-ym- The Kings Mountain Heiald
CstabUsfeMMl 1889
A weekly newspaper devoted to the promotion of the general welfare and published
for the enlightenment, entertainment and bendtit of the citizens of Kings Mountain
and its vicinity, published every Thursday by the Herald Publishing Houae.
Entered as second class matter at the postofftoe at Kings Mountain, N. G* under Act
of Congress of March 3, 1873
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
Martin Harmon Editor- Puibllsher
Charles T. Carpenter, Jr. Sports, Circulation, News
Itias Elizabeth Stewart Society
Mrs. Thomas Meacham Bookkeeping, News
MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT
Eugene Matthews Horace Walker David Weathers Ivan Weaver*
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, ('Member of Armed Forces)
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TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE
Take heed to yourselves: if thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke; and if he repent, forgive him.
St. Luke 11:S.
Tax Values Down
County Auditor Max Hamrick has just
completed totaling the taxable property
values for the coming year and finds his
total short from last year, reversing a
several-year trend.
The reason, says Auditor Hamrick, is
the drop in values of automobiles, most
ly made up by new construction.
For a long time, the auto has been the
one item that the tax listers could put
on the books with little argument. Us
ing the wholesale "blue books", every
one's Ford, Chevrolet, Buick or Cadillac
was listed according to its market value.
With the catch-up in auto production
and return to a buyers' market in auto
mobiles, car values took a tumble ? to
the extent of two million dollars in
Cleveland county.
While it is rough on the budget mak
ers, it is still fair, and to fair-minded
citizens brings a wish that real estate
and personal property could be measur
ed by a similar yardstick. It is possible
to value machinery and certain equip
ment fairly by the cost book, less depre
ciation, but dogs, diamond rings, and the
value of real property are hard to deter
mine with satisfaction to tax official and
taxpayer alike.
Dollar Days
On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday,
majority of Kings Mountain retail firms
are participating in annual spring Dol
lar Days, a bargain offering event which
will benefit the vast number of citizens
who consume virtually every product.
Comments among merchants indicate
that much work has gone into the pro
motion, plans for which began two
months ago. Special purchases dot the
stores, and many items are being adver
tised at prices approximating manu
facturers' cost.
The merchants recognize that many
budgets are pinched and some pay
checks shortened, and they have geared
their 1954 Dollar Day promotion to the
situation.
The First National Bank is going to
considerable expense to provide a new
service sure to prove highly popular
with merchants, who find it impossible
to guess their change needs, as well as
to citizens requiring cashing of payroll
checks. Commendations are in order to
the bank, its officers and directors, on
installation of the new after-hour service
window.
Construction of Highway 29 by-pass
is underway, w hich means that travel on
it will begin about IS months to 24 mon
ths hence, depending on weather and
similar governing conditions. Relief for
the eardrums from the roar of the die
sels is now in sight.
Citizens may register at the polling
places Saturday for the June 12 schools
hospital-health center bond election, but
these new registrants will be ineligible
to vote in the May 29 primary. Books
closed for primary registration last Sat
urday.
Congratulations are in order to J. Ol
lie Morris, Kings Mountain mortician, re
cently elected secretary-treasurer of the
North Carolina Funeral Directors and
Ernbalmers examining board, and to
Mrs. Aubrey Mauney, recently elected
recording secretary of the North Caro
lina Federation of Woman's Clubs.
Senator Hoey
The death of Senator Clyde Roark
Hoey, a gentleman and long-time public
servant, removed ffom the nation a uni
que figure who is a1 prime example of
what can be accomplished by a man with
the will to work.
Born in poor circumstances, Mr.
Hoey's life is a series of seemingly Hora
tio Alger experiences, but beneath them
all were industry, ambition, loyalty, and
breadth of view which endeared him
first to North Carolinians, subsequently
to the nation's lawmakers and the le
gions of others who came to know him.
Mr. Hoey was a liberal conservative in
thinking. He recognized that change was
inevitable and was not afraid of it. How
ever, he knew that gradual change was
much to be preferred to the more violent
change recommended with vigor by ex
tremists, both to left and to right.
