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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 it# vicinity, published every Friday by the Herald Publishing House. Entered as second class matter at the postofflce at Kings Mountain, N. C., under Act of Congress of March 3, 1873 EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Martin Harmon . Editcr-Publlsher 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 or 283 SUBSCRIPTION RATES, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE ONE YEAR ? $2.50 SIX MONTHS? fl.40 THREE MONTHS? 75c BY MAIL ANYWHERE TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE But God conimendeth his love toward us. in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8. Lovely Sight While the scene pf the launching of a new construction job would not ordi narily be rated a spot of scenic beauty, the lot-clearing Job done by McGill Brothers last week on the West King Street site of the proposed bus station must be rated highly. Kings Mountain has been waiting a long, long time for such a sight, and, of course, the beauty stems not as much from the shaping up of the lot as it does from the prospects of restoring of norm al bus service through the medium of a city terminal. The Herald made some very harsh statements about the seeming willing ness of the bus operators to leave Kings Mountain without suitable quarters for passengers. Considering the fact that bus riders have been without shelter from the sun, wind and cold for 20 months, that no regular source of sched ule information has been available, and that persons depending on the bus for rapid package express have been limi ted on North-South facilities, the harsh criticism has seemed quite justified from the Kings Mountain viewpoint. It is easy to recognize that, from the bus companies' viewpoint, Kings Moun tain is merely a small pea in a very large pod, and that, over a long span if years, two years is not too many. But it has seemed long to the passen gers and others inconvenienced by the lack of a terminal. It now seems safe to assume that shelter is not as far away as it once was and the plans for the terminal indicate it will be a very nice building and ade quate for the community's needs for some years to come. Over the long period, the fact that the operators could not obtain suitable quar ters in existing buildings will undoubt edly prove a blessing. The Queen City Coach company site seems to be the most ideal from the standpoints of loca tion and traffic control. Welcome, fooie Though it has been a business citizen for the past year, Foote Mineral Com pany has now taken a step which shows that it is the company's intention to be a permanent and expanding Kings Mountain enterprise. In executing its option to purchase the former Solvay Company plant, Foote Mineral Company has made a capital expenditure Of $350,000, in addition to the considerable sums already spent in renovating and expanding the former Solvay plant and in testing for ores and other minerals on its properties. The principal end-product of the local plant will be lithium, extracted from spodumene ore. While it has a variety of uses, much of it goes into oils. A by-pro duet will be tin, which is present in suf ficient quaities to justify its extraction. As important to the community as the physical gains of added payrolls and a new industry of varied type, is the indi cations already evidenced during the past year that Foote Mineral Company )s another of those large concerns which intends to live in a community, as well as conduct business ar\d industrial en terprise in it. It's the kind of attitude that helps the community and the enterprise too. It is H pleasure to formally welcome Foote Mineral Company as a permanent industrial citizen of Kings Mountain, and to wish it well in its operations here. Our congratulations to Harold Hun nicutt, who will serve as president of the Kings Mountain Kiwanis club for 1952. Success of a civic club depends much on the ability and work of its president. Mr. Hunhicutt has the interest and the equipment. Dr. McGill Dr. John C. McGill formally began the general practice of medicine in Kings Mountain Tuesday, though the Herald suspects his telephone brought calls for service prior to that day. Kings Mountain is glad to have a new member of the medical contingent on duty, as is always the situation, but pro bably even more glad at this particular time. Call to active army duty of Dr. Paul E. Hendricks left the community under manned for medical service and, every one who has had any experience with illness, as have most at one time or ano ther, knows that, when a doctor is needed, he is needed at once. Or, at least, the patients think that way. Dr. McGill has a pleasing, quiet person ality, and his medical background of training and experience, the latter gain ed most recently in a busy practice at Williamston, S. C\, ^following service in the army medical corps, indicates that the city is quite fortunate in attracting