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CitT Limits (1940 Census) 6.574
Immediate Tiodlag Area 15.000
(1945 Batten Beard Figures)
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CITY OFFICES TO CLOSE
A.i city omces, with me exception
or tne ponce department, will
close at noun r'riaay, i>ec. 24,
/' and will remain Ciosed until
J Tuesday morning, December 26,
in order to give city employees a
Cnnstmas vacation, it was anaouacea
oy ucy engineer *i. v..
'Brandon, jr., tms weex. me hoiij
day was set oy tne ooard ox comnnafioners
at their i uesday nignt
meeting.
BOARD TO MEET
Members oi the cu> ooard of
commissioners will nieet in special
session Monday auernoon at
4 o'clock tor the purpose of annexing
some la acres ox rand, a por
tion of Crescent Hill development.
into the city limits.
KIWArila M?*.4X40
Rev. James A. Bowers, pastor of i
First Baptist church, or Greenwood,
S. c., was to address members
ot the Kings Mountain Kiwarns
cluo at tneir meeting at the
Woman's ciub inursday nigm at
6:34. the program was a ranged
by L. E. ADootu it-was arinounced
tnat me ciuo win meet on i>ecember
23; bifc win suspend its meet'
ing ot December 30.
METER RECEIPTS
Parking meter receipts for the
" 32nd wees ot operations, which
ended Wednesday, totaled $165.2fk
according to a report from the
office ot city Clerk 6. A. Grouse. .
ON HONOR ROLL v
i Two Kings Mountain students
AppaiaHHan State' Teachers
r oiiege u PA w&rvitorrtrtn* 1
<120 nsted en the College honor
|^P roll tor the first quarter, according
to announcement from the col- <
lege. Ttley are sen Goforth and
tray Sellers.
Dilling Resigns j
Count; Position
Charles G. Dilling, well-known
Kings Mountain man, who has serv-1
ed as county auditor and tax supervisor
since 1940, resigned that po- j
sition on Monday, 'ine resignation
Is to take effect on January 1.
Mr. Dliiing becomes the second
local man to step out of the county
governmental set-up since the new
board of commissioners ? Zeb" V.
Cllne, Henry McKlnney and A. C.
Brackett ? took the oath of office.
The board had appointed B. T. Falls,
Sr., county attorney, replacing J. R.
Davis, who was named county at- {
torney following the resignation of
Henry Edwards.
Prior to becoming county auditor,
Mr. Dillins had served for mnnv
years as Kings Mountain's city ' ,
t. . cleric.
He has not announced his plans'
for the future.
Officers Give $25 }
To English's Widow
\ The Herald was notified this week I
#by Officer .G. E. Bidtjix, of the Al-;
\ bemarie police department, that .
members of that department had
contributed $25 to the widow of Policeman
J. E. English, Gastonia of-,1
fioer who received fatal injuries irt'f j
the Ray Aldrige shooting at Gas-j
tonta several weeks ago. II
Officer Biddix and his coharta '
feel other departments- may wish to,
adopt a similar plan, and add the ;
note that they would like for po- r
lice departments all over the tsate j
to adopt a plan of assessing each
member a dollar every time' an of- ]
v fioer loses his life in line of duty. (
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icouts, all mam bars a! Scoutmaster !
their Eagle awasds irom Scout Exact
Court of 'Honor; Pictured above, left t
Summitt. Jr. Scoutmaster Dattmar, <
The four Scouts had qualified for the
Honor. (Horald photo by Bundy).
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.One man was killed and another
severely injured around 4 a. m.
Tuesday morning about six miles
south of Kings Mountain onTo^S.
HlgWway 29 in the head-on collision
of two large tractor-trailers. Charles
H. Clark. 33. of Charlotte, Who was
reportedly asleep at the time of the
?cdtfct*rr was burned to death.
Ralph McColl, 35, al9o of Char- J
lotte, who was driving the Lance 1
Packing company truck with Clark
In the ttuck sleeping compartment. |
was taken to Charlotte Memorial
hospital by Ollle Harris, Kings.
Mountain mortician. He reportedly !
suffered a broken hip and third de- ,
gree barns of the face and arms.
Ephraim Caruso Marsh, of High ,
Point, driver of the other truck, a Pi- I
Express company vehicle, was '
uninjured-in the collision. He will |
be charged with reckless driving re- i
suiting In a death according to police.
State Highway Patrolman Harolo j
tis Dayton, who was summoned to i
the scene shortly after the accident, j
Investigated the tragedy.
It was reporte that the Lance
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Plans Progressing
On layceo Dance
Plans were progressing this week
for the Jaycee Christmas dance
which will be held at the high 1
school gymnasium' Tuesday night,
DecenrVber 28 at the high school
gymnasium.
