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? " What's The Deal
Third and fourth-hand rumors
have been hitting the
Herald office intermittently aWA>.?
^ J- ? M SAl A
uuui uicviiuun ui ipriuiig UUl
of the city jail, once put in, but
last weekend we picked up a
first-hand report, which, considering
the person involved,
makes it reliable.
A motorist was stopped for
speeding in the early morning
hours of Saturday morning.
He was doing 35 on King
street, which is above the
25-mile city speed limit. The
?-^policeman could have been
more courteous, but that was
not the major detail.
Carried down to the police
station, the offender was told
his bond would be $75. Smart
folks keep their excess cash
In banks or other places of
safety, and the offender had
only $25. He offered a check
but was informed a checK
would not suffice ? even~a
checK signed by B. S. Neill. As
everybody knows, Mr. Neill,
the banker, would write a
check as good as gold. Nor
would any other check suffice,
* only the word of a professional
bondsman.
At 2 a. m., it was no time
to argue. The bondsman was
calleu and the offender released.
By Sunuay, lie had submitted
to the speeding charge,
paid the $10 fine ana costs
(total about $20), unci also
paid a $7.50 l'ee to the hnnrls
' man.
The offender was a Kings
Mountain lad of good family
and unquestioned character.
The Herald can see no point
in a $75 bond for a speeding
charge, for $25 would have
been a gracious plenty. Also, in
spite of the law, we doubt
that it's speeding to be driving
35 miles per hour on King
Street at 2 a. m., though it
might well be during the day
when traffic is heavy.
Mainly the Herald's question
is: What's the deal on the bond
ing business. A local man arrested
for some minor infraction,
one who is known, and
who is known to have the
wherewithal to take care of
his own bond, should be allowed
to take care of it.
The inferences, of course,
give off a bad odor, bu+, as customary,
the Herald keeps an
open mind and will be glad to
hear ? and air ? the other
side. It will be satisfied, however,
with nothing less than a
stop to this rotten bonding bus
if. \ iness.
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4A YEARS AGO 1
IU THIS WEEK
According to the annual report to
be submitted to the Town Council
and Mayor by Fire Chief Grady
W. King, the fire loss In Kings
Mountain last year was kept at a
very small figure by the eficlent
volunteer fire department
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Ground was broken Monday of
this week beginning the construe*
tlon of Kings Mountain's new fine
/ Town Hall.
The Junior Woman's Club will
sponsor "Young America'' on the
air, at the High school auditorium
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ol March. 3.1873.
Editor-Publisher
Sports. Circulation. Wows
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1 IM~T*
. GOP In Vm
the
nation is still ticking along,
which, of course, is amazing
news to old-line Democrats. It
likely will continue to tick,
but one hardly knows how
well. i
Mr. Big is Senator Robert
Taft, friend of big business, a
keen politician and an Old
Guard Republican of the first
water.
So far the GOP has been
talking rashly mainly on the
matter of cutting taxes, and,
of course, organized labor is
scared to death, though the labor
leaders are counting on
Senator Morse of Oregon to
put a damper on GOP laborhaters.
The news that the GOP intends
to cut an additional four
billion from President Truman's
budget request was received
with favor in most quar
ters.
The tax cut still stands out
as the foolish part of the Republican
platform. The time
for high taxes is during years
when the.Jaxed can aford to
pay up. Now is that time. But
the Republicans have a 1948
anticipatory eye on the Presidency,
simliar to the University
of North Carolina grid team
had on the Rose Bowl in 1935.
The GOP motto is anything to
win.
Mr. Knudson's tax program
of 20 percent on incomes up to
$302,000, ten and one-half on
incomes ovCr that, should
mark the line of demarcation
for persons who can't decide
whether they're Republicans
or Democrats. Twenty percent
to a man making $500 a year is
$100. To the man making $300,
nrvn t c*o aaa mi?
uwu in xa >po,wu. ine uut* is in
the van, and big business will
have a field day, not that we
blame big business. But a little
guy shouting for the GOP,
is mightily deluded.
If a tax reduction is made,
the fairest method would be to
increase the personal income
exemptions.
