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Population * City Limits 7,193 (Pined Unofficial Census 1950) Immediate Trading Area 15.000 (1945 Ration Board Figures) VOL.62 NO. 19 Sixty-Second Year Kings Mountain. N. C.. Friday. May 11. 1951 Established 1889 * PRICE FIVE CENTS Layton, Pearson, Barry, Wright, Padgett, ? ? ? J ? ? . w * * *? * Plonk Elected In Record Vote CONCERT DIRECTORS ? Howard Coble, left, and Joe HxldWi. right, will collaborate Friday night in presenting the high school mixed chorus and high school band in Joint, cohcost. Mr. Coble directs the chorus while Mr. Redden directs the hand. Band , Mixed Chorus ? V'~ v'", .??'"v.**** " ' ?/ ' i'yj :: *?"<'. u ). ,v ' In Concert On F, riday DIED IN KOBEA ? Pfc. Bufus G. Huffs tickler, first reported miss ing In action in Korea since July 20, 1950, was reported killed on that date In a telegram from hie parents received Saturday, i ' ?? Died In Korea 3 Pvt. Ruftu O. Huffarttckler, 19, first Kings Mountain man to be listed on an army. ca*ialty ltart in the Korean War, wan killed in Korea on July 20, 1050. f B^ toF^W prevloiisly repor ted missing in action alnce th$t date, and the Department of De fense notified 'his parents that ?' fie hatf tweia . Iflll ejT??MSBrday. ; ?c. HnfMicWwrmieii imtif army in August 1949 and Was ita J(1 Hill i 23, 1950. When reported missing, he was serving with a calvary Surviving are Ms parents, and a brother. Billy Huff.<rtlcklor. father Is a veteran otjm years in the army, Including vice during World War I an&jBir! lour years In" the Par East They live at 105 ?- t.. ^ ! 12 Local Menfl ... ?. , - t ? ? Are Inducted nfrn wfere among. inductees from Cleveland Coun ty who went to Charlotte Mon day for final induction Into the army via selective service. Murray, of Kthgtf Menm*' tiin, served am leader of the Cle veland group. - were: William Wesley Worthen, James Albert ChUdeta, Paul El bert Wright, Thomas Cnklne; Ware, Joseph Franklin Orlasom, Tfpnry Leroy Black. Bobby Cu gene Etters, Robert Lee Preseiy, and Harold Edward Smith, I, D. Raw and . m Junior Smith, the last three all ?< Grove*. Clyde deCluster Cur ley, ached* ?WtB iiaMBg tbo group, ?rai transferred for final induction to PftWburg, Pi,' ? 1 1 Jg|f ' V-\ 1 r t ????? The Kings Mountain high school championship band and the mixed chorus wHl give a joint program Friday evening at 8 o'clock at the high school au ditorium, the final formal per formance of the season for both groups. The band is under the direct ion of Joe Hedden and the chor us Is under the direction of W. Howard Coble. t- The varied program scheduled includes: By the band and chorus: Han del's "Largo" from the opera "Xerxes";, and Bennett's "The Spirit of Music." In the latter se lection, Mi? Evelyn Cline will sing the solo part. Miss Jeanene Hallman will ac company the chorus in renditions of a varied program which in cludes both classical and popu lar music. The band will play a series of marches, folk and novely num bers. i No admission will be charged. McClain Moves To Shelby Store E. G. (Red) McClain, managev of dterohl's in Kings Mountain since , its opening nearly six years ago, has been promoted to manager of Sterchi's Shelby branch and J. Kennon Blanton has succeeded Mr. McClain as manager here. The change in management was effective Wednesday morn* ing. Both are veteran Sterchi men and the changes represents a promotion for both. Mr. Blanton has been a sales man at the Shelby store for 16 yean and prior to that time was manager of the Shelby Rlggly Wiggly ?*ore for eight years. He is married and has two Children, a daughter, age 17, and a son, age 9. He attends Shelby's First Baptist church. He is a native of SheXby. Mr. McClain has been associ ated with Sterchi's gor about 18 years. His tenue was interrupted while he was associated with p. F. Hord Furniture Company here. He said he and his family would, move to Shelby as quickly as they could obtain a home or a partment. District AA Meeting Scheduled 'Dr. Fiddler, of Beaufort, N. C., will address members of Alco holics Anonymous groups of the Piedmont district at ? public meeting here on Sunday, May 20. The meeting will be held at th? Dining Hall at 7.30 p m. The district includ es AAA groups In Shelby, Lin coln ton, StateevUle, Lenoir aari Hickory;, , ' % ? I . ? OUT Or HOSPITAL George F. Lattimora, secre tary ? treasurer of Park Yarn Mills, returned to hip home* Saturday from Charlotte Me morial hospital where he had been a patient toe several .Jaya He 4e reported to ** improving. City Hall Swept Clean Of All Elected Officials Kings Mountain voters ? 