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Established 1889 (PRICE FIVE CENTS
Bulletins
George H. Mauney entered
die Memorial hospital in Char
lotte Thursday. He is to under
go an operation Friday.
CUBBY RESIGNS
Lena Curry, deputy sheriff for
Number 4 tow nihil), has re
signed Match 1, ac
cording to announcement yes
terday by Sheriff Hugh A. Lo
#an,4r. Mr. Logan Mid * Mr,.
Curry was accepting other em
ploy mem.
LEGION SQUARE DAKCE
Regular weekly Square Dance
'will be held at the Legion
Building off York Road Friday
evening, beginning at 8 o'clock.
-The public is invited to attend.
LEGION SUPPER
Members of Otis D. Green
Post 166, American Legion, will
hold a chicken supper at the
Legion Building off York Road
on Saturday nitfht from 7:30
to 9:30, aocoftdlQK to announce-'
-metA ;r; "'CftT4
?NRUUNG PERMITS
Building pfe r 1 1 1 i i war* issued
on Monday to Elmer Lumber
Co, lor oonstruction of a ware
house, 95,000 and to B. Jf. Far
rish for addition of a room to
dveHing on Dtiiing street,
?25?.
VOtUUtt STORY HOUR
Mrs. Garland Still iwlll be
the story-teller at -the weekly
story-hour period at Jacob S.
Mauney Memorial Library Fri
day afternon1 at 4 o'clock. Hos
teasas wtli toe Mm. R. H. Webb
arid Mrs. H. L. Campbell. The
period is designed for children
from wi,..< one through sight.
A. W. Webber, of Uncolnton,
deputy Federal income tax col
lector, announced yesterday
that he would be a CHy Hail on
Friday and Monday to assist
cfcteens in filing of 1940 Fed
eral income reports. Hours are
from 9 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. clos
ed for lunch from 12 to 1 p. m.
TO ATTEND CONVENTION
Harold England, Billy Shytle
Jack Still, Gordon Beauty and
Ivan Weaver, members at the
htgh school Key ClUb, will go
to Wlnsrcon-SaSem Friday for
die North Carolina Key Club
convention. They wtll be ac
companied by Joe Hedden, fac
ulyiy sponsor. :? y\?,- . .
A motion picture Mm, "My
Name is Hah," will be shown
at Boyce Memorial ASBf chur
ch Sunday evening at 7s80. The
files portrays the story at Han
(a name which hi Chinese
means "everyman"), his strug
gles, his doubts and Ms hopes
while becoming a Christian
and endeavoring to practice
Christianity. The picture was
filmed in China and ttttttzas a
combination of dramatic and
documentary techniques
MEMBEAS OF 1ST CLUB? Shown above art the 16 mu>b?? of the Kings Mountain Key Club, high
school service organlzatfbn, formed last fall under auspices of the Kings Mountain Klwanls club. The
dab will bo formally awarded its certificate Thursday night, March 2. by Dr.' Charles W. Armstrong,
past-president of Kiwanls International. Standing, loft to right Gordon Beatty, Houston Smith. Banco
HandenoO. Johnny Kiser, Jack Still, Ivan Wearer. Paul McCinnis. Bill Alton, Delvin Huf fstetler. and
Richard White, front row, loft to right Billy Shytto, Gone Maanoy, Charles Maaney. Dickie Webb. Har
old England and Carl Moot. ;j' fl-f '? -'2 J" . ' '* .
KIWAWIS SPEAKEB *- Dr. Char
lea W, Armstrong. pafi%
of Kiwania International. win bo
the principal speaker at a special
yllnj of the Kings Mountain
Kiwania club noxt Thursday
night whon tho high school Kay
Funeral iwvfcM for Clarence
b. (BOOM) Atkins, 60, whi died at
the home of a daughter, Mrs. L. L.
Franks, In Kings Mountain, Wed
rtea day morning after a short HI'
ness, win be Hekl at Macedonia
Baptist church Friday afternoon
at 4 o'clock.
Bev. E. A. Gore officiate
and burial will he in Aakhutd
cemetery, Oaffney, S. C.
