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. I POPULATION to City Corporate Limits 6,574 Immediate Trading Area 15.000 VOL. 59 NO. 6 Emergei . /' < I Local News Bulletins STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING Stockholders of the Kings Mountain Building & Loan Association win noia uieir annual raeeung at ft the office of the association next r Thursday night at 7 o'clock, it was announced this week by J. C. Lackey, secretary-treasurer.' 804 TAGS SOLD Sale of city auto license tags totaled 804 Wednesday afternoon, according to an announcement by S. A, Crouse, city clerk. This total compares with 847 sold during ail of last year. A fine of $5.00 has been set by the city board for city' automobile owners who fail to purchase and display city tags. CITY BOARD MEETING Regular February meeting of the board of city commissioners will be held at City Hall Tuesday night at 7:30. Agenda for themeeting had not been announced, bdt it was expected that a busy session would 'be conducted, due to the arrival of E. C. Brandon, Jr., city engineer. STREET SWEETER HERE The Guttersntoe street sweener purchased by the city in December has arrived and undergone test runs, It was announced this week. The city is now waiting some im'' provement In the weather in order that the new machine may be put on regular duty. MOtorN TO STEAK Ray E. Brown, native of Shelby, irfnd currently administrator of 4vospitals and clinics at the University of Chicago, will speak on '' "'Medical Economics" at the regular meeting of the Cleveland County Executives club to be held at ??otel ChaHes, Shelby. Friday night at 7 o'clock. Reservations are required to be In the. hands of Secretary W. M. Ficklen by noon Friday. ______ " i ;-v*: v ' ' ) SUNDAY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE i Following figures on Sunday School attendance in Kings Mountain churches were given by R. H. ! Webb, chairman of the Kiwanls ' club committee on support-ofchurches: First Baptist, 129, St. Matthew's Lutheran, 106, First Presbyterian, 104, Central Methodist, 104, Boyce Memorial ARP, 81. "T. . i DAY OF PRAYER Kings Mountain merchants are being asked to close their businesses from noon to 1 p. m. February 13, in order to allow their employees to attend the annual World Day of Prayer service which will he held at that hour at Central Methodist church. SET SQUARE DANCE The Kings Mountain Kiwanls club has scheduled another of its series of square dances for' the high school gymnasium Friday night, Febraury 13th. Further announcements concerning the event will be made next week, according to John L. McGill, president. CLARIFICATION The G, M. (Dock) Mauney listail im 1/isi tirAalr's imv public drunkenness and disorderliness was not J. E. (Doc) Manner, prominent Kings Mountain businessman and lay leader of the Grace Methodist church. Special Mission Gifts Over $2,000 Members of First Presbyterian church contributed more than $3,000 in cash at morning services Sunday against a quota of $4,000 in the Ideal church's part of a 94,000.000 iorelgn mission campaign for the rebuilding of churches, schools, and hospttala destroyed during World Warn. Principal goal of the local church la to rebuild a church in Japan. Church commltte in charge of the campaign includes Dr. P. O. Padgett, R. H. Webb, S. S. Weir, Jr., Mrs. W B. Thomson and Ralph Northcutt - A spokesman for the committee expressed itself as quite encouraged - over the initial contributions on Sunday and stated confidence that the full amount wopld be given. The special campaign is over and i above the regular foreign mission | program of the church. 18^ Kings , : , ,-x- , ' I ? *-= ncy Oil | > -? i A Jh sjpRR^PI C. AUTO DEALER ? Warren E. Reynolds, owner of Reynolds Motors, ' has been appointed Dodge-Plymouth 1 ; dealer in Kings Mountain. Mr. Reynolds has announced that the firm will hold a formal showing of the j cars Saturday. j i Reynolds Motors lis Auto Agency p Reynolds Motors has been ap: , j pointed Dodge-Plymouth agency in , t Kings Mountain and will hold its;^ formal opening Saturday, it was an- ^ nounced this week by Warren Reynolds, owner. . Reynolds Motors, which has been ' operated as a service establishment ' and used car sales business for the t past several months, will succeed I p & nr xr/^A?o ?o inAni on. v> *?