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.?||fe-. The Kings Mountain Herald v???** EftobUslMd 1889 A weekly newspaper devoted to the promotion ot the general welfare and published for the enllghtenmerit, entertainment and benefit of the citieens ot Kings Mountain and Its vtclnitj-:, published eyexy Thursday by the .Herald Publishing House. Entered as second class matter at the postof/i? e at Kings Mountain, N. C. under Act of Congrew of March 3. 1873 ? ? i in ,!?>.> ? . ,.,? ??? . .... , ..... EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Martin Harmon Editor- Publisher Charles T. Carpenter. Jr. Imports, Circulation, News Mla? Elizabeth Stewart .... Society Mrs. Thomas Meacham J...... \ .?????' Bookkeeping, News MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT Eugene Matthews Horace Walker David Weathers Ivan Weaver* Charles Miller Paul Jackson (?Member of Armed Forces) " TELEPHONE NUMBERS? 167 or 283 . SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE ONE YEA*? $2.50 / SIX MONTHS ? $) .40 THREE MONTHS? 75c BY MAIL ANYWHERE TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne thall be established forever. Proverbs M.Jf Parity Price Fight As this is written, predictions of close observers are that the Eisenhower ad ministration will win its battle for a flexible plan of price supports for basic farm commodities, in the range of 82.5 percent to 90 percent. If the new farm law is approved, the natural result will be that Secretary Benson, who is fighting for an elimina tioh of the firm 90 percent parity formu- ? la, will cut most supports to the new - minimum. The nation's farm program has come under fire from conservative quarters siuee the days of the first Roosevelt ad ministration and Henry Wallace's plan to plow under cotton and kill off the pig gie crop. The parity plan was inaugurat ed then, 20 years ago, .and has been in vogue since. The original idea was to use a low level of support on commodities in heavy supply and a high level support on commodities which were scarce. The war came along, and everything was scarce, with the result that parity on all supported products was fixed at the highest level. Politics being what it is supports have remained at the peak since, with some scandalous results. Everyone remembers the potato glut, a perishable, which should have never been supported in the first place, and butter, artificially high due to supports. Actually, there is a surplus today in al most every supported item. Politicians are reluctant to change be cause their constituents are reluctant to change. Thus onetime Secretary of Ag - riculture Brannan was castigated in all manner of terms when he suggested that the government let prices fall where they would and pay producers the dif ferential between their market place sales and parity, the theorectical fair price in relation to other commodities. Secretary Benson wants to do the same thing and has ordered it in the instance of wool, talked about it on butter. It would mean that the taxpayer would pay for the support one time, not two, since he now pays in taxes and also via artificial high price at the grocery check out station. Theoretically no industry should be supported by the government, with the exception of those producing scarce, must products. But- the theory ignores the dislocations which would result. A man who has been farming all his life would not find it easy to adapt himself to a new task. Enactment of flexible supports will undoubtedly cost the farmer money, but the differential, at a maximum of 7.5 percent will not be fatal, such as a com plete decontrol would be. Needless to say, the GOP support of this proposal will not be popular in the farm states. Report for the month of July from the Kings Mountain branch of the Employ ment Service is enheartening, since the job picture here shows improvement over the preceding months. However, more than 450 job seekers in the labor market is still more than a normal to tal. Reports from industry, however, in dicate some quickening of the beat which should result in further recalls of former workers and for new workers to man machines. Our congratulations to County Tax Collector Bob Gidney and City Collector Clarence Carpenter on their good record of tax collectior.3 for 1953. Only approxi mately eight percent of both levies re mained to be paid as the annual tax ad vertising lists are published for the first time. Diligence jn collection efforts shows in results. Badly Out-Numbered? In today's neighboring column "Other Editors Viewpoints" the Herald includes the comments of the Shelby Daily Star which support the proposal of Repre sentative B. T. Falls, Jr., to change the county's voting basis in Democratic primaries. Since 1951, Democrats have voted for only one county commissioner, the one representing their district. Under the proposed change the residence feature of the districts would be maintained, but a Democrat could tally a vote in all the