? Population r City Limits 7.193 (Final Unofficial Census 1950) Immediate Trading Area 15.000 (1945 Ration Board Figures) VOL.61 NO. 31 12 Pages Today Sixty-First Year Kings Mountain. N, C., Friday. August 4. 1950 Established 1889 PRICE FIVE CENTS Pvt. Huffstickler Is Reported Missing In Action In Korea Local News Bulletins LEGION MEETING Regular monthly meeting of Otis D. Green Post. 155, Ameri can Legion, will be held at the .Legion Building Friday evening at 7:30, according to announce ment by James Bennett, post adjutant. LEGION SUPPER A chicken supper will be serv ed members of Otis D. Green Post 155, American Legion, on Saturday evening from 6:30 to 9 o'clock at the Legion build ing. Members are being urged to attend the meeting. PRAYER MEETINGS Prayer meeting is being held at the Second Baptist church on Linwood Road at 5 o'clock each afternoon. The services are held especially for the soldiers in Korea. The public i^ invited. METER RECEIPTS A total of $149.23 was collec ted from the city's parking me ters Wednesday according to a report by S. A. Crouse, city clerk. CITY BOARD MEETING ""Regular monthly meeting of the city board of commission ers is scheduled for next Wed nesday afternoon at City Hall. Agenda for the meeting, other than routln? -business, has not been announced. GAULTS MOVE ' Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Gfeult, Jr., end family, have moved into their new home on North Gofot street. The Gaults have re- ?' ) elded for the. pact several years ) at the residence at the corner of Kings and Deal streets. CHICKEN SUPPER Members of Church of God will serve a chicken supper at the Phenlx Park on Friday aftj ernoon. They will begin serv ing supper at 4:30. singing, convention will be held at the church on the corner of Parker and Gaston streets Sunday aft ernoon at 2:30. LIONS MEETING John L. Stickley, of Charlotte, governor of Lions district 31 -B. will address members of the Kings Mountain Lions Club at the regular meeting of the or ganization to be held at' the Woman's Club Tuesday night at 7 o'clock. BUILOIMO PERMITS Building permit was Issued at City Hall Tuesday to Otis D. Green Post, 155, the American Legion, for remodeling the Le gion Hall on East Gold street, 512,000. Other permits issued included one on Tuesday to Mrs. Paul i. Beam, roofing, $150, and one on Wednesday. Raleigh Brown, new tour-room house on Watterson street, $2, 000. TAX REBATE i The Ctty of Kings Mountain's share of the state rebate on to tangible taxes totals $3,832.68 . for the year 1949. -While the state collects the tax, 80 per ^cerrt of the amount is rebated ??to city and county govern 1 -nenta Cleveland county's Share <>f the rebate was $21,009.10. SUFFERS RELAPSE Mm. D. C. Mauney continues in a serious condition at Mer cy HospKal, Charlotte, mem bers of her family said Wed nesday. Mrs. Mauney who was hospitalized after (die became ill at Crescent Beach, S. C., suf fered relapse during #hb past weekend. Draft Board Office Location Given For the benefit of young Kings Mountain in business with the County selective as n lee _ draft board officials have sd that location of the lof lice be published. The board office Is In the Weathers- Rlanto In* on S. Washington Street in Shelby. The Weathers ? Man ton building adfotas the Ma sonic Temple and Is over the Shelby Floor Covering estab lishment. v Mis. Clara Nowmaas. clerk to the beard, said a I finding the office. Son Of Hetiied Army Vet First Local Casualty Pvt. Rufus G. Huffstickler, 19. became the first Kings Mountain casualty in the Korean war, this week, when the . army reported him missing in action since July 20. His parents, ^retired army vet eran Stacey Huffstickler and Mrs. Huffstickler, received the mes sage from the adjutant general on Sunday. It read: "The. secretary of the army has asked me to express his deep regret that your son, Pvt. Huffstickler, Rufus G., has been missing in action since 20 July '50. Upon receipt of further infor mation in this office you will be advised immediately." The young Kings Mountain man enlisted in the army last August, lie was transferred with his unit to Japan on January 23rd. He had completed the 10th grade **t Kings Mountain high school .. jfore enlisting in the ser vice. His father served in World -War l and re<+fe<^-from .?iw a few ytMis ago. Mr. and. Mrs. Huffstickler live at 105-City street. Mr. Huffstick ler is employed at Bonnie Cotton Mill, while Mrs. Huffstickler is employed at Burlington