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w ' ' : V - ;<r ' ' ' . Eight ; "/ - . . TSe Weather V BY COBDON HUGHES. 11 in li iiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiniiiiUMrinii?him "aim Harbor, Fla., Feb. 16.?'Much been sajd about the weather Bn* winter and many people say it tikabe worst on record, but ft is not Btwy memory, serves me right. I aaikk go back to. 1876-77 which is aiBan* as far back as I can go. This, jm doubt, was colder than any winBar fence that time, there was much iPlMt urn iter Kiuea and some large n?m.li for saw timber froze and attnied open. Uncle Tom Mackintrte who lived on the She!by-Polktoad, was farming with a black Mole. He went to feed one morning iiad found some one had stolen hit Mack, mule and had left an old gray jaule in his stable. He went to the Assise and told his wife about it and went to the barn and whilt irkay were trying to identify th< swLe it ran out by them and ran un (Slit turned black again. Other cold winters with muci mow since 76-77 were 1894-95. Ii sauted snowing. I think, on Dec -M and 1 don't think the ground was crtaar of snow any more until April Mabbits and birds most all froze oi starved. I didn't see.a blue bird foi Mao years. The winter of 1898-99 al m was a cold winter with a lot o: mow. Heaches and black berries jmmt killed in bud and none bloom art except those under the snow 1917-18 was cold with plenty oi snow. Also 1935-36. We had 10' in rtfes on March 19,1936, but our hea . est snow 1n many years was Feb iJi 1902, which was 18 inches on th? The driest years were 1881-1911 1925, and wettest were 1886-1902 J916. I lost my crop in 1881 frorr Aouth tyhlch was a corn field abou ifeur feet square and a gourd vlnt a the old Lattimore place neai iJWkvllle. I also lost my swimmlnf ' JPoi by the heavy rains of 188< bad washed my dam away. Som^ of the late killing frost; mkwv April 6,, 1963. The wheat ".a. Mifeead and was killed. May 10,190( Mothes and vegetables were killed < tave no record of these dates anc mm* of them may be wrong but 1 rttenk they are correct. Kow I will give a little warm wet : ' =. x\ t A | , ... \. v.-v^?fe \ y# w j ^ 'T-^i N.imu: your spoil and Hluggeis, by B.V.D f . . . m smooth fabric in pi ' you can wear it with < smart either way! St< soon and get next to a * It's the all-purpose sli B.V.D. RUGC MAMO V MYERS' DEPA] Dress Shop"V " ' : ' . - ' ' \ " 1 ther for winter time. 1906 07 was 1 warm. We had snow Nov. 15 byt it turned warm after this and stayed warm. Maple and elm trees bloomed out In January. Peaches bloomed in February and were killed In May when they were half grown. The I: woods were killed and didn't , put lout Until mid-summer. 1932-33 we j didn't have any winter. I got cucumbers out of my garden on Decomber 16 that measured nine Inchies and took them to the Herald ofI flee. I had a piece of cotton south of (j my hous4 that was white with j blooms on Christmas day. They twere never killed and where they ,' were not -plowed up made cotvon. I! My Irish Potatoes were hand hicrh at Christmas and were not killed | and by middle of March we were ; getting potatoes for the table. Now I will tell you about the Florj Ida weather that We are enjoying. , 1 came down here the first of the1 > year, bought one-fourth cord of i wood and still have some wood and ? an open fire place is. my only sour-' \ oe of heat. The sun has shined every ' day since I came down. The high (temperature has been around 80 evi ery day for two weeks and has been 1. to 86. 1 went to Clearwater beach 11 yesterday evening to watch the girls | lln bathing expecting to find it full of the.teen-age beauties. It was on ly half full of them. They had not r only had to make room for mama r but also for grandma. They were both in there In case they should ' need a life-saver. 1 P. S.?I will tell you about the fishing later. You will see this is written in Chinese and spelled in Dutch, but you or Mr. Belk should be able to translate this in English, So if you can do so, you can print this if you Wish. Spring is the safest season in the . j accident records, the National Safety x Council reports. But before you start . thumbing your nase at fate, remem, ber that "the safest season" still I ' claimed about 250 accident victims I , a day. ,j : ' | I Though traffic rules they disobey 5 Kids always have the rlght-ofiway. 5 a. _ Spontaneous oombustlon can start 1 | from oily rags used in cleaning the 1 home, the National Safety Council j I says. Keep them in air-tight metal i! cans. l/jWyptftj afib. W * i(W' IlSbvL ^?^KS^H^^8frhi^lEF^2?e^L'^J^36SH BP ^ i we'll name "the shirt? .! It's smartly designed leasant solid colors! And >r without a tie?it looks ip in at our place real B.V. D. Brand Ruggers, lirt for you! iERS SHIRTS > ?' .V " ' j RTMENT STORE ?Second Floor ' ' viv'Il ,'V v* "r *, . vv.i' ' '&X *v'>j m PUGS MOaWTAIM HERA tF\zooxzArcr fVfi j&mw. vSfy n GEORGE S. BENSON k X PtcuJtut--Hmr4iaf C*lUf< ?>|L^A Ark taut ! Wage-Hour Fixing Thiirman Scnsuig, who directs re search tor the Southern States In dustrial Council, Nashville. Term., is a man who speaks with wisdom, Sometime ago Mr. Sensing released comments on our wage and houi law, in which he predicted there v/ould be continued agitation to fl) minimum wages at high figures. 