Drama Commemorating Battle of Kings Mountain Opens Friday Night ation City Limits 7.206 Trading Area . 15.000 (1945 Ration Board Figures) VOL. 62 NO. 38 Sixty-Second Year Kings Mountain. N. C.. Friday. September 21. 1951 Established 1889 /^[ Today PRICE FIVE CENTS | Local News [Bulletins JUDGES AT FAIR Mrs. W. L. Pressly and Mrs. M. A. Ware were judges of flowers and antiques at the Cleveland County Fair on Tuesday. LIONS MEETING Regular meeting of the Kings Mountain Lions club will be held Tuesday night at 7:00 o'clock at Masonic Dining Hall. HOME ON LEAVE Pfc. P. D. Herndon, Jr. is spending a ten day leave with his mother, Mrs. P. D. Herndon Pfc. Herndon has completed his A and E training at Shep phard Air Force Base, Which ita Falls, Texas and has been transfered to Brookley Air Force Base, Mobile, Ala. HERNDON TRANSFERRED James E. Herndon, Jr., air cadet, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Herndon, has just returned to Vance AFB, Okla., after spending a three-day leave with his parents. Herndon en tered service in August; 1950, and took his basic pilot train ing at Greenville AFB, Green ville, Mississippi. DANCE WELL-ATTENDED The Square Dance sponsored by Otis D. Green Post 155, A merican Legion, last Saturday evening was well-attended, ac cording to report toy Warren Reynolds, commander. Mr. Reynolds said the Post will present another square dance in the near* future. Payment of statements from certain local suppliers without supporting in voices; 3) no improvement in properly auditing invoices; 4) in complete improvement in matter of purchase orders; 5) no im ^.ovfn??"t ^ establishing ac countability for materials pur chased and for scrap; 6) no ac Qn recomrnendations gwaftttyt ct"re | The accountants wrote: "We were unable to find adequate sup port for the following cash dis fcfme?tS: June 13, check No. 3-?5, paid to G. E. Still, $50, mis tTnn^ne?U,8 f?llce 'for informa to Al!i. yr ' fheck 75. Paid 8?"ETin Co" amount 53^^07, fire department .equip The acountants stated that im provement had been noted in 11 ^ specific recommenda "?"8' deluding l) no instances h S te Payments; 2) discon tinuation of cash loans to em nrn^tf8' # discontinuation of ch?k? 4?) ??fPftlng Post-dated fJwT. J no ,n?tances of cash ing unendorsed checks; 5) effec tive operation of new procedures fnrt ^troUlng cash shortages the u?r?tgeS' 6iLlmprovement in the use of numbered receipts for svBfl?^fCeiVed ' 7) improvement in (xmpons CQntrolllng Paid bond 8howed cash re ceipts during the period June August of $110,747.81 and cash disbursements totaling $89,131.89. ? *ETE* receipts $1538l>r^?tS fvPUt , a, total <* i ? * clty 8 Parking El wlUrlnf the week end ^ y at n00"' ac 01 Ton?my Owens, office clerk at City ? ? - - - ~v T;~ , City Commissioners Vote SUMO For Recreation Facility Smvey The city board of commisslon er?, In a special meeting at city hall Wednesday aftrnoon, award ed the contract lor the purchase of police uniform* to W. Law rence Logan and voted a maxi mum ot $1000 to the recreation commission for a recreation sur vey of the city. Mr. Logan's bid was $61.60 per uniform, including cap, Jacket and pants. Belk's Department Store was awarded the contract for' the purchase of four dozen shirts at a total cost of $99.52. This was the Only bid received for shirts. .. j Other bids on uniforms includ ed Hudson's Department store, of Shelby for $4555 and Belk's Department store, for $56.65. Mr. Logan's b4d, although high est received, was accepted on the basis of the weave and kind of material. A. B. Chandler, chairman of the recreation commission, asked for an appropriation of $1000 to make it petslble to hire a recrea tional engineer to make a>urvey of the dty. - v: "When the engineer Is obtained tt will only take about two weeks before a report could be made to the city council", Mr. Chandler stated. The report would Include a survey and detailed plans for a recreation center similar to the one In Shelby, he added. Mr. Chandler said that he was not ready to sell the Idea of ? recreation center to the people until he had a definite plan Mid this could not be done unless the board and the recreation com mission worked closely with each other. Coquhisaloher James (Red) Layton made the motion for the appropriation, Commissioner Ol land Pearson seconded and the vote was unanimous, with all members