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Can a man take fire in his hot
ed? Proverbs 6:28.
States' Rights
The title of this editorial is,
in a way a misleading one, for
the Herald does not propose at
this late date, to jump on the
States' Rights bandwagon, cer
tainly insofar as the party of
Governor Strom Thurmond is
concerned.
While the Herald does not
agree with the good Republican
magazines of the East nor some
of our nearby dailies that the
salvation of the South is to advance
Republicanism, it does
. feel that there js? an avenue
whereby the South can put itself
back into a dominant position
in the Democratic party
councils.
The method: abandon, throw
out, or otherwise do away with
the electoral college method of
naming presidents.
It is outmoded, coming from
a day when the great "democratic"
leaders of our time used
this method of electing the
President as a hedge against
the unwanted and as a better
means of political control.
Worse than that (for present
clay electors are very unlikely
to risk the ire of the people by
voting aganst the mandate)
the electoral college means the
disfranchising of' thousands
of voters, not only in North
Carolina and the South but all
over the nation.
In the recent general ejection,
President Truman's plurality
over Governor Dewey in
this state was slightly more
than 200,000 votes. Governor
Dewey having received in excess
of 158,000. This means that
. all voters over 158,Of)l who voted
for Mr. Truman were dis
franchised. They voted, but
it really did not count. All Mr.
Truman needed was 158,001.
At first glance it would appear
that the GOP would op*
pose this needed change en
masse. Not true. There are
Maine and Vermont, Kansas,
the Dakotas, Nebraska, and
other states which vote the
GOP ticket just as uniformly
as the South votes the Democratic
ticket. It would give
these states a greater voice in
the GOP convention.
The real- objection - would
come from the so-called pivotal
states like New York, California.
Pennsylvania and others
which, througn the out
moded electoral system, carry
convention weight all out of
proportion to the actual majority
they accord the candidates
of either party.
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Frequently, a (KM) gridiron
licking by an old rival is what
it takes to set the alumni
howling and to giving the cash
for better representation on the
football field. It will be interesting
to see what the Republican
party does in the next four
years. Will its leaders still try
to foist on the people something
they don't want, or will
they have leatned their lesson
and run Harold Stassen, a man
whom they clipped at the convpntinn
in cnifn nf kio
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nation-wide popularity? Many
Democrats, even in the thrill
of victory, will tell you that Mr,
Truman could not have beaten
Stassen.
1A YEARS AGO
*" THIS WEEK
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- The doors of Kings Mountain's
newest business, Myers' 'Department
Store, opened this morning:
SOCIAL AND PEHSONAL
Mrs. W. T. Weir entertained members
of the Study club and invited
guests Tuesday evening.
Mts. l. p. Baker, jr., was honor
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IBLE VERSE
som. and his clothes not be burnThanksgiving
Next Thursday will be
Thanksgiving, and it should be
a time for pause to give thanks
for the successes of the past
year.
The Puritan forefathers are
credited with starting the holiday
and George Washington
made it official from the nation's
standpoint.
Some may not feel they have j
milch to h*> thankful for hut it I
is likely that this feeling hast
developed without a careful inventory
of the facts.
Most of the world is reasonably
peaceable, even though relations
are strained. Thanksgiving
1949 will not be like
Thanksgiving 1941-1944, when
few mothers could put real
heart into the day through con-,
st'ant fear that the next minute.
or hour, or day, would
bring the dreaded message of
death from the War or Navy
Departments.
Good things we do have. Employment
is at record figures,
and, though prices are high,
some have shown signs of lessening
and few people are
without the basic necessities of
life.
The reason some may not
feel thankful is a failure to evaluate
the "have" part, without
the "wish 1 had" part. It is
human to look on to higher levels
of material wealth and wellbeing,
and good too, for satisfaction
breeds stagnation. But
ambition should not cover up
the gains which have been
made nor dampen the thankfulness
for them.
