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7 \*?y % TIM Kings Mountain Herald fy' .ufcll Irny Thursday w??J? WMJamn BMMB" Entered as second clat* matter at the Postoffiee at Kings Mountain, N. C., under the Act of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Payable in Advance One year $2.00 Six mouths 1.10 Three months .60 A weekly newspaper devoted to the promotion of the general welfare and published for the the enlightenment, entertainment and benefit of the citizens of Kiugs Mountain aud its Vjinity. .?i!~ / TODAY'S BIBLE VERSB Let no corrupt communication nm. cemt ont of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying that it may minister grace unto the hearers. Epheslans 4:20. Two Deaths fwo North Carolinians who had rlsai OBjiajr*. affairs of the state and nation have died in the past week. They are A. J. Maxwell, tax expert, and .Toelah W. swwtj ^'rhaiYatthWStete?jf?J ' itiilrm i Both men had bee: i In declining health for the past seveml years. Mr. Maxwell, as Commiasfoneer of Revenue, was responsible for setting up the present state tax system which is regarded as one of the heat in * the nation. He will be remembered for tbis work nnd for the fact that ho never quite realized his life's ambi tion to be governor of North Carolina It must be some kind of testimony to him, however, that, each time he ran for governor, he reeelVeed large sup port and about the same number of votes. This indicates that once Mr. Maxwell made a friend, he had a friend for life. Mr. Bailey served for years in the 8enate. become chairman of the commerce committee, ono of the most important in the Senate. As a Senator. Mr. Bailey remained -what he started ont to he. a conservative. He was nev er a New Dealer. This did not snit ma* ny of his constituents, hnt it pretty well followed the line of most North Carolina politicnl leaders. Tt is perhaps inronicnl ?>??? Mr Bni'ev shonld have died at a time when the political pen dulum of ?he nation had moved rightward from left-of_eenter. However, it is not the fnet of either man's ri?e to public prominence that i? hy Th-?i? ahilitv to hold these responsible public positions for lone teniires must be drawn the infrser.ee rbaf tbev earned their meager salaries by serving well the citizens of North Carolina. As this is written, it appears that Governor CJ^rrv will appoint Wilkins P. Horton, of Pittsboro, to the Senate % v->.-rented l>v tiie death of Sen tor Bailey. If Mr. Horton is the appointee. persons who are inclined to be impatient in life may well lenrrtyi , lesson. Mr. Horton has long been a Democratic leader in the state, formerly served as lieutenant-governor. Ho ran second in the 1!H0 gubernatorial race to .T. "Melville Broughton. That was the year some eight candidates muddied the water and tha state's Democratic machine was wellsplit. But Mr. Horton did not even nsV a second primary. H-e was not hitter lie returned to liis law practice and V 4 continued to take an active part in party affairs. servTfig as Democratic national enmrnittecmnn. Trulv. if lm is the appointee, patience will have j/' been rewarded. H?-p Most business houses won't mind the telephone rate Increases, for they resA* alize that the telephone la one of their most valuable bnaineaa assets. However, many would like to see better service. Without any technical knowledge whatsoever, the Herald would suggest either the Installation of a new switch-board or the dial avs tern, and. if at all possible, another line to Shelby. There is considerable KSjk. telephonic traffic between Shelby and King\ Monntain and the present lines are insufficient to handle the daytime calls. Those business men who have tried unsuceessflly to get Shelby for a Half-hour at the time (and alBy jftY'' ways, it seems, when they are most pressed with work) will know exactly what the Herald is speaking of. B?. The letter from the girl in Germany Hg- ' "bo had received a coat via the local khc^V Victory Clothing collection should HsW*- *crvs as sufficient thanks to all thoss H&p&'Y who gave wearing anparel and food in that drive. The United States has kfl&Y: its troubles. TheTe was the coal strike and sugar it short, and other commodl ESft?.?, areelaedflednnfler-the, county. KjVf j*> ^ it Iom not haee three hade trotJEfoM'' ' blee. With v*iy exemption, the Httur.' ywpll of this nation are clothed and BEfyfe-, w#H-f?