^ Population
City Limits 7,193
(Final Unofficial Census 1950)
Immediate Trading Area 15.000
(1945 Ration Board Figures)
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VOL.61 NO. 44
Sixty-First Year
Kings Mountain. N. C.. Friday. November 3. 1950
Established 1889
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Citizens To Go To Polls For General Election Tuesday
Local News
Bulletins
LEGION SUPPER
A fried chicken supper will be
served Legionnaires at the Le
gion Hall Saturday night from
6.30 to 9 p. m. it was announ
ced this week by James Ben
nett, adjutant.
WORK STARTED
Footings were poured Wed
nesday for the new addition to
the Legion Building on East
Gold street. Brick laying is to
be started soon a spokesman
.said.
PARKING MONEY
A total of $151.26 In revenue
was collected from the city's
parking meters Wednesday ac
cording to a report by City
Clerk S. A. Grouse.
BUILDING PERMITS
Permit was Issued to L. C.
Parsons on Monday for cover
ing residence on East King
street, estimated cost $150.
STORY HOUR RESUMED .
The llrst children's Story
Hour of the current school year
will be conducted Friday after
noon "at Jacob S. Mauney Me
morial Library from' 4 to 5 o'
clock, with Mrs. L. W. McSwain
serving as story-teller and with
Mrs. E. T. Plott as hostess. The
story hour program is designed
for children in grades one
Through four. ,
REHEARSALS BEGUN
"The Kings Mountain Choral
society, which recently presen
ted a full-dress public concert,
began rehearsals Thursday
night tor a special Christmas
program. Franklin Pethel, di
rector, announced that the so
ciety will welcome new mem
bers. Rehearsals are held at the
St. Matthew's Lutheran church
recreation room.
IN POUCE GROUP
PANAMA CITY, Fla. ? Preven
tion of sabotage and protection
against attack on United Sta
tes Air Force bases will be in
creard with the graduation
Saturday, November 4, of a* new
Class of Security Patrol Air PI
?lice. Among the airmen to be
graduated are Pvt. D.'C. Hardin,
son of /Mrs. Dennis Crawford,
Kings Mountain, N. C.
W. C. Kimmel
Bites Conducted
Funeral rites for WiHiam Carl
Kimmel, 64, a former employee
of Margrace Mill, were held Sun
day afternoon ?*t Harris Funeral
Home, with Interment following
at Mountain Rest cemetery.
Rev. P. D. Patrick, pastor of
First Presbyterfan church, con
ducted the rites.
Mr. Kimmel, who had been in
ill health for the past year, suc
cumbed Saturday morning at 6
o!clock at a hospital in Black
Mountain.
He was born at Louisville, Ky.\
but he had lived in Kings Moun
tain for many years.
Surviving are a son, Harry
Kimmel, superintendent of the
Pauline Mill, t^o grandsons, Bob
Kimmel, ? student at N. C. State
cOUege, and Jimmy Kimmel, of
Kings Mountain, a brother, Er
nest Kimntel, Washington, D. C.,
and ?. sister, Mrs. Robert Hansel],
of Salisbury.
Pallbearer were J. W. Gamble,
M. F. Cloninger, Guthrie Ham
rick, W. W. Parrish, J. N. Gamble,
and Paul Patterson.
City Purchases
Dttchina Machine
The City of Kings Mountain h?s
purchased & used ladder-type
ditchihg machine from the City of
Htckovy for use in making water
line and sewer line installations.
Arrangements for purchase of
the machine lor $5*000 were com
pleted Tuesday morning. The ma ?
?chine Is to be delivered Monday.
The city board aproved the pur
chase at' a special session Mon
day night.
Light Vote
Anticipated
At Local Boxes
The citizens of the United Sta
tes go to the polls next Tuesday
in the biennial general election..
How strong they will bo joined
in the Kings Mountain area is a
question most local political ob
servers decline t? answer specif
ically, except to offer the opinion
that the vote will be light.
They point to the lack of local
contests, with the exception of
some township constable races,
and the fact that the county and
state are predominantly Demo
cratic as reasons for anticipating
a light vote.
