Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
City Limits 7,206
The figure for Greater King* Mountain is derived from
Om 1965 Kings Mountain city *ti rectory census. The City
Limits figure is from the United States census of 1950.
VOL. 68 No. 19
Established 1889
PRICE FIVE CENTS
City Water-Sewer Authority
Bill Being Quashed By Falls
Local News
Bulletins
SUNDAY DINNER
The Senior MWF df Central
Methodist church twill serve
dinner at the church alfter Sun
day morning services 'May 12,
it was announced Iby Jean
(Hicks, secretary. The group
iwill serve a (baked ham dinner..
Prices are adults $1, children
50 cents.
AT MEETING
Dr. and Mrs. L. P. Baker, Dr.
R. K Baker, and .Dr. D. F. Hord
have attended the annual con
vention of fhe North Carolina
Dental association in session
Wednesday through Sunday at
PinehurSt.
LODGE MEETING
Regular communication of
Fairviaw Lodge 339 A!F & AM
will be held Monday night at
7:30 p.m. at Masonic Hall, ac
cording to announcement by
Denver Kinig, secretary.
NEW SCHEDULE
Temple Baptist church will
| cfaserve a netw schedule otf ser
vices during the month of May,
according to Rev. H. G. MdEl
roy, ipastor. Morning worship
service is 'being held at 8:30
a.m., Sunday School at 9:30 a.
m., the pastor said. Evening
services, as customary, is at
7:30 p.m.
CLOSED FRIDAY
(First National-Bank and of
fices of the driver’s license bu
reau here will not ibe open Fri
day, Memorial Day, according
to announcement by officials of
the bank and license bureau.
BAKE SALE
Young People of Boyce Me
morial AffilP church will sell
caikes, pies, and cookies Satur
day morning from 8:30 untill 11
ajn. in front of Fhilfer Hard
ware store on Battleground
ave.
COURT OF HONOR
Court of Honor for Kings
Mountain district Boy Scouts
'Wilfl Ibe held Thursday night at
7:45 p. m. at City Hall. Scout
leader and explorer round
talbles (will toe held during the
court.
SALE
^ Members of the Friendship
nd IPhilathia classes of 'Grace
Methodist church will serve
hotdogs and homemade cakes
at the church fel'lolwstoilp center
Saturday Ifor 'both the noon and
evening meals. Serving Iwill toe
gin Saturday at 11 o’clock and
delivery service may toe obtain
ed toy telephoning the church
(1325).
ON TOUR
Miss Shirley Falls, daughter
of Mr,, and Mrs. Oliver Falls,
is among Greensboro college
students on tour in New York
with the Greensboro college
choir. The choir wais to have
given a concert at Town Hall in
Nerw York Wednesday. Miss
iFalls is a senior at the school.
WOMAN'S CLUB
Annual meeting of Kings
Mountain Woman’s club iwill toe
held Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m.
Officers will toe installed and
reports from officers will fea
ture the meeting.
SCOUT MEETING
Girl Scout leaders and com
mittee chairmen will hold a
meeting Thursday night at 7:30
p.m. at Boyce Memorial AIRP
church, according to report of
Mrs. Claude Hamtoright.
ONE PERMIT
Building Inspector J. W. Web
ster issued a building permit
this week to James Earl Allman
to erect a house on N. Piedmont
avenue, at an estimated cost of
55,000.
Falls Changes
Mind On City
Line-Building
Rep. B. T. Falls, Jr., decided
last weekend to withdraw a bill
he introduced in the General As.
sembly to permit cities to (build
water and sewer lines up to ten
miles outside their boundaries.
Mr. Falls stated his decision
was made after a review of the
bill in light of its basic concept.
He acknowledged agreement
with some critics of the bill who
contended that cities themselves
should not provide funds for serv.
ices for non-taxpayers when lit
tle or no revenue could accrue to
the cities.
Majority of cities sell water
at rates which do not return a
profit. Sewer service also is dead,
weight expense, paid for usually
exclusively from tax monies.
