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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<fcall his life with hemophilia, an ab normal tendency to bleed exces sively. A brother, Larry Lee, died last June of hemophilia. He 4s survived by his parents, two brothers, William and Ken neth Bailey, of the home, / and two sisters, Mrs. Floyd Carroll, of Kings Mountain, and Eloise Bai ley, of the home. PILGRIMAGE REPORT The second annual Christmas Home Pilgrimage oi the Kings Mountain Garden Club was a successful one, officials at the organization reported this week. It was announced that the Garden Club is making plans to use the proceeds from the pilgrimage for a local pro ject With the city's triennial alec- 1 Itior only four months away, speculation as to candidates for the eeveral elective offices wu belnr **v*Dced thla week among DoHthcal observers. Principal speculation concern ed the office of mayor, obviously arising from the opinion of ? number of citizens that Mayor 3. K. Hemdon will not -be a candi date for re-election. Mayor Hern don himself says he doesn't know yet whether he'll seek re election or not, tout he la not closing the ?'oor to seeking ano ther term. Considered sure to make the race for mayor, regardless of Mayor Herndon's decision, is George W. Allen, who almost, made the racetwo year* ago, and who luls indicated since that he will offer m iesu ? ? i - - - ? ; er, and Mayor Pro Tempore Hal D. Ward, completing hi* tint | term as Ward 5 commissioner. Moat observer* feel that Hie pos sible candidacy of these t?.~ ?ien f'.in^r , on Mayor Herndon's de cision. ? Thus far, only mlnofsiarpecul* tion has been advanrori on the; Several CO mm tasrloner ships. B. . Hudson Bridges, Ward 4 commiSr 1 sloner, is undecided about seek ing re election, stating, "I would like to continue as a member of the board, but it depends on my health." Mr. Bridges was serious ly ill with a heart condition sev eral months ago, but ts how en Joying better health.- possible candidate for the Ward 4 poet is Crady Howard, former Jaycee president, fy - " c Mr. Ward make the race for rnay M it WMtkl #4wiittey in the p-airttcuMr word and leave (he posts open to newcomers. Neither Mr. Ward nor Mr. Mauney deny they aie considering making the race for mayor. ^ Also to be chosen at the May election will be Ward 4 and 5 ?cftool trustee*. Dr. 'mWaMMlm veteran chairman of tho school board, is the Ward 4 trustee, and B. S. NeHl ia the Ward 5 trustee. As early as four months ago, one source told the Herald that there 1m a definite possibility "f a woman candidate, or candi dates, for the board cf city com missioners this year. However, the source declined to mention any In the 1949 o 1 ect jfcfc wood. E. Lynch was elected Ward 2 school trustee and currently holds the distinction of being the Dr. Thompson Will Address Presbyterians Dr. H. H. Thompson* of Atlan ta, Ga., will speak at a supper | meeting at First Presbyterian church. Monday ni^nt at 7 o' clock and will address a meeting of the Kings Mountain Presby tery on Tuesday at Shiloh Pres byterian church at Grover. Ministers and laymen of the 41 churches' of the Presbytery have been invited to attend the pre-Presbytery meeting here Monday night, Rev. P. D. Patrick said. Dr. Thompson is chairman of the committee on evangelism of the Presbyterian General Assem bly. He will make his address Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Shiioh fchurch on the subject of "Visitation Evangelism." The Shiloh meeting will 'be a one-day session and will convene at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning. Retiring moderator, Rev. A. L. Bixler, will open the meeting with prayer, and at 11 a. m. will preach the sermon. Rev. A. H. Key, pastor of Bri - tain and Duncan's Creek church es, Rutherford county, is modera tor-elect Rev. W. A. Wilkerson will re port for the program committee. Rev. W. L. Brown of Shelby will give the report on "The Minister and His Work." Reception of new ministers will be followed by the noon recess and luncheon at 12:15 p. m. and the afternoon session nomination 'of moderator will take place. Rev. Patrick and S. S. Weir are delegates to the Presbytery meet ing from the Kings Mountain church. Gordon Hughes, Jr., end J. G. Darracott will represent Dixon Presbyterian church. Rites Conducted For Robert White Funeral services lor Robert A. White, 78, who died last Friday at 11:15 a. m. at his home, were held at Oak View Baptist church Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Rev. E. O. Gore of Zionville, for. mer pastor of Oak View church, officiated. He was assisted toy ReV. J. H. Barrett, Rev. Robert L. Hardin and Rev. Clay Ohllders. Interment was in the church cem etery. Mr. White had been in ill heal th for about five years. He was a member of Oak View Baptist church. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Ann Blanton White; two sons, Phares White of Blacksburg, and Obrean White of Kings Mountain; three daughter*, Mrs. Malcolm Cablness of Shelby, -route 5, Mrs. Ovaries Farris and Mrs. L. C. Eaker of Kings Moun tain; a Sister, Miss Elizabeth White of Ear!; six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Franklin Pethel Will Enter Army Franklin Pethel, for the past 19 months minister of music at' St. Matthew's Lutheran church, left Kings Mountain Wednesday, pre paratory to entering the army next week. . Mr. Pethel was to spend sever* al days at his home in Kannapo Ms. A graduate of Lenolr-Rhyne college, Mr. Pethel has been ac tive ii) several community pro jects in addition to his work with the St. Matthew's church. He has served as director of the Kings Mountain Choral society and was a member of the Kings Mountain Little Theatre. He will enter the army from Cabarrus county. Infantile Paralysis Fund Drive Draft Head Reports " Emergency 99 Plans "Lend me a hand ? - i 'W '' i 1 1 m Doctors To Register For Draft Monday Doctors, dentists, and veter in art cms who ban not reached their 50th birthdays and who aw not members of reserve branches of the service are re quired to register Monday (or possible military service. Registration will be bandied at the office of the Cleveland county selevtive service board in Shelby. Required to register are men who bold the following de grees: bachelor of medicine, ! doctor of medicines, doctor of I dental surgery, doctor of den tal medicine, doctor of veteri nary surgery and doctor of vet ertncry medicine. Doctors who hrve attained their 50th birth days by January 15th are .not required to register. Cleveland Men To Be Examined About 100 Cleveland County ?men will go to Charlotte Friday for pre-induction physical ex aminations to determine their I fitness for service In the army. Majority o t the men will be in the 20-year-old age group. It will be the first group sent to Charlotte for examinations In 1951. On Friday, January 19, the se lective board will send 40 men to Charlotte for Induction Into the army. The board has not yet received Its quotas for February, Mrs. Cla ra Newman, clerk to- the board, said Thursday. In view of an nounced demands of the army for additional men, they are ex pected to be large. Grissom Join Harris Staff -j *??????* ?/ . ? '? - Neil Grissom, native of Gaston County, has Joined the staff of Harris Funerar Home, according to announcement by Ollle Hants, owner. A former manager of Ford Fu nerat Home, in Gastonia, Mr. Grissom has had 16 years exper ience as funeral director and em balmer. He has worked with mor tuaries at Blade Mountain and Ashevine. ^ Mr. Grissom is a veteran of World War II, having served three years in the U. 8, Marine Corps. He fei ? Presbyterian and a Legionnaire. He is married to the former Miss Annie Price, of Lowndes v+lle S. CThe couple have t*ro children, Hell, Jr., age 8, and Da vid Price, 2. Mrs. Grissom is a registered nurse. The Grissom* reside at Hern don Apartments. Four Boards Would Handle County Draft In the event of an all-out war emergency, Clevaland county will have four draft boards, rather than the one now operating, ac cording to announcement Wed nesday by Col. T. H. Upton, state director of selective service. Plans are already blue-printed for quick expansion of the selec tive service system, Col. Upton said, with the state's current to tal of l'Ol boards to be expanded to 257. If enacted, the expansion plan will mean that Kings Mountain would have a selective service board, as It did during World War II, which would serve Num ber 4 and Number 5 townships. The Cleveland plan calls for a board at Shelby, .with two other boards to serve other portions of the county. Under the (blueprint tot Cleve land county, James Houser, cur rently a member of the selective service board, would become a member of the Kings Mountain board, with two other members and a -medical officer to be ap pointed. Selective service board mem bers are appointed toy national headquarters, on recommenda tion of the clerk of court and state headquarters. It Is under .stood that Clerk of Court E. A. Housed has made recommenda tions to state headquarters. How ever) Mr. Houser was not In his office Thursday afternoon, due to Illness, and identity of the pros pective board members was not learned. State headquarters asked Mr. Houser to recommend additional selective service board members several weeks ago, and If *lso notified draft boards to check fil es for quick transfer of registra tion cards to the new boards. Col. Upton said this had been accom plished. The additional boards will not toe activated at the present time, and will not be, unless an all out emergency develops, Col. Upton said. RUTH RECUPERATING Hilton Ruth, manager of Belk's Department Store, who underwent an emergency op eration for appendicitis two weeks ago, is now able to be put of toed for short periods dur ing the day. It will be several days, however, before he is able V> 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.