The Kings Mountain Herald
Established 1889
A weekly newspaper devoted to the promotion of the general welfare and published
(or the enlightenment, entertainment and benefit of the citizen* of Kings Mountain
and fta 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
Mr*. P. D. Hern don ; Society
Mechanical Department
Eugene Matthews Horace Walker Ivan Weave*
Paul Jackson Charles Odems
TELEPHONES: Society. 167; Other. 283
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TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness- but
is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come
to repentance. II Peter 3:9.
Major Bulwinkle
The death of Congressman A. L. Bul
winkle last week came as a surprise to
his friends through the district and in
Washington, in spite of the fact that he
had been in ill health for the past two
years and had been almost completely
confined to his bed at his home in Gas*
tonia in. recent months.
The major was ope of the long-time
veterans in Congress, where he had ser
ved, with the excxeption of only one
term, since his first nomination and
election in 1920.
Congressman Bulwinkle was an in
teresting personality.
He was not a particularly forceful
speaker, and many times he had strong
opposition for the Democratic nomina
tion. It was legend for the last many
years when he had opposition that, "No
body ever, says he's going to vote for
Bulwinkle, yet he always wins. Fer
haps the Bulwinkle supporters were less
vociferous than those of the opposition.
The secret, the Herald believes, of
Congressman Bulwinkle's election suc
cesses was his complete willingness to
render the smallest personal service ask
ed of him when it was possible for him
and his Congressional office to accom
plish it. It made no difference to the Ma
jor whether a constituent was of high
or low estate, or whether the request
was for information, influence, or what
ever. He gave speedy service.
In Congress, Mr. Bulwinkle was high
ly respected by his colleagues, and he
was a hard worker on the several impor
tant committees on which he served.
School Days
School is underway again, which
means that, the majority of youngster?
are again trudging the regular paths to
school buildings of the nation, in a na
tion where more people get an opportu
nity for education than any other.
? All don't capitalize on the opportuni
ty. Some children are allowed to stop
school at too early an age, and others
dawdle away. their time in school, learn
little, and become discouraged. . "
The schools can't do it all. The oppor
tunity is there.
Parents could probably do more
than any other one group to make the
schools more productive of good results.
It calls for some strong home discipline,
which parents find it might ly hard to
maintain in many instances.
It is natural for youngsters to think
more about the next football game, the
forthcoming movie and being out with
the crowd, than the tedium of going
through the books on tomorrow's les
sons.
A concerted policy hv parents to
question rather strongly that old stu
dent dodge "I studied my lessons in
school" would do much to quicken the
learning pace in the schools of the na
tion.
It seems mighty early to be talking a
bout Christmas, but the merchants re
port that some early-bird salesmen are
already around showing lines for Spring
'51. Thus the merchants aren't starting
too early on their Christmas opening
plans which has been scheduled for No
vember 30. This date sounds like a hap
py one. in that Thanksgiving will be out
of the way, a policy Kings Mountain has
customarily followed. It is interesting to
note that many of the big cities, which
have been trying to start Christmas in
the middle of the autumn, are finally
bowing to the will of the people ? who
don't want to start Christmas until af
ter Thanksgiving.
Road Program
Last week's summation of the work
completed in Cleveland County under
the initial phases of the state's $200,000,
000 secondary road improvement pro
gram showed that 34.5 miles of road had
been hard-surfaced. While the report
could have looked better from the Kings
Mountain area's standpoint (showing
only 5.3 miles of paving in the area), it
is pleasing to note that other work in the
Kings Mountain area is now in progress,
and that bids were received last week on
an additional 14.2 miles in this section
of the county.
This newspaper and individual citi
zens wasted no time in informing incom
ing Highway Commissioner Joseph Gra
ham that the area, as far as farm-to-mar
ket roads was concerned, had been a red
haded step-child in the past, and Com
missioner Graham promised JJiat he
?wmrlrt dry his tn]"sT tn rfrnnge that 3iTua
tion.
The fact of the hard-surfacing of the
Oak Grove road indicates that Commis
sioner Graham did not forget his prom
ise, and the new projects scheduled in
dicate that travel will be considerably
easier in this section henceforth.
While the Herald anticipates that
more roads will be hard-surfaced and j
otherwise improved during the remain
der of the program, it does not seem too
early to say "thank you" to Commis
sioner Graham.
Send Jones
As the Charlotte Observer pointed out
Monday, it seems quite foolish that a
special election will be required to se
lect an 11th district Congressman to fill
out the unexpired portion of the term of
the late Representative Bulwinkle, par
ticularly when Congress will be in ses
sion little of the time, if any, and with
another Congressman to be elected In
November.
But that is the law.
Governor Scott indicated last week
end he would set the date in the near fu- j
ture, and it will probably have been set
by the time this appears in print. The
Governor could (or could have, as the
case may be) save the state and the sev
eral counties a considerable aggregate
sum by setting the special election on
the same date as the November election.
