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ELIZABETH STEWART
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“I was there, I was part
of the Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. era," said Dr. Frank
Maddox, in an address at
the 18th annual breakfast
and birthday celebration by
Bynum Chapel AME Zion
Church Monday morning
honoring the slain Civil
Rights leader.
Dr. Maddox, associate
pastor of the host church,
asked “Are we living the
dream?” in his sermon “Re-
alities of Life."
Maddox said it seems
like yesterday but he added,
“You have to know where
you come from to determine
where you are going.”
“I was part of that era,
Dr. Frank Maddox
the white only water foun-
tains, the colored section in
the bus station, the lunch
counters where we couldn't
sit to eat lunch, we couldn't
vote, everything was seg-
regated in the South," said
See ML KING, Page 7
A look back
{and ahead)
at KM jewel shop
Lew Dellinger, the fourth-generation proprietor of Del-
linger’s Jewel shop, stands next to a yellowed newspaper
article about the origins of the business
= DAVE BLANTON
dave kmherald@gmail.com
Legend has it that Wil-
liam C. Dellinger, who was
born in 1873, got the jew-
elry and watch bug when
he found a Civil-War era
clock that was in disrepair.
In his limited spare time,
he tinkered with the broken
timepiece, eventually re-
placing some of its busted
cogs and other small in-
nards. After a while, he had
keeping time again.
By 1896, what was once
a diversion had become a
business, with Dellinger
opening his jewelry shop
in Cherryville. Over the
years the business moved
See A LOOK BACK, Page 7
Relay for Life is moving to KMHS
Kings Mountain's Relay for Life on May 29 will be mov-
ing to a different place — Kings Mountain High School.
Julie Pearson, specialist for the South Atlantic Division
American Cancer Society, said organizers of the annual
event believe the new venue will provide more security and
promote a more fun and family friendly environment.
The event will follow the same format of previous years
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except it will start at 6 p.m.
with the survivor's walk and
end at 12 midnight with a
closing ceremony, a six-hour
program instead of a 10-12
hour program. Teams will set
See RELAY FOR LIFE, Page 7
kmherald.com
BE MOUNTIES
tied for second
in SMAC
Speaker of the House
g ELIZABETH STEWART
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“We were so proud," said
Mayor Rick Murphrey as the
Kings Mountain city coun-
cil and a large number of
Cleveland County residents
watched from the gallery last
Wednesday morning in Ra-
leigh as Kings Mountain na-
tive Tim Moore, 44, received
the gavel to lead the legisla-
tive chamber for two years as
Speaker of the House of Rep-
resentatives.
Moore, elected to his
seventh term as state repre-
sentative, was the majority
(Republican) party's choice
and he was elected by accli-
mation. He was then escorted
into the chamber by Reps.
Dana Bumgardner, Kelly
Hastings and John Torbett,
all of Gaston County, and the
swearing-in ceremony was
conducted by Justice Newby.
Moore received the gavel
from former Speaker and now
U.S. Senator Thom Tillis.
Moore's young sons,
McRae and Wilsan Moore,
Moore Feted
in Raleigh
(Ed. Note — Warren
Bingham and his wife,
Laura Carpenter Bingham,
of Raleigh, were among
those who attended an
event billed as a Cleveland
County Picnic in Raleigh
honoring new Speaker of
the House Tim Moore. War-
ren is son-in-law of Charlie
and Marian Carpenter, for-
merly of Kings Mountain.)
by WARREN L. BINGHAM
Special to The Herald
RALEIGH - On the eve
of the return of the North
Carolina General Assem-
bly, cold temperatures
Art
Winners
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Moore takes oath of office
SWEARING-IN — Justice Newby administers the oath of office to Rep.Tim Moore of Kings
Mountain after his election as N.C. Speaker of the House of Representatives. Moore's sons
McRae, left, and Wilson Moore, right, on either side of their father.
have plenty to tell their
schoolmates this week, They
sat with their father through
all the proceedings and held
the Rible for their father to
take the oath of office and be
sworn in as Cleveland Coun-
ty's first Speaker of the House
in recent history.
Speaker Moore's to-do
list includes hiring a staff of
about 15 and assigning com-
mittees before the legislature
gets into full swing later this
month.
MOORE FAMILY - Pictured are members of the Moore family who went to Raleigh last week
for the swearing-in of Rep.Tim Moore as N. C.Speaker of the House. Front row, from left,
McRae and Wilson Moore and Sarah Drennan. Back row, Rick Moore, Tim Moore holding
niece Lily Drennan, Jean Moore, and Karla Drennan. -
and the threat of freezing
rain did not deter over 300
well-wishers from gathering
in a Raleigh warehouse on
Tuesday night January 13 to
celebrate Kings Mountain
state representative and
new Speaker of the House,
Tim Moore. Shelby native
Fred Mills, who operates
See MOORE, Page 14
Swooger’s going
strong after 15 years
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©. dave.kmherald@gmail.com
When Karen Moss and
Tom Best started up their
restaurant on Shelby Rd. a
few weeks before Christ-
mas in 1999, there were
plenty of naysayers.
“There were a lot of
people in this town when
we opened that said we’d
never make it,” said Best,
reflecting on Swooger’s
success in the wake of its
15th anniversary while
getting the Thursday night
chicken special ready.
“Today, a lot of those peo-
ple are some of my best
customers.”
Previously that summer
the two had opened up a
pink and blue ice cream
wagon situated in the park-
ing lot of Parker’s BP,
where they sold Tony’s ice
See SWOOGERS, Page 7
Tom Best breads chicken breasts in the kitchen at S
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wooger’s,
the popular eatery that has its roots in a simple ice cream
truck.
Photo by DAVE BLANTON
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