district contests. The Herald, as previously stated, op poses this change, in contrast to the Shelby Star and the Cleveland Times, tHough recognizing full well that no sys tem is perfect for all situations. Usually, when pressure is on to change a system, the protagonists are interested in chang ing the identity of the office-holders. Rep. Falls, the Star and the Times dis claim this intention completely. Objections to the change previously stated ? and from comments received general in this area ? are these: 1) The cost of political campaigning for the five offices, which pay only a $25 monthly honorarium, will go up about fivefold; and 2) the change would have the ten dency to give an undue bulge to the vot ing preponderance of the county seat community. Both objections are couched here in the long rivalry between Shelby and Kings Mountain which has continu ed through the years since Kings Moun tain's hot election to determine whether the east portion of the community should Join Cleveland and thereby se cede from Gaston county. The rivalry is quite natural and un doubtedly exists in other counties where there is more than one principal city. Rightly or wrongly, many Kings Moun tain citizens feel the county seat is in clined to want, expect and push for the "big end of the horn". Some will cite instances, history and/or folklore, to prove it. The Herald, of course, does not advo cate secession, but suggests that its citizens inform Rep. Falls and Senator Robert Morgan of their feelings on the proposal via mail and telephone. Other wise, the proposal is sure to become fact. See The Drama This weekend's performances will be the final ones for the 1954 showing of "The Sword of Gideon" at Kings Moun tain National Military Park. Reports from those who have seen this year's production is that it is quite worth the admission tariff and consider ably changed from last year's produc tion, not only in script, but in new stag ing devices sets and arrangements, which enhance the dramatic art of the production. Crowds have not been sell-outs, but they have been good. They should be at their best this weekend in view of the national tendency of Americans to put off until the last minute. Many out-of towners have made the trek to the park amphitheatre to see the old historic battlefield again covered with rustic woodsmen and red-coated Britishers. Kings Mountain folk who hav* not seen it should reserve a, night for the -show thl* vve"k??nd; And it would be wise to check on tickets in advance. i rv YEARS AGO Items of mws about Kings Mountain a fa people and miti X vJ THIS WEEK taken from the 1944 files of. the Kings KoanMn Herald. Children under 13 years o/ age in Kings Mountain and Cleveland county are forbidden to attend Sunday School, picture shows, skating rinks, or any other sort of public gatherings by the terms of an emergency ordinance adopt ed by the county board of health. This action was taken as a pre ventive measure against ' polio and became effective last Thurs day. Social and Personal Miss Prances Goforth is spend jing her vacation with friends in .New York City a^lppjg^ MskH Mrs. IrVne Laslle, of Westmin ister, S. IC., is a guest st the home | V1- ? ' f 1 ? - - 1 i ! .ynch I and family spent la?t week atj Crescent Beach. S. ; MARTIN'S MEDICINE Wf Martin Harmon Ingredumtt: bits of news, uHsdom, humor , und comment. Direction ?: Take weekly, if powible, but avoid overdoange. As August moves to mid month,- the nation's gazettes, magazines, and show windows are filled with the newest of the new In fashions for ma dame. But this year of 1954 ft4rks back to 1948 and the Roaring Twenties as a result of the 'atest inovatlon by Christian Dior, the famed Pa ris designer, and subsequently followed by Jacques Fath, another of the Parisians who decree what thte best-dressed woman will wear. BH'XS The connection with 1948 Is that Dior has come through with another New Look. The connection with the Roaring Twenties Is that the new "New Look" Is really not too new. but a reclamation of thte styles prevailing when present ? day mamas were, shall we say, flappers dancing the Charles ton, and wearing straight-up and-down shrouds which were not modeled after the figure of Venus de MUo. As has happened before when the gods of fashion de creed major and shocking chang?, women have responded by excited and verbose "No, nevfer's", and men have in stinctively felt for their wal lets which are soon to be dent ed. The 1954 New Look, like the long-skirt one of 1948, means that milady's current crop of garments are fated to becomte "that old rag" which the same lady "wouldn't wear to a dog fight. m-m What I have seen of Roaring Twenties numbers ( a few In dim memory and in reprints of the movie queens of ?thfe era) th'e new styles will be tough on the male:" curves will be limited to the baseball field, and the plunging neckline will be covfered in cloth. Dear me! Marilyn Monroe, the New Mon roe Doctrine, objects, and well she