Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10.320
City Limits » 7,206
n. flgiu« foe Gnator flugt Mountain Is derived from
the 1CS5 Xing* Mountain city directory census. The City
limits figure Is from the United States census of 19S0.
Kings Mountain, N. CM Thursday, Novemebr 15, 1956
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VOL 66 No. 45
Established 1889
Sixty-Seventh Year
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Mountaineers To Meet Lenoir For Conference Flag
Slater Acquires
29-Loom Plant
Local News
Bulletins
4
BUREAU CLOSED
Offices of,the driver’s license
bureau in Kings Mountain will
Ibe closed Thursday and Friday,
November 15 and 16, while the
examiners are attending a re
fresher course in Chapel Hill.
Regular schedules will be ob
served next week.
GRADE MAKES TOUR
Children in Mrs. W. L. iRam
seur’s third grade at West
School visited Foote Mineral
Company and the Kings Moun
tain Herald last Thursday, con
tinuing a tour of Kings Moun
tain industry. The Herald re
ceived thank-you notes on Ibe
helf of the grade from Sallie
Fulkerson, Danny Walker, and
Vickie Petty.
AT CONVENTION
Kings Mountain Baptist min
isters are attending the Baptist
State convention in Winston
Salem this week.. The session,
Which began Monday, closes
Thursday. .Rev. T. A. Lineber
ger, Rev. A. T. Quakenbush,
Rev. Carl Greene, Rev. Flay
Payne, Rev. S. T. Cooke, and
Rev. H. G. McElroy are amoung
ministers there.
EAST SCHOOL
East school will hold its reg
ular P-TA meeting Tuesday
afternoon at 3:30 p. m. in the
school auditorium. Program on
flower arranging by Mrs. W.
L. Pressly will feature the
meeting.
DINNER
The Ladies’ and Mens’ Bible
class of Grace Methodist
church are sponsoring a chick
en-dumpling dinner Saturday,
November 17. Serving will be
gin at 5 p. m. The public is in
vited.
AT MEETING
Mrs. Douglas Fritz, Mrs.
Clarence Plonk, Jr., Mrs. Jim
Smith, and Mrs. Claude Rhyne
will represent Resurrection
Lutheran church at the South
ern Conference missionary din
ner in Lincolnton Friday night.
ATTENDS MEETING
D. B. Blalock attended the
ASC area meeting in session
in Asheville last Thursday and
^Friday,, ait filalook is chair
man of the Cleveland County
ASC committee.
ATTEND MEET
School Trustees Arnold Kin
caid and Fred Plonk, along
with Supt. B. N. Barnes, attend
ed a meeting of the Delegate
Assembly of N. C. School
Boards Association in Chapel
Hill Tuesday. It was the an
nual meeting of this organiza
tion.
BOARD TO MEET
The regular monthly meet
ing of the Board of School
Trustees will toe held Monday
night in the office of Suipt. B.
N. Barnes. Mr. Barnes reported
Wednesday that only routine
matters of business were
scheduled to be heard.
NO FIRES
City Fireman Ted Gamble
reported Kings Mountain Fire
department answered no fire
alarms this week.
MOOSE MEETING
Curtis Gaffney, secret a rjf of
Kings Mountain Lodge 1748,
announced members of the
lodge will hold their regular
weekly meeting Thursday
night at 8:15 at the lodge on
Bessemer City road.
CITY BOARD
The city board of commis
sioners will meet Monday aft
ernoon at 4 o'clock to open <bids
on a half-ton truck, which the
city expects to purchase for the
electrical department.
Kings Mountain
Plant Operation
Will Be Boosted
Slater Brothers, Inc., Kings
Mountain plush weaving compa
ny, has purchased the entire plant
of Pennsylvania Plush Weavers,
Inc., Of Easton, Pa., and will
move the 29 looms and allied e
quipment here.
Announcement was made by E.
A. Johnson, general manager of
the Kings Mountain operation.
Slater Brothers recently laun
ched construction of an addition
to its plant, located on York
Road, to provide an additional
21,700 square feet of floor space.
