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\r ' * Population . City Limits 7.193 (Pinal Unofficial Census 1950) Immediate Trading Ana 154)00 (1945 Ration Board Figures) ' " VOL. 62 MO. 24 1 I Pases I 4 Today PRICE FIVE CEM YS > 1 t Local Newt] Bulletins' | * at crrr ball Tommy Owens, recent grad uate of Kings Mountain -high school, has been employed as a clerical assistant In the city office, according to announce ment this week by M. K. Full er, city administrator. Mr. 1 Owens is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Owens, House 24, Sadie Mill. TO HOTC CAMP 1 Frank A. Summers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Summers, is to leave today for Ft. Bel voir, Va./. where he will take a six weeks course of training for ? (future officers. He Is a student at Georgia Tech and la a Cadet Major In that school's R. O. T. C. engineers corps. PARKING MONET A total of $148.90 was collec ted from the city's parking me ters on Wednesday according to a report by City Clerk Joe McDanlel. X-RAY UNIT BCBS The Cleveland County X ray unit will he In Kings Mountain on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to an nouncement by Mrs. B. M. Jfar rett, executive secretary of the county tutoerculosk associa tion, The unit will be located In front at Beik's Department store. AUDITORS RETURN Members of the firm of Ernst & Ernst, Winston - Salem ac countants, returned to City Hall Tuesday to" continue the audit of the <rlty's books for the pertod beginning July 1950. Breakiield Dies [ Of Heart Attack " -*pri BL-BETHEL? Funeral aervines i were held Mowtoy. affcmsBn at 4 o'clock from Bathea Mthodlst church in Bessemer City tor Clyde S. BreakfiehJ, who died Suddenly Sunday mornling at 3 o'clock In . the , Kings Mountain 1 hospital. " He had been in very good health until he suffered a heart attack Saturday night at his home here after he had returned home from work. Mr. Breakfleld is survived by his wife, the former Emma Dynch, seven children, all of the home and an adopted daughter, also of the home. Burial was in the Bessemer City cemetery. Thiee To Boys State Three Kings Mountain boys are leaving Sunday to represent the city at< annual Boya State, the week-long program at Che pel Hill, sponsored by the Amer ican Legion. ? Amending tfrofn Kings Moun tain will be Johnny KiserJjfcl of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Kfcser, sponsored by the Khwanfa ClUb; Charles Mauney, son of MCr. and Mrs. Carl Mauney, sponsored toy the Lions Club; and Jack Still, son of Mr. and Mrs. Garland Still, sponsored by the Ameri can Legion. TPiaul McGinnis was chosen to attend but wHl be un able to make the trip. . The representatives were cho i sen from ther ising snlor class of Kings Mountain high school, on the touts o* scholarship and V, leadership. . The ennual Boys State is a con centrated seven-day program, at which represent a tie Yvnttui services for Marshall V/. Wright, 42, of rout# one. Kings Mountain, who died .Wet* nesdsy at Kings Mocntaln hospital, were held Thursday at 3:30 o'clock . at Seoond Baptist tfhuwh. (Rev. B. F. Austin, pastor, and Rev. W. H (Redmond officiated and burial was In Bethlehem Baptist church cemetery. . Mr. Wright was the wn of W. A. Wright artd the lste Mn. An na Hanson Wright, or .Wwcfci burg, S. C. He was a menrfber rtf Seem*! Biiiftjt chueA asd mm about government by it : Emma Spencer, Blown Appeal Court Sentences . Recorder Judge W, Falson Barnes found a busy docket fac ing him on his return Monday from his wedding trip,. ^ A carry-over case from the previous week, plus a weekend raid on white liquor dealers, clogged the docket and also dogged the courtroom. There was standing room only, and some had to peek dn from the win dows. Most interest, perhaps, was in the case In which Warren E. Rey nolds, American Legion Post commander, was charged with use of profane language by May or Garland E. Still. When Judge Barnes called the case, Solicitor JaCk White -informed' Mm he was taking a nol prosse. The action 'by the splicitor had the effect of completely exonerating Mr. Rey nolds, -who was Legion comman der-elect at the time the mayor charged him with using profane language. The incident occurred following ? raid by poltce on the Legion Building, the raid having resulted on seizure of *our slot machine*,^ <*? ) . ? ? ? ?