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Page Two '. The Kings Mi Establii A weekly newspaper demoted t welfare and published for thi and. benefit of the citizens of I published every Friday by the Entered as second class matter tain. H. Cw under Act of Congres Martin Harmon ...... Charles T. Carpenter. Jr. ... .. Mrs. C. * C. Ootes Telephones: Soci I SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVMtCE . * On# year ............... SZ.00 blx months SI.10 Thres months -60 TODAY'S B Treasures of wickedness pr< delivereth from death. Proverb Firing Opens President Trifmah opened fire last week on the Renuhli can party In his address to Congress in what was the first official shot of this year's battle for the. presidency. . .Jt must have/been a pretty healthy shot for it brought plenty of wails from the enemy and even surprised some of his Democratic compatriots. Mainest blow was the tax policy Mr. Truman recommended which would give every individual a $40 cut on his 194S tax bill, plus $40 for each dependent. The real shocker was that Mr. Truman wants to. replace this estimated $3,200,000 by adding to the tax bills of the corporations. This latter part was' purely political and has been damned as such by: the enemy, which of course, will be pulling similar stuff in the near future. As a political play it wasn't bad Mr. Truman could expect nc votes from the big corporations anyway, and thi$ proposal was not of a kind to alienate any ol his present friends. Meantime the $40 cut for everyone was designed to solidify the popular support of the average wage-earner who would be benefitted little by the proposal oi Congressman Knutson, and none by the community propel . ty principle which the Con' gress will most certainly enad in any tax bill. . i f Mr. Truman's proposal tc raise corporate rates has absolutely no chance of being enao ted into law. Corporations, ever though they madeunusual pro fits in 1947, are already heavily taxed, actually' double-taxed Corporations pay a tax on profits. Then, dividends paid tc stockholders are also taxed. However, Mr. Truman*0. $4( proposal is a pood one. It. gives relief where it is needed most on the level where cost-of-living is the big problem. Obviously a family of four making $3,000 annually need a $160 reduction badly. However, with a big surplus looming this year it seems reasonable that the debt can be cut and still remove the three-plus million take from the Treasury. The most enheartening statement in the presidential address. however, was the fact that the federal payroll had been cut from 3.750,000 person* to 2,000,000 since mid-1946 Most citizens will appreciate the cut, and point out that several more slashes would be ir order. When a big city bank like the New Orleans Mid-City Hihernia gets robbed of 5114.00C it makes bankers in small cities shudder. It seems that the trend to lawlessness which followed World War I is return? ing and it behooves police departments everywhere to batten down their hatches with the most stringent - defensive measures. in YEARS AGO lu this week Aubrey Mauney was elected Cleveland county chairman of Boy Scouts at a recent meeting held in Shelby. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL The three circles of the Woman's Missionary Society of Central Methodist, church held i\s first meeting of the year on Monday aftemonMrs. Ted flamtile a turkey dinner on last Wednesday honoring her husband on the occasion of his birthday .anniversary. Mrs. D. C. Mauney entertained n#-* f . ' . k - . luntain Herald feed 1889 0 tho promotion of tlM general 1 enlightenment, entertainment Kings Mountain and its vicinity. Herald Publishing House. at the postofflce at Kings Moun of March, 3.1873. : ^ J ' Editor-Publisher ....... Sports. Circulation. Hews "............... . . . Society Editor ety 167. Other 283 ^Wcerfcorou7io /Win AMOCIATKjrtj) ^ I : ' V-V IBLE VERSE of it nothing: but rightesousnesi s 10:2. Political Notes I Speaking of politics, it's a bout time for some action lo cally. It is only four months urn til North Carolinians will be going to the polls to choose county and state Democratic r officers, which means the Elee tion in this fair state. Developments over the weeki end indicate that the contest? for state offices may not be toe interesting. Lt.