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The Kings Mountain Heiald
Established 1889
A weekly newspaper devoted to the promotion ?t the general welfare and published
tor the enlightenment, entertainment and benefit of the citizens of Kings Mountain
and Its vicinity, published every Friday by the Herald Publishing House.
Entered as second .'lass matter at the postofflce at Kings Mountain, N. C., under Act
o< Congress of March 3, 1873.
Editorial Department
Martin Harmon Editor- Publisher
Charles T. Carpenter, Jr Sports, Circulation, News
Mrs. P. D. Herndon Society
Mechanical Department
Eugene Matthews Horace Walker * Ivan Weaver
Paul Jackson Charles Odems
TELEPHONES: Society. 167; Other. 283
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TODAY'S BIBLE VLH^E .
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord.
Hebrews 12:14.
States Rights
It is all very well and good to yell a
bout "States Rights," and some minority
groups have yelled enough to sway ma
jorities in a few states, namely, South
Carolina, Missisippi and others of the
Deep South.
However, it would be a better course
to examine the States Righters to see
what they really want, and what they
really have to offer.
The Herald thinks particularly, at the
moment, of its nearby neighbor to the
South, which had the States Right can
didate for president, J. Strom Thurmond.
South Carolina gave Gov. Thurmond
a thumping majority.
Some theorists think that if loc9l level
government (city and county) ar?d state
governments would do their part in
meeting the demands of the people for
services, that the federal government
would not be pressured to render these
services which are expanding more and
more federal bureaucracy.
North Carolina, we believe, could bet
ter afford to join the States Right column
than South Carolina. North Carolina's is
a record of conservative progressivism in
almost all fields Of activity. South Caro
lina, for instance, has done little to im
prove its school teacher pay, as this
state has done, and it is natural that
the great mass of the South Carolina
school teachers are very strong in their
endorsements of federal aid to educa
tion.
Yes, there's more to States Rights
than mere shouting.
A man may have at. inalienable right,
but some of them assign it to someone
else. The same is true of states. Un
willingness cr inability of the several
states to cope with their own problems
is the best means of advancing the cause
of the bureaucrats, who feel that every
good thing must come from Washing
ton.
Legion Opener
The Kings Mountain Legion Junior
baseball team opens its current home
season under the lights Saturday night
in an exhibition game, and our guess is
that a large crow d w ill be on hand to get
a look-see as to what kind of' team
Coaches l.ewis and Bradshaw will have
for the Area -1 elimination play.
Th.e new coaches are currently feeling
pretty bullish about their team's pros
pects and the youngsters are turning to
the pleasant work of conditioning with
vim, vigor and vitality.
Three more roads are listed for hard
surfacing by the state highway r-un
mission under the SHOO million rural
roads program.' The commission is now
in the second phase of its rural road pav
ing work, and, Of course, the people of
this area hope that some other roads
will make the list before the total fund
is completely earmarked. The Herald
still thinks that one road which should
be paved is the short stretch to Lake
Motv.unia. This is a washboard-type road
which is in bad shape only a few day sf sif
ter scraping. Particularly in the summer
months, it is very heavily traveled.
Our congratulations to Girl Scout
Troop 1 and Brownie Troop 11. who re
ceived the current year's eampership a
wards.
Registration for the forthcoming May
27 primary was considered very good in
the Kings Mountain area precincts, in
dicating that this.area may record a rec
ord vote on Saturday week.
Unjustified Strike
Manufacturers along the route of the
Southern R??lvvay who depend on the
railroad for shipping goods and almost
every citizen as well, who faced disrupt
ed mail schedules, were inconvenienced
last week by the strike of Railway fire
men.
The plaint of the Railway Brother
hood was that the companies struck
won't put an extra fireman on diesel
operated trains.
The rail companies countered with the
good argument that two Presidential
fact-finding boards have found no cause
to justify addition of the extra firemen.
They call it "feather-bedding," and that
term seems correct.
The Rail unions, principally, have for
ced the .companies t<> abandon steam en
gines in favor of deisels, because the lat
ter can be operated more cheaply. Then
they wanted to "make work", where, os
tensibly, no work existed.
There seems no excuse for a strike on
these grounds .If the rail men were seek
ing more money, it would have been
more understandable, for everyone
wants to improve his economic position.
. It would seem time for the govern
men to again take over the railroads, un
til the matter is settled, for rail traffic is
most important to the welfare of this
broad commonwealth. ?
