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Kings Mountain's RELIABLE Newspaper
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VOL 62 NO. 44
Established 188.9
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, October 30. 1952
Sixty-Second Year
Pages
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Local News
Bulletins
BOABD ELECTED
Officers of the official board
of Central Methodist church
recently elected are Kelly Dix
on, chairman, Sam Stalllngs,
vice-chairman, and John C.
Smathers, secretary, according
to an announcement made this
week.
TO PAR EAST
Oapain James Mercer left
Wednesday for command in
the Far East. Mrs. Mercer and
daughter, Peggy, will remain
here with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Grier Plonk.
MRS. BOBERTS IMPROVING
Mrs. Ann Roberts, ibuycr for
Keeter's Department Store re
turned home Wednesday from
Memorial Hospital In Char
. lotte where she has been und
er going treatment for the past
*wo weeks.
BANF HOUDAY
Tuesday, Election Day, will
be observed as a holiday by
the First National Bank and
numerous other banks of the
area, It was announced this
week by L. E. Abbott, assistant
vice-president.
Bond
Notice Printed
Legally required public notice
of the December 6 city sewer im
provements bond election is pub
lished in today's issue of the
Herald.
In the formal notice, several
changes in election officials are
listed from the . previous an-|
nouncement of appointments. In
Ward II, Mrs. H. ,R. Parton will
serve as registrar, while Mrs. P.
D. Herndor. and Mrs. Ruth Thorn
asson will serve as Judges. In
Ward IV, Paul Led ford will serve
as registrar, while O. T. Hayes,
Sr., will serve as a judge.
Registration books will open
for the special election on No
vember 8 and the five ward poll
ing places.
The citizens are asked to vote
"YES" or "NO" ori the question
of issuing $600,000 in bonds for
sewer system improvements.
"Harvest Day"
At Oak Grove
Fourth annual Harvest Day
will be observed Sunday at Oak
Grove Baptist church, featuring
as aU-day service.
Following Sunday school at 10
o'clock, M, O. Thomburg will
bring the morning message at
11 o'clock. The lunch hour is 12:30
and a special song service begini
at 1:30 In the afternoon.
Since the launching of the Har- 1
vest Day observances, the church
has shown an exceptional record
of fund ? raising. Two years ago
it completed payment for the
church educational building, and
has since raised $12,000 on its new
church building. ,
Pastor of the church Is Rev. C.
C. Crow, named rural minister of
the year In North Carolina, and
last weekend elected moderator
of the Kings Mountain Baptist
association.
Ten faycees Attend
Lincolnton 'Meeting
Ten Kings Mountain Jaycees
attended a third district meeting
at LIncolnton Monday night a
long with some 225 Jaycees from
other clubs in the district.
J. L. Wilkie, of Shelby, distrfft
vice-president, presided at the ses
sion.
Albemarle's Jaycees won the at- J
tendance prize with a 58.3 per
cent figure. Bessemer City's club
was recognized as the newest or
ganization. The new group was j
founded wtth assistance by Wil
son Griffin, extensions chairman
and other Kings Mountain Jay
cees.
Present from the Kings Moun
tain club were President Joe Hed
den, Paul Walker and J. T. Mc
Ginnls, vice ? presidents, Grady I
Howard, Louis Falls, K. E. Mor
rlaon, J. C, McKlnney, Nathan |
Reed, Delbert Dixon and Mr. Grif
fin.
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Commissioners Exonerated
On Charges Of Misconduct
Suit Against
Trio Dfcmissed;
Davis Cleared
City Commissioner Lloyd EX
Davis was found not guilty on a
charge of misconduct in office by
a Superior Court Jury iTuesday
morning, and another charge of
misconduct in office against
Commissioners Davis, B. T.
W right, Sr., and C. P. Barry was
dismissed by Judge J. H. Clement,
presiding over Cleveland County
Superior Court, Tuesday after
noon.
The court actions thus fully ex.
onerated the commissioners and
completed actions pending for
several months.
The case charging Mr. Davis
with misconduct alleged that he
had traded with himself, while
the case against the three com
missioners charged them with un
lawfully cancelling a debt alleged
ly owed the city by Fred J.
Wright, Jr., and J. Elmer Rhea.
The Davis case was called Mon
day afternoon, with the prosecu
tion trying to prove that Mr. Da
vis had sold the city three items
of equipment for Its fire depart
ment quarters. Testimony center
ed around a check drawn by the
city to AJllson-Ervln Company,
Charlotte wholesalers. Defense at
torneys were C. C. Horn and
John Mahoney, while the ca?e
was prosecuted by Peyton Mc
Swaln and A. A. Powell, aiding
Solicitor Jim Farthing.
