VOL.62 NO. 2 Population City Limits 7.199 ; ^ (Final Unofficial Census 1950) , Immediate Trading Area 15.000 (1945 Ration Board Figures) Sixty-Second Year Kings Mountain. N. C? Friday. January 12. 1951 Established 1889 PRICE FIVE CENTS To Regain Status Local News I Bulletinsl ; . STORY HOUR Miss Annie Roberts will .be the story teller at Jacob S. Mau ney Memorial Library Friday afternoon from 4 to 5 o'clock and all grammar grade child ren are invited to attend. Mrs. Eugene Roberts will be hostess. NEW RESIDENTS Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Cradle, of Paterson, N. J., have moved in to an apartment at Miss Fan ny"' Carpenter's. Mr. Cradle Is connected with Slater Brothers firm which has purchased Bet ty Yarn Mill. * MOVE TO ATLANTA Mr. and Mrs. Milton Fryer end children, Gregg and Phyl lis, moved to Atlanta, Ga., last week. Mr. Fryer has received a promotion with Massey-Har jris Company. PARKING MONET A total of $140.96 was collec ted from the city's parking me tew Wednesday according to a report by City Clerk S. A. Crouse. * ?BUILDING PERMIT Building permit was issued January 4 to Earnest Couser for construction at a one -story dhed, four rooms, on Watter SwdT*' ? MY OFFRATER Annual World Day of Pray er service in Kings Mountain will be held on February 9at First Baptist church, according to announcement this week by Mrs. W. L. Preasly, who is ar ranging the program. ? ?' > i ? ? 1 1 i ? ? . SANDERS WOUNDED Pvt. Ralph P. Sanders, son of Raymond P. Sanders, Sr., 0* Kings Mountain has been re ported wounded In action In Korea by the army. ATTENDS NESTING Wilson Griffin, of Griffin Drug Co., attended a meeting at Chapel Hill Thursday . cff- the [legislative committee of the North Carolina Pharmaceutical association. ? .. r STOCKHOLDERS MEETING Annual stockholders meeting of Home Building * Loan as sociation will he held at City Hall courtroom Thursday, Jan uary '5th, at 5 p, m. according to announcement by A. H. Pat tetaon, secretary - treasurer. TAG SALES Sale of 1861 cty license tags for vehicles had reached 676 toy noon Thursday, considera bly ahead of last year's sales on the correspor -Mng date. However, 1,123 tag* were sold in 1950 indicating a large num ber of vehicle owners have not made purchases. Deadline Is January 31st AT HARRIS FUNERAL C. D. (Red) Ware Is now as sociated with Harris Funeral Home according to announce ment by J. vdae Harris. Mr. Ware wlH work part time and will continue fate duties at First Bsptist church. ; ?; Mrs. Mauney SftUl| In Partial Coma J The Condition of Mrs. William 'Lawrence Mauney, prominent Kings Mountain woman -who has been seriously 111 for several fnonths, not materially Chang ed, her husband, Dr. W. L. Man; ney said Thursday. " j Mrs. Mauney remains in a se mi-conscious condition and !? un der constant care of nurses, though She was returned to her home on West Mountain street January 4. Mrs. Mauney wa# a patient in . Memorial hospital, Charlotte, and 1 aft Duke hospital, Duihaqa for ? nonths. She entered the hoe | 1950 Receipts Top $40,000 ? Blakely Reports The Kings Mountain postoffice will return to (tret-class status next July 1, on the basis of re ceipts during the year 1950, which totaled $40,802.58. The Kings Mountain postoffice will thus regain the status It en Joyed for the two-year period from July 1, 1945, to July 1, 1947, when postal receipts were swell ed by heavy mail to servicemen during the calendar years 1944 and 1945. ? Total receipts of $40,000 during the calendar ye&r qualify the particular postofflce for first class status. Previous high receipt years for the local office were 1944, when receipts totaled $43,003.78, and 1945, When receipts totaled $40, 921.58. Postmaster W. E. Blakely said he felt the 1950 postoffice busi ness was "on a solid basis," and he said he felt the Kings^ Moun tain postoffice would be able to remain In the $40,000 bracket henceforth. First-class status makes little difference in service and other features of the postal service, Mr. Blakely said. However, it will re sult in an increase in postoffice box rent, and provides a small Increase In pay for the postmas ter ?nd assistant postmaster. Postal receipts Include stamp sales, receipts for second class and non-metered mail, arid box rent. They do not include fees from sale of money orders. Final Rites Held For J. A. Wright | Funeral services were held at First Baptist church Saturday at| 3 o'clock for J.uRus Alexander Wright, 71, who died ol a heart attack Thursday night at 11:55 [p. m. I fiev. T. L. Catihwell, Jr., pastor of the church, officiated at the church service and Masonic rites were conducted at Mountain Rest cemetery toy John Floyd, past worshipful master of the Kings Mountain organization. ????J | Mr. Wright had been in 111 heal - th for several months. v&O VWt\ born in Shelby and had been a resident of Kings Mountain for 35 years. For fifty yearn he was a master barber. He was a member of Falrview Lodge No. 339, A. F, * A. M. and was a member of First Baptist church. He was the son of the