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1 A weekly newspaper devoted to the promotion of the general welfare and published for the enhghtment, 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, 1873 EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Martin Harmon...Editor-Publisher Harold Pearson . Advertising Salesman and Sports Editor Miss Elizabeth Stewart.Circulation Manager and Society Editor Miss Libby Bunch ...Clerk 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 Lord giveth wisdoms out of his mouth c ometh knowledge and understanding. Proverbs BS Slicing The Budget Considerable play was given to Re publican Congressional contention that from $10 to $15 billion could be sliced off the Kennedy budget request for $99 billions. The natural reaction to the conten tion, phrased by many including the President, was “Show me where.” After all, even in a day when conversations concern billions rather than millions, there is considerable variance $10 billion and $15 billion, as between, say $99 bil lion and $89 billion. The federal government, in contrast to that of North Carolina and its political children and counties and cities, has no legal requirement to keep its budget in balance, other than the hip-pocket re striction of maximum debt limit, which Congress, rather than the banker, has the power to increase. It is quite likely the budget can be decreased, minus greatly delterious ef fects, though the result is not likely. Even the economy-minded have no par ticular taste for paring pet projects. Na tional security claims the major portion, and then there’s the $10 billion interest bill — ten percent of the budget—that must be paid Time was when Congress was genuine ly economy-minded, and, as recently as the thirties, it was the practice of the executive to send forth an astronomical budget request with the planned hope that the parings would leave about the right amount of appropriations. World War II changed that pattern and it is not now unusual for the Con gress to furnish more funds, for some de partments and programs, than the executive requests. Defenders of bid spending contend that the nation is in much better relative shape today than in 1947, when the ratio of national debt to gross national pro duct was much closer. Others argue than gross national product, with gov ernmental expenditures repi'esenting about one-fifth the total, is a question able test of fiscal soundess. True solidity, they reason, derives only from produc tion or creation of goods. No Featherbedding The United States Supreme Court has ruled that employers, in this instance, the railroads, have the right to establish how many people they need on the job. This ruling means that the nation’s railroads are now in position legally to eliminate some 65,000 employees from jobs they haven’t needed to fill for some years. In the railroad situation, deisel engines, which have replaced the old coal - filed engines, hardly require a fireman. Yet firemen have still been on the job. If labor peace is to prevail for the railroads, many have observed, the rail roads will endeavor to ease the change over, either by making periodic em ployee cuts over several years, or by the device of not replacing the un-needed employees as they retire. Some of the railroads, the money-mak ers, would have no difficulty following either policy. Others, hard-pressed for cash and continually fighting deficits, would. In its ruling, the Supreme Court has done what it must if the nation is to re tain anyisemblence of the free enterprise system' which has majored in automa ton and7 mass production. The develop ment df the Steam engine produced an industrial*'devolution, then there was — - ■ the railroad, and *ines for a,most a11 *.ie^retuit has been more goods, at jfes*, Mu cq^t, the lower cost creating its own mass market. The problem of less jobs for workers With fid Other skills is The continuing and practical one invoFved, particularly . _al_/>nn! mmmu W pnjd’uctjsTm Tampering Unlikely The State Senator from Richmond County would like to see his county re moved from the eighth congressional district, set up in 1961, and represented by a familiar face in Washington in the person of Charles Raper Jonas, Republi can. But Senator James isn’t finding much support. Legislative veterans of the 1961 ses sion remember the pains of the decen nial re-districting, largely complicated by the presence of Congressman Jonas, then representing the tenth district, and the additional hard fact of the state’s los ing a representative. Adding one would have been much simplex’. As it was, the Democrats, either out of fear or faii’ness or both, left Mr. Jo nas his major seat of sti’ength, populous Mecklenburg county, and Mecklenburg sustained him handsomely. Meantime, the realignment was a considerable fac tor in the election of a second Republi can to Congx-ess, James Broyhill of the ninth district. Rep. Alton Lennon infers he fias enough work now handling the district he has, and the James plea finds little favorable response from other Congress men, who would be either dii’ectly or in ferentially effected. Rep. Jonas doesn’t care, as long as he has Mecklenburg, thinks un-re-carving might pi’ovide him and the Republican party some quite effective ammunition. And he’s likely right. Spring's Near Spring has not yet sprung and