The Kings Mountain Heiald
Established 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
and Its vicinity, published every Thursday by the Herald Publishing House
Entered as second class matter at the postofflce at Kings Mountain, N. C., under Act
of Congress of March 3, 1873
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TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE
Say not unto thy neighbor, Go, and conic again, and tomorrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
Proverbs 3:SS.
Voting Business
Registration books opened Saturday
for the forthcoming May 31 primaries,
and, concurrently, the Kings Mountain
Ki\vanis Club launched a promotion urg
ing all citizens to register, to inform
themselves concerning the qualifica
tions of the respective candidates, and,
subsequently, to vote.
There is no great amount of agree
? ment on the definition of democratic vot
ing. Truly, it is a right, a prerogative, a
privilege. Many feel it is also a duty -a
duty to their community, and a duty to
themselves.
Regardless of definition, almost all are
agreed that a regular mfu'ching to the
polls of an. intelligent, informed citizenry
would result in better government at. all
levels. What does a candidate stand for?
Will he stand hitched? -Hoes he represent
special interests? Is he open-minded?
Would In* be unfairly vindictive to those
who honestly opposed him?
These and ether questions should be,
answered to the satisfaction of the voter
before he casts his ballot.
If the Kiwanis Club is successful in
causing a tnorerinformed voting public,
it will' have. rendered ali a, service.
The books are open again on Satur
day. Registering i> thv initial step to vol.
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Shorty Edens
Death came early last week to C. C.
(Shinty) Hdens..- a good man who had
made worthwhile contributions to this
community tor a quartvr oenturv .
lie died .'it "an -early age, as some. ages
go, yet had lived a full lite.
Many people remarked that Shorty
Edens had given' '.more energy, more
time, and hard work to the benefit of
youth of the community than any other,
man they- knew.
It. was ??n .easy statement to support.
His long activitN in the Lions' club, in the
Boy Scout program, in his church, and
as a member of the city school board,
had as its aim the bettering of fhe lot of
young- people.
To those who believe that results a r6
more fruitful from working with
youth, rather than devoting undue time
to mature people. Shorty Edens had
proved his good citizenship many times. ,
Thrash a fni'he.r of sis. he u.is not
sparing with his time tor others..
His, death is a loss tt> Kings M umtain.
Mother's Day
Sunday 'is Mother's Pay.
It's among the big d*i\s <>l the year, a
national observance in v hu h everyone
enjoys participating.- *"
For good reason : . .
There i* no force" quite". as great as a
mother's love. In a day \\ lien old tash
ioned morals ot loyal't>. true triehdship
aild pract icing of the Col den Rule so.nie
t imcs seem hard to find, there has been
no change in tin's great force.
Mothers today arc. just as t hey were
a century, two centuries, or ten cen
turies ago, ever loyal and ever-present,
ever-ready to comfort", to encourage, to
protect, to spur with confidence and am
bition ?
No son or daughter needs a reminder
to honor his mother on Sunday, May 11.
Our best, wishes to Rev. Vance Daniel
in the responsible position of b:."?d pro
gram chairman of the Kings Mounhtin
chapter, American Red Cross.
A cordial welcome to Rev. David N
Morris, who begins his duties Sunday as
pastor of Temple Baptist church.
The Steel Fracas
More hot words have been written
about the President's seizure of the steel
industry, than any action by" him, or
others, in several years.
Undoubtedly included in the whole
question is whether the piecemeal war
in Korea is sufficient excuse for presi
dential seizure. An allied sub-question is
whether steel stockpiles are sufficient to
keep the American warriors in Korea
fully supplied with weapons and other
required materiel.
It required about three weeks for the
real basic issue to come out. It is wheth
er the -government, while technically op
erating the steel industry, can raise
wages without the agreement of man
agement. The Supreme Court ruled 9 0
in favor of an order preventing such an
increase, as it should have.
Here is the real potential precedent
setter. While the government has seized
industry before to keep production roll
ing,- it "has not raised wages, we recall,
any higher than the industry involved
had agreed upon. . .
The steel industry had not agreed to
any wage increase. Government pay
outs of steel's money, in the form of pay
increases not agreed to, would constitute
outright appropriation' of someone else's
money, in this instance the money of the
stockholders of the. steel industry.
Them are many side angles to the,
case. -Some think steel i- caught up on
production, and picked the time as pro
pitious for a battle with Big Labor. If the
supply is .sufficient, there was no reason
for the seizure.
