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VOL.61, NO. 7
Love Says Companies
Are rr Out on Street "
Populatimi
Otr Limits (1940 Consus) 6*574. , ?
Immediate Trading Area 15.000
(1945 Ration
17.1950
Established 1889
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Local News
Bulletins
SEEKS OFFICE
Fred A. Hill, former high
eray patrolman kere, announc
ed recently thathe would be a
candidate tor sherifif of Stan
ly county. Now living an Albe
marie, Mr. Hill seeks to win
the Democratic nomination.
CLUB DIRECTORS
? Directors of the Kings Moun
j(M& Country Clufb will hold
e dinner meeting at the club
FrUt&y night at 7 o'clock, It was
announced by Oiliie Harris,
secretary. Full attendance is
MePKK SUCCUMBS
Funeral rites for Silas McBee,
a brother-in-law of Mrs. HIKon
Ruth, . of Kings Mountain, were
held Wednesday in Hi?h (Point
Mr. McBee, veteran superinten
dent of public works in High
Point, died Sunday morning at
a. m.
. Hie Kings Mountain school
band concert which was sched
uled for next Thursday night
has been advanced to March
16 Joe Hedden, band director,
announced this week. The con
cert wiM be given in the high
Members of OOm P. Green
post 195 will hold a fish fry
at the Legion Building off York
"ad Saturday night, firotn 7:)0
to 9:90 p. m. All members are
urged ,
TO ATTKM) TtNO ?
/^BSWiwwOMDbSiEMountain
jliycee.s arid their wive* are
V expecting to atend the third
quarterly board meeting of the
Mate Junior Chamber of Com
; ,-|ifwaxv organization a "Greens
boro Saturday and Sunday. A
mong those expecting to attend
ob Cooper, district vice
president, Kings * Mountain
President Grady Howard, W. S.
Fulton, .-(Jr., Fattson Barnes,
Ralph Spearman, and Joe Heti
JAYCEE MEBTDtG
Regular meeting of the Ju
nior Chamber of Commerce will
be held at the Woman's Club
Tuesday night. The program
session will be turned over ?o
I. Sen CJoforth, Jr., it was an
nounced, who win diaoiiiki
ptans for the forthcoming Jay
'-?* ' ' k. .-\Ty
ATTEND CONFERENCE ]!'
J&L M*uney, Paul Smyre, I*,
W. L. Mauney wnd ftev. W. H.
Stender attended the Southern
Conferertoe of Che Lutheran
Synod of North CaroOdna on
Wednesday. Hie conference,
held at St. Martin's Lutheran
church in Albemarle, was a
workshop on "EvangeHam," on
which the Synod is placing ma
jor emphasis for lflOO.
Mrs. Garland Still wiH serve
as Story teller at the regular
FYiday afternoon Story Hour
period at Jseofb S. Mauney Me
mortal library, w*h Mrs. Paul
?. Hendricks as hostess. The
p?tod begins at. 4 o'clock and
is designed for chfldren from
grades one through eight.
Trustee Named
On Wednesday
Foi Bankrupt
DuCourt Mills, Inc., is to be sold
at public auction at a bankrupt
sale on March 25th, according to
information given the Herald
Thursday by M. J. Follin, vice
president tin charge of the loan
department of Pilot Ldfe Insur
ance Company.
The DuCourt company was ad
Jutioated a bankrupt ? In the
full meaning of the word ? on
Wednesday, and the court ap
pointed Frank lyn Ellenbogen, of
New York City, trustee. This ac
tion followed acknowledgement
last week mjr George Duckowney,
Who had been representing the
he had hot been successful in re
organMnfp'lhjft' Company to'|fti
satisfaction of the creditors.
