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\ fr y.-.. WNGS MOUWaIN'MERalS w MbUNTAlN; K1& Thurs<iSy; Thur EstahH»lu<l 1889 Kings H^aid nsTs.’spsp*^ devoted to the promotion of the general welfi^ and j^htennici.t, Entertainment and benefit o£ the citizens of Kings Mour.Ui;* iMebiity, puDllshed every Thursday by the Herald Publishing House. ' aa second cl^ matter at the post office at King.s Mountain. N. C 2?:^ ’ under Act of Congress of March 3, 1873. EDITOSIAL OEPJUnrMEirr Maitin Harmon Odijf Stewart lilas Bizabeth Stewart Editor-Publish®: Sports Edito: Circulation Manager and Society Editor Bobby Bolin MECHANICAL DEPABTMEMT Dave Weathers Paul JacKson Steve Ramsey Allen Myt:? ONE SMUBSCRIPnONS P.ATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE — BY MAIL AN\-WH£R S3:50 SIX MONTHS .. $2.00 THPJTE MONTHS .. S'. K PLUS NORTH CAROLINA SALES TAX TELEPHONE NUMBER ~ 739.5441 TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE But I say unto you urhkh hear. Love your enemies, do good to them ichk-h hate you. y ,Vr ' :27, Brown Bag Ball Some budding Tar Heel songwriter might well have done a ditty recently entitled “Brown Bag Blues”. As of Tuesday, he might have writ ten “Brown Bag Ball”. Change of tenor, of course, results from the decision of Superior Court Judge H. L. Riddle, Jr., or Morganton, who granted the plea of plaintiffs — Charlotte restauranteurs — to grant an injunction in their petition for relief from an opinion of Assistant Attorney- General James Bullock. Mr. Bullock had declared the common practice of carry ing liquor into restaurants and night clubs for libation illegal, along with the practice of maintaining private lockers for storing the stuff in private clubs. Judge Riddle’s ruling honors plea of the plaintiffs and grants the request ed injunction until the 1967 General As- seinbly convenes. While the Riddle ruling does not ap ply to counties without the Alcoholic Board of Control system (Cleveland and Gaston are two of them), it is anticipat ed the ruling will have the force of ap plication. Certainly a defendant restau rant, club or individual would have a strong legal leg on which to sustain in nocence of “brown bag” charges. Whether the ruling will have life un til next February w’hen the General As sembly convenes is yet another ques tion. The defendant ABC boards of state and county, and the law enforcement officers therefor, could and may well appeal Judge Riddle’s decision to the North Carolina Supreme Court — the final determining body until a General Assembly could meet and act. The “brown bag, club locker” busi ness was sustained in an opinion by then-Attorney-General George B. Pat ton in 1958 and it was on this prior de cision that Judge Riddle cited in his de cision. Alcoholic beverages have long been extant as the Bible and earlier docu ments attest. Alcoholic beverages, as the drys at test, have also been contributors to some of the world’s troubles, from Sam son and earlier. Yet the Volstead Act, which the late President Herbert Hoover com menting on national prohibition, labeled the “noble experiment” was eminently unsuccessful in de - alcholizing United States. the Since repeal North Carolina has fol lowed a dual policy of part-wet, part- dry, another “noble experiment” and ap parently unsuccestRiL “Brown-bagging” may be a split- situation, it apparently meets the tests of what most dry-county North Caro linians want — or, at least, minus the courage to vote on the question of legal liquor, are willing to suirtain. It s a disservice to law enforcement officers who constantly face the alter- 'native of wanting to enforce the law, but also finding eating a necessity of Ury Cleveland County's per capita consumption of alcoholic beverages. If measurable, would col^ar)^ with wet Mecklenburg’s, BuncoihW's, Wake’s or New Hanover’s Sam Weir has the K^s Mountain years. ed him “Lion of the^ sequently was adii Year” to his gevet4 Last week, hi again elected him ^ thf president repoi down winner, tot many si as to w( Weir Job ^ to rLlon Sam^ u ■? ‘ Planning Benefits ’Time was when much of the city’s providing of municipal services was done in piece-meal and oftenti.T.e re verse fashion. A too small water line would be in stalled,*/ which, when more customers w'ere added, dried to a trickle if too iMny turned the faucets at the .same tune. Septic tanks were often the order of the day. Paving (thin) was not pre ceded by installing curb-and-gutter and storm drains. There w'as good reason. The city treasury w'as pinched to the point the city had to operate in this fashion to give the most the best it could. Result was that paving had to be broken to install bigger water and sewer lines, speeding demise of the paving which meantime had been eroding steadily off the