. Most feel, however, that trte
Kings Mountain vote will be
somewhat larger than the 688
cast in the last off-year voting in
1946, due to an increase In the
number of voter! and the estab
lishment of another precinct at
Beth -Ware.
The vote in the 1948 presiden
tial election year in Kings Moun
tain was 1,450, but the specula
tors doubt that this total will be
reached.
?In spite of North Carolina's tra
ditional record in the Democrat
column, party leaders have been
busy for the past mortth holding
rallies and otherwise working to
get out the vote.
Only Kings Mountain man on
the county ballot wlllbe 3. Ollle
Harris, Democrat, who is unop
posed for re-election for county
coroner. U. S. Senator Clyde K.
Hoey, of Shelby, seeks Te -election
to a second term.
Polls will open at 6:30 a. m.t
and. will close at 6:3Q p. m'. in the
28 Cleveland county precincts.
Registration was very light for
the Tuesday election.
Kings Mountain area election
officials follow:
East Kings Mountain: Mrs. Nell
Cranford (D), registrar, T. P. Mc
Gill (D) and Frank Glass (R)/
judges.
West Kings Mountain: B. D.
Rattcrree (D) registrar, Charles
B. Campbell (D) and Clarence P.
Goforth(R), judges.
Beth-Ware: Miss Freelove
Black (D), registrar, Clyde Rand
all (D) and J. S. Ware (R>. judg
es.
East Kings Mountain residents
vote at City Hall, West Kings
Mountain residents at Victory
Chevrolet Company, and Beth
Ware precinct residents at Beth
Ware school.
Cleveland county Democrats
are holding a pre-election rally
at the Shelby Community Center
Monday night, with barbecue and
speakings by party leaders and
candidates on the menu.
-
loycees Of District
To Meet Tuesday
Representatives of 11 Junior
Chamber of Commerce organiza
tions will meet here Tuesday ev
ening at the Woman'* Club at 7
o'clock for * third district meet
ing.
W. FalsOn Barnes, president of
thd Kings Mountain Jaycees, said
guests will include North Caro
lina President Bucky Snider, of
High Peint, and District Vice
President Ai Brown, of Concord,
in addition to other Jaycee offi
cials.
BIRCH. THE MAGICIAN ? Kings
Mouutain citizens will have a
chance to test the old saying "the
hand is quicker than the eye"
Tuesday night, when Birch, The
Magician, presents his 50-act
show at the high school audito
rium, beginning at 8 o'clock.' The
show is being sponsored by the
Kiwanis club.
Magician Shows
Here On Tuesday
Birch, The Magician, will at
: tempt some 50 difficult magical
acts next Tuesday night at the
' high school auditorium when he
appears here under the sponsor
ship of the Kings Mountain Ki
i wanis club for the benefit of the
organization's fund for under -
. privileged children. The show be
' gins <a< -8 o'clock.
Among the feature acts of the
| Birch show, will be the magici
an's projected escape from a well
nailed strong-box, built here by
Elmer Lumber Company, and
now on display in the window of
Bridges & Hamrick. According to
| the announcement. Birch will es
cape from the box after being
nailed In it on the stage.
Other feature acts include ma
king a live pony vanish, slicimj
a beautiful girl into four parts,
and shooting a live canary into a
burning light bulb. .
His assistant "is Miss Ethel
Sperry, young xylophonist, a for
j mer radio and concert performer.
The Birch show is billed as the
largest now on tour in America,
with some $25,000 in equipment,
scenery and effects.
Admission will be 60 cents for
students, $1.20 for adults, and tic
kets are now on sale at Griffin
Drug Store and Kings Mountain
Drug Company.
Kiwanis officials report that
the Birch show is an excellent
one, according to recommenda
tions received from other cities
in which Birch has played recent
ly.
Dr. E. E. Gillespie
To Deliver Sermons
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Rev. E. E. Gillespie, D. D., of
Greensboro will deliver the morn
ing service at First Presbyterian
church on Sunday and will also
preach at Dixon Presbytreian
ohurch at the 3 o'clock service It
was announced this week.
Dr. Gillespie will be filling the
pulpit for Rev. P. D. Patrick who
is conducting a meeting at Rox
boro First Presbyterian church.
