I POPULATION
| bl City Corporate Limit* 6.574
I Immediate Trading Area 15,000
VOL. 58 MO. 7
I Local News
Bulletins
AT BALEXCH SESSION
P. D. Hern don wan among the
300-odd members of the North
Carolina Wildlife Federation who
attended the Tuesday hearing on
the bill before the General Assembly
to divorce the division of
.game and inland fisheries from
the Department of Conservation
and Development. Mr. Herndon
expressed optimism that the federation
bill would be acted on fa
irom
lions meeting
Rev. W. L. Pressly, ARP pastor,
will addiw members of the Kbit
Mountain Lions dub at- their
regular meeting Thursday night
at 7 oXoah Members are betagr?minded
that the meeting will be
field at Central Methodist church,
rattier than at the high school
cafeteria. Also to be arranged at
the meeting are final plans for the
Fanner's Might Banquet, scheduled
to* February *7. ^
van faibvxxw a sill
FTed (Slim) Wray announced
this week purchase of Fairview
<2(111 from John George (The
Oreek) Demetriades. Mr. Wray
aid he purchased the business on
Saturday and immediately took
Over its operation. He was former
ly at Mountain Grill.
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- eiwan1s meeting
The regular Thursday night program
of ths kings Mountain KiVwania
club will feature a program
v on boys and girls work, it was
announced this week. Name of
,the speaker was not announced
2 hut Harold Hunnleutt Is, in: charge
j|f the program. Members of the
le Shelby City
. - Sail, it wai announced thfaf week
by T-S Donald L Benoit, in charge
Sgt. Benoit said Tuesday recruiting
detail here la being sua- i
pended.
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Possibilities j
For Local Fi
Possibilities of building a 500-60<
>ox freezer-locker plant ? with i
complete service Including process
Ing, freezing, storing and curing ?
wre di-cussed at the meeting ol
-ne Kiwanls club last week by F. R
Summers, president of the First Na
tional bank, and by Paul Jdauney
business man and textile official:.
Pointing to the need for a freezer
locker plant of tbls size to servi
Kings Mountain and the surround
Ing area, Mr. Summers discussed th<
various types of financing whlcl
might be used on such a project, ant
I'lffi JiiBa?UJ ISOSIIV i >i
qulpment of this size plant.
Mr. Summers pointed out that tin
plant could be privately owned, a
cot potation with broad base o
stockholders, or a cooperative, ant
discussed advantages and dlsadvar
tagss of- saek. Asa a community
standpoint, he Indicated favor foi
the corporation with large numbei
of stockholders, pointing out that
service* rendered by the plant ant
box rental* could be held at lowei
lpvel*. If a corporation, It was th?
belief that stockholders should hav?
, preference on rentals.
Mr. Mauney reported visiting sev
eral freezer-locker plants through
out North and South Carolina, ant
outlined physical plants and servi
ces which would be suitable foi
Kings Mountain.
Following thedlacusalon, members
of the club were asked to indi
cate by signature whether the)
would be willing to purchase ai
' much as one share of stock In such
an or0W(satlon, with 49 persons In
dlcating that they would. The slgm
ture was merely an Indication ant
not binding on any signer. It waj
pointed out, but merely an effort t<
see what degree of interest woulc
be ecldenced In the project.
Mr. Summers and Mr. Mauney an
to present the matter to member)
of the Lions club at their meetinf
tonight, and, If sufficient interes
is ^vldenced^ an organlz^ttona
V.i n iilnw Ua?a
sportsmen nere
Stating to a group of lnterestec
sportsmen gathered In. Central au
ditorlum last Thursday night tha
"after we've won the 'divorce' we'vi
done nothing but fight like the dev
11 to get the worst headache we'vi
ever had," JE. X.,. % Voea*. Charloftj
sportsman and one of the founder)
of the North Carolina Wildlife Fedei
; ation, Inc., said "we've got to go ti
work" and 'make a friend of th?
. The wildlife willy was sponsored
by tab Kings Mountain Sportsmen'i
seossss de^seads on loeoilsn ol
iSSaS^ v!^?^U ?17*T1?IwlwliJe
XlrS?i"
Stocking game lnftlds area for. tlu
benefit of farmers and hunters,
division and Departmen
ef Conservation and Development
f ten keep every man despite rumo:
t feat the Foundation was organize*
to tit their jobstMM want the nine
mah commute#' of interested per
on* the luiljsiy.and fishermen** #
run the flame an/1 flih rilvfatnrt
Clowiely conected ?lth the Feder
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J tion to be held at the high echoo
; Moun
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Kingi Moqntaln, W. Co, Th
\re Outlined j
reezer-Locker i
^Parking Violations H(
!* Were Heavy Tuesday pr
f Th* llttl* bright-colored signs w
. in th* bu*ln?SB Hctlon which road h<
. -Thirty Mlnut* Parking'' didn't w
m*an much to several motorists n(
Tussduf. with th* r?*ult that quit*
. som* **r*ral found nd marks on of
j th*ir tlx** and rad parking tockats w
snflsr their windshield wipers. er
Th* city p*lio* department had
I started ?flitting th* parking law. ^
I Iwww. th* city was toy sit* ?
