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Population City Limits . * . 7.206 Trading Area 15.000 (IMS Ration Board Figure*) VOL.63 NO. 16 Kings Mountain's RELIABLE Newspaper 14 Pages Today Established 1889 Kings Mountain- N. C., Thursday, April 1 6, 1 953 Sixty-Third Year PRICE FIVE CENTS. Local News Bulletins HOSPITALIZED Mrs. Blanche Poplin, mem ber of Myers' clerical force, en tered Gaston Memorial hospi tal several days ago for treat ment. ATTENDING CONFERENCE Mrs. Franklin Pethel is in Nashville, Tenn., attending a Southern Regional Child Wel fare Conference. FIRST DEGREE An emergent Communication of Fairview Lodge No. 339, A. F. & A. M., has been called for (Monday, April 20, at 7:30 p. m. at the Masonic Hall for work in the first degree. ATTEND PRESBYTERY jRev. W. L. Pressly, I. G. Pat terson, elder, and W. S. Fulton, Jr., deacon, represented Boyce Memorial A'RP church at the meeting o? First Presbytery, held Tuesday at. Bbenezer ARP church, near Charlotte. FIVE JOIN CHURCH The First Baptist church, on Sunday morning, April 5, re ceived five new members: Mr. and Mr- A. K. Walker and dau ghter, Linda, Miss Collen Wri ght, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Wright, and Brenda Bridges, daughter of Mrs. E. W.. Bridges. IMPROVED The condition of Eugene Steffy, Kings Mountain thea tre operator who was critically injured In a tall April 1, was reported as improved Wednes day afternoon. Mr. Steffy, fell (while bathing, his head hit ting a faucet of the tuib. . " Mrs. IX F. Hord, Sr., is a pa tient at Charlotte Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat hospital where she underwent an emer gency operation Saturday for an eye condition diagnosed as glaucoma. Reports from her family say that she is getting along fine. ON DEAN'S LIST Charles D. Blanton, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Blanton, was among 45 pharmacy school students at the University of North Carolina appearing on the dean's list and honor roll tot the recent quarter, accord - trig- to announcement from the university.. BUILDING PERMITS Building permits were issu ed on April 8 to E. T. Plott for construction of a one story frame building at an approxi mate cost of $2,499 and on A pril 14 to Drace Peeler lor con stnictlon of a one story frame house on Morris street at an estimated cost of $2,000. XIWANI3 MEETING Aubrey Mauney, recently re turned from a visit to South America, will recount his ex* periences in British Guiana and Argentina at the weekly meeting of the Kings Moun tain Ktwanis club Thursday evening at 6:45. The club meets at Masonic Dining Hall. SNYDER HERE Dr.. R. S. Snyder, pastor of " Segal Avenue Presbyterian - . church in Charlotte and wide ly ? known authority on Rus sia and communism, will speak to students at Kings Mountain high school Friday at 1 p. m. Patron ?? jf the school are invl ted to attend. Cancer Crusade T?iid Reports' With only scattered reports in Kings Mountain Cancer Crusade officials reported $174.61 on hand Wednesday. Quota for the annual appeal has been set at <750. Mrs. Hu bert Davidson and (Mrs. a, S. Weir, Jr., head the campaign Volunteer workers in the drive are Mrs. W. L. MdMackln, Mrs. Sm tub Mauney, Mrs. Paul Mau , I*ey, Mrs. P. G. Padgett, Mrs. Lloyd Houser, Mrs. J. C McKin ney, Mrs. Dean Mcftanlel, Mrs. C. A. Butterworth, Mrs. Frarik Co*, Mm. B. N. Barnes, Mrs. Bill Houser and Mrs, B. R. CM*. Mrs. [>a v idson M terday that donations made by , mail to 1 H<> countv writ t* f the American Cancer Society will be credited to the Kings Mountain City Registration Books Will Op en TO SPEAK HERE ? Dr. C. K. Brown, Davidson college profes sor. will speak at First Presby terian church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock as the church ob serves National Christian Col lege day. Presbyterians To Hear Brown Dr. C. K. Brown, of Davidson College, will be the morning speaker at First Presbyterian church services here Sunday in observance of National Christian College day. Dr. Brown is one of 12 David son faculty and administration flMMMMti- who^jjra speaking at churches throughout North and South Carolina to commemorate the day. A native of Salisbury, Dr. Brown is dean of the faculty and professor of economics at David