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Vote Protest Denied, Appeal Going To State
By ELIZABETH STEWART
Co-Editor
Notice of appeal was given
Wednesday to the North
Carolina Board of Elections by
the Cleveland County Associa
tion of Taxpayers (ACT) after
ACT’S appeal for a recount of
votes in the Nov. 4 county com
missioner race was denied.
While the Board of Elections
acknowledged there may have
been some technical errors and
received 64 affidavits from
voters of election irregularities at
the polls, the three members of
the board unanimously agreed
that “these were not intentional
and not sufficient to change the
results of the election which is
worthy of certification”.
Steve Crosby, secretary to the
board, made the motion, second
ed by Chairman Beth Lattimore
with member John McBrayer
approving, that a protest filed by
Bobby Crawford, one of three
write-in candidates who lost his
bid for election to the county
board of commissioners, be
disallowed.
Mr. Crawford reiterated at
Wednesday’s lengthy meeting of
the Elections Board that he
wanted an “honest, fair count or
a run off race.”
Tom Kakassy, Gastonia
lawyer representing ACT, in
troduced into evidence the
sworn statements of a number of
voters who said that insufficient
space was not allowed on the
ballots for voters to write-in the
names of candidates, that they
marked the party block at the
top of the b^lot, then wrote in
their names for commissioners
but did not have their vote
counted. Others said they
neglected to mark the box beside
the name of the write-in c.in-
didate and their vote was not
counted.
Mike Bolton, who said he
voted at James Love School in
No. 6 Township, testified that
“approximately 400 votes were
thrown away, the voting
machine messed up and people
were snatching the voter instruc
tion materials that we were
distributing out of our hands.
One of the ACT voting sample
was blamed with jamming the
machine, and the lines got so
long there was little supervision.
“Voters were not checked pro
perly and were moving from two
lines. Anybody could have got
ten into the line and voted
whether they were registered or
not. There was general havoc
and confusion brought about by
the large voter turn out.”
However, Bolton told the 20 per
sons gathered in the County
Commissioner’s Room in the
Law Enforcement Building that
“It was easy to mess up”, there
was not enough manpower at
the polls and the facility was not
large enough to handle all the
people.”
Clayton Bolton, of Waco,
testified that while he observed
“no irregularities,” he was not
allowed to observe the vote
counting as a representative of
the Association of Geveland
County Taxpayers. Waco
citizens voted at the Fire Depart
ment and Bolton said that he
was asked to remain in an ad
joining office behind closed
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VOLUME 93, NUMBER 73
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1980
KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
Knitting Mill To Begin Operation
Cinderella Knitting Mill, a
subsidiary of Reeves Brothers,
'ill begin operations Jan. 1 in
.ht Mitchell Street building
formerly occupied by the parent
company. Duplex International,
which closed its KM operations
two years ago.
Mayor John Henry Moss said
that the plant will initially hire
30 people.
The local plant will serve as a
textile products storage and
distribution center for the firm’s
consumer products group.
Hiring will begin locally on
Nov. 17, said the Mayor as he
made the announcement at
Monday night’s board meeting
at which time city commis
sioners approved, after lengthy
discussion, temporary removal
of “no truck” signs on North
Watterson St., a request made by
the industry.
“Don’t get me wrong. I’m in
favor of more jobs,” said Com
missioner Jim Childers, who said
that Watterson and Cansler
Streets will be the major arteries
when the U.S. 74 Bypass of
Kings Mountain is completed. “I
School Faces Sewage Problem
By GARY STEWART
Co-Editor
Kings Mountain District
Schools is facing a
SI 00,000-plus problem of
sewage disposal at Bethware
School, Assistant Superinten
dent Larry Allen told the board
of education at its monthly
meeting Monday night at the
Grover School library.
The Enrivonmental Protec
tion Agency has recommended
that the school system either tap-
on to the City of Kings Moun
tain line or construct its own
treatment plant on school pro
perty.
Allen said “ballpark figures”
on tapping on to the city’s line is
$100,000 to 5120,000 and for
building its own plant is S90J)00
plus maintenance.
The city at its bi-mcMiihi>
meeting last Monday night ap
proved allowing the school to
tap-on to its system, which is be
ing run beside the Highway 74
bypass to serve an incoming in
dustry.
UF Is Short Of Goal
Kings Mountain United Fund
held its final report luncheon
Tuesday at Cattletown Steak
House and reported collections
and pledges of S43,78S, almost
$10,000 less than the goal of
$53400.
Chairman Mark Wilson said
' two major industries and Kings
Mountain Schools have not
made final reports, and he is con
fident that when those figures
are in, the goal will be suipassed.
Any [lersons who have not yet
contributed are urged to do so by
the end of this week.
Kings Mountain surpassed its
goal of $55,000 last year by rais
ing a record $63,228.
“We lowered our expectations
this year because of the
OPEN HOUSE
Kings Mountain High School
will have an open house Tuesday
at 7:30 pjn. A general meeting
will be held in B.N. Barnes
Auditorium and entertainment
will be provided by the Senior
High Chorus. Afterward,
parents will have an opportunity
to visit in the classrooms.
unemployment rate in Cleveland
County,” Wilson said, “but we
still believe we will go over our
goal.”
United Way in Kings Moun
tain supports 23 agencies.