him here. New Tax Bite As everyone knew well in advance, the federal tax bite is soon to get bigger. Though a last-minute combine in the House of Representatives temporarily sand-bagged the tax bill, it was brought back and passed handily with only very minor changes. The by-play on the bill indicated a numbei of Congressmen merely wanted to be able to tell their constituents they voted against the bill, withal with tongue in cheek. Th?re has never been a popular tax bill, unless it cut taxes, and that does not appear likely for years to come, if ever, considering the expansionist aims of Russia and the already hige national debt. Again, as always, there is a great hue and cry for economy in government, yet the people continue to send back to Con gress men who refuse to concentrate on the elimination of the massive waste of which there are innumerable instances, both in the domestic departments, and in the several branches of the defense department. A best bow to B S. Peeler, Jr., newly elected president, and to the other offi cers and directors of the Kings Mountain Little Theatre. With work already un derway on plans for the 1952 season and a repeat run of "Then Conquer We Must!", it can be easily seen that Mr. Peeler and the other officers have a con siderable task already laid out. The de tailed work and planning for such a per formance is enormous. With the past year's experience, it is easy to predict a successful forthcoming year for the Kings Mountain Little Theatre. Santa Claus is coming! Those who must do more than last-minute shopping for the Christmas season have taken a glance at their calendars and have been surprised, as they are annually, that the Christmas season is close by. Plans are already underway for the Merchants Association's annual season-opening and it should be better than ever. The calendar says Christmas is one-day less than two months hence. A best bow to the six members of Fair view Lodge Number 339, A. F. & A. M? who have completed 25 years of activity Masons. They are Arnold W. Kincaid, Howard V.. Herndon, William T. Brad ford, Hugh D. Ormand, Horace E. Grant, and O. O. Walker. - v ? 10 YEARS AGO Items of news about Kings Mountain area people and eTenti THIS WEEK taken tiom the 1941 files of the Kings Mountain Herald. Dr. Robert N. "Bobbie" Baker, son of Dr. and Mrs. L. P. Baker left last Friday for Norfolk. Va? where he enlisted in the If. S. Marines. Miss Phyllis Patterson, gradu ate of Kingr- Mountain High | School, has been elected president j of th-J Senior Class of Erskine College. B. N. Barnes, Supt. of the City Schools, Dr. L. P. Baker, A. H. Patterson, B. S. Nelll and C. G. White went to Charlotte Tuesday evening where they attended the annual dinner session of the South Piedmont District of the North Carolina- School Board As-1 sedation. .. .. Social and Personal ' Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Mauney celebrated their twenty-fifth wed ding aniversary with a brilliant reception at their home Saturday night. Mrs. Lester Hoke was hostess to the members of the Study Club at her home on Gold Street Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. H. EX Lynch was recently appointed president of the Senior Woman's Club to succeed Mrs. Aubrey Mauney. who resigned on account of duties as district chair '. it. ' man. . The Gleaners Class of the First Baptist ehuTCh held its regular monthly meeting Saturday in the | new home of Mrs. D. E. Tate [with Mrs. Shaley Gibson as Joint hostess. I Members of the Eunice Class of j the First Baptist church, were I entertained at the home of Mrs. ! G. A. Bridges, Monday evening i with Mrs. Bridges. Mrs. Manley Moorehead and Mrs. Charles Blalock, hostesses. Mrs. E. L Campbell entertain ed met nbera of her Book Ciub and a number of invited gueato at her ho? u? ThurKtaji B^k MARTIN'S MEDICINE By Martin Harmon ingredients: bits of news, uAadom, humor, and comment. Direction. ?: Take weekly, if possible, but avoid overdosage. Backward Glimpses Ever so often, some citizen will be rummaging through an oM trunk, or his attic, or some other storage space,, will find some old newspapers and drop them by the medicinal desk. They never fail" to interest and to excite, and thus today's con coction should be an interesting one. Garland Still was cleaning up some old storage at City Hall some weeks ago, and fav ored us with some vintage cop ies of the Herald during the years in which files were not kept. b-g There was one from 1929, there were two from 1930, five from 1931, tour from 1932, two from 1933, and two from 1934. They set forth many items of interest about Kings Mountain citizens, past and present. 