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.1*1 Established 1888 CaroUiMi j The Kings Mountain Heiald A weeldy 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. —r-—^— — - I EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Martin Harmon Editor-Publisher Miss Elizabeth Stewart Circulation Manager and Society Editor Joe Cornwell Sports Editor Miss Linda Hardin Clerk MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT Fred Bell Dave Weathers, Supt. ’.^llen Myers Paul Jackson Rocky Martin Steve Martin Roger Brown •On leave witn the United States Army SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN IftvANCE — BY MAIL ANYWHEM ONE YEAR.... $3.50 SIX MONTHS.... $2.00 THREE MONTHS.... $1.25 PLUS NORTH CAROLINA SALES TAX TELEPHONE NUMBER — 739-5441 Samuel David Collins J The death of Samuel David Collins, at the comparatively youtjg age of 45, as a result of a heart attack .shocked his many friends here and elsewhere. Mr. Collins had no prior history of heart difficulties, indeed was still an ac tive naval reservist who did the custom ary two-week active duty, usually at sea, each year. A former Kings Mountain merchant, he had more recently been a successful salesman for a garment maker. A former city commissioner, Mr. Col lins’ tenure of service at City Hall was solid. He was independent on issues and did not hesitate to vote “nay” when he felt the "nay” to be correct. He leaned to the Republican faith and again made no apologies therefor. World War II navy, he was a past commander of the American Legion. He was loyal to his family, his friends and his church. AIT shall miss Sam Collins. McCarthy To Fore For a man who never had a chance, niaybe doesn’t now, but did and does de- , dine to believe it. Senator Eugene Mc- Carthy came to the fore in Oregon. In spite of Senator Robert F. Kenne dy’s money and organization, Senator McCarthy polled 44 percent of the Ore- ’ gon vote to Senator Kennedy’s 38 per cent, while non-candidate President Lyn-' " don Johnson was getting 13 percent, and Vice-President Hubert Humphrey five percent via write-in. According to CBS-TV, with 13 per- '• cent of the votes counted, three percent of Oregon Republicans had w'ritten in the name of Eugene J. McCarthy. - Headlines of Wednesday afternoon read "Kennedy Derailed”. Maybe, maybe not " In a way, Kennedy wrote the head- " line in advance, the result being as it was, for he told an interviewer he “had to have Oregon to keep his campaign vi- o able”. Meantime, both he and McCarthy head for California. 'I The pundits are reading Oregon as an indirect boost of much import to Mr. 11 Humphrey. His and Johnson’s votes, both non-eampaigners in the voting, total 18 percent. Add to this fact that Mr. Hum phrey is figured to be close to a second “ ballot winner when the favorite son busi- " ness is over, and the pundits may be right. “ 'There is a reservation: in politics Oregon can be often is, a maverick state. Oregon follows nominally the RepuWi- " can faith, yet, as was Senator Wane I, Morse when wearing the “R” label, about as liberal in many areas as the most lib eral of Democrats. Again: how valuable the primary > results? FToedom ol Choice It w’as quite apparent in May 1954 that the United States Supreme Court, in ruling on the Brown case, meant that full, not token desegregation of public schools was to come. Rulings of the Court since, plus new Acts of Congress in other directions, have brought the then future to the present. Thus the Court ruled unanimously Monday that the freedom of choice guide line for desegregation would not be ruled valid if de.segregation were not being ac complished in fact. But Justice Brennan took pains to state succinctly freedom of choice plans were not being ruled out per se and that each case would stand on its own merit. Kings Mountain has been and is em ploying the freedom of choice plan, which has and should pass muster. First the top four grades were fully integrated into one high school. Next the seventh and eighth grades were consolidated into one school. Meantime true treedom of choice was followed with few e.xceptions, these being in ovei'load situations where stu dent proximity to school plant became opei’ativc. Now the Davidson elementary plant, which was all-Negro, is being converted to