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Population
City Limits 7.193
(Final Unofficial Census 1950)
Immediate Trading Area 15.000
(1945 Ration Board Figures)
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VOL. 62 NO. 15
Sixty-Second Tear
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Kings Mountain. N. C.. Friday. April 13. 1951
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AT WESTERN UNION
Miss Frances Miller, of Albe
marle, is temporoary manager ,
of the Western Union office at
Victory Chevrolet Co.- here re
placing Mre. W. C Lindsay, Jr., *
who has been transferred to.
the Belmont
TO ATTEND MEETINQ
Bryan Hord, will attend the
Head Camp meeting of Wood
men of the World in Aabevllle
on April 16 and 17. He will
serve as delegate from the
Kings Mountain camp.
TO HEAR MISSIONARY
Rev. A-Uon Ldddick, returned
missionary to India, will speak
at First Wesleyan Methodist
church on Friday evening at
7:30, according to announce
ment toy the pastor, Rev. J. W.
Phillips.
ATTEND PRESBYTERY
Rev. W. L. Pressly, M. L. Har
mon, elder, and Marriott D.
Phifer, deacon, represented
Boyce Memorial ARP church at
the meeting of presbytery held
at Sandy Plains ARP church
near Tryon on Tuesday.
LOCAL MEN NXMED ..
J. C. Randall was elected
president and Holland Dixon
a director of the Cleveland
County Guernsey association at
the organizational meeting of
the group held recently.
AT KEESLER FIELD
Pfc. Ivan E. Weaver, son of
Mr. and Mrs. 'Ralph Weaver,
has completed basic training
. at Lackland Air force bape,
San Antonta, Tex., and has
been assigned to an Air Force
school ait Keesler Field, BilosS,
Miss. ??? .. "
NO NEW CANDIDATES
The count of candidates for
cKy and school elective offices
remained 20 at 3:30 Thursday
afternoon. No new candidates
had fHed for office, according
to City Clerk % A. Crouse.
An Editorial
Insubordination
Ever Intolerable
The firing of General
Douglas MacArthur as top
commander in the Far East
has created repercussions
all over the world, in capi
tals and in hamlets, in what
is generally conceded to be
a hydra-headed situation.
General MacArthur, a mil
itary genius by the record,
could not and would not un
derstand the science of in
, ternational politics. A man
of direct action, he could not
agree to the doctrine that
several ways exist to skin a
cat. Some are slower, some
are faster, and who car. gain
say that the slower methods
are sometimes the best? ?
A This, essentially, was the
crux of the problem. '
It must be remembered
that General MacArthur, ac
cording to the army book as
well as according to law, is
subordinate to General
Bradky, the chief of staff,
to General Marshall, secre
tary of defense, and, finally,
to President Truman, com
mander-in-chlef. He defied
a law as old as the military
and one he enforced on his
subordinates with rare effi
ciency. That he was booted
out should not be surprising.
That h^ was not booted out
long ag6 can be attributed
to 1) the MacArthur mili
tary genius, 2) his personal
prestige, 3) Mr. Truman's
forebearance, and 4) the po
, litical explosiveness the sit
uation promised, both do
Band Won Top Rating Monday;
Lions Launch Band Fund Drive
Kings Mountain
Gets "Superior"
At Music Event
Kings Mountain high school
band Is one of two North Carolina
bands In Class III division which
captured highest ratings at the
annual North Carolina Music
Festival on Monday.
Other Class III band winning
top honors was neighboring
Cherryville.
The festival is held . each
spring at Woman's College In
Greensboro and participants
qualify for entry ait Greensboro
by winning top ratings at dis
trict contests.
The Kings Mountain high
school band, fresh from a Sunday
afternoon public concert, left
early Mo" lay morning toy spec
ial bus i or Greensboro. It was ac
companied by a large number of
school patrons, parents of band
members, and school officials.
The Judges accorded the Kings
Mountain band a "superior" ra
ting.'
The 50jplece band is under the
direction of Joe Hedden.
