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The Kings Mountain Heiald Established 1889, A weekly newspaper devoted to the promotion of the genera] welfare and published tor the enlightenment, entertainment and benefit of the citizens of Kings Mountain and ltd vicinity, published every Friday by the Herald Publishing House. . Entered as second diss /natter at the postoffice at Kings Mountain, N. C., under Act at Congress of March 3, 3873. Edkorla! Department Martin Harmon ......... .'. Editor- Publisher Charles T. Carpenter, Jr ... '. . Sports, Circulation, News Mrs. P. D. Herndon i Society ? ; Mechanical Department Eugene Matthews Horace Walker Ivan Weaver Paul J&ckson Charles Odems " ' TELEPHONES: Society. 167; Other. 283 SUBSCRIPTION RATES. PAYABLE IN ADVANCE ONE YEAR? $2.00 ' SIX MONTHS ? $1.10 . THREE MONTHS? .60 TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. St. Mi/k 13:33. 'City Budget Formal adoption of the city budget for 1050-51 lays the pattern for city opera tion for the forthcoming year. While budgets are not completely final, it is to policy of most governments to en deavor to keep all departments operat ing Within th^t budget and this is cus tomarily the case. The budget for the City of Kings Mountain for the fiscal year just begun is a record-breaker from the standpoint of anticipated expenditures, but it ap pears that the anticipated expenditures are quite justified. One city commissioner jokingly sugr ? gested to the Herald that report of the $40, 000-plus budget surplus from tht| previous year be "plfiyed down." "Some ??folic, will think we should, have cur the ~ tax ra<t\" he added; ? - - While paring of the taxJ rate is al ways- -ft? popular mgye, it is not always the best one, and Kings Mountain is in the position of needing much in the way of capital improvements, particular in the basics of water and sewer line ex pansion, additional fire protection (which comes with water line expan sion), and other needs. Thus the Herald is glad to see the cap ital expenditure estimates on the cur rent budget increased over former years. While the $12,000 item for water line ex tension and the $6,000 earmarked for street improvement will be insufficient to meet the full needs anticipated during the coming 12 months, the sums will help out. And the Herald is happy to commend the city administration for its foresight edness in using the 1950-51 surplus for capital improvements rather than to pare the tax rate. The city's fiscal picture, as far as bonded indebtedness is concerned, is quite good. The facilities picture is not quite as bright, and the city board has taken a step toward brightening it. Liberal Again Kings Mountain again can take pride in its customary record of doing its part. Reference is made to the emergency visit last week of the Red Cross Blood mobile and to the record response to the call for blood donors. Kings Mountain citizens kept the staff quite busy last week as they gave 113 pints of blood to the area bank, re sponding to the emergency call, brought about by the outbreak of war in Korea and depletion of blood supplies for civil :an use. Results of the visit here proved quite pleasantly surprising to Red Cross blood bank officials, who had anticipated a maximum contribution of 50 pints. Our congratulations to local Red Cross officials, and, more important, to the individuals who answered the emerg ency call. Original thought behind the gif( of the people to the county of the T-B X-Ray machine was the old maxim, "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." The mobile unit began its second annual > tour in Kings Mountain last weekend, and many persons visited the machine for "insurance" X-Rays. Primarily de signed for use in early discovery of tu bercular symptoms, the X-Rays also are valuable in the early ferreting out of other diseases. All citizens should avail themselves of this free service. Stop And Start Time Magazine reports an interesting conversation between Anthony Eden, the former British foreign minister, and Joseph Stalin in 1941 before the United States had become a combatant in World War II. The two were talking about Hitler and both agreed that the big trouble with Hitler was that he had not known where to stop. Eden supposedly smiled, -nnd Stalin remarked,' *Xou are thinking I will not know where to stop either. But I will." The Time editoralists opine that Stalin has known where to stop, but that he has also known where to start again. Reports in the diplomatic league indi cate that Russia is willing to stop ? at the moment ? and provided that the United Nations will recognize the Com munist government of China and, pre sumably, leavfrSouth Korea to the Reds. Obviously, the answer must a firm no on