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Population
City Limit* 7.206
Trading Area 15,000
(1945 Ration Board Figures)
VOL 63 NO. 45
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Established 1889
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Kings Mountain's RELIABLE Newspaper
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, November 5, 1953
16
Sixty-Third Year
Pages
Today
PRICE FIVE CENTS
LITTLE THEATRE PLAYERS IN FIRST FALL PRODUCTION NOVEMBER 21 ? The date of the first
winter season production of the Little Theatre has been changed from November 14 to Saturday, No
vember 21 to allow the high school monogram club use of the gymnasium on the date first announced
for the play. Miss Jean Cash, director of "Ring Around Elizabeth" announced this wee)'. Cast in
the three act comedy are. pictured above left to right, Delbert Dixon, Mrs. C. A. McCarter, Dr. R. N.
Baker, Mrs. Bob Clonlnger and Burlie Peeler, Jr. (Photo by Carlisle Studio.)
Local News
Bulletins
AMERICAN LEGION
Members of the American Le
gion Auxiliary have been ask
ed, to leave their gifts, which
are to be distributed at Oteen's
Veteran hospital, at either
Del inker's Jewel Shop or at
Mrs. D. E. Tate's home on
Wells street Gifts are to toe
?^r-" Wrought In, M?. Tate announ
ced, by November 10.
MEETING TUESDAY
MemberB of the Fine Art*, In
ternational Relations, and A
merlean Home departments of
the Woman's club will hold a
joint meeting at First Presby
terian church here Tuesday
when the group will be shown
a film, The Art of Silver De
sign." Time of the meeting is
7:90 p. m.
MONDAY FIRE
City firemen were called to
extinguish a woods fire Mon
day afternoon on Linwood
Toad behind the O. M. Valen
tine home outside the city li
mits. No damage to the home
was reported, according to re
port by C. D. Ware, fireman,
Wednesday morning. '
. LEGION NOTICE
Regular monthly meeting of
Otis IX Green Post 195,; the A
marican Legion, will not be
held Friday to avoid conflict
with the Kings Mountain -Shel
by football game. The meeting
wijl be held x>n Friday, No
veitober 13, at 8 p. ro
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: RED CROSS CHAPTER
An open meeting of the Kings
antain chapter, American ?
Cross. Is set for Wednes
day, Wovemftcr 11, at City Hall
courtroom # 8 p. m- AH olti
eens of Na 4 Township hord
ing Red Cross membership are
urged to ..attend,. Rev. W. L.
Pressly, chairman, said. Chap
ter officers for the year are to
be elected at the meeting, he
added. '
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Community Day
iMrvkeFriday
V . , , ? >1 iwmm ;? v .
All iKingt Mountain" area
churchwomen are being urged to
attend Friday morning's World
Community. Pay service to be
hel<f at 10 o'clock at First Bap
tlst 'etairch.
Vtn: William Herndon Is pro
mmmmitm-- for tho Kings
MouitttM observance on ,1m
Merchants Launch
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Chest Promotion
32 Retailers
Participating
In Giveaways
Thirty-two " retail members of
the Kings Mountain Merchants
Association are launching today
a long-term promotion called
"Appreciation Day," a weekly
prize drawing tor valuable trade
certificates, with the total in the
treasure chest scheduled to
mount weekly.
The merchants completed ar
rangements for the promotion
last month with the National
Trades Day Association, of Wea
therford, Texas.
Any person can be a treasure
chest or "Appreciation Day" win
ner, not only once, (but several
times, if luck is with him. No
purchases are required in any
way. Rules provide that a person
may sign a ticket each time he
visits one of the participating
firms, though he (or sftie) is li
mited to one ticket per store per
visit.
Drawing will toe held weekly,
with the first scheduled for No
vember 12 at 3:30 p. m. at the
corner of First National Bank.
One important rule, different
from the most local giveaways
in the past, is that the winner
must be present Should a name
be called and the person not be
present, another name is called
after a delay of one minute.
Each ticket has a percentile
figure on it, not lower than Ave
percent, nor greater than 60 per
cent The winner each week will
dip into the treasure cheat for the
percentage listed on his winning
Each participating merchant
contributes two dollars weekly
to the treasure chest This means
that the first week's treasure
chest will have $64 In trade cer
tificates. The total mounts each
week.
