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V ? \ * ? ' 1 ? ' 4 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 Thursday by the Herald Publishing House. Entered as second class matter 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. P. Dl Herndon ............... .i ; Society Miss Ellzzabeth Stewart Advertising, News MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT ' Eugene Matthews Horace Walker David Weathers Ivan Weaver* Charles Miller Paul Jackson . . ('Member of Armed Forces) TELEpHOI|E NUMBE RS ? 167 0r 283 SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE ONE YEAR? $2.50 SIX MONTHS? $1.40 THREE MONTHS? 75c BY MAIL ANYWHERE TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE For with God,, nothing ahull be impossible. 8t. Luke 1:37 No Sewage Disposal For the third time in a little more than six years, the citizens of Kings Mountain ? have refused to approve a bond issue for sewage disposal system improvements, in spite of a continually, growing community and in spite ot a continually worsening situation. The optimists might look at the vote total and decide that the closeness of the recent election, disfavored by 57 votes, means that such improvements, if re-offered, will certainly be approved in the not-too-distant future. Post-morteming of (he December 6 election indicates many reasons for the failure of the citizens to approve the issuance of $600,000 in bonds: 1) the size, of the bond issue; 2) .disinterest on the part of the average citizen as shown by the vote total; 3) failure to work suffi ciently, at least 5K votes worth, by the members of the current city administra tion. These seem to be the principal rea sons, though others include questions about financing the large issue, and dif ferences of opinion on how it should be financed. Though a number of citizens were re ported heavily, almost bitterly, opposed to the proposed bond issue, election ac tivity was light from both the opponents and proponents. Sometime, someday, something is go . ing to have to be done about ..the city's sewage disposal problem. Just about everyone agrees to that. The question is when? Should construction prices decline in the reasonably near future, then the city may have been lucky that last Satur day's bond election failed, provided no great health problems occur in the in terim,; ' Otherwise, it seems unfortunate that, the Voters did not approve the proposal. Again, thinking citizens of the com munity hope that it will not require some terrible epidemic to glamorize the business of sewage disposal. Help The Needy The Junior Chamber of Commerce is again sponsoring its Christmas collec tion of food for t he needy of t he commu nity. and this project.- launched quite, successfully last year, should be even more. successful .this year. Is it the Bible that says the need\ shall always be with us? .'This year is no exception. By inviting individuals to contribute a ew cans of foodstuff,' or other non perishable- edibles, the Jaycees are able to broaden the base of their Christmas giving ajid help many, many needy per sons have a pleasant, happy Christmas, quite a contrast to one of hunger. . Virtually all of the grocery stores of the community are cooperating on this "Buy A Can, Leave A Can" project, and it is a pleasure to commend it. to all citi zens. ' . The baskets should be overflowing. How. many shopping days 'til Christ mas'.' Just a measly, short six, folk,' which means it is far, far too late to do your Christinas shopping early. Our best wishes to Rev. Boy Co Uul'f stetler. youiYg Kings Mountain student-' minister, who has been called to serve the K1 Bethel and IVnley's Chapel Me thodist pastorates. Oops, flying saucers and talking hor ses; What will be next on the program ? First thing we know they'll be starting chain letters again and claiming tb have shot Santa Clans. ' Helping Homelolk There are many ways to skin a cat, the old saying goes, and it would appear from his recent action that Jim Tobin, Secretary of Labor, knows them all. The Secretary of Labor found a clause in the; Walsh-Healey Act last week which provided that ha could arbitrarily deny government contracts to firms not paying a "prevailing" minimum wage. Secretary Tobin was using the clause to declare some textile mills, mostly in the South, sub-standard and therefore not eligible for the contracts. It- is the second time within the last year that a hue arid cry has been raised from Yankeeland about the northern textile operators' inability to compete with the South. Privately, they will agree that the wage rates do not tell fhe whole story. Essentially, Yankee mills have been "milked" by the stockholders. Dividends have been fat through the years, with little funds set aside for the ravages of depreciation. As a result, many mills have moved South. When re-building, the reasoning went, why not get better climate, better labor, and other benefits as well? Secretary Tobin, of course, who is a lame-duck operator anyway, -is merely helping the homefolk, it he makes his order stick. He's from Massachusetts, and. since he's going home, expects to land on soil more friendly because of the arbitrary action he contemplates. After all, Secretary Tobin will need a job. Bui it still looks like a dirty trick he's puliing on the South, not to mention the best interests of the taxpayer. Some cabinet officers forget that their oaths of office are to serve the interests of all the people. Church Expansion Whether Kings Mountain's rate of construction has kept pace with that . of other cities in the past few years is not known, but there is one department in which, we believe, Kings Mountain has kept pace. It is the considerable ex pansion of new church properties throughout the community and rural