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Immediate Trading Area 15.000
VOL. 59 NO. 20
City Pla
Local News
Bulletins
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HERNDON COi/DITJOW
r. D. Herndon, stricken last week
P with a series of heart attacks, continued
very ill at Gaston Memorial
hospital Thursday. ( Members
of his family said he liad undergone
a "bad day" Wednesday and
< was still being kept under an
oxygen tank Thursday morning.
THOMASSONS HOME
Mr. and" Mrs. J. B. Thomasson,
. severely injured in an antomobile
wreck two weeks ago, were brought
home by ambulance from
Athens. Ga., Saturday. They were
reported "doing fine" Thursday
morning. Mr. Thomasson is able *
to be up part of the time. They
are able to receive guests.
WORLD SERIES PICTURE
A film of the 1947 AIl-3tar Game
and the 1947 World Series is available
for showing free of charge
to civic groups, according to
an announcement yesterday by J.
, H. Moss, president of the Western
Carolina League. Groups may
m4ke arrangements for showing
of the film by calling the Western
Carolina League office in the
Morrison building, phone 560.
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. KIWANIS PROGRAM
A skit by a group of high school
students was to feature the Thursday
night meeting of the Kiwanis
club at the Woman's Club. The
program was arranged by Harry
Page, chairman of the . club's
boys and girls work committee.
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V UONS MEETING
P Members of the Kings Mountain
Lions club were to hear and address
by Clarence O. Ridings, candidate
for Congress, at the Thursday
night meeting of the club at
the high school cafeteria. Also on
the program was sho\ving of a
film of the 1947 World Series.
COURT OF HONOR
Regular monthly Court of Honor
of the Kings Mountain Boy Scout
district was to be held Thursday
night, May 13, at City Hall at 7:45.
DANK HOLIDAY
The First National Bank will be
closed next Thursday, May 20, in
observance of Mecklenburg Independence
Day, a legal bank holiday
in North Carolina, H was announced
by L. E. Abbott, cashier. ?
MERCHANTS CONVENTION
J. W. Milam, W. G. Grantham,
E. E. Marlowe, and Ned McGIll are
expected to represent Kings Mountain
at the annual convention
of the .North Carolina Merchants
association which convenes In
A^heville Monday and Tuesday.
JAYCEE CONVENTION
Among Kings Mountain citizens
who will attend the annual
state convention of the organization
which convenes at WinstonSalem
Friday will be Mr. and Mrs
W. S. Fulton, jr., Mr. and Mrs. Ja^
cob Cooper, Mr. and Mrs. W. K.
^Mauney, Jr., and Ned McGlll.
Mrs. Bush Manager
Of Country Club
Mrs. Irene Bush, .of Elisabeth/
ton, Tenn., was to arrive here
Thursday to assume management
of the Kings Mountain Country
Club, according to an annoucement
by Fred Plonk, president.
He also announced that Dan
Archer, who has boon associated
In club management with Mrs.
Bush, would serve as golf professional
at the club.
Mrs. Bush is an experienced club
manager, Mr. Plonk said, having
formerly managed country clubs
at Washington, M. C.. Plymouth,
N. C.. Kansas City. Mo. and Johnson
City, Tenn.
"We cue Indeed happy to announce
the appointment of Mrs.
Bush and Mr. Archer." Mr. Plonk
said. "The services formerly avail.
able at the club will be continued
in full," he added.
Mrs, Bush and Mrs. Arches replace
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Clark
who leave this weekend to eeland
Country Club at Fayette vllio.
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| Graduating Class
High school - commencement exercises
for 57 Kings Mountain . boys
and girls will be held Sunday and
Monday nights, May 30 and 31, it
was announced Thursday by B. N
Barnes, superintendent of city
schools.
