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POPULATION
la City Corporate Limits 8.574
Immediate Trading Ana 15.000
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VOL. 58 NO. 36
Local News
Bulletins !
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SPEAKS AT GASTONIA
E. A. Harrill, Kings Mountain
lawyer and city attorney, spoke to
members of the Gastonia Civitan
club at their weekly dinner meet
ing Wednesday on the subject i
"Right Thinking."
i . I
ry nut iriv> omtr
ij Officer C. D. Gladden of the
Kings Mountain police depart
ment is acting chief while Chief '
N. M. Farr is on his vacation it
was announced this week.
TO ENTER SEMINARY
Hoyle Whiteside and Bill Med,
lin, who were recently graduated
from Lenolr-Rhyne college, will
enter Southern Seminary at Columbia,
S. 'C., on Monday. Both
completed work for the degree of
Bachelor of Arts, Mr. Medlin majoring
in philosophy, and Mr
Whiteside in philosophy and history.
JONAS PROMOTED
D. L. Jonas, popular assistant
manager of Dixie-Home Super
Market here, left Tuesday for
Spindale where he will tage over
the management of the Spindale
Dixie-Home self-service store.
James M. Hardin assumes the post
of assistant manager here, it was
announced by R. H. Wilson, man
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TO HORSE SHOW
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Keeter and
Mr. and Mrs. H. Tom Pulton are
In Shelbyville, Tenn., this week,
attending the annual walking
horse celebration and show.
nounced this week. '
TO WAGNER COLLEGE
Nick Moss, well-known Kings
Mountain man, Is visiting here
prior to leaving next week for
New York Where he has accepted
a professorship at Wagner College,
Staten Island. Mr. Moss was a
member of the faculty of Riverside
Academy, Gainesville, Ga., last
year.
MAB DOG WARNING V
Acting ChlAf C. D. Gladden yesterday
Issued a warning to aH citizens
that evidence of at least one
mad dog roaming the city has
been reported and asked all dog
owners to keep their dogs penned
up for at least three weeks. CitJ\
lice department immediately he
said. j
,
Building permit* issued at City "J
Hall during the latt week included:
Aug. 38, B. S. Peeler, remodel
residence, $500; Aug. 29, Mrs. Angle
Navy, new 5-room dwelling,
$4,000; Sept. 3, Charles H. Mitchem,
new 5-room dwelling, $3,500;
Sept. 3, Clyde Hullender, new 4room-dwelling,
$2,700. - .
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CITY BOARD MEETING
Regular September meeting of
the city b6erd of commissioners
will he held In City Hall > courtroom
Tuesday night at 7:30. City
Clerk Si A. Crouse said only rov
tine business is currently listed on
the agenda.-. ?< y'
J. C. ^ldgelTa?bSn^amed to
represent the. Kings Mountain
Junior Chamber of Commerce at
a meeting in Greensboro On Sep- *
tember 16 to further plans for an
srsUSpBgHfifc
The masting is being called by
the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
and Washington Board of
Trade
i . J Hea^utrUm'Smi^Oampoa^'.
. Y; GwupTchrganteed Corps^
has been located in Kings Mowtain
with Colonel Bob Riley, of
Kings Mountain WtnW iFsbficit
Inc., as commanding office. Mas
Kings
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David Cash Sues i
Richard Owens
For S10.000
David Cash, Kings Mountain theatre
owner, who lives on the York
road has entered ^sutt in Cleveland,
county Superior court against Rich
ard Owens, York road farmer, and
Cecil Tidwell, operator of a colored
fish camp near the Cash home, seek
ing $10,000 for alleged damages to
property and person arising from
the operation of the fish camp.
Mr. Cash further seeks to enjoin
further use of the fish camp for that
purpose.
Complaint was filed in court on
August 26.
In the complaint, plaintiff charg I
es that Defendant Owens erected
the fish camp in an effort to make
him pay an exhorbitant price for
the Owens farm, stating that Mr.
Owens had asked a price Of $50,000
for his 127-acre farm which Mr.
Owens purchased ^from T. N. Har
moh in 1944.
Mr. Cash states in the complaint
that his home was erected at a price
in excess of $20,000, that, prior to
opening of the fish camp in 1946,
he was offered $30,000 for the prop- .
erty, and that the boisterous con- |
duct of the tenants and guests at
the fish camp has frequently con
tlnued until 4 o'clock in the morn
ing, resulting in Injury to the health
of his wife, cqnvalseclng from an
illness, his two children and him
self. He further contends that the
odors emanating from the camp
during the recent summer months
have made his home almost untAi
able.
