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POPULATION
tn City Corporate Limits 6,574
' Immediate Trading Area 15,000
VOL. 58 .. NO. 34
Dayton
Local News
Bulletins
BIKE RECOVERED
A motor-bike belonging to Ben
Bundy, of Kings Mountain, was
recovered in Cherryvilie Wednesday
according to Chief N. M. Farr.
The bike was stolen Friday from
its parking place in front of
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nunay studio on Mountain street.
GOLF MEMBERSHIPS
Monthly dues for golfing privileges
at the Kings, Mountain
Country Club by non-members
will be due and payable September
1, W. J. Fulkerson announced
this week. Mr. Fulkerson said 20
such memberships are available,
but added that the club reserves
the right to terminate these memberships,
should it desire.
SPECIAL SERVICE
A special service will be held
at St. Matthew's Lutheran church
on Sunday, August 24, during the
regular morning service, for the *
removal of the congregation's'service
flag. A cordial invitation to
a tend the service has been extended
to all former servicemen
and women by the pastor, Rev. W.
H. Stender.
CROUSE ON JOB
S. A. Crouse was sworn in as
city clerk by Judge O. C. O'Farrel
on Monday morning. Mr.
Crouse takes over in place of Carl >
resigned. At the moment,
at , his home in
convention In New York City.
Both have been appointed as alternate
delegates for the North
Carolina Department of the Legion.
CORRECTION
In last week's report listing
faculties of'schools of the city, it
was reported that Mrs. Elizabeth
H. Baker of Winston-Salem would
Instruct the- Davidson colored high
school. Mrs. Baker is e primary
teacher. Mary Lee Pope, of Murfreesboro
will teach high seh oi
courses. '
Three Defendants
Ask Trial By Jozy
Twenty-six cases appeared on the
docket of city Recorders court with
three of the defendants requesting
trial by jury, in action taken at the
weekly session held at City Hall
Monday afternoon, Judge O. C. CFarrell
presiding.
Silas Thomas Pope, charged with
Interfering with an officer in the
performance of his duty, requested
jury trial.
Robert Howell, of Cherryvllle,
charged with reckless driving and
no drivers license, requested jury
; trial. ;
R. L. Pope, charged with drunk
and disorderly conduct, requested
jury trial. Burgin
Ayers was found guilty on
two counts, attempted assault with
a deadly weapon on a female and
disorderly conduct, and was fined
costs on each.
Roosevelt Camp, for speeding, was
fined $5 and costs; Pearl Heavner,
no drivers license, costs; Rlggle H.
Cook, of Wilmington, speeding, $10
and coats; R. C. Ramsey, of' Anderson,
S. C., no drivers license, forfeltted
bond; Johnnie Johnson, no
drivers license, $10 and costs; Thorn
a? Jdukelly, of Bessemer City, no
drivers license, $10 and costs; and
Clyde W. Bogan, of Charlotte, speeding,
$10 anil costs.
B$rgtn Wilson was fined $5 and
costs for drunk and disorderly and
T. R. Banett and Rveret C. Propst
were each fined $5 and costs for
public drunkenness.
The following wire taxed with
tMjcoat^for public drunkenness:
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In First Hoi
I Kings
Exonerated
Vets To Contest |
Either Marion
Or Newton Twins ?
i
Kings Mountain Veterans base- j c<
ball club, after capturing fourth n
,place in final Western Carolina league
standings, will meet either Ma- b>
irion's Marauders or Newton-Conov- bi
jer's Twins here in City Stadium Sat , #t
'urday night in the second game of ] w
la first round Shaughnessy playoff |
series, four games out of seven, to t?
determine the championship team si
in the first-year loop. p<
The first game of the series is pi
scheduled for tonight at the home w
park of the league runner-up, a lv
Thursday afternoon match between b<
the Marauders and the Twins to
I break the tie for second place and I cl
|name Kings Mountain's opponent' tc
for the series. | fo
Pennant winning Forest City Owls | r<
will be hosts to the third place j ti
team in another first round series 1
scheduled to get underway there M
tonight. Jj
Winners of the first round games
will begin a four out of seven slate
to decide the championship imme- A
diately after the first round is completed.
