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The Kings Mountain Herald
Established 1889
A weekly newspaper devoted to the promotion of the general welfare and published
Cor the enlightenment, entertainment and benefit of the citizens of Kings Mountain
and Its vicinity, published every Thursday by the Herald Publishing House.
Sntered ss second class matter at the postoffice at Kings Mountain, N. C., under Act
of Congress of March 3, 1873,
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pie mourn.
TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE
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righteous are in authority the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the peo
Proverbs 29:2
' Independence of License?
The years since World War II have
seen the emergence of many newly in
dependent nations, most formerly col
onial chattels of European nations.
Leaders of the United States have
done much, in word and deed, to encour
age the promotion of nationalistic free
dom.
President Roosevelt, during World
War II, angered his British allies by
suggesting that the end of the war
should result in freedom for India. It did.
China was a different story. Here two
Chinese factions, both hardly fair-mind
ed, honorable groups according to U
nited States standards, were warring for
control of the country. One was the
Communist-flavored, and the other had
been the Western ally, if one of ques
tionable value, during the war. The U
nited States post-war mission to China
gave a report which damned both the
factions. Here the Communist group
won.
Korean nationalists, in an extension of
the China play, were able to withstand
the North Korean, China-aided inroads
in a three-year war involving the United
Nations. Today, few who are informed
would say that the Korean government
is a model of democracy.
Today s headnne-graDDer is me Lon
go, where the “people” wanted freedom
and where Belgium, the former colonial
controller, left, if unwillingly. Immedia
tely, fratricidal strife began. The United
Nations sent a police force to assure or
der and, in effect, support the govern
ment if felt was the valid one.
But last weekend’s reports related
that the foreign policemen were being
attacked, captured and killed by ele
ments of the very same group the U
nited Nations forces were supposed to be
helping.
It is not inconceivable that the United
Nations will have to be reminded of
General MacArthur’s famed statement
out of the Korean crisis, when he recited
the military truism, “There is no substi
tute for victory.” It appears the United
Nations ’will have to supply sufficient
men and material to conquer this “in
dependent” country, which means that
the UN will replace Belgium as the ruler
of the Congo state. The alternative, of
course is for the UN to withdraw and let
the dissident elements battle it out a
mong themselves, with survival going to
the strongest and, perhaps, Russian-aid
ed.
The cry for independence has strong
nationalistic appeal. But it has long
been apparent that the powerful cliques ^
in a nation frequently use their own pec*/
pie as support for their own ideas>6f
democracy, which are translated custo
marily into autocratic govenyments
which specialize in autocracy a^d bru
tality to opponents timoro^^wough to
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of the crowded conditions which have
found many people waiting several days
for hospital admission.
Growth of the hospital here has been
little short of amazing, considering that
it opened less than a decade ago with 22
beds. Today there are 75, plus a home
for staff nurses.
Hospitals are more important today
than formerly, when many families find
both the parents working outside the
home. Many not-too-serious illnesses
nevertheless require care.
Sanford Runs, Passes
Governor Terry Sanford summarized
his monetary recommendations for im
proving public education in the state
Monday night, again demonstrating
both courage and political dexterity.
The Governor wants the General As
sembly to eliminate the bulk of the ex
emptions to the sales tax and boost the
liquor tax to provide $83 million in addi
tional revenue during the next two
years. Of this total, $73 millions would
be spent for schools, all but $3 million '
for secondary education.
Missing from the Governor’s address
was any recommendation for school con
struction, which, it can be assumed, will
be forthcoming soon, in the form of a
recommendation for a state bond issue
election.
Everybody will feel the new bite.
There are many questions which the
amendments to the revenue act will ans
wer, though it is plain the big end of the
proposed new revenues will be derived
from sales of foods and drugs. Drugs
have been historically exempt and Gov
ernor Broughton was able to deliver on
a campaign promise to remove sales tax
from the home table in 1941.
Under the present sales and use tax
laws, there are many exemptions and
exempt institutions.
In spite of the* concentration on the
sales tax to produce the avenues and an
effort thereby to eliminate the harass
ment of legislators by hordes of lobby
ists, there will still be pressures on the
assemblymen. Many, as Cleveland’s Ro
bert Morgan, has reiterated already his
long-term objections to taxing food in
preference to the so-called luxuries or,
at least, non-necessities.
