Population City Limits 7.193 (Final Unofiicial Census 1950) Immediate Trading Area 15.000 (1945 Ration Board Figures) VOL.61 NO. 25 16 Pages Today Sixty-First Year Kings Mountain. N. C.. Friday. June 23. 1950 Established 1889 PRICE FIVE CENTS CONRAD HtEliE Rev. F. L. Conrad, D. D., of Salisbury, president of the United Evangelical Lutheran Synod of North Carolina, will deliver the sermon at the 11 a. m. service at St. Matthew's Lutheran cnurch, June 25th. BUILDING PERMITS Building permit was issued at City Hall Wednesday to Clyde Taylor for construction ?of a new five-room dwelling ?on North Watterson street, es timated cost $2,500. . METER RECEIPTS receipts for the week which ended on Wed nesday totaled $15433 accord ing to a report toy City Clerk S. A. Crouse. RECITAL TICKETS Ti^ets are now on sale for Summers, Kings Mountain so prano. Tickets, at $1.00 for adults and 50 cents for stu dents may itr??- ' ?? m - ? - J JATCCE CONTEST WINNERS ? Shown above are winners and runneis up in the Jaycee boauty con test held last Friday night and winnex of the "little Miss Kings Mountain" contest held on Thursday night June 15. Seated at canter is Jean Cash, dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. David Cash, who was adjudg ed Miss Kings Mountain of 1950. Wearing the ban ner of "Miss Kings Mountain Jr., '50/' is Saia Kin ccdd, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Kinccdd, who was chosen winner in the Junior division. At left is Betty Wilson; runner-up in the junior division, and at right of Miss Cash is Wanda Dancy. runner-up in the senior division- Miss Cash will represent the city in the North Carolina beauty pageant at Wrightsville Beach, and Miss Kincald will represent the city at the Tobacco Festival in Reidsville. (Lit tle Mr. Kings Mountain pictured below, was not present for the group picture of the winners.) (Photo by Carlisle.) ?- ? ? 1 ? WEAR JUVENILE CROWlfS ? Shown abort holding JOrlng cirpo oar* Pcrttie Howard, flvo year-old daughter of Mr. and Mm. Grady How ard and threo-y?ar-old "Chip" McGinnis, ?on o< Mr. and Mrs. J: T. McGlnnU. respectively choMn "Uttlo Mi?o Kings Mountain" and Uttb Mr. Kings Mountain'* at tho bothy contests conducted by tho Junior Chamber of Commorco on Juno IS. (Photo by Carllsl*.) . > i : ? ? ; ? GriJjin Drug Store Robbed Of Narcotics - ; ? : ? ?- ? i ; t ?> ^ Several Area I Stores Recent ,;*] Robbery Victims ? ? -. /"" Griffin Drug Company was en tered early Wednesday morning and a quantity of narcotics valu ed at around $250 was reported missing according to Tfpc-.'. toy on official of the firm. The robbery reportedly took place around 4 'a. m. and wm evidently a "professional" Jofej done in quick time, according to report*. ' Chief of Police N. M. Parr, who, called in a federal narcotics agent on the case, said the fed eral agent told him the robbery hero followed the Mine pattern of several recent robberies of drug Store* in grounding 'owns. ' J The federal agent told Chief Parr that (he pattern here fol- 1 lowed the same pattern in regent ' W ' ? 1,11 . ? - ? ? i .. . ? ? robberies at Belmont, Gastonla, and other nearby (owns, and list ed the local robbery as "another to a particular group of narcotic* thieves. Entry to the Griffin firm was gained through the front door and exk was through the rear door o i the firm; The lock on the narcotic locker was broken off. Mm Ed Earley, employee at the Southern Bell switch bord of- j j flee across the street tfom the ; 1 drug store, reported unusual 1 noises to the desk sargeant at po- ! lice headquarters around 3 a. m. tt was reported. % Officers W. G. Ellison and P. A. Hawkins, who were on patrol at the time reported to the scene and reported (y called the. police station for . hloodhoundti. Mrs.1 Early aJse reported to theofficers that she saw someone running down Cherokee street and heard a car "take ofT it Is understood. Police reported nothing n*w on the ease Thursdi, afternoon. ' Miss Summers '"Ml "Jli' < To Sing Sunday Miss Frances Summers, Kings Mountain soprano, will sing an j all-sacred recital at the Ascen- j slon Lutheran church in Shelby on Sunday evening at 7:30. Miss Summers will sing a four part program, and she will be accompanied by her sister, Miss Virginia Summers. The program follows: I Come Unto Him? "Messiah" ? Handel. How Beautiful Are The Feet of Them ? "Messiah" ? Handel. