The Kings Mountain Herald
Established 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 posto?fi?e at Kings Mountain, N. C*. under Act
of Congress of March 3, 1873
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
Martin Harmon ' i. ... Editor- Publisher
Charles T. Carpenter, 'Jr ,? 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
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TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE
But the Lord is in his holy temple: lot all the earth, keep silence before Him. Habakkuk 2:20.
A Recreation Policy
From recent activities and statements
of its officers, it seems that the City
Parks and Recreation commission has
evolved a two-fold policy which includes
1) the presentation of a public recrea
tion program, low in cost but attractive
in appeal, and 2) a long term effort to
obtain a many-utility recreation plant.
Further inferences can also be drawn,
among them that the recreation com
mission is expecting the plant to be a
city-built operation, without the benefit
of gifts, such as Shelby enjoyed. While
gifts would be quite acceptable undoubt
edly, it appears that no effort will be
made to obtain them.
It also appears that Burlington Mills'
Corporation's generous offer of a site
tract will be declined. Some of the rea
sons are good and valid. If, indeed, a 50
aere tract is the aim, then the BurMil
tract is too small. The cost of removing
the Duke power line is also a limiting
factor. However, the commission objec
tion to BurMil's reversion clause does
not seem too valid. Generally speaking,
it is not unusual for donors to require
that gifts be used for the designated pro
jects.
Many people think it is high time the
city makes a start on the recreation
business, with swimming pools listed as
tops on the list of needs. The recreation
commission is recommending a $150,000
bond issue to obtain these facilities.
While this newspaper has long felt
that sewer matters and water matters
should take first consideration of boards
of commissioners, particularly when
they are considering improvements on
borrowed money, it is possible that the
city is in quite good enough shape to
attend to all of it. Just because a man
owes a balance on his home to the lend
ing agency doesn't prevent his driving
an auto until paying off time.
The recreation commission, the Herald
understands, is reasonably unanimous
on the proposals Acting Chairman VV. K.
Mauney, Jr., set forth recently, and our
assumption is tlv.t the citizens will get
their chance to approve or disapprove
them within the next few months.
Charles M. Graves, the recreation
plant architect; impresses with his
ability and experience and his state
ments concerning the proper means of
designing pools, buildings and play
ground areas, plus his recommendation
for having sufficient acreage for expan
sion in the future, all make good sense.
Attend The Fairl
The headline to this particular note
could well serve two purposes, both for
the Bethware Fair which got underway
Wednesday afternoon and which con
tinues through Saturday night, or the
renewal of the big Cleveland County
Fair, which starts next Tuesday for a
five-day run.
With the Bethware Fair closer upon
us. and certainly a next door neighbor
if not completely in our own backyard,
the Herald refers principally to it.
The Bethware Fair has come a long
way since it modestly began six years
ago. It has improved annually from the
standpoints of competition, . participa
tion, interest and attendance, and this
year's sixth presentation should con
tinue that record.
It is a very rine community fair, and
all Bethware's neighbors not only -
should support it with their visits but
most likely will.
Kings Mountain citizens interested in
good music will want to purchase a sea
son ticket in the 1953-54 Cleveland
County Community Concert series. In
addition to the Cleveland county per
formances, the tickets entitle the pur
chasers to admission to any Community
Concert at other cities in the associa
tion.
Campaign Underway
From all outward appearances the
1954 campaign for control of the Con
gress, where the Democratic "outs"
seek to regain the majority has begun,
officially or otherwise.
Former. President Harry Truman,
launched it in a Labor Day speech when
he advised all Democrats to keep the
GOP on the griddle from now on. Pre
viously, the ex-President had been more
charitable toward the new administra
tion than might have been expected, in
the light of his vitriolic attacks during
the 1952 presidential campaign.
The next step in the political battle
was the resignation of Martin Durkin
as secretary of labor, ending a short and
unhappy marriage of the GOP and Big
Labor. No labor "pro", as Durkin is, can
eat his words on the repeal of the Taft
Hartley act, even though the law has
not ruined'the unions, as was freely pre
dicted.
