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VOL 83 No. 19
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, May II, 1972
Eighty-Third Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
State Supreme Court B&B Ranch Ruling Favors City
Hinnant Will Entei Run-'
Palmer Board Winner
JACX PALMER
R. COLEM AN rOF lY
El
FRITZ MOREUEAD, JR.
L. E. (JOSH) HINNANT
DWIGHT TESSNEER
Bowles, Jordan,
Gardner, Helms
Lead In County
Nc‘. 4 Trwn, Dc'moopaits,
w ‘.h cxct^ iLn oC Grover whpnii
lajKcd 10 Yntnrijfirs nooe-s^ry Jbr
a qu-tim, cCg'^mlzed Tuesday
nisu'i, oIe::ted o!Jicixs and namn-
e4 dilegVjcs to t'he party’a.xrciwi-
ty ^onv^ntirn. •
A. Logan, Jr., ^onmier
F-’ic.i.f a".i fcrmar Kings Moun-
taxi Chie'I cil PoU:e, was elected
Eazit Kings Mountain Preciinot
chairman succecdilng Leonard A.
Smith. Vice-chal'Pmcn, all of
whe-m will be serving for tihe first
t;me, are Mr^. Evelyn Whitesi-des,
Negress, Charlie Moss, and Mrs.
BMl CaiJhion, feirme^r parcoinct sec
retary. Herald staffer Hizaibcth
Stewa::!: was elected secretary -and
committeemen, all with the ex
ception Of tomfier ‘cthalrmam
Smith, include C. A. Allison, Ne
gro, L. E. (Tib) -Bennett, Bill A.
Sellers, and Bill Z. Cadhihm.
Chau ms-n Logan and the lUwee
vice chairmen were elected dele-
ga.es to the county convention.
Bethware precinct Democrats
re-fi''xfed Ted Ledfo-rd ag chair-
m" 1 a ’ iVIrs. H, A. Goforth, John
' a-’-d Glenn Hicks as. vioe-
tiai men. Nelson Conneu* Was
T. ^d set'i'ctauy and ccnvmittee-
men elected were Jilni Ysrbro,
J,m Conner, Mrs. Ted Ledford,
DrinerQp^ Ware and Cart Champ-
ion.
Grever precinct Demoorats will
gather on Tue.*Mlay night at 8
p.m. at tihe (Rescue Squad build
ing to elect oTfieeTS and delegates
to the county DemocratBc oonven-
ti;n, said Bcb iHambrigtht, chair-
mar;.
At Wcet K.;'ng,3 Mountain, Don
Campbell was elected third vice-
ivesidenl, and his father, llev. M.
L. Campbell did not stand for re-
c'ler'ticn as a precinct committee
man. Willard Boyles was elected,
Continued On Page Six
^ tk HUNT
• REP. ROBERT A. (BOB) JONES
Accident Death
Inquest Monday
Corener’s inquest into the death
of a Kings Mountain Negco wom
an struck Friday higCit by a city
pclice car will be held Monday
at 2 p.m. in the Cleveland Coun
ty Coui’thcuse.Annex at Shelby.
■Mrs. Sencra Hughes iWilLams,
44, was killed i-nstantly, accord
ing to report of ir.! estigatimg
hi-^way ipatnolman R. i3. Burn
ette who ruled the accident un
avoidable and filed no chaLges a-
gainst the driver of the police
car, Kings Mdu-ntain Ghief of
.Police Tom McDevitt.
Coroner M. D. (Bub) Walker
said -the -inquest will be helkt at
the request of the -City of Kings
Mountain.
According to BumettCs inves-
tiigation, (McDeviit-t was in pursuit
oif e oar he was trying to stop
far spee<flng'when M-ns. Will lams
stepped uifom a curb at the inter
section of N. Cansler street and
Highway 74.
Aison Suspected
In $500411)0 Fire
The possibility of airson in icon-
nection with en early Saturday
morning fire at .P-hiWips -Develop
ment’s Pine Manor apartment
complex is being -investigated by
the 931.
The fl'-e, on whit* Kings Moun
tain firemen answered the alarm
at 3:30 a_m. Saturday, destroyed
25 apartimcnits at the apartment
projeot oijf the York ‘Road.
Two of the tWo-atory apartment
buildings burned to the -ground
and -a thiird building was -partial
ly desiroyed. Eleven units are
under construction but none of
the aipartimenta are yet complete.
None of the a-partments were
OTi.'npleted but the two buil-dings
that were destroyed were aliealdy
bricked in. The third was ready
to be bricked.