The bill Mr. Falls is withdraw,
ing was originally introduced as
a hedge against the possibility of
defeat of the proposed county,
wide $415,000 bond iSsue which
would provide water and sewer
service for a multi-million dollar
plant of Pittsburgh Plate Glass
Company, likely to be built near
Shelby.
Though local in intent, the bill
was state-wide in effect. Mr.
Falls had said “exception” bills
have rough - sledding if legally
tested before the Supreme Court.
“I have decided to stop that
bill,” Rep. Falls told the Herald.
Rep. Falls had previously intro,
duced the legislation to allow
counties to construct water and
sewer lines, a new concept of gov.
ernmental function for North
Carolina and described as a par
tial answer to the free-tax policy
for new industries offered by
South Carolina, Mississippi, and
some other states as lures for
new payrolls. *
The county water-system bill
is being tested for legality before
the Supreme Court in a “friend
ly” suit by A. W. (Beck) Archer,
of Shelby.
Recreation Group
Needs Play Tools
Kings Mountain Recreation
commission needs playground
equipment for the summer sea
son.
Jake Early, recreation direc
tor, issued an appeal to parents
of children who have outgrown
swings and other outdoor e
quipment to make the equip
ment available for use of the
recreation commission.
“We need it,” Mr. Early com
mented.
Persons having equipment a
vailable they’re willing to do
nate shdbld contact Mr. Early.
Seamstresses
Asked To Register
COMMANDER — Ray Cline has
been elected commander of Otis
D. Green Post 155, American Leg
ion. He will succeed W. D. Mor
rison.
Cline Elected
To Legion Post
Ray Oline was elected com
cander of Otis D. Green Post 155,
American Legion, last Thursday
night, as the full nominating
committee slate was elected. He
will succeed W. D. Morrison, com
pleting a second one-year term.
Mr. Cline took a first - ballot
majority vote over two opponents,
Dean Payne and Carl Weisener.
Other officers elected were:
Ross Alexander, first vice-com
mander; W. D. Morrison, second
vice - commander; Millard A.
Prince, adjutant; Jaimes Bennett,
finance officer; Charlies T. Car
penter, Jr,., historian; Lawrence
Ramsey, sergeant-at-arms; Bry
ant Wells, assistant sergeant-at
arms; and F. R. McCurdy, Rich
ard McGinnis, (Wilburn Smith,
Sam Collins and James Alexan
der, members of the executive
committee.
Prior to the election reports
were heard from James Bennett,
finance officer, W. L. Plonk, ath
letic officer, and Grady Howard,
who outlined a report from a con
gressional committee on the clos
ing of Moore General hospital.
C. D. Blanton Becomes President
Of Pharmaceutical Association
1C. D. Blanton, partner in Kings
Mountain Drug Company, was in
stalled as president PI the North
Carolina Pharmaceutical Associ
ation in Charlotte Tuesday, as
the association closed its 27th an
nual convention.
IMr. Blanton, elected *to the po
sition last year, had Ibeen serving
as the association’s first vice
president. He succeeded Jes.se W.
Tyson, of Greensboro.
Other nejw officers are W. D.
Welch, Jr., Of Washington, N. C.,
first vice-president; Sam W. Mc
Falls of Greendboro, second vice
president; and Ediwin R. Fuller
of Salisbury, third vice-president.
Wr. J. Smith off Chapel Hill was
re-elected secretary-treasyrer.
Officers for the Traveling
Men’s Auxiliary were aMo install
ed at the business session today,.
They are (R. C- NeSmith of Ra
leigh, president; Reulben Russell
Of Charlotte, vice . president;
Floyd Goodrich of Durham, secre
tary - treasurer.
Welch, reporting for a commit
tee that had surveyed operating
hours, told the group that drug
stores in North Carolina are work
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INSTALLED — C. D. Blanton,
Kings Mountain druggist, was in
stalled Tuesday as president ot
the North Carolina Pharmaceu
tical association. The installation
was made at Charlotte at the
trade association's annual con
vention, which attracted 1,00C
persons.
