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I Population '?>' City Limits . ... . . . .V. . . . U. . .7,206 Trading Aroa. ........ ...... )54)00 (1845 Ration load riguiM) - Kings VOL.62 NO. 29' Sixty-Second Year Kings Mountain. N. C.. Thursday. July 17. 1952 Established 1889 Pages Today PRICE FIVE CENTS Local News Bulletins! TO HIGH POINT Dan Huffstetler, of Baird Furniture, spent Monday in High Point attending the semi* annual furniture market. MOVING HERE City Clerk and Mrs. Joe Hen drlck were moving to Kings Mountain Wednesday from their Shelby residence. They, are occupying the Gene Mitch - em residence on Cedar street WEIR CONDITION S. S. Weir, .-who suffered a broken hlg about ten days ago was able to sit in a wheel chair for the first time at Gas ton Memorial hospital Tues day, members of his family reported. UNION SERVICE Sunday night's union service for live city congregations will be held at Central Methodist church with Dr. William P. Genberding, pastor of St. Mat thew's Lutheran church, deliv ering the message at 8 o'clock. SPECIAL MUSIC Mr. and Mrs. Miles Mauney will present special music at Sunday morning services at St. Matthew's Lutheran church, according to announcement by Rev. W. P. Genberding, pastor. Mr. Mauney will play the or gan, Mrs. Mauney the violin, he said. riWANIANS TO MEET Regular meeting of the Kl wanls club will be held Thurs day at 6:45 at the Masonic dining room. A report will be given by Bill Coxe of Green ville, S. C., on the recent Kl wanis National Convention. BAPTIST SERMON Rev. H. Gordon Weewley, Jr., pastor of Masonboro Baptist church, Wilmington, will fill the pulpit at First Baptist church for morning services Sunday at 11 o'clock, accord ing to announcement by Dr. D. F. Hord, Jr. DRAFT GROUP No Kings Mountain area men were included in the group of eight men sent to Charlotte for induction into the armed services. Of the to tal, Mrs. Clara Newiman, clerk to the selective service board, said, four were volunteers. Three of. the eight were not ac cepted for service. MAUNEY HOME S. A. Mauney returned Thurs day from Charlotte Memorial hospital where he was a pati ent for nine weeks after suf fering a broken hip. Mrs. Mau ney stated he could get around satisfactorily in a "walker" or with a cane and individual as sistance. I ATTEND CONFERENCE j Nine young people from the ";rst Presbyterian church are .'{fending a Pioneer Conferen ce at the Kings Mountain Pres jytery Camp at Flat Rock July 14-19: Dianne Cansler, Joe Campbell, Jiles Cornwell, Ml chale Houser, Jerry McCarter. Flem Mauney, Nicky Smith, and Derice Weir. Miss Corn elia Dick is attending this conference as a counselor. LIONS PROGRAM Rev. J. H. Brendali, recently returned from a trip to Mexico City, where he attended the nnual convention of Lions In ternational, will make a report on the convention to members of the Kings Mountain Lions club at their regular meeting at Masonic Dining Hall Tues day night at 7 o'clock. Mr. Brendali was a delegate from the local club. Merchants Asked To Return Ballots Member* of the Kings Moun , tain Merchants association who bar* not yet returned ballots on the question of changing certain holidiy policies are be ing asked to return them not later than Saturday. The association Is polling members to determine I) whe ther firms win suspend the Wednesday afternoon half-hol ----- ? ? ?? |n which full and 1) wfceth [ the merchant* desire to add Tear's Day to their reg holiday Misconduct Cases On Court Calendar Defendants Will Plead Net Guilty City Commissioner L. E. Davis, C. P. Barry and Baxter T. Wright, Sr., will plead not guilty to a charge of misconduct in office, as will Commissioner Davis on a separate misconduct charge, in cases calendared for trial in Cle veland Superior Court at Shelby Monday. Mr. Wright told the Herald this morning that the three commis sioners will -be defended by Ho race Kennedy, Shelby lawyer, and added that -the joint plea will ibe "not guilty." John J. Mahoney, who with C. C. (Cobby) Horn, will defend Mr. Davis In the Individual suit, said his client would enter a not guilty plea. Judge J. H. Cloment will pre side over the combined criminal civil term beginning Monday. A county grand jufy, several months ago, returned true bills on presentments^ after Mayor Garland Still had brought the charges to the attention of the grand jury. The Joint charge against the three commissioners involves allegations of canceling a debt owed the city by Wright and ?Rhea, owners of Davidson Hei ghts Negro residential develop ment. The misconduct charge against Mr. Davis alleges that he traded with himself. Conviction on either charge probably would result in the commissioners' removal from of fice. In addition, fines and sen tences could also be given. Mayor Still said Peyton Mc Swain and A. A. Powell had