Population
-City Limits (1940 Census) 6.574.
Immediate Trading Area 15.000
(1945 Ration Fk ard Figures)
VOL.61 NO. 21
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Pages
Today
c
Sixty-First Year
Kings Mountain. N. C.. Friday. May 26, 1950
Established 1889
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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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
<at City Hall during the last
week to Earnest Payne, new
live room house, $3,500; to Dean
Payne, new five- room house,
$3,500; to Calvin Payne, new
live -room" "house, $3,000; H-jw
ard Allen, new live room house,
$1,000; and to H, F. Everhart,
garage, $100.
Td O^yftldllA
MAXTON. ? James L. Moss,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Broadus
Moss, of ku^s Mountain, will
be among the students of Pres
byterian Junior college to re
ceive a junior college diploma
at the annual commencement
' exercises at 11 o'clock Tuesday
morning, May 30.
Memorial Da;
Bites Sunday J
Kings Mountain will hold its
annual Memorial Day rites in a
special service at Mountain Rest
cemetry at 5 o'clock Sunday af
' ternoon.
Rev. J. W. Phillips,- pastor of
First Wesley an church, will make
the Memorial address, In ? spec
ial observance sponsored by Otis
D. Green Post 155, American Le
gion.
Participating in the rites will
be the Kin*rs Mountain National
Guard Company, commanded by
Ca^f Humes Houston, die Legion
pom, Boy Soout and Girl Scout
troops, and other veteran ?utd
historical organizations.
Paul Mauney, Legion comman
der, will serve as master of cere
monies.
Arrangements have been made
to accommodate a large crowd for
the services. A public address
system will be installed and aH
gates to the cemetery will be
open. However, motorists are be
ing asked to enter the cemetery
?t Dilling street gate, and they
are being asked to drive careful
?ly to avoid damaging the grass
and flowers.
? ' I
lunlor Openers
Here fane 5th, 6th t
? ?)
Kings Mountain drew first j
round elimination games hats ,
June $ with Charlotte and June
6 with Oastoala accord' ny to
tbs Area 4 schedules released
Wednesday night by J.
Tette#, of Hickory, area com
Surprise, additloo of Toy tow -
sllle ran the Kings Mountain
* waOLmriM %. :
LEAGUE 3 AAkA 4
fune 5? Charlotte, hem.
June 6 Gastetiia hw
Firm May Accept
lob Applications
Monday Morning
Loom -Tex Corporation of New
York expects* to begin operating
the former DuCourt Mills plant
in the immediate future on a
! three-shift basis and may begin
talcing Job applications at the
f plant office on Monday.
! This announcement was made
? Thursday morning -by M. tv
1 Dermaid, of Douglasville, Ga.,
' Loom-Tex superintendent and
i vice-president.
President of the corporation is
i Lester Martin, of New York, also
president of Consolidated Tex
tiles, which operates several tex
tile plants, including the Ella
mill of Shelby and another large
plant at Lynchburg, Va.
Work had already begun at the
former DuCourt plant Thursday
in all department Mr. McDermaid
told the Herald. To speed open
ing of the plant for full opera -
dons, section beams of warp yarn
are being shipped here from the
Loom-Tex plant at Tauton, Ma?,
and 600 bales otf cotton have ?1
Teady been purchased, with Ship
ment expected to arrive during
thfr current weekend, he added.
"We expect t? employ Kings
Mountain people to fill every po:
sition we possibly can," Mr. Mc
Dermaid said.
Loom-Tex Corporation acquired
the mill on Monday when the bid
of $197,300 for the properties of
the bankrupt DuCourt firm was
not raised. The bid had been en
tered in the name of President
Martin. DuCourt reportedly paid
$1,000,000 for the properties in
1946.
In .addition to the Tauton,
Mass., plant, Loom-Tex owns sev
eral other textile plants, includ
ing a mail at Martinsville, Va.,
and a bleaChery. The Tauton
plant is a 50,000 spindle mill, Mr.
McDermaid said. - . ?
Haywood E. Lynch, Kings
Mountain realtor, has been des
(Cont'd on page eight)
Lenoii-Rhyne Is To Confei
Doctorate On W. K Mauney
m ? , ' ? '
W. K. Mauney, prominent
| Kings Mountain manufacturer
and civic leader, "Vfll have con
ferred upon Mm the ironorary de
gree of Doctor of Lawsa* 50th an
| nual commencement exercises at
j Lenoir- fthyne College on - Mon
day, It was announced Wednes
l day by the Board of Trustee?.
Mr. .Mauney will toe one of four
to receive honorary degrees from
the college this year.
Mr. Mauney, a native of Kings
Mountain, is an alumnus of Le
noir Rhyne college, having re
ceived his A. B. degree with the
class of 1910. An outstanding Lu
theran churchman, he has at va
rious tines served as president,
treasurer and member of the ex
ecutive committee of the North
Carolina Men's Brotherhood and
he was one of the founders at the
Brotherhood Loan k Gift Fund to
aid in theestatolMiment of mis
sion churches. He has also served
on various other committees and
agencies of the church. His busi
ness positions tpclude: president
Howell Manufaoturing'Co., Cher
ryviile; president Nuway Spin
ning Co., Inc., Chertyvttle; presi
dent-treasurer Mauney Mills,
Inc.; secretary - treasurer Bonnie
Cotton Mill, director of the Sadie
Mills Co., all of Kings Mountain;
president It' auney -Steel Co., Inc.,
Providence, K. I.
