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‘‘■V '^age 2 1-1 lllATMUf •!-! -’>-.;Hi . .'i / l i* i '?HT Established 1889 The Kings Mountain Herald Sl^miATi >■», i'* «#■ 206 South Piedmont Ave. Kings. Mountaia N. C. 28088 K werftly newspaper devoted to the promotion of the general welfare and published for the enlightenment, entertalnmnt and benefit of the citizens of Kings Mountain and its (Vicinity, published every Thursday by the Herald Publlshir^ House. Entered as second class matter at'the post oifice at Kings Mountain, N. C., 28086 under Act of Congress of March 3, 1873. EOrrORlAL DEPARTMENT Martin Harmon Editor-Publisher Mias KUzabedi Stewart Circulation Manager and Society Editor - Mlm Debbie Thornburg Clerk, Bookkeeper Frank Edwards •Rocky Martin MECHAMICAL DEPARTMENT Allen Myers Roger Brown Paul Jackson Joel Lightsey • On Leave With The United States Army MAIL SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE In North Carolina and South Carolina One year $4; six months $2.25; three months $1.50; school year $3. (Subscription in North Carolina subject to three percent sales tax.) In All Other States One year $5; six months $3; three months $1.75; school year $3.75. PLUS NORTH CAROLINA SALES TAX TELEPHONE NUMBER — 739-5441 Approbation The handsome majorities the voters gave Mayor John Henry Moss and CMty Commissioners Ray W. Cline, W. Sei- more Biddix, Thomas J. Ellison, Nor man King and Jeimes J. Dickey can be given a single interpretation. The vast majority of the city s vot ers approve the policies and actions of the Mayor and Commissioners, who, with the exceptions of Mrs. Walker and Mr. Dickey, have been the City Hall team for the past six years. Mrs. Walker Was first appointed to the board suc- .ceeding her late husband before being elected two years ago and Mr. Dickey joined the board representing new Ward 6 when the southwest section was an nexed to the city. The Herald feels sure that BoB Cox slashing campaign was due to two fac tors: 1) Mr. Cox political inexperience and 2) questionable advice. Several charges of Mr. Cox were pufficientlv well-advertis^ to the vot ers that they knew the charges to be incorrect. On utilities Kings Mountain is a "low rate" city, vjrtng, with Fayette ville for the lowest electric rates of the 73 North Carolina cities distributing dectric power. The same low rate schedule is applicable to water rates, even with the 90 percent surcharge which is supplying the funds to pay for the water system and sewer .system. The rates remain much lower than many Tar Heel cities charge. This is true of gas rates. This is possible because the three return profits, which, in turn, en ables the city to maintain one of the lowest ad valorem tax rates in the state. Some folk have the mlsimpression that federal grants for the water, sewer, and community center projects will have the community in debt to Uncle Sam for many years. Such is not the case. The grants are gifts, completely free once the government officials make their final inspections of the projects. Clarl F. Mauney, chairman of the redevelopnient commission, remarked when signing the application for federal funds for the central business re-development grant. "I used to think this was wrong. But I have come to realize thgt federal pro grams are there and if we don’t apply fo’" grants we’re taxing ourselves at least doubly, maybe trebly. Our not ap plying isn’t sufficient to change federal grant programs. ” Discussion of escalated cltv bud gets has one fallacy. The budget in cludes bond funds. When these bpnd projects are completed and the funds expend'^, the .size of the budget will drop conoirierably. Mr Cox should take some solace in the fact that