present and voting. ; The board voted to amend the recreation ordinance to have 15 members instead of the original ten. v ? I Jack White was named as a new member of the recreation commission. L. H. Dover nsked for a taxi franchise but M. K. Fuller, city administrator, informed the board that no more franchises could be issued since there were already 21 UUdft in Kings ftfoun tain complying with the taxi or dinance. lUe board voted to raise the salary of assistant dty clerk and |T#~ Joe H. McDantei, Jr , ret of 83 Local Students A ttending 42 Schools Gardner-Webb, N. C. State Top Local Choices Eighty-three Kings Mountain area citizens will be enrolled In 42 prep schools, business colle ges, schools of nursing, colleges and universities of the nation during the current year, accord l ing to a survey complied during i the past two weeks by the Her ald. Majority of the students will be studying in North Carolina but 14 out-of-state schools are claiming Kings Mountain stu dents. Sharing honors for most stu dents from Kings Mountain are N. C. State College and Gardner Webb college, with seven each. Five students from Kings Moun tain will be at Woman's College Rhyne college at Hickory and five at Davidson. The Herald has made a dill gent effort to obtain the names of all students of the area who will be doing their studying away -from -home this year. Re cognising the probability of omissions, the Herald would appreciate having any omis sions called to its attention. in Greensboro, five at Lenoir Following is the list of schools and their Kings Mountain area students as compiled by the Her ald: N. C. STATE? C. E. Warllck, jl; Bab Martin. Jimmy Yarboro, Hfcftirian Mauney, Wil liam Lawrence Plonk, and Gar land Still. GARDNER- WEBB ? Ellis Tate, Grover, Annette Harry, Grover, and Jean McRae, Mary Jane Sisk, Sarah Kincald, Betty Ledford, and Jack Crouch. WCUNC ? Margaret^ Hairelson, Pauline Mauney, Peggy Arthur, Margaret Ratterree, and Peggy Mauney. LENOIR- RHYNE? Doris Lack ey, Mary Medlln, Gene Mauney, Bobby Moore, and William A. McSwain. DAVIDSON ? Joe Neisler, Jack Ruth, Ralph Northcutt, John Warlick and William Herndon. Continued On Page Eight ? Officers Named For School Band Officers of the Kings Mountain school band for the current year are Shirley Falls, president, Gene Austin, vice-president, Phyllis Ware, secretary, Gene Ellis, treasurer, Kelly Weaver, student council representative, David Kincald, property custodian, and Bobbie Barrett, Mary Owens, No ra Jane Deese, Charles Yawn, Pasy Goforth, and Tim Gladden council members. Bud Ware is head drum major. The (band is now at work in preparation for the parade sea son and is memorizing lor their performances at football games and other functions. CITY CLERK? Joe It Hendrick, of Shelby, assumed the duties oi city clerk Monday morning, A former employee of the state highway commission, Mr. Hen drick was appointed city clerk on September 10. He assumed his duties Monday. Chandler Named Recreation Head A. B. Chandler was named chairman and W. K. Mauney, Jr., was re-elected vice-chairman at a meetirtg of the Recreation Com mission held at City Hall Wed nesday afternoon at 1 p. m. Mr. Chandler, general manager of the Kings Mountain Foote Mineral Company plant here, suc ceeds Mrs. Paul Mauney as chair man. Mrs. Jay Patterson was named secretary of the organization and G. C. Kelley was named trea surer. The commission agreed to ask the city board of commissioners for funds to employ an engineer to study and set up, by blueprint, physical needs of the city as far as reaction is conct?-ned. Chairman Chandler appointed vice-chairman Mauney to head the committee to secure an en gineer. Others named were Mr. Kelly and Mrs. Auibrey Mauney. The group agreed to meet again when the committee is ready to report. Members present included Mr. Chandler, Mr. Mauney, Mrs. Paul Mauney, Mrs. Patterson, Mr. Kel ley, Mrs. Aubrey Mauney, Mrs. George Houser, Hunter R. Neis ler, Rev. P. D. Patrick, Dr. P. G. Padgett and Mrs. Harry Page. New Ciiculai Attacks Mayor The mayor had some company ih the circular business Wednes day afternoon. After renewing his circular war last week, he distributed another on Saturday entitled "S. O. S." in which he called a women's gripe session. On Wednesday afernoon, an airplane dumped quafttites of another circular entitled "Let's Get