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the Kings Mountain Herald Established 1889 A weekly newspaper devoted to the promotion of the general welfare and published for the enlightenment, entertainment and benefit of the citizen* of Kings Mountain and lu vicinity, published every Friday by the Herald Publishing House. , Entered as second jlass matter at the postofflce at Kings Mountain, N. C., under Act ot Congress of March 3, 1873. Editorial Department Martin Harmon . Editor- Publisher Charles T. Carpenter, Jr. Sports, Circulation, News llrm. P. D. Herndon Socicy Mechanical Department Eugene Matthews ' Horace Walker Ivan Weaver Paul Jackson Charles Odema TELEPHONES: Society. 167; Other. 283 . SUBSCRIPTION RATES, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE ONE YEAR? $2.50 , SIX MONTHS? $1.40 THREE MONTHS? 75c RY MAIL ANYWHERE TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE And when he saw their faith, he said untohim, Man. thy sins are forgiven th?e. St. Luke 5:20. ^ Sales Tax Back early in the nineteen thirties, the State of North Carolina adopted the "emergency" tax on retail sales, and, as is the habit with taxes, the "emergency" has existed ever since. At least, the tax is still with us and is apparently here to stay. ? V It has been an issue in several guber natorial elections since its enactment. Dr. Ralph McDonald was a sales tax re peal candidate for governor in 193(5 and lost by a fairly close vote. In 1940, J. M. Broughton promised to remove the sales tax from the home table. He wo"n and raade good on his promise, but only by virture of some heavy head-cracking of some members of his first legislating. Dr. McDonald tried again in 1944 and again worked over the sales tax^ but this time Dr. McDonald didn't even come close. In 1948, neither major candidate gave the sales tax much attention. Last week, Governor' Scott projected a new sales tax discussion, When he in dicated he might ask the 1951 General Assembly to remove some of the sales ? tax exemptions, presumably those now on foods and medicines. The state de partment heads, as usual, have come up with increased budget requests, which, if granted, will require more revenues, if the state is to pay off in the next two years. Obviously, a sales tax on food is odi ous, not only to those who pay it, but to small town merchants, particularly, who serve as tax collectors and get the cus sin', in some instances, that the tax col lector would ordinarily get. Of course, the sales tax in North Car olina is here to stay, but most citizens will probably .igree that other sources should be sought for tax revenue than re turning the sales tax to the dinner, table. Some. will suggest that the legislators do some paring on budgetary requests, and that method might prove quite-prac tical and justified^- . Byrnes Forthright James F. Byrnes,, soon to be Cover nor of South Carolina and with a distinguish ed background of public service, address ed South Carolina doctors in Charleston last weekend and his words should have given them food for thought. Mr. Byrnes told the group that he had always been glad to battle against .soci alized medicine and had in no wise chan ged his views. But he added, "The doe tors should get their own house in or der." Mr. Byrnes suggested that the best medium would be in increasing the sup ply of doctors. - This does not agree with the state ments of the president of the American Medical association in a recent interview over the radio program "Reporter's Round-Up," when three New York re porters interviewed the doctor anent the AMA's publicity campaign. At one time in the interview, the doc tor made the flat statement "there is no shortage of doctors." At another time, he said the increase in the number of doc tors in the nation. is two percent greater than the increase in population. More folk are likely to agree with Mr. Byrnes. As previously remarked, North Caro lina's potential output of doctors will be stepped up with the four-year medical school at the University. This will give the state three full course medical schools and it is natural to assume that a good portion of the graduates of the three will eventualfy choose North Car olina as a place to practice. Our congratulations to Coach Kverette Carlton, who is one of ten North Caroli na high school football coaches chosen to serve on the Charlotte's Observer's all-state