ibeen retained to aid the solicitor in prosecuting the two cases. Calendared for trial on Tues day are charges of forgery a gainst Jacob E. Burris and Rain ey Bess, two Kings Mountain Negroes, on allegations of forg ing checks. Burris. however, was wounded toy his wife in a cutting scrape over the weekend. County Schools To Open Monday Virtually all schools in the Cleveland County system will open Monday for six to eight week terms. , , Only schools not opening are Grover and Park Grace, Grover abandoning the so-called "spilt term" for the first time. Kings Mountain area schools opening Monday are Bethware and Waco white schools and Corn schools, according to J. H. Grigg, pact and Washington colored county superintendent METER RECEIPTS Parking meter receipts for the week ending Wednesday noon were $151.58, according to report from the city hall of- *i fife. ' ? HEADS LIONS ? George H. Houser recently assumed the presidency of the Kings Moun tain Lions club for 1952-53. He succeeded as president Sam Starlings. W. H. Jenkins Rites Conducted Funeral rites for William Ho ward Jenkins, 76, well-known Kings Mountain citizen, were held Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock from First Presbyterian church, with burial following at Mountain Rest cemetery. The funeral services were con ducted by Rev. P. D. Patrick. Mr, Jenkins veteran employee of Pauline Mill, died at Gaston Memorial hospital at 1:15 Satur day afternoon. He had been a pa tient in the hospital since Monday, when he suffered a heart attack. A native of Independence, Texas, he had been a citizen of Kings Mountain for the past 50 years. As a young man, he was a noted baseball player, and his interest in the sport continued throughout his life. His wife, Mrs. Alice Barber Jenkins, died in 1950. Surviving are five children, William H. Jenkins, of Greens boro, B. Floyd Jenkins of Mayo, S. C.; Thomas H. Jenkins, of Leaksville, Mrs. J. L. Burrage, of Williamsburg, Va., and Mrs. Patrick Curley, of San Mateo, Calif. Also surviving are 18 grandchildren and 11 great grand children. Second Paper Failed To Publish The Kings Mountain News failed to publish last week. A staff member said the fail ure to appear was due to me chanical failure of the "Justo writer," a machine designed as a substitute for typesetting ma chines. The paper was expecting to publish this week by having its news copy set on typesetting machines by out-of-town news papers. little Theatre Changes Opening Date For Dzama To September 11 Mrs. Florette Henri's new his torical drama, Sword of Oideon, which was scheduled to open at Kings Mountain National Mili tary Park umpi theatre On August 21, has been delayed, with the opening presentation now set for September 11. The action was taken at a call ed meeting of the Kings Mountain Little Theatre last Friday night The number of performances was Increased from nine to 12 along with the change in dates. The drama, thus, becomes a fall presentation again, the group having successfully sponsored a nother story of the Revolutionary War Battle of Kings Mountain, Then Conquer We Mutt I, last fall for the first time. Among other Items of business taken up at the meeting was set ting of ticket prices for the new drama. Reserved leata will be sold at $2.40, general admission at Continued On Page Bight City Schools Gain Four Teachers Kings Mountain city schools will gain four teachers (or the school year 1952- S3, Superin tendent B. N. Barnes said this week. The increase of four, which will giro the schools of the district a total faculty of 70, .results from both Increased en rollment during the past year, and from the state board of education action in reducing teacher loads from 32 to 90 pupils. The gains are in the slemen tiry department, two white elementary teachers being gained by the reduction In teacher load, on* white els mentary telwiitf prrlnort by increased enrollment and one colored tsaeher being add ed by incrsassd enrollment Kings Mountain Badio Company Obtains Peimit Kings Mountain Broadcasting Gompany has been granted a per mit by the Federal Communica tions Commission to operate a 500-watt radio station in Kings Mountain on 1220 kilocycles. The permit was granted last Thursday, following application by the company filed in May 1951. Listed as members of the firm were Marshall Pack and Auburn Hayes, of Fuquay Springs, and Vernon T. Fox, of Greer, S. C. Under FCC regulations a firm or individual is allowed six mon ths to make use of his permit, however, it usually grants an ad ditional six months, if the time is required and evidence, of good faith is furnishetd. At the time of filing the appli cation, the firm estimated that its gross revenue would be $36,000 annually, against operating ex penses of $24,000. It estimated that it could get in operation for [ $14,275, The permit