Firemen said the-fire -arpairent-
Continued On-Page Bio;
Ii!ci!mben&s
Tiiinar, Hub^erd
Are Deleaved
L. E. (Joiili) Ilirnant, w-’io
pi .;:.I foiii'!h in t!ic- it .'.'“i -raLC
fcir Mxce Di m : i. < \ na-
-Ic- the L. ity c aimi.s5i;.i >,
will i' '.c'. v!ic Juno 3 sccj-ii'-l pui-
mary.
L.vii:!it Te 0 r, who pi i od
firth, said Wi-! losday nig!i‘ -be
w-^ald pr.-jrbly rcau.! a dcjislon
ty 1 liar.se! a>-.
Only Jack Palmer, J-*., f-'n-rcr
logisla^ci.* wen a inajcr liy in last
Saturday’s prima:y, he sprcaJ-
oa:vl:-.Tg tlie field and pMI'r-g £8-12
votc.5 in an election viiat saw
two 'neuniix nts, J. C'c:k Ti .lor
iind R 'bcrt Hu bard, ■dorca-ted.
In the uncrridal tolals, iH-in-
nant plated .:'.’jcnd, but Tuesday’s
cfficial canvas revealed that he
Ivad been accc.“dcd ICO vcies t.>o
many at the Wo?t Kings Moun
tain precinct. The subtraciiion
dropped him to fourth, indicat
ing hew closely bunclied the sec
ond, third and fourth place fin
ishers were.
Former-Cemmisrioner Ccidman
1^. Goforth was scec-nd at 35S3,
Commissioner Fritz Morc-hca'd wa.i
in third just seven votes 'bc-hiiiKi
at 3573. Hir.-i^'.'nt ivai J-ir fc'-j.-h,
47 votes behind Mc-rtihead, at
3529. and Dwight Tessneer fifth
at 3091.
ether icr-m-mission totals: Tur
ner 3CCI, IW. II. Dodd 2672, Hub-
bo- d, 24Cj, l le-ren.’c Mclh>n '1857,
Rirha-rd E. (L rkl Ware 1384, and
Clay Siaplct Ml 503.
Mr. Hinnant who visited the
clcjti ns ben d Wednc.sday mr-^-n-
^ Ing with the intent of f t -mally
'I catl'.i.ng for a nm-orf wao told
; tha. lie ccuU not until he reociv-
, cd a lot.or f.’'om ihe de; ir-ns
b. irJ info-.rr.ii-ng 'him of his right
to enter ‘.he June 3 rc-n-off. He
was E'lso t>id, ho .‘-a'd, tlial umdex
the new 1971 election^ law, all
Oi ;ho four eligible ca-nclidates
fci- he tw > cc-mmissio^i nomina-
ti -ns were required to nnvike a
fcj.na! c all to enter the rim-cff.
Foincrly, i-nrliL'^iim of the front
runners was auloinntic, and it
was iiioil.nhr-'M (.-n the .ro-ilors to
make .ho cal-l.
Monday tlie deadline for en
tering I'.ie June 3 «run-crf.
VFW OFFICERS SWORN — New officers of Frank B. Glass Post 9811 Veterans Foreign Wores
took the oath of office ot installation'ceremonies Monday night. Trustee Metrion Dixon 'administers
the oaths of office to new officers, from left to right. Votes Smith, surgeon; Z.ester Eaker, judge
advocate; Earl ITIroupe, Jr., Quartermaster; Gary Bolin, cboploin; David Delevie, Junior vice com
mander; George Sellers, senior vice commander; and Jack Smith, commander. Not ^ctiired is
Frank Case, trustee ond outgoing commander and Harold Gloss, trustee. (Herald Photo by 1. G.
Alexander) i
Rites Thursday
For Ted Gamble
1
HEP. ROBEBT (BOB) FALLS
DIXON SERVICE
Sunday evening worship -hour
will be held at 7rl5 p.m. at
Dixon Presbyterian church witih
Rev. Rc'hert Wilson to deliver
the message.
PLANETARIUM SHOW
Free public planetarium shows
are held each Saturday at 3 and
each Sunday at 3 and 1 p. m. at
tt’hiele Museum of Natural His
tory and Planetarium in Gas
tonia. The show for May is
‘iDesolatc Worlds” about the
planet Earth which belongs to
a family of nine worlds and a
host of asteroids oit.hing the
sun.
Stroke Is Fatal
To Long-Time
Businessman
Funeral rites for Theod :re
Wil.«ci GamhU, 66, will be con
ducted Thursday morning at ill
o’clock from Ei Bethel United
Meihwiist chiirch with Rev. E.
