Population Cttf Limits (1940 Census) 6,574. Immediate Trading Area 1 5,800 (1945 Ration Board Figures) v VOL.61 MO. 6 ~ -"'.V Sixty-First Year 1 1 1 . " ? 1,11 1 1 1 ? ? \ Established 1889 PRICE FIVE CENTS L I News Bulletins METE i< RECEIPTS Parking meter receipts for the week of operations which end ed at noon Wednesday totaled $15724 according to a report by City Cleifc S. A. Crouse. ATTENDS LECTURES Rev. W. H. Stender, pastor of St, Matthew's Lutheran chur ch, attended this week Che Knubel-MlHer Foundations lec tures at Salisbury. BUILDING PEHTVTS Building permit was issued on Wednesday to Andrew Love iace for construction of a new four-room dwelling on Orien tal avenue. Estimated cost of construction was listed at $2, 000. LODGE MEETING A stated communication of Falrview Lodge No. 339 will bo lMftd - londay night at 7:30 at Hie Lodge hall according to announcement by Paul W. Walker, secretary. All members are urged to be present ' STUDENT TO SPEAK ? PanXan, PfEflfflSl student* at Davidson college, will speak at Sunday afternoon services at. Dixon Presbyterian church and on Sunday evening attfeeFlrst Presbyterian Youth Fellowship in ii i announced this week. ATTEND* COWVEnjuoN v. W. G. t Iran t h a m , general manager of Victory Chevrolet Company, was among 75 North Carolina automoblV dealers attending the annual conven tion of the National Automobile Dealers association held in At lantic City this week. "w*. Regular Story at Mcob S. Mauney _ Library at * o'clock, with G. E. Still as story -tefller and Mm W. H. Stender, as hostess. Mrs. Still will tell a aeries of stories through 'February. ? ' ??'#*#: ' . ? ? . s ? ?. 4 V MINISTERS' MEETING Members of the Kings Moun tain Ministerial association will -meet at l0:90'Mcnday nx>rn ing at St. Matthew's Lutheran church, according to announce ment yesterday by Rev. PhBllps. 'A special program has been arranged and colored ministers are being invited to attend. * : v Community Cfconu Is Organized Hera Community Chorus organized last Thursday evening wfth" thie following officers: B. S. Peeler, Jr., president; I.. B. Goforth, Jr., vice-president; Miss Alice Riden hour, secretary; and W. P. Ful ton, treasurer. Thirty-four members began work on the cantata, "Eastertide" by Protfieroe, under the direction of Franklin Pethel, minister of music at the Lutheran church. Rehearsal for men Will begin this week at 7 o'clock on Thurs day evening in the Fin* Baptist church. Full pracMve for both men and women will begin at 7:30. The invitation is still open to any who wish to join this choral group, it "vas announced. Officers Attending GostenioFBI School Three officers of the Kings Mountain police department are enrolled alt a twlce-a-week school for law enforcement officers be ing conducted in Gastonia by the Federal Bureau of Investigation CMef N. M. Farr made the an nouncement. The coursm ate held two hours h* said. Officers attendUig the sessions include k. O. Hard, L. L. Hamrick Ml Giving Terminal Op of Qomd told WHEN WAS THIS FICT0RE. MADE?? Shewn above Is cm aerial view of a portion of Kings Mountain of tome yean ago. The exact date the picture was taken has not been placed, but older residents will note some familiar landmarks which may enable them to approximate the date of the picture. The Herald has established that the picture was made between 1924 and 1932. Shown clearly Is' the old ?chool building, burned in November 1932. the ARPchurch. the former Hord home (now the Jacob S. Maaney Memorial Library), the old overhead bridge and the old City HalL The picture wa> furnished the Herald by Mack Murray. Report From Boston jnAOOVIlVG ? Kaj McCarter, who underwent a dangmvu op eration at Children's Hospital. Boston. Matt. February 2- was re. ported improving rapidly Thura day morning. Odds now favor her complete recovery from a serious heart ailment that doctors had predicted would prove fatal. Baud Furniture To Open Friday Bated Furniture, new Kings Mountain retail furniture firm, will open for business Friday, ac cording to announcement this week toy Dan Huffstetler, mana ger. : - *;? The new firm will be located in the new building erected "5 Ben H. Goforth, Jr., well -known Kings Mountain man, has accept ed the position of personal loan manager at the First National Bank, it was announced this week by Frank R. Summers, pres< ident. Mr. Goforth is to assume his new duties on February 15. At the same time, Mr. Sum mers announced that the bank Is observing new hours in the per sonal loan department This department wiH now be open dal. iy from 3 p. m. to 5 p. m., excep ting Wednesdays, he said, to bet ter accommodate personal loan customers. He also announced that the to order to rearrange the interior for better accommodation of the pesonal loan department. Be at tributed the growth in this de partment during the past two years as the reason for (he pros pective re-arangement. Mr. Goforth, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben H. Goforth, is a gradu. ate of Western Carolina Teach er's college With a degree of B. S. in business administration. For the past IraM-year he has held a position with C. I. T. corporation. A navy veteran of three years' service, he served in the Aleu* tlans area. Mr. Goforth Is a mem ber of Boyee Memorial ARP chur _ J to David HUH, to ee is ftrs m . _ AN NeUl St Charles Heislsr. AshSville ? Blltmore, Lees. Me lt* e, Spartanburg, S, C., Brevard, Mars Kill and Mitchell/ Pour finalists in the tourney here are to etne* the Mate tour nament to be held at ShMby Feb ruary 23. 