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Established 1889
A weekly newspaper devoted to the promotion o f the general welfare and published
for the enlightenment, entertainment and benefit of the citizen* of Kings Mountain
and It* vicinity, published every Friday by the Herald Publishing Houae.
Entered ia second .*lass matter at the postoffiee at Kings Mountain, N. C., under Act
U Congress of March 3, 1873.
Editorial Department
Martin Harmon Editor-Publisher
Charles T. Carpenter, Jr Sport*. Circulation, New*
Mra. P. 0. Herrdon % Society
/ Mechanical Department
Eugene Matthews Horace Walker Ivan Weaver
?. Paul Jackson Charles Odems
TELEPHONES: Society. 1S7; Other, 283
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TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE
A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse
heart shall be despised. Proverbs 12:8.
Expand The Board
OUie Harris, chairman of the Demo
cratic precinct committee for East Kings
Mountain, took the opportunity of the
recent meeting of the county committee '
to remind the group that citizens of the
Kings Mountain area are strongly in fa
vor of previously announced plans for
expanding the membership of the coun
ty board of commissioners to five.
The p|an had the endorsement last
spring of the board of county commiss
ioners and has the commitments, we un
derstand, of Senatoi Nominee Clyde No
lan and Representative Nominee B. T.
Kails, Jr., who are virtually sure to re
present this county in the forthcoming
Norlh Carolina General Assembly.
The citizens of this- area are counting
on these men to draw a suitable bill ma
king the change and to present it to the
Assembly early in the session. Since it
is a purely local bill, introduction of the
bill will be tantamount to passage, if
both representatives give it their endor
sement and provided it is introduced
early enough.
As previously pointed out, a five-man
board has the principal advantage of
broadening representation. People here
feel, for instance, they should have a re
presentative on the board, though-.they
have no objection to the present mem
bers.
The Herald trusts that preparation
and introduction of such a bill will be
among, ?'a* first official acts of the coun
ty's delegation to the 1051 General As
sembly.
Education Week
Next week will be National Education
Week and it is a good time for North
Carolinians to review with pride the ad
vancement record of the past few years,
and to reded icate themselves to the job
ahead.
The progress of the past includes in
crements in' teacher pay, improved
plants, expansion of curriculum, and im
provement of college-level facilities, in
cluding the establishment of a state den
tal school and expansion of the state
medical school to a full-four-year school.
But there is plenty of room for im
provement. Most school districts face
space shortages and teacher , pay still
needs, to be raised more, to mention only
two.
It boils down to a little loosening of
the strings on the pocket book, and who
is to argue thai investment in education
is a poor one ?
Purchase of the Hetty Yarn Mill pro*'
pet ty l\\ a New Jersey concern indicates
that virtually all of Kings . Mountain's,
manufacturing and industrial facilities
will soon he in .operation. It is the Her
ald's understanding that the Slater firm
is a reputable one and one which will
make a good citizen .of the industrial
community.
Girl Scouts of the city are current ly
observing Oirl Scout Week. It would not
be amiss to remark that the Girl Scout
organization here is one of the most
active in the area and in the state. Tri
bute is due tin* troop leaders and com
mittee for their active work in the Girl
Scotit program.
Our best wishes to the re-organized
Kings Mountain Little Theatre. There
has always been a considerable amount
of dramatic talent among Kings Moun
tain citizens. 'and the Little Theatre or
ganization should -provide an outlet for
this talent. Local talent productions re
quire a great amount of work, but they
always have much appeal.
If you haven't already, write a liberal
check for the Jacob S Mauney Memor
ial Library book fund.
. Sewerage Survey
Our congratulations to the city board
of commissioners on its current effort
toward solving the city's problems of.
sewerage disposal.
This matter has been a constantly re
curring problem for several city admin
istrations, and previous efforts to solve
it have been to no avail.
Statements of the engineers from, the
North Carolina Board of Health indicat
ed that the problem of sewerage disposal
is worsening with the years, which
should not be surprising.
Previously, emphasis on improving
the system has devolved around the de
fective McGill sewer disposal tank. F. R.
Blaisdell, one of the engineers here last
week, adds the discomforting word that
two other disposal tanks are already
over-loaded and he offers the possibility
that it soon may be necessary to deny
addition of outlets on both the Ware and
Mauney tanks/
From the standpoint of community
sanitation, as well as cost and inconven
ience to individual citizens, it would be
quite bad to increase the number of in
dividual septic tanks, which have a ha
bit of not working too well if too many
are in the same area.
Work of the board on the sewerage
disposal matter is still in the talking pre-,
planning stage, but the Herald hopes the
board will be able to formulate suitable
plans and that the citizens will approve
them. Someday, some board will be. able
to tag the sewerage disposal file with a
"completed" notation, and the quicker
it is done the better and the cheaper.
