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. Population City Limit* 7.206 Trading Area 15,000 (1945 Ration Board Figures) VOL 63 NO. 45 ii ? ~ Established 1889 ? Kings Mountain's RELIABLE Newspaper Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, November 5, 1953 16 Sixty-Third Year Pages Today PRICE FIVE CENTS LITTLE THEATRE PLAYERS IN FIRST FALL PRODUCTION NOVEMBER 21 ? The date of the first winter season production of the Little Theatre has been changed from November 14 to Saturday, No vember 21 to allow the high school monogram club use of the gymnasium on the date first announced for the play. Miss Jean Cash, director of "Ring Around Elizabeth" announced this wee)'. Cast in the three act comedy are. pictured above left to right, Delbert Dixon, Mrs. C. A. McCarter, Dr. R. N. Baker, Mrs. Bob Clonlnger and Burlie Peeler, Jr. (Photo by Carlisle Studio.) Local News Bulletins AMERICAN LEGION Members of the American Le gion Auxiliary have been ask ed, to leave their gifts, which are to be distributed at Oteen's Veteran hospital, at either Del inker's Jewel Shop or at Mrs. D. E. Tate's home on Wells street Gifts are to toe ?^r-" Wrought In, M?. Tate announ ced, by November 10. MEETING TUESDAY MemberB of the Fine Art*, In ternational Relations, and A merlean Home departments of the Woman's club will hold a joint meeting at First Presby terian church here Tuesday when the group will be shown a film, The Art of Silver De sign." Time of the meeting is 7:90 p. m. MONDAY FIRE City firemen were called to extinguish a woods fire Mon day afternoon on Linwood Toad behind the O. M. Valen tine home outside the city li mits. No damage to the home was reported, according to re port by C. D. Ware, fireman, Wednesday morning. ' . LEGION NOTICE Regular monthly meeting of Otis IX Green Post 195,; the A marican Legion, will not be held Friday to avoid conflict with the Kings Mountain -Shel by football game. The meeting wijl be held x>n Friday, No veitober 13, at 8 p. ro r r .j-rr? ? - ? ~ : RED CROSS CHAPTER An open meeting of the Kings antain chapter, American ? Cross. Is set for Wednes day, Wovemftcr 11, at City Hall courtroom # 8 p. m- AH olti eens of Na 4 Township hord ing Red Cross membership are urged to ..attend,. Rev. W. L. Pressly, chairman, said. Chap ter officers for the year are to be elected at the meeting, he added. ' ' j r . " ' , . Community Day iMrvkeFriday V . , , ? >1 iwmm ;? v . All iKingt Mountain" area churchwomen are being urged to attend Friday morning's World Community. Pay service to be hel<f at 10 o'clock at First Bap tlst 'etairch. Vtn: William Herndon Is pro mmmmitm-- for tho Kings MouitttM observance on ,1m Merchants Launch L. / ?" -V' *'?>?}.?. Chest Promotion 32 Retailers Participating In Giveaways Thirty-two " retail members of the Kings Mountain Merchants Association are launching today a long-term promotion called "Appreciation Day," a weekly prize drawing tor valuable trade certificates, with the total in the treasure chest scheduled to mount weekly. The merchants completed ar rangements for the promotion last month with the National Trades Day Association, of Wea therford, Texas. Any person can be a treasure chest or "Appreciation Day" win ner, not only once, (but several times, if luck is with him. No purchases are required in any way. Rules provide that a person may sign a ticket each time he visits one of the participating firms, though he (or sftie) is li mited to one ticket per store per visit. Drawing will toe held weekly, with the first scheduled for No vember 12 at 3:30 p. m. at the corner of First National Bank. One important rule, different from the most local giveaways in the past, is that the winner must be present Should a name be called and the person not be present, another name is called after a delay of one minute. Each ticket has a percentile figure on it, not lower than Ave percent, nor greater than 60 per cent The winner each week will dip into the treasure cheat for the percentage listed on his winning Each participating merchant contributes two dollars weekly to the treasure chest This means