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The Kings; Mountain Hexald Established 1880 i i m ? i ? i i i ? ?' i i i ? i i ii i A weekly newspaper devoted to the promotion of the general welfare and published for the enlightenment, entertainment and benefit of the citizens of King* Mountain and ija vicinity, published every Friday by the Herald Publishing House. Entered as second claas matter at the postofftce at Kings Mountain, N. C, under Act of Cnngrs? el March a, 1873. EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Martin Harmon * Editor-Publisher Charles T. Carpenter, Jr Sports, Otrcutation. Hews Mrs. P. D. Herndon Society Dorothy McCArter . . . Advertising, News MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT Eugene Matthew* Horace Walker Ronald Moore Ivan Weaver* Paul Jackson Charles Odems (? ? Member of Armed Forces) ?L TELEPHONE NUMBERS? 167 or 283 SUBSCRIPTION RATES, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE ONE YEARs-$2.50 SIX MONTHS ? $1 .40 THREE MONTHS? 75c BY MAIL ANYWHERE TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE Take ye heed, watch and pray: lor ye know not when the time is. St. Mark 14:33. Revaluation And Taxes Intermittently, during the past sever al years, the county board of commis sioners has considered proposals to con duct a revaluation of property. The cur rent county administration, too, has been weighing the matter, and, on Mon day, heard a representative of a firm specializing in revaluation estimate that the job for Cleveland county would cost $70,000. In addition, a tax-mapping specialist told the board that his seiv vice would cost $30,000 to $37,000. , A check of valuation figures on the tax books (public record, anybody can have a look), will reveal that property v values are quite low in almost all in stances, but this is not the important revelation. The important revelation is that one property is lifted at 25 percent of its value, while another may be listed as low as 10 percent of its value. Obvi ously, the 25-percent payee is being penalized. Some citizens of the county object to revaluing, giving a wide variety of rea sons. This is understandable, particular ly where large interests are concerned. In the first place, tney feel that revalua tion is merely a dodge to get more mo ney in the till of local, governmental > units, and, in the second, they recognize that property taxes roll on and on, year in and year out, and must be paid,' whether the year be a prosperous or a poor one. Some few, of course, think they have a good deal as is, and they want to keep it that way, but these are in the minority. . V The county commissioners tentatively have set up $27,000 in this year's budget to handle the revaluation matter, know 'ing in advance that it would be insuffi cient. They obviously hope to carry thai amount over as a surplus into the fol lowing fiscal year, then add a larger sum for the same purpose. The purpose of this editorial is not solely to discuss revaluation,' however, but to suggest to the county commis sioners that they use their current au thority to see that personal property is listed on the books and listed according to some common percentage yardstick. Each January, the county demands that "All Persons List for Taxes," and are joined by the cities of the county. How i ever, there have been, to this paper's knowledge, no concrete statements made in this vein: "You are expected to list furniture at 50 percent of cost, ma chinery at 25 percent of cost, inventory At 50 percent of cost, etc., etc." The result is that almost all persons visit the tax lister with the intent of returning their valuations at the lowest possible figure. In other words, they visit the lister and know they're going to sign their name to a lie. If they don't, thev're going to be penalizing their poc ketbooks. Listers who try to pin down taxpayers wind up with nothing but Un popularity. Most folk are honest, and if , a basis were set, they would follow it. Where -a check of the books indicated a , - citizen or firm was out of line, the board bf commissioners should take appropri ate action. ? The Herald's guess is that setting up a concrete policy on personal property ?