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POPULATION
City Limits (1940 Census) 6,574
Immediate T reding Area 15,000
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VOL. 60 NO. 7
Kings Mountain. N. C.? Friday, February 18. 1949
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Voters $350,000 Issue May
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10th
Brandon Accepts
City Managership At Asheboro
Local News
Bulletins
BUILDING PERMITS
Building permits were issued
during the past week to W. K.
Crook, on Tuesday, to remodel ga
rage building on Cherokee street,
$20u; Julius Stamey, F*eb 11, for
new three-room dwelling on Lac
key street, $2,000; H. R. Hunnicutt
Feb. 11, construct one story hobby
house at residence on North Pied
mont avenue, $300; and to Mrs. C.
?. Neisler, for construction of a
garage at residence on North Pied
mont avenue, $400.
LUTHERAN FILM
"The Rich Young Ruler" is the
title of the sound film to be shown
at St. Matthew's Lutheran church,
Sunday evening, February- 20, at
7:30 p. m. It is a familiar story
from the life of our Lord, and true
to the incident as it is recorded t.n
the Scriptures. What happened to
the Rich Young Ruler after he left
Jesus is the basis of the story and
the climax of the picture. Ofter it
takes time to reach a final decis
ion after meeting Christ face to
lace, and this film dramatizes the
experience of that decision,
BANK HOUDAT TUESDAY
The First National Bank will be
closed next Tuesday-, February
22. in observ?*ee??t?(3?w#etW.a^..
ington's birthday ajegal noliaay,
according to announcement by of
ficials of the'bank.
SECOND WESLEYAN
Rev. Earl Armstrong, of Gas
tonla, will spe&k at special servi
ces at Second Wesleyan Methodist
church on Saturday at 7 o'clock,
it was announced by the pastor,
Rev. Jesse Hinson.
KIWANIS PROGRAM
Members of the Kings Mountain
Kiwanis club were to hear a dis
cussion of the current appeal for
the Red Cross by Campaign Chair
man Geosge H. Maundy at the reg
ular meeting at the Woman's club
Thursday night at 6:30.
METER RECEIPTS
Parking meter receipts for the
40th week of operatpns, which
ended at noon Wednesday, total
ed $141.78 according to a report
Irom the office of City Clerk S. A.
Crouae.
DEACONS ELECTED
George Moss, Broad us Moss, P. M.
Neisler and O, W. Myers were e
lected to the Board of Deacons of
First Presbyterian church at a con
gregational meeting held at the
church on Sunday.
IN GLEE CLUB
MAXTON ? James Moss, of Kings
Mountain, is a member of the
Glee Club of Presbyterian Junior
college. 1*he Glee Club is now con
ducting regular rehearsals for a
series of spring concerts.
CRITICALLY ILL
J. M. Williams, well-known eld
erly Kings Mountain citizen, 16
critically 11) at his home on North
Piedmont avenue. He suffered a
cerebral hemorrhage Monday
morning. '
Post 155 To Sponsor
Musical Pals Band
Regular monthly meeting of Otis
D. Green Post 155, the American Le
gion, was held at City Hall Monday
night, Commander Ollie ftarris pre
siding.
The group voted to sponsor the
"Musical Pals," radio string band,
In a performance in Kings Moun
I ? tain on Saturday, 'Feb. 26. The tal
ented WOHS performers are to be
presented at +h? high school audi
torium at 8 p. m.
The organization continued dis
cussion of building plans and heard
? representative from a "quonset
?hut" company concerning that typje
/Of construction. ? .
Official army pictures of conoan
-tratioa camps in Europe were shown j
to the group. Next meeting la sche
doled for March 14. ^
City Engineer
To Leave Post
Heie March 1
E.. C.. Brandon, Jr.r city engineer
and supervisor for the past year, has I
tendered his resignation to the city
board ol commissioners, to accept
the position of city manager of
Asheboro.
Mr. Brandon has resigned effec-.
tive February 28th and is ro assume
his new duties on March 1.
