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The Kings Mountain Heiald Established 1889 A eeekly newspaper devoted to the promotion of the general welfare and published for the enllghtment, entertainment and benefit of the citizens of Kings Mountain and lte vicinity, published every Thursday by the Herald Publishing House. Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at Kings Mountain, N. G, under Aot of Congress of March 3, 1673 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 Steve Hope Paul Jackson MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT Russell C. Parrish Alien Myers Jerry Hope Monts Hunter TELEPHONE NUMBER - 739-5441 SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE - BY MAIL ANYWHERE ONE YEAR *• f?50 SIX MONTHS - $2.00 THREE MONTHS - *L25 PLUS NORTH CAROLINA SALES TAX TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE Bui unto every one Of us in given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Ephesians 4:7 A Major Pledge The city commission, with nominal dlgcud&ion, took a oiaJof «tep last week, plodging to have modern sewage treat inent facilities In operation by January J, 1967. The pledge was made In conjunction withapplieation for temporary permit to eontlime contaminating three streams until i that date. The city's sewage dis posal' facilities serving the western por tion of the city were condemned as de ficient and over-loaded more than a dec ade ago. Meantime, growth has contin ued, However, the city took Its beginning step on a clean-up program In 1954-55, building a modern sewage treatment plant to serve tin* eastern portion of the community, No estimate of cost of the projected facilities has been provided, but rough guesses run at a minimum of $.100,000, Under state law, the city had little choice hut to make its pledge, in line with the state's long-term program to assure a continuing usuble water sup ply for all Tar Heels, Under the pledge lime table, engin eering plans will be In hand by April 1, 1905 two years hence wilh eonstruc tion to be launched not later than Jan uary J, 1900, That means, once plans are in hand, the future city commissions will have approximately 2\ months to ar range the financing of this major com munity need. The problem' should not prove to be too grout, on basis of the city’s current financial standing. By June 30, 1965, the city’s general bonded indebtedness will in* reduced *o about $460,(XX), virtually all the bonds bearing low interest, and a low bonded debt in comparison to the city's tux valuation. The debt total will also be low, assuming continued growth, in relation to (he city’s gross annual in take, Meantime, the city looks forward to the day Us profit-making natural gas distribution system is fully amortized, which will provide additional operating funds for other city services, While it Is hardly likely that the city — as it is doing on electrical system re building will be able to manage a capi tal expenditure of this indicated size out of income the city apparently will be in position to borrow at favorable rates and, perhaps, for a relatively short-term period. Sewage disposal is hardly a glamor ous subject, but a very basic function of any community, indeed one of the ma jor reasons cities become cities. And even (hough the program Is a few years around ihe comer, the news is good for those citizens plagued by unpleasant odors emanating from the over-loaded outfalls and for rural neighbors who need I lie services of decontaminated streams. Some High Spots The Stanly News and Press, at Albe marle, quotes Governor Sanford: "We have a surplus. "We have a balanced budget. "We rank in the bottom five of the fifty states In taxes, debt, government employees, state and local combined, per capita, "Our credit is the best given any state — AAA, "We have been in North Carolina Itchier radical nor reactionary. ’ Essentially, we are selling character, character of our people as expressed in their lives, their work, their industries, their government.” There are no claims to perfection in volved, but a factual report of several important assets. Congratulations to Stephen M. Kesler, who has been awarded a fellowship by tie* National Science foundation for con tinued graduate study of earth sciences, and to Miss Felma (Petie) Lynn, high school senior, who is the first recipient in the Carolina plant, area of a four-year Pittsburgh Plate Glass foundation col lege scholarship, a scholarship she ex pects to use to become a pharmacist. Register To Vote Registration books are open for the upcoming city and board of education elections. In contrast to prior years, the old poll books will not be used and every citizen who expects to vote must visit his pre cinct registrar and register on the new pollbooks. Always there is confusion oyer whether a person is registered, resulting from the fact that there are two sets of voting books for city and school district citizens. But there should be no confusion this election season. If persons otherwise eligible to Vote for city and school district candidates have not registered in 1963, they aren’t. In calling an all-new registration, first since 1939, the city commission attempt ed to ease the voting day chore of the election officials, to simplify voting for all citizens, and to remove from the voting books the names of former citi zens no longer in that catgory. Register to vote. Men To Sea In Ships The nation was shocked by the loss of USS Thresher, a nuclear submarine, and the first submarine lost in peacetime since USS Squalus. It reminds that submarines, like para troopers and airmen, were/are regarded as more daring than servicemen who march in ranks or go to sea in surface vessels. Efforts will be made to find the cause of Thresher’s loss, though the navy is not sure the efforts will be successful, even with use of the deep-diving bathy scaphe. Speculation by experts guesses the cause either a mal-function of the air pressure system or human error, ra ther than hull failure. The speculation needs confirmation for protection of other men who go to sea in submarines, particularly