Kings Mountain i Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 7,206 riM Ofun for Creator Vagi Mountain U dnln4 from tb* tWS Sag* Mountain city -tlrectory ceiuu*. The City limit* figure 1* from tbo United State* census of 1S50. Merchants Staging City-Wide Clearance This Weekend Of) Pages Today VOL. 68 No. 8 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. CM Thursday, February 21, 1957 Sixty-Eighth Year PRICE FIVE CENTS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TEAM GETS MEM BERS — The Chamber of Commerce membership committee used the occasion of the 50th anniver sary celebration of Kings Mountain Buildigg & Loan Tuesday to pick up membership checks from W. K. Mauney. Mr. Mauney, right, is pre ---,3, i senting checks for memberships for Mauney Mills, Bonnie Mills, and himself to Fleete McCurdy, membership chairman. Looking on, left to right, are Mayor Glee A. Bridges, Dr. L. T. Anderson, acting secretary, and Dan Weiss, acting president. (Pennington photo.) Local News Bulletins SUPPER Grace Methodist church will sponsor a chicken supper Sat urday in the church recreation hall with serving to begin at 5 o’clock p. m. All proceeds will go to the building fund of Pen ley’s Chapel church. MOOSE LODGE Members of Kings Mountain Moose Lodge 1748 will hold their regular weekly meeting Thursday night at 8:15 at the lodge on Bessemer City road, according to an announcement. BENEFIT GAME The Junior class of Bethware school will sponsor a donkey basketball game Friday night, February 22, at 7:30 p.m. in the school gymnasium. Admission is 25 and 50 cents. CAKE SALE The Azalea Garden Club will sell cakes at Phifer Hardware Company Saturday morning beginning at 9 o’clock. Pro ceeds will be used to buy shrubbery for planting at North Elementary School. KIWANIS MEETING A film, “Bright Steel”, from Bethlehem Steel Company will ibe viewed by Kiwanians at the weekly meeting of Kings Mountain Kiwanis Club Thurs day night. The club meets at Kings Mountain Woman’s Club at 6:45 p.m. KINCAID DUE HOME Arnold W. Kincaid, who un derwent an operation at Baptist hospital, Winston - Salem, last week, was reported improving satisfactorily Wednesday. He is expected to return home dur ing the weekend. RATTERREE HOME Major James Batterree, Army Air Force, arrived home Sun day morning following more than a year’s .tour of duty in Labrador. After a leave with his wife and family here, he is to report for duty in Washing ton, D. C. VARIETY SHOW East school will sponsor a variety show at the school Thursday, February 21, at 7:15 p.m. Admission is 10 cents for students and 25 cents for adults and refreshments will (be avail able from the school Parent Teacher Association. The public is being invited to attend. LIONS PROGRAM Bob Rierson, production man ager of Charlotte’s WBTV, will discuss ibehind - the - scenes work in television for members at the Kings Mountain Lions clifb Tuesday night. He will be prepared to answer questions from the audience after his ad dress, according to Jonas Brid gest, program chairman. The elufb meets at the Woman’s Outo at 7 o’clock. C. Of C. Member List Now At 84 Triplets Said "Doing Fine" Baby McClure “B” and Baby McClure “C”, two - thirds of a set of triplets delivered at Kings Mountain Hospital to Mrs. Willie Meeks McClure by Dr. Kenneth McGill on February 8, are still at the local hospital. Reports Wednesday were that the two babies are “doing fine”, and will probably .be allowed to go home as soon as they reach the five - pound weight mark. Baby McClure “B” weighed in at four pounds, six ounces; and Baby McClure “C” four pounds, four and three - eighths ounces at birth. The three Negro girls, first trip lets born at the hospital, caused quite a stir among the hospital staff at the time of their birth. The parents, who reside near Bes semer City, have six other chil dren, five boys and a girl. Baby McClure “A” wbn;t home with her mother last week,. OFFICE CLOSED Dr. L. T. Anderson' chiroprac tor, announces his offices will be closed here Thursday, Fri day, and Saturday, while he is attending an educational semi nar given by Dr. James Parker, of Texas, at Robert E. Lee Ho tel Winston-Salem. McCurdy Aims At 100-Mark Within Week Membership in Kings Mountain Chamber of Commerce increased to 84 through noon Wednesday. New memberships reported toy FI e e t e McCurdy, membership committee chairman, during the past week included: