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Population
City Limits . . . . , 7.206
Trading Area 15.000
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VOL.62 NO. 31
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Kings Mountain. N. C.. Friday, August 3. 1951
Established 1889
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
McGINNIS NAMED
Paul McGlnnis, of Kings
Mountain, was elected vice
president of the Southern Dis
trict of the Lutheran Brother
hood at the quarterly meeting
held in Belnfont Sunday after
noon. Dr. W. P. Gerberding,
pastor of St. Matthew's Luth
eran church, was the principal
speaker at the meeting.
JOllfS HOSPITAL STAFF
Dr. R. C. Cloninger, a native
of Clalrmont in Catawba
County, has Joined the Cleve
land County Hospital Staff
and will . be associated with
Dr. John C. Hamrick, in the
practice Of surgery.
NO SLUGS, PLEASE
City police officers reported
this week they had been pick
ing ah unusual quantity -of
slugs, in lieu of U. S. coins, out
of the city's parking meters.
They pointed out that this type
of cheating is against the law
and that offenders will be
prosecuted, if apprehended.
MUFFLER WARNING
State Highway Patrolman W.
D. Sawyer issued a warning
this week against use of "gut
ted mufflers of all types" and
said he was going to "crack
down" on that motor vehicle
law violation immediately.
State law prohibits use of
"gutted" auto mufflers.
LEAGUERS TO MEET
Luther Leaguers from this
section will meet Friday even- ?
ing at Chapel Lutheran chur
ch in East Gastonia, with Har
old Skinner, student at Lenoir
Rhyne college and summer
field worker for the Luther
League of 'North Carolina, to
make the featured address.
The program begins at 7:30. A
large number of Kings Moun
tain Luther Leaguers are ex
pecting to attend, according to
announcement toy. Dr. w^P.
Gerberding, pastor of St-: Mat
thew's Lutheran Church.
Grover lions
Club Organmng
Charter Night lor the Grover
Lions club, organized last Friday
night by some 14 grover men, has
been set <or September 6 at
which time the new group will re
ceive its charter from Lions In
ternational.
The new Number Four Town
ship organization was sponsored
by - the Shelby Lions, the sixth
club to be sponsored by that
group. The Grover club will be
open lor additional charter mem
bers until Charter Night, after
which membership will be by in
vitation only. '
Temporary officers of the club,
elected at the organizational
meeting Friday, are R. B. Keeter,
president; Robert E. Hambrlght,
Jrv first vice-president; Glenn
Roundtree, second vice-president;
Gene Turner, third vice-presi
dent; Dan Jones, secretary-trea
surer;., Charles L. Queen, Lion
tamer; and J. Harold Hemdon,
tall twister. Directors are M. H.
Camp, W. H. Powell, Rev. Park
JL Moore a ndRev. S. M. Hughes
and other charter members are
Arthur Davis, Dewey Montgom
ery and James Rollins.
1/ The Grover Lions was to meet
last night (Thursday) at Grover
high school at 8 p. m. for the first
official time. Regular meetings
have been set for the fitbC ?-i
third Thursdays of each monui.
-The club Is the seventh in Dis
trict 31B, Region 3, Zone 1.
Norman "IYueblood of Eliza
beth city, state secretary of Lions
International, David White, past
deputy district governor, R. S.
Gldney, zone chairman, John Ed
Davis, president of the Shelby
- Lions club, J. Lowery Austell, se
cretary of the Shelby club, H. H.
Weaver, Ben Palmer, and Cecil
Gilllatt, all of Shelby, and Cecil
the organization of the new chap
ter. Trueblood, White, Gldney,
and Davis installed the tempor
ary officers of the Grover Lions.
dftfatons Donated
50 Pints Of Blood
Kings Mountain citizens dona
. ted SO pints of blood via the Red
Cross Bloodmobile Monday.
Though considerably below the
hoped-for total of 150 pints, Red
Cross Officials were particularly
pleased at the low percentage of
rejections. Of the 52 persons of
fering their blood, 50 were ac
ospted. This total did not include
a munber of persons who had
given blood I* recently to be
. accepted.