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring ? Cantata No. 147 ? Bach. Alleluja ? From the Motet "Exsultate, Jubilate" ? Mozart. II Biblical Songs ? Dvorak. Clouds and darkness are round about Him. Lord, thou art my refuge and 1 my shield. ?Hear my prayer, O Lord. God Is My Shepherd. I will sing new songs of glad ness. III Just As I Am ? Bradbury. (I Heard The Voice of Jesus Say ? Dykes. r ay Is Dying dn the West ? Sherwln. > ,'? ^ IV I Walked Toaay Where Jesus Walked? O'Hara Consider and Hear Me ? Pfleuger. Were You There? ? Negro Spir itual. ? . How Lovely Are Thy Dwell ings? Liddle. The Lord's Prayer? Forsyth. Max Yarbrough Bites Friday Funeral services for Max Yar brough, 37, former Kings Moun tain citizen, who was killed In an autotmobile accident ?t Colum bus, Ga., Wednesday morning, will be held at Elizabeth Baptist church near Shelby tm Friday morning at 11 o'clock. Rev. Boyd Cannon and Rev, W. G. Camp will conduct the rftes. The body arrived at Palmer Mortuary, Shelby, yesterday, and will remain at the home of his father, Albert Yaifcrough, in the Elizabeth community until the funeral hour. . Surviving are Ms wife. Mrs. Hazel Kelly Yerbrough, formerly of Neunan, Ga, a son, his father, oiKht toothers, Evans Yarbrough, of Spartanburg. S. C, and Lee, WilHam, John, Ben, Randolph, Darvin, and Jesse Yarbrough, all of Cleveland county, and two sis fcers, Miss Elva Yarbrough, of Charlotte, and MUs Sally Yar brough, also of Cleveland county. Mr. Yarbroi'gh's first wife was the former Miss Ovelhi Roberts, of Kings Mountain, who last her Hfe \n an auto acc.'uiem in i*Uf ton, Ark., in l?4'> Recorder Court Session Monday Was Long One ?? Some 25 cases were heard in ? Recorders court Monday after noon in teh regular weekly ses sion and some dozen other cases were not tried for various rea sorts according to a study of court records on file at City Hall. I Capiases have been issued in ; niariy of the cases held over and other* were continued to the next session for various other reasons. | Six defendants were convicted on charges of public drunken ness. . Two cases resulted tn a verdict of not guilty and one was non suited, thrown out for lack of ev idence. William R. Butler was found not guilty on a charge of affray and Robert Edgerton was freed of a charge of illegal pos session of liquor for beverage purposes. Case against Bobbie Eugene Sanders, who was char ged with reckless driving, was thrown out of court because the APUiP the. public highway at the -time^He cliarge was made but was driving in the parking lot at Silver Villa grill on East King street. Fred Davis, of Gastonia, ap pealed a verdict of guilty on charges of driving drunk and without a drivers license and il . legal possession for "beverage ' purposes and is free under $275 bond. He had been ordered to pay ' a fine of $125 and costs. Alvin Taylor, of Cherryville, re j quested a jury trial on charges | of driving drunk, no drivers li ; cense and illegal possession for beverage purposes. His bond was set at $350. Case against Marshall Albert Wells," who was chained with speeding ?0 miles per hour, was transferred to county recqrders i court. Floyd E. Jackson, who was charged with driving without an operator's permit, was given con tinued prayer for Judgment. Eugene Camp, on an old case charging him with abandonment (Cont'd on page eight) 175 Attended Masonic School Some 175 Masons of the 28th and 37th districts, which include Gaston, Lincoln and Cleveland counties, attended the school of {nltfuction held at Fairvlew No. 339, A. F & A M., Wednesday afternoon and even ing. The program of district schools ; of instruction was inaugurated a bout two years ago, .and only a few other meetings of this kind have been held previously in North Carolina. For the local Masons, it was the first dinner meeting held at the new 'Lodge hall. Members of the Kings Mountain Eastern Star chapter served the dinner. D. C. Wright, of Mooresboro, district deputy grand lecturer, was dn charge of the meeting, and a number of grand lodge of ficers were present for the meet ing, as well as Masons from ad joining districts, including Fred C. Klnzie, grind lecturer. Degree teams from Lawndale, Gastonia, Shelby, and Mt. Holly exemplified ihe ritualistic work. The visiting Masons expressed themselves as highly pleased with the work accomplished and voiced, a hope that the schools of Instruction would be increas ed in numfosr and frequency. Legion Jnniors Face Lwcolnton In Important Tilt Friday Night ith a record of six wins and three Jpsses, two to powerful1 Gastonia, the Kings Mountain A mertcan Legion junior baseball team, currently in third place, U scheduled |o face the aec6nd 1 place Llncolnton juniors here at J City Stadium Friday night in the first of five crucial games sched uled to finish out the first round schedule. A game with Hickory, ' the team that defeated the Lew ! is men 3 to 2 at Hickory on June ! 