Population
City Limit# 7.206
Trading Area . . 1 5,000
(1945 Ration Board Figuroc)
Kings Mountain's RELIABLE Newspaper
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VOL 63 NO. 25
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, June 18, 1953
Sixty-Third Year
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Local News
Bulletins
ATTEND MEETING
Mr., and Mrs. R. H. Webb at
tended the annual Textile
Chemist Colorist Convention
in session at Blowing Rock ov
er the weekend.
FATHER ILL
B. N. Barnes, superintendent
of schools, has been called
? home to Lumberton due to the
serious Illness of his father, L.
B. Barnes, who is a patient in
Robeson County hospital.
BREAKS LEG
Fate Lackey, well - known
Kings Mountain farmer, suf
fered a broken leg in a fall at
his home Monday. He is a pa
tient at Kings Mountain hos
pital.
COMMENCEMENT
First Baptist church vacation
Bible school commencement
will be held Sunday night at
7:30. Plans for a school picnic
are being set for Friday, ac-*
cording to announcement this
week.
INSTALLATION
R. M. Gldney, of Shelby,
Lions deputy district governor,
will install officers of the
Kings Mountain Lions club for
1953-54 at the meeting of the
organization next Tuesday
night at 7 o'clock at Masonic
Lodge Dining Room.
METER RECEIPTS
A total of $144.03 was collec
ted from the city's parking me
ters Wednesday morning, ac
cording to a report from the
city treasurer's office.
OFF TO CAMP
Members of the Kings Moun
tain National Guard company
l?ft Sunday for Fort McClel
Ian, Ala., Where they will un
dergo a two-week encamp
ment. The company Is sched
uled to return on Sunday, June
28.
UNION SERVICES
Union services will be held
Sunday at 8 o'clock at Boyce
Memorial ARP church with
Rev- P. L. Shore, pastor of Cen
tral Methodist church, to de
liver the message.
SCHOOL MEETING
School committees from area
schools which would be effect
ed by expansion of the Kings
Mountain school district are to
meet at Central school Monday
night at 7:30. It will be the
third meeting of the commit
teemen. School officials hope
to have information from the
state department at 'Raleigh
and from the attorney general
on quesions concerning the
proposed consolidation.
Wilson Injured
In Friday Wreck
Bill iMilis Wilson of route 3 is
receiving treatment In Kings
Mountain hospital for injuries
sustained in an accident on
Highway 161 last Friday night.
The two-car accident report
edly occurred In front of Woods
Tavern between Kings Mountain
and Bessemer City shortly toe
fore 8 p. m.
According to Gaston county in
vestigating Patrolman E. N. Hoo
per, Wilson was headed north
and was cutting in And out of
traffic when he struck the rear
of another car traveling north
driven by Samuel W. Robertson
of York, S. C.
Mary Ann Daggenhart, resi
dent of Ridge street, ran out In
front of an automobile driven by
June Clyde Clary on Ridge street
Sunday at 7:30 p. m. The acci
dent was unavoidable and she
received only rfiinor injuries,
City police officer C. K Huffatet
ler, investigating officer, rejwrt
ed. v .
Jo? L. Harrison of Dllllng
street was going up Phenlx
street .Saturday night, officers
said, when he last control of his
car forcing it into a neaitoy tele
phone pole. Officers Gladden
and Cooke made the investiga
tion.
Charles Cleveland Yawn was
traveling South on Piedmont av
enue Sunday when the vehicle
which he was driving collided
into ^jjggfr hear the intersec^'on
of Piedmont and Lackey street.
Officer P. A. Hawkins investiga
ted. .
Vehicles driven toy Janes
Feaster of Earl. ff. C., and Robert
W|ttMav(llng KoutftyMK
US 29 Tuesday. Mr. Dawklns was
stopped for * red light on Rail
road avenue. The car driven by
Jteaster collided with the J>aw
klns automobile. OCBusi f. &
Eight Teachers
Resign Posts
In City System
.*< ? ?
Eight resignations' were ac
cepted and one new teacher was
elected at the regular monthly
meeting of the Kings Mountain
district board of school trustees
held at Central school Monday
night at 7:30 p. m.
