Population
City Limits 7.199
(Final Unofficial Census 1950)
Immediate Trading Area 15.000
(1945 Ration Board Figures)
Kings Mountain, N. C., Friday. November 10. 1950
Sixty-First Year
VOL.61 NO. 44
Established 1889
Local News
Bulletins
PARKING MONEY
A total of $153.99 in revenue
was collected from the city's
parking meters Wednesday ac
cording to a report by City
Clerk S. A. Crouse.
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BUILDING PERMITS
Building permit was Issued
Robert's Cash Grocery last Fri
day for repairs to building es
timated at $700.
LEGION MEETING
Regular monthly meeting of
Otis D. Green Post 155, the
American Legion, will be held
at the Legion Building on Fri
day night at 7:30 p. m. accord
ing to announcement by Paul
Mauneyr commander.
STORY HOUR
Mrs. H. B. Covington will ser
ve as story-teller and Mrs. J.
G. Darracott as hostess at the
Friday afternoon story hour for
children at Jacob S. Mouney
Memorial Library. The story
hour begins at 4 oclock and is
designed for children from the
first through fourth grades.
' AT MARGRACE STORE
Addition of Bill Osborne,
as dry goods manager, and
Johnny Beam, as meat market
manager, at Margrace Store
was announced this week by
John ' Caverty, owner. Mr. Os
borne joined the firm this
week. Mr. Beam is now in his
third week with the firm.
MASONS TO MEET
A stated communication of
Fairvlew Lodge 339, A. F. &
A. M., will be held at the Ma
sonic Hall Monday night, No
vember 13. Work in the third
degree will also be done, with
the first section to begin at
6:30 p. m. The regular meeting
is at 7:30 p. m. All master
Masons are invited to attend.
TO ATTEND MEETING
Dr. Natham H. Reed will go
to Raleigh next Monday, where
he will attend the semi-annual
meeting of the North Carolina
Optometrlc society, which is
being held at State College.
Dr. Reed has announced that
his office will be closed on
Monday, Tuesday and Wednes
day while he is out of the city.
Theme of the meeting will be
"Industrial Vision."
City Installing
Water Lines
City employees were busy this
week installing six-Inch water
line* and lire hydrants in a por
tion of Crescent Hill development
and Installing an 8,000- gallon tar
tank In anticipation of street pa
vlngwork.
The tar tank is being installed
on the Mauney Mill rail siding.
City Administrator M. K. Fuller
said the storage tank would en
able the city to buy tar for street
paving work in larger quantities
and at considerable saving In
costs. ??
The water line installation was
speeded by use of the ditch-dig
ging machine purchased last
^week from Elliott Building Com*
P pany at Hickory. (The Herald had
erroneously reported last week
the machine was being > bought
from the City of Hickory.)
The Crescent Hill watfcr line in
stallatloh will include three' fire
hydrants. '
Following completion of tKe
Crescent Hill work, the city ex
pects to make similar installa
tions on Llnwood Road and in the
Burlington Mill village.
Mr. .Fuller also announced com
pletion of Installation- of wire
fencing around the cit- water
works property And the city's pro
perty on City street. Cost of the
fencing was $3,895.03.
West School Has
Now Safety Patrol
Seventh grade students at
West Elementary school have
been formed into a school aafe
viwWI 111
Organization of the patrol was
sponsored by the West Elements
ry Parent-Teacher association,
wtthttrtMprowal of
lice department and under the
mont of Motor VsfateJasi
The patrol directs traffic in the
vicinity of the School at' the open
ing hour in the morning and at
the Cioelfig iwWr in the afternoon.
Voting Light In City Tuesday;
Democrats Given Wide Margin
Allen And Harris
Top Choices
Of Local Voters
Kings Mountain citizens went
to the polls Tuesday for the gen
eral election, but not very strong
A total vote in the two Kings
Mountain and Beth-Ware pre
cincts was 667, a total of 21 less
than voted in the last off- presi
1946 -^e8r g<?neral election in
Results, as anticipated, were
stictly m favor of the Democra
tic ticket, since there were no
Republicans listed as candidates
on the county ticket, and since
only four wera listed in state ra
ces. The voting here was perfunc
tory, and the election officials
had time on their hands for &
good portion of the day.
Counting was completed here
before 9 o'clock,
t ^ j voters of Kings Mountain
joined the state in approving
five amendments t0 the state
constitution, regarded in some
quarters at the most unusual
turn of events in the election.
North Carolina citizens have pre
viously had the habit of turning
down constitutional amend
ments, particularly if it appeared
that some cost would be invol
ved. Among the amendments ap
proved was one to raise pay of
in!n?!f ^6 a len!s!ators' previously
turned down twice.
