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Kings Mou^<ain'? RELIABLE Newspaper
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, September 18,1952
VOL 12 NO. 38
Established 1889
Sixty-Second Year
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Local News
BUILDING PERMITS
Building permits totaling
526,102.00 have 'been issued
since the date of June 10, ac
cording to a report by Joe Hen
dricks, city clerk.
LIONS MEETING
Virgil Weathers, of Shelby,
will address members of the
Kings Mountain Lions club at
their regular meeting Tuesday
?night at 7 o'clock at Masonic
?Dining Hall, according to an
nouncement by W. L. Plonk,
program chairman.
TO PHILADELPHIA
Mrs. Aubrey Mauney leaves
Thursday to attend the nation
al convention of the Woman's
(Missionary Society of the Uni
ted Lutheran Church in Amer
ica i>e hold in Philadelphia,
Pa. Mrs. Mauney is a delegate
from North Carolina.
TO CONVENTION
Aubrey Mauney, secretary of
the Brotherhood of the United
Lutheran church in America,
?will leave Thursday for Wash
ington, D. C., to attend the na
tional convention of the organ
ization, W. K. Mauney will al
so attend the convention, lea
ving later in the week.
TO MISSISSIPPI
Mr. and Mr*. Carl Francisco,
residents of Kings Mountain
lor about the past two years,
have moved to Springfield,
where he assumed duties as
assistant manager of the dairy
department of Hales & Hunt
er Feed Co., Chicago firm.
BACK IN STATES
Sgt. Harry Gosey, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Earnest Gosey, re
turned to the United States
from duty in Kurope on Sep
tember 6 and is a patient in
the Hot Springs, Ark., army
hospital.. Sgt. Gosey has been
hospitalized for the past three
months in Germany.
* LUTHER LEAGUE
The Young People of St. Mat
thew's Lutheran church will e
lect officers for the coming
year Sunday at 6 p. m. Mrs.
Glee E. Bridges is advisor. All
youth are welcome to attend.
Last Sunday Herman Mauney
gave a report on the Lutheran
Student Association Ashram at
Estes Park, Colorado.
PTA MEETING
Central Elementary PTA will
meet Wednesday afternoon at
3:30 o'clock at the school house.
"Members and parents are urg
ged to attend this first meet
ing of the year," Mrs. P. G.
Padgett, president of the asso
ciation, said.
CONDUCTED SERVICES
ftev. Vance M. Daniel, pas
tor of Resurrection Lutheran
church conducted services at
the second anrtual Preaching -
Teaching mission at the Luth
eran churoh of the Good Shep
herd at Brevard last week
Bridges Bays
Allen Building
Paul Bridges, of Shelby, mapor
partner of Bridges Auto Parts
Company, has purchased the East
King Street business building
owned by George W. Allen.
Mr. Allen, who constructed the
building in 1947, said the trans
action was completed on Septem
ber 10. Since Its construction, the
building has housed Allen's Anti
ques, a business operated here by
Mr. Allen since 1941.
The Bridges Auto firm occupies
the adjoining building and pur
chase of the Allen building will
supply needed additional floor
spare for the auto parts firm.
Under terms of the transaction,
Mr. Allen is to vacate the proper
ty not later than January 1, 1953,
It was announced,.
Mr. Allen said he expected to
construct another building to
house Allen's Antiques.
The building purchased by Mr.
Bridget is a 40 by 80 foot building
of brick construction. Considera
tion was not announced. '
AMONG DBAMA PERFORMERS ? Shown above are three members of the cast of "The Sword of
Gideon." to be presented In its second of four weekend series of performances on Thursday. Friday
and Saturday evenings. Joe Hendrick. left, plays Col. John SevleT, David Neill, center, portrays Col.
Ben Cleveland, and Marriott Phifer. right takes the role of the British Officer Major George Hanger.
The drama will be presented on weekends through October 4.
