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> - Am . , * ' A' ?*/ City Limits 7.199 (Final Unofficial Census 1950) (1945 Ration Board Figures) ?IvtJSm**- wmi| ?'-W. . Immediate Trading Area 15.000 Igures^^^^ TT ^ ? ? ? ? ? ? Sixty-Second Tear i iT i Kinc[s Mountain. N. C.. Friday. June 22. 1951 Established 1889 PRICE FIVE CENTS Local News Bulletins ? ? \ ? * 'V* ? ? v ? PARKING MONEY A total o t -$139.91 ? was col lected from the city's parking .meters Wednesday according to a report by City Cierk Joe McDanlel. DISCOUNT GIVEN A live percent discount will toe given to the farmers of Cleveland County if their Fed eral Crop Insurance premium is payed prior to June 30. PATRICK PROMOTED Captain Lawrence Patrick, USMC, has recently been pro moted -to that rank, according to information received by his family .here. Capt. Patrick is on duty with the marine corps at Camp LeJeune. IN PENNSLTVANIA Pvt. William W. Worthen, i son of Mr. and Mrs, Sam ' Worthen, N. Gaston St., is now serving with the army at In diantown Gap, Pa. His ttkMM* is Co. G, 10th Inf., IGMR, In diantown Gap. He entered ser vice May 7, BUILDING PERMITS Building permits approved toy Building Inspector Kelly Dixon and issued at City Hall }&st week Included permits to - Burlington MM to,' Inc., Phenix Plant, for construction of a warehouse at cost of $12,000, and to S. H. Bridges, for con struction of a dwelling onN ?Gantt St., $2,000. TO ATTEND CONFERENCE Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Phillips will leave Monday for Fair ? mont, Ind., where they will at tend the General Conference " of the Weaieyan Methodist church. They axpect to return In atoout 10 days. Mr. Phillips m a delegate for. the church'* young people's organizations. - ? # - meeting The Nevr'WtttHtfft Ger herding, pastor /of Matt > hew's Lutheran OwKh, and | Aubrey Mauney, attended the meeting of We board of For eign Missions of the- United Lutheran Church In America this week. The Board met in New York Oity June lS-?0. t (Rev. Mr, Gettoerding is vice president of this board. Mr. -Mauney is one of its two lay members from North Carolina. Cm i\ U i > \ i" it i ; " Two new members of the Kings Mountain police depart ?ment have ?one on duty dur ing the past week. Clarence E. Carpenter, wwH - known Kings . Mountain man. became day shift desk .?tteant-M?NwjL^ and Avery CHfton Stewart, for- ? : merly of Belmont, became *? city policeman V Thursday ?? i -? LIONS MEETING Members 6f 8?e Kings Moun 1*10 S :U . i Tuesday night- at 7 o'clock at ^Pgry'MwonW* ajdT jdiafaif room. - New officers wil assume their duties and tha' meeting will with no program ftSSnged, it was announced by W. L. Plonk; )',x ,'3jpChiel Deputy Allen W Pnt> ffmifnnil |f,M - . vn? xsuuipvu mere : "*> ' 1 " ftay Tonrlin, 31, is facing char ges of reckless driving and driv ; * tag without a drivers license as , f'lthe result of an aoddent Satur day in which a ear belonging to c^ief Deputy George H. Allen, of .* ?./? V* Shelby; wi as daimag- t. -m # ? Deputy Allen's l?i? Chevrolet V | was .parked on East King street wlth <? ' ' ^'Pt_ PK Ford belonging to UMtar: Champion, 34. of; 11 Popular - street, also parked behind when a 1940 Chevrolet driven by Tom lin rammed the Champion vefht-"j ?le causing It to hit tha Allen accident took place Satur day p. m. Tomlin and Mm. Earl Clad J?m* srsri o?Bted for srrixMtt In m Juries at King* Mountabf jhospi Wreck VMb Moved #ife ?1*-, as ,,|.|i ? * - ... - a- - ? . to neneiK nospivui ',&UrSUS%&&t following Severe injuries in an D. H. Housei Funeral Bites Set For Friday Funeral rites for D. H. (Doc) Houser, 71, for more than 50 years, a Kings Mountain cltizefc, will foe held Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock at First Presbyterian church, with burial following in Mountain Rest cemetery. Rev. P. D. Patrick will officiate and the body will lie in state for a half-hour prior to the services. Mr. Houser, a native of Ruth erford county, died at 6 o'clock Thursday morning at Kings Mountain hospital. He had been seriously ill,' as the. result of a heart condition, for the past 10 <?aysk Mr. Houser, at the time of his death, was registrar of vital sta tistics for Number 4 Township. For 'many years he was associat ed with the former Fulton Mor tuary, He retained membership in the- First Broad Baptist church [of Rutherford county. He was a son Of the late William H. and Amada Jones Houser. 