Population
City Limits 7.206
Trading Area 154)00
(1945 Ration Beard Figures)
VOL. 63 NO. 27
Established 1889
Kings Mountain's RELIABLE Newspaper
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, July 2, 1953
J4 P49?
Today
Sixty-Third Year
PRICE FIVE CENTS
IS $427 >302.50
KINGS MOUNTAIN RACERS IN SOAPBOX DERBY ? Pictured a bo
in an area Soapbox Derby at Charlotte Wednesday, lor the area ch
Akron, Ohio. Left to right are Bill Ware, Tony Kirby. Fr ankle Hen
Edward Barry, of Grower.
ve are eight Kings Mountain area youngsters who were competing
amplonshlp and right to enter the International Soapbox Derby at
son, Reggie Painter, David Plonk, Vic Smith, Rueben Bridges, and
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Local News
Bulletins
CARPENTER HURT
C. T. Carpenter, Jr., Herald
staff member, has been inca
pacitated this week due to an
eye irtjury suffered late Mon
day afternoon. His condition
was Improved Wednesday.
BOARD WONT MEET
M Hie city board of commit
w slonsrs will not hold Its regu
lar July meeting ort Thursday
night, as customary. Several
commissioners are out-of
town. Date for the meeting has
not been set, but City Clerk
Joe Hendrlck said the board
would meet prior to July 28,
final day for formally adopt
ing the 1953-54 budget.
KIWANIS PICNIC
Members of the Kings Moun
tain Kiwanis club will begin
a series of summer picnic
meetings Thursday night,
when they convene at 7 o'clock
at Beth ware school for a picnic
supper to be served by Oak
Grove Baptist Church.
TO GIRLS STATE
Miss Susan Moss and Miss
Ann Mobley Dilling are at
tending fourteenth annual Tar
Heel Girls State In session at
Woman's College, Greensboro,
this week. High school seniors,
they were chosen by the Amer
ican Legion Auxiliary.
REUNION
Annual Goforth fluid Watter
son reunion will be held at ?1
Bethel July U according to
announcement received here
this week. A picnic dinner will
Joe Served at 1 o'clock, the an
nouncement read.
HOMECOMING
Homecoming Day will be ob
served at Mid-view Baptist
church Sunday, July 5, with all
day singing and dinner to be
spread, according to announce
ment toy the pastor, Rev. Buddy
Williams. All singers are urged
to attend, he said.
Vacation Travel
On Holiday List
Kings Mountain Citizens pause
to observe the Independence Day
holiday Saturday.
For a considerable number of
industrial workers, it will be the
last day of a week-long holiday,
while for others it will be the
first' day. Meantime, Nelsler
Mills, Inc., was reported to have
changed its previous decision
artd decided to taken holiday In
at l^ast ? portion of its plants.
However/ ol rtcial report on the
holiday hot obtainable Wed
nesday afternoon, due to atosen
? , ce of Nelsler officials.
A great number, of citizens
took advantage of the holiday
for vacation trips to ' beach,
mountains; or other vacation
i - . .roots. Others took advantage of
the free time at home to patnt,
attend to odd repair Jobs, Or
merely teat . -L'
Lake Montonia's swimming
pool has been a popular place
the past week, as respite from
the h*at was sought, and tirana
with a fir -conditioning plants
have bean popular.
Carper'. ?r Says
1953- Tax Levy
27 Percent Paid
City taxpayers had been visit
ing the City Hall tax office in a
steady stream this week, leaving
a total of $34,040.38 through 11
o'clock Wednesday morning in
the form of prepayments on 1953
tax bills.
Wednesday was the final day
for obtaining tl\e full two per
cent di9cottnt allowable. Begin
ning July 2* and continuing
through the nwntto, the discount
rate Ur one one-h*irp<?*nTr
Hie total, a> reported by Clar
ence E. Carpenter, tax supervis
or, was 27.5 percent of the 1953
estimated levy of $123,500, toas^
ed on a tax rate of $1.30 per
$100 valuation and a gross val
uation of $9,500,000
Percentage-wise the current
year's prepayments compared
favorably with prepayments in
1952, when the end of the two
percent discount period found
272 percent of the estimated
levy paid. Dollar- wise, the city
was a little ibetter off this year,
the total cash prepayments ex
ceeding those of a year ago by
$2,777.05.
