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% \ ?' ?' _ ? ,'v ? The Kings Monntain Herald Ettobilshwl 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 postoffice at Kings Mountain, N. C., under Act of Congress of MarffSJL J873 /" Mrs. P. D. Herndon . .. .... . .Society Miss Elizabeth Stewart Advertising, News MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT Eugene Matthews Horace Walker David Weathers Ivan Weaver* Charles Miller Paul Jackson (?Member of Armed Forces) 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 Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die. Proverb a 15:10. Bond Votes Again The General Assembly, which will not go down in history as one of the greatest North Carolina has known, finally pass ed its bond issue measures. One of them provides that the citi zens will vote on a $50 million school construction bond issue, and on a $22 million mental institution bond issue. The other measure provided for issu ance of a $14.5 million bond issue, with out vote, for construction at other state institutions. Some think the Assembly got it exactly backwards. The big need, these think, is for school and mental institu tion expansior and improvement. They think t he state buildings t colleges, etc.) could wait two -years. Thus the citizens are not offered the opportunity to vote on the one least likely to succeed. They will contest at the polls over the other two. Kings Mountain received something in excess of $80,000 from the last $50 million school bond issue, voted in 1949. It is not a large amount/but it would be that much toward the great building needs in evidence here. The mental in stitutions are crowded and it is unthink able that any state as wealthy as North Carolina should have to maintain a waiting list for entrance to these insti tutions. . Both these issues will have a great amount of popular support., in spite of the financial distaste involved in putting the state, just a few years ago owing nothing, further into debt. Another Winner The Kings Mountain school band came home from Greensboro last week with another rating of "superior", high est attainable, and therefore the chief aim of musicians throughout the state. The "superior" rating puts the Kings Mountain .musicians in rather ratified atmosphere, for not too many individ uals or organizations can attain this sought-after status. Moulding a musical organization is no easy task, for either the moulders or the musicians themselves. Hours of pa tient work are invested, to the point that all sometimes wonder weather the hard work is justified. After the deed, the answer is a very plain affirmative. Congratulations are in order to Direc tor Joe Hedden, Assistant H. H. Haass, and the individual members of the band. A good band is a tradition here and it is a fine tradition to continue. Saturday is the final day to register for the forthcoming city election. Those at all in doubt about whether they are registered should have their registrars check the pollbooks. It always happens. Someone comes up to the polls and finds himself unregistered. And it will happen on May 12. too. Our congratulations to Jerry King, the newly elected master councillor of the Shelby Order of the Demolay, and to Susan Moss and Ann Mobley Dilling, who will represent Kings Mountain high school at annual Girls' State. A best bow to Dr. Nathan II. Reed, who has been appointed a member of the county welfare board. 10 YEARS AGO Items of news about Kings Mountain area people and events THIS WEEK taken from the 1943 files ol the Kings Mountain Herald. The only race in the city elec tion to be held Tuesday is in Ward 4 as the other four candidates for City Council" and the two for the School Board are uncontested. Ward 1; For council, W, K. Mau ney. Ward 2, M. A. Ware; for School Hoard; Charles Thomas son. Ward 3; L. W. Hamrick, for School Board; C. G. White. Ward 4, Charles S. Williams, W. M. Gantt; Ward 5, J. II. Thomson. Sotifil Anil Personal Miss Sarah Bess Ledford of Shelby, and Jack Ormand of Kings Mouhtnin and Traverser's Rest, S. C. were united In marri age in a pretty ceremony Friday afternoon at five o'clock in the First Baptist Church in Shelby. In a ceremony characterized by charm and simplicity. Miss Doro thy Plonk of this place became the bride of Robert Edward Lew is. Jr., of Lumberton, N. C, on Easter Sunday afternoon at four o'clock in Central Methodist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Sanders of route 2, announce the marriage of their daughter, Sara Ruby to Yates