'Ml *rttrr Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 8,008 Dntjs Mountain Is derived from ——-1 city directory census. Tbs city oling tr> announce ment hv Mi«s Bessie Bumgard ner. Mrs. Ford assumed her new duties Tuesday. CHURCH SUPPER A Mard’rnroe Chicken OUC Sun.ryvr will be f-e-e-ea C1. irt - (Jav. 4 ite 7 n m. at the »tWv ehin TTall ot ( niri't the King CathrCie fnrw^h. Th« women end men of th° n-jfioh joiner the eoeVtn a wit1 al=o serve takeout o-'fe-s on Baturdav af ternoon. Price wtP he $1 for adults. 50- fn» children. Rev. Thomas F. Clements said. LEGION MEETING (ytt; tt Omen . tss a, fnor’mn T-emon. will hold their reontls- nnonehltr rnnetilT" Fr< dav night at 8 o’clock, accord ing to announcement J»v .Toe McDanfpl. Pr.. most adjutant. T IONS nrnrr-rogci of F>n«»a Men. tain T-ions club will convene for a dinner meeting Thu-sdav night at 7 o’clock at Cline’s restaurant. mrym? stnr. V i ra rro f»~00 c^nrr/we f’-rv-ft fy-Vi y>b» nrp *-» in » hv**v» «nnp c-rdav-afternoon Wd at the Legion building night from 9 to mW Bond Issue Fight Is Waxing Warmer Opposition Effort Goads Tor" Forces BY DAVID BAITY Campaigning tor the March 10 election to decide whether Kings Mountain school district issues $1.1 million in school construc tion bonds waxed warmer this week, pro and con forces working hard to spread the doctrine of their various sides of the issue. lire of supporters was raised by declination of the so-called oppo sition “Taxpayer’s Committee” to reveal' its identity in an ad pla ced in last week’s issue of the Herald. The same committee has pur chased six advertisements in the current Herald edition. Kings Mountain Chamber of Commerce, an organization sup porting the bond issue, is run ning two advertisements, one branding the allegations of the taxpayer’s committee as “half truths”. Another committee, headed by Charles T. Carpenter, Jr., is cir culating a petition for signatures of persons who “favor the bond issue and who will sign their names.” Pastors Favor The Kings Mountain Minis terial association endorsed the school bond issue election at its recent meeting. Meantime, Butler Dixon, Gro ver farmer, spoke to a meeting of the Oompact-Davidson school P-TA Thursday night, urging the schol patrons to register and vote “No” on the issue. Mr. Dixon told the group of some 60 patrons that taxes con stitute a first lein on homes and failure to pay the tax would rniean their homes would be sold to' their delinquency. In discussion following Dixon’s appeal, 'William Onr said regard ing the building of a high school, "They’re asking us to pay tor baking them a cake, when we’ll only get the crumbs.” Several patrons are resentful of an alleged statement by Bupt.1 B. N. Barnes that Oomnact-Dav-1 idson high school would get only! two classrooms from the bond is sue. One Negro patron noted Friday that, contrary to general opin-1 ion; he does not think the Negro vote constitutes a solid "No”; bloc. He noted, however, a good| many are diPbrrrsed that a Negro; high school will not be built. Mnd- »re issued, no school can tw built . (Vontnum On Png* Might* Glee A. Bridges, former mavrv, attending the P-TA meeting with Bob Maner and S. R. Suber, Jr., sookc briefly to the group, out lining the fact that if no bonds aro voted none will get any thin?; “t feel that the board of edu tWion; which you helpqd elect, wm-tffc&Mt yon, get yffin just ASSIGNED HERE _ Rev. Rober Thomas Lawson has Joined the stall of the Catholic Mission A potalate Center of Christ the King here. Lawson loins Catholic Staff The Reverend Vincent S. Waiters, Bishop of Raleigh, has appointed Rev. Robert Thomas Lawson as assistant to Rev. Thomas P. Clements at the Ca tholic Mission A postdate center of Christ The King in Kings Mountain. He will also be in charge of Saint Vincent’s Catho olic Chapel in Dallas, and will o pen a Catholic information cen ter in North Gastonia. Four priests currently are as signed to the members of the Church in Gaston county-and sur rounding area. Rev. Mr. Lawson