The Kings Monntain Herald
BstobUiM 1888
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 Ita vlclty, published every Thursday by the Herald Publishing House.
Entered as seoond class matter at the postofflce at Kings Mountain, N. C., under Act
of Congress of March 3, 1873
/ EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
Martin Harmon ......?..???????? .................... ....i..... Editor-Publisher
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Temporary Reprieve
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Southern textile manufacturers have
received a temporary reprieve from the
order of Charles E. Wilson concerning
granting of defense contracts at prices
higher than low bids. The federal textile
orders were to be awarded on basis of
unemployment areas. v-v
Now, the Defense Mobilization agency
has agreed to hold hearings on the mat
ter before implementing of the policy.
, At the time, there was an immediate
out-cry from the South, where the tex
tile .business isn't in the lush category
anyway. Newspapers yelled quite loud
ly, and S. O. S. calls for aid went out to
virtually all the Southern Congressmen.
Governments, under the theory that
the bidding method brings lowest prices,
have for many years made purchases via
the receipt of-bid method. This applies
to the federal government, to state gov
ernments, and to county and local gov
ernments. Cities are required by law to
receive bids on purchases costing more
than $1,000. Highways are built via the
bid method. Why should the federal gov
ernment change its policy? .
There were many charges concerning
the order. Some regarded it as another
step toward socialism, as, indeed, it ap
peared to be. Others figured it had in
teresting political shades in view of the
approaching national election, remem
bering, as they figured, the boosting of
farm commodity parities prior to the
1;M8 election.
Those who liked it were the potential
beneficiaries, particularly New England
areas.
The South trusts its Congressional
representatives Will keep a close watch
on' the developments and will make their
weight felt at the promised hearings.
A New Banner
Senator Richard Russell, the veteran
Georgia legislator, is now in the political
arena as an announced candidate for the
Democratic nomination for president.
The move is being variously interpret
ed, but opinion. is unanimous that Sena
tor Russell's candidacy is the result of
the work of the successors to the 1948
States Right movement which ran a sep
arate ticket and which- captured the
electoral vote? of several Southern
States.
Few think Senator Russell has a real
chance of becoming the nominee. It is
the general concensus that Mr. Truman
can have the nomination if he wants.it.
In that event, there is interesting spec
ulation on the Russell course after the
convention. Basically, the candidacy of
Senator Russell will probably be a lever
for. convention use. which, particularly
if Mi-. Truman does not run. might be
effective in naming ;i nominee more
suitable to. Southern' thinking, or to tone
down more objectionable features in the
parly's platform -which' 'have been a sore
spot to many Southern Democrats.
The long shot, of course, is that Rus
sell. as did Thurmond, will run as an in
dependent, and prevent any candidate's
receiving r. majority, with the result of
throwing the election into the House of
Representatives, which situation has not
occurred in many, many elections.
At the moment, the political specula
tors are saying the Russell candidacy
writes off the candidacy of Senator Kc
fauver, of Tennessee.
Promoting Trade
One of the functions of this newspa
per is the Dromotion of trade for its ad
vertisers.
Likewise, one of the principal func
tions of the Kings Mountain Merchants
association is promoting trade for the
merchants of the community.
During the war years, need for promo
tion was lessened for the simple reason
that goods were insufficient to satisfy
demand. But the war is long over, and
the need for promotion has returned.
Thus it is quite possible that the trade
promotion committee of the Kings
Mountain Merchants association is its
most important,, if the association is to
justify its existence.
The Herald understands that the com
mittee will schedule, well in advance of
the actual dates, several community
wide trade promotions. The advance
date scheduling is most important, if
participating merchants are to be able
to offer the kind of bargains usually as
sociated with these events, for advance
attention must be given to purchasing if
the goods are to be booked, shipped and
received in local stores.
Our best wishes to Haywood Lynch,
Hilton Ruth and Harold Cogglns, who
are the members of the Merchants as
sociation trade promotion committee,
and therefore the directors of . this im'
portant functiori.
