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If70 Thursday, March 12, 1970 THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD, KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C a • i. y y Tr 16.00 Ramble and Whirl. Go the rounds in slick new styles by Sweetbriar. Great for discotheque-ing, parties and pops concerts... for all the fun-loving things you do. Your total fashion pace is Sweetbriar, Qweethriar, I Police Unifonns Hove Hew ieok Tho men af the Kings Moun tain Poikc Dcpotimont will stall this w'eek a flag ombilm on tlieir unilot nui. TlK^se ure rcpiioas oi the American flag, about 2 inches 4 inchea. Wearing of the flags was recom mended b>' the AmeHoan oiwMon of Police. These will be worn above the right pocket of the uniforms. Police Depart ments across the Nation atv taking part in this progiam anri are \^ear4ng ilie flags. “This is our way of showing we are behind our (s')un>ry”, sa^-* Chief MoDevitl. *Tiie pf)Iaeean*n ia the lirst to understand his le- sponsibility as a citizen, and wearing thw flag shows vuecaro j for our country’, and w'e wear it proudly. In these diiys when people are iHH’ning Uh» flag and degrading if, we of tlio Police ; Di‘partment want to show' that we aie proutl to be ATTK'ricans." Federid Tax Collections ' Greeasboro — Federal tax col- ' lections in the fiscal year ending j June 30, 19()9 totalled $18T.9 bU- I lion, according to the annual re- : port just issued by the Commis sioner of Internal Revonue. : Individual income taxes con tinue to serve as the biggest j source of revenue. Coilection to tals for all major classes of taxes ^ were: Individual income taxes. $97.4 billion Corporate income taxes. $38..3 I billion Employment tax(*s (social se- j curity, etc.) $33.1 billion Excise taxes, $15.5 billion Estate and gift taxes, $3.5 bil lion. More than 49 million refunds, amounting to $12.9 billion, were L«sueil in all tax clas-ses. Most taxpayers received their refunds within a four-to six-wei'k perir>d after filing, IRS reported. More than 110 million leturn.s of all types were filed—an In Fiddler Show Is Scheduled The Mooresvillc Lions club liAs completed plans for its 30th Old Time Fiddlers' C(mvention« ac-1 cording to Willis Cook, General- Clialrman of ihU year'a event. ! This big tri state event will be held on Saturday, April eth at i G:.59 p.m. Plea.se note new Igca-' tion. This year's event will be held At tile Roland R. MoiT^n .\uditorium in Mc>ore*viUe. The i Moores\'il)e Lions are eleted be cause, for the first .tirheih 30 year.s, we will have ample 8e«.ting and parking. Also, the JiccMHtlcs will be excellent. This year’s event will mark 30 years in the promotion of Coun try Music by Moorasyille Lions. Large crowds have always at tended the Mooresville Conven- ' tlon; however, this year a much larger erod’d is expected. Cook stated that thi.s will be due to i two reasons. We will have 1500 ; comfortable seats -^nd all tbe , parking apace needed. I Dwight Barker, popular radio personality who has his own ; .shows on Radio Station WHIP in ; Mcoresville and radio Station WDBM will again be Master of Ceremonies. 1225.00 in cash prizes will be awarded the winning contestants. Prizes wall be given to the best modem groupr best Country Music Group, be.st Fiddler, be.st Banjo, best Buck Dancer, most promising talent, best Hovelty. A beautiful trophy w'ill be awarded the best fiddler and ribbons Will be pre sented all winning groups. Competent judges will bo se cured to pick the winners of this event. Entrias are now being received for this big contest and any' bands, fiddU^rs, banjo, buck danc-. ers and novelty acts that wish toi compete for the large cash awards, please write or call Shaw Brown. ?. O. Box 1. Mooresv ille, N. C., phone (704) 664-1182. Pf.ANNING BV GflU.S. A group of Senior Girl Scouts meets dl RdMi Macy TraMng Omer. PleaKantville, N. \. to dihcuss Ibe flMTcIlua 3M Meat for ACI10N 70 submitted by teenage gMi AatJIrt Scodt cvtmcils across the country. ACI'ION 70 Is a BtfflohfrMe ftift Scout effort to overcome prejudices and build |»eMtr-bbdefKlMidiiig among all the iialiuirs people. libtiiY Sets New Avideiids crease of three million over 1968 and a ne^' high. Computers veri fied that some 3 percent of In dividual taxprf>tra made arith-, motic mistakes against thetn*: selve.s. while aixmt 5 percent- made errors in their favor. GREENVIUJ2, S. C.