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The Kings Mountain Hexald
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for tne enUghtenmf..t, srniertalnment and benefit of the ettizena of Kings Idountaln
and its vicinity, published every Thursday by the Herald Publishing House.
Entered as .second class naatter at tl<e post office at Kings Mountain, N. C, 28086
under Act of Congress of March 3, 1873.
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Miss Elizabeth Stewart Circulation Manager and Society Editor
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TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE
The rod and reproff give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringetih
his mother to shame.
Proverbs 29:15.
Mohair Decision
A few years ago, Massachusetts
Mohair Plush Company consulted its
attorneys on possibility of incorporating
the Margrace plant ai'ea as a North -
Carolina town as a means of preventing
the area’s incorporation by the City of
Kings Mountain.
This reaction was in response to a
newly-passed North Carolina law per
mitting cities to expand corporate limits
over the objections of the annexed, with
the limiting proviso that cash and/or
borrowing authority must be available
to provide the annexed areas within a
two-year period.
At the time, the Kings Mountain
Chamber of Commerce board of direc
tors resolved against annexation of the
Margrace area “at this time”.
Subsequently, the city, in quite ar
bitrary fashion, escalated its water
rate differential to out-of-city customers
from ten percent to 50 percent with Mo
hair’s Margrace plant the chief dis-bene-
ficiary. It became an immediate sore
subject with Mohair, was made an is
sue in an election. Later, the differen
tial was cut to 25 percent, but Mohair
was still unsatisfied, proceeded to spend
a considerate sum in an effort to sup
ply its own water — an effort ^oarent-
ly only partially successful. , >
The current administration jfsKini-
nated the water differential for indus
try, on grounds 1) the city’s near-
neighbors \\'ere/are economic assets to
citizens and 2) the differential policy
was a bar to industry expansion efforts.
The action attracted its share of criti
cism.
Mohair, General Manager A1 Matno
confirmed last week, has reversed poli
cy.
The Herald has found Mr. Maino a
quite frank individual from the first day
he arrived here to assume management
r^ponsibilities of Mohair's Neisler di
vision. He was quite frank last week
when he stated succinctly Mohair’s sew
age disposal problems dictate the policy
switch.
Just as the city is “under the gun"
of the state stream sanitation laws, so
is Mohair and other industrial establish
ments throughout the state which are
polluting streams with untreated or
poorly-treated waste.
At the time of the Chamber of Com
merce resolution, the directors felt the
best city policy was to expand its limits
principally on invitation by the annex
ed, a contribution to harmony and good
will on the one hand, and with question
whether the city could afford the par
ticular area to be annexed.
The latter question still applies,
though it is apparent the city’s financial
condition today is better and improv
ing.
The most recent time an area was
brought, “kicking and screaming” into
the city limits was in 1923, when then-
Representative J. R. Davis was able to
win General Assembly approval of his
- bttt tg jdiaincDrporate ihe Town of JEast
Kings Mountain and incorporate that
area into Kings Mountain. Limits ex-
pan^on since have been on request of
property owners and with prior agree
ments concerning development and
services.
If is presumed the city will sharpen
its pencils and do some figuring, also
confer with other property owners who
might be effected by annexing Mohair.
There are apparent benefits — and
disbaiMfits — to annexation of tfte
southern area of the city ‘'at this time'’.
Utnifiial Honor
r An unusual honor has been ac
corded SRltt Walr, veteran member and
past president of the Kings Mountain
Lions elub« who for the second consecu
tive ye*ir has won the trophy as “Dis
trict Lion of the Year.”
ations.
Primary Rosalts
The results of Saturday’s election
proved again the difficulty in attract
ing voters to a second primary election
in the off, non-gubernatorial years, and
that the victor’s gonfalon goes to he
who gets his friends ballots into the
box.
Thus: C. O. Greene scored some
thing of an upset, and Fritz Morehead,
Jr., almost scored one, in the- race for
Democratic nominations to the county
commission, and U. S. Representative
Basil L. Whitener will have a repeat
match this fall with W. Hall Young, of
Avery county, again GOP nominee. Mr.
Young predicted accurately prior to the
voting that he would defeat Donald
Wirick, Mr. Whitener’s neighbor, on
simple grounds that Republicans in Mr.
Wirick's bailiwick would not bother to
vote, "rhey didn’t.