Taxes are being collected at
the tentatively set rate of $1.30
per $100 valuation. Should the
city board of commissioners fi
ally set a different rate, adjust- 1
ments will be made according
ly, city officials pointed out.
'
Dixon Revival
Begins Sunday
Rev. J. Eade Anuerson, pastor
of Olney Presbyterian church in
Gastonia, will conduct a week of
services at ' Dixon Presbyterian
church beginning Monday night.
James D. Newsome, summpr
supply pastor for First Presby
terian and Dixon churches, will
deliver the message at the Sun
day night service.
-<?
Bible school classes for all ages
will begin at 7:15 each evening
preceeding the preaching ser
vices at 8:30.'
*? Rev. Mr. Anderson is a gradu
ate of Columbia. Seminary, De
catur, Ga., and studied at the
University of Edinburg, Scotland.
He was fi supply pastor here for
two summers.
Privilege Licenses
Expired On June 30
City privilege licenses are
now due and payable. City
Clerk Joe Hendrick reminded
this week, 19S2 licenses having
expired Tuesday.
Virtually all busine^ firms
are required to purchase priv
ilege licenses to legally con
duct business in the city cod
the licenses are purchasable
without penalty through July
31. After that date, a penalty
of five percent per month ap
plies, Mr. Hendrick said.
Corporation
Hubert Hemdon
Rites Conducted
Funeral services for Hubert
Taylor; Hemdon, 61, prominent
farmer- of the Bethlehem section,
route 2, were conducted Sunday
at 3 p. m. from Bethlehem Bap
tist church.
Rev. R. E. Robbins, the pastor, )
and Rev. W. G. Camp officiated
and burial was in thfe church
cemetery.
Mr. Herndon died in a Char
lotte hospital Friday morning at
3:39 a. m. after an illness of three
weeks.
He was the son of the late
Henderson and Jane Porter Hern
don of Kings Mountain and was
a native of Cleveland county. He
was a member of Bethlehem Bap
tist church.
Surviving are two brothers,
Maxle and Lee Herndon, and two
sisters, Pearl and Edna Herndon,
all of Kings Mountain.
Serving as pallbearers were
Henderson Herndon, Carl Hern
don, Fred Herndon, Hord Hern
don, Broadus Herndon, and Wil
liam Herndon. ?
Local DAR* Chapter
Sponsoring Program
. Members of the Colonel Frede
rick Hambright chapter, Daugh
ters of the American Revolution,
are sponsoring a radio broadcast
Friday morning at 9:30 over Ra
dio Station WKMT.
Mrs. W. T. Weir is speaker for
the broadcast and topic of the
program is "What July 4 Should
Mean to America Today."
Mrs. J. E. Herndon Is DAR re
gent for the local chapter.
first. privilege
>-54. Mr. Hen
New City Law Makes Over.-.
Track Punishable By fine
Ope*1
The city board of commission
ers, In special session Wednesday
night, June 24, passed an ordi
nance to prevent over-loading of
open trucks hauling stone, gra
vel, and other similar material.
Under termt, of the ordinance,
truckers allowing cargo of this
type to tell on city streets will be
liable to a fine of 110. '
The law was unanimously paus
ed, on motion of T. J, Ellison, se
conded by W. 3. Pulton, Sr.
It was the principal action, oth
er than budgetary, at the session,
though the board also clarified
several personnel policies as fol
lows; v < ?., ;
1) Outlawed overtime pay for
city employees except in 'emer
gency and placed r*spofi3fblilty
Mm
for determining "emergency
work" on department heads.
2) It ruled that sick leave will
not be cumulative for more than
30 days in any given year.
3) It ruled that employees ab
sent due to sickness will not be
paid for the first day of such
sickness unless they present a
certification of the illness signed
by a physician. ;V ]
The board tabled without ac
tion request of Frank Qulnn,
Negro, for a taxi franchise.
