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♦ILL Established 1889 The Kings Mountain Herald A weekly newspaper devoted to the promotion of the general welfare and published for the enlightenment, entertainment 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., 28086 under Act of Congress of March 3, 1873. EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Martin Harmon . Editor-Publisher Moody Hamrick .Sports Editor Miss Elizabeth Stewart.Circulation Manager and Society Editor Miss Lynda Hardin . Clerk MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT Fred Bell Dave Weathers, Supt. ’Allen Myers Douglas Houser Richard Blanton •On leave with the United States Army Paul Jackson Rocky Martin SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE — BY MAIL ANYWHERE ONE YEAP .. $3.30 SIX MONTHS .. $2.00 THREE MONTHS .. $1.25 PLUS NORTH CAROLINA SALES TAX TELEPHONE NUMBER — 739-5441 TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE Truly God w good to Israel, even to sueh as are of a clean heart. Psalm 73:1. Keep Lid On There have been some individual ex ceptions, undoubtedly, but, en masse, the citizens of Kings Mountain have demonstrated to date unexpectedly even tempers on the verv emotional issue of whether sales of alcoholic beverages shall be legal within Kings Mountain’s metes and bounds. This is commendable, a credit to wets, to drys, and to the few who couldn’t care less about the referendum result. Actually, a chronicler of the jokes perpetrated, the bizarre tales told, the funny incidents occurred, would be able to publish a genuine collector’s item which would grow more valuable with the years. As mentioned in these columns be fore, voters will mark their crosses “For” or “Against” for a vast variety of rea sons, these being among the most popu lar: Drys— 1) A religious issue or “liquor is the product of the devil”. 2) An alcoholic father, brother, sis ter, mother, husband or wife. 3) An unwillingness (particularly those who drink “wet”) to endorse leg ality on grounds of placing a potential stumbling block before the uninitiated or the person who is an alcoholic. 4) A belief that “liquor money” is tainted money. Wets— 1) A preference to employ the legal control system, rather than the hypo critic under-the-table method of sale and consumption extant in this part of North Carolina since 1908. 2) A belief that revenue from sale of alcoholic beverages benefits the public, whereas illicit sales benefit those who wink at Johnny Law. 3) A firm belief, based on the Noble Experiment of national prohibition, that liquor, whether high grade bottled-in bond or the rankest popskull, will al ways be with us. There is little middle ground be tween proponents and opponents. While on most issues, deciders think in terms of grays (dark oxford to light pearl), most folk think on the issue at hand Tuesday as black and white. The Herald hopes that the even temper of the community will continue through Tuesday and beyond. Winner and loser will be neighbors next Wednesday morning just as they are today. The question of legal liquor or il legal liquor is merely one of many need ing answers and many of the questions are much larger in scope and import ance. What issue, for instance, is more important today to Kings Mountain: wa ter or firewater? Let us keep the lid on. Mrs. Houston Nothing saddens a community more than the death of a person at a seeming untimely age: the youngster who stepss in front of a car, the teen-ager with an incurable disease, or the person in the prime of life who dies by accident. It is true in the accidental death of Mrs. Eva Mae Suber Houston, an outgo ing, friendly person who would do any thing for anybody and did. A patron of her beauty salon noted her hospitality: “Not only did she serve a cooling drink while you were under the dryer, but she brought a piece of de licious homemade cake, too." Mrs. Houston may have been, likely was, the first at-the-desk on scene socie ty editor the Kings Mountain Herald boasted. Certainly she was the first un der the present ownership. She wore capably and with correct detail, as the files confirm and as readers during her editorship recall. Perhaps of larger importance was the good will she generated by her sym pathetic approach to the Herald’s most sensitive department. The whole community mourns her passing. Tax Break With the considerable aid of House Speaker David Britt, Governor Dan K. Moore has won a victory in his effort to provide an income tax cut to some North Carolinians. The total will be $23.3 million dur ing the upcoming biennium. The bill, as enacted by the House Wednesday morning, provides a modi cum of relief where it is needed: for par ents who have known all along a $300 dependency allowance for children was a joke (it’ll now be $600); an additional $000 deduction for a child in college or trade school; an extra $1,000 exemption for taxpayers over age 65; and a $500 exemption on service pay of men in com bat zones or those hospitalized for wounds due to combat service. There was, of course, some merit to the argument of Senator Marshall Rauch that the appropriations bill should be en acted first, a tax cut considered after ward. But Senator Tom White was right, too, when he declared a tax cut would precede appropriations or there would be no cut — too many hungry agency mouths to feed. Governor Sanford recommended about the same paring in 1963, but his recommendation ran afoijl the same sit uation about which Senator White was talking. Against a $2.7 billion budget, $23.3 million