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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 vlcity, published every Thursday by the Herald Publishing House. ? ? ' Entered as second class matter at the postof flee at Kings Mountain, N. C, under Act ; of Congress of March 3, 1873 . \ EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Martin Harmon .. .. Editor-Publisher Charles T. Carpenter, Jr. ..m,. ... . Sports, Circulation, News Mrs* P. D. Herndon Society Mrs. Dot Hamm ... Advertising, News MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT Eugene Matthews Horace Walker George W. Gaynor Ivan Weaver* Charles Miller Paul Jackson * (?- -Member of Armed Forces) TELEPHONE NUMBERS ? 167 or 283 ' SUBSCRIPTION RATES. PAYABLE IN ADVANCE ONE YEAR? JEL80 SIX MONTHS? ?1.40 THREE MONTHS? 75c BY MAIL ANYWHERE TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE ~ftnd if I go and prepare a place for you. I will come again, and receive you unto my self; that where I am. there ye may be also. St. John 14:3. William Henry Belk The death last week of William Henry Belk, pioneer merchandising genius, re moves from North Carolina one qf its elder foremost citizens. Mr. Belk's success story is truly an in teresting and exciting one, for he was a product of the South's bitter Recon 'struction era who overcame the trials and tribulations of the period and who pyramided small savings from low earn ings into a vast merchandising empire. Mr. Belk, indeed, traveled a long road from Union Count y. Mr. Belk, in addition to his_consider able attention to business, was always an active churchman. A few years ago,, when Dixon Presby terian church was holding its first ser vice, Mr. Belk was listed on the program as "merchant prince and Christian statesman". The Herald does not know whether this connotation was originat ed by Rev. P. D. Patrick, the pastor, but it was a unique description of Mr. Belk and a compliment of which any person would be proud. Often men who meet with worldly, suc cess are prone to forget the more import ant spiritual aspects of living. Mr. Belk did not, and many would credit this fac tor as a pillar of his foundation in the exciting field of merchandising. How To Save Tl).o chronic cry of almost everyone is: How can 1 save? There are a multiplicity of "why not" answers, not too many of the, other kind. High prices, bigger tax bites, pay ments on the television sot, and many . other statements of similar kind can show conclusively that none can save in the current economy. It has always lveen thus, in good times and bad. About the only time it has been easy to, save was during World VVar II. ?when the shelves of the merchandise ineecas were no) full and when- durable' go.ods and homes were oft t he markets Now there seem U> be top many; wa\s' . n> spend the income, or what's left ot ii after the tax man is served. Vet people do sa\ e. . ' Recent annual meeting Of the Kings Mountain -Building & Loan association completed the annual gatherings of shareholders of the coomiunity:s three financial institutions. All showed re ports, at December o'L. Pfoli which indi cated -that many Kings Mountain people are dedicated to saving a portion of w hat t hey earn. The savings account-col iimiis of the three ihsiiiut tons totaled to no small item. .The answer for most - persons is in small, regular sayings, tl'ie type of sa\ ings that "are not. missed", yet.. over a period of time, begm to count up to a' nice sum. both in the' aggregate- and in di\ id ually. A person who thinks he > an't Save a thing should have a talk with the offi eials of one of these firms. They w ill tell him how to save. Announcement by Woodrow- W. Jones. I'. S. Congressman for the 11th North Carolina district that, if re elected, he would continue to oppose the extrava gance of the federal .'government and would use hi.s influence to halt the ever rising tax bill, i* welcomed by his consti tuents and other North Carolinians." Ac tually,' this policy by Mr. Jones will be a continuance of the policy he has prac ticed since hp went to Washington to succeed the late A. L. Bulwinkle. Our congratulations to Dan Huffstet ler new president of the Kings Mountain Merchant association. Red Cross Time Next month is Red Cross month throughout the nation and in Kings Mountain, though leaders of the Kings Mountain chapter's 1952 fund campaign are hopeful that their work will have been completed long before the end of March. Their job is not an inconsiderable one, for the raising of funds in the amount of $G,500 means that a large proportion of the citizens