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You are now reading — LINCOLN COUNTY’S LEADING NEWSPAPER and ADVERTISING MEDIUM VOL. 48, NO. 33 LOCATION NEAR LINCOLNTON . . . • Jhorewood Furn. Inc. To Build Large, New Plant Approximately 11 acres of land fronting on the new bypass and lying between the Maiden highway and Goodsonville road has been purchased by Shorewood Furni ture, Inc., of Lincolnton as the building site for a new furniture plant of the company, it was an nounced today. BUSINESS GOOD Recent and present good bus iness enjoyed by the firm and prespects for a brighter future were cited as reasons for the ex. pansion program being under taken by the company. Steam W. Warlick, general manager and treasurer of the firm, reported that work on the new, one story, brick and steel building as slated to begin within the next few days. Hte added that it is hoped that construction work may be far enough advanced by late January or early February so that the wood-working (machine) phase of the company’s opera tions, now located on the Lincoln ton-Cherryville highway, can move in. When completed, the main building will contain approximate ly 40,000 square feet of floor space. The building design is planned for maximum of efficien cy and production. It was stated that rough lumber will enter at Pollock Will Preside At State Soil Group Meet Stanley Z. Pollock, Lincoln coun ty soil conservationist, will preside at the annual meeting of the North Carolina Chapter No. 45, Soil Con servation Society of America, to be held at the Vance Hotel in States ville Friday and Saturday of this week. Mr. Pollock is president of the te group. Others connected with soil conservation program in If coin county will accompany /. Pollock to the two-day event. The meeting begins with re gistration at 12 noon Friday, and in attendance will be soil conservationists from all parts of the state. A demonstration on soil samp ling by Iredell County 4-H’ers, D. W. White, Jr., and Allen Williams will be given at the Statesville City hall at 1 p.m. Friday, follow ed at 2 p.m. by a tour of the Third Creek watershed. Dr. Harry B. Caldwell, master of the N.C. Grange, will present the special awards at the lunch eon meeting Friday, at which Dr. Hugh H. Bennett, former chief of the Soil Conservation Service will be the principal speaker. Various reports will be heard at the Saturday session, officers elect ed. with the main address at the luncheon meeting to be delivered by H. Wayne Pritchard, executive secretary of the Soil Conservation Society of America. VFW Dance Saturday Night Another Saturday night dance is planned for this Saturday night, Nov. 12, at the VFW Club on the country club. The dance, sponsored by the Shipp-Lockman VFW Post, will be for VFW members and their guests. There will be dancing, both round and square, from 9 until 12 midnight. Music will be by the popular Rhythm Masters. Admission: $1.50 per couple. 4 Kt ■ 1 wk Jy. HIS TITLE PICKED ... From »rr than 250 suggested subjects .übmitted by agricultural work ers over the state for the 1956 Cooperative Essay Contest, that of P. E. Shoulars (above), agri culture teacher at the South wood School near Kinston, was sclented. His title was “How Our Farm Surplus Can Help Win the Battle for World Peace.” The contest is open to all rural high school boys and girls and is sponsored annually by the Farmers Cooperative Ex change and the N. C. Cotton Growers Association. The Lincoln Timei; Published Every Monday and Thursday Devoted to the Progress of Lincolnton and Lincoln County. £ 3 the extreme rear (North) end of the straighline building, and as this progresses through each . phase of manufacturing, all op . erations will progressively move forward towards the front (South) end of the plant for final phase of inspection, packing and ship ping. Offices and show rooms will al so be located in the main building. Shorewood Furniture, Inc., pro duces a medium to higher price line of modern and early American upholstered living room furniture. The company's product is sold throughout most of the eastern and midwest sections of the United States, with a few accounts m Canada. EMPLOYES 60 PEOPLE Mr. Warlick said the plant presently employs 60 people, and added that it is not known at this time how many additional employees the new plant will re quire. It was pointed out that the . sales of Shorewood Furniture, Inc., have consistently shown a gain until a point has been reached where it is almost impossible to maintain required production in ; the