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Kings
VOL.62 NO. 29'
Sixty-Second Year
Kings Mountain. N. C.. Thursday. July 17. 1952 Established 1889
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TO HIGH POINT
Dan Huffstetler, of Baird
Furniture, spent Monday in
High Point attending the semi*
annual furniture market.
MOVING HERE
City Clerk and Mrs. Joe Hen
drlck were moving to Kings
Mountain Wednesday from
their Shelby residence. They,
are occupying the Gene Mitch -
em residence on Cedar street
WEIR CONDITION
S. S. Weir, .-who suffered a
broken hlg about ten days ago
was able to sit in a wheel
chair for the first time at Gas
ton Memorial hospital Tues
day, members of his family
reported.
UNION SERVICE
Sunday night's union service
for live city congregations will
be held at Central Methodist
church with Dr. William P.
Genberding, pastor of St. Mat
thew's Lutheran church, deliv
ering the message at 8 o'clock.
SPECIAL MUSIC
Mr. and Mrs. Miles Mauney
will present special music at
Sunday morning services at St.
Matthew's Lutheran church,
according to announcement by
Rev. W. P. Genberding, pastor.
Mr. Mauney will play the or
gan, Mrs. Mauney the violin,
he said.
riWANIANS TO MEET
Regular meeting of the Kl
wanls club will be held Thurs
day at 6:45 at the Masonic
dining room. A report will be
given by Bill Coxe of Green
ville, S. C., on the recent Kl
wanis National Convention.
BAPTIST SERMON
Rev. H. Gordon Weewley, Jr.,
pastor of Masonboro Baptist
church, Wilmington, will fill
the pulpit at First Baptist
church for morning services
Sunday at 11 o'clock, accord
ing to announcement by Dr.
D. F. Hord, Jr.
DRAFT GROUP
No Kings Mountain area
men were included in the
group of eight men sent to
Charlotte for induction into
the armed services. Of the to
tal, Mrs. Clara Newiman, clerk
to the selective service board,
said, four were volunteers.
Three of. the eight were not ac
cepted for service.
MAUNEY HOME
S. A. Mauney returned Thurs
day from Charlotte Memorial
hospital where he was a pati
ent for nine weeks after suf
fering a broken hip. Mrs. Mau
ney stated he could get around
satisfactorily in a "walker" or
with a cane and individual as
sistance.
I
ATTEND CONFERENCE
j Nine young people from the
";rst Presbyterian church are
.'{fending a Pioneer Conferen
ce at the Kings Mountain Pres
jytery Camp at Flat Rock July
14-19: Dianne Cansler, Joe
Campbell, Jiles Cornwell, Ml
chale Houser, Jerry McCarter.
Flem Mauney, Nicky Smith,
and Derice Weir. Miss Corn
elia Dick is attending this
conference as a counselor.
LIONS PROGRAM
Rev. J. H. Brendali, recently
returned from a trip to Mexico
City, where he attended the
nnual convention of Lions In
ternational, will make a report
on the convention to members
of the Kings Mountain Lions
club at their regular meeting
at Masonic Dining Hall Tues
day night at 7 o'clock. Mr.
Brendali was a delegate from
the local club.
Merchants Asked
To Return Ballots
Member* of the Kings Moun
, tain Merchants association who
bar* not yet returned ballots
on the question of changing
certain holidiy policies are be
ing asked to return them not
later than Saturday.
The association Is polling
members to determine I) whe
ther firms win suspend the
Wednesday afternoon half-hol
----- ? ? ?? |n which full
and 1) wfceth
[ the merchant* desire to add
Tear's Day to their reg
holiday
Misconduct Cases
On Court Calendar
Defendants
Will Plead
Net Guilty
City Commissioner L. E. Davis,
C. P. Barry and Baxter T. Wright,
Sr., will plead not guilty to a
charge of misconduct in office,
as will Commissioner Davis on a
separate misconduct charge, in
cases calendared for trial in Cle
veland Superior Court at Shelby
Monday.
Mr. Wright told the Herald this
morning that the three commis
sioners will -be defended by Ho
race Kennedy, Shelby lawyer,
and added that -the joint plea
will ibe "not guilty."
