The Kings Mountain Heiald
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 LMStofflre at Kings Mountain, N. C., under Act
of Congress of March 3, 1873
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TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE
Qive, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, .pressed down, and shaken together, and run
ning over, shall men give into your bosom. For the same measure that ye mete xvithal it shall be
measured to you again. St. Luke 6:38.
Amen, Senator George
It was talked about in the House of
Representatives but batted down in the
Ways and Means committee by a
straight party-line vote, 15-10.
But Senator George, of Georgia, has
advanced again the proposition that
federal income taxes be trimmed from
the bottom up, in order to increase buy
ing power and to give every taxpayer
the same dollar cut.
The fact that Senator George is the
ranking minority member of the Senate
Finance committee, which handles tax
matters' after they have passed the
House, puts added weight to the propos
al and means that, with aneloction year
on plus the Republican majority in both
houses of Congress precarious, the pro
posal has a good chance.
Great wails and cries have come up
?from the Tory journals about balancing
the budget, but, strangely, these sources
were silent- when the discussion con
cerned putting in a gimmick to cut the
tax bills of persons drawing big dividend
checks, upping depreciation write-off
allowances, cutting excise taxes,, and
than the rank-and-file are seeking.
Specifically, the proposal of Senator
George is to raise the personal income
tax exemption immediately to $800 per
person for 1954 and to $1,000 per person
for 1955 and thereafter.
At*a base rate of 20 percent, the in
creased exemption would put $40 more
per year in the pay envelope of every
worker and add $80 to the check of a
man and wife, had they been paying
any income tax at all. And who doesn't
pay income tax now?
Needless to say, the increase in pay,
falling as it does at the lowest level,
would be that much more money to go
into trade channels, for groceries, cloth
es, television sets, and washing ma
chines. And a couple's saving of $80
would pay one month's dues on the fam
ily bus.
No sane person Can disagree with the
Congressmen who are working toward
balancing the budget, but Senator
George was talking the sensible kind of
tax cut that would be easy to follow
and easy to administer. No complicated
formulae, just $200 less income per per
son to pay tax on in 1954. It's as simple
as that.
Parrot Fever
The news of the possibility of a case
of parrot fever having originated in
Kings Mountain must have caused con
cern to many people, who number
among their families many Pete Para
keets, some of which have learned to
talk.
The news was distressing, too, to sev
eral citizens who breed the birds for re
sale in what has developed in the past
couple of years to a booming business.
The State Board of Health, on a re
port from Tennessee, was sufficiently
concerned to send a doctor here to con
fer with Dr. Z. P. Mitchell, county health
officer, and other local authorities in the
field of health.-.
It is possible the suspicion that par
rot fever may be extant in Kings Moun
tain may be disproved, and all concern
ed hope it. Dr. Mitchell himself empha
sized against being "alarmist," point
ing out that the important thing is to
avoid misjudging parrot fever and
thinking it is another ailment. Dr.
Mitchell, with the full concurrence of
state authorities, was merely practicing
the old medical theorem of an ounce of
prevention saving several pounds of
care.
All hope the word from the U. S. Pub
lic Health Service laboratory will be ne
gative.
Our best wishes to Rev. David Morris,
pastor of Temple Baptist church, who
has resigned that pastorate to accept
duties in the mission field at Smith
field.
Congressman Jones
Congressman Woodrow W. Jones, of
Rutherfordton, is seeking another term
in Washington as the district's Con- .
gressman. ?
While he is technically a third term
er, having filled the short unexpired
portion of the term of the late A. L. Bul
winkle, Mr. Jones actually seeks his
third full term to the office which he
has filled with competence.
Congressman Jones has established a
record of supporting economy in gov- '
ernment and has demonstrated a seri
ousness about the business of represent
ing the people of his district that seems
to assure his return to Washington for
another two years. His increasing se
niority as a member of the House Judi
ciary committee is not only important
to Congressman Jones, but to his con
stituents in the district. As his seniority
increases, his influence can be more
forcefully brought to bear for the wel
fare of Uth district citizens.
