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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 postoffice at Kings Mountain, N. C., under Act of Congress of March 3,1873b. EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Martin Hannon . ... Editer-BUbHstier David Baity.Advertising Salesman and Bookeeper Mias Elizabeth Stewart.Circulation Manager and Society Editor Neale Patrick...Sports Editor Eugene Matthews MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT Horace Walker Paul Jackson Monte Hunter Wade Hartsoe, Jr. TELEPHONE NUMBERS — 167 or 283 . SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE ONE YEAR—$3.50 SIX MONTHS—$2.00 THREE MONTHS—$125 BY MAIL ANYWHERE TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away urratK Proverbs 29:8. Hospital Needs Beds A nurse remarked at Kings Mountain hospital over the weekend, “These doc tors won’t let us get an empty bed with out filling it again.” She was comment ing on the continuing situation at Kings Mountain hospital, where waiting lists for rooms seem to be the rule rather than the exception and where use of passageways for patients is common. The use and financial performance of Kings Mountain hospital have been sources of amazement to medical and hospital men since it was opened in 19 51. As late as 1944, a Duke Endowment official told Kings Mountain folk that the community was too small for a hos pital and that keeping the bills paid would be a near-impossible chore. Yet his predictions have proved com pletely awry, even at rates lower than neighboring hospitals. ' Obviously, there are reasons, among them 1) efficient management, 2) an ef ficient medical staff which remains ap preciative of the excellent facilities a vailable, 3) a competent nursing staff, and 4) high incidence off individual and group coverage of Kings Mountain citi zens with hospitalization insurance. Only last week the hospital board of directors voted to ask the county com mission to call a bond election for the county’s share in a 25-bed expansion, virtually on invitation by the com mission, which, due to legal barriers, could arrange no other immediate means of financing the county share of the expansion. It is presumed this elec tioon will be called for December. Such an expenditure by the county will be a good investment. First, there is the quite apparent need. Second is the fact that for about 32 percent of the in vestment the county will add to its faci lities by $275,000. Third, the addition will be for rooms and beds only, as the service facilities extant are quite suffi cient to handle the extra hospital popu lation. If offered, as anticipated, this small is sue should be approved. Miss Beatrice Cobb The death of Miss Beatrice Cobb, pub lisher of the Morganton News-Herald and, since 1922, workhorse of the North Carolina Press Association, was a shock to Miss Cobb’s many friends over North Carolina and the nation who had no idea she was suffering from leukemia. Few, too, unless they knew, realized Miss Cobb was 70 years of age. As secretary-treasurer of the state press organization, Miss Cobb ran her job with an efficient hand on the tiller. It was a labor of love, for her cash re muneration was limited to basic expen ses of her office She was an able newspaperwoman, who knew a story when she saw it and how to write it. As a columnist, she wrote with a perception and introspec tion well-flavored with the folklore and spirit of the neighboring hills she knew. For many years she was the state’s Democratic national committee woman and she was never one to worry about the loyalty oath. If he was the party’s candidate, he was her candidate. Shortly before the 1952 convention, when Senator Richard Russell of Geor gia was a favorite son candidate, the Senator was boxed in by some reporters on the eve of the convention and was purported to have done some switching on a labor issue, as reported by radio reporters. Miss Cobb’s comment was, "I’ll believe it when I see it in print.” It was natural for her raisin’, showing suc cinctly her respect for the written over the spoken word. Th$ members of the North Carolina Press association will be in a quandary to obtain a successor to Miss Cobb. She 'handled the myriad details of this trade association with able dispatch to the constant amazement of a long success ion of presidents and directors. Miss Cobb never served as president of the association, for the members didn’t think they could spare her from the secretary’s job. North Carolina has lost one of its '*««.