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Page 2 KJNGS MOUNTAIN H^^RALO. KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C. Thursday, December 16, 1965 Established 1889 The Kings Mountain Herald ^ '■^North Carolina i ^PCESS A^CIAIIC^T A Vvsr-Kiv ncv.’SE.'ipor dcvotcd to tlio promotion of the genfliia,! welfare and published fur me enlightenment, cniertainment and benefit of the citizens oI Kings Mountain and its vlcinitj-. published every Thursday by the Herald, Publishing Hbuse. Entered as second class matter at the post offiee at Kings Mountain, N. C„ 28036 under Act of Congress of March .3, 1873. MARTm^S, MEDicme !ngre4ient»: bits of nev/a wisdom, humor, wnd conmenta Direct‘- ns: Take weekly, ij possible, but avoid overdoaage. EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT By MARTIN HARMON Martin Harmon Editor-Publisher Clary Stewart Sports Editor Miss Eliza^beth Stewart Clrcuiation .Manage^ tMtd Society Editor mechahical okpartmbmt Jerry Hope Dave Weathers Allen Myers Blessed with Plenty !^o rms IS IV NLW YOIIK By north CALLAHAN Paul Jaclcson Steve Ramsey James Howell SUBSCRiPTK)>ia BATES PAVABLE IN .ADVANCE — RfiT M/VIL ANYWHERE ONE YEAR .. $3:50 SqC .M,OJ(TRS .. $2-00 THREE MONTHS .. $1,25 PLUS NORTiJ CAROLINA SALES TAX T«;LKFHO«iK NUM1E9 79A-S441 TOPAY'S AUIUK VSBSP He that buheveth and is bnj>tu:ed shall be saved, but he that believelh not shall be damned. St. Mark U.'Hi. will Voting Qualificc^ns The Bui’eau of the Census check Cleveland County’s recent voting iS on basis of race to deter^ whether the county’s percentages meet the test ol the civil rights Heroin lies a paradox. The lav\ makes illegal discrimination on basis ot creed, race, color, national origin and on sex. Is logging of citizens on the poll- books by race and national origin legal • Under present law and legal rulings to date. North Carolina retains in over 70 ot its counties its long-required, but not always enforced, law requiring vot ers to be able to read and write the North Carolina Constitution, except in counties where Negroes have not been voting in sufficient number on basis of the Negro population. This poses the question, both aca demic and practical, of who — and who not — should be granted the right, priv ilege and prerogative of the ballot. There are two major fields of thought. A Kings Mountain businessman re marked some years ago, “A person who can’t read and write likely doesn’t have the ability to cast a knowledgeable bal lot.” Today, however, there is the medi um of television, added to radio, which gives persons unfortunate in ability to read and write opportunity to be in formed. The other side of the coin, espoused by another Kings Mountain businessman was expressed, “A person who pays taxes should be able to vote.” If anyone’s not paying ta.xes of some kind in A. D. 1965, they are few and far between. In the Cleveland instance, Negroes have been treated as others by voting registrars for many years, nor has there been any pressure on Negro candidates to keep their names, as candidates, off ballots. The survey results, of course, will prove interesting. Redistricting Plans Senator Jack White, in his specula tion on possible re-districting of the North Carolina General Assembly’s two branches, proved quite prescient. The special House committee is rec ommending that Polk, Rutherford, and Cleveland be made a three-representa tive district. The special Senate committee is recommending that Gaston and Cleve land be made a two-senator district. Throughout the state the recom mended districts of both branches nxeel the indicated tests of the federal couiTs, as none vary more than 15 percent from the ideal figures of equal numbers for all districts. Speculation by those studying court rulings is that intra-district rotation agreements within the political parties (the.se now have the force of law) arc probably illegal, too. If the speculation is correct, herein lies the lest of statesmanship for one- man-one-vote, ordered by the federal courts. Will Cleveland, with the heaviest population bulge, be charitable with neighboring Rutherford and Polk in nominating future Democratic House candidates? To put the shoe on the other foot, will Gaston, with the heavier population bulge, be charitable to Cleveland in nominating Democratic Senate candi dates? Our guess is yea to both questions. The minority Republican party sel dom has such a problem in providing nominees. Customarily, the Republicans nominate candidates at party conven tions, whether county, district, or state, and the convention nominations are honored. Few if any changes are anticipated in the committee recommendations when the General Assembly convenes next month in special session. Next item on the agenda is work of a joint committee on federal House of Representatives re-districting. Will the result in our bailiwick pit Whitener (D) vs. Jonas (R)., or White- ner vs. Jonas and Broyhill (R)? Or othierwise? New Business Citizen I "People who .