Survivors In addition to Mrs.
Frank* Include his wife, Mrs.
Lila Alhson Atkins, one daught
ter, Mrs. E. B. Horton, hie mother,
rs. Thomas Atkins, of Gafoey,
C., two sisters, Mit M, G.
Smith, of SpanantHuv. S. C., and
Mrs. Jsmee Cash, of Gaffney, and
four brothers, John and Thomas
Atkins, of Latidrum, S. C, Floyd
Atkins, of Ooldsrvifte, S. C., and
James Atkins, of Oaffney, S. C.
Ohioan To Speak
Al Grace Methodist
Bev. F. W. Wilklneon, of Olms
tead, Okie. wHl deWcer a special
nirsenrr at 11 o'clock MCvfcfllE
Sunday morning at Grace Meth
ddtst chueeh, according to an
nouncement by the paetor, Rev.
The Kings Mountain Key Club,
an organization, of hifeh school
boys under sponsorship of the
King* Mountain Kiwanft Ctolto,
wiil receive its Key Clu<b Interna
tional Charter at a special meet
ing of the Klwanis cWb next
Thursday night at the Woman's
Club at 7 o'clock.
Speaker of the evening will be
Dr. Charles W. Armstrong, ot Sal
isbury, past-president of Kiwanis
International, who wiii also pre
sent the ceitificate to the Kings
Mountain youth organization.
Honor guests at the meeting
next Thursday whl be the Key
Club members and. their parents,
according to announcement toy
John L. McGill, who has arrang
ed the special program.
The. Kings Mountain group was
founded .last November.
There are now 16 active mem
bers, and the organization's alms
aref to the school, comparable to
the Kiwanis club's to the commu
nity.
Though independent of the Ki
wanis Club Itself, the Kiwsr.?s
club nevertheless lends aid and
support to the youth organization,
(Cont'd on page eight)
JUNIOR BASEBALL
rtoiag and pitching pros
for tbo 1*50 Slags Moun
tain American Legion Junior
"tall team are urged to re* .
to Central gymnasium
10:30 for
toy Jake
toy William Plonk,
_ ?'lift- drill
will too hold tbo
McKinne? Girl
Scoot Treasurer
t
J. C. McKinney has (been nam
ed treasurer of the Kings Moun
tain Giil Scout organization, it
was announced this week by Mrs.
Luther Cansler, chairman.
Mr. McKinney succeeds Faison
Barnes, who has resigned due to
the pressure -itfhia dutDw.
Mrs. Cansler also announced
several additions to Girl Scout
committees. They include: W,
K. Mauney, Jr., finance; Mrs.
Phillip Baker, public relations;
Mrs. George Houser and Mrs.
Amos Dean, radio; Miss Lola Wat
son, training; H. L. Ruth, camp
ing; Mrs. S. S. Weir, Jr., fiiember
ahip and nominating; Mts, Merle
Beatty, troop organization; Mrs.
Sam StalHngs and Mrs. J. S.
EKraiua, program.
Goult Grocery
Sojb Itmoved
Gault Grocery w aa entered on
Monday night by thieves who
hauled away the safe according
to announcement by N. M. Parr,
chief of police.
No arrests have been made in
the case, Chief Parr aaid.
The culprits entered the firm
by t?*Mlng the lock off the front
door police said. - '
. The safe weighed around 225
pounds, ft was reported and con
tained only around $18 and some
insurance papers.
SMBWoHllik who Miwfrn?in,t
an emergency operation at
Gaaton Memorial hospital, re
turned to his home Thursday
A member of the family said it
would be some time yet before
<he wtU toe ab'e to tee Visitors,
tout described his ortntfitfon as
much improved.
lied Gross Drive Starts March I; '
Solicitation Group h Completed
Maune; Hosiery
Adding Machines
And More Space
Mauney Hosiery Company,
Kings Mountain men's hose man
ufacturers, will i natal! next week
16 additional knitting machines,
according to announcement yes
terday by W. K. Mauney, Jr., gen
eral manager.
