The Kings Mountain Heiald '
Established 1889
A weekly newspaper devoted to the promotion of the general welfare and published
for the enlightenment, entertainment and benefit of the citizens of Kinga Mountain
and its vicinity, published every Friday by the Herald Publishing House.
Entered aa second ^laas matter at the postofflce at Kinga Mountain, N. C., under Act
of Congress of March 3, 1873.
Editorial Department
?wtln Harmon Editor- Publisher
Charles T. Carpenter, Jr Sports, Circulation, News
Mrs. f. D. Herndon : Society
Mechanical Department
Bugene Matthews Horaoe Walker Ivan Weaver
Paul Jackson Charles Odems
~ ZZZ TELEPHONES; Society. 167; Other, 283
SUBSCRIPTION RATES, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE
ONE TEAR ? 42.00 SIX MONTH''/? 41.10 THREE MONTHS? .60
TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but be that followeth vain per
sons is void of understanding. Proverbs 12:11.
More Money
? . ?
Requests by the various state depart
ments to the advisory budget commis
sion, which wiU, in turn, go before the
General Assembly in the session start
ing in January, are uniformly increased
and brought a statement from Governor
Scott that revenues will have to be in
creased also.
It is only natural that more spending
requires more mony, but the prospect of
increasing state taxes, at a time, when
the federal government is taking a big
ger bite for military spending, does not
make pleasant reading.
At tne samd time, Governor Scott list
ed two "musts," one the continuance of
the medical care program, and second a
doption of the $2,200 to $3,100 range on
teacher pay scales.
- Few w#l argtte~Wlth thtf Governor's
two "musts." The medical care program
was set up to take advantage of federal
grants for hospital buildings, and, if
counties are to obtain the federal supple
ments, then the stale must furnish its
share too. '
Obviously, teacher pay scales adopted
in 1949 and considered adequate by mid
dle-grounders at that time, are not now,
with {.rices continuing upward.
At t lie same time, the average citizen
hopes that the legislature will give sear
ching attention to the several budget re
quests. Roosevelt introduced the policy
of asking for sometimes astromical ap
propriations which ho did not expect to
Ket. However, the -"leavings" usually met
his expectations. In recent years, howr
ever, it appears that both federal and
state legislatures have taken all budget
requests at face value and with the as
sumption that amounts requested were
the absolute minimum for operating the
particular branches.
Surveillance should be the watchword
of the legislators who meet in Raleigh in
jin January. ^
Phone Matters
The comments of V. W. Chase, tele
phone engineer for the North Carolina
Utilities commission, were not designed
to please ?J,ose who want a dial system
hope. .
In his letter to Faison Barnes, of the
Merchants association, Mr. Chase opined
that the present manual service was just
as good as dial service, though he failed
to give supporting reasons. His com
ments that the staff of the local ex
change do their bpst to give good ser
vice would find little argument here.
.It could also be said that Mr. Chase's
statement about the comparative effici
ency of dial vs. manual service does not
hold water in the light of the current pol
icy of Southern Bell Telephone & Tele
graph Company, which operates dial in
stallations in more than 80 percent of
its North Carolina exchanges and which
is installing more all the time.
Odds are that Kings Mountain will be
one of the last communities to get dial
service, but that fact, nor Mr. Chase's
Weak arguments, do not prevent the sub
scribers from wanting dial service.
Rev. T. L. Cashwell, Jr., made a very
thought-provoking address last week to
members of the Kings Mountain Lions
club, speaking on a subject which must
have posed questions to Christians a
round the globe. "Love can end war,"" Mr.
Cashwell said, but he doubts that force
of arms can, nor the current policy of the
nation, advanced and held by the press
and radio, of loving, one's neighbors and
hating one's enemies. Mr. Cashwell's dis
cussion was essentially philosophical,
but the Herald infers from the address
that the minister would suggest a great
increase in both foreign and home mis
sion work, advancing the doctrine of
Christianity in both theory and practive,
as the only way to attain the universal
goal of peace.
Truth For The Free
The current week, beginning on Sun
day, is being observed as National News
paper Week, with newspapers all over
the country joining in reminding their
readers of the services of their papers
and reminding themselves of the duties
they have to their subscribers..
Briefly, it is the duty of any newspa
per, large or small, daily or weekly, to
print the news, gathered completely in
sofar as it possibly can be, written hon
estly, with first attention to fact, and
with especial effort to avoid the color
ings of human opinion. Another duty is
to refuse the publication of advertising
which is questionable as to honest con
tent. .