would allow th? company to broadcast in daylight hours. John Greene, assistant sales manager of Station WRHI, Rock Hill, S. C., was in Kings Moun tain Tuesday in behalf of the pro posed station. He said he was not associated with the station ex cept through friendship with Mr. Pack, who* is now lessee of the Fuquay Springs statlop. At the time of the application, Pack was manager of the Fuquay Springs station, as its advertising mana ger, and Fox Was an employee of Station \VEAB, Greer, S C- ' Funeral Held For Mrs. Davis Funeral services for Mrs. Lucy Jane Anderson Davis, 75, were conducted Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock froxn Second Baptist church. The pastor, Rev. B. F. Austin, officiated, assisted by the Rev. J. W. Phillips of First Wesleyan church and the Rev. Broadus Matthews of Westover Baptist church. Burial was in the Besse mer City Memorial cemetery. Mrs. Davis died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. H. Isen hour on the Shelby road, Satur day afternoon at . 4 o'clock fol lowing an extended illness. Survivors include her husband, E. B. Davis; three sons, City Com missioner Lloyd E. Davis and I,. K. Davis, both of Kings Moun tain, ar.J the Rev, J, H. Davis of Middlesex; three daughters, Mrs. Isenhour and Mrs. R. E. Harmon, of Kings Mountain, and Mrs. Violet Smith of Charlotte. Mauneys Leave For Europe Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Mauney and their daughter, Peggy, and son, Gene, left Tuesday to attend the Lutheran World Federation Convention to be held in Hann over, Germany, from July 24th to August 3rd. To this Convention Mr. Mauney Is Alternate Delegate for the United Lutheran Church in America and official repre sentative of the Brotherhood of the United Lutheran Church In America of which he Is Secretary and a member of the -Executive Committee. The younger Mauneys are re gistered to attend the Lutheran Youth Convention being held In Germany at the* same time. Thousands will attend both of these assemblies. Fifty-one million Lutherans In 51 church bodies around the world are sending delegates Their church, St. Matthews of Kings Mountain, Is one of more than 10.000 affiliated with the eight Lutheran bodies particlpa ting in the National Lutheran Council which this year has a goal of $2,900,000 for Lutheran world Action. Since 1910 the Lu therans have contributed more ^^^?OOO.OOO for Lutheran World Relief and Action. Lutheran World Action is sup plying spiritual services to Luthe ran men and women in the Arm ed Forbes In the United States, Alaska, Panama Canal Zone, For mosa, and Hawaii it supports or phaned missions in many foreign countries, aids In resettlement of Displaced Persons In the United States and elsewhere and In re building churches destroyed In the war. Board Unanimously Votes To Retain Ernst & Ernst Monday Session 01 City Boaid Long And Busy In a long, four-hour-plus ses sion Monday night, the city board o:' commissioners heard a number of complaints from cit izens, argued over employment ?policy, received bids on several items of equipment and attend ed to other, business. Among the actions, the board: 1) Authorized expenditure of about $150 by the recreation commission for the purchase of Little League trophies and pla ques. 2> Discussed with members of the county health department staff ways and means of sani tary improvements, including an anti-stock law for the city. 3) Referred to City Attorney J. R. Davis for investigation as to legality the closing of Carpenter street, after hearing a complaint from H- R. Parton, who said the closing damaged his property and inconvenienced his tenants. 4) Voted to lend bleachers at City Stadium to the Kings Moun tain Little Theatre, Inc., for the ? One Way South The dty board ordered traf fic on one block of Cherokee street, from Mountain to Gold, limited to southbound traffic, in an action Monday night. City Administrator M. K. Full er, said the action would be effective when proper signs are received. The one-way re striction is designed to elimi nate the traffic hazard occur ring when northbound vehi cles enter Mountain street. Commissioner Layton made the motion and the action was unanimous. forthcoming production of "Sword 01 Gideon," the city to handle the installation and dis mantling work. 5) Authorized transfer of a taxi franchise from Lawrence Burton to K. C. Morrison. 