m- 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 of the citizens of Kings Mountain
and Its vicinity, published every Thursday by the Herald Publishing House.
Entered as second class matter at the postofflre at Kings Mountain, N. C, under Act
- of Congress of March 3, 1873 . v *
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
Martin Harmon ... Editor- Publisher
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TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE
To everything there is a season, and o time to every purpose under the heaven. Ecclesiastes 9:1.
Not Satisfying Exactly
A good portion of the Republican pro
gram to date hasn't been too satisfying.
While only the most partisan partisans
could agree wholeheartedly with the
Democratic bombasts of Senators
Sparkman, Jackson, and others, who re
cently lampooned the new "ins" for
general and specific ineptitudes, the
GOP program has been no great change
from the much-maligned Fair Deal of
ferings.
Latest in the series of disappoint
ments that have Democrats charging
and laughing up their sleeves, and Citi
zens - for - Eisenhower folk wondering
why they became hot and bothered, is
, the strong opposition of President Eisen
hower to the elimination of the excess
profits tax, not to mention any needed
consideration for the heavily-loaded in
dividual.
What makes the situation doubly
hard to take for business folk is that the
excess profits tax was soon to expire.
Needless to say, reaction to the about
face of the President from the strong
inferences of the campaigning season
has been unpleasant. The result may
have been the trial balloon Secretary
of the Treasurery Humphrey threw out
a few days later: the dreaded alterna
.tive, a national sales tax.
The little people, it would appear, are
going to got stuck again for a national
sales tax would operate more heavily
against the small wage earner than
against the more wealthy wage earner.
In addition, states like North Carolina
look askance at such a move, for it will
mark the final encroachment of the fed
eral government into tho tax domain of
the several states. A sales tax at the
state level, at least in North Carolina,
has come to be an accepted fact and is
no longer a political issue. But a sales
tax on a sales tax (as is already the in
stance on cosmetics, leather goods, furs
and other so-called luxuries), would be
stretching tho sales tax matter much
too far.
It reminds again that accepting the
mantle of responsibility in government
is no easy task, and that actual perfor
mance is much more difficult than se
cond-guessing, that groat pastime of the
genus "out's".
The Eisenhower administration may
be getting along quite well, but it is
shining something short of the brilliance
predicted for it. Unless it moves into
much higher gear within the next few
months, tho Democrats may have groat
fun and some success during the 1954
Congressional campaign.
Mrs. Mary Goforth
? Tho sudden death of Mrs. Mary Brad
ford C.oforth came as a great shock to
her family, to her business associates,
and to her many friends. -
Removed from tho community was a
woman of considerable ability and per
sonality, who had established a reputa
tion for herself as an able executive in
a position of responsibility and impor
tance.
The management of tho employment
security office is a difficult job, for the
manager is the liason agent in a com
plicated maze between employer and
employee. It is therefore to Mrs. Go
forth's credit that she enjoyed tho con
fidence and respect of both tho employer
seeking a replacement and the worker
seeking a job. Many business' firms
came to count on the employment ser
vice to handle their replacement needs.
The Ilerqld knows, from its own experi
ence, that Mrs. Goforth had a particular
knack of fitting the right person to the
right task.
Personally, Mrs. Goforth was friend
ly and helpful to the needy. She gave
liberally of her time and means to pro
jects of the church, the Rod Cross, and
other worthwhile agencies, and was es
pecially solicitous of the welfare of the
elderly and the ill.
None is indispensable. But Mrs. Go
forth's place in the community will not
be easy to fill.
Graduation Time
Graduation time for a great number of
young boys and girls, and young men
and women, has come again, and Kings
^fountain has its share of young people
receiving diplomas, both those ending
high school courses, and older young
men and women completing college and
graduate courses.
It is not necessary to wax sentimental
when remarking that, for many, the end
of school, be it high school or college,
is a great day of turning point.
.
Even the change from high school
living to college living is no small turn
over. But the business of changing from
high school or college living to the busi
ness of earning a iiving is much change
indeed, withal, usually, a pleasant one.
