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Tha ~ Kings Mountain Herald M eoi E?tabll#had 1889 te Published Every Thursday Kl bo " in HERALD PUBLI8HINO HOUSE Martin Harmon ,01 Editor-Publisher or Dt Entered as second class matter at tho cjt Poetoflice at Kings Mountain, N. mnder the Act of March 3, 1879. g), th SUBSCRIPTION RATES; Payable in Advance One year __ 82.00 ta Six months 1.10 ta Three months .60 te fe hi A wekiy newspaper devoted to the promotion of the general welfare and published for the enlightenment, entertainment and benefit of the * citizens of King9 Mountain and its 'u vicinity. .? M K .^Otalh Carolina /Ht?? AtSOCIATK^) A b< TODAY'S BIBLE VEH8E ca ot To do justice and judgment is more pe acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice, te Proverbs 21:3. w th Send in the money for your Christ- tii mas seals, if you haven't already. ha The Ministers of the city along with the American Bible society Ki throughout the nation, are urging par- in] ticular attention to reading of the Hi Bible during the Christmas seasoa. tu Too few people ever open the Bible, let alone read it regularly. Tha urg- i ings of the ministers should be fol-|co' lowed, for, during this Christmas an season, all should become better- rei grounded in the principles of th? to Prince of Peace. Once more there is peace, and individual practice of PKriat 'a ti??! tinirvlnii i a * V? rtnln C ^ ?ov o i'tiui ipiv.d 10 tuv vuij n oj peace can be preserved. . th ? "el Accidents c.? 1DI The tragic death last Week of Mm. ve ( Doyettb Taylor, young recent bride da of a returned serviceman, as a result gti of a highway accident, reminds that in the toll of traffic deaths Is ever- a(] mounting. ri| Again, with high-test * gas back in the pumps in quantity, all too ma- w( ny motorists are pressing down on mi the accelerator and seeing how mach gti the old bus will do. th It really l^n't safe to be on the na highways. Cars zoom by over hills ? and around curves, and, except for p the danger of driving worn out an tos too fast, the principal danger seems to be a pent-up recklessness. You needn't drive any further than Oastonia or Shelby these days to see at least two or three motorists?In a hurry to get somewhere which is " sure to be waiting when they arrive. ?take neck-risking chances. 0f The American people are to teach, ta They have to be in a wreck before C(; they get any sense in their heads. er Under-staffed highway patrolmen are doing their best, and again the Herald states the hope that the pas..1 111 ? irui man win duuli uac& iu uiw (*q Imam strength so that the strong m arm of the law might apply brake* th many motorists have forgot to us*. gf ui Wasted Talents w No. the Herald isn't sermonizing c< exactly. vl In last week's edition, it may have b< appeared that the Herald departed C! from customary news policy a litti*, C by asing the news release from the ni National Park Service concerning P winter facilities for visitors to na- ai tional parks. However, this article, though it failed to mention the Kings Moun- bi tain National park, was?or should M have been?of much local interest. d The final paragraph read: si "We are hopeful that, where ac- <r commodations cannot be provided in a' the parks, they may be found in the nr hotels and private establishments p nearby, with financial benefits to the communities which are neighbors c to the parks." b Though we don't have the figures, * undoubtedly Kings Mountain citizens e would be surprised to learn just how k many persotil have visited the Kings Mountain park during the past six months. s At the path, there ere no facilities c for accommodating gueata. I The tame goet tor the City of j King* Mountain, which haa a dire # need for accommodation! for travelera and tonriate. Noth would improve klnga Mountain, aa a community,, more than the erection of a modem hotel during 1< 1M?. h Until a hotel la obtained, Klnga Mountain may apply the parable Of f the talente to itaelf. ^ Best Gifts Klnga Mountain eitiaene deeerve * commendation. They have atepped to e the front, reeened a lagging Victory Loan campaign and ? topped .