Population
City Limits ... 7.206
Trading Area 1 5.000
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VOL 63 NO. 49
Established 1889
Kings Mountain's RELIABLE Newspaper
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, December 3, 1953
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Sixty-Third Year
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Local News
Bulletins
HOLT COMMUNION
The annual Advent Commu-.
ion will (be observed at St.
Matthew's Lutheran church
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock.
New merrtbers wil also be re
ceived at this service. The Lu
ther League meets at 6 p. m.
Sunday.
ONE FIRE
City firemen answered one
call in the past week, accord
ing to report of C. EX. Ware,
fireman. Wednesday afternoon
a woods fire was extinguished
on the York road near the old
gold mine shaft. No damage
was reported.
METER RECEIPTS
Parking meter receipts for
the week ending Wednesday
at noon were $134.18, according
to report of Joe MoDaniel, as- ,
sistant city clerk.
TO GERMANY
Mrs. John Fulton left for New
York Monday where she sails
from Fort Hamilton this week .
to join her husband, Lt. John
D. Fulton, on duty with the
army in Straitfberg, Germany.
Mrs. Fulton had been visiting
her husband's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Deck Fulton.
? SAVINGS CHECKS
The Art t National Bank paid
out slightly more than $35,000
Monday to members of its 1953
Christmas savings club.
Band Campaign
Report Given
Rosters of the American Le
gion member ship teams were
announced this week by John W.
Gladdten, Pott 155 vice-comman
der. ;V, 6; .vl'jj
The post Is conducting a mem
bership drive seeking 900 mem
bers for 1954. ; .
Listed on the "Blue" team, W.
D. (Doc) Byers captain, are Mil
lard Prinoe, F. R. McCurdjr,
George J. Hull, W. H. (BUD Mor
gan, H. A. Horn. Charles J. Mlt
chem and Lawrence Ramsey,
Members of the "White" team,
Sam Collins captain, are Glee A.
Bridges, Frank Adams, C. E.
Warllck, Warren E. Reynolds, J.
T. McGinn Is, Bill Jonas and Ja
mes Bennett
'? Mr. Gladden urged all members
of the post to Hpcome A "Go-Get
ter" by signing 10 members. The
TMe "drive for funds for the
Kings Mountain school band is
lagging, Wilson Griffin, Chair
man reported at the meeting of
the Junior Chamber of Com
merce Tuesday night.
Mr. Griffin reported some $500
in hand against a goal of at least
$1500.
Several teams of solicitors
not yet made full reports, he
added.
Funds are needed by the band
now to purchase new Instruments
and to repair several horns In or
der to be ready for thte annual
contests next spring, Mr. Griffin
said. .
He urged persons who have
not been solicited and who wish
to contribute to the band to con
tact him at Telephone No. 8 or
any Jaycee. Che. . may bte mail
ed to "Band Fund Drive, Post
office Box 508, Kings Mountain."
"If you have not made your
contribution to the band, fund, we
^ urge you to do so at once and
help support all those who work
so faithfully to make our band
really outstanding," Mr. Griffin
. said.
Legion Teams'
Rosters Given
Funeral Rites
Are Conducted
Foi Bridges Youth
Funeral services lor William
Lawrence Bridges, 17-year-old
Kings Mountain youth killed in
stantly Thursday when struck by
a freight train, were held Irom
Second Baptist church Saturday
afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Rev. B. F. Austin, pastor of the
church, and Rev. R. L. Chaney,
pastor of Eastsidte Baptist church,
officiated and burial was in
Mountain Rest cemetery.
Coroner Ollie Harrip said the
youth was walking home from
work at Mauney Hosiery Com
pany at about 3:35 p. m. last
Thursday In company with Dean
Smith when the fatal accident oc
curred.
Bridges must have decided, at
thte last moment, that he was on
the same track as the on-coming
train, Smith told Coroner Harris,
and Jumped to the parallel track
into the path of the northbound
freight. His body was badly
mangled, witnesses reported.
[- Smith got out of the path of
the train and was not injured. -
The accident took placte be
tween the old rail underpass, lo
cated between W. King and W.
Ridge streets, ?*id the Elmer
Lumber Co. rail siding. The two
youths evidently failed to J^r
the approaching northbound
train, the noise being dimmed by
the deep cut and the two over
head bridges. _
The- train was Southern Rail s
No. 4206, a freight.
