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THE-HllilGS : MOUNTAIN HERALD, KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C. EBtcd)Iished 1889 Tfie Kings Monittain Heiald 206 South Ptodmont Av«. Kings Mountain. N. C. 28088 4 wf«>kly'newsps.per devotkl to the promotion of the general welfare and published for the snllghtehmerit, entertainmnt and benefit cf the cltizeiis of Kings Mountain ind Its vicinity, published every Thursday by tlie Herald Publishing House. Sintered as second class matter at the post office at Kings Mountain, N. C., 28086 under Act of Congress of March 3, 1873. > EDtTOBUL DEPAliTMENT Martin Harmon Editor-Publisher Miss Elizabeth Stewart Circulation Manager and Society Editor Gary Stewait Sports Editor, News Miss Debbie Thornburg Clerk, Bookkeeper Rocky Mculln MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT AU«o Myeri Roger Brown Paul ladkson Herbert M. Hunter MAH, SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYAiBLE IN ADVANCE i(n North CareHno ond South Carolina One yep-t $4; siy months $2,2&; tihxee months $130; school year $3. (Subscrljitlon in North Carbtlha subject to three percent saien 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 MARTIN'S MEDliUllE Viewpoints of Other Editors TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE But now, O Lord, ttiou art otir father; we arethe clay, and thou our potter; and we all are work of thy hand. Isaiah Ci-S. the Reassessment In Order? Three months ago it would have been a hardy, reckless man indeed who would have wagered that Senator George McGovern, of South Dakota, would have been the 1972 Democratic nomintS for President of the United States. As nominations were being made Wednesday night, with voting to follow, the Senator was a Shoo-in for the nomi nation, on the first ballot. Such worthies as Senators Edmund Muskie and Hubert Humphrey had al ready withdrawn in the face ot the mus cle exhibited by the McGovern organi zation in the preliminary arguments of the convention involving seating of dele gations and the party platform. When it counted, the McGovern forces won. | All must face the fact that the South Dakota Senator, World War II airman of distinction, former college professor, U. S. Representative and min ister’s son, had put the jigsaw puzzle of politics together in handsome fashion. Chief question remaining for Thurs day’s bnsnness iset Miami and last-sche duled day ot the Democratic convention was: Who will be McGovern’s chcrfce for ii vice-presidential running mate? It can be said with truth that Sen ator McGovern was instrumental in writing the new “democratic” rules for the Democratic party organization, wlhich found Chicago’s Mayor Richard Daley denied a delegate’s seat, and that, knowing the new rules better than most, Senator McGovern useid his special knowledge to most advantage. But the fact is that he and his forces did put the puzzle together and in as apple pie order as the long course of this nation’s convention political his tory has recorded. What is the man made of? It IS a question to which the answer, and/or answers will be unfolding in the days and weeks ahead to November 7. Some, no McGovern fans, are al ready looking over their spectacles lor a close, look to determine what manner of ,man Senator McGovern is. He beat the odds and made the victory look easy. Home Building Pace' Citing need, Mayor John Henry Moss sometime ago, called for construc tion of a minimum of 1000 new Kings Mountain dwelling units. Many thought the Mayor, if not daft, at least ’way out. Without counting, the Herald guess es the 1000 goal is in process of being reached and still without a superfluity of housing within the bounds of Kings Mountain. There are two reasons that the heavy empihasis on new residential con struction hasn’t over-clogged the mar ket; 1) influx of citizens to live and work In Kings Mountain and 2) razing of sub-marginal dwelling units. Both items are important to the well-being of the community. Much sub-marginal housing still re mains. Thus the report of the city building inspector of a record