The Kings Mountain Herald
Established 1889
A weekly newspaper devoted to the promotion of the general welfare and published
for the enlightenment, entertainment and benefit or the citizen* of Kings Mountain
and its vicinity* published every Friday by the Herald Publishing House.
Entered as second cIms matter at the postoffice at xClngs Mountain, N. C., under Act
of Congress of March 3, 1873.
Editorial Department
Martin Harmon '. Editor-Publisher
Charles T. Carpenter, Jr. Sports, Circulation, News
Mrs. P. D. Herndon Society
Me#vanlcal Department
Eugene Matthews Horace Walker Ivan Weaver*
Paul Jackson Charles Odepia
(??Member of Armed Forces)
TCjjgpnQggg, 167; Other. 283 71
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TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE
Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
14:1.
School Needs .
Much interest should have been elici
ted locally by the publication of the 13
point legislative program of the United
Forces for Education, and for several
reasons.
Principally, schools are th<? means
whereby the level of education is raised,
' with general benefits not only to the
students, but to the populace. On a per
? sonal basis, parents and grandparents
should be interested in better means of
education for their children and grand
children.
' The Herald would regard several of
the points in the program as very im
portant, including (1) funds for employ
ment of truant officers, (2) reduction of
the teacher load to 30 pupils per class
room, and (3) provision of sick leave for
teachers.
Though it is theoretically possible for
principals and superintendents to handle
truancy matters through local authori
ties, both the schoolmen and the police
men are too sufficiently tied up with
other matters to give needed attention
to the truancy problem. And the truan
cy problem exists in families most need
ful of improvement in educational level.
Most citizens will agree that 30 stu
dents should be a maximum load for
teachers, particularly in the elementary
and grammar grade levels, and most
businesses provide some measure of sick
leave for their employees. Why not for
school teachers too?
On the matter of salaries, it is rather
obvious that the requested $2,400 ? $3,
000 pay scale cannot be provided with
out increasing taxes, and even the
strong supporters of this pay scale will
admit privately that, viewing the tem
per of the 1951 General Assembly, they
merely hope for continuance of the $2,?
200-$3,100 scale. The latter is little
enough to provide, and any effort to re
trogress to lower levels should be stern
ly opposed by all citizens.
The Road Matter
As in all disagreements, there are
bound to be many side issues to becloud
the principal argument.
Thus the current struggle between
Governor Scott and some members of
the legislature over the bill to increase
the share of the cities in the state's gas
oline tax revenue has many side aven
ues of approach.
From published reports of the past
several months, it would seem that Gov
ernor Scott was quite correct in charg
ing the. North Carolina League of Muni
cipalities with "running out on its agree
ment," for the League's representatives
had agreed to support the program of
the governor and highway department,
which would balance off the additional
money to the cities with more tax,
The Herald is hopeful that the Powell
bill, which will raise the road fund to be
shared in by the cities to five million,
without any increase in taxes, will be
enacted.
For several years, long before Mr.
Scott thought publicly about running
for governor, the Herald editorialized
frequently concerning the need for more
revenue for streets by the municipali
ties, pointing out that plenty of revenue
produeing gasoline is burned on city
streets. None of that revenue pays any
cost of those particular streets.
The development of two years ago,
when the state voted the $200 million
rural roads issue, meant that city dwell
ers and business firms would pay, via
the tax increase, the biggest share of the
, cost of these rural roads.
It would seem quite fair to increase
the city dwellers' share of the gasoline
tax take.
Our congratulations to T. W. Grayson,
who has been elected president of the
Kings Mountain Merchants Association
for the coming year.
Draft Information
Public notice has been given to a re
cent resolution by the Marshville Amer
ican Legion post, demanding that rec
ords of draft rejections and deferments
be made public.
Comments by the Legion member
who introduced the resolution were ra
ther strong. He openly charged that
'high rejection rates and obvious cases
of unjustified deferments and improper
classification is making it necessary that
correctional steps be taken."
The Herald assumes that the motiva
ting force behind the resolution w1as a
local situation, and is happy to com
ment that, thus far, the actions of the
Cleveland County board have been ra
ther strictly by the book. In other words,
when a registrant's number comes up in
Cleveland County, he is sent to Char
lotte for a pre-induction physical exam
ination. If he passes, he is inducted. This,
- incidentally, is the only policy that will
work.
