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VOX* 67. XO. 38 Local News Bulletins . BjBa?i<Hon> | Bevv C. F. Tedder. pastor of the I ' Church of Ood in Kings Mountain, 1 was appointed to continue his pas j torate here at the anaual Church of Ood assembly held at Binning- I ham, Ala., recently. Kev. Tedder re ! colved his schooling at banford high school and at the Church of Ood Bible college, In Sevlervllle,, Tenn. PREIMDU OTION OAIX Three registrants of the local selective service board underwent ' physical examinations at Fort Bragg Monday, according to announcement from the board. They were William Hovle Putnam, who served as leader of the group. Hal Bheld Haynes and Gordon K. Lltz. VTW TO MEET Johnnie William Bluckwcll Post 2208. VFW will meet Tuesday, September 24, at 7:45 p.m. at the Woman's club. i x KI WAN I AN 8 VIBTI Kiwanians motored to Lincolnton | Tuesday night for a Joint supper meeting with the Lincolnton club at the North State Hotel there. TO ATTEND REVIVAL Members of the Kings Mountain Klwanls club are asked by B. L. Mauney, chairman of Support Tour Churches committee, to be In front of the Baptist chareh at 7:15 Thursday evening for the purpose of Bitting in a body for the evening worship service there at 1 7:80. There will be no regular dinner meeting of the club Thursday evening as the weekly meeting was held jointly with the Lincolnton club in Lincolnton on Tuesday night. BONBT RESIGNS Kell C. Boney, former eity policeman and more recently a deputy sheriff assigned to No. 4 town ship, has resigned that position, it was learned this week. BURDETTE RE-ELECTED H. L. Burdette, city manager, was re-elected a director of the , North Carolina League of Municipalities at its annual convention held in Ashevllle last weekend. Mr. Burdette represents the 11th district on the board, which includes the counties of McDowell. Burke, Catawba, Lincoln, Gaston, Cleveland and Rutherford. MERCHANTS THANKED . W. F. Laughter, manager of the Kings Mountain Merchants associa- j tion, thanked business firms of the city this week fi)t their cooperation in the T-B hurvey. "Almostall business firms are displaying the 100 percent cooperation signs, and their cooperation la deeply appreciated," he said. Lull Over, Court Business Booming .Arte men were sentenced for driTtug drunk and two for gambling as A* total number of cases tried in recorders court lail Monday j - ""jumped to 21 at compared to last week's even dozen, with other eases till on the docket to be tried this week. Earl Johnson, William Faust, and Robert Cook were each charged with driving drunk and each received a ninety day sentence suspended on payment of $50 and costs, and loss of his license. P. B. Hollifield and Oeear Pattter on war# given thirty days, suspended on payments of costs for gambling. With Recorder O. C. O "Parrel on 1 (Cont'd on page four) - I Legion&ires Asked To Help With Fair Project W. J. Pulkerson, commander of Otis D. arena Poo* 150, the Amerl j earn Legion, aidrssut aa appeal pe- , terday to an Leglonaires to snppert i the Legion oeOoor oafs project a* J the Cleveland county fair ?> Put i by offering their aervtees. John awns Bsnwiii g chair- / man of the oommittee In eharpe of A ta helpta? at the booth ooe Adjw \ tAot OtTb?rt Mi at VM Wltiiil < \ OHtefe ? ^ K salsa* 4|ta pAgt mIM ' Iwt ^PSpiif HnlttxW/ra^nNdiu- '- ,V.Xwj < -^s*^ 1 if* Kings ? . . . : Tuesday School ! Day At Annual County Fair Ready for distribution to every school child in Kings Mountain are free tickets to the Cleveland County Fair at Shelby, which returns next week for Its 23rd annua. snowing aft- i er a four-year lapse during tbe war. | For the five-day event, Sept. 24 through 28, passes for every chlla were sent to local superintendents from l)r. J. 8. Dorton, who Is secre tary-treasurer of the Cleveland Coun ty Fair Association, and also director of both the State Fair at Raleigh and the Southern States Fair at Char lotto. Opening dav, Tuesday, Is School Day with all school children holding tickets being admitted free to the more than 50-acre Fair grounds noted as one of the leading agricultural ] and educational County Fairs in tho | Southeast. On the midway this