1 Surviving are his w%, the former Leila Frances Barber, four #sonc. Forrest Houser, of Washington, D. C., and Curtis, Lloyd, and James Houser, all of Kings Mountain, one daughter, Mrs. Merle H. Beatty, of Kings Mountain, two. brothers, J, C. Houser,- -Bostic, and J. it Houser, Ellenboro, and four sisters, Mrs. C. B. Hunt, Mrs. J. L. Grayson and Mrs. C. B. Gurley, all of Forest City, and Mm. H. L. Hunt, of Charlotte. Also surviving are 12 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. r 1 , ' ' 1 ^ * Information Asked On Edward Antwlne This story is beamed at older Kins Mountain citizens. Miss Lois Paul, of West Palm Beach, Fla., has written the Kings Mountain police depart ment in an effort to find person or persons acquainted some ?0 years ago with a roan named Ed jgTOrfl An twines (or Entwine), who supposedly lived here and later migrated to-Mwannah, Ga. S. R. (Pop) DavUdaon, acting police chief, has been unsuccess ful thus far In getting any infor mation for Miss Piaul, a grand daughter of the late Mr. An twin*. , According to th? letter, Ed ward Antwlne died in 1$12. All he -had ever told tils wife and ftMOftly was that he had come Kings Mountain citizens. Chief Datfdson to requesting that any person who may have information concerning the man in question contact him at- Phone 254. Goforth Named To Draft Board Charles E. Goforth, Kings Mountain fanner, has been nam ed a member of the Cleveland County selective service board. He will replace T. W. Grayson, Kings Mountain Jeweler, as a member of theJboafd. Mr. Goforth lives on route 1, in the Bbenezer church section. - Joe H. Thomson has been named one of five trustees on the Kings Mountain Fireman's ReUae fund, toy Waldo tS Cheek, commissioner of Insur ance. Of the five members, one Is appointed by the commis sioner,. two by the governing body of the city, and two are elected by the fire department ON DEAN'S UST MASS HILL ? The -name of Demauth Blanton of 1001 West Mountain Street, Kings Moun tain, appears on the dean's lift at Mars Hill Cone* for the spring semester. To be eli gible for the dean's list a stu dent must make a minimum of 40 quality points with no grade below C. >na! Dairy Monti) County wttl take f next week In an Maint the county School Board Talks Davidson Unit Needs Trustees Hold Meeting, Name Four Teachers Needed improvement^ at Da vidson-Negro school got priority discussion Monday night at the regular monthly meeting of the board of city school trustees. The board reviewed previous discussion concerning improving the school and considered a re port from the state's department of school "building superintend ence that the Davidson building and site afe inadequate. AH members present voiced the opinion that some improve ments, temporary or otherwise, needed to be made at the Dav idson plant at once, and agreed to survey the building the fol lowing morning. t Result of the Tuesday survey was appointment of a commit tee, Including Supt. Barnes and School Trustees Fred W. Plonk and P. G. Padgett to consider projected improvements and to make recommendations to the ?board. Other actions at the Monday night meeting included election of four teachers to fill vacanci es. They were: Mrs. Virginia James Leopard, Woodruff, S. C., special teacher in piano for Cen tral school -Mrs. Maud Williams MoGlll, of Kings Mountain, and Miss Stella Patterson, of Rock Hill, S. C., grammar grade tea chers; and Mrs. Jack White, Rings Mountain, primary teach - The board also discussed fill ing the head coeohlng vacancy, but granted a special committee an additional week to bring In a recommendation. The committee M m 2S& Sk explained that one prospect had been approved by the commit WW;-* but that he had previously accepted another position. The