals, folk. songS and show tunes. Group 1 SaCred: Lamb of God ? 16th century choral. The Italy City? Adams. Hail, Our Redeemer ? Rhea. Gro'tjv JT Dramatic: Then Con quer We Must- -K. Mauney. The Gettysbu rg A dd ress ?Pea ce. Group ill Negro Spirituals: 7 Want To Be Ready Cain. Reli gion Is A Fortune -Cain (sung by ( Continued On Page Eight ) L Varied Entertainment Program To Feature Lions Ladies Night The Kings Mountain Lions club will hold Us 15th annual ladies night banquet Tuesday night, with a varied program of entertainment featuring the event. The banquet will be held at Masonic Dining Hall, beginning at 7:30. Dress will be informal. Ertle Powers, chairmen of tiie committee on arrangements, an nounced Tuesday that two well known Charlotte musicians will present a musical program, In addition to a pantomime act of two Winston-Salem comedians. Bob Heckard and Dave Carroll, Which had been previously an nounced. Miss Mary Wilson, mezzo so prano, will give a varied musi cal program, Including popular and semi -classical renditions. She will be accompanied by Miss Claire Simmons, pianist, and herself a well-known soprano. Both arc cast in leading roles in the forthcoming Charlotte Opera production of "Sweethearts," scheduled for Apil 28 and 29 at Piedmont school auditorium. Miss Wilson recently starred in the Charlotte Opera production of 'The Marriage of Figaro." She is a soloist at Charlotte's First Methodist church. Miss Sim mons, formerly a member of the staff at Winthrop College music school, is soprano soloist at My ers Park Presbyterian church in Charlotte and is a former sing er with Phil Spitalny's all-girl orchestra. Members of the committee on arrangements, In addition to Mr. Powers, are If. O. (Toby) Wil liams and Jacob Cooper. Members of the Lions club who have not yet made reserva tions for guests are being re quested to place them with Hu bert Davidson, club secretary, at once. W. L. Blackburn To Run Again For Constable || L. Arnold Kiser will not make the race for District 2 county commissioner, he told the Herald Wednesday at noon. Mr. Kiser said that, at the present time,, he did hot feel he could spare the time from his business duties to make the race or to give the commlssion ership proper attention should he be nominated and elected. The announcement by Mr. Ris er was the principal' develop ment in the week's county polit ical news from the standpoint of citizens in Number 1 and 5 Townships, for he had been re--' yarded in some quarters as a "sure" candidate. Other principal announce ment of interest to the Kings " Mountain area was by Will Blackburn, incumbent constable, who said he would seek renoml- ? nation and re-election. He said Tuesday he would file with the county elections board well in advance, of t lit* Saturday dead - < 1'ne, He- will be opposed by Er vin Ellison, who filed notice of his candidacy several weeks ago. One rumor making the rounds was the possibility thai another Number 4 Township citizen might seek one of the five De mocratic nominations for the county school board. Mentioned ' as a possible candidate was Will \V attersen. Oak Grove farmet. To date, six persons are seek- r | in;? the five school board posts. [Tliey include Wayne L. Ware, 'Kings Mountain farmer, and .throe other incumbents, VV. II; Lut/, of Waco. Dixon Strrtupe, of 1 1 Fallston; and B. Austell, of Earl, i 1 wo Lawndale. Mien are, seeking the school board position being vacated - by C. D. Forney, Sr. I hey are his son. I). Forney^ Jr.. and R. A. wJlljok. The statement by Mr. Kiser i that -he would not run loaves Hazel B. Bumgardner, incumbent District 2 commissioner as the only candidate in the race thus far. Other ineumbeitt -commis sioners were Similarly without opposition at 10 o'clock Wed nesday morning, according to [information furnished by Mr,s. Mary Glover, secretary to the ! county elections board." .Major contest to date is for the North Carolina Senate seat be tween Robert Morgan and Sena-' tor Clyde Nolan, both of Shcl-by. Candidates unopposed thus far j include: Dan Moore, who is seeking re I election as register of deeds. B. T. Falls, Jr., who is seeking re election to a fourth term as Cleveland County's representa tive in the North Carolina legis lature. J. Leo Roberts, veteran Num ber 4 Township magistrate, is the only candidate for that po sition. However. flTlng of other candidates would not necessari ly signify a contest. Number 4 1 ownsHip is allowed nine mag istrates under the statutes. Illness Fatal To Lockridge I ? Samuel Meek Lockkrldge, age 63, resident of North Piedmont avenue died Wednesday after noon at 12:30 after an illness of three months. Mr. Lockridge was a native of York County, South Carolina, the son of the late -James Harvey and Delia Ann Cooper Lockridge.* Since he retired from farming years ago, he has been living in;. Kings Mountain. He was a mem* ber of Kings Mountain Methodist -i Chapel church. He is survived by his wife, thej former Bertie L<*e McMurry, five sons, James, Meek, Campbell, David and Sam M. Lockridge, Jr., three daughters, Mrs. Oleene - Anderson, Misses Mary Frances and Jean KcMurry Lockridge. all of Kings Mountain; one sister, Mrs. Corrie Parker of Clover, S. C.; and 8 grandchildren. One son, Calvin P; Lockridge, was killed in action In France 4 in 1944: v Funeral arrangements were incomplete late yesterday but the service will probably be held Friday at! Harris Funeral Home conducted <by Rev. J. W. Phillips and Rev. B. W. Lefler, with bur ial to follow in Mountain Rest cemetery.