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and benefit of Um dtura* ol Usgi Mountain and its wiaity.
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En tor ad a* ncond dau nullw at the postolfic* at Klo?t Moun
tain. K. C. ondti Act of Ctiagi? ol March 3, 1171
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TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE
Tor there is no respect cf persons with God. Rokcse 2:11.
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Another Election
There is another election on
June 4th. It will determine
?whether North Carolina sball
borrow $200 million for t'ural
road building and raise Its gas
tax one-cent, and also whether
the state shall borrow $25 mil
ion to aid construction of
school buildings.
Senator Lee B. Weathers, of
Shelby, in an address before
the annual joint meeting of the
Kiwanis and Lions clubs May
J2, said he supported the school
bonds, not only on the basis of
needs, but for plain good busi
ness. Senator Weathers ^aid
Cleveland County share of the
$25,000,000 (which is to be pro
rated on the basis of school en
rollment ) would approximate
$400,000.
Though he didn't lei' the
Lions and Kiwanians how to
vote on the road bond election,
he indicated ? throirg;. p. re
view of the legislative record ?
that he opposed the road bond
issue. Mr. Weathers belonged
to the group which favored of
fering of a $100 million issue.
He indicated dbubts that the
Mate can wisely spend $200
million, in addition to the reg
ular highway revenues, during
the ensuing four yeajs.
There hasn't been too much
discussion, locally, on the for
thcoming bond elections. It is
assumed that the rural vote
will favor the road proposals,
though one prominent farmer
(who lives on a dirt road) said
the Scott supporters ? weren't
lined up 100 percent for his
road program.
Special interest grouj s are
a)read\ at work on the matter;
Spearheading the fight against
the road bonds is the associa
tion of petroleum dealers. Fav
oring the road bonds, are the
heads of the farm bureau and
a number of other organiza
tions.
The average citizen (a large
number of farmers will be in
this category) will find himself
in the middle ground, not align
ed with any special interest
group.
It will be up to him to deter
mine whether it is gooc! busi
ness for North Carolina to bor
row this money.
The First National Bank an
nounced last week expansion of
services via a new agricultuarl
division and appointment of a
special farm representative. M.
E. Stanton is well-qualified for
this position and the farmers
who avail themselves of this
new service will find it to their
advantage.
Congratulations are jr. order
to the members of the county
hospital board of trustees and
particularly to the Number 4
township members, including
those on the board now and in
.. prior years.
Hospital Auuted ?
The word is out that Kings
Mountain is assured of having
a hospital and the hope is that
construction will be begun by
late summer if not earlier.
The architect's sketches (not
in the blueprint stage yet) call
for a one-story structure, com
plete with operating room, ad
ministrative offices, laboratory
and 24 beds.
This is not the 50- bed hospi- '
tal anticipated and planned be
fore prices reachc-d the out-of
this world stage, but it will
serve Kings Mountain well, cer
tainly tor a tirae, and the word
is that Kings Mountain will still
have some of its monev left.
The reason for tnat is the;
formula arrangements, whereby i
state and federaj funds supple-!
ment local funds-*. The laws gov- '
erning these funds are written
to aid the poorest localities -i
at least those poorest in hospi
tal facilities. While it does not
necessarily follow that the.
poorest counties are worse off,]
hospital-wise, that iscustomar-:
ily the case. Actually, the law
operates to penalize those
counties which have some pub
licly - ow ned hospital facilities.
Thus, Cleveland county would
be in better position ? as far
as getting federal and state
funds ? if the county hospital'
at Shelby did not exist.
However, it does exist, and
the best must be made of the
situation.
The improvements at Shelby,
will alleviate the crowded con
ditions there, and the erection1
of a 24-bed hospital here will j
mean that the majority of cas-i
es can be handled at home,]
which will be of great benefit to I
the doctors (many of whom!
now keep the road not between 1
here and Shelby) to the pa-1
tients (closer-at-home hospital
facilities) and to their families.
