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. ' ... 5;.4 Population City Limits 7.199 (Final Unofficial Census 1950) Immediate Trading Area 15,000 (1945 Ration Board Figures) VOL.62 NO. 26 ? : Sixty-Second Year Kings Mountain, N. C? Friday, June 29. 1951 Established 1889 14 Pages Today PRICE FIVE CENTS Local News Bulletins TO ATTEND MEETING H albert Webb, chief dyer of Neisler Mills, Inc., will attend the annual summer outing of the American Association of Textile Chemists and Color ists to be held at Myrtle Beach, S. C., this weekend. BUILDING PERMIT A building permit, approv ed by Building Inspector Kel ley Dixon was issued at City Hall Wednesday' to W. M. Gantt to remodel a dwelling on Linwood road at an estima ted construction cost of $1500. INFANT DIES Graveside rites for Jack Rod ney Short, two-day-old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Short, route 2, kings Mountain, were held Monday at Hollywood ceme tery in Gastonia. Rev. Earl Armstrong conducted the rites. BRIDGE AT CLUB Second In a aeries of Master Point bridge games will be held at the Kings (Mountain Country club Thursday night, July 5. Play is open to Inter ested citizens in Kings Moun tain and the surrounding area. BARN BURNS The barn of Will Gordon, Negro farmer who lives in the Ebenezezr church community, was completely destroyed by fire on June 19- Lost, in addi tion to the . were two mules, a large quantity of oates and hay, ten bags of ?>t ton dust and 21 bags of fertili zer. Gordon said only a small amount of i<flran ee was car riedr^fitKfPke PS MMi would cover only a small portion of the loss. City-Maintained Streets Totalf! Kings Mountain will file its claim for gasoline tax money for streets on the basis of 28.96 miles of city-maintained streets. This total mileage was certifi ed tiiis .week by North Carolina " League of Municipality engi neers who had been retained by the city to compile the report in aocordance with requirements of the North Carolina Highway and Public Works commission . and in order that the city inlght share in the gasoline tax rebate provided in he Powell Bill, pass ed by the 1961 General Assem bly. Under the Powell bill .formula, cities will share ii#an estimated $*?00,000 gas tax rebate on the basis of 1) population and 2) city - maintained street mileage. Cities failing to file their certi fications by AtygOSt 1 Will forfeit their mo. LiWhford awf'-W. P. Bab cock, the engineers, reported the street total as follows: hard surfaced streets, 1333 miles; soil, stone, or gravel ? surface streets, 12JS miles; and uneUdfeetfi streets, 2.78 miles. According to the roauirements, the engineers were not allowed to include city streets. 16 feet In width, amounting to a total here of 1-21. Neither does the total Include a considerable mileage of projected streets for Which the city has deeds, bttt has not opened. Much of the tet ter mileage "is still wooded farm land, tile engineers map Shows. It has been iMnHEK' Aat Kings Mountain's share In the rebate, payable to the city on October 1 lor sliest improve ment use only, will approximate $27,000. Pee of the North Carolina lea gue of Municipalities for the en gineering service was $200. Prepaid City Taxes . Now Total $14,717 July Many Citizens Ready To Begin Week-Long Vacations With Pay abore is a portion of the Boyd Beam dairy herd. In Cleveland County and the Kings Mountain area. Mr. Beam, who lives near Lawndale, has been In the dairy business about four fears and has a commercial herd of cattle. Including non- registered mixed breeds. The county's dairy industry has doubled during the past fire years and official note Is being taken this week of National Dairy Month. For further in formation on the county's dairy industry, see pages six and seven. Section 1. ? . Business Finns Plan To Observe Inly 4 Holiday ? ? 1 ? . Majority of Kings Mountain citizens will enjoy a one-day holiday next week in celebration of Independence Day. ' Kings Mountain merchants will close for the day, and big majority of textile plants will be ckNM44or>?tr ftrH wm**' - - - The city hail ofiflce, postofflce, federal and state offices, and financial Institutions will be closed, and Kings Mountain drug stores will be open on abbrevia ted schedules. Griffin Drug Com pany said it would observe hol iday hours and Kings Mountain Drug Company said it would be open for two hours In the morn ing and for two hours in the af ternoon. Expected to be open are most restaurants and service stations. The Kings Mountain Herald will operate on regular schedule. Many citizens are planning trips next week, either one-day