CItt-Wlde Bridge
Tourney Scheduled
The Kings Mountain Country
Club will sponsor a four week
bridge tournament which will toe
open to everyone who Is interest
ed in bridge in Kings Mountain
and the surrounding area, begin
ning next Thursday, April 19th,
promptly 7:45 p. m . and con
tinuing each Thursday through
May 8th. ' - * ?? v .?
Nightly prizes will be awarded
winner* end two grand prizes
will be awarded the persons hav
ing the highest percentage total
lor three of the four nights of
play. To qualify for the grand
prizes entrants will toe required
to play three of the four nights
of the tournament, but are not
required to play with the same
partner each night. Mrs. Kenneth
Todd of Gastonia will conduct
the tournament, and the charge
will toe $1.00 per person per night.
Application has been made to
the Aim eric an Contract Bridge
league for permission to give
fractonal master points to the
winners, it was announced.
Reservations are not required
tout will be appreciated, It was
announced, In order to assure
proper erangements for the tour
ney. Reservations should be"
made by calling Mrs. George
Houser at 108- J or Mis. Sam Da
vis, mx 549-W.i:
KMHS Students
In WCUNC Event
Six Kings Mountain high
school girls participated in a
600-voice choral concert Thurs
day night at Woman's College
in Greensboro.
They were Betty Cash, Evelyn
Cline, BaKbara Gault, Bobble
Grantham, Jeanenr Hallman and
Sera Jackaon. Howard Coble ac
companied them on the trip.
Festival conductors wese No
bel Gain of Los Angeles and Paul
Young of the University of Illi
nois. ? , ? ... ?' :
Doctors Set Up
Duty Schedule
King* Mountain doctors have
assigned themselves an emerg
ency duty schedule at Kings
Mountain hospital, Joe Dixon,
business manager announced
this week.
The schedule was effective
AprH 8, and the doctors are tak
aa week's daty in alphabetical
(t. Under the arrangement
the doctors keep the hoepkal in
formed as to their sUmiUjuuts
during the weak they have the
emergency duty.
Dr. J. E. Anthony has the duty
HEADS DRIVE ? Tolly Shu ford
la chairman of the Band Fund
financial campaign, now being
conducted by the Kings Moun
tain Liana dub. Coed of the drive
US&400.
Books To Be Open
Again Saturday
City election 'Vwbks will be o
pen again on Saturday at the re
spective polling places.
Several registrars reported
fairly brisk business last Satur
day on the first day the books
were opened. Mrs. J. H. Arthur,
in Ward 5, said she had 35 reg
istrations, including transfers,
Mrs. Humes Houston, in Ward 2,
registered 10 new voters, and
C..L. Black, Ward 1 registrar, re
ported four new registrations and
five transfers. The Herald was
uoatoke to reach C. P. Goforth,
: JMIH . ivUtDr
Bowers, Ward 3 registrar.
The books will be open on Sat
urday, April 14, 21, and 28, while
Saturday, May 5 will toe chal
lenge day.
Persons who have moved from
one ward to another should
transfer to the proper book and
unregistered persons should reg
ister, if they expect to vote, elec
tion officials have pointed out
Voting day will be May 8.
Beth-Waxe High
Banquet Friday
Annual Beth- Ware high school
Junior ? Senior banquet will be
held at the Kings Mountain Wo
man's club Friday night at 7:30
o'clock.
Dr. P. <3. Padgett, Kings Moun
tain physician, will make the ad.
dress at the occasion on Which
the Junior class of the school
honors the 18 members of the
graduating class.
Branson Harmon, president of
the Junior class, will preside and
will give the Invocation. Wel
come will be given toy Robert
Green, with the response by
Prances Leonhardt. Pauline
Hayes is president of the senior
class. v 'V ' : . y '
Betty WlJHams and Harold
Hord will render vocal solo se
lections. Also listed on the pro
gram is, "Flying fcomet"
Members of die high school
faculty will also be guests of the
sponsoring class at the banquet.