When he assumed the chairmanship
of the now-infamous Senate investigat
ing committee, he conducted the hear
ings with dignity and with fairness, in
sharp contrast to the headline-hunting
successor. This work emphasized the
traits of reasonableness which marked
his long career.
Few Kings Mountain citizens there are
who failed to hear Mr. Hoey, in one
speech or another, reassure the doubt
ers on the productive ability of this na
tion and its concurrent ability to meet
its obligations. Largely through the in
fluence of Mr. Hoey, the state remained
both normal and regular through the pe
riod of political extremism the nation
has witnessed since the end of World
War II.
None could match for fluency of
speech the kindly man who was trade
marked by the long coat, red carnation,
and high collar of the once ? familiar
Southern gentleman. ??
The trademark was genuine through
out Mr. Hoey's make-up.
The nation has lost a statesman.
Mrs. Moss
The death of Mrs. Mildred Allison
Moss, which came suddenly last week,
removed from Kings Mountain one of its
elder citizens who was born and bred
in the community and who retained all
her life an intense pride in thcwprogress
and welfare of it.
Mrs. Moss was of the old school.
She spoke out with vigor on matters
of community interest and exhibited the
self-reliant attitude of a person well
versed in the basic individual guaran
tees conveyed by the founders qf the na
tion.
As an active member- of her church,
various civic and service groups, as well
as the mother of a large iamily, she ful
filled well the responsibilities of her sta
tion.
Crawl before walking is an old axiom
learned from the nursery and applicable
in all fields of endeavor. Thus the city
is launching a program to build two rec
reation plants. The beginning, limited to
swimming pools, though requiring a
large sum, leaves much more to be done
to provide the impressive and desired
layouts mapped for the future. The feel
ing of many people interested in plan
ned public recreation is that a small
start will tend to accelerate the eventual
completion of the plants, a logical as
sumption. " /
A best bow to James Bennett, newly
elected commander of Otis D. Green
Post 135, American Legion. Mr. Bennett
has been an active Legionnaire since
completing his army service in World
War II, has held the important position
of adjutant, and is well versed in Legion
affairs.
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TEARS AGO I twin of news about Kings Mountain area pooplo ad wonts
THIS WEEK taken from the 1944 filet of the Kings Mountain Horald.
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Arrangements are being made
for graduation exercises at Kings
Mountain high school, according
to announcement by Supt. B. N.
Barnes.
Rev. L. B. Hamm of Burling
ton, former pastor of: St. Matt
hews Lutheran church, will prea
ch the baccalaureate sermon Sun
day night and the commence
ment address will be given by
Dr. E- Gibson Davis, pastor of
the First Baptist church In Spar
tanburg. S. C., on Monday.
Members of the Lions club will
elect new officers at their meet
ing tonight In Mountain View
Hotel at T.XL
y Social and Personal
Mrs. George Womack of Savan
nah, Ga-, has baen visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Hlllard Black, and
Mr. Black.
Mrs. J. B. Falls went to Ashe -'
vllle during the weekend to visit
her sister, Miss Eunice Hord, who
underwent an operation in an
Aahevllle hospital last week.
MARTIN'S
MEDICINE
By Martin Harmon
Ingredient ?: bits of news,
wisdom, humor, and comment.
Direction ?: Take weekly, if
possible, but avoid
overdosage.
A weekly newspaper has
problems of organization of its
news which don't occur or. the
dally newspaper. The differ
ence is the fact that the Herald,
for instance, is printed four
pages at the time, with the first
press run usually on Monday.
A paper with a Stereotype press
prints ell of the pages at once,
can have all the society pages
in sequence, all the sports
pages in sequence, etc.
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Thus (t occurred last week in
j the Herald that the picture of
the Resurrection Lutheran
church-yard beautifying detail
hit the sports page. On second
thought, perhaps it qualified as
ah "outdoor sport".
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Douglas Fritz, the Resurrec
tion pastor, can take some cre
dit if Lester Bates, the Colum
bia insurance man, becomes
South Carolina's next governor.
