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r ; ? ' ' _ 1 The Kings Mountain Herald E?tabllsh?d 1888 A weekly newspaper devoted to the promotion 01 me general welfare and published for the enliglUenment, entertainment and benefit of theeltleens ol Kings Mountain and its vicinity, published every Thursday by the Herald Publishing House. Entered as sccnnd class matter at the postoffl^e at King# Mountain* N. C?, under Act of Congrew of March 3, 1873 EDITORIAL DEPABTMENT Martin Harmon ,. Editor- Publisher Charles T. Carpenter, Jr. ...... i Spores, Circulation, News Miss Elizabeth Stewart Society Mrs. Thomas Meacham Bookkeeping, New* 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 YEAR ? <2.50 SIX MONTHS ? $1 .40 THREE MONTHS? 76c BY MAIL ANYWHEBE TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE For false Chritta and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew si one and wonders, to seduce, if it were { possible, even the elect. 8t ? Mark iJ.Bt. A Good Season Kings Mountain Little Theatre closed its 1954 season Saturday night having played to over 4,000 paying customers^ Those who had not seen the drama until the final weekend (and the last weekend was the largest at the box of fice) were well-pleased with the perfor mance this year, and veteran Kings Mountain battle drama viewers were amazed at -the improvements wrought over the 1952 and 1953 presentations of "The Sword of Gideon." Script changes were quite helpful, with the new narration done by Director Bill Trotman a standout, and the roman tic theme between MeDcrmott and the girl Sally improved to the point it was almost unbelievable, in contrast to the , prior situation. Some weaknesses remained, but they were minor and largely due to the great problem of casting a host of speaking part from amateur volunteer perform ers. The question will continue: Which ' drama is the best, Bob Osborne's "Then Conquer We Must-'", presented in 1951, or the subsequent show, Florette Henri's "The Sword of Gideon"? The Henri show, paramounting Woodsman McDer mott as the hero, is more palatable to some than the Osborne show, which gives the leads to Col. Ferguson and his mistress Virginia. But the Osborne show has plenty of . pace, drama, and spine tingling moments. Low bows for excellent performane this year are due Susan Moss, a very convincing Sally, Dr. Phillip Padgett, at home as ever in his Billy Rover role, Gene Mauney, master of the intricate In dian hoop dance. Mrs. Moffatt Ware, as Widow Smith, and young Gilbert McKel vie, a very excellent whiskey-measuring brave His- Mouth-Stretches. Meek Car penter again played effectively the Whittacre villian role and Bill Briggs was the top performer among the colon ial officers as Col. William Campbell. Drace Peeler was a believable Charles McDowell, and his brother, B. S. Peeler, Jr., portrayed well Col. Vickers. But praise is in order for each mem ber of the cast and the hard-working technical and business staff, all of whom worked many long hours before and af ter performances to present an unusual ly good show. What about next year? Publisher James Atkins, of the Gas tonia Gazette, long-time booster of the Kings Mountain historical shrine, offer ed the hope that the Little Theatre would be able to expand its offering next year, both in length of season and number of shows weekly. This suggestion the Little Theatre would like to adopt, but is faced with virtual impossibility of increasing the run in either direction via the volunteer format. Expansion will require some payment of cast and technical staff. Thus far, there hasn't even been any re muneration for travel expenses between amphitheatre and residence, not to men tion payment for time. With the historical inheritance Kings Mountain possesses, and the background of four years of success as a short-run production, it would seem that expan sion of the 1955 showing would also be a sure bet for success. Second on the list of work for 1955 immediately behind obtaining financial support, should be immediate efforts to obtain backed, comfortable seats for the amphitheatre, In time a slat gets hard, no matter the quality of the perform ance. An official welcome home is in order to the 53 East Kings Mountain residen ces, who, in spite of geography, have been using Bessemer City addresses for a half century. - - - Mr. Abbott News of last week that L. EJ. Abbott had accepted the position of president cashier of a new bank at Gaffney, S. C., was in the category of bad news for Kings Mountain* good news for our nei ghboring city to the South. During seven seemingly short years in Kings Mountian, the Darlington S. C., native has been a prominent figure in the commercial, religious, civic, social and cultural life of the community. He was a man willing to work in