The commencement sermon will
be delivered Sunday evening, May
30, at 8 o'clock, by the Rev. C. Griei
Davis, pastor of First Presbyterian
church, of Asheville, and the commencement
address on the following
evening at the same hour will oe
given by President Hoyt Blackwell
of Mare Hill college.
| Of the 57 who will receive diplomas,
32 are girls, and 25 are boys,
Twenty-one of the boys are currently
enrolled in high school, and fout
of this number are service veterans,
Four othet boys are also service
j veterans and are receiving high
{school diplomas following successI
ful standing of General Educationj
al Development tests. Service veterans
passing this test are eligible foi
diplomas without further attend
ance at school, Mr. Barnes stated.
Further commencement program
details will be announced later, Mr
Barnes said.
Hayride Here
Saturday Night
The Carolina Hayride, featuring
j Whitey St Hogan, Lee Kirby, and al
l the boys, will broadcast its Satur
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uuj - iiigui fs i vg i miii ucaiu icguiarij
over Station WBT Charlotte from th?
Kings Mountain high school audi
torium.
The show, under sponsorship ol
Kings Mountain Boy Scout Troop 6
will be a full two-hour performanct
beginning at 8 p. m.
C, D. (Red) Ware .Troop 6 scout
master, said advance sale of reserv
ed seat tickets is already under
way. They may be obtained at Woot
ward's Men Shop or at Blalock Gro
eery.
Price of admission will be 50 cent
for children, $1.00 for adults, ta:
included. Doors will open al 7 p. m
"Prom all indications there wll
be a large crowd present," Mr. War
said, "and early comers will hav
an advantage."
Hord To Receive
BA Degree May 27
HAMMOND, La., ? Robert O. Hor<
of Kings Mountain, N. C., Will be a
mong the 68 graduates of Southeas
tern Louisiana College, to receiv<
diplomas at the 23rd annual com
mencement exercises to be held Maj
27.
Hord, the sdn of Mr. and Mrs. H
H. Hord, will receive a B. A. degre*
In the department of Business ad
ministration. He is a major in ac
counting.
Packing Meters I
Hata" Initial "Tj
If you heard any special corrt
plaints oh the istreet this week, ii
might have come from several sourl
ces. But more than likely it" con
cerned the new innovation ? park
lng meters.
The complaints could have com<
from people who didn't have a nick
ie to put in.the slot, from motorist!
who found little red tickets neatlj
tucked under the windshield wipen
of the' , (saying. In effect, fl.Of
please), or from personnel of busi
ness firms who weren't enjoying gei
ting accustomed to parking, in non
metered areas.
Thus, parking meters were th?
talk of the town.
?et results of two and one-hall
days of operation of the meters her<
were also several:
(1) Total take when the city emptied
the coins Wednesday afternoon
(tbla will be regular emptying dayl
was a wash panful of cqj"* which
included 178.08 in ifickles and pen
nies, 19 slugs, one bus token, ami
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Lions Ladies Night
Banquet Is May 25
Tenth annual Ladies' Night banquet
ol the Kings Mountain Lions
club will be held at the Woman's
Club Tuesday night. May 25. with
a "surprise" program in store (or
Lions. Lionesses and their guests.
| according to gn announcement by
Ned McGill. chairman of the arrangements
committee.
Committee-ln-charge this year
includes all bachelor members of
I the club, and. according to Mr.
; | McGllL silence Is the keynote.
"No details of the program will
d* aiTuiged in advance," Mr. Mc-.
Gill said, "but the committee can
promise an interesting program.
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Books Are Given
Honoring Baird
The Kings Mountain Ministerial
association this week made a donaJ
tion of religious books to the Jacob
S. Mauney Memorial Library in
memory of Dr. R. N. Baird, retired
ARP pastor who succumbed two
r weeks ago.
Minutes of the meeting, prepared
by Rev. P. D. Patrick, pastor of Pres1
byterian church, follow:
"The Kings Mountain Ministerial
Association at its reguiar monthly
meeting in St. Matthew's Lutheran
Church last Monday, May 10, devo
ted the major part of the meeting tc
expressions of sorrow, love and sym
pathy in the death of Rev. R. N
. Baird, D. D, We find consolation ir
[the fact that our loss is his eterna
[ gain.