The new addition will house the
looms newly acquired from the
Pennsylvania Company, and Mr.
Johnson said Wednesday he hop
ed the entire project, both build
ing and moving of the Easton
plant, will be completed by ear
ly spring of 1957.
The building program is a
week ahead of schedule with a
completion date set for January
1.
Slater also anticipates the
building of another addition of
2196 square feet to be used as a
preparation room and this pro
ject is to begin immediately.
Mr. Johnson said the PeSnnsyl
vania acquisition will increase
Slater’s Kings Mountain looms
to 94 — including a new automa
tic double - shuttle loom recent
ly arrived. Mr. Johnson said the
new loom is Germanmade and
the only one in the United States.
He said assembling of the new
loom is to begin soon.
The general manager declined
to estimate the potential employ
ment increase to occur due to the
current expansion. However, he
noted, “employment should in
crease considerably.” Slater cur
rently employs 100 to 110 persons
in its plush-weaving operations.
Mr. Johnson said the Pennsyl
vania firm recently acquired was
established in 1927 and had en
joyed a fine reputation for pro
ducing high - quality fabrics
throughout its history.
The Slater firm began opera
tions in Kings Mountain in 1950
and has steadily expanded since
that time.
In addition to Kings Mountain,
the firm operates also in Shel
by and in Patterson, N. J., the
latter its home office.
Woman's Club
To Honor Teachers
Teacher Appreciation Day will
be observed by the Woman’s club
who will honor teachers of the
city schools system at a Thursday
night program at the Woman’s
club.
American Home Department of
the Woman’s club is sponsoring
the program from 7:30 until 9
o’clock p. m. Teachers, P-TA
members, and members of the
Woman’s club are invited to at
tend.
Refreshments will be served.
WINS BADGE — Jacob Philo
Mauney, Jr., 14-year-old son of
Dr. and Mrs. J. P. Mauney, re
ceived the Eagle scout badge at
Court of Honor here Thursday
night. Scout Mauney, a freshman
at Central high school, has com
pleted three years of scout work
in Troop 2 of St. Matthew's Luth
eran church.
Thanksgiving
Rites Planned
Kings Mountain area churches
are planning traditional Thanks
giving services for next Wednes
day night and Thanksgiving Day.
St. Matthew’s Lutheran church
has scheduled a Thanksgiving
morning service at 9 a. m., and
Boyce Memorial ARP church will
hold its traditional 7:30 service,
to *be followed by breakfast to
be served by men of the church.
Central Methodist church is
also planning a morning service
and breakfast. An 8 o’clock
breakfast will precede the
Thanksgiving rites.
First Baptist church will ob
serve Thanksgiving rites at its
regular Wednesday evening
prayer service, as will First Wes
leyan church and First Presby
terian church.
Grace Methodist church will al
so hold a Thanksgiving morning
service, and other special rites
are being planned by Resurrec
tion Lutheran and Macedonia
Baptist churches.
Kiwanis To Heai
Times Editor
Ed Lewis, a former manager of
the Shelby Chamber of Com
merce, will address members of
the Kings Mountain Kiwanis
club Thursday night.
Mr. Lewis, currently editor of
the Cleveland Times, is a former
High Point newsman and onetime
editor of an aircraft trade publi
cation.
Attention of club members has
been called to a change in the
date for the meeting of next week.
The club will meet at noon on
Tuesday at the Woman’s Club,
due to the Thanksgiving holiday.
The club will meet at the regu
lar hour, G:45 on Thursday night
at the Woman’s Club, for Mr.
Lewis’ address.
Local School Funds Annual Andit
Shows Budget Foz Year Underspent
Kings Mountain City School
properties are valued at $906,090,
according to figures from the an
nual local funds audit report of
the Kings Mountain School Ad
ministrative Unit, by Robert H.
Cooke, auditor for the year end
ing June 30, 1956.
A break - down of the valua
tion of school properties shows
that $758,300 of the total is in
buildings, while contents and e
quipment is valued at $81,890.
The report also indicates that
the buildings and contents are
covered by insurance in the a
mount of $671,030, this figure be
ing based on replacement at fair
market values excluding founda
tions below the ground.
