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PAGE 8, KINGS MOUNTAIN MIRROR. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1972 Smith Looks At Electoral College From Inside The lirst Monday following the second Wednesday in December. It sounds like a quote from the aimanac predicting a “snow date.” Or maybe some religious holiday guid ed by the moon’s phases. Act-iilly this intricate date marks the day North Caro lina eiectors venture to Ra leigh to cast a very impor tant vote...for the President of the United States. And Kings Mountain’s own Ed Smith was there. u Ed Smith Smith, for the second time in four years, will be the Presidential elector from the 10th Congressional District. Ed counts it quite an honor to be an elector, especially for two terms. “The first time I was picked to go I was really surprised and grati fied. This year however I more or less campaigned for a position. I want to write a book about the electoral col lege and I thought another session would sharpen my insight into this system.” The choice of presidential electors starts early in the election year. Smith explai ned that each district holds a convention in the spring to nominate a slate of electors. Both parties (and American Party for '68 and '72) offer their choices and the popu lar vote presidential winner decides which party elector will go to Raleigh in Decem ber. "What people were doing when they voted lor Nlxon- Agnew was to send me to Raleigh to cast my elector- ial vote,” says Smith. There is no Constitutional law that says an elector must vote as the popular vote goes but there is a state law binding electors as to how they vote.” Smith pointed out that the state law was enac ted when an elector switch ed party lines to cast a vote for another candidate in 1968. When questioned on the fair ness of the system of the “winner take all” concept Smith said “might just go to the courts and be found un constitutional.” Smith, county chairman in 1968 and Republican precin ct chairman in East Kings Mountain in 1972, thinks that the electoral college idea should be amended. “I think the system of electoral votes should be retained but be based on the notion of auto matic apportionment.” The basis for this thought is that electoral votes give protection to the smaller states. All states have el ectoral votes based on the Central News bv (Ihris Holmes Students got out at eleven thirty on Tuesday tor their Christmas holidays. On Tuesday morning during the first period the seventh grade volleyball tournament final was held. It matched Bennet-Wells against Mr. Toney’s homeroom. Second period matched Mrs. Pow ell’s homeroom against Mr. Gibson’s homeroom in the eighth grade finals. After the Christmas holidays stu dents will report to classes on January 2, 1973. At four o’clock Monday af ternoon Central played its second basketball game of the season. They won by the score of 49 to 27 against Holbrook. The leading scor er for the Patriots was Thompson with 15 points. Mercier had 14 points and Roberts had 8. Edwards, Ingram and Lancaster all had 4 points. Last was Bum garner with two. Central’s next game is January 8, 1973. On Tuesday Mrs. Wright came to Central to check some students eyesight. She came during fourth period of Tuesday and stayed til the first part of fifth period. Mr. Moffett’s homeroom is performing a play entit led “The Christmas oll957.” It was written by Bonnie Hinnant, Kevin Allison, Ric ky Deaton and Chris Holmes. The play will be presented to Mrs. Brown’s homeroom. Along with the play Mrs. Hedden’s homeroom will do a selection of choral read- "Merry Christmas" ^ the way * you'd say it yourself Gai£N GlCW Hiousf tnii I’M ilnii* t ullft lion ol Xnili.iss.ulof Chrisi- in.is liirt'liniL'*'. . lu'io xtni'll liiul host'd t.ird'' ol tht' '..uuf . "ix’t mI intltv idu.il i .iitK loi i.i! ... .ill lo lollftt \oiif ( spiiii” 111 lht> Um ol l.istc. ( OllU' st’l' llu'iii .ill Kings Mountain Drug May ^ the / spirit of Christmas be an ever-present joy to you. N) Goody-Goody Bar-B-Que number of representatives plus two more for senators. These latter two are voted on “at large” and not in dis trict party conventions. “These two extra give a smaller state a little more say so in the electional pro cess.” For an example. Smith cited the state of Ha waii which has one congres sman and two senators. “Without those two extra, the state wouid