1887 strong ? went to the polls in re cord numbers on Tuesday and swept City Hall clean of elected incumbents. The voters elected four new commissioners, James (Red) Layton, C. P. Barry, Illand R. Pearson and Baxter T. Wright, Sr., to two-year terms, and the voters in Wards 4 and 5 elected two new school trustees, Dr. P. G. Padgett and Fred W Plonk, to six-year terms. The voting proved heavy from the time the polls opened at 7 a* m. and it was obvious by noon that a record would be set as to number of votes cast. The final total was 292 more than the pre vious high total of 1,595 cast in lv41, The results could be determln ~fin u*X9e' 'n most quarters, ac cording to comments reaching the Herald on election night. The socalled favorite for may or, Commissioner Carl F Maun dy, ran third to Mr. Still and Mr. Allen, and Mr, Layton, an em ployee of Neisler Mills' Pauline plant, defeated Hunter ? R. Neis ler, one of the mill's owners, and M. H. (Smiley) Myers. The vote was Layton 924, Neisler, 730, and Myers 155. Mr, Layton 3 clear majority wag 39 votes. In the mayor's race, Mr. Still whom many people had figured to run third, proved the real sur Prl? by leading the Mcket, poll ing 606 votes to Mr. Allen's 604. Mr. Mauney totaled 538 and the iounth candidate, Oliver T. Hav ' ' >bta*?ed 127. Mr. Still failed of a majority hy 664 votea Honor of leading the ticket t0 C" ?' Barry> who polled 1,023 votes for Ward 4 commis sioner. His clear majority was 267, over Paul Ledford, wkh 492, and Incumbent B. Hudson Brid ges, with 264. Best race made by the incum bents was by T. J Ellison, the defender in the VV.rJ 3 com mlssioner race. He polled 832 vo tes, whilelosing to Olland R. Pearson at 895. The clear ma jority of Mr. Pearson was 63 ' Baxter T. Wright, Sr., was the victor in the Ward 5 race He polled 915 votes, to unseat Hal D. Ward Mr. Ward, with 460 votes, just barely made second place McC"*ly trailed closely at 438. The Ward 2 commissioner race was not Anally settled C. C. (Shorty) Edens polled 888 votes, failing of a majority by 20 in his race with Lloyd E. Davis, with 605, and Warren E. Reynolds, with 302. ' The spirited school board ra ces, voted upon only by citizens of particular wards Involved, ran hSA been P*<**lcted. Dr. G. Padgett had a majority of 62 over Eugene R. Roberts, for Ward 4 school trustee. The count was 241 to 179. Fred W. Plonk got a 58-vote margin over W. J. Fulkerson fot wS^(5^a5?"n",ee?'nwcoun, Foster President Of College Class Richard (Dick) Foster, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Faster, was re cently elected president of the Senior Class for 1951-52, at New berry College. Foster is ? member of the foot toll ! team, and is a phy^cai ed ucation major. ATTEND CONVENTION Wr it Msunoiv M. A. Hill and Ray Smith have returned from Atlantic City and New York. They attended a Hosiery Convention in Atlantic City. WINNERS IN TUESDAY VOTING ? Shown above are the six men who won city and school elective offices in Tuesday's record yoting. At top is James Lxryton, left. Ward I commissioner, and Olland Pear son. right. Ward 3 commissioner. Center left is C. P. 'Barry. Ward 4 commissioner, who led the ticket with 1/183 rotes, and at right cen ter is B. T. Wright Sr., Ward S commissioner. At bottom left is Fred Plonk. Ward 5 school tsustee. and at bottom is Dr. P. G. Padgett. Ward 4 school trustee. None of the six men elected harf ever held public office before. < New City Commissioners Sworn In; Herodon. Mauney Continue to Seive Kings Mountain has a new city administration, Its four newly elected commissioners having been sworn Into office Thuttfday morning by Mayor J. E. Hern don. Taking the oaths of office were Commissioners James Layton, Olland R. Pearson, C. P. Barry ?and Baxter T. Wright, Mayor J. E. Herndon and Commissioner Carl F. Mauney will continue in office until their successors are elected and qualified. After the swearing in ceremo ny, the new board fx?k two rou tine actions. It voi?d to re- em ploy all city personnel -for 'a pe riod of 30 days and elected Mr. Mauney acting Mayor pro tem pore. pending the seating of the new mayor and additional com missioner. Dr. P. G. Padgett and Fred W. Plonk were not present for the swsaring in ceremonies and will take their oaths of office as school trustee later. Dr. Padgett was out of town and Mr. Plonk could not be contacted, Mayor Herndon said. Mayor Herndon and retiring commissioners congratulated the new commissioners on their e lection and pledged them full co operation in their handling of city affairs. "You will get some criticism and some praise, but you will get along all right," Mr. Herndon satd. 