Present East School Built In *29;
first Negro School Opened In 1900
The East End School of Kings
Mountain was organized in 1903
by Dr. O. G. Falls, who was sec
retary ? treasurer of the Cora
Mill (now Craftspun Yarns, Inc.)
He was vitally Interested in edu.
cation ajid wanted every child to
have an education and it was too
far for the children of that com
munity to go to Central. Ac
cordingly, he; organized East
School. The school started in a
one -room building in the Coca
village which was then Gaston
County.
The people's interest was a.
roused and the school grew and
was moved into a three-room
building on the Dilling Mill vil
lage (now Burlington Mill). East
School's fhst principal were
Miss Saphronla Falls (now Mrs.
M. L. Plonk,). Miss Rob Mae Mil-'
lee (now Mrs. Hubert Watts,)
and Mrs. J. H. Thomson, the
present principal.
The school was gradually en
larged as the demand for space
was needed. The East school
building wfis erected in its pres
ent location in 19?9 under the
superintendency of Claud Grlgg.
The school has grown from
the seven ? teacher school to the
present eleven - teacher school,
not including the music, Bible,
and piano teachers.
The school has improved from
year to year and it now has a
large auditorium, a nice cafe
teria, and the first through the
eighth grades are taught.
Davidson School
In 1900, a one-room school
building was erected for the ed
ucation of colored children in
the Kings Mountain city dis
trict.
At that tlnrte George Goodson
was the principal and ony teach,
?r. The school was known as
Kings Mountain Colored School.
In later years the school was
moved to Ridge street. More tea
chers were added.
In 1924 a brick building was
erected on the corner of Walter -
Bon and Parker streets.
Later R. J. Davidson served as
principal and the school bears
his name.
Merritt Recruit
In Navy Training
GREAT LAKES, 111.,? Under
going recruit training at thQ U. S.
Naval Training Center, San Die
go, Calif., is James O Merritt,
seaman recruit, USN, son of Mr.
and Mrs.. L. A. Merritt of 705
Landing St., Kings Mountain.
Merritt entered the Naval ser
vice Dec., 11, 1951. Before enter
ing the Navy, he worked for C. J.
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of the
power of sale contained In a deed
of trust given by L. B. Alexand
der and wife, Eldee Alexander, to
the undersigned as trustee for
W. A. Williams dated 13th day of
December, 1948, now on record
in the Register of Deeds Office
for Cleveland County in book 296
at page 240 to secure the indebt
edness therein mentioned and
default having been made in the
payment of same and at the re
quest of the holder of the note
secured by said deed of trust, I
will sell lor cash at the court
house door in Shelby, Cleveland
County, North Carolina, on Mon.
day, February 25, 1952, at 10:00
o'clock a. m., or within l?gal
hours, the following described
real estate: .
BEGINNING at an iron stake at
the line of Ware and Putnam's
lands, and runs thence North 34
West 8.00 chains to an Iron
slake; thence North 63 3/4 West
12.86 chains to an iron stake;
thence North 17 3/4 West 17.56
chains to an iron stake; thence
South 60 1/4 West 4.00 chains to
an iron stake; thence South 64
1/4 West 5:50 chains to an iron
stake; thence South 36 East
42.75 chaths to an iron stake;
thence North 13 1/2 West 5.15
chains to an iron stake; thence
North 61 1/2 East 8.00 chains to
an iron stake, the BEGINNING
corner, containing 30 acres, more
or less and being lot No. 4, as
Ser survey made by A. P. Falls,
urveyor on September 8, 1936.
This f*". 21st day of January,
1952.
B. S. NEILL, Trustee.
Davis and White, Attorneys.
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ANNUAL MEETING
The Annual Meeting of the
stockholders of the Kings Moun
tain Building it Loan Association
of Kings Mountain, North Caro
lina will be held in the office of
said Association in Kings Moun
tain on Thursday, February 14,
1952, at 8:00 o'clock p. m* for the
purpose of hearing the annual
report read, the election of di
rectors, and any other matters
which might come before said
meeting.
This the 2nd day of February,
1962.
J. t Lackey, Secretary.
Gault and Sons Grocery Store.
This initial training includes in
struction in such fields as sea
manship, lire-fighting, gunnery,
signaling, and other bourses de
signed to make the recruit well
versed in every phase of Navy
life. '
Upon completion of their 11
week training period at the train
ing center, graduates are assign
ed to duty stations with the Fleet
or at Navy shore stations, or are
sent to service schools for advanc
ed technical training.
John R. Smilh
At Bainbridge
GREAT LAKES, 111.,? Under
going recruit training at the U. S.
Naval Training Center, Bain
bridge, Md., is John R. Smith, sea
man recruit, USN, son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. R. Smith of 22 Elm st.,
Kings Mountain.
