Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
City Limits 7,206
Th» figure for Greater icings Mountain is derived from
the 1955 Kings Mountain city directory census. The city
Omits figure is 'rom the United States census of 1950.
VOL. 69 No. 44
Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
Established 1899
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, October 30, 1958
U Pages
Today
Sixty-Ninth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
Foote Anticipates Curtailed
Lithium Operations In ’59
Local News
Bulletins
NO BUILDING PERMITS
Oity Inspector J. W. Webster
issued no building permits
during the October 23-29 per
iod.
HOSPITALIZED
Miss Willie McGill, who suf
fered a broken leg in a fall at
her home, is a patient in Gas
ton Memorial Hospital. Her
condition was reported satis
factory by members of her fa
mily.
WINS PRIZE
Cadet Vernon Carson, fresh
man at Clemson college and
son of Mrs. Lawrence Lovell
of Kings Mountain, won first
place in a contest recently to
name the Air Force newspaper.
The winning name was “ROTC
Review” and first prize is a jet
airplane trip.
NAME OMITTED
The name ,of Joyce Plonk
was inadvertently omitted
from last week’s published list
of tenth grade students at
Kings Mountain High School
making straight A's on all
subjects during the first six
weeks term.
BAPTIST SERVICE
Dr. C. A. Kirby, former pas
tor of Gaffney’s Cherokee St.
Baptist church, will serve as
supply pastor -at First Baptist
church here beginning Sunday.
Mr. Kirby was pastor of the
South Carolina church for 30
years.
BROADCAST
Sunday morning worship
services during the month of
November will be broadcast by
WKMT from Grace Methodist
church, the pastor, Rev. W. C.
Sides has announced. Mr. Sides
will also be the devotional
speaker for the WKMT morn
ing program the week of Nov.
3.
TO HICKORY
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Kincaid,
Mrs. Wanza Davis, Miss Kittie
Lou Sutton and, Miss Helen
Logan represented Kings
Mountain chapter 123, Order
of the Eastern Star, at the
workshop held in Hickory Sat
urday’.
TO JOIN GRAYSON'S
Mrs. D. R. Hamrick will join
the staff of Grayson’s Jewelry
Friday, it was announced by
T. W. Grayson, owner.
SERIOUSLY ILL
Mrs. J. E. Aderholt is in cri
tical condition at Kings Moun
tain hospital, following a
k stroke of paralysis she suffer
" ed last Friday. She had not re
gained consciousness Wednes
day.
NEED GIFTS
Otis D. Green Post 155, A
merican Legion Auxiliary, is
inviting interested citizens to
give Christmas gifts to vet
erans at hospitals at Oteen,
Durham, Fayetteville, and Sal
isbury. Boxes for gifts are be
ing placed in Dellinger’s and
Keeter’s.
Gregory To Enter
Baptist Hospital
Rev. John Gregory, Kings
Mountain minister, will enter
Baptist Hospital at Winston Sa
lem Sunday where he is tenta
tively scheduled to undergo a
heart operation Tuesday.
Mr. Gregory said doctors had
asked him to report to the hos
pital for the necessary treatment
prior to the operation.
The former Nazarene pastor
has what has been diagnosed as
a "hole” in the heart.
Mr. Gregory said that he wish
ed to acknowledge the many
kindnesses and other gifts from
friends. A fund was started
some time ago by Frank Rippy,
a friend of the minister, when
funds were depleted due to Gre
gory's long illness.
ftEC Contract
Expires May 1,
Chairman Says
Foote Mineral Company now
anticipates reduced rate of pro
duction of its lithium operations
in the summer of 1959, Gordon
Hi Chambers, board chairman
said this week in a letter to stock
holders.
Mr. Chambers informed the
stockholders that the contract for
lithium hydroxide with the Ao
mic Energy commission expires
on May 1, 1959, and that the com
mission does not presently intend
to negotiate for further supplies.
Lithium Corporation of Amer
ica’s ABC contract does not ex
pire next May. 1. However, Man
ager Dick Neilson said he was
not a liberty to divulge the expi
ration date.
Economic impact on the com
munity is not expected to be ex
ceptional from a curtailment of
lithium production at Foote’s
plant here. Foote currently em
ploys 127 hourly rated persons
and some 40 executive personnel.
Already, plans are being car
ried out to claim other minerals
in the Foote diggings, including
beryl, mica, feldspar and quartz.
