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KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C,
Thursday, May 19, I96^
Established 1889
The Kings Mountain Hezaid
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A newspai?''*' devoted to the promotion of the general welfare and published
for tne e'niighte'nnic.t, £r»iertainment and benefit of the citizens of Kings Mountain
and its vicinity, published every Thursday by the Herald Publishing House.
Entered as second class matter at the post office at Kings Mountain, N. C, 2S086
under Act of Congress of March 3,1873. 't
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TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE
God brought them out of Egypt; he hath tis it were the strength of a unicorn. Numbers 23:22,
Mr. Easley's Presentation
It was interesting that Rev. Charles
Easley, the Lutheran minister, should
volunteer his presentation published last
week on explaining the action of Presby
terian Church, U. S., on civil disobedi
ence.
The Herald doubts, too, that many
parishioners were aware that the Pres
byterians were adopting a position Mr.
Easley says is held by majority of Prot-
6St8lllt S0Ct^S.
Many will be pleased that the action
condones civil disobedience “only as a
last resort”, which certainly makes the
action much milder than first impres
sion indicated.
Mr. Easley is on historically sure
ground concerning his note that civil
disobedience produced social change in
the Roman Empire, England, Russia and
the United States, also that “civil dis
obedience is a dangerous position”.
The principal statement of Mr. Easley
the Herald would question is: “Yet if we
do not allow for civil disobedience we
find ourselyes saying, ‘My country, right
or wrong, first, last and always’.”
None could justifiably make a black-
' white statement on civil disobedience
in some nations, but the test of time
has proved the wisdom of the Churchill
statement — in the United States and
Britain — that democracy may be the
worse form of government except that
democracy, nevertheless, has proved the
best. ^
Hitlerian Germany, where Pastor
Easley charges the church in well-
,churched Germany was guilty of "Quiet
ism” was a special situation Hitler came
to power in the depths of'a depression
when many literally were starving. The
United States is lucky that Roosevelt
was not of the same stripe as Hitler,
who bought labor, the German general
staff, and the church, through money
and fear. It might be noted that in Ger
many the state church lives out of the
state treasury.
Free speech, free assembly must be
maintained, but violence in Los Angeles,
Alabama, Lexington, North Carolina nor
Kings Mountain cannot be tolerated or
condoned.
Clean-Up The Messes
Much forethought, effort and advance
publicity has gone into the up-coming
community-wide clean-up and beautifi
cation campaign which begins on Satur
day and will continue for a month.
Unsightly, unhealthy dbbris, brambles
and derelict housing have been cata
logued.
A Ihrge cadre of citizens has been
enlisted to manage the campaign at all
levels.
Little else needs be said.
The chore at hand is to start the
clean-up.
But again: cleanliness is next to Godli
ness.
Cleanliness is also healthful, physical
ly and esthetically.
ImproveiiiBiil Plan
>}A those Which dw
Insufficient
The county commission Monday de
clined request of a large delegation rep
resenting the Shelby bar, the Shelby
realtor association and savings and loan
associations to resume opening court
house offices on Saturday mornings.
The courthouse went on the new
schedule several weeks ago.
The objecting groups say the changes
have caused considerable inconvenience,
but the commission turned a deaf ear.
It reminds of the consistent, if pleas
ant but ringing “no's” both the county
welfare board and county commission
gave to continuing requests by Kings
Mountain area citizens to leave a branch
welfare office operating in Kings Moun
tain.
Shortly before the county commission
voted to close the courthouse on Satur
days, Commissioner Spurgeon Hewitt
and Tax Collector Robert Gidney visit
ed the office of Kings Mountain Mayor
John Henry Moss. By coincidence, the
Herald editor arrived at the same time.
Comm. Hewitt and Mr. Gidney asked
the Mayor’s opinion about shut-tight
Saturdays.
“We’re against it,” the Herald editor
interjected. “We’re in the midst of try
ing to obtain expanded schedules for
service establishments in Kings Moun
tain, including City Hall offices. The
Mayor confirmed. Apparently, on basis
of the subsequent result, this was not
the desired answer.
Hurrah, for the five-day week!
But the five-day week is not right for
service businesses, be they the service
station, the dry cleaner. City Hall, the
Cleveland Courthouse, or Kings Moun
tain postoffice.