Mr. Bates ran four years ago
and got nowherte, but he never
stopped running. He has spent
the past four years, it was re
ported from Columbia a few
weeks ago, speaking, visiting,
and providing entertainment at
every crossroads and hamlet
all over the state.
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Some of the entertainment
p'roviued was mUsic by the Cap
itol Life quartet, with Mr.
Fritz one of the four singers,
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"The work was pleasant a??d
Mr. Bates paid well," Minister
Fritz relates, "and I was able
to pay almost all my expenses
at the Lutheran Theological
seminary through income from
that source."
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Resurrection church is in
stalling an organ soon, as the
result of some deep digging by
members and friends into thjeir
bank accounts. But the total
was still short until the post
man brought an envelope the
other day from Hildebrand. It
contained a $500 check for the
organ fund from Miles Ader
holdt. a member of the church
Mr. Fritz left to come here. Mr.
Adfcrholdt is related to the
Kings Mountain Aderholdt
clan.
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One night last week I was
standing at Otis Falls' service
station when a guy wheeled in
for gas. Chatting a bit, we dis
cussed the weather, business In
Rutherf?rdton, where he ope
rates a barbecue drive-in, and
finally got around to the ques
tion, "What's your name?"
"Harmon," he replied,
"What's yours?".
"Harmon," I replied.
He said his father was Will
Harmon who had lived in
Kings Mountain. It was not the
late painter. He said Oliver
(Red) Falls was his first cou
sin.
Ordinarily, activities of the
ladyfolk (specific, not general)
are verbotten in this column, hut
Mrs. Oscar Myers' experience
of a flew nights ago must be re
lated. Clad only in sheer night
attire, Mrs. Myers went to the
kitchen for some minor chore,
completed it, and found herself
locked out. Oscar had already
retired and evidently was steep
ing the deep sleep of the inno
cent, for all manner of knock
ing was completely unavailing.
It became evident that the only
way to awaken hter husband
was by using the front door
bell, and, though fearing her
neighbor. Dr. J. E. Anthony,
would be coming In or going
out, or having a late call, Mrs.
Myers, barefooted and cold,
dashed to the front of the house
and sounded the bell. In a few
moments, Oscar sfeeplly reach
ed the front door and snapped
on# the light. He remained
sleepy no longer. "Good graci
ous! What are you doing here!",
he ejaculated. "Turn off that
light!", his wife replied as shte
jumped behind the screen. At
last reports, pneumonia was not
a result of the episode.
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Chattlhg about matters po
litical with Herman Campbell,
the Superior Stone office ex
pert, Herman harked back to
the night Roosevelt wa; sleet
ed president for the first tin*
in 1932. Herman, then a school
teacher at New land In the
mountains, gathered with a few
friends at ? Camp Yonahlosaee
with the winter caretaker. Her
man turned out to be the only
Democrat in the party and real
ly had a field day. But all was
not well. Leaving late, Her
man's Ford floundered in a
swollen ford, and the group de
cided to take the, narrow- guage
train, known aa "Tweetsie,"
back to Newlaivl. The distance
wasn't far and they could have
walked it quicker, Herman re
late*. JjMMT ? Campbell and
other teachers with him weft
late for school, and their ab
sence had created tome meas
ure of incitement, , tmml
I remarked to a friend last
week that F. renter President
Harry Truman and I celebrated
hlethdsy ea th?aa? i day and
Drunk and doing eighty. Never mind the ambulance.
Sand a basket.'!
Viewpoints of Other Editors
lie Traveler* Safety Sir* ice
MESS IN WASHINGTON
BOTH NAUSEATING AND
FRIGHTENING, AND NOT
EQUALLED IN TRUMAN
ERA
lx there is anyone in this coun
try who doesn't think we are "in
a mess" now, let him step for
ward. We will admit there wtere
many phases of the Truman ad
ministration that were disgusting
as well as disturbing, .but the
events of the past two or three
weeks have been nauseating and
frightening.