Though the installation of the
additional machines will be
made next week, the company
also anticipates an addition to
fts floor space of 3,000 square
feet, with building exxpected to
get underway in the next few
wee<ks,Mr. Mauney added.
The 16 additional machines are
the latest type Hemphill banner
wrap and reverse plate knitting
machines, which will enable the
company to increase production
on the currently popular fancy
Argyle men's hose.
The addftion to the plant will
be a two-story building of brick
and concrete construction. It will
ena/ble the company to better
house the new marines and to
improve plant arrangement for
increased production -and easier
handling, Mr. 'Mauney said.
The additional machines will
give the company a total of 56
banner-wrap machines.
The new machines represent
an additional capital investment
of approximately $30,000.
ave Weather
Though politics has been rea
sonably quiet on the surface for
the past few weeks, indications
that primary times is drawing
cloved were wicv Wednesday,
'when at least two candidates
were vlStilng in Kings Mountain
with the exptpss purpose of at
tracting votes in the May Demo
cratic primary.
One prominent visitor was
Woodrow Jones, of Rutherfordton,
who is a candidate to succeed
Major A. L, Bulwinkle as Con
gressman lor the 11th district.
Mr. Jones, a lawyer, is current- 1
hy representative Jn the North
Carolina General Asaemfbly from
Rutherford county, and he is a.
service veteran.
Another candidate who braved
Wednesday's bad weather here
was Reuben EJlam, candidate tor
county recorder's court, who 1s
opposing Incumbent L. T, Ham
rtdk, Jr.
Mr. Jones is currently opposed
by Charles E. Hamilton, of Gas
tonia, and Hat Ham rick, of Ru
therfordton. Both are also law
yer*.
Deadline for filing for state of
fices is nearing, as the final fil
ing date Is March IB. However,
obunty candidates may file for
several weeks longer.
There were few. additional -de
velopments In county politics,
with the exception of announce
ment by SoMcitor Bynum Weath
ers that Me would seek re-elec
tion.
tn Kings Mountain, It began to
Sfpear that Coroner OHie Harris,
not yet announced hut consider
ed sure to run, raftffh* he the only
Kings Mountain candidate on the
IwKst. Fstson Par nee has Indica
ted he has about decided a
gainst seeking the House of Re
presentatives post from Cleve
land, *nd as yet none has report
ed *m.un suggest in getting a
county commissioner candidate
In thefWkLr^&gfe "v^'r
Kay McCartot Hom?,
T? Doing FSne"
EAGLE SCOUT ? Shown aoon Is
Jack still, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Got land Still and a member of
Boy Scout Troop 2 , who was a*
warded his Eagle badge, hlghost
rank In Scouting, at the district
banquet last week. The new Ea
gle Scout Is 16 years of age and a
10th grade student at Central
high school. In 1948. be received
the Pro Deo et P atria award.
Work On laycee
Minstrel Begins
?Work on the March 7th Jay
cee Minstrel got underway -r, In
earnest thi* week, according to
announcement by I. Ben Gofor*
th, Jr., chairman of the club com
mittee on the show.
Tickets are already on sale for
the show, at 75 cents for adults
and 35 cents for students.
Directing the show is F. W.
Gra'ble, Cherryvilie band director.
Mr. Goforth said the show will
be "real old-fashioned minstrel,"
with black-face irten and a large
chorus, featuring songs in the old
favorite category and numerous
special acts.
Tickets ftiay be purchased from
Jaycees, at McCurdy Cleaners
Dyers, Kings Mountain Drug Co.
Griffin Drug Store, and Ellison's
Grocery.
Blalock Bays
Baker Grocery
Sale of Baker Grocery to Char
les E. Blalock was consummated
Thursday morning, according to
announcement by the partici
pants.
Mr. Blalock^purchased the in
ventory and assumed manage
ment immediately. He said at the
present he would continue to op
erate both the new establish
ment and his prevent business,
Bladock Grocery, which Is also
located on Mountain street.
Sf.' *V.r3S?fo5! J.' v * ?- . '7"iV -y. - T .
The building occupied by Ba
ker Grocery Is owned by Mrs. J.
