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Page 2 KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C. Established 1889 The Kings Mountain Herald A weekly newspaper devoted to the promotion of the general 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 post office at Kings Mountain, N. C., 280S6 under Act of Congress of March 3, 1873. BDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Martin Harmon Editor-Publisher Miss Elizabeth Stewart Circulation Manager and Society Editor Miss Linda Hardin Clerk Fred Bell Paul Jackson Roger Brown MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT Dave Weathers, Supt. *Allen Myers Rocky Martin Steve Martin •On leave witn the United States Army SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN IRvANCE — BY MAIL ANYWHERE ONE YEAR... .$3.50 SIX MONTHS... .$2.00 THREE MONTHS....$1.25 PLUS NORTH CAROLINA SALES TAX TELEPHONE NUMBER — 739-5441 'MARTIN'S MEDICINE bits o/ neicw. tom. humor, and oommenta SireoUons: Take vieMly if poasiMa, but avoid overdoaage. For Freedom — It Covers The World Thursday, June 1968 30 By MAarm harmon I am indebted to Jake Dixon for an interesting historical docu ment. Jake got It from F. C. Adams, who got it from his grandfather, who now lives in Bessemer City. m-Bi It is a Kings Mountain Town ship primary election ballot of Tuesday, August 30, 1892 — just about 78 years ago. m-m TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE For the word of the Lord w right; and all his 'works are done in truth. The Big Budget Kings Mountain’s anticipated budget for the year just starting is a record $2,508,40.5, up .$580,450 for the year end ed June 30. It’s really amazing, the rapid rise in city budgets over the past ten years, even more amazing when one looks back 20. Administrations of that era had about $300,000 to spend and a portion of that went to debt service. Nor is it any wonder citizens fussed at mayors and commission members. Yet when told, as many were, that needed services could not be provided due to lack of funds, these administrations were telling the truth and the whole of it. There have been some aids in the Interim, among them the Powell Act of 1951 which provided for a refund of gas tax money to the cities. Some ease was provided tor paving muddy-dusty streets. Revaluation of property for ad valorem ta.xes helped some. But largely in Kings Mountain’s in stance growth of the city, reflected in homes, business and industry using City utilities, spelled the difference. At the same time Mayor John Henry Moss points with pride to the low city tax rate (ad valorem taxes levied for this represent le.ss than ten percent of the total budget), he can brag, as have May ors before him, of utility rates lower than many other cities and public utilities charge. Mayor Moss likes to say, "The city of Kings Mountain isn’t a tax collector, it’s a utility salesman.” That’s about the way it is. Best Bow Jimmy Heavener is a Kings Moun tain native who became interested in radio at an early a^e, w'ent to school and studied this and television communica tions and has been working in the field since. A considerable honor has recently been accorded him. The Kings Mountain native was one of 17 honored in the nation w ith a “Clio”, the television industry’s counterpart to movieland’s “Oscar”. A low best bow to him. En Route. Water Plans are near-complete on the Buf falo Creek Water project and are promis ed this month. Meantime, detail work goes on apace. A Charlotte specialty firm, Froelich and Robinson, has completed core-drill ing the site of the big 84-foot high dam, which will span 7.50 feet, and has pro nounced the site quite fit. Next Tuesday the city will receive bids on .$750,000 of water bond anticipa tion notes, of 90-day issue, a prelude to issuance of bonds for the total project. Site acquisition will begin soon, no small chore when 73 separate tracts are involved, Major projects can’t come to fruition over-night. Vendetto It would appear the surgeon-gener al’s outfit is conducting a vendetta against the tobacco industry. It wants stronger warnings than the present "Caution: Cigarette Smoking May Be Injurious to Your Health” on packages of cigarettes, and, worse than that, the surgeon-general wants all ad vertising of these products banned. This is going too far. The advertis ing lads keeping fresh "Winston’s taste good like a cigarette should . . . .” on the air render a service. Would all those cigarette commercials have to be replac ed by the soap and cosmetic industry? Ugh. Thefe have been some changes since then. n-m It was an omission, perhaps, but the ballot didn’t delineate whether the primary were of the Democratic or Republican variety. SO THIS IS NEW YOBH By NORTH CALLAHAJt still probably the mast popu lar single attraction for tourists to this city Is the towering Em pire-State Building at 34th Street and 5th Avenue. This world's tallest structure Is also a monu ment to a man, the late A1 Smith whose name remains as a sym bol of a poor boy of immigrant stock who made good in this op portunity-filled land. For even In the depre.ssion of .some 35 years ago, ho developed the Interest, raised the money and fought through the erection of the build Ing and then graciously allowed it to be named after his Empire State instead of himself. Just 40 years ago. Smith was vilified be cause of his Catholic