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9 Established 1889 The Kings Moimtain 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 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 - Editor-Publisher Miss Elizabeth Stewart Circulation Manager and Society Editor Gary Stewait Sports Editor, News Miss Debbie Thornburg Clerk, Bookkeeper Rocky Marlin MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT Allen Myers Roger Brown Paul Jackson Herbert M. Hunter MAH. SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE In North Carolino and South Carolina One year six months $2 25; three months $1.5p; school year $3. (Subscription in North Carolina subject to three^t^rcent sales tax.t In All Other States One year $5; six months $3; three months $1.75; school year $3.75. PLUS NORTH C.AROLINA SALE?. TAX TELEPHONE NUMBER — 739-5441 TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE Campaign Expensed Democrat Skipper Bowles has ac cepted Republican Jim Holshouser’s challenge to discu.ss, at least, placing of a ceiling on each's campaign c.xpenscs toi’ the lall election for governor. Mr. Holshouser's challenge was couched in the S4.50,000 range for each. Well, maybe. Tlie heat of campaigning and the desire to win—often more on the pai’t of supporters than the candidates them- selve.s—makes the money flow. The Republican candidate for lieu tenant-governor, rapidly taking center stage in the current campaign as comic, wants to limit e.xpenditures, too. Candidate Walker was quoted as saying he is most willing to limit the expenditures—as long as his maximum is five times that of Jim Hunt, North Wilke.kboro’s Waikor’s Democratic op ponent. Unfair? Not so, says Mr. Walker. The Democrats have 80 percent ot the legistrations, which the variance in dol lars might tend to even, if that is the point. Mr. Walker avers that a $.o0,(H)0 limit for Mr. Hunt and a $250,000 limit for Mr. Walker would bo about right. The two leading candidates for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in May spent between them appro.ximately $1,500,000, this figure covering two pri maries, a total somewhat staggering to the man-in-lho-street. Let it not bo forgot: 1) North Caro lina’s metes and bounds are great- 2) media advertising rates — television, radio, newspaper, billboard — get no cheaper, indeed vice versa; and 3) other , campaign accoutrements, including ' travel, iodging, headquarters rents, and paid people have advanced accordingly Great Britain has been successwul in putting and enforcing stringent and, by United States standards, miserly limits on spending by candidates for seats in Parliament. But in Britain the campaigning areas are both geographic ally small and populationally clogged. Nor does Great Britain have a com parison to the United States’ election of a President where it is now anticipated the well-heeled Republicans will spend $40 million and tne in-debt Democrats $25 million—if the Democrats can get it. There are suggestions that the com munications media be required to con- ti'ibute and already, of course, the cam paign managers avail them.selves of every opportunity to demand “equal time’’ from the federally regulated ra dio-television industry. But w^ho’s to pay electronics engi neers, the Walter Cronkite’s, and, for that matter, tlie machine operators, re porters and pressmen of the Gastonia Gazette, Shelby Star and Kings Moun tain Herald? Political poetry note: The Demo cratic love feast following nomination of the vice-presidential candidate by the national committee Tuesday night might also be labeled “poetry night”: Presi dential Nominee George McGovern quot ed Carl Sandburg; Senator Hubert H. HunTphrey quoted Robert Frost; Vice- Presidential Nominee Sargent Shriver quoted Walt Whitman. Two percent di.scount on 1972 city taxes is available during August only— with no discounts thereafter. Congratulations to: Thomas D. Tin dall, Georgia Life Insurance