Allen, Democratic
candidate for sheriff, led the tic
ket at the two Kings Mountain
boxes, totaling 534 votes of the
MmintSV ?ille Harrls- ot Kings
Mountain, Democratic candidate
SShSSj*"" c,ose >*M"<
There were few bizarre notes
during, the election day proceed
ings here.
wLh?eI-e? Waa one wrlte ln vote at
West Kings Mountain box. One
voter wrote In the name of Clar
ence Myers <pr constable, an of
flee for which W. L. Blackburn
had no opposition.
In spite of the failure of the Re
P biE?? party <? advance any
tfnn I iOT th1s year*9 elec
tion in the county, there was
some evidence that Republicans
were maintaining their party
al]?g,a"?f- No leas than 15 baU
,* Kings Mountain box
were marked straight Republl
can, in spke of the lack of a sin
gle name on the Republican side
ol t t<>pl5wrn1lllr b?ilota were
cast at East Kings Mountain box.
The following, all Democrats
were elected to offices fuSy;'
p>unty commissioners, Z. v.
? Burr us, A. C. Brack -
S H?rris' coroner'' D. R.
\ surveyor; Lillian E.
Newton, treasurer; Bynum E
8?llcitor; Reuben L."
Elam, judge of recorder's court
? Haywood Allen, sheriff; e. a
Jr? clerk of court; B. T.
rfJifi w 'i te representative;
C^de Nolan and Charles P. Gold,
state senators from the 27th dls
onhewSI.SrS"""'8' *"lat?r
'a*:es in the county gov
SeriffnthAiU^Wl11 lnclude?he
sneriff, the Judge of recorder's
senator" C,yd<> No,an' new *****
Tn ?[ he township, J. Lee Robert*
?eddMa^i^t1,,an?S WWe re eIec*
^iff ^ a,8? W,th?ut ?P'
ON BOARD ? Everette (Shu)
Carlton, Kings Mountain high
school football coach, as a mem
ber of the Charlotte Observer's
1950 all-state football board, will
help choose the Observer's all
state football team for the cur
rent season.
Carlton On
All-Slate Board
Everette (Shu) Carlton, head
football coach of Kings Mountain
high school-, is one of 10 North
Carolina high school coaches cho
sen to serve on the all-state
board of the Charlotte Observer.
The 10 coaehes will choose the
Observer's 1950 all -state high
school football team.
Announcement of the member
ship of the board was made Tues
day by The Observer. However, It
was stated that the members
were chosen early in the season
and had been busy all season
determining the. best high school
players they saw perform.
Mr. Carlton is, in effect, the re
presentative of the Western Con
ference , a Class AA league. Of
the other nine members, four are
from AA leagues and five from
AAA conferences.
Mr. Carlton is completing his
third season as head football
coach here; Last year he served
as assistant coach to the North
Carolina all-star squad in the an
nual Shrine Bowl football game
at Charlotte.
Parcels For Pacific
Should Be Mailed
Postmaster W. E. Blakely re
minded Kings Mountain citizens
that every Christmas parcel go
ing to the Pacific should -be in the
mall by no later than the end of
this week. < .
'To have delivery by Christ
mas," the postmaster pointed
out, "the packages actually
should have already been sent,
but if they are m the mail by the
end of this week, there is good
possibility that they will reach
their destination on time."
He again said that each pack
age should be securely tied and
the address should be printed on
the outside wrapper.
LEGION SUPPER
A hamburger steak supper
will be served members of Otis
D.. Green Post 155 Saturday at
the I^egion Building from 6:30
to 9 p. m. according to announ
cement by James Bennett, ad
jutant,
53 County Men
To Receive i; ;
Army Physicals
'
Some S3 Cleveland county men
have been ordered to report Mon
day for pre-induction physical
examinations at the Charlotte ex
amination station.
Otherwise, selective service de
velopments at the Cleveland
county office were limited to rou
tine business.
The bofird had not received
Thursday additional induction
calls for November. The local
board furnished a- group of nine
men for induction last week.
Neither were the:e any an
nouncements concerning selec
tive service from Washington, but
Col. Thomas Upton,- head of the
North Carolina selective service
organization, said in a speech at
Winston -Salem that he anticipa
j ted broadening of the draft reg
; ulations to include married men
! and, perhaps, veterans,
j He pointed out that North Car
olina wil probably exhaust its
: supply of available men by Feb
! ruary 1951 and added that it is
his understanding a similar sit
uation exists in other states.
He also noted that men with
dependents are presently defer
red by Presidential regulations,
which can be changed at once,
whereas veterans are exempted
by law. Charffee of the Jatter de
ferment policy would require an
act of Congress.
