POPULATION
In City Coiporate Limits 6.574
Immediate Trading Area 15.000
VOL. 59 NO. 7
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JAYCEE MEETING
Regular meeting of the Kings
Mountain Junior Chamber of Commerce
will be Held Tuesday night
at 7 o'clock at the Woman's Club,
according to an announcement by
Ned McGill, secretary.
CITY TAG SALES
City auto license tag sales totaled
821 Wednesday ^ The total compares
with 847 sold during 1947
The city said this week it bad
found that it could not impose a
$5 fine on late buyers, due to inclusion
of the auto license tags on the j
privilege license schedule. How- !
ever, late buvers will be assessed ,
the customary privilege license
percentage penalty of five per
cent per it)onth, it was stated.
COUNTY JURY NOTICE
Garland M. Roberts, clerk of
Cleveland Recorder's court, yesterday
asked all persons summoned
to serve as jurors, state or defense
witnesses, to please report for
court on Tuesday, February 17.
The February 10th session was
canceled due to the snow, and
Mr. Roberts said new summonses
were not.being issued?again dueto
the bad weather and virtual
impassibility of the roads.
$150 S ROKT '
Kings Mountain's March of
Dimes drive was only $150 short
of its $2,000 quota Thursday morhing.
Chairman B. N. Barnes reported,
as he issued an . appeal for
"just a few more gifts."
WILL HARMON DIES
Will Harmon, 77, former Kings
Mountain citizen and well-known
painter, died Wednesday morning
at 10:30 at his home in Palm Harbor,
Fla. Information received here
was that Mr. Harmon died suddenly
of a heart attack while conversing
with friends. Funeral was to
be held at Palm Harbor Thursday.
Week Of Prayer
To Be Observed
A week of -prayer and self-denial
for Missions will b? observed by the
Wo me A of the Church of St. Matthew's
Lutheran church, beginning
Monday evening, Feb. 16, At 7:30
p? m. in the church. The following
are the hours and leaders tor the
meetings:
Monday,'7:30-p. m., Mrs. Paul McGinnis.
Tuesday, 7:30 p. m., Mrs. -Dorse
Whitesldes.
Wednesday 7:30 p. m., Mrs. Clarence
Plonk, Jr.
Thu%day, 7:30 p. m., Mrs. M? L.
Harmon.
'Friday, 3:30 p. m.*Mrs. E. A. Shenk
Southern Bell
Expands Quarters
Offices of the Southern Bell Telephone
company here were moved to
the first floor of the Fulton Building
on Monday.
In taking ov^r the additional
apace, it was announced that the
offices of Mrs. Myrtle McDanlel, local
exchange manager, and of Carl
Bl&nton, service manager, will be on
the first floor, In the quarters formerly
occupied by Harris Funeral
Home, while all switchboards will
remain on the second floor.
Entrance, to the office Is on Cherokee
street, and customers who have
service problems or wno wwn to,
pay telephone hills are requested to
take note df the change.
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Building Permits
Totaled $445/450
Building permits issued by the
City el Kings Mountain In 1M7 <j
totaled S44M50. City Clerk S. A.
Crouse reported to the etty board
Tuesday night.
While figures on past years were
thou hTttrt^<?^tot^sr^^
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let Head
Rev. J. W. Phillips, pastor of First
Wesleyan Methodist church, was
named chairman of the Kings Moun
tain District, Boy Scouts or America,
at the.annual banquet held at
the Woman's club Tuesday evening.
Some 181 scouts and scouters attended
the banquet
O. W. Myers will serve as vicechairman
and Paul Mauney as
treausrer. Aubrey Mauney and J. E.
Uuneyciitt were. elected commissioners.
Dr. Phil Elliott, president of Gardher
- Webb college at Boiling
Springs, was the speaker for the.occasion,
which was attended by some
64 Scouts. Grover troop number one
led in attendance with 13 of 18
Scouts,present. Troop 3 had 13 present
also, but has a larger enrollment
than the Grover troop.
"The tragedy of our time is the
attitude that allows things that are
not good to exist in America, not
the fact that they exist," Dr. Elliott
said in his stirring message. "We
need more human excellence, more
of the right kind of human beings,
to save us from the disaster we face.
