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Bulletins
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TOOTH CENT EH OIiOBBD
The Youth Ceuter which operati
iu the Woman's Club, is now eIos?
?.Vv ~ will perhaps remain closed f<
, tiro weeks, it was announced ye
. .. ' terday. The Youth Center U to I
' tr'y cleaned and equipment repaired as
" - ! renovated, it was stated. .
TKOWBB PROMOTED
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Commander Robert a Trow
U8N, has recently been promote
to that rank, according to iofomi
tion received here this week, dot
| .< mander Trower, son-in-law of D
and Mrs. J. 8. Norman and a era
uate of the Naval Academy at A:
napolli, la captain of tha U88 V
leria, now in the Sooth Pacific (
route to Ne^ Caledonia. The ah
, was eommlasioded during the pa
summer at Ffovidence, B. I.
LIONS MEETING
Member* of the King* Mouuta
- Lion* club will be aupper gueeta <
Q. A. Bridge* at hia home IhurscU
"A;. night at 7:30. No formal prograi
ha a been arranged.
OHUEOH BOLL CALL '
Sunday, September 30, haa be<
j, designated Boa ' Call Sunday I
Bethlehem Baptist church, tt wi
v ;v -aounced this week. At this tin
the roll will be re-worked and -a
members are urged to be preaen
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"The auction sale of the J bai
?n ?ae -J. X'. Auieou properly <
fejCherokee street brought a total <
L?'V $74 last-Saturday afternoon, wi<
_P. B. Kails, colored minister, ai
! .blacksmith the highest bidd?
George Allen served as auetloaet
. The barn was sold by W. K. Ctm
'J and L. A. Hokq, new owners oi tl
A property, and the barn is alreac
~J v>,,: :
fe." * bkntjoio* wuntw.;
Sentence of five years band<
- 7 Tommy Buff,16-year-old Kinj
Mountain boy, in Gaston SnperK
eourt last week was commuted 1
a one-year term in state prison i
-; the end of the court session lai
" week.
?ft- Carl Finger, sen of Mrs. 1
|7 B- Kngsr, of Kings" Mountain, hi
/ .. \ . received an honorable disc ha i
from the army following IBs fetur
from Europe. Sgt. Finger was en
dited with 86 points under the a
V, my't discharge system.
plonk zn states
Sgt. Clarence Plonk, Jr., Son c
Mr. and Mrs. C. 8. Plonk, arrive
In Boston, Mass., Monday, retun
W'Z .-1 - turning from the European Theati
. of Operations. Sgt. Plonk served 1
rO-L.. Afriea, Sicily, France and Germi
ffiftjfv'Ve''.. nJ and was overseas almost thrc
years. He la expected home eoon.
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TWO ION DlBOBCABGED ^
''j' Kings Mountain men wbo hav
ftfeS? v recently been 'discharged /rem. th
armed services are Ltt. Carro
PP^^'r Barnes, husband of Mrs. Barbsr
Bitmmltt Barnes, and CPO Has
MeGlU, son of Mrs. I. A. M
QtiL
l> fa* -v : r-r?' - ' .
h vy >;.,r ANTHONY PROMOTED
-s ' Captain William 0. Anthony, o
Mountain, son of tit.- an
" "?*? ST. Anthoay, has feeeatl
S?^vV"!i " , '.'-been promoted to (hat rank, aeeor
to Information received hen
ifiSScvr" Oapt. Anthony is now atftloned o
Guam.
MBBTUVO KAXNED OUT
The meeting of the county boar
.. of hospital trustees, scheduled to
t ' Tuesday is Kings Mountain to" eat
- > aider poeeible. ettee for the erectio
v of the -hospital here, #as postpone
Btee to the hedvy 'rain* which fel
.'vever the week-end. Another meel
iA' tag Is to be scheduled ia the a on
;- I fdture, according te ;Wr*y " Wil
test???
Sfefr*-'' '..siili "isi ai i r
"BitfK School flMriMw
^bh^SnmI^^V 'wa^^^SyiL;
Hings
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J' two mrthd the trait itar medal 1
a. I?r hU heroism b n?illy deactl(
ntisi a German Bbi field on fib- I
rnar^r nt 1QAJI Wwwtnw in i t
[p the United States Uris wnk. J
Hosston Wins
? Bronze Star
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First Lieutenant Humes Houston, (
01 of Kings Mountain, has been award- ]
ed the bronae star medal for herolr ]
aehlerement in connection with mill-1
tary operations in Germany, accord-!,
su ing to a copy of the citation aeeom- j (
Kl panying the award recently received ]
u here. I<
,e .Lt. Houston arrived in New Torn <
m Monday from Europe and Is expected j
u in Kinge Mountain during the week
.a*?* i
He received the. award for alone |
deactivating a j German mine field,
rn laid with new-type mine, after or i
>a dering the men of his unit to wtth?f
draw. I
lh .The citation follows:
id "... For heroic achievement la
ir. connection with military operation* <
*. against an'enemy of the. United Sta <
>k tea ia.Gefmany oa 10 February J04T 1
se During all operations against tfed en- '
iy emy, Lt. Houston has demonstrated ;i
a atnn <iPBrree of roorage and on?
