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BUILDING PERMITS
The following building permits
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were IMUCU at nan uurnig
the past week: Mar IS, P. B. Falls,
addition of shed on beauty parlour
. at 304 East Ridge street, $100;
Mar. 19, J. D. Boyd, add room to
residence on Floyd street, $450;
Mar. 22, P. B. Phillips, new five
room dwelling on 2nd street, Cork,
S3.000; and Mar. 23, Z. V. Waters,
jr., new dwelling on Morris
street, $1,500.
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ARP SERVICES
Special Easter services began at
ARP church Tuesday night, and
will be concluded with a special
, Communion sefvice Friday evening
at 8 o'clock and Easter morning
servioes at 11 o'clock. Rev. W.
H. Stcnder is to deliver the Friday
evening message, while"Dr. J. H.
Pressly of Statesville, father of the
pastor, Rev. W. L. Pressly, will
preach Sabbath morning.
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BA1RD BETTER
The condition of Dr. R. N. Balrd
was described as much improved
yesterday by his physician,.
Dr, J. E. Anthony. The retired
minister, who has been in ill
health for many months, suffered
- ' a retapse^Sunday n1ghr. Or. An|
, thony said he hoped that Dr.
f Baird would be able to be up again
in a few days.
LOST TAGS
Following North Carolina license
plates (1948) may be claimed at
the police department' 572 528;
387 .389 ; 566 687 ; 383 718; 411 660 ;
and 893 329 (attached to Charlotte
city tag 8-497.)
JAYCEE DIRECTORS
Directors of the Kings Moun-.
tain Junior Chamber of Commerce
will meet Tuesday night at 7
o'clock according to an announcement
by President Cooper. Directors
will be notified as to place,
.of meeting.
KIWANIS SKAXSK
Herbert M. Wayne, Vipe-prcsident
and cashier of Commercial
National Bank of Charlotte, will
address members of the Kings
Mountain Kiwanis club at theft
meeting of April 1, it was announced
by L. E. Abbott. Mr. Wayne
'will discuss current trends in
banking and business.
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i,' FILM AVAILABLE
A sound movie mm 01 tne uw<
"World Series and the ail-star
game will be available in this areft
for civic clubs ddrlng the
month of April according, to an
announcement by John H. Moss,
)L rr president of the Western Caro*
lina baseball league. Clubs Interesting
In scheduling the movie
should contact Mr. Moss.
/' NEW MANAGER
T- H. Davidson, native of Rock
Hill, S. C? assumed.- duties as
manager of A k P Food Sjore here
this Week. Mr. DavidsonTame here
- from Ft. Mill and plans to move
V his family here provided he can
find a place to live.
RABIES VACCINE
Hal D. Ward, Number 4 u/wrt.,
ship rabies inspector, announced
yesterday that a shipment of rabies
vaccine had been received
and he tuged all dog owners to
be sure their dogs are vaccinated.
Pups should be vaccinated after
reaching age of six months, he
said.
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'Giles ,C. Sellers, well-known
route 3 farmer, has been confined
to bed this week due to illtwss.
His condition was reported improved
Wednesday. .
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; Efforts are underway to establish 1
i a National Guard unit in Kings
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Captain D. W. Donovan, of Ralei- i
gh, of the adjutant general's department.
North Carolina National
'Guard, arrived.in Kings Mountain
| Wednesday to confer with city officials,
former army officers, and
; interested citizens regarding the
^proposed unit, which, if it is form'
ed. must he reroanimrf hi/ tho -Mo.
Itionai Guard board'in Washington
{by April 11.
Captain Donovan came here following
an invitation by the city
board of commissioners to .investigate
the possibility of forming such ;
| a unit.
i If formed, the Kings Mountain u- !
nit will be Headquarters and Headi
quarters Company of the Third Battalion,
120th Infantry, North Caroli,
na National Guard, of which Lt. Col.
jMaston S. Parham of Gastonia, is
i commanding officer,
j Minimum strength of the com!
pany' required for recognition is two
officers and 20 enlisted men, while
the maximum authorized peacetime
strength is four .officers aiid 67 en- i
listed men, including a captain as!
company commander, a first lieu- j
tenant in charge of communication, J
a first lieutenant in charge of motor j
transport, and a second lieutenant
{as munitions officer. In addition to
' the battalion staff officers.
| Enlistments will be for three
j years. After the first enlistment, re!
enlistments are accepted for one or
{three years, Captain Donavan said.