area. Some have been completed, others are still under construction. /? Included on the list are Bethlehem Baptist church, w hich has recently com pleted a new parsonage, Allen Memorial Baptist church, which had dedicatory services Sunday. Oak Grove Baptist church, which recently buili an addition. Second Baptist church, now building a new plant. Resurrection Lutheran church, a new organization which has a new plant, and St. Matthew's Luther an church, now building a new structure after completing a new parsonage. Grace, Methodist church still ranks in the "new" category, after its destruction by fire, and First Presbyterian church's ed ucational plant and parsonage are also quite new. First Baptist church has a new educational building. Undoubtedly this is only a partial list, but it is. our readers will agree, an im pressive. one. It is a wholesome sign that the citi zens ot the community are continously , investing their material wealth for the advancement of the spiritual kingdom. A cordial welcome to the community to Rev. R. K. Robbins, who, on Sunday, becomes the first full-time pastor of Bethlehem Baptist church. Our congrat ulations, too, to the membership of the Church, for their progress. 10 YEARS AGO Items of newi about Kings Mountain area people and eYentr THIS WEEK taken from the 1942 files of the Kings Mountain Herald. The December Tire Quota al leged the local Rationing Hoard ha? been greatly increased over previous months, according to Mrs. Nell Thomson, Clerk. The Lions Club is sponsoring the collection of keys to aid in the scrap drive for metals need ed in the war effort: Social ar.d Personal Miss Jennie Hullender has re turned from a visit in Biloxi, Miss. Mrs. J. R. Davis was hostess to membet-s of the Study Club en tertaining at her home on East Mountain street Tuesday after noon. Pfc. John Costner has been transfered from McDiU Field, Fla. to the airport in Greenvlile, S. C. , Pvt. James L. Bennett has re turned tQ Camp Edwards, Mass. after visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Bennett. Pvt. Luther G. Gregory who ha* been stationed at Camp Croft, S. C. hits been transfered to An gel Island, Calif. Pfc. W. D. Morrison who has been ill in a Greenville, S. C. hos pital for the past four weeks ts expected home this weekend to visit friends and relatives. Mrs. Earl McGlU plans to spend tl*r holidays at Fort Benntng, Ga. where her husband is stationed. Mrs. HrYed Wright, Jr. plans to leave during the weekend for a visit with her husband In Denver, Colo. !i.i .A;r. :Ai?_ t'iV* : ? J MARTIN'S MEDICINE By Martin Hannaa Ingredient*: bits of news, wisdom, humor, and comment. Directions: Take weekly, if possible, but avoid overdosage. Gilt Shopping The topic of today's piece Is probably the chief topic of con versation these days, not only hereabouts, but in San Francis co, Dallas, Portland, New York, Peoria, and everywhere else that Christmas is celebrated in the Santa Claus tradition. It may not be Jhe chief topic for some few people, smart folk who never enjoy the fun, furore, and frolic of last minute helter-skelter buying, but it is for me and, from the usual runs on stores at the last few days before Chirstmas, for almost everyone. *?? A lot of ; pie 'say that Christmas is g iting too com mercial, and in a few towns the Christmas opening parades and festivals take on a strictly religious air, which is in quite good taste. But, as some were saying in last fall's political campaign, " you don't shoot Santa Claus".' Well, Adlai Stevenson must not have been Santa Claus after all, for he got shell-shocked, if not shot, for the real Santa Claus you just don't shoot. Santa Claus has been squeezing down chim neys for a long, long time, and bucking tradition would be like batting the head against the stone wall. . ? g-s With as much imagination as the merchants use in stocking their meceas for Christmas giving, it is still hard {or many people (1 lead this pack) to use much imagination in gift-giv ing. When my ideas. run past the hose-wallet-shirt-slip range, they're either not any good or also out of pocketbook range. This latter mark, of course, is easy to overshoot, unless you're loaded with cash or join enough Christmas clubs. This reminds that Belmont folk cut a $277, 000 Christmas club kitty the other day, two and three-quar ter times the amount of fell of Cleveland county. Money must grow on trees over there in Bel mont. g-s Anyway, people having trou bte with gift ideas are supposed to read today's paper, for Just about, every merchant in town is giving forth with his ideas ?on the subject and he'Jl fill up anybody's stocking for the pro per consideration, some for cash, some for a next-t -noth ing down payment and piddiin' amounts weekly. from now 'til ? well, let's say next Christ mas. if not 'til doomsday. Some of these time-payment jobs do drag out, don't they? g-s The advertisements I always read with envy are those where the car dealers tell papa how appreciative the family feels to receive a new bus for Christ mas. The television people are proving to be very good copy cats along this line of sales pror motfon. and others have tried it. too. But cars remain the old original. This year, many of the makers have accommo dated the papas of the country by getting out new models just in time for Santa's packing. These include the Chrysler models. Pontiac, Packard. Ford, etc. leaving only a few to tail along in 1953. In the full glow of the beneficent Christmas spirit, it is always hard for the male to withstand such provo cation. g-s . Naturally, the hardest kind of shopping to do is the kind designed to please a lady-love. I refer, naturally, to the court ing days of the maie^ and not to the post marital state, for it is indeed a poor wife who can not