[ I PWtJLATION
jL I Incorporated Stag* Mountain e,M7
I tMiilah Trading Aim 10,000
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VOU M WO. 44
I Local News
Bulletins
BANK HOLIDAY
The First National Bank will bo
eloaed Monday, November 12, in obaervance
of Armistice Day, which
haa been declared a legal holiday, It
waa announced by officials of the
bank.
SERVICEMEN '8 DINNER
Returned aervicemen of the (?To er
commonity will be honor guests
Friday niubt at a banuuet at Hhl- I
loh Presbyterian enurrh, sponsored
by the James I. Neal Post No. 167,
-American Legion. A tarkel dinner.
will be served^ Tickets arc on sale
.at Peoples Drug Store in Orover.
MEMORIAL CERTIFICATES
Memorial certificates from First
Presbyterian chnrch will be presented
at moruing worship service,
11 o'clock 8nnday morning, to the
families of Lt. (jg) James Q. I)arracott,
Jr., and Pfc. Grady Cansler,
it was announced this week.
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SPECIAL VFW MEETING
A special meeting of Johnny
William Blackwell Post No. 2266,
VFW, will be held at the <5tty hall
Friday night at 7 o'clock. All mem ,
bers are being urged to attend and
*n invitation to join the organization
to all veterans of ' reign war*
la extended. Plana for the VFW
Arm! stive Night Memorial Service
are to be completed at thla meeting.
WB8LBTAK SSKYXOB
Bev. J. It. Bolen, paator of Weeleyan
Methodiet church at Long..
Shoal* and former reeident -of Kings
Mountain, will apeak at the Tint..
"Wealeyan Methodiet church here oa
Sunday morning at 11 o'cloek.
KIWAXTS MBBT1NO
E. J. Coltrane, preeldent of Brevard
college, will addreae the King*
Mountain Kiwanla club at its maetIng
at the Woman's elub Thursday
I . night at 6:30. Mr. Coltraae la dieI
triet-governor-efect of Kiwanla dja"*
trict l, and a' past-preeident of the
Brevard Kiwanla elub.
BJBTKOLDS ILL
Mrs. Callie Keynolda, mother of
Pfe. John 0. Reynolds, has been
notified by the wmr department*
i: that Pfc. Beynolda is hospitalized In
i Franc* with typhoa fever. Pfc.
Reynold* had been scheduled for
return to the United States when
he became ilL
Ararat txownro
Paul McQinvg, of K^ter's Department
Store, went to Columbia,
S. C., Tuesday afternoon to attend
the showing of the Carolina Men's
Apparel club. Mr. MeGlnnls was to
purchase merchandise for the local
.firm. ,
WAS DADS BAXQUBT
Kings Mountain chapter of A'&
merican War Dads will hold a banquet
meeting Saturday night at
4iM at the W swan's eiaS, It wae
nounced today. Attendance is urged.
Zt was stated that a speaker
will b* heard following the dins ex*.
^ wan AT.tnws
The Kings Mountain fire department
answered two alarms this
-weak. The home of W. H. Moo* was
half-destroyed by fire Saturday
morning and It wan reported that
only about half of the furniture
was salvaged before the firemen
finally extinguished the blase. On
Wednesday afternoon, the fire de- .
partment. waa summoned to the
Tyndall home on 8. Battleground
(nvenne to extinguish a fire result'Ing
from an over-heated stove. Mliaer
dam^c was reported. The Sat*
urday alarm vas turned In at
7; 40 ?. m.
i BOBO, TUB MAOIOIAV
l Boko, the magielau, aad eompa
f-A'sior., ay, will appear for a performance
n 'h tho Central Sehool anditoriam
-V. Vjw ' " 'i ^ a aj'L w A It
' maay iriotauon ii i u noes, it?
iW& 3 WM uuum4 by .Mr*. Ti?A Bisk.
The program is under the sponsor?,-.'
J skip of the school Stamp sad Bond
$2<Efc'<:'' ' ohsb. It to the first program of its
MK^'-is5 Mad tab* offsrad this year. Ad
?' i|| mission win bo It ccata
Iggfe f Lions To Hear Palmer
l$fef At Olnb Tuesday m^ht
HL jA'/ji, *oy Palmer, of Charlotte, official
t&M'jA '** Mt* *?wr company aad prosftHg|||Ke4tp*
Of Southern Public UtilMics,
Bf 4? Koa5SkulsTrfT*J?
