POPULATION cin Units (1*40 Cmiui) B.5T4 I tnunodiato Trading Ana 15,000 (IMS Ration Board Tiqu*?) VOL. 60 NO. 48 Kings Mountain, N. C.. Friday. December 2. 1949 Pages Today PRICE FIVE CENTS Bus Terminal Powwow Results In Stalemate METER BSCEIPTS Parking meter receipts for the" Aveek which ended at noon Wed nesday -totaled 5146.22 according . to officials at CJty Hall. Receipts ? "f foi^ttie previous week totaled *150.88 for a two-week's total of 129710. - - MOWHTAIMEERCLUB t Directors of The Mountaineer Club, Inc., are scheduled to meet * 'in the office of Attorney W. Faison 'Barnes Monday night at 7:30 ?o'clock. Ail directors are urged to attend and any club members de -siring to Attend urged to be present. L REVIVAL TO CONCLUDE Revival services currently und I arway at First Church of the Naz arene will end Sunday morning, ? ' with the Rev. C. M Kelly, the e 'evangelist, preaching on the sub 1 Ject of a "man praying out of the '?death cell seven hours before ex !*cutk>n," according to announce I ment by the pastor, "Rev. H. C. _ ^ "Crump. Services will be held Frl ""day and Saturday evenings at 7 I -o'clock. WARE IMraOBVED " T*he condition of M. A. Ware, who ?l?a3 ?been confined to his heme 'lot the paStthree weeks with an ? aeut attack of bronchial astham, ' -was reported improved Thursday. ' He was expected to be confined to "h+s home for several days more, ' however. JATCXE MEETZMC Officials of the Aed Cross Blood \ mobile will speak to members of ! the Junior Chamber of Commerce 'm the regular meeting at the Wo ; man's Club at 7 o'clock Tuesday ; night, according to announcement ; 'by President Grady Howard. The ! flfaycees will sponsor the next visit i of the Bloodmohile in Kings Moun tain in January. Book Fond Gifts Now Total $791 Contribution* to the Jacob S. Mau. rey Memorial Library Book Fund reached $791, according to a report this week by B. S. Ndll, member of the ttbraiy committee. ^ 'Additional contributions totaled <183.- >-?"? : The fund is still less than half the 1 goal of $2,000. AH the funds are us- 1 ?d to purchase new books for the 11- ' forary and it te estimated that $3v000 wiH purchase about 1,000 books at current prices. Persons who have notm-ade con tributions are asked to forward checks to Mr. NeiH or to W. K. Mau siey. Oorrtri but ions reported this week Include: \ ? Superior Stone Company $50.00 Miss Willie McGill 1.00 Mrs. H. B. Covington ljOO Miss Ruth Beam 5 00 tesNe McGtnnis 5.00 Ideal Machine Shop A0.M, Dixie Home Store 25.00 Kiwanls Club 50.00 Mrs. Irma W. Thomson 5.00 S?m Balldlag Nndb Issued At City Hall Seven building permits were issu ed Qt City Hall during the past two) Hftc permits -were mostly of the, minor verity tout did call for con struction of two new dwelling* of permits kwuad incluri ? | On Tuesday ? to Peeler A Thom- > asson, erection of otfMdc doer a. Building, ooat JP50, t Ob Monday ? to Mrs. Bdna Call mm, construction of a shed, $75; to "Wilt Adams, construction of a new fhWHSam dweHtag on Batft Sldge construction of a garage, $75. I SMWUI. I?W Virgin Oous ? ?r, repairs, $300. -.3 On Nov. 23? to M. (X Foston, con struction of outside stairs, $300. S On Nov. 21? to W. B. Lngan, con kf*. wtruction of a rww four room dwell Amette Says Hell Operate Until Jan. 1st '?*!;? V > ~4: Mt'X'**.:,: ' ? v v .?/, ?- v. * The city board of commissioners .held a two- hour conference wltfi re* pr:MflHNr -band, Indicated they were Mill of the opnion that the companies could afford to make a capital investment of one-fourth theaitwju t toa#n In Ml mm Shelby terminal (about $100,000) and there M Kin^s Mountain what the ?board deemed proper terminal facil ities. Commission Carl Mauney, made that ^statement and Commis sioner Hal Ward summed it up with this statement: "I believe M you get your hoart right and pocketbook. ready, you can get proper facilities, properly located." Queen City's Clayton Love argu ed that the Kings Mountain situa tion was merely the difference be tween a man living in a HmOOO ?house and renting .a four-roomer. 