Hut thinking citizens will worry much
less about a president's right of seizure
than they will' about his right to appro
priate Steel's money. If appropriation is
legal, then socialism has, in fact, arrived.
School Program
A. C. Dawson, chairman of North Car
olina's United Forces for Education,
made an interesting address here last
week to the District G members of the
North Carolina school board association.
He outlined a five-point program of
needs winch will be asked of the 1953
General Assembly for North Carolina's
schools, and, in turn. North Carolina's
children.
It is a big. program and all of it will
hardly be granted by the 1953 General
Assembly, But some of it should be, and
quite probably will be.
The teachers should get a raise, and
t he teacher load should be reduced to 30
pupils. And Kings Mountain's needs in
school construction are well-known,
with the money insufficient. State parti
cipation ir.fu. nishing construction mon
ey may he the quickest means of build
ing schools.
U Mr. Dawson's prediction of the large
surplus eome,s true, the schools may
have a good chance to get a big portion
of their requests. . .
The partitions in the Bus Terminal
rest rooms, must be mighty fancy, if that
is the reason for delay in completing the
terminal. Passengers "enjoying" the
sometbimes p arching, sometimes
drenching open air w aiting rooms would
Probably be quick to settle for beaver
board. They might even settle for paper
partitions, likeNthe Japanese use.
cccin^.e grdoetao
Friday, Saturday and Monday are
"Dollar Days' in Kings Mountain. From
our advance look-see at the inventories
of local merchants; it's a real opportuni
ty to stock up at savings on about any
purchasable commodity. ,
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10
YEARS AGO Items of news about Kings Mountain area people and events
THIS WEEK taken from the 1942 files of the Kings Mountain Herald.
The First National Bank has
secured a supply of service flag
emblems, which are to be present
ed free to families or firms that
have sons or employees in the
armed service, according to R S.
Neill, cashier.
East West and Central schools
were breezing with applicants for
Sugar Rationing Cards.
Social ana Personal "
Mrs. Grady King was hostess
to five tables of bridge on last
Thursday evening, the party com
plimented Mrs. J. C. Williams,
nee Miss Sara Allison, recent
bride.
Mrs. J. E. Anthony was hostess |
to members ol the Thursday Af
tcrnoon Book Club and invited
guests entertaining at her home j
on Piedmont jAvo.
Mrs. R. N. B.?ird was hostess to
members of (he Home Art Club
at her home on Piedmont Ave.
Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs P, G. Ratterree left Sun- 1
day for Sanford. N. C., to visit
her home folks for a week oT ten
days.
Mrs. J. F. Evana and daughter, |
1
Sandra, of Charlotte wore guests
of Mrs. Grady King last week.
Dr. and Mrs. L. P. Baker have
received a message from Dick
Baker stating that he had been
transfered to Sheppard Field,
Texas.
Miss Fairy Grace Patterson of
Washington. D. C. plan^ to spend
the weekend and a few days fol
lowirtg with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. II. Patterson.
Mr. John D. Meador of Char
lotte visited his cousir, R. G.
Plonk last Sunday.
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MARTIN'S
MEDICINE
By Martin Harmon
Ingredients: bit ? of news,
wisdom, humor, and comment.
Direction ?: Take weekly, if
passible, but avoid
? overdosage.
Dollar Days
The Kings Mountain Mer
chants association will observe
Dollar Days this weekend, for
the first time In several years,
in a resumption of a promotion
that has much value In it, both
for merchant and customers
alike.
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If I am not mistaken, It was
last called Bargain Days, and
I suppose there Is not a great
sight of difference. Dollar Days
once confused me. When I was
a youngster, I thought that
every item sold was for one dol
lar. Of course, the dollar price
range was too high for the
ybuthful pocket, which Included
at best a hoarded nlckle, a mar
ble or two, string, and other
juvenile necessities. The Rexall
one-cent sale was confusing too,
for it was hard to see how so
many items could be priced at
one brown copper. Nobody told
me it Was a 2-for-l deal.
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But I was correct on the bar
gain aspects of both.
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When and where the Dollar
Day idea originated, I have not
learned, but the idea has be
come an institution in most
communities, small and large.
Once upon a time Dollar Days
was a time to pull out the hard
stock, put a yellow ^"marked
down" tag on it, and get rid
of It.