Pilot Life Insurance Company
holds first mortgage on the pro
perty for 1160,000, plus accrued
Interest. In addition, the Pilot
company has assumed certain
other obligations on a temporary
basis, prime one being payment
water bill. The city
had threatened to cut off th< W |?
ter supply for non-payment, and
this development helped to pro
duce Che crisis wMch resulted in
ntment of the trustee. Pilot
appoir
paid t
the cfty the $600.90 Water
bin Thursday morningv City Clerk
HI
county tax Mils for 1948 and 1940
which are payable prior to satis
faction of secured creditor*,."*
? *|nI^\M||':-||Ka ix-en trying
force action on the DuCourt -mat
ter for several months," Mr. Fol
in the Herald by telephone
from his Greensboro office. "How.
ever, the referee in bankruptcy
felt we were secure and wanted
to give the DuCourt company suf
ficient time to reorganize. Pilot
is particularly Interested in get
ting the plant bade in operation,"
Mr. Follin continued.
The DuCourt Company pur
chased the plant from Burlington
Mills for a reported prioe^l?U?
000,000. DuCourt operated stead
ily until January 1949 when it
tloaed down oamplately and tike
company filed petition in bank
ruptcy.
Impact of the shut-down oQfUrii
community waa hard, as the
?plant, at full production had em
ployed some 290 to 300 p?fawj%
McBSmH
The condition of R. C. Baker,
prominent Kings Mountain
grocer who underwent an e
mergency operation at Gaston
?Memorial ^hospital Monday
night* was reported as fair on
Ifouaday mornlhg. Mr. Baker
hospital
and his case
a~ ruptured
for What
Indigestion three weeks pre
viously, Mr. Baker had been In
apparent good health.
Red Cross Campaign
Quota Here Is $5,533
Fond Drive
Is To Begin
On Maidi 1st
Kings Mountain's 1950 Red
Cross Fund Drive quota will be
96,533, it was announced yester
day by OIHe Harris, who with L.
E. Abbott, Is co-chairman of the
drive. rrr'f
Harrt^&ald that of th to
ld ngs Mounaain for Number 4
township use by the Kings Moun .
tain chapter, with the remaining
25 JL percent going to the nation
al organization.
This means that $4,144.13 la
earmarked for local use, with $1.
388 going to the national organ
ization.
Mr. Harris also announced that
Mott Taylor, local dry cleaner,
will head the colored division of
the oampaign.
The drive will get underway on
Wednesday, March 1, with a
krickaff breakfast of campaign
committee chairmen at the Kings
Mountain Country plub, Mr. Har
ris said. _. ? *
**Moet"6rtis are aware that *5.
933 is a large sum of money to
raise," Mr. Harris said, "but I am
confldem the Job can and will be
done.
"With an estimated population
in Kings Mountain alone of 8,000,
the quota figures out to only a
bout 08 cents per person.
' "The Red Crass is Kings Moun
tain's only social service ageqpy
operating at home all the time.
It's therefore especially necessary
that the quota not only be met,
but exceeded if possible."
54 Complete
A total of 54 Kings Mounain
high school students are to re
ceive certificates signifying their
completion of Red Cram first aid
training, it was announced this
week.
The Instruction, given by Mrs.
Hill Carpenter, is designed to aid
in the prevention of accidents
Those qualifying tor the cer
rtfifcatea are: Marcelene Spake,
Ruth Strickland, Marjorie Tease
new, loan Thomasson, Wflma
Walker, Annie Mae Whetstine,
Madge Wright, Betty Wright, Ra
chel Bla.iton, Sue Bridge*, Shir
bey Bumgardner, Ann Ohikfors,
Martha Cole, Joaim Crawford,
Ruby Crawford, Ruth Crawford,
Nan Man Gaum, Betty Gladden,
Hazel Green, Martha Green, Ka
(Cont'd on page eigtvt)
bilHng depin*tia<!nt. Mrs." Ray
Kh-by, uMut clerk and treas
urer, estimates that the new mod
el, faster machines will cut bill
ing time by one -third, maybe
mora as die staff gets experience.
