Population -City Limits (1940 Census) 6.574. Immediate Trading Area 15.000 (1945 Ration Fk ard Figures) VOL.61 NO. 21 16 Pages Today c Sixty-First Year Kings Mountain. N. C.. Friday. May 26, 1950 Established 1889 PRICE FIVE CENTS * * * * * '? * * ? .* * * * * * * # * * * DuCourt Plant, Will Start Operations Soon \ New Owner Planning Three Shifts Daily Local News Bulletins METER RECEIPTS Parking meter receipts lor last week totaled $154.86 ac cording to a report by City Clerk S. A. C rouse. .. ? RUTH EUECTED DAVIDSON. -^H?Lr Ruth. 7F, ~ son of H. L. Ruth, E. King street,. ? .Kings Mountain, was elected vice-president of the rising so-, phomore class at Davidson Col lege this week in the annual college election*. Ruth will as sume office and serve for the academic year 1930-51. BUILDING PERMITS Building permits were issued e prosecuting wftlin was heard In (he Moadiy aemkm. Commencement [At Beth-Ware Friday Night j Twenty-eight students are to , receive diplomas at graduation | exercises at Beth -Ware high school Friday night at 8 p. m. Rev. Ray Swink, pastor of El | Bethel Methodist church is to de- ! liver the addres, J. C. Randfe to present the awards and Wayne L. i Ware, the diplomas. I Senior Class President Dean Spearman is to present the speaker. Joanne McSwain is class salutatorian and Geraldine Moore is valedictorian. , j Members of the graduating class are: Barbara Allen, Ruthj Kata>, Cotepji .Brooks. , Florenc Chapman, Peggy Dixon, Lillian Lovelace, Joanne McSwain, Geral dine Moore, Rose Nell Moore, Bet ty Lou Philbeck, Margaret Prid more, Matha Jo Randall, Corrine Reynolds, Betty Stone, Wilhelmi na Sprouse, Burnie Allen, Carol Dean Costner, Alton Dover, Char les Herndon, Harold Hord, Mar shall Jones, J. B". Lang, Carol Led ford, Johnnie McKinney, John Phifer, Dean SpeaTman, Gene Ware, and Joe Ware. Marshals: Hazel Cash, Thelma Burton, Max Bolin, and R. C. Chapman. Mascots are MarHyn Dixon and Merrill RandalL Two Local Men Axe Graduated ? Two Kings Mountain men, William Frank Medlin, son of Mrs. Rosa Medlin, and Hoyle Lee WhiteSides, son of Mr.. and Mrs. I Arthur Whitesides, now of Lih I colnton, were graduated Wednes | day from Lutheran Theo! >gical Seminary at ColuriYbia, S. C., with the degrees of Bachelor of Di vinity. > Both yoyng ministers- aregrad uates of Kings Mounain kigth school and Lenoir- Rhyne college and are members of St. Mat thew's Lutheran church. Mr. Medlin has accepted a call to the Blountville, Va., parish, i and Mr. Whltesides has accepted I a call to Bethlehem Lutheran Church near Hickory. McSwain Case Heats Contest For Sheriff Power Curtailment Scheduled Sunday City power customers who live on the west side of the rail road will be without power , from 2 to 3 o'clock Sunday af ternoon, according to announ cement by L. C Parsons, city utilties superintendent. The power will be off to *n- . able city crews to continue lino I replacement |ob In that area of the city. Crattspan Yams Party Satuzday Craftspun Yarns, Inc., will hold open 'house and Its Third Annual Hobby Show on Saturday. . | Open house will be observed by the textile firm from 10 a. m. ! to 4 p. m. and the public is being { Invited to tour the entire pl?nt j i during those hours. Refreshments are to be served in the plant hin- j ch room. The Hobby Show, directed by Mrs. Denver King, will toe held at ! 3 o'clock. Hobby entries are*? be entered uhtteti ejtflit tlons, wfch first, second and third prizes to be given in each division. First prizes include an i automatic percolator, pressure cooker, fluorescent light fixture, | 50- foot garden hose, electric hair dryer, combination tool and tac- 1 kle chest, pop -up toaster and electric fan. Second and third prizes will include laces and plastics made at the Scranton ! Lace Company, parent company I of Craftspun. Judges for the Hobbjf. Shpw will be Mrs. C. L. Earley, 'Mrs. Mary B. Goforth and. Bill Cleveland. Hosts for the open house will be G. C. Kelley, division mana ger, and Harold J. PhiiMps, over seer. Hobby Show committees follow: Decoration: Georgia Foster, Betty Roper, Coleen Kiser, Mary Howell, Norman Bolin, Arlis Green. Refreshments: Edna Phillips, Eva Bolin, Ruby Dixon, Dorothy Hullender. Flowers: Ruth Bridges, Lorena Capps. ? ?; .