Elected to the faculty for 1953
54 was Miss Dorothy Hodges, of
Hodges, S. C., an elementary
teacher.
Resignations were accepted
from the following:
Miss Doris Stout, Central 4th
grade teacher.
Mrs. Octavla C. COggins, Cen
tral 7th grade.
Miss Hazel Armstrong, high
school English.
Miss Florence Shuford, high
school math ^nd history.
Mrs. Eleanor Settlemyre Hen
nis, East 4th grade.
Mrs. Irene Addis, East 6th
grade.
Mrs. N. R. Clark, piano.
Miss Mary Mallard, Bible.
Fred W. Plonk, member of the
board's building committee, re
ported agreement on purchase
prices of several lots needed for
the new Davidson school site,
including J. E. Rhea, $1,300,
Katherine Boyd, $250, and Odes
sa Shields, $350. He also report
ed a low bid of $1,300 for house
moving f6r the project and the
board discussed another propos
ed purchase for the site.
Superintendent B. N. Barnes
reported all school property now
properly deeded to the board
and the group took up prelimi
nary discussion of school child
Insurance.
Dr. P. G. Padgett was named
to select a committee from the
Garden Clubs of the city or else
where to assist In planning
beautiflcation of city school
grounds.
The board authorized Mr.
Barnes to purchase or trade
memeograph machines needed by
the school*.
The board voted the city parks
and recreation commission per
mission to use the gymnasium
and playground for the summer
recreation program provided ex
pense of operation be taken care
of.
Chairman A. W. Kincaid pre
sided and members present were
Mr. Plonk, Dr. Padgett, and J. R.
Davis.
Weevil Alarming
Farm Officials
Cleveland County cotton farm
ers were warned this week by
Howard Clapp, county agent,
that they stand a good chance
of losing a cotton crop if they
do not poison the boll weevil
crop.
"We're alarmed," County A
gent Clapp told the Herald.
He said a Tuesday morning
official count in five Cleveland
fields resulted in finding infes.
tation ranging from a low of 22
percent to a high of 71 percent,
"Our rule is to dust when in
festation percentage is 10 per
cent or above," he continued. *
He said he felt that the cur
rent crop can yet be saved but
added "not if farmers wait too
long to start their dusting."
"Gideon" Drama j
In Journal Feature
North Carolina'^ burgeoning
outdoor draima industry^ includ
ing Kings Mountain's '^Sword of
Gideon," will be featured in the
forthcoming Sunday edition of
the Atlanta Journal, it was
learned here this week.
The Atlanta Journal is ob
tainable at local newsstands.
The "Sword of Gideon" open
in July at Kings Mountain Na
tional Military Park for a 12-per
formance run.
Most Retailers
To Holiday 4th
Though a few merchants
hare expressed question about
the wisdom of closing on Sat
urday, July 4, for. the annual
Independence Day holiday, al
most all of retail Kings foun
tain will be closed that day,
J. C. Bridges, president of the
Kings Mountain Merchants as
sociation said Wednesday.
Mr. Bridges said he had per
sonally contacted a number of
merchants who had expressed
reservations about closing
their doors on a Saturday, and
that almost all have agreed
to follow the association by
laws.
Mr. Bridges also said that
his information from surround
ing cities indicated they,, too,
would observe the holiday on
the proper day. He said Ga's
tonia merchants are schedul
ed to clo3e for the day and
that the vast majority of
Shelby merchants are closing
on July 4.
Harmon Property
Bid Was S7.030
Commissioner's re sale of the
properties of the late Thomas N.
Harmon last Saturday resulted
in an increased bid on one of the
two parcels of realty being sold.
Several persons bid briskly on,
the lot at the corner of Battle
ground avenue and Falls street,
with M. L. Harmon, Sr., the high
bidder at $7,030. Mr. Harmon was
the high 'bidder at the first sale
at $6,300, a bid later raised by
the legally required five percent
by Miss Ruth Randall.