To toatng about the Improved
system, the cKy ha* purchased a
special-type Burroughs billing
.machine used by utilities ail ov
- ? | >t , ,1 n il r, ?i f i> isl Mil ? ii 1 n r>ft ?? 4
?r {no iwnon? fiww fosjuy ?opcrw*
ed addressograph to handle ad
dressing, and a Craph<*ypo to
"cut" the addressographjptetes.
Hie machines have heen on or
der for about a ywar.
The new machines set housed
In the Ot y Kail quarters at one
Mcne occupied toy the Bed Cross
office, and will also require some
space in a new room adjoining
ihp rr>a yor'fl office. The ttSW room
is being formed by knocking out
some partitions In the closet ad
joining the mayor's office and
the former Janitor's supply room.
Henceforth, the mayor will be
without a ctaaat and the Janitor's
Merchants' Annual
Banquet Monday
A capacity audience is expect
ed to fill the high school cafe
teria Monday evening at 7:30
for the annual Employer-Em
ployee banquet of the Kings
Mountain Merchants Associa
tion.
Chief address of the evening
will be made by Wade Saund
ers, Gastonia lawyer and hum
orous speaker.
City Electric and Plumbing
Company, Inc., is announcing
this week the opening of its
Kings Mountain branch.
The new linn, which speciali
zes In osles of virtually all types
<sUFK#auMf5:
lectricai repair and electrical and
plumbing contracting services.
- ? ? ? ? \
Officers of Oky Electric and
Plumbing Co. Inc., are Roy J. Bui
lard, Jr., of Bessemft City, presi
dent; Fred R. Dove lace, of Besse
mer Cky, . vice-president; and
Qharles w: Harrill, :ijgf Kings
Mountain, secretary - treasurer.
Mr. Harrill will serve as manager
of the Kings Mountain branch,
which is kKMiceu in ^ rew Mor
rison Building, at 20? Bast Gold
street.
The corporation first opened
for business in Bessemer Oity on
February 8, 1947, Mr. Harrill join
ing the firm oh November 6,
1948. Mr. Bui lard will continue to
manage the Bessemer City bran
Mr. Harrill, a navy veteran of
three years service, during which
he lost a leg In action in the Sou
th Pacific, has lived In Kings
Mountain since childhood, He
is a native of Rutherford coun
ty. His wife is the former Miss
Dorothy Harmon. He is a mem
ber of Central Methodist church,
the American Legion and the Dis
abled American Vetera no. He was
previously employed by L. A?,
Hoke, electrical contractor.
Mrs. Mary Ellen Wright Seism,
74, wife of W; A. (Bert) Seism,
prominent farmer dS route h
Kings Mountain, died last Friday
around 3:80 p. m. of a heart at
tack. She had been in ill health
for a number of years.
Funeral services were held at
Patterson Grove Baptist church
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock
with Rev. G. C. Teague, pastor,
and Rev. John W. Swttle, of Shel
by, otitic iatlng. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
She was a daughter of the lata
Phillip and Jane Hamrk* Wright
and was a native of CHrMan*
county. She was a mentor of
Patterson Grove Bapttet church.
She aerved faithfully and *?*
much interest in affairs of tie
ehu?f\.
. She is survived by ber husband,
tour sons, Earl, Gattus, Raymond
and Thurman Seism, all of Khupi
Mountain, four daughter*. Miss
Loulae Seism, Mrs. Lloyd Phifer,
Miss Ollle Mae Seism and Miss
Vf Kings Mouna
rtd Wright, of
two half-sisters.
Kings Mountain
B. & L Report
Shows Good '49
Stockholders of Kings Moun
h IH "1,din? & Loan association
held tJieir annual meetling In the
offices of the association on
Thursday evening, February 9,
re-electing all officers and hear*
1949reP?rtS ?n operatlons for
The reports, given by Secre
tary-Treasurer J. C. Lackey,
showed that the association had
an active and prosperous 12 mon
tn?, the association clasine the
year^with total assets of $685,
Am![Cy,ttpttrtl!d addition
of *16323 to the reserve fund for
At the same time the associa
tton paw out in dividends to
shareholders during 1949 a total
? i5i55 '
on full-paid stock $8,831.16; on
optional savings shares, $4,639.