*. AVAvhx/ao ao iwai i/VUgcTi/T mouth dealer, for both passenger cars and trucks. Officials of R. & M. Motors an- I nounced they had sold their supply ! 1 of parts and other equipment to Rey I nolds Motors and were closing this ' business. This firm has been operated "by J. B. Rowland and Wiley H. J McGiifnls. i The Reynolds firm occupies a new 50 x 100 feet brick building oomple-. I ted last May. It has an ample show [ room, and large service department f | in the back. The architecture, is of I modernistic design with curved cornices. C. T. Bennett Construction ? company was. general contractor. ) I Mr.-.Reynolds announced that Fred 1 A. Dixon would be assistant manager of the firm, with E. R. Simmons as shop foreman, and Russell Smith. Ted Beam and James Dover, as me- !~ chanics. "We shall offer complete service and parts for Dodge and Plymouth ! cars and trucks," Mr. Reynolds said. c "We are indeed happy to be able j to announce our appointment asi Dodge-Plymouth agency in Kings v Mountain, and we look forward to n serving the public with these fine i< cars. n "We have no guarantee, or prom- ii ise, of the number of automobiles we ! ii shalT receive for sale during 1948, but we have high hopes that the s quota of cars for Kings Mountain j, will not only be Increased, but that jj further increased production wllf c soon eliminate the shortage of au- p tomobiles." Mr. Reyonlds extended an invitation to the public to visit his estab- 1 Hshment on Saturday to inspect the I v new cars on display and to inspect u the facilities of the plant. ' a Annual Banquet, Se Boy Scout Week ( A capacity crowd of Scouts, Scout- 1 ers, and honor guests is anticipated 1 for the annual banquet of the Kings Mountain Boy Scout district to be held at the Woman's Club at seven o'clock Tuesday night. Address of the evening will be delivered hy Dr. Phil Elliott, president of Gardner - Webb college at Boiling Springs, and the meeting will also feature election of officers for the forthcoming year and reports on the past pear's activities. .'V.' ' fe Following is the program as an- ' rrounced this week by Yf. L. Plonk district president: . : Song: "America"??. C. McClain. leader. Invocation?"Rev. P. D. Patrick. Pledge to tf?e Flag?Led by Ben 1 Gold, Scoutmaster, Gfover troop. Dinner. Recognition of Honor Guests and ' Scouters. ti Finance committee report ? Paul < Mauney., .// , I First Aid Demonstration ? Group 1 of Scouts. < Scout Playlet--Eagle Scouts Cha* ? lea Blanton and Garland Still. Introduction ct Speaker*?R. M. I Schlele, Piedmont Council executive. Address?Dr. Phil Klliott. Song "Odd Bless America"?E C. p McClain. leader. '"/ -4 ScoUt Benediction?led by Buck c Early. ? Tickets for the event are on sale C (Cont'd on page eight) a ' . * " i ' . *r."J Moun Kings Mountain. N. C.. F drives, Joe Lee Woodward To Head Merchants For Coming Year Joe Lee Woodward, well-known Kings Mountain business man and proprietor of Woodward's, sporting goods and men's wear firm, was elected president of the Kings Mountain Merchants Association for the year 1948-49, according to results of the association's annual balloting announced this weekMr. Woodward poLled 22 votes to 17 for Harold Coggins, manager ol Kings Mountain Furniture Company. Mr. Coggins wilt serve as vice-president for the coming year. New directors elected arc E. E. Marlowe, W. G. Grantham, Sam Weir and Hilton Ruth. Holdover directors will be C. F, Thoinasson, Wilson Crawford, Mar-, ioti Phifer. E. C. McClain and J, W. MlltO) Milam, ex officio. Mr. Woodward will succeed Mr. Hilam as president. Retiring direcors are J. L. McGill, J. B. Keeter, B. >. Neill, O. W. Myers, and Martin larmon. School Band Needs lasted rwy1 : . ? me wings mountain nign scnooi >and needs about $4,000?to build tself into a properly-equipped 100>iece marching unit. This was the word of officials of he Kings Mountain Band associaion this week, as it further plans or the observance of Band Empha- | is week 'February 16-21. Needs'of the band were listed as J ollows: 1. peplacement of two large Sous- i iphones, $500 to $600 each. ^.Onebelllyre.