County Commission Chainnan Dav
id Beam trailed in the four-man contest,
though he attracted 4400-plus votes on
May 28 — which, had the May support
ers returned, would have catapulted him
to top position.
Other reason for Mr. Beam’s defeat,
as has been mentioned here before, is
that the county commission has been
faced with some tough issues during the
past year and longer, from objections
to closing the county courthouse on Sat
urday mornings to more major ones. All
stu^nts of government and office-hold
ers are aware that issues occasionally
arise on which there are no correct an
swers from the standpoint of popularity.
Additionally, the commission chairman
is the focal point of criticism and com
plaint, though he votes only in event of
ties.
The Herald has not agreed with
Chairman Beam nor his commission on
each and all matters and undoubtedly
will not with the successors. However,
the Herald regards his service for near
ly six years as dedicated and his deci
sions as sincerely founded.
Meantime, congratulations go to
the winners, Mr. Greene, Incumbent B.
E. (Pop) Simmons, Treasurer Candidate
Harriet Roberts Evans, and Challenger
Young.
^Independence Day
Monday the nation will pause to
celelffate the 190th anniversary of Inde
pendence Day, that day, July 4, 1776,
when representatives of 13 British col
onies declared they would no longer be
sub-servient to the ^tish Crown.
The issues were many, but the most
frequently voiced was "taxation with
out representation.”
North Carolina and Massachuetts
claim leadership in leading the move
ment for independence. Massachusetts
points to-tbe Boston tea party, the Bat
tles of Lexington, Bunker Hill, and Cdh-
cord. North Carolina points to the Bat
tle of Alamance Creek and the Meck
lenburg Declaration of Independence.
Virginia reminds of Patrick Henry’s
oft-quoted "Give me liberty or give me
dea^.
How the Declaration of 1776 was
sustains continues to puzzle many. Not
only was there the great force of ^t-
ish arms, the comparative poverty In
men and arms of the revolutionaries,
but also the division of thinking be
tween the colonists themselves, many
who remained loyal to the Crown.
Succeed the rtvolutlonaiies did.
In service work, it is more common
than otbavwise that a man, after long
iiidr doty, tends to rest on his
MBIjafy jOd beeame a kentor advisor to
k>Wefr, quite obviously, does not
'-^7 <M* assignment, as he
fiNiUvity, in spite of a
It
Monday’s ceiehfation, leaturtng
holidays a vacation spas, local celebra
tions such as the American Legion Post
here is sponsoring, double header base
ball games, flag displays and fireworks,
is a far cry from 1776 just as is the
super-sonic plane, the invasion of space,
nuclear weapons, water and sewer sys
tems, mico-wave communications, tele
vision and electric light.
KINGS MOUNTAIN HEIULD. KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.
TTiufsdhy, June 16, 1966
MARTIN’S
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lofadem, humbt, and coltefneilia
^irectiams: TdkB ivenklp, i
possiNa, but avoU
Symbol of Freedom
By MARTIN HARMON
Today’s is a guest column
which might be entitled "It’s a
Tough Lite”.
m-m
Congratulations to Ronald Camp-
iMnint Qf a sumn)er tellbwship at
Bolt Vnirtrtity.
Part I is a combination pro
duction of Lynn Keyworth in
"The Milk Producer’’ and Lt.-
Gov. Bob Scott, who delivered it
with his iowm embellishments at
a recent Dairy Month breakfaut
in Shelby. I have had requests
for reprints from several. Here
with;
Dairying is—desperately need
ing a new living room' suite and
buying three more cows instead.
Daiiying is—being the one
who wakes the rooster in the
morning.
Dairying is—carting a ton and
a half of manure in a one-ton
spreader.
Dairying is—trying to stretch
a six-foot gate enough to cover
a ten-foot gap.
Dairying is—trying to ppur
three gallons of milk into a
bucket made to hold two and
three-fourths.
Dairying is—hoping for your
top milker to be blessed with a
purebred heifer call and discov
ering too late that the fence be
tween you and your neighbor is\
down.
