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City Limits 7.206 Trading Area . . . . 15.000 (1945 Ration Board Flgun*) VOL.62 NO. 33 . Sixty-Second Tear Kings Mountain. N. C.. Friday. August 17. 1951 Established 1889 PRICE FIVE CENTS Kiwanis Club Giving Machine To Hospital Local News Bulletins ON VACATION Dr. L. T. Anderson, Kings Mountain chiropractor, an nounced yesterday that his of fice will be closed all next week. Dr. Anderson will be on 1 vacation and will be back in his office on August 27th. HOT DOG SUPPER The public has been invted to attend a hot dog supper at Manney Mills playground Sat urday night from 5 to 9 p. m., Music will be by a string band. PARKING MONEY A total of $143.23 was col- , lected from the city's parking meters Wednesday afternoon, According to a report by Act ing City Clerk Joe McPaniel. HAS OPERATION J. N. (Pete) Gamble under went an operation In Charlotte last Friday at Charlotte Me morial hospital. His condition was described yesterday as' satisfactory. SINGING CONVENTION There will be an old-thne singing convention Sunday night August 19, 7:15 at the Grace Methodist church. Sing ing will consist of group, quar tet, trio and solo. The public is cordially invited to attend. ATTENDS MEETING B. N. Barnes, superintendent of city schools. Is attending the state school superintend ents meeting at Mars Hill this week. He will be back in his office on Monday. BUILDING PERMIT Building permit was issued on August 10 to Nolan and Re ba Wiley for construction of a 6ne-story residence at a cost of $8,000. CHORAL SOCIETY Members of the Kings Moun tain Choral Society, and all ci tizens interested In becoming members of the society, are urged to attend a meeting of the group next Thursday even ing at 8 o'clock at the recrea tion room of St. Matthew's Lu theran church. Announcement was made (by B. S. Peeler, Jr., . president of the society. OFF TO CAMP The Kings Mountain Nation al Guard unit, including 57 of ficers and men, will leave by train Saturday night for Fort McPherson, Ala., for two-week's summer encampment. Capt. Humes Houston is command ing officer of the Kings Moun tain unit Football Drills Into Third Bay .. Pre- school football drills go Into the third day Friday in the Kings Mountain high school camp with the main current wor ry being blistered feet and lack of number* ' 'Two players were reported on the injured list. Veteran End Fred Tate reported with back trouble and may be out at least, Continued On Page Bight Stove Received* Furniture Needed The Kings Mountain Red Crow chiipUi has received db a BMdr family, following ap peal made la the Herald last Club Baying Respizatory Apparatus The Kings Mountain Kiwanis club voted unanimously- at its meeting o 1 August 9 to purchase an oxygen air pressure lock for a gift to Kings Mountain hospi tal. / The machine, manufactured by Lowenstern Corporation, Hous ton, Tex., is of particular value as a breathing apparatus for ba bies bom prematurely and for others which have any respira tory difficulties. Cost of the apparatus is more than $800, and only a few hospi tals in the nation have the air lock. President L. E. Abbott, who in vited the motion, said newspap er clippings showed many instan ces of life-saving due to the ma chine, and he also added that Dr. Craig Jones, surgeon at Kings Mountain hospital, credit ed the machine with saving the life of his son, born several weeks ago in a Charlotte hospi tal. Almost-immediate shipment has been promised and the Ki wanis Club expects to formally present the machine in the near future. White Schools Faculty Complete All vacancies in the white schools faculty have been filled. B. N. Barnes, superintendent of city schools, announced this week. Mr. Barnes said that the school board elected two elementary teachers this week to complete the faculty list Elected were Mrs. Sue G. Ar rowood, of hickory, and Miss Mary Ann Rice, of Belmont. Mr. Barnes reported one resig nation in the colored school fac ulty, that of Miss Val Virginia James, of Fayetteville, home ec onomics teacher at Davidson school. He said he expects to fill that vacancy soon. Three Reservists On Temporary Duly Three Kings Mountain army reservists, Lt W. Faison Barnes, First-Sergeant F. R. McCurdy and Cpl. James C. McKinney, will leave, this weekend for Fort Bragg and a 15-day encampment. The three will be attached to the 317th Logistical command and will be stationed near Is lington, where they will be charg ed with supplying both aggres sor and defender groups now par ticipating in maneuvers in the Southern Pines area. Lt Barnes leaves Friday, Sgt McCurdy and Cpl. McKinney on Sunday. GUEST MINISTER Prof. Stevi . Morrlsett, head of the Bible Department at Gardner ? Webb and director of the school choir, wfll be the guest minister for the morning services at Macedonia Baptist church Sunday at 11 o'clock, according to announcement by Rev, R. L. Hardin, the pastor. Civic Gzonps Want Officials To Get Together Otis D. Green Post 155, Ameri can Legion, and the Kings Moun tain Lions club have unahimou.s ly adopted a resolution asking the city administration to con duct its affairs in a. "more effi cient, harmonious and adult manner." The resolution had also been passed unanimously by the Ki wanis club's boaru of directors and was to be considered by the full membership at its meeting Thursday evening. It is also scheduled for action by the Kings Mountain Junior Chamber of Commerce. The text of the resolution fol lows: "WHEREAS, we, the under signed organizations are as a group dedicated to the better ment of the City of Kings Moun tain, and . . / "WHEREAS, we are vitally in terested in good government ev erywhere, And oarticularly in the administratiou .