Unfortunately, all newspapers are not
dedicated to this, particular creed. "Some
are b illing to sell thelriSOtrtSTlSo to speak,
for V.ie newspaper god of circulation.
They dote on the sensational, the sordid,
and the questionable. Some will accept
any type of advertising, as long as , the
bill is paid.
These papers, though some are large
ones, are in the minority. The vast ma
jority follow the newspaper creed of
truth to a free people. They have found
over the years that such a policy is not
only the pleasant and honest one, but
.that, in the long run, it is also good bus
iness.
This newspaper is seldom beset with
trials nnd problems which some have.
Kings Mountain merchants do not try to
advertise falsely. Kings Mountain people
want the truth and do not try to write
the news from .their particular view
points.
On the world stage, there .is great
need today for expanding the American
doctrine of free speech throughout the
world. The newspaper profession likes to
think that, if unbiased reports of world
events could get circulation all over the
globe, a great contribution to world
peace would the the result. In Russia, we
think, the average Russian citizen could
not help but wonder If their United Na?
tions representatives were right on all
the many vetoes recorded.
Truthful information in this nation is
taken for granted.
Locally, the Herald does not take the
occasion of National Newspaper week
for a person..! tub-thumping. Our limi
tations are recognized. Our pledge is to
endeavor constantly to broaden our phy
sical facilities to do a continuingly better
job and to continue to provide truth to
the free people of Kings Mountain and
the Kings Mountain area.
The Herald^s best wishes, along with i
those of the members of Grace Metho
dist church and the community, go with
Rfv. G. W. Fink to his new pastorate near
Mocksville in Davie county. The record
of Grace Methodist church during the
four-year tenure of Mr. Fink as its pas
tor has been an outstanding one and
much credit for it must go to the pastor,
who must provide the leadefship, the
enthusiasm and the many other neces
sary ingredients ort which religious pro
gress depends. The new minister, Rev. T.
W. Hager, comes to a good church, and
the community is looking forward to get
ting acquainted with him.
The next visit of the Bloodmobile to
Kings Mountain is scheduled for Octo
ber i7th, when it will set up at Margrace
Mill clubhouse. The Korean War great
ly increased the need for blood and re
serves of this life-giving "medicine" are
considerably depleted. Kings Mountain,
as it has done in the past, will respond
liberally again.
Our congratulations to Mr*. E. W.
Griffin, general chairman of the forth
coming 1950 Floral Fair, and our best
wishes for this annual event, to which
the community looks forward with an
ticipation.
4 /A YEARS AGO Items of newt taken from the 1940 files of the
THIS WEEK Kings Mountain Herald.
The 21st annua) meeting of the
Third District North Carolina '
Daughters of the American Revo
lution met here ,last Thursday in
the Finn Presbyterian church, j
with the Colonel Frederick Ham i
frright Chapter acting as hostess. j
The Kings Mountain Band will
leave here today at 1:00 p. m. for
Greettvllle. S. C., where they will
play for the Text-lie Festival. The
seventy four musicians wfl make
the trip by bus, and will return
late tonight.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
Mrs. T. P. McCill was hostess m
a delightful meeting of the Home
Arts Club entertaining at her
home on Gaston street last Wed
nesday afternoon.
| Mrs. I. B. Goforth entertained
members of the Social Club at
her home on West Mountain
iftreet Tuesday afternoon.
Joe and Hunter Neialer left
yesterday afternoon for a deer
hunting trip In Eastern Carolina
with some of the employees of the
Neistar Mills.
?
Miss May Plonk la visiting rel
atives tn High Mnt and Win -
ston-Salem. .
martin's
medicine
?y Martin Harmon
v Containing bit* of MWL wis
dom. humor, and commint To
bo takon weekly. Avoid '
over-dosage.)
T-V Party
I suppose today's pioco would
not have materialised, at least
in the same form, had not Sat
urday's Notxe Dame-North Car
olina scoro beon 14-7 instead oi
42-6, or tome other outlandish
figure indicating an Irish runa
way. (But the thrilling game
which Carolina first gave away,
then got back, then loot again,
is not too bad for an introduc
tion into a report on Dan Huff
stations television party, pre
sented last Saturday afternoon
in the Mav>nic lodge for (1) tho
delight and enjoyment of tho
guests, and (2) to lncrease'tbe
sale of Phiko television sots,
via Baird Furniture, either for
cash or on the easy-payment
method.
