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' ? V?' The Kings Mountain Herald Established 1889 Jl weekly DtWipapa devoted to the promotion of the general welfare and published for the enlightenment entertainment and benefit of the dtisens of Kings Mountain and its vicinity, published every Friday by the Herald Publishing Rouse, Entered as second clan matter at the postoffice at Kings Moun tain. N. CH under Act of Congress of March 3. 1873. Martin Bannon Editor -Publisher Phaales T. Carpenter. J r Sport*. Circulation. Mews Mrs. P. D. Horn don Society Editor Telephones: Society 167. Other 283 SUMCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE lit ADVANCE | One year .... Hlx months .. Three months S240 *1.10 AO TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE For the commandment is a lamp; and the law iv light? and re* proofs of instruction are way of life. Proverbs 6:34. A Nervy Guy There is considerable evi dence available that Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson is one of the nerviest gentlemen -of recent years to serve in a Presidential Cabinet, and that he is certainly the nerviest -since Harold Ickes left the Cab inet. His actions in the past two weeks, in taking the economy minded wing of the Congress at their collective word, first, by cutting down on the defense establishment, and. second, in his pointed suggestion that the nation be saved the expense of sending Congressmen on ex pense-paid junkets to Europe have been something new in national affairs where the vast majority of executives appear to have adopted the spend-and spend-some-more policy as ab solutely unalterable. Both moves by Secretary Johnson caused some wailing and gnashing of teet;h. and it may be that the latter effort of the Secretary to save the tax payers' money, may prove abor tive. The Congressmen are quite human, and. though many of them like to talk about economy and think they really mean it, they take a dif ferent attitude when someone tries to put the economy shoe on their particular feet. > Needless to say. Secretary Johnson has the support of the populace in his efforts to elim inate waste in the defense es tablishment. And most will agree that the nation needs more men of his stripe in the governmental agencies. The Beth-Ware Community Fair opens next Thursday for its second year, and it should t>e a better one than the first, which was delayed due to last year's polio epidemic. Our guess is that the fair will be a successful one from all stand points, including agricultural exhibits, attendance, financial return to the sponsoring organ ization, enjoyment for the youngsters and older folk too. Byron keeter is receiving, and deservedly, the congratu lations of the community, as well as his Kiwanis brethren throughout the surrounding area, on his election as Kiwan is Jieutenant governor for the first district. This is an impor tant -post in the Kiwanis or ganization, and Mr. Keeter will be able to handle his new du ties in most acceptable fash ion." The city .board informally discussed traffic problems last week, and, of course, there are plenty of them. Many of the city's streets are narrow and the twin problems of heavy traffic and parking make the traffic situations dangerous. Efforts are going to be made to improve the situations in sev eral places, it was indicated. A Good Record The Kings Mountain Nation al Guard company made an ex cellent record at the recent two-week encampment at Fort Jackson, S. S. The men of the company came home with hon ors, and many of them ? 23 in all ? were raw recruits. The National Guard is an im portant segment of the nation al defense set-up. It is regarded as the second line of defense immediately behind the regu lar army. The importance of the Na-' tional Guard can be easily re membered in the dark days of December 1941. . . That the Kings Mountain company made such a good re cord in the Fort Jackson en-j campment is a tribute to Capt.l Humes Houston, himself offici-J ally honored, and to the other1 officers and men of the unit. I While it is as yet not^sure at all that the state will build a cement plant, City Engineer J. S. Evans' repoit that Kings Mountain's chances appear as good as any other locality! comes in the classification of good news. The city adminis tration is to be commended for its efforts alohg this line. With out a Chamber of Commerce, it frequently falls the business of* the city to do some work that a Chamber of Commerce would < customarily do. . Our congratulations to Tnm-j my Baker for his excellent! showing in the Ihternational , Plane contests at Detroit. To the average layman, it is in conceivable that a little plane could move through the air at 144.83 miles per hour, but that is the figure Baker's jet model ship attained in setting a world record. He also captured i another first place in control! line flying, Class A. His ablli* ties in the field of model