The Kings Mountain Herald
Established 1889
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A wfckl\ newspaper drvntcd to the promotion of the general welfare and published
for the cnlightment. entertainment and benefit of the citizens of K :v»> Mountain
and i’s vicinity. published every Thursday bv the Herald Puhiisliiu • Hons
Entered at> sei-ond class manor at tlie |*>s» office at Kings M lUi lain V <\. L’X'fv;
under Art of Congress of March 3. 1873
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
Martin llarmon . Editor Publisher
Hi k Woodw nd Sports 1 lift
Miss Elizabeth Stewart .Circulation Manager and Society Editor
Miss Libby Bunch . Clerk
MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT
Paul Jackson Allen Myers Monte Hunter
Douglas Houser One Blanton Norman Camp
TELEPHONE NUMBER - 739 5441
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ONE YEAR - S3.r«» SIX MONTHS •• $2.00 THREE MONTHS SI 0"i
PLUS NORTH CAROLINA SALES TAX
TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE
Hr that ix ftnl lif nl in I hut Whirl, IS liusl is faithful „/*o ,ha( (j| |(|f^w( J(|
la iinjiixt fll.ni m intirli. SI. I.'ihi m:la.
K-O (Knock Ovt) Polio
On Sunday it is hope and anticipation
of the Cleveland County Medical society
and other interested citizens that the
first lick on a double-blow effort to eli
minate infantile paralysis in Cleveland
County will he administered.
No less than _'o clinics will Ik* dotted
around Cleveland county from noon un
til 7 p.m. Sunday to administer the Sahin
anti-polio vaccine, in its promotional el
iorts th" sponsoring medical association
has borrowed from the language of the
boxing sport to dramatize this mass el
fort at eliminating another of th«- dread
disease which is often crippling and
sometimes latal.
There apparently is only one problem:
getting a sufficient number ol citizens to
visit the clinics, it being estimated lhat
75 percent participation by the citizens
will effectively immunize the whole
county. That's a lot of lolk. or. on basis
of the 1900 U.S. census, about 51,000
men. women and children.
The Sabin vaccine, in contrast to the
Salk vaccine initially developed, is ad
ministered by placing a couple of drops
on a piece ol sugar, which is quite pala
table, virtually tastele$> (gome report u
threat of lemon flavor), and minus the
onus and fear-producing difficulties of a
hypodermic needle.
The medical men say all above the
age ot six weeks should get this vaccine,
babies, teen-agers, middle-agers and el
ders. Thv Salk shots prevent crippling
trom polio, but do not immunize against
the polio virus itself. The Sabin vaccine
del eats the virus itself, eliminating
chance ot carriers, and effectively im
munizing all.
Immunization has been the key to
eliminating many serious and often fa
tal diseases, tuberculosis, small pox yel
low fever, and typhoid fever. A sample
of the benefit of mass immunization is
found in the instance of a young CJas
tonia doctor several years ago, who had
a very sick patient but could not arrive
at a diagnosis. The perplexed young
doctor, worried for the welfare of his pa
tient. called in an elder doctor for con
shultation. After a comparatively cur
sory examination the elder docloi sai-.T.
“This patient has typhoid level.*'
As a result of mass immunization a
gainst typhoid fever, the young practi
tioner was witnessing his first ease of
this disease, in spite ot several years of
practice and the medical training route
of clinical study and interneship.
The same knockout blow can be ad
ministered to polio.
All citizens should avail themselves
the opportunity of visiting one of the JO
clinic Sunday and plan to make a re
turn vis-1 on May 17. A half-dollar dona
tion is invited to defray the cost of the
vaccine, sugar and supplies required,
required.
But none will be refused the service
due to the lack of a half-dollar, the doc
tors emphasize. The donation is strictly
free will.
Help eliminate polio, starting Sunday.
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The report of \V. G. (Mill t Jonas, eh air
man of the Chamber of Commerce mem
bership committee was quite enhearten
ing, revealing that ST new members had
been enrolled for the cuiTent year.