'If he can afford it , it's fine," Mr. Love said, "but In this matter, we! can't." :'v - > 1 In the discussion over bus reven ues, Mr. Mauney contended that Kings Mountain returned about one - ^Cont'd on page eighth/ .1 froop Investiture Senro"lKpbv v: *, * r the fir* time in Kings Moun tain, two churches have united in la^iMiiorship of a Girl Scout troop,' the Boyce Memorial Associated Re- ] formed Presbyterian church and the Fir* Presbyterian f-hurehSBajl The troop leaders are Mrs. Dean McDaniel, Mrs. W. L. McMackin.l and Miss Bernice Harrtsoo4?tom the a h p. church, and the troop mem- 1 ban are from both chufchea. They are: (Jacqueline Arnette, Patsy Go- ; forth, Uerry MeCarter, Carletty He Daniel, BiiHe Ma toy, Jane Osborne, Louise Patterson, Synthla PJo* and Shirley Ware. At 7:30 Sunday right Investiture of Troop 12 Will be held at the First Presbyterian church. After the Call to Worship, the ser vies will open with the entrance o I the Flaf bearcia and Color Guards. - ill# ipMttl pnn? (fonal will Ifit led by Mlas Fannie Funerburke, Di rector at the Pioneer Area, and Miss Florence Stabler, a rear field work er. Th? troop and -the* landers will 'oe followed by the Troop Committee men -bets: Mrs. Jack Arnette, Mrs. aaWMtoms and Mrs. Grady Mc faitti, titm rTSSbyterian Browne Scout Troop Ho. 32 with their lead em and troop committee; ?he Pres byterian Girl Scout Executive Com mittee members: Mr. Paul Mauney, Mr R. H W>bh, Mr. Hubert Oav!d ^ (Cont'd on pace eight) ^ CLUB PRESIDENT ? Howard Jack soil, above. NeUler Mills executive. Is the new pwrtdint of Ik* Slays Mountain Coos try Club, succeeding Foul M. KeisWr, Sr. Jackson Names Club Committees Major standing committees of the Kings Mountain Country Club lor the coming year were named by President Howard Jackson at a meet ing of the directors held Monday night. They Include: Greens: Joe A. Neisier, chairman, Ertle Powers, H. B. Jackson, Jacob Cooper, Drace Peeler, Otto Williams, Hunter Neisier, W. J. Fulkerson, Co man Falls, George Houser, R. W. Thornburg, and George W. Mauney. 'House: Fred W. Plonk, chairman, W. X. Mauney, Jr., Olli* Harris; L. A. Hoke, Mrs. W. K. Mauney, Jr., Mrs Drace Peeler, Mr a. Carl Mayfls, Mrs. Harry Page. Mrs. C. E. Warlki. Mrs. P. D: Padgett, Frank Hoyle and Orl P. .Finger^ - Social: Jack Arnet to. chairman, W. S. Fulton, Jr. M. A, Ware, Bruce Mc Daniel, Claude Hambrtjrht, George W. Mauney, Dr. P. G. Padgett, Mrs. (James Simpson, Jacob Cooper, Mrs. Paul Neisier, Mrs. George Houser, and Martin Harmon. Membership: Tolly Shuford, chair man, O. W. Myers,, Dr. P. E. Hend ricks, W. K. Crook, Harry Page, Char ?lea Neisier; \#Mam Plonk, George Hook, Sr., C. u. Blanton, Dr. L. P. Baker, E. W. Griffin and J. B. Keet er ?Ne?t regular meeting $onday, December 5. C. C. Edens, chairman of the ticket committee. Mid he had contacted most Lions, but had missed a few. He asked that those who wish to bring a guest to the meeting notify him not later than Monday. Tickets are being mailed to those who have already made reservations. Feature of the banquet ? honor ing the high school football team ?? will be an address 'by Coach Carl Snavety of North Carolina. Also scheduled is a showing of motion pictures of some of this season's games, to begin at 8:30 in the high school auditorium. The fHm showing will be free to thowe who wish to come, with a special section reserved for members of the Grammar Grade football teams. Mrs, Thcxd Summers' Funeral Is Friday < Mrs. Iliad Summers, of Statesvliie. mother at ftoak R. Summers <4* Kings Mountain, died Thursday morning ?t 1 o'clock at Long hos pital in Statesvliie. "Funeral rlt>? are to be hrfd Fri day morning at T1 o'clock at Broad - street Methodist church in States vliie. . Mrs. Summers had suffered from a heart ailment lor the past several years and had been hospitalized for the past tW> weeks. Another son, aHo survives, Fred A. Summers, of Bichmond, Vm. ^ _ _____ ? I I Ml ? ? I I I , ? ' I ? . II | , | Discussion Heated As City Board Makes Evans 9 Dismissal Official Will Bay ; Bridges The city board of commissioners, in special .session at City Hall Mon day afternoon, voted to purchase the water and sewer lines of Crescerit HU1 Development Company and the sewer lines on Landing