. STOUT HOUR
RegulaT Ftlday ?fV-moon
story "hour for Children at JT?eob
S. Mauney Library wtll Mgin
at 4 o'clock. Mm Frartk Ussery
wtll serve as itory-teBer.
Bill To Provide Rnn-Ofi Election
Passed; Ratification b Assured
? ?
Kings Mountain citizen* may
enjoy, if that 1* the proper word,
two election* Chic year. \
Houee Bill No. 1113, introduced
by Rep. B. T.'Paile, Jr., April 6,
and providing for * run -of* elec
tion in Kings Mountain In event
candidates do not receive ma
jorities on May 8, eeemed destin
laycMi Postpone
Paper Collodion
>
Shuford Heads
Band Campaign;
Quota $2,400
The annual band fund drive,
being conducted this year by
the Kings Mountain Lions club,
began Monday with a goal of
$2,400 to support the band's ac
tivities during the forthcoming
year.
Tolly Shuford is serving as
chairman of the campaign and
reported Wednesday initial Re
ceipts of $300.
Last year Kings Mountain Cit
izens and commercial firms con
trlbuted over $1,700 against a
quota of $1,500. The quota was
raised this year due to increased
costs of uniforms, instruments,
music and other equipment for
which the fund is used.
Soliciting committees from the
Lions club began work Monday,
and Chairman Shuford said the
initial response to the appeal in
dicated that the campaign would
be a successful one. '
"Several citizens and firms
have raised their contribution in
line with the increased quota,"
Mr. Shuford reported. "This will,
of course, be necessary, if the
banf to not to be deprived of the
eqqiripment It needs.
"The recent high honors won
by the band, both at Salisbury
and at Greensboro, show that the
band Is most worthy of the sup
port previously giv^n it and cur
rently asked," he continued.
Radio Singexs
HereOn Monday
The Homeland Harmony quar
tet, Atlanta radio artists, will
five a program here at the high
school auditorium Monday night
under sponsorship of the Kings
Mountain Lions club.
The program toe-gins at eight
o'clock.
Also to be heard on the pro
gram will be the BAM quaret
and the Grover quartet
Admission will be one dollar
for adults and fifty cents for
children under 12 years of age.
Dan Huffstetler, who arranged
the program, said he was partic
ularly happy to obtain the Atlan
ta organization. "These radio
singers are among the best in the
business," Mr. Huffstetler said,
"and are well-known to radio au
diences of the King* Mountain
area. We are looking forward to
having this group here in person,
as well as the B & M and Grover
quartets."
Shelby Parks Chief
To Addreu P-Tfl
Robert Hartley, superintendent
of parks for the City of Shelby,
will address Parent - Teacher
association "Father's Night" pro
grama here next week ? on
Tuesday at Central auditorium
and on Wednesday We*t
school auditorium. Programs are
to begin at 7:30 p. m. each night
Mr. Hartley will speak to both
group* on recreation and will
show movies on the subject. ;
Mrs. Paul Mauney, program
chairman of Central Elementary
P.TA. has announced that a short
musical program will be held af
ter the program Tuesday night.
Fathers Of students at both
schools are tosftng Invited to at>
I tend the meetings. t
B. I. King, |
Former Herald
Editor, Dies
Benjamin J. King, 59, former
owner and editor of the Kings
Mountain Herald, died at Baptist
hospital In Columbia, S. C., Sun
day. i
Funeral rites were conducted
Tuesday morning from the First
Baptist church of Aiken, 'S. C.,
where Mr. King had lived since
leaving Kings Mountain ^n 1934.
Mr. King became editor, and
publisher of the Herald on Au
gust 15, 1929, when he entered
into a lease -option -to -purchase
agreement with the late G. G.
Page. He later purchased the
Herald and was connected with
it until February 15, 1934.
