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1b City OtQwaW Limits LI74 Immediate Trading Asm l^JBOO VOL. 58 MO. 18 " _i__" 1 " 1 T_' ' . ' ' *7' " ' Board For " Local Hews Bulletins i .;*>v '* ?.' Jg*'* SCOUT QUOTA EXCEDED Information reaching the Herald yesterday was that the $2,500 quota of the Kings Mountain Boy Scout district fund campaign was exceeded. Fyrther details will be published next week. kn .r .rjj - E.~tiyen,\i oilarlottc^* nasJ" . - taken over the duties of watchmaker at Sterchi's Jewelry department, it was announuced this week by E. C McClain, manager of the firm, Mr. Myers has*, been with Sterchi's for settsrai vesrs. JAYCXXS MKT The Kings Mountain Junior Chamber of Commerce held its regular semi-monthly dinner meeting Tuesday night at the' Woman's Club. The members held a business meeting, adopted the nominating committer method of choosing club officers, and voted to set up a tnemhrr at-large Status. A nominating committee appointed by President Hoyle McDanlel includes Vernon Crosby, James Anthoi^ Ganteon Goforth, George Peeler and jMckle Tate. Guests at the meeting were Joe Heddeh and B. S. Peeler, Jr. , SUlOfEBS DOTE HOME F. R. Summers, president of the ? First National Bank who recently underwent an operation at Memorial hospital, Charlotte, IS expe^ l i ed to return to htt home here oyer the weekend. His condition wis dfesciibed as satisfactory Wednes| tain i\ifphfli* Inft ffiifi \VppW far acaiii y TT niirht at 7 o'clock, it was announc i ed this week. A'aermon and specf lal singing will feature the servil ees. KIWANIS TO SHELBY"-. Members of the Kings Mountain Kiwanis club will hold an in' ter-dub meeting with the Shelby organization Thursday night at If 7 o'clock at Hotel Charles. At that time the group will hear an address by DuPre Rhame of Fur* v man university, Greenville, S. C., Carolina district governor. . Persons not having transportation? should be at the Woman's Club by 6:30, it was announced. Ar' rangements for the joint meeting were made by Joe Lee Woodward, chairman of the cldb'fc lnter-club relations committee. * King Winter On Late-Season Binge n King Winter, perhaps in celebration of John L. Lewis agreement to accept the Supreme Court's mandate and allow his miners to work, went on a bender Wednesday to .give the Kings'Mountain area its latest blanket of snow in years. With spring officially only two S -. days around the corner, citizens a? a?w^ftlyb^ longUth?latest TOld^pJl! Kings Mayor-atLegion Oratory *, Contests Won *> By JeanWebb [ Miss Jean Webb, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Halbert Webb, will repre- fa. sent Cleveland county in the district an division of the American Legion oratorical contest In Shelby Monday ^ night, following her victory in the county contest held at Shelby last tjc Friday afternoon. cit Miss Webb, who was declared win go war bond as a prize for the county er! championship. She will be awarded a medal by Otis D. Green Post 155, wl American Legion, for winning the jlr local contest. Wl ? Judges of the local contest were ^ Col. Peyton McSwain, Shelby attor- th( ney, Robert Abernethy of Kings W( Mountain and GSstonla, and Mrs. by Aubrey Mauney of Kings Moun- ' ftalw * \ | ac The district contest, bringing together county champions of Lincoln 1 Catawba, Mecklenburg and Gaston, tlo was originally scheduled for Hick- w ory, but was changed Monday. It Br will be held at the Shelby American Legion hut. 4 The contest is based on two parts, r1' a 10 to 12-mlnute prepared oration on the Constitution, and a second ' Speech of four to six minutes on the 1" Bill of Rights. The second speech is given, jjgtemporaneo^aly after the 'I1 contestant draws a subject on the C1< - first tan amendment to the Constltu - "c from a hat. w Miss Webb took the county-honors ' ij-Wlih her orationentltled: "History ?? American Constitutlpi^a^a | gSbol came second. Don Qabantss, schoolTSh^tpresent for the concontest chairman, exposed -hUi ?-' dl! prcciaUoo to school officials _Jor _ their aid in condMcting the contest; ularlj appreciative of the aid of the ' judges and of Mr. William Hopper, <?J schools Bible teacher, for his aid in ' ]r( coaching the contestants and ar-; in ranging other details." by ? ?