Mr. Brandon goes to his new wbrk
at a substantial increase in salary.
It is understood he will receive ag
gregate pay of $6,000 annually. Mr. <
Bra .idon's total income here was $5,- j
100 annually, including salary of !
$<*,200 and travel allovvance of $900. \
The Kings Mountain official was
notified by telephone Tuesday night
of his appointment, following an in
terview with the Asheboro board of
commissioners last weekend. A num |
ber of o'her persons from ail over :
the staie had sought the position, !
following resignation of Asheboro's !
present city manager to accept a
similar post at Martinsville, Va.
Mr. Brandon came to Kings Moun
tain from Thomasville, where he
had been in private construction
work. He is a vetrean of World War ,
II, having he id the rank of major
on discharge from the army, and is
a graduate of Virginia Polytechnic
Institute.
"It is with more than a little re
gret that I leave Kings Mountain," I
Mr, Brandon -said, "for my work herel
pie of KiVigs Mountain have been
most generous."
Mayor I* Tom Fulton expressed
regret at the city engine*.." decision
to accept the Asheboro post, saying, \
"I am sure I express the feeling of
thte board of commissioners in say- j
ing that the city regrets to see Mr. j
Brandon leave. In the year he has J
been m Kings Mounain, he has de- j
monstrated excellent organization
al ^nd managerial ability and has
given the city good service."
The city board was to meet Thurs
day afternoon to formally accept Mr.
Brandon's recommendation.
Stag Night Event
At Club Monday
A Stag Night supper will be held
at the Kings Mountain Country Club
on Monday night, It ^as announced
this week by the chub social com
mittee.
The event will be open to club
members, golfing members, and out
of-town gue9ts, and the price of the
dinner will be $1.50. Dinner will be
served at 7:45. .
Tolly Shuford and Hilton Ruth are
in charge of arrangements for the
event. Dinner reservations are re
quested by noon Monday.
Scoggins Completes
Recruit Training
Parrls Island. ? Marine Private
First Class Ernest Scoggins, Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. "Ernest Scoggins, Sr.
of Route Twb, Kings Mountain, N. C.(
was promoted to his present rank
upon completion of recruit training
here at the Marine Corps Recruit De
pot.
A former graduate of Park Grace
school," he enlisted In the "Marine
Corps on November 15, 1948, for a
period of three years.
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TO ASHEBORO? E . C. Brandon. Jr..
lor the past Y ear city engineer and
supervisor of the City of Kings
Mountain, has accepted the position
of city manager of Asheboro. Mr.
BrandOn is to assume his new du
ties on March 1.
Special Services
To Begin Monday
Rev. J. McDowell Richards, presi
dent of Columbia Theological semi- 1
nary, Decatur, Ga., will preach a se
ries of sermons at First Presbyterian
church beginning Monday evening
and continuing through Sunday,
son college, and a former Rhodes
scholar aj Oxford university in I?on-j
don, became president' of the sem
inary in 1932, after serving in home
mission work in Georgia and as pas
tor at Thomasville, Ga. He is chair
man of the board of trustees of Da
vidson college, is a former vice- pres'
ident of the Federal Council of Chur- j
ches, and is currently a member of i
the council's executive committee, i
"We are indeed happy and fortu- j
nate to have Dr. Richards in Kings)
Mountain," Rev. P. D. Patrick, the
pastor. said this week, "and I wish to|
welcome to our church for these]
special services, 3JU citizens of the
community." J v y
Dr. Richard will preach twice dai
ly, at 10 o'clock in the morning and
at 7:30 in the evening.
His sermons for the week follow:
Monday ?
P. M. Listening to God.
Tuesday?
A. M. Beautiful Garments.
P. M. The Responsibility of the
Christian.
Wednesday ?
A. M. The Significance of Jesus
Christ. ?:
P. M. The Measures of Life.
Thursday ? . ' ...
A. M. The Nature and the Need of
Man.