Ninety-seven percent of the
funds collected goes to the agen
cies and only three percent is us
ed for administration and
materials. All work is
volunteered by area citizens.
Division reports Tuesday in
cluded Advanced Gifts, $1,638;
City ofKings Mountain, $1,133;
Commercial, $4,566; Kings
Mountain Hospital, $2,318; In
dustrial, $33,023; Ministerial
Association, $927; Post office,
$100; and &hools, $80.
Allen said the school system
did not have the funds to ap-
pirove the project now, but sug
gested the board consider ap
proving it in stages. Now, he
said, would be the ideal time to
run the line underneath
Highway 74, since it is under
construction, and Allen sug
gested covering the remainder of
the project in the next two
budget years.
Bethware School operated its
own sand filter bed for years
before the EPA recommended
that it be closed down and septic
tanks installed. Since then, Allen
said, seepage problems have
been constant and the school
system had to add 3,000 feet of
drainage. For the past two years,
sewage has seeped through the
added drain fill.
The County Health Depart
ment . discovered the problem
during a routine check, Allen
said.
“We’ve looked at this problem
knowing we don’t have this kind
of money,” Allen said. “But it’s
something we’re going to have to
face.”
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don’t know if Watterson can
stand the additional truck
traffic,” he added, suggesting an
alternate route for the trucks to
use.
Comm. Norman King concur
red with Childers and said he is
concerned that numbers of large
trucks would pose threats to
school children walking the area
but Conun. Jim Dickey agreed
with Robert HuUender, a former
employee of Duplex Interna
tional, who pointed out that
Watterson St. “is already a high
risk area” and granting trucks ac
cess would not pose any addi
tional problems. “It’s the safest
access and the most'direct route
to the plant.” HuUender pointed
out that Watterson Street is wide
and much improved since 1975
when Duplex opened in Kings
Mountain with 300 employees
with many more trucks traveling
the route to MitcheU Street.
“Most of our schools in Kings
Mountain are located in a high
rick traffic area,” he said.
Upon recommendation of
Comm. King, seconded by
Childers, the board also
authorized the Mayor to appoint
a committee to study the matter
and make further recommenda
tions to the board of commis
sioners.
“We’D try to convince the
state that we need some arterial
roads when the city’s road
system comes under study after
the first of the year and work
begins on a thoroughfare plan,”
said Mayor Moss. The Mayor
said the city wiU begin work
soon with the Department of
Transportation on a signaliza-
tion system as well as a
thoroughfare plan.
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REV. WJL TYSON
Special
Services
At Boyce
Rev. William H. Tyson wiU
lead a series of special services at
Boyce Memorial ARP Church
on Edgemont Drive beginning
Sunday and continuing through
next Thursday.
Services on Sunday wiU be at
11 ajn. and 7 pjn. and Monday
through Thursday, services will
be at 7:30 each evening.
Rev. Tyson began his ministry
at Boyce Memorial in
September. He is a native of
Jackson, Miss., and a graduate
of Belhaven CoUege and the
Reformed Theological Seminary
of Jackson, Miss.
He has had training in church
growth and training of laity at
FuUer Theological Seminary in
California. He served as pastor
of the Steam Mill Road
Presbyterian Church of Colum
bus, Ga., and co-pastor of the
Associated Reformed
Presbyterian Church of Bartow,
Fla., prior to accepting the call
to Boyce Memorial.
Rev. Tyson and the congrega
tion invite all area residents to at
tend the special services.
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RUN BEGINS — Station agonts, troll boasoa
and commltto* choirporaons or* plcturod
aboTO rocolring tholr aoddlo bags bom o hit
ching poat oa tho annuol Pony Exproaa run at
Control United Mothodlat Church woa kicked
oU Sunday nighL Left to right are Scott Price.
Ilm Potter. Bill RuaaelL Larry Hamrick. Mary
Dilllng. Jell Moaa. George Blolock and Floyd
Payne.
Methodists
Kickoff Run
The annual “Pony Express”
fund-raising program of Central
United Methodist Church was
highlighted Sunday evening dur
ing a church supper of barbecue
and all the trimmings.
Approximately 136 members
participated in the dinner and
discussed the coming year’s
budget.
Rev. Robert E. Boggan Jr.,
minister; James Potter, chairman
of the Committee on Finance;
and Bill Russell, General
Manager of the Pony Express
Run, announced a 130 p.m.
start of the run on Sun., Nov.
16.
Chairman Potter stated that
key workers have already
estimated gifts to the church will
be 15 percent over last year.
Members of the committee,
station agents and trail bosses
received saddle bags which were
draped over a hitching rack.
‘^hen I consider what the
future holds for us and the
multitude of blessings our
members have received through
the church this past year, 1 am
confident that estimates of giv
ing by all our members will in
crease,” Rev. Boggan said.
Photo by Bob Boggan
LOOK OVER BAGS — Mrs. Gals McDcmlsl, Isb, and Mrs. Bar
bara DsVons took ovsr thsb saddls bags, which thsy will uss
to collsct plsdgss during ths annuol Csnbal Unitsd Msthodist
Chtirch Pony Express Run. Ths drivs was kicked oil with a
bcabscus dinner Sunday night ond the run will begin
coming Sunday at 1:30 p.m.