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pipppf^;r"Tf ??????? POPULATION " Incorporated Kings Mo on U In 6,647 UUMdittt Trading Are* 16,000 VOL. 67 NO. 26 Local News 1 Bulletins 1 i VETS HERE TUESDAY < The Vets play Stanley here j Tuesday making up for a game j that was rained out last Friday. j Stanley is in the Gaston textile t league, a sister league to the Tri-Couuty league. t , VETS HERE WEDNESDAY c The Vets play Cramerton here t Wednesday, July 3, at city sta- t ilium, in a baseball game that \ brings the two teams together for the first time this year. , IMAYU PO* OKLAHOMA | Mr. end Mrs. Robert Cecil Crook left Wednesday for Tales., Okie., where Mr. Croek will enroll in the Spartan Reboot of * Aeronautics. BBTHLKHRM OOKTKXBUTXOW . Bethlehpm Baptist chureh eoatributed $11*67 to ihs emergen- i ey food fond, according to an announcement this week by W. L. Plonk. The contribution was received after the announcement of contributions made by Chairman Plonk last week. LATJOHTO Ml NOTARY William P. Laughter, secretary of the Kings Mountain Merchants association, has been commissioned a notary public by Secretary of State Tbad Eure, it was announced this week. Mr. Laughter reminded Merchants association members that free notary service is one of the services of the association and he invites the mem- | bers to take advantage of the service. lions directors Officer* and director* of the Kings Mountain Lions clnb will meat at the home of President i Do* Blanton Friday night at S o'clock, it was announced thisweek Ail members are being urged to attend, a* considerable organizational work i* on the agenda. FISH SUPPER The Men's Class of Qrace Methodist church is sponsoring a fish snpper at the Pheniz recreation grounds Saturday afternoon from S o'eloek to 7:30. Proceeds from the supper go to the Orace church furnace fund. rrw rxsH supper Johnny W. Blackwell Post I No. 2208, VFW will sponsor a fish supper on Saturday, July * 13, The supper will be a stag | affair. Price will be 01.00 and place is to be announced later. , webb to speak Federal Judge E. T. Webb, of Shelby, will address members Of the Kings Mountain Klwanis Club at the regular meeting of the organisation to be held Thursday night at the Wo mail '? elub at 6:80. uoxoif to haorr A call meeting of Utia I). \ ? Oreen, Poet 1M, American Le- . , gion will be held at the . city court room Friday, Jane 88, at 7:30 p. m. Officer* for the eom- I Ing year will be lnatalled at 1 thia meeting and a full attend- 1 ance la urged. There will not be .* a meeting on the 2nd of July beeauae of the holiday* to be observed the Fourth. ( JUWIOM KAIlfHD OUT ' The Legion Junior* game with ( Forest City here Wednesday was ( rained out, the two game* scheduled to play three tiates and all three being rained out. A double header will be played in For- ' eat City Saturday, one at 3 p. m. and the other at 8 p. m. '< Special Service Bet Jit Patterson Grove The Patterson Orove Baptist ehur oh, near THng* Mountain, will ob"""* nerve apaci.l services on 8nnday, |L June 80. The church will combine WAthrei services in one, namely: Home Oehilag, Memorial, and a service for \ : retarded Veteraa*. The Pastor Charge of a the sendee, and special ^|Jg|>rtlOfn tffil be Rev. Philip Slliott college, - and R#v. -... ,\7 'rv ' ;/ " Kings K.1 Opinion Samp Opposition Tc i In a minor-proportion Gallup-tvpt: poll conducted bv the Herald this .vefek, majority of 25 business mei. interviewed indicated they vote a- j (ainst the proposals to issue $200,000 n bonds for public improvements in he special election set for July 27. i Of the 25, only four indicated | ;hev were unqualifiedly in favor of noting the bonds, while some of the ithera were completely in the "an-| i" column and otherB said they; lupported the bond vote with reser [ rations. Reason for opposing the bond isue varied considerably, including riticiam of previous street constru*. ion, opposition to the present city idministrat ion, need for property evaluation, the high tax rate at ir#a6Bt. Ob thf> nthor Kind malort ? ? ' 0"' * y of tbOH interviewed admitted teed for the outlined improvements n municipal facilities. The issues include: $40,000 for the purpose of extend . ng the water works system, Inelud- j ng the inatailation of additional wa ' er mains; $75,000 for the purpose >f extending the sanitary sewer sys' em, including the reconstruction I ind enlargement of a septic tank ind the installation of additions:; tewcr lines; $45,000 for the purpose if constructing or reconstructing : he surface of streets, including the ontemporaneous sonstruction or re-construction of sidewalks,, curbs. ' gutters or drains, and including grating, at least one-fourth of the c-ost if whi'-h ir-provements, exclusive of he cost of paving at street interse.