The Democratic speed-up of their of
fensive continued in Chicago Monday'
with the rally of party leaders and the
nation-wide speech of Adlai Stevenson.
Congress is Just slightly in the hands
of the GOP, and the appointment of a
successor to Senator Taft is likely to
make it still closer.
Thus a few vote shifts in 1954, which
is historical in off-year elections, would
put the Democrats back in control of
Congress. Sometimes, this course is
fatal to presidents, as it was to much
maligned Herbert Hoover. It probably
would not be for President Eisenhower,
since the change would merely put the;
more conservative wing of Southern
Democrats back in control of Congress
and its key committees.
The GOP is going to have trouble per
suading the farmer, who finds the price
of his salable goods down 12 percent and
the price of his purchases up one per
cent, that the bad medicine had to come
and really tastes good. Otherwise, the
GOP can brag about ending the Korean
mess and, regardless of the general atti
tude that the United States nJight have
sold . the South Korean government
down the river, it is still a fact that the
GOP halted the shooting and the dread
ed casualty lists. That's hard to argue
against.
. It is also assumed that, with elections
upcoming, the GOP will cut taxes fn all
directions come January, which will be
strong vote-getting appeal to everyone.
The voting will not come in most
states for 12 months yet, and the best
bet is that the several situations, eco
nomic, international, Russian, etc.. near
er voting time will determine whether
President Eisenhower, generally well
liked on both sides of the fence, will get
a new Congress of the desired faith.
The completion of the nurse's home
at the Kings Mountain hospital plant is
another landmark in the building of this
widely used, valuable public facility. It
will mean that an important inducement
can be added to all others that the hos
pital management has at hand in keep
ing the hospital well-staffed with cap
able nurses. Due to marriages, heavy de
mand and short supply, the turnover In
nursing staffs at almost all hospitals is
great. The new nurse's home should help
to fill vacancies when they occur and
also to stabilize the Kings Mountain
hospital corps.
Saturday is the last day for unregis
tered citizens to get their isames on the
voting scrolls in order to cast a ballot
in the state'3 $72 million bond elections.
It was not generally expected there
would be a great registrator but the
unusual inactivity has cause J many
leaders to deplore the apathy a citi
zenship which is not particularly excit
ed, either for or against, on the subject
of whether the state borrows large sums
of money.
10
YEARS AGO Items of newt about King* Mountain area people and erents
THIS WEEK taken from the 1943 file* of the Kings Mountain Herald.
The Third War Bond Drive is
going "good", according to Chair
man J. R. Davis, who stated yes
terday afternoon that he did not
have any definite figures, but
from all indications the first week
of the drive was "very success
ful."
James G. Darracott.- J*-, recent
ly won his Navy "Wings of
Gold" and was commissioned an
Ensign in the Naval Reserves.
Social And Personal
Mr. and Mrs. Byron Keeter are
in New York on a business trip
for Keeter's Department store.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Jenkins)
are expected home today from :
, Baltimore, Md., where they have
been visiting.
Miss Virginia Summers left
Tuesday for Gulf Park college,
Gulf Park, Miss., where she is
enrolled as a Student.
Mrs. B. O. Weaver left Wednes
day afternoon to be at the bedside
of her father. G. F. Hambrtght,
a patient at York County hospital.
MARTIN'S
MEDICINE
Bf Martin Harmon
Ingredients: bits of news,
wisdom, humor, and comment.
Direction ?: Take weekly, if
possible, but ovoid
overdosage.
The first few days o I Sep
tember came close to being the
earliest iall on record, many
people say, with low tempera:
tures causing a sudden boom
in fuel oil and coal, sales. Those
who didn't lire up their fur
naces or stoves had to dig deep
for winter clothing, and even
then they suffered with snif
flitis.
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But fall must surely be pre
sent with the football season
underway, reminding that a
number of local folk went to.
Columbia the other night to
see the early- season Redskin
Steeler pro clash, among them
Paul McGinnis and Neal Gris
som. Ollie Harris, the elder,
remarked that he would have
gone himself, had not Xeal beat
him to the draw. ?