Primed and ready to meet their 1
opponent, the Vets are in high spir- |Wii
its after Gus Hartsoe's five-hit, 7 to icoi
4 victory over Valdese Wednesday me
night. ter
Manager Red Ormand has a staff be
of heady-hurlers ready for the seri- we
es grind. In addition to Righthander
Hartsoe, Jinks Burrell, Charles Patterson,
A. L. Curtis, Jr., and Don Par 001
ker are waiting on a call for duty mt
on the mound. 801
ton
Ready on the firing line are Coley !nol
Gaffney, Charles Ballard, and Coley ^
GUyton, hard-hitting outiled trio ti0
and Bob Horton, home run hitting bo,
Mltch?mdon rJileT,?llVMeran ^ ser
Kings Mountain; finished up the poi
regular season in fourth place, on- in
ly three games out of first, indlcat- sa\
ing the torridness of the race all lar
season. thi
Club officials are predicting over- bl?
flow crowds to attend the home pri
games of the coming series to sup- (
nnft fha A##Ae#e A# V*WneA.
Il ",1"5 w.w?*p v.. u.c .UV?|
I bailers. e
Keeter Horses
Win S Ribbons S
wll
boi
J. B. Keeterls horses, Ramblln Jess
and Dazzling Lady, captured a total
of five ribbons at the North Carollna
horse show held at Raleigh last In
weekend.
Dazzling Lady won the walking j
mare class with D. T. Lambeth up, th(
and won Second place In the Junior thf
walking stake with Mr. Keeter up. ^
Ramblln Jess won two seconds, th<
one In the amateur walking stake j,ei
with Mr. Keeter up and one in the ^
walking stallions and geldings on
with D.T. Lambeth up. Jess also sta
won a third place ribbon in the Jag
walking horse championship. Mr. co|
Keeter up.
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AT ring CONVENTION Ml
Chief Grady King and Glenn em
Grigg, of the local tire department Co;
are attending the international tes
fire convention now underway in Mc
New York. hi|
Jaycees Will Condi
Pick-Up Beginning
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The Kings Mountain Junior Cham '
ber of Commerce will conduct its tai
periodical scrap paper collection 'bi
Sunday afdemoon beginning at 1:30, bei
? was announced this week by wh
Drace Peeler and Fred Wright, Jr., pa
drive co-chairmen. set
Plan of the pick-up will be similar (
to previous ohes. S
Members of the organization Will P*l
gather at City Rail at 1:30 and will **|
man trucks, furnished by members kt>
of the organization and businees *7
firm*, and patrol the city streets kI?
for the paper?which they request 8t0
that citizens have on their frontl 1
porches or on the curbing* in front ...
of their homes not later than 1:30. th.
The paper will be loaded during
the pick up in a valtlng freight car 1
on the Southern Railway siding and tla
shipped for reprocessing; . dfe
In the last pick-up conducted eev mt
eral months ago, more than 1B#X) cal
pounds of paper war# collected for col
mmem
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me Play-C
Moun
Kings Mountain. N. C.. F
I In D<
ighty-Four Books
onated To Libraiy
An interested Kings Mountain \
itizen has donated funds to the |
ublic Library which has ben us1
to purchase 84 new books, ac- j
>rding to an announcemen by i
Irs. Charles Campbell, librarian.
Opening date of the J. S. Mauey
Memorial Library has not
een set as yet. Mrs. Campbell j
ated she hoped the new books j
ould arrive before the opening.
"The library has been donated
i the people o' Kings Mountain,"
u> said, "and we believe that the
?ople should have a hand in
utting the books into it. We
ould like to have more book:*. :*
inds with which to purchase
xjIcj, from the people."
Included among the books purlased
are 36 for adults. 14 for
*n-agers. 23 for juniors, and 11
* children. Limited space preints
publication of the list by !
tie and author..
ank Will Cash |
erminal Bonds j
I
rhe First National Bank, along |
th other banks throughout the s
intry, will begin cashing service |
(n's terminal leave bonds on Sep- j
nber 2, first day these bonds will
payable, it was announced this
ek.