John J. Mahoney, who with C.
C. (Cobby) Horn, will defend Mr.
Davis In the Individual suit, said
his client would enter a not
guilty plea.
Judge J. H. Cloment will pre
side over the combined criminal
civil term beginning Monday.
A county grand jufy, several
months ago, returned true bills
on presentments^ after Mayor
Garland Still had brought the
charges to the attention of the
grand jury.
The Joint charge against the
three commissioners involves
allegations of canceling a debt
owed the city by Wright and
?Rhea, owners of Davidson Hei
ghts Negro residential develop
ment.
The misconduct charge against
Mr. Davis alleges that he traded
with himself.
Conviction on either charge
probably would result in the
commissioners' removal from of
fice. In addition, fines and sen
tences could also be given.
Mayor Still said Peyton Mc
Swain and A. A. Powell had ibeen
retained to aid the solicitor in
prosecuting the two cases.
Calendared for trial on Tues
day are charges of forgery a
gainst Jacob E. Burris and Rain
ey Bess, two Kings Mountain
Negroes, on allegations of forg
ing checks. Burris. however, was
wounded toy his wife in a cutting
scrape over the weekend.
County Schools
To Open Monday
Virtually all schools in the
Cleveland County system will
open Monday for six to eight
week terms. , ,
Only schools not opening are
Grover and Park Grace, Grover
abandoning the so-called "spilt
term" for the first time.
Kings Mountain area schools
opening Monday are Bethware
and Waco white schools and Corn
schools, according to J. H. Grigg,
pact and Washington colored
county superintendent
METER RECEIPTS
Parking meter receipts for
the week ending Wednesday
noon were $151.58, according to
report from the city hall of- *i
fife. ' ?
HEADS LIONS ? George H.
Houser recently assumed the
presidency of the Kings Moun
tain Lions club for 1952-53. He
succeeded as president Sam
Starlings.
W. H. Jenkins
Rites Conducted
Funeral rites for William Ho
ward Jenkins, 76, well-known
Kings Mountain citizen, were
held Monday afternoon at 4
o'clock from First Presbyterian
church, with burial following at
Mountain Rest cemetery.
The funeral services were con
ducted by Rev. P. D. Patrick.
Mr, Jenkins veteran employee
of Pauline Mill, died at Gaston
Memorial hospital at 1:15 Satur
day afternoon. He had been a pa
tient in the hospital since Monday,
when he suffered a heart attack.
A native of Independence, Texas,
he had been a citizen of Kings
Mountain for the past 50 years.
As a young man, he was a noted
baseball player, and his interest
in the sport continued throughout
his life.
His wife, Mrs. Alice Barber
Jenkins, died in 1950.
Surviving are five children,
William H. Jenkins, of Greens
boro, B. Floyd Jenkins of Mayo,
S. C.; Thomas H. Jenkins, of
Leaksville, Mrs. J. L. Burrage,
of Williamsburg, Va., and Mrs.
Patrick Curley, of San Mateo,
Calif. Also surviving are 18
grandchildren and 11 great grand
children.
Second Paper
Failed To Publish
The Kings Mountain News
failed to publish last week.
A staff member said the fail
ure to appear was due to me
chanical failure of the "Justo
writer," a machine designed as
a substitute for typesetting ma
chines.
The paper was expecting to
publish this week by having its
news copy set on typesetting
machines by out-of-town news
papers.
little Theatre Changes Opening
Date For Dzama To September 11
Mrs. Florette Henri's new his
torical drama, Sword of Oideon,
which was scheduled to open at
Kings Mountain National Mili
tary Park umpi theatre On August
21, has been delayed, with the
opening presentation now set for
September 11.
The action was taken at a call
ed meeting of the Kings Mountain
Little Theatre last Friday night
The number of performances was
Increased from nine to 12 along
with the change in dates.
The drama, thus, becomes a
fall presentation again, the group
having successfully sponsored a
nother story of the Revolutionary
War Battle of Kings Mountain,
Then Conquer We Mutt I, last fall
for the first time.
