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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 postpffice at Kings Mountain, N. C., under Act of Congress of March 3, 1873 EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Martin Harmon Editor-Publisher v Charles T. Carpenter, Jr. Sports, Circulation, News Mrs. P. D.Herndon Society Dorothy McCarter Advertising, News MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT Eugene Matthews Horace Walker Ronald Moore Ivan Weaver* Paul Jackson (??Member of Armed Forces) TELEPHONE NUMBERS? 167 ox 283 ~~ SUBSCRIPTION RATES. PAYABLE Ift ADVANCE ONE YEAR ? $2.50 SIX MONTHS ? $1.40 THREE MONTHS? 73c BY MAIL ANYWHERE TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to| seduce, if it were possible, even the elect St. Mark 13:22. Sell Or Hold Agriculture officials of the state and nation are advising farmers to store their cotton on the government loan price and to wait a few months before putting their cotton in the open market. Secretary of Agriculture Brannan, with a strong second from North Caroli na's Secretary of. Agriculture Ballentine, has suggested this policy with the flat prediction that cotton prices will return to the 40-cent level. It seems to be logical advice. With middling cotton currently hover ing around 36 cents per pound, the farm er's maximum gamble would be about $20 per bale, and the government's crop forecast of 17 million bales may not prove out. Even so, with a ten million bale con sumption anticipated the reserves would not be as large as they have been at times in the past. The economic cycle, formerly a strict supply and demand situation but now also subject to the several hegings and pressures of government controls, still has its peaks and its valleys. Mo mentarily, one hopes, the nation is in the valley and the reason is the same. Sup ply outstripped the demand, and there must be a catching up period. The tone of the textile industry has been somewhat more optimistic recent ly, as inventories are worked down due to production cuts by shorter operating schedules. : At least one Kings Mountain indus trialist thinks it possible that buyers may let their inventories run too low, with the result another scramble for goods. As it effects cotton and the cotton far mer, with a peg under his product at 32 cents per pound, he risks little in hold ing his cotton. H. Y. Belle The sudden death of H. Y. Belk will come as a source of regret, not only to the Herald staff, but to the big majority of Herald subscribers. The staff looked forward to his weekly visits to bring in his weekly column, which enjoyed a wide readership. Mr. Belk was an interesting character. He was educated, without the benefit of formal education. His writings were not the most literate, but the odd construc-. tions merely seemed to accentuate the pungent wit and biting satire he regular ly penned. Like all people who write for newspa pers, he occasionally made subscribers angry enough to cause them to cancel their subscriptions, but he also had a coterie of readers who never missed a word. One out-of-town subscriber, a lady, once had the misfortune of break ing her glasses, and until the new set ar rived, she demanded that her husband read to her Mr. Belk's weekly "News of Nebo Valley". / For nine-plus years, he had been a regular contributor to the Herald col umns. We, of the staff, will miss Mr. Belk's column, and we will miss, too, a regular visitor who always exhibited a' keen good humor and a keen zest for living. Establishment of a Memorial Fund for Kings Mountain hospital will give citi zens the opportunity to provide either large or -mall gifts for a worthy pur pose. Citizens will be able to aid an at home institution within limits of their means and desires, either by gift or be quest. ? Hospital Addition Low bids were accepted last week for the construction of the Lottie Goforth Memorial wing of Kings Mountain hos pital. aifd the expanded facilities will enhance the value of this institution a proportionate amount, and perhaps more than that. The wing will enable the hospital to accept Negro patients and will increase the number of beds available to all pa tients. . ? There are plenty of evidences that more beds are needed. Frequently the hospital has been com pletely filled, and the average number of patients per day during the live months the hospital has been open is high. The fact that 100 babies have been born at Kings Mountain hospital in less than five months indicate that the hos pital is filling a considerable need the Kings Mountain area has felt for years. Cost of construction is high, but the benefits to be derived from the addition al facilities will be considerable, both in hospital administration and in service to the citizens of Number 4 Township. Working And Watching Working and waiting finally gets re sults. Several instances, currently coming to fruition, can be noted. In the past week, needed traffic signals at the very dangerous Mountain Street - Battle ground avenue corner have been install ed, and the State Highway Commission is completing the paving of the Lake Mohtonia Road, a long-'needed piece of work. This year has seen the completion of Kings Mountain hospital, which first be came a public idea and possibility ten years ago. Working and waiting implies a rare combination of persistence and patience. Effort must be made, time must be giv en for possible fruition, then, if results *>re not forthcoming, effort must be re newed. At the moment, the community is still waiting on a bus terminal. The