The trial was not concluded
when court recessed Monday af
ternoon and the jury received it
Tuesday morning. To the question
of Judge Clement, the jury fore
man replied, "Not guilty."
Mr. Davis did not testify, nor
did any witnesses for the defense.
The case against the thrtfe com
missioners Was dismissed by
Judge Clement at 2:32 p. m. Tues
day afternoon,. after the prosecu
tion, again conducted by Attor
neys Powell and McSwain, failed
to establish clear evidence of a
debt owed the city. Seven wit
nesses had been called, including
City Clerk Joe Hendrlck, former
clerks S. A. CrouSe and O. T.
Hayes, Commissioner James Lay
ton, L. C. Parsons, superintendent
of public works, M. K. Fuller,
general superintendent of public
works, and Mayor Garland Still.
Defense attorneys were Horace
Kennedy, C. C. Horn, John Ma
honey and Jim West, with Mr.
Kennedy conducting majority of
the cross examination. Prior to
empaneling of the Jury, Mr. Ken
nedy had moved for dismissal of
the case. Mayor Still had been re
called to the witness chair when
Judge Clement declared the ac
tion "dismissed".
The county grand Jury had re
turned true bills after Mayor Still
had presented the charges.
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BAPTIST MODERATOR ?Rev. C.
C, Crow, pastor of Oak drove
Baptist church, was elected mod
erator of the Kings Mountain
Baptist association for the com
ing year at the annual meeting
of the association Friday. He
succeeds the Rev. John W. Sut
tie, who served as moderator for
40 years.
Schools Schedule
Hallowe'en Fetes
Friday, October 31, is Hallowe
en and as has been customary in
years past the several schools of
the community will be the sites
of principal Hallowe'en night
festivity,
Parent - Teachers associations
of East, Wesi, Central, and Park
Grace elementary schools are
collaborating with faculties to
provide the annua! Hallowe'en
entertainment.
The Hallowe'en night festivity
officially begins at 5:30 o'clock
at Central school when a carni
val with a parade of all the cus
tomary Hallowe'en characters,
spooks, witches, and goblins, will
h'gh light the evening's enter
tainment.
?Supper will be available at
each of the several schools with
sales of hot dogs, hamburgc*
cookies, cakes, pies, and other
items available for ^he public.
An added feature at East school
will be a performance of the
Jack and Jill Kindergarten pu
pils.
At 7 o'clock, a festival at Park
Grace has been planned for the
annual Hallowe'en night fetes.
Grover high school has plan
ned a Hallowe'en carnival be
ginning at 6 o'clock with valu
able prizes to be awarded during
the evening. A king and queen
contest will be the main attrac
tion of the night's festivities.
METER RECEIPTS
A total of $143.10 was collec
ted from the city's parking
meters Wednesday morning
according to a report <by the
city treasurer's office.
Managing Hospital Keeps loe Dixon
On Run As Bookkeeper, Janitor, Etc.
A Kings Mountain physician re
cently, remarked, "Joe Dixon's
face is like a weathervane, from
which it Is easy to read wheather
Kings Mountain hospital is full
of patients."
The doctor went on to remark
that the business manager was
full of pep when the patient load
lis. heavy, downcast wher the 40
beds of the hospital are predomi
nantly unoccupied.
Mr. Dixon pleads innocent of
wishing anyone ill fortune but
admits that his job of balancing
the books on the operation of
Kings Mountain hospital requires
a high patient load. He says he
hopes none' will become HI. but.
If they do. he hope* they'll get
well at the modernly-equlpped
hospital It la his Job to manage.
Mr. Dixon has received general
praise from the hospital board
of trustees for his management
of the new, expanding Klng?
Mountain plant, a unit of the
county hoapltal system, a task
that makes him the nominal oper
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MANAGES HOSPITAL ? Jo*
Dixon to the busy manogtr of
King* Mountain hospital. Mr.
Dixon Joined the hospital prior
to tts opening and hat aeon It
?Kponid to ? 40- bod Npadlr In
It month* of operation.
Swimming Pool
Tops Recreation
Project List
Members of the city recreation
commission, in meeting at the
home of Chairman A. B. Chand
ler last Friday evening, mapped
initial plans for the building of
a city swimming pool and other
wise outlined a tentative pro
gram cf activity for the summer
of 1953.
