Tie Kings Mountain Herald
Established 1889
A weekly newspaper devoted to the promotion of the general welfare and putritohed
Car itie enlightenment, entertainment and benefit of the cttiaens of Kings Mountain
and its vicinity, published every Friday by the Herald Publishing House.
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Eateied as second class matter at the post of flee at Kings Mountain, N. C.. under Ast
at Congress of inarch 3, 3 3 73.
Editorial Department
Martin Harmon .. Wlltor Publisher
Charles T. Carpenter, Or Sports, drculation. Hewn
Mrs. P. D. Herndon . . Socles
Mechanical Department
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Paul Jackson Charles Odems
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TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE
Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine bond
? to do it. Proverbs 3:27.
Reynolds Vs. Graham
Reaction to announcement by Robert
Rice Reynolds that he would oppose Sen
ator Frank P. Graham in the spring pri
mary has been mixed, as would be ex
pected, but it has not indicated that Mr.
Reynolds has too good a chance of re
turning to Washington as a North Caro
lina Senator.
Mr. Reynolds, of course, showed he
was still full of surprises by running
against Graham instead of against Sen
ator Hoey.
Many people were surprised when Bob
Reynolds went to the Senate the first
time by victory over Cameron Morrison.
His election success In 1932 was due
w- priocipaUiu^Qu iiis, persopaBype cam-_
paign and his showmanship and at a
time when the people were willing to
vote for anyone new.
His re-elegtion in i938 was easy too,
for Senator Reynolds . during his first
term confined most of his activities to
politicking and keeping the voters hap.
py. But reaction set in shortly after his
re-election. Senator Reynolds was a
loud isolationist, almost pro-Hitler and
pro-Mussolini in his utterances. By 1944
it was obvious that Bob Reynolds had
had his day in North Carolina politics.
There are some people who are very
much anti-Graham. They regard him
as Overly-leftish, and a man who would
find it quite easy to vote for proposals
to spend their money.
But the majority of the latter group
know that Frank Graham is, first-and
foremost a gentleman, as well as a scho
' lar and capable administrator. And it's
unlikely that the majority of North Car
olinians will be able to vote for Bob Rey
nolds in preference io the little man
from Chapel Hill.
The basic differences in the two are on
international policy, Dr. Graham's inter
national views are more palatable to the
people. ?
Hospital Underway
The beginning of construction on
Kings Mountain hospital is good news
for the people of the community and sur
rounding area, for they long have look
ed for ward to seeing a hospital here.
Though small in size when compared
to the large plants of the state and na
tion, it will be well-equipped and of much
aid to the city's medical corps, the fam
ilies of patients and the patients them
selves.
At the same time, some citizens have
voiced the question as to operation of
the hospital.. In short, will it, like the ma
jority of public hospitals, annually show
an operating deficit?
Deficits in public hospitals are quite
common, and usually the blame is placed
on "charity patients."
There should be a way around this
stumbling block, and the answer seems
to be in low-cost hospitalization insur
ance. However, the Herald prefers that
this insurance be purchased by individ
uals, rather than through the presently
advocated government health program.
Many people in this area already car
ry hospitalization insurance, but many
do not. It would be a benefit, to the city,
township and county, if business and in
dustrial firms which have not already
done so would encourage their employ
ees to get hospitalization coverage, ei
ther through the rapidly expanding Blue
Cross organization at Chapel Hill, or
through some other reputable agency.
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The past week has been annual Boy
Scout Week in the nation and in Kings
Mountain, and here it has prefaced the
annual appeal for funds for kings Moun
tain district work during the coming
year. The community has always strong
ly supported the Boy Scout movement,
and officials anticipate a minimufn of
trouble in obtaining the $1,500 budget
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Labor Troubles
It appears that 1950 is going to be a
year of labor troubles, what with Chry
sler plants already closed down, a phone
strike threatened and it being touch
and-go as to whether coal will be mined
from one day to. the next.
Even though the automobile has come
to.be regarded as a necessity by the
great majority of people, the production
of coal and the maintenance of telephone
communications must be regarded as
higher in the line of importance than the
production of automobiles.