-at fiSO a* (to Woasaa Is cfib.
n^W^bo^iBb firat moo^, of^tam
' Vi'.v
mt Rings
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Service Officer
Here Twice Weekly
Attention of all veterans Is being
called this week to th? fact
that Captain John B. McBrayer,
Cleveland County service officer is
in Kings Mountain each Tuesday
morning and each Thursday afternoon
for the purpoee of aiding veterans.
It was stated that Captain McBrayer,
who has been coming to
Kings Mountain regularly since his
appointment, frequently was visited
in Shelby by local veterans who
did not know that he visited Kings
Mountain.
This uhHm la --a iv. I
Tic# officer's duties Include handling
all matters pertaining to veterans,
lnclndlng claims for disability
pensions, hoapltal car#, etc.
Junior Red Cross
Drive Continues
1
Many boys and girls have already ,
enrolled in the Junior Red Cross for
the coming year, Miss Gussie Huffstetler,
chairman, said tris week and
urged all school-age children to enroll
before the end of the campaign
A n IK
; wa> CIUUCI X%Jt I
"Junior Red Cross is local, national
and international in its scope.
Through membership in the American ,
Junior Red Cross boys and girls Save
an opportunity to develop the highest ,
qualities of citizenship, and promote ,
better human relations throughout the (
world," Mis* Huffstetler said. ,
TEe filling of gift boxes for boys
an? girls of other nations is one of
tb? major projects in the city schools {
for this year. Already 20 boxes filled' ,
with school supplies toys and games ,
have been shipped to an exchange
depot.
Another project is to purchase a (
first aid kit for the school which (
has no first aid facilities and to
replenish supplies where needed.
UON8 BASKETBALL
Stanley Lions defeated Rings
Mountain Lions by a score of
40-34 in an intra-clnb benefit game
at Stanley last Priday night. Stanley
will come to Rings . .
ror a return game at the high
school gymnasium Friday night,
November 16, It was announced.
OABPENTHB HERB
First Lieutenant Charles Carpenter,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Troy Car- i
penter, arrived here during the i
week end followlpg his return from
along tour of duty in the European <
Theater of Operations. i
Schools To Obs<
Week_WithSp<
?
In observance of National Education
week, November 11-17, J. E. 1
Huneycutt, high school principal, announced
Wednesday that several programa
will be presented at Central
school and that parents and friends
of the school will be'invited to visit
these programs and classes throughout
the week.
On Tuesday at 10:1)0 a. m. Mrs. W.
T. Weir's 12th grade will present a
one act play entitled "The Beau of
Bath" celebrating National Book
Week which comes this year during
the same week as does National Education
weak. Jack Prince, Clavon
Kelly, and Jacqueline Falls have
leading parts in the play and musical
selections will be rendered by
Hildretk Richardson, Avis Warlick,
and Jack Prince. The program will be
announced by Frances Huffstetler
and the devotional service will be la
charge of Palsy Ballard, and Nancy ,
Dickey. <
Mrs. Weir'a program will be re
posted Tuesday evening at 7 P. )(.
at aa opea home program ia the
high eeheol auditorium. Following
this program parents and frieaos will
have an opportunity to visit the
nines rooms and various departments
of the sehooL Refreshments will be <
served la the eeheol eafetsria. 1
On Wednesday at 10:80 a. m. Iflse i
Alms Wright's 0th grade presents a
one net patriotic play entitled 1
"Bights of Peace." This play fiaa I
been written for the purpose of pro- i
moling frieadly relationship between
different nationalities and for the I
establishment of world peace.
On Thursday at 10:80 lira. Pollock's
sixth grade presents "Thanks
to Hemes Maun" depleting high
lights la the growth of the Public
Behcet Bystem. This wUl he especially
interesting to parents who have
sMihsi la ashcsl.
y l>ftnih ClauH, Charles Painter sad ,
On fSday Mae Janet Beeggius11th
grade will present a meant ea
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KIWt^TTOUWTAPf. M. Q,
BuS^^^^till
Brisk l^^pli
Here Monetae
' Huftiness at i-ity court Mod
moruiug wan not quite as brisk at
the past two weeks, but a total
25 persons were in court for iuf
tiona.
Al l T<vk. D- -1 fi
v?u wviiu nunv^r vura was rwj?o
bio in 12 of the cases, anil out* <
of larceny was disposed of.
