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POPULATION
City Limits (1940 Census) 6.574
immediate Trading Area 15.000
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VOL. 60 NO. 8
Kingr Mountain, N. C. Friday. February 25. 1949
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Local News
Bulletins
BUILDING PERMITS
Building permits were issued
during the past week to the fol
lowing: B. T. Wright, on Tuesday,
for new five-room dwelling on
West King street, estimated cost
$5,000; W. K. Mauney, jr., on Mon
day, for garage at residence on
East Gold street, $300; AV. O. Ben
nett, on Saturday,. for addition of
room to residence on Oriental av
enue, $500; and to C, D. Gladden,
on Feb. 17, for new residence op
Sims street, $2,800.
9PRINKLE ON TOUR
Dr. Henry C. Sprinkle, jr., form
er pastor at Central Methodist
church, sailed last Saturday for a
month's Naval Reserve cruise in
the Carribean aboard the U. S. S.
Roosevelt. After the- Naval cruise
he will move to New York to take
up new duties with World Out
look, a Methodist publication. He
was formerly editor of the Chris
tian Advocate, Greenshoro. His
iirst Job with the World Outlook
will be to visit the mission {ields
all over the world. He will be ac
companied on this tour by Mrs.
Sprinkle.
ON SPECIAL PROGRAM
BOONE ? Flay Sellers will be
among students of Appalachian
State Teachers college giving spe
cial demonstration oi the "Big Cir
cle square dance," before the an
nual conference of the Southern
Association of Health and Physi
cal Education and Recreation di
rectors at Asheville today.
AID BAND FUND
The board of directors of the
Kings Mountain 'Junior Chamber
of Commerce voted Wednesday
night to make a $200 donation to
the Kings Mountain High school
band-aid fund, according to an
nounoe ment by Grady Howard,
secretarjfy " >v:
KIWANIS PROGRAM
Dr. J. McDowell Richards, cur
rently conducting a week's series
of sermons at tfie First Presbyter
ian church, was to address mem
bers of the Kings Mountain Ki
wanis club at their regular meet
ing at the Woman's Club at 6:30
Thursday night.
INSPECTION LANE
Motor vehicle inspection lane
Number 4 Is scheduled to return
to Kings Mountain today and will
open for business on Saturday
morning. The unit will be at the
usual stand (on Tracy street be
tween West Mountain and West
Gold) and will remain here throu
gh Thursday, March 3. The lane
will open In Shelby on March 5.
METER RECEIPTS
Parking meter receipts for the
41st week of operations, which
ended at noon Wednesday, totaled
$142.48 according to a report by S.
A. Crouse, city clerk.
RELIGIOUS FILM
The epic motion picture "King
of Kings" will be shown at Park
Grace school auditorium Saturday
night at 7:30. The picture depicts
the life of Christ, as related in the
Bible. Proceeds from a free will of
fering. will go to the Macedonia
Church Building Fund.
JATCEE PROGRAM
Regular meeting f the Kings
Mountain Junior Chamber of
Commerce will be held at the Wo
mnn's Club Tuesday night at 7
o'clock. Program tot the evening
will be presented by the club You- !
th committee, of which Charles
Alexander is chairman.
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Guard Company Held
Fish Fry On Tuesday
'Members of Hq. & Hq. Co., 3rd Bat
talion, 120th Inf., North Carolina Na
* t tonal Guard, of Kings Mountain,
heid a fish fry Tuesday night at the
Trout Club On York road according
to an announcement by Ned Gantt,
of Shelby, local unit administrative
assistant.
Planswere discussed by company
; . members for a recruiting drive in
? 'Kings Mountain soon. Several good
ratings are now open in the compa
ny Sgt. Ga.hu said and he urged in
terested persons to OMttact Captain
Humes Houston or other company
Officials about ioininsj.
Membersa of the Na-tioraJ Guard
are paid a full days pay for each
drill period. Men from 17 to 33 are
eligible to enlist, with youths 17-18
are especially urged to Join. ?
