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Population Greater Kings Mountain 10.320 City Limits 7,206 Tbit figure for Greater Huge Mountain il derived from the 1965 King* Mountain city directory census. The City limits figure Is from the United States census of 1950. Pages Today VOL 65 NO 49 Established 1889 Kings Mountain N. C., Thursday December 8, 195 5 Sixty-Fifth Year PRICE FIVE CENTS CHRISTMAS PARADE HERE THURSDAY AT 4 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 0>---<t> - New Lithium Finn Gets Weir Lease Local News Bulletins BTTrtM SERVICE J. G. Darracott, former Kings Mountain citizen, and the Rev. Collins, pastor of the Woodruff, S C Presbyterian church, will speak at 3 o’clock afternoon services Sunday at Dixon Pres byterian church. Mr. Darracott, now living in Woodruff, S. C., is a former superintendent oi the church Sunday School. MOOSE MEETING The regular weekly of Moose Lodge No. 1748 will be held at the lodge on Besse mer City road Thursday night. METER RECEIPTS City parking meter receipts for the week ending Wednes day noon totaled $208.52, ac cording to Miss Grace Carpen ter of city clerk’s office. Street meters returned $173.10 and of-street meters accounted for $35.42, she reported. MAKES DEAN’S LIST Vicki Jenkins and Penelope Canslei of Kings Mountain were among 19 girls at Sacred Heart College who merited placement on the Dean's List after mid - semester exams Miss Jenkins is a member of the high school graduating class, and Miss Cansler is a freshman at the institution. COURT OF HONOR Court of Honor for Kings Mountain district Boy Scouts will convene at City Hall Thur sday night at 7:45, a Scouter (Roundtable to be conducted during the court. It was also announced a cub leader’s train ing course would be held at 7:30 at Central Methodist chur ch. * * CAKE SALE The Presbyterian Youth Fel lowship of First Presbyterian church is sponsoring a cake sale Saturday morning, accord ing to announcement by the group Monday,. Delivery ser* vice may be obtained. ONE PERMIT Building Inspector J. W. Web ster issued a building permit November 29 to Rhea Barber to erect a garage on Mauney av enue, at an estimated cost of $800. THOMASSON IN OFFICE George B. Thomasson, Kings Mountain attorney, returned to his office Monday after under going an operation at Char lotte Memorial hospital recent ly- _______ AT TAX COURSE Mrs. Billie G. Logan will at tend Thursday and Friday in Charlotte a short tax course on “Farm and Small Business In come.” Representatives of the federal and state revenue bu reaus, and from the federal so cial security service will con duct the course, which is spon sored by a number of organiza tions including the North Car olina Association of Account ants. Bridges Proposes New Registration Possibility of a new registra tion of city voters prior to the 1957 election has been advanc ed by Mayor Glee A. Bridges. Mayor Bridges told the board of commisioners last week “the books arte in a mess” and a new registration should be con sidered by the board. The present books have been used since 1939. Basic Atomics Is Thiid Firm Operating Here By MARTIN HARMON Copyright-1955 Kings Mountain Herald Basic Atomics, Inc., is core-dril ling for lithium on the S. S. Weir Estate property here and a com pany official acknowledged Wed ntesday that the initial results are ‘living up to our expectations.” Basic Atomics, Inc., by obtain ing mineral rights to the Weir tract adjoining the Foote Mine ral Company mines, becomes the area’s third lithium mining ope rator. The other is Lithium Cor poration of America, Inc. W. T. Weir, onte of the heirs to the property, said lease to the 20-acre-tract was delivered on No vember 29. Foote Mineral Com pany is mining the other 25 acres of the 45acrte Weir property, un der lease consummated several years ago and has found it a val uable source of lithium. In one month, more than 220,000 tons of rock and dirt from the Weir pro perty went through Foote’s big mill. Emmett Martin, in charge of mining operations for Basic Ato mics, made the “living up to ex pectations” statement on the ba sis of initial core-drilling, now underway 16 hours daily. He said the company is in the process of setting up a laboratory at Lin colnton, where his company has leases to property which* Martin says have a measured 1.5 million tons of lithium ore, with another 1.5 million inferred. These proper ties adjoin those of Lithium Cor poration of America. It also ex pects to erect a pilot plant at Lincolnton, and has equipment bought