^'Considerable interest was also evidence^ the several liquor cases, hut Emma Latters Spen elderly Negro woman, stole the show, as Judge Barnes hand ed her a four-month Jail sen tence, suspended on the follow ing conditions: 1) payment of a fine of 3250-and costs; 2) good behavior for two years. On Tues day, she Xiled notice of appeal to Superior Court and was freed un 5500, posted In her behalf by Coley Freeman, pro IXHfcfrnjn ?? Sentenced 4o tour months on 0&roa4atoas.wni Brown, Negro driver of a City garbage truck. In sentence, Judge Battles noted that he was not In voking the suspended sentence ma*r which Brown had been mm in February. Brown also apealed to Superior Court and was freed under $500 bond, signed by himself and his wife. Both Brown and Emma Spencer had been charged with illegal posession of non-tax paid whis flfy >.iot: purposes Of sale. Both had plead guilty, to possession fl: White whiskey, but had de nied they sold it. & other cases arising from the day night raids by city police and county oficers, Fred Roberts, his wife, Iva Jane Roberts, George McDonald and Mabel Watson sought, and were grant ed, continuance of their trials Until June 25th. . Stfbeits and his wife, jalled*ofr charges of illegal possession irf non-tax paid liquor for purposes of sale after an early evening police raid, made bond and were then" jailed ftgain later in MfljUv Stoifee jg|?reheflde<d the couple, along with McDonald and Mabel Watson, in Roberts' automobile, with a half-gallon of white whiskey. McDonald, who fPf driving Roberts' car, was booked on a charge of driving a motor vehicle without i' license. Roberts was charged both with possession and transportation of non-tax paid liquor, and both the women with possession of the white whiskey. In the early rven tog raid, police had found nine and one-half gallons of white whiskey on the Roberts premises. The case was continued on re quest of Roberts' attorney, C, C. Horn,, who .told the court he had (Cont'd on page eight) ? Pi WKKKmmmm WITH HERALD ? Miss Dorothy McCarter. recent graduate of Kings Mountain high school, has Joined the staff of the Kings Mountain Herald. Miss McCar ter is being assigned to the news and advertising departments. She la the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar McCarter and was editor during the past year of "The Mountaineer," high school newspaper. Dx. Padgett In New Clinic Dr. Phillip G. Padgett,' King* Mountain physician, is announc ing .this week the removal of his offices from the Davis Build ing, on S. Battleground avenue, to Ms recently ? completed clinic at 101 W. King street. The new Padgett clinic, of mo-, dern architecture and Roman brick construction, is a 10-roorr*. one-story building. It is furnish ed in the modern manner, and contains spadiou* and comforta ble waiting rooms, in addition to an X-!Ray room, and other rooms io accommodate the several fa cilities required by a" general practitioner of medicine. C. T. Bennett was general con tractor for the clinic. Schedule Given ~ Rev. P. D. Patrick, president of the Ministerial Association, an nounces the schedule of the Un ion Services of the five participa ting churches for the summer. It follows: j June 24. Rev. R. R. Council man ojf Burlington, at First Bap tist. q July 1, Rev. W. P. Geiberding, at ARP; July 8, Rev. T. L. Cash well, Jr., at Presbyterian; July 15, Rev. W. L. Pressly at Cen tral Methodist; July Z2, Pev. W. L. Pressly, at St. Matthew's, Lu theran; July 29, Rev. P. D. Pat rick, at ARP. August 5, Rev. J. H. Brendall, at First Baptist; August 12, Rev. W. P. Gerberding, at First .Pres byterian; August 19, Rev. J. H. Brendall, at St. Matthew's Lu theran