1 | "We are most thankful that th<
| last nine years of the life of this
' i humble, capable and devoted ser
f ivant of God was lived in our com
munlty, ,
| "Dr. Baird was a forcible preach
f ' er of the Gospel of Jesus Christ anc
, !a warm-hearted pastor. Above al
! | he was a consecrated radiant chris
!tian with a merry laugh that was
contagious. Wherever he went h<
radiated good cheer,. He was s<
possessed with the mind and spiri1
1 jof the Master that during his thre<
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once was he heard to complain. Ger
tie and unassuming he nevertheles!
t was as firm as a rock in matters o
principle. He lcrved mankind. Puri
ty of his life and motives were recog
1 nized by all.
e "Desiring to give a permanent ex
e press Ion of love and appreciation fo
the life and labors of this belovet
servant of God the ministers an
making a gift of religious books t<
our eity Library. We hope and pra;
that the reading of these books wil
mean so much to the christian lift
j of our community that the gift wil
. inspire many others to give addi
. tlonal religious books and make thii
? section one of pre-eminence in th(
. Library."
JAYCEE MEETING
Regular meeting of the Kings
I Mountain Junior Chamber of Comi
| merCe will be held at the Woman's
Club Tuesday night at 7 o'clock.
Reports on the state convention
will feature the program.
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lone Canadian penny. Officer Petty
1 handling the meter detail, got &
laugh out of the slugs. He tried one
j and found they would fit in the sloi
! but would give no time on the me
ter.
?i (2) 44 motorists collected parking
> ticket*. .
} <3) There was plenty of parking
r space for the first time since tht
s "A" card became a World War I]
) souvenir.
W. R. Lovelace had the 'honor" oi
t paying off the first parking viola
tion fine. After paying his dollar al
the City Hall, he found plenty ol
? willing ears to listen to "why 1
over-parked." \
T At least one meter, in front of Wrlf
ght's Barber Shop on Railroad av<
enue, wai defective at the start. II
- got stuck on the 12-minute mark
i and several motorists enjoyed a fret
i ride. By Tuesday, it was operating
t correctly again.
But average statement by the av
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? Friday. May 14, 1943
Charter
;|iix Students
Will Attend
Boys' State
Six Kings Mountain boys who will
be sent- Co the annual Boys State at
Chapel HiU June 13 through 20
were named at the regular monthly
meeting of Otis D. Green Post 155,
the American Legion, held at City
Hail Monday night. ,
The list, with the sponsors, follows:
George Hunter Warlick, American
Legion.
Billie Gene Amos,. Junior Chamber
of Commerce.
Jack Ruth, Kings Mountain Drug
Company.
Garland Everette Still, Belk's Department
Store.
Charles Donald Blanton, Kiwanis
club.
Carl Herman Mauney, Lions club.
All the students are from Central
high school. They will attend the
annual event at the University of
North Carolina, at which time they
will study government on all levels.
The boys present, from all over the
state, will elect officers and practice
government.
"Boys State is sponsored ;by the
North Carolina Department of the
American Legion.
I Other business taken up by the
' post included reports from the Ju[tnior
baseball commitee, the build'
ing committee, and others.
' A fish fry was planned and Charles
English was named to head the
I coi?tmittee in charge. Cards will be i
mailed to members announcing the
date of the feed.
[ Nominating committee report and
r! election of new officers will feature
, the next meeting June 14, it was an,
I nounced.
Anti-Fly Campaign
Being Conducted
s I The county extension service and
county public health department are
launching a county-wide anti-fly
j campaign and will hold demonstraj
tions in -the Kings Mountain area
I next week to acquaint farmers with
I simple, inexpensive methods of exterminating
flies, ft was announced
this week by Ben Jenkins, county
agent.