Raised bid of $551.25 of FreH
Wright, Sr-, on the T. N. Harmon
half- interest in a tract of ten
and one-fourth acres adjoining
Crescent Hill Development Com
pany, and others, was not in
creased. Original high bid of
$525 was made by Campbell
Phifer, owner of the remaining
half-interest.
Bids on both tracts remain
open through June 23, and may
be raised .by posting with the
commissioner, Martin L. Har
mon, Jr., cash or check in the a
mount of five percent of the
present bids.
Burton Purchases
Grocery Interest
R. H. (Doc) Burton, former but
cher at Plonk's Grocery, has pur
chased the interest of W. R.
Peterson in Ware & Peterson gro
cery, according to announcement
yesterday.
The transaction was completed
Tuesday.
The partnership will be operat
ed in the future as Ware & Burton
Grocery.
Mr. Burton, who has been em- J
ployed at Margrace Mill since
January, will become actively as
sociated with the business this
weekend.
Mr. Peterson has been confined
to his home for the past three
weeks following a heart attack.
Weir Is Graduated
At Bowman-Gray
Alexander Franklin Weir, Jr.,
of Gastonia, grandson of Mr. and
Mrs. S. S. Weir, of Kings Moun
tain, was among the medical stu
dents at Bowman Gray School of
Medicine graduated Sunday with
the degree of Doctor of Medicine.
Among those attending the
graduation program were Lee
Curtis Weir, of Los Angles, Calif.,
Miss Veatrice Weir, of Charlotte,
W. Ted Weir; Mr. and Mrs. Eu
gene Roberts, Kenneth and David
Roberts, MiSs Annie Roberts and
Mr. and Mrs. J. Ross Roberts, all
of Kings Mountain, anU Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Cook, of Clover, S.
C.
Dr. Weir will take his lr*?rn
ship at Mid-State Baptist hospi
tal, Nashville, Tenn.
Shelby Clippers To Play Lexington
In Kiwanis-Sponsoied Game June 26
The Shelby Clippers will face
the Lexington Indians in a Tar
Heel League contest at City Sta
dium here on Friday night, June
2S at 8 p. m.
The game is being sponsored
by the Kings Mountain Kiwanis
club and tickets are on sale pri
ced at 35 and 75 cents.
The Indians replace the Lin
colnton Cards tor the game
which waa set here before Sta
tesvllle and High Point - Thorn
asvllle dropped from the loop,
necessitating a re- shuffling of
the schedule.
9MeWy, home team In the con
teet hate, features Charlie Bal
lard, Kings Mountain business
man and veteran baseball play
er.^ at first base. Ballard is high
In the league batting averages
and has been drawing a large
following to Clipper games for
many seasons.
J. B. Keeter is general chair
man of the Kiwanls club com
mittee arranging the game. Glee
A. Bridges is In charge of ticket
sales and Arnold Riser, program
advertising. B. S. Weill And L. E.
Abbott arc secretary -treasurer*.
Tickets are on sale at Kings
Mountain Drug Co., Bridges
Hardware, Griffin Drug Co.
Plonk BrotWs lr Co., and B. A
ft. JBsataumnt, as well as fay
Many Kiwanians.
Mauney Mills
Employee Faces
Muidei Charge
Andy Devine, since mid-May
a third. shift twister hand at
Mauney Mills, Inc., is one of two
men being held without ?bond in
Lincoln County jail charged with
the murder of L. D. Farmer, Sr..
50. of route 1, Lincolnton.
The body of the murdered man
was found in Cleveland County,
after friends of the other man
held for murder, Boyd Neal, of
Lincoln county, called Lincoln
county officers and told them
Neal had a statement to ma^c
about a shooting;. Neal, in turn,
led the officers to the place
where Farmer was buried in a
shallow grave.
Assisting in the investigation
was J. Ollie Harris, of Kings
Mountain, Cleveland County cot
oner, and Sheriff Haywood Alien.
Devine, who lives at Cherry
ville, was picked up about <1:30
Sunday afternoon by SBI Agent
John Vanderford and Patrolman
J. H. Parker.
Investigating officers stated
that friends of Neal called Sher
iff Frank P. Heavner yesterday
morning and said that Neal
wished to make a statement con
cerning a shooting. The sheriff
went to the Rudisill Spinning
mills section where Neal lives.
