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Population City Limits 7.193 (Final Unofficial Census 1950). Immediate Trading Area IS. 000 (1945 Ration Board Figures) VOL.61 NO. 40 Sixty-First Year 1 A Pages 14 Today . ? Established 1889 PRICE FIVE CENTS Kings Mountain. N. C. Friday. October 6. 1950 I Local News I I Bulletins I BUILDING PERMITS Building permits were issu ed at City Hall during the past week to Buna Boye, $1,200 for construction of a newfour-room dwelling near Sadie Mill, C. B. Fite, $200 for construction of a ?Workhouse', and J. e; Hord, $4, 000 for construction of two new four-room dwellings on Car penter street. JACK RUTH BETTER Jack Ruth, Davidson college sophomore and member of the football squad, was . reported j improved Wednesday, after en-.l tering the college infirmary I Tuesday. , Physicians at first feared that he was suffering from a recurrence of a kidney ailment, but they are now of the opinion that he was injured in recent football play, and that the injuries are^more pain ful than serious. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hilton jtuth. TV AT LEGION HALL Announcement has been - made of installation of a tele vision set at the Legion Build ing and all members of the Series game or any other pro gram of their choifce. The hall is open from 1 p. m. to 5 p. m.. and from 7 p. m. to 10:30 -p. m. LIONS MEETING A variety program, with members of the club participa ting, will feature the meeting of the Kings Mountain Lions club Tuesday night at 7 o'clock. The meeting will be at the Wo man's ' Club. William Plonk, program chairman, made the ? . announcement ~ ? r*" LEGION MEETING Regular monthly meeting of Otis D. Green Post 155, the A merlcan Legion, will be held at the Legion Building on East Gold street Friday .night at 8 o'clock according to announce ment by James Bennett, adju ?' taints' V'v White Cane Sale Reported At $70 Kings Mountain citizens pur chased $70 worth of White Cane buttons Saturday, In the sale con ducted by die Kings Mountain Lions club for the aid of the /blind. "We regard the sale as success ful," quotes Hilton' Ruth, chair man ot the sale, said, "and I wish to thank those who contri buted and the young girls who served as salesladies." One-third of the proceeds re mains with the Lions club here to be used by the blind work com mittee to aid the blind and for other sight preservation - work. The remainder goes to the North Carolina state association for the blind which does "much rehabili tation work. Mountaineer Club Memberships Sought A membership committee task force of The Mountains** Club* Inc., was hard at work Thursday seeking a minimum goal of 100 new members of the organisation.. Grady HowaxxL president of the organisation, and David NellL secretary ? Ueasursi. headed the group and tbey re ported meeting tuctu from their initial membership- seek ing effort*. The club is devoted to pro moting amateur athlotl? In Kings Mountain, and on* of its malar activities has been the orqrnnliatJon of the grammar school football program, new in its sstMi season. Other nr tlvltte* have incladed the In suring el msmbsrsof the high school football team ngiilasl Price of a issshseshtp is S& The membership group la using the slogan. Tt to hotter to build beyr then to mend ,mo?r liPii i ? * Itsii fH 1 1m^' J. ? %T r- ?cunic r<^r ffijjfc P^?Hi ADCgJX. .u< ' M?S JmiULT ME^fcLS^ ARCHITECTS DRAWING OF PADGETT CLINIC ? SI own above is tlie architect's drawing board view ot the 10- room clinic to be constructed on West King street by Dr. P. G. Padgett Kings Mountain physi cian. The clinic will occupy the lot formerly occupied by the James Roberts residence. The house has been torn away and work on the cllnc is scheduled to begin as soon as the debris is cleared. Clyde Bennett/ Kings Mountain contractor, has the general contract for the structure, while L. A. Hoke has tbe electrical contract and Logan Supply Company the plumbing contract. Page Air Conditioning com pany, of Charlotte, was awarded the heating and air-conditioning contract. Shelby architects Van Wagenlngen and Cothran designed the building. DAR Third District ? ;'r v V -V . * : ? ?' ? ?: '? . ? ISO Members I Are Expected For Session i The Colonel Frederick Hambri- j ght Chapter of <the Daughters of ! the Amertcan Revolution will be hostess to the thirty -first meet tog of the Third District of North Carolina on Friday afternoon at the First Presbyterian church. , Registration 'begins at 1 o'clock with the meeting to