<#>; on matured shares, $9,942.51 -
on prepaid stock, $2,575.
The association closed 1949
taSrtri???' 1,,?28 ?#1?reholders
including 112 cojpred citizens
year th? association
m?<1* 373 loans, including - 120
?
- <*? y?^7SST*SjM?
^Jrhe dlrscCof were to meet on
Thursday evening to organize for
tbe current year,
o the association are:
LH^.n Bridges, Dr. L. P. Ba
Mo C- W- "lender
R. LMauney C P. Thomasson, W.
Mrs.GoId'i Guardian
Seeks Cash Recovery
*^ted la?t Friday
J", Cleveland Superior
S^'?" Jj Boam. guardian
^ ^ GoW. against Glee A.
?e ?tate of
?? C. Gold, to collect $8,404.50.
- Th? piaintlff contends that at
JL de*th 01 R- c- GoId- ttle
defendants flttalified as executor
*!? recTue?t of
Mi? OoM and received from her
S?ti2^7rnn>em bon<fc? ?nd
2EL,~ J****1 cm*ln ?<Wtt?onal
amount in rents. The Plaintiff
SSte&?? *? **??? ?2?
undue Influence in securing these
*nd th? demand h2 ?S
!h^ d*endant to turn
"J?e amounts over to the guer
jj"? *w>olntied on *??
?** ? W ""Us demand
been complied wtth it 1*
ru^^f08 u!?ld *** H?*?M
Tuesday that his attorney. J R. ,
Hhtr Lfo>ini^ating *n *na- j
S5uS a,>d it ?
?*mld o* ?ka in the near future.
yr MaaaaMpnMpHF V' ,
IN SENATE RACE ? Shown abort are Senator Frank V, Graham, toft
and Bobort Rico Reynolds- right, who m major contestants lor the
~8+Mm 8? to TwmtaattWFNfHhrttwy *>?mKaittUC frtlflTtffY'.^rbfiflgT
Senator Beynolds. who rotired from politics in 1944. defies the North
Carolina East-West tradition in ssetrlng the office. He had been
rumored as a candidate against Shelby's Senator Clyde Hoey. before
his announcement that he would oppose Graham tor the unexpired
portion of the term of the late J. M. Broughtan.
CagersInSemi-Finals
Play Friday at 7:30
- Capacity crowds are expected
rW'M the semi-Anal
gameioifplay in the Junior col
lege conference basketball tour
nament Which is scheduled to go
down to the wire In the finals
Saturday night at Central gym
nasium.
Friday night's first game is
scheduled to get underway at
7:30 oVrlock and pita the winner
of Thursday afternoon's opening
game between AsheviMe ? Bilt
Thursdoy Scores
Asfcu-Blltmors 48. Mitch* 11 46.
Spartanburg 61. Mara Hill SO.
more and Mitchell against the
winner of the Bekmont Abbey ?
Lees-McRae game ? Thursday
night.
The second game Friday night
will pit the winner Of the Thurs
day 5 o'clock game between Spar
tanburg and Mars Hill against
the winner of the Thursday night
game between Gardner-Webb
and Brevard.
Saturday night's play will pit
the lasers of Fttday night's gam
es in the opener, with Friday's
winners squaring off for the ti
tle.
Spartanburg edged Gardner*
Webb Tuesday night 63-62 at
Boiling Springs for second place
in the schedule race and forced
a last minute switch in the brac
kets of tournament play.
Belmont Abbey and Lees-Mc
Rae ended regular play with i
dentfcal 7-6 records, Brevard took
down sixth place, Mars Hill sev
enth and Mitchell eighth.
The semi-finalists ? all four
teams set to play Friday night ?
(Cont'd on page eight)
Capacity Thiong Attends Amual
Kings Mountain District Banquet
More than 300 Scout*, Cubs,
Sctmtsrs and other guests were
present Monday rfight for the an
nual Kings Mountain district
banquet held at the Woman's
Club.