most of the 1661 votes for M'’vor Moss were cast in the spirit of being "for" Moss, rather than “against" Cox. The same can be .said about the Incumbent^C’^missioners re - elected. The team at Citv Hall had kept its nro- mlses and has moved the city forward perhaps more 'than any time in the city’s 97 year history. Our confirratulattbns to the Mayor and commission on their re-election and best wishes for continuing success in directing the city ship of state. There were few issues advanced in the board of education race between Tommy Bridges and Joe Neisler, Jr., relegating the race to largely a person ality campaign. Mr. Bridges’ loss in the 1969 City commission election undoubt edly aitood him in good stead "Tuesday. That exposure may have represent^ his margin of victory. Another factor w«8 that Mr. Neisler’s work is out-of- town, limiting his daily availability to the voters. Our best bow to Mr. Bridges on his election. He will render the board good service. Contributions are in order to the fund drive for the Bethlehem fire de partment truck. Send a check to Bm- nett Master^, drive «9iahmaa. Blue Law Bill His partner Bennett Masters re marked that Senator Ollie Harris Sun day blue law bill had created a hot po tato. Similar blue law bills have been in troduced before and have always pro duced a storm. Opponents of the bill are retailers who open their businesses on Sunday, many of them, chain discount houses. Proponents are the Sunday operators’ opposite number who do not open on Sunday, the .North Carolina Merchants Association their principal spokesman. The Herald has not seen the text of Senator Harris’ bill, but the Gastonia Gazette has and criticized it ardently in Wednesday’s edition. Too mar - omis sions from the list of goods ■ salable on Sunday, the Gazette charge.^ The Herald agrees with the Gazette with an added reason. Blue laws have been declared legal by the courts, but the Herald wonders at the implication of state ruling for church. Trend in Kings Mountain during the years has been away from Sunday oper ations. Several service stations which once operated on Sunday are now clos ed for the day. Drug stores once opened at 8 o’clock Sunday morning, closed dur ing church hours and re-opened at 2 p.m. Now their hours are limited to Sunday afternoons and their soda foun tains are closed. Congrotulaiiens Sometimes the news all seems bad. Last week the Herald contained a large quantity of good news. Thus congratulations are in order to: Rick Finger and Ken Plonk, induct ed at Chapel Hill into Phi Beta Kappa, national honorary scholarship fratern ity; The inductees into the National Honor Society at Kings Mountain high school, largest group inducted in the school’s history: High school May Queen Deborah Burns: The members of the national cham pion duckpin bowlers, the Kings Moun tain mixed team of Mrs- Jenny Oates, Mrs. Lib Gault, John Dilling, Albert Brackett and Ronnie Culberson, who set a rpcovd high score for the 41 year old tournament: Grafton Withers, appointed to the Governor's School: Bruce McDaniel, newly elected com mander, and the other officers of Otis D. Green Post 155, the American Le gion. Charles Mauney, honored by Pio neer Girl Scout council 9or his service to the organization: and Miss Mary Alice McDaniel, newly elected president of Kings Mountain Junior Woman’s Club. Welcome, Governor Governor Robert W. Scott is honor ing Kihgs Mountain Thursday by at tending oath-taking ceremonies of offi cials elected Tuesday. The Governor paid call to, Kings Mountain during his tenure of lieuten ant-governor, first to speak, later to campaign for the office he won. It will be his first visit as Governor. North Carolina has been fortunate