Contending that the operation of
the camp creates both a public and
private nuisance, Mr. Cash asks (1)
a court order enjoining use of the
Owens-owned fish camp, 12) seeks
to recover $10,000 in alleged damages,
(3) asks that the sheriff be authorized
and directed to padlock
the fish camp, and that (4) defendant
toe permanently restrained
from using the place for a fish
camp or other like purposes.
Plaintiff Is represented by E. A.
rgi|na'
cause before Judge J. Will Pless In
Gaston Is on September 15 as to
whether they should not be restrained
from further use of the fish
camp.
City Defendant
In SIMM Sot
I. B. Brawn, ndmlplttiatoi of
th# estate of ChcprtM SUlord. who
died July 31 fellowtav ? foil fate
0 ndnd oo S. iilHegisuod avmm
filed suit In Chwlimf lapotor
wart Thursday morning agaloot
the City of Kings Mountain
for SIOOOO. I
The nwnplnlst aTMgss that tiu
City of Kings Mountain was grossly
negligent In keeping the side.
walk In a safe condition, and re1
Suiting in fated injury to Dllted.
- ii - i i i at
an hall
MM. Edna Smith Is temporarily
employed at City Hall working on
> the city tdd books.
Veterans Jam Bant
Bends: S45.000 Car
, Had It not been 1947, with Its peak'
employment and heavy payrolls,
[pne might have thought it were the
late twenties or parly thirties had
they visited the E(rst National Bank
Tuesday.
j[t was the first day for cashing of
ex-servicemen's terminal leave
bonds, and Kings Mountain area
veterans were no different from
those throughout the county, state
and nation. Many of them wantech
(He mojiey ana went to get it.
At the bank' here, 233 bonds were
cashed the first day for a total of
lightly more than $45,000. The
crowd was already Ott hand at "the
9 a.m. opening hour, and there was
HttlO let-tip until the doors were
closed at 2 p, m.
Thd result was that the bank had
towt loo hurry ?\\ to the Federal
Reserve bank at Charlotte for more
cash to avoid running out?a situation
which cropped up at baaks
throughout tha area.
^f^t?nd-<a^tng^here wea handhumor
and good order. MUqgMt
teave bond cashed Tuesday waste
IPtA bank official,reported one In-1
stance of dubious financial wisdom |
I
Moui
Kings Mountain, N.
Schools Opt
Enrollment
Ordy iBdsinik* Authorized
JTo Caslh Leave Bonds
Retail merchants and other busUiesB
tirms ore aot empowered to
cash veterans' termiaal Leave
bo id da. Wed McGill secretary oi
the Kings Mountain Merchant
association. a aid thin week.
Lie said several merchants had
been asked fo cash bonds and
pointed out that only banks have
been authorized to rrtah H?o '-w.nHu
1rf the tfnitod States Treasury da
ixxrtnxaat.
Terminal Leave bond* will be
cashed at any bank but the. vet eran
should take along service
separation papers to facilitate idoatlfteation,
it was pointed out.
lew Silvei Dolki
Grill Is Opened
\
JoHnnte George Demetriades anc
Jimmie Mann, proprietors, are an
nouncing this week opening of the
Silver Dollar Grill on the Grovei
road two miles South of Kings Mour
tain.
The Grill is on the site of John
nie's Falrview Grill, owned by Mr
Demetrlades, which was destroyec
by fire several weeks ago.
The new restaurant, which will bt
open 24 hours daily, is equippet
with fixtures of the latest type
Mr. Mann, new member of the en
terprise, has been in the restauran
business for 12 years, at the Ambas
sador Hotel, Washington, D. C., Wil
Hams Restaurants, Inc. PhiladelphU
Blue Mountain Camps, Strousbourg
Pa., Kelly's of New York City ant
Breedings of Miami, Fla. Mr. Mam
will be night manager of the estal
lishment.
The new restaurant will specialist
in serving both regular meals a
laia.
Neither beer nor wine will be sold
Mr. Demetrlades said
"John, Jimmy and Molly are hen
to p>ase," he continued; "and 1
there Is any better quality food t<
buy, we'll buy It We serve thi
best"
Yarboro Barns Lost
In Wednesday Blaze
Kings Mountain fire departmen
was called to extingush a fire out
side the city limits at 9 a. m. Wed
nesday morning, their efforts sav
lng the home place dwelling on thi
old O. A. Rhea property off the She
by highway.
