r rage 2 THE KINGS MOUWaINHERAID, KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. fistoWiahed 1889 The Kings Mountain Herald 206 South Piedmont Ave. Kings Mountain, N. C. 28088 A weekly newspa.per devoted to the promotion of the general welfare and published for the enlightenment, entertainmnt and benefit cf 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. EDITOmAL DEPARTMENT ■ Martin Harmon Editor-Publisher Miss Elizabeth Stewart Circulation Manager and Society Editor Sports Editor, News Miss Deboie Thornburg clerk. Bookkeeper ftay Parker Rocky Martin MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT Allen Myers Roger Brown Paul Jackson Herbert M. Hunter * On Leave With Tlhe United States Army MAH. SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE In North Carolina and South Coroiina One year 84; six months $2.25; throe months $1,60; school year $3. (Subscription in North Carolina subject to three percent sales thxri In AU Other States One year $5; six months $3; three months $1.75; school year $3.73. PLUS NORTH CAROLINA SALES TAX TELEPHONE NUMBER — 739-5441 TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. Proverbs 4;8S. Why Not Sanford? Amen, Mr. Brinkley David Brinkley, the Wilmington na tive who is a news star for National Broadcasting Company television, offer ed a suggestion via the air waves re cently which he said would enrich the United States Treasury and the pockets of some Individuals, too. It sounds impossible, of course. Then, just a few nights later. Cloudy McLain seconded the motion via WBTV editorial comment. News commentator Brinkley declar ed the Congress should remove earnings ceilings for 65-year-olds, who at that age become eligible for social security payments. Many persons, age 65, are ready, willing and able to continue to work, which they want to do. Yet, their “free” earnings are limited to $1680 per yean From this point they can get “half- free” earnings of $1020 per year; i.e., $510 of those dollars must be forfeited to Uncle Sam. Reasons Mr. Brinkley; the 65-year- old has earned his social security retire ment pay, for which he and his employ er have paid over the years, and should get it with no strings attached. The John Doe (and there are many right here in Kings Mountain) who wants to continue to work 1) pays social security tax on his earnings and 2) income tax on his earnings, whereby Uncle Sam’s treasury benefits. John Doe himself benefits by having more jingle in his jeans Of course, the John Doe who attains 72 can earn any amount “free” and col lect his social security check. But there are less John Does ready, willing gnd able to work at 72. This is a matter that should be forcefully called to the attention of the Congress. Sliursday: Last day for listing prop erty for taxes without penalty. The petition effort led by Bill Blue, a University of North Carolina law school student, to get the name of Terry Sanford, former Governor and now pres ident of Duke University, on the baJlot in North Carolina’s first presidential primary, has proved intriguing. Mr. Blue, incidentally, says 10,000 names have been appended already and this is the minimum requii’cd. Hou ever, Mr. Blue wisely continues, “We’ll come up with 25,000.” Since the signatures must be validated against registration books, some of the signees will not prove to be registered voters. But why not Sanford? A run-down of the large stable of candidates now seeking the Democratic nomination for president reveals none with any better credentials than the for mer North Carolina governor. Most of them have far less credentials. Mr. Sanford was a good governor, and he has been and is an excellent ad ministrator of Duke University. In earli er years he did a stint with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and was a com bat paratrooper in World War II. At 54, he is old enough and young enough to be a president. But what chance? Convention politics being somed'ha't' different from election politics, and witn' a passel of would-be nominees, the light ening of nomination could strike almost anywhere. And a Sanford primary win would assure that his name is placed in nomination when the Democrats con vene in July at Miami Beach. Arguments continue between Caro linians as to which side of the boundary line President Andrew Jackson was born, but he