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Population City Limits 7.206 Trading Area 15,000 (1M5 Ration Boaid Flgur**) Kings Mountain's RELIABLE Newspaper 16 Pages T oday VOL.62 NO. 26 Sixty-Second Yecr Kings Mountain, N. C.. Thursday. June 26. 1952 Established 1839 PRICE FIVE CENTS - . i >4 tft. * ? ? ? - . Local News Bulletins METER RECEIPTS . A total of $148.64 was col lected from the city's parking meters Wednesday according to a report by the treasurer's .office. OFFICE MANAGER Miss Betty Ledford assumed duties this week as office mana ger of Kings Mountain Little Theatre, 5lQ East King street. UNION SERVICE Sunday night's union servi ce for several uptown Kings (Mountain churches will ibe held at 8 o'clock at First Pres byterian church, with Rev. W. L. Pressly, pastor of Boyce Me morial ARP church, delivering the sermon. . LICENSE RECEIPTS Kings Mountain business es tablishments liable .to the City's privilege license tax schedule had purchased a to tal of $1,696.77 in licenses through Tuesday, according to report of City Clerk Joe Hen drick. Penalty applies on licen ses not purchased by July 31. RETURNS HOME B. N. Barnes, superintendent of city schools, returned .to his home Tuesday after undergo ing an appendectomy at Kings Mountain hospital recently. Regular June meeting of the board of school trustees, sche duled on June 16, was postpon ed because of his absence. DRAMA CASTING Mrs. M. A. Ware will direct casting for the 25 speaking parts of Sword of Gideon, Mrs. Florette Henri's new Kings Mountain battle drama. Casting is to begin at the Little Theatre office Thursday night. The drama opens on August 21 at Kings Mountain National Military Park-ampitheatre. X-RAY HERE Cleveland County's mobile X-ray unit, purchased by citi zens of the county through a Jayc.ee ? sponsored drive, will be located in Kings Mountain Thursday. The unit will be in front of Belk's Dept. Store and, .will be open from 10 a. m. to 12 and from 1 p. m. to 4 p, rrv for free X-raying of any per son who wishes the service. . RE-ELECTED M. L. Campbell, agriculture teacher at Compact school, has been re-elected chaplain of the North Carolina Vocational Ag riculture Teachers association. The members ofthe associa tion returned Sunday from a week's tour of the Mid-West, visiting on the trip the chief agricultural areas of the area, the University of Illinois, Chi cago and Detroit. TO HOUSTON C. E. (Bud) Warlick, Jr., left by plane Saturday for Houston, Texas, where he has joined the iifm of Walter P. Moore, con sultii^; engineer, as a design er. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C- E. Warlick and recent ly received a professional de gree in civil engineering at N. C. State college. AT SCOOT CAMP Members of Boy Scout Troop 2, St. Matthew's Lutheran church, left Monday for a week's stay at Piedmont Scout Camp, Lake Lanier, Tryon. Scoutmaster Don R. Blanton and Assistant David Mauney, accompanied the group. TO RALEIGHT Dr. George W. Plonk, now completing a residency in sur gery at Lakenau General hos pital, Philadelphia, Pa., will practice surgery in Raleigh! members of his family learned this week. Dr. Plonk, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Plonk, will go to Raleigh about August 1. His wife is the former Margar et Cooper. TO CHAPEL HILL Mrs. Mary B. Goforth, mana ger of the Kings Mountain branch of the state Employ ment Service, will go to Cha pel HH1 Thursday for A three day institute bring conducted 4>y the North Carolina Chapter International Association at. Public . Employment Service* and the Institute of Govern ment. -? ? UMi mnhhej HOSPITAL BOARD OFFICIALS ? - C. C. Horn, left, Shelby lawyer, was re-elected chairman, and Hun ter R. Nelsler, center. Kings Mountain textile executive, was elected ?Ice-chairman of the Cleveland County board ol hospital trustees for 1952-53 at the meeting of the trustees at Brackett's Park June 18. C. D. Blanton, right, was re-elected treasurer of the Kings Mountain unit. Mr. Noisier succeeds L. Arnold. Kiser, who is completing a three-year term. At the meeting, the trustees discussed plans for the ballding of a nurses' home for the Kings Mountain unit and empowered the Number 4 Township trustees to plan for its construction, if possible, during the coming fiscal year. Second Pi Set For S Local Democrats | Will Help Fill Seat On Bench Kings Mountain area Demo crats return to the *polls Satur day for second primary ballot ing and the job will be an easy one. Saturday's ballot for Cleveland County voters will be one of the shortest On record, with only