that the first week's treasure chest will have $64 In trade cer tificates. The total mounts each week. Merchants participating in the promotion includc: . Bridges Hardware Co., SterchI Bros. Stores, Inc., Myers' Depart Continued On Page Eight TO ADDRESS LIONS? State Sen ator Robert F. Morgan, oi Shelby, will address member* of the Kings Mountain Lions club at their regular meeting Tuesday night at Masonic Dining Hull at 7 o'clock, according to announ cement this week. New Managers At Bus Station | . ? ?' .4'M - 1 ? . ? New permanent management assumed operation of Kings Mountain Bus Station Monday. A partnership including Mrs. Otto Guyton and Leon Hamrick, former cook at B. A B. Restau rant, took over the terminal man agement on Monday morning, fol lowing completion of arrange ments by Clayton Love, represen tative of Queen City Coach Com pany. owner of the W. King street terminal. Mrs. Guyton will supervise tic ket sales and Mr, Hamrick will be in charge of the terminal res taurant. Mrs. Guyton said thk terminal will open at 5 a. m. and close at 8 p. m., weekdays, with slightly later closing hours on Saturdays and Sundays. The terminal had been under temporary management for sev eral weeks, since Paul Byers re linquished the management. Contact Of Coroaei Ollie Harris Not Under Flie, Foreman States There was no infere. oe of any Irregularity in th? conduct of county coroner's office In the re cent report of the grand Jury, tee McDaniel, Kings Mountain farm er and foreman of the Cleveland County grand jury which made the report, said Wednesday. Mr. McDaniel said the grand Jury report was inaccurate In intent if not In content. It was n?i(ijnider*tand1n*,'' Mr. hfCDanie! ttM. "the rerom mendation concerned officers of *>ascd on one previous experwiiOe oy an officer no longaf:??signe^ to Cleveland County." "If there had been any <{ues tlon concerning Mr. Harris, the grand Jury certainly would have SuKl eowtimSL* Mc v^.- , ;ij ij&vatfr v,' . ? ? ... ? ?? County Coronor Ollle Harris,! Kings Mountain mortician, said in, was surprised to note the in ference In the grand Jury report, particularly since he has held only 2ft inquests in the course of seven yean of service as Cleve-I land County coronor. . "That's an average of less thanl two per year," Mi r. Harris (?? marked. "During the seme peri od I have Investigated, without Inquest, 232 death* which have occurred In C!ev*?nd County.*.' stated h ? m. a misin formed on thr- <iu onor as sst forth by stats stat ute. Since 1949, oounty coroners, in addition to highway patrol men investigating, are required ' by law to main reports on all ~ *** k- ? 1 1***, Foote Mineral Now Re-using Some Of Water l Foote Mineral Company haa inaugurated a water reclamation ? mIm which minimizes at least temporarily, the potential necessity of slowed or curtailed operations due to the drought. J. fc. Castle, manager of the JSa? M-ountafn Plant said the k ^ Water Is "not satisfac tory, hut we can get by " Hp mlffhtSC ?f. ,the roc'a'med water might enaj>le continued opera tion for another two weeks, per even ?0nn^ditional two weeks, or "We don't like the water ???&!!? sa,d- "" *"*? ehiKd 11.000.000 gallons rmm the city, or more than one-third month a/u!81 p'Jmpape for the month. At the request of the citv Poote has already cut its con thlrd! ?f ?lty water *>y one" City Meeting Agenda Is Given a l>ond election, and street assessments will feature sk ? Bridges said Wednesday. ted th?SKbGe,i prevfously indica form In mi of COfnmlssloners formally will call bond issue e X JS}000trnfllU!f,On 61 ,ssu fh? i? toond* to Improve increase the clty'a water supply, and to build recreation facilities rfn^e.C,ty 18 P^lW?tng In to-' of the Herald legal oon <Llnient,on to l?ue $600, SS* 2) ^ (See ptige ? Sec fi^at?er" 'f8, "fPPly and consump tion is a big Item on the agenda ^.ue J? the continued drought and the dwindling city supply. St^t assessments are to be readied for advertising in con nection with a public hearing the assessments, as required bv iaw.