'It Is different from pri vate business. Any citizen can attend any meeting or see the otfy's ledgers at any time. You commissioners have the right and duty of making the decisions here. The Mayor doesn't even have a vote, except in case of a tie. City Administrator M. K. Full er and City Clerk S. A. Crouse pledged their full cooperation to the new commissioners and (Cont'd on page eight) Woodmen Mjsei Here Sol lurdq& Some 200 Woodmen of the! World and memhei* of the Woodman Circle* we expected to I gather in King* Mountain Sat urday for the annual Western District convention. The aeJMioue for tooth the Woodmen And Woodmen ClrcJie begin Saturday afternoon, when aepanfte aeeeiona wttl be held. The Woodmen will hold an o pen Mecion at the high achooli ? f ?, ' ? -V T -J", ' auditorium at 3:30, with Fate '? Bead, prominent Lenoir attorney making the principal addra*. The Ctrele program b^ina at the .Woman** Club at 2 o'oelok. Mm. Jeanetu- Wlllhle will mafce the address of welcome and Charlee Loyelaad win entertain the group with eonga The dlatrict bualneea Marion wtH follow. . At 6 p. m. a banquet of both groups will he held at the Ma fpnfcn J iulit? rtloUo IT_ it gjj? ? dance at the Legion Btiildin?. Admlwion for the dance win be TljiHl P?r petaon, >?, announcement toy JUy Smith, 2j|CSil*i?Sdl.?..f^ .vtrot.hr., from King* Mountain to Hickory, T?ytor?vllle and the Tennessee bordi*,.; Is*. Lloyd E. Davis Still Weighing Run-Off Choice %? ; Kings Mountain will have its first municipal run-off election in city history on Tuesday, May 22. George VV. Aflen, who ran sec ond to Garland E. Still in TueS: day's regular election by a slim two- votes, officially called for a run-off election Thursday morn ing while newly elected com missioners were being sworn in. Lloyd E. Davis, runnerup for Ward 2 commissioner to C. C. (Shorty) Edens, is also qualified for a run-off election but had not yet decided early Thursday afternoon whether he would ask it. Mr. Edens failed to obtain a majority by 20 votes. He polled 888 votes to Mr. Davis* 605 votes. Lloyd E. Davis, runner-up for Ward 2 commissioner, has until Sunday midnight to re quest a sun-off against the leader, C. C. Edens, according to provisions of the city elec tion law. Nottag the fact that the last day falls ?n Sunday, the city board fixed the follow ing provisions Wednesday: Mr. Davis may file in writing or in person at the city hall office during regular hours up to 1 o'clock Saturday, when the of fice closes. After that time, he may request run-off by mail, with the provision that the let-, ter be postmarked not later than midnight Sunday. The third candidate. Warren E. Reynolds, received 302 votes. Mr. Davis told the Herald that he had been urged to make the second race by a large number of friends and supporters but that other factors entering into the problem did not allow him to make a hasty decision. Mr. Still, the front-runner, was still bringing out campaign ma terial, in fact, had one circular published on Wednesday on the obvious assumption that Mr. Al len would call for the second race. In the circular, Mr. Still in ferred that Mr. Allen would make the city government a family af fair. In announcing his decision to call a second race, Mr. Allen, made the following statement: "I appreciate very much the support I received in Tuesday's election. I arh still In the race and I feel I owe it to the public to call a run-off election, as I have. ? . "I am not a stranger to this community in which I have lived for 21 years. During this time, I have tried to be a good citizen and I intend -to continue to be. "I have tried to conduct my campaign heretofore on a plane in keeping with the office that I am asking the people to honor me with. I have not dealt ir? slan der or dirt. I owe too much to my family to rtoop to that kind of politics. I expect to continue to conduct my campaign along those lines, always keeping in mind that the public expects Its mayor to be the highest -type cit izen. "I have made no promises to give any man a job or to fire any mah now employed by the city. I shall hase my Judment on each man's ability to perform his du ties, regardless of whether he is my personal friend. "I always expect to take the Board of Commissioners into my complete confidence. In asking th citizens of Kings Mountain for their confidence in me, I, in turn, pledge to take them into rny complete confidence in all city afaflrs." Civic Clubs Moke Donation To Crow King* Mountain's three civic club*, Hie Ki wants and Lions Clubs and Junior Chamber of Commerce, h?v? voted payment of HO each to the Gastonla Life ?Qu?d In appreciation of their 'Valiant and needed" ser. vice in Mwlng the life of Fur Sprouse here last week. Sprouae nearly lost his life when overcome by lack of air In ? well he was helping to dig His brother died of suffocation. ' PAUUMO MONET A total of $153.67 in revenue was collected from the city's dowmtown parking meters Wednesday according to a re