Requirements of national guard
I service are: attendance at a two- {
'hour drill once each week, but not j
(Cont'd on page eight)
| Good Friday Rites
To Start At Noon
A special three-hour Good Friday
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!of Christ on the cross will be held
at St, Matthew's Lutheran church
Friday, beginning at noon and continuing
until 3 p. m.
During these hours which Jesu3
; suffered on the cross, He spoke seven
short sentences, and the service
(Centers around these "seven Last
: Words," spoken from the cross, acj
cording to an announcement by the
! pastor, Rev. W. H. Stender.
J The service is divided into seven
I short devotional periods, with a
!five-minute intermission between
each service. Each of the twenty]
minute services contain appropri-1
ate hymns, scripture reading, pray- I
er and a short meditation on one of I
lthe Words..The following are the
(hours, speakers and the Words spoken:
12:00-12:25 the First Word, "Fath- '
er forgive them, for they know not i
what they do." Wm. Medlin of the !
Southern seminary, Columbia, S. C. i
12:30-12:50, SECOND WORD, "Verl I
ly, I say unto thee todgy shalt thou j<
be with Me in Paradise." Hoyle j
Whiteside, also of the Southern seminary.
12:55-1:15, THIRD WORD: "Wo- {
man, behold Thy Son! ... Behold;
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"Rubber" Chech R
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It all started with a $3,800 check i
?that bounced?
On March 9 H. A. Hager and Fros- j
ty Spearman, of Victory Chevrolet
Conrtpany, sold two 1947 Studeba- j
kers at an auction sale in Greenville,
S. S. They accepted a check!
for the two cars, written on a known
reliable firm in ColUmbia, S. C., and I
signed by "Jack Ledbetter."
, A week later W. G, Grantham, of
the local firm, was notified that the
cbfeck was no good, the signature
Was n*t authorized.; ^
" Monday Mr. Grantham received a
phone call from Police Chief D. Taturn,
of Grenada, Miss. He informed
Mr; Grantham that he was holding; !
two men who had attempted to sell
a 1947 Studebaker to a Grenada citizen,
who in turn suspe<$ed foul play
when the pair could produce no true
bill of sale.
Mr. Grantham, along with Mr. Hager
and Andy Jenkins, "took off"
For Grenada, arriving there early in
the evening. An interested crowd
had gathered to welcome the tTk>.
Chief Tatum had wired the suspected
hair's cell and had learned
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Kings Mountain. N. C.
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Coggins, Others
Purchase Hord
Furniture Firm
Sale of D. F. Hord Furniture Corn
pany to Mrs. Annie Cooper, of Union
S. C., Harold Coggins^ of King:
Mountain, and other persons was
announced Thursday morning.
Arrangements for the transaction
begun on February 27, were being
completed Thursday by Mr. and
Mrs. H. Tom Fu(ton, owners of the
firm since 1940, and the purchasers
The new onwers expect to assume
control of the business about April
1, it was announced.
Purchase price of the transaction
was not announced but will include
the Old Presbyterian church
property at the corner of Piedmont
avenue and Mountain street, which
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nao puiviipstru oy rvings Mountain
Furniture Company several months
ago for S12.15Q. The purchase Includes
inventory, fixtures, open and
installment accounts, franchises
and good will of the D. F.< Hord
company. Sirs. Cooper is proprietor
of Kings Mountain Furniture Company.
Mr. Coggins, present manager of
Kings Mountain Furniture Company,
will continue in charge of that
firm, and will also serve as general
manager of the newly acquired bus?
(Cont'd on page eight)
Red Cross Fund
Totals $3,279
Though some improvement was
noted in the total of receipts. Kings
Mountain and Number 4 township's
1948 Red Cross fund campaign was
Still lagging Thursday morning,
and a renewed appeal was voiced
by Chairman J. G. Darracott for
" clean-it^" work on the part of soUcitors.
Total receipts Thursday morning
were $3,279.60 ? slightly more than
62.4 percent of the $5,412 quota.
Chairman Darracott nevertheless
expressed confidence that the quota
could*be?and would be ? reached.
Only incomplete reports have been
received from several campaign divisions,
including industrial employees,
industrial, outlying business,
and the colored division,
while no reports have been received
from rural areas.