This good record indicates It the com
munity is aware of the good work the
organization did in many direction dur
ing 19t>.'’> and that more businessmen
realize the need tor this organization in
promoting the general welfare.
A Chamber of Commerce serves all.
Since its organization here a few years
ago. it has been a key factor in main
varied projects. It. too. has grown and is
grow ins.
The aim of the organization for this
year is 60 new members.
Certainly Kings Mountain business
men can afford to invent $35 annually in
the welfare of their community.
Budget Time Near
With the arrival of spring, 't is only
a matter of a short time boforo city offi
cials begin mapping thc*ir work for tin*
12 months starting July I and. concur
rently, i he cost of l hat work, including
the tools the projects will require.
The City of Kings Mountain is in the
best financial condition of its history.
Bonded general debt at June .'H> u ill have
declined to $490,000, less than 3.8 per
cent of the* taxable \nluation of real pro
perty. No long-term debt has been adde d
sinet* 1954. a decade* ago. but the city has
not stinted on long-term improvements,
paving many miles of city streets, in
stalling miles of curb and gutter, and re
building its electrical distribution sys
tem out of current income. These have
been the major chores, but there have
been many more* comparatively minor
ones.
Meantime, the tax rate has been reduc
ed and held constant since 1957. and the
city no longer assesses the poll tax.
Needless to say. plenty ot needs re
main.
The major one is adequate sc*wage dis
posal.
At what cost this large project — to
which the city is already committed—is
unknown. Even the city's engineer. W.
K. Dickson, will not offer a rough guess.
Since the city commitment is to be un
derway on the project by January 1,
19t>7. it would seem that the upcoming
budget should include an appropriation
at least shuffieient to take rare of initial
engineering expenses in order that It
the timetable will he honored, and 2)
some close idea of cost can he attained.
The profit-making natural gas system
apparently will be an un-mortgaged city
property in the very near future, indicat
ing that w hatever borrowings are requir
ed tor the sertag** system clean-up will
he short-term at worse.
No New Taxes
In North Carolina, there is a built-in
system of merit pay increases for state
employees which means that the ‘A”
budget each biennium escalates, even
minus expansion ot services. This is the
budget which department heads prepare
which will provide current services un
der existing statutes. The extras desired
in the "B" budget requests.
If the statements of the leading can
didate are valid, which we believe they
are. North Carolina will operate during
the next four years under its present tax
schedule. The promises come not only
from the candidates for governor, hut
from the lieutenant-governor aspirants,
who have key roles to play in state legis
lation.
Blessed by a growing economy with
heavy industrial expansion, all the most
likely-to-sueeeed candidates say uur
gconing revenue schedules will permit
improved services without new taxes.
The pronouncements give the votes a
rather comfortable feeling.
News that Dr. Joe Lee soon will join
the Hendricks-Durham medical clinic is
pleasing to the community. The city is
growing and an additional practitioner
wil enchance the area"s medical well-be
ing.
It is a safe guess that Wiley Blanton,
like his many older friends, finds it hard
to believe he’s spent more than 35 years
as a Kings Mountain posl office letter
carrier and. on last Friday, made his Iasi
deliveries as he retired from the service.
Mr. Blanton appears nor acts os if ho
were old enough to retire—in spite of
the fact that he’s several limes a grand
father. Those citizens, who through the
years have been served by Mr. Blanton
(known to the Herald as City Carrier 1),
not only are well aware of ids long and
good service, but are appreciative of it.
Good wishes to him.
Hearty congratulations to Miss Phyl
lis Pusey, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. N.
H. Pusey. who has been awarded a Kath
erine Smith Reynolds scholarship to the
Greensboro branch of the University of
North Carolina. The Reynolds scholar
ship is one of the most valuable attaina
ble in this state, is worth $1200 and re
newable for three additional years.