* wt Symphony Plays i Here March 31 | The Llttle"Symphony of the North PI; Carolina Symphony Orchestra .will ; appear . In lOngs Mountain op Mar? j ch 31 with programs for both children and adults. By the time 'they' have reaehed Kings Monnfaln, the thl oe yet 9 concerts to go between March J 31 and the close of the Little Sym- th phony season on April 3rd.Jr*' . There will not be much rest for'Pr the musicians, however, for rehearsals for the Full Symphony will begin the following day, April 4th. At- i ter several days of intensive rehears ing, the large orchestra will launch I its tour with ft concert In Reidsville j on April 9th. i The orchestra will play ft child- re ren's concert at the Central school tW auditorium at 2:30 In ft* afternoon wl of March 3i, and will pliy an evenin* concert at 900, b, announced this week the orchestra * children concert program. Mi ' {?>; ? f It will hwludet>?y^^v v i {? i 'Aj W 1 Miniatures from "Lint" Sympho- Jfc . ny-*Mozart. t . h* / Polonaise and hadinage from ill f? I 14(tir\e Qnttn 1^7 l#aaii?*ln? E'JS. M^alnjyd D^L. Hur^phr- * * mort ofMshig on Wilktmi^n Boulc* ni j Mr. McLiain was on in** pamwti| * < e . .. . >> Moun -VjV'.^y A J" * ? ' ' * - !>. 1#i - ' ... Kings Mountain. N. C.. Th Large Pr lity Fathers 4aps Of Ass< rowing the matter back in the i ps of Representative Odus M. Mull I d Senator Lee B. Weathers, where ' had been since Saturday, the city. ; ard, in special session at theCIW t til Tuesday night, passed a resold- .< >n approving an amendment to the y charter to elect a mayor-at-lar- I , but favored retention of the 1 : -? .? . I...,'? , man. , " i The board reconvened to take its 1 non arier oniciaily adjourning th no action at 9 o'clock. At the < at meeting a delegation of dti- i in had appeared. One group favor the petition asking changes in 1 e charter, circulated several I feks ago ando reportedly signed over 1,300 citizens. The other I oup favored the administration 1 tion on the matter. ' j rhoee making remarks indicating pport of the administration ac- , n were: George W. Mauney, Fred i i Plonk, J. E. Hemdon, and G. A. idges. 1 rhose appearing in support of ; i e petition were: E. A. Harrili, H. 11 Wilson and Frank Roberts. | City officials present were Mayor ; lomson, Councilmen W. K. Maun- i , M. A. Ware and D. L. Saunders, i ty Manager H. L. Burdette, City i >rk Carl Sawyer, and City Attor- i y, J. R. Davis. Councilman W. M. < intt was absent. ^ ] Others present, but who took no < rt in the general discussion, were i arles F. Thomasson, Jr., Ned Mc- i 11 and C. E. Nelsler. Martin Har>n represented the Herald. Mr. i isler indicated in side . remarks . n he favored the city board's po- i lion on the matter. She one-hour-and-twenty-minute i scussion was> in general, conduct- < In good splritHBittf only a few i f?' ) & v: W*vn >. 4The condition of Mr. and Mrs >arlie Blalock and A. A. /Buck) Alin, who sustained serious injuries an automomile wreck on the Shel road about 10:30 Monday night, > is described as satisfactory by iston Memorial hospital officials ednesday afternoon. ' i The wreck occurred near the ice Harmon service station when 1935 Ford, pulling another car, Hided with Mr. Blalock's 1946 yihouth. According to City Officer Hay. tod Allen, Constable W. L. Blacklirn, who investigated, said that e rora, ariven oy 17-year-oia An^son Brown and owned by James Slate of Stonevllle, N. C., -was >vlng West on the wrong side of e roacf and ready to pass a car. hen he saw Mr. Blalock's car apoachlng, hg moved to the right, it the second car swerved Into the alock vehicle. Young'Brown Is reported to be free i bond from Cleveland county Jail, nding outcome of the accident The Blalodcs and Mr. Allran were turning from the home of Charlie hisnant, uncle of Mr. Blalock, lere they had been vlalting. Mrs. BlaloCk, thought most severe injured, suffered a broken leg. okgn arm, a broken Jaw, and sere lacerations of the throat Mr. Iran suffered1 a deep concussion id a skull frcture. Mr. Blalock was released from the Pftal about 4:30 Tuesday jnorng, but was re-admitted later In the y^At that time, examinations re - V - .'-Iv .. .~ . ' - i,' ; P& "' ii'nf " ! ri>U??>'"" . 8 vrw COMMAMPEB ^*1 TuSSy^St Bub Gold, past commander of the rover poet, was In efcarce of inr. Gladd^Uie fontw^ officer* Innk f\vn< vpftftf a?