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f Population City Limits 7.193 (Final Unofficial Census 1950) Immediate Trading Area 15.000 (1945 Ration Board Figures) VOL. 61 NO. 29 12 Pages Today PRICE FIVE CENTS ECONOMY Local Hews Bulletins SOLOIST SUNDAY Misa Violet Troutmari, of Hic kory, will bo leatured soloist at morning church services at St. Matthew's Lutheran church Sunday morning, according to announcement . by Franklin Pethel, minister of music of the church. BETHLEHEM HOMECOMING Bethlehem Baptist church ?will observe homecoming Sun day at the church it was an nouneed this week. Services will be held in the morning and, alter a picnic lunch, sing ling programs will be presented. REGULAR SERVICES Rev. W. L. Pressly will preach the sermon at regular morning services at Boyce Memorial ARP church Sunday. Mr. Press ly Jias been attending tl in stitute of Theology at P. ,.?ce ton, N. J." ? ? i ? . ? : ? ? DIRECTORS MEETIN0 Members of the board of.di-. rectors of the Kings Mountain Country Club, Inc., wfll hold ' their regular July supper meet ing at the club on Friday ev ening at 7 o'cldck. MOUNTAINEER CLUB A meeting of the board of di rectors of the Mountaineer Club, Inc., has been called for Monday nlgfht at 7 o'clock at office of Arthur Hay Agency according to announcement toy David Neil'l, secretary/ All di rectors are urged to attend. . ? ; PRIVILEGE LICENSES Deadline tor purchase with out penalty of 1950 cky priv ilege licenses is July 31, City Clerk S. A. C rouse reminded Kings Mountain business firms this week. Old licenses expired on June 30. The law (provides penalties for failure to pur chase new licenses prior to Au gust 1. Lions TO EL BETHEL . Members of the Lions club, their wives and guests will hold a supper meeting at El Bethel Methodist church next Tues day night at 7 o'clock. Dinner Will be served by ladies of the El Bethel churcn. T. W. Gray son, chairman of the Lions club food committee, requests all members to make reservations for guests by Saturday of this week. ENLISTS IN MAVT Bobby Crawford, 18, of Kings Mountain, -was among several young men enlisting recently In the U. S. Navy at the Gaa tonto recruiting office. Enlist ees at branch offices are lent to Raletgh for physical exam inations. If they pass, they are sent to San Diego, Calif., for boot training. ATTEND CONFERENCE Delegates from Kings Moun tain who attended the Older Youth Assembly heW last week at Lake Junaluska Included Miss Ramona Alien, Miss Betty Cash, Walter Griffin and Hunt er Warlick, representing Cen tral Methodist church; and Miss Hazel Cash and Mrs. Ho ward Swofford, representing EH Bethel Methodist church. Wanen McGill Rites Conducted Funeral rites for I. Warren Mc Gill, 67, Kings Mountain native and former citizen, were held Tuesday afternoon at Little Rock, Ark., where he had lived for the past 40 years. Mr. McOiU, a retired raWroad Conductor, had "been in serious condition for two weeks prior to his death, which occurred at 1:00 o'clock Monday morning in a Little Rock hospital. Death was attributed to a heart oorrlttton ' He was a son of the late I T. and Frances Payne McGill ? . ;\ .* ' ' *? Surviving are his wile, a dau ghter, Mrs. L. B. Morgan, of Lit tle Rock, two sisters, Mrs. J. O. Roes, Bessemer City, and Mrs. E. E. Carpenter, of Kings Mountain, and four brothers, T. P. McGfll, R. A. McGill, and N. F. McGill, atl of King.'* Mountain, and J. D. Mc Gill, of KannarpoMs. ? N. F. McGill, J. D. McGOl and Mrs. Carpenter attended the fun eral rites. City Purchases Hamrick Lot For $6,290.67 The aty of Kings Mountain purchased for S6, 290.67 this week from Frank L. Hamrick ihe lot on City street occupied by Hamrick's Garage. The 'lot fronts 123.5 feet on City street 'and is 239 feet deep. The property adjoins a lot already owned by the city and occupied by the old city jail. The transaction was completed by J. R. Davis, city attorney, on authorization of the city board of commissioners. According to discussion of the city board at its July meeting, the purchase of the property by tfie city is a long -term Invest ment for future needs. Discussion by the board last week concerned possible use of the property for a city garage, but examination of costs on upkeep and Tepairs of city automotive property did not indicate that im mediate establishment of ? city garage would be economically leoflfbijf. ? ? 