Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10.320
City Limits 7,206
The figure for Greater Kings Mountain is derived from
the 1955 Kings Mountain city directory census. Tno City
limits figure is from the United States census of 1950.
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VOL 65 NO. 37
Established 1889
Sixty-Fifth Year
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ClevelandCountyFair Opens
Next Tuesday For 32nd Year
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HOSPITALIZED
patient at Gaston Memorial
hospital. She was reported im
proving Wednesday by mem
bers of her family.
GRANTHAM BETTER
City Commissioner W. G.
Grantham who underwent an
appendectomy at Kings Moun
tain hospital last weekend,
was reported improving satis
factorily on Wednesday.
I JOINS PLONK'S
\ Arthur Walker, well-known
I Kinffs Mountain man. has Join
ed Plonk Brothers & Company
I as salesman in the men’s de
partment. He replaces Don.
Bumgardner who resigned to
enroll as a student at Western
Carolina college.
KIWANIS MEETING
Members of Kings Mountain
Kiwanis Club wiii hold their
regular meeting Thursday at
6 45 p. m. at Masonic Hall din
ing room. Coach Everett*
(Shu) Carlton will toe guest
speaker of the evening.
MOOSE MEETING
The regular meeting of
Moose Lodge No. 1748 will he
held Thursday night at the
lodge on Bessemer City road.
# * JAYCEE MEETING
Members of Kings Mountain
Junior Chamber of Commerce
will hold their regular meeting
Tuesday night at 7 o’clock at
Masonic Dining hall.
Mrs. Cline'sWill
Is Probated
The will of Mrs. Sarah*Isfen
hower Cline, who died April 20,
1949 was recently probated in
the 'office of Clerk of Court E.
A. Houser.
The will, dated September 19,
1942, was found among the per
sonal papers of her husband, A.
E. Clirie, after Mr. Cline’s recent
death.
Mrs. Cline had directed that all
her properties “kept everything
that belorigs to me as long as he
wants it”.
Subsequently, she bequeathed
to her sistter, Mrs. Anna Isenhow
er Mauney and her family cer
tain stock in a hosiery mill, and
further directed that her real es
tate be sold with the residue to
be divided equally between all
her nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Cline further directed: “If
I have anything personal that
the children want, I want Anna’s
children to have first choice. I
want them to havte the things
they gave me. Last but not least,
I want my clothes given to the
needy, all the family does not
want. This is written leaving
more love than anything else.”
Dr. Jacob P. Mauney, a nephtew,
qualified as executor of Mrs.
Cline’s will.
New School Plans
Approval Is Near
The city board of school
trustees may meet Friday to
formally approve architect,
plans for the new North ele
mentary school and to adopt a
resolution advertising for bids
on the 14-room plant.
B. N. Barnes, superintendent
of city schools, said the plans
have been fully completed by
Architect T. W. Cothran and
that the Friday meeting would
depend on return to the city of
Board Chairman A. W. Kincaid.
Currently, individual mem
bers of thte board are perusing
the plans. If the Friday meet
ing is not held, the formal ap
proval and advertising resolu
tions would likely be taken at
the Monday night regular meet
ing of the board, Mr. Barnes
added.
' Mr. Barnes §aid thte board
seeks earliest-possible letting of
contracts in order to assure use
of the new plant by opening of
the 1956-57 school term.
Premiums Up,
Entertainment
To Be Broadened
Cleveland County’s 32nd annu
al fair will open for its five-day
run next Tuesday, again featur
ing new attractions designed to
make it the largest and most va
ried fair in the world.
.a ■
ing operation is Dr. J. S. Dorton,
who is predicting that attendan
ce for the 1955 event will ibreak
all previous records, barring un
forseen bad weather.
As is customary, school child
ren from Cleveland and surroun-.
ding counties will get a free ad
mission ticket for particular days
of the fair. Cleveland county
school day will be next Tuesday.
Kings Mountain school day will
FAIR TICKETS
■Grandstand tickets, tooth
general admission and reserv
ed seats, are available here
from Kings Mountain Jaycees
who are using The Appliance
Center, S. Battleground avenue,
as ticket sales office. Reserved
seats for the grandstand per
formances vary from $1.50 to
$2, depending on the admis
sion for particular performan
ces, while general admission
seats are priced at $1, Jaycee
President Bill Jonas announc
ed.
be on Friday, September 23. Tick
ets will toe distributed -through
the schools and in Kings Moun
tain, September 23 will be the
usual fair half-holiday, school
officials have announced.
