Population City Limits 7.193 (Final Unofficial Census 1950) Immediate Trading Area 15.000 (1945 Rati.on Board Figures) VOL.61 NO. 28 14 Pages Today Sixty-First Year Kings Mountain. N. C.. Friday. July 14, 1950 Established 1889 PRICE FIVE CENTS CEMETERY CLEANING All interested persons are ur ged to meet at Bethlehem Bap tist church Saturday morning to clean the cemetery grounds. Each person Is reminded to bring tools It was stated. BUILDING PERMITS The city issued two building permits this week. They inclu ded one to W. M. Gantt, for enclosing a porch, and one for $200 to Dalsey Schenck, 410 Ridge street, tor a three room addition to a dwelling. TO MISSOURI Loy Costner, salesman at Plonk Brothers & Company, has. .resigned his position, effective. .Saturday, to accept a position, .with a retail dry goods firm in St. Joseph, Mo. Mr. Costner and his family expect to move to to St. Joseph next week. JAYCEES TO MEET Regular meeting of the Kings Mountain Junior Chamber of Commerce will be held Tues day evening at the- Woman's club at 7 o'clock. Program for the meeting has not been an nounced. ATTENDING INSTITUTE Rev. Wm. L. Pressly left Sun- j day night for Princeton, N. J., attend the Institute of Theolo- j gy. Mr. Pressly will be away j for ten days. In his absence, Mr. John Reagan will preach at the ARP church. Mr, Reagan is WARREN McGILL ILL I. Warreh -McGlll, former Kings Mountain citizen. Is cri tically 111 In a Little Rock, Ark., hospital, according to informa tion received by relatives here this week. Mr. McGlll is suf fering from a heart condition. ATTEND PRESBYTERY Rev. P. D. Patrick, Assistant Pastor John Reagan, C. D. Blan- i ton and J. G. Darraoott repre sented First Presbyterian church and Dixon Presbyterian church at the 114th session of Kings Mountain Presbytery, held Tuesday at First Presby terian church in Lincolnton. MRS. MAUNEY ILL Mrs. D. C. Mauney is a pa tient in Mercy Hospital, Char lotte. She became ill at her home at Crescent Beach, S. C. last week, and entered the hos pital for examination and treat ment on Wednesday. Her ill ness had not been finally diag nosed Thursday morning, but members of her family aakl doctors attributed the Illness to a virus Infection. PRIVILEGE LICENSES Privilege licenses purchased by Kings Mountain business firms through Thursday total ed $4,210.50. Persons and firms required to buy 'licenses ere being reminded that July 31 la the deadline for buying privi lege licenses without penalty. The 1949-50 licenses expired June 30. City officials estimate that more than half the privi lege licenses have been pur chased. - Annual Red Cross Meeting Monday , Annual meeting of the Kings Mountain Red Cross Chapter 1s scheduled to be held at City Hall Monday flight at 7:30 according to announcement by Mrs. J. l? Gamble, aecretary. The agenda includes election of new officers for the coming yea r and reading of annual re ports of the organization. L. L. Benson is chairman of the chapter and Mrs. Pride Ratterree is treasurer. During the past year the or ganization conducted a fund raising and membership 'drive, sponsored visits of the regional bkjod mobile and offered welfare services to- a great number of King* Mountain area wwWents. The organization also engaged in civilian relief. "'vv"' V Everyone holding a Red Crass . membership card is vrged to at tend the meeting, Mrs. Gamble > jsald Draft Board Go Back To Work; County Board Met On Thursday T.W.Grayson K. M. Member On Draft Body Selective service ^ ? commonly known as the draft ? was to be reactivated on full -time basis in Cleveland ' County Thursday night, at a meeting of the board in Shelby. Members of the board include T. W. Grayson, of Kings Moun tain, B. K. Dellinger, chairman, and Dr. J. L. Raymer. Mr. Grayson told the Herald that the board would employ a lull-time clerk, and would ready itself for pre-induction physical examination calls on the county. Some 18 months ago, the selec tive service agency was consoli dated. In tho past ?