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B>V JrV" - - V ' i ' ' * %\ r POPULATION | City Limits (1940 Census) 6.574 Immediate Trading Ana 15.000 I (1945 Ration Board Ptgum) VOL. 59 NO. 37 County Jayi For X'Rdy j Local News jj ^ Bulletins 1 i ' la MASONIC MEETING ' da Fairvlew Lodge, 339, A. F. & ctl A. M., will hold a regular commu-. v.e nication at the Masonic Hall on "l Monday night at 7:30 o'clock. - Ti BOARD TO MEET The city board of commissioners 11 will hold its regular September 00 meeting Tuesday night at 8 o-. clock at City Hall. City officials ^ said only routine business is currently listeu on the agenda. V5 di METER RECEIPTS Parking meter receipts for the 18th week of operation, which end- ps ed Wednesday, totaled $150.11, ac- m cording to a report from the office ec of S. A. Crouse, city clerk. ai . U! TO LEGION CONVENTION di Past Comander John W. Glad- P' den, Hubert Ad'irholdt, John Hen- " n ** n^v. j n? I ry moss, retry m. nuutrria anu wavld D. Saunders were to leave for _ Asheville Friday morning to at- ei tend the annual convention of the 't Norfh Carolina department of the American Legion. . pi f . | yy SERIOUSLY ILL tl Ab White, well-known. Kings dl Mountain man, was still in a se- it rious condition at Charlotte's Me- be mortal hospital Thursday. He was iz reported resting some better Wed- e< nesday nlght.'afrer several blood ai , transfusions early in the week. ol W PLANNING BOARD D The city planning board was to ol meet at City Hall Thursday night at 8 o'clock to review the initial zoning survey of the city by Leigh V Wilson, North Carolina League of | Municipalities zoning expert, | Infantile Cases Now Total 24 f? The Kings Mountain area listed a ^ total of 24 cases of polio during this 4, summer's epidemic Thursday morn- if . ing. v;.' - ' A total of three additional cases had been diagnosed during the past j se week, and, in addition, Dr. J. E. li Anthony had been attending physi- | clan for a case in Gaston county ] near the T>rive-In theater. Dr. P. E. Hendricks reported two cases and Dr. P. G. Padgett reported i ' vnc taoc. The new cases reported by Dr. j b; Hendricks are Patricia Anne Mace, I (J two-and-one-half year old daughter m of Mrs. Carrie Mace who lives at j Phenix Mill, and Roy Neil Quinn, j 11-year-old Negro boy, son of Prea- I w cher Quinn who lives on South Cans ^ ler street. The Mace child became ill i w September 1 and her case was di- i ff agnosed as polio on Saturday. The Quinn boy's case was also diagnos- ? ed as polio Saturday. He had become j 2 ! ill August 30. rW jyy The additional case reported by | M Dr. Padgett was Leroy Brown, 17- J i year-old Negro boy, who lives at 109 ; | Watterson street. He became ill Sep | ftemiber 1, and the case was diagnos ! j ed as polio on Sunday. He is receiv- | P ing treatment at Good Samaritan j hospital in Charlotte. The case attended by Dr. Anthony K on the Gastonia Highway and not a considered in the Kings Mountain hi area was Bobby McFee, five-year- ai old son of Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Mc- lr Fee. He also became ill August 30, and was taken to the Gastonia Or- H thopedic hospital Saturday. ei rnone umn rians Added Hall-Holiday y The Southern Belt Telephone Com U pany business office will begin ob- oi serving Wednesday half-holidays ri on September 22, according to an announcement wday by W. C. A- fr dams, district manager. ai This is * change from the an- te nouncernem received by lockl tele- H phone subscribers in their telephone ai statements in Thursday's mail, t After next week, the bu#negg of- Ji flee will be open from 8:90 a. m. to ei 5 p. m. ott Mfimday, Tuesday, Thnrs- it day and PrMay. k n4W close at Ji 12:15 p. m. on Wednesdays and-Sat- Ji urdaym. Patrons are being adked to Ji note the change in schedule. gi ' *ees Plan ( Unit To Fi local laycees, helby Group :o Seek $12,000 Jaycees of Cleveland County wii II nr>U n ?U - ? ? - -? M ?. uiiv11 a uiivc wmiiii ine ucai lev lys to raise $12,000 for the pur lase of an X-Ray machine as a pr ntive