The Kings Mountain Herald
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for the onlightment. entertainment .and benefit of the citizens of K"> Mountain
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Secession To Gaston?
The Gastonia Gazette's Tom McIntyre
published a story in a recent edition in
which he reported that numerous Kings
Mountain citizens would like to see
Kings Mountain secede from Cleveland
County and join Gaston.
Reporter McIntyre quoted no sources.
Fact is. of course, a small piece of tin
corporate limits of the City of Kings
Mountain is located in Gaston Count.',
result of a comparatively recent annexa
tion at request of property owners.
Talk of secession to Gaston stems
from older citizens who remember the
torrid county line election of lftlo, when
Kings Mountain citizens voted to cast
their lot with Cleveland. The county
line of that day was the Lincoln-York
highway, spliting the city between coun
ties. In turn, the conversation increases
when it appears Eastern Cleveeland has
difficulty getting just dues (services!
in county matters.
As one citizen remarked recently. “Ill
appears when Kings Mountain wants its
share of a project it must fight tooth
and toenail to get it, and I just can't
bring myself around to thinking that
that is right.
It’s another way of stating the red
headed stepchild charge, of which there
are several chapters and verses, cover
ing many years and in several areas.
There isn’t a great amount of serious
ness to the secession conversation, and
the problems of arranging such an elec
tion would be considerable. There is tin
matter cl general obligation Cleveland
bonds covering many future years,
which, w ith a piece of the tax base may
be about to take wings, would have to
be assumed by Gaston County.
Among many these days are conversa
tions in another direction, specifically
the desirability of consolidating some of
North Carolina's one hundred counties
for cheaper operation. These thinkers
note that North Carolina's county lines
were carved in the day tiefore the horse
less carriage made a jount to the county
seat a 15-minute journey rather than an
all-day business. Ellorts in this direction
will be a long time in fruition. There is
the intangible matter of local pride in
volved. the rather tangible one of econ
omics relating to county personnel, and
the other intangible one of political con
trol.
Kings Mountain would welcome most,
of course, a consolidation of Gaston and
Cleveland counties, provided it were
agreed that Kings Mountain would be
come the county scat with all the build
ings, agency officies. and other benefits
such a change would entain for Kings
Mountain.
No second of the motion is anticipated
from our municipal neighbors to east or
west.
Gastonia is getting deserved congrat
ulations on its selection, among eleven,
as an all-American city.
Several years ago Gastonia embarked
on a program to expand and diversify its
industry and has been eminently succes
sful.
Its willingness to pay in advance has
assured a continuing expansion of school
facilities, minus a heavy interest cost for
bonded debt.
Yet it was willing to take on debt to
establish a community college.
These are just a few of the pluses
which made Gastonia all-American.
The Herald regrets very much the
sudden and untimely death of Boyce
(Dutch) Goins. Mr. Goins was a regular
press night visitor to the Herald office,
never failed to tease when the press
rolled late. He was always friendly, good
humored, and interested in the welfare
of others.
The Lincoln Academy Kings Moun
tain Improvement association has some
very worthy aims, from a well-function
ing volunteer fire department to an up
graded community where ail homes have
bathrooms and refuse is well-contained.
Best wishes to this group and to this
community.
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Precinct Lines
Concurrently with ordering a now
count' registration, which Chairman
Ralph Gilbert of the county elections
board assures is definite, the board
hopes to establish definitive boundary
lines for the L’N county voting precincts,
spell out the boundaries in legal langu
age and, for the layman, to detail these
Imundaries via maps.
It's a worthy aim.
In this area, for instance, there is no
definitive boundary line between East
Kings Mountain and Grover precincts.
Chairman Gilbert also notes that some
Number 5 tow nship citizens are included
in the Bcthware precinct, carved out in
1950. and questions "heather Number
5 citizens should be helping to decide
nominees and electees to Number 4
township offices of constable and mag
istrate.
His comment on this situation has
upset some of the Number 5 citizens who
vote at Bcthware. They reason that
their juxtaposition to Number I town
ship in practice makes Constable Rocky
Cord their constable and, indeed, in pof
iee matters, they call Constable Ford.
This problem poses the legal question
perhaps, of how to alter slightly town
ship lines, which, the Hearld guesses,
would be the prerogative of the General
Assembly.
There may be similar problems in
other areas of the county.
There is a desire, meantime of some
Bcthware citizens to expand the bounds
of this precinct in order to pare the heav
ily-laden West Kings .Mountain precinct.