Acquained!" over Kings Mountain, in which it was alleg ed that Mayor Garland E. Still had four times been arrested by city police and had twice paid court costs after having been found guilty of charges of pub lic drunkenness. The Wednesday circular, sign: ed only ''Citizens Committee", also called attention to the May or's bankruptcy In 1948, stating that Mr. Stfil had Inventory of $637 against liabilities of *10, 803.10. The Mayor's "S. O. S." circular oharged "there is wholesale squandering of taxpayers' mon ey" and Invited the women of | the community to attend a "wo men only" gripe session on Sep ember 20 at 7:30. AHP Schedules Special >i|gni? "The Fruit of the Vine," a symposium on social drinking by Grace H. Turobull, will be re reviewed at Boyce Memorial A BP church on Wednesday evening, September 20, at 7:30. Dr. Phillip Padgett, will dta cuss alcoholism as a "medical problem" and Jackson 3. Hoyle, of Shelby, will discuss alcohol fit' ?ui a "social and economic problem." The public Is tnvKed to attend. Three Members Oi Board Deny Suit Allegations Three city commissioner ans^ wered a complaint whereby 47 ci; tizens seek to restrain salary pay ments of City Administrator M. K. Fuller Wednesday. Lloyd E. Davis, C. P. Barry and B. T. Wright, Sr., denied that Mr. Ful ler is, in fact, a city manager. The answer, filed Wednesday by J. R. Davis and Jack H. -White, attorneys, stated that Mr. Fuller is merely a "ministerial" officer of the city, without the power of employment, and completely sub ject to the instruction of the board of city commissioners. Not represented in, the answer filed by Mr. Davis and Mr. White were these who were named by defendants: Mayor Garland Still, Commissioners James G. Layton i and OUand Pearson, and City Ad ministrMor Fuller. Mr. Still and Mr. Pearson had previously said they would file a separate answer. Mr. Layton had voted with the majority of the board to instruct Mr. Davis to file an answer, but later told the attorney he would file his own. answer through a Newton law yer, Attorney Davis said. The attorney further stated that he was filing a separate ans wer for Mr. Fuller, since certain of the provisions of the commis sioners' answer were not re quired in answer by the city ad ministrator. The answer filed for Commis sioners Barry, Wright and Davis follow: "The defendants, Lloyd E. Da vis, C. P. Barry and B- T. Wright, Sr., Commissioners of the city of Kings Mountain, North Carolina answering the complaint of the plaintiffs on behalf of themselves individually and for the city of Kings Mountain al lege, as follows: "1) That these defendants do not have sufficient knowledge or information to form a belief as to the allegations in paragraph one and, therefore, deny the same. "2) That the allegations in paf agraph two are admitted. "3) That it is admitted that the Mayor and Board of Commission ers of the City of Kings Mountain employed M. K. Fuller as city administrator as alleged but all other allegations in said para graph are untrue and denied ex cept as hereinafter admitted. "4) That the allegations in par agraph four are untrue and de nied. "5) That it is admitted that an election was held in Kings Moun tain in 1948 wiht reference to a city manager form of govern ment but there were several oth er Issues Included in the election which was responsible for the de feat of the managerial form; that all other allegations in said para graph are untrue and denied ex cept as hereinafter admitted. "6) That it is admitted that the auditors in their report, sta ted that there were some minor irregularities but it is denied that same has occured under the su pervision of M. K. Fuller and that all other allegations in said paragraph are untrue and denied. "AND FOR A FURTHER AN SWER to the complaint of the plaintiffs, these defendants al lege: "1) That on or about August 1, 1950 the Mayor and Board of Commissioners In office at that time for the City of Kings Moun tain, North Carolina employed M. K. Fuller, a man who was well qualified both by college train ing and actual experience as city administrator for the City of Kings Mountain, North Carolina and that he continued in this ca pacity until the new Mayor and Board of Commissioners were elected In May of 1951. . "2) That on May 24, 1951, the Continued On Pag# Eight Franks' Condition Reported Improving J. B. Frank*, route 2 citizen of the Park Yarn Mill community who wu seriously wounded toy a shotgun blast last week, was reported Improving toy Kings Motrivain Hospital officials Thursday. Mr. Franks was given emerg ency treatment at the hospital immediately after the shooting, by Dr. P. G. Padgett, and surgery on the injured arm was perform ed by Or. Craig Jones. Dr. Jones said he removed a considerable portiqn of bone, shot wnd damaged muscle from the wounded man's arm, and that H was impossible to predict as yet how much loss of func tion of the arm Mr. Franks would suffer. He said the?