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.. The Wa C Greater Kings Mountain City Limits The figure fo: Greater Xinygs Mountain is derived from- the 1955 Kings Mountain city 4irectory census. The City Limits figure is from the United States census of 1850. Population 10.320 7.206 ad VOL. 66 NO. 27 Established 1889 - : Kings Mountain’ Ss Reliable Nowsbabos “Kings Mountain, N. C Today July 5, 1956 y We Wer * 34 Years Ago In Kings Mountain Taking A Stroll Down Memory Lane Thursday, Oct. 25, 1990 24 Pages Today Sixty-Seventh Year y PRICE FIVE CENTS City Board Tentatively Adopts $557,721 Budget Local News Bulletins METER RECEIPTS City parking meter receipts for the week ending, noon, Wednesday, totaled $190.44, according to a report from City Police. The report said street meters accounted for $156.67, while off-street meters return- ed $33.77. LIONS MEETING J. W. Webster, delegate, will report to the Kings Mountain Lions club Tuesday night on the activities of the Lions In- ternational convention ‘held last week in Miami, Fla. The club convenes at the Woman's Club at 7 o'clock. PEELER IMPROVING B. S. Peeler, who has been se- riously ill at Charlotte Memo- rial Hospital, was reported im- proving Tuesday, a member of his family said. Mr. Peeler’s illness has been diagnosed as a cerebral thrombosis. AT KING'S Miss Carol A. Herndon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Herndon, is among the 145 new students enrolled at King’s Business College in Charlotte. A 1956 graduate of the Gro- ver High School, she is taking the general business course. Frm ‘ INDUCTED William Eugene BSweezy, Gene Ashby Mauney, and John Lewis Blalock were a- mong area men listed as in- ductees by Cleveland County Selective Service Board Mon- day. Henry Lewis Hindman, Jr., failed to Teport for induc- tion. MOOSE MEETING Members of Kings Mountain Moose Lodge 1748 will hold their weekly meeting at the lodge on Bessemer City. road, at 8:15 Thursday night, ac- cording to Secretary Curtis Gaffney. LEGION MEETING The regular monthly meet- ing of Otis D. Green Post 155, American Legion, will be held at the Legion Hall Friday night at 8 v'clock. Special member- ship cards will be given to all members with 5-35 years con- tinuous membership. ACCEPTS POSITION ‘Miss Jane Ormand, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Or- mand, has accepted a position of the offices of the Employ- ment Security Commission of ‘Raleigh. Miss Ormand'is a re- cent graduate of Lees-McRae Junior college at Banner Elk. {UNION SERVICE Union service on Sunday night will be held at the First Presbyterian church at 8 p. m. The sermon will be.deliver- ed by the Rev. Mr. Douglas Fritz, pastor of the Resurrec- tion Lutheran church. NEW PASTOR Rev. Car} Greene, of Ra- leigh, has asumed duties of pastor of East Side Baptist church on York rd., and he and his family have moved to the former residence &f Rev. and Mrs. Don Wilson on York road. City Shows ‘Surplus: First Since 1951-52 The City of Kings Mountain. will show a surplus for the year ended last Saturday for the first time since fiscal 1952, first year of the Garland Still administration. City Clerk Gene Mitcham said heavy June expenditures had whittled the amount of the surplus but he was confident final figures would show the city operated wel] in the black. A, M. Pullen & Company au- ditors have been at City Hall this week conducting the city audit, and Mr, Mitcham said he expected final figures by the weekend. He also noted that accouats payable at year end will total not more than $4,000, compar- ed to last year’s huge carry- over of $58,857.94... GRADUATED — William B. Mc- Daniel has completed a nine- month course of study at Gup- ton-Jones-Dallas Institute and College of Embalming. Bill McDaniel Finishes Study William B. (Bill) McDaniel has been graduated from the Gup- ton-Jones-Dallas Institute and College of Embalming, after completion of its nine months course. Mr. McDaniel, who served a two-year apprenticeship: at Har. ris Funeral] Home before .enrol- ling in the Dallas, Texas, school’ last fall, is the son of Mr, and Mrs. J. D. McDaniel. He is” a: Korean war veteran, having ser- ved in the army medical corps in Texas and Fort Bragg, N. C. He is a graduate of Grover high school. His wife is the former {Helen Morris. Mr. McDaniel is rejoining the staff of Harris Funeral Home, it was announced by J. Ollie Har- ris, partner and general manager.’ Ella McDaniel Services Today Mrs. Ella Jane McDaniel, 70, died at her home, 101 Parker street Wednesday morning fol- lowing an illness of some three years. Mrs, McDaniel was the daugh- ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Boone and the widow of the late James Otis McDaniel, who died in 1921. A‘ native of Rutherfordtoa County, she was a member of Central Methodist church. Survivors include four sons, G. F, McDaniel of Burlington, H. D., McDaniel of Kings Mountain, James Otis McDaniel of Gastonia; and Clemonsee McDaniel of Dur- ham; a brother Clemonsee Boone of Radford, Va.; two sisters, Mrs, Claude Ware and Mrs. Charles ‘Kennedy, both of Kings Moun- tain; and five grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at Central Methodist church this afternoon at 4 o'clock with the Rev, James B. McLarty, pastor, officiating. The body will lie in state at the church for one hour prior to services. Burial will be in Mountain Rest cemetery. The body will remain at Har- ris Funeral Home unti] it is tak- en to the church. IN NEW QUARTERS The Kings Mountain office of the North (Carolina Employ- ment Service occupied its new quarters in the Plonk Building on Railroad avenue over the weekend. The moving was com- pleted in time for the branch to handle “business as usual” on Monday, F. L. Ware, man- ager, reported. The office had occupied the Bridges Building on Railroad avenue, since it o- pened here in 1945. HeraldOpenHouse New Facilities The Kings Mountain Herald : | will hold open house .in its new building at 206 South Piedmont avenue Friday eveaing from 7 to 9 o'clock. The public is invited to attend. Invitation to attend to the rea- ders of the Kings Mountain Her- ald is published in today’s issue, Page 3, Sectioca B. No forma] invitations ‘have been mailed to any person in Kings Mountain, though several invitations have been mailed to friends of the Herald and news- papering neighbors in cities throughout the state. Refreshments will be served. Mrs. I. Ben Goforth, Sr., will serve as cateress, Section B of today’s edition, as well as some pages in Section C are devoted to the history of the Kings ‘Mountain Herald and its predecessors. Details of the jour- nalistic history of Kings Moun- tain, which began with the Kings Mountain News in 1889, together With pictures of many former publishers and features of to- day’s 12-person staff are included in this special section, Martin Harmon, Herald pub- lisher, said “We cordially invite our readers to inspect the new | Kings Mountain Herald building. We have looked forward to the formal opening of, the new build- ing for many months ahd wé want our friends and neighbors to kaspect our new facilities.” City Gas Budget Set At $108,654 A tentative budget of $108,654 was adopted by the City Board for the City of Kings Mountain Natural Gas System last week. This budget was prepared by Barnard & Burke of Baton Ro- gue, La., the city’s gas engineers. ‘Gross gas sales for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1956, show- ed a total of $88,798.39, accord: ing to a report given the board. Gross revenue for the year, which includes gas tap fees, was $97, 778.717. Auticipated income for the fis- ca] year just started is set at $108,654, with $42,447 being esti- mated for residential sales. Com- mercial sales’ are expected to bring in $13,148, while Industrial sales will approximate $47,053. Anticipated expenditures shows the city expects to spend $51,182 for gas purchases; $8,700 for la- bor and superinteadent’s salary; $1,260 for administrative sala- ‘| ries; $2,000" for engineering fees: $1,100 for insurance; and $1,000 for truck and equipmeat opera- tion. According to the estimated bud- get the city should make a net profit, before debt service, of $37,512, Debt service and inte- rest will take $14,312 of this fi- gure leaving a total net profit of $23,500. LODGE MEETING Regular meeting of Fair- view Lodge 339 AF & AM will ‘be held Monday night at 7:30 p. m. at Masonic: Hall, accord- ing to announcement by James Simpson, secretary. Pauline plant of Neisler Mills division, Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company, now being strip- ped’ of machinery, will be outfit- ted with 60 looms for the manu- facture of top quality pile fab- rics, it was announced by Wil liam Ford, general manager. “The installation job cannot be accomplished over-night,” Mr. Ford stated, “but when it is com- pleted we will need more people than we have previously employ- ed at the Patricia and Pauline plants.” Mr. Ford said the finished pro- duct would be the “Tiffany of the fabrics trade.” The product will compare to that produced by Neisler’s Ellenboro plant (which has 39 looms), but will be Neisler To Manufacture ‘Quality Pile Fabrics At Pauline Plant of higher quality and higher pri- ced, Mr. Ford added, Mr. Ford said the looms to be installed at the Pauline plant will be double-shittle type, to per- mit manufacture of pile and back- ing in one bperation. They mea- sure 13.5 by 24 feet. He said some of the looms to be shipped here are new, the remainder only sligh tly used. Mr. Ford announced last week that the Pauline plant's 130 looms were being removed, with some 70 to be installed at the Margrace plant and with the oth- er 60 to be junked, Much replacement machinery is currently being installed at the Margrace plant, including 24 Jacquard “tricolor” Jooms. To Be On F riday Public Invited {To Inspect ON HOSPITAL BOARD — How- ard B. Jackson was appointed this week to a three-year term of office on the county board of hospital trustees, representing Number 4 Township. He suc- ceeds W. L. Plonk, retiring on. completion of a three-year term. Jackson Named Hospital Trustee Howard B. Jackson of Kiags Mountain was appointed to the Cleveland County Board of Hos- pital Trustees this week, succeed- ing W. L. Plonk, whose three year term had, expired. Mr. Jackson joins- R, Burris Keeter and Lewis Hovis as No. 4 Township trustees. Other trustees named included Joe Whisnant of Shelby, who suc- ceeded Jack Dover III; Oras Bib- gerstaff of No. 3 Towaship; Mrs. Daisy Deberry of No. 7 Township; and A. A. Parker of No. 11 Town ship. Mrs Deberry is the first w woman to ever have been appointed to the hospital board. Members whose terms expired included Mr, Plonk, retiring vice- chairman, Mr. Dover, A. L Carl ton, Robert Beam, and Carver Bridges. Hold-over trustees are Mr. Keeter and Mr. Hovis both of No, 4 Township; Lowery Austell and’ Dr. Fred Falls, both of No. 6 Township; Hugh Davis of No. 5 Township; Ed Cook of No. 10 Township; Blaine Baker of No. 9 Township; W, H. Covington of No. 8 Township; and Ladd W. Hamrick of No. 2 Township, Trustees are appointed for three-year terms, with one-third of the 15man board being ap- pointed each year. Under the pre- sent system three trustees are named from each township in which a ‘hospital is located, and one trustee from each .of the oth- er townships. No. 4 Township, Kiags Mountain; and No. 6 Township, Shelby, are the two townships having three represen- tatives on the board, Appointments to the board are made by the Cleveland County. Board of Commissioners. Mr. Jackson, until last week a Neisler Mills executive, ‘is a partner in Carolina Throwing Company, stretch yarn making firm. He was first president of the Kings Mountain Lions club, and is a former president of the Kings Mountain Country Club. He is a member of First Presby- terianc hurch. He is the son of Mrs. W. T, Jackson and the late Mr Jackson He and his wife live at 402 W. Gold street, Dixon Revival Begins Monday Revival services and the anaual Vacation Bible school will begin Monday at Dixon Presbyterian church. Rev. Henry L. Reaves of Florence, S. C., will conduct the services waightly at 8:15, preach- ing for all services through the closing meeting on Sunday, July 15, who will preach for the Sunday pastor -of Shiloh Presbyterian church in Grover, from 1938-1940. During World War II he served as chaplain in the United States army. He is now serving as pas- tor of Hopeville and Bethesda Presbyterian churches in Flo Continued on Page Eight Mauney Objects, But Board Affirms Collection Plans In Spite of tart protests iby J. E. (Doc) Mauney, the