Tt>Al? i^iot^'icaAud1 Hi'Siie-'.S
t and op*n wallet to th* city
hall h* was told th* ticket was a fo
t winning ? foe th* first tins*. e?
1 Th* lnfwwics to that mfrlsts.
i In th* futar*. should avoid ro- d?
r strlctod parking msas If t)nfn
r going to h* too I?g la getting vc
r back W th* driver's scat. dl
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I til
; Drunken Driver s
! Wrecks Hydrant i
I John W. Gardner, Shelby route
three negro requested Jury trial e
r on charges of driving drunk and er
without a driver's license, according
to N. M. Farr, chief of police here, to
the charges resulting from an ac'
ddent around midnight Sunday ca
1 night in which he reportedly knock1
ed a fire hydrant off the water main
' in the 300 block on East King street M
| causing $300 worth of damage to (
1 the city water system and forcing ^
5 police to wafn families in theneigh- V
} borhood (eight blocks) that the 1
1 water Supply had been cut off with
the result that many families had to
5 put out their boiler fires and spend
* around a. 11-hour period with out m
f heat and water during one of the
\ coldest spells of thif winter. 1*
v Police warned regents of the ai
' ajjegin order to prevent boiler ex
poeedly because of insufficient wa- ?
Chief Farr said that at the time
of the accident Gardner was driving
west (toward the railroad) and that A
, he ploughed into a hydrant on the w
south side of King (that is on the 63
' left side of the road as he was driv- P<
J tag.) 11
; lames W.Walker S
' Mtei Conducted
r
> Funeral services for James Wesley V
1 Walker, $4, who died at his home
1 here .last Friday after a four weeks
, Ulnsea. were held Sunday afternoon |
' at 8 o'clock at Central Methodist e
I Khun* Mitt. tHj, Sm. i n I
$ Winkli* in charge- In failing heaT ; >
th fqr aome tima, ha was a math*
of county and wis ; S In
meraherjol Central Methodist chut;- ?
la survived by his widow, Mrs. n?
i nHSEt 2
i W. Wfc|ker of Hickory, Robert ?
WalKer of Kings . Mountain, and 9t
StjMtejeall Walker of Concord; two to
daughter* Mrs. J-H. Helma of Kings Q
Mountain and JdaJRosa of the ja
Mountain and Sara Walker of &u:
tonia. and 11 grandchildren. di
t interment was In Mountain Rest in
- animir, , $
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t Giowt Tolldson Hdod w
t Of School Honor Group
| The National Honor Society met ?
. laet Wednesday and elected officers $
> for the second semester. George Tel. *
leeon was elected president. Dwigfct j
. Ware, vice-president, Mildred Jack- ?,
, nod, secretary, and Mary Idh Hord ^
, representative to the Student Cmm.
^ were cboetn to tokc the examinet^clcot
ooiniTtittoOi ttwt O
mum of 2p0 persona r+w be Mcoto
tain F
urtdcry, Feb. 13. 1947
Shatter Change
'etition Signing
s Continuing
E. A. Harrill, contacted by the
erald Wednesday night regarding
ogress of the petition for change
the city charter, said the petition
as "going fine" and said persons
indling the petition hoped to
Ind us their work by the first of
?xt week.
He declined to list total number
signers, reported at 1,093 last
eek, stating that several canvasss
had not reported.
The petition, addressed to Senator
* B. Weathers and Representative
, M. Mull, printed in full In last
eek's Herald, provides for election
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at all registered voters may vote
r one aldermanlc candidate In
ieh ward. Candidate in ear)', ward
celving majority vote would be
clared elected.
Under the present city charter, a
iter casts a ballot only for the candate
from his respective ward.
>llowlng election and qualiflca*
mi of the five aldermen, the board
gaplzea, choosing one of its mem*
?rs as mayor and ex officio chair*
an of the board.
Mr. Hanlll said he understood
iat many citizns have not yet been
esented the opportunty of signing
e petition but added that every
fort will be made to contact ev*
y bona fide citizen.
Beside the place on the petition
r name of the signer Is a blank
ace In which the signer may lndiite
whether he favors or opposes
ie changes.
Sty Board Holds
tovtSne Session
i ?-?i?
