Population
City Limits.7,206
Tk, population Is from the D. S. Government eensue
report for 1850. The Census Bureau estimates the nation's
population gain since 1950 at 1.7 percent per Tear, which
■team Kings Mountain's 1954 population should approxi
mate 7600. The trading area population in 1945. based
SB ration board registrations at the Kings Mountain
office, was 15.000.
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VOL 65 NO. 10
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, March 10, 1955
Sixty-Fourth Year
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Wright, Pearson, And Hayes Seeking City Offices
Local News
Bulletins
MASONIC MEETING
Regular communication of
Fairview Lodge 339, A. F. & A.
EM., will toe held at the Lodge
Hall Monday evening at 7:30.
OPTIMIST CLUB
Regular meeting of the Op
timist cluib will toe held Thurs
day night at 7 p. m. at the Wo
man’s club, Neal Grissom, the
president, announced.
MOOSE LODGE
Regular meeting of Moose
Lodge 1748 will be held Thurs
day night at 8:15 at the lodge
on Bessemer City road, it was
announced.
METER RECEIPTS
Meter receipts for the week
ending Wednesday at noon to
taled $171.80, it was reported
toy the city clerk’s office.
TAG SALES
Sale of 1955 city license stick
ers through Wednesday total
ed 1,094, it was reported Wed
nesday toy Miss Grace Carpen
ter, of the city clerk’s office.
PRESBYTERIAN
The Men’s Bible class of
First Presbyterian churcsh will
hold a supper at the church
Wednesday, March 16, at 7:30
jx m., it was announced.
COURT OF HONOR
Regular monthly Court of
Honor for Kings Mountain dis
trict Boy Scouts -will convene
at City Hall courtroom Thurs
day night at 7:30, according to
announcement from council
headquarters.
STATE AUDITOR
Henry I>. Bridges, of Raleigh,
state auditor, will speak at the
Kiwanis club meeting at Ma
sonic Hall on Thursday at 6:45
p. m. on a program arranged
toy Glee A. Bridges.
WEST SCHOOL
The West school PT-A will
serve a ibaked ham supper at
the school Wednesday from 6
o’clock until 7:30 p. m. Plates
are one dollar for adults and
60 cents for children.
GAS DEPOSITS
The city utilities department
listed 58 gas deposits and re
ported as many natural gas
customers Wednesday. Supt. V.
L. Beechum, of the gas depart
ment, said two more installa
tions were scheduled for
Thursday.
NEGRO RED CROSS
Members of the Negro Red
Cross solicitation committee
are to meet at City Hall Wed
nesday, March 16 at 7:30 p.
m., to determine status of their
annual appeal for funds. The
group is the only one in the a
rea to surpass its quota for two
years straight.
BUYS BUSINESS
Willard B. Boyles has re
purchased from Buford Ware
the grocery ihe once operated
in the Oak Grove community.
He will again operate it under
the name of Boyles Cash Gro
cery. Mr. Boyles and his wife,
the former Miss Meloa Watter
son, recently returned to Kings
Mountain from Clearwarter,
Fla.
Postoffice Deluged
With Mail Monday
Kings Mountain postoffice
handled a record March mail
jam-up on Monday, Acting Post
master W. T. Weir reports.
Three ton-trucks rolled into
the postoffice around 6 a. m.
Monday with Kings Mountain’s
“catch-up” from the delays cau
sed by a slowdown and even
tual strike on the Southern
Railway last week.
The shipment consisted of 91
full mail sacks, and much par
cel post too large for bags. Mr.
Weir estimated the total to ex
ceed 125 sacks. Some employees
rteported.“it looked like
Christmas.”
Full pick-up truck loads were
delivered to three Kings Moun
tain firms, he said. The post
office was cleared of all incom
ing mail on schedule.
Blue Law Matter
Tabled By Board
March Session
Oi City Board
Busy, Varied
Stump-hauling and sewer line
problems vied with Sunday mo
vies for top billing last Thursday
night, as the city commissioners
conducted a busy monthly meet
ing.
The Sunday movie matter was
disposed of quickly, as the board
again tabled the request of Ed
Tutor for amendment of Sunday
blue laws to permit Sabbath mo
vies. The tabling was with Mr.