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Local Election
Bill Recalled
Foi Amendment
Senate Bill 132, introduced by Sen-'
ator Lee B. Weathers, and providing
for city-wide election of a school I
trustee from each ol the city's five
wards, has been passed by both hou
se* of the General Assembly, butsis
being withdrawn for an amendment
to strike out "city-wide'' and retain
the present system, Mayor H. Tom
Fulton said Thursday morning.
The change to'- 'city- wide" voting
was all due to a misunderstanding
anyway, Mr. Fuiton said.
The city had .asked Senator Wea
thers to introduce a bill to make the
voting dates for school trustees and
city commissioners fall on tne same
day. Senator Weathers, in turn,
wrote a note to Attorney . General
Harry McMullan and asrked him to
prepare the bill. Mr. McMullan,
looking over the charter, assumed
that the city wished to have the
same method of voting for all offi
ces and drew the bill on this basis.
Mayor Fuiton said there had been
some local objection to the change,
and added, "This Was not the inten
tion of the board anyway, and we
have asked Senator Weathers to
withhold enrollment o.' the bill and
amend it."
Following the 1917 charter change
the laws of the city called for school
trustee elections on the first Tues
day following the first Monday in
May, and for city commissioner
mayor elections on the second Tues
day following the first Monday in
May. This arrangement was follow
ed in the 1947 elections.
The bill. to amend the charter to
hold both elections the same day
was introduced to simplify the vo
ting procedure and to save the cost
of an additional election. Mayor
Fuitonsaid.
Lenten Season
Begins March 2
March 2nd. begins again the sacr
ed season of Lent' in Tfiany; Protes
tant churches. The Lenten season
will be observed it St. Matthew's
Lutheran church, beginning with
the Ash Wednesday Service and
Lbrd's Supper on Wednesday even
ing.' March 2. at 7:30 p. m. Special
prayers will be said that morning,
and throughout the season the pas
tor wil endeavor to bring pulpit mes
sages in keeping with the season.
This season of about 40 days
brings us closer to the sufferings
and passion of ( our Saviour Jesus
Christ 'and the Cross of Salvation.
The season is marked by special
church services and a greater devo
tion to our Christian duties," said
the pastor, Rev. Mr. Stender. "Re
membering all that Christ accom
plished for us on His Cross we are
also exhorted to repentance and con
fession of a deeper faith. The season
of lent includes the observance of
Palm Sunday, Holy Week, Good Fri
day and concludes with the Festival
of the Resurrection on /Easter."
"Musical Pals
Here Saturday
The "Musical Pals" a radio String
band heard regularly over Stations
WOHS Shelby and 'WNNC Newton
will present a show at the high
school Saturday night at 8 o'clock,
under sponsorship of Otis D. Green
Post 155, American Legion.
The "Musical Pals" feature a five
man group, including Big Boy Bo
wen, Herbie Green, Don Metcalfe.
Mac McCurry, and Jake ? a comedi
an ? plus Georgia Lee, "a fat gal
i comedienne."
The'group promises an evening of
fun and musical frolic.
Mayor To Handle .
Brandon's Duties
The city board of commissioners,
in special meeting Thursday after
noon, February 17, accepted with re
grets the rcngnation of E. C. Bran
don, Jr? as City engineer-supervisor,
and assigned his duHes to Mayor
H. Tom Fulton.
The board indicated it would not
attempt 'to employ a successor to
Mr. Brandon prl$fr to the May 10 city
election.
Mr. Brandon resigned to become
city manager of Asheboro>
AUCTION
John Harlard, Jocai colored man,
?said this week he tg celling his
home on E. Ridge street at auction
on Friday morning at 10 o'clock.
The property is a lot 100 bv 139
feet, plus h oust. George Allen is
, to be the auctioneer.
SUCCUMBS ? Jesse M. (Jess)) Wil
liams. one of Kings Mountain's pi
I one9r citizens, died on February 18}
; at his North Piedmont avenue home.
Mr. Williams was 83.