THa Latvia Uilll KA avvaM ^
??V ???rvv "in uc Xj^nzn iu lilt
lie, and Frank Love arrd his orchee:ra,
featuring Miss North Carolina .
is vocalist, will furnish music for
:he affair. Admission will be $1.00
per person, tax Included. j
Spokesmen for the organization
said a large crowd is expected to
attend the dance.
Phillips Will Head
Group Supports At
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The Kings Mountain Ministerial
association, in meeting Monday elected
officers for the coming year
and gave particular attention to the
coming election on January 8 to determine
whether the continued legalised
sale of beer wtll be allowed.
The ministers named Rev. J. W.
Phillips, pastor of First Wesley an
church, as president, succeeding
Rev. W. L. Pressly, pastor of Boyoe
Memorial A HP church. Other officers
elected were Rev. L. C. Plnnlx,
pastor of First Baptist church! vicepresident;
and Rev. G. W. Fink, pastor
of Grace Methodist church, secretary-treasurer.
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Hie Ministerial association issued
a statement urging all citisene to
regtmrr for the forthcoming beer
flection on the two remaining registration
days (Saturday, December
18, and Monday, fteeerobei 3T>, i
a remhrtion endorsing t^e*.
eteltodfNdftfber 4 iWnshtp Chair
mast A. W. Ktneetd in gefthr* has
the vote for the beerwlna diectioo.
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t ill o benuMi day for a Bay Seoul
Scbuting's highest award Thus it
u 9 when four Kings Mountain Boy
Uaney Dettmar * Troop 2, received
itive R. M. Schlele at the regular
o right, are Gene Mauney, Bratton
Charles Mauney, and Johnny Kiser.
award at the November Court oi
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Extra Hours Saturday
At Local Postoftice
TIi* Kings Mountain postollice
will bf opon a full day Saturday
Irom 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. for tbo benefit
of persons wishing to got off
Ohtittmaf mall, Postmaster W. X.'
Blakely announced this week.
The Christmas rush is already
on at a fast pace at the postoffice.
not only keeping all members of
the staff, but four extra helpers,
.going at full speed.
...Helping out the postoffice force,
with the mail rush as extras are
Joe L. Hord, Philip M. Thornburg,
John 1. George and Archie B.
Costner.
Burlington Pays
Yuletide Bonuses
Christmas bonuses totaling $11,000
are being paid this year to employees
of Phenix Plgnt, a unit oi
Burlington Mills, it was announced
today* by Superintendent Jack B.
Day, who also released plans for the
plant's annual Christmas party tc
be held December 19, 1948.
Payment of the bonuses this yeat
was made possible again by favorable
business conditions and continued
high production, Mr. Day said.
On a Company-wide basis, Burlington
Mills will pay out a proximately
$695,000 to Its production
employees.
The annual Christmas party for
children of employees at Phenix
Plant wlH be held at 2:30 December
?9, In the plant. Gifts will be given
to children 14 ye?rs oi age and
younger, following a brief Christmas
program.
Plant holidays will be obs'.-red
beginning at" the'end of the 2nd shift
on Dec. 18 and ending with.operations
being resumed at the begin
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Ministers; I
iti-Beer Work I
and officially expressed appreciation
to the participants in the rally
held December 5th. at which Federal
Judge E. Y. Webb spoke on "Temperance."
Specifically the group
thanked Judge Webb, Band Director
Joe Hedd?n and t he high school
band, and B. N. Barnes, superintendent
of city schools, for bis cooperation
In aranglng the meeting.
The resolution endorsing the efforts
of the Township anti-beer
group follows:
"Be it resolved that this association
endorse the efforts of the town
ship chairman of Township Ko. 4
A. W. Kincald. in getting all citizens
to vote January' 8, 1949, on tht
temperance measure.
"Be It Anther resolved that eacti
minister secure a list of names cl all
membe * and citizens who will as
at* to- the transportation of wrten
tq, the psfls and tdrn them over tt
thetownshfp chptrmcn and thai
this eaAi be printou t the toeal
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Officer Wounds
negro In Brawl
Saturday Night
Kdgar Brown, 21, King*? Mountair
j Negro was released from S.heity
hospital late yesterday after suffer
ing a pistol wound in the leg arounc
10:30 Saturday night in.a brawl tha
. resulted from attempts by Officer:
Charles L. Bowen and Aaron Aller
to arrest Browp for public drunken
ness at Harlem Grill, a colored cafe
Officer Bowen, who fired the alio
that felled Brown and broke up'the
near-riot in which some 75 Negroe?
were involved, suffered a black ey<
and Officer Allen sustained r>ain
f u 1 briuses.
Brown is tree under $300 bond or
charges of public drunkenness, as
sault, and resisting arrest.