Our best wishes to Paul Mauney. who
wiil- serve as athletic officer of Otis D.
Green Post ip5, American Legion, for
the coming year. Mr. Mauney 's task is
not an easy one, and, as usual, the big
question mark has a dollar sign in front
of it. Baseball is an expensive operation,
and last season's receipts were short of
expenses by approximately $2, (XX). But,
after seven consecutive seasons, the
Kings Mountain entry has reached the
point where it a] ways fields a contender
for area honors. During the past two sea
sons, only a hair's breadth of difference
eliminated the Kings Mountain team in
the first round. Thus, if all the work of
seven years is not to be lost, it is imper
ative that the program be continued
here. In addition, the Little League pro
gram is to be employed here this year on
its biggest scale, another reason for con
tinuing the Legion baseball activity. Mr.
Mauney has not voiced his plans, but he
deserves the fullest measure of support.
It is hard to believe that all the dogs
in the city are strays, which calls for a
reminder of the dog vaccination clinic
to be held at City Hall Friday under
sponsorship of the county health de
partment. Rural citizens are responding
well to the clinics, for they appreciate
the worth of preventing "mad dog" epi
demics.. Surely the urban citizens, who
live iii more populated areas, have as
much; or more, to gain from prevention
of rabies', as do the rural residents.
The annual Number <1 Township Red
Cross campaign is underway. The goal
is $t>,f>(X) and it should be reached. The
community of Number I Township could
ill afford to do without the good works
of this organization. When you give,
give liberally.
Thomas Newton Harmon was a good
man, devoted to his church, to his fami
ly and his friends. Through al1_his life,
he was known as a man of honor in all
his relationships with his fellow man.
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YEARS AGO item* of news about Kings Mountain area people and events
THIS WEEK taken from the 1942 files of the Kings Mountain Herald.
The biggest snow since March ,
1927 fell her Monday, for the sec
ond snow within a week.
Sam R. Sober, who has always
shown a keen interest in Moun- j
tain Rest cemetery, has been em- j
ployed by the town as Superin
tendent. to have complete charge
of the upkeep and care of the
cemetery. ? i
Sociiit and Pergonal
Mrs.- Gr^dy King was hostess
to members of the Home Arts
Club entertaining at her homo '
Tuesday aftpmoon.
Mrs. O. P. Lewis a recent bride
was guest of honor at a lovely
tea given by Mrs. W. L. Ramseur
and he*- sister, Miss Jo rthyne of
Mt. Holly.
Dr. Phillip Padgett left Sunday
for a week's stay at New Orleans,
La., to attend a clinic on medicine
and surgery which will be direct
ed hy some of the leading profes
sional men In the country.
Mr. and Mrs. E&ii Dendy Sloan
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of Cleveland, N. C., and Miss Em
ma Bellotte of Kershaw, S. C.,
spent the past weekend with Mr.
and Mrs. O. W. Myers. Miss Bel
lotte and Mrs. Sloan are Usters of
Mrs. Myers.
Harold Plonk of Norfolk, Va.,
was home for the weekend.
Miss Mary Pollock spent the
past weekend at home from
Greensboro where she is a mem
ber of the sophomore class at
W. C. U. N. C.
MARTIN'S
MEDICINE
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Ingredients'. tut* of *#**,
wisdom, humor, and comment.
Directions: Take toeetOgLl M
possible, but avoid
overdosage.
March Arrives
The calendar has been turned
over again and today finds the
world well Into March 1902.
March was once a pleasant
month lor most folk; now It's
more commonly known as In
come tax month. No longer are
the winter months of property*
tax-paying time regarded as the
"rough" season. It's March, for
the bite of the tax man has
made the bite of the March
wind seem tame by comparison.
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Of course, some refused to be
bit, temporarily, but the result
in some of those instances has
been still bigger bites plus an
expense paid trip to Atlanta, or
other federal detention points.