I. M. Williams
Rites Conducted
Funeral rites for' Jesse M. Wil
liams, 83, prominent Kings Moun
tain citizen and one of the commu
nity's pioneers ip textiles, were held
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock from
Central Methodist church, with- in
terment 'aking place in the Mauso
leum of Forest Lawn cemetery at
Charlotte.
The rites were conducted by Rev.
J. H. Brendall, pastor of the church!
of which Mr. Williams was a mem
ber, and by Rev. J. G. Winkler, a
former pastor, now of Asheboro. I
Mr. Williams succumbcd at his
N'orth Piedmont avenue home last ?
Friday morning. February 18th, fol
lowing a cerebral hemorrhage. He'
had been in declining health for the
past several years.
Mr. Williams, son of the late Jo
seph and Jane Brown Williams, of
Ramseur, came to Kings Mountain i
in 1889, where he was associated !
with the development of Kings
Mountain Manufacturing Company,
the city's first textile plant. He was
later vice-president of the Dllling
and Cora .Mills. ... and wan geaerai
manager of the old Enterprise mill.
In 1905, he moved to Charlotte and
became associated with the Louise
Cotton Mill. In 1916, he became gen
eral manager of Lockwood Green
Mill in Winnsboro, S. C., and was at
one time associated with Crowder's
| Mountain Mill. Prior to his illness,
; he was associated with Neisler Mills, ,
Inc., at the Pageland. S. C., plant.
Surviving are his wife, the former
(Miss Harriett Elizabeth , Pendley,
I eight children, Mrs. Liilian Hen
drix, Beaufort, N. C., 'J. H. Williams,
! Gasionia, Mrs. L. D. Shuford, Forest
I City, Mrs. L. C. Minch, Charlotte,
' Mrs. Stanley E. Huffman Columbus,
Ohio, H. S. Williams, Winston-Salem
and Mrs. F. G. Watterson and Char
les S. Williams, both of Kings Moun
tain. Also surviving are 16 grand
children and 10 great-grandchildren.
Active pallbearers were grandsons
of Mr. Williams.
Honorary paibearers included: E.
A. Harrill, J. R. Davis, M. L. Harmon,
[. B. Goforth, Dr. W. L Ramseur, Dr.
P. E. Hendricks, Charles Dilling, P.
M. Neisler, 'J. A. Neisler, Hunter R
Neisler, C. E. Neisler, Jr., J. E. Hern
don, John Floyd, S. A. Mauney, Paul
Mauney, 'J. H. Thomson, Clarence |
Corn well, J. R. Roberts, L. L. Alex
ander, Dr. J. E. Anthony, E. W. Grif
fin, G A. Bridges, Henry Matthews,
i A. H. Patterson, I. G. Patterson, W.
A. Ware, B. S. Neill, J. C. Lackey. B.
S. Peeler, Dr. P. G. Padgett, O O.
Jackson, Will Anderson. Ed IsCnhour
Rush Wray, Charles Bryant, Fred
Anderson, B. M. Ormand, Beverly
Ware, H. H. Houston, Kav Dixon, W
T. Bradford, S.' M. Boyce." F. C. Todd.
Judge E. Y. Webb, Senator Clyde R.
! Hoey, and Junious Rhodes.
Among out-of-town persons at
tending the rites were: Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. Williams, Bessemer City; Mr
and Mrs. Russell Wells, Spindale,
Mrs. John Carpenter. Mrs. Bessie Mi
chalove, Mrs. B. B. I?gan, Mrs. G, C.
Shuford, Mrs. J. Vassey, Mrs. B. P.
Smith, Mr. and Mrs. G. C. McDaniel,
Mrs. Harold Mayhew and Mrs. Ka
tie Sue Black, and Mrs. Parker Hol
mes, all of Forest City. Paul Vaughn.
Gastonia, Mr. and Mrs. R. N, Isley
and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Boone, Bur
ilngton, Mr. and Mrs. George C.
Winecott and Mr. and Mrs. F. H.
Cunningham, Gastonia, H. H. Hous
ton and Belvln Ware, Pageland, S.