Election Day
Tuesday will be election day through
out the United States, and while the gla
mour and excitement of presidential
year elections is missing, there are plen
ty of states in whifch the politicking has
been hot and heavy and where the citi
zens find it difficult to predict the out
come.
The election here is quiet. In this nor
mally Democratic county, where the
vote-getting fireworks are customarily
completed in the spring. However, in
other counties of the state, where Re
publicans are in sufficient ahundance,
there is plenty of activity.
Even in this state, there is considera
ble interest in the senatorial and con
gressional races of other states.' Gene
rally speaking, there are many North
Carolina Democrats who rather hope
that Senator Robert Taft will be re-elec
ted in Ohio, not because they always
like the Taft policies, but because of the
strong-arm methods used by his chief
enemy, the CIO, to beat him. In New
York, they wonder what the outcome
will be following the Dewoy-Hanley po
litical deal charges. One North Carolina
newspaper commended that, if New
Yorkers ignore the situation, it will in
dicate that there is future danger for
this nation because the voters are apa
thetic to such "dealing".
Flection day, some people think, will
mark the end of a leisurely rate of mar
shaling our resources for the stepped up
military program, if it has been leisure
ly. They reason that the administration
would rather throw on the controls after
election day than before.
Tuesday is; the day, and citizens
should make a point of visiting the polls
to cast their ballots. The fact that there
are no local contests and that North Car
olina is normally Democratic should not
prevent either the Democrats or the Re
publicans from going to the polls. Some
people feel that the only danger the
country faces is the sometimes seeming
apathy of the public toward their guar
anteed freedoms, one of which is voting
for or against the men who seek the res
ponsibilities of government.
10
YEARS AGO. Item* of news taken from the 1940 files of the
THIS W E E K Kings Mountain Herald.
Deeds for the property at the!
end of East Mountain Street is
now in rhe safe at the <CUy Hall. !
... The land has already been boug
ht and paid for which means that
the rnueh needed school stadium
will .^oon btvome a reality.
Socio', and P?rsonal ?
Mrs. J. L. Head and Mrs. B F.
Beam grade mothers of the 6th.
grade of We?t School entertained
the grade forty strong at the
home of Mrs. He?d, ax Mountain
View Houde Tuesday evening.
Mm. C. E. NeiSler was honored
at a lovely birthday dinner party, i
Riven by her daughters. Mrs. Ha - 1
rry Page and Mrs. Harold Hunni
cuit at the Neisier home on Pied j
mont Ave. Tuesday at, 6 o'clock, j
Mrs. James Cloninger, Mrs.)
Jack Kennedy and Mrs. J. B. Self;
were hostesses at a miscellaneous
shower given ;ast Thursday even
ing at the home of Mrs. Claude '
Ware, complimenting Mrs. Rob
ert Randall, nee Miss Louise Go
forth.
Mrs. John Randall and Miss
Louise Putnam were hostesses to
a number of their friends Friday
night when they entertained at
the home of the latter, honoring
Mrs. Robert Hanna of Gaston ia,
nee Miss Beth Randall.
Mrs. J. F. Evans and daughter,
Sandra are guests of Mrs. Grady
King.
*Mrs. W. C. C*veny of Indian
Town, Fta. is a guest of Mrs. D.
F. Hord and other friends in
King." Mountain.
martin's
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By Martin Harmon
v Containing bit* of now*, wis
dom, humor, and comment. To
bo takon weekly. Avoid
over -dosage.)
Supper
Supper is what most people
oat anywhere from 5:30 to 7:30
pan. each day. It Is also the u
niversal bane of the house
wife's existence and of some
men's existence, too.
; * ?
Generally speaking the sup
per is the evening meal, though
some folk yet to call their eve
ning meal "dinner". These peo
ple usually have to live thro
ugh the afternoon on a "lun
ch". which may vary In degree
from light to heavy. And. o(
course, there are some folk
who have neither lunch or sup
per. but enjoy two dinners
daily. Since I am afflicted with
a pryamlding sort of appetite,
gaining steadily from breakfast
on, the two-dinner plan has al
ways appealed to me very
much, though I do not actually
enjoy this arrnagement very
J frequently. - A? most men a
round here toll me they find,
the womenfolk don't put a pet
ticoat veto on the evening din
ner because they don't like it.
or cure trying to protect her
waistline, but because they
don't particularly relish the
preparatory work thereto and
absolutely deplore the dish
washing duties following.
