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Bsrr ft * wsmsem ^? " i i I- J rij.y POPULATION ' Jnoorporatsd Kings Mouuuu 6,547 Immediate Trading Am* 15,000 (Figures bseed on registrations ol local War Price and Rationing board.) VOL. 66 NO. 34 I Local Ncy.\? Bulletins SCHOOL NOTICE J. E. Huneycutt, principal o I Kings Mountain high school, sail Wednesday that all high scboo students who have moved to King Mountain since the close of schoo last year and all other high schoo pnplls wishing to make schedoli changes should come to the higl school Mbnday morning. PERSONNEL CHANGE Miss Dorothy Costner, former); clerk at Garland's Jewelers, nor holds a similar post |t Blalock * fffflfflfV tskino Mrs W'ra-. ? 0?- ? ^ y 0 H|/ h?i !?*? nun Monday, Mr*. D. E. Falla has re placed Miss, Costner at Oarland'e. nan A.LAAM The city fire department wa called ont about 8:30 Haturda; morning do extinguish a fire on th< back porch of the Falls home 01 Cleveland avenue. Chief Orady Kin) aaid the fire started after ho aahea, removed from a stove, wer placed in a wooden nail keg on th< porch. The ashes burned througl the wooden keg and ignited th porch. Slight damage was done ti the porch, Mr. King said. MEYER HERE Dr. Harold Meyer, chairman o the state recreation commission and University of North Carolim faculty member, was in King Mountain last week to confer witl local recreation committee officlat regarding a city pMe recreations program. UNION SERVICE Sunday night's union service wil be held at Ceutral Methodist rhur ch at 8 o'clock, with Rev. P. Ii Patrick bringing the message, i was announced this week by Rev I* C. Pinnix, Ministerial assocln tion secretary. CRAWFOED IN STATES Spt. Wilson Crawford, son of Mr and Mm. W. J. Crpwford. callei bin parents from an east coast poi 8unday night following bis arrive from the European Theater of Op erationa. Sgt. Crawford, who ha served many months overseas, sail be was to report to Fort Bragg an< expected to be in Kings Motintaii on fnrlougb in a very sbort time He bas been serving in Ttaly. HAT AOBNOT MOVES The Arthur Hay Agency, King! Mountain insurance agents, ha moved from Its temporary quarter In tbe Professional building to of fices in the First National Banl building. The firm moved to th< professions! huilding while thi bank building was being renovat ed. Patrons and friends are belnf inv-'od to visit the firm in it> new offices. ROBERTS TB Trnvrv Captain Thomas Roberts,s son W Frank C. Roberta, arrived in King! Mountain Tuesday following his re turn fmm the European Theater ol .Operations. Now visiting his wif< in Forest City, Captain and Mrs Roberts are expected to return t< Kings Mountain Thursday.^ RATION BOARD HOURS W. "PMtlakeJy. chairman of th< local price and rationing board, an nounced Wednesday that the ratlor board would no longer be open or Saturday, following receipt of in atru'-iions to return to a 40-houi week. The office will be open tt the public from 10 to 4 o'clock Mondays through Friday*. OOOOZN8 HOME 8gt. Harold Coggins, well-knowr Kings Mountain man and befon entering service manager of King! Mountain Furniture company, ti home on furlough following his re cent" >eturn from duty in the Eu ropean Theater of Operations. XIWANTS MEETING Chief Walter Anderson, of the Charlotte police department, wit address members of the Klngi Mountain Kiwanls club at the reg ular weekly meeting of the organi day night at ft o'clock, it was an eetlng mandatory attendance at se' nouneed this week. COMPLETES BOOT TRAIHTMC James E. Black, S2c, has beer I', home for nine days visiting hii mother, Mrs. J. B. Self, and othei relatives.' Seaman Black entered the Navy May 23, and has Jusi gfvmn1afa/l VU >vaa* tlii Naval Training center, Batnbridge Md. Aftar aaporting back tor duty, ha w*a put in tba eommiaaarjr Da I fr.ll.i aad win ba atettoaed at {Kings Horse Show Labor Holida * w Merchants Will Close >| M r Monday, Open Wednesday . i? The majority oi Kin** Moun ' B 1 tain retail business house*, fin an- h 8 nandal institutions and office* will P 1 close Monday in observance of the b 1 Labor Day holiday, It was announes ed this week by Mr*. Lynwood Par1 ton, secretary of the Merchants assodatlon. *v The firms, however, will be open D for burin res all day on Wednesday. c I' This policy waa followed last year. F ' Also fb obeer-re the holiday win 9 be the United States Employment 11 ' Service office, the ration board, h the draft board and the poctdfflce. 