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Population City Limits (1940 Census) 6.574 Immediate Trading Area 15.000 (1945 Ration Board Figures) i ' ? VOL. 61 NO. 20 Pages Today PRICE FIVE CENTS 3ixty*First Year Established 1889 Kings Mountain. N. C.. Friday. May 19. 1950 ,v And Cronl"r Local News Bulletins STOBY HOUR Mrs. Ben Ballard will serve as story-teller and Mrs. C. J. Oault, Jr., as hostess, at the story hour period at Jacob S Mauney Memorial Hbrary Fri day afternoon at 4 o'clock. METER RECEIPTS Parking meter receipts for the week which ended Wednesday totaled $162.05 according to a repott by City Clerk S. A. Crouse. I PICTURE AT ARP A film on the Life of Saint Paul will be shown at Boyce Memorial ARP church on Sun day evening at 7:90. The put> 'Hc is i n v i t rei . " ? CEMETERY CLEANING Annual spring cemetery clean - 4ng at El Bethel Methodist church cemetery has been sche duled for Saturday mdrntng, according to announcement by Jack Anthony. Church members ere being asked to be an hand at 7 a. m. and they are request ed to bring necessary tools for the cleaning task. MISS PLONK TO SING Miss Clara Plonk will be fea tured soloist at morning servi ces at Boyce Memorial ARP church Sunday, it was announ ced Thursday. Mim Plonk, now continuing her Study of voice In New York, win sing the &lst . .. . ? May 8th Recorders Session Was Varied Some fifteen cases were heard at the May 8th session of city re corder's court, with six defen dants drawing fines for public drunkenness. Other cases on the docket and the outcome included: Calvin C. Tessener, improper li cense tags, nolle press. Wilson Harper, 15-year-old Gas tenia Negro, no operators license, turned over to Juvenile court. Ben House, Stunnptown, per mitting unlicensed driver to oper ate his car, found not guilty. > Chester Smarr, no drivers licen se and improper muffler, to Jail for seven montha James E. Austin at Calhoun, S. C., no drivers license, forfeited MO bond. ? Curtis Blalock, (ailing to stop at stop sign, costs. James P. Daves, CherryvlUe, il legal possession for beverage pur poses, fined 95 and Ralph L. Falls, Gastonia, im proper muffler, fined 910 and . WlH Fields, illegal possession for purpose of sale, not guilty. Henry Burrts, Kings Mountain Negro Involved In me Bridges A Hamrick robbery last week, paid a fine of |p0 and eests Imposed at ?ie special eourt session held on May 4. He was found fuiRy of speeding and reckless d teg. Judge W. Fslson Be .tes pre sided. Porter Bites Held Wednesday Funeral services were conduc ' ted Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock st Union Baptist church, nearjMkvllle, for John B. Por ter, 38, of Kings Mountain, routs 3, who died Monday morning at lev. G. C. Tesgu# pastor sf IH? church, officiated and burial was In the church cemetery. tain, route*. Program Given For Graduation Exercises Here j Rev. W. L. Pressiy, pastor of Boyce Memorial ARP church, will deliver the commencement ser mon, and Dr. Voight R. Cromer, president of Lenoir-Rhyne col lege, will deliver the commence ment address, at annual gradua ting exercises at Kings Mountain high school, according to an nouncement this week by Supt. B. N. Barnes. The commencement sermon will be held on Che evening of May 28, while the graduation ex ercises will be held on Wednes day evening, May 31. Dr. Cromer, former president of the North Carolina Lutheran Syn od, was inaugurated as president of L/enolr-Rhyne on April 18. The finals program will Include presentation of diplomas to the members of the Class of 1950 and wfll also feature presentation of medals and awards. Beth-Ware Finals To Begin Sunday Annual commencement exer cises at Beth-Ware school will be gin Sunday evening, with the commencement sermon at eight o'clock by Rev. W. L. McSwaln, pastor of David Memorial Bap tist church. Announcement was made by Principal John RudtadH. Presentation of <HpkwBM ?nd awards wlM tafce pltce *r* spe cial exercises on May 36, at which Rev. Ray Swink, pastor of El Befhe Methodist church, will de liver the commencement address to the 28 members of the gradua ting Class. Kiwanis Official Commends Twins The Kings Mountain Kiwanis club has been commended by Jim Carpenter, Kiwanis (Interna tional music chairman, tor its sponsorship of the Mauney Twins, duo-<pianlsts, at the Kiwanis