The Kings M
Establi
A weekly MWipcyr dmM 1
welfare and published flat tb>
and benefit of the dtfoono of
pnblished every Thunder h]
Entered as second close matter
tain. If. C~ under Act of Congrw
Martin Harmon
Charles T. Carpenter. Jr
Mrs. C. C. Oates
Telep]
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
PAYABLE Of ADVANCE
One yeas .'. M2M
blx months SI.10
TODAY'S 1
Prices, Wages
Prices are still high.
Wages are still high.
Easter retail trade was at
new highs.
Already there is evidence
that the immediate fear of wild
inflation created by the de r
mise of the OPA, which ev
erybody cussed until twe
weeks after it was lifted, is be
ing dissipated. While prices are
high, and in some instance:
going higher, there is also evi
dence of a leveling, and, in ma
jority of commodities, qualitj
is coming back. While the price
of a shirt may be $4.00. it wil
not tear to shreds on first laur
dering.
The GOP did a lot of talking
about how stern the Republi
cans would be with labor. Tha'
was campaign talk, and as th<
presidential conventions o
1948 near, the Joe Ball elemen
is being soft-pedalled.
There are indications that la
bor is feeling more bullish. Ai
this is written, the strike of th<
telephone workers is paralyz
ing business, costing the tele
phone companies, their strik
ing employees, and the aver
age business man considerably
in money, not to mention thi
inconvenience.
As nrevionslv written ii
these columns, there are tw<
ways to increased wages: (1
raise in the price of the com
modity or service; (2) lowerinj
i of the cost of the price of th<
commodity through greatei
production in the same a
mount of time.
The first method is a sur<
road to inflation. The secorlt
method is the only safe one fo;
all concerned.
For instance, the last genera
wage raise in the textile in
dustry was the healthiest o
all the many granted in th<
past few years, for no increas*
in price of commodity was ef
fected.
The telephone compaines ar<
arguing that they can't paj
any more without raising rate:
The telephone workers are re
plying that the increased vol
ume, both through long dis
tance tolls and installation o
i i ,
new teiepnones, mane a aeser
ved wage raise possible now.
On the face of it, the worker:
have a pretty good argument
Regardless of the side favored
$ everyone hopes that by thi
time this is read one can agp.ii
pick up t he receiver and hea:
the familiar, "Number, please.'
Our congratulations to Mrs
Paul Mauney, who has beei
chosen to head the King
f Mountain Symphony Societ:
for the forthcoming year. Th<
society in its two years unde
the leadership of Mrs. Aubrej
Mauney, has rendered a contri
button to the city in bringin]
here for concerts the Nortl
Carolina Little Symphony, an<
music lovers of the city ar
looking forward to future ap
pearances of the orchestra.
H 1ft TEAKS AGQ
J'. 1U THIS VEEI
George Allen, local magistrate, 1
the third candidate to anounce to
Mayor of Kings Mountain In th
rfc town Alctotlnn tA Kft KftM
The two candidate who have alread
made their announcements at
Charlea S. Williams and Tom Fultoi
SOCIAL AMD VKMSOMAL
Jimmy Carpenter entertained 1
! of his young friends at a theatr
p party on Friday afternoon in ceiehr
usB tion of his ninth birthday anhtvoi
sary.
Mrs. Last* Rake and Mr*, ft 1
McGill were Joint hostesses fer th
THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HE3
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humor. ?d comment. To bo
taken weekly- Avoid omm
dosage.) '.
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Local l noatre
Since I <m remember, every
community, regmdlom of sine. boo
portoodlcally had frees en tod oome
kind of local talent sbow. running
from minstrels end farce eomody
to straight sseteus itaft bat with
the accent on the comedy.
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The big allien: Uon. of coaroo. to
"^OanrtmadSi^
the noamt Mg tioabie with leoel
ehewo to that the eaet wenf leera
the lines.
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ountain Herald
hed 1889
to the promotion 'of the general
? Mllfbtoapmt wtwtaiBflMBt
Ring* mountain ana its lciniTy,
r tbl Ho raid Publisliinci House.
' at tho poetoilleo at Kings Mounts
of March. 3.107*.
