72 and the ague ,^ould Tiie ague ?j(ins 3erv- *lonk I Le- iator your Cings Lea* Population Greater Kings U—♦ain «1,914 City Limits 8.465 Or«cn*r Hiagn Moimtaia «jnn la darlv*d fraa tht •paoni Ualtad stotaa Buraou el the Ceaaua report e iOAvary IBM. iiod tacluclea the 14«BB0 p^uUrtloa a Momher 4 Te«raahlp« d and faithful serv ice by a dedicated group of men and women.” Craftspun greatly expanded since its acsulsition by B.V.D.. adding finishing and knitting op erations to its initially purchas^ epinninig operation. The fiirm now employs approixii- mately noo por.sons. Gc'.ry tin Brink is manufactur ing director and Kyle Smith is personnel manager. Politicol Cends CJounty Commission candi date Josh Htinnant hopes the party who tot^ his poditital cards from his automolbile Wed nesday afternoon is distributing them. The banker and J. Lee Rob erts had parked Mr. HLnnarvt’s car and traveled together to spend the afternoon visiting in Upper Cleveland, returned to find Hinnant’s 2,500 politdoal cards missing from hig auto. The printer was printing more cards today. Supei Maikets Aie Open Later Kings Mountain Super Markets have extended their hours of op eration, but, as of Wednesday, the three had varying schedules. All have suspended Wednesday afternoon closings. Other schedules: A & P WEO — Mondays-Wed- nesdays open to 7 p.m., Thursdays and Fridays 'til 9 p.m., SatundayB open Itil 8 p.m. Harris-Teeter — Mondays-Wed- nesdays open ’tH 7 p.m., TJiuirs- days ’til 7:30 p-m., Fridays ’till 8:^ pjm., Saturdays til .7 p.m •Winn-Dixie — Open Mondays thircugh Saturdays 'tH 9 p.m. Foote Mineral iOkes Wages 2C Cents Hour 'Foote Mineral company em ployees have received a 20 cent*, per hour wage increase, .1. C. Walker, operations mp.nager, to’d employees at the annual General Safety meeting and barbecue at the Kings Mountain plant Friday. 'He congratulated the em ployees on their safe working record and attitude and made the iouowing announceiiieni coJiceiiv ing lncjva.aes m wage* ajia beneiits, ej-.ecilve iviay zy, 1.) a’direct average wage in crease of approximately 20 cents per hour. 2). IncreEise in life and acciden tal death insurances. 3.J Increase In weekly benefits for accident and sickness insur ance. 4). Increase in shift differen tials for the second and third shifts. 5). One extra holiday (exact date to be chosen by employees). Safety award pins and gift j certificates were presented by the department heads to the em ployees in their respective de partments as follows: Harry L. Miller, mine superintendent (two years) presented awards to Earl Hollified (15 years), William Mc Dowell (20 years) and Edward Brown (20 years); Dean Van p y k, mill superintendent, to James Hamilton five years), Louis Knocks (five years) and Oliver Armstrong (20 years); Howard Broadwater, plant engi neer, to Joe Hurdt (two years), Robert Seism (two years) and : Roy Smith ('10 years); S. K. Peeler, plant chemist, to Roy Mauney (dO years) and Johnnie Moore (10 years) and W. R. Dun can, plant accountant, to Virginia Hardin (10 years) and J. C. Walker (15 years). Sullens Infant Dies In Wreck (Funeral services for Jeffrey' Scott Sullens, age six months, .son of Mr. and Mrs. Talmadge Sullens, Jr. of Shelby Road, were conducted Monday at 4:30 ip.m. at Chestnut Ridge Baptist church. Rev. Mi'l'ch^ll PruiTl and Rev. Floyd Willis officiated and burial was in Mountain Rest Cemetery. The child was fatally injured in a two-car collisdon Friday after noon on Second Street extencvion. Yeung Sullens was a passenger in a car driven by his mother, Mrs. Doris Black Sullens, who is hos pitalized at Gaston Memorial. In addition to his parents, the child is survived by his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Black; and his paternal grand parents, Talmadge Sullens Sr. and Mrs. Ora Lee Parham, all of Kings Mountain. According to a report by inves tigating patrc'lman J. C. Benton, the car which Mrs. Sullens was diriving was struck head on by a car driven by TorneLkis Young, Jr., Negro, of Route 1. According to Benton, the Young oar was traveling at a high rate of speed. Benton said charges of ((driving while intoxicated and •manslaughter against Young are pending his recovery. He is listed in critical condition at Charlotte Memorial hospital. Five passengers in the Young car were also injurted. They in cluded Douglas Ward, Route 1, Bessemer City; Bevery ATexarrder, Chesterfield Apartments, Kings M'ountain; Kdm Alexander, Chest- enfield Apartments; Wanita Alex ander, Chesterfield Apartments; and Stacy Alexander, Chesterfield Apartments. Benton said that both vehrdes were a total loss. He estimated the worth of Young’s car at $1,200 and the worth o(f the Sullens cair at $500. FOR COUNTY (Democrats) mj Fritz Moreheod, Jr. L. E. (Josh) Hinnant %* Dwight Tessneer Coleman Goforth KM