^ . EstaWished 1889 AW- The Bng$ Mornitain Reiald ' ** 206 South Piedmont Ave. ' Sings Mountain, N. C. 28088 A weekly new5q)s.per devoted to the promotion of the general welfare and published for the'enlightenment, entertainmnt and benefit of the citizens of Kings Mountain and its vldhlty, published every Thursday by the Herald Publishing House. E>.tered as second class matter at the post oflice ,at Kings Mountain, N. C., 28086 under Act of Congress of March 3, 1873. EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Martin Harmon Editor-Publisher Miss feUZabeth Stewart Circulation Manager and Society Editor Gary Stewart Sports Editor, News Miss Ddbbie Thornburg Clerk, Bookkeeper Rocky Martin MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT Allen Roger Brown Paul Jackaon Herbert M. Hunter MAH. SUBSCRIPTIQN RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE In North OhroHno and South CaroUno One year $4; six motrths $2.25; three months $1.50; school year $3. (Subsctlption in North Caiblfna sutfiject to three percen¥"iaiM tax.! In AU Other States One year $5; six months $3; three months $1.75; school year $3.75. PLUS NORTH CAROUNA S.4LES TAX TELEPHONE NUMBER — 739-5441 MABtIN'S MEDICINE Viev^ts c3 Other BUBors ' ‘ALL tWESE little DETAILS* By EUZABETH STEWART Summertime ing’s ea.sy. and the liv- As tihe pre.sidential campaign uniolds, it becomes increasingly apparent that the danger to Getrge McGovern lies not in look ing I'ke Barry Golclwatcr of il96t but in looking like George Rom ney of 1968. So despite all the backhig »• way from deadly .speoiiies, mere is room to wonder how deeply or permanently the lesson ha.s set tled in. Ls the McGovern camp reatly to back away not only from the .specifics but from the fundamental misconception that our problems admit of-ea-sy and elegant solutions? Jerry P4|<«||k«T, Rt. 1, qj||y. ^ JoseipKiit. jjtman, 1427 'it: Wei* don St.. Gasfonla BuHord I* DOhblas, 404 Baker St., City Floyd E. Head, .520 Phenix St., City ADMITTED SUNDAY Barnett G. Lovelace, Rt. 3, City t JW. ^ Aimbfliicemeiits My young nephew has remind ed me now that school is out (he’ll bo a second grader next year), it’s the time for catching things and putting them in jar.s. It parents groan at the latene.ss of the bedtime hour, children rejoice in every nook, corner and creek, their hands full cf new crayfish,' lightning bugs, etc. Enter July. The time of the year is at hand when the men in the families of cur nation sit glued to the tele vision sets, participating each weekend In that event known as the prclc.s.sional ba.teball sea.son. Governor Romney Woke up one morning to discover he had bten "brainwj.shed" about Vietnam. For all the .self-mngratillation a- bout candor. Senator McGovern Is niot about to proclaim hi.s awak enings so bluntly. But obviously he has discovered you really can’t give $1,000 to everybexly. It must have taken a burst of rev elation for him to declare he couldn’t “rult out” a place for George Wallace in a McGovern administration. And now the Demrjcratic platform-iiriti’n.g rais es tlie p .ssibility that the omi- proud .spe.-iflcs ot his tax reform and dcfen.se-trimming propasaU are about to vaniih with .scarcely X trace. ’The Wall Street Journal Henry Moore, 521 Harmon Ct., City MEAT — FOR VOTERS Politicians who haven’t' done so yet should take respectful n-t. ii-e of Republican strategy. ’Tha firm of Nixon, .Mitinc-ll & LU, formerly of New York City, cur rently of Washington, D. C., Ls broadening its political appeal in una. customeii directions. TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE But now. O Lord, thou art our father; wc arethe day, and thou our potter; and we all are work of thy hand. Inaiah Gl/.’S. Sweet Success Shelby native Bobby Jones, a Kings Mountain coach for less than a yeac, is finding out that success is not always attributed to winning records. In football last fall, Jones’ Kings Mountain High Mountaineers had a dis appointing 4-4-2 record but the fans counted the season as highly successful due to KM’s 8-8 tie with county-rival Shelby. It was the first conference tie for- .Shelby in over three years and Kings •Mountain followers had a right to he liappy. Now, Jones is head coach of the Post 155 Juniors and they're below the .500 mark, sporting a 0-11 overall record heading into their second Area Four series game with Fore.st City tonight. But, as far as most Po.st 155 follow ers are concerned, the season has been a success. Last week, the local Juniors whipp ed Shelby 9-2, marking the first time a KM High or Junior team had beaten Shelby in 17 meetings, tracing back to the 1969 season. Later in the week, the local lads won two straight games over tlieir county rivals, eliminating them from further Area Four competition. Only one of the 12 Post 155 