two two-man contests to determine, that between two Supreme Court judges, William H. Bobbitt, of Charlotte, and R. Hunt Parker, of Reidsville, for a seat on the state Supreme Court. Both are candi dates for hoth the short term and the full eight-year term Parker led the state- wide vot ing in the May 31 primary, but Bobbitt was the top-heavy local favorite; Jack White, Kings Mountain attorney and local manager of the Bobbitt campaign, said his only worry was in getting Dem ocrats to vote. "I know Kings Mountain people are for Judge Bobbitt, as indicated by the first primary voting, and I want ^o urge them to be sure and stop by the polling places Saturday," Mr. White said. Judge Bobbit has been seek ing to advance his candidacy via television this week and speaks Thursday night over WB-TV at, 9:30. Polls will open at 6:30 a. m., and close at 6:30 p. m- Number 4 township polling places are: at City Hall, EbSl Kings Mountain precinct; at Victory Chevrolet Company, West Kings Mountain precinct; at Bethware school, Bethware precinct; at Tate's Drug Store in Grover, Grover pre cinct, Fourth Polio Case Hits Harry Family > ?> . i C. F. Harry, III, of Crover, son 61 Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Jfar ry, is a patient in the Ashe villo Orthopedic hospital re ceiving treatment lor infantile paralysis. The boy, taken to the Ashe ?ille hospital Tuesday, is the fourth member of the Harry family to be felled by polio. The case is the fifth reported j in Number 4 Township during | recent weeks. Other case occur- j red in the Oak Grove commun ity. Ruth New Head Oi Trade Gioup Hilton Ruth, manager oi Belk's J Department Store, has succeed- j eel H. E. Lynch as' chairman of the trade promotion committee ; of the Kin^s Mountain Merchants association. ? I TIk appointment of Mr. Ruth ! was announced at the associa- j tion's board of directors meeting: j Monday. Mr. Lynch, who resign ed from the committee, was re placed by O. W. Myers. Other member is Harold Coggins. Other principal item of busi ness at the meeting was discus- 1 sion between representatives of civic and service organizations of the city on erection of large road signs, pointing out the advant ages of the community* on the principal highway approaches to the city. All the groups Indicated Interest in the proposal, which was advanced by the Merchants Association. Baseball Veteran Charlie Ballard | To Be Honored At Game Thursday and Junior baseball be honored a\ "Bal ?t Wilttl Tkandar nun MMt the Lin ? 1 A large number of Kings Mountain baseball fans are ex pected to go to Shelby Thursday night to join others in paying honor to /"harlie Ballard, Kings Mountain citizen and and veter an Shelby first baseman. Thursday night's Llncolnton Shelby Western Carolina League game has ' ibeen designated "Charlie Ballard Night," a joint promotion of the Shelby Farmers; and the Kings Mountain Lions, club. The Shelby clu.b mariagement has volunteered to give the Kings Mountain Lions club 30 percent of the receipts, after ad mission tax deductions. Mem bers of the Lions club are vend ing tickets to the gam?, which sell at 75 cents, the regular ad mission price. Advance sale Is reported good here. Ballard, In addition to his summer duties as the adept Shelby flrtt- baseman. Is owner of Piedmont Wcalierette here. His baseball duties began when (Continued On Pagv Bight ) Board Votes 3-0 To Accept $675 i Ernst Audit Bid The city board of commission ers, by 3-0 vote, including that of Mayor Garrand Still, accepted the $675 bid of Ernst & Ernst, Wins ton-Salem certified public accoun tants, to a\idii the city's books for the fiscal year 1951-52. The action was1 taken at a call ed meeting of the board Wednes day afternoon. Other bid was from George H. Emery & Company, of States vvlle, who had bid $-150. Irt seconding the motion of Commissioner James Layton, Commissioner OUand Pearson at tacked the other members of the board who were absent. He charged that "they agree that when one can't attend, none of the others will attend". Mr. Layton said Commissioner Lloyd Davis has told him he had to be absent due to Illness of his mother, but that he favored retaining Ernst & Ernst, which conducted last year's audit, provided the differ ential in cost were not too great. The board discussed, without action, the question of taxi trartr chise fees. The city's franchise fee is $50, but the attomc:- gen eral in a recent opinion, ruled that $16 was the maximum o' lectible by a city. Citizens Urged To Give Blood The blood collection committee of the Kings Mountain Chapter, American Red Cross, is borrow ing a slogan from the highway safety associations in promoting the forthcoming July 3 visit of the Red Cross Bloodmobile. 