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1970 il tooh'J ?rapists" -MKDI- clically- •mat ion isionais 1, MED- 2» New Popnlaticn Greater Kings Mountain 21,914 City Limits (1966 Census) 8,256 City Limits (Estimate 1968) 9,300 OiMOttr luaft Mouatcda !• d«rlv«4 tr«B tfe* Uait»d kiatM KurMu ol ih« C«mim report o (Oovdry IMS. and IncJudot Ike 14.tM population • lumbor 4 Towneblp. and tlio rmeinlnj •«ia4 fro« Jfumtoot S Townelilp. in Clovalaad County ad Ciowdof Tawnekip In Qaoton County. Today Pages Kings Mountain's Reliable Newsoapei VOL PB No. 2R Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, July 9, 1970 Eighty-Fifth Year PRICE TEN CENTS » • <9 • <9 • Aimco Magazine {eatnies KM Line-Laying Kim^s Mountain’s water lim construction was amon;' ihe ' ea turc arliclos of *thc summer issue of Highway-Urban Construction house publication of Armc( Steel Corporation. The article, entitled “King.* Mountain Fights with Water fo Its Industrial Life”, is accom panied by a large photog'apl showing actual installation ofth' hig 2-1-inch water main, and f picture of Mayor John Ilcnr.’ Moss detailing fifjm the proicr map path of the line to Jake Wilson, of Asheville, A:mc< salesman. Tite arldlo follows: “The BattJ^, of Kings Mounlair was an Amcriran victor* of Oct oiR'r 7, 17S0, when an IKKl mii detachment of CornwaLis’ a .'a> was surrounded by bands r' ri flemrn under Cf»l. Isaac S!;(*lby Col. James William.s, and Co) William Campbell. Aftt’r a des p<?ra*e fight on the woo rd am rocky slopes of the mountain, th' commanding British o ficer wa killed and hi< men siirrenderrd. “Today, 100 years later, Ih' y-OitO rosiier.’s of Kings Moun tain, Nor h Carolina, ar<* figh ing another tyne of hatrlc to ir duce industry into their city. Th key weapon in this fight is watr w''ter of sufficient quantity permit the city to insure potentia indu.-trial residents there will h •an ample supply. ■'The M3\or of Kings Moun j tain, John Henry Moss, states [ the problem, 'Due to oiir clos^ ^ proxim’ty to Charlotte, which i | growir by leaps and ho; mis ] an! a newly c*ompleted inter i stale highway through our city | recognized that we had thf I potential for tremendous indus j ti-ial growth. But at the same time wa* know that to attract any industry, an abundant water sup ply was an absolute necessity Buffalo Creek, 8-miles away was our closest reliable source of waiter. And to get this water intc Kings Mountain, .wo had to build a dam and install a pipeline tc bring in the water.’ ; “Abthough the popclalion of Kings Mountain has quadrupled j since 1900, it is still a small city. : Transportation facilities greatiy enhance its industrial potential ^ It is a railhcai of Ihe Southern ! Hallroad, and is immediatelv ad i .iacent to tli^, newly completed ^ Kings .Moun- I-S5 to Atlanta. And the Inter | in Raleigh j state will soon bo completed Ir | week for the .Aliss N. C. title , Richmond. Charlotte. 22 miU-s tc | talking with former j •the oast, is tiie second largest '^ings Mountain rc.sident Bill , trucking’center in Ihe coumry ' i^nth. general chairman of the ' pageant and his wife, the former Lyvonne Lindsav. Low-Rent Housing Is Being Occupied . ewaiHave Area Lists Twister Damages By Weekend 13 low-rent he occupied early ne.xt Robert Cof C PROMOTED — J, W, PowelL superintendent of Kings Mountain Quarry of Superior Stone, has been promoted to general superin • tendent effective June 22, L, G. Collins, operations manager of the company's western district, raid today. Powell will assist Collins, In addition to his Kings Mountain duties. He is a veteran of 22 years with Superior Stone, starting as a cashier in North Wilkesboro in 1948. Powell has olso worked at the Midland, Burke County and Bakers quarries of the company. Miss KM Competes At Beautf Event She Competes In Talent Event Friday Night Trailer. Auto, ' Barns Damaged In July 4 Blow July 4th celebrants enjoying outing.