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> POPULATION In City Corporate Limits 6,574 Immediate Trading Area 15,000 VOL. 59 NO. 19 Parking " " j j Local News ' Bulletins BUILDING PERMITS V Six building permits were issued by City Clerk S. A. Crouse at Citv Haii durinz the Oast week. "On Wednesday a permit was issued to W. Mi Gantt for construction of a business building at the ' corner of Cora street and Lynvvood road, $5,000. On Tuesday permits were issued to C. E. and D. E. Casto, for removal of Mountain ; View Hotel, $300, and to Robert j Ford, for construction of a new five-room dwelling on the Bessemer City highway, $5,000. On Monday permit was granted Selvin Kibler for a new four-room dwelling near Davidson school, $2,500. On April 24 permit was granted D. P. McDaniel for new i five^room dwelling on Stone Street, $3,000 artd on April 29 permit was granted T. N. Hord for construction of a new two-room dwelling on West King street, $1,600 SEMINARY GRADUATE Ernest Carl Upchurch, of Kings > Mountain is among'29 North Car- i olinians who will receive the degree of Bachelor of Divinity at commencement exercises at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky., on May 7, according to an annoucement from the school. LEGION MEETING Regularly monthly meeting of j Otis D. Green Paat 155. the Amer- I lean Legion, will be held at City T Hall Monday night at 7:30 o'clock D according (o an Announcement by r C. H. Aderholdt, post adjutant. Combat film, "Appointment in To- 1 kyo," will be shown and a report , from the building committee is expected. ' BULLETIN Fairview Lqdge A. F. & A. M. will hold a regular communication at the Masonic Hall on Monday evening, May 10, at 7:30. FISHING PERMITS A total of 71 permits for'fishing at the city water lake were issued at City Hall during the past week. NEW POLICEMAN . C. O. Lee, of Shelby, former deputy sheriff, is now a member of the Kings Mountain poHce department according to an annauncement this week by N. M. Farr, chief. HE UNDON ILL P. D. Herndon, well-known Kings Mountain man, has been confined to bed at home since Tuesday. His condition has been diagnosed as a heart ailment, He was reported improved Thursday morning. BANK HOLIDAY The First National Bank will be closed Monday, May 10, in observance of Confederate Memorial tPay, a legal bank holiday, it was ? announced by L. E. Abbott,'cashfr ier. The bank will also be closed nri \tav M In nhu>nfan/>a nf Mwk. ' lenburg Independence Day, It was announced. 'ISENHOUR BETTER J A. H. (Bob) Isenhour was described by Shelby hospital officials as "better" yesterday. Mr. Isenhour wafc seriously Injured when struck by a car on Shelby highway on April 18; Barnes Re-Elected T-B Group President B. N. Barnes, superintendent of city schools, was re-elected chairman of the Cleveland County Tuber culosis association at the annual meeting In Shelby April 29. Other Kings Mountain citizens elected as directors of the organize tion were Dr. P. G. Padgett (re-eiected), and Mr*, John U McGill and John W. Gladden, commander Otis D. Green Post 156. Holdover members of the board include Mrs. Hunter Noisier, J. E. Huneycutt and Hoyle (SnooksI,McDarriel. Mayor H. Tom . Fulton is an ex officio member Of inboard. . ' ; ; ' . - - .. ':> Kings Meter L Political Pot ?immeiing; Books Are Open 1 Registration- books for the forthcoming prirrtaries will be open again Saturday at the respective polling places, in Kings Mountain at Victory Chevrolet Company and at the City Hall courtroom. While the registrars weren't exactly "pushed,; to handle last Saturday's business, there was a number of registrations and transfers. Mrs. J. H. Arthur is the registar at West Kings Mountain precinct (for all persons living on the west side of the railroad) and Mrs. Humes Houston is East Kings Mountain registrar (for all persons living on the east side of the railroad. The books will be open thlsSSaSturday and on May 15, while Sat- j urday, May 22, will be challenge day ; Otherwise on the political fronts, J Democrats will hold biennial pre- j. cinot metings on Saturday at 2:00 j1 p. m. at the polling places. This will j be followed by the county conven tion at the Cleveland courthouse at jj Shelby on May 15 and the state con- j vention in Raleigh the following ' week. : s. jj Candidates were also on the move j, this week. ;; j Gubernatorial Candidate Charles ;' M. Johnson was in town Tuesday, I as was James B. Volger of Charlotte, | candidate for state treasurer, and , i the county office candidates were i also moving around. Dan Moore. ! candidate for register of deeds, was ! here making the rounds of stores, barber shops, and other gathering places, and B. T. Falls, Jr., candidate for the state house of representatives was in town last weekend. Meantime, Kings Mountain's candidates for county offices, Glee A. Bridges (apposing Mr. Falls), and W. K. Mauney, Jr., candidate far county commissioner, were making forays Into other sections. The campaign was still outwardly slow, but there was more political I discussion Ln the air, and indications were that ti would continue to steam up toward the boiling point as May ) 29 draws closer. 