"For many years Dr. Gillespie
has been a leader in the mission
work of the Presbyterian chitrch.
He has rendered distinguished
service to the church and is rec
ognized as one of the ablest min
isters. We Invite fhe public to
hear bim," a spokesman of the
church said.
Giri Scoot Fond Drive To Start
Monday; Campaign Goal S1.100
Annual Kings Mountain area
Girl Scout fund campaign will
begin next Monday with a goal
of $1,100, according to announce
ment yesterday toy John L. Mc
Glll, fund drive chairman.
Mr. McGill also announced the
solicitation organization as fol
lows:
E. King ttreet, civic clubs,
Grover rd. ? Mrs. W. W, Tolle*on,
Mrs. J. G. I>arracott, Mrs. Sam
Weir.
Cherokee St.. Mountain, York
rd ? Mrs. David Hamrlck, Mrs. J.
S. Evans, Jr.
E. Gold st. portion of Moun
tain St.,? Mrs. J. B. Simpson. Mrs.
W. K. Mauney, Sr.
Industrial? Mrs. Harry Page,
Mra. George Houser.
Bessemer' City rd., Piedmont
ave., and Cherryvllle rd., Mrs. A.
W. Kincald, Mrs. J. E. Mauney.
N. Railroad ave., Shelby rd. ?
Mrs. P. G. Padgett, Mr*. Jacob
Coopa*. tl
Negro division? Prof. J. A.
Gibson. ?
The fund campaign begins
Monday, Just after the close of
National Girl Scout Week, and
Mr. McGill said he hoped the
drive could be finished by Sat
urday, November 11th.
asked that citizens give lib- ,
erally to the fund In order that
the local Girl 8cout work can be|
ftmiwr optadwl. . m
City Awaiting
Sewerage Plan!
Recommendation
The City of Kings Mountain is
expecting a report in the near fu
ture from state Board of Health
engineers with passible recom
mendations for re- vamping of the
city's sewerage disposal system.
A group of three engineers met
with 'the city board of commis
sioners last Thursday afternoon,
after making a survey of the lo
cal system, and declined to make
recommendations prior -to further
detailed study.
They Indicated however, -that
they would include recommenda
tions for possible consolidation
of the sewerage disposal system.
The engineers here were F. R:
Blaisdell, of Asheville, and W. S.
McKimmon and W. J. Stevenson,
of Raleigh.
Some pressure for improvement
of the system, at least at the Mc
Gill disposal ank, was indicated
this week, when E. Y. >IcBayer,
Gaston county sanitary oifficer,
and P. F. Ashton, of the state
board of health, lodged an infor
mal complaint about the defec
tive McGill tank with City Ad
ministrator M. K. Fuller. The Mc
Gill tank is within the bounds of
Gaston county.
Bank Resumes
Christmas Club
The First National Bank is in
viting Kings Mountain area ci#- 1
izens to help themselves to aj
Merry Christmas ? in 1951.
The bank is announcing this
week the opening of the 1950-51
Christmas Savings Club, for the
first time in. several years, in
which regular weekly deposits |
over the next 50 weeks build up ;
into a sizeable sum in time for!
Christmas 1951 shopping.
It has been several years since'
the bank offered the Christmas j
Club plan, and it is being resum- 1
ed, an official said, to promote
regular savings for holiday-sea
son buying.
Persons may join the club by
paying in as little as 50 cents per
week, or they may pay in larger
amounts. At the end(of a 50-week
period, the bank mails a check
to the club member. While per
sons may join throughout this
month and early into December,
the- bank is urging potential
members to join at once.
Miss Frances George is in
charge if the First National's
Christmas Club and full details
concerning the plan can be ob
tained from her at the bank.
Employment Security
Law Violator Fined
T. L. Whitley, claims deputy, of
Gaston ia, announced this week
conviction of another Kings
Mountain citizen for violation of
the state employment security
law.
Sam P. Barber was found guil
ty Thursday before- Magistrate
Lee Roberts and was fined $20
and costs. Barber becomes ineli
gible, under the law, for further
unemployment benefits for the
benefit year.
He was charged with working
and not reporting earnings while
filing claims for unemployment
compensation during the week
ending October 20, 1949, Mr.
Whitley said.
