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Page 2 THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C. Established 1889 The Kings Mountain Herald JiCarottM* LASSOCU ~ 206 South Piedmont Ave. Kings Mountain, N, C. 28088 A weekly new'spaper devoted to the promotion of the general welfaje and pi8>]iahcd for the enlightenment, entertainmnt 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 Eklitordhibllsher Miss Elizabeth Stewart Circulation Manager and Society Editor MLss Deboie Thornburg Clerk, Bookkeeper Frank Edwards ‘Rocky Martin Chad Ledford MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT Allen Myers Roger Brown * On Leave With The United States Army Paul Jackson Ray Parker Joel Llghtsey MAIL SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE In North Carolina and South CoroUno One year $4; six months $2.25; three months $1.50; school year $3. (Subscription in North Carolina subject to three percent sales tax.) In All Other States One year $5; six months S3; throe montlis $1.73; school year $3.75. PLUS NORTH CAROLINA SAULS TAX TELEPHONE NUMBER — 739-5441 TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE What icilJ ifo? .shall I coaxe xixito you xvith a toil, or ixi love, and ixt the spirit of meekness? ''Treat Us Alike' The legislative committee of the North Carolina Bankers Association has told the banking committees of the North Carolina General Assembly, “Treat us like you treat other corpora tions." The banking group was talking a- bout taxes. The state’s banking industry came in for criticism after a study commi.s- sion, by a lone vote, took itself out of business without filing the report and recommendation which it was charged to compile. At principal issue is the fact that banks, under present law, are exempt from personal property taxes. From the standpoint of cities, districts (school, water, etc.), and counties, the banks, un like other corporations, are getting a free ride. Banks pay local ad valorem taxes on their real property, but not on their oesks, typewriters, adding ma chines, computers, water fountains, and other similar facilities as other corpora tions do. ' The banks, it developes, are quite cognizant of this fact and don’t like it. “But,” say the banks, “we’re pay ing plenty of taxes, indeed, more than our share to the extent of about S400,000 per year.’’ In lieu of state income and franchise , and local personal property taxes, the banks pay an excise tax of six percent (once 4.5 percent). Herein lies the joker in the deck. The state gets all the money and keeps it. There are no rebates to the local governments. The federal government ruled a couple of years ago thaf "banks could be treated as other corporations. The banks think it fair to pay more at the local level and less to the state and they argue more about the principle of getting treated by the same yardstick than about the 5400,000 the banking in dustry estimates it would save by the tax change it requests. The General Assembly should honor this request which would put an esti mated 5500,000 per year into the coffers of the local agencies of government, many of which, like Cleveland County, are hard-pressed for funds and have no where to turn for revenue except the fully-loaded ad valorem property tax. Pcp;:!ar Event The Kings Mountain Kiwanis club's annual talent show has developed into one of the community’s most popular events. Already the young folks are hon ing their talents to participate in the current one, which will be the four teenth. Joe Neisler, Jr., chairman, has an- ncjunccd that profits from Number 14 will be given the Woman’s Club and Community Center and ear-marked for air-conditioning. For 13 years, the schools, which, after all, supply the talent, have receiv ed the growing largess of profits from this event. Tennis courts, a sidewalk to the high school, Gamble Memorial Sta dium are among the prior beneficiaries. It is a most popular event, benefi cial to the community and to the youth ful competitors as well. There’s another week to get errant leaves to the curb for free pick-up by the city. This annual service will end on February 36. I Corinthians 4:24 Ambulance Service Mr. Beam’s point can be seen, but a fellow willing to continue a money- losing service must be admired. And if anyone wanted to test the case in the courts it is reasonable to conclude that the Gaston eviction