Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 8,008 nil Uni, Im StNi» Klnyi Mountain is 4t4n4 (ram Ifco IMS Unas Mount ala city HiKUcy onui Thn dry Unlti Byur* U lions tno tMM Stain consul ol IMS. Pages Today VOL 75 No. 16 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, April 16, 1964 Seventy-Fifth Year PRICE TEN CENTC Charles Heath Challenging Jack White For Senate Yam Makers Cot Prices After Subsidy A spot survey of cotton yarn manufacturers here shows they pleased with the passage of cotton-wheat lull, whereby ^me federal government is paying a subsidy to equalize the differ ential between the domestic and world price of cotton. J. II. Patterson, of Kings V mn tain Manufacturing Company, a carded yarn manufacturer, said this firm is effecting a four-cent per pound < .it in the price of its yarn next wee*' George H. Mauney. of Mauney Mills. Inc., a combed yarn mak er. said his firm. effective Mon day had been hiding yarn at thr«*c cents per |Miund less. Roth he and George Houser, of Sadie Cotton Mills, another comb ill yarn ma’.er. said they did not know what course would be tak en subsequent to July 31. Cntlcr the bill, through July 31. manufacturers will be paid fi's cents per pound for all cotton opened. Ef Active August 1. an s». cents subsidy v id apply to new crop cotton, and it has not been determined to vliom this subsid; will be paid. Meantime, Mr. Houser noted, his firm uses Texas-grown cot tot on which 1931 cotton isn't avail able hefo*-** -*h »nt SoVe*eb-r J, He guesses that some equitable ar rangement will he made. How ever, he added. "Cntil the facts rrc known. It'* not healthy to execute sales c >ntracts." Mr. Mauney concurred. Mr. Mauney said. "While I'm »>t too happy about a subsbldy any kind i am naturally glad Mr. House1* said it will take at tile price equalization." some time for benefits >-f the sub sidy to let ‘me apparent, he add ed. "I am sure it will help us com|>ete more favorably with foreign product's and with man made fibres.” Gaston College Tuition $200 Dr. Robert Benson, president of Caston Community college, has addressed two Kings Mountain civic clubs during the past week, outlining plans for the opening of the -two-year liberal arts school in September. He spoke to the Kiwanis club last Thursday night and to the Lions club Tuesday night. Dr. Benson noted that 25 per cent of today's collegiate student body are enrt.lled in junior col leges. He predicted in a few years that 75 percent will be1 in junior colleges, as is now the case in California. Caston college, opening in September, will offer, he declared, high quality liberal arts instruct ion. business and business ad ministration. as well as evening classes at very low cost of $2110 kr school year plus cost of te*t Kooks. He explained that the state will supply another $200 and Caston county from $100 to $200. Additionally, he said, there will be self-help jobs, some scholarship money, and referrals to business for part-time work. He said the faculty will include 19 persons, none with less than Master of Arts degrees, plus a librarian. He said 300 students have already been enrolled for the opening term and anticipates an enrollment of 450. He cited these advantage's in addition to cost: small classes, top caliber instruction, and full aevreditation to other colleges with cost of credits or devaluing of grade's. "We'll open in September whether the buildings are com pleted or not. taking temporary quarters in churches.” he said. Mis. Blanton b Elected Mr*. Charles Blanton. Jr. was elected first vice-president of the Women'* Auxiliary of the North Carolina Pharmaceutical Associ ation at the three-day convention this week at Queen Charlotte Ho tel. Mr*. Blanton is the wife of rle* Blanton. King* Mountain rmacist and partner in King* Mountain Drug company. The officers were installed at the dosing session of the con vention. ■r-l.ai PANELISTS POM SEMINAR — Three mem bm of Thursday Bight's panel, last in a five-night series of seminars on family life education, are pictured above. From left are Rev. William B. Bobbitt Jr. assiciate min ister of Myers Park Methodist church of Char, lotte; Dr. J. P. Ross, coordinator of the Char lotte- Mecklenburg P-TA parents and family life committee; and Mrs. James Banbury. president of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Fam ily Life Council. James Banbury staff mem ber cf the Charlotte News, will moderate the panel of f.ve Charlottcans who will discuss. “Are we raising the buck in Family Life Education?' The program will begin at 8 p.m. for both teenagers and adulU in Kings Moun tain high school auditorium. (Photo by Tom. my Plonk) Newspaperman On Family Life Panel Thursday James Han bury, nows editor of the Charlotte News, will model - aie a live-member panel at Thurs- j day night's closing seminar «>n lamily life education at Kind’s .Mountain high school. "lie program will begin at S p.1 m. Other panelists, oil memtiers of the Charlotte I ainily Life Coun cil. will include Rev. William i> Kobhitt. Mrs. Paniiury, Dr. Eli/a noth Cor'iej. a.