. . City Limits 7.193
(Final Unofficial Census 1950)
Immediate Trading Area 15.000
(1945 Ration Board Figures)
VOL.61 NO. 26
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Pages
Today
Sixty.First Year
Kings Mountain. N. C.. Friday. June 30. 1950
Established 1889
PRICE FIVE CENTS
r METER RECEIPTS
Parking meter receipts for
last week totaled $153.8? ac
cording to a report from (the of
fice of the city treasurer;
CROSBYS MOVE
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Crosby
have moved into the residence
at 409 S. Battleground Avenue.
They formerly resided on Pre
nix street.
LEGION SUPPER
A ham-and-egg supper will
be served members of Otis D.
Green Post 155, American Le
gion, at the Legion building
Saturday night from 6:30 to
8:30 p. m., according to an
nouncement by Paul Mauney,
commander.
STANBURY HERE SUNDAY
Dr W. A. Stanbury, district
superintendent, will deliver .
the Sunday morning sermon at
Central Methodist church in
the absence of Rev. J. H. Bren
dan who is on vacation.
JAYCEES TAKE HOLIDAY
Regular meetlhg of the
Kings Mountain Junior Cham
ber of Commerce will not be
held on Tuesday, according to
announcement by W. Faison
Barries. ptftsMent. The meeting
4th holiday, Mr. Barnes said.
^ HOUDAY FISHING
Persons wishing to fish at the
City lake on July 4th are being
reminded this-' week that the
city office will 'be closed on
July 4th, and they are request
ed to purchase their fishing
permits on Monday.
AT FORT BBLVOIR
FORT BELVOIfi, Va. ? Among
10 ROTC cadets arriving here
this week from North Carolina
State college for a six-week
training program was George
R. Tolleson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. W. Tolleson, Kings
Mountain, N-. C. The current
Engineer ROTC summer camp
is the largest of any previous
similar activity.
ON HONOR ROLL
MARS HILL ? .The names of
Demauth Blantcm and Barbara
Jean Matthewo, of Kings Moun
tain appear on the dean's hon
or list at Mars Hill College for
the second semester of the
1949-50 term, released this
week from the registrar's of
fice. To be eligible for a place
on the dean's list a student
must earn a total of 40 quality
credits with n-> grade below C.
Last semester 87 out of ap
proximately 900 students made
the list.
Macedonia Enrolled
120 At Bible School
Closing exericles at the Mace
donia Baptist church Bible school
were held Wednesday night. A
total of 120 pupils were enrolled
for the school, and average daily
attendance was 110.
The school was directed toy
Miss Essie Maheny, who is serv
ing with the Sunday Sdiool
board of the Baptist State Con
. vent Ion.
Bible study, character training,
missionary activities, and hand
work suitable to the different
ages were provided the faculty
which included: Tom Smith, Su
perintendent of Sunday School,
Miss Joyce Jenkins, Mrs. T. E.
Moss, Mrs. Vada Herndon, Mrs.
Ruth Lynn, Mrs. M. L. Holcomb,
Miss Dutch Cloniger, Mrs. John
Weaver, T. E. Moss, Mrs. George
Sellers, Mrs. Jess Jenkins, Mrs.
Bertha Williams, M. L. Hol
comb, and Mr. Williams. 'Hiose
serving on the refreshment com
mittee were Mrs. Miracle Page,
Mrs. Ernest Vfcks, Mrs. Baxter
Smith, Mrs. M. B. Martin and
Kossie Wright.
Rev. Gore Moves
To Zionvflle
Rev. E. O. Gore, pastor of Oak
View Baptist church, located sev
eral miles south <rf Kings Moun
tain on York road, has accepted
a call to JHonville it was announ
ced thte week.
Rev. and Mrs. Gore, and son,
Bobby, moVed last week to the
Watauga county town, located
near Boone. He will serve as pas
tor of Silveitone Baptist chqfttt
? Sons Carl and Harley Gore will
continue to live in Kings Moun
tain it was
rhp well-known raMi
pastor of Oak View church for
the past eleven years, coming
here to Ms first pastorate.