Mill. The Huffstieklers have anoth er son? age 14. Miss Plonk To | _ ? ^ Leave Foi Japan Miss Virginia Plonk, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. L* Plonk, will leave Saturday for Seattle, Wash., where she will sail for Japan to serve as a teacher in an army de p<*wd?nts'? school. - Miss Plonk will go "to Vokoho ma for assignment. A graduate of Woman's Col lege, University of North Caroli na, Miss Plonk has held teaching positions at Chapel Hill, Laur inburg and Thomasrville. During the war, she served with the A merican Red Cross, spending al most a year In Europe, principal- 1 ly in Belgium. Four New Teachers At Beth-Ware A total of 372 students en rolled at Beth-Ware school op opening day last week with the [figure expected to reach 420 toy Friday, Principal John Rudlsijl, reported yesterday. The present term of school is scheduled no close around Sep tember 15th, with the fall session to open on November 1st. , New teachers at the ochool in clude Amos Bent, former veterans teacher ?t the school, teaching high school ;bJstory, *nd Mrs. Best, who is teaching the fifth Icrade. Their residence is dn Bes semer City. V, ? T#o other new teachers are living In Kings Mountain with Mrs. Aryan Hord. They are Miss ?\'.*s and Claude L. Calhoun. Mrs. Newman pointed out that registrants Should keep the board office informed on changes of address, as well as char _es in de pendency status, Including mar riage, birth of children, and oth er information. $104100 Suit Against City Settled For $750 A $750 judgment- against the City Y>f Kings Mountain was a warded the estate of Charles Dan Dillard in Cleveland Superior Court on Tuesday. The award marked completion of a $10,000 damage suit filed by relatives of Dil lard, following his death on July 31, 1947. Plaintiffs had charged that Dil lsr^'s death resulted from a fall by ihe the' young man Into a 10 foot deep culvert off the sidewalk on South Battleground avenue." They further charged negligence on the part of the city, alleging that the sidewalk was not suffi ciently lighted. At the time of Dillard's death, hospital officials had stated that the death was caused by a hem morhage, in turn caused by a blow on the head. The case did not go to the jury. Judge W. H. Bobbitt, presiding, awarded the judgment on agree ment by the attorneys for both parties. City Attorney J. R. Davis represented defendant and C. C. Horn represented the plaintiff. Dillard, agfr 21, fell while re turning with a group of boys from a carnival located at the city's outskirts: He lived with his ?family on the Kings Mountain Bessemer City highway. Variety OJ Cases Hfctf^riircouft A study of court records on file at City Hall shows some 18 Re corder's court cases completed through Monday afternoon's weekly session. ? I Nine defendants were convict ed on charges of public drunk enness. Other cases and outcomes in cluded: Joseph Ervin Davis, charged with drvlng after license revok ed, fined $200 and costs. James D. Coffey, assault on aj female, costs. T. H. Crawford, worthless check, costs. y?rh6h Te*C, abandonment and don -support, taxed with the costs and ordered to pay a sum of mo- 1 ftey e?ch week to the clerk of court for support of tite family.; Mason Cattle, worthless check, 1 coats. Gary E. Biddix, disturbing the peace end public nuisance, costs. Harry M. Watson, of Shelby, who ihad appealed a sentence af ter conviction of hit and ruft, withdrew the appeal and paid a fine' of $10 and costs. Yates Smith, no drivers license, j fined $25 and costs. Willie L*pscomb, of Charlotte, no drivers license, fined $25 and COSM. ? ' Club Stockholders . . Favor Pool Project Stockholders of the King* Mountain Country Club, Inc., in NMtfon Monday evening, voted 47 to 9 in favor of the previously Announced propect to construct a club swimming pool. Thete was little discussion on. thepropoasL President H. B. Jackaon explain* ed that the stockholders' meet ing had been called to obtain an expression of opinion from club stockholders regarding the project.