The Kings Mountain Herald
Establish* 1889
A weekly newspaper devoted to the promotion of the general welfare and published
for the enlightenment, entertainment and benefit of the citizens of Kings Mountain
audits vlclty, published every Thursday by the Herald Publishing House.
Entered as second class matter at the postolflce at Kings Mountain. N. G, under Act
of Congress of March 3, 1873
- editoual department
Martin Harmon Editor-Publisher
Charles T. Carpenter, Jr. .............. . , Sports, Circulation, News
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Mrs, Dot Hamm ...................... Advertising, News
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Gas System Financing
Definite conclusion on the question of
the City of Kings Mountain's entrance
into the business of distributing natural
gas must await the receipt and study of
the report of the engineers, though the
advance word is that there exists here
sufficient potential demand for gas to
justify the new utility business.
In turn, gas is supposed to be cheaper
than other fuels. The phrase "supposed
to be" is proper, for proposed rate sche
dules have yet to be examined.
According to a representative of R. S.
Dickson Company, bond dealers and
stock brokers, there will be no trouble
selling revenue bonds to finance the
building of a system. In fact, the repre
sentative says that the Dickson Compa
ny has every intention of buying the
bonds itself.
Long-term, it appears good business
for a city which is already ip the utility
business and which, eventually, must re
gard natural gas as a partial -competitor,
at least, for its electrical distribution
business. <
Short-term, there are the pressing
needs of large expenditures for other
and more basic services, particular sew
age disposal. While revenue bonds do
not pledge the "full faith and credit" of
the. city; none who is sane would want a
city gas system or any other property
foreclosed by its bondholders.
The survey report should be studied
carefully, and, the' Herald presumes, will ??
be by many interested citizens.
;?? Too Optimistic ;;
'-Suggestion by Senators Moody, of
Michigan. nnd Moiironey, of Oklahoma,
that anticipated "normal growth" in
crensoa' in federal fax revenue during
the final coiiple of years of the planned
five-year rearmament program will bal
ance the ovetf-sized budgets seems a tit
tle too optimistic.
Besides, what "about the current big
debt, .which- -.no, Congress seems t'o; worry
about denting? r'". ' ? ^ V
It is true that the post of financing the 1
clebt is in the lower register, but still re
quires about seven cents of each tax dol
lar. And what will happen when money
gets more expensive, as, even now. is a
probable situation?
One recommendation of the senators
? was: Seek additional specific economies,
of which " the average taxpayer will
heartily approve..: ;
The one way to .'effectively cut the
cost of government is to bring out a
sharp ax and slash the out go.
The Korean talks continue to drag,
and opinion is quite divided on what the
policy qf United Nations action should
lu\. even though.. almost all doubt that
any concrete agreement for a truce will
be obtained. Some think the United Na
tions should plan to hold its line "as .is" ?
and establish a sea blockade of China.
Some think the blockade should i>e ac
companied by air bombardment. Gener
ally speaking, the last-rnenti.oned opin
ion, is not. held by families of servicemen
risking their lives in the Korean War.
Patience is not an American trait, and
the long drawn out talks must wear the
U. N. talkers thin, as it does the interest
ed citizens of America and the globe. Yet
patience has been known to pay divi
dends, and the recent reductions in draft
demands by the services, due to decreas
ed casualties in Korea, must be regarded
as sUch a dividend. The motto of the
truce teams should be, "Keep Talking".
New Civil War
Ifrom certain areas of Yankeeland,
particularly in New England, have been
coming sustained wails that the textile
South can out produce the textile North -
at lower cost. Owners of the Northern,
textile mills have complained that
Southern textile employees work harder
for less money, and they have threaten
ed to move South, lock, stock and barrel.
Some, in fact, have done Just that.
Primarily, it appears that much of the
propaganda being turned out by Owners
of northern textile concerns is aimed at
particular state governments with a
view to obtaining reduction in taxes,
and at the unions which, for some years,
have dictated, in h measure, textile
wages in the North.
But the Charlotte Observer last week
noted a new target, which vaised its edi
torial blood pressure virtually to the
pop-off point.
