U 2 KINGS MOUNTAIN HEK^. KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C. Eftoblished 1889 The Kinys Moontaiii Heiald X’^mrihCarolina 1 'fttss AT A weekly newspaper devoted to the promotion of the general welfare and published foe 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 post office at Kings Mountain, N. C., 28086 under Act of Congress of March 3, 1873. - EDrrOBlAL DEPARTMENT Martin Harmon Editor-Publisher Gary Stewart Sports Editor ■Miss dizabeth Stewart Circulation Manager and Society Editor Miss Lynda Hardin Clerk Bobby Bolin Paul Jackson MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT Dave Weathers Allen Myers Dave Weathers, Jr. Thursday, Septembef 29, I96€ MARTIN'S MEDICINE Ingredients: bits of nexcs, wisdom, humor, and comments Directions: Take 'iveekly if possible, but avoid overdosage. "What makes ybg think I'll run in '66?" Br MARTOf HAidMON SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADV.\NCE — BY MAIL ANYWHERE ONE YEAR .. $3.50 SIX MONTHS .. $2.00 THREE MONTHS .. $1.23 PLUS NORTH CAROLINA SALES TAX TELEPHONE NUMBER — 739-5441 \ TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE Shall be that contendeth with the Almigti/ instruct him? he that reprovcth God, let him answer it. Job 40:2. part Abridged Speech-Press “Congress shall make no law re specting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech or of tke press; or the right of people peacab- ly to assemble, and to petition the Gov ernment for a redress of grievances.” Amendment I, the Constitution of the United States, declared in force Decem ber 15, 1791. Two Superior Court Judges, Ray mond Mallard and E. Maurice Braswell, mounted one of the more recent at tempts to abrogate the speech and press section of this venerable amendment when they signed an order which would hold in contempt of court any court of ficial or police officer who divulged par ticular details concerning arrest of sus pects in criminal actions. The ruling was couched in advertis ed reason to assure persons indicted of a fair trial. The ruling has brought criticism of the judges’ action and thinking from communications media across the state. Meantime, the North Carolina Press Association directorate issued a state ment declaring enforcement of the rul ing could lead to a “police state” and urging a quick court test both at state and federal level. Superior Court Judge Henry L. Rid dle isstted a statement in which he dis agreed with Judges a*aswe]] and Mal lard. Meantime, the press association pointed out no person convicted of a criminal act in North Carolina has ever won freedom on grounds of pre-trial by press. Attacks, via the judiciary, legisla tive bodies, and administrators, on ^^endment I of the Constitution are r®)thing new and, indeed, many viola- )ns of the Amendment are fo^d in ♦hvirrent vogue, either via legislative act, or by practice. The executive session on the part of elected officials — whether executive. The other reason for lack of test ing before the courts was weD-express- ed by the late Ernest Hunter, for many years managing editor of the Charlotte Observer, who said: “Quit hollering a U. S. Congress committee or a county commission — is a violation of the Amendment. ' If communications people had the time, there likely would have been many test cases before on, for example, the North Carolina Secrecy Act of 1955 which permits committees to sit in exec utive session and a more recent one per mitting county commissions to sit in about the secrecy act. Any reporter worth his salt is going to get the story anyhow.” It was another way of phras ing “if two people know it, it isn’t a secret very long”. Judges Braswell and Mallard will find these truisms operative and, if spme poor court official or police offi cer gets hailed for contempt, it is a safe wager the North Carolina Press and other communications media will rally to tl>e cause with a legal battery and suffleient cash. Clarence Sloon Plonk Clarence Sloan Plonk fought the good fight, biH: could not overcome the mul- tlpUcity of illnesses which overtook him at the age of 83. His death removes from among us a man of keen perception, exceptional ener^( gnd executive ability, a God fearing man with a high moral code. Above The Guidelines The Advisory Budget commission has been asked by the North Carolina Board of Education for a 17.5 percent teacher pay raise during the 1967-69 bi ennium. ' , The request confirms the move