son. He received the B'A. degree from Davidson and M. A. and PhX) degrees from the University of North Carolina. Dr. Brown is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kap pa, American Economists Associa tion, and the Historical Society of North Carolina. Cemetery Gates Named By Board The city board of commission ers approved a plan Monday night to name the six entrance gates to Mountain Rest cemetery. The entrance at the .residence of Mrs. C. F. Thomasson is to be named Falls Gate, honoring the man who gave the first pro perty for the city's cemetery. The Dilling street entrance is to be named Dwelle Gate, honor ing H. C. Dwelle, onetime city commissioner credited with land scaping the cemetery. The Deal street entrance Is to be named Fulton Gate, for the late H. T. Fulton, Sr., first mor tician in Cleveland county. The new Fast Gold street gate is to be named Sam Suber Gate, honoring the veteran cemetery superintendent. . ' The South Carpenter street en trance is to be nalhed for Johnny W. Blackwell, first Kings Moun tain serviceman to lose his life in World War H. The North Carpenter Street gate is to be named for Otis D. Green, first Kings Mountain ser viceman to lose his. life In World War I. Suitable 'markers are to be e rected at each gate. ? Saturday First Day To Register For City Voting ? - ? Registration books will be open ! for the first time Saturday for I the forthcoming May 12 city e- | lection, when qualified voters will choose a mayor, and five ward commissioners, and with voters in Ward 1 naming a school trustee.. The Voters will also determine whether they wish a city mana- , ger form "of government, or whether they wish to continue the present council-mayor iorm of government. Registrars will be at the re spective polling places all day Saturday, from 7 a. m. to 7 p. m, to place the names of new voters on the books. The registrars will be at the polling places also on Saturday, April 25, and Satur day, May 2. Saturday, May 9 will be Challenge Day. Election officials are pointing out that persons who have mov ed from one ward to another should obtain transfers. The registrars and the respect ive .polling places are: Ward 1 at City Hall, Clarence L. Black. Ward 2 at City Hall, Mrs. H. R, Parton. ? Ward 3 at Phenix Mill Store, Mrs. (Ruth Bowers. Ward 4 at Kings Mountain Manufacturing Company club room, C. P. Goforth. ' Ward 5 at Victory Chevrolet Company, Mrs* J. T. McGinnis. Heart Ailment Fatal To Hord Arthur Buren Hord, 47, resi dent of Concord and native and former citizen of Kings Mountain, died of a heart ailment on the way to Cabarrus Memorial hospi tal at 11 a. m. last Thursday. He had been suffering from a heart aliment for sometime and had been unable to perform his salesman's duties at the Stephen's Buick company in Concord, with which he was associated. Mr. Hord had lived in Concord since 1927 and folowing his re tirement from professional base ball, he entered Cannon's Mill employ and served as overseer of the finishing plant He tater be- | came associated with the Step hen's Bulck company as sales man. Mr. Hord was one of the North State League's all time greats in the second base position. He was a member of St. James Lutheran church of Concord, where the fu neral services were conducted Saturday at 3 p. m. He ^as born February 25, 1906, the son of Mr. and Mrs. R.. H. Hord of Kings Mountain, who sur vive. ' Surviving in addition to his pa rents are his wife, Mrs. Mary Or chard Boger Hord; a daughter, Mary Orchard Hord; two sons, Edwin Buren and John Kimmom Hord of Concord; three brothers, Rev. R. W. Hord of Vale, Jerry E. Hord of Portsmouth, Va., and Robert O. Hord of Kings Moun tain; four sisters, Mrs. Roland P. Falls t-f Greensboro, Mrs. John W. Spencer of Winston-Salem, and Mrs. Ray Kirby and Mrs. Earl D. Ledford, both of Kings Mountain. METE* RECEIPTS A total of $158.25 was collec ted from the city's parking me ters Wednesday morning, ac cording to a report by the city treasurer's office. Specnlatim List Getting Thin As Candidate list Grows Bigge Many political observers were ready to write "all done" to the current season's list of candida tes this week, but others coun tered with a strong "not so." : All would agree that the can didate list