Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
City Limits 8,008
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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<irs of Miss
Green. Her father, a physician,
came to Rroolte Station and mar
ried Miss Brooke from Falling
Green.
Her interest in library work
stemmed, she related, from her
First Customer
Was Served
January 1955
By MARTIN HARMON
Tin- city mav own its natural
gas distribution system m fee
simple in the near future.
Aitually. the s\stem, at March
31. had funds in ha ul to ■■oil tin1
SKKixn in revenue :Hinds out
standing and ti« leave a cash hal
ana* of slightl.v more than S14.
300.
Meantime, the city has called
$73,000 in bonds for payment with
interest and $292'* rail premium
for April It! or May 1. depending
on when the ho'ders, Conneetioutt
Mutual Life Ivsui.m.e Company,
tan deliver th** bonds, and fur
ther has inquired of its bond
sales representatives. If. S. Dick
son A- Company, cf Charlotte,
whetlier it re<-o:nmeiids ealling
the remainder of the bonds imnie
diately.
A reply from the Pi kson firm
had not been received Wednesday
on tin* question of . ailing all oth
er bonds.
Even s i. the svstem had cash
assets sufficient to pay all bonds
nine yeais. and > 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:.<o p.tn. through Sundav. April
-*i; Rev. Mr. Brissie w.ll fill the
pulpit at services I >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<l Mr. Heath's candidacy
for the Senate meant that only
Hugh Dover, incumbent county
commissioner, is without opposi
tion for county positions.
Other Democratic races in
clude:
For register of deeds Incum
’*“nt Ivey Whisnant and Ralph
I U( KlT.
For county commissioner, Dis
trict I Charles A. Bridges, spur*
geon Hewitt, and J. D. Turner.
In Number ! Township. Cons
table Charles Ford, a Democrat.
se**ks re-electior as do Justices of
the Peace J Lee Roberts, Demo
crat, and Elzie Lee Putnam, Re
publican.
Candidate Maner is president
of Kings Mountain Chamber of
Commerce, a Wilmington native,
graduate of Dav idson college and
winner of a Master's degree at
tile Cniversity of North Carolina.
He has lived here nine years, is
a Presbyterian, winner of the
Jaycee DSA award and a past
president of the organization, and
a veteran of 11 m »nths in the
navy.
He issued the following state
ment:
An ever increasing interest in
local, state, and national affairs,
has convinced me that maximum
effectiveness in government on
all levels depends upon skilled
efforts of representatives from
both the Republican and Demo
crat parties. In North Carolina
we have not had adequate com
petition. and as a consequence,
legislative excesses of both com
mission an domission have result
ed The losers in every instance
have U-en the citizens of the en
tire stale.
* As a reeult of the Constitu
tional requirement that State
budgets be balanced. N. C. is fis
cally sound. As a legislator it
would be my duty to see that
state taxes and services be pared
where possible. It is my firm be
lief that services performed bv
local government can. and should
be. more effective than larger
units. I would encourage all lev
els of local government to look
Continued on page •
Kiwanians To Entertain Fannen
Thuisday; Dr. Blalock To Speak
Hr. T (I. Blalock. assistant di
rt :<>; 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
<uul liwir £uc»u.