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r POPULATION City Limits ft940 Cmmsi 8.574 laoMdiit? Tiaclt n? Am a 13.000 (IMS Ration Board P?rur*?) ? ' >i.n 1 ? 14 Pages Today VOL. 60 HO. 26 Kings Mountain. N. C~ Friday. July 1. 1949 PRICE FIVE CE1VTS Local News Bulletins SINGING CONVENTION There will be a singing conven tion tonight at the Grace Metho dist church at 7 o'clock. Everyone is cordially invited to attend. "WOW BOOSTERS' CLUB The Kings Mountain WOW Booster's Club will meet with Lawndale Camp at -Lawndale ?Wednesday evening, July 13, at 7:30, according to announcement this week by C. P. Goforih. BUILDING PERMITS Building permit was issued to W. L. Pbiter on last Friday for construction of a new five room dwelling on West Mountain street, . cost $6,000. __ i NEW PHARMACIST L. W. London, Jr., of Cherry vilie, 1940 graduate of UNC with BS in. . Pharmacy, has accepted a position with Griffin Drug Company ac cording to announcement this week by officials of the firm. UNION SERVICE Rev. J. H. Brendall will deliver the scrtnon at Sunday night's un- 1 Ion service,- to be held at 8 o'clock at First Presbyterian church. AMP COMMUNION Quarterly observance of Holy ' Communion will be held at Boyce Memorial A"RP church Sunday j morning at the regular morning services, h was announced by the pastor. Rev. W. L. Pressly. PIRST COTTON BLOOM Ed Evans, who mokes an an- i nual habit of it, .brought the Her- j aid the first cotton bioom of the season on Monday. The cblored farmer lives south of the City 1 lake and reports the first cotton l - btoom came form a field planted ' with Coker seed No. 7. ENGINEER DUE MONDAY S. Evans, Jr., new city engi neer, has informed Mayor' J. ' E. Herndon that he will arrive in ?Kings Mountain from Sarasota, Fla., Monday afternoon and will be ready to assume his new du ties on Tuesday morning. RATED GRADE "A" Peeler's Guest Home here was the highest rated lodging place in j Cleveland County, according to results of recent sanitation ratings made by the Cleveland County Health department. Peeler's Guest Home was given a score of percent, the health department announced. ? . | TEXAS TV ON AIR HERE Harold Hunnicutt reported Wed nesday reception of a television test pattern from KLEE-TV, Hous ton, Texas, CBS station. It was re portedly the first pattern received - on a set in Kings Mountain and was rather freakish. Houston is some 850 air miles away. The pat tern could only be picked up when the antena was toward themoun tain peak, he said. CLUB NIGHT POSTPONED . Regular Club Night at the Kings Mountain Country Club, regular ly held on the first Saturday night in each month, has been postpon ed until the evening of July 9, it ,? was announced this week by the club's entertainment committee. Cltfb night will Include dinner and" dancing with music by the Gene Timms Quintet, It waj announced. ON LEAVE Dr. E. C. Cooper, pastor of the Chapel jHill Lutheran church. hW been given a leave of absence for the summer, according to the Cha pel Hill Weekly. The paper reports that Dr. and Mrs. Cooper .Will spend most of the summer at their cottage in Laurel Park in Hender sonvflle, and that the Chapel Hill ' Lutheran parsonage now being bulk is expected to he completed by the time they return. POSTHUMOUS HONOR Lt. James G. Darracott, Jr? of Kings Mounts. in, has been post humously awarded the Gold Star in lieu of a third Distinguished MS-, flying Cross and the Atr Medal, -v and GoM Stars in lieu ot second .; *>'! and fourth Air Medals His father, J. G. Darracott, was presented the 2' posthumous awards Tuesday. The #?- citartoli reads irt part: "fsr merito rious achievement In aerial flight as pilot of a fighter plane In Fight' :^er Squadron 30, attached to the USS Enterprise, during operations ?' / against enemy Japanese forces In the Pacific War area." Hickory Church Assured By Gift Of Mauney Family JaS?hlfeCf?f the ,at? Mr Mrs. Jacob S. Mauney ? W K R i q ?A and D. C. Mauney, of Kings Chap^ Hllfnd X* E" C Cooper' 01 v^napei Hill ? have provided $50, 000 toward the building of an edu cational building for a modern, ade lege* ch at -Leno*'-Rh>-ne-?<H; The new church, to bo known as the new St. Andrew's Lu;neran church of Hickory, has been definite ly assured by virtue of the Mauney ?? a h/!