Girl Scout leaders here want to build
a counselor's hut at Camp Rotary. Pion
eer area officials list this project as first
on the list of needs for improving the
camp, and Kings Mountain Girl Scout
leaders feel that Kings Mountain would
do well to build such a hut, pointing out
that Kings Mountain, which has access
to the camp at the low rates prevailing,
has not yet made a physical contribution
to Camp Rotary. The feeling seems logi
cal, and the Herald hopes the Girl Seoul
leaders get their wish.
Kings Mountain's parking meters ob
served their second birthday last Fri
day, and the report showing "gross bus
iness" during the two years, totaling al
most $10,000, must have been very in
teresting. There are plenty of people
who still fuss about the meters, partic
ularly when they park too long and col
lect a ticket. But the average motorist
doesn't mind too much, and is glad to
pay the parking tariff to get a place to
park.
The Herald i*- glad to see the city
board of commissioners taking some
steps to place sewerage facilities in at
least two sections of the city, which need
the service very badly. As remarked
here many times before, sewerage ser
vice is one of the basic reasons for a city
to exist, and it is hardly fair for a per
son to pay city taxes when he doesn't
get the basis services. Both the Sims
street and Watterson street installa
tions will improve the sections served
and will alleviate, at least, these two
sanitation problems.
Kings Mountain citizens were most li
beral in their donations of blood for the
Red Cross area bank larft week. It was
a new record here, and the donors can
take an extra measure of pride in their
gifts, for this contribution can work un
told wonders in the recuperation of pa
tients and the actual savings of lives.
Our congratulations to Mrs. J. H. Ar
thur and her co-workers in the recently
over-subscribed fund campaign to fight
cancer. Given sufficient funds, medical
experts will sometime develop a cure for
this disease. Kings Mountain can take a
bow for doing its part in this cooperative
effort.
10
YEARS AGO Items of news taken from the 1940 files of the
THIS W E E K Kings Mountain Herald.
Kings Mountain s High Step- i SOCIAL AMD PERSONAL
ping school band, popularly Mrs. L. M. Logan and Miss Hoi
known as "the snappiest band in en Logftn were hostesses to the I
North Carolina." arrived In Kings Vera Sargeant Circle of the First
Mountain Sunday night afier Baptist church at their home on]
their Jaunt po West Palm Beach, Monday evening. !
Florida, where it rated top hon-| Mrs. Arnold Kiser and Ml?s
ors in the Eight Regsopal ?om- Ozell Kiser were hostesse at one
petition last Tnurjday ami Fri- cf the loveliest parties of the sea -
day. ,st>n when they emc'tained at
Kings Mountain has shown an bridge and rook -at the Woman's
increase of 16 percent in popuia- ;Club on Frklay afternoon.
? <tion wi hin the past ten years, i Mrs. A. G. Sargeant entertained
according to a tentative figure members of the American Legion
by D. M. Robirv?n, District Cen- Auxiliary at her home on Gas
?us supervisor of Gastonia. i ton street on Tuesday afternoon.
I Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Patterson,
! Mimes Dorothy and Fairy Grace
Patterson were fu??u of Ml. and
Mrs. J. C S mat her* in Charlotte.
Sunday.
Mrs. Lloyd Wolfe of Hickory,
Mesdames George Wolfe and
i Clarence Wlft df Shelhy Viatied
, Ml as Ella Harrvon Friday.
I Mrs. Paul McGlnnl* and child
ren spent the weekend with Mrs.
| McGftnnis' mother near Blaclcs
burg.
; Mb? Pat Matthew* of Lewto
, burg. West Virginia, to a guest of
1 Mrs. Arthur Hay.
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By Mai tin Harmon
(Containing bits ol news, wis
dfrWK humor. comment. To
bo taken wmU?. Avoid
over-dosage.)
Clothes ahd Votes
| Impetus lor this piece is *
story appearing in some o! the j
Sunday newspapers, in which ;
a high feminine mogul of tho _[
I Democrat renks told her com
patriots at the Chicago meeting
last Saturday that. If clothes do 1
not make the man, they can
have a big Influence in the bus
ness of making votes.
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This was a new wrinkle in
the medicinal books, and I am
confidently looking forward to
selling some advertising apent
"vote -getting attire" before the >
forthcoming primary. 1 didn't I
clip the piece and have forgot !
the woman's name, but she
suggested a conservative suit
for average political vote-get
ting. slacks and T-shirts for
coaraling the women's labor
vote, and lace evening gowns
for listening to the returns via
radio or television. It was nat
ural. I suppose, that the last
mentioned reaommendatlon was ;
put la ? ? eren though lfs too '
late to get rotes when the re
turns start. For another cate
gory. which has slipped the
mind, the lady recommended ;
flashy prints.
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I'd never thought about this
business of women's dress in
fluencing the vote beXoip? and I
still have my doubts about it.