The local officer quoted Neal as
telling him that he was with
Farmer and Devine when the
murder occurred.
Neal directed officers to the
spot where the body was buried
on the banks of Muddy Fork
Creek about five miles southeast
of Cherryville. Officers also quo
ted Neal as saying that the
shooting took place in or near
his home and that the .body was
taken to the spot where it was
?buried in Farmer's automobile.
The car was found at Lake Syl
via last night.
Neal was drinking when he
talked to Sheriff Heavner, offi
cers said.
The body had been burled face
dawn. Farmer was unclothed,
except for his underwear and a
sock. Tis trousers, which were
buried under him, contained on
ly a plug of tobacco.
The dead man was buried a
bout a mile from the main
highway.
. Officers questioned Neal's wife
who said she saw Farmer, De
vine and Neal drive off in a car
shortly after 6 p. m. Saturday.
Farmer was slumped over in the
auto and she thought he was
Just drunlc.
Investigating officers said the
time of Farmer's death has been
fixed at between 6 and 7 p. m..
Saturday. They also said that
they have three eye witnesses to
the murder.
Board To Meet
Friday Evening
The city board of commission
ers will hold a special meeting
Friday night at 7:30, with the
principal business receiving of
bids for installation of 1100 feet
of curb-and-gutter on one block
of West Gold street.
Previously advertised, all bids
were rejected at the June 4th
meeting, when it appeared that
misunderstandings over the Job
specifications existed among all
bidders.
Mayor Glee A. Bridges said
the receipt of bids on the curb
and-gutter Job would be the
principal Item of business.
The board probably will also
consider adoption of the privi
lege license ordinance for the
.oming fiscal year, since privi
lege licenses, are due and paya
,ble beginning July I.
Other items of business to be
considered will be in the routine
category, Mayor Bridges said.
Lay Leaders Conduct
Sunday Services
Lay leaders will again give the
morning worship program at
Resurrection Lutheran church
Sunday ?t 11 a. m.
Sam Mitchem will lead the ser
vice and E. K. VVhitener will
speak.
Last Sunday. Bob Ledbetter
read the service and Aubrey Mau
ney spoke on South American
mission fields.
The programs were arranged
during the absence of Rev. Vance
Daniel, the pastor, who is on va
cation with hi* wife and two chil
dren.
KIWAKIS PROGRAM
W. A. Murphy, special agent
in charge of the Charlotte of
fice of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, will address
member* of the Klwanls club
At their Thursday night meet
ting at Masonic Dining Room
?
Large Segment Of Kings Mountain
Industry Planning July 4 Holiday
NEW CABIN AT CAMP ROTARY ? The new eight- girl capacity cabin at Camp Rotary pictured above
has been completed during recent months and was donated by E. T. Plott, of Kings Mountain. The
new cabin increases the capacity of the camp, which opens Monday, to 56 Girl Scouts.
Girl Scout Camp
Will Open Monday
Plott-Donated
Cabin Increases
Rotaxy Capacity
A 16-foot cabin, gift of E. T.
Plott, of Kings Mountain, has
been completed at Camp Rotary
for Girl Scouts.
The cabin is screened and pro
tected from driving rains by
wooden shutters and is stained
a deep green to. blend with the
natural woods settijng.
Camp Rotary is operated for
seven weeks each summer and
opens <Monday, June 22, for it's
1953 session.
Mr. Plott, who has been active
in girl scouting here for a num
ber of years, Is a past member
of the Kings Mountain committee
for Girl Scouts and is a member
of the Girl Scout area camp com
mittee.
The cabin will permit eight ad
ditional girls to attend the camp
each summer. Camp Rotary now
can accommodate 56 girls.
Highlights of this summer's
session will be a Visit of eight
British rangers from Northern
Ireland, Wales. Scotland, and
England, the first two weeks In
August. One of these British
guides is expected to rfpend a
weekend here.