! Demonstrations have been sched1
uled for Tuesday near here. First
| demonstration will be held in the
I Beth-Ware community at the home
j of J. S." Ware at 10 o'clock, while
another will be held at the home of
W. A. Williams at 2 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon.
Demonstration will show proper
use of DDT in combatting flies, and
r all farmers Jn the area are being ur1
ged to attend.
e j
Mr. Jenkins pointed out that the
/ National Infantile Paralysis founda
1 tion is encouraging the anti-fly wari
fare as a means of preventing polio.
1 The polio foundation has set up a
. fund whereby farmers may purchase
s DDT spray for this purpose at whole
> sale prices.
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Graves registration division of
the Army announced last week that
' | bodies of two Kings Mountain vetj
erans killed overseas are scheduled
j to arrive in the United Slates for final
Interment.
The fallen warriors were listed as;
Pvt. Eari E. Carpenter, Army, Mother,
Mrs. 'Mattie B. Carpenter, route
, 3, Kings Mountain,
i Pfc. Moffett D. Davis, Army, fathi
er, Rassie L. Davis, toute 3, Kings
t Mountain.
The bodies were to arrive aboard
J the U. S. Army Transport Lawrence
[ Victory.
[ VTW Will Elect
i Officers Tuesday
f Members of Johnny W. Biacaweti
Post 2268, VFW, will meet at the
t City Hail Tuesday night at 7:30 it
f was announced by Frank'Gladden
I commander.
Mr. Gladden urged a fu ll attend
a nee. He said, annual election of
' post officers will be held, and that
t plana would be made for the fun,
eral of Johnny W. Blackwell, for
?' whom the post is named, who la
r being returned for interment here.
He also-announced that the organ
- izatton is sponsoring a carnival here
neat week. ^
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Registration Books
Will Close Saturday
Registration books for the May
: 29 primaries will close Saturday.
Thus all persons not yet regis !
tered to rots will have to accomplish
registration by Saturday
or will not be able to vote two
weeks from Saturday.
While registration picked up in
Kings Mountain precincts over the
past weekend, it was still considered
"light" by the local registrars.
Local polling places are the City
Hall courtroom for East Kings
Mountain precinct (east of the
i railroad.) where Mrs. Humes Hous!
ton is registrar, and Victory ChevI
rolet Company for West Kings
Mountain precinct (west of the i
railroad) where Mm. J. H. Arthur
is registrar.
Riley, Spilman
Purchase Mill
Robert Rilev, general manager of
Kings Mountain Narrow Fabrics,
Inc., and Robert Spilman, of Statesville
have purchased the 3,500-spindle
Barbara Mills at Boiling Springs
from the David Sobel chain of New
York, according to announcement
made this week.
The new owners will assume j
management and ownership of the
mill on June 1.
The Boiling Springs plant will be
under the management of Mr. Spilman,
who Is owner of a mill at Mon
roe.
Mr. Riley said the new ownership
anticipated no change in personnel
of the mill, but that possible installation
of some.new machinery is
contemplated.
Mr. Spilman is former president of
Appalachian Mills, Knoxville, Tenn. ,
Purchase price was not announc- '
ed.
Board Turns Down
Cline House Bid
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The city school board rejected the .
lone bid for the Cline house adjoin,
ing West school at its meeting Mon
day night and made plans to hold a
public auction to sell the house.
Lone bid on the property was by
D. A. Coetner, who offered 5900 for
. the house. According to terms of the
proposed sale, the house must be
removed within 80 days of purchase.
J. R. Davis is chairman of the
school board committee to make arrangements
for the auction.
The board also accomplished genj
eral re-election of teachers at the
meeting.
MOSS IN HOSPITAL
Mr, and Mrs. Charles Moss left
Tuesday night for New York after
receiving a message that their
son. Charles, Jr., was seriously ill
in A New York honnital Tho -if.
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' tending physician described his j
| condition as serious but not criti- I
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Primary Voting Sj
The political drive of all candidates
was speeding up this week a.4
| the May 29 primary date neared.