six months of resi dential building during the half-year ending June 30 is of particular interest. And around the comer is launching of the Cansler area renewal project where 189 derelict and sub-margiinal residences are marked for razing. Meantime, real estate dealeors re late, )there is little avaihilble in rental housing. Not Our Business. But... Over in Gastonia, there has been much discussion the past few weeks over the functions of the Gastonia Industrial Diversification Commission. What is needed, some are contend ing, is not new jobs, but people to fill the jobs open and a't the moment unfili- able due to shortage of people to fill them. The Gastonia Industrial Diversifi cation Commission was unique in con ception. Gastonia Township citizens, then with jobs going begging, voted up on themselves a tax of two cents pei‘ $100 valuation to support the Gastonia Industrial Diversification Commission, the prime function of the commission to attract new job-giving enterprises. The small investment over the yeais by the taxpayers has paid handsome dividends. Numerous new enterprises have located in Gastonia and the sur rounding area. The new arrivals, for the most patt, were not fly-by-nighters, but .solid in dustrial citizens. A moderating voice ha.s been offer ed by W. J. Pharr, prominent Gaston in i'dustriali.st who is haidly a newcomer. Mr. Pharr doesn’t want to see the indus trial diversification commission put out of busines.s. He points to the good record and the fact that the commission, through tlie year.s, has never forgot the “divereification'’ in its official name. Members of the commission over the years and veteran Director Ralph Isley might well ponder the word of a former Kings Mountain cost accountant —job standards analyst, a chore labeled in the vernacular “efficiency expert”. The former Kings Mountain man, fired, parodied quite understandably, “I efficiencied myself out of a job.” As he did. Needless to say, he wasn’t long in the available labor market. Last Split Vote Shelby Star Reporter Joe DePriest occasioned some surprise at a 5-1 split vote on a zoning matter at City Hall Monday night. The Herald remembers the last one: the late Commissioner O. O. Walker cast the dissent on the que.stion of c’tv purchase of gaibage containers for placement in the business district. It's a reminder that there are no great number of matters at local govern ment level where there is too much room for dissent, the final result being dictated often by statute, otherwise by firmly stated policy and budget. A young reporter from a morning daily, after covering a City commission here, complained of the last of dissent, that everythinar '”as On the particular evening, the 12* item agenda re\Caiea no -.i there had been room or reason for.dis sent, again statute and board policy be ing the bosses. Also reminding: Dissent for disfint’s sake, like change for change's sake, no other bene fits obtaining, makes no sense. About the earliest arrival from these environs at the national Denio- cratic convention was Kings Mountain eer Charles Smith. He was there eight weeks early. Mr. Smith, a Southern Bell installation man, was among the,large cadre of communications systems men who arranged the sophisticated facilities at Miami Beach. By Tuesday, he and others of bis force, had been moved to a hotel closer to the convention center, a precaution against break-downs. It appears now that the Bell folk don’t want Mr. Smith to be partisan. 'They want him to stay over the Republican get-together a month hence. By MARTIN HARMON The leMer in the olficial-laok- ing envelope wa-s ollicial, in deed. m-m ^^y wife. It read, was summon ed for jury duty at the term of Cleveland Superior Court bejin- ning July 1C. "But what am I going to do about my piano pupils?”, she asked. m-m "It looks a.s if,” I said, “tihey get a week’.s vacation.” They did. My wife was a bit more per turbed when she learned the cur rent term of Superior Court is criminal, with its potential doc ket of most heinous infractions, but she was relieved to learn no ■murder cases were docketed