I
1 4m The Kings Mountain Herald
•'-Mm.' Established 1889
A weekly newspaper devoted to the promotion of the general welfare and published
for the enlightment, entertainment and benefit of the citizen* of Kings Mountain
and its vicinity, published every Thursday by the Herald Publishing House.
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TODAY’S BIBLE VERSE
Come and let us return unto the lard: for he hath tom, and he will heal us; he hath smitten,
and he 'will bind us up. Hosea 6:1.
Citizen Churchill
Though a few members of the House
of Representatives disagreed, it is fit
ting and proper that Sir Winston
Churchill has become an honorary citi
zen of the United States.
From the standpoint of heritage, Mr.
Churchill is half-American, his mother
having been born in this nation, but
more important is the contribution he
has made to the continuance of democ
racy and what human freedom the world
knows.
Churchill has been a prominent, often
controversial international figure for
more years than many enjoy. In the
years leading to World War I, he was the
young, brash and clear-thinking home
secretary in the British government.
Sacked as chief of the Admiralty follow
ing the ill-fated Dardanelles campaign
in 1915, he remained a strong but little
heard voice throughout the decade lead
ing to World War II and was summoned
to be Prime Minister when Britain’s de
bacle and the Churchill bulldog spirit
combined to prove him prophet and tow
er of unfailing strength. Had he been
heeded more on miltary strategy during
World War II, the world’s problems
would be less great today.
It is a little-remembered fact that Mr.
Churchill was injured—and flirted close
ly with death—when struck by a car in
New York many years ago.
Remembering the dark days of 1940
42, it is conceivable this nation could be
under the oppressor’s heel had not Mr.
Churchill been at the helm of the British
state in those critical days.
Science Will Win
Evidence continues to mount that can
cer, at least some of its varied forms, is
caused by viruses.
Only over the weekend, a research
scientist cited findings which, though he
said evidence is yet quite insufficient for
proof, indicate viruses may cause one or
more types.
If these indications are sustained, it is
reasonable to believe that means may be
developed to combat and kill the killers.
The record of success in minimizing
the threat of small pox, typhoid fever,
tuberculosis and infantile paralysis is al
so indicative that science will be victori
ous in its quest for means of preventing
and/or curing a hydra-headed enemy.
The annual appeal for funds for the
American Cancer society is at hand.
Some of the funds are used locally for
treatment of the needy, and for other
worthy purposes. The remainder goes
for research grants in the continuing ef
fort to remove the word “cancer” from
the list of those with often fatally hope
less connotations.
Invitations to give to this fund should
be honored with smiles and liberal
checks.
Easier 1963
The Christian world, which indeed
spans the globe, is in the season of re
birth, culminating with the Easter anni
versary on Sunday.
Nearly two thousand years after the
Resurrection Christians celebrated, the
world, though much closer together geo
graphically through vast scientific and
engineering advances in transport and
communication, remains a series of arm
ed camps, with power balances (such as
the Western World versus the Commun
ist World) the chief instrument of main
taining the peace.
There is hope for the future.
The posture of leading governments
today is, at least, one of lip service to
avoiding war.
This posture is a happy contrast to
that of past centuries when almost every
king’s principal desire was the expan
sion of the real estate of his domain.
Lip service, of course, is unhappily in
contrast to the acts of many nations,
large and small, the seat of trouble in
many areas throughout the known
world.
The season of re-birth will be accom
panied by prayers for peace, both locally
and nationally, and by prayers that the
principals of the Saviour will pervade all
peoples of the world.
And There Was Light
A Kings Mountain citizen remarked
facetiously over the weekend, ‘‘Gee, I’ll
have to get off the front street. It’s too
bright.”
He referred, of course, to the bright
like-day appearance of the Battleground
avenue—Railroad avenue piece of the
business section, where the ten new out
door lighting units did, indeed, produce
daylight.
It is a far contrast to the old lighting,
in use more than three decades, which
had rather long been in the obsolete
category, and, by comparison, gave poor
light, both in terms of candlepower and
in comparison to power consumed.
The city launched this modernization
program with a plan to make it con
tinuing, that is, to install new units an
nually, via small appropriations, until
it catches up on needs for outdoor light
ing, as it is doing in the direction of im
proving streets and sidewalks.
The city’s expenditure for the ten
units installed will approximate $5,000.
With the impact of the first section,
installation, it is conceivable that the
public demand for modernization will
quicken, and the board of commissioners
may want to implement the moderniza
tion program more quickly than origin
ally anticipated.
The appearance of the city is more en
hanced than many of the more ardent
promoters of the lighting program an
ticipated.