‘iay this country ■ is going to hell are full of balon- 1 ey. Were rearing oetter people t ;day than ever before." I UA-IU I Homer Austin Smith, David- ' son College head football coach, i made the statement at Ihe 1965 ' renewal of the annual Kings ' Mounlain Liens club football banquet honoring the high school ; Mountaineeis, In refuting the prophets of doo'.'n, Coach Smith , ; .mpported his contention with : i evidence, gleaned from several sources---from Cape Kennedy, and outer space (the amazing | astronauts and the many' "brains” who supply their ma chines) to the football field. Not- in," that Davidson had two all- conferenee players in '65, first i Wildcats chosen for 29 years, he said neither were e.vceptional, on either physical stature or grid iron ability. The difference, lie ; ; said, was dedication and fight. “Wlien you compete, give it all. ' I Fight furiously." he advised. I m-m Coach Smith opened his ad- a speaker's 3' 4) m Merger of Dixie Mines, Inc., with United States Gypsum Company, brings i dress by breaking - —■ -- to Kings Mountain another major mdus-1 ^uie It is: “Never declare your- i trial citizen with not only nationwide self a poor speaker. You might i but worldwide operations. ; fool some of’em.” E.xception:... Others include Burlington Indus-‘ "e.xcept when you're good." tries largest textile producer, BVD Coach Smith made considemble. Corporation now launching another ex- u^e of an old. long-proved sue-, r-i-aHcniin 'Vnrns nlont I cessful platform device, which if If Yvl h lampoon not only himself, i Martm-Manetta Company with its Su-;members of his audience. 1 p6rior istoiic opcriitioiis, tin? iilniui.ii j Snm0 samplos* j producers Foote Mineral Company and; Lithium Corporation of America, Park! n»-n> Yarn ^Iills, a unit of the Johnston tex-| **fs chip Bridges here?" No tile chain, Mas-sachusetts Mohair Plu.sh i-eply. “Coach Bates said I’d do Company, Reeves Brothers, te.xtile pro- w-ell to keep you awake.” ducers, recently merged with Duplex- Shannon, Ltd., and the several mica pro- ducers, English Mica Company, Kings, He’d found on his wind.shield Mountain Mica Company, United States la note urging he protest Coach 9*-., ' People oiit.“ide of New York City must look with some di.sdain it not grim humor avion the comic oiieia carrings-on of Ihe local trahsimrlatioM and labor union officials regarding a subway strike. It is remindful of the two boys who were threatening each other, witit one being afraid and the other glad of it. One would tliink we need the subways just to live. Atui .vet in tite recent (’.real Blackout, tlie subways were stalled and someliow folks managed lo keep going. Not that this subterranean form ot travel is not a very im|iortiint part of C.otham life and is said lo be the cheapest and quickest kind of travel in tlie world. Pespite the raucous tiivings of leaders on both sides and a blatant exam ple of buek-iia.ssing by Ihe mayor and mayor-eieot only equalled in the military, Ihe subways will keep running — and doubtless so will big mouths. Mica Company, and Kings Mountain ■ Bates’ treatment of Danny Fin- Silica Inc. ' ' 11*-' continued, “It was sign- It’s a rather imposing list. ^*1 Jackie Dunn." imposing U. S. Gypsum Company, a 45-year-; old firm based in Chicago, Ill., is one of the major producers of building ma-’ terials. The community welcomes this new- industrial citizen. Shop Where? Here! Mrs. John L. McGill, hoard of education mcrrr'ter present for the banquet, had greeted him on arrival. She was very fulsome in her praise of his first Davidson season, had heard of his .speaking prowess, and was very happy to have opportunity to hear him Chri.stmas gift-shopping is an ad-1 speak. "But would you please,” venture for some and for others a con-; Mrs. McGill was alleged to have siderable chore. ' asked, “stop in time for me to ■get home for ‘Peyton Plact*’?” What’s the easiest method? | Shop here at home. | .,j quit—before Every retail merchant is constantiv j Carl weisener gets hungry a- upping inventories to provide breadth I and depth buying opportunities fori Kings Mountain area citizens. I Charlie Noisier is a member of Majority of retailers have already j the