The Kings Mountain Herald
Established 1889
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TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE
Watch ye and pray, lest ye ester into temptation. The spirit
truly is ready, but the tlesb is weak. St. Mark 14:38. ?
A Hard fob
Wayne Ware and Tom Corn
well, who have been named by
Highway Commissioner Joe
Graham as an advisory roads
commission for Cleveland
County's $2,766,000 rural road
building. program, have a hard
job tend our guess is that they
recognize it as such.
It is plain human nature for
most folks to think the road
going by their house is the
road that should be paved,
even though they recognize
the fact that there isjnsuffi
cient money to pave all the
county roads.
As the Herald -understands,
it, it will be the duty of this ad
visory group to recommend to
Commissioner Graham the
roads to be hard-surfaced or
otherwise improved, though, of
course, he will have final say
so on the roads selected.
Kings Mountain's represen
tative, Mr. Ware, is fortunate
in one particular respect in
that he already lives on a pav
ed road and there can be no ac
cusations concerning his "put
ting a road by his house."
Mr. Ware was active in the
campaign which sent Gover
nor Scott on the way to the
Governor's mansion, and was
a leader in the successful road
bond campaign which Cleve
land County supported by a
majority of two to one.
Both Mr. Ware' and Mr. Corn
well have a reputation for fair'
mindedrtess which will stand
them in good stead in the ca
pacities to which they have
been appointed."
Decision of the Kiwanis and
L.ions clubs to jointly sponsor
this year's horse show should
piove a good one. It assures
continuance of an interesting
annual 'event, and possibility
ol its being presented in the
future in more or less pioximi
ty to the anniversary of" the
Battle of Kings Mountain may
be the beginning of an annual
event which will lead, some
day, to a large annual celebra
tion. The Battle of Kings Moun
tain is an asset which the com
munity has largely ignored.
The membership of the joint
planning committee virtually
assures another successful
Kings Mountain Horse Show.
A best bow to Craftspun
Yarns, Inc., for this plant's
safety record for 1948. Industry
is now much more c onscious of
safety problems- than ever tie
fore, with a growing realiza
t'u?n that Joss-time accidents
in many instances t*e pre
vented. breeds happier er'i
f>. over-employee relations, and
sa es money for aW c o- cerned.
Had .'he rm"e-o*v ners of 5 he h?*
t.on been more safety-cons*.
ot> ;? possible 3 or n L-. Lew
is would not have. ' ad tne ral
lying cry which has made him
a dictator in the mine-labor
liejd.
Owr congratulations to Cline
Barber, who has bee a elected
commander of the local VFW
post.
Governor Ehringhaus |
Though he had not been in
the best of health in recent
years, the death of former
Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus
came as something of a shock
to the people of North Carolina.
While North Carolinians may
not remember Governor Eh
ringhaus as one of the . state's
most popular governor's, they
should remember him as one of
it's best administrators, a man
of force and action and nerve,
who assumed office in the criti-.
cal deDression year of 1933.
Governor Ehringhaus found ]
the schools in North Carolina
in danger of closing, and sup
ported the sales tax as the les
ser of the two evils. He found
a nearly-bankrupt state, but
closed out his administration
with a surplus.
After leaving the Governor's
mansion, he chose to re-enter
private practice, rather than to
pursue a career in politics.
North Carolina is in the debt
of J. C. B. Ehringhaus, for four
years of excellent service.
Power Troubles
Power difficulties in the bus
iness area have been reported
intermittently for the past sev
eral years. One Christmas sea
son not too . long ago, over
loaded transformers blew to
plunge the business area in
darkness. More recently there
was some question as to whe
ther the transformers would
"take" the Christmas lights,
and last week several firms re
orted insufficient power to
andle their new electrical ad
ditions.
The city electrical xlepart
ment was busy over the week
end completing installation of
a new and larger power line
from the Duke sub-station, and
the city hopes this will allevi
ate the immediate situation.
However, it points to a need
for a well-planned and com
plete renovation of the electri- \
cal system. The danger signs
having already been in eviden
ce, it is possible the city mi$ht
soon find itself in the position
of Shelby last year, which had
to re-vamp, at one fell swoop,
its power distribution system.
It took a lot of nerve, but the
Shelby governing body more
than doubled the tax rate to de
fray the costs, on a pay-as-you
go basis.
