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Established 1889
The Kings Mountain Herald
Cdrotina *
ASSOC lArKT
A weekly newspaper devoted to the promotion of the general welfare and publLshed
for the enllghtennient, entertainment and benefit of tlie cltl7ens of Kings Mountain
and Its vicinity, published every Thursday by the Herald Publishing House.
Entered as second clas.s matter at the post office at Kings Mountain, N. C., 28086
, under Act of Congress of March 3, 1873.
Martin Harmon
Miss Elizabeth Stewart
Miss Debbie Thornburg .
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TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE
OiH-n Ihr-t/ wxlh, jnihic ri<ilitni,i(!<hi, foid plfad the cume af the jHmr unO needy. Proverbs SJ:9.
Fluoridation Decided
Odds iiro, of coui’.se, that the sup
ply, if momentiifily shoi't will ite quickly
increased.
The .layeee leaders and tlieir mem
bers were pleased at the victory Itui
disappointed at the vote turn-out which
aggregated only about IS percent of the
registered total of about .ISOO, Some,
philosophizing a bit, suggested the fail
ure of Americans to exercise their pre
rogative to vote could, someday be the
nation's undoing.
All too true.
Conversely, as far as the fluorida
tion vote itself was concerned, it is axio
matic in USA-slyle politics that the vot
ers get much excited about personality
elections, much less so about issues such
as fluoridation, bond issues, and other
inanimate questions. The Jaycoes can
also take some comfort, comparing vote
totals of 19i57 and 1959 on the same is-
■sue, that the puior two informational
polls were held on regular oleelion days
when personality clashes were also be
ing settled.
Garbage Disposal
As the population grows, the prolt-
1cm of garbage disposal grows with it.
Kings Mountain only recently grad
uated to the land-fill method of garbage
disposal, whereby garbage is literally
plowed under, eliminating the air pollut
ing burning familiar to less sophisticated
garbage disposal.
But for larger cities such as Char
lotte, landfill is on the verge of becom
ing inadequate as refuse volume esca-
late.s.
Recently, Southern Railway has ad
vanced an innovative proposal whirh is
a major extension of a home gart)age
disposal device a housewife was talking
about recently. In the home model ma-
ciiine, the garbage is shredded and com-
pros.sed into a small cellophane, minis
cule, and no real disposal problem.
Southern Railway advances the idea
of the same machine oiicrating in a rail
car specially designed for the purpose.
Garbage would be picked up in, say.
Charlotte, processed en route, and
dumped into ravines up track, offering
tlie twin benefits of reclaiming land and
disposing of garbage in something dis-
tantlv kin to the landfill method.
A few days later a British scientist
offered yet another means of garbage
disposal: treat garbage chemically, get
rid of the garbage and get ethyl alcohol
as a by-product.
Cleveland County at the moment is
noting the old-fashioned and illegal
garbage dumps, where people just dump.
Ways and means of clean-up are
justifiably being sought.'
The rats around a garbage dump
are king size.
Very Same Thing
“Is fluoride in short supply? Did I
road that some city recently had lroul)le
in keeping an ad«>(|iiale su'iply due to
lack of a coniraci?”
The quest ioner was City Commission
er Ray Cline, wlio had just made the
motion which [tassed unanimously to
fluoridate the city .supply when tlie new
treatment plant comes on stream.
None volunteered an answer.
It was a proper lionor.
The city commission wasted no time
in demonstrating good faith in its pledge
to honor the iniormational referendum
result which, by 429 lo 2,So, was record
ed in favor of a fluoridated water supply.
It was done in rapid-fire order: the vote
was road and ordered ratified and the
implementation motion followed imme
diately.
Max Hamrick, in his years of serv
ice, became a most well-informed and.
clear-thinking public official. He under
stood fiscal responsibility, debt service
and its requirements, rcasonalile limita
tions thereon and is probably more re
sponsible than any other one man in
('leveland County in the past three
decades for the solid fiscal position and
credit rating the county enjoys.
In his acceptance remarks, Mr.
Hami’ic'k summateci the years at the
county courthouse and added, “If I were
to do it over again, I’d do ihe very same
thing.”
It’s a statement — and a situation
— of which all can lie envious. .Mr. Ham
rick enjoyed his work, a good formula
for doing the good job.