John Dona'hey, public relations
director, said here last week that
the result of Foote’s reclamation
of mineral by-products might
mean up to 50 additional employ
ees.
Research on methods of re
claiming these by-products is di
rected by Dr. James Mitchell.
Lithium Corporation is cur
rently employing 150 persons.
Other major lithium producer
is American Potash Company.
Mauney To Head
Kiwanis Club
George H. Mauney, director of
Mauney Hosiery Mills, Inc., will
serve as president of the Kings
Mountain Kiwanis club in 1959.
Mr. Mauney, currently first
vice-president of the Kiwanis
club, will assume the office in
January, succeeding John Chesh
ire.
He and other 1959 officers were
named in recent club balloting.
John Smathers, currently sec
ond vice-president, was elected
first vice-president.
Charles A. Neisler was elected
second vice-president.
Directors elected were William
R. (Bill) George, I. Ben Goforth,
Jr., Ben Grimes, Dr. D. F. Hord,
Robert M. Kennedy, Hunter R.
Neisler, and Harry E. Page.
Kiwanis To Hear
State Official
Lt. Gov. Luther Barnhardt, of
Concord, will address a three
club meeting of Kiwanians at
Hotel Charles in Shelby Thurs
day evening.
Clyde Nolan, of Shelby, pro
gram chairman for the inter-club
meeting, said he anticipated a
large crowd from both Kings
Mountain and Gaffney, S. C.
Lt.-Gov. Barnhardt wias elected
to the office in 1956.
While his address will be non
politioal, Mr. Barnhardt is among
those mentioned as a candidate
for governor in 1960.
MINISTER—Rov. Harold S. Mace,
of York, S. C„ will conduct a ser
ies of services beginning Monday
at Boyce Memorial ARP church.
ARP's Schedule
Service Series
Boyce Memorial Associate Re
formed Presbyterian church has
scheduled a series of services be
ginning Monday and continuing
through November 9, with servi
ces nightly through Friday, a
children’s service on Saturday
morning and two concluding ser
vices on November 9.
Minister for the series will be
Rev. Harold S. Mace, pastor of
York, S. C., ARP church.
Special music will be a feature
of all the services, the pastor, Dr.
W. L. Pressly, announced.
The chancel choir will sing un
J der the direction of Mrs. N. F. Mc
Gill, choir director and organist.
On Wednesday morning the you
th choir under the direction of
Ben H. Goforth and Mrs. G. E.
Gamble, will sing, and on Sat
urday morning the carol choir,
directed by Mrs. Kenneth McGill,
will sing.
Evening services will be at
7:30, the Saturday service at 10
i a. m.
Rev. Mr. Mace’s sermon topics
will be:
Monday, “The Son of Perdi
tion.”
Tuesday, “Christ’s Unlimited
Compassion.”
.Wednesday, “Heaven.”
Thursday, “God Plus Man.”
Friday, “Have Gospel — Will
Travel.”
Saturday morning, "Children’s
Message.”
Sunday, November 9, morning,
“The Argument of the Empty
!Tomb”; evening, “God’s Love
Story.”
“Rev. Mr. Mace is a young man
who speaks interestingly to both
children and adults,” Dr. Pressly
commented.
Democrats Attend
Rally At Marion
A number of Kings Mountain
Democrats went to Marion Wed
nesday for the 11th Congression
al district rally.
Among them were Mrs. J. E.
Lipford, vice-chairman of Cleve
land County Democrats, Mrs. J.
H. Arthur, Mrs. F. A. (Pete) Mc
Daniel, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
Ormand, Conoror J. Ollie Harris,
Wilson Crawford, J. W. Webster
and Lawson Brown.
How To Reach Youi 95th Birthday;
Mis. Miller Says, "Be Temperate"
BY MARTIN HARMON
“What do you want to know?”,
Mrs. C. P. Miller asked.
How to live to be 95 years of
age, came the repertorial answer.
“Well, I'll tell you,” Mrs. Miller
replied brightly. "Eat well, sleep
well, work well and don’t drink
anything but water and milk.”
Somebody interposed, “Not
even any coffee?”
“Oh, I might let him have a lit
tle -bit, tout not much.”
Mrs. Miller, who observed her
95th birthday anniversary Octo
ber 23, was speaking Sunday aft
ernoon at the home of her dau
ghter, Mrs. Joe Neisfer, just be
fore guests started arriving for a
three-day delayed birthday party,
given by her children.