Developments in the past few
days 1n Korea indicate that there
will be an increase, rather than
decrease, in demand for -men for
(Cont'd on page eight)
Subscription
Bates Advance
The Herald la announcing this
week slight increases in mail
subscription rates, the new rates
to be effective Friday, November
10th.
The new rates are:
One year, $2.50.
Six months, $1.40.
Three months, 75c.
The increase in rates will have
no effect on expiration dates of
current subscriptions. All sub
scriptions were sold through
Thursday at the old rates.
The increases were made nece
ssary due to an increase, effec
tive November 1, on the price of
newsprint, which has virtually
doubled in price since the Herald
last adjusted subscription rates
in September 1943. The paper on
which the Herald is printed cost
4.2 cents per pound in 1945. No
vember billings of newsprint will
be at 7.75 cents per pound, the
Herald has been informed by its
suppliers.
The new scale of subscription
rates compares with those of
most other, leading weekly news
papers in North Carolina.
There will toe no increase in
the newsstand price of the Her
ald, which will remain at five
cents. The Herald can toe pur
chased each week at newsstands
of B. k B. Soda Shop, Griffin
Drpg Store, Kings Mountain.
Drug Company, Piedmont Drug
Store Or at the Herald office.
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Sales Oi Winter Items Increase
As Cold Weather Makes A Visit
Kings Mountain got Ms first
taste of 1950-51 winter weather
during the past weekend, with
temperature* : p 0&M
freezing Sunday night. :
'Hie cold nip followed ? rainy
iiPKy flight andinNillliH
ing, 6ut temperatures had risen
again t>y Tuesday, though not to
previous heights.
General result of the oold wave
was an increase in sales of fuels
for heating end merchants not!
otd sal nptern in demand Mr wto
ter apparel, stymied thus far this
season by the unseasonably high
temperatures ' X/ .
? Service stations also reported
the first rush of the season for
anthfreezez for auto radiators.
Bira food* and auto #Ss1srs
continued to complain that fed
Ml regulations on credit ha%^
curtailed their sale* heavily.
Down payment requirements and
shorter contract requirements
have stowed the market on many
types of goods, including auto
mobiles.
Most hard goods firms antici
pate an upturn in sties once the
lag, produced by the regulations,
iseaughtup.
Soft goods merchants, also feel,
tag the effects of the boll weevjl
ravaged cotton crop, it is a ques
tion of when tfie thermometer
will take a low turn and stay
there. They p6int out that most
people don't buy wearing appar
el until they need it. And It'*
hardly been overcoat weather,
one merchants adds.
Street Petition
Forms Available
Now available at City Hall are
blank forms for street . paving
petitions, complying with recent
policy set up by the city board
of commissioners.
According .to the terms of the
form, petitioner# agree to pay
two-thirds of the cost of street
paving (one-third for each side
at the street), either cash-to-ad
vance or on completion of the
street Improvements.
M. JC. Fuller, dty administrator,
said citizens interested In street
paving should present the peti
tions as soon ?? possible. Streets
approved for improvement, he
said, would be give ?ton? treat
ment during ths winter, with pa
vtjug to take place next sprang
and summer.
Only change in the city'* street
paving policy wax; In the cash re
quirements. The city board dec!
ded to continue to pay a thin
of the coat of street -paving.
Jaycee Leaders
Heaid At District
Meeting Here
? "We must turn to God to lead
us out of our dilemma" Bucky
Snider, of High Point, president
of the North Carolina Junior
Chamber of Commerce told some
70 Jaycees assembled at the Wo
man's club Tuesday night for a
district meeting.
Representatives of 8 club^ of
the third district met with the
Kings Mountain organization as
host. District Vice-President Ai
Brown, of Concord presided.
President Snider told the group
that "our enemies from within
are trying to sell us down the
river."
"That is the prime reason that
the number one project of the
United States Junior Chamber of
Commence this year is american
ism. The 1900 clubs of the nation
al organization believe that the
most and best service to the coun
jtry can be rendered by putting
americanism into practice," Mr.
Snider continued.
"It is up to lis as young men to
get behind this americanism, to
make it a living, vital job," he
continued. "We've got to fight
for freedom and liberty and our
American way of life and not be
fooled by our energies who are
telling us that it would be easier
to live under the planned econo
my." '
Mr. Snider cited the Jaycee
creed as symbolic of american
ism and told the group they
"should be proud to be Jaycees."
''I know of no better place than
the Junior Chamber for develop
ment of human personality and
the desire to serve humanity,"
he said.