The McCarthy - Army spectacle
in Washington, and the Dulles
tragedy at Geneva respectively
sicken and alarm the average
American. ,
No difficulty is experienced in
spotting raistaktes through the
use of hindsight, but President
Eisenhower was warned about
giving recognition to McCarthy
even, during the campaign. Like
a dictator, a man of McCarthy's
temperament can never be ap
peased. Now we havte a "circus"
in Washington that Is on a lower
level than a bunch of tough, dirty
boys fussing over a game < ! mar
bles. . ?
After having been completely
out ? maneuvered through his own
errors and those of the adminis
tration, Secretary of State Dulles
left the Geneva conference last
week and turned over his spot
to a subordinate In the state de
partment. Rumors had it that he
gave consideration to resigning.
Statements of Eisenhower, Nixon,
Knowland, and Dulles, when ga
thered together, put this nation
in an untenable spot.
Russia and China are taking
over the leadership of the world,
and we firtd even our closest al
lies have lost confidence in us be
cjtuae of our vacillating leader
The Republican administration
has made many mistakes, as is
to be expected of every neW ad
ministration. It had been 20 years
since thtey were In power, and
they did not realize the weight of
the responsibility which they
were assuming. One of the more
serious mistakes was when the
Republicans allowed Senator Taft
to pick Senator Knowland, of
California, as his successor sis
majority leader. Dulles remarked
i^cet^ly that Knowland gave the
state department more trouble
than the Russian and Chinesfe di
plomats. -jm ;
> Looking at Washington from
the outside, it would appear that
utter confusion reigns, and It
makes us yearn for those days
when Truman and Acheson work
ed closely together in the hand
ling of foreign affair*^ '
The sad and tragic fact is that
President Eisenhower is not a
politician, and he has had to de
pend for advice on those who
think they are. If he had follow
ed his own intuition, we would
not find the country in its pfe
?ent plight. Perhaps it is not too
late for him to take charge now.
?Staniy New* & Press
THE MEN WHO
DID NOT RISE
Pretaier Joseph Lanlel of Fran
ce had the saddest of tasks when ;
news can** to him ol the fall of
the fortress of Dienbienphu. He
had to tell the French Assembly
of this disaster, this injury to the
nation's cause, this bereavement
to nobody knew how many fath
ers and mothers. He had to ac
kno\*Icj?2 that the flag no long
er flew over the faraway outpost
for which so many men had suf
fered and glvten up their lives.
Members of all parties save one
rose to their feet In tribute to the
dead and to the living who had
fought so well. The Communists
did not rise. Their loyalties wtere
elsewhere, with another country,
with another flag, with another
? and sinister ? cause.
This is a symbol of communism
In the democratic countries of the
modern world. These men havte
no respect for their country's ho
nor. They salute a flag that U not
their nation's flag. They pay no
tribute to men who die for liberty. ,
These are the men who kteep their
seats when freedom's crepe-wrea
thed banners pass by. These are
the men who will not evten bow
their heads a moment for the
newly dead who fell iri the unend
ing struggle against tyranny. ?
New York Timet
~ GARDEN CLUB HAS
GOOD IDEA
Congratulations to the Scotch
Gardeners (the garden club) for
its work in trying to conserve and
protect Laurinburg*s trees, and
in encouraging Laurlnburg peo
ple to have a thought for the
trees. The Gardeners have gone
about this work In a practical and
sensible way, and have secured
thte advice and aid of those quali
fied to make recommendations
and suggestions, which Include
fertilizing the trees.
Concern for Laurin burg's .
trees has been expressed many
times by many of Its citizens, and
Thte Exchange has tried from
time to time to emphasize and
point up the value of the trees,
their everlasting beauty, and
their friendliness and comfort as
they add the touch that makes
Laurlnburg a beautiful and an
attraetlvte town.
At this time of year, as the
trees put fbrth their full foliage
we are sure that all of us have
a keener appreciation of their
beauty and their worth. All of us
would hate to think of Laurlnburg
without trees, minus thfe stateli
ness and the dignity that they
lend Its streets, Its homes, and
premises.
