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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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WINNER'S
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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<d asg«s-i
as I would like to l»e. hul I am
not like I was. t know ihat | have
lieen savetl. I know that all thin. -
work together for good to them
who love the Lord. I know that
when this earthly house of the
tabemaele were disolved. we have
a htiiltling of t.od not made with
hands, eternal in the heavens An
atheist is a ii.an who ha- tx'
described as a person with no
invisible meaiis of support. Th.
Christian finds and can s«h' the .
visible support, Hum there con.* -
joy in his life, confidence.
Turn to Ihe I'salms and heat
David say One Thing have I !■•
sirisl of the Lord, Ihat I may
dwell In the house of the L<ol
all the days of my life. He d '
nol pray for riches, or Ihe life of
his enemies, or for long life, bit
that he may worship all of his
life. Have you grown in gran- t<«
make a prayei like Ih.s? VVc
might lie surprised if we heard
the prayers vve offered to God.
Turn to Pli.lippians amt he 4.
Paul say. "This one Thing II J
forgetting these things that
behind. and teach ng forth t«
those tilings which ai <• hefort
We aie supposi rl to do something
forChiist. Christianity is a re
lignin of action. Turn to the pai<>
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.