Company “Master Salesman”; Jack White, Jr., re cipient of a Charles A. Dana scholarship pt Davidson college; and to Steve Jolly awarded a research grant at University (f North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Senate Slays "No Fault* “No fault’’ insurance, via federal legislation, is apparently dead as far as the pre.scnt (Congress is concerned, where the votes of the Senate returned it to committee, not commerce, from whence the bill came to the floor, but judiciary, where the “no fault” climate is considered less ardent. While much of the insurance indus try now favors “no fault" at the stale level, even this segment felt “no fault” experience yet insufficient for a nation wide “no fault” bill respecting automo bile liability and basic' collision insur ance, which would, for instance, provide for reimbursement of the motorist in one-car accidents. The indu.stry position, which hopes for much more experience in “no fault” at local (state) level before an 50-stato bill is enacted in the Capitol, likely is right. Four more states joined pioneers Puerto Rico and Massachusetts January 1 in the “no fault” column. North Caro lina and other .states likely will join the group within the foreseeable future. Federal “no fault” is a probable fact of the future and, perhaps, the desirable end result. But there wore apparent weaknesses in the bill the Senate apparently slaycil this week. Old Furnace Project The descendants of James Ormand raised $5000 to purchase a 13-acre tract which is the site'of “Old Furnace”, pri- orly known as “Long Creek Furnace”, which dates to, perhaps pre-dates, the Revolutionary War. Hope of the Clan, which has char tered a non-pi-ofit corporation, is 1) to create a park of the 13-acre tract, and 2) to rebuild the furnace as an historic landmark. Iron ore is indigenous to the Kings Mountain area—Chestnut Ridge, Crow der’s Mountain, Kings Mountain—and these ores were smelted In days of yore to provide iron for cooking utensils and other' products. Best wishes to the descendants of James Ormand (166.5-1756) in their pa triotic-historical effort. Candidate Shriver Democratic vice-presidential candi date Sargent Shr'iver jested in his Tues day night contribution to the Demo cratic love feast following action of the national committee that he was the .seventh choice for the slot, “proving the Democratic pai ty has plenty of talent.” Many Democratic old-liners—tho.so in the limelight and among the rank- and-file—are v. ishing Mr. Shriver had been Choice Number 1 rather than than Choice Number 7. By all odds he appears to be (he likliest of the seven. His work record, in and out of gov ernment, is varied and his performances good. His wit is spontaneous and pun gent. Sample: “If rhave any skeletons in the closet, I hope they vote for me.” He served in the navy aboard USS South Dakota in World War 11, organ ized the Peace Corps, went to France as ambassador. The maiden name of his wife — Kennedy — is a vote-getting asset. Congratulations to Jay Powell on his recent promotion to area manager by Martin Marietta Aggregates (recent ly Superior Stone Company). MARTIN'S MEDICINE Viewpoints of Other Editors DEGREE DEFLATION By MARTIN HARMON police. This would Involve some Inquiry into the applicant’s back ground, such as Is now made , . ,, when handguns are Involved- tlie million places at colleges stUl ^ open for youths vv.io would wane * „„ It was there are surpi'lslng to learn as m.iny as half a open for youths to .ittcnd this fall persons who have criminal re cords or who have shown signs of Jack Palmer, who was there, Sn'O there will already be mental instability, gave members of the Lions club alfcout 8.5 million attending, this suggesUon will no doubt a look-see at natmnal Political rneans that one out of every vigorous protest from convenuonsidohghts such asdrt IS clas.sroom -eats might N” sportsmen and others. But there not appear on television