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Population City Limits (1940 Census) 6,574. Immediate Trading Area 15,000 (1945 Ration Board Figures) VOL.61 NO. 24 Sixty-First Year Kings Mountain. N. C.. Friday. June 1G. 1950 Established 1889 PRICE FIVE CENTS 1 Local Netirs I Bulletins RECORD SHOP MANAGER Harold England will man age Biilie Logan's Record Shop for the summer, It was announ ced this week by Mrs. W. B. Logan, proprietor of the estab Jishment. LEGION MEETING Regular meeting of Otis D. Green Post 155, American Le gion, will be held at 8 o'clock Friday night at the Legion building, according .to announ cement by Commander Paul Mauney. LICENSE TESTS ? W. W. Wright, state driver's license examiner, reminded motorists that all drivers whose Jast names begin with N, O, P. Q, are required to have new Jicense toy June 30. ON GODFREY SHOW Ernest and Miles Mauney, twin-duo-pianists, will play on the Arthur Godfrey Talent Show Monday night at 8:30, it was learned here this week. The show is -broadcast over WBT Chariots ^ nd " CBfifc? stations. The twins are sons of Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Mauney. Five Directors Elected To Board . Five new directors were elected at the annual meeting of The Mountaineer Club, Inc., held at Lake Montoma last Friday night. Directors were elected . for a two-year term and Included W. S. Fulton, Jr., -Charles A. Neisler, David M. Neill, Oarl F. Mauney Mid J. Ollle Hold-over directors of the or ganization include Dan Huffstet ler, C. C. Edens, Grady Howard, Charles English, W. J. Fulkerson and C. T. Carpenter, Jr. . Members of the club were treated to a free barbecue sup, per prior tc the general meeting. Mr. Edens and Mr. Howard had charge of the arangements. Id was voted to decrease the public address rental fee from $12.50 to $7.50 and to have copies of the club's constitution and by laws madefor distribution to each member. The club has been listed by the Internal Revenue Department as a charitable and educational or ganization and a non-profit cor poration it was announced. All donations and bequests to the organization are exempt from gift, estate and inheritance tax* es. Dues, however, are tjot de ductable frpm income tax it was noted. Faison Barnes, retiring secre tary and treasurer, gave the fir nancial report and read the di rectors annual report. The report follows: "The Mountaineer Club, Incor porated was organized early in 1949 and was incorporated under the laws, of North Carolina la April, 1949. "During the first year of its existence The Mountaineer Club has engaged in a varied program, some of Its activities have been the following: "1. Sponsored an exhibition baseball game between Shelby and Lincolnton. 2. Sponsored a square dancc featuring the famous Cramerton dance team. ! "3. Sent the high school foot t>aU team to summer camp at Brevard College tor one week. "4. Sponsored the grammar school football program. "5. Paid for health and liability insurance on all football players tor the year. "6. Sponsored the Westren Con ference Junior College Basketball Tournament. "7. Purchased a public address system for use in the City Stadi um. "8. Appropriated $400 for the purchase of new uniforms and ?equipment for the high school football team next fall." Moss Station Robbed Eadf Thursday Moss Service Station, located on the Graver Road and operated toy Charlie Moss, Jr., was rotobed sometime Thursday morning of goods estimated in value at a bout $300. Sheriff Hugh A. Logan was in . vest (gating thecase and trying to $39,000 Offer 1 For Tape Plant Not Confirmed Top bid for the properties of Kings Mountain Narrow Fabrics, Inc., bankrupt, at trustee's sale in Charlotte Monday was $39,000. The bid was not confirmed, and the sale was held open for two weeks, when another effort t sell the plant at a morefav orable ifigrue will be made on Monday afternoon, June 26, at 4 o'clock in Charlotte. The bid of $39,000, offered by j. P. Benton, Mt. Holly wholesale grocer, was only $1,000 in excess of the mortgage on the properties held by Reconstruction Finance the referee in bankruptcy to turn the properties over to it for sale, in order to protect the RFC holdings. ? Harold Hunnicutt, trustee in bankruptcy, said that Referee R. Marlon Ross would probably hon or this petition, should no ac ceptable bios be received at the June 26 hearing. It was understood that Mr. Benton entered his bid in behalf of a Mr. Clegg, Mt% Holly textile manufacturer associated with Globe Spinning Conxoany. On Thursday morning, a sale ^33 ^?gd4Wtod53t tfa?