Mrs. Miller’s formula for long
evitity which she boiled down to
the dictum, “Be temperate in all
things,” obviously has been the
correct one for her. Her bright
eyes, quickness of mind, hearing
and sight belie her 95 years.
(Continued on Page Eigtit)
NONOGEN ARIAN — Mrs. C. P.
Miller, mother of two Kings
Mountain citizens observed her
95th birthday last Thursday. She ■
was honored Sunday at a recep
tion.
Illigitimates
On Welfare Aid
Only 9.9 Percent
“The parents 'are guilty of an
Uligitiimato act, not the child",
Jack Hoyle, county welfare su
perintendent. told members of
the Kings Mountain Lions Club
Tuesday night, as he gave sta
tistics on welfare payments to
county citizens and aid to illigi
timate children.
Mr. Hoyle said estimates are
there are probably 2,000 illigiti
mate children in Cleveland coun
ty, of whom only 197, or 9.9 per
cent are receiving support from
the county welfare department.
He noted that average pay
ments are $19 per month, adding
that illigitimaite children repre
sent only 17 percent of all chil
dren now receiving welfare aid.
Mr. Hoyle said he regarded
legislative efforts to handle the
problem, thus far, have been
aimed merely at symptoms and
not the cause, which is human
behavior, a difficult field to
legislate.
He said that the department
has used sterilization law, and
has terminated payments where
a mother continues illicit rela
tions, in an effort to prevent un
justified increase of payments.
But he continued, “An illigiti
mate child gets just as hungry
and cold as any other."
Of the estimated 2,000 illigiti
mate children in the county, Mr.
Hoyle said about 500 are White
and 1500 Negro.
Four new members were wel
comed. "they are Ben T. Goforth,
Frank Little, John Talley, and
H. M. Broadwater. Mr. Broadwa
ter transferred to the club from
the Big Stone Gap, Va., Lions
club.
Visitors included Rev. A. R.
Hastings, pastor of Second Bap
tist church.
Hallowe'en
Programs Set
Schools in the community will
hold their annual Hallowe’en
carnivals Friday night.
At each of the schools, the en
tertainment is under sponsorship
of the Parent-Teacher associa
tions, with food being served in
the cafeterias and contests open
in each of the classrooms.
At West School, the doors will
be open from 5 until 7:30 p. m„
with supper being served during
these hours. Games arid contests
will begin in the classrooms at
6 o’clock.
East School’s carnival, featur
ing a popularity contest, will be
held from 5 until 7 p. m. North
School’s carnival will also be
held at the same time.
Most schools are beginning
early because of the Shelby
Kings Mountain football, also on
Friday night.
Grover school will begin its
program at 5:30 p. m.
The traditional activities will
begin at 6 p. m. at Park Grace,
with various activities being
planned, a P-TA official said.
Bethware’s annual carnival
will feature a minstrel to be sta
ged in the auditorium at 7:30 p.
m. with men of the community
and students to participate. Food
will be served in the lunchroom
beginning at 6 p. m. and games
and other attractions will feature
room entertainment.
BLOOD MOBILE
The Red Cross bloodmobilo
will be in Kings Mountain No
vember 10th at the Women’s
club, with donors to be process
ed from 11 a. m. until 5 p. m.
John Smathers'
Father Legs
99th Birthday
CANTON — John B. Smathers,
a pioneer citizen of this section
and one of the oldest men in the
county and the state, observed
his 99th birthday October 23.
The day, which he had intended
to spend quietly at the home of
a daughter, Mrs. Fred Trull, was
a busy one as friends streamed in
ail day to see the grand old man
of the mountains.
He obviously had a grand time.
Mr. Smathers, despite the
years,, is still alert, enjoys the
radio, reads some as his eyes will
permit and is sti'll interested in
the activities of the community.
He dresses himself, goes to his
meals, and enjoys visits from
friends.
He is the oldest Mason in Hay
wood county, if not in the entire
state, having joined in 1884, which
makes him a 74-year Mason. Al
most a quarter century age the
local lodge presented him with
the 50-year membership award.
He is also the oldest member of
the Morning Star Methodist chur
ch where he was an active offi
cial for a number of years, and
is now an honorary trustee. He
has attended the annual Old
Folks Day Service at the church
for more tba 60 years.
Mr. Smathers is a native of the
Dutch Cove section where he was
a successful farmer, orchardman
and stock raiser until he retired
several years ago. He makes his
home with two of his daughters,
Mrs. Taylor Harden and Mrs.
