Y. F. Throneburg's
Mother Succumbs
Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock at
Mays Chapel Methodist church,
nej^r Newton, for Mts. Nora Frye
Thronetourg, 76, nother of Y. F.
"Throneburf, of Kings Mountain.
Mrs. Throneburg, wife of Al
bert P. Throneburg, of the Mays
'Chapel section near Newton, died
V Vat a Newton hospital Saturday
Vmornlng around 2:20 o'clock aft
\er a year's illness.
Among Kings Mountain citi
zens attending the fltos were
Mrs. A. H, Patterson, Mrs. H. R.
Parton. Mrs. R. D? Goforth, Mrs.
I. B. TJoforth, Mrs. Fred Wright,
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Butterworth,
Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Brendall and
Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Murray.
April Draft Quotas
For County Given
Cleveland County's selective
:servlce quotas for April are:
On April 9, pre - induction quo
*a of 125.
On April 13, induction quota of
-45.
On Monday the Cleveland
4>oard sent 145 men to Charlotte
ior pre-induction physical ex
aminations.. On Thursday, the
hoard had not been Informed of
the nuwher of men found fit for
"duty, Mrs. Adelene Clark, board
<clerk, said.
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FOB SAL E? one used oil
stove, $20;. 2 electric refrigera
tors, $75 each ; 2 ice boxes, $10
each. TOMMY BARNETT, Waco
TOjid, Phone 576-R. m-16-23pd.
FOR SAL K? 3 rooms of fur
niture, including gas stove
s?nd portable washing machine.
Going cheap! Call 405-W.
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More About
City Seeks
(Cont'd from front page)
Jury trial, the latter requiring a
deposit by the defendant of six
dollars- Present law allows any
defendant to switch his case to
the county <*>uirt merely on re
quest.
In other action* the board:
(1) Deferred action for legal
opinion on request of Plato Hea
vener for relief from tax levy on
two trucks Whbch, he says, are
used in connection with his bus
iness in Gtovw. Mr, Heavener
lives In Kings Mountain. The
board agreed to seek an opinion
from the state attorney general.
(2) Deferred action on a re
quest by Wright & Rhea for the
city to lay lateral sewer lines in
Davidson Heights, the building
firm to purchase the pipe. Maps
of the proposal showed that the
requested lines would be on pri
vate property. Which, the board
indicated, wot^ld toe outside the
city's province.
(3) Deferred action on sewer
and water Une installations on
Childress street and Park street
extension, pending receipt of
shipment of necessary pipe.
(4) Discussed, without formal
action, city wage rates. City Ad
ministrator M. K. Fuller informed
the board that the city's mini- ,
mum wage is 55 cents per hour,
straight time; and that the city
was having come difficulty hold
ing employees. The board indi
cated it would approve wage rate
increases, provided more produc
tion is obtained from the em
ployees.
(5) Authorized the purchase of
two 150-foot lengths of curb-and
gutter forms.
(6) Authorized letters to Rep.
B. T. Falls, Jr., and Senator Clyde
Nolan stating the city's appre
ciation for the Cleveland dele
gation's support of the Powell
bill, which will materially in
crease,the city's available money
for street work.
The board was jubilant over
passage of the Poweil bill !by the
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TOPPERS
WHITE GABARDINES
Lined $14.95
Un-Iined $6.95
Colors ? $1 5.95. $18.95^19.95
Printed Crepe Dresses
Size 12-20 $7.95
BUTCHER LINEN
$7.95 ? $8.95
CHAMBRAY *"d BROADCLOTH
$7.95
ASSORTED PRINTS
$2.98 and $3.48
Sizes 9-15 and 12-44
CHILDREN'S DRESSES
Solid*, prints, ginghams. Sixes 1-3. 3-$x, 7-14
LADIES' BAGS
LADIES' SLIPS
Nylon - Acetate
Tailored ...... $3.48
SM9 - $3.98
Crep? Lace -trimmed
$1.98 and $2.98
sites 32-44
Panties . .. 39c-$1.49
LADIES' SANDALS
white. Mack, multi-color
$1.98
?lie 4.9
good assortment In straws,
plastic, genuine leather.
$1.49 ? $4.95
Children's Bags
49c ? $1.49
Fancy Tops
Socks 29c and 35c
Children's
JERSEY KNIT SLIPS
97c ? $1.25
Size 1-14
Cotton 89c & 97c
AMOS & SON
415 N. Railroad Atrel
Telephone 325-W
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General Assembly. Mr. Fuller es
timated that the, city's si. are of
the highway monies reverting to
the cities would be $27,200, which
will be payable annually on Oc
tober 1. The amount is expected
to forward materially the city's
?ti"?t paving program.
(7) Indicated it would ask for
a hearing before the Interstate
Commerce Commission to force
Southern Railway Company to
approve plans for a traffic sig
nal light at the corner of Bat
tleground avenue .and Mountain
street, ?
(8) Noted complaints concern
ing water and light charges. Mr.
