The Kings Mountain Herald
7' Established 1889
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A weekly newspaper devoted to the promotion of the general welfare an'! published
for the enlightenment, entertainment and benefit of the citizerts of Kings Mountain
and its vicinity, published every Thursday by the Herald Publishing House.
Entered as second class matter at the postoffire at Kings Mountain, N. C, under Act
of Congress of March 3, 1873
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
Martin Harmon Editor- Publisher
Charles T. Carpenter, Jr. .......... .. 4. Sports, Circulation, News
Mrs. P. D. Herndon . ... Society
Miss Elizabeth Stewart Advertising, News
MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT
Eugene Matthews Horace Walker David Weathers Ivan Weaver*
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(?Member of Armed Forces)
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TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE
But thanks be to God, which givcth M the victory through our Lord, Jesus Christ. I Corinthians 15: 57.
[r The Korean Fiasco
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* It is next to impossible for even the
aily newspapers with their press cover
age to comment intelligently on the Ko
*'?an truce talks, the attitude of the
Jouth Koreans, and the other many
fc?ded phases of that jumbled situation,
B>r many reasons. One is that the com
ete information is not being received,
ijdid never has been, due to our own mili
|.I.ry censorship, which the services have
Sng employed. Another, of course, is
ie fight-to-the-dcath attitude of the
"/ngman Khee government, and anoth
V is the North Koreans who have drag
id out the talks for two years already.
It is even harder for the weekly press,
?jjithout any direct information, to coin
t ent intelligently, but it is possible to
fjj port the man-in-the-streot attitudes.
Principally, there are three groups:
those who hope for peace at any
Biilce, because they have members of
? Teir families in Korea, or soon to be
?'t<t the road; 2) those who regard the
?~*uce talks as a repetition of the British
4?eace in our time" concession to Hitler
1938; and 3) those who arc frankly
?nfused between the two extreme
ews.
One citizen remarked a fortpight ago,
ion the truce signing appeared just
ound the corner, "With a 19-year-old
n, I should be mighty happy about this
ing, but I'm not." He felt that judg
2nt day merely may be delayed.
The only gain, if any, is that the Com
anists do not have the whole of Korea,
id the Rhee attitude underlines the
sic struggle for power between the
?reans themselves.
It is the first war this nation hqs ever
jght without aiming, at all times, for
:tory through the capture of areas of
il estate and the destruction of the
emy. All evidence to date is that the
ntainment method is not very helpful
obtaining the ever-sought will-o-the
sp known as peace.
; Dairy Week Again
i Hie years slip by and North Carolina
nvs greener.
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?The green is apparent in a number of
4ections, on the landscape where
'?re and better pastures are being
i nted by the state's farmers, and in
? so-called "long green", also known
cash, which dairy farmers and
?eders are pocketing.
i *he last-mentioned preen comes slow
'and it comes hard, for vast hours of
are the lot of the dairy farmer.
1 ere is no "surcease from twice-daily
ding and milking, no laying by of old
3sy, as a farmer does a corn or cotton
' p. Laying by is over by the time the
, ck moves around again.
iut milk production has provided
rth Carolina with another cash crop,
an all-or-nothing crop like cotton or
acco, but one which produces cash
h each monthly check to the prodii
I or wholesaler.
I- ,nd the market for milk and milk
I ducts continues to grow. North Caro
I i has to depend less on other states
I milk than she once did. but still the
? :e imports butter, cheese, and milk.
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? 'leveland County is among those on
list of increasing milk producers,
l/.ch is good news for the county and
? ;d for the individuals who make the
Holiday Time
Next week starts the July 4th Inde
pendence Day holiday and vacation sea
son, though, due to a freak in the calen
dar, July 4th will come at the end of the
week which will be a holiday for a large
segment of Kings Mountain industrial
employees. - 1
Some other folk will just be starting
a holiday on July 4th, and, of course,
still others won't be holidaying at all.
Usually twice each year, the Herald
makes a survey of industry to check
holiday-season schedules, and the re
sults are usually much more informa
tive than the mere facts of holiday
periods. Usually the length of holiday
tells whether Kings Mountain industry
is humming, or whether it's in the dol
drums.
This season the report was a good one,
with almost all industry barreling along
at good pace and, it is assumed, selling
its wares for a small profit, if not for the
huge mark-ups of the scarcity years.
The community is becoming impor
tant for its mining operations, including
lithium, mica and limestone, and farm
ing continues to be an important indus
try, but textiles form this community's
bread-and-butter industry, as is true
throughout the Piedmont area.
As the saying goes, things have been
a lot better, but they could be much,
much worse.
Generally speaking, the prospects for
business locally and nationally during
1953 is one of high volume and some
leavings in the form of moderate profits.