President Snider welcomed Bill
Beam into the Jaycee organiza
tion as a new member of the
Kings Mountain club.
Faison Barnes, president of the
Kings Mountain club, introduced
the speaker and served as master
of ceremonies.
During the district business
session reports were heard from
several committees, including a
report on the state quarterly
board meeting to be held in
Charlotte November 18 and 19.
J. R. Mark, Jr., of Fayetteville,
national director and vice-chair
man of the state war memorial
campaign reported on progress
of the fund-raising drive and re
ported that the War Memorial
Building, which will house nat
ional headquarters, in Tulsa,
Okla., is expected to be ready for :
occupancy in April.
Rush Hamrick, of Shelby,
chairman of the state beauty
pageant, reported that plans are
progressing lor that annual e
vent
The Gastonia club's bid for the
next district meeting, to be held
in February was accepted by the
group.
Clubs represented at the meet
ing included Albemarle, Belmont,
Mount Holly, Shelby, Llncolnton,
Gastonia, Charlotte, Concord, and
Kings Mountain.
Birch Escapes
From His Box
Some 350 persona wee in the
audience at the high school au
ditorium Tuesday night, io see If
Bidch, the Magician, could escape
from a well nailed -down box. '
Birch did, In about three sec
onds, to the mystification of the
audience and on-th?-stage ?ob
servers G. A. Bridges, W. G.
Grantham and J. C. Bridges. The '
observers themselves had nailed
the performer in.
Spectators reported that the
Birch show, presented here under
the sponsorship of the Kings
Mountain Kiwanis club, was one
of the best of its type ever seen
hero.
Birch sdequately demonstrated
that the hand is still quicker
than the eye, provided the hand
is anexperienced one. His prin
cipal "fizzle" came in the act in
which he was supposed to make a
pony vanish. Here the difficulty
came from a defective electrical
connection. After several at
tempts, the trick was accom
plished.
Proceeds from the *how accru
ed to the Kiwanis club's fund for
underprivileged children.
OfTfCK CLOSED
Dr. L. T. Anderion, chiro
practor, announced *h1s week
that tits office in the Morrison
Building will he closed on Fri
day and Saturday. Dr. Ander
son left s round noon Thursday
for Wilson Where he win at
tend the state chiropractic con
j ventlon this weekend.
Commissioner E. H. McMahan
To Hold Hearing At City Hall
ELECTED TO SECOND TERM ?United States Senator Clyde R. Hoey,
of Shelby, was elected to bis second term as Senator from North Car
olina at Tuesday's general election, defeating Republican Halsey
Learltt by, a margin of about three to one. Senator Hoey was to make
his first post-election address here Thursday night, at a Joint session
of the Kings Mountain Klwanis and Kings Mountain Lions clubs at
the high school cafeteria.
Hoey , Smith , Jones
Elected, On Tuesday
State Ignores
GOP Trend
In Nation
Though the Republican party
made considerable gains in other
parts of the nation, North Caroli
na voters kept their state in the
Solid South Democratic bloc on
Tuesday.
Senator Clyde R. Hoey, of Shel
by, defeated his GOP opponent,
Halsey '.eavitt, by nearly three
to one, to retain his Senate seat
for a second term, and Willis
Smith, of Raleigh, piled up a sim
ilar margin in his race for / the
other Senate seat aRAinst E. L.
Gavin.
In the 11th Congressional dis
trict, Woodrow W. Jones, Ruther
fordton lawyer, won election by
a heavy majority over A. W.
Whitehurst, Republican nominee,
for both the remaining portion of
the term of the late Rep. A. L.
Bui winkle, and for the two-year
term which begins in January.
The story Was not the same in
Book Fund Drive
Contributions $955
Incomplete returns Wednes
day on the Jacob S. Mauney
Memorial Library book fund
drive showed total contribu
tions of $955, according to an
nouncement by W. K. Mauney,
fund treasurer.
Goal of the campaign is $2,
000, which means that the fund
has neared the half-way point
All funds obtained from the
annual campaign are u?ed to
purchase books In expanding
the volumes of the library
Officials of the campaign ex
pressed the hope that the full
quota would be reached within
tho near future.
tho nation.
Republicans gained ffto Senate
seats to lower the Democratic ma
Jority to a bare margin, 49 to 47.
On Thursday morning the De
mocratic margin in the House
of Representatives was 232 to
199, with 6ne independent elected
and with three races yet undeci
ded.
Grammar Grade All-Stars Play
Forest City Midgets Tuesday
Kings Mountain grammar i
grade football league's All Stars I
are scheduled to play another j
game, this time against outside
opposition for th first time as]
Forest City's Midget* Invade City j
Stadium Tuesday night, Novem- ,
ber 14th, at 7:90 p. m. .