-? Saturday afternoon were sent scurrying in.side by a cJouc of wind and dust identified a.s a twister that covered a wide area ol the county and left several ic!i and« c: dollar.s in p.'*opcrty damages behind. In this section of the county, the spcit heaviest damaged was tne appro.ximatcly one mile area from the Dixon Road 1-85 Truck . Plaza past the Dixon Presbyter lan church and the home of Mr and Mrs. Bribby Bridges. A house trailer belonging to Mr j and Mfa. Randy Childers, and lo I rated across from tlie Truck Plaza. W.1S repfjrledly moved about eight feet by the wind’s force and dam aged approximately $1100. Mr. and Mr?, rhildors were away from home during the storm. Barns belonging to Mr. and Mis. Bobby Bridges dlie former 1 Ed Stewart homcplace) \v(»re com-: SUSAN McCARTER Susan McCartei Dorothy in ”0i Currently, textile and the minini of Pmer.tone and mica are the p’incipal industries of King^ Mountain. “Consulting <*ngincer working on -the design of the waferlinr was W. K. Dickson & Co.. Inc., ol Charlpitite, North Carolina. Thev drtermincJ -that -the waterline would run a!on> .Sale Route 1001 and U. S. 74 to Kings ^lountain. The total length of this pmpr>scd (Continued oh Page EigUfJ Foote Mineial Posts Wage Hike Foote ‘Mineral Co. ineieasod wages by 7'c effective June 1 Monday was registration day »n.i Tucsda.\ particiiants weie. 'nici iainod at a hiau. Judging e-1 cents began VVcdncsda>. The top ; 10 finalists compete Saturday .lishl. • j Mr. and Mrs. Bud Falls had a -ed, white, and blue motorcade .^end off party for Miss Falls and her ciiaperone, Mrs. John Gam ble Sunday July 5 at 2 p.m. Mr. ; an i Mrs. Falls and daughter, j 3i:b<‘lha, gretded guests who! were served cokes and snacks b\ ^ Mrs. Huljort Pearson. Mrs. Gary ' Ledbetter, and Mrs. EKavid Falls. The refreshment table featur ed a miniature doll replica of i were in the barns but tools be longing to the Bridges family ^ were destroyed. Tin was ripped' from the barn a;id there W'ere Mary Su-ian McCartt'r of Grover damages to the homo oj. has joined the young people of Oz Jfrs. D. B. Blalock ana the lop of' for the summer, the garage at the homo of M; .! and Mrs. Delbert Jadcson was' Tlie Land of Oz is a tliemect ad- ripped off. I venture park atop Beeeh Meun-i A small foreign car owned by! 1^1^- H tikes visitor.s on a ualk •Mr. and Mrs. Paul Shepherd was' through the entire sto.-y of “The ; hit by an uprooted tree and dam- '^Uard of Oz”. with original music aged approximately $1200. The costumed character.^- pro i Shepherds were visiting :Mi. and the action within the .sets.! Mrs. George Bowon. The tw'ist(‘r i y, n * u . ‘ uprooted numerous large trees in ! r. ^ -^I^Carter say.s she came to that area and also in the Eothlc-1 not really knowing whal sho i.cm and .\rchdalo sections whore " find 'but when I ranie ' extensive wind damatje wa.s re- parK and tne .set—and well, tlie part is so g(X)d—it'.s just great.” i II is anil :ii)ite l I hD'jv.ing units will tills weekend or by 1 j I Thirteen had iircn occupied' through \Vedn<‘sday. .\notii(*r II; ‘cnants will get their key.s on; ■h'-:d.'iy and an additional 15 on i Friday. | As i.f Wednesday, the six-unit! East Jfidge .sirecn com:d(‘.\. all' units (lesigned for the tdderly. had •oeen ocvupiod. Five units h-i;! hiiil b(*(*n occupied on Il'irrnor ..ourt, ami one cacli on McGill UUP and I.ackov street. I noma : \\ . Harj.’cr, execufive dirc-i tor of Kings Mountain Hous ing Aulhorii;,. .