L. Murkily officiating. Interment
will be in M.-untain Rost ceme
tery.
A.tivo palllearers wll be
Charles Neisler, Bob Maner, Har
old Pk'iik, Clarence Glover. J.
C. Bunry and Fred Plonk. Hon-
rary i-alTjearcrs will be M. C.
Poston, Mayor John H. Moss-
George B. Hord, W'ilson Griffin,
Wilson Craiwford, Warren Rey
nolds, Paul Hayes- Pete Heavner,
Charles Uixon and Hunter Weis.
'Mr. Gan ible suffered a cere-
'bral hemorrhage M nday after
noon at 5 p. m. while he was
changing a lire at Gamble’s Gulf
station w'hich he owned and op
erated. He died in the Kings
Mountain hospital at 8:30 a. m.
Tuesday morning.
EVANGELIST—Rev. J. Garland
Winkler of Lenoir, paster of
Central Methodist church from
1941-43, returns to Jead evan
gelistic services beginning Sun
day ond continuing through
Wednesday. Services will be at
7:30 eoch evening.
Minor Tsx Ad
Bid Turned Down
T.he city commissian vo'ed n-
d.ay nigli.t to place 1971 tax . Ve
aJvcr'isun.g in -the Kings Moun-
tn.hi Hi.'al'd, al-ter Lrm Lynch, co-
I ■. r:Iif'u ;■ of the King.^: -Mount 'in
M "ixc, rrnevwri his demand -that
the tax sale advertising bo plac
ed in the Mirrcr.
The comm'issicn subsequr.n ly
aut lionized Mayor John Henry
Moss to a.ppf -i-i>t a comrn-ittee to
fudge Blount's
Dedsicn Affirmed
By High Court
By MARTIN HARMON
The N.“. h C'ar:'r’'a Supeme
Court has -affirmed the Supeipior
Court decision of Judge Mar.^n
K. Li'.unt, Greenville, In ,.:ty
cl K :igs Mountain v.i. W. K.
Mauney, Jr., and Buford D. Cline,
trading as B & B Ite-njh.
Judge ilL/unt had i.'ulrd in f-a-
VC* cl the o y .ni - nh;-.I .v
ques-ions dch n^’r tIs had ad
vanced :n the cendem'nation a.?-
I’r? cl'y .cek to OA-aln 245.2
a 1 c tiie -'U.*alo C.Owk waltir
re:i rv. *.
Dc IsLcn cn 'he nse was han.l-
e l d.i.vn WcJ.ne day, accc-r.iVg' o
Mrs. Peggy Byid, def j'y clcnle -ut
the Sa:' erne C Mirt. seven-
page opinicn was written by
Judge Su.7 e Sharp. In ooretirast to
the Uni'.cd States Su'pxeane Court,
■J.ie s*ate Supreme Court does not
pive a vote breakdown, Mrs,
'Byrd said.
Most Imtportainit qurtion ad
vanced by deiendants w>as wheth
er the city, on advice of engm-
eo.s, oould alcqulre an eight-foot
prctective belt and another was
the centenMon the city was coil-
stiuct.-ng a larger water reservoif.
Jack H. White, city attorney,
said Mauney and Cline on Au
gust 13, 1970, took down the
city’s $44,652.^ proffer, wliichhad
been deposited with the Olerk of
court, the defendants waiving ap
pointment of ciMTimissioinexs to *
hurry t'lie, po;nts-of-law case to
Superior Court and subsequently
to the Supreme Cbux.t, whitoh
heard ‘arguments in the case last
NovriiTi'ber. Defendanits 'rcse!*xcd
right to a jury trial on price to
be paid B&B. Norri-, Latkey was
attorney fox defendants, wh-ile W
Verne Shive o-f Gastonia, assis;cd
Attorney White for the city. ^ ^ '
'Attorney White noted that t-he ,
legal,.questons have been tu;e /
primary pcin-ts In all c-f the Ci:f-
falo Creek resc-rveir cendemna-
tion actions, including City oil
K.'igs Meuntai-n vs. Uf>lc'*-nan W.
Goijr’i. 9upc'ri.T Ciav.t Judge
Lacy Thc-.nturg. of Sylva, 'lultd
in faver cf Lie <-ity In this
and Gc-rarth served n.-:ice ap
peal t - the Su. -"cme Court, wh-.. h
ha,3 not beem filed. The ilty waiv
ed the time limit on filing I’le
a-pia'l pe.iding the dcK^irdcn hand-
Csl doAn VVcdne.sday. Charles A.