1 ycee Ladies j Night Observed The Kings Mountain Junior Chamber of Comrherce celebrated the close of its second year with its j third annual ladies night banquet at the Country Club Tuesday night. The meeting was featured by installation of new officers for 194849, a humorous address by J. Graham Morrison, Lincoln county agent and a delicious dinner, followed by a dance, with the Highlighters, Shelby quintet, furnishing the music. W, B. Logan presided, and CharTea Thomasson led the group in singing "America." Retiring President Jacob Cooper welcomed the ladles and presented special guests, including Rush Hamrlck, past-president of the Shelby club and candidate for national director, with Mrs. Hamrick, Ed Ellis, of Charlotte, pres idem of the state organization, with Mrs. Ellis and Syd Shepherd, of Charlotte, editor of "Future," the ! North Carolina Jaycee magazine, > and Mrs. Shepherd. Martin Harmon presented a gift to Mr. Cooper from the organization I I "In appreciation for fine leadership | during the past year," and Mr. Ellis ! installed the new officers who are 1 W. S. Fulton, Jr., president; Ned Mc- j Gill, and Joe Hedden, vice-presi- j dents; Grady Howard, secretary, J Jamec McKinney, treasurer, Ralph j Spearman, sergenat-at-arms, and' J. B. Falls, Paul Walker and Bill j Page, directors. Mr. Morrison kept the capacity crowd of softie 90 Jaycees and guests in an uproar of laughter as he recounted near-countless anecdotes (Cont'd on page eight) i i M ' i i Postolfices Set Hot Service Record The Kings Mountain and Blacksburg postoffices can lay Joint claim to a spood rocord for fast mall delivery. On Monday, Dorm Payne of Kings Mountain Furniture company, mailed a statement ts a custom#! in Blacksburg. 8. C-, at 12tlS p. m. At 2 p. m. the customer, with Invoice In hand, walked into the store and tends red a chock In pay* mont of the account. ... The whole pro cues had required only an hour and forty-five - ' . ' . y;>:" v Moun Kings Mountain. N. ( awToB \ - ... v J V ** V ||-, If im WB "ifj' 1 i ^ I H ? 1 FUNERAL HELD ? Funeral Mrri:es for Rer. Robert Neil Baird. D. D.. retired minister of Boyce Memorial ARP church, were held Sunday 1 xftemoon. Dr. Baird succumbed at Gaston General hospital last Friday light Budget Highlights Board's Agenda -The city board of commissioners' is expected to have a busy session at its regular May meeting Tuesday i flight, ias it considers the tentative aperating budget for the fiscal year | beginning July 1. According to oast policy, the board adopts a tentative budget in order to set the tax rate and take care of t advance tax payments. While the j fcudget is subject to revision before . final adoption, changes made are usually only minor. Fol the past month city officials have been busy gathering information and estimates. Also to be discussed will be the privilege license schedule. S. A. Crouse, city clerk, said these were the principal matters on the agenda. Wright's Barber Shop In New Location Wright's Baiher Shop, formerly, Sanitary Barber Shop, opened yes- j terday in its new location in the Plonk Building on Railroad avenue, j ' '' t ' . -r: I B. T. Wright, announcing the change of location from the shop's j former quarters in the Home Build- j irig & Loan building, said the shop i would now be able to offer expanded service. Four barber chairs have been installed, and four experienced barbers will be on hand to serve the public, Mr. Wright said. Tn addition two showers have been installed, a new service off the shop. The four barbers on duty at the shop are B. T. Wright, G. L. Wright, j Floyd Dover, and Gene Wright. Johnson Sc 1 1 Wll ' < 'The weak'spot in North Carolina agriculture is marketing, not production." That is the contention of Charles M. Johnson, candidate for the Democratic" nomination for governor in the May 29 primary. Mr. Johnson made the statement on a brief visit to Kings Mountain Tuesday afternoon, and in reply to a question in which it was inferred that one of his leading opponents? W. Kerr Scott, former commissioner of agriculture ? was making a strbng appeal to the farmer vote. "Production has been growing by leaps and bounds," Mr. Johnson con ttnued," but it's the Jack of marketing facilities that causes the trouble." For specific instance he pointed to the huge waste'of potatoes last year, and the fact that corn prices are customarily lower on North Carolina markets than at the Chicago market* "The state can do something about'it," he added, Indicating that the state would do something about it if he were erected governor. Referring further to the question about his opponent Mr. Scott, Mr. Johnson continued,"T intend to be ? tain F ' Z.. Fxidcy. May 7. 