The sudden death of Le^vis B. Peck,
12th division highway engineer, was a
shock ? te ? his many friends' throughout
North Carolina and particularly in the
Piedmont section, where he had lived
and worked for the major portion of his
life. A man who was once in his employ
said that Mr. Peck was the most cour
teous man he ever knew. He spoke to a
road gang trusty assigned as Janitor for
the highway office with the same pleas
ant, friendly tone as he did to his "cus
tomers," the citizens of North Carolina,
or to his superiors in the highway com
mission. While Mr. Peck was seriously
ill several months ago, he had been in
apparent good health recently and was
in Kings Mountain early last week to ob
serve the construction work underway
on West King street. Many a mile of
North Carolina road had been laid und
er his supervision, and Kings Mountain
people who came to know him during
the past' four years after his transfer to
Shelby found him willing to walk the
last mile in his efforts to satisfy their
wishes and needs for roads.
Commendation is in order to the offi
cers and directors of the Kings Mountain
Building & Loan association on the
firm's reaching the million dollar club
in total assets, a recent accomplishment
for this veteran Kings Mountain finan
cial institution. Congratulations are also
in order on its- acceptance for mem
bership in the Federal Savings and Loan
Insurance Corporation, which insures
ail accounts up to $10,000.00. The
fact that the association was accepted
for membership means that it's finances
are in excellent shape and that the ac
tual need for the insurance iS at a min
imum. At the same time, it is an added
measure of safety for the association's
shareholders. All Kingfe Mountain fi
nancial institutions now hold federal in
surance on their accounts.
Our congratulations to Neal Grissom,
who has been elected first president of
the newly organized Kings Mountain
Optimist Club, soon to be formally char
tered by the international organization
and thus to take its place among Kings
Mountain's other civic groups devoted to
upbuilding the community. Mr. Grissom
is a man of ability and tenacity and is
ideally suited to guide the new organi
zation through the always busy, some
times difficult, first year.
Heart disease, in its many varying
forms, is ? great killer. One out of tvo
deaths are attributable to heart failure.
Medical' research is developing new
treatment techniques, new methods of
combatting this disease. Money for i*e
yarch is provided through gifts to the
American Heart association, and Kings
Mountain should do its part in this ap
peal. Post a check to J. L. McGlll or L.
E. Abbott today.
10
YEARS AGO Items of news about Kings Mountain area people and erents
THIS WEEK taken from the 1944 files of the Kings Mountain Herald.
Kings Mountain's $10,000 Red
Cross War Fund Drive will get
Underway next Wednesday morn
, Ing, March I, following the annu- 1
a} supper mooting Tuesday night.
Final plans for the canvass were
made Monday night at a meeting
of the committee chairmen at the
, City Hall. % .
.
Kings Mountain churches will
unite in observance of World Day
of Prayer Friday with services to
be held ,at First Presbyterian
church.
Social' And Personal
Members of the Study club met
Tuesday night at the home of
Mrs. O. W. Myers on Piedmont
avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. Houston H. Smith
have announced the marrlagfe of
their daughter, Ellen Jfeanette, to
Pfc. Jack Clark of F6rt Wads
worth, N. Y., on February 4.
Pfc. W. E. Wbittington, who U
stationed at Camp Haan, Calif., I
U at home on furlough.
MARTIN'S
MEDICINE
By Martin Harmon
Ingredient*: bits of urn,
wisdom, humor, and comment.
Direction*: Take weekly, if
possible, but ovoid
ov&rdoaape.
February is about to pass -out
of the picture, which means
that another Grouhdhog Day,
Lincoln's Birthday, St. Valen
tine's Day, and Washington's
Birthday are onde more history
until dusting of! time In 1955.
