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* POPULATION City Limit* (1940 Census) 6.574 Ifnmediate Trading Area 15.000 (1945 Ration Board Figures) VOL. 59 NO. 28 ^ ' Berkley, Mi In Semi-Fir Local New$ ' Bulletins ' BUILDING PERMITS One building permit was issued at City Hall by S. A. Crouse, city clerk, during the past week. Permit was issued on last Friday to W. J. Goodluck for addition of a room to dwelling at 217 N. CansJer street, cost $600. PARKING METER RECEIPTS Parking meter receipts for the week ending Wednesday at noon totaled $168.54, according to announcement of S. A. Crouse, city clerk. JAYCEES MET Regular meeting of the Junior Chamber of Commerce was held Tuesday night at the Trout Club. LEGION MEETING Regular meeting of Otis D. Green Post 155, American Legion, will be held at City Hall Monday night at 7:30. The meeting will feature installation of officers for the forthcoming year. A full attendance of the post membership . is being urged. ELLISON PRESIDENT T. J. Ellison was recently elected president of the Cleveland county Mutual Burial Associa er** re*,ecfed 'SeCreTaTy l? <M UNION SERVICE Sunday night's union service will be held at 8 o'clock at First Presbyterian church, with Rev. W. L. Pressly, pastor of Boyee Memorial ARP church, delivering the sermon.' Movie Shows Mill Operations Burlington Mills Corporation has released a 30-minute full color mo vie to be shown soon in the 44 com munlties in which company plants aic vj/cj au.U) av-vv/juwi^ IU ail ail' nouncement by Jack B. Day, super intendent of Phenlx Mills, Kings Mountain unit of .thb company. The movie, which was more thar a year in production, traces the de velopment of Burlington Mills frorr one small plant at -JfcMllngton ir 1923 to its present posinon as one ol the world's largest producers of ra yon fabrics. The film, entitled, "Fabric of Oui Lives," was produced by Films foi Industry. New York, one of the coun. try's leading industrial movie firms and was made on location at more than a dozen representative Compa ny plants in North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, and in the executive offices in Greensboro and the sales offices in New L York. dhfo Superintendent Day stated thai ' the movie will allow employees ol IP Phenix Mills to see visually for the first time the variety of -operations and finished products of the Com pany as well as the varied activttiei that take place in the company's It f manufacturing" divisions and T! plants. The company is a substantial producer of women's wear fabrics, men's wear fabrics, decorative fabrics, cot-ton piece goods and yarm hosiery and ribbons. The movie will be shown first tc the Company's 25,000 employees and f will then be made available on request to other community groups ir the near future. Superintendent Dai " ; Miss Frances Summers Te Glee Radio Program MIm Frances Summers, talented soprano and daughter of Mr. am Mrs. F. R. Summers, will present I IS-minute program over Radio Sta "tlon WOKS Shelby on Sunday after noon at 5:45, k was announced yes While the full program had no been announced, it was stated tha the program would include semi 3 classical selections. ' liden Clash iah Friday Thursday Winners In Second Game; |Du Court Edged Two teams have won berths in th. semi-final round of play in the sec ona annual western .district semi pro baseball tournament, Hender sonville and Maiden, and two team were billed to come out on top o Thursday's doubleheader and ente I the four-team play scheduled fo ! Friday night. First game Friday i at 6:30 and pits Berkley Mills, o Hendersonville, against Carolin; Mills, of Maiden. Winners of Thursday night's pla, will face each other in the seconi l game Fridiiy night. Mt. Pleasant, winner over Higi ! Shoals 7 to 4 In the first round, 1 due to face Stanley, into the quar ter-finals' by virtue of a bye, an Beacon Mills, of Swannannoa, win ner over Derita 6 to 0 in 1st roun> play, faces Taylorsville, who drew bye, in games billed for Thursda i night. Hendersonville plastered Monro 12 to 3 Monday afternoon and edg ed DuCourt of Kings Mou.itain Wei nesday afternoon 6 to 4 in a red lie game. Maiden edged Rowan Mills, o 1 Salisbury, 12 to t after downin I Linvllle 35 to 0 Monday night. | Winners of Friday nights game I will advance to the finals wi fnr i p. m. Saturday. The tournament is sponsored, b the Lions club, with John Moss, dis j trict commissioner, as general chaii man. 1 -The box scores: .. ...? ? "?? - - WEDNESDAY GAMES Berkley Mills AB R H PO. Buddy Stepp, If ... 