From the standpoint of practicability,
the Herald hopes that the citizen elected
for the brief interim will be Woodrow W.
Jones, the Democratic nominee, who
almost certainly will be the Congress
man beginning in January. The potential
advantage is that Mr. Jones, should he
be the interim Congressman, would go
into his first full session as a sophomore
Congressman, rather than as a fresh
man. Committee appointments are bas
ed on seniority, and this would enhance
the standing of the 11th district repre
sentative.
A best bow to the Mountaineer Club
for again insuring the high school foot
ball team against injury, In times past,
such provision was not made, resulting
sometimes in hardships for the parents
of youths injured in athletic play, as
well as in embarrassment for the school.
It is another sample of Mountaineer
Club activity, and added evidence that j
this organization deserves the support
of sportsmen in Kings Mountain.
The Beth-Ware Fair begins next
Thursday and our guess is that it will be
a most successful one. Much interest is
being evidenced in the agricultural ex
hibits and. of course, the youngsters will
provide the parents with sufficient ex
cuses for "just having to attend."
YEARS AGO Items of news taken from the 1940 files of the
THIS W EFK Kings Mountain Herald.
The enrollment for the first
<lny of school this year showed
a gain of 18 over the first day of!
school last year aceordirg to
Supt. Borrws. The total enroll- '
ment for all the schools this year ;
is 1,637 compared with 1,619 last
yea .\
J. W Milam who has been ,
manager of the Home Stores for
the past eight yeaw, has accpeted
a position with Plonk Brothers
and Company.
Miss S^lina Parton, who has
been recently elected Secretary
by rhe Board of Directors of the
King* Mountain Merchants As
sociation began her new duties
Monday.'
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
Honoring Mrs. M. L. Logan, Jr.
a recent bride, and Miss Adelaide
RiggSbee of Charlotte, bride-elect
of early September. Miss Helen
Logan was hostess at a <Hnner ?
bridge party last Thursday even
ing at 8:00 o'clock.
Of interest to their many
friends in this section, is the an
nouncement of the marriage of
Miss Jeanette Whlsnant to Mr.
Eugene Patterson, whieh took
place in a surprise ceremony im
mediately following the morning
service at Bethlehem church.
? Mrs. C. E. Neisrler, Mrs. H. R.
Hunnicutt, Misses Bessie and Sa
ra Ramseur were hostesses at a
tea on last Thursday afternoon
at the home o 1 Mrs. Neisler on
Piedmont avenue. The tea given
complimentary to Mrs. W. L.
Ramseur, a recent bride, was one
of the lovely affa4rs of the late
summer.
Misses Elisabeth Plonk and
Frances Goforth spent Tuesday
in Chapel Hill.
J Mm. F. E. Finfjer had as guests
last week Mrs. Robert Morrison,
'Mtsfc* Virginia Morrisoe and Clar
ence Morrison of Hickory.
martin's
medicine
By Martin Harmon
v Containing bits ol news. wis
dom. humor, and comment. To
be taken weekly. Avoid
over-dosage.)
The New Year
The Herald didn't report in
its news columns last week the
day ? worth ol active duty spent
on August 28th by two local
reserve first lieutenants. Char
!?? Carpenter, of the Herald
staff, and Fred Finger, who
now lives in New York City.
Actually, reporting the, news
wasn't particularly necessary,
lor the news spread like wild
fire that these two officers and
gentlemen by Act of Congress
bad been ordered up for physi
cal* to determine whether they
wore still in shape for the mul
tifarious duties of an army in
fan try lieutenant.
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Fred Just happenoa to be here
on vacation when the postman
delivered the registered maiL
and the two were the only
Kings Mountain reservist* who
Jell into the first group order
ed up, A lot of time was not
provided, the orders coming
on a Saturday, and they beinq
expected at Fort Bragg on
Monday. But then, the army
can show speed in certain in
stances.
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r.i? ?i9ht o*Pect. both
Fred and Charlie reported a
most interesting trip, punctur
ed as it was not by a puncture
but a stripped timing gear on
the Carpenter vehicle. This
particular incident may have
??t the pattern for the day. It
occurred at the village of Wa
gram, which is between Roe
ford and some other place
down East After getting the
car in the hands of a repair
conUnu*d *ia the
hitchhiking method with some
other North Carolinians of sim
ilar disposition and status.
