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VOL. 62 NO. 28
Kings Mountain. N. C? Friday, July 13, 1951
Established 1889
I Population
City Limits 7.193
(Final Unofficial Census 1950)
Immediate Trading Area 15.000
(1945 Ballon Board Flguiii)
PRICE FIVE CENTS
I Local News
[Bulletins
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; T WITH RAINWATER
Tom Burnett, of Waco, Rogd,
has joined Rainwater Fu^i
:ture Company as a salesman,
according to announcement by
R. P. Wiley,* manager, Mr.
Barnett was formerly employ
ed at Craftspun Yarns, Inc.,
and previously was associated
with Kings Mountain Furni
ture Company, prior to its con
solidation with Cooper's, Inc.
BACK ON DUTT
B. S. -Neill, executive vice
president of the First Nation
al Bank, returned to wortt on a
part-time basis this week, fol
lowing an operation at a Char
lotte hospital.
PRIVILEGE LICENSES
A total of 96. business firms
doing business in Kinlgs
Mountain had purchased 1951
ST Privilege license at noon
T iu sday, according to report
ot O. T.. Hayes, Sr., acting
clerk, Mr. Hayes reminded
that all buslnes firms doing
business in Kings Mountain
are required to buy licenses
3 at later than July 31. Penal -
es apply for late purchases.
PRE-PAYMENTS
Kings Mountain property
owners had pre-paid a total of
$19,611.60 in 1951 city tax bills
at noon Thursday. The total
represents about one-fifth of
the anticipated levy of $103,
096.76 levy for the current year.
Persons paying city taxes dur
ing the month of July qualify
for a one-and-one-half percent
discount The discount rate
drops to one percent at the
close of the buaines July 31.
BACK FROM jA#AN '
Mists Virginia Plonk, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Plonk,
arrived home last week from
Japan, where tile had taught
for a year in an army sdhool.
Presbyterian Group
At Camp Conference
y? ??%?$>?> ? * v~ ' - .-mFj
Kings Mountain Presbytery^:
eluding churches . in . Gaston,
Cleveland, "Lincoln, Rutherford
and Polk counties, has purchas
ed a beautiful' camp in Hidden
Valiey, near Hendefsonyllle.
The first conference of
camp site is now In session and
nearly 300 young people of V;!pih
Presbytery are attending. Those
attending from the local Pres
byterian Youth Fellowship are
i !d Hopper, at Blatant p istor, and
Miss Lillian Barber, director of
religious education, who are ier?
ving as counselors, and Misses
Delores Davidson, president of
P. Y. F. of Kings Mountain Pres
bytery, Susan Mass, Ann Dilllng,
Patsy Goferfh, Lossle Lynch, No
r, K?he Dsese, and Mwwrs Dick
Webb, a member of Presbytery
Council, Bill Ruth and Rannie
Arnette. This group will return
homo next Monday. ?
Bible School IHlMrill
Money To Hospital
' I l-,i - l';u ,< l ii .n ( ;i till- School Of
the .Secohd BapW';?(iiKh don
ated a nan of money to the Kings
Mountain hospital to be used for
linen supjjm||i':.
s Mrs. N. L Fipps, principal of
<$M school, presented the money
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Attention Called
To Herald Deadlines
enter Reports
s Very l&w
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NEW TRUSTEE ? C. D. Blanton,
Kings Mountain druggist. Is one
of six new members. of the coun
; ty hospital board of trustee*. He
la one of three members irom
Number 4 Township. On next
Wednesday* board members and
their wives will hold a picnic
meeting at Bracket? s Cedar Park
at 8 o'clock. Following dinner, a
business session will be held at
which time the board will or
ganise lor the new yoar.
Cannady Joins
First National
J. ?. (Dick) Cannady, of Snow
Hill, has assumed the duties of
personal loan manager of the
First National Bank, President
F. R. Summers announced this
week.
Mr. .Cannady, is Leaking ,.ov?
the duties of Ben H. Goforth, Jr.,
who has -been order . 'd to active
duty with the navy in Septem
ber.
