U; The Kings Monntain 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. - y * ? Entered as second class matter at the postoffi."e at Kings Mountain, N. C., under Act of Congress of March 3, 1873 EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Martin Harmon Editor- Publisher Charles T. Carpenter, Jr 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 RY MAIL ANYWHERE TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after ? the tradition of men after the rudiments of the world, and not after Chri?t. Colossiana 2:8. Aims For Top The spectacle recently witnessed whereby Senator Joe McCarthy and President Eisenhower are considerably at odds is not a mere argument betw een the leaders of two wings of a political party, as Senator McCarthy would have the public believe at the moment. The battle between the two is another barrage by Senator McCarthy in an ef fort 1) to assume the leadership of the Republican party, and 2) to convert that leadership into a presidential nomina tion and trip to the White House. The Senator has a lot in his favor. Among his assets are good-fellow Irish looks, a sincere maner, and an emotional appeal. Not the least of his assets is the fact that many people regard everything connected with Washington as crooned and rotten. Senator McCarthy, by his statements, would have the American public believe he is the only honest lily white knight in shining armor left in Washington who is willing to do battle against the forces of iniquity. Another asset, and perhaps the major one for Senator McCarthy, is the cloak of senatorial immunity. The Senator can stand on this premise to keep himself out of trouble when he makes rash char .ges which, later, can't be substantiated. He gets by with the public by ranting and raving, not with documentation and substantial facts. ' Huey Long tried and didn't make it. And all other would-be United States dictators have endeavored to make it with varying degrees of ill success. But in Germany Hitler reached the top. The American citizen's civil liberties should he listed as the eighth wonder of the world, more important than all the other seven. But some folk follow the Pied Piper, McCarthy, because what he says pleases them momentarily. That is why Senator McCarthy touted with President Eisenhower on the issue of tr.ade with Red China. Certainly trading with Red China is indefensible in the popular mind. All other phases of the is sue were ignored The McCarthy meth od is a steal from the old one of pulling statements out of context. Make no mistake about it: Senator Mc Carthy is smart, he is ruthless, and he is ambitious. Should he reach the White House, the freedom of every individual citizen would bo in danger. President Eisenhower may not be the most brilliant man who ever graced the White House, but his patriotism is spread on the record much more fully than that of the senatorial headline hunter from Wisconsin. Joseph McCar thy. Several items, other than Christmas shopping, should he handled during the month of December. They include buy ing a 1954 city tag, if the new paper mo del can be called that, and numbering '.lie domicile according to the new num bering arangement recently adopted by the eity. And, if you haven't already, draw a liberal check for the Kings Moun tain high school band fund. A new law goes into effect January .1 which makes more dangerous than ever the business of driving an automobile without .liability insurance coverage. The common description of auto liabili ity insurance, as opposed to other kinds such as fire, collision, etc.; is that "it's the kind that keeps you out of jail." Un der the new law, a person who can't show financial responsibility to the ex tent of at least $11,000 will almost cer tainly lose his driver's license, should he be involved in a major traffic accident. Whether the particular driver was at fault does not enter into the matter, as we understand it. Motorists who do not carry automobile liability insurance should see their insurance agent at once. Election On Bonds The city board of commissioners has formally called a bond issue election for January 16 on four questions, three of them to determine whether the city shall borrow a total of $600,000 for pub liq improvements, a fourth to determ ine whether the voters shall approve a five-cent tax to operate a recreation plant and/or program. A sum of $250,000 is sought for water system improvements. A sum of $200,000 is sought for sewer system improvements. A sum of $150,000 is sought for recre ation plant construction. The general aims of the water and sewer items have been publicized con siderably in the past several months. Sewer system improvements planned by the board include a new disposal unit to replace the McGill septic tank, plus line extensions to areas now using septic tanks. Water system improvements include raising of the level of the dam at city lake to harness another 450,000,000 