Population City Limits 7,1 93 (Final Unofficial Census 1950) Immediate Trading Area 15.000 (1945 Ration Board Figures) VOL.61 NO. 36 Sixty-First Year Kings Mountain. N. C.. Friday. September 8. 1950 Established 1889 14 % Pages Today m PRICE FIVE CENT* Local News Bulletins POSTAL RECEIPTS Postal receipts for the month of August totaled $3,164.14, a deck ease of $575.62 from the to tal of $3,739.76 recorded during August of 1949, according to Kings Mountain postmaster W. Blakely, BUILDING PERMITS building permit was issued at .City Hall on Tuesday to Miss Cletus Paysour for remod eling a porch at the residence on Bessemer Gity highway, es timated cost $250. PARKING MONEY A total of $148.45 in revenue was collected from the city's downtown parking meters Wed nesday according to a report by City Clerk S. A. Crouse. MAUNEY RE-ELECTED Dr. William Lawrence Maun ey, of Kings Mountain, was re elected secretary and treasurer of the North Carolina Chiropo dy association at its 32nd an nual meeting held in Charlotte this week. LIONS MEET3NG Members of the Kings Moun tain Lions club will hold their regular meeting Tuesday ev ening at 7 a* t'hg W? man's Club. Program for the meeting has not yet been an nounced. Business muUera to be considered include comple tion of plans for operation of a concession booth at the Cleve land County Fair. CONDITION BETTER The condition of 'Mrs. Claude Hambrlght, who underwent an. emergency operation at Memo rial hospital in Charlotte last week, was reported Improved Thursday morning. Members of her family said she had rest ed better on Wednesday night than any other since she be came m^She had been able to take some nourishment. Her condition, however, was still regarded as serious. LEGION MEETS MONDAY Regular monthly meeting of Otis D. Green Post 155, the A merican Legion, will be held at | the Legion Hall Monday night at 8 p. m. according to announ cement by Adjutant James Ben nett. The meeting was origi nally scheduled for Friday night but was changed because of the Kings Mountain-Dallas football game tonight. Football Openei Set Friday Night Opening game of the 1950 Kings Mountain high school foot ball season is slated Friday night at City Stadium as the Mountain eers take on Dallas high of the Gaston County "Little Eight" league. Kickoff time is 7:30 p. m. Head Coach Everette (Shu) Carlton will take the wraps off a squad that many observeds consider at this st"?ge to be one of the best produced at Kings Mountain high school in several years. Eleven lettermen from the 1949 team and some dozen other play ers who "bo-hunked" on the squad last season were among the 45-odd candidates who re ported for pre school drill on August 15th. A player who was lost to the team last season in his freshman year In high school Is expected to add considerably to the versitillty of the Kings Mountain attack. Sophomore Jim Kimmell has been running, passing and punt ing from the tailback slot and is "developing fast" according to Coach Carlton. Kimmell was out for the squad last year but suffered a ruptured appendix and was lost for the season. He lettered In basketball and baseball in his freshman year, conning Back alter a suc cessful medical operation. Kimmell is battling with Let terman Back Charles (Billy) Shytle for the tailback skit. Shytle, a slight speedster, has been running from the wlngback position In practice and will pro bably hold down that spot on the first team. A fast, shifty running wlngback is considered the back bone of the attack by most coach es. Shytle has been ope*ting from tailback on the second team. Letterman Fullback Don Bum gardner has been running well in drills and will probably start in that slot. Biggest "find" In the backfield ti? date Is Letterman Back Jim Cobb, who has drawn considers- 1 ble praise from the coaching staff for his vicious blocking dur ing scrimmages to date. He will (Cont'd on page eight) Seven Local Men To Leave Friday For Physicals Twenty-five more Cleveland i men, including seven with Kings Mountain addresses, are schedul ed to go to Charlotte Friday for pre-induction physical examina tions to determine their fitness | for army duty. The group of 23 is scheduled to i leave by bus from Shelby at 7 i a. m. for the Charlotte Quarter I master Depot, area ccnter for pre i induction examinations. The Cleveland County selective service board has not yet receiv ed orders to furnish men for in duction, Mrs. Clara Newman, clerk to the board said, and the j pre-induction call being filled [Friday is only one received for ] ! September. No other pre-induction calls , are expected this month, since Cleveland was one of the first counties to re-actlvate its selec- j tive service board. Mrs, Newman said a number of Cleveland county men in the eligible draft age are volunteer ing for service, Volunteers are credited against county quotas, sho added. ' - " Odds On Jones For House Seat Odds are that the special elec tion in