Davidson College athletic been providing Friday night open hours 1 council, i congratulated him on to accommodate gift buyers and several i helping to employ coach Smith, will be open late the last few nights be-1 fore Christmas "’ Charlie deprecatiKi, then add- loie cnrisimas. j Services here are good. Free gift-j did.” wrapping is the policy at many stores: and those who have paid alteration i charges on apparel at out-of-town firms | Lions dub football ban- are quite aware of the comparable al-1 teration bargains extant in Kings Moun- tain. Viewpoints of Other Editors IN LOCO GRANDPARENTS I BRING BACK BIRDS LABOR'S TOMORROW If there is anything imodern I Nobody ever says what circum- j With nearly everybody taking society needs, it is more practic-1 stances were beyond their con- 'a course in something these aays, ing grandmas and grandpas. We' trol, and neither will we. Except ' it is not sui'prising to find indus- moan the kind who have time to; to make it clear we did not go in trial workers beating paths to read stories to small folk or to | search of any special phono- show them how to do useful i graph record to help any young things like whittling or baking canary learn to sing. We came cookies. The kind who have the | across it bticause of dreum- gift of understanding little peo-'stances, etc. pie. These talents are not too rare. Often they flower when a per son retires and is no longer push ed by the demands of a business or profession. But in many cases the retiree finds no outlet for his ability. Either he has no grand children of ills own or, as is of- But the music did stir ■mem ories—even if it came from a canaries more or less singing ‘‘Me.\ican Hat Dance” to the ac companiment of somebody on the organ console. By the time they had chirped through the “Blue Danube Waltz,” we were wondering what ever happened to the canaries on Sunday morn ing radio. Television sent them to roost tile universities, i^ahor leiaiions centers that liave been esta.iUsh- ed on some campuses iii recem years encourage tiade union of- iicials to bring theu- problems to these centei-s. ten the case, lives too far from his married children to see their | youngsters except perhaps at j probably, on the assumption that Christmas. i nobody watches a string of ca- Happily, there are plenty of: ^ «’“'e, singing cliildren who need the compan ionship of the elderly. And ways are being found to bring these tots into contact with persons eager to g i v e grandparently scr\ice. Nola.” Maybe so. But unless the pi-ograims we do watch turn a corner of some kind, we are a- bout ready to welcome back the canaries. St. Louis Po,st.-Disi)at(;h The response has been good. Increasingly union leaders are seeing that many problems cai, for tne impartial and profession al study such centers can give. What are tliese problems? They are not the handling of day-to-day matters, such as bar gaining over wage scales, griev ance procedures, and the like, in which union loaders are .‘.\peri- enced. They arc ratlier tomor row’s needs, expected to arise because of the enormous cliaiiges going on in industry. The lendoncy of many pi'r.sc to make slighting remarks ah^ the work of government ployes is belied by a recent ox- nerionce. I went to a window in the local postoffice lo obtain a money order. In filling in the form. 1 absent inindedly placed my name on tlie wrong line, and went back and told the* clerk about it. Instead of complaining, he smiled and said. “Oh, that happens to a let of people. ! will just void that one and give you another. ’ Which he clic*ertully did. Wlien I thanked him, I no ticed that Ills name on the win dow was J. Hart; and although I did not tell him. I am going to notify tlie city postmaster about the fine treatment this helpful man gave me. Hav(> you missctl anyone from your family lately? Well, it may not be so bad ev«'n if you have. There is an organi'zalion called the Tracers Company ot Ameri- Cii wliicli specializes, I am told, in finding missing persons. R claims that in its 40 years of .serv ice, 500.000 cases of missing per sons have been solved. Those lo cated include lost husbands, wives, teen agers (don’t get ex cited at first about the.se, is the advice. They’ll usually turn up.) debtors, witneses. lea.se-bi’eakers, love swindlers, alumni and otiM ers. ■ Shop where? Shop here. Traffic Survey Effort of the city commission to work with the traffic engineering de partment of the State Highway and Pub lic Works commission to speed transit within the bounds of safety, on US 74 (King street) is most commendable. King Street is