In Kings Mountain civic af
fairs he has served several terms
as a member of the city council
ami as mayor. He Is the promoter
and treasurer of the Jacob S.
Mauney Meroortsl Library, a for
mer member of Cleveland Coun
ty Board of Trustees.
He Is the recipient of the Sfhrer
Beaver award, 1(1(1 MM Scoutim
award, for outstanding service to
boyhood. He is a member of the
Lenoir Rhyne Board of Trustee*
TO RECEIVE DEGREE ? W. K.
Mauatr, prominent Kings Moun
tain dttsen. will rtntft Um hon
orary degwe of Doctor of Lain
dm at UDoir-lhriM uolhgt on
Monday. 1
Wright Bound Over
On Charge Of Rap*
John O. Wright wm ^ctund wver
to die July term of Superior court
Monday In ?ct*on taken at Coun
ty Recorder* count In Shelby on ?
charge of rape.
The charge vw brought Sun
day ntght just after the alleged
act took p!ac*j|v
Judg? L T. Ham rick, Jr., net
bond at $1,500.
Only the testimony of t)>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 <Ml
service group, landed st Yoko
hama (set Prlday and ai lived
In Tokyo 4Mt Sunday, accord
ing to cables received by her
( parents, Mr. and Mm I. M.
Aithur.
Mr. Logan, in his statement,
'specifically denies that charge,
and he declares, "This story con - i
tains many misrepresentations
and did wot present the, true
facts.-.
"The whole thing looks like a ,
cheap political trick," Mr. Logan
continues
From the standpoint of the in
terested public, just what effect
the development would have on
the hot sheriff 's contest could on- !
iy be guessed until late Saturday
night, following completion of j
ba Hot -counting in the 28 pre-:
cinots.
Two New Classes
To Begin July 1
Two new textile classes, con
ducted under the direction of
King* Mountain school system,
are expected to start around the
first of July according to an
nouncement made this week.
*2* ' i ? ' , ?' ."/J, * i* ? " ? ' r\
The classes areto be taught by
John F+oyd and BooHi Gillespie
and any veteran Interested In en
rolling in the coun* Is urged to
contact one of the ir.strutors im
mediately.
?Two classes are now receiving
instructions at the school, Joca
ted On York Road just off Bast
King street. Ttmme classes are!
scheduled to flnWi work around
July 31, 1951 . ,
The new classes wfli can far j
?wo yeans and one wUl he con
ducted from 1 1 a. to around
11:10 a. m. The ?*her class wfll|
I bp between tht hr^iiifs 4$,*'
and 6:40 p. m.
Narrow Fabrics !
Assets Auction
Set For lane 12
Ass<Hs of Kings Mountain Nar- '
row Fabrics, Inc., bankrupt, will J
be offered "for saleat public auc |
lion on June 12 at 3 p. m. accord j
ing to notice of salereceived by
creditors of the bankrupt ? con- J
cern on Wednesday.
The sale will beconducted in
the basement of the Mecklenburg
county courthouse at Charlotte by ?
Harold R. Hunnicutt, trustee in j
bankruptcy, under authorization j
by R. Marion Rosk, referee in
bankruptcy.
Offered for sale will be 9.11
acres of land owned by thebank |
rupt concern, the mill plant, ma- i
chinery, fixttures, equipment and
mtppHoi, ^ruc'k^ oITIce Turiture. *
Office building, and any uncollec- .!
ted accounts receivable, if any, j
According to the notice of sale,
the assets may be offered for sale j
in several different ways: (1) the
full assets In a bloc, <2> 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<?ond man asks It, a
(second primary will be held on
June 24. t
R""ond in Interest is the three
?nan fight for sheriff of Cleveland
County between Sheriff Hugh A.
Dogan, Jr., Former Sheriff Ray
mond Cline and Former Chief
Deputy Haywood Allen. What
had bet i a surprisingly dead
race, considering the strength, of
the candidates, waxed considera
bly hotter Monday, with publica
tion In the Shelby Daily Star of
a news story In which disposition
of a $300 reward in a hit-and-run
driving case was Injected into
the campaign. A second primary
was being predicted to determine
the eventual nominee.
Interest was also increasing la
thefour-way primary election for
11th district Representative to the
U. S. Congress, between VVoodrow
Jones, Charles E. Hamilton, J.
Nat Hamrick and Mickey Walk
er. Jones was credited by political
observers with a considerable
lead, and the question seemed to
be whether two primaries would
be required.
Oh (he local level, Kings
Mountain Democrats were inter
ested in the county commis
sioner's race, where Hazel B.
Bumgardner, Kings Mountain
poultryman, is one of four men
in a race for three nominations.
Other candidates are Incumbents
Zeb V. Cline, Henry MeKinney
and A. C. Braekett. Interest was
also evidenced in. the- eight-man
sweepstake for five school board
trusteeships. Kings Mountain
listed two candidatees, Wayne L.
L. Ware and Whitney . Wells,
while others In the race are Dix
on St^oup, A. A. Parker, and four
Incumbents, B. Austen, W. H.
(Cobt) Lutz, C. D. Forney, Sr., and
A. L. Calton.
Also a subject of conversation
in the Kings Mountain area 1?
the five-man contest for Number
4 Township constable, -among
former Constable Will Black
burn, John D. Jones, who ran sec
ond to Blackburn in 1946, Clar
ence Myers, Kings Mountain
sign painter, Marlon D. Black
well and H. G. (Fat) demons.
The other county race is for
judge of recorder's court among
Incumbent L. T. Hamrick, Jr.,
(Cont'd on page eight)