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. The Kings Mountain Herald . Established 1889 A weekly newspaper devoted to the promotion of the general welfare end published for the enlightenment, entertainment and benefit at tMwRzer^ of Kings Mountain end Its vicinity, published every Friday by the Herald Publishing House. / ^ W , L *| ____J _i J.__ , , Entered as second claas matter ?t the postofflce at Kings Mountain, N. C, under Act of Onpgtsss of March 3, 187&. M - ?*-??? : ?<" EDZTOMAL DEPARTMENT Martin Harmon .. .................................... Editor-Publisher CbarleS T. Carpenter, Jr. ......... ......... . Sports, Circulation, Ifews ' Mia. P. D. Herndon ........,....,..>....0....................... . Society . MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT . :x.^' Eugene Matthews Horace Walker Ronald Moore ? Ivan Weaver* Paul Jackeon v Charles 6deiris - (??Member of Armed Forces) \;v .'.-V TELEpH0^gjj-UMBERS_|67 or ^ . - ? . SUBSCRIPTION* RATES, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE V * ONE YEAR-? $2.50 SIX MONTHS? $1.40 THREE MONTHS? 75c BY MAIL ANYWHERE ? TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE ' -''I- ? "? ' \ ? . y.*". "'*5' V ' ? A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord: but a man of wicked devices will be con demn. Proverbs 12: 2. ^ r . i Information Required The city board of commissioners con tracted last week with Olsen Engineer ing Company, of Raleigh, to conduct a survey of its disposal and water distri bution systems, with a view to rebuild ing the former and, when needed, to ex- ; pand the latter. Later in the week it discussed, at length/a possible contract with an elec trical engineer to map the present elec trical distribution system with a view to rebuilding it. On the face of it, the new administra tion, by contracting with the Raleigh firm, is getting to work on a basic prob lem and it would be doing the same by obtaining the electrical system mapping and survey. : r The sewage system survey will give the city information as to feasibility and practicability of constructing one sew age disposal plant, and/or estimated costs of the construction on rebuilding the present five-unit disposal system is The defective sewage disposal system is not only the Number 1 problem of the current administration. It has plos^d every administration since the late thir ties. Recommendations concerning the wa ter distribution system represent a throw-in bonus by the Olsen Company, which, of course, can furnish water plant recommendations for little addi tional cost to itself, using the data it will gather jn compiling the sewage system survey. Mapping of the electrical system is needed, whether the city remains in the power distribution business, or wheth er the lines aj\? sold, as has been sugges ted, but which few feel likely. It is the Herald's understanding that the city electrical system "just growed", like To^sy. The mapping would enable the engineer to make recommendations to eliminate present Service .difficulties, which could be done piecemeal by regu lar crews, or at one fell swoop by elec trical contractors. The mapping would also enable the engineer to determine the physical val ue of the plant, which would be a most important factor in any person's deci sion to sell, or to retain, the power plant. Information is essential to efficient operation of any business, any govern ment service, or anything else. The city administration, in its effort . to obtain information is taking the first important step in improving the effi ciency of its operation. The death of Mrs. William Lawrence Mauney at the early age pf 34 was in deed a tragedy, though it may be said that the tragedy oceured more than nine months ago when she first beeame ill. The best of medical advice, treatmeht " and attention were to no avail in reliev ing her condition and it gradually wor sened to the point that the imminence of her death was recognized. Mrs, Mau ney way a young woman of personality, vivacity and charm. She was a devotea wife and mother and her early death re moves from the community one of its best citizens. Her family has had, and has, the sympathy of the commuifity. * ? The wet weather has been good for corn and cotton, but it has also been a boon to the boll weevil and other insects which damage crops. Farmers who at tend to their dusting will be in better shape come harv'est-time, the agricul tural experts say. Our hearty congratulations to Arnold W. Kincaid, newiy elected Worthy Grand Patron of the Grand Chapter of North Carolina, Order of Eastern Star. This is a signal honor and a deserved one. Mr. Kincaid has devoted many 'hours