A weekly newspaper devoted to the promotion of the general welfare and published
for the enlightenment, entertainment arid benefit of the citizens of Kings Mountain
and its vicinity, published every Thursday by the Herald Publishing House.
Entered as second clijss matter at the postofftee at Kings Mountain, N. C., under Act
. of Cortgress of March 3, 1873
. . EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
Martin Harmon . .?> ..................... t ... Editor- Publisher
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. MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT
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Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the f irstfruits of all thine increase. Proverbs 3:9.
Please, No
A Mecklenburg representative to the
North Carolina General Assembly, Ar
thur Goodman, is toying with the idea
of introducing a bill to require a state
withholding tax, similar to the federal
government withholding arrangement.
The Herald hopes that Mr. Goodman
will never get around to introducing his
bill, or, if he does, that the committee
will relegate it to the dustiest pigeon
hole.
The state has taken one step to as
sure collection of its rightful income
taxes and this is requirement of employ
ers to file with the Department of Rev
enue "information 'at the source," or in
dividual statements of employees earn
ings.
With this information, the depart
ment should be able to collect.
Income taxes in North Carolina do
not reach great heights for the average
person, and the great amount of book
keeping required would complicate hea
vily the already heavy workload of the
state's employers.
There's little fault with the federal
withholding system, . because the a
mounts are large, and lump sum pay
ment by the average citizen would be an
almost insurmountable burden. Many
more than are now would be candidates
for Atlanta's Federal penal institution.
But Mr. Goodman>and Raleigh should
leave us alone.
Reduction Binge
While there may be some merit to the
residential light, rate reduction of an
additional ten percent (inakiqg the to
tal 20 percent off rates adopted last
summer), some people are wondering
whether the city government can offord
the additional cut.
There has been disagreement among
the board members on the rate parings
ever since the original slashes were in
stituted, cutting 20 percent and demand
charges off commercial rates, and par
ing residential rates by ten percent.
One of the two commissioners who
voted against the cut, B. T. Wright, Sr.,
said he would have felt much better
about it, had he been sure tlx1 city can
get through the next five months with
out using red ink on its ledgers.
Some people, of course, will cheer the
paring. on the grounds that the less
money which flows into city coffers (or
into the treasury of any governmental
unit) the better. The less will be spent,
they reason. This view, however, recog
nizes only the barest minimum of needs
for city services.
Tirhe will tell whether the latest (and
other) parings were in order. During
the current fiscal year, the city mapped
record spending, but pared light rate
schedules -and cut the tax rate. If the
roller coaster doesn't jump the financial
track, none can complain, for everyone
likes more for less.
Report of Southern Bell Telephone
and Telegraph Company shows that the
Kings Mountain exchange now has more
than 2,<H)0 telephones. Growth in the
service has been great in the past few
years and, as was pointed out by Mr.
Farris, the manager, is an indication of
commercial prosperity. The, telephone is
an almost indispensable adjunct to daily
living, much like the electric light and
other wonderful inventions that hr.ve
come to be so common they are taken
for-gra nted.
Our congratulations t6 Bobby Earl
Patterson, one of 68 students at Baylor
university recently initiated in the Bay
lor chapter of Alpha Chi, national scho
lastic society.
Manager Matter
In a split vote, which sometimes seems
to be a trademark of the current city ad
ministration, the city board of commis
sioners has refused, 3 to 2, the recom
mendation of the city planning board
that steps be taken to initiate the adop
tion of the city manager system of gov
ernment.
Opinion of the city attorney is that
an election will be necessary to invoke
the system, which in turn would require
a legislative act to maintain the curr
rent voting arrangement.
The planning board undoubtedly was
correct in its recommendation and in its
opinion a city manager form of govern
ment-year in and year out, is the bet
ter system.
In the light of the recent Superior
Court ruling, which served to hamstring
the hands of virtually all city employees
and particularly those supposedly in a
managerial capacity, it would appear
that some changes in the rules and reg
ulations applying to the city govern
ment would be in order.