Rev. Earl Oxford, of Ruthef
fordton. y serving as supply
past?r.:r, WktCi
Traffic light
System Approved
At Rail Crossing
Mayor J. E. Herndon said
Thursday that permission has
been obtained from Southern
Railway company to tie in a traf
fic light system with the rail
road signal light at the Mountain
sttcat crossing and that the light
system is already on order.
According to ^he installation
plan, traffic signal lights will be]
erected at the corner of Battle
ground avenue and Mountain
street and at the corner .of Rail
I road avenue and Mountain street.
The signal lights will be syn
cronized with the railroad's
warning "light. When a train ap
proaches, the traffic lights will
automatically flash a red stop
signal to both eastbound and
westbound motor traffic on
Mountain street.
Effort to secure permission
from Southern Railway for erec
tion of the system began many
months ago.
Erection of the system is de
signed to alleviate a bad traffic
situation, which has 'been con
stantly worsening. Motorists find
it difficult to enter the heavily
traveled Battleground, avenue
(also U. S. Highway 29) from
Mountain street. At times east
bound traffic backs up across the
rail tracks. Poor vision makes it
difficult for westbound motorists
to .enter Battleground aveaue
; siiMy.
Lions Officers
Are Installed
Officers and directors of the
Kings Mountain Lions club for
1950-51 were installed at the
meeting of the club Tuesday
night.
J. W. (Bill) Osborne, Shelby
lawyer, veteran Lion, and past
secretary of the district, was the
installing officer, and conducted
a short, but impressive ceremony
in which he outlined to each of
fleer and gjroup of officers the
duties of the several offices.
Incoming President Otto (Toby)
Williams received thepresident's
gavel from retiring President
Sam Weir and told the members
of the club he anticipated "an
active year.'.'
"A good record for the coming
year will require work on the
part of each member," Mr. Wil
liams said, "for the day of easy
money has passed. I am confi
dent that the forthcoming year
will 'be a good one for the Lions
club."
Other officers installed In
clude: Tolly Shuford, Gene Pat
teTaon, and Horace Hord, vice
presidents; Dan Huffstetler, sec
retary; J. C. McKlnney, treasur
er; Sam Stalling*, tail twister;
Bob Osborne, assistant tall twist
er; and Bruce McDaniel, Lion
tamer. Directors for the coming
year include Dr. N. H. Reed, Hil
ton Ruth and Ertle Powers, two
years, and Rev. J. H. Brendall, E.
E. Marlowe and Ollie Harris, one
year.
Phenix Paying
Holiday Bonos
Employees of the Phenix Plant
of Burlington Mills will receive
vacation payments this week to
talling approximately $13,500,
Superintendent R. F. Daughtery
has announced.
The payments to employees
will be made Immediately before
the closing of the plant for the
July 4 holidays. Persons who
have been With the company
from one to five years will re
ceive approximately a week's pay
(two per cent of annual wages)
and those who have been with
the company for five years or
longer will receive approximate
ly two week's pay (four per cent
of annual wages.)
FINAL SCORE
Rings Mtn. 001 000 000 1
L/lncolnton 102 020 OOx 5
Rhby and Cobb; - . |
Kartcey and Gates
Miss Freeleve Black Retiring
On Friday From Postal Service
Kings Mountain citizen* buying ,
and caching money orders Satur
day morning will find a new face
at the money order window, for
Miss Freelove Mack, veteran
postoffice clerk, W1H cioae out her
books for the last time on Friday
afternoon after almost 31 years
as an employee of the Kings
Mountain poetoffiee
Miaa Black Ia retiring as of
June 30. and Millard Prince win
> take over th? duties of money j
order clerk. ; * . J
If th pre la one characteristic '
standing out in Mi? Black's long
career, it i? dependability, She
estimates that she haa miMwJ
not more than a total of three
months in the three decade* due
to IllfteM, An attack of flu kept
her out for one period, and an at
tack of mumps did it another
time. ?
