The Kings Mountain Herald ,-s3&Ssufc
/ PPfSSASSOC I AT iON^
Established 1889 x? "
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 postoffi<-e at Kings Mountain, N. G, under Act
oi Congress of March 3, 1873 .
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
Martin Harmon Editor-Publisher
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Mrs. p. D. Herndon Society
Miss Elizzabeth Stewart Advertising, ffewa
MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT
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TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE
In him a (in lift . and (he lift: ivaa the light of men. St, John l .4.
New Administration
With the inauguration of a new gov
ernor and convening of a new General
Assembly, North Carolina has a new art
ministration, one- pledged to progress
yet also pledged to keep spending within
mea ns.
The new governor is William B. l*m
stead, who won hands down in Novem
ber, after a rather hard Democratic pri
mary bat 1 le against Judge Hubert Olive.
There were few recriminations after tin*
primary was over, which means that
North Carolina, to all outward indica
tions, is rather well united behind Gov
ernor Umstead, a man with a long re
cord of service in government, and an
acceptable record at that.
Those who know Mr. Umstead best
think the forthcoming administration
will more nearly approximate the ad
ministrations of Governors Hoey and
BWnighton for case of operation and
lack of fireworks, as opposed to the out
going administration's trequent bom
bast.
Nevertheless, the administration of
Governor Scott will be found a good one,
we have no doubt. As pointed out here
before, the Scott timing was right. He
supported and pushed for expansion at
a time of increasing state revenues.
Though Scott's administration broke a
record for spending, it was not emba
rassed. Highway revenues have jumped
steadily as base other, state receipts.*
The new administration will most
likely he more conser\ at ive than Gov
ernor Scon's, returning to the so-called
progressive-conserva I ism of the Hoey
Bruughton-Chrrr\ era Government ol
ficials will. ask t < >r le* - and most expan
sion nu>\t\s will compromise the ex
t remes.
Among liu' chief issues facing the
legislature will be liquor, teacher pay.
school construction, and primary high
ways. As usual, all will be connected
with the prime business of adopting a
budget which will not provide more
spending than there is income.
As usual, then1 will be plenty of legis
lation for the new administration to
handle.
Cat Inspections
Most folk were mighty, mighty glad
when the state's car inspection program
was scrapped a few years hack. The pro
gram had a short life. The reason was
lousy adtnimstr;M ion. particularly in
populous areas, and there was such a
hue and cry of complaint the General
Assembly voU'u ii into limbo.
Ever since, there has been a call from
some groups for another car inspection
program. They point to the accident
total in the state and infer that faults
autos cause them.
Some accidents. undouhted!\, are
caused because the brakes f.ui to act at
a crucial moment, or because other
mechanical failure.
But b\ far the greatest numbei of ac
cidents. in Other States as Well a-* in
North Carolina, o-vur doe to dn\er er
ror, commonk known as ca : e!cvsr.e>s.
i n one of its se\ ei al forms.
Actually, the dea t h l ate from auto ac
? iden's h.ts come down ?. V Nh (\o>
i ; 11:1 . hot li in total t:uml>er ?>t dea t lis a nd
in nu tn her of act1 ic lent > ; ?< ? r m ! ies dri\ en
At a time when the ferteta! t.'ovorm
nunt. supposedly, is launching a diuvn
th - bureaucracy m< >v ?eiinvn , w h>
- 1 : i it 1 1 i North < 1 1 o ] i : ? . i id ' * > ? e i
Other matters to attend t > sm.v a.e
purchase ot license tags tor atitoitio
oiles. Deadline lor usitig the old-model
tags is January .">1. The same rule ap
plies on tit > la <mxe tags.
Should Lilt Controls
The price controls program, re-enact
ed by Congress after the Korean War
began, has been a weak and ineffective
program since its inception.
In the first instance, Mr. Truman wait
ed too long to use the executive power
he had been given. By the time it be
came evident to President Trun in that
the Korean War was, in fact, a war,
prices had zipped up to new highs and
a variety of pressures kept popping the
lid-off.
It was natural that labor would de
mand increases after other prices had
risen. The result was a continual de
mand, from one group or the other, for
wage increases or price increases. The
spiral continued upward. While some
folk benefitted, or at least held even,
via these spiralings, some groups were
pinned heavily. Textiles, for instance,
caught up quickly after the Korean buy
ing binge in mid-1950. The result was
that textile firms not only could pay no
higher wages, but found shorter work
schedules necessary, too.
A House committee unanimously rec
ommended .a st week that the controls
program be scrapped. The committee
said goods were sufficient to handle the
problem, and that appears to be correct.
Today, if a man has the price, he can ob
tain almost anything.
It is ohe phase of federal government
bureaucracy which can well be scrap
ped.