But Governor Sanford, apparently,
has shown football coaching gear-switc
hing ability by running the ends and
passing when the middle of the opposing
line is especially strong. He admitted to
forswearing a tobacco products tax for
the simple reason he didn’t think the
East-dominated legislature would ap
prove it. To make the tax increases more
palatable at home, he suggested the
legislature enact the revenue amend
ments for a biennium and make contin
uance subject to a vote of all North Car
olina citizens.
True is Governor Sanford’s contention
that the referendum isn’t a matter of
passing the buck. But the state-wide vo
ting does offer the assemblymen an es
cape hatch. One can hear the legisla
tors telling their home folk, “If you don’t
Jjrce it, vote against it.”
„ y The Herald’s guess is that there won’t
be as many votes against as for. The ed
ucational pull on parents in this state is
especially strong and the professional
school population a not-too-small seg
ment of the population either.
The more conservative, who felt the
increases for schools provided in the
recommendations of the advisory bud
get commission close to sufficient, likely
have been blitzkrieged.
Capital Punishment
A bill has been introduced in the Gen
eral Assembly which, if passed, would
tend to eliminate capital punishment in
this state.
Particular point is made of the fact
that, in effect, capital punishment has
diminished to the vanishing point al
ready.
Morally, if would seem, the propon
ents are on firm ground.
As one local citizen expressed it some
years ago, “Taking of a man’s life is re
moving something from him that the
takers don’t have the power to restore.”
The more conservative argue that re
moval of capital punishment will tend to
encourage the more heinous crimes and,
in effect, give license to the armed ban
dit, the rapist, and the cold-blooded
hoodlum.
Statistics in other states do not sup
port this contention.
Many citizens are quite sure they will
never serve on a murder jury, due to an
exemptive condition which removes
those who have firm convictions against
the death penalty.
Some of these feel sure kny person
who takes the life of another is, indeed,
temporarily insane.
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MARTIN'S
MEDICINE
By Martin Bares on
Ingredient!: bits of newt,
wisdom, humor, and comment.
Directions: Take weekly, if
possible, but avoid
ooerdoeage.
Karl Whitener favored me
recently Mth a copy of a fea
ture story on a brother, who
lives in High Point, and includ
ing an item of historical inter
est to Kings Mountain.
Karl’s several - times' great
grandfather, the story relates,
migrated to this country about
1746, arriving at Philadelpphia,
a popular port of entry for
many families of German orig
in Later he returned to Phil
adelphia on a trip made by
the then-popular mode of trans
portation, foot - power. In Phil
adelphia, he purchased a rifle.
Later, a son used the rifle at
the Battle of Kings Mountain.
Parenthetically, its owner at
the battle was one of several
claiming his rifle fired the shot
which felled Col. Patrick Fer
guson, the Briu sh commander.
Karl’s brother owns the rifle
and regards it as one of his
most prized possessions.
The current spelling of the
family name is American var
iety. It was originally Weiden
er. I
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Karl, himself, is pround of an
heirloom once his grandfath
er’s. It is a grandfather clock,
which had been imported from
England, ha,d wooden move
ments, and c,ost his grandfath
er $8. The wooden parts wore
out and the dock later reposed
for 26 years in the shop of a
Hickory watchmaker, before
a member of the family re
membered it and pressured the
watchmaker to produce the
corpus.
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vf<arl acquired the clock
through a tirade with a sister
for another family heirloom,
refinished it, installed new
works painted the face himself.
Today the clock keeps near
perfect time and he has declin
ed a $2,000 offer for the clock.
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Many folkk belong to the an
tiquing cult and search out old
items of furniture rfnd furnish
ings. There are good reasons,
of course. Furniture once was
almost exclusively handmade
and the items are not only of
exceptional quality but works
of art. They are consequently
often of exceptional value.
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I confess, however, to on
membershSp in this cult, except
where the articles have family
or personal connection.
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The telephone rang Sunday
night and it was my mother-in
law on the other end of the
wire. Normally, there is noth
ing particularly unusual about
a call of this kind, as the tele
phone companies would foe
quick to agree that if all moth
ers and children lived in the
same community their long
lines business would take an
unhealthy drop.