and August 26, Rev. P. D. Patrick, at Central Methodist. The schedule was arranged by Rev. W. L. Pressly, chairman of the union service committee. ?IDS WOT RAISES Original bids on the proper ties at the late J. B. Thomas son Estate, sold at auction on Saturday, June 2, were not raised by the deadline Tues day, A. H. Patterson, commis sioner. said yesterday. The properties, sold under court . order, bfought a total price of 6,23?.: C : ? *'? Funeral services wer? held Wednesday for two men Wiled near Rings Mountain early Tuesday morning when struck by an automobile. < . m Alfred E. Wilson, 40. and I. D. Martin, 38> tooth of routs one, died after toeing struck by the car, driven bfjpwu-leg W. Sum mervllle, 29, at Belmont, who was In county1 Jail at Shelby Wednesday In default <rf $6,000 bond on a charge of manslaugh ter. The accident took place !?? than one mtle south of Kings yfcr, mW that according to ?k*d mark* on the road the Summer vtlle auto wa? on the wrong aide erf the read at .the point where the men were atrttduiBoth men wer? employed la Gastonia and ?had returned to Kings Moun tain by bus and aMghted at the Intersection of the Gastonia highway and N. C. 161 had walked, around a mile and one half to the point on the r?US where the fatal mishap took place. ? Sunvmervilip was alone at the time of the awxident and wa* driving a 1M7 OwMni?t w? Kings Mountain Area Horsemen Win Show Honors 'v VV'V'.'Uv;' - i Y ^v' "' ? ?? ? Rain cloufca played hide-and seek over City Stadium Wednes day, but they didn't open during the proceedings and the Kiwanis Olub reeled off i^? horse show on schedule. T/h e between - performance rains and threatening clouds hurt attendance, tout horse show officials said they were well pleased with the results, in view of the conditions. Kings Mountain area compe titors took their share of the rib bons and prize money, H. Tom Fulton, former Kings Mountain mayor who now oper ates his horse business out of Flat Creek, Tenn., won first mon ey in both the amateur walking borse ctake and the walking horse stake, as he rode his mare, Nell Fulton, to victory over all competitors. Another big winner was Bar bara Ford, pretty Clover, S. G. horsewoman and a veteran of Kings Mountain shows. Relega ted to show ribbons in the after noon events, MLss Ford concen trated on blues in the evening events, capturing first places in the ladies' fivegaited class, the amateur three-gatted stake and the amateur five-gaited stake. She also placed third in the har ness stake. Another Kings Mountain shew veteran, Mary Jo Clonlnger, again took home a large share of the ribbons, winning the five gaited stake over three veteran horsemen with Magnolia's Hon ey Boy, and also taking the three-gaited stake with Bright Lights. ? * Marriott Phifer rode Goforth Stables' Miss Tarheel to first place victory 1n the pleasure class, \ One of the features of the show was the exhibition of the George King harness team. Mr. King, a Greensboro automobile dealer, made a donation of $100 to the Kiwanis cluto's fund for underprivileged ohikiren. I 7*$ And ..their wivis entertaiiKM cvrnhit'.i.<#,st a picnic at the h<rme of Byron flee ter following the afternoon per formance.' ' Following^ are the winners of the 23 classes, <*rith horse named first, and rider second: Afternoon Events Open Children's Horseman ship: first, Lou J. Genius, Frances Gettys; second, Wilfler's Dream, David Justice; third, Special Oc casion, Mary Gilmer; fourth, Echo, Sally G. Griffith; fifth, Lit tle Champ, Tommy Shockley; sixth, Lady Jane, Nancy Wal drop.. , ' ,-: .v Three-Gaited Clfcss (Open): first, Fancy Finest, Ross McCon nell; second, Naughty But Nice, Frances Gettys; third, Diamond Jim, Carolyn Brookshire; fourth Reverie's Summer Breeze, Virgin ia Earl Dellinger. Walking Horse Class (Open) : first, Midnight M3e, Rex Watts; second, The Walking Man, Bill (Cont'd on page eight) Legion Installs ' ? * " ,? . v Warren E. Reynold? was In stalled as commander of Otis D. Green- Post 15, the American