City Limits
Established 1889
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PMCE FIVE CENTS
CUBHSNT EDITION or SCHOOL fcAMD? Bbown above U the l??o oOltlaa of the Kings Mountain city schools band, which wa s to
prsoontlts annual Mld-Wtnter concert Thursday night. The concert Mlhld tho launching of the band fund drire by the Band asso
ciation. which is firing SSJ500 to further tho progress and de-rolop went of the band. Dr. Paul E. Hendricks, a former dir*otor. is chair
man of the fund campaign.
Local News
Bulletins
DIRECTORS MEETING
Directors of The Mountaineer
Club, Inc., are scheduled to
meet Friday nl?ht at 7:30-*/
clock at Herald Publishing
House. >
: ^FACE-LIFTING"
Keeter's Department Store had
Ms face lifted this week, as
steam-cleaners worker over the
exterior brick on the front of
the 8 tore. The store is also be
ing re painted on the interior.
ELJSTS IN ARMY
Roger D. McDaniel, son of Mr.
and Mn*. David McDaniel, has
? enlisted in the army air forces
and his address is Squadron
3734, Flight 4867, Lockland Air
Force Base, San An ton la, Texas.
McDaniel was a member of last
season's high school football
team.
S& i. ugmn fish rmx sjW;
Otis D. Green Post 158, A
merioan Legion, will hold a fish
fry Saturday night from 7 to
9 o'clock at the Legion build
ing. Members are asked to
bring eligible veterans not now'
members of the post
LEGION 6QVARE DANCE ?
Regular Friday night square
dance, under sponsorship of
Otis D. Green Post 185, Ameri
can Legion, will be held at the
Legion building on Friday
night from 8 o'clock until mid
night. The dance is open to the
public.
?COOT BROADCAST
Girl Scout Troop 19, First
Baptist Church, will present a
program over Radio Station
WGNC, Gastonia, Saturday, af
ternoon at 1:48 p. m. h was an
nounced this week.; V;
SPECIAL SERVICE
A special service will be held
Sunday night at the First Bap
tist church at 7:30. Special
recognition will be given to In
vised guests Who will be XtUt
sons ot Kings Mountain and vi
cinity. Masons and their fami
lies axe invited to attend sod
Sit in a body. There will be
jattWc and the pastor
jWill bring an apropriate mas
sage.
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NAMED OFFICER
W, K. Mauney, Jr., of Kings
Mountain, was elected vice
chairman of the Cleveland
County chapter, National Foun
dation lor Infantile Paralysis,
. ** a meeting held in Shelby last
Friday nfght, Mr. Mauney was
chairman of the recent Kings
Mountain March of Dimes cam
palgn, annual fund-raising ef
fort of the foundation.
ATTEND CONVENTION
Kings Mountain teachers at
tending the acnual convention
?f the No rth Carolina Educe
held In Raleigh
included Mrs
Miss Alice W
I. Rta Goforth,
. -Jeers of the
IVCBA unit, Superinten
Bsrnr* Principal So
Miss Lot* Watson,
C*omartle, and Mrs.
Ileal, retiring pre*!
ef the Gaston county
HRHtoi . ? -wMl- wfsag&ffiK
Band Fiirw^Orive
Goal To he $2,500
Di. Hendricks
Is Chainnan
OS Campaign
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A fund campaign for the bene- {
fit of the Kings Mountain school
band was to be formally launch
ed Thursday night following the
annual Mid -Winter concert at the
school auditorium.
Chairman o t the fund drive,
"win be Dr. Paul E. Hendricks,
well -known Kings Mountain phy
sician and former band director
here.
Kings Mountain physician and
former band rlrector here.
Goal of the fund campaign, be
ing conducted under auspices of
the Kings Mountain Band Asso
ciation, an organization of band]
parents and interested citizens;'
is 92,500.
The funds are used to pax
chase large instruments not cus
tomarily owned by individuals,
for music, for uniforms, and for
other band expenses. '
Actual solicitation of funds is
expected to begin on Monday.
Glenn Gvigg Rejoins
G. W. King's Garage
Glenn Grigg, veteran Kings
Mountain mechanic, is again as
sociated with G. W. King's Ga
rage, according to announce
ment this week by Mr. King.
Mr. Grigg, who recently sold his
interest in Grigg Garage to Guy
Bamett, was long -associated with
Mr. King before opening Grigg
Garage some six years ago.
He first came to Kings Moun
tain about 20 years ago.