Dellinger’s Jewel Shop, Hoyle D. McDaniel, W. T. Ledford, P. M. Neisler, Sr., Hunter Neisler, C. E. Neisler, Joe A. Neisler Sr., Foote Mineral Company J. Wilson Crawford, W. K. Mauney, Bonnie Cotton Mills, Inc., Mauney Mills, Inc., D. L. Saunders, Park Yarn Mills Company, A. H. Patterson, and Home Building & Loan As sociation. The above are cash - in -hand memberships. On instruction, statements have been sent and memberships are expected from Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company, A & P Tea Company, and Lithium Corporation of America. Dues are $25 for each calendar year. “We are near the point for for mal organization,” Chairman Mc Curdy said. “The membership (Continued on Page EightJ City-Wide Sale Set By Retailers Three-Day Event Features Prizes And Low Prices Kings Mountain merchants are collaborating this weekend on a city - wide sales event called “City • Wide Clearance Sale”, with major eity retailers partici pating in virtually all segments of retail business. The three - day event finds merchants featuring numerous bargains on top quality merchan dise, with many retailers offer ing special purchase values pur chased particularly for this e vent. Planning- for the three - day sales event began several weeks ago. Charles Blanton, chairman of the Kings Mountain Merchants association committee in charge of arrangements, noted that the retailer offerings give Kings Mountain area citizens a chance to buy winter goods at giveaway prices and a chance to buy new spring merchandise at consider able reductions. Majority of the merchants are specifying “three days only” on majority of their offerings. An added bonus for weekend shoppers will be more than $200 in trade certificates to be given away at prize drawings. The mer chandise certificates, provided by participating firms, range in value from $10 up. Citizens may register at all participating stores which include: Dixie - Home Store, Baird Furn iture, Belk’s Department Store, Bridges Hardware, Cooper's Inc., Dellinger’s Jewel Shop, Eagle’s Store, Keeter’s Department Store, Kings Mountain Drug Company, Myers' Department Store, McGin nis Department Store, McGinnis Furniture Company, Phifer Hard ware, Plonk Brothers & Company and Sterchi’s. Associate sponsors include First National Bank, Joy Theatre, Kings Mountain Herald, Victory Chevrolet Company and Radio Station WKMT. Other members of the associa tion committee are Richard Bar nette, Jonas Bridges and Menzell Phifer,. laycees To Attend Meeting At Durham A large delegation of Kings Mountain Jaycees are planning to attend this weekend’s North Carolina Junior Chamber of Com merce quarterly iboard of direc tors session in Durham. Among Kings Mountain Jay cees planning to -attend are Pres ident J. T.. McGinnis and Mrs. Mc Ginnis, Bill Eldon, Charles E. Dixon, -Robert H. Goforth, Jack White, Delibert Dixon, Don Ham bright, Louis Sabettie, and Dean Payne. The session opens Friday, con tinues through Sunday. Sunday Power Cut-Off Planned Many city power customers will be without electrical ser vice Sunday afternoon from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., provided the weather is clear. The city electrical depart ment will make a three -hour cut - off while rebuilding trans mission lines at *be intersec tion of Piedmont avenue and King street, Hunter Allen, elec trical superintendent, said. Majority of city customers will ibe effected, he said. If the weather is bad, the re building chore will be delayed. More Soil Bank Funds Received Ralph Harrill, Cleveland Coun ty ASC manager, reported Wed nesday that his office has taken l, 185 applications from county farmers to soil bank cotton acre age. Cotton banking, previously stopped due to exhaustion of the county’s original allocation of $460,550, was resumed last Fri day, when additional funds were supplied. Mr. Harrill said 7,526 acres are involved in the applications to date, and that these applicants are scheduled to receive $493, 394.50. Applications will be taken through the month of February, Mr. Harrill noted. He reported that his office had been authoriz ed to sign every cotton farmer in the county for 10 acres or 30 percent of bis cotton acreage al lotment, whichever Is the larger figure. Mr. Harrill also reported that anyone having already made ap plication can revise his applica tion during the month of Febru ary, but pointed out that, after t'he