non paying, eleemosynary efforts and he was called frequently to these tasks. Un like some, Mr. Abbott was not content to accept the title and forget the work department. He never turned in a botchy job. ; . His new position, which he will as sume October 15, is, of course, a promo tion, and his many Kings Mountain friends will wish him well in it. Debt Celling Up The Senate relented and voted to al low the Nation's debt ceiling to go up by six billion dollars, but it's supposed to come down again next June 30, seeming ly a mere stay of judgment day unless tne economy re-booms and current year's tax receipts exceed the most rosy predictions. At any rate, the result is an improve ment over past regular increments in the debt ceiling and a partial victory at least for ecenomy-minded Senator Byrd, of Virginia. Senator Byrd follows the old fashioned theory that the shorter the wallet the less the spending and his theory is as applicable to government as to individuals. Even usually conservative North Car olina needs a little of the Byrd influen ce. Much conversation is extant on the decline of revenues and the need for new taxes, with little emphasis having been given to tightening the belt on depart mental spending, and other routes to ward savings. Congratulations to the city board of commissioners on decision to seek stan dardization of tax discount policy with other governmental units of the county. The variance has been confusing to * public and productive of costly excess work in the tax office. One year recent ly, a board cut the tax rate after many pre payments had been received, result ing in numerous refund checks ranging from a few cents to a few dollars. Even this year with no rate change after the pre payment period, the tax office had to issue a temporary receipt, later will mail the official receipts when they are prepared. The change is important in another respect. With pre payments de layed two months, it will be highly in cumbent on future boards of commis sioners to live within their budgets. The June pre-payment mechanism was ori ginally designed to tide over municipal and county deficit financing. The pres ent administration recognized this fac tor when it passed the resolution to seek change. Among the city's major needs is a great amount of curb-and gutter and sidewalk work. Sidewalk Installations are a contribution to pedestrian safety and a convenience s well, and curb and gutter installations would result in great savings in street maintenance. An other matter the city should consider is adoption of an ordinance to require new developments to lay off streets at a minimum width of 50 feet,' ten feet~ wider than the presently required mini mum. It is hear impossible for two mov ing cars to pass safely when parked ve hicles are on both sides of a street, with the exception of the few wide thorough fares, King street, Mountain street, and Battleground avenue, and even these get "squeezy." __ 10 YEARS AGO Items of news about Kings Mountain area people and matt THIS WEEK taken from the 1944 files of ths Kings Mountain Herald. In a statement Issued yester day iby Postmaster W. E. Blakely, Christmas packages to soldiers and aailors' overseas will toe mailed earlier this year than in past years as the dates are the ' same for the Army and Navy ? September 15 to October If*. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Miss Alieene Hambright, of Charlotte, is spending her vaca tion with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Hambright Pfc. Odus F. Weaver, who Is stationed at Homestead, Fla., is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Weaver. T/Sft. Cecil Crook and Mrs. Crook arrived Tuesday from Ft. Myers, Pla., fer a visit with rela tives and friends in Kings Mountain and Shekty. y *-,'?? '' /..'j/JT,; 't . ? Byron Keeter returned last week from a business trip to New York and Baltlmpre. * MARTIN'S MEDICINE By Martin Harmon Ingredient*: bits of news, I oisdom, humor, and comment. Directions: Take weekly, if possible, but ovoid - overdosage. The Herald's missing file gap was shortened -by one last week, when Assistant Postmas ter George Hord >b:ought us the edition of May 9, 1929, uncov ered at the postoffice by Yates Gordon in the process of clean ing up some old stuff. m-m We are really glad to get these old papers, for each one: contains valuable Kings Moun- i tain history. m-m The May 9, 1929, issue is no exception, recording the re sults of the 1929 municipal election, receipt of bids for Ibuildlng Ease and Park Grace schools, the demise of the Kings Mountain Times, and the resignation of Rev. W. N. Cook as pastor of Second Baptist church. m-m The late Wiley McGlnnis had been re elected mayor, in what the Herald termed a light vote, and the five successful com s ion ere among 