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The dictionary man supplies
his usual interesting light on
the subject of "supper." de
scribing it variously as "the
evening mopL" "the last meal
of the day, regardless ol time,"
but also as a "sumptuous re
past or banquet." He didn't,
but he might well have added
"rare" to the notation about the
sumptuous part. The medici
nal dictionary is not as new as
it might be, and it appears that
the research involved in getting
up the "supper" definition
might have been done before
Dogwood, of the comic strips,
made the midnight snack fa
mous. .1
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It strikes me that suppers in
this area generally fall into
three categories: There is the
breakfast -type, the sandwich
type, and the left-over type.
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Of the three, all can be quite
palatable at various and sun
dry times, and. of course, all
can be quite flat at various and
sundry times. It -depends a lot
on the weather and the mood of
the eaters. I generally like the
breakfast-type pretty well. This
is probably due to the fact of
that pyramiding appetitie a
gain, and because I don't thaw
out from a night's repose until
the second cup of breakfast cof
fee. Eggs-and-bacon taste bet
ter to me at 6 p. m. than they
do at 8 a. m. For variations,
there Is the walfle or sinker
better known as pancake) sup
per, but, out of deference to the
constitution and general wel
fare of the digestive depart
ment. these suppers should be
limited to once a quarter at
most. Principal disadvantage to
this type of suppor is that cer
tain cooking utensils have to
bo used and thus have to be
washed.
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None needs to be introduced
to the sandwich- type supper.
They're not too bad on some
hot summer evenings, but
there's something about them
which gets awfully samey a
bout the third evening hand
running. I know sotae men who
are trying to find . the inventor
of the sandwich in order to
hang him in ef<igy> but there's
no denying he has practicality
on his side.
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Just as fatniliar is the left
over supper, which works mig
hty well after a big Sunday or
holiday dinner, assuming that
the guests didn't eat the host
out of house-and-bome, bat a
left-over supper after a plain
weekday dinner usually leaves
something to be desired. You
get that full feeling, without
the accompanying satisfaction
which a bang-up dinner extra
ordinaire provides.
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Obviously, there are some
variations to each, and the can
ned soup manufacturers have
done their bit to help out In
cidentally. 1 am thankful that
soup is not among the products
on the medicinal blacklist.
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About the only role a man
can take is as chronic com
plainer, and, as any veteran
supper- fixer ki owg, she can
silence him in short order. Af
ter a complaining husband at
supper, the cook can always
ask after the next day's noon
dessert, "What would you like
for supper?" There's no ether
question as devastating and
confusing at this one when a
man has a full stomach. The
only possible answer is. 1
don't know", and there he has
hung himself.
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1 am sum this institution ef
light and learning has added
abeolutely nothing to solving
the community's supper pro
blem, but If any bright house
wife, husband or ether indivi
they will be gladly received,
both for pewt uensldsratfea.
as well as public.
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.15- Pronoun
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40 ? -To endure
4 ? Syllable npplird to
htUlktl note
* 4 Roman 9?0
?(?- Printer'* meat ure ,
H* Correlative of "either"
?*> To ditcoifcerf
SI ; Like
Syllable applied to
musical note
SS DeserVed
5 7 ?Moral Principles
M - Ancient Roman moon
K oddest
62 -Tumultuously
65 ? One of the month*
' (abbrev )
6 6 lieitowal of patronage
by reason of relation
? hip
DOWN
> - Gemi
3 ? Thut
4 -.-Pertaining to one of
the British ltlet
5 ? District Attorney
b -Latin abbreviation Mg
nifytng Mand to forth"
7 Bakery goodt
8 ? Atmosphere
9? To co.*retj>ond exactly
10 -To acccmpeny
I I ? Danger
13- In or of t>?* thing
1 5 Liberal Education
(abbrev )
lft -A tyjie of electrical da
play
1 9-~Coptutjie
J3--~To tteal hy force
1 4 ---Pronoun
2 7? Pertaining to a
. dramatic tinging held
29 Myit tr Sanskrit word .
32 ? Parental nickname
34 ?College Degree
36? -Greek letter
J8- Preh* denoting "out
of"
4 0 ? Spanith dance
4 1 ? Ancient tun god
43-- Doctrine
4 5 -T o pott
? T'-Symbol of courage'
50- ? A kind of meat
51 --Word of talutntion
53 Rrndert teriselett
56- Printer "t meatiuf?
58 ?Ardent *"
*9 ? Pronoun
60- To- luring court tctioo
Against
63 --Abbreviated Spain
64 ? Chemical tymbol foe
yttrium
Other Editor's Viewpoints
NOT ALL BLACK
(Smithfield Herald)
The schools of America are
having a difficult time measur
ing up to desirable standards be
cause classroom additions and
qualified teaching personnel
haven't kept pace with the vast
increase in schoolage population.
But the whple educational pic
ture is by no means black.