The group heard an inspira
tional address by Rev. George
Schott, Jr., pastor of Calvary Lu
theran church of Spencer, ana
heard imports on the past year's
Other features Induded pres
entation at 10-year service (Ins
to Scoutmaster* Jack Hul lender
and Laney Dsttmar. the letter in
troduced a* the "dean ot Scout
ing in Kings Mountain."
It was annuonoed thai the Gub
5? "out peek of the ASP church wee
rated first in the pre-beiKjoet un
I form Inspection with a score ot
J3. Other ratings included: Troop
2, 90; Trop 5, 88; Troop 1 and Lu
theran Cub pack, 87; Grace Me
thodist Cub peck, 78, and Mace
donia Cub Pack, -M.
fltas. Mr. sc*K>tt, in Ms address,
pointed to the failure of the
world in developing youth, end
led for fu? support of the
to 21, and added that K costs the
governments 1235 per criminal
captured.
'Wow much better," he sugges
ted, "would It be to spend this
money on prevention."
He flayed the /indifference to
the problem* of youth and peace
by the average dttoen, pointing
out that the many people fall to
vote, thereby making the nation
lea* strong.
"The task of the Scout organi
zation- 1* not merely to teach
crafts," he continued, "but to
teach cleen living by the high
moral code known as the Scout
Law."
Rev. J. H. Brendall gave the In
vocation opening the banquet,
and Scoutmaster Dettmar led the
salute to the flag. George H.
Mauney gave the finance report
and Aubrey Mauney recognized
the respective Scoutmasters.
Scout Executive R. M. Schiele,
presented the Eagle badge to
Jack Still.
FoHowing Mr. Schott's address,
a playlet "Strengthen (be Arm afi
Ube*y/* was presnted by the fol
Ajfj - _ f ij. i - n Damsau -
iivmi f mtor
Still, Gene Mauney, James O/
?ny, Douglas fall*, Paul McGin- :
His, Jr., John McGinnis, Dewitt'
and Jay Patterson. 1
World Prayer Day
Service Scheduled *
Kings Mountain church peo
ple will Join with others throu
ghout the nation on Friday,.
February 24. in Dhssrrancs of
annual World Day of Frayer.
The Kings Mountain service
will bo hold at 10 a. m. at Bay*
co Memorial A HP church on the
world-wide theme "Faith for
our Time." Members of various
churches will present the pro
gram, of which Mrs. Frank R.
Summers 1s chairman.
Services will be bold in 90
different nations around the
globe. The public is lnrlted to
attend.
Bites Held Foi
L L Guyton
Funeral services were held at
Grace Methodist church Sunday
afternoon at 4 o'clock for Luther
Lawrence Guyton, 45, of Great
Falls, S. C., and a former resident
of Kings Mountain Who died in
a hospital at Lancaster Saturday
morning.
Rev. G. W. Fink, pastor, and
Rev. C. Y. Cooley and Rev. B. F.
Austin officiated and buital was
in Mountain R e#?t cemetery
Mt. Guyton hcul suffered aj
heart attack about two weeks
previously and died after having
suffered two additional attacks.
He was a son of the late John
J. Guyton and Mrs. Frances COM)
Guyton, who survives. ?e was
bom in Cherokee county, S. C.,
and had lived in Kings Moun
tain for 25 years. He was a tex
tile worker.
Other survivors include Ms
wife, Mrs. Carrie Ballard Guyton,
two daughters, Mrs. James Sut
tle, of Great Falls, and Miss Peg
gy Guyton of the home, two bror
thers, Coley L. and Otto Guyton,
of Kings Mountain, and four sis
ters, Mrs. I. P. Todd, Miss Ruth
Guyton, Mrs. Leon H?mtick and
Miss Lottie G' . ton, all at Kings
Mountain.
Pallbearers were OUn Moss,
Forrest Moss, Clyde Templeton,
Neal Allen, Prkrkard Roof and
lohnny Gardner. ?