for it, Martin added. Indication of the value of the Weir lease is the fact that Foote has sought the tract since it be gan mining operations on the 25 acres it h'as under lease. Basic Atomics, Inc., was orga nized in May 1954. Its capitaliza tion includes 1,780,000 shares of common stock, of ten cents par value. There are also 180,000 warrants to shares outstanding for the purchase of common stock. These expire in 1957. The company’s October 31 statement, as reported by J. F. Reilly & Com pany, dealers in investment secu rities, showed total assets of $1, 723,392, with $1,563,028 liquid. On ly liabilities listed other than capi tal stock was $1,674 in accounts payable. The November issue of over the-counter Securities Review re ported that 750,000 shares of Ba sic Atomics, Inc., has been pur chasted at $2 by a group of Euro pean investors, subsequently iden tified by another source as Swiss. The stock is available through brokerage houses and has been quoted this week in thte Wall Street Journal at $3.50 bid and $4 asked. JOINS STAFF Charles “Bud” Ware has join ed the staff of Harris Funeral Home replacing Bill Bell. Deal And Gold Assessment Refunds Voted The city hoard of commission ers voted unanimously last Thursday night to refund pay ments for street improvements on East Gold and Deal streets. The action means a refund of $439.07 to 11 citizens who paid tjie assessments and fulfills what City Attorney J. R. Davis termed a "moral obligation’’ of the city. The paving of the two streets, during the Herndon administra tion, has been a continuing legal and political matter. A joint project of the city and state highway commission, the streets were prepared for paving Iby the city, then hard-topped toy the state department. The state, in turn, charged the cost to the city’s street fund, predecessor to the present Powell Bill arrange ment whereby cities get their portion of the highway revenues direct. Many property owners protes ted that the assessments were illegal, tout a few paid after the assesment roll had been confirm ed toy the Still administration. Subsequently, W. K. Mauney, Jr., and others went to court to coun termand the assessments and were successful, the court ruling that the state contribution was non-assessable, though the city’s part was. It turned out the city didn’t have adequate records to establish its portion of the cost, Attorney Davis said. The action toy the board doesn't mean the 11 will get their mon ey in time for Christmas. City Clerk 'Gene Mitcham says the budget won’t stand it and is busy looking for ways and means to suggest to the commissioners for payment. However, Mr. Mitcham said he though the funds wou'd be paid prior to the city’s next fiscal year. Attorney Davis said that the payments, had they been made under protest, would have been legally collectible from the city. Fairview street, also paved un der the same arrangement, was never assessed. Scheduled to receive refunds by last Thursday's board action are: J. H. Bennett $29.05; J. W. Ben nett $40.42; Mrs. Nell Cranford $34.61; Ollie Mae Fulton $33.10; Boyce Gault $32.77; J. R. Hunni cutt $22.11; Humes Houston $51.94; Thurman E. Tig nor $33.47; J. E. Herndon $25; W. K. Mauney $115.20; and the E. T. Plott estate $21.40. (Mr. Mauney and the late Mr. Plott had com promised with the city, settling their accounts on an estimate of the city’s part of cost against their frontages.) When the board gives the needed pay-off resolution, the money will toe refunded on pres entation of evidence that the ac count has been paid, Mr. Mitch am said. He said a receipt, check, or other evidence would toe re quired. KIWANIS MEETING The Kings Mountain Kiwanis club will hold a business ses sion at its regular Thursday night meeting, it was announ ced this week. The Boys and Girls Work committee willd is cuss plans for the club’s Christ mas charity activities, Pro gram Chairman Harold Cog gins said. The club meets at Masonic Dining Hall at 6:45. Police Seeking Moss Assailant TO BE HONORED — Mrs. Hilda Halliburton, of Clyde, N. C.. wor thy matron of the Order of the Eastern Star of North Carolina, will pay her official visit to the local chapter Friday night at a banquet at Masonic Hall. OES To Honoi Mrs. Halliburton Mrs. Hilda Halliburton, of Clyde, N. C., worthy grand mat ron of the Order of the Eastern Star of North Carolina, will make hler official visit to Kings Moun tain chapter 123, OES, Friday night, according to announce ment by chapter officials. The local chapter will honor Mrs. Halliburton