International convention at Mi ami, Fla. Mr. Oarpenter wrote J. Byron Keeter, Kiwanis lieutenant gov ernor this week: "On behalf of the thousands of Kiwanlans and their ladies who attended the International Con vention in Miami, will you please accept our sincere thanks for your club's sponsorsrip of the Mauney Twins. "It was a rare privilege to have these young men with us, and through them you have contrlbu - ted to the success of a great con- , ventkm. Palmer Bids High For Mill Properties Courtland Palmer, president of Russeiiville Mills, Inc., and - a stockholder in the bankrupt Du court Mills, Inc., bid $197,300 for the property and equipment of the company at auction of the as sets in Shelby last Friday. Mr. Palmer entered his bid in the name of Lester Martin and deposited check in required, a mount to hold the bid. The assets were sold under a deed of trust held by Pilot Life i Insurance company, which had ; opened the bidding at $197,287.25 j for the purpose of liquidation. Under North Carolina law, the sale remains open for 10 days from date of sale and the figure may be raised by other Interested , bidders. However, Clerk of Court E. A. Houser said Thursday that no additional bids had been re ceived. J. R. Davis, Kings Mountain at forney, said he understood that Lester Martin is president of Con solidated Textiles, a mill compa ny which operates the Ella Mill, of Shelby, among others. There was hope here that the ! plant would be put into operation I following confirmation of the j sale; . . j Two Men Draw Fines For "PA" Violation Two G rover men ? Willie; Alexander and Joe Davis ? were 1 convicted of violating the city ordinance against using a public address system on the public streets of Kings Mountain in reg ular weekly session of city Re corder's court held Monday after noon at Qity Hall. The two men were taxed with costs of court. Eight defendants were convic ted on charges of public drunken Leroy Wood wa* convicted on charges of driving drunk and wjth no lights and was fined $700 Adron Chambers was taxed with costs for operating a vehicle without an operator's permit. Logan Davis, charged with dis ! posal of mortgaged property, was ordered to serve two months In < Jail. Arthur Pearson, charged with Illegal possession, was fined $5 and costs. Softball List Closes Saturday Entry Hst in the Kings Moun tain Amateur Softball Association league is slated to close Satur day and C. C. (Shorty) EM ens, commissioner of the group, yes terday urged all teams planning to enter to contact him at once. Some seven teams are already entered In the Association, which is sett up to handle as meny lea gues as membership warrants. A meeting of the organization is set for Monday night at City Hall ?u 7 p. m. Legion Juniors To Open Home Exhibition Schedule Saturday Coaches J. K ((Buddy) Lewia and J. R. Bradshaw are scheduled to take the wraps off the 1990 edi tion of the Kings Mountain A ni erica n Legion Junior *rase<b*li team at City Stadium Saturday night with Monroe's juniors fur nishing the opposition. Game time Is 8 o'clock . The two teams weve scheduled to tangle la the fUst game of the two game exhibition series in Monroe Thursday night. Coaches Lewis and Bradshaw cut the squad down to about 30 players after ? long practice last Saturday afternoon. Some 7S boys turned out tor the initial session -three weeks ago. The state elimination schedule Is elated to begin June 5 and by June 3 the 30- man team that win represent Otis D. Green Post, school has finished the 1950 sche dule aiid Beth-Ware, Clover, S. C., and Tryon are expected to finish up this week. Grover did not field ? high school team in the county league this aeaaon, and Bessemer City tm expected to finish up next wealc* The team to dace | s made up of the above mentioned high school*, with Kipgs Moutain fur nishing IS players, Beth -Ware 3, G rowr 2, Clover, S. C, one, Try on one and Bessemer CHy 7. Veterans returning from the 1949 team Include Jimmy Kim meU 3b, MHy Shytle, uttiMy in field, Don Cobb, c, Steve Jones, *, Howard (Sonny) White, p, Bil ly Witts, 3b, Jim Huffstetlor, rt, Jerry Barker, if, Charles Klrby, p, Bob Bridges, lb, and Kenneth Speneef, c. Remainder of the squad Inclu des Gerald VaJfcntini, Darvin Moan, Sari Maddox, Gerald Hipp, Vamon SNNfc' Charles Painter, Holand