late Mr. and tyre. George Wright Surviving are his wife, the for mer Miss Lula Humphries; five sons, K. E. Wright, of Miami, FJa., Beck Wright, of Grover, W. W. Wright, of Shelby, ?nd .Robert S. and Gene Wright, of Kings Mountain; four daughters, Mrs. H. L Kiser, and Mrs. J. D. Sim mons, both of Charlotte; Mrs. Jack Seer est, of Shelby, and Mrs. Paul hinder, of Bessemer City, and a brother, Charles Wright, and a sister, Mrs. Jake Alien, both of Shelby. BUti Conducted Foi Love Hass 1 Funeral services for Love Huss, i 56, resident of route two, Kings | Mountain, who died Monday a round 9 a. m. at Veterans Hospi- . tal. Columbia, S. C., were held at Oak Grove Baptist church Wed- 1 neaday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Kev. C C, Crowe, the pastor, ^of ficiated and burial was in the ohuifh cemetry with military honors by the Kings Mountain National Guard company. Mr. Hues was a veteran of World War 1 with two years ser vice in Prance. He had been fb ill health for to months. J He died of injuries and expos ure suffered after a fail or leap from a window at the hospital ac cording to reports. He was found at around 2 a. m. some eight hours after the accident and died * ' n hours later. Coroner's 1 not reached Kin] Wednesday night. -* * " hiswWe, the son, Vance Huss, of Kings Moun* " - Mrs. Wil City Board Meets, Limits Train Speed The city board of commission ers has set a 35-rhile-per-hour speed limit for t rains passing through the city. Action was ta ken at the regular January meet ing Wednesday. The speed limit is effective January 15th, and, according to discussion preceding th'o action, is designed to slow trains from traveling through the communi ty at excessive, dangerous speeds. The action of the board 'provides a fine of $25 for violation of the train speed limit. In other action concerning rail traffic* the board voted to ask Southern Railway to improve the Mountain and Gold street cross ings. It was pointed Out that the level of the main line tracks had been raised but that the level of the spur track was not raised, re sulting in a traf'i-; hazard for motorists. City Administrator Fuller re ported no further word from Sou thern Railway officials concern ing the city request to Install a traffic signal at the corner of Mountain street and Battle ground avenue. He reported that equipment for the signal arrange ment has been on hand for sev eral weeks and that Indicated ap proval by Southern Railway had not yet been received. In other actions, the board <1) Declined to sell a portion of the city reservoir property to A merican Telephone & Telegraph Company to r erection of ta radio tower. (2) Approved transfer of a taxi franchise from Oliver Neal to Coley Freeman. (3) Voted to install ' a sewer line, if practicable, to the Na tional Guard Motor Shed, and, If not practicable to install a septic tark to serve the building. The Installation will toe a share-cost arrangementithe National Guard cost of $400-?500. (4) Deferred suction on a re quest of a Mrs. Rippy, who lives near Rings Mountain Cotton Oil Company, for a water line. Remainder of the session was devoted to discussion of possible legislation on local matters tor presentation to the 1951 General Assembly. The city may ask the legisla ture to approve an amendment to the hill setting up Kings Moun tain Recorder's Court, the amend ment to provide for employment of a solicitor, either on a salary or a fee basi$. The oity may also ask the leg: islature to authorize an election for the adoption, or rejection, of the city manager form of govern ment. City Attorney Davis pointed out that machinery Is already provi ded in the general statutes for setting up the dty manager form of government by special elec tion. However, he added, the. po wers and duties of .a city mana ger, ere set forth toy the general statutes, may not be exactly what this city desires. In such Instance, a special bill, authorizing the election and con taining the specific provisions, would have to be pained. . The board instructed Mr. Davis to present a report on both the recorder's court bWl and the city manager form, as provided by current statutes. t' ? CHORAL SOCIETY The Kings Mountain Choral Society will meet each Thurs day evening at the basement of Central Methodist church at 7:30 from now until Easter, R. S. Pet er, Jr., president, said this week. The society Is be ginning work on a special Eas ter service. Persons who wish to Join the choral group should see Robert Oaborne, vice-pres ident of the organization, Mr. Peeler said. ?' ???? ? I ' ???? V ? MISSION PASTOR ? Rev. Vance Daniel, pastor of Trinity Lutheran church, ol Sanford. has accepted the call ol the Board of American Missions to serve a mission of the Lutheran church here. Rev. . Mr. Daniel and his family expect to move to Kings Mountain od January 29. Bank Directors Are Re-Elected Stockholders ol the First . Na tional Bank held their annual meeting Tuesity, re-elected di rectors and heard reports of offi cere on 1950 operations. Following the stockholders' meeting, the directors re-elected ?all officers. Reports of officers showed the bank enjoyed a prosperous year, increasing loans by about $400, 000 during the year, deposits by $395,000, and total resources by about $407,000. The gain In total resources represented an increase The bank's statement at the' close of business December 30, 1950, showed total assets of $4, 080,205.03. Officers of the bank are F. R. Summers, president, B. S. Neill, executive ^/ice-president, R.