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-.1 Population City Limits 7.193 (Final Unofficial Census 1950) Immediate Trading Area 15.000 (1945 Ration Board Figures) 14 Pecjcs Today VOL.61 NO. 41 i i Sixty-First Year Kings Mountain. N. C? Friday. October 13. 1950 E^pblished 1.8S3 PRICE FIVE CENTS Local News Bulletins BUILDING PERMITS Building permit was issued', last Friday to Mrs. O. W. Myers for repairs and Alterations to residence on North Piedmont avenue. Estimated cost was given at $3,500. PTK MEETS WEDNESDAY The regular monthly .meet ing of the Elementary Parent Teacher association will meet on Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 tnithe high school auditor um. All parents are cordially invited to attend. HOME DAMAGED The home of L. M. Marlowe, of Columbus county, brother of E. E. Marlowe, of Kings Mountain, was damaged this week when a tornado struck the community near White ville. The back porch of the home was blown off, according to lnform&tlon given his broth er herie. MRS. MAUNEY HOME Mr 9. D. C. Mauney, who has# been a patient in Mercy hospi tal at Charlotte for the past several weeks, was returned to her home here Wednesday aft ernoon. Mrs. Mauney's condi tion is Btill regarded as serious and she is under care of nurses constantly. Lee Patteison Bites Aie Held Funeral rites for Sylvanus Lee Patterson, 75, Rock Hill, S. C., far' mcr and native of Kings Moun tain, were held Monday afternoon I at the Rock Hill Associated Re ] formed Presbyterian cfhurch, with Interment following at Laurel wood cemetery. Mr. Patterson died Sunday Vnorning in a Rock Hill hospital. He had been seriously ill for sev eral days prior to his death. He was the son of the late' Ira Hardin and Angeline Whiteside Patterson, and had lived in the Oakridge community neaT Rock Hill since 1910. Surviving are seven children, 1 six brothers and three sisters. He was r. brother of A. H. Pat-, terson, J. Bun Patterson, I. G. Pat <erson, Dewltt Patterson, Mrs. C. S. Plonk, Mrs. A. P. Fails, and Mrs. Lee McGljl, all of Kings Mountain, Price Patterson of Walterboro, S. C., and Ray Patter son, of Vaidosta, Ga. He was a (brother-ln-latv of Miss Carlyle Ware, of Kings Mountain. ? Induction Group Off Wednesday Cleveland county's second group of men to toe Inducted into the army since the Korean fighting began will report at Charlotte for army duty next Wednesday. The board will toe short of its quota of 20, Mrs. Clara Newman, (board clerk, said, since only 11 men previously found eligible for Induction are in the available pool. ;.-V; Of the 114 men examined last Friday at Charlotte, 77 were list ed as available for future induc tion. However, three of the 77 were registered with other boards and ten of the 77 were accepted provisionally, pending lurther in formation on certain physical de fects. Men in this group will not be eligible for Induction prior to October 27. Sale Of Cap Pistol Ammunition Illegal Police Chi* N. SC. Pan this wMh warned citizen* es pecially merchants that North Carolina law prohibits use, pos session, manufacture am trans porting of fireworks of tatf de scription any whore in the state. CMaf Fast said that a sales mm r""* in town this week of. iwtng Bwnl? is* sale and falsely t*m"t msii tiiinls that the law had 1mm changed to anew sale of cape for cap pis tols. "AirtosM appreh?nd?<t la vio lation of tfcis'law win hs pros ecu tod." Chief Farr said. - - . ??' ? ' ?? Jaycees Will Collect 9 Waste Paper Sun day Citizens Asked '.] To Cooperate On Pick-Up "Have your waste paper bund- ! les on the curb Sunday afternoon j ready to be picked up ? the pro- : fits will go into the JayCee rec- ; reation park fund." That was the word this week from officials' of the Kings Moun tain Junior Chamber of Com merce who will conduct a waste paper drive here on Sunday aft- , ernfcon from 2:30 p. m. until 5 pJ m. All citizens are being urged to j cooperate with the drive and j help the JayCees toward's their j goal of providing Kings MoUn- ' tain with a recreation park. Old newspapers, magazines, j cardboard* boxes, all kinds of pa- J per will be collccted, President Faison Barnes said this week. ? Persons or firms who have too large an amount of paper no move to the curbs are requested to call Mr. Barnes (at Phone 571) before Sunday and arrangements will be made to pick up the pa per. A botccar will