Kings Mountain
Off-To-School
List Reaches 115
Addition of ten students to the
area's off-toschool list for the
1952-53 term brings to 115 the
number of students from the area
already attending, or leaving
soon, for .colleges, universities,
prep schools, and specialty
schools.
Gardner-Webb college at Boil
ing Springs retains top popularity
The Herald, as its annual
custom, has made a diligent
effort to compile a complete
list of Kings Mountain area
students goiug away to school.
The Herald would appreciate
receiving information on an^
students omitted from the list
ing published today and last
Thursday, as well as correction
if erroneous listings hcnre been
made. Phone 167 or 283.
among local area students, with
13 enrolled. Davidson College
lists 11 students from the Kings
Mountain area.
At least two errors were noted
in last week's original listing of
105 off-to school students.
Bob Patterson, listed as a stu
dent at Baylor University, was
graduated from Baylor last
spring and this year is attend
ing Baptist Theological seminary
at Louisville, Ky.
M. A. Ware, Jr., listed as a
student at Blue Ridge School,
Hendcrsonville, was graduated
last spring, and is a member of
the freshman class at Davidson.
Additions to last week's listing
follows:
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY,
ST. LOUIS, MO. Nancy Dickey.
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
? Jack Mauney.
ASSEMBLY TRAINING
SCHOOL, RICHMOND, VA. ?
Sue Ruddock.
GARDNER-WEBB COLLEGE
? Gene Welch and Elizabeth I
Sisk.
N. C. STATE COLLEGE ?
Paul McGlnnls, Jr.
APPALACHIAN STATE TEA
CHERS COLLEGE ? Pauline
Hayes.
BELMONT ABBEY ? Bobby
Wells.
NURSES TRAINING SCHOOL,
CAMDEN, S. C. ? Mary Ruth
Fleming.
ROWAN SCHOOL OF NURS
ING ? Jean Owens.
Drama's Second
Series To Begin
Concert-on-Corner
To Support Drsve
The Rhythm Kings, a group
of school band musicians, will
play a street concert Thursday
afternoon beginning at 3 o'clock
in support o 1 the annual fund
drive for benefit of the band.
Tho announcement was
made by L. E. Abbott, chair
man of the campaign, which
is being conducted this year
by the Kings Mountain Klwa
nis dub.
The Rhythm Kings will set
on the corner In front of the
First National Bank.
Mr. Abbott said the solicita
tion committees are at work,
but that only a few reports had
been turned in by the commit
tees.
Goal of the fund drive is a
minimum of 51,500. Mr. Ab
bott said he hoped the goal
would be exceeded. The funds
are used to provide necessary
operating funds for the city
schools bond, including pur
chase o f instruments, music
and other supplies.
Plans Being Made
For Grammar Grid
Plans were made at a meeting
at City Hall Monday night to con
tinue the Mountaineer Club gram
mar grade football prog; am with
Earl Marlowe and Hi'ion Ruth
named as co-chairman of the ar
rangements committee and Dan
Huffstetler also listed on the
group.
The group approved a plan to
sponsor only two teams this fall.
For the past three years the
Mountaineer Club has sponsored
a four-team league.
President W. G. Grantham, who
presided, named the football com
mittee.
The group also agreed to a re
quest by Bruce Thorburn, secr
tary-treasurer, for a transfer of
funds from the regular account
In order to close out a special ac
count. completing a contract with
Art Weinef", high school football
roach here last year.
City Civil Action Was Postponed;
Witnesses Told To Return Thursday
Witnesses In the . civil suit
whereby 47 citizens seek to re
strain the employment of M. K.
Fuller as city administrator cool
ed their heels in Shelby until noon
Wednesday, then were dismissed
by Judge A. R. Crisp and told to
return Thursday morning.
They had been summoned to
testify irt the case of Ross, et al,
versus Still, et al, which had been
calendared for trial in the civil
term of Superior Court which op
ened Monday.
Two cases were still ahead of
!the local civil action on Wednes
day afternoon.