for the present term. m-m As happens when citizens are convened as juries, my wife found friends among her con freres, among them fellow Rings Mountaineers Gene Roberts and Jim Downey, along with Mrs. Charles Goforth, who manages the Bethware school cafeteria. mm ■First order of business was choosing what on'ce was “twelve good men tried and true”, n;^ including the ladyfolk, to take a year’s duty on the grand jury — the body that considers charges, rc-tums true bills or doesn’t, and ulso has the duty of in.spe'cUng count}’ properties. ♦ mm Drawn by let, Gene Roberts was among the dozen, but my wife wasn’t. m-m After two days, my wife had sat on only one case, a compara tively minor one in which a 16- year-old youth had been charged 'With reckless driving. He was charged with exiting from a Dix on Boulevard establi.shment at sufficient speed to "spin the wheels” of wiliat proved to be his uncle’;s car. The case ended com paratively happily. After the jury h^.been sent opt of the couit- rctmi, it Returned to find that tRe '^arSe had been reduced to .speeding, to which the youth had plead guilty. By the fact of personal friend ship and in-law kinship, my w'i'e was told "come down” by the de fense attorney in a case in whicli a man was charged with theft of four guns ficm Marictt Phifer’.; Shelby Hardware firm. In this case, the delcndant came clear, the guns not having been found In liis possession, but Mariott re gained possession of his four guns. This was an Instance where the gun sale report law proved bc.ncfilcial to the owner. Mariott had the serial numbers on three of the four and identified the fourth from scratch marks ap- pemded in h'is establishment by a bioke.i glass. When I talked briefly with Jim Downey Tuesday flight, he didn’t detail his service, but volunteer ed, "I’m learning a lot.” My wife .served as a juror some years ago in a cdvll term, sat on only one case lin the four days she was on duty. It developed in to a scimewhat heart-rendering one. A lady, babe in arms, had rushed into a super market on Thanksgiving Eve. A small ledge of perhaps an inch height was under the entrance door. She tripped, fell, and suffered a se vere injury to her kneecap, re sulting in several weeks in hos pital an'd permanent dam^age to the knee. Siie wxiuld bowl no m'ore, play no more temiiis, found it difficult to do house-cleaning. She had sued the grocery owner for $5C,000. However, when the Judge charged the jury, he in formed that the question of fa'jt in the case was not the fully-esta blished, nen-denied fact of the plaiintlff’s plight, but: "Was de fendant negligenit?” Thousands of persons had traversed the al leged hazard wdth not one fall. The la'dy didn’t get a dime. Concerned about the verdict, my wife asked Judge George Pat ton (of Brevard) if the jury had been correct. ”0'h, my goodness, yes,” the Judge replied. “That’s about the weakest case I ever tried. I almost declared a mis trial without sending it to a jury.” m-m My wife has been impressed with the work of Judge Harold Martin (alf Asheville), presiding, an'd Solfdtor Hamp Childs (of Llncolnton), CLOSED BUDGET MldETlNGS CREATE CHEDIBILITY GAP The very c’-ivious violation by c.;unty e'ommissionciis oi stale law that prescribes the public’s business to be conducted in pub lic leaves much to be desired. To hide the public’s right to know hC'W decisions a.i'P arrived at be hind a lacade of “personnel” matters violates not only the let ter 01 the law, but the .spirit and intent cf the law as well. The ri-asonlng behind such a violation is not understandable, unless there is really something to hide. There is a definite pattern this year to keep voters and taxpay ers frem knowing why their tax money is being spent as it is. Contrasted to last year, when public hearing.s were held, and this years budget has been drawn in secret. There is no evidence whatsoever that the secretiveness has not been intentional. ASSURANCES If there had been openness a- bout the budget so far, taxpayers might b? assured that the tax ■was cut as much as it could be. Taxpayers, instead, are left won dering whether the list imated 33- cent tax reduction is as much as tliey .should be assured. II tliere liad been apennes.