•‘aid prospective tenants are being (iffered tht units on a “neediest first” basis and h'l.-e a ehoice r.i available units in tlie six of nine location!, ready for oct-upane^. Still under eonstru, li.jn are the 44-unit ecmplex in the rarnettc Drive ai('a. the complex on Soutl Cansler street and the small cum plex on Grace street. Mi'. Harper again reminded or)d)e(live ten .ints to fotma 1 i,:(• initial applieation.s. ‘Man\ who are apparently eJi- dhle ha\c! not returned to make •heir applications formal,” Ju> commemted. Olfices of th(' authority are maintained on McGiM Court of] Ridgt. stree;. Rental scales range from S28 to Sbd per montli. Ho‘vvover, the directoi painted out, maximum .(mtal for an (digibh' person oi i family is one-fourth of income, j appoitu**-! an II-member All-Am- For example, a person with sole i t'-mimittee to develop income of SfiC pei month social'all-Am- security -check \-ouId obtain ! ^'■ican eiiy program and to make I l. '.v-renl housir g unit for $15 per * montli. G. C)x Manager Lt.-CoL Cox Army Retiree After 22 Years MANAGING DIRECTOR — Lt. Col. Robert G. Cox has been named managing director of Kings Mountain Chamber of Commerce. I Mayor Names Committee Mayor Joltn ilotiry Moss ha.s ported t.) trees and shrubs, Insulation in a chicken house nolenging to Mr. and Mrs. Dick Relliii.s wa.s damaged extensivciv. There were rcptjrtodly extensive j damages on Highway 18 South of | nating in this season. ' n going to like il nckniekers at Lake .Monlonia’s, Dorothy is so I annual outing reported .^ome tree | guiling. , damages “And I think that thing 1 like . ihorc were reporlixlly no p.nviMv mesl i.s that usually there is .so lines down in this area due to I much competition but liere every- I the storm, according to a spokes- one wants to help everyone el<c. I man for the city public works do Management is the same wav as : partmont. w^ho roiiorlcd no wind the kids, damages in the citv. The part she is referring to is the role of Dorothy, whieJi .<he and several others will be alter- she said, innocent and be- - application to. tnr award. J The annua] contest i.s spon.sor- j ed jointly by Hu' National League j of fitie.^' and Book .Magazine. ; /\inung previous cities so-hon- : ored an Gastonia, Salisburv, and : Rock Hill, S. C. Named to the committee are Geoigo B. Tho:nasson, Donald U. Jones, Mrs. W. T. Weir, Frank Hinson. Odu.s Smith. David Plonk, Mrs. Charles H. .Mauney, Carl De vane, .Mrs. John Blaiock, Tom Trott and Charles Ballard. 13 Arrests Tho inm-nse amounts to a gold charm bracelet boar ! nigh ing a (late to remember charm, i ' , gift of -the Jayceltes. average of about IS cents an hour. Ihe acro.ss the board raise j The motorcade, blowing horns.' came 11 months after Ihe prev j acc'ompanied Miss Falls and .Mrs. ^ ious raise, which was 5'J on! G-ambI^» fn>m ‘Ihe Falls’ Ellen-; .March 31, 1969, an averag4. in-; w'oo; Drive home (to I-S5. Mrs | crease df 13 cents an hour. Otis Falls, mother o' the entrant ; Before that, wages w'ere I'aisod t left Wednesdav for Raleigh and ; an overage of 11 cents an hour Mr. Falls will join them there ; on April 5, 1968. i oii Friday. j City and Dover Mills Conclude Agreement on Property. Dyke Another step on properly ac- eipiipment in th(*-future. Dj- quisHion for the -Buffalo Creek ver retains right to landscape reservoir was -taken last week the aiea. with conclusion of an agreemon-t Dover retains right to pi*l mil! between'the city and Dover .Mills, drainage and -treated sewage ef fluent into the r(?servoir within IN TALENT EVENT — Miss icings Mountain, Linda Falls, will participate in Utlent com petition of the Miss North Caro- Beauty Pogeant Friday night in