Merchants participating in the
promotion includc:
. Bridges Hardware Co., SterchI
Bros. Stores, Inc., Myers' Depart
Continued On Page Eight
TO ADDRESS LIONS? State Sen
ator Robert F. Morgan, oi Shelby,
will address member* of the
Kings Mountain Lions club at
their regular meeting Tuesday
night at Masonic Dining Hull at
7 o'clock, according to announ
cement this week.
New Managers
At Bus Station
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New permanent management
assumed operation of Kings
Mountain Bus Station Monday.
A partnership including Mrs.
Otto Guyton and Leon Hamrick,
former cook at B. A B. Restau
rant, took over the terminal man
agement on Monday morning, fol
lowing completion of arrange
ments by Clayton Love, represen
tative of Queen City Coach Com
pany. owner of the W. King street
terminal.
Mrs. Guyton will supervise tic
ket sales and Mr, Hamrick will
be in charge of the terminal res
taurant.
Mrs. Guyton said thk terminal
will open at 5 a. m. and close at
8 p. m., weekdays, with slightly
later closing hours on Saturdays
and Sundays.
The terminal had been under
temporary management for sev
eral weeks, since Paul Byers re
linquished the management.
Contact Of Coroaei Ollie Harris
Not Under Flie, Foreman States
There was no infere. oe of any
Irregularity in th? conduct of
county coroner's office In the re
cent report of the grand Jury, tee
McDaniel, Kings Mountain farm
er and foreman of the Cleveland
County grand jury which made
the report, said Wednesday.
Mr. McDaniel said the grand
Jury report was inaccurate In
intent if not In content.
It was n?i(ijnider*tand1n*,''
Mr. hfCDanie! ttM. "the rerom
mendation concerned officers of
*>ascd
on one previous experwiiOe oy
an officer no longaf:??signe^ to
Cleveland County."
"If there had been any <{ues
tlon concerning Mr. Harris, the
grand Jury certainly would have
SuKl eowtimSL* Mc
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County Coronor Ollle Harris,!
Kings Mountain mortician, said
in, was surprised to note the in
ference In the grand Jury report,
particularly since he has held
only 2ft inquests in the course of
seven yean of service as Cleve-I
land County coronor.
. "That's an average of less thanl
two per year," Mi r. Harris (??
marked. "During the seme peri
od I have Investigated, without
Inquest, 232 death* which have
occurred In C!ev*?nd County.*.'
stated h ?
m. a misin
formed on thr- <iu
onor as sst forth by stats stat
ute. Since 1949, oounty coroners,
in addition to highway patrol
men investigating, are required
' by law to main reports on all
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Foote Mineral
Now Re-using
Some Of Water
l
Foote Mineral Company haa
inaugurated a water reclamation
? mIm which minimizes at
least temporarily, the potential
necessity of slowed or curtailed
operations due to the drought.
J. fc. Castle, manager of the
JSa? M-ountafn Plant said the
k ^ Water Is "not satisfac
tory, hut we can get by " Hp
mlffhtSC ?f. ,the roc'a'med water
might enaj>le continued opera
tion for another two weeks, per
even ?0nn^ditional two weeks, or
"We don't like the water
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ehiKd 11.000.000 gallons rmm
the city, or more than one-third
month a/u!81 p'Jmpape for the
month. At the request of the citv
Poote has already cut its con
thlrd! ?f ?lty water *>y one"
City Meeting
Agenda Is Given
a l>ond election, and
street assessments will feature
sk ?
Bridges said Wednesday.
ted th?SKbGe,i prevfously indica
form In mi of COfnmlssloners
formally will call bond issue e
X JS}000trnfllU!f,On 61 ,ssu
fh? i? toond* to Improve
increase the clty'a water supply,
and to build recreation facilities
rfn^e.C,ty 18 P^lW?tng In to-'
of the Herald legal
oon <Llnient,on to l?ue $600,
SS* 2) ^ (See ptige ? Sec
fi^at?er" 'f8, "fPPly and consump
tion is a big Item on the agenda
^.ue J? the continued drought and
the dwindling city supply.
St^t assessments are to be
readied for advertising in con
nection with a public hearing
the assessments, as required bv
iaw.^Mayor Bridges said.
