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Immodlato Trading Area 15.000
VOL. 58 NO. 35
Lions To Pr
Labor Day
Local News
Bulletins
1. 1
PRESSLY TO PREACH
Rev. W. L. Pressly, pastor of Boyce
Memorial ARP church, who has
been recuperating from an operation
for the past several weeks,
will be in the ARP pulpit for regular
morning worship services
Sunday at 11 o'clock, it was announced
this week.
UNION SERVICE .
Final union service of the season
will be held at Boyce Memo
rial ARP church Sunday night at
8 o'clock. Rev. J. G. Winkler, pastor
of Central Methodist church,
will deliver the sermon.
BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY
Officials of the Firfet National
Bank announced this week that
the bank would be closed on Monday
in observance of Labor Day,
a legal holiday.
TO ENCAMPMENT
Seventeen boys, junior members
of the WOW drill team, are
spending four days this week at
White Lake at the annual encampment
there. They left Wed
nesday and are to return Saturday.
,
"\ . TO ROXBORO
Rev. L. C. Pinnix, pastor of First
Will end Saturday with the pastor
Scheduled to be back In Rings
Mountain for the morning sermon
September 7.
AT MORE HEAD
Miss Frances Lindsay, accompanied
by her mother, left yesterday
for Morehead City, where she
will represent Kings Mountain in
the sixth annual coastal festival.
The three-day event ends Saturday,
with Miss Lindsay taking
part in a beauty contest featuring
entries from all over the state.
AIR HONEYMOON
Archie Costner, manager of
Bridges Airport, announced this
week that he flew a local couple
(Mi the first honeymoon trip by air,
possibly the first in Kings Mountain
history. The air corps veteran
. Mid he piloted Mr. and Mrs. Jack
.Patterson, who were married Sunday,
to White Lake in an hour and
forty minutes, immediately after
the ceremony.
Paper Collection
Participation Up
Fred Wright and Drace Peeler, cc
Chairmen of the Junior Chamber o
Comerce waste paper collection o:
Sunday, said this week that partici
, pation of the public was greate
r than at any previous drive.
s They had not received shippin
weights on the amount collecte
Thursday morning, and declined t
estimate the total collected. Amoun
, collected In the previous drive wa
better than 16,000 pounds.
"We wish to thank the public fo
their cooperation," the chairme
said, "for without it there woul
have been no collection. There wa
greater participation on the part c
the public in this collection thari 1
any previous one."
Merchants To Toko
Labor Day Holiday
'..j ^ Majority
day til jpa wiiw of the asnol
LcflwDfl^kfsps of six annua]
holidays observed by the King
| ^ ; HjwrtOi JHerehants ^association
take the day off, making it a loot
VM)CBQ4 for
ual on Wednesday afternoon
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2 Lions Labi
{Kings
esent Fourth
Horse Show
A total of 52 hordes harl been entered
through Wednesday in the
Fourth Annual Lions flub Labor
Day Hor-e Show which will be he'd
Mondav at Citv Stadium, beginning
at 2:3Ch
The e:*.tr> Hot: inciuding horses
from a!! the southeastern states,
is thus the largest advance entry
list in the history of the four-year
i old event and points to a record
show.
The one-day event features both
afternoon and evening perfoivian
ces, with 11 classes in the afternoon
and 12 classes at night. Martin
Goodrich, of Nashville. Tenn., will
serve as judge with Mrs. Ben Hendricks.
of Shelby, as ringmaster.
| Work on the ring and accommodations
at City Stadium is already
underway by members of the club
Prizes offered total more than
SI,000, in addition to ribbons and
trophies, and Entry Chairman Richard
Barnett said yesterday he antic
ipated at least 100 entries before the
ishow is run off.
| Five stake events will carry, $100
prize money, including the roadster
(stake, three-gaited stake, walking
horse stake, fine-harness stake, and
five-gaited stake, and another new
(feature of the show is a porty stake,
with prize money totaling $50 a.waiting
wipners in that class. |
| Following the afternoon performance,
exhibitors and guests will be
'entertained at dinner at the Kings
Mountain Country Club.
Jimmie Harris, general chairman
of the event, said yesterday that all
details!' were "shaping up fine for
|what we think will be the best show '
* the Kings Mountain Lions club has
yet presented."
