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eDiTORiMs & opihm Poffe 4A Tlmrsiuiy, August 12, 1976 Ed O^Herron For Governor ! \ 1 r -w. Ed O'Herron We recommend Charlotte business man Ed O’Herron for governor in the August 17 Democratic Primary. This breaks a long-standing policy of General Publishing Co. of never en dorsing any candidate for any office — local, state or national. And we recommend O’Herron without hesi tation. In this year of numerous candidates we have all heard practically the same platforms touted, but for us the one candidate who has spoken with a sincere earnestness and concern for the people of North Carolina Is Ed O’Herron. Here Is a man who would appear to be an achiever of “The Great American Dream,’’ that mystical and perhaps mythical plateau generations of Americans have been taught to shoot for. And yet Ed O’Herron Is a man who apparently has never lost contact with the various echelons of people he met on his way up. He Is still deeply concerned with the welfare of his fellow man. We will refrain from going Into O’Herron’s rise to his high perch In the business world, but It Is an Horatio Alger-type tale In the truest tradition. Such success stories are, today, for some strange reason, viewed as corny or even hokey. Instead, let’s examine some of the ideas Ed O’Herron has for the governor to Initiate to make life better for his fellow ’Tar Heels. LOOkIMG Bl^Ck From the July 2S, 19SS Flies of The Kings Mountain Herald At a special meeting of Otis D. Green Post American Legion Friday night, July 19, J. E. Garvin was elected Post Commander to succeed W. W. Souther. George Patterson, who now owns the old Ferguson Gold Mine, south of Kings Mountain Battleground, Is having the mine worked. Ibe Bonnie Mill second team defeated the Dixon second team 10 to 4 Saturday. ’The Dixon School started Monday with a large attendance. -oOo- A $3B,000 addition to Slater Brothers, Inc. Is expected to be completed in the next few weeks. In the field of education Ed O’Herron feels North Carolina can come up with a fair and adequate method of evaluating teachers to determine their qualifications to teach In public schools. In 1975 a federal court ruled that a minimum score on the National Teacher Examination for teachers certification a was unconstitutional, that It dis- ( criminated against blacks and other } minorities. O’Herron feels perhaps the N’TE Isn’t the best way to measure a teacher’s qualifications and wonders If the educa tors themselves wouldn’t be better Judges of this than the courts. He feels educators in the state’s public schools can come up with a proper evaluation. O’Herron Is In full support of Tar Heel teachers and would ask enactment of the General Assembly of legislation that would clearly define the rights and responsibilities of all concerned in school discipline, administrators, teachers, students and parents. The candidate feels once these guidelines are placed school officials and teachers can feel safe In main taining discipline and students and parents can know what to expect In class and what will be expected of them. O’Herron supports wage raises for teachers without Increasing taxes. This he proposes through business and In dustrial growth and through tighter economic measures within the state government. The candidate’s Ideas on making North Carolina more attractive to business i and Industry includes moving the Industrial development orogram from the Department of Natiiral and Economic Resources directly Into the governor’s office. With this done he would cover the state for business, educational, local and state government leaders to form a commission to woo potential Industry, directed by the governor. Ed O’Herron also favors the death penalty for those convicted of heinous crimes such as killing a person during the commission of a felony like bank robbery, or such as aggravated rape. We believe, as does O’Herron, that a constitutionally sound death penalty law In such cases would be a deterent. ' 'Die candidate as governor, would make It a point to see the next General Assembly gives every consideration to drafting capital punishment legislation that could not be challenged con stitutionally. O’Herron Is also In favor of North Carolina establishing the principle of restitution to the victim by the convicted criminal, either In monetary form or by a number of hours of work commlted for a worthwhUe purpose. The candidate’s Idea comes from the fact that the right of the criminal have been allowed to override the rights of the victim. When a person Is convicted and sent to prison he pays his debt to society, but not to the victim or the victim’s survivors. In his own business dealings his company (Eckerd Drug) has been sued by every big company doing business with him because of continually "selling Items at lower prices than the artlflcally high fair trade price set by those big companies.’’ This was his way of fighting for the consumer and his fight helped to eventually have the fair trade nrlce law repealed. These are Just a few of the Ideas Ed O’Herron has on how state government should function to help ease the burden on the people. During this campaign O’Herron’s soft-spoken dialogue has been mistaken. In some qusu^ers, as coming from a poUtically naive man. Nothing could be further from the truth. ’The candidate has spent 14 years In government. Add this to 30 years of successful business experience and you have man highly qualified to conduct a $3,400,000,000 business (and political) operation, which North Carolina happens to be at this point. Again, we strongly recommend your support of Ed O’Herron for governor In the August 17 DemocraUc Primary. mirMihald GARLAND ATKINS PUBLISHER TOM McIntyre Editor ELIZABETH STEWART Woman’s Editor CLYDE HILL . Adv. Dir. GARY STEWART Sporu jLiuitor DARRELL AUS’f IN Gen. Mgr.' MEMBER OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION Kings Mountain Mirror-Herald Is published each Thursday by General Publishing Co., P. O. Box 6, Kings Mountain, N. C., MOSS. Offices are located downtown at 204 S. Piedmont Ave. Phone 7SO-T4M. Single copy IS cento. Sub scription rates: In N. C., yearly, IS.tO; Out-Ot-Stote, yearly, $0.24. Second class postage paid at Kings Mountain, N. C. On vacations, working My family and I took a vacation last week. It was a great four days. We were temporary residents at North Myrtle Beach for a week, but It rained the first three days. And last Sunday as we stuffed baggage and dirty laundry into the car trunk the sky was looking fierce once again. It was the preamble to Hurricane Belle. So, to avoid being caught In the big blow we drove four hours without a pit stop. Whew! The eldest Miss McIntyre had to return home In the middle of the week, so she had to hurry and see all the sights and soak up as much sun as possible. Consequently we only caught sight of her when she bopped In to solicit dollars from her ’ol daddy. My better half decided she was going to work on a tan to beat all tans. Her skin Is now coming off In layers. Of course the other three daughters are immune to the harmful rays of the sun and they are now the color of antique mahogany furniture. Me? A shade or two difference on the face and arms. My entire body Is still as white as the driven snow. And that really bugs me. ’Time was, a century or so ago when I was a young'un, I spent from sunup tU sundown ripping and running In the surf without any 111 effects. Oh, well. Time marches on and along with It my ability to soak up the rays. TOM MclhTYRG Reminding myself that It was also my vacation I exerted a little poppa power. "I shall sit in the shade and read,’’ said I. “Antl-soclal,” said my better half. ’To prove that I was not antl-soclal I cheerfully allowed myself to be taught a game of chance by my next door neighbor (14 of us from the same neighborhood rented rooms at the same beach motel) and a friend of his. ’Ilte first night I was a winner. 'Die next six nights I was a loser. So much for being sociable. -oOo- Retumlng to this tight little Island known as the historical city I was greeted with the news that Gary Stewart was a brand new pc^pa (one) and that he was on vacation (two) and that ye olde Mirror-Herald was going to be three sections deep (four) and that I was the sole survivor of the guess-who- 8 - gonna-paste • the • whole - thlng-up contest (six). j 1. As I write this column my head has gone bad on me and my entire body feels as if It belongs to someone else. Someone who has badly mistreated It This situation reminds of the early days when we came to be known as ’The Looking- Glass Gang. In those days while doing weekly battle with The Herald we always had three press runs. We would start the pasteup process on a ’Tuesday morning and