Isabell Adams, negress, who sli
ed Mary MeClain, another colored
man iii a Main street brawl on O
ber 27, was fined $25 and costs
charge of assault with a deadly v
pon and the victim was fined $3
fonts on the same charge.
Assessed costs for public drunl
ness were William H. Moss, Colum
Grayson, Jackson Southcrland,
Clarence Keith, while Troy Hani
Arthur N*. Pearson, Garoie C. Hai
Walter Johnson, and George Edgei
were fined $5 and costs on the si
charge. Pearson drew another fine
$5 and costs for resisting arrest.
Given the statutory fine of $50
costs plus revocation of driver's
cense for 12 months following <
viction of drunken driving, were C
3. Hawkins, Joseph F. Smith. Sit
was also fined $50 and costs
charge of carrying a concealed s
pon. : ~; ? ?' i
Joseph Burton Gayle was fined
?nd costs for speeding, plus $50 I
losts for carrying a concealed wea
snd the pistol was ordered confii
ted.
Fine $10 and costs for speed
were Phillip Myere, Buell Wat*
and T. N. Kvam, while James ?
was fined >15 plus costs on the ss
'harge.
Furmsn Sprouse, found guilty
theft of >17.25 in war stamps i
other valuables from the home oi
3. Patterson, was given a three-m
th road sentence, suspended on cot
tion of good behavior for two yei
Kobert E. Blaokwell, soon to et
the army, was ordered only to |
>20 damages to a taxi driver, foil
ing a charge of hit-and-run drivir
Andrew England, charged wish
elation of the Turlington not,
found not guilty.
Coy Mclntyre, charged with dm
en driving, forfeited bond of f!
Also /orfeiting bond was Homer
Caahwell, charged with speed:
Charlie Jacob McCaslin, charged *
speeding, failed to appear and ea]
was Issued. Goldie Boyce, negT
waa assessed costs on a charge of <
orderly conduct.
erve Educatio
scial Program
Mountaineers In Loop
Clash Here On Friday
iriw? lfnnntaln' Mart* a^hi
grldmen will seek their first <x
ference victory of the season hi
Friday afternoon whan ILenoir
the .Mountaineer lair In
game scheduled to begin at S i
fflftfflf.
Lenlor has scored one West*
conference victory and a win 1
the Mountaineers would mere
the ladder in the loop standings
The Mountaineers showed I
provement la the gaase with B
semer Oity last Friday In whl
they swisshsd over a touchdown
the final minutes of play to v
ft-O.
Local Horses Win
Ribbons At Shelby
Kings Mountain owned hoi
took six ribbons in the threehorse
show presented in Shelby
weekend by the Shelby Saddle H<
association.
Byron Keeter's Atomic Pat,
lea by Johnny Plonk, took firet
Lhe walking class for two-yearn
and under, while his mare Daisy 1
loy copped second place ribbon
the open walking class and fctarth
the local pleasure class. Jimmy i
ris was up la the mare class, w1
Mr. Keeter rode ia the pleasure el
Btrolllag Major, also owned by
Keeter, took third In the local wi
lag heree claw for Clereland ind
jolting ewtliM, with Johnny PI
riding.
Other Kings Monntaln winners s
Hi Bpoed Banter, owned by Oh
W. Allen, which took third la
ladles' fine hnrassn elans, and
DjiMfenM' totnaty's Only Bey, '
ear eiT feartfr fipse In' the una
walking kerse stake.
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The regular Bey fleent eenrt
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of War Bosdt and ka wants 70a la ka
in?i that Us aoa's edaeatlonal fatmra *
I. Uraa bi Washington, D. C. (CnM
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uavis days oc
j Urges Increas
J. B. Davis, Kings .>Ifl\itrtsin obi
man of. the Victory T<o^ eampaq
leported Wednesday. that bond sa
were "going very well", though
"h- had no specific reports from bond
160- suing agencies.
I*. The Victory loan campaign, fii
ing- bond salee effort, has an $11,000,00
nth ooo over-all goal, with Clevela
das County's quota $1,510,000. Of this
bss, mount $325,000 is in "E" bonds.
31s- Mr. Davis, in reporting on bo
sales, urged all citizens to pureha
bonds to the limit of their ability
__ "We have made excellent recoi
H in the first seven bond eampal|
and we should not fail to meet a
I n exceed our quota in the Victory ca
'O paign as much a tribute to t
? men who fought as anything else.
