?& The Kings Mountain Herald
*3?^* 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 Its second class matter at the poetoffice at Kings Mountain, N. C., under Act
of Congress of March 8, 1?73
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
Martin Harmon ^ Editor-Publisher
Charles T. Carpenter, Jr. Sports. Circulation, Newt
Mrs. P. D. Herndon Society
Miss Elizabeth Stewart Advertising, News
MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT
Eugene Matthews Horace Walker David Weathers Ivan Weaver*
Charles Miller Paul Jackson
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Bi<( he said, Yea rather f blessed are they that hear the word of Ood, and keep if. St. Luke 11:28.
Facts of Lile
In the process of introducing Vice
President Barkley at the Illinois State
Fair last week, Candidate Adlai Steven
son delivered of himself some very basic
remarks that explain as fully as any we
know the reason the federal government
has been on a spending binge, domestic
wise, for two decades.
He said: "The people will demand the
services and if they don't get them at
home they will turn to Uncle Sam. . .
We talk about and implore incessantly
the increased' centralization of power
over our lives in Washington. But that
lidal drift toward the capital will go on
and on unless those necessary functions
of. government which don't have to be
performed in Washington are perform
ed, and properly performed, at the state
or local level. . . Every dollar you send
to Washington to pay. for them will
shrink before it gets back home...."
That statement has been a theme of
the Herald fo.r some years. In other
words, let's do the spending on local
level, rather than on federal level. More
value is received for the city and county
tax dollar than for the state tax dollar.
And more is received for the state tax
dollar than for the federal tax dollar.
It has always been true, the more the
handling, the less the return.
Presidential-Candidate Stevenson is
eternally correct and there are many
evidences.
It local government ha.i handled its
roads and schools problems, the center
of these two major functions would not
be in Raleigh. In turn, if other states
handled their school problems'ns well as
North Carolina, there would be less cry
for federal' aid to. education.
In pointing a means to economy in
government, Candidate Stevenson was
stating the basic facts of governmental
life.
pur congratulations to the citystreet
department on its completion of several
street-paving jobs. A person who has
never lived on a dirt, street cannot com
prehend the difference in pleasantness
of living for the '?onsiderable number of
citizens now out-of-the-du.t. One point
of view would liold that elimination of
dust would be hard on the paint sales
man. - Another would hold that people
living on dusts streets will now be able
K> paint their homes without feeling
they are wasting their money..
While not many people are affected by
the Korean War, in comparison to the
great total in World War II. the Korean
War, with its more than HHMXX) casual
ties, is a very real trial for many people.
The increased call for men by the army
for October wiil be felt all over the
United States. Here in Cleveland County,
September's pro-induction quotas indi
cate that October inductions will be up.
All pray that the recent stepped-up
aerial pounding of enemy' objectives will
put the North Korean-Chinese Commu
nists in a frame of mind to agree on
truce terms.
Our sympathies Jo the families of
Boyce Stone, and Bobby Hord, both of
whom died at ages when virtually their
whole lives were considered ahead of
Add note on'the discussion of the city's
profit from sale of power: According to
the Shelby Star's report of the power
operations of the City of Shelby for the
year ending June 30, the excess of re
ceipts over disbursements was $267,421.
Law Board Bust ?
Statements from members of the
State Board of Law Examiners have
been somewhat vague regarding the
board's refusal to let Myron H. Ross
take the bar examination.
The statements of Ross himself, while
they don't indicate that he is in tune
with the majority thinking of North
. Carplinians, indict the members of the
law examining board, or, at least, those
who ruled Ross out of the examination.
Needless to say, the views on labor
and politics held by Mr. Ross do not
mesh with those of the majority of peo
ple of this state, nor with the citizens
of the sixth congressional district, where
Ross was soundly defeated when he
sought a seat in Congress.
But who would deny Ross the right
to put his name on the ballot?
The Gastonia Gazette comments with
this mehsure of restraint: "It seems to
us that the State Board of Law Exami
ners owes a better explanation than it
has thus far given of. its refusal to let
Myron H. Ross, brilliant University, of
North Carolina law graduate, take the
state bar examination."
The incident reminds that various and
sundry groups have set up self-regula
tory agencies which, according to stat
ed purpose, are to keep and/or raise the
standards of the particular profession.
To practice in North Carolina medicine,
dentistry, accountancy, pharmacy, law
a person must be licensed by a state
board. And there are many more. An
embalmer, a barber, a plumber, an in
surance salesman, an electrician, all
must have a license from one of these
quasi-governmental agencies.
Many think North Carolina has gone
too far in this direction, and incidents of
the Ross type further that thinking. ?
School Construction
While the most desirable Negro school
-building project here would be the
building of a complete new plant., to re
place the old Davidson building, there
isn't that much money available for use
by the city school trustees.