* I ions,, is to be specially assessed; ind $40,000 for the purpose of imiroving land owned by the city for ' "eereation and athletic purposes, inluding the erection and equipment I' >f a stadium thereon. Voting on the bond issues fcrill be igainst tne books of a new registra i ion. A person who registers ana i tails to vote will aotomatiially vote igainst the proposals. j! Comment of those favoring the is-j iu*aaw->?f the bonds was* that tho leed for improvements greatly out- j veighed all arguments against a fa-, ,-orable vote. I' Moat comment centered around j LtrAAt POnllrtlltt^An KAftrfa ua?i*k mm. I ority favoring construction of par uunt streets, rather than simple ' iurf ace-treatment. Sample comments of the "a* [aiast'' group follow: ( One citizen remarked on the itroet bonds, "Street improvements ire O. K. is a good contractor, one rbo knows how to put a street Iowa, gets the job, but if the im>rovomenta are to be like the two lemonstrations in the last eight | i'ears I wouldn't give you a nickel I yard for it." Others were of more , the same ipinion on the street fubfect stat-. ng that the poor grade Of construe- i ;ioa used on some streets has eost three times as much as good initial j. onstruction would have cost. Another remark was: "It's appar int to me that the eouncil wants ( the issues defeated by the way they irafted them?I'd like to see them | stake further commitments as to low they're going to spend the money." "I'm for waiting until we get a( new eouncil before I vote for anything Involving the spending of nore money," another remarked. Another stated. "I'm for the ias. jrovements but only after re-valua- ( Uon of property is made so that the burden may be shared equally. Irvin Allen, who doee not live in the city, wants to include Cleveland county in the revaluation business, itating "the average citiien in Cleveland county pay 40 percenc more taxes than he aheeld?we need i re-valuotion of property in the ounty." Father Of Webb Claimed By Death Funeral serviees for Albert Hhipp Webb, 73, father of B. H. Webb of Kings Mountain, were held Friday morning at Central Methodist church in Concord, with interment following in Oak wood cesaetery there. Mr. Webb, for 33 yean, superintendent of Concord city school until retired at his own request, died Thursday morning at 11 ofglocfc following an Illness of four. months. At the time Of his retirement 1948, Mr. Wet* Was made sup# rip teadent emaritnn, tnd1- .s Cmspd primary school was recently named tot 'v*^- *?>;i$; ij. The Charlotte ObserVOf, fit an id '<*. '< * M(M1H -< [NOS MOUNTAIN. N C \ ling Indicates | > Bond Issues Registration Books Open For Bond Election Registration books for the forth-coming special bond election have been open since last Saturday but officials could not be contacted to learn the number of early registrants. Citizens may register anytime between the opening date and July 13, excepted for holidays. Registrars will be at the polling places on each Saturday during the period. Registrars for each ward are aa follows: Ward 1, O. I*. Black; V>^1 A rnM aw ? ?? ttmb a, m. v. <. laomuwa: Ward 3, Boyd Pntnaaa; Ward 4, Ida Quasi* HaffatotUr; and Ward 0, X. Baa Qoforth. : "i Whirlwind Leads Storm KiDgs Mountain, usually tree! from violent storms and other bur- j ricane-dype weather c-haug^es, was! ir the path of a whirlwind Wednea- j day afternoon which did consider : ible damage. Sam R. Sulicr, working at the cemetery when the storm blew up, | jaw the whirlwind approach from i the South along the York road. It picked up sevral pieces of roofing | off Towel! "s Gin. and carried it