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City Limits 7.193 (Final Unofficial Census 1950) Immediate Trading Area 154)00 (1945 Ration Board Figures) VOL.62 NO. 21 Kings Mountain. N. C? Friday. May 25. 1951 Established 1889 COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS ? Rev. Lw F. Tattle, left pastor of Charlotte's First Methodist church, and Her. T. L. CashwelL J*- right, pastor of Kings Mountain's First Baptist church, will deliver the principal addressee at the cpmual commencement exercises of Kings Mountain high scSboL Cashwell And Tuttle Are Finals Speakers tins AT HOSPITAL. Mrs. A. C. Stewart has as sumed the duties of laboratory and X-ray technician at Kings Mountain hospital, replacing Miss Lois West Mm. Stewart comes to Kings (Mountain from Gaston Memorial hospi tal. She Is residing at 124 N. Piedmont avenue. - IN 5TH DIVISION Pvt James A. Chllders, US 53-100-548, is now serving with Battery "C'\ 47th AAA Bnv 2nd Infantry Regiment, 5th Infan try Division, Indiantown Gap, Military Reservation, Pa. ATTEND CONVENTION Tolly Shuford, T. W. Gray son and Dan Huffstetler at tended the annual convenWon of North Carolina Lions, clubs hekl at WinBton-Salem on MoeS*y and Tuesday. * RETURNS PROM HOSPITAL Mrs. w. B. Logan has re* turned to her faome and is re cuperating from an operation she underwent in the Shelby hospital On Monday. , " ? ' 1 i > 1 ? ? COWPENS HERE MONDAY Tb? Cowptof. S. C-, Juniors ?s* actete&ii v> meet the Kings Muntcdn Juniors in an axhlbl tton gams at City Stadium Monday night* May St. at 7t4S o'clock* ? I HOMECOMING . Hameeoining and ?*jr- will be observed at Al len's Memorial Ohureh, Sun day, May 37. The public ha In vited to attend. Bring well filled pkmlc baskets. 73 ? : li^L- - -v \ ? -V\ Sale ft advance 10-admlaekm rickets to American Legion Jun lor baseball gamps this ?easo < ts scheduled to end On next Fri day.' The tickets were placed '<fl sale several weeks ago and e.e priced at Ave dollars fee Wh^ts juk! two dollars .mldren. a pav ing at one dollar cn cacb lOuad mioniona over the regular 60 and no cent* admission prices. The 3 D-ad mission ticket could be need up at (tva games, an official pointed out. tt a man Rev. T. L. Caswell, Jr., pastor of the First Baptist church, will deliver the commencement ser church, will deliver the com mencement address at the annu al graduation exercises at Kings Mountain high school on June 3 and 4. Both programs will begin at 8 p. m. Announcement was made yes terday by N. N. Barnes, superin tendent of schools. Rev. Mr. Cash well is the young, popular pastor of First Baptist church. Mv. Mr. Tuttle, a na tive of Lenoir, has held many positions and pastorates in the Methodist church. He was edu cated at Duke University, gradu ating in 1927, and Obtained hfarf B. D. degree at Yale in 1934^ He has served as a Methodist pastor at High Point, Concord, Thorn as vllle, and ASheville. For three years he ?n pastor of ? Con gregational church to New Hav en, Conn. "We feefl most fortunate In ob-j talning these men tor our com mencement season addresses," Mr. Barnes said. In obtaining a Kings Mountain minister for the commencement sermon, the school continues * pottcy of severa; years' stand, tag. ?' wms acjain . " Byron Keeter's "K tier's Fashion Lady-, took the first pises blue ribbon in the walk* ing hone amateur class at the Bock Hiil horse show last Sat urday, then came bsick to - place third in the open walk ing horse Stakes that evening. , The Kceter home placed ahead of (our' f/k oice horses rklden by professional risers in the 1, letter event v ? < Board Agrees . To New Mayor's Mayor Garland E. 9(111 made seven recommendations concern ting city, employees at the first meetingof the completed 1951-53 administration Thursday morn ing and obtained unanimous board approval on six of them. The board of commissioners voted: 1) To dismiss Chief of Police N. M. Farr "as of now", with pay to June 10, 1951, and to name S. R. (Pop) .Davidson, member of the force, acting police chief. L. E. Davis made the motion and B. T. Wright seconded. 