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CINQiS Established 1889 The Kings Mountain Herald J CaroLita « I ASSOCUTI 206 South Piedmont Ave. Kings Mountain, N. C. 2808B A weekly newspaper devote'l to the promotion fjf the general welfare and published for the enlightenment, cntortainmnt and benefit of the citizens of Kings Mountain and its vicinity, published every Thursday by the Herald Publishing House. Entered a? sec.-ond class matter at the post office at Kings Mountain, N. C., 2808G under Act of Congress of March 3. 1873. EDITORML DEPARTMENT Martin Harmon Editor-Publisher Miss Elizabeth Stewart Circulation Manager and Society Editor Miss Deo.,ie Thornburg Clerk, Bookkeeper Frank Edward.s •Rocky .Martin MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT Allen Myers Roger Brown Paul Jacks'an Joel Llghtsey “ On Leave With The United States Army MAIL SUBS^PJPnON RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE In North Carolina and South Corolina One year S4; sbc months $2.25; three months $1.50; school year $3. (Subscription In North CartoUna subject to three percent sales tax.) In AU Other States One year So; six months $3; thret* months $1.75; school year $3.75. PLUS NORTH CAROLINA SALES TAX TELEPHONE NUMBER — 739-5441 TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE And v:e kn-jvi that all things work together for good to them that Icne the Lord. Romans «. '? Should Hold Line Several bills have been introduced in the North Carolina CJeneral Assembly which would increase the tax bites con siderably. One woud double the soft drink ta.x to two cents per bottle, and another would double the cigarette tax from two cents to four per package. Yet an other would increase the state income tax. Everyone believes the old saying “it takes money to make the mare go” but it would seem North Carolina is going pretty well now with the additional taxes on soft drinks, gasoline, cigarettes, Hquor, and motor vehicle licen.scs im posed by the Assembly of 1!)69. Governor Bob Scott brags about the states being a “low tax” state and it is. The General Assembly .should hold the line and protect that reputation. Good Report The report of Engineer Dennis Fox on the water project as being 90 percent complete was both a good report and good new.s. The essentials are complete and the city has been taking water from Buffalo Creek since before Christmas. On Tuesday the city began fluori dating the supply, according to State Board of Health specifications. That u as good news, too, to doctors, druggists and parents of children who have been fluoridating their children with fluoride ters might have been getting too much. With property ac(iuisition getting closer to completion it should not be too long until the big five-foot pipe can be plugged and Buffalo Lake become a reality. CleaU'Up Fix'Up It is good that the city will conduct again its annual spring cl'ean-up, paint- up, fix-up campaign. Debris collects as almost everyone’s home or place of business. Building inspector Woodrow Laugh ter reports he has agreement from own ers of seven derelict houses to raze them and adds “there are many more which ought to go”. Derelict houses are a mar on the community, make a breeding place for rats. This effort has always received good cooperation from citizens and this year should prove to be no exception. Traffic Toll The 1100 drop in traffic fatalities in the nation during 1970 is enheartening. It was the first decline in ten years. But there were 5,300 traffic deaths loss, though off by 5374 million was still a whopping .