13th, Is carded for City Stadium ' Monday night in the final home contest at the first round of play in Area 4 League 2. Coaches Buddy Lewi* and J. R. Bradshaw are expected to send] Righthander Charles Kirby after the Llncolnton nine Friday night, his third try against Coach Jack. Klssfa outfit. ..... I The game at Llncolnton ached uj?d for June 10 was stopped In ^ie top of the fifth with Kirby , i on top by 6 to 3. Three Lincoln- ! ' ton pitchers had seen service, Beam, Sisk, and Bolton. In a second try, on June 15, J Llncolnton came from behind [ to tie the game In the bottom of [the fourth at 2-all before the game was called by the umpire A fourth pitcher, Righthander John - 1 ny Little, was on the hill In the second game. Ace Southpaw Tommy Harkey or Little is expected to get Coach Kiser's nod for the Friday assign - metn here. Next week the Mountaineers are scheduled to go to Taylors- j vllle on Wednesday afternoon, to , Llncolnton Thursday night (June 30) and next Friday night at 8 p. m. finish up the card ih Cher ryviiie. Hickory is expected to send ei ther Lawrence Rhoney or To r.my . Swatzel, both righthander?, to (Cont'd on page eight) I / PARTICIPATE IN ORDINATION SERVICE ? Rev. W. G. Cobl,. left, will deliver the sermon, cmd Dr. F. L Conrad, president of the North Car olina Lutheran Synod, will be in charge of the ordination service at St. Matthew's Lutheran cburch here Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, when North Carolina's 1950 graduates of the Lutheran seminary will | be ordained into the ministry. . Lutheran Ordination Two Local Men To Be Ordained Into Ministry , Recent seminary graduates of ithe United Evangelical Lutheran Synod of North Carolina will be ordained into the ministry at an ordination service at St. Mat thew's Lutheran churcti here on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, it was announced by the pastor, 'Rev. William H. Slender, B. D. Included in the group to be or dained are WilJiam Frank Med lin, Jr., of Kings Mountain, and Hoyle Lee Whiteside, formerly of j Kings Mountain. Dr. F. L. Conrad, president of | the North Carolina Synod will be in charge of the service. He will I be assisted by the Rev. George Frederick Schott, Jr., of Spencer, secretary of the Synod; the Rev. B. E. Perea of Rural Hall, statis tical secretary of the Synod, and the Rev. E. R. Lineberger of East Spencer, who will administer the Lord's Supper. The ordination service is one of the ancient orders of the chur ch, in which the Holy Office of the Word and Sacraments are committed to the ordinands, as they are consecrated as ministers of the church, by the laying on of hands. Performing this rite will be the officers of the Synod and the officiating ministers. At the conclusion of the ordi nation service, the Lord's Supper wiil be administered to the young men who have been con secrated. ' The ordination sermon will be preached by the Rev. W. G. Cobb, pastor of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran chuich of Cherryville. where he has been pastor since June 1927. Mr. Cobb has served 36 years in the Lutheran minis try In Tennessee, Virginia, and N. C. He has two sons who are now serving In the ministry, and two daughters who are married to Lutheran pastors, one of whom la Dexter Moser, a member of the ordination group. Other mem bers otf the ordination group are: William Gilmer Boggs, Ralph Edgar Eckard, Gray Lawrence Freeze, Ernest R. Lineberger, Jr., J. L. Peeler, Harold Monroe Yo- j der, and Jacob Hosea Young. UNC GRADUATE ? Mil. R. H. Beason, formerly Miss Iva Jean Kincaid, of Kings Mounain. is a 1950 graduate oi the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Mrs. Beason received an A. B. de gree in education. She Is the dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Kincaid. Girl Scouts To Attend Camp A. large number of Kings Mountain Girl Scouts and Brown ie Scouts have made reservations at Camp Rotary, area Girl Scout camp, for the current season, it was announced this week by Miss Fannie Funderburke, Girl Scout executive. ; Vacancies at Camp Rotary still exist for the third period from July 10-23, and fourth period, July 24 ? August 6, It was an nounced. E. T Plott, of Kings Mountain, 'is a member of the camp comr I mltteo. The following from Kings Mountain have made reserva tions for attendance at camp: First Period ? Penelope Cans ler, Peggy Wren