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■ Page 2 Establlslied 1889 The Kings Mountain Herald 208 South Ptodmoat Aw. Kings Mountain. N. C. 28096 ^ A weekly new^aper devoted to the promotion of the general welfare and pidrllshod for the enlightenment, entertalnmnt and benefit of the citizens of Kings Mountain and Its vlolntty, published every Thursday by the Herald Publishing House. Entered gs second class matter at^the post oiffiioe at Kings Mountain, N. C., 28096 under Aot at Congress at March 3,1873. sorroatAj. pbpabtment MarUn H^on Editor-Publisher MtM EUzabnth Stewart Circulation Manager and Society Editor Mias Defeble Thornburg ; Clerk, Bookkeeper nsmk Edwards *A8Kicy Martin MECKAinCAI, DEPAltTMENT Allan Myors Roger Brown Paul Jackson Joel Llghtsey • On Leave With The United States Army Mai, gu^csupngw haths payaibile in aiwancs iVKetHCeawUMedWIIeiMiOneUiw yam fit aiat nnuitfad IMI; lime monthe fUQ; edhool ra«r H (»#]«i1I>tlon hi North OeioMba «d>J8dt to three percent salee tax.) hi JUl Other Mohe One year |9; six monthe ft; thtae months fl.TS; school year f3.75. PUJS NORTH CAROLINA SALES TAX TELEPHONE NUMBER >- 739-5441 TODAY'S BtBLB VnSB Be U npf hen-e, but « riees: rammbar haw he epaka unto you uhM h wo, vet in Oolilee St. l/uha H:6 ‘ Exponding Tax Bate The answer is: hopefully not. None can gaze into a crystai ball and read the future. There are, however, gome Indica- tiona via a perusal of the building per mits at city hall. There is also the announcement that First-Citizens Bank & Trust Com pany is going to build a large new build ing and today’s announcement that Wil- co Truck Rental will locate here and build a $100,000 building. Lake Recreotloii Various citizens have posed a ques tion to the Herald if, at some time, the city must raise its tax rate. Last week there was one for an ad dition to Mauney Mills. This week there Is an $18,000 residence to be built. This building activity counts up in ti year’s time and multiplies nicely when projected to five years or ten years. Because there has been continuing, std^y building activity during the past dec&de has been the reason the city has been'.^le to maintain a continuing tax rate ot,83 cents per $100 valuation on •d valonem taxes. , 'The CTty has made major Invest- hients for ijfater and sewage disposal fervice repr^entlng $4 million in city money. Both ^plants are designed for fexpansion wh^ present rated capaci ties are reached. The $4 million invest ment is being paid for by a 90 percent durcharge on wMer bills and this sur charge is proving quite adequate In sup- plyiM sufficient r^ds for defraying the principal and interest payments. Meantime, the/ city now has the Aeede4 facilities td serve its citizens, And a mity’s only eiqcuse for being a city is to supply servicesi citizens are unable lud difficulty, in ^supplying for them- falv«s. Basic servi5:ew include water, fttwafe disposal, garil^mge pick-up, police and fire, and, a heWcr addition, public recreation. > These the City of Kings Mountain are supplying them. It was always a question of when, not If. Thus the city commission Tuesday night reversed a decision of two years ago that would have made Buffalo lake usable only as a water reservoir. The commission was wise in the reverwL A body of water the size this lake UrlB be (^ers close by recreation which wUl be most valuable to citizens of the 4rdM-^rom fishing to camping, water ^Ung, boating and swimming. The recreational uses will be pro vided in oonfonnance with the State fiotird of Health’s regulation and advice. A raoettt r^)ort of the federal De- ilfttnent of Health, Education and Wei- Ire reveals the fact that of every 100 )dyt and girls Who enter college only 49 (raduate with a four-year degree. In ttl^ words, the college drop-out rate U. 51%, During the past decade much nM been heard of the serious situation plaining to high school drop-outs. This same federal report gives evidence that, great and serious as it is, the high IChooT drcm-out rate is only 24% (1961 tjTO) snoi, re graouiTR vou Alcohol A Drug Americans is headed for alcoholism,” according to a new ^klet on alcohol abuse being dis- tribut^ by North Carolina Blue Cross and Blue Shield. The booklet, “The Al coholic American,” discusses America s most serious drug problem in simple language the layman can easily under stand. According to the full color booklet, the fact that alcohol is a drug generally comes as a shock to the average drinker “Generally,” it states, “when one think.s of a drug being abused today he thinks of marijuana or one of the hallucino- genics and young people. Adults tend to Ignore the seriousness of abusing alco hol and pass it off by saying that alcohol does not lead to stronger drugs. Actual ly, if one wanted to conduct this argu ment from beginning to end as an aca demic exercise, it would probably be found that the drug most heroin addicts begin with is alcohol." The new publication, published by the National Association of Blue Shield Plans, also dispels the myth that all alcoholics are derelicts. Instead, the b^k points out that the ovenvhelming majority is middle class and above, with good jobs, families, and homes in the suburbs. New China Policy President Nixon is moving in the right direction in an effort to ease rela tions with Communist China. In a recent edition of Time Maga zine, virtually all the news in the inter national section contained war and vio lence—the Vietnam war, the Irish fight ing, Israell-Egypt, and Pakistan's trou bles between East and West. There are some indications that China is in a frame of mind for relaxa tion of the cold war attitudes which have long pre\’ailed. Practically, the United States poli cy of failing to recognize Red China, meantime supporting Chiang Kai-shek’s government in exile on Formosa, defies logic. It is the government in China it self that controls China and can speak for her. The governmeint on Formosa cannot. Where tensions can be eoced hon orably, then every effort si ..Id be made to ease them. War and fighting has always been stupid, but humans still do it. Voters Are Interested Considering the fact that there is no new registration for the city election, registration of 46 new voters on the first day the books were open indicates con siderable voter interest in the upcom ing city and board of education elec tions. Ward 5, the most populous of the nine voting precincts, finds 19 new vot ers, as would be expected. For a time, it appeared there would be few candidates, but some new addi tions have been made to the ballot this week. Four of the candidates for the nine offices to be filled are yet unoppos^. The pollbooks will be open two more Saturdays, and unregistered citizens should avail themselves the opportunity to qualify to vote. Some folk regard voting as a duty. Certainly voting in these United States is a right, a privilege, and a prerogative. Some feel a person who fails to vote has IHtle right to complain if gov«m- RWBtBl afmeies adopt polidas and pro- Orama tlit non-votar doasn’t lika. THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C. Thursday, April 15, 1971 MARTIN'S MEDICINE By MARTIN HARMON Josh Hinnant, co<halrmaTi of the mayor’s induistry-seeking committee, said Wednosday morning at the announoement press ooiifcrence for Spectrum Textured Fabrics that industry- hunting reminded him o(f the late Bunn Hearn’s commentary on baseball. Said the UNC base ball ooaoh, “You win aom.e and you lose some and some winiJ up tied.’- “Today," says Josh, “it’s a win and a big one.’’ Tm Going To Australia To Live" \\\.\ \ \\> Several indugtiy and business men were on hand to welcome the new industry, along with ra dio, television and newspaper people. Senator OUie Harris sent a telegnam of welaomr. and a- mong those present was Pat Spangler, now a member of the state banking commission and former vice chaiiman of the De partment of Conservation and Development. if/» y\ J/ m m Bob Davies gave greetings from United States Gypsum, sajing, “We’re glad to liave you. After all, you'll be using some of our products.’’ Bill Grissom sta ted the welcome of the Mer chants Association, of which Bill is pr,. silent. The new firm is owned by Bishop F. Smith, Jr., president; Jolin D. Karcher, executive vice- president, and International Stretch Products Inc. Mr. Smith said he was bom in Ash.vilie, reared in Atlanta, Schooled at Georgia Tech. He is a former vice-prosilent of t. xtile accounts for Celanese Fibers Marketing Company, lived in Charlotte for eight years. Mr. Karclier is a Pittsburgh, Pa., native who went to Wake Fores! and marrld a North Ca rolina girl. At Wake Forest he was catcher on the baseball teum. He formerly ha.s held ex ecutive positlo.ns with Blooms- burg Mills and Deering MrUikin. One in 8 AMERICANS WOULD LIKE TO EMIGRATE TO SOME OTHER COUNTRY A'-fWS RePOHX ADMITTED SUNDAY Francis Childers, Route 2. 8es .seracr City Otto M. Johnson, 205 W. Mail Ave., Bess. City Mrs. MllUe Cook, P.O. Box 224 Fallston Mrs. Gone Martin, Rt. 1 Box 235 Grover Mrs. Oliver D. Moore, 801 FlcyJ Sr,, City ,Wm. A. Mullinax, 127 E. Vt. Ave., Bess. City Mrs. Bernard rhurrunel. 214 M St., Gastonia ADMITTED MONDAY Mr.s. Leroy Kale, Route 1, Clo ver (Mrs. Majlon Sexton, PO. Box 915, Bess. City Robert Barnette, Route 1, Clover Mrs. Fred Dixon, .305 & Sims 9t., City' Mrs. Floyd Dover, 415 kee St, City Royd Herndon, Rf^ 2 Box City Orell W. Mauney, Rt. 2 Box 2Cfr, Bess. City ^nda Sipes, 1113 Tonrts 3t., Shelby Mrs. Le.slie .Sprouse, 110 Candor St, aty Tom Wright, Rt. 1 Box 321. City Maigaret Wylie, 525 Katherine Ave., City J. T. Altman. lOfl W. AirlJns .4ve., Gastonia Ursula Perry, 108 N. WattersoH St., City ADMITTED TUESDAY Mrs. Herbert BrazzlU, 1612 James St., Gastonia Mm. Max Turpin, 308 E. 2nd Ave., Be*!. City Bctoby Joe Cafes, Jr., 1027 Ridge St., Ga-stonia iDehble Darlene Cates, 1027 Ridge St., Gastonia Mrs. Vergie Cole, 908 Grace St., City Jerry Chadwell, P.O. Box 361, Cherfe tox !V7n, OF SHOES AND SUPERSONIC PLANES Viewpoints of Other Editors KINGS MOUNTAtfi^ The demise of Corfam, the Du Pont Co. leather substitute, come as Congress prepared to decide the future of federal subsidies for the supersonic transport. It isn’t stretching things too much to suggest a relationship be- twc-n the two developm,ents. The International firm is New York bas.d, pioduccs narrew woven e'asticized fabrics, tricot knitted fabrics, stretcli lace fab rics, braid-ed elastics and PLilb r thread. It has numerous sii’j-7;'l- laries and Is listed on the Amo.”- ioan Stock Exchange. The s eek recently sold for $21 .C2 i-.".’' share, has been to $24 aiier a hefty rise from a lew this vear of $12.50. ICorfam was originally intro duced in 1964, and its prospect seemed auspicious. Du Pont, af ter all, was the same company that brought out nylon, the fiber that was to make silk stockings obsolete. Corfam, the Du Pont mark, ting men promised, would “Ido for shoes what nylon did for stockirtgs.”" ^ J ' ’ Hardly anyone questioned thaT Corfam was a superior product. It was durable, water rep llent, easy to taike care of. Although Its price was fairly high, it w?as quite comp titive with better- grade leathers. Vet it bombed. The three South American countries have sought to achieve their cnij by declaring that their lerritorial waters extend to a point 200 miles offshore. Hiis .ajahn runs coomer to the Amerl- ’^oih’’jdonviction’.thaf a nation's territorial waters reach but 3 miles to sea, with proprietary fisliing rights ext. nding 12 mils. m-m Presl.ient Smith said a major factor in the cempanys loraLing here was the encourag ment by Jack Vincent of Dover Mills. Mr. Vincent told him there- were no better people in the world than those who live in Cleveland Count>'. Oh. a great many people Irought Corfam shoes. Dui Pont es'im'ates that there are now b tween 75 million an^ 100 mil- lien pairs in use. But competitors appear d, claiming to offer Cor- I - v's viriues for less money. 2hc? buyer.s becam? more price- -on.’-cious, and thus less willing to pay for tlie higlier-pricel Coir- .'-'.■n sho s. So Du Pont finally t’.cided to take its losses and quit the fieid. Headquarters of the firm will be in Kings Mountain and sales offices will be maintain d bo.th here and at 1450 Broadway, New York City. In the first phase, the firm will install 20 t.