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TAG SALES
total of 146 city auto li
censes ,for 1955 had been sold
ibrougti Wednesday morning,
according to report 61 Joe Hen
drlck, city clerk. Twenty-nine
have been sold this week, he
?atd.
KIWAN1S MEETING
Mafobers of the Kings Moun
tain Klwanls cluib will hold
their regular weekly meeting
at (Masonic Dining Hall Thurs
day evening at 6:45. An ap
propriate New Year's program
lor the evening has been plan
ned.
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> " METER RECEIPTS
Net recelpta from city's
parking meter; for week end
ing Wednesday at noon were
$199.10, according to Miss
Grace Carpenter, of city clerk's
office.
MOOSE MEETING
the regular meeting of
Moose Lodge, No. 1748 will be
held Thursday night at 8:15 at
the lodge on Bessemer City
road. All members are urged
- to attend.
Kings Mountain Had
Quiet Yale Holiday
. . Chief Hugh A. Logan, Jr., re
ported a very quiet 4nd unevent
ful Christmas Eve and Christmas
Pay apparently was spent by
Kings Mountain citizens as no
?Accidents or violence was report*
ed to Kings Mountain police.
Chief lx>gan stated that viola
tors arrested during the. holidays
numbered no more than non-holi
day Saturday and Sunday.
"On behalf of the Police De
partment" Chief Logan said, "1
want to express our appreciation
?to the citizens of Kings Mountain
for the orderly mannter in which
they conducted themselves during
the holidays." ' '
lory Fails To Find
Cause Oi Accident
-> A Cleveland County coroner's
Jury, after an hour's delibera
tion, ruled on December 21, that
It could not determine who was
at fault in the fatal accident near
Waco which cost the life of Mrs.
'Y; ; Aubrtey Clay.
The decision of the Jury meant
tLat Cecil Powell, of Polkvllle,
driver of the truck which was In
volved in the accident with the
car driven by Mrs. Clay, will not
be subject to criminal prosecu
tion by the state.
Harry Hand !? Now
Shoo Store Manager
Harry Rand, a native of Bel
mont, has assumed duties as
manager of Gus Entas ; Shoe
Store here, Mr. Entas - has an
nounced.' .
< The new manager succeeds
Mrs. Jeanette Feamster, who has
resigned, Mr. Entas said.
Sir. Hand is a service vetersn
and Was employed by Mr. Sntas
for several months early in 1953.
Be assumed his duties here on
December
. .. i
SING HERE SUNDAY ? The Homeland Harmony Quartet, ol Atlan
ta. Go. will be among the featured singers here Sunday afternoon
lor a Gospel Sing at Central school auditorium at 2 o'clock. The pro
gram is under sponsorship ol Toung Men's Bible class of Second
Baptist church. Other groups scheduled to participate are the Sun.
shine Boys. Atlanta, the Songsters, of Hickory, and the Happy Two.
of Atlanta.
Listing For Taxes
To Begin Monday
: i H
Stores To Bmoii
Mid-Week Closings
Majority of the city's retail ~
establishments will resume
their mid-week half-holidays
next Wednesday, January 5.
The stores were open all
day yesterday, due to the ex
tra Christmas weekend holi
day.
Under present policy of the
Merchants association, the
stores will continue the Wed- -
nesday afternoon half-holiday
through the third Wednesday
of next November.
Next listed holiday on the
retailer's calendar Is Easter
Monday.
York Road Couple
Faces Theft Count
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Two York road Ntegro resi
dents, man and wife, are free
under $500 bbnd each after their
arrest Monday on twin charges
of grand larceny brought against
the pair by Gaston County Sheriff
department. .
The twin charges werte placed
against Arthur =. and Claudine
Tate by Gaston County Defec
tives J. R. Harris and E. H. Gro
ves after a search of the Tate
residence revealed numterous
items which were allegedly stolen
from the Orthopedic hospital nur
ses' home. Constable Gus Huff
stetler, with A starch warrant
signed by Chief Hugh A. Logan,
Jr., on Information and belief and
accompanied by Harris and Gro
ves, conducted the search.
