POPULATION
In City Corporate Limits 6.574
Immediate Tradimj Area IS,000
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GUM MACHINE SALES BE]
of the Kings Mountain Lions
throughout Kings Mountain. I
used for worthy projects by tl
machines were Dan Huffsteth
Munay. Lions pictured above
liams. Paul McGinnis. C. P. B<
are Charlie Blalock. Secretary
?Photo by Bundy. .
Big Christmas Pai
Up; Queen City 1
Dode PhiUips Lions
Grid Banquet Speaker
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featured speaker at the annual
H u Lions club, football banquet next
Wpjfr Thursday night, December 4, it
* ' was announced yesterday.
Expected to accompany Mr. Phillips
here is John (Bo) McMillan,
coach f9r the Erskine Flying Fleet
which has lost only one game,
that by one touchdown to Presbyterian
college, this year.
At the banquet the Lions will
follow past custom in entertaining
member* of the high school football
team, their coaches, and other
guests.
The meeting will be held at the
high school cafeteria at 7 o'clock.
44 Completed
Teniwinw
dales Training
A total of 44 Kings Mountain retall
salespersons received certifiestes
Monday night showing successful
(Completion of thetwo-week sales
course presented Jointly by the North
Carolina Department of Education,
city schools7 and the Kings
Mountain Merchants association.
The two-week course devoted to
sales methods was well-attended
with a total of 66 enrollees, and it
was taught by Tfrs. Dell Putnam,
state department expert.
J. W. Milam, association president
said that plans Ate already being
Wk \ mapped tot another course next
H summer to offer further instruction
" in selling.
Personnel of firms participating
in the course will be listed next
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Southern Bell Laying
Underground Cable
t The hum of the pneumatic drill
and the digging underway on Moun
tain street Is for the laying of a Southern
Bell telephone cable designee!'
, 1 to expand service of the local exchange.
The cable will be laid from the
' telephone office in the Fulton Building
t< > the corner of Piedmont avenue
and King street at McGill's service.
station, according to Carl Blanton,
service manager here.
c. M. Alien M>nsirucnon company,
of Charlotte, is contractor In
eht-^e of the work.
UUABT HOURS
Following: is the schedule of open
hours at Ja6ob S. Mauney Mei
mortal Library: Mornings, 10 a.
m to noon, except Mondays. Aft
{Kings
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NEFIT TO LIONS CHARITY PROJECT
Club and three of the more than 40 g
Profits from sale of gum through the p?
he Lions club. Members of the commit
sr. chairman, Ollie Harris, Charlie Rial
are: back row, left to right. Bill Thomi
xrry. Treasurer Fred Wright, Jr., Bill L<
Hubert Davidson, President W. X. Ma
rade Shaping j
'o Send Float '
Evidences of the fast-approaching j
Christmas sea?'.., were more readily
noticeable yesterday, as raulti-cqi- j i
ored. street lights hune bv the oitV ,
electrical departing At made their J
irnufi r ri %-r?? ?' I k >1" . '.Aj>jLlijLkjaA?flS
3pp&oIfljilt xli
section, and as officials of the Mer- j j
chants Association announced fur- !'
ther progress toward completion of (
details for the mammoth Christ- >
mas parade to be held next Friday ]
afternoon, December 5, at 5:30. !c
Ned McGill, secretary of the as- ?
sociation, said he had been notified
i by L D. Love, of Queen City Coach 1
company, that this company's Cin-!I
! derella float, which appeared in the 1
I Charlotte parade, would be sent here <
for the local event. Mr. McGill also J
said that new Christmas wreaths!'
had been obtained to further deco- |
rate the streets.
