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. ... - ? ? ^ . . * The Kings Mountain Herald Established 1889 ? ? 1 1 ^ i i ? ? ? 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 its vicinity, published every Friday by the Herald Publishing House. Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at Kings Mountain, N. C., under Act of Congress of March 3, 1873. Editorial 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 , (??Member of Armed Forces) TELEPHOlfES: Society. 167; Other. 383 SUBSCRIPTION RATES, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE ONE YEAR? $2.50 SIX MONTHS? $1.40 THREE MONTHS? 75c BY MAIL ANYWHERE TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit. Proverbs 29:23. Recreation Matters The members of the city board of com missioners, as well as those on the rec reation commission, are in a quandary over the turn of events on the parking meter diversion efforts, and well they might be. The city board, on its part, resolved in good faith in 1950 to make arrange ments to divert the receipts for recrea tional purposes. Thenin the light of the suit Involving the City of Laurinburg, decided that a vote by the citizens would be the only sure method of determining to divert or not to divert. Other cities of the state, with the attorney general joining in, urged that Kings Mountain not endanger the diversion of other communities by having a vote, nor in truth, bring up possible question of whether parking meters themselves are legal. The Herald's information, incidental ly, is that the City of Laurinburg has withdrawn its appeal from the adverse judgment handed down in Superior Court. Legal opinion that legislative permis sion is necessary before the city can even call a vote on the question may be perfectly correct. However, the Herald doubts to considerable degree that any set of judges, who must get elected and/ or re-elected every now and again, would say to any people, "You can't spend your money as you like." They would quickly say, and have repeatedly, to city boards and officials that money is being spent illegally. But sayir\g, aft er a "yes" or "no" election, that the people don't know what they want, with the results before them, would not be consistent with democracy as it is out lined in the respective Constitutions of the United States and of North Carolina. At the same time, it would not be a miss for the recreation commission here to go forward with the. joint, and princi pal, phase of its program, which is ob taining funds by gifts from individuals and private business. Obviously, the potential givers will want to. know what plans the commis sion have for using the funds, and it is the Herald's guess that there would be.no objection to spending for options on sites, engineering work and similar ex penditures. While the parking meter matter is an unpleasant problem of the moment, it, does not form an insurmountable diffi-' culty to the principal long-term goal. Motor Accidents C. N. Gillete, veteran retired truck ing company representative, boiled down a lot of public informatiorl for the Lions club last week on the causes and results of motor accidents. His figure - supported statements un derlined what most folk had assumed already. Chief cause of highway accidents is driver error, with youngsters, imbued as youngsters in all ages have always been with devil-may-care daring, re sponsible for the highest percentage of motor vehicle wrecks. All parents should have read, exam ined and digested his statement that "driving is a family afair, and parents should exert every influence to make careful drivers out of their children." Strong measures at home', he said, could be much more effective than any law, or series of laws, any city, state or nation could ever put on the, law books. - Write a check for the American Can cer Society's fund drive. T t could save your life. Home Stretch The North Carolina General Assem bly has entered the home stretch on its 1951 work and with the legislators hop ing to be able to reach home and fire side on a permanent basis by April 14. It has been an interesting session, with two extreme viewpoints in consid erable evidence, one being the Gover nor's, who has jokingly referred to the legislature as a close cousin to what President Truman called the "do-noth ing 80th Congress," and the conservative view as led by Senator Rankin of Gas ton and others. Neither side can claim a clear-cut vic tory, with most results representing a compromise, as is customary in such in stances. ... While it waTs generally conceded that the conservative elerr.ant had control, pressure for more funds than the advis ory budget committee recommended was heavy and considerably