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i The Kings Mountain Heiald Established 1889 A weekly newspaper devoted to the promotion ol the general welfare and published (or the enlightenment, entertainment and benefit of the citizens of Kings Mountain aad its vicinity, published evecy Thursday by the Herald Publishing House. ^ Entered as second class matter at the poatoffiee 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 Kugene Matthews Horace talker David Weathers Ivan Weaver* Charles Miller , Paul Jackson - (?Member of Armed Forces) TELEPHONE NUMBERS? 167 or 283 SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYAELE IN ADVANCE ONE YEAR ? $2.50 SIX MONTHS? 51.40 THREE MONTHS? 75c BY MAIL ANYWHERE TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE Yc shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles. St. Matthew 7:16. - ' ' , ? ' : ? ? The Race Is On Former Governor W. Kerr Scott, the man from Haw River, has now miide it official. As the Charlotte Observer poli tical writer notod; the worst-kept poli tical secret since Roosevelt's third term has become public knowledge, with "survey time" over and with Mr. Scott, the tobacco ?? chewing farmer, formally running for the Democratic nomination to the United States Senate against Senator Alton Asa Lennon, the Wilming ton appointee of Governor Umstead. Two more candidates have already put up their money, but they are not ex pected to get many more votes than those of their own immediate families, a few too few. in a state-wide election. There still may be a third important candidate. The Herald's information, however-, is that this third candidate, if he develops, will not be Lieutenant Gov ernor Luther Hodges. A trial balloon, for Hodges was hoisted several weeks ago, and, on the word of the man handling the hoisting apparatus, the reaction was good from everyone except Mr. Hodges. Mr. Hodges won't run, preferring to fill out his term of office and to keep his eyes well-trained on the governor's man sion for 1956. Irregaraiess, as the ? uiigiaiiuiiatical would say, the entrance of Challenger Scott against Incumbent Lennon as sures an interesting race that is quite likely to make temperatures of North Carolinians run hot between now and May voting day. Many families will unr doubtedly find the unfortunate situation of brother cancelling brother's vote, and the subject of politics a fiery unwelcome one in the household. Squire Scott is that kind of man. He has a tangy flavor to his talk, and both his friends and enemies are awaiting the Scott catchwords for 1954, wondering what will replace his familiar "repeal the mud tax" of 1948. Senator Lennon, on the other hand, is a more suave, urbane person who also knows how to shake a hand, put on a smile, and doff his hat in mcst accepted manner. Less well-known than Scott in this section of the state, he will never theless have the backing of major ele ments of the Umstead organization which is a pretty fair head start. This means accent on campaign funds and a sizeable backlog of votes. Spring promises the usual dose of po litical sulphur and 'lasses. "Nationalistic" Kings Mountain citi zens cannot help but sympathize with the expressed feelings of Upper Cleve land County citizens who have petition ed the county board of commissioners for an Upper Cleveland clinic, at . least, to bring hospital service closer to the doors of the people in that area. Local folk, having seen the benefits of the Kings Mountain hospital, will receive with consideration the plea of these Up per Cleveland residents that they are paying a good share of the bili, yet not getting the direct at-home benefits. Should the county commission see fit to include a bond issue offering for an Up per Cleveland addition to the hospital plant, such an offering would undoubted ly .get support from fair-minded Lower Clevelanders in Number 4 Township! Commendations are again in order for the Kings Mountain National Guard company on its high award for 1953 training camp activities. The company could use 50 men to fill out its comple- ' ment and young men desiring to. learn a trade and earn a little money on ihe side would do well to talk to Sgt. Wilson at * the motor pool, or to Capt. Houston, the commanding officer. City tax collections have topped the $100,000 - mark, and, in fact, the 1953 levy is 81 - plus percent paid. That is a good report and commendation is in or der to Clarence Carpenter, the tax man, who is charged with responsibility of keeping the tax money arriving. Well, Maybe .... Suggestion was advanced in the pub lic prints last week from the Shelby Chamber of Gommerce that said orga nization be expanded to include .all pf Cleveland County. Presumably, the expansion would mean emphasis on membership of busi ness and professional men in a Cleveland County Chamber of Commerce from Kings Mountain, Grover, Lattimore, Fallston, Lattimore, Mooresboro and other communities surrounding the county seat. The goal, it was pointed out, would be providing of Chamber of Commerce ser vices to all the county. Initial reaction picked up here has been limited to a few "ugh's" and other grunts of the doubting Thomas variety. There's no point in covering it. Strong rivalry between Kings Mountain, the se cond largest community in the county, and Shelby, the county seat, continues. Undoubtedly, Kings Mountain is envious and suspicious of its bigger neighbor on many non-justifiable grounds, but, rightly or wrongly, the suspicion re mains nevertheless. A recent case in point was the initial recommendations on hospital plant im provements. The county meaicai so ciety's first report listed only Shelby plant improvement recommendations. Local members of th*? medical society ? with Dr. W. L. Ramseur in the forefront ? and hospital trustees put the heat on and the recommendations were expand ed. Perhaps a Cleveland County Chamber of Commerce would do much to mitigate the feeling of heavy rivalry existent and to eliminate the more tangible evidence that such feeling is not always ground less. But Kings Mountain should have a Chamber of Commerce of its own. Our congratulations to Chief of Police Hugh A. Logan, Jr., on his appointment as Kings Mountain district Boy Scout chairman. Congratulations are in order, too, to the many Kings Mountain Boy Scouts ? who learn honesty, kindness, loyalty, reverence, self-reliance and the other worthwhile traits of character ? as they camp, swim, bookbind, write, paint, construct and otherwise perform the many tasks up the trail of Boy Scout advancement on the occasion of annual Boy Scout Week. Parents of Boy Scouts and over-ripe Boy Scouts are well aware of the advantages of Scout training. Ex amples of the good being done are le gend and Chief Logan deserves the full support of the community. in his efforts to keep the local organization going at full speed. Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey says the tax cut will be $600 million for the business man and $600 million for the little fellow, which he regards as an even break. But there are too many lit tle fellows, and the cut is spread mighty thin, so thin, in fact, that many work men found the one-half of one percent social security increase taking up their income tax decline. The Democratic sug gestion of raising the . personal examp tion is the fairest, and also the sanest from the economic standpoint. The dol lar saving would be the same for all, and mo?t of it would be kept in circulation in the merchandise markets. Pride Ratterree, well-known Kings Mountain native, has assumed the du ties of line coach at Wake Forest Col lege, his alma mater. Mr. Ratterree has held a similar- position at Lenoir-Rhyne College and has been highly praised by his superiors for his good work. Our con gratulations to Coach Ratterree on his promotion. The community's sympathy is extend ed to the family of Earl Bumgardner, a goou citizen, who died suddenly last Fri day. 10 ? ' f " ' v"*' ' . TEARS AGO Items of news about Kings Mountain ana people and awats THIS WEEK taken from the 1944 files of the Kings Mountain Herald. J. G. Darracott has been Mected president of the Kings Mountain Merchants Association to succeed Hilton Ruth who h^a served dur lng the past year. In observance of National Boy Scout Week, the annual banquet will be held this Evening at 7 o'clock at the Woman's club build ing with the Lions and Kiwanis clubs uniting with Scout leaders to make the affair a success. Dr. Carl E. Rankin, superintendent of the N. C. School for the Deaf at Morganton, will be guest speaker. Social And Per tonal Mrs. Z be Klncald Brockman of Gastonla was guest speaker at a meeting of the Woman'* club here Tuesday night. The marriage of Miss Mary Foust Plonk and William Rhodes Weaver of Chapel Hill was sol emnized on Wednesday evening, -1?