sets, in empty. a Democratic convention resume some obvioo. reasons have sensible system of licensing can- luesday night. heen given tor the signup lag. not be devised. Thus, a farmer The letup on tin* draft keeps a or rancher who needs a rifle or number of Arp.iy dodgers out. a .shotgun to protect his live- Jack was an elected delegate The economic .slump, tlie greaie. stock from predators should ac- from the 10th Congressional dis- freedom to tal;-' a year out ot quire a permit -without dillficully. .school after high school or in So should -a genuine sportsman mid-college, are other factors. who goes hunting regularly. But lEut two other matters, one when a city dweller who has negative and the other positive, never taken any interest in the concern us most. The negative great outdooi-s suddenly has -an is tliat the young people may -fee urge to ac(|uire a .,303 rifle nr a leading to the fact that the val- 12-gauge shotgun, some careful ue of a degiee is deflatin,g. inquiries would ibe in order. iGrante.'L ptirticuiarly in the profes.sions, there can hardly he 1” ® number of countries, from a career without a college ami Bfit-'in to Japan, strict gun laws. KINGS MOUNTAIN Hospifal Log VISITING HOURS Daily 10:30 to 11:30 AM. 3 to 4 PM. and 7 to 8 PM. 317 trict, and it was his first nation al convention. The long sessions, the first one lasting until 5 a.m., another one until 6:5." a.m., left little or no- limo lor relaxing and vacation ing. Yet there was time, for those who could forswear slc^ep, to atti'nd a few social functions, .-tmong thJm the toeakfast^ pc-stgraduate degree. For a)! bv Ml- inri Mrs Ike Pelk of P'actica! purposes, few youager "“i'® P>^°'‘‘‘I'heir effectiveness in cLriotte wh^h featurefa ’f-u .hope fot- man- ly North Carolina breakfast of “Sement posts without a degree, f eggs, grits, country- ham and red ^ Mrs. Lizzie G. Boles Mrs. Hurley W. Brooks Bessie Lee Bumgardner Mrs. Rzrbert F. Davis Mrs. Jessie Dean iMamie H. Gibobns iMrs. Essie P. Goforth iMrs. Ella Mae Harrel.son ‘George Moore ‘Mr. Manuel A. Moss Mrs. Minnie McClain Janies A. Padgett George R. Petty Ivey B- Payne Mrs. Grace T. Phillheck ‘Mrs. Marie H. Ramsey Clark J. Rushing 'Mrs. Odus D. Smith Mrs. J. H. Thomson 'Mrs. William G. Waldrop •Mrs. Martha- Louise Whitesides Marj' Liee Williams Mrs. Marie S. Withers -Robert Woods Lewis E. Bess William Bowlin Mrs. Joe L. Cobb Mrs. Chalmer McIntosh, -Dllling St., CTty Christoplier Michael Partlow, -Rt. 2, Bessemer City Dana Louise Partlow, Rlj^^R 'Bessemer City 'Mrs. Stephen R. Wiliamson, Rl. 3, City > r Birih Aimonncements oye gravy. m m Cirr /.nMnu tio,, to « iri.vr'janm, and Iw iciU be yet wiser; teach a j„st man. and he u'iU inrrrase ill Iraniinf/. ProvL-rbs !)/!i. look at how vulnerable enginee;‘s .Star have proved to bi- to government decisions, such as on the space „ , Pt'bSfarn, and to shifts in ti,,-. For each session, Ific delegates economy, degrees appear lo he were given an “Otheial Dole- „„ guarantee of job security, gate lape card, with a box ol The proliferation of colleges caucus balloting counts on the watered-down curricula reverse side. The new-card-daily ,,a,.e further diluted the value ADMITTED THURSDAY James Bristol, Rt. 2, City Mr. and .Mrs. Josepli E. Lane. 112 Uttle Street, uelmont, .N. C. announce the birth of a daugh ter, Tuesday, August 1, Kings Mountain hospital. Mr, and Mrs. Garry Shope, 222 E. Boston Ave.. Bessemer City, announce the birth oif a daugh ter, Tuesday, August 1, Kings Mountain hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie VV'. Greg ory. Route 1, announce the hirtli of a son, Tuesday, Augu.st I, 'King.s Mountain hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Paul n-anks, -1:11-1 Union Road, Gtistonia, N. C. an- nounn' the birth of a sorv Thurs- PEACE AND POLITICS MIXED UP Street, City Mrs. Ronnie D. Sims Street, City Democratic candidate George ADMITTED FRIDAY McGovern accuses Republican * — - Piesident Richard Nixon of not -semer City decisl-on was the result of the colle^e'de'^reer And the sheer "’'Kiing down the war as fast Mrs- C. W. Ivey, 57 Railroa-l Chicago e.xperience of 1968, when number” of degree ho’ders has so'>m<’d to promise in 19GS, Avenue, York, S. C, only one "Official Delegate” la- ^lade the degree itself of less the Republicans replv by a’- pel card was issued. In Chicago, value to employers as a criterion candidate MoGovern of day, August 3, Kings Mountain J. P. Bumgardner, 309 E. King hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Cl.vde W. Green, Route 1, Gastonia, announce lhi‘ birth of a daughter, Thur.sday. August 3, Kings Mountain hos pital. Staley, 3(M) James E. Griffin, Rt. 1, Bes- ADMITTED SATURDAY 'Airs. Betty Green, Rt. 2, C5ty •says Jack, the rioters would ‘weakening the American ibargatn- Mrs. Jessie G. Ledfor-d. 610 snatch the delegate card off another >"8 position in the peace talks Gantt Street coats, making it dif.icult for del- perhans this lpvplin.r pf tUp now reopened in Paris. ADMITTED SUNDAY egates to get admission to their ‘ ^ 7 ^ ‘ a 'Mrs. Henderson Herndon, 1311 own convention. Another precau- jf ft fs in^pai-t = poMUcs, on iboth sides. Crover Rd., City Mr. and Mrs. Ricky .Mooie,^ 1, Box 204, announce the hit'll^ a daughter, Saluixlay, August Kings Mountain hospital. -Ml-, and .Mrs. Steplien R. Wil liamson, Route 3, announce the ibirth of a son, Tuesday. August 8, Kings Mountain hospital. tion was added. An emblem, dif ferent each day, was ruober- stamped onto delegate hands. tion "that a degw mav noThe"a 7*7 mterfere Jacteon G. Platt, Rt. 3, City Mr, and Mrs. Tommy J. Neal, null iimi ti utgiet may not ne a with the smooth develonment n.' iDp„i QsnHprc 1/15 T,'atR -si ,, definite sign of a prosnect’s ou-il 7**’- smooth development of ipaul R. Sanders, 103 FalLs St.. Route 2. Bessemer City, announc-e -JficaUon hir^esfiS^^^ Sle 7 ‘he birth of a daughter, Tue.sday as moi-c in a presidential year in At Miami, says Jack, the extra ^ f '*1 7"* open, in t-iie United States. But it is doubt- St., Gastonui out fast-changing society, for ful that it will make much, if Mrs. Phillis F. Watkins, Dobbins, 110 of sympathy during the loss of| our lielovcd son, Johnny Costnerj May God bless each and everj one of you. L. Vickers, 104 S. Miller August .S, Kings Mountain hos- pital. precautions didn’t, happily-prove paratiorCunt^ast thTdoT ^*77*^ *° **'*'**'"'“ °*''^^ ^ to he n.XKl.d, Hon oT'ufe value Of p degroe ***’ CARD OF THANKS _ _ should be recognized. Consider the charges from the i’lMJri-rrn ununiv -pu » -i r . The positive side of the sur- two sides. Each has some merit. h Z! oor Valiev u7 v' Grady Costner Jack, who sei-\-ed three terms prising numiber of campus open- Neither Ls totaliy valid. . ' 'pi„..«r S C ' ~ re'rp (he*^'*rri the North Carolma General As- -be possible after all to achieve ^ be7oXng an e7 to the tonia Rd.. Bessemer City loving kindne.ss and expressionsi war short of four years when he Mrs. Mark T. Walker, Rt. 1, declared that he had a plan for Smyrna, S. C. ,-Hi»nT r ending it. His semipromise is four John Bert Westmoreland, Rl. The commission said that cam- J'®®''® j'"* Marie going on (at this writing). • ueanna .\iarie Lackey St., City But against that should be set Mrs. Ceafi eM. Leagan, Rt. 1, support are about over. Colleges the fact that there are very few Blacksburg, S. C. should plan to spend 20 percent Americans left in Vietnam now, Sonya Lowery, Rt. 1, City -ess by the end of the decade, fewer than fifty thousand a.s It was ail quite orderly, says J*’’® fOfld he achieved by cutting against ov-er half a million. And Jack, with the time-consuming ^o-wn the teacher-student ratio, there are very few draftees factor the roll call votes, as on encouraging the 3 to ,15 percent among the i-emainder, and no the South Carolina and Callfor- students who don’t really want more draftees being sent, nia floor