>f the affairs of our City government; and "WHEREAS, it appears that the present City Administration has not shown any inclination to administer the affairs of our City efficiently and constructively; but rather has concerned itself almost entirely with wrangling and bickering of a personal and petty nature; and "WHEREAS, it appears ' that the present administration has engaged in the practice of indis criminate employment and dis missal of City' employees without regard to the merits or abilities of the employees involved; but rattier on the basis of personal feelings and animosity on the part of our elected officials; and "WHEREAS, we, as taxpayers, are paying an unprecedented sum of money in salaries to top administrative officials without a corresponding or proportionate return in the form of public ser vice; and "WHEREAS, the constant and unceasing confusion and unrest at 'our City Hall has tended to re flect discredit upon our City; and "WHEREAS, it is our sincere desire, without regard to politics, to lend our wholehearted support and co-operation to our City Ad ministration; and "WHEREAS, we do not feel that we can conscientiously lend such support as long as the pres ent state of conditions exists; "BE IT NOW THEREFORE RE SOLVED that the undersigned organization go on record as u nanimously and urgently recom mending to the elected officials of our City, that they henceforth administer the affairs of our City Continued On Page Eight "Hams" Organize. Set Meeting Friday ? King* Mountain 'hams" met last Friday night, organized the Kings Mountain Radio club, elec ted officers and set regular meet ings for Friday nights beginning tonight (Friday). The meeting will be held at the club headquarters, in rear of 414 North Piedmont avenue. Officers elected were T. W. (Wood) Jackson (W4DOZ), pres ident; Carl M. Logan (W4LTL), vice president; Charles L. Alex ander, secretary- treasurer; and Harold R. Hunnlcutt, custodian. Classes will be held In code and radio theory, a spokesman said, and anyone interested in any way in amateur radio Is Invited to attend the meeting. Disaster Belief Quota Donbled; Contributions To Date Total $341 Kings Mountain's Red Cross disaster relief quota has been doubled, along with quota* throughout the nation, it was an-, nounced this week by Red Cross ottkhk, ' . , . Local flood relief chairmen, therefore, are renewing their ap peal for funds to raise a total of 9550 to alleviate suffering in the Kansas City area. L. E. Abbott, chairman of the emergency appeal, said Thurs day that the initial $275 quota had been oversubscribed with the total to date $341.71, leaving a required amount of $268.29. He said that Kings Mountain citizens contributed heavily to the fund at the Battleground av enue booth on Saturday, this to tal being $123.21. Other gifts acknowledged by Mr. Abbott Included: J. E. Herndon, $25; Carl F. Mauney, $15; Mrs. J. E. Hern don, $10; Belk's Department Store, $10; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Briggs, George H. Mauney and Dr. D. P. Hord, $5 each; Frlenda, $3; C T. Cornwell, $3; Mrs. J. M. Patterson,' $2.50; Miss Pearl Hicks and Mrs. C. W. Richardson, $2 each; and Mrs. W. W. Southet, $1. "The new requirement means that our efforts are not ended, but well-started," Mr. 'Abbott Raid. "Certainly the additional money is greatly needed, and I hope persons wbo have not yet contributed will forward contri butions at once In ofder that the new emergency quota will be obtained." Stroupe And Roberts Deny Part In Action Civil Action Would Restrain Fuller's Pay Civil action against city offici als file*! last Saturday in Clove land Superior Court, in which, the plaintiffs seek to restrain payment of the salary of City Administrator M. K. Fuller, was lessened in effect Wednesday ivhen two of the plaintiffs said their names were used "without any authorization." R. C. Stroupe and H. C. Roberts two of the three citizens listed as plaintiffs, each signed the following statement Wednesday night and asked that it -be pub lished: "The legal action filed last Saturday against the mayor, city rommissioners, and former Act ing Clerk O. T. Hayes, Sr., In which I was listed as one of three plaintiffs, was filed without my knowledge, without my signa ture, and without any authoriza tion from me to use my name. I have no wish to bring any suit of any