K<m
Of course, the import of
Groundhog Day is still with us
and will be, according f* legend,
until another Interesting day,
March 15. Mr. Groundhog saw
his shadow, which is supposed
to insure six more weeks of foul
weather. Thus far, there hasn't
been much reason to argue with
with superstition. While balmy
weather has put in appearance,
as spring tries to arrive ahead
of schedule, there have been
many relapses, and a piece of
a nasty stbrm. Personally, I
hope cold weather continues for
, a little while, for, If summer
arrives too quickly, then back
sets, as they say concerning the
"flu", will mean great hard
ships for the peach farmer and
no peach shortcake on the din
ner table.
m-tn
Unquestionably, the lessons
of thrift, energy, willingness to
work and to overcome hard
ships as exemplified by George
Washington, the father of our
nation, and by Honest Abe Lin
coln, the rail- splitter, have not
been lost for the current gene
ration of school youngsters.
Who ever can forget the men
tal vision of Honest Able, sit
ting in front af .a big open fire,
the only light in the room,
studying his lessons? It is sure
to shame the most laggard of
juvenile minds. And who will
ever forget the legend of young
George Washington and the
cherry tree. Debunkers are al
ways denying the tale that
G?;orge would rather take the
thrashing than to tell a lie, but
the killjoys have never been
successful. Of course, some
characters would find pleasure
in shooting Santa Claus.
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As toi the results of St. Va?
lentine's Day 1954, it may be
yet too early to tell. Cupid
shoots some interesting arrows,
some slow to take effect. Also,
1954 being just a plain normal
365-day year and February a
plain, normal 28 days, Cupid
may have had astigmatism of
the aim this season. But time
will tell, and Leap Tflear is not
as far away as it once was.
m-m
But February winds up on
the Sabbath ....
m-m
Speaking of the end of the
Groundhog shadow curse, fall
ing as it does on March 15,
reminds that another storm is
due on that day. It also reminds
that this is the time of year
all those folk who think they'rte
being quite liberal during the
previous 12 months get a rude
shock. When they total the con
tributions column, the result is
mighty puny. Uncle Sam now
allows a deduction of up to 20
percent of net income for con
tribution to charities ? if the
evidence of gifts is supportable
with documents. But this in
crease in the permitted And de
ductible allowance won't both
er many of us, Including this
department; Funny, but it's
amazing how a few five-dollar
donations can make a man fetel
like he's giving away his house
and birthright.
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Wind-up pick-ups: John B.
Ware, of the Oak Grove Ware's,
in town from the nation's capi
toll reports Washington still
busy and bustling in spite of
the exit of former officehold
ers he says the section
around thte Capitol is being
rapidly remodeled and will be
one of the city's most beautiful
sections one of these first days.
Tobe Williams is mighty
scarce these days, since he mov
ed from "town" to the "coun
try". Jack White is run
ning for thfe Jaycee district
vice-presidency, a job once held
by Jacob Cooper
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The Herald is currently run
ning as a public service the ad
vertising copy of the State De- '
partment of Conservation and
Development which is aimed at
attracting new industry to
North Carolina. . . . .the idea Is
that the advertising is good for
the homefolk to know, too, as
well as the readers of business
trade Journals and newspapers.
.. . .Nate Reed, thte e?e doc
tor, told me the other ' day
there's no such thing as eye
strain. It is possible to be fa
tigued, over strained, nervous,
ot 111 and have symptoms
known colloquially as eye
strain, but the teye medlcoes
don't recognize It. ... . .which
is news to me. What was the
last bloodshot dose I had when
I spent too much time on. Up;
I' crossword puzzle? That re
minds of a definition of an ego
tist: one who works a cross
word puzzle with a fountain
pen and a husband's re- '
tort to his wife's ailing report
of life-consuming a i 1 m ents :
"the creaky door seldom falls
off Its hinge" The windy
month is 'round the corner. ...?
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Viewpoints of Other Editors
By A. C. Gordon
ACROSS
1?? Black '
4 ? Map*
9? Unit
10 ? Unrefined, element
12? Simple
13? Oom friend
14 ? Mutical instrument
16 ? Enclosure
IT ? Ascends
19 ? Amusements
21 ? Shortened Oreek
22 ? Australian bird
23 ? Prefix denoting
"down"
24? Moral principle*
J 7? Girdles
30 Pronoun
31 ? Printer's measure
3 2 ? Percolated
33? Mark* ?
