?' Kings Mountain Herald
Established 1B89
Published Every Thursday
HERALD PUBLJ8HINO HOUSE
rf' Martin Harmon
Editor Publlbher
SfV Entered as second class matte) at the
Poetoffice at KiDgs Mountain, N. C,
under the Act of March 3, lb'79.
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A w??'?ly newspaper devoted to
the promotion of the general welfare
and published for the enlightenment. |
entertainment and benefit of the
sltizens of King* Mountain and it*
?leinity.
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TODAY'S BIBLE VER8E
But thou, when thou prayeet, enter
Into thy closet, and when thou hast
shut thy door, pray to thy Father
which seeth In secret; and thy Father
which seeth in secret shall reward
P thee openly. St. Matthew 6:6.
If you have notieed, the news these
days from the battlefronts has been
principally the reports of bombings
and bombardments of the Japanese
homeland, plus rumors of peace moves
by the Japanese. Looking back,
you will remember that the same!
softening up, also punctured by peace J
rumors, preceded the D-Day invasion |
of Normandy. You will also remembeT
that Germany had to be further i
pulverized and overrun by the infan-'
try before the Nazis hoisted the'
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nillic 4 '*{? l uvoo aic iuicidoviu^
facts to remember, for the Jkpmese
are more fanatical than the Nazi*
were. ' i
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County Board Chairman Glee Bridges
and County Attorney Henry Edwards
are in New York and Washington
this week conferring on county
hospital matters. They are investigating
the issuing of bonds in New
York and talking to Congressmen in
Washington to find out the possibility
of federal aid in hospital-buflding
programs. This federal aid business
catches everyone in a vicious circle.
Business and industry shout for cutting
of federal aid, yet if the pie Is
bakeil everyone wants to dip in for
his piece.
War II Veterans 1
The Herald of last week carried'
what should have been an interesting
story for all its readers ? the story
that Kings Mountain area veterans of 1
World War II. now number 280.
mi j. .a. si a j v a m I
ine iaci inai mil numnfr or men
have been returned from service ?{
ome with physical disabilities ?
should put a lot of folks to think
' ing, for the total will increase until
the final surrender of the Japanese.
Many of the returning veterans
will return to their former employment.
Others are looVing for new |
fields, to put to use trades and skills ;
learned in the services.
But, it seems io the Herald, that
the most important part of this transition
period is the attitude of the
public. The majority of the returning
veterans are expecting nothing
more than the right to work and
earn a living, as other citisens do,
and as they did before entering ter'
vice. They do not wish to be coddled
and they do not expect special favors
because they have fought in the
Pacific or in Germany.
They are proud of their service as
evidenced by t^e frequent statement,
"I wouldn't take anything for
the experience, but I wouldn't give
one cent to repeat it." They know
that they simply did their duty,
which the young men did in World
War I, and which the young men are
doing today.
. Ex-service men kaoar that an honorable
discharge is much like a high
school or eollege diploma, an entree
which must be backed up by work
whieh meets the requirements' of the
business in whieh they are epployed
or running themselves. They only
want a chance to prove .their mettle.
Civilians should remember tbis feel
on the 'part of service xaen, hou-1
or it, and net accordingly. '?
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The county sekoole opsasd Monday.
Undoubtedly, in this time of
manpower shortages, particularly on
the farms, the split-term Which allows
school children time in the fall to aid
in the harvesting is necessary. But
tesiehers, almost without exception,
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yr, iw mar rnocn more can t>e room
plitbed in the way of imparting
knowledge when a complete school
jjyear la broken for no longer period
than Christmas vacation.
g/ The Pig. Three are at work. Their [
Kr,. , efforts will go a long way, if rocoeM:,
. ful, in bringing about what man ban
lie/ meantime, hdp4i for a written doe ,
Ev uraent setting forth tho' agreements
reached |l Potodam. Tho pgfli da
martin s medicine
(Oontainlrg bits of news, vMoa,
humor, ar.d comment. To bo token
weeklj. Avoid over dosage.)
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By Martin Harmon
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Hats, Etc.
There ore ? number of Inspirational
reasons for the eabjeet of
this piece. Including the big redaction
on enamei bats at moet of the
city's department stores.
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But the main reason is that somebody
took my Panama after the
Lions club meeting at the hotel
Thursday night. All of which dispels
a lot of ideas about hate I'd I
had in the past. j
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One of those ideas, undoubtedly !
attributed to the fact that it's j
true In my case, was that a person j
would know immediately if he don- |
ned the wrong hat?Just because of
the different "feel."
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Another Idea Is that a man who i
had Just bought & new hat certainly
wouldn't want to trade it for a .
worn, battered model that had al- j
ready seen good service and been '
caught in the rain at least a dozen
times. But, as this Is written (Sat- .
urday) I still have somebody's new
summer-weight straw, site six and ,
seven-eights, in place of my old battered
one. i
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Now that size part is where the
trouble comes in. This hat I've got
is Just a little tight, else I'd have ;
never said anything about the
trade. ;
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Borne day I'll learn to pnt my initials
in my fedora, Just to take
care of exigencies like this.
