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Kings Mountain Herak
Establish d 1889
Published Every Thursday
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Martin Harmon
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A w-eeiy newspaper dev-oie^ t
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j? end published for the eiiliirhtenmetr
ntertai nment and i<euetit of lb*
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Blessed are they that keep Judgment,
and he that doeth righteousness
at ail times. Psaim 106:3.
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First Home G-ame |!
From the coniuients of- wniiy Kings |
Mountain citizens who journeyed to |
Lincolnton last Friday night for the ' |
high school foothall game, the pros 1 ,
Poets for a better team this year ,
are good.
They report the loss to Jack Kb '
Mr'a boys quite a last-minute freak ]
Variety, and feel the Mountaineers
The Mountaineers open their home ,
schedule here this Friday night against
Hickory tun! odds are the City ,
Stadium will be overflowing with
spectators for the fir?t night foot- ,
ball game ever played here. ,
Incidnctall.v, season tickets are on
aale this week, which give fans opportunity
to see the games at a re- 1
duced price an.I at the same time
give the team a boost.
V With six home games on the sched
ole, there should be many interesting
. Friday evenings in prospect here.
Our congratulations to H. L. Burdette,
city manager who has been re?
elected a director of the North Carolina
League of Municipalities.
i, Exit
Mr. Wallace
President Truman finally did what
most folks figured he ha>1 to do from
the first furore over the e.vSeere- '
tary'B Russian policy speech. He fir- 1
?d him.
Time Magazine and other pprio.il- '
eals have credited Mr. Truman with '
getting into the middle of a bad fix, 1
when, at the start, he was only playing
a little innocent politics. On the
I': Other hand, if the President was the '
victim ofcumstaiK-es. and wase care- '
less in failing to read the text or '
what is now known as "The Speech,*
nevertheless he <li?l what he hail to
do.
It is hard for a man to carry water
on both shoulders and keep from
i;r spilling at least one pail.
Thongh the South's politicians don't
like Mr. Wallace, some Southerners
do?and those who read his speeen
may have found much with which
they agreed. As a latter of fact, Unele
Joe Stalin didn't like it much and
only gave it only a few words in the '
Soviet mouth-organ, Pravda.
'at Our biggest quarrel with Mr. Wal- ,
lace it his continuing naivete, which t
may or may not be typical of a man ,
obviously sincere, honest and idealis- ,
IK-.'" tic.
Mr. Wallace should renlire by now ]
K'r.' that Russia understands firmness only.
Secretary Byrnes knows that, and *
It is better that Mr. Wallace is no c
longer in the official family. Un- < 1
questionably he will try to figure In 1
the next presidential election, but he 1
will have a hard row to hoe in that |
direction.
Library, Etc. 1
It seems that the Hord residence
on Piedmont avenue would make au ,
? Ideal arrangement for a combination ^
j? public library and teacherage, as has i (
_ been suggested previously in these j
j o enlnmna W It ttann.v wVn 1a .""..
heading the effort to secure the Hord ' ]
h " property'for these purposes, has not fc.
made public full information conB?'-.
. earning raising of the purchase monw.
but ere assume he has knowledge '
of several sources. .'
Both a good public library and ? j '
Nb teacherage stand high on the list of | '
Kg, eommunitv needs, the latter need hav 1
Ej in* been greatly emphasized at the
it-V beginning of the school year when
&V delay In aehool opening was threaten
W.:-" ad due to the lack of accommoda- j
KT- Uou for teaehers.
ft;' Citlsens InTerested in the welfare g
By' ^ of the community will watch with
pi*. Interest the progreaa of this project. *
Strikes and other labor disturban- f
, bOe such as the shipping strike and r
?,, tfedket's walkout won't make the lot c
Of labor any easier in the South or t
BjjlyAOlsewhere. Labor doesn't like the h
Bffi. Tightwsrd swing of the nation's Pom[
litical pendulum, yet is doing more t
to Cause it than any other group. *
Baft TWll waat to attend the annual
^^R'tarvoload County Fair this week. >,
home to J. N. Jones, who d
Telephone Bates
Southern bell has filed a request
vith the North Carolina Utilities coin
mission for permission to raise its rues
on business telephones, anil, re- j
membering the increased costs of la inr.
materials, ami just about every- |
thing else, most folk will think the ;
request justified.
