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popula*1011 ^-?>jessr December 30. .fourth Year Ttwrsday. fountain Local News Bulletins TAG SALES total of 146 city auto li censes ,for 1955 had been sold ibrougti Wednesday morning, according to report 61 Joe Hen drlck, city clerk. Twenty-nine have been sold this week, he ?atd. KIWAN1S MEETING Mafobers of the Kings Moun tain Klwanls cluib will hold their regular weekly meeting at (Masonic Dining Hall Thurs day evening at 6:45. An ap propriate New Year's program lor the evening has been plan ned. ; ?' ? - ? > " METER RECEIPTS Net recelpta from city's parking meter; for week end ing Wednesday at noon were $199.10, according to Miss Grace Carpenter, of city clerk's office. MOOSE MEETING the regular meeting of Moose Lodge, No. 1748 will be held Thursday night at 8:15 at the lodge on Bessemer City road. All members are urged - to attend. Kings Mountain Had Quiet Yale Holiday . . Chief Hugh A. Logan, Jr., re ported a very quiet 4nd unevent ful Christmas Eve and Christmas Pay apparently was spent by Kings Mountain citizens as no ?Accidents or violence was report* ed to Kings Mountain police. Chief lx>gan stated that viola tors arrested during the. holidays numbered no more than non-holi day Saturday and Sunday. "On behalf of the Police De partment" Chief Logan said, "1 want to express our appreciation ?to the citizens of Kings Mountain for the orderly mannter in which they conducted themselves during the holidays." ' ' lory Fails To Find Cause Oi Accident -> A Cleveland County coroner's Jury, after an hour's delibera tion, ruled on December 21, that It could not determine who was at fault in the fatal accident near Waco which cost the life of Mrs. 'Y; ; Aubrtey Clay. The decision of the Jury meant tLat Cecil Powell, of Polkvllle, driver of the truck which was In volved in the accident with the car driven by Mrs. Clay, will not be subject to criminal prosecu tion by the state. Harry Hand !? Now Shoo Store Manager Harry Rand, a native of Bel mont, has assumed duties as manager of Gus Entas ; Shoe Store here, Mr. Entas - has an nounced.' . < The new manager succeeds Mrs. Jeanette Feamster, who has resigned, Mr. Entas said. Sir. Hand is a service vetersn and Was employed by Mr. Sntas for several months early in 1953. Be assumed his duties here on December . .. i SING HERE SUNDAY ? The Homeland Harmony Quartet, ol Atlan ta. Go. will be among the featured singers here Sunday afternoon lor a Gospel Sing at Central school auditorium at 2 o'clock. The pro gram is under sponsorship ol Toung Men's Bible class of Second Baptist church. Other groups scheduled to participate are the Sun. shine Boys. Atlanta, the Songsters, of Hickory, and the Happy Two. of Atlanta. Listing For Taxes To Begin Monday : i H Stores To Bmoii Mid-Week Closings Majority of the city's retail ~ establishments will resume their mid-week half-holidays next Wednesday, January 5. The stores were open all day yesterday, due to the ex tra Christmas weekend holi day. Under present policy of the Merchants association, the stores will continue the Wed- - nesday afternoon half-holiday through the third Wednesday of next November. Next listed holiday on the retailer's calendar Is Easter Monday. York Road Couple Faces Theft Count * " * Two York road Ntegro resi dents, man and wife, are free under $500 bbnd each after their arrest Monday on twin charges of grand larceny brought against the pair by Gaston County Sheriff department. . The twin charges werte placed against Arthur =. and Claudine Tate by Gaston County Defec tives J. R. Harris and E. H. Gro ves after a search of the Tate residence revealed numterous items which were allegedly stolen from the Orthopedic hospital nur ses' home. Constable Gus Huff stetler, with A starch warrant signed by Chief Hugh A. Logan, Jr., on Information and belief and accompanied by Harris and Gro ves, conducted the search. The Negro -couple Is scheduled to have a preliminary hearing January 1 before Gaston Couniy Magistrate B. D. Price, Mrs. Tate, Gaston County Po lice stated, is employed by the Orthopedic hospital. New Policy Set On 199S listing Of liventoiies Annual tax listing will get un derway In Kings Mountain and Number 4 Township on Monday. Clarence ?. Carpenter, city list taker, and Conrad Hughes, coun ty list taker, will be at City Hall dally, except Saturdays, from 8 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. On Saturdays, Mr. Hughes will be at Roundtree's Hardware In G rover, to list properties of pfeo ple In the Grover area on the county books. 