in its election of governors since the turn of the century and Bob Scott is no exception. Kings Mountain welcome# him on his visit here Thursday. In Sydney, Australia, wdiere slot machine playing is a disease, a doctor has developed a shock therapy treat ment to cure addicts and claims its working. This disease is much like al coholism. Some can put a doll' ■ nr two in a machine and, win or lose, ' it lat ter being more common, leave em a- lone. Others have a compulsion to put their last sou into th« ao-aalM one- arm#d bandits. THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD, KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. — Itl* tH»~i , JtS- ;VI ■' I ,Ybij»iuili Thursday, May. 13, I97I MARTIN'S MEDICINE By MARTIN HARMON In direct reference to Challeng er Bob Cox’ campaign charge that .Mayor John Henry Moss is « “plunger” some of the .Mayor's sudjporters have made him a gift which the Mayor rather proudly was displaying Wednesday on hLs desk. It Is a plumber’s plunger, used for unstopping sluggish drains. It is bedecked ki red, wlUte and hdue crepe paper I streamers, ombleimaitlc of the Mayor’s campaign colors. The card attached reads, “An old plunger for an old Plunger. It’s been good for several years and will be good for many more.” Deference lof Law .And Order TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE The hearetiB declare the glory of Ood; ana the firmame^it sheu-eth his handhoork. Psalm 19:1 Bill Brown, Belk’g manager, is telling folk Jonas Bridges bought the Brown vote. It cost one cent, Jonas' version is a little differ ent. “I think I was conned,” Jonas laughs. “We were at the drug store fountain and Bill ask ed me for a penny. When I gave it to him he put U in his pocket." Bail said, “You’ve Just bought my vote." , I m-m A total of 1963 citizens went to the polls, u larger total than some luui antlcd-pated, but shy oif the more than two" thousand that have been cast in some city elec tions of the past. As Is customaty, the mayor’s raee attracted the most votes in balloting for dty offiolals. The total was 1643, only twenty eschewing tfiSr opportun ity to vote for mayor. Second largest total was for Ward 5 Colmmissdoner where five candi- ! dates attracted 1918 VofeS. For the school board, with three additional preolnc^ 2116 east votes for Tommy BrfeSes and Joe Neisler, Jr. NewM By Bauch O ItAliKKiH. A Ibill encouragin.!! c(.>on(imical efficiency by a.ssuring slate employes an annual bonus share of any money tliey helped rheir agencies save was introduc ed In the iN. C. Senate iby .Sen. Marshall Rauch of Gastonia. .Senator Raucli’o “Cost Reduc tion Incentive Bonus ’Plan" is pat terned alter the profit-shaniig concept u-sed by private industry ' lile explains, “This bill, aj- tliough it is a new concept in government, is a very odd con cept in business. We attempt to make every employe realize that if he can lielp save mx)npy, he will profit by it. Too many limes in government, when four i;eople are re-sponsi- ble for a job and one leaves, lUic first reaotion is to fill the post Immedlatel. Under this plan, (the rinst reaction s-houJd ibe ask, Gan we do the j(Jb without that person and make more mon*? for ourselves and also save Hi«‘ slate money'?" TTiP veteran GasVm-CaeveJand Dlstilct senator is (convinced Chat “North Carolirva can save millions of dollars a year this way.” Under tlie Rauch plan, tin* Advisory 'Budget Commlssior^i^ would choose a minimum (/f'# KINGS MOUNTAIN Hospital Log VISr^G HpUBS Dany lOiSO to 11:30 AJL 3 to 4 P.M. kmd 7 to 8 PJK. Negresa Emma Lathers may I have been the eddesf citizen to i vote. She told Mrs. J. H. Arthur, j Ward 5 judge, “ don’t Snow ex-1 actly hoiw old I am, but they say I’m a hundred.’’ m-m ■Mrs. Arthur said maiiy people | in Ward 5 came to vote and ' proved to be unregistered, a source of regret to both disap pointed would-be voter and elec tion olficlaLs who like to vote ’elm all. The fact of two sets at reg-1 istratlon books — One for the | county elections and the cither | for the city contlmies to prove | oonfiuing. Many i^l to realiz0— -until they seek to' vote and can’t I —that two registrations are re- | quired to vote in all eleotloms. m-m The 1961 votes Mayor Moss re ceived is a record vote for the city’s administrative odllccr. m-m Mrs. Huston Alien W. D. Bridges, Sr. Willie Carter C. C. Cbuoh Mrs. Mattie L. Davds Ch-as. Dangler Mrs. Edgar Dobbins Mrs. NeUie H. Ellis Hardy Franklin Mrs. Leola B. Gilmore Mrs. Carmel Honeycutt Mre. Wm. E. Hum^reys Mrs. O. O. Jackson Mrs. Wilhelmlna Jenning.s Mrs. Mantle Kennedy April Lee Ozell Mauney Mrs. John Morgan (Mrs. Joseplhlne Oates Sam Bosber .Mrs. Wayne Shuford Andenson Simarr Hunter Taylor Mrs. N. B. Webber Mrs. UdUan Whetstine Mr. and M«. C. G. While Mrs. Ethel H. White Martin L. Wllao(n Christopher Woods Clarence .Ash, Jr. Kings Mountain’s vote total Tuesday was considered quite creditable. In the OaStonJa city ejection a week earlier, (he total vote for mayor was a mere 3126. A former Kings Mountain citizen ran second to Dr. Eugene Woody who was re-elected. He is Paul Stewart, who Is in the building business. Paul’s faqiily lived In the residence at tH? southwest corner of York road and East Gold street. Stewart’s pasture was ^e locale for school boy football, f^aul and his older briSlher Camp bell, Thornton Karrlll, WUUam Anthony, Bill Fulton and I were among the performers. We erect ed goal posts of the country va riety. I recall it was rather r(xi{y ground. m-m Jake Sipe, the Ward 5 candi date, had spread the word that he had lined up as oasnpalgn workers six pretty “go-^go" girls. None appeared. Someone ariced Jake what happened. Jake had a quick answer, saying, “The bus broke down.” m-m Tomjiw Eaiison, who has been at City Hall the bulk of the years since he was first elected In 1947, got 1114 votes, one over Norman King. And Tommy Bridges and Joe Neisler, Jr., split even in Ward 5 at 376 each. m-m •Mrs. L. L. Adams, registrar art the Park Grace precinct, wants it knoiwn that she registered a belt er’s dozen (13) new voters. In reporting the totals the Herald reporters were unable to reach ■Mrs. Adams and are glad to co^ rect the'record. m-m -1- At the oalh-taldiTR Thursday at 1 " - Mf”- ■•”’ _ ..I,-cation, to b( , ...well by the swearing In of dty arid board of education officials. Mayor Moss will present the Governor who will make a Short address. The Governor will be given a city plaque and orther gifts of Kings Mountain area pro- duets. Rev. 3. T. Co(^e will pray the benediction m-m D Kelly Dixon caQ]) for a run- oft the •ieeilcai wfD be held TuMday, May 36. ADMITTED TOURSDAY Mrs. David Lawrson, 108 Spruce St., City Mrs. Paul Daves, Rt. 3, Box 243, City 'Mis. Virginia G. Giigg, 906 Boyce St., City Mrs. Earl D. Hicks, PO Box 422, Bessemer City J. H. .Mayberry, Sr., 1908 Flint Ln. Gastonia Thos. .McKee, 30(1 Rhodes Ave., City Cary McKinney, 403 W. Parker St City Mrs. Teen Roberts, 408 Tate Ter., City Mrs. Guy Schofield, 116 E. Washington Ave., Beaemer City Mrs. C. E. Smith, Sr., PO Box 323, City Mis. Elmmitt McNeil, 213 Sky- lartd Dr., Bessemer City Della Ratrbs, Rt. 1, Shelby admitted mondat W. T. Clary, 915 Church St, City Mrs. Stephen Ramsey, Rt. 1, Hickory Grove, S. C. Wm. EJarl Allen, 1009 Gold St, 5xt., City Earl David Hlclcs, PO Box 422, Bessemm' City Frances Adair, 216 Thorhnburg Dr., City Mrs. Geo. Clarit, 1309 Shetby Bd., City Mrs. Jas. J. Cbdhrane, 