Actually, the services at City Hall
and the Cleveland Courthouse can be
maintained via a staggered schedule
which would provide the employees a
five-day week.
The commission should listen to its
citizens, consider wishes of its em
ployees second.
Autos And Safety
An interesting television Interview
was seen via Channel 9 Sunday on the
subject of mechanical safety improve
ments in automobiles.
Could the manufacturers make safe
autos?
It has been remarked, and vividly,
that a city or county needs a knowledge
able person on its payroll merely to keep
abreast of the many federal programs,
whereby funds are available both by
loan and out-right grant for many need
ed public facilities.
Thus the city commision has approv
ed a 'community improvement plan
which, if ratified by the federal govern
ment’s urban development agency,
could be of vast beheflt, first In dollars,
second in making possible these facili
ties years in advance of their attain-
nient otherwise. -
Those who decry such federal pro-
83^ams may be right in principle, but
f they are plenty wrong in practice.
All know that dollara sent to the Di
rectors of Internal Revenue find their
wav back home only after a bumpy trip
: which erodes their number.
Conversely, failure to participate in
»e prograrhs means that communi-
which do partici^l|t* are beneflttihg
Replied the safety flirector for Ford
Motor Company: “No, that would hard
ly be possible. But we can make them
safer.” The word “perfect” does not ap
ply to man, nor to the products he cre
ates, though his products are often more
nearly perfect than he.
Demonstrated were some of the safety
efforts the manufacturers have made
and are making.
A breakthrough was reported on an
improved glass for windshields design
ed to prevent a person's head from go
ing through in an accident.
Yet another, which are being used on
some vehicles already, is “back-up mas
ter brake cylinder, one cylinder for the
front wheels, the “back-up” for the rear
wheels. Just about any motorist of some
years duration has undergone the help
less feeling of suddenly having no
brakes, either due to a line break or de
fective master cylinder.
Cushioned dash-boards, replacing the
steering wheel, better door latches and
many other possibilities were discussed.
Henry Ford n noted his company had
become safety conscious in 1956, found
many of its recommended ideas the pub
lic unwilling to accept.
Many folk with now-mandatory safe
ty belts disdain using them.
Human error remains the great gen
erator of accident and death on the
highway, but any means of paring the
oil is wc ■’ ' ‘
toll is worth trying.
Congratulations to Rev. Howard Jor
dan, elected president of the . Kings
Mountain Ministerial association, and
CliAtoh Jolly, elected coMftfthder Of 0
D. QrOen Post 155, American Legioh.
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By MAR'HN HARMON ,
Some 300 Democrats attended
last Saturdays county convon:__
tion, which in partial contrast to
the one of two years ago, was
marked by harmony, wit, sweet
ness and light. In the executive
committee session for election of
officers the lone contest was
for third vice-president. Via sec
ret ballot, Jim Reason was re- i
elected in a close vote over Rob
ert Hamrick.
Rock of Ages
Each oppostHl candidate for
county and higher offices was in
vited to speak up to two minutes.
All did. Several remarked, and I
felt the same, that not a single
one laid an egg, to borrow from
sltow business lingo.
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area candi
dates spoke well.
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House of Representatives Can
didate Billy Mauney summated
his platform, pledged to hold thej
line against new ta-xes, embraced ,
the program of the United Forces]
for Education, and drew a big '
laugh when he said, “You want
to be sure to vote for me as you
can see I’ll carry a lot of weight
in Raleigh.”
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NEW YORK
By NORTH CALLAHAN
When a man is trci.r.endouslj
successful, one wonders w'hy. Sc
it is with Irving Stone, the nov^
elist-historian, and I think I have
found the formula for his sucl
cess enthusiastic industry,, andj
graciousness to others. Having
just spent an evening with hit
and corresponded before that,
was so impressed with these two
qualities of his that they stand
out and eclipse others which nat-^
uraliy go with them. Mr. Stoiic
or Irving, as I already came to,l\
call him.—flew from the West”
Coast to receive the award of the
American Revolution Round Ta
ble for his current best-sellor,>
“These Who Love”. It was se
lected by this group of historians
as "the best fiction book on the
Revolutionary War period, pub
lished in 1965.
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Another House candidate, Bill
Harrlll of Forest City, was sit- |
ting on the same bench I was.