open at 2:00 o'clock. This is the final of eight district meetings which have been held In North Carolina dur ing the past two weeks. Around 150 chapter members are expected to be present. Repre sentatives from eleven chapters from Charlotte, Gastonia, Hun tersville, Kings Mountain, Shelby and Lincolnton make up the Third District. Especially invited guests Include Miss Virginia Home, Stfcte Regent, of Wades boro, the State officers, National and State chairmen, and Honor ary State Regents. Mrs. T. M. Shuford; hoistess reg ent, ?will call the meeting to or der and Mrs. Caldwell Ragan, Gastonia, district director, will preside over the business session. Mrs. F. R. Summers is District Secretary. The invocation will be ven by Rev. p. D, Patrick. Mrs W. Griffin will welcome the guests and Miss Frances Sum mers win render a vocal selec tion. The highlight of the meeting will be the address by the State Regent. All chapter regents, na tional and state officers will give (Cont'd on page eight) T-B X-Ray Unit Here Next Week The Cleveland County Tuber culosis X-Ray unit will be In Kings Mountain from Tuesday through Friday next week to provide lree chest X-Ray ex aminations to Kings Mountain citizens. The unit will eet up at Pau line Mill on TUMday. operat ing from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. and will be at Margraee Mill Wed nesday through Friday, opera ting daily from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. Medical doctors and county health officials urge citlxens to avail themselves of this free secvice at least once annually as a precaution against tuber culosis and other chest ail ments and diseases. Frances Summers Featured Soloist Miss Frances Summers, Kings Mountain soprano, was guest so loist at services last Sunday morning at Home Moravian chur ch in Winston-Salem. Future engagements for Miss Summers Include An appearance as guest soloist at the Lutheran church in Lincolnton, on Sunday morning, October 15th, and at St. Mark's Lutheran church in Char lotte on Reformation Sunday, Oc tober 29th. On TV.'reday evening. Miss Summers rendered a program of vocal music at the meeting of the Kings Mountain Kiwanis club and she will sing at Friday afternoon's Third District DAJt district meeting. Grier Series To Start Sunday Z will conduct a series of e vangelistic services at Boyce Me morial ARP church, beginning Sunday morning and continuing each evenirtg through Friday. October 13. Eveing services will begin at 7:30. The special autumn series of services will also feature special music by the church choir, with the youth choir to sing at one of the services. Mr. Grier's sermon subjects fo41ow^,^>..te:.,:''. Sabbath morning, "Union with Christ." '1 Sabbath evening, "Radiant Christianity." Monday everting, "The Com-! fort of Bad." Tuesday evening, "Thy King dom Come." Wednesday evening, 'The. Man in the Breach." Thursday evening, 'Thou Art the Man " Friday evening, "Salvation." "We e*tend a cordial invita tion to the public to attend any or all of these services," Rev.'W. L. Pressly, pastor of the church said. "Rev. Mr. Grier is one of the church's outstanding minis ters and his sermons will prove both instructive and inspiration ?1." . lob Placement Success Reported Fox Physically Handicapped Here Efforts to make National Em ploy the Physically Handicapped week felt in Kings Mountain, practically as well as publicity - wise, are showing results, accord ing to a report this week toy Mrs. Mary B. Goforth, manager of the Kings Mountain office of the Em ployment Security commission. Mrs. Goforth reported three tn< ; stances of employment at physi cally handicapped persons, re turning them to status as gain fully-employed citizens. The tftree placements reported by Mrs. Goforth include: CASE 1? Veteran, 25 yean of age, 3 years service In army ? shrapnel wounds In leg and weakness of stomach mu?el?