3?? Never!
39 ? Abel * mother
4 0 ? Kxiat*
4 ) ? Negligent
1 ? State of being
informed
2? Exist
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Want Ad Section For This Week's Completed Puzzle
THE STRENGTH OF
ABC's APPEAL ,
Like prohibitkm^the ABC sys
tem has strength as well as weak
ness In its appeal for support at
the polls. But whereas the great
est appeal of prohibition stems
from an inherent strength (pro
hibition's unquestionable stamp
of disapproval upon the use of
beverage alcohol), the greatest
appeal of ABC stems not from
any strength of its own but rath
er ffom the principal weakness
of prohibition ? the failure in
law enforcement.
Many a citizen reasons like
llils: If pi ulilblliuii actually1 pro
hibited, one could support it with
all his might. But the prohibition
.'aw isn't adequately . enforced.
Liquor flows freely. Bootleggers
thrive. Certainly, there is plenty
of liquor flowing under the ABC
system. But ABC curtails the bus
iness of bootleggers. And ABC
stores turn tax money Into local
government. We're going to have
liquor" under either system, pro
hibition or ABC, so why not let
the government get some of the
proceeds from sales? We can
keep taxes down or perhaps re
duce taxes under the ABC sys
tem.
Who hasn't heard this kind of
reasoning?
The tax argument has no Iteg
to stand on morally. Protection
of humanity from the liquor me
nace should be the sole objective
of any liquor law or plan, not tax
saving. But we cannot escape the
reality that the tax argument car
ries tremendous weight with vot
ers who reason that prohibition
offers no greater protection a
gainst the liquor menace than the
ABC system. If there is no diffe
rence between prohibition and the
ABC system as to powers of hu
man protection, why not choose
the system that turns money into
the public treasury? So reasons
the advocate of ABC stores.
The drys of course do not ac
cept this denial of a differential
and maintain that prohibition of
fers far greater protection from
the alcoholic menace than the
ABC system. But the dry claim
fails to convince as It one? did
because liquor does flow freely
under prohibition and conditions
do not undergo any decisive
change when there is a change Of
systems through local option.
Thus the ABC advocates find
major strength for their cause in
the principal weakness of the dry
cause. And they will continue to
find such strength as long as the
dry forces neglect the educational
phase of the anti-liquor move
ment and fall to win the hearts
and minds of the people to pro
hibition as they win votes at the
polls.
Many a bootlegger will vote
with the drys, for different moti
vation of course. ? Some "wet
drinking" politicians win "play"
the dry side. Citizens who aren't
sincere prohibitionists will vote
for prohibition out of fear that
an ABC system Would become
somebody's political machlnfe.
And the drys could conceivably
win the election even though the
sincere prohibitionists ? the non
drinking drys ? are in the mlno
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prohibition victory
such a flimsy foundation, we may
expect the victory to be followed
by lax law enforcement. We may
cxpect ABC. Sentiment to grow
ard we may expect the cause of
prohibition to diminish until it
cannot even win a vlctofy throu
gh an unholy coalition of Votes.
Only through persistent anti
liquor education can the drys
hope to acfcUm^ %tdurable suc
cess and undermine the strength
of the ABC store appeal. The cur
rent campaign to retain prohibi
tion in Johnston County, then has
real mterit only if it Is a beginning
of a long range neve rending ed
ucational effort to alert the peo
ple to the dangers of alcohol. - -
Smith field Herald v
NEWS BUREAU IS BUSY!
A report for the month of Jan
uary from the advertising divi
sion of the Department of Con
servation and Development shows
that Charlie Parker and his staff
are on their 'ses.
North Carolinians from west to
east will receive untold benefits
from the services of this bureau
whose Job it is to publicize the
Tar Heel state.
During January, which they
termed "normally a light month,
the advertising division answered
5,323 inquiries from 48 states and
34 foreign countries; distributed,
26387 pieces of literature, 6,917 j
of which were in bulk to travel
-Information outlets; referred 664 ,
inquiries to tourist offices, cham- j
bers of commerce, etc.; and Issu
ed a new directory of North Car
olina maps with trailer facilities
listed for the first time. It Is nor
mal procedure for all these In
quiries to be answered the same
day they are recejved.