ment generated in the past few weeks for new state taxes, with boards of edu cation and school groups playing the lineman role in opening the holes. Even Dr. Charles Carroll, state su perintendent of public instruction, join ed the movement on a personal basis when he declared the superintendent’s pay should be raised a cool $9,000 per year to $27,000. Dr. Carroll said the $18,- 000 pay of the superintendent tends to hold the lid on the pay of educators of lesser rank, both administrative and professorial. It may be said in defense of Dr. Carroll’s declaration that the de sired pay increase for the superinten dent would have no effect on his pay check before 1971, since constitutional officers can’t be raised during their terms of office. Many times, in reporting the passing of good friends of many years, I have found I knew them less well than 1 had thought. This is not the situation with Clarence Sloan Plonk, my late uncle. 1 have both personal knowledge over the most of my life and second-hand informa tion of quite valid texture. m-m He was known by a variety of names. To his brothers and sisters he was "Clai'ence". To many friends and customers he was "C. S." or “Mr. C. S." JjTo Jiis ten children, face-to-face j he was "Papa”, to his . seven boys, not face-to-face, he was “Tile Boss” —■ and all that this term implies. m-m He could fire from the hip (verbal^, not literallj) quite quickly?” but for the most was a quite patient man. m-m WithaL he was given to strong and definite opinion and once his mind was set, that was the way it usually stayed. He was interested in politics, though not as a candidate for public of fice. His faith was Democratic, and he broke the Democratic sound barrier for the GOP side only once. In 1952, he liked Ike —on admission not because ho was opposed to Adlai Stevenson, but because of President Harry Truman’s intemperance with the Washington columnist who had made snide remarks about Mar garet Truman’s vocal ability. He returned home politically in 1956. m-m -- He was a friend of the late Governor and Senator \V. Kerr Scott and took exception to criticism from Scott’s political antaigonists that the Scott “plan fli' so THIS IS HfiWYOBK By NORTH CALLAHAN 0/^ SUPREHE COURT Viewpoints of Other Editors SUNSHINE AT MIDNIGHT ABBRIEVATIONS NO DOZING. SIR A visitor form California was talking to^a New Yorker and cri- ticizing the local subways. He said they were noisy, crowded, hot in summer and cold in winter and altogether an abominable way to travel The Gothamite listened patiently until the Wes terner had finished, then started in. Jhe ifreeways in and around Los Angeles, he pointed out, just having returned from a visit there, are so filled with high-po wered automobiles travelling at high rates of speed, that it seem ed impossible for the tourist to turn off. And besides, he retorted he had to go so fast that when he did burn off, he was not sure it was the right place because he , had been speeding so to keep up with the traffic, that he did not have time to read the highway signs. The two finally ended up shaking heads, shaking hands and bursting into laughter. Th'^y both admitted, traffic is rough all over. The Nati<»ial Aeronautics and Space Administration is busily engaged in its multihillion-dollai' program to put men on the moon, as well as ks asserted probes of deep space. The agen- ^ , -- , tation” was bi-sected with|(;y, however, is finding time tolD.D.M.O. and D.A.AiG, allowed Scott-built roads. To see for' push along a project that, at the British armed services to himself. Uncle Clarence visited least in a sense, is more down to' compete on even terms with the The astonishing thing for any one looking through the latest dictionary of abbreviations-con taining about 20,000of them all told- is to find how many of them are familiar or fairly familiar. . . Years of pratice with D.M.I., By and large, Henry Ford II points out, the American driver docs an excellent job, (he must nevpi^have met that demon I al most encountered on the New York Throughway recently.) But Heniy avers that the average driver (goes for four years be tween accidents and 44 years be fore he is injured in an accident. His sucess in avoiding accidents is probably one of the imain rea sons why he does not do many of the things he could do to make his driving still safer. It has been estimated that universal use of seat belts would save 5,000 lives Libraiy -users everywhere