Average daily attendance fig
ures showed that a total of 2,030
children attended the Kings
Mountain City Schools each day
of the past school year. These
figures are broken down to show
that 1,561 of the children were
elementary students, while 469
were enrolled in the city’s two
high schools. Negro students
constituted 238 in daily attendan
ce figures.
Cash-in-banks and investments
totaled $210,414.72 on the assets
side of the ledger. Also listt d as
assets were special district tax
es receivable at $1,984.09, and ;
$634.36 in taxes receivable from
prior years. The assets were
rounded out by the $906,090 list
ed in school properties making |
a total of $1,119,123.17 in assets, j
Liabilities included $2,618.45
reserve for uncollected taxes, $2,- j
000 in bonds payable and surplus
es of $1,114,504.72. These sur
plus figures include $904,000 in
school buildings and properties. i
A surplus analysis shows 'that
the current expense fund had a
budget of $89,475.48 with expen
ditures of $58,416.73 showing a
surplus of $31,058.75. Capital out
lay’s budget was $381,249.86
while actual expenditures a
mounted to $201,893.89, leaving
a surplus of $179,355.97. Capital
fund showed a surplus of $904,090.
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Locating Team Now Surveying
New Section Of Highway 29
Weiss Named
Acting Head
Of C. Of c.
/
Dan Weiss, Kings Mountain
merchant, was elected temporary
chairman of a group of business
men seeking to organize a Cham
ber of Commerce at a meeting
held at City Hall Monday night.
Dr. L. T. Anderson was named
temporary secretary, and other
temporary appointments made
included Fleete McCurdy, mem
bership, Martin flarmon, consti.
tution and by-laws, and Bcb
Hoffman and Jonas Bridges, pub
licity.
The group expects to meet
again in about three weeks and
will seek representation from
all segments of Kings Mountain
industry, retailing and profes
sional groups.
The temporary set-up was
formed after the group — num
bering some 26 businessmen —
heard an address by Paul Lime
rick, secretary of the Shelby
Chamber of Commerce, who out
lined organizational details and
recommended that Kings Moun
tain form a Chamber. He defined
the aim of such an organization
as one solely dedicated to aiding
the community in direction riec
essary.
A principal function is aiding
the expansion of industry, in
cluding help In the location of
new industry and aid in the ex
pansion of existing industry.
He said Shelby’s Chamber of
Commerce has a budget of about
$14,000 per year and has set
membership dues of $25 per year.
Mr. Limerick gave details of
the successful completion of a
recent .Chamber of Commerce
project in activating the Ella
Mill, formerly owned by Loom
Tex Corporation, which also
owns the now-idle former Du
Court plant here. The Ella plant
was recently sold to a manufac
turer of elastic. When it ge*s into
operation, it will employ an esti
mated 250 persons. Mr. Limerick
said the Shelby Chamber of Com
merce was liason agent in the
transaction, finally got seller and
purchaser to agree.
“I have been authorized to
say,” Mr. Limerick stated, “that
the Shelby Chamber of Com.
merce will cooperate with this
group in any way it can, both to
aid in its organization and to
work with it after organization
in any project benefitting this
county.’*'
Tentative plans call for anoth
er meeting at City Hall on De
cember 2.
“I can tell you from exper
ience,” Mr. Limerick said, “that
Chamber of Commerce work is
often-times disheartening. It re
quires the patience of Job. How
ever, it is also very rewarding
when a project is brought to suc
cessful completion.”
Mr. Weiss, acting chairman,
said, “I am highly pleased at the
interest evidenced at Monday
night’s meeting. I feel we can
organize an active Chamber of
Commerce, one that will render
much benefit to the community."
Howe Sendees
Held Wednesday
Funeral services were held at
Macedonia Baptist Church Gas
tonia Wednesday afternoon at 4
o’clock for John Thomas Howe,
75, of Gastonia, father of Mrs.
Seymour Biddix of Kings Moun
tain, who died earlier *his week.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Lillian Chatham Howe, of the
home; three sons, Thomas, Boy
and Eddie Howe, all of Gastonia;
six daughters, Mrs. Biddix, Mrs.