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This time, however, there
was an unusual bit at news.
I My mother-in-law had re
turned from Sunday night
church Services to find the din
ing roam silverware spread in
disorder on the living room
couch and the front door she
had locked before leaving
standing open. Thieves, or van
dals or both quite obviously had
made a visit. i
Careful search revealed no
losses. A purse, initially emp
ty of cash, still remained on the
bed where she’d left it. The sil
ver was intact and she could
find nothing missing. Appar
ently her early return had
flushed the culprits into quick
flight. Typically feminine, she
had left the house cash in one
of the numerous bureau draw
ers. The police had been in
formed. i
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It was really no laughing
matter, but I couldn't help guf
fawing over the comments
from the Kings Mountain end
of the telephone wire.
•^Mother, maybe they’re still
there! Have you looked under
your bed and the bed in my
old room?”
She bad.
'See What a Beautiful Couple We Are51
Viewpoints of Other Editors
THE LITTLE OLD LADY
AND THE KITTEN
Once upon a^time, there was
a little old lady who lived in a
big house ail alone. For many
monthls, she had been in poor
health and unable to leave her
house. None of her neighbors vis
ited her. The neighbors had their
own problems.
One day, a pretty white kitten
climbed a tree in front of the
sick old lady’s house. The kitten
climbed to the very top of the
tall tree. It became afraid and
would not climb down from the
tree. A boy passing the tree saw
the pretty kitty and he told his
mother about it.
Soon all the old lady’s neigh
bors were excited about ithe poor
little kitty. They formed a com
mittee to ask help from (the fire
department. The big fire truck,
with long ladders and ropes,
soon came to the tree in front of
the old lady’s house. Amid much
applause from the many people
gathered around the tree, the
kitty was rescued and returned
to its mother.
The little old lady did not see
the gallant rescue. She was sick
in bed.
The ifioral bf this parable is
not that people like kittens bet
ter than they like other people;!
it is that people must have a
cause — an emotional spark that
is appealing, but not related to
their own problems.
In Harmony last week, Amer
ican Legionnaires barbecued a
bout 200 rabbits that had been a
“cause” for various individuals
and groups about the country.
The rabbit-eating program fea
tured much gaiety and speech
making.
The simple fact is that Ameri
can Legion “causes” do not run
along the lines of deciding the
most polite way to kill a rabbit.
The husband of the Queen of
England created a “cause” re
cently when he climbed a 23-foot
tower and shot a tiger. The idea
here was that it is not very sport
ing to kill a tiger While denying
the beast the opportunity to kill
you.
Prince Phillip simply was be
having the way most of us do.
We pick our “causes” carefully so
we can shoot without being shot
at. We might do well to revalu
ate our causes — determine just
what we stand for, and why. —
The Mooresville Tribune.
» THE AGE
OF EXCUSE
It is interesting to note that a
surprising number of leading fi
gures in America think of their
country as fundamentally undis
ciplined today, t
One of -the latest to voice this
view was Orlando Wilson, Chi
cago’s police chief and an acad
emic specialist in police and
crime matters.
Called to his post to clean up a
bad situation in that city’s police
force, Wilson brought his thoug
htful outlook to ithe task. He has
some definite notions on how to
bring discipline into some aspects
of our life. i
Naturally enough he is deeply
concerned over the unruly tend
encies found among the nation’s
youngsters. Many who deal with
this problem urge stronger pun
ishment as the best antidote for
delinquent behavior. Wilson
doUbts that severity is the decis
ive factor.
In his bWn judgment there are
two crucial elements in effective
punishment. One is promptness
in applying it. The longer it is
delayed, the less positive seems
the connection between the offen
se and the consequences.
The other vital need is that the
punishment toe inescapable. As
Wilson sees it, the sure knowl
edge that some kind of penalty
wild flow from a misdeed is a
vastly more useful deterrent than
the prospect that a severe penal
ty might result under certain cir
cumstances. I
The police and court records of
our major cities testify to the
fact that a very great percentage
of our delinquent youngsters ei
ther escape punishment altogeth
er or find its effectiveness min
imized by delays and other tem
porizing. i
Wilson appeares to be on sound
ground. Certainly those who ar
gue against the “strong punish
GIVING VALUE v
TO MONEY
With all this talk about the
price of gold, revaluation, deval
uation and the rest of it, one can
easily forget whose responsibili
ty it is to fix the value of (money.