quite clogged with traffic at any hours on most (lays, and the weekend traffic is terrific. Already the four-man engineering team here last week has indicated ways and means of improving transit flow though one of them, Gwyn Sandlin, wa.c quick to say that any traffic signal changes and others can merely alleviate the problem on crowded US 74. It might appear that the Mayor anc’ city commission are operating at cros' purposes when they seek speedier trap sit after asking for another traffic signa’ at Country Club and King. Mayor Mos' was soundly grounded, however, as hr pointed ou,t that the requested signa’ would aid ingress and egress at four other often heavily-trafficked points Edgemont - King, the entrance to King Mountain hospital where the approache-^ are hazardous, Sims - King, anci the en trance to, First Baptist church parking lot. The turning Janes at Cleveland King,. Battleground-King and Watterson- King already have proved helpful, bm'- for speedier transit and safety, as citi zens traversing King street frequently have noticed. Whatever the decision on the US 74 by-pass or through-way, most guess building it will require three to four years. Congratulations to Ollie Harris, re elected vice-president of the county Majrch of Dimes organization, an impor- taifit prgiahization with which he has long a leader. ten to a dozen years older than majority of the ’65 Mountaineers. Charlie and I were reminiscing on banquets of the past and the coaches who were as expert, more or less, on the speaker’s stand as on the football coaching lines. I suggested Carl Snavely. who spoke here just prior to tak ing his North Carolina team to the Sugar Bowl, was among the Doorer platform artists Charlie recalled the event and agreed, but added, "His audience hun.g on his every word,” A heart-warming project is that of the Adult Community I House; White Plains, N. Y. Here j 14 older people are acting as “substitute grandparents” for 60 boys and girls who rarely, if i ever, see their own. As the elders i teach the children to knit, use a I saw, paint or carve, happy rela- ! tionships spring up between the 1 generations. There should be many more centers where gifted retired per sons and children can meet. No one who can qualify as a success ful acting grandparent should lie permitted to let his talent lie idle just because the want ads list no openings in this field. Tne demand is there. Let the jobs be found. Christian Science Monitor CHRISTMAS TOYS Example: how lo adjust to day’s trade union sti uciure to I the growing power of the white- collar segment of organiz.eci la- b:)r. As automation cuts down Shelby To Get Phone Expansion This is the year of Chri.stmas the number of unskilled laborers Charlie then recalled one of Snavely’s most famous under statements. Much sought - after Charlie Justice, the Asheville gridiron whiz who had starred for the Bainbridgc, Md., Naval Station teai.m during World War II, had decided to accept the blandishments of UNC recruiters over the many others. Receiving congratulations from momi’.iers of the sports writing fraternity, Coach Snavely smiled as he com mented, “Yes, I understand Jus tice is a good boy. I hope the lad decides to come out for the foot ball team.” Twas likely the un derstatement of the century. COUNTRY ROAD m-m Two “foreigners” were among *he guests at the banquet. Rich ard Paries and Richard Peterson, of New York, sales agents for Mauney Hosiery Mills, were guests of Carl Mauney. m-m ■Veteran Coach Don Parker says he and his wife expect to be alone for Christmas for the first time since Don II arrived. He is in Texas and Number 2 Son Punch recently report>'d for duty with the navy at San Diego. Calif. With one son t.oOO miles distant and the otlier ,3000, Don doesn’t anticipate either will get home for the holidays. m-m "I’s kinda bad,” Don remark ed. Which tt is. One of the forgotten benefits of the superhighways is the fact that they take the hurry-hurry traffic off the lesser roads and leave the back roads that wan der through the woods and over the hills to those who would dawdle and enjoy the country side. There one can stop to look at a tree or a vista, even to get out cind walk and know the fe:;l of autumn underfoot. There one can pause to watch a busy squir rel, or a skein of wild geese honking southward, or a brook meandering across a meadow. The highways loo often seem to lead from traffic jam to traf fic jam. But the byways lead to the nearest thing to peace and leisure one can reach on wheels to the uncomplicated serenity of woods and hills and streams. They lea dback to