*-? has spent some time in Veterans Hospital ? formal education, 7th grade, tout testa given show he has acquired at least a 10th grade education ? he has been plaeed as a Meat Cutter Trainee and is doing an acceptable job. CASE II? Young man 21 years of sge stricken With infantile paralysis ? unable to stand or walk without crutches but anx ious for work ? was placed on a Job where he can sit down and yet perform all duties required. CASE. Ill ? Young negro girl strloken with infantile paralysis ?walks with a limp ? unable to do heavy w brk but cap do gener al house work not requiring strenuous duties or long hours. A Job was found which was suita ble. Other cases still remain In the active file. One reported by Mrs. Gqforth Is ? veteran of 42 months service In the army, who sustained a seri ous battle wound ih the elbow in 1944. Last year one finger on the left hand had to be amputa ted due to the ok! battle Injury. The veteran now wears a brace to support the injured elbow, and, with the brace, the veteran can not only 1tft the arm, but use It for other duties. He can drive a car or truck. He feels he can still <Cont'd on page eight) Blood Needs Are Stressed t Mrs. J. N. Gamble, executive secretary, and Mrs. Pride Ratter free, treasurer, were among Red Cross officials attending a meet ing of the Charlotte regional committee on Tuesday. The meeting was devoted to I outlining plans for the Red Cross | blood program, now being speed |ed up to supply blood for men j wounded In the Korean fighting j and to increase blood bank sup plies. Mrs. Mozell Black, of the area staff, told the group that, in ad dition to regular uses for whole blood, there is great need for btood products, Including serum albumin for fighting shock, gam ma globulin for fighting disease, fibrinogen to use on open wounds to heal them and to stop bleeding, anti-hemophelia glo buMn which fights hf-morrhag ing, and red cells, which fights anemia. A need of two to three million pints of blood is foreseen in the event of atomic borrtb attack on even a few American cities. Human blood cannot be made synthetically, it was pointed out. Citizen* of Kings Mountain and G rover are being asked to give their blood when the Red Crocs Blood mobile returns here on October 17th. It will set up for operation ?t the Margrace Club house. Citizens are being asked to schedule blood donor appoint ments with Harold Hunnkutt, blood program chairman, Mrs. Mary Goforth, recruitment chair man, or Mrs. Gamble. Funeral Rites Are Conducted For loe Mauney i ? Funeral rKes for Joseph Stan - 1 hope Mauney, 38, son of Mr. and . Mm D. C. Mauney, were conduc ted Wednesday morning at St. Matthew's Lutheran church, with, interment following in Mountain Rest cemetery. The rites were conducted by Rev. W. H. Stender, of Cameron, S. C., and Rev. H. (?. Fisher., of Spindale. both former pastors of the. church, of Which Mr. Mauney, ?way a member. Mr. Mauney was found dead shortly before 10 o'clock Monday night, outside a hotel where he was. a registered guest. Another guest, V. H. Lancaster, of Green ville, S. C., found the body as he left the hotel to enter his car. Charloite police officers investi gated and found the window of Mr. Mauney 's second-story room raised and the screen unlatched. The Mecklenburg county assis- ; tant coroner termed the death a suicide. Mr. Mauney's \^atch had stop ped at 9:45 and he was identified by investigating officers from a driver's license found in his wal ler ? - ? ! ? He had been In ill health fori several months and was subject -t<? i(ur v to fil? parents, are two daughters, Joan j and Nell Mauney, of Spindale, a brother, Carl F. Mauney, and a sister, Mrs. George Houser, both of Kings Mountain. Pallbearers were W. K. Maun ey, Jr., Garland Still, Jacob Coop er, George H. Mauney, Dr. J. P. Mauney and H. E. Lynch. Drait Group To Be Examined Orders are out to 114 Cleveland county young men to report to' the Shelby selective service office Friday morning for transporta tion to Charlotte for pre- induction physical examinations to de termine their fitness for service in the army. To obtain sufficient men to fill the pre-induction^uota, the se lective service board used up half of its available pool of men j in the 21 -year-old age group, ac- j cording to Mrs. Clara Newman, clerk to the board. The board has been ordering up men In the 19-25 age group in reverse order, beginning with men age 25. The board has also been or dered to furnish for induction 20 men on October 18th. Mrs. New man said she doubted the board would be able to 1111 this call, stating that deferment requests from students and changes of classification on men g'ettln;? married had materially stripped the "avail-able" pool! Merf found physically fit from Friday's examination group will not toe eligible for Induction In the .October 18th call, since a minimum of 21 days is allowed for the men to get their affairs in order. No other calls have been re ceived for October and none is expected, Mm Newman said, I. Lutherans Attend National Meetings ? ? ? ' Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Mauney and Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Mauney were among the 500 delegates and visitors attending the 17th biennial convention of the Bro therhood of the United Lutheran Church in America held at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Sunday through Tuesday. W. K. Mauney was a delegate from the St. Matthew s Lutheran church, while Aubrey Mauney Is national wcretary. Following the Brotherhood con vention, the group went to De* Moines, Iowa, for the meeting of the United Lutheran Church in America, now underway. - * IN HOSPITAL ' E. E. Marlowe, well-known Kings Mountain buslnesman, is a patient in Gaston Memo rial hospital, where' he is re ceiving treatment for a virus infection. Mr. Marlowe was re* ported improving Thursday. Foote Mineral , Lessee 9. Putting Solvay Plant Into Operation J ' - ' ; . ? . ? ? '^rrt ? ; ? :J ? * ? ? TEMPLE SPEAKER ?Rev. Steph en Morrisett. head of the depart ment ol religion at Gardner Webb college will speak at Tem ple Baptist church at Sunday morning services, as the church j observes Garndner-Webb day. Church To Hear G-W Professor Rev. Stephen Morrisett, head of the department of religipn at Gardner-Webb college, will speak at 11 A/'vIcrh vices au.: day morning at Temple Baptist church, as the church observes Gardner-Webb day. Announcement of the special service was made by the pastor, Rev. W. F. Monroe. Rev. Mr. Morrisert served as pastor of the First Baptist chur ch, of Elkin, from 1940 to 1945. He is a graduate of Cornell and Columbia universities and of the Louisville Baptist seminary. Local Markets Are Praised "Markets in the Kings Moun tain area are showing great Im provement from the standpoint of sanitation," W. F. Strickland, county sanitarian, told the Her ald this week announcing cur rent sanitation grades on mar kets of the county. A total of 16 markets in Kings Mountain attairied the coveted Grade "A" rating, while 13 addi tional markets were listed a t Grade "B". Mr. Strickland said that much credit is due Kings Mountain market owners for their efforts to improve their physical facilities and to Veep their markets clean. Grade "A" markets here in clude: A & P, B. k B. Food Store, T. F. Ballard Grocery, T. W. Bar rett Grocery, Crawford Market, Dixie-Home Store, W. M. Gantt Grocery, Gairlt A Sons, Huffstet ler Grocery, Margrace Mill Store, Mauney Cash Grocery, Payne's (Cont'd on page eight) Work Began At Soivay Plant Monday Foote Mineral Company, <>f Phlh'deiphfia. Ph., began clean ing and overhauling equipment Monday at the Soivay Process 1 Company spodumene plant. , j Foote Mineral leased the plant from Soivay la .-ft winter for a one- year period, the lease, also including ;tn option to purchase j the plant. P. B. Shay, production tnanagef Of Foote Chemical cdmpany, was I here this week superintending! the work, and Ted Schmidt, the company's maintenance engineer will be in charge of the local j plant. During the present period of, over hauling, only, a small crew will be employed at "the plant, Mr. Shay stated. ' . ? ? j Foote Chemical was Solvay's biggest customer for spodumene ? -during ear' period the; local piant""Was operated. Spodu - r mene, an ore, is used for the extraction of lithium oxide, a ! product used in some oils and greases. The plant went into production in early 1943 and it was closed in March 1945. Until Monday, it had not been operated since that time. Mis. Mauney Parks Chairman The City Recreation and Parks commission held Its first meeting under its recently -granted char ter Wednesday, elected officers and discussed initial plans for i forwarding the commission's j work toward obtaining communi- I ty recreation facilities for the city. The 10-member group named Mrs. Paul Mauney, chairman, W. W. Mauney, Jr., vice chairman, Mrs. Aubrey Mauney, secretary. Hunter Neisler, treasurer, and I Mrs. J. -H. Patterson, publicity 1 chairman. f . ? ? ' . ' ? ; . , s " . *. The group also named a cam paign planning committee to for mulate reeOmmepdAtions for for- 1 warding the work. This group in - | eludes A. W. Kincaid', Dr. P. G. ! Padgett and Mrs. George Houser. The commission discussed sev eral sites as possibilities for com munity recreation plants and in cluded in the discussion was gen - j eral agreement to a plan for. se curing facilities for both white and colored citizens. Other members of the commit tee are Mrs. Harry Page and Rev. P. D. Patrick. SEAL SALE CHAIRMAN ? J. G. Darracott, well-known Kings Mountain man. will serve as lo cal chairman of the