kind against the City of Kings Mountain, or Its offici als." A. P. Warlick was the third plaintiff, in the suit filed Satur day by attorney Peyton McSwain, against Mayor Garland Still, the five city commissioners, City Ad ministrator Fuller and former Acting Clerk Hayes. The com plaint was served on the defend ants the same day. Salient points in the complaint follow:- - "That the Mayor and the Board of Commissioners of the City of Kings Mountain have employed M. K. Fuller as City Administra tor at a salary of four hundred seventy five dollars ($475.00) per month, with an additional seven ty five dollars ($75.00) per mon th for expenses; that they have authorized the Defendant, M. K. Fuller, to act or have permitted him to act as City Manager; that the said M. K. Fuller is now to all Intents and purposes, City Manager of Kings Mountain; that he has assumed complete control and management of the business and financial affairs of the City, and is doing all the things and acts normally done by a City Manager under Jie City Manager Form of Govern ment. "That the appointment of M. K. Fuller as City Administrator by the Mayor and Board of Com missioners of the City of Kings Mountain was illegal and void; that the payment of the salary and expense aceount each month to the Defendant, M. K. Fuller, Is a misappropriation of Public Funds for which the Defendants are. personally liable to the tax payers of the City of Kings Mountain; that the laws of the State of North Carolina relating to Municipal Corporations and the Charter for the City of Kings Mountain with the Amendments thereto, do not authorize or give the Mayor and the Board of Com missioners any authority to em ploy a City Administrator; nor do they authorize or give the Mayor and the Board of Commis sioners any authority to permit the said M. K. Fuller or any oth er person to perform the duties of City Manager; that all the acts and deeds of M. K. Fuller as City Administrator and as City Manager are Illegal and without authority under the law applicable to the City of Kings Mountain. "That the Defendants have des ignated the position held by M. Continued On Page Bight Elmer Hardin Opens Garage Basinet* Elmer Hardin, well-known Kings Mountain mechanic, is an? nouncing tjiis week the opening of Hardin's Auto Service. . The new establishment is loca ted in the E. King street building formerly occupied by A. L. Ware Plumbing Shop and recently pur chased by Mr. Hardin from Eu gene R. Roberts. Mr. Hardin formerly operated a garage on the Grover Road and later In the Herndon building .?ff Battleground avenue. Me been service manager at Rayn oMs Motors for the past two monti|ifH?R|P? Associated with him to the new business will be his brother, I J. W. Hardin. PROMOTED ? Fred Dougherty completes his duties as superin tendent of Burlington Mills Phe nix Plant this week and will be come superintendent of two Bur Mil rayon spinning plants in Robeson county next week. He is being succeeded here by John P. La them, of Greensboro. BuiMil Promotes Fred Daagherty R. F. Daughtery, for the past 30 months superintendent of Bur lington Mills Corporation's Phe nix plant here, has been promot ed to superintendent of two Bur lington rayon plants, St. Pauls Mill and the Robeson plant, lo cated In Robeson County, Mr. Daugherty is being succee ded as superintendent here by John P. Lathem, of Greensboro, formerly staff assistant to Ar thur Burnette, division manager of rayon spinning, The Kir?s Mountain assignment is air*, a promotion for Mr. Lathem. Mr. Daugherty completes his duties here this week. Mr. Lathem expects -to occupy the residence now occupied by Mr. Daughtery and will move his faimly here in the near future. Beth-Ware Fair Plans Progress Fourth Annual Bethware Com munity Fair will be held *at Beth ware high school on September 13, 14 and 15 and the premium list catalogue has been printed and will be ready for distribution early next week. The announcements were made by John Rudisill, seoretary-trea su'.er of the fair. The annual barbeque for the promoters and advertisers will be held August 29. The livestock department has been dropped this year but en tries are solicited in the agricul ture, horticultural, farm and ma chinery,. and woman's depart ments. Anyone interested in obtaining a premium catalogue is asked to contact Mr. Rudisill at Beth-Ware school. Frances Goforth Co-Authors Show The new play "The Cat in the Cage", co-authored by Miss Fran ce* Goforth, of Kings Mountain and Howard Richardson, of Blaek Mountain, was held over for a second week following its world premiere at Dickenson's Hayloft, Allen town, Pa. The three-act play is set in Bessemer City, and both Miss Go forth and Mr. Richardson played role) in the premiere perform ances. Miss Goforth is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Goforth. School .Principals Begin Work Tuesday Alt Kings Mountain school principals are to be in their of fices beginning Tuesday to begin work toward the opening of city schools on September 4th. Rowell Lane, , Central