"We have been highly gratified
at the advance entry list," he continued,
"and know that the horses |
ducted by members of the Hons
club. Combination tickets, for both
(performances, or individual tickets
will be available at the gate. J. G. j
Darracottt is in charge of sale of
parking space around the ring.
I Major portion of the proceeds
(from the event will be turned over i
for use at Davidson Memorial Scout'
Camp, it has been anounced.
-| Among the horsemen and horsewomen
veterans of past shows here I
who have already posted entries are '
' Frances and Evelyn Gettys and Barbara
Ford, of Clover, S. C., HollyOak
Farms of Shelby, George BlanIton
and D. Huss Cllne, of Shelby,
and W. G. Grantham, Byron Keeter|
|H. Tom Fulton and Montana Drum,
of Kings.Mountain.'
Also back again this year will be
Jack Boyd professional trainer of
Simpsonville, S. C., who has entered
several horses for various owners.
Other well-known horsemen who
have entered are: Davanna Stables,
Lumberton, Mrs. U. H. McMlchail,
Macon, Ga., Dorothy Carolough, Lex.
Marsh, Mary Calre Flinton, Walter
Lambeth, Sr R. Brookshlre and Mrs.
Prestpn Delph, all of Charlotte, CTJ.
Jenkins, Augusta, Ga., and Mrs.
Harmon W. Gelger, of Anderson, S.
C.
:! "Manhandling"
r Causes Blow-Up
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_i nmgo iuuuiiiaiu was &n 1111? news
again this week when Claude Grogt
ory, sentenced to serve six to seven
1 years In prison for breaking and entering
L. L. ? Alexander Grocery,
charged three patrolmen and . the
' acting police chief of Littleton with
" assault.
The alleged Incident, which has
. brounght resignations from the pa'
trolmen, occurred after Gregory had
been recaptured after escaping from
the Halifax county prison camp last
week.
Gregory, who was a resident of
Kings Mountain at the time of the
grocery break-In, was sentenced to
prison by Judge H, Hoyle Sink in
Cleveland Superior court In July
- 1946, after giving himself up in A
pill (n Woodruff, S. C, according to
I Police Chief N. ML Farr.
Mr. Farr said a colored man had
I been arrested and charged with the
I .offense, and Gregory said he gave
. himself up in order to prevent proa
, ecutlon of an Innocent man, absolI
ving the negro of any part lh the
r caae.
Gregory allegedly entered the A
lexahder store Off Lhe night ofsApril
. 21, 1946, and took sevetal cartons of
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Vets Snapping
To Remain In
Leagne Playoffs
Kings Mountain's Vets baseball
team was to fight it out with the
Marauders of Marion in City Stadium
last night in an attempt to even
the playoff series at two-all.
i The Vets dropped the first two
games of the series. 14 to 2 in Marion
Monday night, and 12 to 1C
here Tuesday night, but came back
behind the ace hurling of Gu4 Hart
soe Wednesday night to break into
the win column 5 to 3.
It took only ten players to take
the measure of the powerful Marion
nine Wednesday, nine on the field
and Charles Patterson, left-handed
pitcher, on the bench with a sore
arm.
Regulars Bill Dilling, catcher, and
Bob Horton, third, were absent as
were Coley Guyton, reserve, and pit I
hers Jinks Burrell and A. L. Curtis.
The full 15-man squad was expected
to be on hand last night how
j ver, with the statring assignment
;; the mound probably going to
' Righthander Burrell
Should the Vets even the series
with a Thursday night win or take
a victory tonight the two teams will
play again in City Stadium on Saturday
night.
I
Recorder Court
In Ught Session
One conviction on driving drunk
charges marred an otherwise 'quiet'
session of court Monday afternoon
City Hail before Recorder Judge
O. C. O'FarrMi.
1 Only elevta cases were heard,
j Jasper Peterson was found guilty
CLARIFICATION
The Charles Wilson listed in
last week's court docket is not
Charles E. Wilson of Du Court mill
community, Mr. Wilson informed
the Herald early this week.
of drunken driving and was fined
$100 and costs and his drivers license
was revoked.
| Clyde Green was fined $5 and
costs for conviction on a drunk and
disorderly, charge.
I Fred Huffman, for public drunkenness
and carylng a concealed
weapon, was fined $10 and costs.