play ers, David Bolin, knew how it felt to beat Shelby. Bolin was a member of the 1969 I^ High team which won two straight over Shelb.v en route to the slate 3-A title. Beating Shelby not only put smiles on the faces of those other 11 players but on the faces of quite a few followers. It will be a while before those three vic tories will be forgotten. Little Else Than Courage Tuesday was Independence Day, anniversary of the nation’s declaration not only of independence, but of faith in itself. In 1776, the colonies decided to cut the ties that bound the New World to Mother England. England didn’t like the cut-off, fought to keep the colonies. How England, the great power of the vvoild, failed to win is among the marvels of history. Most historians now agree that the never-say-die colonists who had little else than courage, simply wore out the British. Britains disliked the war much as United States citizens two plus cen turies latei’ disliked the Korean War. Courage customarily pays big divi dends. For the world today, the men of 1776 deserve much glory. The decision to become independent was sustained, and from that decision has come a great nation. The Total Grows Dividend payments of Kings Moun tain’s two savings and loan associations cotitinue to escalate, totals on June 30th at $298,720.48. It means that these citizens are con tinuing to put away a portion of their earnings for various and sundry pur poses. Some save for a new car, somb save to build a house, others to assure their sons and daughters a post high school education. Others invest safely for income at the quite favorable cur rent dividend rates. These savers are doubly beneficial to Kings Mountain for they provide loan monies that enable'citizens to buy cars, and construct homes and business build ings. Those who adopt the savings habit are continually surprised at the speed with which their individual accounts grow, for they are growing while they .a' J A. .- A .Xi.. A.. ^ New Welfare Approach I'm told by the men at cur licuiie that during his hours of paiticipation, a man’s desires are t],g mede-t and few. He wants per- fe;t television reception, abso lute quiei, and tital freed.>m __ fr.rm all interruptions, e.specially feminine ones. Starting this week, parents on wel fare across the United States will have to start registering for work or training under a law passed by Congress a year The new law will no doubt please many citizens who feel that no one should be on welfare who is able to work and for whom a suitable job can be found. Food Stamps Recipients in this county have been registering since March under this program with the County Welfare Department and Em ployment Security Commission and ESC Manager Franklin L. Ware says there is no shortage of jobs for these workers but that younger persons are easier to place. He said the major problem here is lack of transportation to and from work lor them. The new law here now affects all persons receiving Food Stamps whose names are reported to the ESC, by the Welfare Department; the perspns screen ed and if acceptable for work' placed in jobs and/or in training for jobs at Cleve land Tech or some technical institute. Exemptions to the work rule here are those mothers with children under six and persons who stay in homes and care for elderly parents. Most eligible workers here are women. Whether the program will work throughout the country remains to bo seen but the program here is “progress ing well” obsoa've officials. City Budget Mayor John Henry Moss is proud of the 1972-73 tentative budget and said it publicly at last Wednesday night’s city commission meeting. It's another record budget, up $411,953 from last year’s model. The Mayor feels that the figure is reasonable, in view of increased costs of about everything the city buys, sal ary increases, a $230,801.00 capital ex penditure outlay and the new year’s interest bill of $193,500, compared to $202,600 in fiscal 1972. Appropriations are greater for all departments, one of the major ones being the police depairtment, up from $135,250 to $187,229, and reflecting the commission’s prior decision to employ seven additional officers to provide two- man patrols during night hours. All of this, says the Mayor, without an ad valorem tax increase—85 cents per $100 valuation which has prevailed for the past eight years. The budget reflects that the city is a business designed by the citizens to be of service to its citizens. Most will agree that’s right much doing. The Independence Day holiday is now history, but it doesn’t mean there .should be a surcease to careful driv ing attention. The traffic toll is expect ed to set a record this week. With more and more cars on the road, the num ber, if not the percentage, of chance- takers, increases. Congratulations