measure in the continuini itit against tuberculosis. This action was agreed upoi tesday night as Kings Mountaii ycees vo?ed to join the Shelb; inior Chamber of Commerce in th >unty-wide effort. The unit which will be purchat 1 will be similar to the one used b e U. S. Public Health Service l! e county-wide T-B survey mad iring 1946. Plan of operation is to turn th tit over to the county health de irtment. Funds for supplementa aintenance would then be suppll I by the County T-B associatior id the health department woui ?e it as a mobile unit, visiting-ir istriaT firms, schools, and othe ipulation concentrations all bv? te county on an annual basis. Need for the unit is noted in th ict that tuberculosis, discovere ifly, can be easily cured, wherea Is fatal In advanced stages. Speaking concerning the propose roject at Tuesday night's meetin ere Bill Lineberger, president ( ie Shelby Jaycees, Bobby Are; lairman of the Shelby group's cot ilttee, J. L. Willkie, and Ralph Gi ?rt, members of the Shelby orgar ation, and Mrs. W. C. Stalllngs, e> :utive secretary of the county Tssociation. Present for the meeting as a gue I the Kings Mountain Jaycees wa r. W. L. Ramseur who said 'T kno' I nothing which these organiza (Cont'd on back page) Vright's Conditio] lemains Critical Ernest Wright, 5S, remained in nticai condition at Shelby hospiti t noon Thursday of Injuries su (red around 8 o'clock Wednestia lorning when a state highwa Limp truck rammed the rear of hi ?0 Model A Ford. The accident occurred near Byei (rvice station Just outside the cit mits on the Shelby road. Riding with Mr. Wright, who 11\ i on route 2 were his two f >ns, Jes e Wright, 34, and Sherman Wrigh }, both of whom suffered bad cut The 1946 dump truck was drive y Dorus Ormand, who lives net ong Creek church, route 2, Kins fountain. He was not injured. Patrolman Harolotis H. Daytoi ho investigated the accident, sai tat both vehicles were traveling t< ards Shelby and that the true immed into the rear of the car e was slowing for a right turn 01 te highway. Dayton said Mr. Wr ht was using the proper signal fc le turn. > Hf-to-School Gioi Students. 30 Schc Once again the time has come ft ings Mountain to say goodbye ft few months to a large number t er young people as prep school nd colleges begin registration wit t the ftext few days. According to a poll made by th erald this week, which may not b utireiy complete, eighty-seven boj nd girls will represent Kings Mou tin In thirty different schools an t eight states. Gardner-Webb leads the field th ear with thirteen students. Tb niverslty of North Carolina is ner n fhe lilt With Mn >nH W C inks third with eight. The following list was compile om church lists and other source nd if any names have been omi d, it was unintentional and tn erald would IHce to be notified t ny others going away to school. GARDNER WEBB -Ruddy Medll imes Hullender, BiliCashlon, Rot t Nelll, Dwight Ware, Billy Hai mam WaWnr Tlannnn p. P U/erlinl tOffl| rWiTTHfTl, V/. ?? WarllCl ? . Eddi* Campbell, Dick Foste m Hudgins, Bob Patterson an mrny Bplvey. John Lewis Hea< -andson of Mrs. Lula Woodwar* Kings Mountain. N. C.. Campaign Ight T-B 1 1 d ELECTED TO SCOUT POST ? Au- j i. brt.j Mauney, active Kings Moan?r tain Bay Scout leader, was notified ,r last week of bis election as member-at-large of the National Coun-1 e ciL Boy Scouts of America. s Mauney Elected * To Scout Council ?* | n Aubrey Mauney, prominent Kings j. Mountain texile executive, was not. tified last week of his .election as' t. member-atlarge of the National B Council of the 'Boy Scouts of America. . . rt i Mr. Mauney's election took place LS at the national convention of the w Scout organization at Seattle, Wash, early in the summer, but announcement of the new officers was delayed until last week. For many years, Mr. Mauney has U been highly active in the Scouting program,' both in Kings Mountain I and ivi fho PloHmnnt fVfcimAI 1 Ho lc *? ?! ?