24, and 25. TOoallsts from the eastern division tourney, to be held next week at Dunn, wtll complete the Shelby tourney. Flnfrl first round games are whedukKl for next Thursday night at 7: 30 p. m. and fourteen* will be dropped from play by Parker, Kings Mountain high School coach, Ruse Berman, Gas tonia high school and American Legion coach, and O. C. Connor, of Shelby. A meeting of officials and re presentatives of the conference and the sponsoring organization has been tentatively set for this weekend, at which time pairing* win be draw?i and other tourney detaMs completed. Charles English, gate dmir< man, announced this week that admission prices for the double headers will be 76 cents tor stu dents and one dollar for adults. Reserved seats, provided all are not sold during (he advance sale, will be *Ugt*Iy higher it was stated. Dayid Weill 1s in charge of the reserved seat sale. Calibre of play among the cir cuit's oage teams this year has been outstanding 'and the topm ament here should provide Kings Mountain basket b?|fr fans with some outstanding games . Belmont Abbey has recenty knocked off both top teams of the eastern division and is push ing AjhsWUtg-- Bilttnore lor the lead. Gardner . Webb Is current ly in fourth place. ? Around three games are left to Board Seeks Further Study On Rate Change The city board ot Commission ers tabled for further study Wed nesday, a possible revision of the I city's light rate schedules. | The board had ordered an in vestigation of the proposal at its January meeting, and L. C. Par i sons, superintendent of water and light, reported that a check of | December billings, based on us I ers of 200 kilowatt hours and ov j er, would reduce the city's rev enue in excess of $1,000 per mon ; th if the present combination rate were used for all customers. This statement almost resulted in tabling the matter indefinitely. Both Comm'ssioners Hudson Bridges and Hal D. Ward, the lat ter presiding In tihe absence of Mayor J. E. Herndon, said they had received many complaints since the proposal was a'dvanced last month. Commissioner Carl Mauney, however, argued that his desire to make a Jone uniform schedule was an effort to make the rate fair for all users and at the same time keep the city rev enue virtually the same. After Mr. Bridges' motion to table in definitely failed to get a second, the board adopted Commissioner A. H. Patterson's motion to tabfle wnfiim tmzrsmy. Otherwise, the board heard a delegation from the Woman's Club request as much aid as pos sible in helping to establish a city park and recreation area. Mrs. Aubrey Mauney, Mrs. W. T. Weir and Mrs. J. N. Gamble, ap pearing on behaJf of the Wo man's Club, asked what aid the city might be able to give in the establishment of such a park with a swimming pool. Mrs. Mauney, spokesman for the group, suggested the use of the city's property near the old water tank on Cherryvllle Road. The board indicated that this proper ty could be avatlaUe for use at no charge, but It pointed out that the lewxlpee not ' t*X money for recreational pur poses. At the eune time, the board Indicated It would cooper - 4$e with the Woman's Club w every way possible within legal limitations. The board jacelved without ac tion a petition presented by C. J. GauU, Jr., for the paving of Deal Street The petition bore signa tures from the majority of Deal Street residents and property owners. Mr. Gault explained that the petition lacked the signature of Dr. J. S. Norman, who had said he wanted the city to first move some telephone pole* off his pro perty. Mr. Parsons was instructed to investigate Dr. Norman's re quest and to report to the board. Ohief of Police N. M. Farr was told to Investigate possibilities of setting up a oity dog pound, after he had tokl the board he was having numerous complaints concerning stray dogs. ?fqigiiy Politics Is Quieter ^ After a brief flurry of earty season announcements, county political activity, looking for ward to the May Democratic pri mary, quietened considerably during the past 10 days. Announcements of candidacies were limited to jpn of B T. Falls, Jr., of Shelby, who will seek re election as Cleveland County re preventative to the state House of Representatives, and