may [ a year, butthis has been disput- well be concerned about the act-1 ed. According to a recent poll, ion of the County Council of West 1 only 36 per cent of the motorists Suffolk, England. The council has approved an ordinance making it an offense to go to sleep while reading in a library^ If convicted, the dozing reader may be charged a fine up to $14. The teacher - pay boosters are rath er well ignoring the pay-boost guide lines of 3.2 percent per year as set forth by the Johnson Administration in an ef fort to ward off galloping inflation. Of course, the guidelines haven’t bothered the airline employees or any other group which felt It had sufficient muscle to bring off handsomer raises. Big boost for the teachers came in 1961, as Governor Terry Sanford fulfill ed a campaign pledge for a 21 percent hike in teacher pay. Small percentage raises have been legislated since. None can argue with the fact of a teacher shortage in North Carolina, which is due to many factors, among them; competition from industry and other endeavors requirement of teach ers ^ to get more schooling each five years, inc^ased school populations con current with reduction of teacher loads. But the 17.5 percent looks large. Education, in Nor^ Carolina, like de fense, in the nation, takes the lion share of income. It will also be noted that, in Cleveland County, well over half the county tax bill accrues to education. the Squire of Haw River, w'ho j earth provided him a tour of his Ala mance farm. The charges were untrue. Uncle Clarence declar ed. m-m Like Governor Scott, Uncle Clarence was a devotee of the chewing brand of tobacco, lead- ini' a friend to wonder aloud just bow many tons Uncle Clar ence might have consumed over the years. He'occasionally-smok ed cigars, But there was more chewing than smoking. m-m Clarence Samuel Plonk is not really “junior”, older brother Hal Sloan haven fallen heir earlier to Uncle Clarence’s other given name. But the “}un. ior”, Imttressed by same initials, made a practical differentation I do not observe young Clar ence is a chewer, other than gum, and know why. One Sat urday afternoon, when aH of us were youngsters, George Plonk and 1 found young Clarence off hla4^ and not at all interested in play. It developed that Unde Clarenoe^s chewing tobacco plea sure was strictly unpleasant for young Clarence, who had bor rowed a couple of chews from Papa. There are other functions of state government, too. NASA has just announced a $125,000 award to Boeing Co. for a study of the feasibility of or biting a huge satellite to reflect the sun’s light on the dark side of the earth; a similar award earlier went to Westinghouse Corp. According to a spokesman for the Federal Agency, the shiny satellite could provide “night - time ihumination for search and rescue operations, re covery operations, security areas and polar latitudes,” Anniericans and others. Then, in the years of tension after the war, came the supreme moment of cooperation. 'ITie fruits are seen (according to the dictionary compiled by Mr.J.W.Gumett and Mr, CH.J.Kyte) in the wonder ful byways of NATO (q.v.). whose cars have seat belts use them every time they drive. In one fatal accident which came to my attention, the investigat ing officer said that the man who was killed by being pinned under T J , ^1- h's might have been thrown ^ I free had he not had his seat belt county board was no doubt try- j qjj . While it sounds like an inter esting research project, some un enlightened souls doubtless will object to sunlight intruding through their bedroom windows. That may not bother Govern ment officials, of course; some times it seems they’re too busy thinking of ways to spend money to ever sleep Wall Street Journal Saceur and Sacalant - the su preme allied commanders in Europe and the Atlantic-- lead on to exaltedbeings less famliar to' British eyes. It is a world where secret messages are flash ed frof-Comnorasdeflant to Uom- strikefltlant" from Commander ent of cooperation. The fruits are ^ North American anti- submarine one, commented the librarian ing to act in the interest of cul ture, but some liberty-loving Bri tons have raised their voices in protest. We commend their spirit. “This savage legislation spoils the work of learned writers who have spent sleepless vigUs writing books to send their readers to sleep,” writes an irate staff re porter of the Ttmes. His Siurvey of university librarians turned up -a