* "While the directors of the club have the authority to trnHd a pool," he stated, "the board does not wish to proceed with the pro ject unless a luge majority of the club favors it That is the reason this meeting was called." It is expected that thedlreotors will take final action on the mat ter at thsir August meeting, Mr. Jackson said. Baker Brothers Wii At Dallas Tommy and PhilHp Baker of Kings Mountain continued their winning ways in the field taK las, Tex. 7^ A# they did In Charkrtte re cently, the Kings Mountain bro thers tied for top honors in the Jet flyiitg division, their pianos belnfc clbeked at the identical fi gure, of 138.41 miles per hour. Hie Baker brothers are sons of Dr. and Mrs, L, P. Baker. . ' ? " * in PEELER IMPROVING ? B S. Peeler, Jr., recuperating in Memorial heap Hal Charlotte, from injuries received 4n an au tomobile accident, was report ed improving steadjly on Thursday. Members of his fam ily tope he will be able to re tufn home within the next few. days. X Jaycees Vote To Circulate Petition Opposing Telephone Rate Increase Lambeth Rope Renovating Fabrics Plant to Lambeth Rope Corporation of eour ,,:'/ ;,y ,he b'1nkfu("cv u new owners are plant? S> renovating the :?h?UKlS invo,vinff the assets of the bankrupt companv were set , tied last week. Wl ! Frank Burke, of Charlotte, man ' said ?orkP ,OCa' La,nbc,h Plant. M?rk on renovatinr tho ThirLWa^ already underway on Thursday, and that the comnanC I hoped to put the plan, 7?to ^ erat ion a round September loth 'would mf Sarid ,h? ?"*?pany would manufacture spinning and twister tapes, and ho declin* ,tS te the number of pei sons the company would emi iov here, stating that decision on ' J- T. Malcolm has been em . ployed as superintendent 0f the chased^th a R?Pe CorP?ra,ion pur- ' cnased the assets of the coniDa , ny for $55,000. mpa-, I - Juniors-Shelby Here On Friday year, coached by Pink Ware and Houston Black, are scheduled "J (tangle with Shelby's 1951 entry Citi' Stadium Frld*y.^d Saturday nijfhts. Gamo %?*? Rig^. Hander Bob Wells will probably ge; Played at Shelby Wells posted a record of four wins and no losses !n elimination j play this season. His earned run average was 1.77 for 27 innings. Wells struck out 12, walked 8 ?rid hit one batter while giving up 12 runs on 18 hits. He faced 103 batters. He pitched three complete gam es, cams in to relieve Charles Kir by in theeighth to stop a Lincol ton rally and receive credit for that important victory. Riser pitched the first five in* nings In the 7 Inning 11 to 0 win on July 21st, wMtr Sonny White finishing up. Weils was the win ner of itfie July 22nd game, going the. route. Klser went the nine inning route last Saturday night in Hic kory in the first game of two with that entry to -post a 5 to 4 victory. In two mound appearances in elimination play during June | Klser was touched for no earned . runs. He hurled a 7-inning vic tory over Harmony (15 to 1) and ? pitched three innings of shutout | ?ball against Cherryville (1-1-0), (Cont'd on page eight) | Loop Softball Toam Drops Practice Tilt The Kings Mountain Softball Association tournament team dropped a practice game Wednes day tm Lilly Mill, of Shelby, by a score of 7 to 3. It was the first game of the sea son for the teaift. whktfi Is enter ed in the Gaston la soft ball tour nament. Kings Mountain scored three runs in the fifth to take a short 3-2 lead. Shelby Iced the game in th* bottom of. the frame with three runs. Roy Pearson gave up 11 hits and the Kings Mountain team made four errors. , Vaughn, who pitched a no-hit ter against the strong Firestone team this year, was the winning pitcher. Kings Mountain got to him for six htts, two by Rocky Ford Jim < : i-baon drove in a pair of runs with a hit. . j Kings Mountain is slated to plsy another practice game Fri day. Tournament play u?i% Ue had been In decline health for the past several years. He was a retired -businessman. Surviving, in addition to his son here, are his wife and a dau- j i ghter. Kings Mountain Softball Team j Named; Entered In State Tourney Directors of the Kings Moun- ; tain Amateur Softball Associa tion announced this week roster of players who will represent the organization in the dUrtriot 7 softball tournament to be iplayed in Gaston la beginning next week. Pairings wre not announced by Commissioner David Gillespie, of Gastonia, Thursday morning. Kings Mountain is entered in the event along with 1* other teams. Several counties are lo cated in the district. Winner will advance to the state tournament. Oil and Pearson, Craftspun skip per, and Ellis King, Pauline chief, were named to manage the team. Carl Wilson, of the American Le gion entry, was named business manager. Theterfm: Pitchers ? Roy Pearson. Bur lington; Charles Matbls, Le gion; and Milliard Black. Mar* grace. Catcher* ? Lawrence Ben Mtt Burlington; and Bobby Inlielders ? Jim Connor, Burlington; Aionso Goforth, Craftsppa; William