POPULATION
City Limit* (1940 Ccnaoi) 6.574
Immodiat* Trading Ana 154)00
(1945 Ration Board Figures)
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VOL. 60 NO. 52
Kings Mountain. N. C.. Friday. December 30. 1949
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Bulletins
METER RECEIPTS
Parking meter receipts lor the
week which ended at noon Wed
nesday totaled $193.88 according
to a report from CHy Hail.
BUILDING PERMITS
Building permit was issued C.
J. Splvey at City Hall December
22nd for construction of a five
room house on Cherryvilje road.
Construction cost was listed at
53,500.
COMMUNION SERVICE
Members of Boyoe Memorial
ARP church will observe the Sac
rament of the Lord's Supper st the
?11 o'clock service Sunday morn
ing, according to announcement
by the Rastor, Rev. W. L. Pressly.
CITY TAGS SALES
Sale of city vehicle license pla
tes totaled 308 Thursday, some 66.
sales ahe^d of last year's total of
242 on December 29, 1948. Law re
quires that, motorists purchase
and display city tags by January
1.
NO HOUDAY MONDAY
The Flm National Bank will
not observe Monday, January 2nd,
as a holida. , B, S. Neill. executive
vice-president said yesterday. He
stated that, though some banks
in the state will close, the local
bank will be open for business as
usual on Monday.
EMPLOYMENT OFFICE
Beginning Monday the office of
tile North Carolina Employment
Security Commission, located on
Cherokee street, will be open from
8 a. to. until 5 p. m. Mondays
through Fridays in accordance
with the new five-day work week
for state employees, Mrs. Mary
? mc* 7; ..
S. A. Crouse, city clerk, waif book
on the job Thursday morning,
following an injury at his "home
On December 23. Mr. Orouse, ..-ho
?wallgi with crutches since a leg
injury 'several years' a 90, ?ell
wtoen he slipped ou t throw rug,
rc-inJurlng his Jeg. Examination
revealed no broken bones, It was
reported. . . ... . .. ?
i Rev. W. H. Slender Was painfully
injured Monday afternoon when hjs
automobile over-turned hear York,
8, C. ?> ???>. ^ ?
Taken to the hospital for exami
nation, he returned to Ma home here
Che following day. Other oocupants
at the car were not injured with the
exception of Anne Blise Stender,
who sustained a bruised nose. , 4
The accident occurred when the
StertdOr car, a "50 Ford, skidded on
t ha We t pavement as Mr. Stender,
who was driving tried to avoid hit
?ti?aplg.
The oar was badly smashed.
Bloodmobiie ToReturn j
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".. . * ? /" ? *?'; '
Here Next Wednesday
Jaycees Sponsor
Visit, Seek 100
Pints Of Blood
The Red Cross bloodrrobile from
the Charlotte regional center is ?che
duled to be at the Woman's club
-Wednesday and officials of the
Kings Mountain area program have
issued an appeal for donors, regard
less of whether they failed to make
an appointment for the visit, to drop
<by the center at their convenience
for the very short time that is re
quired to give a pint of blood.
f" 'Hours the center will be In oper
ation are from 10:30 a. m. until 4 .p.
m.. according to Harold Hunnicutt,
chairman of the Kings Mountain
(Red Cross chapter blood service pro
gram.
Blood donor lapel pins are to 1>e
given donors to signify that they
?have contributed to the program and
Mrs. Ruth Gamble, office secretary,
reported thta pins and a letter from
the chalrmain are to be mailed to
all prior donors..
Mrs. Mary B. Goforth is recruit
ment chairman of the program here
and she is being assisted by mem
'bers of the Junior Chamber of Com
merce, citizen grdps from Grover, I
Patterson Grove, Beth-Ware, several
industrial plants and many other
people.
One of the most active" recruiters
for the program is Mrs. Mary How- j
ell, of Lackey street. Mrs. Gamble j
said that Mrs. Howell had two se- 1
rloua kidney operations several j
months ago and required around 9
pints of blood which came from the
Charlotte center. Mrs Howell has
stated deep appreciation Mr the" ser
vice and Is set on recruiting more
than enough donors to replace the
quantity of .blood she used, Mrs.
Griffin ta chairman of
the cantee committee and Mr*. Rob
ert MiHer heads the volunteer serv
ices committee. All volunteer work
ers are . urged to be at this Woman's
club at 9 .'00 a. m. Wednesday, Mrs
Miller announced.