Some dozen defendants have
been convicted in similar cases
here during the past .year, the
claims deputy said.
Macedonia Church
To Hear Morrisett
Rev. Stephen Morrisett, head of
the Bible Department of Gardner
Webb college, will lecture Sun
day night at 7 o'clock at Macedo
nia Baptist cnurch.
-Rev. Mr. Morrteetr, recently re-,
turned from a tour of Palestine
?and other Holy Land countries,
will show pictures of his trip in
connection with his lecture, ac
cording to announcement by the
pastor, Rev. R. L. Hardin.
The public is invtted to attend.
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HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION IS PROGRESSING ?Construction of the Kings Mountain hospital is
nearing completion, as the picture above indicates. Since the picture was made, the hospital area
landscape has been changed considerably as workmen are busy laying out drives and walkways.
Completion of plumbing installations at the hospital are currently underway and the principal hold- !
up to final completion of the construction Job is shipment of metal doors. (Photo by Carlisle.)
Five Amendments
Before Voters
North Carolina voters will ap
prove or disapprove five propos
ed amendments to the North Car
olina constitution at Tuesday's
general election.
Three of the amendments affect
the courts of the state, another i>
designed to safeguard monies Jn
the teacher's retirement fund,
and a fifth would raise the pay
of tho state's legislators.
The retirement fund amend
ment would prohibit the stjtte
from using the teacher's retire
ment fund for any purpose other
than contained in the law. It
could not be loaned, borrowed,
diverted or otherwise used for
other purposes.
The amendment on pay of leg
islators would raise the pay to
$15 per day for a maximum of
90 days in regular sessions and
for a maximum of 25 days in spe
cial sessions. Under the current
law, legislators receive S10 per
day for a maximum of 60 days.
The amendment would also raise
the pay of the presiding officers
to $20 per day for the maximum
periods.
One amendment would allow a
person to waive indictment by
grand Jury, when represented by
counsel, in all except capital cas
es. It was pointed out by. support
era of the amendment that many 1
people arrested are sometimes
detained in Jail for long periods
waiting grand Jury action.
A further amendment would
allow the General Assembly to
prescribe the number of Superior ^
Court Judges in a particular dls- j
trlct, providing each district ha.s
one. This amendment is design
ed to undog dockets in congest
ed areas.
Another amendment affecting '
the courts would transfer au
thority of the Governor in assign
ment of Judges and calling spec- ,
ial terms of court to the Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court.
Abbott to Head
Kiwanis Club j
tawrence E. Abbottr cashier of
the First National Bank, will sue- j
ceed H. Y. Ballard as president of
the Kings Mountain Kiwanis club
in January, according to results:
of the annual club elections con
ducted recently.
Harold Hunnlcutt was elected
vice-president.
Directors named for 1951 in- !
elude: W. T. Weir, Harry Page,
E. W. Griffin, E. C. McLain, W. K.
Crook, Paul Mauney, and B. S. 1
Peeler, Jr, Retiring President Bal-i
lard will serve as a member of ;
the board, ex officio.
Mr. Abbott is currently serving
as vice-president of the club.
Xfoeter Firm Begins
Family Night Friday
Keeter's Department Store In
augurates a new policy Friday
evening, When it remains open j
until 9 p. tn.
The firm is labeling the addi
tional shopping time as "Keeter's
Family Night" and is urging pa
trons t<jr take advantage of the
vening hours to do their shop
ping.
Book Fund Donations
Reported At $750
First reports on progress of
the Jacob S. Mauney Memorial
Library book fund campaign
showed total contributions of
$750. according to announce
ment this week by W. K. Maun
oy. v. '' "
This report was turned in by
the committee handling indus
trial contributions. Otherwise
reportB on the campaign were
incomplete, but Haywood E.
Lynch, in charge of business
solicitations, said he hoped to
complete this portion of the
campaign early next week.
Goal of the campaign is S2,
000.
Moss Completes
25-Year Record
Theodore E. Moss was awarded
a bar Sunday at Macedonia Bap
tist church, the honor marking
hia completion of 25 years of per
fect attendance at Sunday school
services.
