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| Local News
Bulletins
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OHUKCH TZLM
V "The Blind Beggar of Jeraaalem"
' n abort aound moving picture will
I ( be ehown at St. Matthew 'a Lutheran
?hSMi Sunday evening, Jan. 5 at
I r 7 p. m. The film la a Cathedral
I i >' teaching Picture produced under the
ai ' - ' 'aivr.etW of >>* Bev Jnmea K.
ft "^wATcTr SA'yggu'tt tkHhow
II ty of a man wkoee fight had been
Teetered by Jeaua, and_who_com9o_
let*' difficulty with the priests mud
his family. The public Is cordially
Sn*W Invited to the film showing
\ xxwasna meeting
jM /com Turlton, Rutherford county
H achools superintendent and glwan[
1m lieutenant - governor, will install
3rJ . af fleers ef the Kings" Mountain KlK?
uranla club for 1947 at the regular
I meeting of the dvU club at the
H; 1 Ifoman 'a club Thursday night at
4:39. Wives of Kiwaaians are to be
guests at .the meeting.
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LIONS MEETING
Boy Palmer, of Charlotte, official
| ef Duke Power Cbmpany will * ad4RBe
members 'tof the Rffifct MounII
. . tain Liens club*" at its meeting
"Thursday night at 7 o'clock at the
II " ;
i basketball final
,4 ! .v^Twlngi Mountain M.
!#* Charlotte (Tech) 29.
PffisS^nna Being Held
TJfnder $1,000 Bond
Ohriatmas 1948 passed very quiet
' and rather orderly in Hinge Mountain
according to police chief N. M. Farr,
the only major exception being the
Christmas Eve stabbing of Marcel
' woe unusually quiet with Vary Uttle
firecracker shooting. ^
HI ? The ?tabbing tooh pUre^aroend
- *Jkmm and Sea^X. Piedmont clothing
etore, waa^robT>ed of around $M0
V^peati
' n^ls^bbad^'t #Sea*to!wlie ******
I>efc Police ^aay that^ Hi*
P" ? ?????ttea Im the early
Milng konn, .yrvv. 'j.v'*'** '
tea Loekrldfe la being held la
*<Zu**U afUrr^%Mng^conf?w#d
r Ida 1M6 rolled eompletely away at
wTonM?ul'
|_ '*# aennnUlea ^.l^V bJ_L
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yjp ^?.y ^loolted fornard U, 1MT with
Mill! ??vm
r*9Lni progress In the n?* 1M7. .
Th? Hernid'. annual headline iavsal
^ Mff, rooordi.* tk. Mjot note of
I# yon&!dlroctlj% affecting jhngo I
Agon tain showed v?ry nctive year, I
r^g^JW?trlB!ly, c^mardoUy, SMUUJy, I
At WaSt * dotos MOW butMH fins*
BkvM opened. iMluding two loon's stor-1
ffijfei' ar bottling plant. Sat e\ho* MtaOl
<mapimy was started AM another in
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Tax Listing 1
Early Listing
Annual tax listing began Wednesday
throughout Cleveland eounty amid
the usual urging* from officials requesting
citizens to accomplish the
job da^ly.
The weather, however, 91* no help
on the first listing day, and business
wag not too brid.
Kings Mountain citizens again will
V**V t ttwnUy tank, aa Briiht D. Batterreu
w3l t*rW L? T\WP -.'HUWl/ *V?
township lister, handling the eonaty
business, and alto City of Kings
Mouptaln tax lister. Thus residents of
Kings Mountain will have to list
only once for both town and eounty.
Mr. Batterree has set up shop in
*!.? /?s
vi(7 nui. ' vi^-i
All persons owning personal property
are required to lift for tones, sad
all males between the sgos of 81 and
50 are required to list for poll tanes.
As required by law, penalties are provided
for persons falling to list by the
January 81 prescribed deadline.
"All citizens win find it to their
advantage to list early," Mr. Batterreo
said. '' There ? always- a rush at
the last urinate; which means that tcitizens
who fluid bav? aecomplished
their listing lob in a matter of minutes
will then have to spend time wait
ing in,.line. .- *
Mr. Ratterre *111 be at Herndon's
Hardware iu Qrover on January 9 and
29 to take listings of county citizens
p Orover and the Orover area.