4 1 1 1 Link Drake, ss 4 0 0 0 Clyde Peek, fb .... 2 X 2 9 Tommy Seltzer, 3b . 5. 0 13 , Clarence Stansell, c 4 117 E. C. Bricklemyer, rf 3 0 0 2 j Harold Abbott, 2b ..' 4 1 1 3 'Dewey Honeycutt, cf 3 10 1 ! James Hoots, f .... 4 1 3 O Hal'Gamble, lb ...-.0 0 0 0 j TOTALS . 33 6 9 27 1 DuCourt Mills ' AB R H PO Ed Nichoals, 3b 5-1 3 2 James Mauney, ss .. 5 0 1 0 Bob Wells, If 5 0 11 jBill Robinson, rf ... 5. 13 3 j Wayne Quinn, cf ... 5 10 1 [Howard Sams, c ... 3 0 0 7 [Cecil Sheppard. lb .. 2 0 15 ^ ; Bill Throneburg, 2b .4 1 1 7 ' Jackson Parker, p .. D 0 0 0 Dan Tarlton, p ..... 4 0 10 ' z-Gene Nlchoals, lb .2 0 2 1 1 TOTALS 40 4 13 27 11 ^ z- G. Niehoals for Sheppard in 6tt Berkley 060 000 000 DuCourt 000 101 101 : . f Errors: Seltzer 2, Honeycutt, Maur ey, G. Nlchqals. Runs batted ir . Stepp, Peek 2, Seltzer, Hoots 2, Well (Cont'd on back fage) Mrs. Mimms Dies Suddenly si [ Mrs. Florence Mim.ms, former an ? well known resident of Kings Moun tain, died at her home In Kinard: S. C? Thursday morning. Funera 1 will be held in Kings Mountain Frl | day afternoon. She had eaten breakfast Thura day morning and died sudden! after. ( Mrs. J. R. Davis, a cousin, is a sur 1 vlvor. interment will be in Mountai k Rest cemetery and the body will b 1 brought to Harris Funeral Home.', > Lions Schedule ' Family Nloht Picnic %V'V. ^ . Officials of the Kings Mountal ' Lions club announced this wee \ change of the regular meetln nights for the club to each aecon and fourth Tuesday. 1 Concurrently, It was also annour 1 ced that the first regular meetln 1 under the new schedule will be club Family Night picnic Tuesda " night at Lake Montonla at 7 o'clocl All members are' being urged t bring their families ana "well-fille t baskets." t . The Lions club has been meetln on eaeh second and fourth Thur day evening for the past two year v Kings Mountain. N. C. Fourth Holiday iFeatured Heat, D- L.ii m * sdseoaii, i ravei ' ! A portion of* Kings Mountain's Jul> . 4th-week vacationers went back to work Tuesday morning, and the remainder were viewi'ng the "shank" of their vacation Thursday, as they planned to resume regular work schedules on Monday. For Kings Mountain citizens ? particularly those who remained at p home ? the week of July 4. 1948, . would go down as one of the hottest in history. Everybody talked about the weas ther and exerted principal efforts toward keeping cool. r Many Kings Mountain people r made annual treks to beaches and s mountains on holiday trips, while J others stayed at home to rest and a relax and do odd jobs about their houses. * t y < Principal diversion here was the Jj Lions second annual semi-pro base- ' ball tournament which began Monh day and will continue through Sats urday night, while all nearby swim.. ming pools did a rushing business. d The weekend passed with one vlo lent death being reported. This ocd curred Saturday when seven-yeara old David Roy Connor stepped in y front pf a train. t e Business ceased on Saturday1 night, as most business houses took J a Monday holiday, Service stations lt and eating places, of course, were open and did a rushing business. One service station operator said he g was doing business "going and coming," from the same people on ,s the same day. This was occasioned g by travelers who. Trrvatied mounj tains and beaches without reserva'tions. Many failed to find accomy modations in the crowded resort a[* reas and had to return home. . Business houses re-opened Tues- j day for a generally ?rtsk bujinfess. < Social SecwtW^ay# j * Widows And Children i 5 Figures recently released bv the i 0 Social Security Administration ' dis1 closes that the average payment to * a widow with two- children is about 0 S48.70 a month: to a widow with - "three or more Children. ?51.80. 