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Sght "Red'1 ( m i-? . I m W ' W i >A Jf H I jf . r [|r ,J5F 'iJ * .V r;r 'I S&J3I ARTIST AT WORK?Shown obora I Hit as hs was nearing completion son ol Mr. and Mrs. F. Brandon Sn ground Is the portrait ol Mrs. Bmltl plated. * 1 , - ; Keep Your r? old . Typewriter j and ! Adding anauiiuxu in n~ Good Working ; Condition |4,I rr v Call fa*;The . ** W ' ?. I f HERALD ? 167 and 283 W-V ' ? . ;*.;'/' '^'''-'W =r ^)i*nnsnid i v ^B ' I' ' t '. ,< I^^HI i 1* % I V Is J. L. Mmtmy*. Kings Mountain ax* of the painting of Buck Smith, young I ilth. Jr. ol Anderson. 8. C. In the back1, which Mr. Settleinyre bad Just com' Artist Completes Two Portraits / J. L. Settlemyre, well-known Kings Mountain artist, has recently completed portraits of Mrs. F. Brandon Smith, Jr., prominent Anderson, S. C., socialite, and her son. Buck. v Mr. Settlemyre returned here over the weekend after spending several ; weeks in the South Carolina City. | j Mrs. Smith, wife of a prominent taxi tile executive, la to hang the picture ! above the mantle of Harrietts, the plantation in the South Carolina low country recently purchased/ by Mrs. Smith's mother, according to Betty Horton Scruggs, columnist for the Anderson Daily Mall. Further discuslng the plantation, Miss Scruggs wrote: j.-. i "Harrietts, incidentally, is one of .1the famous plnatatlofts illustrated j in theebook Plantations of the Carolina Low Country by Samuel Gaillard Stoney. | "Architecturally It is of the?repub ! lican period, ahd was built in 1797 | by Mrs. Horry of Hampton for her ; daughter, Harriott, who married i Frederick Rutledge. It was never lived in vil 1858 as some unforseen clrcun. -nces prevented the heirs from making it a home, and later , the only son of the Horry family mar I , ried a niece of Lafayette, and moved I i to France. The house has had few ' nhnM/v/va (??? 1* ... St * 1 1U ? \.uuugc9 suite 11 was ursi uuill. UJ1* I usual feature of the house is the i grouping of three doors at the gar; den side, the center of which is a false door, placed there only to pre] serve balance. The dining room con I tains a dumb waiter built to resem' ble a doer which swings on a vertl! cal pivot, providing an easy way to j transport dishes to the pantry." I In July, Mr. and Mrs. Settlemyre , are to be entertained at Harrrietta. j Mr. Settlemyre has returned here to complete the portrait of Mrs. Paul Webb of Shelby, and later expects j to return to Anderson to paint portraits of Mrs. Katherlne Jones and twin daughters. Holland Awarded Driving Badt,) ?-_ i With the Eighth Army in Yokoha- | !ma, Honshu, Japan? Private First Iciass Ralph Holland, sonof Gracie ] I Holland of route 3, Kings Mountain, i N. C., was awarded the Driver's Bad1 ge at a retreat review and medal i presentation ceremony held recently1 by units of Second Major Port. The j badge was presented by Major Gen-1 eral Harry F. Hazelett, Commanding General of Second Major PorJ, for passing both written and practical aptitude testsend performance of du ty without tralflc violation. Prlcate fiolland, a veteran of more than fourV**** of service, re-enlisted in the armv In Kovwrnhor Ifttt and was sent bvereas In Aug. 1946. He Is now assigned as a tnlek driver for the 3443 Tuna port at ion Copr Truck Company, a unit of Second Major Port. Through this port, the largest In Japan, pass all Incoming and outgoing supplies and M for Japan, r : j' '' M* '" " The value of North Carolina's farms (land and.buildings) In 1940 The first known, turkey chain In North Carolina has been started In Chatham counter. H pasture rnumre'ha? ^Mt^aSe.^ THEKINQS MOUN1 ?& -vLis i ;,v"'- ' ?^_T/." V-. ( ^' .?