$75toiloa._ J 3. One bass drum stand, $25. 4. One Baritone saxophone, $300. j 5. Replacement of one oboe, $350 i -$-180. 6. Bringing musical library up-to- i late, $100?$150. j 7. Band uniforms, 3Q to 40 at $60^ ach, $2,000. Feature of Band Emphasis week fill be a public concert on the eveing of February 19. Among the seections to be played will be contest lumbers which the band will play, n district and state contests durrig March and April. 'The people of K1ng? Mountain hould jally behind the band and st the children know that we aprecate what they are doing to help our omunity," said E. C. McClain, band ublicity director. Other asoclation oficers are J. H. 'atterson.president, W. G. Grantham ice-president, B. N. Barnes, treas- j irer, and Mrs. Paul Mauney, secret- j try. : rmon To Feature )bservance Here Iflorch Of Dimes 3rive $300 Short -?? Kings Mountain contribution to ! the March of Dimes totaled $1,700 this week, according to cm an- | nouncement by B. N. Barnes, chair- j man. " This left Kings Mountain $300 1 short of its $2,000 quota. Solicitation committees aru still j at work. Mr. Barnes said, and he urged dtiseas who have not made j contributions to see a member of the committee or forward their contributions in him [ayceei Held legular Meeting Regular meeting of the Kings /fountain Junior Chamber of Commerce was held at the Woman's :iub Tuesday night, with the pro* tram featured by a true-false: spellng and Identification contest conlucted by W. B. Logan, program hahman. J J. D. Long, Martin Harmon and larold Plonk won prizes for highest cores. * IVIHUVIIV *?wv wvpci |?VC Jl IC" >ort on the Charlotte address of ohn Ben Shepherd, national Jayee president, and Vernon Crosby, nemberahip chairman welcomed Carles Alexander and Furman-WUon as new members. 1 ' ' ' | >. ' \v . ' . >, J v' itain h riday, February 6.1948 Coal Is ? -.7- ? ^. V ? . ; V:-;.Y,VY ;V -.-V v% . : V "^"Sv 4QH './| \^51 zjf WttKttitKKKr A ^ SHORTLY AFTER TRAIN HIT BUS ! wreckage oi the Kings Mountain Bus Mountain street rail crossing and wa bound Number 34 at around 2:55 p. m sleet storm. The vehicle was carried u ed on the east bank of the cut. Th? tr< layed around 45 minutes while railro Huffstickler and Wilbur Aker. local bi relieve a bus that had frozen up on tli a regular scheduled route at the time er. of Greenville, S. C~ said the dleseling 20 miles per hour when it struck Kings Mountain man and now a reel of the train. Many Saturday shoppers crowd gathered despite the bad weatl north up the east side of the tracks as the train. (Photo by TUBMAN WILSO MmidAvShl n?AtiM tHUIUIV AACU Efforts For County The Kings Mountain Ministerial'i association, in a called meeting Wed nesday voted unanimously to sup- ] port the county-wide effort to call a vote on the legality of selling ?jine and beer and launched plans to distribute petitions calling for a vote: The.AStteu followed a .county -wida meeting of ministerial and lay leaders in Shelby Monday setting the plans in motion. According to the law, petition of 15 percent of the registered voters in the 1946 election is required to authorize the county commissioners to call a vote on the question. Attending the meeting from Kings Mountain were Rev. L. C. Pinnix,' pastor of First Baptist church, and j Rev. G, W. Fink, pastor of Grace Me- i thodist church, as well as several lay leaders. Rev. W. L. Pressly, president of . the Kings Mountain Ministerial as- t sociation, said the petitions are be- ]' ing readied for distribution by the . J weekend. }, Aim of the county-wide group is ij to complete their work in order that a vote might be held on March 29. ! The petitions read:. 