was elected president from Tennessee. No question about Andrew Johnson being born near Raleigh, but he had tong been a Tennessean when he, as vice-president, succeeded the assas sinated President Abraham Lincoln. President James Knox Polk (1845- 49) was the only born and bred Tar Heel to be elected president from North Caro lina. That’s been a while. Why not Sanford? Bod Apples, Black Eyes It is said one bad apple can spoil a barrelful. So it is that one bad apple can give a rotten spot to all the rest. Late case in point is order by the Cleveland County Welfare Board on Monday night to investigate five cases of indicated fraud by weffare recipients with a view of indicting the five persons apparently receiving monies not their due. The Chairman declared Monday night it is high time the board took necessary steps to prosecute those re ceiving welfare funds under false pre tenses. Director Hal Smith said Wednes day he is proceeding with the investi gations. Mr. Smith said that “as far as I know” there have never been any prose cutions for fraud in this county or any other in North Carolina. When it is dis covered that welfare payments are “tainted”, the Cleveland department and those elsewhere terminate the payments, Mr. Smith continued. Attention is being given, nation wide, to the welfare program, which is for the most part paid for by the federal government under a federal-state-coun ty share arrangement. Percentages of federal contributions vary, but range from 75 to 90 percent. For the most part, the welfare pro grams are well-administered and the re cipients justified receivers of the funds, the news media has discovered in spot checks around the nation. And it is the small’ minority of cheaters who bilk the public treasuries and, in turn, tar the programs with the same brush. Director Smith contends and will shortly inform the county commission that his department is short-handed, its workload having doubled since 1969, due to a liberalized program of aid to dependent children, and two new pro grams, food stamps (1968) and medicaid (1970). All the while, there have been no personal additions. From the standpoint of prosecutions for fraud. Director Smith says his de partment needs a lawyer. “There’s not much use of taking a person to court if you’re not pretty sure of a conviction,’” Mr. Smith concludes. The few black apples do produce black eyes. Welcome Senator B. Everett Jordan will be at Gity Hall Friday afternoon at 3:45 to greet Kings Mountain area citizens, a prelude to an evening adress to the Up per Cleveland Chamber of Commerce Friday evening. .^er a long background of activity in North Carolina politics, the Senator went to Washington in November 19^, on appointment by 'Governor Luther Hodges, to succeed the late Senator W. Kerr Scott. He has been twice-elected in his own right. The Senator is described by his col leagues as a “working senator”, rather than a flashy one. He is chairman of the rules committee, a most important one, and member of many others. One of his major "working” chores during his sen ate career was as chairman of the com mittee on arrangements for the inaugu ration of President John F. Kenne^. The Senator enjoys telling folks he has a lot of home towns in North Caro lina, having been one of nine children of a Methodist minister. The Senator is as friendly as the Methodist he is, and as folksy as the proverbial old shoe. The Herald never has been able to fathom the romance of the truck driver w ho, three times, has got auto tag “A-1” after all night vigils, nor for that mat ter, the car owner who just wanted to be fi,rst tag buyer in his home diggings. But the Motor Vehicles Department, which has edicted that “A-1” wifi fae no more, must be labeled “Killjoy”. c. Wriefay,' i,' 'l'972 MARTIN'S MEDICINE Viewpoints of Other Editors CLEVER CARS ballots In primaries. Both actions will encourajge voting among college students PAROLE EQUALS "CENTS" a ^htoh did not s^m It .vould seem ihat the ap- sense to parol^qLal^ThTrollS^^^ rto%^Vr;;‘Imor:r •VearUa er coun;^^ (or mu^ er than tneir dr.ver.s. ' ^han o keep them in pnson. I .jp But "ow ha - i . ures just compiled for Gov. Bob nave me ng u lo In the case of some drivers— Scott show that a prisoner cost every state legisla, u treneflt, but the savings in tax Lcyond that, we wonder if the dollars cannot be ignored. In ad- m.m will event, ally dawn when dition, of course, there were 1,701 ti'.