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The Kings Mountain Herald Established 1889 A weekly newspaper devoted to Oie promotion o I the general welfare and published for the enlightenment, entertainment and benefit of the citizens of Kings Mountain and lta vicinity, published every Friday by the Herald Publishing House. ' Entered as second class matter at the postofflce at Kings Mountain, N. C., under Act of Congress of March 3, 1873. ' , * ? Edkorlal Department . Martin Harmon .. Editor- Publisher Charles T. Carpenter, Jr * Sports, Circulation, News Mrs. P. D. Herndon .. Society Mechanical Department Eugene Matthews Horace Walker ? . , Ivan Weaver Paul Jackson Charles Odems TELEPHONES: Society. 167; Othar. 283 SUBSCRIPTION RATES, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE ONE YEAR ? $2.50 SIX MONTHS? $1.40 THREE MONTHS? 75c BY MAIL ANYWHERE TODAY'S BIBLE V E R S E Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. Proverbs 4:26 A Black Situation As this is written, the news from the Korean War is at its worfie, and what course this nation is to follow is a uni versal question with, seemingly, no plausible answer. Nobody wants to fight China, and this applies to the Uuited States, as well as. to Europe. The reasbns are obvious. First, China has been doing her dirty work at the behest of Russia, and fight ing the Chinese would merely mean ex pending men and material in what might be a hopelessly weakening engagement of long duration. The immediate result would be an invitation - for Russia to strike in Europe at a time of her own choosing. This is the great fepr of Britain and the European nations: that Russia will over-run the continent. Whether the current crisis develops into full-scale war at once, there is no question that the United States is head ed for full-scale preparations for war. The draft will be expanded to war time propostions, the production of so called civilian goods will be curtailed to. make available equipment and raw ma terials for implements of war, and there will be a rush effort to get . the armed services in shape to meet any and all comers. ? The current situation is another tra gedy of history. The recent ly-desposed dictators of the world, Hitler and Mussolini, were not alone in their desire for world conquest. Napoleon intended to conquer the world, as did Caesai\ and many others before them. It is an unfortunate fact that there always seems to be at the head of some nation or nations groups of power-hun gry men who think they have been born to rule the universe. History, too, has proved the fallacy of such dreams, just as it records the sufferings and tragedies produced by these men of evil. With the known disregard of Russia and her satellites for their word, the world can know in advance that any ne gotiations toward peace out of the cur rent crisis will give nothing more than a temporary respite. Should this temporary respite be pro vided, the people of the nation should insist on full preparation for what ap pears to be another all-out struggle for .survival. In the stress of pressing international events, less attention than is customary is being- devoted to the forthcoming ses sion of the North Carolina General As sembly. With more and more money to be required by the federal government for armaments, it should increase the desire of units of government on lower levels to make their tax burdens as light as possible, consistent with providing essential services. That brings on the big question as to what is essential. North Carolina is pro-schools, which means that this portion of the budget re quests should be dealt with as liberally as possible. But on the question of ex panding some of the other state services, most citizens hope the legislators will pare increased requests heavily. It is time to buy automobile license plates, both city and state, and those who buy them early will avoid the last minute troubles usually plaguing those who put off until tomorrow what they can do today. Attend the production of "Life with Mother", to be presented Monday even ing by the Lenoir-Rhyne Playmakers at the high school auditorium. The produc tion is being sponsored by the Kings Mountain Kiwanis club and the proceeds will be used to benefit the community. I No Bus Station Kings Mountain citizens who depend for transportation on the inter-city bus es are still out in the cold. Tentative arrangements for utilizing the Morrison building at the corner of Gold and Cherokee streets fell through when the city board of commissioners declined to grant permanent approval of the proposed location. Actually, the decision was a very dif ficult one for the city board to make, for the board has responsibility of re presenting the citizens in an effort to get the bus operators to provide termin al facilities. At the same time, the city board was also aware of already-congested traffic on Gold street and it felt that parking and unloading of buses at this particular corner would create an unusually dan gerous traffic hazard, both for pedestri ans and bus passengers as well as mo torists. Had the city board granted perma nent approval o.'