of Number 4 Township must be contacted for gifts. It is historical that successful fund-raising depends on the degree of direct contacts. Nor is the job an unimportant one . . The American Red Cross, is a neces sary voluntarjrTTCIjunct to the operation of the nrmed services, the hospitals of the nation, and the public welfare agen cies of the nation. The quick action of the Red Cross in providing aid to the ill and injured and homeless in disaster areas is known by all. Many feel the nationwide Red Cross- blood program alone justifies, its existence and strong support. In Kings Mountain, the Red Cross is equally important. Many are the calls it receives for various and sundry types of aid. It endeavors to process them on the basis of need, and seldom has a wor thy request fur medicine, or for emerg ency aid of any kind, gone unheeded. If denied, the reason was lack of funds. Perhaps more important on a long term basis, the Red Cross is the one ef fetive liason agent between the indigent and their continued well-being. The Red Cross professional staff is cognizant of the cases qualified, for instance, for pub lie welfare. These officials many times have been known to budget a needy fam ily's small income, including the obtain ing of low priced rental dwellings, in or der that a meagre income could be *t retched to cover the basic necessities ol food, clothing and shelter. The sum Of SU>, 500 does not appear as large, it it is divided by the population of Number I Township. lnflation means to some that monetary contributions should be larger, and they should be. where (he individual or business can af 1 1 nil it'. But a one dollar per person gift from each citizen of the township would mean that the quota would he consider ably over-subscribed. When the member of the solicitation committee ? who is giving, in addition to money, time and effort ? asks for the Red Cross contribution, give and give li berally. The appeal is most deserving. Out congratulations to the member ship ol First Wesley an Methodist church on the dedication of their educational building. Dedication Day is always a happy one, for it means that the heavy load of debt has been lifted and that the church can turn its attention to further steps <>f temporal-spiritual advance merit. * t Another worthy appeal, and not a large one. is the Heart Fund campaign. The figures on death from heart disease show its ravages as a killer. The sum of S(>25 is not a great amount to give as Kings. Mountain's portion of this nation wide effort to cut the derth total from heart disease from three quarter mil lions- of people annually. Our congratulations to Miss Myrtle Hovle, Kings Mountain senior at Ap palachian State Teachc-rs college, who has been elected to membership in the college's chapter of the national honor ary forensic society. ?? Y EARS AGO Items of news about Kings Mountain area people and events J, v/T HIS WEEK taken from the 1942 files of the Kings Mountain Herald.' Kings Mountain received its biggest snow since January 19-10 when flakes began to full about S a. m. Tuesday morning which soon covered theground. L. G. Hord, Assistant -Cashier of the First National Ba^V. has been appointed Explosive Ha. ion cr for the Kings Mountain area according to in annoi-r cemcnt from thi* Department of Interior, Six-Mil and Personal Mrs. O. P. Lewi*. nee Sara Kate Ormond was the inspiration ' of a lovely party given by Mrs. (Grady King at her home on West Mountain street Tuesday night, i Mrs. W. J. Wells, nee Miss j Geneva Hudspeth, was the ir.spir at ion for a miscellaneous shower given in her honor by-Miss Irerfe Gallant. Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Benson spent the weekend 111 Kannapolis with thefr daughter, Mrs. Good night. I Charles Carpenter of Clemson college spent the weekend at home. Miss Kathryn O'Farrell of Washington. D. C.. has been visit Ing her parents. Capt. and Mrs. O. C. O'Farrell. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Barber I were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Henderson at Graycourt, S. C-. | during the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Corn well and daughters. Margaret and Dorothy have returned from a trip to Miami and other points in Florida. MARTIN'S MEDICINE By Martin Harmon Ingredients: bits of news, wisdom, humor, and comment. Directional Take weekly, if possible, but avoid overdosage. Fan With Cop# Sam Davis, the tin-and-roof lng man, Bunny Abbott, the banker, and I were in a gas session the other morning and, somehow or another, the con versation turned tt> iaw-and-or der, with Sam remarking that he was too much of a coward to ever become a strong right arm o f the law. ? l-W-C V ? He then set forth to recount an experience which eliminated him forever as a constabulaiy prospect. It happened sortie years ago. f-w-c Sam was a pretty good friend of the Gastonia police chief, and dropped by his desk on a Saturday evening. Business was not brisk aryd they were having a pleasant conversation, until the chief remembered that he had to make a routine trip out to the edge of town. Sam was invited to go along. f-w-c As they cruised out toward the Luray (now Firestone) sec tion, Sam relates, they saw a big mountain of a man weaving from side to side and having considerable difficulty keeping on the sidewalk as he walked, or rolled, along. "Oh." says the chief, "it looks like we have a customer. I'm gonna stop, Sam. Tou get out and ask him if he wants to ride." Sam agreed and' accosted the man. He was bad drunk, but appreciative of the "ride". He got in the front seat, Sam in the back, and' it was several blocks toward the police sta- * tion before the inebriate got' his bearings and recognized the blueand?silver uniform of the chief for what it was. f-w-c "Where you taking me?", the drunk asked roughly. "I'm taking you to City Halt," the chief replied. "You're drunk.'* "Do you know who I am?" the drunk wanted to know. 'To the negative answer the drunk continued, "I'm from the mountains of East Tennessee, and I'm the meanest man in the world and I don't mean no little piece of it. I mean in the whole wide world. And we're going to City Hall 'cause I wanta go. understand? You ain't taking mo: we're going 'cause, I wanta "Sure, sure," the chief humor ed him. All the time. Sam was crouch ed in the back seat scared half to death and with constant vi sion of the drunken passenger grabbing the chief, who was driving, around the neck and. thereby wrecking the automo bile. f-w-c But they arrived at the police station without incident, the guy was celled and booked. On his person wa's found more . than S.-i.iHHi Lh cash, and papers indicating that ho was. in fact, froin the area west of Murphv. Suspecting robbery, the Oas tunia police called the sheriff of the Tennessee county. It brought the report that the money was undoubtedly the drunk's for he had just sold a farm. It also brought the re port that the man, when sober, Was the most mild, mirok char acter in the vicinity; hut. when drunk, was almost literally "the meanest man in the world", f-w-c After time had handled the sobriety prober:;, the man was ? mosi contrite, paid his fine in court, and looked up the chief to thank him for his ktnd treat ment and for putting him in the lock up. "Why, somebody might have taken all my money," the man said. "1 didn't cause you any trouble, did I?" f-w-c Sam says he never cruised with the policemen after that, f-w-c I never did either but once. Jim Tar let on. onetime chief deputy to the Stanly county sheriff was a great jokester. and still relished the incident whereby he nearly scared the daylights out of a newspaper photographer. He and his aides had taken the photographer off to the woods to get a picture of a liquor still. Just for the fun of it. Jim had arranged for part of the force to lose themselves temporarily, then to start firing their pistols in the underbrush near the still. Needless to savi the trick caused the desired re sults. The poor photographer turned white, then green, threw down his camera and took off like Blalock's bull. f-w-c Jim was always suggesting that I go off with him on a job and I finally agreed to Join him and friends on a trip 10 miles down the road to bring a de mented man to the jail, prior to taking him to Morganton. He'd been endangering the folk around him. With some mis givings, I went. However, the patient was quite docile when we arrived, and I drew the driving job on the return trip. It was ? mean, rainy day. The ? -St. 1 CROSSWORD By A. C. Gordon iiiJlUH MM Entertainment For Yon - ACROSS 1 ? Popular card fame 6 ? Type of game basket hall it tl ? Implements used m watery sport 12 ? Protection for the football player 14 ? Plot of land sur rounded by water 1 3 ? Woraen'i Contest (abbrev.J 16? Items needed lor beginning the wagers in poket ? 19? Printer's measure 20 ? Tennis net-ticker 22 ? Latin abbreviation for "that isM 23? Preposition 24 ? Your worthy opponent 2 5 ? Printer s measure 2 7-~i>istreu t'g-al 2.9? Exelpmntlon of 30? ^fhat tf-e umoire or referee does to any fame 33? To pat* a rope throush fniuti'al) 35? Comprts direition 36 ? -Important tart of a runner's phys'.que j9? Cji -.cat unit of 40 tr.t.