Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
City Limits 7,206
Ttaa figure for Greater Kings Mountain is derived from
the 1955 Kings Mountain city directory census. The city
Limits figure Is from the United States census of 1950.
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VOL 69 No. 14
Established 1889
Sixty-Ninth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
Knitting Firm Will Locate In Kings Mountain
Local News
Bulletins
RED CROSS
Full reports of the Red Cross
fund campaign were not avail
able Wednesday. Workers are
urged to make reports to Chair
man Paul Walker as soon as
possible so that results of the
drive maybe tabulated.
ONE FIRE
City Firemen reported a fire
March 29 at the home of Wil
liam McCleary on York Road.
Minor damages to ceiling and
roof were listed. Cause of the
fire was not known.
HOSPITALIZED
Ted Ledford, Kings Moun
tain Farm Center proprietor,
was hospitalized Sunday for ob
servation and treatment. A fam
ily spokesman reported nothing
serious and said hie would prob
ably be released Thursday.
LIONS MEETING
Dr. George Plonk, Kings
Mountain surgeon, will deliver
a discouse at the regular meet
ing of Kings Mountain Lions
Club at Woman’s Club Tues
day at 7:00 p. m.
KIWANIS CLUB
Carl H. Swan, president of
Kings Mountain Chamber of
Commerce, will address mem
bers of the Kiwanis club at
their regular Thursday night
meeting. The club convenes at
6:45 p. m. at the Woman’s club.
BUILDING PERMIT
City Inspector J. W. Webster
issued only one building per
mit during the March 26-April
2 period. The permit was is
sued to J. Wilson Crawford to
build a one story brick residen
ce on Monroe Avenue between
Linwood road and Jackson st.
Estimated cost is $9000.
LIBRARY
Jacob S. Mauney Memorial
Library will be closed Monday,
according to announcement by
Mrs. Charles Dilling, librarian.
The library will be open on reg
ular schedule Tuesday.
IN GASTONIA
Sherrill Spears and James
Thomas, students at Western
Carolina college, are practice
teaching at Ashley high school
Gastonia. Spears, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Goldman Spears, and
Thomas, of Marion, are resid
ing here with the Spears fami
ly.
REVIVAL
Revival services are being
conducted this week,at 7 o'
clock nightly at Love Valley
Baptist church. Rev. Earl Red
ding is pastor of the church.
HOME
Mrs. C. E. Neisler returned
to her Piedmont Avenue home
Monday after five and one
half weeks confinement at
Kings Mountain hospital from
pneumonia.
ELECTED
Curtis George, Kings Moun
tain student at Erskine college,
Due West, S. C., has been elec
ted treasurer of the Student
Government Association for
1958-59.
ON TV SHOW
Some 25 members of the Pri
mary Training Union of First
Baptist church will attend the
Little Rascals program on the
Fred Kirby show via WBTV,
Charlotte, Friday at 5:30 p.m.
The group will meet at 2:45
p.m. to go to Charlotte by
train.
ATTEND MEETING
Kings Mountain citizens at
tending the area meeting in
Rutherfordton Tuesday con
cerning a new U. S. Route 74
from Shelby to Asheville were
Mayor Glee A. Bridges, City
Commissioner Ross Alexander,
City Clerk Joe McDaniel and
W. G. Grantham.
REJOINS PATROL
Roy C. Blalock, 28, of Kings
Mountain, was among two for
mer state highway patrolmen
and three rookies sworn in
Tuesday by Secretary of State
Thad Eure at ceremonies in
patrol commander James R.
Smith’s office in Raleigh. Pa
trolman Blalock will be sta
tioned in Mocksville.
Waco Man Makes District 2
Board Contest Three-Way
Barrett Opposes
Finger, Ellis;
Others Announce
Alvin A. Barrett added his
name to the list of candidates
seeking Democratic nomination as
District 2 county commissioner
Wednesday, making this contest
a three-man race. Other candi
dates previously announced are
Carl P. Finger, of Kings Moun
tain", and J. Broadus Ellis, of
Grover.