'Also on duty will be Charlie Ware, who will take information for the county farm census. i. Citizens will find a new system in vogue for the first timfe on list ing of inventories by business and industry. Max Hamrick, county tax supervisor, said Wednesday he is mailing forms this weekend, together with explanatory letters, to businesses and industrial firms, for reporting inventory, goods in process, and finished goods. The firms will be required to show on the* forms total sums for the par ticular categories. In turn, 32JS percent of these amounts will go on the tax books and be subject to the respective tax rater of county and city governments. Mr. Hamrick said ^ffott has been made to prepare the most simpli fied form possible and that ap pended affidavits will not be re quired. He said thfe state statutes provide for a check against State Department of Revenue records tor accuracy and that the county will use this method in assuring compliance with the new policy on .Inventory listing for tax pur I Continued On Pag* Five Farm Conise Applications Are Invited Applications of young farmers for three scholarships to a short course at N. C. State College were invited yesterday by H.'B. Clapp, county agent, and R. S. Lennon, of Kings Mountain, county Key ban&er. The course at State college, scheduled for February 7-18, is jointly sponsored by the coljege and the North Carolina Bankters association. Eligible for the scho larships are young farmers up to 28 years of age, who have defi nitely decided to make farming their career, who have made good records in youth farm programs and otherwise, and who are not going to attend college for regu lar prescribed courses. The scholarships are worth $60 plus transportation and are pro vided by the county's three banks, including Kings Mountain's First National. Applications for the scholar ships should be addressed to County Agent Clapp at Shfelby. City's Night Deposit Box Ready For Use The city will inaugurate night deposit box service for paying of utilities accounts on distribu tion of January 1 bills, It was an* nounced this week by City Clerk Joe. Hendrtck. | A deposit box has been plaeed In the door on the south side of- ] flee and a tray of heavy brown envelopes is available in which customers paying after the office is closed can enclose checks or cash. The service is designed as a convenience to those who find it difficult to makte payments dur ing regular City Hall office hours, 8 a. m. to 4:30 p, m. Mr. Hendrlck said receipts will be mailed, only if customers re quest them. Customers using the service are requested to notte ac count numbers (which appear at the left of the name on the ad dress side of the card-type bill) on the outside of thte envelope. JAYCEES Regular monthly meeting of the Junior Chamber of Com merce will ibe held at Masonic Hall Tuesday at 7 p. in. The ,club distributed food to 20 families on December 21. Moral Of This Tale Is Trade At Home" At least two citizens prob ably wish they had observed the "trade at home" exhortation on some Christmas shopping. One local furniture firm re ported two incidents of minor Christmas tragedy because the mail-order shipments didn't ar rive in time. One lady called on Christmas Eve seeking to borrow toys. The order out of the catalog hadn't arrived. A man sought to borrow a dinette, not wishing to be caught short - handed on Christ mas morning. His catalog order hadn't arrived either. Two Minor Mishaps Reported By Police Two minor wrecks, with prop erty damages estimated to total $185 in both incidents, were re ported by Kings Mountain Po lice department. ' On Tuesday, around 7:45 a. m., aii accident involving cars driv en by Will Crathers, of route 2, Bessemer City, and Mrs. Athlene G. Smith, of 506 Landing street, occurred on N. Cansler street. The report stated that the Cra thers vehicle, traveling north on Cansler street, attempted to make a left turn onto Childers street, and was struck 'by the Smith vehicle. The Smith ve hicle, the report stated, was at tempting to pass the Crathers car. The accident was Investiga ted by Officers P- A. Hawkins and Stalph Ware. On Thursday, around 9:10 a. m., a car driven by Janle Terry Woods, of route 2, was struck on the left front fender and door hy a vehicle operated !by James E. Mock, of route 3, China Grove. The accident, which was inves tigated toy Officers Paul Sanders and B. P. Cook, occurred at the intersection of Walker Btreet and N. Piedmont Avenue. RED CROSS MEETING Annual (Red Cross meeting for election of officers will be held January 6, at 7:45 p. m., at City Hall. All clubs and ci vic organizations are asked to ibe represented at the meeting which will be open to the pub lio. Guest speaker will be Miss Antoinette Beasley, Red Cross Field Representative from