city board of commissioners last Thursday instructed Mayor ‘Glee A. Brid- 'ges to proceed with the collec- tion of all street assessments which came due on July 1. . Means of collection, City At- torney J. R. Davis said, will be filing of suit to obtain judge- ment against the owners of pro- perty. The board action was ta- ken on motion of Sam Collins seconded by J. H. Patterson. The motion didn’t mention Mr. Mau- ney’s assessments specifically, also appeared at the meeting. J. E. Mauney told the board he didn’t feel hé owed assessments of $213.50 on Dilling street, due to the fact the work had been approved as a WPA project in 1937. He said he didn’t object to paying the Grace street assess- ment, ‘but felt the interest in- volved over nearly three years should be waived. He contended the original Grace street paving “wasn’t any good” and that he was not willing to pay, since the street had been recently black- topped. J. B. Mauney who owes $88.16 in assessments on-Dilling street, indicated concurrence with the J, E. Mauney position, but made few comments. J. E. Mauney acknowledged that .the Dilling street paving had been .re-petitioned in 1950, with property owners agreeing to pay their regular share of cost. “He told Mayor Bridges his plea compared to the re-imbursement Mr. Bridges was paid by the city several years ago, for sewer and water line installations on Landing street. The Mayor didn’t agree. He told the Mssrs. Mauney that all other persons assessed on Dilling street had paid the city, with ac- crued interest, and noted that the WPA project (which, provid- ed free paving) was not comple- ted, since the paving was never done under that project. Both a- greed the money exhausted be- fore the paving was done. Attor- ney Davis pointed out no com- plaint was voiced at the hearing when the paving scroll was ap- proved. J. E. Mauney departed with the sarcastic suggestion that the city go back to 1937 and charge interest from that date. “That seems to be what the city’s most interested in. When I give some- body something I don’t come a- round trying to get paid for it.” he commented. The action was the final one of Thursday night's special ses- sion and was taken some two hours after the discussion early in the meeting. City Commissioner T. J. Elli- son supported the ‘contention of Continued on Page Eight Three Cline Tracts Sold . Three tracts of the A. E, Cline Estate have been sold, and the remaining three will be re-sold at public auction on July 21, ac cording to legal notice publish- ed in today’s Herald by J. R. Da- vis, Trustee. The three tracts to be re-sold are: A five-room house ga Carpen- ter street, on which bid of A. H. Patterson was raised by Warren Reynolds, with bidding July 21 to start at $1879.50. For a duplex house at the cor- ner of Carpenter and Parker streets, also raised by Warren Reynolds, with bidding to start at $3885. A six-room house on Parker street, raised by J. E. (Doc) Mau- ney, on which bidding will begin at $1585.50. Three tracts, including two business properties, were not rai- sed, and have been confirmed. They include: The building on North Pied- mont avenue occupied by Wea- ver’s Cleaners, purchased by Fred Weaver, owner of the clean- ing establishment, at $2840, The building on North Pied: mont avenue occupied by Dilling Heating Company, purchased by Mrs, Edith Cline, widow of the late Mr. Cline, for $2640. The five-room house of Carpen- ter street, for which Grady Yel- ton was high bidder at $1925. The confirmed tracts brought a total of $7405, while the tracts to be resold curreatly have an aggregate bid of $7350. Senate Conbirms C. L. Alexander ander, son of Mr. and Ms. L. L. Alexander, was confirmed by the United States Senate on Friday as permanent postmaster for Kings Mountain. He will suc- ceed Acting Postmaster W. TI. Weir. C. A Oates Rites Held Wednesday : Funeral services were ‘held Wednesday at 2:30 p. m, for Charles Addison Oates 91, of 700 East King street, who died at Kings Mountain Hospital Tues- day morning, following an ill- ness of several years. Mr. Oates, a veteran of the | Spanish/American War, was a former superintendent of Phe- nix Mills. Later he was engaged in the crushing and selling of stone for construction purposes. He was a member of First Pres- byterian church, and was a Ma- son. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Laura Mae Morrison Oates; two sons, Rufus Oates and Charles Oates, both of Kings Mountain: two daughters, Mrs. B. A. Hoyle of Chapel Hill and Mrs, Maude Steele of Charlotte; a sister, Mrs. Fate Lackey of Kings Mountain; four grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. Fuaeral services were conduct- ed from the home, with the Rev. P, D. Patrick, the Rev, Aubrey Quakenbush, and the Rev. Yan. cey Carter officiating. Burial was in Mountain Rest cemetery. Privilege Licenses Due, Clerk Reminds City privilege licenses are due and payable during the month of July, City Clerk Gene Mitcham reminded business firms this week. He noted that the licenses are payable at net throughout the month of July, but that a penal- ty of five percent per month ap- plies after July 31. Virtually all business and ia- dustrial firms are required to buy privilege licenses by city ordi- a Notice To Take Postmaster Post Not Yet Received Charles L. Alexander, confirm- ed by the United States Senate as postmaster of Kings Mountain last Friday, was still awaiting formal notification yesterday on the date he will assume the du- ties of the office, Mr. Alexander said the only no- tice he had received, outside of the press, was a letter of congra- tulations by the National Associa- tion of Postmasters, He will succeed Acting Post- master W. T. (Ted) Weir, who succeeded W. E_ Blakely on Jan- uary 15, 1955. Mr. Alexander placed third in a civil service examination for the position last May to become eligible for the appointment. He was recommended by the Num- ‘ber 4 Township Republican Exe- cutive committee in December and was nominated for the posi- tion in “February by President Eisenhower. Other eligibles were Millard A, Prince, who placed first on the examiaation, and Yates Harbison, who placed sec- Tax Rate Same; Budget Is Up Nearly $50,000 The city board of commission- ers tentatively has set the 1956- 57 tax rate at $1.70 per $100 val- uation — same rate prevailing last year — though its tentative- ly adopted budget of $557,721.50 is nearly $50,000 more than last year’s. The tax rate will include $1.65 general levy, plus five cents for recreational purposes. Also ten- tatively re-adopted was the $2 poll tax on men between the ages of 21 and 50. The actions were taken with a minimum of discussion, though Commissioner Sam Collins after complaining about the “city’s $195,000 annual payroll”, ab- stained when the budget - adopt- ing motion was passed. However, he made the tax rate motion. Commissioner CoHins noted that the city payroll is $60,000 per year higher than its estima- ted tax receipts for the year just beginning. “That’s $60,000 dead- weight, it’s not right, nor good business,” Collins said. Mayor Glee A. Bridges replied that Monroe had a garbage col- lection fee, and Commissioner W. G. Grantham commented, “Our trash man gives his time away.” He indicated he favored continu- ed free ganbage pick-up. Mr. Collins further commented that it appeared the city now owned “about one vehicle per employee,” before the budget ond. All three are registered as Democrats, though Mr. Alexander is a practicing Republican, He resigned.from the township Re- publican executive committee, which now iacludes W. A. Wil liams, Grady Howard, and C, P. Goforth, to take the postmaster examination. For the past 11 years, Mr. Alex- ander has been an employee of Elmer Lumber Company, serv ing as draftsman and estimator and = also handling ‘clerical du- ties. He is a veteran of World War II, having served 46 months as a navy yeoman, both ashore and at sea. He is 35, a member of Macedonia Baptist church sup- erintendent of the adult depart: ment of the Sunday school, and church treasurer. He is a past di rector of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, A graduate of Kings Mountaia, high school, he attended Blan- ton’s Busines Collece of Ashe- ville for two years. Mrs. Alexan: der is the former Ruby Moss. Mr. Weir is a Kinos Mountain ; merchant and coal] dealer. | Mr. Weir, who likewise said he had received no notice