No fun In those trips.
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As remarked before, March is
one month in the year that
most folk do their final figur
ing on the previous year's ac
counts with the innate hope
that they didn't prosper at alL
The feeling is as foolish as it
is futile, since the tax man still
doesn't get it all and. since the
record has been written, but the
feeling still exists.
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In spite of tax time, the medi
cinal department welcomes the
arrival of March, with its con
current prospect of an early en
try by Spring. It's the time of
year when overcoats begin to
feel heavy, When men yearn for
the comfort of the open-neck
sport shirt and the exultance of
the golf course, and when wo
men begin thinking their kitch
en needs re-doing and (again)
that they "just don't have a
thing to wear". This feminine
thought, translated to action,
has some kinship with the tax
man's bite. Hurrah for the lay
away plan!
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The real reason for the glad
ness of March's arrival at the
Herald shop is that we hope for
a surcease from a run of trou
ble. There was a saying in .
World War I that shell holes
were safe after the third artil
lery blast, and I assume it was
from this that the Idea arose
that trouble comes in three's,
like triplets.
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Our February difficulties
didn't stop at three, and all ar
rived within the space of one
week. Some were minor, some
were major, but all were worri
some and time-consuming.
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First or. the list was the so
ciety department typewriter,
which, I suppose, had been run
ning too hot. The typewriter
had just returned from the re
pairman, when a small, noth
ing-looking piece on one of the
typesetting machines broke. It
was hard steel and the welders
shook their heads. Next day,
though, Gene Matthews fash
ioned a replacement out of a
Wire coat hanger, and it work
ed very well until the replace
ment part arrived a few days
later. Cost of the nothing-look
ing part: $6.73.
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But the big dificulty came
when an errant quoin, the
little cast iron pieces which
hold the type in the forms, took
a trip during the final press
run four issues ago. Like a
child will do, it went where >?
shouldn't have. There was a
sudden grinding, and every
thing stopped. The quoin
had visited the big drive gear
and had been smashed for its
audacity. The gear, too, suffer
ed three damaged teeth. It took
A couple hoyrs to figure ^>ut a
way to remove the debris, a fig
uring job accomplished by
Grady King, our doctor in me
chanical emergencies. We fired
ui) again and completed the
run, and the press chomped
along through February on i
damaged teeth. The press man
aged t>etter than the operators,
who fou|d their blood pressures
up as they kept their fingers
crossed.
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This week the press ran with
a new custom-made gear, which
required three full days to in
stall.
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Immediately following the
press difficulty, the adding ma
chine Joined the pari.de, during
the heavy duty of tax figuring,
and, to add t'o the fun, the ag
ing auto required a couple of
visits to the car hospital.
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February was hardly a happy
month.
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But everyone, basically, is an
optimist, and thus we enter a
new bright month, with Spring
around the corner, the wood
peckers already pecking, the
robins chirping, and peach blos
soms threatening t<t burst out
at almost any moment. The tax
man notwithstanding, the medi
cinal department believes
March will be a more pleasant
month.
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Viewpoints of Other Editors
SHOULD NOT HAVE
OPPOSITION
( Belmont Banner)
Woodrow Jones, who is making
a brilliant record as Representa
tive of this district, which in
cludes Gaston, should not have
any opposition in his race this
spring. His sincerity and utter
devotion to duty has won for him
scores of friends and followers in
Congress. It was this editor privi
lege to talk with several Con
gressmen and both Senators from
North Carolina a few days ago at
Raleigh. During the conversa
tions we inquired about the pro
gress of our Freshman Congress
man and were delightpd with the
remarks and praise that was ac
corded him.
Not one of five Congressmen,
nor either Senator, had anything
but the highest of praise for Con
gressman Jones. A bright future
of leadership was predicte--* for
him provided this district keeps
him in Washington and that he
will stay and offer again and
again for re-election. He has al
ready announced for his second
term and we believe that he will
be privileged of returning to
Washington for another two
years without any semblance of
any organized or real opposition,
if any at all.