-} in the budget making process .so far, taxiiayers could have gottc-n the full story on the decision to create a civil ian radio dispatching system. And these are only tw-o questions that arise. The point, to u.s, is that the commissioners knew very well that state law stipulatc’s the open discussion of all matters, except for a very restrictive number of exceptions. The great bug-a-btx), aoioss the state, has been ttie willingness of elected officials to try to circumvent the state law by calling for “ijersonnel” dis cussions and then talking about everything under the sun. The statements by one elective cffic- ial and by one appointive offioial In this county that the clased discussion meandered this week is an open admission of guilt, compounded by the secretive trend so lar on this biidget. SELF-DEFEATING There Is another side to the ar gument against closing the pub lic off from its business. Assume, for a moment, that everything so tar done on the budget by the tommlssioner.s is agreeable to a m.ajarity ot taxpayers and voters. Assume, indeed, that everything done so far is correct and above board. Then, we believe, the hid ing of discussion on the matters skhply creates a credibility gap that is unnecessary and .self-de- foating lor the commissioners. Even if everything Is correctly done and bears no semblance of political p'.ay-otls, the very fact that the decisions are reached behind closed doors ca.st.s doubt upon the decisions. But it is not our desire to ha rass (lie county commisiior.ers, but wc do wi.-h to point cut that they were amply notified cf the provisions of the state law on open meetings, by this newspap er and by state officials. Previous prablcims arising from attcmptixi circumvention of the law have been well-publicized, so that there is no po.ssibillity that the commissioners could have been in ignorance of the responsibili ties tliey have to the public. We beiievo that the comi.-nlsioncrs wxruld be far better off by con ducting all business in public. Pul another way, commission ers have everything to lose and notliing to gain from hiding dis agreements from the public. In deed, the very possibility that the com'missioners’ deeisicns are w-arthwhile means that the com- mlssfomers are hiding their gcxxi deeds. As St. Matthew put it: “Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bu.shel but on a candlestick.” Shelby Daily Star AND HIGH TIME TOO I re...dent Nixon has agreed that frt.n n w on only volunieors will be sent to Vietnam—no more con- d'jc, brings American military polilcy back into line with ihe; wisdom ol the ages. From time immemorial the great superpowers of history have serviced tneii remote commit ments with volunteer profession al soidtt.y, never vviui A-; tar Oavk as the Roman timpire the lesson had been learned tnat it IS disastrous to .send oonscnipls haliway around tnc wonu ror ttgiiting in a trontier war. Americans have an unfortunate tendency to not read history, 'line ptnany is to repeat us irustaKes. one may nope tnat the lesson of Vietnam is firmly embeddcxl ui Aiiik-ivvan louK memory, ivir. Nixon clearly understands it. Christian Science Monitor KINGS MOUNTAIN Hospital Log VlsmNC HOURS Dally i0:30 to 3 to 4 PM. and 7 to 8 PJL 7EEPERS!' ■In all its wisdom, the federal Department of Transportation has decided that Army surplus Jeeps are not “safe” enough to be sold to ciivllians. 