Young Bridges was a membfer
of Eastside Baptist church. He at
tended Kings Mountain hi*n
school. The ftyfly formerly lived
on S Gaston street but recently
mov<d to the Poplar _ street near
Kings Mountain Manufacturing
Survivors Include his
Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Brides
and three brothers, Robert Eu
gene Larry James and Darrell
Steven Bridge8- all ?f the home.
His maternal grandmother, Mrs.
Rosanna Sellers, and his pater
nal grandmother, Mrs. Alice
Brldgtes. both of Kings Mountain.
Members of Boy Sewt TVooP
13, Eastside Baptist church, serv
ed as pallbearers.
Ledioid Funeral
Held Sunday
Funeral services for Harry Lee
Ledford, Kings -Mountain native
who was killed instantly last
week In Pennsylvania, were con
ducted Sunday afternoon' at the
First Baptist church here.
Rev. Gordon Weekley, Rev. W.
F Moore, and Rev. David Morris
officiated and interment was In
Patterson Grove cemetery. Serv
ing as pall bearers wtere Ted Led
ford, Clarence Ledford, Jr., Bob
Hullender, Bill Hullender, F C.
Humphries, Herbert Humphries
Hayes Ledford, and D w i g h t
Humphries.
Survivors Include his wife; his
mother, Mrs. Ella Led ford; four j
brothers, Roy Ledford, Richmond,
Va., Clarenc?, Earl, and Paul Led
ford, all of Kings Mountain; and
four sisters, Mrs. Bertha Hum
phries. Mrs. Jack Hullender Mrs.
Annie Murphy and Mrs. Grace
White, all of Kings Mountain.
Commissioners
lit ?
To Meet Thursday
Board's Agenda
Lists Numerous
Major Matters
I r i
The city board of commission
ers meet Thursday night at City
Hail at 7:45 for their regular De
cember mete ting, with numerous
matters of importance on the a
geryda.
The problem of an Inadequate
water supply and the continuing
drought remains a continuing 1
tem on the city agenda.
A related matter, at feast In
part, is the scheduled calling of
an election by the city board on
a $600,000 bond issue, of which
$250,000 is being earmarked for
improvements to the water dis
tribution system. Another $200,.
000 is to be Earmarked for sew
age system improvements and the
remaining $150,000 for recreation
al purposes.
The board also will consider the
en masse resignation of members
of the city parks and recreation
commission. Reason given by Re
creation Commission Chairman
P. G. Padgett for action of the
members was Suggestion by Ma
yor Glee A, Bridges that the
board pare Its number to five. A
city ordinance, passed in 1950 un
der state statute authority, set
up a 10-member commission and
the Still administration amend
ed the ordinance to provide a 15
member commission. Mayor
Bridget did aat Indicate what ac
tion the city board will take on
tile recreation commission mat
ter.
Also on the agenda Is a public
hearing on $9,191.28 in street Im
provement assessments, for pav
ing, sidewalk and cUrb-and-gutter
installation^ on Mountain street
between Sims anl Juniper, Gold
street between Sims and Juniper,
Sims street btetween Landing ex
tension and south end Sims. Sims
between Landing and Gold, Mor
ris between Cansler and Gantt,
Gaston between Parker and Rail
road ave., Goforth between Moun
tain and King, Landing extension
between Sims and' Juniper, Falls
and Falls extension, Chllders
street, James street, Goforth be
tween Mountain and Gold, Land
ing from East end to Sims street,
Goforth betwteen Gold and Land
ing.
Mayor Bridges said the board
would consider a number of new
petitions for street improvements,
in addition to routine monthly re
ports of the several city depart
ments.
FALL CARNIVAL
The Compact High School
I annual Fall Clacnival will be
gin December 4 and continue
through the 5th. The Carnival
will be held at Compact school
| house on route. 2. There will be
several attractions including
Harvest Queen, Fashion Show,
artd Minstrel Show. Games of
chance, dancir.g, and refresh
ments will be enjoyed. Pro
gram will begin at 7:30 each
evening. Admission will -be 10
and 15 cents.
laycees Launching Their
Buy-A-Can. Leave-A-Can
?Third annual Jaycce "Buy A
Can, Leave A Can" Christmas
project, held In conjunction with
Kings Mountain area grocers, la
to begin Thursday.
Citizens are being asked to
make purchases of staple food
Items while grocery shopping
during the Christmas season to
be given to needy families as list
ed by the Kings Mountain Red
Cross chapter.