a building for the educable retarded. There remain in the ten-plant sys tem two segregated schools: Compact, all-Negro, and Bethware, all-White A visiting fireman from the Depart ment of Health, Education and Welfare inspected Kings Mountain school district arrangements a few weeks ago, seemed impressed with what he found, made a few' suggestions. No word has been re ceived since. There is always the problem of grade overload and imbalance for babies are not born at the same rate every year. Short Summer Popular comment during the unsea sonable May cold wave was, “short sum mer, wasn’t it.” For water-short, army-pipe-departed Kinss Mountain, the rain and cloud cov ering was good medicine. City officials report that, during a 72-hour hot period recently, the level of the York Road resevoir dropped by 20 inches. Of course, the city used over six million gallons, but Old Sol took his por tion, too, via evaporation. The shorter the 1968 summer, or at least the wetter, the better for Kings Mountain. Skiturdoy Importance “How important is it that I vote Sat urday?” a lady asked Well, prety important. Three of six Democrats will be nom inated for the county commission. With only one Republican nominee, two of the three Democrats nominated are assured of election. They with Democrats Pop Simmons and Charlie Greene, holdover commissioners, will determine county government policy and levy county taxes. Two of four Democrats will be nom inated for the county board of education to join three nominated in the first pri mary. Since the three nominees are new comers, question arises will all five be new, or will one or two veterans be re tained? There are two Republican nom inees which means that Democrats will have the majority, regardless of the No vember result. With continued pressure from Wash ington for faster integration, the need to improve the quality of school generally and particular need for more local opera tional funds for the county district, these positions tend to vie for importance with the county commissionerships. A late friend of the Herald once com plimented that he read all of the Herald, quite a bit of the Shelby Star, as much as he had time of the Charlotte Observer. He did it right, concentrating on in formation in areas where he could bring his considerable influence to bear. But there wasn’t much he could influence in the nation’s foreign policy ^oofsatulAtioiw to Robert W. Hurl- but, a newly-elected district governor in the Optimist organization. A best bow to Rev. Charles Easley, pastor of St. Matthew’s Lutheran church, new president of the Kings Mountain Ministerial association TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE Withhold not good from them to whom it is dus, when it in in the power of thine hand to do it. Provet*bs S:Z7. MARTIN'S MEDICINE Ingrediente: bits of news, wisdom, humor, and comments ' Directions: Take weekly if possible, but avoid overdosage. By MARTIN HARMON Senator Jack White and Repre sentative Robert Z. Falls are serv ing on the special commission charged to report to the next Gen -1 cral Assembly on ways and | means of aiding counties and cities. m-m Meantime, there is yet another special commission charged to report on a new state Constitu tion. Jack's group has been meeting about twice a month and one member of the Constitution com mission sits on both. Jack says its a happy happenstance, since the Constitution commission keeps conversant with work of what, i should a new Constitution be rec- j emmended. is a sub-committee. ! The subject arose at Tuesday's I city cemimssion meeting. When j Jack spied on the agenda the; item concerning adoption of the privilege license ordinance, he; commented. “They might just as ■ well leave that off. My commis-) Sion’s considering recommending that privilege licenses be omitted from city, county and state tax schedules." Education (Work) Train DETACHABLE CUFFLINKS m-m j “Hurrah!," I hurrahed,” Joe I McDaniel and I have been push- j ing that foi years.' m-m If Congress ever gets round to naembers of Extension Home financing | makers Clubs in Moore County. paid honor to the county's ma- so THIS IS NEW YORK By NORTH CALLAHAN Although many of us are reluc tant to face the unrest of our cities, this fact is inevitable. For instance, Samual