Among the feature attractions
of the fair will toe the George A.
Hamid events at the grandstand,
including ice varieties of 1955,
scheduled each evening at 8 p.
m., a performance by Irish Ho
ran’s Lucky Hell Drivers, on
Tuesday evening at 10 p. m. and
Jack Kochman’s Lucky Dogs, to
be seen at 10 p. m. Thursday,
September 22.
Back for another year will toe
the World’s Championship Rodeo,
to toe given each afternoon except
Saturday, September 23, when
the toig car races are held featur
ing drivers who customarily com
pete at the famed Indianapolis
Memorial Day "500.”
The James E. Strates' mile-long
midway will furnish the carni
val this year boasting new at
tractions and intricate riding de
vices designed to thrill and chill
young and old.
Competition among fair exhi
bitors is expected to bte keenest
ever, with premium money up
ped to $15,000.
The Rev. John W. Suttle, af
fectionately known to Cleveland
ers as “The Little Preacher’,, and
who has for over 65 years served
as a country preacher in this
county, will be honored Thurs
day evening, September 22. Rev,.
Mr. Suttle was first to direct the
Fair’s Poultry department and
for the 32nd year has been the
Fair’s unofficial chaplain and
“greeter,” having attended more
regularly than any officer or di
rector.
METER RECEIPTS
City parking meter receipts
totaled $159.39 for the week
ending Wednesday, Septem
ber 14, reports Miss Grace Car
penter of the city clerk’s office.
WINNING DRESS — Jean Hicks
is pictured above modeling the
dress she made which captured
for her a first-place award in a
sewing contest conducted by the
Singer Company last week. A
student at Centra! high school,
she is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Hal D. Hicks.
Jean Hicks Wins
Sewing Contest
Jean Hicks, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Hal D. Hicks, of Kings
Mountain, was adjudged winner
of first place in a county-wide
sewing contest conducted by Sin
ger Sewing Machine Company.
Miss Hicks, a student at Cen
tral high school, was awarded a
set of scissors.
Among the runners-up in the
senior division was Jane Byers,
of Kings Mountain, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Byers, who
was given a sewing box.
In addition, the two Kings
Mountain winners deceived gifts
of material from Belk’s Depart
ment store here.
Miss Hicks, along with Brenda
Hamrick, Shelby first-place win
ner, will represent the area in a
regional contest to be held soon
at Charlotte. The Charlotte win
ner will be awarded a trip to New
York.
The Kings Mountain entrants
were under the supervision of
Mrs. John Gamble, high school
homemaking teacher.
Shrine Delegations
To Pay Visit Here
The uniformed Divan and Oasis
Temple oriental band will appear
here Saturday morning at City
Hall in a general tour through
this area.
Mayor Glee A. Bridges, a Kings
Mountain Shriner, said he had
been notified of the visit and that
the Shrine groups would arrive
here at 9:30 Saturday. The band
will play a short concert and all
Kings Mountain area Shriners,
as well as the public, are urged
to attend, Mayor Bridges added.
He requested that each Shriner
don his fez for the occasion.
Metered Ofi-Stzeet Parking Lot
&oes Into Operation On Thursday
Kings Mountain’s first off-$>
street metered parking area will
be in operation Thursday morn
ing.
Mayor Glee A. Bridges said the
55 parking meters for the paved
parking area off Cherokee street
arrived Wednesday morning and
would be installed and ready for
use Thursday morning.
The new meters are five-hour
meters, the Mayor added, which
wil enable motorists to park up
to a maximum of five hours for
25 cents. The minimum parking
time, like on-street metered zon
es, will be 12 minutes for a pen
ny.
The new meters, purchased
from Park-O-Meter Company,
will accept pennies, nickels, dim
es and quarters.
The Cherokee street property
was recently leased from Bonnie
Cotton Mills and Bridges Hard
ware for five years, with renewal
option. Under terms of the lease,
the city will supervise the park
ing and furnish the meters, with
receipts to he shared equally be
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CHAIRMAN — Dr. Paul V. No
tan, Kings Mountain physician,
has been appointed blood pro
gram chairman of the Kings
Mountain Red Cross chapter. He
succeeds Dr. P. G. Padgett.
