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.,1?? The Kings Mountain Herald EatabUsh*d 1889 A weekly newspaper devoted to t??e promotion of the genera) welfare and published for the enlightenment, entertainment and benefit of the citizens of Kings Mountain and its vicinity, published every Thursday by the Herald Publishing House. Entered as second class matte? at the postofflce at Kings Mountain, N. C., under Act of Congress of March 3, 1873 EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Martin Harmon Editor- Publisher Charles T. Carpenter, Jr. ...................... ( .. .. .. . Sports, Circulation, News Mrs. F. !X I'erndon . Society Miss Ellzzabeth Stewart ........ ............ . i. ........ . Advertising, News MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT Eugene Matthews Horace Walker David Weathers Ivan Weaver* rh pries Miller Paul Jackson (?Member of Armed forces) 1 : TELEPHONE 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 Folly i? j&yto him thai is destitute of wisdoms but a ?>i an of understanding walketh uprightly. PROVERBS 15:ei. ' Speeding Voting The heavy voting all over the nation in the November 4 general election has spotlighted considerable attention on slow voting procedures, which caused some voters to "queue up" for as much as three hours in order to cast their vote. No such Waits were necessary in Kings Mountain, but long lines did form for much of the day at the two Kings Mountain polling places, as well as at the, large precincts in Shelby. Had a por tion of the former West Kings Mountain precinct not been split off into the Beth ware precinct, the waiting would have been longer. :? While the November 4th voting was probably unusual, even Di'inocratic pri mary voting poses a big task at the lar ger precincts, such as is found here with more than 2,000 persons on each regis tration book. Considerable comment since the re cent election has concerned recommen dation for the use of voting machines at the larger precincts. Biggest bar to their use seems to be the purchase price, which is not small. It is also assumed that such machines, being machines, will both wear out and get out-of-order. However, there are numerous benefits to be derived from their use, too. The election process is speeded, and, when the polls close at <>:.'10, the tabulations are already totaled. There is no long tedious wait on the returns, nor the ar duous task ' Of sorting,, counting aril tallying the'. individual, votes. A concurrent suggestion . is the cross filing of voters in a card-index system, alphabetized to speed the actual voting, also worthy for making voting quick. Another, of course, is the further split ting of precincts, but this method adds to the cost of holding an election and makes n hauler job for those ?yho. must obtain the services of qualified persons for holding elections. The county, like most governmental units, is not over-burdened with money, but it would appear possible that pur chase, of a couple 'of. voting machines per year could be squeezed into the budgets of the next few years. Thanksgiving ?For several centuries, Americans have been pausing a day each year, alter the harvest .season, to offer' thanks for the good things which have come to them. The start of the custom is credited Hi the Pilgrims, .who settled along the rockv New l-'ngland coast in their, effort to find opportunity to earn -a' living and jYeedoni to.. "worship as they wished.. The custom has continued through the years and is a national holiday throughout the nation , -If is always good to in\entoi\ the 'hlcsMin:-' ? t hat have cuino. t or it i- hu man teodencx > ignore the past in the . ever-pressing push info t he future. A !':no-t- .1.11 * -m i ;>unt Mc-siu if th'e\ invenlorj at a.l. The aiTa t ei" i.d . side is ell ? repres( nte<l. The ''{Hit'om?#t?il?" population,. i> in excess ?of I l.pOO.OMO, u hieh means there is more ?i ha iv. one v ejiiele t'o-r each taiililj' ut' ti'di'. ? Te!cvi.-U?n oe'i ;als, bringing . entertain ? ment into lioihes. . ? it* si-altered all oyer tile i -jnds< -ape .-People are bet t el-housed, bet ' I'iMi' -!. ? a'd f>et ter-dot h'ed t hail ever' 'b'pt ore , ? But .no h'lte, i-Jes.