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Kings Mountain. N. C.. Friday. May 20. 1949
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Tentative Tax Rate
At $1.85
Local News
!,v Bulletins
ATTEND CONVENTION .
Dr. L. P. Baker, and Dr. R. N.
B?ker, Kings Mountain done is us,
Jeft Thursday lor Pinehursi where
they are attending the annual con
vention of the North Carolina Den
tal society. They expect to return
Friday night.
DIRECTORS TO MEET
Directors ol the Kings Mountain
Country Club wil hold a dinner
meeting at the club Friday even
ing at 7 o'clock, it was announced
y??terday.
FORENSIC MEET HERE
Kings Mountain high school will
be host to the Western Conference
Forensic Meet on Friday.- Be
? ginning at 1:30 p. m. Shelby, Lin
coin ton, Forest City and Kings
Mountain will be represented in
the meet, which includes four di
visions, declamation, oration, read*
- ing, and poetry.
ATTEND CONFERENCE
Harold Hunnlcutt, 'Kings Moun
tain blood program chairman, Mrs.
Uf. N. Gamble and Mrs. W. B.
Thompson attended a Bed Cross
regional coordinating committee
tneting in Charlotte Thursday
morning. d
LIONS MEETING
Members of the Kings Mountain
Lions olub will hold their regular
meeting Tuesday night at 7 o'clock
at the Woman's Clufc, Principal
business of the meeting will be e
leotton of officers for <h? forthcom
ing year. Dan Huffstetler, program
chairman, said no formal program
had been arranged.
CLUB STAC NIGHT
Regular monthly Stag Night will
be held at the Kings Mountain
Country Club Monday night at
7:30. The men's night party Is o-.
pen to members, ?goifing members,
and thelr'out-oftown guests. Din
ner will be $1.50, and reservations
should be hi the hands of the club
management not later than noon
Monday.
EXECUTIVES CLUB
Members of the Cleveland Coun
ty Executives Club will hear Ger-'
hart H. Seger, former member of
the German Reichstag, at a dinner
meeting of the organization at
Gardner Memorial building at ,
Boiling Springs Monday night at
7 o'clock. Dinner reservations
should be In the' hands of Secre
tary W. M. Ficklin by noon Satur
day. Mr. Seger will discuss "Amer
ican Foreign Policy."
NAZARENE SPEAKER
Rev. C. E. Shumake, of High
Point, North Carolina district su
perintendent of the Church of the
' Nazarene, will deliver the sermon
at the 11 o'clock service of the First
Church of the Nazareiie Sunday
morning.
KIWANIS MEETING
Members of the Kings Mountain
Kiwanis club were to hear an ad
drew Thursday- night by Albert
Hale, 17-year-old High Point high
?dhooX student and lieutenant-gov
ernor of the Carolina* District of
Key Cldb* International, an or
ganization tor high school stu
dents fostered by Kiwanis Inter
national. The program was arran
ged by John L. MoGili, Kiwanis
youth oommktee Chairman. The
club was to convene at the Wo
man'] Club at 7 o'clock.
Note FonMrt:
Did 7eu Sign Name?
have been highly gratified
with the response by Xingi Moun
tain jttM fanners to the announce
mm concerning our new soi'-tset
Ing servioe and appointment of M.
E. Stnnton a* special farm represen
tative. but some fanners have aaked
for ?crvW without sttstax <t*t^r
names and we stoat k*K>*- wt <??. e?.<
visit," T. R, t^MT'Z-s fr- "
tht First KadcnsU - U,\j
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WCclV. * -.???* -V ?
Mr. 8ummers sr.id farmers uest
Ing a call from the farm cepresenta
' tlVe who do not receive one should
contact the bank.
Bond Election
Books To Close
On Saturday
Books for the state wide Toa-J and
school bond elections to be held on
June 4 will be open for the final day
on .->aturday at the precinct polling
places. It will be the last chance for
unregistered voters to qualify to
vote.
May 27 will be Challenge day.
P* the S200.000.000 road bonds and 1
$2o.000.000 school bonds (if voted) i
Cleveland county will receive $2,766, j
000 for road building and $449.525
to r school building, according to an
nouncement by Governor W. Kerr
Scott.
School and road bond bills passed :
by the 1949 General Assembly alio- !
cate those amounts to be spent in
the coiinty, provided that the people!
authorize the issuance of the bonds '
when they vote dn the June 4 elec- i
tion.