11 H. L Burdette, city manager, could not he reached Wednesday to learn ' whether dty offices would ' does 8 A check of the dty'* Industrial 1 r firms Indicated the majority of ' 0 them would operate aa usual. n Suicide Plane ? Hit Gore's Ship 0 Hnrley R. Oore, AOM 3c, son of ' Rev. and Mrs. E. O. Gore, of Kings Mountain, is a crew member of the , big navy aircraft carrier USS Hanr cock which on April 7 was hit by a ' Japanese bomb and plane resulting " in 140 casualties " * Tho Kings Mouutain man was not ' ^ injured iu the attack which took 2'i * | lives, wounded 76, ami left listed 1 1 us missing. 1 ; Announcement of the damage to _ ! the Hancock was recently made bv i the- navy department, / AOM Gore, still aboard the carrier, ' was last home in July, 1!>44. ' last home iu July, 1044. Following is a portion of tho Asso .. '' ciated I'rcss account of the attack: if "The attack occurred on the dnv i jt I that a fast carrier task force found and sauk the Japanese super-battle- . ship. Yamoto when it left the shel' ter of homeland waters in an at ' 1 tempt lo attack invasion forces a-. , J Okinawa. . .:,v- - A' At the time, the Hancock was '* cruising south of Kyushu, southern- ^ * most of the^main Japanese home is, lands. "A single dive bomber known as ^ 1 a Judy came out of a cloud 5,0<J6 yards from the Hancock, swooped low over the ship, banked, and div. ed straight for it. The Judy dropped t its bomb from an altitude of 50 feet. 1 "The bomb exploded on the flight C< 8 deck, penetrated the forward section 1 of the deck, and damaged the hangar ? deck. Caught by the blast, the Judy I cartwheeled and crashed on the flight deck. The twin blows destroy- I I ed 16 planes on the flight and han- ar | gar decks. * "Fires started by the bomb and plane were quickly brought uuder tc control and within four hours the rn ship was ready to receive its carrier a , planes. T' The Hancock, commanded by rapt. ! ol Hobert F. Hickey of Montague, t'alif. i hi f is a veteran of more than ei^tit mon ths' fighting in the Pacific. Its records include the sinking of nine en tl | emy warship in a single day during m the battle of Leyte Gulf. In nildition tl by mill-June she had bagged S2 ene' my merchant vessels and accounted ti , for 241 enemy planes. Seventy two of the planes were shot down over a( t Tokyo in a single day. t? Mrs. Cline Receives 0 r Note Prom White House M ' Mrs. A. E. Cline last week recelv- ^ efl a note of appreciation from Wil- ? liam D. H&ssett, secretary to Presi- aj ddnt Harry 8. Truman, in response to a note written the president by '' Mm. Cline. ? Text of Mrs. Cline's note follows: E "I believe with all my heart that 1 your every day home life is going to th mean more to the U. 8. A. or to the ai world than any one thing. Please li< keep It np. A "My constant prayer is: God blees H yod and ail of yours in all that yon C j do or say. jrl "A friend. Tb 1 "Mrs. A. E. Cline. CI The reply, written from the White K House Angnst 22, follows: Di "The President has read your kind C< r' note with the deepest appreciation. IT He asks me to thank yov for writing Ci to him as yon did, and especially for w yonr remembrance of him in prayer. very sincerely yonre, w | "William D. Hasaett, ei Secretary to the President." h< ' v m COUNT* BOOT) MZJM t OKI sens of Cleveland eovnty have purchased 46,499,78 K76 la "K" bonds .and mad# total par- 1 chases ef *23,991,644.88 in all Issnes, according (a a report annonn! red Soaday By I. P. Boblaaoa ' of Charlotte, regieyai chairman. Moun KINGS MOUN J.