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_x<?? 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 evecy Thursday by the Herald Publishing House. Entered as second class matter at the postoffU>e at Kings Mountain, N. C., under Act . Of Congress of March 3, 1873 EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Martin Harmon Editor- Publisher ? ' ? ?? , ?? ... . 4. ? '? : / . ? v. / ? .. "? . Charles T. Carpenter, Jr. ^ .t i, Sports, Circulation, News Miss Elizabeth Stewart Society MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT Eugene Matthews Horace Walker David Weathers Ivan Weaver* Charles Miller Paul Jackson (?Member of Armed Forces) TELEPHONE NUMBERS ? 167 or 283 SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE ONE YEAR? $2.50 SIX MONTHS ? $1 .40 THREE MONTHS? 75c BY MAIL ANYWHERE TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE The slug yard w t visor in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason. Proverbs 26:16 Little Rain Not Enough The rains which finally arrived were freshening, but they did not improve materially the city's position in respect to an adequate water supply. Many, many inches' of rainfall are needed, and, perhaps, some good soak ing snows to eliminate, more or less per manently, the prospect of a continuing water shortage. With winter at hand, it is assumed there will be enough rainfall in the next few weeks and months to keep the city's supply at least at present levels and per haps to increase it. However, the danger time will be next summer. Unless the rains are sufficient to again raise the water level at city lake to a point where it is lapping the overflow trough, the city will be in for trouble in 1954, just 26 years since the city built its present plant, which many citizens at the time considered too big, too expensive, and a watershed capacity the city would never need. Soon, the city is going to ask the citi zens to approve the issuance of bonds to improve the water system. The engi neer, W. K. Dickson, has stated that the dam can be elevated by 10 feet, adding 450,000,000 gallons of watershed capa city, for $65,000. But some people ask, "What's the use of raising the dam, if we haven't got the water to go into it?" They may have a point. An allied por tion of the proposed bond money would be earmarked for expanding filtering capacity, certainly important in view of the fact of 24-hour operation of the fil tering plant during the recent peak wa ter-consumption seasons. Tones Important Mr. Seawell, the Carthage lawyer, GOP leader, and recent GOP candidate for governor, made an interesting point the other day when he suggested that judges' charges to juries be recorded. On appeals to the state Supreme Court, he submits-, the high court jurors would see not only the text (sometimes changed or re-phrased) of the judge's charge, but would hear his tone of voice, too. Mr. Seawell regards the tone of voice has highly important. And he is eternally correct. A diffe rent inflection can put ah entirely diffe rent meaning on just about any state ment. It would be a boon to the recording machine business, but it would be a jus tifiable expense by the taxpayers in the interests. of justice, which sometimes seem a will-d-t he-wlsp which the courts have trouble catching. Generally, there is some question whether a solicitor should ever be pro moted to the bench, solicitors falling in to the habit of regarding every man charged as guilty. But that is entirely another subject and not connected with Lawyer Seawell's worthwhile sugges tion. Senator Alton I-ennon 'proved himself an affable, friendly! knowledgeable man in his short but busy visit to Kings Mountain recently. His expected oppo nent tor the senatorial nomination next May is another seasoned campaigner, former Governor W. Kerr Scott, con ceded by some to have the edge at the moment, but expected to be hard put to it to withstand the assault of Senator Loiinon and his friends, which include Governor W. B. Umstead, and, general ly. the .more conservative forces in North Carolina politics. A slam-bang battle is in prospect, and Senator Len non thinks no othei candidate of major stature will be around to muddy the water. . i Old Battle Continues The daily newspapers included recent ly a new model version of an old battle between the press and a political figure ? over the publication of a matter of news, definitely the concern of all the people of Mt. Olive, down-east community bet ter known as the pickle center of the state and nation. The mayor of Mt. Olive had circulated privately a petition which asked for an election on the legal sale of wine and beer, but when the newspaper asked to see it, for publication, the mayor balk ed, with the lame statement that the petition was the private property of the Town of Mt. Olive. The newspaper, the Mt. Olive Tribune, went to the courts and got an order forc ing the mayor to make public the peti tion. In the particular instance, it appeared from the news accounts that the Mt. Olive mayor was a "wet" and the news paper a "dry" on