and William H. McNeill, worthy grand patron of the North Carolina OES, at a ban quet at 6:30 p. m. at Masonic Hall. Mrs. D. E. Tate, worthy matron, said other Eastern Star officials and delegates from surrounding towns are expected to attend. Mis. Joe Hedden Census Taker The U. S. Bureau of the Cen sus will begin collecting facts on employment and unemployment from a panel of local" residents in December, as part of the Cur rent Population Survey, accord ing to Supervisor Joseph R. Nor wood of the Bureau’s district of fice at Charlotte, N. C., which will participate in the survey. Mrs. Francis C. Hedden of Kings Mountain, has been desig nated as intervitewer for the Cur rent Population Survey in this area. The Current Population Sur vey, conducted on a sample basis for more than a decade by the Census Bureau, provides up-to date national estimates on fem ployment and unemployment and also related population character istics information such as the number of persons who are not HOSPITALIZED Officer B. P. Cook is hbspital ized at Kings Mountain hospi tal where he is undergoing treatment and observation. Neisler Sale “Not Through”, ButConsummation Expected Rumors that the sale of Neis ler Mills, Inc., plants here and elsewhere had not been consum mated due to failure of Horvath, Inc., to meet committments for payment were termed “nothing but rumors” Wednesday after noon by C. E. Neisler, president of Neisler Mills, Inc. Mr. Neisler acknowledged the fact that the sale Is “not through,” but indicated he ex pectted it to be consummated. He did not elaborate on the terms of payment. Under terms of the sale, Hor vath, Inc., a new corporation j headed by George Horvath, of New York, Horvath acquired Neisler’s two plants here, four others, and a lease on another mill, according to announcement on October 28 by Neisler Mills, Inc., a wholly-owned family cor poration which has operated here for 45 years. The plants continued under Neisler management, after a weekend shutdown to take inven tory. Since the announcement of sale, : Neisler employees have said, Er- i nes Horvath, brother of the head of the firm; has been in Kings Mountain, and, in two meeting ■ with supervisory employees, he reiterate^ the original statement . of Gteorge Horvath that the new owners wanted all employees to continue in their present duties. Grocer Attacked, Robbed Tuesday By Customer Jack Moss, operator of Uncle highway, was knocked unconsci ous and robbed of approximately $75 Tuesday morning by an uni dentified customer. According to Cleveland County officers, Moss was getting some meat ior the robber when he Was struck from behind. His assailant then dragged him into a rest room, locked him in, and left him. Moss reported to the officers that about $75 was missing from the cash drawer when he recover ed consciousness. Sheriff’s department deputies working on the case reported Wednesday that no arrfest had been made, but that several per sons had been questioned about the robbery. It was reported that the robber was driving a convertable auto mobile with North Carolina license plates. The car was said to be either a 1946-47 Plymouth or 1946-48 Ford. Moss said the robbery occurred about 8:30 a. m. Tuesday. The Moss robbery is the second in recent weeks here, Yates Gor don was robbed at his home on November 18. Johnnie Jones, Neg ro, is in jail awaiting trial for the Gordon offense. Gillespie Mamed Scout Chdzman Booth W. Gillespie, well-known Kings Mountain citizen has befen elected chairman of the Kings Mountain District Boy Scouts or ganization and his issued a call to all men interested in boys to offer their services in the Boy Scout program. “We need manpower,” Mr. Gil lespie said, “and we need it at all levels of Boy Scout work.” Specifically, Mr. Gillespie add ed* the Scout organization needs men willing to serve as assistant scoutmasters, scoutmasters, on the district organization commit tees, as troop committeemen, and in other positions. Mr. Gillespie asked that any men interested contact him at his home, phone 26, or attend Thurs 3ay night’s Court of Honor at City Hall. “I am not sure I should have accepted this responsible work," Mr. Gillespie said, “but I owe luite a debt to the Boy Scouts, rh'rough thle Boy Scout organiza tion, I was able to attend the 1920 World Jamboree in London, .vhich is an experience I shall never forget.” Library Gift Honors Late ARP Minister The Jacob S. Mauney Memorial Library has announced receipt of a book, given as a memorial to he late Dr. J. H. Pressly, of