-? J '? ' i February 3. . . Mrs. Rufus Plonk entertained members of the Thursday After noon Book club and Invited guests at her home In Bessemer City last wteek. Pvt. John L- Ervln, USA, sta tioned at Fort Bragg, spent the weekend with his mother, Mrs. Llla Ervln. He had as his guest, Cpl. Jamos Moody, also from Fort Bragg. MARTIN'S I MEDICINE By Martin Harmon ? [ngrgdienta: bita of netna, wiadom, humor, and comment. Direction*: Take toeekty, if possible, but avoid tyver dotage* Roses are red, violets arte blue It's time again for more Va lentine brew. ...... tt-m But the rest of my part of the brew will be in prose, as I learned long ago poetry was not my art mm I have chtecked with * the school folk- about the bad ca lendar break on St. Valentine's Day for this year, the annual cupid's holiday coming pn the Sabbath this year, but I would guess that Abe Lincoln will have to share Friday billing this season with the little nak ed cupids and their bows and arrows. m-m On second though, according to thte history-book reports on Honest Abe which picture him as a benign and friendly soul, I suppose Abe wouldn't mind. ? m-m Young folk get the most fun out of St. Valentine's Day, if the memory box radio beams are sending correctly. At least, the Valentinte Day celebrations I remember most Were those of the early grades, when every body sent his neighbors at the surrounding desks a heartfelt greeting. The secret flame got a drippy one, and the freckled faced, momentarily toothless lad might get one of those ludi crous funny ones. m-m But I remember best a fourth grade teacher's candy valen tines, distributed one to each member of the class. Another was promised for the day's end, on good behavior, but when they were passed out I was passed over. I knew I didn't deserve onte at the time,, but I was still disappointed. m-m Merchants are doing a better and better job convincing sweethearts and wives that they should be remembered on St. Valentine's Day with, at the very least, a tempting box of chocholates neatly wrapped In the Valentine motiff. If the swains and males spouses of this community don't belftsve what I'm saying, I herewith dare 'em to come up to Sunday morning empty-handed. m-m While it Isn't exactly a Va lentine, a bit of poetry has come to this desk, from Matil da Dedmon, In the form of a piece of wrapping paper used about the turn' of the century by thte George F. Sperling Store, Route 6, Shelby, The copy Is quite indicative of the good old days and a reminder of the time when the local store was the principal market for the farmer's output of eggs, butter, and othter similar pro ducts. The legend on the wrap ping paper noted, "They buy everything you have to sell and pay more for It than these other little stores." m-m But the poetry was prtetty Interesting and not unreminls cent of the aforementioned comic Valentines. Here are a few samples: Clothing for the naked. Glasses for the blind; Shoes for the barefooted, Gloves that are lined. Curtains for the windows, Shoestrings and lactes; Lamps, wicks and oil to light the dark places. Dried fruits, canned goods, Everything to eat. Caps for the head And socks for the feet. Calico of the finest, ' that never fades, Woolen goods for dresses, ribbons for old maids. Tobacco for mten folk, hats for the ladles, Toys for the children, bottles for the babies. ...... m-m # Queensware, glassware, pit- . chers and bowls. Leather for harness, apvJ lea ther for soles. Straps and strings, bucldes and scrteens, The finest of silks, and the coarsest of Jeans. m-m That's just the first v^rse, and would make a pretty good inventory list of what thte yrell stocked 1900 store should stock and did. It also shows how times have changed. Few stores carry ond wicks any more. and the old-fashioned cracker barrel hfes been replac ed by small boxes In crisp cello phane. Thte cheese get* cello phane treatment, too. I Powder, for faces, powder . for hunters; . . Axes for choppers, remedies for grunters. Chewing gum, candy, corset and bustle, . ' The people come trading and how we do hustle There's still plenty of face set manufacturers are still hard at^work trying to reposi tion calories. Sflpscs ax's red, Happy Valentine's Day to each of you! ? Ejlifo b \ By A, C . Gordon} CROSS* ORD ACROSS I? Former name of Thailand 5 ? Nat.vs of a European country 9 ? Pacific Ulands 1 3 ? Bait Indian fragrant 13 ? Feminine deer 14? Fabled hero o( Switzerland 16? Profit 17 ? Scottish rive* | 19? FUh cue 10 ? Chemical ifoM fot tantalum >1? The Caspian ? J 2 ? Those who do 24 ? Musical note JS? Absent 16 ? Fattent goods together 28 ? Italian city 29? Th e of Capri 30? Polish river 33? City with a famous The World Over y 39? Elevation in the map (abb.) 40 ? Anger 42? A calf of India (poss.) 44? Relax 45? The .... of Good Hop* 47? A brace 48 ? Famous waterway 53? To grant . DO WW J? international InteDI vsbb.J S? Man'* i& 4 ? Pacific ialand 5 ? Hurries 7 ? Insect IS? Tribal Territory (abb.) 37? Before 38 ? Printer's I 9 ? Prayar 10? Famous AflMrica* 1 1 ? Narrow opening ^ . ?' 12 ? Qrest watery ex pans* 13? English city 17 ? Fsvorite British beverage 18? A buck's "girl friend" 2 1? A Scandinavian 23 ? Native of a European nation 2 J? Latin "I love" 27 ? 