The city manager system is spread
ing around the nation at a rapid rate,
and more and more cities adopt it each
year. On the other side of the ledger, few
cities which adopt it have ever relinq
uished it.
Thei'e are some charges that city
managership is dictatorship, etc., but
that is not true. The city manager com
pares to a manager of a corporation who
is responsible to a board of directors, in
this instance, the board of commission
ers, who employ and discharge at will.
The position of this newspaper on the
matter of . the city manager system is
well-known. Undoubtedly, it is possi
ble to elect a mayor who has the re
quired background of education and ex
perience to properly handle the duties
of the city's chief executive officer. But
election of such a qualified man, year
in and year out, is not probable.
Under the present ai'angement, with
pll department heads supposedly taking
orders only directly from the board of
commissioners, there are two results: 1)
the employees either exceed their au
thority, or 2) the work schedule lies dor
mant.
No system is perfect, and no system
is better than the people operating the
system. But, over the long pull, the city"
manager system of government is a bet
ter one than others which have been de
vised.
Every business, private or govern
mental, needs an operating boss. In the
city's current situation, with a divided
administration, it appears that there is
no individual operating executive.
Time's running out on purchase of
city and state auto licenses and on list
ing of properties for taxes for 1953. Bus
inessmen have other matters to attend
to, such as making final reports, to Un
cle Sara on social security artd unem
ployment taxes and on federal with
holding taxes. Deadline day is January
31.
Write a check today for the March of
Dimes campaign. Your check will help
do many wonderful things, including
helping to restore some polio victim to
health. Better still, someday, someone's
* check is going to result in the discovery
of ways and means to prevent this crip
pling disease.
A best bow to the new officers and di
rectors of the Lake Montonia Club.
Our sympathies to the family of B.
Hudson Bridges, a victim of a heart ail
ment at the seemingly early age of 57.
10
YEARS AGO Items of news about Kings Mountain area people and events
THIS WEEK taken from the 1943 files of the Kings Mountain Herald.
All young men becoming 18
years old must register with the
. local draft board on their birth
day, unless It comes ton Sunday
or a legal holiday, then they
must register the next day,
A total of 109 selectees will
leave next Friday, January 29th,
at. eight o'clock from in front of
the Draft Board office by special
busses.
Social And Personal
Mr. Charles P. Ware announces
. the marriage of his daughter,
Margaret Lucille, to Pvt. Howard
J. Randall of Hattiesburg, Miss.
The marriage took place in Hat
tiesburg on Saturday, December
19.
Mr. A. H. Cornwell announces
the engagement of his daughter,
Dorothy, to Sgt. Vernon T. Rey
nolds of Bisftopsville. S. C. and
Langley Field, Va.
Mrs. H, E. Lynch was hoste&J
to the Study Club at her home on
Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Bobby Allran left Monday
for a visit with her parent#, Mr.
and Mrs. Ivan Huffman in Utica,
N. Y.
Mr. and Mrs. Falls are
in receipt of a letter from their
son, Cicero Falls stating that he
has arrived safely in North
Africa.
Mrs. Ernest Payne has re
turned from a weeks visit with
her husband, Pvt. Ernest Payne,
at Camp Robinson, Little Rock,
Ark.
Eddie H. Smith, son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. A. Smith recently enroll
ed at Riverside' Military Academy
in Gainsville, Ga.
Mrs. Jesse McArtiiur of Carth
age is visiting her brother, Mr.
E. B. Olive and Mrs. Olive.
Pfc. Charles W. Patterson, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Dewitt Patterson
who has been stationed at Fort
Lewis, Tacoma, Wash, for some
time, has been transfered to Me
ridian, Miss.
MARTIN'S
MEDICINE
fly Martin Harmon
Ingredient ?: bit a of news,
wisdom , humor, and comment.
Direction* : Take weekly, 4/
possible^ but avoid
overdosage.
