A weeklv newspaper devoted to the promotion of the general welfare tod published
for S^S^fe^enrenSalnment and benefit of the cimen. of King. Mountain
and Its vicinity, published every Thursday by the Herald Publishing House.
Entered as second class matter at the poatofflce at Kings Mountain, N. C., under Act
of Congress of March 3, 1873
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The City's Budget -t
In case it had not been noted, the
Washington government folk are not the
only persons doing a considerable job of
spending.
Tentative adoption of the city budget
for the coming year is usually a prelude
to final adoption with only minor
changes and the financial plan for the
coming year maps for spending nearly
a half-million dollars. It's a new. record
in city budgets here, about $97,000 up
from last year.
Still, and as is customary, there
wasn't enough money to do all that
needs to be done during the year, nor
many things that would be desirable.
One example of a desired Item cut out
was the fluoridation of the city's water
supply, supposed to cut decay in teeth.
The cost was not too much, but the city
administrator suggested that chlorina
turs, long-needed at the city water plant,
were much more important at the mo
ment. Thus, fluoridation of water awaits
another season. '
About one-fifth of the budget is ear
marked for street work, including items
of capital equipment which will be used
in the street department. The word of
the city department heads is that re
capping of some streets is absolutely
mandatory it' the whole original outlay
is not to .be lost. Virtually all the hard
surfaced streets need re-capping.
. Actually, the budget gets its biggest
tump through the sale qf power. New
rates, now in effect, are designed to re
turn the same revenue as before, but
the .increased income estimate is based
on anticipated increased consumption,
both by new customers and by old cus
tomers who will be adding during the
year electric hot water heaters, televi
sion sets, air-conditioning units, wash
ing machines, stoves and the other labor
-saving inventions.
In spite of being a record amount of
money, the 1952-53 city budget is still
in the conservative category, consider
ing the fact that the city is at least a
million dollars behind on basic capital
needs, represented first l?y a defective,
completely inadequate sewage disposal
system, estimated to require $600,000.
It's nice to see the city's bonded debt
falling. But the city's capital assets are
hot too great either, and it remains a
concurrent fact that people in the city
limits paying city taxes and not getting
the basic city sen-ices of sewage aftrt
water service are Hardly being treated
right.
ThV Herald would rather see govern -
. me lit money spent on the local level than
at Washington or Raleigh, believing that
a greater return is received on the tax
,dol!ar when it is spent closer home.
Local area distributors and dealers re
port a heavy demand for the several
dusts ^and sprays -designed to kill the
boll weevil and. in turn, to insure the
harvesting of a successful cotton crop.
Those taking a chatue with the boll wee
vil and other pests may be lucky. On the
other hand, they may lose a cotton crop.
Again, a stitch in time saves nine.
The legal action filed by a local fami
ly against Foote Mineral Company alleg
ing blast damage, reminds that Superior
Stone Company, which also must use
dynamite to extract its product, took
steps several years ago to cut their char
ges of dynamite and thereby to minimize
blast' damage.. In their efforts, Superior
proved highly successful.
Semi-annual dividend payments on
savings accounts by Kings Mountain fi
nancial institutions continue to escalate
with each new payment period. It shows
the city is blessed with many wise citi
zens, regularly putting away a portion
of their income for future purchases and
needs.
. Ike And Nixon ->?
The struggle is over In the Republican
party and Tom Dewey, of New York,
has proved that he, in fact, is the head
of his party. Dewey won the nomination
for president in 1944 and 1948 but lost
in the main events. Always, during the
intervening years, his leadership has
been ch^lenged by old line Republican
conservatives, led by Senator Taft, the
Grundy machine of Pennsylvania, and
other segments of Old Guard Republi
canism.
The victory of Eisenhower on 'the first
ballot, means that the last vestiges of
Old Guard Republicanism are dead. The
* big names now are Dewey, Lodge, Duff,
. Driscoll, Morse, and men of like mind,
who, in North Carolina, would be class
ed as Frank Graham liberals. In truth,
they are not Republicans in the old
sense of the word, merely Liberals wear
ing the Republican tag. In New York,
? Governor Dewey has out-dealed the New
Deal.
It means that the Republican party,
out of power for most of 20 years, has
embarked on a new course.