is a drop in the bucket. Old Song, New Verse The new break-out in the Middle East is literally as old as Methuselah, the Biblical record-holder for life on earth at 900 years. Indeed, while it was policy in the Middle East in those long ago times for a fellow to observe a birthday when he so desired, he could desire several times a year. But the enmity of the Arabs for their Jewish cousins, and vice versa, is recorded in the Holy Bible. It was Moses who led the children of Israel in excape from Egypt and back to the Promised Land. Until after World War II, when vic torious Britain, France and the United States carved out the Israeli state foi the benefit of displaced Jews, thereby displacing a large number of Arabs, th< real estate had been Egyptian for sev eral centuries. Regardless of the merits of the dis putants deeds to the Israeli real estate, the fact of the Israeli state is, and the fact of the expressed intention of Egypt’s Nasser to totally destroy Israel is a threat to international peace, or what remains of it. Much is made of the 1956 troubles, when Nasser successfully brought off abrogation of the Suez Canal agreement with the British and French. Here the United States made a considerable mis take, for which this nation is continu ing to pay. The USA, angered by British French precipitate action, undercut her allies, when US support would have made Nasser’s threat an empty bluff. The graying Colonel has been no easier to deal with since, and France has waxed more and more difficult. Western Europe and the United States, nevertheless, cannot allow the Middle East to explode for long. The oil reserves are imperative both for supply and to maintain the world balance of power. Congratulations to Glee E. Bridges, promoted to commander in the naval reserve. As Commander Bridges, he wears “scrambled eggs’* on the visor of his hat, this uniform-of-the-day differ ence marking the difference between "man” officers and “boy” officers. Congratulations to David P. Delevie, newly elected state 'vice-commander of the 40 & 8. MARTIN'S MEDICINE Ingredients: bits of news, wisdom, humor, and comments Directions: Take weekly if possible, but avoid overdosage. Reference is made is a front page news story in today’s edi tion that Kings Mountain citi zens are considering the question of legalizing alcoholic beverages as a community entity for the first time in modern history and possibly only the second time ever. m-m Back in February 1874, the Town of Kings Mountain was bom as a corporate entity.. Just a few months later an election was held on the liquor question and the result was a 13-0 vote outlawing liquor sales. m-m In that daiy of yesteryear, of course, the town area was in acre’s rather than square miles, and it is conceivable plenty of grog shops operated in the en virons. m-m Charles Neisler paid me a com pliment recently by suggesting I write a history of Kings Moun tain, a chore I would regard as a chore of love and one I would like to undertake. However, the problem is that one of T-I-M-E, the business of recording today’s history suffering from the fact a day has only 24 jet-speed hours, daylight saving time notwith standing. At any rate, Charlie said he’d like to know how much gold really was cleaned from the mine now furnishing us 300,000 gallons of needed water daily and were there really ten saloons in Kings Mountain during the time the gold mine was flourishing? m-m Folklore is that a million dol lars was extracted before under ground springs sprang and stop ped the operation, but I’d never heard about the saloon popula tion. Had I read last week’s adver tisement of the drys about the sad plight of the City of Burling ton since those good folk joined the legal wets November 8, 1961, in February, I would haVe at tended my pretty kinsman’s wed ding with fear and trepidation, if at all. As it happened, the Burlington journey was most pleasant, I saw none in his cups, and the closest brush with trou ble came from an in-a-hurry-to go-nowhere hot-rodder near Kan napolis. m-m The Mayor of Burlington, inci dentally, is getting red under the collar about what he regards as slandering his city. I have before me a photostat of a letter he recently addressed to Mayor S. Lester Myers of Concord (where the same figures appeared in the Concord Tribune). His Honor W. L. Beamon wrote on May 11, “It is shocking to find that figures such as these have been published without verifying same with the City of Burlington. These figures are quite erroneous and are quite opposite from the truth.” He con tinued, ”... our records show a decrease in all those (crimes) shown in your advertisement with the exception that the number of sex offenses are the same.” m-m I have known Les Myers for many years, was once very en amoured with his niece. (She married an aluminum executive.) m-m But if anyone wants to check out the situation with someone he knows personally, then a tele phone call to the Mayor of Gra ham would be In order. He is Myron Rhyne, Kings Mountain native and son of Mrs. Claude Rhyne. It is a Burlington-Rhyne. m-m A “holy war” of another kind has cost, at least temporarily Mrs. Hilda Barber Goforth a trip abroad. Mrs. Goforth was to em plane at Charlotte Tuesday aft ernoon for Casablanca, French Morrocco, Africa, by way of New York and Lisbon. Worrying about the Middle East blow-up and wondering if son Tommy’s leave would be cancelled, but finding Casablanca 1500 or more miles from the scene of trouble, Mrs Goforth went to Douglas Airpori to emplane. It was there she learned her flight had been can celled and travel in that directior embargoed. m-m Hilda knows how to change plans quickly. She proceeded te Lake Waccamaw, where husbanc Hag and son Rickey already were vacationing. m-m Fighting never did make muel sense, but homo sapiens can’t ge it through his thick skull. Problems in Higher Education /I ■ » t A&rtfuj ///oocir*.