The suit was filed last August
24 and bore the signatures of 47
persons. At the time, R. N. Par
rlsh posted the $200 court cost
bond with the clerk of Court.
The complaint charged that the
city board of commissioners had
employed Hfcr. Fuller as a city
manager, which is allegedly Illeg
al. Peyton McSwain is attorney
for the plaintiffs.
Davis and White, Kings Moun
tain attorneys, are defense attor
neys. While the complaint names
Mr. Fuller, Mayor Garland Still
and all members of the present
board of commissioners, David
and White, in fact, are represent
ing Commissioners B. T, Wright,
L. E. Davis and C. P. Barry. Ma
yor Still, Commissioners Olland
Pearson and James Layton, at the
time, did not deny the allegations
in the complaint.
The suit was a successor to an
original suit listed as Warlick, et
al, versus Still, et al, and subse
quently non-suited voluntarily
following withdrawal of two citi
zens who signed the complaint.
The second suit was filed two
days after the first was non
suited. ? -v ,
Officials Expect
Largei Crowds
This Weekend
Hoping for improved weather
ovei^the opening sessions, Kings
Mountain Little Theatre officials
are expecting capacity crowds
this weekend for the second se
ries of three performances of
"The Sword of Gideon", to be
Drama Tickets
Reserved seats are still a
vailable for this weekend's se
ries of performances of "The
Sword of Gideon." Little Thea
tre oflicials reported Wednes
day. Tickets may be obtained
up to 5:30 daily at the Little
Theatre office, 510 East King
street. The boxoffice at the
battleground Amphitheatre o
pens at 6 p. m. on each perfor
mance night.
presented Thursday, Friday and
Saturday evenings at Kings
Mountain National Military Park
amphitheatre.
Curtair time is 8 o'clock each
evening.
Threatened rain cut attendance
at both the opening performance
last Thursday and again on Frit
day, but better weather prevailed
on Saturday and a large crowd
witnessed the third performance.
The drama, which commemo
rates the Battle of Kings Moun
tain, won by the colonies in a
"turning of the tide" of the Revo
lutionary War, was written by
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Reception Sunday
For Baptist Pastor
Members of five Kings Moun
tain churches have been invited
to attend evening services at
First Baptist church Sunday ev
ening and a reception in the ed
ucational building immediately
following, '
Purpose of the invitation is to
acquaint the community with
Rev. H. Gordort Weekley. new
First Baptist pastor, who assum
ed his new duties on September
7.
The service will begin at 7:30
with the reception immediately
following.
Members of First Presbyterian.
Central Methodist, St. Matthew's
Lutheran, Resurrection Lutheran
and Boyce Memorial ARP chur
ches have been invited to attend.
Announcement was made by
Harold Crawford.
Powell Bill Check
For City $27,155
Mayor Garland Still said Wed
nesday he had received the city's'
check for street aid under terms
of the Powell Bill from the State
Highway commission.
The check was drawn for $27,
153.58.
The Powell Bill, parsed by the
1951 General Assembly, provided
rebatees to municipalities J of a
portion of the state gas tax. The
act provides that the monies
shall be used for street work,
only, including new construction
and maintenance.
Jaycee Poll
Favors Ike
By 20 to7
Results of a presidential straw
vote taken at the Junior Chamber
of Commerce meeting Tuesday
night indicated that on Novem
ber 4 the 23 "straw ballot voters"
will cast the following vote: Ei
senhower 20, Stevenson 7. Two
ballots were thrown out as impro
perly marked.
Three guests - voted along with
26. club members.
Of the 27 counted ballots, 24
voters indicated they were regis
tered at the polls, with two In
dependents indicating they were
not registered and one Democrat
not indicating whether he was
registered or not.
With 20 of the 27 counted bal
lots indicating that the voter was
a registered Democrat, 14 jump
the party to "vote" for Eisenhow
er while only six stuck to the par- ?
t^ candidate.