Horn is attorney^ for Mr. Gefavth,-'
A Superic. Joui-t jury awarUvd’
Mv. Goic i- 'li 5^35,000 *cr the thi.ec*-
trajt m. G-or-lcss iiic
oily has acquired.
Attorney W]vi:e said the Wed
nesday decision apparently es^ab*
Loiies J) rhe light of fhe city to
acquire r*f'rty fox such pur-
pc.:cs by CLUidcmnaticn a-nd 2)
■Me x .ght cl the city, -on advice
Oi. en-gincers, to establish a lake
pe imetev bel*.
Two properties remain to be
a.X4Ui:.td for Ihe re^xirvolr, th::se
<-* Jw'.un D. Cline and Ambrose
(lin j.
'*y r John Henry Moss, cn
learning of the favorable deci
sion, said, '*1, the 'members of
the city cemnUsion, our engiln-
City Will Issue $113,000 Bonds
For Its Share 01 Sewage Pioject
The city moved Monday night
to obtain its share of "clean wat
er” funds in the wkike of Satur
day’s successful state-wide clean
water bond issue election.
'The corrmission adopted an or
dinance whereby it will issue
$113,000 -In canKary sewer bond.3
under provisions of the Municipal
Finance Act of 1921, as amen'de-d,
more tantiliarly known as the
two-tivi-rds rule.
UnJciT torms of the act, a city
onay Issue wVhout vote of its
cl.’-lzens, in any year up to two-
thirds erf its net debt xelircimcnt
in t-he previous year. The city’s
net debt ret-iTemen t last year was
$170,000. Citizens have 30 days
from date of first publication of
the o.viinance (today, May 11) to
petition against issuance of the
'bonds. Sufficicn-!; numoex c-f citi
zens potltionin-g against would 're
quire the city to hold an eleo-
tion on • the question.
Mayor John Henry Moss told
,the ccimmissJon passage of the
state bond ‘issue meant that the
city would be eligible for up -to
80 pei',3ent of -matching state and
federal funds for "clean water”
projects. Cleveland (bounty’s share
of the state funds is $1,072,000.
City Attorney Jack White sa-id
the bonds muct be sold bcifcxc
July 1.
In other alctiens, the commis
sion:
1) Voted to hold public hear
ings on 'iwtitilons by Mr. and Mrs.
Robert (Whittoy) WhilesiJes and
Ml. and Mrs. Dorus White-fdos
Icr an-nexatian to the city limits.
(Th^sc prrT)eirliC3 are in Gaston
tv-unty).
2) Accepted low bdd cf Ilo-we
Fire Appliance Company, Ander-
sc-n, Indiana, for a pumper fex a
new truck at $21,014.14.
3) AccefpU'd fvopcsal of A. M.
Pullen & Ccmp.iny, ot Chari >{te,
to cr-nduct the annual city aud it
fev $9 '^or hour plu.s out-of-poi-ket
cxpnre (largely lunches and
travel frem Ch'^irlolte).
4) Aulhorizcd the iclty attorney
to C’btain a court ortler requi'ring
Qill fees and costs cf collecting
taxes assessed to the taxpayer.
The city attorney said the new
1971 law requilre^ that proeed-ures
in tax fcweclosures aire the same
as in mortgage foreclosures, ne
cessitating deed checks.
HONORED — C. Steve Crosby,
senior student ot East Ccaolina
University* received the Out
standing Brother Award given
by Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity.
Brother Award
To Crosby
* A native of Cleveland county,
C. Steve Cros.- y, Kings Moun- he was the son of the late Mr,
tain senior student at East Caro- -^^rs. Henry W. Gamble. Ho “^Lyneh’s request for a
ina University in Greenville, is half-jhaxe of oUier so-called "le- eer W K D -
■winner of the Outstandig Broth- Methodist church of Charlotte, ggi- advor-fislng. neys Mr, White and Mr
er Award given by Svgmon Ep- Kiiifab^/h*^ Boyd Gai^bV- Commissioner Norman King axe highly ploasetl at the Su-
Mlon Iraternlty. ^ne daught!?^ Misf Both Gamble '"“do the motion on pla^vniont of pn>me^urf« da-iaion whk-h up.