Using only one tank-full of th
city water truck's water, local fire
men stopVd the blaze at a garag<
building after It had consumed tw
barns In the row of five buildingi
Ab Yarboro reportedly last tw
mules and was owner of the tw
barns. The home place Is owned b;
C. E. Dengler.
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i To Cash Leave
hed First Day
then visited the postofflce and In
vested his money in postal^savlng
bonds?at two percent.
Others took the cash and lef
while still others opened new sav
inys aim?ur cneeKing accounts.
One colored veteran was seen i
a local department store Just aft<
getting his bond cashed. His invesi
ment was a black, phalk-strlpe su
double-breasted In the latest fast
Ion. But alteration was required?t
further accentuate the drape fror
shoulder to middle.
The bank official reported thi
some of the men were surprised t
learn that the bonds patd interes
while others had the impression th
bonds were not being redeemed i
par. He also sgld that every ex-se
vlceman cashing In could rattle o
his serial number In raptd-flre fas
ion, regardless of the length Of tlhr
he had been a civilian again.
The bond-cashing was still coi
tlnuing on Wednesday, but traff
had dwindled to * steady strear
rather, than a deluge. The Bank, 1
can avoid getting bonds cashed c
^S^la^ST ^7 b*nk "t<l
"Of course," ah official said, "v
Wlllcssh the bonds anytime, but tl
i*r buslnMR.''
itain I
. C.. Friday. Sept. S. 1947
;n With Full
Hike; Rudisel
I "ity schools enrollment on Tues'
day, first day of the t?47 18 scnool
j year, totaled 1.665?54 more pupils
than last year's opening day total?
as the schools opened with a complete
faculty
Last minute additions to rne "eacher
list ? which showed four vacancies
last Thursday were John
H Rudisill. of Cherryvilte, as high
j school coach, Mrs. W. S. Fulton, jr..
1 Mrs. C F Thomasson. jr.. both of
Ftrst-dcrf enrollment at Park
Graca school totaled 179. an increase
of 19 over opening day of
j last year, (according to an announcement
by Mrs. I. C. Nickels,
principal.
Kings Mountain, and Herman H.
Haefner, of Lincolnton. Central
, 1 elementary teachers, and Miss Joe
" I Anne Walker, of Kings Mountain, as
: special teacher in dramatics, an add
| ed position.
I (8. N. Barnes, superintendent of
schools, reached an agreement with
I | Mr. Rudisill by telephone Saturday
night, and the new head coach, who
, succeeds Clyde Canipe, was on duty
f Tuesday.
t Coach Rudistll, a graduate of
Cherryville high school where he
. starred on athletic teams during the
middle thirties, was a member of
j the Gastonla American Legion Junior
World Champions. He attended
? both Davidson and Lenoir-Rhyne
j colleges, playing football, basketball
and baseball for the Wildcats.
In beginning his seventh season
- in school work, Coach Rudisill com
t es to Kings Mountain after serving
- as coach at Kernersville high school
- for a year, then was principal of
i High Shoals school in Gaston coun,
ty for three years, and followed up
j as coach for two years at Tarboro.
l Coach Rudisill is married and has
> two children. They are current'/residing
at Tarboro but expect to
move to Kings Mountain as quickly
j as a house can be obtained
1 Mrs. Thomasson and Mrs. Fulton
, A breakdown of first-day attendance
figures show only two schools
with first day enrollment less than
- last year. Only 271 enrolled at East
* school, a drop of 17, while enroll9
ment at Davidson high school drop
s ped three to 62 at Davidson high
school.
Other first day figures by schools:
West elementary, 198; Central elementary,
621; high school, 354; Davidson
elementary, 159.
Mrs. Sttndtr Named
! Mission Secretary
1 Mrs. W. H. Stender was elected N.
C. Mission secretary at the 62nd Ane
nual convention "and the first Con..
stress of the W. M. S. of the United
a E. L. Synod of N. C. which convened
o at 7:30 Saturday evening In St. Ani,
drew E. .L. Church at Hickory. Mrs,
o Stender succeeds Mrs. Aubrey Mauo
ney In this executive capacity. Only
y one other replacement was made In
the officer staff, that of treasurer,
with Mrs. Charles Gilbert being elec
ted to fill that post. Mrs. M. Craig
Yoder of Hlckord was reelected to
the presidency. Mrs. E. A. Shenk
served as parliamentarian at the
convention.
