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PAGE 2. KINGS MOUNTAIN MIRROR, WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1972 The Forgotten Ones... The Police This week the Mirror begins a series of articles about the problems facing the police In their attempt to keep order in today’s society. The articles are contribute by DickShan- ey of Kings Mountain, a form er Highway Patrolman, and strong advocate of better law enforcement - Editor. This is the first in a series of articles about "The For gotten Ones’’-the pollce-who protect a society plagued by crime and violence. Miswrit ten with the hope of gaining public support for policemen at a time when support is so vitally needed. We are a na tion fined with crime. Crimes so hideous we shudder to think First In A Series about them. The only defense we have left lies with our po licemen throughout the coun try and with those of us who care enough to back them in so great a task. Our courts have become so lenient that the criminal element has little or no deterent to commit even greater crimes. People are afraid to walk the streets of our free nation. Political fig ures are not able to express their views without being shot or murdered in broad day light. Crime continues to in crease In almost every city while we, the silent majority, sit passively by, being swal lowed up by crhne and vio lence. How many more po licemen or political figures must be killed or Injured be fore something is done? Thousands of men and women throughout our nation have given their lives on foreign battlefields to protect this country and insure its free dom. This freedom is now being threatened at home by ele- 5 Three persons were injured Wednesday night about 8 o’clock when this car driven by Berdle Ellen Alley of 506 E, Graham St., Shelby, skidded on wet pavement on U. S. 74 and slammed into the bridge railing at Buffalo Creek. The car was left hanging over the edge of the water but was in no danger of slipping off "unless the railing had broken off,’’ according to rescue workers. Two passengers were injured besides Mrs. Alley. (Mirror Photo by Lem Lynch) m mm Need For Renewal As has been pointed out be fore, the Christian Church (albeit a Divine institution) is made up of human beings, and is therefore subject to not only their cowardliness. But the Church’s goal of spiritual maturity in all things and in all people must be wrought through individuals , despite alt their foibles. And as has also been point ed out before, the strength of an Individual’s faith (or the lack of It) has a direct bear ing on the strength of the Church. Small wonder, then, that we are bced with a need for con tinuous renewal In our religi ous lives! Therefore this Lesson Is dedicated to helping us recognize the shortcom ings of the church and In our selves, as the congregation of that church...and outlining the ways in which these short comings may be overcome. In the writings of Paul we can be inspired to truly "put off the old’’ and "put on the new” ...as signified by the act of baptism. Eloquent and ideal istic, Paul Is one of the most quot^ writers of the Bible to day. Paul abhorred the sins of the flesh, and the sins of the spir it A sinner himself, but e- ventually won over to Christ, he was well versed in the struggles which wage In the soul of every man. As one who had passed through the fire, he was well qualified to preach and to teach...so his words should be especially mean ingful for us as we struggle with our own personal de mons! In his writings Paul outlines very clearly the negatives which we should put from us; and he outlines, equally clear ly, the positives which we should assume. The fhct is that the use of the phrase “one body” (v. 15) is a reminder that Paul’s words were addressed to members of a church; they therefore furnish a standard by which all church members must measure themselves and their accomplishments in Christ’s Name. It cannot be argued that the age of television is upon us; what benefits we derive from it (or negatives) is largely up to the individual, and to indi vidual tastes. However, when coverage was given to the first astronauts who trod where no man had set foot before, sure ly there were few among us who were not greatly moved by the Biblical passsages which they spoke for all the world to hear! To the discerning student of the Bible, should not Paul be termed a “spiritual astro naut”? Christians must ever be conscious of the Idealistic. They need to examine their personal lives and -- where they fall short of the Christ ian Ideal — they need to"re- palr their fences.” We need to put off the world, substitut ing, Instead, the virtues as ex emplified in Christ. Emotional immorality (cov etousness, greed, selfish ness, etc.,) must be overcome as surely as must physical immorality; the temptation to gossip must be put behind us as unworthy of our time and of our Interest; anger towards our fellow men and malice to wards them must be discount ed if we are to renew oursel ves in Christ. God expects those who don the mantle of Christianity to be truly "new persons.” He demands that we be gentle in our thoughts and In our actions towards others, asChristwas gentle. He expects us to be forgiving and forbearing to wards one another...as Christ was. Truly, our need for renew al is great.,.but this we will surely achieve if we relin quish ourselves to His direct ion. For He has never led us astray--nor will He! (These comments are based on outlines of the International Sunday School Lessons, copy righted by the InternatlomU Council of Religious Educa tion, and used by permission). June 6tli “THinrun P. O. Box 345 — Phone (704) 739-3851 Published Each Wednesday at 222 South Railroad Avenue Kings Mountain. North Carolina 28086 by MIRROR PUBLISHING CO. RODNEY DODSON Editor and Co-Publisher LEM R. LYNCH Co-Publisher and Business Mgr. SYLVIA HOLMES Women’s News, Features SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $4 Per Year in N.C. $5 Per Year outside N.C. TOTAL PRESS RUN: 4,000 COPIES