ESC To Assist
In Laboi Survey
Friday Morning
Kings Mountain Chamber of
Commerce, with the cooperation
of the Kings Mountain .branch of
the North Carolina Employment
service, will register experienced
seamstresses available for work
in or near Kimgs .Mountain at
City Hall courtroom Friday morn
ing from 9 a.m. to noon.
Plans Ifor the survey — design
ed to obtain factual information
for a garment industry which
may locate here — were an
nounced this week hy Dan Weiss,
vice - president, and Fleete Mc
Curdy, director, of the Chamber
oif Commerce.
Information desired iwill be:
name, address, previous experi
ence in sewing.
.The Chamber of Commerce has
been informed by officials of the
industry which may come to
Kings Mountain that it will re
quire a minimum of 40 experi
enced seamstresses and that de
termining this number is avail
aible and willing to accept em
ployment is a key factor in bring
ing the new industry to Kings
Mountain.
The .survey will be conducted
by Franklin L. Ware, Jr., man
ager of the Kings Mountain
branch of the Employment Ser
vice, with Messrs. Weiss and Mc
Curdy assisting.
‘^Anyone who has had experi
ence as a seamstress and Who is
available for work should regis
ter Friday morning,” Mr. Weiss
said. “The Chamlbcr of Commerce
wants to bring this industry to
Kings Mountain. Officials hav in
dicated they would employ here
from 80 to 100 persons on opening
of the Kings Mountain plant, (per
haps more later.”
Mr. Weiss said he had received
numerous telephone calls con.
cerning last week’s announce,
ment about the survey of seam
stresses, added the opinion Kings
Mountain will have no difficulty
supplying qualified sseamstnesses
for the proposed new company.
“But it’s very important ail
register,” Mr. Weiss added.
The cutting - and - sewing firm
has told Chamlber Of 'Commerce
officials it wants an 18,000 square
fr>ot building, coimpletely air
conditioned, has examined pos
sible sites here. It would take a
lease . purchase option on the
building.
Patterson Gets
Master's Degree
‘Rev. Bdb Patterson, Kings
Mountain native, recently receiv
ed his master of arts degree from
Baylor University in Baylor, Tex
as.
Mr,. Patterson, son elf Mr. and
Mrs. 'Dewitt 'Patterson olf K i ng s
Mountain, was graduated from
Baylor University and Baptist
Seminary at 'Louisville, Ky.,
where he is a graduate student.
He is married to the former Miss
Baiibara Baum, of 'Florida, and is
pastor of Mount Pleasant 'Baptist
church in Owenton, Ky.
—
Lions To Convene
In Zone Session
Memlbers of the Kings Moun
tain Lions clulb will join other
Lions of Zones 1 and 2 for a joint
meeting next Tuesday night at
Brackett’s Cedar Park, near Polk
viile.
Kings Mountain Lions are to
leave en masse from Kings
Mountain Drug Company'at 6:45 ;
The .stag event Is to get under-'
way at 7 o’clock. Lions from Gro- !
ver, Shelby, Boiling Springs and
other clufos in the two zones are j
to attend the session. j
Board Likely
To Reimburse
Mass. Mohair
cfeveland County iboard of
commissioners indicated Monday
they would reimburse Massachu
setts Mohair Plush Company for
expenses incurred in installing
a water fine.
The commissioners received
statements on the installation
totaling $15,187.48 as presented
by J. E. Anos, controller, and W.
K. Lee, plant engineer,.
The eight . inch line connects
with the city line at the city Him
its and serves the Margrace
plant.
The commissioners indicated
they iwould pay the Ibil'l, iif reve
nue permitted (as they antici
pate) and when the funds are re
ceived. Comm. Hazel JBumgardner
said he thought the funds might
be available in August.
The Kings Mountain firm's
representatives were told the
county would expect to assume
ownership of the water line, to
allow tap-ons Iby other outside
city citizens, iwhen the reimburse
ment is made.