W. Connor on August 7, 1942, at Chester, S. C. Mrs. Aubrey Mauney and Mrs. Haywood Lynch are representing the Senior Woman's Club at the meeting of the Federation In High Point this week. Pvt. James Everhart of Will Rogers Field Is on a weeks visit at his home here. Mrs. Jl. D. Goforth if, on a buy ing trip to New York City for Myers Dress Shoppe. Mr. and Mrs. Ertle Power* and baby son spent the Easter holi days with relatives In Lumberton. Pvt. Sam Hamrlck ot Camp Howe, Texas spent last week with his wife. Doubling, The Rule Among those letting out painful cries as a result of the new tax valuations just received from the county are un doubtedly a few who have justifiable complaints. None is perfect, and Cole Layer-Trumble would fall in the same category. However, the big portion of those us ing the weeping towel are professionals at the business of claiming to pay too much of the tax burden, be it local, state, or federal, In truth, 99 percent of these claims will not stand up under close scrutiny. ? For instance, one fellow was exorcised badly the other night. His house, he said, was doubled at $7,200, which was much too much, and particularly since so-and-so's house, much more valuable, was only $6,000, A check of the figures revealed the complainant's house listed at $5,200, and the fortunate neighbor's at $8,600. Some slight variance in the actual figures, eh, what? Generally speaking, a person, busi ness firm, or other property owner who doesn't find his valuation figure doubled is in good shape, and should be for forthcoming years. In the past, he's un doubtedly been paying more than his part. Still another fellow was complaining of paying a total of $157 in county and city taxes last year. That's no great amount when it is considered he has two youngsters in school, and gets some other benefits, too, out of the two gov ernment entities. Time will take care of the revaluation complaints, but the county commission ers will probably find their lot easier if they hold strictly to the recommenda tions of the appraising firm, after the promised re-checks on complaints. If the county commissioners arbitrarily take the bull by the horn and begin making cuts at random, they'll be in a mess. Everybody will have license to yell, and loudly, and they probably will. The point of the whole business was to adopt a yardstick, applicable to all. Meantime, citizens should remember that doubling of the old valuation is quite general* Telephone rates go up again, an un pleasant thought at a time when many people are predicting economic disaster, if it doesn't come tomorrow, will certain ly arrive day-after-tomorrow. The tele phone bill has jumped considerably since the good old days, and everytime it jumps Uncle Sam gets an added piece of change via the excise tax. The GOP in Congress would make a lot of friends if this tax on a necessity of living were removed during their term in control. Attendance was extra good at the city schools' art exhibit last week, and so were the "oh's" and "ah's". Many people who attended were quite surprised to learn what their youngsters had learned in the field of art and crafts. The schools are doing a good job, and they would do an even better job with the proper aid from the parents. Not much is being said about the city manager election, at least from the pro ponents' side. Unless some steam is put under the "for" side, it is going to be defeated. MARTIN'S MEDICINE By Martin Harmon Ingredient*: bit ? of newa, wiadom, humor, and comment. Direction a: Take weekly, if possible, but avoid over dotage. Straw Hat Day Friday has been decreed as Straw Hat Day in Kings Moun tain, by the president ot the Kings Mountain Merchants as sociation, J. C. Bridges, and all good males of the community should not let the day pass without visiting the.r haber dasher and donning a new model. ??h-d The above recommendation goes for J. C. himself and other bareheads who have never be come addicted to the habit of wearing a hat. Being an avid member of the Loyal Order of Hat Wearers, I must do all In my power to expand the mem bership. s-h-<l On the original n?ws story about the Straw Hat Day de cree, no mention was made that the decree applied solely to male members of the communi ty's population. The women folk, of course, have been wear ing straws since the first robin showed itself back in February. Men, always behind the lady folk, are now due to come along, as they customarily do. a-h-d Kings Mountain's straw hat day comes a few days in ad vance of the national choice of ?mid-May for donning panamas and other straws. Being in the sunny Southland, summer just naturally comes earlier, and May 1 is the traditions' throw away-the-felt-day here. s-h-d From the recent attitude of the weatherman, the choice of days will be all right. Summer tried to break through last weekend, and, though the wind acted as if it thought March were still around, it otherwise appears that plenty of warmth will be on hand Friday to spur males to part with their five spots in return for lighter, cool er headdress. s-h-d In support of the straw hat proclamation, I had fully in tended to get the three mayoral candidates lined up for a photo graph, each donning a new straw fedora, but like .many plan's this one stumped its toe several times. Candidate George Allen was quite agree able, but before I even men tioned it, Mayor Still had jump ed the gun and was already out with a 1953 sailor. Then the horrible thought occurred that Glee Bridges, like his son J. C., is a member of the No Hat cult. No sale there. Thus it goes, straw hat day will have to stay out of politics. s-h-d I understand that all the local department stores are well fixed for the approaching sea son and that a man can get about any design and any fla vor (vanilla, chocolate, burnt almond) he wants." s-h-d Some men buy two hats to start the season. They wear one for "everyday", and have another they keep in the closet for "Sunday" or "nice". This Is very practical, for It is not un common to get caught In the rain on the first day out. The result Is definite parching or yellowing, which is not overly becoming. Others prefer to buy only one hat, wear it until It becomes too soiled, then pick up another at the mid-summer straw hat sales. This is all right, and protects the pocket book, but it is sometimes hard to find a fit in the middle of summer. s-h-d Time was when the sailor was the real favorite. Now It's the panama. A couple of summers ago, when I returned to the sai lor department, my mother-in law threatened to take her daughter back. The sailor straw memory of the Roaring Twen ties she wanted no further part of. "I just can't stand 'em," she said. s-to-d About the biggest advantage the sailor has over the more conventional model is that it is a better drlvtng hat. Speeding along the highway with win dows open, a flapping panama brim can become very worri some indeed. But the panama is lighter and, many say, much more comfortable. a-h-d ' The name panama, of course, is 9 lift from the Central Ameri can country of the same name. According to the dictionary, a panama is a hat made of un expended leaves, closely plait ed, of the screw pine, Of Cen tral America. l-k-4 Friday's the day, men. mo don't let ouraelve# be caught outoiweason. * li '*iyt iffltiiftBtt CROSS W ORD ? ? ? By A. C.- Gordon, ACROSS I ? To perceive wrongly 1 1 ?Further, remoter 12 ? Compass direction 1 4 ? 1| situated 1 5 ? Latin connective 1 6 ? A .tur.dard of perfection 1 7 ? Chemical symbol fat tantalum IS ? Bone 1 9 ? Breeding horse 20 ? Language peculiar to a people 22 ? Part of a bridge 3 J? Part of verb "to be" 24 ? A distinctive doctrine 26 ? Relaxes 2 7 -Behold 20 ? Beast of burden 30 ? Dance step J I ? Spanish affirmative 32 ? Pressee 33 ? Humor 35? Chemical symbol for cerium v. 36 ? To scoff General Interett 38? A fragrant oleoresin 40? A kind of fruit dis tilled into a drink 4 1? Like 42? Feminine suffix 4 j ?Something that serve* as a symbol 44 ? Indefinite article 4 5 ? Bough 4 1 ? Comparative suffix 4t ? To declare openly 50? Nothing 51 ? State of shining brilliantly DOWN 1 ? A treat number 2 ? Oo? of Homer'* great ?pic Morin J ? Feminine abbrevia tion for "taint" 4 ? Variation ol the prefix ' S ? Two thi?g? of a kind (abbrev.) 6 ? Paitriei 1? Decay ? ? Comparative tufflx 9 ? Suffer* patiently 10? Want 1 J? That may be grouped or aegregated 16? Repeat* IS ? State of being left out J 9 ? Spanish affirmative 2 1 ? Pronoun 22 ? Abbreviated afternoon 2 J ? Poatettive pronoun 25 ? Sea veuel (abbrev.) 28 ? Unrefined mineral 29 ? A kind of fith (pt.) 30 ? Greek letter J 3 ? Personal pronoun 34 ? Part of verb "to be" 37 ? To caut 39 ? To ape 40? Implement of enow travel (variation) 41? Soon 44 ? Thoroughfare (abbrev.) 