Population
J Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
J City Limits 7,206
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limits fignro Is from tns Dsltod Statos csusus of 1950.
Kings Mountain, N. C... Thursday, July 28, I960
YOL7I No. 30
Established 1889
Seventy-First Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
New City Budget
Totals $674,480
Local News \
Bulletins
SEWING COURSE
Mis. John H .Gamlble, home
■economics teacher in the city
schools, is teaching the Singer
sewing course, “Young Style
Maker Contest’’ this week from
8 to 11 a. m. Classes are being
offered through Friday to girls
ages 10-21. _
LIFE-SAVING COURSE
Kings Mountain Jayoees are
sponsoring a Junior and Sen
ior Red Cross life-saving cour
se beginning Monday and con
tinuing through August 12th.
Interested persons should con
tact Jaycee President Bob Go
forth.
LODGE MEETING
An emergent communication
of Faiirview Lodge 339 AF&AM
will be held Monday night, Au
gust 1st, at 7:30 p. m. at Ma
sonic Hall, it has been an
nounced by T. D. Tindall, sec
retary.
NO DANCE
Kings Mountain Legionnair
es have not scheduled a dance
for this Saturday evening at
the Legion Building, Comman
der J. T. McGinnis, Jir. has an
nounced.
ON ASTC COUNCIL
Bud Mayes, Kings Mountain
student at Appalachian State
Teacher’s college at Boone, is
ts a member of the Student
OoundL He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Mayes.
BOTANY MEETING
Robert P. (Red) Neisler, ran
gier of the Kings Mountain Mi
litary Park, will speak to Ro
tarians at thedr weekly meet
ing Thursday at Kings Moun
tain Country Club. He will dis
cuss retracking the Mountain
Man across the Appalachians.
TO KINGSPORT
Gene Taylor, Kings Moun
tain insuranceman, left Mon
day for Kingsport, Tenn.,
where he has assumed new
duties as staff manager of the
Kingsport branch of Liberty
Life Insurance Company.
HARRY IN HOSPITAL
Mayor FtrankMn Harry, of
Grover, is a patient at Presby
terian hospital, Charlotte,
where he expects to undergo
an operation for a back ail
ment on Friday.
NO FIRES
City Firemen C. D. Ware said
Wednesday morning the de
partment has had no calls sin
ce the Burlington Mill blaze
two weeks ago.
Creighton
Bound Over
Bdbby Boyce Creighton, 35, of
Kings Mountain was bound over
to Superior Court in a prelimi
nary hearing Wednesday morn
ing in County Recorder’s Court.
Bond was set at $750. He had
been arrested by Constable J. L.
Moore on three counts of forgery.
Creighton was arrested at the
home of his father-in-law in Kings
Mountain, and warrants were is
sued against 'him charging him
with writing two $40 and one $30
checks. He allegedly used the
names, John W. Wilson, James
W. Stewart, and James A. M]ar
fJHall, drawing the checks on the
Citizens National Bank of Gas
tonia.
An additional forgery warrant
» was ailso drawn in Gaston Coun
ty.
Merchants Picnic
Set For August 10
The annual employer - em
ployee picnic of Kings Moun
tain Merchants Association has
been scheduled for August 10,
at 7. m.
Tickets may be purchased at
the association office at $1.50
for adults and 75 cents for chil
dren.
Women of Oakdale ARP
church will serve the meaL The
church is located on York road
near McGill’s Store. >
Employees Get
Raise; Tax Rate
Remains At $1.50 |
The city board of oommission
ers formally adopted the current
year’s budget Tuesday morning,
anticipating income and receipts
of $674,480, and set the 1960 tax
rate at $1.50 per $100 valuation.
The gross tax rate includes five
cents per $100 valuation for rec
reational commission operations.
The rate is unchanged from the
past year.
The budget anticipates a five
percent wage increase for all city
employees, excluding department
heads and employees of the city
recreation commission. Also not
effected are gas system employ
ees. The gas operation, like the
recreation operation, are sepa-:
rate functions of the city gov-;
eminent. The raise was effective
last week.
The city expects to spend
albout $34,000 more than it spent:
last fiscal year and about $8,0001
more than total 1959-60 receipts.
Operational expenses are ex
pected to cost the city $508,489, t
debt service (including $30,000
principal payments and $18,357 in
interest) $48,367, and capital out
lay items $101,623. A $16,000 fi
gure is listed for contingencies.
