POPULATION
City Limit* (1940 Caoaua) 6.571
Immsdlate Trading Area 15.000
<1945 Ration Board Figure#)
VOL. 60 NO. 6
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Kings Mountain. Wf. C.. Friday. February 11, 1949
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METER RECEIPT3
Parking meter receipts for the
39th week of operations, which
ended at noon Wednesday, total
ed $140.31 according to a report
from the office of S. A. Crouse,
^ city clerk.
SECOND WESLEYAN
Rev. Roy H. Parker, of Clover,
S C., will speak at special servi
ces at the Second Wesleyan chur
ch Saturday night at 7 o'clock.
Special singing will also be on the
program. '
KIWANIS MEETING
Rev. J. W. Phillfps, chairman of
?the Kings Mountain Boy Scout dis
trict, was to address members of
ihe Kings Mountain Kiwanis dub
at their rego'ar meeting at the
Woman's Club Thuridky night at
6:30. The program was arranged,
by Joe Hedden.
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J AYCEE MEETING
Regular meeting of the Kings
Mountain Junior Chamber of
Commerce will be held at the Wo
man's Club Tuesday night at 7
o'clock.
COURT OF HONOR
Regular February meeting of
the Court of Honor for Kings
Mountain district Boy Scouts was.
-to be held at the City Hall court-,
room Thursday night at 7:45.
MISSIONARY TO SPEAK
Rev. A. C. Kennedy, a mission
ary to China will speak at the
?FJrtt Presbyteriap church Sunday
night at 7:30 p. m. Mr. Kennedy ,
came home for furlough and be
L V cause of the critical war condi
iions in the section where he ser
j. ves couM not return ro his field of
service, and in /ueantime is serv
Hkt Methodist
church in McAdenville. *?"? :
. ; tmj. LUTHERAN FILM
j . ''My Name Is Han," is the title
of the sound re>l}gioua film to be
shown at St. Matthew's Lutheran
church, Sunday evening, Feb, 13, !
at 7:30 p. m. It is the story of
Christian .Love id action in China,
and depicts the ' sucCfesa 'Of the
Christian Gospel in a land sorely
stricken by war and strife. The
public is cordially invited to at
tend. . / -
* 827 TAG SALES
Sales of 1949 city auto tags to
taled 827 Wednesday. It was
(Minted out thiu persons w?o buy
tags voluntarily will save a one
dollar traffic violation fine, which
? ? -will be assessed if car owners are
tagged for failure to display the
<iew tags.
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Three Teams Enter
; legion Cage Event
Three teams, Including the de
.1 fending champions, have entered
the third annual American Legion
boys high school basketball tourna
ment to be held. here March 2, 3,
4 and 5 according to an announce,
ment by Paul MaUney, tourney di
rector.
Fallston, the 1948 champs, and
C ' Belwood, of Clevefand county, and
w Belmont Abbey Ramblers, of Gaston
county, have accepted bids to par
ticipate in the event.
Invitations have also been ex
tended to Harding high school, Char
lotte. Boiling Springs, Cleveland
county, Stanley high school, Gaston
county, and Kings Mountain high
?chooi.
Tiwa top Mecklenburg county
team*, Iterlta and Berryhill, declin
ed invitations due to conflicting da
tes with the county cage event there.
' tvowefl top team of Gaston county's
Little Eight conference, was unable
to accept an invitation according to
1- J. M. Holbrook, principal. ?
?elwood is entering the . tourney
'? fa* the first time and boasts a fine
record in county play. Belmont Ab
bey was a competitor in the first
event, in 1947, end was eliminated
? by Talhrton, a. two-timer, who drop
ped the final game to Piedmont
Among other teams being consid
ered are Rutherfordton-apindale,
? 'Western conflsrfnce contender*, and
Granite Quarry, Rowan county quint
with 4 record of 20 wiQa, two losses
this season. ? ~ V'
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Capacity Crowd
Attends Annual
Scont Banquet
An overflow crowd of Scouts and
ScoufeM assembled for the annual j
Kings Mountain District banquet at
the Woman's Club Tuesday night
and heard an address by Basil
Whiterier, Gastonia lawyer.
? Some 260 persons were present for
the event and heard Mr. Whitener
praise the Boy Scout movement for
its contributions to good citizenship.
The meeting was held (in conjunc
tion with the regular meeting of the
Kings "Mountain Lions Glub.
After group singing of "America,"
led by Dan Hyffstetier, Rev. G. W.
