Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
Gity Limits 8,008
This figure for Creator dug* Mountain U derived from
tbo 1955 Kings Mountain city directory census. The city
Balts figure is from tbo United Staton census of 1980.
VOL. 72 No. 48
Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
Established 1889
fountain, N. C., Thursday, December 7, 1961
Seventy-Second Year
6P a g e s
Today
PRICE TEN CENTS
Double Murder Suspect Is Slain In Cherryville
Local News
Bulletins
FAIRVIEW LODGE
Regular communication of
Pairview Lodge 339 AF & AM
will be held at Masonic Hall
Monday night ait 7:30 p. m.
New officers of ithe lodge will
be elected for the 1962 year.
HOSPITALIZED
Rev. P. D. Patrick, former
Kings Mountain minister, is
seriously ill and is a patient at
Emory Hospital in Decatuir,
Ga. Mr. Patrick was admitted
to the hospital last Wednes
day. His son, Lawrence Pat
rick, said yesterday his condi
tion seemed to be somewhat
improved, though .serious.
KIWANIS CLUB
Jay C. McElroy, superinten
dent of Station 145 of Trans
continental Pipe Line Corpora
tion, will show the film "Gift
From the Earth”, at Thursday
night's Kiwanis club meeting.
The club convenes at 6:45 p
m. at City Hall.
BAKE SALE
Kings Mountain Garden club
is sponsoring a Christmas
bake sale on Saturday from
9 until 11:30 a. m. at Plonk
Brothers.
TO GERMANY
Mrs. Edmond K. Almond,
the former Paula Cole, will
•leave New York by plane Sat
urday for Germany, where she
will join her husband who is
on duty with the United States
air force. They will reside at
Wiesbodon.
OPTIMIST
Kings Mountain Optimist
will have no dinner meeting
this Thursday. Members are
asked to eat at home and meet
at the First Baptist Fellow
ship Hall at 7:00 p. m. to go as
a group to Shelby to tour the
Pittsburgh Plate Glass plant.
Arrangements for the tour
were made by Jim Connor.
PERMIT ISSUED
A building permit was is
sued Wednesday to Otis Cole
to erect a one-story residence
on Mitchell Street. Estimated
cost of the five-room structure
is $3,500. Contractor for the job
is Best Homes, Inc.
FIRE
City firemen were called to
Mauney Mills Monday at 5:00
p. m. to douse a blaze which
started In the motor of a ma
chine. Fireman T. C. McKee
reported the fire was extin
guished speedily, but not be
fore it wreaked some damage.
He said the damage report
pends insurance estimates.
BUY A CAN
Carroll Ledford, Jaycee Buy
a Can Chairman, reported
Wednesday the annual Jay
cee charity baskets will be
placed in Kings Mountain food
stores this weekend. Jaycees
encourage all, when purchas
ing groceries, to buy an extra
parcel and drop it in the box.
Food thus collected will be dis
tributed tc needy families dur
ing the holiday season.
IN NEW HOME
The F. Eugene Gladden fa
mily lest week ocupied their
new residence at 211 Bridges
street. They formerly resided
at 605 Meadowbrook roan.
R. B. Griggs
Rites Thuisday
-Robert Brantley Grigg, Sr.., 62,
of Gastonia, Kings Mountain bus-,
inessman here from 1945-54, died
Tuesday rearming in a Gastonia
hospital after a year of declining
health.
Military funeral rites will be
held Thursday at 2 p. m. from
Love Memorial Baptist church,
Gastonia, interment following in
Hollywood cemetery. The body
will remain at Carrothens Funer
al Home until one hour prior to
the rites.
Mr. Grigg operated Kings'
Mountain 'Beverage Company |
here for nine years. Previously,
We had been associated with Gas-'
tonia Coca-Cola -Bottling compa
ny for 23 years. Until his illness;
a year ago he was manager ofj
Pepsi-Cola Bottling company of
Gastonia.