'To the Cleveland County Board ( r\t V1 aM irtMc i 1 v/i *j ivv viv/iioi "We, the undersigned, respecfuliy petition that an election be held in ] and for Cleveland County pursuant i to HB 1051, Chapter 1084 of Laws of | North Carolina, Session 1947, on the question of the legal sale of both wine and beer In Cleveland County. Each petitioner for himself or herself certifies that he or she is a duly , registered voter of Cleveland County and resides In the precinct above stated." , . Home B & L Shows. Big Stockholders of the Homo Building and Loan association re-elected all j directors at the 25th annual meeting ' held at City Hall last Thursday) night, after the stockholders had heard rerporta showing the association's assets had increased more than $83,000 during the year 1947.. Directors of the organization, meeting immediately following the stqkholders' meeting, re-elected all officers. j. Reports given by A. H. Patterson, secretary - treasurer, showed that the association closed out 1947 with 1,229 members who have savings or Investments in the association and that the association helped 169 families i.i the vlclnitv to overcome the housing shortage. The year 1947 was one of the most productive lit the 25-year history of the aaeoctation, Mr. Patterson said, showing a 12 percent gaih. Assets of the association at the end of 1947 totaled $683,892.05, Including $530,176.98 in mortgage loans, an increase of $100,290.74. Total loans of the institution during 1947 were $259400 for home build(Cont'd on page eight) : ' ' ( ;; ' ' . ; : '.. . -V ;\ "'Mefe, $2 ki- v lerald Critical i?? .?i ~4 .... ... . . . . ...... . , . ; ^,4 . .. >, V-;-- . > WK \ ' HmI SATURDAY?Shown above is the 1 company city bus that stalled on the s hit by Southern Railway's norths . Saturday afternoon during a heavy P the tracks some 50 yards and land Jin, also shown in the photo, was ae-i ad workmen cleared the track. Paul ( is drivers, were taking the vehicle to , is Shelby highway and it was not on of the accident. Engineer A. P. Bookpowered passenger train was travel-' the bus. Ben ft. Wllliford, former. dent of Atlanta, Ga~ was conductor i witnessed the collision and a large , 1ST. View of the wreckage is looking i id shows the side of the bus hit by N, Bundy Studio.) Supporting Beer Vote Tax Lifting Deadline Extended One Week Due to the inclement weather of last weekend, both county and pijy boards Qf commissioners have j extended the deadline for- annual tear listing to the close of business j Saturday, February .7, it was an- ' ,U:. nm pvttwiiuci vi iuc iiiiii ait: *?. t McGinn Is, Jr., George Allen, Roy Ramey, and Furman Rajney. PATTERSON IN NAVT Herman Klnsey Patterson, of Kings Mountain, has enlisted in the V. S. Navy and has been sent to Great Lakes, 111., for recruit training, acocrdlng to an announcement this week fro mthe. Navy Recruiting office at Spartanburg. It was announced that a represen- tatlve from the office at Spartanburg. It was announced that a representative from the office would be at the Kings Mountain postofflee Friday. . ;v- !*'. ? ,1 : . . . ' uvuuvcvi iuib w cent Citizens who had ??ot listed or | who have not listed therefore have until Saturday to complete the lhitin task. V j( City Lister Clarence E. Carpenter and County Lister B. D. Ratter- j ree will be at the City Hall the re- j mainder of the week. Persons who : have not listed by Saturday will be subject to statutory penalties |' for late listing. McGinnis Garage ; In New Location ! ????? ' 1 J. Tracy McGinnis, for 36 years 1- ! lentified with the automobile repair business in Kings Mountain, an- jj bounced- this week opening of J. rracy McGinnis and Son Garage in ' the new brick building off the Vork [toad. . Mr. McGinnis, who for the past 'our years has been operating his lirm as Tracy McGinnis Garage on Battleground avenue, said he is ex- , panding his business to include sale >f parts and accessories in addition to all kinds of automotive work. The new brick building occupied , by the firm is 60 by 106 feet and located behi/id Thomasson Builders' . Supply. It Is equipped with a modern arrangement for storage of parts 1 with a second-deck office. "We are glad tr? announce our new location."