Smith, who attended Central
high school, entered the Naval
service Nov. 5, 1951...',
This initial training includes in
struction in such fields as sea
manship, fire-fighting, gunnery,
signaling, and other courses de
signed to make the recruit well
versed in every phase of Navy
life. ?
Upon completion of their 11
week training period at the re
cently re-activated training cen
ter, graduates are assigned to
duty stations with the Fleet or at
Naval shore stations, or are sent
to service schools for advanced
technical training.
Blue Mold Control
Has Another Use
There's an extra reason why
Tar Heel tobacco growers should
spray or dust their plant beds this
spring for blue mold control, says
H. R. Garris, plant pathologist
for the State College Extension
Servicc.
Garris sayr a disease known as
anthracnose was found attacking
plant beds in a few counties last
spring. It appears that the recom
mended dust and spray treat
ments for blue mold control will
also control the. new disease.
Anthracnose was first discover
ed in North Carolina in the
spring of 1951. During the season
it was found at seven locations in
the counties of Carteret, Colum
bus, Craven, Johnston, Wake, and
Davidson.
"Presumably, with these widely
Scattered sources of infection, the
disease could spread rather rapid
ly.", says Garriss. "On the other
hand, no one can predict whether
the disease will become a serious
problem. It has been quite a pro
blem in some other tobacco-grow
ing areas, especially Maryland."
Infected plants may be dwarfed
with puckered leaves. Circular,
tannlsh leaf spots with reddish
brown borders develop. The low
er surface of the midvein and
main lateral veins have reddish
brown elongated, sunken areas.
The disease is capable of killing
plants in the plant bed outright.
| Damage in the field could occur if
wet weather prevails after plants
from "diseased" plant beds are
set out.
"We don't want anyone to be
come alarmed about this disease
popping up," says Garriss. "How
ever, in the event it has the possi
bility of becoming a serious pro
blem, let> be sure to take the pro
per precautions? which at pres
ent seem to be a good dusting or
spraying Job for controlling blue
mold."
The potential quantity of ben
zene that could be made from our
current annual crude oil output
has been estimated at 825 million
gallons, more than three times
current demand for this vital
chemical.
Vegetables are generally group
ed or classified In one of three
ways;.l ? according to botanical
families, such as the lilly family
which Includes onions, garlic, leek
and chives.
2? according to the plant used
for food, such as beets, carrots
and parsnips which are root
crops. And, 3 ? according to the
vegetable's ability to withstand
low temperature.
This !.>st grouping Is probably
of greatest importance ti> the
average gardener because It con
cerns the survival and success of
his crops. According to their abili
ty to withstand low temperatures,
vegetables are classified as
hardy, half-hardy and tender.
The hardy Vegetables are those
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erate to hart? frost alter mcy i
have been planted. This group in
cludes turnips, spinach, garden
peas, mustard, radishes, lettuce,
cabbage, kale, onions and endive.
The half-hardy vegetables ' are
those which thrive In cool weath
er but are often severely damag
ed by moderate frosts or even
light frosts after they are up.
This group includes beets, chard,
carrots, cauliflower, broccoli and
celery,
The tender vegetables are those
that will not withstand any frost
and will hot grow at their best
until the weather gets quite
warm. This group Includes, snap
beans, lima beans, tomatoes, pep
pers, eggplants, cucumbers, mel
ons, squash, okra, New Zealand
spinach and corn.
There is some varintion In
hardiness within the groups and
even between varieties of the
same crop. The black valentine
variety of snap bean is more
hardy to cool temperatures than
others, smooth seeded garden
peas may be planted earlier than
wrinkled seeded varieties. Cucum
bers will withstand cooler tem
peratures than melons. -Snap
beans will withstand cooler soli
temperatures than lima beans
and, therefore, may be planted
earlier.
W. R, (Bill) HUIXiSPETH
W. R. Hudgspeth
Chief Chemist
By Dot Ham
W. R. (BUD Hudgspeth, chief
chemist and assistant mills super
intendent at Foote Mineral com
pany is among the list of Kings
Mountain area's newest citizens.
Mr. Hudgspeth is a native of
Winston-Salem and graduated
from Wake Forest college. He did
post-graduate work at the Univer
sity of North Carolina.
He was formerly associated
with North Carolina Mineral and
Chemical Research Laboratory at
Asheville before coming to Kings
Mountain to work for Foote in
May, 1951.
As chief chemist and assistant
mills superintendents Mr. Hudgs
peth's work plays an important
part in the company's production. ,
He is in charge of the analysis of ;
production, final shipping, metal
lurgical work and is general su
pervisor.
