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The Kings Monntain Herald Established 18(9 ' ® A w«*kly newspaper devoted to the promotion of the general welfare ami published for the enlightment. entertainment and benefit of the citizens of Kings Mountain and its vicinity, published every Ttiursday by the Herald Publishing House. Entered as second class matter at the post office ai Kings Mountain. N e. ifSiist'i under Act ol Congress of March 3. 1N73. EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Martin Harmon .. Editor-Publisher Dick Woodward . Sports Editor Miss Elizabeth Stewart..Circulation Manager and Society Editor Miss Libby Bunch . Clerk MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT Paul Jackson Allen Myers Monte Hunter Douglas Houser t jene Blanton Norman Camp TELEPHONE NUMBER - 739-S441 SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE •• BY MAIL ANYWHERE ONE YEAR •• S&50 SIX MONTHS - $2.00 THREE MONTHS -• $1.25 PLUS NORTH CAROLINA SALES TAX TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE // .«/•■ fulfill Droyal lav «rtvrdia»; to ihi m hiftlurr. Thmi xhult fore tkv Mriflhbfi ux ihuxrif. ire rfo itWI. Juutex >:S. Railroad Underpass Numerous citizens have commented to the Mayor and to this newspaper that an underpass should be constructed for safer crosstown transport via automo bile. While these comments an* acknow ledged as "sidewalk engineering”, they appear quite valid, as an underpass would permit elimination of one or mon* rail crossings. Some think as many as three. Mayor Bridges, in his n*cent discus sion of the suggestions with the city commission, tossed out a figure of S75. 1)00 as possible cost. It could la* more likely no less. However, as a long-term contribution to motoring safety, as well as improving city traffic flow, the majority ot Kings Mountain citizens, the Herald believes, would endorse the cost. It would be wise lor the commission to obtain some professional engineering advice on such a project. It is not unlikely that the State Highway com mission staff would provide some preli minary projections, since such an under pass would be at right angles to North Carolina Highway 216. Not the Tide-Turner? Dr. Robert Bass, the Limestone College professor, provided the L ons clue re an interesting evening with his conten tions that the Battle of Cowpens. not tne Battle of Kings Mountain, was the real turning of the tide in the Revolutionary War. Some of his contentions appear quite valid, it being easily understandable that the loss of battle-blooded troops as ;>t Cowpens, is a greater one than compar able loss of raw recruits, as at Kings Mountain. It is also well-known fact that the mass of the colonists who fought and annihilated Col. Patrick Ferguson and his forces at the Kings Mountain ridge to the south immediately returned to their homes in the mountains, resuming their arguments with the Indians. Post-mortems of wars, even by close participants, are many and often pose ardent disagreements. They are multi tudinous from World War II. both on the side of the Allied victors, and the de feated Axis of Hitler and Mussolini. In the instance of Kings Mountain ver sus Co\\|>ens, however, and question of which battle turned the tide, it must be conjected, on basis of Dr. Bass' own re port, that, had there not preceded the success at Kings Mountain, there may have been no Cowpens. nor certainly a success at Cowpens. Col. Ferguson was Charlotte-bound for a juncture with Cornwallis, when the Mountain Men struck. Had Kings Mountain not occurred would the regulars of Morgan and Pick ens at Cowpens had sufficient force to rout both Tarleton and Ferguson? Pre sumably both would have been present or they would have engaged in some other locale. The subject is interesting, if “iffy". On The Ball While the federal tax-cut bill is not yet law, it apparently will be law by March 1. Only problem remaining is ironing out of minor differences in the bill the House of Representatives passed and the companion bill passed by the Senate. One agency sure the tax bill will pass is Mortimer Caplin's Internal Revenue Service which is already mailing employ ers the new. money-saving withholding schedules. Much-cussed and much-maligned In ternal Revenue apparently does not in tend to be behind when the bill passes and effective date of the new withhold ing schedule is at hand. Congratulations to Richard Gold, pre sident. Steve Goforth, vice-president, and Nelson Comer, secretary-treasurer re cently elected new officers of the high school Student Participation Organiza tion. | i Will They Quit? Sir Walter Raleigh is supposed to have discovered tobacco when he came to America and subsequently to have in troduced its use in England, all of which gives tobacco a considerable longevity. A key question today, with any num l»er of overtones, is whether tobacco's days are numbered. The health questions have been well- 1 phrased, if not answered to the complete | satisfaction of tobacco