^according' to a slory b> Dr. Albert Keiser inthe recent June '^ue of the North Carolina Luther an. i The Mauney .Family gift wa!s made in memory of rheir brother, the late Rev. John David Mauney. for a number ?f years pastor of rhe pres ent at, Andrews church. The gift making possible the : building of the Hickory church edu- 1 ^at building is the second ma Jot memorial -given by the Mauney Family during the past three years. In the fall of IJM6, the Mauney Fam. ily announced they would present the city with a library in memory of rheir parents. The Jacob S. Mau- 1 ney Memorial Library anil Teachers' i Home was dedicated the following November. . 6 ! w- K. Mauney is a member of the 10-man committee in dharge of the building of the St. Andrews church, plans for which have already been approved by the Committee on Ar- ' chitecture. United, Lutheran chur- j ch. . ? Beth-Ware Finals Program Held fr ? _ Twenty-six seni&rs were graduat ed from Beth-Ware high school in finals exercises held at the school Friday night. Members of the class had charge of the program, with Trqjr Bfjdees, serving as master of ceremonies. fcf. piomas were presented by Wayne L. Ware, chairman of the school board. J. C. Handle, member of the board, presented medals and awards to the foflowing: Ruth McHeely, valedictorian. Helen Morris, salutorian. Troy Bridges, Frank P. Cranford Memorial award for citizenship, pre seated annually by the Kings Moun tain JUnior Chamber of Commerce, and the athletic medal for boys. Betty Stone, junior, school citizen ship award. ? ;? Jack Ware, senior, *best all-round student medal. W. L. Goforth, perfect attendance for 12 years. Helen Thornburg, senior, girls 1 athletic award. Francis Leonhardt, sophomore, scholarship award for 10th grade, medal for reading, and gift from Mrs. Charles Owens for maintaining highest average in home economics. Cards-Farmers Meet On Tuesday One of the largest crowds of the season is expected at City Stadium . Tuesday night, July 5th, when the Shelby Farmers meet Lincolnton's Cardinals at & p. m. The professional game is billed as an exhibition affair but will bfecome a full-fledged loop contest in e^ent rain cancels one of the two games b??tween the two teams on the Four th. Dan Huifstetler and Hiltcm Ruth of the Mountaineer Club, sponsors of the game, arranged the game with the team business managers and j proceeds will be used to finance a | week's training trip for the high school football team at Brevard in August, a part of the Mountaineer Chub's activities. The fast improving Shelby team is expected to "be ready" lor the , second place Cards in the three i game holiday series and interest In the game here is high. Amission will be 60 ceftts for adults and 30 cents for- students. Local People fn<lg? Baby, Beauty Show* A number of Kings Mountain Jay cees were official* at the. baby and beauty contests sponsored by the Albemarle Junior Chamber of Com merce on June 23. . v '-i Falaon Barnes acted a s master of ceremonte? for, the beautv contest, while W S. Fulton. Jr.. Grady how. ard, and Wilson Griffin were three of the five Judges. Mrs. Howard ser ved as one of thw Judges in the ba by contest. CONDUCTING REVIVAL ? J. Code Anderson, assistant pastor of First Presbyterian church, wilt conduct a revival series at tho new Dixon Presbyterian church beginning with the 4 o'clock service Sunday after noon. A second service will be held o* Sunday night at ? o'clock and services will continue each evening at ? p. m. through Saturday. July 9. New Appliance j Store To Open j E. E. Marlowe is announcing to- j day the formal opening on Friday of Marlowe's Home and Auto Sup ply, specializing in retail sales of complete lines of home and auto mobile appliances. ? The opening of the new ret?tfl es- ' ta'bilshment will have the effect of expanding the home hnd auto appli ance vdepartment of Center Service and of separating (he wholesale de partment from the retail division. The new firm is located on Bat tleground avenue adjoining Mill ?Remnant Store in the building for merly operated by W. Crawley Furniture store. The building has been completely redecorated and outfitted to handle the new busi ness. i As a special opening promotion, M/. Marlowe announced a lire con test Jn which some lucky