Neighbors Rally To Hinnant TO BE ORDAINED Rev. Neil McCarter will be ordained as a minister of the ARP denomina tion by Boyce Memorial ARP church Sunday evening. Neil McCartei To Be Oidained Boyco Memorial ARP church will ordain the Rev. Neil McCar ter of Kings Mountain as a min ister of the A^ociate Reformed Presbytenian Church in sendees Sunday evening at 7 p.m. The ordination sCrmon will be delivered by Dr. Charles Edwards. Re\-. Mr. McCarter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar McCarter of Kings Mountain, received his Tna.ster of divini'Iy degree May 21 from Er- skine Theological Seminary at Due West, S. C. He received the A.B. in 1969 from Er-skine. Rev. Mr. McCarter will assume duties June lOlh as assistant (pas tor of Doraville, Ga. ARP church. Solurdoy Run-OfI Ihtimbnail Facts Thumbnail facts on Saturday run-ctffs: Polls open 6:30 ajm. PoUg close 7:30 pjm. 0>ntesits to be settled: six. Numlber_ of ballots: (three. Nuimber . of a'bsentee votes cast In Cleveland County (dead line for receipt at county board of elections was noon Wednes day) 72, 37 civilian and 35 mil itary. Cycle Hits Dog; Driver Hurt Jimmy .\mos, son of Mr. and .Mrs. James E. Amo-s, sustained leg injuries when he lost (x>nttroI of his motorcycle after a big dog ran in front of him at 9H5 p.m. Tiic'^day nine miles west of Kings Mountain on rural road 2245. He wa.s treated for injuries at Kings Mountain haspital and re- Ica.sod. Damage to the motorcycle was slight. Candidate Lists Problems Ahead For Commission An estimated 100 Kings Meun- tain citizens clogged the City Hall c:;mmission room Monday night to pledge enthusiastic sup port to L. E. (Josh) Kmnant in ^urday’s run-off primary for the county commission. John L. MjGill, chairman ot the “Citizen^ Comimittee for Hin nant”, presided and said his ccmmi'ftee had set a goal of 2500 vclcs total at East Kings Moun tain and West Kings Mountain precincts. In short speeches, Mayor John Henry Moss and State Semator J. Ollie Harris stated their “full support” for Candidate Hinnant. Senator Harris declared, “We have a chance to elect a county <. offnmissioner for the first time in many years.” He also said the district system, where geography controls residence of the candi dates but where all voters may cast ballots for candidates finym each diotrk't, should ntver have been abclishcd and should be re stored. Mayor Moss declared, “Josh Hinnant is a goed citizen who w 11 net embarrass his supporters. The area needs a geographic rep- re sen at: vc on the county board.” J. G. Bridges said, “He has put hi^ heart into Kings Mountain and every job he has undertaken lia-'. been discharged well.” William Orr suggei?ted, “Lot's make the goal 3,000 v'otes.’ Re\. M. L. Campbell and Rev. Howard Shipp voicAl their sup port. and C. T. Canpenter, Jr.. s.fld, “ri'l be happy to work all day Saturday. Just let me know whore.” Numerous others reiterated Mr. Carpenter’s comment. Candidate Hinnant said his candidacy resulted ‘1bec*ause many of you asked me to offer.” He also listed ton major prob lems facing the county cctninis- Sion: 1) Employment of a county manager. 2) Garbage disposal. 3) Se;\:igo and water serv'ice. 4) School consolidalian (*‘rm cp-posofi without tax supple ment equalization”) .5) S'.iiD<3l building nee Need for 'more police pro- Contitiuvd On Page Six )tate. County }ailY Nominees Will Be Chosen By MARTIN HARMON Number 4 Township and Cleve land County voters return to the polls Saturday to .seUle a county run-off election for two county commissioners and to help de termine otate-w’ide run-offs for two gubernato-rial nominations, a United States Senate nomination and nominations for comm>ission- ers of insurance and for cemmis- sioner of labor. All of the second primary races are Democratic with exception of the Republican governor run-off betw'een James C. Gardner, nar row-margin first ballot leader, and James E. Holshousor, Jr. Taking top billing in the run off politJeking has been the race for (X)unty commissioner between Coleman W. Goforth and Fritz Morehead who 'led L. E. (Josh) Hinnant and Dwight Tessneer (in that order) in the May 6 ballot ing. Only Jack Palmer, Jr., o(t eleven candidates won nomina tion cm May 6. Nomination is tantamount to election, since no Republicans filed for the three offices. Mr. Gc'fiorth, a former commis sioner, Incumbent Morehead, and Challenger Hinnant were very closely bunched. Mr. Goforth, who place(l second, led Mr. Morehead by nine voles, while 'Mr. Hinnant trailed Mr. Morehead by 47. Mr.' Tessneer trailed Mr. Hinnant by 438 votes. Other races: Demctoratic governor — Har grove (SkJpper) Bowles, who led state-wide, led his run-off chal lenger H. Pat Taylor in Clevelamd by 730 votes. Republican governor—James C. Gardner tof^jed James C. Hoils- houser in Cleveland by 115 