Tutor’s agreement and occurred
after Mr. Tutor had presented
letters from Dunn and Whiteville
officials stating Sunday movies
had worked well in those two
cities. Commissioner W. Sage Ful
ton stated his opposition to the
request, noting that Gastonia and
Shelby do not allow Sunday show
ings, and Commissioner Harold
Phillips, also indicating opposi
tion, remarked it probably should
be settled by referendum. Mayor
Glee A. Bridges suggested the
tabling “for further checking”.
Clavon Kelly inquired of the
city’s policy on removal of stumps
and was told by Mayor Bridges
that the city removed only those
stumps left in road-opening. The
mayor said the city removes
stumps for citizens, on a cost ba
sis, When city crews have the
time.
G. L. McDaniel; Jr., and.A. V.
Yarboro asked the board for sew
er line installations, but Bill Ben
nett complained he had “too
much sewer”. Mr. McDaniel ask
ed for a sewer installation on to
serve the 700-block of Landing
street, and Mr. Yarboro asked for
an installation on Juniper street
(to Landing). Both requests were
approved, but on a “when funds
are available” basis. Mr. Bennett
complained that the city, in its
sewer system expansion now un
derway, had put a manhole,
which he termed highly undesir
able, in his backyard.
The board approved opening of
Floyd street from York road to
Falls street, a project sought by
D. C. Mauney for several years
and approved “when funds are
available” by the Still administra
tion. The go-ahead was ordered
after pipe installation cost was
estimated at $300-$400.
In other actions, the board:
1) Authorized purchase of ad
ditional public liability insurance
to $50,000/$100,000 limits. The ad
ditional coverage, dictated by the
city’s natural gas system installa
tion, will cost $935.39 annually, in
addition to the $2,354.04 now be
ing paid by the city for a $25,000/
$50,000 policy. The insurance is
handled by The Arthur Hay A
gency.
2) Adopted a gas code ordi
nance governing installations.
(For text see page 4, section 2.)
3) Tabled for cost estimates a
request by Mrs. Angie Navy,
Waco Rd. resident, for covering
a large ditch in front of her
home. Mrs. Navy objected to the
city’s stated policy of requiring
her to purchase the pipe.
4) Heard a request from I. M.
Allen for water and gas service
to a new motor court he is build
ing on Shelby Highway. Mr. Al
len said he would pay his share
of the cost. The city provisionally
approved the gas installation,
subject to engineers’ approval on
Continued On Page Eight
HERE FRIDAY — Bill Dole, head
football coach at Davidson col
lege, will address Davidson Col
lege alumni at a stag dinner at
Kings Mountain Country Club on
Friday night. ..Coach Dole will
outline 1955 prospects of the Da
vidson team.
Dole To Outline
Wildcat Outlook
DAVIDSON —William E. Dole,
football coach at Davidson Col
lege, will tell of the gridiron pros
pects for 1955 at the meeting of
the Davidson alumni in the Kings
Mountain area Friday night at
the Kings Mountain Country club.
The stag dinner meeting will be
gin at 6:45 o’clock.
Toastmaster will be Rev. P. D.
Patrick. Also invited are the fa
thers of students now at David
son, members of the Wildcat club,
and friends of Davidson in the
Kings Mountain area. An added
feature of the program will be
thte showing of football movies.
Those who have not yet made
reservations are requested to con
tact Charles A. Neisler. /"
Eanes To Give
Organ Recital
Thomas Eanes, minister of mu
sic at First Presbyterian church,
will present an orgdn rtecital at
the church Sunday afternodn at
5 p. m.
The recital will be played on
the new organ installed at the
church in January, and the pro
gram will consist of music not
usually used for religious ser
vices, but taken from the recital
repertoire.
Sunday’s program will be Mr.
Eanes’ first recital here since he
joined the church staff in Sep
tember. Before coming to Kings
Mountain, he played recitals and
was accompanist to recitalists for
the Community Concerts associa
tion and Civic Music, Inc. He also
taught piano and spent six sea
sons as coach and assistant con
ductor of the opera company,
Chautauqua, New York.
Mr. Eanes is a graduate of Fur
man University, Greenville, S. C.,
and while in the Navy, attended
the chaplain’s school at William
and Mary college, Virginia. He
studied one summfer at Union
Seminary School of Sacred Mu
sic, New York.
