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1} VOL. 83 No. 5
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, February 3, 1972
Eighty-Third Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
Democratic Race For Commission
Senator Jordan
KM Visit Friday
VSnHERE HASHISH WAS — City police chief Tom McDevitt. left, cmd Lt Dovid Corn show wall rug
in which hashish was found last Thursday following « high speed chase involving Corn and
Forrest Wayne Wright, 22. of Route 2. Wright is facing o Feb. 23 hearing in connecting with the
hashish raid which is said to be the biggest ever in North Carolina. (Photo by Jim Belt)
Ex-GI Forrest Wright, 22,
Charged In Narcotics Case
SSOJWOHaul ~
Is Captured
In Run-down
WINS PROMOTION — Willard
(Pete) Johnson hcs been pro
moted to department manoger
of the Carding Department at
Croitspun Yarns where he has
been employed for three years
as second shift supervisor of
Spinning and Winding.
Bites Thursday
For Davidson
Funeral rites for Frank David
son, 87, of Shelby, will be held
Thursday afternoon at 4 o^clock
from the Chapel of Harris Fune
ral Home.
Rev. Tliomas Richie will offici
ate at the final rites, and inter
ment will be in Bethany ARP
cemetery.
Mr. Davidson died Wednesday
mdfnifig in Vetcranis hospital at
Otecn alter iiMness of several
SeaiTs.
I A native of York, S. C., he was
'' veteran of World War 1 and P
mem-ber of Wbrren F. Hoyle
American Legion Post of Shelby.
Surviving are two^alf-brothers,
Hubert Davidson of KVngs Moun
tain and T. 5. Davidi>on of Half
moon Bay, Calif.; and one half-
scister, Mrs. Edith Harmon of
Largo, Fla.
Forrest Wayne Wright, 22, of
Route 2, Kings Mountain, facing
s. c i\l v'ha.gos connected with
?. !r.:g haul last Thursday, will
_ i..v(n a preliminary hearing
rcl/. £3 in district court in Shel
by.
City police have charged the
Army veteran with posses don of
drugs for purpose of sale, posses
sion of and transporting illegal
drugs, failure to stop for a blue
light and siren, reckless driving,
and speeding in excess of 115
miles per hour in a 45 zone.
Wright was arrested Thursday
afternoon after leading Lt. David
Corn -Cn a chase which began in
downtown Kings. Mountain and
ended when the two wrecked in
Grover.
According to chief of police,
Tctm MoDevRt, Corn and Ptl. Jolin-
ny Belk attempted to block
Wright, who was driving a Pon
tiac GTO, on King Street. How
ever, McDeviU said, they wore
unable to do so as two tractor-
trailer trucks got between tlie
officers and Wright.
McDevitt said Wright, who was
going east on King Street, turn
ed south ento Gaston Street and
proceeded to East Gold. Tliere,
ho turned east and sped to High
way IGl.
Corn said as Wright was trav
eling ojst on Gold Stireet, he
threw several small packages out
the window. Chief McDevitt said
the police later found the “15 to
20" small packag<\s of hashish.
Corn chased Wright south on
Highway 161, then south on In
tcr.state 85 and said he clwkcd
Wright’s car at 115 miles per
hour on both roads.
Nea-r Grover, Wright left 1-85
and led Corn on a chase down
Highway 29. As Wright entered
the Grov'er tewn limits, Corn said
he veered into the left traffilj
lane and attempted to cross the
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CITY MANAGER^— Robert (Bob)
Cox assumed new duties Tues
day os City Manager of Besse
mer City.
Bob Cox
In New Post
IRabort G. (’Bob) Cox, former
executive secretary of the Kings
Mountain Chamiber of Commerce,
assumed new duties Tuesday
morning as city manager of Bes
semer City.
Cox, 42, a retired Army lieu
tenant colonel, will receive an
annual salary of $12,000 and sue-
teeds Sam Howard who resigned
January 6.
Cox was an unsuccessful can
didate for mayor during the
1971 .elections. He was t h o
Chamiber of Commerce director
of Jetbs ’70 and resigned recent
ly when this program was not
funded for another year.
The Cox family expects to
•move to Bessemer City at the
end of the school term in June.
Son of Assistant Postmaster B.