board. Tormina" Hearing The informal hearing on the matter of a bus station for Kings Mountain, held last Friday morning, with Utilities Com missioner Edward H. McMahan presid ing; produced little that was new and not too .much evidence that Kings Mountain is much closer to having a terminal than it was on February 16, when Kings Mountain became a flag stop. The bus operators, the citizens' group present, the city board, as well as Com missioner McMahan, were in complete agreement that the city, with its 47 daily bus schedules and 8,000-plus citizens, should have a terminal. Then the agree ment waned. The attitude of the biis operators con tinues to be, "Kings Mountain should have a terminal, but . .-s." The operators say tne matter has been discussed on several company levels, from local to regional, but they still don't want to spend more than 10 per cent of gross ticket sales for a terminal which, the figures quickly show, won't fill the bill. Most important . statements at last week's hearing were: From J. H. Quattlebaum, of Queen i City Coach Company, that his company" would be willing to lease a property de veloped by some local owner. (Previous ly, it had been understood that the com pany wanted a station leased to an indi vidual operator.) ^ From Commissioner McMahan, that ?lie Utilities Commission would probably order the companies to furnish a station, provided formal petition for a compell ing order were filed by the city, "though the facilities might not be as much as the city might desire." Bluffing or not, Mr. Quattlebaum said Queen City Coach Company wouldn't ob ject at all to the city's filing a petition with the commission, but he contended that a deadline for' action would tie his company's hands. It was a fine point and hard to see, though the city, as well as the company would prefer to avoid this legal action. Mr. McMahan said he hoped the matter could be settled without legal action. If any good came from the informal hearing, it was a strong reminder to the operators that furnishing station faciliti es is their responsibility and that the city expects to apply pressure, if necessary, to see that these responsibilities are met. All hope that it will not be long until the operators report arrangements for a bus terminal progressing. ft not, then the City of Kings Moun tain will have the solid backing of the citizens when it files a formal petition asking the Utilities Commission to force the operators to act. As a matter of fact, the City has that backing right now. The GOP And 'S2 Much speculation is going the rounds over the question of whom the Republi can party will choose for its presidential nominee for the 1952 elections. Will it.be Senator Taft, who has said he will not actively seek the nomination? Will it be Governor Warren, of Californ- , it, who might have done more for the tic ket in 1948 as the top candidate than as the No. 2 man? Will it be Senator Duff, of Pennsylvania, or will Governor Dewey, of New York, try for a third time? Dewey has theoretically written himself off the "possible" list, but ali ot his carefully-worded "I won't run" state ments have left the gates open for a change-about. It has been suggested that the Reput? lican party change its policy from a tear ing-down onslaught, to a positive ap proach as a means to capturing the imagination of the voters. This seems a logical suggestion, but one that is hard ly likely to be followed. As usual, criticism comes easy, but ways and means of doing a job proves quite difficult". At the same time, the as pirants most likely to succeed will be those who do adopt a positive program. 10 YEARS AGO Items of news taken from the 1940 files of the THIS W E E K Kings Mountain Herald. Mr. H. L. Burdette, will begin his duties as City Manager of Kings Mountain next Monday morning according to an an nouncement last night from Mayor J. B. Thomasson. Soda* and Personal Mrs. J. E. Mauney and Mrs. / M. Rhea were hoste?e? to mem ber* of the American Auxiliary, entertaining at the home o! the former Tuesday Afternoon. The regular meeting of the Senior Woman's Club was held last Friday afternoon, with the president, Mrs. D. ?. Mauney, presiding. Mm. R. H. Webb was hostess to members of her bridge elub at her home on West Mountain Street Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. W. K. Mauney was hos tess to members of the Colonel Fredrick Hambrlgtit Chapter DAR