Hospital Addition Bids $191,019;
Hoke Low On Electrical Contract
Cleveland County hospital trus
tees awarded contracts to low bid
ders on additions to Kings Moun
tain and Shelby hospitals Tues
day.
Low bids on the 14-bled Kings
Mountain addition totaled $191,
019.
L. A. Hoke, Kings Mountain
electrical contractor, was low bid
der, at $18,965, on the electrical
contract, but the award was pro
visional, pending ruling of the
attorney - general on approval.
Only two firms filed electrical
bids. The statutes specify thrtee.
State Medical (Jare commission
officials present regarded the
ruling as a mere formality, ac
cording to Business Manager
Grady Howard.
Other low bids for the Kings
Mountain addition were:
General contract, Graham Con
struction Company, Kannapolis,
$138,000.
Plumbing contract, Holland
Cash Company, Gastonia, $20,084.
Heating and ventilating con
tract, Southern Piping and Engi
neering Company, Charlotte, $13,
250.
C. T. Bennett, of Kings Moun
tain, was fourth on the general
contract bid.
Architects regarded the bids as
favorable, as they totaled about
$13,000 less than the $230,000 of
county, state and federal funds
availablle for the Kings Mountain
addition.
Election Set
Foi May 10th;
Registrars Named
The city board of commission
ers formally called the biennial
city election for May 10 at its
March meeting last Thursday.
The voting will ble conducted
from 6:30 a. m. to 6:30 p. m. on
that date.
Registration period will open
on- Saturday, April 16, with the
registrars to be at five ward poll
ing places on four successive
Saturdays, ending May 7, with
the final Saturday also designat
ed as Challenge Day.
The voters will choose a mayor
and fivfe ward commissioners for
two-year terms in city-wide vot
ing, while citizens of Wards 2
and 3 will choose school trustees
for six-year terms in ward voting
alone.
The board has designated the
following election officials:
Ward 1 at City Hall fire sta
tion, C. L. Black, registrar.
Ward 2 at City Hall courtroom,
Mrs. H. R. Parton, registrar.
Ward 3 at Phenix Store, Mrs.
Ruth Bowers, registrar.
Ward 4 at Kings Mountain
Manufacturing Company club
room, C. P. Goforth, registrar.
Ward 5 at Victory Chevrolet
Company, Mrs. J. T. McGinnis,
Jr., registrar, and Mrs. F. A. Mc
Daniel, Jr., and Mrs. Charlie Bal
lard, judges.
Other judges are being obtain
ed, City Clerk Gene Mitcham said
Wednesday. The board appointed
all previous city election officials
at the meeting last Thursday
night, but several vacancies exist
due to deaths, removals from the
city, and declinations to serve,
Mr. Mitcham said.
Country Club
Meeting Tuesday
Stockholders of Kings Moun
tain Country Club, Inc., will hold
their annual supper meeting at
the club Tuesday evening at. 7
o’clock, according to notice re
cently mailed to members.
The stockholders will ielect 12
directors for the coming year, re
ceive reports from officers and
committee chairmen, and conduct
other business which may come
before the group.
President George H. Houser
will preside and reports will be
given by J. C. Smathers, secre
tary - treasurer, J. A. Neisler,
greens committee chairman, Hen
ry Neisler, social committee chair
man, D. M. Peeler, membership
committee chairman, and George
H. Mauney, house committee
chairman.
C. D. Blanton, chairman will
give the nominating committee
report. Other members on the
nominating committee are M. A.
Ware and Fred W. Plonk.
Following the Tuesday night
meeting, the incoming board of
directors will organize at a lun
cheon meeting Wednesday.
Bell And Union
Still Not Agreed
Contract talks between South
ern Bell Telephone Company and
the Communications Workers of
America are continuing, as the
company has offered new con
tract proposals seeking to avert
a threatened strike when the pre
sent contract expires Sunday at
midnight.
The company has offered addi
tional pay increases, Floyd Far
ris, Kings Mountain manager
said, but still seeks a “no-strike”
pledge from the union.
Should the strike occur, he add
ed, Southern Bell will seek to
maintain service with supervisory
employees manning the switch
boards.
Virginia Summers
Is AIB Graduate
Miss Virginia Summers, assis
tant cashier of Charlotte’s Union
National Bank, was among eight
Charlotte bank officials receiving
graduate Banking certificates
last Saturday night from the A
merlcan Institute of Banking.