The Negro -couple Is scheduled
to have a preliminary hearing
January 1 before Gaston Couniy
Magistrate B. D. Price,
Mrs. Tate, Gaston County Po
lice stated, is employed by the
Orthopedic hospital.
New Policy Set
On 199S listing
Of liventoiies
Annual tax listing will get un
derway In Kings Mountain and
Number 4 Township on Monday.
Clarence ?. Carpenter, city list
taker, and Conrad Hughes, coun
ty list taker, will be at City Hall
dally, except Saturdays, from 8
a. m. to 4:30 p. m.
On Saturdays, Mr. Hughes will
be at Roundtree's Hardware In
G rover, to list properties of pfeo
ple In the Grover area on the
county books.
'Also on duty will be Charlie
Ware, who will take information
for the county farm census.
i. Citizens will find a new system
in vogue for the first timfe on list
ing of inventories by business and
industry. Max Hamrick, county
tax supervisor, said Wednesday
he is mailing forms this weekend,
together with explanatory letters,
to businesses and industrial firms,
for reporting inventory, goods in
process, and finished goods. The
firms will be required to show on
the* forms total sums for the par
ticular categories. In turn, 32JS
percent of these amounts will go
on the tax books and be subject
to the respective tax rater of
county and city governments. Mr.
Hamrick said ^ffott has been
made to prepare the most simpli
fied form possible and that ap
pended affidavits will not be re
quired. He said thfe state statutes
provide for a check against State
Department of Revenue records
tor accuracy and that the county
will use this method in assuring
compliance with the new policy
on .Inventory listing for tax pur
I Continued On Pag* Five
Farm Conise
Applications
Are Invited
Applications of young farmers
for three scholarships to a short
course at N. C. State College were
invited yesterday by H.'B. Clapp,
county agent, and R. S. Lennon,
of Kings Mountain, county Key
ban&er.
The course at State college,
scheduled for February 7-18, is
jointly sponsored by the coljege
and the North Carolina Bankters
association. Eligible for the scho
larships are young farmers up to
28 years of age, who have defi
nitely decided to make farming
their career, who have made good
records in youth farm programs
and otherwise, and who are not
going to attend college for regu
lar prescribed courses.
The scholarships are worth $60
plus transportation and are pro
vided by the county's three banks,
including Kings Mountain's First
National.
Applications for the scholar
ships should be addressed to
County Agent Clapp at Shfelby.
City's Night Deposit
Box Ready For Use
The city will inaugurate night
deposit box service for paying
of utilities accounts on distribu
tion of January 1 bills, It was an*
nounced this week by City Clerk
Joe. Hendrtck. |
A deposit box has been plaeed
In the door on the south side of- ]
flee and a tray of heavy brown
envelopes is available in which
customers paying after the office
is closed can enclose checks or
cash.
The service is designed as a
convenience to those who find it
difficult to makte payments dur
ing regular City Hall office
hours, 8 a. m. to 4:30 p, m.
Mr. Hendrlck said receipts will
be mailed, only if customers re
quest them. Customers using the
service are requested to notte ac
count numbers (which appear at
the left of the name on the ad
dress side of the card-type bill)
on the outside of thte envelope.
JAYCEES
Regular monthly meeting of
the Junior Chamber of Com
merce will ibe held at Masonic
Hall Tuesday at 7 p. in. The
,club distributed food to 20
families on December 21.
Moral Of This Tale
Is Trade At Home"
At least two citizens prob
ably wish they had observed the
"trade at home" exhortation on
some Christmas shopping.
One local furniture firm re
ported two incidents of minor
Christmas tragedy because the
mail-order shipments didn't ar
rive in time.
One lady called on Christmas
Eve seeking to borrow toys. The
order out of the catalog hadn't
arrived.
A man sought to borrow a
dinette, not wishing to be
caught short - handed on Christ
mas morning. His catalog order
hadn't arrived either.