Roleigh. She left for the state pageant Monday. limits permitted by ihe State Board of Health. On the provision, .Mayor John Henry Moss commented, “It’s not Under terms ^>f the agreement, the cMy will build a dyke and provide necessary pumps -to pre vent floodago of the Dover Mill basement M high water level aiii aequii-ed ten acres of Dover property whicli will be inundated. Work on 'the ds ke was under way Wednesday. The city has paid Dov'or Mills $55,500. a itotal of $6500 for the siding engineer. I'OOopted. .Mr. propc*rly being «nd ftn- Fox said the dam now has a "so- damages ‘to Dover which will | lid rock foundation” an I that have to provide a new water.the contractor is now using six; source on a small -tract east of pans to bring in fill dirt. Tho dam ■ NC 150. and $t9,0tX) to Dover for' is an average of 600 feet wide majrncnance of dyke and pump-1 and 650 feet at its widest tx)inl. ' Noxious Odor Chase Continues The pursuit of the cau.se of the noxious odors emanating from •th<> McGill Creek sewage treat ment plant continue and the pur suers lean to the theory' that the otiors result a.er indu-sirial waste in “non-digestible form” a:e Jump<‘d into the system. Meantime, tests continue. A1 Whitehurst, chemist with the urban waste division, State Water and Air Resocix-es com mission. was here Tuesday to ga Iher .samples of industrial waste for quaUtative an-alysis and de termination of what heavy and INJURED Bill Bridges. Icx'al barber, was injured in an automobiU acci dent in Plaxton, Ga. during Ihe weekend and has been trans- fe;TPd to Kings .Mountain ho.s- pital from Evans .Memorial hos pital. Ho and his wife wore on vacation and Mrs. Bridges was reportcdlj not injured. Mr. Bridges is suffering from back injuric.s and facial cuts. “AH this helps cajiture tho .s])ir- ' it of Gz. It’s an experience, not a park for both the actors and the people. , 'TH get Hie experience of work ing as an actress plus all the I emotion and feelings and experi- ence.s of myself and other people throughout the summer.” Mi.ss .McCarter is tho daughter of .Mr. and Mrs. W. \V. McC'arte: i of Grover. She Ls a student at the 1 N. C. School of the .\rts in Wins ton-Salem. PRESIDENT—City Commission er W. S. Biddix was re-elected president of the Key Producers club for the third year at the annual, meeting recently of Sturdivant Life Insurance Com pany. Insurancemen Tap Biddix Kings Mountain police reported 13 arrests over the July 4th \M‘ek- cnd. Tlu'y included five defeiuiant.s charged witli public drunkenness, two driving while under intoxica tion. two no operator’s license,^ OIK' \i(dation ol prohibition law for beverage purpose.^, one im* proper registration, one stop sign violation, and one failure to stop for light and siren. L. . Col, Rolrert G. Cox lias bceri lamed man.iging dire.-lor of King.? Mountain Chamb(*r of Commerce, ji wa.s ann.>unv-((! chis week b\ L. E. iJo.'<h» H:n- lar. . f , esi ieni. M. . Cox will maintain tern* jorary oHicc's on the second loop of die First Union Nation- U Bank building. Arrangements for Mr. Cox to ssume the managin;; directors csition wc:<' made seve. al /ccks ago and became official uly 1 when he was retired from .ho Unhed .St-ates Army after 22 ..ears of service. “The board of directors of the Chamber of Comme.ce is m-ast nappy- to obtain the services of Col. Cox for tliis important pos ition. Proper managemeiu of he organization, if it is to perlorm its indi.'ated and neexicd func tions. ^iemands a man- iago:,“ President Ilinnani sUd. , “The board of directors feels Mr. i Cox has the experience and e- quipment.” 