edges. Happily the situation has changed with increased income. Not caught up on services, the city is w’ell en route. Recent case in point is the long and detailed sub-division ordinance adopted by the board of commissioners last week which spells out an informal but /practical policy the city has been follow ing for several years. \ Realtor developers (as they have been) pay for their own engineering in conformance with street right-of-way requirements and other requirements. As the development developes, the city provides utility services, installs curb- and-gutter and paved streets, with the developer or property owner at the time paying portion of assessment costs all citizens pay. This informal policy has produced several sightly residential areas which provide more pleasant resi dential climates. By provi<^g the serv ices in proper sequence the city has spent more today for bigger savings to morrow. Adoption of the sub-division ordi- naqce is a step forward. The Senate Bqce Five candidates seek two seats in ^orih Carolina’s new 29th Senatorial district, which includes Gaston and Cleveland counties. On basis of population, Gaston county has almost twice the people. On basis of voting records, the dis parity is less pronounced. a member of i^ub for many •mbers elect- tfni he sub- 'Utan of the fhllrict. members the Year”, a hands- Of the five aspirants, four are from Gaston county, while Senator Jack H. White is the lone aspirant from Cleve land. Of Gaston’s four, three are proven and successful vote-getters. They are: Senator Lyn Hollowell, Sr,, Solicitor Max Childers, and Mar shall Rauch. William L. Martin, a last- day filee, is seeking political office for the first time. Senator Hollowell seeks a third term, Solicitor Childers has ser\’- ed three prior terms in the state House of Representatives, and Mr. Jtauch was three times elected to the Gastonia board of aldermen. Kings Mountain and Cleveland County will support Senator White for re-election. His freshman term (which also included two special sessions) was marked by good service. He regards as his outstanding accomplishment his bill to add a nickel-per-bottle fee to liquor sales with the residue earmarked for the building of two alcoholic rehabilitation centers and the refurbishing of the present state facility at Butner. Excess monies will accrue for mental health treatment. Yet another was his support for the bill which produced more teacher^ for the educable retarded and more staff for the children’s hospital at Butner. 'There are others. He deserves Term No. 2. prest and nation Congratulations to Benjamin Franklin Cox on his appointment as as sistant postmaster. This veteran and able Kings Mountain Postoffice employ ee is qualified by experience, variety of postal positions held, and desire to pro vide the best of postal service for this important position. ly Lion ibrnwhom MARTIN'S MEDICINE Ingredienta: bit* of ue%t» wiedom, humor, and comment* Directum*: Take iceekly, po**ib2e, but avoid Mall Call Casualty By MARTIN HARMON Last Friday a ‘‘i^jimber’s ga.T.e” i season ended at rtiidnight when j majority of Uncle Sam and Tar ! Hcol Tom s taxpayers filed an- j nual returns. I posted mine about j 9 p.m. Paul Walker reported him self an early-bird this year. His had hit the mails nine hours ear lier at noon. It is a season most are happy to sec past—and wouldn’t cie nearly as „othersome if we p>o- i crastinators tand the “we” is ' heavily inclusive' began our fig uring carlie.-. i m-m ) A new “nuxber’s game” season f is now underway, as last Friday j was the final day for filing for county and Genc^ al Assembly dis trict elective offices. At the rate candidates paid their filing fees on the final two days (deadline was noon, not midnight t, some folk had attenued to their tax matters or didn’t care. m-m ; In the political “number’s j game", figuring is based on past ■ election totals and can be inform- ' ed guesses at best, hindsight and i prior records being questionable j basis for th e future. There are many reasons, among them 1) John Doe is likely be challenged by Jim S nith, rather than Tom Toe; 2) it could rain on the up coming election day; 3) it could not rain on the upcoming elec tion day; 4) there are more (or less) candidates on this election day. m-m It is axiomatic that “long” tic kets produce more votes that “short” tickets, as even the weak est candidates attract some friends to the polls who. in turn, vote for some other candidates, too. It is also axiomatic that sher iff’s contests are major factors in increasing the vote totals. m-m Confusion is compounded for this spring’s primaries due to re districting of the General Asse-Ti- bly, voth House and Senate, and, in all but a few districts of the Senate, with rotation