Humans are the chief fear of today,
not the power (atomic energy) we
have discovered. Religion and her
beautiful twin daughters, democracy
and education, are the means to
human excellence and to the solution
of our problems tha| will lead
us through the right door, the door
we have opened by discovery of atomic
energy."
Dr. Elliott was introduced by R.
M. Schiele, director of the Piedmont
Council, of Gasitonla. Mr. Schiele
pointed out that the FBI discovered
that Communists believe. that the
strongest organization fighting communism
in America is the Boy
Scouts. Both .organizations lead youth.
he said, but Scouts are led to the
good side, to become better citizens.
W. L. Plonk, retiring chairman of
the Kings Mountain district, was
master o^ ceremonies.
Included on the program was a
first aid demonstration conducted
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Citizens Urged
To Feed Birds
Feed all birds!
That's the appeal made (his week
to all citizens by Sam Davis, president
of the Kings Mountain Spdrtsmans
Wildlife club, local organiZA'
tion whose'goal is restoration of
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wiianie in ine ivings muuniain area.
All birds are experiencing a hard
winter, with their feeding ground
under a blanket of snow and ice
and with no letup as far as the
weather man is concerned.#
Every home can help the situation
by leaving feed where birds can get
to it. Farmers can be especially help
ful by leaving some grain scattered
near their barns so that game birds
may have a feeding ground.
Mr. Davis pointed out that it is
both unlawful and inhumane to kill
birds and other animals when snow
is on the ground and they are defenseless.
KMSWC officials announced this
week that a meeting was to have
be?n held but was postponed due
to the weather and condition of the
roads around Kings Mountain.
George Keesee, District 8 commissioner
of the Wildlife Resources
Commission, from Gastonla, will:be
present at the next meeting. Plans
will be announced soon, it was added.
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Food Prices Here
To Week's Comm
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The Kings Mountain housowife,
as those throughout the country, got
9 break this week as the commodity
; markets hit the downgrade, resulting
in a general drop in food prices
for the first time since the OfA was
lifted, and before.
While the drop was not yet too
great, majority felt there was more
to come and that the inUationarv
spiral was finally rolling back a lit
One merchant who had supplied
his advertising copy a day in advance
of usual schedule said several
of his advertised prices were now
too high.
As a rule food chains were getting
price drops earlier than others
for two reasons: (1) anticipation of
replacing inventories at lesser prices;
<2t the weather kept many job
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Kings Mountain. N. C.. Fi
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I Water And Light
i Record Falls Again
Water, light and power consumption
in Kings Mountain broke
the record again in January.
According to records in the office
of City Clerk S. A. Crouse, the
: total billing on February 1 was
$12,859.74. to top the billing for
December.
The figure represents the following
consumption: water, 9.088.00
gallons; lights. 166,809 kilo1
watts; power, 91,588 kilowatts.
Billing February 1. 1947. was
$10,308.57.
The following comparison of fimivne
aii ur/*tn* mirl lirrhl KIIIIm/v
WM nuiti UUU
j indicates the growth and expansion
of Kings Mountain during the
past 10 years:
January 1. 1938?52,124.10.
January 1. 1943?56.377.91.
January 1. 1948?512,401.87.
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City Board In
'Regulai Meeting
The city board of commissioners
jmet in regular February session at
the City Hall Tuesday night and
took the following actions:
(1) Voted to enter into an agreement
With Charles and David Cash
for use of their lot on Railroad avenue
for a free city parking lot fin
anticipation of installation of parking
meters);
(2) Voted to hire Clarence E. Carpenter,
who has been serving as city
tax lister, as radio operator-clerk for
the police department at a sajary of
$150,00 per month:
(3) Released from the tax books
$1,286.45 dating from 1938-47 for
: taxes listed erroneously, poll taxes
charged servicemen during the war,
etc.
(4) At Mayor H. Ton! Pulton's suggestion.
cut his salary to the statutory
minimum of $50 pet months
! 'Mote-board also ftsterd regulaMirit
-of -the-month rejiorts, agreed to
take over 115 light customers in the
Phenlx Mill village on March 1, and
took steps to supply water to the
Phenix Mill. m\
i E. C. Brandon, Jr., new city eiigineer,
was present for the meeting
j and told the board, "Work is riip
. purpose. There is much to be done,
ithough this city is not in as bad
| shape as, I'd say, are the majority ct
i cities in North Carolina."
