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The Kings Mountain Heiald
Established IMS
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 Mouse.
Entered as second class matter at the poatoffice 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. EX. Herndon Society
Miss Elizabeth Stewart V Advertising, News
MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT
Eugene Matthews Horace Walker David Weathers Ivan Weaver*
Charles Miller Paul Jackson
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TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE
Cast thy burden upon the Lord and he shall sustain thee: he shall never %uffer the righteous to be
moved. Psalm 55:62.
More Civil Control
Most folk are inclined to favor the
news that the Secretary of Defense will
have more authority over the defense
establishment thai) has been true in
many years.
The armed services have become the
nation's biggest business, growing from
a small police force of the thirties.
Tales are legend on waste and dupli
cation in the services, and the matter
was an eleci'-on issue. President Eisen
hower, was praised, and vice versa, be
cause he came out of the army. His
friends countered that here was a man
who knew the "inside", who would be
able to talk to the generals on their own
level and who would know whether they
were spooking or really needed bigger
appropriations, .
Some read into the reports that the
civilian control will go to the head of
the class, and that the military Joint
Chiefs of Staff will go down a notch, as
the Eisenhower first step toward paring
the waste out of the sei'vices.
Perhaps it will be successful. At any
rate, it is good news for a nation sorely,
sorely burdened with bureaucracy, both
civil and military.
Summer Band
The call is out for youngsters to en
roll in the summer band day camp,
which will bo operated under the direc
tion of the school and under the super
intendence of Director Joe Hedden.
It is generally agreed that successful
musicianship in piano, band, or other
wise, consists of some ten percent talent
and iK) percent practice. Thus it is im
portant that band members continue
their practice during the summer
months, and that beginners get a head
start on autumn performing season.
The band has made a good record for
the past several years, and all are
anxious to see it continue on tliis high
standard. Summer band camp will help
insure it and also insure a summer of
sport and recreation for those who en
roll in the band day camp.
Parents should encourage their chil
dren to take advantage of this opportu
nity.
Our hearty congratulations to Jack
Ruth, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hilton L. Ruth,
who has received still another high
honor at Davidson college. Mr. Ruth, re
tiring president of the Davidson student
body, was tapped for membership in
Omicron Delta Kappa, national honor
ary leadership fraternity, and he will,
make a worthy member.
Our best bovv to Sam Collins, just be
come chef de gare of Lincoln County
Voiture, -10 & S. Retiring commander of
the American Legion post here, Mr. Col
lins has long been active in veterans af
fairs. Best bows, too, for John Gladden
and W. D. (Doc) ByerS, also elected to
offices in the organization.
Our congratulations tt> the. winners
in Tuesday's election, and our congratu
lations, too,, to the losers, who may find,
before many moons have passed, that
they, in fact, are the lucky ones.
My how time flies! The busy month
of May, with a city election, Mother's
Day and school-closing,. is already near
ly half gone.
Upcoming For 1954
In the fanfare and hurry over closing
the legislature, and in the hurly-burly
of local political activity, the by-play
anent the 1954 plans of Senator Willis
Smith for re-election may have been
missfcd.
True or not, it was stated that a group
of North Carolina legislators got to
gether, decided Senator Smith "could
not win again", then got ready to ask
him to come down and let someone else
carry the banner of N. C. conservatism.
The net result was to announce, for
all practical purposes, the Smith candi
dacy for re-election, causing some to
think the whole thing was a put-up job
to start with, which it may have been.
At any rate, Senator Smith seems to
be running again, and the question now
is whether ex-Governor W. Kerr Scott
will be his opponent, as has been freely
predicted since he exited from the Gov
ernor's Mansion in January.
Ex-Governor Scott, being a very prac
tical man, isn't sure yet. He says, frank
ly, it will take money, and he would like
to start with not a cent less than $100,
000. Less the figure look frightening, it
can be remembered that North Carolina
is a broad state, and that much gas can
be burned politicking over its borders in
a state-wide campaign.