. (Continued Oh Page Bight)
Mauney-Carolina Threw ing
Pledges Boost United Fund
Pledges $2702;
Cash, Pledges
Now Top 57,000
Kings Mountain’s United Fund
pledge and collection total scal
ed this week with the pledge of
$2,702.09 jointly by Mauney Hos
iery Mills and Carolina Throw
ing Company.
The pledge is a combined ef
fort of the firms and their em
ployees.
The pledge brought the total
of cash collected and pledges to
$7,309.09. The United Fund is
seeking a goal of $16,446.
Of the total $7,309.09, the fund
has $4,031 in cash. The remain
ing $3,278.09 is in pledges.
B. W. Gillespie, chairman of
the fund drive, reported Wednes
day he had also received a check
from Burlington Industries for
$300, as a company contribution.
The employees pledge has not
yet been received.
Stressing one goal, one donation,
the drive seeks what it terms a
fair donation from all citizens.
Hourly workers are asked to con
tribute 12 hours pay for the year.
Salaried workers are asked to
contribute one percent of their
annual salary.
Mr. Gillespie notes the fund
has nine participating agencies,
and the greater portion of the
money collected stays in Kangs
Mountain to work for Kings'
Mountain folk. The agencies in
clude: Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts,
Kings Mountain Band Associa
tion, Kings Mountain Chapter of
the American Red Cross, Jacob
S. Mauney Memorial Library,.
Compoct-Davidson school bands,
Cleveland County Life - Saving
and Rescue Squad, and the State
Association for the Blind.
No door-to-door canvass is be
ing conducted, UF officials sur
mising the breadwinners will be
contacted in the business district
campaign. However, Mr. Gilles
pie asks that anyone not con
tacted who wishes to contribute
can do so by forwarding a check
to the United Fund Campaign, in |
care of First Union National
Bank.
Other officers of the United
Fund are J. Ollie Harris, vice
president; W. S. Fulton, Jr., sec
retary; and Tom Burke, treasur
er.
Pearl Harbor Hit
20 Years Ago
Twenty years ago today citizens
of Kings Mountain and the nation
were enjoying a peaceful, chilly!
but pleasantly sunny Sunday hoi-'
dday, and most had gone to chur
ch and enjoyed the usual Sun
day dinner repast when radio
newsmen began interrupting reg
ular programs with first news,
of the attack on Pearl Harbor i
toy the Japanese navy air arm.
CDt was the actual beginning of j
World War II, though the CV>n-j
gross and President Roosevelt ■
didn’t get through formalizing
the war until 4:10 the fallowing
afternoon.
Up until that Sunday, Kings!
Mountain citizens had been living
pretty much as their neighbors in
other communities throughout
the nation.
They were aware of the war in
Europe, retained hope that the
Allies would defeat the Axis po
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IN WHO'S WHO — Miss Sylvia
West, senior at Western Carolina
College, is among students of the
nation named to "Who's Who in
American Colleges and Universi
ties,"
Sylvia West
In Who's Who
(Miss Sylvia West of Kings
Mountain, senior at Western Car
fli®* College, ha* been Warned to
« who Among Students in
“WHt?s , __
American Colleges and Univensi
ties,” it was announced here this
week by Dr. A. F. Hinds, WCC
dean.
Miss West is social chairman
of Theta Upsilon Sorority, treas
urer of the French Club; member
of the Greek Council and treas
urer of Alpha Phi Sigman, the
latter a national honorary scho
lastic society whbse membership
is limited to students who main
tain a scholastic average of 3.50
out of a possible 4.0 quality point
rating.
Students are chosen for “Who’s
Who” on the basis of scholar
ship, leadership, outstanding
qualities of character and per
sonality, and effective participa
tion in campus activities.
Miss West is majoring in Fren
ch and Social Studies. She is the
daughter of Mrs. W. R. West of
Route 2.
faycees Tree Sale
To Begin Friday
Kings Mountain Jaycees are
again offering Christmas trees to
Kings Mountain citizens, pro
ceeds goting to the Jayeee Christ
mas Charities. Trees will go on
sale at the lot at the corner of
Mountain and Cherokee streets
Friday.