14 candidates were W. $L' Fulton, J. A. Neis ler, G. D. Hambrlght. E. W. Griffin and 1. Raymond Cllne, later Sheriff. It was ? sweep stakes affair with the high running five the winners. A mong the *29 losers were W* K. Mauney, later mayor and many times a commissioner, and J. B. Thomasson, later mayor. m-m Park Grace and East schools were to cost $25,000 each, - a sample of the difference in construction prices, now and then. The $34,000 to go to Park Grace from the recent county-wide bond issue will not in any way be sufficient to duplicate the plant built 25 years ago, for example. m-m The story on the demise of the Kings Mountain Times, which had been operated for several months iby Curtis Russ and Ernest Phillips out of the - leavings of several different ventures, adds some detail to th$ city's Journalistic history and makes the definitive statement that the Herald had ibeen published continuously since 1889, though up to 1903 under a changing series of names. I had frankly been a little suspicious of the Her ald's claim to an 1889 birth day and am glad to get the confirmation. May 1929, of course, found the Great Depression already well underway In the South, six months before the October stock market crash. As noted In the Herald before, Me. Rubs is now the prosperous *nd able general manager of the Way* nesvllle Mountaineer, and Mr. Phillips is a successful Wash ington, D. C.. citizen. m-m The late Editor G. G. Page ; ' commented on the financial situation to view the future i optimistically and wrote "Let I everybody pull for Kings Mountain and for one another and watch everything come a* round all right." But there were some mighty bitter days ahead before an upturn came. Even the Herald spent a few months in receivership, though not under the Page manage ment. Crime claimed some May 9, 1929, headlines, too. Rafe King was free under $5,000 bond, Young Jake Vandefburg, ac cused of murder and arson in Gaston county, had been freed by the Jury, Plonk Brothers had suffered a $300 robbery, and Editor Page ahd his wife had Just .returned from Big Stone Gap, Va? where they had ?been key witnesses In convict ing a car thief. The culprit had stolen the Page Essex. Gene Matthews says the thief was nice, leaving an old run down Chevy near the scene of the theft. m-m On May 9, 1929, Mr. Page was waxing very eloquent, in his personal column oh a subject currently in the news. It was cigarette smoking. wished, he wrote, it was a hanging crime to put pictures of women on billboards which showed the wbmen puffing on a cigar ette. Mr. Page further noted that the Herald had stacked In the - corner big, money-filled advertising plates from the d- . garette manufacturers, but that they would never be pub lished in any newspaper of his. Ahd, he added, he needed the money because he'd recently turned away a friendly suit salesman because he couldnt afford the new suit. If any of our readers And more Heralds Issued prior to 1913 or between 1925 34, we'd appreciate getting, them. ' Ben Goforth, Sr., the former Hudson (now Dodg* ? Ply mouth) talesman, revealed that a mono- meter, standard equipment on the 1926 Hudson (referred to IB a recent old-edi tion column) was actually a temperature guage. Unlike the present ones, which shine out Viewpoints of Other Editors CONFIDENCE PAYS DIVIDENDS When you hear a local mer chant say that business may be a little off this year, but he ex pects to do more than ever be fore, you sit up and take notice. He may or may not, but any. way, you admire his confidence. Nothing succeeds more than suc: cess. When the townwlde trade e vent in Brevard was on last week tend, those little buttons the sales people were wearing which said, "Business Is Better", seemed to give a "shot in the arm." Yes, hearing a merchant say that he expects to do more busi ness Is an example of a confident and aggressive attitude that is be coming prevalent throughout the retail trade. If a retailer feels that he can do a little better Job of attract ing the public than the store down the street and If he goes about it in the right way, his sales will prove it The public interest in such an attitude la clear. The only way any retailer can do more busi ness In these highly competitive times la to offer lower prides, or better qualities, or more attrac tive service, or some other In ducement ? and to advertise these attractions and deliver thfcm aa promised. That means that we, the consumers, get the best possible return for -''hat we spend at retail. Going farther, retailers have faith In this country. They aren't scared by recession talk. They, like other businesses and indus tries, are spending huge sums on improvement' and modernization. That augurs well for the nation's future. ? Transylvania Timet WHAT'S A PENNY? v The alleged