ments even more powerful than those abroad. The only organized force to combat these elements are our police. If we fail to give them our sup port and respect then they will fall and the nation will fall with them. In coming weeks additional articles will bring you up to date on what our modern day police officer is confronted with. You will learn of his fru strations, his long hours and low pay, the abuse his family takes because he is an officer, the dangers he bees with lit tle protection for himself— these articles are true ac counts of events police officers throughout our sbte have had and are continuing to express. Don’t miss them. Though Senator Exlmund Muskiewasnotrighton much in his ill-fated campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, he is obviously astute in his observation that the California primary June 6th is the crucial test between Senator George Mc Govern and Hubert Hum phrey. Muskie believes a solid McGovern victory in Cali fornia could possibly result in a first-ballot nomination for the South Dakotan at Miami. This prediction takes into account an al- most-certain McGovern vic tory in New York, the other key state primary, June 20th, which all political observers are forecasting. (Humphrey only recently went to work in New York.) Though Muskie and others feel such a first-ballot vic tory is unlikely, they admit the gathering momentum of McGovern’s campaign has both surprised and impressed them. In other words, there seems little doubt that for both McGovern and Hum phrey California is the key test. Both candidates are spending time and money heavily in that state and if either should win a pro nounced victory there that might well mean the nomina tion. Richard Nixon, President, deploring the assassina tion attempt on Governor Wallace: “We must all stand togeth er to eliminate its vicious threat (intrusion of violence) to our puUic life.’’ jom KILGO Pat Taylor has now divorced himself of Gov. Bob Scott and the Raleigh News & Observer aixl IB roady to pounce on lead er Skipper Bowles as the run off is underway for the Dem ocratic gubernatorial nomi nation. No question about It. Taylor feels his association with Gov. Scott hurt him in the first pri mary, as tho people of North Carolina want new laces. Taylor’s own poll, for much of the campaign, at least. Indi cated that Gov. Scott was still well thought of by the voters. But Taylor apparently doesn't feel that today. He’s gone out of his way since the primary to break away from the sitting Governor. Taylor’s runoff campaign will be considerably different from the one he’s run here tofore. He feels, right or wrong, that Bowles gained the momentum with his stand not to raise tax es. Taylor has a TV commer cial already cut for the runoff which says Gov. Scott pro mised no new taxes in 1968 and slapped the voters with a gasoline tiz, a tobacco tax and a soft-drink tax. "We need no more of that nonsense,” the Taylor com mercial says. Futhermore, Taylor will come out in favor of cutting some taxes which he will deem an unnecessary burden on the people of North Carolina. Taylor had a meeting inRal - eigh on Sunday. A large group of his supporters viewed t!ie TV commercials for the run off and had their sayaboutthe way the runoff campaign should run. All agreed that Taylor had to get tough, which will be a new kind of campaign for the lieutenant governor. Taylor has made it a practice to av oid controversy when pos sible. No way he’ll be ableto avoid it now that he finds him self in the position of running behind Bowles with less than three weeks leftbeforetherun- off vote. The campaign is going to get rough and some Democratic Party leaders are concerned about the consequences. It’s hard to kiss and make up af ter a blood-letting. As for Bowles, he has been planning since the night of May 6 to go into a runoff campaign. Many of Bowles’ workers have tried to discourage that kind of talk when speaking to the press. One told me last weekend: "I really believe Pat will get out.” But while that was the public word, Bowles kept right on working and planning for the inevitable. He came out with his own TV spot, thanking the people of North Carolina for his fine vote. Bowles promised to represent all colors and par ties. It was a way of keeping his name befor the public and of also trying to create a band wagon eUect for his candi dacy. A spokesman in the Bowles camp told me that many Tay lor defectors had come over since the primary. The Tay lor camp rejects this and Al len Bailey, one of Taylor’s chief campaign aides, says: "The money’s there for us to run a good campaign.” Bowles already has his sch edule made for the rest of the week. The closed door ses sions are over and both Tay lor and Bowles wUl go public again. Democrats not wanting this kind of a fight take some heart in the fact that the Republi cans, with Jim Gardner and Jim Holshouser flailing away at each other, will have their own fences to mend after the runoff. Bowles came from out of sight to win the first leg of the race. Now he finds himself in the position of having to protect his position as front runner. Taylor didn't do it very well and whether Bowles can or not will be answered during the next two and a half weeks. Why worry about war, or disease, if you don’t worry about automobile accidents. 10th District Profile The median income lor fam ilies in North Carolina’s 10th Congressional District in 1969 was $8,449. While 80.1 percent of the 10th District households had telephones, 95.7 percent had television sets. These are some of the interesting facts provided ina statistical profile of my Con gressional District which was compiled by the U.S. Census Bureau. Based on the 1970 census returns, the profile presents an interestl^ pic ture of the 10th District and compares the district to the state as a whole. The study includes Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleve land, Gaston and Watauga counties, which will comprise the 10th District beginning in 1973. Population: As of April 1970, there were 471,777 persons living in the 10th District. This figure represents 9.3 percent of the total population of North Carolina. This bre aks down to: urban popula tion -41.7percent, rural farm pcqtulatlon - 2.8 percent, and rural non-farm population - 55.5 percent. Looking at age distribution, 40.3 percent were under age 21. This compares to 41.0 percent under age 21 for the state as a whole. 