Senator Smith and his potential an
tagonist have issued the call to arms.
Now is the time for all good political
operators to advance to the fore and
produce the necessary wherewithal to
result in a good 1954 Democratic pri
mary fight.
Un-nice Topic
"Gentlemen, that's ad- -ned- unplea
sant subject," a member of the Senate
Finance committee, which writes the
tax bills, said last weekend, after the
Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Hum
phrey, had said he didn't think it would
be possible to balance the budget this
year.
In event some have a short memory,
this is the same old song-and-dance ad
ministration spokesmen have been
passing out for years. Now, of course,
the words have Republican harmony, in
stead of Democratic counterpoint.
But John Q. Public gets no break at
all.
Why not, Mr. Humphrey?
Individuals balance budgets, for they
nave no choice. Either the banker shuts
them off, or the creditor says, "no
more". But a government just goes on
and on.
Frankly, the statement of Mr. Hum
phrey gives some cause for alarm. It
had been thought by some misguided
souls that only the long-in-office bu
reaucrat Democrats were the source of
the budget deficit evil. Now we find the
new-model Republican administration in
just as bad shape.
"We can't balance the budget/' is a
sorry, sorry statement indeed.
We're inclined to agree with the Sena
tor on the tax bill writing committee;
it's an unpleasant subject. For until the
new manipulators start balancing bud
gets, there'll be no cuts in tax bills. And
cuts were promised when the desire for
votes was paramount.
A jail inspector says the city now has
a nice lock-up. This is indeed gooc\ news,
though all and sundry are hopeful
they'll never have to sign the register
and test the stateir : . for accuracy.
10
YEARS AGO Items of news about Kings Mountain area people and ovents
THIS WEEK taken from the 1943 files of the Kings Mountain Herald.
Beginning next Tuesday morn
ing the Red Cross work lioom
will be opened from 9:30 every
day of the week except Saturday
and Sunday.
Social and Personal
Mrs. Jacob Cooper entertained
members of the Home Arts Club
and a few invited guests at her
home on Piedmont avenue last
Tuesday afternoon.
The Senior Woman's Club will
meet Friday afternoon at 4:30
p. m. in the club lounge, Mes
dames W. W. Tolleson, Clyde
Kerns and J. K. Willis are hos
tesses.
Pvt . J. H. Yelton, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. II. Yelton of 210 Carpenter
Street, who is serving in the arm
ed forces in the Dutch Indies has
received a promotion to Corporal.
Mrs. Phillip Padgett and chil
dren spent the weekend in Forest
City.
Pvt. Ben H. Bridges of Ft.
Bragg spent Mother's Day at
home.
R. A Jolly is home on furlough
from Austin, Texas.
J. Baxter Payseur, SC-2 of the
U. S. Navy Sea bees stationed at
Camp Endicott, Davisville, R. I.
is spending a ten day furlough
at home. . .
Pvt. George Thomasson who re
cently entered the Army Is sta
tioned at Camp Wolters, Texas,
Co. D 54th Inf. Tng. Bn.
Mrs. W. S. Dilllng left yester
day for a visit with relatives in
Atlanta, Ga.
Mrs. M. C. Groome of Greens
boro is a guest of Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Arthur, the latter her daugh
ter. '
Jack Smith, stationed at Camp
Qutner, is spending a few days at
home.
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Ingredient*: bits of new,
wisdom, humor, and comment.
Directions: Take weekly, if
possible, but avoid
. , overdosage.
An Old Paper
Rob Pearson recently
brought us an old Issue of the
Kings Mountain Herald, which,
back in the day? this particular
one was published, bore the
heavy imprint of the hand of
the late G. G. Page, and the
following slogan under its mast
head: ."The original home pa
per. The old folks rely upon it.
The young folks delight in it.