< tVir quota in all iaenea, including the * "E" boOOe, which are vital to the S? 1 ' * V >. , ' M MIWX1?? l... tare nwwlt w?Ukn of Ut ?? >' aity. *"? Even though t^e quota for Kli|i DUitoin ? one-fourth Cleveland anty's quota of $320,000 ? has en reaehed, now Is a good time for nge Mountain citizens to buy more nds and take up some of the slack previous bond drive "K" quotas. A Victory Bond will make a tipp Christmas gift, one that will Inease in value as the mouths pass. All sales of "E" bonds through member 31, will be included on the :y's Victory Loan record. As a tribute to the men who fouit, and as a good investment for e future, buy Victory bonds throulout this month. Tt's time to buy city tags. IncidenUv, it's nice to see a daddy-sized g for a change after the abbrevlnd war models. Made the motorist el like he wasu't getting much for s dollar. The speech to the Kiwanis club by South Carolina solicitor regarding venile delinquency was 'very interting. In calling for better supervlaplay facilities for children, Mr. cCleod touched on a need here, ings Mountain's recreational facilles are still in the blue-print stage. bit of action from the qnasi-offlal city recreation commission should ; forthcoming. Io the event some are dubious a>ut employing ? oaid supervisor, it in be stated that the experience of her cities has been that a paid sn rvisor is the only way to adminisr a recreational program. Almost ithout exception, the experiences ot ose who have tried to give recrea >n without adequate supervision ive found those experiences painful. Congratulations to the owners of ings Mountain's newest manufacturg enterprise, Betty Yarn Mill. The ?^ald wisTTes them well in this venre. The best Christmas present OPA uld give would be validation or other sugar stamp. But it's atady beeu-announeert~that we'll have wait until January 1. Dr. Frank Graham, in a public atement published Sunday, stated at the TJNC student who drew Sectary Thad Euro's fire regretted tho ntext of his statment, but not the dignation at the threat that Unlrsity appropriations would be enngered by the attitude of UNO idents. Dr. Graham, without mlnog words, said that the University ministration always backed the ;ht of free thought and public ring of untramxneled views. Thts is to be expected, and it's the prtsry reason that North Carolina > ite university ranks as the beat in e South and among the belt in the ition. 10 Years Ago THIS WEEK [terns of news taken from the 1935 '1le? of the Klnn Mountain Herald Bailroad avenue on the south side the railroad tracks between Mounin and Qold streets has been widen I to Vnaho parking space in the owded business section of Kings ountain. Beverly P. Jackson was elected uncilor commander of the Kings buntain Camp No. 15, Woodmen pf ie World, at a meeting of the orinization held at the WOW hall Sat rday night. Other officers elected ere: C. P. Ooforth, past councilor >mmander; Gordon M. Painter, adLsory lieutenant; Denver O. King, anker; Onslow Sigmon, escort; Ivde Hamrick, watchman; Charles . Burton, sentry; Grady Dixon, flancial secretary; E. A. Harrill, C* . Goforth and E. A. Biggerstaff, nllitors. Tuesilay steps were taken by the oys of the Senior class of Kings [onntain high school to improve a angeroas situation resulting from looting of firecrftckers at a meeting f all high school boys held In the aditorium. Earl MeGill opened' the teeting with an erplanation of the urpose. Then all the boys of the 'sailor cVaaa expressed their opinion oncerning firecrackers. When the oys 'were asked to stand if they rere willing to stop shooting fire raekers during school hoars and on phool grounds, every boy stood. The All-Western Conference high ehool team has just been picked by onference coaches. Bhea Barber, tings [hfopntahi end, was the only Mountaineer hosen on the all-etar quad. SOOIAZ. AMD PERSONAL \f? Ifn J T>tAmsaaAM ava saving this week for their winter one at Pelm Herbor, He. N. T. MeQill attended a Standard HI meeting in Washington, D. 0., tat week. Miss Adelaide Allen of Gaatouln ma the weekend gneot of her parnts, Mr. and Mr*. I. M. Allen. Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Blanton and ?ne were visitors in the Oak Grove btctmnnity Saturday. j i * ivfr- ' '* . , .' ... _ \ V,* 4. .... weekly. Avoid overdosage. J I By Martin Harmon Letter To Santa It's boon sometime since I've penned a not* to Old Hick, and X think that's a mistake, for X usually got better treatment when X did write, though I never did get that little red automobile X used to look at with lodging In Bears and Boebuck catalog. 