Hie Kings Mountain
Established 1889
end benefit of th? citisons of fina m nm*nt' ??t**tainmo?t
Published mn fh* J!* Mountain and its vicinity.
?wis? ? m-gf Friday by tho Hiaid Publishing Hon*
Martin H
Charles T. Carpenter I* ?' E*ltor- Publisher
Mrs. P. D. h3oL . Sp0tU- How.
Telephones: Society 167. Other 283
Society Editor
8D/*CMPTION HATES
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TODAY'S BIBLE V?RSE
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Taxes
"There's nothing sure in this
world but death and taxes. .
This is an Old quotation
which is somewhat on the mor
bid side, and which most peo
ple constantly try to put off
as long as possible. There has
been some success wtth Num
ber 1 (insurance cdmpanies
regularly report an increase in
the average person's life ex
pectancy), but Number 2
seems to be a losing battle.
Remember when many peo
ple were viewing with alarm
the big national debt. It was
hovering at the $50 billion
mark, and the viewers with a
larm thought the nation was
just a stone's throw from
bankruptcy.
Then the war came.
Now the debt is $252 billion.
The viewers with alarm are
still viewing, and, it would
seem, with some real grounds
for it. Not so much because of
the debt, but because of the
federal government's willing
ness to spend and spend and
spend. The war seemed to give
a new go-signal to big national
spending.
Senator Harry F. Byrd, chair
man of the joint committee on
reduction of non-essential fed
eral expenditures, isn't getting
much cooperation. He recently
wrote a letter to the North Car
olina Fair Tax association
(dedicated to the same pur
pose) and outlined some rough
looking figures, which the as
sociation has, in turn, passed
around to , North Carolina
newspapers, association mem
bers, and others.
The Senator wrote: "In view
of pending proposals' to in
crease federal income taxes
13.5 percent and employment
taxes 59 percent, there is tre
mendous need for constructive
work . . These new taxes
would mean federal, state and
local taxe'S.this year would
take one dollar out of each
$3.55 we earn. Federal taxes a
lone would take one dollar out
of each $4.75 we earn. They
took one dollar out of each
$5.45 in the nast year. . .
ah pose) (ed a
Senator Byrd wants the peo
ple to write their Congressmen
and otherwise exert their in
fluence for spending less. From
the Senator's figures, a rash of
letters would be very much in
order.
Attend the Lions club's Tal
ent Show Friday night. It will
be an interesting evening of
entertainment. Nothing is
more fun than to see the young
folks perform, They can beat
most of the so-called profes
sionals.
That check to the Red Cross:
it's time to write it, if you are
in the estimated two-thirds of
the citizens who haven't made
their contribution yet.
Traffic Problems
The more a city grows, the
more complicated becomes its
traffic problems. Like parking,
bad situations, usually, can
only be alleviated, not com
pletely cured.
The Herald has advocated
for some months a survey of
the traffic situation locally
with respect to improving some
bad and dangerous spots.
It hopes the city will be suc
cessful in working out some
improvements for the bad in
tersections at the corner of the
First National Bank, at the in
tersections of Piedmont, Par
ker and Battleground, and at i
the E. Gold street entrance in
to Battleground, as the city
board announced its intentions
of doing as the March meeting.
A stoplight at the corner of
E. Gold and Battleground
would have an added benefit
of slowing down through traf
fic, which sometimes seems to
have trouble getting down to
50 on this crowded street.
Municipal officials all over
the state are sounding off a
gainst the General Assembly
"for forgetting the cities." And
they seem correct. Certainly
the plea for sharing in the gas
oline tax to the extent of one
cent per gallon of the tax was
justified, but the legislators
turned a deaf ear. The situa
tion is this: both the state and
the several cities are in the
road-building business. But
only the state gets regular
road-building revenue. Who
can argue that one-sixth of the
gasoline sold in North Caro
lina is not burned on city
streets?
It looks like the Southern
group of the Senate has won
again in its efforts to keep the
federal government out of
problems of the states: to wit,
civil rights. Among the many
southern senators taking the
rostrum was Senator Clyde R.