During this period, Miss Kree
love, as she la familiarly known,
has worked for four Kings Moun
tain postmasters. She started to
woik when the poMofflce was re
(Cont'd on page twelve)
OFF TO BEAUTY CONTEST?' "Mill Kings Mountain of 1950," 18
year-old Jean Cash, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Cash, leaves
Friday for Wilmington, whore she will cepresent the city and local
Junior Chamber of Commerce in the annual Miss North Carolina
Beauty pageant at Wrightsville Beach Monday. Monday's program
is a full one, beginning with a parade in the morning, followed by
talent contests in the afternoon and the beauty eliminations In the
evening. The contest U to be held at the Lumna audiorlum.
Local Citizens Watch
Korean Development
Kings Mountain citizen#, along
with the nation and the world,
were watching the Korean war
with crossed fingers this week.
The big question was whether
the Invasion of South Korea by
the Communst troops of North
Korea would furnish the match
to light the fu.-e of another
World War.
Uniformly, the hope was that
It would not. At the eametime,
the coneeusua o! opinion In Kings
Mountain appeared to be that the
policy o<f the United States gov
ernment In supporting the South
Korean Republic Is the proper
one and that Russia, if bluffing,
will continue her taking ways
until her blufi is called^
Opinions of .service veterans,
most of whom were mustered out
of army, navy and marine corps
in 1945 and 19 16, varied, but the
possibility of entering uniform
again was definitely on their
minds. Some &aid they'd wait to
be called. Others indicated they
would volunteer of offede ratings
held at time : discharge.
The development in Korea of
fered a much more serious note
to the forthcoming departure on
Sunday of the Kings Mountain
National Gu^'d untt for a two*
week training period at Fort
Jackson, S. C. v,apt. Humes Hous
ton, , company commander, saW
he had recei ved no word from
headquarters. .<in<* the Korean
blow-up.
- The incident brought immedi
ate extension of the draft law,
though Secreary of Defense
Million has said no immediate
Inductions are planned. The
stock market and commodity
markets reacted violently to the
war news early in the week but
had steadied somewhat by Wed
nesday.
Tribble Building
Auction On Monday
The Tribble building, along
with barber shop fixtures and
other equipment In the building,
will be sold at public auction at
noon on Monday at the premises.
The property was owned by the
late R. P. Tribble, colored barber,
and la being sold by Frank R.
Summer^, executor and commis
sioner of the Tribble estate,
i _? ?? ' ?
Lambeth Hope
Buys Local riant
Lambeth Rope Coropration, of
New Bedford, Mass., purchased
the assets of Kings Mountain
Narrow Fabrics, Inc., bankrupt,
at a sale conducted by the referee
In bankruptcy in Charlotte on
Monday. '
Bid of $55,000 by the Massa
chusetts concern was confirmed.
The company operates plants
In New England and has. main
tained an office In Charlotte,
with Frank Burke as manager.
Harold Hunnicutt, trustee for
the bankrupt concern, said he
understood Mr. Burke was expec
ting to move to Kings Mountain
and that the Lambeth company
expected to operate the local
plant.
Services Hold
For Lorry Boily
Larry Lee Bally, 4-yearoM son
of Mr. and Mrs. Broadua Bally, of
Margrace mill, died Friday night
around 9:45 p, m. at Shelby h<ri
pltal afte: an illness of three
days.
Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock at
the home, conducted by Rev. R.
L. Hardin, pastor of Macedonia
Baptist. Burial was in Oak
lawn cemetery at Gaffney, S. C.
Survivors include his parent*
two sisters, Martha and Elolse
Bally, and three brothers, Wil
liam. Kenneth and Donnie Ray
Bally.
PRIVILEGE LICENSES
? Privilege licenses for Kings
Mountain business firms for
1950-51 expire Friday. Pur
chase of new licenses 1m re
quired of all business firms,
and the law provides penalties
for those who fall .to purchase
licenses prior to July 311.
Miss Summers
Gives Program
For Her Recital
Miss Frances Summers, Kings
Mountain soprano, will sing a
four-part benefit recital next
-Thursday evening at the high
school auditorium, under spon
sorship of the Kings Mountain
Kiwanis club.