The inadequacy of funds is no new
situation, ami haif-a loaf is much better
than no loftf at all.
State Hoard of Education approval of
local intentions to build a Negro class
room building for elementary pupils oil
a new site means that the trustees can
forward the work by obtaining a site
and plans. 6or the new elementary plant.
Remembering that the Davidson plant
is badly out-moded, that it is hazardous
ly heated by coal-burning stoves, and
that its sanitation facilities are poor,
citizens will regard the report of appro
val for the elementary building as good
news;
Majority of the retail members of the
Kings Mountain Merchants association
are participating this weekend, Friday
through Monday, in 'Opportunity Days",
a trade promotion similar to last May's
"Dollar .Days". The dates were set sev
eral weeks ago to give merchants plenty
of time to obtain special low-priced mer
chandise for the event, and almost all of
them have been successful in these ef
forts. Quality goods will be obtainable
at unusually "right" prices this weekend
in Kings Mountain.
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A Republican friend of this newspa
per's remarked the other day that Har
ry Truman had named both the 1952
presidential nominees. On the face of it,
the statement seemed a little large to
swallow, but the Republican friend is
no crack pot. It's worth a thought, any
way.
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YEARS AGO Item* of newt about Kings Mountain aroa people and events
THIS WEEK taken from the 1942 files of the Kings Mountain Herald.
Sugar Stamp number 8 is good
for five pounds from August 22 to
October 31, according to W. E.
Blakely. chairman of the Local
Rationing Board.
Sews and Personals
Sandra Evans celebrated her
fifth birthday by enter.taininp a
number of her little friends at
her mother's apartment, on Gold
Street Satui U.y afternoon.
Pfc. Coy Fredell has returned
to Fort Bragg after visiting
friends and relatives here.
Miss Dorothy Cornwell of B?s
hopville, S. C. is spending her va
cation in Kings Mountain.
Mrs. Manly Moorehead was a
visitor in Greenville last Thurs
day;
Miss Dorothy Ifay'es who has
I been, employed in Washington
left today for Winston-Salem
where she has accepted a position.
Mrs. Lona McGHl accompanied
by Mrs. Elmer Spencer and Mrs.
D. A. Garrison left yesterday for
Bonclarken.
Mrs. Clyde Cole and children
have returned from a visit with
relatives in Boone* ?
Mrs. R. E. Farely of Covington,
Va. is visiting her mother. Mrs.
Daisy Osment and other relatives.
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MEDICINE
By K art In Harmon
Ingredient*: bit* of new$,
wisdom, humor, and comment.
Direction ?: Take weekly, if
v poeeible, but avoid
' overdosage. 4
Opportunity
What is opportunity?
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Dr. Webster defines oppor
tunity as, "Fit or convenient
time or occasion; a time favor
able for the purpose; suitable
time, combined with favorable
circumstances/'
There arc other definitions,
too, all related to the basic, de
finition. Opportunity could be
called a will-o-the-wlsp, a
chance, a. flirt,. a flicker.
It is generally accepted that
opportunity, sometimes known
as a door-knocker, does not
linger around If the residents
don't answer the knock.
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America, in the days of the
early settler, was known as the
"land of- opportunity". It wa*
the place where a man could ob
tain land, where he could
change status, in a short period
of time, from serf to lord of
the manorhouse. It was the
land where he could be tree to
speak his piece, to rear his fam
ily, and to worship as he pleas
ed. America is still known as
the land of opportunity, though
the frontiers are no longer pop
ulated with dense forests, wild
beasts and hostile Indians, all
dangers accompanying the 1600
1800 opportunity for the bene
fits of freedom.
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Unquestionably, hindsight is
better than foresight in deter
mining what particular knock
on the door was actually oppor
tunity. A friend of mine has
been heard to remark, "If I
had my schooling to take over
again, my other activities, my
business life, I would do it just
as I have." In other words, he
feels he answered all the
knocks where Dame Opportuni
ty was really knocking. That Is
very unusual, for most folk can
think of many, many favorable
situations in which they did not
exhibit the proper timing on
the action factor. Thus a gamb
ler can't understand why he
didn't place a heavy bet on the
"sure thing" that did come in to
win. The investor regrets not
having sold at its peak his stock
that went down, and, converse
ly, not holding the stock that
continued to advance.
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All have heard the expres
sion, "I never had a chance."
Such talk is the talk of the pes
simist and particularly disdain
ed by the group which takes
the position that opportunity
must be invited to dinner occa
sionally. Stated differently, this '
group feels the situation some
times requires forcing, or. as
with the Ty Cobb-Leo Drocher
Eddit Stanky cult of baseball
men, that "you make your own
breaks". That was the way
Wallace Wade beat Pittsburgh
in the snow in 1938 to take the
Duke football team to the Rose
Bowl for the first time.