growers, tobacco processors, or even those folk who shrug and say they plan to smoke anyway (or dip. or chew). There really wasn't a great amount i of new news in the January 11 report of the surgeon-general on the correlation lietween cigarette, cigar and pipe smoke consumption and various illnesses, but there have apparently been numerous cessations of the habit by smokers thr oughout the nation. A sure barometer of consumption can Ik* determined in ma jority of states from revenue receipts from tobacco excise taxes and through out the nation from the federal govern ment's revenue receipts from the same source. North Cai j’ina doesn't levy a tobacco excise tax. bui, with the tobacco indus try heavily concentrated in this state, there are plenty of other barometers ! available, including the employment scrolls of the processors, income tax re turns, and the price of leaf tobacco it self. North Carolina makes almost three times the cigarettes that Virginia, in the second spot, manufactures, as well as numerous varieties of pipe and chewing tobacco. New York, Connecticutt, Rhode Island, Alabama and many other states reported decline in revenue from tobacco taxes in January. The question is: will this prove a trend or a short-term reaction? In Croat Britain there was a great wave of swearing off the weed in 1962, after a similar report. But today the Britons are back at the busines's full swing. Those addicted, even many of those momentarily not indulging, suspect the United States experience will compare. Amazing Growth In shortly more than a decade. Kings Mountain’s two savings and loan firms : have enjoyed a truly amazing growth in assets. Whereas the figure topped only two millions, the total at the end of 1963 was five times greater, or ten millions. The rapid growth reflects a continuing and abiding interest of Kings Mountain area citizens in savings, whether for a “rainy day" fund, or for particular pur poses like the down payment on a new home or an education fund for a child's trip to college. Another factor has been able manage ment, with invested funds being kept at work. Throughout the period, association reserves have been enhanced and divid end rates have been increased. Benefits to the community are readily apparent. Savers share in growing divi dend payments and bonvwers are in position to obtain equity financing for larger projects right around the comer. Congratulations to Larry Patrick, who has added the God and Country award to a long list of accomplishments in the Boy Scout program. The citizens of Grover deserve es pecial commendation for their recent record turnout for a visit of the Red Cross Bloodmobile. Except for a few times, the compilation of 157 pints of blood has not been exceeded in the Kings Mountain Red Cross chapter area. Grov er’s recent contribution is additionally praiseworthy in the fact that another 107 citizens endeavored to give blood but were not acceptable for one or more rea MARTIN'S MEDICINE By MARTIN HARMON IHjiiTiticnt*: bits of nr irs icim/oni. humor, iitul • ommetis Dimrtiom*: Toko i<rck!u. j, jmiASihil , hit I (II > ml orcirfuKm/c, Satutday will Im- the annivet sary «*i the bu lit of George WiUhin^lun, so-called i at tier oi lilt* I'nilnl States, commander-in thief during ll;r Kmilulicti. and first president mm I am indebted to my friend Jim Duff>. the hot by hi dorian of Asheville, for an interesting new insight into Washington. In his article, "Portrait of Greatness- a Life-Sized Picture o I George Washington". Jim avers that many think they kno.v all about Washington. but they don't. After reading the art.cle, I find that quite true in my case mm For instance. excC|>t for the accident of shipwreck. Washing ton ma\ never have been born in America. Mis great-graudfathei piled up at the mouth of the Po tomac and berime a ■ denial to baceo planter. At one time, the Washington lands ‘/lumbered five million acres, much of it wilder ness. anti George Washington was assigned by hit father anti half brother to survey it. mm The particular new insight I gleaned from ihis article was that, while Washington was a man of courage and particular te nacity, he was not intellectually rigid to the pofan that he failed to change his thinking when the facts dictated. Ilis experience with <lenera 1 Rraddock in the French War showed him the fal lacy of employing British mili tary tat ties in the wilderness ol colonial America much as A merioans had to learn in World War II modern methods of gueril la warfare in the tropical islands of the South Pacific, and as they are loamivig today as special ser vitN troops m-m In another instance, Washing ton learned. When he Ix-camc commander-in-chief during the Revolution, he initially specified that his officer corps come from the “gentleman" class, another throwback to British heritage. But at war's er.d Ills two most-’ trusted gimerals were Nathaniel Creme, a blacksmith by trade, and flenrr Knox. a'book sales man. mm In short, Washington