The prayer for the day
should be: "Fill us with spiritual
ambition in order to find a
means of peace."
The Herald wishes to add its
congratulations to the local
Red Cross unit and its large
corps of volunteer workers who
were responsible for the successful
first visrit of the Red
Cross Bloodmobile. Kings
Mountain showed a much better
giving record than did many
of its larger neighboring cities.
The donors deserve much
credit for their williingness to
help others, and so does Chairman
Harold Hunnicutt, even '
though he insists he had little
part in making the blood donor
appeal a successful one.
The auto inspection lane1
will be back next week, and
motorists who haven't had
their cars checked should attend
to the matter. While most
accidents are still caused by
driver error (to wit: carelessness
and chance-taking) some
are caused by defective mechanisms.
From that stand'
point, the regul&r inspection
requirements are justifiable,
though it seems once a year
' should be sufficient.
A best bow to Byron Keeter
I who will take over the reins of
i. the Kings Mountain Kiwanis
i club in January. Mr. Keeter has
a long record of public service
i in many different phases of activity.
and under his leadership
I the Kiwanis club will certainly
be in position to continue its
i .good record of heneficial service
to the Community.
Items of news taken iiom the
1937 liles of the Kings Mountain
Herald.
t. guests at a lovely party given at
the home of her sister, Mrs. Charles
Cam#jell, Friday evening with Mrs.
Ermon Martin, Miss Vick Hughes,
and Mrs. Campbell as hostesses.
| Mr. and Mm. Kay Dixon of GasI
tonia were visitors in Kings Moun.
Win Sunday.
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Thanksgiving. Etc.
In case you aaan i mought. about
it. nexi ibaxsauy is i'nanks
giving, and 1 daresay tne youngster
s in scnoolt ail over tne coun- j
try will be praying John Alden
and Priscilla and tain icing about
turkey and cranberry sauce. While 1
1 won't be playing John Alden. 1
assure you that tne other part will'
be uucen icaze oi.
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Big question is whether that
thinking will do any good or not.
Since 1 am hot sufficiently listed
as a believer in mental telepathy.
I believe that a verbal hint concerning
the matter would be in order.
I recommend it to ajl heads of
households, though it would also
be wise to have the price of a nice
tuckey hen in the hip pocket and
ready for spending. For the wise
little woman (is there one who
isn't?) will immediately reply
with something like this: "You
iurnish the cash and I'll do the
cooking." Expecting the bead of
the household domestic department
to buy a turkey and trimmings
out of the regular budget
would probably be grounds for divosse.
even in South Carolina.
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A glance at the calendar further
indicates that Tranksgiving is
marked in a bright red color like
Sunday and the other holidays,
and I believe this is the first time
in several years the calendar
printers have had the nerve to
make this stand-out kind of notation
on' Thanksgiving. After Mr.
Rocsevelt decreed an earlier
Thanksgiving and some states
pulled the States' Right act. calendar
makers were really in a dither.
Though I rather agree with
the S5 historians reporting in Life
Magazine who listed FDR as a
great President. 1 charge the'cbanging
of Thanksgiving business up
to him as a real "bust.** Again
the real blame does not go to him.
but to the National Retail Dry
Goods association, who recommended
the earlier Thanksgiving
in the hope of speeding Christmas
buying. They figured an extra
week would not only speed and
increase sales, but would also give
them a pretty good idea how much
canrv-over stuff they needed to
mark down before?Santa Clous
made his appearance. The funny
part about it was that the Dry
Goods association acted like the
80th Congress. The association,
like the 80th Congress, was supposed
to be representing its members.
and a lot ef the members
weren't for the change
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But I wish Roosevelt's earlier
Thanksgiving had stucic. the war
it's worked crat. Now w? hare
Thanksgiving norm ally, as far as!