firm’s present frame-produc . ing plan:. So, officials of the com , pany, after much thought and , consideration for future expan- KIWANIS CLUB SPEAKER ... More Businessmen Using Christian Principles Now, Says Dr. Henry Dr. Harry D. Henry of Hickory, retired Methodist minister, gave . an interesting and humorous talk before Kiwanians at the club’s : weekly dinner meeting on Tues- Preaching Mission Themes Announced The pastor of Emanuel Evange lical and Reformed Church, the Rev. Lewis E. Everline. has an nounced the titles of the various sermons to be preached next week as a part of the Preaching Mission. The guest speaker, the Rev. Roy E. Leinbach, Jr., of the South Fork ; Charge, will speak on Sunday 1 night at 7:30 on the theme, “The Church Speaks, Our Response.” The services on the evenings that follow will likewise begin at 7:30 and the titles of the sermons will be: Monday —“The Three Faces”: Tuesday— “Living in Two Worlds”; Wednesday “The Wages of Sin”; Thursday “Watch and Pray; Friday —“The Cross.” Each service will begin with a special song service under the di rection of Elder C. C. Leonard with the choir and special soloists as ; sisting. The concluding service on Fri day will feature a special rededica tion for all members and friends who desire to participate in it. The public is cordially invited to at tend these services. 1,934 Lose License For Drunk Driving RALEIGH In a summary of : license revokable traffic offenses i for October, the State Department • of Motor Vehicles said today that i 1,934 Tar Heel motorists lost their : operator’s permit following con victions ranging from drunk driv ing to incompetency. Drunk driving offenses, as usu al. led the October summary with 980 convictions. This was followed by speeders with 550 cases, most of which were in the over 70 mph bracket. Other convictions reported dur ing the month were driving after license revoked or suspended (further penalties) 76, reckless driving (two counts) 126. habitual violatores 48. transporting intoxi cants 34, improper use of driver's license 30, manslaughter seven and incompetency five. From January through October, the report stated, the vehicles agency had wi hdrawn the legal driving privileges of 21,303 motor ists. Lincoln Farmers With Hay For Sale Asked To Contact. The County Agent s Office The following announcement from the Lincoln county farm agent's office will be of interest to farmers who have hay for sale: A number of farmers from the eastern part of the state have re quested names of farmers from Lincoln County who have hay for sale. Hurricanes damaged most of the hay in the coastal areas, caus ing an acute shortage. Livestock farmers in that area are now buying hay from this sion, decided in favor of the com : plete new factory located on ; ground sufficient for plenty of ex pansion. The company officials, after in vestigation, study, and consider ing all details, believed the tract . i f land purchased is the most de sirable to be found in or around Lincolnton for this expansion project. FIRM OFFICERS Officers of Shorewood Furni ture, Inc., are J. C. Cloniger, of York, S. C„ president; S. W. Warlick of Lincolnton, treasurer and general manager: M. E. Shore of New York city, sales manager. The complny was founded in 1948 in the present manufactur ing plant of frame construction. In 1951, the cloth cutting, sewing, upholstering, shipping depart ments, and office were moved into their present location on East Church Street. The new plant, when completed , and occupied, will embrace all op i nations and divisions of the com ; pany. i In addition to the production i plant, the Shorewood project will include installation of a water system, a 150 H.P. steam boiler [ plant, dry-kiln and lumber yard . with conveyer track system. day night in the High School : cafeteria. He was introduced by Rev. J. W. Braxton. Dr. Henry served as a Meth odist minister for 32 years, most of the time in Minnesota, prior to his retirement. When he first retired, he moved to Florida to live but later found North Caro lina more to his liking and moved to Hickory. RADIO ANNOUNCER | In recent years, in his desire to | keep busy at some avocation, he ' has served a* a news •announcer ! over radio station WSIKY in Htck ‘ ory and conducts his own pro ; grams on Sunday afternoons and each morning at 8:30. ; The speaker told of his work in the radio broadcasting field in 1 Hickory, and expressed the opinion that “everyone should 1 make a resolu ion to laugh more, enjoy life more.” He related that 1 in preparation