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Page Two * , . ' "" < The Kings Mo Establish A weekly newspaper devoted to welfare and published lot the and benefit of the citizens of K1 published every Friday by the 1 Entered as second class matter a tain. N. C. under Act of Congress Martin Harmon ...... | Charles T. Carpenter., Jr.' Mrs. C. C. Oct** Telephones: Socie SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE One yea 334)0 Six months SI.10 Thm months M ; TODAY'S BI1 . . Righteousness exalteth a nati people. Proverbs 15:34. Band Emphasis Kings Mountain band assocition officials and 'well-wishers are promoting band emphasis week from February 16-21, and other cities are planning the same program. The movement is timely and needed here, for several reasons. Much is needed in the way of instruments, parent - support, and community support, to continue the re-building job which is already well under w?i y. /Director Joe Hedden has done a good job in taking over an inactive group of horn-tooters and developing them into a unit which can make melodious music. A good band pays big dividends. Primarily, it is beneficial to the children.who get the opportunity for musical instruction. It gives them something they will appreciate throughout life, whether or not they enter musical fields. It teaches them cooperation, broadens their scope of thinking, and inbreeds into them discipline. And the community benefits greatly too. Kings Mountain is known throughout this state and adjoining states for its fine band of a few years ago. It was good advertising. It therefore behooves band parents to encourage their children to get full measure of benefit from their participation in the band, and it behooves both the parents and "the community to supply, in one way or another, the necessary funds for the band's expansion, grow th and development. Many people read with interest the story in last week's edition concerning Jake Sine's loss of'his home b\ fire. But the most important sentence in the story from the general standpoint was the last: 'The home and furnishings were .partially covered by insurance." That short statement of fact should make people do some thinking. Insurance costs money and if is frequently the tendency of people to f'.eore'they w ill be lucky and avoid loss. Many are. but . many are not. The test ruestiou'sk ni'd t?e: "fan I afford to sustain the loss myself"'' If the., 'answer is affirmative, then a tr.an- may not necessarily be loo gushing about getting his property covered. If the answer is negative, which it wilt be most frequently, then the property owner should rush to his nearest insurance agent and get coverage. It is now time to fine. The city has invoked an ordinance -placing a fine of $5.00 on city auto owners who failed to get their license tags by the close of business last Saturday. The law should be enforced. It is not right to expect some citizens to buy tags and let the others get by. If this is the case, then the city should go out of the auto tag business. -i/v YEARS AGO 1U this week Kings'Mountain can now bo?.s* two ful! c}t?' mall ron'<?, aorV--* to Postrnn?!or W. F Blakely. The third Siop-gdsogp.il iVh; on East King; street was ins-a lie.! this week at *Kee_>fr>cr of G?.r"D, and* King. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Mrs. C. L. Jolly entertained at a Bingo party Friday afternon. Mrs. R. P. Thomas won high score and Mrs. Charlie Moss wort low. Miss Pauline Noisier entertained T. ' * ' ' " ontain Herald led 1889 the promotion of the general enlightenment entertainment ingi Mountain and its vicinity, lerald Publishing Hcuee. t the postofiice at King* Mounof March, 3. 1873. Editor-Publisher Sport*. Circulation. News Society Editor ty 167, Other 283 ^Wtrth Cdroiino /WSS ASSO(lAlKP9i BIX VERSE on; but sin is a reproach to any Welcome For the average citizen it is good news that Walmore Mills, Inc., will soon begin manufacture .here of Turkish Towels. The retail interests of thei city are always glad to see another payroll added to the city, | and it is further evfdence of , growth and progress when new industry opens here, or when older industrial citizens ex-' pand. At the moment, labor and i housing is still somewhat short,: and several plants in the vi-i cinity have employees who commute, daily 25 miles or| more eaen way. However, it is always the< long period that counts, and j ; not necessarily the stresses and strains of the relatively short j periods, which means that this1 new industry?in a field which the city does not have?is a considerable potential asset. Kings Mountain is growing, rather normally, without any particular impetus. This is unfortunate, for much more good be done. We still need a Chamber of , Commerce, for it would be an important civic asset. But, lest the purpose of the editorial is completely missed, we convey an official welcome to Walmore Mills, Inc., and to! General Manager H. C. Moore,' of Gaffney. S. C., who is its i ; guiding spirit. The Herald speaks for Kings Mountain when it says, "Wei- i j come." *' More On Taxes The Herald has long favored the policy of keeping federal tax rates high while business. < activity is great in order to make inroads into the huge nuhlic debt, and has further! contended that the Trumantype dollar cuts, either by raising the personal