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The Kings Mi
Establi
A weekly newspaper devoted 1
welfare and published for th<
and benefit of the citizens of
published every Friday by the
Entered as second class ihatter
tain. N. C. under Act of Congrei
Martin Harmon .....
Charles T. Carpenter. Jr. .....
Mrs. C. C. Oates
Telephones: Socl
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PAYABLE IN ADVANCE
One year $2.00
Six months ............. SI.10
Three months .......... .60
TODAY'S E
Sorrow is better than laugh!
countenance the heart is made
Beer Matter
The easiest course for th<
Herald to follow on the cur
rent errori to can a vote to out
law the sale of beer and win*
(for that is its purpose) wouh
be to align itself with those fa
voring the ouster and go to bat
tie with them.
But the problem is not tha
simple, due to the geography
of Kings Mountain. Not onl;
does Kings Mountain adjoii
another county, but anothe
state. Outlawing of beer (th
county commissioners and eit;
Commissioners of Kings Moun
tain and Shelby have nlread;
outlawed wine under a speoia
act passed by the 1947 Genei
at Assembly) would mea
more traffic into the bee
joints lining the roads of Gas
ton county, arid more traffi
into the places below Grover i
South Carolina. These outlyin
places are problems all th
more because of their geogr?
phjeal position ? police,covei
age is scattered and limited.
'Under the law, as the Heral
understands it, beer may b
outlawed in a county by publj
vote. Then, after this develoi
rhent, incorporated cities ma
hold a vote, either continuin
the county ban or again legali;
ing beer in the city's corporat
limits. This, the Herald belie)
es, would be the best metho
of handling beer, for the afon
mentioned police matter.
Some ? and? they're persor
ally bone dry ? feel that rur
ning out the beer will furthf
increase the bootlegger's bu;
iness. And you may be stir
that Kings Mountain has it
full quota of hard liquor dealer
and hard liquor traffic.
As editorially commented b<
fore, however, the Herald i
confident that Cleveland cour
tv. which has the long esta)
lished history of voting (ir
and drinking wot. will go loga
ly hone dry if given theoppoi
t unity.
If iho word is correct tha
Mr, Truman is back-traekih
somewhat on his latest Ffcp'
efforts,' Southern Democrat
will have obtained the desire
results in their roeenf revol
Actually,, Rep. Snarkman t
Alabama was quite eorrei
when he said . the Souther
Democrats had no place to g<
The (iOP policy is the same o
equal rights. Unfortunately
the South (below North Cart
Una) and the North represer
the two extremes on the racif
question. The Deep South yell
and wails evervtime it is mer
tioned, which is hardly a san
approach to the problem, an
the North tries to force char
ges down the Southern throa
Raising the average colore
man to the intellectual level c
theaverage white man is a pre
cess of evolution which requii
es time, money, and continue
enlightenment for both whit
and black. It cannot be force*
1A YEARS AGO
1U THIS WEEK
Kings Mountain can now boast <
another champion. Fred Hill, poi
ular and friendly Highway Patro
man, who has made his home he!
for the past several months, wa
crowned heavvweiuhr rhimninn t
the two Carolinas after his defeat <
Len Wilson of Appalachian, in th
finals of the Golden Gloves Toumt
ament in Charlotte Monday night
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
Mrs. M. L. Harmor, was hostess t
ountain Herald
shed 1889
to the promotion of the general
I enlightenment, entertainment
Kings Mountain and its vicinity,
i Herald Publishing House.
at the postof flee at Kings Mounts
of March. 3, 1873. j ,
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Sports. Circulation, News
Society Editor lety
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tlBLE VERSE
ler: for by the sadness of the
better. Proverbs 7:3.
Prices Drop
? Last week's commodity mar1
ket declines, accompanied by
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a markets, have already been rej
fleeted in a few lower prices for
foodstuffs. Some bread makers
. have cut their prices, and there
have been other price cuts.
Again there is no agreement j
t on the long-term effects'of last i
V week's downward trend,
y Some business men see it as
ri the definite end of the inflar
tionary spiral and the begine
ning of a leveling off period toy
ward sanity. The more pessii
mistic hold their collective
y breaths and say, "The time is
il at hand: the depression is corhing."
Others see its as a healn
thy trimming, which will be
r reflected in more reasonable
prices, less labor demands for
c further increases, and general
n good business
p The Herald joins the op+i'
mists. Demand is still plentiful.
Retail trade in the New York
area was up 10 percent last
' week over the comparable
d week of a year ago. Steel proe
duction is still being outstripc
ped bv demand. Resumption of
J- great activity in the building
y trades merely awaits favorable
g weather.
f~ With all this demand, plus
the aid-to-Europe program,
j plus $28 billion in circulation,
, plus the need of the government
treasury for a high level
national income, indicate con-!
i- unuea gooa nusiness. i
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t Scott Candidacy
W. Kerr Scott, commissioner
e of agriculture, has succumbed
to the urgings of his friends
s and others not contented with j
the current crbp of guberna- !