According to the police report
Officers Bown and Allen were ar
resting Brown for public drunkenness
outside the cafe when Deloret
Brown, his wife, approached the l-olicemen
and told them she was go1
j ing to take hef "husband home. After
being refused, she re-entered the
j cafe and stirred the occupants with
' l the story that Edgar "hasn't done
i anything" and a large crowd, estimated
at 75 gathered outside while
the officers were trying to put
Brown into a patrol car.
According to the officers Browri
shouted "I 'aim going anywhere'
and then he grabbed Officer Bower
around the neck and began choking
him. At abdut the same time Offi!
cer Allen was knocked down by a
j beer bottle swung from behind. The
enraged Negroes jumped on OffiI
cer Allen, and Officer Bowen, lying
| on the ground, shot Brown in the
'ileg with his pistol, scattering the
j crowd.
Arrested later Saturday night ir
connection with near-riot were:
Withrow Brown, brother of Edgar
charged with interferring with ar
officer and assault secretly with a
deadly weapon with intent to. kill
free under 9300 bond.- '3 < ? ->
Woodrow Brown, another brother
charged with interferring with ar
rest and assault on an officer, free
under $300 bond.
Grady Brown, also a brother, chai
ged with interferring with an officer
and assault secretly with a dead
ly weapon with intent to kill, free
under $300 bond.
Delores Brown, charged with as
sault and resisting an officei, free
finder $100 bond.
Herbert Glover, Negro, charged
with interferring with an officei
making arrest, free under $300 bond
The cases are scheduled to be tried
in City Recorders court Monday
afternoon at 2 o'clock before Judge
E. A. Harrill, according to N. M
Farr, chief of the Kings Mountain
! Doliee densrt mem
; District Scout
Leaden Named
Members of the Kings Mountain
district Boy Scout organization, at
a called meeting last Thursday
night, re-elected Rev. J. V. Phillips
pastor of First Wesleyan Church
as chairman of the district for 1949
Other officers named were CharI
les E. Blalock, vice-chairman; Paul
A'auney, treasurer; and Aubrey
Mauney and H. G. Wilson, commissioners.
(The Messrs Mauncy were
'1 re-elected).
ft wafl announced that plans will
be given soon for the observance ol
i National Boy Scout week, Febraury
3-9, and the date for the annual Boy
Scout baqquet was tentatively aei
for Tuesday, Febraury 8.
(A full Hat of the various committees
which have been named foi
the coming year will appear in a
forthcoming edition of the Herald)
Next Herald Edition
To Appear Wednesday
The wxt edition of the Harold
' will be published on Wednesday#
1 December B, rather than an ?ha
rtfular data < Friday, Otambir
Wtk.
This edition of tho Harold will be
Iba customary Christmas Is sua. In
> which molarity #1 tho city's h*?sij
aass firms will bring greetings to
i thalr Mauds and patrons.
Adaoatlstng dsodHns fat tho odl,
Hon win ha Monday noon, whlla
tha noma doodling win ba Tuosi
day. siiralai at Id o'clock. Par
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, HERO'S RITES SUNDAY ? Final
interment graveside rites wilt be
held Sunday alternoon at 4 o'clock
in Mountain Rest Cemetery for Pvt.
. W. R. Millen. Jr., above, who was
killed In action near Mayenne.
France, on August 7, 1344. ,
Rites Sunday
; For War Hero
Graveside riles will.be held SunI
day afternoon at 4 o'clock at Maun'
tain Rest Cemetery here for Pvt.
* William Robert Millen, jr., 20, winner
of two silver stars for gallantry
i in action, who was killed near Mayenne,
France, on August 7, 1944,' in
, I the American drive on Paris,
i Rev. George Riddle, of Cherryt
j ville, former army chaplain, will
, j conduct the final interment rites.
, Members of the American L*gion
,1 and VFW will serve as honor guard.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Millen,
> of route 1, K|ngs'Mountain, Pvt. Mil!
len served with the 16th Infantry
All members of Legion and
I VFW posts axe urged to be at City
> Hall at .3:30 p. m. Sunday. Wear
uniform caps.
>i regiment of the First division and
saw extensive service in North AfriI
ca, Sicily, England, D-Day in Nor.
mandy, and Central France.
At the time of his death he was
serving with the medical detach,
mem of his regiment as a frOnf-line
first aid man. He was awarded a silver
star, for gallantry in action, oak
' leaf cluster to silver star, and bronze
1 star.
He volunteered for service on Dec.
12, 1942. He was buried first in an
army cemetery -near Marigny,
France. * '
Pvt Millen attended Kings Moun|
tain schools and at the time of his
I entry into service was employed by
, Park Yarn Mill. He was not married.
Survivors in addition to his parj
ents include three sisters, Mrs. Ruth
' Gregory, Mrs. AJma Gantt, and Mrs.
1 Rosenell Moss, all of Kings Moun'
tain and the fololwlng brothers and
sisters of the home: Charles, Wil|
Hard, Doris, Maxlne, Tommy, and
Margaret Millen.
