F&g» t-MIRROR-HBBALD-TliMday, July 5, 1177
Gettysburg^ turning point in war
ITie Battle ot OettyaburB, July l-S, 186S,
waa the tumlngpolnt of the Civil War. It waa
one of the moat decisive events In American
history, and certainly one at the most widely
written about.
Ihe state of North Carolina was deeply
Involved at Oettysburg. According to one
Tar Heel historian, this state's troops . .
"reached the pinnacle of military greatness
at Oettysburg.” They made up a large part
of the Confederate force there, and suffered
by far the greatest casualties. Northern
forces at Oettysburg totalled 90,000 men, the
Southern side had 76,000. A total of 61,000
casualties were suffered there by both sides
combined. In killed, wounded and missing or
captured by one side or the other. Of the
16,601 Confederate soldiers kUled, 4,066 - by
far the largest number from any state —
were from North Carolina.
Oettysburg was a bloodbath for both sides.
At the battle’s climax on July 6 — Oeneral
George Pickett’s famous frontal assault
across a mile of open field under fire - the
casualty ratio reached an Incredible sixty
percent of the 11,000 Confoderate troops
Involved. (By comparison the casualties
suffered In the famous charge of Ote Light
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Morgan criticises new
anti-busing amendment
Senator Robert Morgan (D-nC) had sharp
criticism tor the ‘‘antt-buslng’’ amendment
Tuesday before casting his vote against the
"Although I would rejoice If a piece of
legislation were to come to this floor
outlawing busing nationwide,’’ Morgan said,
"I will not support a plan which would
relieve the burden north of the Maaon'Dlxon
line, and keep the South busing until
Kingdom come.’’
Ihe amencknent to block the use of federal
funds to require busing beyond the nearest
school was offered as a part of the Labor-
Health, Education and Welfare ap-
propiiatlona which came before the Senate
Tuesday, tt would serve to ban busing In the
future, but Morgan contended It would have
no effect on past busing decisions.
He asserted that 42 school systems In
North Carolina are busing pupils under court
orders, and said, "The amendment will not
touch them.’’
Qtlng complaints about turmoil In the
schools In the North and the West, Morgan
said that 16 or 20 years ago those same
outcries were heard hi the South, and were
Ignored by the rest of the country. "If we
qiprove this amendment and take the
pressure off at the North,’’ he told the
Senate, "we will remove any Incentive to
alleviate the burden hi the South.”
"We will return to the hypocritical
situation In which a Northsmer may stand
up and Impose busing on the grounds that It
creates turmoil In the lives of children, but a
Southerner making exactly the same
argument will be dismissed as a bigot.”
RG^DCR DIMOGUe
Who will we blame?
To the editor,
"We must beware ot trying to bnUd a
society In which no one connts for
anything, except the the poUtlolan or an
oflldal, a society wherq enterprise gains
no reward and thrift no privileges.” —
WINSTON OHIBtOHILL
A lot can be said about the above quote and
yet there are many today who feel as long as
there Is tederal funding to be had thiri
wdioever suggests a plan tar spending these
funds has the best Interest of all at heart.
We can stUl believe this and yet we see
everyday that the mouths of polltlelans are
not prayer books. All we have to do la road
dally of the legislation Introduced considered
In the best Interest of the people only to see
the bills watersd down to be as effective as
straw to a drowning man.
What Churchllj warned against was the
danger of loss of Individual freedom.
Everyday wo lose a bit more because we
allow our elected officials to vote our
freedoms away. At the tlma they do It not one
will admit It
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In thanks tor the return of peace, and lor
the national freedom It brought, the people of
Salem held a day-long meeting of song and
prayer. foUowed at dusk by a candleUght
parade, led by a Moravian brass band.
Music has always been a strong feature of
the Salem settlement, and a special "Pislm
of Joy” was composed tor the occasion. The
music for this hymn, has been preserved,
and a modem recording made of It.
So who do wo blame whan we one day
awaken to find our Individual freedoms and
rights gone?
No one but ourselves.
EVEBETTE PEARSON
Rejecting housing plan
was community service
in fhy opinion the city commissioners did
the community a service last Thursday when
they rejected a homestead housing proposal
even though It was proported to be
something that would bring nationwide
recognition to the city.
Presented by Robert Mathlson of
AriievlUe, the housing plan would use city-
owned land for the construction of factory
built homes. The tenants would be eligible
tor a rent subsidy from HUD and would
serve as cooperative members, a sort of
board of governors of the units.
I still haven’t figured out how anyone can
build and sell three bedroom two bath homes
tor $14,000. that Is the price range Mathlson
told commissioners last week that he was
eiqierimentlng with, there just ain’t no such
The Poet’s
Corner
TOM
McinTYRC
The type of homes Mathlson proposed
don’t seem to be as qualitative as the units
contracted for and built by the Kings
Mountain Housing Authority, yet In many
ways It Is the same type of program.
Instead of such fancy footwork. It would be
mudi more open and aboveboard for
developers to strike bargains with the
housing authority, go ahead and build flrst-
I tor occupancy by
cltlsens qualifying under the housing
authority Adelines.
Mr. Mathlson sprang his deal on the
commissioners last Monday, but then gave
them until Thursday to decide. He defeated
his own purpose, because even though the
commissioners are basically country boys,
they ain’t a bunch of dummies.
Mn. Kiser suggests the film could be used
to raise funds to sponsor the event.
Any civic club In Kings Mountain In
terested In sponsoring such an event and to
see the film may contact Mrs. Kiser at Rt. 4,
Box 227 or by phoning 7894776.
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Larry Billings, director of business
development in Kings Mountain, Is hard at
work bylng to roundup all of the owners of
buildings hi the downtown area.
Object, to get them to agree to beautify
their buildings.