A new well, 170 feet deep,
which produces 90 gallons of wa
ter per minute, has been dug at
Camp Rotary, with $316 of the
cost of the project contributed
by Neisler Mills.
Lumber, used for stalls at horse
shows in recent years, has been
donated to Camp Kiwanis, Pio
neer Area camp for Negro Girl
Scouts, by the Kings Mountain
Kiwanis club to be used for build
ing additional cabins at the camp,
located at the foot of the west
side of Crowders Mountain.
Continued On Page Eight
! Nation To Observe
Father's Day 21st
Sunday is Father's Day.
Kings Mountain merchants
say they're ready and report
that early-bird shoppers
bought for the Father's Day
observance last weekend. Some
even became panicky as Sat
urday dosing time n eared and
rushed into stores so as to be
"in time." They wer? by a
week.
Apparel merchants say they
are ready for the full treat
ment from suits to swim
trunks, and Jewelers are ad
vertising any number of items
designed to please the head
of the household. Drug stores
are featuring favorite lines of
sharing tools, and furniture
firms invite purchases of easy
chairs, smokers, lamps and
other comfort - producing i
tems.
ARP To Hear
Missionary
Rev. Frank Pressiy, ARP mis
sionary to Pakistan, will speak
at 11 o'clock services Sunday
morning at Boyce Memorial
ARP church. .
A native of Due West. S. C., the
missionary is on his first fur*
lough from the Pakistan mis
sionary field.
A World War II veteran, he
served as a lieutenant In the
naval reserve, being decorated
for bravery in action as a PT
boat skipper.
CARTES ELECTED
T. A. (Tommy) Carter was
recently elected president of
the Cherryville Lions cluib. A
citizen of Cherryville, Mr. Car
ter Is well-known In Kings
Mountain.- He is a salesman
for Virginia Life Insurance
Company.
City Summer Recxeation Program
Opens; Night Schedule Changed
Vacationing Kings Mountain
school children participated in
large numbers on the first two
days the Central gymnasium rec
reation center was opened and
announcement has been made
that the center wjll be open on
Thursday and Friday nights in
stead of Monday and Wednesday
night*. :?
On Monday, a total of 250 chil
dren participated in activities at
the center. John Charles said. On
Tuesday, the count was running
well ahead of the opening day's
total.
Two Little League games were
?led played on Tuesday but James
'
Layton said that participation
was not included in the gym fig
ures.
The directors said that around
100 children were at the gym at
all times during Monday and
Tuesday.
The center is scheduled to be
open Thursday nights from 7:30
to 9:30 and on Friday nights from
7:30 to 10 p. m. Age limit for the
night programs has been set at
13 years and up. Children under
13 will be admitted only when
accompanied by thehr parenta.
Members of the Junior Woman'*
Club are serving as chaperonts.
Tax Prepayments
Trickling In,
Now Total $3,370
Prepayments on 1953 city tax
bills trickled In a faster rate dur
ing the past week, and the total
early Wednesday afternoon was
as S3, 370.68.
Of the total, $2,565.17 had been
paid during the past week.
Tax Supervisor Clarence E.
Carpenter, who supplied the to
tal, said numerous Inquiries had
been received concerning tax pre
payments, and he added that he
expected a gradual increase in
payments throughout the month.
After June 30, the discount rate
of two percent drops to one and
one half percent.
Persons desiring information
on amount of their ? tax bills
should call the tax office, phone
17; ?.
Tax bills are figured at the
rate of $1.30 per $100 valuation,
tentative rate for 1953 set by the
city board of commissioners.
The rate will be finally set in
July. Should it vary from the ten
tative rate, adjustments will be
made accordihgly, Mr. Carpenter
pointed out.
In addition to real and personal
property taxes, men between the
ages of .'i and 50 are assessed
poll tax, cut for 1953 to $2 from
the old figure of $2.70.
BurMil Vacation
Pay At $18,000
Employees of the Phenix Plant
of Burlington Mills will receive
vacation payments totalling ap
proximately $18,000. Superinten
dent J. T? La them announced
this week.
