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POPULATION
City Limit* (1946 Caiuua) 8.574
Immediate Trading Area 15,000
(1945 Ration Board Figures)
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Vol. 60 no. si
Kings Mountain. N. C.. Friday, December 23. 1949
(PRICE FIVE CENTS
Business Here
Local News
Bulletins
LEGION DANCE
Members of Otis D. Green Post
155, the American Legion, have
scheduled a dance to be held
Thursday, December 22, at the
OHerndon Building on East Gold
street. Music will be by the Ham
Tick Band it was stated.
JATCEE DANCE
The annual Kings -Mountain
Junior Chamber of Comerce dance
will ibe held at the Country club
Thursday night with music my
the Gene Thnms Quintet.
V HARRIS NAMED
9. OUie Harris, of Kings Moun
tain, ;has been elected a vice-pres
ident of the Brotherhood of the
Kingfe Mountain Baptist associa
tion it was anourtc^d this week.
CHRISTMAS DINNER
Annual Christmas dinner of the
First National BanK. gWeu by the
? iKiv.v: ir?i Illimnii? laiamfloy ?
ees of the bank, was held at Kings
Mountain Country Club Wednes
day night. - ?
! TEEN-AGE DANCE
Members of the Kings Mountain
Country Club Teen-A?e group are
to be Quests at a New Year's dffriee
to be held at t<he club next Thurs
day evening, December 29, from
nine to midnight. Music will be
furnished by The Statesmen.
Members of the group have the
privilege of hrvtttng. two guests.
PRESBYTERIAN SERVICE
' v Plans have 'been announced for
a special Christmas service at
. "First Presbyterian Church Sunday.
Rolls will be checked at 10:15 and
the Unified service will begin at
10:30 with the message, "Christ
mas Day." The service wlW last
enamour. V
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WATCH NIGHT SERVICE
Special "Watch Night" service
will be held at Central Methodist
church on New Yetf i, ?-.ve at 10:45
p. m. with serving of refreshments
In the basement. The worship pro
gram will begin kt 11 p. m. and
will end at 12:01 p. m.
i METER RECEIPTS
Parking meter receipts for the
week which ended Wednesday to
taled *188.49 as against a total of
$193.05 for the comparable week
In 1948 according to a report by S.
A. Crouse, city clerk. ^
?OTLD1NG PERMITS
Building permits were issued
during the last week to Ohariie
Greer, on Wednesday, for construc
tion of a shoe shine shop building
near Davidson school, S900;. to
Second Wesleywn Methodist chur
ch, on Monday, for construction
of a six-room parsonage on East
Gold Street, 95400; jj id to (Rowell
. ? Lane, also on Monday, for addi
tion to garage, $25.
m On Saturday
Destroys We?t Home
The new home of Mr. and Mrs.
William H. West on Gold street ex
tension off Shelby highway was
completely destroyed by fire last
Saturday afternoon .
7&*nr? Chief Grady King had not
determined the cause of die fire.
Unfortunately, he Reported, sane
non -members of ? the fire depart
ment, thinking they were helping
fight the blaze, broke out some rear
windows after the fire department
toad the fire under control. , ,
The home had just been occupied
by Mr. and Mrs. Wast.
$18,000 Bond
Oxdinances
Are Advertised
The City of Kings Mountain is
advertising this week ordinances
authorizing issuance of $9,000 in wa
ter bonds and $9,000 in sanitary
I sewer bonds, in accordance with ac
! tion of the city board of commis
i si oners at the December meeting.
According to law, the ordinances
will go into effect on January 23,
1950, provided there is no objection,
in the form of court litigation, by t^e
voters of the city. In that even, the
ordinance^ would have to be appro
ved by the voters if enacted.
As previously planned 'by the
board, the city wiltu se $8,450 of the
total of $18,000 to reimburse Cres
cent 1-Iill 'Development Company and
Glee A. Bridges for expenditures for
public facilities Increscent HiH and
on Landing street. The r t.iainder of
the money would then be^available
for water and sewer improvements.
The ordinances also provide au>
thorlty'ior the oky board of com
missioners to levy taxes to pay the
principal and (merest on the bonds.
in the ordinances that
iw&ttmsRsn
open to public Inspeirtion.
Under North Carolina law a city
can issue bonds up to two-thirds the
amount of the net debt retirement in
the previous fiscal year, provided
there Is no objection from the voters.
Net retirement by . the city in 1948
49 was (28,000.