Among other Items of business
taken up at the meeting was set
ting of ticket prices for the new
drama. Reserved leata will be
sold at $2.40, general admission at
Continued On Page Bight
City Schools Gain
Four Teachers
Kings Mountain city schools
will gain four teachers (or the
school year 1952- S3, Superin
tendent B. N. Barnes said this
week.
The increase of four, which
will giro the schools of the
district a total faculty of 70,
.results from both Increased en
rollment during the past year,
and from the state board of
education action in reducing
teacher loads from 32 to 90
pupils.
The gains are in the slemen
tiry department, two white
elementary teachers being
gained by the reduction In
teacher load, on* white els
mentary telwiitf prrlnort
by increased enrollment and
one colored tsaeher being add
ed by incrsassd enrollment
Kings Mountain
Badio Company
Obtains Peimit
Kings Mountain Broadcasting
Gompany has been granted a per
mit by the Federal Communica
tions Commission to operate a
500-watt radio station in Kings
Mountain on 1220 kilocycles.
The permit was granted last
Thursday, following application
by the company filed in May 1951.
Listed as members of the firm
were Marshall Pack and Auburn
Hayes, of Fuquay Springs, and
Vernon T. Fox, of Greer, S. C.
Under FCC regulations a firm
or individual is allowed six mon
ths to make use of his permit,
however, it usually grants an ad
ditional six months, if the time is
required and evidence, of good
faith is furnishetd.
At the time of filing the appli
cation, the firm estimated that
its gross revenue would be $36,000
annually, against operating ex
penses of $24,000. It estimated
that it could get in operation for
[ $14,275,
The permit would allow th?
company to broadcast in daylight
hours.
John Greene, assistant sales
manager of Station WRHI, Rock
Hill, S. C., was in Kings Moun
tain Tuesday in behalf of the pro
posed station. He said he was not
associated with the station ex
cept through friendship with Mr.
Pack, who* is now lessee of the
Fuquay Springs statlop. At the
time of the application, Pack was
manager of the Fuquay Springs
station, as its advertising mana
ger, and Fox Was an employee of
Station \VEAB, Greer, S C- '
Funeral Held
For Mrs. Davis
Funeral services for Mrs. Lucy
Jane Anderson Davis, 75, were
conducted Monday afternoon at
4 o'clock froxn Second Baptist
church.
The pastor, Rev. B. F. Austin,
officiated, assisted by the Rev.
J. W. Phillips of First Wesleyan
church and the Rev. Broadus
Matthews of Westover Baptist
church. Burial was in the Besse
mer City Memorial cemetery.
Mrs. Davis died at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. A. H. Isen
hour on the Shelby road, Satur
day afternoon at . 4 o'clock fol
lowing an extended illness.
Survivors include her husband,
E. B. Davis; three sons, City Com
missioner Lloyd E. Davis and I,.
K. Davis, both of Kings Moun
tain, ar.J the Rev, J, H. Davis of
Middlesex; three daughters, Mrs.
Isenhour and Mrs. R. E. Harmon,
of Kings Mountain, and Mrs.
Violet Smith of Charlotte.
Mauneys Leave
For Europe
Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Mauney
and their daughter, Peggy, and
son, Gene, left Tuesday to attend
the Lutheran World Federation
Convention to be held in Hann
over, Germany, from July 24th
to August 3rd. To this Convention
Mr. Mauney Is Alternate Delegate
for the United Lutheran Church
in America and official repre
sentative of the Brotherhood of
the United Lutheran Church In
America of which he Is Secretary
and a member of the -Executive
Committee.
The younger Mauneys are re
gistered to attend the Lutheran
Youth Convention being held In
Germany at the* same time.
Thousands will attend both of
these assemblies.
Fifty-one million Lutherans In
51 church bodies around the
world are sending delegates
Their church, St. Matthews of
Kings Mountain, Is one of more
than 10.000 affiliated with the
eight Lutheran bodies particlpa
ting in the National Lutheran
Council which this year has a
goal of $2,900,000 for Lutheran
world Action. Since 1910 the Lu
therans have contributed more
^^^?OOO.OOO for Lutheran
World Relief and Action.