Statesville, ARP minister. The book, Dr. Julian Price Love’s “How to Read the Bible,” .vas given to the library by the ate minister’s son, Dr. W. L. Pressly, of Kings Mountain, pas tor of Boyce Memorial ARP ■hurch. Mrs. Hunter Neisler, reporting the gift, said the library welcomes these memorial gifts, suitably in scribes them, and places them in a special memorial section. Gas Accounts Due On Tenth, Too City Clterk Gene Mitcham re minded natural gas customers his week that gas accounts, like >ther utility accounty, are due on he tenth of the month. Unlike other utilities, gas ser vice is not discontinued on the tenth for non-payment. However, a ten percent penalty applies for ate payment. If gas bills aren’t said by the 20th of the month, ser vice is discontinued, he added. Dogs, Air Rifles Plague City Fathers Perennial joys of boys—dogs and air rifles — got considera tion if not action, from the city board of commissioners last week. Actually, action is threaten ed. The commissioners talked over the problem of both Ibiting and ibarking dogs, and the ad ditional problem of citizen complaints that young marks men are using an increasing number of window panes for target practice. Commissioner Tommy Ellison had some personal evidence on the air rifle business, reporting several panes damaged in his front window. Mayor Glee A. Bridges sug gested he would see that the police department make espe cial effort to handle the air rifle problem, and also promis ed he would check into the city’s dog control laws with a view to handling the biters, if not the barkers. Salley Is Out Of Play Post Members of the City Recrea tion Commission and several members of the city government held an informal meeting Mon day night and agreed to accept the resignation of Doug Salley as city recreation director,. Salley had submitted his res ignation early last month, tout had then Changed his mind a toout giving up his post. The resignation was effective December 5, according to Fred Plonk, chairman of the recrea tion commission. Mr. Plonk also said that the commission will seek a successor to Salley sometime after the first of the year. The meeting of the two boards followed last Thursday’s city board of commissioner session, at which some criticism was di rected at the recreation body and at Director Salley. City Commis sioner Sam Collins, remarking that he had understood the rec reation group was to toe present at the Thursday night regular session, said he understood the recreation commission's funds were virtually exhausted, with the only remaining income to be received from the five-cents per $100 valuation recreational tax. Commissioner Collins said, “What is the city’s part? Some body ain’t doing what he’s sup posed to do. We’re going to come up with a lot of bills we won’t be happy to see.” City Attorney J. IR. Davis sug gested the recreational program close until the summer of 1956 and Mr. Davis, Mr. Collins, and Mayor Glee A. Bridges said they had heard criticism of Mr. Sal ley’s management of the pro gram. CO-EDITOR Miss Vicki Jenkins of Kings Mountain was recently elected co-editor of the Echoes, Sacred Heart Junior College newspa per,. Miss Jenkins is a former reporter and columnist for the paper during the past two years. 44 Units Entered In Retailer Event Record Crowd Is Predicted At Yule Parade Santa Claus will pay an official visit to Kings Mountain Thursday afternoon. The annual Christmas parade will be highlighted by the appear ance of Ole Saint Nick, and what a reception he will have. Some 44 units, including bands, floats, and beauty queens have already entered the parade. This is the largest number of parade units in recent years, and the pro cession should be one to see. The parade will begin at 4 p. m. forming on West Gold street, and covering a. long line at march or> Railroad avenue, King street, Piedmont avenue, Mountain street and Battleground avenue. Bands from Gastonia, Chorry ville, Davidson, Bethware, Shel by, Bessemer City, and Cleveland High will march in addition to Kings Mountain’s own fine group. There will be seven floats, in eluding the prize-winning Queen City float, in addition to Santa’s float. The official parade line-up is as follows: 1. Safety Car 2. Color Guard 3. Mayor 4. City Council 5. Training Car 6. Gastonia Queen 7. Gastonia Band 8. Jaycees Float 9. Ponifes 10. Fire Truck 11. Cherryville Queen , 12. Cherryville Band 13. Queen City 14. Highland High Band 15. American Legion Float id. Y/nco Queen 1"T. D ivi ! on Band 18. Lance Float 19. Kings Mountain Queen 20. Kings Mountain Band 21. Burlington Mills Float 22. Studebaker Sports Car 23. Cub Scouts 24. Davidson Rhythm Band 25. Peterson Car 26. National Guard 27. Cleveland High Band 28. Carolina Freight 29. Foote Mineral Float 30. Tryon Queen . 