for his radio work he read many magazines and 1 newspapers and tried to select 1 news items for his programs that ' made good news. “I like to find things that peo ple do that s ack up against the ■ judgment of eternity,” he said. His centered much of his talk on his findings in the human re lations field, and reported that he has found that the American bus inessman has changed his way of thinking and ac.ing -with a de -1 cided shift in his attitude towards 1 social responsibility. “More and more business men,” Dr. Henry explained, "are using Christian principles in their business.” He emphasized that you can now see "tracing of Christ’s teachings in the busi ness world and market place.” SPONSOR GIRL SCOUT FUND DRIVE Kiwanian Jule Ward made a ’ club announcement that the Ki -1 wanis club is sponsoring the Lin -1 coin county Girl Scout Fund Drive, and that it was.hoped the drive could be completed by next Tuesday. Club members will con tact the various town organiza ■ tions and individuals for contribu tions to the fund, he said. Post Office, Courthouse Offices Will Close Friday, November 11 Veterans Day, formerly known as Armistice Day, will be ob served Friday, Nov. 11, as a hol iday by the Lincolnton post of fice, the driver's license exam iner office, and other federal offices here. AH county offices in the courthouse will be closed on Friday as a holiday. The stores, banks and other business will open as usual tomorrow'. (Lincoln) area. All Lincoln County farmers having hay for sale are asked to contact the Lincoln County farm agent’s office and give the fol lowing information: Amount for sale, quality, kind, and price wanted per ton. This in no way guarantees the sale of the hay. but the county agent’s office will do i’s best to help local fanners find a pur chaser. LINCOLNTON, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1955 Tait Yarn Co. Plant Building Being Renovated ( Tait Yarn Co., E. Water street, is this week undergoing some re modeling work that is designed to - afford additional comfort and ad- . vantages for employees and lend ’ to the general appearance to the ' plant’s physical features. Every other window on the first 1 floor of the plant building is be ing closed up by brick construc tion. and other windows will be ; partly closed-leaving the top por tions for ventilation and light pur poses. Jim Sigmon, treasurer of the company, stated that this outside work and interior improvements are designed to provide better heating and lighting of the plant ih the winter months, cooler in the summer months. A. L. Tait, Mayor of Lincolnton, is president of Tait Yarn Co. R. B. Gates Goes To Tax Meeting At Chapel Hill R. B. Gates, Tax Supervisor of Lincoln county, is in Chapel Hill this week where he is attending the state convention of North Carolina Tax Supervisors Asso ciation at the Institute of Gov. ernment. Mr. Gates is president of the or ganization, and will preside over the three-day program scheduled for yesterday, today and Friday. Attending the convention with Mr. Gates are Mrs. Calvin , Mosteller, clerk in the tax sup ervisor office: Mrs. O. H. Ven ters, county tax lister; Blair Ab ernethy, Jr., who this week was named assistant to Mr. Rake in the county property revaluation work. The Lincolnton group went- to the Chapel Hill meeting with Ray Pitts, Tax Supervisor of Catawba county. —1 Mrs. Ida Hewitt Dies At Maiden Mis. Lydia Hoyle Hfewitt. eighty three, of Maiden, died at a New ton hospital Monday night at seven o’clock, following a linger ing illness. She was the widow of the late J. L. Htewi t of Maiden. Funeral services were held Wed- ; nesday afternoon at three o’clock at the Mt. Ruhama Baptist ' church, with the Rev. L. A. Me- Clure officiating, assisted by the : Rev. L. R. Williams Burial was in ' the church cemetery. 1 Surviving are a sister, Mrs. M. P. Taylor, and a number of nieces 1 and nephews. Mrs. Hewitt was ’ born Oct. 31, 1873, a daughter of the late Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Hoyle of Catawba county. 