Don't forget to buy your
city license tag before the
penalty is added. Instead of
two tags for the price of one,
it would be one tag for the
price of two?or more.
From the clearance advertisements
in last week's paper
and others around, bargainhunters
should have had a
field day. Which reminds that
the retailer, who is mainly in^
terested in satisfying customers,
can be counted on to
keep his prices in line. It was
not he who was responsible for
high-priced merchandise. He's
just the middle man.
Items of news taken from the
1937 files of the Kings Mountain
Herald.
dlst church met with Mrs. E. W.
Grlfln and Mrs. O. O. Jackson as
co-leaders Monday afternoon at the
home of the later.
Mr. Carl Dicksln of Charlotte,
and Mr. Billy Caveny, both of whom
are Erskine students, entertained a
number of friends at a banquet' at
the home at Mr. Caveny at Mountain
View hotel during ,Jhe holl-^
days.
Mr. and Mrs. K. P. Drace of
Greer. S. C, spent Wednesday in
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wegjmya of their sister, Mrs. X-|
THE KINGS MOUNT All? HE3
The Henry Edwards matter
closed last Thursday
when Judge J. Wilson, Warlick
granted a non-suit. While
mostdfolk will say "whitewash,"
they will add in the
next breath that the verdict,
suited themJ It has been one of
those unfortunate pages in local
government history, but
the old saying is that experience
is the best teacher. We
imagine the county comissionera
nave learned quite much,
and that this new knowledge
will be reflected in the future
handling of county affairs.
The news that the Kings
Mountain postofflce showed a
decrease of 20 percent in receipts
during 1946 was not surprising
for it was a general
trend throughout the nation.
The inflated receipts of the
war years resulted directly
from vast amounts of air*
''.Tit, yi
mail matter to servicemen over
seas. Postal officials here naturally
would like to see the
postoffice remain first class,
and Postmaster Blakely's suggestion
concerning the use of
parcel post might be well worth
investigating by business
nouses ana manuiscturers:.
When Jimmy Byrnes took
over the job of setting up a
foreign policy that was sane
and workable, he had the good
wishes of the nation. As he
stepped out, he retained them,
for he fulfilled his task. This
is not true of many givernment
officials who go in with
fanfare, and retire with nothing
more than the echoes of
"thank goodness, he's gone," in
their fear. If General Marshall
is able to handle the affairs
of state in the manner of Mr.
Byrneb, the United States will
get along. And, with the General's
past record, there's no reason
to believe he won't be eminently
successful.
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Veterans who dropped their
GI insurance still nave two
weeks and more to get their
policies re-instated for only
two monthly premiums. It's
cheap Insurance and veterans
should give attention to this
matter i mediately.
When Bright Ratterree said
tax listing was going good, it
marked a big change from
former years. Citizens are doing
themselves a double favor
by listing early. The propertyowner
saves time, and the coun
ty saves money. The county is
the people. List your taxes
toaay, it you haven't already.
With the wave of roberies
here and elsewhere, city policemen
will have to double
their attention to. watching for
the culprits. New
Books Added
Al City Library
The following books have been
added to the shelves of Kings
Mountain Public Library according
to an announcement this week by
Mrs. Charles Campbell, librarian.
"Brideshead Revisited," Evelyn
Waugh; "The Forgotten Alley," by
Pierre Van Paossen; "School For
Eternity," Harry Hervey; "Toil of
the Brave,vInglls Fletcher; "It Hap
pened Like This," A. S. M. Hutchson;
"The Lady In the Mask," Anne
Green; "The Corpaa on the Hearth"
Harry Lang; "Pay Off For The
Banker," Lockridge; "A -..Serpent's
Tooth," Furnaa; "Judgment Day,"
James Farrell; "Congo Song," Stuart
Choate; The >HMH' Remembers,"
Faith Baldwin; "The SenttaaMttal''lst,"
Frances Winwar; "The Pump
kin Coach," Louis Paul; "Where
The Blue Begins," Mar ley; "The
House On The Park," Worthington;
"Lost .Haven," .Tennbnt; "Lustre
Ulak " In.. -
iu|ii, juiie uiuu,. rn? unoge or
Yew," May Sarton.