Goldstein told mo that he was born and has spent most of his life in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn. Sam drives a cab and not long ago, he unwillingly moved out of Brownsville to a more remote and to him, le.ss convenient su burb. Asked why, he replied, "I liave always loved my homo sec tion of Now York there. But it got so dangerous that my wife could not even go out shopping in the daytime. Some mugger would grab her handbag and if she re sisted or tried to hold on to it, he would twist her arm dangerously. Now it costs me more to live where 1 moved to, 1 have to drive farther for my work. And sad to say, I am getting older.” I American Heritage is coining out with a new book titled simply “New York, N. Y.” which quotes Mayor Lindsay as saying that this city moves too fast to serve as a model for thos4 who would capture Its entirety in print It has to be portrayed as it was yesterday and taken as it Is to day, for it may be something quite different tomorrow. In the interesting and colorful volume, Corey Ford tells how that, al though the battles of the Revo lution did not in themselves af feet New York so much, the city suffered much from the war. For seven years, from T7?6 to 1'783, it HONOR SENIOR CITIZENS a group of eight to ten women! - u wi May is Senior Citizens Month, gather in the basement of some-' an_d_ Tories. ^ /xjt/nKy — Viewpoints of Other Editors a group of eight to ten women! was occupied by the British Army Our quadrennial grab-and smashery. Versus the city's gross this year from all sources of $1,900,000, privilege license.s will return about $6000, hardly worth the . bookkeeping and trouble to col- j And the autograph-humpers lect from laggards. One expense item will surely have seating gifts and flowers to them, to be: “Los-; of haberdashery.” For in addition to the campaign-; trail “jumpers" m-m I homes or by taking older citizens ; fer rides or to visit with friends. Mr=. Jean M. Hubbard. Exten sion, home economics agent, says I “tne rewarus tor tnese services j were so great the club members I I could not put a monetary value I We now have, bejabbers, the cuff-' them." I link grabbers. ! COMMUNITY PROPERTY one’s house to make several j held much of the gla"w of a quilts. European capitaL In 1776, a de vastating fire swept away a third “Sometimes they quilt for, qf the city, including one of its themselves: sometimes they quilt [ most interesting landmark-s, Trin- for others,” Mrs. Frances W. Ful- jty church. Although it still is not t^-'mklcfnrbercover’ingslor'l^'i ! lev. home economics Extension ■ known who started the blaze, it ture citizens by planning teas and luncheons for them, by pre- Mcrally, privilege licenses are ! Senator Kennedy has lost cuff- ^ Many homemakers do not have indefensible, in my book. WHy j liqk.s, hankies, a shoe; '* ' the silver and linens they rfeed shtrertd a city business firm, pay- j agent, says left thou-sands homeless and thc.se .. , 1 had to find refuge in the ruins of At least once each year, a fW'Lhj. charred city. When American mer member of the community sends the women a qu.U top she with the troops to re- has made and pay.s them to quilt wa-shington. It. Then the dutlt exodus of Tory fam- monev is donated to the local England, the to 1 , f „,i,io!West Indies. Then came the hu- “The women take a lot of pride in their quilting and get much i S P ■ enjoyment and satisfaction from | sirotrtd a city business firm, pay- j rtneen’t use o shoe spevial occasions, such as , ^“"er observes. “Re-j — ing handsome local ad valorem l * vhm -hrhBv hcpH tn dn'l wedding receptions. ' Recognizing i® quilt, „ _ _ . „ .uot taxes on real estate and inven- Khrushchev used to do.) ° members of the mc-! ‘h® double wedding ringf S. C. BurcheU poin s out t^t tory, pay a license for the priv-| This snatching isn't precisely a Dowell County Extension Home- m less than three days. " ilege of paying? What we need j novel careen ; makers Clubs decided to buy, adds. times untiModa?