The trees, of the Canadian bir
ch variety, come in a variety of
sizes and prices. Three feet tall
trees sell for $2.00; four feet,
^.50; and six feet, $3.50.
The tree lot will be manned
daily by Jaycees and will remain
open Monday through Saturday
until 8:00 p. m.
John Lutz, Chairman of the an
nual Jayoee project, was in Shel
by Wednesday afternoon to take
delivery of the tree shipment. He
asks that all folk buy your tree
froml a Jayeee. “The profits from
your purchase will go to make
some needy family's Christmas
a little brighter,” he said.
Red Cross Bloodmobile Returning
Monday; Kiwanis Club Is Sponsoi
King's Mountain Kiwarns club
is sponsoring a visit of the Red
Cross blood mobile here Monday.
The one-day collection is a
•'special” visit of the regional
blood collecting unit which will
set up for operation from, 12 noon
until 6 p. m. at the Woman’s club.
A gift suggestion for Christmas
shoppers is being made by Ki
waniani who are inviting citi
zens to help them play Santa
Claus. They're asking donors to
give a gift this Christmas that's
especially needed and for which
there Is no substitute—a pint of
blood.
JohnA Cheshire, general chair
man cf the visit, noted that local
Kiwanians are contacting donors
from the various Industries and
citizens-at-large in an appeal to
contact as many as possible a
■bout the blood mobile visit.
tJoal Of the collection is a min
imum 125 pints. "We hope this
special visit will top the quota
and that many will join the Ki
wanians in this Christmas pro
ject to say "(Merry Christmas" in
a different way, air. Cheshire
continued.
are «PProaeh
ing the holiday season when ac
cident rates customarily zoom up
ward and use of blood after acci
dents has saved many lives ”
Whole blood and blood derivativ
« are used in treating numerous
illnesses and diseases, he —>■<
Giving in this manner Is an
invaluable Christmas gift, Mr.
Cheshire declared.
Highway Patrol
Launching Yule
Safety Drive
One person „ dies in a North
Carolina traffic accident each
eight hours.
One of the 27 licensed drivers
are involved in traffic accidents
in North Carolina each 12 mon
ths.
A total of 44 persons died in
traffic accidents in the state
from December 23-31, 1960, and
132 died from the same result
for the month of December 1960.
These facts were outlined
Tuesday night by Sgt. J. B. Kuy
kendall, of the State Highway
patrol, to representatives of civic
and service organizations and
news media, who asked their aid
and cooperation in the patrol's
Christmas - season traffic safety
campaign to be launched Sun
day.
Sgt. Kuykendall specifically
asked ministers cf the area to
pray for an accident-free Christ
mas season at Sunday morning
sermons and assigned civic or
ganizations tasks of dissemina
ting information and other data
Investigations in another state
where autopsies are required af
ter fatal accidents shows that
over. half -of,- the -deaths reveal
victims had imbided alcohol, it
was stated. The officens think the
same proportion would obtain in
North Carolina, they said.
Sgt. Kuykendall also urged
citizens to form motor pools at
social clubs and private parties
to assure safe drivers under the
wheels of autos at all times.
The Sergeant reported that, at
4 p. m. Tuesday, 1961 traffic fa
talities in the state totaled 1009,
one lass than at the comparable
date a year ago. He also noted
that highway fatalities occur
more at night, at the rate of 2.5
to 1.
Guests were served barbecue
dinner.
Following the informal pro
gram, they were shown a grisly
film showing actual pictures of
highway wrecks in technicolor.
Parking lines
Return $58.25
Payment of parking meter fi
nes was $58.75 good during the
week ending Wednesday at noon,
City Clerk Joe McDaniel, Jr., re
ported, but three area citizens
face citations to court for non
payment if their fines are not
paid by Monday.