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Editor-Publisher
Sports. Circulation. Mows
Society Editor
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1IBLE VERSE
nfldonco. and shall Imp thy foot
giLino?j^ninnniitmnjeoeee
Budget Balanced
uovernor unerry, in a snort
address at the wind-up of the
General Assembly last Saturday,
pointed with pride to the
balanced budget of the state
for the forthcoming two years,
and he could well point with
pride, considering the demands
made on the legislators for
money here and money there
and money everywhere.
The Assembly finally wound j
up as a pretty typical North
Carolina Assembly.
In spite of hot floor fights,
the results were pretty much
j down the line of typical North
Carolina conservatism. Labor
took a licking, which didn't
I even surprise labor, the farm
ers won on the co-op issue
t mainly because the politicians
j are still afraid of that big, unf
wieldy bloc of farm votes, the
t drys started out like a ball of
fire and wound up with little
or nothing.
Governor Cherry himself had
? somewhat hard sailing, having
- to retreat on several matters.
This, however, also followed
the familiar pattern, for a North
Carolina governor, without
a uptn hue a much hnrrtpr .
^ course with his second legisla?
ture than with his first.
But the budget-balancing is
i smart. If the national govern3
ment will adopt a fiscal policy
) along the lines of North Caro
linate the nation will be in r
; fair way toward moving out o'
? the morass of debt.
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S. L. Myers, successful hote.
owner and operator, gave th(
? Kiwanis club forthright fact
i on hotel operation last Thurt
r day night. He pointed out tha'
only by very capable manage
1 ment in construction and op
- eration and a minimum of fif
nancing could a hotel hope tc
? make the grade. Still, Mr. My?
ers thought that Kings Moun
tain could have a hotel, 'one
that would be successful. The
i Herald feels this kind of down/
to-earth talk is much more
s healthy than simple drum?beat
- ing, and will come closer to pro
- ducing that long*awaited, long
needed hotel. If Mr. Myers is
f not wealthy, he is certainly
- well-to-do, and his means have
come from successful operation
s of small hotels in communities
:. of comparable size to Kings
I, Mountain. With the natural ad3
vnntflao Vioro r\f hoincr or* Poet.
? I 1 V.* V. WV I I Ull
n West terminal on two of the
r nation's most-traveled thorou"
ghfares, there is every reason
to take Mr. Myers' aGvice and
build a hotel.
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s Do you know of any children
/ who are physically handicaps'
ped and who might be helped If
r the price of treatment were a/
vailable? If so, contact A. W.
- Kincaid, a member of the coun
l ty-wide inter-club committee
i which is trying to locate such
i children. Some money is avail
e able for this purpose and the
h committee is anxious to put it
to work. *
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1937 tiles of ttM Wln&Uomak
nnn nsraia.
regular meeting of the United Dau
r ghtera of the Confederacy, entertaine
lng at the home of the former on
i. Friday afternoon.
* Mr. and Mr*. L B. Goforth, Ban Jr.,
* and Bobhy Goforth, were gueats of
11 Mr. and Mrs. Basel Crenshaw Sune
Mrs. |>. C Mauney. president of
a the Senior Woman* chib, and Mr*.
W. K. Mauney, are among those at\
hT^STt^OiMlmte
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All of which bringsmexnd
pw-puMkMy b?Ud-?y oeuldnt
have bwo almd. lor if yon did
not Mod it in the paper, yon sow
tho placards, and U you didn't soo
tho placards, you saw tha stuff aboat
tho textile queen business,
Bat moot likely. If you're a motorist.
you'ro seeing It dally through
a windshield plastered with
"Cornsapoppinw stickers.
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There should be good crowds at
this play, for all the Jayceos are
soiling tickets In advance. 1 have
sold quite some several myself,
hut for those guys who put me off
In an* effort to save a donor, I still
have a FEW left.
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As this is written I haven't at*
tended any rehearsals of this upcoming
extravaganza, but 1 scanned
-the script. Even that isn't
necessary for those who read the
synopsis of the play and the cast
of character e in last week's Herald.
Naturally, I'm not-referring
to the lad tee Id the cast, for all
have ****** stage experience ******
will carry the show along quite
nicely. ' _
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Ifs the men of the cast who interest
me. and I am very anxious
to see the results.