MARTIN'S
MEDICINE
By MARTIN HARMON
litfti ciltrutn ■ bit* of new*
iriiutwn. hiii "ir. and conintrntn
T'lKi t vrrklu. i
jnmstl.li', but tirnnt
ot*i riii’MifW.
I Men Jenk.n*. the beautician
ol.serv . (| recently that political
.indldates fm h .'h state offices
are \isii-ng KlM >untain in
much greater prolusion this yem
than in any former political sea
son. The facis hear out the ob
servation.
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In recent (lays, Robert Scott,
son of the former governor and
senator. \ isited Kings Mountain,
in quest of .he lit ut-iunt gover
nor's job, and I.. Richardson Prey
er. < andldato for governor, re
tumed for a second visit, being
accompanied by his lovely wife.
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Mrs Prever i< laied a new ver
sion of an fet.-dent which will
hapjien .11 alsiut any statewide
campaign. It was at an Asheville
; .»lit al patheiing in the fall, and
a Preyer lad.v supporter ap
proached a gentleman who wore
no campaign buttons. The lady
suggested the gentleman let her
append a mammoth sized Preyer
button to his lapel. Lo >king at it
the grtitleman replied. “I'm sor
ry, I i in't wea ■ you ■ button. My
name is |. Poverty Lake,”
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Bob s-oil. t. ring Monday in
Shelby, was dropping into all the
cafes for maximum exposure,
usually ordered a cuo of coffee.
After what he guessed could lioen
> of the ‘dark beverage, he
called it a day at midnight. There
was too much .affein. In spite of
is li >ui s campaigning, he couldn't
sleep.
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And then* .hi many ways ot
vote-seeking. I-ill Plonk relates
this Scott talc. S.-oil's vehicle had
his ;i bumped Flightly from the
rear, with the result a broken
tail light. The driver of the other
car was apologetic and offered t >
replace it. Scot* Jokingly offend
him a trade. He said lie was run
ning for lieutenant-governor and
would dadly swap a tail light for
two v >tes It v.as a deal.
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Scott's late father was famed
for plain, often blunt staterr nts.
marked by flavorsom ■ cornfield
language and interspersed with
tooaero juice. Son Bob forswears
pi m t ibaeeo re-mlls he sampled
chewing once v hen a youngster,
got sick, and couldn't hoe to the
end of the com row.
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Judge Preyer has compl**ted his
tour of all of North Carolina's
ion counties. waxed quite elo
quent in his r* ’.aid for North Ca
rolina. He knew he said, that
North Carolina was a great state,
but his tour revealed it even
greater th-* i hi had realized. He
commented on the sta'e’s i»eanut
gi ;wing champion from Martin
colt it v i with a yield of 5.000
pounds i>er acre*, a n *vv method
,,f f»tchimr swordfish which is
setting amazint reear I4, and the
dis ovc y of phosphate bods in
Be>ufo' t which the state geolo
gist calls "the greatest mineral
il'soverv in the state’'- history"
He praised Cleveland County for
switching gear- from a largely
cotton economy to diversified
.,i»,,-0 -,.U! expanded indus
trialization.
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A. companying Preyer to Cleve
land was Art Weiner, high school
faculty member and football
coach «1951-3?». who is state
i hairman of Young Adults for
Preyer. Art the great all-Ameri
can end. said hr is taking his
maiden voyage in politics due to
personal friendship f o r his
Greensboro -neighbor, says he’s
having a good time at it. Present
ing Rich at the Shelby Kiwanis
club. Art said li > was receiving a
much lietter *-eccotion in ’tM than
the tot* Cascv Morris' fo >thallers
provided in '51 The Shelby win
was lop-sided.
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Art was interested in the wel
fare and whereabouts of the boys
who made up the '51 football ag
gregation. Art is with Burlington
Industries, spent five years in
New York city as a salesman,
then became personal assistant to
th» late President Spencer Love,
continues in tl.e same capacity
with Pre-dent VIvers Art and
ht- u fe hove three von:t*»ster*. I
hadn't obsorv* .1 before. but from
a face-front point of view. Art
and Lewi« Dellinger. th« jeweler,
look much alike. Mrs Ro<»fh Gil
lespie agrees.
