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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 citizens of Kings Mountain and its 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. . ' Editorial Department Martin Harmon Editor-Publisher Charles T. Carpenter, Jr Sports, Circulation. Hews Mrs. P. D. Herndon Society Mechanical Department ? ? Eugene Matthews Horace Walker Ivan Weaver* Paul Jackeon Charles Odfems (? ? Member of Armed Forces) . TELEPHONES: Society. 167; Other. 283 SUBSCRIPTION RATES, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE ONE YEAR? $2.50 . SIX MONTHS? *1.40 THREE MONTI'S? 75c BY MAIL ANYWHERE TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men. Proverbs 24:9. Postal lam-Up It is not unusual these days, nor has it been for the past year since the postal department's economy drive, fqr pa trons of the Kings Mountain postoffice to spend considerable time at the one window now open for the several func tions of stamp sales, general delivery service, parcel post, etc. The economy order included the clo sing of one window, along with the cur tailment of city carrier mail delivery to one trip per day. Since that time, of course, and for some months before, there had been no extensions of city carrier routes, in spite of the fact that much of in-city-limits Kings Mountain gets its mail via rural delivery. It would appear that the postal inspec tors waving the economy ax did not take into account the considerable volume of business conducted at the postoffice window. In the mornings and in the evenings, and at other peak periods, long lines form. The result is usually criticism of local postoffice personnel. Actually, there is considerable need for the re-opening of another window which should be manned at all times. The Herald would encourage the post master to file a request for the re-open ing of the window and would pass along to him the information that supporting affidavits concerning the need would be quickly obtainable from the vast ma jority of postoffice patrons. The postal service is historically a service function of the government in the interest of the public welfare.- Many citizens are beginning to suspect that some of the members of the postal chain of command are forgetting the meaning of the word "service." Excellent Move Kings Mountain medical doctors are to be commended for setting up a duty schedule at Kings Mountain hospital. At the recent meeting of the Gaston county medical society, Dr. M. A. Stroup, the Gaston group's public relations chairman, recommended that the Gas ton doctors take a similar step. The Herald Is glad to see that the Kings Mountain doctors are not talking about it, but have already done it. The arrangement will not be too con fining to the doctors, but it will insure quick medical attention to emergency patients. A few months ago, a bad situ ation occurred in Wake county. There was an auto smash-up and it was several hours before medical attention was pro vided, resulting in considerable embar rassment to the Wake county society and to doctors everywhere, not to mention the pains of the waiting wreck victims. There is much discussion these days about socialized medicine. Action such as Kings Mountain doctors took is what the Herald would call an effective bar to socialized medicine, and a much more effective one than mere raving and ranting about the evils of government paid-for treatment. Most folk are pretty well aware of the latter. A best bow to J. Byron Keeter and to the city board of commissioners on their compromise agreement concerning the damages to the Keeter home as a result of a sewage back-up. It has not been un common for city boards to invite citizens to "meet us at the courthouse door," un duly costly to both plaintiff and defend* ant and questionable treatment for "kin folk." City boards are certainly kin to the citizen-taxpayers they represent. Two checks to write this week, if they haven't been written already: one to the Kings Mountain high school band fund and another to the Crncer fund. These are two worthy projects that deserve the financial support of the community. MacArthur And Politics As most suspected, the furore over the firing of General MacArthur began to abate somewhat over the weekend. The Republicans decided, after all, that this provided no grounds for impeachment proceedings against the President, and many of the loudest yelpers decided, on second thought, that the action wasn't completely out of order. The political shades of the MacArthur episode are Interesting, for it will be re membered that