In the capital items are includ
ing a fire truck and electrical de
partment truck totaling $19,162,
with public works improvements
expected to require $82,461. Street
work will claim $42,810, including
$28,395 for street-paving, $13,685
for curb and gutter work, and
$730 for sidewalks. Another $20,
866 is earmarked for installing
six-inch water lines and $16,650
for street re-surfacing.
Mayor Glee A. (Bridges will re
ceive $5400 in salary, including
$4200 from the city and $1200
from the gas system, plus a $600
per year traivel expense allowan
ce.
City Clerk Joe H. McDaniel
will receive $4200 from the city
and $1000 from the gas system.
Other salaries of department
heads include:
Public Works Superintendent
Grady Yelton and Electrical Su
perintendent Hunter Allen,
$4800; Chief of Police Martin
Ware $4200; Cemetery Superin
tendent Sam Suber, $3180; and
Fine Chief Pat Tignor, $300.
Receipts
'Final budget estimates show
the city anticipates revenue from
sale of power and water at
$398,000, up $13,000 over the past
year, and furnishing the major
part of the income. However, the
city thinks At will spend $20,000
more than ithe $169,000 expended
last year, including more for po
wer and other funds for trans
formers to serve expanding
Kings Mountain hospital.
The city thinks it will receive
$135,000 from current taxes and
$22,500 from taxes due from
prior years.
Third biggest item of revenue
is expected to be 'the Powell Bill
gas tax rebate from the state,
pegged at $33,000. Court costs
are expected to bring in $11,000,
street assessments $10,000, and
intangible taxes $7,500. 'Water
and sewer taps are expected to
return $6,000 and privilege lic
enses $5,600.
The cash carry-over from the
previous year was $25,230.
Natural -gas sales have enjoy
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PLACES FIRST — Kim Cashion,
teamed with Julia Beam, copped
first place in the poultry pro
duction division of State 4-H
Club competition held in Raleigh
Tuesday.
Former Citizens
Killed In Crash
A former Kings Mlountain
couple, Zefo V. Falls, 55, and his
wife, Nan IB. Falls, 54, of Chase
City, Va., were killed Friday
night in a two-car collision which
occurred as the Fallses were
driving to a baseball game one
mile outside Chase City.
The Falls’car collided with a
second car on a curve resulting
in the instant death of its two
occupants, and tlie hospitalization
of two men riding in the other ve
hicle. The injuries sustained by
the hospitalized victims were not
fatal.
The accident was reported to
have occurred at 7:45 p. m.
Double funeral rites were con
ducted at 3 p. .m. from Moon
Newcomb Funeral Home in
Chase City. Rev. R. T. Hunt offi
ciated, and buried was in Concord
Baptist dhurch cemetery there.
Mr. Falls is survived by six
brothers: C. H. Falls, New Bern,
N. C, P. OL. Falls, Chase City,
Va, Ira Falls, Kings Mountain,
La then Falls, Clyde T. Falls, and
Edgar S. Falls, all of Chase City,
Va.; and six sisters: Mrs. Thom
as Copeland, Newport News, Va.,
Mrs. G. L. Flowers, Mrs. D. E.
Barnette, Mrs H C Dellinger, Mrs
Thomas Simmons, and Mrs. Ho
ward Keeton, all of Chase City,
Va.
Surviving Mrs. Falls are four
brothers, C. R. Bridges, Woodrow
Bridges, Grady Bridges, and Hen
ry Bridges, all of Kings Moun
tain; and two sisters, Mrs. Brooks
Tate, and Mrs. Earl Fite, both of
Kings Mountain. Her mothter,
Mrs. T. A. Bridges of Kings
Mountain, also survives.
The couple is survived by three
children: Mrs Howard Cottrell,
Ray Falls, and Howard Falls, all
of Chase City, Va.
Business Finn
Sets Meeting
Annual meeting of stockhold
ers of Kings Mountain Business
Development, Inc., will be held
at City Hall at 10 a. m., August
9, according ,to announcement
this week by officials of the cor
poration.
The meeting will feature re
ports of officers and other busi-,
ness which' might come before
the stockholders.