<i Ittff|j-tt I itain H ursday. March 20.1947 oposal, Ag< , ; Toss Problem emblymen We remarks reaching the heated stage, jto to Virtual chronological order the ;is discussion ran like this: j n< F#lh Harrill told the board he se drew the petition at the insistence ! fit a group of citizens who had first 1 b< approached a Shelby attorney tc [ a handle the mater. Mr. Harrill said 1 re the Shelby attorney, whom he did j m wdmf K<H |n him nnnroft/?h?H I tYy imn^Kfgacsii'ng tViey kpi/t lees f0 the proposition. Mr. Harrill said heip? declined, and the attorney remarked that Mr. Harrill would later han- oi die the matter for nothing. ss He said the matter had been brew- te Ing since the voting on the city er bond issues last summer. pi "The sovereignty of the people Is the question," he said, "and they' f0 won't be satisfied until this change G< Is made." wi Mr. Harrill charged that the pres- ft snt city manager form of govern- ci ment is illegal, because' it was not of approved by the people. There have seen two stabs at bringing suits, in and they would have been brought th had not the bond issues of last sum iz mer been withdrawn, he continued, adding that a suit can be brought di under two items, (1) lor recovery of vt the amounts of money paid the city manager, and (2) the amount of si money expended by the city on the ti< city stadium. He said the 1939 amendment to the charter struck out of but section 6a of the original charter cl which empowered the city board to se employ city personnel. cc "These people (the petitioners) W are asking for a simple democratic st process. I have no right to compro- M mlse von what 1300 or more people, bj want. I don't see how you can ig- ty nore the wants of these people. You can do as you wish and let the v< chips fall where they may. The Red Cross Fund ? Reaches $4,018 1 J. W. Milam, Kings Mountain C< Rod Cross chairman, reported Wod- of neoday afternoon a total of 34,- cv D018JH In contributions to the fund w campaign by Number 4 township al business firms and dtisens. fi< The total reported by Chair- hi matt Milam, represents almost al two-thirds the $6,205. quota. th It includes, ho said, relatively th incomplete returns from Crover, Hi Kings Mountain industrial em- sc ployees. Kings Mountain residen- tli tial sections, and the colored di- se vision, Mr. Milam continued to express confidence that the quota will be 'n mot, but be urged all solicitors to ^ mae every effort to complete their C' reports this week, |P' Mfeplrii; '.Contests 1 At Lincolnton ? th Kings Mountain school musicians and musical groups will go to Lin- J colnton Friday and Saturday for participation in the annual district V, music contests. . * I-.-' On Friday, scheduled as band day j* the Kings Mountain band, under ? the direction of Joe Hedden, will par A tlclpate in the Class D. contests. Mr. Hedden said that the band wtll "graduate" next year to Class C and m the following year to Class B. 1 On Saturday, the girl* glee club I Wl.l compete in the contest for vocal r photo contest. 8he will play "Allegro," by Handel, "Waltz in E Minor," by Chopin, and "Poeme," . ; . A . .? - ^ ^ < " ? ' lerald linst Other Back In J athers, Mull? wn has growing pains. If bond sues are presented, which are ?eded, I believe they would be pas Sh d under the proposed set-up." pe Councilman Ware then asked a-'Se >ut the second petition (providing j se mayor-at-Jarge, four wards, and j in taining the vote-for-one-council- i an provision.) Mr. Harrlll replied I FuteTecon?;Ttu!7ca11r!lJ^^ ?ople were suspicious of it. Admitting that he helped work it the present charter, Mr. Harrill thi dd he would not in the future at- sy mpt to work t>ut any further gov- as nmental plan unless it were to be cei esented to the people for vote. Objection to the evrey body-voter everybody system was voiced by At eorge W. Mauney, who said it Pe ould make elections too easy to m> k and would eliminate a general in ty-wide responsibility on the part lo the candidates. Mr. Bridges asked if the clitzens a particular ward didn't know M ielr candidates better than theclt- Jt; ens of another. Mr. Wilson replied that four candi ?p ?tes received a total of only 164 >tes in the 1945 election. Mr. Harrlll then admitted that any hii tuation could degenerate into poll- pr cs of the lowest sort. j hi "But Mr. Williams' campaign talk ! e(j last spring was that he would j th tange the city government and you 145 e what happened," Mr. Harrill j mi mtinued. fEd. Note: Charles S. ph illiams opposed Rep. Mull for the | ate legislature^^, defeating Mr. ]ba ull in Kings Mountain precincts pe / 3 to 1. Mr. Mult 8 county majori- j . however, was 3 to 1.) Mh Bridges then remarked he fa- W >red the petition insofar as the tit (Cont'd on page eight) ' th The Cleveland County Club of ^ :ate College is having a Vocational uidance Day at the Shelby high ge :hool auditorium