The board received without ac
tion an offer from David and
Charlie Cash to sell the city a lot
fronting 150 feet on Railroad ave
nue and City, street for fftfOO. ,
A rt an n ai ft w ?? n i ^
au commissioners Were preterit
and all actions were unanimous.
Finance Firms
Pay Dividends
Totaling $33,419
dividends totaling $33,419.21
RuHH??rtS '/0nJ off,cials of Home
Kinai ? , ?3n association,
Kings Mountain Building & Loan
associatjon and First National
?a k ^ reported a continued up
rd trend in dividend payments
SS? Si* flnC UdLng W0.303.14 on
u ?ck' S6642-23 on op
SiJ' . u reS' and 5888.75 on
serial shares.
J' ??*<**?' secretary-treasur-%
er of Kings Mountain Building &
Loan association, reported total
?8 of J10'660 09, including
$5,830.78 on full-paid stock. $4
4(1.66 on optional shares $212!
on serial shares, and $145.65 on
withdrawn stock.
Ab^?"' cashier and vice
?Z8lilntJ?e Flrst Natlonal Bank,
said his firm had paid $4,325 to
holders of savings accounts and
??^rr!l tate!.of deP?slt. He also
said that the bank had paid
semi-annual dividends to stock
holders totaling $5,000.
Country Club
Party Saturday
Members of thTlCingg Moun-I
tain Country Club are being re
molded this week of Saturday
nights scheduled Club Night
take the torm
n,*". old; fMhlon?d barbecue.
Tolly Shuford, chairman of the
Si? committee, said that
S ot Shelby, Will fur
nish the dinner for the occasion
and that reservations will be ac
cepted through Saturday noon at
*1.50 per person.
"\Ve anticipate a large crowd,"
Mr. Shuford said.
, Time of the affair Is 7 o'clock,
w J1??* committee includes
r. and Mrs. Claude Hambright
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Mauney,'
Mr. and Mrs, J. C. Bridges and
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Arnette.
Bites Conducted
For - L E. Deese
? % -
-Kunteni services for Lemuel Ed
{fa"\ Deese. 38. who died at his
JlEh? ToPArker Street Sunday
night ?t 9:15 of a heart attack
were conducted Tuesday at 5 p
mpirom First Baptist church P
Rev. if. Gordon Weekley the
fn M?r' and huriai was
in Mountain Rest cemetery.
A native of Kershaw county,
the late Mr- ar,d Mrs
Mode Deese, he had been em
ployed a? loom fixer at Mar grace
Mills for over 30 years.
... r *? survived by his
wife, Mrs. Martha Rhea Deese
one son, L. E. Deese, Jr., andflni
daughter. Miss Nora JaAe De2?
both of Kings Mountain
are 'our bro
thers^ John. Yancey. Luther, and
j Deeae. ail of Atlanta Ga
*nd one grandchild "
jJZTJZ Sen.* wer*
^?e^Jenktns, J. B. Foster, Pink
J*y Roberts, J. B. Falls F c
Weaver, and Charles Kenedy
Auto Accident
Injuries Fatal
To Leon Mitchem
Loon Lawson Mitchem, 25
year-old Kings Mountain Negro,
suffered fatal injuries last Satur
day afternoon in an automobile
accident on the York Kings Moun
tain highway.
I Mitchem was thrown out ol
the 1937 Chevrolet driven by
Charles Evans Miller. IS, when
' rhe car went out of control, plun
iged over an embankment and
turned over several times, Mit
j chetn died of a broken neck, phy
sicians said at Kings Mountain
hospital about two hours after
the wreck occurred.
Miller, also thrown out of the- !
; car. sustained lacerations of the
hand, and Paul Jackson, another
I passenger in the car, was cut
i about the head. Both have been
j discharged from the hospital.
Highway Patrolmen C. D. For
tune and M. J. Dellinger, along
with members of the Cleveland
County sheriff's department, in-'
vestigated the accident.