2) To dismiss Recorder Judge W. -Faison Barnes and Solicitor Jack White "as of now," with pay to June 10, 1951, and in turn to accept the Mayor's request that he be allowed to handle the du ' At a called meeting Than, day night, the city board of commissioners orc^pred the ap pointment of Mayo* Garland' Still as city Judge striken from the record, after receipt of legal opinion that such an appointment would constitute double-holding, which Is Ille gal unfler the laws of North Carolina. The hoard amended lis motion to make Mb Still ft fa a-ttowmafwrt* a salary of S3 .600 pes annum. maximum payable under the dty char, ter. The board also amended its . . motion . of Thursday morning concealing employment of dty personnel to provide that em ployment of police department personnel would be completely In the hands of the mayor and board of commiseioneis. ties of both these positions, in addition to that of mayor, at *n annual salary of $3, ?00 per year. Mr. Layton made the motion, and Mr. Wright seconded. 3) To retain Otty Administra tor M. K. Fuller on the swne ba sis. Mr. Wright made the motion, and Mr. Layton seconded. 4) To retain Sam R. Suber as city cemetery superintendent. Mr. Wright made the motion and Mr. Layton seconded. 5) To elect James (Red) Lay. ton, Wjwd 1 commissioner, mayor pro tempore Mr. ?avis made the motion, and Mr. Pearson second ed. " 6>The board, without a vote, agreed to the Mayor's recom mendation that action on other city employees be held in abey ance. The board bad already vo ted to retain all emplogpew to June 10, 1S61. Left hanging In the balance are decisions on the following city department heads, custom arily appointed by *l.e dty board in conjunction with the advice of the mayor: 8. A. Crouse, dty clerk and treasurer; Mrs. Ray Klrby, assistant dty clerk and treasurer; J. R. Davis, city at torney; L C. Parsons, superin tendent of public works; and Grady W. King, fire chief. The one mayoml recommend a (Contlnued On Page Eight ) At morning worship lervkc at John Vaughn, sponsored toy Mr. Central Methodist church Sun- and MA tfaxter Payseur. day the 12 children sponsored toy . Michael Nesbitt, sponsored toy the Church at Children's Home Mr. and Mrs. George Blalock. will toe Introduced to the congre- Hoyt Brooks, sponsored toy Mr. gatton. jg and Mrs. 8am Davis Supt. O. V. Wooakvy will repre , Claude McKinney, sponsored sent the group and will also ex- by Mr. and Mm Boyd Payne, plain details about the operation ^ Doris Jeane "Goodwin, apon of Children's Home. abred toy Mr. and Mrs. Hill Car The children are: : ' ; penter. ? James Bright, sponsored by Members of the four sponsov The Young Adult Oia??. * ing groups are requested to sit Jean Cox, sponsored toy Meat* in body and preset their spon sible Class sored ChM. Couples sponsoring Louise Williams, sponsored by a child will have the same privi MW. Dennis Wicker,* sponsored toy The entire congregation arIB Daughter's of Wesley Class. meet at Lake Montonia at 1:80 r <>len Vaughn, sponaored^toy tor picnic dinner and further fal, Mr. and Mrs. F*at Paughaity. lowtfhlp wfth the children. Joan Vaughn, sponsored by Mr. Men's Bible Class will fufUsfc Mr. and Mr., X H. BreodaM. cold drinlqs for the occasion, tome* oimn Vaughn, sponsored to? Mr. faitofly fa being ur|M to bring a ?111 Mil f~T filll full bosk*. KILLED IN ACTION? Th* War Department has informed Stacy A. Mullinax of Kings Mountain R-l that his son, Stacy Jr., has been killad in Korea. According to the telegram fnom the adju tant general's office the 18-year, old Mullinax boy was killed on April 21. Prior to entering ser. vice Stacy Jr. farmed with his father in the Crowders Mountain section of Gaston county. Firm Seeking Badio Permit Kings Mountain Broadcasting tiona commission for a permit to esftabllstl a radio station hi Kings Mountain. The company asks authority to operate a new station on 1220 kilocycles, 300 watts, in daytime only, * . According to the application filed with FOC, the members of the company are ^Marshal T. Pack manager of WFVG Fuquay Springs, Aubufrn C. Hayes, adver tising manager of WFVG Fuquay Springs, and Vernon T. Fox, of WBAB Greer, S. C. . The