Funeral Friday
For Mis. Norman
i Funeral services for Mrs. Annie
Cooke Norman, 78, who died ?t the
Home of a daughter, Mrs. Bert West
moreland in Grover Thursday morn
ing at 2:40, will be held at 4 o'clock
Friday afternoon at Antioch Baptist
church, of which she was a mem
ber. .
The final rites wiH be conducted
by Rev. V. C. Ladd and Rev. Smoot
Baker, and "burial wii; *ake place In
the Antioch church cemetery.
A resident of the Kirtgs Mountain
Battleground road, Mrs. Norman was
the widow of Mack Norman who
died in 1941. She was the daughter
of rhe late Edna and Aaron Cooke.
Surviving are seven children, W?l
ter Norman of Kings Creek, Johnny
Norman, Gastonin, Mrs. Lawrence
Turner, Lawndale, Mrs. Dent Wal
lace, Dallas, and Mrs. Hoyhe Allen,
Mrs. Bert Westmoreland and Mrs.
Darvin Allen,, all of Grover. A bro
ther, Wesley Cooke, of Belwood, al
so survives. Also surviving are 40
grandchildren and 111 great-grand
children.
Another son, James Norman, was
klHed in an accident In September.
St. Matthew's Christmas Story
1 Now when Jesus was born in
Bethlehem of Judea in the days of
Herod the King, behold., there
came wise men from the east to
Jerusalem,
Saying, Where is he that is born
King of the Jews? for we have
seen his star in the east, and are
come to worship him.
When Herod the king had heard
these things, he was troubled, and
all Jerusalem with him.
And when he had gathered all
? the chief priests and scribes of the
people together, he demanded of
them where Christ should be
born.
And they said unto him. In
j Stores Observing
Later Closing Hours
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Kings Mountain merchants will
b* open later this weekend to ben
: ettt last-minute shoppers for gifts.
The merchants were scheduled
to begin Saturday hours on Thurs
day evening and to continue this
schedule through Christmas Eve.
til 7 o'clock, whi le grocery stores
?*d ether* will rsmalu open
slightly longer.
Monday Will bo. ? holiday for
the merchants, whs will re-open
en Tuesday morning. They will al
so he Open Wednesday morning,
i but will bo closed on Wednesday
afternoon, resuming the custo- .
mary Wednesday half-holiday
which was suspended at the be
ginning of the Christmas shopping
season.
Wright Faneial
Set For Friday
Funeral rites for Mrs. Elizabeth
M. Wright, 88, Oak Grove citizen,
will be held Friday afternoon at 2
o'clock at Long Creek Piesbyterian
church, with interment to follow in
the church cemetery.
Mrs. Wright died at 7 o'clock
Wednesday night in Shelby hospi
tal. She had been seriously ill for
the past week. v ?.
Widow of Horace T. Wright, Mrs.
Wright was the daughter of the late
Margaret Oates and Jaoob Beam.
She was a member of the Long
Creek church.
Surviving are two sons, Marvin
and William Wright, both of Kings
1 Mountain, three daughters, Mrs. J.
B. Ledford, of V-ale, and Mrs. S; . O.
Sell and Mrs. Mary. Wright, both of
Kings Mountain, 30 grandchildren
and 14 great-grandchildren.
The rites wHi be conducted by
Rev. C. C. Crowe and Rev. Mr. Tea
gue.
Bethlehem of Judea: lor thus it is
written by the prophet.
And thou Bethlehem, in the
land of Juda. art not the least a
mong the princes of Juda: for out
of thee shall come a Governor,
that shall rule my people Israel.
Then Herod, when he had pri
| vily called the wise men. enquir
1 ed of them diligently what time
the star appeared.
{ And he sent them to Bethlehem,
and said. Go and search diligent
ly for the young child; and when
ye have found him, bring me word
I again, that I may come and wor
j ?hip him also.
When they had heard the king.
they departed, and. lo. the star,
which they saw in the east, went
before them, til it came and stood
over where the young child was.
When they saw the star, they
rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
And when they were come into
the house, they saw the young
child with Mary his mother, and
fell down, and worshipped him:
and when they had opened their
treasures, they presented unto
him gifts; gold, and frankincense,
and myrrh.
And being warned of God in a
dream that they should not return
to Herod, they departed into their
own country another way.
Matthew 2:1-12. ,
Arnette Gives Up Bus Agency;
Johti Yelton Is Temporary Agent
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Jack Arnette has resigned as bus j
terminal agent in Kings Mountain \
and John CJake) Yelton, associated
wi\.. Mr. Arnette for the past 10
years, has been named temporary
agent.