^)lant ?covering a Quonset fiui; five looms and one slasher. This pro perty was not covered by the RFC mortgage and was mortgaged otherwise. The bankrupt firm filed peti tion In bankruptcy last Septem 24. At the time the company claimed assets of $237,000 against liabilities 6t $161,000, giving as a reason tor its financial diffi culties a lack of operating capi tal. The property Includes some 9.11 acres of land, buildings, ma chinery, office fixtures, equip ment and supplies. 981 Enrolled At Bible School Almost 1,000 Kings Mountain ' children have been enrolled in dally vacation Bible schools of ten Kings Mountain churches, during thepast two weeks. Five more churches have' sche duled Bible schools beginning next week and continuing into July. Top enrollment was listed by Second Baptist church, with 18TT students, (followed closely by First Baptist church, with 163 students. Other enrollment figures in clude: Boyce Memorial ABP, 60; First Presbyterian, 74; St Mat thew's Lutheran, 111; Grace Me thodist, 70; First Wesleyan Me thodist, 133; Central Methodist, 70j Macedonia Baptist, 65; and ' Church of God, 48. Bible school at First Church of the Nazarene begins next week, and Temple Baptist church and second Wesleyan church i>l*? schools for July. Also planning Bible schools a*e Missionary Me thodist church and Park Grace Church of the Nazarene. TO ATTEND MEETING Mr. and Mrs. H. Lawrence Patrick will leave this weekend for Myrtle Beach, S. C., where thfey will attend a Joint con vention of the North Carolina and South Carolina Cottonseed Crushers association. The ses sions wtH be held at the Ocean Forest hotel on Monday and Tuesday. Mr. Patrick is a mem ber of the association. WAYNE LAFATETTE WARE. Jr. BILLY FREEMAN THRONE BURG ARTHUR ENCENE GANTT i- "1 ri '" "i'lMMMi'lM nil mil if i gmm CHARLES HEMAN GANTT GRADUATED ? Five Kings Mountain students were among the recent graduates of colleges of the area. Wayne Lafayette Ware. Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne L. Ware, Billy Freeman Throneburg. son of Mr. and Mrs. Y. F. Throneburg, and Arthur Eu gene Gantt. son of Mrs, Bessie Gantt, were graduated from N. C. State college. Ware received a B. S. degree in agricultural econo mics, while Throneburg and Gantt received the degrees of bachelor of chemical engineer* . ing. fllwutocJhWBKflMfceOrS "of Mb and Mrs. R. C. Gantt, re ceived a B. S degree at Wake For est, .and Rufus Grier Plonk, Jr, son of Mr. and Mrs. R G. Plonk, received an A. B. degree at the University of North Carolina. T w RUFTJS CRIER PLONK, Jr. June 24th Primary Nears ; Workers Busy Four Contests To Be Settled; Eight Days Left Though the state's second pri mary, ordered to determine De mocratic nominees in races not serttled by the first voting on May 27th, is only eight days away, surface excitement did not ap pear too great in ifings 'Mountain as the voting day approached. This did riot mean that work for the various candidates was not underway. King^ Mountain, along with its neighboring county citizens, will help determine on June 24th re sults of the race between Senator Frank P. Graham and Challeng er Willis Smith for the United States Senate, between Wood row W. Jones and Charles E. "Hamil ton for the 11th district Con gressional nomination, between J. Haywood Alien and J. Ray mond Cllne for sheriff of Cleve land County, and between In cumbent L. T. Hamrtck, Jr., and iiueben Elam for Judge of re corder's court. Though most observers were predicting that Cleveland would fall somewhat short of the more than 12,000 votes east in the May 27th primary, It was anticipated that Cleveland, percentage -wise, would poll more votes than some other counties, where local nom inations have already been set tled. The Senate race was getting much attention here from th< standpoint of organizational work. Hal D. Ward, Smith cam paign manager In Kings Moun tain, was beaming with confi ( Cont'd on page efight) Wncaid Elected To High Office At State Eastern Star Session Wyrojirtd. prominw# !CiOg? Mgdt'aju - inffli lected associate grand patron of I ?PJRnpm^Hlrw-'Mor?k Oanffi na at the 45th Grand Chapter 1 seeaton held thla week in Creena- f boro. V ? - ,v j Me. fllWM, ? member of the Besnemer City Eastern Star chap tar, t* a paat deputy district grand patron of the 17th dieufc*. Du.?ng the patt year, he has \ j ? * *- * ~ - S ?Teen wcv? iti tncorfAtiuitiari o> an Bwrtern Star chapter here., , At lite MMoit In Queetatfboto, f Edith Jane Kipeald, daughter of! M4' A* twm* m I*"1"" '"* <*\ Mcjier m\ Ithe Efcther mcmkm ms* LlUte Qu^H fSather. the honor