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That sort ol thing wore out, j
what with the school teachers j
teaching folks how to read and !
comprehend, the Influx of ra
dio, greater newspaper and
fashion magazine ' advertising
and reading. The theme of Dol
lar Days had to be changed.
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Merchants found that putting
. a ridiculous price on a piece of
shopworn, soileu merchandise
wajsn't sufficient to excite the
buying populace en masse any
more. Everybody still loved a
bargain, but they wanted It to
be first-class merchandise.
When they wore it, they didn't
want Mrs. Jones making catty
.nMarks about, "You must have
been to the sale."
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I ho result has been that mer- i
chatn.s now "shop the marts i
well-in advance lor what they 1
list as "Special Purchases", cus- |
omarlly an article of jewelry
apparel, furniture, etc., that !
they buy -at an under- 1 he-mark
et price. In turn, they pass the
iaving on to the customer,
borne special purchases are the
iesult of financial strain on the
part uf the manufacturer or
wholesaler. Others are avail,
able duo t0 ma:.s buying, arid
still otheic it-suit from plead
ing. arguing and begging for a
bargain; to feature in just
nils kind ol community-wide
Dollar Day promotion. Hilton
Kuth says he pulled the onion
HMhe-hankerchief trick o.ne
item and wept 75 cents per
dozen off the purchase ? price.
Other special purchases come
in the "irregular" or "slightly
irregular" category. Every .wo
rn m who wears hose knows
?what that- means, and, of
course, it applies to many items
other than nylons.
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Planning for this weekend's
event began earlier, than I or
any similar-type promotion the
-Merchants Association h;i-s
sponsored in recent years. The
announcement was made early
and the follow irn was steady!
I ronrotional advertising tools
have been unitized more fully
than ever, the iherchants have
gone all out to get top quality
merchandise at a "right" price
fv! it0 t,ar? l>Iofit margins to
the bone. There are some extra
hot specials advertised in this
week's Herald, and the. portion
, y?ot's 1 ve seen bear out the
claims.
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One method of promotion I
once used is not in vogue-here
and I'm glad it isn't. Eleven
J eats ago, when 1' was working
for the Albemarle Merchants
association, we were putting on
a sales promotion of the Dollar
Day type. Blessed with a loud
speaker outfit of raucous tune
the committee agreed that Har
mons dulcet voice should entice
the good people of the city and
. surrounding towns into the
stores for the bargains fhat a
waited them. Everything work
ed fine until I hit an indust
rial section at 11 a. m. The
deputy sherriff almost put the
truck chauffer and me in the
jug. for the third-shift oper
ators didn,t like having their
sleep messed up. Since then,
1 ve been anti-loud speaker and
feel that the local law against
their mobile use Is a Worthy
one -
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It reminds that the one extra J
big 'advantage of newspaper
and magazine over ra<Jio' arid
T-V Is the fact that quiet sight
seldom as offensive as listen
ing to a foghorn voire. And
how do so many foghorns hit
the air waves?
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But I am getting off the
A GOOD PLACE TO LIVE
(Transylvania Times)
Ever so often somebody, some
where has to blow off about their
gripes, about the community in
which they live and the people'
with whom they associate'.
You'll hear it most anywhere,
in the barber shops, at the soda
fountains, over a cup of coffee at
the cafe or on the street corner,
Homebody doesn't like so much
rain. They are annoyed by stray
dogs. The fellow next door won't
keep his grass cut. They say
taxes here are higher . . . that the
courses of study in the schools
aren't as diversified ... or just
one little petty gripe after an
other.
. Hut we like our town and coun
ty. Nowhere in the world is the
scenery more beautiful (and be
lieve us, too. after taking one of
Uncle Sam's World War II tours
of the globe). Our people are a
friendly sort: fready to smile with
a cheery hello. Try it on the first
10 people you meet while walking
down Main street.
And if you have been reading
The Times regularly recently you
will have noted that Transylan
ians, have answered the call of
humanitarian organ i t a t i o ns.
They have ovejr subscribed al
ready in '52 in the Marrti of
Dimes, the Red Cross roll call,
the Cancer Crusade, the Easter
seal sale and other campaigns
launched here. Yes, ours is a
generous people, ready to help,
ready to serve. .
If you are one of the few who
ha,<? been expounding on the so
called disadvantages of this won
derful community, brother, you'd
better take inventory of yourself
before this fast aging New Year
becomes old.
track .... The merchants have
!'ie stuff for three big selling
days. Needless to say, the
earliest shopping birds will
come off with the juiciest mer
chandise worms. Happy Dollar
Days!