port by City Clertc S. A. Crouse. LEADER AND CHALLENGER IN MAYOR'S RUN-OFF ? Garland E. Still, left, led the Tuesday balloting for mayor by a close two votes over George W. Allen, right Mr. Allen formally called for a run -off election Thursday morning. The election will be held on May 22. Herndon Board Held It's Final Meeting TO HEAD LIONS ? Sam Stali ng* was elected Tuesday evening to serve as president of the Kings Mountain Lions dub for the year beginning July 1. He will succeed H. O. (Toby) Williams. Stallings Named Lions President Sam Stallings, industrial engi neer at Burlington Mills Phenlx plant, was elected president of the Kings Mountain Lions club for 1951-52, at the meeting of the organization Tuesday night. Mr. Stallings will succeed K. O. (TOby) Williams in July. Other officers elected were: J. . -ee Roberts, first vice-president; Fred Daughtery, second vice-pres ldent; Paul Howard, third vice president; Hubert Davidson, sec retary; C. P. Barry, treasurer; f.. D. (Red) Ware, Lion tamer; E. E. Marlowe, tail twister; J. C. Mc Kinney, assistant tall twister. Directors elected for two years are: T. W. Grayson, Jacob Coop er and John H. Lewis. Holdover directors, who have one more year of their terms to serve, are Hilton Ruth, P., Ertle Powers, and Dr, Nathan Reed. Pfc. Whitesides Badly Wounded Pfc. -Robert W. (Whltey) Whitesides, husband of Mrs. Anne Hawkins Whiteside*, 503 Crescent Hill Road, lost his left arm following wounds in action in Korea on April 2b. His wife was notified Sunday by the army that her husband , had been wounded In action. Af ter a telephone can to Washing ton to obtain more information, she was able to telephone her husband who is hospitalized at Yokohama, Japan. "Pfc. White sides told her he expected to be back In the United Staien in a bout three weeks. He was also wounded In the Whitesides is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dorse Whitesides, of Battleground avenue. A veteran of World War n, he was twice listed as a c&sUlty, once as ? prisoner of war In Ger many, and another time when he was wounded in action ' The 1949-51 Herndon adminis tration held its final meeting Wednesday afternoon, canvass ing the vote of the Tuesday e leetion and attending to a num ber of routine matters. Most important action of the board was in authorizing the employment of North Carolina League of Municipality engi neers in making a survey of street mileage in the city. The survey is required in order that Kings Mountain may claim its share of state highway commis sion money, as voted in the Po well bill. Otherwise, the city accepted a thorized Installation of a sfx lnch sewer line on Childers street. The board accepted street deeds from W. S. Fulton and oth era and from Margaret Bennett for an extension of East Ridge street, from Mrs. C. M.-Whitesides to several strfcets on the White side property lying off Cleve land avenue, from Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Harmon for an extension of Brice street, and from the Car penter estate, G. W. Etters and B. H. Bridges for extension of Bridges street. The board approved a tentative contract with Southern Railway for installation of a traffic sig nal at the corner of Battleground and Mountain and at the corner of Railroad and Mountain simi lar to a contract between the company and the City of Dur ham. It also released from the tax scrolls several minor tax hills, none in excess of $3.60, at* tributed to listing errors. It accepted from Wright 4 Rhea rights-of-way for installa tion of sewer lines In Davidson Heights, and authorized installa tion of an 8-inch sewer line loop on Tracy and Parker streets. Norfolk Man Still In Critical Shape John T. Farrett, N>, of Norfolk, Va., remained In a semi-consci ous condition at Kings Mountain hospital late yesterday of inju ries sustained in a two-car wreck last Saturday afternoon. Some Improvement has been noted in his condition since he underwent an operation for head injuries officials at the hospital report. Farrett was Injured when the car in which he was driving col lided with an automobile oocpi ed by two soldiers a"bout one mile east of Kings Mountain on the Gastonla-hlghway. The soldiers, Pvt. Don Bryson and Pvt. Ernest McCall, both of Fort Bragg, sustained less se vere Injuries. Both men have been discharged from the hospi tal. Cancer Fund Goal Has Boon Exceeded Kings Mountain's annual fund ? raiting campaign fee the American Cancer society is a success, Mrs. J. H. Arthur, chairman, reported this eilk. Mrs. Arthur said contribu tion* alnady totaled 1770.75, '' with more expected, against a quota of 1750. The project is an annual one for the Kings Mountain Wo man's Club.
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