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A weekly newspaper devoted to the promotion of the general welfare and published for the enlightrhent, 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 post office at Kings Mountain, N. C,, under Act of Congress of March 3, J873 EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Martin Hannon. Editor-Publisher Harold Pearson .Advertising Salesman and Sports Editor Miss Elizabeth Stewart.Circulation Manager and Society Settlor Miss Libby Bunch .. Cleric MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT Steve Hope Russell C. Parrish Jerry Hope Paul Jackson Allen Myers Monte Hunter TELEPHONE NUMBER 739-5441 SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE - BY MAIL ANYWHERE ONE YEAR - $3.50 SIX MONTHS - $2.00 THREE MONTHS - $1.25 PLUS NORTH CAROLINA SALES TAX TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the wag of life. Proverbs 6:23. : j Proposed Tax Cuts In theory, the income tax is among the fairer of taxes, simply because one does not pay if one does not earn. Every one, though he may be severely pained on tax due date, hopes he’ll owe even more the following year, which would reflect higher earnings. In contrast, excise taxes often tax those least able to pay them and the fact of “property poor” people and in dustry sent government officials respon sible after new sources of revenue many years ago. With the advent of the Depression the income tax rates went up, then headed toward the stratosphere during World War II, since pared in very small de gree. In his recommendations of Monday, President Kennedy called for across the board reductions in rates. He feels the resultant boost in the economy will pro duce sufficient purchasing power for both individuals and industry to turn the wheels of commerce and return greater revenues. Economists and statesmen differ keenly on whether these desired re sults would obtain. The President can point to the fact of slow growth. In recent history, the Eis enhower Administration had a $12 bil lion deficit without breaking the nation. Subsequently, activity and revenues in creased again. There is, of course, one major joker in the deck. Fixed interest costs to the federal gov ernment continue to rise each year, making an increasing drain on the fed eral treasury. Many years ago, a tale is told, a busi nessman in a neighboring city was in danger of bankruptcy and could not ob tain sufficient loans to pay his creditors. He went to Richmond, Va., came home with his required cash and, to a friend’s inquiry, replied that the interest rate was 20 percent. The friend remonstrat ed that the businessman couldn’t afford to pay 20 percent. Replied the business man, “I couldn’t afford NOT to pay it.” His alternative was bankruptcy. And, the tale went, he weathered the storm. The President has much support for his tax-cutting recommendations, in cluding major echelons of business and labor. Individuals, now owing $60 bil lion in debt, won’t fault the government too much for doing the same thing. The long-term danger is the day, should it come, when lenders to Uncle Sam decide the government is a poor risk. The result could be runaway in flation, anarchy, and dictatorship. The President’s recommendations must be rated a calculated risk. Jobs are involved, world trade and many other factors. If the tax cuts are initiated, time will provide the answer. If tax cuts aren’t initiated, time will also provide the answer. A lad of 16 passed the examination for his driver’s license, four hours later was an accident victim when his car got out of hand and over-turned on a curve. The lad was less hurt than the car, thankfully. Older folk who remember getting their first driver’s license can remember the thrill. But it often re quires a few narrow escapes to mature a driver. Time is running on the annual tax listing chore. Just 16 days remain to do it_minus flirtation with penalties for being late. -Congratulations to L. Arnold Kiser and R G. Plonk on their appointment to committees of the North Carolina Textile Manufacturers association. Ben Bridges' Plans Ben H. Bridges is completing his third term and sixth year as city commission er from Ward 4. He is considering developing a new home which would remove him from in city residence and therefore as an eligi ble for commission membership. This is unsuitable news to Mr. Bridges’ many friends and those who have ap proved and admired his six years of ser vice on the commission. His principal service has been as a “figure man,” with superintendence of administration. Initially a very definite conservative, Mr. Bridges is less so today_typical of the mantle of public responsibility silch service