South Eastern Area Office, At lanta, Ga. SS"? B?WI? On As Dal , After ChiZ !fhe city's merchants rte-stocke<J shelves, re-arranged- merchan dise, and exchanged wrong-sized Christmas gifts this week and prepared for post ? Christmas sales events following a banner season of Christmas business. The final week before Christ mas was a busy one for virtually all the city's retail stores and many reported sizeable Increases over last year's totals for the pe riod. < Gift-buying was hteavy through out the final week before Christ mas, but the big push seemed re served for Christmas Eve, when many staftjr jiMted top' records for the whole selling period. Fast moving clerks and extras rushed In high gear to show merchan dise and get it wrapped. And most folk got what they wanted as the merchants had amply anticipated the heavy last ? minute demand. Thte post ? Christmas clean up sales from broken stocks are now underway and many stores are offeilnrj unusual bargains. Appa rel particularly is getting a big play and there are other bargains in almost all lines. Majority of the retail commu nity didn't get back into harness until Tuesday, though a few firms re-opened on Monday. Financial Firms Paying Dividends Year-End Totals Axe $39,772.18, Reports Show Kings Mountain's three finan cial institutions will pay year end dividends Friday- on savings accounts totaling $39,772.18. The Institutions included are Home Building & Loan associa tion, Kings Mountain Building & Loan association, and First Na tional Bank. A. H. Patterson, secretary treasurer of Home Building & Loan association, said year-end dividends for his firm will total $22,187.29, including $12,427.62 to holders of full-paid shares, $9, 189.33 to holders of optional plan shares, and $570.34 on serial 1 shares. A total of 1,200 share holders will receive the pay ments. | Ben H. Bridges, Jr., secretary treasurer of Kings Mountain Building & Loan association said his firm's dividends will to tal $14,284.89, including $7,311.. 34 on optional shares, and' $6, 973.05 on< fuU-paJd Re ceiving portions of this dividend payment are 719 shareholders. B. S. Neih, executive vice president of First National Bank, said payments on savings ac counts will total $3,300. In the instance of buUding & loan association dividend pay ments on full-paid shares, mail ing of checks to shareholders was delayed this year until due date, a departure from former policy whereby the two building and loan associations have mail ed the checks prior to Christmas. Both Mr. Patterson and Mr. Brid ges noted that the change was effected on suggestion of their auditors and in conformance with toy- laws of the two institu tions. The firms are audited by tooth the North Carolina Depart ment of Insurance and the Fed eral Insurance Corporation. Mr.. Patterson said the change had some benefit, since it was not unusual to have some checks lost in the Christmas mail rush. Comparison of the building and loan association figures with 1953 year- end payments show both with increases. Last year, Home Building & Loan year-end payments exceeded $20,000, while Kings Mountain Building & Loan payments topped $12, 000. Each found their dividend payments up approximately *2, 000 for the period ending Friday. Payments on optional shares are added to the respective ac counts. AT PRE8BTTERIAN James Moss, a senior at Co lumbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Ga., will speak to the congregation of the First Pres byterian church on the sub ject, "Foreign Missions" Sun day evening at 7:90. Mr. Moss has toeen accepted toy the For eign Mission board to serve, in the foreign field. Stores To Be Open On New Year's Day New Year's Day an Saturday j will bo a work-as-usual day for j majority of the city's business i and industrial establishments, i which will follow regular sche- : dules. | Merchants will be open, hav ing voted several months ago to abandon the New Year's Day holiday. Postal Volume Setting Record Letter and post, card cancella tions at Kings Mountain postof fice from December 1 through De cember 24 exceeded the total can cellations for December 1953, ac cording to records supplied by As sistant Postmaster George B. Hord yesterday. A total of 175,209 cancellations were recorded from the first of tihe jBHWth. through Christmas Eve, comparing tp 173,661' fdlr the month of December 1953. Throu gh December 24, 1953, only 167, 278 cancellations had been re corded, nearly 8,000 less than the corresponding period this year. On Tuesday, the 1954 figure for the month had reached 179,397 and, with three days left should easily top 180,000 and break all monthly records. Daily average for the 28-day period this month was 6,407, com paring to a December 1953 dally average of only 5,822. Highest daily cancellation was retforded on December 20 at 21,822 and the highest daily total the month last year was 17,217 on December 21, 1953. , Indication of the big increase over last year was noted on the first day of the month, when 10. 