\u*e -P?tabliihed a fine 42 ? Famous garden 44? An athletic hero 46 ? Tooth 48? Billiard shots SO? Military bodks 52 ? Abbreviated Orient 53 ? Playthings for the cowboy 55? High 56 ? Kind of advertising sign S8"r-Negative 59? To escape ?. 60- -Famous American jockey (pots.) 61 ? Basket for carrying on a person's back DOWN I ? Participant in a popu lar indoor sport 2 ? To vie In a contest of celerity 3 ? Ch :mical symbol for iridium 4 ? Distinguished Service Order (abbfev ) 5? Fencing implements 6 ? Mental imores ?' . 7 ? Prefix denoting "icpjratija frcnt" . 8 ? Bone 9? Combining form meaning "oil" 10 ? T) deny, in a card Cime ? definite, article 17? Creek letter 18 ? Shortened right 2 1 ? Popular form of I entertainment 24? Methods of scoring In a football game (two words). 26? Pronoun ? 28? Tree * 29 ? Pronoun 31? Employ 32? Chemical symbol for*, samarium 33? Football flank position (abbrev.) 34 ? To contcst >T? Wrestling holds J8 ? FootbftU position (two words) 40 ? Colloquial term ap plied 10 a dud in sport (pi.) 41--Mfca*um of gain in footbcll Cftbhrev.) 4 2-J-trrs^ih Naticnr.l . Order (abbre.v.) . 4 3 ? Oae who fashions a ? nest 45 ? Poetical "over" 47 ? 'Measure of area '(pi.) ^9? Sxf-msc of ground tot 54 ? ittlian river ST? Chemical symbol for n?odymium 59? lraat Sprinter* ( abbrcv. ) See The Want Ad Section For This Week's Completed PuzzJ* Viewpoints of Other Editors PLEASING THE PARKERS (Christian Science Monitor) One of the great failings of public law in the motor age has been its cumbersome and offen sive handling of parking viola tions. Foil wing an administra tive rut, when the municipal government came to deal with overtime parking it apparently could think only of the machin ery it had always used for may hem, fraud, and armed robbery? namely, the criminal law. Now a parking violator may be an inconsiderate nuisance and a chiseler against the rights of his fellow motorists, but he is scarce ly a criminal acting with malice aforethought and felonious in tent. To treat him as such na turally arouses his ire. A town in Kansas has tried a different approach -and it works. The city of El Dorado maybe there is something in a name) exacts a moderate penalty in stead of a police court fine when a motorist overparks. When a policeman spots a red flag flying on the parking meter he makes out a ticket on the back of n .small envelope. The car owner can pay a ice of 25 cents for each overtime hour if he does so with in 2-1 hours by dropping it in the envelope, in a spccial box, | If he neglects to do this, the (charge becomes SI. or if he does | not respond in 10 days a Warrant j is issueid. This makes the procedure more like the paying of taxes, where the delinquent pays a stiff inter est rate but is not haled into, court unless there is evidence of willful evasion of the law Whatever the legal analogies, the El Dorado plan has evoked ready cooperation from motor ists. And. what is more, the po licemen like it because, what with their none too happy lot, if has improved their popularity. roads were slick, and. for once, the tables were unwittingly turned on Jim. He couldn't un derstand why I didn't want to drive over 45 miles an hour. f-w-c The poor man remained hap py, however, until he was safe ly locked in the padded cell. Then he gave us a demonstra tion of how violent he might have been. Needless to say, I declined the invitation a couple days after to Join the tour to Morganton. To Rdtnw _ ML?n 9 c"*666 M m - *??* HMT MU?? PRESCRIPTION SERVICE We Fill any Doctors' Prt tcxlptUyu promptly and tccurately at reasonable irlcM with the confidence if your physician. ?" I. Kings Mountain Dragt Company THE REXALL STORE Phones 41 ? 81 We Call Eos and Delhrer ? ' ' y . I I :t-v* ?.6*. ;. > i . "i HIGH SCHOOL SMOKERS (The Gastonia Gazette) Youth to have its fling has rarely needed adult aid. That is why it seems the height of pam pering folly for the educational authorities of Greenwich, Conn., seriously to consider permitting high school sophomores, juniors and seniors to smoke publicly during school hours on a reserved area of the school property. Part of the expansion, strengthening and discipline of the mind that education connotes should fit these boys and girls to wait until school is out, The rule of no smoking by pu pils on high school property is universal. There are, of course, those who "sneak" smokes. Green wich probably will turn its back on this effort by children to be grownups. If not, its example is not likely td be followed else where. Lederle Announces New Drug For TB PEARL RIVER. N. Y?