"Mr. Grigg*s reputation as a
highly qualified mechanic )s
well-known," Mr. King said in
making the announcement, "and
I am naturally very glad that he
is again associated with G. W.
King Garage."
Jr., North
lawyer, has a*;?1
he wilt. b?
? tne uenocranc norm*
nation for solicitor of the XTrh
Judicial district. Mrs. McEIwee
is the former Miss Douglas
Plonk, of Kings Mountain. .
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Building Commit!
On fint Baptist
The building committee of First
Baptist church tentatively im
proved bid# totaling $?,SB0 Wed
nesday niarht for the three-story
addition to church's educational
plant
The action of the building eon
cnittee b subject to approval M
the congregation, according to
by t. iyton'fr*
ter, building committee chair
man, and It is anticipated that,
the congregation will consider
the recommendations of its but... '
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mg committee on sunsty.
The committee will recommend -
that the general contract he a
warded to Clyde T. Bennett,
Kings Mountain contractor, ?fce !,
electrical contract toL. A. i^*e, 1
Ktnfc Mountain electrical eon- !
tractor, and the plumbing and
heating contract to Taylor O.
Johnson, of Shelby
Mr. Keeter said the three
tentatively aecepted by the build
Rratlfkvi at fee MM figure. Wor
to receiving the bid* several f
Youth Day Sandfly
At Writ Baptlft
In cooperation with th'e effort
of the First Baptist church's pro
gram during the month of March
using the slogan "Take Your
Family to Sunday School," Sun
day, March 10, will be observed
as Youth Day.
Each department from Nursery
through Young People's will be
recognized in the morning wor
ship service. Youth will serve as
ushers and will render special
music,' ?**'? V ? - ? '
afternoon fellow
ship hours Will be held as fol
lows: .
?Wk* department, 3 r to 4 <>'?
clock; Intermediate department,
4 to 5 o'clock; Young People's de
| payment, 5 to 6 o'ctoefc... |?g
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Mis. Mauney Has
90th Birthday
Mrs. Candace Miller Mauney,
well-known and prominent
Kings Mountain citizen and wi
dow of teh late W. A. Mauney,
celebrated her 90th birthday on
Wednesday.
She cedebrated the day quiet
ly. going riding In the morning
with her daughter, Mrs. Frank
Summers, enjoying a family din
ner at her home at noon, and re
ceiving many callers, who came
by to offere birthday congratula
tjpip during the remainder.
Mrs. Mauney retains an active
Interest in the home, where she
resides with her other daughter,
Mrs. J. E. Hemdon, and Mr. Hern
don, end in her famlfy and
grandchildren,.
During the war, she did "home
work for the ?ed Cross and was
honored on the Tom Brenneman
WfKgP iw for her wotk.
Slgw. Mauney 1# native of Ca
tawba county, daughter of the
MM* and Mi*. Adam Miller.
?*y. Mr. Miller Ttft'litf ' If the
ptepiser Lutheran ministers in
the area around Newton. She was
married <o the late Mr. Mauney,
Mountain banker, mer
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iiilfiKMfr-Bids
;?y Addition
members of the eom?Hp?tfl
SL^L<W.Udia!f <*m* ?* WW*
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piV* ** ***> addition to
" * 1 bUlWln*
sS? c*iurch'"
StestreS e,!fk5* ?* Moun
feet by 93 lM
-iT1 oont*ln assembly
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*ii22s{
^ aaw itructu^ wju
after Oieeon *??? *? possible
Political Pace
Is Quickening ? ?
TlTere was a stronger undertone
of political activity this week
than had been evidenced In the
past several.
Most observers attributed It to
the approaching deadline tor fil
ing for state and district offices,
which falls at noon on Saturday.
County office-seekers, on the
other hand, have until the sixth
Saturday before the May1 27 pri
mary to file notice of candidacy
with the county board of elec
tions. .
State-wide -interest was produ
ced by the announcement of
Marshal Kurfees, mayor of Win
ston-Salem, that he would op
pose Shelby's Senator Clyde R.
Hoey for the U. S. Senate post
held by Hoey the past six years.
Announcement of interest was
thut of Frank Howell, Yancey
county school superintendent,
who said he was withdrawing his
announced candidacy for Demo
cratic nomination for 11th dis
trict Congressman and throwing
his support to Wood row Jones,
Rutherfordton lawyer/
tuai announcements, with many
candidates in the field contact
ing the voters.
Sheriff ? candidate Raymond
Cline was reported a Kings
Moui/tain visitor on Wednesday.