continue straight through to Wednesday morning. At least then I had Jay Ashley and Rodney Dodson helping with the pasteup. On this Issue I was all my ownself. Of course I had every light In the building turned on, which helped a little. But even that didn’t prevent me from having my socks scared off my feet along about four a.m. Wednesday. One of KM’S men in blue flashed a spotlight In my face without warning. He thought he had a burglarand so did I. Anyhow this Issue Is now history. But this fatigue weighing heavy on my bones Is not. H’mmm. Wonder if I could have next week off? On second thought, forget It. ’The following week is when Lib Stewart Is going to be gone and with my luck we would probably have four sections to pasteup. It wasn’t my letter^ RGhDGR DIhLOGUG Ingram is foe To The Editor: I have had several calls about the unsigned letter that the Mirror-Herald received concerning the Mayor and city com missioners Increasing their salaries. This Is to Inform the citizens of Kings Mountain that the letter was not written by me nor did I know anything about the letter. Anything that I have to say about the operation ol our city government, I will be most happy to sign my name. ’Thank you. LLOYD DAVIS Kings Mountain of the industry Orchids to our local merchants. Dear Editor: The Concerned Citizens of Kings Mountain that sponsored the Coffee Break tor Peewee Tessenlar would Uke to thank the following merchants and citizens for contributing their donations : Don Glass Grocery, Herman Blalock Grocery, B&B Food Store, Pauline Store, Don McAbee, Paul Hord’s Fish Camp, Roger Conner’s Grocery, Little Moo, Draggy The Clown, American Legion, VFW, J A Bee’s Variety, David Stellar, Yates Harbinson, Melvin Faucette, Sr., Charles E. Wilson, Harris Funeral Home, Ladies Police Auxiliary, KM Rescue Squad. We especially want to thank Draggy The Clown from Shelby tor performing his tricks and talents tor the kids Saturday and Sun day. He thrilled the young and old alike and Is the funniest clown and finest magician the City of Kings Mountain has ever seen. Ou)' Coffee Break was a complete success due to the citizens of Kings Mountain, and Draggy the Clown being there to entertain the people. We thank you and Peewee thanks you. Our first donation was contributed from the last coffee break In the amount of $185.90. Special thanks to them. CONCERNED CITIZENS Kings Mtn., N. C. To the editor. It is with very strong feelings, arrived at after careful obeervatlons over the past tour years, that I write you this very critical letter concerning the present (Jommlsslorer of Insurance, Mr. John Ingram. ’This Incumbent has envisioned his proper role to be that of foe of the Industry and protector of the public. He has used his staff to foster this Image to a degree never before practiced by any predecessor. As a result of this man’s policies, several companies have withdrawn from the State, and some of the nation’s largest carriers have set quotas on new writings In certain lines or closed them completely. Neither the public or the Industry is served In such a business climate. If It were possible to demonstrate to the public Just how poor Mr. Ingram has done his Job, he would get very few votes. I wrould like to present to you a very strong alter native candidate In Mr. Joe Johnson. ’This young man has a Phd. In Business Ad ministration and is head of the Department of Business at UNGGreensboro. He Is an - acknowledged expert In the field of in surance, and Is the first man trained by profession to offer for the office. He pledges to be fair to the public and Industry. BOB MANER Kings Mountain successful apprehension of two burglars In his store. Mr. Summey is especially grateful to Sgt. Beattie, who wrestled one suspect to the floor at great personal expense. ’Ihese fine officers averted any danger to Revco customers and employes, and kept property loss minimal. We at Revco deeply appreciate this out standing performance of duty of the men who comprise the Kings Mountain Police Department. CHARLES R. DeHAVEN Assistant Vice President Public Relations Why are there so many dogs •• Thanks to city dog warden. Express thanks to the police. Dear Editor, Revco management and employes would Uke to express their sincere thanks to the Kings Mountsdn Police Department, par ticularly to Sgt. L. D. Beattie, Ptl. David Bridges, Ptl. Mike Moss, and