Population
Cltsr Limits (1940 Census) 6.574.
TwrtUng Area 15.000
(1945 Ration Board Figures)
Sixty-First Year
(PRICE FIVE C.SlfTS
Established 1889
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?OTCE MEMORIAL FILM
A motion picture film, "Salt
of the Earth," will be shown
ax Boyce Memorial ARP chur
ch on Sunday evening at 7:30,
according to announcement by
the partor, Rev. W. L. Pnessly/
The ;pub1ic is invited to ateud.
X4QION SQUABS DANCE
Regular weekly square dance
of the Otis D. Green Post 155,
Ameirican Legkm, will be held
Rrlday night at the legion
{wilding off York Road from 8
o'cloj^R to midnight. The pub
: ilc Isj invited.
I LEGION FISH r?T
Members of Otis ?>. Green
Paatl^SS, American Legion, will
- hold- a flalh fry at the Legion
BulUttng Saturday night at 6
o'clock. Price per person will
be 5 [tents. Members are asked
to bmig new member prospects.
j METER RECEIPTS
Pacing metier receipts for
the Mnpek which ended on Wed
nesday totaled $149.74 accord
ing til a roport by City Clerk S.
A. Crotase.
buildwt;* permits
' Bu|lding permits were Issued
at City Hall during the Qui
?week to C. A. Huffstetler, City
Oab Co., on Wednesday, Cor
construction of an office build
ing, |100; and to Sterehi's, rnc.
on Monday, for repairs, $50.
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' - TAX PENALTIES ?
Penalties on uiwakl 1949 tax
bills to both the city and ooun
ty aipply* February 1. A penal
ty at one percent applies Feb
ruary 1, with additional penal
ities added each month there
of**. V
PRESBBYTERIAN SUPPER
The men of Hnt Presbyter
ian church will hold a supper
meeting In the fellowship Ball
th*^ church Friday evening
W&m. S ~~
Pgr wSm\ speaker. All men of the
church are urged to abend.
BANQUET CHAIRMAN
T. W; Grayson has been nam
ed chairman of the special com
mfttee to handle erangements
for the annual baniqnet of the
Kings Mountain Merchants as
sociation, according to announ
cement this week; Other mem
bers are to be* named soon.
The banquet will be held on
February, but the date to still
tentative.--'- . : ?? ????
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TAG SALES LAG
Sales of city auto license
plates were reported lagging
this week -by city officials, with
. ' only 656 sold against a total
la 19*9 of over 1100. It brought
a reminder from dty officials
that the dty poMce department
will begin citing motorists into
court on February 1, In event
chey do hot display the 1950
city tags on the automobiles.
v LIONS MEETING
Members of the Kings Moun
tain Lions club will hear an ad
dress by W. Falson Barnes,
Kings Mountain attorney, at
Jtieir regular meeting at the
Woman's Club Tuesday night
at 7 o'clock. Mr. Barnes Will
discuss the "Operation Econo
my" mpvement now underway
throughout the nation and the
potential advantages to the na
tion of ; Congress' enactment of
The Hoover ref?orLt; . .
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DRAWING OP ADDITION TO FIRST BAPTIST EDUCATIONAL BUILDING ? Shown above is the ar
chitect's o I tha !?oi>c--p,t addition to tho First Baptist church ?durational building, "rhich is
expected .to cost ubout 540,000.
-fo complete the financial drive and get work underway this
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spring. Architects for the addition are Van Wagoner and Cothvan, of Shelby.
Fiftt Baptist Church To Build
$40,000 Addition Thi# Spring
"Peeping Tom"
Case Cratfimed
r- Case against Wilbur Glenn Per.
kins, 28-year-old Kings Mountain
man, charged with "peeping
torn", was conCUiued In ^Wngs
Judge W. Faison Barnes presid
ed over the session.
Perkins was arrested around
3 p. m. January 6 by Constable
W. G. Ellison on a warrant charg
ing that he "secretly peeped Into
room occupied Joy a woman." The
act took place on January 5 at
the home of G. L. Wright accord
ing to the record!?; ' : ;
Witnesses listed on the court
records included Louise Wright,
H. G. Bark ley, G. L. Curry, P. R.
Sanders, and Mr. Ellison. -
It was brought up in court that
Perkins was convicted in August
13, 1941, In Shelby on a "peeping
torn" charge and was given a
two- month* suspended sentence
on payment of costs.