1-t-e In case you didn't know it, the business of writing Santa Clans? and telling him how good you've been ? la still right mach in practice hereabouts and X think Santa Claus' Kings Mountain postofflce box la close to mine, for a number of letters addressed his way have accidentally been placed In tho Herald depository. These letters have been aent to the proper place, bo the little children who have written them needn't worry. They will reach the North Pole in plenty of time. 1-t-s So here's my letter. 1-t-s Dear Santa Clans: X hope yon will forgive me, for writing a hit late, hut I figured yon would be bnsy packing your bag for folks in New York, London, Chicago, and the other big cities, and wouldn't get around to the Kings Mountain bag undl about now. I hope not, for there's a lot of stuff we need around town, which, I'm afraid, only yon can supply. Please bring Tom Fulton and Byron Keeter a lot of blue ribbons for their bosses, and this goes for George Allen and Hugh Ballard too, Doc Griffin needs some more goats and hogs and cows to work with, and you might throw in a few' decks of cards for Fred Plonk, Guerney Grantham and Wiley McGInula ? so they'll have some way .to pass the time until the new automobiles start coming in quantity lots P. D. Herndon could use one or two houses to list 'in his rental column, and Garland Still, Kenneth DeUlnger and the other jewelers would like seme more watches ' incidentally, the hightariff boys 'are trying to bolster U. S. watch-makers by limiting shipments of movements from Switaerland. And If they do It's likely that watches wlU become scarcer and Willi* you're coming this I way, bring Draco Pooler and bis daddy some lumber, M they hare been having a time finding enough to take care of folks hereabouts and hat a few kUn-drled a x 4's would help a lot and Claude Hambrlght and Tolly Sfbford would be mighty appreciative of an extra ear of coal you might give Claude an extra telephone, as he's about to wear our the on* he has now, saying, "No, that car hasn't come In yet. If you're out we'll try to scrape you up a sack." Ted Weir, Charlie Blalock and O. J. Quoit don't want much, only about a carload of lard and fatback each and Oscar Myers wouldn't mind SO or so dosen white shirts, and If you can duplicate this request, you can ditto for Paul McOtnnls and William Plonk Incidentally, I understand you've been asked to hrlnx William a wife In years past, so X won't embarrass yon with this request again. Joe Helaler wants a couple of extra carpenters and a few more members for the country club, and you might bring Bffly and Oarl Manner some nylon, If you can flnn It. Those are the big Items and here hi Just a few more Olee Brtdgves should be brought an airplane, but It shouldn't be any harder to handle than Busty, his wonder hore Prank Bummers and B. B. Nelll could use a couple of nlceslxed 6 percent loans, and you might add a few batteries for Otis Falls, B. E. Marlowe and Bam Davis And here's a little gift you might send In advance plenty of sunshine so that Clyde Bennett can finish up the building Jobs he's doing for lies Hoke, Kenneth Orook, Joe Mauney and Haywood Lynch Kenneth has to dig out brake lining from some of Bed McOlaln't mattresses, and Joe and Haywood need a roof to put their machinery under. b To Austejl Faysour and the Cash Brothers bring more and better post-war -movlaa, and Don Blantonwill Join in the housewives plea: Just a little more sugar. Jim Baity wants a new radio or two, and Bay Footer and Fete Fan* ther want some of this new shoe,' repair staff which you use to patch Shoe holes like patching an antocsobild tire. The ladles in town don't want much this year, besides the sugar, Jtsrt s eouple of pahs of nylon hose - Z know tfcto to a kmc ltot, Mr. lurtt, bat wo'to en btn good boyt end ffato, tad Mr* know ywH do yearbook Tho Old ltpdlotno Man P. . Z tt aMfea. . ' * , . u\ . , v'ifciv i ' ' ' ' */' As my horn* Ui always bun in Kings Mountain, I feel that it is my duty to make a esinl-anaoal report to the public of my present encampment and