fcavhig toeen mpt'ly it* Bdna C Moag, ihiitty grand Merchants Deciding Inly 4th Holiday Mwrchattte an balloting this w??k to <tot*raln? July 4th. iMrfW***. ? TlM Umi Mountain Mot NEW PASTOR HERE ? Rev. Ro bert In Hardin, pastor of Roe* Path Bap tlat church in ths Sandy Run Association, has accepted a call to Macedonia Baptist church to become it's pastor. Ho Is to as sume his new duties here Sunday. Rev. Ben Plsher has been supply pastor at the church. . Court Session Crowd Pleaser Several sparks set off explos ions for spectators who Jamrrud the courtroom at the regulat ses sion of City Recorders court held at City fftrll Monday afternoon with Judge W. Falson Barnes pre siding. William Butler, who was found guilty of failing to pay a taxi fare', was taxed with costs of court. Warrants have been served against Butter end Ms plaintiff in the case, Coley Freeman, for affray. Both reportedly "swung a few" blows at each other in the hall off the courtroom wing just after the verdict was handed down in thecase. The new charg es ?ure to be h^ard in court Mon day afternoon. Another case that was a crowd pleaser was the one against. Clayton R. Hope, who was origi nally charged with "attempted assault with intent to rape." The charge was changed to assault and Hope paid a fine of $10 and coats. In a case heard at the June 5th session, PMliip A. Myers was found guilty of reckless driving, carrying concealed weapons and Injury to personal property and JpiwMMM Mpling . $210 and boats. Myers damaged plumbing at the city Jail to the extent of some $78 after Ms arrest on June 4th on the reckless driving charge. Other Monday oases and their OUfmmc t irnoludedi ' Case against fcshaway Gist, charged with public drunkenness and disorderly conduct, fined $5 and costs Grady GUtnoce. assault with a deadly weapon, fined $90 and lake M. Reynolds, aafruutt on J (Oont i o? im jo- .' Crooks Nabbed After Accident E. C. McClain, manager of Sterchi's, started out on a rou- ' tine service call la?. Friday aft ernoon. -Before he had returned, he had collected a smashed fen der on the Sterchl truck, and two 1 thief s were lodged in the Gaston county Jail. Mr. McClain was turning off the Gastonia highway at Alex's1 Golf Range, when a Chevrolet car driven by the two culprits smashed him from the rear. Mr. McClain got out to investigate the damage and noticed that one of the occupants of the Chevrolet had already high -tailed It to the woods. The other occupant, Mr. Mc Clain noted, was trying to get the glove compartment opened, and he remaarked, "My friend is Just scared." But the remaining man hit the ground running and made for the woods too. When Patrolman R. B. Harrill arrived, Mr. McClain told him the ! occupants had fled and that they had acted suspiciously. Patrol man Harrill notified patrol head- ' quarters by radio. A short time later, Patrolman i F. C. Simmons, of Cherryville, i apprehended the pair as they emerged from the woods, and picked, them up. In the confines i of tfie Jail, the pair, who gave ! their names as Albert Millaid, 27 of Lawrence, Mass., and Stanton I Howard Goulette, 35, of Attle- j boro, Mass., admitted that they i had stolen the '49 Chevrolet 1n Statesboro, Ga. They said they are paroled prisoners, having served time for armed robbery. ! Officers found a pistol In the glove compartment, and they found a quantity of goods in the trunk of the car, including cloth ing. knives, candy bars, flash light#, dress goods, etc. ? which officers believe to be stolen pro perty also. District Masons To Meet Here * Masons of Gaston, Lincoln, and Cleveland counties, comprising the 28th and 37th Masonic Dls tricts of North Carolina, will ga ther on Wednesday, June 21, for a detailed study of the entire rit ualistic work of Masonic lodges in the new hall of Falrview Lod ge No. 339, Kings Mountain, starting at 2:30 p. m. ?nd con- ! tlnuing until 9:30. Supper wiH be served at six! o'clock by the ladies of the Kings Mountain Chspter of Eastern 1 Star. One of the sections of work to 1 be studied will be the second sec- 1 ik>n of the Third Degree, which ' will be done at the night session, 1 with the degree team of Cleve- 1 land Lodge No. 202, Shelby, par ticipating in full regalia. Other lodcss of the 38th and 37th Dls- I tricts will present the other sec ? mm - fttipws, omit tinsr ! ? < '^Jpnvpj^wMnlna cfons, and most of die lectures. D. C. Wright, district deputy j grand lecturer, of Mooresboro, wiH bo tn charge. Many certified! io-turei*?, including ftai C. Kin -I grand Jsctaren, will he on] 1 1 1 v no observe careful i;- and