the part of the United States, which has committed itself to the aid of South Korea. Obviously, too, Russia is willing to stop, take her gains, then ready for another start in another spot. General MacArthur says the United States forces are not going to be routed out of Korea and he is closer to the sit uation than anyone else. The first three weeks of battle, however, have indica ted a definite possibility of such an event, if holding actions do not give enough time to marshal sufficient forc es to repulse an counter attack and eventually to drive the North Koreans back to their boundaries. Regardless of the outcome in Korea, it appears that the United States faces a long-term future which will see much of its manpower and wealth committed necessarily to the economically waste ful business of maintaining a strong war machine, available for war if necessary. Regardless of the outcome in Korea, Russia is likely to start again and again. Sadden Shifts In the shor^ space of a few hours, meaning the few hours following the out break of Korean fighting, the economic picture of the federal government chang ed considerably. From an argument over details of the budget, efforts of an economy group to balance the budget, efforts of another group to cut wartime excise taxes and hike corporation taxes, the picture im mediately became one which almost guarantees an increased deficit on the one hand and increased taxes on the other. It is an unpleasant situation, but, in this instance, seemingly an unavoidable . one. ? Suggestion has been made in some quarters that non-essential items in the omnibus federal budget bill be whacked a flat 10 percent, but the New York Tim es opines that this easier way might not be the best. ; ? Actually, it is difficuR in some instan ces to separate the non-essential from the essential. It is the opinion of the New York newspaper that strong effort should be made to eliminate the non essential but that it could not be done, by flat percentages. The current emergency, of course, points up further the lack of wisdom of the Congress in its failure to dent the national debt during the previous five years. No slack was taken up when the opportunity offered. Now none can ex pect and few will conscionably recom mend. a balanced budget in the face of the Korean crisis. YEARS AGO Items of news token from the 1940 filet of the THIS W E E K Kings Mountain Herald. Red Cross officials report that $330.75 was taken in from the free will drive made last Satur day to secure funds for the war relief in Europe. Four Boy Scouts, Ray Bridges, Wilson Ledford. Charles Wilson and Roy Smith, led by thei! Scoutmaster, H. C. Wilson and as sistant Scoutmaster O. D. M.cDan iel, returned Tuesday evening from a twelve day trip to the Na ational Scout Camporee in Cim marion, New Mexico. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Mra. J. M. Rhea was hostess to member* of the Study Club and invited guests enterainihg at her home on W. Mountain street Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Troy Carpenter was hos tess at a most enjoyable party at the Ormand Cottage at Lake Montonla Friday afternoori when she entertained with bridge and rook. Members of the T. E. L. Class of the First Baptist Sunday School were enterained at their annual social in their class room Friday afternoon. Invited guests included prospective members of the class. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ta*e spent last week at Carolina Beach Twenty ? five members of the Friendship Club <4 the Phenlx Mill leave tonight for ? stay ol several days at Carolina Beach ?*? ? Mrs. W. S. Dilllng and grand- , H Oillesple and daughter, "TVxrts" Miss Sara Lee Harrill went to Bon Clarken yesterday to spend the re?t of the week. Lions Tom Fulton, Jimmy Burns, 'Mike Milam and George Mauney will leave Kings Moun tain Saturday night for Miami, Fla., where they will take ? boat | for Cuba to attend the Conven tion of Lion's International. martin's medians By Martin Harmon v Containing bits of news. wis dom, humor, and commtnl To bo taken weekly. Avoid over-dosage.) - - Vacation Time It Is currently the season ol the year for vacations, and a world of folk take' advantage of the opportunity In the month* of July and August. Of course. July 4th week is the big vacation week in this part of tho country and many have al necdy enjoyed tho "pick -up" which a change of scenery is designed to provide. T*t Actually, there's not any set time for a vacation, and num bers of folks take vacation trips in January or March, but for the mass of the common wealth the summer months axe considered best. The sun is sup posed to steam up things the most in these two months, and work is no fun when the mer cury in the thennometer