it’ll be some weeks before folk of this area will be in position to swap heating service for cooling, but the signs are beginning to appear. Jonquils, oft-times a January visitor, are beginning to appear in delayed bloom, and a Crescent Hill resident heard a bird chirping the other day In sunny Florida (which has had a chilling season, too), the Yankees have dropped their opening two exhibition games and Mickey Mantle, newcomer to the limited ranks of $100,000 per annum performers, has strained a groin muse1?. Stan Musial, at 42, and another $100G operator, is the target of photographers, both in baseball mufti and the dress of the Florida vacationer. With all these signs, can spring be far behind? ’Twill be a welcome arrival. Rep. Jack Palmer, of Cleveland Coun ty, is co-author of a bill which would legalize local board of education juris diction over use of school cafeteria by civic groups and other non-school oi’ga nizations. In fact, sueh use had been standard practice for years, until attor ney-general’s ruling last fall. Most com ment is that such restriction should nev er have been on the law books, concur rent with indignation that taxpayer - paid buildings should not be used by oth er groups when school utility has been served. Mail a check for Easter seals to aid crippled children. Congratulations to L E. (Josh) Hin nant, chairman, and the other citizens who gave of their time, imagination and energy in raising record contributions for the Heart association. Congratulations to Robert O. South well, who has been elected president of MARTIN'S MEDICINE By MARTIN HARMON Ingredients: bits of news wisdom, humor, and comments* Directions: Take weekly, if possible, but avoid overdosage. vvuiuu w.\cr i;aai icw ua/axmvc received a couple Of quite inter esting birth announcements, the first from Bill and Betty Harmon Babb, to which there is some in teresting background. mm (Last year, after hearing Re publican Congressional Candidate Carroll M. Barringer make a po litical address a t Bethware school, I was chatting with the Babbs. As I frequently do with this branch of the Harmon clan, I suggested we must be cousins, if by present generations some what refined out, though official linking has been lacking. m-m About this time Candidate Bar ringer, who had been shaking j hands with others in the audi ence, was presented to us and I told him I was present as a re porter, not as a supporter, due to wearing a “D” rather than an “R" political label. m-m Mrs. Babb said firmly, "I don’t know whether I want to claim kin with you or not!” Subsequent ly we teased each other again during the campaign at the Beth ware Fair. m-m The recent birth announcement proclaiming “It’s a Boy” announ ced the arrival of Kevini Harmon Babb, weighing six pounds, 15 ounces, he having arrived on February 26, 1963. In Mrs. Babb’s beautiful hand-writing was the added note “a future Republi ; can!” m-m I am deeply appreciative of the .announcement and welcome young Kevin Harmon Babb as a future friendly antagonist. m-m The next clarion was a first-of its kind for me. From Brockton, Mass., came news of the arrival of Steven John McKinley Grant, son of Gerald Edward and Nan Gantt Gran^ born February 7. This new citizen’s vital statistics weren’t supplied, but a handsome photograph of the lad was. It’s a very excellent photo and I de tect some resemblance to one of Inis' namesake’s, his late mater nal grand-father, William McKin ley Gantt. m-m Children are always interest | ing. Thus it was a pleasure to re j new friendship with Barbara Harper, five-year-old daughter of | Major and Mrs. Tom Harper, of I 'Mountain Home, Idaho. Blond, | blue-eyed Barbara is one of two ! cousins born in France the other ! being Jay Morris, now in Turkey. ] Barbara is quite a tease. It is my i understanding that a child of U ! nited States citizens born abroad ; has the option of declaring citi ! zenship at age 21, either for the ' nation of their parents, or for | the nation in which they were i born. Barbara sang us several j songs in her melodius contralto. m-m Frances McGill, daughter of ! Dr. and Mrs. John C. McGill is ! quite a literalist. An older young ; lady, Rita Bell, who had been at ! tending a seminar on teen-age ; marriages mentioned it in Fran j ces’ presence. Said Frances seri i ously, “I don’t want to get mar i ried while I’m a teen-ager.” Rita explained that encouraging teen age weddings wasn't exactly the purpose of the seminar. m-m The kitchen clock at our house a few weeks ago developed un due celerity of 12 to 20 minutes, but only on Mondays. This was hard to understand, until it was reasoned that one youngster, who has much talent, but, like many voungsters, begrudges the time Vor lessons and practice, had learned that a switch of the clock hands in the proper direct ion would spare him a portion of the hated duty. m-m On an expedition to a concert with a carful of pupils, the clock manipulator present, my wife de cided to tease him. She reported the Monday situation and asked of all if they could possibly fig ure why the clock speeded up, but only on Mondays. m-m Frances reasoned, and I thought quite logically if incor i rectly, ‘Maybe it’s because you j use less electricity on Sundays I and there’s some extra left over." . m-m The culprit, incidentally, con ! fessed and with considerably less ' than an overdose of embarrass ment. laaHk m Shopping Around ' By Rolfe I - V V SsS // S~J I “Are you sure it’s the last word in Early American?” 