be spotted on the siding a few yards south of the depot and all members of the Ju nior CI i. iber of -Commerce are urged U, meet there at 1:30 p. m. Sunday, Mr. Barnes said. , Disciplining Effort Cost Boy An Eye An attempt to discipline John ny Wells, eight -year-old third grader at Davidson colored school on October 2, resulted in an ac cldent which caused the boy to lose an eye. Flonnie Jordan, a high sfchool senior, was holding class, while tho teacher, Mrs. J. A. Gibson, was away finishing a booth at the Cleveland county colored fair. The Wells boy was bouncing a "ball around the room and the Jordan girl picked up a belt on the desk, as she ordered the boy back to his seat. J. A. Gibson, school principal, said the boy evaded the girl, but looked behind him as the belt swung, the .ttp end of belt, which had a clamp on the end of It, hit ting hm in the eye. There was some question as to whether the Joran girl was trying to hit the boy, or merely threatening him. The pupil was taken to Dr. P. G. Padgett,. Gibson said, and Dr. Padgett advised taking the boy to Good Samaritan hospital in Charlotte. An eye specialist re moved the eye, and the boy was discharged on October 4. He re turned -to the hospital for treat ment last Friday, and will be ta ken back for treatment today, Gibson said. The Wells child is now back in school. oystei stmxk A fried oyster and shrimp supper will be held at the Le gion Building Saturday night for all -Legionnaires according to announcement by Adjutant James Bennett. Time is 6:30 to 9 p. m. City's Surplus Bi $913,221. Audit B Surplus balance of the City of Kings Mountain *t June 30, 1950, close of the last fiscal year, was $913,221.02, according to the au dit report last week from George H. Emery, certified public ate- | countant, of Statesvllle. . % The report was received by the city board of commissioners at Its October meeting Wednesday. . The city's balance sheet at the close of the recent fiscal year showed total assets of $1,245,856. 70. ; The breakdown on assets in cluded: Cash on hand, $494 54 JO; deposits in New York banks to take care of bond payments, $1, 713.75; taxes receivable, $12,718. 10; land sal* certificates, $921.80; milky accounts receivable, $15, 985.59; street and sidewalk as sesments dwr, $438.60; Inventory of supftlie:;, $10,915.86, property laycees To Push Freedom Crusade The Kings Mountain Junior Chamber of Commerce has ac cepted the task of enroljipg Kings Mountain people in the - 'Crusade for Freedom." The drive is an effort to ob tain funds for propaganda pur poses to combat the spread of Communism in Europe, and to penetrate the Iron Curtain countries via Radio Free Eu rope. Citizens will be asked to sign the scroll pledging their sup port to the effort and to mate whatever contribution they jnay wish to forward the work. The Jaycees, President W. Faison Barnes said, will make the "Crusade for Freedom" scrolls available at civic club meetings and in business hous es of the city. Woodward Finn In Bankruptcy j Joe Lee Woodward, trading as Woodward & Son Men's Shop, is j in involuntary bankrutpcy, as re sult Of Judgments filed by three1 creditors of the concern. Following notification of the| action by Henry Edwards, Shelby j lawyer and attorney for the ere- 1 ditors, Mr. Woodward did not o- j pen the firm Wednesday morn ing. The actions/ere brought Joint- 1 ly by General Shoe Company, 1 Nashville, Tenn., Gordon Manu facturing company, Louisville,! Ky., and Kahn Tailoring compa ny, Indianapolis, Ind.. Under the law, admission of Insolvency by the debtor to three creditors hold ing accounts totaling a minimum of $500, results in putting the in dividual or firm Into bankruptcy. Mr. Woodward opened the local firm; a retail men's clothing and sporting goods store, on March 21, 1946. First Baptist Sets Sunday School Clinic Officers and teachers of the First Baptist Sunday school will meet Monday evening at 7:30 for a clinic, at which time duties of each office will be explained. The following groups will convene: Cradle Roll Workers: Mrs. A. W. Kincaid, Conference leader. Extension workers: Mrs. E. C. McClaln, Conference leader. Nursery workers: Mrs. B. N. Barnes, Conference leader. Beginner workers: Miss Mar Jorie Hord, Conference leader. ? ' Primary Workers: Mrs. A. M. Hicks, Conference leader. Teachers (Junior Dept. . Adult Dept.) Rev. T. L. Cash