Short width between the benches
makes moving in and out diffi
cult. When he reached the plat-
for.n, he said, “I've already step
ped on one toe and I hope I don’t
step on any more.” Chairman
Clint Newton replied, “That toe
you stepped on was my wife’s.”
Viewpoints of Other Editors
MINDING THE MOON 1
Senator
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Jack White
No longer would a Juliet refer
to the earth’s nearest companion
in space as "t h e inconstant
moon.” Today there is need of
action to project the moon from
the inconstancies of men on
drew iearth. Hence President Johnson’s
IN DEFENSE
OF DEMOCRACY
Arriving promptly and without
any ^how of temperament or
stuffiness, Irving Stone entered
historic Fraunces Tavern with
the air of a itran who knew hi.s
surirbuhdirigs. Here GeorgeWastp
ington had said farewell to his
officers 183 years ago in this
now-oldest building in Manhat
tan. With Irving were his devoted
wife and help-meet, Jean, his es
teemed editor at Doubleday, Ken
neth D. McCormick, and Mrs.
Irving Stone and received his
warm appreciation for many
years. Soon we were at the head
table of the meeting room, sur
rounded by colonial flags in a
meBow atmosphere, of that day
which the almost 150 people pres-.
ent also seemed to absorb. Frank ;
Warner, the folk singer-lecturer
laughs with his story of Theodore I bid (and none too early) that the
Roosevelt addressing a Republi- United Nations take upon itself
(Sm convention. Thundering at 1 the task of working out a moon
the Democrats, Roosevelt inquir-1 pact.
ed rhetorically if there were as i This treaty would obligate
many as one Democrat in the au- j earthly powers to keep the moon
dience. A back-pew man arose 1 free, open, and healthy for all. It
and declared himself a Democrat. I would let no land claim any sov-
Roosevelt wanted to know why. | ereignty on old Luna’s dusty face
Tile Democrat replied he had | nor would the stationing or test-
merely followed in the footsteps I ing of w-eapons be allowed. Ef-
of his grand father and father, j forts would be .made to keep the
Did he mean, Roosevelt asked, if j moon’s atmosphere and surface
your grandfather and father | clean. Finally, the treaty would
were.horse thjeves he would be a j call for the astronauts of one na-
horse theif, too? The Deir.ocrat tion to help those of another,
allegedly replied, “No, I’d be a! jg urgently to be hoped that
Republican! j the rancors and squabbles of
ffl-nt I mankind can be spared a celes-
George Hord is one of four tial body which has fdb countless
candidates for county treasurer.
The other three are ladies. He
told the convention, “If you want
to vote for the prettiest candi
date, you might as well forget
me.”
•ALL THE WORLD'S
A STAGE'
Those Elizabethan Englishmen!! excellence gave some reusing
till spreading their influence in! songs of the Revolution and the
the “brave new world” across the] stage was set for thectam speak-
sea, four centuries after the birth i^r. Irving told in a fascinating
of their illustrious son, William and dynamic way of the great a-
SH-nmount of rosGsrch wnicn. wont
Wa must hold them responsible j into his novel, “Those Who Love .
legislator’s maneuvers are indeed griy^rner Shakespeare fes- He recalled how be became mucm
unusual, they can be viewed in Rivals which have become local j interested in the personal lives of
more than one way. ! institutions-in a number of A- (John and Abigail Adams which is
The pending bill, you’ll recall, j merican cities. Somehow, the gai- i the theme of the book. The gi eat
would permit a union to picket a|pjy creativity of the time of] story, he declared, is based on
construction project, thus shut-; ghakespoare has caught the ima- actual historical facts and he j
According to te AFL-CIO exe
cutive council, Rep. Adam Clay
ton Powell is mraking a “mock
ery” of democracy by obstruct
ing the construction-site picket
ing bill. While the New York
ting everything down, even if | gination of Canadians and A
the union’s quarrel were with on-j j^gj-icans today. Result: Highly
ly one of several employers at i successful seasons of plays by
work at the site. At present the I festival groups in such cities as
legislation reposes in the House gtratford, Ont., Stratford, Conn.,
Education and Labor Committee york City, and, probably the, reception by convincing the p
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One. of his opponents, Mrs.
Doris Osborne, related her ex
perience in bookkeeping at Clev'e-
land Mills and the fact that she
has been a proof-reader at the
Shelby Star for the past 14 years.