year will be the famed World of Mirth shows, j Its 21 shows and 22 mnjor rides sehe- | doled to arrive In Shelby via its own -15 double length steel flat .rail- j way cars Sunday. All grandstand attractions are being presented by Ooo'gg|A Uafild wqrti'?, , bPmbonwoK.ag agency. Gates open at 8 a. m. each day, exhibit buildings at 10 a. m. and the grandstand at 12:80. Horse races under sponsorship and sanction of the tl. S. Trotting Assn. begin at two o'clock every afternoon Tuesday through Friday with the half-mile j race track on Saturday reserved for automobile races sanctioned by the 1 American Automobile Association, and j directed by Sam Nunls Speedways. For Wednesday only the grandstand attraction srlll be Jack Kochman's Calvacake of Thrills, printing a legion of daredevils. Weeks of preparation for this section's big annual Fall entertainment festival virtually are complete and stage set for the anticipated 200,0001 people who will participate in the j dally morning, afternoon or.d evening! rograms either as spectators os as competitors for the some $10,000 In premiums. Teachers To Be Javcee fiiiests Teachers of the city school system ! will be guests of honor at a ''dinner ' meeting " of Kings Mountain Junior Chamber of Commerce to be held at central school oafeterla Friday at 6 p. m. according to an announcement. by Menzcll Phlfer, chairman of the ' committee in charge. Program for the dinner will In j cludo the launching of a snTety cam- j paign by the safety committee, with Captain Henkle, of thh Charlotte Police Department scheduled to make the address according to Hal Ward, chairman. The dinner is being held earlier j than usunl to allow those wishing to! go to the high school football game in Lincolnton plenty of time to make | game-time, which is 7:30 it was an-1 nounced. I Schools Have C Since First One By 8. A. Mauney In contrasting the Bchools of our town today with the school of the year that the writer first saw the light of day would be somewhat like it would be could Qeorge Washington look down npon onr Capitol city of to day and behold thechange. Seems rathe? singular that education in onr community ahonld data with the writer's coming upon the scene of action. The school of 1874, which as I understand , waa the first one,, and was taught in the little two-room building on the eorner of King atreet and Pled monte avenhe where The Dir. J. G. Hord building sow etamds. In the year 1876 la this aame build* Ing, Gapt. W. T. B. Bell opened a ?chool with an enrollment of 17 pu* pita, and from thle bin eehool grew to that by another year a two atory Frame building waa' erected yhere the Central school building now stands. The aehool aocn became a large military eehool with boya from Maine to TlorlpU emreWng. <* .. Witt- pot tell ygu how long it hga been Mhee I flret went to eehool For yon may thing I am getting a hit old, bet about the year 1880 I went to eehool en thta very epot to Iftee Bebeeea Beyee who wee very Hue, and later I went to the other teheol building on the ?- iferd corner where Mtse 8udle Garrett tanght, and Moun B , . . KWOa MOUNTAIN, * O. THUMD Folaom Finds - ^ Footwear Fits ; i Big Jim Folaom, Democratic nom- \) lnaa for governor of Alabama, fl- Jl> nally baa aoma aooka which fit ? and they vara mad a hara at Ma on- r ay Hosiery company. Life magazine in oae of Its June I Issues, devoted several pages to j Folaom'a campaign for the Alaba- |<? ma governorship and among the in- 1 formation Included was the state- v ment that Folaom wore a also 15>/s e shoe and could not find socks which r fit. ? W. K. (Billy) Mauney, Jr., general manager of the hosiery com- 5 pany, was Intrigued by the story, ? and after getting a little more In- l' formation from some of his Alaba- v ma relatives, arranged to make some n size 17 socks ? which measure 17 Inches long. * ' The socke were sent, and Mr. 111 Mauney received this week a letter u from Mr. Folsom stating his great u appreciation for "socks thst fit." " He said he Intended to visit Kings " Mountain at first opportunity and see the machine# on which these '" socks were made. c That'll suit the company'# ma- I chine operator*, who still don't helleve