well, Jr. Superintendents and Associate Superintendents (Junior- Adult): Miss Lula Mae Teague. ? Class end Department Secre taries: B. T. Wright. Presidents. Vice presidents and Group Captainr. Mrs. T. L. Cash well, Jr. Stewardship, Personal Ministri es, and Fellowship Vice-Presi dents:. Mrs. W. B. Logan. All class and departmental of ficers end teachers are requested to be present for the conference. ilance lone 30 j IfOrt Reveals :;g and equipment, $1,154,008.54. / Breakdown <tf' liatilnie$S|?p>5& the following: Bonded edness, $313,000; accounts paya ble, $1,697.13; utility deposits' payable, $15,737.50; withholding tax reserve, $487.30; reserve for bonds and interest payable, $1, 713.75; surplus balance. $913,221. 02; total liabilities, $1,245,856.70. lw; pointed o\n that it is not cyM maryWMm lei pa 1 governments ment, since Tunning of a city is not A profit and loss operation. He said that ft is customary to Hst capital assets at initial co3t as long as the pa'ttafler asset is In use. R? else Mated that the audit Ifewpw "no evidence vi 'wBSB itjlflfcrtftsr . In' the handling ?f funds or recording of transac tions during the period ervered." D. A. R. Regent Flays Movement For World State Miss Virginia Home of Wades boro, State Regent of the D. A. R., made a challenging plea to op pose World Government in her address before the assembly of the Third D&trftft of North Caro lina, which met at the First Pres byterian church on Friday after noon, October 6, at 2 p. m. In her speech, Miss Home out - ! lined the worjc of the four organ - ' IzatLons which are actively sup-' porting World Government and painted a picture of their plan find the terrors it will hold for the American people. She asked the D. A. R. to organize and work wholeheartedly to get North Car- ? olina to rescind Ms action sup- 1 porting World Government. The Colonel Frederick Ham bright chapter wad hostess for the meeting attended by more than 100 women. The church was j beautiful with artangements of fall flowers. Giant dahlias in fall i shades were on the altar. Lovelyl arrangements of roses, marigolds, zinnias, and nasturtiums were placed. .at vantage points throu ghout the church. | An impressive processional, led j by Mrs. Carl Howard of Bessemr City, chief page, carrying the A-' merican Flag and followed by [ fourteen pages dressed in white,' marked the opening of the meet- j ing. State officers, state and na tional chairmen, district officers, i and chapter regents made up the procession. Rev. P. D. Patrick gave the invocation. Mrs. E. W. Griffin gave the speech of wel come. Miss Frances Summers de lighted the audience with her vo cal rendition of "Life" by Cur-, ran. She -was accompanied by Mrs. J. E. Hemdon at the piano. Mrs. Caldwel! Ragan of Gastonia, district director presided over the business sees. on. Mfs. F. R. Sum-: mers performed the duties of dis- ' trlct secretary. W The Third district went on rec- ' ord as endorsing Dr. Mary Martin Sloop of Crossnore as the North , Carolina and the American Mo ther of 1951. The group also en dorsed Miss Home for vice-pres ident General in the 1951 election of national officers All state of ficers, state and national chair men, and chapter regents gavej interesting reports of the work j done by the.D. A. R. Following the meeting, the lo- , cal chapter was hostess at a tea j (Cont'd on page eight) Freak Accident Fatal To Wyte James Wyte, Jr., 19-year-old resident of the Bethware section was almost ipstantly killed a round 9 o'clock Tuesday morning at the State Highway Commission motor pool near the Cleveland County fair grounds when a mo tor grader tire rim struck him in the neck. The young man was pronounc ed dead upon arrival at Shelby hospital. He had suffered a bro ken neck. Coroner Ollie Harris, of Kings Mountain, said that the boy, who was an empioyee o Efcrl Morris, Kings Mountain, junk dealer, was working on. a large motor grader j wheel when the accident took place. The tire, which was flat' on-the ground, had )ust been1 inflated, fie said, and Wyte had reached down to place the wheel back on the machine when the rim flew off with such force that, ?' after striking the victim, it land ed in tile 'branches of a tree some 30 feet high.". The tube exploded, Coroner! Harris said, after tbe rim flew off. | Wyte was assisting his employ- ; er in moving some old vehicles he had purchsjed from the State Highway Commission, j the son of Mr. and Mr#. James Wyte, of route 2. and h?d It* id near Kings Mountain for' around five years. - faneral services were held At David's Baptist church Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock Rites were 1 Swain, assisted by Rev T. W. Foglerrtan. Burial was in El 8?