Richard Blackston of Belmont,
Mrs. Clarence Stanley of Doug
lasville, Ga., Mrs. J. C. McGinnis,
Mrs. William Jackson, and Mrs.
Earl Rector, aU of Gastonia; two
.brothers, Henry Howe of Savan
nah, Ga., and Andrew Howe of
Atlanta, Ga., and a si6ter, Mrs.
Effie Tate of Easley, S> C.
Mr. Howe was the son of the
late Joe and Lucy Milkel Howe.
The ®ev. M. P. iRhyne, pastor,
officiated. Burial was In Gaston
Memorial Park.
ASSIST IN INSPECTION — Officers of the Third Army Inspection
Team of Fort Bragg who conducted an inspection at Kings Moun
tain National Guard recently include, left to right. Major James G.
Evans, regular army advisor for North Carolina National Guard,
Major Louis H. Davis, state maintenance officer. Captain A. A.
Gleason, officer in charge of the Third Army Inspectional team, and
Lt. Paul B. Barbee, staff assistant of the Third Bn. 120th Inf., North
Carolina National Guard.
Merchants Suspend
Mid-Week Closing
Wednesday afternoon was
the final half - holiday for
Kings Mountain retail mer
chants until after Christmas.
The Kings Mountain Mer
chants association announced
that business firms, according
to association by-laws, will re
main open next Wednesday
and on subsequent Wednes
days until Christmas to accom
modate Yule-season shoppers.
Virtually all firms, with ex
ception of service stations, will
be closed for Thanksgiving
November 22.
Mis. Everhart's
Rites Wednesday
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at 3 p. m.
at Central Methodist Church for
Mr,s. Elizabeth Jane Everhart, 79,
who died at her home, 710 West
Mountain street, Tuesday follow,
ing an .illness of several years.
A daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Daniel A. Fulton of Kings
Mountain, Mrs. Everhart was a
native of York County, S. C- She
was the widow of William Riley
Everhart, who died in 192-1.
Survivors include four sons,
and Daniel Everhart, the latter
of Shelby; five sisters, Mrs. Char
les Fulton, Mrs. W. C. Putnam,
Mrs. E. B. Olive, Mrs. Grier Mc
Daniel, and Mrs. A. L. Allran, all
of Kings Mountain; 13 grandchil
dren, and 10 great - grandchild
ren. Twod aughters, Mrs. Clyde
Cole, of Kings Mountain, and
Mrs. Lloyd Watson, of Deep Gap,
also survive.
Mrs. Everhart was a member of
Central Methodist Church.
The Rev. James B McLarty,
pastor of Central Methodist
Church, officiated. Burial was in
Mountain Rest Cemetery.
Harmon Reviews
Voting Results .
The Republican party scored a
landslide victory for the presi
dency last week because of a
“glamour boy" candidate, and
Kings Mountain’s contribution to
the Republican vote total was a
partial expression of long-time
hard-core Republicanism, Mar
tin Harmon, Herald editor, told
members of the Kings Mountain
Lions club Tuesday night.
Assigned the task of analy
zing the November 6 election, Mr.
Harmon attributed the universal
popularity of President Eisen
hower as the major factor con
tributing to the big Eisenhower
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National Guard
Again "Superior"
In Inspection
Hq. and Hq. Co., 120 Ini., Regt.
Kings Mountain National Guard,
received a rating 0f “all-superior”
at a recent inspection here, Capt.
Humes Houston has been in
formed.
A National Guard bureau a
ward for. efficiency in mainte
nance will be awarded to the unit
on the basis of the ratings re
ceived through the State of Nor
th Carolina, the commanding of
ficer pointed out.
It is the seond year that the
local guard has won an award
of “all superior.” Inspecting of
ficers complimented the unit "for
the splendid display and the
maintenance and operational sta
tus of the equipment.”
Captain A. A. Gleason and men
of the Third Army Inspection
Team of Fort Bragg supervised
the inspection. The team includ
ed regular army personnel, each
a technician in his own field.