plane1 building have brought much favorable publicity, not only to himself, but to this community as well. ? The T-B X-Ray unit will set up in Kings Mountain at the Phenix mill on its next visit here, and this will be the first of visits to the various indus trial areas. The idea is to take the unit as close to the people as possible, in order that every one will get a free X-Ray with a minimum of trouble. The persistence of Paul Rob eson in giving concerts which eause rioting is typical of the Communist line of thinking. They are the first to call for help guaranteed them under the laws of this country. At the same time Governor Dewey of New York had no choice but to order all police protection a vailable to insure the concert's going on as scheduled, regard less of what he thinks of Com munist Robeson. _ vrnnc n GO Items of wtwi taken from the TO i Sic w r p V 1939 01 ** Kln95 *ottn ||J THIS WEEKtah, Herald. Nan Jean, the five year-old dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Gantt, of North Piedmont avenue will leave Saturday morning for Hollywood, Calif., where she will interview Hal .Roach, manager of Our Gang Com edies. Little Miss Gantt will be ac companied by her mother and Mr. Kenneth Stanbaygh, head of the Southern Cinema Corporation. Mr. Biliie Weir, popular young man of Kings Mountain, has accept rd a position with Belk's Depart ment Store and has already started work. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Mrs. Giles Cornwel enilertained at a lovely party at her home on Basj Mountain street last Wednes day evening honoring Mrs Bruce McDantel, nee Miss Elizabeth Har ris, a jecent bride. Mrs T. P. McGill and Miss Ella Harmon were hostesses at a lovely tea at the Woman's Club Tuesday afternoon, complin"/- />ting Mr* Earl McGill, nee Miss EHzabefh Cooksey. daughter-in-law and niece-ln law of the hostesses. martin's medicine By Martin Harmon (Containing bit* of news, wis dom, humor, and comm int. To b? taken weekly. Avoid over dosage.) Paging Beau Braminels Some philosopher said one time there is nothing new under the sun. and aiaybe there isn't, but ! feel It real unfortunate that Lord Chesterfield (no reference to Lord Arthui Godfrey Cheeterfield or Lord Grady Cole Chesterfield), or some of the other well-dxeesed men of history couldn't be around here now. for they would be most certain to take great interest in a local promotion. It may not be now. but it's the first time I've heard of It out of Hollywood or off the college campus. p-b-b 1 refer, of course, to the "Best Dreesed Man" contosts Saunders' Men's Shop Is running. This is a new wrinkle which should prove most interesting as to (1) Interest gnd (2) outcome. p-b.b Before this column gets down the line any further, the medici nal author feels it necessary to state that he does not consider himself a candidate for this office, which Is by way of clearing the atmosphere and is sure to take the sbain off those who expect to se riously compete for the title. 1 p-b-b Naturally the Saunders' Men's Shop management. Big Dare and Little Dare, was interested in ad vance as to what reaction such a contest would elicit. My guess was that most men would shrug it off < and laugh but still be secretly tic- | kled if they picked up as many as i two votes in the balloting. As a lit- - tie personal advertising in the pro position, and though not expecting any great amount of business from it, I would nevertheless like to note that the Herald's job print ing department can turn out de- I luxe campaign cards, circulars, I I and other tools of the candidate's j ! trade. Should any need this ser vice, just let us know. ? p-b-b ' I Speaking of Interest in th? best dressed- man proposition, I also suspect that the contest will hare rather wide appeal among the la dies of the populace. Wives, and sweethearts, too. are noted for thinking their spouses and pros pective spouses are "Just wonder ful." though this statement some times appears to apply more to the latter. Still, there are few who aro not aware that a wile is per- . fectly capable of raking hen hus band over the coals with unusual and copious dashes of vitriol, yet I in the next second will defend him Just as staunchly against an outside assault. Incidentally, I am { not complaining about this ar rangement at all. for I have come j to the conclusion that most men are over-grown boys anyhow and never out-grow the need lor cor rection. Naturally, all these feel ings are purely objective on my part and to borrow the Hollywood bromide, any reference to persons living or deceased is purely coin cidental. p-bJ) In a way. this contest is a little bit unfair to the men over 30. Somehow the male figure begins to lose its athletic proportions and begins to adopt certain barrel shape qualities, and. as any wo man can tell you, it takes some natural equipment to show clothes at their best. It reminds of the comment a chap made the other