the general's good friend, Col. Robert McCormickN started a MacArthur-for-President campaign prior to 1948's GOP national convention. This turned out to be a minor bubble that the professionals in the GOP pin pricked quickly and easily. This minor bubble, however, must have been remembered by the leading candidates for the 1952 nomination, as well as by those currently listed as dark horse models. Even Senator Taft, though not missing the opportunity to get in some snide remarks at President Tru man and the administration, iound him self aligned with the Democrats. Sena-, tor Duff, from populous Pennsylvania, another most-likely-to-suceeed possibil ity, went along with the President, as did the leader of the liberal wing of the GOP, Senator Wayne Morse, and the tl-: ! tular head of the party, Governor Dew ey. Senator Salstonstall, a moderate Re publican, about half-way between Morse and Taft, also watched his words and agreed with Mr. Truman. Should General Ridgeway not prove out as the MacArthur successor, or should the Korean situation otherwise blow up (not likely, it would appear from the news accounts,) Col McCor mlck may blow a bigger and harder-to handle MacArthur bubble in 1952. And, j of course, the professional politicians want no part of any military hero, par ticularly if It appeftrs he's sniffing their own soup. The funny tiling about CoL McCormick Is that he recently fired his niece out of the boss Job of the Wash ington Times-Herald for the same rea son the President fired MacArthur, that being the refusal to take orders. The MacArthur situation reminds a- j gain that professional military men have not made the nation ..good presi dents. There is something about a life time of order-giving that does not help a general conduct the executive affairs of a nation. The science of politics, after all, is the science of compromise. A gen eral infrequently finds this necessary in service life. It is this paper's hope that both of the major parties will avoid the pitfall of nominating a professional military man for president, unfortunately for the vast majority of the nation's 150 million souls, h? might win. The city Is the closest it has been to working out an arrangement with Sou- ' them Railway for the installation of needed traffic lights at the . corner of , Mountain and Battleground and at the corner of Mountain and Railroad. The Fulton administration started work on this project about three years ago. Equipment for the installation is al ready on hand, bought after Southern Railway engineers approved the ar rangement. With a proposed contract in hand, if not signed, it appears that be fore too long a motorist can stick his au tomotive nose out of Mountain street without endangering it too much. There are two more Saturdays left to register for the May 8 city election. Those citizens who don't get their names on the books will be disappointed on election day. It also would not be amiss to remind that the books do not open again should there be run-off elections on May 22. 10 TEARS AGO Xtrau of MWI taken from tho 1941 fifes of tho THIS WEEK Kin?! Mountain HonKu Seven candidates h-ave thrown their hata Irtto the political ring, since the last Issue of The Her ald, bringing the total to ten for the six offices to be fined. As the list now stands each of the wards, with the exception of number 2. has two candidates in the field. Hugh O. Williams, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Williams, of Kings Mountain, N. C., is expec ted to graduate from the Air Corps Basic Flying School at Gunter Field, Montgomery, Ala., about May 31, 1941. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Mia# Lucie Ozell Riser of this place and Glenn David Freeman of Salisbury, were united In mar riage Saturday morning at 10:90 o'clock In a simple but beautiful and impressive ceremony at St. Matthew's Lutheran church. , A wedding of interest to ? wide circle- of relative* and friends and marked with charm and elegance was that of Miss Octavia Crawford to Harold Cog gin* of Kings Mountain and Gaffney, S. C., which was solem ? nlzed at the First IHptK church Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. Announcement toy been made of the marriage of Miss fcachcl Roberts of Shelby to Frank Moore of Kings Mountain which took place Sunday April 13. at the home of the bride's parent* Rev. and Mrs, C. K. Derrick of Charleston were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Aderholdt yester Mason Barber of Atlanta visited relatives In Kings Moun tain last week. ' -J:, ?- <;% ; ?