or severa l -day variety, to beach and mountain vacation resorts. Others have projected plans for catching up on home chores, fishing and' other varied activi ties. Clapp Reports IVeevils Active Cotton farmer* of the area were being urged this week by County A#ent Howard Clapp to give close attention to their fields in order to prevent loss of crops by boll weevil infesta tion. He said that boll weevil in festation is now more noticeable In Cleveland County cotton fields and that, while hot weather has eliminated the immediate dan gers from blight, it also makes conditions ideal for the boll wee vil. Mr. Clapp'g adrvl<?e to cotton farmers is: "Examine ybur fields If you find any boll weevils or damaged squares, dust or spray! at once. If evidence of boll wee vils are not found, keep a close watch on the fields, preferably dally" FAMCBIG MONET A total of fl38J68 was collec ted from the city's parking me ters Wednenday ^.cording to a report by City Clerk Joe Mc Daniel. , ( City Street Crews Warring On Dust The dtr began making life more pleasant for c^number of citizens this week pouring lev eral gallons of oil on dusty streets, and beginning bard surfacing treatment on several others. City Administrator M. K. Fuller said portions of Oriental and Maunoy avenues, Floyd, Bennett, McCUnnis and Chil ders streets had been oiled, mllii l street, and Sadie Mill loop hare been "primed" first step in the hard-surfacing pro cess. The second step, applica tion of a mat coating, has been taken on portions of City street the Sadie Mill, Ceme tery Drive, Dilllng street, and Cherokee street First street has been stoned and is now ready for priming, he reported. Radio Skit Sunday Dedicated To City - . ,.\ Charles Loveland, of Shelby, will present a 15-minute pro gram over Radio Station WOHS AM & FM, Sunday at 6:45 p. m. dedicated to Kings Mountain. The patriotic program will fea ture a narrative, "The Mountain Men," written by Mr. Loveland, with musical background. Mr. Loveland, who is associa ted with Esther Mills, Inc., at Shelby, recently had published a book of poems, featuring the title poem, "The Mountain Men." Wildlife Biologist To Inspect City Lake Duane Raver, biologist for the state Wildlife Resources commis sion, Is to be In Kings Mountain Friday to Inspect the city , lake and to provide recommendations for increasing the number of fUfh in the city lake. This information was received by City Commissioner James (Red) Lay ton this week from J. H. Cornell, chief of the commis sion'* fish division. Mr. Layton had written the commission con cerning the matter. ATTEND CONVENTION Mr. and Mm Sam StalMngs and Mr. artd Mrs. E. E. Mar lowe have been in Atlantic City, N. /, this week, where they have been attending the annual convention of Lions Internationa]. Mr. Starlings Is president and Mr. Mario-*- ?; tall twister of the Kings Moun tain Lions club. Ware & Sons Elevator Is Bolging With ML High-Yield Wheat Crop Ware 4 Sons 50,000-fcuahel grain elevator wm virtually full Thuraday, following a busy week In whk-h farmer* queued up to store their recently -harverted grain crop* M. A. Wan, the flttn's "grain man", aakl that the King* Moun tain area wheat crop la one ot the teat in ncent years, with yields Mgh and quality good. The wheat has been testing out at an average of ? pound* to the buitafl, just slightly heavy on moisture content. Yields, Mr. Ware Mid. have run pretty generally (ram 25-35 bushel* per acre, vrtilch |? con siderably over the national aver age of id bushels per acre. Wheat testing oat at 56 pounds is being purchased by ware and Sons and moat other granaries at f8J00 pef bushel. Most -wheat harvested last year tested 96 pounds to *he bu shel, or taslV Mr. Wsre said. Herald Survey Shows Textile Situation Spotty A .targe segment of Kints FV?^rtafn citizeas cease work, holiday 8 Week long Ju'y vacation with pay, though tiie f?-ey a*? lndl^ted aTundSJ lying spotty Situation in tex tllCS. . . Two firms declined to call their stop-offs holiday periods. Mauney Hosier- Mills, Inc., tak '^eek lay"?-f which started Monday, called the stop page a shut-down due to lack of orders and Neisler Mills, inc., operating on Short schedules for several weeks, will also take a ????*& !a,y of/ for same reason. Neisler is paying a bon us approximating a week's pay, Mauney Hosiery js not. Brighter spots In xne local pic ture include Craftspun Yarns, inc., and Lambeth Rope Corpora V?"