The Kings Mountain Herald Established 1889 _ for tho JnlSEXj ^lort unmo^ wp|'*"* and published .■•• ii.vi m„. „„bli.hod stt ««■«»StoiSS Kn, m’ a* olasv manor it ^b;,,,h,n* House __ "ndor Art of Cnnotoss of Ma^r V7.{1'‘,,n‘T1* -V <\ INfNO editorial department ~ - .witor.PubUahor ;;;;;;;;.c,rpu,a0on .Clerk Martin Harmon. Dii k Woodward . Miss Elizabeth Cowart Miss Libby Bunch. Paul Jaksou Douglas Housor mechanical department Allen Myers Russoll C. Parrish TELEPHONE NUMBER 739-5441 Monte Hunter -Vorman Camp ONE vSjR,™N r:A7| ; PAVABLE IN ADVANCE - BY MAIL ANYWHERE *<*t„ oholCsales MONTI,S " 25 TODAY S BIBLE VERSE *fcompr„sc „„ . « " xn/ht nf nil mcm. Roman* 12:1? Let's Re-Register Politics is a pseudo-science at best, yet there is one aximatie attitude l)> many political leadois: the “ins - are sel dom anxious for cleaning the pollbooks by new registration, while the ‘"outs’ fa vor starting over. These feelings naturally are not 100 percent. Thus Chairman Raiph Gilbert. Democratic chairman ol the county elec tions board, has been calling for a new registration lot several seasons, as have leaders of the Republican party. With out checking the text, the Herald guess es that the elections IxKird has the legal powet to ordei a new registration. Conversly. the county commission has the duty ol supplyin ' the turds from the count\ treasury and no elections board would' went to proceed with a call minus approval from the body responsible lor furnishing the wherewithal. Tin* "ins'’ attitude appears to stem from the thinking that some friends might fail to get their names on the new voting books, accompanied by the* think ing that prior successors at the polls were derived from the registration books extant. There's little w ay to prove or disprove the correctness of these feelings. The City of Kings Mountain finally cleansed its aged voting books last year. Fears that many folk wouldn't register proved groundless as citizens flocked to the polling places twice, first to register, then to cast votes. It was a new city vot ing total. As the county increases in population, the need lor a card-type of continuous registration increases, too. Most w ill remember the long lines at the polling booths at the 1960 general election, and many solid citizens, with other work demanding, had to leave the lines without casting theii ballots. With interesting campaigns already underway and with primaries also in dicated in several Republican areas, the time appears ripe to wipe out the pres ent pollbooks and to establish a more workable and efficient system. Guilford Aspirants The mosi recent gowrnor Guilford county has furnished North Carolina was John Motley Morehead. who served two two-year terms, 1841-15. That was well ovei a century ago. The ensuing four years from 1965-fit) may well not lx* Guiliord's lime again, but this burgeoning Piedmont county has locks on the hoard as far as number of candidates is concerned. Guiliord now has three announced candidates for the state’s highest office, Judge L. Richardson Preyer, Democrat, Senator Charles Strong and Representa tive Don Badgley. Republican. Oddly, neither of the Republicans have the backing — at least as yet of the GOP state leadership, even though both were active and winning candidates in the 1962 \oting when Guiliord swept out Democrats and replaced them with Re publicans. Both earned maverick status in their legislative service. Judge Preyer, a long-term Democrat, meantime was urged to offer on the ticket of his party by over 20.000 of his Guilford neighbors. It might also be said that, should one of the Guilford aspirants be elected to the office, he would do well to study the work of Governor Morehead. a far sighted chief executive who put the state in the railroad business, an enter prise which still (under lease) is return ing dividends to the North Carolina treasury, as well as service dividends to citizens of area the road serves. Twelve years ago Home Savings & Loan Association reached the million dollar mark in assets. Four years later the Herald observed that the adage “the first million is the hardest" must be val id, as this association had grown to the two-million figure. That was 1955. Now. just cisht years later, the assets figure is six million. This is quite amazing growth, reflecting the interest of Kings Mountain citizens in savings, their in creasing prosperity, and concurrent able management by officers and directors of the association. Bm... 