1 Viewpoints of Other Editors WELFARE 'SUCCESS' CASE “What happens to families who receive aid to dependent children payments from public welfare?” asks Mr. Average Citi zen frequently. He knows that such payments cease when child ren reach their 18th birthday. What, then, is the result of such help during the crucial years when these needy children can not support themselves and are deprived of parental support be cause of the absence from the home of one or both parents? One girl, who received ADC payments because of the death of her father and the inability of her mother to provide support, has made a remarkable record for herself. She was valedictor ian of her high school class, re ceived a college scholarship and, with a part-time job, was grad uated last spring. Her honors in cluded presidency of the women’s >rganization on the campus, membership in a scholastic saro Lty, membership in the social sci ence club, and ithe pre-law club. She was voted the most out standing student in the graduat ing class and was givan an a vard. During summers she had work ed as a cook in a summer camp, vaitress at a luncheonette, and “lerk in a manufacturing firm. Last year she was a delegate :o a student Peace Corps confer ence in Washington. That was the beginning of a lew adventure. Some months Ia :er she took examinations for ap jointment to the Peace Corps ind just before graduation she vas notified of her selection. This last summer she was in Washington to study for prepar ation for her assignment with :he Peace Corps. In September ;he left for Africa, where she -will :each English for two years. Her preparation included intensive study of French, for in Togo, Af rica, this the language spoken. She also studied the native Ewe language. This girl, a Negro, stated, “I’m proud of my African heritage.” she welcomes the opportunity to learn more about this great con :inent and the opportunity to :each there. This is the story of an ADC child—a North Carolina Public Welfare “success” case, of which axpayers can well be proud. The Franklin Press BRITANNIA NOT SO HAIL Now that Britannia has shown ip on the new five pound note ooking rather more like a beau y queen ruling the beach than hat sturdy old party ruling the vaves, Britons are entitled to ook for higher meanings—al hough, in fact, little more than, i whim of the artist is indicated. One school will, of course, in tist that the use of a slim 18 ear-old model merely symbo izes fiscal truth. The pound .tas ;hrunk in value and size over the ears; its matronly inhabitant ;hould reduce accordingly. Other, wth Polaris in mind, j nay discern an attempt to get j nore knots out of the old gel; hrough streamlining her hull, j tarrowing her beam, raising herj ’limroli line, and lightening herj irmor. Why else should she lose I ter trident shrunk to a sword? j But despite suspicions that Iritannia hasn’t got complete ■ontrol of the waves from Holy »ch to Nassau, this explana :ion carries little more conviction han the first The fact must be faced that arobably what is chiefly involv ?d here is Modernization and Progress. Britannia slimmed is sister to Shakespeare in modern English, and Tom Jones abridg 'd for busy readers. Next? Perhaps John Bull posed ay Laurence Harvey. Or Boadieea lone over by Slenderella. The prospect is saddening. Let as hope that Bessie Braddock is about to lead a counterattack in REPRESENTATION WITHOUT TAXATION Once again France has refused to pay that part of its United Na tions dues caused by the Congo operation. In that field Paris de mands, in essence, representation without taxation. Secretary-General U Thant can not retort as sharply to President de Galle as the leaders of Bri tain, America, Italy, and West Germany. For his power to j change de Galle’s assertion of I the absolute supremacy of the nation state over alliances and international organization is less than theirs. The Congo fees in question are to be used to pay part interest and a partial return of capital on the UN Congo bonds. This year these charges were included as an integral part of the regular UN dues assessment. In deducting the Congo costs from its total bill, Paris is expect ed to open the door for the Soviet Union and other Communist members also to refuse payment once again. This would place the world body back in the financial jeopardy it escaped only by mar keting the Congo bonds. Aft this stage of rudimentary international cooperation no one can realistically expect to see .the will of a simple majority of na tions prevail monetarily or mili tarily against the firm policies of any powerful state. But should the precedent set by Paris and Moscow for their different rea sons, continue to erode the al ready minor dues collecting po wer of the UN, it may be neces sary to consider at least partial penalties. Perhaps one such re striction would be withdrawal of a member’s right to sit or vote on any matters related to those on which it refuses to pay its assess ed share. Christian Science Monitor A TRIVIAL MATTER The Associated Press reports that the State of California is dunning the Federal Treasury for $7.5 million. As the Califor nians explain it, their state help ed finance Federal operations during the Cival