Proceeds from. the recital will
go to the civic club's fund for un
derprivileged children.
Miss Summers announced yes
terday a four-group program for
the recital. The opening group
will include 17th and 18th cen
tury Italian songs, and the sec
ond group will include 19th cen
tury German songs. Following
intermission. Miss Summers will
sing folk songs from the British
Ules and from ;he United States,
and the final group will include
a miscellaneous group of melo
dies.
She will be accompanied at the
piano by her sister, Miss Virginia
Summers.
Tickets for the recital are ob
tainable from members of the
Kiwanis club at one dollar for
adults and fifty cents for stu
dents.
The recital program:
GROUP I
"Presto, Presto, Io M'innamo
ro", Mazzaferrata. .
| "Sebben, Crudele," Caldara.
"Cora Selve," (from "Atalan
-ta"), Hawtolr
. -GROUP It, -
"Die.Lotosblume," Schumann.
"Vergebliches Standchen,"
' Brahms.
"Die Mainacht," Brahms.
"Widmung," Schumann.
GROUP III
Airs from the British Isles ?
"Drink to 'Me Only With Thine
eyes."
"Londonderry Air."
"All Through The Night."
Folk Songs from the United
Qif ntpi
"Shortnin' Bread."
"Grandma Grunts."
"Home On The Range."
GROUP IV
."Silent Noon," Vaughn Wil
liams.
""Cradle Song," Gretchanlnoff.
"Spinning-song", German folk
song. .
"Let My Song Fill Your Heart,"
Charles.
Textile Plants
To Close Week
A big portion ol Kings Moun
tain citizens will be on vacation
next we?k, as majority of tex'
tile plants close for the week be
ginning July 3.
j Three plants will not suspend
operations, Including Loom -Tex
Corporation, Sadie Mill company,
and Craftspun Yarns, Inc. Park
Yarn Mill, which h?s "been oper
ating on a four -day -per week
schedule, will run five days this
week and will resume operations
on Wednesday morning July 5
and again work through Friday.
Both the Sadie Mill and Crfat
spun anticipate vacations later.
Closing for the week will be
Mauney Mill, Bonnie Mill, Kings
Mountain Manufacturing compa
ny, Nelsler Mills' Margrace and
Pauline plants, Mauney Hosiery
Company and Burlington Mills'
Phenlx plant.
Majority of retail businesses
will toe closed in July 4th only.
They will also close on Wednes
day afternoon, July 5.
The postoff ice will be closed a
long with city offices, and the N.
C. Employment office.
In general, drug stores and ser
vice stations will toe the principal i
business establishments open.
Guard Unit Dtf
For Camp Sunday
The 62 officers and men of
Headquarters and Headquarters
Company, 3rd battalion, 120th in
fantry regiment. North Carolina
National Guard, will 'eave Sun
day morning at 8 o'clock for Fort
| Jackson. S. C., for a two-week en
campment.
Capt. Humes Houston, com
manding, said 56 men from Kings
Mountain will make the encamp
ment.
He stated appreciation to King*
Mountain employers for their
cooperation in granting leaves of
absence to employees who are
members of teh local company.
Final RitM Friday
For Gf? n Child
Funeral services for Tony Hou
ser Green, three-weeks-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Jessie H. Green, of
route 3, who died at Shelby hos
pital Thursday morning * round
10 o'clock after an Illness of only
a few .hours, will toe held at Oak
Grove Baptist church Friday af
ternoon at 4 o'clock.
Rev. Sari Armstrong, of Gas
tonia, wHl conduct the rites. Bu- J
rial will toe in the church cemo- 1
wry. V'
Laurinburg Manager Is Named
Kings Mountain Administrator
Cleveland County Election Returns
(Unofficial)
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; Shelby 2
' Shelby 3
Shelby 4
South Shelby
Queens
Double Springs
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Allen , Jones , Smith ,
Hamrick Lead Here
Kings Mountain Democrats vo
ted early and often last Satur
day, and when ithe counting was
completed, the local folk had
voted "right" for three of the
four candidates, supporting Wil
lis Smith for U. S. Senator, Wood
row W. Jones for 11th district
Congressman and Haywood Al
len for sheriff.