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North Carolina. Judge Preyer
noted, is 11th in size, has one
.ountv larger than Rhode Island
Covering the state in a campaign
requires mui h time, and a jierson
who can move at a fast clip on
a minimum of sleep. Asked at
one pla<e how he was bearing up
under the stiains of the cam
paign trail. Rich said ba replied.
| “I don't feel a day over 90-"
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SATUkuai b/Mii
/i&ntu/ ///ccatin
Local Survey '
On Census
A s* icotil rally si'livM sample
of local hous, holds will lake pari
in a nationwide survey ihi« month
lo enable the I-'ureau t the Cell
'iis. r. S. Depp rlmont of Com
meree. lo update many national
figuies on s|ioeified population
characteristics, it was announced
i-slay
In addition to the regular
m ithly 1014uu.es about 1 mptoy
mem &id unemployment, the
March Current Population Suivoy
wiil infinite questions oil family
1 composition, date of muiiiago.
mi.pati 'l. am: income, according
to Director .r< *» • |»r If. Nor wool 01
ila* Census Bureau's Charlotte
If ■ ’ioiuil Office
Re.-; onnl Director Norwood
point'll out tiial all information
fut rushed the Census liireau e.
ii' ld in strict '.lfidence iniiie.
Federal law. and 1 ami it be umhI
for investigation, taxation, or re
I gulation Thy individuals and
households „ho ssisi the Bureau
by replyin r to its questions are
not identified i*. any way in its
reports. Tlieir replies go into the
Census Bureau's lu;,’hs|ieiHl ele.
ironic computers a:id emerge a^,
a us fill statistical picture of &
I'nited States population.
Tile Curren Population Survey
will ho conducted here and in .Tat
other sample nr< as of ttie country
dm iiv the wi : if March It!. In
formation will I. • collected luc-il
ly by; M*s. Frames ('. Hodden.
aOs Crescent Hill St.. Kings
Mountain. N. c. 2nini;
Viewpoints of Other Editors
Rescuing the Dropout
It is no new* to those v. ho keep
abreast of educational problems
that Pasadenas schools have a
remarkahlv low rate >1 dropouts
Some other communities liave
low rates, hut Pasadena's record
is especially significant for tea
sons that do pot appear on the
surface. That is the comparative
ly high proportion of minority
races, mostly X eg tor's, in this
;community’s school enrollment.
Negro students very often pro
, sent special piohlems because .a
portiiii of them, newly arrived,
come here fl op- schools where op
portunities tn i ;u n have boon in
adequate. in some instant es. their
home surround.re,s are not oil
din ive to stud; ...
Although m: thotls of eomputa
ti n vary. the tale- of droftouts
has he. n est>.riiPte<l is ianting
from 30 to l"> pet cent throughout
the county, as against ationi t-t
percent in Pasrdi'.ta.
The public is increasingly wor
ried over higl.-school dropouts,
awl well it might lx*. There is fi
nally a gonprcl realization that
the dropout is a source of con
cern not merely to himself and
to his family, but to society at
large. At lx-st. wo can confident
ly pivdict in these days of on
rushing automation. lie is a vir
tually certain candidate for un
employment. There is also a ><«x!
chance* that he may run afoul of
the law. out of re >e||i lusness, ec
onomic desperation. or antisocial
tendencies growing out of his
separation froi, the amoved and
accepted norm of conduct for his
generation.
In discussing the dropout, we
lay great stress on the high
school diploma, or id continued
training that will constitute its
equivalent in joh - qualification.
This is all very well as far as it
goes, lint even the hign school di
ploma is losing much «>f its value
in the employment market these
days. As time goes on and more
anil more routine jobs are taken
over by machines, graduation
from high school will increasing
ly Ik* regarded as no more than
■m intermediate stage en route to
a much higher level of training.
And that mav Ik* the minimal
level at which employment is
available.