6) Voted unanimously to can cel a power bill owed the city by The Mountaineer . Club, Inc.. a carry-over from last season's grammar grade football pro gram. 7) Tabled for further study and action an appeal for da mages, by H. Tom Fulton, who said the city had not lived up to its right-of way agreement on the.openifig oi Cansler street t o Cherryville Road. 8) Authorized release to Duke Power Company of the Richard Barnett residence and four oth er immediately adjacent homes, outslde-city-limlls residences served by the city power system. Mr. Barnett had requested ser vice improvements, estimated to cost about $500, or release to Duke. 9) Voted to restrict traffic on Gold street to Oriental avenue, and from Oriental avenue to King street to trucks of one ton or less. 10) Voted to reimburse J. R. Davis, $78, an expenditure for three volumes of evidence In the recent natural gas hearing be fore the Federal Power torn mis sion. 11) Voted an estimated $150 expenditure to relieve a drain age problem on the Fred Plonk property near York Road. Mr. Plonk had complained that ex cess water from the filter plant was being dumped on his prop erty. The motion authorized the work, when prior approved sim ilar work is completed. 12) Authorized signing of a contract with Taylor Construct ion Company, of Johnson City, Tenn., for about three miles of street re surfacing, the contract to specify that the work bogln not later than August 15. 13) Authorized the recreation commission to make a study to formulate recommendations for making City Stadium self-sup porting. 14) Voted to purchase a Dodge dump truck from Reynolds Mo tors at a price of $2,872.50. (Oth er told was from Victory Chevro let Company at $2,799.90.) 13) Declined to act on bids .'rom two companies for a street Continued On Page Eight .. .. ?' - . ' . FIFTY YEAR MASON ? C. T. Cornwell was honored Monday night lor the recent completion of 50 years of membership in Fairview Lodge 339, A. F. 4 A. M. Masons Honor C. T. Cornwell Clarence T. Cornwell, well known Kings Mountain citizen, was presented a 50-year member ship pin in honor of his . half century of membership in Fair view Lodge 339, A. F. & A. M,, at the regular communication of the lodge Monday evening. The presentation was made by Herbert M. Foy, of Mt. Airy, past Grand Master o fthe Grand Lod ge of North Carolina. Other Masonic dignitaries pre sent included Dr. Charles H. Pugh, of Gastonia, junior Grand Warden, Grand Lodge of North Carolina, A. W. Kincaid, Grand Lecturer, Grand Lodge of North Carolina, John H. Floyd, 37th district deputy Grand Master, and David P. Dellinger of Cherryville. Mr. Cornwell is a 32nd degree Mason, a Hhriner and member of of the Red Fez club. He is the third member of Fairview Lodge to obtain the 50 year award, and the first who hius held a full half century of membership in Fair view Lodge. Others to receive the honor are Capt. B. M. Ormand. who entered Masonry in Gastonia-, the late D M. Baker, and the late J. M. Pat terson. Numerous guests from lodges of the area were present for the communication. Revival Services To Begin Sunday Rev. C. C. Crow, pastor of Mt. Sinai Baptist church, in Shelby, and Oak Grove Baptist church, near Kings Mountain, will con duet revival services at Patterson Grove Baptits church beginning Sunday night at 8 o'clock. Morning services wil also be conducted every morning at 10:30 a. m. . The church extends a cordial invitation to everyone to attend these services,. Rev. John J. Thornburg, Patterson Gr6ve pas tor, said. SLIGHTLY IMPROVED J. C, Lackey, secretary of Kings Mountain Building and Loan association, was reported slightly improved Wednesday, Mr. Lackey has been confined to his hofne'slnee July 6. Winston Film $1,100 Audit Oiler Accepted Ernst & Ernst, Winston-Salem certified public accountants, will audit the city's books for 1951-52 for a fee not to exceed $1,100. The city board of commission ers voted unanimously Monday night to employ the Winston-Sa lem firm and contract was execut ed immediately. The board had previously dis cussed the withdrawal of the Ernst & Ernst bid (originally a maximum of $075). with Daive Robinson, Ernst & Ernst repre sentative. He confirmed that his Initial work here on June 30 - July 1 had resulted in the discovery that at least two accounts, taxes and utilities, Were out-of-balance, but added there was no intention to charge anyone with more than physical errors. He added that the city clerk did not get the pro per instruction on bookkeeping procedures when he a.ssumed the position. "You can't have a turnover in personnel without difficulty. These boys are young but they will learn," he stated. He said the bid withdrawal was due to two factors, one the argu ment between the board over whether the contract authorizing vote, taken by Mayor Still and two commissioners, wa3 legal, and l>ecause of his discoveries that two accounts were out-ol balance. He said the firm did not want to do the work unless the board desired its services, arid es timated that the additional work required would be. about one week for three men. He said the firm would provide a complete audit, according to regular legal and accounting pro cedures, and that it would do the necessary educational work for the $1,100 fee. City