> VOL. 70 No. 37 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C.. Thursday, September 17, 1959 Seventieth Year PRICE TEN CENTS Population Greater Kings Mountain City limits 10,320 7,206 Today Local News Bulletins GARDEN CLUB The Magnolia Garden club will meet Tuesday at 3:30 p. f the police department. Mr. Bayes, before the city commis sion, Wad charged that the re quests for licensed bondsmen were channteLed to Mr. Nichol son, with exception of a few poor risks from out-of-town or out-of state. These charges were denied by Mr. Nicholson, 'by Chief of Po lice Martin Ware and by police iepartment desk sergeants. Mr. Nicholson and the poli ee rier contended that Ihiis Obtaining majority of the bonding bit sines's was fact that (Mr. Nicholson made himself available at City fall during evening hours. In :um, Mr. ’Nicholson contended halt he seldom did any bonding work dining his regular daily schedule, denied he (had neglected ris gas department duties in any way, and always handled any emergency service calls night and lay. Comm. Ben 'Bridges saiid Wed replay Chat, without threats, memtors of the commission had old Mr. Nidholson that his side ine bonding (business didn't ‘look well” due Co his city hall smployrment as gas superinten dent and fact that his office in Dity Hall is adjacent to the po lice department office. He and Mayor (Bridges said Mr. Nicholson had informed the commission he would retire from his bonding activities. As city natural gas department superintendent, Mr. Nicholson is being paid $4800 per year. Currently, the three licensed bondsmen are Mr. Nicholson, Mr. Hayete, arid (Mr. Alexander, who purchased his city licence (cost £20) Monday. City Clterk Joe McDaniel, Jr., said Wednesday he had received other inquiries concerning the x*st of the bondsmans license but no other purchases. KIWANIS CLUB Ernest J. Dowd, Jr., executive secretary of Central Piedmont Industries, of Charlotte, will be the speaker at Thursday night’s Kiwanis club meeting. The club convenes at 6:45 at the Woman’s club. * Please Remember Picture Deadline Citizens who desire use of pictures in the Herald are ask ed to remember the new pic ture deadline, which is noon on Tuesdays. • The deadline had to be ad vanced four hours due to a change in bus schedule. The Herald gets picture engravings in Spartanburg, S. C„ and the last usuable Tuesday bus lea ves shortly after noon. Society pictures, if possible, should be at the Herald not la ter than Monday afternoon. Quebec Firm Suing Lithium Lithium Corporation of Ameri ca is defendant in a $4,447,000 suit for damages, lodged in Minneapolis, Minn., oy Quebec Lithium Corporation for alleged damages following notification of cancellation by Lithium Corpora tion of a contract to buy lithium ore. Pierre Beauchemin, president of Quebec Lithium, was quoted as saying the damage suit was lodged due to refusal of Lithiuip Corporation to accept delivery each month, until March 1962, of 17;000 “units” of lithium ore, as required under terms of a con tract signed by the two compan ies last March. Lithium Corporation announ ced in August it had informed Quebec Lithium the raw mater ials contract between the two firms was being terminated, that it would accept no more deliver ies, and concurrently announced plans for consolidating its oper ations at the nearby Bessemer City plant aind plans for resum ption of lithium mining in this area. ! When tthe August announce ment was made, Richard Neilson, Bessemer City plant manager, declined comment on Lithium’s contract with the Quebec firm except to acknowledge that the termination date did not coincide with the January 1, 1960 wind-up of the Lithium Corporation con tract with the Atomic Energy commission. He added, “We’re rather sensitive about the (Que bec) contract.” Lithium Corporation had dis continued its own mining opera tions months ago and subse quently sold itis mining equip ment at auction. Two other United States firms. Aluminum Company of America and Kaiser Aluminum Company, were reported some two years a go, to have had similar difficul ties due to contracts with Cana dian suppliers of aluminum ores. With aluminum momentarily in plentiful supply, both these com paniess were reported to have ne gotiated stretch-outs on their contract committment for raw ores. Quebec Lithium contends that the contract with Lithium Corp oration is firm, with no escape hatches. It sent shipments to the i United States for about 90 per- j cent of its production. Motorists Bewaie! City Police Again Operating Old Whammy Motorists beware!' Put wings on the elevator loot! The ole dity whammy’s out again — or was Wednesday afternoon. Officers Ralph Oarrigain and ©ud Ware had the whammy duty and set up shop on West King street, just a few feet east Of the Goforth street Grossing. The radio timing device logs a car's speed in all of 66 feet erf travel. ft Is an ingenious device, can ble geared to catch ’em east bound or Westbound (hut not bath alt the same time). The of ficer tn the control oar pushes a button, and therefore has the timing machine all ready for the next customer headed in the particular direction for which the machine is set . When the car’s wheels hit the first rubber hose a tittle wheel begins to move, along with an other hand which records the wheels tuit the second hose, the miles per -hour indicator hand stops on 30, 33, or (and this is tough!) 36. Speed limit on King street