-j Books: Gertrude Ware, Alleen Huftetetler. Advertising: Sam McAbee, Wanza Cranford. Carpentry: Grady Bridges, An j dy Huffstetler. Logan Charges Politics, Allen Fingers Cline '! Is the last -minute develop ment of the controversy over the McSwaift hit-and-run case re ward money a valid charge a gainst Sheriff Hugh A. Lcgan, Jr., or is it merely a political maneu ver designed to sway the voters in Saturday's primary race be- i tween Mr. Logan, Former Sheriff Raymond Cline, and Former Chief Deputy Haywood Allen? Sheriff Logan, purchased ad vertising space in today's issue of the Herald to say a loud "no" to the charges, and he further had the statement of the cashier of Shelby's First National Bank to attest that the $300 in ques- j tion was properly deposited and is secure in Logan's account where he keeps other funds of thesheriff'a office. Mr. Alien also purchased ad vertising space to make a state - ! ment about the matter, in which he states that Candidate Cline Indicated to him prior to rtw time ?x>ry appeared' in Monday's Shelby Daily Star that "some thing would come up" regarding 'the case. I I . ' ? I | Reaction to the story' in the Monday paper varied in Kings i Mountain in almost direct pro portion to the support of the j several candidates. In political circles, there wa?- ^ question as to which of the op j position candidates, Cline or Al len, pushed the matter out into [the open, and again opinions va j ried in proportion to the support. i Sheriff Logan contends he has I never received instructions from ? State Bureau of Investigation A j gent J. W. Jessup, who broke the 1 McSwain case, as to whom to pay the reward money. The Star re j port said that Haywood Allen | told Arlon McSwain (father of the (child killed in the hit-and-run i case at Boiling Springs last Au ; gust), of hearing an arrange ment whereby the reward money | was to to paid to Mr. McSwain, | the informant in the case not de j siring the money and suggesting jthat the dead child's parents re ceive it. The Star report further stated that "McSwain says Logan told him he had paid it to the inform - .... " Williams Named Otto (Toby) Williams will serve as president of the Kings Mountain Lions during 1950-51, succeeding Sam Weir, according to results of annual election of officers held Tuesday night. Mr, Williams, And all the new officers, were elected without op position. Others are: Tolly Shu ford, Gene Patterson and Horace Hord, vice presidents; Dan Huff* | ?teller, secretary; J. C. McKjnney, treasurer; Sam Stalling*, tail twister; Robert Osborne, assis tant tall-twister; Bruce Mcttanlel, 1 lion tamer; Dr. N. H. Reed, HU*' | ton Ruth and Ertle Powers, two i year directors.; Rev. J. H. Bren dan, one-year directorr. | Program for the Lions meeting 1 Tuesday night wiw ? variety af* j fair presented by winners of the j recent Lions Talent Show, ft In eluded a soprano *?lor by Sir j bara Allen, two songs by the Pos- 1 ter Twins, a singing -guitar play- 1 tng duet, a black -faced rendition ' by Bob Osborne, Jr., and several j numbers by (he Mountaineer Hot I Shots, six piece musical aggrefca* tk>n. Dan Huffstetler served as j master of ceremonies. JUtUVKI in JAP All ? > . Miss Marion Arthur, who called for Japan recently to be ' fljto aoifc with the army the real- j ty on one bloc and other proper- j ties in lots; (3) free and clear of j all liens, including deed of trust . to Reconstruction Finance Cor- 1 poration, lien held by C. T. Ben-) nett, and other liens. Method of i offering is to be announced at i thesale, which wiH besubject to confirmation of the referee. Hear ing by thereferee to consider con firmation or rejeotion of iche eale^ 1b schedule^ to; ,4 o'clock, ou the j day oTTS^r'-^atle. tlv referee re- 1 serves the right ?o continue the hearing without further notice to.j creditor?. i Kings Mountain Narrow Fab rics, Inc., fHed petition in bank ruptcy In federal district court on September 24, 1949. M the time, James R. Riley, president of the company, claimed assets in excess of liabilities and said the j ^company's failure was due to J lack of operating capital. He j claimed assets of $237,000 and re- j ported liabilities of $161,000. The' ; RFC mortgage was listed in the : [ amount of $38,000. OFFICERS ELECTED The Kings Mountain high j school chapter, National Hon- | or Society, has announced elec tion of Donald Patterson as president, Bobby Edens, vice president, and Valerie Baity, secretary. High School Finals Exercises Will Begin On Sunday Evening ? The annual commencement program for Kings Mountain high school will get underway Sunday evening, when Rev. W. L. Pressly, pastor of Boyce Memorial ARP church delivers the commen ? cement sermon, the program to begin at 8 o'clock. On Wednesday evening, Dr. Voight R. Cromer, president of Lenoir-Rhyne college, will de liver the principal address at the; commencement program at which members of the graduation clans will receive diplomas. The commencement exercises also be gin at 8- o'clock. Features