board . also voted unani mously to continue the present policy of paying a $10 per mon th supplement over and above state funds, to ali teachers* fn} the city system. > It voted to again employ George H. Emery, Statesville ac countant, to conduct the annu al audit of the schools opera tions. m Pad*ett, acting ?s chair man in the absence of the chair man arid vice-chairman, stated that he was interested in expan ding the city schools' vocation al education instruction, partic ularly in the field of manual arts. Supt Barnes stated that the school and previously found considerable difficulty in estab Urtilng such a program because of 1) few teachfers, 2) Jack of funds, and 3) insufficient'.* -aib rollment. The board agreed to look lilto the matter with a view if^SttilMlking such a progrftnu gjtjSTwMiw also told lliifiiltl he was interested in obtaining board approval for the employ ment of- a suparytoorof instruc tion*, but action was 4tuim m until a future meeting. .> . uaMaa pr ftot , "at the meet ing were Dr. Padgett, Mr. Plonk, and J. ft. D Story of Project la S R Magazine I The story and photograph o( the second grader* of Parte Grace School- with the train they con structed, recently publi.??hed in the Kings Mountain Herald, were featured in the June 1951, issue of The Southern Railway System Magazine. This project started as a unit of study about trains. It wa& di rected by Mr*. Mary 1-ou David son, teacher oi the <fl a**- J Will Participate wal Dairy Month I county agent, said that several I prominent business men are be*| ing considered as milking com petitors. s; ' . :> c Members of 4-H clubs wttt also take part in tfc:> program, with girls draastng as milkmaid* to art vert be Dairy Month. Another feature at rhe program la design ed to sell more mrilk from cafes and other pub! to eating estab lishments If waiter* and wait TO REPRESENT CITY ? Mill Frances Summers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ' Frank R. Sum mers, was selected by the Jun ior Chamber of Commerce to represent Kings Mountain in the Miss North Carolina Pageant to be held ot Burlington July 20 and 21. The Jaycees send the Miss North Carolina winner to the national contest each yoa? ! at Atlantic City. N. J. | Illness Fatal To Mis. Carry Funeral services for Mrs. Dov ie Putnam Curry, 46, who died at 1:15 Thursday afternon at her home following a two-year Ill ness, will be h,eld Saturday morn ing at 11 o'clock at Temple Bap tist church, with the pastor, Rev. W. F. Monroe, officiating. durtal will be made in Moun tain Rest cemetery. The body will ll? in state at the church for a hall -hour prior to the rites. Mrs. Curry, was the wife of G. L. Curry. She was a charter mem ber of the Temple church. A na tive of -Cherokee County, S. C., she had been ? citizen of Kings Mountain for many years. ?pp\'~ Surviving, In addition to her husband, are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. U. Putnam, of Kings Mountain,' a daughter, Mrs. Lloyd Putnam, of Kings Moun tain, six brothers and on? sis ter, Mrs. J. W. Webster, Dane, E. W., Odell, Millard, Henry and Paul Putnam, all of Kings Moun tain. First Baptist Bible School Concluded Vacation Bible School at the First Baptist Church was con cluded Wednesday evening with 2 commencement programs. The school had a total enrollment of 192 with an average attendance of 187. Woikers for the the eight day school were: ? ? Nursery: Mias Virginia Cole and Mis? Margie Tesseneer. j Beginner Dept.: Mrs. B. N. Barnes. Supt., Mrs. F. B. McCur dy, Mrs. Alton Ivey, Mrs. Robert Walker, and Mian Evelyn Cline. Primary Dept.: Mrs W. P. Hou ser, Supt, Miss HHda King, Mrs. C. D. Ware, Mrs. John Beam, Mrs. <3. W. Loveland, Miss Mb Sttk, Miss Mary Haye*, and Mim Phy llis Ware. Junior Dept. No. 1: Mrs. F. P. Slak, Supt, Miss Mary: Jane Siak, Mlsa Barbara Matthew*, Sob White, Mrs. E. R. Roberts. Junior Dept. No. 2: Mrs Rowel 1 Lane, Supt., Miss Sarah Klncald, Miss Frances Slak, Mh*s Beth Hord, and Mrs. P. H. Hovla. Intermediate Dept.: Mrs. Har old Coggina, Supt, Mrs. Rufus Oates, Mia. Earl Led ford. Miss