Smith, Lecoy Styert, OI lie Harris, Oon McCaiter, Harokl Hutto, Boh HU *ey. Ralph Wright Don #hM?, Grady Hoyle, Haxoid Matthews, Glenn Oates and Pmd | Adftriaaton prices for exhibition games wtH be 3d send 00 cents to BH1 Fulton, <ha]r< -_J? ticket committee. Mr. *bo stated that advance for the opening Jaycees To Revive Beauty Show June 16 Firms WU1 Close During Church Hours All Kings Mountain servic* establishments, including Mr Tic* stations, cafes, drug stores, and sandwich shops, will hen- J ceforth be closed on Sundays from 10 a. m. to noon. It was an nounced this week by the Kings Mountain Ministerial associa tion. Rev. P. D. Patrick, spokesman tor the association, said that an association committee hod vis ited the firms, and that alt had voluntarily agreed to close their establishments during morning church hours. He said the new policy would be effective Sun- j day. May 21. | "The association is deeply ap preciative of the cooperation | given by the ownea of these firms." Mr. Patrick said. Other ministers on the com mittee included Rev. W. H. Stender and Rev. J. W. Phillip*. Total Of 3,476 Register To Vote Registration for the May 27th Democratic primary ended at sunset Saturday, and registrars reported total registration in the, two Kings Mountain and Beth Ware precincts at 3,476, the vast ! majority of the registrants list- j ing themselves as Democrats. The final day of registration | was a busy one, with a dotal of ; 337 names being added to the . hooka 1n East Kings. Mountain j precinct -alone. The totals, as reported by the registrars, follow: East Kings Mountain, 1,616. West King*? Mountain, 1,476. Beth Waret 384. Saturday will be Challenge Day, when any candidate vill have the opportunity of challen ging the registration entries. New. registrations were held in the three precincts this year, as well as those in Shelby. The Beth -Ware precinct is a new voting place, having been I created by the county election^ board this spring. It was largely carved out of the West Kings Mountain precinct. National Guard Seeks Enlistments Captain Humes Houston, com mander of the Kings Mountain j National Guard company, an- 1 nounced this week that he has re ceived approval to enMst 15 new men into the organization. Former servicemen with radio experience and all men with ra dio training are especially urged I to join the company Annual summer encampment mem for the 30th division la scheduled this summer during the period July 2nd to 15th and th unit will go to Fort Jackson, at Columbia, S. C. Men Interested in Joining the company ? Headquarters & Headquarters Co., 3rd battalion, 120th infantry ? ate urged to contact Captain* Houston or check at the armory located Just off West Mountain street near the west city limits. All National Guard service is credited toward retirement, Capt. Houston said, and the company drills each Monday night Annua! Poppy Day [or Ath Set For May Plans for Kings Mountain'# participation in annual American l*>gkm Poppy Day were annoUoe ed this week by Mrs. Hal D. Ward, chairman of the American Legion i Auxiliary's Poppy Day tale com- 1 mi-ttee. , . Popj>y Day win be observed in ' Kings Mountain on Saturday, May 27, when cttinens win bs asked to purchase and buy the fiwew to aftd disabled war vet erans. - ? 1 1 1 ? \ Md+fe be opened on May 30 by. n .Highwat;, ol mn%t lefHtt# or, is Scheduled fcjw f-v* } I r * ?** *1 W Plans Announced By Spearman For Beauty Event The Kings Mountain Junior ! Chamber of Commerce announ ced plana this week for reviving its "Miss Kings Mountain" con tests and will expand it to include not only divisions for young la dies, but also for youngsters be tween age one and school age. The contests will be held on Friday night, June 16, and the judges will choose Miss Kings Mountain of 1950 (ages 18 to 28i Miss Kings Mountain Junior of 1950 (ages 15 to 18) Little Miss Kings Mountain of 1950 and Lit tle Mr. Kings Mountahi of 1950.; Ralph (Frosty) Spearman will serve as chairman of the event, with Grady Howard as co-chair- ; man. The winner of the Miss Kings Mountain Contest, chosen on the baste of talent and beauty, will represent Kings Mountain in the Miss North Carolina contest at Wrightsville Beach. The Junior winner will ? receive an all-ex pense paid trip to the Tobacco Festival at ReidsVille, and