Craig, "Norma Hamrick, Judith Cox, Phyllis Dean, Jane Thomson, Guy Ann Henderson, Barbara Jane Proctor, Ann Lee Evans, Jacqueline D. Dixon, Roberta Stender, Polly Page, Carol Jane Barber, Ann Cansler Falls, Linda Anne Biser, Rita Anne Mufstickler. Second Period ? Penelope Cansler, Peggy Wren Craig, Dor othy Gail Hampton, Judith B. Neill, Becky Thornburg, Marjorie Elise White, Sue Jane Barrett, Betty Jean Plonk. I Third Period ? Jean D. Ar- ] thur, Joyce Dixon, Sara Houser, Lyvonne Lindsay, Patricia Mai- j colm, Margin Derice Weir, Jackie Arnette, Jerrie Lea McCarter, Billie Louise Mabry. Sandra Jo Evans, Anita McGlnnis. * Fourth Period ? Cynthia W Plott. i Tribblt Building WiU Be Auctioned The Tibbie building on Moun tain street, now occupied by D. 6 j H. Barber Shop, will be sold at public auction on the premises at noon on Monday, July 3, 1 cording' to legal announcement appearing In the current iwue of the Herald. The building, owned by the late R. P. Tribble, colored bar feer, will be told by Prank Sum mers, executor and com minion er of the Tribble e-Hate Local Voters To Help Decide Four Run-Offs County and state Democratic ,n>,itieal races will be sot tied, at least, temporarily, on Saturday, as voters in Cleveland county and North Carolina go to the polls for the second Democratic pri mary.- v . ; j . Business of the day in Kings Mountain is to help determine who shall be Democratic nomi nees for U. S. Senator, 11th dis trict Congressman, sheriff and '? judge of recorder's court. The candidates for the nomi nations are: !' For U. S, Senator. Frank P. Graham, incumbent, and Willis., j Smith. For 11th district Congressman, Wood row W. Jones and Charles E.Hamilton. - For sheriff, J. Raymond Cline, former sheriff, and J. Haywood n^jf chief mi-. ? . For recorSer, L. T. Hamrlek, Jr. incumbent, and Rueben Elam. ? Senator Gr?ih?ttVi fed Willis ! Smith by 53,000 votes in the first ! primary, but Smith led in Kings 1 Mountain in excess of 300 votes. ! Mr. Jones had a 3,460-vote lead j over Mr. Hamilton in the first ! primary and Jones also, polled a ! large lead in Kings Mountain, j For sheriff, Mr. Cline led Mr. ?Allen by 775 votes in the first race, though Mr. Allen led the vo ting in Kings Mountain. Mr. Hatnrick led Mr. Elam by .31 votes in the Recorder race. In j Kings Mountain, Mr. Hamrlek j had a large lead j Outwardly the political situa J tion has been quiet in Kings ; Mountain during the final week i of campaigning, though support ers of the several candidates Primary Facts Polls open 6:3C a- m- close 6:30 p. m. Kings Mountain polling pla ces: East Kings Mountain pre cinct, Mrs. Nell Cranford, reg istrar, at City Hall courtroom. West Kings Mountain precinct* Charles Campbell, registrar. Victory Chevrolet Company. Beth-Ware precinct. Mrs. La mar Herndon, registrar, Beth Waie school. Eligible voters: registered Democrats. Number of ballots, two (one for state and district offices, one for county officers.) Predicted vote: in Cleveland - county, 8,000 to 9-000. In three Kings Mountain area boxes, 1,400 to 1.700. have left no stones unturned in j an effort to get every possible ' vote for their favorites. , In general, political observers [ predict a much lower vote than was cast in the first primary, I when three Kings Mountain box | es total 2197 votes and when more than 12,000 were cast In Cleveland county. On the other hand, ft is predicted that Cleve land's vote will be larger, per centagewise, than the total in some other counties, because of the sheriff and recorder contests. I Generally, citizens are more in I terested in county races than in district or state wide contests. I " " ' I Kings Mountain campaign managers were confident of their candidates' chances. Hal Ward, manager of the Smith campaign here, expressed confidence that the Smith suporters would turn out in force, and Faison Barnes, Graham manager, was equally confident that gains for Graham would be shown. J G. Darracott, Jones campai gn manager, said he anticipated victory for his condidate on both local and district levels. Hamil ton supporters (Mr. Hamilton did not name an official manager here) were confident their can didate would improve his show ing in the second race. Mis. Gantt Critically 01 Mrs. Bessie Gantt, well-known Kings Mountain citizen, is in a critical condition at Shelby hos pital, following a cerebral hem orrhage suffered early Monday. Mrs. Gantt had not regained consciousness late Thursday ?morning and the physician in charge had told members of her family that they were quite doubtful that ?he would fewer.