Le gion, at regular monthly meeting at the organization last Frlaay night. Durham Davis, of Shelby, In. stalled Mr. Reynolds and the oth er 1951-52 officers. The other new officers Include Sam Collins and W D. (Doc) ers, Vlee-cop*manders; Jade Bar* ber, adjutant; Clyde Whetstine, assistant adjutant; Fred Haith cox, re-elected as finance officer; Satn Stalllngs, chaplain; Hubert Aderholdt, historian; Lowrance Ramsey, sargeantat-arms,' and J. W. Gladden service officer. -V Mr. Reynolds auofeeds Paul Mauney as commaitder. Church Group Plans Family Fellowship . Die Young people 0t Resurrec tion Lutheran church are plan ning a program of family fel lowship for Sunday. The congre Sitlon will gather at Davidson emorial Scout Camp at 3 p. m. for an afternoon of feHewship, games and visiting. Supper will be served by the Lather Leaguers at 6 p. m. The program of Worship following the supper wfH be on Cm sub ject. Xhurch Going FamMea A r? Happier." The Young People will also conduct the service of wor ship. J City Contracts With Engineering Firm For Survey Of Sewage, Water System Line Extension j Policies Are Set j On Water, Power nrJhiG City b,oard ?t commission n^h t" rt^ r r"eetin8 Monday night, get two policies governing new Installations of city servic es ,.3e ,board voted to install 50 inn f two-inch water line, or 100 feet of one lnch line, per SrJ? ?ervlcin^ residences with water. Commissioner Lloyd 7 made the motion, Com rnf rev T" Wr,ght seconded, and the vote was unanimous. .lK>?rd voted to furnish one SmI n?8 /lght 11016 ?nd ?ne ? in servicing resi-' dences with electric power, Corrv "^,0"5r James (Rod) Layt? ttle motion. Mr. Davis sec moinf ' and the V?te Was unani' City Administrator M. K. Ful aSked the board to *** poUcies on service Connections ,der board meetings StLn,ot ** Quired for every request for new service. dudedf a?ti0nS by the *?ard ln" njw?^cceptance 01 street-paving a chock of deeds indicates all requirements for Portions of and Slms m?^' j^r- WrtK^t made the motion, and Mr.- Layton second ed. The vote was unanimous. ShPih^M*1 ?f.a r(Siuest from a chise a cab fran* ?3> ???*?* ot "no Parking" at nn? n "Metwwk a avenue from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. daily. Rsraaiudsr ot the four-hoar session was limited to discussion of various and sundry Items. f?2t3I?A# tK?r^ey E" A- "arrlll read to the board decisions of the Supreme Court on use off non -voted tax money for recre ational purposes. He said the rulings showed that citizens will c,!^L * sP??ial tax to support recreational projects to ?m S "!egal *osis " M?S?rrm said he thought it possible that ^ , y couid use revenue from ptfking me ,er$ for recreation l*S?ierle8telatlon P3*5^ by the lysl General Assembly. To a question from Mr. Layton ^??J^ g,pr0greSs of city's ol Piace a traffic signal at Mountain street and Battle 5ff*?UL_aVe,1^e- Mr. Fuller re ProP?sed contract f hands of the Southern Railway legal department ? for processing. * brtet discussion took place concerning necessity for revalu in Cleveland County, but Commissioner Oll >^i?SarSOn'8 motion ^ adopt a Resolution supporting the pro Posed county - wide revaluation tailed of a aeoond. To a question from Mr. Lay ton-concerning lights of Indus trial Plant* to sell electric power Mr.. Harrill replied mat a chock of existing contracts with Duke Power Com pany would be necessary. considerable discussion concerning needs of the City sta rtonm'?^ ftefd? for 'ts aban replacement, and/or improvement, Miyor Garland named Commissioner Wri ^ Bary a* a wo man Jf**6 dtocu? the prob lem with the dty school board. Lions Picnic, Install Officeis | Member* of tt\? Lions club, their it 1 es, famUle* and guests ? 