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VOL. 63 NO. 14
Sixty-Second Year
Kings Mountain. N. C? Thursday. April 3. 1952
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IN WASHINGTON
City Attorney J. R. Davis re
turned to Washington, O. C.,
(Monday night, where he was
to represent the city in its ef
forts to obtain an ^allocation of
natural gas for Kings Moun
tain. C. E. Neisler, member of
"the city planning board who
was in New York, was to Join
him In Washington to sup
port the' city's natural gas pe
. titlon in a hearing before the
Federal Powei- Commission.
City Commissioner James Lay
ton also went to Washington
Monday night to attend the
hearing.
BUILDING PERMITS
Three building permits were
issued at City Hall during the
past week to: Carl Farrls for
construction of a one-story res
idence on Deal street at an es
timated cost of $2,500; Hal S.
Plonk for construction of one
story apartment house on Cle
veland avenue at an estimated
cost of $2,400; David Burton,
construction of a one story res
idence on Parker street at an
estimated cost of $3,500.
LIONS MEETING
Milton Loy. of Shelby, will
address members of the Kings
Mountain Lions club at their
regular meeting Tuesday night
at 1 o'clock at Masonic Dining
Hall, according to announce
ment by Ollie Harris, prograim
chairman. Mr. Loy, a haber
dasher and former lawyer, will
make a humorous-type talk,
Mr. Harris said.
ATTEND CONVENTION
A. H. Patterson, secretary
treasurer, and G. A. Bridges,
vice-president, of the Home
Building & Loan association,
left for Hollywood Beach, Fla.,
Friday where they attended the
Southeastern convention of the "
United States Building & Loan
League;;..;'.'
NEW MANAGER
Mrs. Sue Young, of Gastonia,
assumed duties as manager of
Eagles 5 and 10 cent store last
week. Mrs. Young replaces G.*
W. Loveland who has been
transtferred to Lake City, S. C.
Mr. Loveland will move his
family there in June.
PROMOTED '
Gordon H. (Buddy) Beatty,
Air Force reserve, son of Mrs.
Merle Beatty, has recently been
promoted to the rating of cor
poral. Cpl. Beatty is on duty
at Aleandria AFB, La.
MASON'S NOTICE
An emergent communication
of Fairview Lodge No. 339, AF
A AM, will be held Friday
night April 4, at 7:30 p. m. for
woric in the third degree. All
Masons are invited to attend.
CHOIR TO SING
"The Crucifixion" by Stalner
?will be presented toy ifhe adult
choir of Central Methodist
church on Sunday evening at
7:30 p. in. The public Is cordi
ally Invited.
TRANSFERRED
Hermon Jackson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Wood Jackson, left
last Friday for Waco AAF,
Texaa, following a leave hece
and his transfer from Keesler
AFB, Miss.
THOMPSON RESIGNS
C. E. Carpenter, desk ser
geant of Kings Mountain Po
lice Department, announced
this week the resignation of J.
O. Thompson, effective April
12. Mr. Thompson ha* accepted
work with the ttate police de
partment of Maryland.
rSNCB DELATED
Work on installation of an
industrial wire fence around
City Stadium, scheduled to
start last Monday, has been
delayed according to City Ad
ministrator M. K. Fuller. The
city board accepted a contract
at a meeting on March 14. '? ..
Four Local Men
On Rope Case fury
At 2 o'clock Wsdnssdaty at
Inatoa, sttsiMfi ?m od
droulng tbs Jury la the Cto
Mlud Superior Court capital
cms in which four Wow
youths an char god with nqpa.
L A. Hovsot, Jr~ dosk el
court, thaaflkt It only a bin
SENIOR CLASS PLATERS ? Pictured above at initial rehearsals are members of the cast of the
annual Kings Mountain high school senior class play, "Introdudn' Susan/- to be presented at Cen
tral auditorium Friday night. From left to right are Evelyn Cllne. Barbara Gault. Johnny Riser, Suz
anne Arrowood, Ann Mayes, Charles Mauney. Mel ba Tindall. Jimmy Crawford, Garland Still and
Mrs. Emma M. Crowe. Other members of the cast, not pictured, are Charles Painter. Reginald Mur
ray, and Paul McGinn is. (Photo by Carlisle Studio.)
Seniors Will Give
Play Friday Night
Comedy Diama
Will Feature
Cast ol 12
The annual Kings Mountain
high scool senior class play, "In
troducin' Susan", will be present
ed Friday night at Central audi
torium. Curtate ttme m. *- %
The play is being directed by
Mrs. Emma M. Crowe and is bill
ed as a "rolicking farce" in three
acts. Introducin' Susan was writ
ten by Jay Tobias and is being
produced by the class by special
arrangement with Eldridge Enter
tainment House.