'Two* Cold Hillings oi the* city for natural gas for the December • January period set ;i new high record of $42,344, reflecting the extreme low temperatures, accom panied by several ice coatings. It is a safe assumption, too, that those folk who heat with other fuels, oil, coal, or elec tricity got big hills for the period, too. Piedmont Natural Gas Company, in an effort to soften the blow of large bills to their customers, dug into the weather records and had to go back to December 1917 to find a month colder than the re tent December experienced by citizens in this area. Even though suspending service to customers with interruptible contracts, the city established a new peak for na tural gas consumption, of 1.808,000 cubic feet on December 18. within 292,000 cu bic feet of the city’s currenlty authoriz ed daily allotment. It points to the fact that the city shortly will have to make application for increase in the daily allotment. Customer acceptance of natural gas here has exceeded rosiest estimates and is good news for all citizens, whether or not they use the luel themselves. Indica tions are that before 196.7 appears on the calendar the last of the construction bonds will be called, with the city then in the happy position of having use of profits for other needed non-revenue fa cilities. The happy results should be: 1) some reduction in gas rates, particularly in the residential category, and 2t reduc tion of pressure on tax rate. Tar Heels Friendly The Charlotte Observer’s interesting survey in the recent Sunday edition should have made most Tar Heels feel good. I'nitormly. eompartive newcomers to North Carolina reported, they find their new neighbors quite friendly, which is a compliment in anybody’s league or language. There were, of course, some minuses, too, which would be natural for persons accustomed to life in larger cities. Some complained of lack of markets in the smaller cities and lack of large shopping centers. Needless to say, this complaint is being alleviated in some cities of the state and will continue to be alleviated as shopping centers develop. A few felt that North Carolina’s ad vertised cheaper cost of living expense a myth, but there is a suspicion that these may have not properly checked. While North Carolina's state govern ment assesses a sales tax, it also picks up the full bill tor roads and a large por tion of the bill for operating public schools. One new citizen was pleased that North Carolina levies no tabacco tax, but. surprisingly, none mentioned relief from long hours spent commuting to and from work, as is regular duly in the largest cities of the nation. States, as well as individuals, can only strive tor perfection, knowing the goal is a will-of-the-wisp. But the state has headed on the road of progress for more thtn six decades and will continue. Meantime, the compliment of friendli ness is one of the highest, for this in tangible but invaluable asset. Congratulations to Rev. Marion Du Rose. newly-elected chairman of the Kings Mountain American Field Service committee, which is responsible for the continuing foreign student exchange pro Tam. Registration books will be open again Saturday in order that citizens may qualify themselves to vote in the Febru ary 29 county-wide bond election on question of hospital expansion. Next deadline: February 15 when all motorists must display new model li cense tags on their vehicles. MARTIN'S MEDICINE By MABTfH HABMON Infiredirntr: hita of new u isdo/n, humor, and comment9. Direction*: Take meekly, if possible, but avoid orcrdoraye. Recently Mrs. James IJ. Simp son's West School third grade students paid the Herald a visit for a plant tour prior to publish .ng a newspaper of their own. The- questions thc\ posed were praetical and intelligent, and several of the students were quite kind in writing to thank us for the tour. mm What see men to impress th<* majority was operation of the big newspaper press. Nancy Wies ener wrote, "i liked the pi ess. It did so many things at once.” And Kathy Flovve a so liked the press best, noting, "all the machines were very bin. They looked funnv too.” mm I haw also ' een favored with a copy of I he (jrirtf'* mow spapei “Simpson’s Observer", which con tained four complete pages of quite interesting information For install* c until I read Vickie Loft in's story ebout magnets 1 didn't know the little bar kept a*oun*i the end of a magnet is called a "keeper." Jerome Cash's "Do You Know" quiz informs that the way to prevent a billy goat from srn* lling is to cut oft his nose