and much energy to the work of mk- the Order. .apc-r'-j" Prices and Beef If spokesmen fdr the livestock indus try are telling the truth it may become quite difficult again to get a T-bone steak, or even other less costly cuts of beef. As quickly as a roll-back had been 1 k ordered on the price of beef, dire warn ings came out from . livestock dealers^ and others that the government was en couraging a return of the World War II "moonlight packers" and "meateasies", and other extra-legal meat operations. In spite of the experience of World ? War II with rationing and price control, it appears impossible for the average ci ? tizen to understand the mass of official pronouncements, both from industries affected and from government, on 'the several phases of controls. The line-up of prominent citizens of national stature doesn't help much eith er. Bernard Baruch is a prb-controls man, as is Charles E. Wilson, until re cently president of General Electric company. Other leaders of "big busi ness are Just as convinced that price controls either are 1) not needed, or 2) will ruin the economy. Big mass of the nation, however, still falls in the common catgory. They think price controls are all right for 'everyone else but themselves. Biggest plaint among retilers is that price controls are unnecessary, and, in truth most of them are allowed mark ups higher than they can get for the particular items. Most business people feel that sup plies of goods, in most fields are suffici ent to maintain fair prices, without the necessity of controls. Perhaps that is true of the beef situa tion. Few would argue that the price of' food will not be harder to control than, for instance, the price of apparel. When a man gets hungry, he won't worry much about controls when he is trying to buy his dinner. That makes him an easy touch for the dealer who is willing to risk the embarrassment, fines and possible imprisonment which go along with selling covered goods at higher than- ceiling prices. ^ ? m A Sane View Commenting on the reports of the re cent atomic experiments on Eniwetok atoll, the New York Times, customarily * credited with taking a sane, moderate view on most national and international problems, noted the increased death dealing power of the newest bombs, and also commented on the charges of Gen eral MacArthur, and others, that Amer ica, through a policy of weakness, is inviting disaster. The times said: "It is neither cowardly nor undigni fied to work for peace by every means we can command ? by strength, by firm ness in essentials, by willingness1 to dis cuss nonessentials. We are not, as some would make us appear, like a boy witty a chip on his shoulder. Under the pressure, of terrible events we have ? or should have ? put aside childish things. We would go to war to defend those princi ples that make life worth living. Surely our policies and oiir practices have left no doubt about that. But surely it must be evident, too, that we will no.t go to war, we will not bring ruin down on the world, we will not risk the destruction of civilization -merely to satisfy an outworn code of martial chivalry. "A refusal to make a suicidal choice is not weakness but the height of strength and wisdom. If the tragic ne cessity nevertheless arises our nation will defend itself the more valiantly be cause it has hated war and ha& done everything in Its power to aveyt war." Only eight days remain to pay city taxes and qualify for the two percent discount. - 1 n YEARS AGO Itoms o I news taken from the 1941 files of tho 1 U THIS WEEK Xlngt Mountain Herald. Members of the Town Council met Tuesday night with all pres ent. Mayor Joe Thompson pre sided. The board voted to pur chase the property at the cor ner of Parker and Gaston Street for the Junior playground at a price not to succeed $3,000 and a committee was appointed to put j ? - * - - the deal through.' Measers. Harry Pa*e and Glee p. Bridges left Sunday to attend the Ki wants International Conven tion In Atlanta. President W. E. Blakely. B. S. Peeler and Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Nelll and Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Moke are also attending the convention. Social and Personal The marriage of Mis* Dorothy Lillian Patterson to Mr. Richard Carlton Ethrldge, Ensign, vy Reserve took place In Central Methodist Church Monday even ing at 7:30 o'clock. Dr. H. C. Sprinkle, Jr? t>f West Aahevllle Church, recent pastor of the brWe officiated. , The class of 40 Invited classes! of 36 through 41 to a dance to b? held in the Womrban's Clufe June 27th. martin's Medicine" *? XartiB Hanson (Containing UU of Mm, wis bo taken wnklf. Avoid over -dosage.) Wet Weather Nc?es In spit* of the acads of rain falling on Kings . Mountain aineo Juno 3, when tbo wea ther men finally decided to dampen parched Holds* lawn*' and gardens, 1 find the 'rain has not Increased the fortuity of tho' medicinal field for this particular edition. I'm dry as a bone? about as dry as some of tho ex-wholesalers and re tailors of the white stuff made out of com, mash, and, some suspect, kerosene and Rod Dev il lye. w-w-n . It's funny about the weath er. a good conversation piece at any time, but lately It has seemed to vary In heavy dos es. First tho grass was wither ing, and cotton was atrhggling to find enough wetness to grow on. Then tho clouds opened up for days in a row. and the grass has taken over in no un certain terms. And last winter there was an unusually long "cold spell"*, at least unusual for this part of tho country. w-w-n But who was the philosopher who claimed the weather never ruined anyone, provided the human, had done his part? Maybe he lived before the days of the big outdoor promotions. Baseball -doesn't thrive too well on a steady dlit of rain, for instance. w-w-n I was kidding Tod Weir at the Kiwanis horse show Wed nesday night and accused him and his Kiwanis brethem of not praying enough to avoid the rain. Tod countered quite well, I thought. He said. "Didn't pray enough | I think we did it Just right All the rain foil before and between tho sl^ow, not during It" w-w-n Th.> horse show was quite a good tao. even to tho layman, and it remain* ' unfortunate that more folk don't go out to fee the eaponslvo plecos of horseflesh. It is al way % bettor to "hindsight" a promotion than to "foresight" It but I have boon wondering* if more spectators might not bo attrac ted if tho event were run as two night shows on a weekend, than during tho middle of tho week. Tho merchants tell mo that most folk have spent out by mid-week and are waiting to spend again 'til tho Friday paychecks arrive. -Naturally, tho problem of sleeping tho exhibitors arises, but the spon sors of tho next show might throw in a hotel-building pro ject la -advance. w-w-n v. j . - j, - ? . " Other h orse show notes: None Was herring a better time at the Kiwanls club shew them C. W. Chaxnpe, of Ct -rIott?. He 1? on amateur, in the horse business for the (an of it and regarded his ribbons as "suck er bait" far the forthcoming show season. But bo had no ob jection to being a "sucker", ho Indicated# remarking, MA man's got to get a little en joyment out otflfoh" ... Initial indications are that the show was a financial success and that the Kiwanls club's fund for underprivileged children will bo enhanced consider ably . . . All the exhibitors were mighty enthusiastic about the caliber of Kings Mountain cooking, after getting a sam ple at the Kiwanls picnic for exhibitors held at Byron Sect or's home. , . , ' Sunday past was Father*# Day, and X dare *ay most Kings mountain fathers wore show ered with gifts, which, some report, will show up on their June 30 statements from Jew elers. furniture men and ap parel merchants. At least one follow was hedging against such a procedure. Carl Finger was in * Kings Mountain firm, heard his wife discussing a gift for him and Carl felled, -If you're going to Mil her a ' Father's Say gift, don't put It on nry qpcotnt Ifs got all It can stand right nbw.V [crossword By A, C. Gordon PUBLIC TltUST Bf Pierce Harris \ In the Atlanta Journal Taking comfort, I suppose* in the adage, "Misery love* com pany," -I have *ahtf^yrIound great pleasure in- the fact that Weodrow Wilson graduated 37th in his class, and that oijly fftjwi rJ0 those above him became famous enough to get their names in "Who's Who." ; >|$jfh?lready done that-lKll^ though I never dig exactly un derstand wliat a friend meant when he wrote me saying he'd seen my name Hn "Who's Who" and what all my friends up his way -were wondering was *"Why Why." : In college I never Classified as a scholar. There's another clas sic I've always considered with satisfaction. A father, displeased with his son's report card, said, "Son, you ought to he ashamed of yourself-^you at thftSjprgfc the wMle crowd," to which the son said, "It don't make any dif ference, Dad. They teach the same thing at both ends." You see by the trend of these lines I never got any gold medals Ifor leading my class. . You Can't hang around a col lege for three or four years, though, without picking >-qn somethiug - Uke the blind pig that gets an acorn now and then ?so I wasn't too surprised the other ntffht when something I heard in a college civics class toppled, down off the shelf <X the yeatt^fM^iked to be consider ed. Maybe it was becaiQis^tfes