a-' long through the air, then added a pile of papers to its collection and continued along its way. The roofing was dropped on Ridge street j in front of the home of Boycaj G a u 11 and was well-twisted. A number of trees well-twisted lay on the ground In various yards. >rd several power interruptions were reported. The heavy rain and hail storm followed in the wake of the whirlwind. Docket Heavy In Recorders Court Henry Martin was committed to jail for ninety days for failure to ! pay $25 and the costs of court on a j charge of being drunk and diaOr-' derly io action taken at city record j er'a court Held at City Hall here' Martin did not go to jail however, paying the fine for the offense the j next day after being sentenced, last Monday. In one ef the relatively few juvenile cases to come up here in tho last three months, the case of Oak-1 ley Schenk, jr.. held on a charge of j driving without a driver's license, j vas transferred to the Juvenile ] court in Shelby. 1 Florence Wade was charged with carrying a concealed weapon and with violation of t}ie prohibition law, ; but the case was transferred to the county recorder's court by request of B. T. Falls. Jr., attorney for the defense. Three men ? Alex STcOanlel, James Mason, and Andrew Lee Mise ?ware found guilty of speeding and each, was given sixty days, suspended on payment of $10 ami costs. Troy S. Hanna was given sixty j (Cont'd on page four) Comnetition W Of Pulchritude; Interest ? and competition ? in the npproaching contest to determine "Mist Kings Mountain for 1(H6" increased considerably this week, as Bill Davis, entries' chairman, reported a total of JO Kings Mountain beautias now officially entered , ip the Junior Chamber of Commerce beauty pageant to be held on July 18. It was also announced by E. W. Neal, that the Teen-Town Cats, Gastan la dance orchestra, would play for the Beauty Ball to be held in conjunction with tho pageant. Recent additions to the growing ea try list ? which already assures hi difficult job for the Judges are: Miss Jeanne Oriffin, sponsored by Plonk Brothers and Co.; Mias Ann Rath Hswkir.r. sponsored by Kings Mountain Cotton Oil company; Miss Jaer queline Falls, sponsored by Thomasson Builders'.8epply; Miss Betty Hayes, sponsored by ;Orawford's Market; Miss Christine Gallant, sponsored by Margraee MID; kiss Dorothy Costner. sponsored by Blaloek's Oreeery; Miss Stella MoQulte. sponsored by Woodward end Son Men's flhopj iflsvMdi Wtag T\asJi. i ilain V ' JUNE 27, 1946 ' ?oyce Installs Lions Officers For 1946-47 Officers a:nl directors of the Kings Mountain L.uu* ciiilt lor 1946-47 were installed l>y l?r. W. M. Boyce, of Charolttc. in a special pro grain at the Woman's club Tuesday night. In his address prior to the installs tion, Dr. Uovce, a member of th? Charlotte Lions club, ami a formic Kings Mountain pastor, listed the qualities of leadership necessary for a successful club year and described them as four "s'a." lie sa;d a leader uiu9t be able to smile, to sweat, be sincere, and be submissive. He said that without all four, full leadership be lacking. He brought forcefully a reiteration of the club's code of ethics and urged both officers and members to follow this code completely. Officers instslied sre: Don Blanton. president; Otto Williams. J. W. Mtlam sod W. B. Logan, rice presidents; Martin Harmon, secretary;. tlV.hv-.-a. * rk-UCJJ?a* -a. ? uuucn va*iu*vut it ciauici; ucurgc Mauney, tail-twister; Bi| Oteborne, assistant tail-twister; H. C. Wilson, Lion tamer; Carl Mauney, J. W. Gamble and Otis Falls, one-year directors; and Charlie Blalock. Joha Caveny and Charles Thomasson, tw) year directors. Holland Dixon, outgoing president, will serve as ex officio member of the board. In special awards made at the meeting, armed service buttons were presented club members who were in the club prior to the war and are now returned. Receiving the buttons from Retiring Secretary J. G. Darracott were Karl fc'awyer, Otto Wil. liams. Fred Wright, Jr.. W. J. Fulkor son. J. W. Milam. W. B. Thomson, Hubert Aderhol-lt. Martin Harmon. \V. R. Logan. Robert Miller. Howard Jackson, and T. M. Shuford. jA^'.endhnce Cha:t George Maur.ey presented i " ; er-ont at? )| mce pins to 65 of tho 85 club ii.em >ers. Gu-tst a' the meeting w.w Guy Bagwell, of Charlotte. fo:n:er Lions d'.str';** gc .