religion and his stand on drinking, so lost the Presidential election. But his memory will long be sustained by the magnificent building which he brought about. (iu 1)0 Gi lo; ati m-m It was also noted that the bal lot was printed on the steam press of the Yorkville Enquirer. Such free advertising is not ko.sher today. But who remembers the steam press? Not t, and Dr. Nathan Reed confided during an eye examination this week that I am getting some miles on. The magnification needed stepping up. m-m Just about any fool who smokes know the fags don’t help his wind or his appetite, and he knows he’d have a better taste in his mouth if he foreswore them, but see this same smoker get out of bed and find his pack empty. He won’t stop ’til he finds his favorite brand (or anybody else’s) and he won’t bother to read any health hazard warnings engen dered by the federal establishment. A lady in Kings Mountain stopped for 40 days, she relates. The instructions to the voter was interesting, too: "Vote for FOUR representatives, THREE County Commissioners, and TEN Delegates to the State Nominat ing convention — neither ‘more or less. Vote for one person for each of the other offices. Mark out with ink or pencil all other names on the ticket. If you do not observe the above instructions you will lose a part of your vote." m-m “Then I decided,” she declared, "I’d rather switch than twitch.” Congratulations to Dr. Joseph Lee, elected to membership in the American Academy of General Practice. Chief difference today is that the ballots do not instruct to mark out the names of unfavored candidates. However, registrars could be constrained to count for the favored. The law today specifics that a ballot, to be counted, must express to the pre cinct officials the clear intent of the voter. That's why today's bal lot specifies a ballot should be returned and a fresh one obtalried when the voter makes a mistake or defaces his ballot. m-m The Fourth '68 Just 192 years ago a group of brash young colonists hammered out and adopted the Declaration of Independence from Great Britain, a world power with operations spanning the globe. 'The ballot at first mystified because it contained no candi dates for governor, a gubernatorial year. It finally dawned that in 1892 political parties nominated the governors at conventions. Reading down the 16-inch long ballot, I found two ten - person slates, one administration, the other conservative, as candidates for convention delegates. There was no straight - ticket arrange ment, and a voter could vote for halt of one slate, half of the oth er, if he chose. Viewpoints of Other Editors m-m It meant war with the mother coun try and many times during the ensuing five years it appeared the delegates to the convention at Philadelphia were brash indeed and would be hanged for their insouciance. In the only exclusively town ship race, John Q. Howe was fav ored, 300 to 150, for trial justice. m-m It was not to be. Great Britain was beset by her own troubles. Militarily, her supply lines were over-extended. Many Britons were not happy with the war. France, across 13 miles of water, was Britain’s enemy. The county liked J. D. Cornwell, J. C. Ashe and E. B. Sapoch for county commissioner and R. M. CarroIL W. B. Love, J. C. Wilborn and W. N. Elder for the state house of representatives. The cliff-hanger was for county audi tor, W. J. Waters defeating W. B. Williams by ten votes, 1722 to 1712. History does not seem to change appreciably. Today, America’s supply lines are far distant. Many Americans are unhap py with the involvement in Viet Nam. Russia is across many more miles of water, but there has now been developed the intercontinental ballistic missile. Another close one was lor filth district U. S. representative, T. J. Strait leading J. J. Hemphill by 1777 to 1703. m-m The thoughts are not happy ones on this July 4. The ballot, printed on bond paper, is slightly yellowed with age, but it is otherwise very well- preserved for a 76.year.old docu ment OFF AND READING Does being five and not six real- ly make a difference? As far as learning to read goe.s, educators have long argued that it does. But evidence now points the other way. Joseph E. Brzein- ski, director of research services for the Denver schools, has de scribed that city’s e.ight-year-long experiment in tlie Grade Teacher. "Traditional kindergarten pro grams are based on what adults think children can do,” he says. “In our experiment, we were out to find out what five-year-olds really can do if they’re not ham pered by limitations set by adults.” In the test; nearly half the city’s kindergarteners were start ed on reading, and the rest serv ed as a test group and began to read the following year in the first grade, the-nirmal age. The early readers were taught toiden- tify letters and how to puzzle out words by context on their own. The experimenters found the child's being five and not six was irrelevant. The youngsters were scon off and reading. They also found that children encouraged to read independently continued to move ahead of the pack in subsequent grades. They did a lot more reading on their own, they had command of more words, and did better fn reading- oriented subjects like history. A first-grade teacher in Van couver, Wash., also has found that higher expectations mean higher achievements. She discov ered that by doing away with ability grouping and by mixing so-called fast, average, and slow learners, all did better. Even the brightest ones. And the others were freed of the stigma of being "average” or "slow.” There’s no limit to what a first-grader can do,” she says, "if given tlu- chance to try.'’ All are aware how important are the early years, and how fundamental reading is to learn ing. We applaud the continuing trend to raise expectations for youngsters above arbitrary impe diments of age and ability in the schools. — Christian Science Moni tor. AN ETHICS CODE The House of Representatives! has adopted a code of ethics which ■ can limit abuses of public trust | and also servo as a guide to Sena tors who wish to ifnprove their own, weaker regulations. Even the House code could benefit by inclusion of more of the stringent requirements on income disclos ure which the legislative branch sets for officials in the executive branch. 10 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK Items jf news about Kings Mountain area people and evems taken frotn the 1957 files of the Kings Mountain Herald. Thomas Y. Crowell Compand- the book publisher. Is planning an interesting series of volumes on the American Revolution. Tied in importantly with the forthcom ing Bicentennial of that War for Independence, the .series will con sist of biographies of the leading generals on the American .side. Despite all that has been written about the conflict which brought our nation into being, some of its most valuable leaders are yet un sung. yet they led exciting as well as significant lives. This .sc ries should help to correct this situation. |io ill y< uf ft in I’i w a I fo On the whole, though, the House has taken a dramatic and long overdue step which reaches well beyond the mere appearance of action symbolized in the Sen ate bill. There is in both houses a general agreement that mem bers of Congre.ss must make lim ited reports on outside income. Colleagues (and voters) now have some way to determine possible conflicts of Interest which can arise in legislative action. The city board of commission ers has approved a tentative bud get of $590,675 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, up about $27,000 over the past year. Phyllis Dean, Miss Kings Moun tain of 1958, will be the city’s fir^^ beauty contends fp.r. the Miss North Carolina crown in a number of years. Sodal mid Personed The codes in both houses should be con.sidered only as nec- ; essary starting points. The Senate I regulations will not prevent repe- I tition of the Dodd and Baker I scandals which inspired them. Neither will the House code pre vent conditions which led to the ouster of Adam Clayton Powell and public pressure tor safe guards. June 25th marked Reb Wiese- ner’s seventh birthday. He is son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wiesener. Miss Barbara Ellen Short and Herman Bolin exchanged marri age vows Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock in First Nazarene church. Invited up to the Austrian In stitute, I .saw an entertaining pre view of the Austrian Television film, “The Greta Keller Story; Voice Vienna” and had the plea.s- urc of chatting with the star in person. Hostess was charming Jane Allison of Indiana. Miss Kel ler is a singer in the Marlene Dietrich manner and has a ro mantic. sultry voice which one remembers. From Vienna, she sings in three different langu ages but Is now an American citizen. It is said that she ha.s made over .50.000,000 records and she has appeared in nightclubs and on the stage as well as. in films. Vienna has always .seemed an aonealing place anyway; Grc ta Keller adds to the romance. CLEANUP DELAYS j The way should be kept open i for continuing examination and improvements—and, of course, I careful watch to see that the new rules are'followed. Such steps not only will protect the public but will protect conscientious-'mem bers of Congress from having fo shire blame for colleagues who I abuse, the considerable power they have. — The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.) Supporters of the effort to clean up the Blackstone and Ten Mile Rivers in Rhode Island and .Massa chusetts must have been deeply disturbed at the news that- the federal government has accepted postponement of deadlines for elimination of pollution in the two streams. A slowdown in fed- e'">t aid in huilding treatment fa- icilities is blamed for the delay. A DOLLAR A DAYI Impossible, you say It’s not when you are a teacher, carpen ter, mechanic, university student, farmer, clergyman, or an accoun tant with the Company of the Cross. The news is bad enough for those who had heped for an early cleansing of the two rivqrs. But if the cutback,in federal spending is going to hurt here, the effect nationally of reduced federal help in air and water pollution con trol could be most serious. Pol lution can only worsen in the lack of anti-pollution efforts, and the fight is slowing. — Providence Journal. of has This is the hardest paragrar; I have ever written in this col umn. Because it is the last. For years now since I came to New York with a dream in my eyes that only a small town boy who had become smitten with the big and glamorous city could have, I have regularly contributed an article about it to newspaper readers from Houllon, Maine to Amarillo, Texas. In it. I have tried lo present an honest