flirts around the 100 mark. Vacation business has bo come big business and grows with the years and the popula tion, and North Carolina has become one of the most at tractive spots for tourists from all spots of the nation. It is nothing unusual to ride through the mountains or a long the seashore and spot multifarious foreign licenses, from Ohio, California, etc.. etc. v-t North Carolina is right well blessed with tourist atr actions. A fellow who doesn't like the beach cart find plenty of at traction in the mountains, and vice versa. The Blue Ridge Parkway , provides an excellent route for mountain * hopping, and now*a private company is planning to build a toll road along North Carolina's beach Some folk are inveterate "Va cationists, and they hardy catlonists, and they hardly one year, before th?y start planning the one for the fol* lowing year. *.? This group I call the real ro manticist* of vacationers, those who are always Mtking now sights to see and who make ar rangements to so* them. 1 have always envied this group, for they seem to got the big* gest kick out of vacations. In the navy 1 had g shipmate who belonged to this category. He had previously been a rug buy er for Macy's and I think he wanted to see every loom which made the rugs that passed through the large New York house. He was well-equipped with the one necessary chaTac terlstc of romantic vacation ers. He had fortitude and cour age, and no amount of hard ship made any difference. While at Casablanca he took an all-night train ride to Fes, Morrocan capital, to v Me the sights and rugs. The lack of sleep and discomfort of the train merely seemed to heigh ten his excitement When he had graduated from Colgate in the thistles, his folks bad of fered him " chr'ce of hand some graduation gifts, a thou sand bucks or a trip abroad. My friend took the trip, and five years later was still ex ulting over the canals of Ven ice* and other Interesting sights and experiences. v-t Still another friend of mine quit a good Job in 1934 (of all times) because he couldn't get a leave of absence to go to Eniland. It worked out all sight la the end. but his trav el fever and eye for the now, the exotic and glamorous cost him four years of Internment In Shanghai during the last war. v-t 1 must confess to being a rank conservative in the trav el department Unfortunately, I suppose ,1 like to take trips to places I've already been, somewhat of a return- to the ?ceneof- the -crime attitude. New places and sights I can take in stride, but I never have been able to make a business out of investigating the new, as ?ho real travelers do. vt I have always admired these folk who make their vacation tripe ton n a pattern, such as New Bttflnd in one ???son. Canada in anothen the Mid West in another, and finally the long Jump to West Coast. v-t Actually, the change of scen ery to supposed to be the chief benefit e ? vacationing and I suppose that's the thlM. Mml people find it hard to ?f ap Hk Itoe 1 nay he getting old. hat a day's Jaunt -hi I Crossword ~ * <* fiv a . r ACROSS 1 ?Involuntary oral sound iiKni(yin| indigestion 5 ? Disciple cA Iiaa'c Walton 1 I ? Flat surface 12 ? Popular name for a popular musical instrument 14*? To dress a blade 1 5 ?Communities IS? Meadow* 19? Require 2 1? -Sea *agje 23? To take from forcibly 25? ?Melody 2 7 ? Chemical symbol for silver 28- College degree 29? Omniscient Orders labbrev ) .11 ? Personal pronoun 32- One direction ( abbrev >3? Church dignitary Here and There 36 ? Chemical symbol for terbium ,t8 ? In a sincere manner 40? Most capable 42-7M?ns name 44 ?Carbonated liquid 4 5 ? Biblical high prWst 4 7? Combining fo*m meaning oil 48- Printer's measure 4 9-- Hastened 50? Wave length f*?bbrev ) 51 ?Nourishes 52? Aeriform fluids DOWN 1- To dtal *itta 2- Vernation 3-- Part of any room 4 ? Animal container 5 ? English taverns 6- Decorative plant ??It Article of apparel < ) 8? A rowdy (cotloq ) 9 ? Teiminal * 10? To save 13 ? Pcnitlar term for a suudm end to a boxing match 10? M? ad piece 17? D^rdcr 20? Per farm * 22? KoclMit 23? Ft nitrous again 24? Oluitcrini 201? Sr.are . - 28? Goes a .trry '30? Mco s nan e 32? C?u*e 33?-?ongs of joy 34? Let*) frtleav*' s <?bbrev ) 35? rart xrf the Vur?*n a-m 4? I ) 37 ? Gi'pefus 3% ? '?he older 3v ? Scottish ?les 4 1 ? Uk i.evclent Ordera <jbbiu.) 