ia well cleaned and, at least, near-complete, . (Principal rumors continued to concetfi the possibility that H. Tom Pulton, former mayor, would offer again (or this posi tion. Some said Mr. Pulton would file "for sure" next week. This opinion Was not shared toy the three men alnftdqjV seeking the mayor's office. Other principal question con cerned the Ward 1 school trua teeshlp and the late development whereby J. R. Davis, incumbent, tiled for the office. Mr. Davis had not been expected to seek re-election, <utd George H. Hou ser's name ha* figured most prominently " In ' pre-election speculation. Most folk thought th? other offices would attract no further candidates. / . Generally, with all positions now sought alter, It could be said that "polttlcs Is warming up." - The mayoral fight was getting top billing, but the several com misaloner candidates were also beginning to move. JZgA?t*tg'; ?? ? ' City Boaid Handles Many Routine Matters i The city board of commission r ers conducted a mass of routine business Monday night at the reg ular May meeting, the major ac tion being the calling of a public hearing on some'S'l.OOO in street paving assessments for May 13. Notice of the assessment roll is published in today's edition of! the Herald on page 2, section one. J Otherwise, the ou?rd transfer- 1 red $10,000 from its budgeted ex- 1 penditures for the light and pow er department to the sewer -and | water departments. In other actions the boarcj: 11 Approved the drawing of a j local bill to authorize transfer of certain school properties to the board of school trustees by board action. ' 2) Authorized employment of J an additional worker for Sam | Suber, grounds custodian and cemetery superintendent, the sa- i lary to be charged to stadium op- j eration. 3) Approved request of the ] Merchants association, presented by John Lewis, to grant free parking in the business section during an approaching Dollar Days event. 4) Authorized Tom Henry, pub lic works superintendent, to ar range a garbage disposal agree ment with the Park Yarn Mills Company with the board to set the fee to be charged. 5) Adopted a resolution setting j ?up the Billle Gene Saunders I school fund, a police department promotion. 6) Voted a $50 per month pay raise, to $175, for Everette Bridges, second shift desk ser geant in the police department. 7) Authorized the chief of police to ask for a prisoner trusty to handle cleanup detail at City Hall. 8) Ordered removal of caution light from corner of Diliing and E, King streets to corner of Phe nl* and Chestnut 4 treat*. . 9) Authoilzed graveling of Three-and-One-Half street and Dust Bank near Gantt's Store, and also authorized graveling of the alley between Diliing street and Hill street. 10) Authorized installation of a street light at Smith residence on Goforth street. 11) Accepted suggestion of Ol lie Harris to name several gates entrance gates to Mountain Rest cemetery. Red Cross Fund Drive Is Short Kings Mountain area contri butions to the Red Cross totaled $3,893.91, according to report Wednesday toy B. S. Neill, treas urer. The total was $1,700 short of the minimum desired amount, and Mr. Neill urged citizens who have not given to forward checks to him. Coming in for particular praise was the Negro division, headed by M. L. Campbell, which exceeded its assigned quota and raised a total of $500 for the fund. Division Chairman Campbell said, "In listing amounts con- 1 trUbuted by the various organi zations to the 1953 Red Cross drive, I also express my very deep appreciation to those who wortted and contributed to this cause. I believe it wilt greatly assist with this worthy work " The following exceeded their the Negro division met their quota: Gallilee (Methodist chur ch, $37.50; Adam's Chapel AME Zlon church, $27.50; Mt. Zlon Baptist, $45; Long Branch Bap tist, $40; Ebene^er Bapt'jt, $45; Vestibule AME Zlon, $45; Com pact High school, $43. The following groups In quotas: Mt. Olive Baptist chur ch, $46.75; Mt. Calvary Holiness, $9; St. Peter's Baptist, $36.50; Masonic Lodge, $10. Other amounts reported: Good Hope Presbyterian church, $11. 