Heading the cast of 12 are:
Charles Mauney, as Dick Heath
erby, a young college professor.
Ann Mayes, as Susan, his wife.
Johnny Kiser, as Buddy Chal
mers, a football player.
Barbara Gault, as Babs Bos
well, Buddy's girl friend.
Jack Still, as Hilington Ross, an
old boyfriend of 8usan.
Meiba Tlndall, as Diana May
field, an old sweetheart of Dick.'
Suzanne Arrowood, as Violet,
the cook.
Jim Crawford, as Cyclone, Vio
let's "little" brother.
Evelyn Cllne, as Aunt Cordelia
Quackenbush, D ic k' s wealthy
aunt*
Paul McGlnnis, as Jim Dono
van, Susan's quick-tempered fath
er. ? ? ? ?
Charles Painter, as Mick, and
Reginald Murray, as Ike, hospital
attendants.
Entire action of the play takes
place In the living room of the
Heatherby home in a small mid
western college town.
The young college professor is
constantly In hot water because
his wife leaves following a mar
tial quarrel and the football play
er agrees to pose as hi* wife. The
grid hero's girl friend becomes
confused, the "old flames" arrive
on the scene and the wealthy aunt
hits town to find her nephew with
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; RECEIVES COMMISSION? James
E. Herndon. Jr., was recently
; commissioned to 2nd. Lieutenant
I at Advance Air Force Base, Enid,
Oklahoma.
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Herndon Is
Commissioned
James E. Herndon, Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Herndon, Sr.,
has been commissioned a second
lieutenant in the U. S. Air Force.
Lt. Herndon received his com
mission on Saturday, March 22 at
Advance A1r Force Base, Enid,
Oklahoma.
After spending a 30-day leave
with his parents, he will go to
Moody Air Force Base in Valdos
ta, Ga., for a nine weeks training
course in jet transition.
After the transition course, he
will report to Tlndall AFB, at
Panama City, Florida for further
course in jet instrument training.
Before arriving in Kings Moun
tain, Herndon spent some time in
Texas and Mississippi visiting
relatives and friend.
1164 TAGS SOLD
City Clerk Joe Hendrick re
ported Wednesday sale of 1164
license plates for 1952. He
pointed out that motorists liv
ing within the city who do not
display the tags are liable to
court action.
Bed Cross Fond Campaign Climbs
Slowly Toward Goal Of $6,275
The Red Cross campaign had
readied the digging stage Wed
nesday morning, with receipts
climbing slowly toward *he $6,
775 goal for Number 4 Township.
Tabulation of receipts to date
w. j not available, Mrs. Arnold
Klser, publicity chairman said,
but the riiSidential area cam
paign was reported complete and
progress was reported by Che
G rover committee and by the Ne
gro division.
Hie G rover committee, headed
by Mrs. S. A. Crisp and Burr is
Keeter, was reported nearing its
goal of '9500, while the Negro
division reported receipts to date
of $277.41, against a $500 quota.
The Negro division, headed by
L. L Adams, met at City Hall
Monday nlgtit and expressed
confidence that their goal would
be readied. Still lagging was the
industrial employee* division,
and drive officials were hopeful
that this division would be able
to send the receipts soaring near
the campaign goal.
Originally 96.300, the quota
ww raised by $275 last week, fol.
lowing the six-state tornado dis
aster which resulted in heavy
emergency expenditures by the
Red Cross.
Mrs. JL. E. Abbott and Mrs. Au
brey Mauney, co-chairmen of the
residential division, Issued a
statement thanking all workers
and contributors for their coop
eration. "With a highest - ever
quota, ttifc residential division
completed its work only three,
dollars short," Mrs. Abbott said,
"and this good record would not;
have been possible without the
full cooperation of the many peo~
pie who took part in it, both as
solicitors and as donors."
Miss Hope Buck, of the Atlanta
area Sed Cross office. In King*
Mountain Wednesday morning,
told Red Cross officials *ie was
?dghly ((leased with the' progress
of the Kings Mountain Chapter
campaign.
George Short
Gets 18-Month
Jail Sentence
George Short, 29-year-old Kings
Mountain man, drew jail1 sen
tences totaling 18 months after
conviction of charges of aiding
and abetting In prostitution, as
sault on a female and non-support
at the regular weekly session of.
dlty recorders court held at City
Hall Monday afternoon. ?-.