<L little does the axeratre citli g|<P nan reeliM how It la to etrnprgle for tood for eodatenee, That letter Mora Pay, Pleural Walter Heather, the high-theory pee teesor of the CIO eato worker* ka? eoanded the cry, "More pay. please I' and the please was hardly audible. With the toughest labor leader 'of them all, John L. Lewis, now retired to contemplate bis first defeat in 11 years , it is quite possible that Souther's whole cry will be hardly audible. Why the auto workers sounded their blast at this particular time is hardly understandable. Certainly it was not the propitious moment. The 80th Congress which convenes ip January has already Been thumbing through bills which would restrict labor, aud it would seem that labor might have more to gain in the long run bv lying low and allowing time to heal the frayed tempers, not only of the Congress, but of the public, which is sick and tired of hearing the linniliar excuse for lack of goods, " 1'in sorry, you know how it Is, with strikes and everything ' Lifting of housing restrictions will suit the lumber dealers who liked the ( PA red tape about as well as mer, chants liked MPR 580, mention of jilii-t complicated pricing device being j enough to cause the merchants to tear 'their hnir. The result will be nbout ' like the ment situation. There will be more houses, and they will coat more. A local bnaineea man remarked laat t night and heard the door being shaken. Then T discovered it was t nolleeman checking the lock." NaturaTlyJie ment on the job. Bnaineea houses should be checked frequently during the night, as a precaution against both burglars and fire. This is a function of the police department and one that should never be neglected. And it has been in weeks past. Have you bought your Christmas seals? And your' city license tag? j , The Herald's best bow to new city I nldermnn, Pavid L. Saunders. 10 Years Ago THIS WEEK ' Items of news taken from the 1936 files of toe Kings Mountain Herald 1 Census repor t shows that there were 21,162 bales of cotton ginned in Cle veland county from the crop of 1936. prior to Dec. 1, as compared with 43.662 bales ginned to December 1, crop of 1935. The American Legion Auxillnry members have been very busy this week making arrangements to have n Community Christmas tree. The tree Is to be placed in the chaineed off space of the square in front of the , e.rst National Bank. ( Honor Boll Central school, second grade: Rebecca Early, Peggy Smita, ? \:rfr>v 4nne Soivey, Patsv Webb, Harry Connor, Louann Herndon, Betty Lynch, Jean Saunders, Dorothy Smith, Bannel 8mith, Frances Williams, Margaret Williams, Delcenla Payseur. Robert Boyce, James Gladden, Donald Crawford, Eugene Falls, J W. P. Fulton, John Louis Head, Ernest L. Jenkins, Eddie Houston, Thorn as Baker. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Campbell announce the marriage of their sis. tor, Ruby Ernestine Hughes to Mr. I l'Mlltn Baker on November 14. last. Mrs. Baker is the daughter of Mr. and jMrs. W. G. Hughes of Jtings Mountain, nnd Mr. Baker is the son of Di. ! anij .vir9. Li. r. MaKer or K.ing3 MoanI tnin. 1 Announcement has been made of the marriage 7T Mis* Mary Lon Ormnrid ; and Mr. O. Q. Origg, both of Kings | Mountain. The marriage came as a surprise to many of their friends and J was solenmnized at the 8helby circuit parsonage, on Saturday evening a* . 8:80 with Bev. J. N. Wise, pastor of EM Bethel Methodist ehureh, officiating. The bride wore a blue creepe, I with a black coat and matching accessories. | Mr. and Mrs. G. T. King and Miss Gertrude King of Lancaster. B. C., ' spent Sunday in Kings Mountain. i . Southern Says Nix | On Baby-Sitting i Although they'fe always and e' temally on the lookout for fresh new ideas, Southern Bailway By at em pas senger officials seratehed their heads in puialed thought the other day and concluded, reluctantly, . that they just couldn't find use fog a v baby I siter on their streamliners ? not . right now, anyhow I The problem provoking idea wu posed in a neatly penned letter from a young southern belle who, having finished high eohool, was all set for a eareer. Since she Hked to travel and was also a. baby sitter of long e* pOriene* she figured she ought t9 qualitfy. Nuruery ears complete with teya play equipment and the like to keep nil-traveling