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The Kings Mountain Heiald ^pT7
Established 1889
M>na lX
A weekly newspaper devoted to the promotion of the general welfare and published
for the enlightenment, entertainment and benefit of the citizens of Kings Mountain
and 1U vicinity, published every Friday by the Herald Publishing House.
Entered as second .ilass matter at the postofflce at Kings Mountain, N; C., under Aot
ot Congress of March 3, 1873.
Editorial Department
Martin Harmon Editor- Publisher
Charles T. Carpenter. Jr. . . Sports. Circulation, News
lira. P. D. Herndon Society
Mechanical Department
Eugene Matthews Horace Walker Ivan Weaver
Paul Jackson Charles Odems
TELEPHONES: Society. 167; Other. 283
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TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God. they are the sons of God. Romans 8:14
Civil Defense
?? ? - - 7 . ? . yr
The city board of commissioners is fol
lowing the lead of the state and other
cities of the nation in endeavoring to set
up an organization which it hopes will
never be needed.
The organization planned is for civil ?
defense, and the big. impetus is the cur
rently Strained international situation
rind the possibility that at some time the
Kings Mountain area might be the vic
tim of atomic attack.
Otherwise, the organization would be
available for use in any kind of emer
gency. While it is hard to foresee Kings
Mountain having to contend with a
flood, as occured in California last week
end, or with a big explosion, as occured
a few years ago in Texas City, Texas, or
other castastrophes of that nature, there
is no reason to believe that this commun
ity is immune from tragedies of similar
devastating type.
The civil defense unit would be inval
uable for such an emergency.
But the fact remains that the real rea
son for setting up the organization is the
possibility of enemy action, which is de
vasting when mere ordinary bombs are
used. To a -statement that there was con
siderable question that Kings Mountain
would ever be a target, City Administra
tor Fuller remarked it is possible that
bombers, headed for Oak Kidge, Tenn.,
might follow this route, get in tfoubre,
and dump their bombs. That accident
just might occur in this vicinity.
The civil defense plan is predicated on
the old axiom, "A stitch in time saves
nine."
In choosing Ollie Harris for the noil
paying job as chairman, the city board
has shown good judgment. Mr. Harris
will "work at it?' and this is the key to
the success of any job.
Mr. Harris, the board, and everyone
else hopes that the organization will
never have to function. But it would
prove invaluable, should the occasion a
rise.
Buy Seals
The annual request of the Cleveland
County Tuberculosis association for
citizens of the area to buy T-B horid.s and
Christmas seals was made Monday, and
the work of this organization indicates
that it should be fully supported.
Even before' jt received the added fa
cilities of a chest X-Itay unit, the asso
ciation had done much to stamp out tu
berculosis in this County, and now it is
doing even more. In addition, the asso
ciation provides treatment and care for
indigents who contract the disease and
who can't afford to pay for treatment.
Since the X-Ray machine was put into
use,' 20 active cases of tuberculosis have
been discovered as well as many other
chesl ailments-. This indicates that an
ounce of prevention is worth many
pounds of cure. . ? .
?Carrying /the analogy further, ' the
ounce required of citUeiis of the county
is $9.00() for the coming year's preven
tive program. It should be' well worth it.
The wheels of public opinion are be
ing greased for re-institution of the au
tomobile inspection program in the
state, which the General Assembly may
re-enact. Unfortunately, there is no way
to inspect, the drivers themselves for
tendencies toward chance-taking.' pas
sing on curves; excessive speed, etc.
Driver* -error is responsible for most of
the auto accidents, insurance reports re
veal. Of course', supporters of the car
inspection program will Contend* a per
son killed in an auto accident is just as
dead, be it driver error or- mechanical
failure.
Tax Matters
When Congress re-convenes next
week, the top item on the list will be
that ever-present problem, how to get
more money.
With expenditures rising, due to high
er military expenditures and a concur
rent failure to curtail non-defense ex
penditures, the Congressmen find it im
perative to get more money, a task they
deplore. ?
This time the citizens are helping
them slightly, agreeing that more mon
ey is required. However, there is. con
siHcrable difference as to method.
Certain representatives of big busi
ness are making a frontal attack on the
excess profits tax method of increas
ing the income. They prefer simply rais
ing the corporate tax rate, pointing out
that excess profits taxes penalize grow
ing businesses and results in undue
waste by business. They also suggest in
creasing excise taxes and personal in
come taxes, but these suggestions might
be called a flanking attack...
On the other hand, big labor is calling
for excess profits taxes even heavier
than that requested by President Tru
man, who wants Congress to enact a 75
percent tax on all profits over a parti-,
cular base period, say from 1946 to 1949.
Assuming that big business and big
labor represent the extreme poles of
thought, it can be further assumed that
the equitable answer, if there is any in
tax matters, lies somewhere in between.