He is free under $600 bond. /
.A tota] of 11 cases were dls
(Cont'd oh page ten)
Mi*. W. C. Ledford ;
Injured In Accident
Mm W. C, Ledtord was painful
ly injured when struck by a car
Wednesday night around 7
o'clock near the corner of Walker
street and Ca^sler street.
Edward McNalr, 27, Kings
Mouirtaln Negro school teacher,
of route one, surrendered to the
sheriff's office in Shelby around
two hours after the accident. He
had stopped his car, a 1941 Poh
tiac, after the accident but left
the scene without giving his
name Shd- license number and
before Investigating officers ar
rived.
Mrs. Ledtord was not hospital
ized. She received a face bruise/
left hand bruised and scratched
and a bruised left leg. ~
State Highway Patrolman W.
D. Sawyer and Officer R- O. Hord
investigated the accident Ac
cording to the report, McNalr was
tum*nR fTtrrr. CanSw tfxee* into
WaHoer street and the car brush
ed Mrs. Ledford, wty> was walk
ing on the shoulder. There to no
sidewafk along Walker street at
the place of the accident.
McNalr to charge with hit and
run and reckless driving.
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The First Baptist church ex
pects to ask for bids in the near
future on construction of a three
story addition to the church's ed
ucational building, according to
announcement this week. .
Estimated cost of the addition,
according to Van Wagoner and
Cothran, archtects, is $40,000.
The church anticipates start of
tor.
The church recently voted to
accept the recommendation of
the hoard of deacons to endeavor
to raise 920,000 for the building
fund between now and April With
a special drive set for Sunday,
April 19. The -building fund al
ready totals $20,000, it was re
ported.
The new addttion will be 44.3
by 52 feet, and will contain as
sembly room and1 classrooms,
with a portion cA the basement
to be devoted to a combination
dining room and recreation room.
The structure will be Joined
with the present educational
building on the West side, behind
the church's Scout Hut.
Plans are designed for eventu
al re-arranging of the present ed
ucational building for full utili
zation of space available and for
most commodious arrangement
The Kind drive for the new
building. Is being promoted
through, the church's Sunday
School department.
The building committee for the
project Includes: Byron Keeter,
chairman, Arnold Kincaid, build
ing fund chairman, Mrs. Will Mc
Gill, secretary. Glee A. Bridges,
E. C. McCJain, Wray A. Williams.
Mrs. J. K. Willis, J. C. Keller, and
Rev. L C Pinntx and Miss Lula
Mae Teague, the last two ex of
ficio. .
Dyer To Conduct
Bible Study Here
Dr. Robert Dyer, former Mis
sionary to China who is now a
professor at Gardner-W?bb Col
at, will conduct a church-wide
le study of the Book of Acts
in the First Baptist church Janu
ary 23-37.
1 he period of study will be held
each evening from 7:30 'til 9:00.
Dr. Dyer, a graduate of the Sou
thern Seminary in LoOisvtlle, Ky.,
Is an able teacher and a real stu
dent of die Bible. The public is
t*rtttfd to hear him.
Electric Bate
The Cfty of Kings Mountain'*
current electric rate acedules, first
effective May L 1944. include
three rate schedules.
Schedule S-1U used lor lights.
Schedule HC for hwadng or cook
in#, and Schedule 1 Combination
LCH la a combination rate where
both light and heating electric
usage is. chargeable under one
meter. tr-V^v?
The rates follow:
Schedule R-l: first 1Q kwh at
7.50c; next 20 kwh art 7.00c; next
20 kwh at 6.00c; next 250 kwh at
5.50c; next 300 kwh -at 5HX)c; next
400 kwh at 4.00c; naxt 2000 kwh
at 2.00c; all over 3jOOO kwh ?t
1.75c; monthly minimum charge
50-75. ^
Schedule HC ? Heating or Cook
ing: first 100 kwh at 2.00c; all
over 100 kwh at "1.75c; monthly
minimum charge $2.50.
Schedule 1 ? Oon*bniatk>n LCH
? Lights, Heating and Cooking:
flret 50 kwh at 4.00c; Next 50
kwh at 3.00c; next 100 .kwh at
2.00c; ill over 200 kwh at 1.75c;
monthly minimum Charge $3.00.
Lutheran Ball;
Here On Sanilac
? A district rally for Christian
Education Year appeal for Luth
erans of North Carolina, will lie
held at 9t Matthew's Lutheran
church on Sunday at 3 o'clock.
Rev. Wm. H. Stender, St. Mat
thew's pastor, la chairman of
District %
The program will Include a
workshop conducted by the Rev.
David P. Cooper, promotional sec
retary of Lenoir Rhyne College.
