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AAVILIT TVIYOWARW AINOAVR
Member
North Carolina
Press Association
| VOL. 100 NUMBER 40
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1987
Election Chief Orders 20,400 Ballots Burned
The Kings Mountain Board
of Elections Friday burned
20,400 ballots printed for next
Tuesday’s election after so-
meone obtained a copy of an
official District I ballot and
circulated it in some areas of
town.
Election Board Chairman
Becky Cook said that she call-
ed State Elections Board
Chairman Alex Brock who
told her to ‘‘burn or shred”
all ballots and have them
reprinted in four different
colors.
Mrs. Cook said she took the
new order for ballots (quan-
tities of 5,100 each for the four’
races in the Oct. 6 election) to
an out-of-town printer.
Mrs. Cook said that District
I candidate Al Moretz
brought a ballot to her at her
home Thursday evening at
9:30 p.m. which he received
from District 6 Commis-
sioner Harold Phillips at a
political gathering at VFW
Post 9811. David Lawing, of -
Cleveland Ave., also report-
ted that he had seen a copy of
at Hardee’s Restaurant Fri-
day. Commissioner Phillips
said he found a xeroxed ballot
rolled up in his home-
delivered issue of The
Gastonia Gazette Thursday
afternoon. Several of the
Phillips neighbors; however,
said they did not receive a
copy of the ballot in their
newspapers. The ballot had a
KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
check next to the name of
John A. (Lyn) Cheshire, one
of the five candidates in the
District I race. Cheshire said
he did not attend the recep-
tion at the VFW and had no
knowledge of the incident un-
til last Saturday when he was
questioned by a detective
with Kings Mountain Police
Department investigating the
Ballot Circulated Week Before KM City Election
incident. ‘I don’t want my
name associated with
anything that might be illegal
or improper” he said.
Mrs. Cook says she thinks
the person responsible for
circulating the xeroxed ballot
had no intention to stuff the
ballot boxes or use the ballot
Turn To Page 7-A
the District I ballot on a table
New Mayor, Three Board
Members To Be Elected
Kings Mountain citizens
will go to the polls Tuesday to
elect a mayor and three
district commissioners.
The polls open at 6:30 a.m.
at Kings Mountain Communi-
ty Center (East Precinct)
and Kings Mountain National
Guard Armory (West
Precinct) and close at 7:30
FOR MAYOR
.m.
After the polls close, votes
will be tabulated at the City
Hall by members of the city
elections board, Becky Cook,
chairman; W.J. Carroll and
Willie Marable. The vote
totals will be posted on a big
board in the lobby of the City
Hall.
Approximately 5,100 voters
are registered to vote in the
municipal election and Elec-
tions Board Chairman Becky
Cook predicts that at least 50
percent wiil go to the polls. In
the recent ABC referendum
58 percent of those registered
went to the polls. Since Kings
Mountain voters will elect a
new mayor and the mayor’s
race normally attracts voter
turnout, Mrs. Cook predicts
that a heavy turnout of voters
will go to the polls to make
the decision in the mayor’s
race, where for the first time
HEAVY DAMAGES—A tractor trailer, operated by Lewis delivery Tuesday. City police estimated the damages at over
Hood, of Waxhaw, got stuck in the overhang of the front of $100,000. Workmen are repairing the entire front and shed
ake a area of the high school. No one was hurt, police said.
ALLEN
KING
Mountaineer Days 1987
opening ceremonies at 10
a.m. Saturday morning will
be kicked off by retiring
Mayor John Henry Moss who
will speak on ‘Kings Moun-
tain Going For the 90’s’’
Prior to the keynote
speech, the KMSHS Band will
perform on the street
downtown, beginning at 9:30
a.m.
The stage area of S. Bat-
tleground Avenue will
feature a number of enter-
tainers day-long. Festus and
Country Boys will be on stage
at 11 a.m. followed by North
School Cloggers at 11:30, The
Kings Mountain Senior High as he attempted to m
Mountaineer Days Scheduled
at 5 p.m., Bridgett Barrett at
5:15 p.m., Dance Reflections
at 5:30 p.m., Blue Grass Band
at 6:15 p.m., Jane Campbell
dancers at 7 p.m., and a big
street dance featuring Coun-
try Unlimited at 8 p.m. and
continuing until midnight.
Bill Ware of the Kings Moun-
tain Fire Department will
conduct a fire works exhibi-
tion at midnight, closing out
the celebration.
Friday evening, a street
dance will be held from 8 un-
til midnight. General Chair-
man Jim Downey said that
arts and crafts will be
displayed at City Hall beginn-
ing at 9 a.m. and will include
a large variety of dolls, wood-
in 22 years John Henry Moss
is not seeking re-election.
Voters will elect a new
mayor, a new District I com-
missioner to replace Veteran
Commissioner Irvin (Tootie)
Allen who is running for
mayor; a new District 4 city
commissioner to replace
veteran commissioner Nor-
man King, who is also runn-
ing for mayor; and a District
3 commissioner where a third
incumbent commissioner
Corbet Nicholson is challeng-
ed by five candidates.
Although politicking has
been outwardly quiet, all 20
candidates for four City Hall
positions were busy pumping
hands this week. Sixteen of
the 20 candidates attended a
“Meet the Candidate Night’:
sponsored by KM Chamber of
Commerce last Tuesday but
only a small turnout of voters
were present.
Elections Board Chairman
Turn To Page 6-A
FOR
WARD
FOUR
COMM.
BARRETT
Summits at noon, The Golden
Keys at 12:30, Elester
Sawyer at 1 p.m., Holly
Robinson at 2 p.m., The
Samaritans at 2:30 p.m., the
Voice of Praise at 2:55 p.m.,
the Swinging Mountaineers,
senior citizen band, at 3.25
p.m., Joy of Youth at 4:04
p.m., dancer Holly Harmon
Black Grid Contest Winner
over South Caldwell and N.C. State’s win
over Maryland. Davis and Atwood missed
the State win over Maryland and also the
Burns win over Kings Mountain and Crest’s
victory over West Charlotte. Webb missed
the R-S win over Chase, Harding’s victory
over Olympic and Florida State’s win over
Michigan State.
A large number of entries were dis--
qualified last week because they were
postmarked Saturday. Contestants must
remember that to be eligible to win entries
must be received by 4 p.m. Friday. Mail
your entry to Football Contest, P.O. Box
769, Kings Mountain, or bring it by our of-
fice on Canterbury Road.
Turn To Page 6-A
FOR
WARD
ONE
COMM.
JAIL-A-THON—City policeman Phil Witherspoon, left, hand-
cuffs and locks up Chief of Police Warren Goforth and Fire
Chief Tignor, right, in the Shriners Jail, above. It’s all in fun
and part of Mountaineer Day festivities Friday and Saturday.
P i > N
MORETZ JENKINS GOFORTH
MULLINAX
FOR DISTRICT 3 COMMISSIONER
Tammy Black of 903 North Gantt Street
predicted 16 of 19 winners to take the $100
prize in last week’s Herald football contest.
Three other contestants also picked 16 of
19 but Ms. Black came closer to the tie-
breaking score of 40 points scored in Ten-
nessee’s 20-20 tie with Auburn.
Others predicting 16 winners were Craig
Atwood of Shelby, Buck Webb of Kings
Mountain and Robert F. Davis of Kings
Mountain.
Ms. Black predicted 35 points on the tie-
breaker to 27 by Davis, 48 by Atwood and 49
by Webb. :
Ms. Black failed on R-S Central’s win
over Chase, Alexander Central’s victory
¥
BRIDGES POSTON
FRANKS
WORCESTER NICHOLSON
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