Here some agreement should be reached
between the several political precinct
committees.
Meantime, it is hoped the elections
board will not be deterred in its plans
to order a new registration prior to the
May ,'tO primaries.
rhe registration books need cleaning.
Kings Mountain finally accomplished
the chore for city elections last year and
fears that many would be disfranchised
by failing to register anew proved quite
groundless.
Gubernatorial Geography
Dr. I. Beverly Lake recently pooh
poohed as Ions out-of-date the thesis
that North Carolina should elect a gov
ernor alternately from east and west.
The point is: what candidate would
make the best executive, he contends.
It’s a logical point, though not neces
sarily one that will be approved parti
cularly in Eastern North Carolina, in
which Wake Forest, Dr. Lake's home
diggings is considered to he located.
The informal agreement (among Dem
ocrats, who have elected governors con
tinually since 1900 in Tar Heelia) was
a political contrivance which has gener
ally appealed to the populace and is one
of the leading battle cries of the home
folk in Candidate Dan Moore’s area.
More important though is that the in
formal agreement is a boon to the less
populous East. The populous Piedmont
has the bulk of the people and therefore
the bulk of the votes.
There have been times, of course,
when a leading candidate came out of
the central “no man's land", when
there was no clear-cut way to differen
t iate.
Kerr Scott was from the Central area
and present Candidate Rich Preyer isn't
far removed.
Dr. Lake, in the present instance, real
izes that Governor Terry Sanford is
quite definitely East, coming from Cum
berland county. On basis of the old
agreement, it’s the West's time.
Candidate Preyer certainly will make
capital of the fact, certainly to the home
folk in Guilford, that this leading county
hasn’t sent a governor to Raleigh since
1841.
Candidate Moore can note that never
has a governor been elected from Jack
son county, his longtime residence, nor
from Buncombe, where he was born,
since Locke Craig in 1913.
Dr. Lake can hark to Governor
Broughton, elected in 1940.
Congratulations to Ray and Eugene
White who have been awarded silver
palms for continued work in Scouting
over and above the high mark of Eagle
Scout,
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MARTIN’S
MEDICINE
Bt MARTIN HARMON
Ingredimt*: hit* of wnr*
U'indom, humor, and * onuornt*
Dirrrtions: Takr verkly, i,
l*<**iblr. hut tirrrid
ovrrdmmgr.
First I'nnti National received
its initial shioment of Ilia now j
half dollar with the Kennedy j
likeness last Thursday morning,
and numerous folk were obtaining
on«» or mote to salt away. The
new coin was getting much at
tention, even though on less than
nine million are contained in the
initial mint ige. and. according to
tlie T-V newsman, the average
, design life of half-dollar is a
I hout 2~ years.
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The first coin Vice-President
j Dirk Lenn<« t«Kik out of the ship
tnent iat<xl a t-peeiaI-delivery de
livery. S -rr.«- weeks ago. apparent
ly. third-grader Scott Neisler's
teacher at West school had hoen
telling her rlarr about the forth
coming K< needy half dollar. Scott
averred he itelteved lie could get
the first one rrriving in Kings
.Mountain. Hwv could he manage
that, the teacher wanted to know.
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Scott replied, “Because | live ■
next door to the hanker.”
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Dick telephdeed Father Char
lie. who mad‘> the delivery to
West school lefore Thursday's
sehooklay ended.
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Dick had less success with1
Scott's uncle. Bob Matter, who is
perhaps 170..'> degrees from the
political philosophy of the late
President K< needy. “No." Bob
had replied to Dick's proffer of
coins. "I don't want to be caught
in jublic with any of them." In-1
deed, when I mentioned Scott’s
interest in the new coin to Char
lie. Charlie said, “t didn't wattt
that to get noised abroad too1
much. Scott's liable to find Unelel
Bob isn't speaking to him."
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Other coin interest of current j
moment concerns the silver dol- \
lar, also known as the "cart-i
wheel”. The Treasury Department
has clamped a "no sale” sign
over its silver dollar window, fol
lowing a speculative r n by coin
collectors which threatened to
exhaust the supply. Congress de
clined to authorize the cash for'
more minting of silver dollars
and the run began. As is said a
bout stocks sola after healthy i
advances, there has already been ;
some profit - taking. Policeman i
.(aekic Barrett road that one coin!
enthusiast went to the Treasury
Building in ae armored car to:
get SaO.OOO silver dollars, and
that yet another, who had intend- i
ed investing S1.000 in cartwheels
never reached the window. He i
sold his place in line for $3,000.