-j listing would put much more valuation on the books and would also eliminate some of the existing inequities. A great percentage of inequities will continue - to exisit, however, until the county ad ministration can obtain the money for a general county-wide revaluation, which is long overdue. The hopes of Kings Mountain, the na tion and the world is that the projected armistice talks between General Ridge way and the Communist leaders will re ' suit in a cessation of hostilities. Think ing people will want a large protective force to remain in Korea, however, for Contract Difficulty It appears, as this is Written, that the city administration will not give its city administrator, M. K. Fuller, a two year contract after all, in the light of a special meeting of the commissioners held on the evening of June 28, two days after the board had voted by 3 to 1 to contract Mr. Fuller's services for a two year period for duties set forth in "Gen eral Statutes 160-349 Volume III,"? ' 0. The statute provision set forth by Commissioner B. T. Wright, Sr., in mak ing the contract motion, turned out to be a non-playable joker, rather than a trump card, for the statute is one which sets forth the powers and duties of a city , manager. A check-up on Mr. > Wright's statute brought a ringing "no" from City Attorney E. A. Harrill, who remembered quickly that the city voted a resounding "no" against the city man ager system in 1948. Mr. Harrill doubt ed the legality of such a contract. It is not unlikely that Commissibner Wright, who made the motion, Commis sioner C. P. Barry, who seconded, and Commissioner Lloyd E. Davis, who sup- . ported it, have, at their leisure, regret ted their action. Its import was terrific. Had the contract been drawn and sign ed, and should it have proved legal, these three gentlemen would have dis franchised themselves for the full dura tion of their terms of office. In effect, Mr. Fuller would have been the dicta tor of Kings Mountain for the duration of the contract, a role that he himself probably would not ptefer. Commission er Wright told the Herald that Mr. Full er, in no way, suggested the contract, and the Herald was not surprsed. The Herald has watched Mr. Fuller's work closely since he came here last July and regards him as among the best men the city has had in the aaministrator ca pacity. He has served the necessary first year, required to get acquainted with the people and the city's problems, and he should now be in position to do his. best work. The Herald doubts that a contract is necessary, even under the provisions of the general employment statute referred to by Mr. Harrill last week. If it is, the Herald would recom mend that a one-year contract be chos en. No board of commissioners would be wise to contract the services of any em ployee for a period longer than half of - its term of office. The action itself underlines again the divided thinking of the' board of com-, missioners. Mr. Wright and Mr. Barry are on one wing, while Commissioners Jawes Lay ton and Olland Pearson are on the other. In the middle is Commis sioner Lloyd E. Davis, who sometimes joins one line of thinking, sometimes the other. Generally speaking, Mr. Lay ton and Mr. Pearson give stronger sup port to the Mayor than do Mr. Barry and Mr. Wright. Obviously, the purpose of the action was to clip the Mayor's wings. The ef fort failed. The Herald's humble advice to the board, as well as to some segment of the citizenship* is to get down to work on community problems with a real spirit of cooperation. Itegardless of po litical difference?!, the Doard members and mayor are married to each other un til May 1953, and the citizens, in turn, are married to this Administration for the same period. Would it not be better political strategy for those who disa gree with any or several elected offi cials, either as to personality or policy, to hold their fire until the Spring '53 wars begin? ' ,, j ? they do not want a repitition of this "incident" which definitely has cost more than 12,000 American lives, not including the missing, the wounded, and the injured. 