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I The Fiench Elections
1 Much attention has been given in the
newspapers of this nation and in other
parts of the world, as well as by radio
commentators and other periodicals, to
the results of the French elections.
The results showed the party of Gen
eral Charles de Gaulle, a strong nation
alist, is the biggest single voting bloc in
the new French Assembly, while the
Communist Party maintained a strong
hold on the popular vote at something
like 22 percent.
Still in control are a considerable
number of moderate, middle-of-the
road parties which scrap among
themselves but which have held close
enough together during the past five
years to maintain a precarious voting
majority.
Thus, in France, there are two large
segments which some regard as extreme
in view. Gen. de Gaulle's enemies say
he is the dictator type, and while this
charge may be mere political talk, it is
a fact that de Gaulle wants a very strong
central government. Of course, the Com
munist Party wants a strong central'
government, too, but they want it run
out of Moscow.
The election results, plus the fact of
29 political parties which entered the
recent balloting, underline one of the
major causes of the decline of France as
a major world power. American war vet
erans who serVed in France or in the
. French colonial provinces during World
War II will be quick to verify that the
French frequently appeared to prefer to
fight among themselves than td fight a
common enemy. It is also history that
Gen. de Gaulle, never popular in United
States circles, was very jealous of Gen.
Henri Giraud, whom the Allies had
counted upon to bring into the fold
French forces in North Africa. And de
Gaulle caused the Allies some anxious
moments on Normandy D-Day.
The United States is very fortunate
that it has two major parties, one of
which custimarily dominates the Con
gress. Great Britain is also fortunate in
this respect, also having been able to
keep sufficient party regularity to pre
vent dissident groups within the ranks
from splitting up and forming new par
ties.
Political leaders of this nation, and
ch'zens, too, who have failed to learn
that compromising differences is one-of
the basic requirements of statesman
ship should learn the lesson of .unfor
tunate France.
Our congratulations and commisera
tions to Charles E. Goforth, newly ap
pointed member of the Cleveland Coun
ty draft board. A person accepting ap
pointment to this non-paying job is due
the plaudits of his friends. Most difficul
ties of draft boards stem from Washing
ton where regulation changes some
times seem to come out on one-a-minute
schedule. It would not be amiss to say
again that the Herald has heard a mini
mum of criticism On the actions of the
Cleveland County board since it was re
activated last year. It has been playing
by the rules, undoubtedly has made a
few preference-seekers angry, but has
done a fair, workmanlike job at the un
pleasant business of sending men into
service.
Our congratulations to Jim Felton.
popular superintendent of Kings Moun
tain National Military Park who is soon
to receive a promotion by taking over
the job of chief ranger at two large
parks in Southern Utah. Kings Mountain
citizens will regret to see Mr. Felton
leave, for he has made a capable park
superintendent.
A best bow to W. G. Grantham, new
president of The Mountaineer Club. The
purpose of the organization is to pro
mote amateur sports in Kings Mountain.
It h$s done a good job. particularly in
its promotion of formal football for
grammar graders.
New Cash Crop
Cleveland County has a new cash
crop, developed largely during the past
12 years, and the crop is not subject to
the ravages of the boll weevil nor late
season frosts.
That new crop is milk.
Since 1939, Cleveland's dairy popula
tion has jumped from 18 to 115, today's
total being Grade A dairies, well-equip
ped with modern devices to hike pro
duction and complying with the state's
stringent sanitation- l^ws. (In 1939, only
12 of the 18 dairies were Grade A.)
The gross of the county's milk produ
cers in 1950 totaled $1,500,000, quite a
sizeable cash crop.
Dairying experts say there's still plen
ty of room for expansion, that neither
North Carolina, nor the United States,
is using all the milk it should be using,
or would like to use, if the supply were
adequate.
There are many bijg advantages resul
ting from the growth of the milk indus
try. They include: 1) a regular cash in
come for the farmer who once didn't
have any money until he ginned his cot
ton; 2) increased fertility of soil, result
ing from growing hay crops which pro
vide feed for the herds and put needed
chemicals into the soil.
Dairying is hard work. It means work
ing early and working late for those who
entpr this phase of the farming business.
