The Kings Mountain Herald Established 1889 A weekly newspaper devoted to the promotion of the general welfare and published lor the enlightenment, entertainment and benefit of the citizens of Kings Mountain and its vlointy, published every Friday by the Herald Publishing House. Entered as second class matter at the postof flee at Kings Mountain, N. C., under Act of Congvess of March 3, 1873. Editorial Department Martin Harmon Editor-Publisher Charles T. Carpenter, Jr Sports, Circulation, News Mrs. P. D. Hemdon ....'. Society Mechanical Department Eugene Matthews Horace Walker Ivan Weaver Paul Jackson Charles Odems TELEPHONES: Society. 167; Other. 283 SUBSCRIPTION RATES. PAYABLE IN ADVANCE ONE YEAR? $2.50 SIX MONTHS? $1.40 THREE MONTHS? 75c BY MAIL ANYWHERE TODAY'S BXBLE VERSE Bless them that curse you. and pray for them which despitefully use you. St. Luke 6:28. Foreign Policy There has been much sniping at Secre tary of Defense Acheson, the personali ty, but, in its general sense, the nation is committed to the idea of the United States' effort to keep the peace through strength. That, basically, is the foreign policy of the United States. Senator Taft is in-and-out in his sup port of this policy, and Former President Herbert Hoover, indicative of his Quaker faith, would curta.i our global efforts to maintain a balance of power with the Russians. But these men and their sup porters are in the minority. . The personal attacks on Acheson seem to result more from his member ship in Democratic party and, per haps, from his moustache, than to the policy he has formulated, with the ex ception of ceasing to send war material to the Chinese Nationalist government. The convening of the new Congress may mean that the attacks on Acheson, for "political reasons, may be stepped up. However, there is little liklihood of a change in policy. Southern Democrats, though at odds with the administration's domestic policy at frequent moments, are solid with respect to the foreign pol icy, as are many Republicans. The pre sence of John Foster Dulles in the State Department, plus possible return of Sen ator Vandenberg, who lias been ill, will have the effect of overriding the Taft Hoover supporters. The big question will bo whether the domestic policies of the nation, which must implement and complement the foreign policy, will be instituted with the force necessary to cope with the situa tion. The administration has been most re luctant to institute price controls to de ter inflation, and when it did crack down, d i d an injustice to auto manu facturers. Almost everyone assumed that the price roll-back order for auto mobiles would be followed immediately by freezing of prices of steel and labor, two big components of the automobile end-product. The average citizen is quite well a ware that the business-as-usual situa tion cannot exist with a $45 billion bud get for the armed forces. If the administration and Congress don't know it, they are far behind the ?thinking of those they represent. What will happen in Korea T, General Ridgeway, new field bbHUiiaftuer, says the United States will not be kicked out of Korea. Yet, two weeks ago, there was a question as to how much additional manpower could be sent to Korea. Fact remains that the evacuation of the trap ped units around the Manchurian bor der will go down in history as an epic military-naval maneuver. And one must assume General Ridgeway knows where of he speaks. Considering the possibility of war, plus the definite prospects that many products will be off-the-market for all but military use. it would seem to be ad visable for the city administration to pet a bill through the legislature granting it permission to set up a capital equip ment fund, or a debt service sinking fund. Under present law, all balances at the end of a fiscal year go into the up coming year's budget. The f e w cities who had the capital fund arrangement during World War II did not regret it. Have your waste paper on the curb in front of your house, or on your doorstep on Sunday. The Jaycees will collect it. Street Aid The several cities of Jhe state, with their North Carolina League of Munici palities leading the way, will again seek this year a greater portion of the gaso line tax revenue for use on city streets. Under the current arrangement, cities share on a per capita basis a $2,500,000 fund from this revenue. Actually money is not passed to the cities. Kings Moun tain's share, for instance, is a bookkeep ing entry, with work on city streets by the highway department debited to that account. There is no carry-forward provision and unusued credits go off the books at the end of the fiscal year. Actually, Kings Mountain has little complaint concerning this ax*rangement on the basis of the past year's perfor mance by the state highway department, but in some previous years the situa tion was hot as pleasant. Some would prefer to see the state take over all city street work, but oppo nents quickly remind that removal of the function from the source would not be too desirable. The Herald has long felt that cities deserve a bigger portion of the gasoline tax revenue. It would like to see the le gislature increase the amount tfie cities share in, and it would like to see credit balances from the fund remaining at the fiscal year paid in cash to the cities, spendable, of course, only for streets. Polio Fund Drive Kings Mountain and Cleveland County are being called on to give a large sum of money during this month for the Na tional Infantile Paralysis Foundation. It is the annual March of Dimes appeal and the quota for the county is $20,000. Though it is a large sum, the people of the county can ill afford to fall short for this worthy cause. Kings Mountain and the whole county have seen the ra vages of this dread disease and all know the need for continuing the efforts to learn more about its causes and to pro vide treatment for those victimized. Particularly interesting was the state ment by Robert Morgan, county chair