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. ___ ___ 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*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 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. ? -? ' I ' I 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 . 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.