-linology will becemo the mas- work-release prisoners who not ffiith Aimouncements The officer had a companion ter of human behavior. And if it only paid for their care in pri- fficer who was merely standing due.s, we wonder whether man’s sons but al.s.o sunnorted their iMr. and Mrs. Kenneth West- officer who was merely standing due.s, we wonder whether man’s sons but also supported their moreland, P. O. Box 345. Blacks- by. The Colonel had back-ulp, toj, sense of resi.onsibllity will evap- families on the outside. Neither 'burg. S. C., announce Hie bit tit in the persons of another coupile. orate along with his behavioral can this fact .be ignored, for it ^ “John’s a big fellow and has a options. Such a world, even with means that the state is at once 26, Kirtgs Mountain hospit- low boiling point,” says the Colo risks much diminished, someliow trying to rehabilitate prisoners nel. He got cut of the back seal seems like a very uninviting even while it is cutting costs. iMr. and Mrs. Ralph V. Har- prospect.—^The Wall Street Jour- We must say, however, that the mon, Jr. 810 N. 9th st., Bessemer and accosted the stand-'oy offij er.” m-m nal. The Colonel quickly surmised that the second officer had a low boiling point, too. To John’,-' “Wliat the hell you mean, stop ping us? ”, Number '2 replied, "I can arrest you for that!” COURT A FICKLE YOUTH VOTE ( The lS-tlirougli-20-ycar-old.s, amount of time that parole sup- City, N. C., announce the birth ervisors can give to released of a daughter, Wednesday, Jan- prisoners is illustrated full well uary 26, Kings Mountain hospit- by the Sil-eents-per-day cost. It is al. a matter of record that parole- arobation Officers have their and Mrs. Dennis Ray Mul- hands too fell, and the amount i‘nax, 5104 Westgam Dr. Shelby, m-m IN. C., announce the birth of a son, Wednesday, January 26, Kings Mountain hospital. This brought John’s wife on scene and she pleaded, "Officer please don’t arrest him. He talks to me like that all the time.” The officer allowed John could talk to her In any manner but not to HIM. m-m iMr. and Mrs. Richard A. Hild- whom we tiiought were so intent of money going into supervision on taking over the world, are is not sufficient. More parole of- avoidin; voter pgistration by the ficers with more time to give to niillions. Meaning what? each parolee or probationer is Vehment Royster, writing in called for. LikewLse, the $9 a day reth, Gen. Del, Bessemer City, the Wall Street Journal, kicks the cost for prisoners deserves to be 'N. C., announce the birth of a question around: increased to give better facilities, daughter, Thursday, January, Tn thc‘l968 election there were a"'’ services to prison- 27, Kings Mountain hospital, four states already permitting Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas ixjtes for undcr-21 voters. As'best . Graves. 3709 Madellion, Char- anybody can figure it, mly about and hopefully indicative of . ^ announce the birth ■ > further imDrovements to come.— ’ » SheJby Daily Star, | AH the,whUe, Colonel Dickson one in three of tlrese eligible and Officer Number 1 were mak- Young did vote whereas among ing out quite amicably. The Colo- Hte total population two out of nel wanted to know why he had three eligible voters cast a bat- been suspected of drunken diiv- lot. Incidentally, those whose ing. The officer replied that veiy aged 45 to 54 proved the most ^ow driving by motorists leaving faithful voters, restaurantts and n’lght clubs was eagerly iSspire to'be in Congress, a frequent indication tiiat the Qucr>-: 'Will this low voting but, once elected, often miss roll- of a daughter, MoneJ^y January 31, Kings Mountain Ijospital.’ 