An earlier start on solving
the problem here might pre
clude such drastic action.
At any rate, the city should >
not be reluctant in digging in
to the matter, for the profits
from the city's power distribu
tor system are considerable.
When the city cannot provides
proper service, it is dealing un
fairly with its power custom- .
A best bow to Hilton Ruth,
w r. o r as been appointed mana- ?
ger'of Zone District 31-A, of
the Lions, club organization.!
This recognition could not.
have come to a man more civic?- j
conscious than Mr. Ruth, for;
he has long been identified
with the civic and service work I
of the community.
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V p ROC r r A Items of news taken from the
i H?s w e c ae """
"W. K. Mauney, Jr , fallowing in and invited guests last Wednesday
fhe footsteps of his pioneering afternoon.
Kranldfather, and "hi* manulaitur- Mrs. E. B. Elierbe and Mrs. W. T.
ing father, making his dual cross- Welt were hostesses at a tea at the
fcearer, announced t? the HeraP ?e* home ol tlie latter on lam Friday
porter, with obvious prMe, that his afternoon complimenting Mr*. Luth
Jrosiery piant turned out the first er Caneler, who before her marriage
do?fn of socks ever made in Kings
.Mountain leunt week
social Jun> prasc^AL
in June waa Mia* Marion Elizabeth
M^n>*y ot Kings Mountain; and
Richmond, Va.
Mis* Octatvia Crawford has return
Mrs Harold Crawford wa? hostess ed from a three week* stay in New
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-to member of the Home Arts Club 1 York City.
?artin's medicine
(Containing bits of nsws. wis
dom. humor, cmd comment To b* |
taken mtklf. Avoid over
dosage.)
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Ten Years Agp
Ho. this piece isn't in th? wrong
place. The nfuloi 10-Years Ago
department appears in its regular;
place at the bottom corner, left
?We of this page. The meaicinal
column is merely stealing a title
and an idea. >
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Today's subject has been on the
medicinal drawing board lor some
several months, i! not years, and
was figured to be a good one. fen
who doesn't enjoy looking back
into bygone days? I have come to
the conclusion that the reason most
folk enjoy reminiscing as much as
they do is because they remember
the pleapant happenings and hare
a tendency to forget the unpleas
ant ones, and this is as it should
be. People hare a tendency to look
into the future with optimism,
too. Both are happy circumstances.
Not-too-careful reading of the
daily newspapers will ratheq well
ptcve that those who brood over
the past and see only dark clouds
in the future are those who wind
op Jumping out of hotel windows,
shooting themselves with pistole
and shotguns, on otherwise Join
ing the ranks of suicides.
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One of the functions of the 10
Years Ago department U to help
out this pleasant reminiscing. The
cule of this department is to ob
tain only pleasant items from the
past. For instpnce. little of the
news comes from the court doc
kets of 10 year* ago. gnd there is
special effort to avoid mention of
social affairs (mainly weddings)
which have, in the ensuing time,
had unpleasant endings. The edi
tor of that department also tries
to avoid mention of persons who
have died during the intervening
time. Of course, there have been
occasional busts, but they have
been at a minimum (we hope.)
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To tell the truth, we'd like
run a column of 15 or 20 years
prior too. but unfortunately there's
a skip in the files from 1905
through 1934. which made the 10
years ago column a physical nec
essity.
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1 suppose 1 am far enough down
the page by now to confess to the
localised impetus for today's
piece, last week's decode-ago
notes crashed by the medicine
man by virtue of a weekend visit
at home from duties as co-editor
of the Blowing Rocket, a summer
weekly printed at Blowing Rock,
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It was a most interesting and
experienced-filled summer and
much has gone by the boards
since that time. As the Lucky
Strike hit parade, now doing a
Sunday night reminiscing series,
might report. "It was 1939 . . .
Europe was seething with Hit
ler's armies doing a lot of sabre
rattling and heel-clicking . . . H.