The Academy Awards
The large nation-wide audience which
postponed bedtime Monday night to tele
view the 35th annual awards of the Mo
tion Picture Academy of Arts and Scien
ces were treated to a fast-paced live
show which lived up to advance billing
of ‘‘best yet.”
The tone of the event was different
from prior years.
Frank Sinatra, the idolized crooner of
the forties, who faded as a singing star,
then won one of the coveted Oscars as a
serious dramatic actor, purveyed some
humor in his role as master of ceremon
ies, but the humor was more serious
than funny, and at most facetious.
Said Mr. Sinatra, he is tired of the
conversation which would put movie
making on the government subsidy list,
or any other prop. What is required, he
contends, is serious hard work and the
desire to return the movie to the role
or required recreation and art it attained
before the impact of television.
Hollywood's performance of 1962 indi
cates that the movie-makers have re
turned to bedrock, with a host of dram
as, musicals, comedies and tragedies
which deservedly attract the considera
tion and coin of mass audiences.
Few who saw the film clips Monday
night of “Lawrence of Arabia,” ‘The
Longest Day,” “To Kill a Mockingbird,”
or the other top films of ’62 will want
to miss their run at local area theatres.
Product sells, be it at the theatre, over
the apparel counter, or in any field.
Congratulations to Danny Dyke,
champion Kings Mountain elementary
school speller, and best wishes to him as
he represents the community in area
competition.
A best bow to Harold Pearson, who
has been elected commander of Veter
ans of Foreign Wars Post 981L
MARTIN'S
MEDICINE
By MARTIN HARMON
Ingredients: bits of news
wisdom, humor, and comments*
Directions: Take weekly, if
possible, but avoid
overdosage.
Years ago, it has been now,
this newspaper supported the
subsequently - approved program
for periodic vehicle safety inspec
tions in North Carolina.
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By the time it had been opera
tive for 18 months and another
General Assembly was to meet,
the Herald’s position had switch
ed by 100 percent. The 'time in
volved in collecting the little blue
“approved” sticker, particularly
if an ailment were found and a
return trip necessitated, brought
revulsion to the program through
out the state and the General As
sembly honored the wishes of the
people.
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Since this law was killed, me
chanical inspection bills have
come before the Assembly each
session, but none has ever been
airborne.
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With the background difficul
ties of years ago in mind, I’ve
been rather much of an “agin-er”
since.
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Some three Sundays ago, how
ever, I had a rather harrowing,
if not completely out of the ordi
nary experience. Enroute collect
ing the morning mail, I must
have made eight or nine stops
fore alls and red traffic signals.
After collecting Uncle Sam’s pos
tal offerings of the morning, I
honored the stop sign at the Gas
ton-LMountain corner, then cir
cling office-ward, the one at the
Gaston-Gold comer, this one for
double reason. In addition to the
big red sign ordering a stop, a
brown-and-cream Pontiac sedan
was approaching. Though we did
n’t know each other, the driver
of the Pontoac and I mutually
nodded greetings.
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I pulled around the corner,
made ready to make the right
turn at Piedmont avenue. But
ready was as far as I got. When
I depressed the brake pedal of
my vintage Dodge, the pedal re
mained depressed, and, actually
or not, the vehicle seemed to gain
momentum. It probably did speed
up, on benefit of the down-hill
drag. By the time the car was
cresting toward the Cherokee
corner, I’d remembered the hand
brake and found it functioned. It
enabled stopping in front of Ted
Ledford’s establishment. Driving
up-hill and in second gear, I
parked in front of the office to
await some Monday morning ser
vice for what I assumed would
be a new master cylinder or fluid
line.
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It reminded of a similar exper
ience about 19 years ago, equally
frightening, but with a happy
ending.
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It was a rainy, cold Sunday
afternoon, I was home for the
weekend, and a cousin was visit
ing in the afternoon. I offered to
drive her home. In second gear,
I pulled away from the curb,
found on first attempt at use I
had no brakes. No near accidents
occurred.
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But I was due back at the press
day typewriter early next morn
ing.
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I shan’t forget, ever, Kenneth
Crook’s get - the - ox - out - of
the-ditch kindness on that cold,
rainy Sunday afternoon. He in
stalled a new master cylinder,
and the old bus was good as new,
at least stop-wise.
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The recent trouble was quite
simple, though the brakes jusi as
inoperative. The brake pedal at
taches to a rod controlling the
master cylinder by a bolt-and
nut arrangement, the nut insured
of holding by a cotter pin. The
mechanical medics found that the
cotter pin had sheared off, the
nut had worked loose and fallen
off. Repair required only a few
minutes find the cash tariff was
minimal.