Kings Mountain was "wrong"
?meaning that its favorite fail
ed to win ? in the recorder race,
again giving a majority, as in
the first primary, to L. T. Ham
rick, Jr., in the race for recorder.
However, Mr. Hamrick's i> ,*gin
over Rueben Elam, second to j
Hamrick in the first race by 31 i
votes, was not as great as in the j
first race on May 27th.
Haywood Allen was the most i
popular candidate of the four,
followed by Woodrow Jones.
Mr. Allen was accorded 1,367
votes at the Beth-Ware and two
Kings Mountain boxes, to 627 for
J. Raymond Cline, a lead of 740
votes.
Mr. Jones' vote for Congress
man totaled 1,146, a lead of 402
over the 744 votes cast for Char- j
lea E. Hamilton, of Gastonia. j
Mr. Smith led Senator Graham
by 1,123 to 835, a lead of 288, and
Mr. Hamrick led Mr. Elam 1,051
to 789, a lead of 262 votes.
The pattern of votes was n<^
too greatly changed from th?s i
first primary, as all the second j
primary leaders here led in .the j
ftf*.
The election was a quiet one,
from the standpoint of conduct I
at the polls, and election officials
reported no untoward incidents.
Counting was completed quickly, j
TAX DEADLINE
Friday is -the last day citi
zens can pay 1950 tax bills and
qualify for the lull discount of
two percent. Discount for pay
ment in July is one and one
half percent. Qualification for
discount on county taxes may
be accomplished by writing or
telephoning Tax Collector Ro
bert Gidney prior to the close
of business Friday.
1 Admen To . Service
Accounts Monday -
The Herald advertising de
. partment will *wap Tuesday
- for Monday next week.
Advertising salesmen will
| conduct their regular Tuesday
business on Monday due to the
! July 4th holiday.
The Herald recognises that
many merchants find It diffi
cult to decide on advertising
schedules as early a* Monday,
but will appreciate very much
the cooperation of merchants In
j arranging their copy a day
early. It would be a physical
impossibility to service all ad
vertising accounts on tbo half
day following the Tuesday July
4th holiday.
Rites Conducted
For Mrs. Gantt
Funeral rites for Mrs. Bessie
Turner Gantt, 49, widow of Ar
thur Durham Gantt, were con
ducted Saturday afternoon from
Central Methodist church.
The pastor, Rev. J. H. Brer;daU,
cortducted the rites, assisted oy
Rev. J. M. Barber, and interment
was made in St. Luke's Luther
an church cemetery.
Mm. Gantt died at Shelby hos
pital last Friday morning at
5:30. She had suffered a cerebral 1
hemmorrhage on June 19, and !
sh<? never regained conscious- ;
ness. Though she had been in ;
declining health for several
weeks, her condition had not j
been regarded as serious.
She was a native of Gaston ;
county and a member of the Cen- !
tral Methodist church.
Surviving are a son, Arthur j
Fu ?ene Gantt, and two daugh- j
tc.^, Mrs. Keith Almond, Albe
marle, and Mrs. Packard Elliott,
of Shelby.
Active paubearers were J. E.
Mauney, B. S. Peeler, B, S. Nelli,
C. H. Aderholdt, H. O. Williams, i
C, T. Carpenter, Jr., H. R. Parton,
and J. R. Davis.
Kings Mountain Country Club
To Bora Mortgage Friday Night
Male stockholders and golfing
members of (he Kings Mountain
Country Clifb, Inc., are being in
vited to attend a free barbecue at
the club on Friday evening at 1
o'clock, according to noriicea
mailed members this week by
H. B. Jackson, club president.
Purpose of the meeting, Mr.
Jackson said, is to burn the
mortgage on the property.
The Kings Mountain Country
Club, Inc., will thus find iutelf
the owner of a modern clubhouse
and nine-hole golf course approx
imately ten years after the club
waa organized in early June 1940.
Majority of the construction has i
been accomplished since 1946,
though preliminary work on rhe
golf course was done prior to
World War II. In 1946, work on
the clubhouse and golf course
was resumed and the clirb was
formally opened on June 20,
194/.
