The Kings Mountain Herald
Established 1889
A weekly newspaper devoted to the promotion of the general welfare and published
tot the enlightenment, entertainment and benefit of the citizens of Kings Mountain
and its vicinity, published every Friday fey the Herald Publishing Hou?c.
Entered as second claa? matter at the postafflce 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 *vulk?r Ivan Weaver*
Paul Jackson Charles Odems
(? ? Member of Armed Forces)
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TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE
The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men than can render a reason.
Proverbs 26:16.
Dispute Continues
Fanned by the several and continuing
celebrations for General Douglas Mac
Arthur, the great debate over foreign
policy continues.
The General's address to Congress was
a masterpiece of elocution and would
have done justice to William Jennings
Bryan, to Henry Clay and the other
great speakers of history.
The General also had something to
say.
His strident statement concerning
keeping Formosa in friendly hands, if
not under actual mandate of the United
States, rang the bell with the vast ma
jority of Americans who have not been
able to understand the machinations of
the State Department in leaving dispo
sal of Formosa to the United Nations.
Rather obviously, the Herald thinks,
the State Department assumes this na
tion has sufficient support in the UN
General Assembly for maintaining For
mosa in friendly hands. The present pol
icy concerning the island could be little
more than a play to other nations.
Most questionable of General Mac
Arthur's statements was that his policy
was that of the joint chiefs of staff. Here
seems to be one of those direct, down
the-middle divisions which has not yet
been answered satisfactorily by the ad
ministration. MacArthur, to date, must
rate a "touche" on that point.
There is hope among thinking people
that the explosion resulting from Mac
Arthur's dismissal will result in a sear
ching inquiry and review into foreign
policy that will 1) clean it up, if it needs
it, and 2) restore the unification of the
two major parties on foreign policy, a
happy situation that has seldom been
enjoyed in this country and which fell
completely apart after Senator Vanden
berg became HI.
Living Beautificataon
All citizens will be interested in the
long-term project announced last week
by two of the city's garden clubs, which
has already attracted the support of the
civic organizations.
A long-term effort will be made to
make Kings Mountain the "Rose City" of
North Carolina.
Nothing adds to the value of property
more than blooming, colorful flowers
and landscaping. Another newspaper
editor remarked in a recent edition, "A
$15,000 home with well-landscaped
grounds looks more valuable than a $75,
000 home which has not received proper
attention in that direction." Few will
dispute that statement.
Frequently, however, little attention
is given to public institutions, commer
cial concerns and other similar properti
es. It takes work in all directions to
make a community look as it should.
The project is a noble one, and it de
serves the cooperation of each and ev
ery resident of the community.
Twenty years is a long time and the
announcement by Dr. I>. P. Baker that
ho will not seek re-election to the city
school board means that the new board
will convene with a sense of someone be
ing missing. The Herald doubts that an'y
citizen in Kings Mountain, outside the
professionals, is more interested in
schools than Dr. Baker, and lie deserves
the plaudits of his neighbors on his rec
ord of service to the community's
schools.
t Don't forget to write a check for the
band fund this week, if you haven't al
ready.
Stretch Drive
Interest is increasing among the vo
ting population of the community on the
forthcoming city election of May 8, when
a city administration will be elected and
when two school trustees will be chosen.
It can be assumed that political activ
ity on the part of the several candidates
will increase during the forthcoming ten
days.
The Herald would remind those citi
zens who have not yet registered that
Saturday is the final day for getting
their names on the books, and it would
remind the candidates that, in the pro
cess of seeking votes, they should re
member one cardinal rule that any pre
vious member of either board could
quickly quote.
This rule is that any administration's
success or failure is determined by the
amount of money available to spend in
providing needed services. It can be add
ed without fear of contradiction that
there is never enough money.
There is needed for expansion of cap
ital facilities of the city a minimum of
$500, 000. The schools, to accomplish im
mediate needs with some planning for
future and bigger school populations,
need about $400,000. And no administra
tion can get these sums unless they are
voted by the people.
The relative success or failure of any
administration will be judged according
to these terms. Promises of the candi
dates will be fulfilled in direct proportion
to the amount of money available or ob
tainable.
The Herald wishes the candidates well
in their campaigning and looks forward
with interest to the results of the tally
ing on the evening of May 8.
Silver Anniversary
The Herald joins the community today
in offering its congratulations to Keet
er's Stores, Inc., which is observing its
25th anniversary of service as a Kings
Mountain retail establishment.
Keeter's, like other establishments,
has come a long way since it first opened
its doors, first at Grover, then at Besse
mer City, then at Kings Mountain. No
longer is it possible to buy a plow-point
at Keeter's, for the day of specialization
has set in, and Keeter's is concentrating
on the principal lines customarily found
in a department store.