- L. Mauney, vice-president, L. E. Ab bott, cashier, and James C. Mc Kinney, assistant cash)' .. Direc tors Include Mr. Summers, Mr. Neill, Mr. Mauney, Dr. L. P. Ba ker, G. A. Bridges, W. K. Mauney, P. M. Neisler, and M. A. Ware. Hemophilia Fatal To Bailey Child Funeral services for Donnie Ray Bailey, eight-yeaT old son of Mr. and Mrs. Broadus Bailey of Margrace Mill who died of He mophilia Tuesday night around 8:20 o'clock at his home, will be held at Macedonia Baptist chur dh Thursday afternoon at 4 p. m. Rev. Robert L. Hardin, the pas tor, will officiate and burial will be in Oafclawn cemetery, Oaff n?y, S;C, V-'-'r The young boy had suffere return to his duties at Belk's. WEAVER ENLISTS Ivan Weaver, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Weaver, and Herald linotypist, enlisted Thursday 1n the army air force. He left Charlotte Thursday for Lack land A|r Base, San Antonio, Township Quota $6,000; Mote Chairmen Named Everything is virtually in read iness lor Kings Mountain's part in the nation-wide fund cam paign to fight infantile paralysis, Sam Stallings, Kings Mountain chairman, reported Thursday. Mr.. Stallings announced addi tional members of the solicita tion committee for the Number .4 Township drive, which has a goal of $G,000. Mr. Stallings said that Mrs. | Franklin Harry and Mrs. Broad-'. J us Ellis will serve as co-chairmen of the campaign in G rover, while Lamar Hernuon will head the Bfeth-Ware cornmittee. He also announced that "George H. Mau ney will serve as co-chairman with Jacob Cooper of the Kings Mountain committee handling gifts of industry and industrial employees. Still to be announced is a chair man for the Patterson Grove com munity. The fund campaign begins Monday and efforts will be made to complete the drive by the end of January, Mr. Stallings said. Kings Mountain and Number 4 Township have a liberal Tecord in su parting the annual March of Dimv'S campaign. Two years ago, following the heavy epide mic year of 1&4$, it g&ve more than $7,000 to the fund. Lost year, almost $5,000 was contri buted by local area citizens. The Cleveland County chapter of the National Infantile ParaJy- - sis Foundation proyldes treat ment to victims of the disease, and ?t?wed a deficit of more than 16,000 at the 'beginning of the year. A special allocation of more than $4,000 was recently J made to Cleveland county by the [national organization. More than 30 patients are being provided treatment by the Cleveland chapter at the present time. "We have a very enthusiastic committee-, and 1 feel that Num ber 4 Township will meet dts quota," Mr. Stallings said. "There are many appeals for funds, but few people will argue the need for funds for this purpose. None who has seen the tragic results of a polio epidemic will fail to support the campaign as liberal ly as they possibly can." . The National Infantile Paraly sis Foundation, in addition to e mergency work in epidemic a reas, conducts research to de termine the cause of polio and to develop improved methods erf treatment. Brown Will Speak To Presbyterians Rev. George Brown, assistant pastor of First Presbyterian chur ch of Gastonla, will speak at ev ening services at First Presby terian church here on Sunday ev ening at 7:30. The sermon of Rev. Mr. Brown will continue the observance of Foreign Mission month, which continues through January. Mr. Brown Is a missionary ap pointee to Koresi, but war condi tions have prevented his going to Korea. Both Mr. Brown and his wife grew up in the mission field. Tax Listers Work Saturday Afternoon After a quick spurt during the .opening days, tax listing, has "slowed up" according to a report by Bright D. Batterree, Number 4 Township list taker who announced that listers will be at City Hall on Saturday an-. ' til 5 p. m. All citlsens can't come the * last day or even the last week." Mr. Batterree said as he urgod citlsens who base not listed to do so as soon as possible m . order to avoid the last minute rush. All city and county citlsens. aie required by law to list pee* ' party with the list takers each year for tax purposes. Books will close on January 31st and late llstets will be penallML Mr. Batterree pointed out. Mr. Batterree and City Lists* Joe H. McDanleL Jr.. are locat ed In the courtroom at City Hall at all times with the fol lowing exception? Mr. Batter* *f| ree will be at Hemdon'e store In Grover on Thursday, Janu ary It and Thursday, January , 25. Farmers are also required to give Information for the annual farm csnsun. Chorlio Ware flOB ducts this phase of the anneal lutings.