It is the only contest which
has thus far developed for the
county commission.
Two other candidates placed
their names on the spring politi
cal ballot. They are Mrs. Lillian
E. Newton, veteran county trea
surer, and Mai A. Spangler! Sr.,
county commissioner from Dis
trict 6 (Shelby township). Both
seek nomination for the positions
they now hold.
Mrs. Newton, who hasn’t be
fore had opposition for the post
she had held since 1932, is op
posed by John Anderson,. Kings
Mountain radio advertising sales
man and Shelby citizen. Mr. And
erson filed notice of his candidacy
two weeks ago.
Mr. Barrett is a Waco farmer
contractor. lie is a member of the
Waco Baptist church1 and of the
Cherryville Masonic lodge.
Mrs. Newton is the widow of
J. Clint Newton, one time super
intendent of Cleveland County
schools, county solicitor, and
secretary of the Shelby Chamber
of Commerce. She is a member
of First Baptist church of Shelby.
She is the mother of three child
ren, including a daughter, and
two sons, both combat veterans
of World War II.
Mr.' Spangler, like Mr. Finger,
serves on the county commission
by appointment. He succeeded
Zeb V. Cline, who resigned due
to ill health. A past:president of
Shelby Chamber of Commerce,
Mr. Spangler was instrumental in
the work which led to locating
near Shelby of the Pittsburgh
Plate Glass plant. He is a Shel
by realtor and a Baptist.
“I have enjoyed my service on
the county commission and, if
elected, will continue to give my
best thinking to all the people
of Cleveland County,” Mr. Span
gler commented.
Mrs. Newton thanked the vo
ters of the county for the confi
dence shown in her during the
years and added, “If re-elected,
I shall endeavor to continue my
job in an honest and efficient
manner.”
No Board Session
Thursday Night
The city board of commission
ers will not convene Thursday
night as previously scheduled.
Mayor Glee A. Bridges said the
j meeting was scheduled to act on
re-zoning of a Landing street
site for an industrial plant.
Since the new site proved suit
able, there is no need for the
special session, the Mayor said.
Considerable o bjection was
voiced to the re-zoning proposal
by neighboring residents.
CITY BOARD
Regular April meeting of the
city board of commissioners
will held Wednesday night,
April 9, at City Hall courtroom
at 8 o’clock.
Kings Mountain Citizens Prepare
For Annual Easter Observance
Kings Mountain area citizens
welcomed spring weather this
week as they prepared for the
annual Easter observance.
Retail purchasing, held back
due to inclement weather, was
expected to burgeon, particularly
in apparel and Easter-season nov
elties, and grocers were expecting
a bigger weekend rush than norm
ally, with particular accent on
fare for Easter dinners and the
traditional egg-dyeing.
Some segments of the popula
tion could look forward to holi
days.
School pupils were ready for
a long holiday weekend, with
classes scheduled to be suspended
Thursday and to resume on Tues.
day morning.
Majority of retail firms, finan
cial institutions, and government
offices will be closed Easter Mon
day. Exception is Kings Moun
tain postoffice which will be
open Monday on regular sche
dule.
Merchants will also close next
Wednesday afternoon, having
been open April 2 to accomodate
Easter-season shoppers.
Majority of the community’s
churches are holding special
Easter services which will cul
minate with the community-wide
Easter Sunrise service at Moun
tain Rest cemetery and with
Easter morning services at regu
lar Sunday church hours.
MRS. LILLIAN E. NEWTON
MAL A. SPANGLER, SR.
Action Against
McGill Non-Suited
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Police Reserve
To Be Organized
Efforts to form a Police Re
serve organization are under
way in Kings Mountain, Police
Chief Martin Ware has an
nounced.
Mr. Ware said Wednesday
that applicants should be over
21 and noted the organization
will be “vital” to the civil de
fense program.
Applicants may contact Mr.
Ware at the city police depart
ment for information.
Kings Mountain policemen
are completing this week a
school of instruction being con
ducted by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, the police chief
said. He also warned motorists
that the “whammy” will be ope
rated in the city within the next
few days.