* nft'tlnianc Moon-Glow The Russians say their moon satellite has hit the moon and seem quite proud that they can claim this space-age first. It is and should be a source of pride. However, it’s hardly likely the world is going to stop going around just because a space missile has hit the moon, sup posedly, according to the scientists, a barren planet with extreme tempera tures that make it a hardly likely spot for colonization. Much has been made of the added prestige the moon hit gives Premier Khrushchev as he comes to tour Ameri ca. That’s all right, too. It’s never been a fair-minded fellow who couldn’t com mend his competitor for a competent performance It again reminds that Yankee conceit of a few years back (pre-Sputnik) found us Americans inclined to pooh-pooh any Russian claim for excellence in science, production, or many other fields. At the same time, the attitude from Americans was engendered by the Russian habit of trying to claim credit for previous scien tific developments which belonged to others. Some think the new Russian accom plishments healthy for several reasons. American lethargy has been shocked in to wakefulness. And more attention to space frontiers by both nations give a positive avenue of interest rather than the negative, cold war policies both na tions have followed since the end of World War II. Any rush for tickets on the moon ex press? Dr. Paul Nolan Announcement by Dr. Paul Nolan that he is forsaking general practice of medi cine here for a position as plant physi cian of DuPont in Chattanooga, Term., has brought numerous expressions of re gret from virtually every Kings Moun tain citizen. For those who know the work sche dule of the general practitioner, on call every hour in the day on a seven-day pea' week basis, Dr. Nolan’s decision is understandable. For four years, he has followed that difficult route and he doesn’t deny he’s physically tired. In ad dition, the industrial medicine route is one that long ago attracted his interest. Dr. Nolan has enjoyed here a busy practice. He added to his technical knowledge gleaned from medical instru ction and experience a basic sincerity of purpose which oft-times is the differ ence between a very good medical doc tor and an average one The Herald joins his many friends in regretting Dr. Nolan’s decision to leave Kings Mountain. Attend The Fair The 12th annual Bethware Fair open ed Wednesday and it is safe to guess that the big majority of area citizens will pay call before Saturday night’s fi nale. ^ It has always been a nice fair. Labeled a “community” fair it is ex actly that, big enough to be quite at tractive, small enough to retain the “community” flavor. It’s a major undertaking, and the a mount of work expended voluntarily by the Bethware Progressive club mem bers, their wives and children, is mam moth. The 12th annual fair should be bigger and better than ever. The city gas department is inviting September cut-ons at a bargain rate for two important reasons. One is to keep heating customers from flirting with pneumonia when the first cold of winter comes. The other is to get the work out of the way to avoid a jam-up on the cut on calls. It wasn't really too cold last weekend, but chilly enough to suggest that it’s time to get winter heating faci lities ready for action, be the fuel coal, oil or gas. A cordial welcome to the community to Rev. Fred Hicks, new pastor of Pat terson Grove Baptist church. This chur ch has had notable growth and activity in reeertt years and Rev Mr. Hicks has the distinction of being first accupant of the church’s first parsonage. MARTIN'S MEDICINE By Martin Hannon Ingredients: bite of neun, wisdom, humor, and comment. Directions: Take weekly, if possible, but avoid overdosage. Wilson Crawford and I were guests of Clyde Nolan Monday night at an eattn’ gathering of (the Shelby Board of Real tors. m-m The program featured a talk and film-showing by an Ashe ville realtor, a Mr. Barfield, who outlined Asheville’s push for new "industry” in the form of encouraging retiring work horses to retire (to Asheville en virons. Incidentally, the Ashe ville folk have had Ithedr pro gram adapted by the North Carolina Department of Con servation and Development, which has included a new theme "Living in North Caro lina” in their publicity broch ures, their national advertising campaign, and in their .office routine. The last-mentioned entails compiling boiled down versions of inquiries from re tiring people from other states and mailing them to all real tors in the state for follow-up. m-m If proof of the pudding is in the eating thereof, Mr. Bar field knew his subject His a gency, he said, has sold $400, 000 in real estate ito recently retired folk this year who liked the looks of the Asheville-Hen dersonville area as a place to live in the golden years, m-m He acknowledged that Ashe ville - Hendersonville special izes in this kind of business anyway, but that other com munities can do the same, if not in as large a proportion, m-m There were some interesting items: Asheville civic and ch urch jobs are well-dotted with retired generals, oil executives, metallurgists, other scientists and engineers. Meantime, the average income of Asheville area. families is about $5,500 per year. The retired popula tion has average income of $8, 500 rom roe per year, and sp end an average of $6,000 per family”. Bringin in a few re tired families is just as good as