those of the Thresher class, and others. There’s something about a peacetime disaster that is more shocking than one in wartime, perhaps stemming from a national wartime attitude to expect the worse. But the loss of Thresher reminds that the armed services, who maintain the nation’s security during peacetime, are continuingly subject to the hazards of the elements, mechanical and human er ror. The men of the services are the pro fessionals who command a key role when shooting trouble arrives, as it did in Korea, at Pearl Harbor, with the sink ing of the Lusitania, and at Havana. A position of strength must be main tained to maintain peace. Men who go to sea in ships, who man the planes and who march in ranks are the key figures in maintaining the posi tion of strength, as were the men in Thresher. Fortunate Choice In retaining Captain Glenr. Campbell as executive secretary of Kings Moun tain Chamber of Commerce, the board of directors chose a man of quite broad background, and, indeed, an internation al background. A seaman for 35 years, Capt. Campbell has traveled all over the globe, a good portion of that time discharging the considerable responsibility of command ing officer of a ship. Only recently retiring Capt. Campbell and his family elected Kings Mountain as a city in which to live, sufficiently in dicative of his ideas about the city and its people. Kings Mountain is growing and it is reasonable to believe that the pace of growth will accelerate. One of the major functions of a Cham ber of Commerce is to point the direction and lead the growth for the ultimate benefit of all citizens. Our best wishes to Capt. Campbell in his important position as chief executive officer of the Chamber of Commerce. MARTIN'S MEDICINE By MARTIN HARMON Ingredients: bits of news wisdom, humor, and comments. Directions: Take weekly, if possible, but avoid overdosage. Let there be light! m-m (Public reaction to the Installa tion of modern outdoor lights in a portion of the business area was uniformly commendatory, bringing a recommendation from ■Mayor Kelly Dixon that ten more lighting units be ordered immedi ately to speed the long-term pro gram to modernize the system and to bring light to night. m-m The new lights almost do that. Dewey Styers, the Charlotte Ob server, circulation representa tive, expressed his commenda tions this wey: “You can stand at the overhead bridge and see an ant on a car fender!” That might be fudging a bit, but the paint is understandable m-m The basic “big light” plan, em ploying the new 1,000-watt units on Battleground and Railaoad avenues, calls for installation of 35 of these units, which with the ten now on order would leave 15 required for completion of the work. m-m The lighting map details this scheme: two on West Mountain west of the railroad, four on W. Mountain east of the railroad, and three on East Mountain; four on North Piedmont avenue and four on South Piedmont avenue; four on Battleground from Moun tain to King; and four on South Railroad from Mountain to King. The latter two banks will provide an avenue of light from the West King overhead bridge south. m-m The city expended approxi mately $5,000 for the first se quence of ten units, which most observers regard as well worth the tariff. m-m The amount of light produced by the new units is almost incom parable to that produced by the old “white way”, which, when in stalled, probably added as much to the city’s modernity in the late twenties as does the installa tion of the sixties. m-m Discussion of the lighting sys tem. posed the question of the date electricity invaded Kings Mountain en masse and put the: old kerosene lamp into the heir- j loom class. m-m One citizen thinks the year either 1906 or 1906. At any rate, the matter is worthy of some historical research. The individual benefits electricity has brought are many. Beside light itself and comparative elimination of fire hazard, there are now electrically operated household devices which eliminate much of the drudgery of everyday living. No longer is a child’s chore a daily filling of the woodbox. The mother of the housb can leave a roast in the oven, set the electric clock timer, and return to find dinner ready for the eating. Rug beating has given over to the electric sweep er, and washing machines and dryers are in the must category for many families. m-m A particular boon to the house wife’s existence is the dish wash er. And, pleasure-provider or time stealer, the television set, appar ently, is here to stay. m-m Improvements are being made constantly in all areas, but per haps in none more than in light ing. Charlie Blanton, the drug gist, who as president of the Chamber of Commerce was a-1 mong the co-launehers of the street lighting improvements 1 movement, said one of the eight Mountain Drug Company was re foot florescent tubes at Kings placed recently-first in four years, which is quite good per formance, as it is on duty at all of the firm’s business hours. m-m Even the Internal Revenue Ser vice, I believe I have read, allows a rather fast depreciation sche dule on lighting units, due to continuing fast development in this field. m-m Mayor Dixon had a good word for at least one old-style bulb. The front porch bulb in the resi dence of his late father, now oc cupied by his brother, L^p Dixon, was in use a couple of years ago, and it had been in use since the house was wired initially in 1919. It was the old-style bulb, with the tip on the end. m-m Science has done works of ma gic in light. Shopping Around > By Roife 71HEA T’/R/CA L COSTUMES A JJjlWIJIlHilllW 'I m going to surprise my wife when she puts on her new wig!” Viewpoints of Other Editors ON JUDGING A COLLEGE This is the time of year, it seems, when anxious parents of anxious high school seniors move into the home stretch of a ritual known as college hunting. Where there is any choice in the matter not always the case—parents too often make decisions, some edu cators contend, on the basis of campus attractions claims toy a lumni of glories achieved on the playing fields. Another approach is now pro vided by the