Our position on the raise, which i
we think should be granted, is well
-tjited l>v the Uastonia Gazette in a
recent editorial:
" ... it (the rate raise request)
also offers us a chance to say what
undroda of telephone subscribers
.nve been asking us to do for many
veeks. and that is to ask for better ,
-erviee.
"We all recognize the terrific |
train the company has rndured throu ]
i'h the war, and we appreciate the '
manv difficulties, the shortages. the
niiro. labor supply ami all the other
handicaps. Rut, other public services
weot through the same thing, expert
"ti.-eil the same troubles and difficul*
"cs. but they are coming back and
ire fast returning to pre-war service
It strikes that the telephone company
(las been inclined to use the old
here is a war on" excuse a little
longer than has been justified. Could
i be that the telephone company, of
ill public service institutions, is the
inly otic that can not obtain mater- !
nls. supplies and more adequate and
belter trained help! The railroadk
linve gone back to pre-war habits, so
tiave the power companies and many
>ther public utilities.
"The people will l>e glad to pay a
little more for their elephones if j
they can get a little better service.
This thing of having to wait an hour '
Unite' mil' f 1 liiiT II~'"7-'P - ~
Shelby is out of reason.
"So also is the irritating eircumitance
of being rut off in the middle
nf a conversation, or of hnving to
wait unreasonably long for an answer
lo a signal."
Women who are eligible for membership
in the American Legion Auxiliary
are no w being asked to affill?to
for the forthcoming year. and
Ihev should. Present purpose of the
organization is to concentrate on
ivnvs and menus of permanent pence. I
That is a noble purpose. '
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Th'ou-jh education, law enforcerent
and engineering traffic aoeilcnts
can be minimized. This is the
word of Captain L. W. llenkle. chief
>r the Charlotte police department'a
-nipty division, who spoke to
teachers nn<i Javcees at a meeting
here last week. This statement, compared
with today's newspaper headlines
recording more and more traffic
fatalities and injuries, indicates
that there is a big need for work in
each of these fields and should be
sufficient impetus for all groups to
"trive to work on this problem. The
iTaveees are planning to map out a
mfety program and the'rt efforts
should receive full cooperation.
10 Years Ago j
THIS WEEK
Items of news taken from the 1936 !
files of the Kings Mountain Herald
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The Kings Mountain Herald announces
today a subscription and
>rize campaign that will get underway
on Friday morning. Sept. 25,
ind run for a period of but six
weeks. At the end of this time moro j
han $800.00 in cash prizes and cash j
ommissions will de awarded to those
who take an active part. j
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Williams have
located to the Central Methodist j
hureh a pipe organ. At a recent i
meeting the congregation accepted
the gift which will be installed right
iway.
Representatives of both men and
women of all the various organiza- j
ions of the Democratic party in the j
.?. f t were present, as were some]
jf the 8tate Officers and Represenative
Bulwinkle.
Among the local town* people at- I
.ending the 10th District meeting at !
Hantonia Tuesday were E. L. Camp- ;
veil, W. E. Blakely, P. O. Ratterree,
). M. Baker, Qeorge Allen, J. E. j
llerndon, W. W. Souther, Mr*. Bonnie
iumniers.
MV. William Lawrence Mauney,
vho graduated at Temple University
Philadelphia, last spring left Monday
ror Chicago, where he will take a
jost graduate course In chiropody.
SOCIAL AMD PERSONAL
A meeting of -all departments of
he Womans club was held in the club
oom Friday afternoon with Mrs. D.
3 Mauney, the president, presiding.
Mrs. Clarence L. Jolly honored her
oother, Mrs. F. C. Barrett, at surmise
birthday dinner Friday evening .
t 7:30 o'clock. , f
One of the loveliest parties of the b
arly fall was that of Saturday after
ioon when Misses Sara Finger. I?u- 1
lie Cansler, and Helen Hay enterained
at the Womans club at ten ta- i
>les of contract. 1
Mrs. Jim Smith entertained at a
ridge-buffet luncheon l^st Friday 1
t her home in the Cooper apeutments s
n King street.