Two Minor Mishaps
Reported By Police
Two minor wrecks, with prop
erty damages estimated to total
$185 in both incidents, were re
ported by Kings Mountain Po
lice department. '
On Tuesday, around 7:45 a. m.,
aii accident involving cars driv
en by Will Crathers, of route 2,
Bessemer City, and Mrs. Athlene
G. Smith, of 506 Landing street,
occurred on N. Cansler street.
The report stated that the Cra
thers vehicle, traveling north on
Cansler street, attempted to
make a left turn onto Childers
street, and was struck 'by the
Smith vehicle. The Smith ve
hicle, the report stated, was at
tempting to pass the Crathers
car. The accident was Investiga
ted by Officers P- A. Hawkins
and Stalph Ware.
On Thursday, around 9:10 a.
m., a car driven by Janle Terry
Woods, of route 2, was struck on
the left front fender and door hy
a vehicle operated !by James E.
Mock, of route 3, China Grove.
The accident, which was inves
tigated toy Officers Paul Sanders
and B. P. Cook, occurred at the
intersection of Walker Btreet and
N. Piedmont Avenue.
RED CROSS MEETING
Annual (Red Cross meeting
for election of officers will be
held January 6, at 7:45 p. m.,
at City Hall. All clubs and ci
vic organizations are asked to
ibe represented at the meeting
which will be open to the pub
lio. Guest speaker will be Miss
Antoinette Beasley, Red Cross
Field Representative from
South Eastern Area Office, At
lanta, Ga.
SS"? B?WI? On As Dal ,
After ChiZ
!fhe city's merchants rte-stocke<J
shelves, re-arranged- merchan
dise, and exchanged wrong-sized
Christmas gifts this week and
prepared for post ? Christmas
sales events following a banner
season of Christmas business.
The final week before Christ
mas was a busy one for virtually
all the city's retail stores and
many reported sizeable Increases
over last year's totals for the pe
riod. <
Gift-buying was hteavy through
out the final week before Christ
mas, but the big push seemed re
served for Christmas Eve, when
many staftjr jiMted top' records
for the whole selling period. Fast
moving clerks and extras rushed
In high gear to show merchan
dise and get it wrapped. And most
folk got what they wanted as the
merchants had amply anticipated
the heavy last ? minute demand.
Thte post ? Christmas clean up
sales from broken stocks are now
underway and many stores are
offeilnrj unusual bargains. Appa
rel particularly is getting a big
play and there are other bargains
in almost all lines.
Majority of the retail commu
nity didn't get back into harness
until Tuesday, though a few firms
re-opened on Monday.
Financial Firms
Paying Dividends
Year-End Totals
Axe $39,772.18,
Reports Show
Kings Mountain's three finan
cial institutions will pay year
end dividends Friday- on savings
accounts totaling $39,772.18.
The Institutions included are
Home Building & Loan associa
tion, Kings Mountain Building &
Loan association, and First Na
tional Bank.
A. H. Patterson, secretary
treasurer of Home Building &
Loan association, said year-end
dividends for his firm will total
$22,187.29, including $12,427.62 to
holders of full-paid shares, $9,
189.33 to holders of optional plan
shares, and $570.34 on serial
1 shares. A total of 1,200 share
holders will receive the pay
ments.
| Ben H. Bridges, Jr., secretary
treasurer of Kings Mountain
Building & Loan association
said his firm's dividends will to
tal $14,284.89, including $7,311..
34 on optional shares, and' $6,
973.05 on< fuU-paJd Re
ceiving portions of this dividend
payment are 719 shareholders.
B. S. Neih, executive vice
president of First National Bank,
said payments on savings ac
counts will total $3,300.
In the instance of buUding &
loan association dividend pay
ments on full-paid shares, mail
ing of checks to shareholders
was delayed this year until due
date, a departure from former
policy whereby the two building
and loan associations have mail
ed the checks prior to Christmas.
Both Mr. Patterson and Mr. Brid
ges noted that the change was
effected on suggestion of their
auditors and in conformance
with toy- laws of the two institu
tions. The firms are audited by
tooth the North Carolina Depart
ment of Insurance and the Fed
eral Insurance Corporation.