Officers of the industry-seeking
firm are J. Wilson Crawford,
president; Fred <W. Pl#nk, vice
president; and Ben H. Bridges,
secretary - treasurer.
Directors include the officers,
B. S. Neill, Glee A. Bridges, and
W. K. Mauney.
The firm numbers approxi
mately 75 stockholders.
GOP Delegates Were Expected
To Nominate Nixon-Lodge Ticket
The nation’s Republicans were
expected to nominate Richard
M. Nixon for president and Hen
ry Oabot Lodge . for vice-presi
dent Wednesday night.
It was anticipated that Mr.
Nixon, vice-president since 1953,
would be elected on the first
ballot, if not by acclamation,
with a similar result likely for
Mr. Lodge, delegate of the U
nited States to the United Na
tions.
The New York Times had re
ported that Lodge was sure to be
the Nixon running mate.
Kelly Dixon, of Kings Moun
tain, a delegate to the Chicago
GOP gathering, said before lea
ving he expected to vote for Mr.!
Nixon and was leaning to Mr.
Lodge for the number 2 spot.
Mirs. Dixon said she’d heard
from her husband in a letter
written late Sunday evening,
and that her husband, along
with the other members of the
North Carolina delegation, ex
pected (to meet the Vioe-Presi
dent early yesterday morning at
the Conrad Hilton hotel.
Other press reports have sta
ted that the Vice-President plan
ned to pose for pictures with
each of the 1,331 delegates.
Chief argument at the conven
tion had been between souther
ners and liberals concerning the
civil rights plank of the plat
form. Both Mr. Nixon and Gov
ernor Nelson Rockefeller, of New
York, had been plumping for a
strong civil rights plank. North
Carolina was opposed. State
Chairman William Cobb was
quoted as saying.
He was quoted, after Tuesday
morning’s meeting with Nixon.
"I thank the delegation accepted
Nixon’s explanation in good
graze, but I doubt if they con
cur,”
The Kings Mountain delegate,
a candidate for Congress, had
said he favored a moderate
civil rights plank before leaving
for Chicago. He expects to re
turn Sunday.
Town Of Grover Plans Water System
Gibson Resigns
Principalship;
Poston leaving
J. A. Gibson, principal of Dav
idson School, tendered his resig
nation to city schools superin
tendent B. N. Barnes Wednesday
morning.
Gibson has served as David
son school principal, coach, and
high school math and science
teacher since September, 1945.
Mr. Gibson resigned his prin
cipalship to accept 'the principal
ship of a 29-teacher school in
Rowland, N. C.
Supt. Baines said he received
the resignation with regret.
Mr. Barnes also said Mrs. Gib
son, second grade teacher at
Davidson, is resigning her posi
tion.
Poston Resigns
Thomas C. Poston, seventh
grade teacher at Central School
notified Supt. Barnes Tuesday he
is resigning.
Mr. Poston has accepted the
principalship of the Blacksburg,
S. C. elementary school.
Teaching Vacancies
Mr. Barnes reported teaching
vacancies in the city system
have been narrowed ,but listed
these posts to be filled: eighth
grade, girl’s physical education,
music instructor, and Latin -
French.
However, Mr. Barnes added,
he has very good prospects for
the music and Latin-French pos
itions and will make recommen
dation for itheir election to the
board ait its next meeting.
Work on the “60-'61 school
budget has been completed, he
said.
The superintendent said the
board plans a called meeting
soon to consider budget work
and elect teachers.
Rescue Squad
Benefit Friday
Gifts totaling $1500 have been
donated to the Cleveland County
Rescue Squad’s current building
fund.
The Crew expects to receive
more donations via a dance to be
sponsored by the group Friday
night at Kings Mountain Moose
Lodge. The dance will be held
from 8:30 until 12 p. m. and tic
kets are available from any mem
ber of the volunteer organization. ■
Music will be provided by a
dance band, “The Sabres”, week
ly performers at the Moose Lod
ge. The musicians Who appear
annually at the Drexel Communi
ty Fair and play at the Myrtle
Beach pavilion, are Pete Deal,
Louis Gittens, Bob Nuttall, Jerry
Moore, and Gene Craig. They are
recording artists for Kilmas Rec
ords.
lA street dance, also under spon
sorship of the Rescue Squad, will
'be held’ from 6 until 7 p.m. on
South Railroad avenue in front
of Cooper’s. The dance will laun
ch the fund-raising promotion.