The children fight over it. A
safe paper for all the family.*'
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The medicinal department is
always interested in old papers,
particularly old copies of the
Herald in the 1925-35 period, or
from 1913 on back. For some
body didn't bother to take care
of the files from 1925 through
1934, and that leaves & painful
skip in history, both of the
Herald and of the community.
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Files of old papers have an
intangible v.aiue. I am told the
insurance folk will balk at in
suring them for more than
their tangible worth, without
any extra sum for age or im
portance. That means a year's
set of bound Herald files would
be insurable for only $2.60 (at
five cents the copy) plus the
$7.50 the binder charges for his
work. But how much are they
worth?
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Mr. Pearson says he found
this particular copy, dated Octo
ber 27, 1927, at the home of the
late John J. Ray, who died
several months ago. Mr. Ray
forms a story in himself. A
citizen here for many years, he
was the last of his line, having
no children to carry his name
and line to further generations.
d'O-p
Mr. John, about the time this
particular paper found at his
home was being published,
must have been operating the
little stand which had been the
manager's office for the mlna
ture golf course, now Arnold
Riser's parking lot, jyid a part
of the city's, back lot. I know
because Mr. John had a pop
corn-popping machine, and he
would pop some for me every
now and again for a reasonable
fee, after which I'd sell the corn
at a profit. Mr. John was very
courteous and accommodating
on this matter, and he enabled
me to earn many a movie fare,
or candy bar.
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But back to the paper. This
issue recounted the passing of
Senator H. T. Fulton, who had
been one of the community's
and county's prominent citizens.
It was the big news of the edi
tion.
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Other news in the issue re
counted the fact that cotton had
jumped five dollars per bale on
the New York exchange, after
the crop estimate turned lower,
and Rev. I. S. McElroy and Rev.
O. P. Ader were calling a min
ister's meeting for the town
hall. Another pastor, Rev. W.
N. Cook, had been pounded by
his Second Baptist flock, and
the T. V. Styers family had just
moved to Greensboro.
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The volume of advertising in
the four-page issue wasn't too
'great, but some of the ads are
enough to make today's custo
mers drool. Kings Mountain
Cotton Oil Company would de
liver a ton of Dixie Gem coal
for $9, and inferior grades at
$7.50, and Home Building &
Loan Association was seeking
money and was promising five
percent interest for it.
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The classified ads were limit*
ed to three. S. P. Goforth was
trying to sell barley and rye
seed in one, and monuments in
another. In the third, Sam
Suber sought return of a whlte
and-brown-spotted bird dog. It
must have been a pretty good
dog for Sam offered $5 for its
return.
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Remember these? On the pro
gram of the William Plonk
Literary society were the fol
lowing: Nell Hayes, who out
lined the life and contributions
of William Penn; ' Charles
Oates, who dittoed for Theodore
Roosevelt; and George Hern
don, who spoke on John Adams.
Current topics were discussed
by Octavia Crawford and Nella
Everhart, and Jane Smith and
Julian Krawcheck rendered
special music.
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Officials of the high school
glee club at that time were Mrs.
T. F. Boozer, director, Elsie
Ader, piAnist, Ozelle 1 Riser,
leader, and Frances Plonk,
manager.
How time flies!
? ? ? By A. C . Cordon
Viewpoints of Other Editors
ACROSS
1 ? Kind of etcctrk
current
3 ? European city
7 ? fcoman 900
9 ? Pacific Uland paradite
11? Scene of the 1952
Olympics
1 1 ? Conpau direction
14? Turf
16 ? Aerial train
17? North European tea
<po?.)
1 9? Inactive
71? Greek letter
77 ? Flower
2 5? Pollute
27? To let
J?? The ?elf (poM )
79 ? 'Bold
30 ? Muaical note
32 ? Prepotition
34? Either
33? Oeo?raphical Nomen
clature (abbiev.)