1704 Haynes St, Gastonia Amos Dunn, 501 E. Klrrg St, City Mrs. John E. ^enfield, Jr., PO Box 93, Dallas _ ^ Mrs. Wm. W.' Jackson, Rt. 4, York, S. C. •Martin W. Leigh, 913 Pfe*nont Ave., City Mrs. Nellie P. Lowery, 531 Bak er St., Cliy Kenneth Mills, 603 Gantt St, City Mrs. Ray B. Price, Rt. 1, Be» semer City Mrs. Max Turpin, 308 E. ndl ana Ave., Bessemer City Mrs. Grttorgla Welch, Route 3 City AOMTTTBO TDESOAY Mrs. Scott Smith, 420 N. Mari ertta St, Gastonia Stephen TSyeis, Rt 1, Box 138, City BIQ ONE IN TEXAS Like eveoyttUng in Texas, the soon-tobe opened Lyndon Baines Johnson Library on the University of Texas campus at Austin is BIG. Kw lU have 31,000,000 pages of documents, 500,(XX) ^olo graphs of former President John-1 son and thousands of other bits of JOhnsonlana With auxiliary structures, it will cost $18,000,000. Five other former Presidents have or will have memorial Hbrarles: Hower, Franklin Roosevelt, Tru man, Eisenhower and Kennedy. President Nixon is planning one, and no doubt every succeeding tlhlef BbcecUtive will join the •crowd. Wa oon think of worse things to do than found a library, and of easier things to do fhan wade through the masses of ma terial therein preaerved. A grow ing country can no doubt absorb an unlimited number of presi dential iihraiies. But we Idfak for ward to ■the tenure of a President who wUl leave a modest little li brary where we can just drop in and read a magazine. St. Lonls i^t-Dispotch CHANGE THE MONTH WOODMEN MEETING The process of “normalization” in Ctechoslovakia has now struck at Chekhoiv. The censor asked the producer of “Uncle Vanya” to ohange the monrth named in a passage where one of the players . ^ hM to say: “Alter tite events of that employe’s piwtous c^endar She rnonth of August. . .” (War- year salary bears to the tolal of ADMITTED FRIDAY W. D. Archer, 103 Maine Ave., Bessemer City Mrs. Jas. W'. Black, Rtt. 5, Line- olnton Mrs. B. R. Blanton, 112 N. (3i1y St, City Mrs. Henry E. Davis, Rt. 2, Bess. City Mrs. Ola M. Paisley, PO Box 221, Bess. City Ttmorthy Plonk, 210 N. Roxford Rd., City Mrs. Mary B. Ragstole, Box 38, City ADMITTED SATURDAY Paul Junior Chambers, 207 N. Tracy St, Cirty Mrs. Richard Dellinger, Rt. 1, City Arthur Cooper, 320 Central St, Belmont WilUtte Alexander, Rt. 2 Boa 340, Bees. City tSfs. Mary C. Smith, 103 Bal lard St., CherryvlUe Boyice E. White, Rt. 2 Box 519, City Mrs. Grady Wylie, Box 471, Bes semer City ADMITTED SUNDAY ■' . C. M. Lteagan, Jr., PO Box .,-1 Blacksburg, S. C Oscar M. Bolee, 113 (doninger St.. Ctty £. L. Bowen, Sr., PO Box 534, City 'Mrs. Oady E. Cash, Rt. 1, Grover 'Mrs. Minnie C. Cashion, 300 York Rd., City Mr. Jack Grady, 401) Clinton Dr., City , ' .Mrs. DanlM S. Gulo, PQ Box 412) SoMemer Ctty K Ak Jtnaiwtt. IN. 2 SM, BOMMost City An Kmergent lOommuniication and Opm Meeting of the (Wood men of (the World, 'N. C. Oamp 15, and Woodmen Women of Kings ■Vlountaln, iwill b^Jheld on Thurs day, May 13, at 7:30 p. m. in the Kings ■ Mountain Rameatfon Cen ter on CleveOand Avenue. Out of town gueats are expected and mamhere ore urged to bring their own guests to this important open mc«tlng. AH present an’, past ofiiSoera are urged to be present. Regular Woodmen meet every second Thursday night at ihge will be held thereafter, every Thursday night at 7:30 o’clock in the reerdation center. saw Pact forces invaded Czecho slovakia in August, 1968). ■But how to make tills cliange, since the play takes place in the months of July and August? The scene had to be out altogether. This vigilance on the part of the censor is due to the fact that the audience dkplays Its feel ings at thes (lightest remark which it can interpreit in its own way: the actors are often embar