The Kings Mountain Herald
Established 1889
A weekly newspaper devoted to the promotion of the generul 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 postofftfe at Kings Mountain, N. C, under Act
Of Congress of March 3, 1873
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TODAY'S BIBLE VSRSE
A merry heart doeth good like a mcdicinc: but a broken ?pirit drieth the boriea. Proverbs 17: It.
Voting Day
Next Tuesday is voting day in North
Carolina and virtually throughout the
nation. Maine has already settled its bl-.
ennlal jousting, as has the Territory of
Alaska which send a non voting Con
gressman to Washington.
Even in North Carolina the voting will
be perfunctory in many of the state's
countieSr as in Cleveland, where Demo
cratic nomination is tantamount to elec
tion.
Some North Carolina counties, how
ever, will be busy places, for the state
wide minority party has strong points of
strength and, in some spots, wins control
more often than it loses. The coun
? ties of the ninth and tenth Congressional
districts have real battles to settle at
the polls for the two seats to the United
States House of Representatives. Rep.
Hugh Alexander (D) has been waging a
busy campaign to offset the strong
challenge of Bill Stevens (R) in the nin
th district, and Rep. Charles Jonas (R)
has been doing the same to stave off the
onslaught of J. C. Sedberry (D) in the
tenth.
The opinion polls, of which there are
many, are near unanimous in reporting
"a Democratic trend throughout the na
tion, but almost all of them, like the
Herald's United States Poll, are specific
in noting that the findings are nation
wide and that a particular race in a par
ticular district might be considerably
out-of-kilter with the total findings.
Such appears to be the situation in both
*he heavily contested North Carolina
districts, where the incumbents, Rep.
Alexander and Rep. Jonas, go to the wire
as favorites.
Throughout the nation, pulse-feelers
and political leaders ? figure the custo
mary by-election trend is at work, with
the party in power destined to lose Con
gressional seats. It is said the Democrats
will certainly win control of the House
of Representatives and may win control
of the Senate.
But nothing is sure until the votes are
tallied, as the commentators always re
mind as they recall 1948 and the F ry
Truman upset victory.
Citizens here should go to the polls
next Tuesday and cast their ballots.
While the races are few and the stakes
not high as far as Cleveland County is
solely concerned, there are several races
' to determine at congressional and state
wide level. In addition, the voters are
being asked to approve, or disapprove,
five amendments to the North Carolina
constitution.
Four of the amendments are, in es
sence, procedural. One would liberalize
voting provisions to enable a 30-day
resident of a precinct to vote provided
he had lived in the state one year.
Another would eliminate short terms of
office which occur between a general
election and January 1, and another
would authorize the General Assembly
to create a parole board, transferring a
present power of the governor. A fourth
would enable the recall of a retired Su
preme Court justice for temporary duty
in event a member were temporarily in
capacitated.
The other proposed amendment is po
, litical. It would restrict each county of
the state to only one senator. Generally
speaking, citizens of the smaller coun
ties will favor this change, while citizens ,
of the larger counties, like Mecklenburg,
Guilford, Forsythe, and others, oppose
the change, regarding it as an effort at
disfranchisement.
It is good business for citizens to vote
at every occasion offered, and the ma
pority of good citizens do.
The statement of Engineer Hair on
the type of sewage disposal pit? it to be
built on McGill creek will be encourag
ing to many, who, indeed, had the im
pression that the city was merely erect
ing another over-sized septic tank. The
stench from McGill creek has been of
fensive for years.
Second Audit Letter
Careful examination of the October 19
letter of Robert H. Cooke, the city's au
ditor, reveals that this clarifying letter
. differs from the first letter of comment
he wrote on September 14 principally in
tone and emphasis.
Where the September 14 letter left
unanswered many questions concerning
the handling of the city's financial ope
rations, the second letter clarifies as fol
lows: "THERE WAS NOT the slightest
intimation nor indication that there
were any financial irregularities nor de
falcations in my report in connection
with either the Mayor or Board, nor the
City Clerks and Office Personnel."