These bonds wlil be payable acding
to . regular bond-cashing
>thods, it was pointed out, and per {
is not regular depositors and cus- i
rvers of the. bank and otherwise 1
t known by the bank's officers, j
11 be required to ofcer idenditica-1
n ? in tbe ease of terminal leave i
nds the serviceman's separation <
utrSin nrhS iih^i i i
isible, pointing out that the bonds
many instances, are a sizable
rings nest egg, which will grow i
ger as interest mounts, and also
it the actual money is less valua-1
dt the present time due to high |
ces. I
1
'Servicemen who cash the bonds
rely to buy unneeded and quick
expendable commodities may lafind
they need this money for
ich more important purchases,"
. Summers said, " and I frankly
E?e that all servicemen who can
it all servlcOr.en who can will re
11 retain their terminal leave
rids as long as possible.
(Us Cashioxt Sixth
i Beauty Contest
0 i
n a regular supper meeting at
! Woman's Club Tuesday night,
> Kings Mountain Junior Chamr
of Commerce devoted most of
i program to business affairs,
uing reports from Charles F.
omasson, Jr., and Sob Abernethy
the state beauty contest and
ite board meeting, at Wilmington
& week, and adopting amended I
istltution and by-laws.
' I
Vfr. Thomasson reported that Miss
irgrette Cashion, Kings Mountain
try In the "Miss America" Beauty
htest placed sixth among 26 con
itants, thereby carrying the Kings
mntain cplors in exceptionally.
fh fashion. ,
id Waste Paner
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Sunday At 1:30
'Collecting paper is not an easy
ik," the pick-up chairman stated,
ut we feel that the Junior Chamr
of Commerce and the citizens
10 take the' trouble to put i their
per out are rendering a real civic
vice. ?
'Paper la still quite scarce, and
per mills have been Unable to
tch up with demands for every
id of paper from newsprint to the
appingvarlety. Used paper of all
ids Is used in making new paper
Cks."
Membership of tho organization
I being urged to be on hand at>
5 appointed hour.
rhe Jayoees will cover all restden
1 and business sections of the
V and also the Margrace commity.
Persons living In other lo
:ions near the city are asked to
itact either Mr. Wright or Mr.
eler to the plek-up. -
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)ff Contest
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riday. August 22. 1947
;ath Of
Two Teaching
Vacancies Here \
Include Coach
B. N. Barnes, superintendent of
city schools, reported two vacancies
remaining on city faculties this
week?an elementary school teacher
and high school coach.
Regarding the coaching vacancy.
Mr. Barnes said he had talked with
several persons who might fill the
position, but he added that none |
could be considered applicants and :
perhaps few as prospects.
The resignation of Clyde Canipe
last week threw a wrench into the
situation, since only thrpe weeks
remained until the opening of
school. In North Carolina teachers
are required to give 30 days notice
before school opening when resign- I
ing. Mr. Canipe is taking the prlnci- j
palship of a high school in a Florida j
city near West Palm Beach, and the
rule therefore had no teeth.
- Mr. Canipe was here last Thursday
to confer with Mr. Barnes, regarding
his resignation which had
been received by wire the previous '
day. He told the city superintendent, t
Mr. Barnes said, that he regretted ,
the late resignation, but that the offer
of the Florida post was "what 1
he wanted, and too good to turn
down."
Mr. Barnes declined to mention
any of the coaching prospects he
had conferred with, on the grounds
that none had indicated more than
mild Interest in taking the position.
Meantime, Assistant Coach Don
Parker has issued a call for Candida
tes to the 1947 aqtiad and has been
holding Workouts siftce Monday.
Practice is underway dally at City
Stadium. 1
. -? i .
, Mr. Barnes reported the addition
of two akyc teacher*, which leaved
tUujiltj) eyases
ether Jttan heM doach. Employed
lest week as elementary teachers at
Central school were Miss Elizabeth
Hunt, of Gastonia, and Mrs. Thelma
Truesdale, of Marion.
The additional vacancy is also an
elementary position at Central.
Ail city schools will officially open
at 8:40 the morning of September
2, Mr. Barnes announced, following
teachers' meetings the previous
day.
All white teachers will convene at
Central school at 10 a. m. for a general
meeting on Labor Day, and a
similar meeting for colored teachers
will be held at Davidson school at
the same time. In the afternoon, de
partmental Meetings will be held at
each school, with Mr. Barnes conducting
meeting at Davidson to out
line general instructions.
Officer Facing
Assault Court
Clarence Gladden, Kings Mountain
police officer, was under a S500
bond Wednesday on charges of assault
with a deadly weapon, to wit
a blackjack or a pistol, the warrant
kworn out In Shelby Tuesday
by R. L. Pope, also of Kings Mountain.