Last Christmas, some 30 bas
ket* of food were delivered by
members of the chlb In time for
ChristwiMif j
, chairman of the
ta activities com
? ? ? - ? nimn ni rt ??*-( *
irrangfmenu ?T
mg if the Ipeoup,
' y
-
atl
gfrcery firms In the area.
The club is also publishing a
*ar"- ? & - '
this
argtng citizens
gain support the worthy pro^ct
Other members of the commit
tee are Sam Mitchem, Clinton Jol
ly, R. G. Plonk, Jr., Robert Whlte
iides *nd Curtis Gaffney. I
The clJb voted to table a Vote]
on the propcwd Cleveland Coun
ty Health Center building but
went on record as'favoring a pro
posal that the county hospital
board provide space for mental
ly sick patients awaiting transfer
to state Institutions.
K. E. Morrison reported some
35 "Lite A Lawn" house markters
sold and urged members to push
? Paul Walker, who
announced that the next
will Jh?'AJo?*t ?ffalr
wfer Oty
Gene Osrhewrfter,
will attend, he said.
Clymer, engineer at
foot* Mineral Co: tifte, was a
| guest of tkt dafe.
0
ON ALL-STAR TEAM ? Ollie
Harris, Kings Mountain high
school senior, has boon named
to a backiield spot on the Wes
tern (AA) Conference all-star
team, selected annually by
coaches in the league. Harris
quarterbackod the Mountain
eers new T-forxnation this sea
son to a total of 1,856 yards on
the ground and in the air.
Ollie Harris
On All-Stai Team
Ollie Harris, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. Ollie Harris and senior
quarterback on the Kings Moun
tain high school football team
this season, has been selected on
die Western (AA) Conference all
?tar team.
Announcement of the annual
selections by the loop's coaches
was made by W. C. Clary, execu
tive secretary of the Western
North Carolina High School Ac
tivities Association, according to
a story in the Tuesday edition of
the Hickory Dally Record.
The team consists of 13 players,
with ties at several positions.
Members are:
Ends ? Doug Padgett, Ruther
fordton-Spindale, and Ronnie
Austell, Shfclhy.
Tackles ? Willis Setzer, Lenoir,
and Sammy Butler, Morganton.
Guards ? : Norman Punch, Hic
kory, and Reggie Huffstetler, Bel
mont.
Centers ? Freddie Scott, Mor
ganton, and Bill Mitchell, Shelby.
Quarterbacks Ollie Harris,
Kings Mountain, and Genie Tur
ner, Morganton.
Halfbacks ? Hume Collins,
Hickory, and Willie Lefevfrs, Le
noir.
Fullback ? Jack Llneberger,
Belmont.
Optimist Group
Meets Thursday
The third meeting in a group
looking toward the establishment
of an Optimist club in Kings
Mountain will be held at the Cor
ner Cafe Thursday at 7:30 p. m.,
Tommy Owens, temporary secre
tary-treasuiter of the group an
nounced yesterday.
The meeting will be a dutch
supper affair and prospective
charter members are urged to at
tend.
Some 20-odd Kings Mountain
area men havfe already signified
intent to join the club, Mr. Owens
said. Initiation fee Is 980- per
member and the group hopes to
have an Initial membership ofi
30.
Optimist International's field
representative Is due here Satur
day to begin the formal organi
zation of the club.
About a dozen men met at City
Hall last Friday night and furth
er discussed the formation of the
club. The group voted to name
the new organization the Opti
mist Club of Kings Mountain.
First pre organizational meet
ing of the group was held Novem.
ber 20th. ,
Optimist clubs havfc as their
slogan, "Friend of The Boy."
?HH WWII -
On Saturday night, Decem
ber 5. there will b*.? Chicken
supper at the Kln(c Moun
tain woman's Club sponsored
by the Grace Methodist church
Supper will be served from
5: SO until 8:00 and admission
will be <1-00 per plate.
Numbering
Deadline Set
By Postoffice
Citizens expecting to continue
to receive city carrier mail ser
viced have until January 1 to
number properly their homes,
Postmaster W. E. Blakely an
nounced this week.
He pointed out that the dead
line applies principally to resi
dents of streets on which num
bers have been changed.
Mr. Blakely also noted that cl
tizens in areas where city carri
er service is to be inaugurated
for the first time should get their
homes numbered as quickly as
possible, as the postoffice hopes
to be able to carry out its plan
ned expansion of city carrier de
livery early In 1954.