argument cn seating of ^° college to quit, cutting delegates. A roil call eats up the basic college span from foiii- So, while Mr. Nixon is political- ycars to thi-ee, getting prd'essors 'Y vulneraJile for not ending the to concentrate someuhat less on war sooner, he has a strong coun research and more on teai-hing, terargument in the fact that and so forth. American participation is way Perhaps, however, other forces down. Besides, it will probably may be at work to lighten the 'we think) 'be finished cnti)’ely well before election dav. .son lint Bet I'roi sembly, compared the convention the cutbacks in ro'lege spending to sessions of the North Caro- over the next decade which the lina House and Senate - multi- Carnegie Commission called for plied 50 times. “Delegates are in a recent report, moving about, in and out, most all getting seated in their assign- puses should read the signs that ed quarters only when key votes their boom days in outside money were undenvay The Family of Grady Costner mm from one hour to 90 minutes. m-m e a.ssumed in trying to cater lo demand for more and more schooling. VV(> are certainly for a strong and energetic higher education sys tem in America, because it is an Jack says the television and press reporters were a bit too expansivq in their estimate of .burden alleges' hav the number of carnper-protesters in Flamingo Park. For a look- see, the North Carolina delega tion was busse/l through. "The media leported 4000, but there couldn’t have ■‘cen more than 1,500,” Jack declared, with many- divergent groups among them. He said (ju'ean refugees were the greatest in number, with an other large group Viet Nam war p^^- ® "finishing *t. the Viet Nam war. ,.pmrn may not be setting in. m-m We still think that education is essentially a private matter The North Carolina delegation for the individual—whether in or was invited to And, to take up the Republi can case again-st .Mr. McGovern, it is true that peace talks have just reopened and that at this precise moment 'Mr. Mc-Govern lonews investment which produces nee/1- ui„ , u i. . ed social and cultural and ccon- Americans omie change. Yet it is a mistake to think that just by spending more and out of Vietnam within 90 days 'after his inauguration, if he is inaugurated. 'Phe llcftaiein pledge does, at least on the .sur face, .seem to be an inrit.ition to Hanoi to hold out until after elec tion day in the hope of potting a better deal from Mr. McGjvern than Mr. 'Nixon is now offering. But there is nothing new about was invited to a party at the es- out of school. It would 're a good noining new aoout tatc of a Coral Gables man, and thing if the openings level 7e ir -nlm'"’e 7 7°“* **'*“'^‘^ about everything went wrong, a sign that moro young people The bus driver know no ^ . inei< „P0T YOUR FOOT DOWN ON ATHLETE’S FOOT DISCOMFORTS - WAh TfBXa/L FUNGI-REX Don't suffer another day of painful itching!. And don't chance spreading it around. Visit he war. more recognize that a college system ‘ about the area than us delegates, no matter how heavily funded’ 77].-1“ 1-'/? *^“^ 7* Jack relates with a laugh, got cannot take the place* of their Hanoi. The stuck on a ramp, traffic-jam.med. own experience and efforts and got us to the party 90 min utes late. ".Most of the food was gone, and there weren’t many FEWER GUNS ■ FEWER KILLINGS today and ask the Pharmacist for the FUNGI-REX product best-suited to your needs! < I® Many convenient forms ...A 1 1 ALL fight fungus Infection V * ... relieve itching and help prevent recurrence! Step up your summer foot care today with Rexall FUNGI-REX • Aerosol Spray 51 • Greaseless Ointment ^ • Liquid or Lotion FOOT 1^ i. tho to ward -sek'-improvement. -Christian Science .Monitor Cokes left,’’ ho joked. Sam Bur row, of Asheboro, who will be remembered by a number of Kings Mountain citizens as man- leaders ihero have long ago known that there is a lo:td peace movement in the Unit/f .States trying to push .Mr. Nixon to a ’faster pace in his search for peace. All along, they have liad to (A .