SO THIS IS
NEW YORK
By NORTH CALLAHAN
When Freedom from her
mountain height unfurled
her standard to the air;^
She tore the azure rob^
of night, and set they-
stars of glory there
JOSEPH RODHAH OHAKE
Aji/nh^
All the to-do about Ronald
Reagan reminds me of the time
I imet him in Hollywood eiglUeen
years ago. I was there writing
some stories about the film cap
ital and happened to be in the
offices of Warner Brothers talk
ing to Carlisle Jones, one of the
oificials. A youthful, slender
young man with brown, wavy
hair, dressed in the uniform of
an Army reserve officer, came
up and spoke to us. “This is Ron-
Hid Reagan,’’ I was told by Jones
w'ho introduced us. “You have
seen him in the movies.” My
mind being then on something
else, I replied “Oh, have I?” as
I shook hands, then I felt em
barrassed as I did recall some
of the Reagan films. But he was
not at all put out, just laughed
and said he hoped I would sec
more of him as time went on.
Well, we have- and I am not at
all surprised.
Dairying is—buying two new
back tractor tires an<i discover- j
ing too late where you parked 1
the hanow last spring I
Viewpoints of Other Editors
NOT HALF
ENOUGH HALVES
Dairying »—plowing
acre-field and running
gas on the laet round.
Dairying is—being able to
ride to the poor house in a fair-
Iv new car.
Dairying i^trying to take a
nap on Sunday afternoon, when
you well know that’s the day
your city friends want to visit
your dairy.
Dairying is—instead of listen
ing to the radio, your idea of a
pleasant afternoon is sitting
quietly and listening to your
electric fence click.
People have a way of upsetting
* j the best of estimates. This they
out of I done with the United States
I Mint’s circulation of the demand
for half dollars. The Mint has
not been a'cle to issue enough of
them to keep them in circulation
since the bas-relief of John F.
Kennedy appeared upon them.
It has put out 450 million of
them, ;Since the Kennedy design
appeared in 1964. ^s fast as
the Mint coins them they disap
pear.
HIGHWAYS AND
BIKEWAYS
It is pleasant to read the
headline: “Bikes Take Over Cen
tral Park as Auto Ban Goes Into
Effect.’’ Even though it is only
A MAN'S CONSCIENCE
“I want very much to serve
my country. I do now and will
continue to serve my country by
trying to make it aa tetter place
to live and love. I have hopes of
service in the Army in some
The name of another young
man. Captain William S. Carpen
ter, has teen on many lips late
ly. The bravery of this former
West Point football star in call
ing for an American attack upon
his own troops and himself in
Vietnam recently has been just
ly praised and he has been
recommended for the nation’s
highest distinction, the Medal of
Honor (sometimes erroneously
called the Oongressional Medal
of Honor.) But this is not the
first time in modern warfare
that such a thing has been done.
It happened closer at home and
was durign the American Revo
lution. At Guilford Courthouse
in North Carolina, when the
British troops were hard pressed
by Americans under General Na
thaniel Greene, Lord Cornwallis
called for artillery fire from his
cannon right through his own
ranks. So.me of his men were
Dairying is—walking through
tile co-w lot in bad weather and
stepping into a mud hole 15 inch
es deep and discovering too late
that your boots are only 14
inches high.
We see reasons for this unpre
cedented problem. Many people
feel they jvist can’t spend a Ken-
[nedy half-dollar. “Want to save
{one or two for the (grantfchil
dren,’' says the man who gets
one, as he stashes it into a desk
drawer.
Dairying is—running out ofi
baling twine with twx> acres to
go at 5 o’clock in the afternoon
and a cloud coming up.
Many non-Americans save the
coins simply as a momenta of a
man who came to symbolize to
them the American ideal of free
Dairying is—really looking for
ward to going to the Dairy Con
ference, see a basketball game
and then finding out the hired
man has the flu.
dowi for the oppressed and op
portunity for the poor.
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Police Officer Jackie Barrett
supplied another on the sad opin
ion of some citizens about police
men. It came to him from his
father-in-law out of the columns
of the Corydon, Indiana, Demo
crat. It reads:
If he's neat, he’s concedted.
If he’s careless, he’s a btun.
If he’s pleasant, he’s a flirt.
If he's brief, he's a grouch.
If he hurries, he overlooks
things.
If he takes his time, he’s lazy.
If you get pinched, he had it
in for you.
If he passes you by, hc*s easy.
If he’s energetic, he’s trying to
make a record.
If he’s deliberate, he’s too slow
to make a record.
If you strike him, he’s a cow
ard.
If he strikes you back, he’s a
bully.
If he outwits you, he’s a sneak.
first, he’s
The people at the Mint are
working with laudable energy to
meet the demand. Although they
say they have already increased
coinage of half dollars enough to
provide Kennedy coins for every
body’s grandchildren up to the
year 2010, they are not satisfied.