tpfdiag leadership. Qn one oeedkfM, <
whea he HiMfW.I. am ?mml.type <
)(j German mine stnleh wee ncMiDnh <
p daiygeroas to handle, he directed am
)r men to withdraw aiM rover.hlm 1
t0 while he alone deactivated the aatne
lt field. Hie conspicuous heroism, fear- 1
leeeneta, and eonrageons devotion to i
duty are ia keeping with the highest i
radit'ona of the military aervl- I
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Hia trife ia the former Sftee 5?va ]
Mae 80her. , ? -i
is
r High School O]
Season Against
Kings Moantain'a IMS Moaataia,f
?e-s will open their gridiron aeaeoa '
Friday afternoon at 3:30 at the ata- ]
il'iini here when they take on Belmont
sr Abbey.
B The probable line-tjp is:
Pobby Leil better-?L. E. :
.. TKnft^ftro \ffoaa_?T. ft* -
fjj ?? V ? * UPD Ui Ml
William Harnior>?li. 0.
Bobby Co*?Center.
Dickie Pouter?R. Q.
e J Robert Neill?R. T.
a Bill Dettmar?R. E.
Ij C. /C. Edene, Jr..?T. B.
m Rill Oaehlon?F. B.
r. Ralph Smith?W. B.
[e. L. P. Stowe, Jr. ?B. B.
s Other member* of- th* tgutd . are
Bill MeOinnJa, Everett Bridae*. P. 'C.
Homphriea. Jim Rnd*ena, BIB Black*
f well, Buddy Mcdlin, Dwight Ware,
d David Piaher, William Hemdoo, Jack
y Ledford, Bobby Hnffatetler, . JaeK ^
J. Hnffatirkler, Rnfu* flttff?tlekler, ]
J;- Boyre Hufr'itetler. Jack. Prljice, Bill
n MrMackin. and Milton MeKelvto.
Six of laat year'* letter-men, Bill I
Dettmar,' Ralph Smith. Robert Welti, f
Dickie Foater, Bill Caahton, and *
3 Bobby Ledbetter are back and will i
r etTongtken the team considerably. , t
, Coach Donald L. Parker ?ld that a
pi? the line *honl4 be strong provided he
doe* not have to weaken it to etren- t
II gtheo the befekfIe1d.\ Hi* biggeet wotr I
t. ry about the backfleld, which ' i*
r green and Inexperienced, it need or; ^
[. * kicker and paaaer. |
f ft le reported that Bttmont Abbey a
whleh I* a combination high J school j
and junior college, ka* bee* etrong-' i
thened by piayeffe freoa iaet ymp? i
Geetonla sad Charlotte team*. Their j
line and backfleld will Optwetgh the *
"Mountaineer*" con?iderabiy.
Mount
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HOUHTAIM, M. 0., THUB
Carpenter
Found Dead.J
On Tuesday
Funeral services for Charlie P.
Carpenter, about 68, who was found
lead Tuesday afternoon about 5:3U
n a ditch near the Cora mill, will be
leld Thursday afternoon at Mountain
/iew Baptist church, with Rev. Floyu
Holland conducting the rites. Internent
will follow in Mountain Re>t
emetery.
Mr, Carpenter had been missing t
dnce early Sunday morning, when
] A lflft fh? hnmo /a# J W flnlna ?.
>out 1:15 according to Chief of Poice
A. K. Aderboldt, I
Chief Aderholdt aaid that the body
was fonnd by Pearly Phillipe aal an- n
jther man in an eight-foot, rain-fill- gfc
?d gulley near the railroad track
from the Cora mill. an
Police had beea notified of the op
nan'? abience from home on Sunday M
tnd had been searching for him since, gig
it was stated. y<y
Mr. Carpentet lived with his fam Or
ilv at the Phenlx M<n village. Or
Coroner Boscoe Lota of Shelby xh
said he was unable to find any evl- u
lenre oft foul play, following an in- hi
aestivation Wednesday morning. 1*1
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mat- oil
tie McClure Carpenter, four sons, ?