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Since the recent no-brake scare,
I've found others who’ve, one
time or another, had a similar
experience. It doesn’t have to be
brake trouble. Dick McGinnis
once had a tie rod to break, with
a resultant see-no-steering-wheel
feeling. Luck was with him, too.
No near misses.
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The frightening after-thought:
What if I had been doing 40, 50,
or 60 on the open road? My friend
in the brown-and-oream Pontiac
doesn’t know how closely we
missed colliding.
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Would the missing cotter pin
have been noted in a routine me
chanical inspection? My mechan
ic tends to doubt it, but maybe.
Shopping Around _ By Roffe
COMPLAINTS t
.ni i .. * •
“My wife spends too much money!”
Viewpoints of Other Editors
LO. THE POOR INDIAN
The fame of Indian guides
whose cunning has often brought
the white man safely out of the
wilderness has become legen
dary. But look what happened in
Wyoming.
A Shoshone Indian guide was
with a party of Bureau of Land
Management surveyors returning
from an inspection of timber.
The Shoshone became sepa
rated from the rest of the party
and got lost in a dead-end can
yon 11,000 feet up.
His party of surveyors return
ed to their headquarters unaid
ed, then sent out a group of
horsemen who, with the aid of a
helicoptor, rescued the lost Indi
an.
This was hardly in keeping
with the legendary belief that an
Indian can see things in the wil
derness that a white man can’t.
And what about a helicoptor,
which is surely a product of the
machine age, rescuing a lost
brave whose moccasined feet
have so swiftly carried him
through the forest to safety in
the past?
Could James Fenemore Cooper
have been wrong?
Pehaps the legendary Indian is
changing. He may be more v ?
sourceful in the city than in the
wilderness.
For instance, there was that
old Indian who always seemed
to know what kind of weather
was coming.
Asked why he could predict
weather so accurately, he repli
ed : “I tune in on (the weather bu
reau broadcasts.”
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SEASONAL NOTE
24 pt INSIDE SWEET POTATO
Oh no. Sometimes there can be
no doubt of it.
The calendar says yes; but so
does the thermometer. Even peo
ple’s faces manage to overcome
the habitude of wintry expres
sion. Some smile at you, some
smile just to themselves.
A certain kind of day comes a
bout this time of yeair—a day
when you want to say to somebo
dy,"Well, what do you think of
this?” But you have to be quick,
or somebody says It to you first.
And there’s no adequate answer.
What does a crocus say to an
other crocus when Edinburg’s
Charlotte Square becomes a huge
reservoir of sunshine?
And if anybody is talking about
the weather in New York’s Cen
tral Park, a good many more are
wholeheartedly doing something
about it.
Even the yellow clay in Paris’s
Luxembourg Gardens gives out a
delicious slurrup when you stej
I off a path into it.
In St. James Park, on the nev
j bridge, defectors from London’:
I Homburg parade pause befori
I the day’s occupation, knowing
| they have confederates in truan
i cy just over i n Parliameni
j Square. And in Middleborough
in any state of the American Un
ion, a small-town banker walk:
down Main Street just as if time,
tide and interest might wait this
once for all men.
There are some things that af
feet people in many differen
ways. Philosophers write compli
cated books about them. Peoplt
everywhere take time out from
work or play to particularize a
bout the essences each finds in
experience.
But along toward the end of
March there comes a day. Then
just the feel of the sun, the color
of the sky, the springward drift
of history, bring human beings
to an ever new region of common
response. There the exchange of
a look is enough to confirm hu
manity’s basic agreement that
all such days as this should be—
just be.
Christian Science Monitor
CHORAL SOCIETY
PERFORMS
IN EXCELLENCE
The Cleveland County Choral
Society rendered pure excellence
Sunday in its premiere at First
Baptist Church. Those who ap
preciate beautiful sacred music
and who failed to fill a pew for
the performance have much to
regret.
Rendering Herbert G r i e b’s
“The Magnificat" in the second
portion of the service cf praise
and worship, the mixed voices
filled the sanctuary in beaiutiful
ly blended chorus. Masterfully
produced and leaving with the
audience a hunger for more was
“Glory Be To Thy Father”.
Members of the choral group
are rendering a real service to
their county and communities by
bringing this musical opportunity
to us.
We toss bouquets to the Cecilia
Music Club, sponsor of the group,
and to Harvey L. Woodruff, able
conductor, along with each im
portant member of the 60-voice
talented Choral Society.