* Viewpoints of Other Editors I_ This Week In Tar Heel HISTORY By EO H. SMITH On June 5, 1844, the Historical Society of North Carolina held its first meeting, in Chapel Hill. It was organized by U. N. C. President David L. Swain, who had also been, at 31, the young est governor in the state’s his tory (1832-35). Swain was responsible for the preservation of many priceless records of the staters early his tory. On June 5, 1917, a nationwide registration was held for the draft in World War I. North Carolina set an example in patriotism that day for the rest of the nation, one which pro vides a sharp contrast to the sorry spectacle provided today by “peaceniks”, draft-card burners and others. I There were parades instead ofj demonstrations, and six percenti more men (ages 21-30) actually registered than the census had indicated were in the state’s pop ulation. A total of 480,491 men signed up, and draft officials lat ter speculated that some had ac tually lied about their ages in order to register! On June 9, 1586, Governor Ralph Lane and his 106 original setlers of Roanoke Island learned that Sir Francis Drake was off shore . ■ • “with a mighty fleet of 23 ships”. The starving settlers—who had i spent their time looking for gold instead of planting crops—chose to return to England with Drake. Several weeks later, Sir Rich ard Grenville would arrive with supplies from England and dis cover the setlement abandoned. On June 10, 1861, Henry Law son Wyatt, of Edgecombe County, became the first Confederat sol dier to die in action. He was kiled at Big Bethel, Va., in the war’s first battle, a Confederate victory described by historians as a “minor, scram bling contact”. North Carolina supplied more | men in the war than any other Southern state, 125,000 in all. It also suffered the (greatest casu alties, approximately 40,000 kill ed. BIRTHS AND DEATHS Died June 6, 1816, Benjamin Hawkins, of Warrenton, member of the Continental Congress and one of N. C.’s original U. S. Sen ators. After one term in office (1789 95) he served for twentv years as Indian Agent to the Creek Na tion. Sincerely interested in the welfare of the Original Ameri cans, Hawkins was called by the Indians “Beloved Man of Four Nations”, the Creek, Choctaw', Cherokee and Chickasaw tribes. Died June 9, 1925, Locke Craig, l who was governor (1913-17) at a | time w'hen the state was unusual ly well-represented in national (affairs. Former N. C. resident Woodrow Wilson had appointed Josephus Daniels Secretary of the i Navy, David F. Houston Secre : tary of Agriculture and Walter Hines Page Ambassador to Eng land. THE CREDIT-CARD RACKET With over 200 million credit cards now in the hands of the American people, there has grown up a thriving black market in stolen cards. It is estimated that in 1965 alone, 300,000 cards were I stolen. The annual loss to retail ers and card-issuers is put at more than $20,000,000. Efforts by banks and compan ies to track down and prevent credit-card abuse are hampered by inadequate legislation and by failure to develop foolproof cards. The need for specific laws to combat fraudulent use of these cards is urgent. All 50 state leg islatures should enact a law pro viding criminal penalties for the unlawful possession or use of credit cards. A model state law already exists and ought to prove a useful guide. Just as more states are adopt ing tamper-proof drivers licenses bearing information enabling of ficers to make a relatively fool proof identification check, even so it is in the self-interest of the companies to lose no time in de veloping credit cards bearing the kind of information which can be electronically checked to protect against fraudulent use. When fraud is made more dif ficult and prosecution and con viction more likely, this flourish ing racket will cease to flourish. (The Christian Science Monitor) THE CABBISH Tass reports that the Russians have crossed a radish and a cab bage, coming up with a plant with a radish root and succulent leaves. If it tastes anything like we Imagine, maybe it ought to be brought to the attention of a group of U.S. negotiators now working. with the Soviets. It would be a fine target for a non proliferation treaty. — The Wall Street Journal Billboard Lobby It’s that time of year when a lot of New Yorkers begin think ing about vacation trips in the car and being bombarded with appeals to avoid littering the highways and to Keep America Beautiful. Meanwhile, that band of high waymen collectively known as the billboard lobby is bombarding Congress with demands to Keep America as Ugly as Possible. Their hit-and-run attack is di rected at the Highway Beautifi cation Act passed two years ago and their strategy is as simple and as selfish as ever: wreck the law. The tactics this time involve crippling amendments. It doesn’t matter whether you are going to the mountains or to the shore this year. The chances are you’ll have to cross long stretches of man-made wasteland enroute. If you're tired of this, you may be disposed to tell your Senators, your Congressmen, Rep. Klucynski (D-Ill.), chairman of the House Public Roads subcom mittee — and the White House.