'The Life You Save May Be Your Own", Rev. Vance Daniel, chairman of the committee, said in urging all citizens to visit the bloodmobile station at the Wo man's Club and thereby aid the collection of a minimum of 200 pints of blood. The bloodmobile unit will set up at the Woman's Club from 11 a. m. to 5 p. m. Highest previous collection Is 166 pints, which means more vol unteers are required if the quota is to be reached. Merchants Set Holiday Schedule tetail personnel will get a half holiday, a* usual, on Wednes day, July 2, and a full holiday on Jaly 4. according to the by laws of tlx Kings Mountain Merchants association. The directors of the associa tion voted to cancel the regu-v lar Wednesday half-holiday Monday afternoon, subject to a telephone poll of members affected, but the majority of the membership chose to close Wednesday afternoon as usual, Mrs. John H. Ltfwis, secretary, reported. Dan Huffstetler, association president said the organisa tion would conduct a pall with in the near future to 'determine possible revision of the asso ciation holiday set-up, in re spect to Wednesday half-holi days during the . holidays occur. Majority of Kings Mountain Ware & Sons ? Elevator Full With 'K Wheat The big 30,000 bushel capacity grain elevator at Ware & Sons was virtually filled with 1952 crop wheat Monday, after open ing for ihe season two weeks previously. M- A. Ware, who handles the company's wheat 1 operations, said farmer's reported a i- good yield for the 1952 crop at froth 20 16 30 bushels per acre. The national average for wheat pro duction is slightly in excess of 16 bushels per acre. Wheat has not tested out as well as last year's crop, Mr- Ware said, testing between 53 to 58 pounds per bushel,, after the first day's intake, most of which test ed 5S to 60 and qualifies for mil ling wheat. Lower-test wheat is used in feeds and sells for ap proximately 10 to 12 cents lower per bushel. Mr.. Ware said that wheat is accepted for storage now only by appointment. Available space is used up until quantities of the current crop are sold or used. The storage operation made a busy .scene at the ? elevator last weekend. A system of conveyors take in the grain, move it to the testing bin, then take it out to the bin in which the particular bach of wheat is to be stored. Trucks were lined up to the road waiting their turn to deposit wheat. All elevators in the area are full, according to recent press reports. . ? V T * Bus Terminal Opened Friday Kings Mountain's new bus ter minal opened last Friday. Paul Byers, manager of the ter minal, said the first ticket, a round-trip fare to Shelby, was sold at mid-morning. It was the first ticket sold at a terminal here since February 16, 1950, more than two years ago. Mr. Byers said weekend ticket sales, after the opening, were hrisk. Interior fixtures in the bus sta tion are still not complete but are rapidly being shaped up, Mr. By ers said. Rubber tile Is being in stallec. on the concrete floor, and a lunch counter is to be installed in the near future. Heavy wooden .seats have been installed to accommodate passen gers waiting for busses, and on Friday the busses, of Queen City Coach Company and Atlantic Greyhound Corporation, the two operators through Kings Moun tain, will be able to use the paved drive ways and thereby begin of? street loading and un-loading. Bus station personnel includes Mr. and Mrs. Paul Byers and Mrs. L. L. Harnrick. The terminal is presently operating on a sche dule from 6 a. m. to 10 p. m. The terminal telephone number is 27. Mrs. Byers reported Wednes day morning that many inquiries are being received on bus sche dules and fares to vacation areas. The new terminal, located on W. King street, was built by Queen City Coach Company at a total cost for lot and building of approximately $35,000. Presbyterian Class Hears Walter Brown Rev. Walter Broun, of Shelby, addressed members of the Men's Biible class of First Presbyterian church at a supper meeting held in the Fellowship Hall of the <?hurch last Friday night. J, W- Webster, class president, preside-* nvo- .neettng atten ded by 38 members and guests. EN ROUTE HOME -First Lt. E. M. Leopard, hus- \ band of Mrs. Virginia James Leopard, for the pasf year pi ano teacher at Central school, I is en route ho<me from Korea, j according to information re- ; celved toy Mrs. Leopard. Lt. Leopard went to Korea last August, where he served with an