8on of Assistant Posimastc’r and .Mrs. iB. F. Cox, Co!. Cox en listed in 'the army at Fort Jack- son, S. C., in March 191S. He at tended officer candidate school in 1951, was commissioned a .sec ond lieutenant on graduation, an.: assigned lo a military- police unit. Ho attended flight school in 1954, first getting instruction in 'fixed wing i;lano.s, then in flying helicopters. lie has been in heli- , copier operations since, the* past I 12 years in maintenance includ ing duly at two major depots. Corpus Christ i, Texas, and New I C. mcettar.d, Pa., at the latter as acting diicdor. ! II.' spent 7':i years of his 22 j in service on duty overseas in I Hawaii, Japan, Korea, KuiX)j)e .ind Vieinani. He indds the Presidom of Kor ea ineda!, the bronze star. Ihe arm.'. Cinnmenlation medal, air medal, good conduct mcxlal. Am- eriv-an DcRnse medal, V’udnam- . cse SCI \ icy. medal, United Na tions service medal, Korean ser- vic-c medal, and armed forces re serve modal. Mrs. Cox is the former Hetty Ho\v:ud, daughter of Gencial Francis E. Howard (USA-RetJ 'Flic Coxes have four children, Hetty Cox, Kathy Cox, Bobby and ..e.i Cox. First Low-Rent Housing Tenants Pleased With Their New Quarters By LINDA BISER BEHRENS Tli( rabbit inliabilcxl Held Di. Hanrey Bumgar^ei Returns From Rve-Year Noject in Pern By LINDA BISER BEHRENS top(‘riodio chickens to iiu City Commissioner W. S. Bid- dix was elected president of the: Key Ih'oducers club of the M.in-: thiy Ordinary Division of Hiej Srurdivant Life Insurance Com-; Thurman Jordan. 1.5, and friends pany for .the ■third con.secuiivc ' used hu football and .s.jftball has year at th«v anmal meeting re-; been emnerted to a gov('rnmcnt ccntly at Ocean Forcs-t Hotel in! building project and tlirec' Negro Myrtle Bcacii, S. C. ; families and an eld<*rlv Negrc.ss The Kings Mountain insurance'-1 h:ive lust mova'd into ‘ two and man iwas so honored for “out- three bedroom liou.ses tlicre oti Dr. Harvey Bum-ardner recent- : ’'’‘‘y ly returned from Lima, Peru aft- inireases. er .seven years there as director "f," Proymu.-.lx ver.N ex- ,ofan AKCKyfor International P'™ 'n P<'ru due to Ioa rnm^ Developmtmt (AIDl asrfeultural "t .‘V”'. project. For the next two or three hatvliability and fertility of the ! years he will din'd the Pefu pro-.0"'''r nica.sure-. that were ■ject from Ralei-h where he will ■-•“■‘-•■•"'ful >'i ''l>!>in.^ Ihcs. train agricultural leaders. rease! stan-iing overall performance i policy hold-1 our province lo •start with, but loxlc metals aix' going into ihe that of the State Board of Heal- sy.stem Ih." Progress on the construction i — -——. of the big dam at the treatment plant is good, Dennis Fox, con- LODGE MEETING f Regular eommunieation of Fairviow Lodge No. 339 A.F. & A.M. of Kings Mountain, N. C. will be held Monday July 13 at 7:30 p.m.. .says Lodge .s<*crelary, Thomas D. Tindall. Betore returning hom(\ he de- iour(’d via Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro for a month’s va cation. which acrounts for his 'iunlightened hair and deep tan. It wa.s his seventh trip lo Brazil iind his eighth may be for a long er stay engtiged in similar work after his Raleigh stint. He great ly adntires Rio’s .s<*enery and the de.clopmeni potenli;il of Brazil. In Lima. Dr. Bumgardner taught eourses al the National .\gricul- liire Univer.sity and worked with Ihe Ministry of Agriculture. The first 3*a year.