The young married man, father
of four children, recently com
pletely a road sentence for as
sault on a female and non-sup
port, It was brought out in the
testimony.
He was arrested on Monday,
March 24, on a warrant signed
by" his wife. M?r. Ftttmle Short,
charging him with forcing her In
an attempted illicit relation with
another man, Jess Barnes. She al
so charged him with non-support
and assaulting her.
Judge Harrill sentenced him to
12 months on the prostitution and
assault and six months on the
non-support charge.
A courtroom packed with peo
ple was present for the session.
Another case that drew much
interest was a charge against
Catherine Schenk, Negress, and
James Jlughes, Negro, cf fornica
tion and adultery. Oakley Schenk,
Jr., husband of the woman, made
the charge. Judge Harrill found
the pair not guilty.
Other cases Included:
Eugene Brown, charged wiih
disposing of mortgaged property,
was found guilty and sentenced to
four months In jail. Brown ap
pealed to Superior court for trial
by jury. Later in the day the
case was re-opened and will be
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Joint Kiwanis
Meeting Tuesday
The members of Kings Moun
tain and Lincolnton Klwanls
clubs will hold an Inter-club
meeting at the Lincolnton high
school cafeteria on Tuesday ev
ening at 7 o'clock, according to
announcement yesterday by
Harry Page, who Is in <!harge of
arrangements for the meeting.
The Tuesday evening meeting
in Lincolnton will replace the
regular April 10 meeting of the
Klr?gs Mountain club.
Speaker for the occasion will
be Dr. R. S. Snyder, , pastor of
Seigle Avenue Presrfbyteclan
church,. of Charlotte, for 32 years
a world -traveler and student of
International relations. He will
discuss -The Threat of Commu
nism to Our Way of Life." 'Dr.
Snyder has Just completed an
18, 000-mlle flight over Europe.
Since 1917, Dr. Snyder has spent
much time In Russia and Is re
garded an authority on Commu
nlsm.
Mr. Page said he hoped all i
club members would be able to
attend the Lincolnton meeting.
P-TA To Sponsor
Magician Friday
Montclatre, matter magician
and hypnotist and his opera of
wbnders, will be featured at Park
Grace school Friday night at 7:30
In the opera of wonders, Mont
clalre has 1001 miracles and 30 il
lusions. , , _
Tt>? act is sponsored by the
. Parents-Teachers Association of
the school.
Admission will be thirty *nd
sixty cents.
Funeral Rites
For Sargeant
To Be Thursday
Funeral rites for Rev. Angus
G. Sargeant, of Charlotte, for ten
years pastor of Kings Mountain's
i First Baptist church, will be held
at Calvary Baptist church, in
Charlotte, Thursday afternoon at
2' o'clock.
Rev. Mr. Sargeant died at 5
o'clock Tuesday afternoon at!
Memorial hospital, Charlotte,
following a two-week illness. He
had suffered a heart attack.
Interment will be at Char
lotte's Forest Lawn cemetery.
Rev. N. B. Phillips, pastor of
East Flat Rock Baptist church,
will conduct the rites.
Mr. Sargeant came to Kings
Mountain as pastor of the First
Baptist church in July 19.14, re
signing the; pastorate in late
June 1944. He became pastor of
Enderly Park Baptist church. In
December of 1945 he organized
the Calvary Baptist church and
has held that pastorate since.
Mr. Sargeant was bom In
Ridgewood. N. J., on December
3, 1894, the son of Mrs. J. H. Sar
geant, now of Asheville, and the
late Mr. Sargeant, After gradu
ating from Southern Baptist
Theological seminary at Louis
ville, Ky.. he was active in the
mission field of Western North
Carolina.
He was also a graduate otf Tus
culmum college, in Tennessee,
and was a well-known Baptist
evangelist. He was a veteran of
World War I.
Surviving are his mother, his
wife, Mrs. Vera Featherstone
Sargeant; a daughter, Mrs. G. F.
Lemaston of Charlotte; a son,- A.
G. Sargeant, Jn, student at Bow
man Gray Medical school; and
a (brother, Lawrence Sargeant, of
Asheville. One granddaughter
survives.
Publishing Firm
I* Incorporated
Cectificate of irvcorpration was
Issued March 26 by the North
Carolina Secretary of State to
Kings Mountain ' Publishing
Company, Inc. .
The incorporation certificate
grants the company authority to
engage in a general publishing
business, authorizes issuance of
$100,000 of capital stock, and
lists $1,500 subscribed at $100 per
share by 15 Incorporators.