The commissioners also heard
Lowery Austell, president of
Shelby Hospital, Inc., and George
W. 'Mauney, president of Kings
Mountain Hospital, Inc., ask that
funds to the extent of 6.5 to 7
cents per $100 valuation he ap
propriated to the county poor
fund to provide payment for
county hospital charity patients.
The 'board deferred action ioi
further statistical information.
Lithium Sales
Set New Record
Special to the Herald
MINNEAPOLIS, May 8 —Stock
holders of Lithium Corporation of
America in annual session here
today were told by President Her
bert W. Rogers that the com
pany's 'first quarter unaudited
sales totaled $3,830,000, a n e iw
quarterly record, and that esti
mated earnings of $239,644 after
provision for taxes is the second
largest quarterly earnings in the
company's history.
'Lithium Corporation showed
net earnings off $865,920 in 1956.
Total capital assets at the end of
1956 were $11,010,082.
Stockholders had increased to
approximately 7,000 at the end of
the year, as compared to about
4,200 at the end of the previous
year.
Mr. 'Rogers stated that in the
opinion of the Hoard of Directors,
annual stock dividends were pre
ferable to semi-annual stock di
vidends and hence that action on
the annual stock dividend would
be deferred until later in the
year.
The following were re-elected
as directors of the company for
the coming year: DeWalt H. An
keny, Joseph Bloom, Fremont F.
Clarke, George C. Crosby, Lester
M. Dean, (Willis W. Osborne,
George Rievesehl, Jr., Herbert W.
Rogers, and Samuel H. Rogers.
At the directors’ meeting fol
lowing, all officers of the com
pany were re-elected.
Citizens Also To Determine
W ater Fluoridation Question
Fluoride Issue
To Be Settled
At Ballot Box
Kings Mountain voters will de
termine next Tuesday whether
they want, sodium fluoride as an
additive to the city water supply.
In addition to electing people
to fill offices, the voters will
check an “x” on a special ballot
toy one of two statements:
1) I am in favor of fluoridating
the water supply.
2) I am not in favor of fluori
dating the water suipply.
Initially a project of the Kings
Mountain Kilwanis cluto, the fluo
ridation of the city water .supply
has the endorsement otf the
Kings Mountain hospital medical
staff, the Junior Woman’s cluto
and other groups.
No group here has actively op
posed the fluoridation proposal.
Proponents of fluoridation con
tend that fluoridating the city
water supply to the extent Of one
part .per million gallons will have
a beneficial effect on children,
preventing cavities in “baby
teeth”, and thereby assuring bet
ter permanent teeth for the com
munity’s future population.
■Fluoridation opponents content
that the long . term effects of
fluoridation is toad, that over
doses of fluoridation will cause
malformation of bone structure
and that continued use of fluori
dated water will be damaging to
arthritics and rheumatics.
In addition, fluoridation has
been opposed on grounds it is
mass medication and for various
and sundry other reasons.
■While the Tuesday referendum
would not necessarily prove bind
ing, it is anticipated that tiie ad
ministration elected Tuesday will
abide by the decision of the elec
torate.
Bites Conducted
Foi Mrs. Hughes
IFuneral rites for Mrs. Betty
Childers (Hughes, 25, who died at
Kings Mountain hospital! at 6:45
Monday morning, were held at
Gamble (Hill Baptist church Wed
nesday afternoon.
(Mrs. Hughes; wife of Erwin
Hughes, had been seriously ill
the previous week and in ill
health for the past three .months.
A Kings 'Mountain native, she
was a daughter otf John Emmett
and Ethel (Farris Childers.
(Mrs. Hughes was an employee
of Reserve iLitfe Insurance Com
pany in Charlotte and was a
member of the Gamble Hill (Bap
tist church.
Surviving are her hudband, her
parents, and four sisters, Mrs.
William iBumgardner, Mrs. John
Caldlweli, Mrs. Glenn Spearman,
and Miss Joyce Childers, all of
Kings Mountain.