Each f i rst-r ?!"-> ear report by Kings
Moimta i>i's several financial ir.siituiions
shows the t mat of dividends <w inteiest
paid i >! i savings accounts inn casing. It
means that there are some smart people
around savings regularly a -portion of
their income in order that they may
someday buy a new car, build a house,
educate the boy or. if worse comes to
worse, handle the rainy day problem.
It's always good bm-ness to save a por
tion of earnings and thus it is good news
to read that savings deposits here are
continually increasing.
The county has a stepped-up quota
for selective service pre-induction ex
aminations during January, indicative
of possible larger calls to come on final
induction of men itvto- the armed ser
vices. The draft process is a sharp re
minder of * he continuing war in Korea,
as well as the continuing "cold war"
generally. It is a reminder, too, that the
biggest problem facing the new Eisen
hower administration is the settlement
of the Korean conflict. Odds are that the
war is going to be expanded, in one di
rection or another, with an effort to
complete the sad business. In other
words, many people expect the Korean
War to get worse before it gets better. ?
Our best bow to Mrs. Carl Mayes,
grand prize winner, and to the several
division winners in the Christmas deco
rated door contest which w as sponsored
l>\ the Garden Club council, in coopera
tion with the First National Bank. Much
interest in the contest was evidenced,
and mis interest meant a greater
spreading of the Christmas spirit,
through the decorations, all over the
community.
Now is the tune to list your property
for taxes. It's one of those annual jobs
tnd there's no use paying penalties for
:'.'>tv.etimg. People who list for taxes
early will sa\e themselves time and
t rouble.
< ?u." congratulations to IX E. (Dickie)
Tate, new lv elected Master of Fairview
!.?> ige :W\ A F. & A. M.
10
YEARS AGO taken from the 1943 files of the Kings Mountain Herald.
THIS WEEK taken from he 1942 tiles of the Kings Mountain Herald.
A group t>f men gathered at i
the Red Ci'iss iJ.indage Office
Tuesday night and rolled barn I
ages to aid in the war effort,
Soci"l unit Personal
Kight members of the Kittle
Theatre will present a one aet
play entitled. "I Pledge Allegi
anoe" during the Woman's Cluh
meeting to hp held Friday at 4 : 3(1
in the club building.
Miss Marion Arthur was hos
.ess at a dinner party at the home
of her parents on New Years
night at 7:30.
i Mr and Mrs Bool h Gillespie
I wore h'ist.s at two holiday parties
! entertaining at their home on
(piedmont avenue Friday evening
land Saturday evening.
Mrs. Krtle Powers and baby
i son are expected home from Me
morial Hospital, Charlotte, today.
Pfc. Jack Kennedy has return
|ed to Camp Pickett. Va.. after
f spending a six <Tay TUTTOtlgTTWTTfT
Ibis wife and other relatives in
Kings Mountain.
i?taff Sergeant Paul W. Cost
ner has returned to his post at
1 v'-.C i
Camp Phillips, Kansas after
spending a short furlougn with
his mother. Mrs. Daisy Costner.
Corp. Dewey Welch, parachute
branch Camp Bragg is spending
a month's sick leave with his pa
rents He expects to return in a
bout ten days.
Chas Campbell, Jr., who has
recently completed a course in
raato operation in Mammon, "Wis.
and is now stationed at St. Joseph
Mo. is on a visit at his home in
Kings Mountain.
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MARTIN'S
MEDICINE
Ry Martin Harmon
Ingredient*: bits of news,
wisdom, humor, and comment.
Directions : Take weekly, if ?
possible#, but avoid
oi>erdoaaye.
New Calendar
How many old calendars do
you still have hanging on the
wall?
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It is supposed to be a sign of
the efficient businessman or
housewife to keep a clean desk
and a fresh, up-to-date calen
dar. in the calendar category,
I am doing fairly well, thanks
to a number of kind-hearted
friends who annually distribute
new model date-keepers. But on
the clean desk count, I must bey
the 'mercy of the court. Much
1952 debris is still laying
around for handling.
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The calendar business must
be big business in the United
States, for It's . an item that
every one must use. if not daily,
at least frequently, and just
about everyone needs several
of 'em. In a business office, for
instance, one is needed over
each desk unless a large com
munity calendar is on view
from all working spots, in all
iighis" at all angles. Another
type needed is the pocket calen
dar, which fits the wallet. These
calendars come in wonderfully
handy for many purposes, not
only in scheduling appoint
ments. parties, etc., but, not
infrequently, in settling argu
ments along the vein of whe
ther the 15th comes on Tuesday
or Wednesday, or which month
has fifth Sundays.