10 TEARS AGO THIS WEEK Items of newt talma from the 19*1 fflM of tho Kings Mountain Herald. Cyras Falls was presented a gold medal Sunday morning at Central Methodist church In rec ognition "of an unbroken atten dance record for the past 28 years. The Piper cub airplane of L. P. Stowe is now stationed at Hawk Haven. Mr. Stowe is fly 4ng almost dally to build up Ms time In the air so that he wfH be eligR>l? for private license. Social and Personal Mrs. D. C. Mauney and Mrs. George Houser were hostesses to tlhe Plonk-Cooper bridal party and a few additional friends at a cake cutting at the Mauney home Wednesday evening. Mrs. Aubrey Mauney and (Miss Martha Lou Mauney entertained at a loveiy luncheon at the Wo man's Clut) on Thurfriay at one o'clock honoring Mrs. George Plonk. * JgS ?' g?& l<"h Htrnna, " martin's medicine ?fl Mtt'l (Containing ItecfTMOfc wu- ^ ?Mktf. Avoid Inly Opener Hore It Is already July and only a Morning minute ago ttao world was welcoming the How Tear. Tine does race along at an ever-laster rate, with only th young folk eror having to wait longingly on now birth days so they can loin the Boy Scouts, he eligible to drive a car. add/or qualify to vote. Older folk have alwdys told me that the older one gets the quicker the years pass, and 1 am beginning to believe them. Not that I'm old. of course, but the gray hairs axe showing up.<The spirit at least, is colt ish.* Jo And speaking of the passing of a half-year, how are the resolutions making outT Mine were changed a little bit from the childhood variety of par ental-Inspired models, such as brushing the hair at least twice a day. dltto-ing c.v\ the teeth, and wiping the mud off the foot be! ore entering the house. They now Include such noble favorites as working harder, getting to bed by mid night. tuning in more and broadcasting less. etc.. etc. I'm not sure that the half-year ex amination results are too good. But it's always worthwhile to aim at a target whether one can hit the bullseye or not 1? It was a happy day last week for Mrs. Ruth Thomas son, when she received some thing resembling a gift from the telephone company. Some weeks ago Ernest Orr, Jr.. dis- - trlct manager for Southern BelL had suggested that per haps the Herald's telephone ?srvice would bo improved if both its numbers wore conse cutive. such as 157 and 188, or 283 and 1184. Some wesks later I heard, via one of ay grape vines into th? bridge-playing was, very disturbed because she was losing her telephone number, which she had enjoy ed for the course of about 28 years. "Some old business wants it and they told mg Td have to give It up.*" was the general tenor of the remarks. When It was noted that th* Thomcnson number was 284, 1 suddenly realised the Herald was the culprit Later. I had the opportunity to halt the pro. ceedlngs. bat Mrs. Thomas son's number had already been changed to something op In the six hundreds. This had proved quite disconcerting. LoogtlmO friends would pick up the receiver and ask for 284. to which the operator po litely and correctly replied, "We have no such number.* whom are you calling?" Need Isss <? 9ft y. toinpers on both sides occasionally charged up a bit But It Was all straight ened out last week, when Carl Blanton restored 284 to Mrs. Thomasson. The Herald has monmen tartly decided to fore go the number changes, on the ? reasoning that moat folk in town are pretty well acquaint ed with 187. our veteran num ber,# and 293, added severed moons ago. v'.;V> The medicinal department did get a change though, with a swank new 725 at the domi cile. as oppbifMI 141-J In herlted from BUI Craig. P* I hare never befor* been ac cused of arson, but I came close .Saturday night at the ballyard. Aftor disposing ol a Lucky Strike (mabty line tor bacer). my baseball Ian neigh bors and I began noticing a faint aroma ol smoke. This could hardly be in the wide open spaces of City Stadium, and none of ' us hollered it. Still the smoke came. The lucky, dropped through the boards ol the bloachers. had taken up with some paper loaded with peanut halls, then with a dry stick ol kindlin' wood Which had once been f piece of bleacher. It was not necessary to call out Grady King's fire- fighters, but It was the stand to get a botttle