_ / k?f ' Uaxiin's medicine By Martin Harmon {Containing bit* of aew?, wts dom. humor, and comment. To bo takon weekly. A to Id Spring ' Clean-Up Here It la spring. the calen dar says? but the nip In the air In the mornings and evening*, plus a rash of that miserable, sneaking enemy, the Common Cold, and Its older, nasties bro ther. Flu. keep rearing their ugly beads. But spring most bo coming. s-c-u Spring moans the beginning ' of carnival season in the Car. olinas, though the .show bore '. ist week sufffersd because of the cool breezes. I didn't got out due to the aforementioned cold, but it was pleasant to see an old acquaintance again. s*C-u In theoffice the other morning the show's publicity man came ^ln while 1 was bent over the telephone and he was gone be fore I could work over the "don't X know you" routine. La tee I ran Into him down. town and it suddenly hit. He was Harry Wilson, formerly publici ty man for another outfit which had been playing Albe marle in 1944. That was thf time the lion got loose and created all sorts of consterna tion. and the means by which 1 got to know Harry Wilson. Wo talked over the lion epi sode and laughed again about the crippled man who picked up his crutches and ran. about the colored woman who swung her two urchins in a toad and yelled "Get me away from bore I", and about Harry him self who confronted the mean* dering lion with a double-bar reled shotgun, only to learn later that the gun was unlead ed. Harry Is still - doing the publicity, but he's got a new job too. He also doubles as Harry, the Bubble Gum king, leading friend of the small, fry. s-c-u Another show is here &Uay, a circus. The Jafcees are spon soring the appearance. With carnivals and circuses around, it must be spring. ? s-c-u Chief conversation of the weekend was still the MacAr thur firing episode, over-shad owing even local politics. More and more folk were agreeing that the much-maligned Har ry Truman (Lord save me (com Harry, 1 believe the Lion* farm er's night speaker paraphrased the slogan of a well-known coffin- tack) did the right thing in booting Sat General of tbe Armies Doug KocAsthtU. But local politics was expect ?> to get the play again this week and frou now until Mary i ?> maybe eren 'til May IS und. er the BOW ptwIllOM of the run -off amendments. The can didate* are hard at Wflrtc in M ?Mart to peak t Mi strength for May S. Politics works klnda UlM athletics, they toll me. with tralahsg, that is, hit ting the peak the day before the game, a fatal error. With must bo Spring. IC-U Baashall is la the ploy. The nforumsateriod ' Mr. Truman. out the flat ban in Washing ton Monday and Congress did m moot foa the day to enable tto Congressmen to go to Um ballyard. Bat the game was rained out This sect of staff might not be fHMdpabUdty for the Congressmen who ars sup posed to be handling & uieu of weighty problems, bat alter tho steam of the MacArthur teal9 noes a ball game might havsui done 'em all good. As a groat lover of tho art of flapping ? white pellet with a hkkwoi stick, the modidnal man ap proves heart i ly the hw^ya of tte Congressmen getting ant to the ballyard. ?' -':'v -v?-e*a . Here, tte Legion kids start ed out on 1951 bushsow Satur day with 35 youngsters visiting with Coach J. H. Bradshaw. It's nice to hare Brad back from neighboring Caetenia. ne and Baddy Lewis did an excellent Job last summer and the con tinuity of tte coadriai meth ods should bo of benefit la get ting out a good team again. Incidentally, fos tte lunsfft of unattached (and shall we say. husband . hunting) ladles of tto community. Brad Is a vary eligible b web si sc. A word to Mora cleaning i Jake laly ? mm MlUers boat again. in asoMoii. to ad i ts as pi dltion to ? Mr tte city | WSRr yssvaZB | CROSSWORD By A. C. Gordon Famous Person* 31 ? Penned ACROSS J? B>iK .1 ? Famous name in American furniture ? ? Qreek letter 9 ? American here who took | famous nlgbt ?' ride . 1 2 ? Scene of Rudjrsrd Kipling'* mod famous storiee (pom.) 15 ? Ancient military geniut . ?r . 17 ? Biographical Nomen clature (abbrev.) 1 ? ? Lower edict of a roof 19 ? State where Cap*. John Smith gained fame (abbre*.) SI ? A kind of popular drink IS ? A dor beetle H ? A covert suggestion 26 ? Author at the song "Home, Sweet Home'* II ? Italy" ? moet famous 29 ? frigid (ansiram) 10 ? Something Enrico Caruso did to gain his faux ? 37? French author of "The -Myvteriee of Pari*" 39- Religion Society I abbrev.) 