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Dispisitlons. of course, varied
somewhat but mainly in the
general area of lukewarm to
Plumb cold concerning the pros
pects of renewal of army duty,
or. vice versa, from tepid to
plumb hot about being called
H?it0 dut* a,t?r considerable
action in the recent World War
whoAVa,?'t"ni,0rm,T. the men
who Joined the local reservists
atrort Bragg on August 28th
h?d 'hane 01 b?'ng
at' 4which is the factual
and actual term fo, combat
m?*t of the? who
didnt have them before, now
had reached the status of fam
S.-*?- Ai*?- most of them had
figured when they listened to
the swooning advantages of re
joining reserve status, that
** call#d UP ?n
Ml I the heat had been very deli
altely applied by some aggres
Pwr JapaneM on
'earl Harbor. They hardly fia
ured on return to dutyfor a so
called police action.
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put nlt >>Th' men I I
talked to were hardly in a plea- -
sant mood."
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'But" he continued, "there
are the usual funny incidents
around a group of army men,
and this time was no exception.
One guy was particularly bitter
about the prospects of army
duty. I don't know what was
wrong with him. but when the
major In charge of the examina
tions told him he was disqual
ified for active service, he
Jumped straight up in th? air
and gave a loud whoopee."
The funniest crack, though,
was by a young fellow who
said his wife wen expecting a
new arrival in a month. "She
nearly had it last weekend
when the mailman brought
these orders."' the man told
Fred.
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Charlie says that while going
down, he had about decided
returning to duty wouldn't be
too bad ? until the examina
tion business started. Only two
doctors were on duty ? the
major in charge, and a Negro
lieutenant who was a foot
specialist The number of ex
perienced enlisted medics were
quite few, too. and, it develop
ed. quite a few of the men giv
ing the several examinations
(blood pressure, blood tests,
etc..) were doing the Job for the
first time. Some were hospital
ired themselves, and. a earing
the out-patient category, had
been pressed into service. Char
lie noticed one of these new
medics running the blood test
line butcher up the guy in
front of him and determined he
was going to come out better.
He asked the neophyte medic
to let him do his own sttcldng,
but the medic insisted he had
benefited by experience. In or
der to help out (both himself
and the medic), Charlie put a
good squeese on his arm and
the vein bulged up to a nice big
target Amazingly, the medic
hit on the first up only to for
get his business in the coarse
of conversation and let the
needle fall sot Several more
s tickings weas required otter
that om Charlie came back
with a butchered up am which
is still black and blue from the
rivers el the ordeal.
I Pit it * -> , ?y 4. c. Gordon
ISirtl* and Rrast*
M'ROSS
1? tike . *??;
2 ? Thr animal that look*
like a convict
7- -Three toed sloth
9 A locge number c?f
fish
1 1? L \tfir nuruber* of
shfep
I 3? Either
1 5 ? Roman numeral
16- Non flyirtl hir<t
20 - Skin of a fur hearing
ammal
7 2 The only flying
nuinntil
2 .1? Decline*
26 ?To %|>eAk volubly
28 - -The lowest Jeck of
a^hipofwar
20? Animal retreats
JO? -Poetical pronoun
31 Period* of time
( abbrev
3 J Numeral
34- -A flap
36 ? To disseminata
38 ? Grain container
40? Chemical symbol (or
nickel
41 ? A kind of large ms
duck
See The Want Ad Section Foe This Week'* Completed Punle
43? Preposition
4 4 ? A kind of swift
running dog
<6 ? Navigating implements
4JB ? Church dignitaries
SO* ? Male aquatic bird
S2 ? Personal pronoun
33 ? Catcher of a certain
kind of snake-like
fl*h
$4 ? Toward
DOWN
1 r Like
2 -*-'A ten duck
3? Homes for captured,
animals
4 ? 'Sp anish article
S - Radio Frequency
( abbrev )
6 ? Mans name
7 ? With hands fen hip
8??-E*ists
10 ? Period of time
f abbrev ) .
1 2? -Roman 99
14 ? A crustacean inhabi
tant of the sea
16 ? Well* known fish
eating animal
I 7 ? Chemical symbsl Uf
terbium
1 ?? Pronoun
19>? Long-legged wading
bird
10? The mark of the good
bird dog
71 ? A well-known beetle
24 ? American sky-colored
songbird
IS ? The eggs of Ashes
27? Printers measure
<pl )
28? -Exclamation of
discovery
Jl ? Was carried on thg
horse
35 ? A kind of worm
36? Spanish affirmative
3 7 ? Personal pronoun
39 ? That which is in
serted
41? A circuit or sessions
held by justice*
4 2 ? Lio^ language
4S ? College degree <
4 7 ? Indefinite article *
48 ? Printer's measure v'
49 ? Compass direction ?
>0 ? Chemical symbol fof
germanium
SI ? Roan (abbrev.)
Other Editor's Viewpoints
SHAKY STATES ~
(Smithfield Herald)
If the 1951 General Assembly
follows the State Constituaion, it
will reapportion .its membership
on the basis of shifts in popula
tion revealed by the 1950 census.