. the proposed location it was felt that the bus companies would make no further effort to provide a sta tion here, and, as as matter of fact, un der legal restrictions on city boards which prevents their making contracts running past their respective terms of office, this board's "permanent" approv al would not have run past May 1951. It is a fine point, but it would appear that the temporary approval by the city board was its' only solution. It now leaves the way open for the city board, on behalf of the citizens, to initiate whatever legal action might be neces sary to obtain an order from the North Carolina Utilities commission to force the companies to provide terminal facile ities. The only real factor in the board's decision was the traffic situation, and the commissioners, along with the op erators and other interested parties, might well wish that Gold street were an 80-foot strip, rather than the narrow street it is. The Herald trusts that the board will in no way relax its efforts toward get ting the companies to provide a suitable station. Christ In Christmas The Christmas shopping season was officially opened in Kings Mountain last week, and the parade was one of the best seen here. A lot of work went into the presenta tion. One of the special features of the pa rade were floats depicting religious scenes, and certainly such a presenta tion has a big place, or should have a big place, in these events. As Rev. J. H. Breridall told the Lions members the other night, "It's good to see local peo ple putting Christ back into Christmas." It is the custom at this season of the year to concentrate on the secular, sometimes to the extent of ignoring the real reason for celebrating Christmas. Another minister, Rev. W. L. Pressly, in his sermon Sunday, commented on the approaching Christmas season in this manner, "Some will wine and some r will dine and others will celebrate the season by various other means, but many will also turn to the House of the Lord." Actually, it appears that the celebra tion of Christmas this year will be more somber than at any time since 1944. The threat of full scale war hangs heavy, and already many men are fighting for their lives in Korea. It is a Christmas season that will find more and more seeking the spiritual sa tisfaction that Christmas brings, as is customary in times of stress and crisis. Our congratulations to Hunter R. Neisler, who has been elected president of the Kings Mountain Country Club for the forthcoming year. 1 r\ YEARS AGO Items of news takes from the 1940 files of the J. VJ THIS WEEK Kings Mountain Herald. Glee Bridges, prominent Kings Mountain business man was; sworn in as a member of the board of County Commissioners for Cleveland County, in Shelby ' Monday. Social And Personal A wedding of interest through- 1 out this section was solemnized in a quiet ceremony at the First Presbyterian Church in Kings Mountain Sunday morning at 8:30 o'clock with Rev. P. D. Pat- > rick reading the marriage ritual. j Mrs. C. E. Neisier entertained j members of the Colonel Fredrick j Hambright Chapter DAR, at her home Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Coman Falls was hostess ' at a bridge dinner entertaining > at her apartment last Friday e- 1 vening. Guests Included mem- ! ,bers .of her bridge club with Mrs. j Bill Ramseur as guest of honor. ! Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Smathers of Charlotte were holiday visitors in Kings Mountain, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Presson and son Robert of Momoe were guests of Mrs. Annie Howie and Miss Ollie Hart sell. Mrs. W. S. Dilllng and Mrs. Booth Gillespie had as guests for the Thsnkngiving holidays, Mrs R. T. Simonton, Miss Buelle Mal colm and Mr. Guck Simonton all 6 1 Atlanta. martin's medicine By Martin Harmon (Containing bits of news, wis dom, humor, and comment. To be taken weekly. Avoid over-dosage.) Etiquette No, the medicinal depart ment is not moving into tbe realm of Emily Post or the sev eral other ladies who write tbe rules of right procedure for the dining room, living room or court in' room. And the impetus for the piece is one which ordi narily would get special deliv ery dispatch Into the nearest postofiice waste basket., -e I refer to the reams and reams of stuff mailed to the Herald and almost all other papers of the nation which, though more or less camoufla ged as news copy,, still comes under the classification of "free advertising". It is a nev er-ending gripe of newspapers that big companies spend huge sums of money in tlr public relations