more mil lions are being appropriated. Both sides were helped by increased estimates of revenue. The Powell bill pleased the cities of the state and was the biggest issue on which Governor Scott's forces took a sound licking. . ' All in all, the actions of the 1951 Gen eral Assembly probably represent the majority thinking of North Carolina's citizens, which is as it should be. Sooner, The Better The Herald anticipates an early need for the additional facilities now on the drawing boards for Kings Mountain Hos pital. Citizens of the area have visited the hospital in great numbers and have seen what they had already heard, that the hospital completely up-to-the-min ute in accommodations and equipment. They will naturally prefer to oe hospi talized, when they have to b?, as close home as possible. Back in 1945, the citizens of the coun ty voted $400,060 for the purpose of hos pital - building, with $160,000 earmark ed for a hospital here, and with $240,000 earmarked for expansion of the Shelby hospital. Under the federal-state formula and because of escalating costs, it was im possible to build a 50-bed hospital, as first planned, and still get state and fed eral aid. Without state-federal aid, money available was insufficient. Thus a goodly sum of the bond money is still available for the Kings Mountain unit of Cleveland County hospitals. In addi tion, the hospital expects to receive the residue of the Lottie Goforth estate, plus the remainder of the special gifts fund. With the amount of money available, it would appear that plans for the Gofor th Memorial addition, plus an adequate nurses' home, could be forwarded with reasonable speed. In matters of this kind, the limiting factor is customarily lack of cash. In this instance, the hospital trustees ap pear more blessed than is frequently the case. The Herald is very appreciative of the many favorable comments its friends and neighbors have made on last week's Kings Mountain Hospital edition. All the staff worked hard, both literally and fig uratively burning the midnight oil. It would have been impossible to do the job at all, had it not been for the cooperation of business and Industry of the communi ty, of the hospital staff, the board of trustees and many other Individual citi zens. 1 /\ TEARS AGO Items of new* token froin the 1941 filet of the X \/ THIS WEEK Kings Mountain Herakl. City Manager H. L. Burdette stated Tuesday that he had been in contact with WPA officials in Charlotte recently In reference to the Kings 'Mountain School Sta dium project. M. M. Packard, of Mooresboro, who has had considers) experi ence In the office of T. D. Rose, Shelby Engineer, is now ]n Kings Mountain revising the maps and plats of water and sewer sys tem. Mr. Packard did considera ble op the Kings Mountain Sta dium Project and he will follow through on the project until com pletion, according to H. L. Bur dette, City Manager. , , SOCIAL AMD PERSONAL Mrs. ? ohn L. McGUl enter tained members of the executive committee of the First Presbyter - ial Union ait her home on Gold Street Tuesday April 1, at a lun oheln at high noon. Mrs. Hayne Blackmer wag hos tess to member of her bridge club at her home on We?t Moun tain street Tuesday afternoon. Mias Elizabeth Plonk was a charming* hostess on last Wed nesday evening when she enter tained at rook, complimenting Ml as Norma Crook, whose man* Age take* place this week. Mrs. C X. Wartick ?u dinner hostess Wednesday evening at Pine Knot honoring Mia. Harry Warren who leaves soon with Mr. W?n?m for Houston, Texas, where they will make their home. Mrs. Warren and Mrs. Humes Houe-I ton, a recent bride were each pre sented gifts by the hostess. Julia Pollock, Margaret Ratterree and Dorothy Hoke, studept* at W. C U. Jf. C are spending the spring holidays at their respective homes to Kings Mountain. martin's wioHiriwA >7 Martin Harmon i Containing bits oi mwi. wis dom. humor, and comment To bo takon wookly. Avoid OTU-dOMS*.) Hospital Addenda Fortune smiled on Saturdiy and throughout the weeke id tor the hospital trustees end stall, who wen pray?ng lor sunshine for the dedication program and for the following open house. The sun beamed <town, and several fair-laced citizen* were showing a heavy red countenance Saturday aft '?