Fink gave the invocation, and Lan
ey Dettmar, Troop 2 Scoutmaster, led
the pledge to the flag. Aubrey Mau
ney gave the report of the district
finance committee, and C. C. Edens
reported on the progress of David
son Memorial Scout camp. A group
Reports on progress ol the Boy
Scout fund campaign, now under
way, couldnot be obtained Thurs
day morning. Campaign solicitors
had not made their reports. Goal
of the drive is SI. 500.
of Troop 5 Scouts gave a Scout play
let, and R. M. Schiele, Piedmont
Council executive, presented Mr.
Whitener* solicitor of the Mecklen
burg-Gaston distri<ft.
Mr. Whitener, pointng to the ad
vantages given a boy through Scou:
ing, said that 40 percent of the men
servingunder Admiral Nimitz in the
Pacific during World War II ha<J
been Boy Scouts. Of medals for he
roism, good conduct, and extraordi
nary service presented to the men of
Nimitz' command, 60 percent went
to former Scouts.
The speaker traced the history of
the Boy Scout movement, and he
said he could speak from experienr
ce as a prosecuting attorney for the
state that the courts would have
much less business if all "boys were
at sometime enrolled in the scouting
program.
The banquet adjourned with
group singingof "God Bless Ameri
ca" sua fepwrmjf of the Scout ben
ediction, led by Buck Early, Scout
master- of Troop 3.
Mr. Schiele announced that a na
tionwide broadcast on the Scouting
program would originate at the Sta
tue of Liberty in New York harbor
Saturday at 2 p. m., with a Boy Scout
representing each state participat
ing.
The banquet was one of the high
lights of the observance of National
Boy Scout Week here.
On Sunday night, St. Matthew's
Lutheran church was filled to ca
pacity for the annual Boy Scout un
ion service .at which Rev. J. H. Bren
dall, pastor of Central Methodist
church, gave the message.
Lions To Sponsor
Magician's Show
Hypnosis, telepathy and magic
will be the. order of the evening on
February 18th, when the Kings
Mountain Lions club sponsors a lo
cal performance of Fayssoux, the
Magician and company?
Originally from Gastonia, Mr. Fay
ssoux has been long associated with
the profession and is regarded as
one of the best magicians in the bus
iness.
His show has recently been play
ing In the area, and officials of the
Lions club said they felt It would be
an " interesting, fun-filled perform
ance!
The show will be held at th# high
school auditorium and "will begin at
7:30. Admission will be 25 cents for
children and 50 cents for adults.
Bank Adds Vaults
In Bookkeeping Room
The "First National Bank installed
last week fireproof vaults in it* sec
ond floor bookkeeping department.
The new vaults are used for de
positors' ledger sheets and for
cancelled checks. Prior to Installa
tion Of the files the records had to
be transferred to the main vault on
the first floor each day.
The bank began using the second
floor bookkeeping department sev
eral months ago. The change was
necessitated by Increased volume of
business, Which required use of
main floor space for other work.
NAVAL RESERVE
In addition to lntstviewlng men
for enlistment in the tegular na
vy, tnglneman First Class G. R.
Chennsy, traveling recruiter from
Spartanburg will process men for
enlistment in the Naval Reserve.
wQ\ be a* the Pos| Offica on
Thuritfays. ;
County Citizens Own
$9 Million In Bonds
Total net holdings of Series E,
F and C U. S. government bonds
in Cleveland count? on December
32, 1943,. was S3 .235,1 56, according
. to report of the Treasury Depart
ment received yesterday.
The report showed that Cleve
land county citizens had purchas
ed a total of $13,193,079 in bonds
?ince the so-called "war bonds"
went on sale in May 1941, and that j
they had redeemed bonds totaling i
$3,957,923.
| The figures give the net pur- ;
chase-price value of the bonds,
and do not include any accrued j
interest.
Net value of bondi held in North i
Carolina is $341,439,784.25.
Series E bonds mature in 10
years. Series F bonds In 12 years,
and Series C bonds pay two and
one-half percent Interest semi-an
nually.
Purchasers of bonds in 1941 will
be able to receive the full face
value in two more years.
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Scout Leaden
For '49 Listed
The Kings Mountain District Boy
Scout organization for 1949 is as
follows:
Chairman ? Rev. J. W. Phillips.
Vice-chairman ? C. A. Blalock.
Treasurer ? Paul Mauney.
Commissioner ? Aubrey Mauney.
Commissioner ? H. C. Wilson.
Organization And Extension
Chairman, Rev. VV. H. Stender. B.
