The Kings Mountain Herald
EstoUiabed 1889
A weekly ntwipapti devoted to the promotion of th? generai
welfare chd pubUiM for the ?allgbtMuntnt nttrtalomeut
and benefit of the citizens of Kings Mountain and Its vicinity,
published every Friday ky the Herald Publishing House.
Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at Xtaifs Moun
tain. H. C., under Act of Congress of March 3, 1873.
Martin Hobos Editor -Publish#*
Charles T. Carpenter. Jr Sports. Circulation. News
Mrs. P. D. Herndon Society Editor
Telephones: Society 167. Other 283
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tU months $1.10
Three months M
TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are hear / laden, and I
will give you rest. St. Matthew 11:38.
Unemployment
The report here that 826 per
sons had applied for unem
ployment compensation bene
fits for the week end January
9 was read concurrently with
reports from other parts of the
nation that claims were in
creasing.
Of course, the report here .
does not give an actual figure
of persons totally unemployed,
for many of the claims were for
temporary periods, while oth
ers represent the "week off"
claims of persons working ev
ery other week.
Nevertheless, the trend is not
good, and it is a fair indication
that the long-talked-about ad
justment period has arrived,
with its concurrent return of a
buyer's market, lower prices
and ? the bad part ? some un
employment..
The nation thus, as it did in
the late thirties, is feeling the
benefits of this program. It is
now being used as designed, to
aid individuals caught in the
backwash of less-lush econo
mic periods.
In North Carolina, the Unem
ployment Compensation Com
mission several months ago
pointed to a huge surplus and
the high cost of living, and re
commended changes in the law
which would raise the maxi
mum benefits and lengthen the
present 16-week period, during
any year, that an unemployed
worker can draw benefits.
There is undoubtedly merit
to-the recommendations, but
the Herald would favor more
strongly lengthening of the
benefit pediod. While North
Carolina's law has been admin
istered amazingly well, both to
covered workers, and to em
ployers who have paid the
freight, the same has not been
true in some other states. The
maximum payment should not
be at such a high point that a
Worker would be content to
rest on the benefit checks ? a
situation noted with some ser
vicemen after discharge. It is
not so much the' money that
counts, but the damage to the
.morale of the individual who
t unks he's getting something
for nothing.
The Herald hopes to see con
s' ruction underway soon on the
relational Guard's motor shed.
The natural follow-up will be
<onstruction of an Armory.
The good thing about an Arm
ory is that, in peace time, it can
serve the needs of a communi
ty for a variety of activities, for
which the city is in dire need.
The ownei>of the site purchas
ed ? Mrs. G. W. King and Mrs.
.1. H. Thomson -<-.are to be com
mended on. their civic spirit in
making the property available
for such a purpose.
Our congratulations to Fair
?\ iew Lodge Number 339, A. F.
& A. M., which on Monday
night observed its 75th anni
versary. Over the years, the
Masonic lodge here ? in its
quiet manner ? has renedred
much service contributing to
the welfare of the community.
Our sympathy to the family
c; W. Boyce Simonton. former
t :y clerk, and longtime citi
zen. Mr. Simonton had been in
j?] health for the past severa,l
years and was not well-known
by younger citizens. Older ones.
Sewer Survey
W. K. Dickson, the sewer en
gineer, merely put into actual'
figures what the city board of
commissioners, and the people
as well, knew already when he
made his report at the board's
recent meeting.
He told the board it would
have to SDend about $175,000
to make the McGill tank ade
quate, and an additional $33,
000 to provide sewer extensions
to areas where home builders
now have to install septic tanks
or outdoor privies.
Statement-wise, the city is in
good shape. At the end of the
current fiscal year the bonded j
indebtedness will be approxi
mately $300,000, which sounds
like a lot of money to an indi
vidual, but, considering the as-!
sets of the city, is not too bad.'
As has been remarked here
before, the unfortunate' part of
the City of Kings Mountain's
situation is not its present fis
cal condition, but the fact that
much in the way of capital out
lay needs to be done, not for
frills and such, but for basic
services which a city is sup
posed to provide in turn for
payment of taxes. A citizen
who builds inside the city lim
its and who cannot get city ser
vices is being penalized. H?
would have been better off to
have built outside.