It is the time when a relative depen
dence on parents and others ceases, and
the time when young folk make the
transition to manhood or womanhood,
self-reliant, able to make their own de
cisions and to make them correctly.
It is the necessity for making deci
sions correctly, with due regard to the
diamond-perfect traits of character ?
honesty, loyalty, courtesy, and the
others ? that means youth should be
encouraged to equip itself as well as
possible academically. All high school
ers who can should make every effort
? and be given every encouragement ?
to obtain more formal schooling.
Our congratulations to the several
Kings Mountain graduates of 1953.
Bond Matter
Mayor Glee A. Bridges, in his informal
remarks at his first meeting of the
board of commissioners, indicated he
was wasting no time in getting down to
work.
And, of course, the most provocative
remarks were his statements that he
expected to ask for bond issues for va
rious types of facilities improvements,
and expansions, in the very near future.
Already there has been some specula
tion that Mayor Bridges may have
"moved too early".
The Herald thinks not. Two years is
a very short time, and a board of com
missioners which expects to superintend
the spending of any bond issue money
it gets voted must get the money autho
rized by the end of its first, year in office,
or very soon thereafter. The expression
"time flies" is amazingly true for all,
especially those elected to two-year po
litical offices. A snap of the finger, it
seems, and the time has come around
to vote again.
Fortunately, or not, about the only
way cities can obtain large sums of
money for great projects is through is
suing bonds. Like other borrowing, the
test is in learning Just the right amount
to borrow. Too little results in too many
"no" answers to people wanting and de
serving services. Too much threatens
the city's financial solvency.
The Herald, as other citizens, await
with interest Mayor Bridges' bond pro
gram. Much is needed to bring the city
abreast of requirements in many direc
tions. For these needs, a certain amount
of borrowing will not only be beneficial,
but judicial.
A best bow to Charles Blanton, win
ner of the Merck Pharmacy award at
UNC, and to Charles C. (Bus) Oates, just
promoted to major in the Air Force re
serve.
10
YEARS AGO Items of news about Kings Mountain area people and events
THIS WEEK taken from the 1943 files of the Kings Mountain Herald.
Local merchants who deliver
by trucks to aid in the war effort
are announcing in this issue of
The Herald that beginning im
mediately only one delivery y^lll
be made daily.
Celebrating his second birth
day. Freddie Hambrlght enter
tained a number of his little
friend's at the home of his pa
rents. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Ham
bright on West Mountain street
last Friday afternoon.
Clemonsee McDanlel, USN, sta
tioned at Norfolk, Va., It visiting
relatives here.
PInkney Ware, USN, who is
stationed at Boston, Mass. Is visit
ing his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Grell Ware.
MARTIN'S
MEDICINE
By Martin Harmon
Ingredient ?: bits of . neu>*,
wisdom, humor, and comment.
Direction $: Take weekly, if
poeeible, but ovoid
overdosage.
3-D, Elc.
I got up a couple of half
dollars togethei the other night
to get into the Joy Theatre and
investigate "3-D" and the "Bad
Blonde". As It turned out, the
bad blonde was sufficiently bad
to leave prior to "denouement",
as one would say In France,
and "3-D" was nothing to write
home about, though it may be
a harbinger of great things to
come in the near future.
# 3-d-?
Generally speaking, the his
tory of movieland and the mo
vie industry is one of trial-and
error, as in all things new. The
first films were enough to send
all viewers home with severe
cases of eyestrain, and the first
talkies were scratchy and bad.
Also, it took a long time to per
fect technicolor, the epitome of
success in coloring films. Now,
'it may take a little time to per
fect "3-D", or its competitor for
third dimension presentation,
cinerama. .
3-de
Actually, 3-D which works on
the old stereopMcon formula,
really works. In the 3-D show
at the Joy, cutely called "Col
lege Capers", it was quite easy,
by looking through the little
colored paper glasses furnish
ed, to get the 3-D or depth ef
fect.
3-d-?
I Understand that cinerama
operates on the same principle,
but in reverse, requiring three
projectors to shoot three diffe
rent films onto a single, screen.