aplicants list their estima ted annual gross revenue at $36, 000, their ettimated operating cost at $34,000, and their esti mate of cost to set up the sta tion and get intp operation at $14,275. Poppies On Sale Here Saturday ; Memorial poppies to be worn in honor of Amerfcafc war dead will be ottered to everyone in Kings Mountain On Poppy Day, Saturday, The poppies, made of red crepe by disabled veterans of both World Wars, will be distri buted on the Meets throughout the day by volunteer school girls wortdngv under H?e direction of Mr*. Charles Moss, Jr., poppy chairman. Contribu Hons tor the American Legloirt and Auxiliary rehabilitation and child welfare funds will be received by the workers. Persons buying the popples are asked to observe the lOwcent min imum. * The poppies will be sold for ? minimum of 10 cents each, but lAi'ger contributions are being r^ouested. With the exception of the purchase of the popples at $30 per 1,000, all funds from the sale remain here tot use by the Legion Auxiliary in loeaS rehab ilitation work. AT FT. CAMPBXLL Pv? ?Robert H. Rhineftrardt, RA 14879527, is now serving with "X" Battery. 675 ABN Field Artillery Battalion, at Port OampbeW. Kentucky. ; Board Asked To Investigate Possibility In an inaugural address short ly after taking the oath of office Thursday morning, . Mayor Gar land E.~ Still recommended im mediate investigation by the city board of possibilities of selling the city's power distribution sys tem to a private utility, of con tracting the city garbage collec tion Service to -a private firm or individual, and suggested that one way to expand the commun ity is by extending its boundary lines. ' r Mr. Still departed from his pre pared text to recommend an au dit of the city's books by Ernst & Ernst, certified public account ants, to cover the period from July 1, 1950, to 'May 24. 1951. Commissioner B. T. Wright made a motion to order the audit, Com missioner Lloyd E. Davis second ed and trie vote was unanimous. . It was the first formal inau gural speech by a Mayor in the memory of many citizens, and H was made to a large audience which virtually filled the court room. Retiring Mayor J. E. Herndon administered the oaths of office to Mayor Still and to Wird 2 Commissioner Davis, elected Tuesday in the Tun-off election. Mayor called the opt ing of his board to order and in vited Rev. P. D. Patrick, president of the Ministerial association, to pray. Mr. Patrick asked the Lord's blessings on the mayor and the board -and the Lord's guidance to both officials .. id citizens in the days ahead. Hie text of Mayor Still's for mal address follows: TEXT OF STILL ADDRESS FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS: I think this will be the most outstanding admflnistratiorf in history of Kings Mountain. The reason is that mucto will be ex pected Of yotf. No other admin istration has promised the tax ptyera and the working man so (Continued On Page Eight) J.C.Bichaxdson Bites Conducted Funeral services for John C. Richardson, 60, resident of route tws, Kings Mountain, for - 19 years year, were held Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock at St Mat thew's Lutheran church. Rev. H. G. Fisher, of Splndale, a former pastor of Mfie church of which he wa# a member^ officia ted, assisted by Rev. P. D. Pat rick. Burial was In Mountain Heat Cemetery. Mr. Richardson died of a heart attack Monday morning in a Charlotte hospital. He had been in in health for two months and had gone to the hospital for ex amination. ?? He was a native of Gaston county, son of the late Kendrick and Marsraret George Richardson. He was overseer of the card room at Park-Yam Mill and was a member of the W. O. W. and Knight* of Pythias. He was married In 1923 to the former Miss Ethel Stroup. ? 1 Surviving are his wile; one daughter, Mrs. Hildrcfth Richard son Sherrer; four brothers, Frank and Grady Richardson, o t Gas ?onia, and Crown and Arthtfr Ri chardson, of Bessemer City; three Ststets, Walter Curtis, of, Gfcstenla, Mrs. Carl Gheen., of Salisbury, and Mrs. Elmer Shep pard, of Shelby; and one grand daughter, Lln?a Louise Sherrer. - > ? ?? ?! " II ' J ' ' " ' ? * wm OFFICIAL BETUBNSH Election Run-OH oi Mary 22. 