the calendar's concerned, bat
that's as far as ft goes. The biggercity
merchants are trying to eliminate
Thanksgiving from the
scheme of things by rushing the
Christmas season. I may be an old
foggy but even A dele Mara (she
is pmtty, isn't she?) couldn't get
me excited about seeing Santa
Clause on November 17. When I
was growing up. November was all
Thanksgiving until the turkey was
served. Then the merchants spent
Friday after decorating for the
Christmas season, life, in a day
of increasing specialisation is
gclng at too fast a pace, and I for
one think it ougbta be slowed
down. Getting back to a normal
Thanksgiving should help a little,
and. as a liberal and experienced
joined. I would be more thanwilling
to pay the princely sum of
50 cents annual dues to an association
devoted to returning
Thanksgiving to its former place
of eminence. The merchants could
at least use the ' day to say
"Thanks in advance for a big
Christmas shopping season.'
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Dotted stuff: There are a lot of
appeals currently, the T-B seal
sale, library fund. Jaycee Z-lay
fund. etc. arid after Christmas
there'll be some more, the March
of Dimes. Ned Cross. Boy Scouts
and mors ... but the guy who
complains about giving so much
usually gets a shock about March
income-tax-figuring time ... all
that sum he's been complaining
about giving turns out to be pretty
small ... it's somewhat like the
fellow, and there are many, who'll
spend S25 in one evening helping
to pay off the night club owner's
mortgage, then screams and yelps
when the church asks an additional
five dollar donation for a nop
organ or paint job .,. feelings are
usually mutual. I suppose ... wit-1
ness a comment nt the fthelhv
game last Friday night when a
long Shelby ran was called back
on account of Shelby dipping:
"That lousy referee must be from
Kings Mountain," the Shelby partisan
growled ... One reason D%
Gallup was off-the-beam en his
presidential fo.eeaet can be found
right here In Kings Meanlaln ...
the U. S. Trotting aseodatldn Mod
off-and-on lev two yew to get a
LP. KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C.
pollster bete, but couldn't . kt- (
eral won recommended lor the C
Job, but none accepted in time lot
the election ... It pay* a buck an t
hour plus expense account (taxi L
or city bus) and the assignments
average 10 hours work a week ?
11 tbe pollster covers the community
... This should be in the clas- 1
slfied department but Rule Phi- (
ier has a 38-inch band saw lor
sale ..;. it's brand new ... alter
the Truman victory he has no need
lor it ... . 1 still wonder il the
Drive-In Theatre boys on the Gastonia
road are pullina the medi
cinal leg. but they ?ay they're
bought "winter model" speaker
units which axe combination heater
and speaker Jobs ... what will
this scientific age bring up next?
... I would still settle for a good,
old-fashioned Thanksgiving, with
a full-month build-up. minus Old j
Nick ... but I guess I'm Just getting
old.
By Wav Of MenSvoo
Lois Seattle
Mr. Carl G. McCraw of Charlotte
was a recent guest of Mr. Leo Beattie
and daughter, Lois, and Mr. and
Mrs. Wright Harmon. y
S. N. and Mrs. Charles D. Blanton
of Wilmington were recent guests of
the latter's parerws, Mr. and Mrs.
R. E. Clark.
Miss Ann Costner spent the week
end with relatives in Cherryville.
Mr.'Paul Brady of Salisbury spent
Sunday with his sister, Mrs. Frank
Gladden.
Mr. ana Mrs. Troy Wright had as
their guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs.
Hobart Hipps and children of
Beams Mill.
Mr. and Mrs. Coleman Stroupe and
Rev. Phillips attended the Western
District Missionary convention, in
Gastonia Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Cline had as
their guests Monday Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence Irvin of Statesvil'e.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Smith, jr., had
as their guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs.
Hobart Hipps and children.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles 1/oveiaoe had
as their guests Sunday evening Mr.
and Mrs. Erskine Sprouse and children
of Gaffney.*
Mesdames Coleman Stroupe, Luco. '
Jenkins, d. W. Phillips, Clyde HuJlen
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