Moose To Name
New Officers
Kings Mountain Moose Lodge
1748 will elect new officers at
the regular meeting Thursday
night at the lodge.
The official ballot lists the fol
lowing candidates for offices:
For Governor: Horace Brown
and Clyde Gardner.
For Junior Governor: Gaither
Ledbetter.
For Prelate: Willie Grice and
J. M. Queen.
For Treasurer: George Newton,
Irwin ScHulman, and Dennis Go
forth.
For two-year trustees: B. F.
Henderson, Charles M. Randall,
and Melton Kiser.
For three-year tustee: Bud Mor
gan, Jr., Dave Huss, and Jack
kale.
TAKING COURSE
Harold Hunnicutt, Kings
Mountain assistant director of
civil defense, will take a ten
week course of instruction in
Charlotte on detection of radia
tion fallout. The instruction gets
underway Thursday night.
Judge Rules
Alter Hearing
Plaintiffs Case
A damage suit lor $150,000 a
gainst Dr. JoWn C. McGill of
Kings Mountain was non-suited
by Judge Dan K. Moore in Cleve
land Superior Court last Friday.
Judge Moore granted a motion
of defense Attorney John Ma
honey for non-suit after hearing
testimony offered by the counsel
for the plaintiff. The defense
cross-examined plaintiff’s witness
es but did not call its own wit
nesses.
The case was called Thursday
and was completed Friday morn
ing.
Plaintiff’s counsel Hugh Wells
entered notice of appeal but said
Wednesday he didn’t anticipate
an appeal will be filed.
Called as witnesses by the plain
tiff were William J. Bailey, the
plaintiff who had charged Dr.
McGill had him “wrongfully com
mitted” to the state hospital at
Morganton, his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Broadus Bailey, Dr. John
McKee, superintendent of the
state hospital, and Grady Howard,
manager of Kings Mountain hos
pital.
Key testimony was Dr McKee’s
statement that sedatives admin
istered by Dr. McGill did not
cause Bailey’s ailment but were
given in treatment of his ailment.
Judge Moore, in granting the
defense’ non-suit motion, com
mented that testimony of wit
nesses for plaintiff did not bear
out the contention that malice
was involved in the committment
of Bailey to the state hospital.
Bailey has asked $50,000 puni
tive damages and $100,000 com
pensatory damages.
The suit was first lodged a
gainst Dr. McGill, his brother Dr.
Kenneth McGill, and a Charlotte
doctor. Non suited by Judge J. C.
Rudisill last year, it was remand
ed after appeal to the Supreme
Court. However, the Supreme
Court ruled out further trial of
the litigation against all but Dr.
John McGill. Grounds were that
testimony should have been
heard by the jury.
Bethware Juniors
To Present Play
The Bethware high school jun
ior class will present the three
aot mystery - comedy, “Spooky
Tavern” by Jay Tobias Friday
night at 7:30 p. m. in the school
auditorium.
Mrs. Harold Jackson is direct
ing the production. Admission is
30 cents tor students, sixty cents
for adults.
Members of the cast include:
Lon Hacker, Luther Edwards;
Ghost Woman, Betty Jane Wease;
Lucy Hackman, Doris Cranford;
Joyce Wingate, Butch Hoyle; Flo
rabelle Wingate, Mary Lou
Wright; Bedelia, TamraCornwell;
Ralph Charming, Ted Anthony;
Terry Tanner, Jerry Wright; Wil
lie Worgle, Buddy Freeman;
Blackie Sims, Glenn Harrelson,
and Farona, Jerry Webster.
Compromise Offer
By Dissidents
To Be Discussed
^Members of First Baptist chur
ch will discuss at the regular
business meeting on April 23rd
the latest compromise offer of
the dissident group — which op
poses building a new church on a
new site.
Vote to discuss the compromise
offer was favorable at the March
26 meeting last week.