-Gov. L. Y. (Stag) Ballen tine, who has been running foi t governor fot several years . took the occasion of the sur V\MI n M % <8 lx tlf A ; isr aiiiiuuiitciiiciii uy w. aci j Scott, that he (Scott) woulc . not be a candidate for re-elec ; tion as commissioner of Agrh culture, to switch in the mid die of the stream and decide ht . could do as much, if not more for the Commonwealth, as Commissioner of Agriculture ; And Brandon Hodges, of Ashe 1 ville, who had been rumored as a candidate for lieutenant-gov [ ernor, has suddenly announc | ed he will run for the post o! State Treasurer, which Charles M. Johnson is leaving to seel; the governorship. ' On the governorship, it seem.? , Mr. Johnson is far ahead of th? field, which includes onl> ; Mayne Albright and Oscar Bar I ker. neither of whom have hac . the benefit of long contact with all the citizens of North Caro f lina. For lieutenant-governor Senator H. P. Taylor, of Wades , boro, will get a big boost out t> the Hod pes annotinfpniPnt. It thus appears mat trie poli i tieians will be able to concen - trate on the Umstead-Brough r ton tiff for the U.. S. Senate . w Jiieh is almost sure to be a rip . snorter. Maybe that Will be e > nough political diet in thi< busy year. > ' _?: > Home-building was big busi ? ness last year and is going tc be this year. Residential con struction still forms one of the ' biggest industry backlogs. In - cidentally, a home, is some 1 thing a man can take.a finan . cial beating an and still not be ; too bad off. A home, ever though the cost is high, has 1 never been a bad investment It makes the owner take a greater pride in himself and ir his community. It makes him a better citizen. I ! Another old Herald plank which gets no action is the con' tendon that Kings Mountair heeds ? and needs badly ? a i zoning ordinance which wil prevent commercial and industrial enterprise from moving ini to residential areas and vice versa. We're in worse shape 1 now than we were two years ago, and that will continue tc ' be the case. The quicker a zoning ordinance is adopted, the less griei win tie leJt in future - years. > - i The most inconceivable pari of the foreign loan proposals is that the leaders in the state de i Items of news taken from th? 1937 files of the Kings Moun . tain Herald. members of the Col Frederick Ham. > bright chapter, DAR, last Wednes i rla\f Mrs. R. H. Webb entertained mem< bers of the Contract Bridge clut Tuesday afternon. Mrs. Grady King entertained merr . bers of the Friday Afternoon clut , last Friday. > Mrs. D. C. Mauney entertained members of the Adelphlan club and invited guests on Saturday after1 noon. IALD. C3IGS MOP MT ACT. M. C. ditnca (and tbt obvious, though | . silent disappointment ot the men). Mr. Gordon said; (1) ho thought | the men should turn over their paychecks to the wives; (2) that the men should do the dishes ALL the time;. (3) that occasional nights "out with the boys'" could lead only to domestic trouble. For < bis brashness. Mr. Gordon was j placed on three planks above a ? tub of water, with the agreement J tKnt Ik* nlemVa eh*?tM v*s?**w*sl I THEPKG3 MOUlfTAIW HE1 martin's medicine St Martin Harmon (Containing bits o 1 news, wisdom, humor, and cwnmsnt Tc be taken weekly, Avoid overdosage.) Hen Stories This is not a dictaphone report o! a so-called hen party, as the title may indicate, so there is no need fox alarm on the part of feminine readers of this column. It is Just- a motley collection of real ben stories. v h-s Baxter Wright spun a good one the other day after someone had I mentioned this high price of eggs I and the fact that his chickens were to busy eating up high priced feed to do any laying. h? Back several years ago when ; Runt Allen was barbering here, he | became real interested in the chicken and egg business and bou ght some high-powered chicks. Baxter says they cost him SlXO each as one-day olds. and. of course. that was an astronomical price back in those days. Runt fed them pretty well for a time, and it was not too long until they had reached the egg-laying stage. But they didn't lay. Runt all the time, was watching the feed bill and getting. more and more disgusted. Time went on and still there were no ; eggs. As this continued. Runt > i gan to neglect his flocx. Me would feed them maybe once a day. mayi be once every other day. The flock , began to look mighty bedraggled j and still there were no eggs. Bax* | ter and Happy McDanieL who were ' | neighbors of Runt began to wor*! ry about the chickens. They did I not like to see starving citizens in - their community. After several consultations on the matter. Baxter and Happy agreed to make a , '?oint investment In two dozen eggs of the type Runt's flock ' would ordinarily produce. As a ' starter, three were slipped into the nests of the bedraggled pullets. j Tilings men started to Happen. > 'Runt found the eggs and wn so proud he brought them to his shop for public demonstration. Accordf | ing to Baxter, Runt was as proud 5 1 as a new father. Runt placed an order for all kinds of feed and began treating his chicks in royal fashion. All the time. Baxter and ' Happy were continuing to "dose" ? the nests. After about a week, the 7 purchased egg supily ran out. and the two jokesteis decided not ]! to "renew up." Next