the Hth Congressional district to elect a successor to the late Congressman A. L. Bulwin kle, of Gastonia, will be on the same date as the general election on November 7, and odds are, too, that the successor will be Wood row W. Jones, of Rutherfordton, the Democratic nominee for the regular term beginning in Janu ary. Governor W. Kerr Scott indica ted Wednesday that he would set the date of the special election at the same time as the regular election, and Democratic party leaders regarded it as certain that the district executive com mittee would nominate Mr. Jon ea for the short term. Gov. Scott said, after a confer ence with Raymond Maxwell, secretary of the state elections board, that it appeared of no val ue to hold a special election within 30 days of the regular e leotion, and added that the elec tions board official had told him arrangements could not be com pleted for a special election- in less than a month. A. W. Whitehurst, of Marshall, is the Republican nominee for the regular term, and he also is ex pected to. be the Republican nominee for the interim term. The District is normally Demo cratic. ' ] Advantage to the district and to Mr. Jones, personally, of elec tion for the interim term would be additional seniority, which de termines House of Representativ es committee appointments. Reception Sunday For T. L. Cash wells An informal reception for Rev. and Mrs. T. L. Cashwell, Jr., will be given in the Eunice -T. E. L. classrooms of the First Baptist church following the Sunday ev ening worship service, according to an announcement by Miss Lula Mae Teague, church secre tar* 1 ae public is invited to attend. Second Local Soldier / Missing In Action MISSING IN KOREA ? Pvt. Billy Owen, 19, son of Mrs. Emmie Owen Benfield, has been report ed as missing in action in the Korean fighting. Phillips Rites To Be Saturday Funeral services will be held Saturday at 3 p. m. at Primitive Baptist church for Mrs. Bessie Phillips, 62, of route three, who died Thursday morning around 8:45 after an illness of ?everal years. Rev. E. H. Simpson and Rev. A. i N. Green will officiate and bur- j ial will be in El Bethel Methodist t church cemetry. The body will lie j in state at the church for one hour prior to the service. A' daughter of the late Joseph and Martha Mullinax, Mrs. Phil lips had lived in Kings Mountain practically all her Jife. Her hus band, B. B. (Bud) Phillips died several years ago. She was a member of Primitive Baptist church. Survivors include a son, Wil lard Boyles, two daughters, Mrs. Jeff Carroll and Miss Fa ye Todd, and one brother, William Mulli nax, all of Kings Mountain. RUDDOCK LEAVES Lt. William O. Ruddock, I Kings Mountain reserve air | corps navigator, left Saturday i for Keesler Field, Miss., for ac tive duty with the air corps. Orders previously received by Lt. Ruddock called for assign- ' ment to duty m McDill Field, Tampa, Fla, ' Third Annual Community Fail To Open At Bethware Thursday | The Third Annual Bethware Community Fair wlil open off i - 1 I daily next Thursday at 1 d'clock j wkh a full slate of events design ed to appeal to all ages. Opening day ceremonies are on [Thursday and exhibits will be pn display uptil midnight Saturday at Bethware high schol agricul tural building. Friday's schedule features live stock, the Judging of all exhibits, and a farm machinery demon stration at 2 o'clock. A midway offering rides and shows for kiddies and their grown-ups will be in operation throughout the three -day affair which 1s being sponsored by {he Bethware Progressive Club. Low ered rates on rides will be offered the kiddles all day FWday. Officers for the fair include Myers Hambright, manager; Will Watterson and Mrs. Frank Ware, assistant managers; John H. Rud isill, Jr., secretary -treasurer; Mrs. Lamar Herndon, assistant secre tary; W+lHs Harmon, secretary of grounds; sod Leonard Gamble, assistant secretary of grounds. The board of directors includes Wayne L. Ware, Will Watterson, Boyd Hairelson, f. C. Ware. La . i .. - : ? mar Herndon, Charles Goforth, Herman Goforth, and Billy Phlfer. Various department directors and assistants for the event in clude: Agriculture ? Boyd Harrelson, director; J. S. Ware; L. E. Champ- j Ion; and Lamar Hemdon. Horticultural? Wayne L. Ware, ! director; Cameron Ware, Frank Ware, and Edwin Moore. Livestock ? Holland Dixon, di rector; J, C. Randall, Harold Herndon, Charles Goforth, Ted Led ford,, Charles A. Whisnant, and Herman Goforth, Poultry ? J. D. Harmon, direc tor; Jimmy Ware, assistant direc tor. Farm and Machinery ? Lewi* Hovis, director; Lyman Champi on, and Joe, Craver. Women's Department ? Mm Hal Morris, director; Mrs. Will Watterson; and Mrs. Leonard Gamble. The Beth -Wars Fair premium list, containing, full information about, the fair, the various com petitions, and m large volume of advertising from supporters of the fair, was being distributed this week. _ Cil r Ml Pvt. Billy Owen, 19, son of Mrs. Kmmip Owen Bonficld, lias been reported missing in action in Ko rea since July 27, according to a Department of Defense telegram received by his mother. | Further details to be given, in I a letter. mentioned in the tele- ' gram have not been roceivefi by ? Mrs. Benfie'd. _ 1 The young Kings Mountain ' man enlisted in the army Decern - | her 17, 1318, at Fort Jackson, S. j C. He was stationed on Okinawa before his unit was sent to Ko , j rea in July. A letter dated July 15 written i from Okinawa was the lasf com- ! munication Mrs. Benfield had from her son. Pvt. Owen attended Kings , Mountain high school before en listing in service. A brother of Pvt. Owen. C. H. Owen, 20, is employed at Bur lirigton Mills here. W.