She av'erred, “I suppose you could
say I’m well-read.”
ages blessed the earth with its
calm and peaceful beauty. What
young couple could henceforth
walk^enraptured beneath a moon
upon which military maneuvers
were taking place, rocket-launch
ing sites being set up and pitched
battles for barren space being
fought?
Actually, we believe that it
may be easieir to reach interna
tional agreement on the moon
than the earth. As yet no nation
has a toehold there. Thus no-
headed by^ Mr. Powell, and
may be there rjuite a while.
The committee chairman first
Indicated he was more or less
holding the bill as a hostage un
til the Senate passed a fair or.-*
ployment practices measure and
the House approved minimum
wage legislation. After the AFL-
CIO attacked this procedure, Mr.
Powell declared the picketing bill
was “dead for this session” and
that it probably wouldn’t get
through his committee next year
either. VVhether all of this mocks
democracy or not, itis a peculiar
way to handle important legisla
tion.
■Building contractors, however,
may not be too disturbed 'like
other businessmen, after all, they
are protected by present law
fror being shut down by labor
disputes with which they have
read many documents and books
for the authentic background. HeJ
regaled his rapt audience with aj
musing anecdotes, such as how hf
had to thaw out a cold Bostof
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Three of the five Senate can
didates were present, Senator
White, Mt. Hally’s Max Childers,
ind Gastonia’s Marshall Rauch.
.\11 were attempting to attend
the Gaston convention too and
made their speeches first. Chil
ders cited his experience as legis
lator and solicitor, both jobs
done under tutelage of Cleve
land’s Judge B. T. Falls, Jr.
Rauch, the onetime Duke basket
ball player, pledged for mone-
ary efficiency. Should new taxes
arove necessary to satisfy the
Jtate’s public education require
ments, he would support a tax
an tobacco.
body’s prestige or selfishness is
yet engaged. i nothing to do. And equal protec-
{very difficulty of setting the of the laws is surely a fund-
Representative Thurston Ar-
'edge, of Tryon, sitting in front
T(f me, laughed. “He won’t need
to draw that bill. I’ve had one in
my pocket since 1961.” It never
got off the ground. Between the
obacco growing ^areas of the
mast and mountains, plus the
'obacco manufacturers of Win.»
on-Salena, Greensboro, Durham,
md Reidsville, it has never prov
ed possible to muster enough
mtes to Impose a tobacco tax—a
’act Governor Terry Sanford
earned soon after his election as
Tovernor.
dangerous divisions on earth
should irrake men all the more
desirous not to see these same di
visions spread abroad through
space.
And, if men are indeed success
ful in reaching a peace-preserv
ing pact on outer space, may not
this fact light the way to^earnest-
er efforts to do the "same on
earth? If messages can be bounc
ed off t'.<^ moon, surely goodwill
can also be reflected tack from
its placid and shining surface.
How inspiring it would be If all
men on earth were able to look
at the moon and see there proof
that mankind could set aside its
ambitions and rivalries in the in
terest of the larger and higher
good!
Christian Science Monitor
LURLEEN
amental democratic principle.
It emphatically won’t appease
Mr. Powell’s union critics, in oth-
''r words, but in certain circles
the lawmaker just may be re
garded as a defender of demo
cracy.
Wall Street Journal
oldet of them all, little Ashland,
Ore.
A.nd now comes Odessa, Texas. 1 hours a day.
On the stark plains of ttjat west
ern frontier country a truly
Shakespearean Globe Theater has
appeared. Shakespeare would
surely recognize it. Only small
changes in design have been made
to fit it to its new site and uses.
The Globe of the Great South-
wst, as the theater is called, is
becoming a Texas landT.ark
It is striking that none of these
projects was launched as a emn-
merclcil venture. (What business
man would expect to make money
on a Globe Theater for his home
towm?) In each case a zealous
individual got the idea and pro-
plo there of his Integrity,
writes in long hand for sever
—
Irving Stone was bom in Sa^
Francisco some 62 years agoi^
where he sold papers as a boy'^
on the streets Dater at the Uni- -
versity of California, he played
the saxophone in a dance band to
help with expenses. H^ has a
master’s degree from the Uni
versity of Southern California
where for a tErfe he taught eco
nomics. 'launched into studying
for a Ph.D., he switched to wrlt-
moted it long and faithfully! In ing instead, spent two years in
RAIN. RAIN
Kings Mountain area county
•ommission candidates Carl Wil-
on, Dick Ware and Yates Smith
•poke well, as aforementioned,
’ll did. Representative Robert
^alls said he appreciated getting
'ussed at, adding, “Otherwise you
ion’t know what you’re doing
wrong.”