-inu's" i of he found ilian liioM' sop ? hi b\ the Pilgrims who started llie Thanksgiving custom. In the t inted States, a person' may worship as he pleases, speak as he thinks, vote as he, desires. AH should be thankful that the aims of the Pilgrim Fathers .have been realiz ed through the subsequent generations. . Our congratulations to Carl Moss, now Pvt. Moss, who won the top award in accounting at King's Business College, where he recently was graduated. Civil Defense Efforts are being made to compile a registration list of 500 persons who are willing to accept civil defense duties of varying kind, in event these services are required. North Carolina and . many other states has had a civil defense organiza tion-in-making for several years, but dif ficulty has been encountered in complet ing the city-by-city organization. The reason is that no immediate pressure or need is seen for the service. During World War II, the civil de fense role in the United States was, in the main, limited to the function of be ing ready for service. Fortunately, the service was. not required. The situation was very different in Great Britain, where. the Home Guard, as it was called there, is credited with doing much to save Great Britain. Air craft* warning' groups were constantly on duty, volunteer fire-fighters worked as much on their volunteer duties as they did on their jobs, and all of Britain was armed to resist Hitler's threatened invasion. But in Britain today, in spite of the memories of World War II, the civil de fense organization finds it hard to keep ? itself activated. - Yet who knows when trouble can strike? Russia supposedly has the atom bomb know -how., and. internal disaster from saboteurs is always a possibility, the head of central intelligence says. The advance registration of persons willing to serve is important, for it will mean that registrants c.in be classified for the particular duties they are equip ped to handle, whether it be in first-aid squads, fire-fighting teams, or for other emergency duties. The immediate need seems remote to day, but who can predict for tomorrow, or the day .after? Effort to fcrm the crux of a civil de fense organization is practice of the old* doctrine of a stitch in time saving nine. Decorating Contest Nothing is nicer during the Christmas season than to drive around a communi ty at night which has homes decorated for the Christinas season. The colored lights, decorated trees, Christmas scenes and other trimmings add much to the Christmas season in any ^omiuunity. Thus it is that commendations are in order to the city's i.ardeh.CJub, Council and the First National Bank, which is collaborating to conduct a Christmas decorated door contest and thereby seeking to enhance the beauty of the community ??during the Christmas sea sou. ' The entry list shc.ild be long in all area.-, of t he ? ? 1 1 \ and in all Van test di \ isions. Most applauded cabinet appointment of 1 'resident -Eteci Eisenhower thus far seems to be his naming of Charles E. Wilson! the General Motors president, as Secretary of Defense. Wi;h the huge defense .depart men! budget w Inch-repre sents the major portion of federal gov ernment out-go, 1! would appear that the appointment of the boss of one of the nation's major corporations to handle (lvis large task is- quite in. order. The General Motors record, of course, speaks for itself and most favorably for the man who lias served as its president for the past 'decade. Send in a check, if you haven't, for Christmas seals. The sale of these seals means money for continuing the win ning battle to stamp out the dread di sease, tuberculosis. 10 YEARS AGO Item.' of new. about Kin,. Mountain aroa poopl. and arant. THIS WEEK takan from th. 1342 IU*. a| the King, Mountain Herald. Thursday, Thanksgiving day, will be observed throughout Kings Mountain as a holiday with all down town places of bun! ness ,and city offices, bank, and building and loan associations, closing for the day and special services being held at several of the churches. J The colored women of the com munity will have the opportunity' of working In Red Cross Surgical ttreMlng room each Thursday al ternoon from 2:30 to 6:00 o'clock, beginning December 3. Social and Personal Mrs. Craig Falls, grade mother for Miss Marie Lineberger's fourth and fifth grades entertain ed the children in their class room Monday afternoon at ft de< lightful bingo party. Attractive prizes were given the winners In the games. leave Friday to enter Western Carolina Teachers College at Cul lowhee, N. C, MARTIN'S MEDICINE By Martin Harmon Ingredient*: bita of n&wa, uAadom, humor, and comment. \ Directional Take weekly, if possible, but ovoid oxter dotage. Long Time Ago Tliis department is indebted to Johnny Lackey for an aged, copy of the Kings Mountain Herald, published under date of March 23, 1905, which was al most 48 years ago. The Herald files go back no further thair 1913, and it is always a plea sure to receive one of these old models. The history of the com munity thereby provided, while seldom world ? shaking, is nevertheless of the most inter esting kind. l-t-a The four - page, six - column edition is not quite complete, a portion of It having succumbed to the ravages of time, but many interesting Items and ad vertisements are still well-pre served in the crisp, dry, yellow ed pages. 