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' - " ' "r ._ * POPULATION City Limits (1940 Onsus) 6.574 Immediate Trading Area 154)00 (1945 Ration Hoard Figures) 1 VOL. 59 NO. 41 ? ' ... ' >. Local News Bulletins METER PARKING Parking meter receipts for the 22nd week of operation, which ended at noon Wednesday, totaled $162.39 according to a report from the office of City Clerk S. A. Crouse. MARKET MANAGER Luther S. Mortison, well-known Kings Mountain man who has been living in Florida for tbe past OAVAT a 1 mAnfha luvilltmarl > *?? wv??ivvMiiicu JIETIC iaoi week and has rejoined DixieHome Super Market as manager of the meat department. HARMON IN HOSPITAL T. N. Harmon, well-known Kings Mountain citizen, is receiving treatment at City Hospital, Gastonia, after suffering a heart attack on Monday. He was reported somewhat improved on Wednesday. LIONS MEETING Regular meeting of the Kings Mountain Lions club will be held at the Woman's Club Tuesday night at 7 o'clock. A program on Lions education is beta* -arrange) by the Lions Education committee, headed by Jacob Cooper, it was announced. ministers to meet Meeting of the Kings Mountain Ministerial association to be held t St. Matthew's Lutheran church Monday horning at 10:30 was announced this week by Rev. J. W. Phillips, secretary of the association. McSWAIN WITH HARRIS James McSwain has accepted a mwition with Harris Funeral Home according to an anouncement by owner Ollie Harris. Mr. McSwain, who was formerly with Carey Hand Funeral Home of Orlando. Fla., Is an Oxygen Therapy Technician. LEGION MEETING Motion pictures of combat action In the past war will be shown at the regular ninthly meeting o! Otis D. Green Post 155, American Legion, to be held at City Hall Monday night at 7:30. Commander Ollie Harls is urging a full attendance. CITY BOARD MEETING Itevular Oi-lnhAr meprinn nf (Ha city board of commissioners will be held at City '. Hall Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. Only routine business is on the agenda thus far, according to City Engineer E. C. Brandon, Jr. JAYCEES MET Members of the Kings Mountain Junior Chamber of Commerce saw the film "By Jupiter." at the regular meeting of the club Tuesday night. The film was presen ed by James B. Simpson, secretary of the Merchants association, and by Herman Mauney who served as projectionist. KIWANI3 MEETING Mrs. Marion Rltaert, regional Red Cross office representative from Atlanta, was to speak at the Kiwanis club at the regular meeting Thursday- night at the Woman's Club at 6:30. The program was arranged by Harold Hunnlcutt. Also on the program was a 17-minirte film "Power of the Na' (ion." . , BUILDING PERMITS Three building permits -were Issued at City Hall during the past week. On Monday permits were issued to Hudson Bridges, for repairs to residence on Fulton street, $300, and to Dargin Childers, for construction of a new fourT^om dwelling on East Gold street, ?s,ooo. on sept. 30 permit was Issued to L* A. Smith for construe* -' tton of a new four-room dwelling on Cansler street, $2,300. Body Of War Hero Arrives In States. The body of Pfc. John D. Blackburn, son of City Policeman Will Blackburn, arrived In New York this week aboard the SS Carroll Victory. Final funeral rites will be held In the near future. . 'Pfc Blackburn lost hie life in the Battle of St. Lo, France, on July . ' 1C, W*. . . .. . . . a : v / : m:' ' V . .= . . ; >-.VV V > . .. ; - . ^ ^llgs \ V v ' ^:JW % J B w ?. >' 1MB f ^ l - r^ 1 L BmmB Bfe |^H \ ' t^B H B .* '?^H ?; H^B i- M j MBS. MA'JNEY HONORED BY CHOIR ignsd at organist of th? Central Mel i it that position. It shown at left recel a dinner at the heme of Mr. and Mn presenting the gift. Photo by Bandy. Mis. Maaney Is Honored Mrs. Aubrey Mauney, Central Me. J thodisi church organist and choir director for the pant 12 years who has resigned that position, wet (eh deed a. special, appreciation on the eyening of September 29, at. the home of MP. and Mrs. Otto Hehn. In tribute for. her services, at the dinner attended by members of the church choir, Mrs. Mauney was given a silver gravy boat and a purple orchid, on behalf of the choir. The gifr was presented by Mr. Hehn who said, "Thanks for everything, your never-tiring, ever-patient, ever-obliging, ever - smiling manner through these many years, j Ail we can say is 'thank you.' We j shall miss you." Following the presentation, the group enjoyed a delicious dinner featuring "ham-in-overcoat," a Hun garian pepper dish, Rumanian egg plant salad, potato salad, coffee and hot rolls, and pineapple pie a la mode. ' 1948 Tax Payments Flood County Office Robert Gidney, Cleveland County tax collector, reported Wednesday that county tax payments had been so busy that the office, staff had found k impossible to mail out receipts to persons sending in payments by check. Mr. Uldney said that office traffic had kept the staff busy to the point that no mail had been