$16 2 billion. Better roads are one key to improv ed traffic safety, srtatistics on accidents showing that the interstates are safer. Another help would be Ic.ss heavy right feet. Speed, chance-taking in its right, leads to other violation of the rules of the road. There were 91,450 smash-ups dur ing 1970. The Supreme Court says that ju.st because people can’t pay fines they can not be jailed and in another decision have ruled that divorces cannot be de nied unhappy spouses merely because they cannot raise the required fees. The Supreme Court is often villified on its decisions but these two appear to be right in the direction of equal treatmeirt under the law. Gardner Biogrc_ y The Herald has not yet read the biography of O. Max Gardner by Au thor Joe Morrison but is sure it will make interesting reading. The late author was a craftsman and his .subject was one of the nation’s great citizens. Taking office in 1929 as governor was a rough time with the Great De pression shortly to strike. But Governor Gardner was the man for the job. He fathered the .state’s as suming re.sponsibiIity for roads and the Local Government Commission to super intend the fiscal affairs of the broke and near-broke cities and counties. These two items alone were of major import ance to North Carolina and have proved .so in the light of the test of time. Hard To Win The use of salts for de-icing snow- bounds roads in the northern United .'States has increased .steadily for the past decade. The salts do their job well. But there now has developed anoth er side to the coin. The de-icers have been labeled pollutants of a quite harm ful variety. The .salts kill roadside grass but worse creep into water supplies. In Massachusetts last year 62 communities were warned by the State Health De partment that their water supplies con tained enough sodium to endanger the lives of persons with kidney ailments. Highway officials responded with a what-you’re-going-to-do? If we don’t de ice, the rate of traffic accidents is sure to escalate. Such has proved to be the case in Burlington, Mass., which aban doned de-icing after its drinking water showed unusually high sodium content. It is an unhappy law of life that one problem solved often creates anoth er. Served Well Two ladies in Kings Mountain gov ernmental offices are retiring, Mrs. Lena W. McGill, completing a dozen years of .service on the board of education, and Mrs. Maude R. Walker, completing three as Ward 5 commissioner. Both have rendered good service to the respective bodies. Mrs. McGill, a onetime teacher, ad dressed herself to school operations with clear judgment. Mrs. Walker’s association with her husband’s water and sewer system con struction business proved valuable to the city’s several projects in those areas. ’The work of elected governmental officials is not easy but i also re warding. Congratulations to Sam R. Suber, Sr., who just observed his 86th birthday. He came to this country as a young man and the coincidence of his locating in Kings Mountain is a happy one. He was and is one of the community’s most so lid citizens. Best bows to Don Jones, the schools superintendent and new president of Kings Mountain United Fund, and to Marvin Teer, Kings Mountain’s ’Young Man of the Year, who has accepted re sponsibility for conducting the United Fund drive. Kings Mountain has again showed its appreciation of the contribution of Gardner-Webb College to the welfare of the area by over-subscribing its $30,000 goal for the college capital fund. Con gratulations to Tom Tate, drive chair man, and the other members of the fund raising campaign. tiA :i.pu -.M - Ml A I M!V-.L. .■’ -...•.'■-1 ^ MARTIN'^§^ MEDICINE By MAR-nN HARMON Vi. J Oscar .M>'oi-s was in the ha.>!t of calc-hiiig a c-ily 'ous to the u:? town terminal in Charlotte fo- ■ his four times weekly trip a. Kings Mountain. One mornin;; I as he was v.aitin,'! on the city I bus, a fellow ,sto;>ix?d his car and asked O.'*-ar. ‘ You going up 'town?’’ Oscar replied he was gc ; ing to Lhe bu-s terminal. “Get m." I the stranger invi.ed. 'Til droj ' you off ’’ As they rode along, Oscar ask ed, “Why idld you pick me up’ You don’t know me from Adam." “Well, you looked Mice a good fellow and I like to a? (ommodat ' people," O.soars new foun 1 friend replied. Since on two of the four morn ings each week Oscar rode up toum with Ray Williams wh j '.torked at a service station, that is until three weel;s ago. Mean time, Mr. and Mrs. Myers start ed trading at the s t-vice station and they got to know each ot’.ier qaite well. w,'. / i SI -vlT Thursday, March 4, 19j XbMrrreb'S'Aiftii^Y' Thi Janice llomrlck, Wilburn Bl.aeksburg Amy .Stewart, OflO VV. GdI | ily W. R. Taylor, lit. 1, Clover, .Maggie V. I*hifer, Route 2, t il Ge.). IVrole, Itoule 3, City .ADMITTED SUNDAY Win. E. Goins, <>02 Plieniv .m C’itv .Mrs. Jack E. Dtivis, Bo\ a| Bowling Grieii, .S. f, Biirgin Dellinger. Ri>ute .3, ( gl .Mr.s. Billy E, Kroni-hurger, 1!; Ulovt'r, .S. C. ■Mr.s. J k- Df-an Moss. Rout,. Ilirkory Grove. S. f. .Mrs. Tlielma C. .Summitt, ii, l.inwood Rd.. City' .Mr.s. Hunter Wylie, 107 fPm sj Ga.stimia ,'laude B<‘am, .oOT Red 'at.. B.ig| er City .'I // ■/ Ill Monday night three weeks ago, when Oecar arrived hom:, Mrs. .’Mye.