Weed-No-More
This is not a gardening piece,
in spite of the title, borrowed
from the product of same name
and which is supposed to kill
each and every blade of weed
in a lawn and, at the same time,
leave each and every blade of
grass. The claims may be true,
as advertised, but there aren't
many lawns that could stand
the treatment, what with the
weed crop greater than the
lawn-grass crop.
w-n-m
The title for today commemo
rates a' special day for me, .and
since it is Just possible that it
could be the last one of this
particular kind, I wanted to do
a little braggin' in time.
w-n-m
Today, if my calendar is
correctly marked, is the end of
the second month since I for
sook Demon Nicotine, a divorce
I thought, onetime, I'd never be
able to manage. And, since it
is just possible that I will again
fall from grace, I wish to at
tend to the writing matter
first. (Outside of other bene
fits, a guy should get a column,
at least, out of ceasing the
cigarette.)
. w-n-m
There is nothing like experi
ence, regardless of the chore,
and the truism holds for smok
ing the weed (a trick Sir Wal
ter Raleigh reputedly learned
in good old North Carolina
from the Croatan Indians). The
converse is also true. If you
haven't quit lately, try it. It'll
be a little different from what
you thought it would be.
w-n-m
Among the misimpressions,
I would list the first as finan
cial. It does not require a math
metical wizard nor nuelear phy
sicist to figure quickly that
smoking a couple of packs per
day, even though they're pur
chased at the cut-rate counters,
figures a minimum of $115-plus
annually. That's equivalent to
two suits of clothes pe? ? year,
or one a season. "Stop smoking
and ,be well-dressed," I thought
to myself. What a saving! No
saving up for the new suit. Just
buy it out of cigarette money!
w-n-m
Things are not working out
too well. In manner of speak
ing, perhaps, they are merely
working out. During the first
days of the nicotine fast, the
medicinal energy box, to wit,
the tummy, seemed kin to the
Lake Lure area's bottomless
pools. No bottom. It made little
difference what the foodstuff
was, though first choice went
to pies, cakes, cookies and
other sweets. Breakfast had to
be Increased, lunch became
dinner, and dinner became
another dinner. The late-even
ing snack was prerequisite to
sleeping. All the anticipated
savings were consumed in food
stuff, and more.
w-n-m '
Now It Is becoming just possi
ble that the lost suit-savings
will be moreso, and cause more
expense. Thus far the old
clothes ate managing, but the
vests are proving a little tight,
for the added fuel Is putting on
more pounds, if not heat.
w-n-m
In the far distant past, last
time I experimented, I could
remember that the smoking
fast would be worth five pounds
in the first week, but I had not
kept data on a longer period.
For those interested in weight
increase, I am able to report
that the first week of weed-no
more is still worth five pounds.
Two months, in my instance,
has been worth 13 pounds,
months, in my instance, has
been worth 13 pounds.
w-n-m
, This, of course, will be sad
information to those who tend
to the plump side and were
looking forward, someday,, to
obtaining their fieedom from
the slavery of the coffin tack.
Abe Lincoln freed one kind of
slave, but it'd take more than
a President of the United States
to free the world from the kind
of slavery practiced by the
Camel, Chesterfield and Lucky
Strike. Simon Legree was a
piker beside these modern char
acters.
w-n-m
There are other benefits con
nected with the fast. No more
ash trays to empty, no more
morning bad taste, no more
morning cough. On the last
mentioned p~.mt It had come
to be a standing joke at our*
house. After the first puff of
the cigarette: oough, cough,
cough. For a time this occurred
after the roll out of bed. Later
on, when I had quit the before
breakfast puff. It came with the
first puff and second cup of
coffee.
w-n-m
Among other benefits . was
the elimination of the need for
two worn out cigarette lighters,
which also kept the disposition
in questionable order. There
must be some others, but at the
moment they escape me.
How to quit? This one's not
CROSS WORD ? ? ? By A. C. Gordon |
- ACROSS
1 ? H>eep- thinking game
5 ?Supreme triumphs in
bridge
9 ? U. 8. "Cora State"
(abbrev.)
