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- ?' 'v. v t-' ..'"'."'-l'" ' ? . Paf Tw? "M _ I The Kings Mov Establish? A weekly newcpopn devoted to t welfare and published for the e and benefit of tbe citisens of Kin published every Friday by the R< Entered as second class matter at tain, N. C~ under Act of Congress o Martin Harmon ......... Charles T. Carpenter, Jrf Mrs. C. C. Oates ... Telephones: Society SUBSCRIPTION BATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE One year $34)0 bU months SI.10 Three months .60 TODAY'S BIB The way of a fool is right unto hearketh unto counsel is wise. Pr Growth Two stories in last week's e dition Of the Herald were indi- s cative of the rapid growth of c the community in the past t year. i Building permits issued by 2 the city in 1947 totaled $445,- t 450, and water and light bill- r ings for the current month > broke another record with a f total of $12,859.84. c The building permit total ^ could hardly be considered as ^ complete, for seldom are build- y ing permits purchased for the ? full amount of the building ? cost ? particularly in this day of rising prices and cost-plusten contracts. In addition, there t was al^o much residential, com i mercial and industrial build- 1 ing outside the immediate con- t fines of the corporate limits, I but still a part of Kings Moun- 5 tain for all purposes but city < taxes and some allied services, 1 The water and light billing 1 is most amazing, jumping six times in the past 10 years, dou- f bling (from $6,000 per month i in the past five years. Odds are f it will increase some more after 1 the city takes over 115 custo- 1 mers in the Phenix Mill village! i This was a good business move i on the part of the city, which sells its power at a profit. Both totdls look good for the 1 comminiity. They show that its 1 citizens are investing in perma- 1 , nence ? in new homes, in new 1 businesses, in electric applian- 1 ces that make living more com- < fortable and enjoyable. 1 If the city can get some bond issues planned and voted for water and sewer expansion, 1 street work, a stadium, and other community requirements; if somehow, Cleveland County's long-overdue tax revaluation could be accomplished; and if, somehow, someone or some group would build a hotel here and plans for the proposed 50bed hospital could be jelled, Kings Mountain would be in a ' fair way toward moving far a- J long the road of progress?and V at a faster pace. At that, our guess is that too < many tombstones wouldn't have to be counted to place Kings Mountain in the 10,000 population class come the 1950 1 census. ' ( - .. V ' ' - 1 J Our congratulations to Rev. < J. W. Phillips who has been e- ? lected chairman of the Kings i Mountain Boy Scout district. 1 Rev. Mr. Phillips, pastor of 1 First Wesleyan church, is one < of our energetic young minis- > , ters, and the Kings Mountain < Scout organization should have t a banner year. 1 .. , .. I It is good news that Southern Bell is mapping telephone , expansion for the rural areas of the county, but, at the mo- 1 ment, we're still waiting for ? that additional line to Shelby. 1 m TEAIS AGO > 1U THIS WEEK | The Kings Mountain Public Library passed it's first year of exist- ( ence In the Best Town in the State ? last week with an Increase in books < from 505 in Feb., 1937, to 1592 to c date. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL i Members of the younger set were I ffUMtft At A mrtftt dollffhtfnl *va*H* n ? ? ????? uvit^nttwi yxt/ on last Wednesday evening, when \ Mrs. Paul Nelslel- entertained hon- l oring her son, Paul, Jr., on the oceas- t ion of his sixteenth birthday annl- I versary. 1 j V v ' r ' ' . ' V" , - * . . uitain Herald kl 1889 Im promotion of the general aligh tenm ent int*rtainm?nf gs Mountain and it* vicinity, irald Publishing Hcum. the postoffice at Kings Mounf March. 3.1873. Editor-Publish*! .... Sports, Circulation, News Society Editor i 167. Other 283 LE VERSE s his own eyes: but he tha qverbs 12:15. Zoning Suggestion City Commissioner Phifei suggested ? in an inlormal dis :ussion after the last citj >oard meeting ?' that th? >oard might well consider ? inning plan for the city, a mat er which the Herald has beer ecommending for severa yv i* 'ears, ucner commissioners u lined that such a plan woulc ertainly prove of benefit in the fears and decades to come, anc leveral instances were citec vhere a zoning plan woulc lave been of great benefit?il idopted in 1940 or even as late is 1945. Among them were the devel ipments on the so-called Jul an property ? now