should. But, if fashion de crees, Marilyn will go along too. m-m Since the Paris designers are the pace.setters, it may be yet another season before 'local area mfen are subjected to vi sions of their lady friends as walking toothpicks. But if the straight line sticks, and obser vers are sure it will, that's the Way it'll be. Local merchants, as usual, will be on top of the fashion trend and if it clicks they'll have it m-m Speaking of local fherchants reminds of a trite story with a trade-at-home moral. It happen ed to a local missus. Shopping some Shelby stores, the lady re turned to her auto to find one of those little pink slips noting an over-parkinr, infraction tuck ed neatly under her wlndshteld wiper. As people sometimes are wont to do, she figured that being an out-of-towner was prima facie evidence of immu nity from the constabulary on such matters as ovfer-parklng and promptly erased the inci dent from her memory. m-m But not for long. a-a A few days later, a peace of fleer served an official-looking paper which indeed was offL. cial. The City of Shelby had summoned her to court to stand trial for over-parking and fail ure to pay the tariff. Result: she was taxed with the costs in the amount of $13.10. m-m The lady says she's learned a lesson and In the future' will attend to her shopping needs in Kings Mountain, whfere, at least, a person gets a second notice before being hailed into court on the. parking charge. . August is the beginning of the siid season for sun-lovers. Though there has been no shortage ol sunshine, the even ings have a different "feel" In the air, producing a kind o t wist fulness for the demise of long, hot days,- as wall as the signal that coal bins and oil tanks will oon become an im portant consideration again. ; Are summers getting hotter and drier* Without benefit of weather figures, It seems they are. More and more business firms are turning over air-con ditioning possibilities in their minds. The selling arguments are several, including happier working conditions for em ployees and happier shopping conditions for customers. ten years, air-conditioning will be a "musf* Item for new con struction In retail boaineaa and win be a papular Item m many CROSSWORD < abb.) <?bb.) . _ . . .? ?U-mwu*oc? I ? ? Vex '41? PnMik Ul ?u> U? Fenhht unctilM 49 piHinMI tyaMI 1st Tie thing . la law pmoa (abb.) taflachtn . . . _ luropttr mmurt of 11 ? Pamou? Oci maa II? U.t>*OMD?WC? fetance (abb.) 4 chancellor (pom ) Bt*t*(>bb.) The Want Ad Section Fox Thto Week*! Completed Punle Viewpoints of Other Editors GREETING, SOUTHERN STYLE In his forthcoming book, The Rtebel Veil, humorist H. Allen Smith offers a brief lexicon of speech differentials In the North and South, For the most part, his word list strifes us as remark ably accurate, especially for a professed and proud-of-it Yankee, and it certainly Is interesting to read how people up' North would have thought that the word all of us pronounce aig should any where be pronounced egg? But we do suggest that Mr. Smith's perceptive ear failed him on the familiar Southern greet, ing, at least as it is heard around Richmond. He translates the Nor thern "Hello!" Into a Southern "Hey-how-yew?" We are not at all certain of do ing any better, but Mr. Smith's version is not exactly right. There is a delicate R sound in there some place, as elusive as the fa vors of a Charleston belle. The "hey" Is a mere prefix, sometimes heard, sometimes not, but thte rest of it goes something like this: "Haow*r-yew?" Or you might try it, "H'owayew?" Now and then it comes out as "Hah'er yew?" It's the inflection that counts ? a rising accent on the "ow" sound, followed by a sort of swizzle of the tongue and vo caf cords, with a brief and inqui sitive "yew" -at the end. The re sponse Invariably is "Fahn, Jus' fahn." Glancing further through Mr. Smith's glossary, we are amazed to see that up Nawth ? North that Is ? the fruit that everyone knows Is pronounced ahrnge, odd ly is pronounced orange. Further, those little tykes on the play ground are not chlrren; they are children. Did you ever? ? Rich mond Newt Lead0r : LEFLER SPEAKS OUT Down at Chapel Hill Is a man with some disturbing habits. First, he is In the habit of seeing things as they are, not Just as it is fashionable to see them, or as people would like to see them. Se cond, he 1s accustomed to analyze, question, and think. Finally, he habitually speaks his mind. The combination makes for a terribly disturbing ? but eminently heal, thy ? influence. The latest unpopular remark of Dr. Hugh Lefler, University of North Carolina history professor', is to the effect that the merger of the University at Chapel Hill, N. Cm State College at Raleigh, and : Woman's College at Greensboro, into the Greater University of Noirth Carolina has proved a fai lure. V The merger, Dr. Lefler says, , has failed to do any of the things h wis designed to do ? and has cr ated new and difficult prob lems As the Chapel Hill News Led ger comments. Dr. LAfltr merely said what everybody familiar with the situation has kno\Vn, but which nobody hitherto "has dared The News Leader explains that "the consolidation was not a na tural outgrowth; ... not an or ganic growth formed by iatevita ble tendencies" but "s consolida tion imposed from without". It was ? depression period mar gar ? and has since been accept ed as' inevitable and desirable; taken for granted. Exactly the same thl?