This' eliminates the ne?lfc>r
special glasses, which thecu5=
tomers can pay for easily at
10 cents apiece, but requires
a special type motion picture
house, which are, of course,
somewhat expensive to build.
In other words, If the Joy were
designed for cinerama, one pro
jector might be operating from
where it is now, another from
the port crying room, and
another from the popcorn
booth. This would treat the au
dience to the added dimension
of depth in addition to the
regulars.
3-d-?
I do not begrudge Dave Cash
the extra dime, nor the price of
admission, for .the looksee at
the "new" was worth it. Even
the bad blonde wasn't bad to
look at, though a raise of the
right eyebrow was her princi
pal dramatic weapon, whether
the emotion was love, hate,
envy, or any of the several
others attempted.
3-d-?
Hollywood, incidentally, is
putting out some good movies
these days, better than any
time since the war. Those who
have lost the movie habit to
television should get it back
again. They're missing some
good 'uns.
3-d-e
The et cetera part of this
space today may get me in
trouble with some of my neigh
bors, but it's too good to keep.
3-d-e
Mr. and Mrs, bright Ratter
ree were visiting Mountain
Rest cemetery late one after
noon recently, and Mrs. Ratter
ree remarked, "Don't they lock
these cemetery gates at night?
We don't want to get locked in
here." Bright replied that he
didn't know, but didn't think
so, and even if they did they
had plenty of time. Shortly
thereafter, the Ratterrees head
ed their car to an exit, only to
find the gates securely barred.
3d?
After a careful survey of the
situation, it was found that
all gates . were locked and
strong measures must be taken.
Bright therefore called back
his childhood days and shinnied
over the difficult cemetery
fence, leaving Mrs. Ratterree"
in the car, with darkness fast
falling, and, by her own testi
mony, with cemetery rabbits
hopping about in the shadows.
A telephone call from Humes
Houston's residence brought no
reply at the Safn Suber resi
dence, arid it required a trip to
the yardman's home to find a
key.
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Mrs. Ratterree says she re
membered the old folk tale that
rubbing the foot of a cemetery
rabbit brings good luck, but she
declined the opportunity, hud
dling 30 minutes in the car
alone. For my part, I'd like to
have seen Bright vaulting the
fence.
3d-?
Every now and again some
news story will come up that
requires a bit of background In
formation that is not readily
available. The way to get it is
to bother someone who knows.
Thus last week, when he was
doing the story on the com
mencement speakers, Charles
Carpenter didn't have accurate
Information on the pajtoral
tenure here of R*\C Fred Hay,
who preaches the baccaulau
reate ?em?n Sunday night We
have learned from experience
that Joe Thomson, veteran
clerk of the session of First
Presbyterian church, is the man
to see for Presbyterian history,
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18?Demeanors
19? Compass direction
30 Totui
22 ? Fortune
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27 ? facial eipreuioo
21? Bonda of afTectior
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30 ? Makea a low
murmuring round
33? Slate setting
31? Put on shoes
36 ? To situate
3*? To perceive directly
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39? Licentiate In Medicine
(abbrev.)
40? Cry of approbatioo
41 ? Preposition
43 ? Pramework of a
vehicle
4$ ? To involve
4 6 ? Labored
4t ? Manuscript (abbrev.)
49 ? Wedte-ihaped
fattening device
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10 ? Wide- reaching JL.
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13 ? Pronoun
14? Peeling
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proprietor
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Viewpoints of Other Editors
AT OURSELVES
W-THE -REFLECTION OF
SHINING TRUTH
Belmont Banner
A major life insurance com
pany recently reported that the
average American wage earner's
life had increased by more than
5' y,ea" ^ the last decade.
This finding is based on 1952
figures for industrial policy
holders.
