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POPULATIONCity Limits (1940 Census) 6,574 Immediate Trading Area 15,000 (1945 Ration Board Figures)16FagesTodayVOL. 59 NO. 30Kings Mountain, N. C-, Friday. July 23. 1943PRICE FIVE CENTLocal NewsBulletinsWRIGHT ON LEAVERubort Wright, city employee at the filter plant, has been on a two-weeks leave of absence since July 12. The city precautionary measure was taken at the advice of Dr, Mitchell, count) health officer, after Mr. Wright’s ehiid was found to have polio.BUILDING PERMITSTwo building permits were issued by S. A. Crouse, city clerk, at City Hall during the past week. Permit was issued to W. A. Williams for construction of two new five-room dwellings on York road, valuation $8,000, and William T. Ledbetter for addition of a room to dwelling on Lackey street, $250, both permits issued on Monday.ENLISTS IN NAVYJames Oren 'Fulton, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Fulton, 400 E. King street, has enlisted in the navyayingCases Total 11Kings Mountain Citizens' County Tax Rate 31.34Kiwanians Cancel Oak Grove OutingKings Mountain citizens will pay county.taxes on their properties this year on the basis of-$1.34 per $100 valuation.This rate was adopted by the board of county-commissioners Iasi Friday, as it also adopted a budget of $359,83b for the fiscal vear 1-H8* 19.The tax rate for Number 1 township is thus increased by 14 cents over the tax rate for the year ending June 30. The increase is represented in a genera) increase of that amount in tile county-wide rate which is $1.09, as compared with 95 cents last year. The additional 25 cents is a school district tax. revenue from which goes to the operation of the schools in the Kings Mountain district.The rate for other Number 4 township citizens — those who live outside the Kings Mountain school district — will be $1.19. Grover, Beth-ware and No. 3 school tax is 10 cents.Principal increases in the county aonrooriations for the forthcomingThe Kings Mountain Kiwanis club, which was scheduled to visit the Oak Grove community for a picnic supper Thursday night, cancelled the outing due to the polio situation, it was announced Wednesday,It was with real regret that we cancelled the outing. said John L- McGill, president of the club, but the advice of doctors is that it would be safer tc avoid outings of this kind until the polio situation improves.Mr. McGill said the club was to meet as usual at the Woman's Club at 7 o'clock.Draft Law To Become Operative August 30Doctors Report Two More Cases During Past Wee!Officials Not Yet Informed Of Local Details of DraftBethware Farm Class On Tour, Some thirty members of the Beth. ! ware veterans farm class journeyed to Clemson Agricultural and Mechanical College, Clemson, S. C., on Tuesday for a trip through rhe school's vast agricultural set-up.Myers Hambright, Clemson graduate and Bethware agricultural teacher, was In charge of the class tripWith five weeks remaining before ] first registrations under the new peacetime draft Uu arc schedu.ed 1 •to begin. Cleveland County was still somewhat in the dark regarding the i new »et-up for service inductions.Everett A.'Houser, Jr., Cleveland | county clerk of court, one of three men charged with the duty of set-| ting up a county draft board, said Wednesday he had received no information concerning present plans ! for administration of the law-.! Others who with Mr. Houser will \ set up the draft board are C. H. Hendrix, chairman of the county e-lections board, and Horace Grigg, county superintendent of schools.Mr. Houser said It was his opln-umiiMLEGION HEAD—Ollie Harris, Kings Mountain businessman, will be installed as commander ol Otis D.Green Pn«t ISS fKings Mouiiiain citizens snlfft i ■DDT ami counted up two more c, ses of polio this-week, ■The two additional cases broug. the total of infantile paial) sis c .. es which have occurred in Kin;. -Mountain.to II—aJmost half : total Of 23 reported i h Clevelar count)..'I he two new ease.-,. reported b; Kings Mini main doctors are;Karen Goins, 21-mont h-oid d.u glner, of Mr, and Mrs, Boyce Goto who live in the Craft spun Mill eon mutiHy,Franklin Yates -Dorrity, eight-ye. old son of Mrs. Dora Kaye' McDanlu.. who lives on Waco Hoad.Both were hospitalized at Ga ton la’s Orthopedic hospital.Dr. W, L. Ramseur attended fha Goins child, and Dr. J. E. Anthony i attended the Dorrity child,S Dr. P. E. Hendricks reported Thurs day morning he had had no add,! t ion a I cases during the past week,( and Dr. P. G. Padgett had had 11 j | new cases on Wednesday.Meantime, the efty was condue
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