There is no "laying by", for the cattle
have to be cared for 365 days per year
and 366 in leap year.
But dairying is paying big dividends
for the farmer and his friend, the mer
chant.
Cleveland County is noting National
Dairy Month this week, and it is fitting
to commend Kings Mountain area far
mers, and other farmers of the county,
on their good work.
Durjng the last five years, milk pro
duction has doubled in the county. It
would be fine if the same statement
could be made again five years hence.
Our best wishes to the city school
trustees in their efforts to improve the
Davidson school plant. The condition of
this building and of its facilities de
mands attention, and the school board is
correct in putting it first on the con
struction agenda.
Court Decision
In a split 2 to 1 decision, the federal
circuit court of appeals has ruled that
segregation of white and colored school
children is legal, again tacking on the
provision that facilities must be equal.
In South Carolina, where the case was
filed, it means that much construction
is going to have to be done to provide
equal facilities, but, under the leader
ship of Governor Byrnes, plans are al
ready in the mill to meet that test.
South Carolinians, deriders of the North
Carolina sales tax since its inception, be
gin paying it themselves on Monday.
This tax money will go for schools.
The National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People, which
filed the suit, has announced that it will
appeal to the United States Supreme
Court, but in the light of previous de
cisions by that body, it would appear
that the judgment of Judges Parker and
Timmerman wil be upheld. At the same
time, the NAACP has already scored a
victory, as witness the preparations in
South Carolina. This was a victory the
colored citizens of the South deserved.
As to the ruling sought, the Herald can
not agree that the South, either its white
or colored populations, is ready to end
segregation. The majority decision was
a wise one.
Only two days remain to pay 1951 city
taxes and thereby to qualify for a two
percent discount.
10
YEARS AGO Items of mwi taken from the 1941 filet of the
THIS W E E K Kings Mountain Herald.
To Holland Dixon, manager of
the Archdale Farm goes the hon
or of being the fir&t person to re
port a cotton bloom to the Her
ald office.
Mr. S. A. Mauney was more
than surprised to discover a few.
days ago that some enterprising.
Junk thief in search for strategic
metals climbed upon one of his
farm barns and removed the cop
per, nickle, and other trimmings
on the roof.
Social and Psnenat
Mrs. O. O. Jackson was host
ess at bridge on last Thursday
and Friday afternoons. The rooms
were arrayed with lovely mixed
flowers.
Mrs. E. W. Griffin deHghtfully
entertained members of the Stu
dy Club and a few invited goeats
Tuesday morning at a lovely
luncheon.
martin's
medicine
?y Martin Harmon
vContalalng bits of mm, wU
be taken weekly. Avdd
over-dosage.)
Cow Carper*
Today's medicinal title ft
sure to bring IMf* ot disgust
from people of the Mike Milam
fed lb. who always deride the
medicine mr*a when they
think he's w/itlag ibout some
thing ci which he noth
ing. Mike particularly took ex
ception to a piece appealing in
this place onetime entitled
"Woik".
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It is true. I don't know much
about cows, except that Hol
land Dixon. Clyde Randall and
some other fellows think a
milk tow is. nothing, if not a
Guernsey, and that other fel
lows, such as Carl Francisoo,
the Jersey association repre
sentative in this area, thinks a
milk is nothing if not a Jer
sey. Naturally, these fellows
axe talking about those high
bred registered animals with '
names stretching out for miles,
not about the ordinary run-of
the-pasture cow.
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But I do know that June U
National Dairy Month and
that Cleveland County has
been taking particular note , of
it this week, with the bigger
high-Jinks of the program
scheduled for Saturday in front
of the Cleveland County court
house. Howard Clapp was
ranging, as this was written, a
milking contest between some
prominent folk who don't know
anything more about e cow
than I do. and I can sure that
would prove out most interest
ing. though perhaps hard on
the cow. ?
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As a matter of record. 1 have
had some minor experience
with the rud-chewing dan
which turns out what some
have called "liquid gold" oa m
regular basis. When I was a
youngster end always getting
in an annual week's visit with
the C. 8. Plonk family, it was
natural that I got acquainted
with some nice, and unnice.
Bossies and Bulls.