It was the suggestion that govern
ment procurement agencies, mainly ope
rating in the armed forces, grant con
tracts to Northern mills, even at higher
prices than of Southern mills.
It was, of course, enough to make
plenty of blood pressures boil. Such a
policy would be a new form of govern
ment subsidy and one which dtfJes all
the laws of economics, supply and de
mand, comparative advantage, etc.
Unquestionably, the textile manufac
turers of the South, their trade organi
zations, newspapers and others will keep
a firm view on such shenanigans and
will; insist that their representatives in
Congress prevent such an unfair and
foolish, policy.
This newspaper hopes that the city
will not overdo the parking meter busi
ness. Basic reason for installation of the
meters, which get their share of calum
niation, was not to obtain revenue, but
to democratize parking space in overly
crowded sections. Figures on revenue
from parking does provide a key to the
general, tone of business and to the ques
tion of whether more meters are needed.
A recent week's meter, take- was just be
low $140, much less than some peak
weeks,- and indicative that most people
can find up town parking space at al
most any given time. There exists seri
ous doubts that the meters ordored in
stalled On the East side of North Pied
mont avenue are greatly needed at this
particular M>ne.
.. Draw a check this week for the Kings
Mountain District Boy Scouts. This or
ganization, which touches u good pro
portion of the city's youth, has always
operated on a low budget. Bruce Thor
burn and Charlie Connor, co-chairmen
of the fund raising job this year, should
be able to accomplish the task in a mini
mum of time. The Herald believes they,
and their co-workers, will.
Most folk are glad the city didn't com
pletely remove the lid from the limit on
taxi franchises. Cab operation here is
generally at a more business-like and
honorable level now than it was before
th^ city placed a limit some years ago on
the number of franchises it would issue.
Our congratulations to Charles Blan*
ton on his attainments at the University
of North Carolina, where he has recent
ly been elected to the student council,
and tapped for membership in the phar
maceutical fraternity.
10
YEARS AGO Items of newt about Kings Mountain area people and events
THIS WEEK taken from the 1942 files of the Kings Mountain Herald.
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National Boy Scout Week gets
underway In Kings Mountain to
morrow, Friday, February 6th
and continues through the'twel
th.
The receipts f-om postage
stamps according to postmaster
Blakely during January totaled
$1,665.87 which set^ the high
mark for this month.
Social and Personal
-Mrs. Howard Jackson and Miss
Niha Jackson were hostess to
the members of the Junior
Woman's Club for the regular
monthly meeting entertaining at
Mrs. Jackson's home in the
Mauney apartments. ?
A surprise birthday party was
given byy Doris McDaniel at her
home on Myers Street Saturday
afternoon honoring Jimmy Mc
Daniel who was seven years
old.
Mrs. Joe Grimes of Atlanta,
Ga? .returned home Saturday
after a visit with relatives In
Kings Mountain.
?i -i
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Shtrford
of Forest City wece visitors In
Kings Mountain last week.
Jimmy Dickey returned to Ca
tawba Cottage Sunday after
spending the weekend with his
mother and family. <
The Ideal restaurant has been
sold by John Fisher to Mrs. Jim
my Burns. Mrs. Burns assumed
managership of the popular res
taurant Monday .New equipment
Is to be installed and several
Improvements Jo be made,
MARTIN'S
MEDICINE
By Martin Hanson
Ingredients: bits of news,
wisdom, humor, and comment.
Directions: Take weekly, if
possible, but avoid
overdosage.
February Opener
With 1952 more than one
twelfth gone, how are the reso
lutions holding up?
t'O
Here we are, well into Feb>
niary. and time sUll taking off
like a super-sonic jet airplane,
well Into what is sometimes
known as holiday and banquet
month.
i-o
There is Valentine's Day. Lin
coln's Birthday, and Washing
ton s Birthday, and last Satur
d a y w a s Groundhog Day.
though I've never heard of It
being observed as a holiday
except- by Mr. Groundhog.- In
this region of the U. S. A.. Mr.
Lincoln's birthday doesn't eet
much note either.
*-o ?
And this year there is Feb
ruary ?, truly an important
date, since it only occurs every
fourth year. Actually, it is im
portant for other reasons, to
wit, Leap Year, supposedly the
year in which a pretty damsel
both by custom
and feminine notion, to come
tight out and say to her favor
ite swain, "Bud, let's quit
foolln around and get hitched."