The Cleveland. Times
NOT ALWAYS SAMS
An editorial in a West Coast
newspaper recently assailed those
who resist change, pointing out
that “Progress Means Change.”
That is true, to a certain point
It is difficult, if not impossible,
to bring about progress if every
thing and everybody abheres to
a rigid pattern
But it’s~equally""itrue that ev
erything isn’t progress. The idea
that everything new is superior
to everything old simply isn’t
true. That’s been proved so often
that it scarcely is necessary to
quote examples. But it’s particu
larly true in the field of Govern
ment, where new and "progress
ive” theories have supplanted
tried-and-true rules of the past—
and haven’t worked.
Few people are opposed to
real progress, but a great many
are convinced that change and
progress aren’t always the same.
And they are right.
Lubbock (Texas) Avalanche-Jour
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JOY TRANSMITTED OVER
THE MILES
It was required, in the course
of my day’s work, to place a
long-distance telephone call to
London, England. As the over
seas operator made the connec
tion and a clear British voice
answered my request, I heard
him singing away as happy as
a lark s he wited for the person
to pick up the receiver. He sound
ed so cheerful nd happy, I re
narked, “Surely it must be a fine
day in London for you to be sing
ng so gaily.”
“Are you joshing?” he said
crisply. “Why, it’s raining ‘cats
ind dogs’ here!”
“Well,” I said, “All the more
)ower to you ... if you can be
o gay on such a dreary day.”
“I am just happy and won’t
llow drab wearher to dampen
ly spirits,” he said.
Thereupon the call came
hrough and I left the matter
vith a brightened thought
yhich stayed with me all day.
lurely real joy and cheer were
onveyed over those thousands
'f miles.
— Christian Science Monitor.
1 A YEARS AGO
V/ THIS week
Items of news about King.
Mountain area people am
events taken from the 195 <
files of the Kings Mounted
Herald*
Grady Howard, well-known
Kings Mountain man, has been
named manager of Kings Moun
tain hospital and will assume his
duties about May 1.
Harry E. Page was elected
Tuesday night to serve as presi
dent of tne Kin«s Mountain
Country Club for 195354.
Social and Personal
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Littlejohn
have returned from a visit with
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Harrill in
Clearwater, Fla. |
The Battle Of Sin
George T. Moore, Pastor
Resurrection Lutheran Church
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Text: John 8:S1 '‘Truly, / say
to you, if anyone keeps my word,
he toill never see death,”
Battles are fought for one pur
pose. Opposing forces, those who
are enemies, fight to win, to de
feat the enemy. Anyone who ex
pcts to win a battle, defeat an
enemy, must have knowledge and
understanding of that enemy.
This knowledge must examine
weaknesses and strengths.
Anyone who expects to win a
battle, defeat an enemy, must
have two strengths of his own —
a good defense and a good of
fense. The good defense is pro
tection against attack, especially
a surprise attack. However, de
fense is always the negative side.
Defensive actions do not win
wars. They only prolong them.
Offensive action, the good offen
se, is the aggressive attack. It is
the only way and means of vic
tory.
During the Korean War, Gen
eral Douglas MacArthur was re
moved from command of th U
nited Nation forces by the Presi
dent of the United States. Many
of the leaders of this country
disagreed with that decision, and
General MacArthur was invited
to express his views before a
joint session of Congress. Inclu
ded in that speech were these pro
phetic words concerning the basic
principles of warfare: "Once
war is forced upon us, there is
no alternative than to apply ev
ery available means to bring it
to a swift end. War’s very object
is victory — not prolonged inde
cision. In war, indeed, there can
be no substitute for victory.”
I say those were prophetic
words for, twelve years later, the
results of all our defensive war
fare have gained little or nothing
in this nation’s continuing Strug
gle against oammiumism. The
principles stated by the General,
and accepted by every military
leader of worth still hold true
There is no substitute for vie
tory.
Now it’s quite obvious that the
average person has little or no
experience with military tactics,
and is not expected to have, but
it should be understood that
these very same principles apply
wherever Christianity is in con
flict.
' As far as the Christian is con
cerned, the great battle, the heart
[of the matter, the very center
[ of the conflict of life, is the bat
tle of sin. And, if the Christian,
if you and I are going to win
over sin, it will not be by hold
ing our own. It will be through
defending ourselves against the
on slaughts of sin. Victory will
come only through aggressive ac
tion.
Yet, even where the principles
are the same, and the goal of
victory the same, the battle is
different. It’s different because
someone else entered this battle,
on our side. God took part in this
struggle, and set the stage for
our victory. God entered into this
conflict, and insured the out
come — but with one condition!