Best wishes go lo him in his new
activity which he laughingly describes
as “inactivity”.
Businessman's Turn
Many were surprised wlien Ihe city’s
initial application for a grant for Cen
tral Business re-development was hon
ored.
They wore surprised and somewhat
disl)elie\ing when regional officials of
tlie Department of Housing and Urban
Development, in view of increased costs
since the application was made, invited
a re-application involving more than a
half-million dollars.
.Surprise waxed open-mouthed when
the re-application was approved in the
amount of .SI.600,000.
Joe Laney, director of the Redevel
opment commission, has been smiling
ever since.
“Some folk liave been looking at me
as if they wondered when and, or if the
central business project would ever get
off the ground,” P.Ir. Laney noted.
“Now,” lie added, “it's my turn to
look at them.”
Preliminary plans are similar,
though lar mure expensive in scope and
area, to the cooperative mall effort en
gendered a few seasons ago. That plan
received an unusual degree of support
from those who would pay the cost, but
not 100 percent support which is requir
ed in any cooperative effort.
But the SI,600,000 grant, of itself,
does not assure success of the project.
There are slit! requirements of the citi-
zen.s in the effected areas: .some prop
erty owners will have to upgrade: some
others will find it necessary to find new
(|uarters, as their buildings are razed:
cooperatively they must solve tlip prob
lems of parking areas and others in
wliieh the federal government will not
participate.
Leaders in tlie project know that a
major job of work is in store, but they
are aiiually confident that, with har'd
work and a measure of imagination, the
venerable Central Business district can
become a shopping area mecca rather
than a traffic-clogged hodge-podge.
Hearty congratulations to the 12 re
cent inductees of the Kings Mountain
high school chapter of the National
Honor society, ...a.jtjr,
The death of Mrs. Elvira Foust Plonk
removes from among us a long-time
citizen, gentle of nature, sympathetic to
the trials and tribulations of all. She
was a churchw'oman of the old school,
dutiful, loyal, always ready to accept
any assigned chore. A daughter, reply
ing to a commendation of her children
in their solioitnoss of their mother’s
needs, expressed well her mother’s
make-up when she said, “She was so
easy to be nice to.”
KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.
MARTIN'S
MEDICINE
A.s I approaelicd my home early
Tuesday evening, I saw a strange
maeliine parked in the front yard.
''What'.s going on?" I asked my
self and bru.slied tlie over-grown
driveway bush as I entered.
Valentine Greetings
Thursday, February 12, 1970
kin<9^ mountain
Hospital Log
Thurs
VrSITlNO HOURS
3 to 4 p.m. and 7 to • pan.
Dally 10:30 To 11:30 mJBL
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The maehine w.as balanced on
a green CII ga.solinc ran and there
were li two moth-eaten two by
1 sixes and 2l two pieces of jily-
I wood about four feet square and
I bolted together. There w.i.ii also a
I two-foot stump of limb that I
took for oak or poplar.
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Max Hamrick, a Cleveland County
pulilic servant tor 29 years, first as as
sistant clerk of Superior Court, then as
county auditor and ta.x supervisor, and
finally as acting county manager was
honored Wednesday night by the Cleve
land .Association of Governmental offi
cials.
H.as my friend Howell Stroupe,
the Cherryville landscaper, been
I trimming trees? I could locate no,
I evidence. My wife arrived at this
time and she was equally my.sti-
fied, and decided to inquire of
our neighbor, Mrs. Burgin Falls.
No help here. Mrs. Falls had gone
across street to visit Estelle Ware
and there was no maehine. When
Mrs. Falls returned home there
was a machine, but at the curb
line (if we had a curb), not in
the yard. Aiine and I finally
agreed that the maehine was be
ing towed and tlie hiteh broke,
the trucker borrowing our - yard
until he could return and reclaim
the machine.
l¥
Horace Allman
Mary T. Baker
Charlie Benton
Barbara Blanton
Michelle Bolin
Jacob Bowen
Christine Branch
Clarence Bratton
Edgar Cooper
Edward Evan.s
Arthur Huff-stetler
Sidney Huffstetler
Marion Jaek.son
Cora Laughter
Robert Mills
Sallic Moore
Uma Morrison
Helen .Moss
Mamie D. Panther
Dora Powell *
Betty Ruth Berry
Brenda A. Curry
Russell E. Ellis
Jean .Maggie Jenkins
Eunice B. Toney
Audrey W Putnam
Ida K. Rollins
Hler F. Rushing
William Slone
Eunice Wallace
Janie Ward
OtLs Whi.snant
Martin Wilson, Sr.
