Letters To The Editor
Dear Sjr:
Dr. Bass's ciiitent.o'i tint it
was the Battle of Cowpcns and
no; K..ig» Morniain vv.i.rh turn
«*<l the tide of the Ami*. :• an It.
\olution in th<* Soutli ami your
editorial comm* nts on tfiai sun
ject were very interesting.
When on<* exam.res the Revo
lution with a mo:e distant view,
and takes into ronaidei.ition all
of the claims relating to spiv.lic
ineidi-nts involved in it. it he
comes clear that so many have
laid claim to one particular event
or another as having Itecn the
“turning point" that if they were
all true the devolution must have
been whirling like a revolving
door. It become*, d.ff: i.t. actual
ly, to separate historh d perspec
live f.'om local enthusiasm.
The Revolution had more thin
its share of indecisive battles.
Others, like Sai.il .'a in the
North, hail a very real effect up
on the course < f the war. AeUril
ly. both Kings Mount.nn and
J 1 iii 1.111
C'owpcrs, I- • tve AmfrMHii
victo. «• in tli .toitthe n phcse o!
.h<* h.t rontii uted in a measur
ahlr wn\ to the lilt ni itr Ami n
i .in v.41 iiy V» ktown. Th'
b.mi> of this contention swnu In
hi* i t,if fart that th>>> rontri
.ill. <1 ;ii different ways to tills ul
limatr victor %.
I have hciio hath mil othci
haties as well tics.. Iasi a-'
"links .n .1 chain of events" which
led to vie! >ry. and I believe this
is as accurate n summation as
you ran get. And since a chain is
no more dura Id. * than its weak
est link, probably it is true that
the ultimate viotoiy i-oulrt not
have hi*en won W'ithout all of
them and that, ii turn, each
success eonti dieted to the next
I expect that I>r. Bass was more
interested in stimulating interest
m the history of that lime than
hr was in either downgrading
Kings Mountain or upgrading
Cowpens. He certainly suci-eedcd
in making more people tune a
1
Second Annual
Gospel Sing
Sunday, March 1, 2 p. m.
Missionary Methodist Church
f caturing
Ambassadors Quartet of Mooresboro
Wortnian Trio of Shelby
Eastsidc Trio of Kings Mountain
Church of God Trio of Kings Mountain
Second Wesleyan Group of Kings Mountain
(this advertisement compliments of
Dub's Furniture House of Shelby)
warc of the important r of the
latter?
In. Itass is c irnv t in sta'.ng
that Cowpen* hail a more tasting
effc,-t in a pun-1) mil taiy f.nrrH
of n ft nun*; that :s to say it hail
a at longer ♦•fieri uj on Cornwallis
personally, anil cost him far more
ilearly in the loss of regular
troops. Kings Mountain as he
sikl, was mnt' of an .-ml jtrd in
.dent. It cost the Itritish fewer
casualties ;.i regulars, anil its
purely military effectiveness tif
one keeps scon hy num ers a
Ion*-' was farther dissipated he
cause the victor eventually allow
ed most of the prisoners to es
cape. Further, as ho said, many
of the victors took no active part
in the war after their participa
tion at King.-; Mountain.
So I>r. Bass' contention of the
greater imjiortance of Cow'pen*
,s correct. IF one adopts a limit
eil military view, and it is easy
to - iv how extended exposure
to Iiritisn documents of the tune
particularly Cornwallis' own
corres|*ondi*ncr would help fos
ter litis \iew. l>>til Cornwallis
had neen give.i only about 1.000
de|s-ndah|e regulars for his Sou-;
them campaign which was far1
loir few and he hoa-tled them
l like a miser.
Cornwallis neede I tlie support
of Tory forces to win. tut he had
the li:iiis't regular's distrust of
militia. Consequentl> the loss at
Cow pens hurl him personally a
lot worst* thitii did Ferguson’s de
feat a! Kings Mountain even
■ though the latter ran..oil the al
most total collapse of the Tory
rc-Tu-ment program w i t h o u t
which he could not win at all! !