day, and the 1 | next. Ruat made no mention of his chickens. Finally, a question was | put his way, and he replied, "You ' j know,, 1 Just can't understand it. " I They've just plumb quit. laying." ' Baxter says that Runt used up his feed supply, then went out of the chicken business for good. His . flock had never actually laid a single egg. I . h-s My father tells a similar story _ on a Mr. Hambright from Grover. , In this instance. Mr. Hambright was mighty proud of his flock and prone to brag about it at every chance opportunity. To ripen . the situation, eggs were bought ) and deposited in the nests. At the next public session, Mr. Hambri> ght was beard to brag. "I've got the |1 best chickens in the world. They have even started laying two a ' day 1" , V. h-s But the real /eason for the 1 story concerns hen-pecking, rather > than hens. On a Saturday afternoon radio show, a Mr. John Gor^ don was asked three questions in I establishing his platform for mak| ing a happy borne. To the delight and Joy of the women in the au ' partment and in Congress are ' guessing the amounts of the loan which "might" be repaid. . An individual citizen would be happy to find a banker who was willing to make loans on [ this basis. If the grants are ack tually production loans it ' seems that they could be re' paid, just as Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation, for in[ stance, now issuing $60,000,000 ; in bonds for expansion of facilities, will most certainly repay that amount if it continues t to operate. If the Lions semi-pro basketball tournament is half as in teresting as last summer's bhse j ball tournament, it will be wor, th the price of admission and more. A best bow to Willie England . new council commander of the t local W. O. W. organization, land to Mrs. Frank Owens, new Woodmen Circle president. ' The city acted swiftly on the , mad dog incident last week. > Fact is, It's about the swiftest the city has moved to handle i any situation in recent years, i Our congratulations to the board for its efforts to protect the public Interest. r ' W *1 if man interviewed at random on , the street did not o^iee with the i planks of his platform. Three men j (without tneir wives) who were . passing at 33rd street and Broad- ' way in New York, disagreed resoundingly, and Mr. Cordon went home wet. I wondered bow he ex- | j plained to the little woman. b? / ! But Mr. Gordon had no monopoly on the hdn-pecked department. A salesman in a local store rei ports this Christmas incident. An i v elderly lady was purchasing gifts. > bought one for her husband and ; another for a one son- The sales- | ' man asked. "What about your oth' er son?" The lady nsplied that she ! was buying nothing for him. "But i you Can't show partiality like 1 that" the salesman objected. "I : can too." the lady replied. Then, after hesitating a mom.nt, added "Can't please his wife." h-s I Admittedly, this dissertation on j hen-pecking is most incomplete, but decision has been made that the subject is too hot to handle without a segregated audience, however, there are at least two observations which it should be all right to mention for mulling-over purposes only: (1) Some men who I seem most hen-pecked in public frequently do not follow the same quiet, ever-agreeing policy at home; (2) about 99 percent of the married men would qualify for membership In the National RenPecked Society, though only some 25 percent would be eligible to hold office. Th/v ft C ? -* A 1 * v. o. jLTcpaiuutm %ji Agjjvuj* ture ha sannounced that cotton may be shipped under the export program uhtil June 30,1948. . sheaiwltl.2 Captain* tllioll he- ^c>i? IEHHkI 'al bocouio il'i liquid.. Ill ingr*<fe'nt< ?r* tlicidy d;:i::.fd Pl ^OtfrlB ?*11 ft.-c'y lo t-rsin ejs.rr !fcd H ppin. it i.u WeSro rt >? '.ceBr^?? II ?*on c^c to tic p. fit WBl'tTfrW cnJy*id.!rc i ICc.iCr, ric ranmtnra LIS Count See B. D. Ratterrt once and avoid tfc Herndon's E All other dc r A ; Late List . BOOK Jar All Reed Estate List. Male Perse Required To Lis Farm Report All Listed. c Clevelc > ' v . -** 4 - , ' y ' * - v ;* .\\ '.' Relief At Last I For Your Cough Creomulrion relieves promptly be- ' *use it goes right to the seat of the rouble to help loosen and expel germ aden phlegm, and aid nature to -o^the f Lnd heal raw, tender inflamed bror julal nucous membranes.'t tl your druggist o sell you a bottle 01 .'reomulsion with he understanding y u must like the ray it Quickly allays he cough or you ire to have your money back. CREOMULSION :or Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis _t I' Huva Yn Your Ci All motorist? living ii Mountain who-do ho Display 1948 C License on or before Februar feet to the penalties < ' MM. Chief oi r-. v' . .* ' 1^*1/ ? 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