thing" Is In simple language #ii< doesn't lfcave much room for de bate that I had held dn to it !n what "Mutt', of the famous -team '*Miitt and Jeff," called my "un conscious mind." I would like for you to take a look at this thing I've beerr lugging around all the*e years. "A public office Is a public trust'" TTiafs all no more? rno less? just the sim ple statement , A pubHc office is a public trust'"? but In the light \of current attitudes in many quarers thrft idea Is as obsolete as the dodo and as old* fashioned as a bustle or high top button shoes. Stirring- around 4n memorySi dim storehouse, ? I seem to. re* member that even in other dayB, this idea was not universally acr cepted. For example, the Eari of Beaconfieid said, "In' politics, nothing <s contemptible," iuji honesty is party expediency." I eyen .<** eh a worthy as our own Grover Cleveland said, "Party would like to take off after that word "Expediency" S?d show how graft and greed have used Expediency" as a wedge to open asffty a Jock ? then as an excuse to explain many a stolen trea* sure, many an ill-gotten gain; but We will stay with ?ur origin a I** proportion, "A public office is a public trust" Let u? take up again that mark by fee Earl of Seaconfiet*, "In politics notMng is con temp tlble." I do not i^ept Nit. fcven In fceaotpriekVs tine, there must have bfen decent, honest people who felt contempt fo a system of government that lacked moral worth, and sutrfifrad the In terest of its citizens for a key to the treasure house. And everf the S^arl bf Beasonfield <Wi?ot Meve in you. I Relieve you will discharge faithfully the duties at your office and tin their faith ful discharge you will look after my interests." When an office holder surrenders to "expedi ency" and the temptation to en rich Ms own puraie at the ex pense of hi* helpless constitu ents, he Is contemptible. The of ficeholder's only ?ur? refuge Is in doing what is right and tn Mne of duty toward that which ha has been trusted to do. lump ing from one* side -to another of a political fence makes such performance difficult ? if not impossible. Every holder of public office should consider the words of the great Burke, ''Perhaps I do .not know what I was made for; but one think I certali.ly never was made .for, and that 4s to put prin ciples on and off,' at the dicta tion . of a party, as a lackey changes his llvecy at his mas ter's command.'-'^,; C. A. Drye, member*fcf the.Ire dell County Balanced Fanning Program, is striving to develop several sources of income on his farm, in addition to producing certified corn and small grain, he has started poultry and beef cattle enterprises. - ? ?! ? *-. ? i 1 ? A Richmond County couple, Mr.'and Mrs. J. M. 'Frazler, have developed a nice poultry enter prise on their farm. "Tfhey now have 1,800 young, chicks and plan to keep between 1,0(4) and 1200 laying hens this winter. CANDIDATE WITHOUT a VOTE A candidate lor sheriff In Monro* County. Indiana, couldn't cast a Tot? for himself in a recent primary ? he Won In )ai| ffg public "? ?' *' ' - ' '?uess well have to 90 to jalL too? cause we're Intoxicated with that fresh Hols una Enriched 3read flavor. V Watches j Repaired j yJSs fe ' 1 11/ ^ !(#epaT1 Rest rung i V Crystal V: , Repairing * . ? ,'*h h prompt | prices. All Guard^Hd. Crystals , 1 - " 1 ' '*? see5?^ee^J?UI?L SHOP Kings Mounfain Leadiiig|i|^j|i|i' i&ryx'x". 1 ? ? ? ? ? - ? ? < i . 7^ . . - ( J .T? ? V- ? ? ?' ? g VV hS w w mm m *"* : -tr V'i Technically TrO&?d ll?l - There is a demand for me&fttojnr^i ae < i in . R . rsflH-XjH ?'?'?? sr *."-v.v. j". >????; Television and Radio Electric Baric Umlc , Auto Ifwihmiirt ? .11 ? y> . ^jt ?*. i-vf.cl . Air Conditioning Diesel Electric ? ' Internal CMBbnittW Lathe Operation - Engine. Welding ?? Electric AppUcnei Serrice (acetylene and ?' ? v Young men can get thi* training before ontering military service and benefit through higher ratings. Yon can come back to a trade for employment. ? jaNyW^gT: .. ?DO NOT DELAY EMBOLI. NOW? Southern Vocational Institute 253 1st. Avenue, N.W. Hickory, North Carolina ? Phone 28987 t ^ maam 1 N TERESTtNQ FACTS ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA GOLD MINING Go)d warn discovered tn 179?, end prior to 1820 ell the gold mined in the United States and coined at the Philadelphia Miat wee token from North Carolina mines. The first dis covery was made on the farm of John Reed, who had settled in Cabarrus Couhty. Reed found a shiny piece of metal and used it for three years as a door stop. Jn 1802 be Sold it to a jeweler for $3.50. Ihe metal was gold and its real value ??e tftAM
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