of the Sunday evening program also include special musk: by the girls' glee cluo, -and a vocal solo "The Lord's Pray er" toy Miss Betty Falls. Rev. J. H. Brendall, president of the Kings Mountain Ministerial associa tion, witt present Mr Pressly. In addition to the presentation of diplomas to graduating stu dents by Principal Rowel l Lane, the Wednesday evening exercises will include annual award of medals and honors. Curtis Wright will present the Class of '50 's gift to the school and Superin tendent B. N. Barnes will aocept for the school. A special musical number will be a vocal solo by Miss Dorothy Smith SHTTLE INSTALLED Billy Shytle was installed as president of the Student Par ticipation Organ izstion of Kings Mountain high school by the out-going president, Bill Allan, at Friday's assembly program. Faylene Falls and Betty Ladford were installed as vice-president, and secretary respectively. Officers were alec Jtlj JNtW1 ' during the fall se Mftsr of next year. SPEAKER ? Dr. Voight R. Cro mer, president of Lenoir- Rhyne college, will make the commen cement address at annual gradu ation exercises for the Kings Mountain high school Class of I 1950 at the school auditorium Wednesday night at 8 o'clock. Jean McClain Among ; Mars Hill Graduates I MARS HILL.? M?m Jean Mc- ! Clain, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ! E C. McClain, 307 King Street, j Kings Mountain, will be among the 250 atudenta to be graduated at the ninety-fourth commence ment at Mars Hill College on May j Dr. R. C. Campbell, Shelby, will ! pieach the baccalaureate sermon Sunday morning. The graduation exercises will be held In the col leg? auditorium Monday morn fng, with Dr. Charles A. ShuN, formerly profemor of plant phy siology at the University of Chi cago, a* commencement speaker. Observers Predict Record Vote Total # Band Drive Quota Over Subscribed Contribution to date to the Kings Mountain school band fund totaled SI. 626.86, Mrs. Paul Mauney, retiring treasurer of the Band association said Thursday. The S1.S00 quota set for the drive was therefore exceeded by S126.86, and Mrs. Maun?i said a few more checks are ex pected from groups and indi - vidual* - - . ~ - - Dn Paul Hendricks, who ser ved as campaign chairman, said he was not only delighted, but deeply appreciative of the response to the drive. 'The community supported this campaign most liberally." he ?aid, "and I wish to state my ap preciation . to each person, bus iness firm and industrial firm which had a part in it." Poppy Day Sale Saturday I ' The American Legion Auxiliary will conduct Its annual Poppy Day sale on Saturday. Mrs. Hal Ward, chairman of the sale, issued a call to Kings Mountain girls to volunteer as poppy salesgirls, and said that thos willing to sell poppies Should meet her at Kings Moun tain Drug Company at 9 o'clock Saturday morning. She announced that prizes would be awarded the three top salesgirls. Proceeds from sale of popples aid disabled veterans. The poppies sell for a 10-cent minimum, but larger amounts are gladly accepted, Mrs Ward said. "We are anticipating a record sale this year," Mrs. Ward said. "Kings Mountain has always re sponded most liberally to the worthy cause of helping its war heroes." U. S. Senate, Sheriff Races Are Hottest Kings Mountain Democrats go to the polls Saturday to help name the pariy nominees for township, coUnty and state-wide offices in one of the hottest pri i mary ejections held in the state jsince the iloojt -McDaiiaid ^u berfiatorial battle of 1936. | Chief interest in a state wide basis lies in the four-way race i for' the LI- S. Senate between Sen ator Frank 1'. ? Graham, Willis Smith, Former Senator Robert R. j Reynolds and Olla Ray Boyd. Only Graham and Smith seem to .figure, as possible winners. Big ; question is whether Reynolds and j ' " 1 11 Primary Facts Poll* open. 6:30 a. m., close 6:30 p. m. Kings Mountain polling pla ces: East Kings Mountain pre | cinct, Mrs. Nell CsanionL rag 1 isUar, at City Hall courtroom. West Kings Mountain precinct Charles Campbell, registrar. Victory Chevrolet Company. ! Beth-Ware precinct, Mrs. La mar Herndon. registrar, Beth Ware school agricultural build ing. Eligible voters: registered Democrats. (There is no Re j publican primary in Number 4 township.) Number of ballots: thnee (one for state and district of. flees, one for county offices, one for township offices.) | Predicted vote: in Cleveland county, 8,000 to 12,000. In thTee Kings Mountain area boxes. 1.800 to 2,000. I : ? ? Boyd will obtain sufficient votes j to cost either Smith or Graham firsi-primary nomination. If not, I and if the se