-.IN, N. C THU T T i lo lop j' y Events i i The Kings Mountain Lions club'* iroiiil annual Labor Day horse show | egilining at it o'clock at the Obi j gll Park on the York road, will) , ighlight Kings Mountain'* first I eacetime observance of the national! oliday since 1041. Officials of the boise show an- | ouueed Wednesday that the best orse show ever presented in Kiugs | louutain is anticipated with a largo | umber of exhibitor* expected to i ompete for the more than $250 in irizes offered in the lflclass event. The rioir Rt thp Old Roll Pool* leen completed ami the grounds hava een pronounced in excellent eondlion. Meantime, trucks were dispatched or bleacher seats on Wednesday and bene, designed to accommodate over ,000 persons, are to be erected dueng the week end. 1 r The show on Monday is designed to 1 I ' W. K. Maunty, Jr., general chair- {*] man of the Lions hone ahow committee, said Wednesday that entries for the local show will be taken up to the time of the partlcu- i * lar events Monday afternoon. It ! * was previously announced that a s deadline for entries would be i Thursday, August 30th, but Mr. ? Mauney said this was only to assure printing of entries In the of- r flclal horse show program. He urg- * id all exhibitors to enter their ' horses by Thursday night, If posrible, in order that the program might list all possible entries. c e the best etor presented to it ' lings Mountain, audience with prize " loney incrensed considerably ovea ' iat offered in previous shows. The 16 event show includes classr- v ur walking horses, three-nnd-five- ' n'tod horses, and ponies. Also Inluded is n fine-harness class and ' ihkkcs in innios anil gentlemen"! ' orsetnanship. ? Admission will lie .*1.01 for adults ? nil 50 rents Tor children. ineluilinj ederal tax. Tickets may lie purchased vin ndanee from members of the Lions. ' lub. : A large crowd, boosted by the LaDr Pay holiday, is expected to at-1 ' >nd thp event, and a large number I P r local and out-of-town horsea are' " coected to be exhibited. I *' List of entries could not be oblined Wednesday due to the sheen? of J. O. Parraeott, club secretarv. j J* (J )avis To Speak ? it Legion Meet I I . j t! T. R Pavis. Kings Mountain" at- e. irnev. will speak at the regular V eetinp of Otis P. Oreene Post 155 merienn Legion, at the City Ha'l i d nesday night, as the local post, with ' n hers throughout the state. cele- , fi rate the signing of the surrender! < > rms by the Japanese. John Flovd. post commander. said 1 lie special program will be in -the t< itpre of a thanksgiving service for w le end of hostilities. ? He also issued a specific invfta- p on to all service men of both World rars, regardless of whether they ar? ffiliated with the local post, to av ind the meeting. The meeting will begin at eight ' 'clock. I "Mr. Davis will bring ns an Interiting message." said Commander loyd, "and we hope that all memsrs, and all service men and veter- Z( is will attend." sl Irs. Mauney Gives T looks To Library a Mrs. W. K. Mauney has donated n le following books, some of which ^ e new to the Kings Mountain Pubi Library: "This. Too, Shall Pass P1 way," George Pong; "Land I * ave Chosen," Ellin Berlin; "For- 0 . Douglas; "Wife To Mr. Milton, ' * ve Us Our Trespasses". Lloyd ? ?bert Graves; "The Cabin Tn The earing," James A. Braden; "The nave of Diamonds," Ethel H. ^ ell; "The Adventure of Old Man >yote," Thornton Burgess; "Lights p," Grace 8. Richmond; "The ibana Murders," Joel Dane; "The *' hisperlng Cup," Mable Beely. k Mrs. Qharles Campbell, librarian. 