However, most citizens should oppose
increases on lower-bracket personal in
comes. Particularly harsh seemsi the
suggestion Of some to lower the personal
exemptions, now only $600, which any
one can plainly see will limit the exemp
tion to the amount of food a person con
sumes in a year.
Actually, some business men weren't
feeling too badly about the prospect of
an excess profits tax if the allowable re
turn were based on the 1946-49 period.
The years 1946-48 were generally good
years, and 1949 could have been worse.
At any rate, this base period would be
better than that adopted for the excess
profits tax figuring during World War
* r
Decision of the City^of Kings Mountain
to employ a mechanic to look after city
equipment was not surprising, for the
matter had been talked back and forth
for several months. Looking at the fig
ures on the amounts 'spent for this work
during the past few years makes one
wonder if the total justifies the change.
While the paper figuring indicates a po
tential dollar saving of $2,000 per year,
it must be remarked that the city will
have to buy some considerable equip
ment and that the mechanic will have
to have a helper for the big portion of
his work. Assuming that the city will
continue to grow and that the city gov
ernment will use more and more trucks
and other motorized equipment as the
years pass, the establishment of a city
garage may prove a good move on a
long-term basis. However, the Herald
aniteipates. t hat the setting up of a ga
rage w ill, in no way, eliminate thev ex
penditure of city funds for mechanical
work with private garages which have
the necessary equipment and manpower
ti> do that work, at least not in the near
future.
The Junior Chamber of Commerce has
scheduled- its next paper collection for
Deeepiber 3rd. It'll be an ideal time to
clean out the attic before Christmas.
Our ?congratulations to Houston
Black, who has been chosen for the cur
rent year's edition of "Who's Who. in
American Colleges and Universities."
10
YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK
i
Items of news takeo from the 1940 files of th$!
Kings Mountain Herald.
The quota for the Kin^s Moun
tain Draft Board has- be?*n ro:
ceived which calls for only two
men to be selected for the first
call. The two mCn are to report
to Fort Bragg on December 5t+i.
T'le name^ of the two men to
be selected ar?' not known at this
"time according to Frank Sum
mers, chairman of the Local
Board. The Kings Mountain quo
to io be selected June 30th has
been set at 85.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
Mrs. B. S. Peeler was hostess
to members of the Study Club
and invited guests entertaining
at her home on East King street
Tuesday evening.
Mrs. E, A. Smith was hostess
to member* of her bridge vMub at
her home on Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. D. C. Mauney was hostess
to the Thursday afiernoon Book
Club and invited guests fast
week.
j Ma and Mrs. Pfiee Patterson of
Ravenel, S. C., spent the past
week with relative^ in this sec
tion.
Mis. E W. Griffin and children
will apend Thanksgiving with
Mrs. Griffin's father, Mr. R. W.
Kurfees in- Mockville.
Mrs. B. A. Muiray and two chil
dren of Greenwood, S. C, were
visitors at the hoor.e of Mr.' and
Mrs. Y. F. Throneburg during the
weekend.
martin's
medicine
By Martin Harmon
V Containing bite of newi, wis
dom, humor, and comment To
b? takon weekly. Avoid
over-dosage.)
Fear and Trembling
Number 11 of 1950*8 12 mon
ths 1* about to exit from the
stage, giving rise among the
older folk of that ever-continu
ing question, "Doesn't time
fly?", and reminding the vari
ous Santa Clauses of the land
that it is high time to act The
word is out that wheel goods
won't be in too over-abundant
supply this season, which
means that the early-bird San
ta Claus will be in better) shape
for Christmas morning.
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The exit ot November is a
reminder for one and all to
check their Christmas list and
here is where the fear and
trembling act begins, for few
have done much about those
last New Tear's resolutions to
visit the savings banks and the
other institutions to take care
of the financial matter in ad
vance. It reminds that the
First National Bank has r?
instituted the Christmas Sav
ing Club to take care of the
1951 season, and those who are
"Jining up" will be in an envi
able position next year this
time. The only worries they
will have will be what Aunt
Jenny would like, eliminating
the part about "What Aunt
Jenny will like THAT I CAN
AFFORD."
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Which is enough about this
kind of fear and trembling, as
it will increase by the day
through the remaining month
between now and Christmas.
It should be sufficient to re
mind that only 26 shopping
days remain. Time to get the
list out and the wrappings
bought
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For a great number of Tar
Heels and for a sprinkling in
other states, fear -and -tremb
ling day of 1950 is Saturday
when the Dukes and the North
Carolinas meet for something
like the 38th time. As has been
properly pointed out by any
number of sport writers, the re
sult of Saturday's two-hour
tussle before 46,000 people who
will pay a total of S161.000 for
the privilege of squirming
through the proceedings, will
not be world-shaking. Neither
Duke non Carolina is going
anywhere after the game, to
such way stations as Dallas,
New Orleans, or Miami, but the
outcome "is mightily important,
to thousands throughout this
state. Both the Methodists of
tho state and the Tar Heel roo
ters have already been down
with a seige of Baptist fever,
which. Indeed, is a very painful
ailment if not a fatal one, and
both groups want to win Satur
day to salvage the plum.