visitor or visitors will win a new Lee tire to fit Jus g?r. VHffWfft to Tfte ftwn, ev to 6 p. m. Wednesday. July ?, will be invited to guess the number of mil es which have 'been run on a Lee tire. The person closest to the actu al mileage run on the tire, will be awarded a new tire at no cost. Pur chases are not required, and in e vent of ties, duplicate prizes w-tll be awarded. The firm will feature, in addition to Lee tires and tirbes, International Harvester electric refrigerators and deep freezers, Motorola' radios and television sets. Stromberg -Carlson television sets. Lornergan oil heat ers, and numerous other lines pf nationally known appliances for home an-d vehicle. "We feel the opening of the new store will be of considerable benefit to our patrons." Mr. Mariowe said, "for we will bo able to provide wider selection of merchandise and to give better service. ? ? ? ? Hearing Scheduled On Zoning Change The city board of commissioners is making public notice today of a hearing on amending the city zon ing ordinance. Thp hearing Is to be on July 12 at 7:30 at City Hall. The hearing will be to hear ob- j lections to a proposed change which would place a small portion of the south side of. the York road to the industrial area it adiolns. The zoning hoard recommended the change on petition of J. T." Mc Ginnis who wishes to build a ga-j fage on the lot owntfd by Ervin Al- ; ten and Harold rtunnicutt. It was tentatively approved by the city j board at its special meeting of June 24. Industrial Holiday Schedules Reflect Spotty Business Picture Financial Firms Pay Dividends Totaling $24,443 Kings Mountain financial institu tions have paid in the past week di vidends to shareholders and stock holders totaling $24,443.18. The total includes payments* of $11,386.07 to shareholders of the Home fluilding & Loan association, S10, 057.11 to shareholders of the Kings Mountain Building & Loan as sociation, and $3,000 to stockholders of the First National Bank. The First National dividend was a three per cent semi-annual. The Home Building & Loan divi dend was divided as follows: on full paid .shares, $6,630.76; on optional savings shares. $3,309.12: on pre paid srtock. $364; on installment shares, $1,082.19. Klhgj Mountain Building & Loan dividends included: on full-paid stock, $4,342.52; on running stock, $2,275.59; on prepaid stock, $2,375; on matured stock, $1,064. ? Two Men Bound Over Under $1 Bonds Two men were bound over to Su perior Court under bonds of $1,000 in action at regular weekly session of City Recorders Court held Mon day afternoon at City Hall. Sidney Floyd Wilson, of Crowd - ers Mountain community, was bound over on a -hit and run charge after. Judge Faison Barnes found probable cause. Wilson was involv ed in an accident April 16 with a vehicle owned by Alvoy V. Cole. He failed to stop after the' collision Marshall Ciaude Stroupe. also of Crowders Mountain, was bound over on a penury count on warrant sworn by Judge Barnes. Gene Edward Jenks, charged with driving drurtk and after license had been revoked, was fined $200 and costs. Case against Billie Whi^e Brad Shaw, of Lawndale, who was driv ing a truck which struck a child on North Piedmont avenue on January 15, was transferred to Cleveland county Recorders court. He was char ged with reokless driving. Roger E. Rogers, of Shelby, for im. proper muffler on automobile, was fined costs. Floyd J. Helms, charged with a bandonment and non-support, was fined costs arnd ordered to contribute to support of his family. Case against George W. Short, charged with abandonment and non-support, was no) prossed and the olaintiff ordered to pay costs. Seven defendants were conyicted on charges of public drunkertness. Second Baptist Bible School Was Success Daily Vacation Bible sc+iool alSec ond Baptist church was concluded on Sunday evening with special com mencement exercises, according to report of Mrs. H. L. Fipps, general secretary. A total of 166 children were enroll ed in the school; with an average daily- attendance of 141, A total of 106 were recognized for having per fect attendance. Mrs. C. M. Lan>kford was principal of the school, with FU?v. Luther Haw kins assistant principal. Bolin Hurls luniors To 5 To 4 Win Over Cherryville In Last Home Game Max Bolin's knuckjfcr was work ing with ''precision Tuesday .night, and the King* Mountain Juniors thada theft final home game k *uc. Th# g?tns at Ctwurvtlla. achad sl?d fair Tlrarsday night, was call *d off by officials of tha Charry villa Mat Tkundar afternoon. cessful one by defeating Chep-y vUle. 5-4, and eliminating Hie Cher ries from the North Carolina race. It was something in the nature of a revange win lor the Mountaineer* who lost Sonny Hager. Bessemer City pitcher. 