1951 ftotal mm m i s v fliBi ??timmn WIN RUN-OrrE LECTIONS? Oaxlcmd E. Still, left, was elected ma yor and Lloyd E. Doric, right, was elected Ward 2 commissioner in run-off elections held Tuesday. Mr. Still defeated George W. Allen by 366 rotes, while Mr. Darts edged C. C. (Shorty) Edns by seren rotes. City Fire Department Has 20th Birthday |( In spite of Tuesday's election ?being one of the hottest in the city's history, no fires broke out. Thus the city fire department ob served its 20th birthday quietly. The city fire department was organized on May 22, 1931, with Grady W. King, as chief and the late Jenks Clary, as assistant chief; The department didn't have to watt long to answer its first al arm, which occurred at 2 a. m. the morning of May 23. Original members still with the department and on duty ever since its organisations are Pal mer D. Fuiion, driver; Charles G. Dilling and J. P. Tignor. Other members of the original department were: Tom Fulton, J. D. Hord, M. JU. Wilson, Otis C. Palls, H. E. Grant, captain, M. C, Wingate, lieutenant, C. H. Ham ?bright, P. F. DiWing, the late Carl W. Davidson, killed in line of duty, R. L. Lovell, and L. L. Guy tort. J, W. Clary, Jr., was the mas cot. * Picture of the original group shows the members draped over the then-new La France lire truck, now 20 years old but still very much in service. I i i. . . ? , China Missionary Will Speak Here Miss Ruth Farrior, former mis sionary to China, will speak to (he young people of the Presby terian church Sunday evening at 6:30. Mi?a Farrior has Just returned from China and is weH Informed on the Communist threat to Christianity in that eountry. She will answer any question* that the young people may have. AH young people of .Kings Mountain are invited to 'meet with the Presbyterian Youth Fel lowship for this session. , Miss Farrior will also speak to the congregation at the. evening ser vice. Lions Honoied Ladies Tuesday Dr. W. L. Halberstadt told 200 Lions, their wives and guests Tuesday night that the world is In a mess because people have only one of. two requirements necessary for hapiness and peace. The two requirements are, he said, intelligence and righteous ness, and the world has too much of the former and very little of the latter. Drawing extensively from his travels throughout the world and from a large knowledge of his tory, Dr. Halberstadt cited the rise and fall of . the empires of the past and of their leaders. The fall of Rome, of Venice, of Na poleon's France, of Hitler's Ger many and of many others, he said, was due to lack of right eousness. Today many of the former powerful cities, he added, are nothing more than tourist spots. An enjoyable musical program wan rendered by Mrs. Nettle Rayle Gldney, wife of Lion R. M. Gidney, of Shelby. Among the Clear soprano soloes sung by Mrs. Gldney were "My Song of Para dise", 'My Hero", "The Lord's Prayer" and . "May the Lord Bless and Keep Thee." The meeting opened with group singing of "God Bless America." Lee Roberts led the salute to the flag, and, follow ing dinner. Rev. J. H. Brendall welcomed the guests. Sam Stal llngs superintended the presen tation of favors and the prize drawing for the ladies. Dr. Hal berstadt was presented by W. L. Plonk, program chairman. President Otto Williams was toastmastei. MIDGET COACHES AH men Interested in coach ing In a boys baseball league urged to attend a meeting Tuesday at the Herald at 8. -l- ?