-xturing mach ines at a cost of approximately $150,000 each, in addition to 25 winding machines. The manufac- turirfjf process requires close temperature control aiv) Mr. Bishop labeled the air-condition ing system as “ouite sophistica ted”. ■nie filament yam is heated and crimped, similar, I take it, to the process at Carolina Throwinig Company. The crimp puts the “stretch" into the yam. Mr. Karcher will be the “man on scene’’ arti experts to reside in Kings Mountain. The site, being purchasecj from Toby Williams, will adjoin the farm of Butler Falls. Chatting before the arrival of the Speotnum officials with Pat Spangler, Dou Neal of the Shel by Star and Jay Ham-nt’'-' Gastonia Gr-ro- in" ..J required 1. . - s oi. experience at indus try-hunting tt> learn hiow to do it. Pair thinks that Skipper Bowles, If elected, will make an excel lent and effective industry-seek ing governor. Now, nobody questions that supersonic flight eventually vvill have a wide appeal. Any i-eason- able m ci, moreover, must as- sum- that American technology can turn out a supersonic trans port that vvill fly. That leaves tlie qcestion of cost and timing. With tlie time table larg.ly determined by federally subsidizr<j development, would an American SST reaeh the market at the right time? Would it s.^1 enough tickets, at high enough prices, to make the plane economic? The Housq vot to end federal subsidy must re flect doubts on that score. QUESTION OF FISHING RIGHTS The cold waters off the west coast olf South America have long been h<.'avy with economi cally important fish, and the huge scliools of tuna there have be^n attracting commercial fish ermen from the United States for years. And for years the gov ernments of Chile, Peru, and EIc- uador have be.n trj’ing to stop the Americans from participating in the catch. Hospital Log vi8rnNa hours DaUy 10:10 to 11:30 AM. 3 to 4 P-M. and 7 to 8 P.M. Gastonia To enforce their claim to so m.uh of the seas, the South A- m.rlcans have occasionally seiz ed U. S. fishing boats and exact ed heavy fines. The most recent incident ctf this kind occurnd earlier this month when Ecuador captured several American tuna boats. To neutralize such tactics, Con gress passed a law requiring the State Department to pay tlte fines and to d. duct the amount of the fines from the (foreign aid disbursed to the off.nding coun try. Until recently, the State De- itartmmt had failcid to follow throp/ih on Congress’ intent, and Rep. Thomas M. Polly of Wash ington is unhappy about it. Declares the congressman, whose home state is de. ply in volved in the tuna industiy: ‘INo wonder th;se small Latin Ameri- jean countries take acioh brazen action against United States fishetmen. It is a profitable busi ness for them to kidnap Ameri cans off the high seas when they know the United States State D.partment won't enforce the laws passed by Congress.’’ The current troubles of the airlines scarcely indicate that the industry is ready to absorb a whole new class of planes. The SST doesn't really se. m idesigned to draw the mass market that most analysts think the airline industry riecds. Foir our part, we’d dike to see research continue, but we’d ra- their have iprivate industry decide when and whether actually to build an SST. That might delay mattelrs, but it also miij'jit make it less likely that th^ supersonic transport would crash dike Cor fam. —Wall Street Journal j The announoement session ' turned, out to be a double-head- j tr, with Dextor Roptr ajuioun<c- tag Wilco Trudc-Rental’a Com-’ |ing to Kinga Mountain. STILL STRENGTH IN THE GRIP Americtins can draw some comfort despite the latest Gallup findings that twice as many want to pet out of the country as in — 12 ipercent now versus 6 p-'it«nt then. The impulse to emigrate re- maUns stronger elsewhere. In Britain, for example, 44 percent would rathe t live else where. And the figures tor other nations also stand higher: West Germany 27 percent, Greece 22 percent, Swelen 18 percent. Oddly, given a 'general Im pression otherwise by the bad- mouthing of the U. S. image a- broad, along with Australia the United Stabee remains the ooun- 'try meet