Mh. Cannady, a veteran of
World War II, was graduated
from the University of North
Carolina in 1950 with the degree
of B. S. in commerce. He major
ed dn banking, and sRent the
past year at Fordham Universi
ty law school, where he studied
commercial and banking law.
He is residing at the nome of
Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Peeler.
Hambright Reunion
To Be Held Sunday
Annual meeting of the Ham
bright family descendants of Col.
Frederick Hambright of. Revolu
tionary War fame, will be held at
Antioch church near G rover on
Sunday, July 15. - - *
Rev. Park Moore, of Grover
will be the speaker at the open
ing exercise beginning at 12:15 p.
m. ; I ir
J. Ollle Harris, of Kings Moun
tain, secretary of the organiza
tion, -made the announcement W.
A. Hambright, of Grover, Is pres
ident of the group and J. D.
Hambright, of Clover, 9. C., 1$
vice-president.
Music will be furnished by the
Mello-Tone and Twilight quar
tettes and the Parrlsh trio, of
Gaffney. Picnic lunch will be
?erved. -7
Cross-Checking
With County
Adds Valuation
Clarence E. Carpenter, police
desk sergeant who has been do
ing special work on the 1951 t^x
books during the past three
weeks, reported to Mayor Gar
land E. Still Tuesday that some
listings of personal property
"seem incredibly low". He also
reported addition of $74,566 to
the valuation scrolls arising
from correction of figuring er
rors.
? . .
Mr. Carpenter had spent two
weeks cross-checking city listings
against the county listings.
The listing errors, on the-basis
of the city's $1.80 tentative tax
rate, would have cost the city
treasury $1,342.18.
Mr. Carpenter's report to the
mayor follows:
'?"As requested by you, I beg to
submit herewith report 1ft con
nect in with my recent check of
the City's tax records:
"The carrying-over of real
property from last year's books
was done very neatly, and the
1961 listings were done in a most
legible manner, however, the fol
lowing errors were noted, most
of which have been corrected:
"A total of $74?66 In errors
were discovered. Some of these
were In the addition; some in the
failure 'to carry totals to the
right column ? and some as the
result of the appearent inatten
iHHkE&Sat#
buildings furnished by the coun
ty apraisers.
"Men over fifty years of age,
on one book, were e *rge<T with
poll tax and, in some Instances,
women were charged with same.
"Several pieces of property
heretofore listed as out-of-town
property were found to be with
in the city limits ? while a few
more doubtful cases necessitates
a physical check. . .'??
"In a great number of cases,
In both City and County, no lo
cation of real property is given,
same. t
This hinders the checking of
"Failure to- require copies of
Dec. 31st trial balance state
ments from corporations and in
ventories from business firms re
sults in great loss of revenue.
"In several Instances, in both
manufacturing plants and busi
ness firms, listing of goods cm
hand, In the process of manufac
ture, etc., seems Incredibly low.
One firm I know of, whose In
ventory was In excess of $97,000,
listed same on the tax books for
$5,000."
iviobt pishing
The city Is reviewing its
rules and regulations govern
ing fishing at City Lake with
a view to allowing night fish
ing, Mayor Garland Still said
Thursday. Announcement of a
new policy Is expected soon.
Water Rate Adjustments Talked;
Davis Succeeds Hairill As Attorney
-* --
In addition to {>a?lng tenta
tively a rficord budget, the elty
board of commissioSers, at their
regular July meeting Monday
night
1) Named J. Roan Davis city I
attorney at a salary of $100 per
month; ,
2) Named Commissioner C. ?.{
Barry as the city board's repre
sentative on the Jacob S. Maun*
ey Memorial Library board;
9) Indicated large user* of]
cfty water may have to pay more
for It.
The 'water-rate discussion oc
curred aa the board "considered |
I* water contract with Foote Min
eral Company, the city's biggest!
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JJnder terns of the proposed!
contract. Foot* ? Mineral would
pay regular city rates, which |
scale down heavily lot large-us
ers, alas lu pei
to the fact that theoom^nyl
(fe-cq
W thel
which
also wanted a study of water
coats and rates. He added that
Poote Mineral officials were not
quibbling over the rates end had
expressed wl'^ngness for ? rider
to he attached to the contract
proposal covering a future vari
ance in ratea.