no tice is a considerable abridgement of free enteiTirise. Best Bows Congratulations are in order to: Lee McIntyre, newly elected presi dent of the Kings Mountain Chamber of Commerce. Bill Grissom, newly elected presi dent of the Kings Mountain Merchants association. Dr. John C. McGill, newly elected president of Kings Mountain Savings and Loan association. Joe Laney, newly elecrte^ president of the Kings Mountain Rotary club. Devere R. Smith, promoted by Foote Mineral Company to its top financial planning position in its minerals and chemicals division. Ricky Hinnant, grade and District n winner, and Doug Sincox a"'’ Karen Hinton, grade winners of the i ry es say contest sponsored by Da --rs of the American Revolution. Toking Vote Away The United States Supreme Court confounded the populace when it ruled one-man-one-vole the law of the land. Longtime arrangements were thrown out the window. Former U. S. Representative Basil L. Whitener said he believed he was the "most redistrict ed man in the House." Others, U. S. Rep resentative Jim Broyhill included, might challenge the use of the superlative. State Senator J. Ollie Harris is ap palled at the attack on democracy with in this state in other directions. “Appoint judges by a bar commis sion? Allow imposition of a sales tax without a vote of the people? What are they trying to do? Take our vote away from us?” The.se questions answ’er themselves. One-man-one-vote is far less Im portant than these other methods of denying to the indMdunl etdHn. Thursday, February 18, 1971 Ward Ambulance Service in Gas tonia has, in effect, been served an evic tion notice of 30 (lays duration. It was somewhat hard to under stand, when a funeral home was ready, willing and able to offer this service, at a time when most funeral homes have quit the business and left it to the volun teer life-saving crews and/or set up a county ambulance service. Fact is that this is a quite dead weight service, for whoever offers it. As one former funeral home em ployee remarked, “When you rush an accident victim to the hospital, it’s hard ly the time to tell him, or them, you want your money." Additional fact is that ambulance equipment is expensive, as custom tail oring is, and depreciation is fast. Mr. Ward apparently feels, as does Ollie Harris here, that certain services to the community should be given, whether or not they put deficits on the books. Gaston County Chairman Grier Beam said, in explanation, that Mr. Ward’s continuance in the business of ambulance service made responsibility ot providing the serv'ice dual and added that Gaston is spending 5180,000 an nually to provide the service. He doesn’t want the county expenditure to produce irresponsibility, as Mr. Ward himself has charged. MARTIN'S MEDICINE Me, too arammor. Br MARTIN HARMON and fbralve the m-m David Baity, Herald graduate now reporting for the Charlotte Ob.'K'rver, interviewed some of the ■■itandees quequed in a long line on T.Day, tlie recent Monday, these standee's having waited the final diay to purchase 1971 Li cense plates. Non-display iLfter midnight Monday meant the fairally bus liad to be parked oi a trip to court and payment oj fine rtxiuld be risked. l>avld quoted one lady, already in line for twvi hours, ‘Tm stu pid, stupid stupid! I didn’t need to put It off but 1 did." I had -the same feeling, awak ening Monday morning with the unhappy tliought that an un necessarily wasted day was a- head. As it happened, I had to drop my wife otf at Bethware school so decided I would invest in the line at Shelby. The line looked long and it was approach ing noon. One fellow behind me offered this unitappy contribu tion: "He may clexse up for lunch at noon. Fact is. I’ve had him close the door in my face." “Oh, no,” I wailed, envisioning an ex tra hour of heel-cooling. m-m It was on the verge of noon as I neared the door. There was the sign which plainly gave the hours: nine to noon and one to five. But he didn’t close, and llte watch sliowed the wait had nol been nearly as long as it had seemed. In twenty-five minutes I had swapped cash for plate and was homeward bound. m-m I stopped at Otis Falls and asked him to put on the tags (I’d had the Kings Mountain -'iviel for weeks) and he said, “I wished I’d known you were going, i ve got to get three myself.” Son Ricky would be dispatched when school let out. M:- hx oi:0 ''0. ), KINGS MOUNTAIN Hospital Log VISITING HOURS Daily 10:30 to 11:30 .M. 3 to 4 fM. and 7 to 8 P.M. mi ■:y . ‘.'