The funeral rites were conduct
ed by Rev. Earl Oxford, Rev. P.
D. (Patrick, and Rev. A. C. Martin.
Interment was in Oakview Bap. j
tist church cemetery.
Jaycees Hear Newcombe At Fete,
(Hikers Installed For New Year
Installation of officers and an
address toy Allan iNawcombe,
WBTV Charlotte announcer and
entertainer, highlighted the an
nual ladies’ night banquet Tues
day of the Junior Chamber of
Commerce.
Delbert Dixon was installed as
president of the civic cluto, suc
ceeding J. T. MoGinnis, Jr., by
Jack Sharpe, of Kannapolis, Jay.
ree national director and candi
date for the office of State Jaycee
president.
Other oifficers include Charles
Dixon, first vice - president; Boib
Maner, second vice - president;
Rudy Frazier, secretary; William
Herndon, treasurer, and Raymond
Goforth, jaylbird. Directors are |
Robert H. Goforth, Eutgene Mit- j
chant, Charles Blanton, Bill El- 1
don, 'Fred Weaver, and Jim Ly
brand. The outgoing president
will serve as state director.
Mr. Newcomibe kept his audi
ence laughing with wit and hum
or in an address full of philoso
phy on a program he titled
(Continued on Page EightJ
HEADS JAYCEES — Delbert Dix
on was installed Tuesday night
as president of the Junior Cham
ber oi Commerce at the club's an
nual ladies' night event- Mr. Dix
on succeeds J. T. McGinnis. Jr.
WITHDRAWING Bryant Wells
announced this week he was
withdrawing as a candidate lor
Ward 2 commissioner.
Wells Withdraws
In Ward 2 Race
Bryant Wells announced Tues
day he was withdrawing from
the five . man contest for Ward
2 commissioner.
Mr. Wells purchased advertis
ing space to report his withdraw
al, for which he gave no reason:
Officially, Mr. Wel'ls was still
a candidate late Wednesday aft
ernoon, as he had not presented
a note to the city clerk to leave
his name off next Tuesday’s city
election ballot. Should iMr. Wells
fail to make his withdrawal of
ficiail, his name will appear on
the Tuesday iballot.
Mr. Wells withdrawal an
nouncement would leave the
Ward 2 contest, most crowded of
the six for (City Hall elective po
sitions, with four candidates.
J. C. Clary, A. Dewitte Cornwell,
Boyce Gault and Tilman Pearson
want the cornmissionershiip J. H.
Patterson, two - term veteran, is
vacating,.
Mr. Wells a Charlotte News
circulation representative, d i d
not endorse any of the remaining
candidates.
Falls Laboratory
Is Dedicated
Dedication services for the Oli.
ver Green Falls Memorial Labo
ratory of Kings Mountain hospi
tal were held Saturday.
Present for the ceremonies was
Mrs. Katherine Falls Frazier, of
Statesville, widow of Dr. Falls.
Mrs. Frazier memoralized her
late hushand by making a dona
tion to the hospital, which was
used to purchase major labora
tory equipment.
Dr. Falls, Kings Mountain in.
dustrialist, physician and civic
leader, founded Cora Mills com
pany. He had previously practiced
medicine in South Carolina, and,
though he never practiced form
ally here, was for 30 years re
tained as local physician by Sou.
them Railway Company.
A large crowd attended Satur
day’s brief ceremonies.
Dr. Padgett, chief of the hospi
tal staff, spoke on the subject,
"'Memorials Which Live.” Lowery
Austell, chairman of the hospital
board of trustees, stated appreei.
at ion to Mrs. Frazier for fief gift,
and Rev. P. D. Patrick gave the!
invocation.
Rollowing the ceremoniees, i
guests were conducted on a tour |
of the 50-bed hospital.
Commencement
Speakers Listed
Speakers for 1957 commence
ment exercises at Bethiware
school were announced Wednes
day By Principal John Rudisill.
iRev. J. J. Thornburg, pastor of
Patterson Grove Baptist church,
will deliver the baccalaureate
sermon on May 19.