rattle off with complete description, color, size and cost wanted items at the rate of about five-per minute. And the most shy wives, I am told, can list in detail three per- minute as the Christmas season nears. Of course, they practlcq the art all during the year, on birth- > day. anniversary, Columbus Day, Valentine's bay and other gift day excuses, but Christmas is the season in which they really sparkle. g-s But back to the subject of courtin days buying. It is a very difficult matter. The girl never chirps as , to what she would like, and it is frequently necessary to use circuitous routes to her mother, dear, for suggestions. This poses prob lems, too, for mother#, always wearing the protective instinct, are likely to report what their daughters need, not what they desire. And if there is one thing a girl doesn't want, it's what she needs. Another problem is in Mama's under-stating the case, as she trys to show off daughter for a young lady of modest want*. (Such a woman has really never been invented). g-s Thus we enter the final heat toward Chrtstmas 1952. Ifs only six, fast moving shopping days away, and may none get left at the post ? either at store-ckMing time on Christmas Eva. or after Santa's vlfit. Viewpoints of Other Editors | CROSSWORD By A, C. Gordon | ACROSS 1? Soldiar wko ran M o I wotl-Ji to mwit ?? Praaantly itzSSr*--"* : 1 1? AmrtcM ?d?hMtor ?f th? (Witrth* tVarf 14? Iriah playwright 18 ? Kjt.t IT-Ctnuo wm Immm m a'tfcb" 19? Hi.totlc*11yfamo? Belgian raaort towa 10 ? Very Old (abbrrv.) 3 1 ? Ancimt Qr?k god erf ?bapharda It ? A brood, m oi pbaatanti ?4? Initial. of the Unto boy who cried for Me I nintnw wae 'The It ? Brought legal acrtoo itS&Zf n"do' " 41? Army food . 1? *Jteoita 4?? Broad emila ?? Printer1. manure. 4 ?? Ktad of m?.t "-Sssr '-s?as?. 3??O^Sd*to"1WA,*B,r 10 ? lLrreptured 50? OWBpamkh title W St-SlZnX ? 1 1 ? Kagtkh cbatnkc ? Mmp^t 40? Torca 1 1? Pounder of U. ?. ?? Abb?e.<a>eJ atrp*aoa' el? -Greek letter "KrrrtoM 8t.u" ?J? Baholdt See The Want Ad Section For This Week's Completed Puzzle DAD'S CHRISTMAS GIFT . PEACE OF MIND Lincoln Times That old refrain, "commercial izing" Christmas", has started a gain, now that December's here. It seems to us, however, that Grandad's filling his youngsters' stockings with oranges around the turn of the century, and Dad's expensive gift of a TV set to his family this Christmas are both expressions of the same thing. . . .the Christmas spirit, the urge to bring festivity and happ iness to those nearest and dearest. Under today's Christmas tree there's everything from a camera to a car, from a steam iron to a washing machine. Today's gifts represent a mode of living- in finitely higher than in the "good ? old days" ? a new standard made possible by the evolution and in stallment credit. Today, millions of American families are enjoying the good, things of life as they pay for them, and without fear of what would happen if their income was disrupted. The same Americ* j an ingenuity that made inde pendence possible to the thirteen struggling colonies has found a way to remove fear from credit buying with a program which insures payment of their monthly installments if the purchaser is disabled, and pays the entire debt if he should die. Last year more than 15 million families protected more than five billion dollars worth of time pur chases and loans with this con sumer credit insurance. And the same spirit of thoughtfulness that is behind the super- duper family gift is leading more and more people to give also the peace of Christmas morning. g-s Pleasant Christmas ? season thought (to date): Not a single boom from a firecracker yet, in spite of the fireworks shacks south of the border. PATIENCE A VIRTUE Chatham News In the turmoil of the election campaign so much was made of the portents of a trip by General Elsenhower to Korea that we were inclined to point out that the war was not a political issue. We maintained that no miracles could be wrought and that a sol ution to the problem was apt to be long in coming. Since the election, the very self same people who touted General Eisenhower's election, have be gun to grumble a bit because we are today no nearer the solution than we were three weeks ago. Once again we urge patience. President-designate is going to Korea and he has the blessings of the people going with him, but he will bring forth no miracles as a result of his trip. Sure, it is a frusterating exper ience for us to sit by and watch little progress being made in the solution of the Korean problem. Here again, however, we must evaluate the consequences if we were to seek through military action, a quick end. Would World War III break out? Could we gain full support of our Allies in an all-out-war? Would we bring it to a quick end? . These are puzzling questions The only accomplishment that we can be sure of if we continue to chafe is a "Korean neurosis" that will sap our energies. Patience in troublous times has always been, and continues in the present to be, a virtue. ? ? , t - , ... ? ? | mind that American business has provided in consumer credit in surance. The simple fact that such pro tection is available chalks up the American system of free enter prise the world's most practical demonstration of "good will tow ard men". .Some NEW WATCHES never do L eep time \~!\T U VO Watches, like , VV Jtl I f autos, ther mometers, locomotives and other mechanisms have differences, evert in the same models. A watch is an important purchase. Let us help protect your invest ment. lAJmickta ffurclatid from h? art aecom ? ftmmitJ if a chart rtcorJ of accuracy ~aJ. automat tea n y mm a tcitmtific fy" Mas fir DEMAND THIS PROTECTION AS OFFERED HERE GRAYSON'S JEWELRY A. *? 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