I James T. Smarr was freed on a
forgery charge after the plaintiff
paid the costs and withdrew the
warrant against him, settlement of
the difficulty being made by the
parties Involved.
| James M. Byrd, for no drivers license,
paid $10 and coists; Onzey
Wilson, no drivers license, paid $10
and costs; Yates R. McGlnnls, charged
with not having a drivers license
in his immediate possession,
paid costs; and- the case against
Crace M. Huffman, charged with
no drivers license, was dismissed.
Leonard Bennett paid $5 and
costs for public drunkenness and
jjohn M. Bridges and Joseph M. McIA1
lister paid costs on similar charges.
nit nmn avnutwi
MwaMwinw rbOHilO
Eight building permits were
issued during the past week to
Fred Wright for construction of
four-room block houses at $400
each.
|City Garbage Col!
Given; Cooperatioi
The City of Kings Mountain thlf
week Issued its weekly schedule o!
garbage collections, and, concurrent
ly, asked all citizens, including the
pubtic, merchants and housewives,
to put their garbage on their streets
on the particular days the trucks
are working those streets.
It was pointed out that equip nent
and personnel Is limited but
that with the oooperatlon of all the
problem can be handled and all gar
bage removed.
The collection schedule follows:
Downfown area and all stores,
Cherokee W*et, Wilson street. Railroad
avenue, Wells street, Phento
No. 1 to north end of town, Cora mUl
Downtnwh are a"'and all Stords,
.Gold street, Mountain street, Oof or
1th street, Sims street, Juniper street
King street, Parker street, CHj
Street ^ ; 'i, -
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Friday. August 29. 1947
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1947-48 Tern
Dayton Facing
Murder Charge
By Short Family
Preliminary hearing on charge o!
iiiuiuvi oiuit' mgnway t'9
trolman Haroldotis Dayton is sehe- ,
du!ed for Friday morning, Septem- |
her 5, in Cleveland Recorder's court
at Shelby before Judge VV. I.. Angel,1
following swearing out of a warrant
in Monday by Mrs. Verta Short
Lublanezki, daughter of the Cherry- '
ville polite chief who was fatally
shot by Dayton Tuesday night, Au- '
gust 19, on the York road.
The action followed by five days
Dayton's exonoration by a coroner's
jury here in ruling "justifiable
homicide" in the case. 1
Salicitor Bynum L. Weathers will
prosecute the case for the state, and
will be assisted by Sam J. Ervin 1
and Robert Patton, Morganton at- i
torneys, who have been retained by j
the Short family.
Bond for Patrolman Dayton was
set at $2,500. '
Officer Dayton, meantime, was at
Fontana Dam, recuperating from a
knife wound he received in the fra- .
cas resulting in Chief Shorts death. /
j The Cherryville police chief, form- j
mer member of the Kings Mountain
police department died of but- ,
let bounds from the patrolman's j
gun, after Dayton had stopped him ,
and endeavored to arrest him on ,
charges of drunken driving. His,
daughter, Mrs. Lublanezki, was a .
witness to the shooting. <
! In addition to the acquital of ,
blame by the coroner's Jury, patrolman
Dayton was exonorated by Col- '
H. J. Hatcher, head of the state high I
way a. visit here to
if in
w. >rcviivowo ui uic wjuiicj a inijutrai
wassthe statement by Mrs. Lublanez
.ki that she had been with her fath- I
jer since 5 p. m. and that he had not }
| taken ?ny intoxicants. The shoot- J
ing occurred about five hours later. '
Statement of Dayton that Short was '
intoxicated was corroborated by G. (
L. Curry, former police officer, who '
was riding with Dayton at the time 1
and who also witnessed the shoot, ^
ing. ,1
I Kays Gary, Shelby Star staff wri- j
ter', quoted Mrs. Lublanezki as say- ,
ing testimony would be offered In ,
| addition to that brought out at the
coroner's Inquest. I
j Should probable cause be found <
in recorder's court, the case would ]
be bound over to Superior Court, i
Otherwise, it could be thrown out. |
On the other hand, Dayton could '<
waive preliminary hearing, with the t
result that the case would be con-1
sldered by the grand Jury for the '
jnext term of Superior court, at
which time a true bill could be re- 1
I turned, or, agaiq, the case thrown
out.
Officers Capture
89-Gallon Still
Constable W. L. Blackburn report 'j
ed destruction of an 80-gallon still (
last Thursday near the Ed Baum- j
igaiunci larm un ine xorK roaa.