> Fred W. Plonk, on behalf of the directors
of the Country Club, appeared
before the board with a report for
repair to Rosewood Lane. The board
agreed to survey the situation and
to render aid which might be available
in the way of scraping and
grading,
fn the parking lot matter, the
'board agree to pay property taxes
on the Cash Brothers lot in return
for Its use. Mayor Fulton told the
board1 he anticipated an early and
favorable r?fpty to lb* city's request
to Southern Railroad for permission
to install ptt*king meters along Its
right-of-way.
The long Hi* <tf aU t*x bills reI
Uucnd in/>lllHidH( tbA/gVH f Mtar 0+f\ tCi
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persons decease*?. Majority of the releases
were for less than $5.00 and
were either poll unte* or small amounts
on personal property, regarded
as uncollectible. Men In service
during World War II were exempted
from poll taxes.
Mayor Fulton, who has been receiving
a salary of $200 per mouth
since the resignation of Former Cfty
Manager 'H. L. Burdette, told the
board that in view of the engagement
of the city engineer he felt nfr
1 salary should be reduced.
The bogrd voted to retain Mr. Carpenter
as radio operator at the suggestion
of Mayor Fulton to .free
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Show Reaction
odlty Price Drops
bers and wholesalers off the road
which meant the btfyers from these
houses would get complete price
report* next week ? barring further
bad weather.
One store was Quoting flour off 10
cents per 25-pound bag, with shortening,
sugar and meats "off a little."
Another grocer was mor^ specific
finri 1MA/1 thasa anta< CIaim 1 Q /.??*,
1IIWOV VWUI> A AU t,CUifl
per 25-pound bag; shortening, 5H
to O.cents per pound! chicken feed,
15 cents per 100; preserves, 1 Cents
per pound, butter, 5 cents per pound,
and cornstarch and gloss starch, 1
cent per pound. v
' It wis hard on the merchants and
wholesalers who were taking Inventory
losses, but most at rhem-felt the
trend was healthy and said they
were glad to see k.
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riday. February 13. 1948
Huge IV
I City Is To
World Day
i Kings Mountain will join with citizens
across the world Friday at
noon in observance of annual World
Day of Prayer in services at Central
Methodist church, sponsored and arranged
by the Kings Mountain Coun
ell of Churchwomen, an inter-denominational
organization represen;
ting all churches of the community,
j Theme of this year's observance
is "The Lord's Prayer ?: the Prayer
Universal." Mrs. Otto Hehn is proJgrhm
chairman and' the following
: will take part in the one-hour program:
i Mrs. E. A. Shenk, leader, Shirley
Falls, Mrs. George Kennedy, Billie
Allen, MrS. O. W. Myers, Mrs. Minnie
McFadden, Mrs. L. L'. Benson, Mrs.
j E W Qriffin, Mrs Pinkie Lee Randall
! Mrs. Billie Weir, Mrs. Garland Still,
Mrs. Herman Goforth and Mrs. C. B.
j Bobbitt.
Prayers will be satd by 'Rev. J. G.
| Winkler and Mrs. P. D. Patrick, and
.] B. S .Peeler, jr., will sing 'The Lord's
Prayer", and "Bread of the World."
j Majority of business firms in the
j city will close for the service. A lar
ge attendance at the service is anj
tlcipated.
Beet Vote Gzoup
Sets Deadlines
The steering committee leading
the drive U) obtain a vote on the
question of legalized beer and wine
in the county has set February 2S
?s a deadline for obtaining signatures
of sufficient petitioners to call an
election, it was announced this week
In addition tl^e committee is re
These dates were set by the coni
mlttee at a session called by Rev
W. P. Biggerstaff at Bethel Baptisi
, church Saturday night. -Meantime,
in Kings Mountain
ministers and lay leaders were be
ginning 10 Circulate the petitions
and some progress in the signing
job was reported.
ActWding to law, 15 percent of Ihf
registered voters in the' last count}
election (1946) are required before
j the elections can call a vote on the
question. It was pointed out by the
{steering committee that only regis
; tered voters should sign' the petition
I since other names would rtdt count
Rev. Mr. Biggerstaff is chairmar
j of the committee, while Marvin' Blar
| ton is co-chairman.