Admitted Thursday
Merle Hou-ser Br'atty
Cora 0, Falls
Addle G. Turner
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About 4 o’clock Wednesday aft
ernoon my wife called and was
quite plainly upset. Ole Howell
Stroupe itad done cut down two
of our trees. No use crying over
spilt rrrilk, she said but allowed
she was going to call him and
cuss him out anyway for cutting
them without forewarning.
WHAT ARE POLICEMEN
MADE OF?
Viewpoints of Other Editors
, HEMLINE BAROMETER
Admitted Friday
Juanita lA. Davis Lowery
Nellie Ruth Smith Crisp
Betty Stone Debruler
Doris Ruth Martin
Martha .S. Dye
Betty T. Moore
Linda G. Short
John P. Tignor
SCR
Cho
whi
nlgl
The background of the .sad
event began a dozen years ago.
Howell planted some trees with
the roncurrent statement that the|
two inherited from Drace and'
Louise were woods trees and
would not be long-lived. As he I
planted a eouple adjacent he
said, “\\A?*11 leave 'em for shade
until these saplings grow up."
Well, the saplings Howell planted
have grown and our old friends
are no longer, other than fire
wood candidates. I
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Anne did call, indeed.
Howell reminded that he had!
told her years ago thc.se oldsters,
would eventually have to go. He’
said the roots vvore drinkine un
all Ihe nutrient in the yard lo
the detriment of the new trees
and tirat the old fellows wen- 'ir.
tually dead anyway. .Additionallv,
the old ones were causing the
new ones to grow in a beeline into
the ele.-tric wires, "You'll he glad
that I did,” was sum and .sub
stance of Howell’s remarks .
about trees. ■
Howell, a member of the Gas
ton County board of education,
switched gears into that interest-
in.g subject and advanced some
interesting ideas. Kindergarten is
no good, say.s Howell, unle.ss the
mother’s are also taught. His
idea: have mama attend at least
three or tour classes during the
session. Howell also thinks sec
ondary schooling would not be
ill-soryed if the present fourth
and eighth grades were eliminat
ed and a 10-year p-ograim substi
tuted.
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He ardently opposed the initial
plan whereby Cherryville and
Bessemer City high schools would
be abandoned and a new consoli
dated plant built mid-way be
tween the two cities. He and his
supporters have won the first
round as this plan has been de
ferred, at least, until the decen
nial census report is completed.
Howell is hardly illiterate. He
won a degree from N. C. State
in 1940. meanwhile starring on
the gridiron for the Walfpack in
the second half of the thirties.
But our house is bound to seem
a little lople.ss for a time.
City Commissioner Tommy El
lison has been the boiler man at
Grace Methodist church sin.’0 the
new church was built. One cold
morning last week he was sum
moned by the pastor who found
no response to his turn-up of f-e
thermostat. Tommy'’ - It i-tr ft - I
boiler ro-"!. oner- ] f-p -tf;
whoosh '"le flame burned Tom
my’s lignt hand badly and gave
his eyebrows and temples a quick
singe.
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Don’t credit me with this mon
grel prose; it has many parent.s;
at le.ast 4k),000 of them: Police
men.
A policeman is a composite of
what all men are, a mingling of
.saint and sinner, dust and deity.
Culled statistics wave the fan
over the stinkers, underscore in
stances of dishonesty and brutal
ity because they are “news.”
What that really means is that
they are exceptional, unusual, not
commonplace.
Buried under the froth is the
fact: Le.ss than one-half of 1 per
cent of policemen misfit that uni
form.
That’s a better average than
you’d find among clergymen.
What is a policeman made of?
He, of all men, is at once the most
needed and the mo.st unwanted.
He’s a strangely namele.ss crea
ture who is “sir” to his face and
“fuzz” behind his back.
He mu.st be .such a diplomat
that he can settle differences be
tween individuals so that each
will think he won.
Rut . . .