and that a glo’-e has five fingers but can't move. m-m Terry Wells wrote an interest ing article p.oout boars, providing the news that the best known hears live on this continent, in clud.ng hlad-* briars, grizzly bears. Kodiak hears. Alaskan brown i»ears and the white |K>lar bear. Africa, known as the land of many wild animals has only one hear, the />tlas. j Virginia Herndon wioto about beavers, and Ardcth Willis anout . leprechauns the Irish tairics. mm I Lynn JoMcs relates that the class has learned numerous dances, including rock-and-roll ' and the pat-a-*akc polka, and Lynn Blanton reports on clean j plate clubbers. There is a “just today" board and an “all month" . board and those who eat ail theii , lunch get their pictures on the appropriate spot! All month hon orres were Robin Camp. Larry Oliver. Scotty Grahl. Jimmy Jol ly. Jerome Cash, Ardeth Willis,; Janet Bridges. Dianne Tine, Bob- , by Ware. Stew Goins, Kenny Bo lin. Allan Kaplan, Maxine Ham- , rick, Lynn Planton, Herman Queen and Virginia Herndon. The “clean plate club" idea not only teaches the young folk to avoid waste 'out assures their getting a balanced diet. m-m Nancy VViesener reports on wort! study, and two new canes appear.ng in the Observer were “immensely” and abundant", which strikes me as being quite high class wolds for third grad ers. m-m Jimmy Jolly and Kenny Bolin wrote about painting. Among the subjects of the youthful art.sts brush strokes were a trip to Mars.snowscones. clowns, scare crows and blue skies. Teresa Me Craw writes about the class walks whrtn the weather has left the playground a muddy quagmire. Robin Camp wrote about sing- , ing, Kathy Flow about poetry writing, and Lou Bryant about "magic c arpet" trips to the South Seas. Iceland and Mexico. Terry Wells reports under the subject "How Much'.'": "Our class counts money in arithmetic'. Tuesday we counted lots of tnon- ' ey. We did something hard but we caught on. Everyone wants to coifiit money because we'll !m> counting mone\ until we die.” All will agree that young Wells' ob servation is quite pertinent. m-m i Ann Hullendet reports that the > class has learned the books of the 1 Bible. Maxine Hamrick relates 1 how the class plans its day. and 1 Herman Queen reports on'letter i writing by the class to a nice 1 lady with a broken foot. I Janet Bridge-, wrote thtee ori-j ginal poems for the Observer,' | one describing herself. It reads: Janet Bridges is my name. i I hope to grow- up to have somei! fame. |l Love is greater than my wish, p But I'll keep wishing Just for this! These third graders are good I newspaper men and women. AND THE WINNER'S PRIZE IS THIS AmIu]//Iccatons BATTLE OF THE BALLOTS Accurate Complete News Coverage 8 G s Tom L O c a N C F L F S LONDON 1 Year S22 6 Month* $11 3 Months 55 59 Clip Hin a4«*rtticm -at nt "J rctuifi II mlk your eSvek or anti orper IS: The CHmlipa Selves Minim One Hgfrtf Street Inion. Mt» OJilS 1 :R 2:11 Viewpoints of Other Editors THE EASY LIFE A "decent homo and decent on ironment in in attractive area" for every American. Free oduca ion for two years beyond high school for all students. These two objectives reflect a ype of thinking that has become airly |>ervasive in our society: I’ h e notion that everything ihould he made easy, and if pos ;ihle fro«*, for everybody. regard ess of individual ability effort. The first, coming from Hous ng a;id fiomo Finance Adminis rator Weaver, is the reported lim of a huge and costly new lousing program to be unveiled >y the Johnson Administration, rhe second comes from a com nission partly sponsored by the "rational Education Association, vhich has close ties to the Gov •rnment. And there may well be a politi cal undercurrent in the pr >posal o provide two years of a junior •oliege kind of schooling at pub ic expense. Tlic more young poo do that are kept in school, and he longer they are kept there, he fewer drop-outs there would jresumably be. In that event, the iroblem of flaen-age unemploy nent might appear to he ap iiMaching a solution, a ctreum •tance not without political ad vantage. From a purely oducatiivnal i>oint of view, the idea is defici ent.. What is needed is not m ef fect a stretching-out of high school; rather it is a toughening >f curricula, elimination of frills ind perhaps or accereiation of he educational process. This is being done in a number of places. »nd the commission's plan would represent a regression. From an economic point of view, the proposal is also unfor tunate. What with the abundance >f scholarships and other aids lot to mention parents few A ■nericans jtre unable to go to col lege if they have the intellectual qualifications. There is vto clear need for "all levels of govern ment.” as the commission puts it, to embark on this expensive en terprise. Finally, from a social point of view, it may In* questioned whe ther it is desirable to make an •utright gift of a part of higher ■ducation. It relieves parents of dill more of their responsibilities. F*or many young people it is an invitation to loar instead of stand ng on their own foot, not exact y a sound way of building oha •actor. Similar observations an- in or ler with regard to the slogan of i decent home for every Ameri can. .Most Americans do want hat. and more of them have at ained it than ever before. But it s not true that everybody wants t; arming the poor are some who •refer poverty and charity to the ‘fforts and risks of useful. That s one of the facts that make the iroblems of poverty and unem iloyment often seem so infracts lie. In the American tradition a de ■ent home is something to he corked for. an achievement to ake pride in. Yet here is the ■'ederal Government proposing iditional assistance of all kinds, from direct grants to still easier tuying terms. To make a house i handout weakens its value to he individual and his value to uxletv. We believe the community, at whatever level of government or irivate organization it is opferat ng, has an obligation to see to it hat everyone has food, shelter DOOMSDAY BOOK Many citizens would bi» flatter ed and happy to ffctd the:! nam«‘s in a Who's W ho. But being com piled right now is a listing of an other. decidedly melancholy sort. Instead of including those who have got it made, it catalogues those who are getting it in the neck. Internationa! conservation leaders announce they are begin ning publication of a volume of the wfnid's creatures that are facing extinction. So it's really a kind ot Who Was Who. The Ijoo!; is being brought out by the World Wildlife Fund, the conservation organization esta blished under Swiss law in 1961 that has submittal a World Wild life Charter to the United Na tions. It contends that conserva tion is for the benefit of man. as well as for wild creatures them selves, and that it behooves meti to do something about it when animals cannot. Already the book has 500 pages listing endangered species of mammals, fishes, birds, reptiles, amphibians, inverte brates. and pl-ai’ts. Man is not yet a candidate though he may ul timately be. These threathened species, be deviled by man or Nature's own wilfulners, range from the 100 foot blue whale, which weighs in at 160 tons, to tiny tree frogs of South Jersey. Why they face ex tinction. ami what is being done or can Ih* done to prevent it like breeding in captivity is outlin ed in the volume. The World Wildlife Fund, in declaring that ignorance and carelessness are in large part the cause of the crea tures undoing, says that this is not just an llth-hour emergency "It's 10 minutes to midnight." Since ihe last dodo bird died on the island of Mauditiu.s in 16M. more Ilian 100 other animal spe cies have vanished. Now about 1.000 sp a tes are threalhened. The World Wildlife Fund has a goal of an oiierating budget of $| mil lion a year by 1966. and anyone who would like io save tin- Fund itself from possible extinction, is mine than welcome to contribute to it. The Hartford ('onrant and an opportunity for education. We do not suggest that there are arbitrary limits: it is up to the community |,i decide how much of these basics it will provitlc at public expense. Bui no community can com pletely disregard the cost or salve its conscience With the re flection that the main burden will come iii future years. And no sensible c immunity should ig nore the social consequences of propagating yie. delpsion that everyone his an inherent right to the easy life. The Wall Street Journal TEAM AGO THIS WEEK /(mm of wwi about King. Mountain atm people mu (tmti takm from (to IM /Vm o/ (ft* Kings KowKab HtraUL Chief of Police Hugh A. Logan. Jr. has been appointed chairman of the Kings Mountain Boy Scout district. A crowd of 130 Kings Mountain merchants, retail personnel and other guests attended the banquet of the Kings Mountain Merchants Association Monday night. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Members of Circle No. 5 of First Presbyterian church held their regular meeting Monday at: (he home of Mis. P. D. Patrick. One Thing By DR. W. L. PRESSLY Pastor Boyce Memorial ARP Church In Samuel SI oemaker’s book. “How To Become a Christian".' the author tell. us that we n*s*d to look at the world as :i is to day. Taking a large pieure of the world wo can see two \ ast •■amps. There are those controlled by the Communistic powers and those free nations. In the world situation America finds herself in lead of the tree world as it was thirty year:- ago. We did n-«t want it then, and destiny has brought it bad: •» It is easy to look at the world and forget about the needs that lie at our own door, Cot closer and look at our own needs. In the scripture you can find fire "One Th.ngs" that ctescii >c the Chris tian Life. In t'v story of theRich Young Ruler, Jesus pointed out that there is often lacking in a jiei son's religion. Keeping all the commandments from youth as he said, and still One thing locking. In his iMMik. 'Servant of the Word," Dr. Fanner gives five elements which mark our present state. 1. Futility end meaningless ness-hfe has i.n framework, no real belief. 2. Person d insignifi cance. 3. Year.’ lig for Security we try all kind of material se < urity because we are insecure spiritually. I. I'nawarcnoss to the |«iwi>r of mil. 5. A imcd for the absolute. W'ith no strong belief and no real convictions the innei life of many people is vaeant. While their souls are empty and hungry p«*op|o tuivi to pleasure, business, radio T. V.. sex drink, and drugs. These all testify to the one thing thou lackest. AH of us conic upon a situation soonei or later that w« can not handle with osir own strength. Young, happy, well • adfusted people Scame|\ lieUeve this, liut life and \ears oft*:. bring them to it. Pain L-i our bodies, pain in out mind, and grief in our soul, re minds all of u4 of the laik In the home of Maty and Mar tha, Jesus reminded Martha that there was "one Thing Needful.” That is to sit a< the feet of Jesus and lear*i of Irm. This is more urgent than serving, lie was horn about two thoi sand years ago In a stable. He grew up as otliet buys, went to the village school, paid the temp." tax. worked in' the carpenter's shop. At ilie age of thirty He In ked the carpen ter's shop, and went out to save the world. He called men to Him self. and urge t them to learn of me. Other teachers called atten tion to their message but He said learn of me. There was something atsml Him that made |M*ople real zc that they were In the presence .if a divine. The> wondered. Who Is This? lie never discouraged their inquiry- I n seeking about death He set rmv. to wondering, lie used strange words as ransom and remission of sin. The mere you know Him the deeper the mystery becomes. On the last n ^ht with his disci-] pies He said, “! have many things to tell you hut you can not heat them now.” The greatest need of the world todi.y is to sit at His feet Turn nov. lo the (ios.icl of Jolui and yon Kill :«»• tha' Ji'sus he healed a man that was Ivt* hlind. Something like this hi"! never hern soon anti it created i stir in the lit11< town. Tito on mios of Jesus sought to find t • reason for the cure, and the )« son tha1 ilid the healing. The> asked hi< parrtrits and gut tin* answer: "This is our son. hut we don't know how he was healed. They had a w< ntlerful <>|> >rtunity la testily to tin* iesai.ie.ss of Cod anti missed it. The M in tliat .A \ healed saitl ihis; "One Thin’r J Know, that 1 was hlind hut now I see." Every Christian meds t.. say I know, that I am n blcs of the talents and to the parable of me pounds. Hear the words that eonic from the lips >f Jesus. I lived on tiic same ilreet With a man who graduated from Ji*f fcrson Mcdicai College aiul he never practice*! medic,ne for a single day. Never list'd tin- know ledge of medic inc. It did him lit tic* jj hkI and nothing to sufferim: humanity. Use* what you have William Allen While says demo racy is a rough alien.;il to ins)< tutionali/e the Christian religion. Twenty years ego the foundin'-! lather of Alcoholics Alionymou* found God in Calvary Church at New Yory City. Finding God In' heeame a new man. a-id his home was a new home. He saw two other men cor.? out of tlw* same trouble he knew. With the help of God all eoulil do the* same. To [lay this great movement ha hcen a wonderful help to our na tion. In conclusion iw you will follow these five step.;, yours snouiu «e a happy aiid successful Christian life. Realize the lack, fill thel~\ with the one thing needful. I ll encouraged and strengthened fly what you know, and put it into practice daily.