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Thousands of life Stories re
tell the same tale. Many a
young man or young woman,
completely d?v<_sted of cash,
make up for the difference in
energy, imagination and hard
work, to put them selves
through school, or to advance
themselves to top positions In
industry and commerce. One
local executive one time took a
pay cut in order to get a trans
fer in the same plant, Just to
learn 3 new Job and to better
equip himself lor the future.
The fact that he today rates the
"executive" title, with compar
able financial return, indicates
the wisdom of twisting oppor
tunity's arm and making it
knock.
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The nation has before it a
current example of what some
times happens when a man
backs up from opportunity.
Adlai Stevenson kept saying he
didn't want the Democratic
nomination for president. Op
portunity wasn't satisfied with
the answer and kept knocking.
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The person who makes the
most out of opportunities are
usually people capable of ana
lyzing a situation quickly and
of coming to a decision, quickly.
It's a fine hairline of balance,
for all are acquainted with a
big group in me "green pas
tures" category. Like the cow,
the grass in the next pasture
looks greener. The opportunity
under the nose is missed.
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All the above is probably too
much philosophical treatment
for the forthcoming weekend's
"Opportunity Days" promotion
of the Kings Mountain Mer
chants association. If laftt
May's "Dollar Days" was a
sample, and merchant com
ments indicate it was, big op
portunities for savings are be
ing offered the city's buyers on
Friday, Saturday and Monday.
Lmcky You ^ : : by Dick Shaw
Lucky you ? you vlimmed through traffic ami
fscapfd the consequence? . .
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Viewpoints of Other Editors
GOP HAD BETTER
NOT FIGKT
STEVENSON AS
A UNITARIAN
Belmont Banner
We have heard many comments
on (Governor Stevenson being a
Unitarian and some of our Re
publican friends, not all of them,
and some of the Democrats have
made some statements that may
be cannot be backed up.
There have been, and are now,
many Unitarians that have won
distinction for themselves and
for the country. We read on the
editorial page of the Charlotte
News c* Tuesday, August 5th, a
very impj 'ssive article on Uni
tarians written by a Methodist.
We will give you some of the
names and facts about the Uni
tarians as was described in the
Charlotte News.
There are 83 names in the A
merican Hall of Fame. Eighteen
of these names come from the
Unitarian church. Some of these
are John Adams, an ex-president
of the United States, John Quincy
Adams also an ex-president, Su-'
san B. Anthony, the famous wo
man crusader, Ralph Waldo
Emerson, one of the greatest of
all philosophers and poets; and
Thomas Jefferson, the author of
the Declaration of Independence.
Some other famous Americans,
not in the Hall of Fame but who
left their mark Indelibly Impress
ed in American history, include
Oliver Wendell Holmes, who was
perhaps the greatest Chief justice
of the United States Supreme
Court with the possible exception
of John Marshall. Benjamin
Franklin and Daniel Webster
wet-' also Unitarians as was Wil
liam Howard Taft.
Edmund H. Sears, a Unitarian,
'wrote "It Came Upon A Mid
night C'ear", and Julia Ward
Howe, another Unitarian, whote
the "Battle Hymn of The Repub
lic."
So with such impressive names
as the item in the Charlotte News
described above , it seems that
being a Unitarian is nothing to
be ashamed of but will have it's
advantages if the'religlon of Gov
ernor Stevenson is attacked.
fune Pork Poundage
Marketed Is Heavy
RALEIGH ? Commercial
plints In North Carolina slaught
ered a total of 18,459,000 pounds
live-weight of meat animals dur
ing the month of June, according
to a report released today by the
State-Federal Crop Reporting
Service; This is a decline of 8
percent from total live weight
slaughtered in May but Is 17 per
cent above the total live weight
of all meat animals slaughtered
during June a year ago.
Of the total live weight slaugh
tered during June this year hogs
amounted to 11,687,000 pounds ?
the highest of record for June
and compares with 9.623,000
pounds In June 1951. The slaugh
ter of other species was at about
the average monthly level with
cattle totaling 5,918,000 pounds,
calves 837,000 pounds, and sheep
and lambs 17,000 pounds.
The number of animals slaugh
tered during June at 68,400 head
was 5,000 head less than In May,
with practically all of this decline
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WE ARE SOLVENT
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Gastonia Gazbtth *
After what must have been
quite a chore in arithmetic, the
U. S. News and World Report
comes up with the word that this
country is worth one trillion dol
lars, as is, FOB, on the hoof.
That figure includes buildings,
land, equipment and goods, ft
does not Include oil, coal and ot
her underground minerals, per
ishable consumer goods, military
assets, land-improvement costs,
and works of art.