W. K. Mauney, Jr., Dr- P. G.
Padgett and Chairman Chandler
were named as a finance com
mittee to lay plans for a fund
raising campaign designed to
launch the project. The commit
tee is to report at a forthcoming
meeting, tentatively scheduled
for early November, when plans
will be adopted and officers of
the commission named for the
coming year.
The commission also asked
Burlington Mills for a letter of
intent, regarding the large tract
which the company has Indicat
ed it would give to the city for
development of a city recreation
plant.
The commission is aiming, it
was agreed for launching of the
recreation plant project in time
tor use during 1953, and its
members agreed that a public
swimming pool should ibe first
construction aim on a long-term
development program.
Plans were discussed for for
mation of three levels of boys'
baseball for next summer, in
cluding the little'league program
Initiated last summer, and two
others with different age groups
Mr. Chandler estimated the
cost of building a swimming
pool, wading pool and bath
house at about $35,000.
Member? present, in addition
to the chairman, were Rev.. P. 1).
Patrick, W. K. Mauney, Jr., Jack
Hullehder. John P. leathern, O: G
Kelly and Mrs. Aubrey Mauney.
Garden Clubs
ITe Meet Here
The three garden clubs of
Kings Mountain and ihe Besse
mer City Garden Club will be
joint hosts at a meeting of the,
garden clubs in district 3 of
North Carolina Wednesday No
vember 5 at Central Methodist
church.
Mrs Joseph Rothman. presi
dent of the Bessemer City Gar
den club, Mrs. W. M Gantt, pres
ident of the Open Gate Garden
Clirt>. Mrs. Sam Davis, House
and Garden Club, and Mrs. Carl
Mauney, president of the kings
Mountain Garden ciub, will act
as hostesses. Members of the
newly organized Magnolia Gar
den Club will be pages for the
meeting.
Registration for the meeting
will begin at 9:30 at Central
Methodist church, the program
to begin at 10:30 o'clock with
Mrs. Glenn Lor.g of Newton -as
guest speaker.
Luncheon will 1>? served at 1
o'clock at the Woman's Club.
Price of the luncheon is $1.25
and the registration fee is 50
cents.
Reservations may be made by
calling ?Mrs. Phillip Padgett.
Approximately 200 are expect
ed to attend the meeting with
guests coming from Charlotte,
Statesvllle, Gasfonia, and Besse
mer city
Democrats Stage
Hoover-Cart Parade
A Democratic parade got the
attention of Kings Mountain citi
zens Tuesday afternoon.
Lead vehicle in the parade was
a two-wheel cart, reminiscent of
the depression-era, and pulled by
an aged mule. Large signs on the
cart, chauffered by Irvin Alien,
Kings Mountain farmer and for
mer Democratic sheriff, read
"Lest We Forget",
A half-dozen automobiles, with
horns getting a heavy workout,
trailed the cart, all the earn bear
ing Democratic standards urging
support of Candidates Stevenson
and Umstead at next Tuesday's
election.
ARCHITECTS DRAWING OF NEW CHURCH? Shown above Is Architect J. Frederick Lawson's sketch
of the new St. Matthew's Lutheran church which will replace the old structure at the corner of Pied
mont avenue and Ridge street which has been a community landmark for almost three-quarters of
a century. Final service was held in the old building Sunday morning, and work on razing of the old
building is already underway. C. T. Bennett Construction Company was awarded contract to build the
new structure. Total cost of the new plant is expected to exceed $200,000.
Pro-Ike Group
Schedules Rally
At Shelby Friday
' Cleveland County Citizens for
Eisenhower will hold a rally at
the' Shelby Armory Friday night
at 8 o'clock, it was announced
yesterday by Edward H. Smith
He urged Kings Mountain Ei
senhower supporters tv. attend
and- said that refreshments
would be served. Special music
will feature the program and
flowers will be given women
who attend, he added.
Speakers at the rally will be'
Clarence Peters, author, and
Jesse W. Page, state chairman,
of the Citizens for Eisenhower
I organization.
j Mr. Smith' also called attention
I to the two-hour Ike-a Thon tele
vision and radio .show scheduled
for Saturday night beginning at
11 o'clock, and to be carried over
WBTV and a 25-station radio net
work.
Appearing on the show? will be
Metropolitan Opera t-tar I^eonard
Pease snd Miss Ju?!ana Larsen,
Internationally - known night
club singer.
A panel of experts will be on
hand to discuss current issues
and answer any questions phon
ed In iby listeners. The panel wilt
Include: Clarence Peters, author
of several books on foreign af
fairs, and former "Research Di
rector of The American Town
Meeting On The Air; Charles
Cullen, business consultant and
tax expert; and Dr. R. S.