The dissident group has offered
to retain the present church build
ing and furnishings at South
Piedmont and Mountain street
and to give to the majority group
all other church real property
and the $80,000-plus building
fund. The church real estate
which would go to the pro-moving
group includes the First Baptist
office building and adjoining
22.5-foot lot on S. Piedmont, the
church property fronting 200 feet
on Cherokee street, the church
manse on N. Gaston Street, and
the site for the proposed new
church building at W. King and
Sims streets.
At the March 26 session, the
compromise offer was read to
the members for information. '
Mimeographed copies are to be
mailed to all church members
prior to the April 23 discussion.
At that time, the members like
ly will vote to determine whether
an election will be held on the,
question of accepting the compro
mise proposal.
Yates Harbison, chairman of
the First Baptist board of dea
cons said the vote on the compro
mise, should it -be ordered by the
majority of members present and
voting, would likely occur at the
regular May meeting. He doubted,
he said, a special meeting would
be called.
Barring settlement of the issue,
it is anticipated a civil suit seek
ing to invalidate the October e
lection results, whereby members
voted 235 to 163 to accept a new
building site, will be prosecuted.
The civil suit was brought in
Cleveland Superior Court by F.
A. (Pete) McDaniel, Jr., on be
half of himself and other mem
bers of the church.
In the first round of legal ac
tion, completed last week, Judge
Dan K. Moore granted an injunc
tion sought by the dissidents
which prevents officers, trustees
and other officials of the church
from disposing of the church’s
real property or building fund.
Ouch! No Hits
In 11-0 Loss
BY NEALE PATRICK
The Kings Mountain Moun
taineers were victims of a no
hitter by Johnny Kouri in a 11-0
loss to Shelby in a Southwest
Conference game at the Shelby
park Wednesday afternoon.
The Lions’ rangy right-hander
fanned 12 and walked only two
in blanking Coach Fred Withers’
team without a blow.
Starter Keith Layton was the
victim of most of the damage
caused by the Shelby bats, al
lowing nine runs and five hits
in the first four frames. Gene
Bowers worked the final two in
nings on the hill for the Moun
taineers, giving up the other
two runs and three hits.
Ronnie Vaughn stroked a hom
er for Shelby.
Only five Mountaineers reach
ed first, two on walks, two on
errors and one on a fielder’s
choice. Only one runner moved
as far as third base.
The Mountaineers only threat
came in the fourth inning when
three of the runners reached
base. Buddy Connor was safe on
an error by second-sacker Tom
my Wright, Jr., and after Ken
Baity fanned, Don Fisher worked
Kouri for a walk.
Don Tignor dropped a • Texas
Leagurer into short right center
field, a ball which fell between
the on-rushing center and right
fielders and the back-pedaling
second baseman, and the Moun
taineers appeared to have their
first hit.
But, Fisher had to hold-up
between first and second base,
fearful that one of the fielders
would catch the ball. When the
ball dropped, Vaughan picked it
up and rifled it to the shortstop,
Johnny Kennedy, forcing Fisher
at the keystone bag.
The force play, thus, robbed
Tignor of what seemed to be a
sure hit. Scoring rules do not
permit a hit if a base-runner is
forced out.
Tignor gained life on an er
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Business Development Firm
To Construct New Building
Additional Cash
To Be Required,
Says Crawford
Kings Mountain Business De
velopment, Inc., the industry-seek
ing firm which Saturday launched
its first venture in expanding in
dustry and job opportunities here,
will need some more funds to
bring this project to fruition.
“We will need some more mon
ey and anticipate it will be forth
coming,” J. Wilson Crawford,
president stated, “just as quick
ly as the stock sale committee can
complete its work. There are no
paid officials of the Kings Moun
tain Business Development, Inc.,
and stock sales work must be done
when the committee members can
find the spare time.
"It would be a great help,” he
continued, “if persons who have
pledged stock purchases, or those
not yet solicited, would mail or
present in person checks for the
stock to Secretary Ben H. Brid
ges at Kings Mountain Savings
& Loan association. The stock
certificates are in hand and will
be mailed to present stockholders
within the next few days — a
gain as quickly as time permits.”