-jcverul months, Mrs. Grace T. Kale, of Lincolnton, has served as clerk to the board and has maintained a two-day per week schedule at the Shelby office. North Carolina's first quota un- 1 der the new draft law i9 610 men, but county boards have not yet been assigned quotas. According to the announcement from North Carolina draft headquarters, the services want 610 men from Nor- * th Carolina in uniform by Sep- 1 tember 30. Drafting will start with 25 y ear-old registrants who are now veletans, but CoL Thomas Up ton, deputy state director, esti mated that few men would be ob tained from this age group and that some 22-year-olds will be in cluded in the first group. He es timated 1,800 registrants would be required for pre-induction physicals to fill the quota. It was announced from Wash - 1 ington Wednesday that draftees, would receive 14 weeks of basic j training and would then be as- 1 signed to posts in the United States. Overseas duty, if any, would come later. Under selective service law, young men becoming 18 years of age have been and are required to register with their draft boards. However, present selective serv ice ?policy calls for the drafting of no men under 19 years of age. Hayes Partnership Purchases Grocery O. T. Hayes, Sr., and Miss Dor othy Hayes have purchased Tal bert Cash Grocery from Floyd and Raymond Talbert it was announ ced this week. Mr. Hayes said the sale took place on Tuesday and was effec tive as of that date. No consider ation was announced. The business, which was for merly ? Allan's Grocery, was op erated for many years as Baker Grocery and is located on West Mountain street in the downtown business section. Mr. Hayes has around 15 years experience in the grocery busi ness. The firm will be known as Hayes Cash Grocery. | ..r - ?- ! - State Is Short On Bond Quota i Saturday is the final day of the U. S. Savings bond Inde pendence Drive, and Allison James, of Greensboro, state di rector, says North Carolina will fall considerably short of its 57,057.000 quota unless bond purchases are heavy during the final weekend. Cleveland county's quota in S87.000 in the familiar "E" se ries bond, which sell* in de nominations as low as SI 8.75. The bonds mature In 10 years, and the $18.75 bond is then worth $25. George Blanton, Cleveland i coun*Y chairman, is urging all citizens to buy as many bonds as possible, both to aid the government and for future se curity. Abee Bound Over Under $750 Bond ' Jess Willard Abee, 32-year old Baker street resident, was bound ( ?Yef ' *? Superior court under bond jof $750 by Judge Faison Barnes jin city recorder's court Monday, j on finding of probable cause on j a charge-of assault with a dead ly weapon with intent to kill Police arrested Abee on June 30, after a c^ll to Baker street. Patrolman VV. D. Sawyer and city policemen made the arrest. Abee allegedly attempted to kill Frank Dotson with a butcher knife. | Other cases in the Monday ses jSjon were more routine. Ethel Dover, charged with assault on a female, and Juanita Herndon, charged with slander of a wo man, were taxed with the costs. Willie Lipscomb drew a fine of $25 and costs for driving with |out an operator's license, and W L. Rose berry, crippled soldier, had prayer for judgment continued on the same charge. John Mc Murry, charged with speeding and reckless driving, asked that the case 'be transferred to county court at Shelby. Other judgments: Ben Adams, charged with tres passing and indescent language, costs. . Elmer H. Allen, speeding, costs. Averill A. Johnson, speeding and reckless driving, costs. Austin Barrett, public drunk enness, coats. J. K. Rippy, public drunkenness. $5 and costs. Bank Is Commended On Progress Booklet ? .? The First National Bank is re ceiving wide response and com mendation on the "FJfty Years of Progress" booklet it began dis tributing last week. In addition to letters of con-* gratulatlon received from bank ing, industrial and commercial firms throughout the East and South , Radio Station WBT has requested 