The new Dixie 82 yellow corn
hybrid is being grown this sea
son by a considerable number of
farmers in Hertford County.
He WISER. THAN THE WISE
^ OLE OWL. PROTECT
VOUR VALUED POSSESSIONS
WITH SOUND INSURANCE
WIh protection for your Jew
elry md fan Is a policy that
will replace their value ?
when lost, stolen or damaged.
If they mean a "hoot" to you*
see ust
Viewpoints of Other Editors
? > By A. C. Gordon
ACROSS
1 ? Plant mechanics
9 ? To lop off superfluous
branches or ?hoots
10? 'A: constellation ? ...
1 2? To make tight
13? Roman 54
1 5? Countenance
1 7? Educated Agricul
tural Baron* (abbrev.)
18 ? Climbing plant*
20? Meadow
2 1? An author ixed doctor**
assistant (abbrev.)
22? Femate deer
23 ? Grassland
25 ? Two things of a kind
(abbrev.)
26? Vessel for heating
Kquids
2ft ? A kind of Karrow
30? Old Ivy (abbrev )
31? United Iria (abbrev. J
32? Nouri*he*
36? Flower* ol Holland
39 ? Preposition
40? Voung A*ter Enter
prise* ( abbrev.)
41? To *oak Ha*
42 ? Aptuf.il suffix
43? To augment
45 ? To ?scatter *eed? hgain
,*? arsr uurarn
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47? Personal pronoun
48? A cultivated
*: liliaceous plant
30? MoUtura on the
plants .
31? Furnishet with
strength
52? To elevate
54 ? Each, without
exception
50 ? Common yellow
flower
DOWN
1? To dig about in tht
garden
J? Abbreviation for ?
month
3 ? Registered Nurse
(pfbbr'ev.)
4? Wields the spade
5? Type ol literature
ipl)
6?? Comparative suffix
7? Edge
8? Important agent of
plant growth
9~? -A young tree, shrub,
or herb
11? Scottish turnips
12 ? A kind of plant that
lives from year to year
1 4r -Roman numeral
16-*This flower was narne*
for a mythological
youth who fell in
love with his own
reflection
18 ? Mythological maiden
10 ? Compas* direction
22? The flower that
"never tells*
J4? Mature being
27 ? Correlative of neither
29? Roman numeral
33? Below
34 ?Listening device
35? terminated flowers
3* ? Gardening implement
37? Union of Educated
Wallflowers ( abbrev. j
38 ? Genus, of plants of the
crowfoot family
44? Lifeless
4 6? Compasi direction
4 7? Spun wool
49 ? -Knowledge of Internal
. Agriculture (abbrev.)
5 1 ? Form of the Latin
"mine"
53? Chemical symbol for
? ?tanftum .
55? Roman nurrietal
8- c The Want Ad Section For This Week's Completed Puzzle
SWEET MONTH OF MAY
(Valdese News)
Tomorrow is the llrst day of
May, the open door to wonder
fully lazy warm months ahead.
Picnics, hiking trips, mowing the
grass, swinging in the hammock,
teeing off on the golf course in
the warm sun, listening to the
crickets in the warm Summer
nights ? all these things are as
sociated with May and the follow
ing Summer months.
The old custom of May Day
and color and pageantry in the
schools and colleges will prevail;
iovers will stroll the campuses In
the late afternoon of the long
Summer day. The thick leaves of
the maple and live oak will rustle
and stir with the twittering of
birds going lately to n?st. The^
smell of roasting weiners over an
outdoor fire, the halloo from the
fisherman on the lake as he holds
up a string of bass of crappie, the
laughing and lolling and drink
ing of cool drinks in the shade.
Ah, 'tis May! The mountains
beckon, and the seashore calls.
Fresh vegetables ripen in the
garden and grace the heavy-laden
table. Work becomes victim to
daydreams. The wanderlus
reaches epidemic proportions and
the old' jalopy is Wheeled out and
shined up for vacation time
ahead.
The dreary hum of traffic on a
hot city street. Kids licking Ice
cream cones dripping down on
naked bellies. Girls in shorts and
T-shirts; class rooms wrapped in
lethargy with even the teacher
looking longingly out the open
window.
?Tis May, 'tis May!
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