The strikes pose a nasty problem, for
coal is necessary for heating and to keep
factories running and the telephone has
pf?comnjercial and .
personal living.
The problem is nasty for the present
federal administration, which, in order I
to get votes, views the Taft-Hartley Act j
with disdain and repugnance. It is also
another vote-seeking year.
Charges and counter - charges have al
ready flown around between American
Telephone and Telegraph Company and !
the CIO affiliate representing the em- '
ployees, and, of course, the coal strike
situation has been filling the newspa
pers for several months.
From the standpoint of the average ci
tizen, who has watched his coal bill
mount and his bin empty, it ceems high
time that the President use his powers
to declare an emergency and use his po
wers to keep the coal coming out of the
ground.
Should the telephone strike develop,
it is an easy guess that one or two days
of inability to use the telephone would
put the nation in similar mood regard
ing the telephone company.
The telephone workers lost the 1947
strike, and they attributed the loss to
the fact that the union at that time was
independent. None knows how the phone
workers will fare this time, but it would
appear that thus far the union has not
used sufficiently persuasive efforts to
get its demands.
A strike is just like a war. Both antag
onists usually lose in the long run, as
well as the public.
Our congratulations to Kings Moun
tain high school on its continuance this
year of the Career Day program, which
endeavors to provide students an ad
vance look-see into what they might ex
pect in many different professions and
vocations. The trend toward vocational
guidanc? V schools has advanced great
ly during the past decade, and it is a
good one. Too often young people go in
to a patricular type work when, had they
known a little more about it, they would
have avoided it like poison. Enjoyment
of one's work is one of the principal pre
requisites to happiiness and advance
ment.
Our congratulations to the Kings
Mountain Red Cross chapter in obtain
ing the services of Ollie Harris and Law
rence Abbott to direct this year's Red
Cross fund campaign. Both are capable
and willing to work. These are the two
- attributes necessary to assure success
of almost any appeal or venture of any
kind. ' r
News that the local American Legion
post intends to field a team in the an
nual Legion baseball program comes as
good news to local sports fans who find
Legion baseball most Interesting and
exciting. The Herald is glad to see ar
rangements for the program underway
here at an earlier date than customary.
You'll want to attend the Junior col
lege basketball tournament at the high
school gymnasium next weekend. Tn?
action promises to be fast and close, and
The Mountaineer Club, sponsoring- or
ganization, deserves the support of. the
community on this promotional venture.
10
TEARS AGO
THIS WEEK
Items of news taken from the 1940 files of the
Kings Mountain Herald.
Sterling Silver rings were pre
sented to two members of the
Lions Club at the regular meeting
last Thursday evening. The
beautiful rings, were presented
by H. Tom Fulton to C. C. Eden*
and Sam R. Sube-r for their loyal
service at tfie club booth during
the Cleveland County Pair.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
Mrs. A. H. Patterson was hos
tess St a luncheon Tuesday, hon
oring Mrs. Harry Hendricks of.
Beaufort who has b??n visiting |
her parents, Mr. al*id Mrs J. M.
Williams.
Miss Peggy Mauney, small
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey
Mauney was hostess to a dozen
of her little school mates on Sat
urday afternoon at a Valentine
psrty.
The marriage of Miss Myrtle
Mse K?liy and Or. Jacob Phllo
Mauney was solemnized this af
ternoon in a quiet ceremony at
St. Mark a Lutheran church In
Aahevllie.