"Bed Cross bipod, obtained through
(Cont'd on page eight)
Body Of Sgt Long
To Airfrt Thursday
*Body of Staff Sergeant Wlnfiled
V. Long was to arrive. In Kings
Mountain yesterday (Thursday)'
from Europe tor final interment.
Sgt, Long, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cle
tus Long, of Floyd street, was killed
in action while- serving as a tail
gunner Jn the air force. He was ba
sed in Aleandrla, Egypt, and died of
wounds received on a raid over Pol
estl oil fields In Romania.
Plans for the final rites are to be
announced later.
JOINS HAT AGENCY ? David M.
NeilL well-known Kings Mountain
man. has purchased an interest in
The Arthur Hay Agency, and becom.
es Junior partner in the firm effec
tive January *?
Neill To Join
Insurance Firm
David M. Neill has purchased an
interest in The Arthur Hay Agency,
and becomes a Junior partner In the
local insurance firm effective Jan
uary 1, it was announced this week.
Mr. Neill has been unofficially
connected with the firm for the past
several weeks and recently comple
ted successfully agent's examina
tions of the state's insurance com
mission.
Sale of an Interest in the firm to
Mr. Neill was made In anticipation
of retire ment of Mrs. Arthur Hay, the
firm's senior partner, within the
next few months.
The Hay Agency is Kings Moun
taln'a OHlSl Insurance ajreircy and
one of the oldest in North Carolina.
It was founded in 103 by the late
L. O. Hay, grandfather of Mias Hel
en Hay, who tnll become the firm's
senior partner on retirement of her
mother. Agency was later sold
to P. R. Hay, brother of the founder,
andit was purchased by the late Atk
thur Hay In \9\A. We eorttlued to
operate the business until his death
in 1944, and the business has con*
tlnued with the same firm name
since, being operated by his wife
and daughter. The firm offers a
complete insurance service.
Mr. Nekll, son of Mr. and Mrs. B.
S. Neill of Kings Mountain, was
graduated from Davidson College
in 1918 with a degree of B. S. in bus
iness and accounting, Following
graduation, he became an examiner
for the North Carolina banking com
mission and served in this position
for 18 months. He is a member of
Central Methodist church, and his
wife is the former Miss Jean Cannon
Webb.
'Another rumor th*t the DuCourt
Mills flam wMtWut *> resume op
erations came to nothing Thursday
at ? New York meeting of creditors
of the bankrupt firm.
'Attorney J. R. Davis, In a tele
phone conversation wteh a represen
tstive in New York, said he was told
that attorneys for the bankrupt firm
again asked more time, stating that
a- new application for a Reconstruc
tion (Finance Corporation loan had
{been-help up dueto "Christmas hoH
Hjt."
Information obtained by the Her
ald from a source close to the Char
lotte RI*C office did not bear out the
hopeful claims of the DuCourt at
torneys.
Mr, Davis said his representative
informed him that lawyers for Pi
lot Ltfe Insurance Company, which
holds tint (mortgage on the DuCourt
property, told the court ft wanted
payment and immediately.
"Previous efforts to get the plant
bade into operation have hinged on
obtaining a loan from RFC, several
times refused. and the Herald learn
ed from a source it considers moat
reliable that no loan has been ap
proved,
A loan had been recommended by
the examiner, it waa stated, but the
RFC board in Charlotte, did not ap
MOVe the recommenddttoitf . Uhd?r
RFC procedure, the Charlotte office
either makes a loan of sepda it on
to Washington for final action. The
application was forwarded law
week. "V. ' ? : * ?'
Aooordlng to the rumors concern
ing the situation, the RFC was sup
posed to have approved a loan to
Holtwook Mills, with mortgage oov
(Cont'd on page eight)
i Headlines Of 49
Heralds Report
Busy Year Here
Kings Mountain closes ouj 1949
Saturday night at 11:39 to begin a
new half-century.
As usual the news of Kings Moun
tain during the year included some
in the bad category and some in the
good, but the good was {"redomi
nant. -
A review of Herald headlines dur
ing the past 12 months gives a birds
eye view of Kings .Mountain during
the past year, and it was a. news
filled year, proving that 7,500 people
can hardly live together without do
ing things ? in business, in society,
In charitable and religious work.