S. Nelll, Henry McKelvie, J. G. Dar
racott.
Leadership Training
Rev. W. H. Pressly, chmn, L. C.
Dettmar, Ben Gold, Jack Hul lender
and James H. Page.
Finance
W. K. Mauney, chmn., J. B. Kee
ter, G. A. Bridges, C. D. Blanton,. J.
H. Thomson and 3. S. Peeler.
Health and Safety
Dr. Phillip Padgett, chmn, Dr. P.
E. Hendricks, N. M. Farr, Harry
Pa>^dv<wc*fc?nt (Court tfllli)
H. C. Wi'son, chftin, George H.
Mauney, Patterson, Boyer "Mur
ray, L. Arnold Ktser, and Rev. J. H.
BrendalL
Camping and Activities
C. C. Edens, chmn., Harold Hunni
cutt, Wiley Blanton, WUHam Plonk,
J. W. Milam and Fred Plonk.
Relationships ' .
B. N. Barnes, chmn; Church Rela
tions, G. W. Fink; Inter-Racial Re
lations, P. D. Patrick; Rural Jtela
tions, W. B. Thomson? Publicity,
Martin Harmon; School Relations,
Rowel 1 Lane.,
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BoWling Alloy To
Become Skating Rink
Arcadia Bowling Alley is being
converted to a skating rink and will
open as Arcadia Rbljer Rink within
the next few days, according to an
announcement by the management.
Effort are being made to complete
the renovation of the building to o
pen Saturday night, but W. B. Lo
gan, partner in the enterprise, said
it might be Monday evening before
the rin'{ is ready.
BOAXD MEETING
The city board of commission
ers was to meet in regular month
ly session Thursday night at the
City Ha with the principal item
of business expected to- be con- ?
stderation of bond issues for ex
pansion of the sewer and water
system and for Improvement of
City Stadium.
Red Cross Drive
Chairman Names
Committee Heads
George H. Mauney, chairman of
the i.349- Red Cross fund campaign
which is to begin March 1, announc
ed this week campaign committee
chairmen..
They infcl> ?
Industrial gifts, L. Arnold Kiser.
Industrial employees gifts, W. J.
Fulkerson and Hubert Davidson.
Business firms, Joe Lee Woodward.
Professional gifis: Dr. D. F. Hord.
Public employees gifts, W. E.
Blakely. "
Public school?', Miss W-ilUe McGUl.
Colored schools and churches.
Processors J. A. Gibson and L. L.
Adams.
Residential area, Mrs. J. L. McGill.
Rural area, Myers Hambrlght.
Grover and Bethlehem ^ommun
ity, Mrs. W. F. Powell.
Ministerial group, Rev. W. H.
S tender.
This year's Red Cross iiuota calls:
for more than $6,000. Large portion
of the fund to be retained in Kings
Mountain for local use.
J. C. Bridges is publicltj'.chalrroan
of the campaign.
Dogs Aid Arrest
Of Negro Youths
Bloodhounds from Dallas Prison
Camp in Gaston county aided Kings
Mountain police in making an ar
rest of two local Negro youths char
ged with robbery Monday night.
Ikie Jamison, 16, and Paul Jack
son, 18, were arrested around 9:30
Monday night and lodged in jail,
charged with asault and robbery of
some 70-odd dollars from Will Sea
wright, colored shoe-shine man,
near the home of V. O. Wingo, Ne
gro, on West Ridge street, at about
7:30 p. m. Monday night.
(The Paul Jackaon named in this
is not Paul Jackaon. son of
John Jackson, who fs employed by
Herald Publishing House.)
Jamison is free under $500 appear
ance bond but AJackson was still in
the Kings Mountain jail at noon
Thursday having failed to post $500
bond. Both are expected to be bound
over to Superior Court in accion at
City Recorders court here Monday
afternoon.
Desk Sergeant Palmer Fulton said
he received a call about 7:35 p. m.
Monday to send a patrol car t<? West
Ridge street and Officers George' H.
Allen and W. L. Blackburn, accom
panied by Officer J. D. Andrews, who
was off duty, answered the call.
Officer Allen said they found Sea
wright hear the Wingo house and
began investigating his complaint.
Some time later they saw the two
youths leave the Wingo home where
they had "dressed up." They were
arrested on suspicion and lodged in
jail around 9:30.
The two bloodhounds picked up
the trail of the pair at the scene of
the assault and robbery, trailed
their course some length, and ended
up back at the Wingo home where
Jamison and 'Jackson had entered
the' rear door and changed clothes.