Shortly thereafter he purchas
ed the Aiken Standard and the
following year he purchased the
Aiken Journal and Review, mer
ging the two under the name of j
the Aiken Standard and Review, ]
which he actively operated until j
he became HI in December. Since
that time Mis. King has been di
recting the semi-weekly newspa
per. Plans are underway to make
the Standard and Review a
thrice-weekly paper in the near
future, the Herald has been in
formed.
Mr. King was born in Darling
ton county, S. C., September 2,
1891. He was a veteran of World
War I, had studied at the Uni
versity of Bonn in France, and
was for 15 years years a district
manager for Southern Bell Tele
phone and Telegraph Company.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Annie Howell King, a sister and
two brothers.
Lions Honor
Area Farmers
v.*. ' , , \ . .;7. r..:r *.-.1
JUO0S MouaUitt etc* tanu#**
and their Lions club hosts got
plenty of laughs Tuesday night
at Masonic Hall, as the Lions en
tertained at tliei; twelfth annual
farmers' nlsht banquet.
A. H. Ward, district extenjlon
agent of the Aiken, S. C., district,
was in complete harmony with
the general theme of fun and
frolte, as he delivered a Joke-fiH
ed address entitled "Pessimism
and Progress."
Prior to Mr. Ward's address,
Sam Stallings, club tail twister,
?had superintended a round of
practical joking.
Prizes were given to the oldest
and youngest farmers -present,
as well as to lucky number hold
ers. John Butler Plonk qualified
as the youngest present, with R.
W. Thomburg, 77, as the oldest.
Mr. Ward made out a good
case for optimism. He pointed
out that firm yields are up 50
percent In the past decade and
that 88 -percent of the nation's
farms are now electrified.
"I would rather live In this
nation, with its full granaries,
high taxes and price ceilings
than to Hve in other nations of
the world where freedom is un
known and starvation is com
mon." Mr. Ward Mid.
He pointed out that, In spite
of the general attitude of critici
zing everything and thinking the
notion is going to the dogs, the
United States Is still the mart
prosperous nation In the world
and to citizens enjoy more "good
things of ltfe and have more
savings" than any other people
has saver known.
Mr. Ward was presented by
WIHiam Hambright, of Blacks
toufg.S. C. Ollle Harris welcomed
the farmers, and Holland Dixon
presented special guests. Edwin
[Moore led the "Salute to the
'Flag" and C. P, Barry gave the
invocation.
G.W. Mullinax
Rites Conducted I
Funeral services for George W.
Mullinax, 70, of Shelby road,
Graver, were held Thursday
morning at 11 o'clock at Graver
First Baptist church.
Dr. Srrtoot Baker, of Lancaster,
S. C? officiated, assisted by Rev.
Park Moore and Rev. N. S. Hardin.
Burial was In Graver cemetery.
Mullinax died at Cherokee
County hospital, Gaffney, ?. C.,
Tuesday morMng at 9 a. m. He
ha* been til for four months with
a heait condition.
He was an employee of Saed
Lowell Co., CharletUb as a textile
W.tw aad reostre d Ms 90-year
pin two years ago. He had travsi -f
led widely supervising lnstalla
tion of textile machinery. I
Mr. Mullinax was the son of
the late W. 1. C. and EHzafceth
Etters Mullinax.
He Is survived by his wife,
HHelenJordanMumna^a
City Commissioners Held Busy
Session Wednesday Afternoon
CANDIDATE ? B. Hudson Brid
ges, city commissioner from
Ward 4, is seeking re-election at
the city election on May 8. Mr.
Bridge* was the lint of the pres
ent field- of 20 candidates to an
nounce his candidacy.
Kiwanis Club
Fetes Ladies
Dr. Walter T. Nau, Lenoir
Rhyne professor, gave an Inter
esting philological address en
titled "Off-Base 'English'" at the
annual ladies night banquet of
The Kings Mountain Kiwanis
cluto on April 5 at Masonic Hall.
Dr. Naii'a address was the
highl%tkt ot a full evening's en
tertainment, attended by 210 Ki
waniahs, their wives and special
guest*
dies night committee distribu
ted favors to all ladies present.