well spli >etween business and residen :ial construction, the Yorl load property adjacent to Golc street, and several other en ;roachments of commercial or residential property, and vice /ersa. As unfortunate as it is tha' ill cities, like the nation's cap tol, couldn't have had a La ayette to blue-print it for fu Lure generations, the beautifu jart about a zoning ordinance s that it may come late, bunever too late. Growth and expansion goei an, and the quicker a zoning plan is adopted the better fo: the future. Past mistakes per taps cannot be corrected ovei he course of onev lifetime, bu the future wilt eventually worl tut a better community h vhich to live. Obviously it is bad for t tome-owner to have a commer ?ial or industrial building, witl it's attending traffic, noise anc lirt in his front or side yard ^tnd it is just as bad to see ar tld, ram-shackles house clut tering up commercial and in iustrial areas. These derelict: are not only fire hazards, bu they frequently limit expan sion which would mean mori production, more jobs, anc their attending benefits. The Herald hopes that th? zoning suggestion will obtair action soon. Merchants should waste n< Lime getting in their ticket or Ipre fnr tht> annual hannnot ni :he Kings Mountain Merchants \ssociation. This event, ac wording to past history, is j nost enjoyable one, and th? tnnouncement that the Gaj Nineties Quartet will furnish he program assures a fine ev jning's entertainment. Those vho have heard this group oi ?nlcrtainers will want to heai hem Again, and those wh< laven't may confidently ex >ect a treat. With all the bad weather t's hard to believe that Eastei s only a hop-skip-and-a-jumj iway. Better get that Eastes sonnet. tMM of news taken from tbs 937 files of the Kings Moonain Herslil In a ceremony of charming aim >llclty Miss Hikla Beatty and Don tld Cole Olive were wedded Satur lay evening at 8 o'clock at the homo >f the bride in Charlotte. Mrs. P. D. Patrick entertained nembers of the Thursday Aftemoor took Club on Thursday. Mrs. D. C. Mauney and Mrs. M. A ware entertained at bridge aiK bole recently at Mm. Manney'a cot age In Palm Harbor, Fla., aa a com >lhnent to Mr. and Mm. Huntei Mater. > : ' * V . * ' .; v V V. * THE KHfGS MOPlfT AHf HERAL martin'smedicine } By Martin Harmon (Containing bits of news. wisdom. humor, and continent. To bo taken weekly. Avoid over- c o dosage.) c . 4' Politics Again J . Political reason is nere again, in a spit of the recent bod weather, and Q though the snow. ice. and rain j mag have slowed outward activ- 0 ity. the fever is growing never- y tbeless. Ifs a little slower devel- it oping as fax as the county scene |c< is concerned, but thafs likely to J ? make it all the hotter when it does I* develops. p-a c Kings Mountain citisens are < tl right fortunate. They have a coun- u ty campaign one year, a city elec- g Uoa the next, which allows a v steam-letting once a year. and. of t course, letting off steam is always.' l 1 a worthwhile institution and good t for the constitution. This fine leap a year is a banner one. with the n presidential election to add to the ii fun. While there will-be no partic- r t ular interest in listening in to the North Carolina presidential re- t r turns next November, it will be a > good to listen in from other states a , where there is some reasonable, t: doubt as to the outcome. o i P-a j ] One local man has already quietened down. According to previous I and customary policy, and by his n own admission, he is a good fus- n j ser and cusser about things as b | they are. Yet on election day. he 81 J says, he has always managed to n I put his head in the same old P f trough. Last week, talking along the same cussin'-fussin' line, he 81 received orders from headquarters. c 'Shut up." his wife said, "I've heard those same old tales before, and I don't want to hear anymore about , p-a 1 ( Two news stories over the week- 8 i end gave me quite a ldck. n P"a Number 1: I noticed by a news- 11 1 paper headline that H. L. Dough- ' - ton was "responding to argent re- 11 quests trim his district to offer for J . his 20th term." That reminds of ; the story told on Old Muley. . as | Drew Pearson calls Farmer Bob. by " a fellow Congressman. "Beet politician in the field,'" ] the. fellow Congressman said. "His e ; age bas for the past six elections t made It questionable whether he P would be a candidate, and a* Cos ' back as a year before, ambitious I 3 politicians from half the eountiee r in his district put out hihn about tunning?If M*. Boh doesn't By the time announcement time 