40? Pamoua Hungarian ? composer and pianist . DOWN Other Editor's wpoii FLOURINE IN WATER (Stanly News tc Press A1 bemarle, Jf, C,) Teats recently made by the New York State Board of Health reveals that the addition;. flourlne to drinking water re duces tooth decay by 33 to 50 per cent The tests were made over a period of years, and apparently HtJ*" results are conclusive. .7-.. Commenting on the effective ness of flourination, the Wash ington, D. C., Poat, has this to say: "The effect of flourine's pre venting tooth decay is well doc umented medically, and, indeed, a treatment .program has been conducted for two years in Dis trict schools. Programs H Pott* idize the entire water supply are M|Mn operation in mors than 60 elties, and the Idea hrspread Mi/fspidly. 60ms communities have been falkmMt t^ proce* dure Tor five yeassot moss. With ftramatkc results. The project has the full Indorsement of the Uni ted States ' ' 1 i : 1 1 ? ? ' Health Service, and evaty medical and' dental rup tn Washington soppoct s Dentists I particular hsye taken the enlightened view that such ? program would an able them to concentrate on some Of the mors neglected aspects, iff den^iS^^^ Una to treat its water with flourlne Is CSiarlotte^ although other ***" no*t" tsr The us that Albemarle. with her new >lant, can well afford to spend money to fkwrkMze the water, tin New York*jpp|Mj^ ten rents per person per SW while in mis state tkf cost has been urtlinsUd at seven cents. Thus It may he seen that Albe marle water < treated at ?i wpum of $1,000 to $i,?oo, 00 a yeaisferl; It wtu be a paying t>>Vi^ljisi? that the city council sider serloualjfr /, j ? ?? . ?qKHgirM DISCOUNT (Hie Cherokee Scout, Murphy, N,C> With Income tax peymeata fresh in the minds of citizens and business men. their attention to the fact that huMness CMS OS* i&i eral discount on advertising in 1951. |||| Any business which has to pay an income tax can spent a rea sonable amount In advertising, with the government contribut ing the amount of the tax. It profits are taxable to the extent of 30 percent, your advertising will cost you a net ot wily 80 per cent of what you pay. ? Cd We would not, of course, ad vise a business man to throw jb way money on advertising schemes. He should cacWfalfy scrutinize advertising e*pen4f> Hires in order to be sure that ><? is not giving away^more than the amount of the tax involved. Advertising haa suffered tre mendously from the snappy ideas of promotional salesmen. It has been banged again and again by schemes that may fool some business men but never fools the man who knows ad vertisers. The old game of get ting tiie advertiser's money, without caring a hoot about the results that follow. Is taboo with most reputable newspapers. OnTy one Tar Heel cotton grow er out of every four made any, at tempt to overcome boll weevils last year by applying even two or three treatments Of poison, less titan one grower in 10 carri ed out a complete poisoning pro gram. EXPERT REPAIR SERVICE ALL WO.RK GUARANTEED lob Printing? Phones 167 & 283 JEWELRY lUligs Mountain's Loading jMr^m The American Way FIRE FIGHTING ? . i. ? ? - 1 ' Sf, At no other time was neighborly cooperation M Important to tho early settlor as daring a fire. No man could flgbt a fire alono' bat many working together might bo able to bring a blase under control. At the first call oi "Fire I" everyone tamed oat to lend a ? ??& ? ' hand. ?' ' '? y,-* . ?** . Cooperative effort provided greater protection for the early American by dividing important work a mong many people.; In/thesame way, our plan of financing homes pro videg greater protection for your money. YOur sav ings and the savings of others are loaned on first mortgages to responsible families. Spreading the money In this way means greater security for the saver ? and allpws economical financing for the home buyer. .? HOME Mill than ft did 10 y?ars ?w JL jlrW. If you paid your telephone bill witn raw couon, residence leio m phonc service would cost you Hp leas today than it did in 1940 In ? . f*"* of *** &?????? ? telephone " rate*, the avenge charge for a month's resi Worth -CiMmX i !? I tmw smimnl !<> only in pOUttdl ot CQttOft ns complied to 20% pounds in IWjLV^ WHp -?' - ? . ? ? In other words the {rice, )W^|pip|p|f phone service has gone up far less than the price of cotton. Furthermore it hae gone op far has than and family income and f arises than mot commodities and services you bqjf * I ' IS , f-M* - v m?pfcn* available atyoe local service rate has increased i immensely. Today throughout moet of North I Carolina you can call and be called from mo0 ? i > than 2*4 times as menylocal telephones tm you cmH tmn vmmim Mb. W&. . M. ftl W
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