Expansion of city carrier de
liveries to provide service to ap
proximately 550 additional hom
es has already been approved toy
the postoffice department and
will be Implemented as quickly
as the city installs street signs,
which have been ordered.
"It is imperative that proper
numbers be on the homes by
January 1," Postmaster Blakely'
said; "for the carriers cannot 'be
expected to deliver to the proper
places improperly addressed
maiL Citizens will help us great
ly by complying with the new
numerical arangements as
quickly as possible."
Many citizens have been pur
chasing numbers for their hom
es, while others have availed
themselves of the supply, avail
able free-of-charge, compliments
of the city, which is collaborat
ing with the postoffice depart
ment in an effort to Improve the
street markings of the commun
ity.
Joe McDaniel, assistant city
clerk, said the city has ? plen
tiful supply of the numbers at
the ilfy nail business office.
Mis. Carl Falls
Wins Treasure
Treasure Chest Giveaway No.
4 will takte place Thursday af
ternoon in a new location ? in
front of Kings Mountain Build
ing & Loan association ? - with
the total in the giveaway fund
at $224. The hour of the prize
drawing will be 3:30.
Giveaway No. 3 drew about
350 persons and was completed
last Friday afternoon in approxi
mately 20 minutes, with Mrs. Carl
C, Falls, of Waco Road, claiming
the winnings on a five percent tic
ket signed by her husband, over
seer of the Pauline Mill weave
sh^p. Mrs. Falls was given $y In
trade certificates spendable at
any of the 31 retail firms partici
pating in the Appreciation Day
trade promotion.
For the first time more than
one ticket had to be drawn to ob
tain a winner. The first two tic
kets pulled were illegible and the
contest committee destroyed
them. The third ticket pulled list
ed the name of Mrs. W. J. Eng
land, P. O. Box 23. A 20 percent
coupon, It was worth $35 In trade
certificates had Mrs. England, or
her husband, been present. After
the prescribed minute wait, the
committee ordered the fourth and
winning ticket drawn. Mrs. Falls,
herself slightly late for the draw
ing, claimed the prize on Chair
man John H, Lewis' third call of
the ticket.
Tickets for the wteekly prize -
drawing require no purchases and
are available from the 31 mer
chants participating in the pro
motion. Rules of the contest pie
scribe that a person must be pre
sent to win, though a spouse is
allowed to answer for husband
or wife, as the case may be. A
person may sign a ticket each
time he enters one of the partici
pating stores.
Kiwanis To Fete
Faculty Members
Thte Kings Mountain Kiwanis
club will.' honor Kings Mountain
school teachers Thursday night,
when members of city schools
and Park Grace faculties will be
guests of the club at Its regular
meeting at Masonic Dining Hall
at ?:4S.
ftp, W. P. GeTberdtng. program
chairman, said the program will
f*?t*re Informal entertainn*;it,
rather than a formal address.
Wtth a musical program having
been arranged.
Dr. D. F. Hord. club president,
will welcome the guests, and B.
N. Bames, superintendent of
schools, will predeht the teachers.
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Water Level Still
Dropping At Dam
Artesian Wells
Now Being Used
As Water Source
Kings Mountain continued dry
during the past week, and, though I
pumpage had declined to unusual- 1
ly low levels, the water level at I
the city lake dam continued to '
drop.
The city was getting some water I
from the old artesian wells at the
Cherryville Road reservoir, but
pumps and motors were proving
inadequate to tap the supply,
properly, Mayor Glee A. Bridges
said. Effort is be*ng made to lo
cate motors of sufficient horse
power to properly tap the supply,
which, Mr. Bridges thinks, would
run 75,000 gallons of water a day.
State health department engi
neers re-checked the wells for
sanitation last Friday and found i
the water usable, Mr. Bridges
added.
Efforts to find a huge "lake of
water" in the shaft of the old
Gold Mint near the present site
of city lake were not yet proving
fruitful. Diggers had struck rock
at a depth of 210 feet and were
not yet through it. "However, we
know the main shaft was deeper
than that," Mr. Bridges added.
Hopes for rain and/or snow
were expressed early In the week,
but the clouds failed to produce
any falling matter and were re- )
placed by djry,. shiny skies.