City Attorney Davis was In
structed to re-write the contract.
Including the rider, in time for
pMBentatlon at Monday's sched
uled special meeting of the com
missioners.
. During discussion on the
ter rate matter City 'Administra
tor hi. K. Puller presented the
board an extensive report on
water costs, including compari
sons with other munict|?aMtie*
?nie report showed that other
municipal itf jo charge out-of
clty customers rate differential*
of from 35 percent to 290 per
cent. It also showed that the low
eat fate aoales of ether cities in
cluded Monroe, at lS-oaots per
1,000 'galon*. Lenoir M 13 cents
per 1,000. Roxboro at lft cents,
land Oxford at 17 cents. Kings
Mountain water rates, which Mr.
I Puller j*ld had not been adjust
ed since 1030, Scale down to nine
On Pop* Might
FIFTY -YE AH MASON ? B. MMk OrmandL center, was pnNnttd a
fifty-year emblem and Recorded grand Masonic honors at a stated
communication of FaUrleW Lodge No. 339. A? F. & A. M., Monday
night Capt OrmandL retired railway conductor. Was raised to the
degree of master mason In Gastonla Lodge No. 369 on May 31. 1901.
and transferred to Fairrjew Lodge on Jan. 31, 1921. He still attends
meetings 'regularly. Pbst Master Arnold KincaltL right made the
presentation while Master Paul W. Owens looked on. Only two oth
er members of the lodge bare received the 50-year emblerq, the late
D. M Baker and the late J. M. Patterson. (Photo by Carlisle Studio.)
Ernst & Ernst Files
Examination Report
*" ^tLepm di cond i t i on o r the 'City
of Kings Mountain at May 31,
1951, as compiled by Ernst *
Ernst, Winston-Salem account
ants and auditors, showed the
city with an excess of assets over
liabilities of $999,84938.
This total represented an in
crease in assets during the past
11 months of- $84,427.31. During
the period, bonded indebtedness
showed a net decline of $24,000,
and total liabilities declined by
$9,113.23.
Total assets were $1,321,170.78, |
including cash, $62,171.25, receiv
ables (at net) $32,249.16; inven
tory, $25,509,63; and property and |
equipment valued at $1,201,240.
74. .
Net bonded indebtedness was I
$289,000.
At the end of 11 months, the
city had already received In to
tal revenue, $324,539.28, only $7,.
603.21 less than its estimated re
ceipts for the whole year, Indicat
ing that gross revenue would ex
ceed the total estimate by at
least $15,000. The city had re
ceived in 11 months more money
than it had expected in 12 months
from sale of auto' license ?tags,
from court costs, from sale of
cemetery lots and graves, from4
the state intangible tax rebate,
from parking meter ? collections,
parking meter fines, sale of fish
ing permits, franchise taxes, tax
penalties and interest, and from
pole rent.
It had received nothing from
land sale certificates, where it
had expected to receive $600, and
nothing from co lection of old
accounts, where it had anticipat
ed $3,200.
It had collected $76,869.54 in ad
valorem and poll taxe*, $9,261.53
over, the anticipated revenue,
and had collected $198,609.25
from sale of water, power, and
lightc, $17,639.25 over antlcipa>
tod, gross receipts.
On the spending category, the
end of 11 months of operation
found the fire department, light
and power department, the re
corder's court, and the miscel
Continued On Paff ? Might
Three Local Men
Attend Presbytery
Rev. P. D. Patrick, <hr. W. L.
Ramesur sad J.- O. Oarracott at
tended the meeting of Kings
Mountain Pre*>ytery at New
Hope Presbyterian church, in
Gaston county last Tuesday.
At this meeting ftev. Charles
Blxler who served
Dbg Owners Urged
To Get Licenses
City dog owntn are being
warned this week by city offi
cials that the. privilege licen
se ordinance requires pur
chase of a dog tag anuually at
J 1.00.
Mayer Garland Still said
' that, following the July 31
deadline for purchase of the
tags, the police department will
bo instructed to enforce this
ordinance. ,
The Mayor pointed out that
reason for requiring the dog
tag is a public health meas
ure. Vaccination against rabies
is required before dog tags are
T issued.