There is no question but that the Re
publican party nominated the leading
candidate with the best Chance of win
ning the November fight. As a newcom
er to politics, the General is not burden
eel with old sores left over from former
political battles.
Senator Nixon, of California, makes
an interesting running mate. A young
man, he impressed his television audien
ce Friday night with his speaking abili
ty, his obvious vim and vigor, and a def
inite indicated ability at capturing
votes.
It is a strong ticket, unquestionably
loaded with the strongest appeal to vo
ters the GOP has offered in 20 years.
There is no Dewey moustache, no rasp
ing voice like Willkie had, nor the flat
twang of ii voice which burdened Alf
Landon to alienate the voters.
"Regular" .party men of both parties
will shed a tear for Senator Taft, for
loyalty in politics is a jewel the more
shining because it is sometimes difficult
to find. If anyone has.stuck to his party
and its principle, it has been Senator
? Taft.
; The Democrats have a job cut out for
'themselves in Chicago next week. It re
mains to be seen whether their fear of
the strong enemy ticket will result .in
the compromising of therr. differences
and the presentation of a strong ticket
that can retain the patty in its position
of national control.
A best bow to OUie Harris, Jr., voted
by his 'teammates at the most valuable
player on the 1932 Legion squad, and to
Don McCarterJ the runner-up. Just a
few runs at the right time would have
put Kings Mountain's entry into second
round play. The most disastrous se
quence of games was a five-game group
in the hottest week of the year. Fans
are already looking forward to next sea
son. and the American Legion would do
well to begin laying the groundwork for
1953 at the earliest moment.
Only 30-pdd folk and firms had contri
buted to the Lottie Goforth Portrait fund
through last week's accounting period.
It's a small number, considering that
the late Miss Goforth benefitted every
citizen in Number 4 Township through
her gift for the building of a hospital.
The gifts need not be large, but they
should be made.
Hearty congratulations to C. T. Corn
well, honored Monday night for his half
century of Masonic membership.
/\Y EARS AGO Items of news about Kings Mountain area people and erents
Jl THIS WEEK taken from the J942 files of the Kings Mountain Herald.
Fifty percent of the Kings
Mountain doctors will soon be in
the U. S. Army as Di. Padgett
has received orders to report for
active duty to the Stark hospital
in Charleston. S. C.
On account of the labor short
age in Cleveland County WPA
officials were form! to suspend
work on the Kings Mountain
School Stadium which had been
progressing for the past several
manths.
St xMfl/ and Personal
Mrs. O. O. Jackson was hostess
to Adelphian members at her
home on Gold Street last Thurs
day afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. J. a. Keeter en
tertained at an outdoor supper
Tuesday evening having as their
guests Mr. and Mrs. Dalton and
children of forest City.
Miss Sara Henry Summltt has
been speeding several days in
Greenville, S. C.
Editor Haywood E. Lynch is
back on the Job after being out
for two weeks with an appendix
operation.
Mrs. John Mauney and Miss
Nell Mauney left Saturday night
for Baltimore, Md. where they
visited Mrs. Mauney's son, Roy
Mauney.
Sargeant George Blalock has
returned to his post in Missourrl.
He was accompanied by Mrs. Bla
lock who will visit him fo^ awhile.
MARTIN'S
MEDICINE
By Martin Harmon
Ingredient ?: bits of nevus,
witdom, humor, and comment.
Direction ?: Take weekly, if
pottible, but avoid
overdosage.
TV Convention
It's Ike, for better or for
worse, and both categories ap
ply to a sight Of folk. "Better"
designations, of course, apply
to the early-bird supporters of
General Elsenhower, to the
Pennsylvania and Michigan
delegations who' came aboard
Ike's train j "in time", and of
course, to Harold Stassen and
Minnesota, which made Ballot
2 completely unneccessary.
. -t-ve :
"Worse" designations go to
the big, but not-big-enough-Taft
delegation, Taft himself, no
longer "Mr. Republican" after
his third loss in as many bids
for a chance to succeed his
father in the White House, and
to the last-ditch-Stand Taft sup
porters.
V. ? '?v'.i
There have been some broad
hints that Ike will be bad for
the Democrats who have enjoy
ed two decades of political pros
perity. It may be, though there
have been some interesting
stirrings in Democratic lay
circles of late, not to mention
the pros. I've even heard one
fellow, who has threatened to
vote GOP in '52 ever since vot
ing for Truman in 1948, hope
that Harry gets the nomination
again. Of course, he wouldn't
vote for him, he says.