school principal, announced this week that he will be in his office from 7:30 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. beginning Tuesday. Mr. Lane also announced that he wll Interview any student who has any question on his studies, credits or schedule for the com ing term. Harmonious Session Follows Monday Meeting In contrast to Monday's stormy session, the city board of com missioners met in special ses 'sion Wednesday afternoon arid disposed of a large number of routine matters, all by unani mous vote. All members were present and the charge atmosphere and acri mony of Monday's and previous meetings was not evidenced. The board : 1) Adopted a resolution to re lease from the tax collector's books 1949 and 1950 tax bills as sessed to p. B. Phillips, who, it was discovered, lived outside the city limits. Mr. Phillips is to be refunded the payments. Comm. Red Layton made the motion, Comm. L. E. Davis seconded, af ter the subject had been advanc ed by Comm. Olland Pearson. 2) Ordered an audit, covering the period in which O. T. Hayes, Sr., served as acting city clerk and treasurer, on motion by Comm. B. T. Wright, seconded by Mr. Pearson. 3) Authorized advertising for bids for police uniforms, on mo tion of Mr. Layton, seconded by Mr. Pearson. 4) Authorized advertising for bids for. two police cars, a load ing device and one ton-and-one half truck, on motion by Mr. Da vis, seconded by Mr. Layton. 5) Authorized installation of sewage lines on Tracy street, North of Childers to the Tracy Parker intersection, and on Gantt street, between Waco Rd. and Morris St., and off Gaston street (in the area of the Mel ton Hope residence), the latter pending recommendations from Olsen Engineering Company. Mr. Layton made the motion, and Mr. Davis seconded. 6) Authorized Installation of a two-inch water line on Early street as quickly as a shipment of pipe is received, on motion of Mr. Pearson, seconded by Mr. Wright. 7) Ordered installation of drain pipe on S. Cansler street, on mo tion of Mr. Layton, seconded by Mr. Pearson. 8) Authorized agreement to have ordinances of the city codi fied by the North Carolina Lea gue of Municipalities at a cost of $200 plus expenses, on motion by Mr. Layton, seconded by Mr. Davis. 9) Authorized a change in plan, on paving of Rosewood avenue, Continued On Page Eiyht Sisk Family Reunion To Bo Hold Sunday The descendants of Martin Slsk, who came to this country in the late 1700's, will meet at the home of Bud Sisk near Bostic, Sunday, August 19, for their an nual reunion. The program will begin at 11:00 a. m. with a wor ship service at which the Rev. Earl Armstrong of Gastonia will preach. There will be an old-fashioned picnic dinner following the morning service, and all who at tend are asked to bring well filled baskets. The afternoon program will consist of short talks and a mu sical program during which the Rev. J. T. Slsk, of Fort Mill, S. C., will give a brief historical sketch of the Martin Slsk family. Officers are F. F. Sisk, of Bes semer City and Kings Mountain, president; Rev. J. T. Sisk of Fort M1H, S. C., vice-president; and Mrs. James Baynard of Forest Still's Pay Slashed; Hayes Is Dismissed AWARDED DECREE? Hugh D. Randall was awarded the degree of Master of Arts at Wake Forest College's annual summer school commencement exercises this week. Randall Awarded Master's Degree Hugh Davidson Randall, a na tive of Route 3, Kings Mountain, was. awarded the Master of Arts degree at Wake Forest College's ahnual summer school commen cement exercises this week. The son of Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Randall, Hugh attended Mars Hill Junior College from 1940 to 1942. During World War II he served approximately three and a half years in the Navy, two years of which were spent in the South Pacific and China. He was a Pharmacist Mate Third Class. Following his discharge in 1946 he enrolled at Wake Forest Col lege and received his Bachlor of Science degree in January, 1948. After graduation he taught for six months at Bunn High School in Franklin County. He served two years as principal of Lewis ton High School in Bertie Coun ty. Last year he was principal at the Aulander High School in Ber tie County. The subject of Randall's thesis A Study of Special Education for Handicapped Children In the Public Schools of North Carolina. Randall married the former Jean Brown of Waco. He is 28 years of age. He has spent the past four summers at Wake For est College doing work on his master's degree. In addition to being principal, Randall coached football, base ball and basketball at Bunn and Lewiston High Schools. Phillips Returned For Sixth Year Here Rev. J. W. Phillips has been re turned to Kings Mountain as pastor of First Wesley an Metho dist church by the Wesleyan Church Conference, which con cluded Its annual session at Col fax last week. Mr. Phillips is thus beginning his sixth year as pastor of the lo cal church, longest tenure for any of its pastors. No minister has held the pas torate for more than five