In addition, 25 out-of-count.v
residents are flirting with war
rants for failure to pay over
parking fines. At the moment,
city officials don't know who
they are, will have to check their
State license numbers with the
state department of motor ve
hicles.
Two of the three area citizens
have Route 2 addresses, another
lives on Route 3.
The part week’s fines derived
from 21 payments of $1, the oth
ers from the basic quarter fine,
which is payable within three
days of the infraction.
iBoth Mr. McDaniel and Meter
Officer Jake Early say the new
system is working well in most
respects.
Mr. McDaniel is enheartened
by the fact many honor system
violators, who declined to honor
the dime contribution requests,
have become “believers” under
the new system.
Mr. Early says a few citizens
are still depositing only dimes,
but that the compliance rate
over-all is good.
But people still over-park. Mr.
Early having issued 482 tickets
since the new system became ef- j
fective November 20.
After three days, the fine is $1.|
After ten days, the offender is
liable to citation to court. On!
submission, he will be assessed,
$7.30. hafif the costs of court. If
he doesn’t submit, he may be as
sessed full court costs and fine,
in the Jurisdiction of the court.
AT MEETING
B. N. Barnes, superintendent
of Kings Mountain City
Schools is in Raleigh attend
ing a meeting of the North
Carolina State School Superin
tendent’s Association
Second Fracas
Unconnected
With Killings
Eugene McKeown, about 23, is
being held in Easton county jail
without bond, on charges of as
sault, larceny of a pistol, and as
sault with a deadly weapon, as
a result of an early Saturday
morning altercation at Fowler’s
Steak House on the Gastonia
highway.
Officers initially thought there
might be some connection be
tween the murder of Pete Gun
nells and Wade Bagwell, but rul
ed out this possibility by early
afternoon Saturday.
Mrs. Margie Farris, a waitress,
signed warrants for simple as
sault and larceny of the pistol,
while J. T. Perkins, of Belmont,
signed the warrant for assault
with a deadly weapon.
Perkins, who said he 'had been
assaulted first with a soft drink
bottle and subsequently with the
butt end of a revolver, was giv
en out-patient treatment at Kings
Mountain hospital about 4:30 a.
m.
Detective Jim Auten, of the
Gaston county rural police, said
McKeown had also pistol-whipped
Duke Ernst, of Kings Mountain,
who had suffered facial injuries
and lost some teeth.
Perkins gave this account of
the altercation: McKeown was
drunk and the waitress refused
>him service. McKeown slapped
the waitress and Perkins and
Ernst grabbed McKeown to pro
tect the waitress. But McKeown
grabbed a drink bottle and hit
Perkins on the head, subsequent
ly jerking a pistol (.33-caliber)
from1 his pocket and proceeding
to use it as a bludgeon pit both
Perkins and Ernst.
Perkins said he retreated to his
car. McKeown emerged shortly,
saw Perkins, and said, “There’s
the man I want.”
"I wasn’t going 'to stay around
and be shot,” Perkins said, “and
I ran across the field and Jay
down. He left in about five min
utes, so I returned to the restau
rant and then went to the hospi
tal.”
'Hearing for McKeown is sche
duled for Thursday before mag
istrate B. W. Craig.
Detective Auten said the hear
ing 'had been scheduled for Mon
day but that Magistrate Craig
objected to McKeown’s attitude
and ordered him re-jailed without
bond until Thursday.
58 Students
Compile "A s"
Fifty-nine Kings Mountain high
school students compiled straight
‘‘A” averages for the six weeks
period just ended.
TOey are:
SENIORS — Kay Broadwater,
Carol Jean Goter, Betty Morri
son, Brenda Davis, Sara Rose
Lennon, Dianne (McDaniel, Gail
Morrison and Bill Ramseur.