picture my impressions here. Mine not been a punishing or sensa tional tyne of column, because I am not that kind of person. But if the reaction of readers which I have had is a proper indication, some entertainment, some help ful philosophy exemplified main ly by good people I have met and a bit of good old-fashioned sun shine has perhaps resulted from my efforts — and as a newspaper man, I am plea.sed to .say, I never missed writing an issue of the column in all its career. It ha.s been a fascinating, challenging and happy association with my publishers, editors and their staffs a.s well as the readers of their good newspapers. And so with much emotion, I close this column by wishing all of you sue. ce.ss and happiness in your lives. Mine has become so busy with ■maturing of a career, teaching at New York University and writiil books, that it is necessary to cuR tail my work. My best to you al ways and may God bless you. m.m YipesI $52 Per Day Duke Hospital, which raised rates last November, did it again Tuesday. The visit to the aforementioned \ Dr. Reed was in an emergency] situation. Advice: don’t lose your | spectacles. lAt least, I found I’m not sufficiently old for second sight to return as it does to some in elder years. A private room at Duke’s respected institution will rent for $52 per day, while the cheapest ward bed will be $40. m-m It wasn’t long ago folk were com plaining, “We’ll have no summer,” and the temperatures were unseasonably cold. There’s been no cause for complaint of hot weather fans in recent days. A citizen in a furniture store here Tuesday asked the price of a fan. It was $24.95. The heat had sapped his sales resistance and s^liength. "I live over there (two blocks away) and Fll jusf pay you for it if you’ll deliver it.” IS The medicare program has increased pressure on hospitals in several direc tions. There is more demand for space, resulting in increased demand for staff ing, from orderly to doctor, in a field where there seldom seems to be enough recruits. Construction costs continue to rise, as reflected by the problem of Kings Mountain hospital which found a $350,- 000 imbalance in its availably funds and the cut-back addition if sorely needs. Nathan, however, could answer the S. O. S. and did answer doub ly. He lent me a pair until the new models arrived less than 24 hours later. But I wound up wearing yet another borrowed pair. I told my plight to Kennon Blanton at Sterchi’s and he just happened to have an extra pair, lying pastured in his desk drawer for two years. They suited me a little better than Nathan’s. m-m Well, it could be worse. Some big city hospitals are charging room rentals of $80, with bed space at a premium. I am studying Nathan's phamplet on "Hbw tb Wear Bi focals”. _ The Insurance men selling hospitali zation policies have added amthurtitioit for their wares. m-m One of the tii;lilillg,instructions: ‘Try not to look tit your feet when walking. You never did before.” ■CLEAN' RIOTING I A new invention may help the] police keep street-rioting "clean" | literally, if not figuratively, a' Pennsylvania National Guards-1 man has invented a “bubble gun” j that Is said to be able to immo-- bllize people by covering them with soapsuds. This of, of course, a trick long known to various kinds of spec ialists. Many a riot in the old- time Hollywood comedies wa.s brought under control when soap; and wat^r were let loose among! the rioters who were gradually' enveloped in a mounting cloud of] soap bubbles. And mothers of] young children know that enowgh bubbles in the bathtub are one! way of changing baby’s squawls! to delighted squeals. ' Furthermore, there is probab ly not a street in the United States which would not look bet ter the next day for having been the well-washed scene of soap- and-water riot control. But, to wax more serious for a moment, now that there is widespread concern oer the safe ty of Mace, a new chemical oro- duct used in riot control work, it is perhaps time to trn one’s at tention to some such safe, famili ar and unterrifying substance as soao and water. It should he par- ticularlv effective in the mouths of rioters who don’t watch whatj they’re .shouting at the police. Christian Science Monitorl The Company now runs St. John’s Cathedral Boys’ School near Selkirk, Manitoba, and is building St. John’s School of Alberta near Edmonton. More] schools are planned for the fu-j ture. I Some Company members are marrl^, others are single. .Be sides the $1.00 a day salary, they, receive housing, food and other, essentials. i TTie Company, part of the An-i glican Church of Canada, has; members of all denominations,' and some with none at all. Boys from Canada attend the school. There is a demanding ac ademic program, but they also build and maintain the schools under the direction of the mem bers, do their own laundry, cook ing, run a farm and retail meat business. In 'Winter, they take part in a .5f)-mile snowshce hike and a 1000-mile canoe trip in summer on historic fur trade routes. All this proves that worthwhile accomplishments in Canada can be achieved without governmen tal assistance and public pamp ering. People who are intereeted in the better life help themselves. —The Coburg (Ontario) Sentinel-Star KEEP YOUR RADIO DIAL SET AT 1220 WKMT Kings Mointain, N. C. News & Weather every hour on the hour. Weather every hour on the half hour.