agreements non^xtant. In the House, .North Carolinians will be voting by dis tricts for the first time. No long er does each county elect its own SO THIS IS NEW YORK By NORTH CALLAHAN ///oceiheTV^ Viewpoints of Other Editors MISTAKES IN THE MARKET [HAMBURGERS IN PARIS? Charles de Gaulle, as everyone In an effort to produce a draft i knows, has been doing every- of a “truth-in-packaging” bill ac-1 thing in his power to maintain ceptable to a majority of the Sen- j the Frenchness of France, ate Commerce Committee, that But we write to warn the gen- group’s Republicans are working! eral that at lower policy levels on a compromise which would , insidious forces appear to be at rilute the authority of Federal [work which would subvert his regultory a,?encies to set packag-j entire campaign. Two recent, ing standards. The compr:i.T.iso | items alerted us to the danger, j also may have an effect the bill’s , The first suggests that from backers do not e.xpect. {somewhere in the recesses of the FLOWERS THAT DON'T BLOOM With all the'troubles in-South east Asia and a few here at home, it is a pleasant relief to report something not new but nice—the circus is in town. I even went to see it on opening night at Madi son Square Garden and can state that v'hen it co.nes your way soon, the big show will be will woZ-th seeing. For as its genial spokesman, Mae Lyons, points out, the circus of Ringling Broth ers and Barnum and Bailey is more than a show—it is part of America and something that we love. The postoffice department thinks enough of it to issue a new American Circus Stamp on May'-2'nd. It was very refreshing to .see that the people involved in the circus thought up some new^. routines, added some pretty girls and came up with a series of co lorful and entertaining acts that arc a warm delight to young and old. Yes, as long as we can have and enjoy the circus, which i.s in many ways an extension of the beloved county fairs, this will < e a country worth living in and fighting for. —3— Miss, Nancy Lock of Paducah, Kentucky came to town on her spring vacation from Indiana University, and took a swing at getting into the theater here. Now Nancy is talented and ex perienced but she found what so many “of her young people do whn come here with stars in their eyes, that it is a big, tough and almost impossible nut to crack. But she did not give up. She may go into a summer stock com pany and learn whether she should try to be an actress or a We hope it is only a trial bal- j wholesome school teacher. Which bon, this report coming out of ; reminds .me that I recently saw a Washington that Capital, garden-1 tryout of a Broadway cast held ers may use) plastic flowers in | at the salon of that remarkable shady spots where nature has i Mr. John who does everything failed to meet planting goals, from design ladies’ hats to spon- Public reaction should puncture 1 soring shows it seems. The cast jt [was capably directed by Leonard On the wdiole the Washington | Sillman and ran through some flower-planting program is mag-' ^entertaining numbers. But whe- nificent. Tulips, daffodils, and [ ther the embryo show, called m-m In the Rutherford, Polk, Cleve land 43rd district, four candidates seek three Democratic nomina tions. In the Cleveland-Gaston 29th Senatorial district, five can didates seek two Democratic nom inations. representative, result of the one- man-one vote edicts. i P®<^ktng, a practice winch is ab ! leged to befuddle or mislead coi The original version.,-as, drawn ] administration has come a direc-. other spring blossoms, including , Faces of 66 will ever see by Michigan’s Senator Hart gives ^tive to the French border police, cherry, crowd one another in the bright lights ef big time, on- the Federal Trade Commission j to keep a sharp eye out for in- parks and public green spaces, , ly time and backers money will and Food aind Drug Administra-! vading beatniks who, come sum-: thanks to an ambitious plan for . tell, tion authority to set “reasonable” ! mer, descend in swarms on Pari.s’ beautifying the nation’s capital. 