BUILDING PERMIT
Building permit was issued to
I M. D. Phifer on Tuesday for con'
struction of a gtirage at the resii
i dencc on 705 West Gold street,
J cost $500. It Was the second permit
issued under the nejv zoning law.
State Commander
Principles Of Legi
Joe Grier, commander ot the Norr
th Carolina Department-of the A-j
merican Legion, outlined the basic!
policies of the American Legion in
an address at the Woman's Club last
Saturday night before a joint meeting
of Otis D. Green Post 155 and
the Legion Auxiliary.
Mr. Grier, a Charlotte lawyer and
first veteran of World War II to
head the North Carolina Legion, also
debt.nkdd the attitude of some
veterans to regard the Legion as a
political battleground between veterans
of World War I and Wofld
War n.
Reporting on the national convention
at Miami, PI a., Mr. Grier said
some writers in rtartonal Legion
publications had interpreted the
victory ot the present comma rider as
another victory for the Old Gu?u>d,%or
World War I veterans.
"Nothing I* farther from the
truth," Commander. Grier said.
"Roth leading candidates had sup"
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] The city t>>arcl of commissioners,
j in regular meeting Tuesday niglw,
j approved appointment of Haywood
1 L. Lynch, W. W. Parrish, John Ganttv
[ Wilson Crawford and M. A. Ware, as
members of the board of adjustment
under the city's zoning ordinance.
Mr; Lynch was named chairman of
the board.
The commissioners also:
(1) tendered the use of an office
in Che basement of City Hali, vacated
last Friday by the U. S. Army,
to the Kings Mountain Chapter Of
the American Red Cos*:
| (2) heard Capt. Humes Houston,
I commander of the local National
j Guard company, issue a request for
! a lot for immediate building of a
I motor shed and as an eventual location
for an Armory;
(3) appropriated $100 to the Jaycee
X-Kay tund frotn an unexpected
balance in the public health
and welfare appropriation;
engaged B. O. Vannort. electrl
cai engineer of Charlotte, to make
a preliminary survey of the city's
electrical system:
15) designated no parking on the
East side of Cansler street, from
Mountain street to Waco Road.
In appointing the members of the
board of adjustment. Chairman
Lynch and Mr. Parrtsh were named
to serve for three years," Mr. Crawford
and Mr. Gantt for two years,
and M.r. Ware for one year. At the
expiration of rhe short terms, members
will be named for three yearn.
Duties of the board of adjustment
are to consider appeals under the
city zoning ordinance.
Capt. Houston read a letter from
the adjutant general's office, stating
that funds for a motor shed
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Giil Seoul Fund
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Chairman W. W. Tolleson reported
gifts in Kings Mountain to the Girl
Scout fund totaled $3t)0, wjth only
scattered returns received, and he
expressed optimism that the $1,000
quota accepted hy the city's Girl
Scout leadeTs would be reached.
At the same time, he urged persons
assisting in the' campaign to
make all efforts to complete the cam
patgn this week.
Aiding In the campaign are the
following reperaentatives of civic
and service groups: ' .
Woman's Club. Mrs. Hunter Allen
and Mrs. W. B. Thomson: Junior
Woman's Club, Mrs. W. K. Mau- t
ney, Jr.., and Mri. 3am Weir; Girt
Scout Mother- and Troop Commit-*
tee, Mrs. W. H. Stender. Mrs. Luther
Cansler, Mrs. George Houser; Mrs.
Harry Page, Mrs. Bill Craig, Mrs.
Jacob Cooper, Mrs. Hal Ward, Mrs.
Arnold Kincaid, Mrs. Blllie Houser,
Mrs. Ed Plow, Mrs. David Hamrlck,
Mrs. Craig Falls: Junior Chamber of
Commerce, Ovaries Alexander and
Davjd Saunder s; Kiwints club, L. Ar
nold Klser, Harry Page, and J. H.
Patterson: Lions tlub, C. C Edene,
H. C. Wilaon, 31-W.a H rj*ei. Charles
A. Gofortft.
Outlines Basic
on's Policy
| port from both group*. And the Lei
gion has no divided purposes."
- The three basic aims of the American
Legion, Commander Grier categorized,
were: (IJ rehabilitation
and child welfare; <2? Americanism;
and (3) national security.
We pointed out. the efforts of the
Worth Carolina Department in securing
pasage of a law to set up
district and oourrty ?ervic? offices
tA infill Po infil?A#l
?.w m-mm ??V UI|U*W T XT*. * I'd 1(9) W1UVWS
and chtkhren of veterans of getting
their Just claims from the Veterans
Administration, and he further urged
strong support of universal military
training.
"We are bound to rally behind
universal military training," he
declared, "because a -policy of peace
must not out-run our ability to keep
the peace."
He said the Legion wanted the
service office program strengthened,
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