0 0 ' In quoting these figures. Miss 0 Maddox. Manager of the Gastoni? - office explained that these amounts 0 are not flat amounts received by all * widows ahd children, but represent J the average payments. She pointed 3 out that the law shows special con0 sideration for children and their mo0 thers. Children under 18, and wid0 ows who have children under 18 in 3 their care are eligible for monthly 1 benefits even when the deceased 2 worker was employed in covered 0 jobs only about half the iast -three 0 ; years of his life. Miss Maddox em- j 1 | phasized, however, that no benefits j - ] are paid automatically. When a I wage earner dies, it is important for j i. his family to file claims at once at * the nearest Social Security Adminis- ' A tra'tlnn fiolH Affile MAniKIu nfltc vr II MVIUII AIVIU mnvv. iMUIIUIlT 1'Vlll.lllO | 4 to survivors are retroactive for only ? three months. Thus, If a claim is fil-j t- ed in the fourth month after the r month in which the wage earner Is dies, one month's benefits are lost. KIWANIS PROGRAM j Jack P.rince, well-known Kings j Mountain man who recently re turned form a tour of army duty in Japan, was to address the Kings Mountain Kiwanis club at d the regular meeting at the WoI mrn's Club Thursday night at M. 7 o'clock.; , - ; , ' Bethware Schedult j Fail For Septembt n Plane were announced yesterday _ e for holding the first annual Bethware Community Fair on September 16, 17, 18, on the grounds of Bethware high school. Purpose of the fair is to further stimulate agricultural development of the community, n Prizes will be awarded in agrlculk ture, horticulture, livestock divisions g and in a women's department, ind eluding home canning, household articles, and flowers HNM*t .1... M ?L. |.%i ciiiai pious ivr me eveni ortr iu ue K | mapped at a meeting Monday night a ; at Bethware school auditorium, It y was announced. <, I Officers of the Bethware Commuo nlty Fair are Meyers Hambright, i president; and Willis Harmon, sec- j i rotary. Directors are Boyd Harrelson, i g Wayne L. Ware, Frank Ware, Willis s. Harmon and Lama,- Herndon. a, Following are the department dl! -? ... V.. 'f . x .V ~$i?- ?- /- ' "t i'-J ' V/, V-'tvV AV i ' ivaait 52KX>iVA v f ^ ? 1? i 4'*"/, ,^>/"// y-" tainTl . Friday. July 9. 1948 Ao /Yen; Cas DDT Sprayi Doctors Report ' IT- *JJ!i!:---i no naumonai Polio Diagnoses c A check of Kings Mountain phy t si clans Wednesday afternoon and t Thursday morning revealed no. fur c ther cases of polio had been discovered during the past week. , This brought the hope thai there j would be no epidemic of the dread ; disease. I To date, four cases have been , found in the Kings Mountain community, as reported last week. The , , patients, all children, are receiv- ' <j irtg treatment in various hospitals t and most are reported improved. . It was rumored that a Beik child who lives on Church street was a _ polio victim, but Dr. \V. L. Ramseur, attending physician, said he had examined the child and had informed * the parents to call him if the child ? failed to improve. Dr. Ramseur said he had received no further call and assumed the child was well again. Another doctor repotted a mild epidemic of virus infections, with Jl1 symtoms similar to polio. However, he said, none have developed into what could be clinically diagnosed as infantile paralysis. He added that T[ it would be wise for parents to con- ta suit a physician In event of illness;1X1 of their children, as a precautionary measure. ! It was also being recommended that citizens continue other precau- 1" tionary measures, such as keeping j: children from crowds, and keeping lr premises in a sanitary condition. I n Seven T^adiers, # Principal Needed i d If the Kings Mountain school w board ran a help wanted classified p advertisement it would ha\e read Wednesday: Wanted ? seven tea- w chers and one high school principal. f( B. X. Barnes, superintendent of schools, said this number wouid g be required to give the city school p system a complete faculty when school opens in September. ' s, In connection with the announce- ' s< ment, Mr Barnes also annoneed e- Si lection ol four new teachers for the forthcoming year. They are: e Miss Helen Turner, of Fair Bluff, e grammar grade teacher. Mrs. H. B. Covington, of Polkviile, d first grade teacher. |c< Miss Lorene Stroupe, of Bessemer d City, grammar grade teacher. Miss Laura Bell, of Huntersville. ri Bible teacher. e Mr. Barnes had previously an- | nounced election of Everette L. Carl- p ton. of Winston-Salem, as high a school coach and teacher of physical , education.. ; e Necessity to elect a new high p school principal was created three weeks ago, when J. E. Huneycu.ti re- s signed to accept the superintenden- .w oi* r\f RnoIrinrrh Q m oitir ooWaaIo V J v? ??W wiling IIU 111 V.II J OV.IH/VIJ, J| BAKER WINS AGAIN Tommy Baker. _ 19-year old Kings Mountain model airplane 0 expert, continued his mastery of the field Sunday when he took top < honors in the southeastern con- * tests at Charlotte. He took firsts J in Class A speed, and Class R speed divisions, and seconds in Class S speed and jet-powered di- \ visions. p ___ __ - ^ ;s Community ;r 16. 