—The board of directors of Tho Liberty Corp oration today announced regular quarterly dividends of five ecnt.s per shdre on its common stock, and ten cents per share on its pre ferred stock. The dividends will be payable .Man'h 31 to stock holders of record March 18, which date will.also betlie record date for the Annual Meeting to be held on April 21.- The company also reported that audited 1969 earnings were the .same a.s previously reported un audited earnings. Con.solidaied net earnings were $7.36 million, eual to $1.05 per share, compared to $.5.83 million, or 83c per share recorded in 1968. The company’s adjusted earn- ing.s, after living effect to the ad justments to the earnings of Lib erty Life Insurance Co. as com puted by A. M. Best Company us ing the .4j»ocltion of In.suranc’e and Financial Analyst.s’ fonmula, were $1.42 per aliare, compared, to $1.12 per .share in 1968. * Pic. Donald Cowan With 25th Inlantry ! U. S. ARMY, VIETNAM (AIIT- NO Jan. 26 — .Army Private First ClaAs Donald L. Cowan, 22. .son of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn H- Thompson. Route 1. Elon College, N. C.. was assigned as a mortanman with the 25ih Infantry' Division in Viet nam, Jan. 18. His wife, Vickie, live.s on Route 3, King.s .Mountain. Pfc. Jim Adams With 45th Engineers U. S. ARMY, Vlfer.NAM (AHT- NO — Army Private First Class James L. Adams, 20, who.se par ents, Mr. and Mrs. James R. .4dams, and wife, Cry.stal, live on Route 1. Kings Mountain, was a.s- signed as a truck driver with the 45th Engineer Group in Vietnam, Jan. 23. Page 3 Travel Spending On Increase Trav(*l spending incrensed by more than 200 per cent in 11 North Carolina counties during , the hist deeade. The.se figures are contained in the twelfth annual North Caro lina Travel Survey. The survey is published by the North Caro- J lina Department of Coaservation and Development, Travel and i Promotion Division, in cooperation , with the Travel Council of • North Carolina. Inc. Graham County led the in crease with a hike of .596 per cent from $4(30.(XX) to $2,782,(X)0. Avery County recorded a 3;58 per rent increase, and Watauga jump ed 291 p(*r cent. Other counties shou’ing in-crease were ..Mle* ghany (246''/). Camden ^245^i>, Cherokee (241^/), Currituck (Zil'i). Dare i225ri), Jackson (274'<), Macon (203^1), and Swain <265'“^ ). It is interesting to note that all but three of the counties record ing over 2(K) per rent increaxe were in the mountains. The money brought into the state by tourists rirrultes through business channels with a multi plier effect and .stimulates fur ther ecrmomic activity. Merchants pass 90c out of each tourist dol lar on to other commercial enter prises to cover the cost of goods and .services u.sed in business op erations. Altogether, 34c out of each touri.st dollar circulates as I>ersonal income, the survey point ed out. Tho travel industry in North Carolina rose to a record $7.52 million during 19®. Some 38 mil lion out-of-state visitors traveled to North Carolina. Copies of the Trav(‘l Survey may be obtained from the Travel and Promotion Division, Rahdgh. North Caro lina. MUme On January 9, 1927, telephoto service was introduced to the south, with fiist transmission fiwm New York City ot Atlanta, Georgit. Sgt. McAbee Is Team Leader U. S. ARMY, VIETN,4M (,4HT- NO — Army Sergeant Glenn R. McAbee, 24, son of Mrs. Ruby Parton. 220 E. Alabama Ave., Bessemer City, was assigned as a team leader with the 4th In fantry Division in Vietnam, Jan. 18. PRESBY-nEHIAN Dr. Paul .‘\uslcy will u.se the .sermon topic, “Bitterness**, at Sunday morning worship ser vices at 11 o'clock at First Presbyterian chundi. DIXON SERVICE Sunday morning woivhip sor- vice.s will be held at 9:30 Sun day at Dixon Presbyterian church with Rev. Roliert Wilson to deliver the me.ssage. 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