ol wat*? Pop dispeiMttH torn Collins and h?d Haithcox thought 1 was erasy Ing for water, when they good pop to sell at 10 per. S books McDaniel thought I was trying te gir. hotfoot. Legion team era might be inclined to that The lighted ' - v- .. jr? | CROSS* PRO By A, C. Gordon \ liMiaia ? BIM HBiM ACROSS ' 1 ? Department store ?a*er of customm (?t S ? Roman 900 1 1 ? On* who hasten* 4.2? Winglike part 13? To bind 15? Human fliers 16 ? To to astray 17? Above (poetical) I 9? Personal ptonoun 19 ? The drink o( tha m ancient gods tW ? Exclamation ; < 16? Man's nirknaitie 17 ? Muttcal composition 30 ? To give. In Scotland 31? Abbreviation for the . . / latin phrase meaning '.'that it" 34? Parental nkknam* 35 ? Portion of a circla 36? Denies 39? In the direction of - 4'? Pronoun 41 ? Cro*s-y>untry runners 4 J ? Greek letter General Interest 4i? Turf 40~Sitibll?htd value of a monetary unit 51? A rtclttit > 53 ? To transfer 54 ? Previous S3 ? Rrgioft or scope of ||Bwjr ~ IT? Indebtedness !?? Fibuloui bird of Arabia 21? Pirentil nickname J2? To deprive of strength 23 ? Prepotition JS? To hasten 28 ? American Analogy (abbrev ) II? Pre/U denoting three 31? Wrtter'i measure 33? A poet's "always** "mbvvr ^-T^xtp rJris?u,,y pot>"on 40? Either J6? ?reft? denoting "again1 59? To (peak cltarly DOWN in position 3 ? Mraiure of area 4 ? A kind of beer S ? Type of electrical current # ? Beverage 7? Began ??Contracted name for' Itmoui ancient quern 9- ? Fabricate* . . 1 0 ? Office worker 1 1 ? Olrl't name >4 ? Chemical symbol few ''BHpKMKwv? ? A type of architecture 44? Bahaustcd 46r-ln this place 47? Wrath. 50? Newspaper announce 51 ? Territorial Righti of S -Union* (abbrev.) ^$6? Balkan 'Nations ? ,. .. (Mm.1 iV ^ ? * -? S 7? Syllable applied to > musical note S? The Want Ad SMtxon Foi This WmIc's Computed route GORDON GRAY |p Stanley News A 'Press Albemarle, N. C. President Truman l*as called Gordon Gray able president of the University of North Carolina, to ashing ton to head a "cold war strategy board",' and while North Carolinians generally agree that the University needs the full services of Mr. Gray, they also are conscious of the fact that at no place In our ef forts against Communism, bm, this nation failed so miserably as It has In the "cold w The purpose of the new or ganization, according to the President, will he to provide "tor the more effective planning, co ordination, and conduct, within the frame work of approved na tional policies, of psychological operations.". &&&$ In simple language, the group is charged with the responsibil ity of "putting the truth through the Iron Curtain", thus develop ing a state of wholesale dissatis faction with the govern men?#; to Communist nations. ..? If Mr. Gray can lead the way in getting this done, he will ?have rendered the nation and the world a service of immea surable vailue. ' 1 JOBS FOR SALE Christian Science Monitor Botfeon, Mass. It would be wonderful if the two great political parties could do without national committees. The Democrats', for obvious reasons of opportunity, special izes in plain and fancy patron age as its contribution to politi cal shoddiness. The GOPta, be cause the party has 'been out of office for a generation, has had to confine itself largely to uttter Mf demagogic blasts, by reflex action as it were, which cause many good' Republicans to blush now and may enVbarrass most of them in retrospect. / The Democratic committee's latest liability is the job-selling scandal in Mississippi. In retrl Funeral Boms and Marlowe's Center SSWic# . . . If th? farm er s can keep ahead of the boll Writ Kings Mountain area farmers are going to be In much better financial shops come Fall 'SI. than they were In 1950. The wheat crop has beea a bumper one. and peach growers will have to oil op packing equipment grown rus ty through disuse for two fro *Mt-oat years. I -a Good luck for the remainder - ol eging *51. . w r t A ~ ? ? l . I , a nacrs an Chiropractor ? ? PRESCRIPTION SERVICE 1 v'* -'jV ' ' ? ? '? ' * W? ra ?