Odds are that Mr. Yelton will be
the regular agent, Uowewer, he said
this week that details aifc Mill to be
worked out concerning improvement
of the Esusrt King street site where
the bus terminal la now located.
According <to Mr. 'Yelton, plans are
underway to convert the building
Into a combination bus station-ser
vice station, but details are incom
plete. /
Mr. Arnette tendered his resigna
tion to officials of Queen City Trail
ways and Atlantic Greyhound Cor
poration last weekend. His resigna
tion follows a long siege of difficult
operations, in which he was faced
with problem of securing a suitable
location.
On December 10, officials of the
North Carolina Utilities Commis
sion approved the location on East
King Street, in spite of denial of ap
proval by the city board of com
[ missloners and in the face of unof
ficial statements from the city that
the site was too far from 'the cen
ter of the city.
Mr. Yelton said he hoped to have
an annnounctfmerit on the proposed
improvements Of the bus station in
the near future.
Geraldlne Rathbone
Hit By Auto Tuesday
Gerald Inez Rathbone,' 8-year-old
girl who was Injured when struck
by an auto Tuesday afternoon, was
reported Abetter" and "holding her
own" by officials of Shelby hospital
Wednesday.
The child, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Dewey Rathbone, of Phenix
mill, was returning home from a
Christmas play at her church when
she reportedly ran Into the path of
the automobile.
The accident occurred at the corn
er of North Piedmont avenue and
Waco road at p. crt. Tuesday
according to Investigating officers.
Carirle L. Williams, at Sparta rrhif#
S. C., was driver of the auto, a 1948
Packard. The vehicle was headed
south on North Piedmont avenue
at the time of the .accident.
Shelby ^hospital officials reported
that she suffered a serious concus
sion and * fractured collar bone but
her condition is not <belleived to be
serious *t the present time.
Mr. Williams, a salesman tor a
Charlotte chemical firm, was re
teased by Kings Mountain police.
IWhad caned his Insurance agent
and verified the fact that he had
accident insurance Chief N. M. Parr
said.
The little girt reportedly told her
mother after the accident, "I Just
rsn out into the street? I didn't look
to see it a car was coming" Chief
Parr said, '
taVtes And Lions To Distribute
$|||il|ls Cheer To City's Needy
Members of the Lions olub and
the Junior Chamber of Commerce
are scheduled to gather at Mauney
Hosiery Mill Friday night to pre
pare Christmas boxes for distribu
tion to needy families early Satur
day morning.
The two civic olubs have joined
thrtr efforts again this year in dis
tributing Christmas cheer to wor
thy famtties who might not other
wise hsve *?ad a visit from Santa
Olaus. ;.v. v ?
- A large number of members of the
two clubs repaired toys Tuesday
j night at Victory Chevrolet Company
and spokesmen for the organizations
expressed great pleasure at the lasge
> number at used and1 worn to?s th%t
'had been gathered tor repair by
mpmbers of the Kings Mountain
school 'band.
Band students made a house-to
house pickup of toys pn December
15 and Director Joe Heddoo issued
thanks in behalf of hi* croup for
the splendid cooperation of the pub
lic in the undertaking.
List of families needing aid was
prepared by the clubs with the as
sistance of the Kings Mountain Red
Crow office. v;
Gift "boxes.wlll contain fruits; can
dies. staple groceries and other
Items along with toys for famMtas
with children.
The two clubs joined their Christ,
mas gift activities tn 1M8 and the
project met with much success club
leaders noted.
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Mail Cancellations
Set Record Monday
About the biggest Christmas
rush la Kings Mountain, as it us
ually Is. has b*a at the Kings
Mountain postal flee.
Nino extra employs?* in addition
to tho regular staff hare boon
working at Hp speed to got mail
dispatched and incoming mail do
ll vocod. -
Peak day for outgoing maiL
which sot a now rocord at tho post
offlco was Monday "when cancolia
tions totaled 25,018 ? some 34)00
above tho former record for one
day. Outgoing mall has dropped
off since Monday, but there has
boon no let-up on incoming maiL
Assistant Postmaster George Hord
reports. He said the postoffice has
sold more than 100.000 two-cent
stamps during IMS, most of them
this month.
The nine extra employees help
ing keep the Christmas mail mov
ing are R. G. Plonk. Demauth
Blanton. Martha Cox, Houston
Black. Gus Gordon. George Toile
son, Edwin Moore. Paul Bell and
William Wright
Mis. Neislei's
Father Succumbs
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday afternoon at 4 o'clock from
the home for Thede H. Lutz, 77, of
Shelby, father of Mrs. Hunter Neis
ler, of Kings Mountain, who died
Tuesday around 1:30 p. in', after an
illness of seven weeks.