One announcement Included
that Of Dixon Stioup, of Fallston,
that he would be a candidate for
the county school board. No oth
er school tooard candidates
have yet announced. Among the
present members is R. L. Plonk,
of Kings Mountain.
Here there were still no an
nouncements for office. It w??
Mill a possibility that Arnold
Kiaer would seek nomination for
county commissioner.
Us. Childei's
Father Succumbs
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Funeral services were held Sat
urday afternoon at 4 o'clock at
East Gaffney, S. C., Baptist chur
ch for James William Skinner,
74, former resident of Kings
Mountain and father of Mrs. W.
A. Chliders of this city, who died
March 9 in a,,Columbia hospital
after an illness of several week*.
_R?v. U If. Epl ey, pastor, and
Rev. W. F. Monroe, of Kings
Mountain, officfated and burial
was in Oakland cemetery,
Mr. Skinner, who was a mem
ber of Harrison Methodist ehurch
*3 J??**111*' had been a resident
of Gaffney tor 25 years. He was
t ?h0p OP**** and
had lived lor 13 yeans in Kings
Mountain before moving to Garf
r. Is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Kuia Simpson Skinner, five dau
Mi* ChlMers, Mrs. Henry
AMs art Mrs. BUI Clary, of Gaff
ney, S. d, tnd Mrs. Wiilie Barry
and Mrs. Ruth Dunn, of Norfolk,
and one greatgrandchild.
Tm Walker^ SU*t
Funeral services Cor Mrs. Laura |
Fort. 81 sUier of J. A Walker, of
Kings Mountain were held In I
Lincolnton, Tuesday afternoon.
| Ford was found dead a
o'clock Monday in her
Hotel Lincoln at Lincoln
i The death was ?eesye?r.d
***ahotel manager became
because he bad not seen
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J?i
seve*ai hoars.
,*** *** hnd been JU with in
Ballentine Urges
Better Markets
? or Farm Goods
?i2S
i rnent of better m?ri, ? e develoP
respo/LsiblJiiy *nd {lrst
ment of t& mark!?6 d?n'cJ<>P
city people I TT%ta ies W1,h
tine S Lions And S T60'
er guests .at ?h ? their farm
Nl'ht ba?aijJ.e F?mer'.
T"esd?>' "*h> '"*l
SaSS-smS
mlgh? wen quotas
benefits. ln Jon? term
-i hi1, ^ quite Possible," he said
1.5d" ,'?'??""?? eSS
'which win ptovp mo,rent crops
bie." prove more profit?
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"on way^e WaS"%vaA'
chairman, j. o EUte pma MA
1 Shelby Chambe5aioTar ?f the
flive-at-hnm Commerce
Un Vow
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J Wart^fmn P ^uctgrs James S,
1 bright Bess' and J- D. Ham
er^nd^llnn as t0a**mast
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S&r&VfiSS*
He stated that -"'Tcan^ "'
at Ions had JumnffV^ approprl
nly *>.000 ?
tew years ago. *ver??e of ?
J ^^nd^nt^for^t/^T1 Ck?"
of both /arm prod u2 productkwi
business, poTitlca??nH ***?
leaders. He Gnomic
Jand county foT i C,eve
of markets for^ iY deve,loPment
ProducSn lts Cultural
eri?f' %ilentln? ??ered no gen
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LAUGH -PRODUCERS IN JATCEE MINSTREL? Shown abort la ern on stag* picture taken at the first
showing of J ay cm M Initial of 1*50, which will be presented again Saturday night. In tho act above
"Sambo" Thomosson Is pleading with "Rooeerelf McGill (en the ladder), la background, left to
right can be seen Betty Falls. Interlocutor Ben Goforth. Jr. B. S. Peeler. Jr? Salty Saunders, a member
of the chorus and Endmen Drace Peeler and "Rcistus" Harbison. Furman Wilson photo.
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Red Cross Fund
Near Half Mark
f
Kings Mountain's Red Cross
fund campaign for 1950 had vir-,
tually reached thtf half-way point
Thursday morning, ;??cording to
announcement by Oliie Harris,
; chairman of the drive.
Cash-in-hand received thus far
! during the campaign totaled $2,
! 679.80, againsi the quota of $3,
533- . '
B. S. Neill, fund trea.?urer, re
ported only scattered f -in*? re
j ports from both the industrial
:and industrial employees divis
ion. Reports had been turned in
on contributions from Margrace
Mill, Craftspun Yarns, Inc., and
from Frieda Manufacturing Com
pany.
Chairman Harris said he was
disappointed in only one respect.