Re-examining, too, last week's edi
torial comment on the September 14 let
ter of Mr. Cooke, the Herald f inds its
position remains as formerly:
1) The weak spots in internal control
should be tightened.
2) The administration made a con
siderable mistake in not taking action on
the September 14 comment when it was
received.
3) The administration made a mistake
in paying Mr. Cooke more money than
his original bid for the work.
Mr. Cooke, on October 19, took pains
to split hairs regarding the legal re
quirement of publication of a summary
of the 1953-54 audit report. What the
taxpayers want is compliance with the
spirit of the law, as well as its technical
requirements. It is customary procedure
for municipal governments to receive
formally their audit reports in regular
or special meeting. Usually, this is per
functory, each member of the commis
sion having -already received a personal
copy and having perused it. However,
the board had met several times since
September 14, and the board took no for
mal note of the 1953-54 audit.
Actually, the Herald recalls only one
or two instances in the past several
years where the statute has been met
on publication of the audit summary.
However, except to meet the statute,
this has not been necessary, for the sev
eral audit reports have been made avail
able on receipt to this newspaper, which
has published each in its news columns
in considerable detail, both the recom
mendations of the auditor and the
figures.
Mr. Cooke's current audit report,
which the Herald has now received, ap
pears well-done, with exhibits and sche
dules in even more detail than some for
mer audit reports.
It is unfortunate that the administra
tion didn't handle the matter when it
first came up, unpleasant as it appeared,
for, in spite of Mr. Cooke's second letter,
some citizens will retain doubts engen
dered by the tone of Letter 1 and nurtur
ed by the attempt to. fit on the report.
School Survey Report
Text of the school survey report by
state department officials, published
last week, seemed to be a good summary
of conditions and needs for the Kings
Mountain district school system.
Indications are that the ever-growing
population will continue to grow which
means added annual pressure for school
desk space. While erection of another
elementary plant in the north or north
west section of the city will relieve the
pressure for a short period, it is conceiv
able that the relief will- be temporary.
The recommendation to obtain future
building sites now is wise.
Congratulations are in order to Mrs.
Carl Mayes; top winner at the 51st Wo
man's Club Floral Fair, and to the other
exhibitors who, in spite of the drought,
were able to present a representative
display of fall flowers and help to assure
the success of this annual and long-pop
ular event.
Citizens of Kings Mountain are
looking forward to the Floral
Fair to be held at the Woman's
club Friday. The Fair, sponsored
annually by the Woman's club,
features a showing of fall flow
ers along with a display of handi
work, canned fruits, vegetables,
and candles.
Social And Pergonal
Betty Jpan Falls celebrated her
13th birthday last Friday with
seven vo< her friends as dinner
guests. Those Invited were Betty
and Jean Cash, Iris Patterson,
BlUle Falls, Sarah Kincald, Kath
arine Falls, Jean Lynch, and Ja
nene Hallman.
jty (' ~J ? -? * V1 *'? ?' ' .-'"5;
Mrs. Charles Thomasson Is In
Macon, Ga., visiting her ton and
his wife, ltTyjind^ Mra Charles
underwent ' a major operation
Tuesday In a Msoon hospital. 5|;
Mrs. Harold Crawford Is visit
ing her husbafed at Camp Lee,
Vs., this week.
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MARTIN'S
MEDICINE
By Martin Hanson
Ingredients: bit* of new*,
wisdom, humor, and comment.
Direction t: Take weekly, if
possible, but avoid
. overdosage.
Anyone can learn to like
about anything, if he tries
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How many dililgent mothers
have uriod that truthful state
ment in trying to. get youngs
ters to forswear the sweet* for
vitamin-filled vegetables, crun
chy lettuce, and bone-building
mllk?v
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And it works, if the hard
working mother is sufficiently
persistent and, of course, can
get any degree of cooperation
out of the male side of the
household.