-o™.../ consider whether to wait for the nano 11, a **'*'' *’®'''"' November elections, or set.ic with r . • papor) h'as punctured a comfort- -Mr Nixon now ager of Clifton Blue’s campaign ing illusion heid by many Cana- for lieutenant-governor in 1964, dians. It is that Canada’s fire- The chances are that ihev will was snapping pictures at tho Cor- arm control laws are outstanding- negotiate with .Mr. N'.xon now a. Gaibles party. Sam was trying ly superior to those of the United (if they do) on the b-asis ci the to get a better angle and backed states, and that because of this state of military operations rather a couple ()f steps too far, wm- Canadians are in much less dan- that on what is said o:i tlie pletely dousing fully-cloth^ Sam, ger than Americans from gun- American hustings. If their ar- camera, and ruming al! the film, toting criminals, a.ssassins and mies are doing iwel!, they will maniacs. want to hold out. If thcr armies The real situation is not nearly are doing poorly, they would The North Carolina group had so reassuring. Canada, unlike the logically want to .salvage o.i the an audience with Governor United States, has a reasonably tables of diplomacy what they Ceorge Wallace, who appeared efficient system of licensing pur- 'are losing on the field of battle, haggard and w-orn, but who chases of pistols and revolvers; Our own guesg is that any showed him-self quite mentally the police have a chance to keep holding out they do now is a bar- alert. An aide kept trying to them out of the hands af unde- gaining tactic. After (all, pt-ace shoo out the North Carolinians sirables. But there is virtually no 6y September or October would hut Wallace would say, “No, I control of hunting weapons. Any- he worth a lot poiiticaily to Mr. want to talk to these people a one over '16 a professional .Nixon. They can get better term./ little more.” criminal, a mentally disturiced from him now than they could person, or a revolutionary fana- expect if he were reelected, m-m <■' tiopartment If we can read their tliinking store or sporting goods shop and processes at all we think that He defended Governor Bob 'hey will settle with uMr. Nixon Scott on a roporter’s charge he rh f *‘'"® h™‘he poiiti- showed littie leadership of the 7i ] ! / * ^^ereas in the cal advtantage m Novemiber on Tar Heel group. "He had no States pi-stols predominate tne war issue. Once there is even Powder KjNGS MOUNTAIN Okljr; COMPANY ^2571 'ITY’f; MOOFRn store e.spi (left But imp group, chance,” says Jack, with the cfimes of violence, in (Ganada a cease-fire in Vietnam the war state’s first-ballot votes stipulat ed- and there was never a sec ond ballot.” most firearm killings, and a grow- value to Democrats, ing number of armed robberies, fn other words, both American are committed with rifles and political parties are trying to get shotguns. Canadians are In more a domestic political advantage danger than they think of being out of the war Issue. This Is a suddenly shot down. pity. At least in theory, "politics The answer to this problem is should stop at the water’s edge. ’ to e.xtend the system of (xintrol (But it is normal American prac- now used for handguns to rifles tice. And the chances are that tional Committee, Jack opdned: and shotguns so that no one can 'its indulgence in this case will “Shriver will be an asset to the legally acquire one of these wea- not do real harm. Democratic ticket.’’ pons without a permit from the —Christian Science Monitor On Tuesday night’s “little con vention” by the Democrats Na Keep Your Radio Dial Set At 1220 WKMT KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C. News & Weather every hour on the hour. Weather every hour on the half hour. Fine entertainment in between Er Ta 3u Ha Fu Foi Gu Ou Ri;
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