However, the Herald would second the
motion of the Marshville post, and, in
fact, has discussed the matter privately
with officials of the Cleveland board. As
was done in World War II, the local
boards should publish regular lists of
draft classifications. It is public work,
therefore should be public information.
And, obviously, parents of young men
entering the service have the right to
know why the neighbor's boy across the
street hasn't entered the service. Many
times the lack of knowledge gives rise
to mean, behind-the-back questioning
which does a disservice to the registrant
rejected.
Of course, the big troubles with se
lective service are seldom the local
hoards. They arise from the constant
changing of regulation out of Washing
ton, a result of constant pressu* ng from
this group and that group.
The most recent foolish announcement
from national selective service head
quarters concerned urgings to graduat
ing college students to obtain "essential"
work. At the time, the local boards had
not been informed that any work was
"essential," as it undoubtedly could not
be for young men just graduating from
college. While they might qualify on the
basis of knowledge, they could not, it
seems, on the most important basis of
experience.
Regardless of the supposed or actual
grounds for disagreement between the
Executive Board of the Woman's Club
and Mrs. I. Ben Goforth, Sr., who former
ly served the civfc club dinners at the
Woman's Club, it would appear that the
Woman's Club Executive Board made a
rather serious financial mistake in their
expulsion action, having tossed out the
winwod some $550 to $600 annually in
rental revenue alone. The action must be
characterized as hasty and improper at
tie very least, and it came as a consid
erable surprise to the civic clubs involv
ed. If the purpose Of the Woman's Club
Executive Board was to obtain addition
al revenue, the board completely missed
its mark. As sometime happens, it would
appear, personal feelings got involved
with the business at hand, seldom pro
ductive of desired results.
Annual February special services be
gin Sunday at First Presbyterian chur
ch. For the past several years, this chur
ch has brought to the community each
February an outstanding minister, and,
if reports are any indication, this year
will be no exception. The accomplish
ments of Dr. B. Frank Hall indicate that
all would do well to hear his messages
next week.
Make a donation this week to the Boy
Scout Fund drive. It would be amiss to
fail to note the fact that the Boy Scout
fund quota has not been hit bv infla
tion. The amount asked is $2,000, same
total asked last year and the year be
fore. It is all the more reason that the
quota shou'd be reached.
10
YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK
Items of news taken from the 1941 files of the
Kings Mountain Herald.
Twenty-five Kings Mountain
Boy Scouts, acting as good -will
couriers relayed a message yes
terday afternoon from Mayor
Pro -Tern Tom Fulton of Kings
Mountain to Yates McSwain,
Mayor Pro -Tern of Shelby.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
The wedding of J. L. Settlemyre,
Jr., and Miss Ora Louise Suggs
was solemnized at Bethsia Meth
odlst church in Gaston County
Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
I Mrs. Harry Warren entertained
members of her bridge club and
a number of invited guests . at
"Pine Knot" Tuesday night.
Miss Marjorle Hord honored
her mother with ? delightful
birthday party at her home last
Saturday afternoon from three
to five o'clock. The members of
the T. E. L. class were her moth
er's guests.
Miss Mary Helen Hambright
has entered Stephens College
in Columbia, Mo.
v., ?4sL' h '?&/ 1 ? ? v. WemSf
martin's
medicine
?y Martin Harmon
(Containing bits of news. wis
be taken weekly. Avoid
" over-dosage.) > .
February Notes
Metes Fun: A couple ol w*k?
ago. a goodly numtsr of Kings
Mountain dttwi received by
their fenrorito poetoffice neat
little postal cards with a per
sonal invitation. Written In
something akin to formal stylo,
the ' message instructed the
honored recipients to pay a vis
it to City Hall and leave one
dollar for each card received.
In lieu of being cited to court
under charges of parking me
ter violations. \
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No loss than 87 of these cards
were posted, but hardly that
many individuals were Invol
ved. as some received several
invitations. Grady Howard, for
instance, the Metropolitan In
surance man, was blessed with
six, and there were several who
received a trio or a pair.