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I suppose my compatriots in the |
Lions club have thought I was acting
funny the last few days for
I've stared at every blue-banded
hat I've seen going down stseet atop
a Lion's head.
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Contrary to the usual opinion, ,
men's hat styles change, though not
as much as the ladles's do. I can
remember a few years back when
the standard style for an elderly |
gentleman was a rounded Stetson
with brim turned up and a suggestion
of a crease In the middle. For I
the younger men, it was a narrow- !
brim hat, with the tri-corner block. 1
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Bat It's different now. The older
men hsve come more end more to
the three comer creese end the j
brim's on the young men's hsts
here widened end widened. Never
here measured the brims on those 1
"root" hats, bnt they most be at
least three Inches.
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Changes In styles In women's
hats are more noticeable, bnt I
honestly believe that the war has
made mdst of them a little more
sane than tbey once were. At least,
I haven't, seen a woman's hat In
six months that caused me to ask
what it. was.
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One of the best hat stories ever
told concerns a woman who bought !
a hat jnst before going to a foner- \
al It Is supposed to be a true story,
and I'm sorry Z don't have the o
rlglnal -to re-pubUah here. i
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At any rate, the lady, who was 1
in a hurry anyway, bought the hat I
and hurrted to the church where the '
funeral was being bald. The lady '
suddenly realised she had one on j
h?r bear and that tt wouldn't look
right to carry a how bat, in hand,
into tho church.
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With a ftw muttorod words, *h?
handod it to tho funoral dlroctor
who waa standing at tho door, ahd
entered. Tho funoral dlroctor, who
didn't undorotand tho lsdF, looked
at tho strange apparition In bit
band, and d added it wao a bunch
of flowers. Tmaglno tho lady'a amatomont
and chagrin whan aho
aw tho funoral dlroctor walk down
tho alalo and ?uMtty place tho now
bat on tho coakolt Throughout tho
funoral aorrloo Oho aat and Uqulnnod.
Whether or not the loUlorod tho
hat I don't rwnOnihor.
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Flash: M. H. Riser has Just oomo j
In and I mentioned my hat problem.
"Why," ho aaya, "Son Wanton
waa fussing about goil log tho
wrong hat tho other night. X hot
ho has yuan." '.J
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Don did. Boasoday I'm going to J
do a column on eotnddenoee.
Aa Army officer at GUmp lfeehnll i
baa approximately 4 28 a<?ree planted
la vegetable# and Ua jast completed
harvesting oae acre of roMlti|-#>
eora, according to County Agent N j
L. Hendrlx.
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on scrape of paper, like the Atlantic
Charter, nor loosely phrased, semi
verbal agreements frbich came' forth
at Yalta. The people like doediaented
agreements, in order that saUnderatanding
may be avoided, and in
order that % nation may be hold responsible
for fulfilling the 'gynii
meat's terms. , : t.
' . It? asthisg She, the church Attendance
figure* to two Bundaya ago |
The only adult quadruplet* n the
United State* will taaka- a personal
appearance in King* Mountain Saturday
evening at 8 p. m. at t^e High
School auditorium. The charming
young ladies are four-fifths of .100
years old and are talented entertainers.
They are brought to Kings Moun
tain by the Otis D. Greene Poet of
the v American Legion.
Mr. George Patterson, -who now
owns the old Ferguson Gold Mine
whieh is South of Kings. Mountain
Battlegrounl, is having the mine
worked. Several Gastonia people areconnected
with Mr. Patterson in the
operation of this mina The work is |
in charge of a Mr. Ellis, an ex|>erienced
mining engineer of Telico,
Tenn. The workers are now cleaning
out the shaft and a number of workp
r a will Ko ??? ?1 ? *? ? ?4
... ...... u? gitcu cmjjiuymeni as
soon as the preliminary work has
been completed.
The plate glass window of Plonk
Pro >-rs and Company was broken
Sunday afternoon during the high
winds which accompanied the rain
storm. An awning was broken which
fell upon the window and broke it.
The window was insured.
Mr. J. A. Secrest has accepted a
position with Mr. Stamey as manager
of a new store he is opening in
Spindale. He will assume his duties
August 1. Mr. Secrest, of Monroe,
came here about three years ago as
assistant manager of Belk's Department
store.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
Mrs. Puffin Edwards of Greensboro
is visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Wiley H. McQinnis.
Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Mauney and
Mr. and Mrs. Haywood E. Lynch
have returned home after a trip to
Washington, D. C.
Miss Sarah Henry Snmmitt left
Tuesday fdr Shelby where she joined
friends for a 10-day camping trip at
Cherokee.