The first Congress, which was held
Sunday, was termed a huge success
a and had an attendance of approximately
six hundred.
Several notable speakers brought
messages to the delegates and visln
tors, among whom were Mrs. H. S.
>t Bechtolt of Chicago, 111. an outstan!
ding leader in the U. L. C. A., first
It woman delegate to a ULCA conveni
tlon, vice-president of the W. M. S,
o a. ana cnairman or the personnel
n committee of W. M. S.; Miss Edith
Bykamp, M. A., Principal of Stall
Girl's (Guntur, India! high school
0 and recent recipient of the Kiser-*t
Hind medal, given by the British
p Government for distinguished servilt
ces, credited with having added mip.
terlally to the welfare of India and
her people; Mrs- John L. Hansen,
f. promotional secretary of the W. M.
^ S. A. and Miss Kathleen Ragan, triennial
missionary, who gave interesting
facts about her study at Bib>
Ileal.
Ic t .
Those attending the convention
>; l from bete other than Mrs. Stender
u and lift. Shenk were Mrs. Aubrey
iy Mauney, Dr. and Mrs. E. C. Cooper,
,n and Mrs. L. L. Lohr of Raleigh, who
ft Is a guest of her parents, Mr: and
Mrs. S. A. Mauney.
re A Summer Sehool for church w*rte
kers was also In session at Leppfr
?t Rhyne last week with two from here
?'. Essie Foster and David
lerald
Large Crowd Visits 1
Tea cine rage on Simda^B
A lax-jj aucafaet of cihwaa at^H
tended an informal ooen houiil
at the aew i. 5. Hau.i>v
_ ? w f vn?WMV* HUHH
Library and Teacherage an Sun-^H
day afternoon.
Member of the J. 3. Mauney^H
, family, which is completing com-H
plete renovation of the formerH
Hord residence on S. Piedmont or<H
enue. prior to presenting it to the^f
city, showed the callers about the^f
j teacherage. which occupies thai
rear portion and complete second I
| floor of the home. New rooms hav^B
been made and bathrooms tnstall-^B
ed to accommodate 14 tMch?n.H
and the front rooms of the bnild-fl
I ing have been completely dtvorc-l
| ed from the teacherage part. NewH
I furniture of quality, durabe def|H
sign adorn all the rooms, and the ti
walls are decorated in eye appeal- 1
ing wallpaper. 1
Though not quite completed. J
the teacherage Is already being i p
occupied by teachers of the city z
school t
On completion of the project,
the proper tg will be conveyed to a
the City of Kings Mountain and, t
according to tentative agreement t
already reached, direction of the E
property will be In the hands of a r
three-man commission, with one c
representative each from the
school board, city board, and I- 3.
Mauney family. I
t
Dayton Hearing
Set Foi Today >
j Preliminary hearing on charge of t
murder against State HiEhwav Pa-It
trolman Haroldotis Dayton Is ached- (
uled for Cleveland county Record .
er's court Friday moaning. (
The patrolman, after being exonoder
In a warrant signed by Mrs. 1
George Lublanezki, Short's daugh- '
ter, who witnessed the shooting of J
her father by Dayton. Mrs. Lublanez <
kl has stated she has new evidence s
to offer in addition to that present- *
ed before the coroner's jury. *
Judge W. L. Angel said court
would convene at 9:30. Dayton will t
be prosecuted by Solicitor Bynum v
Weathers, assisted by Attorneys ,
Sam Ervin and Robert Patton of *
Morganton. Attorneys for Dayton .
will be C. C. Horn and Peyton Mc- (
Swain. I
Dayton testified here that he shot *
Short after the Cherryville chief, j
whom Da/ton was trying to arrest J
for drunken driving, had cut him 1
with a knife. The coroner's Jury rul- 1
ed "Justifiable homicide."
Patrolman b Fined i
For Gregory Beating
Former Highway Patrol Corporal J
C. L. Teague was fined $25 and costs
on a charge of simple assault resulting
from his alleged beating of
Prisoner Claude Gregory In Halifax '
Recorder's Court Tuesday.