> Is Nair ^AJj 'Big A" Hartsoe Rc Move Designed To. . * - ' Hugh "Red" Ormand, former Class AA player end veteran baseball man age, haa been named to succeed Aaron "Big A" Hartsoe as manager of the Kings Mountain . Veterans baseball club. Is was announced by local baseball officials this week. The surprise move came with the season only seven games oltf and with the Vets on top-side of the percentage, 4 wins and 3 losses for .571 percentage. ? Hartsoe, valuable hitter and Infielder, Is to continue with the team. It was announced, the move designed to strengthen the club with the ? qT. nl?.-rt?T In n1?n~ I of a playing manager and*t/jj add3J-'1 tion of a non-playing manager, Mr. Ormand, to give the team a full league Quota of 16 Dlivaii nlua a man. i ager. Manager Ormaind is scheduled to' take over reins of the club immediately, with his firstappearance to be| tonight (Friday against the league! leading Forest City- entry. Hartsce will continue play with > the team as field captain. He was named manager of the Vats on A-1 pril 1, guiding the team in its Initial | I games in the WC loop. "Red"' Orrnand came back into the j lofcal basebal picture last summer! as coach-of the "American Legion; Junior baseball club. He had been | out'of the game for some time after a varied career both as an organized baseball player anh manager and in semi-pro circles. He has nine year Class AA playI ing to his record and five years as I a semi-pro manager. Captain of the Duke University team of 1938. "Red" lead the team to the conference crown after burning up the conference with his powerful hitting in 1922-21. Signed'by Reading of-the Inters-: tional league late in the 1923 season for a healthy bonus, "Rfd" was tops In the loop for three seasons, and, was sold to Beaumont of the .Texas league where he played four seaI c JUUUI1C ; . i . ' 1 ? " Boys' Slack Si With Long and Short Pa Seersacker. Poplin agd R< . Stripe* and aolid color Sixes 6 to 16 $2.50, $3.00. $195, S , 'V. i/,i" j ^jiiitjn . Boys' Short Pa Khaki. Slabwecrre Cloth and I Blue. Tan. (jrreen. Brov, Sixes 3 to 12 . 97c. $1.45, $L9 Bavc' Snnrt Shi !?pfT Two-tone Fancies. ChtfkSj V Solid Colon Sims 3 to 18 SL45.SL98, $2^5.3 I_ r LITTLE BOYS'* Wash Suits . Solid colors and Fancli , ; .. ~.f. * /> ~m~ Sizes 1 to 8 S1.98, $2.98 ' j. ooua colors aw strip. . *; , Wf_Om Grans F ^B" I. " ; - 5 J ftiiwV* -^ , '**". ' * .'?.^|fc*<- XfflM PAIN HERALD, Friday, May 23, led Nev : , stained On Club; Strengthen Team ion*. He finished up his Class AA playing In the .New-York-Penn. loop and was out of baseball for a few seasons as the result of a serious case of fever. Getting his start in baseball as'a . mthful slugger on the Kings fountain semi-pro team of 1919, he Is considered one of the most experienced semi-pro managers In the fledgling Western Carolina semi-pro | baseball league, currently in Its first i year fight to possible Class D status. in making the announcement of the change In managers, team offl-' dais stated "we want to give Klngr - i are very appreciative, oFtne support shown thus far this season; we believe that increasing the plgying strength of the team to 16 players < with the signing of Mr. Orraand as non-playing manager will give Kings Mountain one of the best and strongest teams in the league." Officials also announced \.lans for providing special sections in the stands for colored patrons and members of the "Knott-Ifole Qang" in the near future, along with plans to have score cards available at the games soon. Veto Sock Voldese Nine Monday, 11 -4 V. ' "'v.. . ' ... i Kings Mountain's Vets turned in, a 11 to 4 pasting of the hapleas Valdeae nine In a Western Carolina loop game played In the Waldenslan city Monday night It was the fourth league victory \ for the Vets against three losses and put them in a three-way deadlock for third place In the loop standings. Don Parker earned another victory, gating out of the game with a. 8 to 0 lead after being hit by a pitch ed ball In the seventh Inning. i - 1 r Wear Spc ? WoMMl'i f. . .. . nts in 7" Z0M1 AM ml mm Red-Whit. Hig Size, 4 ufai BLOCH M RED?WHIT] Sizes 4 JU Others?