City property listings 1946 totaled
more than 04,000.000.
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"Prissie" At Home For
"Butchey's' Christmas
/Little "Bntehey" Houser, daughter
of >tr. and Mrs. Billy Hoaser, of Kings
Mountain, received a 'ghost' for a
Christmas present this year. y
A year ago this past Christmas Eve
"Butchey's" deg "Prissie^ was taken
to the OastonTa pet hoepital in critical
condition. The doctor said the
dog eeuld not be sated' and Mr. HonsLast
Friday the Hooters went to j
1 Oastfinia, saw the doctor, and retwrhedl
to Kh5? with the dog, la |
neeilen* ttpT?:WM
, i^'Brtasle'e" return Vhme taadp{
Of M^Pmemoni.
Utile John William HeOtn. W?t I
w of Mr. wd lira Jimmy IfcGUl * I
6 Chamber* Bt^OU B?to?, M?,
ertl Mrvieot were ||U tht following
Monday afternoon. Mdd I
Bostom cemetery. E? li ?urriY*? by
gi? pareaf emd o?e brother. Jimmy jr.
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Wrfrk r.ft,n?fn?tnre to Ho Vr* Klr.?
Knmtils Ent?rpiiHOR%Ktrtu Give
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^nn'iiurT r im* tthi AA /yq-I t r _ ?> <%
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UKOB MOUHTAW, K. o. YKUBI
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Underway;
Is Urged
'Merchants Resume
Wednesday Holidays
Klngo Mountain retaU merchant*
book at work and abroad# bury taking
lnvontorio* aftor tho holiday
wow, resumed on Wodnooday tkolr
regular wookly half-holidays.
Tho mid-week half-holidays had
ciurxDfl^ December
"Txaaj^-B;
an being aakod to not# tko resumptloa
of tho holiday.
D. J. Keeter
&flj|^ Re?t , I
D. J. Keeter, 89, t?tkcr of /. Byron
Keeter of Kiap^MeiBtaii and for
more than fifty years a successful mer
Chant at Qrover aad Kings Mountain,
died early last Friday morning at th?
home of a daughter, Mm., Joe Vi
Wharton, In Greenwood, 8. 0., where
he had been ill the past four months.
<' The" funeral eras at 11 a, m. Saturday
from the Greyer Baptist church
of which ho was long n deacon. The
service waa conducted by Bev. W. A.
Huffman of Gaetoola, Dr. Bendy of
Rook Hill and Bev. L. C. Pinnix of
Kings Mountain. ,v' M' i>-'
Surviving are four daughters, Mrs.
Wharton, Mrs. Ktnel K. Jenkins, of
York, S. C., Mrs. Leo K. Hamilton ot
Raleigh, Mm. Mary Helen JC. Pierce
of Greenwood, two sons, J. Byron Keeter,
Kings Mountain, and Harry Keeter
of High Point; one sister, Mrs.
Andy 8herxiU of-Bpin.isle, and a brother,'9.
8. Keeter, of Grove*. v
Mr. Keeter was born in Rutherford
county, n son of the lnte John Calvin
Keeter of Union Mills nnd Kmalioe
Moore Keeter of Rutherford county.
He went to Grovet to. enter the merchandising
business and there married
Miss lienors Jane Harry who died
nearly two years age. &>,
His business flourished and with
his sou, Byron, l^^tendcoA^hh^ih
Mm. Bhenlji Praiies
om of &e^Woman'e^elnb for private
tbeclub cb*attt*e lm ehatge of redecShe
^pointed out that the new chair*
4a the first floor loong* were donated!
committee la Completing an "mil
lent job^?Tgj^F *]&{ V'&
Other member* of the oemalttee Jncluded
Mrs, Paul llnuy and$ffi3?E
P'? M ? mi ?-r-r-??m
iSWS
rant; Walker *9olla Cleaning IHrmj
Brtder 'eU8upjS^K^>..%<M*lponetable
Bate 1. Getting Hot; Ham
riepSft^*edical DegrJHf^
a- |&$SSb Mi|
BBrWg^e,^hcr^^^igbenU^ll| fo^
Jones Home
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Fire Epidemic
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An epidemic of fires daring the "
past 10 dayt has kept eity firemen *
f working overtime as they answered
nine alarms.