There were no registered Re
publicans "voting" in the straw
poll, according to the indications
on the.,27 counted ballots.
In addition to the indicated six
iT'gistered Democrats sticking to
the party, Stevenson picked up
his seventh "vote" from a regis
tered Independent voter,
'Eisenhower picked up his six
additional * "votes" as follows:
two from non-registered Indepen
dents; one from a. registered In
dependent; two from registered
ballot-casters who indicated no
party; and one from the Demo
crat who failed to Indicate whe
ther he was registered.
Of the 27 straw ballot "voters",
16 though North Carolina's elec
toral vote would l>e Democratic
and 11 thought the state would
go Republican.
Ballots for the straw vote were
furnished by Kings Mountain
Court.
On July 15, the club in a straw
vote nominated Russell, who was
defeated in the Democratic cor.
vention the following week by
Stevenson, with Eisenhower
"winning over Russell 15 to 12
with six ballots thrown out.
Anthony Dairy
To Deliver Here
| Ed Anthony", manager of An
| thpny Dairy, has announced that
his firm has begun home delivery
of milk and dairy products in the
Kings Mountain area, with D. P.
(Doc) McDaniel, formerly with
Arciu.ale Farms, in charge of the
retail route.
The firm, in the dairy business
in Gaston County since 1K96, be
gan deliveries here on Tuesday.
Anthony Dairy operates several
farms between Kings Mountain
and Gastonia. The firm is owned
by Press Anthony, brother of Dr.
J. E. Anthony of Kings Moun
tain. '
Manager Anthony also announ
ced purchase of. the retail route
of State Line Dairies and an arr
rangement for purchase of milk
at wholesale from that firm.
Another Kings Mountain area
wholesale supplier to Anthony
Dairy is Alex Owens of York
road, Mr. Anthony said. Both sup
pliers have tested, disease free
Jersey and Guernsey herds, he
added.
"We are happy to announce op
enlng of our retail loute in Kings
Mountain and will be pleased to
serye anyone in the area," Mr.
Anthony said.
City May Call $600,000 Sewer Bond
Election At Special Meeting Monday
The city board of commission
ers may call a $600,000 sewage
s>jj5tem improvements bond elec
tion at a .scheduled special meet
ing on Monday night.
Last barrier to the calling of
the election was suposedly re
moved this week, when Mayor
Garland E Still received a tele
gram from W. S. McKimmon, en
gineer for the State Board of
Health, stating "Resolution pass
ed by Board of Health Tuesday
9th ordering sewage Improve
ments" The telegram was dated
Monday.
The action by the State Board
of Health was a technical matter
which has the effect of granting
the city a certificate of conven
ience and necessity to exceed the
city's statutory debt limit, by
law limited to eight percent of
the city's total property valua
tlorii
The bond election will i)** fail
ed to implement recommenda
tions of the rtlsen Company, Ra
leigh engineering firm, for thi>
building of a city sewage dis
posal system, and for extending
sewage service to in city areas
not now served by the present
system. The Olsen Company, fol
lowing Its survey, estimated that
the construction cost would be
Sf/VV'VX)
The citv ?' bonded debt at the
end of the recent fiscal year was
$253,000. with $*0,000 of that a
mount due for payment during
the present year.
If offered, the sewage bond
election will be the third held
here since 1946. Both of the pre
vious electlons^returned an un
favorable vote 6n the proposals,
once In 1946, and again In 1949.
Voted
Commissioners
Tabled City
Jail Project
Meeting in regular September
meeting Monday night, the city
board of commissioners received
sketches on a proposed new city
Jail, but tabled the matter for
future consideration.
J. L. Williams, Monroe, Va? ar
chitect, had presented sketches
for a new Jail, which he said
would not cost more than $-13, 000.
In other actions the board:
1) Rescinded a previous action
to make one block of Cherokee
street a one-way street, ordered
a stoplight installed at the corner
of Cherokee and E. Gold street,
and voted to ban parking on Cher
okee street with the exception of
loading zones in front of busihess
establishments.