The city board is turning
over the prospects of a bond
election in its collective mind,
and it may offer one to cover
the heeded sewer outlay. ? Of
course, there's a city election
scheduled in May and, any
bond election offered before
then, would almost surely get
involved in personality poli
tics. But then it probably would
anyway. i
Should a bond election be of
fered, and passed, the Herald
would offer one suggestion, and
that is to schedule payment of
the bonds at a faster rate than
government agencies sometim
es do. While the Herald recog
nizes the dangers of getting the
debt service part of the budget
too overloaded, it nevertheless
seems mighty costly to carry
bond issues over too Jong a pe
riod. If the Herald is not in er
ror. the city will not complete
paving for tts water plant un
til 1968.
Some editor in the state voi- i
ced the opinion several years
ago that government surpluses
cause more trouble than defi
cits. By that he meant that,
when there are indications of
a surplus, plenty of people find1
too many places to spend it in.]
The legislators, even if they!
want to, never get a chance to
think about cutting a tax rate
or two. Here is North Carolina
with a nice surplus, and they're
wondering how to find enough
money to take care of the bud- 1
get in the next biennium. But,
in this modern day, economis
ing is not a popular recreation.
From results so far, it ap- 1
pears that local sports fans will
have an Interesting diet for the
next six weeks. Coach Don Par
ker's high school basketball;
team has developed into a win-!
ning combination, and Coach.
Mabel Carpenter's young la
dies are also doing very well.
however, knew him as a man of 1
keep good humor and as ati
good citizen.
10
YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK
Items of news taken from the
1937 files of the Kings Moun
tain Herald. ?
Mf rubers oi Kings Mountain
Merchants Association, which was
organized Jfcst woek, held their sec*
tmd meeting Momtey evening
wt the City Wail, With President By
re u Keeter presorting.
PRICE NOTE r
Home Stores was advertising fat
hack at 3 lbs. for 28c, pork chops at
19e Tb., pork sausage at 15c lb. short
ening 4 kw. 36c, and Mlmon, tall
cans, 10c. ?
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martin's medicine
By Martin Harmon
(Containing bits of HWt. wis
dom, humor, and eemmtaL To bo
takoa weekly. Avoid oeet
dosoge.)
. ? - tt ?77
_ Breakfast
tX r.?,J !auntw*d ,Bt* ?>? Coun
try_Club last wook for the March
ojJDimes kickolf breakfast I was
?bout MTtn minutes late, and ttoo
J22T tTS OD MUdo
(?marks from those already pros
?nt and straining at the leash to
get to the table. ,0
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About all 1 could do, in the face
Cha,U* "dock's
(that bo bad already done half,
el-day's Work), was admit that 8
?- m. is a few minutes before my i
regular breakfast hour, plus the
that whli* mT daT
later than some folks, it ends la
ter too, in the normal course of
events, which makes for a trial
balance, at least.
places were set for a half- dor un
fSt? t? I *h?W Up ?* ,b? bre?k
fast, which worked out very well
M Va " not ,or th? 1
scrambled eggs and accessories
must hare numbered at least
Carolina- sire
? ?Dd ,our P1**** of
bacon This, plus tomato Juice.
m?f? *f??t than could be used
qlo1rino^!!ltwlM>** Pres*nt Jn a
glowing good humor and with
Kina,"1^ ?.UUle that
?k M un,oln Would do its
share for the polio fund. It is un- '
fortunate that the whole commu
likj that i" * a"end 0 breoJrfast
like that. for. after that they'd be
" ?U"1Cient fiD? ??ttle to write
real handsome checks.
Host Ollie Hairi. was a little 1
U appointed that some of the
campaign workers weren't prw
1Khat,b**n m* ?*P*rien
a^?\h br^a?t engagement is
obout the easiest kind to forget A
h y .^' ?n* balf-way, and, if
he siike the medicine department,
operates in a fog until the second
cup of coffee anyway.
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to ,hink about It I can't
remember going "our to break
fast but tw9 other times in my
life. One was a Chamber of Corn*
"?ma. wu, 1 UltSsJj}:
toomomber. he was already mid
hi, ham n egg,
hoT^T ?? six,** -??
*ock in 1M0L This one w?Tl??
?? make, however, as ft didn'^get
underway until 10:30.
fwHr^SS^ u "ot ?T best meal.
Shteh 2Ti. ?taM>Mit.
which will be found unusual in
?omo quarters. A snail portion of
juice, bacon, poached egg on toast
""J* ***? o^P* of coffee fill me up
?h ?^T' And mT contontion is
HlVr. ?*** Wa,t Principally to
keep from getting hungry. Thu
rrfr dwrins th* dcrf
1 caJ1 o pyramiding ap
P?tite. 1 do eery well at the mid
inCJ, m*a1' and am usucflly ra /ish.