130 strong ? enjoyed a hearty picnic dinner at Beth- Ware school cafeteria Tuesday night. Lad tea at David's Baptist church were hosts to the club and prepared a sumptuous pic nic-style dinner, featuring coun try ham, fried chicken, other pic nic fare and an unusual quanti ty of delicious pies, and calces. Dave Mauney, Jr., of C*":.y vllle, past district governor, in stalled new club officers for 1951 -52.. They are: Sam Stallings, president; I^e Roberts. Fred Daughtery and Paul Howard, vice-presidents; C. P. Barry, treasurer; E. E. Marlowe, tall* twister; J. C. MdCinney, assist ant tall twister; C< D, Ware, Lion timer; and T. W. Grayson, Jotin H. Lewis and Jacob Cooper, di rectors. , Mr. Stall inga welcomed Jack White as a new member of the organization. LOCAL STUDENTS GRADUATED? Shown above ?re four Kings Mountain students who have recently received college degrees. At Top. left. Is CharU Ervin War lick, Jr.. ton of Mr. and Mrs, C. E. War lick. Sr.. graduated from N. C. State college with the degree of B. S. .in civil engineering, and at top right to George Tolleton, son of Mr. an&JKra. W. W. Tolleson. al?o. graduated Iron N. C. State with the degttee of B. S. in civil engineering^ At lower Jell is another N C. State graduate, Harvey Bamgardner. ton ef Mr. and Mr*. Hazel B. Bamgardner. Who received a B. S. Degree in poultry science. At lower right is Lemuel Dwigtat Ware, graduated from Western Caroli na Teachers College with a A. S. degree. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel Ware. Bus Fares To Go Up 15 Cents I ' Boazd Discusses Electrical System Needs The city board of commission - I ers. In special meeting Thursday j afternoon, granted Kings Moun tain Bus Company permission to raise one-way fares from 10 cents to 15 cents, and also agreed to purchase gasoline during the next two years at regular whole sale rates from Fred W. Plonk, Shell distributor. Commissioner Lloyd Davis mo ved amending the bus company franchise to raise the fares, Com missioner B. T, Wright seconded, and the vote .was tfanirtious. The company is owned by Fred and Hal Plonk. Fred Plonk, who ap peared before the board, h-ad ex plained that the company had been losing money at the rate of $6,000 per year and also said that one, perhaps two, new bus es are needed in the nar future. He said the company would ra ther cease operating than to face continued losses. . . Commissioner Davis also made Kincaid Elected To High Position Arnold W. Kincaid, of Kings Mountain, was elected Worthy Grand Patron, of the Grand Chapter of North Carolina, Or der Of the Eastern Star at the annual convention of the or ganization in Ashevllle this week. Mr. Kincaid, Bessemer City industrialist and the Kings Mountain city school trustee was installed, along with oth* ?r newly elected officers, in spaded ceremonies Wednesday night. the motion by which the board changed its gasoline supplier from I. G. Patterson, Esso distri butor, to Mr. Plonk, Mr. Pearson seconded and the vote was u nanimou.s. Mr. Plonk had stated that he felt the city should split its purchases for a two-year pe riod in view of the fact that Mr. Patterson had served the city for many years. Principal business of the meet lng was a long discussion with M. I. Miller,' Greensboro electri cal engineer, concerning map ping of the city's electrical dis (Cont'd on page eight) Funeral Rites Conducted Monday For Mrs. R. Lawrence Mauney, 1% Funeral services for" Mr*- Jen nie Grae? Mauney, 75, prominent Kings Mountain citizen for more than a half-century, were held Monday morning at St Mat thew's. Lutheran church. Dr. William P. Gerberdlng. the pastor, and Rev. W. H. Stender. a pastor, officiated. Inter ment was made in Mountain Rest cemetery. Mr*. Mauney, wife of R. Law rence Mauney, died at 9:10 Satur day morning en r0ute to a Char lotte hospital. She had sttffered a heart attack a few hours ear lier. though not In the beat of health for the paaft several months, Mrs Mauney had con tinued to be active, and her death was a shock to her fam ily and to the community. . Mrs. Mauney came to Kings Mountain to teach music and art In the public schools. She was the ? ? i former Mist Jennie Grace Red fern, daughter of Professor and Mrs. W. D. Redfern, of Anson ville. Professor Red fern headed the Ansonville Female college, the