Billings Is also on the verge of bringing In a
much needed retail buslneas to the down
town area. He wim’t say what kind of
business It Is, but only that It Is a traffic
builder and should help juice up the CBD
pedestrian trade traffic.
HOBIE ON niB RANGE
The stove bends me over.
Oh how I love the range.
Just when I think I have finished
Little burners need a change;
Tet It’sthe shakers that make me shake
The burners that make me fry
But pi^r towels are hanging handy
< .OMaforting as a lullaby, v.
Recently I talked with an ex-office holder
who said now he can see where he made
many mistakes while pursuing what he
thought were laws beneficial to the people. I
sdmlt I admire a person who can admit
mlRakee, but I can atknlre even more a
person who can detect the mistake before it
becomes public law.
How much longer are we going to sleep
while an elected body gains more and more
control over our Individual lives? Too muoh
power given to a few la more dangerous to us
than the threat of any Nuclear weaponry.
171101 la an elusive thing. As Individuals we
must keep abreast of dally happenings In our
city, county, state and nation to find our
truth. Hlatorlcally It has been proven that It
Is an error to oontinuo to believe that truth
and nothing but the truth dr^a from the
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On page 8B of last Thunday’s Mirror-
Herald there was a story on Army Staff
Sergeant Phlllfo Kiser assisting participants
In the 1977 Missouri Special Olympics.
The three-day event was hasted at Fort
Wood and Included track and field, swim
ming, gymnastics and team sports for
handicapped persons.
The program exists In all 60 states.
After reading the article Sgt. Kiser’s
mother, Mrs. O. C. Kiser of Rt. 4, called to
t^ us she has a 16 mm sound film on the
Olympics.
”I’ll be happy to loan the film to any local
civic club that might be Interested In
sponsoring an Olympics for the han-
dleapped,” she said.
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CTawtord Murphy, the architect from
Shelby, was In town this week with Cttieen
Cksistructlon Co. workers to prepare the site
tor the pedestrian walk on W. Mountain St.
The walk will run beside the building
housing the poolroom. Construction on the
walk Is scheduled to begin on July 12, the day
the brick Is to arrive for the project. Com
pletion time Is 90 days.
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Larry Hamrick, the local Insurance and
realty agent, said a couple of weeks ago he
received some strange phone calls. People
wanted to know why he had given a state
trooper In Oaston County such a hard time.
It turns out a man named Larry Dean
Hamrick from Bessemer City had fought
with a trooper and shot at him with the
trooper's gun, then fled. When the story hit
radio news the BC Hamrick’s age and
Red tea-kettle whistles all morning
Although I am dressed In a smock.
The steaming rice just bubbles over
As though It were laughing-stock,
Shaip knife Is waiting to slice
IfonlylwlUlendahand,
I must wait until the oven goes off
And the fat drips down In the pan.
Sugar Is plentiful In a crystal bowl
Fresh milk Is the dally pet.
The imlsln la the aun-mald
But dear lest you forget;
A range will bend you over
little bumera will make you fry.
Distasteful little chores will bug you
While the years are slipping by. '
Sweet potatoe gives me the eye
To cheer me should I turn sour.
With the many buttons there Is to push
Bums a hem> of elbow power.
Bright turner makes the paneokei (lip
The can open loves to click.
But Its the range that bends me over
And my ‘Honey’ that makes me tick.
Beware of tick bites
Spring has brou^t the tockleas tick out of
hlbematlan ready to leap on humans and
Tills little parasite, once known only to the
Western states, has now migrated
throughout North America spreading a
serious disease - Rocky Mountain Spotted
Fever. Hie U. S. Canter for Disease Control
In Atlante, warns that the Incidence of the
disease has been steadUy rising since 1968,
with a record 906 cases reported In 1976.
Oklahoma, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Tmnossee and Virginia accounted tor 66
percent of the total eases reported In the
United States.
The U. S. Public Health Service reported
that there Is a vaccgie for the prevention of
Rocky Mountain Spotted Favor. But... that
vaccination Is recommmdsd only tor thoie
who Uve in or visit heavily Infested arsai.
While only a small percmtage of ticks
carry the disease, the effects are serious, Dr.
David Ooldllnger, medical ecnaultant for
Combined Insurance Company of America’s
Oalrns Department, warns that "symptoms
such as fever, severe headaches, chills or
muscle aches develop three to 10 days after
tick atUchment. A rash appears, usuaUy on
the wrist or ankles, one to thres days after
the fever has commenced and may spread
over the entire body.”
This company's safety and research team
states that whUe most Ucki are fotmd In
rural arsM, they are also found In urban
districts. Children and pats should bo In
spected regularly for ticks If they have bean
playing In woody or grassy areas. The team
suggests that If the tick cannot be brushed or
picked off with tweesers, covering It with oil
or kerosene might make It back out of the
skin. SomeUmes blowing out a lighted match
and quickly touching It to the rear of the tick
might also make It back out. Do not cnish a
tick when dislodging It.
"If you have once bean bitten by a tick -
and later develop fever symptoms, be
certain to Intorm yourphyOielanof the fret,"
soys Dr. OoldUngar.
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This week was also a big one In the early
exploration of the steto.
On July 8,1824, Olovonnl da Verrasxano,
on Italian navigator In the eervlce of
France, wrote the esu'llest known description
of the coast ot the United Stotei. The area he
described was the Cape Fear portion of
North Carolina.
France made no effort to colonise the area,
and Verraasono’s report, pubUihed 68 years
later In Europe, moved Sir Walter Raleigh
to push for Ihe establishment of an English
colmiy In the New World.
On July 4,1684, Raleigh’s first expedition,
under Amadas and Borlowe, set foot on
American soil, the first English speaking^
people to do so.
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