-s reported Ray Williams had been shot an<i was under in- i tensive care at the hospital. A man wl'.o Williams knew had called and asked that he take him somewhere. The accommo dating tV'illiams said, “Sure.” The man had been drinking and a.s they walked down the steps he stumbied, causing a 22-caIiber tevolver in his coat pocket to fire. Th bullet had hit Williams in the stomach. Happily, (Jscar reports, his griend Williams has been removed froir the inten sive care section and he is now \v-ell on the mend. ///c. Viewpoints of Other Editors Luckily, Ohcar comments, it i GETTING RECREATION The report that Kings . ioun- tain is once again considering a project that coiJd lead to a state park in the southeast cor ner of Cleveland County is goorl news. We have long felt that the county has be -n denied state recreational facilities, altiiougii we have also realized that thi.s state’s park system is lagging .overall. 'Tlie impetus that Kings Mountain might give to a state park in eonjunetion with fne mountain th e and perhaps ev en adjacent to the battlegroun' could give this countv and York PERFECTING MARRIAGE must hove been r. cheap pistol, i *'*<? largest 'The bullet stopp.d and lodged be fore it reached Williams' .spine. total recreation an a.s anywhere around. A South Carolina state park alread-.- exists in connection with the national battleground park, and a North Carolina pan: thai covers the Ki.o.s Mountain Williams is also a friend of Ted Gamble they having work- ^ i. - . IwondeiLul place to enjoy. In - m-m 'addition, it is just possi’ole that I such a move might encompass I don’t ktiow what the moral I Crowders Mountain that could of that event is, out it can be! .spare it from the ravages o' correctly concluded th,-*! sc.ne- j strip mining. In any event, the times playing Good S.an.a: itan is ' talk in Kings Mountain council hard on the Samaritan. hambers the other night is en j eo',ira,":ng. ; Particularly noteworthy a' Senator Skipped Bowles, vt .’io '^e countywidc land made the principal addre-os at facilities studies that Cl. file Gardner-V/ebb '.’inn.r honor-'Couty commissioners an' ing Pat .'spangler last week is a eianning-zoeing board have jus' very effective sp aker. He dust-1 rort>ived. That report fovctails ed off a word I hadn’t heard us-1 b^'sctly with the Kings Mountain ed in scr.e years, calling on peo- ’ par!:, although it al.'’c’ .sag- pic of the state and nation to be- ! gbsts recreational arras in fovr gui using “gumption" again. “Gumption", I suppose, is a syn onym for old-lashioned “com mon senee". m-m other locations throughout fne county. -It would be gratifying if the Kings Mou.ntain interest in a park there could be channeliol with the interest prie;;-’d by the community potential study ior the eoimty as a w'hole. Working tajethcr, it is very possible lhat all the projects could eventually be satisfied. polities and government ever I ■ projects ^Ce vinmeiu ever j (ny^jy^ j^,j,gs Mountain, at tile mountain itself and around the ■ If anyone can produce a more; duraole commune than the fam- 1 ily — mom, pop and tlie kids —; I’d be charmed to see it. -And siunned.” vVe have seldom seen' a more sur vl.;rt c.- to-the-point. statement on the ducaoility of and ralionale for tite institution j: m.'in;";.’ Ilian these words by! column; Harriet van Horne in j the Now York Post. Furthermore,- it Is a pleasure to see someone' stand Up and forthrigiitly defend j ■an iiiKtit’jtlon which, f.ir from having outli-.ed its central role I in society, is as fundamental a.s i ever a.s :i means of rai.sing the '■ species, strengthening morality.! protecting the weak and form- ! ing a warm and affectionate nu- j cleus around which those who i wi.sli may gatlicr. ' KINGS MOUNTAIN Hospital Log VISITING HOURS Daily 10:30 to 11:30 .M. 3 to 4 PJ4. and 7 to 8 P.M. ADMITTED MONDAY Mr.s. Ru hard Bridges. .308 iVa er .St., City Glenn Dover, IGII .Sln lb) l> | | City Mrs. niosh. H. Gib.son, 52.3 Maple nt.. Dallas .Mr.s. Wayn<‘ Haney. Hit W. St., City .Mrs. Nell Kircus, 109 Kuliunl Dr.. City Steven Reid. Rt. 1. Mtn. B;. .. Dr., Ga.stonia .Mrs. Gar>- L. Robinson, Rt ’ Stielby Clarence Staney. Ge;i. Be.s.sem<T City I J. D, Wyatt.. 