Frank Cox and Mrs. Cox, he is
a graduate of Kings Mountain
hi;h school and attended the
University ef Omaha. He is mar
ried to the former Hetty Howard
and they are parents of four
children.
Public Invited
To Greet Senator
St City Hall
United States Senator 'B. Pfver-
ett jerdan will visit at City Hall
liere P'riday at 3:43 p. m., ac
cording to joint announcement by
Clyde Nolan of Shelby and J. Lee
IROberls of Kings Mountain.
Sen. Jordan wilt be en route to
Polkville where he will address
■the Upper Cleveland Chamber of
Commerce at a 7 p. m. dinner
meeting. Area Dem-jwra'ts are Ih?-
ing invited to attend the meet
ing at Brackett’s Cedar Park.
“We invite local citizens to
loome to City Hall to greet Sena
tor Jordan,” said Mr. Roberts.
.Born In Ramseur, N. C., Senator
Jordan, 75, cf Saxapr/iaw, a D< m.
ocrat, was first appointed to the
U. S. Senate Apnil 19, 1958 to fid
.the vaicanoy caused by the deith
of W. Kerr Scott. He was sub.se-
(|UcnMy rc-cleotcd. He is curmnt-
ly serving as the chairman of
the imip.ortant Senate comimittce
on rules and admiio^iration'and
as vice chairman of the Joint
Cv,'mmittee on the Library'^ol Con
gress, in addition to other com
mittees.
Senater Jordan married the
former Katherine McLean of Gas-
Ionia Nov. 29, 1924 and they have
three children. He is a former
chairman of the North Carolina
Denuccratic ExocuUve Comimittoe
and was Democ'ratic National
Cern'mitteeman from NortJi Caro
lina. He served with the Tank
Corps of the U. S. Army with the
occupation forces in Germany in
1918-19 and m^anizod Sellers
Manufacturing Co. in 1927 and
has served as seermary-troasurer
and geneual manager since. He
holds an honorary LLD degree
from Elon college. He v.’os Ala
mance County 7vlan of the Year
in 1955 and Is Methorlist. He is
a trusti*e of Duke Cfiilversity,
American University and Elon
ccrllege.
He is North Carolina’s senior
.senatyr by 19 days; U. S. Sena
tor Sam J. Ervin, (DemoiTat) of
Morganton celebrated ' his 75tih
bdrthday S<'ptember 2Tth.
H^es "Tackles",
Uisiccctes Elbow
^dy police officer Bc3 ll'iyes
gr-' in a iidle running and “tack
ling” I'l-ai .i-oe .M /iiday n.ghl and
ha.s a dislocated elbow t> preve
it.
Ilayc.', stepped an autrir.ohile
cn King Street and when he be
gan questioning two suspects,
they ran.
Hayes decided he’d run them
dewn. He tried to tackle one, but
miissed, and dislocated his elbow.
Ofher officers eame to his res
cue, to ik him t'C Kings Mountain
H^ppil il for treatment, and later
captured the two men.
A Hendersonville man, 38year-
ol'd Kenneth Rogers, was charged
with driving under the influence,
driving witli an expired license,
speeding 4.5 in a 35 zone, violat
ing the prchiiibition laws and re-
.-isting arre^'t. The other suspect
was a juvenile.
SEEKS SENATE SEAT ~ Rep.
Jade Rhyne of Belmont became
a candidote Wednesday for o
sect in the new 25th Senatorial
district.
Sigk Motion
Firemen Set n Was Good While It Lasted....
Annual Meeting But PHA Tenant Didn't Pay Rent
J.V. Green's
Rites Conducted
'Funeral services for Jimmy V.
Green, 73, were held Tuesday
afternoon at 4 p. m. from Temple
Baptist cli' Tcli, interment fol-
lowmg in Mountain ‘Rest ceme
tery.
Mr. Green died Monday morn
ing m Beam Nursing Home in
Shelby following illness of sev
eral years.
IIM was a native of Cleveland
county, son of the late Mr. and
iMrs. James L. Green.
Survivinig are three sisters,
'Mrs. Josie Hamhright and Mrs.
J. P. MioGinnis, both of Grover,
and Mrs. Minnie Goforth of
Kings Mountain.
'Hev. Flay Payne and Rev.