Herald is quick to recognize that few large projects can be handled over night, that delays are sometimes una voilable, but it would be amiss not to point out that Queen City Coach Com pany, has not met its self-stated sched ule on the beginning of construction of Kings Mountain bus terminal. The lot-clearing was to have been started early in August, and the pour ing of foundations last week. The Herald has witnessed no activity on the Queen City property. In the bus station instance, the com munity has been waiting singe Febru ary 16, 1950, which is a long time to use sidewalks as<a terminal. Such a terminal is hardly satisfactory during the ex treme heat of summer and the cold and rain of winter. Pfc. Tommy Baker h?s again demon strated his superiority in the field of model plane building by setting a new < world record for jet-model speed ilying. His activities in this field have brought credit to himself, to the service which he has represented since enlisting in the Air Force, and to Kings Mountain, his home community. ' . ... 10 YEARS AGO Item* of news about Kings Mountain araa paopla and mnts THIS WEEK tak?n from the 1941 files of the Kings Mountain Harold. Kings Mountain White schools opened yesterday morning with a total enrollment of 1,318 which was 24 less than opening day last year according to Supt. B. N. Barnes. Social and Personal Mrs, M. L. Plonk was .hostess to members of the Social Club and invited guests entertaining at her home last Thursday after noon. Members of the Thursday Af ternoon Book Club and invited guests enjoyed a meeting with Mrs. Arthur Hay recently. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Davis enter tained members of the Board of Stewards of Central Methodist Church at their home on East Mountain street Tuesday night, j Pvt. Horace Walker stationed at Camp Wheeler, Ga. spent La bor Day with hi* parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Walker. Pvt.* Wal ker la a member of the Intelli gence Division. Mr. C- L. Clark is visiting His daughter, Mrs. Carf Mayes. Mr. and Mrs. Geofge Latti more are spending this week at Morehead City. Mr. and Mrs. Tolly Shuford whose marriage took place in Durham last week have returned from a wedding trip and are now at home in Kings Mountairv Mrs. F. R. Schell ol Tampa. Fia. is visiting relatives in Kings Mountain. MARTIN'S MEDICINE By Martin Harmon I ng redienft: bitt of news, wisdom, humor, and comment. Directional Take weekly, if ? V possible, but avoid overdosage. Summer Fadeout From the heat of the past few days, it would appear that today's title is a misnomer for the season, but a look at the calendar shows that Labor Day has passed, with if the last of the summer months, and that the nip and riotous coloring of Autumn are just around the corner. >?1 Of course, summer continues officially until September 23 (or -- is it September 21?) when the sun gets even with the Equator on its way to the ' South and to give summertime to the folk down under. But the tinge of the evenings and- the nip of the mornings indicate that King Winter is not antici pating any abdications like the Duke of Windsor pulled. May be King Winter hasn't been able to find a Wallis Simpson. 5-f With the end of summer goes the melon crop, which has been a good one this year, from some of the samples I've had, and though I invest more hea vily in canteloupes these days, watermelons, I believe, still are the favorites in this parti cular area. At least, I haven't heard any escapades of the small fry Invading and making off with farmers' canteloupes. s.f The other evening after the Mayor's gripe session, I was lingering for conversation pur poses at the front of City Hall and the talk turned to melons. Present and participating were Grier Sipes, Wood Jackson, Toby Williams and Rhea Bar- | ber, among others, and the ? boys were reminiscing about childhood melon seasons in which no melon patches were safe. M There were tales of forays from Weir's pasture near what is now the Country Club and a popular playground some years ago, and Grltr Slpes finally remarked that he didn't believe youngsters bothered melon pat ches like they once did. This brought a quick and strident "no" from Toby Williams, who reported catching a half-dozen youngsters the other day while they were eating the fruits of their raid and of Wray Wil liams' labors. The Williams melon patch Is on the edge of the woods and was encircled by a wire fence. Toby was walk ing the patch and noticed the wire had been clipped, evident ly for a quick get-away, if ne cessary. Toby found the young sters in the wood and only a half-hundred feet from the mel on patch, eating delightedly, at least until he arrived. ' s-f Grier credited Hall Goforth with the smartest outwitting of the melon stealers. Hall, Grier said, always planted two patch es, one near the road, and a bigger one near his house. The melon stealers usually were satisfied at the small, more conveniently located patch. s-f. It remained for Wood Jack son to steal the show in .the tale-telling department. "Who was that colored fellow who used to have a melpn patch on the East side of Gold street on what is now cemetery proper ty?", Wood began. "We used to run him crazy stealing his wa termelons until he finally got himself a double-barrelled shotgun and watched his field at night" 1 bet you left his field alone, then," Grier put in. This was the line Wood had been waiting for, and he re piled, "Didn't either. We thought the guy was a fence post and we busted one over his head." , M Melon-stealing by youngsters