A business firm depends for its life on
the good will of the community in which
it operates, and it obtains good will
through the medium of satisfied custo
mers. *
Longevity in business is, then, a re
sult of continued good will, plus good
management and hard work.
When a firm reaches the 25-year
mark, as Keeter's has, it can well look j
hack with pride on its accomplishments \
and remember with appreciation its j
friends and patrons.
. Our congratulations to W. K. Mauney,
Jr., who has been elected to serve as
president of the Kings Mountain Junior
Chamber of Commerce for the coming
year. The Jaycee organization is an ac
tive one and has made many contribu
tions to the welfare of the community.
The presidency is a responsible task for
which Mr. Mauney has the equipment.
Addition of a needed wing to the hos- j
pital, receipt of operating room eq^.p
ment, and construction of a nurses' home
will improve immeasurably the service
of the institution which is already prov
ing quite beneficial for the i'l and the
injured of the area. Additional beds and
facilities will have the effect of further
establishing the unit as an important
community asset. The better his tools,
the better the carpenter.
10
YEAR S AGO Items of news taken from the 1941 files of the
1 II I S W E E K Kings Mountain Herald.
Two more candidates filed
with City Registrar Bright Rat
terree during the past week for
Cjty Councilman in the lection to
be held May 6. Eugene Roberts,
grocer, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.*R.
Roberts, filed from Ward 4 ma
king a three-corner race. Cfyde
Bennett, contractor, threw his
hat into the ring Monday morn
irtg as a candidate from Ward 2.
Wistaria vines in Kings
Mourttain have been exceedingly
plretty this year. The vines have
been loaded down with "beautiful
blossoms. The vines growing in
front of the Mountain View Ho
tel has created considerable
comment.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL '
Members of the Legion Aux
iliary met recently In the home
of Mrs. A. G. Sargeant with Mrs.
G. A. Bridges as co-hostess. <
Mrs. Charles Dililng has re
furn?a from a visit ?of several
days at the home of her mother
at Covington, Ga.
Mrs. M. J, Lynch and grandson,
Davy John Smith. Jr.. of Goldsfbo
ro, spent the last weekend with
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Lynch and
family.
Mrs. O. W. Myers is in New
York City selecting ready Jto-wear
lor Myers Dress Shop.
Mrs. J. E. Aderholdt has re
turned form a week's stay In
Charleston, S. C., where she was
a guest of Rev. and Mrs c. K.
Derrick. Rev. and Mra Derrick
were visitors last week in the
Aderholdt home and were ac
companied home by Mrs. Ader
holdt who visited the gardens
and other places of Interest in
and around Charleston.
Martin's
medicine
^Containing 1
?Jo?** bun"*. ^Avoid
Keeker's Steve
Another Kings Mountain
business citizen is obfttv?*gan
important biqthday. This wNk
end, Keeter's Department Store
as it U known to >b? trad*,
marks its 23th year ti doing
business in Kings Mo jntain.
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Not that No. 26 Is so much
more Important, perhaps, than
No. 24 or No. 26, but basinets
films take a cue from the lady
folk who take special note of
round ? figure anniversary da
tes. and thus No. 25 becomes
right important.
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The management isn't send
ing out specific Individual In
vitations engraved in silver ink.
but the public Is being invited
to pay Keeter's a visit on its
silver anniversary. If there
were invitations# the lettering
at the bottom would probably
read "no gifts," but Keeter's
will still not be averse to out
fitting a person in new clothes,
from bead to toe.
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Actually, the business citi
zen known as Keeter's is mors
than SO years old. but has only
been operated in Kings Moun
tain for 25 years. It still, nutj
boss among Its customers many
people of the area who bought
Keeter goods before the turn of
the century in Grover.
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While it is not unusual for a
person to turn 25, business
firms which last and grow to
their 25th birthday can take a
considerable measure of pride
on the record. There are many
pitfalls in the operation of a
retail store. The buying must
be correct (both as to price and
to volume of goods), and there
Is no accurate foresight avail
able to determine whether a
purchase should be. say. a
gross of dresses, or two gross,
a bale of sheeting, or two bales.
The nosy picture of any spring
can always glimmer away by
October to the ravages of the
boll weevil. Thus Keeter's has
withstood the test of time nnH
the pitfalls of season-to-season
operation. Since opening in
Kings Mountain In 1926, the
firm has sweated out the Ter
rible Thirties, the Fitful Forties
and is steaming at full speed
Into the Fateful Fifties.
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Keeter's, as I have know it,
has been the personification of
its present executive head. By
son Keeter, son of the founder.
D. J. Keeter.
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Byron Keeter is a man of
driving personality and ener
gy who Is largely responsible
for the continued growth and
expansion of this firm, which
is one of the city's major dis
pensers of clothing and dry
goods. Be has always followed
the maxim that the one pur
pose of a store Is to sell goods,
and that goods cannot be sold
unless the quality u there, the
price Is right and the customer
is satisfied.