2) Approved curb and guttcr pe
titions for Floyd street, from
York Road to Oriental avenue;
for both sides of Gofonh street,
from Mountain to Gold street; on
the south side of Mountain street,
for end of curbing to Juniper
street; and on the north side of
King ? street, from Watterson
street to the hospital entrance..
3) Ordered a 25 mile-per-hour
speed limit cm Linwood Road.
?1) Adopted a resolution order
ing the advertising of street as
sessments from 1942 to date.
5) Voted to purchase a $10 ad
vertisement in the Bethware
school annual.
6> Authorized expenditure of
$522.50. from the Cemetery fund
for purchase of a mowing ma
chine for use at the cemetery,
7) Voted to rent a parking
space at $12 annually to Quality
Sandwich Shop.
si Authorized use of I he city
water wagon to spray the Am
phitheatre at the military park
during the "Sword of Gideon"
run as a fire preventive, provided
insurance coverage on trie vehicle
is valid outside the city limits,
liruce Thorburn made the re
quest .
The c!f* .i so heard a request
from Mr. Thoivburn to place
"Children r? Drive Carefully"
signs on Crescent Hill Road and
other streets, Mr. Thorhum said
motorists were using the newly
re-surfaced street at a "speed
way." The board agreed to 9-sk
civic clubs to aid the project.
Sketch<*; on' the proposed jail
call for a reinforced concrete
building with accommodations
for 22 prisoners, a "bullpen.", of
fices for the chief of police and
.state patrolman, and *even seg
regated areas' The architect
stated his firm specialized in jail
architecture, with this field rep
resenting " 90 ' percent of our
practice. "
IN BOOT TRAINING
Gillie Fails, Jr., husband of
Mrs. Betty Wells Falls, enlisted
in the U. S. Navy on September
2 and is now taking bc>t train
ing at the U. S. Naval Training
Center; San Diego, 33, Calif,,
in Co. 52 o7o7.
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TO PREACH HEBE ? Dr. J. Ru
pert McGregor, president of the
Mountain Retreat association
and president of Montreat Col
lege, will deliver the message at
morning worship services Sun
day at 9 o'clock at Dixon Presby
terian church and at 11 o'clock ,
at First Presbyterian church. An- j
nouncement was made by Rev.
P. D. Patrick, pastor ol the chur
Unfinished
Portrait Shown
Unveiling day at Kings Moun
tain hospital for the Lottie Go
forth Memorial portrait is not too
far away.
On Tuesday and Wednesday,
the uncompleted portrait, being
painted by J. Leo Settlemyre, Jr ,
Rock Hill. S. C., artist and Kings
Mountain native, has been hung
at Kings Mountain hospital for
public view.
Specifically, the uncompleted
portrait was hung for criticism
of detail by older citizens who
knew MlsS Gnturlh in her e.irly
life. The portrait is being paint
ed from a photograph.
Funds for the portrait were
subscribed by Kings1 Mountain
citizens who are honoring the
benefactress of the hospital.
Dr. O. P. Lewis, treasurer Of the
fund, said he had received an
additional gift of $10 from N- F.
MeGHI. Total contributions to
the fund have been S-'i 11 ?
Hospital trustees, in regular
monthly meeting Wednesday
night, were to view the unfinish
ed portrait.
Crowds Throng
Fairgrounds
Bright sunshine greeted the
opening of the 2,0th annual Cleve
land County Fair on Tuesday,
and continued good weather
Wednesday made prospects
bright for record breaking attend
ance at the five-day event.
Thousands visited the Fair on
Tuesday, which was rural school
day, with all school children in
county schobls admitted free,
Friday will be school day for
Kings Mountain and Shelby
school children, and the Kings
Mountain city schools will fol
low customary policy of closing
at' noon for the annual fair half
holiday. Tickets will be distrib
uted to pupils Friday morning.