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The Falls boys. Otis and Bed. are
of course veterans heieee the feet.
connection with woaankM weddings,
and I can looking forward
with real antieipatioa as to bow
Otis, who makes up as one of tho
"prettieet" women, and Bod, who
at least' makes op as a woman,
will do. playing men's roles.
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Another big reason 1'ee found
ticket selling far this event easy
is the presence in the cast of Tol|
ly Shuiord. The play directors are
j billing the lehsimir Barton as'
"the Antloch New-Grounder. a,'
I new find for the stage who is'
Broadway-bound an sure as can
be." None, of course, knew that
f Tolly had treatrieal ambitions until
volunteers were requested for
the casting. Tailor's hand shot up
like it had come oat of a gun, and
there was nothing to do but give
him a part.
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Investigation concerning Frosty
spearman qmcxiy uwwm why he
Jumped at tto cIwbpi to play Us
role. As the mals hall of ths heart
tntsrsst dMt It became quite wldent
that Frosty had somshow got
an advance otpy of the script.
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Odds aro that ths aals charactsrs
alone will .make ths Shaw
worth ths pries of admission, SOS
way or fotbsr.
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Personally. I'd liks to ass mors
thsator work dons aronnd Kings
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mountain* x xvuu UM tenpr MtOfmelodrama
" ? Ain't Dsns Mgbt
by our Well." and Fro always wanted
to son it pssdiMsd. It Was at
| ths Uhna dsb ens tfans, hat I
didn't ost to SOS H. Thafs ths ens
n w^w vans*
L tjhsp^ths rtlltan twirls Ms ban"Cease
heeok iatr sseid,I heeeyaa
.In ay Mntchsn." Walnwdli. ha
jhnrt gat ts^olnyJiang IsK ths
worts of tho tttNflk
Our best bow toB. N. Barnei
who has been elected ^resideirt.
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A Poetic Tribute
The Her add la re-printing herewith
a copy of a poem entitled
"Kings Mountain" by Arthur W.
W. Sword, Of Jonesvllle, Va.
The poem appeared in the Herald
of July .18 1932, and ia being reprinted
at the. request of the author
who wrote that he had discovered
the poem while rummaging through
some old papers.
He further writes " 1 used to
work In Kings Mountain and ano- ther
incentive to my reverence for
that historic town is the fact that
my great-greatgrandfather, Henry
Sword, led a company of Colonials
in that battle, under Col. Qampbell
of Virginia M
The poem: ..
The Britah crown upon'your crest.
Her hordes upon your brow.
In grim defiance there did rest? |
I a wuiv w?finf now.
| Can Plebian files of lowly state?
Lead on the Patriot* there.
Oh. royal flash <oh, regal glare,
The Eagle's eye is strong.
He will not blink from conquest's
flare
That glows In pomp of wrong.
Oh, king, oh, British king,
This Is the Eagle's home:
His cry beneath is Freedom's ring,
That swells Kings Mountain's dome.
Twas here, when earth was newly
]; ' made
(No kings, no mundane throne)
By God's own hand this tower was
laid?
The key of Freedom's stone.
i Twas here, from out the livid east,
(The morning's golden crown,
j Proclaimed the dawn to bird and
. beast. v..' . ? *
(.Made morning's glories known'
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! "Twas first from here, upon this
' crest,
The Eagle's plume was spread. i
And out the North, the South, the
West. *
The light of glory shed.
And here, one hour of battle fought,
A crown lies, crushed below?
And, to a crown of granite brought,
Old Glory's colors flow.
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For Some Refinancing
Veterans of World War II may
use G. I. loans under certain conditions
to refinance delinquent Indebtedness
on .homes, farms and
businesses, 1 was pointed out today '
by the North Caollna regional Vet- ,
erans Administration office.
The government may insure or
guarantee such a loan provided it
Is secured by a lien pn the property
used or occupied by the borrower as
a home or for farming purposes, VA
said.
.
The office added that the government
may also guarantee such -a
loan to refinance a delinquent in-;
debtedoess Incurred by a veteams
' in the pursuit of a gainful occupation
which he is pursulng or proposes
to pursue in good faith, or If the
indbetdness Is for .delinquent taxes
or assessments on the borrower's
property.
Crook the stives-vetoed laws, ami
others around here ?ughto ha laeating
amw>J?hiiiila is ami soot
?houM liciva soma t
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