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The Kings Mountain Herald 7' Established 1889 '?n1 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* Charles Miller _ Paul Jackson (?Member of Armed Forces) TELEPHONE NUMBERS? 167 or 283 i SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE, IN ADVANCE ONE YEAR ? $2.50 SIX MONTHS ? $1 .40 THREE MONTHS? 75c BY MAIL ANYWHERE I 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 flM ? * 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. \ ?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. ? ? '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. 0 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. . m-tn 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. m-m . 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. m-m . 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. m-m "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. m-m 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. m-m "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. m-m 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. m-m 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." mm 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? v m-m 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. m-za 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. | I. )| |',MISNL*I*W> *1 nft 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. ' . Have You Tried |Hj CHEER WINE Over Ice Cream? m Mokes a DtMous First ? A scoop or two of tee cuam ? tfce* powr <mbt wrtfi CMMBRWVME. H foams! K fasetootoet It ftwWs! Try soda today! ORI\K Thrills i your I /?Oe ( neerwine Zd CHCHtWtHE IS IN TUNE WITH YOUR TASTE The Time Is Now .... Don't wait until tomorrow to Insure your car. That could be too late. Drive safely, "but drive insured so that one freak accident will not cost you your many years of hard savings. SEE US FOR DETAILS. The Arthur Hay Agency ALL KINDS OF INSURANCE Phone 182 HARRIS FUNERAL HOME ? Ambulance Service ? Phone 118 ? Kings Mountain. N. C. ? ^ 310 North Piedmont Avsnu* ? Kings Mountain, N. C, Family Security Comes From What You Save t . While incomes are steady, we invite you to save a part of each week's-earnings and you will be surpris ed how fast the account will grow. If you have saved $100.00 or $1,000.00 and wish to invest this lump sum for a regular cash income you may do so and dividend check will be mailed out to you July 1st and December 31st each year. The cur rent rate is 3 per cent. Your account with us is always worth 100 cents on the dollar, free from fluctuation. All accounts are insured up to $10,000.00 when In vested in the HOME BUILDING & LOAN ASSOCIATION Corner of Mountain and Cherokee Street* KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C. A. H. Patterson, Secretary & Treasurer ? The Herald $2.50 Per Year ? THINKING OF BUYING A CAB? t ? - ' ?' . ? Many people who know that BANK LOANS are best, finance their ear* and appliance* here. - ' r ?/?v-.v,'? y, .."V-v- * \ -***; ki><, a'v&T&I *' , ?' First National fin n k f ?-?-..v. wuima&s&S JPf vNEk&mBF- % MEMBER FOIC . ? * , V ' ?