was a teach er of business and history before beginning studies for the priest hood. He taught in college and high spchocl for eight years. He has undergraduate degrees in philosophy, history, and business, and a graduate degree in history. He is a candidate for a Master’s degree in Sacred Scripture. He has studied at Catholic Univdrsi ty of America in Washington, T>. C., Saint John’s University in Br ooklyn, New York, New York University in New York City, Se ton Hall University Jr South O tleground" Wednesday evening. College in Maryland. He comple ted hi* theological studies at Saint John’s ^rchdiocean Maior •emftnary in Boston, Massachu setts- He holds an education cer tificate in aerodynamics grant (Continued On Page Eight) I 3595 Register For Bond Election No New School Minus Bonds, Board Says “We vote the bonds necessary to finance the construction of the proposed high school, or we do not get it,” Board of Education members said Tuesday in a pre pared statement to which the full board concurred. In the statement, the board re iterated its position on the is suance of construction bonds for building a high school to house students of the consolidated Kings Mountain school district. The statement reads: "It is very important that there be no misunderstanding about the school bond issue. "It is a known fact that our school^ are extremely overcrow ded and the condition will get much worse wit'hln the next two years.' Additional school con st ruction is a must if our chil dren are to have classrooms to attend school. A new high school is our number one need. "The pronosal for this new High school has not been made suddenly. It was a part of the olan from the beginning of con solidation. For several years the Brard has studied the needs of ouir schools and has gotten all help passible from the State School Planning Board and oth er available sources: All the rec ommendations have been to con solidate ithe area and to build a new high ischbl. ■ -“Theboaird lias been very care ful in spending school building funds which have come into its care until consolidation became a reality, so that every penny would be spent wisely. The $250, availaMc jfo. to. be useawnth trie proposed bond is sue for additional canstruct'on for our present buildings, especially ‘Davtdoon and Compact, and for the construction of the new high school. “The only way .the board knows to get the money fo- the buildings needed IS through a dis‘riot bond Issue and the a mount has been determined after careful study of .the needs. Over ten per cent of the,qualified, vo ters residing in the terfcfpry com prising the school di trkit peti tioned this 1.1 Million Eond Is sue. "If the needed ronutrurtion, e quipmenit and sites could be fi nanced through funds on hand o- through existing atrwpri ations of any kind the bond issue would not have been requested. "The 20c special tax and coun ty and state taxes levied for the current expense budget to oper ate our schools oanhot be used for construction of buildings. The problem simply stated is this: We vote the bonds necessary to finance the construction of the proposed high school or we do not get it.’ ” Being Expanded Timm's Stop-'n’-Shop, Kings Mountain furniture firm, is ex panding its “building to provide 2.000 additional feet of floor -space. Mr. Timms said the additional space wifi provide the firm about 10.000 square feet of display space. Marion Dixon, Kings Mountain builder, is constructing the addi tion, which is scheduled to be completed in about three weeks. Penalty On Taxes 0n Aaain Friday Penalty on city and county taxes escalates bv an addition al one percent Friday, March 2. Penalty of one percent pre vkvrjtly aordicd on February 2. City Collector Joe McDaniel said collections the oast mon th wore approximately $6,000. Bennett Brick & Hie Will Double Capacity With New Tunnel Kiln Bennett Brick & Tile Company will begin pirodtycftion soon of a new tunnel kilty *djich will do»i Hin the nlsntts cfctyacitv to 70.000 brick