Two men checked engineer pro
perty, three men checked unit’s
weapon’s, two men checked ve
hicles, one man checked Quarter
master property, one man check
ed chemical property, and one
man checked Signal property, it
was reported. Assisting the in
spection team were Major James
G. Evans, army advisor for the
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New Portion
To Be South
01 Present 29
The state highway locating
team is surveying ar oute for a
new portion of U. S. 29 south of
' Kings Mountain.
H. B. MidgeCe, locating engin
eer and chief of the nine-man
crew working here, said Wednes
day the proposed new four-lane
section of 29 likely will start
some 1400-1500 feet south of pres,
ent 29 at Grover, will proceed
northward and intersect with
present 29 at the Dixon fioad in
tersection.
From this point a second dual
lane will be built to make a four
lane toouvelard of the Kings
Mountain by-pass to N. C. 161.
Also anticipatded is relocation
of the Dixon Road. It will inter
sect with present U. S. 29 (thence
to become an alternate U. S.
route or state highway) some
2000 feet south of the current in
tersection.
Mr. Midgetfe said his crew lias
completed work on four miles of
a 12-mile assignment to "survey
for interstate system (relocation
of U. S. 29) 'beginning at the
South Carolina line near Grover
and terminating at the intersec
tion of U. S. 321 south of Gas
tonia, excluding the Kings Moun
tain toy-pass, which has 'been
completed.’’
Mr. Midgette pointed out that
the present locating plans are
“mere proposals,” which must be
approved by the State Highway
Commission and the federal Bu.
reau of Roads. However, he add
ed, he anticipated the proposal
likely would toe approved.
The new road, as weii as al
ready-constructed portions of the
by-pass, will 'be s'rictly “limited
access.” Mr. Midgette says over
passes and underpasses Will be
employed as will, in some intan
ces, he anticipates that many
crossovers between the two duals
lanes will be eliminated, with a
corresponding decrease in num
ber of access points, to be ob
tained by lengthening present
off-highway access raods.
According to Mr. Midgette, the
new section of U. S. 29, would
start near Grover, proceed north
of Shiloh AMZ church (about 300
feet), cut through lands of David
Hamrick and intersect with pres
ent U. S. 29 at the Dixon Road in
tersection.
The state will require right-of
ways from 260 feet up. Mr. Mid
ge'te said, adding the opinion
way will be sought along the
present U. S. 29 roadbed.
Mr. Midgette, a native of Cape
Hafterras, now lives at Morgan
ton. Hi.s office is located behind j
Horseshoe Grill and is nextdocr
to Cleveland Builders Supply.
The U. S. 29 project is one of
the federal-state roads to be built
from the recently launched fed
eral highway building program.
The federal governmenf pays 90
percent of the costs, *he state 10
percent.
Petition Signatures Asked Here
For State-Wide Liquor Election
A number of Kings Mountain
churchmen are collaborating on
an Allied Church League effort
which seeks signatures of one
million North Carolina citizens
on a petition to obtain a state
wide liquor referendum.
Dr. D. F. Hord, Kings Moun
tain dentist, who helped circulate
one of the petitions last Sunday,
said he met with near 100 percent
success among those persons he
saw. However, he added, about
half the folk in his area were not
at home.
Dr. Hord said he understood
seven denominations are spark
ing the movement to present the
owe million requests to the 1957
General Assembly, which con
venes in February.
Rev. P. D. Patrick, pastor of,
First Presbyterian church, said
that Rev. H. G. McElroy, pastor.
of Temple Baptist church, and
Rev. Jake Thornburg, pastor of
Patterson Grove Baptist church,
are co-chairmen of the local area
movement. The Presbyterian!
Synod, he added, took a dim view j
of the Allied Church League ac
tivities at its most recent session.
Mr. Patrick did not know whe
ther the signatures are sought
merely to impress the members
of the General Assembly or whe
ther they are sought to require a
mandatory referendum.
In the past, the Allied Church
League has asked the General
Assembly for a state-wide liquor
vote at each session. Bills are in
troduced but usually are not re
ported out of committee. Also,
in the past, the Allied Church
League has sought an election
whice would retain the present
county option system or make
the state bone-dry. The prohibi
tion group has formerly opposed
an election which would make
the state completely wet, or com
pletely dry.