Miss Dorothy Hoke, student at
W. C. U. N. C., Greensboro spent
the weekend at her home
and was accompanied bade - to
Greensboro Monday by her mo
ther, Mrs. Lester Hoke, and her
aunt, Mrs. M. H. Biser, who re
turned Tuesday evening. v
Friends of Lawrence Patrick,
student at Darlington Prep |
School. Rome, Ga., will be Inter
ested to know (tMt he has been
dismissed from the Infirmary
where be has been for sometime
and aHftoogf* k>- has not com
plstaty mwiil. is able ?e $??!
martin's
medicine
Py Martin Harmon
(Containing bit* of am. wii
" ?, humor, and comment. To
bo taken wmUt. Avoid
February Pick-Ups
we are. woil Into Feb
ruary. and that moan* that
1950, th? big mid -century yoar
is doing its be*t to out-race all
previous ones and break the
?pood record* on 385 days,
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Of course, it's all in the point
?1 ?Veer. A youngster of IS.
waiting until 1851 to turn 16
and thereby absolve his lath
er's legal doubts as to lotting
the young man drive the fami
ly bus on courting forays,
thinks the year is going
mighty, mighty slow. A chap
watting to turn 21 to come into
an Inheritance (wills are fre
quently written that way), al
sr 1 likely to think the days
pass rather slowly, bat for the
groat mass of (oik, the speed
of 1850 is all ? and more?
than could be desired.
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The notes come due at the
bank with amazing regularity,
and birthdays dick off to the
point that a lady who yester
day thought she was Just an
Infant in the age department
comes up suddenly with the
realisation that time is creep
ing by. 11 she then goes to the
minor to check for grey hairs,
and has the misfortune to find,
there will come a shriek which
will cause the house to shake.
This has Its benefits to the
beauty shops, however, and
bears oat the statement that
if s a mighty ill wind that
blows nobody any good.
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Speaking about the note
bxiAifiMMMW* CI llfiQlllilJG ia * %JM[ (>n -
ey -Matters." a trod* paper put
out by the Institute of Ufe In
surance. reads "Study of Per
sonal Finances Finds Hall of
Consumers Debt-Free." That is
all very nice, and I would be
the }ast to question the insur
ance bdys' statistics division,
but I find myself in the wrong
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And speaking of insurance, if
X were Dave Neill, Charlie War
lick or anyone else In the bus
iness of selling fire insurance,
I would start an immediate of
fort to boycott the Little Or
phan Annie comic strip. An
nie's friends got their restau
rant. barge burned up. and so
they were wiped out. Never a
mention of insurance. As
smart as Little Annie is. 1 don't
see how she could have missed
the insurance boat.
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In the course of discussion
the other night on the Coun
try Club's current series of
brldgo lessons at a committee
meeting, Bruce McDaniel and
Toby Williams were teasing
their wives and offorlng bil
lionaire . brand wagers that
the menfotks could still take
the womenfolks, regardless of
all the Instruction on the card
playing art that Prince Cset
werttnskL Charlie Goren, Ely
Culbertson or anyone else
could give. And tbe discussion
opened the way for Bruce to re
port on his one invitation to
play at the local Men'* Bridge
Club. (Tss, if* got to that
point Kings Mountain has a
Men's Brldgo Clufe)
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Ko, 1 wasn't invited but on*
time," Bruce reports. "1 made
the mistake of putting my ace
on my partner's king. I was
m*rtlfi*d ?* tear*. The crimes
phes* wo* strained for the rest
of the night
what net a one of 'est
askjne to ride home. I had to
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1 strayed off th* subject bat
it reminds that February has
always been a good entertain
ing month, a good school mon
th and a good banquet mouth.
In the schools, the toothers
have Abe Lincoln end George
Washington to work wtth in
the history department and St
Valentine's Day offers a nice
decorative scheme for enter
taining, I don't knew why
If s a good banquet month, ex
cept that the weather's cold.
whsn they wouldn't <
In the middle of the
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Just Wck-upej 1 not* th*
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Other Editors'
A GRASS-ROOT COUNTRY
(Lincoln Times)
The government of this nation
is dominated by the small towns
and the rural areas ? not by the
great city populations. That
striking laot is developed in an
analy**s of the United States
Congress published in* the De
cember issue of The American
Press. k
The analysis snows that 76 out
of the 96 Senators ? 79 per cent
?are elected by rural majorities,
and that 54 per cent of the Re
presentatives represent more ru
ral counties than urban counties.
For the purpose at the study, a
rural county was considered to
be one in which there is no com
munity with more than 10,000
population.