Frank Shirley officiated at the
final riles.
New Officers and directors of
the Oak Grove Volunteer Fire
•Deparlment will bo elected at the
annual meeting Tuesday night
at 7:.'’0 at the Oa!c Grove Fire
Station.
Sei’iciary John O. Patterson
issued invitation to all members
to attend.
Candidate Honoree
At Coffee Thursday
Cleveland County supporters
of Hugh Morion, D<|mocraHc
candidate for goverrrer, wHl
hf nrif • him at a cerffee at
Oharlcs Kcstauran't_ in Shelby
Thursday morning from 10 to
11 n't loc k.
Dr. Avery MdMurray extended
an invitation to all citizens to
enmo to the coffee and meet Mr.
Mr^nn.
Mtr. Merton, of Wilimington,
’.q fj.vner cf Grandfather Moun
tain.
Kings Mountain Puiblic Hor>-
sini; Authority began renting
houses more than IS months ago.
It recently obtained evi'clion
order on a tenant for the first
time.
Hearing was Tuesday and the
order granted along with a
judgement against the tenant
for $148 in unpaid rent.
The tenant had already noved.
The tenant’s failure to pay
his rent had resulted m a check
out that revealed his public
housing application was fraudu
lent. (income and size of family
determining eligiihiiity) He fail
ed to note that his gross income
included, in addition to his em
ployment, monthly checks from
the Veterans Administration and
the Cleveland Cointy Welfare
department. Shortly after he
and his family became a low-
rent housing tenant, his wife ob
tained a job, adding further to
the family income, and unre
ported, as his lease reciuired, to
the hoasing authority.
The tenant is now among five
welfare payment recipients, Su
perintendent Hal Smith says,
who are bein^ investigato<! by
the county welfare department,
with a view to prosecuting the
'five for fraud in obtaining wel
fare funds they were not due.
Had he paid his rent to the
public Housing A.-thority, he
■most likely would still be en
joyin' the $8000 annual income
and living in I-ow-rent housing.
The tenant on which eviction
order was dbtained is not the
'first told to move - either for
rent non-payment, damage to
iPHA property, or as public Dui-
sartcos via carausing. These all
moved, minus necessity for for
mal eviction, Tom Harper, dir
ector, reports.
30 Legionnaires
Are Go-Getters
Tliirty I^ionnaires — mem
bers of Otis D. Green Post 155 —
have qualified as Go-Getters for
1972.
Tile mombon^hlp honor goes to
a mcm'ber who has signed up 10
more members during the year.
The GoGetters are Cc?nimander
Bruce Mt'Daniel, Carl Wiesener,
Clinton Jolly. Gene Gibson, J. Ben
Hord, Bob Davies, Vardol Neal,
Jake Bridges, J. T. McGinnis, Lu-
co Falls, John W. Gladden, Lind
bergh Dixon, Joe M'cOajniel. Jay
Poweill, Frog Pearson, Whitey
Bowen, Robert Wright, Floyd Dov
er, Gene Wright, Mike Yarbro,
Fain Ham bright, Carl Wilson,
Dave Delev ie, Fred J. Wright, Dick
M<Ginnis,. (diaries Halnup'ton, Pete
Bridges^* Sewell LaughTidge, Red
Morrison and Tommy Melton.
losb Hinnant
On Bowles Team
L. E. (Josh) Hinnant, who
sometimes has described himself
as a “Wake county plowboy
transplanted to Cleveland coun
ty,” will serve as coordinator of
Hargrove (Skipj>cr) flowles' g«b-
ernatoi ial campaign in the
Kings Mountain area.
'Now vice president of F'irst
Union National Bank in Kings
'Mountain and one of the city’s
fcjggest boosters, he was ap-
pcinttd to the coordinat )r’s post
by tlie Dt^mocratic candidate and
by R. Patrick .Spangler of Shel
by, one of Bowles’ slate campaign
managers. He’ll be working
witli Bowles’ other coordinators
in Cleveland county Tom Camp,
'Horace Ledford, Mrs. Donald
Craw’ley and Mrs. Fred Flow
ers.
‘Tlinnant has boon dedicated to
helping Kings Mef.ntain grow,”
Dowles said, “parthularly in at
tracting new and diversified in
dustry and jobs. We’re delighted
that he has volunteered to help
us in the campaign and fool that
his experience and judgment will
contribute greatly to our ef
forts.”
