The Kings Mountain Herald
Ettabliihftd 1889
A weekly newspaper devoted to the promotion of the general welfare and published
fpr 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 postoffice at. Kings Mountain, N. Q., under Act
of Congress of March 3, 1873
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
Martin Harmon . Editor- Publisher
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TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE
And ha saul unto them, When yc pray, say, Our Father which are ?n heaven, Halloived by thy name.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, an in heaven, so in earth. St. Luke U.S.
Armistice Day
Tuesday marks the 34th anniversary
of the cease-fire order which ended
World War I.
Since that time, another World War,
much more costly in blood and material
goods, has been fought, and today - a
piece-meal war is being fought in Ko ia.
It reminds of the Biblical dictum *of
"wars and rumors of wars", and it re
minds that wars must be fought and
that wars must, be won. Yet wars can
not he won, for the victor also loses too.
Throughout the history of this nation,
its. leaders huso sought ways and means
to insdre the will-of-the-wisp of lasiing
peace. President Washington advised
the avoidance of entangling alliances as
a means to peace, and others held the
same view, hut the inventors made a
shambles of the Washington policy.
President Wilson thought he had a form
ula with the League of Nations, but the
kite Senator Lodge and others torpedo
ed the League before it was off the w ays. ?
There followed in the nation a great
"War for Peace", movement, which
brought the nation to- the threshold of
World War II with its military services
stripped and the nation ill-equipped for
the horrible business.
Today, there is the United Nations, an
instrumentality designed for peace, but
yet immature and, officially, fighting a
war of its own.
Today's policy of the United States is
a policy of strength, its implementation
much-questioned in the recent political
campaign.
Aclually. the United Nations, with
Russia and her satellites opposing the
Western World is a clearing house for
the balance-of-power theory of main
taining peace, a theory popular in
Europe during many ages.
1 lopes- for peace on Armistice Day
will he just as great as ever, but.
the methods of obtaining and insuring,
permanent peace are as difficult of find
in u as history 'as '.previously -.'recorded.
Recreation Project
The recreation commission is laying
plans, which are large in scope and hig
in, v iew. _ ?
The aim of this, group -is to raise Suf
ficient funds to build within the next
few months a city swimming pool and
thereby to launch a long-term program
w hich will provide the community w ith
a modern.- needed recreation plant.
During the past few - years. Kings
Mountain has Witnessed 'marked ir.*
crease in its public facilities, including
the .laeob S. Mauney library and Kings
Mountain -hospital. Hot h are community
assets. In addition , Queen City Coach
?'Ompany has provided a long-needed
bus "terminal and the city has provided
more paved streets and improvements
t ? ? the present stadium.
There are many needs and these
needs, when provided, will <>e replaced
by other -heeds'. Communities, like in
dividuals. seldAm can reach the "cauuht
tip " sfage.'
Xm'ong'the Current needs i-; a recrea
tion plants ami a sw-.imm.ing pool, listed
first by the recreation commission,
would be a worthy addition.
The project oi the city recreation com
mission deserves full support.
Attend the \\V>rlcJ Community Day
serv ice Friday evening. World Commu
nity Das is a worthwhile movement of
t lie National' Council of Churohwomen,
designed to aid the needy of the world
and to improve relations throughout the
globe.
It's Over
Other than the customary post-mor
tems, the recounting of the "if's", and
the relishing of the sweet taste of vic
tory and the bitter taste of defeat, the
nation's quadrennial political binge is
over, and most people will be thankful,
regardless of the outcome of their favo
rite ticket.
The political jag has been. on for more
than four months and Americans, while
I hey like it, are inclined to get enough
of a good thing pretty quickly.
As was not surprising, the campaign
ing on both sides got pretty low before it
was all -over. Lieutenants and seconds
in the two camps threw charges with
increasing abandon as the voting day
reared, and the candidates themselves
rattled qff some rough epithets, which
both are likely to regret in their leisure.
Undoubtedly many speech-makers will
review their speeches of the campaign
and hardly believe they made 'em.
Edward Mtrrrow, the CBS commenta
tor, did an interesting piece last Friday
night. He listed the Republican claims
and charges and the Democratic claims
and charges, sifted from many cam
paign speeches, then confided to his au
dience that the gleanings were from the
19-1S campaign, not the 1952 campaign
at all. The only missing ingredient seem
ed to be the Korean War issue. Mr. Mar
row's conclusion on the Korean War
was that neither candidate had offered
any quick way to solve that problem,
and, with the campaign now over, the
winner has the problem in his lap, come
January.