"Frankly," he said, "the cam
paign committee had hoped to
complete the drive during the
first two weeks in March. Other
wise, the campaign la coming a
long nicely, and the committee
Is confident that the quota will
be xeeched.
"People of Number 4 Township
are aware of the good work the
Red Cross is doing, not only on
the local level but nationally," he
continued, "and they know that
we can ill afford to put the Red
Cross on srfhort rations."
Major portion of the local fund
will remain In the hands of the
local chapter lor Red Cross work
In Number 4 Township.
Chairman Harris urged ail
campaign solicitors to complete
their work as quickly as possible.
Sale of DuCourt Mill
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Fizzles; No Bidders
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Bank Expanding
Interior Space
Work began at First National
Bank this week on Installation of i
an air -conditioning system and
interior re modeling and re-ar
rangement.
The interior arrangements are
being expanded to incorporate
the portion of the bank at the
rear of the building now used lor
some bookkeeping work, with all
of the bookkeeping department to
be moved to the bank's second
floor.
Of/leer^ quarter* will be moved
to the back to give greater pri
vacy to customers, and the per- {
sonal loan department will be
moved to the front in the space
now occupied by the desks of the I
executive vice-president and [
The hank has just completed
exterior "spring cleaning," a|
steam-cieanlng job on the exter
K>r DTICK.
President Frank ft. Summers
Said the bank, Which was com
IpVetely remodeled in 1949. had
1 estimated at the time that no
changes would be necessary for
a mlrtmum of ten year*. He at
tributed the need fo> additional
; space to growth of the personal
ptoan department, he said.'
BONDS TO BX SOLO
Bids on *1*000 la Ctty fl<
Kings Mountain water and sewA
er bonds Will b* Opened la Ra
leigh Tuesday at 11 a. at, by
th* Local Government Oommla
?k>n. Bid* will be received uti
tlf (he opening hour. Forms for
making bids on the bonds are
obtainable from the Local Gov
Auction of properties of the
bankrupt DuOourt Mills, Inc., in
New York Tuesday fizzled, when
no bidder was willing to pay <the |
$345,000 upset price to gain pos
session of the properties.
The trustee will try again on
Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock,
the sale again to be conducted at
the United State* Courthouse In
Foley Square, Manhattan.
Details on the Tuesday sale ef
fort were spotty here.
J. R. Davis, Kings Mountain at
torney, was unable to contact
members of the law firm for
Trustee Franklyn EHenbogan,
and a secretary gave the above
information.
Mr. Davis said he expected a
full report, but had not received
it Thursday afternoon.
While the sale fizzle was dis
appointing here, where the com
munity is anxious to the
plant back in operation, it was
assumed that, should the Monday
auction not be successful, the
referee in bankruptcy will allow
Pilot Lift Insurance Company,
which holds a first mortgage on
the properties s* security for a I
$130,000 loan, to foffsrtose and of
fer the plant and Its properties
to the high*** bidder.
Establishment of tbe $345,000
upset prtoe was an effort on the
part of the court to satisfy claims
of all secured creditors.
The DuCourt properties include
the mill plant, equipment, office
equipment, real property occupi
ed by M, and 71 dwellings.
TO ATTKWD COKVKWTlOlf
lev. L. C. Pinnix will leave
Monday to attend the Pastor's
Conference In Louisville, Ky.,
at the flovtfcern Baptist Theolo
gical Seminary.
Jaycees Will Repeat
Minstrel OnSaturday
Bank Needs Old
Pictures Of City -
The First National Bank 1* in
terested In obtaining a number i
of old pictures of individuals and |
scenes of Kings Mountain, pre!? j
erably pictures made around the >
I turn of the century.
I The bank expects to . use the |
I pictures, or those which prove ,
usable, In a handsome booklet ,
inow being prepared, by the bank |
in celebration of its 50th annl- 1
versary. Plans call for devoting |
a major portion of the booklet to
the development of Kings Moun
tain In the past half-century. i
Pictures should be conveyed to
F. R. Summers, president, who
said that all would be carefully
preserved and would be returned
to owners after use.
Bites Friday
Foi Mrs. Moss
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? Funeral services will be held
Friday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock
at Bethlehem Baptist church near
Kings Mountain, for Mrs. Dovle J
Page Moss, 58, who died Wednes- j
day at her home in the Oak Grove ;
section after an Illness of four
years.
Rev. T. W. Fogleman and Rev.
Paul Home will officiate and bu
rial will be in the adjoining cem
etery.