With exception of the several
Sundays he has been away from
Kings Mountain, Mr. Moss has
attended the Mac?donia services,
and on other occasions he has at
tended Sunday school at other
churched. *
Mr. Moss holds the distinction
of being the only charter member
of the Macedonia church still ac
tively attending its services.
This church was organizzed Oc
tober 31. 1920.
While problems of continuing
the record were nt?t too great on
the whole, Mr. Moss relates, he
does recall one Sunday when it
was necessary to wade through
knee-deep snow for more than a
mile in order to attend Sunday
school. He and the other three
hardy members present held Sun
day school.
Pledger) Sorority
DURHAM ? Alda Jean Davis,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R.
Davis, 116 E Mountain St., Kings
Mountain, N. C. was recently
pledged as a member of Zeta
Tau Alpha, social sorority at {
Duke University.
Caldwell Rites
Held Wednesday
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' Funeral services for Henry Hun
t ier Caldwell. -19, who died Mon
day rnght around 11 p. m. m Shcl
: by hospital after suffering a cer
j rubral hemorrhage lliree hours
I earlier, were held at Harris Fun
eral Homo Wednesday afternoon
j at -1 o'clocdt. ' .
i Roy, Paul R:mrner and Rev. H.
E. Crump officiated and burial
? was in Mountain Rest cemetery.
i He was stricken around 8 p. m.
| Monday at Barrett's Grocery on
| Cherryville road and was rushed
' to Shelby hospital where tie was
| placed in an oxygen tent.
A salesman for Tyner Motor
Co., Shelby, Mr. Caldwell had
been a resident of Kings Moun
tain for 48 y^aTs.
fie is survived by his wife, the
former Miss Mildred O'Brien, two
daughters, Mrs. Wiley Harvin, of
Blacksburg, S. C., and Miss Anna
Caldwell, of Kings Mountain, his
mother, Mrs. William Henry
Caldwell, and two brothers, -Dew
ey and Millard Caldwell, all of
Kings Mountain, and five sisters,
Mrs. George Adams, Mrs. Jess
Jenkins, Mrs. Lester Welch and
Mrs. Tom Smith, of Kings Moun
tain, and Mrs. W. P. Gore, of Oak
Ridge, Tenn.
Active palbearers were Kenneth
E. Jenkins, John Caldwell, Billy
CaldwellrDonald Welch, William
Harold Adams and William J.
Gamble.
Funeral Conducted
For Prince's Mother
Mrs. Alfred B. Prince, mother of
Alfred Prince of Kings Mountain,
was buried Sunday afternoon at
3 o'clock at Bethlehem Baptist
church, Spartanburg, S. C.
Mrs. Prince lived to the ripe old
age of 96 years and 10 days. Her
death came after an Illness of
ten days, lolowing a birthday cel
ebration in her honor by her fam
ily. Born October 17, 1854, Mrs.
Prince, a widow of 45 years, is
survived by 7 children and a lar
ge number "f grandchildren, j
great-grandchildren. Mrs. Prince I
loved the church very nruch and !
resided at the time of her death
with her son, Rev. Clarence Prin
ce Of Fair Forest, S. C.
School Programs Will Feature
Education Week Observance Here
Next week will be National Ed
ucation Week, throughout the
United States, and Kings Moun
tain schools and other organiza
tions are Joining in the observan
ce.
Purpose of the observance, ac- 1
cording to the National Education ;
association, is "to remind Amer- j
lean people of their duties to I
their schools." Teachers a .J
sdhools cannot be effective with
out public support, the associa
tion points out, and the heeds of
education are constantly chang
ing.
In Kings Mountin, the schools,
churches, Parent-Teacher asso
ciations, and American Legion
are participating in the observan
ce through various programs.
The public 1s lnvfte^ to attend
the programs and thereby to bet
ter acquaint themselves with the
functions of, and needs of, the
school systems.
The programs scheduled in
clude:
Central School , . ? '
Mon&rfy ? 1 p. m. ? Rev. T. L.
Cashwell.
Tuesday ? 1:10 p.m. ? High
school band and glee club.
Wednesday? 1:10 p. m. ? P. T.
A. (Open house immediately fol
lowing program.)
Thursday ? 1:10 p. m. ? Mrs.