* thdl Methodist church cemetery. Survivors include his parents, four Jake, Joe, Robert T. and William * - *?d one sister, Miss Elizabeth Wyte, ?It of the home. wdjfliplTOrfffg, Rv erette Grlgg, Peachy Clark, Wil lie Arrowood, Dean Spearman mmmmm Commissioners Former Policy Decide To Continue On Paving Streets Registration For Election Starts Saturday / 1 Registration book* for tMe No vember 7th general election will be open for the first time on Sat urday. Precinct registrars will be ai the polling places from 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. for three successive Sat- , urdays to put the names of voters not now registered on the hooks. Registration activity is expected ' to be brief since a new registra tion was conducied prior to. the , primaries last May. Elections officials named by the county elections board for lo- , cal precincts are as follows: East Kings Mountain, Mrs. Nell Cranford (D), registrar, T. P. Mc GUI TD) and Grady Howard <R), Judges. West Kings Mountain, B. D 'Ratterree <D), registrar, < Judges not -yet named.) Beth-Ware, Miss Freelove Black (D), registrar, -Clyde Randall (D) and J. S. Ware <R) Judges. The books also will be open for registration on Saturday, Octo- , ber 21, and Saturday, October 28. Saturday, November 4, is chal lenge day. Kiwanis Group To Convention j The Kiwarrls Club* 6f Kings Mountain will* 1>c represented at the 1950 convention of the Caroli-^ nas Kiwanis District to be held at Spartanburg, South Carolina, October 15 to 17. Club President Hugh Ballard, announced foday. Delegates from the Kings Mountain club to the convention will include Glee A. Bridges, L. E. Abbott and President Ballard. Also attending will be J. Byron Keeter, lieutenant - governor^ of Division One. Ninety-eight clubs, with a membership of more than 6,600 business and professional leaders will send delegates to rhe three day meeting Mr. Ballard said. Donald T. Forsythe, newspaper editor and publisher of Carthage, Illinois, and a trustee of Kiwan is International, will be a featur red speaker at the convention. Presiding at the meeting will be Orin F. Crow of Columbia, S. C? who is governor of the Caroli nas Kiwanis District and Dean of the School of Education at the University of South Carolina. On the convention agenda are com mittee conferences, a discussion of plans for the coming year, and election of officers. Mr. Forsythe, who will serve asj official representative of Kiwan is International at the conven tion, is publisher of the Hancock County Journal, a weekly news paper. He also is a director of the Marine Trust Company of Car- i thage and a rhember of the board j of Carthage College, where he j was active in organizing a de- , paNment of Journalism, fle is a i past president of the Illinois Press Association and a life mem ben of the Northwestern Universi ty Chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, national professional Journalistic fraternity. In May, 1919., he was chosen as first president of the newly incorporated Greater Weeklies Associates, an organiza tion of more than 250 weekly newspaper, and he was re-elected president In April, 1950. Addresses Of 10 Registrants Sought The Cleveland county selective service board is seeking to locate ten registrants, Mrs. Clara New man, clerk to the Sward said this week. ; Mall addressed to the regis trants has been returned un claimed. The group includes: Clarence Webber, Jr., Jacob Bradley, Lee Joseph Owens, Edward Jutxfcf Martin, William Henry Howze, Willie lame* Archie, Edward William Humphreys, Wiley Rich ard Ogle, Walter Leo Hall and Milton James McKelvie, Jr. ? , . r t Unit To Set Up At Margrace Clubhouse When the Red Cross bioodmo bile visits Kings Mountain <>n Tuesday approximately 350 per sons are expected to give their pint of blood at the temporary , center which will get "P a' Mar grace clubhouse according to an j announcement by H. R. Hun iu - cutt, chairman of the blood com- j mitt'ee of the ? Kings Mountain Red Cross Chapter. "During