912 cancellations were recorded against only 7,495 for December 1, 1953. Incoming mall, both letters and parcel post, was also {leavier than In 1953, Mr. Hord said. The postal workers handled the bigger volume this year with dispatch, and with only four part-time wor kers as compared to 10 last year. Police Played Santa To 255 Children Chief Hugh A. Logan, Jr., on behalf of Kings Mountain Police Department, issued <? statement this week expressing apprecia tion for the cooperation shown toy Kings Mountain citizens on the Police Department's fecent an nual Needy Fund drive. Chief Logan stated that throu gh this "fine" cooperation the Police Department was able to see that 255 children and 58 t .dy families enjoyed Christ mas. Five Finns Join In Company-Paid Employees Fund Five firms in the Mau- 1 ney textile group announced this I week Establishment of a company- 1 paid employee profit ? sharing I plan, effective as of the year I 1953. J Announcement was made for I the five firms ? Mauney Mills, I Inc., Sadie Cotton Mills, Bonnie! Cotton Mills, and Mauney Hoslfery I ?Company, Inc., all of KtOj^il Mountain, and Nuway Mills, of I Cherryvllle ? by the respective! presidents. I Booklets, summarizing details I of the plan, have befen distributed I to employees of thb five compa- 1 nies and notices of Individual I shares in the first-year payments I of $31,000 have been mailed em- 1 ployees by Wachovia Bank &| Trust Company, trustee. I W. K. Mauney, Sr., is president I of Mauney and Nuway Mills, R.1 L. Mauney is president of Sadie I Mill, D. C. Mauney is president! jof Bonnie Cotton Mills, and W.l K. Mauney, Jr., is president otl Mauney Hosiery Company. The presidents said the plan! was Established to: 1) promote! the interest of all eligible employ- 1 cos in the successful operation of I the companies by giving them ad-| dltlonal incentive to do a good! Job through the Improved efflcl?| tency and economical operation otl the firms; 2) to give all employ^! ees an opportunity to share In th#l profits of the concerns; 3) to sist each employee In building a I greater financial security and to I reward employees for their of* I forts and loyalty. I Terms of the plan provide that I an employee becomes eligible to I share in the benefits after he has I completed three consecutive I years of employment. In the five- 1 mill group, 44? of the 738 em- 1 ployees are listed as members oil (the plan. Under the provisions,! an employee will loste no benefits! due to sickness, temporary dls-l iability, leave of absence, or for! military service. If an employeo! resigns with less than five yei\rsl of continuous stervice, he will for- 1 felt his benefits. If he resigns at-fl ter five years of service; his bene- 1 fits are payable according to ft! formula based on longevity Otl service. ' I Employees are eligible to rO*l celve benefit payments on retire-! ment at age 65, on disability re-! tirement prior to 65, and on ter"~-I inatlon of employment for rea l [sons other than fraud, dishonesty,! or intentional act Inimical to thel interests of the particular com! pany. Transfer from ohe to anoth-fl er of the five firms is not to bel considered a break in employ ! ment. In event of death of a member! (employee his benefits are pay I able to his beneficiary* I Payments are made, subject ttl committee determination, eltheil in installments, for the purchase I of an annuity contract, or lump! sum. I The several corapanfea are con I tributing to the lan on the foil lowing percentage ? of ? earning! I before income taxes basis: Up to $25,000 earnings, 10 perl cent. I Next $25,000 earnings, 15 perl Continued On Page Bight . I History Of Waning Year 754| As Kings Mountain readies for V the annual celebration of NeW Year's Eve In welcoming the New Yfe v X955, it can look back on a busy year crowded with activl EEi-1 ? In January, Kings Mountain citizens approved tor the first bond issues totaling $600,000, the money now in process of expendi ture to provide additional sewage . disposal, water, ir-d new recrea tional facilities The city is also installing a natural gaH dlstribu Sfik^v tion system, representing an addl " ? mditurts de femie bonds. lfc A A A ?