opened since October 1. He added, however, that citizens who had mailed in checks for tax payments should not become alarmed if receipts are delayed for a few days. They will be 9ent as quickly as possible, he stated. - He also said that persons who had prepaid their taxes would receive, adjustment notices, where necessary, within the month. Some per- i sons overpaid when pre-paying, he said, while othets probably underi paid a small amount. He estimated some $50,000 in tax- -I es had been paid since October 1. Voters Appear Api Election Less THa With the general election in this ! Presidential election year less than Jour weeks away. Kings Mountain activity in the politicking department appeared still limited this week to occasional tunings-in on the football speeches of candidates.' ! Street corner talk was also limited Ion the subject, as people generally | preferred to discuss the relative merits of Cleveland and the Boston1 llafavee in their Struggle for the World's Championship of Baseball. There was a report of some activ- _ [ Ity In that favorhe lor^?fj?ce for constable of So. 4 Township, where Warren Ellison, the Democratic notn . i inee is opposed by his brother. Er- i vin Ellison, the Republican noml- 1 ; nee . f 1 Warren Ellison has beer, scrvilii t In this capacity for several months. Kings Mountain, f w fl m I I H ?Mr*. Aubrey Mauney. who has rc thodist church alter almost 12 year .Tin9 a gift on behalf of the choir a u Otto Hehn last week. Mr, Hehn i ' Flying Flacjs Mark Battle Anniversary riags flying in Kings Mountain yesterday marked the 168th anniversary of the Battle of Kings Mountain, when the colonists broke the backs of the British in the Revolutionary Wan It has beep 187 years since the mountain snen under Cel. Varies. Col. Hambright. Col. Campbell am others, trounced the forces of Major Patrick Ferguson on the bluff seven miles from her*, now enshrined as a national military park. In the battle on October 7. 1780. es a s ?.?_? **? ? coii?a ay nisioriana ine turning of tho tide of the Revolutionary War." Major Ferguson was killed. Early in 1781 Major Ferguson's superior officer. Lord Cornwallis, surrendered to General Washington at Yorktown. One More Polio Case Reported One new case of polio was repori ed during the past week in th Kings Mountain area. .. Mary Ruth Edwards, seven-yeai old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. \ Edwards, who J've on Waco Roa< was found to have polio on Satui day. The child had been ill for se\ eral days, but her case was not cor sidered serious. The child was r< ported much "improved on Thursda morning. With no temperature an resting WdMv The case was reporte by Dr. P. E. Hend^cks. It was the 27th case reported I the Kings Mountain area.' Dixie-Home Store In Courtesy Campaigi The name of Dixie-Home Store was inadvertently omitted last wee from the advertisement on the cit.t wide courtesy campaign now bein conducted by the King* Meuntai Merchants Association. "We are definitely participating said Bob Yoder, ?manAger of th store. ?- t : ithetic Though n Month Away since the resignation of Incumber W. L. Blackbuhn.whom Ellison d< feated for the nomination in the pr mary by a 26-vote margin. The word was out this week tha supporters of Ervin Ellison were rea ly going to make a race out of it. Voters this year will have thel choice of four presidential Candida tea, the Democrats' Truman, the Rt publicans' Dewey, Neighbor Strom Thurmond, of South Carolfni the revolting Dixlecrat, and Henr Wallace, wearing the Progressiv party label. There will also be a reason a bt complete Republican ticket for oth er offices. Major A. L. Buiwlnkle, a Gastonla, long-term reprMentativ In Congress, 1. -tl opposition in th form of Calvin R. Edney of Martha] (Cont'd on back page) ' ' l" _ V. " ff y g-"'>^s nam r ' *. ' *-/ V-. \ . % ; . V--' f. C.. Friday. October 8. 1348 Hearing Scheduled On Zoning Law Foi October 28 ~ ~ j. Byrop Keeter, chairman of the city planning board, announced this week a public hearing would be held at City Hall on the night of October 28 to discuss a proposed , city zoning Ordinance. He said S. Leigh Wilson, North Carolina League of Municipalties expert on zoning, would be present to outline the proposals, and that Mr. Wilson would previously address the Kings Mountain Lions club and the Kings Mountain Kiwanis club. The ^planning board, Mr. Keeter said, has almost completed work on tne initial proposals. lie further pointed out, however, that the plans even when preserited at the public , j hearing, will not be final. "They ,| will be subject to change, first by | the planning board, then by the city i board," Mr. Keeter said, as he urged I citizens to make plans to attend the meeting. . Initial plans call for zoning the city in four types of areas; industri; al, residential, business, and neighborhood trading area. | ( Purpose of zoning is to map the * city for future growth