Thte presentations were made
at the 34th annual banquet of
the Charlotte AIB chapter at Ho
tel Charlotte.
The certificate certifies that
the recipient has completed all
courses in banking required by
the AIB.
Miss Summlers is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Sum
mers, of Kings Mountain.
CANDIDATES FOR CITY OFFICES — Pictured are
three candidates for city political offices at the
May 10 voting, all of whom filed notices of candi
dacy in the past week. Baxter T. Wright, Sr„ left,
and Olland R. Pearson, center, are running for
mayor, while O. T. Hayes, Sr., right, seeks election
as Ward 4 commissioner. Mayor Glee A. Bridges
has previously filed for re-election and George W.
White also seeks the Ward 4 position.
Wreck Injuries
Fatal To Gurley
Girl Also Badly
Injured Saturday
As Car Overturns
Investigation to determine the
cause of the accident Saturday
night on Bessemer City highway
which resulted in the death of
Thomas Daniel Gurley, 17, of
Cherryville, was being conducted
, Wednesday by State Highway Pa
trolman P. H. Hemphill, of Gas
tonia.
Gurley, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Daniel Gurley, Jr., of
200 W. Ballard street, Cherryville,
died at Kings Mountain hospital
Monday night around 7 o’clock
from a severe brain concussion
and hemorrhages sustained in
the accident.
Sylvia Stacy, 14, of route 1,
Bessemer City, a passlenger in
the car, is in Kings Mountain hos
pital in a critical condition suf
fering from a collapsed left lung
and nine broken ribs.
Patrolman Hemphill said in
vestigation indicates the accident
occurred when Gurley, driving a
1946 Plymouth toward Bessemer
City, lost control of the car, which
Veered to the left of the road and
overturned across the road from
the Moose Lodge.
The patrolman was still inves
tigating statements by the Stacy
girl that Gurley was chasing a
car which had side-swiped him
and had failed to stop. The Sta
cey girl told Hemphill that the
Gurley car had befen hit by a two
tone green car bearing a white
license with black numerals. She
estimated the speed of the Gur
ley car when the accident occur
red at 50-55 miles per hour.
Patrolman Hemphill requests
any information on the accident
to be forwarded to him at the
Dallas highway patrol office.
Funeral services for the
Cherryville High school student
were held Wednesday afternoon
at 3 o’clock from St. John’s Lu
theran church, Cherryville. Rites
were conducted by th»Rev. Leroy
Trexler and the Rev. George Rid
dle, and burial was in Cherryville
City cemetery.
The youth was active in club
affairs at Cherryville High school
and was recently named class
valedictorian. He was a member
of the Luther League and St.
John’s Lutheran church, Cherry
: ville, where he sang in the choir.
Survivors include his parents
and on’e brother, Donnie Gurley,
of the home.
Smith Wins Superior
Rating In Contest
Nick Smith, son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. A. Smith, was awarded
the Superior Rating of 1 Satur
day at the Central District Con
test for Solo and Ensemblles held
at Davidson College Saturday.
Smith, a junior at Kings Moun
tain high school, was awarded
the rating by Dr. Kenneth Cuth
bert, of Eastern Carolina Teach
er’s College, for his performance
of the snare drum solo, ‘‘The
Downfall of Paris.”
Winning of this award makes
Smith eligiblte for the State Solo
and Ensemble contest to be held
in Salisbury in April.
He is in charge of the Kings
Mountain high school drum sec
tion, which is under the direction
of Joe Hedden.
Visitor Problem
Taxes Hospital
With Kings Mountain hos
pital bed capacity over-taxed,
officials asked this week that
families and friends of patients
devote particular attention to
visiting rules, which are:
1) No more than two visitors
for any patient at one time.
2) No visitations except dur
ing regular visiting hours.
Grady Howard, business
manager, said the hospital was
filled to 99 percent capacity in
January and 125” percent in
February. The addled load has
further complicated the visit
ing problem, Mr. Howard said.
Consideration is being given to
installation of a card system on
visiting, he added.
Lions Sponsoring
Saturday Dance
Kings Mountain Lions club will
present the second of two square
dances at the Central school gym
nasium Saturday night, beginning
at 7:30.