Lutheran World Action is sup
plying spiritual services to Luthe
ran men and women in the Arm
ed Forbes In the United States,
Alaska, Panama Canal Zone, For
mosa, and Hawaii it supports or
phaned missions in many foreign
countries, aids In resettlement of
Displaced Persons In the United
States and elsewhere and In re
building churches destroyed In
the war.
Board Unanimously Votes
To Retain Ernst & Ernst
Monday Session
01 City Boaid
Long And Busy
In a long, four-hour-plus ses
sion Monday night, the city
board o:' commissioners heard a
number of complaints from cit
izens, argued over employment
?policy, received bids on several
items of equipment and attend
ed to other, business.
Among the actions, the board:
1) Authorized expenditure of
about $150 by the recreation
commission for the purchase of
Little League trophies and pla
ques.
2> Discussed with members of
the county health department
staff ways and means of sani
tary improvements, including an
anti-stock law for the city.
3) Referred to City Attorney J.
R. Davis for investigation as to
legality the closing of Carpenter
street, after hearing a complaint
from H- R. Parton, who said the
closing damaged his property
and inconvenienced his tenants.
4) Voted to lend bleachers at
City Stadium to the Kings Moun
tain Little Theatre, Inc., for the
?
One Way South
The dty board ordered traf
fic on one block of Cherokee
street, from Mountain to Gold,
limited to southbound traffic,
in an action Monday night.
City Administrator M. K. Full
er, said the action would be
effective when proper signs
are received. The one-way re
striction is designed to elimi
nate the traffic hazard occur
ring when northbound vehi
cles enter Mountain street.
Commissioner Layton made
the motion and the action was
unanimous.
forthcoming production of
"Sword 01 Gideon," the city to
handle the installation and dis
mantling work.
5) Authorized transfer of a
taxi franchise from Lawrence
Burton to K. C. Morrison.
6) Voted unanimously to can
cel a power bill owed the city
by The Mountaineer . Club, Inc..
a carry-over from last season's
grammar grade football pro
gram.
7) Tabled for further study and
action an appeal for da mages, by
H. Tom Fulton, who said the city
had not lived up to its right-of
way agreement on the.openifig
oi Cansler street t o Cherryville
Road.
8) Authorized release to Duke
Power Company of the Richard
Barnett residence and four oth
er immediately adjacent homes,
outslde-city-limlls residences
served by the city power system.
Mr. Barnett had requested ser
vice improvements, estimated to
cost about $500, or release to
Duke.
9) Voted to restrict traffic on
Gold street to Oriental avenue,
and from Oriental avenue to
King street to trucks of one ton
or less.
10) Voted to reimburse J. R.
Davis, $78, an expenditure for
three volumes of evidence In the
recent natural gas hearing be
fore the Federal Power torn mis
sion.
11) Voted an estimated $150
expenditure to relieve a drain
age problem on the Fred Plonk
property near York Road. Mr.
Plonk had complained that ex
cess water from the filter plant
was being dumped on his prop
erty. The motion authorized the
work, when prior approved sim
ilar work is completed.
12) Authorized signing of a
contract with Taylor Construct
ion Company, of Johnson City,
Tenn., for about three miles of
street re surfacing, the contract
to specify that the work bogln
not later than August 15.
13) Authorized the recreation
commission to make a study to
formulate recommendations for
making City Stadium self-sup
porting.
14) Voted to purchase a Dodge
dump truck from Reynolds Mo
tors at a price of $2,872.50. (Oth
er told was from Victory Chevro
let Company at $2,799.90.)
13) Declined to act on bids
.'rom two companies for a street
Continued On Page Eight
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FIFTY YEAR MASON ? C. T.
Cornwell was honored Monday
night lor the recent completion
of 50 years of membership in
Fairview Lodge 339, A. F. 4 A. M.
Masons Honor
C. T. Cornwell
Clarence T. Cornwell, well
known Kings Mountain citizen,
was presented a 50-year member
ship pin in honor of his . half
century of membership in Fair
view Lodge 339, A. F. & A. M,, at
the regular communication of the
lodge Monday evening.
The presentation was made by
Herbert M. Foy, of Mt. Airy, past
Grand Master o fthe Grand Lod
ge of North Carolina.