"Response to the invitation to
buy stock has been quite gratify
ing thus far and there are many
citizens who haven’t yet been in
vited to buy for the simple reason
of lack of time to see them.”
Stock in the development firm
sells for $10 per share. Authoriz
ed capital is $100,000 or 10,000
shares. There is only one stock
issue, the $10 per common.
Mr. Crawford also said he
would call a meeting of stock
holders in the near future to
elect permanent officers and di-'
rectors and to adopt by-laws. j
Pre-Schoolers
Get Checked
Pre-schoolers expecting to en
ter school next fall were being
given physical examinations and
inoculations at Central Methodist
church Wednesday.
Dr. Z. P. Mitchell, county health
officer, and staff were on hand
to administer smallpox, diptheria,
whooping cough, tetanus and
polio serums to next years antici
pated first graders, who had not
previously had the injections.
The morning clinic was devoted
to Central school patrons and the
afternoon to Wrest school.
Thursday morning (today) at
9:30 the clinic is scheduled to be
held at North school. Grace Meth- j
odist church will be the location!
for the East school clinic Thurs-j
day afternoon at 1:30.
Community Easter Sunrise Rites
At Cemetery Sunday At 6:30 A. M.
Kings Mountain’s traditional
community-wide Easter Sunrise
Service will be held at Mountain
Rest cemetery’s Memorial Park
beginning at 6:30.
The sermon will be delivered
by Rev. William C. Sides, pastor
of Grace Methodist church with
pastors of other churches assist
ing in conducting the annual rites.
Mr. Sides’ subject will be “Easter
Traffic Directions
Citizens attending the annual
Easter Sunrise service at Moun
tain Rest cemetery Sunday
morning should enter at the
Suber gate on East Gold street
and follow parking directions
of Kings Mountain Boy Scouts,
who will direct traffic.
Comes to a Garden.”
The city schools band, with
Bobby Early directing, will play
a short concert prior to the be
ginning of the service, and special
music will be presented by the
choirs of Frist Presbyterian and;
Central Methodist churches, under
the direction of Miss Julia Lee
Ribet.
Rev. J. VV. Phillips, pastor of
First Wesleyan church, will give
the invocation and responsive
reading will be conducted by Rev.
Aubrey Quakenbush, pasttor of
First Baptist church. Rev. H. G.
McElroy, pastor of Temple Bap
tist church, will read the Scrip
ture lesson and Rev. P. D. Pat
rick, pastor of First Presbyterian
Jaycees Planning
Minstrel, Road-e-o
Plans to sponsor a Jaycee
Minstrel on May 2-3 and a
Road-e-o for teenagers on May
14 were completed Tuesday
night by Kings Mountain Jay
cees.
Proceeds from the minstrel
show will benefit the high
school band. It will be the first
year the Jaycees have sponsor
ed a Road-e-o which invites
participation from both boys
and girls under 20 years of age.
Special music by the high
school mixed chorus, under
direction of Charles Ballance,
featured the program.
Plans were also discussed by
the Jaycees for a forthcoming
kleenex sale, an annual project
of the civic club.
Damage Action
Award §5.500
Carl Wiesener was awarded
$9500 Wednesday by Judge Dan
K. Moore in Cleveland County
Superior Court in a $100,000 dam
age suit against W. A. Childers,
Kings Mountain Sheet Metal
Works owner.
The plaintiff filed suit against j
Childers for injuries sustained by
his young son Robert in an ac
cident last November 6 at the
intersection of W. King street at ;
Gaston when young Wiesener was
struck by Childer’s ear as he re
turned home from school.
Dr. Paul Hendricks, a Kings
Mountain practitioner and Dr. A.
T. Coffee, Charlotte brain specia
list, reported the youth’s brain in
juries to the court.
J. R. Davis, plaintiff’s attorney,
said Wednesday no more was a-l
warded because injuries to the
youth could not be determined
to be permanerft.
< ;
“He seems to have recovered;
and is geting along fine,” he
said.