Though there are a few more
steps to go before the hospital
comes into being, the word is
that it will be a reality in the
not-too-distant future.
Belatedly, a best bow to Ja
cob Cooper, who has already
begun His duties as thijrtf-dis
trict vice-president of the Nor
th Carolina Junior Chamber of
Commerce. The Herald rejoices
in his election and has no doubt
but that the Jaycee third dis
trict will have a banner year
under his leadership.
The conveyance of a mobile,
X-Ray machine to the county ]
completes a long-term project ,
by Kings Mountain and Shelby
Jaycees. The members of these
two active organizations de
serve the plaudits of the peo
ple, who in turn deserve praise
for their liberality in making
the purchase possible. Joe Hed
den directed the Kings Moun
tain part of the drive, and he
did a good job.
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i ? , "? J1Y; ?1939 files of the King. Moun
THIS WEEK udn Herald. ? I
Three members of theiKings Moun
tadn Fire Department ? Elm? Bad
ges, Hoyle McDaniel and Paul Kirk
Falls ? are attending the three-day
session of ihe N. C. State Firemen's
school at Wiimmgton.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
The American Legion AaxiMa*"
Jveld it May .meeting oft Tuesday
afternoor with Mrs. Eugene Ma<h
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Mrs. Besfc?ie Gantt, Mrs. H. R. Pat
ton and Mrs. Timmons Hord were '
hostesses 10 their missionary eircJe i
of Central Methodist church Monday j
afternoon.
Misses Fanny Carpenter a?>d Pau
leila Adair were hostesse to the
members of .the Business Worrwns i
circle of First Baptist chutch Mon- 1
day evening. .
The Judson circle -of Ffr$* Baptist :
church me* Monday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Ed Hord. i
martin's medicine
>7 Mcxrtic Hanson
( Containing bite of M*l. Wt?
dosn. humor. and comment. To b? 1
lakes wvtkJy. Avoid v??
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Banana Splits
Impetus tor today's pl*ct Is two
fold.
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Most Immediate was th? big
multi-colored tlga bock of the
fountain at Kings Mountain Drug
Company Saturday which entic
ingly invited the customers to in
dulge in a banana split at the
non-inflation price of ISc.
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The otkm is my old "split" ex
perience. Sack in the good old
.days when X was taking on a short
career as a soda }erke% I appren
ticed en banana splits and became
something of an expert. At least
I reached the point where I could
make one occasionally without
meesing up the fountain, and this
was the principal test, though
speed also entered in.
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Should our younger readers be in
doubt as to Just what this **sody"
fountain delicacy is. a definition
would seem in ocderv A banana
split gets its name from splitting
the banana. Other ingredients in
clude three different brands of ice
cream, assorted nuts, syrup cov
ered fruits, chocolate syrup, whip
pec cream, one red cherry.
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Preparation of e split is very
simple. Split a banana down-cen
ter the long way. then lay it on
the banana split tray (either silver
or glass). On the banana halves,
superimpose three scoops of ice
cream, one vanilla, one cherry, one
peach. Spue:/ on chocolate syrup
(amount to depend on whim of
customer.) Throw on concoction of
fruits and walnuts. Douse with
whipped cream, then. garnish with
cherry over center scoop of ice
cream. Serve immediately and col
lect on delivery. After eating o
bunch of stuff like that the cus
tomer might not be able to walk
out.
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Back in the good old "split"
days, the regular price was 25
cents, but we served 'em up a a
Saturday special at 10 cents a
throw. Even so tMie were some
proud parents who would bring in ,
a whole drove of youngsters for a
Saturday treat and ask for a quan
tity discount. Bananas were pur
chased by the bunches, and busi
ness. begem as early as 10 in the
morning and continued through
out the afternoon and evening.