3— standards for weights, quantities, | Latin Quarter. -So why worry if nature slips a j Easter, the pastor lookrtl i sizes and shapes of. retail pack- At first glance this clever rul- bit on thenorth side of big build- * unusually large congre- lages. Those agencies would be ing might seem to favor the gen- ing.s? | gation and waked up.his parish- ' able, for instance, to eliminate: eral’s policy of keeping British.: Wehope the public is aw-ake to the following an- ihe use of fractional ounces Jn j German, and other allies out of; the effect the planting of POly-1 nouncement; “Dearest brethren. “ nch-affairs. But upon closer‘vinyl flowers might have on an | j that I will not see many minatipn, its effect could J overseas visitor. of jn> i agrain until next Easter. What confidence can ntif^el in Id sumers and which sometimes may indeed have that effect. Delegation of such wide powers to the regulatory agencies has njlinatipn, its effect could jiFove disa.strous to the eebnomy ! of France. For the -American j tourists w'ho flock to Pari.s in the summertime have come to de resort drawn criticism from, those who; pend upon the.se foreign beat- fear, with some justification, that j niks to provide the “genuine” among the results would ,c a j Parisian atmosphere, dreary standardization of packag-: The second item is even more ' ing and the discouragement of! devastating — a rapier thrust to i of innovation. To meet that crit-[ vitals of the French _ ' - ’ as a government which woul to such a ruse? We do not oppose all artificial flowers. They have their place un der certain circumstances. But that place i.s not in gardens. We tremble to think what might happen if Washington elan, were to set an example of plant- I ing synthetic flowers in flower of ifoa again until next Easter. So'permit me to take this oppor tunity to wish all of you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!” n-zn ’Hie prior record of the 19641 j'':s‘""thecoinmrtt'ee’s Republic-j And paradoxical as it may, primaries m the governor contest -ns nrooose to spell out packag- seem, its source once again _ j beds. We can see lesser cities roll- in^ standards right in the law it- the government: For more than | ing out artificial lawns in parks, gpjj a month now French civil ser- setting out plastic petunias and Thus the GOP revision w'ould 'ants have been unceremonious- vinyl verbenas fii park flower specify that there be no restric-j reduced to half-hour, sand- ' eds. massing fake ferns in gixit tions on the use of fractional ; 'viched-in, American'-style snack ounces for packages under eight | ii this experiment ounces. But between eight and 16 j should survive, it will put an end shows some surprising figures, but chief amiong them, is the closeness of the total vote for governor in Gaston and Cleveland counties. Gaston’s 1960 round- figure population was 127,(X)0, j Cleveland’s 66,000. Yet Cleveland! ut-voted Gaston in the ’64 first i primary by 83 votes. Gaston edg-1 ed up to 15,521 in the second race, while Cleveland dropped to 13,534, but again Gaston’s margin of 15- 13 (1987) votes did not compare with the virtually 2-1 population ratio. ; , toes. And motels luring visitors vv'ith no-fade geranium borders. This need not happen. Mrs. ounc«: fradonal-ouncc packag- [ “ i ni'ia The Cleveland-Rutherford-Polk 43rd posted these totals in the ’64 governor’s race: first primary, 25,765; second primary. 25,309. In both primaries the voting totals by counties Hnnrnvlrtmt^ jhJ population ratios much more closely. ing would be prohibited—except | “our midday interval for lei- for even half-ounces. And from j surely dming. 16 ounces to four pounds, no \ vbus the very heart would be fractional weight designations out of the French way of j life. But why have not the men ! and women would be allowed. i-nH c r. . Now it is one thing for the 1 fwomen of Pans rushed to FTC and FDA to become immers-! up barricades? Be- ed in this sort of pointless detail. cause they have been subtly won and to issue regulations applica- j ~ ble to the 8,000or-so packaged of baturday work and pro commodities o n supermarket t for an hour earlier depar. shelves. It is quite another 1 write oackaging standards into a ^ General be Gaulle law; if a standard proves to be | quickly a susses the danger and undesirable or unworkable, it is j taxed, just like~^soline~Riav- far easier to_ alter _a_n__agency;s be UFOs can evef ^o to wofk loving First Lady, has exerted a strong influence for the pre ro- tion of gardens. We trust her tc make certain that the flowers that bloom in Washington are not plastic but the kind that bud. blossom, and drop their petals in accord with nature’s rhythms. The Christian Science Mmiitor m-m Since both the House and Sen ate primary contests, as well as the loaded eight-man county com mission race (for two nomina tions), it is Veil to review t he liaw which sets forth the deter- .Tlning of majorities, rules for second primaries, and nominees in such sweepstakes affairs, where more than one nomination is at stake. The total vote for all candidates is divided by the num ber of offices (or nominations) to be filled, That result is divided 'ey two. One more than that digit is a majority. a,gency’s I regulation than to amend an act of Congress. We happen to think a lot of present - day packa^ng leavM Perhaps this talk nf riirinir something to be desired, altert saucers sounds unrealistic ^Buf for understanda'cle competitive that alone is cerfa?nw „ ^ reasons. 