Inspirational speakers for the
program wilt include the Rev.
Hugo L. Drearier, pastor of Holy
THrrity Lutheran church, at Hic
kory. Mr. Draaaler will speak
on. ""Why Chey?" Rev. George
L. LAngle, paator of Holy Trinity
Lutheran church, Gawtonia, will
apsak on "The Challenge/*
Oor.gr eg alfcmal commit tecs
from the aureeundlng Churches,
along wRh vmtfiou and ether la
tereatsd members, will be In at
tendance, at tMs first district
workabop to be h*>ld In North Car
ollna. v fm
The commutes Hwnthm from
St. Matthew's Lutheran church
are: W. K. -Vfauney, chairman;
Mrs. Raymond Mann. Mr. ?tl
Mrs. Carl Waunay, A. S. Kiser. R
L. Plonk, W. K. Mauriey, Jr., Ja
cob Cooper, W. L. Plonk, end Hu
ChfMian Higher Educa
* eeekinf to
S.OOO/MO for eollego* and
Ml it the United Luther
MM of America, to aaalrt
i their vast program of
Ik etfucrtlon and of
young men and women
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Saunders Finn
Sold Thursday
To C. K. Hughes
D L. Saunders,, owner of Saun
ders Men's Shop announced
Thursday sale of the firm to
C lyde K. Hughes, of Union, S. C,
The transaction was completed
Thursday morning. ,
The -business is temporarily
closed, but Mr. Hughes told the
Herald he expects to re-open the !
business under the trade name of i
Hughes Clothing "Company next i
weekend. .
Amount of the purchase price
which included Inventory and
fixtures, wan not announced.
F" Hughes Is owner of Hughes
Clothing Company, of Unibn, a
mens wear and ladies' ready-to
wear firm. He has been In the
clothing business for the past 15
years.
* e?pects to announce
tun details concerning the re
of the firm next week.
^The Saunders' firm was open
ed as Saunders-Davis in 1946 a
partnership between Mr. Saund
ers and W. L. (Bill) Davis. Mr.
Saunders la^er purchased the Da
vis Interest and has operated the
store since as Saunders" Men's
Shop. v
TJ}e has been managed
by P. D. Saunders, wlio will join
nio agy 1,1 "opeiAtiuir~5r
Saunders* Dry Cleaners, lt was
anuounced. ?
Scout Leader
To Visit Area '
rural Ad
vfser, Girl 8cout/ national staff,
2 ** a visitor to
the Pioneer Girl Scout Area coun
cil the week of January 23-27
During her visit she will work
with the various aduk groups in
,COU?tle* ~ Cleveland,
<*?ston. Lincoln ? oh the next
steps in the development of the
Council.
nr?ffng h?f yea? ?f ex
penenoe as a National Staff
i Mtas Morse has given
^^^Iw-eeavlewrtd the orgjo-,
^5.^ *n ?ev9ry neW ot Girt
Scouting. Aa Rural Adviser for
"nLted States has
und???andlng * and
^ organizational
practices and trends. She Is es
Pecially interested In the 2W* th
A*1?? Councils since, this tyt>e
"^organization te geared to serve
?,Yer a wWer territory,
including all rural districts
. ^at *? ?dult groups
P1!L?coutln? may have an op
portuirfty to hear Mias Morse,
meetings have "been scheduled*^
se?t,on8 <** the Area dur
ing the week.
Girl Scouters In Kings Moun
eurrounding territory
(Oontd on page ten)
$1,000 Sought toSave
fifcCarter Girl's Life
faces ormnoit ? x?r - Mc
CartM' (dMN) nlne-ytot'old dcro -
ghtor of Mr. aad M?/. K*ily Mc*
Cort?, tana a dclicat* h?ot op
?ration dislgni A to MV* bw Il<*.
The Herald Is aiding an uffiil
for funds to mtun this yxmng
Kings Mountain cram a c*? I
to Ut* and to become h*althy
CpL Cox Edits
Amy Newspaper
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Cpl. Bobby Cox, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Cox, now stationed on
Enlwetok with th? army. Is edi
tor of an army newspaper pub
lished for the Eniwwtofc detach
ment by the Special Service de
tell
The New Year's edition of the
paper, recently leeched here, la
a new*-fuied mimeographed pa
per, cowering sUt pages printed
on froth sides. It included such
features as a review at &M9.
?ports aerm the base movie ache.
? - ? ? fl United Wees
release.