Baseball Visitors
Shelby's Clippers face the Lexington
Indians team Friday night here at City
Stadium in a regular season baseball
game. It will be, probably, the first game
of professional baseball ever played on
local soil.
?The semi-pros and amateurs have per
formed here for many seasons, but never
the pros,. and the Kings Mountain Ki
wanis Club which is sponsoring the
game deserves community support in
the project.
There should be a full-house crowd
on hand to see the game to give Shelby
first-baseman Charlie Ballard, a Kings
Mountain native and businessman, a
bow for his brief return to a home dia
mond. He has been among the top bats
men of the old Western Carolina league
for a number of seasons, and has been
getting his share of hits this season.
The game is made possible through
the helping hand ol Gerald Morgan, of
the Shelby club, as rabid a baseball fan
as lives in North Carolina, and a most
cooperative gentleman to work with, the
Kiwanis club and other friends relate.
The Clippers play a nice brand of
baseball, and those who attend Friday
night's game will see a faster brand of
the sport than they customarily see on
the local diamond.
A bow to Dick Hunnicutt, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Hunnicutt, who rerent
lv received the Gloria et Patria award,
top honor the church gives to a Boy
Scout, and rendered to Boy Scouts for
Special service to the church.
Tuesday will be the final day to pay
1053 city tax bills and earn the two per
cent discount for advance payment. A
lot of folk figure they don't want to pay
any more taxes than is absolutely nec
essary, and early payment cuts off a
portion, withal a seemingly small one.
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YEARS AGO Items of news about Kings Mountain area people and events
THIS WEEK taken from the 1943 files of the Kings Mountain Herald.
r. Jim Smith was awarded
50 hour service pin at the Red j
s work room Tuesday night
was the first male worker to
,ve the award.
?feofdlng to IJ- L". Ruth. Presi
of the Kings Mountain Mer
its Association, local stores
be- closed Monday. July 3'h.
rvanee of July 4th which
? 'ss Martha Lou Mauney, bride
, was honored bv a luncheon
by Miss Lib Isenhour of
on Sunday this year.
Social And Personal
Salisbury last Thursday.
Mrs. Claude Rhyne is on a visit
To relatives in New York City.
Dr. and Mrs. J. S. Norman are
vacationing in the mountains of
Western North Carolina.
Pfc. Menzell Phifer has been
transferred from Chillothe, Mo.
to Elgin Field. Fla.
Miss Doris Rhea, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Rhea, and
Miss Margie Wilson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Haskell Wilson,
have accepted civil service jobs,
and are now stationed at Arling.
ton, Va.
Pfc. Eugene Goforth, son of
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. ?Goiorth, re
cently graduated from the Or
dnance Automotive School at
Fort Sheridian, III.
Mr. and Mrs. I. B. Goforth, Ben,
Jr. a*id Bobby Gdforth were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. VV. H.
Cronshaw in Belmont Sunday.
Mrs. F. E. Finger Is visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Uarrv Warren, the lat
ter her daughter, in Houston,
Texas.
MARTIN'S
MEDICINE
By Martin Harmon
Ingredient s: bits of rsews,
wisdom, humor, and comment.
Directions: Take weekly, if
possible, but avoid
overdosage.
There is something resem
bling the fightln' parson of
frontier days, or the 'praise the
Lord and pass the ammunition"
chaplain in Rev. Frank Pressly,
the Due West, S. C. ARP
preacher and missionary.
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This young missionary, who
is just home for the first time
from his first several-year ten
ure in Pakistan, has a most in
teresting background, navally
speaking.
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I was particularly interested,
for I was supposed to know
about Frank Pressly, if I did
not know him personally. Some
where in the haze of the past
was the thought that Mr.
Pressly and I were in the
navy's 90day Wonder school
together and that, later on, he
got himself decorated for ex
ceptional valor in the business
of operating a PT-boat. But I
was not sure on either count.
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It was therefore with more
than usual interest on Sabbath
morning, as us ARP's say, that
I chatted with the visiting min
ister-missionary after his good
discourse on the business of
evangelizing a land where
Christians are both few and
far between, and, in addition,
an object of ridicule. The Press
ly dictum on foreign missions:
we must not be dismayed by
the enormity of the task, nor
by the words of detractors.
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"Weren't you in PT boats,"
I asked after I had learned
that he had bunked a deck
(floor) above me In the good
ship Furnald Hall at the corner
of 116th street and Moringside
Drive in New York City. The
reply was affirmative, I asked
how, and here is the interest
ing story.