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Purpose No. 1. the delight and
enjoyment department came
through with flying colors,
though 1 hare had no reports
on Purpose No. 2. Looking a
round the audlsnce a bit. 1 dis
covered there were several
friends In the category of the
medicinal department. with not
a down-payment among 'em.
but on theother hand, there
wore several gents who looked
fairly we 11 -bee led too. and when
Bud Wallace side -wheeled a -
round end for the Carolina
game-tying score. 1 thought I
could see T-V gleams in their
eyes and hand movement In
the general direction of their
wallet*. ?' t
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Dan bad at least one qlltr to
purchase. Dare Saunders said
. : " .?
model lor $250.
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It was really a nice party and
the television reception was
excellent, much better ifc cs
most folk bad expected. Wheth
er this was due to the excellen
ce of the Philco sets, the care
fulness In setting them up. or
the unsuspected abilities of the
Carolina football team. I do not
know. But I am sure television
sold itself as a coming Ameri
can Institution to the.vast ma
jority of the football fans pres
ent How many attended I
haven't heard, but from the
ravages Into the sandwich and
cold drink population furnished
by the host there must have#
been 200-plus. However, Glee
Bridges admitted to redding the
refreshment table at least twice
and this may cut down the to
tal some. The school folk put
cat their attendance figures on
an average dally attendance
basis, and I suppose the aver
age quarterly attendance at the
Baird party must have been in
of 50. There was g lot of
going and coming, with totaif
slipping off from busy Satur
day afternoon labor for a quar
ter's respite, before returning to
the customers. As a mat'.er of
record, one quarter was all I
had allocated to the T-V show,
but once arrived I had to see it
alL
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The party reminded me of the
tccond Dempsey ? Tunney fight
which must have been in 1927
and when 1 hadn't gone too far
up the school age ladder. I
doubt 11 Kings Mountain's ra
dio population in those days
Was aft great as the television
population of today, since time
payment sales were not as pro
fessionally developed as In this
great age of 1950. If the mem
ory box Isn't Curving me too
much. Will Mauney was selling
Fords and Atwater-Kent radios,
and he put on a party, much as
Dan did last Saturday, for the
big fight. A radio was superim
posed on a truck, and the com
munity gathered to hear "the
blow-by-blow account I doubt
that the loes by Favorite Demp
sey discouraged radio sales very
much.
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That's been 23 years ago and
look where radio has come to*,
day, with simple sets you can
pick up and carry to the next
socket portable sets, no aerials,
Grady Cole (excuse men. God
frey. etc.. etc.
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Saturday's audience was am
uniformly partisan aft It was en
thusiastic. Several Joined me in
war hoops when the Tar Heels
mad* advances. emd there were
universal groans wbea the a?
BroaUyn 7. Philadelphia
Dink Bennett made the heat
crack of the day in my hearing.
"Wonder If Notre Dame
couldn't fumble?-, I hopefully
remarked. -Ho." Dink replied.
"They tumbled once last ye Oft."
But whether it was mental tela
r not the Irish did
it latos In
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of the top
CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1-r-Tht country known at
"down under"
9 ? French nvrr famous
in World War 1 ..
10 ? English ten tile city
I 2? Vehicle*
I J ? Water on tM
geographical map
I 5? Wholly absorbed
1 7 ? Abbreviation for a
southern continent
11? Facing toward the
direction from which
an overriding glacier
impinged
20 ? Abbreviation for a
world-famous desert
2 1 -Small U 5 state
v 1 abbrev >
21 ? River in Great Britain
2 3? Small bag
2 5? Latin abbreviation
lor "that ?"
26? Water surrounded
tract of land
29 ? City once famous foe
It* culture
30 ? Indefinite article
31 ? Chemical symbol foe
erbium
32 ? An old Qerman state
<POtt)
Sm The Want Ad
Around Ihc World
35 ? Asiatic country
39 ? Prta'/t'i measure
39 ? Thut
40 ? Latin connective
41? Real Land (abbrev.)
42? -Playing card
44 ? French city
4 ?? Discharge a debt
40? Alaskan city
?ST ? A watery expanse
between Arabia and
Africa
52 ? Profits
53 ? African river
S3 ? Largest river in
: France
S7 ? Western dam named
after a U S r resi
dent
DOWN
1 ? Swiss river (post.)
2? Ancient city of the
sChaldeet (pots.)
3 ? Chemical symbol for
st annum
4? Experimented
5? Northern territory
9? Landed Educators
(abbrev.)
7? Noun suffix equiva
lent to "eef"
t ? Girl's name (pott.)
t ? Hawaiian' island
iposs )
1 1 ? European country
12 ? Large southern
expanse of water
14-? Eligible Orders
(abbrev )
16? Division o< northern
Oreece <poss )
1 8 ? Japanese coin
19 ? To rest
22 ? Natives of a
Scandinavian country
24-? The theater (abbrev }
27? Scottish boy
29 ? -To diminish * ?