agreement is accepted by the county committeemen, it cannot be changed or altered. ASC office hours are from 8 a. m. until 5 p.m,., Monday through Friday. However, Mr. Harrill said the office will be closed all day on Friday, February 22, a holi day for federal employees. Farmers will get one of four figures as their cotton soil-ibank payments: $52, $59, $65, or $72 per acre. These figures were set “per farm’’ by the county ASC committeemen. IMPROVING Miss lassie Huffstetler, city school :aculty member, was re ported Wednesday as recuper ating satisfactorily from a heart attack suffered recently. Dr. P. G. Padgett, her physician, said she is still allowed no visi tors, a customary precaution for patients with heart condi tions. She is at Kings Moun tain hospital. 500 Attend B. & L. Anniversary Party Some 500 persons from Kings Mountain and surrounding com munities braved cold rain Tues day afternoon to attend the open house celebrating the 50th anni versary of the founding of Kings Mountain Building & Loan asso ciation. Directors, their wives and em ployees served as hosts for the event, held at the association of fices. Refreshments were served and numerous floral pieces from friends of the association were displayed. Favors were presented all guests. A ibrief ceremony was held opening the event. Dr. W. P. Ger berding said an invocation, Ben H. Bridges, association secretary, welcomed the group, and Mayor Glee A. Bridges brought congrat ulations and greetings on behalf of the city.. He praised the asso ciation for its contributions to the community through a half cen tury. W. K. Mauney, association president, stated appreciation for the good will of the community during 50 years and pledged the efforts of the officers and en. ployees for “an even better fu ture during the forthcoming 5. years’’. Corpmlttee In charge of ar rangements included Mrs. ®. L Lewis, of Bessemer City, Mrs. Ben H. Bridges, Mrs. J. E. Mauney, and Mrs. W. M. Gantt. (Continued on Pa$e Eight J FIRM CELEBRATES GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY — Kings Mountain Building & Loan association cele brated its 50th birthday Tuesday, holding open house in the association offices. Pictured, are Ben H. Bridges, secretary • treasurer, Mayor Glee A. Bridges, and W. K. Mcruney, president shortly alter the brief opening ceremonies. Some 500 per sons attended the open house event (Pennington photo.) TOP YOUNG FARMER — Robert F. Cabiness of the Lattimore community, accepts a trophy repre senting his tit,e cf Cleveland County’s “Young Farmer of the Year" from Bob Cox, left, state pres ident of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, award sponsors. Cabiness was honored last night at a joint dinner meeting of Shelby and Kings Moun tain Jaycees held here. Looking on from left to right are: J. T. McGinnis. Kings Mountain Jaycee president; Cameron Ware, runner-up for the "Young Farmer" award; J. L. Wilkie, Shelby club president; and Harold Dellinger, also a runner-up. (Photo by Paul Lemmons, Shelby Daily Star). Robert F. Cabiness Named County Young Farmer Of'57 Falls Sent Bills On Mayor's Pay, Filing Deadline Proposed legislation has .been drawn by City Attorney J. R. Da vis and forwarded to Rep. B. T. Falls, Jr., to effectuate changes in the city Charter to 1) increase the pay of city commissioners and to increase the maximum a mount a board can pay the may or to $6,000, and 2) to advance the deadline for filing for city and school district elective offi ces. Mr. Davis said he mailed the two proposed amendments to Rep. Falls Tuesday,. To become effective, the chang es must be enacted by the North Carolina General Assembly. The proposed amendment on commissioner and mayor pay follows: “The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: Section No. 1: That Section three (3) of Chapter 684 of the 1947 Sessions Laws of North Carolina be a mended to read as follows: “That the mayor ^hall receive as compensation for his services such sum as the city commission ers shall determine, but not less than fifty dollars ($50) per month nor more than five hun dred dollars ($500) per month; and each member of the board of commissioners shall receive twenty - five dollars ($251 for each regular monthly meeting attended iby him or her. Section No. 2: That this Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.” The proposed amendment to advance the filing deadline for