of | ier constructive I 4 Si Commissioners Hold Regular ' June Session The city board of commission ers conducted principally routine business at their regular month ly session Wednesday. The board passed a privilege license ordinance for 1950, ac cepted low bids of Reynolds Mo tors on a police car and dump truck, and decided not to pur chase immediately a ditch <11^ ger. The privilege license ordinance, which requires almost all types of business operated in the city to pay a privilege license tax, was enacted on the same schedule as for 1949 with or.e exception. The board lowered the tax required of loan agencies from $100 to $-5. The board accepted low bid for a four -door Plymouth sedan to he used as' a policecar, at $1,400, and low bid on a two-ton dump truck-cab and chasis, at $1,650. Other bids included: from Vic tory Chevrolet Company, for a four-door sedan, $1,000, and for the truck, $1,700, F.x>m Plonk Mo tor Comapny, for rx four-door se dan, $1,450, and tor the specified The board did not act on bids for a tar spreader, delaying ac tion for further in estiga-tion. Peggy Hammond Education Director Miss Peggy Hammond, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Lambert J. Hammond of Spartanburg, S. C. is serving as director of Christian education for the summer at Cen tral Methodist church. Miss Hammond, a student at Greens boro college, is majoring in reli gious education. minoring in voice, and serving as a member of the YWCA and the GleeOJub. "Miss Hammond brings to our work many lovely gifts; ah earn est, devout Christian character; a gracious, charming personality and keen intellect. Her activities are not confined to the Daily Va cation Bible School and Youth Work, but in rendering beautiful solos at the preaching services. An energetic, tireless worker Miss Hammond has endeared herself to all groups of the church, it is through the interest of Mrs. E. W. Griffin, President of the W. S. C. S, and her co-workers that it has been possible for the church to take this forward step in Chris tian education," said Rev. J. H. Brendall, thepastor, in announc ing Miss Hammond's appoint ment. Building Permits Issued At City Hall Building permits have been is sued at City Hall to thefollow-' ing: * Warren Reynolds, on June 15, for construction of a woodwork j shop, $1,000. W. B. Barber, on June 14, for new four-room dwelling on Sims street, $1,800. Clyde Combs, oh June 12, new five-room house on Linwood road, $3,800 Ray A. Kirby, on May 29th, eon struetion of a garage, $600. First National Bank, May 31st, I alterations, $70ft M. C. Amos, May 30th, altera . tiona, $200. Emmltft Ross, May 31st; garage Linwood road, $100. E. S. Medlin, May 20, new five room house Canslcr street, $1,500. Jaycee Beauty Show To Be Held Friday HI i mu III? ?? TO SING BENEFIT ? Miss Fran ces Summers, soprano, will sin? a benefit conceit on the evening oi July 6 at the high school au ditorium under sponsorship of the Kings Mountain Klwanis club, itwas announced this week. Proceeds from the concert will go 1 to the Ktwans club's underprivi leged children fund. Miss Sum mers. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. | Ffank R. Su?*iiuer?, recant ly com- j in voice at the University of Tex- 1 as. She Is a graduate of Salem ; College. Four Attending Boys State Four Kings Mountain boys are representing the city at annual Boys State, the week-long pro- 1 gram at Chapel Hill sponsored by the American Legion, in ooopera- | tion with the Institute of Govern- ' men Attending from Kings Moun-j tain afe Donald Patterson, son of' Mr. and Mm. Lloyd Patterson, I sponsored by the Kings Moun- 1 tain Kiwanis Club; James Yar- ! boro, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Yarboro, sponsored by the Kings Mountain Junior Chamber of Comerce; Bobby Edens, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Edens, spon sored by the Kings Mountain Lions club; and John Warlick, sponsored by Otis D. Green Post 155, American Legion. Chosen to attend but unable to make the trip were Clifton Mor gan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Morgan, and Gene Mauney, son of Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Mauney. The representatives were chosen from the rising senior class of j Kings Mountain high school, on ' the basis of scholarship and cit izenship. The group will return home Sunday. The annual Boys State is a concentrated seven -day program, at which representatives from all of North Carolina learn about I government by practicing It. j New Police FM Set Officially On Air Kings Mountain