infantry counter-fire com- ' pany. ! KlWAIflS TO MEET Kings Mountain Kiwanla clmb is to meet at 6:45 Thurs day at Masonic dining hall. Program has not been an nounced. . ? ? j ; , i ' . - i i .ii-i ? Goforth Portrait Fund Totals $80 HOSPITAL BENEFACTRESS ? Shown above Is a picture of the 1 late Miss Lottie Golorth taken early in her life. The picture was furnished the Herald by Mrs. Clara Carpenter Phillips, of Gaffney, S. C., a former Kings Mountain citizen. Last week's picture of Miss Goforth, benefac tress of Kings Mountain hespi tal, was supplied the Herald by George Moss. The citizens of the community are being invited to make donations to a Lottie Go lorth Portrait Fund, the portrait to be placed at Kings Mountain hospital* ? Lions Install New Oificeis New officers of tlx* Kings Mountain Lions 'club for the your. 1952-53 were installed Tuesday night by Robert Cliciney. of Shel by, Lions zone chairman. Mr. Gidhey explained the <!u ties of each office to each incom ing official, congratulated them on their election and urged them to work to continue "the good re cord" o I the Kings Mourtain Lions club. At the conclusion of the instal lation rites, Sam Stallings, re tiring president, turned over the president's pin, the gavel and (Continued On Pago Eight) Contributions Asked To Honoi Benefactress Dr. O. P. Lewis, treasurer of the Lottie Goforth Portrait Fund, reported receipts on Wednesday morning totaling $80. Funds are being raised to paint a portrait o I the late Miss Lottie Goforth, for hanging at Kings Mountain hospital. The portrait will honor the person credited with furnishing the im petus for the building of the hos pital, which has been opened slightly more than <?ne year, INliss Gofqrth willed her en tire estate for the building of a hospital. These funds, totaling more than $33,000, were utilized in the construction of the Lottie Goforth Memorial wing, which wafc officially opened last week and added 12 beds to- the hospi tal facilities.' Su'mber I Township trustees Of the hospital are JitvitVng con tributions t.i the fund. 'lliough .the full board <>f trustees vote?l an appropriation to cover paint - ?Ji'g' iii a portrait of Miss Goforth, it w as tfte opinion of Number J Township trustees, , and others who Knew her; that s*he would nov lia\e approved use of lilspi not have approved use of hospi trait, ? * : ? A fund of ,$600 Is sought for the painting. Checks shouKl be drawn to the Lottie Goforth Por trait Fund and mailed or handed to Dr. -Lewis. ?Contributions acknowledged by Dr. Lewis, who also served as trustee of the Lottie Goforth Es tate, Include: ? Sad to Cotton- Mills $30 Mr and Mrs. J. Ollis Harris $10 C. D. Blanton $10 L. Arnold Klser $10 George H. Houser $10 Martin Harmon $10 Former First Baptist Pastor Succumbs Dr. Walter Nathan Johnson, 77, former pastor of the First Baptist church here, died in Ra ieljih Tuesday. Dr. Johnson taught at Mars Hill College for many years, and made his homo at Mars Hill and Raleigh after his retirement in 19-13. He also pastor of churches at Warsaw, Weldon, , Rocky Mount, Kaditi, Wake Forest and Nachitoches, J^.a. He was secre tary of missions for the Louisi ana Baptist Convention and later for North Carolina Raptist Con vention. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. j Tlva Coppedge Johnson, and i three daughters, Mrs. L. L. Mor- : gan, Miss Gladys Johnson of Ra leigh, Mrs. Paul Etheridge of At- j lanta. Ga., and a son, Falk S. ; Johnson of Evanston, 111. Drawn Out Argument Causes Arrest Of Jacob Burris On Forgery Count Jacob Burrls, 30-year-old Ne gro, is being held in City jail in lieu of $1,000 bond on charges of forgery, and Rainey Bess, ano ther Negro citizen, is being helri in lieu of $500 bond on charge of aiding and abetting in forgery. Police Chief S. R. Davidson said that Burris had admitted forging five checks on a number of local people during the period January 5 to May 3 He said that Burris implicated Bess, but that Bess denies any complicity in the series of forgeries. : Burris is charged with forging checks on the folowing: Wray A. VS'illlams. $30. Lee Roberts, '$23, J. Bun Patterson, $"?2. and two checks on George W. Mauney, $32 each. Four of' the checks were cashed by local firms, Myers' Depart ment Store, BaHber Grocery, A & P Tea Company and Bridges Hardware. Another check was not cashed. Chief Davvjson said it was presented for payment at Eagle 5 & 10 Store, but when the Saleslady went to ask the mana ger's permission to cash it, the forger, allegedly Burris, ran a way, leaving the checfc on the premises Burris' row