•iv ' s'*/ y*’’ (' '/• \'n BROTHE,4-0000 (■HOOD),yK STATE | OF BEING BROTHERS O.R A BROTHER* Viewpoints of Other Editors POPULATION MUST KEY REPRESENTATION STUDY m-m I learned later that Ricky went to Gastonia. In contrast to the long line ot the morning, late-arriving Ricky had quite clear sailing. Only one late^uyer, a lady, was ahead of him. m-m While I was on my trek Mon day, George W. M-auney had paid call and was informed there wa-s serious question as to wi.en i would return. George come by a- gain Tuesday afternoon wiicn I was out on advertising calls. I phoned George Tuesday evening and apologized for missing him. George laughed. “They told me where you were -Monday, I drop ped in Tuesday to learn if you’d ever returned." m-m So.me years ago, my wife had a rumpus bag stolen which also included her wallet. There wasn’t much cash in It, but her driver’s license was and so was the tag card to her ear. The dupltote driver’s license was 30 cents and quickly obtained, but some ctxm- pllcations developed on the tag card. Tracy McGinnis told me the information required and the fee for a duplicate and I promptly wrote the motor vehicles dcloart- ment. A few days later, the de partment returned my checK and encltKed a form, which, a cursory glance revealed, required the same information I had already supplied. I was busy and tossed the form on the desk. It promptly was covered with the other han dle-that-later memorabilia which arrives with each incoming mail. Suddenly it was December. Shucks, says I, the new tag card will be hero, and I won’t bother. In a few days, the tag card fox n>y car arrived, but hers didn’t... and didn’t and didn’t.' The depart ment form better get another look.- Ah, ha. There had been one omission in my letter—my signa ture had not been notarized. Tliat rapidly expiring tag card the de partment files was in the sus pense file and would remain siis pended forever, if I -'■ ■ cute the fr . I ' . .U auu new tag c-. wcie qudcfcly received. I then realized that, with 2.5 mil- Hon cars and trucks populating North Carolina, the department must follow a system and all tat and truck owners mast, too. m-ftt ' There have been no problems [ In that direction since, but I vow and declare I’ll notibe a last-day I tag buyer agiain. Democrats are seeking to as sure that each part of Cleveland Ckjunty has representation on the Board of County Commissioners. That is a worthwhile area of ex ploration. It has been only a few years since commissioners did represent districts, and Dem ocrats have endorsed a return to that concept. Voting, in primar ies and in general elections, would still be all county voters on all commiissiohers, but eaclt comiraissioner would have to rep resent a certain part of the coun ty. His allegiances would be pri marily to the county, since his votes come from all over it, but eaclt section would be assured it is represented. It is likely that such residency ! districts would not have to. meet , the strict onejman, one-vote I -court dictum, but it would be a I serious mistake not to utilize population density instead of geograpiliy as a basis for draw ing suoli districts. Breaking down the 1970 population of the coun ty, the perfectly drawn district would be one ol 14,511 persons, since there are five districts to be divided among 72,556 persons, c Witliout attempting to make the : (li.slricts exactly co-equal in pop- ' uiation, here is one way in which > t(;wnship lines could be hewn to and still basically allot commis- : Stoners by itopuTation: 1 Township 6, which includes Shelby, has 29,384 residents, qua lifying it for two resident com missioners. Township 4, wlvioh in eludes Grover and Kings Moun tain, lias 14,897 persons, qualify ing it for one resident eommis- ' sioner. That leaves two commis sioners to be allotted among all the rest of the county. A quick addition wUl show that Town ships 1, 2 (Boiling Springs), and 7 (Lafjtknore) would equal about 14,000 persons, qualifying them for one commissioner, wlrile Townships 5, 8, 9, 10 and 11 would total about 14,000 persons, also qualifying thorn for one commissioner. These might not meet the court requirements for being coequal, but they would be sufficiently close especially when exactness has not been required in such circumstances. This