33- ? City in the Canal
Z,ot le
34 ? Correlative ol
"neither"
.36 ? Legal for "the thing"
31- ? Angry
43 ?Arabian military
commander
4 5 ? Sins
40 ? Latin abbreviation
for "that it"
47? Roman 1SS5
4$ ? Sprightly
50 ? The self
52 ? Nothing
S4 ? Enlightened Offset
(abbrev.)
56? Old English (abbrev.)
Section Foa This Week's Completed Puxile
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Saturday'* tUI< to Dcm'i pat
ty might prove quit* costly to
this department I'm on a
March again for ?noagh living
room space la which to place
? television set and. libs the
S3H91VM
3IIVN11IM
POSTURE OF DEFENSE
(Stanly News & Press)
An expression which has come
into- being in recent months, "pos
ture of defense," is much in the
minds of those who are thinking
ahead on world affairs as they
are related to domestic matters.
If Russia and China stay out of
the Korean scrap, as it now seems
likely that they will, it 19 not be
yond the realm of possibility that
hostilities will cease by October
15. This may be optimistic think
ing, but if the problem of the 38th
parallel is solved, and It will not
be easy, then we can readily be
lieve that the present period of
bloodshed will soon come to a
close.
But this coutitry must hold to
a "posture of defense," for some
years to come, and It wili not be
easy to maintain. The American
people do not like war, and they
are easily lulled to sleep. A few"
peaceful words from Russian
leaders would put us sound to
sleep again, unless our leaders
are insistent that the danger still
exsists.
We must have a strong fight
ing force, both on lan4, at sea,
and in the air, but with the coun
try not In imminent danger, it
will be necessary to work out a
system of military training that
will keep most people happy. Af
ter teh last war, we wrecked a
military machine of unequalled
power by urging that the men be
brought home and discharged at
once. We cannot allow that to
happen again.
The universal military training
plan offers the best solution,,
but It may be hard to get Con
gress to pass It But until It can
be done, it seems to us that the
present draft laws provide a
means whereby It will be possible
to keep a constant stream of men
flowing into the armed service.
A reduotion in the time which a
man is required :o serve would
Mel Allen and Jim Brltt did the
announcing, and Allen leportod
that their spotter for Carolina
grldders was Finhy Elliott a
schoolmate of mine from Char
lotto. who once played sad for
Carolina. \
I make unnecessary the building
j of huge new camps and training [
I fields. The result would be a tre
mendous force of trained reserves
who could be called to duty at
any time. ? .
But, it will be no easy matter
| to maintain this "posture of de
ifense" if the pressure is relieved.
TENANT FOR ETERNITY
( (Bladen Journal)
We heard a man the other day
proclaim that not one "single per
son owned anything. That his
home, his business, his land hold
ings, belonged not to the individ
ual, but were merely being held
in trust for those who will follow
down through the ages.
The thought shocked us a>t first,
because Americans are possessive
people. It is always, "this Is
mine" or "I own that."
This man was talking about
conservation practices, urging his
listeners to hand over to those
who follow, everything just .a
little Wt better condition than
while he had it.:
We think that is a good Idea
for soil and other conservation
practices, and we think It would
be good for soul conservation, too.
As the preacher might say, we. are
"sharecroppers" for the Lord, or
tenants for eternity."
North Carolina will harvest a
larger sweet potato crop this year
than any other State except Lou
isiana.
CARLISLE STUDIO
? Portraiture ? Commercial ? Weddings
MorrUen Bldg ? Phone 646 O Kings Mountain, N. C.
DR. NATHAN H. REED
, ''
Optometrist
Professional Bldg. ? Over Home Building & Loan
Eyes Examined " Visual Care
Glasses Fitted
Hours ? 9 to 5 p. m. dally
Wednesday and Evenings by Appointment
Phone 492 Kings Mountain N. C.
BROADWAY
Wittily it has been said that dentists are the men who
put teeth in our longer-life expectancy. How true
*
that is. every man and woman in ' this community
knows. Your dentist is a sincere specialist. Oral hy
, giene is his life's work. He knows the bone structure
and diseases of your teeth as scientifically as your
physician knows the most sensitive tissues of your
4>ody. Equipped with years of schooling and practice,
' ? ' ? " " .v
not to mention his considerable investment in most
modern instruments for dental surgery, your dentist
is a contributor to your health and happiness. See
him at least twice a yearl
eJk&W ? MM CO.
^ GASTONIA. N. C.
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Kings Mountains Dentists
The Herald ? $2.00 Per Year
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