exemptions or: by straight dollar cuts, with' the feeling that it is the fellow' making up to $3,000 per year; that is most strained. This method would give him relief.would furthoi enable the j department of internal revenue] to dispense with more of its! employees ?since a great mirn j her of people would he elimina- ! red frhrn the tax rolls. This does not appear to bei the feeling of the QOP majority. and the policy will not be! followed. At any rate, the go\-j nvnmnnt w ill f?r cVirnilv? hnwo n ? better-than-expected surplus at the end of the fiscal year, and alj of it should be applied , to the debt. The time may come i when further debts will have i to be made. Now is the time to J do the heavy liquidating. I Paul Ader. sort of a former pastor of Central Methodist church, is gaining acclaim as \ one of the newest North Carolina novelists. The Herald has not had the opportunity to peruse hi? first two books, but feels that, before Author Ader 1; gets too famous, the city should c enter its bid for claiming him 8 ?? ???? s Items of news taken from the ? 1937 files of the Kings Moun- ' tain Horald. . t : embers of her bridge club at Fine 1 "ror Tue?<tay evening. *t Mrs. George Lattimore was hos- v :ess to members of the contract a Bridge club Tuesday afternoon. s Mrs. Pride Hatterree was hostess r to the American Legion Auxiliary J. last Tuesday afternoon. j . Mrs. W. T W*ir'o Ctiwri o?. * t C H??6 ..?c* mu iuciy d^VIKK)] i class of First Presbyterian church ' entertalped at a popcorn popping ' last Thursday night at the home of t Mrs. Weir. .U . ' t ,. BE KINGS MOUNTAIN HEB A. martin's medicine By Martin Harmon (Containing bits ol news, wis- j dom. humor, and comment. Tc be j taken weekly. Avoid overdosage.) ' r; ens une f* euinet It might likely be when this column appears in print, but this is being written on Groundhog Day and calls io mind the Sam Justice statement in a recent Charlotte ' Observer column. The groundhog ! may see his shadow. Sam wrote, but he won't see the ground?certainly. not in New York. Well, Sam could almost have been writing about Kings Mountain, in spite of the Sabbath-Monday thaw, f-w In spite of the inconvenience. I rather enjoyed the rough weath- I er. There's something about a snow and icing that clears the atmosphere and makes one feel unduly exhilarated. At least, that's the way it works for me. Must admit the exhilaration 'as probably in too great degree for the oil users, f-w Lot of talk about oil and the oil black market. However, it's just as normal as the black market in ether situations, such as autos. paper, etc. When a superfluity of demand develops, it tends to send the price up. Legitimate companies, if they ! are making a fair profit, don't raise the price at first However, some segment of people will have access to a supply and the dollar marks in their eyes get him blind- I ed. He charges what the traffic j will bear. This removes his supply from normal channels. Then it i isn't too long until the legitimate 1 dealers, to take care of their customers. are buying at the higher j prices. It makes a spiral that does not end until the shortage ends We can all look forward to April from this standpoint. f-w It never pays to make fun of folks. ; f-W ' '< ... Seems1 like last year during a j cold spell I typed out some jesting, j fun-making remarks about an unfortunate guy who had fallen on . the ice. As I recall, his. feet start Ml slipping in gradual manner, j He resisted the pull of gravity for ; wme 30 seconds, but eventually gravity won out. The man was superimposed on the ice In horizon-, tal position, with no damage to persori. but with considerable hurt i to his dignity and disposition. Iw I haven't seen anyone take a | spill this season. But if I'd had a long mirror Sunday evening I would have. It's funny how the feet start slipping and just won't quit. f-w Best story out of the train-bus wreck Saturday (which I am telling as a good story and not neces* * sarily as the truth.) concerned four passengers on the train who welcomed the unscheduled stop to get out and enjoy a glass of beer. As a matter of fact. they appeared to have enjoyed several glasses al- ' ready. They disembarked from the train in shirt sleeves and went their way. However, it didn't take "onductor Ben Willeford as long to clear the track us they had anticipated. The train left with the passengers' bags, coats and overcoats, but without the passengers. f-w Going across an icy field last week, two Bumgardner brothers , (not otherwise identified) saw a rabbit. One of them, who must t tiOve been a Democrat, remarked, 'Now if that were in the Hoover ' lays- I'd catch thct rabbit and have something to eat for. a change " The other, who must have heen a Republican, replied, "Huh, I'd get him now?if I had any oil Ic cook him in."1 Everett Medlln yets credit for that story, f-w This one is told on a precocious youth taking the Bible course in the city schools. The teacher was relating the story of the Gibbon Ites (or some other ites) who were planning a fifth-column foray on joehua's Israelites. Describing bow they planned the infiltration move, the teacher said the fifth-columnists. posing as travelers irsas ft far land, put dust on their feet sard pack animals and pocked them -df not as a native son, certainy as a former citizen. Older