columnist whose perceptive observations in the New Republic appear under the initials “T. R. B.” He suggests that instead of worrying about athletic acclaim or the social a menities on the campus, parents should ask more pertinent ques tions. Does a professor earn more than a football coach? Is the university library well stock ed? Do campus groups as a mat ter of policy prohibit racial and religious discrimination? Is the faculty well paid—to the extent, for example, that a professor gets a minimum of $8,000 for nine months work? _Nearly 200 years ago Thomas Jefferson, in outlining purposes of the University of Virginia, wrote: “This institution will be based on the illimitable freedom of the human mind. For here we are not afraid to follow truth wher ever it may lead, nor to tolerate error so long as reason is left free to combat it.” Toledo (Ohio) Blade 'BY TH ENUMBERS' HAS BECOME A WAY OF LIFE How far can a country go to ward living by numbers and still retain a vestige of the ideal of in dividualism? For the sake of ef fiency, names are giving way to numbers. It seems that names are not palatable to the mechani cal brains that automatically keep tab on our activities as cus tomers, taxpayers and so forth. Of course, automation is an inev itable development. But there is danger that the mania for num bers will be carried too far. The president of a century-old liberal arts college recently re ferred to the “tyranny of num bers” in American higher educa tion today. Howard R. Bowen, president of Grinneli College in Iowa believes that our system of higher education .. “tends to re duce everything about a student to a few key numbers.” “In describing a particular stu dent,” said President Bowen, “we often say something like this: Steve Martin, oh yes, he was 35th in a high school class of 280, he scored 553 on the verbal and 610 on the quantitative College Board tests, his college grade-point av erage was 2.85, and he scored 575 on the Graduate Record Ex amination. There you have the biography of Steve Martin reduc ed to the stark essentials. No nonsense about his curiosity, his moral fiber, his dreams and as pirations, his social consciousness, hi human decency, his aesthetic sensibilities.” Here is an obsession with num bers carried to absurdity. So far as education goes, Dr. Bowen strongly urges that corrective steps be taken. For one thing he suggests the reservation of per haps 50 places in each freshman class for students who do not fully measured up to quantative standards of academic aptitude, but show signs of excellence in other dimensions. He also has suggestions on matters such as examinations and grades which would help alleviate the tyranny of numbers. President Bowen’s views are refreshing and may point toward a renaissance of individualism in the United States. Efficiency is a great thing, but when it dehu manizes a nation, it is time to call a halt. MooreavUle Tribune DEDUCTIBLE WIFE Under the new business enter tainment regulations of the Inter nal Revenue Service as originally drawn, a man could take a busi ness associate and the latter’s wife to dinner and charge the bill to expenses. But if his own wife was in the group he’d have to pay for her meal from his own pocket. Now, Commissioner Mortimer M. Caplin has liberalized the re gulation to include the host’s wife among the deductibles. This makes both political and business sense. If women had to stay home and eat with the kids while their hus bands were entertaining business friends and the latters’ wives at plushy restaurants a groundswell of anti-Kennedy sentiment might well develop among feminine vo ters. Also such expense-account din ners are supposed to be strictly for business. Two men would have a difficult time talking busi ness with one woman present. They couldn’t ignore her pres ence. With two women at the ta ble to talk between themselves a bout clothes and such, the men can get right down to the essen tials—such as when they should get together for a business golf game.—The Oregonian PATIENT DIPLOMACY Many intelligent newspaper readers who cultivate an enlight ened interest in world affairs of ten do not read very far down, we suspect, into stories on nego tiations with the Soviet Union on such matters as a ban on nuclear testing or disarmament in gene ral. They are discouraged from de tailed persusal of such accounts, no doubt, by the prevalence of such statements: “The participants said later that the exchange of views had been useful.” “Talks apparently will continue despite the lack of progress.” “The ((fill in) dispute will en ter its——-th year next with the two sides Still talking and still deadlocked.” “But this will be an exercise in subtleties, for the formal Soviet position has not changed.” "Soviet intentions at this stage are the subject of continuing spe culation, but the White House r,oor will remain open for fur ther discussions.” “Moscow was informed that it had offered an unacceptable pro posal.” “There is no more desire to a rouse false hopes at this time, but every effort will be made to keep the channels of communica tion clear.” The talks drone on, but useful progress seems to be unheard of. Nevertheless, we are full of ad miration, and even incredulity, for the patience of the same old ground -We may conclude that they also serve who only sit and orate. — Pasadena (Calif.) Star -News 1 f\ YEARS ago £ U THIS WEEK Items of news about King. Mountain area people ant events taken from the 195 files of the Kings Mountain Herald.. T. J. (Tommy) Ellison, former city commissioner, formally filed notice of candidacy for thp Ward 3 commissionership Monday, and J. R. Davis, incumbent Ward 1 school trustee, filed for re-elec tion at noon Wednesday. Registration books will be open for the first time Saturday for the forthcoming May 12 city e lection. Social and Personal Members of the Ace of Clubs met with Mrs. H. R. Hunnicutt Thursday afternoon at the Coun try Club. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Black spent the weekend visiting relatives in Greenville, S. C. 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