-ernor. Clem Bisk Rites In Greensboro Final rites for Clem L. Sisk, 57. brother of Frank Bisk of Kings 1 Vf Gnntain will Ka koM TkuM/law # ternoon at Hants Funeral Home in Greensboro, with interment to take place in Greensboro cemetery. Mr. Biak died in a Fayetteville hos pital early Wednesday following an illness of several months. Ffominent in the textile business, he was formerly anperintendent of I Stafford Loom company, of Greensboro. * Surviving are his wife and a son, } Howard Sisk. both of Greensboro, ! two other brothers. E. C. and F. W. Sisk. both of Bessemer City, a sister. Mrs. G. M. Sanders. 8partanbnrg, S. C.. and his mother, Mrs. J. W. Sisk, I Bessemer City. I ; JA7C7KB8 INDUCT SEVEN Kings Mountain's Junior Cham' ber of Commerce held its month| ly dinner meeting at the Woman's clnb last Friday night. Seven new members were inducted. They are: Ned MrOill. B 11 Ftge, Mencel Phlfer, Bill and Harvey Laughter, J. C. Bridges, and Earl (Dickie) Tate. ill Be Keen In J Orchestra Bool V FW' b uspsr r;o<wrre?t entry? him Ptg$tNOtlth, Abort, Is snotbtr of th? boaaMgOO Slags Mountain girls who ?r* tfcfoc tht tttls, "Miss Slags j MMBfeta of MM" In ths Jajrcas 'ffVMpr Fagtont to b* bold on laljr !-. * ? '-; atooagftMby Stags Ifosntaia Drag gfH Boom Wsttor, agon lerald July 4th IVlea Of Week fo ! Truck Wreck Destroys Meat; Shortage Worse A truck, containing a load of ham scheduled for dellveiy at several stores here aud lu Shelby, was destroyed by fire about 7 o'clock Tuesday morning on the Oastonla highway near Black's place. The truck, property of the 1 I Hormel Meat Packing Company i overturned down an embankment j when a tire blew out. The gas tank exploded during the wreck, the blase consuming both the ; bam and the truck. The driver, whose name could I not l#L*rnmri hutkV wmm ? ? ? .. ?? # t wm uriMi Jorti Hotel To Be Sold At Auction Friday! The Mounteih View Hotel will go' on the block tomorrow, June 28, and I interest in the auction is running j high. i F. D. Herndou, Kings Mountain real estate agent, announce.1 two ; weeks ago that he would sell the< i property at auction, with the stipula- ' tion that the building be removed by January 1, 1047, or earlier. The property will be divided into ; nine lots, tour facing Kailroad avenue an.l five facing West Mountain The latest dope on the date ' the Mountain View Hotel was built shapes up to be around 1876-77 according to Information received from several sources. Calvin Plonk brought In a j 1939 edition of the HE&ALD { that states the present bvoiding started as two stores. Mrs. W. A. Bldenhoor confirm- i ed Mr. Plonk's Information and added that the two storee were j built In 1S75. She aleo taps that I i the hotel eras completed, using' ! the stores ae the front, within the n?t m> ?w w? ww.u? w?ww ; date la 1VT9 or 1S77. I ! j street, end the lots will be sold ex-1 ' elusive of the building end its fix-' j tures. 1 The 'four lots ou Beilroed evenue will be 25 feet hy 100 feet, with the 1 five lots on Mountain street to oe 20 feet by 100 feet. A 10-foot elley will be provided for between ths Mountain street end Railroad avenue j lots. The Mountain street lots ere now j ' unimproved. ' Mr. Herndon said the building! would be torn away and its fixture-* and lumber sold after the sale of the j lota. He said he had recently purchased the property from David L. Saunders, j who bought the hotel from W, K. Mauney and Arnold Riser IB Janu- j ary 1945 for an announced price of 17.000. j ! It will be the second time the ho* j , tel property has been sold at auction. Penny Brother's auctioneer's knocking down the property to Mr. Maua ey and Mr. Riser for $13,820 in August. 