$1.! i?a? ' ?? * Children's . . On* Lot of Kid Jfc S2j98 Red ? Brow! All ?i _ 6 to 1 $u III I I "ill " Men's 0 ifi ' . ,3 ?v HlJk vj V w ' ' 2 - y - 'Hkm ijilm)'. - ? . jMk S^ft''' ,-- y j,c<*? ^VaJ?FBSB 1947 , x?i\ " . j Vet IV Cora To Meet Hanover Here Saturday Night Cora baeobal team of the Gaston Textiles league mn': tbo strong Haaom nine In a loagno u.atch In City Stadium Saturday night at o'clock. Cora swamped Algodon of les0?MMf City Tnooday afternoon in a IT to slug-test to gain their second loagno win against two losses. Continuing their league schedule. Cora plays host to the Long Shoals nine- in City .Stadium .Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 p. m. Juniors Win Initial Go | Kings Mountain's American Legion Juniors won their first start of the season Tuesday afternoon in City Stadium, taking a 9 to 6 victory from Rutherfordton-Spindate Juniors behind the six hit-13 strikeout hurling of Gee Brooks, right-handed mirier of last yeas's nine_ It was the first of a number of practice games for the Juniors before eliminations begin on Monday, June 9. Kings Mountain returns the Rutherf ordton game on Friday night at 8 o'clock. Coach Don Parker used only nine men in gaining his first win as the Juniors mentor. Jo boy Huffstetler j was behind the plate and the infield consisted of Wayne Eaker, Waco high school at first Boyce Huffstetler 1 at second, Joe Ware, Bethware- high school, at short,'and and Horace Riser at third. " A. M. Riser, Waco high school, Jim I.Cobb, and Phil Harry made ut> the ! out field on the team chosen io play In the first game. With regular practice now under way, the remainder of the some 35| odd candidates for the team will be working hard this week to earn one of the suits to be issued to the permanent 20-man team the later part of the month, Coach Parker said yesterday. ecials at M Sandals s HES 1 75 a?niacK - w to d. 19 . Oi USTERS ? 97c. S?BLACK gl 19 Fc m to $5.00 , . ; % Bo , dieiSandali ? b ? White n ? 1 ' ' ' j-*_ M V iveralls igh Backa %*> ^ . BHBe& | lanager ' > ^ r" . i i s/rfi' ri i * i _:j i n i fi i S^^+uiwa - ? ? <?? Waco Takes Bethware ' 21? 1 -To Even Series Waco hi~h school's baseball nine evened things-up with the visiting Bethware high school team Monday afternoon on their home diamond taking a 2 to 1 thriller with Bobby Spake on the mound for the winners. It was the f^rst blemish on the Bethware record in high school com' petition. 1 Bethware's first and strongest threat came in the first inning when Blddix teed off for a homer. Ha and , Bobby. Ware led the Bethware hit ting with two hits in three trips. DoJ ver also got two hits for Waco. Pitcher Spake fanned* eight batsmen I a it a v -U-i r\ ana waiaea none, uusing pnener u. C. Allen struck out four men and walked one while giving up four hlta 1 Ralph Carpenter of Waco defeated Grover. f ? . City. Stadium Schedule _ ^ - . May 25?Vets vs. Forest City (Wes tern Carolina)?8 p. m. J May 24-^-Cor'a VS. Hanover (Gas" ton Textiles)?8 p. m. May 26?Vets vs. Morganton (WC) ?8 p. m. \ -May 27?Cora vs. Long Shoals J (GD?4:30 P. M. j Vets vs. Valdese (WC)?8 p. m. Juniors Plan To Floy Bessemer City May 29 j Junior baseball officials announ A rRUNKS FOR BOYS All sizes and colors c. JUS. St* ? - 1 111 ' VI ?l_l. jnr wis se and two-ploce Suit* Plain and Fancies rls Dungarees SlJM, - $250 . \ ys Dangaiees aofcltanDMlai Sim* $ to 16 V SUM %5SP i SUM . -'
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