10 ? Inquire
1 2 ? Roman 500 1
1 4 ? Latin abbreviation for
**note well"
16 ? America's greatest
competitive sport
l? ? Parental nickname
20 ? Number o I frames In
bowling
22 ? Paid announcement
23 ? College degree
2 4 r? Spanish hero
2 5 ? Comparative suffix
2 7 ? To bobble the baseball
29 ? Parental nickname
30 ? Wintertime \ehiclee
33 ? Popular "numbers .
game**
35 ? Man's nickname
36?rFsmidl 7
37 ? Abbreviated Auto
mobile Association
38 ? Briny
40 ? Billiard shot
43 ? Printer s measure
44.? -Creek letter
4 6 ? Pronoun
4 7? Theoretical force (pi.)
Recreation
49? Ortck letter
50? Throughfare (abbrev.)
51 ? Citric drink
54 ? Mystic Banskrit word
55? A kind ofsummertime
?port
St ? In reference to
59? Latin "you"
60 ? Goal p( sun-bathers
61 ? United Organists
(abbrev. )
S3 ? The fisherman wants
plenty of the**
64 ? Achieves success with
the putt
DOWN
J? A greeting
3 ? To indulge In table
sport
4 ? Famous American
jockey
5 ? Participant fas a wintry
tlfort
6? Paid announcements
7 ? Musical note
S ? Poker stakes
1 1 ? American navy police
(abbrev.),
13 ? Home entertainment
medium '
15 ? Exist
17 ? Everyone individually
(abbrev.)
I direction
la ? Com pass dire
19 ? Greek letter
1 1 ? Record-playing neces
sities
14 ? Card gams
16 ? Chemical symbol for
radium
18? Spoilers of outdoor
sports
Roman 1001
31? Meadow
3 ? ? 'Vocalise
33? Drunken loafer
34? irtoerUlty foe the
tourist
38 ? Action by the hunter
39 ? Chemical symbol for
thulium
41? Three-toed sloth
4 1 ? Fencing Implements
44 ? Golfing shots
4 5? Fairway implements
48 ? Roman 990
49? U. S. Navy Musician
, ( abbrev. )
SI ? Perform
S3 ? Medical man (abbrev.)
55 ? Baseball failure
56? District Attorney
37 ? Participate in a
contest of speed
59 ? Musical note
61? All right )
See The Want Ad Section For This Week's Completed Puzzle
Viewpoints of Other Editors
LET'S HAVE A
BALANCED FEDERAL
BUDGET
( Spend alb Sun)
As we had anticipated. Con
gress is not doing anything a
bout President Truman's new
budget request' of $78,500,000,000
and won't until President-elect
Eisenhower is installed next
Tuesday and gives his views on
spending and taxing.
Both the new president and
Senator Taft believe that the
budget lor the next fiscal year
can be held to seventy billion
and just about balance it for the
first time In years.
Hie new (budget Is about sev
en billion less than Truman pro
posed spending a year ago but
Congress Changed some of his
plans and cut' the proposal to
about seventy-five billion. In
; come this year is estimated at
nearly sixty-nine billion, which
will leave a deficit of around
six billion and bring the nation's
total deficit to 264 billion. The
new Truman' budget would
mean a deficit next year of ten
bilion and bring the total debt
to 275 billion, the present limit
now fixed by law.
A good many Republicans are
saying that it is now possible to
balance the budget and to cut
taxes, too. Since about seventy
five percent of the nation's cur
rent expenditures are for eco
nomic aid to free nations fight
ing Communism, to accomplish
the dual task it will be necess
ary to sharply reduce these so
called security measures.
Of course we would like to see
that done, provided we do not
weaken our battle against Com
munism and a third World War.
By now it does seem as though
a number of our Allies should
be getting back on their own
feet and it also seems that some
way could be found to establish
a peacful world in which to live.
The United States cannot con
tinue indefinitely to operate In
the red- Somewhere there is a
limit to what we can borrow and
spend. Like members of Con-,
gress, we, too, await eagerly the
Inauguration of General Eisen
hower. If nothing more, we want
to s ee the budget balanced and
kept in balance.
quite as easy to answer. Prin
cipally, it requires a decision to
stop, and the decision in turn, ,
requires a reason. Some people
stop because a doctor tells 'em
they must, some because they
can't shake a hackln' cough,
some to gain weight, and there
are a variety of reasons. But
it's really no troubln if the de
cision is arrived at.
w-n-m
I may re enter slavery at any
moment, but at least I've got
my braggln' out of the way.