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Speaking of football ?!?? re
minds that, if the high school
Mountaineers are as good at
making touchdowns as Coach
Shu Carlton is at talking, the
1953 team should win a major
share of its games. Shu made
a good talk at the Lions club
the other night, and, with a bit
more regular experience, he
could make the Peahead Walk
er-Frank Howard league.
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Shu drew big laughs on a
number of stories and also
when he bragged about Bud
Mayes, his heavyweight lino
man. Shu says Kings Mountain
somehow seems to grow "little
'uns", and that no purchases of
football trousers of greater
girth than 36 inches had been
made in five years. Young
Mayes requires a 40, I believe
the report was, and Shu wishes
for more of the same,
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The Carlton talk Ignited a
continuing football discussion
in the after-meeting drug store *
bull session, and Wilson Craw
ford, who once earned the nick
name of "Cueball" for his un
willingness to don a helmet in
a football game, made a good
contribution, on the subject of
injuries.
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''A coach told me onetime,"
Wilson said, "that a properly
trained football player who
plays hard and alert on every
play would never be seriously
injured, -if at all. Along during
the season we were playing
some team and I got a little
tired. After stopping two plays
?y8I\ ?nter dead, I figured
they d leave me alone the next
time and I could rest a little.
The next thing I knew they
were over me like a steamroll
?r- , euy took me high,
another low, and another fell
on my leg. I heard a crunch,
and spent the next six weeks on
crutches with a busted leg The
coach was right. If I hadn't
been loafing I wouldn't have
been hurt."
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Wilson was playing at Mars
Hill at the time, and later held
down center for Ersklne, if
Im not mistaken. He added
that the same Mars Hill coach
also said the difference be
tween many good players and
a 6, who make the all
America selections was that
self same loafing. "All-Amerl
eans play 60 minutes," the
coach said, "but those other
talented boys don't play but say
40 or 50 minutes. They loaf the
rest of the time."
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The same situation undoubt
edly comes in more important
business than football.
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In Gastonia a minute the
other day, I dropped by the
HoUum Bread plant and Mr
Sanders and Walt Carroll, who
ives mainly at Lake Montonia
in. the summertime, showed me
through the plant. It was the
first time I'd ever Inspected the
mechanical operation of a
bread - making establJ hment,
and it's really pretty wonder
ful. Machines conduct every
operation that grandma used
to do when turning out loaf
bread, even to a new one which
is one of Holsum's more recent
additions, a depanner. This
machine merely dumps the bak
ed loaf onto a. waiting rack but
think how many man hours it
8?yes there are other ma
chines for mixing, cutting,
kneading, rolling, and wrapi
Pmg, to mention a few The
only human hands I ?aw
touching the bread . was one
pair. .... .the hands of the guy
who placed every fourth or fif
th loaf on the scales to insure
that the cutting apparatus was
working right and that the cus
tomer wasn't getting cheated.
. ? ... .In spite of the weekend
ru?h. the bakery was pin
A youngster was talking to a
city garbage collector the other
*? four-yea rold youngs
tert afe wont to do and was
heard to say, "Mama's going
to have a baby tomorrow." The
garbage collector
"That's fine" TS^n the
four-year- old asked. "Do you
want one?" I now am able to
report that the young man was
CfcM cous* of traffic deaths and injuries in 1952
was speeding on straight roods. Only YOU con prevent
?rrlrisniil
Viewpoints of Other Editors
OPEN SEASON
ON OYSTERS
From the month of May
through the month of August, oy
sters aro not supposed to be in
season, according to the popular
legend, because the letter "R"
does not appear in those months.
According to newest informa
tion, however, oysters in Ameri
ca are every bit as good during
these months as they are during
the rest qf the year. In fact, says
Dr. Thurlow C. Nelson, professor
of Zoology at Rutgers University,
oysters are their very best in fla
vor, succulence, ahd food value
in May.
The legend about R-less mon
ths grew up with European colo
nists who brought to this country
their unpleasant experiences re
sulting from eating European oys
ters during the four Spring and
Summer months. European oys
ters, Dr. Nelson says, are diffe
rent from those native to the
United States, for the former are
likely to be gritty because the pa
rents house the babies within
their shells.