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I know, having gone the
route acquiring a taste for car
rots, lettuce, tomatoes, and a
whole host of othfcr foods I now
regard as delectable, even more
so than lemon pie and other
sugary good things. However,
I'm still slow to reach for the
cooked cabbage (though kraut
is fine, cole slaw wonderful)
cooked carrots (prefer 'em
raw), egg plant, and slimy"
okra. Maybe I'll make it some
day. My father got me over the
hump, then left me alone in the
raw carrot department
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The latest acquired taste I
have developed slipped up on
me. For years I couldn't look at
a ripe olive. My initial memory
was not too pleasant. Somehow
recently I tried another, then
another, and now they taste
fine, even better than the
green olive that had long been
a favorite. And I am told the
ripte olive is easier to digest.
Bananas are in the same cate
gory. Unless a banana has
some dark spots, excuse me.
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There are many exotic foods
in the super markets these <
days, and many of them fenjoy
heavy use. Onpe upon a time,
dinner tables varied mostly via
different treatment of the
staples. It would.be interesting
to check a unit inventory' count
of a grocery store 20 years ago
and c. .npare the offerings of
the present day. ?
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It is said Americans eat bet
ter than any other race,, and
undoubtedly they do. It is also
said that people ihould eat to
live, rather titan living to teat,
which is a most noble theory
indeed. But there would be no
real objection, perhaps, to com
bining the two.
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Fop years, tobacco manufac
turer* have propounded their
particular contentions about
taste in cigarettes, cigars, and
smoking tobacco, and the pro
pounding has "took". Hardly
can one find a regular smoker
who doesn't call lor a particu
lar brand with the same degree
of habit he lights up another
cigarette or big black cigar.
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Ask the smoker, and he will
recite strong opinions about his
particular brand Using the best,
though the blindfold test is like
ly to disprove the contentions.
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At any rate, each brand has
its favorites, indicating that
some people like the extra dose
of sweety aroma which Turkish
tobacco provides, white others
like a greater dose of domestic.
Newest development in this
field, of "taste" is the emer
gence of filter tip cigarettes, a
result of the medical research
into the incidence of luny can
cer among smokers and non
smokers. Latest reports from
the researchers are labeling the
cigarette paper, rather than the
tobacco, as the evil-doer cancer
wise. The bad by-product is
benzpyrene. It apptears plausi
ble, since paper Is made by a
chemical process and, when the
paper is burned, would natural
ly give off some kind of chemi
cal gas. If this reasoning is fol
lowed, the filter-tip should be
of sbme benefit. Already the
reports havto non-smokers wjio
have difficulty with car-sick
ness and similar ailments won
dering if they, too. don't get a
?lore of benzpyrene, or some
other tummy - queasing sub-,
stance in the course of being
around the fun**.
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But smoking remains, as the
manufacturers contend, a mat*
ter of taste. Like the youngs
ters, the smokers can acquire
the filtered taste if they try,
and many have.
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Taste b? clothes Is less sblkl
a science than eating and smok
ing, but Just as definite in the
short period of a season. Old
and ytnt decide they
want, down to color
area, and thafs what
want Next season. It
vie* wan.
9? Tbm Want Ad S?ctloa Tot ThU WMkTi CcapMtd X
Viewpoints of Other Editors
"PLOTICIANS" ARE BUSY
A typographical error in writ
ing the word "politician" gives
us an interesting word and we
think it hits the nail pretty
.squarely on the head.
"Piotfcians" are busy in both
political camps at present and
they are really paying more at
tention to the opponent's speech
es than they are to their own.
Defense Secretary Charles Wil
son knows this better than any
other man. His .remarks about
bird dogs and kennel-fed pooches
set off a wave of stinging criti
cism that all but washed the GOP
wagon out to sea.
We do not at all disagree with
what Mr. Wilson said, bilt then,
nobody cares what wte think. Bird
dogs are better than kennel fed
dogs we believe. People who' fjp
out looking for jobs are more
worthy perhaps than those who
sit and wait.
BUT, Mr. Wilson should have
known that many peoplfe are
seeking work and cannot find It
and any reference then to unem
ployed people and dogs would na- 1
tit rally stir up criticism.
The whole thing boil* down to
tills: Responsible people in !&>'
sponslbfe positions should
very careful what they say and
do. We don't believe that Mr. Wil
son actually meant to identify un
employed people with dogs . by
any means. But it does make
good campaign fodder.