‘Hinnant’s interest in industry
and the eexmomy dates back to
“growing up in the depression"
and the family fa'.im near Winn-
dale. His account.s of thost' days
include cnc of ^e year tihefamily
crops brought only $357 and the
family of five younlgstors had to
wait to the last moment to -buy
winter shoes.
iHinnant went on to receive a
bachelor of arts degree in Busi
ness administration from the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill in 1918. He worked
with the Security National Bank
(now NCNB) in Raleigh and was
on loan to hrarveh banks all over
the state. He was associated with
the First National Bank here un
til its merger with First Union
in 1963.
After hi.s moving to Kings Moun
tain, Hinnant volunteered to
serve on an industrial committee
for the city, and has been instru
mental in attracting new indus
try to the area while working
witli tlie old to achieve a thriving
econamic climate.
IHe also h^ been very active
in local civic, charitaible and
educational activities.
Mrs. Hinnant is the former
Miss Virginia Summers, a Kings
Mountain native.
Si.sk Funeral Homo Owner
Frank Sisk has made a motion
for summary judgment again.s't
the City of King.s Mountain to re
cover damages he incurred in a
ca e five years ago involving aii
imipropcii burial.
Tlio m^w mote n is on the dx?-
ket for the next twu-w(^ek <.4
Cl( /eland County (.'l.il Ccuif
beginning Feb. 14th.
In 1967 Sisk was told by a court
to pay $10,000 in dam'ages to Mrs.
Virginia Grigg for damages re
sulting from the impn>peir burial
of her laite husband, Zeb Grigg,
whose grave had be(x>me expos^
and who.:c bixiy, in re-burial, wus
exposed to onJooker.s. After an
appeal of the decision, SLsk set
tled out OtE court for $5,000 in
damages.
In his motion for summary
judgiment Sisk maintains that (he
city of Kings Mountain wus, un
der contract, respon'sible for the
burial and any negligence isthu.s
the city’s fault. The city of Kings
Mountain wa.s not a party de
fendant in (ho original case and
hag made no answer to the mo
tion.
SPRING SIGN UP
Spring sign-up for the 1972
Rural Environmental Assistance
Program began Tuesday and
continues through Feb. 15th.
Area farmers may apply at the
ASCS office.
Gsisrth, Dodd,
Hubbard File;
ibyne I or Senate
Poli'.iral activity prrvcd wa. rn-
er liiian tiio w'eather during Che
pa5t week, producing a Demo-
craMc primary contest -for the
cc'upty b;uid of commWUwiers
ml :\naJ:u,: candidate for the
state senate.
'Filing for county c::IIhM.ssioner
Aeie IiKunibent u . lert Hu<i:'bard,
,*(Mripl(.-4ng his first term, former
C’-i' a*.siLncr O.'li'man W. Go-
.'erth, and W, II. D:;di, retired
>j Vi ipnl ( ■ \Vaio h’"h schocl.
State Hr presen la Jack Rihyne,
.-i iitimoiit, beca.Tic a earrdidate
i..: the Ga dan- -ievc-Iand-Ruther-
l‘o:d-Linccln senate district. State
Uep.rsentdtive W. K. Mauney, Jr.,
liaJ previously announced his
candidacy for a senate.seat. Th-ree
seats are allotted Lhi.s di itrict.
Si-nator Marshall Riuch of Gas
tonia is expected To seek re-elec
tion.
All the candidates are Demo
crats.
Kii.e candidates now .'^eek the
thrte county commission seats.
The other two are Incumbent J.
D.Ak Turner and L. ^ (Josh) Hin
nant, Kings Mount'^in h/tiikv.
Incumbent Fri"^*^.wcht‘ad has
not yet indicated wnetherh ho
will sock re-election.
Hubbard has been a cc<mmls-
.sioner for four years. A Behvoed
dairy farmer, he is a member of
Kadesh Metdiodist ' church. His
wife is the former Lois Brackett
and they are parents of three
children, two girls and a boy.