the particular question, and that the petition sought an election, with the aim restoration of beer sales to legality. Of course, the hot political matter of "wets" and "drys" had nothing to do with whether the mayor had the right to sit on the petition. The mayor mere ly ran afoul an old political habit, also practiced by the 1953 General Assembly, when he set himself up as the judge of what should be printed and what should not be printed. Since the "Secrecy Act" of the 1953 legislature, newsmen have been even more on their toes than ever on the at tempts of office - holders to suppress news about the people's government. In a way, the hated "Secrecy Act", which will most likely be repealed in 1955, may have rendered a service in making news men more conscious of the ever-present desire of the politician to print only the favorable and to withhold the unfavor able. As Paul Hansell, the Associated Pressman, said in Gastonia last week, the press wants the news, naturally, but the most important beneficiaries of a continuing free press are the vast num bers of citizens called "the public". Strangely, considering the fortunes of political warriors! the circumventers themselves may find their roles switch ed and, later on, also be major beneficia ries of a free press. A dethroned politi cian can't keep informed, if the news man doesn't print the news. The highway department has done much to sj>eed the flow of traffic at the congested Battleground avenue - Gold street stoplight by preparing another lane which will allow southbound traf fic to whiz on through on the outside lane. The improvement was made at the request of the city, which attended to the necessary pole-moving. As the Herald reporter recalls, it was Commis sioner W. S. Fulton who made the mo tion asking the highway department to widen the street. A best bow to Forrest Roberts, one time Kings Mountain citizen and neigh boring Gastonian, on his election as pre sident of the North Carolina Oil Jobbers association. Recognition by district and state trade associations mark those hon ored as leaders in their fields of endea vor. Hearty congratulations to William Le Richeux, known to more than one gene ration of Kings Mountain citizens as "Mr. Billy", who recently attained his n.netieth birthday. 10 YEARS AGO Items of news about Kings Mountain area people and emits THIS WEEK taken from the 1943 files of the Kings Mountain Herald. The Christmas shopping sea- 1 son will he ushered in Thursday, Friday and Saturday, aflong with the song title contest sponsored j by the Kings Mountain Mer | chants Association, according to II. L. Ruth, Association president, j Local stores are well-stocked with holiday gifts for everyone, and shoppers of Kings Mountain arid surrounding vicinities are in- j vlted to visit local merchants lor their Christmas needs. | ' Social And Personal Miss Betty Lou Roberts became the bride of Sgt. Charles Eugene Ballard in a ceremony held at the First Presbyterian church here last Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. Miss Mary Frances Guntt, who left yesterday for New York City, was honored at a lovely party Tuesday night when Mrs. E. E. Elkins entertained ?t the home I of her mother, Mr#. E, H. Crouch 7 ,?%*- v-v-'v * XL: ??* : ' ' ? ? ? .. - t-N <~h .klL'H-.Ai&m-. L'jpw. on GAston street. Miss Mable Logan left recently for Washington, D. C. where she has a position with the FBI. Miss Maude Williams of Win ston-Salem spent the Thanksgiv, lng holiday with hler parents, Mr, and Mrs. Wray Williams. Miss Francrs Barnes and Jus tine Painter spent Monday and Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. B. N. Karnes. MARTIN'S MEDICINE By Martin Harmon Ingredient*: bit* of new*, uAadom, humor, and comment. Direction*: Take weekly, if p o**ible, but avoid over dotage. I didn't go, and I can't say I'm very sorry. m-m , A chance to buy two tickets occurred on the previous day, the advertisement'on the South ern Railway special looked in viting, and Halbert Webb's lack of confidence (after thb Wake Forest upset of South Carolina) all combined to encourage a re luctant traveler. But I with stood both sentiment and temp tation. This year I not only missed the first touchdown, as one other time happened, but all of them, as Duke trounced North Carolina for the fourth consecutive year to balance off the wonderful Justice era. But I felt a little funny, not headed east on Dukte - Carolina day, for it was the first time since 1945 I'd missed one. m-m But 180 miles after a defeat at the hands of Duke can be mighty strung out, and particu larly if there's a hurrahing Duke supporter in the party. This time I Just curled up b?j si^e a nice warm home flre p.