1 At the same time, majority of the board members voiced the opinion that purchase of the pro perty would be advisable for ' long-term needs, particularly since it adjoined other city prop erty. Bride-T o-Be's Father Dies on W eddln^ay Miss Jacqueline Holden, of Sylva. became the bride of Ben jamin Hunter Goforth, Jr., of Kings Mountain, in simple rites heard toy ?ev. Mr. Grigg, pastor of Sylva Methodist c+iurch, at the Wednesday wflternootx at r o'clock. The wedding had been previ ously planned for the Sylva Me thodist church at 7:30 Wednesday evening. These plans were cancelled on the death early Wednesday morning of the bride's father, Homer Leonard Holden. Mr. Holden succumbed to a heart attack about 1 a. m. He had been in apparent good heal th and had attended the oake cutting for the bridal party only a few hours before his death occurred. Only a few members of the re spectlve families and wedding at tendants heard the vows. They included Mr. and Mrs. Ben H. Goforth, parents of the groom, Mr. and Mrs. Bun Goforth, Miss Janice Holden, sister of the bride, Bobble Holden, brother of the bride, Jake McOauley, Jo Ann Whisnanft, Misses Charity Goforth and Dorothy Goforth. Funeral arangements for Mr. Holden had not been learned In Kings Mountain Thursday morn ing. "Progress" Booklets Available To Public Ttoe "Fifty Years of Progress" booklets published toy the First National Bank are available to local people, President Frank R. Summers said this week. ? "in previous announcements concerning the bookto, we failed to mention this fact and some had the impression that our sup ply was limited. We have a large quantity on hand and extend an invitation to all interested citi zens to obtain a copy at the bank," Mr. Summers said. NEW CHURCH BUILDING? Shown above is the near-completed Mis sionary Methodist church in East Kings Mountain. Work on rebuild ing the former church building was begun last year and much of it has been done by membem of the church. The new building will have a 400-capacity auditorium, eight Sunday School rooms, a pas. tor's study; and a nursery. The church was organized with four char- . tor msnlifa fa im , > -gr ' ' Rev . T.L. Cashwelljr. I Accepts Baptist Call New Minister To Begin Work On September 1 Rev. Thomas Leary Cash-well, Jr., pastor of Indian Creek Bap tist church at Georgetown, fnaT, has accepted a call to serve as pastor of First Baptist church, of Kings Mountain. Rev. Mr. Cash we 11 is the son of Rev. T. L. Cashwell, Sr., for the past 23 years a Baptist -minister in Gastonia. .-The new pastor, who succeeds Rev. L. C. Plnnix, will, assume his new duties on September 1. Mr. Cash well is currently com pleting work on a doctorate. Born at Cornelius. N. C., he liv ed in Gastonia from the age of six. He attended Mars Hill col lege and was graduated from Wake Forest college in 1942. He received his M. A. degree at Sou thern Baptist Theological semi nary, Louisville, Ky., in 1945. He is .29 years of age. He is married and the Cashwells have one son, T. L. Cashwell, III, who will be a year odd next month. Prtor to serving the Indian Creek church, Mr. Cashwell was pastor for more than three years of Ryker's Ridge Baptist church, at Madison, Ind. Members of the church voted unanimously at morning services Sunday to extend the call to Mr. Cashwell, on recommendation of the pulpit committee, which in cluded ""ton Keeter, chairman, W. A. WL.iams, Mrs. J. E. L&pford, Mrs. E. C. McClain, E. R. Roberts, I. A McGill and L E. Abbott. BUILDING PERMITS Building permits were issu ed at Oity Hall last week to C. T. Bennett, house on Sims street, $3,500, to Mrs. T. A. Pol lock, remodel, $700, to Sam Howell, 'house on Deal street, $3,500 and to Robert Byers, add room, $110. y Joniors, Rained Ont Last Weekend, flifShelby Here Friday. Saturday King* Mountain and Shelby A merlcan Legion junior baseball teams are scheduled to tangle at CKy Stadium here Friday and Saturday nights. Game time is S o'clock each night | The two teams met In Shelby ; Wednesday night, with the Shea by nine taking a clone 9 to 8 de cision. The Shelby game was o rlglrrally scheduled for last Fri day night, bih was rained out. 