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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 postoffice at Kings Mountain, N. C., under Act , of Congress of March 3, 1873 EDITOB1AL DEPARTMENT Martin Harmon Editor-Publisher 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) TCLEpHO~jlf? NUMBERS? 167 or 283 SUBSCRIPTION RATES, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE ONE YEAR? $2.50 SIX MONTHS ? $1.40 THREE MONTHS? 75c BY MAIL ANYWHERE TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the first fruits of all thine increase.? Proverbs 3:9. A Year Ahead The tempo of political activity throughout the nation is quickening,, and there will be no surcease from po litical news and speculation until next November. ' The efforts of a large group of "rene gade" or more liberal Republicans to Win the nomination of the party for Gen eral Dwight Eisenhower is currently re ceiving the big play, predominantly be cause the general has not said he would be a candidate. Added to the questions are whether the General is a Republican or Democrat, or neither, and the fact that General Ike works for the man he might likely be running against should ? htrwinTfffc GOP nomination. Meantime, Senator Robert A. Taft, a threetime loser at the Republican con vention in his effort to win the GOP nomination, is making tracks for con vention votes, and observers who follow political maneuverings regularly know that the politicians love a winner, whe ther the arena be the convention or the nation-wide election. It is the opinion of most observers that General Eisenhower would be a hands down choice to win the presidency next November, should he win the nomina tion of either major party. He is regard ed as the one sure-bet who could turn the South away from the Democrat col umns. In spite of the defections by Sen ator Byrd, Governor Byrnes, and other Southern leaders, few observers are too confident that Senator Taft, with his flat platform personality, could capture more than the votes that went Dixiecrat in 1948. It will be an interesting year. Biggest practical objection to General Eisenhow er is his military background. The his tory books show that the generals-be come-president were not particularly outstanding. Yet he is undoubtedly the ' most popular of the men being mention ed as presidential possibilities today, and that factor cannot be ignored by those who manipulate the strings and who know that the only good race, in politics, is a winning race. ;r- _ Hope For Peace The long-drawn-out armistice talks continue in what may, or may not, result in a ceasefire in Korea. ? . Meantime, United Nations forces, pre dominately American, continue to main tain constant pressure on the enemy, in a combination of forces which might be called a diplomacy throughstrength pol icy. Again, it is a policy long-followed by England in various points on the globe. Some say it is the policy which bled Eng land white, but it is more likely that her part in two World Wars represented the real reason for England's current econo mic difficulties. The feeble, futile efforts to obtain commitments from Hitler proved a waste of time, for Hitler had the power. This recent folly has resulted in the change in American policy which now prescribes "peace through strength". It has not seemed to work too well, either. In truth, many Americans are most unhappy with the Korean business, and they wish the government would ac-. cept whatever terms the enemy offers to stop the firing and the dreaded cas ualty lists. There is no reading of the Communist mind, for the Communists are masters of the about-face, and the change of mind. Everyone hopes this business will be wound up. Should It be, it will be a vic tory, albeit a minor one, for the policy of peace through strength. Buy A Rose The city's Living Beautification com mittee is taking the first step toward making Kings Mountain a more lovely and attractive place in which to live by marketing 1,000 rose plants among in dividual citizens. Later, more rose plants will be marketed and rose beds will be planted on public sites that now are barren and ugly. The rose project is a long-term project and not one designed to accomplish won ders overnight. If continued, as planned, however, it will mean much in improving the appearance of the community. Other communities have done well by themselves and for themselves in mak ing city-wide efforts at beautification. Motorists through Forest City usual ly comment these days on the growth of the trees along Highway 74 which were planted several years ago in honor of the men from that city who served in World War II. Morganton, another city of the area, is known as the mimosa city, majoring in a multiplicity of mimo sa trees. ;; And these are just a few examples. A growing, living flower or tree, over the years, gives the community a trade mark of beauty. ? Buy some rose plants and kill several birds with one stone. A best bow to Rev. W. L. Pressly, new chairman, and Fred W. Plonk, 1952 fund drive chairman, of the Kings Mountain Chapter, American Red Cross. Both