at her home last Wednesday. Mrs. H. H. Houston and sons. Hoppe and Eddie of Pa gel and spent the weekend with friends in Kings Mountain martin's medicine By Maxtln Harmon v Containing bits o! news, wis dom. humor, and comment. To be taken weekly. Avoid over-dosage.) Turkey Time Next Thursday will be i Thanksgiving bay 1950, and. as usual, it will be a rough time for the harem oi Tom Tur key. I suppose Tom, himself, may have some troubles, too. but the accent will be on the females of the flock for most folks around here specify ** tur key hen" when they're placing their orders. t-t Among the changing trends in food consumption in this country is the use of the tur key at other times than during the period from Thanksgiving Day to Christmas, and perhaps to January 1st The grocers have been selling some turkeys for several weeks already, and they will continue to sell them throughout the winter season. Still, however; the principal turkey-on-the-table period is from Thanksgiving to Christ mas. The turkey may reign on until the brown-eyed peas and hog Jowl of Hew Year's Day. of oourse, but usually in salad or hash form, not in the. origi nal. hefty slices of succulent white meat. Turkey makes a mighty ac ceptable main dish. if the pro per trimmings are around to take oate of the color scheme. Whero would turkey be without a rich red dish of cranberry sauce? And the pumpkin comes 1 M* for its share of glory, too. My resource materials do not indicate whether John Alden and his Pilgrim friends got ac quainted with cranberry sauce, but certainly they knew what to do with a pumpkin. t-t ? Personally, 1 am not a pump kin man, unless the spices of India are used to the point that only spice is tasted. But some folk I know wouldn't feel at home unless the turkey and dressing were followed by a big piece of pumpldn pie, 6d equately corseted in whipped crecrm. . ' - t"i Thanksgiving comes closest this year to being back to nor mal than in any year since Roosevelt at the behest of the National Retail Dry Goods as sociation, started fiddlin' with tho 'date. I am not sure that there is nation-wide agreement on the celebration of Thanks giving this year, what with five Thursdays appearing in November, but generally. Thanksgiving is not going to run into Christmas as much this year as it has in the past. The big merchants, who had the idea Thanksgiving should , be put out of the way as quick ly as possible in order to has ten the ringing of the cash reg- ! isters ou Christmas sales, are 1 coming to realize that it just I won't work. The country is too steeped in the Thanksgiving tradition. The people have to 9 Thanksgiving dinners digested before they turn to Chris tolas shopping, and they resent the business of putting [ Santa Claus out too early. Charlotte had a big festival ' early, but this year they didn't call it a Christmas celebration. t-t The Thanksgiving observan ce is a good one, for certainly most people have plenty to be thankful for, if they'll bother to take inventory. That, the leg ends report is why the whole Parted in this nation. The Pilgrims had made a good coop, had placated the Indians into friendliness, and were re ceiving the better portion of i the promises of the New World. Later on, if my history memory is correct, George Washington decreed the day into a national observance and we have had Thanksgiving ever since. Of course, there are recorded Thanksgiving obser v a n c e s much previous to Gen'l Geor ge s Day, in Biblican days and in the Old World, but there is : no record showing that women ! of those days plucked a turkey , **n ??* ?f a freeser-locker for the Thanksgiving dinner. Probably one of the most generous gestures ot the Amer ican people at Thanksgiving time is the monetary support given in the season to orphan ages of the nation. I was re minded of this by the annual editorial suggestion sent the Herald by Oxford Orphanage, which the Masons awn and support. Superintendent Gray, of Oxford, points out in a letter that North Carolina is one of , the most orphanage . mtn4wt states in the nation, which. 