Residents are the biggest single
Item of our wealth, totalling $190
billion. Land is $160 billion ; other
buildings $138 billion; factories,
stores and offices, $113 billion;
machines, factory equipment, rail
roads, etc., $110 billion; goods in
factories, stores and warehouses,
$110 billion; autos, appliances and
household equipment, $103 billion,
and gold held in this country,
plus assets abroad, $44 billion.
Actually these items total only
$698 billion, but what's a few
billons here or there when you've
got a chance to make a man, like
Uncle Sam, a trillionaire?
The most startling thing to
emerge from all the figures is
that the national wealth has more
that doubled since 1&40. It has al
most doubled since 1944, when the
figure stood at $499.1 billion.
Interesting also Is the percent
age ration between the national
wealth and the national debt, both
public and private. As of the end
of last year the public debt ?
federal, state and local ? . was
$241 billion, and the private debt
against physical assets was $270
billion. Together they were 52.8
per cent of our national wealth.
That would seem to make us
pretty solvent, and anyway, what
?other item is thare in the world
with a trillion-dollar price' tag on
it except the United States?
occurring in swine slaughtered.
There were 53,300 head of ani
mals slaughtered in June a year :
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Fair Educational
Exhibits Planned
Exhibits showing how counties
In every section ol the State are
meeting "The Challenge" in the
United Agricultural Program will
be a new feature ol the 1952 N.
C. State Fair to be held in Ra
leigh October 14-18. D. S. Weaver,
director of the State College Ag
ricultural Extension Service end
chairman of the procedure com
mittee of the N. C. Board of
Farm Organization* and Agen
cies, which is sponsoring "The
Challenege Program," says five
counties representing. every area
of the State have been invited to
arrange and present exhibits.
The counties are: Haywood,
Cleveland, Pender, Rockingham
and Pitt. "The five counties will
not only be representing them
selves," Weaver said, "but will
also compete as an area represen
tative for $2,750 in cash prizes
which have been offered by Dr.
J. S. Dorton, fair manager, for
the best exhibits showing how
the county, or one of its commu
nities, is meeting and plans to
further meet one or more of the
objectives of "The Challenge
Program".
TKe six objectives of the pro
gram are: (1) Increased per cap
ita income; (2) greater security;
(3) improved educational oppor
tunities; (4) finer spiritual val
ues; (5) stronger community life;
and (6) more dignity and con
tentment In ^country living.
The prices, Which aj;e among
$11,525 offered this year in the
Educational Departments of the
State Fair, range from $850 for
the best "Challenge Program" ex
hibit to $350.00 each for the four
th and fifth best exhibits.
Other Educational Departments
of the Fair, and the amount of
premium money offered by com
petitive exhibits in each, ar^: 4-H
Clubs, $2,575; .Vocational Educa
tion Division of the N. C. Depart
ment of Public Instruction, $2,150;
Negro 4-H and Home Demonstra
tion Clubs, $2,150; Home Demon
stratlon Clubs, $1,200; and public
school exhibits, $700. A catalog
and premium list, showing these
Phamplets Out |
On Sheep. Bugs
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Two new publications Just pre
pared toy the State Agricultural
Extension Service are available
to persons interested in skippers
in cured meat and sheep raising
in the Stafe.
Moling the increased import
ance. of sheep in North Carolina's
(arm economy, J. S. Buchanan,
animal husbandry specialist lor
the Extension Service, has auth
ored a 15-page booklet, illustrat
ed with nine photographs, dep
uting the dtfferant phases o I
sheep raising in tb? State.
Buchanan writes that "sheep
are one of the most profitable
livestock enterprises in North
Carolina," and proceeds to sup
port this assertion with facts,
figures, and photographs.
The booklet discusses annual
feed requirements, selecting
the flock, the brtedlng season
feeding and .management of
lambs, the wool crop, parasites
and diseases. The back cover is
devoted to statistics showing
that "the wool pays your food
feed bill."
The circular may be obtained
by writing ,for: "Raising Sheep
in North Carolina," (Reprint)
Extension Cir. No. 356, Publicat
ions Department, N. C. State
College, Raleigh, or obtained
from the local county ageht.
"Skippers in Cured Meat" tells
how to protect prize hams from
these maggoty insects. It may be
obtained by title as Extension
Folder No 90 from the above
sources.
and other departments of the
State Fair, is available free upon
request to: Manager, N. C. State
Fair, P. O. Box 1388, Raleigh.
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Buy coal now at $1 per ton of! regular
price. Fiii your coal bSn and don't have
to worry about whether ]ohn L. Lewis
orders the miners out o! the pits. Coal
inventories are good today . . . How will
they be in September?
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