* thei* first sunburns OI 1951. h-a ^But the sun and the hospital trustees were hardly the only smilees. Thousands of cit izens, and this is not grand iose estimation, smiled too as they passed through Kings Mountain hospital to examine their new property. Many were amazed at the commodious arv rangements and appointments. The exterior view of the hospi tal would not Indicate all that uwwlted within. The medicine department already enthusi astic, can also attest to some amazement It had been sever al days before the opening ?ince this department had been inside, and what the wo men-folk can do to a place with a cleaning apparatus, uowers and curtains remains a wonder of all ages. * h-a Literally, thousands did visit and view the new hospital. Re presentatives of hospitalisation insurance companies were on handling out information and their count showed that more than 5*000 persons visit ed the new plant during the Sunday afternoon open house alone. h-a By Monday morning. Kings Mountain hospital was a true 2? *?P?al. Though the staff was somewhat worn from the busy weekend and ?n* au?o was happily "?Porting a return to nurses' *ro? **?? toreign lands of high heels, all was business. Nurses were scurrying hither w?dy for Op. oration Number 1. and admin istrative officials were collat ing materials for the record keeping which is acquired. and ttoT*"7 to' U?*pltal ?P?<< _ * ***** There was no more interested Saturday', festivities than Dr. L. A. CrowelL the 83 year-old wizard from Unco In CJLow*U look* more like S3 than 83 and acts occarding J J?l younger). He and Mrs. **? *? ?eisler were schoolmates, h-a U1,an anti-cigarette man ol the first onder. and cam. WS? Tagainst them effective ly. II I smoked those things," he deprecates. Td already have been six-feet under. I tell a man to quit smoking and he ???re? lhe adrict>- However, when I charge him SI 0 fo, that Sj?*,.ho thlnks he'* got to ment." protect invest- i 47Di'm?riOWeU* who ?P*rate? a 47 - employee private hospital. ?7*4no "Making, by patient ? * T*J5 A0rs' within its doors. His I lavorite prescription is "one Crowl'p ^"?W.,a P?W?T " Dr. Croweli delighted the dedica ??n^I,dienC# witb th* wmark. If all the people rT. cut on Til C?m! to m* toneraL 111 have a mighty big funeral. b-a Another who was enjoying wa! n? ?" ^ ln-*'Tear ?'tort was Dr. J, E, Anthony, He w?n'? doing a k>t of talking ant W, eyes were smiling. Dr. Anthony, incidentally. Issued lik T-nJX?* hompltal looks 1 to ?nr. Dr. Gus accepted the invitation. S"ndcrT alter noon crowd was Dr. W. u Bam **ur' hte family. They worn giving attention to the ol the Proper size for hlz. Sunday of. SZ3L27h*L *"? Ooade 52?* L bad ja* ?? ?ated from the operating ?om with the remarkT-'When th?*. cutting tools I get pains all over." fcHOSSWORQ ? By A . C. Gordon ACROSS Historically Speaking 1 ? Spanish discoverer of the Pacific 6 ? Famous woman writer who dretwd m a man 11 ? Famed Scandinavian explorer 13 ? Ancient Roman poet 16? Ancient Egyptian god of the underworld 1 8? -American inventor 2 2? SuflRj* forming adje lives and nouns of agency 24 ? One of the ancient Wonders of the World still existent (poss ) 2 7 ? Syllable denoting musical note 28 ? Exclamation of laughter 30? Historical Usage ( abbrev.) 31? Parental nickname 32 ? City historically re nowned for its cheese ? A vessel 1 (h-r? Ancient sun god 18? Musical symbol for "very soft" 40 ? Unit 4 1 ? Scarce 43 ? Prefix denoting "down" 45? Everyone individually (abbrev.) 47? Dictionary of Nation ality (abbrev.) 48 ? Chemical symbol foe columbium 49^? Famous Scottish portrait painter 52 ? Possessive pronoun 54? Betrayer of Jutius Caesar ST ? Mythological character' who flew too neat. , the tun 60? Country famous in ancient day* at Persia 6 J ? Noted Italian astronomer, inventor of the telescope 60 ? Smallest 67? Famed Norwegian dramatist and poet DOWN 2? Among 3 ? Part of verb "to be" 4? Either 3? Three- toed sloth 0? One of Queen Eliza beth's court favorites 7 ? Lexicon of Idioms (abbrev.) 8 ? Latin phrase used, to signify -"in the matter of" 9 ? Biblical division 10 ? Perform 12 ? Prefix denoting "joined" 1 4? Verbal . Elements (abbrev.) 15 ? Food container 1 7 ? Interior part of a country 19? To incite 20? Exclamation of surprise 21? To pinch 23? Famous British statesman 25 ? To sleep 26 ? Compass direction 29 ? Ancient language 33 ? Perform 35-r-Close by (abbrev.) 37 ? Citric drink 39 ? A country, home of ths ancient Incas 4 2? Comparative suffix 44? To recede 46 ? Prefi* denoting Vagainst" 50 ? Mature person 51? Ancient city of the Chaldees 53? Epiclike narrative 55 ? Radioactive element . (abbrev > 56 ? One of the continents < abbrev. ) 58 ? Ancient Egyptian sun god (poss.) 59 ? Spanish affirmative 61? Negative 63 ? Chines^ measure 64 ? Chemical symbol for erbium 65? ? -Bone The Want Ad Section Fos This Week's Completed Puzzle* Other Editor's Viewpoints PRESS FREEDOM IN ARGENTINA (Spindale Sun) Sunday's news reports stated that Editor Alberto Gaines Paz, editor of La Prensa, Argentina's greatest newspaper, had fled to Uruguay for protection. He had previously been senten ced to jail for 15 years because