the last visit of the bloodmobile, 113 pints of blood j were donated by residents of Kings Mountain," he said,, "and we hope to top that number on the next visit." "The blood which has been giv en through the bloodmobile has been used in hospitals here and in neighboring communijies," j Mr. Hunnicut.t continued. Al though blood supplies may be adequate in Kings Mountain at present," there may be an urgent need for blood in the next county. "When Kings Mountain enter ed into an agreement to partlci- j pate in the Charlotte Regional j Blood Program, we joined with other counties in a 75-mile radius I of Charlotte in a contract to sup- j ply the rieeds of blood for the en - ; tire region. It is important that Kings Mountain live up to our j part of that bargain," Mr. Hun- j nicutt said. "Several surrounding cities have recently gone over the 200 mark in donations, with 231 pints the highest donated by any city to date," he continued. "Belmont and Shelby had good collections at their last visits and we want ! to keep Kings Mrmtaln up with ; the. best of them. Make your plans to be on hand Tuesday." The quota for Kings Mountain , has been raised to 123 pints for each trip of the unit here but due to the calls for blood from the Korean Theatre local officials are shooting for a collection of at least 240 pints Tuesday. The center will operate at the Margrace clubhouse from 11 a. j-m. until 4:34 p. m. Mr. Hunnicutt I said. ... APPOINTED Notification of appointments j of James A. Houser, of Kings | Mountain, and Lee Woods, of Shelby, as members of the Cle veland County selective service board were received this week, it was announced by B. R. Del linger, of Shelby, board chair man. .Tht two service veterans had been recommended for ap pointment several weeks ago. EVANGELISTS ? Rev. and Mrs. B. O. Crowe, ol Fatrmount, Ind., will conduct revival services at First Wesleyan Methodist chur ch in a series beginning Tuesday evening and continuing through October 29. Services will begin each evening at 7 o'clock. Medical Men Register Monday Regis:ration of doctors, den-j tists, and members of allied pro- , fessions under the proclamation signed by President Truman last week will be' conducted at the Shelby office of the Cleveland j county selective service board! Monday from 8 a. m, to 5 p. m. Announcement was made b> iective service officials. Required to register are those' male persons who have received degrees in a medical, dental or veterinary course of study and who were <1> students in t he ar my -specialized training prograpi, or any similar program admin istCred by the navy or, <2 > who were deferred from service during ' World War II for the purpose of pursuing a course of instruction leading to such degrees and, I3> who had J ess than 21 months of active duty with the armed forc es subsequent to completion of such course of in.ftruction. Those who received, such de grees on or before October 15 are required to register on that date Those who complete their courses ; ! of study after October 1(1 are re-! quired to register within five days after receiving their de grees. . The presidential proclamation affects male persons with the fol lowing degrees: Bachelor of Med icine, Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Dental surgery. Doctor of med- j ical dentristry. Doctor' of veteri- 1 nary surgery and Doctor of vet- ; erinary medicine. York County Plans For Pageant On Battle Interests Local Folk Considerable interest has been evidenced here this week in the report of a meeting of York coun ty, South Carolina, citizens Tues day, in which plans were discuss ed for presentation of a pageant commemorating the Battle of Kings Mountain. According to the report of (he meeting by Randolph Norton, Charlotte Observer staff writer, the group will confer with Paul Green, author of "The Lost Colo ny," and Kermlt Hunter, author of "Vnto These Hills," with hop-_ ps to obtain a pageant for pro duction and presentation in 1952. Statements reported in the news account Indicated that the group of South Carolina citizens hoped to capitalize on the histor ical drawing power of the site of the famou* Revolutionary War battle which turned the tide a gainst the British and on -the Kings Mountain National Mili tary Park, which already attracts some 50,000 visitors annually. Under the plan, It was a&sum ed the