Man Is Charged
With Molesting
Eight-Year-Old
Clyde Gentle, 43-year-old States
ville fair worker, will face char
ges of molesting a minor in Cleve
land County Recorder’s court Fri
day.
Sheriff Hawood Allien reported
that Gentle was arrested Monday
night at his house trailer at Beth
ware Fair.
According to Sheriff Allen,
Gentle enticed an eight-year-old
girl into his trailer and made im
proper advandes to her. The girl
was allowed to leave about 15
minutes later after she had re
sisted his advances.
Sheriff Allen said Gentle show
ed the girl a series of lewd pic
tures which'"he tiaaTn nis posses
sion. The girl reported that he
offered her money while she was
in the trailer.
The defendant, who is married,
admitted making improper ad
vances to the child, Sheriff Allen
continued.
The sheriff said Gentle told
him “something snapped and I
don’t know what made me do it.”
He will be charged with a mis
demeanor, since the last Legisla
ture changed the law. Up until
that time, molesting a child was
a felony, but the legislature de
cided if the child had not been
assaulted the crime would be a
misdemeanor, Sheriff'Allen (ex
plained.
No bond has been set, but
Sheriff Allen indicated that it
would approximate $1,000.
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Off-To-Schocl
List Totals 149
Addition of 12 students to thte
area’s off-to-school list brings to
149 the number of Kings Moun
tain students Heaving to enter col
leges, universities, preparatory,
and specialized schools.
Lawrence Carroll and Flay
Payne are attending Limestone
college, Gaffney, S. C.; Alfred
Wright and W. L. Thornburg
have (enrolled at Gardner-Webb
Junior college, Boiling Springs;
Bob Huskey is a student at North
Carolina State college, Raleigh;
Gene Welch is a senior at Wes
tern Carolina college, Cullowhee,
Jack Floyd is attending the Uni
versity of North Carolina, Cha
pel Hill; Bob Patterson is a stu
dent at Southern Baptist Semi
nary, Louisville, Ky.; and Miss
Charlotte Jenkins is studying for
a master’s degree at Tulane Uni
versity, New Orleans, La.
Vernon Tate has enrolled at
High Point college, Alfred Tate
is a student at King’s Business
college, Charlotte, and Grady
Tate, Jr., has enrolled at Wes
tern Carolina college.
The Herald annually sleeks to
list all area off-to-school students
and should any student’s name
be omitted from this list, he is in
vited to notify the newspaper of
fice.
Tax Collection
Drive Planned
Tax Supervisor Clarence E.
Carpenter said he would begin
special efforts, effective October
1, to collect all delinquent perso
al property taxes for the years
1945 through 1954.
Mr. Carpenter said the collec
tion efforts will include 1) garn
ishment of wages, 2) attachment
of personal property, and 3) oth
er legal means to obtain pay
ment of the delinquent accounts.
He added he may seek permis
sion of the board of commission
ers to advertise the names of de
linquent taxpayers as other citi
es have done.
Mr. Carpenter estimated the
delinquent personal property
taxes total in excess of $15,000.
Urging payment prior to Octo
ber 1, Mr. Carpenter noted, “At
least 95 percent of the city's tax
payers pay their accounts each
year and they cannot under
stand why the remaining five
percent are not required to pay
their tax bills.’’
Webster Issued
Three Permits
Three building permits were
issued Monday by Building In
spector J. W. Webster.
A permit was . ed to Bonnie
f Mill, Inc., to ere.' a one story
frame house or 1 nke street, at
an estimated co---- of $2,000.
Mauney Mil'; Inc., was issued
a permit to err ■' a building to be
used as a war^-juse, at an esti
mated cost of $' 0,000.
A permit wrs issued to Norman
Davis to build an addition to his
house on V/rr-o road, at an esti
mated cost of $400.
Morgan Thinks Abandonment
Of Public Schools Is Possible
GROUND BROKEN FOR NEW BUILDING—Mrs. A.