Rev. Ernest A. Mehaffey, pas
tor of Pleasant iHill Baptist
church, will deliver the address
to graduates on May 22.
Bethiware school exipects to
graduate a class of 19 seniors. Mr.
Rudisill said other details con
eerning the commencement pro
gram would be announced soon
Vote Campaign
Will Conclude
At Polls Tuesday
Kings Mountain citizens will
go to tlie polls next Tuesday to
elect a city administration and
to endorse the candidacies of two
school board trustees.
The voters will choose between
17 candidates lor six city ha'll
elective offices.
The voting will be conducted a
gainst a backdrop of outwardly
quiet Campaiigning, with little
bomlbastic fanfare.
'For Mayor, three candidates
are vying. Mayor Glee A. Bridges,
running for a third term “on the
record” is opposed by Former
Mayor Garland Still and J. Lee
Rotberts.
Mayor Still, onetime practition
er of the daily circular, has con
fined his campaigning to news
paper advertising and house-to
house requests for votes, though
he did issue a circular last week
— in defiance otf a city ordinance
— lampooning Mayor Bridges Ifor
his contention 'that the city had
enjoyed “smooth sailing” under
the Bridges administration.
IMr. iRolberts has issued a plat
form, also has been busy at per
sonal contact.
Among Che unusual in the
campaign has been the appear
ance of a iNegro in a contest for
public office. iReiv. $. T. Coqke is
the first Negro to seek city office
in modern political history, if
ever. IHis candidacy has resulted
in a heavy jump in registrations
of Negro citizens. Of 195 new reg
istrants in Ward 6, a total otf 1122
have Ibeen Negroes. In addition,
seven Negroes have registered in
Ward 1, two in Ward 4, and an
estimated 40-45 in Ward 2. While
totals are incomplete, it is esti
mated at least 180 'Negroes have
qualified as voters in the city for
the first time.
'Rev. Cooke seeks to unseat the
Ineumlbent W. C. Grantham, ask
ing a third two-year term, as does
R. Coleman Li troupe.
Other candidates are:
iFor Ward 1 Commissioner —
SamICollins, ineumlbent, andIRoss
Alexander.
'For Ward 2 Commissioner —
J. C. Clary, IA. Dewitte Cornwell,
J. 'Boyce Gault and Tilman IPear
son. (Bryant Wells has announc
ed his withdrawal, Ibut hadn’t
made it official at City If all late
Wednesday.)
For Ward 3 Commissioner —
T. J. Ellison, ineumlbent, and
Luther T. Bennett.
For Ward 4 Commissioner —
Paul D. Ledlford, ineumlbent, Ben
II, Bridges, and Charles W. (Ford.
The two candidates 'for the 'two
school trustee (positions are In
cumbents (Fred W. Plonk and ;Dr.
(Continued on Page Eight)
Facts Are Listed
On City Election
'Following are facts on Tues
days city election:
polls open at 6:30 a. m.
Polls close at 6:30 p.m.
Voting places are: Ward 1 at
City Hall; Ward 2 at City Hall;
Ward 3 at Frank iBailard’s
Store; Ward 4 at Kings Moun
tain Manufacturing Company
clubroom; Ward 5 at Victory
Chevrolet Company.
Offices to be filled by all
voters: Mayor, five ward com
missionerships, and tyvo school
trusteeships.
INumiber of ballots: three, city
iballot, school trustee iballot,
and referendum Iballot on ques
tion of fluoridating city water
supply.
Pasts of decision: majority of
the votes cast.
'Run-off provisions: In event
a candidate fails to attain a
majority, the candidate placing
second has the right to demand
a run-off election iwithin five
days following the voting. The
run-dff election would ibe con
ducted on IMay 28.
The board of commissioners
serves, ex officio, as the city
elections fboard. The present
Iboard will meet on Wednesday
morning at 10 a. m. to official
ly canvas the Tuesday results.
Candidates elected on Tuesday
will take their oaths of office
on Thursday.