^ I Adlai was touched, in his day,! these items for loan to membere.; EXPERTS PROVE OUT I avenue has been a straight and I ior the instant .souvenir; I During fh® past ^ tvvo yeMs, ^ SMELLING SALTS is more of these firms. m-m Inanities, of course, crop up in j these areas and have a habit of j hanging on. And much still depends on whe ! these items for loan to members.; During the past two years, i I member.s have sold flavoring. ■ With the profits they bought a I A few years ago the small sales tax on goods sold for re-sale (wholesale) was repealed. But the bill drawers failed to elim inate the $10 annual tax for the privilege of wholesaling. Herald wholesaling is limited to our new.sdealers, a very small portion of the gross business. We’ll be uaying the revenue commissioner $10 again around July 10. ther the candidate’s simpatico, | gijver service, silver punch bowl A celebrity, and well enough j gjigr trays, candlela- I heeled for "easy come, easy go." j bra, punch cups and salad plates. We can’t imagine anyone reach- xext nnrehase will be a linen ing tor Ike’s five stars. I suggested to Jack that an other tax which should be eli- Or getting away with his cam paign bars. And we never heard Herbert Hoover holler That someone was detaching his high collar! But one lady, entranced, with glassy eye. Even sought to make off with Bobby's necktie. It’s all of course very harmlessly done— Just good clean, retributive, fun: The candidate steals the show; the audience, the shoe, minated is the poll tax. “Oh,*’ he I Nobody reaches for anyone’s wal- replied, “that’s already gone, if j let cr purse—no thievery at cur recommendations are ac-1 large. cepted.” Again, a good riddance The candidate accomplishes this from the bookkeeping-collection! after he’s elected. • 'tandpoint. The city quit the | Plus 10 percent surcharge! business several administrations | —The Christian Science Monitor ago. With the midi skirt and ruffled shirt back in fashion, smelling salts may be on their way back Next purchase will b^Vlinen ; J®®./"? .^1®"®® h^sjust table cloth. ‘ gclden arrew leading to the north San Francisco, Calif. (WMNS)—] growing continually and passing through many stages from rural beauty te patrician elegance, to vulgar ostentation and at last to democratic splendor. Fifth Ave nue reached its peak of glamor during the gaslight era. Then the really do revive the faint. Hero’s' lob.ster and champagne world of I old New York centered about the I they, at least, are more than a The;;''Hems are kept in the ! whjmsy.^ county E.xtension office and are j/ .• I "'hen a person faints, his blood j avenue’s sumptuous palaces, hnmp ppnnnmips Fxtpnaion affpnt’! pressure drops and his heart slows 1 clubs and hostelries. The erosions " ® ' down appreciably. A whiff of the of modem times and the chal- i artimonia in the smelling salts; lenges of the wreckers have left FREE VISION I immediately counteracts these j their mark. But the elegance re- SCREENING CLINIC I physical effects. The ammonia! mains undimmed, for with its Thestate’s first Free Vision , causes the veins to constrict, fore-1 procession of luxury stores, banks. Screening Clinic lor preschool , ing more blood to the heart. The I libraries and museum.s, “fabulous children is being held this month i blood pressure goes up, the heart | Fifth’’ is still one of the world’s in Alamance County. ; resumes its normal beat. j great thcroiighfares. Of course the “Purpese of the clinic is to dis- | TTiese findings were reported at| appearance has changed as well cover amblyopia or lazy eye! a medical meeting here by Dr. blindness in children aged 3 to 6 ! Ralph S. Zitnik who headed a before they enter school,” Mrs. ' team cf Mayo Clinic researchers Rachel K. Kinlaw, Extension | investigating smelling salts, home economics agent, explains. , PAPER 'TOWELS FOUND Since this is the first screening 1 CLEANER THAN CLOTH center in North Carolina, a rep- ■ Miami Beach, Fla. (WMNS)— resentative of the National Socie- Ladies, retire those madeira-em- ty lor the Prevention of Blindness broidered guest towels and sub T.VT.T conduct the training. Other .stitute paper towels. Why? Be- DELEGATE EXPLOSION j training sessions will be conduct- cause research by a Smith Col I had long objected to the tax (for many years not pre-requisite to voting in North Carolina, re- 'alned merely as a tax) on grounds it was most unfair. It i represented at recent Democratic can be applied only to males national- conventions ages 21 to W. Well, the mortality rate continues to improve and the womenfolk have been voting since 1920. j it ever there was an example I ®d. Mrs. Judy P Nooney, Exec of runaway inflation, it can be “f.