L,. T. Hamrick, Jr., who seeks re-elec tion as county recorder. g^ljpe still no Kings Mountain Candidates in the field. Several Kings Mountain citi zens were reported interested in advancing the candidacy of some Number 4 Township citizen for oounty commissioner, but the oaadMate prospects were hard to ?pfr. uAdded to the speculation Met was Fred TV. Plonk and Carl F. Mauney, present city oomnris iMM ^**110.. additions were tlon. Mr. Falls, when announcing Ms candidacy, said he was running on his record, which included support of increased school ap propriation* and he told the Her ald he expected to make full canvass of the county during the forthcoming pre -primary period, regardless of whether he had op poottloh^.aA%.; Can To Be Checked For City Aato Tegs The cttr poUee department District Scout Banquet Monday; Goal Of Fund Drive Is $2,000 G. H. Mauney Is Chairman Of Fund Drive LTh?annual nd camPaign for the Kings Mountain district Boy .Scout organization will be con j ducted next Tuesday, according [to announcement by George H Mauney, chairman of the 1950 drive. i Go?1 of the campaign is $2,000. Kings Mountain has always responded most liberally to the K?^a'vc?r 'Unds to Promote Klng^ Mountain area Scouting," Mr. Mauney said, "and I feel con vifnn?L < thjP year s response will be just as Adequate as in for mer years. The fund-raising committee, in addition to Mr. Mauney, includes n a ,9' Padgett- ?race Peeler, J. C Bridges, Joe H. Thomson and Charles F, Thomasson, Solicitation 'organization, as -jW?Wnced by -M*. Mauneyr^rl Mountain Street, Herald, City i J?nd Post ottlce ? J. B. Keeter and E.C. McClain. Railroad Avenue ? Glee E. Bridges and L. E. Abbott. Wiling Stations ? Grady Pat terson and John Cheshire. i3treet ? Amos Dean. Worth Piedmont Avenue 'Area Jim Page. Ea?t King Street Business Area ? Brace Peeler. Kings Mountain Laundry, Tin ih?Hi?ruJav Patterson. ' life* M""' ,nc - n/SKMSr "?? Bonnie Mills ? Jacob Cooper, lard * n Mills ? Hugh Bal Superior Stone Co. ? Carl May.' Mountain Cotton OH Co. ?Claud HambrJght. Lumber Co. and J. E. Herndon Co, ? Drace Peeler. Bites Conducted For Mr. Wells ?*\2&3BSi r?*" ,o"?"in? Were he,d . &t four o'clock whVh^Jf Baptist church, of rill wa? a member. The ' Gore' orated and interment was made in the church cemetery. Mrs. Weftls Is survived by her iffi!** v- Weils; seven dau^ Amri* LoughTldge, JS,i?hn??f,mKan,nw' *nd Miss Wells of Kings Moun ^ *? R- Glsden of Char 1 ml' r?T; Morrow ?n<> Mrs. ???' ?%L*.Gamon*' *nd Mrs. ? Lowe": four L The colored woman, who ha# been bedfast for years, is paraly sed from the waist clown, and though she cannot sit erect, has developed the art of sewing while lying on her side. Terms of the Kiwanis gift are simple. The sewing machine is hers as long as she wants, it, though the machine remains the property of the Kiwanis club. The gift was presented on be half of the club by Byron Keeter, \l. L. McGill and E. C. McClain. Local AA Group S?k Open Meeting The Alcoholics Anonymous will Hold an open meeting in the basement of Central Methodist church at 7:30 p. m. February 16, 1950. "The A. A. I s a genuine on- the level fellowship of people wtio have suffered from continued drinking. As the name of the or ga nidation implies the fellowship la for alcohdlics only. The word , anonymous means that your membership will NOT be divulg ed unless you wish it so," a spokesman said. "However, the general pubMc Is Invited to attend this open meeting," the spokesman said. Applications Sought For Postal Charaian Applications are being ac cepted by the Director, Fourth Civil Service Begiou. for the position of eharman at the Kings Mountain posteffice, ac cording to announcement this week by Poe'master W. E. BLafcoly. Closing date for the applica tions is February 23, and blanks may be secured. at ill* poetof fice- The rate of paynsay range from fl.125 to SI .275 per hour. Applications should be mail ed to the Director. Fourth Civil City Watching Coal And Phone Strike News; Coal Snpply Good Rings Mountain, with the na tion, wii watching with interest the strike news this week, par ticularly the efforts to settle the coal strike and the new efforts to avoid a telephone strike. ' At the moment. King* Mono* t?4n was not In too much diffi culty as far as coal Is concerned, as berth local dealers reported reasonably good inventories on HMIMiki -- ?* At the same time, return of colder weather wan not deigned to make coe! users too happy over the coal strike situation which the operators and John L. Lewis renewed negotiations in Wash ington. The new date of the threatened* telephone w?lkout is February 3i ; Should the phone walkout be come nation-wide and hit Kings Mountain, the city would be in worse position than coriimunitie* which have dial systems. Ail calls her* ?re manually placed. Both management and union members r?f the local Southern Bell Telephone, ' exchange