Pfc. J. H. Carpenter, of the army, _
Machinist Mate H. E. Carpenter. T
tVashington, D. C., M. J. and C. f.
Carpenter, of Kings Mountain, an t fit
Tour daughters, Mrs. C. Y. Slmms, or
Kings Mountain, Mrs. T. W. Dettmar
>f Cramerton, Mrs. J. H. Bennett, ofUreat,
Falls. 8. C . and Mrs. H. L.
Jttytrt, of Woodruff, 8. "C. Ja.
^Ahother son, Earl Eugene Carpen- a
ter, was killed in action in Septem- * '
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World-Wide Communion 0)(
Set For October 7th
The majority of- Kings Mounts!* Sei
hurches .will participate on Sunday, do
October 7, in World-Wide Commas- an
Ion Sunday, It waa announced thts id?
vcek by the "Kings Mountain Mtat*- ta
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?IHM ?UC IBWOPt J
It will bo the *ixth year of the n?
observance of4 World-Wide Oommuni>o,
m people* throughout the. nation <"oi
lake part in the aervtee. - tb<
"Now that the war la over, bring- "o
inn liberation to many lands, there He
will be wider commemoration of the to
Holy Communion on thia day than at tal
any time in the paat four yeara," '
laid Her. P. D. Patrick, president of Br
the aaeoelation. . ha
All peraoaa are urged' to make no
>lane now to be preeent at aervieex tri
in their ehureh on Sunday, Oct. 7. tr%
At
pens Gridiron
Abbey Friday *
City Is Drenched
By Heavy Rainfall rhi
" 73(
The weather came In for more **
than ita usual portion of converaa- 'rc
tlon over the . week-end, aa Kings , *
Mountain caught the edge of the
Florid* hurricane and waa thorou- 1
ghly drenched., __ ' ehi
While no particular damage has (
oen reported, crop# are thought to Hfl
have coffered, and various report* <
indicate that more dwelling*, bnslneee
houses, and basements leaked p
than' tn many, a day. '
Limbs clattered many a lawn, and ^
the oommon remark beard In down- *
town King*, Mountain Tuesday was
"Doesn't the sunshine look good?" ln*
hwsral Bites Held EI
for James B. Lawson 01
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Funeral service# were held from tho I
lethtehem Baptist church Saturday eitj
or Jamee Benjamin l>awgoti, age 70, (3
rho died at Shelby hospital Thurs j
lay-morning at six o'elock. He had t|t?
>0en In ill health for the past eight
souths. _ dm
A. native of Georgia, the deceaacd ten
iad made hint hotn* in Kings Moun- e01
ala and Shelby tqr the past 14 years. Cw
Surviving are four danghtere, Mrs.
J, BL ;Fkeagln and Mm. 0. K. Pain- 8t?
her ef Bhslbjt "te. Nora Maekey <
jaA Mte. F. A. kePanlel of Kiage aff
fountain. Three-sisters, Mrs. J. H. rM
Toggle of Atlanta, Mrs. Ella Mad- ,
Ion of Athene, 0a., and Mrs. J. X.
lannah ef Hehegar, Ate. Ten grandhUdrea
and six gesat-graadehlldren wai
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SDAT, SEPT. 80, 1M6
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I W?OW ? VlrtfaU Plonk. d?n
Mr of Mr. and Mra. ft. L. Plonk,
nU 1, Kings Mountain, N. O, baa
ired In tha Buropean Tkaatar or
oratlona to sorra tha aimd foroaa
an American Bad Oroaa staff aslant.
Mian Plonk la ona of many
on* woman helping to fill Bad
Ma naada overseas. Until bar Bad
mo appointment, aha taught In tha
omarrlUa, If. O., City schools. She
a graduate of Kings Mountain
gh School and tha Woman's Ool9
of tha Unlraralty of North Oat
na, A. B., 1ML
reman Cancels
rip To City
President Harry 8. Truman hns
ncelled pluna to visit Ktngri Mounn
on November 2 in connection
th a moved np celebration of the
5th anniversary of the Battle of
ngs Mountain.
This information was received by
?e A. Bridges, chairman of the
jnty board of commissioners Tueey
morning in a night etter from
na^or Clyde R. Hoey, who had tenred
the invitation to Mr. Truman
d who had reported that the Pres.
>nt would coma to Kings MounIB.
! . a
Lisa B. Weathers, who had bead
med chairman of the committee on |
raugementa Mr. Bridge* -and other
in\y officials expressed regret ftt
9 cancellation and announced that
official celebration will be held,
iwever, plana are being discussed
invite Mr. Truman to KTnga Moun
In next year.