the land itself where time is measured by sea sons and .years, not by hours and minutes. Back to hills that were old when man built his first cities, hills that change only on their own terms. They lead to quiet places where one can see a hollow glowing with the golden candles of au tumn larches, to hilltops where the sky is a huge blue bowl, to lowland beaver imeadows. to cat tail bogs, to brown old farm houses with blue curls of fra grant wood-smoke at their chim neys. In a sense, these back roads le^ to a simpler yesterday, per haps: but those who seek them out are not searching for the past. They are looking, rather, for the enduring now, the per sistent reality ol a native tree, imclntt«re(J lUJlj. a wn/jet. The New York Titnea war games, in which toy makers have devised an extraordinary variety of implements for make- believe carnage with blast, burp, and wheeze. For example, the stores are offering a "Paratrooper Jump Master” described as a “one-man junior army” and enables Junior to “knock out snipers with a rapid-firing toy gun! Wipe out bunker with practice hand gre nades!” And one catalogue advertises “Hold Your Ears!” when you fire your “.Screaming MEE mee-E with the “sound of the century. Pow! Pow! Pow! Pow!” Other combat choices include a gun that shoots around cor- I ners, the Aero M. Sonic Blastre, ' the CJolden Agent Pistol Set, the Secret Sam Snooper Gun, the Napoleon Solo Gun, Secret Agent 007 attache case, battlefield “am bush” sets, etc. Wagons, scooters, roller skates, etc. are not quite “in” this year— a reflection of what is happen ing far away in Vietnam, and on the human race in general. It’s an understandable, but nevertheless ironic, emphasis on our children’s Christmas in 1965. Ahoskie Herald employed, unions turn to organiz ing clerical and piofessional workers. They need to know what kind of organization will appeal to these people, what changes may be necessary to keep them happy within a union organization. Another question to be studied is how to bring union mem-bers more effectively into cooimunity plruinin» in which industrial workers li-ave so great a slake. And always there is the inre- capable overriding question: how to find new job opportunities for millions, both new workers and those likely to be displaced by continuing automation. It is im Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company will add $439,000 in plant and equipment to its Shelby exehange, Manager Floyd Farris has announced. The addition is designed to provide accommodation for 800 more telephones immediately and eventually to a maximum of 14,000 more. Cost estimates are $160,0(X) for building, $99,000 for interior equipment, and $230,0(K) for ca ble and line installation. Target date for completion of the building is July 1, with Wc.st- ern Electric scheduled to begin installation of equipment on July 9. Project completion date is Octolrcr 16, 1966. 1 Mr. Farris said the Shelby ex- portant that the labor relations L-hange provides 12.300 phones of centers provide a meeting place ■ the 23,000 now in service in where leaders of business and of j Cleveland County. He noted that unions can meet with sociologists tlie Shelby exchange only had anrl eennn„„«). I ^3^ and economists of the univorsi- the know- tem bt'rame operative in 1950. In ledge of the others. gheiby exchange ’■•' 115.5 telephones. Christian Science Monitor 10 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK Itema of Kouniain newa area Bventa taken from files of the Kings Herald. about King people ant the J95 Mountah Kings Mountain’s ace 1955 foot ball squad and Its coaches will be the honored guests at the an nual Kings Mountain Lions club football banquet Thursday night at 6:45 p.m. at the Masonic Hall. Safe crackers “punched” a safe in the Benett Brick and Tile Company office Tuesday night and took approximately $50, It was reported Wednesday after noon. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL The Macedonia Baptist Church Women’s Missionary Society held regular meeting Tuesday night at the church. Miss Dutch Clonin- ger read the devotional and of fered prayer. The Azalea Garden club met 'thureday njight at the home of Mrs. Clarence JoUy. KEEP YOUR RADIO DIAL SET AT 1220 Kings Monntain, N. C. News & Weather every hour on the hour. Weather every hour on the half hour. Fine entertainment in between Thur Pit du.sti Chi'i.' child 2 un cordi Wall lendi Sat distri and ( 10 yi .voar-i Th( tract dren Ml Th, oppoi King lions of l clian Ch ■man cludi and Hi comi relal Negi Ihe I m
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