P. M. The Importance of Today.
Friday ?
A. M. The Offense and the Glory
of the Gospel.
P. M. Demas ? A Tragic 3ynil>ol.
Sunday ? &j
A. M. The Transforming Power of
Christ.
P. M. The Go*pfci of Repentance.
Morrison To Be Featnr^ Speaker
At Merchants Association Banquet
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J. Graham Morrison, In coin Coun
'jjf- vf a r rn <1 p :ri ? I ! ) -,- ? ration agent, will
|w disfeatured speaker at the an
nual employer-employee banquet of
the Kings Mountain Merchants as
sociation to be held Monday night,
February 28, at the high school cafe
teria. imStoMzMji
S. Mr. Morrison, who has apoken here
before civic organizations aeveral
tipaes during the past few years. ls(
in wide demand at a speaker. He
combines a humorous *ries of stor
-ootcrtton
taepae inspirational add/em
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Tickets for the banquet will go
on sale oyer the weekend according ;
to annotfncemeht Jjy-Osmis B. Sirtij*- j
son, association secretary, at $200
each-.
The meeting will a (so feature -the
reports of President Jom Lee Wood
ward and Se<;retatjr Simpsoa, and
PMf of officers
for the coming year. . 'svi^ . . .
H t <?rm?^tte?<on ar
-an*e;nent? are W. G. Grantham.
i,chatrman. G!ee K. bridges, CiMrlce
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Kings Mountain i
Building & Loan
In Annual Meeting
All officers an J directors of the
Kings Mountain Building & Loan
j association were rfc-electel at -.the ]
47th annual meeting held in .the :
association offices February 10th.
The shareholders heard reports on
the past year's operation which
showed the association closed out j
1948 with toiai assets of $749,313.16. i
The 1948 operations were profita- i
ble, resulting in dividend payments j
to shareholders of $17,637.63, with j
an additional $4,000 added to the
association s reserves for contingen
j cies. The reserve fund a; the end of
the year totaled $24,020. Total loans
l^'iring the year amounted to $240,
250.
A total of 1230 shareholders were !
listed on the books of the associa
tion, including 500 borrowers. Of the
1,230 shareholders 130 are colored
citizens.
| Secretary J. C. Lackey told the
group that the association had a- 1
dopted the direct reduction loan
plan as of January 1. This plan
has the effect of reducing interest
charges to borrowers, since interest
is charged onlv an the borrower's
unpaid balance. ? a
utf icers re-elected are: W. K.
I Mauney, president; J. C. Keller, vice
president; J. R. Davis, attorney, and
J. C. Lackey, secretary-treasurer. |
Directors include the officers and
C. W. Hullender, Dr. L. P. Baker, W.
i At n-nirtt a ii. - Btidaes. ii L,. J uau- ,
ney, and C. P.* Thomasson. *
New Garbage Unit i
Is Now In Use
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I It will not be necessary hereafter
for citizens to place their garbage
i on the curb on collection days, May- 1
jor H. Tom Fulton announced yester
day.
City sanitation department em
ployees will pick up the garbage
from the back of residences, he said.
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Mayor Fulton said the change in
policy had been made possible be
,caus? of the time savihg of the new
city garbage collection unit, put in
to operation over the weekend.
The new garbage collection, unit,
which is fully enclosed, has a hy- 1
draulic packing system with more
capacity than the two trucks form
erly in use, the Mayor stated. Thus
far, he continued, the city has been
able to follow the same collection
schedule which formerly required
two trucks. At the same time, two
less imen are required on the job. j
Additional capacity has cut the num 1
ber of trips to the dump off the
York Road to an average of one and I
one-half per day versus a former to
tal of eight and one-half trips.
"The city 'will endeavw to main
tain at* least the same frequency of j
collection as formerly," the Mayor]
stared, though the old collection
schedule will probably be changed."