Services Hike
Aagast Quota
The services issued a call on
selective service Wednesday to
furnish 35,000 men in August,
28,000 for the army and 7,000
for the marines, but Mrs. Clara
Newman, clerk to the Cleveland
County board said she could not
estimate the county?s quota.
! During the past several
months, the county's quota has
been small, attributable to heavy
calls last year, when 90 counties
of the state were without selec
tive service boards, and heavy
percentage of volunteers.
The board sent eight men to
Charlotte for induction on Thurs
day. Only one Kings Mountain
man, ? haHle Eugene Anderson,
was in the group, which also in
cluded three volunteers.
Mrs. Newman said a few
scores from the second college
deferment tests were being re
ceived In the Cleveland office.
She also said that regulations
now provide two methods of de
termining determent for college
atud? 1) scholastic standing
and 2) results of deferment tests.
Deferment on scholastic stand
ing requires the following: fresh
men must be in the upper half
of the male members of their
Class, sophomores in the upper
two-thirds of male members of
their class, and juniors in the
upper three-fourths of male mem
bers in their class. Seniors get
a chance to finish. If they don't
require too long a period.
Mrs. Newman also emphasized
that mere passing of the defer
ment test does not mean that a
registrant is (ffitoraatlcally de
terred. He roust request defer
meht, just as he would on any
other grounds.
- MiVMI MUWBtt' .
A total of $148.38 was col
lected from the city's parking
meters Wednesday,
?
McDaniel, Hayes
Swap Positions ?
At City Hall
City Clerk Joe?H. McDaniel and
Assistant City Clerk OliVer T;
Hayes, Sr., swapped jobs Thurs
day, as a result of a series of
developments at City Hall begin
ning Monday night.
Mr. McDaniel resigned as city
cferk, treasurer and clerk of re
corder's court at the regular
meeting Monday night. In a spe
cial meeting Wednesday night,
the board of commissioners, by
4-0 vote, named Mr. Hayes act
ing clerk, treasurer and clerk of
court, and named Mr. McDaniel
assistant city clerk and treasur
er.
Mr. Hayes will receive $2,700
per annum, Mr. McDaniel $50
per week.
The resignation of Mr. Mc
Daniel came as a surprise to the
board, members told the herald,
and his appointment to the
Number 2 office followed his re
quest to toe retained in some ca
pacity. After accepting his res
ignation Monday night, effective
on naming of a successor. Mayor
Garland Still and Commissioners
James (Red) Layton and Olland
R. Pearson asked him to recon
sider his resignation Wednesday
afternoon. They were Joined by
Commissioners B. T. Wright, Sr.,
and C. P. Barry at the Wednesday
night special meeting, but Mr,
McDaniel declined.
The motion to name Mr, Hayes
as acting clerk was a compro
mise, arrived at after several mo
tions had been put, none of
which could obtain a second.
They included: 1) motion of Mr.
Wright to name Mr. Hayes to
the clerk-treasurer-court clerk
position for 30 days; 2) motion
by Mr. Pearson to name him to
the position without the 30-day
provision; 3) motion toy Mr. Lay
ton to name Clarence E. Carpen
ter to the portion.
The several discussions con
sumed an hour before Mr.
Wright and Mr. Pearson agreed
to compromise their motions.
The result was motion by Mr.
Pearson to name Mr. Hayes act
ing clerk-treasurer:court- clerk,
which Mr. Barry seconded and
Continued On Page Eight
Audit Report Adds
Recommendations
The city received Monday the
report of examination of the
city's books from Ernst & Ernst,
certified public accountants. The
report ihcluded six specific state
ments of findings, in addition to
the 18 general comments noted
on completion of the check of
the books, which set forth need
for improvements of city opera
ting accounting procedures.
The report covers the 11-month
period ending May 31.
The six salient quotations from
the accountant's report follow:
"There was no evidence of any
recent work to collect the large
amounts of delinquent poll taxes
and personal property taxes.