per day/' General Manager Dorus UBwmntt said Wednes built, the firm razed its old-Jtypel ov*I kilns. Mr. Bennett »aid it is' hope to have the neew kiln pro-' ducing by August 1. Bennett Brick * TOe Company1 fal9* by the late K U rooated on Phifer road. '>*** ibw »anttfa»jtupe* *» ty jusnbq. Beam Is Seeking Re-Election; Two County Posts Contested CANDIDATE _ Joe F. Mull Shelby lawyer, is seeking the Democratic nomination for judge of county recorder's court. Judge Rueben L. Elam is retiring. M. E. Herdon's Rites Conducted Funeral rites for M. Elmer Herndon, 78, of Charlotte, Kings (Mountain native, were held Sun day at 2 p, m. from Harry & Bryant Chapel In the Oaks, graveside rites at 3:30 p. m. in Mountain Rest cemetery here. l . ,Mx. Herndon succumbed Fri day in a Charlotte hospital after several years of declining heal th. Bom January 16, 1884, he was a son of the late George C. and Liza Bird Herndon. He lived for many years in Kings Mountain where he organized and operatei one of the town’s first banks People’s Loan & trust Company In 1935 he moved With his family to Charlotte and joined R. S Dickson Investment Company. A few years later he became an of ficial of the Southern Investment Company Where he remained un til his retirement. He was a member of St. John’s Baptist church, the Scottish Rite, the Red Fez club and the Oasis Temple. Surviving are two sons, M. E. Herndon, Jr., of Charlotte and George A. Herndon of Asheville; one daughter, Mrs. F. Milton Fry er of Atlanta, Ga.; four sisters, Mrs. James Blalock of Basker ville, Va.. and Mrs. William Bla lock of Union Level, Va., Mrs. C. W. Vick and Mrs. E. W. Gordon, tooth of South Hill, Va.: one bro ther. Bird Herndon of Columbia, S. C., and nine grandchildren. Dr. Claude U. Broach conduct ed the final rites, and Rev. Mar ion DuBose officiated at graveside rites. Pallbearers were Gene W. Me Garity, John S. Pritchard, C. Mack Murphy, Richard L. Oow hig, William L. Felts and Edgar Jones, Jr. 5360 Collected For Heart Fvi.d Kinf’s Mountain Heart* Fund collection stood at $360 Wednes day, the fiewe not including moifies collected during the Heart Sunday campaign on February 25. Thomas D-oopem, chairman, said Wednesday that the cam paign is still on due to bad wea the* Sunday. Solicitors should finish collections th's week and a tr'Cal accounting be given next week. - Charman Dropnetrs u-c»d all who were not at home Sunday and we« not canttafVed to nut a' 'Wit’dhut'n*’ in the He^ri Fund i«f)v»t(wv> left at the deo» and mail it to the Kings Mountain Heari: Fund. The Kincs Mountain drive did not reeV a goal. b"t honed to ton *h-> f«i700 collection made here I a of vear. •Fro-eeds (mi the He’ri Fund drive go to the national organi zation for research into the catr-e of heeri disease and its medica tion.-Heart dkease im AmvH’s number ore killer and affects Heart Fund campaign aJ?o go the public., tend to flVf, jp .ilrea^ for adueairior. both ot dorions and mart ot tfi« di—ace on the local leu*. Constable Hies; Elliott Seeks Sanatt's Seat County political activity warm 1 ed with the weather during the past week, producing two sure Democratic primary contests — both for tile two elective posi tions in the county recorder’s court. Joe F. Mull and Crawley B. Cash, Jr., both Shelby lawyers, are seeking to succeed Judge Rue ben L. Elam, while L. L. Hobbs, another Shelby lawyer, filed his candidacy for recorder’s court solicitor, a, post also being sought by Shelby Attorney N. Dixon i (Dick) Lackey. Judge Elam announced he is retiring and Solicitor Bynum Weathers is hospitalized. Other developments: David Beam, Incumbent county commissioner from District 3, fil ed for re-election Wednesday. Ralph S. Elliott, mink rancher and ginner, announced he would seek the District 5 county com missioner post, now held by Chairman Knox Sa craft. Mr. Sar ratt, from Earl, hasn’t indicated Ms intentions. In Number 4 Township, Char les (Rocky) Ford filed for re election:- as constable. Adoption -pf the staggered four jyear tcaffi^.