Annie Roberts, And C. D. Ward. Miss Lula Mae Teague served a* principal of the school and Miss Melba Tlndall. secretary. Only 15 Of 41 Pass Service Deierment Test The Cleveland County selec tive service board has received this week scores for Cleveland county registrants who under went college qualification tests on May 26. Of the 41 scores received, 15 were passing marks. This meant that 26 of the 41 taking the test flunked. The board met Wednesday and, in the course of the meet ing discussed the results of the test. Another round of tests were given at colleges over the nation lpst Saturday. Still another is scheduled for June 30. Mrs. Clara Newman, clerk to the Cleveland, board, said that the board has received orders to furnish seven men for induction into the army in July. The board has not received, and does not expect, a pre-induc tion order for July. It will be the third consecutive month in which no pre-induction- quota has been given the Cleveland board. Grantham Head Of Sports Body W. G. Grantham was named p/esident of the Mountaineer Clyb, Inc., at a meeting of new directors of the sports -boosters organization Wednesday night. E. E. Marlowe was named vice president of the corporation and Bruce Thorburn, secretary -trea surer. ? The three new officers were elected to two-year directorships of tile club at the annuaj meet ing of the organization Tuesday night. Also named to the board were Paul MoGinnis, Sr., and Amos Dean. Carry over directors are Carl. F. Mauney, J. Ollls Harris. David Netll, Charles NeiSier and W. S. Fulton, ft.. At the general meeting Tues day night, the club voted to change the by-laws to provide for a 10-man board of directors instead of eleven. The group, also voted to instruct the directors to place thel receptacle to the pub lic address system speakers at City Stadium under lock. The directors at the Wednes day meeting organized the club's annual membership drive. The group was divided into two teams to compete for the hignest number of members signed, with the losing team to fete the win ners at a steak dinner. The con test is to end on August 16th. Mr. Dean captains one team, consisting of Mr. Neill, Mr. Neis ler, Mr. Harris and Mr. McGln nte, while Mr. Fulton's team is Mr. Marlowe, Mr. Grantham, Mr. Thorburn and Mr. Mauney. The group discussed plans for Hallowe'en night sports event, scheduled for Wednesday, Oct 31. Retirlng President C. (Shor ty) Edens presided until the new officers took over. The group, a tax-free charita bly corporation, sponsors the grammar grade football program aanong it's other activities. Union Service Sunday Night First union service of the sum mer will be held at . First Bap tist church Sunday evening at 8 o'clock with Rev. R. R. L. Coun cilman, of Burlington, preaching the sermon.. Rev. Mr. Council is the supply pastor at the First Baptist church, while Rev. T. L. Cash well, Jr., the pastor, is attending the Southern Baptist convention in San Francisco, California.. The five participating church - as in the summer union service series are: Central Methodist, St Matthew's Lutheran, Boyce Me morial A. R. P., First Baptist, and th? First Presbyterian. Grayson Bays Garland Firm ? * T. W. Grayson, owner of Gray son's Jewelry, has piUchased .Garland's Jewelry from Garland E. Still, he announced this week. .The transaction took olaee on June 19. Mr. Grayson Is opening his newly - purchased establish ment on Friday morning. He has announced that the new firm I located on S. Battleground av Charges Arising From Legion Building Raid Are Dismissed ikwkvw&swsk * mm WIN COLLEGE DEGREES? Shown above are two King* Mountain (tudtnti who recently received college degrees- At left ia Jackson R. Mauney, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mauney. who was rcently grad uated from Iowa State college at Ames, Ia~ with the degree of Bach elor of Science In botany. At right is Jim L. Hullender, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hullender, recently graduated from Western Carolina Teacher's College with a Bachelor of Science degree in physical