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PAGE 2 THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD, KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C. Thursday, August 6, 1970 Established 1S89 The Kings Mountain Herald . rth On SS ASWCUTI 206 South Piedmont Ave^ Kings Mountain, N. C. 28086 A weekly newspaper devoted to the promo'lon of the general welfare and p ■ihed for the enlightennicnt, entertainment and benefit of the citizens of Kings Momilaln and its vicinity, published every Thursday by the Herald Publlahlng House. Entered as second class matter at the post office at Kings Mountain, N. C., 28088 under Act of Congress of March 3, 1873. EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Maitln Hannon Edltor-Publishei Miss Elizabeth Stewart Qrculation Manager and Society fklitcH Miss Debbie Thornburg derk. Bookkeeper MSCMANIOAL DEPARTMENT Frank Edwards Allen Myers •Rocky Martin Roger Brown * On Leave With The United States Army Paul Jackson Ray Parker ONE YEAR....$3.50 Six MONTHS... .$3.00 PLUS NORTH OAROtilHA SAJLBS TAX ytfML TIUiEE MONTHS...,$1.29 TELEPHONE NUMBER — 739-5441 TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE But if we hope for what wc do not sec, wc wait for it wnth patience. Romam 8:e5 Aye Vote Needed North Carolina citizens do not get notably excited about constitutional a- mendrnents, preferring quite naturally to put prime time into personality contests whore tliat can praise or curse the way a candidate combs his hair or grooms his sideburns. One of particular interest will be on the ballot in November, however, on whether to require the General Assem- h’'- o reduce the number of state ad- r- ‘"ative departments to 25 and to r .’.o the Governor to reorganize ad- '.tive departments, subject to le- m cr'e' 043 L approval. A liandsome, casy-to-read, graph- filled l)rochure has been published re cently setting forth concise reasons on why the vote should he “yes’'. Items; 1) A person with an environmental problem — natural re.sources, pollution, or the like — must contact up to 18 dif ferent agencies. 2) A total of 15 units of government arc in the "human services” category, from welfare programs to unemploy ment. 3) There are now 317 administra tive units, most functioning independent ly of each other and reporting solely to a busy governor. Some years ago Governor Terry Sanford, host at an 8 a.m. breakfast, greeted his first guest, "Will you excuse me, please, while I continue with this paper wefrk. I've been out-of-town a few days and it’s piled up. I’ve been up since 4 o’clock. ” The idea, of course, is two-fold: 1) improve efficiency and speed the busi ness of service and 2) save money. The planners figure that a $50 mil lion saving can be effected in first anti cipated year of implementation in 1975, which is only slightly less than the fis cal 1936 expenditui'es of $57 million de pressed dollars. The planners (against a $3.6 billion budget for the current biennium) fore see one of $5 billion for 1973-75 and $7.2 for 1977-79. Reverting to the “many cooks over one pot” item: without attempting to list them all, the City of Kings Moun tain Buffalo Creek project sent the city to do business with, among others, the state board of health, (then) department of water resources, department of soil conservation, wildlife resources commis sion, local government commission, etc., etc., not to mention the federal agencies involved. The streamlining proposal makes sense. Two Anniversaries Two silver anniversaries of consid erable importance are impending in A.D. 1970. August 6 Thursday, 25 years ago, at 8:15 a.m. Japanese time, a B-52 bomber dropped a small bomb, dead on target, over the City of Hiroshima, population 450,000. The “load” was not small. “Little Boy”, code name for the first atomic bomb WToaked greatest one thrust havoc known to mankind. Buildings were level ed for miles. Estimates of the death toll, a quarter century later, are still being argued between the United States’ one of G'?000 and Japanese estimates up to 20(; .00. October 24 Less than three months later many nations banded together to form the United Nations, an organization with the principal aim the maintenance of peace, but with many and to most folk un known overtones of humanity. On face, the United Nations has had little success, in view of the Cold War, Korea, Indonesia-Vietnam, and the Mid- East. But for 25 years, already four years longer than the period between VVorld Wars I and II, there has boon no major world-wide holocaust and the blasts of the new bombs, which make “Little Boy” look like a cap pistol, have been confi:.