B. Thomasson.
Baker Grocery has been a Kings
Mountain Institution for the past
16 years, having been owned and
operated by B. C. Baker and his
son, BiH Baker.
Leaders Hope
To Meet Quota
In Two Weeks
Kings Mountain's' annual Red
Cross fund campaign, with a goal
this year off $5,533 will be under
way next Wednesday morning at
a. m. with a Scickoff breakfast of
committee chairmen at the Kings
Mountain Country Club.
Organizational plans for the
campaign are virtually complet
ed, it was announced Thursday
by Oil ie Harris, chairman of the
drive, and he said the committee
expected to complete the campai
gn in about two weeks.
Mr. Harris announced that Jack
Herndon and Bobby Hambright
will serve as co-chairmen of the
fund drive at Grover, and Hal
Ward, chairman of the rural di
vision, said that Edwin Moore is
-NncfMM McDonald, spec
ial volunteer field consultant
of the Southeastern Area.
American Bed Cross. will speak
to Kings Mountain women as
sisting the Red Cross fund drive
rM re at a special meeting at the
Woman's Club Friday evening
at 7:30. according to announce
ment bf Mrs. Mary B. Coforth,
residential division chairman.
heading the drive in the Patter
son Grove community and J. C.
Randall and Mrs. Herman Go
forth will serve as co-chairman
In the Beth-Ware community.
The teacner's dlvisioh will be
headed by Mrs. W. T. Weir, Mr.
Harris said.
Other committee cnavrtnen in
clude: Sam Stalling* industrial;
Dr. D. F. Hord and Dr. N. H. Reed,
business and professional; H. E.
Lynch, publicity; Mrs. Mary B.
Goforth, residential; and Mott
Taylor, colored division. L, E;J
Abbott is co-chairman of the
drive.
"We have a good organization,"
Mr. Harris said, "and I see no rea
son to prevent attainment of the.
I goal in a minimum of two weeks.
jThe citizenship of Number 4
township is well aware of the va4
ue of the Red Cross, both as a
(community and as a national or
ganization, and Che committee is
confident that the gifts will be
both liberal and freely -given."
Big portion of the quota? 74-1
percent ? is budgeted for reten
tion by the local chapter for work
In Number 4 Township, with the ]
remainder budgeted for the na
tional organization.
The Red Cross conducts a great
variety of activities and service*,
from local welfare add to national
disaster relief. At the moment the
national organization is moving
into flood areas to provide relief
to homefleae victim*
Girl Scoot Area
Meeting Oo Friday
Annual meeting of the Pioneer.
Girl Scout Area council will be
held at the Lincolnton high
school cafeteria Friday evening
at 7 o'clock, with Rev. Lee Spen
cer, of Chefryvllle, scheduled to
make the principal address.
A large delegation of Kings
Mountain G4ri Scout leaders are
expected to attend.
Mrs. John L. McGiW and Mrs.
W.?. Thomson, of Kings Moun-j
tain, served on the arrangement I
committee for the banquet.
World Day 01 Prayer Observance
At ARP Chuck Friday At 10 JLM.I
Kings Mountain'* 1950 observ
ance otf the annual World Day of
Prayer win be a special hour pro-,
gram to be held at Boyce Memo
rial AHP church FWday morning
at 10 o'clock.
The King* Mountain observ
ance Is being sponsored toy ?o-|
men's organizations of Kings
Mountain churches, in coopera
tion with the United Council of
Church Women and the Interde
nominational MlasionaiV union.
Mrs. J. L. McOill is general
chairman of the service In KJnw
Mountain, , while Mrs. Frank R.
Summers la program chairman.
Talcing part In the community
wide service. In addition to Mr*
Summer* and Mrs. McGlIl. will
be Mrs. Char'rf* Butterworth, Mrs.
One IWberta, Mias Mary Bene
Teague, Mm. Audrey, JIauney,
Mrs. P. S. Headdotca, Mrs. Her
maa Tawn^ Mlsa loan Cuip and
'JY m M
ml L mat
All citizens of Kings Mountain |
are being ucyed to attend the ser
vice. ; I
The service here will be one of
many to be conducted Friday in
90 nations of the globe.