'to- the Cherries when State Coin m las toner D. E. Perry re versed the ruling of the area com < MfctMHK. \v ' > Bolln allowed 10 hits, all g cat- } 1 tered except In the top of the ninth * when the visitors bunched 4 bloop ers for * pair of runs. Kings Mountain opened the pcor ing in the third with rain threaten ing. Robert Bridges walked, took second on a wild pitch and scored on Bolln'a smashing double. Cher ryville knotted the count In the four th Howard Crane stealing home af ter hitting a triple Kings Mountain went ahead in the fifth when Bridges wan safe on a shortstop error, look second on a wild pitch and scored on Jimmy Kimmetl's scorcher over second >baxe I . Catcher Norman Harmon blasted a single flf the sixth after Thlrdbase man Billy Watts had singled and 1 (Cont'd on page four) I t V ... *?'<:? A Taxpayers Keep City Office Busy The City Hall was a busy place Thursday as a large number of Kings Mountain citixens rushed to pay 1949 tax bills, to pay 1949-50 privilege licenses, and to purchase 1949-50 dog licenses. Payment of 1949 tax bills before the close of business Thursday qualified the taxpayer for a dis count of two percent Tax discounts for payment dur ing the month of July will be one and one-half percent, according to state law. W. H. Carpenter j Rites Conducted 1 ?'' ' - ..v.".' ' , ' Funeral rites for Walter Haywood' | Carpenter, 65. long-iitne resident of i Kings Mountain, were held Thurs day afternoon at 4 o'clock at Puett's . Chapel Methodist church near Bes semer City. The pastor. Rev. Gibbs, 1 , assisted by Rev. Floyd Holler, pas- 1 | tor of Mountain View Baptist chur- , Ich, conducted the rites, and burial ; was made in the church cemetery. Mr. Carpenter died in Ga.ston Me j morial hospital at 10:20 Wednesday morning. He had been in ill health for the past 17 months. A farmer. Mr. Carpenter was a native of Gcteton county and. at the ? time of his death, lived at route 1. Bessemer City. He was the son of the late Mary Jane Lowery and Fed die Carpenter. He was a member of the Puett's Chapel church. Surviving are his wife the former Fannie Lee Richardson, five sons, j Jesse, Charles, James and Carl Car penter, all of Kings Mountain, and | Wfly Carpenter .of Beewemer City, i and sfeven daughters, Mrs. Walt ' lWhitaker and Mrs. Paul T. Smith/ 'bot-h of Kings Mountain. Mrs. Wil- j llan\ Powers, Savannah, Ga., Mrs.' Manly Starnes, Shelby, and Betty and Dorothy Carpenter, at home. ! Also surviving are three brothers, F. B. Carpenter, Gasionia, Anderson | Carjienter, Lincolnton, and Albert I Carpenter, Dallas, two half-broth ers, Grover Carpenter, Cherryvllle, and Kelly Carpenter. Indian City, I one sister, Mrs. Lonnie Carpenter/ I Lincolnton, and two halt-sisters, I Mrs. Bertha Forshee, and Mrs. t Maude Dellinger, both of Cherry Iville. Also surviving are 28 grand- 1 j children. i Officers Of Lions i Club Installed New officers of the Kings Moun tain Lions club for 1949-50 were in stalled on Tuesday night at the regular meeting of the club by Da vid White, of Shelby, zone chairman, who also presented perfect attend ance buttons to 47 oi the 77 mem bers of the organization. Mr. White briefly outlined the du ties of the various offices of the club and asked the new officers to pledge to make their best efforts in fulfilling nhem. in turn, he asked the club to; pledge its best efforts in aiding the' officers and directors in working for! the best interests of the club and the community. Officers installed were: Sam Weir, president; George Houser, first vice ?president: H. C. Mayes, second vice* president; W. B. Thomson, third ?vice president; Hubert Aderholdt, secretary; C. P. Barry, treasurer; Leei Roberts, Lion tamer; J. W. Webster,! tail-twister; E. E. Marlowe, Ollle Hrfrrfs and J. C. McKinney, two-year | directors; and Charles A. Goforth, Jr. ! E. K. Whitener and Dan Huffstetier i one-year directors. Retiring President W. B. Logan thanked the membership for its aid and cooperation during the year and wished the incoming directors and officers a successful year of progress and activity. Retiring Treasurer C. [F. Flowers, made his report for. the year, showing gross "business" in exoess of $10,000. Receiving perfect attendance a wards were: Eleven years: J. G. Darracotf, W. B. Logan. Ten years: Carl F. Mauney. Eight years:, Fred Wright, Jr. Seven years: "Hubert Aderholdt, George Houser. Billy Houser, Charlie Moss, W. B. Thomson, Tolly Shu ford. , Six years: C. C. Edens, Edwin (Cont'd on page four) Most Citizens To Get Holiday; Schedules Given Tl\e situation u? regards Kin^s Mountain indusoial production is "spotty", a survey by the Herald showed this week, wirh regular July 4th-week stoppages ranging various ly from vacations to straight curtail ments. Thus. some citizcns will get vaca tions, while for others it will be a i continuation of slack time opera i tions. i Big majority will get a one-day ! holiday on Monday, as altnust all | merchants shut their doors Satur day night for a long week-end con j tinuing until Tuesday morning. ? Some textile plants will be closed all week, while others expect to op erate as usual. Closing only on Monday will be Elmer Lumber Company, Ware * Sons, and Kings Mountain Narrow Fabrics Company. Operating on regular schedules will be Superior Stone Company, Mauney Hosiery Company, King* Mountain Manufacturing Company, and Craftspun Yarns, Inc.. tN? latter scheduling its summer "holiday" 1 week for July 15-22. Mauney Mills, Inc., will be closed for the second , consecutive week, ? and Frieda Manufacturing Compwny Merchants Holiday Vast majority of Kings Moun tain retail sstablishmeuU will be closed Monday for the annual July 4th holiday. It was announc ed by James E. Simpson, secretary ei the Kiaqrs Mountain Merchant* association. In accordance ?IQ the association's by-laws. The firms win also observe the regular Wednesday half-hoiid<n on the afternoon of July 0. Service stations and drug stores will observe regular schedule?. , Mr. Simpson reported. The postoffice will be closed for the day. as will city offices, finan cial institutions, and the state em ployment service o.'fice. for the third consecutive we?*k. Dt* cisian was sti.ll in abeyance at Bon nie Cotton Mills and Sadie Cotton Mills. L. Arnold Riser, Sadie superm tendent, said possible receipt of or ders would mean that this plant would resume operations Wednes day morning, July 6. Possible re ceipi of orders would also determine whether the Bonnie Mill would op erate. Employees of Neisler Mills, In*., which has operation on a three shift five-day week, tvijl begin va cations with pay on Saturday and will resume operations on Monday. July 11. Phenix Plant of Burlington Mills, which has been following n similar production schedule, will fol low the same plan. Burlington is paying bonuses of two and four per. cent to its employees, the rate bar, ed on length of service with the company. Though ceasing operations for three weeks, Frieda Manufacturing Company is also paying the custo mary bonus of two percent an antur al earnings. Craftspun 'bonus, on th<> same basis, will be paid on July 1 T?, according to Superintendent G. C. Kelly. Park Yarn Mills, which has been (Cont'd on page four) Phenix Bonuses Total $11,000 Employees of the Phenix Plant Burlington Mills will receive vaca tion payments this we?k totalling approximately $11,000, Superinten dent R. F. Daugherty has announc ed. The payments to employees will be made immediately before uhe closing of the ptarrt for the July 4th holidays. Persons who have been with the company from one to five years will receive approximately a i week's pay (3 percent of annual va ges) and those who have toeen with -the company for five years or long i er will receive approximately two week's pay (4 percent of annual wa ges.) Burlington Mills, of which the lo cal plant is a unit, will pay out a total of approximately $1,100,000 on a company- wide. basis. The company operates 76 plants most of which | are located in North Carolina, Vir ' glnla, Teth'.ewe, Wes>t Virginia, and I Pennsylvania.