Snyder, retired Presbyterian
minister, government consultant
and longtime visitor to Russia.
Dr. Snyder is considered an out
standing authority on Commun
ism, from both the religious and
political aspects. He has recently
returned from a 15,000 mile in
spection trip of Europe for the
government.
Voters Will Decide
Three Amendments
? . ' ,t
North Carolina voters will vote
"yes" or "no" on Tuesday to
three proposed changes in the
state constitution.
The questions are:
1) Shall the constitutional li
mitation of 15 cents tax per $100
valuation be raised to 20c per
5100 valuation?
2) Shall the governor be allow
ed to fill certain vacancies in
office by appointment, rather
than by special election as now
required. 'The amendment
would enable the filling of va
cancies in the North Carolina
General Assembly.)
3) Shall the constitution be a
mended to provide for appoint
ment by the governor to fill cer
tain vacancies* with such ap
pointees holding office until the
next regular election for mem
bers of the General Asserr?bly
held more than 30 days after
such vacancy occurs? (Under
present provisions, a vacancy
may occur very close to a gen
eral election as to make virtual
ly Impossible the printing and
dtotrKrutlon of the necessary bal
lots.
Democrat Record
Praised By Jones
Election Officials
Urge Early Voting
Persons expecting to vote
next Tuesday are being urged
by both the chairman o i the
county elections board and by
the registrars to vote as early
in the day as possible.
Pointing to the heavy regis
tration during the past three
weeks, they anticipate a very j
heavy vote and a busy day,
with possible jam-ups in the
afternoon and the possibility
thct some would-be-voters can
not be handled.
The polls open at 6:30 a. m.
and close twelve hours later at j
6:30 p. m. j
Merchants Map
Yule Opening
Members of the board of direc
tors of Kings Mountain Mer
chants association devoted their
full October session Monday to
discussion of plans for the annual
Christmas opening celebration,
? now scheduled for December 4.
Plans call fdr a different type
of observance this year. Instead
of a parade, a children's party is
scheduled for City Stadium, with
attendance by Santa Claus as the
feature on the program. In addi
tion, Christmas treats will be giv
en all children present:
The Christmas opening commit
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Congressman
Uiges Support
Of Full Ticket
Praising highly the record of
good government in Illinois un
der Governor Arllai -Stevenson.
Congressman Woodrpw \V. .Jones
<? ilk'ii oit Kings Mountain ,< lti
/.ens for full support of ihe Do
moeratio ticket in the ,p,riftcipat
address at a .Democratic rail v :Yi
City Hall Ti/esday night.
Speaking to a: crowd that vi'
tually filleil the Courtroom, Re
presentative Jones declared that
the economic j>olieics of. the Re
publican party led to the Great
Depression of the thirties and
added, "They saw it coming and
did nothing about it."
He reminded that wage rates
In 1932 were 14 eents per hour,
as compared to $1.15 today, and
that cotton sold for five cents
per pound as compared to to
day's market of 36 to -10 cents.
Referring to the disagreement
between southern and northern
wings of the Democratic party,
he reminded that it is natural
in any party, if a particular sec
tion doesn't intend to withdraw
from all parties. The Republican
party, he pointed out, has many
disagreements in its ranks and
added, "The, policies bothering
us Southerners were instigated
by the Republican party."
"The Democrats believe in all
Continued on Page Eiyht
Mote? Court Guests Give Margin
To Ike In Straw Vote Balloting
Tourists stopping over here at
Kings Mountain Court and par
ticipating in a presidential straw
vote conducted by the owner, Dan
Huffstetler, favored Republican
General Elsenhower for president
fey 57 to 41 oyer his opponent
Democrat Adlai Stevenson.
Mr. Huffstetler said guests
were much more willing to par
ticipate in the poll a few weeks
ago than they have in the past
two weeks. He did not guess whe
ther the i,l<?uitie of attitude was
due to indecision.
The straw ballot listed informa
tion whereby -the participant
coult! list his party affiliation,
name, address, remarks and his
opinion on how his state's vote
would go.
The poll participants Included
people from 28 states, Including
North Carolina, Illinois, Kentuc
ky, Georgia, New York, Virginia,
Pennsylvania, Florida, New Jer
sey. Nebraska, Texas, Tennessee,
Ohio, Mississippi, New Mexico,
Maryland, Michigan, South Caro
lina, Alabama. Connecticut, Ore
gon, Vermont. Indiana. Arizona,
Massachusetts, California, Arkan
sas, and Missouri.