1348 ecome I Funeral Rites Held Sunday For Dr. Baird .A crowd which filled Boyoe Mo morial ARP church was present Sun day afternoon at 3. o'clock". tor fu neral services of ROv. Robert Nei, Baird. D. D., retired pastor of th< Church. Dr. Raird, 51, died . Friday night April 30, at 11:30 at Oastbn Memori al hospital. He had been in declin ing health for the past, three years since suffering a stroke of paralysis in May 1945. The funeral service for Dr. Bairc was marked by its simplicity ant was by his request, conducted ir that manner. Rev. W. L. Pressly, wh< succeeded Dr. Baird as minister o the church, conducted the rites ant was assisted by Rev. Francis T White, Spartanburg ARP pastor. In terment was made in Mountain Res cemetery. A graduate of Erskine College Due West, S. C? and the ARP semi nary, Dr. Baird served as pastor o the ARP church at Iva, S. C., for 11 years, before accepting the pastor ate here. He assumed his duties it February 1940. After he was strick en in 1945, he was granted a leav< of absence for several months, re signing the pastorate on June 9 1946. In Kings Mountain, Dr. Baird wa a very popular minister, both in hi: \jw 11 wiigtcgauvil ciuu uui. nt* wd active in civic affairs, and was ser ving as president of the Kiwani: club at the time he became ill. H< was a veteran of World War I, hav ing served as a private at Camp Go don, Ga. As a tribute to his irtteres (Cont'd on page eight i Church Receives $1,005 Surprise The new concrete - block Moun tain View Baptist church was. jam med to capacity Sunday night fo special services, and to receive "surprise" from G. R. Hooper, man ager of Frieda Manufacturing Com pany. The "surprise" w>as announcemen by Mr. hooper that he had raise a fund of $1,005 for benefit of th cTTurch building program. This fun was in addition to more than $20 contributed by persons attendin the service Sunday evening. Also featured on the program wa an inspirational address by Basi Whitener, Gastonia lawyer and dis trict solicitor, and special music b the Sisk Quartet and Gastonia oi chestra. in ins uauress, i*ir. wnnener urg ed a rededication to the ffimpl truths of the Christian religion, add l ing "it makes no difference whie Protestant faith we choose, for w worship the same God." He praised the congregation o ^uilding of the church, calling I an Investment in the young mar | hood and womanhood of the conr Imunity. Mr. Hooper was in charge of th | service. tys Farmj Marketing 11- : :??1 ? . , ?. *: .:~^H JB HB^ *^H CANDIDATE ? Charles M. Johnsoi gubernatorial candidate, paid boat vlUt to Kings Mountain Tu? day afternoon-He opposes tour oil or candidates for the Democrat nosntaatton In the May 29 primary the governor of all the pecmle, n of any particular group." Mr. Johnson, sts?c ueusurer ai V 'H (: , ., ', . u . . -;'kr" cltfif". ' lerald Effective /;j.. -v; t ' SEUfailUHiH^.jK -S ^ ^Bk^I r^ J BMJM '. ;,v^ t ) ; f j WAR HERO ? Pvt. Calvin P. LockI ridge was killed in action in France in July 1944. Final interment will . be made at Mountain Rest cemetery t Sunday. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Meek Lockridge. < Final Interment For Lockridge Set ? Final interment for Pvt.' Calvin - , P. Lockridge, son of Mr. and Mrs. I, Sam Meek Lockridge, will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 with grave side rites at Mountain Rest cemei tery. s j fvt. Lockridge died in action in - | the Battle of St. Lo, France, on July s j 18, 1944, after entering service on e September 30, 1943, from Sharon, S. ] C. He went overseas with Co. H. r j 315th Infantry regiment, 79th divist j ion. The Battle of St. Lo, won.l v Am erica n troops, was one of the turn .ing points of the war in Europe. .. The body arrived here Thursday, 'and will remain at Harris Funeral j Home until the aervite-on'Sunday. I Military rites will be conducted by j members of the Shelby national guard company, and members of . ! the American Legion and VFW posts ; here will serve as pallbearers. Rey. r George L. Riddle, Cherryville Presa byterian pastor, and a service veter. an, will officiate assisted by Rev. , G. W. Fink, pastor of Grace Methodist church. . Pvt I.nckriHu? U'ac hnrti Vr\rL county, S. C., July 3, 1925, and was *j only 19 at the time of his death, j* i, His parents have resided here since December 1944, ? I Surviving, in addition to his father and mother, who live on North s Piedmont avenue, are five brothers " and three sisters, James Lockridge, David Lockridge, Sam M. Lockridge y Jr., Mrs. Wayne Anderson, Misses Mary Frances and Jean Lockridge, all of Kings Mountain, and Meek P. Ldckridge, York S. C? and Campbell j Lockridge, Sharon, S. C. I h SCHOOL BOARD MEETING e Regularly monthly meeting of 1 the cRy school board will be held n Monday night. The board will act it on teacher re-elections for next t- year and will open bids on the t- Cline house which the board is selling to iprovide playground e space at West school, according to Superintendent B. N. Barnes. i Of State Facilities <1 /? a native of Pender County, made a brief side trip here between a jamj packed Tuesday engagement ached, ule in Gaston county. He was ac I tuiri^BiiK-u uy oon Aoernctny, rorm! er Kings Mountain man and his I Gaston county campaign manager, and was met here by D. W. Royster j his Cleveland county manager, In hfs Gaston county - speeches, * Mr. Johnson advocated: . 