'Whatever the mistakes not to assign them a role^irnreT of the market 1 ent fiscal policy i u^l Stilet the compromise plans show how ; Journal. ^ easily'any new leg’islative at- ' tempt at regulation can turn into a nitpicker’s delight. Wall Street Journal m-m It is therefore possible, via this formula for 1) more candidates to attain a majority than seats to be filled; 2) for no candidates (In a very close multi-candidate race) to attain a majority; 3) for aU candidates to attain a major! ty- Congratulations'to Barbara Plonk and Jo Bridges, hi^ scbqol^ who ^ Mountain at the of (ji will reinvsent Kiqgs 1966 annual session lirls State, m-m If more candidate* get majori ties than seats to be filled, the ones polling highest win. If none or not enough candidates attain ed majorltlea, a second primary could be demanded of the high est by "any one or all of the candidates equal In number to the remaining seats to be fined." The qiuote Is from the state elec tion law. m-m Pulling numbers of votes and candidates <mt of the hat and pix)Jecting them can be both a- muMng «hd ctnlfuslng. Try it. takes appropriate countermeas ures, his entire Gallicization campaign could end in Water loo. Fifty million Frenchmen sit ting around lunch counters, glancing at their watches, de vouring hamburgers and sip As the teen-age girl stood be side me at the subway door. I took a casual look then blinked my eyes to be sure I was not in a wax museum or on a redskin reservation. She was wearing heavy black stockiriigs, a short, mottled leather skirt, a sweater as dark as midnight and her hair (also black) protruded from be hind each ear in Indian like pig tails. Under each eye was enough dark makeup to make her look even more omnious, but if this were not enough, a floppy black hat set off her erect head like a Mrs. Robin Hood. It seemed to me that she was dressed in a completely^ fcoofy manner or 1 was living in the dark ages. carrying air freight or earth oeo-' soft drinks would surely be ple, earning revenue subieetto straw! — Christian Sci- Federal taxes. ence Monitor^ A .group in Short Hills, New Jersey, called “New Eyes for the Needy” is conducting a worth while enterprise by collecting dis carded glasses from people all over the cc'antry. Run by house wives, the organization is non profit and has never held a fund drive. Metal frames are melted down and sold for expenses of providing plastic frames and pi'escriptl'on glasses in 48 states. LITTLE GOLD MINES IN THE SKY Up to now Rep. Gerald Ford’s demand for an investigation of unidentified flying objects has been greeted with little but apa thy. What is needed to pique Congressional interest, it seems to us, is a new approach to UFOs. Though most Congressmen .seem to agree with the Admin istration’s idea that the econo my can somehow fly a stable course even with Federal revenue forever lagging well behind spending, there has been talk lately that jt might be a good Idea to narrow the income-outgo gap a bit. So why not look Into the flying objects as possible lit tle gold mines In the sky? Assuming UFO occupants are friendly and amenable to rea son — and so far there are no grounds for believing otherwijse —they could be charged landing fees. Just as our apparently more ciunbersome alrp>IanSs are. If a l^FO refuels oin earth, on mqfsh gas or whatever, the fuel could VEARS AGO THIS WEEK Item* of fountain about King people ant the 195 Uountob new* area event* takett from file* of the Kingt Herald. Kings Mountain retail esta'J lishments will collaborate this weekend in a three-day trade pro motion to be known av’^Kings Mountain Bonus Days. J. W. Webster, city building in spector, has been named to head Basil L. Whitener’s 11th district Congressional campaign in No. 4 Township. Jack White of Kings Mountain is district manager for Mr. Whitener. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Kings Mountain Woman’s club wll present three one-act plays Tnursday and Saturday evening^s auditoriu.Ti. Kings Mountain women organ ized a hospital auxiliary Tuesday night and agreed to furnish 25 volunteers for duty at Kings Mountain hospital May 13, date M formal openings of the new wing. Mrs. P. G. Padgett was riamed chairman of the organiza tion. * KEff YOUR RADIO DIAL SET AT 1220 WKMT Kings Monniain, N. C. Ne'W’s & Weather every ho'ur on the hour. Weather every hour on the half hour. Fine entertainment in between PL CH gram, fered iU'.-n J endiK Fiv ins w eipals Nrrll the I'l ed 20 south ium. A. ‘The liona] and t lifingi the y quirec and 5 week visit, dude “Lear ing tl “Ai: tercst the fi the ni cepts distar in.g tl can id solar nesda, a.rq.. Sky” are d classr indyd curref stellal and s( are a ed. “L Wedn
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