The first Herald of 1949 contain
ed some bad ntryvs, reporting the ru
mor that DuCouri Mills, Inc., was a
bout to become a bankrupt. It point
ed up a big slump in textiles that
wasito>make the spring and sum
mer months economically unpleas
ant for all the city and a.-ca. But
j textiles snapped back in September,
: and the year Is ending on a prosper
| ous, optimistic note.
It was another year of building,
j growth and expansion, though rhe
rate of expansion was not as heavy
as in the banner year of 1948.
Tragedy got its share of the head
lines, with at least six persons dy
ing violent deaths. These included
the death in an airplane crash of
Ed W. Bridges, the shooting of Ne
gro Frank Burris by Deputies War
ren Ellison and P. A. Hawkins; the
death of Michael Gremillion in an
auto accident ; the death of Claude
Byers. Negro, following an accident
at KlngB Mountain Foundry, and the
death of a Negro boy, Joe Falls Rus
sell, who was killed by a playmate.
Another tragedy was the Jatal shoot.
Ing of R, B. Fraier in a fracas at Mar
?grace boarding house.
Another death which interested
Kings Mounain was that of Rale
King, who died in prison. King had
served 20 years for the murder of
Faye Wilson. King. ,
At least 13 prominent citizens were
removed from tjte community by
death during the year. They were:
3, Boyce Simonton, Miss Gertrude
ware, Mrs. Wr a' Rtdenbour, j. m.
Williams, William F. Goforth, Z. F.
Cranford, James A. Lybrand, R. C.
Gold, Mrs. W. O. Falls, Mb. A. E.
Cline and three -former mayors, W.
H. McGinnis, J. B. Thoraasson and
W. A. Ware.
%;lptUkj S*k a good share of the
news as tlte c?V elec^fJim Werri
iorv, mayor for a fourth team. It
Joined the cotlrtty majority in voting
out legal sales of beer and wine,
and split on the state bond issue
questions. Local bond proposals
were soundly defeated. Politics was
responsible for the first Herald
>xtraM since 1940, the "extra" carry
ing results of the city election.
?Miss Bessie Simonton was award
ed the Kftyanls club's "unself *h ci- 1
tizen" honor, and Kings Mountain
again proved Its liberality by sup- 1
porting a large number of charitable
programs. Big community news of
the year was progress toward ob
taining a hospital.
New businesses opened during the
year included: Weir's Coal, Dean
Buick Company, Henry ? Heavner
Company; Kings Mountain Florists,
8oy Theatre, Lindsay's Florists, and
Marlowe's Home and Auto Supply.
One addition was noted in the city's
professional corps, as Dr. "Nathan
Reed opened offices for the prac
tice of optometry.
A review of the major headlines
of 19*9 follow:
Site for National Guard Motor
Shed Being Purchased by City;
County To Vote on Legal Sale of
Beer, Wine; M. L. Harmon, Veteran
Grocer, Retires; $175,000 Sewerage
Disposal Plant Immediate Need, En
gineer Reports; rv>!io Fund Cam
Takers Are Busy; Bridges * Ham*
rickDa#i*ged -by Pli?;Masons Ob.
?erve 75th Anniversary; Postoffi ce
Receipt* Show Large Increase- Bus
CateaiUfM' Axe Makiftf Effort TV>
S*vuro New Terminal Vr Ctty.
? Enjoyed Record
fear; Bond Issue* Top City Board's
(Com'd on page eight) ?
Annual Tax Listing
To Begin On Monday
1 ?PHHMH
! FILES FOR CONGRESS ? Charles
E. Hamilton, above, Gastonia law
yer. became the first official candi
I date for the Democratic nomination
for eleventh district congressman
this week, when he paid his filing
fee to th? state board of elections In
t Raleigh. Several ether candidates
have announced for the race, but
i Hamilton is the first to file formal
>? -
Marlowe Concern
'
| Jack Arnette, lor the past 10 years
bus terminal manager in Kings
j Mountain, has Joined Marlowe's
Center Service as service manager it
was announced this week.
Mr. Arnette thus returns to a
business with which he was form
erly associated as a partner.
Last week Mr. Arnette completed
transfer of rhe Purol station on W.
King rftreen, whieh he had also op
erated since 1941, to Paul Byers.