. The hope of the great majority of the
nation is that the campaign extremes
will .not cause the winner to forget that
the most people will be served by a mo
derate, middle-of-the-road policy which
both candidates started out as advocat
ing. Neither Rig Business nor Big Labor
havt proved th-eyare equipped to handle
t he power which election victories have
a tendency to tluust upon them.
If the campaigning had run much
longer, and the bombast got much
louder and hotter, many people would
have turned from both camps in weari
ness, ii not disgust.
Christmas is just around the' corner.
It's hard to believe but the calendar
shows November well underway and
Christmas fast approaching. Already
gift lists, a re being compiled in the homes
of the community and it is time to ad
mire those early-bird shoppers who get
their gift-buying out of the way prior to
the final week. They get better selec
tions and don't have to worry about sub
stituting for desired items'. The mer
chants report their Christmas inven
tories vv ill be 'best ever".
The election process, city-wise, starts
again oaturday, as the books open for
the special election to determine whe
ther the cit\ shall issue bonds for sewer
system improvements. It an impor
tant election for the city and its citizens
and eligible voters should see that their
names are on the poll books, which will
be open for three consecutive Saturdays.
Our congratulations to Rev. C. C.
Crow, pastor of Oak Grove Baptist
church, on his election as moderator of
the Kings Mountain Baptist association.
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YEARS AGO Items of news about Kings Mountain area people and events
THIS WEEK taken from the 1942 files of the Kings Mountain Herald.
Tlip Annual Woman's Club Flo
ral Fair which was hold last Fri
day was considered a big success
in every way. A total of $144.15
was taken in. which broke all re
cords .according to Mrs. J. K. Wil
lis. Club President.
I.ieui. Joe H, Pen land of Kings
Mountain, was the first local citi
zen to return to tlJ-.Q United States
from overseas and receive the
Navy Cross and the Goki Star.
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S'o< uil and Personal
Mrs. David Cash, grade mother
of Miss Margie Lineberger's 4th
and 5th grades, gave a delightful
treat at the picture show.
Mrs. C. D. Ware and Mrs. fcra
dy McCarter. grade mothers of
Miss Margaret Alexander's room,
entertained the little folks at
Mrs. Ware's home on Friday af
ternoon at a Holloween party.
James Harold Plonk. USN son
of Mr. ?>iu Mrs. B. G. Plonk, is
visiting his parents for ten days.
Hal Olive spent the weekend
at Wake Forest where he went
to attend Homecoming.
Mrs. E. L. Campbell. Mrs. E.
W. Griffin. Jeanne and Walter
Griffin and Moffatt Ware, Jr..
spent the weekend at Mrs. Grif
fin's former home In Coolemee.
Mrs. John Gladden and daugh
ters. Misses Joyce and Lucille
Gladden are spending this week
in Florida with Mrs. Gladden's
1 sister.
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MARTIN'S
MEDICINE
By Martin Harm 00
Ingredient*: bita of newa,
wisdom, humor, and comment.
Direction*: Take weekly, if
poatible, but ovoid
over dotage.
Rummage Fun, Etc.
The Kings Mountain Lions
club Is a group of men In all
kinds o t business and employ
ment, textile, law, appliance
selling, bookkeeping, etc., but
for the past two weekends
they've doubled in brass as
second-hand clothes merchants.
Most of 'em proved to be pretty
good at it, too.
The Lions club has presented,
for the first time this year, a
rummage sale, in which used
clothing, gathered from the at
tics and closets of members
and their neighbors, was offer
ed for sale at what the project
chairman, E. E. Marlowe, call
ed "ridiculous prices".
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In spite of glowing reports
on such sales 'conducted by
other clubs, some of the mem
bership was a bit dubious of the
project. As. one Lion expressed
it, "Have you ever tried to give
your wife a second ? hand
dress"? The thought was a co
gent one, but it missed the fact
that the wife herself might be
interested in snapping up a bar
gain, for the dress department
of the rummage sale was "hot",
with the inventory getting thin
pretty quick.
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Some of the dresses were real
bargains, making the salesmen
wonder whether some of the
club members' wives were hav
ing diet trouble., or whether the
members, in the interest of the
club, had merely made off
limits visits i.nto the madame's
wardrobe. One neat black crepe
I sold for a single dollar must
have gone out of some store
originally for about $22.95, and
it looked like it had never been
worn.
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Another customer I had dur
ing my stint as used clothes
salesman said. "This is helping
a lot of folks," as he peeled off
two dollars for a couple of pairs
of pants. One was a perfect fit.
another needed a little "takin*
up" in the waist.