reserve officer PhlUp Witherspoon. Mr. Bruce Summey, manager of our Shelby Road outlet. Informed us of the Dear Editor: I would like to use this method of thanking the city dog warden. Stretch BoUlnger, for being In the area when I needed him last week. A German Shepherd In our neighborhood on Stowe Acres UteraUy had me backed up against the waU as I went to hang up clothes on the clothesline. Stretch was petroling the area and heard my screams for help. The dog was lunging at me when the dog warden appeared on the scene. Thanks to the dog warden, the animal Is now penned up. I do appreciate aU the good work Stretch BoUlnger is doing In his new position as city dog warden. MRS. CREIGHTON DELLINGER Stowe Acres Kings Mountain Graham one of most famous William A. Graham was one of North Carolina’s most famous citizens. He died on August 11, 1875. TTiough other men bom In this state reached higher political office, none achieved more while stlU a legal resident of North (Carolina. Bom In Lincoln County, he was governor (1846-49), U. S. Senator, Secretary of the Navy, and Vice-Presidential csmdldate with General Winfield Scott on the Whig ticket In 1852. Ironically he was defeated by Senator WlUlam King of Alabama, who had been bom in North Carolina. As Secretary of the Navy under Millard FUlmore, Graham sent the famous Perry expedition to Japan, opening that nation up tor the first time for trade with the rest of the world. Graham may have been the only North Carolinian ever to run for president — on the Union Conservative ticket before the Civil War. ’This was a splinter party organized m a last ditch effort to preserve the Union and work out a compromise on the slavery Issue. It failed, of course. Just as the Whig ticket of Scott and Graham had fsUed four years earUer to achieve that same goal. During the Civil War, though he had op posed secession, Graham served In Jef ferson Davis’s cabinet. ’The Graham family was one of the most. Illustrious In North Carolina history. It was active tai state-level affairs from 1790 until 1980. General Joseph Graham pioneered the Iron Industry In Lincoln €D 9MITH County. One son was William; another, James, served tor years as their area’s representative In the U. S. Congress. A daughter, Isabella, married the founder of Davidson OoUege, and three of her daughters married famous Confederate generals. Stonewall Jackson, D. H. HIU and RufUs Barringer. ’Ihe first radio SOS In history was sent by the steamship "Arapahee" off Cape Hat- taras on August 11, 1001. -oOo- On August 6,1918, during World War I the Diamond Shoals Lightship was sunk off the North CKroUna coast by a German sub marine. -oOo- On August 8, 1774, the dtlzens of Rowan County adopted a set of resolutions con demning Great Britain for closing the Port of Boston. They agreed to import no BiiUsh-made goods (a full month before the Continental Dear Editor, In last week’s Mirror-Herald the story about Stretch BoUlnger going to the dogs made me lau^. If he has gone to the dogs, why are there so many dogs in the Country Club section running loose? Is the new dog law Just for us so caUed "Poor Folks" In Kings Mountain? JACOB B. 8IPE ' W 708 Landing St. ^ ^teo, of course, had been one of the two Ind^s token back to England three years ^mon**^ R*lelgh’s first ,x- St baptism, on orders from Revoke, thereby receiving the only of- flclally recognized title of nobUlty ever awarded In America. I L ii t ~ r t Congress took a similar step) and con- ‘ demned the Crown’s taxes and Import duties. As an extra measure, they also condemned the "African trade," perhaps the first anti- slavery resolution passed In America. -oOo- Bom August 11. 1854, Robert B. Glenn of Rockingham County, who served as governor 19<Xl-09. Although he also fought an epic battle over railroad rates, Glenn is best remembered as the champion ol state-wide prohibition. It was during his term that North CaroUna went bone dry for the first time and stayed ' that way until the I980’s. ■} -oOo- ; Virginia Dare, the first white chUd of ■ English parents to be bom In the New World, was bom on Roanoke Island on August 1 , j On August 30 she was baptised In what many people beUeve to have been the first such seivlce held on American soU. Itwasn’t. ’Hie Indian Manteo, b^Used one week earUer, on August 18, 1587, was the first. (* *
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