36? Shout
38 ? Simpleton
Scanning the Map
42 ? Term popularly ap
plied to an American
soldier
4 3? Pertaining to one of
the continents
4 S ? Old Kagland (abbrrv )
46 ? Popular term for one
of the British Isles
(two words)
49 ? Binding ribbon
50 ? Part of a ship
52 ? Pre position
53 ? English city
54 ? Latin conjunction
DOWN
1 ? Exclamation of
satisfaction
2? Country of the
Western Hemisphere
3 ? Greek letter
4 ? Passageway
5? Asiatic country
6 ? Thus
7 ? French city on Strait
of Dover
8 ? Possessive pronoun
1 J ? Pronoun
12? -Pronoun
15? Man's name
1 7? Bay in the Indian
Ocean
18? Spanish for mountains
1 9 ? European country
20 ? Prevarication
23 ? Rodent
24? French fiver
26 ? -Small child
27? Sign of the Zodiac
31? Sea near Greece
33 ? Lament
35-rSouth European
country
37? Flexible
38 ? River in Kansas
39 ? Lost brilliance
4 1? Cabbage
43? 'Unit of measure
44? Chemical symbol for
nickel
4 7? College degree
48 ? Shortened "standard"
4 0? Towards
51? Unit of. precious stone
weight (abbrev ) a,
See The Want Ad Section For This Week's Completed Pcnle
TOO MANY
'CAROLINA' COLLEGES
The Sandford Herald
A national sports commenta
tor several autumns ago was fore
casting the football games of that
weekend when he came to the U
niversity of North Carolina and
its opponent, North Carolina
State college. He began to confuse
the two schools as he attempted
to review their records for the
season and at last, in some exas
peration, said a State as big as
North Carolina ought to be able
to dream up less similar names
for its educational institutions
The commentator's irritation
probably would have turned to a
mazement had someone told him
that besides North Carolina and
North Carolina State thqre are
in Tar Heelia these colleges:
North Carolina College for Wo
men, North Carolina college
(Colored), East Carolina college
and Western Carolina Teachers
college. 4
The last named of these is spon
sor of a bill in the General As
sembly which would change its
name to Western North Carolina
State college. Two years ago a
measure was passed taking the
word "Teachers" from the sister
school in the East.
"Being known -s a teachers'
college apparently isn't stylish
any more," says a news account
reporting the proposed change.
It not only isn't stylish^ it's a
handicap.
That is what officials of Farm
ville State Teachers college in Vir
ginia discovered several years a
go. Not all the girls at the col
lege intended to be teachers and
those who did grew a little weary
of the label which they felt de
tracted from the school's individ
uality.
So State Teachers college be
came Longwood college, taking
its new name from the very old
one applied to an estate, a grant
from the British Crown in 1760,
part of which adjoins the town
of Farmville and has been owned
by the college for a good many
years.
We're for the Western Carolina
bill In principle. But we'd amend
it to provide the college at Cullo
whee with a more distinctive
name. Cullowhee itself wouldn't
be too bad.
That radio commentator, we
have felt ever since he voiced the
complaint, had a pretty good
point. '? . I
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THE "SLOW-POKE" IS
GOING TO GET IT!
Mecklenburg Times
Wt- were happy to learn that at
last the State Highway Patrol Is
going to crack dowu on "slow
pokes". This newspaper has often
editorialized on the dangers of
youngsters and oldsters getting
on the highway and driving at
unusually slow speeds. It causes
accidents Just as much as does
the extra fast driver.
Now the State Patrol is going
after them, according to a state
ment sent to this newspaper last
weekend. It seems that investiga
tions have reveald that slow driv
ers have been the cause of several
bad wrecks in this State. People
become so angered at following
a couple necking, talking or just
a solitary driver poking along
that they take all kinds of chan
ces to pass them.
So you had better watch how
you obstruct traffic now. It is
going to be Just as bad to hold
up other cars with slow driving
as it is with speeding.
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