.V '
On one such visit. perhaps
on* of the earlier ones. Hal
Plonk, a T*?* ox two senior to
me and already ?* ?xpf^
milker, demonstrated his
sharp- shooting by aiming di
rectly at my loft ero with a
hear* -handed squirt. Of
.course. It was a bull's eye.
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Later on. I did some milking
myself, but 1 don't recall that
I ever learned to milk any bet
ter than I learned to play ?ec
ond base. I am truly afraid
that the. noble art of milking
Is in danger of becoming lost,
what with new-fangled milk
ing machines doing a big por
tion of this task and with elec
tricity furnishing the pulllng
and- squeezing Impulse.
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If the memory notes are cor
ed, my next connection with
cows and milk was somewhat
academic. Over In Albemarle,
Carnation Company had Just
opened a receiving station and
was buying milk orer a wide
area. The Chamber of Com
merce' was interested in pro
moting the milk industry for
several reasons* 1) it meant a
regular cash income to far
mers who had been depending
on once- a-y ear cash crops; *)
the business folk and farmers
were hoping that milk receipts
at Carnation would grow suf
ficiently to Justify a Carnation
cannery, as well as the receiv
ing station.
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Carnation was regularly on
the Chamber of Comm?*ce di
rectors' agenda, and it
the tw* time that J. E. Wil
son, then county agent, also
was promoting, along witb
Carnation, the artificial insem
ination breeding program,
tite? In its Infancy. The early
experiments did not have a
high percentage of
much to the delight of
member of the board. Wade
r. Denning. iup*ri??-?dentof
Wlscassett Mills, coi^lstently
opposed this phase ol Cham
ber of Commerce work. Mr.
Denning, n o t infrequently,
would close out the form dis
cussion by moving the adop
tion of a resolution In opposi
tion to artificial Insemination
promotion. His regular and
classic remark was: -It's un
fair to the bull."
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It was over in Albemarle,
too. that 1 firs*
quoin ted with a
r?^mf<WobUl*elle ****? m 1
SSwS.TSSSSm'SS
field. She was a beautiful cow
and responded meet liberally
tO the faller ministrations of
excellent care. She had to be
milked three times dally, art
the butter fat record was ?
9 laudatory feature story, com
that the Jeteey r. _
? let of Dream HoMe**
e* sales lists by
Noble's owner, lac *t- i?
an undo Of Miss 1 Mil
ler. the
1 CROSSWORD
By A. C. Gordon
ACROSS
1 ? Real nltu contract*
8? Bu*ine**'* great
medium of communi
cation
11? A declaration of
indebtedneii
12 ? To freeze
14? Tlx long way of
writing the tymbol
deiitulini m it-clas*
1 5? Bu*ine*s man'* assistant
18? To wear away
IV ? Brlngt to an end
voluntarily the Intro
duction of evidence
(in law)
11? A short letter (abbrev.)
2 J ? Measure of area
24? Paper* lining good*
?hipped (three word*)
SO ? One or the other of
two (abbrev.)
91? Chemical tymbol of
tellurium
32? Wrath
33 ? Successive progrewive
measure* toward a
mult
38 ? Greek letter
38? Southwestern U. 1
?late (abbrev.)
World of Butine**
40 ? Revised Statute* of
America ( abbrev. )
41 ? Legal Meaiurr*
(abbrev.)
? 42? Parental nickname
44 ? Time past
46? Young Administrative
Executive* (abbrev.)
48 ? Three-toed ?loth
49 ? Reporting the receipt
of a bu*ine** letter
S3 ? Anger (poss j
84 ? The night before an
event
55 ? River on which
8hake*peare lived
56 ? To recall, a* a law
87 ? Fashionable French
drawing room*
DOWN
1? Measure of weight
(abbrev.)
2 ? Ka?t Indie* (abbrev.)
3?1' addition
4 ? Winterla'.d vehicle
5 ? Title of retpect u?ed
in busine**
6 ? To attlgn. as a contract
7? Weight of a container
or vehicle
8 ? Plaything*
0? Printer'* measure
10 ? Prefl* denoting "again"
13? Chemical symbol for
cerium
18? Official enumeration of
.