-sistant director of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Health Department anil Dr. J. P. Ross. Mrs. iianbury has I icon presi dent of the Charlotte Council two years. A substitute teacher in the junior high school of Charlotte, she and Mr. Baifhury are parents of three teenagers. They will lead a discussion of "Are We Passmg tlte Ruck In r.'mily Life Edjca ti an?” Dr. Warren J. Collins, Shelby physician, will complete a four night semina*- for young people on "I'l-eparation for Marriage.” The family night programs, which began Sunday, have uttraeled large crowds. Monday's opening seminar on “Preparation for Marriage" attracted a laigc num ber of young |>oople as well as adults who braved the rain to hear family life speakers discuss "The Family's Role In Sex Edu cation." Kings Mountain Mayor Glee A. Bridges officially proclaimed the week of April 13-17 as Family Life Education Week and Princi pal Harry Jayne* recognized speakers who are conducting dis cussions of varied topics on the role of the family. Mrs. John II. (Iambic president of the Kings Mountain Council, presided. Mrs. E- H- Ould. accredited family counselor from Roanoke. , Va.. here from Monday through Wednesday, spoke to youth Tues day and Wednesday evenings and j at assembly programs at the high school and Roth ware school on .in for Marriage.” R*v. Richard Hobson, pastor of Conttnuad on png* « I Gas Cash In Hand To Calf All Bonds Moore To Return Hero Wednesday Dan K. Mo ire, candidate for the Democratic nomination foi governor, will return to Kings Mountain for a hand-shaking tour next Wednesdav afterno -it. Charles E. Dixon. his Kings Mountain campaign manager, has announced. Mr. Dixon said Candidate Moore expects to arrive here at 1:30 p.m. Early Rites Held Wednesday Funeral rites for Clarence Lee Early, -II, Spruce Pin.- lunibei - man and son t.l Mrs. Edith RoV bins Early of Kings Mountain, were held Wednesday at 3 p.m. from Spruce Pine First Presby terian church. Rev. ilarrv L. Price and Rev. Joe Ervin ofiiiiated and inter mcnt was mad.- in City Memorial cemetery. Mr. Early diet! suddenly at his home Tuesday morning of a heart attack, lit- had been in a pa rent good health. He was assot iatcd \v ith Spruce Pine Lumber Company, w a s chairman of the city's zoning commission, a member of Mason ic Lodge 354. a Rotarian and a deacon in First Presbyterian church, lie had headed the United Fund in Spruce Pine and was a World War II veteran. Besides his mother here, lie is survived hv his wife. Mrs. Sarah Biddix Early: one daughter. Sa rah Rehetv.t Early: anti one son. Clan-net* Lee Early. Jr. Active pallbearers were David Blevis. Pete Deal. Douglas Phil Continued on pa?* S Miss (been. Library of Conoress Librarian. Is New Resident Here ly ANNE JAMES HARMON While “Reading is the Key" is the theme of National Library Week, currently being observed, the key to efficient use of the li brary lies behind the scenes with the work of the library scientists who c atalogue end prepare books and manuscripts for quick acces sibility. One of Kings Mountain’s new er citizens. Miss Mary I'arquhar Green, has particular knowledge of this otvupation. For 17*3 years Miss Green worked for the Library of Con gress in Washington. D. C.. as a shelflister, dealing with call num bers, giving the classification and author of b Hikr. Originally she worked with h.xiks of religion and later with government docu ments. A native of Sandy Spring, near Brookeville. Maryland. about twenty miles fiom Washington, she is a member of the sixth gen •■ration of her family to li\e at Falling Green, her family home, built asiut I7fi-V Brookeville was named for an«-esl v \\i*e!;s after it began serving its first customer January 17. 1!-.Y> The original ISSIH* of tOO.OOO i(‘Venue bonds were scheduled for periodic an nual payment through 1979 For the year 1902-R3. the sys tem showed an operating profit of S101.031 from gloss revenues of $239,230. City Clerk J.ie McDaniel Jr. said this veer’s o|H*rati:ig profit should equal that total. A total d 2fi ;• is customers re reiva-d the systems first bills on M ire t I ; • > f a total ol SI17.9S. Billings on March 1. 