Some man made an off-thte-cuff
remark recently to the effect that
during the Democratic adminis
tration, there were Democrats
floating around Washington like
waiters. A storm brewed. Ttote
man was quick to add that he
certainly did not intend to say
that waiters were anything like
Democrats.
It's a vicious circle, ain't it? ? |
The Cleveland Timet
HOWBIG -
SHOULD A MAN BE?
We know a lot of people who
ai% not satisfied with their size.
We know fat people who would
give anything to lose some
weight; we know skinny folks
who ttry and try, without success,
to gala some. We know some tall
folks who wish thpy dtdafcqapM':
out" so in a crowd; short friends
of our acquaintance keep envying
the talfer arte*.
We even know one six-footer
who wears small heel lifts to
make himself appear taller. He
knows he's tall, all right, but he
just feels that he's not qiiltte tall
enough.
How big should a man be?
He should be big enough to
look every other man in the eye,
feeling neither fear . of fctni or
superiority over him, and to walk
down the street with the spring
of pride in his step.
He .should be strong enough to
do his share of the work, whether
this consists of doing your part
when you're on a team aimed at
accomplishing a gdal or simply
in gtvlftg another man an hoot*
day's work for an hon^ljMffL
He <shoutd be st?o ?tg enough to
comfort those weaker than him
self, and help tfeem when th<*y
need help; he should bo able to
give that little tefcbra, push that.
miKif tin auzmnoe Mtwwu
success and failure whJR. Wf
chips are down.
He should he
to
self
He should
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THE TV DIVORCE
A British engineer named Ro
bert Scott of Horley in Surrey
has been granted a divorce be
cause there waft some disagree
ment in the family about televi
sion. ' \ 1
Mr. Scott testified that his wife
once threatened to put an axe
into the TV set, the radio and in
to Mr. Scott because he insisted
on looking at a boxing match.
Had this been the only difficulty
between the two an acceptable
surmise might have been that
Mrs. Scott just didn't like the
British version of fight night.
But on another occasion Mrs.
Scott obscured the view as her
husband was trying to catch a
British comedian. This time the
quarrel led to an exchange of
blows wKich it's a fair guess to
say the couple picked up on the
British boxing program since no
one was hurt.
One can only conclude that it
Isn't only comedians or prize
fighters Mrs. Scott doesn't like;
it's television. And though every
orite will admit that the threat to
axe her husband was carrying
her criticism of the program a
bit too far, there will be some
other critics who will agree that
if she had Just put the axe into
the set she would have beten on
quite sound ground.
Indeed, there Is some doubt as
to Engineer Scott's real feelings
in the matter. Some witnesses
testified that after his marriage
he became Increasingly haggard,
drawn and aged. But nobody said
whether this resulted from fears
about the future of his marriagb
or about the future of British
television. ? Watt Street Journal
"AMBULATORY"
Governor Umstead at Watts
hospital was reported by the doc
tor to be "ambulatory?', though
spending much time In bed. He
could have said the governor was
"walking about", which ie an lex
act Saxon translation of "ambu
latory." But that wouldn't have
been scientifically impressive.
In older days the doctor* told ?
patient they would give him a
"carminative ' where today they
would say, "here's a soda tablet."
And where a mother would give
a child a dose of sulphur and mo
lasses, the older doctors would
prescribe an "electuary".
The habit of resorting to Latin
and Greek terminology instead of
plain Saxon is no doubt a relic
of the days when science was un
certain ot itself and tried to hide
its groplngs under double- barrel
ed and ' resounding words. ?
Chapel BUI Nov* Leader.
WHO THE 8AM HILL?
You've hQftrd tMfe expression.
"What the Sam Hillf Did you
ever wonder "who the Sam Hill? '
Sam Hill was? ?/V
Turns out that It all began
years and years ago in the Btde
town of Guilford. Com*., and that
the expression original*? was
"He works 11Mb Sam mil!' ?
Sent was an actual man, and he
took a lot of pride and pteaiwre
to doing a lot of good work as a
hat maker ? wh?e, at the^ same
g^d of his eonwSSty ?? town
clerk, magistrate and member of
?sr.
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