oniy have one vote, not a very strong edge.” Smith beiieves that the theory of popuiar vote de ciding an eiection would on ly breakdown the two party system. “The popular vote party breakdown can be wit nessed by many of the small European countries. The smali state is gobbled up by the larger state. You get a lot of splinter groups which tend to break up any unity as you would have in an elec toral system.” This year. Smith plans to lampoon the whole situation by honoring electors with a D.U.D. diploma. D.U.D. stands for Doctor Useless ' Degree. All those “gradu ating” from the electoral college this year will also have the honor of leaving Magna Cum Loyal. Embos sed on the diploma will be a parody of latln phrases such as “E Pluribus Useless” and “Non Campus Loco.” Smith hopes that this subtle hint will cause people to think about the present system and strive for reform. For $10 and five cents per mile-pay for being an elec- tor-we hope a little more than apathy will come from the 1972 electoral college. ing and singing. Being a part of the play myself I can tell you how fun It is been putting on the play. A scene everybody likes Is where Jim Russell played by Mike Bumgarner comes in the door and hugs Mrs. Nelson played by Sarah Maner. Wesley Narron adds a great deal of humor to the play with his slightly out of wack prayers. On Thursday night the Kings Mountain City Schcxil Bands had their annual Win ter Concert. Donald J. Deal directed the eighth grade band in three selecUiM. The "!^ th grade band also played SreTsongs. The senior band played five selecUoM. The concert was o’clock In Central’s auditor ium. As you probably well know there was a School Bond Is sue that was voted on on Sat urday. Many of the faculty and students worked togeth er to help“ieF IT passed. Many volunteers were at the poles on Saturday to greet the voters and urge them to vote in favor of the issue. Ali the faculty were glad to see that it passed and they felt that their services were not in vain. On Monday afternoon Mrs. McClure came with the freshman choir to Central. They gave a program for all the Central students. On Monday Central had its lirst lire drill of the year. It took one minute and forty seconds to completely eva cuate the building. There was a banquet on Tuesday night lor the Cen- tral facultynt was at the Shelby Elks Club at seven o’clock. I Nm Tree Shipment For you last minute decor ators, the Jaycees have anew shipment of trees in at their sale lot on the corner of West Mountain and Battle- \ ground, according to Tom Jenkins, Chairman. Smith Is Local District Vice Chmn. The 1973 officers of the Battleground District of the Piedmont Council of Boy Scouts of America were re cently announced and Kings Mountain’s Joe Smith was named District Vice Chair man. Other officers include Tommy Thbmpson ol Shelby, District Chairman; John Cadwallader, District Com missioner and Bill Young, District Scout Executive. The Battleground District comprises all of Cleveland County and covers 61 Boy Scout packs, troops and Ex plorer Posts in the area. Smith and Thompson are members of the Piedmont Council Boy Scouts of America Executive Board. Tax Service Hetty R. Cox and Linda Davis of Hetty R, Cox Tax Service have just completed a course at the University ol North Carolina in Char lotte. The title of the cour se attended December 6-7 and taught by IRS Audit A- gents, was Tax Farm and Business Course. Cox Tax Service is located at 146 W. Mountain Street. JOY THEATRE Starts Sunday, Dec. 24 Above are the officers of the Battleground District of the Piedmont Council of Boy Scouts of America. Left to right they are; John Cadwallader, Joe Smith ol Kings Mountain, Bill Young and Tommy Thompson. Smith has the honor ol being the District Vice-Chairman. Bridges Rctdio & TV Sales & Service 423 N. Piedmont Ave. Check These Other Great Values! •> 181 Bsa May the sweet Joys of Christmas fill the hearts of you and yours, now and evermore. Jones Trim Shop Gastonia V diagonal Motorola Quasar Portable Color TV Insta-Matic Color Tuning. Quick Picture and Sound. Plug*in solid state circuit modules replace all but five chassis tubas. Metallic Brown. Model WP550 $389.95 Simulated TV Reception $369.95 MODEL FH480JW Discrete 4 Channel Sound System with built-in 4 Channel Tape Player. Quadramode Pushbutton Control Center. 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