The trial wa* ncheduled to take
place In Shelby but local officials
have contested that action, declaring
that the incident Is under Jurisdiction
of the local office.
Recorder Judge O. C. O'Farrell
said Wednesday that City Attorney
E? A. Harrill was contesting the
scene of trial and no definite finding
has been announced.
The alleged assault took place on'
Tuesday or last week, according to
N. M. Farr, Kings Mountain police
chief, who said that Officer Gladden,
on patrol, attempted to arrest
tvtro men identified as R. L. Pope
and. Silas Thomas Pope. The two
men assaulted the'Officer Gladden,
he said, and ran into his nearby
house.
Officer Gladden then returned to i
the station and secured a warant 1
for the men, Chief Farr said, and 1
went to Pope's house and made the
arrest. ,>/? 1
Both men w>ere heard in City Re-1
corder's court here Monday and re- I
quested Jury trial; the cases being 1
transferred to Cleveland county
Recorder court. R. L. Pope was charg 1
ed with being drunk and disorderly |i
and S. T. Pope, with Interfering with
an officer. !
C. C, Horn, Shelby attorney, act-1
ed for the plaintiff in the case a- !:
gainst Officer Gladden, Chief Farrji
aid Wednesday.
T-rsjry1 T <T
Saturday
lerald
Cherryvi
Columnist Belk Better
Alter Two-Week Illness
H. Y. Belk. the Herald's Nebo
Valley correspondent whose regular
weekly cslumn h xs been
missing the pa3t two wedes. has
been ill. but is now improving.
He informed the Herald in the
inimitable Belk style.
He wrote:
"I've been in bed two weeks
with the doctors waiting for me to
die. I paid him up. he let me go.
I'm better now. I wrote my column
in bed. stamped it plenty
good, and mailed it to the Herald
Monday. He took it to the office.
brought it back and dumped
it in the box. Called for three
cents more. So it's too late to get
in print.
The Herald regrets Mr. Belk's
ilness but trust* h? win )*
In shape ? and In print ?? next
week.
Horse Show Plans
Moving Forward
Richard Barnett, entry chairman
reported 30 horses already entered
through Wednesday in the Fourth
Annual Lions Club Labor Day
horse show.
The entries have come from Georjia,
Alabama, and South Carolina,
In addition to North Carolina.
Officials are quite optimistic concerning
the event and they feel it
will be the best show offered, both
Prom the standpoints of spectators
and exhibitors, in the, history of Uld
Tickets foMhe show, which' will
feature an afternoon program beginning
at City Stadium at 2:30 and
a night show beginning at 8 p. m?
are on sale and are obtainable from
members of the Lions club. Price
jf admission will be $2.00 for both
events, $1.00 for single program
admissions.
The horse show steering committee
was to meet Thursday night to map
final plans for the event, and Jimmle
Harris, general chairman, pointed
to a record number of entries,
featuring best horses ever shown
here, due to the increase in prize
money and the fact that the Kings
Mountain show is becoming one o 1
the most popular In the circuit.
Among local horsemen expected
to participate are Byron Keeter and
H. Tom Fulton, In the walking
horse events, and Gurney Grantham
In the roadster classes
Legion Will Hove
Feed On Saturday
Otis D. Green Post 155, American
Legion, will hold a supper Saturday
night at 7 o'clock at Buffalo
Fish Club near Buffalo Bridge
on the Shelby highway.
A large number of Legionnaires
are reported to have made reservations
for the supper.
Members not having transportation
are urged to be at City Hall by
6:30, where transportation will be
provided.
Building Permits
Show Much Const
Tn cr\l?A /v' 11 ? J * 11 '
I opuc kji ou-tai itru (ilgn DUUQ*
ing costs, much construction is now
underway in Kings Mountain, according
to a listing of building permits
issued by the City of Kings
Mountain in the past seven weeks,
which indicate a total cash outlay
of $117300.
Largest single item is the new
Grace Methodist church edifice on
Church street calling for an outlay
of $40,000, while the second largest
is the construction of the now-completed
Kings Mountain Laundry
building on Childress street at $30,900.
Permit for the Grace church
construction was Issued on Tuesday.
