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Population City Limits 7.206 Trading Area 15.000 (1945 Batlon Board PlgurM) VOL.63 NO. 8 ' r ?f , ___ . S. A f 5"*w ~^~r ? Sixty-Second Year * Kings Mountain. N. C.. Thursday. February 21, 1952 Established 1889 ? ???. - . - ' * /' : .r v ;? -v ; ? * . ? f . ? ' c J ?.;?>. PRICE FIVE CENTS Local hews Bulletins ELECTED DIRECTOR James S. Ware, route 3, was elected to the board of direct ors of Cleveland County Coop erative Breeding Association at the meeting In the agriculture building In Shelby this week. TO ATTEND LECTURES Rev, P. D. Patrick leaves Monday for Richmond, Va., to ?attend the spring lectures at the Union Theological Semi ..nary. LIONS MEETING Regular meeting of the Kings Mountain Lions club will, be held Tuesday night at seven o'clock at Masonic Dining Hall. Cacl Mauney is arrang ing a special type of bingo jgame for the program. PARKING MONEY A total of $138.62 was collec ted from the city's parking me ters lor the week ending Wed nesday according to a report of Joe Hendrick, city clerk. CITY TAG SALES A total of 1,087 city auto xags for 1952 had been sold Wednesday afternoon, accord ing to report of Joe Hendrick, city clerk. MERCHANTS DIRECTORS Directors of the Kings Moun tain Merchants association will meet in the association of fice Monday evening at seven o'clock, according to announce ment yesterday by Mrs. John Lewis, secretary. Bites Held Fox Foimei Pastor Funeral serviecs for Rev. H. V. Tanner, Th. D, Ph. D. of Spartan burg, S. C., and former pastor of Second Baptist church, were con ducted Friday afternoon at Oak Grove Baptist church, Spartan burg county of which he was a member and former pastor. Rev. Boyce Coalts officiated and burial was in Popular Springs church cemetery, Spar tanburg, S. C. He died at Spartanburg Gener al hospital last Wednesday fol lowing several years of declining health and a serious illness of a few hours. Dr. Tanner was also former pastor of Bethlehem and Antioch Baptist churches and Southside Baptist church of Spartanburg. He was a native of Ohio and was an army chaplain and YMCA during World War I. He is sur vived by one son, Vernon H. Tan ner of New York City. Books Presented To City Library Mrs. W. K. Mauney, Sr., pre -sented two books to the Jacob S., Mauney Memorial Library last Monday as memorials to the late Mrs. Billie Black Mauney and Mrs. Grace Redfern Mauney. The books have been placed in thie newiy instituted Memorial section of the library. If anyone wishes to donate books for the Memorial section, contact Mrs. Charles Dillirrg, li brarian. The books presented were: "MR. JONES. MEET THE MAS TER," by Marshall,, in memory of Mrs. Billie Black Mauney, and "A MAN CALLED PETBR.'V by Marshall, in memory of Mrs. Grace Redfern Mauney. Layman's Day To Be Observed Special services will feature Sunday's observance of Lay man's Day at Grace Methodist church, according to announce ment thU week. > At the morning services at 11 o'clock, John Sharpe Hartsell, of Concord, will deliver the lay man's day address on the sub-. Ject, "The Mission of My Chur ch." In the afternoon, at 2:30, W. . J. All ran, o t Cherryville, will give a general discussion on the Sunday school lessons for March, with church school teachers and assistant teachers particularly requested to b? present. - On Sunday evening, at 6:30, the film '^Christ the King" will be presented. The film depicts events in the life, death and res unwtion of Oirlsfc Merchants Choose Officers For Year t ' - . * ' . ? - ? t " . PRESIDENT ? Dan Huffatetler. Kings Mountain furniture deal er, was elected president of the Kings Mountain Merchants as sociation at the annual meeting Monday night He succeeds T. W. Grayson. ? Dog Vaccination Clinics Scheduled Dr. J. P. Mauney, Kings Moun tain veterinarian will conduct a series of rabies vaccination clin ics in Number 4 Township, be ginning Thursday afternoon. The series of clinics is under sponsorship of the Cleveland County Health department in its newest effort to combat rabies disease in dogs in Cleveland county. Schedule for the clinics are: Thursday afternoon, 2:3C