93; St Paul Methodist, $15; Da vidson high school, $25; Shiloh' AME Zlon, $22, Synum's Chapel AME Zion, $41.20. , Bethware Graduation Plan* Are Revealed Plans for commencement exer cises at B?thware high school were announced yesterday ,bjr Principal John RudlsllL ... The bacculareaute sermon will be slivered by Rev. R. E. Rob bins, pastor of Bethlehem Bap tist church, on Sunday, May 17 at Bethware school auditorium al 8 o'clock. ? ' Rev. Boyce Huffstetler, pastor o t El Bethel Methodist church, will speak at graduating exer cises to be held at the school on May 20. Ellison Enters Ward 3 Race; Davis Asks Re-Election As School Trustee Recreation Body Declines Club Bid For Stadium Members of the city Recreation Commission in a special mating Wednesday afternoon unanimous ly Voted to decline permission to the Kings Mountain Kiwanis club to use City Stadium for a horse show. The action was taken after members present at the meeting', visited the stadium to observe im provements made in the past few months. Present were Dr. P. G. Padgett, chairman, Jack While, Hunter Neisler, Tred W. Plonk, James G. (Red) Layton, Mrs. Har ry Page and Mrs. J. H. Patterson. The city board of commission ers, at their Monday night meet ing, had received a delegation of Kiwanis officers who made the request to use the stadium for the annual club horse show in June.- The board informed the delegation, which included Presi dent D. F. I lord, Jr., Treasurer John L. McGill and Secretary Harold Coggins, that the recrea tion commission had administra tive jurisdiction over the stadium, but a majority of the board mem bers said they hoped that permis sion would be declined due to the improvements made. Sam Suber, who had superintended the im provements, made a plea to "keep the horses off". In turn, Commissioners Pear son, Davis, Layton, and Mayor Garland Still, who stated opposi tion to use of the stadium for a horse show, Indicated that the city would cooperate with the Ki wanis club in readying a new horse show site, by furnishing free-of -charge scraping machin ery, bleachers, and other avail able facilities. President Hord pointed out that the Kiwanis profits from previous horse shows had bought needed equipment for Kings Mountain hospital, had bulwarked the Ki wanis club loan fund and done other needed work. He also point ed out that the Kiwanis club had donated the stadium lighting sys tem. ' _ During the past few months, the stadium turf has been sodded and re-planted in grass. The base ball diamond has also been con verted to a grass infield. Harmon Properties Will Be Auctioned Properties of the late Thomas N. Harmon will be sold at auction on May 16, according to legal no tice published for the first* time in today's edition of the Herald. On petition to the Superior Court by Mr. Harmon's helrs-at law, Martin L. Harmon, Jr., ad ministrator of the estate, has been named commissioner. Included are a house and lot at the corner of Falls street and Battleground avenue, another house with two adjoining tracts on Waco Road, and a half-interest in a tract of approximately ten acres adjoining Crescent Hill. CHORAL SOC1ETT TO MEET Hie Choral Society will meet tonight (Thursday) at Central Methodist church. Ladies urg ed to be present at 7:30 and .the men at 8:00 o'clock. The group is making plans for its spring concert and urges all members, charter memfoers, and anyone who enjoys sing ing, and would like to join, to ibe present. CANDIDATES ? Among candidates for city office in the forthcom ing May 12 election are T. J. (Tommy) Ellison, left, and J. H. Pat terson, right. Mr. Ellison, a former commissioner, seeks tho Ward 3 commissionership. while Mr. Patterson seeks the Ward 2 commis sionership. "Meanest Man" Tied Can On Dog's Tail A candidate, or candidates, for the title of "Meanest Man in Kings Mountain" was doing dirty svork last Friday. Witnesses reported seeing a part-Collie dog near the corner of East King street and Cleveland avenue about 11 a. m. Friday run ning wildly with a tin can tied on its tail. Efforts by some witnesses to remove the can from the dog went to 'naught as the animal raced off, yelping wildly, down the York highway. City and state ordinances pro hibit any act of -cruelty to ani mals and carry a penalty of $50 with a maximum sentence of 30 days upon conviction of any per son on such charge. No warrant was issued in