— New York Post. Wojciclti On Stall Ron Wojcicki, who was named New Jersey Coach of the Year at South River High School after only two years as a prep head coach, will be a member of the staff of the second annual N. C. State Athletic Camp (June 18-23 and June 25-30). Wojcicki w«s understudy to all-America quar terback Roman Gabriel as an un der-graduate at N. C. State. Ga briel, Incidentally, will also be an instructor at the camp again this year. YEARS AGO THIS WEEK Items of news about Kings Mountain area people and events taken from the 1957 file8 of the Kings Mountain Herald. Kings Mountain high school awarded diplomas to 63 seniors Monday night. Virtually all Kings Mountain area churches will conduct .Va cation Bible Schools beginning Monday. A large number of Kings Moun tain college students are complet ing undergraduate work and ad vanced college courses through out the nation this week. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Five Kings Mountain girls are among the 57 Sub-Debutantes to be presented to society at the Shelby Junior Charity League Sub-Debutante Ball Saturday night in Shelby. Math Survey U. S. educators have been rap ped in recent weeks in consequ ence of a 12-nation survey com paring mathematical attainment in teen-agers of the several na tionalities. American youngsters ranked low; that is, a smaller proportion of Americans taking the test made high scores than did those of most other countries. The survey statistics require qualification. Pupils who partici pated in the test were drawn from the full range of those attend ing schools in each country. In the United States, more than 70 percent of the age-group concern- i ed are in school. But in the Eu ropean countries involved, the tests were confined to the elite i°?roup in Europe’s highly selec tive systems in which only about 10 percent of the age-group are in school at 18. It is not at all surprising that a relatively small proportion of Americans scored high. When the factor of the U. S. effort to ed ucate the mass of youngsters is considered, this country’s stand ing in the survey is respectable.— The Oregonian. SO THIS IS NEW YORK By NORTH CALLAHAN This "ity is often credited with harboring a Horde of pink paci fists, yet a recent event does not bear this out as a general char acteristic. At a local church, a panel of five college students discussed current problems on their campuses, one each repre senting Dartmouth, the Univer sity of Michigan, Yale, Prince ton and Columbia. They talked about drug use and the Yale man seemed to take this rather light ly, stating he believed that at least 25 per cent of students at his school used LSD, marijuana or something stronger. The sub ject of discussion naturally turn ed to the war in Vietnam. All of the students opposed it except the one from Columbia Univer sity, Tom Sanford, who spoke up and said he was in the Naval Reserve and ready to go at any time. Columbia, as we know, is in New York City. Received in the mail a notice of a dictionary of hairdressing and wigmaking, written by an Englishman. One of the selec tions given is the definition of a barber: “A Barber is always known by his checked, parti colored apron. (This was in 1688) “His instrument case con tains his looking glass, a set of horn combs with teeth on one side and wide for the combing of long, thick and strong heads of hair (must mean that df beat niks), a rasp to file the end of a tooth etc.” Another entry in this hirsute volume is that of “Eel fat. 18th century remedy to make hair grow.” (think I will order some of this.”) Some New York clubs and res taurants will not admit men not wearing ties. One of these is the Copacabana which on a recent night refused admittance to a young man wearing a turtle neck sweater. tBut when the wearer turned out to be Joe Na math, the football star, he was admitted, the first such excep tion, the manager says, that has been made in 27 years. Wonder what will happen iif Jbe comes into town in his football uniform and tries to make a touchdown through the dining tables. The doctor examined the shins A of his husky male patient and ^ shook his head. The legs were badly dented and discolored. The doctor asked him if he had been taking part in soccer or hockey. “Neither, doc,” he answered. "All I play is bridge.” Longest foot bridge in the world is the Ward Island’s pe destrian bridge between this is land and 103d Street, built to provide easy access to this loca tion of homes for the aged etc. The bridge spans the mouth of the Harlem River and is 956 feet long between abutments. It is probably the world’s most expen sive foot bridge too, costing over two million dollars. It also has a 330-foot vertical lift span weighing 350 tons, which can be raised to let river traffic through. Here and There: highway sign at Holly Springs, Miss. "Thirty days have September, April, June and November — and any mo torist who exceeds our speed limit” ... a widow spending her last years in Florida sends in this observation: “You don’t grow old by living but by a lack of interest in living” ... in the office of a firm which manufac tures plaques etc. I saw a min iature of Abraham Lincoln but underneath it the words, "Abra ham Lieberman” ... in the Unit ed States, the Negro suicide rate is 3.9 per 100.000; the white rate is 11.4 . . . only 6 per cent of Americans now live on farms KH? YOU* RADIO DIAL SET AT 1220 WKMT Kings Monntain, N. C. News & Weather every hour on the hour. Weather every hour on the half hour. , Fine entertainment in between . .i ac-.ri i,a
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