[ Though the local scene was stili
! regarded as "quiet", there was definitely
a pick-up In political conver .
sation this week, as speculation was
advanced on possible winners In the j
biennial Democratic swepstakes.
Though most observers qualified
their opinions with the statement
"It's mo early to tell yet," supportlers
of Charles M. Johnson for gov[ernor
and A. L. Buiwinkle for ConI
grcss seemed most in evidence. The
Broughton Umstead contest for
the u. S. Senate was stili listed in
the toss-up stage, as far as local voting
was concerned, and there was
less conviction on county races,
Coui.iy Commissioner Candidates
A. C. Brackett and Henry McKinney
had Invaded the Kings Mountain
territory during the week, Bracket*
putting in apearanee for a round of
hand-ahaking Monday, with McKin
ney doing the same Thursday.
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
August
? Expected
r Tax Rate
Board Discusses
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License Schedule
The city board at its meeting Tues
day night made tentative plans for
holding a city charter election in
August, in compliance with the
terms of the charter amendments
passed by the General Assembly in
1947.
The board also discussed a tentative
budget for the fiscal year 1948149
of $288,000. which it expects to
I balance with no increase in the current
$1.60 tax rate, and passed the
11948-49 privilege license tax which
[included only a few minor changes
from the schedule of last year.
According to the charter-vote
plan, the board and City Attorney
[Ei A. Harrill will draw up two possible
charters. They will meet to discuss
the charters at a special session
this month, then schedule public
meetings to hear opinions of citizens
regarding the charters, and, after
they are considered workable,
will offer them to the voters at
which time the citizens could vote to
accept one or the other, or vote to
reject both, thereby retaining the
present arangement.
As yet no definite provisions have
been worked out.
The vote will be scheduled in August
to comply with state laws
which jjrevenis me noiaing on any
kind of election within 60 days of
general or primary elections. This
means the election on the city charter
would have to be held this year
between July 30 and September 2.
According to the Weathers bill,
passed by the 1947 General Assembly
and amending the city charter
with reference to method of voting,
.c city was required to hold such a
charter election by December 31,
1948.
The hoard also:
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Queens Choii
Here Sunday
i The Queens College Choir, under
the direction of John A. Holliday,
iwil! give a concert at the First Presbyterian
church here on Sunday, a*
5 p. m.
The program will include:
Pueri Concinito, Callus; Help Us,
Eternal God and Lord, Geslus; Heavenly
Light, Kopylow; We Praise
jThee Now, Bach; Cherubiv Hymn,
i Gretchanioff; God's Peace is Peace
Eternal, Grieg; Three Motet Chorales,
To Us Salvation Now Is Come, In
Peace and Joy I Now Depart, O
Saviour, Open Heaven Wide, by
Brahms; Oh! Had I Jubal's Lyre,
from "Joshua," Handel; Let The
I Bright Seraphim, from "Sarr. t,"
[Handel; O Sing Unto the I-ord, Hass
ler; Four Carols, Alleluia! Christ Js
I Born, Gladly Sing This Wondrous
Thing, The First Night, and Peace
on Earth, Siovakian; Two Motefs,
Proprium Missae, Allulia, Kranka,
The Creation,. Riehter.
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peeds Closer
Local candidates W. K. Mauney,
Jr., seeking a county commissioner
nomination, and Glee A. Bridges,
candidate for the state house of representatives,
were also busy?both
at home and away.
W. B. Umstead, seeking re-election .
as U. S. Senator, was in Shelby conferring
with his county manager,
Gerald Goforth, Thursday night, and
was scheduled to visit Kings Mountain
Friday morning.
Otherwise on the docket, the coun
ty Democratic convention is scheduled
for the county courthouse at
Shelby Saturday at 2 p. m. Precinct
meetings, held by the Democrats
last Saturday, were largely unatfen
ded, especially here, where only
three good and loyal Democrats appeared
at East Kings Mountain, and
only one arrived at West Kings
Mountain.
Most observers thought the jockey
lng for position would become furl[
oua by the end of next week. -i_k
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