8t?*-s o? South America (sbb.) 31? Period of time 32? Sea off northeast Africa $1 Wntlosnra . 34 ? Those on the insida 36? A streetcar in England 39? Roman 1003 41? Heroic 43? Elevated railways 44? One of a Mongoloid race, known for short stature 46 ? Suffix signifying "pcrtiiiuoi to 47 ? An additionsl poster! pt 49 ? Doctor of Science (abb.) 80 ? Latin abbreviation for "that Is" SI ? Exclamation of silence S3 ? U.S. "Cora Statav (sbb.) -v? See The Want Ad Section Fot ThU Week's completed Puzzle Viewpoints of Other Editors SOUND ALLIANCE One of the most significant al liances between Shelby and Cleve land County took*its first forma tive step last night when the lo cal Chamber of Commerce board of directors voted to sound out the possibilities of making the Chamber a cbunty-wide function. Further development along the county - community line of co operation will await , study and dlgcusstlim twtwwii ruial and m* ban peoples but the seed has been planted and, judging from Indica tions from throughout the Coun ty, the harvest will be bountiful. The idea behind any movement tying Cleveland together is that the County recognizes Its need for promotion and further recog nizes the very rear strength In a combined effort. Any successful effort that brings county and community people together for a common purpose is sound. It Is founded on the fact that any development In any part of the county benefits all other parts of the county. When this effort is formed solely for the purpose of giving voice to a promotion effort by Cleveland, the potential is doubled. The Star has long thought that regular meetings should be held in some organizational manner between representative groups throughout the county. We see the proposal made at last night's Chamber meeting as a means of making progress to ward almost every facet of Coun ty development, including rural fire protection, diversification of agriculture, and, primarily, the establishment of new industrial employment locally. The effort deserves the though ful consideration of every Cleve land citizen. . ? Bheiby Daily Star MATBE THE TIME IS HERE AGAIN There was a time ? and in the very recent past ? when the au tomobile dealer dldn : have to worry about new car sales But It would appear that the time has corns whc.i things are not like they ortce were In the new car business. And In many cases no doubt, this is a situation that Is causing considerable worry to the dealer and car salesmen. However, when you get right down to it, maybe this is the time when folks should get back . to work again. Robert S. Armacost, president of the National Automobile Deal en association, told the nation's car dealers recently that 77.6 per cent of the natlotud population had not been solicited by car salesmen, either in person or by telephone. Armacost also said 17,000,000 0. S.' families do not own automobiles, ;.' :M Jj *???<, Hils seems surprising to those of us who are inclined to think almost every farm family has a car or truck. But the auto dealer official pointed out that 37 ?ut of 100 farms are without an avtomo bile, while 86 out of every 100 are without trucks. The'se figures. IMapl challenge toaBttf retail dealers of the country, and he 1 hp ;"?>!;} il ttHU^TS Cttft ?pur sales of new e*rs by inten sive effort to sell motor vehicles. As we tee tt, what the auto dealers association president real, ly believes Is that new car sales men will have to go %ack to *he old-time selling methods and hus tle up deals, rather than wait for the customer to come to him. ?. And as this Is true In the auto business, H esn be Just as true in other lines. When things seem to fcvW Off hud littsiness la not as good as it has been, rather than wring one'shands and talk about how >)iard things are, business ? I; ' ?? v i,''4 ? & aa :.-4"isafc .. . St WHATS ON YOUR MIND? What's on your mind? Do you gtet burned up at something that happens or at what someone says every once in a while? Do you sometimes feel that some project j or person, such as a conscientious public official, deserves a public pat on the back? Would you like to takte issue with any of our policies, or with what we say in our editorials? ? If so, wiite a "letter tu the wli tor." So long as you don't say something a libellous nature a bout someone, which could get you ? and us sued, we will be glad to print it. If you feel the inclination, you arte welcome to take the hide off us in your let ters ? we wil print a letter de- , nouncing us and our works Just | as freely as one backing our pol icies. We will not, however, print any controversial letters unless full namte and address 6f the writer is included, although we