1' ho was granted a leave of abseaee irly In the year ha? bean bark at Vl ?t poet In the library for the paft * ontb. * Ii? at ptxjwi: brothers Mlas T/onlaa Wright, daughter of C dr. and Mra. B. T. Wright, aaranttha dntieeaf .bookkeeper at Plonk m< Brotbara and Company thta weak, It wae an noon red by tbe manage- F\ meat. < m d?.-* to?ajLV^/? itVjjbmL. r v-/^ - >. ,-vl? ? t&fi & tain H H8DAY, AUGUST 30, 1045. Irs. Patterson Resigns r Ls Herald Society Editor ^ Mr*. A. H. Patterson, for many -wream society editor of the Herald, I has resigned effective this week, and will be succeeded by Mrs. Homes Houston. Mrs. Patterson resigned due to A the press of other duties, and her eitv resignation was accepted with re- in gret by the Herald. the Mrs. Houston will be In the Her- moi aid office on Monday and Tuesday < or afternoons and on Wednesday. She Ha; will handle all society news and nm will also oondact the Herald Per- Pai sonals cdlttmn. The Herald earn- ! eetly requests all persons to trans- da; mlt their news 'In these depart- da; mgnts either by telephone or by h* seeing Mrs. Houston personally. All are TSao requested to remember itU the deadline, which U 2 o'clock i Wednesday, and they are asked to urn contact Mrs. Houston as early as wJi possible each week. _ _ be reen-Agers Urged ? lo Attend School ? , 1 1 With recent announcements that a" ix to eight million men and women j ,ra' rill soon be released from the armed j me< ervices, that an equivatent number ] rill be released from war industries, mi that two million war workers M*1? lave lost th?ir jobs since Japan sur- j f,re endered. J. K. Huneycutt, high J8 chool principal, today predicted s ' emporarv period of unemployment no( or youth of ? hool age and urge 1 8 hat those who had dropped out <>t a' chool return to complete their edu- !" or ation. Mr. Huneycutt backed up his pre ! lietion of unetni)loyment with a state tent from Reconversion Director bhn W. Snyder that unemployment - "<M ronld reach "five million or more!*1'" rithie three months, perhaps eigV it ill i on by next spring." During the last school year the <ing? .Mountain High School mem ' 'j1 ership dropped from 2.">2 at the end f ?n.> ........t. oo.i i? ten .... >11. rill II IV --- Ml xilf ClOSff f school. a decrcas of 30 pupils. Tn s 10 ho entire Kings Mountain Srhoo-, vstem the membership dropped from 554 to 1492. a decrease of 125 pu-, IN. ;N<v The decrease in membership has! ' een due ( ieflv to pupils going to | ''' * fork, those staying at home so both [ ? arents eould work, and to the few ! s 0 rho Vent directly from a school into j J)?r he armed services, he said.. ' In most cases employers will offer, 'turning service men their formes j i >bs and in other instances more tra, rperienced and more matnre era- rhil lovees will replace those of school for, ge, he stated. Chi With keener competition for em- ghoi loyment, it is important that a j birt oung i>erson have the best possible imn oundation. he pointed out, adding and nat the army and nnvy have reallr.- aga d this fact and have provided for tlia etorans* Education. ; bee' "Tf schocl can help returning sol-' oou iers. it can certainly help bovsj nd girls who are not yet old enough T >r the armed services." Mr. Hunev- the Litt stated. | *ei* Mr. TTuneyeutt also stated that thj 1 the hool woliIiI do everything possible I buil > help those who have dropped out alsc 'hen they return to the class room?1 reai rruck-Load Si FBI Making Ii Kings Mountain's sugar short citi9ns found themselves in an even iorter situation last Friday morning ^ hen it was reported to police that ' truck load of the hard-to-find com e ^ lodity had been stolen during tho ight from Warlick's Terminal on fest King street. The trailer-truck contained 25,000 oundl of angar consigned to Wpre nd Sons, wholesalers, and 110 trace e< f the sugar had been found Wednesay morning, State Highway Patrol- >| tan Hal B. Ward reported. the "Meantime, an intensive investiga mor on has been underway conducted by FBI atrolman Ward aitd Special Agents com ack Ward and Kermit Johnson of off< is ?