It’s the outcome, the victory for
those who fight on God’s side, in
continued, aggressive action, as
though the final outcome, the
fate of the kingdom depended
entirely upon that action.
But what of this enemy label
ed “Sin”? If we are to fight such
an enemy, do we really know
its strengths and its weaknesses?
We must, if we would do battle
with sin.
To most of us, the usual ideas
of sin revolve around such things
as badness, violence, destructive
ness, trouble, worthlessness-^all
the individual and social evils.
However, even though we cannot
deny the reality of such things,
these are merely the results, the
outward signs. Behind these
stand the basic factors which
cause such results. And, unless
we know these, we have little
chance of victory.
One of the basic biblical defi
nitions of sin is deviation from
the right way, that is, missing
the goal, missing the wat. It’s
the picture of man going astray
from the ways of God with Adam
as the primary example and all
mankind, including ourselves,
following in his footsteps. It’s
the picture of the entire human
race wandering away from God.
Another biblical definition
makes it more personal, start
ling so! Sin is not only missing
the way. It is also the status
of the person involved. It is the
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mark of the individual, the very
nature of the person, and of all
mankind. It is guilt rather than
innocence, (being evil rather than
good. Yes, it is most personal for
no one, not one of us, is free
from such guilt or evil. We are,
of ourselves, sin! It’s the state,
the status, of our humanity.
A third biblical definition goes
even further. It fixes that guilt in
no uncertain terms, for this
state of existence, and this wan
dering away is no accident. It is
done through innocent ignorance.
It is deliberate, intended rebel
lion against God! Sin is a per
sonal, voluntary act, rebellion
against the goodness and mercy
and authority of God.
Of course, behind all this is an
other personality, the one we
call Satan. His temptations lead
men astray. His deceptions en
snare and hold, but this going
astray, and the bondage, are ac
cepted by desire and agreement.
It is a willingness to be so bound.
(However, let us suppose this
is not what we want. We want to
do the right. We want to do
battle with sin, the sin we know
and understand and dread.
What’s our defense and what’s
our offense? Sure, you know the
answer. You know you can’t do
anything. You have no defense,
no offense, of your own.
But, remember, God is on your
side. He fought for you, and still
does. The one answer is Jesus
Christ, the One Who won the
victory at the Gross! The title
of this Sunday, “Passion Sunday,”
is quite appropriate where the
question of sin is raised. In the
‘'Passion” of our lord, in his in
nocent sufferings and death, in
his giving of his own body and
blood, He fought and conquer
ed 'in, yours and mine. He freed
us from the power of that sin,
and from its destructive result,
which is death.
And, even when by the per
missive will of God sin continues
to roam this earth, permitted
to spread its deception, its pow
ers are doomed to failure where
God’s children are concerned. It
cannot conquer those who fight
on God’s side, and for his king
dom.
For those who fall for such
deceptions the end result is
death, eternal death! For those
who fight for God, with complete
faith and trust in Christ’s vic
tory, the end result is victory,
eternal life!
The struggle is real. The strug
gle is vital. The struggle is per
sonal, and (he outcome is real,
vital and personal. It is either
life or death — for you!
The challenge which God pla
ces before you is Just as real,
vital, and personal, if you would
a conqueror be. The battle goes
on in our day,with ever increas
ing intensity.
In that same speech given be
fore Congress, General MacAr
thur made reference to his re
marks given on the deck of the
battleship Missouri, as the Jap
anese surrendered to the United
States. This is a part of what
was said: "We have had our last
chance. If we will not devise
some greater and more equa
table system, Armagedon will
be at our door. The problem is
basically theological and involves
a spiritual recrudescence and im
provement of human character
that with synchronize with our
almost matchless advances in
science, art, literature, and all
the material and cultural devel
opments of the past 2000 years.
It will be of the spirit, if we are
to save the flesh.’’
That’s the truth we cannot es
cape. The problem is spiritual,
but has our spiritual growth
matched all the rest, or have we
created a monster we cannot con
trol? Do we, of ourselves, have
the weapons with whlc hto fight?
No, of ourselves, we are doom
ed to failure and destruction -—
self-destruction! However, regard
less of what we have done, or
not done, God has the way out,
and the weapons for victory. The
battle of si ncan see our victory.
The echo of the Lord’s voice re
sounds through the corridors of
time and eternity, for those who
hear, follow, and fight for Him:
“Truly, truly, I say to you, if
anyone keeps my word, he will
never see death." In Him there
be.
is victory, life that shall endless
Christianity is in conflict! Who
is on the Lord’s side? Amen.
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