1936. For thirty-six years prior to that time, the Misses Norris operated the j hotel and KAiiima 1 niu?l/ Known throughout this ares. > ? laycee Parade ked For Dance merican Legion. Entries announced last week were Misaes Avis Warlick, Mary Ann Cronae, Peggy Smith and Margaret Cash ion. Winner of the contest will receive an all-expense paid week's trip for herself and chaperone to the beach | and will reprssent the city in the North Carolina finals at Wilson early in August. "Miss North Carolina" will compete in the national finals at Atlantic City, N. J., for the title of "Miss America of 1946." plus a 65,'JOO scholarship to the school Of her choice. Mr. Davis said that all girls interested in taking part in the contest, test rules require that contestants be at least 18 yssrs of sge end no more i then 28 years of age on September 2, 1946. In addition, the eonteet is not open to any girl who is married, or has ever been married. The Beanty Pageant steering committee, hoaded^by ^ IVettk Orenford, -- r C/;'* Vfl ' . " ' " * . * r \' i 1 fi Av Today FIVE CENTS PEr. COPY ns Vacation iflany Citizens K ugr Mountain readied itself this week tor celebration of ita tirst pe:!-clime July 1th boli.iay in rc.ent years, with majority of Kings Mountain textile employees lookiug forward to a week's vacation. Neislcr MiiK inc., Mauney Mills, Inc., Bonnie Mills company, Mauney Hosiery Company, Cora plant of Textiles, inc.. Sadie Cotton Mill#, Kings Mountain Manufacturing company, and Park Yarn Mills will suspend operations all week. Both plants of Phenix Mills, fnc., will operate full schedules, due to the fact that change of ownership of Phenix So. 1 takes place on July 1. according to a statement by Earl A. Hamrick. Yelma-C'raft wilt also operate, but Superintendent Vernon Crosby Mid the employee* are receiving vacations?half during the current week, and more next week. Betty Yarn Mill will operate <$ir)43h July J. but will be closed tbe remainder of the 'week . Members of the Kings Mountain Merchants association will observe the July 4tb holiday as usual, and will also be cloned according to pres ent policy on Wednesday afternoon, which allows a longer-thon-usuml holiday for sales personnel. The postoffice and other federal agencies will be closed, anil readers of tlie Herald who receive their pap. rs by rural or city c arrier will not receive them until Friday morning. Meantime, merchants arc anticipating a rush for rather scarce summer beach wear and other hiliday needs. Many Kings Mountain citizens are planning trips to the beach or to the mountains, whiie others will be con tent to remain at home for a week of rest. Choir To Sing "The Holy City" The Seuior Choir of Central Me- - thodlst church will present "Th# Holy City," a sacred cantata OJf Alfred R. Oaul Sunday eventng it 8 o'clock for the union worship service, "The Holy City" was composed* for the Birmingham Musical Festival in 1882. The treatment of th* subject of the cantata Is almost entirely reflective. The first part of the cantata was suggested by the passages of scriptsres "Here we have no coutiuing city," and "Thy Kingdom Come" and sets forth the desire for a higher life as expressed in the words. "My soul is athirst for God." me second pert is based on the words "I sew a new heaven and a new earth" realising the dealre of the soul and the promises of the everlasting Kingdom of God. The choir is under the direction of Mrs Aubrey Mauney. organist and director. The members of the choir are as follows: Mrs. Troy Carpenter. Finnis Fulton, Mrs. Charles Williams. Mary E. Oofortb. Margar et Williams, Nancy Saber, Fay* Most, Jcsn Davis, Carolyn Prince, \Mrsy Yi F. Thronrlburfl Mm. M. H. Biser. B. 8. Peeler, Jr., Jensen Throneburg, Hal Olive, Jack Prince, Ben Ooforth and Otto Hehn. Mm. K. A. 8henk will be st the piano. The public is cordially invited to attend this service. Funeral Conducted For Mrs. Sara Tignor Funeral services for Mrs. Bam E. Tignor, 58, who died at her home here early Monday morning, were held Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the home of her son. Pat Tignor, with interment following In Moua tain Rest cemetery. The rites were conducted by Re^r. Peal Allred, pastor of First Wealey' en Methodist church. Mrs. Tignor had been In 111 health for the past several years. Surviving are seven sons sad on* [ daughter. They are J. Pat, Kugene, I Audley, Everett and Denver Ttj! t.or, all of Kings Mountain. W. p. I Tignor, of EHleott, Md? and Grady t Tignor, of ftykesvllle, Md., and Mrf. v i T. P. Anderson. Rock wood, Tean. ' V. Also surviving la a brother ' and 23 g.-r. ndehlldf en.