to 4.30, City Hall in Kings 'Moun tain. . Friday afternoon, 1 to 1:30, at Sam Goforth's place, G rover - Shelby Road 1:30 to 2:30, Broad, us Ellis Store, Grover; 3 to 3:30, White's Service Station, Grover Road; 3:30 to 4. Moss Service Station, Grover Road; and 4:30 to 5, at Compact school. Carver Blanton, county dog warden, pointed out that annual vaccination of dogs against ra bies is required by law. "I hope all dog owners will take advantage of the opportuni ty to have their dogs vaccinated at this series of clinics," Mr. Blanton said, "If all dog owners had their dogs vaccinated there would be no necessity for the frequent quarantines that have occurred frequently in the past." QUARTET AT GROVER . The "Hi, Neighbor:" quartet, of Anderson, S. C., will sing at the Grover school Saturday night, February 23. at 8 o' clock. The Grover Lions Club is sponsoring the program under the leadership of Harold Herndon. Dan Huffstetlei New President Of Association A capacity crowd attended the annual employee-employer ban quet of the Kings Mountain Mer chant association, held Monday night at Masonic Dining Hall, and a new group of officers were named with Dan Huffstetler as president. W. T. Grayson, retiring presi dent,- read the nominating com mittee's report. No further nomi nations were made and the new officers were voted in. Other offi cers named, in addition to Presi dent Huffstetler, were: vice-presi dent, Sam Collins and six direc tors, J, C. Bridges, O. W. Myers, John Lewis, Haywood Lynch, Hil ton Ruth and Hal Ward. Retiring officers were G. A. Bridges, vice-president, and direc tors Charlie Warlick, Dan Huff stetler, Amos Dean, Don Blanton, Drace Peeler and Wilson Craw ford. W. Faison Barnes, former sec retary, served as master of core monies and gave a brief report on the past year's operations. He stated that the association now had 42 members Including two new ones, Wee Folk Shop and Bessemer City Ice and Coal Co. and three who had rejoined, B & B Food Store, City Auto & Home Supply and B & B Soda Shop. Mrs. John Lewis, new secretary, was introduced to the group by Mr. Barnes. G. A. Bridges conducted the an nual prize drawing in which mer chants offered gifts to lucky ladles present He then introduc ed Bob Parks of Spindale and two boys, Gene Abercrombie and Jess Jones, students at Lenoir-Rhyne college, who gave a program of hill-billy music. Mr. Abercrombie, comedian of the group entertain ed the group with his witty say ings and jokes. Miss Barbara Gault furnished dinner music for the occasion and Rev. P. D. Patrick gave the invo cation. The fried chicken dinner with all the trimmings was pre pared by Mrs. I. B. Goforth. First Presbyterian Elects Four Deacons Four new deacons, to serve for three-year terms, were selec ted by ballot Sunday at the Presbyterian church. They are: Paul Mauney, E. A. Harrlll, J. W. Webster, and H. R. Hunnicutt. The balloting continued throu gh two Sundays. Davidson School Building Project Deferred Pending Visit Of Official Kings Mountain school district ] board of trustees continued dis cussion of what type of building i to construct at Davidson Negro j school at the regular February j noting held at the office of the superintendent on Monday night. The group Voted to request the ?tate director of Negro education to 'omc here and make a recom mendation. The board has been studying the Negro school building pro gram for some time and has re ceived a recommendation from a state school building committee urging construction of a five room elementary building. The board has also been contacting citizens in the Davidson area con cerning purchase of additional land. The board agreed to invite G. H. Ferguson, director of Negro education ki the state, , to assist in planning the new consltruction. B. N. Barnes, city school super intendent, read a letter to the board from S. E. Duncan, state supervisor of Negro high schools calling attention to improvements needed at Davidson school. He had visited the school in January. Mr. Barnes also told the board that additional state funds for . Janitorial help had been received and the group agreed to