- Craftspun, short on orders ouring the past few weeks, has ordered its employees back to work on full schedule Friday for a six-day-per-week, three-shift operation. Craftspun will take a hoHday> accompanied by a four-percent of-earninge bonus beginning July 14. Lambeth Hope operating full time on a three-sh?t operation, wrtU provide a week's vacation with pay next week. However, ia expecting to run a one-shift operation next week with volunteer employes* who wish to earn the extra money. Kings Mountain Manufactur ing Company will not take Its holiday week untJi July 9-16. No bonus will be pakl, the company customarily making any bonus payments at Christmas. Majority of other textile firms will be cloecd from July 2 to Sin.- Including Burlington ? Phenix Plant, Mauney miii*' ??nnie Parte Yarn Mill, Sadie Cotton (Mill and Loom -Tex Corporation. JPhenix Supt. R. F. Daugherty hi* plant would total $17, COO, with BuifcHl em* ployeea with one to five years of tenure receiving two percent bonuses, and with employees of longer tenure reoeiving bonuses of four percent. Bonus payments at Loom-Tex. Mauney, Bonnie' Parte Yarn, and mill* will a proximate a PXy' *** Hetllid wasin clo*,nS ne*t week re opening on however, told the Herald that ,w*r? hopeful some addl. > OT^I* wou,d ** reoe+ved prior to that date. . " men here attribute the sl?dc-o<if on orders to X) too large Inventories by customers; of peace in Ko ^ Mrth of ? daughter, Sandra OaiL on S&S Mauney Firm Establishing Sales Division Mauney Hosiery Mills, Inc., Kings Mountain men's hosiery manufacturers, will open a sales office in New York's Empire State building around August 1, it was announced yesterday by W. K. Mauney, Jr., general man ager. Mr. Mauney had just returned from New York where he had completed arrangements for es tablishing the company's own sales division. Sales have pre viously been handled by com mission merchants. He said that the , sales divi sion will be headed by Marvin Ross, of Briarcliff, N. Y.; for many years a leading hosiery salesman. Mauney Hosiery Mills has ob tained a five-year lease on the !>00 square feet of floor space in 4108 Empire State building, and work is already underway on redecorating and equipping the office. Mr. Mauney 9aid only one of fice was available in the huge office building, with the Mauney Hosiery lease making the build ing 100 percent occupied. Roberts Fined On Foui Counts Fred Roberts, 47-year-old Kings Mountain Negro, was found guilty on four counts in volving illegal possession of non-tax paid whiskey in city re corder's court action Monday. He was taxed with the costs on each Uouot.-(uid w?s Ciaed-JL toUL of *??, , His wife, Iva Jane Roberts, 42, was found guilty on three counts involving illegal possession of non tax paid whiskey and was fined a total of $275 plus costs on each count. Judge W. Faison Barnes pre sided. . Roberts was arrested three times on Juhe 8, the first time at 7:30 p. m. when officers execu ting a white liquor raid ordered by Mayor Garland Still found one-half pint of whiskey at his home. Roberts testified in court "if 1 hadn't been asleep on the porch they (the officers) would not have found that". At 9:30 p. m. June 8, officers again went to the Robert? home where they found nine and one half gallons of white whiskey under a trap door in a meat house. Roberts testified that he had traded a s'oulder of meat for the whiskey. He was fined $250 and costs for possession for purpose of sale on that count. At 11:50 p. m. June 8, Roberts was arrested in his auto and charged with illegal possession after a quantity of liquor had been turned over in the vehicle. ?Robert# and Ms wife were plaod on good behavior for two years and ordered not to violate state liquor laws for two years. A charge of "allowing an un licensed driver to operate his ve hicle" was dismissed. Roberts wa<i fined $50 and costs on a posession charge re sulting from a Juns 14 arrest. Mabel Watson and Ruth Wfeltetfides, who were arrested in the auto at 11:90 p. m. June 8th, each drew fines of $25 and costs for illegal possession. Thirteen additional cases were heard at the session, including three cases In which defendants were found guilty of public drunkenness. Other cases and judgments In cluded: Henry Ellis, Negro, charged (Continued On Page Eight) ARP Church Host To Unlen Service Second union service of the summer conducted by five parti cipating churches will be held Sunday evening at 8 oV!pdi?t Boyoe Memorial A. R. P. church. The sermon will be delivered by Rev. W. P. Gerixftding, pas tor of St. Matthew^ Lutheran church. /.l' .jj Remainder of the schedule for July follows: July % Bsv. W. L. Pressly at Central Methodist;' July 15. Rev. T. L. Cashwell, Jr., at First Presbyterian; July 22, Rev. Mr. Pressly at St Matthew's Lutheran; July 29, Rev. P. D. Patrick, at A. R. P. ' ? ~ ? * ? ?'