Other large building projects Include:
Plonk Brothers k Company,
remodeling, $15,000, and Belk's Do
partrfient Store, addition to Its build
Ing. $7,300.
Included in the present building
Is no less than eight new residences
ranging in price from $1,800 to $6,850.
Night
1 (J Pages
ID Today
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
lie Chief
Carl Shprt Shot
In Tuesday Night
Fracas Near Here
A. Carl Short. Cherryvilie police
chief and former member oi the
Kings Mountain police department,
was fatally sho' by State Highway
Patrolman Haioldotis H Dayton
about 10 o'clock Tuesday night, after
an altercation between the two
on York Road.
Dayton was attempting to arrest
Short on a charge of drunken driving,
and the shooting occurred after
Short had slashed Dayton's left
arm with a knife
Coroner s Jury, in hearing at a
Jam-packed City Hall courtroom
Wednesdav mnrnina "i a
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Short's death was justifiable homicide,
with J. Ross Roberts, foreman
of the Jury returning the verdict at
11:10, forty minutes after County
Coroner J. Ollle Harris, Kings Moun
tain mortician, had convened the
Jury for the inquest. Other memIbers
of the coroner's Jury were Joe
Lee Woodward, S. R. Suber, Frank
lHamrick, Charles Blalock, and Dan
j Huffstetler.
| The shooting 01 Chief Short was
'witnessed by his daughter, Mrs.
! George Lublaneskl, who resides on
the Lake Montonia Road.
Testimony at the inquest was given
by Patrolman Dayton, G. L.
j Curry, former deputy sheriff and a
passenger in the patrol car with
Dayton, and Mrs. Lublanezkl.
Dayton said he followed the Short
car on the York road and that it
was zlg-zagglng from, one side to
the other. He etopped the Short car
and another car in front, which Mrs.
Lublanezk! was driving, also stopped.
Dayton said he asked Short to
produoe driver's license and registration
card but that Short had only
a driver's license. Dayton said he - "*
then told Short "you're too full,"
and that he would have to gd In
with him. At this point, Dayton testified,
Short said "No, I'll die before
I'll go, I'm chief of police at Cherryvllle."
"He hit me with his fist," Dayton
said, "and I hit him with my
blackjack."
Meantime, Mrs. Lublanezkl was
trying to keep between the two
men, without success, and Short
iuiikcu Liayion, cutting nis iert
arm severely. At that moment, the
patrolman said, he started shooting,
continuing to fire with his ,38-caliber
revolver until Short fell. He then
went to the office of Dr. J. E. Anthony,
where he was treated for the
knife-wound.
A local ambulance carried the
wounded man to Garrison Memorial
hospital, Gastonla, but he was
dead on arrival. Rufus Hambrlght,
driver of the ambulance, said that
Short was dead when he was picked
up.
The coroner's Jury did not determine
how many bullets had entered
the body of the victim. One hole
was below the heart, another in the
abdomen, and another at the hip,
which pierced the wallet of Short.
Testimony of Mrs. Lublanezkl and
Curry corroborated that of Patrol,
man Dayton, though Mrs. Lublane|zki,
who said she had met her father
in Gaffney, S. C., at 5 o'clock,
said her father had not taken any
liquor since that time. She said that
she was driving the car of Dr. A. L.
Hill, who was a passenger, and that
(Cont'd on page eight)
Recently Issued
traction Undeiwav
4b
The complete list of permits Issued
since July 1 follows:
July
Central Methodist church, repair
$500; Kings Mountain Laundry, new *
building*, $30,000; Mrs. Susie Heath,
new four-room dwelling, $2750;
Plonk Brothers tc Company, remodeling,
$15,000; Oland Horn, new four
room house, $2,000; Belk's Department
Store, addition to building,
| $7,500.
' August
C. F. Stowe, new six-room house,
($6,850; T. D. Long, new four-room
(duelling, $2,600; Emory Murray,
(new four-room dwelling, $1,800;
(Carl F. Davis, new 4-room dwellIng,
$2,500; Floyd Smith, new fourroom
dwelling, $2,500; Paul Hamm,
new five-room dwelling, $4,500; J.
A. Gibson, repairs and addition of
two rooms and bath, $1,200; and
Grace Methodist church, new build* .
ing, $40,000.