--- i ? ? ? - Clapp Urges Fanners' Attention To Cotton Crop; Insects Are Bnsy Howard Clapp, county agent, wu in the Kings Mountain area thfcr week promoting two special events and urging cotton far mer s to give attention to dusting their field*. On Thursday, the ccwnty agent's office conducted a pas ture and forage crop tour, show ing off (he better pastures of ?He county. Among Kings Mountain area fern* vMted were those of Ted Ledford and Clyde Ran ? : ' On Friday, the county agent's Office Will conduct a small gradn field! day at the farm of Lloyd B. Wilson, north of ValLston The program wHl begin at 10 a. m. Mr. Clapp seconded and urged attention to recommendations on contbattng the cotton Insect pest* formulated by 'the Cleve land County Cotton Committee and the county Agriculture Workers Council. ' The recommendation?, an nounced by Sam Lattimore, chairman of the cotton commit tee fallow: "Dust or spray with the equi valent of five to seven pounds of three percent BHC, plus five per cent PDT, commonly called HBC 35-0 or- 3-5-40. Toxaphene and Aldrln-ODT are eaually effective in the control of ttnrip." Mr. Ctepp said" there Is con siderable evidence of the pres ence of thrip, another insect which damages cotton, and there Is also much evidence of cotton plant Ike*. > ' Edens Request Foi Recount ? ______ / ' . Garland E. 9till was official ly elected mayor and Lloyd E. Davis was officially elected Ward 2 commissioner at 4:05 Wednes day afternoon. At this hour, the city board of commissioners moved acceptance of the aggregate report of the precinct officials which gave the following tally on Tuesday's first-in-history run-off election: For mayor ? Still, 1,096; Geor ge W. Allen, 730. For Ward 2 commissioner ? Davis, 920; C. C. (Shorty) Edens, 913. ? ? The board action, passed u nanimously after motion by Ol land Pearson, seconded by James ' Layton, had the effect of denying the request of Mr. Edens for a recount in the close race which he lost to Mr. Davis by the sHm margin of seven votes. The board had discussed for an hour the Edens' requ^, had discussed it with both Messrs. Davis and Edens, and had con sidered many possible political results 'of a decision to recount the votes In fact, Baxter T. WTlght had made a motion to order a recount and C. P. Barry had seconded. The long discussion followed; led by Mr. Layton who contended the 1949-51 administration should settle the question. ^During the discussion, Mr. PearSWn remark ed that he agreed with Mr. Lay ton, and Carl F. Mauney, acting mayor pro tempore, did not call a vote, pointing out to the board that it was split down the mid- ' die and that it would be better to come to some agreement. After considerable discussion, Mr. Davis said that he was at first quite satisfied to have a re count, but that some of his friends had pointed out the fact that, he did not know whether the voting boxes had been tam pered with since {Tuesday night. City Clerk S. A. Crouse said the boxes had been locked up In the office adjoining the city admin istrator's Office. The board mem bers agreed, however, that there could be no absolute proof that the boxes had not been tampered with. After this development, Mr. Wright withdrew his mention and ?the board ordered the "election results certified. Thus ended Kings Mountain's most bizarre city political cam paign. It had included the first run-off election in city history, had attracted a near -record vcrte, and had also set a record for heated campaigning. In Tuesday's run-off, 1,850 per sons returned to the polls to help settle the business it had started May 8. The total was only 37 votes short of the new record of 1,887 set two weeks previously. . The victory of Mr. Davis was perhaps the big-gest news of the day. he had been 283 votes be hind after the first election and his opponent, Mr. Edens, only failed of a majority in the first race by only 20 votes. In trie close Ward 2 race, Mr. Edens was first announced un officially as the winner, in an error for which the Herald is ful- - ly responsible. Two figuring er rors totaling 120 votes, aH in Mr. Edens favor, indicated his total was 1,013 against 900 for Mr. ?a (Contlnued On Page Eight) Bank Association To Honor Mauney ' L. Mauney, vice-president of the First National Bank, will be especially honored Saturday by the North Carolina Bankers as sociation, as a member of the 50-year club. He U ? veteran of almost 51 years in th? banking business in the state. He will be accompan ied to Plnehurst, where the bankers are In annual conven tion, by his daughter, Mrs. G. E, Still, and grandson, Jack StiN. Also attending the convention from Kings Mountain Is B. S. Neill, the bank's executive vice president.