1?An increased appropriation for the state's schools, including a considerable Increase in teacher Md?uies and reduction o. teacher I load. 2?No more Increase in taxes, and if anything, a reduction in taxes. He asked for outright repool of the franchise tax. a 3 More emphasis on a good health program, particularly on ?- pro-school clinics. 16 He said favorable reports on hit * candidacy were coming from all sec ut tlons of the state, and he expreeeet confidence that he would win tht id Democratic nomination. . * ' - 'yV> *' W ' _ L *> - ? " . ' . ' v. ' f ." *" ' 4 1 ft Pages I 0 Today , PRICE FIVE CENTS Monday ?> * ' Installation Is Completed; Rules Listed The aluminum pointed poles j with caps on the top are trtsta'Ux! . } and ready for use; ! This means that hlotorists park* | inii 'their'cars'in the Kings Moun| tain business section should keep ;t 1 plentiful supply of.h:i9kies and pen -' nies on their persons effective Mon? day morning at 8 o'clock, the day the city's recently ? enacted park* I ing meter ordinance goes into ef1 feet. Installation work was completed j this week and rhe city has made its I parking .meter law operative after ! Monday. The parking law will be strictly enforced, it was announced, and the : cost will be five cents per hour. . Meiers on the parking areas immediately adjacent to the railroad | will be the two-hour variety, as will NO DIMES, PLEASE 1 The parking meters'installed by the city won't operate on dimes. While a dime will lit into the slot, a dime will not registes on tha meter. The meters here will givu value received for nickles and pennies only. To park the full twohours in the two-hour areas, a motorist should deposit two nickles. He should deposit one nickle' at the one-hour meters, for maximum parking allowances. If he's a hop-skip-and-jump driver, ha should deposit sufficient pennies (up to the five maximum) to take care of his parking as long as ha intends to need It. The word of tha city is: Read the instructions on the meter. the meters on Gold street. While all others will be one-hour meters. The parking limits will be operative from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. Mondays through Fridays, while they will op' erate "from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. on Saturdays. No parking charges will bo made afternoon on Wednesdays nor any time on" Sundays. City Engineer E. C. Brandon said that Officer Petty had been assign-, ed the enforcement job on the-meters, and that he also had instructions to crack down on double-park: ing and other traffic infractions. Over-parking will cost the motori a t 11 (ill natto Kin a ? ? LI o I 4 I'll V*-W, pnj uu IV a i Uir V_?1 v j iian, and it was pointed out that the parkj ing ticket for infractions will bear license number of the over-parked | car which wil enable the police department to ferret out car owners | who endeavor to ignore the citations. Other teeth in the law provides , maximum fine of $50 and?or imprisonment for 30 days for persons caught putting slugs rather than coins in rhe meters and for persorns convjeted of damaging the meters. Famous Paintings To Bo On Display Reproductions of works of artists i of many generations will be on display in Kings Mountain from May [10-14 in Central gymnasium accord ling to an announcement this week by Miss Elizabeth Hunt, city school ) teacher. This collection consists of 150 mas terpieces representing the French, Italian, Flemish, English, Dutch, Spanish, German, and American schools of art. Most of these are the mastet pieces studied by the schools. Famous portraits, landscapes, marines. and pastoral scenes in the col tors cf the original canvases are ori -i t ? I _ . - i display. .*?jj "Country T" Breezes Past Inspection Lane "Need a good story?" asked one of the Inspectors with the safety inspection loue last Saturday morning. -wd| The story concerned a 1923 Model T Ford and it was probably the best one during the lane's stay in Kings Mountain, which ended yesterday afternoon at 5 p. m. The "T" broke a longstanding record for "country" travel in pass- * ing the inspection and getting an approved sticker. 'wtnl through like a breeze, in : perfect shape." the inspector said. But that wasn't the whole tale. ' The vehicle had never crossed railroad tracks nor had It ever been undes a traffic signal (red > light) since it was purchased new back in 1923, the inspector quoted I the owner. ? The T* is owned by Fries Harmoty ef route 1. Kings Mountain. . ,. ,.. , .... :. .