They have gone out and found
new sources of supply of the sil
ver-clad strips used in making
50-cent pieces. 'This will enable
them to double the pre.sent
above>-normal production sched
uled for this year.
a six-hour Sunday morning ban, function of nurlurihg or preserv
it is a significant victory for leg- jn^ life.” ■
power transportation and for wrote Pvt Adam R. Weber, j killed but the daring commander
New York’s bicycling officials, jj.. last fall Now he has been j his purpose and
Mayor John V. Lindsay and sentenced to a year’s imprison- ! was able to beat off the patriots
Parks Commissioner Thomas P. | j^pnt at hard labor by a military j and claim a sort of victory.
F. Hoving. j court for having refused to fight
Qf. with an infantry outfit in Viot-
' nai.Ti'. At the trial he testified
The enthusiastic response ui|
the big city cyclists who con- ,
verged on the park by hundreds, ^^at he was wilbng to serve as a
for peaceful riding in the fresh, ™«dical corpsrnan in hejiom
morning air proves that more the Army refused him
bicycle roads are needed in the option,
cities. All over the United States,!
in spife of aU the automobiles. ‘'ft
sales of the two-yvheelers are
—3 -
In the struggle to help the
poor, the fact is often lost sight
er is a man of deepc_and sincere
booming. Over the last five years
the number of those sold nearly'"”^
doubled, rising from three and 1 y
-1 Kaif ir, lonn tr. could become a conscientious ob-
a half million in 1960 to closei .. ....
oix- lector But he could not because
to DTilliori in {Industryi • «» viic
'fc he was unable to affinm tnat nis
I objection was based on “reliig-
It is good to see many cities
and states providing safe routes
for this simple and satisfactory
method of transportation. Home
stead, Fla., has won the title of
“Biketown, U.S.A.” because it
objection
ious training and belief.”
Private Weber is a victim of
the failure of Congress to do a-
way with its religious test for
conscientious ol'jection. Many
think that the congressional
pioneered a system of routes in'-‘Statute in its discriminiation in
1962 and coined the word “bike-1 favor of the religiously motivat-
ways.” Now some 40 cities, in- ed conscience violates the First
of that some of the poverty-
stricken do not want to be help
ed and if so, they either resent it
or make little use of their assist
ance, social workers here re
port. For example, the father of
a family of seven children can
neither read nor write, so must
work at the mo.st menial jobs
and receive welfare funds. But
he does not want to read or
write and resists attempts to get
him to go to school so that he
could get a beter job. He will not
even fix the hole in the front
door and as a result, the he.ating
bill for his apartment is much
hi.gher than necessary. Appar
ently som.e of the poor we shall
always have with us.
—3—
eluding big ones like Chicago Aniendmont's establishment ■ of -1 stands beside the
'They hope it will fill the de
mand, but they don’t feel sure.
In any ease, we oonnnend them
for their vigorous effort to cope
with a half-dollar. problem the
Mint has never faced before.
Christian Seience Monitor
WHEAT
Wheat f«Tn«» have been giv
en the word from Washington
that they can grow 15 percent
more ... to help feed a hun
gry world.
If you see him
bonehead.
If he makes a good catch, he’s
lucky.
If he misses it, he’s a chump.
If he gets pro.T.oted he had a
pull.
If he doesn’t -
heck’s the use?
Aw, what the
ai>m
It wAs tough enottrt for Billy
Maomy to get an atUKlk of kid
ney stones and an opersttoh to
acoomagny it A gourmet of
kMtf-imnding^as tndiogtrt try hU
avOThillapols, nil was staiVfafg Or
ttoapital fare and, A h'f
evanings before diachgrgo, don
ned hia clothes and eidted by a
■ids door. He bought and afe Hie
best dinner at one of Charlotte’s
iagdlng restaurants, returned the
way he weited and slept a sleep
af pleasant dnsuns.
'This should produce a harvest
of 1.6 billion bushels, by far the
longest ever ifor the United
States. While tlw gnowers will
pocket some $200 million ,in ex
tra Tsvanue, the national-atodt-
fiile, which has dwindled below
the margin of safety, may be re
plenished
and Milwaukee make provision! religion clause. But leaving the
for bicycle riders. Others are in-1 constitutional question aside,
eluding “bikepikes” in their newl Congress as a matter of public
city plans. At the same time' Policy should put an end to the
states and counties have marked! f^'serminatory feature embodied
700 miles of less traveled back- i 1^*® ^^'v.
roads with signs indicating they! ^^'v aside, the military has
are “bikeways.”