>_ torial candidates to join the
is
Mr. Scott says he is going to
conduct a vigorous campaign, r
v and. as most candidates, feels-]
j. he has a good opportunity to
... win.
The agriculture commission- j
er has a long way to go. It may
he that he hasn't been running
long enough, for,' in North Carit
olina. it is customary procedg
(ire to run all the time, with j
C the official announcement mere
s formality. I
d Mr. Scot twill -bo a strong'
t. candidate. He will gain the sup!
if port of many of the farm j
t groups, and he will have the !
n support of old line trial-con- :
r. tents who do not like Charlie j
n Johnson. However, Mr. John-,
son. at the moment, seems to j
>- have strongest support from!
it the majority of state employees
tl ta big factor both in actual vols
tes and vote-getting ability,)
i- law enforcement officers, and ,
e teachers, not to mention al-JJ
d ready "lined up" industrial and
f- commercial support,
t. From the standpoint of the 1
d average citizen, Mr, Scott's can- j
>f didacy should be welcomed. It (
>- will add interest to what other- j
r- wise might have been a rather .
d dull gubernatorial sweepstak- j
e es, and the winner, regardless ,
1. of his name, will be more con- ,
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I Items of news taken from Ike
, 1937 files of the Kings Moon1
tain Herald. ;
>t members of the Col. Frederick Ham- I
>- bright chapter, DAR,. and Invited (
1- guests last Wednesday. <
'e Mrs. Joe Neisler was hoatesft to ]
is members of the Adelphlan club and
>t a few guests on last Thursday, en>1
tertalning at her home on York road .
ie Bla lock Cash Grocery was adveri
Using "fresh country eggs, dozen, '
20 cents", "toilet tissue, good qual- ?
ity, 4 rolls 19 cent', and "pig sau- 1
:o sage, pound 19 centa, H's deLictoua." ji
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HE KINGS MOUNT AIM HERAT
martin's medicine ,
By Max tin Harmon
(Containing bits of news, wisdom.
humor, and comment. To be
taken weekly. Avoid overdosage.)
Valentine Pic!r-Ups
I hardly know which . worse:
too much or too', tttle. .applying
this wondorment, oi course, to medicinal
material. There are really
a world of columning opportunities
this week. Today is Friday, the
'H1RTEENTH. Yesterday, was Lis-,
cplp's Birthday, it's Boy Scout
Week, and yes. tomorrow is Val- j
entine's Day. However.'! have '
decided to take pity on the faith- I
ful who xead this piece. No Val- '
tine limericks ....
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Banker Frank Summers is al- 1
ways coming up with a good story
about something funny at the
bank, but the latest is one of his
best. A colored woman entered the i
bank last week and wanted to
know how she could get the money
for two "E" bonds, made out to I
"Mrs. W...... .<*. There was no co- [
owner. The conversation went ,j
something like this:.
-Banker Summers: "Are you Mrs. !
W .?"
Woman: "No, she's my sister."
Banker: "Well, why doesn't she
come in and sign and get the money
herself?"
Woman: "She cain't. She's dead."
Banker: "Oh. .. well, what about
her husband?"
Woman: "They hadn't been liv- '
ing together long before she died."
Banker: "Divorced?"
Woman: "Huh-uh. They had
never been married."
This ended the conversation. ;
The bank is asking the Federal
Reserve to send the proper forms
for cashing these particular bonds 1
?if any.
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Ollie Harris ^as a more pathetic
story and a real surprise to him.
Last week he received a letter
from a man he had known in the |
army. A young man who had be- |
come wayward in his habits while
overseas. In the letter, written
from Texas, the mac confessed to
occasionally taking cigarettes and
candy from Ollie's supply. He asked
forgiveness, and in the last line
of the letter wrote. for the
end is near."
Ollie bad never missed them at
alL
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Dotted Notes: Claude Hcmbright.
the sometimes coal-less coal man
was quite accurate on his snow
prediction. Claude pointed to a little
pile on the postoffice lawn Saturday
afternoon and dire fully
shook his bead. Staying too long,
he said, there'll be more to Join
it ... and Monday morning he was
SO rigfcV ... it's bad news, but
Claude says we're in for yet another
before the winter's over ....
which reminds of a question . . '
how long has it been since it
snowed for Easter? . .. this year,
with an early one, could be . the
year ... Red Walker, the - Herald
make-up man. accused us of being
alocal variety Wall Journal
last week, with all the news of i
business changes (Tracy McGin. {
nis, John Fisher. Warren Rey- |
nolds), the Home building and
loan report, etc.... and .there's
more to come along that line ..