'Hie two games this weekend were scheduled after rain washed out contests set for City Stadium on July 13, and laat Saturday ? i* idlid Kings Mountain used four pit chers ? Charles lcirby, Charles PanteT, Fred Ktser and Bob Wells, tn that order ? and Sheflby sent out four also. Kiirgs Mountain outtrtt the win ners 9 to f, but contributed ? er roru to the winners 5 for the dlf terence. Jim Klmmell, with a triple am) a single in three oUk-ial trips led the Kingt Mountain hitting. Bil ly Watts, Sob Bridge* Sonny White, Tommy Ballard, Kenneth Spencer, Painter and Darvtai Mom split the other seven hit*, all single*. A four -run rally in the top of the ninth pot the Mountaineers bfc k into the ball game but died with two runners on base after the losers - t?td batted around ono?. HamrtcH Led ford, McKee and Cabtness saw tour* of duty ?*? the mound tor Shelby. The ecore by Innings: BBC KM 200 001 014 8 ?' 8 S i ||<n0 1?22x 9 8 5 : ?; Sewer Line Work Is Progressing Pragiui on the current sew er ?sponsion project of tht city wttttauwi ttto ?Mk. <n the " firm of Rood 6 A boo, AiberiUt contractors, continued the lay ing of the sower line on Wat- ] terson street. A hoary tqactor-type ditch- : digging machine was busy ladling out dirt to depths of some 16 foot. More thai, one block of the sower line Install lotion on this street has been completed. After completion of the Wat terson street Job, the company is to lay a sewer line on North Sims street. The work is under the. su pervision of Dan Frailer, engi neer. Ramsey Rites Held Thursday Funeral rites for Mrs. Susie Harlow Ramsey, 73, were held Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock *t Macedonia Baptist church, in terment following at Pisgah ARP church cemetery. Rev. Robert L. Hardin, Mace donia pastor, conducted the rites. Mrs. Ramsey, widow of George Ramsey, died at the home of her daughter, Mis. Newton Bianton, at the Margrace Mill on Wednes day sfternoon at 12:02. She had been TH for five days. A native o<f York county, S. C., j she had lived in Kings Mountain | for 30 years. She was a member I of First Baptist church and was : the daughter of the late Isabel ; Dotfer and Ed Harlow Surviving, In addition to Mrs. ! Bianton, are three daughter, Mrs. E. J. Dover and Mrs. Ander son Huskey, Kings Creek, S. C., and Mrs. Geneva Wray, Kings Mountain, a brother, Roy W. Har low, Kings Mountain, and a sis ter, Mrs. James Ramsey, of Gas ton ia. Also surviving are 29] grandchildren and 31 great - grandchildren. Dr. Craig I ones Opens Office Here Dr. Craig Jones, member of the staff of Shelby hospital, has o* pened an office in King* Moun tain. . ii tl ?" ?*??> -/ The new office Is located in the Morrison Building at the comer of Gold street and Battleground road and wfli be open oh Tues day and Thursday afternoons from 2 to 4 p. m. Dr. Jones, said that he would not serve a* a general p paction ?r. He -will take only surgical pa tients and expects to handle sur gery .at the Kings Mountain hos pital when It is opened. Stender Resigns As Lutheran Pastor Here Rev. W. H. Slender, for the past five years pastor of St. Mat thev's Lutheran church, has' re signed the pastorate effective September 1, 10 accept a call to serve as pastor of the Lutheran church at Cameron, S. C. Announcement of Mr. Sterider'9 resignation was made at morn ing church services last Sunday. Currently on vacation. Mr Sten der tendered his resignation by letter to A. ?. Kiser. chairman of the church council. The Cameron church is a lerge rural church in the community of Cameron, between Columbia and Charleston. Mr. Stender is scheduled vo return to Kings