Water Plant Operator Gteorge
Moss said the city's water pump
age for November totaled, 18,575,
000 gallons, or a drop of more
than five million gallons from
October's 23,785,000 gallons used
by the city's approximately 2,000
consumers. The drop reflects the
result of conservation efforts on
the part of service stations and
the voluntary consumption cut by |
Foote Mineral Company. The ser
vice stations are not washing au
tos.
Mr. Moss says that daily con-?
sumption now seems to have
leveled off in the range of 550,000
to 600,000 gallons per day.
Harmon Property1
Bid Is Baised
B. D. Ratterree has again rais
ed the bid on the T. N. Harmon
Estate property at Battleground
ave. and Falls street. The bid on
the propprty, being sold under
commissioner's sale proced, re,
now stands at $10,727.85.
The increased bid tops the pre
vious high bid of $10,217 of M. L.
Harmon, Sr.. and requires anoth
er and eighth re-sale of the pro
perty, which is being advertised
in today's issue of the Herald lor
Saturday, December 19, at 10 a*
m.
The lot fronts 100 feet on Bat
tleground avenue, 230 feet on
Falls street, and 105 feet on '
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New 1954TCity Tags
Are Now On Sale
The city has received and put
on sale Its new-model city au
to tag, which all in-city auto
owners are required to pur
chase and display on their
cars by February 1.
The 1954 tag is not a tag at
all but a decaL which is re
quired to be attached to the
vehicle windshield.
The four- color decalcomania
is gray, green, blue, and black
and Is oval in shape. It shows
a replica of the new monu
ment at Kings Mountain Na
tional Military Park against
Klnc^i Mountain In the back
ground. The lettering reads:
"Auto License, Kings Moun
tain, North Carolina, 1954, The
Historical City." The license
numerals are in black.
R. B. Sherlin
Funeral Today
Funeral services will be held
Thursday at m. at Harris Fu
neral Home lor Richard Bird
Sherlin, 79, route 1, Sharon, S. C.
Rev. Gordon Weekley, pastor of
First Baptist church, will offici
ate and Interment will be in
Mountain Rest cemetery,.
Mr. Sherlin died at the home
of Pink D; Roberts In Sharon, S.
C., Wednesday morning after an
illness of several months.
A retired farmer an-1
McDowell
^ 0
Wll
i or Mrs. Howell
Funeral services wefe held for
Mrs. Barbara Morrow Howtell, 77,
route 2, Tuesday afternoon at
2 o'clock at Bethlehem Baptist
church with Rev. R. E. Robi>lns
and Rev. P. D. Patrick officiating.
Interment was in the church
cemetery.
Mrs. liowell died Sunday night
In a Charlotte hospital after an
Illness of sevteral months. She
was the widow of the late G. M,
Howell and a native of Cleveland
County.
She is survived by one son, W.
Paul Howell, Charlotte; two
daughters, Mrs. Ethel Hambright,
Kings Mountain, ai>d Mrs. Pearl
Holland, Bessemer City; a broth
er, A. B. Morrow, Cherryville;
and two sisters, Mrs. Nannie Eak
er. Gastonla, and Mrs. Beulah
Spake, Shelby. Also surviving are
17 grandchildren and 23 grf-*
grandchildren.
Lions To Fete Mountaineer Griddeis
Tuesday; Enright To Be On Rostrum
The Kings Mountain Lions club
will hold its annual Football Ban
quet Tuesday night, honoring the
players and coaches of the 1953
edition of the high school foot
ball tea'm.
Rex Enright, hfead coach at the
University of South Carolina, is
scheduled to deliver the feature
*?4dress of the evening, on a pro
gram arranged by Charlie Mass.
Coach Enright will also sh>w
motion pictures of some 1163
game.
Tuesday night's banquet will
W? held at Masonic Dining Hall
at 7 o'clock.
Tickets for the event are 13
each, and are obtainable from Ol
lie Harris, Club president, or W.
L. Plonk, program chairman.
Tuesday's appearance here of
Coach Enright will b* ? {fCpifci.
enRaRpmPnt for the veteran Cfll-,1
verslty of South Carolina football
coach, who spoke at the Lions
Football Banquet Of 1M5. At that
time, the USC coach had lust re
turned from duty In the U. 55.
Navy. !
Thla year. South Ca-olln* has
enjoyed Its best football season
In recent years, losing to Duke,
Georgia Tech, and being upset
Thanksgiving Day by Wake For
est. South Carolina defeated arch
rival ClemBon, neighboring Uni
versity of North Carolina, and
pulled its major victory of the
season in trouncing West Vir
ginia.