Miss Frances Summers, ac
companied by Miss Virginia
Summers at the piano, sang two
numbers by Slgmund Romberg,
"Serenade" from the operetta
"Student Prince," and "When I
Grow Too Old to Dream." Rev. W.
L. Presely welcomed the ladies
and Mrs. W. T. Weir responded.
Rev. T. L. Cashwell, Jr., gave the
invocation.
* Special guests included mem
bers of the high school Key Club,
and Jack Still, vice-president,
presented the members and their
guests.
Dr. Nau, who was born in In
dia and who has traveled wide
ly. f"?ve a humorous and interest,
ing i oport on the difficulties for
eigners have in mastering the
Ehglish language as spoken in
the United States. The same dif
ficulties arise, he said, for Amer
icans who try to speak other
languages. They arise, he said,
from idiomatic expressions which
use quite good English, or Fren
ch or some other language but
which can hardly be given liter
al translation.
In turn, he cited numerous ac
tual Incidents gathered over the
yearn.
Group singing was led by E. C.
MeCialn.
RX PORTS FOB DUTY
First Lieutenant Henry Law
rence Patrick, U. S. Marine
Corps reserve, reported for ac
tive duty at Camp LeJeune last
Saturday. Lt. Patrick la secre
tary ? treasurer of Kln/js Moun
tain Cotton Oil Company. Mrs.
Patrick - and their son, Larry,:
expect to move to Camp Le
Jeune this weekend.
Bradshaw To Coach Legion loniors;
First Practice Saturday Morning
? - * -*?
1. R. Bradshaw, of Gaston la,
hu been appointed coach of the
Kings Mountain Legion Junior
Baseball team for 1951 and ha*
Issued a caH for candidate to re
port for practice at City Stadium
Saturday morning at 10 o'clock.
Coach Bradshaw waa named to
lead this year's team at a meet
ing of the program'a executive
board Monday night The na
tion - wide program I* sponsored
here by Otla D. Green Post 155,
th? American Legion.
The 3951 mentor Is not new to
most Kings Mountain junior
baseball players or fans. He and
J. K. (Buddy) Lewis, also of Gas
tonda, coached the 1950 team to
a very suocesafui Mason, falling
short of making the second
round of state elimination play
by only a half-game.
In issuing his caH for practice
Saturday, Coach Bradshaw urg
ed all boys born in 1934 or there
after who attend Kings Moun
tain, Bethware, Grover or Besse
mer City high schools to try out
Jack E White
Named Solicitor
Of City Court
The city board of commission
ers disposed of considerable
agenda at the regular April
meeting Wednesday afternoon.
The board
1) Assumed as a moral obli
gation half the damages of $623
to the Byron Keeter home as a
resrult of sewage back-up the
night of March 12-13;
2) Passed a resolution to co
operate with the city's garden
clubs in a city-wide "Living
Beautification" project;
3) Worked out a complicated
arrangement with Fred J.
Wright, Sr., to alleviate a sew
age problem in the Wright &
Rhea Davidson Heights develop*
ment;
4) Tentatively approved a con
tract agreement with Southern
Railway which would pejrmit the
city to install traffic signal
lights at the corners of Battle
ground and Mountain and Rail
road and Mountain;
5) Authorized the city adminis
trator to employ three firemen
on a full-time basis at police de
partment pay scales;
6) Appointed Jack H. White,
new Kings Mountain lawyer, so
licitor of city recorder's court at
a salary of $100 monthly;
7) Authorized the publication
of courtesy cards for use by the
parking meter policeman to
place on out-of-state vehicles
parking in metered areas.
Action on the Keeter matter
was a compromise. It resulted af
ter City Attorney J* &? Davis of
fered^ Wie' opinldn that the city Is
not legally liable for the dama
ges to the Keeter home resulting
from the sewage back-up. Mr.
Davis contended that the city
could not be liable for damages
resulting from a free service,
that there is no proof of negli
gence on the part of the city,
and that no tacit proof exists as
to what actually caused the
back-up.