Mountain on July 29th and wfll serve the local church through the month of Au gust. Mr. Stender came to Kings Mountain after serving as pastor for eight years cf. St. James Lu theran church. Sumter, S. C. A native of Charlegran, 5. C? he. was educated at Newberry col lege. Lutheran Theological sem inary, at Columbia, and he ob-. talned an M. A. degree from the University of South Carolina. Guard Unit Back From Camp Kings Mountain's National Guard unit ? Headquarters and Headquarters Co., 3rd Battalion, 120th Infantry regiment ? - re turned Sunday from a two-week encampment at Fort Jackson, S" 9" JjpsR . The company, commanded by Captain Samuel Humes Houston, was rated satisfactory, receiving a superior rating on attendance at field exercises and excellent ratings on training and on care of equipment. "We feel we accomplished a I great deal during the (two-weeks field training program," Captain Houston said this week. The unit received the highest i<ating at-' tainable, he said, considering the fact that the company is not up to strength required for a com- j bat efficient' rating. The entire company, 56 men and officers, attended the en campment. Captain Houston ex pressed apreciation to employers of members of the company who granted leaves so that the whole company could attend the Impor tant training program. The two-week training program tops off a year-round program during which the unit trains each Monday night at the armory motor shed. The company arrived at Fort Jackson by bus around 11:00 o' clock on July 2nd. Chow was pre pared and served under the able direction of Sgc. lcl Clarence G. Myers, Jr., company mess ser geant. The first day was mostly (Cont'd on page twelve) Mis. Harmon's Bites Conducted Mrs. Jessie Hogue Harmon, 84, ?widow of J. A. Harmon, died Mon day afternoon at Shelby hospi tal. Death was the result of a broken hip which Mrs- Harmon sustained last Friday when she fell at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Knox Hardin, on North Washington street in Shelby. Funeral services were held at 4:30 o'Olock Wednesday afternoon at Sulphur Springs Methodist cfhurch where Mrs. Harmon had been a member since girlhood. The body lay In state for half an hour prior to the service. The Rev. R. L. Forbis, pastor, officiat ed, assisted by the Kev. R. M. Hauss. Interment was made in the church cemetery. Mrs. Harmon was the daughtei ! of the late Jesse and Dulceniaj Hogue. She is survived by two j daughters, Mrs. Hardin of Shel- j by and Mrs. Hoyle Starnes of Monroe and seven grandchildren. She had! Ived here with the Har din? for die past 12 years. Mr*. Harmon was a sister-in law of Mrs. T. P. McGill, Mrs. Minnie H. Crawford, M1ss Ella McOlll, T. N. Harmon and M. L. Harmon, of Kings Mountain. tax mscooirrs Discount tor pre -payment of 1950 cKy tax bills, now one and half-percent, wlH drop to one percent at the close at business July 31. A large portion of the 1950 Wry has already been prepaid. President Asks Money ; Powers , , P. ? ? . ? ? ~ To Halt , Repulse Communists ; < Local Attitude Watch-Wait" To Wai Moves Kings Mountain's reaction to the movement of the nation to ward a war economy was reason ably calm. . There was some increase in buying of commodities which be came scare, during World War II, but retailers and wholesalers doubted that the buying pace was as heavy here as in some of j the more populous cities of the | state and nation. The younger men of the com- j munlty. including men of draft j age. and World War II veterans i in the several reserve corps, were j?till. wandering- when the call to duty would ?come. Meantime, tne army talked of raising the draft age ceiling from 25 to 35, but the people wondered what this meant ? since almost all of physically fit men in (he 25-35 age group are veterans. | There was not much addition al news on the draft- Cleveland County selective service board at Shelby was being reactivated and the board held a "classifica Hon" meeting last week, but the telephone at the office in Shelby did not answer Thursday after noon. No