"There is no reason to prevent
Kings Mountain from reaching its
quota," Mr. Darracott said. "On a
population basis, the quota this
year is less than $1.00 per person
according to the official census of
1940, and the city has grown since
that time. In addition, the gifts from
Grover and the rural areas from around
the city would further lower
the per capita part in the drive.
"The Kings Mountain area needs
the Red Cross, and needs it badly,"
he continued, "arid additional work
on the part of the solicitors should
bring the campaign to a successful
Close."
Commenting on the campaign,
John L. McGill, Kings Mountain
chapter chairrfian, said, "The new
Red Cross slogan Is 'KeeR your Red
Cross ready?as the voluntary auxiliary
of the armed forces, and as
the nation's agency for disaster relief,
keep the Red Cross Strong."
There is an imperative need for that
here."
liven For S3,800
ecoveied Monday
Candidate Ridings
In Town Tuesday
Clarence O. Ridings. Forest City
lawyer who is opposing Major A.
Bulwinkle for the Democratic
nomination for 11th district Congressman.
was. wasting no time
this week in getting around the
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aumci in an euon to corral votes.
Mr. Ridings was In town Tuosday
afternoon, along with two
cohorts, and was already passing
out "Vote lor Ridings" cards. It
was a bus; day for local citlmns.
Congressman Rulsrlnkle had been
here In the morning.
Mir. Ridings did net outline his
platform to the Herald, but said
a statement weald be prepared
for publication in the near future.
BV1LDIHG SOLD ,,>/
' R. C. Gold has purchased from
Harold Cdgglns the building on
,N. Piedmont avenue now occupied
by Bamette Cleaners, It was
learned yesterday. Consideration
was not announced.
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, Friday. March 28. 1948
louse Of
iLarge Crou
For Sunrist
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! A targe crowd is expected to atj
Itend the annual Easter Sunrise ser!
vice at Memorial Park in Mountain
' 1 Rest cemetery Sunday morning.
The service will begin at 6:30 as
J Rev. W. L.' Pressly say? the invoj
cation, and will be preceded by a
( u'liiiiiua' t-onceri oy cne nign
^school band, under the direction of
j Joe Hcdden. ,
I The. message of the morning will
be delivered by Rev, L. C. Pinnix,
] pastor of First Baptist church, and
pother ministers of the community
twill take part in the program. Rev.
H. E. Crump will lead the responsive
! reading, Rev. W. H. Stender will,
Persons driving to the Easter
Sunrise service at Mountain Rest
{ cemetery Sunday morning should
use the Dilling street entrance
and follow directions of Boy
! Scouts, who will handle traffic,
according to an announcement by j
Sam R. Suber. cemetery superin|
endent. There will be plenty of >
. parking space, he said, adding a ,
request that persons not park on
E the grass or flower beds.
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read rite Scripture, Rev. P. D. Pat- ;
rick will give the Easter prayer and
Rev. G. W. Fink will pronounce the
benediction.
. The audience will sing "Christ
the Lord is Risen Today" and "All ;
Hail the Power of Jesus' Name." j
and special music will be sung by ]
the girls' glee club of the high
school, with Mrs. Thomas Temple- j
ton directing.
Boy Scouts of the city will- direct
traffic, with Jack Hu I lender in i
chargfc. and amplifying arrangeI
ments are being made by J. H. Jen- j
; kins. Band members will eat break- ;
fast at the high school cafeteria i
j pnor?|?. ?je service, with Halbert j
'Webb jn charge, of these arrange-'
ments.
I The service, which is beirfg ar- 1
ranged and sponsored by the Kings
Mountain Ministerial association,
will be held at Central Methodist
. church in event of rain.
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Bulwinkle Is
For Economy
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; Congressman A. L. Bulwinkle, representative
from the 11th Congressional
district, said Tuesday he anticipated
early passage of a limited
selective service act to bring the
i armed forces up to authorized and
j needed strength.
The Congressman, in town for i
jslme pre-primary politicking, also
predicted passage of the $4,800,000,- J
j000 tax-cutting bill and said he
'would vote for it. Actually it passed j
the House on Wednesday to be serft i
to the President, but Mr. Bulwinkle !