100 copies of the book let for distributions to major ad vertisers of the nation. Press re views also appeared in the Char lotte Observer, Oast on la Gazette, Shelby Star and other papers. The Cleveland County Mobile X-Ray unit will be In Kings Mountain all day Friday to make free X-Raya of persona desiring the service it was announced yesterday by Mrs. Virginia Ray mer, who la in charge of operat ing the unit. The unit la located in front of Beik's Department Store and will be open from to a. m. to 4 p. m. . The current vlatt marks the first visit of the machine to Kings Mountain in the second year of operations. Purchased jointly by the Kings Mountain and Shelby Junior Chambers of Commerce, the portable X-Ray unit and e qulpment was donated to the ci tizens of the -county for free use. Mm Raymer pointed out that persona who were first X- Rayed when the unit made k's initial visit to Kings Mountain In June 1949 should arrange to'viatt the machine Friday for another 'ipic ture." Experience has taught that it ts beet to have an X-Ray made once every year, Mr*. Raymer said. Since the unit went into opera tion in May, 1949, over 13,000 X Rays have been made of citizens of the county. Every tilgh school student has visited (he unit, Mrs, Raymer continued, and every in dustrial plant in the cdunty ex cept two have been vtaited and they are scheduled tor a visit soon. Children 12 years of age may receive a free X-Ray ?t locations other than at schools. It was pointed out. Incidense of tuber culosis appears highest in the 17 25 age group she said. "Every person in the Kings Mountain art* and in the county Should take advantage of this free service. Incidense of tuber culosis ts highest in the textile workers group. II caught in time T-B can be conquered. Plan to visit the unit today," Mrs. Ray me.- said. Softball Benefit To Be Played Friday Evening A doubleheader featuring a regulation Softball Association league game between the front running Burlington nine and the runner-up Automotive team is scheduled for Friday night at i City Stadium. First game of the program is set to get underway at 7:30 p. m. The game is to be sponsored by the Kings Mountain Amateur Softball Association and proceeds are to go to the Recreation Park Fund. First game of the tvin-bill pits the Parker Street "Ramblers" and the Burlington "Bullets." The league game, matches th? ? two rurremfy ? best ? teams in the eight team loop. Burlington has won 10 and lost one in league play and have a. season record of 16 wins, two I losses counting exhibitions gam 'es. l In loop play Burlington lost to | Auto on 11 to 8 on June 12 and the other loss was to Ranlo mill i I of Gastonia. Two exhxibition vie J tories were posted against the i strong Bessemer City softball I nine. I Auto has won 8 league games j ! and dropped three. Craftspiin, i Church and Town clubs defeated j the "Mechanics." Friday night's game pits the I two teams against each other for i ! the second time this year. The game is expected to be a 1 ; pitcher's battle between Right i Hander Roy Pearson, ace of the Burlington staff, and Southpaw | Joe Hemdon, "Mechanic" ace. j Both have pitched excellent ball this season and many observers I consider them to be the top hurl- ? (Cont'd on page five) Lions Honor Legion Juniois. Heat Reports Members and coaches of the \ 1.950 Kings Mountain American Lotion Juniors wore guests of honor at the regular meeting of the Kings Mountain Lions ci"ub Tuesday night. \V. L. Plonk, . Lions program chairman and Legion athletic of ficer, wus in charge of the pro gram, and C. T. Carpenter, Jr.. as sistant athletic officer, presented the team members. During the meeting, the Legion ' player voted Howard (Sonny) -j White, pitcher - outfielder, as the1 team's most valuable player for the past year, and a suitable gift is to be awarded to him. Coach J. K. tBuddy) Lewis, of j Gastonia, expressed his appreci- ! ation to the community for the) opportunity to coach the Legion j team and stated that he