Hoey, of Shelby, who again
distinguished himself by the lo
gic and reasoning behind . his
remarks. Senator Hoey does
not harangue as some are wont
to do, but delineates in plain
words why legislation would
hurt, rather than help.
Interested citizens, and there
are many, should attend the
organization meeting of the
Mountaineer Club Monday ev
ening. It is to be an organiza
tion to aid school athletics, and
offers an opportunity for all to
participate. Similar groups
have proved of inestimable
value in a number of other
communities.
Our best bow to Charles H.
Gantt, Wake Forest college,
and W. Earle Myers, Davidson,
who have recently been initiat
ed into Phi Beta Kappa, na?
tional honorary scholastic fra
ternity.
VP r DC II CO Item* of n?wi taken from the
If! 2 ? ? e \mw\Si ? 1939 files of the King. Moun
III THIS WEE K tain Herald.
Mrs. E. W. Griffin, chairman of
the division of public safety in the
N. C. Federation of Womans" Clubs,
will speak from Station WBT next
Tuesday. March Plat, at 3:15 p. m.
Mrs. Griffin wHll use as her subject
"Accident Prevention."
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
Miss Elizabeth Harris was hos
tess at two tables of bridge enter
taining at her home in the Mauney
Apartments on Monday evening.
The regular monthly meeting of
the Busir.rrs Womans circle of the
First Baptist church was held at the
home of Mrs. J. M. Rhea on Monday.
Miss Melva Setielrnyrt was hos
tess to the St. Lydta circle of the
Womans Missionary Society of Cen
tral Methodist church on Thursday
evening.
T >9e nior Woman's club held Its
regular meeting In the lounge room
of the club last Friday afternoon.
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martin's medicine
By Martin Samoa
(Containing bits ol bows, wis
dom. humor, and comment. To bo
taken weekly. Avoid over
dosage.)
Funerals. Etc.
I suppose the reason lor this
subject, unusual tor this tune ot
year when spring is reaay eto
break (according to the calendar
if hot by the tnermomeierj, is
two ioid. one was the unusual:
number oi funerals reported in I
last week's edition. The othor was
an interest* af news story in a pa
per from another city.
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But the news story was the
main one. It was an account of
certain recommendations by the
city's ministers and funeral direc
tors to the good people of the com
munity concerning funerals and
funeral arranegements. Among
the recommendations to families
were:
(1) Try to avoid Sunday funer
als. (Reasons: it was harder on
the families, it Was the minister's
busy day. the funeral directors
liked to attend church, too.)
(2) Use local pastors for funeral
services.
(3) Discard the practice of o
pening caskets either during or
after the funeral service.
There was another specific rec
ommendation. but I forgot what it
was.
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Frankly the story made my
eyes pop. 1 wondered what the re
action would be. and it only re
quired a short wait ? until the
next Issue of the neighboring pa
per. In an editorial, the paper,
which had endorsed the recom
mendations. quoted the old color
ed man who had boon la trouble
and said. "I Jus' don't want a hear
no rno'e 'bout it"
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People are notably thin-skin
ned about funerals. They want to
have them like then want them,
when they want thorn, otc. And 1
was surprised that the funeral
men and the ministers thought
for a moment they could change
an attitude oi centuries.
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The only recommendation I
cottoned to was Number 3. about
the casket opening. That does
seem to put added stress and
strain on all concerned, and par
ticularly on the family. But some
people enjoy it In a sadistic sort
of way. and it is their privilege to
nave it. I suppose.
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I can understand the minister
ial desire to avoid Sunday funer
als. for Sunday to a minister is
Just like Saturday to the retail
merchants and Wednesday to the
Kings Mountain Herald. Sunday
is the minister's busy day. But I
neves heard of a parishioner cri
ticixing a minister because he
cancelled a service to hold a fu
neral.
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And as for the business of us
ing local ministers, it is a logical
recommendation, but not neces
sarily a good one. The family may'
know of some special personal
association with a former pastor;
for instance, that the present pas
tor doesn't If they want an out
side minister to hold the service,
then the local man should as
sume the role of an errand boy.
or anything else desired, and try
to satisfy the folk concerned.