bringing in a new industry,” he declared. m-m Another item of interest is the fact that the largest per centage of folk retiring to the Asheville area come from O hio. Another large percentage comes from the East and, this tended to surprise, quite a number are coming from, of all places, Florida. m-m “These folk try out Florida but find Florida remiss with hat summers and being over crowded. They like four differ ent seasons per year,” Mr. Bar field related. “And they’re tir ed of ithe hustle and bustle of big-cilty life.” Well, some are. I have known some big-city folk who have been accnstomed to com muting from home portal to work portal for two hours daily, think they still haye to spend two hours daily in this type of duty. Most folk who live in a small town and man age to Stay pretty busy wonder how the big city folk spare two hours a day out of the too few 24. m-m People looking for a new place to live after retirement have many different reasons for the final spots they pick. Some make decisions based on limited income, while others make decisions based on ra ther handsome income. Several years ago, I talked with a re tiring advertising executive from the Chicago area. He was raither well-heeled with a port folio of blue chip stocks and knew North Carolina, which he liked, from many prior vacation visits. But he was bent for Florida. The reason: he was leery of North Carolina’s tax structure. State taxes included one on income and another on intangibles. The income tax would sap his income from his stocks, and the intangibles tax would add another large an nual bite, he thought, on his stockholdings. I was able to defend the State by telling him the maximum income tax bite was seven percent, via a grad uated scale, and that the in tangibles tax on stockholdings was $2.50 per $1,000. Most im portant though to this gentle man was the correct statement that4n majorityof North Car olina, local taxes are quite low in comparison to Illinois and other states, that seemingly high state taxes paid the bulk of the state's 'school bill, all highway costs, etc. In turn, while Florida has no income tax, there are some mighty high rates in many other tax ing categories. I didn’t know I was selling, but the gentleman shortly thereafter bought a home near Hendersonville. m-m I Giving his fellow realtors a shot-in-the-arm sermon, Mr. Barfield said, "The trouble with all o< us is chat ve’re la zy, just plain lazy.” He said follow-up on inquiries about living in North Carolina could multiply the number of incom ing families by ten times. m-as Wilson and I agreed en route What's His Line? Viewpoints of Other Editors OUR HOSPITALS: WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY? Kings Mountain hospital board may ask the county commission ers to authorize a countywide bond election to provide funds for a 25-bed addition. The money raised would represent the coun . ty’s sihare of a local-state-federal building project costing around $275,000. In hearing the Kings Mountain board’s presentation to commis sioners, we can agree whole heartedly that the unit has been overcrowded in recent months. It would appear that the present 50-bed capacity is not sufficient to take care of the medical needs of the Kings Mountain area. We also note that Administra tor Grady Howard and the pri vate, non-profit corporation that operates the former branch unit of the county hospital have done an excellent job in keeping the hospital on a sound basis. There are questions, however, that we believe county commis sioners should ask themselves before a quick move toward a countywide bond election is made: 1. If a countywide, bond issue for the privately ownfed Kings Mountain unit is voted, will not the Cleveland Memorial board be reasonably justified in expecting similar help? A graduate nurs ing school is desperately needed and it would seem a bond issue should include both projects. 2. Since the hospitals have been turned over to separate, private corporations, is the coun ty going to assist with tax funds at all, or should each hospital ; be required to raise money on its own as expansions and im provements become necessary ? This system is by far ithe most I common one in North Carolina. 3. If the second course is taken, would it not be fairer to turn ov er the land and building of the Kings Mountain Hospital to the City of Kings Mountain? That way, the private board could feel its efforts toward development would be for a locally owned fa cility. Also, (the value of the property would be vastly greater than the $75,000 requested and the Kings Mountain board might be more than willing to accept the propo sition. We hope our questions are not misunderstood. We believe the addition at Kings Mountain is needed and we will lend our support to whatever effort is fin ally decided upon. This is the first time, however, since the hospital units were ch anged to private operation that the question of responsibility for capital expenditures has