*?V l?j at present commissioner of the Kings Mountain district, a former president of the district, and holds a. the Silver Beaver award for service j J i in the organization. ? y Mr. Mauney is secretary-treasurer y and general manager of Kings Is Mountain Manufacturing Company. JLocal Women Answer y ,"WIfe Wanted" Ad r. Several Kings Mountain bachej. lors ? and other citizens too?have t expressed interest in the identity of s' three Kings Mountain ladies who answered a "Wife Wanted" advern tisement run by E. D. Anderson, 48ir year old Wayne county (Goldsboro) [.s farmer. ' j According to a news story from ^ Goldsboro, three local women had j , expressed interest in t.he proposl- j j j tion. k Mr, Anderson's wife died two] is years ago. He is the father of seven ! er \ ? 1 ? ? - -- - Li cnnaren, nve 01 wnom live at home, j i- One Kings Mountain bachelor re>r marked, "They don't have to go that far do they?" '! up Includes 87 >ols, 8 States , >r who lives at Gramerton and visits ?r here frequently, is also to enter >f Gardner Webb. Is | UNC ? John Plonk Jr., Meek Car-1 h penter, Malcolm Patterson, R. G. I j plonk, Jr., Iva Jean Beason, Bob Beae , son, Virginia Summers, John Butler ; ie i Plonk, Johnny Kerns and Donald Mc s Ginnls. n < N. C. STATE?George Tolleson, d ; Charles Williams, Jr., John Dilling, Billy Throneburg, Bill Gantt, G. L. Is MdDaniel, Jr., Jackie Gamble and ie Ted Ramsey. (t WOMAN'S COLLEGE of UNC? Ie Nancy Dickey, Betsy Toflleson, Peg gy Arthur and Betty Lynch, d LTMfiSTONE ? Dorcas Carpenter; !8 MEREDITH? Mary Beth Hord; ERS t- KINE ? Norman McGlli. e GREENSBORO COLLEGE ? Jean if FVaoL. T? UTaiWL rm. I VHTI0 auu ?c?ll WOTW. 9AL/BM -* Emelyn Gillespie, n Frances Rummers, Eleanor Myers >- (Academy.) r- DAVIDSON ? Earle Myera, Henry ?, Noisier, Charlee Nelsler, Ralph Norr. thcutt, and James Herndon.. d ' DUKE ? George Thomaaaon, Mll1, ton McKetvle and James Throne1, (Cont'd on back page) 9* "ft,* J* Friday. September 10. 1948 Gastonia Girl I Is Top Winner , At Horse Show ? Rainy weather postponed the i M Kings Mountain Lions club's fifth H annual Labor Day horse show for the first time in five years, and, though it was shown Wednesday to a less-than-normal turn-out of spectators, those attending the event were not disappointed. Some 75 norses competed for the more than St ,000 in prize money offered and officials of the show ex- ? pressed themselves as well-pleased with the outcome of the show in all i S respects. While no individual champion horse was crowned, Mary Jo Clon- j \ inger, the youthful Gastonia horse- ' woman, came close to qualifying for the top exhibitor and rider in ; the show. She captured no.less than j J six blue ribbons showing Artist's Dream, Rainbow Rex and a pony. Miss Larkin. Artist's Dream was adjudged first in both the fipe-harness class and fine-harness stake. Rainbow Rex took firsts in the class for five-gaired stallions and geldings, and Miss . Larkin took firsts in both the pony Jr plass and pony stake. Miss Clonin- ' ger's blue ribbons were also worth $120 in cash, plus a trophy offered ^ the winner in the fine-harness class. I Cl! Kings Mountain exhibitors also ^ did very well. W. G. Grantham's Bonnie Dare, showing much deveiopment during the past year, captur i M ed the roadster class and roadster stake, while Byron Keeter added gy mote ribbons to his tack room with II Ramblin' Jess and Lady Mary. Lady ^ Mary, ridden by H. Tom Fulton, took first in the junior walking! horse class and second in the walk- in ing horse stake. Ramblin' Jess took' Hi first in the amateur walking horse at stake and second in the walking wi horse class. Lady Mary also won a sh first in the groom's class with Willie Lockhart up. cu Among the well-known exhibitors re present was Mrs. E. E. Chapman, of Mi Greenville, S. C., who specializes in (Cont'd on back page) > tei ! roi iff> n.u__ miss Deny tans In Beauty Event 3 ! Hi REIDSVILLfE.?Miss Betty Fails, le| "Junior Miss Kings Mountain of I be 1948," will be among the 20 contes- pa tants who will enter the contest to j mi select the "Queen of the Harvest Ju- i po bilee of 1948" in Reidsville