- ed to tests. Brice Holmes Harry Brice Holmes Harry had been an unwell man for several years. Indeed, his wife remarked on one occasion when her husband was a pa tient here, she was sure the family had bought, if without title, a wing of Bap tist hospital in Winston-Salem, another at the large medical center in Houston, and quite a number of brick at Kings Mountain hospital. Mr. Harry was a heart patient. In spite of his disability, Mr. Harry continued not only to carry on his duties at Minette Mills, but maintained a wide variety of interests including those well- delineated in the field of public service. He served on the Kings Mountain Hospital board of trustees, was active in' suport of the movements, both the first losing one, then the successful one, for consolidation of the Grover-Beth- ware-Park Grace county districts into the Kings Mountain system. Here^the re sults prove him to have been correct. His service on the Kings Mountain board of education was loyal and credit able. He was particularly proud of John Gamble Memorial Stadium and com mented quite seriously that the extra expenditure of $8,000 to provide rest room facilities for fans occupying the visitors’ was well worth it. At the time of the comment the Kings Mountain stadium was the only one in the confer ence thus equipped. Mr. Harry’s untimely do to pneu monia at 52 is a source of regret to his home community of Grover and to the whole area. "Noive" Gas > In Brooklynese, the “noive” gas has us “unnoived”. Quite a hassle has been produced by knowledge that the army projects the dumping of what one scientist termed aged-out nerve gas into the Atlantic ocean. Trouble with the aging, however, the scientist and his colleague relate, is that the gas, like some animals, get mean with age and could explode with disastrous effects. Many folk have joined the fray: the ecological buffs who are worried about effects on marine life, officials and citi zens along the Atlantic coast including the Bahamas who are worried about pos sible water contamination along their beaches, and citizens along the proji^- ed routes to Sandy Point, N. C. from An niston, Ala., and Lexington, Ky., where the nerve gas reposes currently. This newspaper commonly pooh- pooh’s arguments by comparison, but cannot the argument of another scientist that the slow-speed trip planned for the nerve gas to its final resting place is po tentially much safer than those daily treks of high-balling freights bearing such dangerous cargo as chlorine, anhy drous sulphide, and others. Maybe some newsman will get a- round to it, but thus far, the Herald has not seen attention given to the reaction of citizens of Anniston and Lexington, where the nerve gas is now bedded. The stuff’s got to go. Get the cargo aboard and the barges ready. Congratulations to Ragan Harper, reappointed a member of the Morehead scholarship selection committee, and to Charles Easley, Jr., recipient of a schol arship to Newberry college. MARTIN'S MEDICINE An old Cleveland County pirop- oirty map I have (dated 1886) was the work of a Mr. Kyser, T.E. The "T.E." title sent me to the abbreviations seotion of the dic tionary where I learned the defi- nltdon Is “topographical engineer. Mr. Kyser, incidentally, I am told by Bob Gidney, county auditor and history buff, was the grand father of Kay Kyser, Che former band leader. m-m Our friend and neighbor Butler Falls. T.E., is as gtxxl at report ing aa he is at describing metes and bounds, according to the sample I have In a letter Butler wrote his si.?ter Janet from Eu rope alter a visit to Egypt. m-nt “Going Into those anclerrt tombs of the pharoahs Is an unforget table experience,” he wrote. “1 entered the tomb of King Tut who lived nearly 3500 years ago.. the only tomb of an Egyptian king in which the treasures were disoovered Intact. The innermost coffin is solid gold and there are countless other objects made ot precious metals.” He relates further, “The one oJ Ramses VI was hewn in solid rock 300 feet down and in varioao directions. For light they used a number of mirrors so they co.uld have sunlight all the way to the back of the tomb. What did they do