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BUMGARDNER CLAN GATHERS ? Ed Bumgardner. seated near center of photo holding a grandson and a straw hat celebrated his
71st birthday anniversary last Friday and was honored with a family dinner at the homeplace on York road on Sunday. Mr. Burn
gardner is the father of 20 children, thirteen of whom are still living including a dozen boys. He has been married twice, the first
time to the late Mrs. Delia Blanton, who died April 20, 1913. He married the former Miss Hattie Jenkins, seated near center of
photo, on October 14. 1914. Mr. Bumgardner's boys are Ctveland County Commissioner Hazel Bumgardner, of Kings Mountain,
Charlie Bumgardner, of Elberton. Ga.. Earl and Austin Bumgard ner. of Kings Mountain. Odell Bumgardner. of Shelby, Ed, Wray,
Clyde, John. George. Bill and Ralph Bumgardner. all of Kings Mountain, and hlfonly daughter is Mrs. E. S. (Vernell) Hardin, of
Shelby. He has 30 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. (Photo by Pfc. Joe Costner, Carlisle Studio.)
Weiner Offered
Top Coaching
Position Here
Art Weiner, tormer all-Amerl
can football player at the Univer
sity of North Carolina, may
the new head coach of Khigs
Mountain high school.
Mr. Weiner has been tendered
the position by city school offi
cials, following a conference here
last Saturday, and. has Indicated
he will be able to jgive the school
a definite answer Saturday.
, Members of the school board's
committee to obtain a successor
to Coach Shu Carlton, now on ac
tive duty with the Marine Corps,
are Fred W. Plonk, Dr. P. G. Pad
gett and Supt. B. N. Barnes.
Mr. Plonk said. Mr. Weiner,
who played professional football
with the New York Yankees last
year> had expressed a wish to for
sake professional football for the
more permanent, If less-paid, pro
fession of coaching. The footbaU
star is "discusStrfe 29W contract
matters with the professional
team and expects to reach a de
cision Saturday.
News of the possibility of ob
taining Weiner, receiving end of
the famed Justlce-to-Welner pas
sing combination, created consi
derable excitement among Kings
Mountain football fans this week.
Statement, by school officials
that Mr. Welnefs salary require
ments were over the budget
brought a quick guarantee from
The Mountaineer Club th$t nec
essary funds would be provided.
On Thursday morning the fol
lowing telegram, signed by heads
of the Klwanls Club, Uons Club,
Jaycees and Merchants associa
tion, was dispatched to Mr. Wei
ner: "Wish to extend to you a
most hearty welcome to Kings
Mountain If you accept pending
position. We will back you whole
heartedly. to give Kings Moun
tain very best athletic program
possible."
Should Mr. Weiner not be able
to accept the position, a number
of other outstanding prospects
for the position have indicated
their availability, according to
statement by Committeeman
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Morrison Salesman
With Pilot Life
Luther Morrlaon, for the past
two yean manager of the meat
department at pixie-Home Store,
has resigned, effective last Sat
urday, to become a special re
presentative for Pilot Life Insur
ance Company.
Mr. Morrison, previously in In
surance *ales work shorty after
World War <11, wtli handle ordl
nary and industrial life Insur
ance and hospitalization insur
ance sales In Kings Mountain
and vicinity.
He Is a veteran of World War
I!, having been retired by the
army after receiving severe
wounds in action in the Pacific
Theatre.
Hie hew manager of the Dixie
Home Store meat department is
Gene Gladden, of Kings Moun
tain, who has been the meat de
partment manager of the Dixie
Home Store at Beasemer City, ac
cording ? to announcement by
Yates Harbison.
GIACK HOMECOMING
Homecoming will toe observed
at Grace Methodist churtfi on
Sunday, August 13, according
to announcement Thursday by
Rev. T. W. Hager, the pastor.
Dr. W. A. Parsons, a former
pastor, will preach the morn
Queen City To Show
City Terminal Plans
Another stop toward the long
awaited 'building of a bus term
inal in Kings Mountain is ex
pected to be taken Saturday.
J. H. Quattlebaum, of Queen
City Trailways, telephoned Ma
yor Garland Still Tuesday
morning that he would like to
meet; with the board of commis
sioners Saturday morning at 9
o'clock to present proposed plans
for the bus terminal and to ob
tain approval of theme.
Mayor Still said Mr. Quattle
baum told him that Queen City
is anxious to get started on the
bus terminal and expects start
pouring foundations before the
end of August, provided the pro
posed plans are approved.
Queen City will erect a termi
nal oh the West King street lot
adjoining the Purol service sta
tion a site purchased for the pcrr
pose several months ago.
Mayor Still said he was calling
a special meeting of the com
Merchants Group
To Have Fish Fry
The Merchants Association
will sponsor a fish fry at brid
ges Airport Monday, August
13 according to announcement
by W. Falson Barnes, secre
tary
Association members and
all business, professional and
industrial men of the Kings
Mountain area will be invited
to attend, Mr. Barnes said.