with Daisy Shenek, operator of a colored cafe, brou ght his undoing. Burris, severAI Weeks ago. had sought judgment for $100 against the Shenek wo man in magistrate's court, Chief Davidson said, but the ruling was agairtst him. Recently, in a continuance of the dispute, Bur ris wrote Mrs. Shenck a "nasty" letter, which was turned over to the police department. Chief .Da vidson said the hand-writing on the letter matched ?he hand writing on the bogus checks. Conducting the investigation were Sheriff Haywood Allen. Chief Davidson, and John Van derford. SBI agent. The chief said that Burris did not mention Bess' name when he allegedly admitted the forgery Tuesday night. Preliminary hearing for both is scheduled for Monday's ses sion of city court. < Burris lives at 111 Tracy street and has been employed by Bar ger Construction Company of Mooresville, r<?cently operating at GaStonia. He was an employee several years ago of two of the men on whom he forged checks. Mr. Williams and Mr. Mauney. Many Textile Plants To Close Week Of 30th Jfe'To\tiVfek; maJor,,y of the Juk- i. , ' an,s sohO<lM>ing JUI> ?n week vacations. stoppages are not called "vacations" j)ut merely stoppages, but at least i',,1l,S,uUI ?')(>rafo on reff. ?! n - e/'ulps, ; the variance in Generally speaking there is currently an optimistic tenor for Improved business conditions in toro for ,ho remainder .of. but the improvement has not yet been felt in all phases of the textile . Industry. K. Mauriey, reporting that the Bonnie Mill would operate next week, while Mauney Mills^ Inc., would not, said that de mand for cotton yarn is much heavier, but at prices still too low to cover operating costs. Frieda Manufacturing Com pany. a Beaunit subsidiary, ori ginally had planned a full week's holiday but cancelled plans early this week. Frieda ?* will take a "long weekend" hoi iday, closing at 7 o'clock the morning of July -1th arid resum ? operations ' on Monday morning, July 7. ? Kings Mountain Manufactur ini? Company,' reporting addi tional receipt of orders. >wi!l op. Orate oil its regular three-shift, five (lay. schedule; ? , ? - ? ? ? Ctaftspun Varus, Inc., will op erate until the morning of the lourth, the holidhy period fol lowing. Major portion of Noisier Mills Inc., will he closed for the week' W'ith only scheduled operations being in the finishing plant. Others closing the week nf Juno 30th are Park Yarn Mills Sadie Cotton Mills, and Burling-'. 1 ton'., Phonix plant Mauney Hrs iery Company will suspend op. . orations at 11 o'clock Friday night, resuming on July 7. Slater Manufacturing Compa ny had not set its policy Wednes day hut expected to close for the week, while Lamhet h Rope Cor po rat Ion has scheduled a two Week closing. Several Kings Mountain ser vice establishments, hove also . announced plans for closing the full week of June' 30. Ttiev aro MeCurdy Cleaners . Dyers, Saun ders Cleaners, Weaver's Clean ers. Fife's Shoe Service and Cen tral Beauty Shop Kin.rs Moun ! 1 in Lautujry expex'ts t <, > suspend operations Wednesday, closing for i he remainder of the week, as does Herald Publishing House. Elmer Lumber Company will take a "long weekend," closim July 4 and 5, as will the. First National Bank, the latter accord-' ing to proclamation of Governor Many Kings Mountain Citizens are planning trips to mountain, L.M more ' distant points, while others are anticipating a week of rest at home Keever Checking Power Rate Protests L. M. Keever. electrical engl neer with the North Carolina if turtles commission, was In Kings Mountain Wednesday to investi gate protests of local textile con cerns on the proposed Duke Pow er Company rate Increase. Protests had been filed to the Utilities Commission, he said, by Kings Mountain Manufacturing Company. Mauney Mills, Irfc., Sadie Coton Mills, and Bonnie Cotton Mills. Duke based its rate increase re quest on a lowered earnings claim. The increase was provi sionally granted, but a re hearing has been scheduled. Tax Pre-payments Top $9f000-Mark City taxpayers were rushing this week to beat the dealine of Monday, June 30, for pre payment of 1952 tax bills in or der to obtain the full two per cent discount. City Clerk Joe Hendrlck re ported total collections throu gh Tuesday of $8,156.40. By Wednesday at noon, another $1,176.48 hod been paid into city co'Jors. TTie discount rate on city taxes drops, to one and ope half percent after the close of business Monday. Bills are fig ured at the tentatively adopt ed tax rate of Sl.fO per $100 valuation. '
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