.
Byron also ascribes In prac
tice (though he may not have
thought about it in those
terms) to the Biblical doctrine
that the light is not to be su
perimposed undes a bushel
basket. This doctrine calls for
promotion of both regular and
special means, and Byron fills
the bilL
As a youngster, one of my
first recollections of Byron was
on a gray afternoon in late De
cember. He was standing on a
car fender and ready to convey
the title of a new Chevrolet au
tomobile to some lucky Keeter
customer who had the right
number. It was the end-point of
a several ? month promotion
in which Keeter's gave away a
car. According to Byron it sold
a lot of goods and is listed In
his memory book as a very
successful sales . advertising
medium. ,
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Another youthful impres
sion of Byron was his willing
ness to lend me a tuxedo to
wear in a high . school play.
The tuxedo population of Kings
Mountain was not nearly as
great in those days as It is to
day, and 1 remember asking
him for it with considerable
reluctance. His answer was a
rapid. "Sure thing/' and l>e
neves forgotten the Incident
Many changes have occurred
In ways of doing business in
the 25 years Keeter's has done
business here. It Was not too
long ago that business firms
opened and cloeed on a sun-to
dark basis, rathe* than on the
clock basis of ? to Si 30. On Sat
urday* the schedule Was sun-up
to midnight or later, which
make? ?i*e Wonder hOW Sunday
Schools kept up their popula
tion. Since they have difficulty
enough now with the much
shorter Saturday schedule, tf
ion. taddeatnitv. was menus
the l*nflw of local merchants
who "sold" a misennriMe 11 P?
m. Saturday
hour to "
with eense die
CROSSWORD * ? * By As C. Gordon
ACROSS
J? Great American crop
4 ? Floral emblem of
Scotland
10 ? Extremely ?roody plant
1 2 ? Hawaiian root food
13? Skill*
16 ? Flower which the
ancient* considered
?acred to Venu*
" % ? Proverbial quality
grass always ha* fat
other paiture*
.. 1 ? To took at
22 ? Born
23 ? Popular floral cou*ln
of the orchid
J J ? Everyone (abbrev.)
29 ? Preft* denoting "down"
30 ? Popular flower of the
crowfoot family
33 ? The ?elf
3 5 ? Perform
37 ? Doctor of Divinity
38 ? To render smooth
running
40 ? Hardy type of cabbaie
4 3 ? Provided that
45 ? In the direction of
47 ? Only thl*. and nothing
I hinga That Grow
48 ? British "Z"
SO ? The thing, in law
52? Fruit of a tree (pom.)
SS ? In surveying , tem
porary station
?Rom
58 ? Roman emperor
59 ? To add yean
60? A detail
63 ? Horticultural specimen!
64 ? America'* mo*t popular
DOWN
2 ? Pertaining to a popular
grain food
3? Division of the Bible
(abbrev.) *
-hem leal symbol foe
tellurium
S? >To surround
6 Society far the Pro
tection of Rote*
4? ?h
(abbrev.)
7? To i
17 ? Electrical Engineer
1 9? Characteristic of the
pine tree
20 ? To tear
24 ? A flower color
25 ? To treat with Iodine
16? Chemical symbol foe
stannum
28 ? Chemical symbol for
silver
51? Yearly Onioaa
(abbrev.)
34? To endorse
36 ? Above (poetical)
39 ? That thins
41? Exist
42 ? Dry. of win*
44? Popular house plant
46? Fragile part of a flower
4?? To garb
SO ? Religious Society
.(abbrev.)
SI ? Dry granulated starch
53 ? Gardener's implement
54 ? Period of time
(abbrev.)
56 ? Moisture that collect*
on plahti
57 ? To ventilate
SI ? Tropical Shrubbery
(abbrev.)
62? Mai* title
See Tli* Want Ad Section For This Week's Completed Puwle
carry
S? Well-known bulk
flower (pea*.) ^
9 ? A weed unpopular with.
hayfever sufferer*
11 ? Regret
14 ? Public conveyance
^abbrev.)
IS ? To give a plant itt
start
Other Editor's Viewpoints
MY NOTIONS
Br John Wesley Clay
(In The
Winston-Salem Journal)
A group of American women
to about the most beautiful sight
this side of the pearly gates. I
think American women, as a
whole, have it on the other wo
men of the world. In the first
place they are healthier. They
live longer, And that is because
our way of life allows them to
live better.
Our women do not look as old,
when they begin to get up in
years, as do the women of most
of the other countries of the
world. True their hair turns
white, but that only adds to their
beauty.
It was my privilege to speak to
three groups of women in Kings
Mountain the other night. A
"Home Arts Club" and two book
clubs.
I asked the ladles what is a
home arts club and they told me
it was started mostly as a sew
ing club, but shucks, those ladi
es did not look like seamstresses,
neither did their clothes look
like home - made clothes. They
looked more like they came di
rect from Paris.