107 N. Oiieniaij \\e.. City Mrs. Dura .\. Hamrick, Rt 3 | City Mrs. Wilbert -Aldrich, Rt. 1, Cli -Mrs. Willie Bell. 614 M’in.l'y | Hill Dr., Ga.sitonia Mrs. Blanche Byers, 41.3 Fr.n lin .Ave., Sliel.oy .Mr.s. Steven Brooks, Rt. 1, Dill is ReixH'ca Hinkle. Rt. 2. Box 192, Cherryx illi- Mrs. Otto C. Ki.ser, .Sr. Rt. 2 Box 90, City Johnnie .Aiartin, 524 Baker .s Citv ;ADMITTED TUESDAY One can .say of wxdlotk what Winston Qiurchill .said in sub- | irtai'ice; of,. (Uiaa)wac,y, tliat it; Htst wleh one compares j It with the altornativcs. And | where there are imperfections in [ each, the remedy lies, not in de- ! stroying tiie irieplaceable, but in seeking to perfect it. That marriage needs such per fecting can be seen from the lat est federal .statistics whicii show tiiat the American divor-e rate in 1970 was ono-third higher than in IfK'iO — when it was already one of tire highc.st in the world. But c.'/rrec'tion never comes ’’ rough despair, !: 'comes from impr.rvin.g what has already stood the list of the ages. Few facets of human life have stood drat test better titan wcdl.rck. Christian Science ^tonitOI I first knew Skipper at Chapel I-IIU, where he was president of Ids class during his sophomore year. He has been interested in He j^ed about his being a Methodist land being invite<j to speak at an essentially Baptist function. It remmCed him of the story about the prominent Ba[> tist layman who was ill and who asked the Methodist minister to visit him. The minister rang the doorbell and was greeted by the man’s daughter. The mlnhiter suggested the Baptist pastor must be ill. “No,'* the daughter replied, “we were afraid Father’s illness might be contagious and we couldn’t afford to risk our pastor's coming.” Skipper is quite well aetjuaint- cd with private and church-relat ed colleges and the good work they are doing. He servos on the board of trustees of both Pfieffcr College at .Misenheimer and Guilford College near Green sboro, m-fti He is considered - fate fe- ■ ./ -us^a background iphy from which to draw. He was born and reared in Union County, gaduated from the University, married In Gas tonia to the former Jessamine Boyce, and lives in Greeasboro, His speeches are sincere and his personality open and win- I ning. Buffalo Creek reservoir. Anotl’.er involves the ge'neral Casar area, and yet another involves th Broad River south of Boiling Springs. This is the sort of rec reational program that Cleve land County can and should bav ■ for all its people. The Kingi Mountain interest, expertise anc incentive can w, 11 be utilized t i benefit the county a.s .a wiiole tp all the recommended r. creation —Shelby Daily Star 1 He v/ill be a formidable candi- '(htte. SWITZERLAND CATCHES UP It is welcome nows that .Swls.s women have at last won the right to vote in federal elections anti to hold federal office. A constitutional amenrlment giving women the vote was iip 'proved in a referenfrum of .Switz erland’s male votor.s la t .Sunday by a majority of two 'r one. As expected the biggest num ber of noes came from the con servative German-speaking rural cantons where women's place is -still largely considered to be Ihd '"'mo. T^e 'people of the.se ean- ns are akin to the 'populaition of S’witaerland's tiny neighbor, Li echtenstein, which i.s now the on ly country in the West not to have given women the vote. As Seerctairy General U Thant pointed out in his annual report <on women’s rights, there arc on ly four at,her countries in the United Nation.s family of 140 na tions where women may neither vote nor run for elcictive office. TTiey are Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Airalbia, and Yemen, all Muslm and all in the Arab world. Switjerl'Xnd, whoae successful 1 Mrs. James Miller Mrs. Stanley .Adams Mrs. Kob Adams Horace .Allman Mrs. Claude Arrowood Mrs. CLiude Camp Mrs. Love Carroll AVm. .M. Clack J. D. DavL: John .A. Fisher E. VV. Griffin Hal Durham Mr.