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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)
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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.
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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.)
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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.
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? Erasers ? Type Cleaner
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BESOHTS
A new attraction at Pinehurst
Is tournament lawn bowling. The
first annual Lawn Bowling tour
nan.ent is scheduled for April 27
29, following the North and South
Amateur Golf tournament. Try
on's Block House Hunt attracted
the largest gathering ever. The
end of April found dogwood, the
State flower, in bloom from coast
to fountains with some of the
best displays in the Piedmont and
at the Mid-South resorts,
Some 583,809 bales of 1952- crop
cotton was ginned in North Caro
lina last year. Robeson County
produced 53,052 bales, Cleveland
49,494, Halifax 32,970, Northamp
ton 32,340 and Harnett 27,171.
ON AlL 0CC AS IONS J
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ALWAYS SAY?
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. as ?howp by latest pubUthtd figures' v.
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