For school building Cleveland
county would ge* $250,000 as its e
qual share of a $25,000,000 appropri
ation by the General Assembly plus
$449,525 an its per -pupil share of the
proceeds from the School bor*8s. The
per-pupll share established by the
General Assembly is determined on
the basis of the 1947 -48 average dai .
ly membership.
The amount that would be spent
In the county for road building, if
issuance of the bonds is favored by
the voters, is set forth exactly in the
road bond bill, ?nd represents what
the General Astemly determined to
be "a fair and equitable distribu
tion" based upon the formula <n uae
by the State Hifhwav and Public
Works Commission.
v The~&>unty*s stump of* proceeds
front the road bonds would be in ad
dition to its regular share of high
way funds.
"Crow Shoot" Set
Saturday Morning
"Help the farmer kill crows." was
the appeal Wednesday of Joe t-ee
Woodward who announced plaits for
a "Crow Shoot" to be held Saturday
morning.
All persons interested in attending !
the event are urged to be present at
Stiver Villa on East King street Sat
urday morning at 5 o'clock Shoot
ers will be dispatched from that
point to known nesting areas of the
"corn -robber."
Mr. Woodward also arfced. infor
mation as to whereabouts of crows
and urged farmers and others to re
port location to him at Woodwards
Sporting Goods store befor? 5:30 p.
m? Friday if they are unable to at
tend the ohooft. v <
Bain dampened the first schedul
ed "shoot" several weeks ago but a
few hunters went out in spke of the
weather and killed some 35 birds.
The event is being sponsored by I
the Kings' Mountain Sportsmens'
Wildlife club. Mr. Woodward Is chair
man of the committee in charge.
The county board of commission
ers has announced a bounty of 25
cents on crows.
Many Attended
Memorial Bites
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A large throng gathered at Memo
rial Park of Mountain Rest ceme
tery Sunday afternoon to hear a spe
cial Memorial Day program arrang
ed by a number of. Kings Mountain
service and historical organizations.
Bev. J. H. Brendall, pastor o t Cen
tral Methodist church, cave the
prtnc*pal message of the program,
speaking on the subject "Meaning
of Memorial." He used as his text
the Scripture "What mean you by
these stones?"
Participating in the program were
tW United Daughters of the Oonfed
?nfccjr, the Daughters of the Ameri
can Revolution, the American Le
gion, the VFW, Spanish - American
veterans. Boy Scout* Girl Scouts,
and Brownie Soouts, ?
Wor to (he principal address, Ol
iie ihllb, LOglon commander, made
a rfiort talk devoted to the meaning
of the American flag and Memorial
"Day, and explained the meaning of
various groups gathered for the pro
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SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER ? Ar
nold W. BCinccnd has begun his first
full six-roar term as a a member of
the city's board of jcbool trustees. E
lected from Ward 3, Mr. Kincaid first
went on tib* board some two years
ago by cxppomtrr.eat, succeeding G.
C. White
Reynolds Rites j
ToBeHeldSanday
Graveside' funerai services will bei
held in Memorial Park, Mountain
Rest cemetery, Sunday afternoon at
4 o'clock for Private Colon Blease j
Reynolds, 29, 'who was Wiled in ac- j
tion near "Nancy, prance, on October
14. 1944, while with the U. S. 3rd
?rmy.
Rev. W. H. Stender, pastor of St.
Matthew's Lutheran church, will
Conduct the servto* and ?be Shelby
National Guard cortipany will be fn
of Bm American Le
gion and Veterans of Foreign Wars
posts are requested to meet at 3:30
at Harris Funeral Heme to attend
the fined rites of Pvt. Colon Rey
nolds. Wean uniform caps.
charge of full military rites. Mem
bers of the Kings Mountain Ameri
can Legion and Veterans of Foreign
Wars posts will serve as active and
honorary pallbearers.
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Pvt. Reynolds, a native of Kings
Mountain; was the son' of Christy S.
(Bud) and Lillian Eaker Reynolds.
He was employed by Bonnie Cotton
Mill before entering service in March
1944. He was an* Infantryman in
the 3rd army.
Survivors, in addition to his par
ents, include his wife, Mrs. Pauline
Reynolds Hawkins, of Lincoln; a
daughter," Barbara Sue Reynolds;
two sisters, Mrs. Harry Grayson,
Greensboro, and Miss Colleen Rey
nolds, Kings Mountain; and five
brothers, Roy Reynold^, Greensboro,
and Tom, Floyd, tames and Carl
Reynolds, Kings Mountain.