Mr. Keeter countered that a
March 13 check by him and the
city showed his cast-iron line
was not clogged and that, a sim
ilar situation, without the unfor
tunate results, had occurred at
least six times since he had
built his residence. Commission- 1
(Cont'd on page eight)
May Draft Calls
Are Postponed
The Cleveland County selective
service boaTd was notified Thurs
day morning to delay sending
out orders for May induction and
pre-induction quotas, pending
further information.
Hie action probably means a
stay of induction for those who
would have come up for process
ing next month.
The order, did not affect those
in the April induction group
which leaves Friday. The board
has ordered 25 men to report to
Shelby Friday morning for
transportation to Charlotte and
Induction into the army. In addi
tion, 14 volunteers will also be
in the group, Mrs. Clara Newman,
board clerk reported.
On Monday 140 Cleveland men
were examined at Charlotte, with
approximately half the group
being found fit for urmy service.
TO ST. MATTHEW'S ? Rer. W.
P. Gerberding. now pastor of Holy
Trinity Lutheran church. St Paul,
Minn., will arrive in Klnga Moun
tain early In June to aiiume the
duties of pastor of St. Matthew's
Lutheran church.
Gerberding Has
Active Record
Rev. William P. Gerberding,
pastor o t Holy Trinity Lutheran
church at St. Paul, Minn., who
has accepted the call of St. Mat
thew's Lutheran church to be
come Its pastor, has an interest
ing record.
He qualifies as a builder, a
banker and an evangelist
At Marinette. Wis., he led his
congregation into the building
of new church and found the
membership trebled when he left.
At Fargo, N. D., his church re
ceived l.OOO new members, paid
off its debts, and organized a
branch Sunday school. At his
present church, Sunday school
membership has trebled, receipts
have trebled, and benevolences
has increased ten fold.
Rev. Mr. Gerberding attended
secondary school In Chicago, 111.,
and was graduated from Thiel
college, Greenville, Pa., and trom
Chicago seminary, Maywood, 111.
He holds an M. A. degree, also
from Thiel, and has taken post
graduate work at University of
Pittsburg. In addition to the pas
torates mentioned, he has served
churches at Reynoldsville and
Pittsburg, Pa.
Also active in civic affairs, he
is a veteran of 20 years of mem
bership in Kiwanis International,
having served as club secretary
for five years. He is also a mem
ber of the board of the Boy
Scouts and Camp Fire Girls and
of the St Paul Family Service
board.
He has been a member of the
Foreign Missions board, United
Lutheran church, for ten years,
and is chairman of his Synod's
Foreign Mission committee.
Mr. Gerberding has also trav
eled abroad extensively, visiting
10 countries on a trip to Europe,
Lutheran missions in Asia ow
a trip around the world, and ser
ving for six months as a Church
official in South America and Li
beria, Africa.
He is expected to arrive in
Kings Mountain about June 10.
Red Cross Offering
First Aid Course
The Bed Cross of Shelby and
Kings Mountain are collaborat
ing in providing a four-evening
course in first aid, beginning
next Monday evening at ? o'clock
at the Legion Hall in Shelby.
It was pointed out that the
training course, to be given by a
Southeastern Area representa
tive. Will enable -persons with ex
pired certificates to renew them.
Kings Mountain area citizens
wishing to take the course
should enroll via the Bed Cross
office at City Hall, It was stated.
Kiwanis Club Plans
Horse Show June 13 ,
The Kings Mountain Kiwan
is dab will prsssnt a horse
shew bars at City Stadium on
J?as IS. according to em noun
this wMk by Byron
Kostor. chairman of th? bono
thorn committor.
It will b? tbs first Kings
Mountais boras show sine* tbs
Kiwanis- Li ona boras show In
1MB.
Mr. Ksstss sold call for
a hill pcogra a . Hs added that
1. JL Osnshaw. sf Kinston. will
judgs tbs svMts for gatt?d
horsss and that W. X. Bagwell,
of Balolgb* wUl Judgs walking