ducatlon end biology. Jaycees Will Resume W aste Paper Pick - U p The Jaycees voted Tuesday night to conduct a clfy-wlde waste paper ptck-up here Sun day afternoon beginning at 2 p.m. President . W. K. Mauney, Jr., called on all members for theii cooperation hi the drive and Is sued a statement urging all citi zens to assist by placing their paper bundles on the curbs be fore 2. o'clock Sunday. Proceeds from the sale of the waste paper -collected by the drives is placed in the club's Park and Recreation fund. That fund now totals over $1,100. The club aoto voted to sponsor a baseball league for boys until the city's parks and recreatiih commission can incorporate the project. Members voted to pur chase a trophy which will pass on to the yearly winners of the league championship. Fa toon Barnes made a report on the, national convention held at Miami last week and Maynard Snow, Who has been called to ac tive duty with the air corps, made a Mrewell" talk. The club voted to purchase a banner. Vleete McCuidy, of the pro gram committee, presented Miss Lul-a Mae Teague, director and accompanist, and a trio. Misses Evelyn Cline, Hilda King and Mett>a Tlndall, who presented a -musical program. PARSONS INJURED L. C. Parsons was painfully Injured in a wreck near Gas Sunday night. He suffer ed facial and head cuts When the car in which he was riding got off the shoulder, pulled back on the road and hit an other car. Mrs. Parsons was driving at the time. City Hall Office Schedule Altered The City Hall office sched ule will be altered slightly/ ef fective at once, it was announ ced this week by Mayer Gar land Still. The office will be open from 8:30 a- m. to 5 p. m~ Mondays through Fridays, and from 8:30 a. m. to noon on Saturdays. The office has previously been open until 5:30, Mondays through Fridays, and until 1 p. m. Saturdays. The change Is being effected in order to complete baianc ing-out of city receipts on a dally basis. Mayor Still said. Street Mileage Being Totaled Two engineering consultants of the North Carolina League o t Municipalities arrived In Kings Mountain Thursday morning to determine total mileage of city maintained streets. ?The engineers, J. O. Litchford and W. F. Babcock, said the field work will requite only a short time and that the reports should be in the hands of the cfty board of commissioners within two weeks. Figures on city-maintained streets must be in the hands o <t the North Carolina Highway, k Publtc Works commission by August 1, if .the city is to Share in the division of highway mon ies to cities as provided by the Powell Bttl. passed by the 1951 General Assembly. Funeral Services Held On Sunday For Mrs. VHlliam Lawrence Manney Funeral rites for Mrs. Billie Black Mauney, 94, wife of Dr. William Lawrence Mauney, were held Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock from St. Matthew's Luth eran church. Rev. W. H. Stender, ? former pastor of the church, conducted the rite#, being assisted by Rev. T. Ward Barr, of Qastonla, and Rev. J. Ned Taylor, of Charlotte. Burial was made In Mountain Rest cemetery. Mrs. Mauney died after a long and severe *Hness which began more than nine months ago. She had lapsed into a coma before the birth of her second son, Charles Jefferson Mauoey, and never fully - regained - conscious ness. She ti*d been a patient at both Charlotte Memorial and Duke hospitals, jn addition to the Kings Mountain hospital, where she suocurtfbsd on Frl-' day afternoon at 4 o'clock. She had been a patient at the Kings Mountain hospital since early April Mrs Mauney was the daughter of the l*te Dr.. C. J, Black, for mapy years a prominent Baptist minister here, and Annie Louise Black. She was a native of Un ion county and a member of the '?&' Matthew's church. She ?t* tended Appalachian State Tea cher's college, and was a regis tered nurse, having graduated from the Baptbt Hospital School SUCCUMBS?