JUNIORS — Robert Plonk,
Marilyn Dixon, Laura Page, Kay
Pearson, Peggy Plonk, Linda
Pruitt, Jewel Robbs, Alma Tesso
neer, Gary Collins, Janie Cox,
Ann Cooper, Sara Hendricks, Pat
tie Howard, Brenda Lovelace,
and Petie Lynn.
SOPHOMORES — Mike Roys
ter, Steve Royster, Rebecca Bow
ers, Coral Ramseur, Frances Go
forth, Virginia Goforth, Priscilla
Padgett, Phyllis Pusey, Jane
Smith, Becky Stowe and Patsy
Welch.
FRESHMEN — Patricia Strick
land, Mary Helen Goforth, Rich
ard Gold, Peter Hauser, Linda
Fitch, Kathy Ellison, Neil McCar
ter, Carolyn Heavner, Carolyn
Janes, Judy Barham, Jan Wil
liams, Linda Wilson, Beverly Wil
lis, John Alexander Neisler, Judy
Morris, George Plonk, Jimmy
Pressley, Elizabeth Ann McCar
ter, Susan Plonk, Peggy Bum
gardner, Sid Carpenter, Ken Bun
kowski, John Conner and Lyn
Cheshire.
KMHS Band Plays
In Holiday Events
Th^ Kings Mountain high
school band completed the 1961
marching season by participa
ting in a number of holiday pa
rades.
Kings Mountain musicians
were among 23 bands performing
in the 25th annual Shrine Bowl
parade held in Charlotte Saitu-r
dav.
The band also marched in the
Belmont Christmas parade on
November 28*h. in the Shelby
Christmas parade on December
1st and In the Gaffney, S. C.
Christmas parade on December
4th.
I
Earie Edwards
Banquet Speaker
State Mentor
On Rostrum
For Lions Party
BY NEALE PATRICK
'Head football coach Earle Ed
wards of N. C. State College, the
Atlantic Coast Conference Coach
of-the-Year in 1957, will be the
principal speaker for the annual
Lions Club grid banquet here
; next Tuesday night.
The affair is scheduled for the
Woman’s Club at 7 o’clock next
Tuesday night when the Kings
Mountain Lions add another
! chapter to their more-than-two
decade tradition of honoring the
; Mountaineer football team with
a post-season banquet.
Edwards is another in the long
list of successful college coaches
Who have addressed the local ci
vic clubbers and high school foot
ballers since the innovation of
the banquet in the late thirties.
The talk 'by the Wolf pack coa
! ch will share the spotlight next
' Tuesday night with the presenta
tion of the two coveted trophies.
■ to the two standout Mountaineer
gridders during the past campai
gn.
The Fred Plonk Blocking Tro
phy will be awarded for tllte nin
th straight year, and the Dr.
| George Plonk Most Valuable
I Flayer award will be given for
the third consecutive year.
Selection Of the players will be
made by the Mountaineer coach
i ing staff, based on season - long
I Observation in games and prac
tice and a post-season studies of,
the movies of the contests.
'Both donors are expected to be i
on Wand to personally make the|
presentation of the coveted and
handsome trophies.
Dr. Plonk is also the program
; chairman for the Lions Club this,
year and will introduce the
speaker. Martin Harmon is the,
club president.
Earle Edwards has just com
pleted his eighth' season at the
(Continued On Sports Page)
Young Man Award
To Be January 16
The Distinguished Service A-j
ward will be presented to Kings |
Mountain’s "Young Man of thej
Year” in a special Jaycee pro
gram January 16. Jaycees are
now searching for the recipient
of the award.
Nominations for the award are
invited from the general public
and should be forwarded to
Charles Blanton, chairman cc
the Jaycee DSA committiee, in
care of pcsitoffice box 262.
The award is presented an
nually to an outstanding Kings
Mountain young man by thej
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Requirements for a nominee,
are that he be between the ages;
of 21 and 36, of good moral char
acter, have made outstanding
contributions to the welfare of
the community through civic, |
cultural, and religious activity,'
and show evidence of progress
in his chosen field of endeavor.