- Capt. Corbett Nicholson has
reported that some donations
have been gifts of materials for
the proposed new home of the
Rescue Squad. Cost of the build
ing, which is to be erected on
Parker street, is $10,000.
Vandals Sports
Minded, Hungry
Three youths, aged 13, 11, and
10, were questioned Monday by
Police Chief Martin Ware for al
legedly breaking into the Aimold
W. Kincaid -residence on Church
Street alt two separate times over
the weekend, looting the base
ment and raiding the kitchen.
Ware said he had little trouble
locating the boys who were re
sponsible and that they readily
admitted entering the house.
Kincaid reported the first
breakin Saturday morning after
returning from his vacation. Re
reported four fishing reels, fi.rod.
and other sports equipment'
missing.
The boys had entered the
house, found the keys to the
basement, gone into the base- j
memt and rifled through ithe
sporting equipment there.
Returning from church Sun
day night, the Kincaids found
a window screen split and a
transistor radio missing. Whip
ped cream and tossed salad were
i scattered about the kitchen,
j No charges have been filed a
gairust (the boys involved. The
, Kincaids said they will attempt
! to help the three lads rather
j than bring charges against
them.
Swan Resigns At Craftspun;
Phillips And Lowe Managers
Johnson Says
Older Backlog
Is ' Very Good"
By MARTIN HARMON
1C art H. Swan, Jr., president of
Craftspun Yarns, Inc., has resign
ed effective August 1, and the
firm subsequently will be mana
ged by an executive committee
Which will include Harold J.
Phillips, plant superintendent,
and Robert Lowe, manager of
the novelty division and accoun
tant.
J. D. Johnson, of Scranton,
Pa., president of Scranton Cor
poration, of Which Craftspun
Yarns, Inc., is a wholly owned
subsidiary, was here Wednesday
and made the announcement.
(He said the firm’s business out
look is “very good, with a good
backlog of orders," adding the
firm is operating on a five-day
and six-day work week.
Creftspun currently lists 245
employees.
Mr. Johnson said he understood
that Mr. Swan, the retiring pres
ident, expects to enter business
for (himiself. Mr. Swan, however,
was out-of-town Wednesday and
could not be reached for details
concerning his future plans.
Craftspun’s parent corporation,
Scranton, has ibeen operating in
•bankruptcy since the federal gov
ernment brought a halt to the fi
nancial legerdemain of A. L. Gu
termia, now in Atlanta’s federal
penitentiary, Mr. Johnson said, on
conviction of several federal
charges.
Mr. Johnson added that Crafts
pun is operating under a trustee
ship, with J. Julius Levy, a Slcran
ton attorney, and John F. Mur
phy, executive vice-president of
Northwestern Pennsylvania Na
tional Bank, as trustees.
Mr. Johnson liimself is a vet
eran of 33 years with the Scran
ton Corporation, formerly Scran
ton Lace Company.
Mr. Phillips and Mr. Lowe, al
so will continue to handle their
present duties.
Trial Monday
For Alexanders
a,.?1?3! 1fu and J°hn Alexander
are slated tor trial in next Mon
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introduce the speaker.
meter receipts
Parking meter receipts for
;he week ending Wednesday
S10030 f led $1H deluding
on-sftmet metem
ted 3JS0 *"» stteet me
iers, Mrs. Grace Wolfe ni*ri«
*»* dty clerk reported.
Privilege License
Penalty Date Near
Numerous business firms
face penalties for failure to
purchase privilege licenses.
Pinal day fior purchasing
the licenses without penalty is
Saturday, with penalty of five
per cent to apply Monday,
August 1.
Mrs. Grace Wolfe, assistant
city clerk, said Wednesday
day that privilege license pur
chases to diate total $3465. The
recently-adopted city budget
anticipates revenues of $5,600
from this source.
The city office closes at
11:30 a. m. on Saturdays.
Shooting Victim's
Condition Serious
Harold Glenn Davis, 23, re
mains in serious condition at
Kings Mountain hospital fol
lowing pistol wounds inflicted by
his father early Saturday.
The young Chestnut Ridge man
is a patient in Kings Mountain
hospital. His father, Robert
Davis, 44, Gherryville road farm
er and carpenter, is (being held
without bond in Gaston County
jail on Charges of felonious as
sault.