The Mayor asked the Cooperation I
of the public In keeping the city as |
clean as possible. ,
Presbyterians To Hear
Davidson Professor
Dr. William G. McGayock, Dav
idson college professor, will speak
at 11 o'clock /servicer*?/ First Pres
byterian church Sunday . morning,
as th* local church participates
jointly In a "Day of Prayer for
3chools and Colleges" and the ap
peal for the Davidson College en
downment. '
Dr. McGavock is one of 40 David
son faculty members And "itudento,
who will speak to the 40 pulpits of
King* Mountain Presbytery Sunday
nterrilng. Y^v
sinmncut oar-ipoes
t>r. Henry ,C. Sprfedtfe, term
er putor here and Mwently editor
of th? (ihrWUn Advocate in
Greensboro, is fet to **il Saturday
on a month's cryiae aboard the a.
S 8. #<K?*v?lt. PU wilj return to
New JTork to ??*? tip ne* d titles
with th? World Outlook'. He will
be accompanied off orufne toy
Mni. Sprinkle.
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Trees In Business
Area Fall To Axe
Pij^ers-by in the ddwTito>vn lius- i
i n ess section Sunday might have
thought some new George Washing
ton had cdme to town.
All the trees on Battleground av- i
enue between Mountain and Gold .
streets were felled and lying across i
the street. .
Mayor H. Tom Fulton said the j
trees had been ordered cut down by
the city after frequent requests ov
er a long period of years by owners
of property along the streets had
complained about damaged roofs,
and after investigation revealed a
number of the trees were rotten and
a danger to life and property.
Mayor Fulton said he had receiv
ed protests from several citizens who
felt the trees added to the beamy
of the city, but he added. "We have
received several letters praising the
action."
Lane Discusses
School Report
Rowell Lane, principal of Kings
Mountain high school, outlined the
report of^jhe special education com
mission report to .members of the
Kings Mountain Junior Chamber of
Commerce at their regular meeting
Tuesday night.
.Using picture slides, Mr. Lane
brought out salient points in the re
port, which showed North Carolina
ribt^ an^y^vTth^ oi^rsuues' o? the na
tion, but- with its neighboring states
of Virginia, South Carolina aruT
Georgia. ?
Mr. Lane emphasized the divisions
of the report which shows that Nor- j
th Carolina is in a poor position in I
respect to amount of money spent j
per child, teacher pay. and physical
equipment (buildings*.
I Commenting on the local situa
tion, Mr. Lane declared that Kings
Mountain was fortunate in being a
b!e to obtain its present faculty
which, he said, is high above the1
State average tn. ability and train- j
ing He told the groQp that two more |
classrooms will be an absolute need ;
at Central elementary ^chool next '
year "in spite of the fa t that the
building, when constructed in 1932"
had many vacant classrooms.
He said the. big need in the tea
cher field at the moment is for ele
mentary teachers. "This field 1.4
worse hit," Mr. Lane said, "with an
annual estimated replacement need j
of 2,000 teachers in North Carolina. '
and a 1949 graduating class of aj
few more than 100."
The three big needs of schools
in North Carolina are (1) higher
.teacher salaries to attract more into!
the field, (2) less teaching load for
better Instruction, and (3) more and
better buildings for school popula
tion increasing annually, he sum
marized.
Prior to Mr. Lane's address. Char
les T. Carpenter, Jr., sports editor
of the Herald outlined plans and
progress to date for the Mountaineer
club, athletic boosters organization
now being formed, and Faison Bar
nes gave a repwrt on the Jaycee quar
terly board meeting held in Dur
ham last weekend.,
LIONS MEETING
Regular meeting of the Kings
Mountain Lions club Ti esday j
night at the Woman's Ciuo will
feature an address by D. J. White*
ner, of Boone, Lions district gover
nor. The hour of the meeting is 7
o'clock. Charlie Moss was in char
ge of arrangements for the pro
gram.