If the pcvliceman is neat, h«*i
conceited;-if he’s careless, he's a
bum
If he’s plca.sant, he a flirt; if
lie’s not, lie’s a grouch.
He must m.ake in an instant
decisions which would require
months for a lawyer.
But ...
If he hurries, he’s careless; if
he’s deliberate, he’s lazy.
He must be first to an accident
and infallible with a diagnosis.
He must be able to start breath
ing, -stop bleeding, tie splints and,
above all, be sure the victim goes
home without a limp.
Or expect to be sued.
The police officer must know
every gun, draw on the run, and
hit where it doesn’t hurt.
He must be able to whip two
men twice his size and half his
age without damaging his uni
form and without being “brutal.”
If you hit him, he’s a coward;
if he hits you, he’s a bully.
A policeman must know every
thing—and not tell.
He must know where all the
sin is—and not partake.
The policeman must, from a
single human hair, be able to de
scribe the crime, the weapon and
the criminal—and tell you where
the criminal Ls hiding.
But . . .
If he catches the criminal, he’s
lucky; if he doesn’t, he’s a dunce.
If he gets promoted, he has po
litical pull; if he doesn’t, he’s a
dullard.
The policeman must cha.se bum
leads to a dead end, stake out 10
nights to tag one witness who
saw it happen—but refuse.s to re
member.
He runs files and writes reports
until his eyes ache to build a
case against .some felon who’ll
get dcaled out by a shameless
shamus or an “honorable” vrTio
isn’t.
The policeman mu.st be a min
is er, a social worker, a diplomat,
a tough guy, and a gentleman.
And of course he’ll have to be
a genius . . .
For he'll have to feed a family
on a policeman’s salary.
—Foul Harvey in FBI Low
Enforcement Bulletin
TO UNDERSTAND
NIGERIA
There is little reason, today, to
reprove Washington for its Ni
gerian policy over the months.
One can strongly urge speed in
succoring the starving and fail-
treatment and foi'jiveness for
the Ibo rebels. But Americans
will have und, islanding for the
complex issues involved, when
they remember the confusions
and heartaches of their own
Civil War and its aftermath,
Nigeria, a fledgling nation of
diverse tribes and rel.gions, is
not the long-established concern
that the United States was in
1861. But it is a nation and, as
its loaners say with some vehe
mence, Is entitled to fi-eedom
from foreign intcnierence. Other
countrifs, the United Nations and
relief agencies can make urgent
suggestions, offer counsel, place
transport and relief food at Ni
geria's disposal. But they cannot
interfere, under internat.onal
law. The United States remem
bors with what trepidation it
watched the serious advocacy, in
France and Britain, of ix'cogni-
tion of the Confederacy in 1861-
frl.
The American South, wliich
went through desperate postwar
years of bankruptcy and carpet-
bagging, will understand the
woes of loosely federated Ni
geria as it seeks to rebuild, re
store oil production, disband un
disciplined soldiers and readmit
the Ibos. Those who saw the
photos of Niberia's General Gow-
an embracing Biafra’s Colonel
Effiang and wondered how p<‘r-
manent was this symbolic act
will remember that in tlie Amer
ican Civil War it was, besides
President Lincoln, the military
generals who were the most wUl-
ing to forget and restore.
There was General Grant’s
lenient terms at tlie Appomattox
surrender. Thore was General
Lee’s quick rejection, eailier the
same day, of a trusted aide’s
suggestion that the Confederate
soldiers take to the hills and
wage guerrilla warfare. Revenge
sentiments and despair lasted
through decades, but this Civil
War produced no secret armies
rcstirring hatreds and feuds a-
gain and again down the cen
tury. Genet al Sherman, scorch-
e . earth marcher "from Atlanta
to tile .sea,” was another advo
cate of a vei-j lenient peace.
■Says Bruce Cation in his mov
ing prose ('".Never Call Retreat”;
Pocket Books); “ute when he
left Appomattox - a paroled
soldier without an army — rode
straight into legend, and he took
Its people with him. The legend
1« came a .saving grace. The cause
that had failed became the Lost
Cause, larger than life, taking on
color and i-omance as the years
l-assed, remembered with pride
and heartache but never again
lfa.:in,g to bloodslied. Civil wars
have had worse endings than
this.”