as to when he would turn over the postmaster duties to Mr. Alex- ander, said the position is pay- ing him $5904 per annum. He said he understood the position, on permanent appointment would pay $6029 per annum. OSBORNE BETTER ‘W. F. Osborne, who suffered a heart attack early Monday, was reported much improved Wednesday. He is a patient at Kings Mountain hospital. Craftspun Reports Business Up, “Vacation” Week Suspends Second RE-APPOINTED — Dr. Nathan Reed of Kings Mountain was re- appointed to the . Cleveland County Welfase- Bsaxd for anoth- er two-year term this week. Dr. Reed is serving his first term on the county board. Appoliuents to the board are made by Cleveland County Board of Com. missioners. Craftspun Yarns, Inc. will re- sume operations Monday morn: ing at 6 o'clock—cutting short by a week it’s previously sche- duled suspension of operations. G, C. Kelly, genera] superin- tendent, made the announcement. “We have received a good or- der, “Mr. Kelly said aad added, “it looks like business is going to move up a bit.” The yarn-making firm had scheduled a two-week suspension due to what Mr. Kelly had pre- viously described as “lack of or- ders.” The firm paid holiday bonuses of two and four percent, to its employees, varying on length of service, and had planned to allow its employees to draw waemploy- ment compensation during the second week. HOSPITAL GIFT Dr. Paul Hendricks and Dr. Paul Nolan. Kings Mountain physicians, have donated a pa- tient lifter, hydraulic appra- tus designed to assist the hos- pital staff in patient lifting from hospital bed to chair, ac- cording to announcement by Grady Howard, business man- motion was offered and carled 4-0. Though the budget is up $50, 000, a total of more than $27,000 is earmarked for the North Pied- mont avenue paving . curbing project as both outgo and in- come. The State Highway, De- ‘partment will reimburse the city for this work. “Comparisons to last year’s fi-_ ally - adopted budget show in- creased appropriations (in round figures) for these departments: administrative $3,000, police $5,- 000, light and power $4,000, and capital outlay up $66,000 (inclu- ding the N. Piedmont job). In addition, the budget labels $10,- 842.70 as a contingency fund, an item completely missing from last year's budget. These departments have less- er appropriations: cemetery by $900, street by $6,000, water and sewer by $5,000, recorder’s court by $2,000, and debt service iby . $16,000. City Clerk Gene Mitch- am explained that a surplus has accrued in the debt service ac- count. Listed as other anticipated capital expenditures are pur- chase of a police car, public util- ities for Loom-Tex and Sadie communities, a sewer pump to serve Bennett and Owens street residents, balance due on the city’s motor grader, a radio for the fire truck, engineering fees, and guttering. Revenues sources of revenue, expecting $292,000 (or more than half its water. Next biggest revenue ac- year taxes, at $148,300, or 95 per- Continued on Page Eight Cotton Bloom Derby Was Neck-and-Neck Is cotton blooming? You bet. The Herald has witnessed: since Saturday the hottest race in years among area cotton growers to report the first bloom found in the cotton fields. Ned Dye, Negro farmer of the Compact community, re- ported first to the Herald, pro- ducing a bloom Saturday morn- ing from a field planted April 16. He was closely followed by George Moore, Negro farmer on the D. R. Hantrick farm, who produced a bloom from a field planted on April 26. On Monday came four more ‘bloom reports, from Leroy Web- ster, of route 1, who found his bloom that morning on his farm ‘behind Crowder’s Moun- tain, Merle Scism, route 1, who found a bloom in his 12-acre tract, from Edward Reynolds, tenant on the Wayne Ware farm who found his bloom shortly after "ager. a ana from S. T. Childers, of i This Page Brought To You As A Public Service By: Alexander Realty Business 74 Professional Park Kings Mountain, North Carolina « 739-1616 and $5800 for paving, sidewalks, The city budget anticipates it will have the usual two major - income) from sale of power and count is expected to be current : noon Monday, .
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