Preliminarj hearing for M'"er,
on charges of manslaughter, are
scheduled lor Cleveland County
Recorder's Court before Judge
Rueben Elam on Friday morning
at 9:30. Miller is free on ?1,000
.signed bond.
Both Miller and Jackson are
employees of the Kings Mountain
Herald.
The accident victim has recent
ly been employed by a construc
tion company now paving the new
lane ol U, S. 74 between here and
Gastonia. Prior to that time, he
w?s employed as a theatre Jani
tor by the Cash Brothers. He was
a onetime Janitor at City Hall,
and previously had been employ
ed by Cooper's, Inc. He was a
veteran of World War II.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Selesta Borders Mitchem,. a
daughter. Lola, and his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Lawson Mitchem.
Miller told officers, Patrolman
Fortune reported, that his north
bound car had slipped on the
shoulder of the road and that he
could not get the auto back un
der control.
Bethwaie Blood
Donors Listed
Kings Mountain area citizens
donated forty- four pints of blood
at the Red Cross bloodmoblle
visit to Bethware school last Fri
day.
The visit, first to that communi
ty, was sponsored by the Beth
ware Parent-Teacher Association
and the Bethware Progressive
club. Quota for the visit was set
at 150 pints.
Edwin Moore was Bethware
chairman for the Bloodmobile
visit and Lamar Heradon, Leo
nard Gamble. Stokes Wright, and
J. D. Harmon, committee mem
bers.
List of donors follows:
Leonard Gamble
John Thomas Beam
Elizabeth L. Lovelace
Fred W. Ware
Ralph Thomas
Hilda B. Goforth
Verdie (Mrs. W. C.) Short
Jerry E. Queen
Rev. Vance M. Daniel
Mrs. Walter S. Smith
Robert H. Gantt
Luther Phillip Baker, Jr.
Suzanne Arrowood
Marlon J. Shook
Buren R. Putnam
David Putnam
Mrs. C. P. Butler
J. Edwin Moore
Pauline Mauney
Mearl Seism
Mrs, William McS'.va!?
Joan McSwain
Mrs. Mary H. Seism
Tom Hamrlck
Mrs. Cathrine Eaker V
John Womic
Mrs. Fern Seism
Stokes Wright
Virginia Ware Stone ,
Horace L. Bell K
Charles Goforth
Eugene Bell 7"*
Mrs. Fred Greene
Eugene Plttenon
Varoa Fall*
Ben Hamrlck
Hamrlck
Blanton Is High
On Pharmacy Test
Kings Mountain
Youth Tops All
On State Exam
Charles Donald Blantor. Jr.. of
Kings Mountain, posted a grade
of 90 to score highest on the
| North Carolina Board of Phar
macy examinations conducted at
Chapel Mill on June 16, 17, 18.
Mr. Blanton. a recent graduate
of the University of North Caro
, lina School of Pharmacy, was
notified of the results of the ex
amination on Monday, and public
announcement Was made by the
Board of Pharmacy Tuesday.
lie is one of 27 new North Car
olina pharmacists.
__ Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Blan
ton, Sr., ho was an outstanding
student at UNC, where he was a
member of Kappa Psi fraternity,
! the Order of the Old Well, and
served as a member of the stu
dent council his junior year. Dur
ing the past year, he had served
as president of the student branch
of the North Carolina Pharma
ceutical association.
He has joined the pharmaceu
tical staff of Kings Mountain
Drug Company, of which his fa-,
ther, also a pharmacist, is co
owner.
Members of the state b<>ard giv
ing the examinations were W. A.
Gilliam, Winston-Salem, presi
dent; Roger A. McDuffle, Greens
boro; Robert N. Watson, Sanford;
Frank W. Dayvault, Lenoir, and
H. C. McAllister, Chapel Hill,
secretary- treasurer.
Bites Conducted
Foi Mrs. Sneed
Funeral services for Mrs. Ann
Bolin Sneed, 76, were conducted
from Temple Baptist church last
Friday afternoon at 4 p. m.