>ngly hungry at the supper hour:
A real good eating day cab be
( oMwo? * * P* **? with one
i! r0),01 JO D' the bar
??PPo^ I'm somewhat
turned around, but an ordinary
breakfast tastes unusually good at
??; iZFZ i?x- Aa *ha*
Tes "?t at 8:30 a. m- tatu>
good as 0 T-Bon* ?teak at 6:30 I
p. m.. and the same goes for hot
cakes or waffles, two items I'd
turn away from in the momirfg.
ali?,'1jr7?JWg ? <oe
c^jjt n? t*?utow ?>??
cases, eggs, or even that louse
PJeM*d .tuff called Span,
bam what am) while ^rrina a
board ship with Unci? Sam. The
So,!0 d9^'* rsr S ^
down and th* rnimn
"tS1 to^** ^ th# lr**lln9 oi, Was
a tip-top appetite tonic.
-K_
Though the subject at hood is
bieakiast breakfast can't be sep
arated from the ilttpiag business.
I admire muchly those people who
can awaken at a regular hour,
without benefit of alarm clock
then hop oat of bed feeling fit as
a fiddle and full of elm* vigor and
Vitality.
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A tody 1 once knew contended
that this type of fritting np was
vesy hard on the lerrws system,
and that the proper way to arise
was to lie qnietly pntil the last
vestiges of sleepy -headedness
were dissipated into the pillows,
but looking back, and knowing
my own getting up troubles. I be
lieve that the lady was merely ?
pologising indirectly for the same
hating -to -arise dilemna.
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- Some New Tear's Day. I'm going
to make a finhMos to arise an
hous before breakfast and. If
there are no thick? to tsed or
cows to milk. ?e make a Tmrwu.
type circle el the block, i ommM
ptoee breakfast to tb# gbrifled
ana th* midnight mock at the
GlMk*!.
NOTICE or SALE
Under and by virtue oi the power
of m!e contained in a deed of trust
given toy L. L). Cash and wile, Nell
Cash to the undersigned as trustee
for Mrs. SadW F. Mauney on the
23rd of October, 1947, now on record
in the Register of Deeds Off tee 1c
Cleveland County in book 335 at
page 18, to' secure the indebtedness
therein mentioned and default hav
ing been made in the payment of
same and at the request of Mrs. Sa
die P. Mauney, 1 will sell for cash
at the courthouse door in Shelby,
Cleveland County, North Carolina
on Monday, February 14, 1949, at
10:00 o'clock a. m., or within legal
hours, the following described real
estate: -
" First Tract:
Being lots Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 ac-,
cording to a blue print of same
which is on record in the Office of
the Register of Deeds for Cleveland
County, N. C., in plat book No. 3 at
page 3, said lots being 25 feet front
each and 272 feet deep and being
the same lots conveyed by the Town
of Kings, Mountain, to N. F. McGlll
by deed as will appear- on record in
the Register of Dpeds Office for Cle
veland County and also by the Town
of Kings Mountain to B. H. Bridges
by deed dated the 25th day of. Sep
tember, 1940, as will appear on rec
ord in the Register of Deeds Office
for Cleveland County in book 5-A at
page 29.
Second Tract:
One lot on Gantt Street, situate at
or near the corporate limits of the
Town of Kings Mountain, N. CL, and
bounded as follows, viz:
Beginning at Gantt Street, at the
southeastern corner of Mr. and Mrs.
L. D. Cash's lot, and runs south 88%
degrees West 173 feet to the south
western corner of Mr. and Mrs. L. D.
Cash's lot; thence south 4 West 50
feet; thence North 88% degrees East
173 feet to Gantt Street; thence Nor
th 3 East 50 feet to the Beginning.
This the 8th day of January, 1949.
B. S. Neill, Trustee
J. R. Davis, Atty. j-14-f-4
DMteM* to to -JKABTKB THAN
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Office open each Friday 10 A. M. to 5 P. M.
250 FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING
WU6N TUE BABY
WAKES AT FOUfc
AMD WAIF ASLEEP
WU WALK THE FLOOR
Relax. Refresh with, ft troety
bottle of lively. ener*l*ln?
CHJEERWINE! Olvea your Uate
? thrill. Oive the kiddies ftll
they want. It'a good for them.
Cheeruine is in tune
with the American taste
Keep a supply at home.
Buy a 6-bottle carton
or a case today I *
to
axes
See B. D. RATTERREE. Number 4 Township Tax Lister*
at once and avoid the last minute rush.
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