Officers saia the dogs then picked
up the trail of the "dressed up" pair
and trailed them to the Jail, where
they had been lodged during the
bloodhound chase.
The youths then told officers that
one had held Seawright's mouth
while the other was taking his wal
(Cnrjt'rj An ry?<y>* o<orhf )
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TO PREACH HERE? Or. I. McDowell i
Richards, nationally known church |
leader and preacher, will preach at i
a series of serricas at First Presby
terian church beginning February ,
21 and continuing through Feb. 27.
Special Services
At Presbyterian
Dr. J. McDowell Richards, presi
dent of Columbia Theological Sem- !
inary at Decatur, Ga., will preach at
a series of services at First Presby- ,
i terian church, from February 21 ,
through February 27, it was an- j
nounced this week by Rev. P. D. Pa- j
trick, the pastor. '.. .
Mr. Patrick said services will be
held twice daily, at 10 o'clock in the ,
morning at 7:30 in the evening.
"It is a real pleasure to announce ;
that Dr. Richards will be here for a
series of services," Mr. Patrick said.
"He is a nationally known preacher
and church leade.r, and an interest
ing and forceful preacher of the,
Gospel."
Wildlife Club
Fish Fiy Monday
Kings Mountain Sportsmens Wild
life club will hold a "dutch" fish
fry February 21 at Lake Monton
la according to art announcement
yesterday by officials of the club.
Club members have been asked
to return reservations by Saturday,
February 19 and are being asked to
bring prospective members to the
supper.
Committee in charge of the supper
consists of T.. C. McKee, Sam Davis
and Joe Lee Woodward.
Cost per person is $100 "for all
you can eat" the announcement
said.
Terminal Plans May
Be Known Next Week
r
Jack Arnette, manager of the
Kings Mountain bU3 terminal, said
Thursday he hoped to be able to
make an announcement next week
on the prospective ? location of a
new terminal. '
Mr. Arnette said one bu9 compa
ny official was to arrive here over
the weekend for a final check-up on
a prospective location.
He declined to divulge possible lo- I
cations.
LEGION MEETING
Regular monthly meeting of
Otis D. Greene Post 155 will be
' held at City Hall Monday night at
7:30 Building plans will be dis
cussed.
Township Polio Fund Gifts $7,406
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Number 4 Township contributed
$7,40638 to the 1949 campaign fund
for the National Foundation for In
fditile Paralysis, to exceed its $5,
000 quota by almost 50 percent.
Complete figures reported Thurs
day morning by Township Chairman
Ollie Harris showed that the Grover
area alone contributed gl.M7.65,
while the Kings Mountain at#a gave
?lightly leas than $6,00*.
The complete, breakdown vt sifts
by divisions foiMw
Individual Sttd business gifts
$894
Kings Mountain industrial gifts
$870.
Kings Mountain industrial em
ployees $1,668.37.
f Kings Mountain school area $1,
309.97
(School gifts were divided as fol
lows: Central primary, $244.05; West
school, $241.85; Central high school
and grammar school, $42834; Cast
School. $155,73; "Park Grace school,
Grover community $1,547.65.
(Grover gifts Included: commu
nity, $1,216.49; Grover school, $202.
35; Bethlehem church, $101.51; Dix
on school, $27.30.)
Bethware, Oak Grove, Patterson
Grove communities 1649-37.
These gifts included: El Bethel
church, $159.04; David's church,
$tl .70; Oak Grove church, $27.33;
Patterson Grove church. $105.54;
Bethware community, $47.92; show
at Bethware, $30; El Bethel club,
$10; Bethware school, $183.34; Pat
terson Grove school, $36.90; Vesti
bule Colored school, $15.60; miscel
laneous donation*, $22. Chairman
Harris noted on his report that H.
M. Cash, chairman of thla dUision,
gave one -half the donations from
each chOrch listed.)
Miscellaneous gifts IS8&73.
(Included In these gifta we/e: Im
perial Theatre selection* w35-$5;
Dixie Theafre -. il lection*, *?69;
PhenlX Women's Club, $21-10; Lions
JH52; Kings Mountain Jay
cees, $75; Parking n%|^ra, $5.40;
March of Dime boxes, $96.42; wish
ing well, $61.74.)