entails. His basic policies of getting long term capital improvements as much as possible from regular income remain. Yet the benefit of these policies, plus ad ditional income from normal city growth, has been the means to the eas ing of his thinking. The city record of the past six years has been good, including lowering of the tax rate and maintenance of the low er figure, continuing and regular capi tal expenditures, debt reduction accord ing to required schedule, a tighter ope ration and increased pay for all city em ployees. Mr. Bridges’ decision on residence re mains pending. None should endeavor, perhaps, to in terfere with another’s personal business. But if Mr. Bridges decides to remain an in-city citizen and seek re-election, many will be pleased. Home For Elderly The burgeoning population of the na tion does not compare, census figures show to the increase in population of citizens 65 and older. During the past half-century, with the population doubling, the population of the 65 and older group has quadrupled. In 1960, the census report shows, 6.7 of the population was 65 and older. Edu cated guesses or estimates indicated this figure will be 12 percent by 1975. The current beginnings of a move ment to provide a home fot the aging in Kings Mountain is merc y in line with a general trend, based on these facts. Obtaining such a facility may not be easy, but there is no denial of need. Decision on the type of home needed must be made from best information. Means of obtaining such a facility is problematical, too. But more difficult chores have been handled. On Monday, the Ministerial Associa tion appointed an investigative commit tee which will seek to compile the infor mation, and, from this, glean a recom mendation. There is no anticipation that the hop ed-for project will be realized over-night, but there is confidence it can be brought to fruition. A Possibility The board of city commissioners in dicated more friendship to the idea of a new registration last week than in sev eral years. Chief question seemed, from various comments, of assuring the put ting on the books of names of all eligi ble citizens. As a result, further consideration is scheduled for the February meeting_ in quite sufficient time to handle the matter for the upcoming biennial elec tions. Cleaning of the books_increasingly in need thereof with each passing year — is virtually impossible without peri odic requirement of a complete new registration. And the city’s pollbooks, physically falling apart, have been in use since 1939. In view of the recorded interest of citi zens in voting for their city and board of education officials (over 2200 voting in the two elections of 1961), the Herald believes the re-registration would find the vast majority seeing their registrars. In this instance, with five in-city wards and five registrars, the job can be handl ed without a major degree of disfran chisement. MARTIN'S MEDICINE BY MARTIN HARMON Ingredients: bit* of news wisdom, humor, and comments. Directions: Take weekly, if possible, but avoid overdosage. The lure of gold has long at tracted the imagination of people the world over and the finding thereof ha* produced vast migra tion* of people, which included the settlement of the United State*. The finding thereof ha* also produced it* share of heart-break and tragedy and ha* teased men Into neglecting more basic pur suits to their detriment m-m I am indebted to Neil Johnson, of Foote Mineral Company, for a copy of an address made by Mar ling J. Ankeny, director of the United States Bureau of Mines, which Mr. Ankeny made before the Carolinas Section meeting of the American Institute of Mining Engineers in November. Actual ly, the speech is a history lesson on mining in the Carolinas and proves quite interesting, m-m Mr. Ankeny notes that (the early colonists in Carolina and elsewhere made the mistake ini tially of looking for gold, rather than growing crops, before they decided that eating was of first importance. As early as 1729, he relates, North Carolina iron ores were shipped to England, and in 1799 a 17-pound gold nugget was found on the Reed plantation in Cabarrus county. Says Mr. An keny, the news of this discovery precipitated a good rush in this and neighboring states and has led to North Carolina mining of the valuable yellow metal vir tually every year since. m-m The gold mining industry led to the establishment of the Unit ed States mint in Charlotte in 1836 and it operated until the Civil War began. Re-opened in 1867 as an assay office, it was used until 1913. m-m North Carolina was the leading gold producing state until the discovery of gold in California in 1848. Mr. Ankeny relates that, while