street. Privteoes attached to* the unani mous action of the board were that the purchases would be made pro ? videtf thftre are no legal objections and, if legal objections, provided the courts approve the payments. Purchase price of the Crescent Hill facilities Is to be $7,250, payable to the company owned by Fred Plonk and Hal Plonk, and purchase price of the Landing Street facilities from Glee A. Bridges, owner, is to be $1, 200. The action by the board was made on motion of Commissioner Hal D. Ward and Commissioner Hudson j Bridges' second after the board had heard a report from a three-man 1 committee which had been seeking an agreement with the persons In volved. The c ommittee Included Mayor J. E. Herndon, Mr. Ward and Carl F. Mauney, and it had reported" that the Messrs Plonk and Mr. Brid- J ges, respectively, had agreed in writ, ing to accept the figures set forth In the motion. It was also reported : that both paries claimed expendftu- 1 res for the facilities Involved tfcon- 1 siderably in excess of the amounts agreed upon. Money to buy the facilities the city ! board expects, to obtain froqfrtale of honds. According 'to Jew, the toward may Issue public improvement bonds up to twtMrds the amount of bonded indebtedness retired dur ing the previous fiscal year. After purchase of the facilities, the re mainder of the estimated 920,000 the board expects to issue will be used for other improvements, the board has Indicated in discussing the mat ter. Should no legal objections arise and the purchases be made, the ac tion will conclude a matter which has plagued city administrations during the past four years. Both the Plonks and Mr. Bridges had agreements with the city board of 1945 which called for re-imburee. meat for expenditures for improve ments when a specific number of bouses were completed. The agree ment called for' re-imbursement by the city at the cost of the installa tions or the oast at time of re-im- 1 bursement, which proved the lesser. Questions dt legality arose con cerning the re-imbursement agree ment, and the present administra tion has agreed to compromise the matter by purchasing the facilities. Pastors Promote Church Loyalty Ministers of the city, most of whom discu' " lovers Fast night hravoed Its appro - I val of the second concert of the season by the Charlotte Symphony orchestra, presented at the Piedmont Junior High school auditorium un> der the direction of James Christian Pfoh!. And greatest portion of the bravoe were directed at the young guest ar tists, the famous Mauney twins of Kings Mountain, who played Mo zart's "Concerto in E KUt Major for Two Pianos and Orchestra." To this reviewer it was the finest concert presented by the orchestra during the last 17 years of its exis tence ? and the audience seemed to agree, being particularly reluctant to let the Mauney twins leave the stage. For an encore, the twins play ed the scherzo from Mendelssohn's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." The writer has made a few predic tions concerning young artists to ap pear on the local stage, but judging from the virtuoso musicianship dis closed by the twins last night, doesn't hesitate to predict a great future for them. If they do not soon (Cont'd on page eight) _____ i Three Sterchi Men Cep Contest Prizes Three members of Sterchl's Kings Mountain branch are among the winners in a recent company sales contest on Royal Rest mattresses with Henderson Herndon, salesman oopping the top prize in the chain for greatest percentage of mattress. . essold over quota. Mr. Herndon's record was suffici ent for a cash prfze of $500. Joe Towles won $125 in the office man ager's group for being tops in the Cerolinas division, and total sales placed the Kings Mountain branch third in the chain to earn Manager E. C. McClain $300. The men were notified of the re sults by O. C. Bowdoin, company president. The contest covered a pe riod of about two months. I City Is Not Expected To Suffer Per Coal Dealer Hambright Says With the United Mine Woricew * Mtcy board decision Thursday l\ xning to put the -miner* on a three day per -week schedule, k ap peared