1929: This April 11 issue was a four-page model, edited by the late G. G. Page. Town Clerk Charlie Dilling officially called the town election in that issue, on order by the board of com missioners. There was no large election organization in those days. Charlie himself was the registr&r, and the Judges were S. C. Ratterree and D. A. Ful ton . . . O. T. Hayes, Jr., then a seventh grader, had won second place in the Boys Declaimers' contest at BoHing Springs, and high school debaters of that year were Joe and Ruth Pen land, Victoria Hughes and Mar tha Cornwell . . . S. S. Weir, then-postmaster, was showing off a gold medal he had been awarded "not for any achieve ment of his own, but for a fine dairy beast, now dead, whose three daughters have passed the gold medal test in milk and butter fat production" . in a "with the churches" column, de tailed stories on church activi ties had been penned by I. S. McElroy, Presbyterian pastor, C. J. Black, First Baptist pas tor, and Arthur M. Huffman, Lutheran pastor . . . according to an advertisement, it cost one dollar to get a suit or silk dress cleaned. b-g 1930: In June, the community was already making plans for the big sesqui-centennial cele bration of the Battle of Kings Mountain, a Herald editorial was supporting the Jonai, Bill for a $225,000 appropriation for development of the battle ground and there was consider able hope and confidence that ? President Hoover would attend the celebration (he did) . * . W. K. Mauney was president of the Kings Mountain Civltan club and six had been arrested for stealing from Keeter's . . . Ford Motor Company was advertis ing a roadster for $435, f. o. b. Detroit ... In August, the bat tle celebration was nearer and getting even more attention . . . the Kings Mountain committee, included J. S. Mauney, honor ary chairman, Rev. J. R. Church, chairman, Walter Dil ling, vice-chairman, and J. B. Thomasson, secretary. . G. D. Hambright was chairman of the money-raising division . . . B. J. King had taken over the Herald as lessee, and the Im perial Theatre was showing Lon Chaney in "The Unholy Three". During the fiscal year, the city statement showed gross receipts of $122,567. b-g 1931: Thp senior class was doing "Romeo and Juliet". A mong the actors were William Lawrence Mauney, Jack Or mand. Wilton Crawford, Jacob Cooper, Sam Weir, Hilliard Black, James Houser, Ruth Jenkins, Hazel Herndon, Laura Mauney, Ralph Mauney, Bar bara Summltt, Sara Ormand, Ned Hord and Mary Foust Plonk. . .The Southern Railway was running a lot of excursion . specials, and the First Baptist church' Sunday School annex had been damaged by fire , . . Sullivan's Corporation had bought out Cohen's . . .the city was paving 40,000 square yards of streets, and the C. E. Nelsler family had given a lot for the I building of the Woman's Club . . .On West school's first grade > honor roll were Willie Jean Everhart, Sara Herndon, Fan ny LIttleJohn, Henriette Man get, Betty Lee Nelsler, Ttaelma Welch, I. Ben Goforth, Jr., Charles A. Goforth, Wilson Griffin, Stokes Keller and Jo Keeter. A hopeful Hmald head line, over a story recounting several construction Jobs, read "Kings Mountain Not Feeling Depression". b-g 1932: The high school band was giving its flfst public con cert, with the assistance of bands from Concord, Kannapo 1 is and Lexington. L. M. Smith was director . . . The Tube Rose snuff folks were running a big prize contest, and Mrs. W. G. Caveny wan leading a very close Herald subscription sales contest . . . The Woman's Club was putting on a Spring Flow er festival . . . Belk's had Just opened In Kings Mountain and was offering 54-inch oil cloth at 15 cents per yard . . . pros pects lor the high school foot 1 CROSSWORD + ? + By A. C. Gordon 1 ?ymbol for oriotinf (ymbol foe DOWN 1 ? Ancient Ofttk story* toller ?? Debit (abbrev.) 4 ? 'Abbreviated "credit" i American 6 ? Employ ? ? Preposition 9 ? Renowned Scottish novelist end poet JO? Kfther 1 1? The day before today (nbbrev.) n ? Printer's a* ?aiare 16 ? To II ? Hungarian whose name la port of a Journalistic ?? ** >1 ? itbUol Mtrian J J? Famous batch | ,jM tuumph 16? Aerial railway sfcO -a f>ai .ilil.l * ? -Of KHrta OCOUilCl pocv SI ? Sxclamation of query J1 ? District Attorney (abbrev.) S* ? College degree 40 ? Mythological m chanced Into a 1 41 ? Annoys by foall 44 ? American Army surgeon who gave his name to a well-known hospital 47 ? Sorrowed 49 ? Confined SI? Behold 53 ? Old Portuguese coin 54 ? Poetical "even" 56? '?Pronoun 58 ? Roman numeral ? 60 ? Canadian provlrieo ? (abbrev.) 61 ? One of the continents (abbrev.) See The Want Ad Section Fox This Week's Completed Puzzle Viewpoints of Other Editors DOG-EAT-DOG ElkLn Tribune Speaking of automobile acci dents and ' the bad manners of people who operate automobiles, anyone interested in a first hand demonstration has only to at tend a baseball game at Memor ial Park. Fortunately, no bad accidents have occurred over at the park, but we imagine that before the season is over there will have been a number of dented fenders and inflamed tempers. It all begins when the game is over. Cars are parked neatly and compactly on the parking lot ad joining the baseball field. And the minute the crowd comes hur rying from the gates, getting out of the parking lot Is turned into a dog-eat-dog affair. People who otherwise are polite and