Mrs. Arnold ICtser was ho*te*tf-?t a g
ridge-luncheon entertaining at her o
one on East King street of Wednea<
THE KINQ8 MOUNTAIN HERAL
martmWdiciii,
By Martin Harmon
(Containing bits of news, wisdom,
humor, and comment. To be taken
weekly. Avoid over-dosage.)
Fair Stuff
As this is being written (Monday)
the sun and the rain are having a
right big argument as to which one
is to win out, all of which is kinds
bad for fair week, aa there should
be no argument and the sun should
have full sway. Odds are that the
sun will win out, for the equinox is
supposed to be over, and the official
change over from summer to
autumn is supposed to be completed.
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But the big news in Cleveland
county this week is that the annual
Cleveland County fair, which
built quite a reputation over the
years, not only as the best county
fair in the nation, but better than
many state fairs, is back again, after
a wartime postponement, and
Dr. J. S. Dorton, the big man behind
the scenes, thinks the fair will
set new records, from all standpoints.
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It haa been a long time since I
attended a Cleveland County fair,
end I'm anxious to see it again.
Fact is, it's been at least 10 years,
which means I've a lot of catching
up to do.
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But I remember a lot of them,
from the time I was big-aa-a minute.
When I was a youngster, I started
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the fair at the earliest date I saw
a fair advertisement on the running
board of a car, and, naturally, my
fair week spending allowance came
in for attention too.
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One fair I particularly remember
was when I sqneesed the allowance
enough to get in to see the highdive
into the burning tank. Naturally,
there was plenty of bnlld-ap
before the big dive, with clowns
doing their staff end taking frequent
belly-busters Into the pooL
Then the big moment came. The felow
that did the Jump most have
been a mighty brave man. He climbed
to the top of a 100-foot tower,
bowed to the crowd, took a deep
breath and dived In. I never knew
whether the sustained "ah.. " I
heard was the diver's falling, or
the crowd's breath-letting. At any
rate, he climbed out of the shallow
tank, with a big smile on his face,
and was as good as ever. I must
confess that being a high-dive artist
was never one of my childhood
ambitions.
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Over at the Stanly county fair, In
1941, I think I probably had the
most fun. I had been out to the fair
only once for a few moments, and
didn't particularly mean to go back,
until the report circulated one night
that one of the lions In the motorcycle
act was loose.
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_By the time I reached the fair
grounds (going at fall speed at
something like a mile an hoar), the
llonwas caught but some good stories
came oat of it. A cripple oat at
the fair cm cratches heard the news,
Immediately dropped his "Walking
aids, and literally took off. And a
colored woman, with something like
five urchins hanging to her, Jumped
In a cab, and gave orders for a
quick get-away. When the cab driver
said he was waiting for another
fare, she said she couldn't wait, and
with the young ones hawing on,
plunged out the other door and made
tracks In the opposite direction.
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One of the exhibits at this fair
was Zola .the Snake Charmer. Zola
was actually (to onlookers) an old
colored woman who lounged in the
enclosure with two or three snakes
and Intermittently said "BlahBlah."
Thus the fair folks had
nick-named her "Blah-Blah."
When the news spread that a lion
was loose, "Blah-Blah", who in
peered to be a demented old colored
woman, suddenly became quite
sane, pulled up her skirt*, leaped
the canvass barricade and took off
In airplane fashion. And It turned
out that "Blah-Blah" was of the
masculine gender.
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After the Incident I got cornered
off trith one of the show officials,
and that was the first time I'd ever
been In one of these fancy trailers
so many people are living in.
It was very cornet, but very commodious,
and quite ideal for a person
whose badness kept him on the
move,
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Netnrallr, I can't predict that a
lion will get away at the Cleveland
fair this year, hot there's not likely
to be a dull moment.
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Bee yoa st the races.
laturday night in celebration of bei
Irthday anniverstary. entertaining
t the home of Mr. and Mr*. Panl
fauney.