In short, the overall effective
i ne>s of Kings Mountain was a
far greater in terms of its pro
paganda value and effect tt|>on
j the Southern population as a
i whole than were its numerical
losses to the ftritish. Cot'.iw-allis
' never understood this However.
Thomas Jefferson di I. when he
wrote...” Kit >s Mountain was
the joyful annunciation of that
turn m the tide that terminated
the Revolution in our Itdepend
| i*n:i«”. Jefferson was the first to
use that phrase in eonnectioi
with this oattlc. hut notice tha
his emphasis appears to he ot
ite fact that Hit battle had occur
red at about the time the tide had
beeun to turn. contributing great
ly t > it of eourse hut not neves
xarily he so> cause of it* turn. A
process of over-*imp!ic*tion of
his views hy later obse.vers tend
e J t i hlu. tha' exaet meaning
somewhat as is so often the ease.
!>*t’s j.ist say that ROTH Kings
Mountain and Cowpens were irr
portant. though if pushed to it
I'd have to admit a iteix^ial he
•ief that King.- Mountain ought
to rank somewhat higher.
One other matter: Patrick Fer
euxon went to his death at Kings
Mountain with the rank of MA
JOR in the regular British Army,
not Colonel, as he is so often re
ferred to. lie had briefly held but
resigned the commission of Colo
nel the militia forces when
British regulations were change*!
to prohibit such dau! titles. He
was often refei red to by his own
men as -Col. Ferguson", but
never signed hi*- own documents
with that rank army dispatches
also referred to him ns "Major
Ferguson", his proper rank.
Sincerely
Ed H. Smith
Dear Editor:
Candidate 1 'an Moore must
have realis'd hi is losing. and
losing badly in his hid for the
governorship.
1!»* is ri'vv grasping ai straws.
Il»* advocates priva'e cifiltract
ors to hiiiId r -.ids now being bull
by Stile men : nd State maohin
ery.
A road white .• *st the State
$.>.000 to build would < ost S15.000
if built by private contractors.
Moore ci linis to be conserva*
live, yet advocates spending
$>7.0(K) on Str.te empl ees bcne
fits.
He failed to explain where the
money is to come from. A pro
mise like tii s is despot's e at
tempt for votes, lie either plans
not to fulfill li.s promise*, or plans
to raise our tu\os.
I don’t tiiini; taxpayers will
vote with Mr. Moore on this wild
spending spree a* our expense.
And. I did n >t have to read
the results of his own poll to
know that such proposals are
causing his candidacy to falter.
Sincerely
Kenneth (I. Spencer
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Dear Sir:
Let's Bo Smurt February 29
Pass The Hospital Bond Issue'
Bring in Thi Bulldozer and
tear down the old 1920 Central
Unit.
i -et's ereot a modern fire-proof]
building for Sbqlhy and Cleve
land County!
How can our ropable din-tors
and staff give their best ' aervice
with these antiquated facilities? !
Why pay out your money for |
such out-mode<: accommodations?
What if then were a fire and
your wife and baby were still in !
the Obstetrical wing?
What if a major disaster or
epidemic were to strike!!! Anri no|
beds available.
Why put it off and fail to get|
the Hill-Burton SI,500,000 money|
while it is AVAILABLE!!!
My eyes weic opened! I saw;
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children and mothers cramped
without adequate far.lilies for
giving proper and comfortable
medical care.
j
It is of wooden structure
throughout will. sliell of brick
veneer. The e’cctru wiring is ob
solete and overloaded. The baths
and toilets are inadequate, pool
heating system and ventilation.
Continual repa.r is ne -essary for
old falling plaster .ind water
seepage in basement ha; caused
several repair job* recently.
The children are pi a ed in this
unit Oistetrie- Department is
here with delivery suite so old
ami out of date the physicians
vmnot use modern anesthesia. It
would be a hazard.