E. E. Marlowe, owner of Center
Service, said Mr. Arnette would be
In charge of the service station part
of the business, while he would de
vote his time to operation of the
wholesale and retail departments
'Of' hla auto acwssAtV arfd appliance
business.
Mr. Arnette has lived In Kings
Mountain since 1923. He is the son
of late John C. and Marie Simon
ton Arnette. From 1944 to 1916 he
served in the army. He recently re<
signed as bus station manager fol
lowing a long series of difficulties
in obtaining a suitable site.
"We are very happy to have Mr.
Arnette with us once more and will
now be in position to offer even bet
ter service to the motoring public,"
Mr. Marlowe said.
Legion Square Dance
Set For Friday
Otis D. Green Post 135, American
Legion, will sponsor a New Year's
Square Dance at the Legion Build
ing off Yorti Road on 'Friday night,
it was announced yesterday.
Mutric will be furntohed by Ham
rick's String Band, and (he dance
will begin at 9 o'clock.
The public 1* Invited to attend.
Club's New Year's
Dance Saturday
Annual New Year's Eve dance will j
be held at the Kings Mountain
?Country Club Saturday evening,
with muaic to be furnished by Sam
my Caufble and His Statesmen.
The club will be open at ^ o'clock
and dinner wJH <be served at eight
o'clock. Dancing is scheduled to be
gin at 9.
?Dress for the affair is optional.]
Members desiring dinner should
make their reservations as quickly
as possible, it was announced.
Sarly Listing
{Uiged By City.
County listers
? ? ?
Annual city and county tax list
ing will begin Monday morning at
8:30 a. m., and all persons who own
property are required to list it for
j taxes during the month of January.
' In Kings Mountain. Clarence Car
penter, city lister, and B. D. Ratter'
ree, No. 4 township lister-taker, will
be at City Hall courtroom dally from
1 8:30 to 5 p. m., with the exception
of -January 12 and 23 when Mr. Rat.
terree will be at Herrtdon's Store In
Ci rover.
The list-takers are urging all ci
tizens to visit them as early as pas
isib'e. Tax listing continues through
! January 31, but they point out that
I there is always a last-minute rush
land that those who list early can
jsave themselves much time.
Citizens are required to list all
! real property, all personal property
i including cars, dogs, inventory, jew
i clry, and household furnishings <fr
! er the standard exemptions.
Men between the ages of 21 and
50 are required to list for poll tax
Yaiboio Raises
Heindon Bid 4
? m J"
A. E. Yarboro has raised the bid
on the Cranford property to $18,375
and the property will be re-sold at
public auction on ThursTay, Janu
ary 12.
According to law, a bid must be
raised five percent to re- open sale
o < the property, and Mr. Yarboro ac
complished this by raising the $17,
000 bid of Mr. and Mrs. Lamar Hern
don by $1,375.
Accord ins to a notice of resale
placed by A. H. Patterson, commie
sloner, and appearing in today'* is
sue p1 the Herald, the re-sale will be
conducted at 10 a. m. or within le
gal hours on January 12 and the
property will be offered as a whole.
The purchaser will be required ? to
pay a deposit in amount of 10 per
cent of his bid. Bidding will besrln
at $18,375, amount of the Yarboro
bid. Sale Is made subject to con
firmation of the court.
The Cranford property, located on
Highway 74, includes about 29
acres and the home site of the late
Z. F. Cranford.
Social Security.
Gas Taxes Go Up
At least three groups ef flip
Moaatola eitisen* will beyta pay
lag mere taxes. effective Sunday.
They iaeludot (1) all *m??oya?
ef bullae? and Industrial Unas;
(2) all baslaess and t*du*X*<
firmer aad (3) all moterteta.
The first two yreupe will ktffei
pa flay an* social security tea.
a the rat* jumps from eae te mm
aad -one - half p*re*at *a ?
mouat paid and tetal payroll, to
ether cbaaye la the eecial secustty V
law will raise the Uatft ea aa fta
dttttdoal'i payroll, be lor* ousaspt
tea from paying the to*, te V1.MlL k
*p to^ls roar. * social si.s?i .
teas** Weil paftf after SSXMt.
Tba othof tax increase oNiidili
[ Saaday 1* a eae -cent hike oa ?*o
aline tax. to pay lor the state's
HOOMOMO rural read pwfra*.
Saturday ntyht will (lad the prtea
of yoe advanced eae cent.
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Tba* motorists who fill op