1981, went to 1073 customers and to taled $3V ''7i> Cash on hand April 1 totaled $110,012 .n the revenue account. $7,171 in the sink hr fund, and $33,309 in the renewal and ex tension fund Mr. MePaniel said ealling of the $73,000 will result :i a saving to the system of more than $12. ooo in Interest e s*s. Faith Baalist Wants To Sell Bnildina Faith Baptist church is adver tising this week for sale for re. moval of the frame building it formerly used as a sanctuary. Sealed bids are ir\ ited to he received until noon May 12. with 60 days allowed to remove the structure, according to announce ment by Dean Ayers, Id!* N. Dil ling str«*et. Tbe congregation voted to sell the structure at Sunday moru la;; services. Mr. Ayers said. Moss Won't Run For House; Deadline Near John H. Mos> announced Wed nesday he won't seek the Drrao cratic nomination for :hc North Carolina House of Keprescnla■ tiv cs. "I am considering an additions’ Business interest which will r quire much personal effort am time. Then*! •re, I will not tie andidate for till* tlouse ol Rcpi entatives jn the Democratic p nary May 30." he said. Me added. “I shall continue m> interest and efforts in behalf if -’<>od government and plan to speak out on the important issues that vviil tv confronting us.” Tiie Kings Mountain citi/en has been listed a possible candidate for several weeks. Filing deadline for county and township offices is noon Friday. Whether more candidates would file was being conjectured. Rumored las. week a possible House candidate. ex-M ivor I fat ry Woodson, of Shelby was t:. week being mentioned as a |xiss hie opponent for Hugh Dover, Democratic county commission ’ncumbent. and lone county of fice-holder yet without ojios tirn Another possil le opponent fot Mr. Dover is Paul Seal. Repui'i ■ | cun, and Shelby wire manufactur er. GOP leaders were not sure t ie j Republicans, as promised and en | denv .red would he able to field ;i full slate of candidates. Cm s-' d efforts had teen made to obtah I a stale sena'e county in Lincoln | county, thus fju without «-|.->-ess However. Cleveland Republicans were planning to attend a party '9ther;n'» at Lincolnton Wodnes day night. Foote Promotes Flow, Broadwater Ualph C. Plow, production su ■ po.intendent o! I'o ite Mineral | Company’s Kings Mountain plant. : will liecom" general suptrintend ent of Foot »'s Kimballton Opera tions in Kimhallton. Va. May 1st Howard M. Broadwater, who joined the Kings Mountain Oper ation in 1!W> and who has served as plant cn^inee1 an I mainte [ nance superintendent for six years, will become general super intendent succeeding Mr. Flow. Tlic two promotions were an nounced W-xinesday. Kimballton Operations is one of two lime-producing j lano pur chased recently by Foote from the Martin-Marietta Corporation. .Mr. Flow i.; a graduit<- in:: :ng engineer from the South Dakota School of Mines. Before joining Foote he spen, three years on the mine supervision staff of th» Cerro de Pascoe Corporation in Peru. South Ameriea. Mi. Flow joined Foote Mineral Cor.tpam 10 years ag » as a mining engineer. In Kings Mountain the Flow fam ily has resided on West Gold street. The new general superintend ent and his family live on Haw thorne road. Mr. Broadwater is an engineer graduate of V. P. I. Clinics Begin Here Thursday Pre-sohool clinics begin in the eight schools o* the Kii.gs Moun tain system at Rethware school Thursday. April 16. Health officers will he at the educational building of David Baptist church at l:3n p m . to give check-ups of general health to youngsters who will onto first grade in Septomhoi Grover school prospective first graders should report for clinics Friday morning at 9 o'clock in the home economics building ai Grover school. Hast school students should re port Monday at 1:30 p.m. at the educational building of Grace Methodist church. Davidson school students should report Monday at 9 a.m. to Mount Zion Baptist church. Park Grace school students should report Tuesday at 9 a.m. at Macedonia Raptis' church. Compact school students should report Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Mount Olive Baptist church and West school students sh >uld re port at 1:90 TYcsdav to the cilu rational buiheng of Central Methodist church. North school students should report Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. in Uic health t own ul tlic school. I County Campaign Already Bizarre BOB MAN^r House Candidate DON GLASS Commission Candidate CHARLES C. HEATH Senate Candidate ROBERT Z FAILS H-nise Candidate C. O. FORNEY. JR. rot School Beard Many Odd Events Already Logged in '64 Joust By MARTIN HARMON Deadline for filing notices of candid.m > for county and town -flip political offi«t»s