V t-T-C
If there is any lesson to be
learned and advantage to be
taken from convening last, the
Democrats might well give at
tention to advance hatchet- '
buryings. The bitter Taft-Ike
struggle got aired to the 50,000,
000 television screens of the
nation, and what the average
voter saw he didn't like. The
only question seemed to be:
Which GOP side gets to the
trough? .
t-y-c
If the Southern Demos and
Yankee Demos hold a love
feast in front of the T V cam
eras, it could be mighty impres
sive, .
t-y-c
It was the first T-V conven
tion and I, like many another
Kings Mountain friend, went
to bed several evenings with
bloodshot eyes. I cannot be
categorized as a real television
fan for other than special event
stuff like conventions, bowl
games, etc., I still preler seeing
a movie, first-run, at the Joy,
Imperial or Diane. After gluing
the eye to the screen for a
three-hour hitch, I have decided
that the eye doctors of the na
tion can count on much future
business.
t-y-c ?
It Is natural that radio folk,
who got their first crack at a
convention job in 1928 I believe
it was, would be more experi
enced, but I must vote the radio
commentators more praise for
the convention coverage job
than the TV broadcasters.
Part of the difference prob
ably can never be overcome
for, when the set is on, the
looker just HAS TO LOOK,
arid the commentators have
to report what's on the
screen, even during the dull |
moments. Radio, without bene
fit of looker vision, can criss
cross all over the scene, fill in
with background information,
sidelights and other interesting
data. Principal complaint again
st the T-V reporters was that
they seemed to assume that
every listener had been looking
since the start of the conven
tion, without benefit of pause
for food or exercise.
t-Y-C
Some of the looking was
worth it though. My chief
memories include: 1) The look
on Tom Dewey's face after Sen.
Dirksen had lowered the boom
on him. I have a feeling Dewey
looked something like that af
ter Roosevelt's "Fala" speech
in 1944. 2) The "explosion'^of
Governor Fine, of Pennsylva
nia, wlien Ihe recess motion
was defeated. 3) The lanky
lady in the gallery who follow
ed a regular cuMime lythm
pattern in her hand-clapping
Jor Taft. -i i The little elderly
gent who contributed to the
fanfare by quietly waving two
handkerchiefs, 1 missed him
after the first day and Don
Blanton guessed that his wife
had sent for him to come home.
f.y-C
Ikes' biggest fight was sup
posed to be at Chicago. He will
still have to fight hard to win,
for the Democrats have large
blocs of solid support and talk
ed-oi healing of the South
Norm cleavage would make the
odds against him heighten. But
Ike could have been completely
cut out at Chicago, and any
loyal Democrat will confide
that he'd rather face Taft than
Ike.
t-v-e
Next comes the Democratic
get-together, beginning Mon
day., If it lasts as long as the
GOP number, I fully expect to
join the specs brigade, but Til
, have to look. Will the Demos be
able to harmonize thtlr differ
ences? And Will the chairman
be able to dear the aisles?
Lucky You by Dick Shaw
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Lucky yon? yon were tndeti but those la your
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Viewpoints of Other Editors
CARS AND DRIVERS
Salisbury Post
Of the 60,000,000 motor vehicle
operators in the United States,
the 15,000,000 women drivers
have been found to be less skill
ful but more careful than men
drivers. The Lamp, publication of
Standard Oil Company of New
Jersey, reported in a recent issue.
Driver aptitude tests indicate
women maneuver on the highway
with less skill than men, but ac
cident records show they drive
with more care.
In a general study of the na
tion's driving tastes and habits,
based on statistics supplied by
the Automobile Manufacturers
Association and Brookings pub
lications, The Lamp notes that of
every. 100 American car-owning
homes, eight have two or more
cars. The average motorist puts
500 hours a year behind the
wheel.
Half of the1 nation's workers
go to their jobs in private cars,
and most of the things they pro
duce go at least part of *he way
in the country's 8,000,000 trucks.
Some items, like vegetables and
milk, generally go all the way by
road, and of all the pigs that go
to market, nine out of 10 prefer
to drive.