^ce, read the evening news paper, and doused the defeat with television. Saturday night does havte some good shows, but I did dream about blocked punts, Barger scoring, that 1^ had the mumps find some other trivia. m-m There's always next year, and perhaps I'll resume the treks. At any rate, congratulations to the Methodist friends for thfeir victory In THE game. m-m With football over in these parts, It is now time to settle down to Christmas shopping business, which is expected to set a record this year, not only throughout the nation, but lo cally, too. The merchants of thte Piedmont haven't been bless ed with anything resembling selling weather thus far, this autumn, and they think the pent-up demand, plus Santa Claus, will mean almost more business Jn Dtecember than they can handle. m-m Attention to Christmas re- 1 minds that Sylvia Porter, a newshenwho writes economics business features out of Vyashington, had an interesting story Sunday past along the general theme "Women go Into a trancfe when buying. I hardly believed my eyes when I read the stuffi Not that there was any untruth involved, but a lady's admitting it, here at Christmastime, seemed hiehlv Irregular. Of course, a husband could nevfcr say it. He can only think It, after seeing the strange apparitions called hats , which the ladies bring home with jewelry-type price tags thereupon. A bachelor couldn t indicate it, for the so rorities would blackball him. Only a woman can say it about a woman. But thfe actual trance ?s iOft for the male, when the monthly statements begin to ar rive. m-m One thing I'm glad about: the modern trend of calling monthly bills "statements" rather than "duns", which was the old word for it. Though they both are statements of ac count, and though the between lines meaning is "get in here and pay up", there is a differ e"cf. Jn the shade of meaning of thfe words, at least in local usage. "Statement" means list ing of amount owed, and many people get irked when they don't receive them and on time. But you never heard a person say. a?nd me a dun," for the word "dun" usually Is used when referring to accounts somewhat in arrears. Or at least, I ve found it that way m-m. Speaking of statements, etc., reminds that Charlie Blaloek relates some interesting ex periences and sights as a result of his recent motor jaunt to California. No statements or duns are used In Las Vegas, Nevada, the new Din of Gamb ling Iniquity of the nation. Charlie says there are more neon lights in Las Vegas than he evfr thought existed. But the method of doing business is Just like it is at Charlie's store: cash on the barrelhead, Char lie says nice accommodations were always available through out the trip, with deluxe motor courts offering swimming pools and fancy food to attract cus torneTs. ( wJtbaJ at reasonable prices There are some big towns in this country," Charlie remarked, "and a lot of automo biles. Some places they blow a siren at you for driving too ? '..?r?ers ,or driving too f? c,h?rlle about the W*st was the lack of churches. "You just WJ. any much'" Charlie hfrSv ^?Und ^ nardly drive a few miles the w,thf>ut *ome OI<*. some , JET". ^5 001 001 " Maybe ila r,1urches and the ' CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 ? Shortened athletic club 3 ? Non-playing bridge player 7 ? Three- toed sloth 9 ? Media of home enter tainment 1 2 ? Pleasure painter 1 5 ? Pithing equipment . 16 ? Printer's measure (pi.) 1 7 ? Food for the iacehorse 1 S? Radio it directed to thia 1 9 ? D vision of tennis match 20 ? A.ena for agricultural activity 72 ? Bring legal action 34 ? broadcasts 27 ? Aromatic seed for tb? cook 29 ? Fastener 30 ? Ancient sun god 31 ? College degree 32 ? Instrument for the musician 36 ? Canopy for the grape enthusiast 39 ? Tolerably 40 ? Raises In poker 4 2? Slave 43 ? To engage in a speedy contcst 44 ? Delicacy for the gourmand 45 ? Tennis net-tickler 47? ?Mu-.ical combination 48? Old card game 50- -To nullify 52 ? To express musically all over again 55? Either 56? To engage iu vocal recreation 57? Thus DOWN ) ? MeMutt of are* 7 ? Popular French dance 3 ? Perform 4 ? Employer* 5? Billiard ?hot 6 ? Period of time (aUfrt.) 7 ? Autumn flower* S ? That thing! 10 ? Preft? denoting "down' 1 1? Article* 13 ? The interesting part of a bridge tcora >4? U.S. "Corn State" (abbrev.) 20? -Card gambling game a lucceuful maneuver in "barfl fard golf" o raise the ante 3 S ? Poetical feet 2 6? A mark In bowling J8 ? Sea eagle 29? City Bowling Ano elation (abbrev.) 33 ? Popular kind of ?kate 34 ? The body'* large blood carrier M ? Unpopular army detail (abbrev.) 37 ? FUherman'* wiodla** (Pi) 38 ? Houaewive*' tear jerker* 40? Below 4 1 ? Athletic endeavor 46 ? Latin abbreviation meaning "for example" 49 ? Old Indian (abbrev.) 