department*, sending out the free advertising stuff, yet never deigning to offer to pay a cent for regular adver tising layouts. Newspapers, more and more, are throwing away this typ* of copy and some have even adopted the policy of investing in a rubber stamp which says in effect "We'll be glad to publish the enclosed at regular advertising rates". This they stamp on material and buy the postage to mail it back from whence it came. -e But this week's offering of "Fashion Preview" got past the postoffice waste basket and turned out to be quite interest ing, even though it is a free plug for the December issue of Cosmopolitan magazine. In the December issue, the publicity reports, Anne Kent, who helped Emily Post decree the right spoon to use at the right time for 15 years, has gone out on her own to list 10 most im portant changes in etiquette, and some of Miss Kent's find ings and comments are quite interesting. ? * .. Number 2 on the list con cerns "Trousers on Women". Though the publicity blurb gives it only a paragraph, this subject alone could easily con sume a page, most men will agree. They will also regret to learn that Miss Kent says that it's o.k., in some instances, for women to wear the pants, in actuality as well as in theory. The stamp of approval goes on women's wearing slacks at re sorts, for sports, or lounging at home, though not for city wear, where, I suppose, women are supposed to look feminine and deniure, even if they aren't. Miss Kent adds the cog ent notation, "Some women are mistaken to wear them ever." Now Just what could she mean? i Miss Kent says the proper young miss of 18 plus, will, like Cinderella, boware the stroke of midnight, and. if ac cidentally caught out at such a non-correct hour, will im mediately instruct her swain to head the bus for home. Au thority Kent, however, makes sure to take care of the lady folks' constant hunger. Even at midnight, she says, it's all right to stop off for a late snack en route. ?e Other interesting changes now accepted, are the typewrit ten personal letter and the right of women to reach for a cigarette, smell lL and smoke it about anywhere they choose. 1 would say that Number 1 is fine, but that nicotine business ain't too good. Miss Kent says replies to formal invitations and letters of sympathy should still get personal hcndwrltlng. but otherwise she bows to the machine age as represented by the typewriter. I'm mighty glad to hear about this change o! the rules, for I've been help ing It to come about for years and for a very practical reason. Several years ago I wrote a series of letters home without the benefits of my trusty porta ble. The principal direct result was a letter from my father, who usually left letter-writing to the lady of the home. Dad's note was brief and to the point. In the future, he suggested that I use the typewriter, point ing out that no decoders were available. Other changes are relaxa tions of old rule*, including the new official permission to call friends of similar age and dis position by their first names rather than the formal "Miss". "Mister" or "Missus", and the elimination of the ram-rod straightMw formerly required of correct ladies. Miss Kent also bows to the con tinned in flux of entertainment competi tion. admitting that the former practice of calling on new neighbors has fallen Into dis use. though she nostalgically offers the hope that "people's instinctive kindnees will even taally bring bade the courtesy call." She alee says it's now a. k. for a divorced couple to ho civil to each other, whoa they accidentally Women no longer By A . C. Cordon CROSSWORD ACROSS 2? A musical semitone ri?? 0 ? Advertisements ut to music in radio 12? Large bundle 1 3 ? Disturb 15 ? Sentence connective 16-? Causes a half-step 1 v musical letdown 20? Unit 21 ? Thoroughfare (abbrev ) 12? Beverage 23? Adjective suffi* 2 5 ? Graphic Symphony (abbrev ) 26 ? The kind of ntuslc for the church 28 ? Popular type of piano 30? Notional. brew of England 31? -Anrient Roman god *2? 1 ?A stnng instrumentalist 35 ? Newest 38 ? Scottish "so" 39? Those in power 40 ? Ve*a?ion 43 ? Distinguishes' the metrical structure of verse Mutic For You ? 5 ? Shallow vcmc! 47 ? Bar lint ttringed mutical inttrument <9 ? Unreltned mlmrtl 50 ? Unemployed 51 ? Cut to the opening tcrne of an opera 54 ? Musical organiiation 55 ? A conductor'* function In an orchettta DOWN 1 ? Musical pause 2 ? Chemical symbol for . samarium 3 ? Pronoun 4 ? Musical melody 5 ? Royal Chorut ( abbrev. ) 6 ? Greek letter 7 ? Musical part f? Choral composition 9? Personal pronoun 10? Like 11 ? Devotees of a par ticular musical art 12 ? Musical part 14 ? Rhythmic musical silence 16? A charge for service 1 7? Boy 16? Poetical **i. U" 19 ? To deprive of strength 32 ? Musical percussion Instrument* 34? Sings rhythmically 37? Combining form denoting "likeness of* 20? Scottish "none" 32? To salute ; 33 ? Shortened easement 34 ? Popular method of preserving musical interpretations 35 ? Pertaining to parts of a musical staff 36 ? A reply (abbrev.) 