Text of Mr. Hoey'a wire to Mr.
idgea follows: "President Truman
a definitely decided that he eant
visit Kings Mountain on th's
p. He will go to StdtesvfUe, an t
>m there to Baleigh and thence to
lanta br plane. The announcement
?y not be mad* until tomorrow ...
"Clyde R. Hoey, ITS Senator."
(1 Present At Six
lurches On Sunday
Church attendance at six city
irches was S61 last Sunday, while
1 attended Sunday 8chool exercisThe
totals were based on reports
>m 'the individual churches.
Htan/lineA Kw aV??u?V?
...vxMotn v viiuiciirn IOIIOWK;
^RP?church school, 98
Presbyterian ? church school, 129
jreh, 79.
Pentral Methodist ? church school
i, church, 188.
Jrace Methodist ? church school,
; church, 83 night, 35, prayer
sting 19..
kutherap ? church school 187,
irCh, 147, night, 45.
facedonla Baptist ? church school
church, 88, night . 43, prayer meet.
M- I
even Oases Disposed
' In Court On Monday
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rievcn eases were disposed of ia
r recorder's court- before Judge O.
0 Tarrell this week.
>oe Carroll, Robert Boatty and
lliaui Balk, sll found 'guilty of
nkeanese, were handed 80-day sen .
ees, suspended on payment of
ts, as were three negroes, Tour .
toll, Lerehda Moore and -Gsorge .
vsas. I
!olsy Freeman, found gultty of an
ray, was fitted' #8 and costs, and ;
k Huffstetler was gireu the same ,
gmsnt oa charges of drunkenness
1 an affrar. T. O. IteflUlUtns
i aUo fined $S ftnd eeeta for ,
nkeneees, and Woodrow Kimble ,
i fined *20 and eoeU on the Ma* ]
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FtJTNAK IV STA.TX8 .
Opt, Wade H. Pnlnant andfed im' 1
Ha" . - . .. . #>* v .
lerald
Pinnix Seriov
In Car Accid<
Kcv. i,. C. Pinnix, pastor of First
Baptist church, is in Bowinan-uruy
hospital in Winston-Salem suffering
from severe injuries he sustained
when his automobile skidded and
wrecked about 10 miles North of
Mocksville last Thursday.
Mrs. Pinnix was also injured, suffering
lacerations of the head re
quiring the taking of a number of
stitches, and Miu Margaret Kendriek,
who bad accompanied the pastor
and hi* wife to Winston-Salem,
suffered painful bruises.
The accident occurred on the return
trip.
' Mrs. Pinnix and Miss Kendrlck returned
to Kings Mountain Friday.
Mr. Pinnix is said to have sustained
a fractured back and possible internal
injuries.
His condition Wednesday was reported
"as well as could be expected."
He had been placed is a platter
east on Monday. Mrs. Pinnix was
reported improving nicely at her residence
here.
Though first-hand details of the accident
could not t>p obtained, it is
thought that the Hudson car of Mr.
Pinnix skidded on a curve on the
Winston-Salem Mocksville road,
went out of control, and overturned.
The car is badly damaged, with
top battred in, all windows smashed,
and the body badly warped.
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Bed Cross Is Beady
To Assist Veterans ^
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With the end of the War the Armed
Forces are ready for the greatest
demobilization in history. The
American Red Cross stands by to as
sist Cleveland county's returning
veterans in securing. the Government
benefits to which they are entitled,
and to help them with the many prob
lems they face in their return to cfvilian
Ufa, Rev., P. I). Patrick, chairman
of Kings Mountain Chapter.
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DOIU VVUHJ
Mr*. Ruth Gamble and Mm. Pride
, Ratterree bava juit retarded from
SendefBOnYille, N. C.. where they attended
a two-day conference on veterans'
claims and benefits. At the
meeting it was emphasized that tho
work of the American Red .Cross at
home will of necessity continue and
in some-respects will increase, particularly
In those services related to
the serviceman, ex-serviceman, ann
hi* family.
Newest developments in veterans'
claims and benefits were discusses
and iT program planned which win
enable the Kings Mountain Chapter
to provide the ore a test possible service
for returning servicemen. Veterans
desiring assistance are adviseed
to contact Kings Mountain Chapter
at City Hall, Mr. Patrick ,sald.