“I will not make any promises
I may net be able to keep “just to
get re-elected”, he said. “But if
the CTcveland f^Umy voters tru.st
my judgment enough to put me
back on the board, I will keep an
optm mind on all phases of Ideal
gcvt'rnment and do w^hat I think
will benefit the people of Cleve
land County now and in the fu
ture.
‘We hav'e been accused of
dragging our feet on several is
sues, but I fed it is taiUer to
ecme I’la with the right answer a
little late than the wrong answer
early.
“I believe in tlie future of Cleve
land os a growing county and
with grewth Mu-re will be prob
lems, but with a board of open-
minded commis-sioners working
with other county officials and
organi/iations we will be able to
solve any problems we might
have.
“We plan to Tet bids on the
Cleveland jail and complex brild-
ing in the near future and (\am-
ply with state regulations” he
Continiu’d On Page ^ight
CANDIDATE — Coleman Go
forth filed yesterday for the
county commission.
Maidet Charge
Is Dismissed
Second degree murder charges
again.;.t Geraldine Roberts, Neg
ress, were dismiissed Tuesday in
Cleveland County Superior Court
by Judge J. W. Jackson for lack
or evidence.
The defendant xas charged in
the death cf Sidney Williamson,
22, of Shelby, on Nov. 5, 1971.
Dr. John B. Gentry testified
tliat lie performed an autopsy on
the deceased and that the cause
o! death was a shotgun blast
which penetrated downward into
the abdomen in a nearly verti
cal line.
Capt. William Roper of the
Kings Mountain Police Depart
ment testified that 7ie saw the
defendant and two other women
at the scOiie of the shooting.
The state contended that the
deceased was a large man and
that his arms would not have
been long enough ti reach the
trigger of the gun in order that
he might shoot himself.
Judge Jackson dismissed the
case explaining that the state
had insufficient evidence linking
tlie defendant with the alleged
crime.
Shareholders
Meetina Tuesday
Shareholders of Kings Moun
tain Savings & Loan Association
will gather for the annual meet
ing Tuesday afternoon at 2 p. m.
in the association offices at 390
West Mountain street.
Business of the meeting will
include annual reports of offi
cers and election of directors.
• IMrs. Ruby H. Baker is' secre
tary-treasurer, of the association
and Joseph R. Smith is executive
officer.
Permits Include
Apartment Units
Bridges ConstriK*tion Company,
of Shc'Iiby, has purchased $120,000
city building peTmit this week for
const ruct'icn of 12 aipairtjment
units on Landing street.
Two permits fer new r^dences
were issued.
Timiocr Lake Builders" 6o"^ht a
permit for a six-room rc-ai..ehce
cn Manor Road, esUmaiod^o cost
$21,930, and Kings Ivlounfaln
Realty', Inc., a permit for a six
rr . m regidenoe at 312 Amherst
D*'vc. es't.'tmatod to cost $12,930.
viiai'los B. Bickley bought a per
mit f^r an addition to his resi-
derDce at 1301 Wales Road, esti
mated to cost $4550, Melvin
Wright, contractor, and Noiiman
McGill bought a pemrit for a one
room addition to his residence at
608 Wt'st Mouiitain Street, es^ti-
mated to cost ’SuhX), Hoyle Con
struction Company, contractor.
Perimeter zoning permit for a
garage and utility buildi:^at his
residence on McGill road is
sued to Tommy Yarhro.
Stockholders
Meet Wednesday
Stockholders of Kings Moun
tain Convalescent & Nursing
Home will hold their annual
meeting Wednesday night at 7 p.
m. in the Cemmunily Room of
Kin.'S Mountain Savings & Loan
Association on West Mountain
street.
■Immediately fullwing, at 8 p.
m. stockholders and officers of
Kings Mountain Homes and Care,
Inc. will gather for the annual
meeting.
TWO IN ONE — No, this isn't a two-hecried man. It's two Kings
Mountain police officers in a poir of pantg belonging to Jimmy
Dickey Jr. of Kings Mountain. The size 52 pants were just the
right size for officers L. D. Beattie, left and Johnny Belk.
(Photo hy' Jim Bell).
Kyle Smith
In New Post
Kyle Smith has resigned his
position as personnel manager at
Duplex to accept a similar post
at evaftspun.
At Duplex. Smith served as
safety director in addition to per
sonnel' manager. At Crsiftspun,
he will also serve us induatri^
manager*