C. C. (Shorty) Edens is in
charge of arrangements for
the fish fry. <
missloners for Saturday morning
in accordance with Mr. Quattle
baum's request.
Kings Mountain has been with
out ? "bus terminal since Febru
ary 16, 1950. Bridges Auto PbrtS
has been serving as a package
station.
Taxes, Power Profits Big Hevenne
Producers, City Statement Shows
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Tax Advertising
Begins Next Week
City and county tax collec
tors MrfU begin advertising pro
perty for sale lor taxes next
Both R. M. Gldney, county
collector, and O. T. Hayes, Sr.,
city collector, urged all citi
zens who have not yet " paid
1950 tax hills to pay them prior
to next Tuesday in order that
additional expense will not be
required.
The law requires advertis
ing of property four weeks
prior to sale for delinquent
taxes.
Mklrie Smith
Has Polio
Nickle Smith, son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. A. Smith, is in an Ashe
ville hospital with what has
been termed a "mild case" of
polio.
Young, Smith, who will be 13
years old this month, entered
Kings Mountain hospital Tues
day afternoon and his condition
was diagnosed as polio later in
the day. He was transferred to an
Asheville polio ward Wednesday
morning.
Reports from Asheville are
that doctors there "feel encour
aged" about the youth's case,
which' they described as '<mild,
so far" with no paralysis as yet.
The case was the first reported
in Kings Mountain this summer.
New Foote Engineer
Te Arrive Here Seen
Dudley Rainey, of Denver, Co*
lor ado, is expected to arrive fn
Kings Mountain soon to assume
his new duties as mining engin
eer with Foote Mineral Co.
Bert Chandler, manager of the
Kings Mountain Foote plant,
made the announcement
The new Foote employee is a
graduate of Colorado School of
Mines and holds a masters de
gree from Columbia University.
He will do development work
hare, Mr. Chandler said.
Mr. Rainey is married and to
the father of one son. The new
family to to arrive in Kings
Mountain in shout 1ft days.
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The City of Kings Mountain's
surplus at June 30, 1951, totaled
$992,721.76, according to finan
cial statement compiled by
Ernst & Ernst, certified public
accountants, of Winston-Salem.
The completed report, a fol
low-up on the 11-month report of
examination of the city's finan
cial standi! { previously filed
with the city board of commis
sioners; showed the city had to
tal assets of $1,321,722.49, a
gainst total liabilities of $329,
000.73. Of the total liabilities
$47,000.73 was due in current ac.
counts, including utility deposits
and pre-payments on 195l taxes,
and $282,000 was owed for bond
ed indebtedness.
The city showed an Inventory
of supplies of $25,509.63 and cash
on hand of $46348.57 In the gen
eral fund and $16,396.11 in the
cemetery fund.
During fiscal 1950-51, the city
received In inconje from all sour
ces $346,429.91. Its general fund
expenditures totaled $341,15962.
The city retired $31,000 bonded
Indebtedness during the year
and paid Interest of $14,992.50.
Revenues
Only six of 30 revenue items
In the 1950-51 budget failed to
produce the anticipated m
mounts. These were: receipts
from land- rale certificates, from
collection of old accounts, sale
of dog licenses, sewer rentals,
sale of supplies, and water and
sewer connections.
'Ad valorem taxes and poll
taxes returned to city coffers
$76369.54, more than $9,000 than
was anticipated. But the big
gainer was the public utilities
department, which returned
$217,603.70 in revenue, against
anticipated receipts of $181,000.
The gain in gross rt: ?mue was
$36,603.70.
Net operating revenue from
sale of power, consistently a rival
with tax receipts as the big rev
alue producer tot the city, was
$74,412.59. V
Deportment Expense
Of the 12 departments to which
city disbursements are Charged,
seven over-spent the budget esti
mates. However, none were over
spent by extraordinary amounU.
The departments overspent
and the amounts were;'
Administrative department,
$GS&85; sanitary department, $1,
40954; fire depart mens, $3,206.
46; cemetery department, $68.73,
Con tinted On Pag* Eight
Abbott Heads
flood Relief .
Appeal In City
Kings Mountain Red Cross
chapter has been asked to con
duct an emergency appeal for
$275 for Kansas City flood relief,
and L. E. Abbott, cashier of the
First National Bank, has accept
ed the chairmanship of the spe
cial appeal.