Other Masonic dignitaries pre
sent included Dr. Charles H.
Pugh, of Gastonia, junior Grand
Warden, Grand Lodge of North
Carolina, A. W. Kincaid, Grand
Lecturer, Grand Lodge of North
Carolina, John H. Floyd, 37th
district deputy Grand Master, and
David P. Dellinger of Cherryville.
Mr. Cornwell is a 32nd degree
Mason, a Hhriner and member of
of the Red Fez club. He is the
third member of Fairview Lodge
to obtain the 50 year award, and
the first who hius held a full half
century of membership in Fair
view Lodge.
Others to receive the honor are
Capt. B. M. Ormand. who entered
Masonry in Gastonia-, the late D
M. Baker, and the late J. M. Pat
terson.
Numerous guests from lodges
of the area were present for the
communication.
Revival Services
To Begin Sunday
Rev. C. C. Crow, pastor of Mt.
Sinai Baptist church, in Shelby,
and Oak Grove Baptist church,
near Kings Mountain, will con
duet revival services at Patterson
Grove Baptits church beginning
Sunday night at 8 o'clock.
Morning services wil also be
conducted every morning at
10:30 a. m. .
The church extends a cordial
invitation to everyone to attend
these services,. Rev. John J.
Thornburg, Patterson Gr6ve pas
tor, said.
SLIGHTLY IMPROVED
J. C, Lackey, secretary of
Kings Mountain Building and
Loan association, was reported
slightly improved Wednesday,
Mr. Lackey has been confined
to his hofne'slnee July 6.
Winston Film
$1,100 Audit
Oiler Accepted
Ernst & Ernst, Winston-Salem
certified public accountants, will
audit the city's books for 1951-52
for a fee not to exceed $1,100.
The city board of commission
ers voted unanimously Monday
night to employ the Winston-Sa
lem firm and contract was execut
ed immediately.
The board had previously dis
cussed the withdrawal of the
Ernst & Ernst bid (originally a
maximum of $075). with Daive
Robinson, Ernst & Ernst repre
sentative.
He confirmed that his Initial
work here on June 30 - July 1 had
resulted in the discovery that at
least two accounts, taxes and
utilities, Were out-of-balance, but
added there was no intention to
charge anyone with more than
physical errors. He added that
the city clerk did not get the pro
per instruction on bookkeeping
procedures when he a.ssumed the
position.
"You can't have a turnover in
personnel without difficulty.
These boys are young but they
will learn," he stated.
He said the bid withdrawal was
due to two factors, one the argu
ment between the board over
whether the contract authorizing
vote, taken by Mayor Still and
two commissioners, wa3 legal,
and l>ecause of his discoveries
that two accounts were out-ol
balance. He said the firm did not
want to do the work unless the
board desired its services, arid es
timated that the additional work
required would be. about one week
for three men.
He said the firm would provide
a complete audit, according to
regular legal and accounting pro
cedures, and that it would do the
necessary educational work for
the $1,100 fee.
City Officials
At Gas Hearing
City Attorney J. R Davis, May
or Garland Still, and A. S. Hall,
of Atlanta, went to Raleigh
Tuesday to represent the city be
fore the North .Carolina Utilities
commission In a hearing on the
city's application for a certifi
cate of convenience and necessi
ty tr) sell natural fc as.
The city, seeks to sell natural
gas both to customers inside the
city limits and to' customers im
mediately adjacent to the' city.
The group had not returned
late Wednesday morning.
Attorney Davis said that the
application of the city ia opos i
ed by Public Service of North
Carolina, a private corporation,
which claims it already has the
franchise to sell outside the city
limits. . .
Should the city not be allowed
to sell to customers outside the
city, it would materially alter
the engineering estimates of po
tential revenue from the distri
bution of natural gas. Mr. Davis
said the certificate of necessity
is required In order that the city
may sell revenue bonds to fi
nance the construction of the
distribution system. He added
that the city automatically has
the right to distribute gas within
the cly limits.
Loom-Tex, Closed For 11 Weeks,
Now Accepting Work Applications
Loom -Tex Corporation, shut
down tor the past 11 weeks, be
gan accepting work applications
Tuesday afternoon and hopes to
resume production the first week
In August.