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Like the toy business, it
would appear that the calendar
folk work yc-.; round for one
big, short season, and 1 suppose
they do. However, the calendar
salesman is an early starter.
Two have already visited us.
It was amazing, too. the en
thusiasm they exhibited over
the new "195-1 calendar", for,
they were here before the wrap
pings were pulled off the 1953
calendar. It strikes me that a
man who can make a living
sellitv -ondars a year ahead
of time must be a very, very
good salesman, and, if selling
somethinR with greater de
mand, such as flour or loaf
bread, he could make a million
in short order.
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But the real excuse tor to
day's piece originates in the
new type "birthday calendar"
promoted here by the Jaycees.
I have not received mine yet.
and am operating off a borrow
ed one. However, it is proving
to be very interesting.
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Not only do I find that
several business firms are roll
ing .out the magic carpet on my
birthday (as well as other list
ed birthdays), but there is other
interesting information con
tained in it as well. If in doubt
when the civic club meets
again, just look at the calendar.
In this way the wives of Lions
and Jaycees will have no trou
ble at all scheduling their
spouses' vacant Tuesdays. (The
Kiwanians are real he-man,
taking every Thursday night
out with the boys. However, I
Tsore That ttir^Kiwanians take
the laHyfolk along more than
the other club members do.
{?nd the weekly getting out may
be the reason.)
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I am not sure that the lady
folk are going to like this calen
dar too much in some respects.
While it will provide plenty of
excuse for timely hints about
approaching anniversaries, it
will also provide reminders of
passing birthdays and conse
quent speculation about ages,
etc. Can't you imagine someone
saying. "Oh, she'll never see 30
again!"
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I find that the 135."? calendar
lists throe Black Cat days, or
Fridays, the thirteenth. They
occur in February, March and
November. The birthday calen
dar lists Glee E. Bridges, C. E.
Jolly and Clarence Spratt as
February 13 arrival^. Ben Hor
ton. Mrs. Katfiryn Huffstiekler
and Kay MaUney as Maron 13
arrivals, and has a blank on
November 13, Due to fhj usual
superstition connected with Fri
days. the 13th. I would advise
that all these folk plan to spend
i he day in bed.
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All this information makes
the Jaycee Birthday Calendar
a oitite unusual and news filled
one. In addition to all the listed
birthdays anniversaries. . and
other information, the back
page (behind December) Rives
the proper flower and birth
stone for each month in the
year, plus the type material
proper for a wedding anniver
sary gift. After year No. 10, I
find, it's impossible lo get out
cheaply.
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Other 1953 calendar notes:
Piaster comes on the first Sun
day in April, the fifth, and In
dependence Day lands smack
dab on a Saturday. Christmas
will fall on Friday.
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1 Ttavem en??*Kea aoseiy, trot
I do not think, in this normal
365-<!?y year, that anything par
ticularly unusual- is connected
CROSSWORD ?
By A. C . Gordon
ACROSS
1 ? French Protestants of
the 1 6th and 1 7th
centuries
8 ? To fcait
9 ? Famous American cow
boy writer
1 1 ? English statesman ?nd
author
1 2 ? Point
14 ? Metal element
16 ? Combining form mean
ing mouth
1 7 ? English philosopher
and author
1 9? Feminine article of ,
apparel (colloq.)
20 ? Shortened head
2 1 ? Sporti arbiter
(abbrev.)
2 2 ? American general
24 ? American army detail
(colloq )
2 5 ? Inventor of a small
firearm '
26 ? Roman poet
28 ? To cripple
29 ? Former gentlemanly
means of settling a
quarrel
30 ? First child born in
America of English
parents
Turn Back the Clock
33 ? Algonquian Indian
35 ? Printer's measure
37 ? Born
38?s- Gaseous element
39 ? Perform
40 ? Scottish river
4 2 ? Ancient Greek
philisopher
44 ? Hurried
4 5 ? Withered
4 7 ? Standing Room Only!
48 ? Military Implements
49 ? Expires
51? -To apportion
52 ? English queen
DOWN
1? Leander iwam the
Hellespont for bar
2 ? Shoshcmean Indian
3? Chemical symbol for
germanium
4 ? Scandinavian explorer
5 ? Officer of the Guard
(abbrev.)
6 ? Preftx for three
7 ? Member of a Slavic
tribe ?
8 ? Famous American
inventor
10? Traditionally the
second ton of English
royalty
1 1? The founder of Islam
. (poss.)