Mr. and Mrs. Q._ O. Jackson spent
Sunday at Montreat with Mrs. JackRon
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- - ? - muu uuoimuUy Ui WH8Q"
ington, D. C., who are there for a
stay of several weeics.
Mr. and Mrs. Glee Bridges anil
children are spending the week at
Carolina Beach.
Miss Helen Dickson of the H;gh
Point school faculty has begn visiting
Mrs. E. W. Oriffin.
I
j WASHINGTON. ? In the requests
| filed with the Civil Aeronautics
Board for permits to operate special
I types of flying services there are
applications to carry feed, flower*,
drugs and associated commodities;
general me-'handise; a flyaway service
to carry aircraft from producer
to purchaser; fish and fish products,
armored car service. The scope of
these proposed operations is very
wide, several embracing the whole
United States.
EXECUTRIX NOTICE
The undersigned, having qualified
as Executrix of the estate of Mrs.
M. J. Allen, late of Cleveland County,
North Carolina. Thin is to qotify
all persons having claims against
said estate to present them to the
undersigned at Grover, North Carolina,
on or before the 2flth day of
July, 1M6, or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery. All
persons indebted to said estate will
please make immediate payment to
the undersigned.
PEARL DABE BRIDGES,
Executrix of the estate of Mrs. M J.
Allen, Grever, North Caroline
Horn and Angel, Attys.
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tta shssUaatai aa oil la
to yiaaai sing tta haarings,
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Political development* in England
this gummer have made a show,
profitable for Americans to watch.
Peace la Europe la really felt in
England; terror and bloodshed
ceased for a time?for a long time
we hope. Britain's post-war problems
are upon her and they are almost
exactly like ours will be when
our war is over in the Pacific. There
is however one big difference.
^ The difference lies in what the
working people think. British labor
is socialistic, in large part; American
labor is not. The British workers
don't think they fared very well
unaer ine system in which private
capital owned the factories and private
management operated them
in so-called competition. English laborers
figure they would be better
off if the government owned eveiVthing.
Workers Prosper
Workers in America still favor the
system of free enterprise. Most of
our labor is in favor of open competition.
The reason is that working
| people in America see how they
j have fared all right with private en|
terprise. Labor, leaders express
| themselves freely in .favor of capi'
talism. Our workers probably will
not turn against the American sya|
tern since it has not turned against
them.
! Nobody has the working people
1 of either country fooled. They have
the truth in both cases. In Eng,
land, labor has had a pretty shabby
' deal; in America the worker has
! lived well. The important question
is this: British workers oppose capitalism
and American workers favor '
it?can it be possible that they are
; talking about the same thing?
I Have Same Name
i Prior to World War , the economic
system in Britain was called j
| private enterprise ? same as in |
; America. Moreover, the two were <
quite a littlfc alike, at first glance,!
' except that wages on this side of the
! ocean were high and American!
tvnrkoPfl santail mam
>uw?v uwu twivc W
much aa the British workers, trade
for trade. The difference-was that
. private enterprise in Britain was
not free.
Private enterprise in England was
hog-tied. Competition there was not I
actually open. Wasteful monopolies j
operated within the law. Private
business concerns were fenced in 1
with legal restraints on Mta and
government restrictions on Met.
t What they had was governmentbossed
private enterprise. Business
men couldn't make any money, and
therefore couldn't pay their workers.
. ,
Socialistic Labor
Working as hard as they could, '
British workers could not earn
enough to live well. They needed I
new tools and modern methods so t
they could produce more; so their
employers could pay them better,
, but the employers couldn't buy bet-1
ter tools. They were so restricted ,
| that they couldnt make any profit.
Result: Labor unions formed a so}
c la list party and now are bidding 1
strongly for control of the government
for the third time.
{ The same thing can happen here.
- America can keep free privet# enterpriee
and the prosperity f?hsd
J goes with it Wrth prosperity and
progress. American grins cm ? ?
their workers welL But sillj restrtoHftM
amt heavy taxes **"* out
profits. Without profits titers will bs
no new tools, no progress, no better
wages. Unhappy wmhfirs bring socialism.
Socialism, nowhere in tike
world, has brought wages half as
high as America now enjoys.
WASHINGTON. ? The Air Transport
Command recently used 27 trsn?
port planes to fly 18 locomotive*
from Miami to Burma when the
speedy advance of the British demanded
rapid enpansion of transportation
in North Funra.
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>.' WASHINGTON. ? Ma department!
store* hay* filed application* v with
the Civil Aeronautics Hoard for permiseion
te operate airplane delivery,
pervice. All aix propoee to oae bell(copters
and tbelr area of proponed operation*
are fitbin a 100 mile radius
of Richmond, Washington, Boston,
Pittsburg, Milwaukee and Chicago.
Three want to transport passengers
and property and three confine their
operations to property and express.
BUY WAS feONDS AND STAMPS
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