run ners-up in both divisions will re ceive $25 savings bonds. Juvenile winners will receive suitable lov ing cups, Mr. Spearman said. Deadline for entries is June 8. Jaycee committees named for , the event Include (first-named to; serve as chairman J: Entries ? Ben Goforth, . Jt., ; Gene TLmms, Charlie Moss, Jr., Charlie Ttuxmasson. Judging ? V* . a. ruiton, Jr. ffaddotk, BiH Page, Bill Lindsay,' Bill Phifer, J. B. Falls and Dract Peeler. Tickets ? J. T. McGinnis, Ben Ballard, J. C. McKinney, Charlie English. Sponsorships and programs ? Jacob Cooper, W. K. Mauney, Jr., Dean Payne, Dr. L. T. Anderson, Norman McGill Publicity ? WiLson Griffin, Dr. D. F. Hord, Martin Harmon; Master of Ceremonies ? James Allran. Sound system ? Burlie Peeler, Jr. Nancy Plonk Has Play Lead Nancy Plonk, daughter of Mr.) and Mrs. R. L. Plonk, of Kings Mountain, will play the load role ' in the James M. Barrie play : "What Every Woman Knows," to j be presented by the Plonk School of Creative Arts, 1n Asheville, on Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:30. Miss ^lonk will play the part of Maggie Wylie. The pl*y will be unique in that it te the first presented by the school in the new arena style, a new mode of presentation, in which the stage is at floor level and the -audience is grouped a round the performers. The play is the 'first of the school's closing programs for the current year, and it is directed by Mrs. Josephine E. Holmes. A number of Kings Mountain citizens are planning to attend j the performances lob" Tribble Bites Friday E. P. (Bob) Tribble, well known Kings Mountain Negro barber for ?Imost SO years, died Tuesday morning at his home after many months of failing health. Funeral services will be held at M'?unt Zlon Baptist church, on West King street Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock with the pastor. Rev. I R. L. Garvin officiating. Burial will be in Lincoln Academy Cem- j etery. Bora November 1. 1870, at Hon ea Ps*h, 8 C.f "Bob" would h*v* Men year* old this fan. lie re tired about K> months ago from bis bartering buHnts after serv ing the white citizenry for 50 years here. For many Tears in the early part of hit bttsfnsw career his barter and pressing shop was a landmark on the main traffic Btefjr of that time, The Southern Ad flwiy ,? . -A' I -tfe is survived by (tie wife, who 1 nia hlspMsl. Her condition it re ported as "improving" Recreation Body Named By City Board The city board of commission ers set up a 10- member ? recrea tion commission Wednesday .it ternoon, the members to serve without pay and without power to obligate the city in any man ner. Action was taken by request of a number of. citizens interested in establishing a playground for the children of the city, and the mat ter was brought to the attention of the board by Commissioner Hal Ward. Members named to the recrea tion body include: Mrs. George Houser, Mrs. Jay Patterson, Hun ter Neisler, Dr. P. G. Padgett, W. K. Mauney, Jr, Arnold Kincaid, Mrs. Aubrey Mauney, Rev. P. D. Patrick, Mrs. Harry Page and Mrs. Paul Mauney In the special Wednesday aft- ! ernoon session, the board voted to advertise for bids on a ditch : digging machine, a tar-spreader, a four-door sedan for use as a po lice car, and for a two-ton dump ' truck. The board also voted to grant I the request of Bill Baker <yt a loading zone in front of the Baker establishment on Mountain i street. ? The txiard discussed, without ' action, several applications for | the city administrator's position. At request of C. T. Carpenter,! Jr., assistant athletic officer of Otis D. Green Post 155, American 1 Legion, the board reaffirmed its policy on granting use of the city ; stadium facilities. Under the.pol icy, athletic teama or others de siring to use the Stadium must obtain permission for its use from the city clerk. A calendar of sta dium activities is maintained at City Hall. The board Instructed the police department to enforce the policy. Church To Join Evangelism Drive St. Matthew's Lutheran church, in cooperation with other congre gations of the United Lutheran Church in America and the other seven bodies of the Natnonal Lu theran Council, will Join in the Personal Evangelism Visitation. The Visitation will be 'held in Kings Mountain on Monday and Tuesday, May 22, 23. Visitors will go