I Committees named include: Fi
| nance?B. G. Beason, chairmart, Rev
I E. M. Smith, Dr. W. A. Kale, Rev. E
t A. Lamb, and Rev. L. C. Pinnix. Pro
I gram ? Dr. D. L. Stubbs, chairman
R. H. Nicholson, Rev. W. L. Pressly
[ Rev C. C. Crow, and John P. Crawley
i Publicity ? Rev. J. B. Brock, chair
man, Rev. W. W. Harris, Rev. R. L
Bass, Rev. Laming Roberts, ant
, Mrs. B. Austell.
Rev. Mr. Brock', who reported de
I talis of the recent steering commit
tee meeting, said the group had re
solved to "set in motion and pus!
in ail earnestness the circulation o
a petition Into every voting precinc
of the county."
Mr. Brock said that signed peti
[ Hons should be sent to Chalrmat
r Biggerstaff, Dr. W. A. Kale, or to th<
t office of the Shelby Fifst Baptis
church.
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raercnanis nanauet
Ducats To Go On Sal?
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for the annual employer
employee banquet of the Kings
Mountain Merchants Associatior
will go on sale Monday, it was an
nounced yesterday by Secretary Net
McCill, who is requesting all mem
her firms to determine by that dat<
the number of tickets they will re
quire.
The tickets Will be on sale at $1.S<
' each, and maximum capacity is 200
In past years, many firms have madt
reservations for their full personnel
The event, also the association's
1 annual banquet, is scheduled foi
Tuesday night, February 24, at th<
Woman's Club. The Gay Nineties
Quartet of Charlotte will furnish ar
: entertainment program. Other pro
i gram details will be in pott need nex
week, according to Hilton Ruth
, chairman of the arrangements com
i mi t tee.
MASONIC MEETING
FalrView Lodge, No. 339, A. F.
I A A. M., will hold a special commu
nication in the Masonic Hall at
7:30 Monday night, Peb. 16. At
this time the third degree will be
conferred. ,
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, FIRST CANDIDATE ? Crlllin P.
'Smith/ of Shelby, prominent Ict
many year* in county veterans' affaire.
became the first official can- ; *
dldate for a Cleveland County office 11
when he paid his filing fee for reg-, B
ister of deeds on Thursday. | F
Smith Annonnces >
For Register
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; Griffin P. Smith, of Shelby, an-]
, nounced Thursday his candidacy for | r
register of deeds of Cleveland coun- c
ty, subject to the May Democratic, i
1 primary. 1
1 Born and reared in the Double |
Shoals community of Cleveland ,
S> Bfounty, Mr. Smith served in the ar- ,
my In Wmid War f.'After his dis- ,
' I nl> n ?<*a Ua i'eitfvki In t U a Iaiia! n n ^
waiui?m /uu ic ouic mi warm up, tt
Kiwante spokesman added.
The Valentine Dance will be the
first In the popular aerlea presented w
by the civic organization since m
|Viiatgc, nc icIU511V >11 lUC vivvviaim , .
County Schools for a year and then
hiovea td Shelby, where he has since |
resided. For 12 years he was connec- ( '
ted with Campbell's Department j J
Store, and entered the grocery busl- *
ness in 1932, operating his own busi- | '
i ness until late 1947, when he sold it. il1
, rr
M A former commander of the Shel- j
' ] by American Legion post, he has j
M long been active In county veteran's ?
t j affairs, having served as service of- JJ
ficer of the Shelby post for seven I
| years and advocated the employ- 1
.! ment of a county service officer. He Jl
is a past Legion department vice- '
' 'Commander, a past official of the:
i j Ndrth Carolina 40 & B, is an active1 w
jLkWl, and is a member of the Cleveiatid
County Executives Club, the j a,
'Shelby Merchants association, and: p.
. Shelby Lodge 1709, B. P. O. Elks. I
1 Mrs. Smith before marriage was J P'
' 1 Miss Loan Mae Metcalfe of the Zion jw
j community. They have one son, G. J,c
. | P. Smith, jr., an Ensign in the Navy w
(<1on active duty with the Mediterran- }r*1
1! ean fleet. I"
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Citizens Asked To \Z
i Clear Mail Box Path fb?