7,7 percent were age 65 and older, com pared to 8.2 percent for the entire state. Veteran Status: Of civilian males 18 and over, 40.6per- cent were veterans, compared to 39.7 percent for the state. The 40.6 percent breaks down as follows for periods of ser vice: Vietnam - 6.7 percent vice: Vietnam - 6.7 percent, Korean War - 8.0 percent, world War H - 18.5 percent. World War 1-1.5 percent, ot her - 5.8 iiercent. Education: Among the popu lation 25 years old and over in the 10th District, 41.4percent had a grade school education or less. 32.7 percent were high school graduates, includ ing 13,6 percent who had com pleted some years of college. The statewide figures were 37.2 percentwho had complet ed eight or fewer years of school, 38.5 percent who were high school graduates, and 16.8 percentwho had complet ed some college years. 6.4 percent of 10th District resi dents had completed four or more years of college, com- reflections by Rodney Dodson iCSL' Bon Voyage To Sylvia! On behalf of the Mirror I’d like to wish Sylvia Holmes- and Rayand Llndsayand Chris a great trip to their homeland across the Atlantic. The Holmes fhmily is leaving Thursday for England. It’s a trip mo^ of us would like to lake, but it must take on even more Importance and excite ment when it’s your home, and so far away. As an added treat for Mirror readers, Sylvia will keep her Mirror Images column com ing from England for the dur ation of her stay. Shewlll al so be making pictures while she’s traveling about in Eur ope, and will be sharing some of them with us after she re turns. Of course she will not be here for the next few weeks to contribute to the women’s news, and it would be appre ciated if those having news to report would call the Mirror. We all wish her a fantastic trip, and look forward to her return to Kings Mountain. pared to 8.5 percent for the entire state. Labor Force; The labor force of the 10th District num bered 214,969 persons or 65.9 percent of all those age 16 and over. Of these, 64.3 percent were employed and 1.6 were unemployed. This compares to a state-wide unemployment rate of 2.0 as of April 1970. Of the employed persons in the district, 85.1 percent worked for wages or salary for a private company, bus iness, or individual. Another 8.9 percent worked for local, state, or the Federal govern ment. The self-employed re presented 5.7 percent of per sons employed in the district. Breaking down the workforce by occupation, there were more persons employed in manufacturing (53.4 percent) than in any other industrial category. The second and third largest industries were I’m convinced that our local Post Office has the best serv ice of any in Kings Mountain... at least that’s what Bud Medlln assures me. Our newspapers are carried to the PO in card board boxes, I didn’t pick one of the empties up last week, but when I picked up the mall Friday morning, there was a little pink card to pick up a package at the window. When I presented it to Bud, he came back with my empty box, lug ging it as if it weighed 100 lbs. He says the PO depart ment is one that has maintain ed friendly, courteous ser vice, not like some other pl aces that are cold and imper sonal. I’m inclined to agree, with him. I’ve always been partial to honeysuckle as a fragrance around this time of the year. At night I like to ride with the wholesale and retail trade (13.5 percent) and profession al and related services (10.7 percent). While 53.4 percent of the 10th District work force is engaged in some type of manufacturing, the percent age for the state as a whole is 35 5 Housing; the 10th District has a higher percentage of homeowners than thd state as a whole. Of the 140,952 occu pied housing units in 1970, 70.7 percent were owner oc cupied, and 29.3 percent were renter occupied. For the st ate, comparable figures were 65.4 percent owner occupied, and 34.6 percent renter oc cupied. The 10th District ranked third among the state’s eleven Congressional Dis tricts in the owner occupancy rate. Selected Equipment: Of the 140,952 households in the 10th District, 54.7 percent were windows down in the car to get an occasional whiff of it. WeU this year I’ve got it all over my backyard fence, and can smeU it day and night. Morning-glories are usually growing wild infields, bloom ing out in the early-morning dew, but very scarce in town, so we plants our own. They should soon be running on top of the house. Instinct is untaught ability. -Alexander Bain. Instinct preceded wisdom. -George Lillo. Many instincts ripen at a certain age and then fade away. -William Jones. Instinct is intelligence in-^^ capable of self-conscious ness. -John Sterling. served by a public water sup ply and 41.5 percent bya pub lic sewer system. Major household appliances randed as follows; washing machine - 76.9 percent, dryer - 29.8 percent, dishwasher-8.8 per cent, television-95,7 percent, telephone - 80.1 percent, air conditioning - 24.1 percent. An automobile was available to 85.0 percent of 10th District households, compared to 83.0 percent of households state wide. 35.1 percent of 10th District households had two automobiles, and 6.3 percent bad three or more. Possible People who are trying to live within their means may be lousing up the proverty program. -Record, Columbia, S.C. Found your dream house? We'll help you to moke the dream come true. Come in and talk to one of our home loan specialists. Our rates are the lowest al lowed by law and now that mortgage money is more readily available, your home-owning prospects are good. Home Savings & Loan Assn, 106 E. MounUun 739-2531
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