C., J. E. Spainhour, Elkln, Jack Spain
hour, Hickory. Mr. and Mrs. Ivey
Shuford, Lattlmore, Link Spainhour,
North Wllkeshoro, and Me. and Mrs.
P. L. Coleman, Winston -Salem.
NEW POLICEMAN
Leonard L.. Hamrick, of East
King street, has been employed by
the police department according
to'dn announcement bv N. M
Farr. chief. Offioer Hamrick wa*
ffirmeriv employed by the Mar
grace Mill.
1949 Red Cross Fund Campaign
Begins Tuesday; Quota $ 6,202
Annual Banquet
Of Merchants'
Group Is Monday
The Kings Mountain Merchant*
association will hold its annual em-,
plover , employee banquet Monday
night at 7 o'clock at the high sciivxil
cafeteria. '
James B. Simpson, executive sec
retary of the association, said Thurs
day tha* a capacity crowd i* expect
ed for the event, at which J. Graham
Morrison, Lincolnton humorist, will
make the feature address.
Glee A. Bridges will serve as toast
master, and the program Will* in
clude brief reports from retiring
President Joe Lee Woodward, and
Secretary Simpson.
A limited number of tickets re
main available for the banquet, Mr.
Simpson said, and business firms
desiring reservations should contact
the association office at once.
New officers for 1949 will be in
stalled.
In charge of arrangements for the
banquet is a committee including W.
G. Grantham, chairman. B. S. Peeler,
Charles E. Blalock, and G. A. Brid
ges.
Bond Issue Data ,
Goes To Lawyers
Legal matters concerning the pro- <
posed $350,000 in bond issues ? r in
cluding noti.ccs of call, election pro
cedure, etc. ? were forwarded this
week to Mitchell and Pershing, New I
York bond attorneys, for their ap
proval. Mayor H. T. Pulton said yes
terday.
TJve Ma>or sa'd he expected to
have the bond attorneys' approval
by the regular 'March 8 meeting of
the board~jH-wixich time the election
is scheduled to be officially called, j
Bond attorney approval of all leg
al matters connected with bond j
sales is required before the bonds]
can be marketed by the Local Gov- i
ernment Commission.
The board agreed at its February j
meeting to call the election oh May
10. The issues will provide $250,000
for sewer plant improvement and
line extension. $50,000 for water line
extension, and $50,000 for a city sta
dium.
Officers Am?l Youth
On Old Robbery Count
A 19-year-old youth wanted since
May, 1947. on a charge of breaking
and entering was arrested Tuesday
at Sadie Mill according to N. M. Farr
chief of the police department.
Robert Lee Chase 'was picked up by
local officers in connection with the
robbery of Bark ley Brothers grocery
and, in preliminary hearing Wednes
day, was bound over to Cleveland
Superior court under a $1,600 ap
pearance bond.
Case pleaded guilty to the charge
of breaking and entering and Is lod-.
ged in city jail. Chief Farr said he
Is also wanted by Ft. Benning army
officials on an AWOL charge. He
has been "over the " hi)1" from his
station for almost uays, according
to the officer.
Another man, J. rf. Shedd, currem
ly .serving lime on the roads in Vir
ginia, is to be brought back to
Kings Mountain next week for pre
liminary hearing in connection with
the robbery. Chief Farr said.
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World Day Of Prayer
Services Scheduled
, Kings Mountain will participate
in the annual World Day of Prary-.
er in special community . wide
I services at the First Presbyterian
church on March 4, it was aa:
nounced this week.
World Day of Prayer Services
were held in 74 nations of the
globe last year.
The services here will be from
12:30 p. m. to 1 o'clock and the un
der sponsorship of the Council of
Churchwomen of Kings Mountain.
Majority of business houses will
close for the half-hour during tho
service, it was announced by
James B. Simpson, secretary' .of the
Merchants association, following
a recommendation of the associa
tion's board of directors.