call for pre induction physical eliminations of 'local ! board registrants had been receiv I ed yet, T. W. Orayson. King* I Mountain member of the board told the Herald. In Charlotte, a portion of the , huge Quartermaster Depot was being prepared for use as a Wes- i tern North Carolina examination * station. Otherwise, the Kings Moun tain unit of the North Carolina National Guard returned from a < two-week summer encampment as per schedule. s In Kings Mountain, there ap peared a minor run on tires and sugar, with an occasional extra i request for a pair of nylon hose, j Tire dealers here said .their com paniess -have .already informed ^ them that they will be begin al- . locating supplies next month. , One grocer reported that a cus tomer offered to buy his full stock of sugar, but that he had refused to sell. One chain Store had received instructions not to sell sugar to institutional users i or other big users. Prices were escalating. . Tires had Jumped from five to seven and one-hwlf percen., bread was up one cent per loaf, and butchers were complaining j about Jumping meat prices. ' One wholesaler said he didn t think anybody need to get excit ed about the situation. "If the re tailers run shy of particular com modities, it's indicative of the hand-to-mouth buying policy they've been following since war shortages ceased." he said. "It I wouldn't take too much of a run to empty shelves of some stores of spt.v UOma." In general, the attitude here was a "wait -and see" on*. \ The war news had generated increased demand for cotton tex tiles and it was being felt here. One plant, which had been on a four-day work week, was run- 1 ning five days this week. *49 City Tax Bill 90.7 Percent Paid I Tho 1949 tqx levy of the City I oi Kings Mountain, totaling | S104.055.29, was 90.7 percent paid at the close of business June 30, according to report of S. A. Crouse. city clerk. The total amount of 1949 | taxes collected by June 30 was 594,483.97. It was pointed out that prop erty on which 1949 taxes have j not b#en paid will be advertis ed for sale, beginning August Annual Red Cross Meeting Held' J Z ? = ? j _ . .Reports on the .past year's op-- i erations was the main ifem of business at the annual meeting of the Kings Mountain Chapter, i American Red Cross, held at City Hall on Monday night. L. L. Benson, chapter chair- . chairman, presided. Officers of ' the organization, are elected for; two-year terms and no election was required, it was reported. Reports Included those of the service chairman and the treas urer. .Four new directors were elect ed, however. They were Mrs. La mar Herndon, of Bcth-Waire com jmimlty, Mrs. Mary B. Goforth, Franklin Harry, of Grover, and Edwin Moore, of Patterson Grove community. Legion Officers Are Installed Officers for the year 1950-51 were installed at a meeting of i Otis D. Green Post 155, the Amer- | lean Legion, held at the Legion \ Building on East Gold street last Friday night. . Legionnaries Griffin P. Smith, ; and Durham Davis, of Shelby, j conducted the Installation rites. | Paul Mauney was again installed as commander of the organiza- 1 tlon. Other officers installed includ ed: James (Stumpy) Houser, vice commander. James Bennett, adjutant. F. R. McCurdy, chaplain. Bruce Mc Daniel,, sergeant -at arms. Charles English, historian. Fred Haithoock, finance officer. John Gladden, T. W. Grayson, Warren Reynolds, Ralph (Frosty) Spearman and Hubert Aderholdt, members of the executive com mittee. Architect's plans for remodel fng the Legion building were pre sented to the membership for study and a report from Athletic Officer W. L. Plonk on Junior baseball was read by Commander Mauney. METER RECEIPTS A total of $156.99 was ool lected from the city's parking meters on Wednesday accord ing to a report by City Clerk S. A. Crouse. Blood Donors Who Set 113-Pint Local Record Last Week Listed Roster of donors who contribu ted to the new Kings Mountain high of 113 pints at the vista of the regional bioodmoblle on Thursday, July 13, at the Wo man's club was released this