Survivors include her husband, i
W. Hoyle Moss, three daughters,
Mrs. Marvin Galley, of Shelby,
Mrs. Robert Blackwell, of Gaff
ney, S, C., and Mrs. Dennis Brld
ges, of Kings Mountain; four sons
Guy, Clyde, J. D., and Lawrence
Moss, all of Kings Mountain; four
brothers, Gus Page, of Gastonla,
and Beck, William and Ben Page,
all of Kings Mountain; four sis
ters, Mrs. Thomas Boyles, Mrs.
Ross Bennett, and Mrs. Johnny
Slpes, all of Gastonia, and Mrs.
W. D. Patterson, of Cherryvllle;
and 18 grandchildren.
BUILDING PERMITS
Building permits were issued
on Wednesday to J. E. "Hul len
der, for construction of a stor
age building on Futton Street,
$200, to W. A. Ohllders, for ad
dition to dwelling on Cansler
street, $800, and to Ralph G.
(Babe) Ware, for construction
of a new dwelling on Car
penter street, $4,000. Permit was
issued - on March 4 to L. E.
Deese, Jr., for construction of a
new five-room dwelling on
North Piedmont avenue, $2,000.
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Local-Cast Show
To Be Repeated;
Crowd Expected
The Jaycce MlaJliel of 1950
will be presented in a repeat per
formanee Saturday night at 8
o'clock at the high school audi
torium.
The all-local cast of black face
entertainers played to a large
crowd at the Xirat showing last
week, and another sizeable ga
thering Is expected to witness
Saturday night's performance.
Jaycee officials said last. week,
when announcing the repeat
showing, that many had Indicat
ed a desire for a repeat perform
ance. ' i
The show features as end men,
Ned McGlll, Charles Thomasson,
Yatoj Harbison, Dr. D. F. Hord,
Falson Barnes, Ralph (Frosty)
Spearman, Ben Ballard, ? and
Drace Peeler.
Vocal solo numbers are pre
sented by D. D. (Salty) Saunders,
Miss Betty Falls, and B. S. Peeler,
Jr., while I. Ben Goforth, Jr., is
interlocutor,
A number Of audience-partici
pation acts are also included.
The first performance exhibited^
excellent pace for a full 90-min
Utea of fun?flll?d entertainment,
ftnd a 20-voice Jaycee chorus sup
plied a strong musical backdrop,
Admission prices have beeA
lowered to 50 cents for adults
and 25 cents for students at Sat
urday night's showing.
Members of the cast will stage
a Minstrel parade through the
business section Saturday after
noon at 3 o'clock, weather per*
mlttlng.
School Organization
Names Group Heads
Committee chairmen for that
high school's Student Participa
tion Organization were recentlyj
appointed by President Bill Alt
len. They include: Johnny Klser,
lost and found; Shirley Arthur,
publicity; Harold England, dCl?
zenship; Bob Jackson, athletics;
Joanne Bridges, civic improve-*,
ment; Dottle Smith, elections;
and Jean Cash, hospitality.
It was announced that the Stu-.
dent Council has revised th<? stu*
dent handbook and that a new.
edition will be on .sale in April,
Two-Night lions Talent Show
To Be Presented March 21 24
Considerable inf indica
ting a large number of entrant*
ha* been evidenced In next
week's Third Annual Llona Club
Talent Show, Gene Tlmma, chair
man, aaid Thursday.
The Talent Show for 1350 will
be divided Into two evening per
formances, with children in the
grammar grade* and younger to
compete on Thursday night, and
with high school student* com
peting on next Friday night.
Both shows will begin at 8 p.
m. and both will be held at the
high school auditorium,
. Mr. Thnms Mid prlSM, baaed
on Judges' awards, will be- given
as follows: In the Thursday nigiu
competition, first place, $10, sec
ond place, $8, third place, *Sf
fourth place, f2; In the Friday
j ?lght competition, Ant place MU
aUWSfcir** '
display in
Drug Store),
second place, 8; third place, $5%
an? fourth place, $2. - ' \
Mr. Timms said he anticipate#
record entiles for the event, and
urge* all who wiah to et.iar (ei-<
ther a* Individual performer* ot
group*) to contact ban Huffstet* ?
ler, entries chairman, or theif
home room teacher. : i*
Entries are open to atudent* of
Beth -Ware and G rover school*,
as well a* Central, East, Pajfc
Grace and West sehools.
Ticket* are now on sale by
i. Ad?
?.? i?ww an
members of the LJon* clu^AO
mission for each nights Pfr,<>r^:
a nee Is 00 cento for adult*
30 cents for children. . j