accept the janitorial committees report on hiring of additional personnel for the department. ; Mr. Barnes told the bo?rd that arrangements had been made to have the table tops in Central cafeteria painted. Superintendent Barnes lnform TO RECEIVE DEGREE ? Nor man F. McGlU, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. N. P. McGill, Sr., was among the list ol students completing his academic work at ErSklne College, Due West, S. C, at the close of the fall semester. Be will receive an A. B. decree So cial Science at graduation exer cises In the spring. ed the board that additional class room dictionaries were needed to keep the schools standard and the group voted funds for pur chase of some 130 new books. The group voted tb pay Mr. Barnes' expense to attend the American Association of School Superintendents annual meeting at Boston. r, SEEKS RE-ELECTION ? Con gressman Woodrow W. Jones, of Rutherfordton* announced this week that he would seek re-elec tion as Uth district Congress mail. Jones To File For Re-Election Woodrow W. Jones, 11th dis trict Congressman, announced Tuesday in a letter to newspa pers of the district that he would file notice of candidacy for re election on Wednesday with the state board of elections in Ral eigh. In a statement accompanying the announcement, Mr. Jones said: "I have tried to the very best of my ability to properly re present the people of the 11th Congressional district ai)d if re elected, I shall continue to give the very best that I have to these duties. Throughout my first term in Congress, I have been a strong advocate of economy in govern ment. If re-elected, I pledge to the people of my district that I shall continue my effort in be half of the elimination of non essential government spending. "It is a genuine pleasure and honor to represent our fine peo ple in the United States Con gress." *? Congressman Jones, a Demo crat, succeeded the late A- L. BulwinKle, of Gastonia. Church To Observe Lenten Season St. Matthew's Lutheran church j will begin the observance of the; Holy. Season of Lent on Ash Wednesday, February 27, accord ing to announcement this week ; by the pastor, :Rev. W. P. Ger berding. ? In addition to regular Sunday services during the Lenten sea- 1 son, devotional services will be held each Wednesday evening at 7:30, with Holy Communion to be administered on Ash Wed nesday and Holy Thursday. Dr. Gerberding said his ser mons will center around the Passion r>f the Lord. Sunday ev- 1 enings will be on Old Testament I Types. Wednesdays on the Pas- i sion Story. "This is a traditional time for; all Christians to deepen their spiritual life and for un church ed to inquire into their soul-life.: "All are welcome," Dr. Gerber- 1 ding, said. Little League Meeting Tonight ? Fred Grigg. recreation director, and Rudy Carson, both of Gas toni a, are scheduled to attend an open meeting at City Hail Thurs day night at, 8 o'clock to discuss the formation of a Little Baseball League in Kings Mountain. The meeting has been set by Several interested sportsmen of the city and everyone who is in terested in hearing of the nation al boys program is l>eing urged to attend. Sponsors,, coaches, league offi cials and umpires are needed to operate the program and actual organization of the league or lea gues will depend on the amount of interest shown by these groups, it is understood. Little League baseball is set up on a national basis and is ope rated under national rules and regulations. Teams are uniformed and no admission charge is allow ed for the games. Much Interest has already been shown and the organizers are ex pecting a large crowd to attend the meeting Thursday ni^ht. DEACONS MEETING A large number of deacons of Boyce Memorial ARP ctiurch will attend the dinner meeting of deacons of First Presbytery, to be held Thursday night at 7 o'clock at First ARP church, ' Ga?tonia. Reginal Price, of Charlotte, will nnfake the prin cipal address. Kings Mountain B. & L Holds Annual Meeting Shareholders of Kings Moun tain Building & Loan association re-elected all directors at the an nual meeting <held in the asso ciation