Only a few of the straw-voters
took the trouble to write out "re
marks", but some of them were
quite interesting, and indicate the
variety of thoughts influencing
the vo>ers in the campaign which
the voters of the nation will settle
next Tuesday.
The pro Ike remarks varied
from "run the rascals out" themes
to more positive comments indi
cating a strong personal belief
in the abilities of General Eisen
hower.
A Mississippi citizen wrote:
"Too much New Deal, too much
taxes, too much spending."
A gloomy Miami citizen wrote,
"We must have a change in Wash
ington, if we are to survive."
A Dallas, Texas lady didn't find
room enough on the card, wrote j
a page diatribe on' the subject in
which she flayed the Democrats
for everything from corruption
to the Korean War, though she
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5.788 Eligible
Voters Listed
In Township
, ? 1 . ? /-Ty?- -V*r? -
Number I Township ciflzons are
expected to go to the polls in re
cord numbers next Tuesday, as
they join the other citizens of the
nation in helping to choose a
president for the four years be
ginning in January. . >
Also to be decided are state and
district races between Democrats
and Republicans, but principal in
terest here has been evidenced in
the choice of "presidents between
General Dwigiit D, Kisenhnwer,
the Republican, and Illinois Gov
ernor Adlat I'. Stevenson, the
Democrat.
More interest in a general elec
tion has. been shown in normally
Democratic Clevt land County
than in many years, with Repub
lican leaders predicting their
most favorable vote since {ler
bert Hoover came within some
200 votes of obtaining a majority
in .the county. Mr. Hoover carried
Kings Mountain in 1928, with
more than 1,700 votes being cast
in Niimber 1 Township. Demo
crats profess to be unworried by
the Republican claims.
Registration for the Tuesday
election has been very heavy, and
registrars report 5,78.8 persons
listed on their books. Of the total,
1,110 'registered during the recent
registration period which ended
on Saturday. Almost half of that
number, 512, stormed registra
tion places on the final day. In
Kings Mountain, both precinct
registrars had few free moments,
and toward the end of the day
a long line was formed by people
Seeking to register, or to check
registrations, at West Kings
Mountain precinct.
Figures given by the registrars
list the following breakdown on
the Number 1 Township regist ra
tion figures: Kast Kings Moun
tain, 2,27C>; West Kings Mountain,
2,339; G rover, (>38; Uethware, 535.
Number 1 township voters will
ELECTION FACTS
Election- day: Tuesday. No
vember 4, 1952.
Polls open: 6:30 a. m.
Polls close: 6:30 p- m. ?
Offices to be filled: presi
dency Of 'the Unifed States,
state offices, county offices,
district and township offices,
Uth district congressional seat.
Number oof ballots: six.
Township polling places:
East Kings Mountain, City
Hall courtroom; West Kings
[ Mountain, Victory Chevrolet
Company;. Bethware, Bethware
school; Grover, Keeter's Dry
Goods Store.
Total township registration:
5.788.
Total predicted vote in town
ship: 3.000 to 3.200.
have the opportunity of casting
six ballots, a presidential ticket,
a state and district ballot, a coun
ty ballot, a county district ballot
and township ballot, in addition
to a separate ballot on three con
stitutional amendments to the
North Carolina constitution.
The Important ones are the
presidential, state and constitu
tional amendment tickets, the lo
cal-lev?! Democratic candidates
having no opposition for county
and township offices.
The following contests are list
ed on the state ballot: for gover
nor. William B. Umstead <D) and
H. F. Seawell, Jr., (R); for lieu
tenant ? governor. Luther H. Hod
ges (D> and Warren H. Pritchard
(R); for secretary of state, Thad
Eure (D) and Frank G. Carr <R);
for state auditor, Brandon P. Hod
ges <D) and S. C. Eggers (R);
for state attorney general, Harry
McMullan (D) and Avalon E. Hall
(R); for superintendent of public
instruction (short term) Charles
F. Carroll (D); for superinten
dent of public instruction (regular
term) Charles F. Carroll (D) and
Jeter L. Haynes (R) ; for cotnmls
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Bridges Reported
Running For Mayor
Glee A. Bridges, former coun
ty commissioner will be a
candidate for mayor in the bi
ennial city election noxt May,
j according to reports In politi
cal circles here during the past
week.
The rumors were not new but
were strongest they had been
since discussion of his possi
ble candidacy began several
weeks' ago.
Mr. Bridges Is reported to
hare stated It this way. "The
next mayor will have me to
beat"