For example, there is encour
agement in the results of a re
cent survey to test the reading
skills of sixth grade pupils. In
six schools at Springfield, Mo.,
comparisons were made to deter
mine 'whether sixth - graders of
1948 were better readers than
sixth-graders with' similar back
ground in 1931.
The study was conducted by
the College of Education of the
University of Illinois.
These were some of the find
ings:
The reading scores of sixth
grade children in 1948 were su
perior to the scores of those en
rolled in the same grade in 1931.
? The children tested in 1948 are
about one and one-half months
younger on the average thair
those in the same grade in 1931,
The younger group learned to
read somewhat better than their
predecessors.
Those making the survey con
cluded that the improvement in
reading skills was a result of
better teaching methods.
DEATH TAKES A
HOLIDAY
(Elkln Tribune)
The President's Conference on
Industrial Safety is currently foe
using national attention on the
problems of occupational acci
dents, and the tremendous toll
in lives and money which these
eveidents take every year. This
publicity is all to the good, and
a very healthy thing it is indeed.
However, we should not forget
for one moment that many more
workers are killed and injured
off the job each year than on the
job.
As a matter of fact, twice as
many men and women suffer dis
abling injuries or, death on a hol
iday. over a weekend of after
business hours as they do in the
factory, business office or other
place of work. A great many of
the casualties are caused by traf
fic accidents, but drowning, falls,
bums, poisons and other acci- 1
dents also help to swell the total.
Last year in America, death
rode the highway with ,16,500 off
the-job workers, while his fellow-,
traveler, accidental injuries, paid
an unwelcome visit to 550,000
others. Driving on the wrong side
of the road, speeding, reckless or
drunk driving ? these are some of i
the principal causes of automo- j
bile accidents. Meanwhile, homej
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?crtpthma promptly and
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flitiijir <1
Wo OQ Poraad Deliver
accidents cause many more dis
abling injuries, and almost as
many deaths, as do their widely
publicized big brother, traffic ac
cidents. Last year, for example,
accidents in the home killed
7,500 Americans and injured
more than one million others.
When you're off the Job, good
sense and watchful vigilance are
the best defense against having
a tragic accident ? the best gua
rantee of being back on the Job,
the same as always.
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dogs and livestock or moncv back
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Letter To Editor
Have you ever thought about 1
what a big kick you get out of
trying to kick a wad of gum off
your feet? If you haven't, just
stop and get a laugh ,at the oth
er fellow. I think teachers that
do not allow their pupils to chew
gum in classes should teach them
the art of it, and if their parents
do not have the means of buy
ing gum, they should buy them
a pack with instructions, not to
be opened until Sunday morning.
Then Just after reaching church,
open it up and take the whole
pack in their mouths as they en
ter Sunday school class and pro
cede "Chawing" which will he'P
them concentrate on what the
teacher is saying. If they should
have a Scripture verse to recite
they can make several big chaws
while they are thinking u. he
part forgotten. After they have
mastered the are of chewing gum,
they will not depart from it when
they grow older. The gum will
last until church time and then
continue chewing until after
church. They can take notice in
older folks chewing thelr's which
will be very instructive for them.
The old woman or man ?will a
musethem greatly, If they pay
particular 'attention to how they
keep time with slow motion mu
sic or by patting their foot. Also
note very carefully how their
cheek bones work up and down,
like an old mule, without teeth,
trying to chew hard corn. A pro
file view is also very interesting
and if you imagine a goatee on
his phin, you would have a per
fect Old Goat chewing his cud,
with ease and satisfaction.
Then when leaving church, you
may toss the cud on the steps and
watch some one fall over it ir
loose a shoe trying. to kick it off;
or might be alright to throw it
into the street and wreck a car.
But if you do not want to depart
from the aroma of that sweet cud
of gum, you can take it home,
stick it under the table, and pro
ceed chewing after you have
finished dinner; and in this way
it will save you the trouble of
brushing your teeth. Of course,
you can not chew it on through
the night but you can have a lot
of fun by sticking two black cats
tails together with it and throw
them across a cloth line. Then the
lire works begfn, and if one cat
is lucky enough to get a 14 the
gum, you may be able io relrieve
it next morning and continue as
heretofore.
a CITIZEN.
Pardon
Her Pride !
We're proud too, to be able to
bring you wonderful -tatting
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cooking or a* a mealtime and
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agine what that can mean to
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My voice is my
^ living. So it's only
f natural that I smoke the
^ cigarette that agrees
? with my throat ?
CAMEL!
SINGING BAND LEADER
CAMELS Ml SO MILO that in a
coast-to-coast lest of hundreds of
men and women who smoked
Camels? and only Camels? for 50
days, noted throat specialists, mak
ing weekly examinations, reported
Not one tingle com of throat irritation due fo smoking CAMELS
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