Meantime, Just call me "Fat".
AUTO INSPECTION LAW
EXPECTED
(Smoky Mountain Times)
Some of the North Carolina
legislators who converged on 1
Raleigh January 5th are framing,
an automobile inspection law for
the 1953 legislature.
It will toe well for them to re
memeber the fate of the auto In
pectlon law which North Car
olina.had and which was thrown
out so quickly toy the legislature
which met two years after it was
enacted.
The people of North Carolina
wll not tolerate a law which re
quires them to waste several
days' time trying to get their
vehicles inspected. They can
also will not tolerate a law
which says they must spend
substantial amounts to have
something corrected that .has
only a remote connection with
safe operation of a vehicle.
The people will respect a law
which makes sure that brakes,
lights, steering and other essent
ial mechanisms (for safe oper
ation are in good working order.
They will tolerate a law which
demands perfection.
. If a law is enacted there must
be provision made for prompt !
inspection without having to
wait in ridiculously long lines.
Another requirement the public
will demand Is that the in- I
spection fee be nominal. If these I
conditions are not met another
inspection law will be doomed.
To remain on the books and
be effective, an auto inspection
law must be reasonable In its
requirements in that it must
cover only safety essentials. And
If the law is to toe tolerated,
provision must toe made where
toy a motor vehicle owner can get
such inspection any day which
suits his convienience. ;
eaogto?
Prices paid by farmers in Nov
ember, 1952, were only 1 per
cent lower than in November
1951, tout prices received toy farm
ers were down 8 per cent.
PRESCRIPTION
SERVICE
We Fill any Doctors' Pre
scriptions promptly and
accurately at reasonable
prices with the confidence
of your physician.
Rings Mountain
Drag Company
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Phones 41-41
We Call For and Deliver
Famous Gardens
Greatest Season
Camellias at Middleton, Mag
nolia and Cypress gardens this
season promisd their greatest ar
ray of blooms in three years.
The reason: a "normal" win
ter. A spokesman for the gar
dens says "Winter came a>s it
should ? gradually. The early
cold delayed the' opening of the
blooms somewhat, but it harden
ed the plants so that they can
now produce more and \ finer
blossoms. The result will be a
heavier bloom than we have had
in the last three years."
Magnolia is known for itg flo
wers, individual and en masse:
Cypress for its mirror-like pools,
and Middleton for its formal
landscaping.
At Magnolia, constant ' trans
planting from nursery to garden
is resulting in the addition of
new and fine varieties of camel
lias. Unusual plants are bred In
the nursery fcr several years un
til they have proved adaptable to
this climate. Then they are mov
ed into the garden.
Cypress garden's rare daphne
odora, brought in from Oregon,
is beginning to bloom. This low
growing plant is unusual hot for
its flowers but for its fragrance,
which hangs over the cypress
ponds and walkways.
Camellias are scattered"
throughout Cypress gardens and
there is a concentration of them
in a camellia-walk just to the left
of the entrance, where they are
planted according to color.
Mlddleton garden's camellia
trees, which have been blooming
for centuries, are again coming
into '{lower. They form virtual
tunnels over the landscaped
Walks. In the neWer and less for
mal portions of the garden, plants
of more modern culture are
blooming.
Reduced winter rates will con
tinue in effect at Mlddleton, Mag
nolia and Cypress for a few
weeks more.
Soil testing is one of the first
steps a farmer can take in plan
ning an effective fertilization
program.
Flue-cured tobacco marketing
quotas have been increased to
1,294,000,000 pounds^ In July the
quotas were set at It ,234 ,000, 000.
EYES EXAMINED GLASSES FITTED
DR. D. M. MORRISON
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It's Rich In Healthy. Wholesome
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