number of persona whd shared his view '' “A sleeping reader is less of a menace to the books than a wak- defense force Atlantic to his bro ther officer in the striking .fleet. KUDOS FOR THE COW The increased output of the cow is sometlng for the bovine population to moo about. It does _ not take nearly so many cow^%iiow to the end the long string m-m his formal education was Ited, MB’. Plonk was a well - educated man. It jif possible Mr. Plonk never in vestigate the interior of a psychology fook, but he was an eminent psycholo gist; be could read and understand peo ple. Big Week. October 3-8 The 186th anniversary celebration of the Battle of Kings Mountain opens fOTtnally and a big week is in store. . Confirmation of his appearance here to make the Battle Celebration ad dress on October 8 by Secretary of the Navy Paul Henry Nitxe puts the frost ing on an already - big anniversary cele bration cake. In view of the fact that last year’s feature address was delivered by Secre tary of the Army Stanley R. Resor, it is fitting that this year's honors will be discharged by the chief of another maj or branch of the armed forces. Those who saw them last year and those who didn’t will be glad to learn that the Golden Knights, the U. S. Army sky-diving international champions, will return this year, and all will welcome the opportunity to witness the prowess of the men of the Special Service forces who wear the Green Berets. There are entertainment and par ticipation features lor all — young el derly, and in-between. The word to the wise: participate! Typical of farmers. Uncle Clarence was an early riser. With the stock feedinig and milk ing and appetite builder for breakfast. And everyone pulled his ear, the youngest carrying water, to the field hands, the older ones serving as hoe- hands, and the oldest boys fol lowing the mules. Guests, I found, joined the team. I was handling a hoe in a cornfield. About 11 a.m., with the sun bearing down, it developed a non-trained city lad wasn’t in' to supply the nation with milk, cream, cheese, and ice cream as it used to. This is fortunate because over the last two decades there has been a fairly steady drop in the number of dairy farms and working cows fell off 25 per cent in the two decades, 1940 to 1960. But over the same period turned out so much more of her famous product that the total national production went up 10 percent. It is a releitf to get back to the gentler atmosphere ofS.I.S.T.E.R. D.A.D., and M..A. Here the special institutioos for scientific and tec hnological education and research provide the happy meeting point for themagister artium. But where, in the family circle, is U.N.C.L.E.? He is missed the more keenly because Smersh — death to the spies — is proudly in. Come to think of it, here is a chance to of Cambridge University. “The modem reader regards the stiuff in a great library as being there solely for his use and not for posterity.” (You could hear him adding his tsk, tsk and shaking The elder Henry Ford was known as the 'father of mass production, with his single-pur- pose (machine tools turning out parts that would fit one another to a hundred- thousands of an inch. He was the first employer to pay a $5 day to the men who made the cars, saying "No wage is too high for the man who earns it. “The wife of this brilli ant but peculiar tycoon endured years of poverty in the early days of her marriage to the tinkering mechanic and never quite became accustomed to the great wealth that her husband accumulated. She always remained a very fru gal woman. She used to dam Henry Ford’s socks, even after he his head as he gave some of his ^35 3 billionaire. Yet there was of U:S.S.R. abbreviations for teir security police, beginning with Lenin’s Cheka (All-Rus sian Extraordinary Commission for Fighting -Counter-revolution and Sabotage). Soon we had the Qgpu, later the G.P.U. (state po- littoai organization); then the N.K.V.D., N.K.V.B, KGB and M.GH.—G.B. in each case stand ing for state security. book-centered colleagues this little thrust.) At the great Bodleian Library officials said they deal with these offenders gently. “We would not like it if they were snoring,” said a staff member with under standable moderation We agree that first offenders should be treated kindly, perhaps with a poke 'and a rebuke. The next move could be to insist that persistant dozers switrii to light er literature. Or perhaps the ans wer would be a dozing ro