Trull who reside -here. Another
daughter, Mrs. Horace Coffee liv
es in Houston, Texas, and he has
three sons, Jhon of Kings Moun
tain, Quinton and McLain of Can
ton; fourteen grandchildren, a
number of great-grandchildren,
and three great-great-grandchil
dren.
His son John and Mrs. Smath
ers were among the many visi
tors here for the birthday cele
bration.
Community Bay
Plans Undeiway
Annual World Community Day
program of the Kings Mountain
Council of United Churchwomen
will be held at Central Methodist
church fellowship hall November
7th at 3:30 p. m.
Mrs. M. D. Phifer, spokesman
for the churchwomen, said all wo
men of the community are urged
to collect yarn and yardage as a
project and bring the items with
them to the service. These gifts
will go to refugee mothers await
ing settlement, Mrs Phifer point
ed out.
The offering, Mrs. Phifer not
ed, will assist women in the Sou
th Sea Islands in training for
community development and in
supporting educational work of
churchwomen for peaceful world
relations.
Our Face Red: Mohair Asks $350,000
{Not $3,500,000) In Neisler Action
Amount of damages sought in the federal court civil action
whereby Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company charges Neisler
Brothers, Inc., and individuals connected with the firm with fail
ure to deliver patents is $350,000.
The Herald incorrectly reported last week the damages sought
at $3,500,000.
The erroneous figure was given by Thomas Rhodes, of Ashe
ville, clerk of federal district court, wthen he read the complaint
to the Herald.
The Herald regrets the error.
F. Thomas Miller, of Charlotte, attorney for defendants, was
quoted by the Shelby Star as saying the Massachusetts Mohair
allegations are denied.
Mr. MiUer on Wednesday was attending a convention at Boca
Raton, Fla, and not expected to return to his office until Mon
day.
J. H. Thomson, named as a defendant in the action, said he did
not know whether an answer had yet been filed and added he
understood defendants have 20 days in which to file an answer
to the charges.
Massachusetts Mohair, successor owner to Noisier Mills, Inc.,
charged that defendants failed to deliver, per sale agreement,
two patents instrumental in the manufacture of “a code fabric”.
Neisler Mills, Inc., was sold to Massachusetts Mohair in Octob
er 1955.
UN DAY PROJECTS — Parks Neisler. young son of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Nel3lsr, is shown pointing to the tree which was planted at
Jacob S. Mauney Memorial Library last Friday as a UN Day pro
ject. Another project, conducted by the Woman's Club, was the dis
tribution of literature on United Nations Day. In bottom photograph,
left to right, are three club members, Mrs. Charles T. Carpenter, Mrs.
John Cheshire, and Mrs. Charles Blanton who distributed the pam
phlets on downtown streets. Mrs. Haywood E. Lynch, Woman's club
president, was chairman of this community's observance.
(Herald Staff Photo by David Baity)
Harley Dixon
Is Ordained
Rev. Harley Dixon, of Kings
Mountain, wias ordained a Bap
tist minister in recent ordination
services conducted by Rev. Nor
man Brown at Bethlehem Bap
tist church.
Mr. Dixon, a graduate of Fur
man University in Greenville, S.
C., is attending Southern Semi
nary, Louisville, Ky. and serving
as chaplain of Ormsby Village in
Anchorage, Ky. He is a Kings
Mountain native and a member
of the Bethlehem church.
The ordination sermon was de
livered by Mr. Brown. Rev. James
Holder made the charge to the
candidate and presented a Bible
to Mr. Dixon.
Serving on the ordination
council of the Kings Mountain
Baptist Association which melon
Saturday, August 30, to examine
(Continued on Page Eight)
ORDAINED — Rev. Harley Dixon
was ordained a Baptist minister
in recent ordination services held
at Bethlehem Baptist church.
Business And Trade Publication
Writers Tour Foote Operations
Editors and writers for several
trade publications visited Kings
Mountain and Sunbright, Va.,
last week end for an inspection
of Foote Mineral Company’s lit
hium producing operations.
Arriving here by train Thurs
day, the writers spent the day
inspecting the Kings Mountain
works, where spodumene ore is
extracted by open pit mining and
refined, before shipment by rail
to Sunbright, Va., where it is
manufactured into lithium hy
droxide.
Neil Johnson, manager of the
Kings Mountain operation, ex
plained mining methods and;
outlined the company’s long-ran
ge plans for mining the lithium
bearing ore.