- Mr. McGinnis said, for we will now have sufficient space to adequately handle all typ-J. ?s of automotive repair, including 1 radiator work, all types of welding,? body work, metal work, painting, j. and, in short, anything to he found I In a good garage in the way of parts , and repairs." . j . . I. Mr. McGinnis said that he expects to inaugurate 24-hour per day service, six days per week, in the near future. In addition to Mr. McGinnis, othtar nortnnMAl A# #( ??? I 1 - " . ? ? " >]3i \ ' > " ' 1 Q Pages I 0 Today PRICE FIVE CENTS ly Short J _ Coal Shipments Await Thawing In Mine Axeas With the weather still flirting with low temperature' levels, and with Old Man Groundhog holed in again after seeing his shadow, Kings Mountain citizens continued to survey the fuel situation this week with some ' tr and trembling. Latest worriers* Were the coal' us- / ers. Claude Hambright. Kings Mountain coal dealer, said Wednesday "the situation is bad." He added that word from the coal mines was that operations were negligible, if not 4 altogether suspended, due to the heavy snow and ice , in (hose areas, and .they. reported, he said, there was no hope for bettering- the . situation until "it thaws out." Meantime, his last supplies of coal hdd virtually been exhausted and no orders Were being accepted. There was some Utile movement of coal out of the yard by the sackfuls, hut that was all, as far as so-called grate coal was concerned. vfi Users of stoker coal were still in good shape, and Mr. Hambright pro nounced his supply of this kind of coal as "adequate." Fuel oil and kerosene users were breathing a lHtle easier. The emergency shipment of kerosene contracted for two weeks ago arrived Thursday afternoon. Five tank cars were consigned to Local Dealers I. p. Patterson and Fred W. Plonk for a total of 50,000 gallons. The dealers hoped that this emergency shipment would put them "over the hump" for the current season. Price of the emergency shipment had not been set Thursday afternoon, pending receipt of freight char ges. The dealers said the price would be higher than market. but that they would sell it at cost. Fisher Purchases Logan Cleaners John A. Fisher, well-known Kings. MoUnlain business man. announced this week his purchase of Logan Dry Cleaners-and said If would "ire-open Friday under the trade -name of J. A. Fisher and Son t'jeaners. The establishment, located on Mountain street, has been closed Ihis week, for repainting and genom I ronnvutinn Mr. Fisher said the business would be managed by his son, David Fish- , er. He said the firm would specialize in quality work and prompt service, would do alterations', and would operate a pick-up and delivery service. "We look forward to serving the people of Kings Mountain in the dry . cleaning field,:' Mr. Fisher said, "and our aim shall be to render the best of service and best quality work." " . * Mr. Fisher is proprietor of Mountain Grill and has for many years operated a business In Kings Mountain. Merchants Set Annual Banquet Annual employer - employee banquet of the Kings Mountain Merchants association will be held at the Woman's Club Tuesday night, r.'r%A ? 4 ?7.0rt ...f 4.1. 41 n--. rcwiuary *.*, iti i.au, wnri me viay Nineties quartet of Charlotte to feature an entertainment program, it was announced this week by Hilton Ruth, chairman of the association's committee on arrangements. ' ^ The popular Charlotte entertainers, who appeared here last year av the Lions cluh Ladies' night banquet will render a full 30-minute program Mr. Ruth said. The meeting will also feature instala t ion of officers for the forthcom ing year, a prize drawing for the ladies, and other events. Tickets for the event, at $150 each , . will go on sale In the near future, * and Mr. Ruth urged association members to determine as quickly as possible the number of tickets they will require, due to the limited capacity of the club. Mrs. C. D. Ware will serve the dinner. I BUILDING PERMITS Building permits issued by City Clerk S. A. Crous last week included: Feb 3?T. N. Harmon, installation of bath to Falls house on Battleground avenue, $500; and Ian. 31?E. M. Bridges, construct * wup uxi uvi vait# miUf f. J ' .. :" . . - . ' v. ' - - : : |