1-t-o Among the advertisements, only two are for business firms still operating today. The First National Bank, at that time a fledgling five-year-old, publish ed a statement which showed, at the close of business on March 14, 1905, total resources of $84,955.23. Its deposits, sub ject to checking out on demand, were $29,392.83. T?day the bank's resources are more than 40 times that total.. l-t-a PIQnk Brothers and Com pany, six years old at the time, related in an advertisement that "Happy Conditions pre vail with us -because price and ' materials both suitUhe consu mer. We study needs, he studies . our price list. The result is quick sales and lots of them- ?" l-t-a Many elder citizens will re-, member The Battery, which was conducting a big sale on 3,000 yards of embroidery at the claimed low price of 10 cents per yard, and ladies will recall the opening jjf-a milli nery shop by Mrsi M. P. His) op, who was showing "a full line of Nov York and Baltimore Pattern Hats". l-t-a Other firms advertising .their wares were Kiser & Mauney, Carpenter Brothers, and W. A. Mauney & Bro. The Southern Railway was offering quick transportation to 'The Land of the Sky" and the Lake Toxa way Hotel. l-t-a The Herald of 1905 was sup porting improvements, in the form of encouraging "Yes" votes on a township road bond election being conducted by the county for the staggering a mount of $50,000, Election of ficials in the two township pre cincts named by the county board were: Grover. D. J. Kee ter 't father of Byron Keeter), registrar, and M. R. Collins and T. J. Moss, judges; Kings Moun tain. W.. A. Ridenhour, regis trar, and Leslie McGinnis and \V. L. Goforth, judges. l-t-a According to the record, the Ladies Missionary Society of Central Methodist church had held a "very interesting and profitable meeting" at the resi dence of Mrs. B. M. Ormand. and officers hr:l been elected, Including Mrs. J. L. McKay, Mrs. H. T. Fulton. Miss Pearl Vestal and Mrs. Lizzie Falls. l-t-a The "locals" also had some - flavorsome content, including the report that an overseer at Enterprise Mill (now Mauney Mills, Ine. ? had bravely averted a ? possible' "sad and sordid" situation, A lady had gone home from the mill to tell her husband that another employee had "kicked -or struck her". The irate husband, pistol in hand, accosted, the assaulter and was about, if shoot him down but the overseer, A. B. White, ram med his finger under the. ham mer- uf the pistoi. l-t-a Grippe and typhoid fever were prime ailments afflicting many. ' l-t-a There was bo choicer bit than an item ' appearing under the heading "A Challenge". It read: "We. the undersigned, repre senting the moi advanced spoiling class of the High School of Kings Mountain, re spectfully challenge any fifteen persons of the town to spell. The contest .to be held on the 14th of April, 1905. a* 8 P- m The old "Blue Back" to be used commencing with 'baker* on page 23." The notice was signed by Emma Comwell, Pearl Ba ker, Harry Falls, and Motley Plonk. l-t-a In that day, Theodore Roose velt was president, and R. B. Glenn was governor of North Carolina. The Governor, the Herald reported, was disap pointed that the General As sembly had not accepted his recommendations to set up an ."Immigration Bureau". The Glenn Idea was to attract small ' farmers, tenants, laborers and men whs "will do things" to the state. lt-a One can never read an old Viewpoints of Other Editors WORTHY OF PRINT Lincoln Times High among the nostalgic tri butes to the press' that were brought forth during the recent National Newspaper Week, is, we believe, the verse of John Lair, the bard of Renfro Valley, Ken tucky. While it was heard over the air, we believe this Renfro Valley ballad should be presented in a less perishable manner. And, with the permission of Mr. Lair, we give you herewith the opening verses of 'The Hometown Pa? per". We do not know what pa per the poet had in mind, or even whether it still exists. Thus, while it whs not (necessarily) written of this newspaper. .. ".well, if you think the shoe fits, we'll try to wear it: "We never realize how much the hometown paper means Till -we-have wandered far away from the old familiar scenes. And then it's just as welcome as a letter from a friend. We read It through from front to back, from beginning to the end And when we see the names in print of folks we used to know A flood of tender memories will set our hearts aglow. "We remember how that paper was a standby in our home, And how we'd scramble for it just as soon as it would come. Sis looked for all the personals; Dad read the livestock news; Grandad liked editorials? if they sided with his views! But mother never seemed to have a part that she preferred, She just set down, when she had time, and read it every word.' Speaking impersonally, for all "hometown paper", we believp that no matter what advances are made in type-setting and printing, equipment and in the gathering and transmission of news, the "hometown" editor's at titude toward his job and his responsibility to his community never change. He'll keep on striving to make hi.