are responsible positions, for the Red Cross, in addition to do.'rg its part in nation wide Red Cross objectives, serves as the Kings Mountain area's only on-the-scene welfare agency. It is an effective liason agent between civilians and their kin in the armed service, between needy peo ple and county welfare service, and in many other avenues of service. A New Free Service Effective last Saturday, it became possible to pick up the telephone and call a friend or business house in neigh boring Bessemer City without calling for the long distance operator, and, in turn, paying a toll for that service. Southern Bell Telephone and Tele graph Company had made good on its pledge to provide this service, which was one of the conditions of its last rate raise for residential subscribers. It is now possible for all Kings Moun tain subscribers to call, free of charge, other numbers in Grover. Shelby and Bessemer City, which is the major part of territory adjacent to Kings Mountain. The telephone, increasingly, becomes a more valuable means of communica tion. American Telephone and Telegraph Company, parent of Southern Bell, made a report last week ip which it stated that 49 million phones are in use in the United States, eight million more than the num ber of families. Still, the company repor ted, the backlog of requests for tele phone service remains almost constant. This is true in Kings Mountain, where installation men keep busy constantly installing new phones, yet quickly find new applications on the list. The telephone, more and more, has be come a virtual necessity in an age which constantly finds the pace of living quick ened. Buy a broom, or door m*t, or both, from the Lion salesman this week, if you haven't already. Aid to the sightless is a wonderful investment, not only in its charitable aspects, but in rehabilitation. i EARS AGO Items of news about Kings Mountain area people md events X V/ THIS WEEK taken from the 1941 files of the Kings Mountain Herald. Receipts at the Kings Mountain Post Office during October broke all records except the December month which carry an exception ally larger sale. The down-town streets Hallo we'en night were swamped with school boys and girls as well as a large number of grown ups. Hobgoblins and spooks were ev erywhere. Social and Pergonal Mr*. Carl Mauney entertained her bridge club Thursday after noon. The home was decorated with chrysanthemums. A delici ous salad and sweet course was served. Peggy ?nd Gene Mauney enter tained a number of their young friends at a moat enjoyable Hal lowe'en party at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Au brey Mauney last Friday after noon from five to seven. Mr. and Mra. Franklin Ware were the weekend guests of home folks. Mr. and Mra. Fred Balrd and children of Shelby came over to hear Rev. Press ly who is a broth er of Mrs. Balrd. | Mr. Otto Williams, second lieu tenant In the army air corpaand instructor at Gunter Field, Mont gomery, Ala., has resumed his duties there after a visit at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Williams. Rev. and Mr*. Herman G. Fish er are attending the national meeting of the United Lutheran Churches of America In Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Ladd Hamrlck, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hamrlck en Joyed the Circus in Charlotte Monday evening. I MARTIN'S MEDICINE By Martin Harmon Ingredients : bits of new, wisdom , humor, and comment. Direction*-. Take weekly, if possible, but avoid overdosage. Roses, Brooms, Cots If the title of this piece makes today's effort appear like a catch-all, there can be "really no effort to cover it up. The football results are shell shocking me regularly and I would not be shocked at an oc casional medicinal fumble. ?-b-c The weather, that interest ing and ever-changing subject, be added to the soup, without any trouble at all. t-b-c It's rose week and broom week in Kings Mountain, and Cat Week over the nation. Whe ther any Kings Mountain cat lovers are taking special note of the occasion, I have not heard, not being a member of the American Feline Society, r-b-c Of course, I'm not a mem ber of the rose society either. But the Living Beautification committee has been hard at work in its firs* step toward making Kings Mountain the rose city and I hope the work is productive of results, which it will be. r-b-c I am not much of a horticul turist and; haven't b?on since the pleasant, days of childhood when I majored in nasturtiums and was blessed with some suc cess. Later on, the flower-grow ing business seemed more and more like work, which meant I traveled another path. r-b-c I am very fond of the rose, however, in an academic sort of way, for it is a beautiful flower and gives off a most pleasant aroma. It is delicate and sweet and much like some womenfolks I've met in my time. Theyfve got thorns, too. r-b-c Broom week is the project of the Kings Mountain Lions club and is continuing this week. Again my Interest in the broom business is somewhat academic, though I lean more to the broom-selling department than