for light on cloudy days’ Well, tliore are no cloudy days In Egypt.” m-m A French chambermaid at a small town hotel made Butler think hU pronunciation of French was .something less than desired —by indirection. As the elevator moved him to his sixth floor room. Butler suggested that a fire would be fatal, as there would be no m«ans of escape from that height. A few moments later, she returned bearing an ash tray. Language problems also oc curred in Bern, Switzerland at i breakfast. Butler’s order was j "ham and eggs and turn the eggs over”. When the plate arrived, j Butler remarked the eggs had not' been turned over. “He (the wait er) picked up -tile plate, took ray knife and turned the eggs.” Another traveler is Mr. John Cloniinger who has just returned | from a three-week visit to .(3ali-1 fornia where a sister and son | live in the Los Angeles. “Wei took it all in,” Mr. John relates, j “including Hollywood." Mr. Cion-1 inger was Imipressed with high polish with which the sidewalk • bronze markers gleamed, but then he confides, “You know. Holly wood’s just another town.” m-m I have a puckish note on lady's ' stationery bearing the monogram "W". She writes, “Since minds and interest have been on Cen sus Taking lately — thought you would appreciate this’ little bit at' humor — you can tell John Hen- ly if you like. As ever, a friend. Guess Who?” The story's en titled “Too .Many Questions”, and here ft is: m-m Census Taker (to woman at door): m-m "How many In your family?" m-m Woman: “Five. Me. the old man, the kid, the cow and the cat.” Census Taker: “And the politics of your family ?” m-m Woman: Mixed. I’m Republican, the old man’s a Democrat, the kid’s wet. the cow’s dry and the cat’s on the fence,” m-m Among the missees in the cen sus nose-count were Postman Bill Laughter, family of six, and the, Joe Hedden, family of four.; Strange coincidences here, moreso ' maybe with the Heddens. Mrs. Hedden worked several years as a partime interviewer with the U. S. Bureau of the Census, m-m I haven’t been a philatelist since a Boy Scout, not much of one then. But I was intrigued with the 50-cen-t stamp Don Oawford appended to my five Change-of-address postage dues (tO-cents each). The face of ft'-' stanop was graco-" - ' torian b.cne. ■ ainp man, hobby va- too and I asked, “Who was Lucy?” Don didn’t know either The look-up revealed her to be a Woman’s Lib girl of the nine teenth century. m-m Don and I are solid on the cur rent $1 commemorative graced by Eugene O’Neill, the playwrtte. Nor was there in problem with the 20-cent one appended to yes terday’s two postage dues: the late General George Catlett Mar shall. The "Crop Tale” Rooster 0* ’^/I-a-vwR /i V>'y ‘ilT I DRUGS, DRINKS AND HYPOCRISY Unexpected results often come about in unsuspected ways. For some time now We have been wondering whether concern over drug abuse in ithe United States might bring about an improve ment in another area of abuse, that of alcoholic beverages. If this sounlis cryptic, let us ex plain. As is now well known, one of the leading arguments used by young people in their efforts to justify the usg of narcotics is .that their elders make an even greater use of alcohol. Youth points to the 25,0(X) persons kil led yearly on American high ways by drunken drivers, the broken homes, the battered chil dren, the economic loss, the ruin ed health which 'follow the use of alcohol, and youth chlargies that aiolt attacks upon drugs are hiipocrisy. As tl^ New York newspaper columnist Pete H'amill points out in the current issue of Seventeen magazine, youth is justifiably put off by present strictures 'a- gains marijuania when nothing is d-'ne about alcohol. Th^ basic 'ar gument here, Mr. H'amHl tells us, is not that marijuana is good for you, but that the law discrimin ates against its user and lets drinkers do almost anything. Is it too much to hope thag an America, increasingly concerned over the spreading tragedy of 5x>uth 'ani drugs, may come to recognize this hypocrisy and its terrible effect upon youth? Wbn’t American 'adults come tio see the validity of w^hat their childrein ore saying to them: If you want us to show restraint and good Judgment, you must set ICS a 'good example 'at 'home? Can We not h'ope that out of national con'cem over Idfugis m'ay also come a nai'onal concern over a related problem which today is still causing vastly greater harm than are drugs? There is no sadder situation than that which requires the suf fering of children to nrake par ents wise. 