man of the 1951 campaign, that Cleve land county has a deficit of more than $6,000, This means that expenses for treatment o ? Cleveland patients are greater than receipts frcir. previous driv es. It also means that other Communities | are helping pay for this county's pa tients. While thli li the aim of all nation wide campaigns, Cleveland county would rather be in the position of helping o thers than in the position of being help ed, if for no other reason than commu nity pride. . The Herald's feeling is that Kings Mountain will do its share in seeing that this fund campaign is a successful one. Sam Stallings. who has been appoint ed King6 Mountain chairman, has the energy, ability ^nd imagination to direct the campaign. He will make a good chairman. Prices continue to escalate. One of the troubles the administration is finding in trying to work out price controls is the questional parity system for commod ities. Presr ' law virtually prevents con trol of food prices, and, since food takes a big portion Of the national inctome, makes workable controls ft virtual im possibility. Congress should rectify the situation, but it probably wont. It is time to list taxes. As the tax list ers point out, those who list early will save themselves much time and trouble. A word to the wise is sufficient. 10 YEARS AGO Items of am token from the 1940 files of the THIS WEEK Kings Mountain Herald. An application f or the Kings Mountain School project hu? been filed with the Works Pro ject Administration according to H. L. Burdette, City Manager. The stadium is to be constructed on the property at the foot of Moun Jain Street. Seeiat and Personal Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Myers en tertained the entire pertonnel of HynyEtepartment Store forco at their home on Piedmont Avenute Monday ew*nin?... Mimes Julia and Sara Herndon ?vire the (lovely hoatesees at an Informal Open Mouse Christmas. Quite a number of the high school and college students call ed between the hours of eight 'till twelve. The Junior Woman's Club will hold its regular monthly meeting Monday evening, January 6, at the home of Mrs. Eugene McCar. ter. Mrs. H. S. Elackmer and Mr*., Booth Gillespie %y?re charming j hostesses when *ii" pliment to husband* trf Tuesday brtdge club membtrt, One of the moat outstanding ?vent of the Christmas season for the younger set w&s the tea giv en to y- Mtaa Cora Heradon last Friday afternoon. Mitt Mary Beth and Joe Bord spent part of the holidays with their aunt in York, 8. C. : . Silases Martha Frances McOill and Nina Jackson were holiday guests of friends in Boone. Mr. iluinea Houston spec! ChrMmas with his parents Mr. martin's medicine Wf Martin Hannoa .Containing bit* of news, wis dom. humor, and comment. To bo taken weekly. Avoid over-dosage.) New Year Potporri 1 am reluctant to write 1951 for. If the linotype department has as much trouble changing over as 1 do. it'll probably come out 1950. It usually takes me about six months to get in the habtt of writing the new brand numerals. ny-p All of which proves nothing, except that habit is a strange and wonderful institution. Now 11 all of. the habits were good ones, the world would bo a wonderful one indeed. The ha bit of going to church would be ono good one, for instance, though it would cost the proa ebon a source of comment in their sermons.. Discussing the advent of the How Tear, the Lutheran minister in Asbeville reminded his hearers Sunday that 68 of his flock hadn't darkened the church door for the whole of 1950, Obviously, their habit trend was running in reverse. ny-p Another bad habit the world has fallen into is tfcj warring habit and it must be charged to individuals since most gov ernments reflect the feeling of the people they ri>p?4? A kind of old sailing nud (pi.) 3 Period ol time 40 ? American Revolution ary patriot hanged by the British at a spy 42? Loyal Order of Rnm anfaciats (abbrcv.) 43 ? Famed American eipUrtr 4i -Ksclamation 4fr? Ueaddreaa once effected by (rntlemcn t ? To make a kind el lac* J ? To employ ? ? Well-known Scottish American philan thropist 43? BuflU tor ming adverbs from adjectives SI? Very Old ( abbrcv. ) *3 ? Every one individually (abbrtv.) LEADERSHIP BY AGREEMENT (Stanly News and Press) Many voices are being heard in our land today, and the policies that are being advocated are va ried and many- The confusing part of the whole picture lies in the fact that men in high places are not in agreement. This is due in. a large measure, to political party lines,. but if there has ever been a time when politics should be forgotten, it is now. Mr. Truman and his advisers may as well realize now that it will not be possible for them to lead this country back into a peaceful era without the help of the Republican leaders. Artd Re publican leaders may as well re alize that they must show a spirit of co deration, if the proper course is tobe charted. In other words, it must be a matter of give-and-take in shaping our pol icies, both domestic ani. C?mt we. *??H BrontfclHt most satisfactory form of muni cipal government by ia Qarge number of municipalities, a number that is rapidly growing. Of course city managers can not and do not perform miracles. No form of government is better j than its administration. There j has been, is and always will be, poor governments under city . managers' as under every other | form of government. ' . But there are comparisons in , forms o f government. The city j manager form appears to have won growing suport to the idea j that It is the best form yet de vised. Supplies of oranges are about as large as they were last winter, and stocks of canned and frozen juice are much 'larger. ?Quality Gleaning? # That's The Brand You Get At # WEAVERS CLEANING ' ? i v' "' Phone 32S4I; COMFORT. CONVENIENCE t ' ? ? ' -? ? ' >>i i. . '? y*\ % ? ? Maytag Washers ? Westinghouse Products # Electric Ranges # Refrigerrtors ? Myers Pomps ? Plumbing Installations Logan Supply Co. 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