to the broom-using department, r-b-c ?I have had some experi ence on the broom-wielding side and, at times, have considered myself an expert. Lately I haven't done as much broom ing, but I remember that a new broom sweeps cleaner than an old one. r-b-c If the Beautification folks sell a thousand roses and the Lions sell a thousand brooms, I suppose the football folk would call that a slashing dou-" ble-wlng attack on the forces of dirt and dereliction, the latter referring to sites, of course, r-b-c The cat business is a booming one, with an estimated popula tion, usually unimpeachable sources report, of about 21,000, 000 In the United States. This total includes high-blooded, reg istered animals of several dif ferent breeds, as well as the mongrels which are true dem ocrats and know no barriers in their courtirtg relations. It is estimated that about half of the cats have hordes, a big in crease during the past few years, it is reported, but with much more work left for the society to do. r-b-c My relations with cats would probably blackball me with the cat folks, not to men tion the- cats. As a sadistic youth, I remember one Christ mas season a stunt which was most hard on the cat. Firecrac kers were standard pack in the Santa Claus bags of that year and era and the youngsters na turally put their imaginations to work to determine novel ways of firing them The usual end-point was to make the "bang" louder. It was discover ed that a tin can as a shell case made a two-inch model sound like a much bigger one and then someone spotted a lethar gic cat which was minding its own business. He was enticed by some devious method, and it was decided to attach one of our home-made grenades to the cat's tail and see what happen ed. After the preliminary work, the cat was turned loose, and, burdened by the grenade, start ed off at a slow trot, evidently not too disturbed by the sput ter of the lighted fuse. Thia sit uation did not last for long, for the loud explosion quickly transformed Mr. cat Into a grey streak. It was a lousy stunt, but try as I might, I can't help laughing when I think of that cat, leaping Into the atr and taking off like * low-flying air plane. r-b-c Every business firm once bad cats on the payroll as mouse policemen, and the cat-hole, cut near the door to give the police man freedom of movagMttt* was a standard part of architect ture. But tl.e chemical rat ex terminators and the trap-mak eys seemingly have 7|orged ahead In this field, relegating cats to the role of mere pet*. 1 r-fr* But one commentator re marked on Cat Week, "What the world needs Is not more but fewer catty remark*." CROSSWORD * ?? ? By A. C. Gordon Viewpoints of Other Editors ACROSS th? About the Home 4} ? Uceitttd 4 i? Chemical symbol for nickel 46 ? Farewell 48 ? Southern U.S. State (abbrev.) 49 ? Feminine undergarment 51? Pace S3? Relaxed 55? Changed baby '? diet 58 ? Internal photograph* J# ? Thu? DOWN 1 ? Exclamation c t greeting 1 ? Perfume* 3 ? Houae plant 4 ? Meaaure of ana J ? Parental nickname 6 ? AJBk-Hoo of the eye 7 ? An Outcry - ? ? no? at the sraab 10 ? A popular diah straight from the barnyard 11 ? Scottlah "no" IS ? Chemical symbol foe tellurium 14 ? Medical 18 ? Rreakfest food JO ? Preposition 21 ? Chemical symbol for ?Umoum 13- ?;,-nlar flavorer 24 ? To boar the expense of another's entertainment I?1 ? Met hod of writing J 7? A fruit . . 2# ? Woeltahop implement 30 ? Prefix denoting priority 34 ? Extracts the soap out of the laundry . 36 ? Destroy 38 ? Ornamental |*-n ^ 0? Makes for easier 41 ? Thoroughfare 41-&?r") 44 ? Cooking compartment 48 ? The summit 47 ? Employ* SO? Pronoun S3? Chemical symbol for tantalum 53 ? Ancient sun god 54 ? Medical man 35. ? Abbreviated OA western state (Tar.) 56 ? Perform See The Want Ad Section For This Week's Completed Puzzle THIS GOES ON IN FREE AMERICA Rutherford County News Congressman Graham Barden, of North Carolina, chairman of the House labor committee, an nounced last week that a Con gressional Investigation would be made of labor practices at the billion-dollar hydrogen bomb ma terials plant in S. C., near Augus ta, Ga., beginning next week. He is to be highly commended for this. Barden has the courage of his convictions. He is not afraid to "speak out." We knew him in college. If you read the articles in the Charlotte Observer last week, as we did, by Leslie Gould, it made your blood "boil." He told of the waste, politics, union racketeer ing and inflation at this big plant. A laborer cannot work without first joining the union. It's al right to join the union if one wishes to, but it's un-American to force anybody to join a labor un ion, or any organizations against their wishes. The initial fee to join the labor union, according to Gould is $23. That is just the first payment. You are not assured of a Job after you Jo!