Rev. R. M. Hauss, of Shelby, is
executive director of the Allied
Church League.
Dr. Hord said the circulation
of petitions is a project of the
First Baptist church Brother
hood.
Game Is Set
Far Hickory
Friday Night
By BOB HOFFMAN
(Herald Sports Editor)
Kings Mountain's Mountain
eers will journey to Lenoir-Rhyne
Stadium Friday night to meet the
Lenoir Bearcats in the Western
North Carolina High School Ath
letic Association championship
contest.
This will mark the second con
secutive year that the Mountain
eers have made this trip. Last
season, the local squad dropped
a thrilling 14-6 battle to a strong
Valdese team, sparked by Doug
Cline.
Local fans feel the story will
be different this season. The 1956
team will go into the contest with
almost an identical record as the
1955 Mountaineers carried to
Hickory. The 1956 record shows
nine wins, no losses, and one tie.
Last season, the mark was 10
wins, no losses, and a single tie.
The extra win came when Forest
City was defeated in a play-off
game for the Southwestern title.
The Bearcats will also be put
ting an impressive record on the
line with eight wins, one loss, and
one tie. Shelby handed the Lenoir
team its only tie of the season
in a 0-0 thriller. Lexington defeat"
ed the Cats in the opening game
by a 27-7 margin for their only
loss.
Kings Mountain has racked up
a total of 183 points in 10 games,
while holding opponents to 58.
Lenoir has scored 136 points and
allowed 75.
Both teams shut out four op
ponents, but Lenoir also failed to
score in one of these contests. On
the other hand, the Mountaineers
scored in every game. Each team
won five of its games by one
touchdown margains.
Shu Carlton’s boys are sparked
by the running of Ken Baity,
John McGinnis, Curt George, and
Doug Rathbone. McGinnis has
also been known to toss a few
touchdown passes, with Charles
Bridges his favorite target.
Lenoir also believes primarily
in a ground game, with Glen
Wilson, Jud Spainhour, Dennis
Rash, and Frank Maynard car
rying the brunt of the attack.
The teams are about even in
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Wailick Rules
In Mine Case
Federal Judge Wilson Warlick,
of Newton, has ruled in favor of
A. S. MacCulloch, of Vancouver,
Canada, in his legal action con
cerning issuance of Carolina
Mines, Inc., common stock.
J. E. Herndon, vice-president
of Carolina Mines, was not in
Kings Mountain Wednesday but
his attorney, J. R. Davis, said he
anticipated an appeal from the
Warlick ruling will be filed to the
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Judge Warlick signed judg
ment in the case on November 5.
According to Mr. Davis, a month
is allowed in which to file an
appeal.
At issue was trial of a suit
lodged by MacCulloch in which
MacCulloch, president of Caroli
na Mines, disagreed with | Mr.
Herndon and others on the a
mount of common stock he was to
receive. Mr. MacCulloch con
tended, under his interpretation
of the stock agreement that he
was to receive about 120,000
shares, while the defendants con
tended he should receive only
about 70,000.
MacCitfloch lodged suit in fed
eral court to restrain sale of Car
olina Mines, Inc., stock and to
obtain a ruling on his contention.
Meantime, the Securities and Ex
change commission also restrain
ed sale of the stock, charging vi
olation of SEC regulations in
promotion and sale of the stock.
Judge Warlick ruled that Mr.
MacCulloch is to receive 35 per
cent of all stock issued, which
was the MacCulloch contention.
Carolina Mines, Inc., was or
ganized last year for the purpose
of mining kyanite in the Crowd
er’s Mountain area.
REVIVAL
■Rev. Charlie Farris will be
gin a week’s revival Sunday
night at Gamble Hill Baptist
church, according to announce
ment by the pastor. ,Rev. W. P.
Bumgardner. Services will be
held nightly at 7 p. m. through
November 25 with special .sing
ing to feature the meeting. The
church is located on Highway 29
between Gastonia and Kings
Mountain.