and e.xpansion, in order that residential prop lerty will not be encroached upon by industry and commercial estab" lishments. -mm. Courtesy Drive Underway Here > . i ^ i ? k "Courtesy" was the word of the hour this week as Kings Mountain ( t retail salespeople participated in the two-week courtesy, campaign i now underway. ' More than 100 attended a dinner meeting at the Woman's CJub Monday night and viewed the film "ByJupiter," an interesting fantasy depicting the values of courtesy. A common sight in ail stores were . the little courtesy "corsages" worn | by sales personnel. These small tags served as a name plate for the secret committee of judges who have I been at work all week determining i the most courteous salesman or i saleslady for the current week. Salesmen were reminded by James B. Simpson, secretary of the Mer. chants association, to wear the name tags, in order that they would not be disqualified from the contest by inability of the judges to i identify the clerk. te Mr. Simpson also announced that two participating firms were inad? r- vertently omitted from the adverI. tisement appearing in the Herald i, last week. They are Eagle 5 and 10 r- Store and Dixie-Home Super Marr. ket.\ "These firms are definitely participating in the campaign, and we ^ regret theit omission," Mr. Simpson d said"I believe it is easy to say aln ready that the campaign is a sue cess-," said Hilton Ruth, chairman of the association committee arrang l ing the promotion, . "Certainly all s&lespeople are concentrating ^ on "'courtesy, and I am confident the I vast majority of the buying public *s have seen evidence of it." k r,j Prizes are to be awarded the g cierks adjudge most courteous durn ing the two weeks of the campaign. " Heads Named For Red e Cross Blood Program .j Harold Hunnicutt, chairman of the Kings Mountain blood service program, announced this week names of chairmen of four sub-committees to serve in the American Red Cross chapters efforts to secure )t j blood donations. j The strb-committee chairmen: I* Dr. P. E. Hendricks, medical advisory group. Mrs. Gordon Riley, informatfon 1 end publicity. , Mrs. Robert Miller, volunteer serI vice. Dan Huffstetler, recruitment. I" Sub-committee chairmen are to ' announce members of their comm it tees at a later date, Chairman * Hunnicutt said. e Mrs. Marion Rit/ert, of the Aty janta Red Cross office, was in Kings i- Mountain Thursday discussing the if program wKh chapter officials and e committee chairmen. She waa ached e uled to address the Kiwanis club at II the regular meeting Thursday night - at the Woman's club. leratd . t School Making Plans For Gala Homecoming The Cherryvllle - Kings Mountain football game scheduled for the j night of October 22. at City Stadium I has been designated as the annual i I Homecoming game for 1948 and e- , i iaborate plans, under direction of the high school student govern mem I are being arranged, according to an announcement this week. Alumni and students are being invited to participate. Including on the program will be a homecoming dance at the hi ghschool gymnasium immediately following the game. Bsendall Named Central Pastor i Rev. J. H. Brendall, assigned as pastor of the Central Methodist church here by the Westorf N'orth Carolina conference last week, will1 deliver his first sermon on Sunday, morning at 11 o'eiock, he informed 1 the board of sewards this week. Mr. Brendall succeeds Rev. J. G. ' Winkler, who goes to the Central Methodist church of Asheboro after! a seven-year tenure as pastor ofthe church. Returned to Kings Mountain for | nis intra year was Kev, U. W. Kink, pastor of Grace Methodist ctturch. i | Mr. Winkler was moving to Ashe- i j boro Thursday morning, but was not!; 1 expected to complete the moving , task until Saturday, i Mr. Brendall comes to Kings Moun j | tain from the Franklin Methodist; church where he has served as pas| tor for the past year. Prior to that! J ; time, he was pastor of Central Mei thodist church in Albemarle. i { j Mr. and Mrs. Winkler were ten-I i dered a reception in the basement., of the church on Wednesday evening when a large number of members.1 of the church and other denomina- i tions called to convey best wishes. Hearing Docketed On Robbery Count Sammie Roseboro, 17-year-old Negro, was scheduled to get a prelim- i j inary hearing Thursday afternoon i before Recorder Judge O. C. O'Far1 roll on a ch'arge of breaking and entering McCurdy Cleaners-Dyers on the night of 20-21 September, ac ! cording to N. M. Farr, chief of po! lice, who announced yesterday ar! rest of the youth in Kings Mountain j on Tuesday; Several items of evidence were | found after a small boy noted Rose- i boro wearing a Jacket reported miss' ing. Roseboro worked with the show troupe at the Cleveland county fair I ' and Chief Farr said he recovered a > jacket and a shirt from a truck beI longing to the fair trope, now in Charlotte. The youth has been