In years other than those divisi
ble by four, the maiden is sup
posed to trap her man by more
subtle means. I have had some
reports that a few have jumped
the gun on this Leap Year busi
ness but the reports have, not
been verified. Males of the land
are inclined to the theory that
u,ruary ,s onJy day to
Ww ?uCfl fema'e license ap
plies. Thereby, they feel safe
after taking the long way
around their maids' habitats on
the particular day. However,
they should be advised that
such precaution is insufficient.
The only way to avoid a burn Is
to avoid the practice of playing
with fire. Having been a Leap
Year groom. I ought to know.
f-o
Speaking of holidays; It was
SSTK.OT8 ag? 1,1 an?ther
city that I knew a bank teller
^ was the un?W?cial bank
Jar nafy He kopt a calon
?' al lhe excuses findable
a bank holiday and made it
a point to remind both the offi
ce". Pf nls bank, and of its
neighbors. For - a couple of
years it was plumb hard to
to make a deposit in February,
i ne banks observed 'em all.
f-O
And speaking of banquets,
the Boy Scout folk have al
ready handled theirs, and the
Merchants have one upcoming
My guess is that there will to;
? my* r??ro bofore the month
is past. The womenfolk are the
cause of this heavy run of ban
quets too. (What aren't they
he cause of?) They're always
interested in the decoration
business, and February affords
? for rich coloring
with the red-and-white of Val
entine s Day, p.nd the red whlte
blue of martial decorations.
The cold weather helps too. if
sufficient coal is in the bin. or
the oil tank isn't too low. Lis
ening to a speaker in hot
weather can become mighty un
comfortable. . y ,
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Assistant Postmaster Geprge
Hord tells, me that one month
of business on tw o-cent postal
cards indicates that the business
ain't what it once \Vas. The ten
percent surcharge on purchases
over 49 has had the effect o f
slowing a considerable part of
the mass mailing direct adver-.
tising business Which once went
out on postal card?. It reminds
that some folk who like this
form of getting to their custo
mers are switching to third
class mail, which they can post,
still lor one cent after buying a
permit lee, which I believe is
$10. The rate goes up to 1%
cents July 1, but it will still be
cheaper for a person or firm
which does a lot of nail pro
moting. The postoftice, Inciden
tally, was "caught" with 28,000
of the old one-cent postal cards
and found a lot of licking re
quired to make them new 1952
models.
f-o
Most likely, the end of Feb
fuary will find spring threaten
ing heavily, though there will
be some cold days, as usual. In
March, and perhaps In April
with Easter later this year. But
it makes February ? nice
month with spring en route,
holidays and banquets. r
t
f-s
About the only item un-nlce
about February is that monthly
bills come around quicker. But j
this year, February gives one
additional day of respite.
HMmm ^
(LW* 666
Viewpoints of Other Editors
ACROSS
1-llMtun of area
J? Thinji every politician
7 ? Ore** letter
?? Dry. of win*
1 1 ? Birth Matt of n
Pr Mid cat Herbert
i
11 ? Pronoun
13 ? Partake ol Uqoid
14? Administrative power*
1 5? Printer"! mraturt
16? Compe** direction
11-^ouramiTt tufli
Uoion of ~ "
'?it monarchic*
(abbr.- if. t
1 9 ? One (.1
(atom |
10 ? la civil law, a
marriage portion
11? For iharod
14? A kind of teat vote
17? Jn legltlature, the
liberal party (poat.J
1?? Daah
'H? Prefix denoting ball
31 ? A direction fpott.)