"The procedure* for the ac
counting for and control of the
utilities accounts are, In our
opinion, Inadequate for the pro
per safeguarding of the city's as
sets. The City bills and collects
for over $200,000.00 of utility ser
vices annually, which is more
than half Its total gross Income."
"The street and sidewalk -as
sesments receivable are stated
without Interest. All these assess
ments are dated back to 1942 and
prior. The assessments receivable
are, in theory at least, secured by
liens on 1 property. No action
has been taken toward the exer
cise of these liens. /
"The internal control proce
dure* of the City do not provide
for accountability for the large
hmount of materials and supplies
Oontfmtitf I On 'Page Fiv0
JP Bbl- . j! i
AUFHOH ? Robert Osborne, a
bove, has written cm historical
drama, "Then Conquer We
Must." for presentation at the
Kingfr Mountain National Park
this autumn by the Kings Moun
tain Little Theatre. Senator
Clyde R. Hoey notified officials
this week that the Interior De
partment was making the park's
amphitheatre available for use
of the Kings Mountain group.
Try-outs for parts are to be con
ducted Monday evening at eight
o'clock at the Woman's Club,
with Little Theatre groups of
surrounding cities being Invited
to participate. The drama has
37 speaking parts.
lodging Expert
Speaks To lions
i
Harvey L. Bumgardner, recent
graduate of North Carolina
State college and national
champion in poultry judging,
addressed the Kings "Mountain
Lions club Tuesday night and
provided many interesting facts
concerning the poultry industry.
Mr. Bumgardner, reporting
that much progress had been
made In the poultry Industry
during the past decade, cited
two large programs which are
?helping to improve the Industry.
They Include, he said, the Na
tional Poultry Improvement
plan, which has two principal
alms, elimination of diseases
and better - breeding via cull
ing, and the Chloken-of-Tomor
row contest, sponsored by Atlan
tic & Pacific Tep. Company, with
its purpose to grow a better meat
bird,
The latter, Mr. Bumgardner
reported, has already resulted In
growing a four and'one-quarter
pound bird in 12 weeks, on two
plus pounds of feed per pound
per bird, a great gain over the
old standard of four pounds of
feed per pound of bird.
The three main principles of
poultry industry improvement,
he said, are 1) better breeding;
2) management; and 3) diet Bet
ter "breeding, he reported, ban
already produced a hen which
has laid 346 eggs per day, a far
cry from the bird found in India
(where chickens originated)
which laid about two dozen per
year. In management, Mr. Bum
gardner said, the addition of la
bor ? saving devices, such as au
tomatic waterers and feeders,
enables one man to tend a flock
of as many as 4,000 chickens and
still hq,ve time for other work.
He also said that the old hen
house-cleaning Job on a once
a-week basis has fallen into dis
repute, with the better poultry
man now cleaning their houses
not over once per year. Better
diets have been developed b~
the feed manufacturers, he add
ed, and efforts are n0W being -di
rected toward experimentation
with anti-biotics.
Mark of Improvement he said
is the demise of the "barred rock
chicken as the favorite. "The
barred rock was all right," he
said, "except It was short on
breast meat and long on pin
feathers."
Mr. Bumgardner, who will be
Continued On Page Five
Legion luniors. Hoping Shelby Lads
Faltei, Home Saturday, Wednesday
Kings Mountain's American
Legion juniors get a big order
this weekend, facing the strong
Hickory Juniors Friday night at
Newton and Saturday night h?l*
at City Stadium. The home fin
al* is set for Wednesday night
against Haywood County.
Coach J. R. Bradshaw's Moun
taineers will probably face the
southpaw slants of Hickory Ace
John "Horn" Issac, ot Newton, at
Newton, Friday night Iaaac came
on In relief in the game here
Wednesday night, walked two
and allowed Jimmy KlmtoeD to
eteal home with the winning
run. Bobby Chester, however,
had walked Klmroell and receiv
ed credit for the loss, saving Is
aac's perfect record for the sea
son.
Shelby must lose at least one
game arid Kings Mountain must
win both game* with Hickory
and the twogame series with
Haywood to stay in the, running
for second place snd the opportu
nity to play In the second round
of state elimination play.