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During our term of grinding
to get to be officers and gentle
men by act of Congress, Com
mander John Bulkley, one of
the first American heroes of
World War II, who, with a
squadron of six little PT boats
did a rough job on major seg
ments of the Japanese navy,
visited the school to explain
how he got his medals and, in
cidentally, to. invite volunteers
to a branch of the naval ser
vice that promised plenty of
excitement, few comforts, and
a short span of mortal exis
tence. Commander B u lk 1 e y 's
tales were exciting to the point
of raising goose pimples, and
though he told them with that
laughing half-seriousness which
tantalizes, I never came close
to holding up the volunteer's
hand. Frank Pressly did, . but
says it was rather accidental.
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"It happened," the minister
says, "that I was section leader
for the day, and the word was
passed that all volunteers
would be interviewed by a Lj.
Hartley. I gave the section a
pep talk on volunteering, but
it didn't take. Not a one volun
teered. Finally one guy In the
rear line sneered, 'Why don't
your volunteer'? This was not
the desired result, but he was
caught.
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He continued that he was
flunking engineering about
every alternate week and
figured they ' wouldn't want
him anyway, but Lt. Hartley
turned out to be a young man
with forebears who had fought
gH.'jintly for the Confederacy.
He thought anyone from south
of the Mason-Dixon line would
make a g?od PT-boater and
wasted no time In sending
Pressly to Comdr. Bulkley.
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A lowly midshipmen getting
Interviewed by a naval hero
who had sunk Japanese ship
ping was hard on the nervous
system, but the interview didn't
last long. First, Bulkley, feet
on-desk and much different
from the spit-and-polish school
staff, handed the prospective
recruit a slip which related the
sad tale of Bulkley's original
I*T boat squadron. Of 113 offi
cers and men. only 14 were
around to tell their experiences.
"You still want in?" Bulkley
asked. Naturally, as Mr. Press
ly expresses it, "I couldn't snow
yellow then." The reply was
"yes. sir", and Bulkley's dis
missing words were, "Sign your
will."
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When orders for the graduat
ing recruits were finally cut.
Ensign Pressly drew PT's and
bore out the fine regard the
lieutenant had held for the leg
endary bravery of the Old
South. Pressly operated prlnci
j pally In the Mediterranean,
| around Bone and vicinity, while
Rommel was giving the Invad
ing Allied Powers a rough time
of it in North AMr?
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From his war record, it would
appear that Rev. Mr. Pressly
has the kind of nerve and ad
venturesome spirit that would
be required to evangelize the
Pakistani.
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He has had no correspon- (
dence with the navy, would like
ACROSS
1 ? Author of "Idyll* of a
-Kin*" (poss.)
8 ? Pertaining to mariners
( ?bb. )
9 ? Grain
10 ? Letter from Gre~*c
12 ? Eating place
13 ? Legendary Swiss hero
1 5 ? Permit
16? Scene of triumph by
Caruso
20 ? Garden vegetable
21 ? By way of
2 2? Curious
24? 1 Famous- American
playright
26- ? Inventor of the in
candescent lamp
28 ? Chemical symbol for
glucinum
29 ? Roman numeral
30 ? Greek god of manly
beauty
33 ? Most outstanding
athlete of the. century
3 5 ? Assistance
37 ? Knock
40 ? Famous English
chemist (poss.)
42? South American city
44 ? Birthplace of
8hakespeare
'46 ? Scottish inventor ol
?team engine
47 ? French author of "The
Mysteries of Paris"
48-? Unit
30 ? Time past
SI ? Discoverer of tJbs
X-ray (poas.)
DOWN
1? Former U.8. President
*2 ? Mother of Cain
3 ? Negative
4 ? American university
5 ? Thoroughfare (abb.)
6? Snare
7? Pace
8 ? Scottish "no"
11 ? Beverage
12 ? Famous ancient queen
14? Knight of King
Arthur's Round Table
1 6 ? Lubrication
17 ? Close comrade
18 ? Fish eggs
19 ? Augment
21 ? Mexican revolutionist
23 ? One of the sufveyors
for whom a famous
American territorial
line was named
25? The self
27 ? Title of respect
31 ? Cover
32 ? Medical suffix
33? Easay
$4 ? Possesses
38 ? Thoroughfares (abb.)
39? Issue ireely
41 ? Small aperture
42 ? Shreds
43 ? Japanese statvnan
4 3 ? Combining form of
"new"
46? Pallid
48 ? Over and touching
49 ? Latin abbreviation
meaning "for example"
See The Want Ad Section For This Week's Completed Puzzle
Viewpoints of Other Editors
SOLEMN FOLLY
Christian Science Monitor
Sometimes there seems no limit
to the solemn foolishness that is
proposed to and accepted by leg
islative bodies. They even at
tempt to put that ever- growing,
ever-changing force ? language
? into a strait jacket. .
The latest aberration of the
law- makers is reported from
Georgia where the lower house
has set out to destroy the annoy
ing, conjunctive excuse for ig
norance or indecision ? ajid/or.