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Of course, the recipe given a
hove was not completely follow "Vd
on the 10-cent special. As I recall,
we soda ferkors bad a special ice
cream scoop built for special splits
alone, which gave a smaller quan
tity of ice cream than the regular
nickle scoop We left off the whip
ped cream, and sometimes the
cherry during a big rush. Ifs a
good thing *? did. Had the full
necipe been used, the present , op
erators of the establishment would
have Long since been sold out by
the sheriff.
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Even so. the spUt we doled out
for a dime was a full meal in It
self. and therji were few who or
dered two at one setting. The usu
al case when that happened was
that the ayes were bigger than the
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classic exception,
out to be
sat dews.
ene epht As Jim
(who neves pWsnl to the split
^ by the
in ad sold
tr
_ ___ the bl
ed off. But be was Jerked to as
tonished attention by an order for
a chocolate sundae. Jim returned
to the fountain mad as a wet ben
and mattering something cfeout
"den glutton." When be later
went back to clear the table, there
wasn't a speck of ryrup left let
alone a good full bite.
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The split business also reminds
me of a terrible and uncalled for
act 1 palled en a split customer,
and one which I still think of ?
embarraseedly ? every time I see
the guy. It was late on a hot Sat
urday night and we had been
turning out splits all day. At a
minute after midnight (the drug
?tore hours ran Tarn, 'til in those
days), Johnny Elam walked in.
We were trying to get closed up,
and when he orde.-ed a split it was
the last ktfttw.
With a chip on my shoulden I
informed him that Saturday was
already by the boards, and his
split would cost him the fourth
part of a dollar.
Johnny pat on a chip. too. asd
replied. "I don't care what it costs.
I want a *pMt~
No. never bare I seen Johnny
Elam since, without remembering
that split incident
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The return of the split at the
record pries of It ctnh mast
mntf bmh tliat inflation is ow
and normalcy has returned. Every
body should eat a split Just one*
| in his lile. but I pity the fountain
departments . . .
Dairymen Advised
'To Prevent Bloat
j When hungry cattle graze on iegu
me crops before these crops have.
reached the bloom stage, they will
oftentimes bloat. If dairymen keep
cows off legume grazing until t^ese
crops have reached the bloom stage,
much potential milk from suet) graz
ing wil) be lost.
Every dairyman, therefore, laces
the problem of how to graze these
crops and still prevent bloat. Fortu
nately, says A. C. Kimrey, exxer.sion
dairyman it State College, this can
be done.
When a -cow eats any kind of feed,
Kimrey explains, a large quantity of
gas terms in her stomach. Normally
this gas pressue is relieved wh**n fi
brous feeds tickle the inner lining
of the cow's stomach and bel
ching.
However, an empty cow grazing
on sappy legumes fills her stomach
with soft, slimy material which does
not cause the animal to belch. As a
result gas, which is a normal by
product of digestion, accumulates in
the stomach and causes bloat. Un
less the animal is given prompt re
lief, she may die.
If the legume pasture is about 50
percent grass, most potential bloat
will not happen, says Kimrey. Or, he
adds, if a reasonable amount of good
! quality hay is led to the cow before
she is put out, she usually will not
bloat. For this purpose, oat hay, Su
dan or other good grass hay, as well
as the various legume haye, will
prove satisfactory. The hay must be
palatable or the cow will not eat e
nough of it, to do the job.
Kimrey says that where practica
ble, a rack filled with good J: ay
should be placed in the pasture or
; adjacent to it. This practice will pre
jvem many cas?s of bloat.
If bloat does occur in spite of pre
cautions, call a veterinarian, advises
the extension dairyman. In the
meantime, tie a .stick in the cow's
mouth and keep her walking as
much as possible. Many dairymen I
| are reporting favorable results from
drenching the bloated animal with
| half a soft-drink bottle of err'r.er kex
osene or mineral oil.
A gold nugget found in 13E9 wei
ghed 157 pounds according 10 the
Encyclopedia firltannica.
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