out to seek new members and to reclaim lapsed members. The instruction period for the1 visitation committee will be held Sunday afternoon at 4 p. m. The church has trained a number of leaders to conduct the training period. Kev. C. M. Weihe, associ ate director of the Board of Social Missions, department of Evange lism, of New V^ork City, will be the board's special representa tive. Pastor Weihe, a native of Postville, Iowa, and a graduate of the Philadelphia Seminary has served a pastorate in Iowa, and for four years was {he director of Evangelism and Religious Edu cation at St. John's Lutheran church, Allentown, Pa. He has al so served with the extension de partment of the Parish and Chur ch School Board. Rev. Mr. Weihe will preach Sunday morning at the St. Mat thew's Lutheran church. Mr. Weihe will remain in Kings Mountain through Tuesday. LEGION MEETING Regular mid- monthly meet ing of Otis D. Green Post 155, American Legion, will be held at <the Legion Building Friday night at 7:30. The regular Sat urday night supper will be held beginning at 6:30. Candidates Speed Vote-Getting Efforts Foi May 27th Primary Candidates, campaign mana gers, and other vote-seeker? speeded their efforts this week In preparation tor the May 27th De mocratic primaries. The registration period ended Last Saturday and the task fac ing candidate* now was how to get * majority of the votes cast * All candidates were expected to peak their drive* during the forthcoming week. Chief interest to Kings Moun continued to center la the three-man race tor sheriff and la the race between Dr. Frank F. Graham and WilMs Smith for the United States Sen M ^JplfclAorftfly, ? n campaign work ers reported- their candidate* "gaining," hut the best gueae on 4th shefWs race aeemed to be tiMt Klnss Mountain woald split badly MtWHMI Candidates Hay "T,aBBs^*7v' I s&HF wood Allen, Raymond Cline and Hugh A. Logan, Jr. Congressional Candidate Wood row Jones made two visits to King* Mountain on successive nights to make addresses, and lo cal interest continued to center in both the county oomnAissloner and county school board races, in which King* Mountain cKlzens arc candidates. I Hazel B. Bumgardner, Kings Mountain poultryman, is seeking one of (he three nominations for county commissioner, and Wayne L. War* and Whitney Wells are seeking nomination to the five* man hoard of school trustees. Other county commissioner can didates are Incumbents Zeb V. Cilne A. C. Bracket*, ' and Henry W. McKlnney, while those seek ing thesohooi board nomination* iare Incumbents A. L. OaJton, B. Austell. W. H. Lutt, an*'1 C. D. Ffcrnay, and Dixon St roup land A. A. Parker. . ?' ,.:l , Officirt,s Tt>lep,w>" T n Rotes s?,ayi?.8 ToW | inflation Hits City Court Costs A night's lodging in the city Jail will henceforth cost mor?? . of the raalcreant is found guil ty as charged. The city board of commia ?loners, Jaking note of infla tionary factors of 19S0 econo mics. raised the Jail fee from SI. 10 to S2 at a special meeting Wednesday afternoon, and in serted another S2 fee to insure proper prosecution. All these tees are contingent upon a person's being found guilty and will make court costs, without fines, total S13.10. including three meals. The board voted to tender the city court solicitor's Job to John J. Mahoney. Shelby attorney, on a fee basis. The action was ta ken after Faison Barnes, judge of recorder's court, and City At torney J. H. Doris, had stated that court cases currently are not being properly prosecuted. It was pointed out that Kings Mountain recorder's court costs would still be under those pre vailing in courts in nearby counties and cities. Jaycees Hear Candidate Jones "We mast keep this nation strong politically, economically and militarily," Woodrow Jones, candidate for the Democratic nomination tor 11th district Con gressman, told members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce Tue?day night. Mr. Jones specifically sugges ted maintains the system of free and democratic elections of gov ernment representatives and call ed for balancing the federal bud get. "We must get within the bud get and remain there," Mr. Jones ; declared. "And we must get away from the foolish theory that bal lancing the budget means retro ' gression." He said that the United States i must use all reasonable