that King* Mountain would not freeze for warn df the coal which became "black gold" during the re cent 52-day strike One Blip MounMO^ dealer, Claude HarrtbrigWt, however, Mid be Mill exported to purchase the non union coal until stocks were suffi clerttly btrtlt up to assure no short age here. Be said he had five ears en route here now, and estimated that the * '-"ffV*- '? ? ' ? ? ' ; Itkm-4?y week schedule of the mi new would keep ooal trickling In. He ajiftMi that He is still rationing egg and lump ooal to one ton per customer. Stoker and furnace coal is not being rationed. Information from the mine own er* Thursday morning, Mr. qaafcri ght aaid, was that the mtnem ware in very grumbling *pirk because of the strike which Went Into effect at midnight Wedtveaday. They Mt that they should be wotWttg wMh Christ mas near, operators at KnoxvfUe and WilHamdburg) toM Mr. Ham bright. ? 'J 'V'. Vote Was 4-1 -v At Special Monday Session By Martin Harmon The city board of commissioners . stood hitched Monday afternoon on the matter of discharging City Engi neer Joe S. Evans. Commissioner Hal Ward made the motion to relieve the cHy engineer of his duties, effective December 31. and T. J. Ellison seconded. The ratr was 11, with Hudson Bridges and A. H. Patterson Joining the majority, and Carl F. Mauney voting "no." The motion ?nd vote were virtu, ally the same as they had been at the unofficial executive session, with the exception that Carl Maun ey was present and voted as he had indicated he would. The meeting was not without wnt strong discussion, after City Engi neer Joe Evan3 had first listed a few reasons he felt he had been earning his pay and further told the board he would like to stay on it it reconsidered. Mr. Evany remarks were com pletely without rancor and animos ity, but the bill of charges he had asked for were not completely phrased. The strongest part of the discus sion involved Carl Mauney and Her ald Editor Martin Harmon, both of whom spoke in faivor of the princi pal of hiring an executive at City Hall, on the one side, and Mayor Herndon and Commissioner Patter- , son, on the other. The Herald editor did not enter the discussion until in ferentially taken to tadk by Mr. Hon don and Mr. Patterson concerning some of the details in the story ap pearing in the November 25th issue which reported the discharge of Mr. Evans. Main points were denial by Mayor Herndon that he ever made th? "Evans or me" remark, and denial that a meeting had been calle* in September for -the purpose oC termi nating the city engineer's servists with the city. Commissioner Patter son said no such meeting was called but admitted the matter had been talked as long as three months ago. On contest, he did not deny that hkl that he felt fully justified in that action. At this point Mr. Evans asked that the reasons be given, but Mr. Ward declined, stat ing that the hour was late and he had an appointment. He said, he would give them, however. There was not further discussion, and the vote was taken after Mr. El lison's second. Mr. Ellison had agreed In the discussion that the previous administration had accom plished little before employing an executive. . Two minor reasons for the board's action ? in addition to .the Mayor al statement of last week that the board deemed the position unnec essary to the operation of the city at the current time ? cropped out In the course of the discusBlon, Mayer Herndon and Commissioner Patter son mentioned that complaints ht4 been received that the city engiaesr was not in his office enough sad that the city office frequently dMafe know where he wss. Mr. Evans pointed out he could get more done by working outside in the dsy sad attending fo book matters at night. The other possible reason Mr. Dvaao brought up himself. He addremi Commissioner Bridges and told Mas thst the rumor, credited to Mr. Brid ges, thtt Evans had hired sn out -of town engineer to assist hkn In * aide -walk 'laying job was untrae. It (Cont'd on page eight) CHy Ante Togs / For 'St On Sol* 1KB ?ats Mm? plots* to* tho ?*2 1 ' ',rm- v>' '? T . . ' ? v ? . 'a i- f .?\ i ; . v- Hv. ^w."-ss>> ? tl , .