Population J Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 J City Limits 7,206 | Th* flgurs for Oroattr Sags Mountain Is dorlrod from I tfo 1959 Kings Mountain dtf directory emu. Tho dty 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 (Continued On Page Eight) 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 k StoleWSetca?°rttain'1,lg $127’ and JSSn^WS: *** 22' was p^1 on $1-000 bund after his ar evan!!08 °°uld not locate the Al SSSVT8"' bUt a teur-day Tuwdav ®r was culminated u^day afternoon when she re withTth^int^S® headquarters a"ren<,CT KiwanisClub To Hear Hark mJke^ 01lrk °f Charlotte will mnmhJhc address Thursday to Kiw^srSClubhe KingS M°Untain "/pw-rfal6® *’•' Mn C^rk, sales manager of _he Charlotte area of Armour & &*ZnZf‘ZVZing the SteBte* V^orth and South Car olife# W rhe charlotte distri S]k '‘^!er' wiH devel°P the 23;«25££i-““l ciikhaSe£LIrede11 County>Mr Armour3* as«»ciated with' Ahmui- & Company for over 25 in^idenLJahn Smatilers will 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.