Work Started Monday
On Guard Motor Shod
Word started Monday on the Na
tional Guard motor tfhed on the ar
mory site located on West Mountain
street. . v
Hickory Construction Company
was awarded contract for const ruc
ion of the building, which has an
overall measurement of 52 feet by
75 feet.
Kings Mountain National Guard I
company will use the shed as a head
quarters building until a proposed
armory is constructed.
Weathers Heard
By Civic Clubs f
At Joint Meet
^?h K- ere t0ld mem^r.s of the Lions
at ^ wa?niS C.'Ubs in jolnt
at the Woman's Club May 12 ' and
7<th ?^rKS a *urP!us' no new la\.
es should be added."
Mr. Weathers, speaking on a uro
gram arranged by E. A Harrii a
the. annual Kiwans'-Lions oint
meeting, further outlined the work I
i, f f49 General Assembly, and
.criticized strongiy the action of
? ciation ?lina Education asso j
h,? *"? 3 friend teachers and
1 a Wa^s been'" Senator Weath- I
! of thr!aret' and 1 am not making 1
of the teachers when I say that the
; leadership yf the NCEA is' most un
? appreciative." He i>ointed out that
: teachers would receive a 28.1 per
1 cent increase in teacher pay for the
rnXt ?**nnlum' following a 25 per
I IJll bOOSl durine the previous two
I J, *^and adde<l that North Caroii
| na will spend a record- total for
; schools during the next two years
: But the NCEA leaders are nevei
, pleased," he add?M. I
?uPP?rt of the June
4th school building bond election as
but
tor Cleveland county, which will re- !
?rupna^r50"450'000*5^""!
ab?ut the
$200 million road bond election, ex-. I
pressing doubt that the state can get 1
il* {?r t*18 and other road
monies during the space of four
?f W that he had favored
o"**!** -s-$100 miihon road bond is
suers vice -chairman
roads committee.
Remarking about Govenor Scott's
~^na?on ?f lobbyists. Senator '
-the Governor never j
cussed his own lobbyists of which
there were "many.v
^ Commenting on the long legisla
tive session, the Shelby publisher!
i?n??Hngly. lold a 3tor>' of one repre
sentative who went home after 60
days when the legislative pay stop
North ar?rJJ!eathers P01?** out that '
North Caro ina is spending $45,000,- j
000 annually for social welfare and
shouw'ho ijhat "10re 8urvei>lance
!^td *??? welfare cases. He'
?tedthe Incident of the family near
Shelby which Was receiving relief;
payments, yet had $3,500 in cash
on the premises.
^^sa-sas-s-a
Mis. Davidson
Heads Teacheis
Davidson- Kings Moun
tains Park Grace school faculty,
was elected president of the CI eve- j
land County classroom teacher's as
at"""*" * ""*?><
?"".r'av'd?'? Mrs John.
nie'Mae Honey cutt of Boiling
Springs. . ?
lnc,ud* Karl Jor
Wi? o ? n*8' vlce "President; I
rl? yyy.Qordon Elliott, Moorei. 1
i h?*1?Ztary;?MS Mn Chlra **<"> I
fitfot Dover school, treasurer.
Ward Mayor Pro Tern;
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Davis Is City Attorney
MAYOR PRO TEMPORE ? Hal D.
Ward was unanimously choun ma
yor pro tempore by other members
of the city beard ui commissioners
at a special mtiuog Wednesday af
ternoon. Mr. Ward succeeds Carl P.
Mauney. who has held the position
lor the past two years.
School Class
Contests End
Barbara Matthews, daughter ot
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Matthews, wAs
declared winner of the interclass
girls' vocal contest heid at Kings j
Mountain high school last Friday i
morning.
The girls' vocal conte-ft was the
last in a series of five contests held
during the year.
Pauline Mauney, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Mauney, wop the in - j
ter-class piano contest held April 29. j
Miss Matthews sang "The Little
Damozel," by Novello. and Miss j
Mauney'* winning selection was 1
Chopin's "Etude in E Major."
Other placings in the vocal con- 1
test were; second, Melba Tindall. j
who sang Cadman's "Moon Behind
the Cottonwood"; and third, Betty
Falls, who sang Tchaikovsky'j
"Atone But the Lonely Heart."
In the piano contests: second, Bar
bara Cault, who ptaved Sibelius' (
"Romance"; third, Jeanene Hallman
who played DeBussy's "Claire de
Lune," fourth, Cornelia Ware, "Cute
as Cotton," by Federer.