Otherwise, Thursday's regular
November meeting agenda Is
largely routine, the Mayor add
ed, including monthly reports
*nd ?,h
Zeb. B. Vance
Attends Inaugural
th^wJ ^ Jt?1 ^celved here
Iff/ ? Vanoe was the
rtfti rinrepre9entat,ve of Mere
dlth eoUege at the formal lnaug
PreaWent Henry King
Stanford at Georgia State Col
^rJ?r, Wo?n' Mllledgeville,
Georgia, last Friday.
?nJw5 la a?s,"tant profes
sor bf business education at Mer
cer University In Macon, Geor
gla, and Is the former Mary Ell
zabeth Elam, daughter of Mr.
M?nu1i. R' F' E'"n <* K'?
BloodmobUe Unit
To Visit Grover
Jhe Red Cross BloodmobUe will
return to Number 4 Township
ne*t Tuesday for a regular visit,
setting up for the one-day ?oiiec
oho"*" Gro"? Pre"^?ri?"
pints*1 ?f the coIIectlon h 175
The Grover Lions club is spon
soring the collection and is urg
ing every person to take advant
JLhe ?PP?rtunity to donate
^on?r" ^es'flng trantpor
tatlon should call Grover 4141 It
was announced. '
thHt?th?r?L7 L,0"r P?Jnted out
Itni low Def?n*e Department is
^ Iar*e ""?"titles
TioT !! b,ood and P,a8m? to
iZ UZLermm} and t0 ?tockplle
add??on. manu.
facture of gamro* globulin to
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SSSLqu^.tltteB of b,ood
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to at
con
vjntton <4 the North Carolina
A*ocl?tlon In
tjjto re*. office
WH1 be cloaed through Satur
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CITY WATER LAKE REACHES ALL-TIME LOW ?With the city lake at the low level condition pic
tured above, city commissioners are considering mandatory restrictive measures to conserve the se
riously low supply on hand. The picture was taken this week by Dr. L. T. Anderson from the boat
house at the lake. Most of the land area shown In the foreground is customaxilf covered with water.
Bridges Relinquishes Option
On School-Sought Site Tract
48 Petition
School Board
For Hearing
A second petition concerning
the Ratterree ? Weir Estate pro
perty sought by the Kings Moun- :
tain Iboard of school trustees as
a ?art of a new Negro school
site was filed with the school
board Monday and requests a
public hearing prior to any fur
ther action toward condemning
the property. . ,,
Signed by 48 persons who live
adjacent to, or nearby, the Rat
terree-Weir Estate property, the
petition reads:
"We, the taxpayers and prop
erty owners of land adjacent to
and in the vicinity of the B. D.
Ratterree and Mrs. Estelle Weir
property, request that before any
further action be taken toy the
School Board to condemn said
property that a public hearing;
toe given to the signers of this
^"The signers of this petition
do further request that the peti
tioners be notified of said meet
ini two days In advance. '
The signers as they appear on
the original petition are: B. D.
Ratterree, Executor, B- D. R&Uer
ree, Mrs B. D. Ratterree, Floyd
Thornburg, Margaret Thomburg,
T. W- Jackson, J. W.
Elolse S. Crawford, B. T. Wright,
Sr., Mrs. B. T. Wright, Eva Pat
terson, Dewltt Patterson J. E.
?hea, Mrs. J. E. Rhea, Mrs. Grier
Sipes, Mrs. R. E. Clark, C. D
Gladden, Mrs. C. D. Gladden,
Mrs. Cora Clark, Mra. W. M.
Bonds, Dean McDanjel. Mrs.
D??.i McDanlel, F. O. Carroll,
Mrs. F. O. Carroll, William A.
Hullender, Beatrice Hullender,
Delbert Dixon, Sue Dixon, Mrs.
Banks Barber, Mrs. Ruby Daven
port, Mary Lou Perry, W, B. Bar
ber, Grier Sipes, Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Payne, K. B. Plumbley, Mrs.
Willard Compton, Wlllard Comp
ton, Kelly Dixon, J. Gault, Jr.,
Mrs. C. J.. Gault, jr., Mrs. Homer
Jones, Homer Jones, Mr. and Mrs.
J. Neal Grlssom, G. L. Wright,
Tolly Shuford, G. T. Thornburg.