Gaston Rural Police, who inves
tigated, said Davis was shot in
the back by a .22 caliber pistol
which severed Ids spine, paraly
zing him from, the waist down.
A desk sergeant on duty Wed
nesday at Rural Police headquar
ters said the elder Davis would
give no reason for the shooting.
Officers S. C. Lovelace and Har
old Dunaway, who arrested Da
vis at 1:12 a. m. Saturday, re
ported Davis (the father) had
been drinking. The shooting re
portedly occurred about 12:15.
Date for a hearing in the case
had not been set yesterday. Offi
cers said the case will probably
be heard by Magistrate B. W.
Craig.
Dial Numbers
Due August 29
Kings Mountain telephone sub
scribers can expect to learn their
new seven-digit dial numbers on
or aibout August 29, E. Floyd
Farris, manager for Southern
Bell Telephone Company, said
Wednesday.
August 29 is scheduled date for
delivery of new telephone direc
tories whidh will have the new
listings.
While all numbers have been
assigned, they are subject to
change.
“It’s hard to explain understan
dably,” Mr. Farris remarked,
“but technical difficulties may
force the change of some num
bers.”
In process of checking out the
numbers, some don’t function
properly. iMr. Fa'rris guessed that
aibout 300 numbers already have
been changed due to technical
difficulties.
The projected change-over is"
on schedule and Kings Mountain
subscribers will begin dialing
their numbers at 12:01 September
11.
The business office moved to
the new West Mountain street ex
change building Tuesday.
City Guesses
Year's Gas Sales
To Be $148,480
The City of Kings Mountain
anticipates its natural gas sys
tem will sell a record $148,480 in
gas during the 1960-61 fiscal
year which began July 1.
In turn, the gas system opera
tional budget anticipates a net
profit of $31,464, after provision
of $94,303 for expenses and
$23,712.50 for debt service.
The debt service account, in
cludes $10,000 in principal
which wil lower the system's
revenue bond indebtedness to
$380,000, and $13,712.50 in inter
est.
Under terms of the bond sales
agreement, profits of the system
are pledge to several sinking
funds until the (bond obligations
are paid.
The budget estimate guesses
that residential sales will return
$79,671, commercial sales, $17,
825; industrial sales, $9,424; in
terruptible industrial sales $36,
035, .and public building sales,
$5,525. Other income is expected
to return $1,000.
Major item of expense antici
pated is purchase of gas from
Transcontinental Gas Pipeline
Corporation at $73,173. Other
estimated expenses of the sys
tem are unchanged from the pre
vious year. Major items are
$5,000 for labor, $4,800 for super
intendent’s salary, $3,000 in ad
minisitirative salaries, $1,800 in
engineering fees, $2,000 for op
erational supplies and $1,800 for
engineering fees.
Eirant Auto
Invades Kitchen
Thurman Henry Henson, 50,
is lodged in city jail after he
drove an automobile into the kit
chen of the J. W. Foster home
on Linwood road about 11:50
Wednesday morning.
Officers Enos Freeman and
Earl Stroupe, who investigated
the accident, charged Henson
With driving drunk, reckless dri
ving and malicious damage to
property.
I
The wreck report estimated
damages at $625.
Investigating officers said the
Henson-driven 1949 Oldsmobile
was proceeding south on Phillips
Drive when he struck a wall,
then caromed east until it stop
ped in the kitchen of the Foster
home. The kitchen door was
knocked off fits binges, the sink, j
stove, and clothes washer were
knocked off the wall. None of the
Foster family was at home when
the accident occurred.
Desk Sergeant Ralph Ware said
that Henson is being held in lieu"
of $1,000 bond.
ORMAND REUNION
Thle 62nd annual reunion of
the Ormand family will be
held Saturday at Long Creek
Presbyterian church near Bes
semer City. All relatives and
friends are invited to bring pic
nic baskets and join in the fel
lowship. Officers of the clan,
are to be elected.
Community In 118-Pint "Free Ride"
On Blood Usage During 1959-60
Kings Mountain had a “free
ride” on blood usage during 19
59-60 to (the itune of 118 pints of
blood, Charlotte blood bank offi
cials have informed Kings
Mountain Red Cross chapter offi
cials.