"The government needs the moil
to bring service men home and to
quidate the huge war machine."
added, "and the people of Kit
Mountain will not fail to particlpi
adequately."
^ It was also pointed out that, w
merchandise scarce, the best poll
, is to put earnings into savings for 1
0 j future ? when more goods are
I vqilable, or when savings are urge
,rn j ly needed.
| Mr. Davis said he expected to hi
a fall report on bond tales dor)
the eamoalan next year.
ich Minister*, Kiw&nis
* Club Hear McFarland
rta
Dr. R. A. McFarland, retired *
J tist minister now living in Oaffn
H. C., and doing permanent top]
work in a large Spartanburg char
spoke on the subject of "Ood's Hi
mate of Man" at the Kiwanis el
rose laat Thursday night,
day
Dr. MeFarland said that man eoi
)r#e not live on any other planet but 1
earth. He eould not live on Mars 1
rl?. eause the air has been loot from
nor on Venua beeaute there is
?lda 0X7B*a* Jupiter, it it tub-si
weather and man eould not surviv
l* "Ood," said the speaker, "dee
ed to fashion man In hie own tma
Imr" He breathed life into him and a
became a living soul. Ood built h
in a marvelous way and placed k
^ upon this great earth where he eoi
be fed and eould grow, and Ood he
4- ed man by making it possible
onk grow food with which to food h
mdf." .r r
^ Dr. WVMaad ftloeed his adds
the by saying that Ood wants the ehar
ul M t* h* ' la .V.u.
rla- Hriac ul for ?ria| of ruikiil
:MV "Tho (mtMt work is WOdlag
nItn to bo bottor ow u4 woo
to to k*b Qod oad bo ohnnfc ?
poototo," ho oioloto Mo boom*
[M ^ Bprv gioodor, Utktm
jerald
(future) Earth ^
mmr Klaokr Ceefcaeat li ribi eU h* of
T J- b the mW tvMr of 9500 la
oar hit pop It "lh?a ?7." Tht father knows
rffl bo aided by *0 War laoli, The family
Caard Photo.)
>nd Sales Good, I
ed "E" Buying
ft. War Fund Contributtafttf 1
s^j Short; Reports Urged
68 Byrcm KnUt, chairman of the
is" United War rand campaign here,
Mid this week that current totals
181 on the fond showed that Kings
<V Mountain wu considerably behind
n<1 In Its progress toward the 96,000
*" quota and asked that all committee
chairmen make reports lmmedind
utely.
LS* "We feel that Kings Mountain's
report will look much better when
rJ> aU reports are received," said Mr.
P1* Keeter, "but It Is Imperative that
11,1 reports be received ...Immediately
m" In order that the campaign may be
he closed out."
b. Rites Are Held
" For T. L. Ware
Ith a*. as
Icy
| Funeral services for Theolore Law. |
' a- rence Ware, Sr., 72, Kings Mountain |
native, brother of Miss Carlyle Ware,
and for the past 35 years a Oaaton |
LT0 County official, were held Sunday1
l? afternoon at Mt. Holly, his home. Interment
followed Tfr Mt. Holly cemetery.
Mr. Ware succumbed in Presbyterian
hospital, Charlotte, Saturday morning
at 7:30, where he had been a patient
for three weeks. He had resigned his
position as Gaeton County tax supervisor
on Sept. 1, due to ill health.
e7?
Or. L. C. Clark, pastor of the First
ek> j Baptist chureh, of which Mr. Ware
rtl- had long been a member and deacon
at> in the congregation, officiated, assisted
by Rev. M. L. Barnes, |>a*tor
il(1 of Banlo Baptist church, Gastonta,
the an>' * former pastor at Mt. Holly, and
^ Dr. George P. Heaton, pastor of My??
ers Park Baptist church, Charlotte.
^ Pallbearers ware C. E. Dent, E. L.
Froneberger, Fred 8huford, Paul Mon
roe, Hoyle T. Efird, and H. T. MeArver,
all of Gaatonia.
dd The vast number of friends atga.
tending the funeral from all over the
laa state, and the numerous beautiful
ilm floral offeringa attested the high eaim
teem In whleh Mr. Ware was held
aid as a eltlcen of North Carolina. Com*P
*n* to Mt. Holly early in hta adult
te life, Mr. Ware ha* long beta naaoetabn
ted with events of progress in Mt.