Mr. Blackburn and other officers i
jhad been watching the still for sev- i
jeral days, but the owners slipped a- i
way without being apprehended. I
(The still was full of mash when the |i
officers made the raid, and. according
to Mr. Blackburn. they got
i* worm and all." i
j
lection Schedule
i Is Requested
Wednesday
DOwntown area and all stores, I
Medmont avenue to Depot, Gaston i
itreet, Deal street, Dllllng street,
Carpenter street, Hord Rowt Ridge
and Oriental streets, Sadie Mill Sec
ion, York Road to City limits, Bonnie
Mill section, Cleveland avenue
section.
Thursday
Downtown area, and all stores,'
Phenlx No. 2 section, Piedmont avenue
from Depot, Old Mill section,
> Cherryvllle Road, Ramseur Street,
Pauline Mill section, Waco Road to .
' City limits, Tracy street to Pauline
t mlflFriday
Downtown area and all stores,
f Mountain street. Gold street, King |
street, Colored section, Mauney Mill
i "C"0n Saturday
* j
nday at Cit
lerald
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race Schools
1 Tuesday Mo
Terminal Leave Bonas
Payable On Tuesday
Servicemen's terminal leave
bonds become payable for the
first time on September Z, wich
the First National Bank local bor.dcashing
agency.
The Bank announced last week
that ex-servicemen wishing to
have these bonds cashed should
bring their service separation papers
to establish identification,
unless they are regular customers
of the bank or otherwise known
by the banks' officers.
President Truman has urged all
servicemen who possibly can to
hold their bonds as long as possi- ,
ble. both as a savings ne3t egg (
and as a deterrent against further .
price rises in commodities. I
Masons To Meet i
In Shelby Tuesday j
i
Grand Master Luther T. Hartsell
Jr., of Concord, will be present at j
the annual meeting of the 37th Ma- i
ionic district in Shelby Tuesday af'- i
?rnoon at 3 o'clock, according to \
in announcement this week by J. a
I. Bridges, secretary of Fairview I
-,odge 339.
A large delegation is being px- c
>ected to attend from the local ^
odge, with wardens, master, secre- ^
:ary and all Master Masons particu- *
arly urged to be present. J
The meeting will open with a con- '
'erence, and an address by the 1
Srand Master will feature the even- 1
ng session. 1
c
Gas Haitsoe
. , . \y /, ., ; . A {
Veteran Gus Hartsoe held the
/aunted hitting power of the Marion .
Marauders to only two hits after (
he third inning Wednesday night i
n Marion and IVrmnnt t s\U- ???
?-?? aavritli WVIU QAC J
:uted a thrilling double play In the c
last of the ninth with the bases j
loaded to give the Kings Mountain j
/ets their first win of the current f
payoff series, the score 5 to 3. 8
Only Vet reserve on the bench was '
Charles Paterson who is hampered :
by a sore arm. '
To go along with his game-saving j
louble play, Lohr cracked Pitcher
Davidson for four hits Including ]
sixth dnnlng homer with no one on j
base, for Kings Mountain's first" run
bf the game.
The Marauders scored two runs in J
the second on a single by Pepper |
Martin, a double by Knukle, and a i
tingle by Davidson. !j
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The homs-towners finished their ,
scoring In the third on a single by j
Padgett, a passed ball, and a single f
by Manager Dunlap.
Hartsoe scatered seven hits over ^
the first three innings and held the ^
Marauders to two hits for the rest <
of the game.
i
The Vets added another talle.v in i
the eighth, Coley Gaffney leading |
off with a line double and coming j
home on Aaron Hartsoe's line single, i
Kings Mountain got the best end |
of a red-hot ninth inning that had i
the 22 hundred fans holding on to j
their seats. <
Gus Hartsoe slammed one of Da- t
vldson's pitches over Trlplett's head (
into the center field bleachers for a 1
("ouble leading off. Don Parker hit <
a slow roller down the third base 1
line, Vallone throwing him out at <
first, Hartsoe taking second on the l
play. Charles Ballard tied the game <
at 3-all with an Infield hit, Hartsoe i
scoring the tieing run. i
Ballard took second on a passed t
ball(and came home when W. Mar- ]
tin, shortstop, threw Gaffney's roller i
away at first Lohr singled followed *
by anoth^l bingle by Aaron Hartsoe ]
Gaffney scoring the final run. 1
Shortsop Martin started off the t
last of the ninth for the Marauders |
with a single. Knukle hit a double- i
play roller to John Gold at. short* I
Gold booting the ball and both run- <
tiers were safe. Frank Robinson ,i
came in to hit for Davidson and sac- j
riflced the runne.? to second \ahd I
third. Vallone hit another rol'-v to \
Gold, who fleided the ball, held Mar j
tin on third, and threwinto the dirt 1
at first, loading the bases. I
With tli# sacks loaded and one i
out, Padgett hit a screeming liner []
to the right of first, JLohr stabbing |
the ball and doubling Valone off j
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Superintendent
Reports Four
Faculty Vacancies
A': Kit-?s Mountain ci'y schoolar.o
Pa:r 'Iran sol.ool ir *he court".