Duke mooters, who have been
looking forward to Saturday's
game with more-than-usual
hopefulness, will understand
my feeling of fear and tremb
ling, After all. I have enjoyed
c steady four-year diet of Jus
tice and victory, though I ad
mit that last season's 23-21 af
fair was somewhat hard on the
blood pressure. It started ra
ther badly. After q traffic tie
up. our party was late on ar
rival and heard Duke's first
touchdown over the radio,
which is very bad indeed. An
enemy touchdown on the scene
seldom, is as bad as the radio
version. When you see it. you
can usually locate an "if" or
two which makes the score
look freakish. Not so on the
radio variety.
fat
Saturday's game should be
quite as interesting as the
thriller of last year, and I am |
personally installing Duke in
the role of favorite, though I
expect to occupy one of the
46,000 seats with the usual a
mount of hope.
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Pick-up: Much attention has
been given recently to a new
gadget for attachment to* ra
dios which is designed to auto
matically cut out spoken com
mercials. While this could eas
ily develop into a body blow
to radio, it could be worse for
tl;?- listeners. Just think how
bad it would b? to hear nothing
but singing commercials ....
Bob Hope has been insulted by
Life magazine and a gentle
man who wrote something en
titled the "Seven Deadly Sins
of the Air". I thought the arti
cle a good one, but Hope says
ho was insulted to the tune of
$2,010,000. That is r?uite a lot of
insult, but what makes me
wonder is how Mr. Hope arriv
ed at the odd. figure. Surely he
doesn't expect his lawyers to
work for a paltry S10?00 with
su4h a big figure in front of it .
Over in Statesville the citisens
arc complaining about a faulty
power system, which reminds
that Kings Mountain's system
is needing re-vamping and
could r?ach the point in future
years where service would be
poor , . . . up in Boston
somebody pulled the wrong
switch, ? or something, and It
had a lot of folk thinking an
atomic attack was in pcogmss
... Borrowed wisdom: If in
a carefree moment a man
tou?s away a dollar, his wife
decider that he cam afford %?
buy her ? m'rk wrap .....
THE BOND SALE
(Shelby Daily Star)
A3 we understand State Trea
surer Brandon Hodges, the sale ?
of $32,500,000 in the North Caro
lina General Fund bonds at an I
interest rate of 1.4127 per cent I
id satisfactory but not quite as 1
low an interest rate as had been
hoped for. This low bid compared
with 1.52 per cent paid by the
state on $75,000,000 worth of sec
ondary road bonds sold several
months ago.
This interest rate looks low to
the average man who must pay
from 4 per cent up for the money
he borrows. And yet the state
bonds must have been considered
a very attractive offering. to the;
investors who have already gob- j
bled them all up.
North Carolina's credit is !
sound. The bond sale attests to .
that in no uncertain terms.
The state is financing its ;
school building and ports pro
jects with some of the lowest cost
money in its history. There have
beon lower interest rates on
small, issues in the past but the
interest on this bond issue repre
sents the lowest cost of any ma
jor financing. ?
Whom should we congratu
late?
Well a ipeasure of the credit
should go to the state adminis.
tration of recent years, to the
sound fiscal policies that have
been insisted upon by the legis
latures. .
But we think the bulk of the
credit should go to the people of
North Carolina. Their character !
and their resourcefulness stand
behind the bonds. There is no
better security.
BOY GREETS GIRL
(Christian Science Monitor)
It must be that somewhere in
the long history of the party tele
phone, on which whole communi
ties could listen ih. something
like this happened:
Two people who had never seen
each other ? a boy and a girl, of
course ? were caught in a con
versation via crossed-up num
bers, and though the whole town
might be overhearing them, pur
sued their chitchat to the not bit- .
ter end which matrimony can be. j
We say it must have happen-'
ed, because things can't be so
different ? not things like that,
anyway? even in this age of ad
vanced electronics. And the oth
er day this did happen:
A North Carolina couple were
married after some months of
which again remind* that It
ain' t "fur" 'til Christmas . . .
1 trust the Thanksgiving tur
key was up to par ....
We rtre thankful that
so ninnv local people
have given us llic
privilege of serving
their insurance
nec?|s. Wc want you
, to know, we will con
tinue to ilevote our
selves lo ihe purpose
of retaining the failli
you liave placed in
us. * ?