Meantime, Hilton Ruth, chairman ji
of the parade contest division, announced
receipt of a large number 1
of early entries for the three con- jt
tests, which include a bicycle event {
I for children 15 and under, a wagon |
contest, for children 12 and under.'
land a pet parade for children of j
any age.
| Official emtty blank for these e- J
i vents is again printed In today's edition
of the Herald on page 1, Sec- .
itlon 2, and children planning to en- j
|ter one of the contests should mail j
| their entry to Chairman Ruth at ?.
once. Prizes of $10, $5, and $3 will e
I BO to ,winner* In aank
In addition to the Kings Mountain
high school band, the Shelby high
school. band has also accepted an 11
Invitation to enter the parade, and ; c
other groups in the parade will be j s
(Cont'd on page 8 first section> 11
Kings Mountain Ci
To Join In Woild
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Kings Mountain citizens are being
urged by church official to Join this 1
month In a Worldwide Bible Reading.
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following are the passages recom
mended for reading: > 1
Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, Psalm 145
"One God." I
1 Friday Psalm 103, "One Blessing." \
Saturday: John 3:1-21, "One Birth'
Week of Sunday, Nov. 30: John 1:
1-18, "One Word." U
Monday: Matt. 5il-16, "One Disci- \
pleship."
Tuesday: Matt 6:10-34, "One
Treasure." ,
Wednesday: Psalm 90, "One
Dwelling." -V Snt
. Thursday: John 14:1-21, "One *
Comforter."
Friday: James 1, "One WUdom " 1
Saturday: Philip 2:1-18, "One *
Mind."
Week of Sunday, Dec. 7: John 15:
1.17, "On* Vine." <-< V / <
Monday: Psalms 91; 121, "One
Keeper"
Tuesday: John 17:1-26, "One Pray J
er."
Wednesday : 1 Cor. 13, "One Lose " ^
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PS?Shown above are officials
rum machines which appear (
snny-vending machines will be !
tee in charge of setting ap the
ock. Oscar McCarter and Boyer j I
ion. Tail Twitter Toby Wtl>gan.
Front row, left to right,
tuney, Jr., and C. C. Edens.
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New Phone Directory 11
Lists 300 New Users i
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Telephone subscribers received
new directories last weekend, and it 11
was a happy .day for the subscribers <
md telephone operators alike. r
?n approximate 300 additional (
:elephones are newly listed in the j
rurrent directory, which giv^s^iorne^
?lve a number instead of asking for : <
'John Smith's residence." j t
The directory is current up to No- !j
/ember 1, according to Carl Blanton, 1
ocal office service manager, and j
inly about 13 telephones installed f
>ince that date are not listed. js
Patrons are urged by the tele- i
ihone company to destroy old di-t.
ectories and to use the new ones in ?(
railing numbers. Use of the number j .
speeds service and insures accurate .
inglng of calls, it was stated.
Auto Service !
Charges Hiked
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If you are a flat tire, it will cost , t
nore to be onet... ; e
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Not literally, of course, but when |r
tour car- has one it will cost more, j j
Eight service stations announced J
resterday increases In prices for fixng
flats to 75 cents, as well as price
ncreases for both washing and lu- r
irication, which will now be $1.25 1
tach. Former prices prevailing were iv
me dollar each. c
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A spokesman for the service sta- r
Ion operators said increased costs t
if supplies, which have been con- f
itanMy going upward, necessitated ,
he increase. ' I
tizens Urged s
Bible Reading V
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Thursday: Luke 15:1-10; Rom. 1: e
6,17, "One Purpose." t
Friday: Luke 15:11-32, "One Relamptlon."
Saturday: Act 17:16-31, "One Famiy"
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Week of Sunday, Dec. 4: Universal *
Jible Sunday: Psalm 119:1-19, v. 89,
r. 105, "One Book." 1
Monday: Psalm 67, "One People." 11
Tuesday: John 4:5-30, "One Truth." *
Wednesday: Psalm 19, "One v
Vorld." 8
Thursday: Deut. 5:6-27, "One Law* ,
Friday: II Tim. 3:12 4:8, "One
>own.
Saturday: Rev. 21:1-7, "One Heav
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Week ot Sunday, Dec. 21: "One
Jurden-Bearer", laa. 58; Matt. 11:2810.
Monday: Luke 1:26-38, "One Son."
Tuesday: Luke ' 1:39-56, "One
Jong."