*-, and pay $23. The "Uriion Shop" requirement is violating the Taft-Hartley law, which is being ignored by the la bor unions, Atomic Energy Com mission and the U. S. Dept. of Labor. Gould also reports that there is much "loafing on the job." He reports much bungling, inefficien cy and waste, which is nothing new -a Federal Government pro jects. Yet, all this goes on in Free America. Watchman, what of the night? . . All phases of apple handling require careful attention if the producer expects to receive good' profits. This was shown in tests conducted recently by the U. S. Department of Agriculture. WELFARE ROLLS Forest City Courier Attorney-G eneral Richard fervin has ruled that Florida's welfare rolls may be opened to public inspection if the state wel fare board rescinds its ruling for bidding such practice. Ervin said the Welfare Board would be wise to follow the prin ciples established by Congress re cently and open the state welfare rolls to public inspection. The lists are now kept secret under a Welfare Board rule adopted 14 years ago. f In North Carolina the situation seems to be the same as in Flo rida. Under a regulation adopted July 1st. 1942 the North Carolina Board of Public Welfare adopted rules which prohibit the publish ing or making public welfare rolls. From our investigation there seems to be no actual state law banning the publicizing of welfare lists, but regulations of the Board of Public Welfare are tantamount to a law. The Florida Attorney-General has ruled that "an appropriate regulation, drafted to conform with the amended Federal sta tutes, may be issued by the State Welfare Board to permit access to the' records of recipients of J welfare assistance, so long as such rule contains firm prohibi- 1 tion against the use of such in formation for commercial or po litical purposes." ? In view of this we wonder why the North Carolina State Board of Public Welfare does not yield to universal demand, and pass a resolution opening up the welfare rolls, in conformity with the re cently passed Federal Act? 1 I vv*"" < i on r muts ??Mtmir itiap ... a i-jt ..... ? for the jpfl BepaiS Opening Meeting Set On Inland FUhlng ? The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission will meet in the Hall of the House of Rep resentatives in Raleigh on No vember 16, 1951, to set regula tions lor fishing in the inland wa ters of North Carolina during the calendar year 1952. After the reg ulations are established they will be printed and distributed to each fishing license buyer as soon as possible. In announcing the meeting, Clyde P. Patton, executive direc tor of the commission,' stated that the meeting wil be open to the public so that fishermen interest new fishing regulations will have edin making suggestions for the ample oportunity to present their views. "The public meeting to hear the views of fishermen with re gard to setting the new fishing regulations is in keeping with the Wildlife Commission's policy of giving sportsmen and other interested persons ample oppor tunity to express their views as to how the hunting and fishing regulations are to be set,'' Patton Sgt. Dixon At Ft. Benning FORT BENNING? Master Ser geant Boyce K. Dixon, son of Mr. and Mi's. W. E. Dixon, of Route 2, Kings Mountain, N. C., has been assigned to the 41st Field Artil-> lery Battalion at Fort Benning, Georgia. Sgt. Dixon has Just returned form Korea,, where he. served with the 3rd Division Artillery. Sgt. Dixon served both with the Korean occupation forces, and as a member of the American Fight ing Forces. He participated in one major campaign. Dixon's assignment to "C" Bat tery, 41st Field Artillery Batta lion makes him a member of Fort Benning's Training Com mand. j said, "and the public Is cordially invited to attend." In 1952, slightly more food is likely to be available to consu mers, perhaps at prices a little higher than in 1951, but consu ers are expected to have more dollars available for buying food. EYES EXAMINED GLASSES FITTED DR. D. M. MORRISON OPTOMETRIST IN KINGS MOUNTAIN. MORRISON BUILDING On Each Tuesday and Telephone 316- J Friday Afternoons EVENING BT Hours I to 5 P. M. APPOINTMENT PROTECT YOUR CL OTHES . . . by having them cleaned regularly at . . . WEAVER'S CLEANERS Phone 551-W First National Bank PRESENTS INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA Our Venetian Blinds c\.o all . metaL id ladder ? woven or plastic tape. Choice of colon in tapes and slats. Buy Direct from the manufacturer and Sarel Novelite Venetian Blind York Road Novelite Prices are IM ?m-: ? y. IWT or CMEROKEE RESERVATION The Cherokee Reservation nomprists 63,000 acres in Jackson, Graham, Swain, and Cherokee counties. In 1138. during the Indian removal by U. 8. soldiers, a group of Chrrokees fled to this territory ttd defied capture. The Indians on the Reser vation are their descendants. Officers Who govern domestic matters are all elective. There are modern schools here and 'the children are taught many useful trades. The annual Chsio* 'kee Indian Tatr Is held usually daring the first week of October. HI'; .*# ????'? 'iv AtE'1 Borrowsrs do not bars tosay 'pleas* to us. We could not opsrots ths bank without our food tuctomsrs " ?" ? ? uss of bank crsdlt ? ? . . . ?' ?. a)K; lV-V FIRST NATIONAL m:kM BANK I ff Wo am " I
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