itizens will remember him as i seven-year-old boy, who was mart as a whip oven then. They are not surprised that he s doing good work. ________ __ ' | Make a healthy donation to he Infantile Paralysis cam>aign. While $2,000 is not a par lcmariy small sum of money, rhen considered in an individu- j i] sense, it is small when conidered on the basis of 7,500 >ersons. Joint action to fight md treat polio means that epliemie areas can get emergency reatment and get it quickly, rhe Herald hopes Kings Moun- j ain will never need it? but ope :an never know, > j LD. KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C. with stale bread and stale wine. A youth in the back raised his band and said. "But there's no such thing as stale wine. The older it gets the better it gets!" f-w Odd notes; Barbara Ford, the young horsewoman irom Clover who is a favorite at the Kings Mountain shows, has a new fivegaited horse and is looking Mr* | ward to the 1948 Labor Day event I.... Irein Allen i called last Friday anent the political story in last week's edition .... in high-pitcher ' and emphatic voice, Irvin said. "I will not be a candidate for county commissioner. Eliminate me so some GOOD man can run" .. that's the verbatim Allen statement Garden Pilgrimage To j *__ i_ am mwiuut: many a owns j Greensboro. ? First announce; ments of garden and home openings for the North Carolina Garden Club's! 1948 Pilgrimage were announced tot (day by Mrs. Wesley Taylor, chair-] man of the Pilgrimage. The first no-1 tice includes only a fraction of the \ I tour, and additional features will be | i announced later, Mrs. Taylor saidNew Bern's participation will lnj elude two week-ends, April'9-10, ! and April 23-24. Visitors at that time will have a chance to see scores of t attractive homes more than 100 years old. . j Concord will have three homes o- j pen at any time on request of visi- ' tors, with contact through the Con- ! cord Hotel. The homes include the Will Morris place, noted for its boxwoods; the Jacob Stilwell House j (1821 Vand "Pity Sake, the C. A. Can- f non home, with naturalized daffodil ; and authentic herb gardens. , Clufes from the following towijs have announced they will' participate, all during April, with dates yet to be announced: Goldsboro, Ra- j leigh, Chapel Hill, Durham, Winston Salem, High Point, Charlotte, Tryon. j It is also anticipated that Chlqua- j pin, the beautiful Reidsville Estate of Mrs. Jefferson Penn, will be open during the tour. The Wilmington azalea festival will coincide with the Pilgrimage. -. X : A laree numhpr nf hic??ri?? homes, and other buildings are to be listed by the Garden Pilgrimage Committee for viewing during the period covered by the event. "The Lost Colony" Scheduled This Year >j MAN^EO. ? "The Lost Colony," | Paul Green's outdoor.drama, will be stpged for two months during the '-I coming summer, it was announced i by the executive committee of the Roanoke Island Historical Assocla- ' tion following its first 1948 meeting. ; The play as usual will be produc- j ed by Samuel Selden, head -of the Dramatics Department, University of North Carolina. A cast of 200 will be selected within a few weeks, many of them natives of Roanoke Island. * "The Lost Colorty" first was pre- ' sented m 1937 and has been per- ! formed each summer since except during the war years. The drama is , staged in a large amphithetre in re- j stored Fort Raleigh on the shores i of Roano*ke Sound, the exact site of j the stirring events it recalls; The j story is about Raleigh's settlers, first' Englishmen to settle in America,1 and of the mystery of their disappearance. . i Through November. 234 persons lost .rheir lives when their cars overturned or ran off the roadway; 206 were killed in collisions; 199 were pedestrians; 35 lost their lives when the cars in which they were riding crashed into trains; 32 were killed in bicycle motor vehicle collisions; and 45 met their deaths in other nhn collision accidents. , 1. YOUR I I TTMF 1 IS OUR 1 BUSINESS I - ?- - i I h npcdxt by exacting *B ... - I ..* -*- mmm ' * waTcnmaxw*. ? ? ^ K im > ! J ?OM WNk /f Crystals Fitted fx 91 While Tou Walt M\ MH IM . ? .- ; /:.,.... (' ? * ' .'Ms ; ' ' ' I * ' i-&ttr' > ?&i# v " N * 1 < *si ifytn J" jii'ii' 'I'MI.i". i1 y, j!.-|i|!Mj|jp^||p|iiii !' qwpjjMf] % '."* ' '! ' ' ' .v * ,5 V-: . " . > */' ' ' ' i**- ''.y*- :. '* v ' . ' ' < t Friday* February G. 1948 ?The Herald?$2.00 Per Year? . . . ~ .. J. 400 CLUB Bessemer City-Kings Mountain Highway OYSTER ROASTS everv Thursdav. Fridav and Saturday I Frog Legs I Open 'till 12:00 P. M. - : | Your Money Saved Here " ; .*; i.'.v > ' A; : is safeguarded by sound management policies. Earns a worthwhile return consistent with safety. . Current dividend rate 2%%. Full-paid stock in $100.00 or nmltiple of hundreds. Funds available at all times for building and repairs. HOME BUILDING and LOAN ASSOCIATION Cherokee St. Phone 98 I i HpBBBBBHBSB *BE H jHrV ; i -*.' H;JjHPf :;H, YOUR WASH IS LIKE A ' RED, RED ROSE 1 . , When it comes back from Kings Mountain Laundry?because it's sweet, fresh and i thoroughly clean. Bring us your laundry or call for our quick f .* pick-up and delivery service. f. '' " .. < /- . ' ' . t... - . - _ ... . . .... V ' ' ' x ' ' KINGS MOUNTAIN . , . LAUNDRY , Phone 270
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