Mrs. Norman Morrow of Oeetonln
raa a visitor at the home of Mrs. E.
7. Oriffin last Saturday.
Mrs. Paul Peterson of Miami, Fla*
visiting her son, Mr. Harold Hum
licutt and frleade in Kings Mountain
Mr. and Mrs. W, J. Fnlkerson were
nests of Mr. and- Mr*. Claude Origg
t Albemarle Sunday afternoon.
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J? THUKflDAY, BEPT. 20, 1040
. Southern's 'Conscience
Fund' Still Gro-vring
To President Ernest E. Norria of the
Southern Railway System a dollar is
a dollar, and what with rail operating
eosts apparently getting anagged onto
uu upbouud stratosphere rocket, the
Southern is very glad indeed that
gome folks still have a conscience.
"Every little bit helps," the rail "
president observed today as he care
fully earmarked for the railway's
"Conscience Fund" a tattered dollar
bill that came in bis morning's mail
j with a letter setting forth that the
I writer wanted to pay for a water barI
rel he'd appropriated many years ago
I This very human trait of having
a gnawing conscience has paid off to
i the Southern in the sum of $681.71 in *
I ihe last five years, with "contribn;
tions" ranging from $250 sent by an
j Huonymous writer who enclosed a cry
, ptic note ? "For cotton lost in tran*
sit at Flowery Branch, Georgia in'
j 1P05," to $1 for some candy taken to
appease a sweet tooth 37 years ago.
Getting an unpaid debt (which
might iu\olve anything from swiping
a couple of lumps of coal to takinr uu
O f
! extensive trip without beuefit ot ticket;
off out' s chest is seemingly a I
. sure cure tor insomnia. One mau, send |
i uig ft. noted simpiy: "ThiiT money I
j belongs to the southern Hallway. The I
Person sending it will sleep better to m
night." ?
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| Curiously enough, fully half the
letters thut come in to the railway ad
| nutting some wtougdoiug mauy years
[ago a>e signed wuu the writer's
name and address, while the others
are either unsigned, or signed "A
Friend," "1 think 1 owe vou this?
nik ."'Ml I'Ut'pMlii uuy 'ui 1UM1,' *
iini?"J uon't uo ;ou und ybu dont no
me so 1 will not mention no nam
es." The latter sent #1 for two bue*
kets of coal the writer remembered
inning taken from a freight ear about
11)10.
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I The longest memory was evidenced ;
by u wursmun who sent fit to pay '
or a oiass ceiling lamp he said he
took from an old pusseugcr coacu j
5:1 years ago. I ?
The clergy gets twinges of consei- |
ence, too, for one sent $1 for a ride
he took on a Southern
passenger train 5d years ago ? a ride
he didu't pay for then; and another
sent $50 for what he termed 4' misuse
of a clergy permit" in 11120.
Most of the voluntary conscience*
easing contributions have been for
payment of fares. They out-maneuver
ed the eondnuctors then, but the mem
ory rankled and burned during the
years. Some took trips using the pass
of a friend who worked for the rail- !
way, other admitted they "didu't tell j
the truth" about the age of children i
i and one man, sending ?25.20, saidthat ] |
i 40 years ago he "bummed" for a-!
! bout 700 miles and was enclosing tho
sum for payment at the rate of 3.0
cents a mile.
{ Some 33 years ago a passenger was
1 missed by the conductor and taking
' advantage of the situation turned in
! the uncollected tiekct for a refund of
I about $6. To "square himself" he
| sent the railwny ?20, which he figur!
ed represented the refund plus in*
terest. Since he didn't sign the letter
the railway couldn't return the "interest."
The "Conscience Fund," contributions
come in from tim.e to time, to
agents along the system, or to the
treasurer or to the railway president.
They might enclose elaborate explanations,
or, as in the case oF one $50
bill, come folded in a scrap of unmarked
tissue paper. When it can, ?
the railway acknowledges the contributions
with a warm letter of appreciation
? a personal letter that
should bring peace of mind to the per
son who summoned np the conrage to
admit a mistake. ,
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