/ ' : Board Enacted License BUI Without Change T ie city board of commission ers, in their Tuesday night spe cial session, authorized a con tract with M. I. Miller, -Greens boro electrical engineer, to map the City's electrical distribution system. It also passed the 1951-52 pri vilege license ordinance, making no change in the ordinance in effect for the past two years, both 1949-50 and 1950-51. The work for which the city is contracting the services of Mr. Miller will cost the city $2,850. Mr. Miller will map the city's City privilege licensee for 1951-S2 axe now due and par able, following action by the board of commissioner* in passing the ordinance Tuesday night Deadline for payment without penalty Is July 31. electrical distribution system for $2,000, and, for $850, will pro vide recommendations for im provements and extensions to the system. The . contract also provides that the city may ob tain other services of Mr. Miller, if required, for a per diem fee of $40, plus expenses. Motion for the resolution au thorizing the contract - signing was made "by Commissioner James (Red) Layton and secon ded by Corr>missloner Lloyd E. Davis. The Vote yhs'lJTranimous: The action followed a discus sion with Mr. Miller held two weeks ago and receipt of the proffered contract. Mr. Miller had previously told the board that the work would require a bout three months. Board Alters Two Actions The city board of commission ers met in brief special session Friday afternoon, June 22, mak ing technical changes on two previous actions. The board amended a previous motion granting permission for Kings Mountain Bus Company, Inc., to raise fares to 15 cents (from 10 cents). The motion was changed to a resolution endors ing the increase to the North Carolina Public Utllties com mission, which has Jurisdiction over rate matters of utilities. The board also changed ite ac tion whereby it had voted to purchase gasoline from Fred W. Plonk, Shell distributor, for the forthcoming two years. The Change eliminated the notation "two years" and substituted "by the month." City Attorney E. 'A. Harfill had pointed out that the law requires asking of bids where purchases exceed $1,000. City Votes To Retain Engineer For Electrical System Mapping m AVlAllE i Graveside rites for Michael Colon Reynolds, 18-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas An drew Reynolds, were held Thurs-1 day morning at 10:30 at Moun tain Rest cemetery, with Rev. J. H. Brendall, pastor of Central 'Methodist church, officiating, as sisted by Rev. L. C. Pinnix and Rev. W. P. Gerberding. The young Kings Mountain "blue baby", victim of a congen tlal heart condition, died Wed nesday morning af"2:15. Taken to Duke hoapital at Durham last February for ob servation and treatment, the family had hoped that the young baby would grow strong enough to undergo a corrective operation within the next few months. The chilii is survived by hi parents, a brother, Thomas Ri chard Reynolds, and his pater nal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Cristy S. Reynolds. L JL Hoke's Moth a* c :cumbs Funeral services for Mrs. Mat tie Campbell Hoke, mother of L. A. Hoke, who died Sunday night j at her home In Lincoln ton, were! held Tuesday at II o'clock In the First Baptist church at Lincoln ton. Mrs. Hoke had been in. Ill health for several* years and since last September her condi tion had been critical. Survivors are her husband, three daugh ters, Mrs. R. C. Hoyle, Mns. Paul Mundy, of Llncoflnton, Mrs. E. B. Link, of Charlotte, one son. L. A. I of this city, seven grandchildren, two great grandchildren, one brother, Murphy Campbell, of Maiden and one sister, Mrs. George Icard, of Newton. Burial was in the Holiybrook cemetery at Lincolnton. Climbing loniors Hit Valdese Here Saturday, Shelby On Monday Kings Mountain's climbing, torrid American Legion juniors come home to City Stadium Sat urday night against Valdese ri ding the crest of a four-game victory skein. The locals are al so scheduled for city parte Mon day night against arch -rival Shelby, with both games to get underway at 8 p. m. Coach J. R. Bradsfhaw made a shift In the lineup" after the no hit, no -run loss to Hickory June 20 and the team responded with a hustling brand of baseball. Kings Mountain (5 4) was tied with Shelby (5-4) for third place Thursday, with Hickory (9-0) leading and Rutherford County (6-4) In the aecond slot- Hickory and Shelby tangle In two this week and Rutherford County goes to Haywood County Satur day night after taking a 6-1 win at Forest City Wednesday. Hic kory aAd Rutherford Countv tan gle next week and Kings Moun tain and Shelby have a pair on schedule. The June 9 rained out date at Shelby, has not been re scheduled. Kings Mountain topped Ruth erford here June 21 6-3 with Southpaw Fred Riser on the hill, beat, Haywood County 8-7 in 10 innings with Right Hander Bil ly Wells pulling a hot relief Job and swamped the Canton ? Way nesFVille la<?? 