Mrs. O. W. Myers, blood chair
man for the Kings Mountain
chapter, made the report in an
nouncing that the Bloodmobile’s
next visit ito Kings Mountain
is scheduled for Monday, Au
gust 8.
Kings Mountain citizens used
118 pints of blood more than
they donated during the fiscal
\ year ending June 30.
In contrast, eight Red Cross
chapter donations either equalled
or exceeded their blood usage,
while seven others gave 95 per
cent or more of their blood re
quirements. Included in the lat
ter group was the Cleveland
County chapter, headquartered at
Shelby.
In urging a full turnout of
donors for the August 8 visit,
Mns. Myers said that the blood
bank reports collections up, but
inventories quite low, particular
ly in three of the rarer types “A”
negative, “AB" positive, and “O"
negative. She also reports that
the Bed Cross has asked doctors
to be as sparing as possible in
prescribing use of blood where
these rarer types are required.
Engineering
Report Filed f
With Agency
BY MARTIN HARMON
The Town of Grover filed an
engineering report with the re
gional Housing and Home Fi
nance Agency recently, which
town officials hope will result
in a loan to provide funds for
building a town water system.
R. E. (Bobby) Ham bright, a
member of the town council, said
the engineer's report estimates
the project will cosit about
$367,000.
Mr. Hambright pointed out
that Grover citizens now obtain
their water from Minette Mills,
Inc., and that both supply and
pressure are increasing prob
lems.
"The system was installed 25
to 30 years ago by the mill, and
one-inch and one-and-one-half
inch lines have continued to be
added. The mill is expanding
and now has insufficient water
for its own use,” Mir. Hambright
added.
Engineering plans, drawn by
John Edwards, Raleigh engineer,
calls for using Jake’s branch as
a source of supply, with a res
ervoir ito be built, and also a 100,
000-gallon storage tank. Addi
tionally, the present small lines
aire to be replaced with a cen
tral system of six-inch lines to
provide fire protection.
Initially, Mr. Hambright said,
it was anticipated the Town of
Grover would be able to issue
revenue bonds to the federal a
gency in return for the funds to
build the water system. The a
gency has informed the town,
however, that water bonds will
have to be general obligation
bonds.
It Is hoped, Mr. Hambright
said, that water system revenues
will be sufficient to defray costs
of the bond financing. Minette
Mills, Inc., has proffered a con
tract for one million gallons per
week ,he added.
The Town of Grover currently
owes no bonded indebtedness
and its tax rate is 50 cents per
$100 valuation.
It had been hoped to include
a sewage disposal project, he
added, but federal agency offi
cials advised against filing both
applications at the same time.
In 1955, Grover purchased a
fire truck and built a fire sta
tion.
Town of Grover officials are
Franklin Harry, Jr., mayor, Mr.
Hambright, W. W. (Bill) McCar
ter, and R. Fain Hambright, al
dermen. Mr. McCarter also ser
ves as town clerk.
Whitesides Lot
Rezoned By Board
The W. D. Whitesides property
at 403 S. Battleground avenue
was re-zoned for business use by
the city board of commissioners
Tuesday mloming.
The property fronts on both
Battleground and Falls street and
adjoins A & P Tea Company.
Mrs. Whitesides said Wednes
day she had placed the property
for sale with Gilbert-Jones Real
ty Company, of Shelby, but did
not know what prospective buyer
this firm might have.
In turn, Tom Jones, of the Gil
bert-Jones firm, said he wasn’t
ydt at liberty to.reveal the name
of the probable purchaser.
Old Whammy
Nabbed 16
The city police department
dusted off it’s whammy last
week, and in less than four
hours of operation it had 16
motorists in its costly clutches.
■Mrs. Jack White, wife of Re
corder Judge Jack White, was
a passenger in the car of Mrs.
Ann W. McDaniel, one of the
victims, as was the Judge’s son,
Button.
Young Master White told
Mrs. McDaniel, the Judge re
marked, “Don’t worry. My
Daddy’ll give you a fair trial.’’
It cost the drivers, all of
whom submitted, court costs of
$7.30, not to mention a red tag
on their driving record and,
in effect, a year’s driving pro
bation. Another similar infrac
tion within 12 months can cost
the motorist his driver’s licen
se.
Officers Enos Freeman and
Ellis King collaborated with the
recording device in bringing
£h!e speeders to screeching halts.