there's a foot In the world 1? ]' Inches long. " \h fetf'tlcya Bh) "X R&W Grocery ' Two Qastonia veterans, Pete and " H. C. Berkley, announced here this week purchase of B and W. Grocery n' from O. O. Walker aud Clyde Bhea. s< The firm will operate under the name of Barkley Brothers, and formal d' opening will be around the first of , <1 October. _ 8 The Barkley Brothers have long been associated with the grocery bus* iness, Barkley Food Storo in Qastonia 1 owned by H. C. Barkley, now in it's 1 25th year of business. # j The purchase price was not annoua' I ced, the sale ta1i?ug plhTc Baturday i * night. Pete Barkley assumed duties as manager of the firm Monday morning ul and announced that he will continue #| to remain open, with the formal open p ing planned for October S, at which gj time te stated he hoped to have a t< iargo supply of groceries to offer the Ul public. Manager Barkley served four years in the U. 8. Navy and brother H. C. v served three years. I A "We are happy to have secured a *1 place in which to aerve the buying T public in King* Mountain and we A invite all former patrons of B and a W to continue with us and we also , si invite everyone to come by and see , c' us/' Mr. Berkley stated. "I want to J' stress that our policy wili be a fair distribution to everyone." he added. Barkley Brothers store is located in | the building with Bob's Cola on East ' King street near the stop light at the corner of Cleveland avenue. w LIONS ICE AH BARNES ai Members of the Kings Mountain tl Lions club heard an address by A B. N. Barnes, superintendent of 'i .schools, at the regular meeting at e the high school cafeteria laBt u Thursday night. Mr. Barnes spoke 1 concerning last Saturday's bond ? eloctlon. f' t< lome Long Way I Back In '74 I ii First Bale Of Cotton 1 Reported At Local Gin * b Kings Mountain Cotton Oil com- a nanr rmortad to tha TToraM thla _ week thq first baJo of ootton to bo , t] ginned la tho Kings Mountain area. e Tbo ownor of tho 488 pound bala : t| vu Hubert Herndon, of now Oro L or, and tho bale vu ginned on ' < Beptombor 12. n With tho flnt bolo nndor tholr botto, tho company U anticipating r ? buoy ginning oouon. * Revival Closes With B Sunday Evening Service d Bevlval oervlooa will continue boro h at Flnt Baptist church today, tomor* p row, and Saturday with aorrlooo at 9:80 a. m. aad TttO p. m each day a with tho mooting scheduled to eloea 1 Sunday crontngt soivtsa San day g morning aorvloa win M hold at 11 1 a.v rj <i Kit. Baymoad A, Thompson, pastor ,a of Btata Baptist ehbrefc, West Oohun Via, B. C? la conducting the maetlngn | Md largo crowd* Vans boon reported 1 1* attendance^/at tha Berries at Car fi of th*Kiwe*ls dub hare I made plaas to attend tho sarviQet't*? S f "*w I I lain r ?:; ..v > """ 1 AY, MPT. 10, 1946 IC-Ray Unit yfo Return nSjlpfeekend Klng?NifcKj^^V *vitieens who missd the boa^iK^g^f>r?t opportunity o obtajp free V/illierculosis X Ray, rill again have the chance this week nd, as one of the big mobile unite eturns to Kings Mountain today, totorrow and Saturday. The X-Ray unit will be parked in ts former location on Battleground yeuuc, and health authorities are rglng all persona age 15 through 60 t-ho have not yet taken the teat to et their examinations. in what should be a boost toward he goal of 100 percent X-Rays of < rsons in *liia ai/?? urniin. it k.ua Knnn uiiounred that two units will be ict I> ut the fair grounds (luring tile iniual Cleveland County fair begin ing next week. To.lav and tomorrow the X-Ray uit here will be open from 11 a. m. to p. in. :.nd will be open on Saturday . "M 11 !. III. to 7 p. Ill The oxainlnati-.n n qun < only aout one minute ? long enough for e cxau-froe to have It's name writnn on a card and step up to the Xno ut la 1 report of his examination is tailed four or five flays later. Over 4,000 citizens have already ceivcd X-Raye in the Kings Mouniln area, or mere than 60 percent of I te estimated number of citizens in , le 15-60 age group. The mobile n- , Its were at Central and Davidson ' -hools last Friday. The mass survey la the aecond con acted in tLe world. It ia under the irection of the U. 8. Public Health erviee. Auxiliary Starts