1 , comes around, the ambitious can- j . didates are fighting so furiously ' among themselves that they have _ already defeated themselves. To keep the other ambitious ones from winning, they al) encourge Mr. Bob to offer again. Naturally, this suits him fine, and he moves allong the road without opposition. Mr. Bob. of course, always has opposition from the Republicans, for there are a lot in his district. However, North Carolina copied the gerrymandering arrangement started in the North by the OOP many years ago. In the ordinary ! course of events, a Republican just doesn't have a chance to go to Congress from this state. p.a . Number 2: This was the story that Governor Cherry, a strong Umstead man, was cracking down j on the members of his official family who have switched allegiance to th Broughton forces. . The last paragraph, paraphrased something like this, was the juiciest: Reporters (who had picked up the'crack-down rumor and who were trying to check it) found the Cherry-appointed office holders" in conference, out-for-the-day, or otherwise tied up in long telephone conversations," One can easily Imagine the hairtearing, wailing and gnashing of teeth that went on when such a rumor went around. Actually, such a move, when publicised, would probably operate to the aid of Candidate Broughton, whether true or not. But cracking down is nothing new in North Carolina politics. They used to burn bams in Cleveland county. P*a As this is written, no new local candidate poeslbiL'los have been dug up. hut some several are In> forested in eesfeg a legislative r candidate f - uhesu.lt has been a long time k ee J. R. Davis repre* man filled the by again. 1 was ^Increase In state legislator's pay. They get a maximum of BMB for 1 the ssssion. and llvina In Bsktark will float thorn throo timoo that age ctttson can't afftii to qu for i tho tetfsMoio. Ho m*ht win. p-a Which remind* that my iwwilmo for tho boot politician is Xlagi I Mountain Is Jimmy Miyooo. Any meat who earn nmgo to bo tho lowo mate tat a house with 14 ocr capon to should motro politico his profession. ' ,'l ' . ' I * - " . !' * * Jr ' * "^PFIIIE D. KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C. LocaTUnit NBA" las 51 Membeis t . Membership in the National Eduation Association, the professional rganization of educators, has reahed a new all-time high, with 393,68 paid memberships, as of Decern er 1947. Of these, 51 are members f the Kings Mountain City schools ccording to D. L. Parker, president f the latter association. The national total is an increase f 50,310 over the same period laist ear, ae revealed in a mid year mem ersliip report to the profession reelved by Mr. Parker, from Willard !. Gtveus, executive secretary of the 1EA.. This increased membership indicates," Dr. Givens explained, "that he school people of the nation are niting in their efforts to reach the pals of the Victory Action program, /hich was adopted by the Represenative Assembly of the NEA July 5, 946. All of these are aimed toward development of higher profesional standards, and to the attain- j nerrt of equal educational opportuhties for all children throughout the j ration.' Two of the points in the Victory Ac ion program, which has 1951 as the chievement year, include a larger , nd more aggressive national edoca- j Ion association, and a membership , f at least 90 percent In local, state nd national professional organize- , ions. , These points are being stressed, a i tong numerous others, because \ lembership and active participation c ft professional organizations, local, relate and national, are needed to s alse the standards of the teaching c rofession, and to bring relief from s he critical situations, such as the hortage of qualified teachers, which onfront -American education today. * Federal aid for education, which 1 he NEA la sponsoring, as provided r it two bi-partisan bills pending in I he 80th Congress, also needs the ac- 1 ion which is possible when profes- 1 ional groups have an inclusive ] -membership. . " Millions of children, now suffering he tragic results of poor education- I il facilities, will benefit eventually ' [ is pointed out, by the recognition ' n the part of teachers everywhere 1 hat individual and local participa- 1 ion in the irrespective organizations i of the utmost imports*)#*. "It is a task for all and it is wor- 1 hy of our bear efforts," was Dr. Glv, ' ns* concluding -ximment. * Nine states are already on the 1948 I Victory membership honor roll. They 1 re Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, J4on- 3 ana, tihntth Carolina, Tepne?ee, i Vashington and West Virginia. No.range, ordinary stove, or furnce should be placed within three set of unprotected woodwork, wood sthe, or plaster partitions in build, ng the farm home. 1 ' _ '' 1 ' " ' 1 i i n Mssans] HEADACHE t M I* ww 11 a|r?? ion kipiow u wwomwiy i tm4 ifidbi. 