Educators an agreed that no
matter how good a job is iK'ing
done in a community, it is not
good enough. The mrl to reduc
ing the incidence is dear.. It lies
thi ti"h more effective student
eoicisel ng and provision for eon
turned training of the student
who must work at least part
time. or whose needs are not met
hv the convention'll academic pro
gram. Rut these things cost mon
ey. In many communities the pu
blie is not far-sighted enough to
d s.ern that the ultimate costs,
both in monev and hi social dam
age. of allowing uncmployables
awl derelicts t a t produced will
Ik* vastly greater.
Dropouts can be prevented, awl
ean be odairwd. education ally
speaking. once they have left
aehool. But it requires a public
awuvnex of the possibilities and
i a willingness to pay the bill.
IN GOOD CONSCIENCE
DC NO LESS
"I'd ap;>oal to tump tody. hut I
don’t knots' who it Mould In-.'
Those were the words one of the
ountv’s school principals made
lo reporter Joy Gallegiier during,
i survey she made of the pro
blems of the poor i-n the school
lunchrooms «r Hertford County
this week.
The sed fact, revealed in the
survey are the* there ere many
school ehi'dren in Her-tout Coun
ty seho-Is goi* g without lunch
ea< h day and - any others eating
less titan wha* would n«> lon-wd
eretl a filling meal. Faced with
conditions, the school principals
of Hertford County out;lit not to
have to expresr despair and re
sifjnation. not knowing where to
turn for help. Government at all
levels in this country is charged
with the responsibility of caring
for the general welfare, lint for
government to In- effective at
any level, concern must be mani
fested by the people at large. A
ware ness, which it is itopetl the
survey will create, followed by
mneern by our more affluent
citizens is the primary mm n n tor
hungry are lo I** fed
As pi act teal express its of III!
concern of people, government at
some level. pn ferrably the local
county' government. mast through
some means fird ade<piate ft: an
oittg to see thal the so-called
"free school litt.eh program" i.- a
n»alitv in Hertiorri County. None
should tie satisfied until every
school < hild >n the county gets a
decent noon m< al every day a
child at lends si hool.
\nother sui that ought !■> h
investigated is the surplus foods
program foi all needy citizens
This program provides liee goods,
to any county interested enow, h
in its needy t-i provide slot ige
facilities for ti t* free onu.-dities.
The ftiod. are then isu.-d out to
the needy. after certification of
individuals as i*-ip > truly dest.
lute. Many count - in North
Calol.'.ta aie p tt-t Vipating in ih -
p: gram. Neigh ortng No thtm
ton has had • si results in ear
in.; for its poo ihN way It de
serves a eiiane'? in Hertford Goun
ty.
Those citizens with the means
to eat wi-ll every <lav niust he
eonte auar-- of their p i.nei neigh
bors and the actual deprivation ,
that surrounds us all. tucked a
way perhaps here it is not ob
\ious. but present nonetheless. No
one should feel entirely enfor
table anywhere it Hertford (' tin
ty sitting down to eat i • ■■■-*
meal until the time comes when
it can Ih- done with tin* full j-.nl
i-ertain knowledge that a decent
meal was available for every
student In the county school sys
tem that pniticular day ind
everv d->v I «’•«” in ttv* '*'idsi of
the most prosperous nation on
earth we can in good r nseiem e;
do no less.
The AhosK'ir HrmM,
YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK
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Hr his of news ii In nit Kings] ■
Mountain men people ami
•'rents taken fmiii the I95i
hies of the Kings Mountain,
i Herald.
The city board of commission
ers has tentatively decided on uti
lization of the Davidson branch
for an Increased source of wa
ter.
George H Houser was elected
president of the Kings Mountain
Ountry Club for the coming
year at an organizational meet
ing of the incoming board of di
rectors Wednesday.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
Mrs. Robert Neill was hostess
to members of Mm Queen at
Clubs «t her hone Tuesday aft- j
ICUUJ
* Cheer wine
and hot doge!1