- paper im portant enough in your life so | you'll "read it, every word". C. B. Metcalf Wins Petty Officer Rate WITH THE PACIFIC FLEET (FHTNC) C. B. Metcalf. son pf Mr. and Mrs. John Bridge man of EAst Gold St., Kings Mountain, N. C. was recently ad vanced to boilerman third/class, l/SN. while serving aboard the destroyer USS Maddox. The advancement is a result of competitive examinations con ducted this summer on all ships and Naval establishments throu ghout the, world. Since every Navy man has two jobs, the test was divided into, military questions covering knowledge of seamanship, gun nery and military law. etc., and the professional part Concerning " paper without being Impressed at the rapid change in facilities, but not in people. The old 1905 edition furnishes a good look see into Kings Mountain's past.. ARTHRITIS? I have been wonderfully bless ed in ibeing restored to active life after being crippled in nearly every joint in my body and with muscular soreness from head to foot. I, had Rheumatoid Arthritis and other forms of Rheumatism, hands deformed and my ankles were set. ? Limited space prohitots telling you more here tout If you will write me I will reply at once and tell you how I received this won derful relief. Mrs. Lela S. Wler 2*05 Arbor RUU Drtre ?. O UK Jackson 1, Mississippi OUR LOCAL PROGRES SIVE RETAILERS ARE LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY Belmont Banner As the Christmas Shopping Season gets underway we nat urally, as a newspaper, begin to hammer on the "Trade at Home" Routine. What we fail, to do in so many instances is to actually sell our local, progressive merchants on their real merit to the com munity. You know the progres sive merchant, you see him ad vertising, with regularity, for your business and publishing the prices of his products foi- you to compare with others both here and in neighboring cities. The progressive retailer, be he small or large as a business mer chant, always takes an active in terest In every worthwhile civic and charity drive that comes a long In the community. We can say that these merchants of ours feel that their efforts to help put over these worth-while endeavors i* the logical thing to do. They realize it, is logical because they konw that they rise and fall with the success of the community and that whatever benefits arise here effect all of us who live and work in Belmont. The local, stores are good neigh bors. They are leaders and friends and they believe in our town. It is imperative that we trade with them whenever possi ble if we have any civic spirit at all. It Is true that there are some ot_Qur citizens who never go In the local stores and they would be surprised both at the values and ajso at the way in which they would be helping our town if they would shop here. The retailer is in a specially good position to help make all local endeavors a success ? whether they have to do with get ting out the vote or putting a charitable drive over the top. He comes in direct daily contact with the people of his town. His ad vertisements and displays are widely read. He enjoys a large measure of public confidence. He is part of the town, and he sue-, ceeds or fails with the town. Trade with him. Read the ads and accept his invitation to shop. You'll be pleasantly surprised. How To Relieve Bronchitis Creomulsion relieves promptly because it goes into the bronchial system to help loosen and expel germ laden phlegm and aid nature to soothe and heal raw, tender, inflamed bronchial membranes. Guaranteed to please you or money refunded. Creomulsion has stood the test of millions of users. CREOMULSION nlimi CoujM, Chut Cotds. Acu?? Bronchitis HARRIS FUNERAL HOME : Anibulance Service? Phone 118 Kings Mountain. N.C. Kurfees Flat Tint Wall Finishes For a CHEERFUL HOME at CHRISTMAS (and all through the year), A complete NEW ROOM with one gallon of FLAT TINT for only $3.95 in the regular colors (40c more in the DEEP SHADES). Dries in 51 minutes. Dimtone Semi Gloss for Woodwork supplied in matching colors. PHIFER HARDWARE CO. Battleground Ave. Phone 46 No! No! LET US FIX THAT OLD WATCH Thar* U probably many year* of good service in tt If repaired by an export craft man AND THEN ELECTRONICALLY TESTED ON A Wo not only employ watchmakers who are skilled and long experienced on problem wo'ches, but we un quality replacement parts. ? then test all of am work electronically on our WATCHMASTER, a scien tific instrument which PRINTS a record, ? PROVING THE EFFICIENCY OF THE REPAIRS Derooad this protection. GRAYSON'S JEWELRY ? HOME-OWNED ? ? The Herald $2.50 Per Year ? Now You Can Get Anthony Dairy Products . . . . < Home Delivered in Kings Mountain Vitamin-enriched Pastuerized or Homogenized Milk Whipping Cream ? Butter ( or margarine ) ? Eggs Buttermilk ? Skim Milk Phone 684-w "Doc"McDaniel for home delivery of our fine dairy-products. Anthony Dairy ? Sine* f; 7. Farm-Fresh Bottling Means Best-Flavored Milk
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