Inferred that he would vote for it
also, in event the President vetoes j
lit. '
Mr. Bulwinkle said he did not anticipate
immedite passage of a bili
I setting up universal military trainv
ling, but he quoted figures in back|
ing up the need for more soldiers
I and sailors.
|\ The armed' forces are some 350,- j
000 men short at the present time,
he said, with many of the large war ;
ships are bein? manned with halfcomplement
? "and not all ofthem j
! are in home waters," he added.
J The Congressman, who has been
'(in Congress continuously since 1920
jwith the exception of a two-year
term in wrt5 in
some fast politicking between a
hop-skip-ana-jump back to Wash- I
ington where he expects to vote on
Monday in favor of the European
Reconstruction bill"We
must accept our responsibilities,"
he remarked. "Britain, for almost
100 years after the Napoleonic I
wars kept the peace of Europe by
remaining strong. Of course, there
were localized fights and wars, but
Britain, by threatening to Join one
(Cont'd on page eight)
Beware Of Thursday,
It'll Be April Tool
. Watch out for next Thursday!
It's All Fools day on thp calendar,
and while not an official holiday,
it will be one for pranksters.
April Pool's Day makes a good
excuse for practical jokers to ply
their trade and. while no information
has been received Indicating
..unusual planning here, the wise
policy will be to hold on to your
hat and take periodic glances into a
full length mirror all during the
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Retailers' Holiday
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Majority of Kings Mountain bus- A
j iness firms will be closed on Eas- j
ter Monday, according to an announccment
by Nod McGill. sec- "
retary of the Merchants Associa
tiop.
The day is one of the regularly v
scheduled holidays of the asso- -N
ciation. and citizens are being re|
minded to complete their "long
weekend" shopping on Saturday. '
The firms will observe the Wed- s
nesday half-holiday as usual. Mr.
McGill said. n
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Two Get Top
Music Ratings ?
Billy Gene Amos, baritone soloist, p
and Pauline Mauney, senior high n
piano soloist, received honor ratings , c
of I in district music contests at
Charlotte last Friday to qualify for n
competition in the state music con- i \
tests to be held in Greensboro next t|
month. ' . i ei
Ratings of II were received .by ft
Jeanene Hallman, junior high plan- i a
ist, and the girls' glee club, while y<
Evelyn Cline, soprano soloist, re- A
ceived a rating of III. The high a
school band, which performed on
Saturday, also received rating of II. tj
Music directors of the school expressed
themselves as well-pleased c<
with the performances. j si
A rating of I implies a percentage P
score of 95-100, while a rating of II t
implies a rating of 87-94. i a
The contest' manual describes a
n rating, as. follows: "An unus.ua] vjSSrformarice
in many respects, but "b
not worthy of the highest rating due
to minor defects in performance or" c<
ineffective interpretation. A perlor- a
mance of distinctive quality." ti
The.glee club sang "Come To Me" .
by Beethoven and "Moon Behind oi
the Cottonwood" by Cadman. The. et
judges praised the group for its
tone qualitj, interpretation.-and its ft
assured manner of singing, scoring
minus points on breath control, e;
diction and phrasing. V < t\
Th*? hnnH nlavina in Pliiss (' this
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year after advancing from Class I) V
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Marine Found Guilty !'
Oi Bridges Bobbery 11
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Robert Randolph Beam, Camp Le- J
June Marine from Hickory, was sen- I
tenced to hot less than one nor w
more than two years in jail Mon- j p
day in Shelby after Superior Court, d
Judge Zeb V. Nettles found him j a
guilty of larceny of S210 from Brid- a
ges General Store here on Feb. 9. | n
The Marine was absent without j a
official leave from the post at the|0
lifhe of the robbery and said he g
spent the money on a taxi trip to F
Tennessee.
He was picked up in Kings Mountain
early this month by Police Of- j
fleer J. W. Roach. M
Carl Farris, clerk in, the store at | -i
the time of the robbery, testified a- j 1
gainst Beam.
Kings Mountain Ai
Eastei Weekend; M
Kings Mountain citizens are get- ^
ling reany roaay ior lasi nnnuu-;
preparations for Easter. i
With two shopping days remaining,
merchants are expecting rush
business today and Saturday as
jCitizeps complete their new spring
jwardrobes and fill their pantries,
| and refrigerators With special table
delicacies: *
j Majority of churches have been
i conducting special Easter services,
this week which will culminate with
Easter rites at all churches Sunday
morning. Majority of churches will j
hold Communion services either dur
ing the weekend or Easter morning.