IT? Imposing arrangement*
18 ? To recede
20? To droop
22 ? Toward* ?-fll'W
23 ? Man'* nickname
23? Noun tufflx equivalent
to "ear"
28? A legal right to control
27 ? Compemation* foe pro
fettional service
28? A detail on an invoice
59? Profit
32? To ma*
34 ? Oarde
33 ? One* to whom your
bills are paid
37 ? Brings into line
39 ? The residence of an
eccletiaitic
41? According to law
43? Meature of area
4 3 ? To advance
4 7? Newspaper announce
ment *
48? Goon
50 ? To catch' (dial.)
51? Roman numeral
52 ? A saint
make worse
denfng Implement
?h Ths Want Ad 8? tlon FoiTbJs Wsst^i Complttsd Puxxl*
Other Ector's Viewpoints
FAST-GROWING TOWNS
Smithlleld Herald
Why do Smlthfield and Selma
need all the additional class
rooms their school committees
are requesting?
The gains In pupils and teach
ers at the Smithlleld and Selma
schools adequately answer the
question, as news stories and
editorials in this newspaper have
previously stressed.
But for the extreme skeptics,
we might cite the 1950 census fi
gures, which show that Smith
field and Selma are among the
fastest growing towns In North
Carolina*
The University News Letter
recently published population
data on North Carolina towns
and cities and ranked the com
munities according to their per
centage increase in inhabitants
from 1940 to 1950.
Smithlleld, with a 51.5 percent
increase in population during
the decade, ranked 16th. Selma,
having had a growth of 31.2 per
cent, was 27th. These rankings
take on added significance when
one considers that there are 85
towns and cities in the state
with more than 2,500 inhabi
tants.
While it is important to know
that Smithlleld and Selma are
among the fastest growing towns
in the state, it is ajso significant
to note that the rural areas of
Johnston County, taken as a
whole, actually lost population
during the decade of the forties.
School construction appropria
tions should not toe based on a
policy ol giving every school a
share regardless of need for
classrooms. Nor should there be
any effort to balance rural and
urban expenditures. School
rooms ought to be built, In ade
quate numbers, where growth of
population demands them. The
gains In pupils and teachers at
Smithlleld and Selma, as well as
other places In the county Where
classroom needs are urgent, are
but reflections of gains in popu
lation In these districts.
SUMMER
(Smithlleld Herald)
Now it's official. Summer is
here and with it comes the plea
surable experiences of vacations
planned lor all during the year,
ages the Western Union office
berth
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T%e growth of the dairy in
dustry in North Carolina dur
ing the past decode has been
many farmers who bad not
previously learned that graee
was one of their best craps.
And Cleveland County has
shared In thU growth.
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But for others, more particu -
lariy the children out of school,
there la a lack of "something, to
do," some organized program
that will permit youngsters to
?burn up the excess amount of
energy that they store up in
youthful bodies.
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License Examiner
Positions Vacant
RALEIGH ? The Department of
Motor Vehicles announced today
.that there are vacancies for the
position of Drivers License Ex
aminer in the Highway Safety
Division. The beginning salary is
$2,506 annually and those inter
ested in filing an application
should contact the Highway Sa
fety Division, Revenue Building,
Raleigh, N. C. as s-jon as possible.
Qualifications for the position
of License Examiner Include ex
perience in the operation of an
automobile, bus or truck and
two years of work experience re
quiring extensive contact with
the public is essential. Appli
cants must have a high school
education and ability to pass a
prescribed training course con
ducted by the Highway Safety
Division of the Department of
Motor Vehicles.
Persons having relatives now
employed by the Department of
Motor Vehicles cannot be consid
ered for employment by the De
partment.
North Carolina has 135 radio
and TV stations ?03 AM, 40 FM
and 2 TV.
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE
Having qualified as adminis
trator for the estate of Jennie
Grace Mauney, all persons hav
ing claims against said estate
please file with the undersigned
on or before the 28th day of
June, 1952 or this notice wHl be
pleaded in bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said
estate please make immediate
payment.
This the 23rd day of June, 1901.
Dr. W. L. Mauney,
Administrator.
Jun. 29 - Aug. 3-D
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