*T Doctor* he ?eriptkyu promptly cmd ?eeunWT ?t nommHi butipn against the Dixiecrals, the Democratic; National Com mittee took federal patronage away from the congressmen and turned lt-over to a "rump" state committee. A bipartisan congres sional inquiry now confirms charges that several offtelfele of that committee had been selling federal Jobs to the highest Ud der.' ,'v [ The best thing that- oan be said about the affair is that here Is no "whitewash". The Inquiry was headed by respected Sena tor Clyde R. Hoey, himself a Democrat. And Democrats and Republicans Joined in an unani mous report ' The worst consequence, of course, is the further discredit ing of a great party and the fur ther eroding of,, political moral ity, generally. Navy Taking Men Regavless Of Draft It- was anounced today by Pet ty Officer First Class Jack Hod gens, of the Navy Recruiting Sub station at Shelby, N. C <he dur ing the period IS June to 15 July men may enlist in the Navy even though they may lvavej# ceived orders to rport for pre Induction mental and physical examinations. He further stated that dur ing this 30 day period a man may be enlisted in th* Navy any time before he is actually "'OS* dered to report for Induction. ,.,!Jfowng men 17 to 31 years of age interested in serving in the United States Navy are Invited JjteVlsit the Navy Recruiting Substation located in the Court House, Shelby, N. C. for full in National Farm Safety Week, July 22-28, as proclaimed by President Truman; is designed to encourage all farm residents to adopt safe practices on the farm, in the home, at work, In traffic, and at play, according to H. M. Ellis, extension agricultural en gineer at State College. The long-range objective of the w:ek, says Ellis, Is to make farm life safer happier, and more pros perous. <,r^ Based on -past averages, the National Safety. Council estimat es that .accidents will kill an average of 48 American farm residents every day during the next year unless extra precau tions are taken. Ellis says most accidents last year involved some violation of a commonsense safety rule. If the accident toll is to be;held down this year; he adds,' all members of the family must be come familiar with and observe the rules of safety in their dally activities. > Farm Safety Week is co-spon sored by the National Safety Council and the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture in coopera^ tion with the American Farm Bureau Federation, Farmer's Un ion, National Grange, Farm Equipment Institute, and many other organizations, the Brotherhood and their faml ... ?? Sunday School Body Planning Motorcade The- Youth Department of the St. Matthew's Lutfferan Sunday school plans to visit Luther Ridge Sunday, July 15th. Luther Ridge Is the summer assembly grounds for the southern synods of the United Lutheran Church In America. < . - , Luther Ridge, located at Arden south of Aahevllle, was officially dedicated July 4th. Hie men of Safe Practices To Be Encoiifageil , 9i .National Fann Safety Week lies will also visit Luther Ridge on the 15th. The two groups will leave St. Matthew's In a motorcade at 1:30 Sunday afternoon. They will combine for a picnic Supper the assembly grounds at 6 o' clock- The super will &e follow ed hy a brief devotional period conducted by the paMor, Rev. William P. Geiberding. These cows bring to U. S. Far mers four billion drtlu? annu aHy. Inlaid Linoleum and Rub ber Tile, installation by factory - trained mechan ics. No cxtn^dMgqff lie necessary sanding. Big Tarief.Y of COIOT8.S?*!?' able for home, business, or office. See our new samples of NOVEUTE Venetian Blind Co. ./? ^TorjkHood DRINK ,or the JA&fc tHM of a LIFETIME,} Whilo going down ? into tkt Dotcrilm tU plight of Wi illitWtn MfWUl?. hold down your blood prow in? - . for all your clothes you can rtfroihtr Job Printing ? Phones 167 and 283 % LEND to firms, on first-mortgage leans in order that they can build new homes, buy new homes, purchase homes <dx?ddy built, build or buy business buildings, or repair existing homes and buildings. f|r v.j .v"...'-;7 We INVlTE your patronage in either category. If you have excess money which should be returning you some income, put fttowork with us. If you need money Jor the, above purposes, come in and confer with us at your flrft opportunity.
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