o< the emtgwition-mtad- Well, the State Department may have had some sophistica ted reasons 'for hesitating to pe nalize the offending countries. But representatives ol the Uni ted States, Peru, Chile, and Ec uador will be conferring again this summer on the question of tenritorial waters, and H might grive Washington some useful le verage if prior to that time the boat-seizing countries have 'been made to hurt a little more in the pocketbook. -National Observer cd abroad would like to settle in. Further, the 12 percent is most largely represented by young college-trained adults, for whom a period abroad has al ways been attmetive. They make up an even larger proportion of the public. And considering how much more intensely teohnoJagy has impacted the U. S. in the past decade, how crowidiing and bad judgment have honky-tonk- ed so much of its natural set ting, how peoples have shifted internally from the South to the North and IWiSt and from the ci ties to the suburbs — how much worse a place it is to live — the 12 percent may not ibe too bad a flgiue. It sugigests, that, i!f problems (have besot America, it still re mains for its owo sunt for out- sldeie a Isnd wstghted toward premise. —Cheietian Seianea Monitor i Mrs. James Johnson Mrs. Geo. Allman Mrs. aaude Arrowood Ben P. Barrett Butman Bryant Mrs. Mae Bltymer WlUle Carter Wm. M. Clack / iBaJbara M. Conner Mrs. Clemenline B. Paris Mrs. WlUanl Glance J. D. Harris Mrs. O. O. Jackson Mrs. Wilheftn’ina Jennings Floyd Lovelace Mrs. Lelah Page Mrs. Bobt. Payne Mrs. Grace PhUbeck Mrs. Marie Raimsey Mrs. (Mamie Smith Mrs. Jas. Suiber Samuel Williams, Jr. Martin L. Wilson Chiistopihex Woods Deanna Dobbins Wm. Ourtles Bell Mrs. Rcgittaild Cooke J. R. Davis Mrs. Donald Scates ADMITTED THURSDAY H. C. Allman. 907 N. Piedmont Ave., City 'Mrs. Billie Davis, Kendrick Dr., Gastonia Johnny Martin, 402 Ballard St., ChorryviUe Joiin J. Riddle, 909 Grace St., City ADMITTED FRIDAY •Mrs. Margar^ Gray, 106 E. Bos ton Ave., Bess. City Alvin Lee MeSw^n, Jr., Route 1, (ChenyvUle, N. C. Alvin Lee McSwaln, HI, Route 1, Chetryville Mrs. Alvin Lee MeSwain, Jr., Route 1, CherryvUle Ula M. Robinson, 815 Third St., City ADMITTED SATURDAY Mts. Ruby B. Goins, 1206 W. Mauney Avne., Oastonia Mrs. Mattie L. Davis. Route 3, Clover, S. C. Mrs. Billy Dean Melton, Rt. 3, Zebulon, N. C. Bcbby Gillespie, 534 Baker St., CUy Toney Gillespie, 534 Baker St., City Hubert G. ClemmorB, P.O. Box] 363, Cherryville Mrs. Charlie Powell, 202 Fulton’ Dr., OMy Mrs. Minnie B. Rockholt, 301 S. 12th St., Bess. City ' Mrs. Wayne Timey, Route 3, Lawndale, N. C. Mrs. Gary Clark, Route 8 Box 194, Shelby Birth Announcements Mr. and Mrs. Louis Brice, Sll Bradley St;, Gastonia, aimouno^ the birth of a son, Wedites'day April 7, King.s Mountain hospi tal. Mr. and Mrs. Miles Richard Camp, 22 Walk r St., announce the birth df a son, Thursday, A- pril 8, Kings Mountain hospital. Mr. and Mrs. John Lawrenc* Welsh, 1518 John's Ave.. Gaston ia, announce lire birth at a dau-, ghtor, Thursday, April 8, Kings -Vlounjim hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Ohv r D. Moore, 891 Floyl St., announce the birth if a son, Sunday, April 11, Kin .Mountain hospital. y (Mr. and Mrs. Gene Nelson' Martin, Route 2, Box 235. Gro-* ver, announce the birth of a dau ghter, Stnday, April 11, Kings Mountain hospital. iMr. and Mrs. Herbert Braz- ziU, 1612 James St., Gastonia, announce the birth of a son, Thi.sday, April 13, Kings 'Moun tain hospit^. Mr. and Mrs. Gary Gene Clark, Route 8, Box 196, Shelby, an nounce the birth of a daughter, Tuerflay April 13, Kings Moun tain hoapitaJ. (Mr. and Mrs. Gary Cannon, 32.5 E. Ga. Ave., Bessemer City, an nounce the birth of a dlaughtqT, 'IXiesday, AprU 13, Kings Moun tain hospital. (Mr. and Mrs. Vance Wayne To-i ney, Route 3, Layndale, N. C.^' •nnounqe the birth of a diaugh ter, Tuesday, April 13, King^ Moitntain hospital. Keep Yom Radio Dial Set At 1220 WKMT Rings Moontain, N. C. Ifews & Weather every hour ou the hour. Weather every hour on the half hour. Fine entertainment in between ,yi I
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