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Friend Lennon says there are
n-> silver dollars at the Charlotte1
Federal Reserve branch. He is in- ,
formed that t.te cartwheel* will
be shoveled iiito the particular
Federal Reserve areas where1
silver dollars are important to the.
economy. It can be assumed that
this means Las Vegas anti Reno.
Nevada, where dollar variety one
armed bandits - -penile around the
clock.
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People who delve heavily in the
numismatic hobby need a private
bank vault to protect their invest - j
ment. There ie the problem of j
value to protect, as well as the <
physical ones of weight and bulk.
Dick's brother is a collector, spe- ■
ciali/ing in dimes and pennies.
On one occasion when he was
visiting here, Dick inquired where
he'd cached his coin collection. !
guessed lie's locked the loot in his
bedroom closet. “No," his broth
er replied. “It’s in the trunk of
the car." He meant to do some
swapping wh'V visiting his bank-.
or brother. Did; learned.
Dick doesn't collect coins, his
principal hobby being fishing.
However. fr>m the carbon of a
letter Dick snowed me. he's going
fishing in the future for a differ
ent type of catch. With Ed Coter
supplying th~ source, Dick has
written a firm in Denver. Colora
do. to ship him three gold-mining
pans. Dick guesses this sport will
prove entertaining to his brother
on future visits The spare past
was ordered at the instance of
Don W. Blanton, husband of the
bank's assistant cashier. I
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'Metals of many kind-; are found
in the Lincoln ton-Gaffney miner
al bell, and gold is among them.
The water-lodged gold mine off |
York lload was operated for a
number of years.
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When Dick and friends go gold
panning they won't be the first,
i A number of unemployed folk
during the depression spent their
i time profitably by panning for 1
gold in creeks of the area. None
| struck it rich, tut a little nugget
I of gold «t that time was very val
I uable indeed.
OROWn
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IQOLDlWrFRi
He's Our Man!
Reinhardt Aboard
Carrier Midway
r.SS MIDWAY iRITNCi
(’••man K. Reinhardt. ap
prr,nti<". son of Mr. mil
Mrs P. S. Reinhardt of .•
land Am*.. Kin' s Mountain. N. C .
is serving ahor.nl tin* attack air
craft carrier I’SS Midway which
\ isitcil Yokosuka, .lap.ui. March
'M while onei;ilin« in the Fni
Hast with the Seventh Fleet
Tlie Seventh FIN* I is t h .•
world's largesl operating naval
force and t>atr<>l o\er half of the
earth’s wirfatv
Midway, in essence a floating
airport, is enable of launchiti
proneller and jet nroncllcd air
craft from her flight deck.
Midway’s err ("members have
had an onoortinitv to v isit port
in Jannn. Hawaii, the Phillippine^
and lloni' Kctig
Viewpoints of Other Editors
A BEATLE IS
A BEATLE...
There is *r the English lan
guage the time-honored word
beadle. Webstoi's Big Book de
fines beadI - variously as one who
proclaims, i crier, on-1 w hose of
fice it is to wal'-- before dignitar
ies.
Another Anglo Saxo., word of
equally impeccable heritage is
beetle: The Big Book d:fferenti
ates between twe types of beetles;
one is defined as "any coleopter
ous insert having four wings, the
outer pair bcisv. stiff rases which
river the others when they are
folded": th<* other is defined as "a
heav y hammering or ramming in
strument, iisiinl'y with a wooden
head."
Now a new word has insinuat
ed itself into the language. It is
Beatle. an olv. miefy eaptrat word
which is ;» phonetic cousin of
beadle and 1 eetle but which
seems to have no etymological
relationship to the older words.
The word Beetle iwhich usual
ly appears in the plural1 is ap
parently oased on the word heat,
a quaint mid-iMth century expres
sion of so recent vintage tlytt the
Bib Bool: is or no help in deter
mining its met ning.
On the basis of what we do
know, however about the mean- i
ing of health- end beetle, we ran
attempt the following definition
of beatles:
It apparently comes in four |
parts < although we doubt it is
winged), and is something like a
wooden-headed bug that functions
as a heavy hammering instru
ment. It proclaims loudly and a
hundantly ithr-utgh its IT pri*ss a
gents: another :*“h century curi
osity'. and Is certainly a crier.
And while it generally walks be
fore teenagers, it has in its na
tive habitat v.alked bofose digni
taries <at command performanc
es'.