The small number of Senators
who represent predominately ur
ban constituencies inostly come
from states with very small land
areas and concentrated Industry,
such as Rhode Island and Con
nection tt.
The study shows -further that
42 Senators and 132 Representa
tives have a weekly newspaper
a a their home town paper. ? It
then said: "All of those from ru
ral areas depend on weekly
newspapers as one of their chief
barometers of the opinions of
their constituents."
The point is that, in spite of
the growth of the cities, this is
still a grass-roots country. The
people on the tar as, in the vil
lages, and In. the small munici
palities harve the dominant voice
when it comes to electing the
men who make our laws. The
future at America is In their
hands.
FREE ENTERPRISE
Jocksoa (Ml*.) OollT Mews
Up at Hold en, Ma**, an 18
year-old youth named Stuart
Moule built to r himself an auto
mobile that cost him $157 com-,
plete. Insofar as can be learned,
he did not lease an abandoned
war plant, did not ?et a govern
ment subsidy, and didn't even
negotiate one of those RFC -loans. ;
You gotta take your hat off to J
that kind of free enterprise and ,
individual initiative.
Next time t houzd from him
was last week . . . this time it
. a* 1? suppose
facts of Ufs, the birth rat* sta
tistics. etc- it's psetty tmy to
guess what kind of mittmum
meat Til be f Wag from him
next ... wonder what colas if U
be. ptak or hi?. .. hUM
a 19-fear-maa la T lags Moan
UP if, ? ? ?
Guthrie On Doty
At Key West. no.
GREAT LAKES, 111. ? Ralph A.
Girtfirie, chief-interior commu
nications electrician. USN, hus
band of Mrs. Thelnva G^J if
West King street, Kings M.. ?
tain, N, C., recently reported for
duty at the Naval Air Station,
Key West, Fta.
Guthrie entered the Naval' ser
vice April 28, 1937.
Before entering the Navy, he
attended Gaffney High school
and was employed by Alma Mills
Gaffney, S. C.
A survey of j the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture shows that
75 percent of the population ov
er 60 years of age Is suffering
from a deficiency of calcium, pro
tein, Iron, or some of the vita
mins.
PRESCRIPTION
SERVICE
W? Fill any Doctors' Pre
?aipttau promptly and
accurately at reasonable
prices with the confidence
of yov physician.
Phone* 41?61
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22 Cases Heard
In Court Session
v.
. dome 22 cases were heard in
regular weekly session of City
Recorders court held January 30
at the City Hall with Judge W.
Faison Barnes presiding.
Ten defendants were convicted
oh charge* of public drunken
ness, with one verdict a continu
ed prayer for Judgment and the
remainder drawing fines.
Wesley J. Grlgg, of Blacksburg
S.C., was sentenced to six mon
ths in Jail after conviction on a
chAarge of larceny.
Arthur D. Gosnell appealed to
Superior Court a sentence of six
months in Jail on a charge of as
sault on a female.
Matthew Junior Watson, of
R(VV; Hill, S. C.. drew a fine of
$lw and court costs or. cowvic
tion of driving drunk charges.
Watson was also docketed on a
charge of driving without an op
erators license, was convicted and
fined $25 and court costs on
that count.
lames T. Pajoton, of Shelby,
was ordered to pay damage* a
mounting to $80.15 and court
costs after conviction on charges
of reckless driving.
Other case* heard included:
Charles MoGlnnis, of High
Shoals, an old case charging him
with abandonment and non-sup
port, prayer for Judgment con
tinued.
Leon Douglas Oa?h. speeding,
taxed with court coats.
Hazel Washington, improper li
cense plates, prayer for Judg
ment continued.
Lula McCurry, force able teas
pass, taxed with court costs.
. John Wright, worthless check,
taxed with costs,
Robert L. White, improper II
cense Vlaies, prayer fbr Judg
ment continued.
Dorus Bess, improper license
plates, taxed with court costs.
Girl Scouting offers a charac
ter building program. Doe* your
ehurehs ponsor a troop?
Dr. James S. Bailey
OPTOMETRIST
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