Rev. David N. Morris, pastor of
the church, officiated, assisted by
Rev. R. L. Hardin and Rev. C. B.
Bobbitt. The body lay in-state at
the church one-half hour prior to
the rites..
Interment was in the Black
cemetery near Cherryville.
Mrs. Sneed, widow of the late
Sam C. Sneed, died at the home
of a daughter,' Mrs. Otto Kiser,
Sr., on route 2 ^Thursday morning
at 12:15 a. m.
She had been in ill health for
several years.
A native of York County, S. C..
she was the daughter of the late
John Lowry and Eveline Baker
Bolin. She was a member of Tem
ple Baptist church.
Surviving are three daughters,
Mrs. Kiser. Mrs. B. H. Bridges,
and Mrs. Milton Hope, Sr., all of
Kings Mountain, a sister, Mrs.
Minnie Giifiallan of High Shoals,
five grandchildren, and three
great-grandchildren.
TOP SCORER ? Charles Blcmton
is one of 27 new North Carolina
pharmacists. His grade of 90 was
highest for the examination, ac- 1
cording to announcement of the
, North Carolina Board of Pharma
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Mis. Jennie Ross
Rites Conducted
Funeral services for Mrs. Jen
nie Marjorie Ross, 47, who died
at ber home on Carpenter street
Saturday at 11:15 p. m., were con
ducted Monday at 4 p. m. from
Second Baptist church.
Rev. B. F. Austin, the pastor,
officiated, assisted by Rev. J. YV.
Phillips. Interment was in Moun
tain Rest cemetery.
Mrs. Ross, who had been in
ill health for over a year, was a
Craftspun Mills employee and a
member of -Second Baptist church.
She is survived by her husband,
Yates Ross, her mother. Mrs. B.
F. Payne, two sons, Glenn and
Jimmy Ross, pf Kings Mountain,
and three daughters, Mrs. Curtis
Floyd of Huntersville, N. C., Mrs.
Stokes Gladden of Kings Moun
tain, and Miss Boryle Ross of the
home,
Also surviving are three bro
thers, Elbert Payne, Roy Payne,
and Wllman Payne, all of Kings
Mountain, and four grandchil
dren.
' ?
Four-Room Dwelling
Destroyed By Fire
The four-room residence of a
family of four was almost total
ly destroyed by "re Wednesday
afternoon.
Kings Mountain fire depart
ment answered the call at a
round 2:45 to the home of Mar
vin Wright, located on Church
Street. .
Origin of the fire had not been
determined, firemen said
METER RECEIPTS
A total of $169.33 was collec
ted from the city's parking
meters Wednesday morning,
according to a report by the
city treasurer's office. ?.
Most Retailers To Rest Saturday,
But Some Will Wait Until Monday
Almost all Kings Mountain
Merchants and their retail per
sonnel will get a holiday for In
dependence Day, but the choice
of holiday will vary.
Some merchants are refusing
to accept the Merchant* Associa
tion by-law requirement of a hoi. i
iday on July 4, due to the fact
SATURDAY HOURS FRIDAY
Kings Mountain retail firms
closing Saturday, July 4. in ob
servance of the Independence
Day holiday, will observe Sat
urday hours on Friday, accord
ing to recent action by directors
of the Merchants association.
This means that department
and | ewe try stores will be o
pen anttl 7 o'clock, and farnl
tare and hardware firms until
I o'clock on Friday afternoon.
They customarily cloee Fri
days at 5:90 p. m.
July 4 falls this year on Saturday
? first time for #uch an occur
ranee since 1942.
However, a majority of the
city's business firms will be shut
down tight and will observe the
Eh? v. ??.' .. * :
holiday as schertu^l, J. C. Brid
ges, president of the Merchants
Association told the Herald Wed
nesday.
"A majority of Kings Mountain
retail business firms, both mem
bers o' .ings Mountain Mer
chants association and non-mem
bers, will observe the Indepen I
dence Day holiday on Saturday, !
according to the by laws of the ;
Merchants association, a survey
by the association shows, "Mr.
Bridges stated.