gal lons of water, provided that much flows in; to add filter capacity at the Deal street plant; and to lay more lines. The announced purpose of the recrea tion bonds is to build a couple of swim ming pools, one for white citizens, ano ther for Negroes, but there have been no basic engineering estimates on costs, no public announcement as to intended sites, or, indeed much other concrete information. All the bond money is undoubtedly needed and can be expended advanta geously, in fact, will be only a drop in the bucket toward getting the city along the road of catching up on many phases needed capital improvements. But the Herald believes all citizens deserve a little better explanation on how the recreation plant issue, if voted, will be spent. Such an explanation ? would undoubtedly enhance the chanc es of the citizens' voting the spending authority, after a long, long series- of point-blank spending vetoes at the bal lot-box. The city administration through con tinuing attention and the expenditure of a goodly sum of money, finally thinks it has the present water shortage licked after tapping the legendary shaft of the old gold mine, located adjacent to the city lake property. At any rate, the prospect of getting 225,000 gallons of raw water per day greatly enhances the prospect of returning the city lake to safe levels. Even should the relief prove temporary the board is to be commend ed for its continuing effort to relieve the water situation. As this newspaper has often pointed out in the past,- there are certain services basic. to a community, which, if not rendered, destroy the ex cuse for having a city and collecting taxes anyway. One of them is water. When a community faces a drought, it is no time to spare the horses. The Jaycees have done a very, very good job in the past with their Buy-A Can, Leave-A-Can method of spreading Christmas cheer to the needy of the community. There is never any dearth of customers for the Jaycee charity and the organization is limited only by the amount of foodstuffs supplied by citi zens. If the Jaycees are willing to spend a considerable sum of money and do all the work too, a- they are, then surely the least a Kings iMountain citizen can 1 do is to buy a few cans of food to help a needy neighbor. Fill those baskets! Hearty congratulations *o OUie Har ris, Jr., the Kings Mountain high school football team's able T-formation quar terback and passer deluxe, who has been named to the All-Conference team by coaches in the confcr^nce. _ YEARS AGO Items of newa about King? Mountain area people and mnU [ THIS WEEK taken from the 1943 files of the Kings Mountain Herald. Paul E. Ker Aricks, Kings Moun tain high school hand director, has resigned in order to enter some branch of the military ser vice. He haa served as high school band director since 1935 when he began with only seven members in the band organization. Rev. J. Q. Winkler, pastor of Central Methodist church, was elected president of the Kinga Mountain Ministerial. Association f . at a meeting held Tuesday after noon. Rev. B. F. Austin was elect ed Vice-president and Rev. P. D. Patrick was elected secretary treasurer. Social And Personal Lieut. Humes Houston is on a visit in Kings Mountain and Page land before reporting for duty at Fort McKane, Miss. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Baker of Four Oaks, N. C. were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Allen over the weekend. Sgt. Marriott Phifer haa re turned to Miami Beach, Fla., af ter a visit to his home in Kings Mountain. Lieut, and Mrs. D. C. Olive and son, Jerry, of Fort Monmouth, Ni J., arrived this week for a visit at the home of Lt Olive's moth er, Mrs. E. B. Olive. MARTIN'S MEDICINE By Martin Harmon Ingredient a: bit* of nevw, wisdom, humci , and comment. Direction ?: Take weekly, ' if possible, but avoid overdosage. No official pronouncement has been givfcn me concerning this weekend's model home show, which Elmer Lumber Company has arranged lor this weekend for one of the Cres cent Hill homes, but I have a sneaking suspicion the infer ence involved is that somte head of some household should pur chase It as an ideal Santa Claus stunt. ; m-m And indeed it would be..... m-m At any rate, the model home show is a nice stunt and a worthwhile promotion, and it is good to see it being used in Kings Mountain as a means to promoting home selling, and, of course, home ownership. Own ing a home is good business for anybody and makes better citi zens, advertisements of the loan agencies contend, and I would n't be surprised If it Weren't true. Home owners work hard er on their lawns, their gar dens. take more pride in the Interiors and exteriors, it Is contended. However, I don't be lffeve I would ever be much of a gardener, but prospects should be good among the golf.' ing clientele. m-m The home being shown this weekend in Crescent Hill is a neat five- room, number, featur