Those figures merely show the
printed Information distributed
through the news bureau. In addi
tion 392 pictures were produced
and sent to more than a dozen
publications for use. The two
North Carolina movies, "Variety
Vacatiunland" and "The Tar Heel
State." were shown 132 times to
10,432 persons in 17 states in Jan
uary alone! Still others saw these
films on two television stations.
News and features are constan
tly flowing from the advertising
division in a steady stream. Last
month 22 such articles were pro
duced, 11 df which were exclu
sives done on specific requests
from out-of-state editors.
The preparation of copy for
new booklets and for display ad
vertising placed in national mag
azines and the larger newspapers
is a continuous job. Special ser
vices such as supplying state
flags and other information to
foreign organizations also comes
under the heading of advertising
department duties.
There may be some depart
ments of the state government
where the taxpayer is not getting
the full value of his dollar, but
it cfertainly isn't true with the
publicity boys who are constantly ,
whooping it up for Tar Heella. ? |
Transylvania Tim**.
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WHY SOME YANKEES DO
NOT LIKE THE SOUTH
We had a letter the other day
from a man In Woonsocket, R. L,
scolding us for having bragged so
much about the South aa the lo
cation for textile Industries. This
fellow from Woonsocket said that
he had been down South, that he
didn't like it, and that he h?d re
turned to Woonsocket and that
we didn't know what we were
talking; about when we praised
conditions In the southern states.
The fellow was really bilious, a
sour belly, or something like that
He reminded us of the story of
the old farmer out in Iowa, a com
grower, who'd stayed right at
home for ail the long years of his
life ana had never been away
from his native birthplace, but he
heard so much about the Pacific
ocean, how grand and big H la,
that he wanted to go out to see
it. Finally, in his later years, this
old Iowa corn-grower did make
the trip\>ut to the coast. When he
got back home, his neighbors ask.
ed him about it, did he see the
Pacific ocean and what did he
think of it He said, "I'm disap
pointed. It isn't anywhere near as
big as I thought it was going to
be."
We never to' * "*hls fellow from
Woonsocket that the southern
States are a Paradise. As we, per
sonally, understand ft, don't
get that Paradise until we come
to our final reward.' But we have
bragged about the South as the
Promifeed Land for textile tnanu
facturlng ? and we stick to It?
American Cotton and Woo* Re
353,331 % ? %?
I. Worth Hardin
Rites Conducted
Funeral services ror J. Worth
Hardin, 70, resident of Popular
Springs community and a broth
er of Mrs. Gus Anthony of Kings
Mountain, were conducted Friday
from Sharon Methodist church
with interment following in the
Sulphur Springs cemetery.
Mr. Hardin, a retired farmer
and carpenter, succumbed Tues
day night at 7:30 at his home af
ter an Illness of eight weeks. He
was a son of the late Douglas and
Margaret Glascoe Hardin.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Ruena McSwain Hardin; four
sons, Walter Hardin and Everett
Hardin, both of Shelby, Douglas
Hardin, Boiling Springs, and Ben
Hardin, of Aiken, 9*- C.; and four
daughters, Mrs. E. A. Mitchem,
Salisbury; Mrs. Lee Crowder,
Shelby; . Mrs. F. O, Boylts, Hies
kdry, and Miss Ethel Hardin, of
Shelby.
Also surviving are four sisters,
Mrs. Albert Wilson, Blacksburg,
S. C., Mrs. Anthony, Kings Moun
tain, Mrs. J. E. Street and Mrs.
M. A. Harrlll, both of Shelby; 20
grandchildren and six great
grandchildren.
THAT "SMART LOOK"
This family's got itl They look smart
because they ARE smart . . . and one
of the smartest things they do is to
send all their clothes to as for our
thorough, but-oh-so-gentle dry clea
ning . . . which always brings back
that like-new snap and sparkle!
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food.
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