46 ? Tavern 48 ? Man' a nickname 49 ? War Department (abbrev.) See The Want Ad Section For This Week's Completed Puzzle - . " " , ? . r _ . *" Viewpoints of Other Editors NORTH CAROLINA AS A VIOLENT STATE Smithfteld Herald North Carolina leads all the states In number of aggravated assaults per 100,000 inhabitants. In 1951 the murder rate in North Carolina was more than twice the rate lor the. United States. The figures supporting these statements are furnished by the latest University New# Letter as based on reports from the Feder al Bureau of Investigation. Any inhabitant of North Caro lina, loking around him and not ing the peacefullness of his street, town, or community, must feel astonished at thQse findings. Yet they are backed up by reports from the Attorney General of North Carolina. , ; ? What is the source of the re peated crimes of violence for which Oils state gets top ranking in the statistical columns? One theory puts the blame on racial factors. Yet South Carolina, where the races have often clash ed, stands lower than this state, and Mississippi is lower still in the crime column. Another theory blames the frontier spirit. But North Caro lina is among the oldest of the thirteen original colonies and had civilized communities when other states were a wilderness. A third theory finds a tendency to violence In the so-called south em code of honor. Yet North Car olina's crime rate is ahead of all the southern states, even those supposed to be more romantic and hot-headed than the conser vative and prosy old North State. Evidently there are some hid den factors here which we must learn more about. In our lead ing colleges and universities we have sociologists who have been trained to delve into just such problems. Why shouldn't they be employed to get to the bottom of North Carolina's crime rate, and tell us why this state has an as sault record of 400.1 while Iowa, for example, has a rating of only 6.4. Are. tempers that much worse in the Middle Atlantic than in the Middle West? When In the course of the se cond World war it was revealed that this state had the highest re jection rate among all drafted men examined for health, the whole population was hocked and at once demanded remedies. Why shouldn't the state be equally shocked by Its high as sault and murder rate? Pastures should be four to five inches tall before grazing. Early grazing weakens the stand and, encourages weeds. LET HER PUPILS DOWN Elk in Tribune Looking through an exchange this morning, we ran across a news item which amused us no end, but which gave the feeling that a member of the teaching profession had let all of us grad uate small-fry down! You see, when we were In school a great many years ago, and were rather bad about talk ing or creating a disturbance in class, our teacher would make us go to the blackboard and write "I must not talk." or "I must not do Ihls or that" anywhere from two hundred to five hundred times. This was punishment, es pecially on a spring day when there was a baseball game to be played or some minnow fishing to be attended to. We don't know how many tea chers have saddled this type of punishment upon the frail shoul ders of their pupils, but we Ima gine it has been going on since the teaching profession came into being. But now we find, In at least one case, what is dished out cannot be taken. According to the news story a teacher came before Magistrate Jake Smith, of Chesapeake, Ohio, on a traffic charge, and pleaded guilty. It so happened that the magistrate was once her pupil In grammar school, so he gave her the choice: Five dollar fine or write 200 times, "I shall not cross the yellow line". The teacher paid the five dol lars. . Somehow, we think she owed it to every pupil everywhere to have taken her medicine like a man and chalked out those lines! VILLAGE OPE HE D Opening date of Oconaluftee Indian Village at Cherokee was moved up to April 17 from May 1 in response to the heaviest early spring tourist traffic ln: Great Smoky Mountains' history. The village, sponsored by the Chero kee Historical Association near the "Unto These Hills" amphi theatre, Is an authentic reproduc tion of an Indian village of 200 years ago. Tours are guided by Cherokees and take about an hour. -Picture - takers find plenty to shoot, both in color and black and white. Admission is $1 for adults, 25c for children. Nearby Fontana Village, largest North Carolina Great Smokies resort, reports spring business running about three weeks ahesi of last year. Smoky Mountain Tours Co., operating glass and roll -top sight seeing buses out of Ashevllle on tours from one to seven days, be i gan its spring operations early In i April. Last year, Smoky Moun tain buses carried 18,670 tourists. ? ? II I _ ? I TYPEWRITER SUPPLIES 9 Ribbons ? Brushes ? Erasers ? 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