the case because the guilty party or parties were not identified. Lay Preachers To Lead Revival Lay preachers of Macedonia Baptist church will fill the pulpit at the weeks' revival series be ginning Sunday and continuing throughout the following week with tile final service Sunday, April 26. Obrean White is in charge of singing. Lay Preachers Bud Falls, Ray Wright, Wayne Haynes, Dick Ware, and John Cloninger will conduct the preaching ser vices. Time of the meetings has been set foi' 7:30 each evening and the public is invited to attend, Rev. K. L. Hardin, pastor of the church said in making the announce ment. Pauline Manney To Give Recital The Woman's College of the University of North Carolina School of Music will present Miss Pauline Mauney, pianist, in a graduating recital Sunday after noon at 4 o'clock in the Music Building Recital hall in Green* boro. A receptior will follow in the Music Building parlor. Miss Mauney is a senior and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mauney of Kings Mountain. The public has been invited to attend. Scott Predicts Big Changes In Agriculture Demonstrating anew a flare for the witty phrase and pungent point, Former Governor W. Kerr Scott delighted a crowd of 150 area farmers and their hosts, the Kings Mountain Lions club, Tues day night, as the civic club held its annual Farmer's Night ban quet. Mr. Scott predicted a great fu ture for North Carolina agricul ture and declared that "North Carolina has plenty more room for beef and sheep". He added that sheep pays more, in propor tion to the investment, than any other North Carolina product. . Mr. Scott said he was told by the experts that changes in agri culture in the next 15 years would be greater than in the past 15 years. In a half-serious manner, Mr. Scott said he would not have been governor had he had a telephone at his home near Haw River. He also referred to his prior strained relations with civic clubs of the state, and said he regarded the /^ions club as the most construc tive of them all. "Still," he said, "the civic clubs didn't push for electric lines, phones and roads for tile rural areas".. Philosophizing, the former gov ernor declared that ''all wealth comes from the soil or the mine'^, and he added, "when you raise the income of the average citizen, you help everybody the most." Obviously referring to charges of special influence in the build ing of roads near his Haw River farm, Mr. Scott laughed, "As a public servant for 34 years I've only been called a crook once, and they didn't prove that." Lions President George Houser presided and welcomed the far mers, while Edwin Moore, chair man of the committee on arrange ments presented special guests, among them, Highway Commis sioner Joe Graham of Iron Sta tion, members of the county and city boards of education and coun ty board of commissioners, and members of the county agent's staff. Commissioner Graham pre sented the ex- governor. John Ed Davis, of Shelby, for mer president of the Shelby Lions Club, assisted Tail Twister N. H. Reed in a series of stunts. Citizens Get Property Appraisals; News Brings Some Smiles. Frowns Majority of Kings Mountain area property-owners received tax valuation notices from the county tax office this wee<k and were tousy with pencil and paper estimating the prospective dif ferences, if any, in their tax bills. County Auditor Max Hatnri^k has previously estimated that an 85-cent county wide tax rate would return the name amount of revenue which the County now receives from its current valua tion on a county-wide rate of $1.09 per $100 valuation. The new rate has not yet Men iet by the county board, and will not be until the new appraisals have been adopted, and next year's budget adopted. As was expected the valuations reported toy individuals vary considerably. Some report them selves pleasantly surprised that the valuations are not increased more than they have -been, while others do not lHce the looks of the new figures. One citizen complained that his relatively new, brick well maintained residence Is valued 1 at about the same figure of a very old frame rental dwelling. Others are confuted, and are inf.:ested Ih comparing their new valuations with that of Continued O* Page Bight Ware