'Mr. and Mrs. Kenny Keith Daves, Route 1 Box 51, Bess- ON keeping them ON THE JOB It is one of the paradoxes of ®"’®r C“y. N. C. announce the public life that men md women ® .lannarv 'birth of a son, Monday, January 31, Kings Mountain hospital. _ _ Query: 'Will this low driver was a bit too full 11 bo **’® Young continue? Or calls oven on Important issiLes. under the wheel. “Makes sense,’’ '"''^1 the existence of a national Senator Margaret Chase Smith of I guess, said the Colonel. voting privilege plus the exten- Maine proposes a Constitutional sive registration drives and the amendment to require Congress siren songs of candidates after to e.xpel any member who missed the proportion? If the latter, more than 40 per cent of the votes m-m There were no arre.sts, and the quartet went to the hi idge table, John still muttering. m-m Kiwaiiis Club To Honor Scouts The Colonel didn’t say who won the bridge game. m-m those of which political tendency ip any session. This would be a K:^utiw*^^Uiam^oung sa> to neit with it. drastic sug;ostion — which she club’s annual Boy Scout Leader- Gastonia There are some other riptides herself probably doesn’t moan to ship Appreciation dinner Tnurs- among the rocks. The politician betaken seriously points up the day 1 tonight; at the Woman’s Jotm Caveny Johnny Clary 'Mrs. Geo. Clary Ernc.st Cox C. S. Falls E. N. Falls Virginia H. Greene Mrs. Wilda Ha.skett' Clyde Kerns _ Chas. Lackiy " Mm. .Myei’s Lee B. G. Lovelace Mrs. Carrie Lutz Karon Meivk Mrs. Jewell Moss Thurman Moss Perry McSwaiil Charlie Nich'ol.son Fred Owens .Mrs. W. H. Redmond Geo. Runyans Mrs. Lon a Sarvi.s J. B. Shelton .Mrs. Pearl Styers C. F. Williams Jp.s.se Rejmold.s Sam WUson, III Mrs. Sarah Adams Mrs. Billy McMurry .\lB. Susie M. WUson ADMITTED THURSDAY Edgar Crockett, 23 Chesterfield Ct., City ■Robt. Smirk, Watter.son St., ADMITTED FRIDAY M Mrs. Louise Keller, 218 Rd., City ,\Irs. Minnie Casfiion, 300 York Rd., City Tony Bridge.s, Rti 3, City .Mrs. David Alien, Rt. 3, City .Mrs. Emma iJJweh, Rt. 2, City Francis Burke, 704 W. Gold .St., City Jas. Keras, 712 Williams St.. City Jas. F. -MessickTSO.? 3rd St.. Cily David Sharpe, Rt. 1, Shelby Dennis Weaver, Rt. 2, Bessemer City S. K. Williams, 1012 Graham St., Ga.stionia ADMITTED SATURDAY Manile.st Wray, Rt. 2, Bessemer City Marshall Giitson, Rt. 2, Clover Donald Clontz, 503 Franklin .4ve., Shelby ' Ray Bingham, 920 E. Pruitt St., Dallas ^ Barbara Bridges, Rt. 1, City Otis Dye, Rt. t, Gastonia Mrs, Ira Falls, 407 E. Ridge .4f., City ~ ADMITTED SUNDAY Kevin Short, 505 Wilson.St., Cily Rcbt. Ruff, 805 ^^ee St., Cily Henry Moore, S^^farmon Cl., City Cha.s. Daster, Rt. 1, Bes.semcr City .Mrs. Danny Dave.s, Rt. 1,, Bes.se- ■aicr Ci-ty , Mr.s. E. B. Cooke.'”T.b. Box 33^ft City , Dewitt Cobb, Rt. 1 City Mrs. Leila Hui^’fl-ktoi, 20.5 Lin wood Dr., City Jis. Robert.s, P.O. Box 147, Cilv ADMITTED MONDAY Judson H. Herman, ,306 Cre.scent Dr.. City Wm. Robt. Knn.x, 110 N. City -St., City Jerry Watson, 407 S. Gray St.. Gastonia -Mrs, Earl Iluristeller, n07 N. Broad St., Gastonia Roy Horne, 926 Baker Biv.l, who 00s all out to turn on the Problem. 'Many folks have been stopped young risks turninir of the eld- *he Last Conigress, the aver- fCT speeding and many have r»iorYrv,n.- ,1,0., club. - ii u ®*'^’ both more numer- ®J® •’’’^■tiber was preseiit for ^■en anrested for .same, but who vote more. Most of ^^''® roU-calls, has been .^topped for speeding wki;h is a reasonable showing, at lo r^es liour? George j . ° ^ ’ , In the normal course of events, Herd, the retired assistant post- f f’. J. ’ ’ ’ mastw has. chimes at midnight. Scout leaders and Elaqle scouts will ’oe guests of Kiwanians at the dinner meeting at 6:45 p, m. members are bound to miss some The local clutb sponsors a scout troon at North school and lead- roll-'cans. Bu that does not ex- ers in this program will also bo be.ssemer City Earl Hamilton. Rt. 2, Be.s.semer City -Mrs, Jolrn T. Grave.s, 3700 Me dallion, Charlotte Mrs. Thos. Dover, 319 Hill .St., City 'Mr.s. Ralph Arrowood, Rt. 2, Cily Jack Anthony, Rt. 2,.City F, E. Holland, 708 Athenia Rd.. Experience suggests, noreover, ic'jse the six Senators and 21 Rep- special guests, that the newly enfr anchised rosentatlves who were about for It was in 1D41 when George rarely prove monolithic, what- more than 40 per cent of the Said a Klwanis spokesman: and his family were on route ever the expectations. Remember votes. “February is anniversity month Dallas, Texas, 'to visit friends, when giving the women the vote Moreover, these statistics mask '-f'® ^OY Scouts of^Amerlca. The Incident occurred in Ala- had the politicians scrambling? a bad practice which has been ’^*’® lives of more than 35 million bama, where a big army muni- The women, bless ’em, were go- developing in the Senate. Because 1^‘^Ple have been effected during tions plant was under construe- ing to insure decency in politics. So many members