The 1950 biwne fa "Palth for
Our Tfmea," written toy Miss I
Mkrbl Kawai, a Japanese Chris
tian. A native ol Maiddo, la
pan, where her latner was a|
Shinto priest, Mlas Kawla was ;
graduated at Bryn Mwwr college
in 1904, returned to Japan, iwaa I
largely instrumental on estab
lishment of the National Young
Women's Christian association
there, and waa It, general secre
tary until 1906, In 1909 she foun
ded a Christian school tor girls,
over which she contlnes to pre
side. .
The World Day of Prayer com
mittee to International, Intertle
nomination and Interracial.
Highway Body
To Review Bids
{At Its Meeting
On Match 7th
The Oak Grovs Kln^s Moun*
tain road-paving project is a
mong those ibeing advertised by
the State Highway and Public
Wot<ks commission for private
contract letting early in March,
according to announcement by
the commission.
?
ThSs project Js Included with
a Gaston coUrftjn project calling
f 1&TJ ?dln8 an? hard -surfacing
of 19.6 miles under the commis
sion's 5200,000.000 road program.
Bids are to be received from
| contractors on next Tues*i?y, Fe?i
j ruary 28, and the commissioners '
; will review bids at their monthly
meeting on March 7, after which
j contracts wt 11 be awarded, it was
announced.
i Lewis B. Peck, division high*
way engineer, pointed out to the
Herald that the current contract
letting does not Include one por
tion of the loop which win com
f.',ete a Paved network between
Waco, Kings Mountain, Shelby
and Beth-wWe school The por
tion not Included is from Beth
Ware school to Goiforth's Store
and back to Country Club Boed
(near Shelby), However, he said
he had been informed that this
portion most probably would be
Included In next month's bid re
quests.
Included wlbh the Oak Grove
Kings Mountain road is the road
Trpm Waco to Goforth's Store.
Mr. Peck said beginning of the
work would depend' on who is a
warded the contract and other de
tail*.
w x "k
*n Seneral. he said, the Oak
Growe4U|xg? Mountain road wtfl
follow the present road - bed, wtth
one major exception. Plans call
for elimination of the Nefco
bridge. Mr. Peck said iarge pipe
would be used to span the chasm
and that dirt will be Killed in.
This change will have the effect '
of straightening the most cur
vesome portion of the road.
Mr. Peck added that bridge?
weep cheaper to build than fills
ot the time the Nebo bridge was
constructed, but that new dirt
moving equipment- now makes
the latter method much cheaper.
Crowell Little
Gnest Speaker
Crowell Little, (former Kings
Mountain high school ooach and
recently named to the head
?b at Dav,d*>n college
was the featured speaker -at a
nf??eLmeTtins at the Country
Club Monday night df Davidson
fr?ini?i?.aIli,*veral former Cen
tral high athletes.
Some 31 Kings Mountain:
P^J*?enI*ttfn<*ed the meeting.
Coach Little -talked to the
9" P?*ns for the Davidson
football team this year. He will
use the eplit-T system, h e slS!
(but XiSJ?Zd ** ?* pa*?*r?
"but wlil be weak at end.
** th? Uni* '
verstty of North Carolina, he
coasted here one year and enter
e Ieturn?*> to coach
the Davidson freshman team
went to Chapel Hill after
as hackfleld ooach ?nd Z
been coaching the Carolina fresh*
man tnmi for the past several. -
He was coach here in 1938 *
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BaUantine Speaker
At Farmers' Bouquet
L. r. Boiientin*. forth Care*
^Wmllstonar of ayrlcul*
will aiaks the principal . ?
?t the animal Tana- '
*H?ht banqvof of ths Sings
Mountain Uooi slab to be heftl
* '1 according to an- ?
?MMiutuI this week by Hal 1
*>. Ward, chairman of th* Fat. 1
*Hrht coamittM. j
*he annual banquet. at
which fanners ef the area
*hs Hens. win b* held
at the Wmmb'i Club.
It Is one of the Mom dob's
Jet miitiBp of the ym.