Thomasson's 6th grade.
Friday? 1:10 p. m. ? American
Legion.
West School
Tuesday ? 8:45 a. m. ? Band.
Wednesday ?*- 8:45 a. m. ? Rev.
T. L. Cash well.
Friday ? 8:45 a. m. ? Student
Participation Program.
East School
Tuesday ? 10:30 a. m. ? Band.
WednefKhiy ? ? 10:30 ? \ Rev. T.
L. Cashwell.
Friday ? 10:30 a- m. ? East
school glee club.
Commission Is
Asked To Compel
Operators To Act
The City of kings -.Mountain,
,wl:h the complete endorsement
i>f ?'lvic and ser\, tee organizations
j of <heeity, went to the .North Car
!olin:i Utilities Commission, this
; week wnli. a ; request Ui.it the
! commission, compel bus. compa
, n't'! operating through the city jo
i piov *le suitable tormina] ?faciiii
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Following a meeting of (he city
Aboard with representatives . of
the civic and service organiza
tions Monday ri.ight, City Attorn
ey J. It. Davis Tuesday addressed
<i letter to the commission re-,
i questing such action and added
that tl)e city would be glad to for
mally petition a hearing on the
matter, if this action is necessary.
Meeting Monday night at the
Instance of the Kings Mountain
Kiwanis club's public affairs
committee were representatives
of the Kings Mountain Lions
club, the Kings Mountain Junior
Chamber of Commerce, Otis D.
Green Post, American Legion, and
the Kings Mountain Merchants
association along with the city
l>oard of commissioners and oth
er interested citizens.
VV. K. Mauney,. chairman of the
Kiwanis club committee, explain
ed -the purpose of the meeting,
and Mayor J. K. Hemdon review
ed previous efforts' of the city to
work out the bus terminal situa
tion with bus company officials,
efforts which, thus far, have prov
ed to no avail.
It was the consensus of opinion
among those present that contin
ued effort to work out the matter
with the bus companies would
not be successful, unless pressure
were brought to bear through the
Utilities commission, which regu
lates intrastate carriers.
After this discussion, the city
board asked, the attorneys of the
city, Mf, Davis, E. A. Harrill and
VV. liaison Barnes, to address the
necessary communications to the
Utilities commission, and Mayor
Herndon appointed a 11-man ci
tizens' committee to further the
project.
included on the committee are
the three attorneys, W. K. Mau
ney, II. E. Lynch, Paul Mauney,
Fred VV. Pionk, Carl F. Mauney,
M. K. Fuller and Martin Harmon,
with Mayor Herndon as ex offi
cio chairman.
The group agreed thai the
principal reason for. Kings Moun*
tain's being a bus station flag
stop is the unwillingness of the
bus operators to invest any mo
ney in a terminal here and their
desire to have a terminal only
at the risk of someone else's cap.
(Cont'd on page eight)
Three Local Men
Inducted Into Army
Three Kings Mountain men
were among the 11 from Cleve
land county who went to Char
lotte Wednesday for final induc
tion into the army.
They are Clifton D. Hamrick,
William Palmer Fulton and Har
ry Gajther Gosey.
Two of the men were transfer
red from other boards and were
not originally registered from
this county.
The board send9 40 men to
Charlotte for pre-lnducfion ex
aminations c i November 13th. No
other calls fOi November have yet
been received, Mrs. Clara New
man. clerk to the board, said.
Thursday morning.
Wednesday Closings
To End November 22
Majority of Kings Mountain
retailers will suspend Wednes
day half -holidays, effective
November 22nd, according to
action of the board of directors
of the Rings Mountain Mer
chants association Tuesday
night. y
The board thus followed cus
tomary policy in spending
the Wednesday afternoon clos
ings during the Christmas
shopping season. The schedule
means that the merchants will
be open all day on the Wednes- ' (
day prior to Thanksgiving,
which will be observed this i
year on November 23rd, and on
subsequent Wednesdays throu*
gh Christmas.
At the meeting Tuesday, the
board also discussed further
plans for the .annual Christ
mas opening parade and cele
bration. scheduled for the after
noon of November 30th. The
board voted to make optional
extension of closing hours on
that date to 7:30 p. m.