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Candidate cards were distribut
'd In profusion as were Billy
'vlauney’s red-white-and-blue pen
cils. Jack White was handing out
•oackages of forget-me-not flower
leed, with the printed Invitation
“Re-elect Jack White for state
senator, May 28, 1966, Democra
tic primary, forget-me-not.” A
'ady said she was going to plant
hers. Jack Jested* "Maybe\ you
better Wait until after May ^
l*d feel mighty bad If they didn’t
qtrthe up.”
Rain, rain, don’t go away, stay
around another day.. .or two...
or three...
Hard, wet, rain splashing on
the pavement, rushing down the
gutters, sinking into green gras.s.
Rain, real solid sheets of rain in
big, battering drops—it was some
thing we had just a’;out forgot
ten about, something that .seem
ed to have gone out of style, like
the snows our grandfathers lied
about.
How much the rain we have
been getting will ease the
the Texas city an English teach
er worked 18 years to realize her
dream. In Ashland, Ore., a col
lege drama teacher was the lead
er. In Stratford, Canada, a young
magazine editor conceived the
idea and brought it to fruition
with the aid of Sir ’Tyrone Guth
rie. The Connecticut enterprise
was led by a group of prominent
citizens caught up by the en-
thusias-n of a Shakespeare-loving
philanthropist.
All of these festivals draw
large crowds, good dramatic cri
ticisms. But their value is not to
be measured only at the box of
fice. One of their greatest values
is that they give to New World
people the feeling that they too
can claim Shakespeare and his
England as their heritage.
Christian Science Monitor
In a state where appreciable
numbers of Negroes drought we dare not predict. Pro-
ind voted for the first time, th jt won’t do the trick com-
Paris writing plays, one of which
was produced here in Greenwich
Village and netted him $34. But
in Europe he did come in close
contact with the story of the ar
tist, Vincent Van Gogh. The re
sult was thq. boak, “Lust For
Life”, which eventually was a big
success, but not until 18 publish
ers had turned it down. After oth
er books and 30 years, Irving
wrote "The Agony and the Ecs
tasy”, the biography of Michel
angelo, for which the Italian gov
ernment has duly honored him.
Like many of his other works,
this has been made into a pop
ular motion picture.
primary was inescapably a test
of racial strength. The white
folks of Alabama—the folks who
kept saying that if black folks
vere allowed to vote they would
vote in a solid racial bloc — set
‘hem an example by voting as a
jolid racial bloc themselves. Ne
gro support proved ineffectual in
the statewide contest; b'Jt it was
Impressive in a number of local
races, particularly in what used
to be the most 'bigoted part of the
state, the Black Belt, now the
most moderate part. It is not
likely that Negroes will ever -a-
gain be Ignored politically. . .
Outside of Alabama, the results
of the gubernatorial primary will
. . . bring a good deal of dlsap-
DOintm«it. . , . To those who feel
this way, we can but commend
Thomas Jefferson’s sage obser
vation: “I know of no safe de
pository of the ultimate powers
of society but the people them
selves; and if we think them not
enlightened enough to exercise
their control with a wholesome
discretion, the remedy is not to
take it from them, but to Inform
their discretion by education.”
Waahin^on Post
bably
pletely. But we feel better any
way. Nevy England tmay not be
turning into a desert after all.
There is hope for, lawn.s and
shrubs and flowers and vegeta
ble gardens.
Cactus is out. Tulips are in.
The Boston Herald
jYEARS AGO
'this week
Items of news - ctbout King
Mountain areit people ant
events taken from (he 195
tiles of the Kings Mountain
Herald.
The ' Kings Mountain Herald
expects to begin moving into its
new building on S. Piedmont Ave
nue Thursday morning.
Shu Carlton, Central high
school football coach, will serve
as recreation director for the
City of Kings Mountain this sum
mer.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
fmildren of Mrs. Ella Davis
wHI honor her on her 85th birth
day Sunday at a dinner at Paul
ine Mill 'Woman’s clubhouse.
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