Yale Clabbers Urged
Te Meet Deadline
The First National Bank is
urging its Christmas Club savers
to check their payment schedules
in order to assure completion or
payments by November 14. date
the 1953 Christmas club closes
F R Summers, bank president,
said the total Christmas Club
payments for the year, ?cheduled
to be made during the first week
In December will total in?5"*8*
of $37,000, or almost double last
ber* will share the 1953 payments,
he added. .
ovB8T mmsti*
SLtv. Iverson Brendle of Shel
by wtlt fill the pulpit Sunday
nfght at Grace Methodist ch^
rtt at tha 7 o'clock
is pastor of SulphUr Springs
Methodist church. Sev. C, JL
Grant, pastor, made tJie an
Muncenient
Motorists Reminded
To Park Right Side
When parking your automo
| bile on the street park only on
the right side.
That's the advice oi Police
Chlel Hugh A. Logan, Jr? who
UmiA 41 statement Wednesday
reminding Kings Mountain
motorists that wrong ? side
parking is both a traffic ha
zard and against the law.
Re noted that motorists who
fail to observe the law are sub
ject to citation to court.
He listed as the most popu
lar spot (or wrong-side park
ing Mountain street and Pied
mont avenue in the vicinity of
the postofflce.
City officers are being in
| structed to encourage right
side parking, the Chief added..
Garrison Speaks
Wilton Garrison, sports editor
of the Charlotte Observer, pre
sented a "humorous sports stor
ies" talk to members of the Ki
wanis club at the regular meet
ing of the organization last Thurs-'
day night.
Mr. Garrison described 1953 as
the year of the big change in col
lege footbsul and predicted that
little change would be made in
the substitution rules for next
season.
He recounted many of the fa
mous stories of major league um
pires and gave some southern
football tales.
Mr. Garrison was Introduced by
Dr. W. P. Gerberdlwg, program
chairman.
Dr. D. F. Hord, club president
presided, and Rev. W. L. Pressly
gave the invocation.
METER RECEIPTS
A total of $155.45 was collec
ted from the city's parking
meters Wednesday morning,
kccording to a report from the
city treasurer's office.
City To Seek
Pool Location .
Somewhere Else
Mayor Glee A. Bridges nor the
City of Kings Mountain now
holds an option to purchase the
property of B. D. Ratterree and
the Estelle Weir Estate, Mayor
Bridges told the Herald this week.
"The option is off as of last
Saturday", the Mayor said. "I
have returned it to Mr. Ratter
ree. It is now a matter between
him and someone else."
The alleged option covered , a
tract sought by the Kings Moun
tain district boarfl of school
trustees for use in a new site off
Watterson street where it has be
gun construction of a new Negro
elementary school.
The school trustees as early as
last April had indicated possibili
ty of condemnation of the pro
perty by court action, and Mr.
Ratterree countered recently with
the statement that Mayor Bridges
held an option, in behalf of the
city, to purchase the four-and-one
half acre tract at $1,000 per acre.
J. P. Lackey, notary public, no
tarized the option on August 14,
Mr. Ratteree said.
Mayor Bridges said he had had
the option cancelled at the office
of the Register of Deeds. "It's
too hot for me," Mr. Bridges said.
"The city is seeking other sites
for its swimming pools and play
grounds."
Text of the option, as furnished
by Mr. Ratterree, follows:
"Know all men by these pre
sents. that in consideration of
the sum of one dollar ($1.00) to
me in hand paid by G. A. Bridges,
Mayor of the City of Kings Moun
tain, North Carolina, the receipt
of which is hereby acknowledged,
I, B. D. Ratterree, on Half Owner
and Exec, of the Estate of Mrs.
Estelle R. Weir as other Half
owner do hereby contract and a
gree with said G. A. Bridges, May
or of the City of Kings Mountain,
N..C.. to s^Il and convey unto City
Continued On Page Eight
Kings Mountain Teacheis Plan
Education Week Observance
Plans have been announced for
Kings Mountain's observance of
American Education Week here
next week, November 8-14, with
the theme, "Good Schools are
Your Responsibility."