could switch gears when the facts die. I tated, and. in the current demo cratic ti adit ion. bases! his judg ments of piHiple on their perform ances. not their names or heri tage. ra-m Washington himself, hi spite of the fact of his father** wealth, was not initially a wealthy man. His father left the hulk of his ejtat* to the sons of his first wife. But his half-brother liked young George, found him ener getic ami dependable, and provid ed that, at his widow’s death, Washington should receive most of his estate. Titus Washington first managed Mount Vernon un der lease. It was also servlet* with Brad dock. an arrogant officer whode dined to aci'epr any advice other than his own, which moved Washington firmly on the side of the colonists. Braddock suffered a disastrous defeat, but Washing ton got high marks for his per formance in the battle. It was Washington. Jim con tends. who was responsible for the alliance with France, remind ing that Britisher Peter Mason remarked recently that his his tory sudies in Yorkshire gave the chief reason for the colonial vic tory as the aid of the French, in which there is likely more truth than fiction. Certainly it was the aid of the French which enabled Washington to bottle Cornwallis at the final Pneagement at York town Jim writes. "It is highly probable that France’s aid to A meriea was an investment in George Washington, rather than the American Republic.’’ mm Washington was a religious man. attended church as fre quently as he could, oven after assuming the presidency. But he quit attending services at one church in Philadelphia when the minister, in his presence, chick'd him front the pulpit for not at tend tag more regularly and set ting the nation a heller example He yearned tor the country life in which he had been 1 eared and frequently wrote of his desire to "rest under the vine and fig tree", a quotation from the Bible Abed with “quinsy”, which the dictionary describes as severe throat inflamation. he was thrice hied, standard treatment 01 those days which likely contributed to hia death. His last words showed complete courage. He addressed Msj^yyiarW|\^I die hard but I I 1>S/P*IAM *VKi«,6 HlBAkp "SURE GLAD I HELPED THE HEART FUND BACK IN 64" Heart Fond Gifts Good KBngs Mountain Heart Fund drive is progressing "well". Chaii man K. S. Mort i«on report*. Mr. Morrison noted that volun leer worker* ete twsy calling on tntsinesscs tod individuals to si ■ me gills (or tlie !!*♦** Ileati Klimt to i ond>..i diseases of t!; heart. Heart Sunday February 23rd is expected to lent h all area citizens who may not he contacted befoii that time for donations, hi1 said A canvass of the eommifitlty will he made on iIkiI day amt the Kings Mountain Rescue Squa • will also conduct a roadblock («• funds (or the Heart Fund can paign, Mr. Morrison continued. Mrs. Jack White is chairman > i Heart Sunday. Chairman Morrison also an nounced pl.ii.s U r a benefit -oridg, ; ^inic Salurdcn altnuuun at tti< Woman's dill), with all proceed earmarked for the H--art Fund Mrs. Henry Nrsler is chairman of special events. Tickets are on sale- at $2. Reservations may t> made L> eall.ng Mrs. Neisler. 73S-505S. Kings Mountain members • £ the- Order of Rainbow for <Iii 1 will conduct a street sale of h.ii^ loons and tags Saturday. Fehn ary 22. .Morrison added. Coin eonlakiers to h >ld dime pennies and other donations haw been placed in most stores anil business establishments. Coffc1 Day will he observed by I wo dru stores. Kings Mountain Drug and (Iriffln Drug. with proceeds Iron a day's scale of coffee to l»onrl.i the Heart Fund. Viewpoints of Other Editors How To Raise A Juvenile Delinquent MOW DOES A youngster be come a juvenile delinquent? What are the factors which bring him to this slate? Most comment seems to be to the effect it is a combination of poor environment anti poor par ental upbringing, but if parents are to blame, how do they err? One of The Sun’s subscribers spotted >n an / r./ona newspaper a list of It) ways parents contri bute to their children becoming delinquents, a list apparently ori ginating with the Houston. Tex.. police departrm nt. Wo pass it along to our readers for it mak«*s son so to us: 1. Bogin with infancy to give tho child everything ho wants. In this way ho will grow up to be Hove tho world owes him a living. 2. When ho picks up had words, laugh at him. 1 his will make him think he's cute. It will also on courage him to pick up other phrases that will later blow of tho top of your head. 3. Never give him any spiritual training. Wait until he is 21 and thAi lot him “decide for himself.” -I. Avoid th“ use of tho word “wrong." It may develop a guilt complex. This will condition him to believe, later, when ho is ar rested for stealing a car. that so ciety is against him and that ho is being persecuted. 3. Pick up after him book*, shoes an<l clothing. Do everything for him so he will be experienced in throwing ah responsibility on to others. 