17. 18 : 1 ' , i: rectors, and assistants (first named is the department director): Agriculture ? Boyd Harrelson, J. '' S. Ware, \yilHs Harmon, Hugh Falls, a L. E. Champion. Horticulture ? Wayne L. Ware, d Cameron Ware, Lamar Herndon, f Frank Ware, Russell Putnam. Livestock ? (cattle department) J. C. Randall, Ted Ledford, Paul Her- f mann, Harold Herndon, William " Watterson. I Livestock ? (sheep department) Herman Gcrforth. h Livestock ? (hog department) S Jack Ware, John Phtfer. T Women's Department ? Mrs. n Leonam Oamble, Mrs. Charlies O- ? wens, Mrs. Alex Owens, Mrs. J. S. f Ware. 11 The event Is being sponsored by G the Bethware Progressive Club. o | - - : " ' . v V' C erald es Of Polio Ing Of City 948 City Taxes | 3 Percent Paid _. ' i Kings Mountain citizens, taking ' idvantage of the discounts al- , owed for pre-payment of taxes. | lad paid approximately 43 perrent of the total levy for the year hrough July '3, according to figires given by S% A. Crouse. city rlerlr. Mr. Crouse reported total pay- j( nents through that date of S38.- j' 151.02, against the total levy of ' >89,529.07 estimated to be receiv- j >d from this source during the ' rurrent year. 1 Taxes prepaid up to June 30 1 were discounted at two percent. t Taxes paid this month will carry 1 i discount of one and one-half ' >ercent. Recorder Court n Heavy Session A total of 21 cases wen- tried in a j loliday weekend" session of City t eenrcters court held at City Hall ' uesday^afternoon, Judge O. C. O'-. v arrell presiding: ( The session was featured by a va- t ety of cases, with Jail sentences toiting 360 days. Two cases were dis- ! lissed. if Buck Floyd, for assault on a felale, was sentenced three months | nd costs, suspended on condition te defendant remain away from te home of Mrs. Bnclc FlnvH r?or>a. .~j V. lg divorce proceedings in Cabar- * is county court. William Alfred Valentine, of Gas- 1 >nia, for driving drunk, was senten . ?d SlOO-and coats. T. C. Perkins was fined $5 and I jsts for driving without a drivers cense and the case against Wil- j am A. Whitesides, charged with riving without a drivers license. J 'as dismissed after the defendant . roduced his license. Boss Eugene Grigg and Bill Bcatty ere each sent to jail for-thirty days n public drunkenness. Case against Grady Brown, char- ' ed with assault with a deadly wca on, was dismissed. \ Paul Jackson trtoi the Paul Jack- ! Jit employed by the Hera Id 1 was 1 ?nt to jail for six months for as- ' ault with a deadly >veapon. Sam Williams, for public drunk- I nness and resisting arrest, was find $5 and c sis. It Phillip Brooks Cannon. Sr., for' ' riving drunk, was fined $100 and jsts and ordered to surrender his rivers license for one year. A. B. Shufford, for speeding 50 1 liles pet hour, was fined $5 and i osts. ,. ( Ellis Bishara, of Houston, Texas, a < roressional wrestler, vyas fined $o I nd costs for speeding. I Reynolds Foy Suman, for impropr display of North Carolina license < lates, was taxed with the costs. i Walker Burj-is, charged with as- i ault with a deadly weapon and dth public drunkenness, was sen- I pnced to Jail for four months on the 'I ssauH count and the public drunk I nness charge was dismissed. Nine defendants were convicted i n charges of public drunkenness, i itender To Attend ichool On Missions - Rev. Wm. H. Stender, pastor of St. ] latthew's Lutheran church has . een invited by the Board of Social I fissions of the United Lutheran hurch in Amerioa to attend a | chool of Social Missions conducted |-i ar the southern synods at the Luth- jJ ran Theological Semln&ry, Colum- j't fa, S. C. .during the week of JtifJ? ' 2-16. V. . it Mr. Stender serves as chairman of le Social Missions committee of]5 te Southern Conference and is also t member of the Synodical commit- N te. The Board in this school is en- I eavoring to acquaint a few of the 1 astors with the wider workings and j nportance of the Social Missions' t rork. I ^ ?. It tiles For Groono fold On Tuesday ] Joseph F. Greene, 76, died at his l ome in Kings Mountain at 8 p. m. unday. Funeral services were held ! 