Mr. Abbott said this week, in
announcing the $81 had already
been received by him for that
purpose from sympathetic indivi
duals, that he did not think it
would be necessary to' conduct a
direct solicitation to obtain the
funds.
"I am sure," he said, "that all
citizens have seen the pictures
and read the news accounts of
the vast damage done and suffer
ing caused by the great floods in
the Kansas City area, and I feel
sure an appeal to Kings Moun
tain citizens to forward checks
for this purpose will not go un
heeded/'
Checks should be mailed or
given to Mr. Abbott or to Mrs. J.
N. Gamble, Red Cross executive
secretary. ? .
Mr. Abbot reported the follow
ing donations:
Harold Coggins, $20; R. L.
Mauney, $15; B. S. Neill. $10; C.
E. War lick, I. B. Goforth, J. H.
Tomson, J. Ollie Harris. F. R.
Summers, and L. E. Abbott, $5
each; and George H. Houser and
Miss Jette Plonk, $3 each.
In addition to the Red Cross
appeal, the Kings Mountain
Lions club has already forward
ed $25 to the disaster area. This4
was drawn to Lions International
for forwarding to Kansas City.
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Moss Elected
Wolfpack Prexy
Charles Moss, Jr., was elected
president of a county-wide Wolf
pack club organized at Shelby
Tuesday - night.
The new group, which supports
Norm Carolina State College
athletic teams and institutional
programs, was formally organiz
ed by Bill Brannan, former Char
lotte Central high football coach
who is now director of the Wolf
pack clubs, at a meeting of State
alumni. Twenty charter members
were signed at the meeting and
plans laid for a membership
drive to enroll ISO members by
late summer.
(Mr. Brannan told the group
mat "every effort" would be
made to "bring me State basket
ball team to Shelby for a game
In late August provided me
membership goal is reached.
Membership in the Wolfpack
club is open to any person Inter
ested in N. C. State College and
its activities.
Other officers elected were
Charles D. Forney, Jr., of Lawn
dale, vice-president; John R. Mc
Clurd, of Shelby, secretary; and
Oliver Anthony, Jr., of Shelby,
treasurer. Mr. Forney wn? also
named chairman of th<? member
ship drive.
Services To Induct
Mppl fUn Tuesday
Seven Cleveland county men
will be inducted into me armed
services, /la selective scrioe, next
Tuesday.
joHM^iptoup fills the county's
August Induction quota.
It was also announced by Mrs.
CMif* jttffrttNut rtgrtL
fcfemLi^jUiat a call h?4 b?-"n rp
ceived to fill a pre-lnduction
quota for 30 men on August 14
Textile Plants
Cut Schedules
As Slump Hits
Textiles in Kings Mountain,
the cUy's bread' and- butter in- 1
dustry, is in the throes of a ;
slump. |
. A large number of plants have
cut production schedules to a
hout half-time, as inventories
have piled up and buyers have
ordered the mills to delay ship
ment on contracted purchases.
The view of most textile men
contacted by the Herald is that
it will be another month before
stabilization occurs and orders
begin to flow in again.
They attribute the slump to
1) general over-production of
textiles, 2) estimates of a large
cotton crop, and 3) uncertainty
concerning price ceilings. The
latter may be partially settled
since action by Congress this
week in extending and modify
ing price control regulations.
Cotton brokers and others in
the textile field are also point
ing to the August 8 date for an
other government estimate of
the 1951 cotton crop. They think
this estimate may have a sta
bilizing effect on the market and
give buyers confidence to re-en
ter the market.
Indicative of the textile slump
is the fact that the Kings Moun
tain branch of the North Carolina
Employment service processed
a total of 2,352 continued claims
for unemployment compensa
tion during the month ending
July 25. This represents, Mrs
Mary B. Goforth, head of the
Kings Mountain branch, said 2,
352 weeki of unemployment for
Kings Mountain citizens during
that month.
Firms still operating on full
schedules include Burlington
Mills' Phenix Plant (operating 16
shifts this week), Park Yarn
Mills Company, Kings- Mountain
Manufacturing Company, Lam
beth Rope Corporation, and Sla
ter Manufacturing Company.
Fred Daughtery, superintend
ent of Phenix, and Hugh Bal
lard, superintendent of Park
Yarn, said, however, they could
use some orders. Mr. Ballard said
his firm expected to continue
full-week schedules for the next
two weeks.