1 — ] Chicken Supper For ’ High School Band There will be a chicken and i dumpling supper Saturday night, ] November 12 at the Bandy's High ] School, in Catawba county, be- J ginning at 5:00 p.m. Plates will : be *i on for adults and 50 cents ] for children. Proceeas will go to the high ] school band. i Local Religious Campaign Is Being Sponsored By Jaycees The opening of the local Reli gion in American Life (RIAL) campaign during November was announced by a proclamation of Mayor A. L. Tait today to encour age everyone to attend regularly the church or synagogue of his choice. CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE A committee composed of rep reesntatives of local religious and civic groups is sponsoring the campaign with Alex S. Bar- Rotarians See Timely Film On Air Alert System A timely and instructive motion picture in color and sound was shown to Rotarians at the club's dinner meeting Monday night in the High School cafeteria. Rotarian Champ Land was pro gram leader. The film dealt with the Conel rad system of air raid alert on radio and the need of planning ahead for the possible evacuation of your respective city or town. The importance and use of the automobile was stressed in the evacuation operation. This film was made possible by the National Au.omobile Dealers. Association. Before the film was presented, Mr. Land spoke briefly relative to the operation of the Conelrad air alert system. Andrew Rhyne, member of the Gastonia Rotary club, was a vis itor at Monday's meeting of the local club. County Employees Will Get Additional Holidays COMPANY PLANNED LINCOLNTON MILL ... Talks Go On Regarding Sale Bell Company Property Here The Axelrod interests in Bos ton are still negotiating for the purchase of The Bell Co., worsted manufacturer. Worcester. Mass., James Axelrod, spokesman for the group, made known. Mr. Axelrod is head of Lipp ill Worsted Mills, Woonsocket, R. I. The sale would include acre age in Lincoln, near the old Smith mill, where Bell intended to erect a wool processing fac tory. FINES ARE ASSESSED... Traffic Violators Top Recorder's Court Docket Disposition of cases tried in Monday’s Recorder’s court. Judge Thomas Wilson presiding, as taken from the records in the office of Clerk of Court Joe Ross follow: James S epta Bennett, speeding 55 mph in 45 zone. Service of warrant ordered. Hubert Cornwell Brooks, driving drunk, no operator's license. De fendant called and failed. Issue capais and Sci Fa on bondsmen. Oscar J. Earl, 68, Os County, Taken By Death Oscar James Earl. 68. of Urn colnton Route 4, Massapoag Mill section, died around 10 p. m. last night at the Crowell Hhospital. MV. Earl, a textile worker by profession, became suddenly ill at his home Wednesday nigh' and was rushed by ambulance to the hospital where he succumbed shortly after admittance. Death was reported due to a heart at tack. Funeral services will be held Friday at 11 a. m. at Lawings i Chapel Baptis Church with the Rev. L. A. McClure in charge, j Burial will be in the church ceme- j tery. Mr. Earl was the son of Martin Earl and Frances Frye Earl of Haywood county. He was born June 9. 1887. Surviving are his wife, Mis. Kate Saunders Earl: two daught ers, MJis. Junius Seagle and Mi's. Robert Carpenter of Lincolnton. Route 2: one son. Fred Earl of Lincolnton: one sister, children: and one sister, Mrs. Joe Beal of Lincolnton, Route 5. The body will remain at Drum Funeral Home Chapel until the hour of the service. ringer as chairman. Others serv ing on the committee are: Jim Moore, Sam Huss, John Friday, and Donald Hovis. “These are times,” the Mayor's proclamation said, “when every . family needs the inner strength of heart and soul that religion can bring. The power of religion, for us as individuals and as a nation, will always be the foundation of our way of life.” “The Religion in American Life campaign,” he continued, “will stress the vital contribution re ligion makes every day. both to individuals and to the community. Its sole goal is to reach every resident of Lincolnton to urge him to attend regularly the church or synagogue of his choice.” JAYCEES SPONSOR The Junior Chamber of Com merce Is sponsoring the cam paign in Lincolnton. All activi ties will center around the cen tral theme: “Give them a faith to live by ... Worship with them this week.” The RIAL campaign will be re peated in hundreds of communi ties across the nation throughout November as part of the annual, non-sectarian program conducted by The Committee on Religion in American Life, Inc. The national program is sponsored by a com mittee of laymen from the major. ■ faiths and is headed by Joseph H. McConnell, director and general counsel of the Reynolds Metals Company. It is supported by 24 national religious bodies. Ameri can business, through the Adver tising Council, participates each year by contributing nationwide for the campaign. Mr. Axelrod said his group had made a proposal for the firm. He said he expected Bell to make a counter proposal which then would be considered. Mr. Axelrod said that