will, at your request, use a pen name, such as "Annoyed Reader," and merely keep your nome on file. Letters should not exceted 300 .words in length, and we reserve the right to cut those that are lon ger, although we will never do so j in a way to alter the meaning. | Letters to the editor will be pub lished as soon as practicable. ? Write us. ? Rutherford County | Newt. should roll up its sleeves and go after new business. It's nice not to have to, and be able, to sit back and have it come to you, but times like that cannot last always. Our country grew great on hus. tie and bustle and competitive buying and selling. But in recent war year*, living in a so-called war economy, with montey plenti ful, we have grown accustomed more or less to sitting back and Watching the business and the money roll in of its own accord. When it stops rolling, then It Is time to go back to work again- - . So rather than cry depression, and blame the administration in power, and think up othter excus es, why not Just roll up our col lective sleeves and go back to work? Like we once did. ? Elkin Tribune. Quick! Break Up I Congestion of Kids' I CHESTCOLDS Rub oo CMld'a MOd Muiterole - made encatally tot kl<I<Jl*?. Miffcfcrole promptly cwh ft protective warmth oo cheat, throat tad back. it rellwaa coughs, and help* break up local conization. Raeommanded by m-a? Win? baby doctor.! Buy todayl ? ^MUSTEROLE Peach Sprav Booklet To Help Growers Tar Heel peach growers, Invol ved in a multi-million dollar in dustry, are annually faced with a multitude of problems, one of the most important of which is, <*What peach spray and how much?" The latest publication of the North Carolina Agricultural Ex periment Station, "Peach Spray Information," special circular No. 20, should help answer many of their problems. The 12-page, il lustrated booklets are now avail able free through local county farm agents or by writing Depart ment of Agricultural Information N. C. State College, Raleigh, N. C. Prepared by Clyde F. Smith, head of the entomology . faculty, and Carlyle N. Clayton, profes sor of plant pathology, N. C. State College, the booklet is pack ed with information on peach sprays in easy- to-read language. Included are discussions on in secticides for peach insect con trol, a peach sfcray program and an alternate spray program, peach tree diseases, fungicides for peach disease control and spray information for the "back yard" peach grower. Perhaps one of the most im portant things to remember in any peach spray program is that the materials used are poisonous and highly dangerous. The aut hor suggest that Extreme care be exercised when handling any in secticide. This is especially true, say the authors, in the case of Parathion, EPN 300, or TEPP. In case these materials are used they warn thte user not to breathe the dust of mist, keep the materi als from coming in contact with the skin or eyes, and never allow any to get in the mouth. Salesman: "A little putty knife comes out and scrapes you off the -windshield." LET'S tH* 'bti* By: Grace & Selma We noticed a recent news item which told of a rather irate citizen who charged up and down the main street of one of our communities, frac turing every driving regula tion on the (books. Hauled Into court, the steaming gentlemen' explained loudly that it was his one-man crusade against regimentation. . "Too many regulations," he bellowed. Now, we \ don't know how you feel about it, 3but it's our belief that laws and regula tions are designed for the good of all of us and that in all pe riods of life we are "regulated"' to a certain extent. This all brings to mind .the . day we saw a little neighbor boy churn past our house as fast as he could run. A few minutes later he Whipped by again. Morfe minutes and he finally huffed, red-faced and perspiring on the third lap. A few more laps and we were curious enough to walk out and hail him. "What's up, sonny?" "I'm runnln' away from home," he gasped. "But you've rambled around the block a dozen times," we pointed out. "Yeah," he shouted hack, '*but my mother won't let me cross the streets!" It will pay you to cross many streets to get to 624 E. King Street for ALLEN'S FLOWER SHOP is the best place in Kings Mountain for FLOW ERS, PLANTS, GIFTS, and C O RS A G ES. Pleasing you FLORALLY is our one aim! adv. FOR HEALTHY SCHOOL DAYS ?use? Sunrise Dairy's Wholesome, Flavorful ** Milk Products: ? . - .. '* ' '? ? '..V- 'Aifet. -"*v^ ? featuring? Fiesta Cream SUNRISE SWEET MILK i Pasteurized # Homogenized Sunrise Dairy DIAL 6354 GASTONXA HERALD PUBUSHING HOUSE Phones 167 & 283 Put your best You'll Phone 910 forward! your
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