ing two bedrooms, living room, den, and kitchen, the ideally sized home for what has be come the average American family. Grandpa wouldn't have been interested, considering his neted for bed space for a half dozen or more, but the modern day family includes father, mother, and two urchins. m-m The beauty of the home at 607 Crescent Drive will be greatly enhanced for the show ing by thte addition of furniture, with Baird. Cooper's, Sterchi's, and McGinnis collaborating to outfit the new-model, ranch typ.. residence with new-model furniture. In addition, the spon sor, Elmor Lumber Company, has completely outfitted the kitchen with a Youngstown kitchfen. Youngstown's contribu tion to female longevity, which should be completely useful and gleamingly bright. m-m Drace Peeler fathered the promotion, replicas of which have proved highly popular in larger citites. Why not in Kings Mountain, particularly when homes of the type shown sell for several thousands less than they do In bigger cities? m-m Homes, like other major ac quisitions, are seldom paid lor cash-on-the-barrelhead, (even more seldom than automobiles, and everyone knows that most folk seldom get out of hock to the auto finance companies. Generally, more autos, dish washers. bedroom suittes, wash ing machines, arid, of course, homes have been sold by terms than by, say. a bargain asking price. The time-payment plan, sometimes castigated by the more conservative, or, victe versa, by those who have been a little easy in their credit granting policy, is given as the chief reason for the high stan dard of living of the American peoplte. which far exceeds that of any other nation in the world.. Think of Moscow, with ?only five service stations in the whole of that large city. There's a dozen, someone said, in Kings Mountain, and that's just with in the city limits. People simply find it easier to pay a debt than to amass a cash paymfent. m-m Thus the great home-build ing boom since the war has been spurred by two great lac tors 1) need, the nation having fallen far . behind on home building during the four years of World War H; and 2) easy terms and long re- payment schedules. "Payments cheaper than rent" is a recently coined phrase not lively to gather much dust, in spite of relnstltu tion of so-called tight montey policies. Twenty years may seem too long to use in paying for a house, but the homes are better-built these days and out last the payment period. I have not talked turWsy with Hal Plonk on the housebuying business, nor with the several furniture folk and Drace Peeler on the furnishings stuff. But I imagine a few signatures on ? (W dotted lines, plus lust a small amount of down payment, would deliver the furnished model home being shown this weekend in rapid-fire order. Personally, I am looking foe ward to ' an inspection of the new ranch-type home,- and I shall not insist on Drace's serv ing refreshments. r g ? *' | CHOSSWQRD ?. ACROSS I ? Indoor game i 9 ? Athletic ilu||? 1 0 ? One of the recreations ? 3 ? MhciiHm imoker > 6? Participant In popular indoor > port I 7 ? Arranger* of tennis tourney schedules 1 1 ? Australian bird * J ? Mystic Sanskrit word ??? Touch Sledding (?bb) . J?? Male title 1* ? Ontk letter 39? ttometUng for the . #1 ? Athletic tournament 39 ? Scottish understanding M ? Spotting vehicles 64-?3Sr> baseball blows (two wda.) DOWN 19 ? Public cormjm . (abb.) 10 ? Male offspring J 3 ? Bring suit 34*? Economic Co-operation (abb.) I ' ? A kind of equine 31? Uk* 37? Residua 39? Radag highway 40 ? Trsflk- Control (abb.) 4*? Month (abb.) 46 ? Popular Britiah I (abb.) SI? Athletic dew M? Metallic alemi 33 ? Athletic Kada (abb.) ?7? Str 61? Kilocycle (abb.) Sm The Want Ad Section For TMs Week's Completed Puzzle Viewpoints of Other Editors THE FBI BECOMES A POLITICAL BUREAU One thing made clear by the Harry Dexter White case is that the Fedteral Bureau of Investiga tion has the hidden power to con. vert this country into a police state. J. Edgar Hoover's testimony in the White case shows that his bureau can build up or mar the record and actions of any govern ment or government official, and can do that without showing its hand or coming from behind the scenes. The American people have sup posed that such things were to be found only in Russia and other benighted countries of the Old World. Yet J. Edgar Hoover's own testimony at Washington proves that merely by "reports", never made public, can make or break any administration, while at the same time casting credit or discredit on any chosen public official, even inside the doors of the White House. J. Edgar Hoovter's testimony showed one thing further: That whereas the F. B. I. was set up chiefly to reduce crime and watch criminals, it has become a politic cal bureau, wielding powerful se cret political influence. Attorney General Brownell's efforts to impute treason t iveti and now carried on in .4opr exactly like t^tey were two !;?ir