6. Let him read anything he wants to. Be careful that the sil verware anti drinking glasses are sterilized, but let his mind feast on garbage. 7. QUARREL FREQUENTLY in tho presence of your children. In this way they will not be too shocked when tho homo is broken up later. x. Give the child all the spend ing money In* wants. Never let him earn his own. Why should he have things as tough as you did? Satisfy hi- every craving for food, drink ano comfort. See that every sensual desire is gratified. Drtiial may lead to harmful frus trations. 10. When he gets into real irouble. apologize for yourself by saying, "I never could do any thing with him " Mow many of us have been guilty of traveling 0*1 one or more of thes>» “easy roads to de linquency” for our children? Makes you stop and think, doesn't it? Clearwater Saw Sympathy for the Racist In the parahh of the flood .Sa maritan it was not the unfortu nate man left half dead on the street who was the chief object of Jeans' lesson. The story mainly concerns itself with what went «ci in the minds of three more fortunate men who saw him l.v inj; i iiiiv. U Thant took .•> somewhat simi lar approach when he sio>«i be ton> the National Assembly of Algeria and dismissed the mental strains caused by the problem of rare. He askett the Africans to recognize that racism is "a most wrious lorm of sickness rather than a reason tor retaliation and violence." This was asking his listeners to turn the tables. Mot to mention the other cheek He pleaded for understanding for racists who ate •mentally ill" and “not pre pared to face life on an equal ba sis with their fellow men." He did not fail to recognize the oiiMr rite of tte problem. Ho was aftfr «u, speaking la Africa, to Aguinaldo: Belated Victor Most men fii-.d the world mov-! tog too swiftly for th<*m, and in ago IxTitoan in older day. Some are born before their time, and die following a gleam that few of their contemporaries can glimpse. Kmilio Aguinaldo was one of those rare individuals who anti eipated an era. and livorl to see it come into being. Certainly, when this slim, young Tagalog was leading forlorn hopes against the armies of Spain and the United Statss, in the bright noon-tide of the “white man's burden." it took a hardj spirit to l>elievc- that he would live to see his cause triumph onl> in the Philippines hut all a round the world. The British were ehasing the Boers around the veld land vice versa*: France had just congi'crnd Madagascar; the Cermans would soon Is- mas sacring Iferero.-. in Southwest Af rica and Russia and Japan would fight over the prostrate form of China. Aguinaldo lived through (hi* two world war.*, ami many revo lutions that shredded the fabric of the old order. Me himself play ed little part in the events that shook the world: his own people revered him as a symbol, hut did not accept his |M>litical guidance. Hut the new Republic of the Phi lippines, a respecU-d memlter of the world community, honors him in death. Ami so does the I’nited Stai<*s. against which he fought with skill and passion. For if he was ahead of his day, he was oil-! ly a little way ahead, and the I’nited States now takes less pride in its victory than in the nation which stands as testimonial to, the fact tltat tin* victory was well used. Tin• Net’’ Ymk Hcnilri Tribune an African audience. Me said he underst »>d "all too well the emo tional. event the furious reaction which racial dis -rimination. sup port<*d In physi al force, may en gender in its victims.” Yet he asked those who are .till victims in Africa and elsewhere to be big enough not to answer force with violence. He is ■ in a sound footing here. It is the new men of the once dominated colored races who are becoming the assured, self-confi-' dim: leaders of today, convtoved that right is on their side. And those who push the theory and practice or racial superiority to extremes have become the fear ful. insecure twrty. conscious that* his tore’ has moved away from them. They need help. Thr Christian Sriotre Monitor THIS WEEK Items of neus about Kings Mountain aiea people awl 1 <'%-euts tal:i'll from the lt>5.) file• of the Kings Mountain , He alii. YEARS AGO J. Wai Grissom, assistant man ager of ' larri* Funeral Horn*', was elected president of the Opti mist club of K.ngs Mountain at a meeting last Thursday night at which time the newly, formed club was officially made a part of Optimist District IS and Opti mist International. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Margrace Girls club members had their regular meeting Thurs day night at the Margrace Com munity Club building. Peggy- Sm I ith presided in the absence of President Linda Rhea. Thursday Bridge dub members •MKtast waste with Mrs P.M. NltNVt CM'IH «• «1 wm h.”V* Ct»«l *4 Mil IM FORMERLY _ LINCOLN LOAN COMPANY 121 N, LAFAYETTE STREET SMby. North Carolina Phone 482-2434 Brymci Insurance Agency DIAL MA 9-3502 INSURANCE FOR YOUR EVERY NEED LIFE - HEALTH - AUTO FIRE 119 E. Vo. 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