is Friday at noon, EI<>ctions Board Chairman • J'djiti Gilbert said Wednesday. Even with tin* deadline still -ev« ral hours dis'ant the 1964 ■ out;:\ campaign has already ea table * ed itself as one of the etoie bi/arre in several biennium. On Saturday the elections ii rd. for instance, did some con - dida'in of precincts, paring the -S to 21. shipping the Bcthware pr- cira t of its Number 5 Tow n slop "spill over” territory, and • tirporating a large area of A* i Kings Mountain precinct into the Belli warp precinct. The changes raised numerous ii ><>d pn ssuies among then >i mocraiic Chairman Clint New ton. As it turned out. all eould we remained calm. Stair- law equires a minimum of 20 days • oi<-e of any change in existing uv inets before the registration ook- open. Twenty days did not main. The hoard did call a new re -tration and will use the Mc i!l;:n l<>ose leaf system in an .'ort to speed voting and sim ■ !if\ the work of precinct elect on officials Again the action a as opposed in some quarters. Other items: 11 Two candidates filed but subsequently withdrew. Thev were Pat Spangler, who had sought nomination to the state s- nate. and Fred Splawn. who ought a hoard of education nom ination. Both are Democrats. - ’ F’ields Young, Jr. filed for the Democratic nomination for !’«■ state House of Representa tives. said a few days later he was withdrawing, but never ex ecuted formal withdrawal notice. Last Thursday he decided to re main a candidate. 3• Don (Hass, a registered Dem ocrat. sought to file for the county commission as a Kepuh IS'an. Hie state attorney-gener al ruled he couldn’t. Mr. Glass then d«H ided to file as a I)emo crat for iii«- same job. And voting day is six weeks and two days distant Brissie To Lead Temple Revival j Ii«"v. Walter C. Brissie, pastor >t Kiist Baptist church of Gas ■on. South (.nr >lina. will In-evan* '< l.st fo. revi\al servi*-cs begin -Sunda> at Temple Baptist church. Services will ii<> held nightly at 7:.egi lining Mon day. Special singing will l>e under the dim-tion «d William 11 «Bill» Childers. choir director.. The 511 voire Youth Choir ->f youth from ire t» to lt> will furnish special musi • under tin direction ol the paste:. Spi il music v. ill he fea lured each evening. Tiie visiting evangelist is a graduate of Ft.rman University ttid Kt.-kme Theological Semi nary. "We in\it-> the community to ■ : - hip with us”. Re\ K. L. Me Gaha. pastor, said. Maner Candidate For House Seat; Don Glass Files Charles c. I loath, Shelby natu ral sas consultant, is contesting Jack H. White, of Kings Moun tain. attorney, lor the Democratic nomination for a 31st district seat mi the North Carolina Senate. ISob Manor Kings Mountain in surance nan, is a Republican candidate for the North Carolina House of Rcur« sentatives. Three candidates seek the Do m'K-ratic nomination lor the state House. in> hiding 11. Fields Young, Jr., Boo Falls and Fted M. Sim mons. Don C. Class Kings Mountain gr .,s*r, did as he indicated, filed as a Democratic candidate for the county commission from District -. opposing Incumbent J. Broadus Ellis, of Crover and Coleman Go forth, of the Stoney f»oint com munity. There was a sjiate of filings for t!te five Democratic nomina ti ns for the county board of edu cation. Eleven Democrats are now in the field. in< luding lour of the five incumlients. Charles D For ney. Jr., of Lawndale, was the most recent imumhent to file, joining Buford Cline. Bobbv Austell, and J D. Ellis. Other member of the hoard is Walter Davis. Other Democratic candi dates include Billy Williams. Carl Jordan. Sr., B. B. Elliott, Bob Ca tineas, Charlie W. Elliott, Richard Alexander, anti Charles L. Beam. John R. Dover III is the lone Republican candidate. Decision of Fields Young to re main a candidate for the House scat post'd a race between him and Bob Falls, anti Mr. Simmons, a Shelby architect, entered the face shortly thereafter. Decision of Mr. Young, who had said sev eral weeks ago he would with draw. an; of I II Work in North Ca rolina. will makt* the principal address at Thursday night's Far mer's Nicht of the Kin^s Moun tain Kiwunis club. Farmers of Kmns Mountain and No. I Township will be quests of Kiwanians Dinner will be served at 6:43 p.m. at the Woman's club. N. F. McGill. Sr. heads the com auiUx uu tuiaii^uncau lor Uu: i afiair. Other K:\vanians on The dub s agriculture and con»cr\a lion c immittecinclude 11. R. Hun nisxitt. 1’ M. Newsier. B. M. Or* mand and James Page. President R. S. Lennon will pre side and Mr. McGill will present Dr. Blalock. Tlie Kiwanis Night banquet, an annual affair, is expended to at tract a large crowd of Khvanians