The word Beatles has been us
ed in the formation of the word
Beatlemania. a malady which has
severely blighted Great Britain,
which «has swept) the East Coast
and which (if ell the nation’s pic
ture tubes don't go out' bids fair,
to sear the entire United States
In light of all this, we would
like to suggest a new word based
on Beatles. The word is Beatle
phobia. We have it.
And we have had it!—The Dr*•
rrr Pont
A MEXICAN VIEW
School youngsters were partly
to blame (or the Canal Zone
(lare up. but by no means can
they he made to carry all the
blame. Their pukka-sahib com
plex was instilled in them by
their elders_
In a letter to the editor of Time
magazine. Mrs. Barbara J. Lands
field says: "With the evidence of
the Balboa t Panama Canal Zone)
High School flag razing’ I won
der how any ore in the United
States can now seriously favor
giving IS-year-olds the vote."
If 18-year-olds are considered
mature enough to fight and die
for their country, we fail to un
do stand why they should not be l
mature enough to vote. If they !
lack the needful maturity, we in
sist on laying most of the blame
on their elders parents and edu
cators.
Teach youngsters the true and
just meaning of patriotism and
civic • mindedness ... thus they
will refrain from hysterical flag
waving every time their self-con
faxeMur (Mexico CU*J
CHALLENGE TO
DE GAULLE
Until now. almost 'ill opposi-|
ticA-t to President do Gaulle has
suffered under the fatal handicap
of seeming to point backwards tol
the discredited Fourth Republic.
M. Gaston Defforo, whom the
French Socialists have chosen to
be their candidate at the next
presidential election, escapes this
incubi.s. The keynote of his cam- ,
paign might well he something
like. “Forward from D" Gaulle." i
He accepts the constitution of
1f»38—indeed, he was one of the
few Socialists to support the vote
of special powers to the General.
What M. Drffrre mow chal
lenges is the personal title which
President do Gaulle h.ts erected
for himself or that foundation.
In recognizing the need for a
stabilizing p'isidential power
while desiring the rehabilitation
of democratic parliamentary gov
eminent, the Socialist contender
reflects a tvidesfwad teethin'*a
nucig Frenchmen of all parties.
He has. moreover, maintained his
freedom to appeal to them by re
sisting attempts by some of his I
colleagues to bintl him to a strict-'
ly party line. M. Defferre is
plainly going to seek hroad na
tional supi>ort beyond tile Social-j
ist ranks, in a rpectrum from
I^*ft to Center.
Although M Defferre’s vigor- j
our personality and proven abil- •
ity as Mayor of .Marseilles make i
him a strong candidate Gen. de
Gaulle will probably lx- imheata- •
hie if he decides to stand again.,
So far. In* has revealed neither i
his intention nor the date of the
election. It most be held befoiv
the end of ne\t year. I ut could
take place at any earlier date
which the President may decid
to lie opportune. M. Defferre's
prospects of becoming the next
President of the French Republic,
must seem dubious. Meanwhile,
he will bo doing his country a
v aluable servic* if he achieves his
immediate aim of “creating a dia
logue instead of a Gaulist mosno
logue."
Daily Tf h t/ra i‘h t London/
THE WOMAN'S TOUCH
Railrop.d men, barge line oper
ators. truckers and indeed the In
to state Conir. orco Commission
it.--.elf must have been shaken up
just a little bit by views that
President Johnson had named a
woman to sit on the commission.
Mew iiefore has the ICC had a
Madame Commissioner.
Doubtless the appointment of
Mrs. Virginia 'Mae Brown has
been marked by the sort of jokes
such an occasion usually inspires.
S; ch as the necessity for cleaning
up all those dirty old barges Or
older-; to decorate cabooses with
window-boxes of geraniums.
Yet when th head-shaking and
chuckling have ended, it may
turn out thot the choice of Mrs
Brown. West Virginia's insurant-!
commissioner, was a happy one
With ell of the ICC'* dust-cover
ed cases and old-fashioned regu
lations. maybe it's time for the
woman’s touch.
The Wall Street Journal
1 A TEARS AGO
£ \J THIS WEEK
Items of news about King«
, Mountain area people and,
: rrents taken from the JS&t,
files of the Kings Mountain
| Herald !
Coroner J. OUie Harris. Kings
Mountain mortician, announced
Wednesday he would seek re
nomination in the May 29 Demo
cratic primary
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
Tuesday Afternoon Bridge club
members mPt this week at the
hone of Mrs. B. H. Webb. |
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