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One of the besi salesmen I
saw operating was Clarence
Jolly, whom, I had understood,
was principally concerned with
textile production, not sales.
But Clarence was operating in
high gear, hat on, head bent,
but eyes upturned into the cus
tomers' faces. He must have
? been watching some of Neislcr's
customers in action.'
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The rummage sale continues
this- Weekend with more- "inven
tory" added.
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Tail Tale': In ? bull session
the other night, t tie con versa
tion among a half - dozen
worthies of the community
somehow degenerated from the
high tone t?r "f politics to a
t a U - to! 1 in tr . series which x-anie
forth in rapid-fire order, once
begun. Some would hardly bear
repeating in polite cafe society,
but .Paul MeGinnis' story has
continued to tickle my funny
. bone.
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The late Fred Finger. Kings
Mountain druggist, would cus
tomarily greet drug store pa
trons with an invitation to have
a drink on the house. Needless
to say, Paul relates, the invita
tion was quite frequently ac
cepted. On one occasion a man
stepped up ro th^ soda fountain
and Mr. Finger sajd, "Won't
you have a drink?" The man
replied. "1 want you to fix me a
dose of castor oil that can't be
tasted." Mr. Finger handled a
??""pie of other customers, then
set up a root beer, well-loaded
with the medicine. The man
quaffed it down; A few minutes
later be addressed Mr. Finger,
"Sav, how about that dose of
castor oil for my wife?"
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"You just drank it", Mr. Fin
ger replied.
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Now that the political season
is over, it would not be amiss
to return to the football wars.
Needless to say. this depart
ment. with its leaning toward
North Carolina, hasn't much to
talk about, but Neighbor Hal
bert Webb has been wearing a
broadening smile all season,
until last Saturday, that is.
Duke appears by far the best
in the state this season, which
should be a great boon to Me
thodist ministers. They tell me
the collections are generally
better at Methodist churches
when the Duke scores are favor
able.
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Football, though, is a little
different from politics. The
UNC-rooters, regardless of the
dry 'spell, won't i>e splintering
off to become Tar Heel Devils.
While there's life there's hope,
and life will not be snuffed out
prior to the November 22nd
business at Chapel Hill. But the
outlook i? dreary.
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| CROSSWORD .? ? ? By A. C. Gordon
ACROSS
1^- Member of the college
Ct#W '
3? Implement* held In
popular name
9 ? Musical note
1 0*? She'* "a* ?weet as
apple cider"
1 2? Archaic pronoun
M ? The end of the fight
16.? He call* 'em a* he
tee* 'em
1 Q ? Greek letter
20 ? The team-that'* batting
? 2 2 ? Elevated train
2 3 ? My*tic Sanskrit word
2 *-r Daytime party
25 ? Chemical *ymbol for
- tantalum ?
2 7 ? Lamprey
29 ? Mathematical 3.M 16
30 ? To throw down that
top playing card again
33? Raced out in front of
the pack
3 5? Period Of time
(abbrev.)
36 ? Fishing implement*
37 ? King's Hook (fbbfev )
38? Olympic Game
measurement ?
.40 ? Hockey player*
4 3 ? Man'* nickname
The Sport of It
44? Written afterthought*
to letter* (abbrev.) ?
46? Pronoun
4 7? Title of retpect
49 ? Continental
abbreviation
50 ? On the in*ide
52 ? Mineral spring
54 ? Thoroughfare
f abbrev.)
55 ? Football positions
58 ? Either
59? Pronoun
60 ? Big-game animal
61 ? Ancient *un god
63 ? Long distance runner
64? Athletic*
DOWN
2 ? Belonging to
3 ? No *port in this
"game"
4 ? Implement used in No
3 Down
5 ? A song of joy
6 ? River made famous
by Robert Burns.
7? Prefix denoting "down"
.8? Participant in a winter
?port
I I ? Prefix of separation
I '? ?Basketball position
1 S -Over
* 17 ? College degree
18? Printer'* Measure
1 9 ? Pronoun
? 21? -The man who begins
the race
24 ? The card* that admit
you tO the big game
26? Athletic Club
< abbrev. )
28 ? Fencing implement*
29 ? Parental nickname
31? ?To look over
32 ? To bobble the baseball
33 ? Greek letter
34?r-To miscue
38 ? Billiard *hot
39 ? Past ten*e suffix
41? Roman 101
4 2? A mark in bowling
44? A certain- gaited horse
45 ? Jockey's clothe*
48? Pre noun
49 ? Chemical *ymbol for
samarium
51 ? Compass direction
S3r? Italian river
55 ? Relating to the trans
mission^ power to
a distance
56 ? Shortened kiloliter
57? Ttie *ign hung up when
all teats are sold
59? Musical note
$2? Measure of arm
See The Want Ad Section For This Week's Completed Puzzle
Viewpoints of Other Editors
VIRGINIA CLEANS UP
POLLUTION
Greensboro Daily New^
Virginia's Water Control Board
is moving firmly ahead in a field
where North Carolina continues
to neglect or at best to take out
it's avowed interest and app
rehension in talk and so much
shadow-boxing.