Meantime, the Ministerial Asso-|
elation is expecting a record crowd I.
at the community - wide Easter Sun
rise service at Memorial Park In
Mountain Rest cemetery.
Easter Monday will be a holiday
for a large,portion of Kings Mountain
citizens. Majority of retail
firms will close for the day, In observance
of an annual custom, the x
First National. Bank will be closed c
; for the legal banking holiday, and 4
1 c|ty and state offices will be closed. t
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
ntatives
Present Board
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Member Opposing
B. T. Falls. Jr.
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Kings Mountain citizens received
i political surprise thi? week, ?hch
lee A. Bridges, who had annouh
ed last w?K he was retiring as a
nenfljer of the board of Cleveiahd
Ounty commissioners.. announced
i'uesday that he would be a candilate
for the North Carolina House
f Representatives, subjeei to the
>emocratic primary in May.
The citizens Were not surprise!
then Mr. Bridges, veteran of eight
ears service on the county board,
tinouneed his retirement, for he
ad confided to friends for several
nonths that he did not expeC; to
cek re-election.
Majority- took the statements to
lean that Mr. Bridges was retiring
I together! an impression thai
/as proved incorrect. < ':
The announcement of the former
ounty board chairman and Kings
lountain civic leader thus assures
contest for The House seat, now
eld by O. M. Mull, of Shelby. B. T.
alls, Jr., Shelby lawyer, and forler
representative^ announced tits
andidacy last week.
Meanwhile, last week's announce
lent by W. K. Mauney, Jr., of Kings
lountain. that he was running tor
le county poard was quickly follow
d by other announcements. Henry .
icKinney. No. 2 township farmer
nd a deputy sheriff for the past 30
ears, announced last Friday, and
. C. Brackett. Casar business man,
nnounced on Saturday.
Other developments of the count's
political week:
Col. Peyton McSwain, of Shelby,
lunty elections board chairman, re ,
gned, and was replaced by C. Hoc
er Hendrix, Democrat. Other Dem
sratjc member is Carl Thompson,
nd the Republican member i$ G. V.
awklns. Both the last-mentioned
'ere re-appointed by the star*
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Will Blackburn, No. 4 township
unstable for the-past four yea. 3,
nnouneed he would seek re-el<-v
on
D. D. Lattimore. present memher
E the county board of commissionrs)
said he would not run again.
Deadline lor filing for county of .
cos is April 17.
With Mr. Bridges in the polticnl
ampaign. Kings Mountain now has
vo candidates for couniy offices.
In his announcement statement,
Ir. Bridges said: "1 am just a county
boy; and would like to have the
onor of representing Cleveland
leveland county. I won't make any
ig promises, i will just do the best
know how. being honest and use
te best judgment 1 can in matters
tat come up."
Prominent Kings Mountain hardare
merchant, Mr. Bridges is a
ast president of the Kiwanis club,
irector of the FirSt National Bank,
nd of the Home Building and Loan
ssoeiation. He is a Mason and Srirl
er, and a veteran of World War i,
nd has served as commander of
>tis D. Green Post 155, American Leion.
He is an active member o*
irst Baptist church.
. CLARK IN TOvJRNEY
Archie Clark. Kings Mountain
Country Club golf professional
and manager, is entered in the
Charlotte Open golf tournament
which began Thursday morning.
ntiripating Busy
londay Is Holiday
V. Kerr Scott Kiwanis
farmers Night Spealcer
W. Kerr Scott, former commissioner
of agriculture apd gubenotorial
candidate, will be the
featured spealcer at the 8th annual
Xiwanis club Farmer's Night
banquet to be held April 8at the
Woman's club at 7 p. m. according
to an announcement by D*. J.
P. Mauney, agricultural committee
chairmanEach
Kiwanian will invite a
farmer as his guest, with county
agents from Cleveland and Gaston
counties and other outstanding
agriculturists as special
guests of the dubOther
members of the committee
include E. W. Griffin. *. M.
Onmand. Archie Kicks, and Jim
Anthony. Jr. .
COURT TUESDAY
Regular weekly session of City
tecorders coun will be held in the
ourtroom at City Hall.on.Tuesday
ifternoon at 3 p. m. instead of Baser
Monday this week ft wa# antounced
by judge O, C. O'Farrell.
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