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BEFORE LEAVING- A
BONFIRE OR BRUSHFIRE.
t iw Tacts
Andrew Jenkins In His 21st Year
As Motion Picture Projectionist
Andrew {Andy ) Jt r/Kjris wrJl be '
the (hon: movi nj.' p.<.:ur?> hiisinesw
yeterar r <tih?? opera tuim wtjer: he ;
punches the buttor^ tor the
/ilrr. to K'li at the openjhr ol the j
Joy Theatre "if xi ?At t i .
?For Ari<1y, . eieiar; oropectjorjtot
who ha*. Imh*t associated w.ith Cash '
Brother.* t'.nve they 1 rs't <anw toj
King* Mountain, n ,i-- ;rj?rt cwnpJeted i
iX) years j/t show busine^
Mr, 'Jenkins apprentxed as- a pre
}eot'k>n)N? in Shelby ai the old Pr;fi
eefis Tnea-tre <>\% ned by Beam Broth
ers. His. instructor was AH>ert Cms- j
tiy, who now the ehjel prope. tion- i
i*n at theStatt Theatre jn ?>heli?y, .1
When "Mr. Jenk.in? had learmxl the I
rudiments oi showing- films, be **e nt !
to the Cawtor, Theatre jr. M1. Holly, j
where Beam arid Plumber bad op* r.- j
ed that house. He Joined Bii; Webb
at the Imperial here in i930, work
ed for the Cash Bnotiiert; when they
lessen -the lmper.a , then moved ov.
er to the new Dixit in 1935. Now he
wjii jr<t?e a Jew di>or? up the street.
Andy js i:rst da>* in the motion
pkture buiiMft w of course, in
.the days of silent films. Equipment
was n'-thin^ to brag about, with no
: hagr. intensity lamps and break
downs w.'c frequem. The player pi
ano wouid be tuned in on "Pony
Boy," and tiie p&ncipai job of the
protectionist was to keep the pro
Sector running jr. high gear.
The ir.ix.iad of sound brought ma
ny complications, Andy reports. First
I KCiunu equipment wa< separate from
the projector. This meant that the
sound tract ? played on records ?
hac to be syncror/iaed with the film,
not always an easy job. Mr. Jenkins
reports it not umwnmon to have the
sound turntable giving out f/i'-tol
siho?s while or. The screen the Wes
tern oowboy hero was whispering
, sweet nothings Into the e&rs of the
I heroine. . j
While operating motion picture e
! quipment is a snap today, compared
to the early days, U stui has its prob
lems, Andy repons. Volume control
is important to protect the eardrums
of the listeners and reel changes
must be syncronized, along with sev
eral other problems.
Mr. Jenkins, 44 years of age, is a
native of Cherryville, but he has liv
ed here so long he calls Kings Moun.
tain home. His wife is the former
Miss Sudie Jenkins. ?
Mora About
Cosh Brothers .
(Cont'd from front page 2nd Section )
Charlie Cash, at the moment, is the
maintenance and construction man.
On' the last Sunday in December,
the roles win be reversed, with Char
He taking over responsibility for op
erational management of the five
enterprises, and David moving over
to the maintenance side for a 12
month period.
Both brothers were born in Gaff
ney, S. C., but David Cash came to
King? Mountain first, in 1931, as
manager of the Imperial Theatre for
the late J. E. Webb. He came here
from Gaston ia, where he had been
a floor- surfacing contractor, and it
was only a year later when Charlie
came over too. The brothers leased
the Imperial and continued to oper
ate it until 1937.
Iln 1935, they opened the Dixie
Theatre here, which they have op
erated since, and which they expect
to continue to operate. The build
ing was constructed and is owned
by the W. L. Plonk Estate, with the j
interior furnishings and equipment;
owned by the Cash Brothers. The j
Victory Theatre at Cramerton was!
added in 1943, the Gaston of Mt. i
Holly in 1944, and the Holly in the .
*ame city in 1945.
Both own comfortable, spacious
and similarly - styled homes on tlfe
York road. Here again the partner- j
ship still operates. The cold fresh I
water for bo;h homes is pumped to
each by a mutually-owned unit from
:ne jointly -owned well.
David is 40 years old and did a
hitch in the navy during World War
H. Charlie, who runs the other way
when he sees a newspaperman, was
also in construction work before en
tering the theatre business. Thisi
was about the extent of the person
al information available from him. i
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The estimated production of cattle j
and calves in North Carolina in 1948 j
was 108 million pounds, an increase
of five million pounds from the 1947
production. The record production of
cattle and calves, which occurred in
1944, amounted to 122.6 million
pounds.
Control Of Root-Knot
Discussed In Bulletin
A new bulletin on root knot, a sun) ;
mer vegetable disease which is caus
ed by microscopic eilworms or ne
matodes, has just been published by
the State College Extension Service.
The publication was prepared by j
Dr. D. E. El Ms, associate professor of |
plant pathology for the Agricultural !
Experiment Station, who says root
knot causes a loss of at least $1,090,
000 in North Carolina garden? eveiy
year. Damage from the disease, L2Hs
says, includes -the abandonment of
many garden sites and the loss of
thousands of bushels of freeh vege
tables each year.
"Much of this loss is needless be
cause highly effective and practical
methods for combatting nematodes
have been developed," the patholo- !
gist declares.
- The effects of root -Knot are famil- 1
iar to nio.-rt gardeners. The most stri
king sympwms is tfie conspicuous
swellings or galls on the roots. These
galls soon rot, now root growth is
retarded or prevented, and the plant
cannot obtain sufficient water and
mineral salts for normal growth.
Severely affected plants are stunted,
frequently wilt on hot summer days
and evenuta'lly may be killed. Plants
less seriously affected may survive
but have a sickly appearance and
yield poorly.
Control measures, says Ellis, in
clude early planting of vegetable
crops, rotation of crops on two or
more garden sites, and treating the
soil with chemicals which are known
to be effective in controlling the
root-knot nematode. Complete infor
mation on soil-treatment materials
is given in a table on the back page
of the circular.
The publication is entitled "Con
trol Root-Knot in the Vegetable
Garden" and is designated as Exten
sion Circular No. 337. A copy may be
obtained free from the local county
agent or by writing the Agricultur
al Editor State College Station, Ra I
leigh.
Joy Theatre Cost
A Sign Of Times
While the Cash Brothers are not
mentioning ..he total financial out
lay for the new Joy Theatre which
opens next Wednesday, it is estima
ted to run into six figures.
The Mountain Vir.% Hotel lot,
when purchased by DuCourt Mills,
Inc., who in, turn sold it to Cash
Brothers, brought S24.000.
As a sample of the signs of the
times, Dave Cash remarked that the
Joy's air-conditioning system alone
cost as much as the whole Dixie i
Theatre plant, which was built and |
equipped in 1935.
CONGRATULATIONS
to the sew
Theatre
ouse
Aii-Conditicning Unit
Installed By
CHARLES S. BESSER
COMPANY
P. O. Bex 40S&
iKdcpcx^lence BMg. EicJ 46??? t
Charlotte. K. C,.
Superior Stone Company
Suppliers of Kings Mountain Stone
For The Concrete Going Into Tlie New
JOY Theatre
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Congratulates The Management
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On. The Opening of This Handsome S tincture
Superior Stone Company is happy to have had a part
kn the building of this modern, comfortable motion
picture Theatre.
Superior
Stone Company
Kings Mountain. N. C.
Best Wishes
Heartiest Congratulations
to the
on the completion of their new
coin
MANLEY, Inc.
The Biggest Nome In Popcorn
Frank A. St. Claire
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