-illwr Strintinr VValKui aticsscs Need For Blood An increasing need for blood, brought on by (he Korean. con vict. and greater public aware ness of the grim conditions of the ? f,!.ru??Ie were stressed by H H ' walker, general field represen '"I** '? A.lanla a? and guest speaker at the Kings Mountain Red Cross meeting last i Thursday evening, August 31. Mr. Walker emphasized the ! importance of a civilian training program, especially that of home nursing arid first aid, and of gen eral preparedness in the program before an immediate need might arise. t He also noted that limited Ko rean field facilities have thus far permitted the handling of only school.*-, which i v - j >o :!1 session, siicwod .i 'net ;.M . n of 92 .over last, ypar's figures, while Park i :race elementary foii nine short of lis 5919 mark. Increases in ai; ' city schools wore recorded.' \tflth theeXcepilon of Davidson, colored high school where figuroaVeli two below the l?ast year. Largest gain came at Kings Mountain high school which reported an increase of 55, from, 326 I or 1949, to .'<81. B. N. Barnes, superintendent of city schools, noted that gains were slightly more than he an ticipated, but that a full faculty list is handling adequately the expansion in school population, i .Half-day schedules were run Tuesday, with full-scale work be ginning on Wednesday. Combined enrollment in Cen- ! tra), Fast, and West elementary schools stood at 1170 compared to 11-12 in 1919 while Davidson ? rulnu't! .iitifiiiefiiHry ? wltui>| rr?? corded 142 as compared no a pre vious 131. Davidson colored high school reported 62 in contrast to a 61 mark of last year. Total enrollment for the new year stands at 1.753 as compared to 1,663 in 1919. At Park race elementary school Mrs. J C. Nickels, principal, re- ? ported an enrollment of 171, a ; drop fmm the previous mark of 180. Presbyterian Synod To Meet Annual mee.ling of the Presby terian church Synod of Nonh Car olina will be held next week be ginning on Tuesday at Queens College in Charlotte according to announcement by Rev. P. D. Pa trick, moderator. First Presbyterian church will be represented by Dr. P. O: Pad gett and Dixon church by J. G. Darracott. The meeting is to continue through Thursday next week and j a new moderator will be named i to succeed Mr. Patrick. Young Democrats To Rally Saturday A number of Kings Mountain . Democrats are expecting t<> at- ' tend the 11th district rally to be j hold at Bracken s Cedar Par;; near Casar on Saturday night, ac cording to W. Faison Barnes, chairman of the county Young Democrat club, which is spon- ' soring the event. ? j Mr. Barnes said State Chair- ! man Terry Sanford will be pres ent, d.-j'well as Other party dig- , nitaries. The event is scheduled to begirt ! with a fish fry at 7 o'clock and j will be fololwed by a square dance. Tickets a( $1.50 per per- I son cover the full evening's pro gram. Salisbury let Attains Highest Speed For Event The Second Annual Model Air Show presented Monday by the Kings Mountain Junior Chamber of Commerce drew 21 competitors from throughout the stale in spite of interfering rain. Model experts from as tar East as Heidsvilie and as far west as Morganton guided buzzing en- [ tries through 14 official flights ( j from 3 p. m. to 10 p. m. with only | one slight mishap. The unusual j prospect of night-flying drew j many contestants to the meet. Winners in the five classes in ' eluded: Internal combustion engines, combined classes A & B: Sammy Williams of Reidsville, firjst place, with a winning time of 126.76 mph; Eddie Apple of | Reisville, 123.29 mph, second ! place; and Roger Little of Char- , Iotte, 122.45 mph, third place. Internal combustion engines, combined classes C & D. team of Joe Gwynn and Clifton Fitzger- ] ! aid. first place with a class D i ship at 140.63 mph; Roger Little of Charlotte, 131.39 mph, seconn place; and Will Little, of Char : lotte, 130.00 mph, third place, j ' t I Jet propulsion: Ralph Carelle of Salisbury, 134.33 mph, first | place; Allen Carter of Reisville, 131.39 mph, second place; and [Edward Hicks of Reisville, 129.00 i mph, third place. Jaycee members served as tim ers for the event which was offi cially sanctioned by the Acade-. my