Congressman Woodrow Jones
sent all of the papers in this dis
trict a letter announcing that he
would file by paying his fee in
Raleigh last week. The letter was
nice and explained his platform
of economy, which he has stood
on thus far by his voting record
in Washington on all major mat
ters.
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MORE NOEL PICTURES
(GASTONIA Gazette)
Pictures of prison camps in
Korea taken by Frank Noel, him
self a prisoner, are to come
through to U. S. newspapers in
greater numbers, as the result of
an order by General Rldgeway
that they be released after being
cleared by the board of censors.
Noel is being permitted by the
Communists to take pictures and
the negatives are being forward
ed to Army headquarters in Tok
yo with the consent of the enemy.
No doubt the pictures are re
garded by the Communists as
good propaganda in that those re
leased to date show the prisoners .
as apparently well clothed and
well fed. General Rldgeway has
taken this factor into considera
tion in issuing the order and ap
parently sees no point in suppres
sing then?
These pictures do bring com
fort to relatives and friends who
are relieved to learn their loved
ones are alive and in good health.
There have been no recent re
ports of additional enemy mas
sacres of prisoners. The Commun
ists can have no purpose except
to spread propaganda in permitt
ing Noel to supply pictures pur
porting to show that conditions
are not too bad for those who are
prisoners in their hands.
CHOPS. CELERY STUFFED
Celery stuffing is ideal for
pork chops. Simply add chopped
celery to bread stuffing and sea
son with minced onion and pars
ley. To stuff, cut the chops along
the bone, fill with celery crinbi
natlon, then brown thom
thoroughly in lard or drippings.
Cover and cook on top of the
range or in a 350 F. oven for 45
minutes to 1 hour. .
A new variety of soybeans, to
be called Perry, has been develop
ed by the U Department of
Agriculture 'ji cooperation with
several ?Ute experiment stations, i
Negro 4-HTen
Start Chain
A purebred pig chain lor Negro,
4-H Club members In Halifax
County has been started by the
county's Negro Home Demonstra
tion Council.
The chain was started with the
placing o f a Poland China gilt
with Curtis Ward of the Tillery
Chapel 4-H Club. Ward was cho
sen to receive the first pig be
cause of his outstanding achieve
ments ltt 4-H. .
According to D. J. Knight Hall
fax Negro farm agent for the
State- College Extension Service,
Ward has been a 4-H member for
three years. The first he had a
successful pig project. In I860 and
1951 he won the title of county
corn champion by producing 1063
and 115.6 bushels of corn per
acre. Last year he also produced
one and a quarter bales of cotton
per acre.
For two years he has been trea
surer of his local club, which
raised more than $200 through
programs and entertainments.
The club of 76 members is free
of debt and has a balance of $15.
E, M. Hardy is teacher-advisor
and W. L. Heritage is principal of
the school.
Ward pledged to keep accurate
feeding and breeding records on
the gilt.He will breed her to a
purebred Poland China .boar and
give the Home Demonstration
Council two eight-week -old gilts
out of the first successful litter of
six or more pigs. The Council will
in turn donate these gilts to other
outstanding 4-H members.
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TO ALL DOG OWNERS
Dogs Will Be Vaccinated For Rabies At City Hall
Friday, March 7th
Froml:30P.M.To4:30 P. M. - $1.00 Pez Dog
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All Dogs Owned By City Residents Are Required
By Law To Wear Dcg Tags. In Order To Purchase
1 A City Dbg Tag, Owner Must Have Dog Vacci
nated First.
THIS IS THE FINAL VACCINATION DAY
CARVER BLANTON, COUNTY DOG WARDEN
CITY OF KINGS MOUNTAIN
S. It DAVIDSON. CHIEF OF POLICE
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