courteous as an ordinary rule, will risk life and limb and all four fenders, to gain Ax feet in a traffic line. They'll dash out of their parking space right into the path of another car with a great sinning of wheels and then a squaklng of brakes. And then from the park all the way to town, they'll start and stop, start ball team were James Layton, Somen Collins, Bruce McDan iel, O. - T. Hayes, Clarence Smith, Phillip Baker, William Anthony, Jessie Wilson, Rich ard Wilson, Haywood Warlick, Caradine Moss, and Cicero Falls... b-9 The space requirements fil led, if not run over, it appears 1933 will have to wait . . .The Medicinal department is very glad to get these old, missing papers, and hopes that none of our readers will ever burn any old Heralds If they are dated prior to 1913, or between 1926 to 1934. It's right Interesting history. and stop, in the long line of traf fic, and will probably have gain ed ten seconds by their display of discourteous driving. Those who are wise and care ful, sit quietly in their cars until the traffic has cleared up. Tfcen they drive calmly and safely home? and probably arrive there Just as quickly as if they had fought their way in the traffic Jam. Sometimes we think a majority of people are Just not ready for the automobile age. MIDDLE EAST OIL % 'W?. Thb People The most encouraging thing about the. dispute between the Iranian government with the British owners of the oil conces sions in Iran, is the fact that Russia and its satellites will not be able to tap these oil resources. The world's biggest refinery Is idle and the pipe lines have been plugged because there Is no place to store either the crude or the refined oil. As much as the Rus sians might want to get this oil. they do not have the tankers, nec essary to transport it, and the over-land haul from the refinery to Russia is too long and costly to Justify Russia in getting the OIL British appeal to the Security Council of the United Nations to back up the decision of the World Court that the Iranian Govern ment is in the wrong about its action in confiscating the pro perty could involve the United States in the dispute. After some bickering the labor government in England conceded the right of Iran to nationalize their biggest national resource A government that had socialized and national ized much private industry in England could not very well af ford to oppose nationalization of oil by Iran. Eighteen Stores Have "A" feting A total of 18 grocery markets have a rating oi grade "A" and 14 have a rating of "B". The four tourist homes which includes Fisher's Tourist Home, Maple Tourist Home, Morrow Tourist Home, and Peeler's tourist home have a rating of "A" each. The announcement was made this week by the Cleveland County Health Department. The grade "A" markets in clude: J. E. Aderholt & Sons, B & B Food Store, T. F. Ballard, Bark ley Brothers, L. W. Barrett, route 1, Blalock's Grcoery, route 2, Davis Grocery, Dixie Home Store, W. M. Gantt GFrocery, Gault & Sons, Uncle Henry's Grocery, route 1, Margrace Mill Store, Mauney Cash Grocery, Payne's Grocery, Phenix Mill Store, Plonk Brothers Grocery, Red mond's Grocery and Ware and Heavner Grocery. Grade "B" markets Include: A & P Store, 88; Crawford's Grocery, 87; Davis & Son Gro cery, 85; Economy Cash Grocery, 81.5; Ellison's Grocery, 88.5; Glass Grocery, route 2, 88.5; No lan Grocery, 80.5; Pauline Mill Store, 84.5; Rhea Grocery, 88; Roberts Cash Grocery, 81.5; Shockley Grocery, 80.3; Stowe Grocery, 86.5; Timm's Cash Store, route 2, 86.5; and Weir Grocery, 84.5; Grade "C" markets include-: Alexander's Store, 75.5; Bar ber's Grocery, 79; S & T Grocery, 77; West End Grocery, 75; and Yarboro Cash Grocery, 77. Fifty years ago farm women had 77 percent more ? children than urban women; now they have only about 51 percent more. I ? ? I ? ? ? ? Dr^-L. T. Anderson Chiropractor PROTECT YOUR CLOTHES ... by herring them cleaned regularly trt . . . WEAVER'S CLEANERS Phone 551-W First National Bank PRESENTS INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA STATE NICKNAME-TARHEELS Around 1710, the principal products were tar, pitch, and tur pentine. During the War Between the States, a column sup porting N. C. troops were driven from the field and the North Carolinians fought the battle out successfully and alone. Someone asked them, "Any more tar in the Old North State, boys?" "Not a bit," he was told, "Old Jeff bought it all up." "What's he gonna do with it," was asked. "He's gonna put it on you'n heels 'to make you stick better in the next fight," came the answer. Gen. Lee, hearing of the incident, said "Bless ' the Tar Heel Boys.'^and from that, they took the name. We hove one of the strongest vaults in the state. Our Safety Deposit Boxes offer a service unsurpassed in this territory, at a nominal cost. Now Is the time to Secure Your Box. Come in, and inspect our . Safe-Deposit Boxes and Vault. FIRST NATIONAL BANK Cool Off In Summer's Heat! Eat
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