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Off XI AT MOM | KM I tMN MKKM
CROSSWORD ? ? By A ? C. Gordon
The Domestic Scene
ACROSS
( Something for the
"green thumbed"
Partem
6 ? Added ni?t" to the
-? cookery
1 1 ?Item for the housewife
with a pressing engage
ment.
I 2 ? To dine
I 4 ?Untruthful narration
(two words)
) S -The kind of profit we
a)l like
16 Something every garden
craves
18 -Unrefined element
1 9 ? To reap
ft? Was prodigal
}?? Elementary Orders
(abbrev )
.'?* -Siesta
! S -Indefinite article
?ft -To hold oack ( in
" bridge)
?9 ? To seem
* 2 ? Like
1 3 ? Employing
IS? Chemical symbol for
stannum
*6-- - Skills
r>*?tre?s signal
39? Singing part
4 1 ?-Poetical for above
4 3 ? Roman 1002
44 ? The taste of spoiled
food ? v
4 7 ? Kind Of poem
49 ? Numeral
50 ? Musical furniture
32 ? Before
53 ? Chemical symbol for
neon
5S ? Oreek letter
57 ? The elder (abbrev)
58 ? Utilires the popular
dusting implement
59?? Nature's household
ornaments
DOWN
1 ? Cooking condiment
2 ? Extent of space
3*? A kind of polishing
stone
4? Dictionary of Nation
alities, (abbrev)
5 ? 'Proximity
6 ? Kitchen implements
used for slow boiling
7 ? The U.S. "corn state'*
( abbrev. )
8 ? "Line o I work" for the
laundering housewife
9 ? Home of the Irishman
10 ? One who makes a deed ?
13 ? Preposition
16 ? Pronoun
17 ? Ancient sun god
20? Callus- inducer for the
gardener
22 ? Life blood of the tree
2 7? Auricle
28 ? GentHmanly Unions
(abbrev.)
' 30 ? Abbreviation for
Portugal
31 ? Uninvited guest at
most family picnic*
34? -Electrified particle
131J ? Gravy-catchers for the
housewife
t 37 ? Dry. .of wine
39 ? Own (Scottish)
40 ? A kind of fur (pi )
4 2 ? A catastrophe of the
?earn
43 ? Bovine talk
4 5? Over again
46? Immertcs
4 7 ? To use the scissors
48 ? Formerly
51 ? Exclamation of satis
faction
54 ? To e*i*t
56? Male narcnt
S" The Want Ad Section Fob Thl* Week's Completed Puzj'e
Other Editor's Viewpoints
"party wireless" conversations
via radio. They ' were radio
"hams," amateurs, who got their
frequencies crossed, according to
the Associated Press, last Decem
ber. While not Just the home
town but the whole world of ra
dio hams could hear them they
talked themselves into it.
Sometimes this world seems
almost too different from what
it used to be. The parlor base
burner has given way to a radi
ant floor that heats the- house.
Aunt Hepzihah's steroscope ' is
now Nephew Jack's television
outfit. ,
So it's assuring to note that
though means change as fast as
inventors can say "patent appli
ed for," ends remain recogniza
ble in human affairs. And that
if a girl and a boy got their new
fangled frequencies crosses, the
result is as old-Tashloned-as the
dimly remembered wall -phone in
Grandpa Selden's general store.
A plentiful supply of improved
small grain varieties for 1951 can
be assured by planting seed pat
ches now.
Cherokee Diama 1
To Open Eaxlier
CHEROKEE? The sensational
ly successful drama of the East
ern Band of Cherokee Indians,
"Unto These Hills", will open a
week earlier in 1951 (on June 23)
and play six nights weekly
through Labor Day.
The drama is presented in an
open-air mountainside theatre
seating 4,000.
The cast, which Includes sev
eral native Cherokees, will be en
larged by 15 persons, and the
musical score is being revised
by Jack Kilpatrick, a Cherokee
Dallas, Texas.
MEMORIAL COINS
MANTEO? Silver half dollars
minted in 1937 ta commemorate
the 350th anniversary oi the birth
of Virginia Dare, first child of
English parentage bom in A
merica, increased in value rapid
ly. There were 25,000 coins mint
ed, and more than 20,000 were
sold then at $1.65 each. Now the
remaining coins are back on sale.
The new price is $4.50 each and
the coins may be ordered through
C. S. Meeklns, Treasurer, Roan
oke Island Historical Association,
Manteo, N. C.
?KC
vlanteo, N. C.
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Phone 2405
NOW OPEN
Drive-In Grill
At Kings Mountain Bessemer City Drive-In Theatre
Between Bessemer City And
Kings Mountain on Highway 161
10 Private Dining Rooms
NO COVER CHARGE
ONE LARGE DINING ROOM WILL
ACCOMMODATE 50 PEOPLE
?We Cater To Parties?
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