Allen Seeking Sheriffs Post;
Announcement First Of Season
Merchants j
Are Voting j
Tor Officers
Ballots were mailed members ]
1 of the Kings Mountain Merchants]
? Association Thursday for election
I of officers and directors for l'-VSO
[01. . -i
The voting .will be conducted
according to former practice, with
two presidential hominess and
10 director nominees. The person
getting most votes for president
will be declared elected, with
the second nominee to serve as
vice-president.
Of the "ten nominees for direc
tor, association members are to
vote for five, with the five high
est to be elected.
The nominees for president, ac
cording to announcement "by W.
Fa i. son Barnes, secretary, are T.
W. Grayson and Wilson Craw
ford.
Nominees for directorships -in
elude: C. E WarUrk
Faui Mcuinnis, Drace M. Peeler,
Yates Harbinson, Amos F. Dean,
Charlie Spearman, Haywood ..E.
LVnch, F. R. McCurdy, and C. D.
Blanton. Diretors elected will
serve for a two-year term.
Holdovef directors for the com
ing yea t Include J. C. Bridges, O.
W. Myers, Ollte Harris, and Har
old Coggina, retiring president of
the association, ex officio, v
Members are being asked to
return their ballots Immediately
after receiving them. The voting
will close next Tuesday after
noon January 24.
Presbyterians
To Hear Brazilian
Ismael Andrade, a native of
Brazil who is now doing gradu
ate work at Columbia Theologi
cal Pi-mlnary, Divat ur, Ca., will
speak in Kings Mountain Sunday
at First Presfbyterlan church and
at Dixon Preart?yterian church, ac
cording to announcement by the
pastor, Rev. P. D. Patrick.
Mr. Andrade wll speak at First
Presbyterian church at 'both
morning and evening services
and will be heard at Dixon Pres
byterian church at 3:45 Sunday
afternoon.
"Mr. Andrade is a dynamic
speaker," Mr. Patrick said. "His
coming is a privilege and the
church cordially invites the pub
lic to hear him."
At the evening service, Mr. An
drade will girve a halfhour sacred
concert prior to the devotional
period.
CANDIDATE -r- Heywood Allen
announced Wednesday his can
didacy lor sheriff of Cleveland
County, subject to the May De
mocratic primary. Mr. Allen, a
former Kings Mountain police
man. is also a former deputy
sheriff. He was the first candi
daw To off?r for county ?fft<TP thin
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Jaycees Donate
To Dimes Drive
Kings Mounaaln Junior Cham
ber of Commerce, In regular
meeting at the Woman's club
Tuesday night, donated a "total of
$177 to the Kings Mountain Mar
ch of Dimes campaign.
The Jaycees voted $100 of
dub funds to the drive and col
lected a total of $77 from mem
bers present.
President- Giady Howard pre
sided over the meeting, which
was well-attertded. .
BUI Fulton welcomed Pete Mc
Daniel as a new memfcer.
The program was devoted to
preliminary work on a minstrel
show the club is to present. Ten
tative date has been set as Feb
truftry 21.
Ben Goforth, chairman of the
show committee, introduced Dale
Grabell, CherryviTle band direct
or, who is to aid rhe club in pres
entation of the minstrel.
Mr. GrabeLl reviewed the script
for the show and at the conclus
ion the group practiced songs to
be included in the show. Mrs.
Fleete McCurdy played'the piano.
Patrick To Attend
Home Mission Moot
Rev. P. D. Patrick, pastor of
First Presbyterian church, will
leave Friday for Columbus, Ohio,
where he will attend the $ome
Mission Congress.
Mr. Patrick will be representing
the Synod of North Carolina at
the Congress, which he now ser
ves as moderator and chairman
I of the Home Missions committee.
He is also president of the Home
Mission association, General As
sembly of the United States Pres
byterian church.
Some 1,000 delegates, from 23
participating denominations, are
expected to attend the Congress.
TAX LISTING
City and County Tax Listers
were husy Thursday as Number
4 Township citizens listed their
properties for taxes. The listers
reminded citizens that only 10
<teys for lising without penal
ty remain. * They are on duty
dally at City Hall courtroom
from 8:30 a, m. to 5 p. m.
Political Pot
Is Wanning Up
For '50 Races
Cleveland County'* 1950 polit
ical season opened on an al-home
basis Wetjnesday as Heywood Al
len, former Kings Mountain citi
zen a mi pol iceman, and former
deputy sheriff, announced Wed
nesday that he would seek the
Democratic nomination for sher
iff in the May primary.