While stocks on the women pol
iticians might appeal to the
women folk, 1 feel rather
strongly that just about as
many men would be alienated
at the same time. Most men are
aware that women "wear the
pants" most of the time any
how. but they figure there's no
. use for 'em to advertise it
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This new wrinkle with the
women and vote-getting attire,
will not be news to the men- i
folks who seek office, or to
those who try to help them get
elected. The matter of dress of
a candidate is another of those
intangibles which help in win
ning (o? losing) elections.
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As a general rule, a man seek
ing office will try to dress in
the normal manner. Thus be
will don a conservative busi
ness suit, a snap-brim hat,
quiet tie and socks, and keep
on the more. His attire should
Move as much of the newness
worn off as possible, without
being threadbare. The theory is
that people like to vote for can- j
didates like themselves. Just
"normal" folk. If the ?uit looks
like it Just came from the tail
or's, it will cseate the appear
ance that the cidldate is ex
tra well-heeled in the hip poc- ?
ket wallet. Conversely, if the
suit is too worn, it will give the
candidate a down-at-the-heels
appearance, giving rise to the
often-heard remark about can
didates. "Couldn't earn a living
without, being on the public
payroll." That feeling doesn't
, make 'em rush to vote for the
| candidate.
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Exceptions, however, axe sup
posed to prove the rule, and
Senator Clyde Hoey Is the most
shining example of North Caro
lina politics, maybe o 1 the na- |
tion. His long silver hair, long |
frock coat, high collar and
flower in the lapel buttonhole
are as much a trademark of
Senator Hoey as his eloquence
of speech. Somehow, Mr. Hoey
fits the part. The outfit which
would be most bizarre on some
one else, seems to suit him to
the nth degree. And the unusu
al dress gets attention, when
ever the Senator goes.
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The other extreme is to make
capital of unbridled poverty. In
this county, there is one candi
date who keeps getting re-elec
ted by telling people how poor
he is. what troubles he has, and
how badly he needs the partic
ular office. You would never
catch h4m campaigning in any
> thing resembling a new suit tf
cloth?, and ho has been
known to enter church during a
political campaign. stride
down to the' front and hoist the
coatails of his worn suit to
show a large, if neat, patch in ?
the seat of his trousers.
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In both the Senator's case and
in the other gentleman's the de
? parture from the normal has
proved successful The key is in
the person himself. Some can
get away with It to advantage
but the average fellow must
closely to the noma. If s
much like the bqstaees of
telling. A Sob Hope eon crack
| a Joke mmA moke his audience
ram. Another fellow might tell
^smne story, ? it prnvee ?
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CROSSWORD *
AC.HOSS
I --To iprck ? woid >n a
certain manner
? ? An wlivf part of speech
9? A word that is a
subject ol ditrou.tr
I I - A kind of literature
I 2 ? To strike Itghtly
I 4 - To increate
1 6 ? Entoderm fabhrev 1
1 7 ? The firtt word of a
telephone fonvcmtion
IV - Young Men s Renun
ciation < abhrev i
20 ~ Ancient Egyptian tun
, *od
?2 r Auricle
21 - Suflfir nVfunmn like''
24 ? Roman numeral
2 5 - In the tame pla*e
2b --Supple
2 7 - Exclamation of pain
28? Toward
20 -Dectliter tabbrev 7
JO? To lament audibly
.13- - Latin form of the verb
"to be"
15 - Chemical symbol for
tellurium
34 Continent <ahhrev )
tnur^peem
3 7 Beverage
JO? New Zealand flightlet*
hir*
JO - Within
40? Public conveyance
tabbrev >
4 2? A kind of infinitive the
correct tpeaker avotdt
44 Roman numeral
4 S - Scant
4 7 To reit
?J|~ A mental ?mpre**ion
<9 A diving bird
51 Ernst
52 What an adiective dor*
down
I? -A kind pi tpntted
tandptper
2 - Revolutionary Rhyming
Master tabbrev') 41
4 J
44
46
4?
50
1 J
15
17
I*
21.
2 I
31
3 2
II
J - denoting
"toward"
? \itven verbally
5 ?Neuter Noun (abbrev )
-Gear tooth*
7 ?Com hip mg form mean
ing "wide"
? ? A perton't *?>ppty of
word*
A giamatical "? ate"
-Termination* far
sentences
-A kind ol word or
-e* predion
An imitative word
suggrttwg a sudden
d?op
H#vbftn transferred
to | >r t
Scttivh "bave"
LibrKkte ..-v..