Nelsier's Pauline and Malrgrace
plants, Mauney Hosiery Com
pany, and Bonnie Cotton Mill are
operating on week-on, week -off
schedules, while Loom-Tex Cor
poration, Sadie Cotton Mill, and
Mauney Mill are operating on
short weeks. Craftspun Yarns,
Inc., I" also on part-time opera
tion.
Unemployment compensation
schedules provide for minimum
payment of $7.00 per week and
maximum payment of $30 per
week, based on earnings, for a
maximum of 26 weeks during a
benefit year.
Mrs. Goforth pointed out that
the 1951 General Assembly a
mended the Unemployment
Compensation Act to eliminate
the requirement for a one-week
waiting period. Benefits are paid
by the North Carolina Unem
ployment commission out of
funds received from a payroll
tax on employers.
During the past several weeks,
tuemoers of the Kings Mountain
employment service branch have
been visiting plants to take
claims. Mrs. Goforth said that,
thus far, it has been possible to
forward the claims to Raleigh on
the same day they are received.
Processing In Raleigh requires
from ten days to two weeks. Av
erage Kings Mountain worker
unemployment checks are be
tween $20 and $25, Mrs. Goforth
said.
HOSPITALIZED
George F. Lattimore, secre
tary ? treasurer of Park Yarn
Mills Company, has been a pa
tient in Memorial Hospital,
Charlotte, for the past week.
Still Asks
Of Fuller,
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AWARDED DEGREE ? Rot. Ed- I
gar M. Cooper, of Pottstown, Pa.,
was awarded the degree of Mas
ter of Sacred Theology at com
mencement exercises at Luther
an Theological seminary. Phila
delphia. in June.
Cooper Awarded
Master's Degree
Rev. Edgar M. Cooper, pastor
of Evangelical Lutheran church,
New Hanover, Pa., and former
Kings Mountain citizen, was a
warded recently the degree of
Master of Sacred Theology by
Philadelphia^ Lutheran Theolo
gical seminary.
The degree was conferred on
Rev. 'Mr. Cooper at commence
ment in June.
Rev. Mr. Cooper's thesis for the
degree was presented in the form
of an historical pageant depict
ing the life of the New Hanover
congregation. Tile pageant was
presented last September as a
feature of the 250th anniversary
of the church. Some 1,400 per
sons saw the pageant and more
than 150 persons were in the
cast. ' V
Rev. Mr. Cooper was one of
pine receiving the master's de
gree from the semiiuur*. He was
graduated from the seminary in
1945 with the degree of Bachelor
of Divinity.
He Is the son of Dr. and Mrs.
E. C. Cooper, of Chapel Hill,
where his father Is a Lutheran
minister. He is a brother of Jacob
Cooper, of Kings Mountain.
Communion Service
To Bo Held Sunday
On Sunday the sacrament of
the Lord's Supper will be cele
brated at a special 9 o'clock
morning service at St. Matthew's
Lutheran church.
.The' service will be completed
prior to the Sunday School hour
and a number of new members
will be received into the congre
gation at this special service.
At the 11:00 o'clock morning
service the message will be
brought by Mr. Raymond Bost,
student assistant to the Pastor.
Mr. Bost, a senior at the Luther
an Theological Southern semin
ary, Columbia, S. C., will con
clude his work at St. Matthew's
Sunday and return to Columbia.
He supplied St Matthew's last
fall, and moved his family here
In June to supply the Church un
til the arrival of Dr. Gerberdlng.
The Boats have been residing at
904 West Mountain Street.
KIWAlflS MEETING
Members of the Kings (Moun
tain Kiwanis club and their
families were to attend a pic
nic Thursday night at 6:45 at
Beth-Ware school, with the
Beth -Ware community serving
as host.
Drama Casting Nears Completion;
Reheanals Get Underway Friday
Casting was virtually complet
ed this week for Then Con
quer We Mutt, Sob Osborne's
historical drama to be presented
at Kings Mount&in National (Mil
itary Park this fall, and rehear
sals are scheduled to begin Fri
day evening.
Announcement was made this
week that four additional roles
have been filled for the drama,
with three of them being filled
by Kings Mountain citizens.
lOllver (Red) Falls will play
the part of Archibald Storey, col
onist who was sympathetic to
the British, and Mrs. T. E. Jack
son, of Bessemer City, will play
the part of Mrs. Storey. Clay
(Mud> Poston has been cast in
the role of Lord Cornwalls, and
W. Falson Barnes is to; play the
part of* the brilliant, blustering
Col. Harleton.