P. Falls, 81, oldest member ol Patterson Grove
Baptist church is shown with the shovel as ground
is broken for the church's new $50,000 education
al building. Other persons participating in the
ceremonies are from left to right, Frank Hamrick,
I Brotherhood president; M*s. Falls. Grady Seism,
chairman ot the board of deacons and of the
building fund; Edwin Moore, Sunday school su
perintendent; Max Putnam, church clerk; and the
Rev. J. J. Thornburg, pastor.
Bethware Fair Is Underway,
Continues Through Saturday
RECEIVES DEGREE —Miss Fay
lcne Falls, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Craig Falls, received a bach
elor of science degree in physical
education and social studies
from ASTC, Boone, last month.
She is a member of the Cove
Creek high school faculty, at
Boone.
Supper Set Saturday
For Legionnaires
American Legion Post 155 will
have a free supper for members
in good standing at thle Legion
Hall Saturday.
Supper will be served one hour
only, from 7 p. m. until 8 p. m.
Cards have been sent to mem
bers reminding them of this sup
per. These cards must be filled
out and mailed back by Thurs
day.
Record Crowds
Are Expected
At Bethware
Bethware Community opened
the gates of its eighth annual
fair Wednesday at 1 p. m.
Opening day was designated as
children’s day and a host of
youngsters were on hand to take
part in games and contests that
were arranged for them.
Myers Hambright, manager of
the fair, has said that the largest
crowd in the history of the fair
is expected to attfend this year.
A full schedule of events has
been lined up for the four day
event. Many exhibits have been
set up to take care of the large
numbers of persons entering in
the competition for prizes.
Thursday the fair will open at
1 p. m. for the judging of all ex
hibits and in all other depart
ments. The midway, with its
shows and rides, will be in full
swing, and drawings for prizes
will be held at 9:30 p. m. Immedi
ately following the drawings,
fireworks will be displayed.
Friday’s schedule includes spe
cial events and the regular draw
ings for prizes with fireworks to
follow.
Saturday, the fair will open at
1 p. m. and remain open until
midnight. Drawings and fire
works will be displayed at 9:30,
and the shows and rides will be
offered as other entertainment.
Premium lists telling of the va
rious departments open for com
petition are available from Mr.
Hambright.
This annual event is sponsored
each year by the Bethware Pro
gressive club.
Woman's Club To Hold Book Fair
Here Next Wednesday, Thursday
The Kings Mountain Woman’s
Club will hold its first Book Fair
next Wednesday and Thursday,
September 21 and 22, with a show
ing of 3,500 volumes from Strau
ghn’s Book Store, of Greensboro.
M s. W. L. Mauney, chairman
of the project, issued an invita
tion to all Kings Mountain citi
zens to attend the book fair and
to purchase whatever books they
find desirable.
Mrs. Mauney said all types of
books will be displayed, including
best-selling fiction, children’s
books, biography, historical
works and other types.
No admission will be charged.
The event will be conducted
from 10 a. m. to 9 p. m. on both
Wednesday and Thursday.
The Book Fair is a prelude to j
the annual fund campaign for
books for Jacob S. Mauney Me
morial library and Book Fair of
ficials have suggested that books
be purchased as gifts for thte
library, for Christmas gifts, or
for home libraries.
Mrs. J. N. McClure is serving
as co-chairman of the project.
Committees include: Exhibits,
Mrs. T. L. Kesler. Mrs. Harry
Page, and Mrs. Luther Cansler;
hospitality, Mrs. W. L. Ramseur,
Mrs. W. T. Weir, Mrs. P. G. Pad
gett and Mrs. Paul Mauney: fi
nance, Mrs. Sam Davis and Mrs.
Jacob Mauney.
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NEW PASTOR — The Rev. W. E.
Lankford has assumed the duties
as pastor of Church of God. He ;
succeeds the Rev. E. E. Salter
who has been appointed pastor
of a church in St. Pauls.
Church Of God
Has New Pastor
Rev. W. E. Lankford assumed
the duties as pastor of Church of
God August 24. He was appoint
ed by the General Superintend
ent of the Church of God of Nor
th Carolina at the Camp meeting
held recently in Charlotte.
Prior to his coming to Kings
Mountain, Mr. Lankford was an
itinerant evangelist for five years j
serving throughout the southern '
states. He is a native of Canton.