As the picture now stands,
Johnston County will neither
gain nor lose any representation
tn the legislature. But our posi
?tioii is none too secure. Unless
the county's population expands
at a more rapid rate, we Johnsto
nians 10 years hence may find
ourselves with only one House
member instead of two.
Political newsmen in Raleigh
have been studying the probable
changes tn legislative represen
tation.. They find that Alamance
and Rockingham counties are in
line to gain a House member a
piece, from one to two members,
while Pitt and Cabarrus each
may lose a representative.
Citation of a few population fi
gures will Show how close John
ston County has come to losing
a House members.
The 1950 census gives CahaTrus
64,010 inhabitants and Pitt 63,- I
750. Bach of these counties show
ed population gains, but noth
ing like the gains made by Ala
mance and Rockingham. Ala
mance added 1,608 Inhabitants to
reach a total of 71,035 and Rock
ingham moved up to 64,956 by
gajning 7,067 since 1940.
Johnston County, with a gain
of approximately 2,000, now has
65,751 inhabitants and, in the e
vent of reapportionment in 1951,
would likely Stand next to the
bottom among counties having 1
two members in the House.
At the present rate of growth,
Rockingham would slip ahead of
Johnston during the nineteen fif
ties and we would face Stiff com
petiton for the two-seat classifi
cation from such counties as Cle
veland, Wayne; Pitt, Cabarrus
and New Hanover ? all of which
have 1950 populations ranging
between 63,300 and 64.350.
Johnston's problem, as revealed
by the census figures, is to dis
cover ways of providing employ
ment for the increasing numbw
of persons forced to leave the
farms because of crop curtail
ment or mechanization. We must
confess that wedidnV do so well
tors told Chaxlie he was tem
porarily disqualified due to a
chronic asthma condition, and
Fred is rather hopeful the oc
casional troufelee he has with
c leg which got In the wary of a
German machine gun bullet in
the last fracas will dlecourge
the army from wanting more
service out of him.
Sneak thieves era the
lowett form of burr ??
??y, but they continue
to find new volunteer*
to join their ranks. Your
protection against them
i* Burglary Insurance
placed through this
agency where protec
tion is assured.
in meeting the problem during
the nineteen forties.
Our inadequacy In this respect j
may not cost us represenation in !j
the legislature. It already is cost
ing the county heavily in econo
mic Strength and Is serious e
nough to demand the thought
ful attention of our leadership.
Letter To Editor
[The Kings Mouutaln Herald,
1 Kings Mountain, N. C.
Gentlemen:
On behalf of the Shelby Lions '
Club, and the other agencies that
cooperated in the promotion of
the Gardner-Webb College Mir
ACLE FARM DAY. I would like
to express our sincere apprecia
tion to The Herald for the wond
erful cooperation that was given
us in the promotion of the pro
ject. Without the complete back
ing of the newspapers, the proj
ect could never have developed
as it did. Even though we did not
get to complete all of the work
that was planned on Thursday,
due to the rain, a great amount
of the work was accomplished,
and when the seeding is finished
on (Monday, we believe that Mir
acle Farm Day will be success
fully concluded.
Again thanking you for your
interest and assistance, and with
kindest Tegards, we are,
Sincerely yours,
SHELBY LIONS CLUB.
R. T. LeGrand, Jr., President.
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Use Phosphate With
Alfalfa At Planting
Annual topdressing will hardly
be needed ii alfalfa is fertilized
with enough phosphorous at
planting time, in the opinion of
W. W. Wood house, Jr., soil scien
tist with the North Carolina Ex
periment Station. Phosphorous,
potash and n'trogen aTe the three
main elements reeded in fertiliz
ing new alfalfa.
The reason phosphate lasts a
ling time, says Woodhouse. is
that it does not leach out of the
soil as does potash. Neither do
the plants take up more phos
phorous than they can use effi
ciently.
Woodhouse has conducted sev
eral tests in which the original
application of phosphorous was
still boosting alfalfa yields three
to five years later. In one such
test, three different plots were
treated in 1943 with "no phos
phorous," "40 pounds of phos
phorus," and "160 pounds of
phosphorus" per acre. Five years
later, in 1948, the yield oi hay
from these plots were 5,863, 6,283
and 7,009 pounds per acre, re
spectively.
These results, says Woodhouse,
suggest the practice of applying
a high rate of phosphorus at
seeding and then maintaining
this with occasional light top
dressings.
As with many?other plants, al
falfa is very sensitive to the,
phosphorous level during the
time it is becoming established.
The young seedlings se?ms to
get a bog boost from thij mater
ial.
Woodhouse recommends using
from 700 to 1,000 pounds of a 2
12-12 feftilizzer per acre in start
ing alfalfa. Between 25 and 35
pounds of agricultural borax
should be added to this, since al
falfa responds to small amount
I of borax.
Dr. James S. Bailey
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