he dared to say that governmen tal seizure of La Prensa, one of the world's greatest dallies, vi olated Argentina's constitution. If editors can be seized on such flimsy excuses In Argentina, thfty can be seized elsewhere. If a gen uine open criticism of the govern ment of Argentina can be held as contempt there, It can be held the same elsewhere, says one of our daily contemporaries. This same daily editor goes on to say : We think in this country we are a long way from such high handedness, and we suppose that we are. Yet editors were jail ed in this country in its earlier days, and it might happen again. If Argentina loses the voice of freedom contained in La Prensa, then freedom nas lost another one of its underpinnings. And in this day of ours when the Nazis have just finished writing, one chap ter on the attempted control of society and the. Communists are seeking, te write another, free dom needs all the support it can Let the Argentine Congress know that whan It Jails the ed itor of La Prensa, there will be a lot of free men In jail with him In spirit Even the Argentine Congresc cannot afford to lock up too many free men. GOOD FOR WHOM? (Rateigh New# * Observer) Last week the House Commit tee on Propositions and Griev The party ' would; not bar* quite been complete. , h-a Joe Dixon offend to wager me a five-cent bottle of soda pop that the hospital would be full by Saturday night 1 de clined acceptance. In the later NT PX protecting ny poem* ? ? . 0UC1* yoi* WORRIES. LIT USTlGURfc youR insurant weds ihf TWTO&CTttXWWUClK ances heard about the evils of the racetrack gambling In Car teret and CUTTltuck counties; to day It is scheduled to hear the "good" side from the friends of the ractracks. There is one thing members of the committee should make sure they find out, and that is pre cisely who benefis from what ever '"good" may be shown to at tach to the legalized gambling that takes place at those tracks. The gambling is undoubtedly "good" for the out -of -state own ers, who take down their large profits. It may be argued that the gambling is also "good" for those persons employed at the tracks and for the taxpayers whose counties receive a relatively small portion of the profits. It will be difficult to' show any lasting "good" to either the em ployees or taxpayers. " On the other hand, the evils testified to at the hearing last week are not only continuing, but are increas ing with the passage of each year. And, if allowed to contin ue those evils will spread inevi tably to other counties and other sections of the State. > ? The U. S. Department of Agri culture suggests that weeding of strawberry beds with geese Is a practical method that some growers may use to cut costs and get the work done In the present emergency when wages are high and labor la scarce. : Mother of Two Plraises adac?l HADACOl SucpBw DsfidMl System* With Vitamins Bu 2nd i Ms, lows. Is a good mother, and llk? ali good mother* Iht keep* a careful watch for the welfare of her two young children And when little four - year - old Lucille Hlse) wasn't feeling as her mother knew she ahould she decided to nt to. Mr*. Rise) JACOL because w much it warn South Leads Notion In Livestock Trend Led by Tar Heel farmers, the Southern states are increasing their livestock numbers faster than any other section of the country. This is pointed out toy Jack Kelley, in charge of extension animal husbandry work at State College, who says the 16 South Atlantic and South Central states increased cattle numbers by sli ghtly over two million head in 1950 for an 8 percent increase. - North Carolina farmers did ev en better. They added 78,000 head of cattle to their herds to bring the total numbers as of January 1 to 788,000 ? an increase of 11 percent from a year earlier. The average value per head lot all cattle on Tar Heel farm* as oi January 1 was $120, an in crease of $20.30 per . head from January 1, 1950. The number of hogs on North Carolina far nx? increased 1 per cent during the year, with the number estimated at 1,131, COO1 head at the beginning of this year. Total value of swine was 30.4 million dollars/ an Increase of 18.6 per cent Sheep numbers also Increased in the State during 1950. The to tal at the beginning 6t last year was 35,000, and at the beginning of 1951 it was more than 40,000. A large part of the increa*'" was brought about -by the p_ :t .a ae of Western ewes by the State De partment of Agriculture. ' SfSbSS Otto Pirfk?TVS?l* as Uw es ?Quality Cleaning Thai's The Brand Yon Get At ? WEAVERS CLEANERS Phone 5S1-W Greatest Value Ever in a Super Quality TV Console ! PHILCO RECTANGULAR P'CTURE Mm Tu m* *???'? 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