been raised. We also fe&l that it might be belter for the county to direct its major attention to the develop ment of an outstanding hospital with full nursing school facili ties. This would benefit the en tire county, including an ex panding Kings Mountain Hos pital. At the same time, we feel Kings Mountain, if it so desires, should be encouraged to develop and expand its own hospital and that this might be done better if full ownership is centered there. —Shelby Daily Star. BLAME THE RUSSIANS When has wife arrived home with a new hat, a man fumed, “You promised me you were through buying halts for a while." "I know I did,” he said. "But you’ll have to blame this on the Russians.” “What in the world are you talking aboult?” he demanded. "If it weren't for the Russians we wouldn’t be having civil de fense alerts,” she said. “As you know, we did have one today, and when the siren sounded the doorway I. was nearest to hap pened to belong to a little hat shop." — We The People. I home that the speaker’s lazi ness contention is patently true, but hardly limited to realty folk. Hie path of ease and least resistance is attract ive to all ot. us and the great- i eat debilitant to success in any | profession, trade, or vocation. , BOOKS TO MOSCOW Visitors to the U. S. Fair in Moscow won't find any copies of Dr. Zhivago among the 10,000 or so volumes American publishers have sMpped over for exhibit. But otherwise they’ll be able to browse through a substantial sampling of this country’s liter ary and academic diet, including Russian language materials pub lished for the U. S. Market. About 3,000 of the volumes will be in their native habitat, a brand new bookmobile lent by the town of Delmar, N. Y., out side Albany. Most of the rest will be in a publishers’ exhibit, but there will also be a liberal sprin kling in the model home and a partment and on model news stands, just as there would be back home. The books in the ex hibit were selected by the Amer ican Book Publishers Council, of which McGraw-Hill’s Curtis G. Benjamin is chairman. It isn’t a typical collection. There’s a heavier than usual em phasis on scientific and techni cal materials and on scholarly works in such fields as econo mics, sociology, political science and philosophy. But at the core of the Moscow collection are the American clas sics—Melville, Hawthorne, Tho mas Wolfe, Sinclair Lewis and, of course, Twain, Dreiser, Lon don, and Hemingway, who have long been favorites in the Soviet Union. — El Paso Times,. WHO BUYS THE PANTS? We knew a man once who, in that speciously acclaimed para dise between his emerging from his mother’s tutelage and his en tering that of his wife, brought a suit all by his lonesome. It was a rich gray tweed, so he thought, with touches of color. His bride, however, ruled it a poisonous green. No .suit ever wore so pain fully long. Nor diid our friend ever venture to purchase again unchaperoned. The du Pont Company, motiva ted by its heavy interest in syn-' thettic fabrics, has sponsored a survey of the wife’s role in the purchase of the husband’s cloth ing. The survey found that not only were 47 per cent of the wi ves present when the husbands .studied purchased their last suit, but that 85 per cent of the wives believe- it is their respon sibility to see to t that their hus bands are well dressed. And it concludes that the American' male spends most of his waking and sleeping hours in clothing selected for him by women. , In the typical American family who “wears the pants’’ may still be an open question. But as to “who buys them,” the du Pont survey apparently has found the answer.— Christian Science Mon 1 tof. 1 A YEARS AGO J. V THIS WEEK Items of news about Kings Mountain area people and events taken from the 1949 files of the Kings Mountain Herald. Rev. P. D. Patrick, veteran pas tor of First Presbyterian church, was elected moderator of the Presbyterian Synod in session at Barium Springs Tuesday. The Kings Mountain Bus Ter minal moved this week to East King Street, where it is occupy ing »Sie building owned by Lind say McMackin and formerly op erated as Royal Freeze Ice Cream. The general outlook for tex tiles in Kings Mountain was more optimistic this week than it had been in some 18 months. Social and Personal > Mrs. E. L. Campbell was hos tess to the Thursday Afternoon Book club and a number of in vited gusets at the Woman’s Clubhouse Thursday. Mrs. G. E. Still entertained the members of the Tuesday after noon Bridge club and invited guests Tuesday afternoon in her home on Piedmont Avenue. TERMITES KILL THEM Yourself with ARAB U-DO-IT TERMITE CONTROL 1 Sot* $100 or mfcre. Easy to use. No harm to plants. Professionally proven ■ years protection. Get FREE folder at “ Yard. Thousands use it. i ELMER LUMBER COMPANY 204 W. Ridge St Phone 25 or 54 CARPET • Quality You Can Trust • Beauty You Can See • . Prices You Can Afford PERRY FURN. & CARPET COMPANY Shelby, N. C. 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