War to keep the Confederates off the Overland Trail. Periodically for the past 90 years the state has been de manding payment, but so far to no avail. We can’t say we blame Cali fornia for feeling grieved at the neglect, but probably the Wash ington officials are also some what annoyed at any reminder that debts are to be repaid. Such a pesky reminder, too—here they are preparing eagerly to plunge $12 billion deeper in debt for all kinds of big things and Califor nia comes around talking about small change. The Wall Street Journal *1 A YEARS AGO | U THIS WEEK Item* of netos about King. Mountain area people am. events token from the 19S files of the Kings ifountai' Herald.. Joe A. Neisler was elected pres ident of the Kings Mountain Country club for 1953-54 at a meeting of the newly elected di rectors of the club Wednesday af ternoon. Kings Mountain Little Theatre will present a religious ploy,"The Robe” at Central school auditori um Tuesday night at 8 o’clock in the first of three performances. George W. Allen, who ran sec ond in the torrid race for mayor in 1951, formally entered the 19 53 mayor’s race Monday. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Mrs. B. F. Beam entertained members of the La Fete Rook club Tuesday night Members of the Study club met Tuesday night with Mra J. H. The Life Of The Resurrection Priesst-In-Charge Trinity Episcopal Church By REV. THOMAS DROPPERS Exactly a month from today it will be Easter—the celebration of the Resurrection. For many of us it is the promise of immortal ity and a vague assurance that life really should be beautiful, comfortable, and easy. The Re surrection seems to stand like an advertisement saying that both death and suffering no longer ex ist. This is a lie! The Resurrect ion declares that death and suf fering are important! The Resur rection was accomplished by means of the Crucifixon—the suf fering and death of the Son of Man. The Resurrection does not say that Christ has removed suffer ing and death but that he stands right with us through both. Too often we expect the Christian re ligion to eliminate pain and lone liness. It doesn’t! It teaches us that these things are real and that by means of trust in Christ we can live through them. Jesus Christ is at once man and God. Because of his Crucifixon and Resurrection, the Son of Man shares suffering and death with the sons of men. In the same way we share in his Crucifixion and Resurrection in small ways by our suffering, by our sacrifices, and by our resisting temptation. The job of resisting temptation was a far greater job for Jesus of Nazareth than it ever is for us. For forty days in the wilder ness (Matthew 4.1-11) he wrest led with the possibility of accom plishing his job of our salvation by all the wrong methods. He could have drawn crowds of fol lowers (and many churches do today) by bringing material prosperity, by doing false but spectacular miracles, or by using economic and political success. But by putting this devilish busi ness behind him, he began to beat the path to the Cross. Therefore, for forty days before Easter, Christians turn their at tention to Christ’s Temptations n the Wilderness and to their >wn materialistic, spectacular, ind “successful" ways in which hey have been trying to carry nut their own life as Christ’s dis ciples. This forty-day period, called Lent, is not a time when people become more Christian but a time when Christians pay more attention to certain parts of their life. They stand in the position that the children of Israel stood in the wilderness after their de liverance from the Egyptians at the Red Sea. “And thou shalt re member all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to hum ble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.” (Deute ronomy 8.2) For forty days in the wilder ness Christ fasted. He gave up the comfortable things of this life and disciplined himself. When his followers think of this, they think also of Moses. “And he was there with the Lord for ty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink wa ter. (And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.” (Exodus 34. 28) When Christians think o f Christ’s fast, they can think also of Elijah’s “And he arose, and did eat and drink, an went in the strength of that meat forty days and frth nights unto Horeb the mount of God! (1 Kings 19.8) People often excuse their weak discipleship because they can not go back 200 years and copy the Master and Lord. That space of time is bridged by that Master himself-he is a living Lord pre sent with us now. If we really want to, we can copy him; we car. be his disciples (study and follow him). Christianity provides the opportunity every year at this time to fast and discipline ourselves in his Name. By his fasting and temptation, Christ started on the way of the Cross. By our fast and discipline we walk with him on that Way. By joining ourselves to him on the Cross, we join him in the Re surrection. Only by taking part in his Death, can we be part of his Life. A Month Of High Winds March Is usually a “windy” month and such weather al ways constitutes a fire hazard. Be careful with fires . . . and HAVE PLENTY OF INSURANCE! THE ARTHUR HAT AGENCY "ALL KINDS OF INSURANCE" PHONE 739-3659 MILK for the weekend! & Sunrise Dairy DONT RUN OUT! 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