^Mayor Bridges said. Otherwise, Thursday's regular November meeting agenda Is largely routine, the Mayor add ed, including monthly reports *nd ?,h Zeb. B. Vance Attends Inaugural th^wJ ^ Jt?1 ^celved here Iff/ ? Vanoe was the rtfti rinrepre9entat,ve of Mere dlth eoUege at the formal lnaug PreaWent Henry King Stanford at Georgia State Col ^rJ?r, Wo?n' Mllledgeville, Georgia, last Friday. ?nJw5 la a?s,"tant profes sor bf business education at Mer cer University In Macon, Geor gla, and Is the former Mary Ell zabeth Elam, daughter of Mr. M?nu1i. R' F' E'"n <* K'? BloodmobUe Unit To Visit Grover Jhe Red Cross BloodmobUe will return to Number 4 Township ne*t Tuesday for a regular visit, setting up for the one-day ?oiiec oho"*" Gro"? Pre"^?ri?" pints*1 ?f the coIIectlon h 175 The Grover Lions club is spon soring the collection and is urg ing every person to take advant JLhe ?PP?rtunity to donate ^on?r" ^es'flng trantpor tatlon should call Grover 4141 It was announced. ' thHt?th?r?L7 L,0"r P?Jnted out Itni low Def?n*e Department is ^ Iar*e ""?"titles TioT !! b,ood and P,a8m? to iZ UZLermm} and t0 ?tockplle add??on. manu. facture of gamro* globulin to STTi; ***?? paraly?|? ? SSSLqu^.tltteB of b,ood *&&&&& - to at con vjntton <4 the North Carolina A*ocl?tlon In tjjto re*. office WH1 be cloaed through Satur K h kh CITY WATER LAKE REACHES ALL-TIME LOW ?With the city lake at the low level condition pic tured above, city commissioners are considering mandatory restrictive measures to conserve the se riously low supply on hand. The picture was taken this week by Dr. L. T. Anderson from the boat house at the lake. Most of the land area shown In the foreground is customaxilf covered with water. Bridges Relinquishes Option On School-Sought Site Tract 48 Petition School Board For Hearing A second petition concerning the Ratterree ? Weir Estate pro perty sought by the Kings Moun- : tain Iboard of school trustees as a ?art of a new Negro school site was filed with the school board Monday and requests a public hearing prior to any fur ther action toward condemning the property. . ,, Signed by 48 persons who live adjacent to, or nearby, the Rat terree-Weir Estate property, the petition reads: "We, the taxpayers and prop erty owners of land adjacent to and in the vicinity of the B. D. Ratterree and Mrs. Estelle Weir property, request that before any further action be taken toy the School Board to condemn said property that a public hearing; toe given to the signers of this ^"The signers of this petition do further request that the peti tioners be notified of said meet ini two days In advance. ' The signers as they appear on the original petition are: B. D. Ratterree, Executor, B- D. R&Uer ree, Mrs B. D. Ratterree, Floyd Thornburg, Margaret Thomburg, T. W- Jackson, J. W. Elolse S. Crawford, B. T. Wright, Sr., Mrs. B. T. Wright, Eva Pat terson, Dewltt Patterson J. E. ?hea, Mrs. J. E. Rhea, Mrs. Grier Sipes, Mrs. R. E. Clark, C. D Gladden, Mrs. C. D. Gladden, Mrs. Cora Clark, Mra. W. M. Bonds, Dean McDanjel. Mrs. D??.i McDanlel, F. O. Carroll, Mrs. F. O. Carroll, William A. Hullender, Beatrice Hullender, Delbert Dixon, Sue Dixon, Mrs. Banks Barber, Mrs. Ruby Daven port, Mary Lou Perry, W, B. Bar ber, Grier Sipes, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Payne, K. B. Plumbley, Mrs. Willard Compton, Wlllard Comp ton, Kelly Dixon, J. Gault, Jr., Mrs. C. J.. Gault, jr., Mrs. Homer Jones, Homer Jones, Mr. and Mrs. J. Neal Grlssom, G. L. Wright, Tolly Shuford, G. T. Thornburg. Yale Clabbers Urged Te Meet Deadline The First National Bank is urging its Christmas Club savers to check their payment schedules in order to assure completion or payments by November 14. date the 1953 Christmas club closes F R Summers, bank president, said the total Christmas Club payments for the year, ?cheduled to be made during the first week In December will total in?5"*8* of $37,000, or almost double last ber* will share the 1953 payments, he added. . ovB8T mmsti* SLtv. Iverson Brendle of Shel by wtlt fill the pulpit Sunday nfght at Grace Methodist ch^ rtt at tha 7 o'clock is pastor of SulphUr Springs Methodist church. Sev. C, JL Grant, pastor, made tJie an Muncenient