Wednesday: Luke 1:57-80, "6ne
ProjHucy." '
Christmas, Pec. 25. "One Savloar,"
laa. 40:1-5; Luke 2:1-20, 40.
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iday. November 28. 1947 .
Wipe Out
Bostic Man F;
In Accident F
Oliver Martin, of Bostie, was almost
instantly killed in an automobile
- truck accident at the corner of
Kings street and Piedmont avenue
Monday morning around 7:40 during
a heavy rain.
Slartin was a passenger in a 1911
Chrysler driven by Jack L. Varbofo,
of Shelby, who said he picked the
young man up as he was leaving
Shelby. Martin died in an ambulance
about one mile from the hospital
in Gastonia at about S:15 a. m.
James Riack, 20, Kings Mountain
Navy veteran, was driver of the
truck, a ton and one-hall Ford, owned
by L. D. Cash, local plumber.
Both drivers are being held under
5500 appearance bond for hearing
here Monday.
Coroner Will McClain, of Gaston
county, said no inquest would be
held unless the family requested, '
according to N. M. Farr, local po- i
lice chief.
Both drivers reported not seeing
the other vehicle, according to Officer
J. W. Roach who investigated, j
The left-front of the truck struck
the passenger door of the car accord- !
ing to the report, and Martin was
thrown out of the car and across the
street. The car was almost complete- :
ly demolished according to police,
while the truck was only slightly !
damaged.
Black said he stopped at the traf- j
fie signal and did not see the on- j
oming car. He said the truck was
In low gear at the time of the impact.
At the time of the accident the
traffic signal at that corner was set
it blinking on caution on King
street (U. S. 29) and blinking on red
pn PiorlmAw*
'? * twuiuuiii avcuuc.
Chief Farr said that the fatal ac:ldent
was the first In the city re--i
ivtfng ftom, an -auto ct*sh since J
Tfc Mounts in Wfis orte^
jf two cities in the 5-10,000 popula- ;
iort bracket in Nor'h Carolina last
rear that had no f&u ; es from au0
accidents.
Martin was a native of Bostic but
las been working in Charlotte for
several months. He is survived by (
1 brother. Will Martin of Shelby; :
our other brothers, David Martin,
Hubert Martin, Willard Martin and
larland Martin, all of Bostic, route
L. He is also survived by his father,
3 C. Martin.
Presbyterians
To Hear Cummings
Rev. D. J. Cummings, D. D., a naive
of Staunton, Va., and an honors
>d .missionary of the Presbyterian !
ihurch in Korea, will bring both i
norning and evening messages at'
'irst Presbyterian church Sunday, it !
vas announced by the pastor Rev. P. j
). Patrick.
"It Is with great pleasure that I
nake this announcement," Mr. Pa- |
rick said. "It is of vital interest that
ve hear one who knows conditions j
if that part of our confused world, j
ind also one who will bring us news
if Christians who have remained
rue throughout these years of suf- I
prino "
The public is invited to attend.
Annual DAV Flower
Sale Is Saturday
Annua! Disabled American Veterns
flower sale will be conducted in
tings Mountain this weekend, acording
to John W. Gladden, local
hairman of Chapter 19, Gastonl^,
he sponsoring organization.
The parsonage committee of Cenral
Methodist church will sell the
porget-Me^Nots in the downtown a
ea all day Saturday. I
Local textile firms are to be soIctted
today, according to the anlouncement.
The annual sale is for
>enefit of disabled vetreans of the
l/QM onrt Mr ?U ?"l?
wwmmw ??*m mi. uiauMCii oaiu, vjrive
l little for those who gave a lot."
Five Kings Mountain veterans are
nembers of the Gastonia chapter.
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; , BELK'S DINNER
Belk's Department Store held its
annual employees banquet Tuesday
night at the Woman's Club,
with Mrs. Delle Putnam, distributive
education teacher, presenting
a program and motion pictures on
salosmanshlp. The dinner featured
turkey, with al| the trimming*,
Dtvf*. Favors were presented to
those praetijpfc'/;.'^;.'-- ' . H
lerald
Rats Ne:
atally Injurec
lereMond.. v |(
^Full House Exnpptofl
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For Cage Go Monday
Capacity crowd is expected to
attend the college basketball
game between Lenoir Rhyne and 1
Catawba on the high school gym- c
nasium court Monday night, according
to indications of advance .;
ticket sale.