had nev- j er seen a group of boys any more j courageous, eager, or sportsman ! like than the Kings Mountain! team. Assistant Coach J. R. Bradshaw ; -saia-n- ! take a basket and attend the pic t?k;. Civil Service Examination Open A Civil Service Examination for the position of Quarterman Transportation, for appointment ?t the U. S. Naval Proving Ground, Dahlgren, Va.. is now open, it was stated today by Mr. M. J. McAuHffe, Regional Direc tor, Fourth U. S. Civil Service Re gion. Salaries range from $4472 to $4784 per year. The examination is being held toy the Fourth U. S, Civil Service i Region, and applications must be on file with the Director. Fourth United States Civil Service Re gion, Temporary Building "R", 3rd and Jefferson Drive, S. W., Washington 25, D. C, 'not later than August 14, 1950. Applicants will be .rated on the toast* of a written test, adminis trative atoility, experience and fitness *for the position, i Complete information and ap plicatkyi forms may be obtained from the Fourth U. S. Civil Servi ce Region, Temporary Building "R", 3rd and Jefferson Drive. S. W., Washington, D. C., and first or - second -clsss post office In ttots area, or from the Central Of fice, U. S. Civil Service Commis sion, 7Wt and "F" streets, N. W. Washington 25. D. C. Budget Is Largest In History; Tax Rate Again Sl.HO Per $ 100 City To Buy Six-Inch Pipe For Watei Lines The city board of commission ers, in i[s Wednesday meeting, acted to extend and improve the city's water distribution air', fire prevention system by adopting a resolution instructing Utilities Superintendent L. C. Pardons \o buy a large amount of six-inch pipe. The city anticipates laying six inch water lines and installing hydrants on Linwood Road, and on Cansler street and Meadow brook Drive. The expenditure for pijx? will bo a portion of the $12,000 ear marked in tlie 1950-51 budget for water line <*M?ensiwn - - Remaining portion of the meet.-, ing was principally Routine as the board also passed a required resolution calling for sale of property for delinquent 1949 tax es on the second Monday in Sep tember. A delegation of taxi operators, headed by Jake England, asked the city's permission to use a por tion of the "No parking" area at the corner of Battleground aven ue and the Gold St. -Railway crossing for a taxi parking lot. Mayor J. E. Herndon . informed the group that the property be longed to Southern Railway, and. while the city would inquire ol the Railroad concerning the mat ter, it had no Jurisdiction over use of the property. ? Wayne L. Ware, member of the county advisory commission on rural roads, conferred with the board concerning city tie-in of West Gold street with the Bee son Creek Road (which runs by Bennett brickyard from Moun tain street to the Margrace mill) and which is now being prepared for hard-surfacing under the state's rural road program. Mr. Ware said he would rec ommend full cooperation with the city in making the Gold street extension possible. Legion Meets Friday Night Plans for remodeling and im proving the Legion building will be discussed at the regular meet ing of Otis D. Green Post 155, A merican Legion, to be held Friday night at 8 o'clock. Announcement of the meeting was made by James Bennett, ad jutant. Also scheduled will be installa tion of 1950-51. post officers. The adjutant also requests no tification by Legionnaires eligi ble. for five, ten, fifteen, twenty, twenty-five and thirty year mem bership awards. METER RECEIPTS Parking meter receipts for the week ending Wednesday at noon totaled $161.83. accord ing to announcement by city officials. f -v Case Of Polio Reported Here Dr. P. G. Padgett icported a caso of polio in Kings Mountain thi:; week. The victim is Henry Carroll, a 17-year-old Negro youth who lives in the iOO-block of N. Tracy street with his parents and grandmother. Dr. Padgett said the Carroll . boy has all the symptoms of polio and that Dr. Z. P. Mitch- . ell. county health officer, had agreed with him in hiB diagno