The payments to employees
will be made immediately before
the closing of the plant for the
July 4 holidays. Persons who
have been with the company
from one to five years will re
ceive approximately a week's
pay (two per cent of annual wa
ges) and those who have been
with the company for five years
or longer will receive approxi
mately two week's pay (four per
cen* of annual wages.*
Burlington Milli. of which the
local plant is a unit, will pay out
a total of approximately $1,760,
000 on a company - wide basis
The large textile manufacturing
concern operate 75 plants In 46
communities of eight states and
four foreign countries.
Revival Underway
At Church of God
A revival Is currently under
way at the Church of God on
East Parker street, according to
announcement by the pastor. Rev,
Doc Wilbanks.
The Mayhoe Evangelistic party
from Hawaii la conducting the re
vlval.
Week of June 29
Most Popular;
Neisler To Run
Plans for observance of the
traditional July 1th holiday sea
son in Kings Mountain are slight
ly varied this year, but the ma
jority of industrial plants are
planning the -customary week's
holiday, according to a survey
conducted yesterday by the
Herald.
The survey also revealed a high
level of activity in Kings Moun
tain's hrea'd and butter textile in
dustry.
Many of the industrial firms
will make vacation payments cus
tomarily an indication of good
business.
Neisler Mills. Inc., is not clos
ing lor the holiday and will run
on regular schedules. C. E. Neis
ler said. And CJ. C. Kelly, super
intendent of Craftspun Yarns,
Inc., said "we need to be running
and shouldn't be taking a holiday
at all."
Only \V. K. Mauney, Jr., gen
eral manager of Mauney Hosiery
Company, Inc.. had news on the
off side. He said his firm is closed
during the current week, declin
ing to. call the week layoff a holi-? _
day. But he added that the close
down was ordered this week in
anticipation of opening of a busy
season by July 4th.
Kings Mountain Manufacturing
Company is anticipating a two
week holiday beginning Monday
and continuing through the week* i
end of the Fourth. Plans call lor
a vacation payment on a percent
age of earnings basis.
Firms closing the week of June
29 Include Phenlx Plant of Bur
lington Mills Corporation, Lam
beth Rope Corporation, and Con
solidated Textile Company, Inc.
(formerly Loomtex). Burlington
and Lambeth Rope are making
vacation payments, as is the
aforementioned Craftspun Yarns,
Inc. Craftspun will close from
June 26 to July 5.
Park Yarn Mills Company will
take a week's holiday during the >
week of July 6. Vacation pay
ments will be made to employees
of one year or longer, It was stat
ed by John C. Smathers.
Sadie Mill Company also has
tentative plans for closing the
week of July 6. George H. Houser
said plans for the holiday obser
vance were not yet formally set.
W. K. Mauney was out-of-town
and could not be reached Wed
nesday for a statement concern
ing holiday plans for Bonnie and
Mauney Mills.
Elmer Lumber Company will
close only one day, July 1th, it
was announced.
Crowds Attending
Baptist Revival
Rev. James B. MoQuere, pastor
of the West Franklin Baptist
church of Gastonia, is conduct,
ing a revival this week at the
First Baptist church here. Servic
es begin each night at 7:45.
"The attendance has been ex
cellent." said Rev. Cordon
Week ley, pastor, "and we expect
capacity crowds before the week
is over. Jim McQuere is doing
some splendid preaching and th?
evidences of a spirit -led revival
are numerous." he added.
The revival wil continue throu.
gh both Sunday services.
Inspector To Check <
Delivery Requests
A postoffice inspector wil!
arrive fn the near future to
work out details of requesttxl
city delivery extensions, ac*
cording to information receiv
ed by Postmaster W. E. Blake.
ir
Notification of the Impending
visit of an inspector follows
recent request by Postmaster
Blakely for a number of route
extensions.
The letter from N. R. Abrams,
assistant postmaster general,
reads: **With reference to pre*
vious correspondence, and In
view of the information con
talned in your letter of June
1. 1953, a post office inspector
will visit your office in the
near future for the purpose of
determining the extensions of
city delivery service that are
warranted and what rearran
gement of rentes will be nec
iumi incident thereto **
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