# T? ?i?>?._ ? * VW'? A^UIQVU Vi AUTJOm>l|JHl|DU< Though officer* declined to give ^ ny deUil* of the investigation, it la ? bowo that many person have b*en nestioiieTF concerning the theft. Mr. Ward said that the track, dri- ? ?n by two nagroe*, A. K. Ooodlet *?n< ad another driver named Hopper, "Bl as being brought to Kinga Moan- enn da fronf Savannah, Ga. soil The track broke down at Tork, 3. In Mr. Ward stated, and the drivers rtet dtphoned KingaMonntaln to send achanica to repair it. At about 7 o'elock Thursday night eft,t rank Teeseeaer, trucktng company Rah sehanie, aad Walt 8?ith, assistant, ?sm erald !ity, Park G 0 Open Nex II schools in the Kin^s Mountain system anil Park (trace school the county system will open for 1945-40 term on Wednesday rning, September 5, nt ae liti|? to announcements by B. N rnes, city schools superintendent. 1 Mrs. J. C. Nickles, principal or k Grace school.' | dr. Barnes said thaf only a halfr session will be held on Wednen r, but that full schedules would maintained, beginning Thursday, alao said that first grade pupils 1 not return for afternoon seheds during the first few days. V general assembly in the auditortis not planned for any of the city iooIs on Wednesday morning. It Is t that the time on Wednesday wilt needed for properly classifying pu i rather than holding opening raises. On Friday morning the publl? invited to each of the city school ilding for appropriate opening exises. " " '? Teachers Meetings Tuesday 'uesday morning at 10:00 o'clock white teachers will meet at PenI 8chool for a general teachers fting. conducted by Superintendent rnes. Tn the afternoon there will divisional meetings conducted by principals. At the Davidson Pot d School a divisional meeting wilt conducted by Principal John A tson at 10 o'clock, fn the after j in at 2:00 o'clock a general teach- | meeting will be conducted by Mr I rnes. Teacher* of Park Grace school! to meet Tuesday morning at ninej lock. Compulsory Attendance Age Superintendent Barnes lias called j ciition to tile fact that there i? n j v school attendance law in effect j ting mandatory attendance at sev ! to fifteen years, instead of seve>. | fourteen as* was the law in form i vears. it i? now a violation ot | law for a child <? stop attending! ool at fourteen. The pupils is tiow | uired to go to school until lie ot i is fifteen years old. Superintendent Barnes has urged iils who have not finished high ool to continue their education.' iv that the war emergency is o* | it is advisable for teen-age pu-1 to drop their ^ools ami go baea I school, he said. " Teen-agers j uld not sacrifice educational op- | tunnies at tms time for the weeVpay envelope." he said. Entrance Age "he law with regard to age for ei:- j tee is the same as last year. A | Id must he six years old on or l?e? October 1st to enter this year.) ldren entering for the first time I uld present three certificates ? j h certificate, certificate shoding | 'uni/.ntinn n-|'inst diphtheria,! i certificate showing vaccination ' inst small pox. Tt is also hoped i t all i-hiidrcn enter'ng will let m n vaccinated against whooping! R Ithe system cenerallv i? ready fur) new term. Superintendent Rnrne?) I. Yesterday all janitor* went on j job to clean and prepare the Idings and grounds. Principals are, i on the job getting everything) ly for the new term, he stated. igar Stolen; _ - nvestigation here in another eab for York, en they arrived they exchanges s, and the load of sugar was light to KiDga Mountain and parh , at Warllck'a Terminal, t is thought to have been stolen and midnight Thuraday night, 'he truck wai found ?