* was a possibility that later bone graftlr^ surgery would Improve the condition of the aim. Ticket Sale Indicates Capacity House For Opening Of Drama WOUNDED ? Pic. James R. Brackett, of Kings Mountain, was wounded in action in Korea on September 2. He is receiving treatment in an army hospital In Tokyo. James Brackett Is Wounded P(c. James R. Brackett, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Brackett, of Grace street, has been wound ed in action in Korea. Pfc. Brackett wrote hi? parents, in a letter postmarked September 6, saying he had been wounded and was then aboard a hospital ship. In a later letter from their son received here Tuesday and postmarked September 13, Pfc. Brackett wrote that he was in an army hospital in Tokyo and re marked, "I guess I'll be here a while." He had writen in the first let ter that one leg was in a cast, that the. other was bandaged,! and that he had received sever al blood transfusions. His parents were officially no tified by the War Department Wednesday that Pfc. Brackett had been wounded in action on September 2. He had been in Korea about -four months, after entering ser vice last December 6 and receiv ing basic training at Fort Jack son, S. C. Before entering service, Pfc. Brackett had attended Kings Mountain high school and had been an employee of Nelsler Mills' Margrace plant. He is 22 years of age, and was serving with the 17th Infantry regiment, 7th Infantry division. RETURNS TO AFRICA Pfc. Thomas P. Baker, son of Dr. and Mrs. L. P. Baker, re turned this week by plane to the Air Force 'base at Tripoli, Libya. He had been on detach ed servlde to participate In model airplane contests con ducted in this country. His wife is the former Miss Mary Beth Hord. Cast Of 100 To Re-Enact Battle Story Then Coriquer We Must!, the historical drama commemorating the Battle of Kings Mountain, opens Friday evening for the first of six performances. CUr tain-time is 8 o'clock. Officials of the Kings Moun tain Little Theatre, sponsors of the drama, are expecting a capa city crowd both for the opening performance and for Saturday evening's showing. Mrs. Charlene Padgett, ticket sales chairman, tokf the Hekaid at noon Thursday that only 14 re served seat tickets remained for opening night, with about one third the 241 reserved seat tlck Droma Facts Curtain-time: 8 o clock, each performance. Performance dates: Septem ber 21, 22, 28, 29, October 5 and 6. Site: The amphitheatre of Kings Mountain National Mili tary Park (entrance nine-ten ths of one mile East of muse um. Admission:' Reserved seats, S2; general admission $1.20; children, 60 cents. Tickets: On sale at gate each performance night, daily at Kings Mountain Litle Theatre office, East Gold street, phone 46S-LW. ets left for Saturday evening. General admission tickets will be on sale at the entrance to the amphitheatre of Kings Mountain National Military Park, scene of the production, each evening of the show, also scheduled for Sep tember 28 and 29 and for October 5 and 6. Members of the cast have been hard at work for several weeks completing work for the opening and three dress rehearsals have been held this week. Author of the drama is Rob ert Osborne, well-known Kings Mountain citizen, while Jimmy Spivey is . serving as director. Visiting the set Wednesday evening was Dr. Laura Plonk, of Asheville, former Kings Moun tain citizen, and director of the brilliant pageant commemorating the Battle of Kings Mountai pre sented in 1930 as a feature of the battle's sesqui-centennlal celebra tion. Miss Plo;ik was highly compli mentary of the work accomplish ed, show officials said. Playing the 'ead roles of Col. Patrick Ferguson and Virginia Salter are two Gastonians, Rob ert St. Lawrence, who also serves as co-director ,and Mrs. Ellen At kins. Other leading roles are being played by Jerry Hawkins of Shel by, Jack White, Gone Mitchem, Jack Atkins and George Gray, Jr., of Gastonia, Lester Roark, of Shelby, Faison Barnes, Sonny Continued On Page Eight School Trustees Adopt Budget For 1951-52; Total $274,848 Kings Mountain district board of school trustees adopted the 1951-52 budget totaling $274,848. 