43-? bco'iivh 'W 46 ? Syllable applied ta a muiksl note Sm The Wcmt M Section For Tola Week's Completed Pnzzle Other Editor's Viewpoints NO HYSTERIA. NO COMPLACENCY (New York $imes) We and our friends have had a hjtd three weeks. There shock, ft is true, was due to the withholding of , information which it was judged might have been useful to the enemy. Part of it was due to miscalculations as to what the enemy could do. The enemy could not operate tanks successfully in South Ko rea ? but they did. Air power could break up an advance in South Korea, even an advance spearheaded 'by heavy tanks ? but it could not. A small Ameri can ground force would be suffi cient to. discourage the enemy and restore the morale of our friends, the South Koreans ? but this it could not do. Now, on this third Sunday of this "incident," we still have no firm line. It has been a bad three weeks. But it is not the end of the world. We have had bad weeks before, and bad months. We had at least eight bad months between Dec. 7, 1941, ? .ten Pearl Harbor was attacked and Aug. 7, 1942, when the Marines landed ori Guadaca nal. During those months the Ja panese swept down the coast of Eastern Asia, taking Malaya, the Phillipplnes, Indoneisia, Burma, Guam and Wake Islands, plung ing eastward and southward as far as New Guinea and the Solo mons, threatening at one and the same time India, New Zealand and Australia. In North Africa the Axis troops pyshed the Brit ish to the border of Egypt. The German were deep into Russia. On Aug. 7 it would be months be fore Guadacanal was secure, be fore the Germans would be de feated at El Alamein, before the tides of the Russian war had turned at Stalingrad, before the North African landings. The sit uatioA was not good. Still, it was not the end of the world. America and her allies had a resilence and courage that in re trospect seem In accord with the laws of nature. They had been mauled in the Far East and in Europe. The seas were perilous The flames of burning ship* lit up our very coast. But the will to put the enemy down and the fai th that he would be put down did not waver. In this smaller and lo calized war we and our friends have again been caught unpre pared and again have suffered losses and defeats. But we have friend* ? more than .we had then. We have at least forty seven friends in the United Na tions, some of whom have re' sponded or. will respond to Sec retary General Lie's appeal for armed assistance, other of whom will send material aid at one Makfs You* UVMllMM BIG GBR! mm kind or another.' ! Our emotions as we watch our out-numbered, out-weaponed sol diers in Korea ?n?t toe a ming ling of pity, sorrxjk and admira tion. For many oI uie_fighters we have sent and are sending t<> that grim destination this will be the end of their private world. This is the sacrifice that j is asked of them, justified only by the hope that what they are now doing will help to keep this war a small war and that the death of a small number wHI pre vent the slaughter of millions. The choice has been a terrible one. We cannot be cheerful about it, or even serene. But we need not be hysterical. We need 'not accept as inevitable a greater war and the collapse of civilization. We must likewise ? and es pecially when the tide turns in Korea, as it surely will ? avoid | the pitfall of complacency. Our ! task now is twofold: first, to win the Korean war, as soon as pos sible, with the least possible cost in life, and hearty cooperation with our friends so strong that there will be no third World War. 1 We do not know how strong we will have to be. The Government at Washington does not know. Lake Success cannot provide an 1 answer. This newspaper has al- 1 ready recommended that the trained soldiers of the National Guard and the Organized Reserve be made available. It has rec ommended that we impose econ omic controls commensurate With the degree of military mobiliza- j tion deemed necessary. We have to draw the lines carefully and I calmly. We do not want to starve our civilian economy, restrict the liberties of our citizens and un- j duly inflate the powers of the I Federal Government in order to j be prepared for war. Nor dare we, < by weakness and irresolution, in vite attack. The decision to be made will take some figuring, in human as well as material terms. But if we are wise, calm and strong we may persuade the potential ag gressor against a battle he. can not win. And then, perhaps, we can get on with the mighty task of building for millions of peo ple a happier world. A KltCSKY noon 3 HARRIS FUNERAL HOME r?u ? Ambulance Service ? Phone 118 Kings Mountain, N. C. vgfc&j | yjfj E*P?rt workmanship, prompt service and reasonable price*. All work Guaranteed. Crystals fitted while yea wait. EASY TERMS D?LUnC?R'S Wountbuin..7l:C Kings Mountain's Leading Jewelers FIRST NATIONAL BANK Member F D I C PUT ASIDE FOR TOMORROW Dollars on deposit in a savings account come in mighty handy later on. Start your account with us? add to it just as often as you can. ? Now WB ing new tires mond'i new cold tested and proved to give you more mileage than ever
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