1UU?*m m <il<Uf Imaahi k?a I Kqmid. Mlow Jliaaaiaaa ? htaL * | * \ * ' ' Phone 270 Kings 3 . Kin [ V- - ' * . - "J " ' - j 0 " V TO OUR PATRC We wish to ex who helped us o turning to us tlx : ' ' * ' "v ' * ' Wo are glad tc the outlook indi . properly. ' V ' : . '' _?Vl/hilo hoping . ,-jf do appreciate gr Tours Tory tm ' KINGS V,: '' >' ' .' ' ' . ' \' > : Use the Lam . : . ? . . 'v, ' rllf *' I.--' I . iQ^ Jl W\ OR. T. F. ADAMS Adams To Speak On Baptist Houi ATLANTA. ?> "Marriages Ar Wade" is the subject of-"The Baptis *our" for February 22, with Dr. T. F tdams of Richmond, Va., as speak r, it was announced today by thi tadio Commission of the Southeri laptist Convention, Atlanta, S. F .owe, Director1. Heard over Statioi VSOC at (8:30 A. M. EST) (7:30 Ah ST) "The Baptist Hour" series Divine Light For Daily Living," cor iiders one of the most vital problem: >f our day, the home, in the last tw< Sundays of February, Dr. Adams, who will be heara botl veeks, is pastor of the First Baptis ihurch, Richmond, and one of th< nost popular speakers ever to ap rear on "The Baptist Hour," having poken in 1942. He is an expert ii he 'leld of marriage and the home lis subject for February 29 will tx A House With a Home Inside." rcmuu-u uii nit? rtruiuary tu. pru team, will be the . sixth fjtvorit lyrnn, determined by a poll amonj interested listeners, including si: ind a half million Southern Bap lists. ? In recent months, a larger pre portion of molk has gone into,whol milk uses than a year earlier|<In Dc ?emfber, butter production was 1 peraenl less than a year earlier an the lowest for the month slpce 1921 Margarine output passed that of bul ber for the first time in Noveijribe \ 410 Bessemer City-Kino OYSTER every Thursday. 1 Frog Open 'til i : fountain L ' *v ~ r ' ,/ i ' % - ' .* gs Mountain, N. C. # X I . ' . . ' " ' 'r ' )NS: press oar sincere thanks to tl at daring the wrapping papei i wrappings off their handles. i say that the situation is mud ' Dates that oar paper supplier! saifidsnt to handle your ca . * . that we will not again bare ti eaWyoar willingness to help ;/ if. _/t "' ' *' . ^ '** . | MOUNTAIN U ndry for Cleaner. VI ; :v./ :. ' / / . ; v. . :" j.'pik - . ' / *; ' / ' ' . ' ' : r r >-V.v ' ' V v.-, Friday. February 2a 1948 M ?1 ? 1 i i NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a deed of trust given by Willie Jackson and wife, r Nancy Jackson, to the undersigned as trustee for L/C. Hord on the 13th of December, 1944, and registered in the Reister of Deeds Office for Cleveland County in book 300 at page 141 to secure the indebtedness there in mentioned and defdult having been made In the payment Of same and at the request of L. C. Hord, I will sell for cash at the court house rlnnr In Shplhv DaudlanH intv | MUV? (North Carolina, on Monday, March 15th, 1948, at 10:00 o'clock A. M., or within legal hours, the following described real estate: Beginning at a large poplar at a spring comer of tract No. 1, Jess Crawford's land and running with Crawford's line S 64 deg. 30 min. E. 2.88 chains to a stake, his corner; thence with another of his lines S. 56 deg. 15 min. E. 4.00 chains to the center of road, Crawford's, corner; thence with road S. 31 deg. 45 min. " W. 3.00 chains;'thence a new line leaving road and passing over an iron stake and along th? south side of a large poplar N. 56 deg." 5 min. M W. 7.75 chains to an iron stake; ^ tltertce another new line N. 51 E. 2.63 chains to the Beginning, con? taining 2.0 acres, more or less. t This the 6th day of February, 1948. B. S. Netu, Trustee. - J. ft. Davis, Atty, f-13-m-5. 5 m WST-WAR TASTER ACTUS" CCCCOLD UUU TABLETS ' 5 ?f C?Mi WwNfctMI Mt | PRESCRIPTION i SERVICE I - . t We Fill any Doctors' Prescriptions promptly awl MMM?< WMAAItc JBA MAPtOAn/lklA accurately at reasoDaDM^ g prices with the confidence * of your physician. Kbigs Mountain \ Drag Company 1 THE HJEXALL STORE J{ 2 We Cell For end Deliver I Phones dl?81 iin. J. i hi i:mpS CLUB I i rs Mountain Highway 1 ROASTS .. Friday and Saturday a n*f?* . l-' r Lags 112:00 P. M. . ./ i Childress St /iiin/frv / 'ebruary 19. lf ?7. ?e many patrons sbortago by n- '<! i batter now, and Will bo abte to mpUted laundry '? ' * . : ' . 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