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Veterans Administration now. k
operating 28 former Army and Navy
hospitals to meet veterans needc
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More than 10,000 volumes ware
added to libraries of Veterans Administration
hospitals during October
for the nee of veterans-patients
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By Martin Harmon f
(Containing bits of news, wis- \
dom. humor, and comment. To bo 1
taken wwkty. Avoid over- j
dosage.)
Angle Rests
Angle, the old linotype machine
which ha? turned out
more than a hall million inches
of type for the readers of the
Herald since 1922. hen boon retired
to pasture for a well-earned
rest, as readers of this piece who
boast discerning eyes can easily
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In other words, the Herald got a
Christmas prssont a few days
late and this past wnlund the
replacement for Angle was fnstnTled.
Angle's pasturing place
right new le in the back oi the
hep. where she sits and sits and
i r?n~**Tr'"
be sold (ttmtgft I T
ff __iili_i_i I_ r ,, ., ,| LL_e ftn e
rr.ttXiaowi ccn sxcma to see nti
go) to some print shop which
needs a types letting marhlns for
only light duties. After the way
Angle has been pat through the
mill In the past two Teats, m
ears shell enjoy light exercise.
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Though we don't know fast how
old Angle Is. a little metal plate
on her model was MIA, which
makes a ***** comparison be*
tween Elmo Bridges' "Copperhead"
Model T and a 1947 Buick.
an Angle compares to this now or*
rival which has not yet been
named. When we do get around to
naming this now lady, itll have
to be a queenly name, for thafs
last what she is?a queen. Were
it not fpc Queenle of the Amos
and Andy show ws might name
her "The Queen." But more likely
well call her "Elegant", or
something vf that variety.
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Angle, as readers of this column
have had reported p them
bvf**Tv fit odd moment, was feeling
ths Infirmities of old age. Bsc
J*rtntt were a little arthritic and
she had to bo handled with care.
There were times when .nursing
her was the most important Jeb
in the hsees.
We're counting en the now lady
doing srach for the Herald, and if
she doesn't then we'll be a badly
eK'SksT' Ml* hmhmen
been given the acid test of putting
eat # few papers. I cant help
but msMt'-i*? dm statement of a
newspapering Uend. which was:
"If yon listen to the salesmen
they'll have you thinking that
Durchase Of inauah nnrrJ.il>.?
will mah* newspaper production
no man complicated than punching
a ndw of button*. I'to lMn>
ed. 'be laughedi and "and bought
But It Btlll tokos work."
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But typesetting will bo oaslOc ' I
for Gone. Bo usod to spend a let
of time changing magazines, fixing
belts, and beating a path to
the back of the machine to see
why the little mats dldnt fall
right New he can change magasines
by whirling a lever from sit*
ting position, the bolts are mw. and
the mats fall fust right We're I
worled about Oono, afraid his
hoalth Will got had- duetto lack < l'J
of omdw, so birh thinking about _
taking up golf when the country
club aeon* gets ready in the
Prtng.
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The factory representative who
and ho has been, with Intertypo 28
busotj^K th?Bs*ai<t MfcCtakdS ;
h a native; of Assyria, having
com* to Ameriao at tb* i I
an*. X told him ho oaght to moot
Scan Saber. From Now Jersey, Mr.
I Galcini was surprised tdjflnd ?
I brother in this part of the world
? n * - _ -a _ si? - - s twoec s.
[ does ho do?*V ' . S . -ii 1
j ^m*0? tombstones." I replied. \
C a lain I was not SO ?it8 Mo N
wanted in moot Sam. .' - V' . \ i
% Under the trainU Galainl band,
^installation of^the nriojnachine ;
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thousands of people in towns and on the
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Material shortages continue to hamper us
C " and it will still take time to get around to
C;V everyone, but you can depend on this: A vastly
r. enlarged telephone organization b installing
central office equipment, cable and other
facilities just as fast as they become available
... and there'll be no let-up until there's
plenty of service# local and long distance, for
town and farm.
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dial tone, or the operator's answer, is .1
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