Mr.. Patterson said the change
had some benefit, since it was
not unusual to have some checks
lost in the Christmas mail rush.
Comparison of the building
and loan association figures with
1953 year- end payments show
both with increases. Last year,
Home Building & Loan year-end
payments exceeded $20,000,
while Kings Mountain Building
& Loan payments topped $12,
000. Each found their dividend
payments up approximately *2,
000 for the period ending Friday.
Payments on optional shares
are added to the respective ac
counts.
AT PRE8BTTERIAN
James Moss, a senior at Co
lumbia Theological Seminary,
Decatur, Ga., will speak to the
congregation of the First Pres
byterian church on the sub
ject, "Foreign Missions" Sun
day evening at 7:90. Mr. Moss
has toeen accepted toy the For
eign Mission board to serve, in
the foreign field.
Stores To Be Open
On New Year's Day
New Year's Day an Saturday j
will bo a work-as-usual day for j
majority of the city's business i
and industrial establishments, i
which will follow regular sche- :
dules. |
Merchants will be open, hav
ing voted several months ago to
abandon the New Year's Day
holiday.
Postal Volume
Setting Record
Letter and post, card cancella
tions at Kings Mountain postof
fice from December 1 through De
cember 24 exceeded the total can
cellations for December 1953, ac
cording to records supplied by As
sistant Postmaster George B.
Hord yesterday.
A total of 175,209 cancellations
were recorded from the first of
tihe jBHWth. through Christmas
Eve, comparing tp 173,661' fdlr the
month of December 1953. Throu
gh December 24, 1953, only 167,
278 cancellations had been re
corded, nearly 8,000 less than the
corresponding period this year.
On Tuesday, the 1954 figure for
the month had reached 179,397
and, with three days left should
easily top 180,000 and break all
monthly records.
Daily average for the 28-day
period this month was 6,407, com
paring to a December 1953 dally
average of only 5,822. Highest
daily cancellation was retforded
on December 20 at 21,822 and the
highest daily total the month
last year was 17,217 on December
21, 1953. ,
Indication of the big increase
over last year was noted on the
first day of the month, when 10.
912 cancellations were recorded
against only 7,495 for December
1, 1953.
Incoming mall, both letters and
parcel post, was also {leavier
than In 1953, Mr. Hord said. The
postal workers handled the bigger
volume this year with dispatch,
and with only four part-time wor
kers as compared to 10 last year.
Police Played Santa
To 255 Children
Chief Hugh A. Logan, Jr., on
behalf of Kings Mountain Police
Department, issued <? statement
this week expressing apprecia
tion for the cooperation shown toy
Kings Mountain citizens on the
Police Department's fecent an
nual Needy Fund drive.
Chief Logan stated that throu
gh this "fine" cooperation the
Police Department was able to
see that 255 children and 58
t .dy families enjoyed Christ
mas.
Five Finns Join
In Company-Paid
Employees Fund
Five firms in the Mau- 1
ney textile group announced this I
week Establishment of a company- 1
paid employee profit ? sharing I
plan, effective as of the year I
1953.
J Announcement was made for I
the five firms ? Mauney Mills, I
Inc., Sadie Cotton Mills, Bonnie!
Cotton Mills, and Mauney Hoslfery I
?Company, Inc., all of KtOj^il
Mountain, and Nuway Mills, of I
Cherryvllle ? by the respective!
presidents. I
Booklets, summarizing details I
of the plan, have befen distributed I
to employees of thb five compa- 1
nies and notices of Individual I
shares in the first-year payments I
of $31,000 have been mailed em- 1
ployees by Wachovia Bank &|
Trust Company, trustee. I
W. K. Mauney, Sr., is president I
of Mauney and Nuway Mills, R.1
L. Mauney is president of Sadie I
Mill, D. C. Mauney is president!
jof Bonnie Cotton Mills, and W.l
K. Mauney, Jr., is president otl
Mauney Hosiery Company.
The presidents said the plan!
was Established to: 1) promote!
the interest of all eligible employ- 1
cos in the successful operation of I
the companies by giving them ad-|
dltlonal incentive to do a good!