will open for I ho 19J7-43
term Tuesday morning at S: JO, ac
wording to on announcement from
school officials
Teachers meetings wilt be he'.i
on Monday. prior to lite official open
ing on Tuesday.
B. N. Barnes, superintendent of
:ity schools, asked parents of children
entering school for the first
time to bring three certificates for
presentation: (1) a birth certificate
(children are required to he six
Kears old on or before October 1,
1947, to enter school this year*: (2)
i doctor's certificate showing vacciration
against smallpox: and <3>
r doctor's certificate showing vacci ration
against diphtheria.
First general entertainment program
in the city schools will be held
it the chapel hour on Friday mornng,
September 5, and ell parents
vill be invited to visit the schools
it that time.
Mr. Barnes reported four vacan
:ies Wednesday in the faculty of
lentral school, the number having
loubled with the resignations of
wo teachers ? Miss Ruby Lee
Vhite of Rutherfordtonand Mrs.
'helma Truesdale of Marion during
he past few days. With the addilonal
vacancy reported last week,
hree teachers are needed to fill the
omplement at Central Elementary
chool. Fourth vacancy, created by
he resignation of Clyde Canlpe,
s a high school coach. Mr. Barnes
aid he had conferred-by telephone
> ?V AeventT protects
fof the coaching position as
veil as for the other positions, and
tdded that he hoped to have a full
acuity by Monday.
Mrs. J. C. Nickels, principal of
'arK urace school, said the six-tea:her
faculty of that school is com)lete,
with only one faculty change,
diss Jeanette Lackey will replace
drs. John Helton, Cleveland county,
is fifth grade teacher. Other teach;rs
at Park Grace, In addition to
drs. Nickels are Mrs. Carl Davidson
itrs. James McGlll, Mrs. Pauline F.
Veaver, and Mrs. Nevitt Hughes.
Pistol Packin' Mama
Gives Herself Up
Local police had a surprise visit
Sunday morning about 9 o'clock.
Edna Johnson, 35-year-old colord
woman, had walked barefooted
til the way from her home on the
^herryville road, Just acoss the line
n Gastoh county, to tell local police
she had shot her husband, Elmer
Johnson. Both had laid down
:o sleep with guns in their hands,
vith the agreement that the one
vho awakened first was to shoot
:he other.
The' Johnson woman told police
jhe had awakened first, but that
ier husband had roused himself aoout
the same time. Because he had
arifle and she had a pistol, she "had
:he drop on him" and shot first.
Constable W. L. Blackburn summoned
Gaston Deputy D. L. Beam
ind investigation revealed that the
colored man had been shot once
hrough the leg, but was not seriously
hurt.
It developed that the woman had
tharged her husband with assault
;wo weeks previously, but had withirawn
the charges, after telling poipp
Jnhnsnn hnH fnrrnH hpr Ha If
>he also said Johnson had comp
lome Saturday night, placed the
ifle barrel against her head, and
.old her he was going to shoot her.
rlowever, she told police, there was
i knock on the .door and they had
/isitors. Johnson then forced her to
lie with him on the floor and scratch s
lis back. After the company left,
:he shooting tryst was made.
Deputy Beam said Thursday
nornlng that the Johnson woman
lad been freed without bond on
jharges of assault with a deadly
weapon with Intent to kill, and that
preliminary hearing Is to be held
in Cherryvllle Recorder's Court September
8. He said Johnson had been
jeen walking around, little the
worse for the shooting, and that he
had told officers he was to blame
?nd didn't want anything done with
his wife.
The Johnson are tenants of BrouRhton
Homesley on the L. C. Sipes
farm, Mr. Beam told the Herald.