Rev. Mr. Lankford attended
Lee College, Cleveland, Tenn.,
and Wake Forest college. His
wife is a native of Mooresville
and the couple have two child
ren, Jonathan, 4, and David, six
months.
Mr. Lankford succeeds the Rev.
E. E. Salter who has been ap
pointed pastor of a church in St.
Pauls.
Firemen Answered
Two Fire Alarms
Firemen answered two calls
this week, according to a report
of Ted Gamble, fireman.
Monday, firemen extinguished
a blaze which had ignited cur
tains and window shades at the
Camp residence on Cansler st.
Wednesday, September 7, firemen
were called to the residence of
W. E. Herd, of Cleveland ave.,
to extinguish a car blaze. Dam
age to the car was reported to
have been extensive.
Senator Assessed
Assembly Opinion
In Address Here
State Senator Robert Morgan,
of Shelby, thinks abandonment of
the public school system in North
Cafcmnii'a distinct possibility ft"
d'e-segregation is forced “all at
once”.
Senator Morgan made the
statement during a question-an
swer period following his Tues
day night address to th'e Kings
Mountain Lions club. He noted
that the statement was his opin
ion on w'hat. the General Assem
bly might do and not necessarily
an indication of how he, himself,
might vote on the question. After
the meeting, he remarked he
would have to think “a mighty
long time” before voting to abon
dnn tbo public pchoo] system but
noted ihat the temper of Eastern
North Carolina opposing deseg
regation could swing the issue.
Previously, Senator Morgan
had voiced whole-hearted support
of Governor Luther Hodges’ ap
peal for continued segregation in
the public schools, voluntarily, if
not otherwise. The Senator also
said he felt the one possible
means of continuing North Caro
lina’s historic segregation in the
schools is by further ^equalizing
school facilities for Negroes.
Senator Morgan, who was pre
sented by Ollie Harris, as the
“Governor’s right-hand man”, in
the 1955 General Assembly, said
the Assembly had been castigated
as a "cap-pistol” legislature and
praised as “one in high accom
plishment”.
“You be the judge.” he invited,
then reviewed major legislation
passed by the Assembly. He not
ed that the sales tax changies
were indeed “scatter shots” in an
effort to obtain required revenue
and suggested that the whole re
venue act needs to be re-consider
ed to remove inequities. He refer
red to his support of additional
taxes on luxuries (tobacco, beer,
whiskey) rather than on necessi
ties and said his feelings are the
same in spite of the fact “we
were beaten and outvoted.”
He explained the changes in the
school laws which returned much
authority to local boards and
pointed out that VO ctents of the
general fund tax dollar is ex
pended for education, aggregat
ing about $140 millions per year.
Of that total, 60 percent goes for
public schools and the remainder
for state-supported colleges and
universities. He offered the opin
ion that the recently appointed
commission on higher education
would be beneficial in eliminat
ing duplication of courses and
thereby result in more education
for less money.
Senator Morgan offered the
opinion that Cleveland County’s
total state tax bill will not be
greater during the next two
years, with rate cuts on agricul
tural machinery balancing some
of the new taxes.
He invited support of the forth
coming vote to allow the legisla
ture to convene 30 days later (In
February rather than January)
and praised Governor Hodges as
“one of the best Governor’s in
our history”.
In the question-answer session,
he praised the action of the legis
lature in tightening rules govern
ing health-and-aecident insurance
and defended the new laws cover
ing procedures for dispensing
certain drugs and barbiturates.
George Thomasson reported
the Jaycee-Lions softball benefit
a financial success and Jacob
Cooper presented a membership
certificate to F. A. (Pete) Mc
Daniel, Jr.
Gas Line "Overage”
Bills Being Mailed
The city natural gas depart
ment v’as busy mailing state
ments Vednesday to citizens
for installation fees on natural
gas lines.
Assistant City Clerk Joe Mc
Daniel said majority of the bills
are for “overage” extensions on
original gas taps bought by citi
zens at $10 each. He noted thaf
the original contract specified
that the $10 covered the tap
fee plus line extension on the
citizen’s property of 75 feet,
with additional footage to be
paid for at 50 cents per foot.
Currently, the tap fee is $30
and provides a 60-foot gas line,
with additional footage at 50
cents per foot.