- A new chemical compound fob the treat ment of tuberculosis has been de veloped by lederle Laboratories. The drug is related to niacin, a vitamin commonly found in milk and egg yolks. Dr. J. H. Williams, Director of Research, said that the com pound, Aldinamide pyrazinamide, has shown effectiveness not only against the usual strains which] cause tuberculosis, but also against tubercule bacillus strains which have become resistant to streptomycin, the antibiotic most widely used for treating the di sease, Present indications are that this drug will have a place in the treatment of tuberculosis and will be [jarticularly useful aga'nst tu berculosis which has become re sistant to 8teptomycin. However, Tungsten On Being Mined In M. C. , TUNGSTEN, ? Every hour of every day, one or more crews are working here to help Uocto .Sam stockpile the mineral? Indispen sable in the atomic age ? which gave this town its name. Already the second-largest pro ducer in the United States the Tungsten Mining Corporation Is now building new facilities to double production before 1952 runs out. The Company is currently working two shifts six days a week in this Vance County mine 18 miles northwest of Henderson. It is bringing up 400 tons of ore a day. The crushing mill, where three shifts are on the job seven days a week, processes about 325 tons a day. The rest is stockpiled. Just to look at it, the town of Tungsten, North Carolina, isn't impressive. The headframes at the two shafts, 4,000 feet apart, the crushing mill sprung along a hillside, and a few small build ings ? including one which houses the post office and a grocery store? make up the town. A total of 345 persons, including staff members work here. But Tungsten, on a long ridge in this slightly rolling land near where the North Carolina Pied mont blends into the Coastal Plain, is a big spot on the map of the National Munition Board. Again, as in World War II when working of the deposit here was started after foreign sources of tungsten were pinched off, vi tal from Vance County is pouting into America's increasing prepar -? ? ? i ' Lederle officials point out that the disease organisms also build a resistance to Aldlnamide after eight weeks and experiments to overcome this resistance are now underway. This new drug is given orally, while streptomycin must be ad ministered by injection. Tree Hantez Liked By Fanners Farmers and 4-H Club an<i FFA (members in the Piedmont section are showing considerable interest in the use of mechanical planters, says George W. Smith, forestry specialist for the State Extens'on Service. Smith says some 450 persons have attended a recent series of meetings at which use o f the planters was demonstrated. The meetings were held in Mecklen burg, Union, Cabarrus, Iredell, Gaston, and Cleveland counties. The planter which was' sh< wn is small, compact, and inexpen sive. ;It can set pine seedlings at the rate of 2,000 (or two acres) per hour. "This little machine may bo the very thing needed to help cause landowners in these coun ties to reforest many thousands of acres of land now lying Idle and unproductive," comments the specialist. iDrawrt either by a light trac tor or a Jeep, the machine opens a narrow, deep trench into which - the two riding attendants drop the seedlings. The apparatus then packs the soil tightly back Into the trench firmly against the seedling roots. ? To date, says Smith, three planters have beeh purchased by landowners who plan to make the machines available to other landowners on a custom basis. edness effort, Jn slightly more than nine years ~of production Tungsten Mining has produced concentrates containing more than 4j500,000 .pounds of pure tungsten. In more than nine years of poe ration, the mine has produced over 316,000 units, with a tbtal value exceeding $11,000,000, bas ed on a price average of about $30, or less than half the present going rate of $65. hove Y?? IVAe. DELIVERS A LANE CEDAR ? ? m ??i*4^o.dc^s'?' T/i? South* a Large tl Horn* Furnlthtr ? ntain ~ ^ Phone 348 TO ALL DOG OWNERS Dogs Will Be Vaccinated For Rabies At City Hall, Friday March 7th From 2 P. M. To 4:30 P.M.? SI. 00 Per Dog. All Dogs Owned By City Residents Are Required By Law To Wear Dog Tags. In Order To Purchase A City Dog Tag, Owner Must Have Dog Vacci nated First. ? t , ? ?. ' ? . ? M '? r '? f* '? *. , ? THIS IS THE FINAL VACCINATION DAT CARVER BLANTON, COUNTY DOG WARDEN CITY OF KINGS MOUNTAIN S. R. DAVIDSON, CHlGF OF POLICE fcjjf * \ '.V *! 'I > - ' r v iv.;/ ? ; . , ' i i. k ,>
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