-^ he was a jwultiy' sfKH'ialist and partly responsible for Icjwering the price of turk<\v. This was accompILshed by insti tuting simple management prac- tk*es long In use in the U. S. such artificial light lo Induce plio- in upping factors were resiruding tlie tur key’s food until Ihe time egg pro duclion was desired. th(*n giving highly fortified fm>d and employ ing artifu'ial insemination, he re- jwrts. Dr. Bumgardner wrot(' .sev eral papers on the pliysiology and Rotary club reproduction (»f turkeys whicli Coimiy club, weie published th(*iT. An International Potato Re search Institute with heidcjuar- lers in I*eiu may emc'rge from I>otato studit's conducit I in P<'ru by Dr. Bumgardner’s group. IVru is the perfect ])lace for Hie Insti- and service to his ers.” Mr. Biddix pix'sided at the an nual meeting. Dover To Speak Tc Rotarians John R. Dover, III, Shell)y at torney and businessman, will he giK'si speaker at Thursdays meeting of 'the Kings .Mountain ;il Harmon Cour4. Aci'.lss town at Dilling and Ridge Street, one complex ol six adjoining I'fficieiK'ic.-: is complete ly fi]i(‘d with ('Iderly pcrscjn.s. .\ .'■ingle occupant. Ethel Mills, has :no\cd into one-bedroom Cjuarlt'r.' in a cluster of three oi the .stand ard si> unit structures on .McGiH Cour.. Th{' eldi'rly*seem a jitlic wKt- liil about pre\ioa'; mon* s])aciousi house.s. \ards. gardens, and quiet. Mjs Hie rear of the place with a leak on tlu' tabl(’. she recalls how the elder Wright’s took her in as a baby when she was “barely able lo sit up”. Mrs. Wright did farm work—lioed and picked cotton tltore. A visiting granddaughter, Ih len Dixon is t!n*re. Her parents are interested in a family unit. In.stcad of buying wood for heal, Mrs. Wright is now supplied with gas heat. Mrs. Luc'inda Surratt, former resident of a tarm, I lien of Cansler St. previously buriK'd coal in winter. Botli recall lunv diflicult it WHS to keep warm. Mrs. Surratt assisted in moving by a daughter. Mrs. Mary Mich ael. from N. V. says she hoed, pickcxl cotton, pulled tcHldi'r and did mo.st everything a man does on the Jarm and she and her late hu.<band rented until he began Mr. Dover will use thi' subjet-t, “Sw(*den Old and Now'*, le- vic'ving for tlie groi p his trip to Sweden. Uoiarian Thomas 'Frolt will in tro iuco Mr. Dover wiio for nijie years .kvas associat(‘d with n(»ver Lillie Kronebergor. SO, of 12:1.3 at liu'I Court. likc's her two bed-1 w.)rk at tho Cora Mill. I room house xery wcH but tK'Itcr’ Kwn while she movc'd in on if sJu'could get around in il. Hei ' Tuesday her front iHtreh was ' fille<i witli |H)t.s ol floweu-ing .trawn Te.vliles Group. H<' is a memiK'r infirmity requires a con-''tanl companion. Mrs. Margaia't Wilstxi. who bring.s her five or six grand- Uiildien along. Mr>. Mary Wriglil, whose bus band R,.bert has been dviid four years cfuilides (hat sin* d«H'sn’r lute .since (XJlatoes can Ix’ .. ... year round and since .so many of tho bo:u<l of din'ctors of F)0 | )*)<(' tlie tasio of city v\al('r “too eullivated varieties and numerous ver Mills Company. Oia Mills , ”''"'d." Previou.-ily sheliM'd in the t>'pes of wild pxdatoes (*xist there. Comp;iny. First National Hank :'' 'HiJon Wright homej>lace about he says. The potato originated in I of Shelbv, Sheliiy Sa\ ing.s <<» two miles fro:n Oak Grove that vicinity. Loan Association, Domai^ IIoiol ’‘‘hurch. whiv'h the Wright .son Ways in increast* yields, in- Investments <>f Stockholm. Swed-1 plans to tear dow n. But she boih's crease resistance to cold ami in- en and Vtol F'liglits, Inc. of (Cimtinued on Pa<jL Eight) Charlottci plants. Mrs. Rosa Wright. (»7. sa\s flo wers are pormilt('d at the bad; of the l)ack yard alotig the walk and against the house. She moved from her 14 year rented 4 room quarters at the corner of K. Ridge and Batilogroimd Aw. where site kept a remarkable yard full of flowa'rs. Slu' mowocl .«o much grass then that when the public hou.sing pt'ople offerixl to bring he doesn't. .Vltliougli Hie poreli) a lawnmow'or at intervals or cut ro<)( is caved in and siic lived in {Citnlinui,d On Page EightJ