the details of the gold stampede to California are well known, it is not generally known that of all these who rushed west ward only those from the Sou thern Appalachian states posses sed any experience in mining the metal and this knowledge proved as valuable as the gold they sought. m-m Kings Mountain had its gold mining efforts, too, the big mine off York Road producing good quantities of gold for years until blasts in the underground tun nels opened underground springs, resulting in flooding. The late Jim Parker, a Negro who work ed in the mine as a teamster, said shortly before his death that the tunnels stretch from York road to a point under Kings Mountain Oil Company. m-m Last effort to mine this proper ty was in the thirties when a Canadian and his son were seek ing to re-work it. This effort end ed tragically, the son being ac cidentally electrocuted. The fa ther and his wife ceased opera tions and returned to Canada. m-m During the Depression years, when many folk were jobless and with no other gainful pursuit available, panning for gold in ihe creek beds of the area prov ed profitable in some degree. m-m The Lineolnton - Gaffney min eral belt is known to contain a great number of minerals, though many are in insufficient quanti ties to mine profitably. Many shafts have been sunk on the belt in the effort to mine tin profitably. Lithium ores, which had little commercial demand be fore World War II, are now a major product, as research has found many more uses for this lightest known metal. Over 90 percent of total proven domestic ore reserves are in North Caro lina. m-m Mr. Ankeny says that South Carolina kaolin rivals the purest to be found anywhere, was prais ed and used by Joseph Wedge wood, the famous English mak er of china. m-m Mica is a major product, as is Vermiculite, and North Carolina is fourth largest producer of tale. m-m For a brief time in college, a roommate was majoring in ge ology. In those naive days, I couldn’t understand why anyone would want to play with rocks much less make it a life’s work. A bit of geology background would prove of value to any resi dent of this mineral . studded area. Shopping Around By Rolfe -1 f 2TAH *—---—■*■ “It's not a question of what you wouldn’t wear .to a dog fight!” Viewpoints of Other Editors ZIP TO YOU. TOO Well, it was bound to happen. Once the phone company found that it could do away with ex change names and assign num bers to everything, the Post Of fice had to take a similar step. The result is something known as the "Zip Code,” which Post master General Day presented with as much pride as if it was an improved version of the quan tum theory. Under the system, every Ameri can with a mailing address is to receive from the Post Office next year a notice listing a Zip Code number consisting of five digits. They will be intelligible only to mail room sorters, and through their use, says Mr. Day, service may be speeded up as much as 24 hours. However, the postmast er general says that only big or ganizations and not individual mailers, will be expected ito make use of the Zip Code. What to make of it all is some thing of a mystery. Between his Social Security designation, his phone dialing code and now his Zip address the American tax payer is the greatest triumph of numerology since the abacus board. "We are working with the big mailers,” says Mr. Day reas suringly, “and we’re not concern ed if Aunt Minnie doesn’t learn the new number.” Well, that’s all right for Mr. Day’s Aunt Min nie. Our Aunt Minnie says never mind about the Zip Code and how about going back to two-a day delivery? New York Herald Tribune PROTECTED The ancient adage which be gins, “If at first you don’t suc ceed," is to be commended in many fields of endeavor, but not necessarily in getting a driving license. And surely not in the case of the 65 - year-old Englishwoman who has been taking driving les sons and flunking tests for 25 years. Miss Margaret Hunter, who frightened one instructor into leaping for his life, ran her car into a truck the other day while practicing with another. She al so flunked her most recent test by going through a red light. Now she wants to try again. It’s times such as these that make Americans appreciate the Atlantic Ocean. Gastonia Gazette SMOG IS WHERE YOU MAKE IT It was a London familiar, Char les Dickens, who called fog "a London particular.” The literature of the city ex udes fog in scene after scene. Fog must be considered a part of Lon don culture, for it has affected art, music, writing and habits. But smog is a fairly recent de velopment—a mixture of man made fumes and nature’s mist— and there’s nothing romantic or traditional about it. Smog such as London