Officials At Gas Hearing City Attorney J. R Davis, May or Garland Still, and A. S. Hall, of Atlanta, went to Raleigh Tuesday to represent the city be fore the North .Carolina Utilities commission In a hearing on the city's application for a certifi cate of convenience and necessi ty tr) sell natural fc as. The city, seeks to sell natural gas both to customers inside the city limits and to' customers im mediately adjacent to the' city. The group had not returned late Wednesday morning. Attorney Davis said that the application of the city ia opos i ed by Public Service of North Carolina, a private corporation, which claims it already has the franchise to sell outside the city limits. . . Should the city not be allowed to sell to customers outside the city, it would materially alter the engineering estimates of po tential revenue from the distri bution of natural gas. Mr. Davis said the certificate of necessity is required In order that the city may sell revenue bonds to fi nance the construction of the distribution system. He added that the city automatically has the right to distribute gas within the cly limits. Loom-Tex, Closed For 11 Weeks, Now Accepting Work Applications Loom -Tex Corporation, shut down tor the past 11 weeks, be gan accepting work applications Tuesday afternoon and hopes to resume production the first week In August. A. V. Hudson said plans for re suming operations are still ten tative, but that the firm hopes to ran a three-shift operation. Mr. Hudson said the firm still has a very large Inventory of finished goods, but that It hopes to be able to produce at lowered cost when operations are resum i 1 1 ed. Loom ? Tex Corporation, form erly DuCourt, Inc., and prior to that time a unit of Burlington Mills, is one of the city's larger plants, employing, at full pro duction aoout 300 persons. When operations were sus pended, all cloth was run off the looms and the shutdown was corrrpleta. ' President of the con<^rn Is Lester Martin, also head of Con solidated Textiles. Rim To Donate 31-Acre Tract For City Plant mnn? , r? tra<5t f?r develop ZJL 8 ????muni,y recreation nr?> n ? ;lccordf,vC terms of a proposal accepted by the cltv night ?f Ct?mm,ssloncrs Monday Burlington had previously of rerod to convey the site, which les in the Bennett Drive-Clove land Avenue area, provided the city could furnish a suitable site - iimiu pn outside the ?ity Rrnhc ^K?P?vSal was Presented hy Bruce rhorburn, of Burlington's henix plant, who said his com pany would convey the site free, provided the city board adopted he development proposal of the mission3 and rCCrea,lon com" The latter plan calls for a ten mnnn^Vei?PmCnt Pr*>?rarti of a S3.>0000 plant, but specifies that 5h-.ii K 0t the constructlon shall come from two sources: 1) fXsr revo"ucs a"d 21 '?"? The complete proposal follows: A. Jo obtain necessary property ,f d construct a Civic Centre and -?creation Park in general ac- - ^ordance with the modified pre iminary plans submitted by Lharles M. Graves, Recreation Engineer. Subject to final revl sion and adoption. B. The approximate cost estimat ed at 000.00. ; C. Under present condition and restrictions thf constrtiction'to be below- S,afie uisc as indicated 1. First Year ? ' . (a) Surveying and grading. <b) Construction layout and engineering. (c) Construct Softball and Little League fields. ' Begin construction of swimming pool. 2. First Five Years ? (a) Complete swimming pool, (Second year) <b) Construct stadium. (Se. cond year) (c) Construct Civic Build ings -as funds are atfaila hie. 3. Second Five Years ? (a) Finish all major con structions. X To financed as follows- ? 1. From City nor, tax revenues. 2. Contributions. S SfS;?;bUd8e' 1. Parking Meter Monk-si 2. City non tax revenue, ?l. Contributions. Foster To Graduate From Newberry KEWBERRyTTc. _ Richard . . poster a son of Mr. and Mrs. V r \e?*lCr ?/, Klnes Mountain, is a candidate for ihe Bache ner?Cnm0nCe d?erce at the Sum ner Commencement Exorcises at ^wherry College. Angus' 1, 1952 mrt nC'Seo ^iH b<* held jn Hoi ' Hall at 8:30 p. m. with Prcsi iont James C. Kinard. la Jg ? " ^ ?? Goforth Portrait Fund Now $238 w,'h on'T one con tribution being received. The waVs?l.Wednea<,a7 rn?rn,0? Hospital trustees hove asked the people of the area to help honor <he ,at# MlM Gofofth ho willed her entire estate for the building of a hospital MLr- waa mor? th?n ? j j. 000 and was credited with furnishing the impetus for building Kings Mountain Hos Pital. Miss Goforth'. beauest was utilized in the recent ad dition of the Lottie Goforth wing. Sufficient funds are sought to paint a portrait of Miss Go talth iOX han9in9 ot th* *>ospl. rv,ChJt<^f \h&uld ?>? mailed to Dr. O. P. Lewis, treasurer of the fund. Wednesday's statement from Dr. Lewis follows: Previously acknowledge toon I Pert Tlgnor Total to date S29S