Poppy Day Scheduled
For Saturday . May 28
The American Legion auxiliary |
wiH conduct the anntlaj Poppy Day
sale to aid disabled veterans on Sat
urday, May 28, it was announced
this week.
Mrs. Hal D. Ward is serving as
chairman of this year's Poppy Day
sale, and the Girl Scouts of the city
will aid in conducting the annual
sale.
"A successful poppy sale means
more funds to aid dl'satyled veterans,
their children, theft widows and or
phans," Mrs. Ward said.
citings
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Charles Blanton, son of Mr, and
Mrs. C. D. Blanton, and Pauline Mau -
ney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Mauney, ranked in the highest ten
percent of the 5?13 senior class
members of the National Honor So
ciety who competed under the schoi
arshipplan. ?.
This information was received re
cently by Rowell Lane, high school
principal/ via report oC the National
Assoc ia^on of Secondary School
Principals.
A national general aptitude test
wate administered March 29 to 5,915
National Honor .Society members re
presenting 1(493 School from the 48
states, the District of Columbia, A
laska, Hawaii, the Canal Zone, and
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Moumt MAuwrr
Beei Tax Loss, |
Valuation Drop
Spell 25c Hike
T he city board of commissioners
hi special session Wednesday after
noon at City Hall, set tifie tentative
tax rate for 1919-50 at $1.85 (v?r $ioo
valuation, an increase of 25 cents
over the rate prevailing in the our >
rent fiaoal year.
The board also:
<1> Elected Hal D Ward rnayor
pro tempore;
. (2) Appointed J R Davis city at
torney; and
(3) Appointed W. Faison Barnes
Judge of city recorder's court.
The board set the tentative tax
rate at (1.85 with some relueOanco
and with the expressed hope by sev
oral board members that the rate,
when officially set at the July meei?
ing, could be pared.
Motion to set the tax rate at (1.85
was adopted unanimously on mo
ion by T. 'J. Ellison and a second
by 3. Hudson Bridges. All oommifi
? ioners, with -Che exception of Carl
i ' *Ia,iin??r' present and mayor
J. c.. Herrulon presided over the ses
sion .
The estimated budget for 1949 50
anticipates expenditure of $301,475
JO, some (4,000 leas than the curraat
budgets In discussing tha buteet
Mayor Herndon pointed out the fol'
lowing reasons for the tentative in
crease in tax rate: (1) possible low
er property valuations caused by
lower inventories on the part of boih
industrial and mercantile establish
ments, (2) loss of revenue from the
beer tax. and (3> increased budget
al.otments for capital equipment.
The loss of beer tax revenue repre
sents 10 cents of the increase, May
ot Herndon pointed out, with a gen
era! increase of 15 cents to take c.?rc
or the anticipated capital purchases
The city estimated *ts tax rate on a
Tha city's 1949-50 tentative tax
rate of SIJW u pro-rated by purpo
?w ara follow*:
C?oaral fund Si. 15449
Debt service -40738
Capital hud .28818
basis of $5,500,000 property valua
tion, some $272,000 lew than the ac
tual valuation for 1948-49. On the
basis of $5,500,000 valuation, one
cent per $100 valuation, will return
to <^ty coffers $550, five cents will re
52l7^}- 10 win bring in
*5,900, and 15 cents will bring m $8,.
250, provided all tax. bills are paid.
Final property valuation will not
be received until after May 27, when
the county board of equalization
holds its hearing on new property
placed on the tax books The city
board expressed the hope that new
additions will take up some of the
slack in anticipated inventory Josh.
?ler'< A- Arouse told the^
board that the city would probably
end the year "in the black," but with
out the surplus it showed last year
Principal reason for thts, he f*ald
was failure of DuCourt xMt!ls, Inc.!
to pay its 1948 taxes, amounting to
'Cont'd on page four}
laycees To Sponsor /
Rnt Legion Gome
The Kings Mountain Junior Cham
her of Commerce will sponsor tha
opening home game of the 1949 edi
tion of tha Kings Mountain Legion
Junior baseball team, according to
?ctkii by the club Tuesday night
Charles English and Ben Ballard
were named co-chainjvan of the
promotion committee, and plans am
underway to get a banner turnout
Other principal business of the
regular Jayoee meeting was presen
tation of reports by Wilson Griffin
and Paiaon Barnes on the Jaycee
state Convention, and report by Joe
Hedden on the dedication of the X
Ray machine given to the county.
Following the business sewrion,
motion pictures were shown by D D.
Saunders.