'Along the Eastern seaboard,
where American oysters are bred
in oyster "farms", the oysters
feed themselves by pumping as
many as 48 quarts of water
through their bodies each day to
strain out the algae which make
up most of their food. The oys
ter's pumping apparatus also
casts eggs and sperm Into the
surrounding water, instead of al
lowing them to remain within the
parent.
We must admit that we used
to put some stock in the legend
and never ate oysters during
those four months until ?
Years back, Bud Aman and the
gang of us would get out the old
Sandpiper and haul anchor down
the river. About mid-day we'd
beach the boat and go in the
slough and dig for clams and oys
ters. That was In the summer
tlTT/e. There wasn't a thing wrong
with them except that the oys
ters are just not fat in the sum
mer months as they are in the
cool. It's all in the look of them,
not the taste, take it from me
and us who found that out long
before Dr. Nelson. ? Jacksonville
Neios and Viexon,
THANKS FOR
WATER SUPPLY
With cities like Asheville, Bur
lington, and Raleigh deeply con
cerned over their water supply,
Albemarle can give thanks that
local citizens several years ago,'
under the leadership of a former
mayor and city council, approved
a bond issue which made possible
our present water supply system.
Had we been depending on the
Long creek reservoir, water ra
tioning would likely now be the
order pf the day.
Water has always been essen
tial to life, but in congested com
munities where it Is not possible
for every householder to have a
spring or a well, the leaders mu&t
show wisdom in obtaining sour
ces of water that will not fall
in periods of drought.
A failing water supply consti
tutes a real danger to a large
city, for conceivably fire could
wreak terrible damage unless
there is sufficient water to con
trol fife. There are also health
and comfort factors that should
not be discounted.
Albemarle has the best possible
available source of water, one of
the principal rivers of the state.
Of course. AM!
of money to establish a pumping
station, lay a water line to the
river, and build * MpR-YWKrvoir
to the north of the city.
there will be many times In the
vears ahead when every citizen
W^^pree- that the syfggMpS;
%rorth every cent It ?*|fc
Stanly Ne u* and Press
t i 'ii i'.i ?gin i Tiif? n ??V.. i i i n
a little off on his date and num
ber;
LETS BE
EXTRA CAREFUL
The local schools have started
and hundreds of students of all
ages from tiny tots up are walk
ing the streets to make their way
to their respective^ school build
ings or standing on the highways
waiting for school busses. They
will be on the streets In large
numbers. Many of them gay and
without being as alert as they
should be. This means that it is
up to us, the motorists, to watch
out
Small children, making their
way along the sidewalks to and
from school, are not responsible
for their actions. And that means
that every driver should take It
upon himself to be responsible
for the children. For no one
knows when a youngster absorb
ed in play, is going to dart out
into the street, or step from be
hind a parked car. Children just
don't think sometimes.
And another thing... Those
"Slow, School" warning signs
placed along the sides of the
streets near our own local schools
weren't put there simply to ad
vertise a soft drink. They were
put there to warn motorists to
slow down and to keep a wary
eye out for youngsters as they
drive by a school building.
The life of one child is worth
far more than getting somewhere
a minute or two earlier than the
law allows. ? Belmont Banner
Lint yield per acre for North
Carolina cotton in 1953 is esti
mated at 290 pounds. The 10
year average is 345 pounds. '
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TAR HEEL FARMING
IS BIG!
With about one-third of North Carolina's population
interested in agriculture, it it interesting to note that their
290,000 farm* had a cash income of $955 million in 1951.
This amount equals the total income of 380,000 fully em
ployed average textile workers! The ever-increasing farm
income in our state goes far in helping to make North
Carolina a better ptoce In which to work, play ond Uve
for all of us.
Another contributing factor to more pleasant living for
North Carolinians is the brewing industry's ??K-regutatlon
program where brewers, wholesalers and retailers? In coun
ties where malt beverage vjles are permitted under State
control ? cooperate to maintain wholesome conditions for
the legal sale of beer and ote.
North Carolina Division
TJNIYED STATES BREWERS FOUNDAIiOH, INC.
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