^rrangemenit for the comml aHujK * at the November i general eledtton means that Beam [and Elliott are seeking four-year terms. ' ’ Mr. Beam, a farmer, was in Kings Mountain Wednesday aft ernoon, and Said, “X feel the county government is for the benefit of the whole county,” ad ding, “I appreciate the very fa ; vorable majority Kings Moun j tain gave me two years ago ant regard it as instrumental in my nomination."' Mr. Beam- is a poultry farmer and hatcher, resides between Lawndale and Fallston, belongs to New Bethel Baptist church, the Upper Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, Farm Bureau, and is a director of the Lawndale Lions club. His wife is Ruth Spurting Beam and they have three chil dren. Mr. Mull, for six years chair man of the county elections board, sought 'the 'soMeltorship un successfully in 1954. He holds an accounting degree from Bowling Green Business university, a law degree from Wake Forces!, and is licensed to practice before the United States Supreme Court. He served in the army from 1943-46, is legal officer of Warren Hoyle (Continued On Page Eight) Deleoation To GOP Meet Mayor Kelly Dixon wil] give the invocation at the state Re publican convention, meeting in Durham Saturday morning. The Mayor said he expects to go to Durham Friday afternoon. He said he’d been informed that six to seven other Kings Mountain Republicans will at-1 tend the convention Saturday,; including Wayne Ftw^ythe, coun ty secretary. Ed H. Smith and Bob Manor, precinct committee chairmen. Feature address of the conven tion will be brought by U. S. Congressman William E. Miller, national chairman. Billed for Saturday evening is: a GOP raPIy, when U. S. Sena tor John Tower, of Texas, will de liver the principal address. CONSTABLE _ Charles (Bosky) Ford, Number 4 township con stable, is seeking re-election. He paid his tiling fee this week. Lions Regele Area Fanners Kings Mountain area farmers, under the direction of a South Carolina school superintendent, helped entertain themselves at the annual fanner’s night ban quet of the Kings Mountain Lionis Club Tuesday. Sam C. Brissie, superintendent of District 4 schools, Woodruff, S. C., presented an audience par ticipation program, in" Which the farmers were scored in jokes, harrassed in a quiz program, and suffered the indignities of con tests in which the farmer ap plause determined which one of the group had prettle t legs and who of another made the most seductive lady. Tom Hamrick was selected as the possessor of the prettiest gams, defeating Melvin-Wright, Alex Owens, Martin-. Harmon, County Commissioner David Beam and others. Jack Morgan, Shelby feed deal er, won the "lady” contest, over Myers Hambrighlt, Ben Hamrick, Ralph Hare-ill, Senator Robert Morgan, and others. Mr. Brissie closed his program on a serious note. He declared that the nation to day needs the human products of its farms, men who willing to accept responsibility, who are willing to go forward and “who do not whine when they don’t get their way." Ollie Harris, program chair man, was toastmaster. Bill Plonk presented distinguished guests, Edwin Moore pre~erted Mr. Brissie, and Eugene Me Swaln, club tail twister, and W. K. Mauney, Jr., collaborated In entertaining the farmers. Wforqan likely To Bun Auam S'at» Senator Robert F. Morgan has indicated he will seek re-el ec-ion to a sirth term. Here Tuesday night at thr Lions farmer’s night banquet, Sen. Morgan indicated he would be seeking his Final term as senator, adding he would either seek state-wide office in 1964, or nothing. He did not indicate his 1964 ambitions. The Senator hasn’t yet made a formal announcement. Judge Jack White, of Kinrs Mountain, who opposed Senator Morgan two years ago, has In dicated he may'test (he Senator again. Phenix Of Burlington To Raise Wane Scales Effective Monday Burlington Industries’ Fhenix plant will raise wages effective Monday, it was announced this Burlington becomes the second Kings Mountain area firm to an nounce a forthcoming