* Mrs. William Law naot Manner died at Kings Mountain hospital qrfter a long illness last Friday afternoon. Funeral rites were hold Sunday afternoon from St. Matthew*! Lutheran church. of Nursing at Winston-Salem. Surviving, in addition to hei husband, are two young sons Wmigl -XippwEWftun^y- ,r and Charlea Je/ferson Mauney three brothers, George T. Black Bessemer City, Dr. C. S. Black Wake Forest, and J. H. Blcok ^ Ijipnptx. Illegal Warrants Used On Raid, ludge Rules i . . - . Case*) against John Weaver and W. F. Haithcox charging them with "operating slot ma chines" were dismissed in re corder's court action here Mon day afternoon. Judge W. Faison Barnes, after hearing evidence in the case, ruled that the search warrant upon which four slot machines were seized by. police at the A merlcan Legion building on June 1 was invalid. Solicitor Jack White then told the court that the state had no. further evidence to offer and Judge Barnes allowed a motion for dismissal of the two cases. "I do not now condone, nor have I ever condoned, the use of slot machines to make money, however worthy the cause. I do not want my action in this case to be construed as approval of the use of slot machines, they're strictly illegal. They create an unhealthly situation wherever used. Continued use of slot ma chines in Kings Mountain will be very dangerous ? legal ac tion can be taken to seiie them," Judge Barnes told the overflow ing crowd at the session. Defense Attorney John J. Ma- . honey -asked for an examination of the search warrant after the cases had been called. According to testimony of Acting Chief S. R. Davidson and Mayor Garland E. Still, who took, the witness chair for the state, the place to be searched and the item (slot machines) to be searched for were not entered on the search warrant form, when the sworn complaint to Obtain the warant was signed by the affiant, Chief Davidson. This action took place, Chief Davidson said, before 5 P m. on June 1 alter Mayor Still had instructed the chief to get "a couple of search ^warants . ready and I'll give you the- in formation to fill In later." Mr. Stll testified that the words "Country Club," "American Le gion Hall," and "liquor and slot machines" were filled in after 9 p. m. that date and that S.\A. Crouse, then city clerk and clerk of recorder's court, was not pres ent. Mr. Crouse had signed the complaint and search warrant previously, Mr. Still testified. Judge Barnes quoted parts of General Statutes 15-26 and 15 27 in rendering his decision. He said North Carolina law states that "such search warrant shall describe the article to be search ed fof with reasonable certainty, and by whom the complaint is made, and In whose possession the article to be searched for Is supposed to 'be" and that "no facts discovered by reason at the Issuance of such Illegal search warrant shall be competent as evidence in the trial of any ac tion." The slot machines were re turned because they were ob tained Illegally, Judge Barnes said. 4 -. After dismissing the cases. Judge Barnes also said, "except What I have heard in a round-a bout way, I have had no ac quaintance with the cases and prior to court time- 1 had not seen the search warrant or war rants. I am a member, a rather inactive one, of the Legion but that did not affect my Judgment one Way or other. I went strictly by the law." Ten additional cases were heard at the session, including three cases in which defend- , ants were found guilty of pub? lie drunkenness. Other cases and Judgments included: Case afealnst Walter Hughes, (Continued On Page Eight) Tox Pre-payments Total S&S3ZM City tax pre -payment* on 1951 tax bills totaled *5,633.09, through Wednesday afternoon. City Clerk Joe McDaniel re ported thii week. By the payments, city tax payers hare *aved themselves flUJfc. Deadline for pre- payment with the hill two percent di? ? count Is June 30. Pre -payment of county tax i bills to earn the two percent discount is not required this year until August Change in the procedure was enacted into law by a special act of the ' 1951 General Assembly. Under > the new act. discounts obtain - > aide on county tax bills arrs > through August, two percent/ ? month of HlphinHx. one per > cent; month of October, t^ne half of one percent