'P*:.hlic ^notice , ,
Authoritative" >tate
inent*
The tnmg t Wnl )
V?|p% f ?l- n? i
To send forih
A drwnV.rd
To abro' h wotds
thtoi ??? t' e cy;t
T't^vari-^ot
A Oat* i i March
- FO prosecute
A^ger
K tncly Speech
(abbrev >
College degree
si? The Went Ad Section For Tals Week's Completed Puzzle
Other Ector's Viewpoints
WORRY Vs. WISTERIA
(The Christian Science Monitor)
We'd like to juxapos? a couple
of quotations today. One is from
Robert Nathan, poet and novelist:
American people ?at in a
blare of noise
And a dreadful hurry.
And they die early of too few
joys
And too much worry.
The other ts from the late J. W.
Bailey's prose poem to spring in
these parts which caused Dr.
Clarence Poe to ask, "Isn't it a
pity that a man who could write
this decided to give up writing
for the United States Senate?"
Anyway here 4s a part of Senator
Bailey's picture of Spring in Nor
th Carolina:
Tomorrow white butterflies will
be dancing upon the kindly air.
There is green along the willow
boughs hatd by swelling streams
. . . There are violets. One may
hope 4o find the elusive arbutus
on remote hillsides. The peach
and pear tree blossom, and plums
of this discussion, there was an
Interesting quotation in the re
cent Hudson house origan by
Hawley Everhart, who said.
"Women's clothes go to ex- _
tremes, but seldom to extremi
ties/* Should they hit the ex
tremities, they might not ..at
tract many votes, but they sure
ly would attract attention.
give forth fragrance. On the ridge
and along the borders the redbud
reminds us of its legendary past
in the first Easter. Now crocus
and lilacs, pansies, hyacinths,
Jonquils, tulips, iris and daffodils
appear. Suddenly the sassafras
and silver maples will be topped
with old gold and the swamp ma
ples With scarlet . . . There are li
lies in <the meadow and laurel on
the hillsides and azaleas In the
thickets . . . Wisteria, .woven
moonlight, drapery of Fairyland,
casts a magic spell in yards and
gardens. The forest breaks out in
floods of white ? It is the dog
wood making glad for the return
of the sun.
It is a poor time to die "of too
few Joys and too much worry."
Plans for holding the first Sou
theastern Duroc Congress early
in 1951 are now being worked out
by agricultural leaders and breed
era from seven states, including
North Carolina. Place for Jhe e
vent has not been selected.
RE-ELECT
L T. Hamrick
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Recorder's Court
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Subject To The
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
MAT27TH
? Graduate of Mara Hill
College and Vanderbilt
University Law School
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Speakers Announced,
For Farm-Home Week
Addresses py Dean Rusk; As
sistant Secretary of State for Far
Eastern Affairs, Mrs, Georgia
Neese Clark, Treasurer of the Uni
ted States, and Governor W. Kerr
Soott will be features of North
Carolina Farm and Home Week
for 1950, John W. Goodman, as
sistant director of the State Col
lege Extension Service and sec
retary for the annual event, an
nounced this Week.
The program will be held# on
the State College campus in Hal
eigh from Monday, July 31, throu
gh Thursday, August 3. Spacious
new Wijliam Neals Reynolds Co?
liseum will be headquarters for
all the general events, including
registration.
Rusk will speak on Tuesday
evening, Governor Scott on Wed
nesday evening, and Mrs. Clark |
on Thursday evening. The 1930
Maid of Cotton, 19-year old Eliz -
abeth McGee of Spartanburg, S.
C.,. also will appear on the pro
gram. She will be' featured in a
cotton style review on Wednesday
morning.
The four-day program will in
clude special demonstrations,
tours to points of interest in Ra
leigh and nearby towns, and dis
cussions on subjects affecting the
farm and hOme. The North Car
olina Farm Bureau and the North
Carolina State Grange wHl spon
sor daily talent contests, and th?P
Plant Food Institute of North Car
olina ar>d Virginia will give door
prizes each evening. A special
feature wlli be a square dance on
the final evening.
Advance room reservations
may be made by writing Miss
Maud Schaub, P O. Box 5157,
State College Station, Raleigh.
Room fee for each person is $3
for the week or $1 per . night.
Meals will be served in the Col
lege Caleteria.
1DR. JAMES S. BAILEY
Optometrist
announces immoral of his Klngi Mountain Otttc* to
214 Mountain St (lfext Door Imperial Theatro)
Office hours for examination* of eyesa
10 a. m. to 5 p. bl, Fridays only. Phone 40
(Charlotte offico: 317. A N. Tryon St)
HARRIS FUNERJJ. HOME
Phone 118
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