is one suggestion, and it should be noted that nothing has ■been done at this point to war rant a guessing game on how the district lines would bo drawn. Still, the principle involved Is what we are getting out: Draw ing residency districts should as dosely as possible parallel pop ulation densities, not geography. Any other method would .surely bring about a court challenge that could set the wihole quations ■aflame once again. Even the Democrats, although committed to the principle of residency di.s- tricLs, will not make a formal suggestion until tlie pr x'odure for change is tied down. There are, of course, plusses and minuses to any change such as has been sugge.sted. Tliere '"iU in fact, have to be consider- study and work done before u.iiy chagne should be made. All the pros and all the cons will have to be laid on the table and examined minutely. Perhaps no change is warranted, and per haps no diange is possible, but the fadt is that someone — In this case, the executive oomimlt- tee of the county Dernocratlc par ty — is su^cestlng a study to determine tne '■ As. We support the idea of commission represen- taitlon throughout the county; the only question is whether this can bsst be assured by good candi- HISTORY WITH A GRAIN OF SALT History has been described as the lie agreed upon, with a great deal depending on who is doing the agreeing. It has also been said that a lie in history is a much greater sin than a lie in common discourse as it is likely to be more lasting and more generally known. Which ratliei tends to support the statemcnl of Henry Ford, made in the wit ness box when he was suing the "Chicago Tribune” for lllx'l in 1919, that "history is bunk." History may not be entirely bunk, but that it is not always what it appear?! to be is empha sized once again by a discovery by American scientists that a mummified body in the Cairo Mu his history records that about 4,000 Germans died. The New Zealand official wvir history says 324. A(m Samuel R. King Angela Adams JIor; eo Allman Mr :. Claude AitowotkI CkH). lUoiders Daniel E. Hi idges IJur.man Bryant .Mr.s. Love Carroll \Vr.'. uM. Clacii -Saiiiu 1 Cook J. D. Davis •Mrs. Jaino.s Dellinger .Lai-os Gamble Eliertje Griffin Mrs. -Mary Frances Ilarlowt Mrs. Annie H. JLeavner Mrs. Charlie Hendron Mrs. Lola Houst'r Mrs. O. O. Jac'ltson Mrs Tim K. Jones -Mrs. Jesse Milling \/! 1, A. Mullinax E. May Plonk Mrs. Ray Pi'iie Mrr. B-ssie P. Paan-.seur Mr.!. Alvcnia Sctiulc'r An-Jorson Smarr Trudie Waters Mrs. Minnie Webb Ott: Wci'lier Cl’ristop-l.er Woods Horace Darby ADMITTED THURSDAY Mrs. Crrl Dougan o 214 N. Vance St., Gastonia kirs. Roy Connor 300 York RL, City .Mrs. James Mauney Rt. 1, Gastonia ..Irs. Artnur Ward Route 1, City ADMITTED FRIDAY 1 rank Webster Thus, with the 'best wdll in the wwld, historians may differ on matters of detail, and it doesn’t really matter a great deal. So long as the broad issue is truth fully presented, .so long as the credit for victory is properly at tributed and the blame for ftiil ure is laid at the right door, the detail is not unduly important and becomes less .so tis time goes on. Much of the fal.sification of his tory which undoubtedly has oc- curred has been due to a de.siro by people important in their time to remtun important in llic eyes ot future generations. The seum, thought for hundreds at | pharoahs, it is said, frcquonlly years to be that of the daughter of an ancient Egyptian queen, was actually that of an adoles cent baboon. The scientists are to •make X-rays of -about 40 other mumies in the museum to sec whether there are any more sur prises. Coming nearer to home, it haa been said that when Sir Win.slon Churchill was writing his history of World War H, he .sent his draft of description of the battle for Crete to various people who had taken part, including General Kippenberger, of New Zealand When “Kip” read CTiurchill’s es timate that 4,000 GeTmans had been drowned in the attempted .seaborne inva.sion of Crete, he is said to have suggested that it was probably a very much smaH- er figure, VVivat other authorities' estimates were is not known, but Sir Winston Stuck to his guns and WOMEN AND THE FRENCH ACADEMY -Mrs. Francolse Parturier scored at least a moral victory w'hen .she sought admission to one of franco’s most solidly entrenched masculine strongholds — the French Academy. That historic Institution is com posed