wage fai^e, a movement slowly gaining head way ■} the textile industry. Mas sachusetts Mdh®r Plush ppTn^a ny arsnounoed two weeks ago it Was boosting -vt-ages, though, ft dM not give the elective d^J^| Announcement of the Burling ton-increase was made by James D. Baste, vteegpwrirtem, who said the wage increases would apply to Burlington plants in cn.s area (Mr. Barbee sa!J “upward wage adjustment* are being made in this area in line with the genera) patterns now toeing ’ and in prtfca• to pay will tmahrtaih the :s of our Wn»5narees «t Jewels equal tpor SKBWS??afV,-5&«Jf Mr. Barbee said rate increases would wary according t© specific occupations and in relation to Challenge Bay For Bond Vote Is Saturday Registration for the March l© ■school bond election ended at '■unset Saturday, with registrars kept very busy all day as 1675 citizens visited the eight polling places to get their names an the voting' books. Saturday's total compared with 1920 having registered previous ly. Tin? total registration w 1595. Meantime, registrars were pH ing ready for Challenge I>ay which will bo Saturday. In view of the opposition to passage of the bonds by a so •ailed Taxpayer’s Committee and in view of some Challenge Day activity in May 1960 at the ■on Sol illation election, it was con sidered possible the registrars might have another busy da* Saturday. 1 In event of challenges of regis tered names, it is the duty of the registrar and two judges to ex amine the complaints and nils whether the challenger citizen bray vote, or whether his name must be stricken from the not! book. The registration by preeiruts; Ward 1 (City Hall) 201 Ward 2 (City Hall) 272. Ward 3 (Parkdale Stone) '291 Ward 4 (Kings Mountain Man ufacturing Company clubroomf 305. Ward 5 (We t school) 702. Bethware (Bethware school) 'Park - Grace school) 484. Grover (Grover 487. (Park - Grace fire station) Analysts on both sides of the bond question busied themselves with guessing how the total* would be cant. A total of 1821 citizens logged j their names from the areas for merly outside the Kings Mon retain school district, while 1774 were listed on the in-e'ty boxes, Bethware ho’ds the distinction of registering mo~t voters, at 850, leading We -t Kings Mountain^ at 702, by 148 potential voters. Tax Rate Won't Rs Over 40c % The proposed $1.1 million bond issue will co>‘ the tax pavers of the Kings Mountain school! dr> triet not more than 40 cents per $100 valuation, Supt. B. N. Barn es and F. W. Plonk toid Board of Education members Tuesday. Supt. Barnes and Mr. were reporting reautits of a talk with W. E. Easterling, fluredWr of the Local Government Com mission, last week. Supt. Barnes said Mr. Easter ling assured h’m that whatever | stems are necessary may be taken to hold the tax rate dawn to that rn^rk if the bond Is ue passes. He said the bowls will prdbn bly be .sold on a 20-year-term ba sis, but the favomb'e tax rate oan be acquired by selling the bonds , in smaller Woes over a oerhsl i of time, rather than selling the entire is no the Put year. | “'rhe school will not be com ; pleted in ore year and wPl not be paid for in one vear.” Smt i Barnes said, “therefore we don’t have to put the entire $1.1 mil lion on the market at once." j Supt. Barnes noted too ttvat On Pnrje Pinht > t - lirls vs. Newton Saturday at 6 If Kings Mountain boys snake the Southwest - Northwest tourn ey at Shelby they will engage Le noir Friday night at 9 o’clock. The Ki"ss Mountain gbffln will engage Newton Saturday at t p. m. Pairings for the first round «*f el ay in the Southwest-Northw«*i division WNCHSAA at Shrtfcy are: Fr*dav: 6:00 Lineolnton girls vs Val dese. 7:30 Chase girls vs. Marion or Ilud on. 9:00 Lenor bovs vs. Lincolnian or Kinc" Mountain. Saturday: 6:00 Kings Mountain girls v# Newton 7:30 TaylorsvMle pirJ* v»s. thjarford:. - Swindate Cewtrl * ft00 boys vs. Hk^oiy PT VaJdese. . . . * (Mo*? A?ty * Po «fVS<*r*r*I.boys vs. »* kocrv or Defeikifti'Mv* vs. Nestor *Hlckorv and Val iew bov'- tied (of second place in