expectations for the not too distant future, as to where and what 111 be doing in Army life. After traveling from Normandy, France, to Pilseu, Ccech., with the | Infantry in the previous conflict, we I (our outfit, 97th Division) back- I tracked out route back to the Unitei States for a short visit, we embarked v for duty in the Pacific Theatre. While at sea, the glorious news came that Japan had collapsed. Our plans were changed, therefore Instead of entering another field of couflict, we went on to Japan as part of the Occupation Forces. Our outfit was the first and only complete combat division to enter both theaters. I believe that I am the first infanryman from Kings Mountain to set foot on Japanese soil after coming from Eu rope. Anyway, I have yet to see any other boy from my home town over here, much less than to come from Europe. Although it's nothing to bragg of, just ? representation of my . m adventures since coming to the Army j? in December of 1942. That is my past J" adventures, now for the present and,! future expectations. I am now in Yokoboma, Japan, on j the verge of boarding ship enronti. for the states. I no longer reside in, the Infantry as I feel its no longer a great necessity as it is now peace. Instead, I'm with the Engineers as one in the Regular Standing Army. I am coming home for a three-month visit before resuming duty at Fort Monroe, Va. Most boys prefer life in other | fields, but I expect to make a pro- > fession of Army life. After all, some-! one has to be in uniform, for as ev- j eryone knows, the Army is the bacK- j bone of a nation. 1 read each day of so many boya coming home to find difficulties in j obtaining a position for security. I j I hope though that jobs can be found j * for them, so that they may enjoy the j it pleasures and happiness of the free- 1 dom they so aichly deserve. I regret to make this letter brief, I but hope to see you soon. ' . Best wishes, 11 Paul H. Huff stickler. ;l Yokahoma, Japan November 30th. HANNAH OOM3NO HOME Pearl Harbor, T. H.?Cpl. EdmondlB A. Hannah, son of Mrs. Mary Hannah (I of Kings Mountain, N. C., is on bis I way home. I Hannah is one of 1,200 high-point I Marine veterans whom the "Magic I Carpet" is bringing back to ' the V States aboard the TJ88 KALININ I BAY. The 1788 KALININ BAY ? one of I more than 250 carriers, battleships, I cruisers, and attack transports in the I Navy's famed "Magic Carpet" I fleet ? left Pearl Harbor, Tuesday I November 27, and is scheduled to ar-ll rive in 8as Diego about Monday, De- I cember 3. Passengers will go directly to the II Separation Centers nearest their 11 homes to eompl&e the formalities pf I 1 obtaining their discharges before re- I ' turning to civilian life. fcEDWftWEl ft PRICES SLASHED \ I I GOLD WAVE I Each kit contains S fall ottncct of SaloO-trpa solution, U LP Y 60 Corlan, 60 and ttsroas. /fa *?? I cotton applicator. nsatraluar aSSS m w ad complete ia timet ion*. ' I EAOLB 5-lOc BTOKB | J ?? i ???|| AUWAVS LAUGH AT 1 MVlitAGHgJ& JOHtft. J fir W*fl ^kflL^Sr o <? Jj) 1 , ing all jov honi furnifl] ' Bi doubly cutfnl In ? ???t days to |t?ri> flm tiM W ;^| ^jjjSP-;. x cbancs* that ars not ntcsasary. And bs snzs that yon ais adaqnats- i Sj^jjp. g ly protsctsd with Insurance , iVllV - ; The Arthur Hay Agency First National Bank Bid*. Phons 182 . ; rr-:'-. "All Kinds of Insurance" ::&i AUTO LOANS FINANCING - REFINANCING Quick, Efficient, Confidential Service See "ROOK" HUME Finance Company Gastonia, N. 0. 201 S. Broad at. Phone 2035 I i Taste-Tempting Food That's the order of the day here. We specialize in foods that are tops in quality and taste. ' i ?BRING YOUR WASTE FATS TO US? Blalock's Grocery Phone 58 ROUND UP YOUR YEAR-END BILLS ' ' . ... pay them off by getting a PerI Ri.L. T ? * 4.1 ia?ui iur uib purpose i x H '. then vjncmtratc on that one obli- .*/??< Sr, ??.tion am! repay it with monthly instalments dt'.ring the new year. i The ?o?t is lcr: and action on * :oan ap;^* novrr. .s vT-mpt. "ti - ^ t ; ^ / MBMBHfc fili> Mil AX. oiUfUMil XN8X7HA2TOB CORPORATION J ' ' *MbU; r First National Bank 11 hlnk yon are... yonll see the advantage of buy I 'v / ?v . wil'^'^B' Unn from thu I). V. IT&RD ftlWIWTm* nn S*Hk H9 ^KgiHS^Bv
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