12 ? American President
1 5? Famed Italian world
traveler
1 5 ? French emperor iposs. *
1 7 ? Ancient Babylonian
god
18?U. 8. "Silver State"
2 1 '?Ancient world
conqueror
2 3-? Duck valuable for its
down
2 5 ? 8panuh hero
2 7? Owi .g
31 ? Corded fabric
32 ? Lampreys
33 ? Ancient Roman
statesman
34 ? South American city
36? -Require
39 ? Hans Christian
Andersen was a "this"
41 ? Skene of famous
American naval battle
4 3 ? Extent of surface
44 ? Famed Biblical woman
4 6 ? Snake- like fish
48 ? Acquire
50? "Yes" in Spain
51? Pronoun
See The Want Ad SectionSpor This Week's Completed Puzzle
Viewpoints of Other Editors
HOW BIG IS A BILLION?
Smithfield Herald
Both last year and this year
North Carolina maintained more
miles of road, surfaced and un
surfaced, than any other state in
the union. The total, say figures
given out by the State Highway
Department, was 66.592. Of these,
48,519 were sur'faced.
We have so often been obliged
to point out that all too often this
state is near the bottom in vari
ous columns of statistics that it
is a pleasure to chronicle this
"first" for North Carolina.
There are other interesting fig
ures to think over. Governor Scott
points out in his end-of- the- year
report that roads paved during
I his four years, 1-4.810 miles, came
f<> a greater total than in ail the
years previous to 1949; and that
the 20-million dollar bond issue of
1949 has financed 11,898 miles of
paving.
The state has thus laid the
foundation for a new and greater
phase of its life. Good roads are
not only arteries of communica
tion; they are awakeners and vi
talizers. The proof of that lies In
the fact that North Carolina be
gan to take its place In the front
rank of Southern states the mo
ment it adopted a good roads pro
gram v\hich reached its latest and
most impressive phase under
Governor Scott.
In this latest phase the state
hfvs extended good roads 4nt? the
branch heads, coves and swamps,
thus setting up definite links be
tween the towns and the country
side. It means one more step in
the wiping out of the isolation
which has often been one of the
drawbacks of rural life. If the
farmer will thus benefit, it can
be imagined what it means to
the farmer's wife and to the
children of the family as well.
We can take pride in the fact
that North Carolina stands first '
in miles of road. But we will be
better satisfied when we can say
it also stands first in having a
good and balanced life.
Fowl Pox Common
In Tar Heel Flocks
Failure ufvacclnate young pul
lets is responsible for current,
widespread outbreaks of fowl pox
in North Carolim, according to
C F. Parrish. in charge of poul
try extension for N C. State Col
lege.
"In every case of fowl yox re
ported, the flock had rot been
vaccinated"' Parrish says. The
failure of poultrymen to vacci
nate young pullet:* between the
ages of 8 and 16 weeks is causing
some farmers to lose a sizeable
part of their poultry income, he
adds.
Many hens afflicted with fowl
pox. or sorehead, have been out
of production lot 40 days or more.
These hens, which ,had been lay
ing 60 per cent or better with
eggs selling for 60 cents a dozen,
cost their owners $1.20 each in
loss of egg money while they
were out of production.
Parris points out that $1.20
would more than cover the cost
of vaccinating 10 birds.
Poultry raisers that neglected
to vaccinate their pullets before
they started laying should vacci
nate with pigeon pox vaccine af
;nr the birds have begun t> lay.
Pigeon pox vaccine will not great
ly effect production and It will
give temporary immunity to luWi "
pox, according to Parrish.
you had missed It, Leap Year.
NORTH CAROLINA FIRST
IN MILES OF ROADS
Lincoln Times
Today most of us talk about
billions as casually as people used
to talk about thousands. And
that's largely a result of the
trend of government in recent
years. Our national debt is a
round $260,000,000,000, and an
nual spending has been rolling
merrily along at an $80,000,000,
000 rate. So figures large enough
to tax the imagination of a first- j
class mathematician are common- 1
place in public discussion.
In view of this, a Reader's Di
gest item on just what a single,
solitary billion amounts to should
bp oi wide interest.
Suppose that your family start- ,
ed a business with a billion dollar |
surplus in the year A. D. One.
And suppose it had been so badly
and extravagantly managed that I
it had lost $1,000 every day of |
the 1952 years that have gone by [
since then.
You wouldn't have to worry a- j
bout it ? you'd be a long, long
way from broke. For you and
your descendents could go right
on losing that $1,000 a day until
the year 2739 before you'd run ]
out of money !
That's how big a billion is ? a
solitary billion, not five or ten or j
fifty of them. It indicates the in
credible extent of today's govern
ment spending. It shows how]
much every taxpayer has to gain |
from government economy and
efficiency. Thoroughly document
ed surveys say that Federal
spending alone could be cut by as
much as $10,000,000,000 a year
without hurting any necessary ac
tivity. It's your money they've
been so busily throwing away in
Washington |
Supplies of fresh vegetables are
?xpected to be larger this year
than last.
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