Lions '49 Talent
Show March 18th
The Kings Mountain Lions club
announced this week thai it's sec
ond annual local talent show ? to be
known as the "Lions Talent Show ot
1949" ? will be held on Friday, Mar
ch 18, at the high .school auditorium
Committee in charge of arange
merits includes Dan Huffstetler.
Chairman. Bill Osborne, advertising, j
and publicity, and Gene Timms, en <
tries.
Entries will be open to individuals;
or groups from all city schools. Park
Grace school and Beth ware school.
According to last year's pattern,
there will be vocalists, quartets, j
stunt artists, etc.
Mr. Timms reported this week tha* '
several entries haves airead> been
iisled, and asked that others wish ,
ing to enter the show contact him j
a> once.
Prize* bt? awarded winners.
The event proved quite success
ful last-year, and Lions officials an
ticipate another good show.
Dr. W. L. Mouney Is
Consolidating Offices
Dr. -W. L. Mauney, Kings Moun!
tain chiropodist, announced thi>'
week that he is closing his office
'here and is consolidating it with his
Shelby office in the Weathers-BI an
ton bui-lding, which adjoins the Ma
sonic Temple.
Dr. Mauney will observe the fol
lowing office hojrs: Wednesdays,
from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m? Fridays, from
2 to 5 p. m.; and Saturdays, from 9
a-, m. to 5 p. m.
He said operating two offices had
created inconveniences for many of
his patients and he felt he could
better ?erve them by consolidating
hi..- offices.
Sportsmen Attended
Fish Fry On Friday
j Some 25 members of Kings Moun
tain Sportsmens Wildlife club at
; tended a fish fry at Lake Montonia
last Friday night.
Plans- were di/scusoed concerning
appointment of several local sports
men as deputy game wardens for
this scctlon of the rounty.
Hubert Beam, of Shelby, county
igame warden, was present and clr
culated copies of the latest game
I laws of the stai.o.
SECOND WESLEYAN
Rev. Lester Beat, of Linco'nton,
will be the visiting minister at the
regular Saturday evening service
at Second Wesleyan church Satur
day night at 7 o'clock.
Third Annual Legion Cage Tourney
Scheduled To Begin On Wednesday
First round play in the third an
nual Kings Mountain American Le
gion boys high school basketball
tournament is scheduled to get un-'j
d<*rway a; Central gymnasium Wed
nesday night. Pairings for the event
were not announced Thursday.
Fallaton high, winners of the 1948
tourney, will be back to defend It's
title and will probably, fate the role
as favorite, having racked up 22
straight victories this season. The
Flying Five won the 1949 Cleveland
county championship and is playing
this week*!at Valdese.
Coached by ??? Blaine Baxter, the
' Falisum quint ha? scored. 941 points
I to opponents 464 in 22 games. Bax
ter's Boys edged Piedmont here last
year by a aeore of 32-30 in the finals
to win the championship trophy.
| Other entries to date in the eight
team event Include Belwood and
Number 3, of Cleveland county, Bel
mont Abbey Ramblers, Harding
| high of Charlotte, and Granite Quar
ry high of Rowan county.
Granite Quarry has a red-hot club
J that has won over 20 gaTici* ,n
Harding ha* a 16-4 record.
! Pairings will be posted Monday in
t several spots downtow n according to
!?>urney officials. Games Are sched
uled ?o be aired oveY WOHS-FM ac
. cording to station officials.
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Leaden Map
Concentrated. ,
Brief Drive
The King,-* Mountain Chapter of
the American Red Cross will launch
its 1949 fund campaign next rues
day, and campaign official's have a.
big ^oal se; up 'or themselves and
the 03 persons who will aid in the
drive.
They .would like to raise the $0,
202 huu:j on .trie first day of the
['drive, and -certainly during the first
week "
This was the word of Chairman
George H. Mauney and Publicity
Chairman J. C. Bridges; who an
nounced that the campaign organi
zation is virtually complete.
Of the 1919 Kipgs Mountain quota
81.7 percent of the amount will tx>
retained by the local chapter for
home service work in Number 4
township.