sis. The polio is of the non paralytic type. Dr. Padgett add i ed, and he does not expect long term ill effects It is the first c ate of polio reported here this year. Youth Caravan To Arrive Here The Methodist Youth Caravan will be welcomed at Central Me thodist church by a covered dish, supper Saturday at 7. o'clock in the evening, after which the Car avaners will meet with the Youth (Council at 8 o'clock t<> make : plans for the week. On Sunday morning at 10 o' clock, Caravaners will be visitors in the three youih classes, and at the 11 o'clock service will have complete charge of the morning program. Youth Caravan week really gets off to a start on Sunday evening at oard of commission ? ers, in regular July .session Wed nesday afternoon, adopted a rec ord budget of $34-1, 48-1.35. for the fiscal year 1950-51. The board also formally set the | Tax rate at $1.80 per $100 valua tion, same rate as wjis in effect for the previous year. Biggest. jump in anticipated ex Ipendi lures is for capital outlay, where the city anticipates expen ditures of $10,100. Budgeted are the following capital items: | Street Dept. -dump truck $ 2,500.00 j.Police Dept. Radio 3,000.00 Polite Dept.-Cax 2,000.00 Mr* fX|Tp 1 h >T m >V- 1 \ i ' *850.00 ? -HOU gal. wpray tank 2,000.00 ' Shed ' 3,000.00 Water extension 12,000.00 . Streets 6,000 00 I Equipment 3,500.00 Lot and Garage-in 'City and fence 4,000.00 Traffic lights . 1,250.00 The city anticipates expendi ture of ?253,541 in general funds, i divided as follows: Administrative Dept. $18,070.00 Street Dept. 37,300.00 Sanitary Dept. 11,125.00 Police Dept. 31.960.00 i Fire Dept. 6,295.00 ' General Expense 9,400.00 I Water A Sewer Dept 38,986.00 Light & Power Dept. 91,730.00 Recorder's Court 3,700.00 Cemetery Dept 4,975.00 Fixed item in the expenditure category is debt service, which , calls for a total of $45,803.85. The Uotal includes $31,000 in bond principal, $14,705 in interest pay ments, and $9H.85 bank com mission.-!. , A total of $5,039.50 is set up ? for contingencies. REVENUE ITEMS A* is customary, the city an ticipate largest revenue from sale of power and water. Anticipated revenue from sale of power is $145,000, and from sale of water, $36,000. Largest remaining Item of income anticipated is from ad-. ! valorem taxes, from which the 1 city expects to receive $90,749 for 1950 taxes. and $3,200 from taxes for prior years which are as yet unpaid. tMore than one-third o f I the estimated amount of 1950 (taxes has already been pre paid j by city taxpayers.! i The city anticipates income of $7,000 from privilege licenses, (Contind on page eight) Legion luniois Playing Shelby J The Kings Mountain American i Legion junior baseball team is scheduled to face the Shelby Ju I niors in City Stadium Saturday j night in the finale of a three game series between the two teams, Game time is 8 p. m. , The series was scheduled to get underway last night (Thurs ,day> at City Stadium. The two | team.s are to move to Shelby for | the middle game tonight (Fri 'day. ) i Both teams were eliminated from first round Area -4 play but ? were in different leagues and did nqt face ??ach other in elimination play. There was some variance in jthe arrangements as to which teams would play the series? the 1950 team or the 1951 prospects. Kings Mountain will play the ? 1950 team. The series will mark the final games for the following Kings Mountain players: I Howard (Sonny) White, and Charles Klrby, pitchers, Jerry Barker and Jim Huffsrtetler, out fielders, and Billy Watts, third base, all of Bessemer City. ? Bob Bridges, first base, of Beth* Ware. J Don White, pitcher, Grover. Glenn Oates, pitcher, of Clover, S. C. Holland Smith, of Margarce Mill. The Shelby team will be coach ed by Babe Hamrick, assistant to B1U Hallyburton, who coached the team during the pre season and elimination periods. The Shelby nine posted the on ly defeated suffered by Haywood County's Juniors, who won th? top spot in first round play ii\ -.,x (Contlnd on page eight)