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The medicinal department of
course, one of the city's best
parking meter customers (both
in the fine and regular fee
categories) had to be in the act.
too, and rated two invitations.
One was dated as far back as
October, another in the furious
busy days of December. Doing
a little figuring 1 recalled that
one was csedltable to a defec
tive meter, while the other was
credited to an over-long conver
sation with Byron Kseter. But I
had missed my chance on the
defective meter excuse, which
should have been handled at
once. There was an interesting
money-saving process of rea
soning. such as. "They won't
mally cite anybody to court."
But there followed a second
and more-intereating thought.
The absolute minimum costs of
court which the Honorable Re
corder assesses is $8.60 and this
can easily go up the ladder.
Thus it became quickly appar
ent that the proper course was
to pay off and quickly.
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The paying off process was
1 not a lonesome one. Colfman
Buck Pressley and Neighbor
Harry Page preceded me. I
shouldn't tell this on Harry, but
he was muttering something
about he'd never received a
ticket and it was bound to be
his wife's.
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After glancing over the cul
prit list, 1 felt much better.
Mayor Pro Tempore Hal Ward
was listed, as was former Judge
and City Attorney Ector Har
rill. It was really quite dis
tinguished company.
In
Election Season: Though there
has been no formal action in
the forthcoming city political
season (election day is less
than three months away).
Kings Mountain is not without
Its politic*. Mid-season elec
tions were held at the high
school last Friday, and, as this
is written, they were still tally
ing the rotes. The young folks
did their politicking in a man
ner which would do their eld
ess proud, with placards, hand
bills, and other drum-beatings
designed to get out the rote
and result in a successful cam
paign. There was no shortage of
candidates, and almost all of
them had their campaign man
agers to pull the strings to cor
ral the votes.
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Blackface Repeat: Friday and
Saturday night, the Jaycees
present their "Jaycee Minstrels
of 1951", a new-model show
featuring some of the same
dark faces who delighted au
diences last year. This depart
ment has seen no preview, but
has the word of several parti
cipants that the show will be
an even better one than was
presented in 1950, if that Is pos
sible. Ifs hard to beat a local
talent minstrel for good enter
tainment and most folk are
looking forward' to hearing the
"Darktown Strutters Ball" a
gain. <
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The Weather: The weekend
was a nice one? for the young
folk ? who finally found e
nough snow to play in. It
would have been tragic had the
first cold winter in three pass
ed ? without giving the young
ster* a chance to try their hand
at snow man building, or aim
testing with a well-packed
snowball. But now that WO*>*
had it. rd he quite satisfied if.
.the weatherman would make a
point of disproving the old
Gkou^dhog Day theories. Mr.
Groundhog most definitely saw
his shadow, which would ordi
m id-March. And spooking ol
the weather. I am indebted to
Dfc J. K. Anthony, 1 suspect, for
a copy of the Oasparllla edition
of the Tampa Morning W
hum, under date of February
t. Though principal treatment
city by the bolidaytng pirate*,
the ?tory "Tamp Jumps from
' ?jour*"' rated front-page treat
CROSSWORD ? ? ? By A. C. Gordon
ACROSS
I ? European nation
ft? Land, favorite of
a'chaeologirt* (po*
II ? Historically (amoui
city
1 1? Equal
14 ? "Emerald hie"
15 ? Bone
16 ? Large city formerly
known (or Ks gaiety
' IV ? United India (abbrev.)
19? The British "Z"
22 ? Compel* direction
JJ ? Comparative Miffix
74 ? Japtnew Coin
iS- -Skill
2? ? Command used in
striding team*
IS ? Correlative ol
"neither"
' 30 ? Cognizant
33 ? Public announcement*
JJ? Prdlt denoting "not"
36 ? "No" in Scotland
J> ? Printer s measure
38 ? Greek letter
39 ? Aacend*
40 ? Benda forward
toward*
30 ? Respiratory ailment
57 ? Ancient aun fod
53? To exude
54 ? Spherical body
S3 ? Part of the body
56 ? Prefix daaM^' apl
57? Border
Jl ? Unrefined ikamit
5V ? European Sociology
(abbrrv.)