There are two practical ways
In which we can protect and eon
serve the tretes. One Is the plan
outlined by the Garden club,
which calls for fertilizing and
careful attention to their needs.
The other is to discourage abuss.
and rough treatment^ which they
sometimes receive, and to dis
courage those who would cut
them or destroy them to make
room for mere man ? made Im
provements ? Laurinburg Ex
change.
OPPORTUNITY MISSED
A Hollywood writer suggests
that a "Humility Award" should
go to the Judge who failed to kiss
the former Miss Marilyn Monroe
?Iter he performed the ceremony
In which she was married to Joe
DlMaggto.
DIMagglo. ? The Ore*n\AUe Pied
mo* . ^
that we'd recently passed
another. My friend r^pliHI that
we therefore were under the
[, same sign of the zodiac and
would have the same horoecope.
I enjoined, -Taurus,
the bull."
hi "You're both weU experienc
ed In bull," my friend teased.
I suppose It's true, though,
Harry, of course, operate*, hi
the major league*, I In the
ntttM*.
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YOU THINK YOU GOT
PROBLEMS
Just as w? think we have all
the world's problems lined up
mentally to we can spend the
night lying awake worrying a
bout them, we conpe across one
we hadn't avten known about ?
the Amalgamated Postal Work
ers Union of Australia Is com
plaining because the pockets on
their swnmer shirts don't have
flap*. Columbia ($. C.) 8tat*
? >- .
Cash receipts from farm mar
ketings In North Carolina in 1163
totaled fBMtOffclOQO. or 6 per
M*? those of a year
Grand Old Opera
To Ore Program
Stars of NBC-TV and the Grand
Old Opera will stop over for one
performance in Kings Mountain
at the Recreation Center oft Chll
ders street, on Saturday, June
12, according to an announce
ment fnade today.
Thfc Ben Crowder show, whictt
is seen for 30 minutes, twice
weekly, over J^BC-TV, being car
ried locally over WESE-TV, Ashe.
vllle and WFBC-TV, Greenville,
S. C, will bring their entire troop
for a full two hour popular, wes
tern, hillbilly, and comedy show.
Webb Pierce's "Lonely", along
with Slim Moody's Rhythm Gui
tar Boogie, ana music by world's
(Champion fiddler Bobby Hjyle,
Steel guitariest Junior Seeley,
Aecordlanist Noblin Hoyle and"
vocalist Jean Crowder, will bring
a variety of music for the entire
family with comedy by the
grand ole opery snowball come
dians.
The show is scheduled to get
underway af 8 o'clock* f
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Voter:
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Vote for and re-elect Bynum E. Weathers your
solicitor of Cleveland County Rqeotder's Court. Tour
vote and support will be greatly appreciated. Demo
cratic Primary. May 29. -
THAT "SMART LOOK"
This family's got itl They look smart
because they ARE smart . . . and one
o f the smartest things they do is to
send all their clothes to us for our ?
Atorough, but-oh-so-gentle dry clea
ning . . . which always brings back
that like-new snap and sparklel
WEAVER'S CLEANEHS
Phone 910 ? 310 N. Piedmont Ave.
Born and Reared
EXPERIENCED ?
Democratic
Democratic Primary
May 29
in Cleveland County
FAIR ? IMPARTIAL
Primary May 29
(Paid Political Adv.)
RE-ELECT
Reuben L Elam
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Judge of Cleveland
County Recorder's Court
Signed: Bynum E. Weathers
You All Come
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High School
Auditorium
Kings Mountain
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and his
.Tennessee
Ramblers
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PAST MU Deed and dying bofl wmvIIi in the fields
within * f?w hours after treatment.
That's HEPTACffiOR DCTIAL CONTROL 1 1
LASTS LWWII Deed end dying boll weevils in the
fields lor seveial days after treatment.
That's HEPTACHLOR RESIDUAL CONTROL I [
?AST to APPLY When wd as reoasuaanfed with'
standard ground or aerial dusting or spraying ognfraaent 1
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