~ might be laid about state sup^ Vt and control of the public schools; that CHOOSING COMMISSIONERS COUNTY-WIDE ' Representative B. T. Falls, Jr., ! is right in saying the voters of! the whole county should t^e entitl ed to express their choice on the election of all county commission ers. He has In mind changing the present system of voting by dis tricts on the one commissioner from that particular district and letting all commissluiers be se lected on a county-wide basis. There is no particular objec tion to the five commissioners coming from five separate dlvi_ I slons, but Certainly they should j be voted on outside the district in which they reside. County Com missioners represent the entire county and they guide the affairs of the biggest business In 1 thte county, hence all voters should have a right' to express their choice. We see no objection to writing into the law which Representa tive Falls proposes to offer when the General Assembly Convenes In January that no one township should have more than one com missioner. This would spread the representation around. The main point Is that men qualified by Experience and train ing to fill acceptably positions on this five-metnber board should I be known beyond the borders of any township or district and should be of recognized qualifica tions. Fortunately, Cleveland county ha* now and has had a high type of honest conscientious and cap able men on Its board of commis sioners. Their financial reward Is little, but when they perform a fine public service, their perso nal satisfaction is great. So, Instead of the voters being allowed to select only one on a district basis, we fetel that they should have the privilege of se lecting all five. Voters in Shelby and Kings Mountain have the right to ex press their choice in the selection of all aldermen or dty commis sioners so it is good reason to ap ply the same method to county commissioners. J Representative Falls Is aware that many people are dissatisfied with the present voting system and atffee with him that it should be changed. ? ; 8helby Daily Star. NO CHANGE r The Treasury is going to have to make this hard money harder. It melts away Just as last aS the old soft 'money. Changimg Tim**. LETS ALL INHALE |Now wu4 doctors trace lung leuMer to the air, rather than cig arettes, wnlch is ? relief to all I those who would find It caster to give up breathing than smoking. I? T U gotolfrfr (8. C.) State. centralization, too, was not one mMMr ?>??ght out and sriopt ed as the beat way to operate the schools. It was an emergency ? almost a panicky ? measure ol the depression. And it's been "con tinned not because evidence has been compiled to show ft Is the MM but beca me It Just has to hi taken for granted. ? ? v/ 1 I ' 'J* .v -v* .. , awj Wk m*. y. m ? PACIFIC FLEET (FNTNC) ? Fifty-live ship Task Force 12 gave the residents of the Puget Sound area an impressive' and spectacular view of U. S- r?avsd might upon their arrival in the Pacific Northeast Saturday, July 31st to take part in the annual Seattle "Seafalr" and visits to Seattle, Tacoma, Everett and Bel lingham, Wash. Taking part In the "Seafalr" ; festivities and visiting Seattle, a board the fleet oiler USS Pas* sumpslc Is Baxter M. Hayes, Jr.. gunner's mate third class, I'SN, WE M cm [m sick im WAic?fsr> Til* heart that n*V*r break* ? the guaranteed DvraPower Mainspring Is i-_ Pl-tn 1ftfi.il I. ? I avaiioDi? ror n^in vruiwies. ENGRAVING FREE ON ANY GIFT AT Grayson's lewelry ?on of Mr. and Mr*, a M. Haye? of IOC Watteraoa St., King* Moun tain, N. C. On August 7, 1942, the Marines j landed on Guadalcanal for the- 1 first offensive action 'of World War II, eight years later to the day. Marines went Into action in Korea on August 7, 1950. He's Wrong . . . bul YOU Pay I SOMEBODY else's careless ness can put a terrific dent in your wallet. Yes, even If you're not at fault, an auto accident may mean disastrous bills for you. How to "get around" rthis dangerous possibility ? Adequate insurance is your safest answer. Call on this Agency now. C. E. WARLICK Insurance Agency 203 W. Mountain St. Phone 9 CHBBKWINi gives yo 'i EnJoy CheerwSn* at home,to< This family's got Itl They look smart because they ARE smart . . . and one of the smartest tilings they do Is to send all their alothes to as for our thorough, but<Oh-so-gentle dry clea ning . . . which always brings back that like-new snap and sparkle! WEAVER'S CKEMEBS Phone 910 ? 310 19. Piedmont A** THAT "SMART LOOK"
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