youngsters contented pre one of the things railroads .. **t planning for the future. But ' right martin',^dicine ' By Martin Hubsb (Containing Wis of Mil, wisdom, humor, and comment. To bo taken weekly. Avolo over-dosage) Fires, Etc. What with the Christinas Mason, fire-crackers (drat the lousy things), and the bad Winecoff Hotel burning in Atlanta, the medicinal subject for this week's edition should be timely, if not overly deep and erudite. fe The shock which that fire caused resounded throughout the nation, and now, with the cart after the horse, Atlanta and Georgia and other municipalities and states are planning tighter laws. It may help prevent fires in other places. f-e Folks-are just plain careless, and the axDsrti tsv the* eh&ttt nlnatv. nine percent of fires. Just like automobtle wrecks, are caused by care leswiess. But It's hard to make people careful, and sometimes even a nasty wreck or fire falls to ' 'Make a Christian" out of the unwitting mal-dser. f-e riremen have a tough job. Z soppose, for regular firemen te the big cities, Mfe k nesfc Mm an eld nary "long perls is mt b?ei?, poactorwill be dlstorbsd by nothing more than drills and a few still alarms, Then, suddenly they're got to get into a smoke-filled bwUdlng, with no assurance they'll get out. f-e There most be some fascination there to stake a nun want the Job, but the medicine man Is no candidate ? not eren for Grady King's volunteer force. Jim HerUflon reached that Atlanta that Saturday morning of tbe fire and he says It _was awful ?in both senses of the word. And Claude Hambrlght got an eerie feeling when he heard about It. A few years back be soent a weekend at the Winapoff, In a 16th floor room. Hubert Aderboldt, too, had flopped at the Wlnecoff aererj al times. - f-e I Why there has been suoh a rash of hotel fires fn the past two years . Is hard to explain, other than tbe basic carelessness. Soma people an ' reading a high correlation coefficient between the three and the big Jump In liquor sales, and they may be- right. A dm t? MftfUf ^frequently mighty careless about burning cigarettes, matches, etc. f-e . m??t or them eree. not all fires have had/ results, and a few should be characterised aa real roads to progress. Probably the best fire this community ever had was on that oold night In November 1032 when the old . Central school building burned. Kings Mountain children would quite possibly 'still bo going to school In that noor'v-Uoh^ed "M flre-t*?? had someone not oareleealy tossed a lighted match on its oily floors. Lucidly it happened at night, when there were no occupants. Had it been during school hours, it Is possible the fire might have been tragic. Though it Inconvenlenved teachers, unpils and families for a few months. It worked out well. The city wound up with a much better, more commodious building and one that Is less llk*lv to bum. And the cost was necrllglb'e. _for those were the days when $12 a week wss stendsrd waste* and when that 912 would tony a lot of (Creoles. f-e That fire, however, was risrht embarrassing to me. X had been sleeplns In a room only a half-block from the fire siren, with window open wide. X arose nbOnt the, ttsoa! time the next montftt, bed bretk*-1 fast, and started out to sohool with my books. Someone asked, "When* yon golnrT" And X said, <*^0 school." That save them a good' laugh. but X still had to jmo It with my own itea. yon see, that was in tho days when one always talked abont school buildings bnrnlng down, bnt It Just never happetfd. The prospect of an extended winter holiday seemed so nice! But It only lasted four days. f-e . Sotted notes: The rumor of the week wae that a chap named Seine had been working In the sttle of an old boose he had teeenHy height and nneovered 979-000 in sold certificates twdtoattoy ae thfeis written ere that it test ain't SO. .... so differenea. tTneie Sam would have elahned mom of ft wMcfe nmteOt tttl IMS It Mtrtf fast GEORGE ? BENSON EAB^ AxtUat-Htrttii CMUft Representation _ All Americans had reason to be ? Jubilant on August 2. Not because ^ an unruly monarch had abdicated. ? On that day the 79th Congress ad- I journed, and its members would I soon sweep tnrough the pre-election I countryside?reporting to the "con- ffi stituency." Our Congressmen | packed up to return home on that |j day, and it has been ours to vote I for them or against them. Our founding fathers who decried gj the making of laws "without repre- g] sentation," could have compliment- 1 ed our wartime Congress. Serving g through a most trying period at the 3 very beginning of our reconstruc- j? tion, after courageously displaying 5dfi a people's will through the most de bilitating war in our history, the ? 