The late Hayne S. Blackmer
waj first president pf the club.
When reorganized after the war,
Joe A. Neisler was ejected presi
dent, and successive president* of
the club have been Fred W.
Plonk, Paul M. ?{eL?ler, and Mr.
Jackson.
Manley K. Fuller
To Assume Duties
On August 1st
Manley K. Fuller, for the past
three years ? city' manager of
Laurinhurg, has been employed*
as Kings Mountain'* city ad
ministrator and "will assume his
nevys duties on 'August 1 .
Announcement, was made yes
terday by Mayor J. K. llorndon.
As city administrator, Mr. Ful
ler will fill the city's iop oxecu
t ive position, a post that has been
vacant since December 31.
For the past several months,
Mayor Herndon and- the city
board of cotnmi.ssioners havo
been interviewing applicants for
t.ho position.
The new city of ficia 1 is 50 years
of age, a Methodist, and a former
county auditor of Columbus
county for seven years. A gradu
ate of Duke university (then
Trinity college), Mr. Fuller is
married and tKa father of one
son, who recently began practic
ing law in Hickory. . . . . _ ' jjj
?-"We are happy to anwfio
?a-ppuin uvKuvt of -Mr.-Fu i rer ay ctty ^
administrator for the City of
Kings Mountain," Mayor Hern
don said. "The board of commis
sioners is confident that he -has '
the experience, ability and tem
perament to conduct the business
of the city in a manner which
will be most suitable not only to
the board but to the citizens of
the community.
"Our information i.s that Mr.
Fuller has done a very effective
job as city manager at Laurin
burg," Mr. Herndon continued.
Mr. Fuller will come to Kings
Mountain at an annual salary of
$5,700, plus an annual expense
account of $900.
Mr. Herndon said the incoming
administrator was seeking a
dweling for rent or purchase.
Mr. Fuller will fill theposition
formerly held by Joe S. Evans,
Jr., and prior to that time by E.
C. Brandon, Jr.
Juniors To End
First Round Play
<
j Kings Mountain's American
j Legion junior baseball team is
1 scheduled to finish the 1950 first
| round schedule Friday night at
jcherryville and was scheduled
j to play Lincolnton at Lincolnton
t yesterday (June 29) afternoon in
| a crucial scrap.
After Friday's final g<rme the
Kings Mountain team and fans
will proLably still be very much
interested in outcome of other
| games, including Lincolnton at
Gastonia Saturday and Lincoln
! ton at Taylorsville Monday.
j Sporting a record of 9 win9,
! three losses against Lincolnton's
I 9 wins, two lasses going into the
I scrap June 29th, the Mountain
J eers needed another win over
Soutjvpaw Tommy Harkey to
'practically sew up a second
j round bejrth. A combination of a
j loss to the ace Lincoln pitcher
| and Lincolnton losses to Gastonia
and Taylorsville, would still give
the Lewismen a deadlock for the
coveted second spot. Only two
teams from Kings Mountain's
league can advance into further
play in quest of the stale cham
pionship. Gastonia has the top
spot sewed up.
The top two teams in League 2
are to face the top pair in Loop
1 in a four-team league playoff
similar to the firs* round. The
two top teams in that series of
home and home games are to
meet irf a best two games out of
three series for the area champ
ionship.
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Hamilton Thanks
Friends For Support
Charles E- Hamilton, Gastonia
lawyer and unsuccessful candi
date for the 11th district Demo
cratic Cohgressional nomination,
was in Kings Mountain Monday
seeing friends and thanking
them for their support of his can
didacy.
"I wish to express my appre
ciation to the many friends who
supported me in the primary,"
Mr. Hamilton said. "I met many
fine people 1n Kings Mountain
and throughout the district dur
ing the campaign, and I thor
oughly enjoyed getting acquain
ted "with them." "
Mr. Hamilton added that' he
had congratulated Wood row W.
Jones, of Rutherfordton, success
ful candidate, and that he had
pledged him his support in the *
general election in November.