V. Kaltenborn was must-listening
on the radio to keep up with Euro
pean developments and Roosevelt
was in his second term . . . But
^"etica for the most part, was
happy, with business on the up
turn . . . still retail merchants were
offering jsheer summer dresses oa
sale at 79 cents, and a three
pound can of Spry would cost you
57 cents . . . one of the leading
song hits that America was sing
ing was 'Wishing*
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My co-partner at Blowing Bock
was au unusual personality, ten j
years my senior, named George
Laycock. who had cdready been a
district manager for Buick. taken
one trip to England and Europe
and another trip plumb around
the world. It was a good thing
George was along. ! suspect in re
trospect. for our remuneration
from the summer social publica
tion was S7.50 each per week, plus
a split of 15 percent of the adver
tising. gross. George was a good
salesman and we broke all pre
vious records for the paper, earn
ing for ourselves an unheard-of
average weekly salary of around
322. Board and room claimed half
of it (which was a steal for Blow
ing Bock), and 1 am still amazed
that my father showed only a net
loss of 355 on his son's summer
employment. The press rated
passes to the theatre, the regular
hotel dances and to almost every
thing else which carried an ad
mission fee and this helped mater
ially. In addition, the publisher
furnished us a press car (which
George named "Aunt Co- a" after
a balky relative of hi*), but there
was some question as to whethfi
this was an asset or liability. An
old Dodge, the hydraulic brakes
were very questionable, and the
motor ate oil like gas. One dorr
we'd buy brake fluid, the next day
oiL But we did right much navi
gating in "Aunt COrc* ex* I s*wU
always have a soft spot in my
heart for her.
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To round out the stosy on Part
ner George, he took a Job as treas
of the Episcopal dieose. ?f
medbytfcs Japs
lived through it
?hew foe th* y mi* ol kundship
then a tew flacks of ?ray hair.
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George's ton years ot excite
meat. flux, change and 'unusual
situations ban boon pretty typi
cal of many who happened to ho
born on time to hit the war years
In active status. Tor many, the
past decade was one they would j
not hare missed for anything, but '
wouldn't repeat for a million dal
les* ...
Hog Profits Bring
Oh Burner Money
"That's the easiest /noney 1 ever
made," commented O. W. Jones, Ne
gro farmer ol Route 1. Oak City,
when he received a $502 check for
13 shoats which he sold recently.
After paying for the feed, Jon,es
had enough money left to buy a set
of oil burners for his tobaico barns.
"Now," he says, "after a hard day's
work in the field I can sleep at night
while my tobacco Is curing."
According to R. M. Edwards, Mar
tin County Negro farm agent for the
State College Extension Service, Jo
nes is also a godd crop farmer. HLs
1949 cotton crop is as good as any
in that section of the state, and U is
possible that he may set a new coun
ty record in cotton production. He
has four acres of Coker 100 Wilt
and has followed recommended prac
tices throughout the season.
Jones 'has dusted his cotton crop
frequently for insect control. 'Just
before the first dusting about 15
per cent of the squares examined
showed boll weevil infestation. A
recent check showed only 4 percent
infestation.
:W. H. Rogers, a Negro farmer of
2, Wiliiamston, also has an out
standing cotton crop. He is grow
ing three acres of Coker 100 Wilt.
New Hunting Licenses
Go On Sale August 1
The 1949-1950 hunting licenses,
combination hunting and fishing li*
censes, and trapping licenses went
on sale Monday, according to Clpde
P. Patton, eExecutive Director of the
Wildlife Resources Commission. The
licenses may be purchased from
sporting goods dealers and other
authorized agents throughout the
state as well as from local game
protectors.
State-wide hunting licenses sell
for $3.10, combination hunting and
fishing licenses for $4.10, and county
licenses to hunt sell for $1.10. Non
resident licenses to hunt sell for
$15.75. State- wide trappers license
sell-for $3.10 and county trappers li
censes sell for $1.10.
An effort is being made to pro
vide each license purchaser with a
copy of the 1949-1950 hunting and
trapping regulations at the time the
licenses are purchased.
Kentucky 31 fescue is proving to
be popular among Wilkes County
farmers, several of whom are pro
ducing seed as a cash crop.
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sciiptkvns promptly and
accurately at reasonable
prices with the confidence
of yoar physician.
Kings Mountain
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GUERNSEY Milk fair reel tn
Agy-apptal! 'ITjU healthful food
drink h*t were enrrgy-value
than 2&H*. of chicken. That's
talking in term* of health . . .
health for m ny taeenber of yoar
(atnlly who need* extra energy
theee food-oho^tage, hard-work
ing day*. A flavorful bererage
... an e?*ential food . . .
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Archdal? Farms
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