> 'n , . < DfuCriwIit in years and after several mts. public improvements sue raotnoM, tip citizens urtm lut J|xne Joined thoife veiana county *n ?upporx v-7' ? s ing bond issues which will add to school and hospital plants. Among major news events of the year, some one-timers others continuing events, were the eco nomic recession, with blgher-than normal unemployment totals, the expansion of city carrier mail service, the NLRB election at Foote Mineral Company to de termine whether a labor union should represent the company's employees, and the drought, which cut farm production and resulted In restrictions on water use by city customer*. Q ? .The Kings Mount a in LJttle The. atre presented successfully * re vised "Sword at Gideon", and Kings Mdun.ain outdid itself ip assuring font l mud supplies of blood for 01 citizens by setting a one-day local record ta Wood do nations. The Woman's Club com pleted expansion and moderniza tion ' of its building, and the com munity contributed liberally to numerous charitable lund cam paigns. The Masonic Lodge ob served its eightieth birthday and the Moose Lodge was chartered. Business and Industry expand ed during the year, with the lar gest. local developments in lith ium, the new wonder metal. Lith ium Corporation of America be gan work on its new Bessemer City plant, now nearlng comple tion, and Foote Mineral Company expanded its plant to much great er capacity. Spangle# * Song op ened a concrete plant, and Ben nett Brick A Tile Company in stalled a modern brick - making plant New retail businesses open ed to 1854 Included ??* Entas Shoe Store and Star Shoe Shop, .and there were several transfer* of ownership and expar.iloiis, no tably gale of Crawford Market to B. St B. Food Stores, Inc., and W. M. Gantt Grocery to Hugh Wil liams. Glenn Grigg bought G. W.' King Garage, and Frank Ballard purchased Phenix Stoie from Floyd Payne* Berkley Gtooery moved to new expanded quarters and Bulk's Department Store con tinued it? long . te^m re-model ing program. The city's medical corps was increased by the addition of 1 w<> , general practitioners. Dr. Ken neth McGilJ and Dr James M, * ? Dr. Blake McWhirter open tor the practice ef ojkI ret Kincald and Mary Jean Bollck, the drown ing of Tom Seller* arid Franklin Fall*. George Dover wai killed when hit by an automobile, and Mrs. S. L. McKee was killed whfen hit by a train. Death by natural cause* came to Grady W. King, long-time lire chM, Mrs. Sara Frances Hullen* der, Mrs. H. N. Moss, T. P. Crow <fer, Mrs. Myrtle Sigmon Klser. 5. M. fellson, Mrs. Candnoe Mil T Mauney, J. W. Wattersott, Ro bert R. Blackburn, Robert L. Mer cer, E. % Plott. R. U Lackey. Mrs. Martha fjcll Lovftlaoe Mrs. W. F., Smith, Mrs. R W.Thort* burg. Albert Hamrtek, J. C. Lac key and Mm. Margaret Hull. ? J Following are headlines of some of the major event* of the plrt'jfiaiir*' ?> ? JANUARY Polio Fund Drive Details Com plete; Open House Set For Nur ses Home; Rites Conducted For Grady W. King; Klncald Child Funeral Rites Held; Fire ? Fight ers Name Tlgnor; Jaycees Convey Gift To Hospital; Postal Receipts Show Gain In '53; Free Barbecue And Speeches Listed On Young Democrats Rally Agenda; Citi zens To Determine $000,000 City Bond Issue; Yourtg Democrats Namte Jack White; Hunter Fun eral Here Saturday; Dr. Gerber ding Injured In Wreck; ' Owrn, Whetstine Presumed Dead; Mc Swaln Heads Montonla Club; Shelby Surgeons Open Office Here; Auto Value Drop May Cut Listings; Aubrey Mauney Ad dresses Cameron Body; Mayor Urges Bond Support; Bank To Install "Walk-Up" Cage; March Of Dimes Drive Underway; $600, 000 Bond Issues, Recreation Tax; Are Approved; City Gets Need fed Certificate For Natural Cis System Plea; Schools Allow Wil liams Land Option to Expire; Peak Period Reception Held By Telephone Officials Monday; Mauney Twins At Shelby On Com munity Concert Series; Youth Ad mit Auto Theft; Schools Seeking Bond Election; Kiser Now Sole Owner Of Grill; Unemployment Claims Heavy Here; Thomasson Says Polio Gifts Slim; Merchants To Hold Banquet Monday; War ren Reynolds Building Grocery; Ted I^edford Opens New Firm. - ? nnvk&r ?-;? Mayor FMyt Herald Editor For City AffiTrs Comment; Chief Hugh Idjg& vocut CMroia; National Guard Get* High Awan For 1953 Work; County Bond I? sute Election Planned; McGinni Opens Floor Service; Enginee Seeks Water For City; Indication Of Improvement In Textile Etc ployment Here; Bloodmoblle Her AH Day Thursday; Earl Bumga> dner Dies Suddenly Of Heart A tack; Owens Is Listed Kilted I Action In Recent Report; Littl Theatre Play Saturday; 14 Oi pose BurMil Recreation Site; Mat cantlle Stamp "War" Underwa> Kings Mountain Exceeds Its Qu< ta In 1954 March Of Dimfes Can Ipaign; Faith Baptist To Bte? Ground; Health Men Check O Parrot Fever; Grissom Presidin Continued On Pop? Ttoelut
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