on Wednesday , arch 26 at 1:30. Colonel J. W. Har- gl1 lson, who is chancellor of State a" allege, will preside and the deans Vr the Textile school, school of agri- jHlj ilture, and school of engineering j ic1 ill give short talks on the vocation j opportunities in those particular j elds. The program will last one I jur only. The meeting is open to j jn 1 Seniors in the high schools of le county and to the parents of ! ch. lese Seniors. B. N. Barnes and J. E 1 sei uneycutt of the Kings Mountain i bo hool system have received invita- j Ge ons to come and bring the local ' th< niors and theii* families. jcol The Cleveland County Club is hav \ c?' ig an alumni luncheon meeting c le sameday sit noon at the Hotel'f larlps It wil hp 4*n?itnh " with Lu. ! ....... , IfU ates $1.00 each. Dean Malcolm ?. j Mi impbell of the Textile school of | th] ate college will talk on Textiles icb i the state and leading textile men (a< ! Cleveland county and represents- bu ves of other Cleveland county inis tries have been invited to atend lis luncheon. A large number of _ le 200 alumni in Cleveland county Jv re expected to be present along ith many of the 76 student now en tiled at State, 30 of whom live in \J - near JCings Mountain. Cards are sing issued Thursday to all alumni 1 ad students asking them to attend, hose who plan to attend should nofy Max Gardner, Jr., In Shelby. J L. d ftwanis, Fanners lee State Film * Some 130 penatd including club 11 embers and fanner gueats attend 1 the annual Kirv#nia elub Farmr'a Night meeting at the Woman's lub last Thursday night and sgw 0 le Easo travelogue on North Caro- . t, ha "Meet North Carolina." ? The film, another In a series pi a onion various states and regions,) t as been widely hatled all over the p jivft ^ II Kiel A. 1C Pages \ 3 I 0 Today 1 $ * i FIVE CENTS PER COfY * Changes lull. Weathers let Petition ta Voting Set-up A delegation of five men went to elby Saturday and presented the titlon cireulated in February to nator Lee B. Weathers and KeprentativeO. M. Mull taking changes the city charter. The petition, signed by more than DO persons, asks tsese changes: _ (1) Election of a mayor-at-large. (2) Election of five aldermen by e people at large, with the ward stem to be retained only insofar residence of candidates are conrned. The five-man delegation Included torney E. A. Harrlll, who drew the tition and who has been spokesan for a citizens group Interested making the changes. Hunter Nets , Frank Roberts, P. D. Herndon id H. C. Wilson. Mr. Harrill told the Herald that r. Mull urged the group .to settle i differences at home, offering the inion that it could be settled unr existing statutes. Mr. Harrill said Mr. Weathers told m to draw a bill amending the esent city charter and send it to m, but that Mr. Weathers telephon him QiinHou * tvwillllt\.liuitl^ mat e matter be presented to the city oard for action. Mr. Harrill said r. Weathers told him he had teletoned City Councilman W. K. Mauy and Mayor Joe H. Thomson and d offered the advice that "1300 ople can't be ignored." Mr. Harrill said he wrote Senator eathers Wednesday concerning ac >n of the board. ' ' \ m e First Presbyterian church of lerryville, will assist the pastor, v. P. D. Patrick, in a week of evan listic services in the Dixon Presbyrlan church. These services will be n Sunday afternoon at.3:45 o'clock d there will he Kervires Sundnv ght at 7:30 and each evening dur? )he week at the same hour, ese services will be held In the xon school .touse, and will conme through Friday evening. rhe church feels most fortunate securing the services of Mr. Rid?. He was one of the most beloved aplains in the armed forces. He rved with the famous 82nd Air* me division and were the first in rmany. Since being released from e armed forces he has led his ngregation in Cherryville^in the mpletion of a beautiful" stone ufch. At a congregational meeting of i Dixon church Sunday afternon, \ and Mrs. Ed Stewart presented em a deed for a lot for their new urch. The congregation is enthusstic over the gift and hopes to ild in the near future. ? layor Says City Iperated Legally Mayor J. H. Thomson, replying > charges made by Attorney Ej .. HanriU at tho elty board mootig Tuesday night, sold Wodnooay that tho city is opoiatlng loally. In connoction with tho allogatons, ho mado tho following Mate of 1?M which aot op tho rortoyrtom. ' MMIA ivmotidvMMi^o 1 flSA fe#v?W"^o wft jMettoo of tho city's IMS ckarW. Tho 1M> chart- mm mmm 1m b*plt