rassed, for it means they them- •selves may have to face subse quent disciplinary action and they rannot pr^let in advance what the rea)ctlon of the spectators will i bv. I Oie previous calendar year sal aries of all participating em ployes in the participating agency.” CARD OF THANKS Wew iah to express our sincere appreciation to (he many friend.s anti neighbors for their many kindnesses and expressions of symjxithy at the death of ajt loved one. Tho Family of MRS. ETTA .McENTlRE BALANCING DECISION . , IxKt.” the audience applauded for Thus the Prague correspondent' ten minutes the line: “We are if the Washington Post reports sthameproof, my Lord; and ’ti.s that, during a performance of, somr* policy. . .’’ Two years ago ■the Supreime Court of the Urilted Staites ruled that adults could pbosesa obscene moterlals. .Shakespeare’s “■Love’s Labour’.s Le Monde This week the high court ruled that the government could oiot to bar pornograpfiic materials through the malLs and at ports of entry. So a distinction has been made between toe right to pos- .sess pornography lot one’s own use, and the privily at promot- clal ing it for commercial gain. Our miain concern Is toe ob verse of toe dubloua right of toe individual to posalees or obtain such materials. Thli is the right of toe individual to keep htc mailbox, his heme, hJs emm men tal climate, free of such dnllu- ences. Government proviafon^ that protect toe rltot of too Ifi- dtvidual tt> keep m imiaM mailing lists of porno should, we feel, be protected by th« Consti tution. The dissemlitatlcn of.. scene materials Should not be Or betted by a govenunent-spemsoe ed enterprise, the U. S. pasta] service. We are heartened toiait toe Supresme Court has so ruled. Chriatttm Sdsaoe Monitor MODEL CAB SHOW That list annual, mddeil car show ait Central school wlU be held May 21st. It is cipen to att Students and toetn wm be arShve-WoUrt K«^ Ton Badio Dial Set At 1220 WKMT Kimpi Monntain, N. C. News & Weather every hour ou the hour. Weather every hour on the half hour. Fine entertoinment in between three state agencies with annual “ ’’ budgets of at last $200,000 as participating agencies in th(‘ plan this next biennium. Each employe in toe padfidlpial^ ing agencies -would be given j written explanation of the plan by -toe first day of the fiscal year. At the end of the flscai yetar-, th slate .budget officer would determine wherther an of the agency’s budget waa-unexpended, unobligated and unencumbered. The dlfiference between the amount apptxjpriated and Hie amount unexpended and unobli gated would be the agenej’s sav ings. If the amounts saved were less (than five per cent, all the sav ings would remain with the state. Rauch sa\-s this Cakes into account the octolon which usual ly is added to agency budgets to insure that they end the year well in toe black. If the unspent money amount ed to from five to nine per cent of the budget, 10 per cent of toe oavings would be divided among the agency’s empdoj'es. The other 90 per cent of the sav ings would re(turn to the state. Where the unexpended portion of the “A” budget amounted- to betwoen 10 and 14 per cent, the participaiing e m ployes would ooUectively reeeive.13 per cent I the savings. Should a partiripiating agency’ underspend Its "A’' ,budget by 15 'to 19 per cent, empiloyies would share 20 per pent of the une.v pended amount. And should any agenc>- underspend- its “A” bud get by 20 per cent op more, em- ploj-es would share in 23 per cent of the .savings, Rauch’s bill also stiprulates that each participating employe’s bon us "shall be a sum Which 'bears toe same percentage i-elatlonaliip to the agency’s bonus fund as
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