years. Capacity Crowd Cheers Revolt Against Mayor The city board of commission ers' Davis-Barry -Wright wing steamrollered Mayor Garlantf Still Monday night at the regu lar August meeting. The board of commissioners cut the Mayor's salary from the maximum of $300 per month to the minimum of $50 per month, summarily dismissed 'Acting Clerk Oliver T. Hayes, Sr., and cancelled the mayor's sewage installation bill to the owners of Davidson Heights. The three votes were by 3-0, with Commissioner L. E. Davis, C. P. Barry and B. T. Wright, Sr.. teamed up together on the three The city board of commis sioners cut the previously rais ed out-of-sity differential for Its water customers Monday night Out-of-clty customers will be charged ten percent ad ditional, rather than the 20 percent recently ordered to be come effective August 1. City Attorney J. B. Davis bad ex plained that Foote Mineral Company, the city's largest water customer, bad voiced no objection to the raise in rates, but did object to the hiked dif ferential. The action of the board, on motion by Mr. Barry, seconded by Mr. Lay ton, was unanimous. principal matters. Commission ers Red Layton and Olland Pear son abstained. The mayor never called for "no" votes. The steamroller job, building for the past month, was accom plished before a packed audi ence which cheered the actions of the Davis-Barry-Wright wing. The wing-clipping actions began late In the meeting and were brought forward in rapid order His statement that the salary clipping motion was "out of or der" brought cat-call from the audience. At the end of the meeting the Mayor said he would veto cer tain of the actions, but there was some question as to whether the mayor holds the veto power. Joe H. McDanlel, Jr., was unan imously named acting city clerk, following the Hayes dismissal. In seconding the motion to cut Mr. Still's salary to the mini mum, Commissioner C. P. Barry rose to his feet and called atten tion to the Mayor's campaign, promises that 1) the mayor sought no personal gain from.* the office and 2) that the mayor? had wanted to build the clt>; with "the aid of Mr. Fuller." "We have tried to help," iMr. Barry continued, "and most votes of this board have been unani mous. Sometimes I voted 'yes' when I didn't feel it was right. I did it for harmony. _ "I don't see how any city em ployee has been able to work un der these conditions, and I am ashamed to admit to people In other cities that I am on the board," Mr. Barry continued. Addressing the mayor, he said, "1 will still go with you when I can. I second the motion." Following this action, B. T. Wright moved that Mr. Hayes be relieved as acting city clerk and Continued On Page Eight Admission Prices j For Drama Listed t Admission prices to the sev en scheduled performances of "Then Conquer We Must," the historical drama commemorat ing the Battle of Kings Moun tain to be presented at Kings Mountain National Military park, were announced this week. . ???' f They Include: reserved seats. S3; general admission, adults. $1.20; children, 60 cents, tax in* eluded In all prices. It was announced that the Kings Mountain Little Thea tre has now set up its offices In the E. King Street building formerly occupied by Billie Gene's Beauty Shop. Reservations for the several performances, scheduled for September 21. 22. 28. 29. and October 5. 8, 7, and be made by addressing requests to the Kings Mountain Little Theatre Postofflce Box 282. Kings Mountain. Mountain-Battleground Signal Light Contract Received; Work Underway Within the near future it should be possible for motorists to enter Battleground avenue from Cne east side of Mountain street without risking their auto motive noses. ?After intermittent requests and communications during the past four year* to Southern Railway Company, the cKy this week re ceived permission to install traf fic signal lights at the corners of Battleground and Mountain and Railroad and Mountain. The two signals will be elec trically married with the South ern's red-flashing warning sig nal at fhe Mountain street cross ing. When the crossing signal flashes, red signals on both traf fic lights will also flash. City Administrator M. K. Fuller said. At this occurrence, he added, all motorists shouul stop, then pro ceed on tneir own Judgment. At all other times, the signals iVill operate as do any other traffic signals. Efforts to eliminate the traffic hazards at these intersections ivere begun by the Fulton ad ministration, and among the last official acts of the Herndon ad ministration was authorization of a contract with Southern Rail way for installation of the sig nals. Receipt of the signed con tract from the railroad, company meant that the effort could reach fruition. Work on the in stallation Job began Wednesday morning. Mr. Fuller said other traffic signals on Battleground and King street would be timed with the new signal in order that traffic could proceed through the city at a safe, steady rate of speed.
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