The 15. as listed by Mr. Aber
nathy of the Secretary of State's
office, are: C. T. Bennett, Glee
E. Bridges. J. C. Bridges, J. Wil
son Crawford, Leonard Edge, W.
G. Grantham, T. W. Grayson, J.
E. Herrdon, J. B. Keeter, . D. C.
Mauney, W. K. Mauney, c. E.
Neisler, H. R. Neisler, A. H. Pat
terson and J. H. Thomson.
The Shelby Star said last
week that the company would
publish a weekly newspaper at
the building adjoining the Kings
Mountain Building & Loan as
sociation, and that offset print
ing equipment had been pur
chased for production of the pa
per.
SBI To Check
Stevenson Death
Ollle Harris, Cleveland county
coronor, said Wednesday that
the State Bureau of Investigation
would be called In to investigate
the circumstances surrounding
the death of George Stevenson.
Stevenson, 27-yearold Negro,
died following burns suffered in
a fire at the Dorfhia F.er.i.edy
residence on West Ridge street.
>Mr. Harris said that "so many
dbvlous false statements made
toy persons at the Kennedy resi
dence shortly before the fire oc
curred" dictated the decision to
summon the SBI. Hie statements
were made to Sheriff Haywood
Allen, Chief of Police S. R. Dav
idson, and Mr. Harris during the
course of an investigation last
week.
The fire occurred on the night
of March 21. and Stevenson, an
employee of Bennett Brick and
THe company, died aibout 12
hours later at Shelby hospital.
Free Movie On Roses
Set For Wednesday
A free morl* on "Floating
and Car* of locos" has boon
scheduled for the Womani
dab Wednesday afternoon at
Tho 30-mlnato reel is being
sponsored toy the Vlroro Com
pany and ties in with tho
City's boautlficatioa project on
rose planting.
Everyone is Invited to at
tend.
Kiser
For County
ed Candidate
TRADE PROMOTION GROUP AT WORK? The trad? promotion com-!
mittee of the Kings Mountain Merchants association, recently outlin- i
ed plans for a trio of community-wide trade promotion events for j
the remainder of the year. Shown above, left to right, are Hilton
Ruth. Harold Coggins. and Haywood Lynch, the members of the com- !
mittee. Mr. Lynch is chairman.
Merchants Report
Membership Gain
Huffstetler
Makes Report
On Trade Body
j In a letter to member* dated
'last Saturday, Dan Huffstetler.
president of the Kings Mountain
Merchant association, reported a
membership increase of 15 during
the past two months and said the
goal of membership .is an addi
tional 24 members.
Association, membership now
totals 51^
He reported the financial con
dition of the association much im
proved, With a number of old ac
counts owed by the association
Jrared.
Mr. Huffstetler also reported
that the association's trade pro
motion committee had tentatively
scheduled three trade promotions
for the year and predicted a
"good year" lor the association.
Among other statements In th?
letter to members, Mr. Huffstet
ler said that the association plan
ned to tighten its enforcement of
rules against several types of soli
citations, and he announced the
regular meeting of the association
board of directors would be held
on fourth Mondays.
Asking the cooperation of the
membership In the projects of the
association, Mr. Huffstetler
wrote, "We want every member
to say to himself 'I am personally
a part of this organization and
will strive to help in any way I
can to benefit others that I might
be benefited myself directly and
indirectly."
mmsmji
GUEST MINISTER ? Rev. Blan
chard Horne, former pastor here,
will begin a. series of revival ser
vices at First Church of The Na
zarene on Tuesday at 7 p. m
Blanchazd Home
To Preach Here
t ? .
Rev. Blanchard Home, pastor
of First Church of the Nazarene
at Orlando, Florida, will .t>e
guest minister at revival servi
ces which will begin Tuesday,
April 8, at First Church of the
Nazarene.
Services will begin each even,
ing at 7 o'clock and will contin
ue through Sunday April 20.
Rev. Horne Is a former pastor
of the church here.
Special music will be rendered
during the revival. Rev. C. E. Mc
Kenzie, pastor, announced.
Funeral Rites For George Cansler
Conducted on Wednesday Afternoon
Funeral services tor George
Cansler, 80, prominent retired
farmer and hardware merchant,
were held at First Presbyterian
church Wednesday afternoon at
4 o'clock.
Rev. P. D. Patrick, the pastor,
officiated and burial was at
Mountain Rest cemetery.
Mr. Cansler died at his home
?t 708 West Mountain street on
Tuesday at 12:25 p. m. He had
been seriously ill for the past
three wfefcs and had been in
failing health tor several years.