Job through the Improved efflcl?|
tency and economical operation otl
the firms; 2) to give all employ^!
ees an opportunity to share In th#l
profits of the concerns; 3) to
sist each employee In building a I
greater financial security and to I
reward employees for their of* I
forts and loyalty. I
Terms of the plan provide that I
an employee becomes eligible to I
share in the benefits after he has I
completed three consecutive I
years of employment. In the five- 1
mill group, 44? of the 738 em- 1
ployees are listed as members oil
(the plan. Under the provisions,!
an employee will loste no benefits!
due to sickness, temporary dls-l
iability, leave of absence, or for!
military service. If an employeo!
resigns with less than five yei\rsl
of continuous stervice, he will for- 1
felt his benefits. If he resigns at-fl
ter five years of service; his bene- 1
fits are payable according to ft!
formula based on longevity Otl
service. ' I
Employees are eligible to rO*l
celve benefit payments on retire-!
ment at age 65, on disability re-!
tirement prior to 65, and on ter"~-I
inatlon of employment for rea l
[sons other than fraud, dishonesty,!
or intentional act Inimical to thel
interests of the particular com!
pany. Transfer from ohe to anoth-fl
er of the five firms is not to bel
considered a break in employ !
ment.
In event of death of a member!
(employee his benefits are pay I
able to his beneficiary* I
Payments are made, subject ttl
committee determination, eltheil
in installments, for the purchase I
of an annuity contract, or lump!
sum. I
The several corapanfea are con I
tributing to the lan on the foil
lowing percentage ? of ? earning! I
before income taxes basis:
Up to $25,000 earnings, 10 perl
cent. I
Next $25,000 earnings, 15 perl
Continued On Page Bight . I
History Of Waning Year 754|
As Kings Mountain readies for
V the annual celebration of NeW
Year's Eve In welcoming the New
Yfe v X955, it can look back on a
busy year crowded with activl
EEi-1 ?
In January, Kings Mountain
citizens approved tor the first
bond issues totaling $600,000, the
money now in process of expendi
ture to provide additional sewage
. disposal, water, ir-d new recrea
tional facilities The city is also
installing a natural gaH dlstribu
Sfik^v tion system, representing an addl
" ? mditurts de
femie bonds.
lfc A A A ?> 'n , . <
DfuCriwIit
in years and after several
mts. public improvements
sue raotnoM, tip citizens
urtm lut J|xne Joined thoife
veiana county *n ?upporx
v-7' ? s
ing bond issues which will add to
school and hospital plants.
Among major news events of
the year, some one-timers others
continuing events, were the eco
nomic recession, with blgher-than
normal unemployment totals, the
expansion of city carrier mail
service, the NLRB election at
Foote Mineral Company to de
termine whether a labor union
should represent the company's
employees, and the drought,
which cut farm production and
resulted In restrictions on water
use by city customer*. Q ?
.The Kings Mount a in LJttle The.
atre presented successfully * re
vised "Sword at Gideon", and
Kings Mdun.ain outdid itself ip
assuring font l mud supplies of
blood for 01 citizens by setting a
one-day local record ta Wood do
nations. The Woman's Club com
pleted expansion and moderniza
tion ' of its building, and the com
munity contributed liberally to
numerous charitable lund cam
paigns. The Masonic Lodge ob
served its eightieth birthday and
the Moose Lodge was chartered.
Business and Industry expand
ed during the year, with the lar
gest. local developments in lith
ium, the new wonder metal. Lith
ium Corporation of America be
gan work on its new Bessemer
City plant, now nearlng comple
tion, and Foote Mineral Company
expanded its plant to much great
er capacity. Spangle# * Song op
ened a concrete plant, and Ben
nett Brick A Tile Company in
stalled a modern brick - making
plant New retail businesses open
ed to 1854 Included ??* Entas
Shoe Store and Star Shoe Shop,
.and there were several transfer*
of ownership and expar.iloiis, no
tably gale of Crawford Market to
B. St B. Food Stores, Inc., and W.
M. Gantt Grocery to Hugh Wil
liams. Glenn Grigg bought G. W.'