DOWN
I ? Stat* of the Arctic
region*
t ? Floral emblem of
England
3?? Pert of verb "to be"
4? U. S. "Silver State"
< abbrev >
5 ? Fencing foil
6 ? (Sea eagle
7? Affirmative
8 ? Greek letter
V ? Loyal
31? Part of verb ~*> be" ?
31 ? The thine, fct low
34 ? To taonaii
39? Depeeaaion lade by a
vnlraoii
? I ? Well-known African
region (poaa. )
43? ^Abakan city
44 ? Solemn promise
45? Smalleet particle cf
on element
46 ? The boaa of o ahie4d
47? Water-*urrounded
tract of land
41 ? North American
water body
SI ? Unit of time (abbrev.)
See Ths Want Ad Seethm Fo? This WnTs Completed Pauls
Other Editor's Viewpoints
ACID TEST
(The State)
Under the glass on top o f
desks of my business friends is
.where I find many choice hits of
philosophy that I copy down on
the back of an envelope to be di
gested later or filed away. One
of them Is before me now, and It
reads:.
...He may wear a gre<asy hat
and thrt seat of his trousers may
be sniny, but if his children have
their noses flattened against the
window pane a half hour before
he is due home for supper, you
can trust him with anything you
have.
SCHOOLS FACING CRISIS
(Transylvania Times)
The schools- of the state are
now facing another crisis. This
condition was revealed to the
General Assembly a week ago
when the state board of educa
tion told the legislators:
Unless the suggested budget
is substantially Increased by
the General Assembly. It will
be utterly Impossible to operate
the schools on their present
ImlL
It may be Impossible to
avert a disastrous deterioration
in the state school system . . .
Unless the General Assembly'
substantially Increases (the re
commen d ed appropriations)
the public school line cannot
be held. It will certainly buckle.
The question arises: What will
the legislature do? It might more
properly be asked: What can the
legislature do?
Three courses of action suggest
themselves: First, the legisla
ture mighj tell the school people
that it has no more money for
them and that they would have
to do the best they can on the a
moupt budgeted. It might be ar
gued that by saying this the leg
islature would in reality be side
stepping the problem.
In the second place, the legis
lature might divert funds from
other institutions and activities,
which would surely provoke a
storm of protest.
Or the legislature might raise
taxes or impose new ones.
There is known to exist in the
legislature a strong sentiment a
galnst increasing taxes for any
purpose. With the national gov
ernment committed to a course
of prodigal spending, there is i
growing conviction among the
people that state governments
should economize. Called upon to
pay increased taxes, to practice
self-denial and undergo hard
ships Incident to an all-out war
effort, the people are not willing
to support their state government
in the style to which It has been
accustomed. However, we believe
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One lady usert >o throw hor own
dinner to the dog most of the
time. It made her side just to look
fM^towfwol len wm
gas, full of bloat, felt worn-out.
Finally she got CERTA-VIN
and says she now eats everything
m sight and digeeMRSBhetiy.
This is the new medicine that it
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misearble people soon feel dif
' mt> on
offering. Get CERTA-Vm
*a??s Mountain Drug C*.
that if it Is a choice -between
having their schools deteriorate
or pay more taxes, the people
would without hesitation choose
the latter alternative.
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V
CAROLINA
Easter is March 25th this ysar.
Yes, there la plenty for all, of work and
play, that goes to make North Carolina a grand
place to live, and, for refreshing relaxation any
time, most of us Can enjoy a temperate glass ,
of beer? sold under our ABC system of legal
control that is workipg so well.
. North Carolina Division
UNITED STATES BREWERS FOUNDATION, INC.
All of our golf courses begin
to get extra workouts with
.Pinehurst holding a tour
nament on March 30th?
proceeded by an early
spring horse show on the
2Sth. March, of course, is the
month for early planting of
tobacco seed beds- as if you
didn't know? also white beans,
watermelons.
Did you know the cotton gin was patented
March 14, 1794?
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Don't miss the
Azalea Festival this
year? Wilmington March
31- April Z. Many people come from faraway
parts of the country to. visit? yet it's right
here at hom* for all of us. Remember fishing
picks up on the coast in March? Spring is
getting an early start and it's good to bo
alive in North Carolina.
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