story out of Waco, Neto.,ls about an alleged -filling station operator who dropped a penny here and there around his place to see the results. Older folks bent over and picked them up. Youngsters didn't bother ? sometimes they even kicked the coins In dlagust. It's easier to believe the reac tion than the story. But assum ing tooth are true the explanation is simple. Youngsters ? and we assume that includes those from seven to 13 ? have been reared in a different atmosphere. A penny - saved -is a -penny earned Is no longer written In black boards. It Isn't talked at home. The talk; "Might as well spend it, or the government will get it." And what's a penny"? Very little '<*? except those same youngsters will have to pay for the profligacy of the pe riod when they were young. Some day they will go to work and look back in the lusty past and realize why the old folks bent over. ? DaOat Newt. SABOTS FAULT A Harnett GI returned from the "hitch" with a story about ? sergeant to his outfit. The serge waa Inclined to be a bit sarcas tic at thnas, and ones when tie waa drilling a bunch of -ecru its he noticed a rookie out of step. Edging up to the newcomer his blazed odt: "Have you noticed that every body la out of step except your* Retored the rookie: "Well, I should worry. You're the boss, you tell 'em. <? Harnett County on the dadi-boeht, the tnotto tneter was attach* to the ra diator and protruded through the hood above. J - "OLE DEBBIL" MIDDLEMAN It's Just a little hard to remem ber when Congress was not In vestigating the middleman. And the premise for the Investiga tions has always been the same; that the middleman was bilking the producer ol food at one end and the consumer of food at the <ither. In a dispatch from Washington to this newspaper's Issue of yes terday Mr. Tanzer Informs us that tradition is about to be hon ored again. A Senate committee says that In the last three years prices paid to farmers have drop ped by twenty percent while pri ces charged consumers have diopped little If any. So the Mole debbll" ? the middleman ? is about to get another going over. Well, perhaps some middle men have been making profits^ That alone will put them under suspicion. But they have also been paying higher labor costs and higher cobU for their plaqt and machinery to say nothing of higher taxes, all of which must add to the prices they charge. , Perhaps more important is the fact that the consumer is con stantly adding to the services that he requires from the mid dleman. _ There was a time when the farmer brought some old hens, to the local butcher and the but cher sold them to the customer. The customer took a fowl home, cleaned It, pulled the pin feath ers, washed It and altogether spent a good deal of time prepar-' lng It for the oven or frying pan. Those who could afford one turned such Jobs oyer to the cook. ? Now the customer goes to the store and buys a chicken which 1s already cut up and quick fro zen in ? package. Or pc^.ape the customer buys the pieces oi fowl already cooked so that they need only to be "heated. The customer In this case might have been a lady who had spent her day working in an office and had no tkne to prepare a fowl after the fashion of her mother or grand* mother. Or she may have been a lady wkh leisure who did not propose to spend that lels ne scrubbing a chickerv Time was when a farmer haul ed a few bushels of apples to the grocer. The grocer put them on display ? with the good ones on top. Those under the top were frequently not such good apples and a grocer who tried to aell them to a customer today would lose the customer. In stead the customer demands ap ples of uniformly good appear ance, each neatly wrapped In tissue paper. And so tt goes. The crackers no longer come in a barrel but In airtight and dirt prcjof packages. The molasses comes In cans and not from a spigot atoout which the flies cluster. $~he increasing services that tiie consumer demands from the middleman and processor must he paid for by the consumer. Bat the cotmzmst U wflllng they five him food of better quality sod higher nutritive value. . We suspect that the consumer will continue in that frame of mind despite the findings of the Senate Investigators. Wall 8 treat Journal, There Were 1.7 million chicks placed with broiler growers in the central ? western North Caro^ Una commercial broiler areas during the week ended July 31, compared with 1-2 million a week earlier. \ . ' -ty. V*- " ' ! ? ? - , -1 -? ' Pat your best looks forward! You'll always appear to your best advantage wben your clothes are skill fully dry-cleaned by our thvrongh (but gen tle) methods. Colors retain that like-new sparkle 6a d depth ... all "hi the original richness of the texture Is preserved. 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