The award will be presented
at the annual "Bosses Night Ban
quet”, which will feature Ty
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SPEAKER — Eario Edwards
head football coach of North
Carolina State college, will be
the principal speaker at the an
nual football banquet of the
Kings Mountain Lions club Tues
day night.
Glee A Bridges
C. of C. Nominee
Glee A. Bridges has been nom
i netted for president of the Kings
Mountain Chamber of Commerce
for the year 1962.
'New officers are to be elected
at the annual meeting in January,
President Charles (Blanton said
this week in announcing the slate
of nominees.
Other nominees are:
Fred Wright for first vice
president.
Bob Maner for second vice
president.
L. E. Hinnant for secretary
treasurer.
Nominated to serve three-year
directorships were Charles Maun
ey and William Herndon.
Nominated to serve two-year
directorships were Tom Tate and
Jamies Amos.
Nominated to serve one-year
directorship were Bob Southwell
and B. S. Peeler, Jr.
'Members of the nominating
committee were Bob Southwell,
chairman, Wesley Bush and John
Cheshire, Jr.
Concrete Firm
Bought Jointly
Spangler and Sons, Inc., con
crete firm of Shelby and Kings
Mountain, and Concrete Supply
Company, of Charlotte, announce
the joint purchase of Ready Mix
ed Concrete Works, Inc., of Gas
tonia.
The firms will take possession
of the Gastonia plant January 1
and operate it as a joint venture.
Name of the Gastonia firm
will be changed to Dixie Concrete
Company and all of the present
personnel will be retained.
Spangler & Sons, Inc., one of
the state’s Oldest concrete firms,
is managed by Pat and Earl
Spangler, whose father establish
ed the business.
The firm has a Kings Mountain
branch, Spangler’s Ready Mixed
Concrete.
Did Hallman Confess? Deathbed
Questioner Auten Can't Determine
By MARTIN HARMON
Paul Everett Hallman gave
definite affirmative answers be
fore he died at Cleveland Memo
rial hospital to questions on
whether he knew Detective Jim
Auten, of the Gaston rural po
lice, on whether he knew the
FBI agent present, and on whe
ther he had “worked over” Wade
Bagweli, Officer Auten told the
Herald Wednesday.
(Mr. Auten said Hallman, gun
ned down in Cherryville by Chief
nf Police Yates McGinnis, was
able to give only grunts to direct
questions on whether he had mur
dered (Bagwell and Peter Samuel
Gunnells.
“I couldn’t say whether the
grunts were affirmative or nega-j
tive," Mr. Auten noted.
Dr. Avery W. MdMurray, Shelby
surgeon, was the third person!
present. Officer Auten said the
doctor had informed Hallman he
was apparently dying, that he,
was doing all he could for Him, i
would continue to do all he could
to save his life, and he could talk
if fee wished.
"I first asked Km if he knew
me and he answered ‘yes’. He was
gasping and could answer only
by grunts. To one question he re
plied ‘huh’, like he didn’t under
stand,” Officer Auten related.
He continued, “I figured he
might understand better if I used
slang and I asked him if he had
worked Bagwell over. His reply
was quick and direct. If was
■yeah” ”,
Hallman had been shot about
7:15 Saturday night and died an
hour later. He was 42.
'He was listed as a resident of
Route 1, Grover, though he had
recently been in Florida, and his
parents reside at Route 2, Cher
ryville.
Hallman was fined and given
a piobationary sentence following
a March 1960 shooting in which!
a Grover grocer was wounded,
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| Fete Gunnells,
Wade Bagwell
Are Murdered
Paul Everett Hallman, 42, died l ■. ft
:at 8:15 p. m. Saturday, ending; f
| except for completion of investi
gation details, the Kings Moun- <
tain’s area's most sensational
murder ease in 15 years.