'uesday at 4 p. m. at Mount Harmo- , y Baptist church in Rutherford ounty. The Rev. Floyd Hollar con- 1 ucted the service, and burial was a an adjoining cemetery. Survivors include two sons, Grady reene of Shelby and Burley Greene f Kings Mountain. J ? V.." _ : ' .. i .. ... - ? , 1 O Pages I ? Today PRICE FIVE CENTS ? Reported; Planned City Is Seeking Financial Aid Of Civic Clubs At a ' <e ial session of the city 1 >oard of commissioners hold Wed tesday afternoon, the board voted o conduct 'a city-wide DDT spray, ng and to ask civic organizations to telp defray costs of the project, After a lengthy discussion. Mayor Tom Fulton and Commissioners I". J. Ellison and Cart Mauney, only nembers present, decided tha-t an emergency measure should be taken o destroy- flies, deter polio, and nth >twise improve the health of the rommunity. A motion Was made by Cllison and seconded by Mauney hat a 35 percent DDT solution be irdered from the State Health De lartment to be sprayed throughout he town. > . Since the budget does not include tuch an expenditure, which was esimated af $2,000, the board agreed o ask the civic organizations to buy he solution, that-cost to be approxmately $1,300, The remaining $700, vhich would include labor and ren- , al on equipment, to he assumed by he city, using city workmen and nachinery as far as possible. W. C. Stallings, county health of icer, was present in an advisory ca ' >acity and promised the support of tis department in instructing crews if workmen who would cover the own, spraying the solution on the jorches of each house and the areas iround barns and other outbuildngs where a fertile fly breeding :ondition was found. Present plans are to use around wo gallons of the spray for each touse and to do this would cost $1 .00 rer house. Mr. Stallings suggested he spray' method in preference to he "fogging" which has boon u.se.d jv nearby towns. "For elirriinating 'lies. be.said, 'nothing can beat the land .spray but this spray which /ou plan to use will be much more dfective than Togging and will cerainly gel rid of a lot of flies." Ci.ty Engineer E. ('. Brandon was nstructed to take immediate steps' n procuring the DDT. so that spravng could he done in the- near, full re. Connor Child Killed By Train Daniel Ray Connor, seven, son of \}r. and Mrs. Thomas H. Connor, was nstantly killed last Saturday aft jrnoon at 12:10 when he ran in front >f the second section of Southern Railroad passenger train No. 29 at he Baker street crossing. Funeral services were held Modlay at 3 o'clock at Gilbo Methodist :hurch near Rutherfordton. with burial in the Gllbo cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Connor reside in the Phenix Mills community where they tave lived since coming here.from Rutherfordton about 10 months ago. Surviving in addition to the boy's parents are a brother and a sister, Harold Connor and Mildred Connor. The train engineer was E. W. Ebler, and the conductor was H. C. 5UCCS. Coroner J Otlie Harric sairl jn inquest. Was. not required. Nine Men Enlisted In Army During June Nine local men enlisted in the \rmy Air Force during the month of lune according to an announce nent this week by Master Sergeant rtuman A Billingsley, Shelby re :ruiter. ' The men were listed as Charles H. Smith, Roy K. Camp. Waiter J. Ril>y, Klugh B. Plumley, Charles F. lladden, Clyde Black, Nathan H. Davis, William U. Prince and James t. Blddlx. Sgt. Billingsley also announced hat he can be. located on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday of each veek at the Postoffice building in Kings Mountain. Herald To Be Closed During This Weekend The office of the Kings Mountain Herald will be closed this weekend, in accordance with an annual custom to suspend operations ono weekend during the summer' months. i no omce win do ciosod on rrtday and Saturday, and will reopen again on Monday morning. I