of 40 men renowned for their literary and cultural a- ahievements and widely known by the majestic title of ">1110 Im- mortaJs.” Mrs. Parturier, author, pomal- ist, and women’s rights advocate, entered her candidature in the recent election to fill the seat previously otx'upied by historian Jerome Carcoplno. Of course, she knew that she had no chance of being elected. The fact that she received one vote was probably more than she had dared to hope tor and a tri bute to her courage for trying, (T’he -seat went to Rogeir Oaillcws, a hi.gh official at UNESCO and au thor of a number of books on poetry and social myths.) Mrs. Parturior’s goal was to show tliat there is no reason wiiy tile academy should be monopo lized by men, when French wom en have made — and are making —a considerable and Signlficanit contribution to their counilry’s literature. Women are not toaiprcd from Franee’s coveted literary awards sudi as the Prix Goncourt. If the 40 seats in the academy are to be filled on literary and intellec tual merit, surely there are wom en who would qualify. Christian Science Monitor changed the hierogiyphias, the pictorial writing of tlieir time, to take credit for the achievements of their ance.->tors. Macaulay wrote of “hi-story. abounding witli kings thirty feet high and reigns tli-irfy thousand ye.ar.s long” in depreciation of the tendency for things of the past to take on an exaggerated significanre. Thus, ho who would read Ids- tory must allow for human frail ties both in those wlio made it and those who recorded it. and must try to pchefrate the blur ring effeot of time to di.-itmgu’.sh what was real from what wash ephemeral and of little eon.se. quence. When it is considered diSfi'oult it is to apply this mea.s. ure to what is happening in ou- own time, however, historians may be excused if the pie:tur( they present of the past i.s .some times a little indistinct around the edges. The Evening Star, (Dunedin. N. Z.) dates running from all over the county, including the municipal ities, or by requiring candidates to live in a certain district. The resulting study here will be en- lightening. Shslby Doilr Star BACK TO SENATE State Senator J. Ollie Harris, hospitalized in Raleigh with a heavy ca.se of irtfluenza last Thursday night, was di.scharg- ed from Rex haspital Monday moming and returned to his senatorial duties .Monday night. Route 2, City f,rs. Moil E Hillend<r ,S11 N. Gantt St., City Mrs. Jolin C. Johnaon 108 W. King SI., City )irs. Jolin W. Oates P.oute 3, City ADMITTED SATURDAY Mrs, Dular lligginbotlicm Roe.'e 2, City Mrs. FA'a H. Price 91.0 Sliaron Drive. City Mis. The.rman Oix-en Rout,' 3. City ! Its. Robt. N. Keemtm UOG Spencer Ave., Gastonia .>;rs. T,. L. Ramsey 110 Benfield Road. City Mrs. James F’. Youiig Ror.te 1, Bi ssemer City ADMITTED SUNDAY Joseph Gotortii 20.) S: Piedmont Ave, City esl;o E. White Route 3. City . irs, rioyd D, Grigg Route 1, Bessemer City .li.'-. leo F. Black, Jr. 101 Y’ork St.. C^ner Willie llambri.ghr •V),') Landing -SI., Cily Mr.s. Richard Yarbrough 1200 Westover, Cily ■■,fs. Rives Hay,-s Route 3, City Mrs. Goo, R. Barber P. O. Box 10,3, City r alricia Izard Route 2, Be'ssemer Cily ■'is. IValtor Kuyken'lail 825 Myrtle School Rd thut'ord Packett 1904 Flint Lane, Gastonia ohn Parker rmiite 1, City Mrs. Karnesl F’. Shi.don Route I, .Sj-ntaia. .‘1. (', Gast. tlDMITTED TUESDAY Mrs. Eddie O, Norris 4221 Grier St., Gasto lia Irs. A-ifd-.s Anthony Route 1, Dallas Mrs. Frances B. W< st Box 62S, Cily Ciarence B>Td, .Ti. Route 2, City 1-irs. Jolin Gladden 320 W’ilsrn Terrace, C. M. Lovelace 307 Fllver St., Cily .VI i\;. Wayne D. Bess Adiross Faul \V. IBrown Route 1^ City Aits. Cliarles 'lluffstic; ler 1309 Sunshine Cr., Gastonia i City ■-'A Keep Your Radio Dial Set At 1220 WKMT Kings Mountain, N. C. iTews & Weather every hour ou the hour. Weather every hour on the half hour. Fine entertainment in between rhursd CHEE from Moun fans ic in gall the cl Cage Set] The I lina Co; ball ten nesday week at seat Coj Ga.sto mo-st of defend it the favi Gasto all and The W; munity race bu move ii a game tonia. W J Iayr and 16- Friday v of t’ho.s< •seeded The V will ad! tourney The wi junior i son, Ka iGa.stc gaimes ] Coacli Gaston .son an year, v\ followir and Jev Fred W ry F'ait guards. Also action mer Bo; .McNair, ball in 'icy sta former Emanui
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