?t
Hardin Took Part
In Jap Occupation
Coxswain Ben A. Hardin, son of;
Mr and Mrs. Cnrti* Hardin of Kings |
Mountain and hnsband of Mts. Bouise
Wallace Hardin, participated in
the initial occupation "and follow-no
operations in the occupation of Japan.
while serving on board the firs*
?hln to enter the Ybkoauko Naval
Base. Honshu, Japan,-on August 30.
aceording to Information received
here by hfs parents.
T n aorrion thrnf* VARM PnTnTftlri
Hardin held 89 diacharge point* *.? of
Augu?t 15. It was stated.
Fulton Receives
Army Discharge
8-8gt. William 8. Pulton, Jr., aon
of Mr. and Mr*. W. 8. Pulton arrived
in King* Mountain this week after
receiving an honoraTJTS discharge
from the army at Port Bragg Mon4?r
8gt. Pulton reached New York on
September 18, thu* completing 38
month* service in Africa, England
and EuiVpe a* a supply v sergeant
with the Ninth Air Force.
Inducted Into the imj on April
10, lMt, Bgt. Fulton went orereeae
on December 90, 1049, earring eobeeqnently
la Egypt, Libya, England.
Eranee, Belgium and Germany.
He held H9 polate under the ir
my'e polat-dteeharge eyelem.
Bgt. Fulton lay* that Germany
*u the prettleet country he Vieited,
adding, "though, of eouree, we >did
V.-.-. }..-r.y -? ' 'K%s*=>r ''
*r> ih?^,y-V' "
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FIV? OEMTB PB* OOP?
isly Injured
ent Thursday
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SPBAXEB.?B. U Chun*
tie, a tore, South Carolina Commissioner
of Labor and formerly affUla
ted with Weialor MM* ' bore, wUl
peak to members of the Kings Mountain
Klwanls tint at thai? regular
meeting Thursday night.
Kiwanis Club
To Hear Gamble
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R. L. Gamble, Commissioner of
Labor for South Carolina, will, address
the Kiwanis Club at its regular
meeting Thursday night, the subject
of bis address "being "Post War InJ
dustrial Relation*."
commissioner uamble studied Textile
Engineering at Georgia Tech anil
Law at the Chattanooga College of
Law, Chattanooga, Tenn. Following
this, he entered Textile work and was
employed during 1934 and 1935 at
Neisler Mills, Inc. While working for
the La France Mill in Anderson county,
8. C., he was elected to the House
of Representatives from which he resigned
to join with the S. C. Department
of Labor.
At present, he is serving his second
term as Commissioner of Labor,
having been appointed both times by
Gov. Olin D. Johnston and unanimously
confirmed by the 8. C. Benate.
C. E. Neisler, Jr., president of
Neisler Mills who secured Mr. Gamble
as speaker for this occasion said,
"We will be happy to welcome Commissioner
Gamble baek to Kinga
Mountain even for such a short visit
and we feel certain that his many
friends will be glad to see him again."
Price Panel Reports
Activities For August
A report of the activities of- the
Price Panel of the Local War Prlee t
anil Rationing Board during the
month of August shows a total of
86 retail stores visited by board re- ?i\
preventatives.
The Panel was pleased with 'tit *?
large degree of improvement shows
in compliance with posting ' and prleing
reitulafions. Very few overcharges
were found on the items listed
to be checked on the routine survey,
it was stated.
Following a Panel hearing. J. K.
Manney, owner of J. E. Mauney "S
btore, maue fi'~voiuntary contribution
to the Treasury of the U. 8. of $87?
for overcharges found during the August
Food 8urvey and a subsequent,
recheek of the store.
The selling priees of 100 food tterns
will be checked in the Septern- '
ber Food Survey.
Compensation Claims
Not Anticipated Here
Mrs. Mary H. Ooforth, Kings Mona
tain U8E8 representative, ta^d Wednesday
that she does not anticipate -
much eall for Unemployment Com pen?
? a at a *? * '
anon oeneme irom iviip HOUMU
cittcena pointing oat that at the pm>
ent time that* are enfftelent Job *
pontage to take care of ISO perepae
with textile experience.
A perion able and available for
work and who eaa be plaeed la rait*
able work la not eligible for naem*
ployment cumpeusation, Uri. Ooforth
explained.
At the preeent time, it waa eta ted,
no elahne are being paid in Xing* Monntatn.
, \ . >
"The lab outlook to good la XTag*
Mountain," Mre. Oeforth tfald, "and
I da *{ bellev* that we ahaS flag
many valid elate* fee eoaapeaaatloa
te lfcs teaaedlat* fatare." \ ^
.ftoWK it keeping'*1 -M
eleeeeaataetwHh etaglojrera to bra* - >J
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