1 would say, is a high compli ment to the state and its peo ple. Most churches take special offerings at Thanksgiving for their orphanages, and. while I am rather strong fox the "uni fied badger plan of church operation, this is one ot the ex ceptions I favor strongly. t-t Next Thursday is Themkngiv ing and many American citi sens will celebrate the dory Jnt.; as the PUgrim* did over 300 Other Editor's Viewpoints , CROSSWORD ? ? ? By A. C. Gordon | ACROSS of a line of t Sgyptiao rulers ft -Ancient Greek lawgiver (post ) II ? Fragrant E~st Indian \ ?? tree ? ?? I J ? Famous American poet 1 4 - Russian ruler known as "The Terrible" IS -Old German teller of marvejlous tales 111? -One of Queen Eliza beth's favorites 19 ? Stalk of grain 2 1 ? - Ecclesiastical (abferev. ) 22? Auricle ? 24? Latin connective 25 -Printer's measure 27? Famous barrier sur mounted by Hannibal *md his .army 2 9 ? Cowthinin f form denoting air 31- Preposition \2 ? Indefinite article 33- -Correlative of "or". (abhrcv. l ?. 34 ? Rom.'n V50 3 5 ? -Ad vat ce* 36 ? Towar i 37 Most famous- French ghcWlkt Pages of History .39 ? Either . 4 1 ? Personal pronoun 4 2 ? Pronoun 43 ? College degree 45 ? One of the chief gods of ancient Babylonia 4 7 ? Alcholic "beverage 4 9? Behold' 50? Comparative suffix 51 ? A kind of tree (pi ) 53 ? Newspaper announce ment 54 ? Genuine 56 ? Distress signal 5 7? Lake scene of a famous American- British naval battle ' 59 -More domesticated 60? Former Russian rulers DOWN 1 -Ancient sun god 2 ?Charitable 'gift 3 -Rodent . 4 --Ancient Roman philosopher 5 -Spanish Philosophical History < abbrev ) '? Watery expanse 7 -Famous British surgeon who promoted use of antiseptics -Apparent : 9? Girl's name IC- Chemical symbol for stannum 1 3 -Exclamation 16 ? Roman numeral 1 7- ? Pronoun 18--Biblica! woman 10 ? To solicit 22- Biblical Apostolic letter* 23-? Famed British courtlet 2 6- -Protective covering 2ft- -Pa*tureland 30 ? -Large Australian bird 31- Also 3 6 ? Former Belgian ruler 3'? A stone 'H Wavhes lightly 40? Donor of a well-knowr British scholarship 44 extent of space 46- Electrical Engineer t abbrev. ) 48:-Latin abbreviation for "that is" 49? De-. 52? I n ix denoting "joined" 5 5- Exist "?8- Ancient sun god Sae The Want Ad Section Foe This Week's Completed Puzile NO ARMISTICE (Bladen Journal) We can. hardly expect an arm istice on November 11, 1950, as the United Nations forces shoul der arms against the threat of Communism in North Korea, for we have come to learn that we can risk no truce with this ene my, no armistice with Russia, which seeks to rule the world. The origin of the word "arm istice" is interesting, coming as it does from the union of two Latin words signifying "arms" and "to stand still." The world in general has become accustom ed to the word since that day in 1918 when came the ending of what is known as "The Great War." ' ; In many places in the United States, people pause for two min utes of silence on the day, seek ing to learn of true peace for the : individual and the world. All of us who love peace and earnestly seek an everlasting aimistice should pause on that day and offer a prayer that we in America and in the nations of t the world which seek a righteous peace, may increase our moral armament, as well as ouY physi cal armament and that we may have the spiritual energy with which to engage the enemies of mankind and conquer them. November 11, 1950, Armistice Day, with such a chain of prayer throughout the peace-seeking na tions of the world, could have po werful results, for as the poet Tennyson isaid: "More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of. Wherefore, let thy voice rise like a fountain for peace night and day." MQRE TAX COLLECTORS (Concord Tribune) Many a housewife or farmer has not yet come to the realiza- 1 Hon that, beginning January 1, J 1951, she or he will take over a new role as tax collector for Uncle 5am. Employees in domestic work or farming we among those brought under the federal so- 1 sial security program as of that i date. The employer must pay 11/2 per cent of the wages paid an em ployee, and must at the same time deduct a like amount to be paid by the worker, and must re? port and pay these tax collections quarterly. In order to qualify for social years ago. They'll attend chur ch and eat a tuskey dinner. Many ether Americans will spend the better portion of the afternoon in the various foot ball stadiums of the country, which improbably a reasonable substitute for a soccer game with the Indians. PRESCRIPTION SERVICE We Fill any Doctor* Pftt ?crtptfevac promptly aat accurately . at tWHOMdbli price* with the confidancM '4 !*?* ..ftm||pfc - ' ? 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