The All Stars, coached by Da
vid Neill, Walter Harmon and
Bill Harmon, dropped a two-game
series to the heavier Central high
school "B" team In the only
games the 1990 squad has play
ed to date.
Coach Jack Sink's "Bees" con - 1
tinued their, dominance' over the
Ughter grammar grade <iads Fri
day night at City Stadium in the i
second game of the set, coming
out on top 14 to 13 on a last-perl
od safety.
The "B" squad downed the All
Stars 7 to 0 in the first meeting'
on October 26th.
The Forest City eleven, coached
by Lee Reinhardit, has posted a
record of 4 wins and one loss in
outside competition, that loss be
ing to a Kings Mountain coali
tion of the Park -Grace school and
West school squads in a prac
tice game by 21 to 7.
The Midgets have posted wins
over Bes&emer City and Ruther
fordton - Spindale to date.
The All Stars were bolstered
this week by the addition of sev
eral players from the- "BM team,
boys 120- pounds and under. Most
of them are graduates of the
grammar grade program which
wa i started here in 1949 by the
Mountaineer Club, Inc., local
sports booster* organization.
(High school Athletic officials
(Cont'd on page eight)
City Will Ask
Older To Provide
t
Bus Terminal
Edward H.. McMahan, member
of the North Carolina Utilities
commission, and Eugene A. Hug
hes, Jr., the commission's direc
tor of motor passenger transport,
will hold a public hearing at the
City Hall Kriday morning at 10 .
o'clock on the request of the city,
in which the commission has
been asked to compel bus opera
tors to provide a suitable termi
rial.
City Attorney "J. R. Davis was
notified of the hearing by tele
phone Monday, after the commis
sion had heard the complaint at
its Monday session.
Also notifnied by the commis
sion of the hearing are Queen
City Coach Company and Atlan
tic Greyhound Corporation, both
of which operate bus schedules
through Kings Mountain.
Action by the commission fol
lowed quickly a letter of com
plaint addressed to the .'commis
sion by Mr. Davis October 31st,
on behalg. of the City of Kings
Mountain.
Kings Mountain has been a
flag stop since February 17, when
negotiations for (he operation of
A station at the McMackin prop
erty on East king street broke
down.
The bus station matter became
a "situation" late in 1949. Purol
Company, which owned the ser
vice station at the corner of Bat
tleground avenue and King
street operated jointly by Jack
Arnette as a service station and
bus station, had ordered the bun
operations removed.
OVer objections by the City of
Kings Mountain, the North Caro
lina Utilities commission appro
ved the McMackin property for a
local bus station, provided rest
room facilities were built.
Jake Yelton took over the oper
ation bf the bus station, at the
new site, but gave it up on Feb
ruary 16. Revenues were insuffi
cient to Justify continuance of
the operation, Mr. Yelton said.
Since that time. Kings Moun
tain citizens requiring bus trans
portation have been forced to
stand on the street to flag the
bus. information on schedules
has been virtually unobtainable
locally, with citizens having been
forced to call the Shelby or Gas
tonia terminals for the informa-'
tlon. x
At the time th city became a * .
flag stop, Clayton Love, Queen
City Coach company representa
tive, promised, "Queen City will
endeavor to remedy this situation
as quickly as possible.".
Principal bar to obtaining a
station has been the unwilling
ness of the operators to spend
more than 10 percent of gross tic
ket revenues for operation of a
terminal here. Potential revenues
have not been sufficiently at
tractive to persuade anyone to
build a station on these terms.
? A large crowd is expected to
attend Friday morning's hearing,
including members of the city
board of commissioners, repre
sentatives of the city's civic and
service organisations, and .other
interested citizens.
Missionary To Speak
At ARP On Sunday
Dr. Minnie Alexander, veteran
missionary of the Associate Re
formed Presbyterian church, who
has spent most of her life in In>.
dla, will speak at morning ser
vices, at Boyce Memorial ARP
church Sunday at 11 o'clock.
Dr Alexander will discuss her
work in India in a talk on the
subject "History of the Mission".
The public is invited to attend
the service.
Wednesday To Be
Last Half-Holiday
Next Wodnos day ?iU be tlra
lost half- holiday for Kings
Mountain's , retail merchants
prior to Christmas.
Wssont action by the hoard
of dlroctors ot tho Kings Moun
tain Merchants association
calls (or local merchants to sas
' pond tho half -holidays, offoc
Uto November 22.
Tho policy Is slmllas to that
of former years, the merchants
customarily adopting full sche
dule* during tho Christmas
shooina n.