Hal Ward, ticket chairman for j1
the sponsoring Lions club, said '
Wednesday the advance sale has t
been good, but his returns were
incomplete. He added that a lim- i'
ited number of tickets would be '
available at the gate. Tickets are '
now on sale at Belk's Department ?'
Store and Kings Mountain Drug 1
Store, at SI.00 for adults and 50 s
cents for students. 11
Due to the large number of sup- I
porters of both North State col- ' t
leges here, the game is attracting >
considerable interest. Houston 1
Black, former local high school f
basketball star, is a member of
the Catawba squad and is expect- *
to see action. The Catawba team C
is coached by Earl Ruth, former a
city recroeation director here, ! z
while Clarence Stasavich directs v
the Lenoir-Rhyne Bears. j v
Came time is 7:30. ;C
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Kiwanians Name :
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McGill President
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John L. McGill, prominent Kings
Mountain druggist and civic iead- u
er. was elected president of the 11
Kings Mountain Kiwanis club for w
1948, at the meeting of the organiza- ?
tion last week. j1'
L. L B?n-i
son when ne assumes the presiaen- w
cy in January. Is'
B. S. Neill was elected vice-presi- 01
dent, "and J. E. Huneycutt was re- s|
elec~| d secretary-treasurer. s(
The following were elected direc- t!
tors for the coming year: J C. Bridges.
L. A. Hoke, A. W. Kincaid, Geor- n
ge H. Mauney, James H. Page, Rev. n
W. L Pressly and Rev J. G. Wink- a
ler.
The new officers and directors ^
will be installed at the first meeting
in January. "
laycees Supporting je
T-B Drive, Symphony J
Kings Mountain Junior Chamber ?
of Commerce directors voted pur- , I
chase of a $25 Tuberculosis bond j
and a $25 membership In the Kings 1
Mourvtaln Symphony Society at their j <5
dinner meeting held at the Coun- w
try Club Tuesday night. ci
It was also announced that W. S. ,st
Fulton, Jr, had been named chairman
of the organization's Christ- ai
man activities committee. I bi
These actions featured a large et
amount of business transacted at B
the meeting.
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FALLS' CONDITION 1 fa
The condition of Herman Falls,
well - known Kings Mountain |E
brick mason, who was critically in- | ai
Jured in an automobile wreck near ci
Chester, S. C., Saturday night, was ti
described as somewhhat improv- M
ed Wednesday morning, according j tl
to relatives. Mr. Falls, who is in jdi
Pryor hospital at Chester, suffered cl
several fractured ribs, a punctur I
ed lung, and a number of severe jal
cuts. Other passengers in the car Is!
were Benny Rayfield, I. H. Falls I hi
and William MCCall, who was jet
driving the car in which Mr. Falls vl
was riding. Two other passengers , m
in the other car involved in the ac- j w
cldent were not injured. I ni
Tuberculosis Bond
Here; Sale 01 Seal
Mrs. Hunter Neisler, chairman in i
Kings Mountain of the T-B bond ad d'
vance sale of the Cleveland Counrtv I v
Tuberculosis association, announc- V
ad yesterday ' total purchases of V
1506.50, which she described as "a V
splendid record." * 1
The T-B bohd sale drive launched C
the annual driye for funds with a ii
goal of SB,000. Seals to individuals | c<
were mailed to citizens of the counfy
this week. p
L Other figures on the T-B bond f<
ale showed that Shelby purchased w
a total of $l,284.SO, while rural a- f
reas purchased a total of 1453 50 of a
the bonds. n
*ti' i4i'v *'fnd. ^ /c&V I il* %
1 C Pa9es
I y Today
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
ict Week
Orders Placed
For Hali-Ton
Oi Hat Poison
i-u-coAoc. WVclno-aiay
ifternoon. :ho radonls
nfesiins iiif ait;. a' Mitun
a in anci tho surr- undins a rea are
joins to bo in ! : a hard :::r.o Do>nni
K.?r t ' "
X . . i ? t i I (Mil. 1.