When X-rays are made there is
not waiting place for patients. It
would be impossible f u* the doc
tor* and nurse: to handle a large
•mergence and a disaster would
oe tragic. 'Hie laboratory and
Pharmacy are obsolete, so is the
\dmitting and Business Offices.
The iv.ods pr wide modern X
ray Department. Laiioratories.
Pharmacy, Kmergeney Booms.
Offiivs. Opera!'tg P.ooms, Hit!
bods. parking areas, kitchen and
modern IckkI si rviiv.
Wo pav the bill. SlaVMi.t)tia from
Hill-Hart »n funds, thnei.s to hos
utal and xan.iwr. Mar,v otlie.
lus want t ine iwiiu-s. hut d*
>ot have such great ne *ds. $1,500,
00 in bonds to*. us approximate
■y $1.25 pei thi-usand dollars v.d
uation.
$500(KNt is rightly being added
‘o the $1hVni.'VN for th*N area of
He vela ml Coir ty. Hospital anil
teallh officials estiniaie tics pro
/ides adequate* service there.
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STEP WITH PKOCKESSIYE
CLEVELAND COIWTY.
A V. Nolan
Building j
On Increase
RALLIUII. !*el>. 20 January
budding [h rmits totaled $25,097.
3n3 in 36 North Carolina cities of
more than lO.oiri p .pulation. th *
Slate Department of Lab r re
ported tinlay.
State Labor Commissioner1
Krank Crriie said the first-month
total was an all-time high for the
month of January and was 22.8
per cent. or m ire than $1,800,000,
higher th in thi previous record
total set in January last year.
Winston Salem Uni the c*tirs
with building permits for thi
month totaling $10,980,010. Ol
this amount $50,177,924 was t
permit for constr iction *f a new
offii-e building tor the Northwest
Cbrpoi itioii.
Charlotte wa ■ sei-ond with pT
mits totaling £2.249,615, Kaleigh
I bird with S1.7S2.S55. ami (Jreens
him fourth wi'h SI .'189.558.
January building permits for
the other 32 cities of more than
10.000 pooulation were: Alhemn
lie S11. 120. Ashoboro $9.3.U¥i
Asheville $301,899. Burlingtor
$388,576. ChajH'l Hill $263.0159
Concord 213,02i\ Durham $740,934
Klizabcth Cilv $253,000, Kavette
ville $778,387. tlastonia $557.6m
(IildsSoro $28.s000. GreonvilU
S23S.665. ! lend - son $67,300. Hick
ory $227,971. H.gh Point $692,261*
Jacksomillp $6 000. Kinston $286.
135, Ianoir $29,175, L.-xiigton
$53,900. Lumber!on $10!. too. Mon
roe $55.tiiO. New Bern SlI.OliO
Heidsville $190,957, Roanoke Ra
pids $102,921. K .i ky Mount $198.
679. Salis :urv §679.88’. Sanford
$51,850. Shelby S1S3.916. States
ville $112,600, Thomas.ill** $63.
150, Wilmington $1 W.'t, Wilson
$812300.
Musical authorities are in dls
acwirral oxer who developed
the first "modern vio’in.’’ but tins
redit is ifenetilly given to And |
rea. Amati, who lived in Italy in
111.* iH:*i century', and founded a
tamity of famous violin makers.
According to the Book of Know
ledge, the family's finer! craft-.
man was Nicolo. who made the
"grand Amati." owned by Paga
nini. and whose pupils included
Antonio Stradivari and Andrea
nuarneri.
John m Warier
Warlick Sash
about this question:
"Most people have one attorney -
one din-tor- one dentist to serve
them. II they likewise had one
professionally-trained loeal inde^^^
pendent insuranee agent surve. jB
their risks and handle all thei|W^
insuranee, could they be more
certain of adequate coverage with
less overlapping of policies and
expenses?"
Consult the C. E. Warlick
Insurance Agency. Phene
739-3611.
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