offices last Thursday night. Following the shareholders' meeting, directors re-elected all officers and office personnel. Officers re-elected were W. K. Mauney, president, J. C. Keller, vice-president, J. C. Lackey, sec retary - treasurer, J. P. Lackey, assistant secretary - treasurer. *The directors renamed as attor neys J. R. Davis and Jack White, and re-appointed as office as sistants Xfrs. Louise Martin and Miss Bernice Harrison. Directors re-elected by share holders are W. K. Mauney, J. C. Keller, J. C. Lackey, J. R. Dayis, R. L. Mauney, W. M. Gantt, Dr. L. JP. Baker, C. W. Hullender, B. H. Bridges and Clyde Jolly. Reports presented at the meet ing by J. C. Lackey, secretary treasurer, showed that the asso ciation enjoyed a prosperous year during 1951. Assets at the end of 1951 total ed $736,895.61 and the associa tion's mortgage loans totaled $656,814.78. During 1951, the association made a total of 1G5 loans, paid dividends to shareholders total ing $17,016.65 at the rate of three percent, and added approxi. mately $9,000 to its reserve for contingencies, the reserve now totaling $60,000. In addition, the association showed undivided profits of $11,629.01, over and a bove the amount required to ma ture Installment shares now in force. Savings accounts held by shareholders included $368,300 in fUll-paid shares, $188, 355.64 in optional savings shares, and $56,343.25 im installment shares. Shareholders in the association at December 31, 1951, numbered I,069, including 854 white citi zens and 215 colored citizens. i 1 * Former Herald j Printer Dies Funeral rites lor John L. Fer guson, Kings Mountain native and former Herald printer, were held Wednesday morning from McEwen Funeral Home in Char: iQtte. Mr. Ferguson, also a former Kings Mountain policeman, died at his home in Charlotte during his sleep early Monday morn ing. Death was attributed to a heart attack. He was 76 years of age. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ferguson, he had been a linotype operator tor many years, and bad been retired by the Charlotte Observer in 1946. He had joined the Observer in 1924, after working lor about 15 j years for the Gastoma Gazette-. | Mr. Ferguson was associated with the Kings Mountain Herald under the editorship of Claude Eury about 1900. His wife was the late Carrie Cansler Ferguson. Surviving arc lour sons, John L. Ferguson, Jr., Charlotte, Char les M. Ferguson. GaStonia, Rich ard T. Ferguson, Oakland, CAl i f and Rhea W. Ferguson, Mem phis, Tenn. Much Excitement At Court Session Much excitement was causcd by a four-person affray in front of Ci'y Hall Monday afternoon while the regular weekly term of.. City Recorder's court was in ses sion. An overflow crowd was on hand ior the stormy session. The commotion added four cases to the docket as police im mediately arrested the persons involved and Judge E. A. Harrill, who presided, completed the term, hearing a total of 12 cases. The four persons arrestee! as a result of the affray were Mrs. Marie Haney, of York, S. C.'Mrs. Dorothy Nimms, of Grover, Lloyd Peterson, of York, S. C., and Mrs. Leola Peterson, of Lowell. Each received ten-day suspend ed sentences on charges of affray and each was ordered to be of good behavior, to break no laws of the city or state and to refrain from interfering in the affairs of their parents. "Hereafter, don't select the front of city hall to do your fight ing," Judge Harrill told the four as he passed the sentences. The affray took place after Judge Harrill had sentenced Mrs. Bessie ^oterson, mother of Mrs. Haney, Mrs. Nlmms and Mr. Pet erson, after conviction on a charge of carrying a concealed weapon. >" (Continued. On Page Bight) : ' Red Cross Quota $6,500; Organization Is Announced DEBATER ? Miss Myrtle Hoyle. senior at Appalachian State Teachers college, has been elec ted to membership in the college chapter of Pi Kappa Delta, na tional honorary forensic fratern ity. Local Student In Fraternity Miss Myrtle ' Hoyle, Kings Mountain senior at Appalachian State Teachers college/ has been elected to membership in Pi Kappa Delta, national honorary forensic fraternity, according