"ft might appear on the face of it
that $6,202 is quite a sum of mon
ey," Chairman Mauney stated, "but
when one realizes that it figures
much less than $1.00 per citizen of
the township, it is not a lot, consid
ering the fact that the Red Cross of
fers the only local welfare agency
operating for the welfare of Num
ber 1 township citizens."
The campaign organization fol
lows:
Residential
Mrs. J. L. McGill, h airman; Ridge
street, Mrs. N. M. Farr; Bessemer
City road, Mrs. T. J. Ellison; East
King street, Mrs. E. T. Plott, Mrs.
Charles Dilling and Mrs. Carl Maun
ey; York road, Mrs. J. B. FaHs; Par
ker street, Mrs. VV. F. House.'! Wil
son street, Mrs. C. L. Black.
South Battleground ave. and Wells
street, Mrs. R. H. Burton; We.st Gold
Street, Mrs. W. L. McMackin and
Mrs. W. W. Tolleson; West Gold
street and Landing street, Mrs. J. C.
Bridges; Mountain street, Mrs. J. C.
McKinney and Mrs. Bun Goforth;
West King street, Mrs. J. E. Rhea
and Mrs. J. L. Settlemyre; Gaston
street, Mrs. B. N. Barnes and Mrs. F.
M. Fryer; Piedmont ave, Mrs. George
F. -Lattimore and Mrs. Martha Sue
Yawn; Fulton street, Mrs. Tracy Mc
Ginnis; Waco road, Mrs. M. C. Pos
ton ind Mrs. Earl I^edford.
Industrial Employees
W. J. Fulkerson and Hubert Dav
idson, co-chairmen: Burlington Mills
Jack Day; Craft-Spun, G. C. Kelley;
Du-Court, H. C. Wilson, Bonnie
Mills, Jacob Cooper and Dr. W. L.
Mauney; Elmer Lumber Co., Draee
Peeler; Kings Mountain Mfg. Co.,
Jim Page; Kings Mountain Cotton
Oil Co.. Claude Hambright; Mauney
Mills, Inc., James Bennett; Mauney
Hosiery Mills, Mrs. Elmer Rhea;
Margrace Mills, Dewey Caldwell;
Kings Mountain Narrow Fabrfcs,
Bob Riley; Park Yarn Mills, H. Y. Ba'l
lard; Pauline Mills. Harry Page; Su
perior Stone Co., Kerns Bros., H. L.
Campbell ; Blackmer -& Co., Kings
Mountain Bonded Warehouse. Geor
ge Mauney; J. E. Herndon A- Co., C.
M. Puinam; Standard Oil Co., Grady
Patterson; Ware & Sons, W. S. Ful
ton. Jr., Bennett Brick & Tile Co.,
Clyde Bennett; Kings Mountain Ma
chine Shou, W B Simps in; King.s
Mountain Laundry, E. A. HarriH.;
Frieda Mfg Co.. Lawrence !>overi;
Sadie Cotton MHlH, Leonard Smith;
Business Area
Joe Lee Woodward* chairman; F.
R. MeCurdy. Jimmy DrrraooM, Hal
Ward. Lanie Detirrar. T W. Grayson
E. W. Bridges.
Rural Areas
Myers Hambright. chairman; J. S.
Ware, Mrs. Frank Ware. Mrs. Her
man Goforth, Mrs. Hal Morris, and
Mrs. Leonard Gamble, (partial list
only.)
Industrial Plants
L Arnold Kiser, chairman; Frank
(Cont'd on page eigh')
Special Presbyterian
Services End Sunday
Dr. J. McDowell Richards will com
plete a week's series of special serv
ices at First Presbyterian church on
Sunday.
Large crowds have been amending
the services, which are held twice
daily at 10 a. m and 7:30 p.. m;
Dr. Richard will deliver .the ser
mon at 11 o'clock services Sunday
morning and will complete the se
ries at the Sunday evening Service.
He is president of Columbia Theo
logfcal Seminary at Decatur, Ga*
and an ationaily recrogni-x.'d church
I leader.