Mrs. George Most, chairman of
the Kings Mountain chapter,
North Carolina Education Asso
ciation committee sponsoring the
observance here, made the an*
Hhmk
Special programs will be given
at the schools during the week
and the public Is Invited to at
tend. The central theme, "Good
flaMtfiQro Yqjir Responsibility",
Is addressed to the individual
citizen and dally topics relate to
various aspects of the modern
lschooI pr<->Ki am
* The topics ai?: "Moral and
Spiritual Foundations", "Learn
ing the Fundamentals", "Build
ing the National Strength", "Pre
paring for Loyal Citizenship",
"T*"* c^ho?! Board in Action", I
".Your Child's Teachers", and "Pa
rents and Teacher Teamwork",
Show window displays are be
ing planned by the Future Tea
cher's Club under the supervision
of Miss Kitty Lou Sutton and A
merican Legion Post T55 is pro
vidlng a movie trail", to be tun
at Joy Theatre all week.
At Central school, the elemen
tary {fades will present a pro
gram at 1:30 p. m. Tuesday, with
open house to be field Immediate
ly after the program. Parents and
Interested citizens are Invited to
attend.
On Wednesday at 3 o'clock,
high school students will give a
. Continued On Pag* Eight
Water Scarcity
Continues; City
Taps New Creek
The city board of commission
ers took two steps designed to
increase the city's dwindling wa
ter supplies at a special meeting
Monday night, and discussed
possible measures to make wa
ter conservation mandatory.
The board meets 1 n regular
seslon Thursday night and may
pass an ordinance limiting use
of water for the duration of the
drought.
Tuesday night, the hoard au
thorized purchase of a gas pump
and Installation of a -two-inch
water line to tap the creek head
ing at Davidson Memorial Scout
Camp, and it also instructed E.
C. Nicholson, superintendent of
public works, to utilize the well
water at the Cherryville Road
reservoir, provided the water
passed sanitation tests.
The board a]so discussed pos
sibility of utilizing the water In
Lake iMontonia, but Mayor Glee
A. Bridges said Wednesday
morning that officials of Lake
Montonla Club, Inc., had stated
they did not wish to furnish the
city water unless the situation
ijeeame_ ^sufficiently critical to
demand It. Mayor Bridges said
lake officials felt damage to the
dam would result,
Mr. Nicholson estimated about
30-gallons per minute could be
pumped from the Davidson
Scout Camp stream into the city
lake, a round-the-clock ibasls.
The low level of the city's lake
on York road, the city's only wa
tershed, has attracted much at
tention from citizens many of
whom have visited the lake "to
see for themselves."
Generally, Tuesday night's city
board discussion on making wa
ter conservation mandatory con
cerned the lack of cooperation on
the part Of many people to pleat
that citizens voluntarily curtail
water usage. Instances of service
stations and citizens continuing
to wash cars were more numer- .
ous than not, the commissioners
reported. Other reports were re
lated to lawn-watering and con*
sumption for other non-essential
needs.
All members of the board were
present.
Finger Laundry
Opened Monday
Finger Laundry opened for
business Monday, returning in
city laundry service to Kings
Mountain after an absence of
several months.
Finger Laundry, owned and
operated by Carl P. Finger, is
the successor to Cherryvilld
Laundry, and is utilizing the
equipment formerly used by Sun*
shine Laundry and its predeses
sor. Kings Mountain Laundry, as
well as that of the Chervyvlll?
firm.
The firm is located on Cleve
land Avenue in the building
owned by D. C. Mauney.
During the past four weeks,
since completion of the transac
tion to purchase the Kings Moun
tain plant from D. C. Mauney, all
the machinery and laundry equij>
ment has been completely reno
vated in order to produce first
class laundry service, Mr. Finger
stated. 7**4
Mr. Finger asked patrons to
note two policies of the firm, in
order to preclude any inconveni
ence. He said cash-and-carry cus
tomers should note that the laun
dry will close at noon each Sat
urday, and he added that all
laundry must be received by 9 a.
m. each Thursday if it I? to be
returned to customers within the
same week.
A Kings Mountain native, Mr.
Finger is the son of Mrs. Belle M.
Finger and the late Fred E. Fin
ger, for many years a Kings
Mountain druggist.
Harmon Property
Re-Sale Postponed
Re-sale of the T. N. Harmon es
tate property at the corner of
Battleground avenue and Falls
street, scheduled for Saturday,
has bCn postponed until Novem
ber il, according to announce
ment this week by Martin L, Har
mon, Jr., commissioner.
Attorneys Davis and White re
commended the postponement
when a typographical error in the
hour of sale was discovered.
The notice of re-sale, published
today, , schedules the sale at 10
a. m. On November 21.
Present high bidder for the pro
perty Is B. D. Ratterree, at a bid
of 19,963.13.