efforts to maintain the peace of the world, and the key to this program Is keeping the nation strong, he continued. The speaker, himself a navy \ veteran of World War II, review ed the history of this nation in the light of freedom and declared that the nation, to maintain this j freedom, had no choice but to manufacture and stockpile both the atom bomb and the hydrogen bomb as a guarantee against ag gre?rion by totalitarian nations. I Mr. Jones was presented by Martin Harmon. Ben Ballard welcom< Gene TImms ami Norman McGilJ as new members of the organization, and the club heard a short talk by Wayne Cooper, of Greensboro, who outlined details of. a Satur day Evening Post sales project, | by which the club expects to in crease its public service funds. Following the meeting, May nard Snow showed color slides of Jaycee Minstrels of 1950. UONS PROGRAM Winners of this year's Lions Club Talent Show will present the program at the regular meeting of the Kings Mountain Lions club Tuesday night at the Woman's Club at 7 o'clock, ?c- ; cording to announcement this week by Hilton Ruth, program | chairman. I Alexander Says Bell Checking Toll Inequities Southern Bell. Telephone and Telegraph Company Is studying the matter of Inter city toll char ges, H. Y. Alexander, district raaangcr, told the Herald Thurs day. Mr. Alexander said the com pany was taking cognizance of complaints from Kings Mountain subscribers over seeming inequi ties in rates charged local uSera as compared with those in nearby cities. ? What change, if any, the com pany will make, Mr. Alexander declined to predict. Local citizens have complained of several seeming inequities in the inter city toll charge . policy. Shelby . subscribers, pay nothing for calling Kings Mountain, nor do Bessemer City patrons. On the other hand, non-business phones are charged a t<fll for calling Shelby, and all Kings Mountain phones are charged for call to Bessemer City. . ; "There are many variable fac tors to analyze," Mr. Alexander said, "including regular rates charged telephone subscribers in other cities. Also to be consider ed is theamount of traffic over inter -cky lines and what effects elimination of charges would have on this traffic. "I can only say that the com pany is studying the matter, and that some decision will be reach led. I cannot say Just when that will be," he concluded. Union Service f Schedule Given Five Kings Mountain churches will again collaborate in a series of Sunday evening union servlc | es, according to announcement I this week. . |. Partlcipoting churches include First Baptist, Central Methodist, [Boyce Memorial ARP, First Pres j byterian and St. Matthew's Luth-. jeran.- . . None of the churches will hold I evening Services on May 28, 1 night of the annual baccalaure j ate sermon at Kings Mountain I high school, and the union ser I vice series will begin on June i. [with Rev. L. C.'Pinnlx, recently | resigned as pastor of First Bap tist church, preaching his final j sermon. i Remainder of the schedule fol-* | lows.: . ? ? June 11. R^v. J H. Brendall at J Boyce Memorial ARP; June 18, 1 Rev. P. D. Patrick at St, Matthew's Lutehran; June 25, Rev. Mr. Bren dall at First Presbyterian July 2, Rev. W. H. Stender, at -Central Methodist; July 9, Rev. W. L. Preasly, at First Bapti*; July 16, Rev. Mr. Patrick at Cen tral Methodist; July 23, Baptist guply pastor at First Presbyteri-; an; July 30, Rev. Mr. Stender at ARP. August 6, Rev. Mr. Pressly at St. Matthew's Lutheran; August 13, Rev. Mr. Brendall at First Bap tist; August 20, Rev. Mr. Patrick ot St. Matthew's Lutheran; and August 27, Rev. Mr. Stender at First Presbyterian. Chorus To Sing Concert Friday The Kings Mountain high school mixed chorus will present its annual concert Friday morn ing at 10:30 at Central auditor! um. The ooncet'. -'ili be a two-part program, with the first group to Include religious numbers and the second group to include pop ular music. The selections follow: " 1 1 "Jesus, Work of God I.tcarnate" -?Mozart, i "Now let Every Tongue Adore Thee"? Bach. i . "God So Loved The World'' ? ! Stainer. ! "Send Forth Thy Spirit"? 1 Schuecky. n "Tea For Two'' ? You man, "AH The Things You Are" ? . ?Kerns. | '^Wanting You" ? Romberg. Til See You"? Coward. "Belts of Saint Mary"? Adam*. ? The public is lavked to attend.