1 think it is true, as Mr. Sensing suggests. that few people understand the implications of wage and houi fixing by the government. I Says Mr. Sensing: "The whole system of .democracy Is directly opposed-to any adrt of planned economy. . . . Deny it though we may, the fixing of wages by legislative action can be regarded as nothing else than part and parcel of planned economy. If the government is allowed to assume the power tc Ax minimum wages and maximum hours, there is nothing to keep th? government from reversing this process and fixing maximum wages and minimum hours." With that democracy flies completely out the window, Mr. Sensing declares. Real Guarantee Everybody, he savs. ?hnnM ho living wage ? or more ? if he earns it. "But no one who believes In democracy will argue that a person should have a certain wage : whether he earns it or not. Productivity comes ftrst, not wages. The only real guarantee behind a wage in a democracy is the productivity of the person who receives the wage." These words are so logical and the reasoning so plain that I would like to continue with Mr. Sensing'* comments. Suppose an employer couldn't pay the minimum wagee set up, and had to close down. There are two choices for the government: "either the business must be taken over . . . and workers paid without I any reference to the earnings of | the business; or the workers go on relief and are issugd a dole at the expense of the general public." False Promises The first would be state socialism, which the people of America would never endorse willingly or knowingly. "Socialism never has and never will bring the people a strong government and a high standard, of liv. ing." Mr. Sensing cites state socialism in England: "Promising them greater production, it has brought decreased production-; promising them >a higher standard of living, it has brought them a lower standard of living; promising them happiness, it has brought them misery." Whence Prosperity? The other alternative, says Mr, Sensing", would bring a great body of unemployed. "They are unemployed simply because the laws of I the land have made it unprofitable for them to be employed. . . . Thej ; are living off the enterprise and proi ductivity of the rest of the people 1 Their incentive is dulled, then energy is stifled, their initiative is warped. They are drones in a free society." When the drones are toe numerous to be supported by the workers, Mr. Sensing continues, the government takes over and the society is no longer free. . "If minimum wages fixed by the law are to make us prosperous, we might as well set the figure at one dollar per hour or two dollars pei hour or five dollars per hour. . . , Ir a democaacy the reejuirement musl always be that the individual shal earn his wag$, whether it be ten cents per hour or ten dollars pej hour; moreover, that it shall be fixed by free enterprise in a competi ^ive economy. Our whole history ha! shown this to be the road to prosper ity." Uncle Sam Says . tMz. don't mind bl^tullni'. manee and |n< business sense Leap Tear Day, February 29, offers the opportunity to Uke a look at the growth la value of United States Savings Bonds. For example, here la what happened to the value of Sa- Ings Bonds as measured by the Leap Tears: $25 Savings Bond ? 1M0, $18.75. yuralutse^wrlee; 1544, $20.04 and $50 Savings Bond ? 1040. $37.50, K?r8 $M 00 M44, W * $150 Savings Bond ? 1940. 975.00, purchase^price; 1544, $80.00 and Buy Savings Bonds through Ok Payroll Savings Pi an where jo; work, or the Bond-A Month Flan Vwre you bank if yon are self-em ployed. Wateh your nest-egg girew. ?""/ FWitaiMj. ? f I "?t*ry Dtpvtmri i ..? i II? ? r-?V/- *?.> ^ **r _ : us. tattea mount xnr, *< & Prices paid by farmers lit 194T, including Interest and taxes, kept pace with those they received. In January the Index was. 251, 2.4 per cent above December and 17 per cent above Ja niiarv 1<L17 T/.n r?o-1 ^ ? .? J ?'??. pM * * I * ratio was 122 In January, about the same as ay ear earlier. V; . Secretary of the Navy John L. Sul iivan recently said that control of the seas, or at least the guarantee " of freedom of the seas, is almost as important in time of peace as in | time of war.. > One of the chief causes of traffic : accidents is following the oa* ahead [ too closely, the National Safety . Couricil says. The rule of ore car len1 gth for every JO miles of speed Is good except when streets are wet or icy. . The penalty in arty state for care' less wiring may be electrocution. a i i \ ' Saddle Oxfords ?For Spring? WOODWARDS I i | - I I m i 11 I I I Crat p I We ..Will Friday, I ?List 0 I 1?! ?!ew I 2?Table 1 I 3?Mixmast I 4?Automat 5?Top-Gra | 6?$10 Crei I CITY AIT I 247 Battleground J - ?E3M3 m. \ ' - Jbl ' < .:/!' '*,' 'm Friday. February 20,1948 I ^ " "', T* ' H1.FHI"IJMIJ? ???! laqraw-LUf ^ 0~? 1 ? jfe i^ ,r ,^Ihbs/ I w V.B F / I ^^ ^' A^AOVtRTISEO I ^ IN "PHOTOPLAY"* i ^e&j[ Wcc-in ?h- hot It's time for your fir?* strnw of | the season ? and you couldn't Jm H * choose one rtjore charming and flattering than this. H^RI||&I * famous Oce col-f ?!01 M $9.95 jggBP : ' , Keetei's Department Store ; ' I , - i . - - i ??? . JOB PRINTING THAT PLEASES The Herald Publishing House Phones 167 ? 283 . Kings Mountain, -N. C. , * i ^ _____ H II II II H I 1^ I I I ^1 I I I ^1 I H I I I ' l I H id Opening I I RIZES Onon Hn* MAIIAVM CIama I i vjrvii vim invucm mute Feb. 27, 9 A. M. I I Free Prizes To Be Given? I Tires To Fit Your Car I flodel Radio I :er I Ic Electric Iron 1 de Set Seat Covers, you pick I fit On Anything In The Store I ro & HOME SUPPLY I >UH GOODRICH DEALER | - ;*" '.- / '' . . . ?. .' '" ,
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