to announcement by Thomas E. Styers, secretary of the ASTC chapter. . ? . To be eligible for membership, a person must be a regular stu^ dent, in good standing, and rep resent the college in intercolle giate performances. Miss Hoyle ranked third in the women's di vision of debating in the Appa lachian Mountain Forensic tour nament held last November. Miss Hoyle has also been elec ted as one of th? representatives in the South Atlantic Forensic, scheduled for LenoJr-Rhyne col lege February 29-March 1.' Mrs. Carl Mayes On Radio Program "Then Conquer We Must," thej historical drama commemorate ing the Battle of Kings Moun tain, received nation . wide pub ! licity this week when Mrs. Carl Mayes appeared on a net work I radio program originating inj Chicago, Mrs. Mayer, was a guest on! Don McNeal's Breakfast Club program and was on the air at ,9:45 Tuesday morning. Prior to the program, cards were passed asking what could be more fun than being on the Breakfast Olnb. She had answer ed dancing in > he country dances and minuet in he drama. She \v."" ;?sked by Mr. McNeal if the play had any. shooting in it. Mrs. Mayes answered, "-yes, plenty." I. "Then Sam would like that," stated' Mr. McNeal. "Well, he'll just have to come I see it next season," said Mrs. Mayes. Mr. and Mrs. Mayes and Mr and Mrs. Trent Ragtand, Jr., of |Chariu!te, were in .Chicago at - tending the Sand and Gravel convention. Mr. Mayes and ' Mr. KagJand are officials of Superior Stone Co.. ?? BUILDING PERMITS Building permits, approved by City Building Inspector Kel ly Dixon, was issivd last week at City Hall io Hal Plonk for construction of a six room a partment house on Cleveland avenue at an estimated cttst of $2,100; to Ray Cline to remod el residence on Falls street at an estimated cost of $300. Fund Campaign To Begin Here On Maich 3rd I Fred W. Plonk, chairman of the $6,500 Number 4 " Township Red Cross. fund campaign, an nounced yesterday completion of plans for the annual fund-rais ing drive.- ' He announced chairmen of the several solicitation committees and said the general soliciting would begin March 3. Committee chairmen are: Advance gifts, Joe A. Neisler. Industrial employees, Sam Stallings. Residential, Mrs. L. E. Abbott, chairman, Mrs. Aubrey Mauney, co-chairman. - Rural, John Rudisill. Public employees, Mrs. S. R. Suber, Jr. Negro division, L. L. Adams, rover, Rev. Park Moore. Public information, Mrs. Ar nold KisCr. The committee chairmen met Tuesday night at the Red Cross office to lay final plans for the campaign. Chairman Plonk said the mem bers of the several divisions are, I highly enthusiastic and he ex- j pressed optimism that the goal] of the campaign would be reach- 1 ed. ' '' ?' v J'The goal of $6,500 is no small sum," Mr, Plonk said, "but it can be obtained. Of the total, 6-1 per cent wll' be retained for use by the local "h >pter in its work in Number 4 Township, with 36 per cent going to National Red Cross i headquarters for general Red Cross work." Initial plans for the campaign were made hero recently when Miss Hope Buck, general field representative from the Atlanta i office, met with chapter officials to prepare a 1952 budget and to! ! woi k out a quota for the newj year "Initial indications arc that the fund drive committee will be able to conduct \ concentrated campaign," Mr. Plonk continued. "Abie committee chairmen have been obtained in all divisions, including rural communities and Grover, and 1 believe we shall be able to complete the cam paign in less time than the full month of March, which is -an - J nually designated Red Cross, month throughout the United' States. "Ful cooperation has been the] attitude by all thus far contact- j cd to aid in the campaign," Mr ' Plonk said. J It was announced that all dc ; partment stores of the communi ty have agreed to devote show ? window spare to the /orthcom i ing campaign. Resurrection Mission To End The. week's preaching mission .by. Rev. Peter J. 'I>e\is at Re^ur- . reetion Lutheran eh.ur< h will con elude with final sermons on, Thur.