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t City postal officials yesterday re- g(
qiiested all citizens who receive ^
their mail on rural routes to clear jU]
t a- path to their" boxes so that rural Jg,
J mail carriers may get to them with- :
t out trouble and thereby save time ;?.
in making deliveries. j]a
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City dwellers were also asked toi"
clear their walks so ci'y mail car-)"1
jriers m?v have less trouble getting,^
j to the mail box. . ^ jG
"We are urging citizens to aid the re
' mail carriers by clearing a path to n<
> their boxes in order that mail may
be delivered faster during inele- H
' ment "Weather and we feel certain p<
that all persons will cooperate with gi
f us in thjs endeavor," George Hord, si
assistant postmaster of the Kings ai
^ Mountain postoffice, said yesterday, tc
Kiwanians To Pres
! Sqaare Dance Frid<
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i '.Don't mind the weather. Come CI
. out to the square dance and have ai
t an evening's fun." , ta
, That's the word of the Kings Moun
. tain Klwanis club, which is present' S)
Ing a Valentine Square Dance Fri- ?
day night at 8 o'clock at the high' Cl
school gymnasium. a1
"If you dance through a couple of
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uel Dealers
lightly More
Optimistic
Old Man Weather did tt again
er the weekend, and this time he
d it in such fashion th.at he sent
def residents of Kings Mountain
urrying back into the memory boat
r Wintry comparisons.
The heavy snowfall which began
riy Monday morning kept falling
blizzard proportions until early
tesday. morning, with the result
at from eight to a dozen inches of
e white fluff .was reported.
With the third snow of the searvali
were sure that 1948 was the
arse winter since 1936, and some
ntended that it compared with the
inter of 1918. "
The cold, bitter weather was not
e only result.
While not at a standstill, business
as slowed to a minimum, and pnthe
hardier souls braved the high
ays. Those who had chains?sellFuel
Situation
"Conserve and we should be aile
to tide over the emergency."
This was the word of Kings
fountain fuel dealers Thursday
aornlng. as some slight improvenent
in the fuel situation was reported.
.Oil dealers I. G. Patterson and
'red W. Plonk received two addlional
cars of the prey market fuel
or a total of 20,000 more gallons,
md quotas from regular sources
ae due for the last 10 days of the
aonth. ? ?, ?wwxdi
Coal dealer Claude Hambright
ep -ted dribbling shipments of
oal which had releived the strain,
tut he was rationing deliveries in
talf-tons. He sold Thursday mornng
that reports from Roanoke. Va?
vere that production and coal
novement was still fa) below nor-,
nal and would continue short unil
the weather breaks.
But optimism was the word ?
vith conservation on the part of
isers, and hope for p weather
?eak. 1
ig on the black market (if a black
larket could be found) ? managed
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land Concert Set
'or Thursday
The Kings Mountain school band
ill play its first formal concert of
ic current year at the high school
jdltorium next Thursday evening,
ebruary 19th, at'8 o'clock.
The concert, a feature of band em
fiasis week, being observed n^xt
eek, will be free, and a large at ndance
is- expected to attend. Imlediately
following the concert, a
leeting of the Band-Parent Associa?
on will be held to map plans for
iring activities.
Director Joe Hedden has announ>d
that the concert program will
iclude, among other selections, the
lur contest numbers being played,
y Class C bands this year. They are
igmund Romberg's overture, "The j
ludent Prince," Olavi Doti's "Pon?
de Leon Overture" and "The Trlmph'of
Ishtar" and John Phillip
ausa's "March ?1 Capitan."
The Kings Mountain band, reoranized
last year after a wartime
ipse, advances to Class C com potion
this year after capturing top
onors for marching and playing in
>ntests held at Lincolnton and
reensboro last April. %
TP \A 1 a I ?i knn/l rtiiKlinSin rlt .
Oi v^. i/nnu puuuvilj ui"
dor, urged a full attendance at
ext Thursday night's concert.
'The band members and Director
edden have been working hard to
?rfeet this special band week proram,"
he said. 'They deserve the
ipport of the whole community, !jj
ad the auditorium should be filled
? overflowing for this concert." ,
ent Valentine
ay Night At 8
hristmas, when a record attendace
enjoyed the evening's enter- .
tlnment.
The Hamrlck Music-Makers, of
teiby, will again be on hand to
irnish the music, and J. E. Huneyitt
and Ray Smith w|ll alternate
t the calling duties.
A J 1-wl AA
Auimmipn wm oe ou cents per
eraon, tax Included.
"It'a a recreation event for the
hole family " a club commltteeian
aald, "for young and did."
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