' '.V 4 V ' " ? ' Y ' ' ? . . ? # Big Parade To Open Kings Mountain Christmas Season Next Thursday Afternoon City Limits 7.193 (Final Unofficial Census 1950) Immediate Trading Area 15.000 (1945 Ration Board Figures) Today VOL.61 NO. 46 i ? . 1 Sixty-First Year Kings Mountain. N. C.. Friday. November 24. 1950 Established 1889 PRICE FIVE CENTS AT DELLINGER'S Mrs. Joe Heddon will join the staff of Dellinger's Jewel Shop Monday and will be with the firm through the Christmas shopping season, it was an nouned this week by W. K. Del inger. PARKING MONEY A total of $150.85 in revenue was collected from the city's parking meters on Wednesday according to a report by offi cials at City Hall. POLICEMAN RESIGNS Joseph D. Andrews, city po liceman, resigned his position effective Thursday according to an announcement by M. K. Puller, city administrator. G JEST SPEAKER Rev. C. E. Shumake, District Superintendent of N. C. District will speak at the First Church of the Nazarene Friday night and throughout the -weekend. Everyone is invited to attend. Film ert Boyce Memorial "The First Christian Martyr" will be shown Sabbath Even , ing at 7:30 P. M. It is the Life o\y going into the Ware and Mauney tanks ihto a new modern plant to he built in the vicinity of the present McGill plant. . - (2) Ifnoi feasible, to proceed with improvement plans accord ing to one of the types of treat ment outline by W. K. Dickson, consulting engineer, ear& in 1948. ? The Teport was made by F. R. Blaisdell, district engineer, fol lowing a survey of the system and discussion with the city board of commissioners several weeks ago. Two other engineers colaborated with Mr. Baisdell in making the report, which was re ceived this week by Mayor J. E. Hemdon and members of the board of commissioners. A bond issue to Improve the sewage disposal system was de- ? fealed in 1948. The engineers stated flatly that the McGill and Mauney tanks are "outmoded and overloaded." "These plants cannot be ap proved by the State Board ot Health, and immediate action should he taken by the people of King# Mountain to replace them," the report stated. It was pointed out that the Ware tank might be put in sat isfactory condition to serve for a few more, years but that funds necessary to ifnprove the plant might be better expended if spent toward a newj>lant. The report suggested that the board of commissioners investi gate feasibility and comparative costs of combining the three plants into one and to proceed according ot the findings. The engineers' analysis of the situation at the three tanks fol lows: " "McGill Plant ? This plant is located east of the city in Gaston county. It consists of an Imhoff tank and sludge drying bed in a poor state of maintenance. No bar screens are provided. Accord ing to Mr. Dickson's report, this plant receives an average sew age flow of 300,000 gallons per day, a maximum flow of 590,000 gallons per day, is grossly over loaded both in the settling and sludge storage compartments. Some industrial waste, consisting of size, dye and fiber waste from cotton and hosiery mills, is dis charged into the plant. The re ceiving stream has a l?w flow and the effluent from the plant Is having a decidedly detrimental effect on it. It was the consen sus of opinion of the engineers from the State $oard of Health that the conditions as Mr. Dick son reported them were correct regarding this plant. "Mauney Plant ? This plant is located in the southwestern sec tion of the city, near the brick plant It consists of a rectangu far covered Imhoff tank and sludge drying bed. The drying bed is located at such a low ele vation in respect to the receiving (Cont'd on page eight) Hughes Firm Going Out Of Business Clyde Hughes, owner of Hugh es Clothing Company, announc ed this week that the firm will suspend operations here in the near future. Mr. Hughes also announced special discounts on virtually all stock In the firm, to be offered beginning Friday at a going-out- ? of -business sale. He said he expected to close the store *by January 1. Mr, Hughes purchased the business last spring from D. L. Saunders. He also owns and operates Hugh es Clothing Company, specializ- ] ing.in men's wear and ladies ready-to-wear, at Union, S. C, LIONS MEETING Rev. J. H. Brendall will ad dress members of the Kings Mountain Lions clu'b at the reg* ular meeting of the organiza tion to be held at the Woman's Club on Tuesday night at 7 o' clock, according to annuoncf ment by W. L. Plonk, program chairman. .