H. C. Moore, manager of the soonto-open
W aim ore Mills, says the
Herald's circulation is quite effec- ;
tive ... requests to buy the Wal- j
more output have been received I
from far and near, and production
isn't begun yet ....
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Jim Anthony had the misfortune j
of having that sleek new Hudson
mire up at the Country Club recep- '
tion for Mr. and Mrs. Clark, the i
new management -. .. result was
some Work for the dry cleaners,
loss' of an eighth-inch tread off
the new tires, late arrival for the
party, and a frayed temper ....
imagine Jim's chagrin when he
found he was a member of the
club's grounds committee, the
group which would have the responsibility
of bettering the conscious
of the desires of the people
after-a healthy struggle.
Our best bow to Joe Lee
Woodward, newly elected president,
and the other new officers
of the Kings Mountain
Merchants association. This organization
is a valuable one to
its members and to the community,
and the Herald's good
wishes are extended to its new
guildlng hands.
Attend the band concert at
the high school auditorium
rhursday night. Bands are like
speakers. They perform better
nefore a full house. The band
leserves the support and the
encouragement of the citizen y
The nation is honoring Its
Joy Scouts this week. This
novement has done much In
raining the youth of the naion
in the traits of character
yhich build good citizens.
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.P. PUGS MOUNTAIN, K. C.
ditions ... Billie Mauney U Mil- v
ously considering running for the
:ounty board of commissioners, if
Glee Bridges doesn't offer again...
card this is regarded as a dead certainty,
though Glee has not as yet
said it?for publication ... And I
E. C. Brandon. Jr*. the new city :
engineer is house-hunting ...... I
Kill UfltA (an't?
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The Herald had a letter to the I
editor last week from a citizen who I
was waxing irate ov?r the road
situation in the Cora-Stowo's Store I
sector, and the complaints were
being directed at the city board
in no uncertain terms ... but it
was an anonymous job. and the I
Herald just doesn't print letters '
when the identity of the writer is '
not known.
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Happy Valentine's Day.. . .
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Egg-Feed Ratio
Is At Low Level
The lowest egg-feed ratio ever
listing in December 1947, according
to C. Brice Ratchford, in charge of
Farm Management for the State College
Extension Service.
The egg-feed ratio is a ratio of ;
pi-jce of eggs as compared with
price of feed , Mr. Rathford said.
The lower the ratio is, the higher the
price of .feed in relation to prices of t
eggs. .
It is expected that the egg-feed
ratio will continue low at least untill
spring, when estimates for the j
1948 grain crop are available.the
specialist said If, at the time, a
large feed crop is predicted," the
ratio would rise, he added.
'
Despite higher feed, costs, egg
prices are not likely to rise, he
said. At present , egg prices are only
96 per cent of parity or 3 per cent
apove support level. At the same '
time, feed prices are well above
ICC per cent of parity.
The poultry industry has made
real progress in North Carolina dur- t
ing the last 10 years, Mr. Ratchford'
said. Poultry is normally a good
enterprise for Tar Heel farmers, as
there are ready markets, and poultry
fits in well on small farms. For
these and other reasons, North Car- !
olina needs to maintain her poultry
industry. The situation should im- j
prove within a few months or In a j
few months at the latest.
Beware Coughs
from common corns
That Hang On
Creomulskm relieves promptly because
ft goes right to the seat of the
trouble to help loosen and expel germ
uuicu pint-Kin, auu iuu navuic vu ouuuin
and heal raw. trader Inflamed branchial
mucous membranes. Tdl JCTfr druggist
to sell you a bottle of Creomulston with i
the understanding you must like the 1
way It quickly allays the oqugh or you
are to have your money back.
CREOMULSION
For Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis
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PRESCRIPTION
SERVICE
We Fill any Doctors' Prescriptions
promptly and
accurately at reasonable
prices with the confidence
of your physician.
Kings Mountain
. Drug Company
THE REXALL STORE
We Call For and Deliver
Phones 41?81
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Pinnae]
Pinnacle U care
and is not only <
yoar birds In cos
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Friday. February 13,1948 q
400 CLUB
Bessemer City-Kings Mountain Highway
OYSTER ROASTS
every Thursday. Friday and Saturday
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rrog Legs |
Open 'till 12:00 P. M.
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YOUR WASH
IS LIKE A
RED, RED ROSE
When it comes back from Kings Mountain
Laundry?because it's sweet/ fresh and
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thoroughly clean.
Bring us your laundry or call for our quick
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pick-up and delivery service.
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LAUNDRY
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Phone . 270 '
IHY NOT FEED
le Laying Mash 0
fully mode Iron the boot ingredients
designed for production but to keen
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