Shelby, currently til second
?lace, defeated Haywood county
Wednesday night 12 to 5 and
must meet the Canton-Waynes
ville nine once more and Ruth
erford County twice.
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Boaid Expects
To Keep $1.80
Rate On Books
The <;lty board of commission
ers tentatively adapted a record
budget Monday night and ten
ta;;v"ly set the tax rate at $1.80
per $100 valuation, same rate in
vogue the past two years.
During the period July 1, 1951,
to June 30# 1952, the city expects
to receive and spend $373,245.9-1.
Funds available for spending,
should the tentative budget be
adopted, will actually surpass
$400,000. Books had not been
closed on June business Wednps- 4
day, but City Clerk Joe H. Mc
Daniel said he expected a 1950
51 surplus approximating $30,
000.
The new year's budget would
therefore exceed the previous "
year's budget by about $60,000,
had the surplus been included,
as it was in the 1950-51 budget
adopted by the Herndon admin
istration.
principal sources for the an
ticipated In revenue increase
are: 1) the expected gas-tax re
bate from the state for street
maintenance under the Powell
bill of $24,950.94 ; 2) an anticipa
ted increase in property valua
tions of $82,000; 3) a big gain in
revenue during the past year
from sale of electric power.
The budget was prepared and
presented by M. K. Fuller and
was tentatively adopted without
change. However, the board ex
pects to meet again in special
session on Monday evening, it
? was indicated, to consider It fur
ther and to make whatever ad
justments are considered neces
sary. Final action is anticipated
for a special meeting on July 23.
The budget anticipates sever
al increases In pay scales, nota
bly lor policemen and city la
bor crows. The anticipated po
lice pay schedule would provide
, a policeman with 18 months ex
1 perlene* top pay of 9223 per
month, while a ro6kf0 would re
ceive a beginning salary of I1T7
per month. Credits would be
provided for police school at
tendance and duly certified
prior experience.
under the anticipated pay
schedule, hourly rated city
workmen would receive 75 cents
per hour, a boost of 20 cents over
the previously paid 55 cents.
Other pay scht*dules tentative
ly budgeted include: superinten. "
dent of pubLIc works (t, C. Par
sons), $303 per month; superin
tendent of light and power
(Hunter Allen), $300 per mon
th; superintendent of water and
sewer (F-- Tld well) $250 per mon
th; superintendent of streets,
$300 per month; water plant op
erator (George Moss), $240 per
month; assistant water plant op
erator (Robert Wright), $190 per
month; foreman, street depart
ment, $50 weekly; foreman, wa
ter department, $50 weekly; line
men, light department, $200 per ?
month each; foreman, light de
partment, $240 per month; me
chanic, $300 per month; ware
house clerk, $175 per month;
keeper at dam site, $125 per
month and house 'or residence;
equipment operators (two), $50
each per week.
RECEIPTS
The city expects to recive the
coming year a total of $373,245.94
from all sources. Sale of power
is the largest revenue item, and
is expected to return $171,500 to
city coffers, and second largest
item is a net of $95,000 antici
pated revenue from the ad val
orem tax. Sale of water Is ex
pected to bring In $43,000, while
the gas tax rebarte follows at
$24,950.04.
Business firms are expected to
pay $7,000 in privilege license
fees, and motorists are expected "
to buy 1,100 auto tags at one
dollar each. Parking meters are
expected to return $7,500 in rev
enue, while meter violations are
expected to add an additional
Continued On Page Bight
Postmaster Reports
Postal Receipts Up
Postal receipts at Kings
Mountain postoffice showed a
gain of ?rer $3,000 during ths
first sis months of 1951, ac
cording to reports of W. E.
Blakety, postmaster.
Receipt* tec th? period end
ing Inns 30 totaled $2X871JW.
white receipts toe the sixmon
th period ending June 3a 1950,
totaled $1093544.
Under preeent schedule* it
appeals Kings Mountain post
of 'tco will hare no difficulty .
retaining flist-ctass status te
which It returned July 1. An
nual calendar year receipts of
S40400 am required to attain
tint-class status. ? -J