A large crowd attended the
first dance of the seribs last Sat
urday night. Members of the Cra
merton Square Dance team will
again be on hand to demonstrate
the art and to call the dances.
Charlie Moss and J. W. Webs
ter are co-chairmen of the pro
ject and Sam Weir is handling
concessions. Admission will be 50
cents per person.
WOMAN'S CLUB
The Fine Arts Department
of the Woman’s club will serve
a turkey and ham dinner at
the Woman’s club Sunday be
ginning at 12 noon,. Plates are
$1.25 for adults and 75 cents
for children. Tickets are avail
able from- Mrs. Jacob Cooper
(phone 310) or at the door.
Eisldne Group
To Sing Here
Sunday Morning
The Erskine College Choral
eers, directed by Arthur Tennent,
will present a program of sacred
music at 11 o’clock services Sun
day morning at Boyce Memorial
ARP church.
Miss Harriet Smith is organist
for the college singers, who
make annual visits here.
The program will includeP'O
Lord, Thou Hast Formed My Ev
ery Part (Psalm 123)”, “My
Shepherd Will Supply My Every
Need (Psalm 23), “The Lord
Reigneth (Psalm 93)”, “The
Hundreth Psalm”, in addition to
several solos and group numbers.
Amp? Macfie will sing "How
Lovely Are Thy Dwellings
(Psalm-8-1); Frances Gettys, An
ne Macfie, Frank Sellers and
Calvin Grier will be soloists in
“He Shall Come Down Like the
Rain (Psalm 72)”; Miss Macfie
and Julia Smith will be soloists
in “The King of Love My Shep
herd Is (paraphrase of Psalm
23).
Members of the Choraleers are:
Phyllis Estes, Frances Gettys,
Betty Robinson, Julia Smith,
Shirley Strickland, and Dot Wil
lis, sopranos; Barbara Clinkscal
es, Anne Macfie, Ann McCarter,
Belle Spivey and Louise Os
borne, altos; Jon Brawley, Frank
Sellers, David Strock and Glenn
Whiteside, tenors; Jimmy Big
gers, Harry Edwards, Calvin
Grier, Marshall Parker, basses.
Pre-School Clinic
Set At Park Grace
A pre-school clinic will be held
at Park Grace school Tuesday at
1:30 p. m. Nurses and health of
ficers from the Cleveland County
Health Department will conduct
the clinic.
Each child entering school for
the first time will be given a
checkup on his general health, a
school official said, as well as
diptheria, smallpox, teatnus, and
whooping cough vaccines if the
parents want their child to have
the vaccine then.
Children must be 6 years old
by October 15 to enroll in the
1955-56 school term.
Area Citizens Accept $50,000 Goal
In Gaidner-Webb Expansion Plan
A half-hundred citizens from
Kings Mountain and neighbor
ing Bessemer City accepted a
three-year $50,000 goal for build
ing a new faculty building at
Gardner-Webb college at a
breakfast meeting at Masonic
Dining Hall Tuesday morning.
The faculty building is a por
tion of a $937,000 plant expan
sion program envisioned for the
large Baptist junior college at
Boiling Springs, which now has
its peak enrolment of 411.
The group was inter-denomi
national.
Dr.. H.H. Stembridge presided
over the meeting, arranged by
Arnold W. Kincaid, of Kings
Mountain, a Gardner-Webb trus
tee, and by Rev. S. M. Hughes,
also of Kings Mountain, who is
assisting with night classes at
the college.
The expansion program en
visions building of a physical
education building, dormitory
facilities for 100 additional wo
men and 50 more men students,
a classroom - administration
building, science building, out
door theatre, and children’s play
ground, in addition to the facul
ty touilding. The board of trus
tees also seeks an added en
dowment of $750,000, and an in
crease in the student loan fund
of $40,000.
Dr. Lawson Allen, acting pres
ident of the college, outlined the
operations of the college in many
fields, and Dr. Wyan Washburn
said the Boiling Springs .clinic
averages 1500 patients and 20.
000 out-patients per year. Dr. Al
len noted that 35 percent of en
rollees comes from textile hom
es, another 18 percent from farm
homes.
Dr. Stembridge said the plans
for expansion will enable a
doubling of boarding student en
rollment from the present 250. He
said it costs a student about $600
per year to attend the school
and that a portion of the deficit
involved comes from the support
of the Baptist State convention.