Kings Mountain public offices i reads: Section No. 1: That Chap- ; ter fifty - eight of the Public Lo- | cal Laws of One thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine, ibe, and the same is hereby amended by striking out the word five in line two of section ten and one-half and inserting the .word fifteen. “Section No. 2: That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. “Section No. 3: That this Act I shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification." Though fhe city board of com missioners has not yet formally called the biennial city and! school elections, the law requires that the voting 'be conducted this year on May 14 (second Tuesday after the first Monday). Should the filing deadline be advanced, it meaijs that the final day for filing for'city and school offices would be April 30. The pay changes, if enacted, (Continued On Page Eight) GETTING DEGREE — Moffatt A. Ware, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Were, Cr.. of Kings Mountain, recently completed work neces sary to receive the Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Edu cation at Davidson College. Mr. Ware will graduate with his class in June 1957. He was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon social fra ternity. and starred in intramur al sports while at Davidson. METER RECEIPTS Parking meter receipts for the two weeks ending Wednes day at noon totaled $335.72. Of the total, $282.98 came from on street meters, another $52.74 from Cherokee Street meters, City Clerk Gene Mitcham re ported. Ware, Dellinger Are Rumters-Up For County Award Robert Franklin (Bob) Cabi ness, 28, who lives near Shelby in the Zion church community, is Cleveland County’s first ‘‘young farmer of the year”. Mr. Caiblness was presented the award here Tuesday night toy Bob Cox, North Carolina Jaycee pres ident, after toeing chosen by a secret committee as the young farmer demonstrating the most progress during the past five years. Two other young rarmers re ceived honorable mentions, and were honored at the Tuesday night joint session of Kings Mountain and Shelby Jaycees at the Woman’s Club. They are Cameron Ware, of Kings Mountain, and H. B. Del linger, of Shelby. Also present for the meeting were a dozen Bessemer City Jay cees. Mr. Cabiness, in ten years, con verted cash assets of $50 into a net worth of $35,000. His primary farm operation is production of hatching eggs for the broiler ip dustry. But he has some large sidelines in growing cotton and small grains. In 1955, he harvest ed 132 bales of cotton from his 112 acres planted. Mr. Cabiness owns the 37-acre farm he bought* in 1951, but rents a 900-acre farm (Continued on Page Eight) Political Fixes Slow To Ignite; Hal Ward Considering Mayoral Bid City politics apparently is off to a slow start for the 1957 bien nial city elections. U'p to Wednesday afternoon, not a .single candidate had put his name on the firing line as either an announced or official candidate, and though election day remains almost three months distant it is customary for poli ticking to be both considerable and in the open by mid-February of election years. The season has opened as early as December 30. Prime rumor of the week was that Hal D. Ward, onetime city commissioner, would become a candidate for mayor with his likely opponent being the incum bent, Glee A.. Bridges. Mayor Bridges has been quoted by friends as planning to seek a third term, but has made no for mal statements. Mr. Ward did not deny he was considering making the race anc acknowledged he was receiving encouragement from severa quarters. Long active in politics, he Is a former highway patrol man and for many years has operated a seed - feed business here. He served as Ward 5 com missioner in 1949-51. Other political observers do not write off the rumor that Ward 3 Commissioner T. J. (Tommy) Ellison may seek to step up to the mayoral spot. Haywood E. Lynch and J. Lee Roberts, iboth mentioned as may oral possibilities, have indicated they won't make the race. Simi lar indications have come from Ward 1 Commissioner Sam Col lins, who is expected to seek re election. The Ward 1 affair may be a repeat performance of 1955, with W. Sage Fulton, Sr., seeking to regain the spot Collins won from him in a close race two years ago. In Ward 2, open due to t h e forthcoming retirement of J. H. Patterson, Dewitt Cornwell is (Continued on Page Eight)