Official 'business at the regular
onthly meeting of the city board
! aldermen Tuesday night was
mited to hearing of routine reports
rid handling so-called routine busijss,
according to City Manager h. j
i Parker street for street exten*
on a.
It heard a delegation including
rthUr BUtcliffe, G?ier Sipes and
L. Waterson asking for sewer
ctansions on Goforth street, and
it this application on the waiting
rt along with prlpr applicants.
The board authorised payment of
25 to B-- D. Katterme for hla wnrlr
, handling the city tax listing.
Mr. taiihttf said presentation of
gular monthly reports from city
spartments completed the regular
ork of the board.
.
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lirofddT IndoA,' "
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w 7-* 7
two oot-?f4?Wr ihen were hailed
to geootder's court here Monday
i charge of driving drunks as D. D,
avi^Of Charlotte. and Luther Cos.,
Carollfia^VXh were
r jictton on Iocs of his operator's
rense.
Clyde Roseboro, on charges of
unk and disorderly and destroy
g private property, waa sentenced
K months, suspended on payment
135 and costs and payment of
images to property of Will Searight,
owner of Harlem Grill, local
bgro cafe. > ;
Haakel J. Bell received a stiff 90ky
sentence for reckless driving,
e verdict suspended on payment
$25 and cosas.
Other caaes tried were: Lewis
iflaqd, public drunkenness and
ssesalon of liquor, $10 and costs;
hn D.'Burroughs, no drlVMi^]tt>
nss, $10 and costs; Marshall fO.
one, speeding, $io add costs; Ho
wd Lis Blanton, speeding an* no
tvers lloenso, $90 tad costs; Frank
Ralph Ware, on two couitts ^ i of
. paid costs and
paid $5 and^ewsh*.
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lerald
Capacity Cro\
Scouters Hea
Superior Gilt Starts I
Scout Finance Drive
Off to a fast start with a gift of
200 tons of crushed stono for ths
road Into Davidson Memorial
Camp, contribution of Superior
Stone Company. Kings Mountain
Boy Scout district leaders expressed
confidence this week that
they would be able to raise the
nuw ?? * ?
^hwhi w uw annual xundraising
campaign new underway.
Announcement ef the gift was
made at the annual banquet MobIM>
?ywii j| g'ifcmn \mmv
chairman, who pointed out that
the Increase over the lMd-47 quota
of tltOO was due to anticipated
need el loads la the dseslspmsat
of the Carl Davidson Camp.
Mr. MeUl said Wednesday that
no reports had yet been received
heapected^ttcOraports11*scaly
next week.
Symphony Conceit
Date Is Changed
The North Carolina Symphony will
present its 1947 Kings Mountain
concerts on March 31, rather than
March 5 as previously announced,
Mrs. Aubrey Mauney said this week.
Mrs. Mauney said that membership
will be open for a longer period
probably until March 8, and said
approximately $100 Is required to
complete the quota.
The Symphony which appeared
here last year, will again present
two concerts, a matinee especially
for school children in the afternoon
and a full-dress performance in the
evening.
Musicians Will Play
In Saturday Broadcast
Conservator Symphony when It
plays a world-wide premi&re performance
of Herbert Elwe'll's symphony,
the Lincoln "Requiem" over
the NBC network.
The broadcast is scheduled from
2 p. m. to 2:30, over coast-to-coast
hookup.
According to Information received
here, Mr. El we 11 Is a renowned composer
and music critic and a member
of the composition staff of the
Obfrlia Conservatory.
The Kings Mountain men are
studying at the Ohio conservatory. I
Ernest Mauney will play the baas- '
oon and Miles Mauney will play
the oboe in Saturday's performance.
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Final Ritti Held
^ -i-U. 7-JZ* For
Mrs* Kutchin* .
y ,> - ^rUd/Vi,? ' % ,
Funeral services for Mrs. Minnie
Hutshln*, 74. Rutherford county native
who died Tuesday at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Annie Epley,
here were conducted at 3 p. m. today
from the Plsgah Methodist chinch
near Rutherfordton.'
The Rev. Vassle Jones of Ellenboro
and the Rev.' Paul Bright of Forest
City conducted the rites. Interment
followed In the church cemetery.
Mrs. Hutchlna, who had been in 111
health for more than a year, had
lived in Kings Mountain for the
past four years.