has been experiencing lately takes in the proportions of a disaster. . . Sometimes it takes tragedy such as that ... to remind us of the polluted air which is being breathed in so many cities across this nation and in other countries. There are scientific solutions, but there has been little demand for them. Smog is not "a London partic ular." It is indigenous to most in dustrial cities. Smog is simply worse in some places than in oth ers due to geographical charac teristics. The suffering of London was a reminder that man cannot be indifferent to tne pollution he creates, and what has happened there in recent days should be a rallying point for the smog foes. Commercial Appeal u—4»hi»> j •TO A TEEN-AGER* At a PTA meeting in Manass es Park, L. D. Harris, chief of po lice of the Prince William Coun ty community (incorporated in 1957) distributed the following “Open Letter to a Teen-ager": Always we hear the plaintive cry of the teen-agers: “What can we do? Where can we go? The answer is... Go home. Hang the storm windows, paint the woodwork. Rake the leaves. Mdw the lawn. Shovel the walk. Wash the oar. Learn to cook. Scrub some floors. Repair the ■sink. Build a boat. Get a job. Help the minister, priest or rab bi, the Red Cross, the Salvation Army. Visit the sick. Assist the poor. Study your lessons. And then when you are through—and not tired—read a book. Your parents do not owe you entertainment. Your village does not owe you recreation facilities. The world does not owe you a li ving. You owe the world some thing. You owe it your time and energy and your talents so that no one will be at war or in pov erty, or sick, or lonely again. In plain, simple words: Grow up; quit being a crybaby; get out of your dream world . . .start acting like a man or a lady. The Wall Street Journal re printed Ch'ief Harris’ letter un der the heading, "Notable & Quo table.” — Richmond (Va.) Times Dispatch WHO'S THE VILLAIN When a nation begins to en courage some of Its finest citi zens to change their way of life and even to make plans to de part from the country, perhaps it’s time to pause and reflect on what direction we are heading. For the past several years the Amish people, who have made their home in Pennsylvania and parts of the-West for genera tions, have found their religious beliefs in conflict with some of the laws of the United States. Principally, their objection to forced Social Security and to a required upgrading of their schools is the source of their un happiness. Although their religious prin ciples forbid court suits, some of the Amish are now seeking relief in the nation's higher courts. In light of the numerous decisions favoring petitions of sincere min ority groups. The Amish have presented the courts a knotty question indeed. An Associated Press writer sums up the Amish situation very well with this brief descrip tion. “Although their frugal, self reliant way of life has been the object of persecution and con troversy through the centuries, the Amish have no divorce or broken homes, no juvenile de linquency or crime, and no un employment or old age problem.” MooresviJle Tribune YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 10 Items of news about King. Mountain area people am events taken from the 195 files of the Kings Mountair Herald,.. Kings Mountain Little Theatre will present “Ten Little Indians.", Agatha Christi’s mystery drama, on Tuesday, February 3, at Cen tral school auditorium. A large crowd is expected to attend the annual employer-em ployee banquet of the Kings Mountain Merchants Association to be held Monday evening at 7:30. Social and Personal Mrs. Sam Collins entertained members of the Bid and Bye club at her home Tuesday night. The YFCU of Boyce Memorial ARP church met recently at the home of Mrs. W. L. McMackin. Mrs. John Jenkins and son, Jesse, visited Mr. and Mrs. Claude W. Barnette in Washing ton, D. C. Tuesday, going espec ially £vi Ajiaagural activities. ] Ideal Character By Penal E. Ausley, Th.D. j_. Minister First Presbyterian Church Characterisa coin which passes current at par value in all countries. Posterity estimates men not so much by what they did, as by what they were. It must not be inferred from this that wealth, talent, and pop ular regard are not desirable. They are indeed desirable, and are often of great service, but they are of secondary import ance. The Character of Christ is the only sample of perfect character known to mankind. I. LOOK AT THE PURITY OF HIS LIFE. What imposter ever exhibited a deportment so blame less — a life so free from pride, ostentation, vanity, selfishness, or worldly mindedness? Throughout his whole life goodness marks his intercourse with mankind. He engages