votes. Democratic senator — Senator « B. Everett Jordan, who trailed U. S. Representative Nick Galifiana- kis state-wide, topped Galifianakis in Cleveland by 866 votes. Democratic insutrance commis- sicner — Russell Secrest led John Ingram in first race voting. Democratic labor commissioner —William Creel led John C. Brooks in first race voting. FO GOVERNOR (Democrats) Hargrove (Skipper^ Bowles L. rat Taylor FOR GOVERNOR (Republicans) James Holsbouser James Gardner FOR U. S, SENATOR (Democrats) f Ruth Davison Is Legion Scholar Ruth Ann Davison, 17-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. iH. Davison and recent graduate ol Kings Mountain high school, has been named recipient of the an nually-given $2,()()0 college schol arship by Otis D. Green Post 155, American Legion. The scholarship is payable $500 per year fer four years. Misw Davison plans to study ph^'sical therapy at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Salatutorian of the 1972 grad uating class. Miss Davison is a member of the National Honor Society, was a memiber of the Health Careers club, science club, Future Teachers of America, the French, Latin, math and pep clubs. Former winners are Mrs. Joan Davis Taylor, Mike Blanton, Miss Marcia Ware, and C. T. (Chuck) Carpenter III. Members of the 1972 ^scholarship committee are L. E. (Josh) Hin nant. C. T. Carpenter, Jr., and Grady Howard. B. Everett Jordan Nick Galifionaka Southwell Top Award Winner At Central Central Junior High School held its annual Awards Day jwogram on the last day of school Wednes day. Ronald Nanncy, who was in charge of the program, presented a\\'Qrds to the fallowing: All library and media center assistants and teen correspond ent Karen Robbs; Also, Bennie Hinnant, Char lotte Ob-^ervor spelling award and the F. R. Sumimers spelling award; Sandra 'Adams and Robin Spears, DAH Essay awards; Randy earthen, Kim Harmon and Dvvan- da Chapman, Kiwanlg Club talent show awards; Glenn Roberfs, Preston Short, Reggie Perkins, Ricky Marrison, Larry Ayers and Jeff Jones, Optimist Club arotori- cal awards; ALSO, Kenny Green, Kathy Bur- Cuntiniicd Oti Page Six Dt.McGUl's Rites Conducted ■Funeral services for Dr. W. K. McGill, father of Dr. John C. Mc Gill of Kiigs Mountain, were conducted at 4 p. m. Wednesday in the Clover A. R. P. church by the Rev. David Bonner. Burial was in Woodside ceme tery in Clover. Dr. McGill, sO, of 401 Bethel street, Clover, died Monday night in Kings Mountain hospital. The son of the late John A. and Amanda Whitesides McGill, Dr. McGill was born on March 4. 1S92 in York county. He was a graduate of Erskine college and the University of Maryland Medi cal school. He was a member and past president of the Y'ork County Medical Society and was an ac tive member of the H. R- Sur- gc^ons. He was an elder in the Clover A. R. P. church for many years and had served as a trus tee for Erskine college. He was on the Clover city council and the York County Board of Selective. He was a member of the Ameri can Academy oi General Practice Century club. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Elsie Sullivan McGill; one JaagiUer, Mrs. Phillips Tinkler of Greenwood, S. C.; two sons, Dr. John C. McGill of Kings Moun tain and Dr. Kenneth McGill of Chattanooga, Tenn., and the Con go in Africa; 14 grandchildren; one sister, Airs. Harold Flanagan of Hendersonville, X. C.; one brother, Jamcg Blakely McGill of Smyrna, .S. C. A son, Dr. W. K. McGill Jr., preceded him in death. Active pallbearers were LCiRoy Barnett. Frank McEKvee Jr., James Dickson, Dr. Floyd Par rish, Carylyle McGill and James Wesctmoreland. Honorary pall bearers includixi Dr. E. A. Per ry. Dr. l^ruce Elliott, members of the York County Medical So ciety and elders in the Clover A. R. P. cliurch. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Dunlap Orphan age. Brighton, Tenn.; Erskine col lege, Due West, S. C.; or the Clover A. R. P. church. First Baptist Church Will Burn Note 12 Years Alter Construction The congregation of First Baptist church, Kings Alountain, ■m )ve(i in‘o a nc'wl>-vomplc'-:t'd building the first Sunday in June, 19(30. This Sunday, June 4, 11:00 a. rh., a service of dedication will be held, and a copy of the paid-in- lull note will be burned, marking the retirement of th' debt for the chur.'h building and 'grounds. Taking pari d\ir:ng the morn ing will bo memberij of the ori ginal building commitlco, Rev. B. L. Raines, former pastor of First Baptist church, who will deliver the aermon d dedioatian and Rev. Rolwi t Alann of Boone, a former pastor. Scones of activity in the church will be shown on slides, and an exhibit of articles and notes of interest 'oncoming the life ■ af the church durim: the past 12 years Is being assembled. Former members and other friends of the chuivh are invite'd to attend.