day about the vocation ad vertisements for the beaches of the nation. They show a modem ' replica of Adonis and Venus (the modem version nses arms on Ve nus) cavorting on the beach. They look SO wonderful. Then you hit I the beach and Adonis and Venus an hard to find. Unless you carry ? I a full-length mirror along. p-b-b Getting back to the interest from-men angle in this contest business, it will be noted that I Esquire, which specialises in tell ing the males of the nation what they should wear, still enjoys a good circulation. And to my r knowledge, I've never seen a wo man buying one at the news- | stands. This should prove that i men are clothes conscious and. though they don't like to admit it, ; do take some measure of pride iu the way they dress. p-b-b 1 can think of several probable winners, but there's no use to get the medicinal department involv ed in politics when if s supposed to be an off season. p-b-b The Saunders' gentlemen will be satisfied if the patrons practice that old political axiom. "Vote early and vote often." The beauti ful part about this particular bal loting is that voting early and oft en is strictly legal. The number of chicks produced by North Carolina commercial hat cheries In 'July was 33 per cent more than the total produced during July 1948. . During the fiscal year ended June 30. North Carolina farmers used 1, 734,823 tons of commercial ferjilizer. Cora Fertilization Subject Of Bulletin Bulletin 'No. 366, "Fertilise Corn for Higher Yields," which presents all research findings to date on the most effective methods of fertiliz ing corn in this State, has just been published by the North Carolina Ag ricultural Experiment Station, and copies are available on request. | The 52- page bulletin was prepar- J ed by Dr. B. A. Krantz, research pro- i fessor of agronomy at State College and soil scientist in the division of soil management and Irrigation, Bu reau of Plant Industry, Soil, and Agricultural Engineering U. S. De partment of Agriculture. It is illus trated wit^ numerous color photo graphs, charts, and slides. Krantz relates in detail the results j of a research program started In-' 1943 to determine how to fertilize! corn most effectively when good I hybrids are used along with good i cultural practices His most impor tant conclusion was that nitrogen is I the most limiting factor in corn pro- 1 auction in North Carolina. It was found that corn yields increased -a- j bout one bushel for each two pounds of nitrogen applied within the range of response to nitrogen, j In 1947, one acre not treated with j nitrogen produced only 19.1 bushels | of corn while an adjoining acre which received 180 pounds of nitro gen produced 120.9 bushels of corn. 'The lowest cost of production per bushel and the greatest profit per ' acre were obtained where nitrogen > was applied at the rate of 120 ; pounds per acre with adequate phos | phorous and potash," Krantz says. I The color photographs, made by Dr. L. S. Bennett, are used tc -Illus trate the symptoms of nitrogen de ficiency in corn Charts prepared by Miss Ruth Gray show the yields ob tained with various methods of fer tilization. Dr. R. W. Cummings, associate di rector of the Experiment Station, discusses the importance of the corn research program in a brief fore word. A bibliography containing 20 references and a series, of 12 tables are also included in the publication, copies of which may be obtained free from the local county agent or by writing to the Agricultural Edi tor, State College Station, Raleigh. Missourian Joins Extension StaH Appointment of George D. Jones as extension entomologist at State College was announced this week by Dr. Z. P. Metcalf, head of the Coh elge's 'Department of Entomology. 'Jones has been extension entomo logist for the Missouri University College of Agriculture for the past 19 years. He succeeds James T. Con ner, Jr., who resigrted several mon ths ago to enter private business. During World War II Jones was in charge of Missouri's lease- land and rat control programs, as well as the battles against insects attacking' crops, gardens, and stored grains. He introduced DDT and other new .sprays for fly control, turning them i to good account for relief of live- J stock and the protection of human hefcrth. | Jones was identified also with State-wide campaigns to check j grasshopper invasions. He earned his master's degree whh a graduate study of grasshopper outbreaks in i Missouri. He is a frequent contribu- j tor to the American Journal of Eco- j nomics Entomology. Hie next extension entomologist served in Wo;W War II as a captaiir ' In the Sanitary Corps of the U. S. A r my Medical Department. His 33 months of service included tours of duty at Tori Bragg and Washing ton, D. C. Dr. James S. Bailey OPTOMETRIST anamination, Diagnosis, Glasses Fitted ?' Office open each Friday 10 A. M. to 5 P. 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