The appeal will be communi
ty - wide, according to the ac
tion taken here, and toy other
groups throughout the area. Mr
Kincaid moved acceptance of the
$50,000 goal, and W. B. Logan
seconded. The action was unan
imous.
Grissom Files
For Ward Post
But Withdraws
Two candidates, Olland R.
Pearson and Baxter T. Wright,
Sr., filed notice of candidacy for
mayor this week, and O. T. Hayes,
Sr., filed notice of candidacy for
the position of Ward 4 commis
sioner.
A fourth candidate, J. Neal
Grissom, filed Wednesday morn
ing for Ward 5 commissioner, but
told the Herald early Wednesday
afternoon that he was withdraw
ing due to objections to his can
didacy from his employer, J. Ol
lie Harris. Mr. Grissom had not
formally withdrawn at 3:30 p. m„
City Clerk Gene Mitcham said.
Mr. Wright, a former city com
missioner, is seeking the mayor's
position on a full-time basis.
Entrance of Candidates Pear
son, Wright, and Hayes, all ve
terans of the city political arfena,
assured contests for both the ma
yoral and Ward 4 positions. May
or Glee A. Bridges is seeking re
election and George W. White
has filed for Ward 4 commission
er.
Tilman Pearson is opposing In
cumbent Commissioner J. H. Pat
terson for Ward 2 commissioner.
Otherwise, Ward 1 Commissioner
W. Sage Fulton, Sr., Ward 3
Commissioner T. J. Eilison, and
Ward 5 Commissioner W. G.
Grantham, all seeking re-election,
have no opponents, nor has any
candidate filed for the two school
board positions, in Wards 2 and
3, which are to be filled in May.
A few new rumors were being
circulated in political conversa
tions. Arthur Barrett and Harry
E. Page, were being mentioned
as possible candidates for Ward
5 commissioner, and the name of
W. S. Fulton, Jr., was being ad
vanced for the Ward 2 school
board place being vacated by
Mrs. Haywood E. Lynch. Also
mentioned for the Ward 2 school
position are Hilton Ruth and B.
S. Peeler, Jr. Mr. Ruth “doubted”
he would be a candidate, saying
the “gate is latched, if not lock
ed”.
Both Mr. Wright and Mr. Pear
son issued statements in announc
ing thieir candidacy for mayor.
Mr. Wright said, “To the Citi
zens of Kings Mountain, I am
asking you for your support and
vote in making me your full
time mayor. With two years ex
perience as a city commissioner,
I know the need for a mayor to
be on the job at all times. In the
interest of the taxpayers, I prom
ise you that, if elected, I will
see where, and how, every dollar
of your money is spent. I know
with close observance and right
planning that I can save the City
of Kings Mountain much money.
“I am not asking to be Mayor
of Kings Mountain for any sel
fish motive, nor to be Mayor for
a few people. I want to be Mayor
for every citizen of Kings Moun
tain, from the smallest taxpayer
to the largest.
"I have an open mind and, if
I am elected, the door of the City
Hall will be open at all times to
any citizen who has a plan or
recommendation for the better
ment of the community. I would
welcome advice and constructive
criticism.
“Should I become your Mayor,
I will strive to the utmost to do
you a good job.”
Mr. Wright is owner of Sani
tary Barber Shop, is a Lion and
a member of First Baptist chur
ch. He served as Ward 5 com
missioner 1931-53.
Mr. Pearson, also a commis
sioner (Ward 3) from 1931-53, is
sued the following statement:
“I believe in honest govern
ment and want everyone to know
Continued On Page Eight
Hampton Badly
Hmt In Wreck
Claude Hampton, 34, of 810
Church street, was reported as •
in a satisfactory condition at
Kings Mountain hospital Wed
nesday afternoon as the result
of an accident on U. S. 29 in
Grover Tuesday night.
Hampton suffered severe
head and chest injuries, Dr. J.
C. McGill reported.
Patrolman C. Ds. Fortune re
ported that the accident oc
curred atll p. m. Tuesday just
inside the state line. He said
Hampton was riding alone in
a 1950 Ford, traveling north,
when the vehicle left the road
on the wrong side, ran about
400 feet in a ditch .before hit
ting a road sign, rec-ossed the
road and sailed 60 feet in the
air over an embankment be
fore coming to rest on its nose.