He was a native of Gaston
County, ton of the late Martin
Luther and Betty Elizabeth
Abernathy Cansler. He had been
a resident of Kings Mountain for
the past thirty years.
Mr. Cansler became associated
with Ptaifer Hardware Co. as a
partner in 1921, a relationship
continued for 14 years.
He was a member of Fir's! Pres
byterian church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Martha Frances Anthony Cans
ler; two sons, Luther Cansler, of
Kings Mountain, and Anthony
Cansler of Charlotte; two sisters.
Mrs. D.. R. Connell, of Thomas
ville, and Mrs. C. E. Finger, of
Hickory; and three grandchil
dren.
One son. Luther Cansler, was
killed In action In Luxembourg,
Europe, in 19-15 while serving
with the United States army.
Active pallbearers were J. H.
Page. H. Ft Neisler, Hall Goforth,
Hubert Davidson, Harry Page
and James Houser. Elders and
deacons of First Prespytertan
church served as honorary pall
bearers.
Ware Seeking
Re-nomination
To School Body
What has started off to bo a
dull political season may warm
considerably, according to a ru- .
mor being passed In political
circles, here this week. . >
The rumor is that L. Arnold
j Kiser, well-known Kings Moun
| tain textile executive, will offer
I for the District 2 county com mis -
slonershlp, opposing Hazel B.
Bumgardner, Incumbent, who
announced several weeks ago he
would seek re-nomination.
Mr. Kiser, contacted tby the
Herald, decli n e d comment,
though he did say several citi
zens had urged him to make the
race.', ? ?
Tlte potential Democratic pri
mary contest would toe of par
ticular interest to voters of Num
ber 4 and Number 5 Townships,
since the primary balloting on
the District'2 nominee is limited
to these townships.
Only other potential local lev
el contest to date is for Number
4 Township constable, for which
Ervin Ellison has already filed
notice of candidacy. Will Black
burn,' incumbent, has not made
public his intentions but is re
garded as a sure candidate to
succeed- himself.
Mr. Kiser is a veteran .member
of the Cleveland County Board of
hospital trustees, now serving
as vice-chairman, and has been
quite active in the promotion
and building of Kings Mountain
hospital, which observed Its first
j anniversary Wednesday. He la
ja former member of the county
welfare board and has long been
i active in Kings Mountain civic
work; He is actively associated ?
in the management of Mauney,
Bonnie and Sadie mills.
Other political activity during
the past week was featured
principally by the announce
ment of four county school com
missioners that they would seek
re-nomination. They arc Wayne
L. Ware, of Kings Mountain, W.
H Lutz, of Waco. Dixon Stroupe.
of Pallston. and B. Austell, *>f
Earl. The fifth member, C. D1
Forney, Sr.. of Lawndale, did not
file and has announced that he
would not seek re-nomination.
...
Lone county contest to date is
between Senator Clyde Nolan
ancl Robert Morgan for the North
Carolina Senate.
Deadline for filing notice of
candidacy is April IB, when the
filing notice and fee must be in
the hands of the Cleveland
County elections board. Mrs.
Mary Glover, secretary to C. C*
! Horn, Shelby attorney, is cur-,
rently serving as clerk to the
| county elections board.
Eugene Bridges filed notice of
Candidacy for constable of Num- ,
ber 5 Township
Bell Will Transfer
Mrs. Myrtle McDaniel
Mrs. Myrtle McDaniel, lor1 the
past seven years service repre
sentative of Kings Mountain's
Southern Bell Telephone & Tele
graph Company exchange, will
be transferred by the company
to its Spartanburg, S. C., ex
change in the near future.
Mrs.' McDaniel has been with
Southern Bell for the past 14
years, all at the Kings Moun
tain office. For seven years she
was chief operator here, before
?being promoted to the position
of service representative.
She expects the transfer to 'be
come effective in about 45 days.
A native of Spartan-burg, Mrs.
McDaniel is the widoW of Robert *
McDaniel.
Easter Sunrise
Service Planned
The Kings Mountain Minis
terial association announced
plans this week for its annual
community wide Caster Sun
rise service, to be held at 6:15
on Easter morning at Memori
al Park of Mountain Rest cura
tory.
Rev. P. D. Patrick, who made
the announcement, said the
form of the program would be
similar to those of previous
years, and that Rev. J. W. Phil
lip* will preach the Easter
Sunrise sermon.
The community chorus will
sing special Easter made.
Pall details concerning the
service will be announced next
week.