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VOL. 62 NO. 38
Sixty-Second Year
Kings Mountain. N. C.. Friday. September 21. 1951
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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. <Vi ,
RHEA PROMOTED
Joe P. Rhea, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Grady Rhea, has been
promoted to the rating of cor-,
poral by the Air Force. He is
stationed at Lowry Air Force
Base, Denver, Colo.
Hedden Treasurer
Of Directors' Group
? * " i
Joe Iledden, director of the
Kings Mountain school . band,
was elected treasurer otf the Nor
th Carolina Bandmasters associ
ation at a meeting of the organ
ization held last weekend.
The association includes band
masters of North Carolina col
leges and secondary schools.
A principal action of the group,
Mr. Hedden said, was a favora
ble vote to require judges of pa
rades and other competitions In
which bands are entered, to have
the sanction of the Bandmaster's
association. Bandmasters violat
ing the action are to be expelled
from membership, which would,
in turn, mean that the particular
band would not be allowed to
participate In state and district
contests. Mr. Hedden said he vo
ted against the motion, but that
. It would be necessary for the lo
cal band to comply as long as
the action stands.
*
Neill New Chairman
Of Central Board
B. S. Neill was named chair
man of the board of stewards of
Central Methodist church at a
dinner meeting of the group held
in the church basement Monday
night.
Mr. Neill, who returned to the
board along with seven other
new members, succeeds B. S.
Peeler as chairman.
Other oficers elected were Sam
S tailings, to replace J. C. McKln
ney as vice-chairman, and Ben
Beam, to succeed Wilson Griffin
as secretary.
Other men named to the board
were M. K. FuJ'er, Kelley Dixon,
George Blalock, J. R. Davis, I.
B. Goforth, Sr., E. E. Marlowe
and G. C. Kelley.
Clbf'i Powell BUI
Shaw Is $23,473.72
The city received Hs first
Check for street-building. via
tfcs Powell Mil passed by the
1*51 General Assembly, last
Some Procedures
Improved, Say
City Auditors
Under date of September 12,
Ernst & Ernst, Winston-Salem
acounting firm, filed a report of
examination on city business for
the three months ending August
ul,
examination was made at
the order of the city board for
the purpose of auditing transac
tions during the period in which
M, r. Hayes, Sr., was acting city
clerk. . The audit had been re
quested by Mr. Hayes.
In the report, the accountants
stated that the city's internal
control over cash receipts was
much improved, following pre
vious recommendations, but it
found several of their recommen
dations not followed, or followed
inadequately.
The report stated: "The ac
counting department of the City
has been handicapped during the
period under review by a heavy
turnover of personnel, and, since
August 15, with a shortage of per
sonnel. We understand that a
new City Clerk has been employ,
ed to ^assume duties at an early
date. This should enable the de
partment to operate effectively.
The present personnel appear ca
pable and willing, but overbur
dened. '
Salient criticisms of the accoun
tants Included: l) no Improve
ment in receiving procedures for
ft^8 Purch*sed; 2> 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
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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.
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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
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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
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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<jorge Hancock of Waco
six daughters, Mrs. E. L. Nolan
and Mrs. John Killian of Shelby,
Mrs. L. O. Lemmons of Siler
City, Mrs. J. R. Dycus of Sanford,
Mrs. Ray Carrol of Cherryville
and Mrs. Dilllon Sikes of Cana,
Va.; five sisters, Mrs. John Bum-,
gardner of Gastonia, Mrs. Addle
Turner of Bessemer City, Mrs.
Lola Robinson and Mrs. Fannie
Spargo of Charlotte, and Mrs.
Lamar Ashe of York, S. C.; - a
brother, George Hancock of Lou
isville, Ky.; 27 grandchildren;
and 14 great-grandchildren.
K4eter Hones Win
In Gastonia Show
Byron Keeter won several rib
bons at the Gastonia horse show
last weekend.
On Friday, Mr. Keeter rode his
"Red Raider" to a first place in
the junior walking horse class
and mounted "Fashion Lady" for
seoond place In the Junior stakes.
On Saturday, the local horse*
man placed first in the champ
ionship stakes aboard "Fashion
Lady", with "Red Raider" gain
ing seventh place with Jimmy
1 Harris up.