Septem- ! P<> ber 10-11. The Jubilee is an annual to event sponsored here each year by ; th the local Junior Chamber of Com- j merce. j sti Miss Falls will compete in two con po tests. She will first appear when she rides with the other contesants on B a float in the gala parade Saturday morning. Judging will occur at the W bathing beauty contest Saturday afternoon and at the Coronation Ball Saturday night. Winner of the' beau- ne ty contest will be awarded a week's j op expense-paid trip to New York City, j of anH hpr phanornno vi/l-11 huvo nn reservations at one of New York's finest hotels, and the winner will j inj fhi^e interviews with Harry Conover and John Robert Powers Model Ki Agencies, or the equivalent of the ati trip in cash. Second prize winner oil ^yili receive a ladies' 17-jewel Bulo-'thi 'va wristwatch, and third prize win- Pe ner will receive a ladies's 15 jewel Gothic wristwatch. <n The Jubilee activities will begin J] Friday morning, September 10, at | 8:30 o'clock when a farm demonstra- J tion will be presented with the coop It eration of Rockingham County Ag ricuitural Agency, The United States Department of Soil Conservation, J the farm implement dealers of; * Rockingham Gounty, and the local (Cont'd on back page) j * School Opening Very Tentative ^ With three additional cases of " polio reported during the poet weekend, opening of city schools was still eery tentative Thursday. ? Superintendent B. N. Barnes stated last week that school opentag weald be subsequent to the lifting on the ban on gatherings y0 of children under IB. While the ban is oceeenthv ex- ev< tendsd until Saptombar It. It la daamad unlikely that tlw ban irtll wt ba hi tad on that date. Dr. X. ?. ?j? Mltchall. county haolth of Hear, has rU statsd privately as srgll as balora ths Kings Mountain Klwanls clab ck last wash, that It waa his oplnlai ?e . that tha ban should bo cowtinnod 4 I two waaks attar tha moat meant Tha aeunty boasd of haalth has bo wtotthl a^msstlng Joe M?day ?n v- -. *< .i 1 \ ' \ <' < ; !1l <" . \ erald j(tck Of V* tfax Cause If Registe J ONS SPEAKER ? Congressmen L. Bulwinkle, of Gastonia. wil dress members of the Kingi ?untain Lions club at theiri meet j Tuesday night at the Woman': ub at 7 o'clock. The program hai en aranged by Charlie Moss. leeting Friday In Highway 74 \ meeting of citizens interestet the proposed Changes on U. S ghway 74 to Shelby is to be hel< City Hall Friday night at 7:30, i is announced yesteiday by Mai all Heavener. Mr. Heavener, who is currently ci lating petitions requesting tin routing of U. S. 74 north of King Duntain, said he hoped all citizen terested in the matter would at id ? both those favonng the re Jting and those opposing it. Meantime, it was reported tha e county board of commissioner; ?y take action Monday at thei gular September meeting by re estlng a hearing before the Stab ghway Commission. According t< jal procedure, such a request mus made by either county or munic 1 boards within 30 days afte ips of the proposed routings an sted. At the present time, the pro sed routing maps posted extent Kings Mountain's city limits or west. Mr. Heavner said almost all Kinf eet residents had indicated sup rt of the re-routing petitions. arnes' Low Office i Professional Bldg. W. Faison Barnes, new King: w Kings Mountain attorney, ha ened his office on the second fioo the Professional Building, he an unced this week. The office, number eight, is be g redecorated this week. i rip new attorney, a native o ngs Mountain, is a recent gradu e of the University of North Car ina law school. He is residing a e home of Mr. and Mrs. B. S tier. tethwaie Commu [ext Thursday; ] First annual Bethware communl fair is scheduled to ge; under iy, are the Bethware athletic fielc xt Thursday afternoon at fou :lock with some 239 premiums an nineed and a midway of rides an< Myers Hambrlght announced estorday a "wosklng party" cheduled for around 1p.m. Satrday of all fair officials and Invested persons who wish to help lean up the grounds for the fair, arsons are asked to srlng tools. jws. Manager Myers Hambrigh sterday urged farmers and house ves to ready their exhibits for thi ent. Exhibits will be judged on Friday lich has been designated as "live ?ck day." The fair is scheduled t< >se at midnight Saturday., entries for livestock are set t< ise next Friday at 10 a. m. A1 neral exhibits are to be entered bj j m. next Thursday. Department heads are: Boyd Har son, agriculture; Wayne Ware rtlculture; 1. C. Handle, livestock d Mrs. Leonard Gamble, woman1! partment , rr-: ? 