The 1953 season also marked a
winning season for the high
school Mountaineers, under thle
{tutelage of. Coaches Shu Carlton,
Don Parker and John Charles.
Their record of five wins, against
three losses marked the first
time since 1946 the Mountaineers
had finished a season with bet
ter than a .500 average.
A capacity crowd is anticipate
ed for the banquet, and yeraons
desiring reservations ? should
m?k? them at once, Mr. Plonk
announcted. .. - i '
Among special guests Invited
to the meeting are sports writers
from nearby cities. Including re
presentatives of the Chanette
Mews. Ch?*?'o?*e Oh?e-ve*\ Shelby
Daily Star, and Gastonia Gazette.
Christmas Party
Attracts Throng
Of About 3,000
Santa Claus came to Kings
Mountain Wednesday afternoon
for his annual prr-Christmas
visit and delighted a holiday
minded throng estimated various
ly at from 2,500 to 3.000 persons.
Arrangements for a gigantic
Christmas party had been made
on Railroad avenue, where a
giant fireplace had been con
structed, and, to thfe strains of
Yule season music played by the
Kings Mountain city schools
band, Old Nick came down the
chimney to visit with the youngs
ters of the area, and to distribute
candy and other sweets.
The party was arranged by the
Kings Mountain Merchants asso
ciation, with a committee includ
ing J. H. Lewis, J. C. Bridges, and
B S. Peeler, Jr., in charge of ar
rangements. It marked the offi
cial opening of the Christmas
shopping season here. The block
from Gold street to Mountain
street was ropted off for the event
and the large crowd was Jam
packed In the area. Many others
witnessed the party from other
vantage points.
Kings Mountain otherwise put
on its Christmas-season attire
Majority of the city's retail
stores will be open six full
days weekly from now until
Christmas, according to custo
mary policy of spspending the
mid-week Wednesday half
holiday during December in
order to accommodate Christ
mas shoppers. It was also an
nounced that the board of di
rectors of the Kings Mountain
Merchants association has a
dopted a resolution to recom
mend that retailers observe
Saturday hours during Christ
mas week, December 21-24.
this week, as December arrived
and citizens began to work in
earnest on Christmas shopping
lists, party arrangements, home
comings, and other holiday plans.
Ministers laid plans for a busy
season at the churches, celebrat
ing the anniversary of the birth
of Christ.
School children returned to
school for another short run with
the books, after the Thanksgiv
ing holiday weekend.
Retail apparel merchants join
ed the early-bird merchants in
advertising Christmas wares,
and the merchants held a big
Christmas party Wednesday aft
ernoon, with Santa Claus atten
ding and passing out Christmas
season goodies to hundreds of
delighted, yelping youngsters.
' The retailers decorated in the
Christmas motif, replacing so
called "regular" windows with
holiday goods, and decorating
interiors lavishly.
Toy merchants reported a
booming business with the lay
away trade, and other merchants
expected big sales pick-ups In
the remaining three weeks be
tween now and Christmas Eve.
One retailer thought the 1953
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Cemetery Man Sad
On Loss Of Auto
Sam Sub?r was a "sad Sam"
yesterday.
The veteran city cemetery
superintendent had lost his
Buick automobile at about 6
p. m. Tuesday when it was
struck by a train at the Cedar
street crossing.
Mr. Suber said that he at
tempted to dodge a hole in th?
roadbed while crossing from
Graver road to Kings Mountain
Cotton Oil Co. The left front
wheel of the vehicle went into
a small culvert, and the vehi
cle wouldn't budge with the
left rear wheel astride the out
side track, and with No. 153
due to pass through any min
ute.
"Lawrence Patrick got on the
phone but the Kings Mountain
and Bessemer City stations
were closed and the train had
passed through Gastonia." Mr.
Suler reports. "Fred Thorn
burg happened by and had a
flare bat we didn't know bow
to work it. Charlie Dixon came
up. broke the flare and rushed
up the tracks 1,500 feet to (he
Mauney Mill erasing. But the
engineer didn't even slow
down,"
The impact of the train mov- ,
ed the car off the track in a
hurry, teeelng the almoet ?
fiwplskl| ? demolished vehi
cle late the ditch.
After the crash, the train
?topped some BOO feet below
the crossing, Mr. Suber related.
**! liked that car," Mr. Suber
satd sadly.