??,TJle avera8e length of life for
the American wage earner Is now
slxtyeight and one-half years
1L0 e.uate increase continues, by
i Jb2 the average wage earner's
life span will be over seventv
two years. ' . * . - '
When considering this figure
as an average, one can easily see
the progress being made in this
direction. Despite a record motor
vehicle toll In 1952, the death rate
among wage earners, last year
was near the all-time low re
corded in 1950. The death rate
i ?r *very one ?* the major chror.
c diseases of middle and later
life declined. This is especially
encouraging and includes such
diseases as heart, artery and kid-,
ney diseases, in addition to cancer
and diabetes.
These figures cover the Amerl
can wage earner. The increasing
pace of a faster life. Increased
tension and other added tensions
of modern-day life have not com
hmed to offset the progress being
made in the medical field We
wonder, however. If the mortality
and especially editors, Is not still
rising. Prom all outward appear
ances, It would seem that the fast
pace of modern life is causing a
heavier toll In this class, al
though we will be glad to correct
our assumption If figures prove
otherwise.
In the meantime we suggest
that all business men slow their
pace, and extend their lives along
with the wage earners.
Shelby Mayor
Grover Speaker
Mayor -CM. King of Shelby
w.ll make the principal address
for class night and graduation
V GroVer hl?h school
ra- J- ? Van Dyke
is valedictorian and Rachel Har
din, salutatorfan.
The baccalaureate sermon will
be delivered in the First Bap
tist church Sunday. May 31 at
p- m- Rev. Homer Baker,
Shelby Second Baptist church
pastor.
Seniors Include: Lloyd C. Bol
ton, John Lewis Hughes, Jei;y
L Smith, John O. 'Van Dyke,
B- W^moreland, Rachel
Ann Hardin, Peggy Keeter, Fran
ces Owensby, Elizabeth Rlppy,
Treva Ponder. Irene Greene, Iris
Barber, and Herman Stewart.
BIRTHPLACE
the Wright Memorial
at Kill Devil Hills, North Caro
lina, continues to Increase. Supt.
Horace A. Dough of the National
Memorial reports 9,172 visitors in
April, an increase of nearly 77%
over April of last year. Visitors
registered from 44 states, the Dis
trict of Columbia, Territory of
Hawaii, and 12 foreign countries:
Canada, Sweden, Norway, A us
; 5?ut.h Afrlca. Rhodesia,
Israel, England, Colombia, Ger
m*ny, IndoChlna and India.
; and Charlie dk>. ~ " '
11 001 tluit Mr Thorn
~??my need to
look In his minute books for
this Information. Suppfytns the
*?P?*ted ?1*o that he
and Mrs. Thomson had been
married by Mr. Hay.
LIFE SPAN RISES
Stanly News & Press
Often it serves a useful purpose
to "back off and look at our
selves ? to see the plight in
which we are and ponder the
avenues that may lead to a solu
tion.
The world is of a size to stagger
the imagination of the average
person, and the thousands of A
merican soldiers fighting on the
tiny peninsula of Korfea constitute
only a small dot on the map of
the earth. Yet, in a sense, they
are holding the huge hordes of
Communistic Orientals who
would sweep everything before
them in all parts of Asia arid even
Africa.
What is to be the outcome of
this terrific struggle, born of
mixed desires ? a yearning to be
free and a yearning to conquer?
Undoubtedly, the present world
crisis stems from that long-nur
tured desire on the part of some
of our allies to exploit the people
In many lands. At k-ast, this de
sire has been a contributing fac
tor in creating tense situations,
and of making it possible for the
Communistic doctrine to take
hold.
And we are perhaps not free
from blame because we,, too, have
been guilty of economic self-in
terest, although we have had no
desire to rule other peoples.
Rather we have encouraged self
government in all parts of the
world.
We cannot hold back the tide
unless we 'encourage men every
where to seek their own freedom
?to rule themselves as wisely as
possible, and yet if we do this,
our allies will feel that we are
deserting them.
However, truth still stands in
shining armor far above the
tiny, struggling men below; and
no matter how much we try, sht
will remain there.
Production of commercial ear
ly Irish potatoes in North Caro
lina in 1953 is currently estimat
ed at 4,400,000 bushels, 40 per
cent more than 1952.
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