HARMON IMPROVED
T. N. Harmon, w*M -known
Kings Mountain man, who hW '.l
been a patient In Gaston Me
morial hospital for the <M*t ?!
week, v,'a? reported much Im
proved Thursday morning.
Though in declining health for
the past 18 months, Mr. Harmon
had been able to be up prior to
beoosning ill the night at. Feb
ruary 9.
PVMJCrfT CHAIRMAN
Mr'.. Paul Mauney has been
named publicity chairman ot
the Red Cross blood program,
It was announced this week by
Harold Hunrcicutt, blood pro
gram chairman for the Kings
Mounts In. chapter. Mrs. Mauney
succeeds Mrs. Charles Carpen
ter, Jr.
Negotiations
On Bus Station
Break Down
Kings Mountain today u a bin
flag stop.
This development occurred
Thursday when officials of the
bus compaies operating through
Kings Mountain were unable to
work out arrangements with
Lindsay McMackin, owner ol the
property where the East King
Street terminal has been located
for the past few 'months, to con
tinue a rental.
Clayton Love, representing
Queen City Trail ways, told the
Herald at 3:50 Thursday aftern
noon -that the companies had no
alternative except to make the
fUXi'l iWgnuai
rangements could be made.
Also here for negotiations with
Mr. McMackin and in efforts to
secure a terminal operator to re
place Jake Yelton, who resigned
effective Wdnesday, was J . A.
Livingston, of Atlantic Grey
hound Corporation.
"On behalf of my company,
and I am sure I can speak for
Greyhound too, " Mr. Love said,
"I am deeply regretful of these
developments. However, I want
to assure the public, particularly
those who depend on bus trans
portation for conveyance, that
Queen City will endeavor to reme
dy this situation as quickly as
possible.
"Meantime, bus driven of both
oompanles will be Instructed to
stop along the route to pick up
passenger* as they have been
doing where possible since the
terminal was movd," Mr. Lova
continued.
Many people, since the termi
nal has been moved, have been
flagging the bus at the corner
of Battleground and King, where
the terminal was formerly loca
ted.
"We're out on the street," Mr.
Love told the Herald.
Mr, McMackin has told the
Herald Tuesday that he was "tir
ed of messin' and changing." He
had contemplated, hfe said, mak
ing the required additions to hto
property in the way off rest rooms
and waiting rooms, but, he add
ed, he was unwilling to go to the
expense unless the operators
were willing to enter into long
term contract for the property. He
was also unwitting, he added, to
rent again to an individual man
ager, when it appeared that none
was willing to keep the terminal
management more than a few
weeks.
Pridgeon Case
To Higher Court
Leon Prktgen, around 35, of
Lancaster, S. C., was bound over
to Superior court on a charge of
hit-and-run driving in action ta
ken at regular weekly session of
City Recorder's court, held at City
H?ll Monday afternoon wWh
Judge W. Falson Barnes presid
ing. '
Pridgeon is accused of knock
ing down Ada Wortey and a
small hoy on York road near the
city limits around 11 a . m. on
February 8th. He was arrested In
Lancaster that night after Wal
ter Carroll. Jr., of Gastonia, had
given Kings Mountain police the
license number of the vehicle
Pridgeon was driving at the time. !
The woman was hospitalized ?
after the accldem but was re
lowed. I
A total of 33 oases were heard
according to a study of coure re.
oords on file at Cky Hall. Nine
defendants were convicted on ?
tfttarges of public drunkenness.
Edward McNair, 27- year-old
Negro school teacher who was
charged with hit-and-run and
reck toss driving In an accident on
January 10th in which Mrs. Led
totd was injured, was taxed with
the costs of court.
Paul Stephenson Neely, Man
chester, Ga., who was arrested
and charged with reckless driv
ing after an accident on East
King street near Dilllng street on
January 30th in which four cars
ware involved, was fined 910 and
costs.
Other cases beard includde:
. T* ?*to Rich.