Water, Stadium. ,
Sewer Issues
To Be Offered
T.V city board of commissioners
voted at its February Ukli meeting
to call a total $330,000 in bond is
sues on May 10, reguiar day for the
biennial city election.
While the bond issue Will not be
officially "called" un:ii the March
meeting, ihe board agreed -to offer
the voters for action a $250,000 is
sue for sewer plant improvements
and line extensions, a $30,000 issue
for water line extensions, and a $50,
000 issue for improvements to the
City stadium.
City Attorney E. A Harrill was au
thorized to contact Mitchell and
Pershing, New York bond attorneys
to arrange for the bond election.
At the same time, Mayor H. Tom
Fulton appointed a five-man com
mittee headed by Commissioner
Cari F. Mauney and including P. M.
Neisler, Sr., C. T. Carpenter, Jr., Fred
WV Plonk and C. C. Edens to make
a study of the stadium situation and
make suggestions to the board for
its improvement.
Tbe action of the, board in agree
ing to call a bond election was not
surprising, as the board has devot
ed much time at recent meetings in
discussion of capita! improvements.
According to schedule, the bonds
will be sold as follows: water bonds,
with a 29-year maturity; sewer
bonds, with a 31-year maturity,; sta
dium bonds, with a 19-year maturi
ty
? The schedules were made on a ba
sis of estimated interest at 3.25 per
cent, but the commissioners express
ed confidence that the bonds would
be sold "for as low as 2.7 percent.
, Under 4h?- contemplated progarm
the heaviest debt service year would
be the fiscal year 1949-30.
? Current city bends outstanding
will total $323,000 at the end of the
current fiscal year.
Mayor Fulton pointed out that set
ting- Ihe bond election on the date
of the regular election would result
in a saving to the city of about $230.
Nospecical registration will be nec
essary for the election, due to a state
constitutional amendment adopted
in the November general election.
Under the terms of the amendment
results of bond elections will be de
termined by a majority of the votes
cast, rather than against the books. .
Other principal action of the board
was purchase of a Leach Packmaster
garbage collection truck, a hydraulic
pressure unit mounted on a Ford
truck ehasis, for $6,600 from the Nor
the Carolina Equipment Company.
The North Carolina Equipment
Company bid was low among the
five submitted. Lewis Motors, of
Gastor^ia, was second low at $6,757.
Other Companies placing bids were
Plonk Motor Company, of Kings
Mountain, Hoyt Kfreter Motors, of
Shelby, and Johnson Municipal Sup
ply, of Charlotte.
The board voted to bill outlying
industrial plants annually for fire
protection service, rather than mon
thly. and heard a report from City
Clerk 5. A. Crouse showing that 78
percent of 19*3 taxes had been paid.
Maqician Here
Friday Evening
Is the hand quicker than the eye?
The Kings Mountain Lions clut> Is
offering local citizens a chance to
find out -r*. or check again ? at the
high school auditorium Friday night
at 7:30 when it sponsors a show by
Fayssoux, the Magician, billed as
one of the best in the new-you -?*<?
it-now-you-on't business.
In addition to his stunts of magic,
Fayssoux specializes in hypnotism
and mental telepathy.
Admission to the show is 23 cents
for children, 50 cents for adults. ^
Harold Coggins Elected President
Of Merchants Group For 1949-50 '
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J. Harold Coggins has been elected jand T. W. Grayson, director*,
president of the Kings Mountain j Holdover directors include W. G.
Merchants association for the year Grantham, Hilton Ruth, Sam Weir
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1949 50, according to announcement
in the association bulletin this week.
Mr. Coggins will succeed Joe Lee
Woodward.
and E. E, Marlowe.
The new officers were elected by
mail ballot by membeiaof the
ZuZZT' "Z. i - - fiatkr They will 'je lima 1 led ait the
* officers elected Include L. E. annual banquet nvetlar of the or
ftrtdM '*??* Jr ? ^ on Monday nfgl.t, Eebru
Bridges, Oll1?* <Iarrl? O. W. Myam, ary 28th.