Son of Mrs. Vornon P. Crosby of Charlotte;’two brothers, How- 'a’‘.-:‘a''‘'J-'v‘Ttising,.Ctimmission- holds tho city’s position that it
of Kings Mountani and the late ard Gam-ble of New Smyrna
iMr. Croiby, he received the cov- (Beach, Fla., and Warren Gamble
eted plu(iue at an awards ban- of Shel/by; four sisters, Mrs.
quet Saturday night at Green- Edna Matthews cf Miami- Fla.,
vine's Candlewick Inn. The fral- Miss Alma Gami'de of Morgan-
ernily chooses the outstanding ton, Mrs. R. P. Dutton of Hick-
brother via secret ballot recog- ory and Mrs. Charles Fisher of
nizing the member for oulstand- Kings Mountain.'
Ing son'ice ani leadership while The body will remain at Harris
still maintaining high grades Funeral Home until the hour of
fhroulghout his four years in col- service,
lege.
iCr y is also winner of the
Dvholarship Key from tlie nation-
al organization g ven to the
'brother with the highest grade
point average in the ciiapter.
iCro.rw will receive his H. A.
in history and political science
this month.
Two-Man Night
Patrol Approved
Chief of Po'lice Trim McDcvi-tf
was busy W<'dnesday Interv’iew-
itig applicants for seven additioxi-
ul poli'ccmen, following decision
of the oity com-mis‘>ion Monday
iii'ght 'to honor 'police afficers’, re-
€T Jim Diokey on appointment of was neccssaxy to have the eight-
a stud>‘ ccimim'ittce. . foot vertical water protective belt.
Mr. Lynch, aifter the Mayor re- We Ijave felt all along that it
.read to the commission a l-ottex was necessary for the oity to pro-
requesting the tax rale >adveirtis- tcct the environment adjacent to
ing,told the b.oaxd that both Fex- the water to assure a long life
est ri-ly and Slielhy share tax for the usable water supply for
Continued On Page Six the citizens of our area.”
Open House Sunday At Northwoods
Sub-Division; Ribbon-Cutting 2:30
■Plii-Hlixj De\'elormcnt Corpor- from $16,950 to $25,000, say the
oi'c n will open 30 new homes in dcvr.lopors. The property was pur-
Northwoods Sub-Division to the chased from Bill Stiunett and
tniblij 'this weekend, 'President srme of it will be deeded to the
Gemo PhiilUps has an-nounoed. cKy for recreational areas.
■Ribhon-cutting ceromonies offi- 'R. 'Regex Cement is Projects
cia-lly opening the housing dcvcl-
(.^mient, whMi ■will total when
om-ple ed 146 homc.s and a $2
million investment, will bo held
Manager.
iRept.escntatives of the Federal
Housing Administ-ration, the De
partment of Housing & Urban Do-
velopme^it, iBob Shelton, sales
Flim-Flam Tree
Surcfeoiis At Work qucct that two, rather than one, Sunday afternoon at _ 2:30 pjm.
Flim-flam tree surgerms are re- oTiccr man patrol cars on nlglut with Mayw John Moss"to snip Ihe manager for ‘Phillips Develop-
fortoi cnerating in the area. duty. riib.h«n and other area civic and ment, .Art Fincannon, NorWrwoods
One Kings Meuntain hou.se Thlrloon o-fficers of the ITHman commumify loaders ft'cr/kiV-'i'Mng. sales imanager, David Wagner
wife says the men offer to cut fcv;ce (Including the Chief) had Tlu* opeming ccremonilca wild be vice-president of Single 'Family
tree limbs for a fee of $S5 lint f ormally po ed the ivquost Satur- held at the cntxainve Cj. the pro-p- Construction Division fox Philliiifi
want an advance on their cash day and said, Chief McDevit t con- exly on Groves stirect Drew Pcwoll, Nonhwood^ Job sup-
bofore the work is done, and fiiirmcd, ‘that unless the request The public will be invited to cintendent, Cashwc'li, vice-
get their checks, then depart be- was honored, "they 'were willing, tour the homes on Saturday from p-csiden't of Phillip.s flnanw di-
tore the job is. completed. This to seek employment elsewhere,
lady stopped payment on a The request came following the
check she presented them for rcoent shooting deaths of a young
work unfinished and reported Besi'temer City offiicer and a Cab-
them to the deteotlve division bacus County deputy sheriff,
of the police department. Continued On Page Six
9 a.m. until 5 pmi. and an Susnr vision, City Building In*7pector
day from 2:30 until-7:30. Refresh- W(x>drow Laughter, and Jaycee
nwnts will he served. President Myers are among
*'rhe new homes, now midy fex those expected to participate In
ca^upancy, axe of "all stick and opening ceromonies.
brick, no pre-fabs” and are priced