- minus the ar ? Friday afternoon, abandonon Highway 274 about nine miles st of Cherryville, in Lincoln counfr. Ward said he was notified of theft about 10 ' o'clock Friday ning and immediately called in th > T. The trtfok was in interstate imerce making the theft a federal >nse. 3<Jee Appeals City urt Judgment am McOee, given a suspended tence of .10 days on the roada and >d $10 and eoatf for public drunk see in eity court Monday, enteren ee of appeal to Superior Court. other rum tried, Lawrence Hoff ler, Charlie Rathhone and .Toe (Toll were fined fire dollar* and * for drunkennee, while Charlie tbene waa aaseaaed eoeta on the e charge. fri'-.i;, . i. ... >? r-jw y ?? ? i n Pa?es IvJ Today FIVE CENTS PER OOP\ race Schools t Wednesday ^^ *v. Eight Auto Accidents On Three-Mile Stretch Report ins eUht tnt/unawia dents between Kings Mountain and Q rover on Highway 89 during the past weekend, Pstrolman Hal B. Ward this week pointed out to mo. to list s that the speed limit is still 35 miles per boor and warned ddlvers against high speeds. The accidents resulted In over 93,000 In property damage, Mr. Ward said, and resulted In hospitalisation of five persons. One car was completely' demolished. "The speed limit Is still 88 miles per hour," Mr. Ward said, "and I wish to warn motorists egalnst driving at high speeds In automobiles which are old and very likely have defective parts as well as weak tires." ? . . Recreation Body Gives Statement Mrs. E. A. Shenk. chirman of the city recreation committee'a committee on securing a director for the Kisgs Mountain recreational system, this week released a" committee-appro veil statement giving facts relative to the committee's inability to seiure a director and outlining the poticy of the group. The statement reads: "The recreation committee, set up liy the city in April. hn? been constantly following every lead given it ill trying to secure a full time recrea tion supervisor. "Several men have come to Kings Mountain, stui'.cu our plan*, and endorsed 'hem. but we wee r.o' abio to persuade them to "the the position. "Money mi generously contributed lo this project is in "lie b;inl;. Pre* out plan is to keen promoting the program of the youth center ano keep in touch with flic -.tntc's office \>f re t> rt'ov vV! ' * ' r'-? house aiol wouhl l?o he'pfu' in spour inp a director. "Wo arc agreed we shall wait until we are sure that we have a dire-tor who he aide to give ua the kind of propram that would put Kings Mountain in a class with the beat." Negress Under Bond On Charge of Theft Louise William*, wife of Sam Williams, negro truck ilrivor for the City of King* Mountain, is free under "xio bond following her arrest ou charges of unlawful possession last Friday. It is alleged that the colored woman picked up a night deposit bap belonging to Plonk Motor company and that she refused to return it. The bag. ac.-or l ng to the warrant, coniainc t s-l."n' it: i nrreiiV and 10 chocks totaling #103.55. Police hcii-btunrter* stated that the i.n>: ?a? onippeii on the street ami that \vl:nessas stnte.l the Williams woman ?>< seen to pick it up. The defendant lias constantly denied that she lias the hag or that aha lias ?een it. if was stated. She is to he given preliminary hearing in city v-order's court Monday. Nineteen Leave For Examinations Nineteen white men left Kings Mountain Wednesday morning for Ft. Jackson. S. C., anil pre-induction examinations to determine their fitness for service in the armed Torees. Of the 10. three had volunteered for immediate induction. They were William IJoyd ParroH, Elzie TTorne, and Robert Clarence Pearson James Leslie Hullender was desig..i.i ' uaicu j;ruup leaner. Others in the group, majority of them, IS-yearolds, were: Hershel Nathan Davia. Hill Alexander Carpenter. Charlie Qnlnn Roblaon. Dewey Ar.broo blyers. Paul Oates R'pyy. ^ Cameron Stokea Ware. Miller Eugene Hughee. Carl Eugene Champion. T?eroy Oene Champion. Thomas Franklin Morrow. Herman Spronae. Arthur Leonard Anderson. Henry Lloyd Wefln Karl Lee Qrigg. j Ansten Junior Elmore. ' - ,1