to North School Principal Richard Grqnne on his election as president of the Kings Mountain Lions cluto. , I've been assured that the ideal set up from the male point (A vieiv is a soundproci room M;;h a Ici'k on the in-side of the doer and a slit at the bettem. Uirough vihich you pass him food, liquid rclre.shmetiLs and urgent mcssage.s. all very, very quietly. To judge by some of the press coverage, there are thase ivho think the pro-busing, pro-amnes ty, abolish-seniority, break-up- GM, curb-fcreign-invcstmonl plal- form is a monument to the Amer ican center. The truWi seems to be that the McGovern forces cen- trilling Che committee,used the occasion for two purposes. To fuzz a few issue.,, like abortion and hcmosexualty, on which Middle America is acutely oflended by the attitudes ct the intellectual and .social elite. And even more signifii antly, to shuck the parts ci the -M.Govern platform that won’t stand .scrutiny. Tile opening cf American doors to imported meat Ls a kindness t;j city meat eaters whicih will hardly go unnclice'd. It stiould have the effect ot keeping do- nie.stic meat prices from rising as fast as would otherwise be the case. It is a prudent gesture to a spectrum ct voters spreading beyond the normal Republican constituency. It is the latest, but tar frem the first, gesture from N’l.xan headquarters toward pco- l;.to w ho' have been voting Demo cratic by habit for a long time. Misi, Wayfle O. Watson, 208 N. Chesunut bt., Gastonia Michael E. Harris, 141 W. 145Mi St., New York City, N. Y, ADMITTED MONDAY WilHam A. Allen, Rt. 1, Grover iMrs. Buddy C. Fletcher, 701 01eve4and Ave., City Nannie Mae Jlmmerson, 516 Harmon Court, City Bobby Gone Moore, 601 Groves St., City Mark Eugene Smith, 811 Kath erine Ave., City Mr. and Mrs. BYed B. Spencer, Rt. 1, Box 277-B, aninounce birth ot a son, Tuesday, June^B Kings .Mountain hospital. ^ Mr. and Mrs. Larry Z. Thomas, Phillips 66 Trailer Park. Bessemer City, announce the birth of. a .son, Tuesday, June 27. Kings Mountain hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ray Staf ford, Rt. 2, DaiUas, N. C., an nounce the birth of a daughter, Thursday, June 29, Kings ijoun- tailn hospital. Mr. and MIrs. oe D. Hr^tton, Rt. 1, Kings Creek, S. C., announce the birth of a daughter, frj^y, June 30, Kings .Mountain iiftspi- tal. _ ■ ’ Mr. and Mrs. Melvin L, H^er, Jr. Route 1, Bessemer Cltyv-an- nounce the birth of a daug^er, Friday, June 30, Kings MoiWlta'in hospital. mm In short, a female in the TV room is generally to feel about as welcome as Typhoid Mary. m-m You don’t give bulletins on the state cf the potatoes for dinner nor on anyone’s health nor on whether the prize heifer has jumped the pasture fence. Lillie matter that it is preeLse- ly these specific-sounding, easy- answer parts of the program that won Mr. McGovern the enthusi asm that served him so well in the primary campaigns. As llie Senator hlm-self told The New Turk Times, his young campaign workers “want a candidate wno really knows where he’d like the <:t unity to go,” but that ‘“they dont worry much about all these little details abcUt how muuh every aspect ot the program is going to cost.” m-m Silence is the only proper rev erence f;,T the.se important sports spectacles on the television soreen. My second nepliew, (whose mama is a native of Tokyo, Ja pan,) and Ryoka made their first ‘ trip to King.s Mountain National Military Park during the week end. The Park has just instituted what they call a program of “liv ing history” and visitors can talk to Tories dressed in Revo lutionary style costume armed with firearms and in settlnes tvD- ical of the era. One young Moun taineer had a campiire going Sunday morning with an iron pot and all the food needed for wihat looked like stew. Young Robbie, age four, didn’t like the firing demonstration he provided but ■he would have stayed for lunch. The Park guide didn’t say if he actually cooks the food and .serves it. The most-scrutinized product of this'frame of mind has been the Senator’s sometime program for income maintenance, lake, for example, tlie analysis c.'fercd the Ocher day by Herbert Stein, ehalrman of the Council cf Eco nomic Advisers. Obviously, giving S1,0C0 to every man, woman and child would cost $210 billion, or in other words, double the fed eral budget. If this were financ ed by a proportional income tax, everyone’s taxes would go qp by 46 percentage points. Even if tax reiorm resulted in the elimina tion of every last deduction and exemption, taxes would still go up by an amount equal to 23';4 of total .personal income. The predominantly Jewish wards cf New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles have been voting al most solid ly Dei-nocratic since Harry Truman came out for un limited migration of Jews from Europe to what