50? Definitely not! 51? Toward >3 ? Degree for the gradu ate engineer 54 ? Proceed The Wont Ad Section For Tfris Week's Completed Pozslo Viewpoints of Other Editors RECEIVE MANDATE The presidents of Cleveland County's civic clubs in joint meet ing last week gave unanimous in dorsement to the proposal that this county construct a health center under the Medical Care Commission program. Briefly, the facts stack up thus; the center, which would house the county hfealth depart ment, would cost a total of about $73,000, of which Cleveland Coun ty would pay some $23,000; State and Federal funds, as in the case of the new hospital wing and the Kings Mountain hospital, would provide the remainder; it would be constructed on land alrteady owned by the county on the hos pital property; in 20 years it would become sole property of the county; cun-ent rental and service charges for housing the health department cost the coun ty $275 per month, jVhich would total $23,100 in seven years. The civic club presidents de clared their certainty that the memberships . of their respective clubs arte overwhelmingly of the same opinion as they are on the health center proposal. St^te and Federal funds are not likely to be available for the project after this year, yet quar ters must cor tinute to be provided for the health department. Funds paid out in rentals by the county realize no equity for the taxpayers, but an estimated spe cial three- cent levy for one ytear would purchase for the taxpay ers a permanent $73,000 building at a cost of only $23,000, the equivalent of seven years' ren tal costs for present quarters. Thte commissioners are wise to consider seriously and without haste any new or special expen ditures of public funds, but it would seem that good business and wise stewardship of those funds would dictate their appro val of a health center for Clevte land County under the Medical Care Program while funds are available ? Cleveland Times. A GOOD BUY I Throughout Transylvania and the nation at this time of the year an urgent plea Is madte for citizens to buy Christmas seals. Here at home the American Legion auxiliary is sponsoring the '53 sale of seals, and the chairman today reports that hun dreds and hundreds of letters containing colorful steals have been mailed out. The mailing out of the Christ mas seals is the only way by which the Transylvania Tubey culosls association raises funas to fight TB. And money raised in Brevard and Transylvania county Is kept here to fight tuber culosis at home. During the past year, many ad vances have aen made in the de tection and treatment of tubercu losis and this research was thanks to contributions to the sale of seals. Tuberculosis Is still the No. 1 killer, and when you buy Christ mas seals, you are doing your part to aid in this great fight against the worst of all Infectious diseases. So maU in your contri bution today ? Transylvania Timm., '? " A late freeze cut the 1953 North Carolina apple age. ? Cr^666 wmxTt-umt ma mum ?4 i, 'V ' . <y < .%?>? Luther Bennett FEW PEACEFUL YEARS SINCE 1918 Thirty-five years ago Wednes day the Armistice for the First World War was signed. The oc casion brought much Joy and cele brating, as should any move to stop a bloody war. Since that Armistice was sign ed in 1918, theite have been two other wars come to an end ? a hot war and a cold World War, which was the war to end all wars, soon saw an even longer and more destruc tive conflict as World War n be |.gan. Then a few years after World War n, thte cold war of Korea started, and raged for sev eral years before the signing of the recent truce. On the eve of this Armistice Day in 1953, the events of af fairs in this Far East look dis couraging for a continuation of World Peace. In fact, there have been but a few peaceful years unce 1918, however, that does not mean we should let up on our ef forts for striving tor the goal of permanent world peace. ? ? Waynetville Mountaineer. FOG CLEANER Only the most incorrigible An glophile, who would not change one thing about Britain, would hope that Mrs. Jane Garner's in vention fail 8 to work. After 27 years of work on her machlnte, Mrs. Garner is ready for the Min istry of Supply to test her "fog ga," a "vacuum cleaner" for fog gy air. The machine sucks foggy air into one end and blows ' ' at the other defogged. The clear air frorti the machinte creates, ac cording to the Inventor, "a cus hion of pure air . . . which lifts the fog higher and higher until it dissolves." ? - Mrs. Garner's Iohg and persis tent work, whether It succeeds or not, refutes any opinions about a prevailing British complacency. Herte is one woman not satisfied with England's pea soup atmos phere, but determined to do something about it. If it works in England, it wouldn't be a bad idea to bring some of the "air vacu um cleaners" to this country. There are many places where and many timtes when It could be used to advantage. ? Durham Morn ing Herald. Trucks use 8tt billion gallons of gasoline every year. Piled in one gallon cans, that much would make five stacks to the moon. SAVE I AW MARLOWE'S, Inc. -j- ' ? * ? / * '?* *???" . ? ?" ? ?* ' 507 KING ST. PHONE 1010 Stay Healthy... Drink Sunrise # It's Pasteurized # It's Homogenized ? It's Rich In Healthy. Wholesome Goodness ? . ? ' * ? ' ? ? .*. ? i ??;?'.* ?' ?? .V ? - a. ' , * .* CHILDREN LIKE SUNBBE ... Inst give the Children sunrise MUli and yonl! find they truly like it. It's the best way to prove how good it really is. - wy And, too, when y on Bay Sunrise yen are building Ihe dairy industry in your own comity. -I ? ""i- ' ? "v---*: j -*? '? >. >>f I ft V-'r'' ?*" ?C ?i?' '? r>-'L ?>\ un**se ? * , V GASTON! A, H. 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