Motorists Reminded To Park Right Side When parking your automo | bile on the street park only on the right side. That's the advice oi Police Chlel Hugh A. Logan, Jr? who UmiA 41 statement Wednesday reminding Kings Mountain motorists that wrong ? side parking is both a traffic ha zard and against the law. Re noted that motorists who fail to observe the law are sub ject to citation to court. He listed as the most popu lar spot (or wrong-side park ing Mountain street and Pied mont avenue in the vicinity of the postofflce. City officers are being in | structed to encourage right side parking, the Chief added.. Garrison Speaks Wilton Garrison, sports editor of the Charlotte Observer, pre sented a "humorous sports stor ies" talk to members of the Ki wanis club at the regular meet ing of the organization last Thurs-' day night. Mr. Garrison described 1953 as the year of the big change in col lege footbsul and predicted that little change would be made in the substitution rules for next season. He recounted many of the fa mous stories of major league um pires and gave some southern football tales. Mr. Garrison was Introduced by Dr. W. P. Gerberdlwg, program chairman. Dr. D. F. Hord, club president presided, and Rev. W. L. Pressly gave the invocation. METER RECEIPTS A total of $155.45 was collec ted from the city's parking meters Wednesday morning, kccording to a report from the city treasurer's office. City To Seek Pool Location . Somewhere Else Mayor Glee A. Bridges nor the City of Kings Mountain now holds an option to purchase the property of B. D. Ratterree and the Estelle Weir Estate, Mayor Bridges told the Herald this week. "The option is off as of last Saturday", the Mayor said. "I have returned it to Mr. Ratter ree. It is now a matter between him and someone else." The alleged option covered , a tract sought by the Kings Moun tain district boarfl of school trustees for use in a new site off Watterson street where it has be gun construction of a new Negro elementary school. The school trustees as early as last April had indicated possibili ty of condemnation of the pro perty by court action, and Mr. Ratterree countered recently with the statement that Mayor Bridges held an option, in behalf of the city, to purchase the four-and-one half acre tract at $1,000 per acre. J. P. Lackey, notary public, no tarized the option on August 14, Mr. Ratteree said. Mayor Bridges said he had had the option cancelled at the office of the Register of Deeds. "It's too hot for me," Mr. Bridges said. "The city is seeking other sites for its swimming pools and play grounds." Text of the option, as furnished by Mr. Ratterree, follows: "Know all men by these pre sents. that in consideration of the sum of one dollar ($1.00) to me in hand paid by G. A. Bridges, Mayor of the City of Kings Moun tain, North Carolina, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, I, B. D. Ratterree, on Half Owner and Exec, of the Estate of Mrs. Estelle R. Weir as other Half owner do hereby contract and a gree with said G. A. Bridges, May or of the City of Kings Mountain, N..C.. to s^Il and convey unto City Continued On Page Eight Kings Mountain Teacheis Plan Education Week Observance Plans have been announced for Kings Mountain's observance of American Education Week here next week, November 8-14, with the theme, "Good Schools are Your Responsibility." Mrs. George Most, chairman of the Kings Mountain chapter, North Carolina Education Asso ciation committee sponsoring the observance here, made the an* Hhmk Special programs will be given at the schools during the week and the public Is Invited to at tend. The central theme, "Good flaMtfiQro Yqjir Responsibility", Is addressed to the individual citizen and dally topics relate to various aspects of the modern lschooI pr<->Ki am * The topics ai?: "Moral and Spiritual Foundations", "Learn ing the Fundamentals", "Build ing the National Strength", "Pre paring for Loyal Citizenship", "T*"* c^ho?! Board in Action", I ".Your Child's Teachers", and "Pa rents and Teacher Teamwork", Show window displays are be ing planned by the Future Tea cher's