of Model Aeronautics. John- j ny Vogler, of Charlotte, was con test director, and Tommy and Phillip Baker assisted in conduct ing the event. i MINISTERS TO MEET Members of the Kings Moun tain Ministerial association will meet Monday morning at 10:30 at Central Methodist church, it , was announced this week. Opening Day School Enrollment tip 92 Contract Letting On Gastonia Highway Expected In February Officials of the ninth division ' of the state highway and public ! works commission cxpeot to com plete a survey on building of a 'second lane of U, S. 74 between I Kings Mountain and Gastonia vyithin the next m?nth and an- [ i tlcipate the project will be ready j for contract letting by February. Principal "Lf" in the way of the project is impact of the Korean] War on road building. j 1 A division office official said | It was almost definitely decided that the new double-lade road, which Is expected to more or less parallel the present road, will be constructed North of the present two-lane strip. He pointed out that the steepest grades on the present road are encountered by westbound traffic. Therefore, building of a road North of the present U. S. 74, would mal.e the present road available for east bound traffic, where grades are j less steep. Construction of an additional ' lane on U. S. 74 would alleviate 1 traffic congestion on one of the J most widely - traveled roads in North Carolina. Traffic accident records also show 'this stretch of road is one of the most dangerous in the state. The engineering survey began, last week. CONGRESSMAN SUCCUMBS ? Funsral sorricos (or Cmgrtumu A. L. Bulwlnkle, veitran U. 8. re prei?ntertiva from th? 11th Con gressional district ware held la Gostonla Saturday morning. Mr. Bulwinkte had npmnttd the district tn Contrast (or U of th? past 30 ysars. ! I V. HERE SUNDAY ? Dr. C. Darby Fulton, World Missions secretary of the Presbyterian church, will deliver the sermon at 11 o'clock services Sunday at First Presby terian church here. Fulton to Preach Here On Sunday Rev. C. I '?'rby F uHon. I). P., of Nashville, Tenn., former Swro:-' tnry of World Missions of the Presbyterian church, will speak Sunday morning at II o'clock at the First Presbyterian church, ac cording to announcement by Rev. P. D. Patrick, pastor. I)r. Fulton was born in Japan, serevd ay a missionary there for several years, and was then re called to the Uniidp States to head the world mission program of his church. Dr. Fulton last fall conducted a series of services in Kings Mountain at the First Presbyteri an church. Miss Frances Summers will be special soloist at the morning service. Fight Continuing Against Rate Hike W. Faison Barnes, president of the Kings Mountain Junior Chamber of Commerce, informed Southern Bell Telephone & Tele graph Company Thursday that this organization would continue to oppose the telephone compa ny's proposed rate increase. Mr. Barnes wrote H. Y. Alexan der, Southern Bell district mana ger: ''In accordai. e with your re quest when you were here several weeks ago, we have more or less held up on our petition in oppo sition to your proposed telephone rate increase. This has been done in an effort to cooperate with you and in order to determine if there ?vould be an improvement in our telephone service. After several weeks of observation, it appears to be the general concensus of opinion that we still do not have first class telephone service, al though there has been some im provement. We feel that this, in some degree, bears out our origi nal contention that the major difficulty here lies in the system rather than in our local person nel. "Even aside from the problem of service, we feel now, as al ways, that the s' of the in crease which you are asking is too large. We are somewhat handicapped in drawing this con clusion in that you are unable to furnish us with figures relative to your costs and profits from the Kings Mountain exchange. While we realjze that your problems are not purely local, we feel that our rates should be determined to some extent in accordance with your costs here. From our gener al knowledge of economics and business conditions, and from what little knowledge we have of your situation, we b-..eve that the rates which you propose are too high. "Fn view of these conclusions, we have decided to continue to circulate our petition and to ac tively oppose the requested rate increase." Autumn On Scene Ahead Of Schedule Autumn arrived ahead of sche dule this week. Rainy, cold weather has been the order of the day this week and caused a number of Kings Mountain citizens to rush plans for winter heating installations. Those who had the facilities a vailable had fires going. (Appliances dealers reported ' business brisk in the heater de-. partments, and coal and fuel dealers were kept busy supplying customers. The early ap>pearance of cold weather was attributed to the Florida hurricane and was not expected to continue long