79th Congress faced all maimer of complicated problems. I Deliberation Probably the 79th Congress did not please everybody. But at the same time, when One surveys the record, it is apparent that this Congress has made some unusual history. Congress accepted the United Nations charter, thus committing America demonstrated that it la not ScStogto allow our foreign policy to ride the I uve tnougn a ell Derate tn helping build a peace. Deliberate. That's a word our Congress properly exemplifies. We want our legislators to be studious and careful in preparation of law*; in this government of the people. Only in this way may we have the best representation. Remember that ? when you hear the alarum: "Why doesn't Congress do something?" No Robber Stamp Remember too that political expediency makes deliberation necessary, as Congress attempts to work out a pattern of harmony with other departments. If some things were bungled by the 79th Congress, in many instances the bungling may be chalked up to other branches of government. But this Congress did demonstrate that it was no "rubber ' stamp" Congress, and it made parliamentary history in this respect. It was a people's Congress. It todk definite steps in the direction of a balanced hudnt for mmw lators put themselves on record in I an attempt to preserve the in- I tegrity of the nation's finances. No mm budget legislation was passed, but ? much was done to prepare ground work for future budget-balancing legislation. Decadent Bureaucracy. A few of the spreading tentacles of bureaucracy were lopped off by the 79th Congress, and It refused to pass other measures that would nurture the beast Congress refused to put the National Housing Agency on a permanent basis, and it turned the control and operation of employment services back to the states. Major proposals for federal aid to education died in committees. In removing many of the government regulations which have served their purposes, the Congress gave notice that it intends- to keep the traditional freedoms making America the most desirable place in the world in which to live. Congress refused to sanction the drafting of labor in time of peace. Long live our ? Congress! May it ever be the peo pie's representation. Rat Migration I In Illinois in IBM, a multitude of I migrating rats swarmed over sev eral western counties. 'On one farm j alone in one month over 3,000 rats were killed. -? i 1 A|ds Bacteria Milk Is as nutritious for soma bacteria as it Js for man. . ; I dbpbhdablb IIHJIANF * fo* ooaxxxa WAdtKR HE ATTN O &BFBIOEEATION HEATING Phone S-M47 Ohadotte, N. a I 1 jfiifiiiiri:-^ ujmniriiiii-^1II rillIji' I PBEBCBIPTIO* I I : diiotlw U Dr. James S. Bailey f Examination, Diagnosis, Glasses Fitted .( P$|l Office open each Friday 10 A. M. to 5 P. EL 207 FIRST NATIONAL BANK BLDG. ;jBPS' NOTICE B We will gin cotton only on Tuesdays and Fridays after Deqember 15th. Seism Gin Company \ -~-r Food Fact If m' You pan got tl? gnyMft faft Jftfc. ??^ lock's, serving Kings Mountain for over 11 years r "-o A ' inin in mo ii ir ran - - i.. ... mi -n to Di.i i-?- r II uiuuck s urocery ;| Phone 68 1 ? f AUTO LOANS M FINANCING - REFINANCING Quick, Efficient, Confidential Service See "ROCK" ~ HOME Finance Company life; * Gastonia, N. 0. |||p:v Main Street In Front of the Postoffice p'' ? Phone 2036 |?|||. E DRINK MTI.K FOR HEALTH TTann fit. Ytrr tirinlrinn KMjg health - giving STJNEISE Grade ?LJ& "A" Milk. Pasteurised for purity. 1IK SUNRISE DAIRY 9 Gaatonia, N. C. Phone 1468 A SAVINGS Account I IhMHjtts' H RAINY DAY WORRIES And thinking people are thinking about 'that rainy day." . It's wise policy to lay aside a portion of your ?|5 earnings, no matter how large or small. I No better way to do it is by regular periodical HI deposits in YOTJB BANK SAVINGS AOCOUNT. ' K| Yours it available in time at need, and you'll bo # \ surprfeid bow fast small amounts add up. l.$S OPEN A SAVINGS ACCOUNT THIS
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