'Instead of recovering several mfUicn dollars on its used Jeeps, the Army will cut them up foi scrap and .spare parts. Biportamen, farmers, repairmen and others with a need for a small utility vehicle can forget about picking up a bargain. Ex-servicemen who have bounc ed around in Jeeps are no doubt aware that they are not among the safest vehicles, particularly Under condilioas that surrounded their use in places like Vietnam, Korea or Anzio. However, in more placid surroundings it is hard to imagine that they are any more dangerous than, say, motorcycles, dune buggies or lanm tractors, whi^h are not proscriSed. Maybe we’re wrong but it a|p- pears to us that the gov^nment has Induged in some substantial economic waste in the name of that magic word “safety.” And the waste we see ttf^e days brings to mind a word that may be a distant cousin of the Jeep— "jeepera!” Wall Street Journal B^NlGli INDIFFERENCE Senator George McGovern is quoted by Time magazine as say ing, ‘I don't like conununism, but I don’t think we haye any great ooligation to save the worm from it. I hat’s a choice otnei countries have to make.” He adds that he would preter that na tions Uke Brazil or India not turn Communist, but that if they did it would not, “fundameriitany damage our Interests.” There is some truth in what Mr. -McGovern says, particularly the Implication tnat no nation can be saved from Communist domination unles-s it is willing to pay the price. That is, there are and must be limits to what the U. S. can do to help and a na tion that is unwilling to help it self cannot be saved regartiless of the extent of outside aid. But there are also basic flaws in the McGovern argument, whUdi seem to indicate tnat the presi dential candidate has not icaiiy thought out his pasition. For exarngle, if the transforma tion of Brazil or India into Com munist slates would not “aunda- mc-ntally damage our interests,” one is moved to ask just what our interests are. Even if, as many critics claim, there Is no validity to the “domino theory” (i.e., that the fail oi one nation to communism inevitaoly leads to the collapse of neighboring natio.Ts), who will deny that a political dynamic affects inlerna tional relations? And who would deny the serious international implications if Communists iook over India, with its alniost 600 million population, and Brazil, the largest, most populous, and most important nation in South America V In recent years the attitude has taken hold that communism is, after all, pretty much like any other non-democratic system, sc why get too excited. But this cas ual viewpoint overlccks Uie dia bolic skill with which Commun ists regimes have elevated purg- e.s, wholesale imprisonment ol intellectuals, end denial of .speech and religion to new' heights of perfection. And not least. Communist ideology car ries a litany of woirld conquest that, even if not as prominent as it once was, retains an ever-pres ent potential for ml.schlef. Obviousily there are limits ta what the United States can do about thte state of affairs. It is trapped In the same world wiillh the CoirJmunlst powers, and must seek ways to live with them peacemlly. But it is one thing to sock agreements with thq ICcmmunists, as President Nix.-n has done with Ra-ssia and China in hopes of avoiding confronta tion that could lead to war. And it is quite another matter to a- dopt a policy of benign indiffer ence toward the spread of repres sion and totaUtnrlanism. And subh an attitude is even harder to understand coming from a candidate who so often invokes appeals to morality, and many of whose supporters are so quick to categorize people and policies as good and evil, right and wrong, decent and indecent. Wcdl Street journal Clarence L. Black Donald R. Cai'penler Mack L. Conner Mrs. Mamie H. Gibbons Mrs. Essie Pearl Goforth Thomas W. Grayson Mrs. Annie H. Heavner iBamett Glenn Lovelace 'Mrs. Cornelia May Mrs. Mary Moncrief Walter M. Moorhead Ivey B. Payne Mrs. Missouri Price Mattie Stowe 'Mrs. J. H. Thomson 'Mrs. Mary Lee Williams John Lee Chaney Nannie Mae Jimmerson Mrs Myrtle M. .Mack .Mrs'. Albert V. Hagans Mrs. Essie J. Simmons ADiMITTEO THURSDAY ■Mrs. Lizzie L. Blanton, City St., City. Mrs. Hurley W. Brooks, 303 S. Highland St., Gastonia. Mrs. Cora L., Rhyne, 400 W. Mountain St., City Mrs. Bernice Roseboro, 315 N. Tracy St., City J’t’ fleiitcr fit. - " ■5 Samuel L. Hooper, Box 12, ^)1 ney Church Rd., Gastonki. ■Mrs. Billy R. Welcti, 2»> Dix on Circle, iBafitonifb .. X.. stay, .521 E. Ol^ Ave.. B. C. : Mrs. Jesse A. Dean, 70 P.anlu Avenue, Gastonia, Mrs. Bobby G. Fulton, Hi. 1, Box 102 Kings Creek, S. t’. 