Via the Roanoke Times we
learn that under the board's
prodding Roanoke and Norfolk,
among the Old Dominion's lar
I gor cities, and a number of towns
and industries "have taken steps
to reduce their dumping of raw
sewage and trade waste into
streams" Richmond, which was
granted a delay several years
ago because of other pressing
municipal undertakings? has
now been advised iby the board
to. take similar steps. The boa'd
is tired of the capital's delay
and has demanded an answer
when it meets a few we^ks hen
ce.
Our Roanoke contemporary re
ports that two factors are streng
thening the Water Control Board
in its state:
1. As one community after an;
other starts operation of sew
age treatment plants, there will
be more and more support when
iho board clamps down on those
thai have been dragging their
heels.
2. Lawyers and judges are ser
iously considering certain legal
implications. Once the dumping
of sewage and trade waste into
streams was considered a "ne
cessary nuisance". Now it has
b?en demonstrated that it isn't
necessary. Many cities and many
industries don't do it. And so the
lawyers arp looking for a flood
of damage suits from property
owners, who find their land val
ues depreciated by the filth
dumped into streams that flow
through properties.
Our guess is that a third, and
even more important, consider
ation is also havlhg its effect.
The citizenry is becoming more
and more aroused by. steam pol
lution and its effects! cognizant
of tiie necessity for remedial or
corrective action before its cost
becomes well nigh prohibitive
and of the reasonableness of re
quiring Stream despoilers, pub
lic and private, to meet a public
interest and responsibility,
where this vital natural resource
Is concerned, which they hereto
fore have disregarded.
This is the public interest
which we trust is developing In
Sorth Carolina to the poiht
where it will bring co-operation
and stronger legislative action
than has previously been poss
ible where compulsion is found
necessary. Some progress was
made in getting legislation on
the books during the 1951 Gen
eral Assembly, tout, if that leg
islation has Amounted to any
thing it has escaped the naked
eye ahd open nose.
Aboarconslgried by C. E. Den
ning, Four Oaks, to the 1952 Du
rock Sale at Rocky Mount
brought $475, the highest price
ever received for a boar at a
North Carolina Sale.
A PROGRESSIVE
INDUSTRY
Spindale Sun
In this country only 15 per
cent of the people are engaged
in the business o f providing food !
and fiber for all the rest of us
and for many millions of people
abroad.
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As a result of an unprecedent
ed degree of farm mechanization
accomplished in the past 30
years it now takes about nine
per cent fewer man-hours to op
erate America's farms, even
though, thanks to the replace
ment of animal power with the
tractor, farm output for human
consumption has increased 51
per cent. The ability of the me
chanized farm to produce more
with less manpower literaly
saved our bacon during the war.
The fact that the nation's 1500
farm equipment manfacturers
have never lost touch with the
grass roots has in large meas
ure made this tremendous devel
opment possible. The nation's
farms serve as experimental lab
oratories, The man on the farm
with a problem to solve is in a
better position than anyone else
to recognize the need for a new
machine. ?
The hflWt of utilizing Yankee
genius for thinking up a ghnic
to do work better and faster
gives a broad base for the equip
ment industry's progress. The
industry was -a pioneer in pro
moting land and water conser
vation which underlie the suc
cessful future of agriculture.
The ability to recognize and
develop a good idea is an ess
ential to survival in the impli.
ment business. It has resulted in
the production of tools which en
able this nation's farms to lead
the world and which will bring'
us the agricultural abundance
indispensable to the maintenan
ce indispensable to the mainten
ance of our high living stand
ards as our population increases
in future years.
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A Big Job to Do
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Alter the harvest, comes work and plan
ning to make-next year's crops bigger and
better. We in the Telcphonc Company are
working and planning, too, for another
big crop of rural telephones.
In the past six years, rural telephones
have mote than tripled in the area served
by Southern Bell. .And the service is faster
and better.
There's still a big job to do ? one that
takes a lot of money, materials, experience
nnd time . . . but you can depend on us to
keep it moving.
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