Club under the supervision of Miss Kitty Lou Sutton and A merican Legion Post T55 is pro vidlng a movie trail", to be tun at Joy Theatre all week. At Central school, the elemen tary {fades will present a pro gram at 1:30 p. m. Tuesday, with open house to be field Immediate ly after the program. Parents and Interested citizens are Invited to attend. On Wednesday at 3 o'clock, high school students will give a . Continued On Pag* Eight Water Scarcity Continues; City Taps New Creek The city board of commission ers took two steps designed to increase the city's dwindling wa ter supplies at a special meeting Monday night, and discussed possible measures to make wa ter conservation mandatory. The board meets 1 n regular seslon Thursday night and may pass an ordinance limiting use of water for the duration of the drought. Tuesday night, the hoard au thorized purchase of a gas pump and Installation of a -two-inch water line to tap the creek head ing at Davidson Memorial Scout Camp, and it also instructed E. C. Nicholson, superintendent of public works, to utilize the well water at the Cherryville Road reservoir, provided the water passed sanitation tests. The board a]so discussed pos sibility of utilizing the water In Lake iMontonia, but Mayor Glee A. Bridges said Wednesday morning that officials of Lake Montonla Club, Inc., had stated they did not wish to furnish the city water unless the situation ijeeame_ ^sufficiently critical to demand It. Mayor Bridges said lake officials felt damage to the dam would result, Mr. Nicholson estimated about 30-gallons per minute could be pumped from the Davidson Scout Camp stream into the city lake, a round-the-clock ibasls. The low level of the city's lake on York road, the city's only wa tershed, has attracted much at tention from citizens many of whom have visited the lake "to see for themselves." Generally, Tuesday night's city board discussion on making wa ter conservation mandatory con cerned the lack of cooperation on the part Of many people to pleat that citizens voluntarily curtail water usage. Instances of service stations and citizens continuing to wash cars were more numer- . ous than not, the commissioners reported. Other reports were re lated to lawn-watering and con* sumption for other non-essential needs. All members of the board were present. Finger Laundry Opened Monday Finger Laundry opened for business Monday, returning in city laundry service to Kings Mountain after an absence of several months. Finger Laundry, owned and operated by Carl P. Finger, is the successor to Cherryvilld Laundry, and is utilizing the equipment formerly used by Sun* shine Laundry and its predeses sor. Kings Mountain Laundry, as well as that of the Chervyvlll? firm. The firm is located on Cleve land Avenue in the building owned by D. C. Mauney. During the past four weeks, since completion of the transac tion to purchase the Kings Moun tain plant from D. C. Mauney, all the machinery and laundry equij> ment has been completely reno vated in order to produce first class laundry service, Mr. Finger stated. 7**4 Mr. Finger asked patrons to note two policies of the firm, in order to preclude any inconveni ence. He said cash-and-carry cus tomers should note that the laun dry will close at noon each Sat urday, and he added that all laundry must be received by 9 a. m. each Thursday if it I? to be returned to customers within the same week. A Kings Mountain native, Mr. Finger is the son of Mrs. Belle M. Finger and the late Fred E. Fin ger, for many years a Kings Mountain druggist. Harmon Property Re-Sale Postponed Re-sale of the T. N. Harmon es tate property at the corner of Battleground avenue and Falls street, scheduled for Saturday, has bCn postponed until Novem ber il, according to announce ment this week by Martin L, Har mon, Jr., commissioner. Attorneys Davis and White re commended the postponement when a typographical error in the hour of sale was discovered. The notice of re-sale, published today, , schedules the sale at 10 a. m. On November 21. Present high bidder for the pro perty Is B. D. Ratterree, at a bid of 19,963.13.