annual Christmas seal sale ol the Cleve land County Tuberculosis asso ciation. it was announced this week. * ? ? I II ? . . I. G. Darracott Seal Chairman J. G. Darracott will serve a.i chairman of the annual Christ max seal sale campaign in Kings Mountain, according to announ cement, from the Cleveland Coun ty Tuberculosis association . this week. Kunds from the sale of the ?seals are u-sed for the prevention of tuberculosis and for treatment of indigent patientsywho contract the disease. Plan of the seal sale campaign will be similar to campaigns of recent years. Citizens of Kings Mountain, and of Cleveland county, will be majled a supply of seals and will be asked to purchase them, while business and industrial firms will be asked to purchase "T-B bonds." Mr. Darracott, well-known Kings Mountain business man. is vice-president of Trans-Color Screen, Inc. For many years he owned and managed Western Auto Store here, and. has an ac tive record in civic and religious organizations, He is a former president of the Kings Mountain Merchants association and the Kings Mountain Lions club, and an active members of Dixon Pres byterian church. The Christmas seal sale cam paign is to begin on November 21. Saturday Is 170th Anniversary Of Battle Of Kings Mountain It was 170 years ago Saturday that the band of Mountain men tackled the British command un der Col. Patrick Ferguson at what 1# now Kings Mountain National Military Park to administer a crushing defeat ultimately cred ited with turning the tide of the Revolutionary War in favor of the American colonists. On Saturday, marking the an niversary of the historical bat tle, the Kings Mountain chapter of .tfie Daughters of the American Revolution, of York, S. C., will place a marker on the battle ground honoring one of the lead ers of the Revolutionary forces, U.-Col. James Hawthorn. Col. Hawthorn led York 'county troops in the engagement. The marker Is to- be placed about 100 feet from the tall obeltek which com memorates the eke of the battle. The establishment of Kings Mountain Battleground ae a Na tional Military perk was contain ed in an Act of Congress on Mar ch 3, 1931, more than 150 years following the battle Itself. The park contains 4,012.29 acres. Pour major monuments have been erected on the battlefield ridg**, and a large number of markers have been erected by patriotic or ganizations. Travelers from all over the na tion visit the Battleground regu larly to ?trol 1 over the grounds and inspect the museum which features historical displays. Jim Felton ia the park super intendent. A folder on the park, prepared by the Department of the Inter ior, describes the battle and tts effects as follows: "Kings Mountain, the fierce at tack of American frontiersmen | on October 7, 1780, against' Corn wa 1 1 La' scouting force under Fer guson, was an unexpected on slaught carried out in the foot [hills of northwestern South Car olina. This sudden uprising of the stalwart Alleghany mountain cens, for the projection of their homes and people from the 'threat Tory invasion under Bri tish leadership, was relatively i solated in conception and execu (Cont'd on page eight) laycees Schedule Paper Collection Members of the Kings Moun tain Junior Chamber of Commer ce voted to conduct a scrap paper drive on Sunday, October 15th, and heard an informal talk by a member of the Shelby Alcohol - j ics Anonymous group at the first October meeting held at the ' high school cafeteria Tuesday [night. The paper drive, first conduct ed here in around two years, was | voted after the club was told that the price had advanced and ?hat a great deal of scrap paper is available both from industrial |firm? and from private citizens. Proceeds from 'the sale of the scrap paper will go to *he clubs' recreation park fund. All Kings Mountain citizens arc being urged to remember the drive and <o cooperate by plac ing scrap paper bundles on the curbs in front of their homes. Any person or firm who has too large an amount of scrap paper to move is requested to telephone' Faison Barnes at No. 571 and the club will arrange to pick it up Old newspapers, magazines, cardboard boxes and any other paper will be collected by the Jaycees The club also heard reports In cluding a report on the county fail food booth propect and ?n appeal from Bill Fulton for all Jaycee* to Join the Mountaineer I Club, local sportsi boosters organ ization. | President Barnes presided. "Ills Better TH Build Boys Than Mend Men99 - Join TheMountaineer Club Todayl