Gregory was ailegd{y beaten on
his recapture after an* escape from | >
a prisin camp. He'was sentenced j <
to serve five to seven years after
conviction in Cleveland court last [
year on charges of theft and break- I
; lng and entering I- L Alexander's <
j grocery here. " ' i
It's Shelby Vs. Kin
Attain Ac Inwrooe
?jm?i mm*? mj VWd
Another Shelby Kings Mountain
battle is shaping up fo Saturday i
night, this one taking the form of a I
Softball game at City Stadium be- '
tween the Shelby Junior Chamber ]
of Commerce and Kings Mountain i
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
The battle begin* at 7:45. I
Bob Abernethy, director of the 1
local team, was oozing confidence <
yesterday as tbs day of battle ap I
proached. Boosted by a large advan- 1
ce ticket sale, which Indicated a 1
large crowd, Ooach Abernethy was 1
ready to give his starting line-up i
for the game v^hlch is billed as the i
"World's Serious Softball champion 1
ship." "T . . i
But no word had been received i
from the Shelby camp, where President
Rush Ijhmrfck, Jr., and Coach
ee Dick LeGranoe and Bin BaTey <
were drilling their team behind barred
doors.
Abernethy, who has put his team |
on a diet of soft drinks (limited to i
U Pages
Today
ML FIVE CENTS PER COPTT
wis Hone Show
wets Holiday
? Monday
Bunt.nn uim '..jvolond
At captured i ?uic sh.tre
^nt City Stadium Mon
m Mountain Lions
^ktourlh jtuiu ll L.i
<
I^yv/ was
,ady took top ribbons In the walk
ng horse events. Mr. Keeter rode
ess to the blue ribbon in the chain
lionship stake event, while Daz
ling Lady, ridden by Pete Lam ,
>eth, took third. *
Among the other local horsemen
ind horsewomen taking home rib
>ons were W. A. Walker, showing
?oth his own Fire Fly and Hugh
lallard's Tar Heel Rex, and Monta
la Drum, who rode in the pony and
hlldren's horsemanship events.
Sidelights
The ladies in the show could easly
lay claim to top popularity with
he crowd, which applauded at ev
?ry opportunity the riding of Mary
To Cloninger of Gastonia, the Gettys
isters from Clover, little Montana
)rum, Mary Alice Arey, and others,
diss Cloninger, incidentally, took
lecond place in the five-gaited stake
is well as several other ribbons.
Tome idea as to the valte of the
lorseflesh concentrated in the Sta
Hum can be had from the $12,000
>rlce tag ftn Miss Clonlnger's Maid
u cotton.
?r?
canning rode Gemelpo Peavlne, last
rear's five-gaited champion, to a
irst place in the Class for stallions
ind geldings, but could place no
>etter than fourth in the five-gaited
rtake event.
Will Arey's Holly Oak Farm enrlea
showed well, and Huas Cline's
valklng horses captured several
ilace and show ribbons. Sourest
iote of the show came in the waHtng
stake event, however, when
nine, piqued over failure to place
ilgher earlier in the day, tossed his
ourth place stake ribbon back into
he arena with instructions to Judge
Vfartin Goodrich to take the rjbbon
Jack to Tennessee with him. He reained
the $10 prize money. Goodlch
had called in another aide to
lelp judge that particular event.
Several horses had "flat tires" dur
ng the event, resulting in hurry
:alls to Blacksmiths Phillip Falls
ind Will McClaln. And several park
;d autos had flat tires after the e/ent.
It seemed to be an epidemic.
The hot crowd consumed 121 casss
of bottled pop.
Toby Williams, becoming a veter
in at announcing horse shows, received
several suggestions that he
Bret In the business nprmanontlu
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Mrs. Ben Hendricks, of Shelby,
ivas again the show's capable ringmaster.
gs Mountain j
Clash Saturday 1
Bob's Cola, Whistle and Shamrock',
said he would start Dan Finger at
first base, Harold Plonk at second,
knd Fred Wright at third, while D.
D. (Salty) Saunders will play shortstop
to round out the infield.
Ertle Powers, star outfielder for
the Southern Radio Corporation entry
in the Charlotte softball league, ....
George Peeler and Tom Roberta will
t>e the fly-chasers. Abernethy waa
having trouble selecting a battery,
but finally decided to start W. K.
Mauney, Jr., as catcher, ruling that
a man this size should be able to
stop anything as largo- as a softball,
and he had about decided to
itart John Henry Moss, curveball
specialist, on the mound.
Drace Peeler, Charlie Thamasson
and Ben Ballard are In a three-way ]
contest for batboy.
Identity of the umpires for tha
vent Is being held secret to avoid
possible tampering by the wagering