Rev. Frank Jordan, pastor of Cen
tral Methodist church, Shelby, of
which he was a member, conducted
the rites, assisted by Rev. Harlan
Harris, pastor of Shelby First Bap
tist church. Interment was in Sunset
cemetery in Shelby.
Mr. Lutz was a -member of one of
the county's pioneer f am Hies, He
was a son of the late John and Jane
Hoyle Lutz and married the former
Miss Dona Patterson. He moved to
Shelby from his farm about 25 years
ago and for a number of years work
ed with the state highway depart
ment.
Survivors, tn addition to Mrs. Nels
ler, include his wife, foiir daughters,
Mrs. Paul Wellmon, of Clinton, Mrs.
Frank Beam, of Winoton- Salem, and
Mrs. Fay Overton and Miss Sadie
Lutz, both of Shelby; three brothers
Cicero, Forrest and Hoyle Lutz, of
Cleveland county; and three sister*,
Ml*< Georgia Lutz and M4*s Emma
Lutz, both at Durham, and Mr*.
Mary Ford, of Washington, D. C,
A large number pf Kings Moun
tain citizens attended the services.
N FIRE STOfDAY
Firemen answered a call to a
house on- Bi^oe street early Sun
day morning. J A, small roof fire
was quickly extinguished
{Local Industry ,
Planning Short
Yule Vacations
Kings Mountain readied itself for
the final, last -minute -pre-Christmas
rush this week.
In general, business was good on
all 'levels and in all phases, with,
textiles, the prinei-pal barometer,
planning to pause for a very whort
holiday.
The picture was much different
from Christmas season 1948, when
the Christmas holiday schedules
were long and tedious "and had the
immediate prospect of lengthening.
This year, most industrial plants
are ceasing operations Friday morn
ing at the end of the third shifts and
will resume operations ?jarly next
week, some as early as Monday,
some waiting until Wednesday.
Longest scheduled holiday is /or
Mauney Hosiery Company, which
will close on Friday at 3 p. m. and
resume operations on Monday, Jan
uary 2, Craftspun Yarns, Inc., closes
Friday and will resume operations
December 30.
Closing dcwn Friday morning and
reopening Tuesday morning will be
Burlington Mills, Park Yarn Mills,
and Pauling plant of Neisler Mills.'
Other Nelsier plants will reopen
Wednesday morning. Mauney and
Bonnie Mills and Kings Mountain
Manufacturing Company will re
sume operations on Monday morn
ing, "w^ille Sadie M1M reopens on
Monday at 2 p. m.
SiiperioY Stone Company closes
Ft.day at noon and will reopen
Tuesday morning.
It will be a shorter holiday than
last year lor retail sales personnel.
The stores will close Christmas Eve
and reopen Tuesday morning. Last
year, the calendar gave retail# per
sonnel a three-day holiday.
Ware & Sons will follow the mer
chants schedule, it was announced,
and the city offices will be closed
from Saturday noon until Tuesday
morning,
Kings Mountain financial institu
tions wece planning a three-day hol
iday, closing at the end of rhe bus
iness day Saturday and reopening
on Wednesday morning. This inelu
ded the First National Bank, Home
Building & Loan and Kings Moun
tain Building & Loan. Officials of
the bank announced regret over the
"long" schedule but pointed out that
the Governor had decreed the 27th
as a holiday and banks are not al
lowed to transact business on those
daye.
Several mills were planning to
pay Christmas bonuses, with an
nouncements from Burlington, Sa
die, and Craftspun Yarns, while oth
ersa were planning other gifts to
employees.
Otherwise, the Christmas sched
ule called for Santa Claus visits foe
the children, family dinners, gift
giving and church -going.
Free Cartoon Show
Saturday At Joy
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A house full of children, both
white and colored, 12 years of age
and under, is expected at Joy Thea
tre Saturday morning for the big
Christmas free movie show sponsor
ed Jointly by the theatre and the
tfu trior Chamber > of Commerce,
Snooks M<<Dantei, chairman of rhe
program, announced this week.
tile show Is scheduled to get un
derway at 10 o'clock Saturday morn
l"l, -id is to I Mure around 10 car
toons ? Popeye, Three Stooges,
Bugs Bunny, Tom the Cat, and oth
ers.
David Ca*i, owner of the theatre,
announced this week that is is go
ing to give free bags of popcorn to
children attending the show.
All chHdrpn, 12 and under, both
white and colored, are invited to
attend the show, Mr. McDaniel said.