used to be considered high sport, and maybe still is. How ever, farmers have been known to fire a shotgun in the gener al direction of the stealers. s.f As further proof that Fall is Just around the corner, Kings Mountain high school opens its 1951 football season Friday night, playing host to neighbor ing Bessemer City. September 7 seems mighty early to be starting football, but most of the football fans are ready. The squad has been working hard, I understand, and from the looks of the strawberries grac ing the countenances of several of the players, 1 am Inclined to believe my informers. s-f Most folk An this area won't be sorry to see Fall set in. It's been a hot, humid, blistering summer, and evten the pros pects of monthly fuel hills don't look too bad. This is in con trast to the Mid-West or at least In the Chicago area, where the mercury In the ther mometer has had trouble reach ing the 60-mark. No wonder the ' Chicago $KM " toJifcjMrtL' stay hot as they were, with no help from the weatherman. ? 1 . i\ s-f .'MajfflKBSKi Kings Mountain will have an son in By A. C. Gordon { Viewpoints of Other Editors General Topic* 41 ? Printer') mfwufc 43? Boy 45? To aniMkr aimlessly 41? Tlul which for rot a ACROSS 1 ? Convtntion*! 3 ? HutnM 9? Small U 6 Stat* I ( abbrev ) IC - P(*m ' 1 2 ? Voluntary Or<kn ( abbrev ) 1 3 ? A cor* of BiafMk material : 6? Sine*; ago 17 ? Not any 1*? Faithful 1 9? Let it standi 20 ? Units 22 ? Men a i medicine (abbrev ) 24? Beverages 26 ? Comparative suffix 29? Minister's degree 30? Behold' 31 ? Oppoaes 33? Eaclamation of inquiry 37 ? To form law* 39? Man nam* 4| ? Public announcement 11 ? Perform 14 ? To pcurtrat* 1 J? Observed 21 ? Combining form mtasw 49 ? Chemical symbol for (allium 50 ? Consume 31 ? Man's nickname 32 ? Accumulates and lay* away S3 ? Hastens DOWN 1? Ifc'etlfcod of painting om frtshly spread pUttcr 2 ? Bn oothly iubwnfi<ot 3? One* who bear heavy, spiked staves 4? Domineered tzXssr* 7 ? Smooth 8 ? One who loves So 13 ? Former Brasilia* 2$ ? Citrus drink 2 7 ? Stately; splendid 28 ? To be ereet 39? Contract* for <onv*y. ing real estate 31 ? Prefi* denoting "again" 32 ? Moves ?>d*w?e 33? Showers icy water 34? Thoroughfar* f abbrev ) 38? Surrounds 37? In music, very slow 38 ? To ignore 40 ? A sacred person (abbrev ) 44? Indefinite article 4#? M?ullca> propelling instrument 48? To the right See The Want Ad Section Foi This Week's Completed Ptuxle PLAGUED BY DELUSION Stanley News and Press A Raleigh citizen, S. Wade Marr, Jr., speaking before an Elizabeth City civic club last week, declared that North Caro lina has for fifty years hugged the delusion. that it is far out in front of the other Southern states. Mr. Marr admitted that the state does lead in tobacco and textiles, . but that the payoff comes in per capita income, and here North Carolina is far from the top. In fact, the figures show that among the 11 Southern states, North Carolina stands about midway on the list, v Only in 1950, did the per capi' ta income in the state reach the average in the Southern states. Georgia leads this state in in come by one billion dollars. The speaker advanced a num ber of reasons that might ac count for our standing. First, North Carolina's tax structure is out of balance, and this tends to prevent the accu mulation of investment capital. In the second place, according to Mr. Marr, we spend too much for automobiles, and too little on children. A bi-partisan system of state government was suggested as the third reason, for only under a two-party system can a state go forward as it should. The final suggestion by Mr. ! Marr is in these words: "If we ready excited many history minded citizens of the Pied mont Carolinas. Information and ticket requests for the show are coming in regularly and, if the weatherman cooper ates, the drama at the battle ground should play to packed houses on each of the perfor-> mance nights. s.f Yes, Summer '51 is on its last legs. BUYING CIGARETTES Fores? City Courikr It seems that the t State of South Carolina has embarked upon an almost impossible task if it expects to police purchases of all of its citizens in North Ca rolina. News reports have it that re cently a Spartanburg resident was observed buying a carton of cigarettes in Tryon, N. C. A few days later she received a letter from the South Carolina tax com mission requesting her to for ward $1 to the commission to co ver the South Carolina use tax on cigarettes. Not for a moment can one deny South Carolina the right to im pose sale and use taxes. But we do suggest that if some of its citizens happen to stray over into North Carolina, where no such tax is in effect and make a purchase, It is not practical, to run all of them down or determ ine who made such purchases. It will require a huge police force for that job. We suggest instead that South Carolina sell cigarettes to a few Tar Heel* to make up the defi cit. This will work if North Caro linians are unwise enough to be caught in South Carolina without a supply of cigarettes. are to improve our standard of living, we must develop skills. Had we lived up to our natural resources, ours would be a fur niture-manufacturing and live stock center." ; ? t Nothing serves to slow down Improvement in states as well as individuals more than a feeling of self-satisfaction, and we be lieve that civic clubs throughout the state need to hear more speeches like the one made by Mr. Marr. * Per capita income tells. the sto ry, and that is where our atten tion should be centered. 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