"It is easy to see from this report
that Number 4 Township had a
sizeable part, not only in injuring
the county's meeting its quota, but
in exceeding it by more than 50 per.
cent. The response of everyone who
had a part in the campaign was ex
cellent," Mr. Harris -said, "and I
wish to srtate special appreciation to
Mrs. i\rry Page, George Houser and
Jack '^jy, who headed the industrial
gifts group, to H. M. Cash, of the
Beth ware, Patterson Grove, Oak
Grove group, and to all others who
aided in the campaign. I also wish
to thank each person who contribu
ted to the campaign, and to eaeh
school chfld who v*orked to- fill a
card with dimes."
Mr. Harris said the Cleveland coun
ty total was more than $32,000. The
county quota was $20,000.
The complete breakdown on gifts
te the fund is on file at the Herald
office.
Disposition
Of DuCourt Mill
Matter Delayed
In a hearing in Federal disirict
court in New York Wednesday, Du
Couri Mills, Inc., was given until
March 3 to satisfy all creditors wit a
accounts against it of $200 and lens,
and another hearing was set for that
date to determine whether the Com
pany willbe forced into bankruptcy
or whether it will !>e allowed to op
erate in . receivership under chapter
11 of the Bankruptcy :^c?
This information was learned yes
terday by J. ft. Davis, Kings Moun
tain lawyer; in telephone conversa
tion with the New York attorney for
the company. Mr. Davis is handling
for collection several accounts a
gainst the firm
DuCourt Mills, Inc., has contend
ed that it is not insolvent but mere
ly short of funds, and it further con
tends that, given time, it will satis
fy all creditors in full.
It asks specifically for six months
time in which to pay all unsecured
creditors, stating that it will pay
them in three installments of GO
days, 120 days, and 180 days after
confirmation.
Mr. Davis said the New York at
torney for the firm informed him
that only three creditors were pres
ent for -the hearing in New York.
The following information was gi
ven in the affidavits filed in New
York:
'Secured creditors include Pilot
Life Insurance Co., of Greensboro.
N. C., $150,000, secured by first mort
gage; Russellville Mills, Inc., $123,
000 secured by second mortgage,
and Crompton-Richmond Co., Inc.,
$13,000.
Other creditors are Automatic
Sprinkler Corp. of America, Youngs
town, O., $8,180; Drape Corp., Hope
dale, Mass., $9,055; Dougles Mills,
Inc., Douglasville, Ga., $4,096; White
Electrical Cover Co., Atlanta,* Ga.,
$10,119, and John M. Yarborough,
Pickens, Miss., $15,073. It is stated
that Yarborough has filed an attach
ment against assets at the mill.
John M. Yarborough, of Pickens,
filed suit Saturday morning
in Cleveland Superior court against
the DuCourt Mills of Kings Moun
tain to collect $15,073.74 said to be
due for 90 bales of cotton sold by
the plaintiff to the defendant, the
plaintiff alleging that the mill is
attempting to liquidate and t; at un
less he gets Judgment soon his
claims will be nullified.
DuCourt Mills, Inc., purchased the
Kings Mountain . textile plant in
mid-summer 1946 from Burlington
Mills for $1,000,000. According to the
company statements, it operated the
plant at a profit until June 1948, but
lost money during the last half-year
of operations.
It completely suspended produc
tion operations last week. A skeleton
office force is still on duty.
Athletics Club
Being Organized
Sale of memberships In an "ath
letic boosters" organization, to be
known as the Mountaineer Club, be
gan this week. '
Several supporters of the Kings
Mountain high school athletic pro
grams are thus forming the nucleus
for formal organization of the club
in the near future.'
Purpose of the group will be ac
tive support of local athletics, phy
sically and financially, with the Im
mediate goal of obtaining funds for
a week's training trip at Camp Cher
okee for the 1949 football team.
Constitution and by-laws are be
ing written and will be voted on at
the organizational meeting. Offi
cers will also be elected at that
time.
Plans also call for efforts to fur
ther increase good sportsmanship a
mong fans and players at local ath.
letic events.
The organization is being spon
sored by the Kings Mountain Herald.
"B" Boys, Varsity
Girls Hera Tuesday
Rings Mountain high school boys
"B" basketball team will meet Cas
tonla Junior Chamber of Commerce
Juniors here Tuesday night in the
second game of a doubleheader that
will pit the varsity girls against the
strong Firestone sextet of Gastonla.
Game time is 7:15 for the opening
contest . )
The card was postponed from
Thursday night at the request of the
visiting aggregations.
Seturn games are scheduled for
Feb. 24 in Gaatoziia. The bojrs and
girl* "Beef meet Shelby fhare da '
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