On Friday, the group went to
Sunbright and was given a sim
ilar tour, both through the com
pany's limestone mine and
through the large multi-building
plant where lithium hydroxide is j
manufactured.
Archie McDonnell, Sunbright
works manager, outlined the
manufacturing process and Wil
liam R. Hudspeth conducted the
tour of the mine and plant.
On the tour here were Will
Shearon, Bob Riley and Bob
Gould, Washington, D. C., all of
Chemical and Engineering News;
Dick Halloran, Philadelphia, Pa.,
>f Business Week; Hank Neilson,
New York, of Mining Engineer-1
ing; Pete Sigmon, Philadelphia,
of Aviation and Missiles; John
Donahey, and Norman Gentieu,
both of Philadelphia and mem
bers of Foote’s public relations
staff; Bill Munshmann, Philadel
phia, free lance photographer;
George Worden, New York, of the
Manufacturing Chemist associa
tion; and Dave Gillespie, Shelby
Daily Star.
Only One GOP
lame Appears
On Ballots
Cleveland County citizens will
go to the polls Tuesday for the
biennial general election.
Voting is not expected to be
heavy, as only the state ballot
lists opposition. Richard C.
Clarke, Jr., Republican, is chal
lenging Senator B. Everett Jor
dan, Democrat, Who holds the of
fice by appointment of Governor
Hodges. Jordan succeeded the late
W. Kerr Scott.
A proposed amendment to the
North Carolina Constitution has
received much conversation. The
amendment, if ratified, would ex
pand authority of justices of the
peace to handle tort or damage
civil actions up to amounts not ex
ceeding $200. Present provisions
grant justices of the peace this au
thority only in actions involving
not more than $50.
Oiherwise, voting will be a lack
lustre matter, as the GOP side of
all tickets are blank.
Unopposed and sure of election
on Tuesday are these Democrats:
Eleventh district U. S. Con
gressman Basil L. Whitener, Dis
trict Solicitor B. T. Palls, Jr., Sen
ator Robert Morgan and Senate
Candidate R. L. James, House
Candidate Jack Palmer, Sheriff
Haywood Allen. County Solicitor
Bynum Weathers, County Judge
Rueben L. Elam, Coroner J. Oliie
Harris, County Commissioners
Knox Sarratt, Fitzhugh Rollins,
John White, Mat Spangler and
Commissioner Nominate J .
Broad us El Its.
On the township ballot C. A.
(Gusi Huffstetler, Democrat, is
unoposed for another term as
constable of Number 4 Township.
The polling will be conducted in
this township at the customary
polling places: East Kings Moun
tain, at City Hall; West Kings
Mountain, at Victory Chevrolet
Company; Bethware, at Bethware
school; and Grover, at the Gro
ver fire station.
The polls will be open from 6:30
a. m. to 6:30 p. m.
Band Uniform
Fund At $2,000
Contributions to the Kings
Mountain school band ■uniform
fund reached the half-way point
this week.
Director Charles Ballance re
ported cash-in-hand at $2,000, just
Half the $1,000 needed to re-outfit
the band membership.
Mr. Ballance said absolute min
imum needs are 41 band uni
forms, four majorette uniforms
and one drum major’s outfit.
He said three more uniforms
split out during the trip to the
UNC-Wake Forest game last Sat
urday.
The uniforms, purchased in
1938, have been the dress of all
succeeding band members. They
have reached the point of no re
turn on patching, band parents
report.
Mr. Ballance said some solicit
ing committees have not yet re
ported. Principal one is the com
mittee inviting contributions
from business firms.
In the near future, the band will
sponsor a motion picture in coop
eration with the Joy Theatre.
We;z President
Of Band Boosters
Sam Weir, Kings Mountain
merchant, was elected president
of the Band Boosters Club Mon
day night.
J. W. Webster was elected vice
president.
Mr. Weir replaces Eugene Ro
berts and Mr. Webster replaces
J. H. Patterson, both of whom
had resigned.
The Booster club members en
joyed a covered dish supper, dis
cussed progress of the band uni
form fund drive, and saw motion
pictures of the band as it per
formed in Bristol, Tenn.-Va., re
cently at the Southeastern Band
festival.
OPEN HOUSE
Dr. and Mrs. Paul K. Ausley
have invited members of the
First Presbyterian church con
gregation to call at the manse
Thursday evening from 7 until
9 p. m. The Ausleys moved
here Tuesday and the minister
will deliver the morning mes
sage at the church on Sunday.
Will Vote Tuesday
n Biennial