The Lamp also mentions that
there are twice as many converti
bles on the road today as there
were before the war and four
times as many statioi^ wagons.
Drivers enjoy entertainment, as
more than 15,000,000 have radios
in their cars.
Half of the motorists today
drive cars purchased as used
cars. Seventy of every 100 drivers
bought their cars within the past
two years, but two of every 100
have owned cars 14 years or more.
One-third of a million vehicles
on the road today are surplus
military equipment ? j e e ps ,
trucks, and passenger cars sold
for civilian use since the war.
Of the 8,000,000 trucks, 2.250,.
000 are owned by farmers, The
Lamp reports. There are more
than 100,000 tank-type trucks car
rying petroleum, products.
The description, a "nation on
wheels," has been applied to the
United States so often it has be
come hackneyed, but it is more
accurate today than ever.
In 1951, agricultural exports
accounted for 14 per cent of the
cash farm income in this coun
try. Every third bale of cotton,
every third bushel of wheat, and
every third pound of tobacco
produced on U. S. farms was
grown for a foreign market.
These , and other interesting
questions are to be answer
ed again at Chicago.
0 GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP
CANNOT BE INSURED,
BUT WE CAN LESSEN YOUR
WORRIES WITH ADEQUATE.
.INSURANCE
Gin touimU a nightcap of
real poooel Take oat adequate
insurance TODAY to cowi all
poeelbUitte* ? than, aoo hew
well yea ll??p tonight.
CONTROLS CAN
COME OFF
Chatham News
From this vantage point it
would appear that very little is to
be gained by retention ol price
controls except on those
that are in short supply or are
in danger of being rationed. The
law of supply and demand has
been operative for several -months
and there seems to be little pros
pect that, with the exception of
steel, any commodities are apt to
be short as a result of heavy con
sumer purchasing.
As we look about this immedi
ate area we wind countless items
on sale at prices less than the
authorized ceijings. Mrs. House
wife' has managed to effect a
check-rein on zooming prices
through her refusal to buy over -
priced merchandise. In the dura
ble goods fields there have been
no shortages except in customers.
People with needs for such things
as television sets, refrigerators,
stoves, washing machines and
other appliances -have had little
difficulty in meeting these needs.
We doubt the existence of dan
gerous inflationary tendencies In
the field of consumer goods. The
shdrtages of steel products could
well be curbed if the steel strike
could be brought to an end. If
the strike is seriously impeding
defense production there is the
Taft-Hartley law that President
Truman could have invoked some
months ago instead of playing
practical politics with labor.
On the broader expanse of the
nation's economy there may be
of controls ? but only in the more
continuing need for the retention
ter of goods and materials in cri
tical supply.
The buyer's market seems to
have arrived in full force. And
when such a market is in exis
tence there is sufficient consumer
pressure to keep prices in line.
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cigarette without
a steady tryyit.
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for 30 days.
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ho*v mi 14 and
flavorful Camels are,
pack, after pack!
" I see the O'Malleys
bought that house
on Melrose Street."
Although Mr. and Mrs. Reader are glad to know
about the O'Malleys, they have a lot of other
things on their minds, problems right in their own
home: Is this a good time to trade in the old car?
Are we carrying enough insurance on the house?
What shall we have for Sunday dinner?
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A good example of the growing industrialization and economic progress of
the South is this new OuPont synthetic fiber plaht at Camden, South Carolina.
MUSIC to Southern ears! The hurt of
busy factories, crowded stores and streets.
The ring of saw and hammer. And more than
26 million telephone calls a day !
There's another cheerful sound ? 58,000
Southern Bell men and women busy provid
ipg you and your neighbors with the most
and the best telephone service in Dixk's his
tory. Service that's vital to the Nation's de
fense. Service that keeps you in touch with
your
others 24 hours a day . . . speeding
business . . . enriching your home life.
Telephone growth is ? striking ex*
ample of progress in today's amazing South.
During the 10 years from 1940 to 1950, the
South s growth in telephones was more than
twelve times its growth in population. In the
first 6 months of 1952 alone, we added
149,250 neW telephones. Southern Bell Tele
phone and Telegraph Company.
SOUTHERN PROIRESS AND TELEPHONE PROSRISS 60 NANB IN NANB
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