114 HUD Giant To luofheimal Dr. W. L. TUme*;. Seoretary, of. Administration, announced on' June ZD, tnat a total of $2’i2,3oo lias been allocated to eleven non- mctr-politan regional plannin.'. agencies for fiscal 'ye.ir 1972 1973. The varioas grants range fri.m $2,nfK) to $42,000. The l.so- .thermai Pilanning and Diwi-lop- me nt Commission has recelvt-d a grant of $20,000. The Isotheimai Oomanisslon is the Lead Regional Organization for Region C, whicli includes Cleveland, McOowcH, Polk and Rutherford Counik-.s. The funds are made available in the State by the Department .ol Housing and Urban Oevelonmeni, ■to be used to assist regional plan ning activities in the less poiju- racy »i., v-iiiy. lous sub-state regions. Primary 'Mrs. Roby J. Teague, Rt. 3, emphasis is placed upon Uie im- York S. C. provement and strengthening ol 'Mrk Sarah E Walker, 2901 local government: the develop- Crescent Lane, Gastonia. ment of local resources aj\i ^rv- ADMITTKD FWDAY ices; and the implementation i^^ Mrs. Thomas H. Gantt, Rt. 1, policies and plans. The fundi City. used to help provide continuou.- Mrs. Grace T. Philtoeck, 18 Lin- effective planning and technical coin St., York, S. C- assistance .services, and to estab- Mrs. Ida K. Rollins, P. O. Box lish better methods of coordlnat- 293, City. WUUam A. Suggs. 707 .Meadow- brook Rd., City. ADMITTED SATURDAY Mrs. Herman A. Goforth, Rt. 2, city. George Moore, Jr.. Rt. 2, City. ADMITTED SUNDAY Mrs. Michael E. Brown, Gener al Del, Bowling Green, S .C. Mrs. Marilyn E. Byers, Gas tonia. Mrs. Robert F. Ernest, 35 Di xie Trailer Pary, City. Mrs. WUUam L. Jackson, 7115 iBelhaven Blvd., Charlotte, N. C- Louis E. Martin, 1413 W. Wal nut Avenue, Gastonia. ing prograihs. ■ I • The grants are to be matched with local contributions and will be administered by the Regional Planning section of the Division cf State Planning. CARD OF THANKS Mr.s. Lona Mae Gaddy and fam ily wish to acknowledge^ thfeir sincere appreciation to the many friends and neighbors for ' the loving kindness and expressions of sympathy during the loss of their belwed husband and fattier, ut Avenue, Ga^onia. Gaddy. May God bless each Mrs. Hai;ald E. .Meadows, 730 Gastonia Highway, B. C. 'Mrs. Minnie L. McClain, Rt. 3, City. Mrs. Ellen G. Wright, 606 East Gold St, City. t, r, j „ 'Mrs. E. B. Olive had tivo ADMITTED MONDAY " guests last week, Miss George Mrs. Virginia Sue Bell, Rt. 3, Ann Olive and Miss Susie Web- City. ster. George Ann is llie grand"- Mi'S. T. Woodrow Hamilton, 107 daughter of Mrs. Olive. The Family ot Jack E. Gaddy PUT YOUR FOOT DOWN ON ATHLETE’S FOOT DISCOMFORTS . mh TfBXa/L FUNGI-REX Don’t suffer another day of painful itching!. Aqd don't chance spreading it around. Visit .’s today and ask the Pharmacist for the FUNGI-REX product best-suited to your needs! t Many convenient forms ALL fight fungus infection ... relieve itching and help prevent recurrence! Step up your summer foot care today withRexall FUNGI-REX • Aerosol Spray si,49 • Greaseless Oinmen $1.29 • Liquid or Lotion $1.29 • Powder —aie? IsFsxr KINGS nOUNTAINl DRUG COiMS>ANY 1904971 .n 'V'S MODFRN SfOf;' SERMON TOPIC “How Great Is Our God.” will be the sermon topic of Rev. N. C. Bush at Sunday morning WL'.-.->hip hour at 11 o’clodt at Grace United Methodist church. DIXON SERVICE A guest minister will fill the pulpii at 9:30 a.m. morning worship service Sunday at Dix on Presbyterian church. Rev. Robert Wilson, pastor, and Mrs. Wilson and daughters, Lynn and Susan, are on vacation. LUTHERAN TOPIC Dr. Leroy E. Blaekwelder of Gastonia, retired Lutheran min ister, will flH the pulpit Sunday morning at St. Matthew’s Luth eran church in the absence of Rev. Robert E. Allen, who Is on vacation. GOSPEL SING There will be a goi^l singi ing Saturday, July 15 at 7:30 at Eart Side Baptist dhurch In Blacksburg, South Carolina, The Hamptons and tout other groups are ejupected for the program. Keep Your Radio Dial Set At 1220 WKMT KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C. News & Weather every hour on the hour. Weather every hour on the half hour. Rne entertainiTient in between
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