with j the trope ever since the robbery Chief Farr said. Roseboro reportedly entered the establishment through a skylight and ] slid down an electric wire to the floor. Items reported mising were labeled "mostly junk" by the management. Draft Classifications Are Being Mailed Out Selective service registrants who wish to protest classifications ! should visit the board's temporary ! headquarters at the Shelby Armory ! on Tuesday between 1:30 and 5 p m.t according to an announcement yesterday by Gordon Riley, Kings Mountain member of the boardMr. Riley said classifications were being mailed out on Tuesday and j subsequent days of this week. Mrs. Clara Newman is clerk of the draft board. * Bethware Commun Thursday; Good F Children who were prevented from enjoying the pleasures of the Cleveland county fair this year, due to the poHo ban, won't be left out after all, for the Bethware Community Fair-opens next Thursday with plenty of rides, shows, and exhibits .1^1. .11 iu uiif airu dii. Myers Hambrlght, director of the fair, said plans for the event?postponed from last month?were shapFriday will be children's day at ethware Fair. Mysrs Rambright director, said thct reduced prices for children will be effective all i day en all riding devices. ing up nicely and he said competition would be keen in the exhibits. I He added that all entries should be i In by Wednesday. . : -K ' . 1 Q Pages I 0 Today PRICE FIVE CENTS Registration Books To Open On Saturday Registration books will open Sat urday lor the November 2 general elect ion. In Kihgs Mountain. Mrs.' Nell Cranford will be at City Hall to handle registration lor Cast Kings Mountain precinct, and Charlie Campbell will be at Victory Chevro t - - ?-? ' - ' - ' iet company to handle registration for West Kings Mountain precinct. These new registrars sitceeed Mrs. Humes Houston and Mrs: J. H. Arthr. who were Unable to continue in that capacity. Announcement of the changes in precinct officials was made by C. H. Hendrix. chaitman of the county e lections board. The books will be open on h-ee consecutive Saturdays, October 9, 16 and 23. Saturday. October 30, will be challenge day, when party officials will have the opportunity to check the books for questionable regis trants. . The voting yvill take place Jhe following Tuesday, on November 2. Persons already registered don't have to bother about the matter but persons becoming 21 years of age, persons who have moved to Kings Mountain from other cities, and oth ers unregistered will have to register in order to vote. City Hall is the registration place for persons living on the Kast side of the railroad. Victory Chevrolet Company is the registration p'.aoe for persons living on the West side of the railroad. Postal Receipts 1 7..-: II 1 tiuviiuiuj upwora e ? Postal receipts at the Kings Moun tain postoffice showed a healthy increase for the-third quarter ending September 30, according to a report by Postmaster W. E. Blakely, Receipts for the quarter totaled $8,905.27 as compared with $7,246. 25 for the quarter ending September 30, 1947. The increase was considerably more than the gain in the previous quarter. Receipts for the quarter t ending June 30 were $8,798, comparing with receipts of $7,588 for the quarter ending June 30, 1947. Mr. Blakely attributed the main portion of the increase to increased shipments of parcel post and to in-coming C. O. D. mail. Much more parcel post is being sent out from the local office since hiking of size and weight limitations of packages which can be sent via parcel post. The postmaster also said incom Ing C. O. D. mail booming and reported that Kings Mountain citizens purchased 7,872 money orders during the third quarter for a total of $91,6*25.91. WOW To Have Square Dance Square dancing season is back with the cool weather. The local Woodmen of the Word camp announced this week that U is reinstating its regular program of square dances at the high school .gymnasium Saturday night. The dancing wjil begin at eight o'clock with Hamrick's string band on hand to furnish the music. "We're looking forward to a big crowd, a spokesman ror the organization said. ity Fail To Start air Predicted The fair will be held on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, October 14, 15 and 16, on the Bethware school ground*. The J. M. Molntyre shows will he the feature of the midway with a half-dozen rides ? ferris wheel, merry-go-round, merry-mix-up, tlit-a-whlrl, and a little tot airplane ride. There will also he a po ny riding station with live ponies doing the work. Mr. Hambright emphasized that there is no admission fee and that "plenty of parking space will be avail able, t Concession stands will furnish the customary fair menu, with plenty of hot dogs and hamburgers and soda pop. . The fair Is being sponsored by the Beth ware Progressive Club. ^ A*,**-:.. x.i'Z-.ktetl .ka . '. "t
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