The outlook for the person who
propels his own vehicle is good.
But much still remains to be
done to give the bicycle rider
the road rights he deserves. Rid
ers need to make themselves
more clearly heard before public
planning agencies. If they or
ganize and speak up, we can ex-
shown a singular lack of discre
tion in its handling of this case.
If the factsm are as reported, the
imilitary review board in Wash
ington ought to reverse this de
cision and open the way for
granting this man a noncom
batant assignment as he has re
quested from the outset.
Let government authority,
whether civilian or military, re-
peet more consideration to be 1 spect the conscience of every
given the modest vehicle thatlAmrican in service or out, inso-
emits no fumes, asks little high- far as that be passible. In this
way space, and provides outdoorp^ase it appears to have been pos-
fun for an estimated 33 million but it was not done There
bike owners in the United States!*® time to put the matter
alone. — Christian Science Monl- i ^igh.
statiue c'f George Washington at
the corner of Broad and Wall
Streets and recalls that here the
first President was inaugurattKl
177 years ai70, a paradox comes
to mind. For one of the first
things Washington had to con
tend with was the raising of
taxes; and one of the current
things the Stock Exchange —
which is in the same block—is
contending with is the forthcom-1
ing taxation of its dealing by the
city, in a new and higher fonm‘.
Washington himself was a spec-;
ulator, as was all of his cabinet.
But he was strictly honest too,
if that is possible, and Rent aj
scrupulous account of all of hisj
income and expenses. It appears
then that the Exchange will jus^
have to go along with George
and his successors in govem-J
tor.
Christian Science Monitor ment.
It tttay hb, that im, if the de-
ihsndis for ^lilted States wheat
do itbt eentlAoe to rise.
tnoreasing the granary for the
undeveflopiM coufitrie# the Unit
ed States shipped million
bushejs, well over Italf of last
yeaf* crop, to fight starvation
abpted.
10
TEAHB AGO
THIS WEEK
Ttamt of nevos about King
Mountain area people am
events taken from the m
files of the Kings Mountait
Iferald.
Josh Hinnsnt didn’t have It m
well. Hospitalized for a btonclii-
sd infection wsently, JosA’a
Fear of the recipients were
able to pay tor it 'The wheat was
ettlier given away under the food
for peace program ar aoM for
Meal dtfOendiea. HMse were
sttliar loBiieg bash ta «he coun
tries for their owa gevrtopmertt
ar left IdW id the banlai.
Tha UmtOd SOatea halds 1.3
blHion in Ihdian vapaes akme.
American faxpaydrs pay twice
far the gsnated wheat—once Ih
tirbsidtaed priCM guaranteed the
Indnirr alid again to aesid it over-
tca^.
FeetMf thd hungry maker
fhod asaihe and tha rMh fanki-
landa of dor Mdweet heep tnil-;
Uona alive in ImpoveHahed IscndB.
Tht aa itumbeTa increase
some ftmy imiat be faand to hdp
thisa aatiUtHia gmm more food
sretm were UNM. ftoi to -faiHrtdtov <«••«» marntt Adpand on
httollOi, dnd Ma tMkee weft d WnMAil AMMlaipt
rheMktfttmMaid
Most of Kings Mountain's up
town businesses will be closed all
day Wednesday, July 4th.
First Baptist church is ready
for occupancy the former Herald
building on S. Piedmont Avenue.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Go
forth, Mark and Scott, have re
turned 'from a week’s trip to Day
tona Beach, Fla.
Libby Trott, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomaa 'Trott, was
honored last Thursday at a
•winwnlng party at Lake Mon-
tonia. Miss 'Trott was celebrat
ing h«r fourth birthday
Miss Mary Lou Patrick of
Blacksburg, S. C. and Jacob
Hord, Jr. of Kings Mountain
were married Saturday at 8
Vcioek in Blacksburg’s St. John’s
Mmtiodlst church.
Mrs. L^a Smith is visiltng her
aan and his wife, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Smith, in Bowling
Oresn, Ky.
*111# JuniMr Wemart’s club will
JMlA Up mMRNil JaMfly picnic
Manday m Imim Dlieliinla.
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