He said all of the jewelry, fur
niture, hardware, and financial
firms would be closed on Satur
day, as will the great majority
of apparel and automotive deal
ers.
He said a number of grocery
and auto appliance stores, along
with two variety stores, had In
dicated they will be open for bus
inets Saturday and will close all
day Monday.
He said a calendar search show
ed that July 4 would again fall
on Saturday In 1959, 1964, 1970,
and 1981.
Estimated Figure
Cut Of $53,215
Under Last Year
! The city hoard of commission
i ers whacked and pared last week
and tentatively adopted a balanc
ed budget of $427,302.50 for the
I fiscal year 1053 51.
The tentative budget adopt.el
at the special meeting of June. 21
is $53,215 less than the city's bud
get' for the fiscal year ended on
June 30.
1 The downward estimates for
anticipated revenue are largely it
two places, revenue from power
! sales and from street assess
' ments.
For 1953-54, the board' antict
, pates it will receive only $168.0<?
. from sale of power, whereas rev
enue of $207, (KK) was anticipated
I during the past year-. Rate cuts
[during the past year forced the
[downward estimate, the hoard
[ pointed out. Water revenue alone
'will be up by $500.-, '?owever. the
board thinks.
The board anticipates only
$5, (MX) Income from street assess
ment payments, compared to a:i
estimated income for the past
year of $21000. City Clerk Joe
ilendrick told the board accoun
tant Dave Robinson had suggesr
ed the $5,000 figure.
Included in the revenue Items
are kick- backs from the state of
$32,550, largely from the Powell
Bill providing a rebate for street
work of some of the gast tax rev
enue. I
Otherwise, the city expects to
collect $6,000 in privilege license
fees, to sell $1,100 auto license
tags at one dollar each, and
thinks It will collect $2,000 in
taxes for prior years, In addition
to $120,346.50 frorp the current
year's levy.
Spending
Expenditures for public works
will comprise the large portion
Of 1953-54 expenditures, the board
of commissioners estimates. It
expects to spend $51,400 via the
street department, $17,770 via the
sanitary department, $102,880 in
the power department, $17,715 on
the water system, $24,590 on the
water plant and city lake, and
$5,225 for sewer maintenance.
It is estimated that the police
department will cost $36,050, the
fire department $15,560, and the
general department $45,265. Ad
ministrative expense is estimated
considerably lower than for last
year at $15,89.1, or about $6,000
under a year ago.
Debt service will claim slightly
less than ten percent of budgeted
revenue and expense, or $40,442.
50, including $30,000 payment on
bond principal and $10,332.50 in
interest payments.
For capital expenditures, the
city expects to put out $43,399
Of the several anticipated pur
chases, streets will require the
largest sum, or $17,000 for street
construction and $13,500 for a
motor grader. The board also ex
pects to buy a pipe locator for
$250, an air compressor for $1,300
a pick-up truck for $1,700, an add
ing machine for $325, a voltage
regulator for $2, .350, and a chlort
nator for the filter plant at $1 ?
800. It expects to spend $1,000 for
additional equipment for the city
garage.
Motion to tentatively adopt the
budget was unanimously carried
with all members present and vot
Ing.
The board will take finai action
on the budget prior to July 20
Kesler loins
Foote Mineral
Thomas L. Kesler. a native >f
Salisbury, has joined Foote Mm
eral company, as geologist. Kes
ler has BS and MS degrees itj
Geology from th<' University of
N'orth Carolina and from 1929 up
til 1932 worked as oil geologist
for Shell Petroleum and othet >
in the United States.
From 1933 until 1946, he .hi i
various geological jobs with the
United States Government, most
ly in the area of North and South
Carolina. During this period he
also authored many technical pa
pers on non-metallic minerals in
the Appalachian area and parti
cularly oh the Tin . Spodumene
belt around Kings Mountain.
In 1946. he became geologist
with the Thompson Welman com
pany with headquarters at Car
tersvllle, Ga. Early in 1952, he
Ijiecame geologist for United
States Steel corporation in Alaba
ma and represented US Steel in
(hat area until Joining Foot*.
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