Horn, Kennedy, and Harrill, at
tomeys for the defense contend
ed that young Wiesener crossed
the street without the light in his
favor, thereby causing the acci
dent.
Trial proceedings were held
Tuesday, and Judge Moore hand
ed down his decision late Wed-!
nesday morning.
DIXON SERVICE
Church services, beginning
Sunday, will be held at 9:15 a.
m. instead of the customary 3
o’clock afternoon hour at Dixon
Presbyterian church. Rev. P. D.
Patrick, pastor, will deliver the
message.
TO DELIVER SERMON — Rev.
W. C. Sides, pastor of Grace
Methdist church, will deliver the
sermon at the community's an
nual Easter Sunrise service at
Mountain Rest cemetery's Mem
orial park.
church, will pray the morning
prayer. Rev. Frank E. Blalock,
pastor of El Bethel Methodist
church, will say the benediction.
Thie choir will sing Handel’s
anthem “Hallelujah Chorus" and
congregational singing will in
clude two hymns “All Hail the
Power of Jesus’ Name" and “The
Church’s One Foundation.”
New Industry,
To Employ 100,
Knits Sweaters
Contract has been signed be
tween a manufacturer of wom
en’s crocheted and trimmed swea
ters and Kings Mountain Business
Development, Inc., for location
here of a $55,(XX) industry.
Contractual arrangements were
completed here Saturday.
J. Wilson Crawford, acting pres
ident of the Kings Mountain de
velopment firm, said the new firm
will untimately employ 100 per
sons with an annual payroll of
about $300,000.
The development firm has al
ready purchased a site for the
11,200-square foot building it will
lease to the knitting firm on a
lease-purchase option. The plant
will be constructed on a site ap
proximately four acres and pur
chased for the purpose from W.
A. Williams for $1935. The site is
bounded by .Waco Road on the
north, by property of Mr. Wil
liams and George Thombs on the
south, by property of Lloyd Fite
and Mr. Williams on the west,
and by R. C. Gantt property on
the east. It lies adjacent to the
city limits.
Mr. Crawford said the develop
ment firm agreed to construct the
building within 90 days. The knit
ting company, which is to be a
new corporation incorporated un
der North Carolina law as a do
mestic concern, will have an op
tion to purchase the plant within
five years, on a fixed formula.
The knitting firm has made a $34
00 good, faith deposit as a guaran
tee it will meet its contract com
mittments.
“We expect to proceed at once
with the details necessary to the
construction of the plant," Mr.
Crawford said. “ Wo are already
obtaining prices from concrete,
heating, roofing, general and e
leetrieal contractors.”
Name of the new company and
its owners wiil be announced on
its incorporation.
“It is a fine concern and we
are happy its owners decided to
locate in Kings Mountain,” Mr.
Crawford said.
Officers and directors of the
development firm participating in
the discussions with the knitting
firm officials were Mr. Crawford.
Fred W. Plonk, W. K. Mauney,
Ben H. Bridges, J. R. Davis, and
Glee A. Bridges.
Mr. Crawford praised the North
Carolina Department of Conser
vation and Development for its
aid in obtaining the new indus
trial concern for Kings Moun
tain.
St. Mark's
Easter Story
And when the sabbath Was
past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary
the mother of James, and Salome,
had bought sweet spices, that they
might come and anoint him.
And very early in the morning
the first day of the week, they
came unto the sepulchre at the
rising of the sun.
And they said among themselves
Who shall roll us away the stone
from the door of the sepulchre?
And when they looked, they
saw that the stone was rolled
cCway: for it unis very great.
And entering into the sepulchre,
they saw a young man sitting on
the right hand side, clothed in a
long white garment: and they
were affrighted.
And he saith unto them, Be
not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of
Nazareth, which was crucified:
he is not here; behold the place
where they laid him.
But go your way, tell his dici
ples and Peter that he goeth be
fore you into Galilee: there shall
ye see him, as he said unto you.
And they went out quickly, and
fled from the sepulchre; for they
trembled and icere amazed: nei
ther said they any thing to any
man; for they were afraid.
(St. Mark 16:1-8.)