Puller explained that, In instan
ces of complaint, city crewmen
are sent Immediately to check
meter readings for possible er
ror. :
Donors Give 109
Pints OfJBlood
A great number of the 109
Kings Mountain persons giving
their blood via the Red Cross
Bloodmobile Wednesday may
learn with satisfaction that their
gift is already en route Korea
to save the lives of American
boys wounded in action.
The Red Cross does not re
lea.se the actual number of bleed
units used for this purpose, but
the emergency call was for "O"
type blood. The amount of this
.type collected here was only two
pints short of the need.
Otherwise, the Bloodmobile of.
ficlaU regarded the Kings Moun.
tain collection as most success
ful, though the quota of 125 pints
was short by 16.
Mrs. J. S. Evans, Jr., recruit
ment chairman, expressed the ap
preciation of the Red Cross both
to the donors and to the many
volunteers who aided in the col
lection here. She also expressed
appreciation to Kings Mountain
Cotton Oil Company for gifts of
needed ice and to Archdale
Farms for milk.
Baptist Crusade
To Begin On Easter
Fifty of the 61 churches in the
Kings Mountain Baptist associa
tion (Cleveland County) will be
gin an evangelistic crusade in
cooperation with the Southern
Baptist convention with a rally
at First Baptist church* Shelby on
Easter Sunday, March 25.
Some 1,500 people are expected
to attend the service, which will
be at 3 p. m. Rev. Archie Ellis,
pastor of First Baptist church of
Salisbury, will be the speaker.
Kings Mountain churches
which will participate In the
crusade are Macedonia, Second
and First Baptist. Temple church
will hold its services at a later
date. AH the churches extend a
cordial invitation to everyone to
attend, a spokesman said.
School Schedules
Reading Clinic
A reading clinic for teachers of
city schools will be conducted
here next Wednesday by Miss
Julia Teasley, representative of
Scott-Forsman, book publishers.
Miss Teasley, a reading speci
alist, comes to Kings Mountain
under assignment of the State
Department of Public Instruction.
Paul Beam's Mother
Succumbs Last Week
Mrs Mary Carpenter Beam, 78,
died at her home near Ellenboro
on Wednesday, March 7, after 3
months lines*.
Funeral services were held at
the home on Thursday, March 8,
at 2 p. m. Elder Walter Edwards
and Elder Oscar Broome of Mon
roe conducted the services. Bur
ial followed in the Beam ceme
tery near the home.
Survivors are her husband,
John L. Beam, and the following
children: Mrs. Annie McKinney,
Ellenboro, T. T. Beam, Vatdese,
Herbert Beam, Mooresboro, and
Move About
Politics
(Cont'd from front page)
on the fence," when asked whe
Paul Beam, Kings Mountain. Al
so surviving la a brother, John
Carpenter of Forest City.
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Falls, Rev.
and Mrs. J. H. Brendall and Mrs.
Ellen Petrosino attended the ser
vices.
ther h<? would seek re-election a a
mayor, tout Clyde Jolly, rumored
as a candidate lor Ward 4 com-,
missioner, said, "The informed
political observers are mis- infor
med. I am not a candidate."
Considered almost sure candi
dates for several positions were
C. C. (Shorty) Edens, expected to
oppose L. E. Davis for' the Ward
2 commLsslonership, and C. J.
Gault, Jr., expected to make the
Ward 5 commissioner race a
three -corner**} affair. A strong
report that Dave Saunders would
make a trio out of the Ward 3
commissioner race was also in
the air.
Only alii*?al pronouncement a
mong the new candidates was
a statement by Garland Still,
candidate for mayor, who said:
"U elected mayor, I will do my
utmost with the cooperation of
the beard, with no personal gains
in mind, to make Kings Moun*
tain a more progressive city, and
a better place in which to live.
The whole community will re
ceive the same benefits In the
future as a few individuals have
in the past.
"I am infavor of adequate sew
age disposal to take care of the
many septic tanks Inside the
city limits. If the administrations
of the future are no more pro*
gressive than those of the past,
the out-moded outhouse will a
galn make its appearance.
"No corruptness nor anything
pertaining thereto will be toler
ated in any branch of the ad
ministration.
"Should any member prove un
qualified for their office, I will
expose him publicly. The pro
greaa of Kings Mountain will not
be retarded another two years as
in the past.
"Naturally there will be a
thorough housecleaning .in more
than on? department, which Is
long past duev'V
THE HERALD $2. SO PER YEAR
DIAMOND ENSEMBLES
Begnlaxly $19.75 to $650
20 percent
COSTUME lEWEUtT
I idles' <md Men's
17-Jewel Watches, regularly $49.75,. no?w $24.75
17-Jewel Watches, regularly $39.75, ......
15-Iewel W rr*rA~~~ - ?
15-Jewel Watches, ^ ^
15-TawaI \it l .
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1 7-T?w^i rL?*L.- - _
... . now $14.87
15-Iewel Watches, regularly $27.50, now $13.75
21 -Jewel Walthams, regularly $71.50, ....
17-T?w^i
w T .WtVW, .......
17-Jewel Gothics, regularly $3975r^tfi^S
AU Ladles'
All Mra't
Waterproof Watches I2&50 up; 17-Jewel Elgins