Kings Mountain is a historic
place. It is lousy with history. It
was there that the American
backwoodsmen, under Isaac
Shelby, John Sevier, and others,
licked the British under Fergu
son. And it is not to be wondered
at when' you look at the off
spring of those hardy forebears.
LOCAL BILLS
(Stanly Newg A Press)
Albemarle, N. C.
The General Assembly in Ra
leigh adjourned Saturday night
after a session that lasted from
January until the middle of
April, Many laws were enacted,
some of them relating to the
whole state, but most of them
were concerned only with local
affairs of cities and counties. We
wish there were some way to
determine how much time the
legislature spent on purely lo
cal bills, for we are satisfied that
it would be a shocking teve.la
tion.
Most so-called local bills
should be handled by county
boards of commissioner* or city
councils, and while We have not
yet seen a summary of the local
bills that were introduced . by
Representative Goodman and
Senator Lowder, we are willing
to venture the assertion that
none of them should have con
cerned the legislature. This, in
cidentally, is not a criticism of
the two men, but is offered as a
criticism of a system which
makes it necessary for m state
wide body to act on purely local
matters.
Our state government tin.
doubtedly needs some changes,
but it te our belief that right at
ww top of the list of needled
changes stands thVs ''local bill"
matter.
LJUfD ARSON'
Memphis <Tenn.) Press-Scimitar
l' feMifllillllNt I
hay, he fcs charged with arson.
If a farmer burns off his land
and destroys the humus that
would produce a barn full of hay
he should be indicted by public
opinion.
No man has a right to destroy
food.
No man has a right to destroy
humus which produces our food.
Bean Brummel
TIES
Congratulates
Keeter's
Department
Store
Its Kings Mountain
Dealer
on the happy
occasion of its
25th
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Anniversary
in
Kingji Mountain
p V -mcMWmt
| KEETER'S patrou a
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long the menfolk are
well-aware of
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Bean Brammel
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the colorful eesy to
tle.
Scout Court of Honor
The Kings Mountain District
Court of Honor met at the City
Hall at 7:45 p. m. with assistant
Sout executive A. C. Warlick
presiding. The following appear ?
ed for advancement:
Tenderfoot rank: Carl Barnett,
Douglas Gladden, Carl Hedge
peth, David Hullender, Jerry
Ross, David Whitstine, Leonard
Wright, all of troop 4.
Second Class rank: Jimmy
Heavner, troop 5, Tommy McA
bee, Wh later Nance, Bobby Pay
ne, Junior Putnam, Billy Rabbs,
Jimmy Rabbs, George Bowen,
Billy Carigan, Fred Palls, Jr.,
Caleb Fisher, all of troop 4; Wil
liam T. Ware, Luther Barnes,
Phillip W. Chambl", troop 6.
The following appeared for
merit badges:
Firemanship: Gerald Thomp
son, troop 3.
Home Repairs: Hugh Mayhew,
troop 4.
Metal Work: A. B. Summitt,
troop 2.
Pathfinding: David 'Kincald,
troop 6. '
Personal Health: David Cave
ny, Bobby CaShion, troop 3.
Printing: Flem Mauney, troop
1.
Public Health: Jerry Logan,
troop 4, Bobby Cashion, troop 3.
Public Speaking: Curtis George
Ray Black Now
Warrant Officer
KEARNY, N. J.? On March 22,
Master Sergeant Clarence Ray
Black, of Wilson street, Kings
Mountain, N. C., received his ap
pointment as Warrant Officer,
Junior Grade.
Mr. Black enlisted In the Army
May 1938. He served for thirty -
two (32) months in the Panama
Canal Zone prior to World War II.
During World War II he saw duty
as an ordnance officer with a
P-38 Squadron in the Pacific
Theatre of Operations.
After the war Lt. Black was
separated from the service and
re-enlisted as a Master Sergeant
in October 1948 He i* ihc son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. F1
troop 3; Charles Cashion, troop
3.
Safety: Tony Kiiby, troop 3.
Wood Carving: Dick Hunnicutt,
troop 1.
Star ... Rank: Bobby Cashion,
Charles Cashion, troop 3; Jerry
Logan, troop 4.
Gold Eagle Palm: A. B. Sum
rntt, Jr., troop 2.'
Awards of previous Courts of
Honor were made. Troop 4 won
the advancement and attendance
banner. The next Court of Honor
will be held at 7:45 p. m. May 10,
1915.
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She's wise . . . she chooses her brassiere t6
. emphasize her beauty. Because Hi-A,
created by Marja. effectively lifts and molds
the figure Into lovelier contours by means
round-and-out stitching ingeniously designed.
Xn finest quality broadcloth from silky
Pima yarns. White. 32 to 40. '
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