Biggest lots was sustained at tbe J.
N. donee home at l-uOourt Mills, Fire
men fought a blase caused by an ;
oil cooking stove, resulting in several 1
thousand dollars loss. What was a !
house was left as a shell. Firemen .
.'Second big fire w*? on December,
34, when several hundred dollars in j
damages was sustained by J. E. Hern*
don Company from a cotton fire lit Its i
City Btr*et warehouse. I.
j The remainder of the holiday fire'
I record given by Chief Gr^.y King j
follows: j |
December 24?9:30 p. m. Howard
Senders heme on Oak street, alight ,'
damage from fire originating from 11
Christmas tree. 11
December t&?11:16 a. m. erase>.?
| flre off. York road. no SMug*.
I 1 iT>0 p. m. A. B. Fall* home on 'Wat1
(anon atreet, fire from Chrlatmaa X
tree, alight damage.
December ?6?3:80 p. m. graaa fire m
at A. H. Patteraon home on Oaaton h
street, no dam\ge. t
December 28?1:20 a. m. Piedmont c
Drag Store, N. Piedmont are., fire v
resulting from electric motor on ice
cream box. alight damage. V. C
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December 30?11 >50 p. m. automobile,
ear of Mr*. Sprah i ItoT," near [j*
DuCourt Mills, approximately (100
damage.
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January 1?10:30 a. m. Ector Short ii
home, East King at., fire from oil f
atove, alight damage. <
1947 Outlook :
Bright Here .
moat uniformly predicting n "proapw
T'"> ii'? ? j.
,-Mi production.
: Wuntelnl Kings Mountain in mor- ?
lag at full biaet, which mean* eteady J
and large payroll*, which further land "
optimism to the attention. ?
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ladiaatad that IMS had been a good p
yaeur, oonaidering the ahortagt* which tl
Uo. plpr-rf ff
^^S<5my' M www tw
expecting lMf.to b? prosperaoa were q
the backlog of demand for homes, au o
tomobil?Hn?aafl ma?y typos of mar- ft I
ehandfoe, the expectation that atrike* ii
wiuf^J9*7 "iJrtuwL**' *1
ory Of King:
la Mcttwtol New Jaycae Head;' Parr \
New Police Chief.!*;-1v(Pi 1
' *f ,nne /'r ' J
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for WOO?; df00,000 Bond Election H
I day; Barnca Beportt Eight Pacult^ v{
ChargM*t^M5rtlmnto*rB?y?i0B^XuteS J
Lion. Officer*; X.
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Davidson M<
Reality Will
3ar Ownera Reminded
To Buy City Incenses
Kings Mountain motorist* were
reminded this week that all automobiles
and trucks owned tax residents
of the city are now required to display
city license tags.
The tags are obtainable for the
customary fee of 91X0 at the office
Salee thus far have onqurMMrtk
recent yean, but It wee pointed out
that many car owners have not yet
vurchased their tags. The city hi advertising
this week. "Buy now, and
avoid penalty."
Hopper New
SibLe Teacher <
William H. Hopper, Jr., of Louisville
wy., has accepted a position as BibU
sachftr of . Kings Mountain city
ehoola, according to an announcement
v Kev. P. D. Patrick, Bible-teacher
ommittee member. He fills a vacancy
rested by the resignation last month
f Mrs. D. P. Hord, Jr.
Mr. Hopper graduated from Centre
iollege, Danville, Ky., on December
0 of last year, majoring in. philoso
hy and geUgion and' the field of Bile.
He was active in YMCA work at
'entre and played an important part
1 student government and the inter
rater ulty council while there.