the “Axelrod interests” is the cor rect description of the potential purchaser. He said his name is used in such negotiations but it definitely was the “Axelrod in terests" which arc involved. Bond set at S6OO. on first count; Issue capias on second count, as defendant called and failed. Izal <nmn> Sherrill, driving drunk. Defendant asks for jury trial. Motion granted. Douglas Rickard, assault on fe male, adu r . Not guilty. Ralph Davidson Sherrill, reck less driving involved in accident. Not guilty. Ira Gene Sherrill, reckless driv ing involved in accident. Not guil ty. ! John Lineberger Cooper, failed to grant right of way being in volved in accident. Not guilty. Fay Ernest Hallman, exceeding safe speed involved in accident. MVL 20-141 (A) (C). Not guilty. Donald Duke Sherrill, reckless driving involved in accident. 90 11 days, suspended upon payment of $25 fine and costs. Johnnie (nmn) Morrison, reck | less driving involved in in acci -1 dent causing personal injury and property damage. Six months, sus pended upon payment of SSO fine and costs. Howard Anderson Low'e. driving drunk. Six months, suspended upon payment of SIOO fine and costs, and further condition de fendant not operate a motor ve j hide upon public highways of N. C. for a period of 1 year from j date. Defendant appeals to Super ! ior court. J Harold (nmn) Logan, driving S drunk Six months, suspended upon | payment of SIOO fine and costs and | further condition that defendant j not operate a motor vehicle upon the public highways of N. C. for a period of 1 year from date. De fendant appeals to Superior court. Lester Clay Mauldin, reckless driving involved in accident. 90 days, suspended upon payment of $25 fine and costs. David Jack Dellinger, speeding 80 mph. 30 days, suspended upon payment of sls and costs; given until Nov. 12, 1955. to pay. The following were ordered to pay the costs on the charge of speeding: Carl Sidney Dennis. Martin August Joyner, Dwight Thomas Petcra, Vernon Theodore Garrison, Lee Ellis Edward s, Walter Lee Nicholson. Thomas Murray Mayfield. Daniel Cline Falls, Robert Lee Campbell. Rob ert Lee Hoke, William Oliver Wil liams. Gary Lee Ray. Sam Avery Carpenter, Louise Wright Bark ley. Bobby Ray Nantz. Melvin Leroy Bowman. Jerry Odell Buff. Cases on indictments for assault, adw. slander of woman, reckless driving involved in accident, were continued to other terms of court. Jonas To Speak At Legion Celebration All Legionnaires and Auxiliary members were again reminded to day of the joint meeting of the Legion and Auxiliary tomorrow' (Friday) night at the Legion Hut. at 7 o’clock. A Veterans Day, formerly known as Armistice Day, celebration will j be held. Also, the event will include a covered dish supper. Congress | man C. R. Jonas will speak follow - ; ing the meal. Variety Show Nov. 18th For Benefit Os LHS Band Plans have been completed for the Variety Show to be held on Friday night, November 18. in the Lincolnton High School auditor ium. The show, beginning at 8 o’clock, will be sponsored by the Band Boosters Club of Lincoln - ton. All proceeds will go for the bene fit of the High School band. As the High School band is dependent upon the proceeds of | this program for its operational New Jail Reported In Prospect For County Employees of Lincoln County will be getting more “time off” or holidays from their work in the future than they have in the past, the County Commissioners so decreed this week. And, prospects are that the County Jail will definitely be condemned for further use if no effort is made* by the county in the near future to replace it. ICI -*1 ik ■'m nSSt? y HAROLD F.IDE Harold Eide To Be ! Executives Club Speaker On 17th Not since the days of Jack Lon-j don has a more colorful figure j come out of Alaska than the next speaker who is scheduled to ad- i dress the Lincoln Executives Club. Harold Eide, gold-miner, trader, trapper and rough-and-ready sol- ! dier of fortune who is at home j everywhere, will be here on Thurs- ! day night, November 17. Eide is an adventurer par excel- j lence. having been just about i “everywhere” in the north. Alaska, j Norway, Iceland, the Carribean.; too; they're all nome to him. He’s : a delightful storyteller, and cap tivates his audience with his stim- ; ulating experiences. Carolina Oil Truck Ablaze, Firemen Called City firemen led by truck driver Paul Brackett, were called out on the Lincolnton-High Shoals highway about 3 p. m. Tuesday, w'here a Carolina Distributing Co. ruck had caught fire. Pete Crow, driver of the truck, j reported