King Garage, and Frank Ballard
purchased Phenix Stoie from
Floyd Payne* Berkley Gtooery
moved to new expanded quarters
and Bulk's Department Store con
tinued it? long . te^m re-model
ing program.
The city's medical corps was
increased by the addition of 1 w<> ,
general practitioners. Dr. Ken
neth McGilJ and Dr James M,
* ? Dr. Blake McWhirter open
tor the practice ef ojkI
ret Kincald
and Mary Jean Bollck, the drown
ing of Tom Seller* arid Franklin
Fall*. George Dover wai killed
when hit by an automobile, and
Mrs. S. L. McKee was killed whfen
hit by a train.
Death by natural cause* came
to Grady W. King, long-time lire
chM, Mrs. Sara Frances Hullen*
der, Mrs. H. N. Moss, T. P. Crow
<fer, Mrs. Myrtle Sigmon Klser.
5. M. fellson, Mrs. Candnoe Mil
T Mauney, J. W. Wattersott, Ro
bert R. Blackburn, Robert L. Mer
cer, E. % Plott. R. U Lackey.
Mrs. Martha fjcll Lovftlaoe Mrs.
W. F., Smith, Mrs. R W.Thort*
burg. Albert Hamrtek, J. C. Lac
key and Mm. Margaret Hull. ?
J Following are headlines of
some of the major event* of the
plrt'jfiaiir*' ?> ?
JANUARY
Polio Fund Drive Details Com
plete; Open House Set For Nur
ses Home; Rites Conducted For
Grady W. King; Klncald Child
Funeral Rites Held; Fire ? Fight
ers Name Tlgnor; Jaycees Convey
Gift To Hospital; Postal Receipts
Show Gain In '53; Free Barbecue
And Speeches Listed On Young
Democrats Rally Agenda; Citi
zens To Determine $000,000 City
Bond Issue; Yourtg Democrats
Namte Jack White; Hunter Fun
eral Here Saturday; Dr. Gerber
ding Injured In Wreck; ' Owrn,
Whetstine Presumed Dead; Mc
Swaln Heads Montonla Club;
Shelby Surgeons Open Office
Here; Auto Value Drop May Cut
Listings; Aubrey Mauney Ad
dresses Cameron Body; Mayor
Urges Bond Support; Bank To
Install "Walk-Up" Cage; March
Of Dimes Drive Underway; $600,
000 Bond Issues, Recreation Tax;
Are Approved; City Gets Need
fed Certificate For Natural Cis
System Plea; Schools Allow Wil
liams Land Option to Expire;
Peak Period Reception Held By
Telephone Officials Monday;
Mauney Twins At Shelby On Com
munity Concert Series; Youth Ad
mit Auto Theft; Schools Seeking
Bond Election; Kiser Now Sole
Owner Of Grill; Unemployment
Claims Heavy Here; Thomasson
Says Polio Gifts Slim; Merchants
To Hold Banquet Monday; War
ren Reynolds Building Grocery;
Ted I^edford Opens New Firm.
- ? nnvk&r ?-;?
Mayor FMyt Herald Editor For
City AffiTrs Comment; Chief
Hugh Idjg& vocut CMroia;
National Guard Get* High Awan
For 1953 Work; County Bond I?
sute Election Planned; McGinni
Opens Floor Service; Enginee
Seeks Water For City; Indication
Of Improvement In Textile Etc
ployment Here; Bloodmoblle Her
AH Day Thursday; Earl Bumga>
dner Dies Suddenly Of Heart A
tack; Owens Is Listed Kilted I
Action In Recent Report; Littl
Theatre Play Saturday; 14 Oi
pose BurMil Recreation Site; Mat
cantlle Stamp "War" Underwa>
Kings Mountain Exceeds Its Qu<
ta In 1954 March Of Dimfes Can
Ipaign; Faith Baptist To Bte?
Ground; Health Men Check O
Parrot Fever; Grissom Presidin
Continued On Pop? Ttoelut