Chairman ARP Congregation Franklin L. Ware was elected chairman of the congregation of Boyce Memorial ARP church at a congregational meeting on Sun day. He succeeds J. L. McGill. Mrs. Garrison Goforth was e lected secretary, succeeding Miss Leone Patterson. The congregation received in formation on the financial report fur the past year, as presented by W. S. Fulton,- Jr., treasurer, Following the congregational meeting, the board of deacons or ganized for the coming year, nam ing Wendell Phlfer as chairman, to succeed Martin Harmon, and John Cheshire as secretary, to succeed Menzell Phlfer. RECEIVES PABT Miss Evelyn Cllne, fresihman student at Guilford College, has been given a part In > the school play, '"Goodie My Fancy," to be presented on A prll 25. She Is the daughter of Mrs. R. S. Oates. n Sixteen Now Seek Election To Seven Posts I.J. (Tommy) Ellison, former city commissioner, formally fil cd notice of candidacy f,)r' the ward 3 -corn'mtesionership Mon day; and j. r. Day-is, incumbent ward i school trustee. filed for re-election at noon Wednesday. Mr. Ellison's candidacy had been widely predicted, but Mr, Davis' candidacy came as a sur pt tse. \jr. Davis,- who is comple ting his: first six-year tearm as a school ? trustee, previously had indicated a desire to retire from the board. Entrance of Mr. Ellison, who served as Ward 3 commissioner for two terms, from 1947 1951, into the Ward 3 race, sets up a re match of one of t he more closely contested 1951 races. Mr. Ellison lost the-1951 race to the incumbent, Olland R. Pearson, by the close margin of 63 votes! The totals were 895 to 832. This year a third candidate, C. L. (Curly) Elgin, is also in the race. Mr. Davis is thus far the lone candidate for the school trustee position. A .well-known 'awyer, -Mr. Davis is a Kiwania^., and a member of CejiUa! Methodist Church,. Mr. Ellison, a grocer, is a ' member of Grace Methodist church, and a Mason. His wife Is Mrs. Roberta Ballard Ellison and they have two children, includ ing a son in the U. S. Navy. In filing for the board c>f com missioners, Mr. Ellison made the following statement: "I am filing for commissioner in Ward 3, the ward In .which I bave been living for more than 25 years. I am not a oandldate lined up with any group, and have made no pledges to anyone. If elected I wijl not only serve the peoplq in my Ward, but all the people of Kings Mountain, and will bd fair and just with every one. I will appreciate your vote." Eighteen candidates now seek seven positions to be filled at the May 12 election, or In the runoff election two weeks later on May 2d. Contests are assured for mayor and each of the five ward commissionerships. The line-up to date: For Mayor ? Garland E. Still, incumbent, George W. Allen, Glee A. Bridges. roi ward i Commissioner ? ? James G. (Red) Lay ton, incum bent, and W. S. Fulton, Sr. For Ward 2 commissioner ? - Lloyd E. Davis, incumbent, War ren E. Reynolds, and J- H. Patter son. For Ward 3 commissioner ?? Olland R. Pearson, incumbent,.. T. J. (Tommy) Ellison, and Clar. ence Elgin. For Ward 4 commissioner ? O. T. Hayes, Sr., Harold Phillips, and Floyd Williams. For Ward 5 commissioner ? Sam Stalllngs, W. G. Grantham, and D. L. White. For Ward 1 school trustee ? J, R. Davis, incumtbent. ' ?' ' . r?j Hoid Heads State Photographers Timmons Hord of Kings Moun tain was elected president of the North Carolina Photographer* Association in a three day ses sion of the association in High Point Tuesday. Mr, Hord, who operates Hord s Photography Studio in Shelby, succeeds Robert Hodgkins off Wilmington. Mr. Hord attended a school of Photography in Indiana and won outstanding awards in photo* graphy there. His wife is the for mer Miss Aileen Hu'bbard of Earl. The Hords have two childv ren, Diane and Teresa, and they make their home on West King street. Straw Hat Day Set By Bridges ? Kings Mountain Straw Hat Day will be observed on May 1, ac - cording to decree this week by the Kings Mountain Merchant* association. J. C. Bridges, president of the association, has proclaimed Frt. day, May 1, as the official dead, line for wearing of felt hats in Kings Mountain. Majority of stores are unpack ing new models now and said they would have them In good supply prior to May 1.