to firemen that he first noticed the truck ablaze when he looked through the vehicle’s rear mirror. He quickly pulled the blaz ing truck off the highway and an emergency call made to the fire department. The fire originated at :he rear of the truck near the booster hose. Only fuel oil, no gasoline, was in the truck tanks when the blaze flared up, it was stated. Damages were es imated at possibly several hundred dol lars. VFW Ham Supper Set For Monday Lincoln Post 1706. Veterans of Foreign Wars, will hold a ham supper for members at the post's regular meeting Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the post home. Commander Dick Mullen an nounced that ham and all the trimmings will be served free to all who attend and asked for a full attendance of members. expenses, it is very urgent that . there be a "sold out” house. All tickets are 50 cents each. Carl Smith, popular announcer at radio station WLON. will cmcce the program and an evening of superb entertainment has been ar ranged. Everyone is urged to “back the band” by coming out to the show. If you can’t come, the request is made that you buy a ticket anyway and thus show' your appreciation of the fine L.H.S. band. ALMOST EVERYONE in LINCOLNTON and LINCOLN COUNTY reads THIS NEWSPAPER Single Copy: FIVE CENTS These decisions were made and ether matters discussed and ac ed upon when the County Commis sioners met in monthly session on Monday in the county courthouse. Commissioners present were. B. P. Costner, chairman: James W. Warren, Lee O. Bess, Rodney Sherrill and Loui M. Aderholt. HOLIDAY SCHEDULE On the setting of holiday da es for county employees, the motion was made by Commissioner War ren. seconded by Commissioner Sherrill and unanimously passed jby the board, that the following days be observed the county em- Iployees as holidays: January 1 (New Year’s day, or Monday following), Easter Mon day, July 4th, Labor Day (first Monday in September), Novem ber 11th (Armistice, now known as Veterans Day), Thanksgiving day, and three work days at the Christmas season (these three days to be designated by the commissioners. This means the courthouse will ! be closed on the above listed holi- I day schedule. This holiday schedule for the [county’s approxima ely 35 em ployees will give them seven “ex- I tra” holidays that they haven’t | enjoyed in the past. In recent I years, the only “days off” ovserved |bv county employees have been ! July 4th, Thanksgiving day and | Christmas. COUNTY JAIL OUTMODED | On the County Jail ma ter, a | Mr. Early. State Inspector of city and county jails, met with the commissioners to give information j and recommendations to them on | the aged basille which has long j been considered ou moded. It was : agreed that the inspector would issue a statement at an early date Ito the commissioners as to the I fu ure use of the jail. I The county commissioners have |in past sessions have studied and discussed the possibilities of j thoroughly remodeling the present jail, or having a completely now ; one built. Sentiment now, it is , understood, favors a new jail. Commissioner Warren was willing to be quoted on the jail situation. He said: "We've found 1 the cost of remodeling the pres ent jail would amount to around $40,000, and a new one can be buill for around $75,000. I see [ more advantages and benefits for the county and the future in building a new jail rather than trying to do anything expensive about the old one.” CANNOT CONFINE JUVENILES, WOMEN Inspector Eearly told the com missioners that lie present county .tail cannot be used anymore in confining juvenile delinquents or women. Arrangements will have to be made to take them to an area county jail, probably Gaston county, he advised. Men inmates, the s ate man told the commis sioners, cannot be kept in the local .iaii any longer than the time required to be given a court hearing or tried in Recorder’s (ourt this period of confine ment not to exceed seven days. Commissioner Warren sated that it was decided that the coun ty jail would be continued tem (Continued on page 8) - j The higest rank in Scout ing, the Eagle Rank, was award, ed Don Smith, of Troop 1, Crouse at Iho October 20 Court of Honor. Eagle Seout Smith is a junior in the Tryon High School where he is president of his class. He is also vice presi dent of the M. Y. F. at the Crouse Methodist ehureh. Don ) is the son of Mr. and Airs. J. E. Smith of the Crouse community i The Scoutmaster of Crouse Troop 1 is Ause Harvey.
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