flfst of its kind In North Ca rolina, and second chartered fe male sChool in the United States. She was a graduate of Ward Belmot college, Nashville. Tenn., and had been active all her life In the religious, civic and social 1H of the community. She was a loyal member of St. Matthew's Lutheran church, a charter mem ber of the Kings Mountain Wo DAR, and held membership in man's Club, a member of the ? number of social organizations,. Mr. and Mrs. Mauney wefe to have celebrated their 50th wed ding anniversary next March. Surviving, in addition to her husband, are two children, Dr. (Cont'd on page eight) > . . V Olsen Company Will Do Work For 52,500 Fee The city board of commission ers met in brief special session Monday afternoon and authoriz ed signing of a contract with Ol sen Engineering Company, of Raleigh, to make a survey of the city's sewage disposal and water distribution systems. Cost of the survey, expected to require about three months, will bo $2,500. F. H. Mengel, representative of the Raleigh firm, was present at the meeting and explained that his company would send an engineering party to Kings Mountain to obtain complete da ta on both systems. In turn, his company will compile the <}ata and make recommendations for longterm improvements for both systems, together with estima ted costs of the construclon in volved. He said the company would make the survey with full consideration of the possibility and feasibility of consolidating the sewage disposal system. The city has been discussing Che survey contract with the Ol sen Company for the past several months, it being first considered by the Herndon administration. After discussion of the propo sal, Commissioner C. P. Bajrry moved inclusion of the *2,500 fee in the forthcoming budget and Commissioner B. T. Wright sec onded. Conynissioner James (Red) Layton' then moved em ployment of the Olsen firm, and Commissioner Olland Pearson seconded. Both motions carried unanimously. E. A. Harrill, city attorney, re ported to the board that the city had on its books an ordinance re quiring ciizens to clean their lots periodically. The board had discussed at previous meetings the drafting of an ordinance re quiring cleaning of vacant lots to eliminate fire and health haz ards. ? " , ? The meeting -was opened with prayer by Commissioner Wright. Legion Auxiliary To Sponsor Show The American Legion Auxili ary is sponsoring a local talent show called "Going Places," to be pre?ented at City Stadium on next Thursday and Friday, June 21 and 22. A professional director. Miss Judy Cassini. arrived here this week to direct the show and oth er promotional work in connec tion with it. She said that proceeds would go to the benefit of the Legion Auxiliary's pqrk and playground recreation fund. In connection with the show, the Auxiliary Is planning to run a baby contest, schedu!*'1 to be ,gin Friday and continue through 4 p. m. the following Friday, Miss Oassini said. Miss Cassini said that the Le gion Auxiliary committee 1n charge of the promotion Includ ed Mrs. C. L. Jolly, Mrs. Sam Hamrick, Mrs. W. W. Souther, Mrs. J- N. Gamble and 'Mrs. George Allen. Methodists Plan Dad's Day Program Special program honoring fa thers wfll be given at Central Methodist church Sunday, it was announced by the pastor, Rev. J. H. fcrendall. All fathers present wtll be re cognized, Mr. Breqdall said, and the sermon subject will be "The Head of the I*amily?'4 Groups of children will also participate in the aped a 1 pro gram. Tox Pro-Paymonts Total $5*87.3* Pn-pcnrmwti of th? 1951 -54 city tax levy totaled S5.067.39 through Wednesday afternoon. Jo* McDanlel city clerk, said ? yesterday. Th? total wpwwattd pay ments by only six taxpayers who war* paying la advance to obtain tha two percent dis count allowed by law for pay meat prior to July 1. Largest tax bill paid was by Barlington Mills' Phenix Float, totaling S4J71.2S. ' The city is collecting 1951 Mm an Che basis of a SI -90 tax rata, prevailing rate during the current year.