Ha! Ward, of \V irtl .? Seed and
Ved Suiic, said r.e hud taken orier<
for almo-c i .in.in pounc- <>f the
pccia! ra. poison being prepared
ind sold at ( >!>: b\ the state 1 >.partr.ent
of AgrtcitIturo The purcn.isets
>f lite rat pet-on include induiduiIs.
f.irtiicr?. commercial and indusrittl
firms
Tito county - wide campaign is to
>c conducted ?>n next Thursday and
Tidey. The special rat poison?a
omhinat ion oi rod squill, fish meal
md o.i'.f'ii oats?will be available
or distribution at the various order
tatiort.s at noon and afterward on
>ecetrtber i.
For best results the poison should
to placed in rat-intested areas and
n troughs and burrows by dark of
he same day. and not later than the
ollowing day. it was stated.
Marriott Phifer, chairman of the
tings Mountain Junior Chamber of
lommerce public health committee,
nnounceri that the Jaycee organiation,
which is sponsoring the cityride
participation-in collaboration
nth the rural campaign, had purhased
12 pounds for use at city
chools. He also announced that the
ity of Kings Mountain has purhased
a supply of the poison to
se particularly at the city dump
nd on other city properties.
"We are quite gratified with the
psponse shown to campaign thus
ar." Mr. Phifer said, "and we hope
II persons and firms who have en?red
orders will use the poison to
ipe out rats. Joint cooperation to
xterminate rats has been very ef
sciive in otner communities."
Mr. Phifer further urgecj citizen?
rho failed-to
pecial poison to purchase regular
ommercial varieties, available at
mall cost at most groceries, drugEores
and hardwares, and use it on
le campaign dates.
It was reported that several busiess
firms, now using regular commercial
rat extermination services,
re requesting "anti-rat treatments"
> their properties on the campaign
ates.
Members of the Jaycec public
ealth committee include .T, T. Mclinnis.
Jr., Ertle Powers. Drace Peelr
and Ned McGill.
)ettmar, Edens
'urchase Grocery
Laney C. Dettmar and C. C.
shorty) Edens announced this
eek purchase of F. C. Barrett Gro?ry
on North Piedmont avenue, the
lie effective on Monday.
The firm will henceforth be oper
ted as Economy Cash Grocery, with
oth partners to be active In the op atlon
of the business, which Mr.
arrett has operated for many years.
Mr, Dettmar, until recently assoated
with Kings Mountain Manu- ?.
icturing company, is a veteran of
) years in the grocery field and Mr.
dens is a well known businessman
rtd Ward 2 representative on the
ty school board. Both men are acve
in the local Boy Scout program.
[r. Dettmar is a member of St. Matlew's
Lutheran church, and Mr. Etrns
is a member of First Baptist
lurch.
"We feel fortunate in having been
t>le to purchase this business, and
lall endeavor to offer only the
Ighest quality foods at fair pri?s,"
the new owners said. "We InIte
the continued patronage of forler
friends of the firm and will
elcome the opportunity to make
ew ones."
Sale "Snlenrfid"
Is Is Underway
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Members of the committee conucting
the solicitation here were
Era D. L. Saunders, Mrs. W. K.
iauney, Jr., Mrs. Hugh Ormand,
Irs. R. H. Webb, Mrs. E. T, Plott,
Irs. J. M. Rhea, Mrs Haywood Lynch
frs Charles Dilling, Mrs. Grady Mcarter,
Mrs. George Peeler, Mrs. Wiliam
Houser, and Mrs. J. G. Darra"I
would fTVe to express the apreolation
of the whole committee !< 'wM
>r this fine response," Mrs. Neisler
aid. "The business and industrial
Irms have indeed given generously
nd our (total advance ^alc was
loch-increased over last year."