(Basically it is ours. In ithe final
analysis no government can do
it for us. It is up to us, the peo
ple, I
For we all know by now that
the actual “value of money’’ sim
ply is what money will buy. So
the “value of money” is prices.
And who wants the government
to fix prices? We set the price
level by the amount of money we
get for our work and the value
of the work we give for the mo
ney; and we ought to give three
cheers every day that this is so,
for it is a part of freedom.
Governments, of course, can
rig market price of anything
through tariffs and subsidies.
They can add a bit to the prices
of things with taxes. They can
even make money “dearer” thro
ugh raising interest rates or
“cheaper” by printing it in truck
loads. But about basic costs a
government in a free country
can never do as much as the dti
?»n;
So, if it now is important what
price governments agree to pay
for gold, what we the people de
cide to do about our costs- and
prices is even more important.
The formula for avoiding infla
tion whatever the price of gold
is well understood, perfectly sim
ple and applicable to govern
ments as well as to individuals:
if we give value for money we
give value to money. — The
Christian Science Monitor,
CHANGING POCKETS
Labor Secretary Goldberg, de
fending the Administration’s
plan to boost the minimum wage
the other day that such action
from $1 to $1.25, told Congress
would add $1,700,000,000 in pur
chasing power to the economy.
Well, putting aside for the mo
ment the many other questions
this measure raises, it’s dear the
money for the wage hike would
have to come from somewhere.
Some people, Jn fact, doubt
whether taking money from A
and giving it to B does indeed in
crease the nation’s total purchas
ing power. And one of these peo
ple seems to be President Kenne
dy.
In his recent highway message
the Chief Executive declared:
“We are not better able to pay
our bills as a nation by merely
shifting money from one pocket
to another.” — The Wall Street
Journal.
ment” school of thought cannot
complain. Nor is he taking a
“soft" approach.
Probably most psychologists
would agree that What makes for
good discipline is the steady, in
evitable application of authority.
Not only children but most adults
respond best when they know
exactly what is expected of them,
what they may do and what they
may not do without reaping un
happy consequences. — Shelby
Star.
1 A TEARS AGO
X V THIS WEEK
Items of news about King.
Mountain area people and :
events taken from the 1951 j
files of the Kings Mountain
Herald.
Kings Mountain’s 1951 Red
Cross fund campaign got under
way Tuesday morning, following
a kick-off breakfast at the Coun
try Club, with 40 committeemen
present.
Same 100 Kings Mountain area
farmers have been invited as
guests foe the annual Farmer’s
Night banquet of the Kings
Mountain Kiwanis club, to be
held next Thursday' evening.
Social and Personal
A reception was given by the
Junior Woman’s Club Friday
night honoring their past presi
dents for the past 10 years.
Circle 3 of
church met Mo,
Mis. Hilton Ru
Presbyterian
y night with
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1,000,000 PRINCESSES
IN THE U.S. —That’s
quite a “royal family” for
a country that doesn’t even
have a king! But what
we’re referring to, of
course, is our Princess
phone. With its sleek, mod
em styling, the Princess
has been such a hit that
now 1,000,000 of these
pretty little extensions are
in homes throughout the
country, n you naven t seen a rnncess in person yet,
drop by our business office and take a look, or just call
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THANKS TO OUR MANY CUSTOMERS who re
plied to our Post Card Canvass. This was a med
ium of knowing just how our customers feel about
our Company and the service. We are proud of our
telephone system in Kings Mountain and was
pleased when a great majority of our customers
replied that their service was good. That is our
most important job to give our customers the kind
of service they desire.
AROUND THE WORLD IN 90 MINUTES—One of
three men—no one knows which—will be the first
American to travel in outer space. Strapped into a
cone-shaped capsule, he will be rocketed 120 miles
into a world, which no living man has ever seen
After three 90-minute global orbits, he will return
to earth. When this historic trip takes place this
“man in space” will rely on communication’ sys
tems designed by Bell Laboratories and Western
Electric scientists. Bell System research, which
developed this communications system, has helo
ed make it possible for us to provide you with the
finest telephone service in the world.
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