Close on the heels of the Allen
announcement was thai of Reu
ben L. Elam, of Shelby, for coun
ty recorder, a post now held by,
L. T. Hamrlck.
Mr. Allen's announcement
could not be called a surprise, as
political speculation lte.ed'Mm
as a candidate when he resigned
as deputy last October to Join
Shelby's Lutz-Yelton company.
At the same time, his announce
ment Is the first tor any Cleve
TJess formally opened the spring
'campaigning. ?'
Indicative of tne possible hot
race looming for sheriff cus
tomarily the office about which
the voters get most excited ? was
the fact chat Incumbent Hugh A.
Logan, Jr., who has not announ
ced but who has been unoffici
ally running for the past several
I months, was In Kings Mountain
Thursday, ostensibly to check re
action to the Allen announce
ment and to head off as much Al
len support as possible.
It would naturally be assumed
that Mr. Allan's Kings Mountain
connections ? he is the son oC
Kings Mountain farmer and for
mer Sheriff Irvin M. Alien?
would give him a strong meas
ure of support here.
Other political announcement*
were being expected i in the neat
In Kings Mountain, Ol lie Har
ris is expected to seek re-election
as county coronor, and W. Faison
Barnes, Kings Mountain attorney,
is toying with the idea of running
for either county solicitor or tor
the North Carolina House of Re
presentatives. In the former sit
uation, he would likely opose In
cumbent Bynum Weathers, and
In the House race he would like
ly oppose Incumbent B. T. Falls,
Jr.
There Is some talk around, as
Ls also customary every two
years, of a Kings Mountain can
didate for the* board of county
commissioners, but as yet no in
dividual has evidenced interest,
at least publicly, tor making the
race.
Almost all county offices are to
be filled in the election this year.
Majority of incumbents are ex
pected to seek re-election. These
include, in addition to Sheriff Lo
gan, Representative Falls, Coro
nor Harris, and Solicitor Weath-?
era, Clerk of Court E. A. Houser,
County Commissioner Ze<b V.
CHne, A. C. Brackett, and Henry
W. MCKinney, County Treasurer
Mrs. J. C.. Ne"wton and Recorder
Hamrick.
LIBRARY STORY HOUR
Regular weekly story hour
will be held at Jacob S. Mau
ney Memorial Library Friday
afternoon at 4 o'clock, with Mrs.'
W. O. Rudock serving as story
teller and Mrs. E. T. Plott as
hostess. The story- hour period
is designed for children from
grades one to eight. Some &?
children wer present for the
story-hour period last week.
Polio Drive Underway: f,
j^ljriting Committees listed
Kings Mountain"* 15,000 fund
campaign for the March of Dimes 1
began Monday, and, though re
turn* of drive -worker* were still
?potty, It appeared that the cam
paign was off to a good start
The Kings Mountain Junior
Chanter of Commerce gave the
drive an Impetus forward Tues
day night, when It voted (100 to
the fund, and employees of Mau
rtey Hosiery Ml lis had contribu
ted $125, It was announced. At
the same time, E. E. Marlowe and
W. G. Grantham, in , charge of
small business solicitations, re
ported gifts totaling $150, and
added that they had covered only
about ope-thlrd of their territory.
Other chairmen of campaign
oommdfteea Include: Harry Page,
Jacob Cooper and J. H. Patterson,
industrial, B. N. Barnes, schools,
Ollie Harris, theatre Collections,
W. J. Fulkeraon, Nelsler Mills em
ployees, L. E. Abbott, Kiwanis
membership, Carl F. Mauney,
Lior < membership, snd WUw>n
Grttl- a, grocery and dry good*
The ?ia?ltar March of Dimes
coin boots have been distributed
ill Over the city, and last year*?
March of Dimes wishing wall has
been set up at the First National ?
Banw Corner.
The request from W. K M*u,n
ey, Jr., chairman of the drive,
to Kings Mountain citizens was
"to five a Hftie extra" this year.
The quota of $5,000 is somewhat
higher than last year, for the
$5,000 quota of 1949 was for Num
ber 4 township.
Mr. Mauney oxiprc? ad confi
dence that the goal would be
reached. .
"Everybody remembers the
dread summer of 1948," Mr. Mau
ne*. remarked, "when ?very par
ent lived in fear that poHo would
hit hia home. And it did hit ma
ay."
Funds contrMn*ed to the March .
of Dimes are used for treatment,
and reha>blke?!on of infantile
paralysis vHJthns, for research to
determine the cause of the dis
ease, and for roar arch to deform
Ine improved method* of treat
ment and prevention.
The drive is echedvW* to con
tinue through January ad