She Is survived by her husband
Isaac Hutchlna, four daughters, Mrs
Epley and Mrs. Delia Harrison ' of
Kings Mountain, Mrs. Pearl Hutchlna
and Mrs. Minnie Hutehlns of
Rutherfordton and five was,, Paul
and Fred Hutehlns of Kings Moun
am ana raomu, Albert and Gus j
Hutch ins of Rutherfordtln. *
gjiTTlini[mgr.ir
Allowing Property
A Mil to allow the board of eoun- i
ty oomm lsstoners, in Its diacretlon,
to revalue and readjust aJLTreeJd*
tate and personal property valua- i
nry.aws.sr.ssu;
Attorney J. R. Davis for passage
by the General Assembly, V
Mr. Davis, who prepared the bUla
on instrueOMu from the county
botJ^ of commissioners, released a ^
Qtilp their automob rcc? v
ing And transmitting rBuio sots* l(
on A wiBfliro run-time ossis sna i
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vd Of Scouts,
r Thornburg
A capacity crowd of some 200
~ubs, Scouts, Scouters and interest>d
citizens attended the annual ban
juest meeting of the Kings Mounain
Boy Scout district at the Wonan's
Club Monday night, heard
in inspirational address on the
jroad aspects of Scoutng by Rev.
i. Lewis Thornburg, of China Grove
vltnessed both Cubbing and Scout
ng demonstrations, and ate delicijus
dinners.
The meeting was one of the hlghights
of the annual Kings Mounain
observance of Boy Scout week.
W.J.. Plonk, who succeeded to the
ilaliftt*" 'I'umwmiUH1;1 >.
weeks ago on the deoarture of
rV. Hamrick, will continue as chairnan
for the current year, and oth;r
officers include O. W. Myers, vice
:hairman, Paul Mauney, treasurer,
ind Aubrey Mauney and Dr. P. G.
Padgett, commissioners.
Chairman Plonk served as toast
naster at the Monday night banquet,
Aubrey Mauney recognized
Honor Scouts and Scouters, and Rev
iV. H. Stender presented Mr. Thorn surg,
for 20 years active in Scouting
rnd holder of the Silved Beaver avard.
As a part of the program, Rev.
P. D. Patrick presented a deed for
he Carl Davidson Memorial Camp
>roperty to C. C. Edens, Aubrey
Maney and Harold Hunnicutt, trus:ees
for the Kings Mountain district.
"To the donors we are Indeed
jrateful," Mr. Patrick said in presen
ng the deed, "and we are so hap>y
that their gift is a memorial to
i man who loved youth and gave
lis life to youth*. The Piedmont coun
;il recognized him by giving him
he Silver Beaver. Under your leadership,
we look forward to agreater
omorrow and greater days in
n Scouting." Donors were J. O.
Plonk, R. G. Plonk, and Miss Jette
Plonk, Kings Mountain, Mrs. George
Patterson, Gastonla, Mrs. F. R. Shull
Tampa, Fla.
Five Cub Scouts set forth the Cub
sing program, and a group of
with a broken leg. Eagle Scouts Garland
Still and Bill Moss gave a demonstration
of making fire by fric:ion.
A moment of silent prayer was
jbserved by the group in memory
>f Lt Jimhiy Nickels, a former Eajle
Scout. Lt. Nickels lost his life in
i plane crash last summer.
?nt were Ladd W. Hamrlck, Cleveland
county district official, and
Henry McKelvle, of Kings Mountain
ind Gastonia, council president,
who brought greetings from the
iouncll.
Speaking on the subject "Growing
Boys to Match Our Day", Mr.
rhornburg polluted to tha responslillity
of parents in guiding their
children and scored parents for
ihelr disinterest
Comparing the Y&i of Public Sne- >
my John Dillinger to President Coolidge,
he said, "One lather negleeted
lis son." * ?
"The one way a father can relive
tils life," he said, "Is in reliving It
in your son. Your second chance la
i child. '
"Through the years I have found
i most-alluring way to put spirltukilty
Into boys, and that is through
Scouting,"
Mr. Thornburg charged that "the
my of your community, state, and
nation Is on the auction block, and
:he highest Mdded will get him.
rhere are many places of evil bidling
for the youth of the nation.
Dont allow these places to outbid
/ou. Implement their leisure time
to that they will grow in grace, wis
lorn and stature In the light of
3od," he concluded.
Following are 1947-48 committees
>f the local organization (first-namMl
to serve as chairman):
Organization and ExtemJon?W.
C. Mauney. w. H. Stender, Henry
(Cont'd on page four)
1-ITTJ J
k inuouuceu
Bevalnation
ire paid by the fee sy*tem.)
An net relieving the Clerk of Suwrtor
Court from duties which now
equlre him to serve as clerk to
>ounty Recorders Court, end oom>let?ly
separating the two offices at
he courthouse.
-is9
An act authorizing the commissioners
to levy a tax not to exceed
tight cent* upon the hundred dollar
aluation for the special purpose
if paying the salaries of the Home
demonstration agent and all assisgtaand^xp^con^
with