Holly and Gaston eouuty. A Southern
matlemau of ths hi eh est true of
"* Christian rStrt?Ur, W mi kaowa
e"* aad lored by eonatleee people of Oae0
toa eoaaty.
flurrMujr, In addttiea to hie tUter
Nr here, aro the widow, the former lfloa
in Halite Kendrfek of KfKga Koaatala,
Bp. throe eoaa, Hoootoa, Jaiaoo H., and T
L Jr., of St. Holly, and two daaghtore,
Km. WtHKaa Kendal) of OliarAm
lotto, aad Mm Jamee Pawftrt ?f
*> KMht nelly, am bootkm, J. Wktte
em imtttOliw
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Service Men
To Be i honored
Sunday Night
The .lohnnv William Blaekwell Post
No. 2268, Veterans of Foreign Wata,
wm sponsor a Union Memorial Service
at the Central Methorii-ji church
at iSnoilay evening.
Members of the Post will he quests
of honor at ti? si n ice and w'I
Him from ti e f .y Huli to a speeial
section reserved for them in tba
church.
The names of the men who gave
their lives for their country in World
War I and World War II will bo
read and special recognition will b?
given to this part in the program.
The Reverend W. A. Kale, pastor
of Central Methodist church in Shelby,
will be the guest minister for the
occasion.
"This wifl be the first Armistice
Memorial) Day in a world at peace
and it is a very fitting time to remember
those who have made thia
peace possible," it was stated.
The churches of the City have ca*t?
ed off their evening services for thle
special service and the public is cordially
invited to attend this special
union service. The senior choir of the
host church will render music for tha
service.
Buildings Are
Being Erected
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In spite of the fact the bnilding
materials are still very scarce, considerable
building is now going on in
Kings Mountain, with a number of
business buildings now in process of
erection.
Workmen began erecting a concrete-block
building oh King street
for O. O. Walker, local dry cleaner,
Monday morning. This building la to
uvuh m (jruci'ry store in one llllt
with the yee of -the other part aa
yet ..undetermined, according to Mr.
Walker.
On the Tork road, Clyde Bennett,
contractor, ia alao building a con*
Crete-block building, which is> to be
naed by Qeorge W. Mauney and O.
Q. White for "iom? type of manufae
taring establishment." Full detail*
on the project were not immediately
available.
On Cherokee street, the bnildinga
to be owned and occupied by L. A.
Hoke, electrician, and W. K. Crook
Garage are going np, and work is b*>
ing done on the property at the Intersection
of Kings street and the
York road. This property is owned by
F. W. Plonk, and it is understood
that a building to be occupied by a
restaurant is to be erected there.
Also being built in the same vicinity
is a building to house L. D.
Cash Plumbing company.
Peacetime Armistice Day
Will Be Observed Sunday
Kings Mountain and the nation will
observe Sunday its first peacetime
Armistice I>ay ? commemorating tha
end of World War I when the world
was supposedly made safe for democracy?state-lWl.
Principal feature of the day's ob
servance here will be a memorial service
in honor of the men who fought
in wars of the United State*. The
service, stionsored hv the View wlri
be at the Methodist ehureh at 7:30.
The bank, rationing board, selective
service board and URKfl office will
observe Monday as a holiday, as will
the poetoffiee, but other firms will
be open for business as usual
The first peacetime Armistice Dajr
finds Kings Mountain in the busineea
of reconversion, with the city virtually
bursting at its seams and a build
Ing boom of both commercial and
residential development waiting only
the easing of materials.
More and More Kings Mountain ser
vice men are arriving home from Foreign
soil, with many receiving discharge*
following long overaeaa and
combat service.
Service men, principally are glad to
be home and are taking a little free
time to readjust themeelves to the
comparative freedom of civilian life.
In the nation, strikes either rags
or threaten, holding up production of
needed civilian goods, and in Klage
Mountain some items are harder to
find than in the war veara. In.liea.
tlag, that had the war eiatinaed, "rationing
would have b?n mora itrlet,
and that the United fltetee' war ptaeh,
whieh' wae never more than Inconvenient,
night have taken on eaerifletal
proportion*, aa wae the eaae ta
Oreat Britain and Knrope.
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AT UhtrUDBT
Mr*. Pink Ware, formerly a clerk J
at the local selective eervtee beard, ^