The Fair will continue through
Saturday night. with a full pro
gram schedule.
Harness racing will be the
feature event on Thursday and
Friday afternoons, With- AAA
auto racing on Saturday after
noon's program. The George
Hamid Kevin? supplies grand
stand entertainment twice-daily.
The James A. St rates midway
furnishes the carnival attract
ion again, this season present'
ing 27 rides and 27 shows. Fire
work displays are fired each
night.
Judging of farm products, live
stock and exhibits was completed
Tuesday.
The fair gates open at 8 a- m.
dally.
IN DENTAL SCHOOL
Dean Ayers is now a student
in the dental technical school
at the San Diego. Calif., U. S.
Naval Training Center In Class
1-W,
Cuts Effective
With Billings
Of November 1
The city board of commission
ers handed city power customers
an estimated $23,000 rate cut Mon- ?
day night, the action culminating
almost continual discussion since
enactment of new rate schedules
in July.
The board eliminated the sche
dule of demand charges, cut resi
dential rates 10 percent. . and
slashed commercial rates' 20 per
cent. The rate cuts will be reflect* '
o<l in bills received by customers ?
on November 1. which means
they will pay according to present
{schedules for one more month.
I he estimate of the gross drop
in revenue is for the remainder of
the fiscal year 1952-53 and was
oasetl on August billings, rcoo.ivoti
by customers on September j?
Vote to eliminate the demand
charge schedule was 10, Commis
sioner Olland I'earson abstaining.
The vote to cut the rates was 4-1, ?
l Mr. Pearson opposing.
In the discussion, Mr. Pearson
had contended that commercial
rates should not be pared any
more than residential rates and
had asked, "Why not make the
cut 10 percent to all?" He ex
plained later his "no" vote was
due to the fact of the differential
between the residential and com
mercial cuts.
Commissioner Lloyd Davis
who had previously opposed
changes in the rate structure,
made both motions.
Eleven citizens were present to
again protest the rate structure.
All .were commercial users and
contended that the new rate sche
dule was penalizing commercial
users. ?
| Charlie Cash, partner in Joy
and Dixie Theatres, made a plea
I for release from city service to
j Duke Power Company, and stated
specific opposition to the demand
charge schedule, which,' he said,
had upped his August bill $50.
Others sought a general cut in
Commercial rates, with Vv. M.
Gantt and Wilson Crawford
spokesmen for the ^rotip. Mr.
Crawford again pointed out that
the city's profit on power sales
is too great. Mr. Gantt contended
?that cost of scrying a commercial
user is no greater than serving
a. residential user and he asked
adoption of the same rate fop
both groups.
Mayor Garland Still repeated
his opinion that the commercial
rate differential was out of line
and again suggested a 20 percent
cut in the commercial schedule.
Indication that a cut would be
enacted came when Commissioner
Davis said, "We are going to have
to do something about it." But
his suggestion that Max Miller,
thip Greensboro electrical engi
neer who revised the rate sche
dules be brought back to set up
a revised schedule, brought heavy
opposition from the assembled
citizens.
Archdale Herd *
jSale Thursday <1
Cattleman from a largo sur
rounding area are expected to
visit Kings Mountain Thursday
for tlie Archdale Farms adispos
al sale, when about 100 Head of
registered Guernseys will he sold
at auction.
The sale, being conducted by
George B. Salley, of Orangeburg,
S. C. , ?s scheduled to begin at
11 o'clock Tursday morning.
After dinner on the grounds,
the sale .will be continued until
all the animals are sold.
Archdale Farms, for the past
two decades a Kings Mountain
milk distributor, announced last
week that it was suspending its
deliveries of milk.
The sale catalog lists pedigrees
on the animals to be offered for
sale, ,,
METER RECEIPTS
A total of $152.78 was collect
ed from the city's parking me
ters Wednesday morning ac
cording to a report by the trea
surer's office.