want to keep i“® ^ years of the Scouting pro- ville tloai. There were many cars park- keep us out of war and otherwise out-of-town engagements on Fri- “ America’s greatest Rajimond Barber, Rt. 1, City ed on both sides of the narrow usher in a new era. day nights or to stretch the week Pt'l^rain to preserve our herit- Jasper Putnam, Rt. 3, ^Tfiy Toad ail'd Gt'orge procoudod slow* end into 'Monday the leadership and build character in boys Paul Mauney Neisler, Sr PO ly at 15 miles per Hour but was All of which will make for a tends to schedules votes only in *'>® ™®" Box 594, Bessemer City ' ' suddenly wavtxi down. ^®‘‘Ween now and Nov- the middle of the week. When the " ‘ ” ADMITTED TUESDAY Virginia Wilson, Rt. 3, City Kafhy Whitehead, 1039 Ralison St., Gastonia Joann Watson, .310 N. Tracy St., City Chas. Hullender, Rt. 2, Cherrv- ember. And only a killjoy would senate unexpectedly voted on fin- row. Sctoutlng is a man’s gram for boys.” it!, You’re breaking the speed lim speculate that in the end the g, passage of the foreign aid .bill r pro- Mrs. Raymond Holmes, 10(1 Sherwood Ln., City the officer barked m-m "Breaking the spted limit?’’, fickle they are. George asked incredulously. ‘The bune. sign reads 10 miles per hour,” the officer replied, in friendlier tone. m-m The officer then explained that with dense traffic around the young might turn out to be just g one-third of the like adults. And you know how members were absent. Mooresville 3Yi- The I-Iouse has long had its notorious “Tuesday to - Thursday Club.” That form of absenteeism was once Indulged in only by East Coast Congressmen but the jet plane has made it available SIGN OF CHANGING TIMES A co'uncUman in the Cleveland mem'bers from every region builder’s employment office it suburb of Parma, Ohio, has in- 7’ke House can compensate in was easily possible IRat someone Produced an ordinance calling for dereliction of duty because would dart in front of a car and ® change in the city’s seal. ™*®s limiting debate, collect his ticket to more heatv- The seal, which appears on ®ttf fke senate with its almost only climes. (Jeoige said, more than 100 of the city’s vehi- 'tnllmited talk and unanimous “Thanks,” and was waved on—at cles and on all official stationery, consent procedures cannot read- 10 miles per hour. features a drawing of a private **Y make up the loss of Mondays m-m residence, and Ibelow it, a fatr FTidays as voting days.—The I vowed to ‘Hold her down” tory with tall chimneys belching Wall Street Journal, over ten years agp, Tne day Presi- clouds of smoke. Dividing the two A LITTLE LESSON\ dent Kennedy siJbke at Chapel is the motto: “Residential-Indus- „ , IN CIVICS Hill. I hadn't read the morntlng trial.” Popularly elected officials paper, picked up a Charlotte C j- ^®ve an uncanny ability to re- server at a milk-break stopover in ^’^® ttouncilman wants the fleet the wishes and whims of Rockwell. The stoiy on the Presi sitioke removed and the chimneys their electorates. Now, that may dent’s visit said the Kenan Stad- smaller—on the seal, that sound like something out of a lum gates would 6e looked at 11 i®—(because “I don’t think we civics class lecture, but it is o’clock. It was then 10. I burned sltotdd support pollution.” worth rememlberlng. the wind at speeds ( care not to The seal was designed a num- ’ The power of the popular vote remember, arriving with a cou- o( years ago when the sUb- Was demonstrated rather dra- ple of minutes to spare — and twb achieved -city status and was matlcally last week when the N. shaking like a leaf. Tvowed then one of the fastest growing com- C. General Assembly went out never to repeat, President’s speech munities In the country, thanks of its way to do a couple of or not, and I haven’t.’ to the postwar Industrial boom things on behatf off the North m-m that made it possible for people Carolina college student. First, I don’t know who put out the to build homes there. it changed primary election days btnn intfonnation, 1^ ^e gates Back in the days of our eoo- ffrom Tuesdays to Saturdays; then were never indeed. logical innocence.—NEA. it approved the us6 of absentee j Keep Your Raedio Dial Set At 1220 WKMT KINGS M.OUNTAIN, N. News & Weather every hour on the hour. Weather every hour on the half hour. Fine entertamment in between Thu doz q’i.-.r mo pla lh( “W tei GC c to