37? To harmonize 41? Grain 42 ? Comparative suffix 44? Skill 4 5 ? Chemical symbol for palladium 46 ? High in pitch, in music 48 ? Economic Cooperative Administration (abbrev.) 50 ? Gtrl'a name 52 ? Prefix signifying- "not** 53? Latin abbreviation meaning "that is" See The Want Ad Section Fob This Week's Completed Puzxle Other Editor's Viewpoints Buy Xmas Seals (Transylvania Times) Throughout our nation this lime of year an urgent appeal is made to buy Christmas seals. Letters containing the new 1950 Christmas Seals have been mailed out locally to approxi mately 1,000 people by the Tran sylvania Tuberculosis associa tion and liberal contributions are being requested. v The mailing out of the Christ mas Seal9 is the only way by which the local association raises funds to fight tuberculosis and all money raised will be kept right here to fight tuberculosis at home. While all are excitedly prepar ing for the annual visit of Santa Claus, let's not forget the plight of the suffering humanity. Quickly, we can think of several good reasons who each and every citizen should aid in the cam paign to help pay for the battle against tuberculosis in Transyl vania county. During the past year, the mon ey raised in the 1*949 drive was used to follow up all necessary cases from mass X-ray as well as to pay for tuberculin testing of hundreds of students in Tran pect much public courtesy, she adds, such as a gentleman of fering a lady his seat in the bus or removing his hat In the elevator. Women have gained independence, she says, only hy paying for it out of the cur rency of male chivalry. She further says that many women wonder if woman's indepen dence was worth the price. ?e I can very interested in the women- wearing -the -pants dis cussion and suppose 111 have to invest in u copy of Cosmo politan. sylvania county schools. Late in the fall another mass X-ray clinic was held in Tran sylvania with money raised through the sale of Christmas seals, and hundreds Of local peo ple were assured of their well being; All suspects discovered in the clinic will be followed up with the money that you spend for TB seals. Figures show that there has been a 75 percent reduction in the death rate since the organi zation of the National Tubercu losis association in 1904. Since its inauguration and introduction of a nation-wide campaign to conquer and control the spread of this dreaded disease, the asso ciation has widely spread the slogan: "It cost pennies to con trol it, and dollars to tolerate it." Mail in your contribution to day to fight tuberculosis, and on every Christmas card', every gift put a TB seal. You wiil be aiding in a great cause! JTust Be Patient, Girls . (Gostonla Gazette) 1 The value of a Harvard educa tion is scheduled to take a big jump. Edward R. Reynolds, vice president of the university, says Harvard may not.be able to af ford maid service for dormitories next year if wage scales continue to go up. This would compel stu dents to make their own beds. If the inflationary spiral isn't checked, it's logical to expect that the university will project this policy into other fields. Once a Harvard man has been taught to make his own bed it's a short step to teach him to vacuum the rugs and sweep the corridors. The result inevitably will be a rush of girls to marry Harvp..? men, a new breed of intellectual* not only ornamental to the draw ing but gosh -darned handy at helping whh housework. A TRIBUTE TO P.-T A OF KINGS MOUNTAIN Laurels to the combined worthy efforts of the Pa-, rents and Teachers of our community! Their interest in the welfare of our children . . . striving ever to ward greater understanding and unity . . . assures the proper development and right thinking of the men and women of tomorrow! In this very promise lies the future of our community, our state( our na tion. More duties and responsibilities are added to their crowded and busy lives. Tet their reward and satisfaction is in the sure knowledge that their la bors will bear a rich harvest. Plaudits to our Parents and Teachersl Their work today assures the Peace and Unity of the world ? tomorrow! Jkfal !fff* BAKING CO. GAST019IILN.& i Dr. Tames S. Bailey OPTOMETRIST Examination, Diagnosis, Glasses Fitted Office open each Friday 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. ? 214 Mountain St. Next Door To Imperial Theatre V Watches t Repaired V Watches f V Ring* Remounted! Beads Restrung V Crystal , ??pairing Expert workmanship* prompt service and reasonable prices. All work Guaranteed. Crystals fitted while you wait JCUKL SHOP 7Cin^7ft<rurCttdri.7lC Kings Mountain's Leading Jewelers What's the hurry ? the
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