Officers said they were sure ,•
Hallman had murdered tooth Jam-.. ?
es Wade Bagwell, 22, and Pefcft- . ;
Samuel Gunnells, 24, two Kings
[Mountain men, with a 4:>-ealu.i>ir
revolver and dumped their 1wj*li
es afterward. Coroner J. Ollie
Harris placed the times of death
at between 5 a. m. and 6 a. m.
(Bagwell’s 'body was discovert !
shortly before 7 a. m., lying i > '
the road about 1.5 miles east <
Kings Mountain National MSB.
tary Park museum on park pro
perty by Sherman Moore and
James Oaveny, of Grover, both
employees of Blythe Construction , .
Company and en route to work,
j Gunnells’ 'body was discovered
about 7:15 on the entrance it>a<l
I from North Carolina 216 to In
terstate 85 by Jack Gardner,
j Duke Power Company employee,
j of Gaffney, S. C. Gardner, too, • - •
, was en route to work,
i Officers Of several counties*
, Cleveland, and Gaston, in North
j Carolina, and York and Oheriv
kee, South Carolina, in addition
'.to a corps of at least eight Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation a
gents, State Bureau of Invest i
gation agents, and Highway pa
trolmen, collaborated in the in
vestigation which' was headquar
tered ait City Hall here.
Sheriff Heywood Allen, of Cle- '
veland, led the investigation and
early in the morning found evi
dence that pointed to Hallman, ’
, with jealousy of Ms second wife,
j from whom he was estrang-d.
1 an indicated motive. Check-r •
showed that two more JC4; -
Mountain men, Charles (Rabb
Clary and Charles Welch h 1
'been in company with Hallman,
Bagwell, and Gunnells for a por
tion of the night.
I Clary and Welch’s statemenn*s,
, the Sheriff said, revealed that
Hallman had set up the murder
by plying the four with whiskey
| after saying he wanted 'Bagwell
and Gunnells to join him on a
l projected robbery in Gaffney, S.
j C. He had joine.l the four at Sil
ver Villa restaurant early Friday
j evening. They know h'm only as
“George.”
Sheriff Alien said Clary was
] left at Luke Carson's roadhouse
in York county about 10:45 p. im.
Friday night, and. on Welch's re
quest, left him in Dallas about
12:30 Saturday morning, with the
promise to return for him tv»
hours later.
The four hod consumed quan
tities of Hallman’s liquor, but
Hallman hadn’t imbibed. W«4eh
and Clary’s statements indicate
the victims were sufficiently in
ebriated to make i't possible to
handle bo* h men.
Gunnells was found lying on
his side, shot four times. Twin—
through the head, once in tlhe
back and once in the wrist. One
of the bullets was dug out of th.»
' ground and four shell easing*
were found nearby,
j Bagwell was shot twice in the
head and had been 'beaten, in
vestigation showed. Two shell
cases we.rc found nearby. 1
| When it was decided Halimwn.
was the chief suspect, a trio of of
ficers left for Cherryville, confine
(Continued On Page EightJ
Ffeonlx Gives
HoMay Schedule
j Christmas operating schedules
for the Phenix Plant of Burling
ton Industries were announced to
i day by W. B. Grimes, Jr., Super
intendent, who also revealed
plans for the annual Christmas
Party.
| 'Mr. Grimes said Christmas hol
idays at the plant would be ob
served from the end of the sec
on shift on Friday, December 22.
until the beginning of the third
-shift on Tuesday, December 26.
Employees eligible 'by length
of service for vacation pay wCll
receive checks during the week
of December 18, it was announc
ed.
The annual Christmas party to*
employees’ children will be held
at 2 o’clock n. nr December 17
in the Joy Theatre. Santa Oaue
will toe on hand and g't* bays
containing toys, candy, fruits- and
a variety of other gifts will he
distributed to all employees’ chil
dren 10 years of age and voungw.
There will be a brief Christmas
program consisting of entertain
ment for the children.
Aroproxtorwafelv 500 nersons, In
cluding children and parents, are
expected to attend.
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