week by H. R. Hunnicutt. chair man of the blood service pro gram. First person to file through the center was Ralph E. Weaver, with the 113th James C. Gibson according to the report. The roster, which lists persons In order as they filed through the center, follows: Ralph E. Weaver. ? Doytt Falls. J. T. Green. Frank A. Bettls. Arlis H. Green. Draee M. Peeler. Donald L. Parker. David L. Saunders. Mrs. David L. Saunders. Dr. D. F. Hord Miss Martha S. Carroll. John L. Bridges. James L. Moss Broad us Moss. Richard P. Fostter Theodore H. Mots. Miss Alice W. Fulton. Wood raw H. Bridges. David M. Neili. Mrs. Floy C. Oates. James E. Henson. James L. Lockhart. Boyce J. Sanders. \ Lemuel E. Deese, Jr. Alvin L. Dixon. William M. Dixon. - Robert F. Caveny. William E. Dye. Miss Grace E. Davis. William L. Goforth. Haskell D. Wilson. Miss Frances M. Summers. Ben. T. Ballird. Bobby E. Ettecs Mrs. Emma Mae Dye. Frank M. White. . . , Chas. O. Lovelace. (Cont'd on page twelve) - Belt-Tightening Plan To Effect Almost Everyone With the fighting in Korea ap proaching the completion of its fourth week, the United States moved toward a semi -war econ omy Thursday a.s the Congress began acting on President Tru man's recommendations to halt and throw back Communist ag gression. The President asked, in a mes sage to Congress Wednesday: ,? tit An increase of $10,000,000, 000 in appropriations for the arm ed service?.-. ? ti'i 'Elimination <>l TTic" ceiling limiting the number' of men for the armed services. _ . ? 13 > Power to re- institute con trols on consumer credit., <4t Power to -allocate necessary materials. (5) The authority to "freeze" enlistments of men in the arm ed forces. The President informed Con gress that he had authorized the armed forces to call members of the reserve and National Guard units to duty, It was apparent that the re quests by the President meant placing on the nation a semi-waT footing which might last for years. The President himself used the term "several years." He did not call for rationing and price controls, describing them as unnecessary, but added he would call for them in event they appear needed. Meantime, the news from the Korean warfront was the best it had been since fighting began on June 25lh, though the North Ko rean Reds had resumed the offen sive after a two-day lull. The good news was landing of two divisions on the East coast of Korea, which brought the flat statment from General Douglas MacArthur, United Nations Com mander, that North Korea had lAst its chance to win. Most observers predicted that Congress would speedily grant the President's request, In spite of rumblings from segments of; the Republican minority, The immediate outlook was for much higher taxes in 1951, a rel ative scarcity of heavy goods (automobiles, appliances, tele vision sets), return to duty by some reservists, chiefly special ists, and larger down -payment requirements for purchase of homes, and other durable goods. It already required more money to buy a home through the Fed eral Housing Authority, as down payment requirements had been raised 25 percent. Hearing Monday On Phone Rate Hike Public heating on the appli cation of Southern Bell Tele phone and Telegraph Company lor service rate increases will be held by the North Carolina Utilities in Raleigh next Mon day. Legal notice of the hearing how appeared in the Herald and other papers in the state during the past two weeks. According to the notice pub lished by Southren Bell, the Monday hearing will be devo ted to presentation by the com pany of its testimony in sup port of the requested rate in creases. W. C. Adams, district mane ger of ftouthem Bell, told the Herald this week that he had not received in his office infor mation regarding the requested rate increases for Kings Moun tain subscribers. The announcement states that, at the conclusion of the hearing Monday, it will be re cessed to a later dais when ether interested persons" -Till have the opportunity to offer pertnent testimony.
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