? I? Dull-witted perton
DOWN
1? Uke
1? One who Kovcroa a
? ? KrecTlon
3? Contend* in an election
? ? Propelled a water
vessel
J? Famed Iriah iaeur
rectioniit
6 ? Prophet
' ? A poorly adjuited
10? Initiative body ol oat
of the world-power*
13? Act of putting fraudu
lent rote* into the
ballot box
I# ? Narrow, gravelly ridge
11? Belonging to
13? Slave*
3?? High
It-UM
1 7? Conducted
lt-Ur|e Australian btrd
31 ? Make* tollable
SJ? cvr. name
IS-Motlwt
IT? What politician*
repatedly do wfch mad
during an election
campaign
M-rCovtred with a dome
4 0? Article of feminine
41-ttSJar0
41? To count the votet
43? State of National Ad
mirtlit ration fabbrev )
45? Mtotur* if area
46 ? True Thought
( abbrev. )
4 7 ? Spanish affirmative
49? Perform
Sss The Want Ad Section For This Week's Completed Puxsle
DUKE CALLS A BLUFF
(Raleigh News & Observer)
As might have been expected,
Duke university ignored a threat
by Senator Joe McCarthy to hold
the university "legally account
able" fit it permitted publication
of an impartial factual analysis
of McCarthy's feud with then
State Department by Professor
Hornell Hart of the Duke faculty.
It would, be difficult to con
ceive of a more transparent
threat,, or one more characteristic
of McCarthy than the senator's
letter to President Hollis Edens
of Duke in which McCarthy call
ed the study a repetition of "the
vicious, false and libelous at
tacks which have been levelled
at me by the Daily Worker and
some of the Communist camp
following elements of the press
and radio.'' : v c, ? ;/?
It would also be difficult to
conceive of a stranger target for
the Communist charge than Duke
university. . '? ' ;
The study has. now been pub
lished despite McCarthy's threats
and despite his unwillingness to
supply any corrections he might
have to make; which he was re
quested to do when the prelimi
nary draft was sent to him. '
Joe McCarthy will not sue
Duke university or anyone else.
If. he ever enters a courtroom to
try to prove his outrageous
charges, it will be because he
has been dragged into court. So
far, he has avoided being car
ried to court by making his
charge under cloak of his sena
torial immunity. He will hardly
go to court voluntarily and even
McCarthy might think twice be
fore trying to make the Com
munist lable stick against Duke
university:
Pfc. Bttirie D. Short
At Arizona Base
LUKE AFB, Phoenix, Ariz. ?
Pfc. Barrle Dean Short has re
cently arrived here to begin work
with the L?7th Field Maintenance
Squadron, fie is the. son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ector H. Short of $1(5
King street, Kings Mountain.
Pfc- Short enlisted into the Air
Force in June 1951. He completed
basic training at Sheppard Air
Force Base, Texas. He is a gradu
ate of Kings Mountain high
school.
The product of International
Nickel's new concentrator in the
Sudbury District, Ontario? a bulk
nickel-copper concentrate ? to
pumped to the company's plant
at Copper Cliff through ? 7%
mile pipeline. There are five re
lay pumping stations in this uni
que operation.
racscmraon 1
SERVICE
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W* m cray Poetwi' Pre
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m ilptWm promptly aad
?ocmt?tolT 1 naaoadM*
oricM with tho confidence
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Bags Mountain
Drug Cowpqirf
THE REXALL STORE
Phones 41 ? 81
Can For and Dathrar
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BLOOD. SWEAT AND
TEARS
(Forest City Courier)
England's domestic economy Is
such that it appears Mr. Churchill
will have to persuade his country
men that they are in. lor another
era of blood, sweat .and tears,
"his may be a more difficult task
than it was before when the Bri
tish laced physical danger from
the Germans. If the country sur
vives, however, its people must
be brought to a realization that
solving their problems even with
all ' the help the heavily taxed
American people can give, neces
sitates another such deficatlon of
their resources and their sacri
fices.
One of England's troubles, Un
der the Socialists, was that the
people were led to believe they
could enjoy public service for
which they would not have to
pay. They are finding that these
services do cost money, and the
only place the English govern
ment can get money with which
to pay the bill is from taxation at
home or borrowing from the
United States. British taxes have
already become so burdensome
that the total needs could not be
met by the British people and
hence this country was called on
to help with loans and grants. ?'
Now the American taxpayer is
beginning to buck at high taxes,
a part of which goes to purchase
social benefits for people of other
countries, which he has to pay
out of his private income.
During the past 25 years, some
859 new varieties of field crops
have been developed and made
available to American farmers by
State and Federal agricultural
scientists.
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