Membership Drive "Women of World War tamiliel lust unite to help win the peace," tid Mrs. Dickie Tate, president of out 156, ,Unit of the American Lelon Auxiliary, today, urging support w the Auxiliary's work for perma iuv j'uav. c i "We have again won a terrible /orld War and tbe women of the .uxiliary are determined that we lall not have to fight another," Mrs ate said. "We are working with tbe .mericau Legion to help establish nd maintain policies which will asire a lasting peace. If another war Duica there will be no winners, only eath and desolation on both sides. f Women whose sons, husbands, falers and brothers have fought in elicr of the two World Wars must ike the leadership in women's work ir peace. They understand what war icans to the families as home as ell as to the men at the front id can help arouse the women of tie world to work for peace. In the merican Legion Auqiliary they will ind activities in which they can ebrt their Influence for good will and nderstanding among nations, for tha uccess of the United Nations Charter nd for the maintenance of armed orces to protect the peace. Active in irest and endeavor of women is essntial if we are not to lose this eace as we didf the last one." The American Legion Auxiliary Is ow enrolling Its membership for >r 1946, with special invitations go ig out to women of World Warr II amilles. Ail women of the families re no wellglble to Auxiliary memership as soon as the service memers of'the family Join The Amerlin Legion, Mrs. Tate explained. Woten who themselves have served In ae armed forces are eligible. Mothrs, wives, sisters and daughters of nose who have died In the aervice re eligible to Gold Star membership. 'Please enroll today," Mrs. Tate rged. Jeorge Howell Bites Jonducted Wednesday George Melton Howell, age 78, farter of the Bethlehem eommnnity, led at 8:15 a. m. Tuesday at the tentorial hospital la Gaston la where s was edmltted Saturday, HI , with neumonia. Funeral services were held Wedeeday at I p. a. at the Bethlehem taptlet ehorch, ooadueted by the aster, Her. T. W. Fotfemaa sued, the i?*. W. O. Camp of Mooreiborow a oinner paster ef the chureh. Burial rae in the Bethlehem eesMtery. Mr. Howell is survived by hii wife. Ire. Ellen Morrow HoweBt eaa sea, T. Paul Howell of Boejs m S. .0.; re daughters, Ma Ethel Hambright lerald i MHI|| i a I I i I LUTHERAN I.TIAOTO ? Rev. Dr. Erwin 8. 8pe?, ??ocUte Mcrctary of the Parish and Church School Board of the United Lutheran Church in America, of Philadelphia, Pa., will lead discussions on Friday evening, at ' 7:30 p. m. at a regional conference on Pariah Education to be held at St. Matthew's Lutheran church here. The theme la "In Faith and Life" and the emphasis is on youth and leadership. Dr. Spees will be assisted by Rev. Lawrence Reese, also a member of the board. iU^IIIS I III i if ?" School DODOS Favored Here I . A total of 3.680 votes were cast Hat unlay in the bond election for improvements of schools of the King* Mountain, Shelby, and rural systems, and, by virtue of a 1032-vote majority, County Commissioners had autnir ity to issue up to $1,600,000 in bonus for those improvements, with Kings Mountain schools scheduled to get not less than $166,000, on a per-capita school population basis. Of the total of 3,680 votes cast, 2.356 were in favor of the question and 1,324 against, according to an orricinl canvass of the election returns by the county commissioners in session Monday. Fifteen of the 26 precincts re lurned majorities in favor, with Iloily Springs, Youngs, Hharon, Patterson Springs, Earl, Queens, Double Springs Lattimore, Polkville, Delight, ami Mulls turning a decisive 'againsts', as shown in the official results tabulated below. The election automatically puts the financing of school buildings in the future on a county-wide basis rather than by individual school districts as in the past. In the two Kings Mountain precincts, the votes were: East, 104 for and 26 against; and West: 141 for Ati n ? ? * auu -iv n^aiuob. Uiuvcr UU(1 YYai'O were decidedly for the measure, piling up majorities of 112 to 6 and 79 to 9. Holly Springs registered a vote of 100 to 0 against the measure. The official vote follows: PRECINCTS YES NO Holly Springs 0 100 Youngs 13' 32 Boiling Springs 143 11 ' Sharon 1 77 ; I'atterspn Springs 20 81 Earl 19 72 ! East Kings Mountain 104 20 | West Kings Mountain 141 4d 1 Grover 112 6 I Waco 79 9 | Shelby No. 1 283 87 i Shelby No. 2 254 91 I Shelby No. 3 144 41 8helby No. 4 272 95 I South Shelby 88 28 Queens 24 30 Double Springs 24 32 Lattimore 47 60 Mooresboro 44 21 Polkvllle 82 119 Delight 20 55 Lawn dale 154 67 Fallston 122 89 Double Shoals 24 10 Mall* 19 #8 (' tar 181 81 TOTAlfl 2,358 1,8*4 ^ ? Cash Low, Spir To MakeChap< Tommy Anetln and hla wits will be In C ha pal BUI with tbolr re-boUi trailer Monday to rdgleter for the fall torn at the UnlvereUy, according to B. 9. Pooler of ElBier Lumber eom paoy. The young veteran, unfortunate riotlm of ao accident two weeks ago that al*fpt. robbed, hhaef hla eellego earner, was an amUoo yeeterday aa ho watehod mUliim at the lambe* company buay at work on hie ooV lego homo. That la. %a was all nUoo 'v ^ - * i n Pa?e4 II *" Today 1 nvs CENTS PES, COPT ??????? ' ? Hord Property On Piedmont j Sold To Parton H. R. Patron, Kings Mountain mortician Had owner of several apartment bouses, has purchased the residence and adjoining property of the late J. 'O. Hord from the Hord estate, it was learned this week from Luther Anthony, of QasfnMk, who handled tha sale for the Hord heirs. Mr. Parton, in turn, has given a 30day option on the property to W. K. j Mnuney and the City of Kings Mountain with the privise that the property be used for civic purposes. 1 This information was given by Mr. Mauney Wednesday afternoon who 8aid that a group of citizens had in j mind use of the resirence for a city library, a teachcrage, or both, and the remainder of the property for a hotel. i .1 The property Includes the lot occupied by the residence at 100 8. Piedmont nvenue, and the lot on Kingtt iron nh'Tp Mr. and Mrs. Jamei RoliirtH ri*i,|e. > M?. Maun "y ?e'd it has his under tnnd'nir thn? no .Itv funds woi'l J he clniBO of the property would have to <-ome from <^>i>triliutions of citizens. ' Mr. Anthony did not nhnounee the 3 consideration involved in the sale to Mr. Parton. i Jones Is Succeeding White st DuCourt Mills J. X. Jones, formerly superintendent of Phenlx Mill No. 2 here will ,<'sj| ; succeed C. O. White as superintend- ''-jl ent of DuCourt Mills. Inc. Mr. Jones, who has been connected I with Edna Mill of RetdsvlUe, assum fed his new duties Wednesday morning. and on Saturday Mr. White will sever his connections with the mill here. . ' ^ I On October 7. Mr. While will as- 1 seme the duties of superintendent of Alma Mill, at Oaffney, S. C? one of :;|? several plants of Hamriek Mills, Inc. ~^""""""" ^3 Ormand Heads 1 D il < J uiuuicmuuu 1 j ? . The Lutheran Brotherhood in regular meeting at St. Matthew's Luther'an church Monday night elected officers for the forthcoming year, chooslng Hugh Ormand as president. , Other officers were elected as follows:' Aubrey Mauney, vice-president, Willie Orice. secretnry, and J. C. Plonk, treasurer. The ladies of the Rachel Mitchem , Missionary Society served a delicl| ous supper. Stadium Lighting System Is Complete i I Those two long overdue transformers have finally been received, i and are now installed ready for the i first night football game on the sea! ton on September 27, It waa anI nounced Wednesday by H. L. Bnrdette, city manager. Installation of the two transformers thus completes the llghtlns of the Oity Stadium. The lighting system was purchased by the Kings Mountain Klwanls club and Is considered one of the best In this area. In making the announcement, Mr. Burdette noted with regret that the community win not get the fun benefit of the Klwanls donation until the stadltgn la completed. At the present time, representatives of oleic organisations are serving as a committee to map ways i, and means for oomplstlon of the stadium _l _ A its High, Couple; si Hill On Time I '"'v I.'"-' \>? ??? . . r;*4 i locked, jaek-kalflag the trailer sad i almost oaapliUIr destroying it All VW - VfeMil Mis' received a Ik . ,>a km fUMfe* jemaigad fer "the > JS t^araasr'^ Tka that was !a good shape was the^bUl ^ Jy! and whkel* and thejr wet* broagkt >