'But on occasion ma'n- kind seem ito need hard knocks to learn wisdom. This may be one of those occasions, anl out of the drug tragedy 'there m'ay e- merge a desperately needed re vision of outlook on alcohol. But if adul'tdom does not see this, if it continues through its use of 'al cohol to provide youth with al leged juistlfioation for lirugs, then a heavy burden of guilt will full upon the parents, grand parents, teachers, and leaders of today’s America. —Christian Science Monitor ON THE BEST AUTHORITY It was advice from men who certainly know whereof they .-tpeak: Congress should not mere ly -conitinue on Its merrily extra vagant way but deliberately seek a deep budget deficit. festifying to that general ef- a before the Joint Economic Ck)mmittee were Gardner Ackley, chairman of the Council of Eco nomic Advisers under President Johnson, and Paul A. Samuelson, whose economic views were also well regardexi in Washington in recent pre-Nixon years. Those 'were the years, of course. In which the Great Inflation was generated and maintained by conscious policies of huge deficits and easy money. And It is that same infla'tlon that 'the Nixon Administration and the Federal Reserve Board have been trying to 'dampen—^wlth aoiiM suoccm NATURE’S PEARL HARBOR? On.e congressman ithis week said America is headed toward an environmental Pearl Harbor because it is failing ito stop pol lution of its waters. Anoher said Americans would have to change itheir Ways pro foundly — even adopting a "new economics which rewards the man who preserves more, not on ly the man who produces more” — if they intend to clean up the environment. One could not avoid the im pression the past week that both might be right — that some cat astrophic ecola,|ncal disaster might occur, and awaken the cit izenry to the tough fight they have ahead of ithem which will test their will 'anil icourage and ability to ad'apt. A heat wave in the East left a pall of acrid smog over large ci- 'ties. Water pressure dropped. El ectrical power resources were nearly depleted at times. New York’s health department kept saying there was nothing alarm ing about pollution levels, and that the larger danger was men tal stress over the stagnant 'air threat. But then Mayor Lindsay took emergency steps on 'l»th the power and air pollution fronts — ordering cuts in power usage, incinerator burning, and auto driving. And so it went, on the Ameri can continent, from Georgia to Toronto, a sense of ecological crisis. Elsewhere in ifhe world, the feeling 'that crisis could sudden ly become disiaster was just as prevalent. In SyEiney, a sudden noxious inflow of industrial gas es aroused a public outcry, as have reports of the pollution of the city’s great beaches. In To kyo, some 8,000 persons last week were treated for reactions to a white smog. Japan’s har bors are being 'flooded with filth, 'and growing things are be ing ■wiped out. Along the Riv iera, 'a bitter light 'has 'arisen be tween French 'and Italians over who Is responsible of ■the rising itide of pollution. The comparison of a potential ecological disaster with Pearl Harbor should not 'be taken lightly. Such 'an of course, need not happea But 'one remembers how citi zens accepted the changes the I war effort brought in their lives — the rationing of gasoline, for ! example. It must not 'be left ■out ! of our plans for dealing with the j overclogging of nature’s sy^m that individuals can radically a- •d'a'pt their lifestyles to th^ de- I mand of the hour. Industries can j be re-directed to modes of pro duction or even products th'at 'fit in better with 'husbanding and purifjing man’s setting. The threat of e major disaster need not find man wanting in ability to deal with it. —Christian Science Monitor THE LITTLE THINGS CAN COUNT When Congress provided that the airlines could not list the in creased travel tax in tiieir ads or on their tickets, the lawmakers probably expected no great re- artion. But a growing number of travel agents, passengers and oth ers are claiming Congress was trying to hide the increase from the public. Senator Russell Long, who de signed this provision, insists he was only trying to help travelers. His reasoning is that ticket a- gents now write fewer figures on each ticket, so the travelers’ wait ing time should be shortened. That’s nonsense, say some tic ket agents. When travelers ask what happened to the tax, the agents must take some time to explain that listing the levy could lead to a $100 fine. And at some time or other the agent must break down the single figure in to its icomponents for the records the airline has to keep. It’s a small thing, really, but it does seem unfortunate that Congress should feel impelled to conceal any tax from the public, even if this is an election year. All of those relatively small tax es can add up to quite a lot. WoU Street Journal despite the spending-happy law- ruakers. But because the economy is now .•wmewhat soft, neither gentle man saw any danger of worsen Ing the inflation as a result of applying the familiar old infla tionary quack-remedy. “We ought to be stimulating the economy by both monetary and fiscal policy," proclaimed Mr. Ackley. He added that it is "breast-beating" to ar gue that the Government ^ould "persevere in a highly festrlcMve flscal-poUcy stance.” Well, perhaps some breast-beat- ing is in ordrt, at that. Wall Stoeet Jeuraod HAIL HEYERDAHLI The treks of earlier man a- cross 'continents land seas are a source of endless fascination for mankind. After all, how else can one explain the global interest in Thor Heyerdahl’s latest feat— sailing a papyrus reed boat 'from Morocco to Barbados in 57 'days? There will be great debate o- ver whether the Egyptians ac tually did voyage to 'the New World, and founded the civiliza tions in Central and South Am erica which in itheir monument building and other ways paral- led thp Egyptians’ feats of sev eral thousa'nds of years 'before the days of the Romans. But he has now proven they coulld have, using their own primtiive papy rus craft-building materials. Of course, of even greater Pas- KINGS MOUNTAIN Hospital Log VISITING HOURS 3 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 8 p,m. Dally 10:36 To 11:30 ajn. David C. Allen Wm. B. Ikirbi'i' Annie M. Blalock .Mae H. Brymei Sam C. Carlco Elbert J. Dyke Sallic M. Early Rosa K. Gardner Mrs, Vence E. Gentry Ada S. Ctoforth IVarle Herndon Mildred M. Hoyle Sidney I). Huffstelli'r Della 1’. Huffstickier Alphilil A. Johnson Andrew Ux-kard Judson Uxjper Mrs. Wm. .McLeymore James J. Oates, Jr. .iVrthur Patterson Mrs, John A. Potent Mrs. Florence 1. Rjtndall Wm. P. Randall James Roseboro Emme L. Sellers Moyd E. Smith Mrs, Kelly Stroud, Sr. Wm. Bari Stroupe Mrs. Johnny W. Thompson Rosetta F. Webb ^ Mrs. Jolin E. Yarbro " Mrs. Homer Kilgore Mrs. John R. Phifer I ADMITTED THURSDAY I Benjamin F. Duncan Mrs. Floyd Lovelace Wm. John McClain Mrs. Vanc'e Tiller ADMITTED FRIDAY ! -Mrs. Ambro.se Floweni Mrs. Larry K. Moore Max Gould Do.ster ADMITTED SATURDAY Thomas C. McKee Oxie U. MeWhirther ADMITTED SUNDAY Mrs. Dewey Falls Mrs. Mack .Murry Mrs. Delbert G. Patrick Luther P. Fletcher Mrs. Bobby G. Dixon Mrs, Robert Wm. Broome ADMI’TTED MONDAY Sailie E. Boyce Florence H. Butler .Mrs. Richard G. Byers Virginia J. Harris Allio McClain Mrs. Bruce McDaniid Kemp F. Wcathor.s Mrs. .Maynard C. Camp Richard J. Self Paul H. Roberts Jiisper Rice ^ Debra Annette Page Mrs. Eddie MulHnax " uVIrs. James B. Mooro ADMITTED FRIDAY Mrs. Willie G. Hambright Allen Randy Robert A, Whitesidi's Wayne Wm. Lutz Margaret L. Collins Beverly Adaiins ADMITTED WEDNESDAY Mrs. Robert E. Branton. route 7. Slieiby. Mr.s. .Mae Catherine .Smith, 412 Childers street. James L. Blanton, 203 West Second Streel, Cherryville. Mrs. Lucille C. Ivey, Sims street. Lonnie Randolph Allen, Clinton, S. C. Donnie Efird Young, route 2, Dallas cination to the world than the hisorical is the sIhx't drama of such advenures. If there is a cri sis among the urbanized modern beings, it is the atrophy of the sense of the brave and heroic. One need only survey the cur- rent literary output, tile deprav ed or morbid or otheiwise anli- herocs of the stage and movit*s, to see tih'ait this is so. Thus one marvels at the cour age and purpose 6t Heyerdahl anij 'his crew. And one senses^^ that such a spirit of 'adventuri^^ is nearer the heart bf authentic living f'han is the pursuit of de bilitating ease. —Christum Science Monitor Keep Youi Radio Dial Set At 1220 WKMT Kings Monniain, N. C. News & Weather every hour on the hour. Weather every hour on the half hour. Fine entertainment in between
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