Christian Seienoe Monitor
I The fashion industry thinks it
1 must go to the midi lo maximi'ze
' profits in the cbming yeai-. Not
only are the high fashion hosises
' of Paris and Rome dropping
i hemlines to a compromise poini
; between the mini and maxi in
I the new lines, but tjie big Amer
ican buyers and manufacturers
: aie already setting their .sched
ules to phase in the midsalf
style.
Admitted Satuidoy
Eller-Lou B. .Meredith
Lottie Mae Richards
Katherine S. Lunsford
Admitted Sunday
Bobby Gene Smith, Jr.
Ruth M. Bell
Ellen M. Stephens
Janice H. Ledford
Barbara Ann Towery
Economic reasons for the pro
motion are easy to find. Last
year the production of women's
coats fell 10 percent and the
production of dresses 6 percent.
The mini trend, which could
make its way upward by hem
ming and snipping of an existing
tvardrobe, combined with infla
tion-tightened budgets, hurt the
trade. The midi style, if it
catches on as most clothing ex
perts seem to think it must, txruld
start the replacement of whole
new wardrobes.
Admitted Monday
Bertie C. Stewart
Carvel P. Morrow
Johnnie H. Martin
M>rtle M. Goforth
Freida C. Watlerson
Clyde C. Bundy
Paul Hartsoe
Hillis W. Ramseur
Pearl P. Shaw
T«
The Wall Street Joui'iial, in a
study of the midi's mercantile
and fashion implications, notes
that hemlines follow basic busi
ness cycles. They rtee In good
times and fall ,n bad. Thus, the
recession wliich economists' sav
America is undergoing, should
favor the midi trend.
We hesitate to add our own
forecasts about the hemline
barometer. But we’d guess the
clothiers who figure 40 percent
of next fall’s trade will be of
m di stock may be too optimistic.
We ba.se this on the basic
strength of the econom,v, of
course not on any understand
ing of women’s thinking about
clothes.
Christian Sdenre Monitor
Admitted Tuesdoy
GcOige R. Walls
Mamie C. Lynch
Billy M. Bagwell
Margaret Collins
Dennis L. Del ter
Dan Falls
Annie A. Farris
Monty .M. Harbin
Judy S. Johnson
William Norman King
Cai-blyn B. McGill
Billy A. Wilson
letter To Editor
•Dear Editor
The Jan. 29 issue carried the
announcement that Mr. Ollie
Harris will not be a candidate
for reelEction a county coroner.
This sorta’ makes you feel sad
when you read this sort of an
nouncements for several reasons.
First of all, Mr. Harris has
served the people of Cleveland
County for these past 24 years,
which has made him one of the
outstanding public figures of
this state. This post can be filled
with other good men, but where
'Will you find one that has be
come one of Kings Mountain’s
best. I’m sure you good people
of Kings Mountain and Cleve
land County, in the event he de
cides to seek other public office,
are ready to support him all the
way dovzn the line.
I have considei-ed Mr. Harris a
close personal friend for a num
ber of years as I am sure moat
of you folks do.
So if he decides he can be of
service to the people of Kings
Mountain and Cleveland Coun
ty, I’m confident he wllj continue
to serve you with service that
will be honest and above re
proach.
T. C. Harrill
Charlotte,.N. C.
“HELPING RAND" REPORT I
During, the months of Dec
ember and January the Kings j
Mountain Ministenial Associa
tion “Helping Hand” Fund aid
ed 93 needy families, Rev. Ed-
(warJ Chrisco reported. !
While Tommy was telling me
about the incident another friend
came up. He laughed about the
singe, said the barbers once said*
•singe.s would make the hair grow.
Quipped Tommy: “In that case, i
I’d better go back for another
treatment.”
KIWANIS PROGRAM
Ralph Carlson, of Shelby, and
Dr. R. E. Carothers, of Gastonia,
will speak on the Boy Scout
movement at the TTiur.sday
night meeting of the Kiwanis
club, at 6:45 at the Woman’s
Club.
ANNUAL MEETING
Annual meeting of Kings
'Mountain Business Develop
ment, Inc., will be held at the
office of Home Savings &
Loan Association 'Diesday
morning at 10 o’clock. Annual
reports of officers vzill be
made and the stockholders will
•loct six (Uractors.
Keep Yohi Radio Dial Set At
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Kings Mornitain, N. C.
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