His father, Dr. W. H. Hopper, sr.,
t treasurer of the Presbyterian tienral
Assembly committee of christian
ducat ion and ministerial relief. .
"We are indeed fortunate to have
scored a Bible teacher with reeom
lendatkms of such high calibre as Ml
lopper's to fill the vacanoy here,"
lr. Patrick stated yesterday.
Bible teacher for elty schools hots
) selected by the school board upon
?cimiittdAtion of the lofil commit*
vwauMwaMtivN
Mo oomDOMd of memben of the
iehtirlil iftiT ifltr elyll
Hardware iken die sarpToooiag ?o?Idsrable
hope that tea supply of
alMfasg materials will bo nsoro ploOtf I
than daring tea 7** year. Btrikas
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mi.biw muMMirk UiVI jmruo
loriy crlppllngU veelr trad* ui tit*
at look for fewer atrikee la 1947 Will
4*1 mm plentiful building Item Hp
?6 middle ?r the year. brighter
lets re fm, material* aim wW MM
te worrlM Of ban* and Ume fr
anelng buatneaaet. ,*
Optimi.m la great In the farm
Vmgt inWUMM) Avis Wtillek ttsrs
'bird Place Honor*; Plngl4ttteW HeN
Ward Bhuford; Edwarda Say* Fe<
-Urged County Wore Hot Kroeoaie*
i*- ry?
teynold* Id Oar Dealer; Barnea Urge
>ublta ^uppcrt foT^d^ Vote^ti^
DtoCoqrt HllUr
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riVB CENTS PEN COPY
emorial Camp
i Land Gift
Iionntion of >10 acrei of laud on th? ,
west side of the York highway for the
. purpose of establishing a camp in memory
of the late Carl Davidson, for
many years prior to his death lash
year a leader in the Boy Bcout program
here, was announced this waok
bv H. C. Wilson, chairman of thO
Kings Mountain Boy Scout district
camping committee.
west side of the York Highway, waa
given by ite joint owners, J. O. PloiJt
and the M. L. Plonk estate. Hairs of
Weather permitting. Boy , Scouts
and Uconters are expected to most a*
the Oity Ball at 9 o'clock Saturday
morning. with mattocks, shovels sad
UM, wlM transportation will bo
provided to tho Onrt Davidson Memorial
Camp alto, whors tho gronp
will bogla work Hearing tho alto.
the lata M. L. Plonk are B. O. PI oak
I and Mrs. Jette Plonk, of Kings Moaa>
tain, Mr*. George Patterson of Gastonia,
and Mrs. Frank Schell of Tamil1
pa, Fla.
. While the Carl Davidson Memorial
' {Camp will be developed by Boy
II Sconts and will be used by local Bcont
I units extensively in their outdoor ae1
tivlties, it is not the plan of the committee
to limit the site to nse of the
Scouts, Mr. Wilson said.
Initial 'plana rail for the clearing of
the grounds, "building of a passable
road into the camp site, and erection
j of several outdoor fl-eplaces, tables v
for eating, and a large rain shelteh
Also planned ia>. a large recreation' V
res athletic fid3L
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"On behalf of the committee, the
whole Kings Mountain Boy Bcont w- v
gaaixation, and myself, % wish to V- > 1"$
state publle appreciation to the danom
ot the property. They have made poosible,
by their generosity, a camp
' r which will not only, honor the memory - *ij
of real leader of boys, but wptll also
meen much to the future program for
beyn In this community," Mr. Wilson
nin uavim ana v. u '
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nftMrauiiBiT jt inn
| Name Now r'8a<mdera"
P. D. B*aodafirtN5ouhced
that the haberdashery formerly operated
U Saunders Nad Davis will 4a the 4
The men's we*r ttm, opened In* *'
Spring, is now owned Jointly by D. D.
end !) 'l&HSaunders, -D, fc^fcaunderp'
haying purcheeed Ihe intdWdt rof! .;Ji > ^
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I management or policies of the fim.
, wards' Fees; City Was $?0A00 BU<
r nets in 1MMB; Oplated^firy on?^/4fJ 3$i
I Price Wan of King Cotton; Mrs. Oetee
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