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Often-stated privately, it Is the
Herald s rule ?of- the -house to
make all efforts to satisfy the
people involved (the families us
ually) in all instances of marri
age or normal death. Both are
personal matters, in which the in
terests of those concerned should
be paramount. The Herald's lone
exception is in printing memorial
poetTy. The stuff is usually quite
atrocious, has no general Interest
and is charged for at regular ad
vertising rates.
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Pick-ups: Downtown Saturday
afternoon under a dentist's office,
I heard some awful wailing from
the upper deck. It sounded like
somebody was getting killed, at
the very least The ladies in the
Office confided it was only a Child
getting a tooth pulled. They could
hardly stand it la previous la.
stances, they saML uatil assured
that the wails were those ?.' fear
rather thaa pain. On ilitf partic
ular Job. the third seHes of walls
was sufficient The tooth yielded
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Last we*k was a big one in the
Finger household. Be ceivlng con
gratulations on having a boanc
ing boy n* his 2ko\ue. Cart had a
?tock npty. vi(kat ain't nothing.'
The world's comin' to ?m end." It
developed Uyrt Elder Brother
Fled had completed arrangements
for getting late doable- harnese
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Hacpy springtime I if
Use Of Certified
Seed Is Crged
Only by purchasing certified seed
can a farmer make certain that he
is geiting the best product availa
ble. says Dr. R. P. Moore, director in
charge of the North Carolina , Crop
Improvement Association at State
College.
Dr. Moore says seed are unique in
that their breeding cannit be deter
mined from appearance alone. To
determine in advance the type of
crop which a particular lot of seed
can produce, it is necesary to know
the history of the seed and the con
ditions under which they were
grown.
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In the production of hybrid corn
the plant breeder probably will
know much about the performance
of the proposed hybrid before it is
actually produced. After it is pro
duced, it is put through a series of
tests to determine how its perform
ance compares with that of cdm
monly grown varieties or hybrids.
This type of information, Dr.
Moore points out, is accumulated,
summarized, and made available
for all growers who wish to take
advantage of it. On open-formular
hybrids, similar information is a
vailable to reveal what the hybrid
is, what H will do, and what it will
not do.
Farmers wishing to take advan
tage of this type of protection, says
the Crop Improvement directors, are
I urged to make use of certified seed.
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School Plays
To Be Jttven
By Doris McDaniel
Three one-act plays, "O, Say Can
You*Sing," "Trista", and "Not Want
ed-Another Woman" to be presen
ted in the Central high school audi
torium March 17 at 8 p. m.
The plays under the direction of
Miss Mary Belle Teague ai'e cast as
follows:
"O. Say Can You Sing"
Betty ? Connie Bennett.
Tom ? Sonny McDaniel.
Lucy ? Shirley Houser.
Danny ? Jerry King.
Mrs. Blodgett ? Gall Allen.
Miss Dobbs ? Joyce Biser.
Stake-^Manager ? Billy Briggs.
Production secretary ? fehirley
Falls.
"Trista"
i Trista ? Jean Lynch.
Eph ? Bill Amos.
Kezzie ? Joyce Falls.
Gaffer? Charles Blanton.
Dr. Trask ? Demauth Blanton.
Production -secretary ? Peggy
Mauney.
Head of Property ? Jeanne " Hall
man.
"Not Wantsd ? Another Woman"
Pamela ? Pat Neisler.
Evelyn ? Jean Cash.
Susan ? Barbara Gault.
Jqlie ? Pat Jolly.
Peggy ? Linda Baity.
Donald ? Kenneth. Roberts.
Father ? Don Ellison.
Production secretary ? Shirley
Arthur.
General Stage Manager ? Jack
Ruth.
, The third play is an original plav
| written by Miss Teague, the high
school drahiatics teacher.
Miss Teague stated that the three
plays will be judged and the win
ning play will be presented at the
Deama Festival at the University
of North Carolina, March 23 and 24.
Casts of the other plays will go to
Chapel Hill as make-up and sttage
PRESCRIPTION
SERVICE
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' accurately At reasonable
prices with the confidence
of your physician.
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Offices Moved To The
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. Friday? 2 P. M. until 5 P. M.
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rowers.
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ASSOCIATION
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