Bob Osborne, author of the
drama, said that most part* are
cast but that a few roles remain
to be filled.
Regular rehearsals will be held
at the building on East King
sfeet which was formerly occu
pied by Billie Gene Beauty Shop.
It was announced that this
building will be the Kings
Mounta'n Little Theatre head
quarters tot the next few weeks,
both for meetings and rehear
sals, and for property storage.
J. A. Rolaton, general mana
ger of the drama, said this week
he hoped to to* able to announce
soon the opening dates for the
production, tentatively achedul
ed to begin in September and to
continue on weekends through
October 7, anniversary of the
Battle of Kings Mountain, credi
ted with turning the tide of vie
tory for the American colonists.
Mr. Rolston said Chat many in
quiries concerning opening date
are being received from the en
tire piedmont area of the two
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Dismissal
Parsons
Mayor Charges
Negligence
On Wright Job
Mayor Garland E. Still, charg
ing City Administrator M. K.
Fuller and Superintendent of
Public Works L. O. Parson with
negligence "intended or other
wise", recommended th&ir dismis
sal "as of now" last Friday after
noon.
lie also recommended immed
iate dismissal of Acting Police
Chief S. K. (Pop.) Davidson and
Officer Warren Ellison, the lat
ter rapidly taking on the ap
pearance of an in-agaln-outa
gain-Finnegan, on the grounds
that the current budget was set
up for only six policemen, other
than the chief, desk sergeants,
and motorcycle patrolman.
The recommendations wore
made at what the- Mayor Consi
dered a special meeting of the
board of commissioners, called
for 3:30 p. m., July 27. City At
torney J. R. Davis doubted it was
a meeting, due to the absence of
City Commissioners Davis, Bar
ry and Wright.
Recommendations to dismiss
Mr. Fuller and Mr. Parsons re
Th? city billed Fred J. Wright
& Son Monday for the David -
?on Heights sewer installation
job, the bill totaling S2.173.S0,
Itemised as follows: cement
$50, sand (two loads) $15,
Okum (100 lbs.) $23. G. K.
Compound (60 lbs. $22.50. brick
(6M) $131.60/ manhole rings
and covers $119.02, mortar mix
(10 bags) $27.55, ditching ma
chine (49 1/2 hours) $616.75,
labor (excluding M. K. Fuller)
$1,115.63, survey (D. R. s. Frai
ler) $50. .
Fred J. Wright & Son had
tendered the city a bill, total
ing $960.20. dated July 24, with
this notation: "Account for
sewage pipe and labor, for
handling same, for housing de
^?topnwnt on Davidson Mel
ghts. In full to date."
suited, the Mayor said, from
their Initial figures on costs of
Installing sewer lines In the Da
vidson Heights development of
Fred J. Wright, Jr., and J. El
mer Rhea. The figures, the May
or charged, showed "negligence,
intended or otherwise". Mr. Still
said that he had tried to obtain
a bill of costs on the Job from
Mr. Fuller "for a month". Then,
he said, figures were furnished
him by the two men showing the
work completed on May 18 and
totaling only $925.08, Including
labor charges of $479.48. Mr.
Still said that rental for the
city's ditch-digging machine was
charged on the Fuller-Parsons
notations at three dollars per
hour, which he described as much
too low in comparison to regu
lar rental rates charged by pri
vate operators of heavy equin
ment.
"If Fuller could not look at
those figures and spot an error,
he is incompetent," the Mayor de
clared.
Commissioner James Layton
th-r asked: "What about the en
gineer?"
The Mayor replied, "Yeah,
that's another $50."
The Mayor, Commissioner Lay
ton and Commissioner Olland
Pearson remarked that they
knew the Wright-Rhea Job was
not completed on May 18, since it
was still in progress following
the installation of Mr. Still as
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Citizens Reminded
Of New System
City utilities customers were
reminded again this week to
bring bills with them when
paying accounts, due to a new
bookkeeping system installed
by Accountant Howard Walk
er. ,
Utilities customers paying by
cash are asked to bring their
bills with them. Customers
paying by check are asked to
note the account numbers
<found to the left of the ad
dress on the bills) on their
checks.
Joe McDaniel, Jr., assistant
city clerk, also said he had
been notified by the postoffice
that some of the bills are un
deliverable, due to Incorrect
addresses. He urged that all
customers failing to receive
bills by the second day of any
month call the City Hall and
supply the correct address.
"When making up a cut-off
list, on the eleventh of the
month," we naturally asstme
that customers have received
their bills."