86 at the regular monthly meet ing held Monday night The board also took several other actions and discussed sev eral Items, Including a motion by Mrs. H. E. Lynch on insurance for hljh school varsity football players. Mrs. Lynch's motion fail ed of a second but the board met in special session Tuesday at . 5 p. m. to discuss the matter fur- ' ther. Mrs. Lynch's motion Monday night was for the board to auth orize the athletic director to take money out of gate receipts to pay for an insurance policy for as many players as were Insured last year. The Mountaineer Club, Inc., paid the premium on the policy last year for around 30 football players. The school group policy offered to parents of students by the board and paid for by the par ents covers all school activities and sports except football, K was pointed out. Although the motion fa'.led of a second, the board expressed in terest In the project and met Tuesday with all members except Mr. Kincaid present to discuss in surance policies. The question was tabled at this time, with some members pointing out that the policy benefits were not suf ficient and that some 150 boys would have to be insured instead of just the varsity eleven, mak ing the cost prohibitive. Mr. Barnes said Thursday morning that "the school is will ing and f'ad to take out any policy for players and parents on the sam'.* bails as it is offering Insurance to other students". Ti:e 1951-52 budget lists $72, 3.i4.52 for current expenses, $4, 574.65 for debt service and capi tal outlay of $197,949.69 for the year. The current expenses total in cludes $14,000 for the veterans training program and $12,000 for lunch rooms, both coming to the schools from federal funds. Also included is the salary of the school Bible teacher, $2,648.67, which is donated by churches and civic clubs. Anticipated revenue from the special Kings Mountain school district 20-cents-levy is $11,000. The capital outlay fund in cludes state bond money total ing $80,671.97, last issue local county bond money totaling $83, ? 500 and $33,777.72 remaining from the first Issue of county Continued On Page Right rv "W, v? > SUPERINTENDENT? John T. La them, above, ia the new superln* tendent o! Burlington Mills Cor* poration's Phenix Plant Mr. La them, formerly on Burmll's spinning division stall at the Greeniboro main otiice, succeed ed Fred Dougherty as Phenix superintendent last month. Pinkie Randall Died Thuzsday Pinkie Lee Randall, 51, died at her home on route t*'.o Thursday morning at 11:30 o'clock after an illness of several months. She was a native of Cleveland County, daughter of the late Pinkney E. and Susan VVhisnant Randall. Shv was a former em ployee of Keeter's Department store and was a member of Et Bethel Methodist church. Survivors Include a daughter, Mrs. Hill Lowery, and a broinet-, Alex Randall, both of" Kings Mountain; four sisters, Mrs. Floyd Herndon and Mrs. Theo dore Herndon, of Kings Moun tain, Mrs. R. L. Forbis, of Shel by, and Mrs. G. A. Brown, of Liberty, N. C.; and three grand children. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 3 p. m. at El Bethel church. The body will lie in state for one-half hour prior to the service, which will be conducted by Rov. R. F. Swink and Rev. T. W. Fogleman. Burial will be In Bethlehem Baptist church ceme tery. Held Tuesday Funeral services for Anderson C. (Doc> Hancock, 78, were held Tuesday at Second Baptist church at 4 o'clock. Rev. B. F. Austin and Rev. J. R. Howe officiated and burial was in Bethlehem Baptist church cemetary. Mr. Hancock died at Kings Mountain hospital Monday morn ing around 8 o'clock. He had been in ill health for two years. He was a native of York Coun ty, S. C., but had lived in Kings Mountain for over 60 years. He was the son of the late John and Mary Sanders Hancock. He was a retired farmer and resided on McGinnls street. His wife, the former Miss Bar bara Ann Van Dyke, died in 1942. Survivors include two sons, John Hancock, of Kings Mount ain and G