group would endeavor to make tjie pageant an annua! e \ent. The event was last given major promotion in 1930 at its sesqui-centenniai anniversary. A two-day event here featured a sesqui-centennial pageant direc ted by Misses Laura and Lillian, Plonk, and an address by then President Herbert Hoover. Though In South Carolina, the battleground has long been Joint ly "Vlaimed" by both North Caro lina and South Carolina, and, since the City of Kings Moun tain derived its name from the battle, and since the battleground fs only seven miles distant, the two are definitely Intertwined. General reaction here was keen Interest In the project of the York j County citizens, with hoipes that the project would be carried for ward to fruition. One man remarked, "If they're going to have a pageant, Kings Mountain better get some place todleep vUltbrs." , City Will Pay Third, Owners Two-Thirds The city board of commission on reaffirmed Woilnc^day it.-t <0114;- term policy on street- pa v - in'g, whereby owners of a but tins property are., asseSsfcd with two thirds of i ho cost and the city pays the additional one-third. At the September meeting of the board-, members had discuss cd without action 'possibility of changing the poti?-- to require owners of abutting property to pay the whole cost of paving, ,wf<h the city paying the bill only on intersections, -Tlie board did alter the policy slightly, placing the paving on a cash basis rather, than on a long term payment basis. This moan* that property, owners along new ly paved streets will be expected to pay . for street assessments ' within 30 days of presentation of statements. ? ? The "cash ba>is" decision had the immediate effect of necessita ting the re drawing of several street- paving petitions filed re cently by property owners. Action of the street matter was the board's principal decision. . It discussed, without action, a Duke Power Company request for. a power" contract, and request for a water contract by Foote Miner al company, which is putting the former Solvay plant into opera tion. Action on. the water contract was withheld pending figuring of costs. "Solvay, during its opera tion here, used tip to a maximum of seven million gallons of water monthly. It was pointed out thai similar demands would result in putting the water plant operation 011 a 24-hour daily basis,, and board members deferred the mat ter pending a cost analysis. The board heard Manley K. Fuller, city administrator, dis cuss need for improvements in ihe sewage disposal and elecrical distribution systems, and author ized him to discuss the sewage disposal need.s with officials of tho sta.te board of health. Mayor J. E. Herndon informed the board that H. Tom Fulton had offered to sell the city the corner lot at Piedmont avenue and Mountain street, which ad joins the city hall property, for $1.5,000. Mayor Herndon said Mr. Fulton reported (rffers of that amount for the property but felt the city should have a. chance to purchase the lot, since it was ad < Cont'd on page eight) Choral Society Concert Is Set The Kings Mountain Chora] so ciety will present a concert, fea turing secular and religious mu sic, on Tuesday evening, October 2J, -ih the high school auditorium, it was announced this week. The program will begin at 8 oclock. Tho King'i Mountain Choral So ciety was founded in January of this year and gave its first pub lic performance in an Easter Can tata. It also participated in the sunrii*e services held at Mountain Rest cemetery on Easter Sunday. These performances- were well-re ceived, and the October 2-lth con cert has been arranged to give more variety by including popu lar music, spirituals and folk, songs as well as sacred music. The Choral Society will sing under the direction of Franklin Pethel, with Mrs, Aubrey Maun ey as accompanist. Officers of the Kings Mountain Choral Society are: B. S. Peeler, Jr., president, R B. Osborne, vice- * president; Miss Bernice Harrison, Secretary; and W. P. Fulton; jr., treasurer. Founded as a non-profit organ (zatlon, the Choral society has as its aim the bringing to Kings Mountain music lovers the best In music. A concert Is the result of many hours of rehearsal and the support and attendance of the public will allow the Cho+*l society to expand its activities and bring still better programs to Kings Mountain, an official pointed out.