1 C Pages |0 Today , ^ . t ' 'i 1 ' - < . " " I PRICE FIVE CENTS olunteers Suspension ring Here - A, | / _ ' . " * .. * . .*? 24 Are Needed For Final Week Of Registering Registration of Kings Mountain area young men in the new peacetime draft ages continued to go well (here this week, though the rate of j registrations was less than during I the first week. However, W. B. (Bill) ' Logan, (Kings Mountain member of the i board, was needing a corps of 24 , . volunteers to arange a schedule for next week's registration job. fn the event volunteer workers are insuffl cient, Mr. Logan said, registrants I during the last week will have to go 1 ! to Shelby to accomplish reglstra* | tion. B . | Citizens able to help with the registration job are asked to call Mr. i Logan at 317-W. According to previous arrangement, a volunteer _ worker is asked to accept a fourand-one-half hour shift. One group opens up at 8 and works until 12:30, I while another works from 12:30 to 5 p. m. Mr. Logan said he was particularly anxious to keep the registraI tion center open at City Hall in order to save registrants the loss of j time required by a trip to Shelby in t addition to the delay caused by a jam-up at the Shelby registration ; office. I ' r! "I realize it is asking a lot to re nilfVQt that pifi7i?nc alt'o J- %nv>\ vit(uv 11.1 f, 1 * C IIICI1 liiilCT s to this task," Mr. Logan said, "but 8i it has, and will, prove of eonsidera. j ble benefit to the boys 18-25 now .: registering for duty In the services." Figures on the total registration I here were not available Thursday s morning. . j It was pointed out that registrants ? need not wait until their scheduled jfday for registering, but may regis, j ter immediately. II' Remaining schedule for registrar tions follow: i September 10 and 11, men born ih ; 1927. 'j September 13 and 14, men born II in 1928. i September 15 and 16, men born in '.19?9i September 17 and 18, men born j in 1930 before September 19. Men born on or after September j 19, 1930, must register on the day they become'18 years of age or with 1 in five days thereafter. 51 . s' KIWANIS MEETING J r-i Members of the Kings Mountain Kiwanis ciub were to hear an ad. | dress by Dr. A. C. Hall, head of the English department of Woman's f / 'n 11 Arm I fniimwoitii a. t K vviic^^i wmYcionj oi ?n v.alU" lina, at rhe regular meeting at the t Woman's Club Thursday night at ij 7 o'clock. Dr. Hali was to speak on the subject of "Epitaphs." inity Fair Opens Exhibits Urged [Taxi Driver Freed i On Cab Violation r ? i,John Lingerfelt, who requested a 1 jury trial at Recordess court herein . a charge of riding a female in the ' front seat of a taxi in violation of the city taxi cab ordinance, was given a nol pros with leave by the county Recorder jury according to Garland Roberts, clerk of court. ' Mr. Roberts said that Lingerfelt was riding his wife at the time of . the charge and stated that, although t the ordinance states that no "fe. male" could ride in the front seat of > a taxi, the courts can not restrict a man's wife from riding with him even in a car owned by another man. It was the first reported violation of th? ordinance and brought the comment that "somebody slipped | up in writing the ordinance." WiMford Hartsoe, who had request ed a Jury trial on a charge of public drunkenness, was fined $5 and coats and Austin Barrett, charged with aa sauft on a female, had been granted !. a nol pros on payment of costs after ? requesting a Jury trial, Mr. Roberta , rud. _. n&afir&iA.<* .<> r.dS r -