police depart ment's new frequency modula tion radio officially went on the air Wednesday replacing the old AM set which had been in opera tion since 1942. The city was forced to change from AM to FM by a Federal Communjchii.rns Commission or 'der to get off theold channel, ; Chief N. M. Farr said yesterday. ? ' | Thenew model, call letters KIC '243, enables the Kings Mountain | department to contact the Shelby I police department and the Blow ing Rock state highway patrol i station. BL Lawrence Mauitey Is Member Of Bankers' Fifty Year Club" R. Lawrence Mauney, promi nent Kings Mountain citizen -and vice-president of the First Na tional Bank, has received a cer tificate of membership In the "Fifty Year Club," of the North Carolina Bankers association. Mr. Mauney thus Joins an exj j elusive group in North CaroMna banking circles. The certificate, signed by J. H. Waldrop, president, and Fred W. Greene, executive secretary, ? of 1 the association, reads: "In recog nition of 50 years of distinguish ed service to banking In North Carolina, this certificate of mem bertfilp in the Fifty Year Club ha* been presented to B. Law- . rence Mauney, by action of the executive committee of the North J Carolina Bankers association." | Parking meter receipts for the week which ended on Wed nesday totaled $180.65 accord lair to report by City Clerk ft. A. Crouse. $ ' ?? >. k . i ? n '? ?-* M ? ? 25 Competing Foi Two Titles At Beauty Event 1 _______ Twenty -five Kings Mountain girls wil vie for two beauty ti tles Friday night at the high school auditoium as the Kings Mountain Junior Chamber of Commerce conducts contests to determine who shall be designa ted "Miss Kings Mountain of 1950" and "Miss Kings Mountain Junior, of 1950." The contest will begin at eight o'clock. , The contests in both divisions will be conducted under rules of the national Miss America con tests, with the winners in the sen ior divisit (ages 18-281 to repre A. parade of beauty contes tants in the J aycee- sponsored Kinju Mountain beauty - pa geant* scheduled for Friday night will be conducted throu gh the business section o 1 the city beginning at 3 o'clock Fri day afternoon, it was announc ed by Jaycee officials. sent the city in the state beauty contest at Wrightsville Beach. Winner In the junior division (ages 14-17) will represent the city at the Tobacco Festival in Heisville! Out-of-town Judge!, will name the winners on the basis of beau ty and talent. On Thursday night, the Jay cees held the first part of their two-night program, when some 35 youngsters, ages one to .five, competed for the loving cups a warded to "Little Mr. Kings Mountain" and "Little Miss Kings Mountain." Contestants in the senior divis ion are: Misses Betty Stone, Ai leen Barnett, Betty Falls, Wanda Dancy, Jo Ann Wright, Mary Hel en Wright, Bonnie Mcintosh, Joan Wilson, Betty Sue Pendleton, Thelma Goforth, and Jean Cash. Contestants for the Junior ti tle are: Misses Peggy Davis, Bet ty Wilson, Margaret Lewis, Doris Beam, Lola Faye Hardin, Virginia Ledford, Audrey Byers, Joan Thomasson, Sara Kincaid, Evelyn Cline, Ruby Crawford, Ruth Crawford, Ramona Allen, Etha Hawkins, and Shirley Greene. James Allran, of Cherryville, will serve as master of ceremon ies. Ralph Spearman served as chairman, Grady. "Howard, co chatrman and I. Ben Goforth, Jr., entries chairman for the two-ev ening affair. ! Admission to the show is $1.00 ( per person. Employers Urged To Grant Leaves All employers of members of Reserve components of the Arm ed Forces and of the National Guard were urged this week by Secretary of Defense Ix>uis John son to he liberal In granting special leaves of absence for I participation in this annual pert jor of military training. The Kings Mountain National [Guard unit is scheduled to leave lJuly 2nd for a 15-day training | period at Fort Jackson, S O. Secretary Johnson nc -.u that j it 1s e.^pejially important, in view i of the current "position of world affairs, that every possible man undergo this summer's training -program. Captain Humes Houston, of j Headqua rters A Hq. Co., 3rd bat italion, 120th infantry, N. C. N. G., announced this week authoriza tion tor an additional increase In personnel, Ten openings are now lieted in the company and inter ested men are urged to check at Ihe armory motor shed on ?hifer road or contact Capt Houston. City Accepting 1950 Tax Payments 1 Now la tlx time to pcry city taxes to qualify (or a two percent discount Under the law. the advance paymoul discount declines to one and one-half percent after Jane 40. The city Is accepting sor.