23-3 here Monday behind Lefty Klser, Wells came In on another brilliant relief Job Wednesday at VAldese as the Mountaineers thumped the Wal denslans 14-4 with a 23-base, 15 hit attack. Kings Mountain has pHed up 51 runs in the last four games, ag-alnst 17 for the opposition as the big bats have been booming at a steady cHp. Largest crowd of the season la expected Saturday night at sli ghtly reconditioned City Stadi um. A set of bleachers has been permanently mounted behind the plate ami a new foul net and back stop baa been erected. Sam Suber, city cemetery superinten dent, haa takn over the park su perlntendency also and many improvement? have been made for the benefit of the fans. . The sdhedufle: Jobs 30? Voidesa hers. July 2? Shslbr hers. July 5? ?t Shall* Unprecedented Fuller Contract Action Voted 3-1 In an unprecedented action Tuesday night, the city board of commissioners, meeting in spe cial session, voted 3 to 1 to con tract the services df City Admin istrator M. K. Fuller for the next two years. Commissioner B. T. Wright, Sr., made the motion to adopt a reso lution authorizing the mayor to sign a contract for Mr. Fuller's services at his present rate of pay. Commissioner C. P. Barry seconded, . and Commissioner Lloyd E. Davis supported the motion. Commissioner James (Red) Layton cast the dissenting vote. Commissioner Olland Pear sdn was absent. There was little discussion on the matter. Commissioner Wright, in offering the motion, said he felt Mr. Fuller was a highly capable administrator and that he would be difficult to replace, Mr. Layton, who dissented, said he had not objections to Mr. Fuller, in fact, agreed with Mr. Wright as to the capabilities of the city administrator. However, he added, he did not feel it wise or necessary to contract his ser vices for two years and thereby to tie the city's hands for the full , duration of the current admlnls j tratlon's term of office. Cit? Attorney E. A. Harrlll was instructed to draw the contract. He told the Herald he expected to draw it in accordance with North Carolina General Statutes em powering cities and town to em ploy any and all personel need ed to conduct the city's business. Briefly, he said, the contract would "employ the services of Mr. Filler for the stated period at stated terms, with his duties to be determined by directives of the mayor and board of com missioners." Mr. Fuller has been receiving for his services a gross of $6,600 annually, including travel allow ances. He had been serving as city adinistrator since July 1950, having come to Kings Mountain from Laurfnburg, where he held the position of city manager. The board also voted, by una nimous action, to return police department employment author - j Ity to the city administrator. Mr. Davis made the motion, and Mr. Layton seconded. Baseball loop Age Limit Cat Boys born on or after July 1, 1937, which means that any boy who becomes 14 years of age be fore Sunday (July 1st), are the only ones eligible for the Boys "Class B" Recreation Baseball league acording to changes In the rules announced by Commis sioners Bruce Thorburn and Red Layton this week. The "Class B" loop rules re quire play on a diamond four fifths the Size of a regular base ball field (72-foot bases, 48 foot pitching distance) and It has been found that boys over 14 ar* too large for the small field. Play will start in the loop on Tuesday, July 10th, with Bur lington at Craftspun and Mau ney interests at Reynolds Motors. McCurdy draws a bye for the opener. Next games are on Fri day, July 13th, with Craftspun at Reynolds and McCurdy Clean ers at Mauney and BurMngton drawing a bye. Officials have Issued an appeal for players to turn out for the teams. Interested boys who are eligible are requested to contact Mr. Thort>urn or Mr. Layton or any of the coaches, Will Grice (Mauney), ElWa King (Craft spun), Rnea Bartier (Reynolds) or Flette McCurdy (Negro boys). JOINS HOSPITAL STAFF Mrs. Charles Moos, Jr. is re placing Miss Theresa Stanton, bookkeeper ' at the Kings Mountain hospital, who 19 re signing to take a position at the Scotland County Memor ial hospital In Laurinburg. ?V-l
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