31. Tryon Princess 32. Tryon Band 33. Moose Lodge Float 34. Girl Scouts 35. Bethware Queen 36. John Chavis Band 37. Lithium Corporation Float 38. Grover Queen 39. Shelby Qu'een 40. Shelby Band 41. Bessemer City Queen 42. Bessemer City Band 43. Boy Scouts 44. Santa Claus Float Lions Book Choo-Choo Justice For Football Banquet Speaker ELECTED — Miss Cynthia Plott, daughter of Mrs. E. T. Plott. has been elected a member of the student council of Marion col lege, Marion, Va„ the highest honor that a high school Student in the school can receive. Miss Plott is a senior in the high school department of the college. > The University of North Caro lina’s famous all-American foot ball player, Charlie "Choo-Choo” Justice, will be the guest speaker at the Kings Mountain Lions Club annual football ibanquet, Thursday, December 15. This year's banquet will ibe a joint meeting of the Kings Moun tain Lions and Kiwanis clubs, with the Lions serving as hosts. Honor guests will include the Kings Mountain football players and coaches^ Justice, one of the all-time greats in Southern football, is now employed in the public re lations department of American Oil Company. He is well remembered in North Carolina for his four years as a brilliant halfback for UNC, during which time he led his team to three bowl game bids. Justice was on All-American | teams three of these four years. He also played several years with the Washington Red Skir.s professional football team. How ever, he retired from the pro ranks at the end of last season to accept his position with A Continued On Page Eight DIED MONDAY — Funeral ser vices were held Tuesday for Mrs. Della Turner Cprnwell, 76, who died at her home Monday after an extended illness. Services were held at First Baptist church, with burial in Mountain Rest cemetery. Mrs. Cornwell's Rites Conducted Funeral services were held Tuesday at 3 p. m. at First Bap tist church for Mrs. Della Turner Cornwell, 76, who died at her home, 412 West Gold street, Mon day after an illness of several years. A native of Grover, Mrs. Corn well was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Maston Turner. Survivors include her husband, C. T. Cornwell; six daughters, Mrs. P. F. Dilling, Mrs. Lawrence Logan, Mrs. E. K. Whitener, and M^s. J. M McGinnis, all of Kings < Mountain, Mrs Archie Saunders of Stanley, and Mrs. Charles T. Mulwee of Memphis, Tenn ; two brothers, La B. and J. Austin Turne \ both of Charlotte; a sis ter, Mrs. Kate Johnson, also of Charlotte; 19 grandchildren, and seven g eat-grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. Cornwell were married September 11, 1900, and recently celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary. The Rev. A. T. Quakenbush, paslo ■ of Fi st Baptist church, the Rev R. D. Fritz, and Dr. V. L. Vipperman of Gastonia offi ciated. Burial was in Mountain Rest Cemetery. Active pallbearers were John Caveny, E. W. Griffin, Dan Fin ger, J. E. Herndon, Glee A. Brid ges. and Dr. O. P. Lewis. Honorary pallbearers were Will Weaver, J. B. Keeter, Lee Roberts Wray Williams, Arnold W. Kincaid, L. A. Hoke, Meek Or mand, Baxter Wright, Charles Dilling, and Clarence Carpenter. Hoke And Davis Get Herald Contracts Remaining contracts have been let for the construction of the Kings Mountain Herald building, now underway on S. Piedmont Avenue. L. A. Hoke, Kings Mountain electrical contractor, won the ■electrical contract on low Ibid a mong four, and Sam Davis Sheet Metal & Furnace Company, Kings Mountain, won the heat ing-air-conditioning contract on low bid among six. The contracts were effectuated this week, it was announced toy Martin Harmon, Herald publish er. C. D. Hunt, of Shelby, holds the general contract, and Ben T. Goforth, of Kings Mountain, holds the plumbing contract. Board Legalizes Chief s Talkbox It’s now legal for the city po lice chief to use a loud speaker, a law he’s been breaking con sistently. Last Thursday, the board of commissioners amended the ordinance preventing the use , of outdoor loud speakers with in the city limits by adding the words, “The ordinance is not to apply to city affairs undfer the direction of the police depart ment.” The chief’s auto is equipped with a loud speaker.
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