Ho is married to the former
Miss Nan??y Webber of Winston
Salem. The Hudgspeth's have two
children, William, age six,
and Patricia Lee. 11 months.
They live at, 623 Meadowbrook
Drive and have Joined Central
Methodist church.
Mr. Hudgspeth stated "for a lit
tle towh, I like Kings Mountain
and its surroundings fine."
Peach Research
To Be Expanded
Research work on peaches Is
being expanded in North Caro
lina through the purchase of a
314-acre farm in southeastern
Montgomery County, R. W. Cum
mings, North Carolina Experi
ment Station director, told mem
bers of the North Carolina Mu
tual Peach Growers Society meet
ing at Pinehurst recently, , ,
"We believe there is a real fu
ture for the North Carolina peach
industry," Cummings told the
group, "and for that reason con
siderable effort is being made to
enlarge the research program to
aid the industry."
Present work on the farm is to
enlarge the physical facilities.
Work is about complete on the
superintendent's residence and a
large utility bulling which in
cludes offices, laboratory, imple
ment storage and shop,.
The land has been treated and
orders have been placed for
enough trees to plant 40 acres. A
large pond will be constructed j
for i?-rigaif"n.
Varieties, water relations, nu
trition, insects and diseases, prun
ing and other phases of peach
production will be studies on the
new farm.
The general theme for the
peach growers' meeting was
"Merchandizing and Marketing
North Carolina Peaches." Among
Farmer Praises
Breeding Results
Does artificial breeding give
good results?
A Union County farmer, Brad
ley Reid of Route 3, Waxhaw,
has an answer to that question.
According to T. C. Blaiock,
dairy specialist for the State Col
lege Extension Service, Reid
owns a grade Guernsey heifer
that resulted from artificial
?breeding to the registered
Guernsey bull Beechwood Ruler,
She was In turn bred artifici
ally and freshened at exactly
two years of age. In 305 days on
twice daily milking, she produc
ed 8,350 pounds of milk and 377
pounds of butterfat.
"This is truly outstanding
production for a first calf heifer
and represents almost twice the
total amount ot milk produced
by the average cow in North
Carolina," comments Blaiock.
Another dairyman, Gordon Ba
ker of Catawba County, has two
Guernsey heifers from artificial
breeding that recently freshen,
ed, both with heifer calves. The
first heifer to freshen, sired by
Elmcrest Peter Grey, is produc
ing more than 28 pounds of milk
a day, while the other heifer,
sired by Priscilla's Fashion
Duke, is averaging more than
34 pounds of milk per day. Both
of these animals are producing
as much milk as their dams, and
Baker is sure they'll soon be
outmilking them.
Specialist Blaiock points out
that ' it takes the same amount
of time and money to raise a
heifer from a poor bull as it does
from a good one. He believes ar
tificial breeding will do much to
raise average milk production in
the State from its present low le
vel of 4,600 pounds per cow an
nually.
the new developments discussed
was the use of sterlcooling, a
cooling process designed to im
prove the quality of fresh fruit
by reducing spoilage.
A course to train men for Dairy
Herd Improvement Association
testing work will be held at N. C.
State College, Raleigh, from
March 10 through 22, There is a
good demand for DHIA testers
throughout the State.
You have to take the wheel of a Dual-Range* Pontlac
yourself before you can completely enjoy the thrill of
having, at your finger-tips, two entirely different type*
of performance: quick, easy acceleration for traffic?
or economical, almost silent cruising for the open road.
When you do, you'll say, "This is It 1"? for never before
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such remarkable economy, (xrnie in today? experience
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February 17 through February 22
Resurrection Lutheran Church
Conducted By
Rev. Peter J. Dexnis
Associate Director Of Evangelism
United Lutheran Church In America
Services Each Evening 7:30
Rev. Vance Daniel D d ? i
Rev. Peter J. Dexnis
SERMON SUBJECTS
By Rev. Mr. Dexnis
{
SUNDAY MORNING "What Is Your Conception Of
Jesus Christ?"
SUNDAY EVENING "The Gospel Truth"
MONDAY "Too Much Religion"
TUESDAY "I Love You"
WEDNESDAY, "Can Jesus Do The Same Thingt Today?"
THURSDAY "Let God Worry"
Feb. 21
FRIDAY "A Heap o' Living"
Feb. 22
TEACHING SUBJECTS
By Rev. Mr. Daniel
SUNDAY "God Calls Us"
MONDAY "Through The Door Of Death"
TUESDAY "Into the New City"
WEDNESDAY "To The Side Of The King"
THURSDAY "To Share The Management"
Feb. 21 i i
FRIDAY "To Live By The Law That Has Been Removed"
Feb. 22
jd To Attend These Services