*''® or “f the North Car^ found in the allocation of votes S”®<®‘y f®r ‘be Prevention among the states and territories Bimanes.s. lege and Yale University team shows that cloth towels carry sig- The Wedgewood Extension Hememakers (ilub of Graham has taken the clinic as a club project For 40 years, things remained for this year, the agent adds. nificantly more bacteria than the i Irving, provided a mythology for paper variety. ' New 'York. m-m Now, since the civil rights act in which a lady Congressman won inclusion of “sex” in the no liscrimination "because of race, ireed, color, or national origin bit. I am sure some young lawyer i Angeles in '60. with a yen for publicity, could go j relatively stable. There were 1,086 votes allocated for the convention at Baltimore in 1912, when Wood- row Wilson was nominated, and 1,228 at Chicago in 1952, when Adlai Stevenson wa.s nominated. Then the curve turned upward. There were 1,372 votes for the '56 Chicago convention, 1.521 at Los QUIL’rtNC STILl. DONE Quilting is not a lost art in the! Justice Community of Franklin County. Each winter and spring, 7 TEACHER'S PET I The “teacher’s pet" is as old as education itself. Socrates had his. favorites. It is not surprising, i therefore, that a Grand Rapids, Mich., educator has discovered a I 1 close relationship between good ] ■nto federal court and win a I **'® climb became graces and a teacher’s liking for iudgment declaring North Caro- 7*7i!'^*** ^ ® student. .. . • ... Lnf thp Drppt Srw-iptv HaH thprp' get to pay poll taxes! lina’s poll tax law unconstitu-*^® *^reat Society. Had there, “I hated to find that out," Walt-! tional. The ladies are being dis-11’®®!?,^!’^ ciontest at Atlantic City: l. Thomas said in reporting , criminated against. They don’t ^^®'’® '''®''® ''°*®S|that, to q “fantastic” degree, -- which could have been cast. | teachers in 25 midwest class-' 1 (Recently) the Democratic Na-1 rooms gave the highest grades to ! tional Committee worked out the | pupils they liked, regardless of formula of this year’s Chicago test scores. I convention. There will be 2,622 j jt would probably be unreason- j ''®t®*- I able to expert many teachers to m-m Another recommendation Jack's Troup is going to make is that construction and operation of public hospitals is a necessary (unction of government. Current ly, hospitals are a permissible funttion of county government, which means that hospitals may be built and operation funds taxes levied only on majority vote of a county’s citizens. m-m Since there are usually at least otherwise. An apple to the twice as many delegates and al ternates as there are votes al located to the states, it is obvious that few halls in the country are big enough to handle the growing crowd. At the current rate of vote ex pansion, it may not be long until Houston’s Astrodome will be the only roofed-in place adequate for Were operations "necessary' irather than "permissible” today,! the’^task! Kings Moumtain; lvw|tf''il wouldn’t [ be In the financial bind it is on' Could that be the plan? the needed addition. —Tulsa Tribune tencher is naturally more welcome than a spitball. But, in light of events, it may be observed that students are acting to neutralize this human prejudice. More and more of them appear to be behav ing in a manner not calculated tendear themselves to their teachers. And at some levels of education, as in some Oregon col leges, the students are grading the professors; research would prebeUy dlirioee the amne favor- tism there. — From the Portland Oregonian. KEEP YOUR BADIO DIAL SET AT 1220 WKMT Kings Mouirtain, N. C. News & Weather every hour on the hour. Weather every hour on the half hour. Fine entertainment in between as the substance, from the brick and brownstone enclaves of Wa.shington Square the luxury- stores of the 20's and 40’s, thi* elegant hotels of the 50’s and the mansions and palaces of million aires that lined the avenue from 57tli Street northward. Few of these old landmarks .still .stand but the Plaza Hotel at 59th Street is a mellow reminder of the golclM en era. One of the most lovabTI^P men in our history, Washington
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