Ford. Craftspun; Bob Early, Pauline; Jim Gibson. Margrace; and Ken Hardin, legion. Outfielder* ? Tommy Roe*, C cat t spun; BUI Cashion, Pau line; Gene Tignor, Automotive; James Alexander, Automotive; Luthec Bennett, Burlington; and Paul Blddix, Town Club. Meantime in loop play Monday Craftspun stomped Auto 13 to 1 behind the six-hit hurling of Olland Pearson. William Ford collected three hits in five trips, Tommy Ross 2 in 5 and Guyton 2 in 4, to, trail Pitcher Pearson who had 3 for 4, One of Rosw" blows was for the distance. Shortstop Morrison had 2 for 3 to lead the losers hitting. In the Friday night game Bur lington downed Auto 13 to 2 in the "first night game of the sea son. Parker street and Burlington 'Bullets" battled to a'7-ail tie, the former coming from behind in the bottom of the Wi to. knott the sore aft*r the Bullets" had gone ahead with 4 runs in the top of the frame. AS$UME^3U^E^lEHE^Man^ ley K. Fuller, former city mana ger of Laurlnburg. assumed the duties of city administrator of the City of Kings Mountain on Tues day. First Draft Date August 17 The Cleveland County selective servicc board will send ./ Decision to circulate a petition opposing the rate increase was made ni the regular meeting of .the organization Tuesday night. While the petition had not yet been drawn Thursday! W. Fajson Barnes, Jaycee president, said the pel it ion would oppose t ht; company's request for rate in creases here and would seek im ; proved service .and/or installa tion of a dial- system, ? ? ?The petitions, on completion, will be filed with the North Car ,iiliQa . V 1 1 i i Ues-cojjimission. cither , ' al , the ni-v ? heftTing whop ? tiw commission will hear arguments ! against the promised increase, or prior to the hearing, The Utilities commission sets ; rates on franchised monopolies operating within the state. At a recent hearing, Southern | Bell Telephone and Telegraph company presented its request with supporting information. The | company said the increases I would hike Its revenue in North I Carolina by an estimated $2,700, 000 and said the general increase I asked would approximate 12 -per cent. 1 Increases requested for Kings Mountain were considerably 'higher than that percentage, ap proximating 27 percent for one party residential telephones and 37 percent for one party business telephones. The company also wants increases in intrastate long distance rates. Several Kings Mountain citi- ' zens have written letters to the commission opposing the in- - crease, generally on the grounds that service should be improved first. H. Y. Alexander, Charlotte dis trict manager, told the Herald last week that the company an ticipate granting free service to certain outlying cities, should the rate Increase be granted. At the jpresent time, all calls to Besse mer City are toll calls and all .calls to Sheby from residential phones are toll calls. On the oth er hand, Bessemer City and Shel by subscribers may call Kings Mountain from any phone with out paying long distance charges. The Utilities commission has indicated that the next hearing on the Southern Bell rate In crease request will be held in a | bout ?0 days. Riser Hurls Legion Win Over Hickory Fred Riser, young' left-handed ace of the Kings Mountain A merican Legion Junior baseball team last June, went the route for a full nine innings for the first time this seawm last Satur day night at Hickory and posted a four-hit win over the 1951 Hie ory nine. Kiser, who pitched a seven in ning affair against Harmony here on June 20 in his only complete game this season,, wm tight in tho clinches, left 9 Hickory run ners stranded while giving up six walks and gtriking out 10. In his only other appearance against League 2 Area 4 foes dur ing the first round of play this year, Kiser gave Cherryvllk- three hits in blanking them for three innings. He walked two, struck out three. Errors afield by his prospective 1951 teammates hurt in the game (Cont'd on page eight) County Advertising Delinquent Taxes The Clmland County tax col lector 13 advertising this week properties (or sal* for unpaid 194* taxes. . According to the notice ac companying the Number 4 Township list appearing la to dor's Issue of tbe Harold, prop erties en which taxes an un paid will bo sold at the court house door in Shelby at noon on the first Monday In Soptom ?fr>er. The City of Kings Mountain will begin advertising for sale next week properties on which taxes for 1949 are stot yet paid.