<day and Friday. Twice daily services l.ttve been: held at ihe'e-hureh. beginning hist 1 Sunday morning, at 11 a; m. and Mr. Dexnis' Thuj. day sermon subject rs "Let c Jr>i | Worry". I lis Friday subject is "A Heap o' Liv |in"\ ' ; j In conjunction With the sermon series have been discussion panels . I led by the pastor, Rev. Vance ! Daniel. The discussion subject for j Thursday is "To Share the?Mana- 1 gement" and for Friday, "To Live . j by the Law that Has Been Re- j moved". . i Housei, Houston Head Heart Fund In Kings Mountain; Goal Is $625 Kings Mountain is Joining with the American "Heart asso ciation in an effort raise funds to help cut the death rate irom heart disease. George Houser is chairman and Humes Houston Is co-chair man of a local fund drive to ob tain $625 as a part of the $2,500 Cleveland County quota. Latest figures on 'Vauses of death" show that heart diseases claimed 745,000 victims. ' Funds obtained are used to promote research to determine | methods of improved treatment and Earlier discovery of heart ail j ments, to foster public and pro fessional education concerning heart diseases, and to develope community heart programs. "Heart diseases constitute our most serious national and local health problem," Mr. Houser pofhted out. "As Is well-known, heart ailments strike down many citizens each year while they are in the prime of life and When their experience and skills are most kalua'ble. We all have a re sponsibility In giving to fight this menace to our national and individual health and securky." HERE SUNDAY ? Rev. E. L. Hen derson. president of the North Carolina Conference of the Wes leyan Methodist church, will preach the special sermon Sun day morning, dedicating the ed ucational building of First Wes .leyan Methodist church. Chuich Building To Be Dedicated The educational building of First YVeslcyan Methodist church will be dedicated at morning ser vices at the church Sunday, with Rev. E. L. Henderson, of High Point, president of the North Car olina Conference, of the VVesleyan Methodist church, preaching a special dedicatory sermon. The church educational build- ' . ing was built about four years ago at a cost of $11,000. It was completely cleared of debt on February 12. Announcement of the special service was made by the pastor, Rev. J. VV. Phillips, who said Mr. Henderson would also deliver the sermon at regular evening ser vices. ' Boy Scout Fund Drive Underway Solicitors cond ting the $1 730 Boy Scout fu>.vl:dfive hope to complete their work during the current -weekend, Bruce TMor burn, co-chairman of the cam paign, said Wednesday. ? Mr. Thorburn is directing the business district solicitation, Co Chalrman Charlie Connor the in dustrial division,- and Dr. J. C. MeGill the professional division. J. C. McKinney is treasurer of the campaign. Members of ths business ? dis trict committee include D. D. Saunders, J. C. Bridges Glee E. Bridges, E, E. Marlowe, B. S. Peeler, Jr.. VYVS. Fulton. Jr., Da vid Nei.ll. J. n. Darracott, Marri- . : ott Phifer, Dan Huffstetler and 'Paul Smyre. ' t Persons who wish to forward checks by mail should aodress them to Mr. McKinney, in care of the' first National Bahk, to Mr. Connor or Sir. ThofbUrn. McSwain Will Teach Baptist Study Course Rev. W. L. McSwain will con duct a study course on "Jesus, the Teacher," at Kifst Baptist chtirch beginning Monday njght. - The course will be conducted each evening at 7 o'clock throu gh Friday, February ^9, and is lor all pupils 15 years of age and over, teachers and assistant ?? teachers. Representatives from all chur ches of the Kings Mountain Bap. tist association are expected to attend. Boards To Discuss Sewer Improvements A Joint meeting of the city board of commissioners and city planning board has been scheduled for Tuesday night at 7:30 at City Hall to discuss possible action on a city bond Issue for water and sewer sys tem improvements, according to announcement by Joe Hen driclr. city clerk. ? Mr. Hendrlck said the public is being urged to attend the meeting. Basis of the discussion will be the surrey by Olsen Engi neering Company, of Raleigh, which estimated that improve ments to the two systems would cost in excess of $800, 000.