-!. Lela Houser Mrs. Billy D. Hoyle Mrs. O. O. Jackson Kirs. Ada La'ason Mrs. Zay Moore Du’.xti Alorrlsop Ronnie Parton ' Mrs. BcAsie Ramseiir Robt. Ruff Perry Russell Mrs. .Alvenia Schuler Bobby Walker Mrs. VVm. Ware Trudie Waters Mrs. Minnie Webber Mrs. Frances We.st Steve Wilson Martin L. Wilson, Sr. Chrirt'ipher Woods Mrs. Wilma Kennedy Jack C. Gibson Mrs. Ruth E. Haics Mrs. Floyd Ledford .Mrs. Tlieodore Lortchart Mrs. Fred Spencer Tnos. W. Wells I Nan.-y Butler, Rt. 6, .Shelby I Herbert Tinriail. .301 Fulton Dr i City ■Mrs. Roy Btwme, 417 E. Cj, Ave.. Be.saxmer City Claude R. Oakes, 410 Chcr.'-y. ville Kd.. Siicl'oy Edward Sullens, Rt. 1. City Ermon Marton, Route 2, (it,, Mrs. Ola Mae Paisley, P.O. lii.x 221, Bi'ssemer City Mrs. Jame.s Hoinesley, Ht. 3. City Mrs. Erx-in Ellison, Box 211. C. y Mr.s. Rj>bt. Leonard, Route 1 3o\ 160, Grover Donny Grwne. 812 Ellison .«t City Theresa Hodge, Route 1. B' -. 32.A, • Bessemer City .Mrs. Wilma B. Yandle, BoxWf' Bessemer City Mrs. Rutli .S. Bratton, Route Kings Creek, .S. C. Lori Ne.vman, ,305 W. View .81., Ga.stonia ADMITTED THURSDAY AT THE MOON A.S this is written, the out standing acliiev<>ment of man’s latest flight to, walk on. and de parture from the mo>jn has been Qjjy Che almost ujibeliovable accuracy witli which thaso various steps were made. When two men can be set down on the moon witliin some 80 feet of tlieir goal and within a minute or two of a prev iously worked out time-schedule, and when two .spacecraft ran come together again with the precision of a man bringing his two hand.s together, tlicn all the vvxrrld can feel pride in the hu man capacities thus revealed. Efiual pride ran be felt In the fact that, a.s the tliree astronauts sped biick towards earth, they impeUod to voice the hope that, in some way, their adiievements could con tribal I c to worl d iietioe. We see this as heartening indi- ! cation that, as men’s aceomplLsh- ments increase and tlieir vision is broadened, tlieir attitude to wards their fellow men also be- com.'S lilghcr and nobler. Techqieally, the feats of Apollo 14 at the moon are invaluable. The scientific data obtained have' openetl many new p'alhs to broad er knowledge. But far more note worthy should bo the effeti which the.se can have upon man's view of his place and role in the universal scheme. It is already ■historical fact that America’s space program lias helpc'd focus sliarpcr attention on diallenges at home. Thi.s is bound, in the long run. to be one of the pro gram’s greatest contributions. Christian Scienco Monitor Mrs. Sarah M. Boheler, 1.38 W. Va. Ave., Bessemer City Mr.s. fkme Carpenter, Route 2. ADMITTED FRIDAY Mrs. E. W. RiSges, 802 Kather ine Ave., City Mrs. Myrtle J. Mack, 703 Churhe St., City -Mrs. Brice Robinson, 309 Faulk ner St., Clover TOUGH ALL OVER Everybod.j- blames tlie autoni . bile- and Hie aiiqilane for the il.'. lay of the railroad.-:, but the sit uation gets eonfusing. First the Penn Central, a b'e railroad, fell down and wc • boom. Tiien th(> financial pages 5<'- gan to toll us that the air linc.s wliieh were suppixsed to be fat telling the passenger basincss, were also in trouble. And n y.v Rolls Royee, which makes automoniles. h;is g •is- broke. To cap it ail. tiie siioe f:u‘Iorlc.< are closing up. Tills leaxes tran-spirtatioii in a fix. No trains, no planes, no $2o,000 automobiles and finaliv. no shoes for walking. No faciiiric,- for horses and bad weather for bityeles and pogo sticks. Space travel .seemg to be doing well. Pi'rhaps the answer Is a rocket under every commuter. Boston Globe integration of peoplc.s of differ ent race.?, religions, and languag es ha.s been an example for the world, is to be congratulated on having finally eliminated an an achronism that put it on a par with some of the world's Least advanced nation.s. Christian Science Monitor Keep Your Radio Dial Set Ai* 1220 WKMT Kings Mountain, N. C. News & Weather every hour ou the hour. Weather every hour on the half hour. 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