A. V. Hudson said plans for re
suming operations are still ten
tative, but that the firm hopes
to ran a three-shift operation.
Mr. Hudson said the firm still
has a very large Inventory of
finished goods, but that It hopes
to be able to produce at lowered
cost when operations are resum
i 1 1
ed.
Loom ? Tex Corporation, form
erly DuCourt, Inc., and prior to
that time a unit of Burlington
Mills, is one of the city's larger
plants, employing, at full pro
duction aoout 300 persons.
When operations were sus
pended, all cloth was run off the
looms and the shutdown was
corrrpleta. '
President of the con<^rn Is
Lester Martin, also head of Con
solidated Textiles.
Rim To Donate
31-Acre Tract
For City Plant
mnn? , r? tra<5t f?r develop
ZJL 8 ????muni,y recreation
nr?> n ? ;lccordf,vC terms of a
proposal accepted by the cltv
night ?f Ct?mm,ssloncrs Monday
Burlington had previously of
rerod to convey the site, which
les in the Bennett Drive-Clove
land Avenue area, provided the
city could furnish a suitable site -
iimiu pn outside the ?ity
Rrnhc ^K?P?vSal was Presented hy
Bruce rhorburn, of Burlington's
henix plant, who said his com
pany would convey the site free,
provided the city board adopted
he development proposal of the
mission3 and rCCrea,lon com"
The latter plan calls for a ten
mnnn^Vei?PmCnt Pr*>?rarti of a
S3.>0000 plant, but specifies that
5h-.ii K 0t the constructlon
shall come from two sources: 1)
fXsr revo"ucs a"d 21 '?"?
The complete proposal follows:
A. Jo obtain necessary property
,f d construct a Civic Centre and
-?creation Park in general ac- -
^ordance with the modified pre
iminary plans submitted by
Lharles M. Graves, Recreation
Engineer. Subject to final revl
sion and adoption.
B. The approximate cost estimat
ed at 000.00. ;
C. Under present condition and
restrictions thf constrtiction'to be
below- S,afie uisc as indicated
1. First Year ? ' .
(a) Surveying and grading.
<b) Construction layout and
engineering.
(c) Construct Softball and
Little League fields.
' Begin construction of
swimming pool.
2. First Five Years ?
(a) Complete swimming
pool, (Second year)
<b) Construct stadium. (Se.
cond year)
(c) Construct Civic Build
ings -as funds are atfaila
hie.
3. Second Five Years ?
(a) Finish all major con
structions.
X To financed as follows- ?
1. From City nor, tax revenues.
2. Contributions.
S SfS;?;bUd8e'
1. Parking Meter Monk-si
2. City non tax revenue,
?l. Contributions.
Foster To Graduate
From Newberry
KEWBERRyTTc. _ Richard
. . poster a son of Mr. and Mrs.
V r \e?*lCr ?/, Klnes Mountain,
is a candidate for ihe Bache
ner?Cnm0nCe d?erce at the Sum
ner Commencement Exorcises at
^wherry College. Angus' 1, 1952
mrt nC'Seo ^iH b<* held jn Hoi
' Hall at 8:30 p. m. with Prcsi
iont James C. Kinard. la Jg
? " ^ ??
Goforth Portrait
Fund Now $238
w,'h on'T one con
tribution being received. The
waVs?l.Wednea<,a7 rn?rn,0?
Hospital trustees hove asked
the people of the area to help
honor <he ,at# MlM Gofofth
ho willed her entire estate
for the building of a hospital
MLr- waa mor? th?n
? j j. 000 and was credited with
furnishing the impetus for
building Kings Mountain Hos
Pital. Miss Goforth'. beauest
was utilized in the recent ad
dition of the Lottie Goforth
wing.
Sufficient funds are sought
to paint a portrait of Miss Go
talth iOX han9in9 ot th* *>ospl.
rv,ChJt<^f \h&uld ?>? mailed to
Dr. O. P. Lewis, treasurer of
the fund.
Wednesday's statement from
Dr. Lewis follows:
Previously
acknowledge toon
I Pert Tlgnor
Total to date
S29S