But unfortunately these would-be
benefactors of the race have only
compounded the crime by invent
ing the word "andor" and soberly
decreeing that it have the mean
ing of either or both the small
conjunctions.
Neither thp lexicographers nor
the users of language ? the court
of last resort ? will welcome this
"reform". It still leaves the choice
of meaning to the reader ? which
may be convenient at times but
is no whit less Irresponsible and
in some contexts definitely con
fusing. It is said that confusion
as to the meaning of a character
in the Japanese language caused
several days' delay in Japan's
surrender in 1945 and use of the
atomic bomb. ? ?
Perhaps no damage would have
been done ? except to our ears!
? if Hamlet had*said, "To be
andor not to be?" Possibly no
mix-up would have been caused
if Paul Revere had said, "One if
by land andor two if by sea".
But we are glad Jefferson didn't
write, "All men are created free
andor equal". Also that the Geor
gia solons cannot rewrite the ac
count of creation In Genesis to
make it read, "Andor the even
ing andor the morning".
Rites Conducted
For Romey Sell
Funeral services for Romey O.
Self, 69, resident of 1409 West
Pine Street, Gastonia, were con
ducted Sunday at 2:30 p. m. from
Fairview Baptist church in Gas*
tonia. , ? /
Rev. VV. G. Rhinehardt, pastor
of the church, officiated an4 buri
al followed in the Gaston Memo
rial Park cemetery.
Mr. Self died in a Gastonia hos
pital Friday at 5:50 p. m. after
an illness of several weeks.
Survivors" include his wife, Mrs.
Blanche Cox Self; four daugh
ters, Nettie Marie, Rosemary,
and Nancy Jo Self, all of the
home, and Mrs. Helen Turner of
Grover; pne step-daughter, Mrs.
Vera Kitchen Camp of Kings
Mountain; one son, Willie Lee
Self of Grover: three brothers,
Fred G. Self of Jacksonville, Fla.,
Osey and Edgar Self both of Gaff
ney, S. C., three sisters, Mrs.
Lloyd Ellis and Mrs, Tom Moss,
both of Blackshurg, S. C., and
Mrs. Bost Martin of Gaffney, S.
C.; and fifteen grandchildren.
England has been ruled by six
women ? seven if you count the
10-day reign of Lady Jane Grey
? since the Norman conquet, ac
cording to the American Peoples
Encyclopedia. England's reigning
queens have been: Mary Tudor,
Elizabeth 1, Mary, Anne, Victoria,
and Elizabeth II.
to transfer to the chaplain
corps, a post befitting his cur
rent profession. With a war
record in PTs, a decoration,
and missionary zeal, the navy
might use him In the future to
recruit for dangerous missions. |
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JUNE IS A SAD MONTH
Smithfield Herald
June is the month oi brides.
June is the month of college com-,
mencements. But the June bride
should not allow herself to be
come too ecstatic over the strains
of "Lohengrin." And the proud
college graduate need not think
his beautifully engraved sheep
skin is necessarily the key to
worldly success.
Let the bride weep a bit as she
remembers the gay round of par
ties, teas and luncheons that
launched her venture into matri
mony. Let the college senior shed
a tear for his beach house parties,
his football games and fraternity
dances, his carefree ride to the
nearest lake or swimming pool in
a bright red convertible with the
top down.
The bride comes back from the
honeymoon to face a round of
thank-you notes for all those
gleaming piles of wedding pre
sents. She may be carried over
the threshold of the new house or
the small apartment by her lordly
husband ? but on the other side of
the threshold is a big new stove
that must be made to turn out
three meals a day, a kitchen sink
that all too quickly gets filled
with dirty dishes waiting to be
washed, curtains that need hem
ming, floors that need sweeping,
beds that need making, windows
that need washing,' a husband's
shirts that need new buttons, a
husband's boss that has to be
cooked for, a bridge club that
wants entertaining.
That college graduate goes to
work, too. He may have carefully
avoided an 8 o'clock class at
school, but now when the morn
ing alarm clock goes off, he has to
get up and hie himself off to
punch the time clock at office,
filling station or factory. He may
not have had time to concentrate
on the English theme or the math
problem, but now he must master
the daily routine of a job. There
are no excuses for failure or ig
norance in the workaday world.
And the pay check that comes at
the end of the week or month
must be budgeted to buy food,
clothes and lodging. The boss is
not an Indulgent father who sends
more money when it is needed.
Alas, for the poor June bride
and the poor June graduate! They
must now learn to work. If they
are wise, they will also learn to
like it.
U. S. Farmers receive 54 cents
of the dairy products dollar, as
compared with an average of 49
cents received on the dollar con
sumers spend for other farm
Ifoods. '
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The Time Is Now ....
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accident will not cost you your many years of hard savings.
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