in nothing to affliat or distress — nothing to produce discord: He appears among men as the “Prince of Peace.” It was the business of His life to go about doing good. Were any blind, he gave them sight; were any deaf, he gave them their hearing; were any dumb, he loosed their tongues; were any lame, he said, “Arise, take up thy bed, and walk”; were any sick, He said, “wilt ithou be made whole”; were any possessed of devils, He rebuked the fbul spirits, and re lieved the possessed; and to the poor He preached the Gospel. And though he was poor, not having ‘were to lay His head”, He never received a reward for any of his acts of mercy; but a homeless wanderer, He went about doing good to others. II. LUOK AT HIS PATIENCE, amid all His persecutions, and His kindness toward His enemies. He bears insults and injury, mockery and derision, with calm composure and meek submission. His character was aspersed, and all manner of evil spoken of Him falsely. His best acts were at tribuated to the worst of motives, and His virtues were converted into crime. He was pursued from City to City with the tongue of slander; his enemies clamored for His blood; but He bore it all without the slightest effort to take revenge. He wept in sym pathy over the beloved city of Jerusalem, and, with dying lips, prayed for His murderes. in. LOOK AT CHRIST AS A TEACHER. And, first we notice His sermon on the Mount. Here, within the limits of three chap ters, is comprised the best pre sentation of moral and religious truth contained in any language. As he opened His mouth and taught, a shower of rich beati tudes came down upon his wait ing hearers like clusters of ripe fruit from the tree of life! It teaches the purest morality and the loftiest devotion in the clear eart and most forcible style. Look at the instructions of Christ in His Parables. Here the divinity at his character as a teacher shines forth. Never be fore nor since did this method of teaching appear with so much beauty and force. With the pw. foundest skill, by the use of the parable, he rivited attention, re moved difficulties, disarmed prejudice, shed light upon the understanding convinced the con science, and, transforming the bigot into an impartial judge. Do we wish to see the richness and fullness of Gospel grace, we should read the parable of the Great Supper. Would we have a view of the sincere and benevo lent intention with which the Gospel should be proclaimed to all classes? We may read it in all its transcendent beauty and force in the parable of the Sow er. Would we behold in moie than nature’s deepest colors, the folly and drudgery of sin, the all-surpassing yearnings of the bowels of Infinite Love for the salvation of the wandering rebel, and the thrill of joy and glad ness with which all heaven wilt celebrate the return of God of every pentitent — would we wit ness a description of all this, wrought up to the loftiest degree ‘ of pathos and power that lan guage can reach? — we have it in the parable of the Prodigal Son. Then Behold Christ oeiore Pi late! Did ever a criminal display such calm and serene com posure under such circumstances Did ever a judge pronounce such an eulogy upon him whom, with the next breath, he ordered to execution? “I find no fault in him”, said Pilate; and added: “Take ye him and crucify him!” But look upon the scene of his death—upon the robe of derision and the crown of thorns—upon the cross, the nails, and the ham mer—upon the rending of the veil and the going out of the sun —upon his pierced side, and hands, and feet, and upon his streaming blood—listen to his dying groans, and to his last prayer for his enemies, and say, Was not "this the Son of God"? Could he have exhibited such a calm serenity, labored so per severingly for the world that hat ed him, without being God? Sob er reason afirms that Jesus was a good man, a Perfect character. The Son of God, and his religion is true. If you seek to have true charac ter, remember that certain quali fications are necessary, namely: 1. Purity of Life; 2. Patience; 3. Teacher, or living such a godly life that your daily contact with people will teach them how to live Christianity; 4. Give your life, just as Christ did — to the promotion of the Kingdom of God. NOTICE The Thirty-Ninth Annual Sharehold er's meeting of the Home Savings and Loan Association will be held in the Home Office, 106 East Mountain Street, January 22,1963, at 5:00 P.M. THOMAS A. TATE, Secretary and Treasurer 1:10-17 KEEP YOUR RADIO DIAL SET AT 1220 WKMT Rings Mountain, N. C. News & Weather every hour on the: hour. Weather every hour on the hall hour. Fine entertainment in between urnum-.
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