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THE CHEBOKEE SCOUT
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JERUB BABB Putil?h?r PHYLLIS B. BABB, Editor
SUBSCRIPT JON RATES
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Ufttrs To Tkt Editor
t^Hold On To Homes
.
5" 'The Editor.
' Node* to iu a vet living
elsewhere: Hold on u your
?w homes in Cherokee County
. < little longer. We may be
able to live ia that beautiful
valley we love ao well after
: alll
V. C. "Beans" Love
Eaat Bank. W. Va.
All over the world people
are seeking peace of mind,
but there can be no peace
of mind without strength of
?< mind.
- Eric B. Gutkind
Thank* Supporters
The Editor:
I would greatly appreciate
your publishing In your letter
col win that I feel like and
want to thank the many, many
people who have lupported
me tn my campaign, and voted
(or me on election day.
It la a great thrill to know
that ao many people felt that
1 would be a good man to re
present them for the high
office that I was seeking.
With kindest regards.
Sincerely yours,
Heinz Rollman
Wayneaville, N. C.
Reminder - What Does An Industry !
Employing 150 Men Mean To A Town? j
Governor Hodges' proclamation designating the week of
November 28-December 3 as "Industry Appreciation Week"
\ In North Carolina has again brought to the forefront the
question: What does an Industry employing 150 men, for
* example, mean to a community?
The answer to this question, according to William R.
> Henderson, industrial development administrator for the
* Department of Conservation and Development, is one that
should cause North Carolinians to stop and think as they
J discuss the importance of Industry to their communities
? and to the State.
A national study, Henderson said, has found that an
J Industry providing jobs for ISO men in a community roughly
? means this:
An annual payroll of $350,000.
A plant investment of $300,000.
A ten-room school house.
Sales and service for 400 cars.
? A dozen stores.
J A taxable valuation of over a million dollars.
The support of 1,500 people
1 Public improvements.
An annual expenditure in trade of two million dollars.
i Yearly markets for $800,000 In agricultural and other
* farm products.
"Industry Appreciation Week" is being sponsored by the
2 Mora Carolina Association of county commissioners, boards
of Commissioners in each of the State's 100 counties have
* been requested by Governor Hodges and BenW.Halgh, presl
{ dent of the North Carolina Association of County Commls
? sloners, to plan special programs honoring Industries which
now provide jobs for more than one-half million North
Carolinian*.
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1
Everybody Is Talking.
So Let's Do Something
So (sr. fee Electoral Coil?g. hu bw lite Will Ran
Mid th* *MCk?r *u. Everybody talks about it, but aakady
daaa aaythlag ibori It.
They have got m doing thlnga about iha weather. So, far
haps (here 1* hope something can ha doaa about tbe Elecasral
Collafa.
If anything showed claariy la tka Prwetdaaoal aiecdoa, It
was that the ayaieni needa revtmpinj. CrtBdmi la at Its
highest. because the manifold shortcomlnga at the Electoral
College were *o obvious. Demands for reform have coma
from across the nation, and from both aldea of the political
fence.
Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina has Jolnad with
Sen. Karl Mundt of South Dafcata <n pmpualug a ?eeep<ng
change in the procedure. A Mil will be Introduced by them
in the Senate during the next session.
The South Carolinian Introduced bis own plan la 1955. In
1956, a compromise of proposals by Thurmond. Mundt, and
Sen. Daniel received airport of a majority of the Sens tors .
However, the change would require a Cooadtutlonal amend
ment, for which a two-thirds vote Is necessary la both houaaa
and In atate legislatures.
Sen. Mundt says, "I am hopeful that the American people
finally will realize that aa it now atands, the only votes with
any real bearing on the outcome apparently hinge on the big
city, big state returns.
To understand the Mundt-Thurmond plan, it Is necaasary to
remember that one electoral vote la granted to a state for
each of Its U. S. Congressmen and Senators. The number of
Congressmen la based on the state'a population In comparison
to all other states.
North Carolina has 12 Congressmen and two Senators. Thia
brings us a total of 14 electoral votes. As It stands now, the
presidential candidate who gets a majority of votes (though it
be by only a few hundred, or possibly even one) receives all
14 electoral votes.
That la not so Important In NorthCarollnaaa it ia In states
with much larger votes, like New York. There, fundamental
party strength is pretty much divided Into two camps. A small
minority bloc can swing either way and carry the endre slate
of 45 electoral votes. To a national politician, therefore, a
single vote in Harlem Is worth many tlmea any vote In North
Carolina.
Here Is what Mundt and Thurmond propose to do:
Divide each state Into the number of electorlal districts
that It has Congressmen. Each dlatrlct would possess one
electoral vote. That vote would go to the national candidate
favored by the voters In the district. The other two votes
would go to the candidate receiving the largest number of
votes statewide.
They believe this system would force candidates for Presi
dent to "appeal to voters on Issues which have national ap
peal instead of special interest appeal."
The Senators list these related reasons.
It would lessen the dominating influence of political machi
nes, the pressure groups, the AFL-CIO, and others In de
termining the vote tn big cities.
Candidates would be compelled to campaign in every section
of the country since esch election district would be equally
Important. Every voter would be aa Important as any other.
Not only that, but It would no longer be essential to select
presidential candidates from only a half dozen key states.
Capable men, even from the deepSouth, would become eligible
for nomination. Today, they are eligible only in technicality.
What Senators Thurmond and Mundt propose Is just one
of several methods that could accomplish the purpose. It Is
a reasonable plan, one which probably would be more polit
ically acceptable than some others.
A healthy boost could be given to theidea If the North Car
olina Legislature would contribute Its support through a
resolution directed to Congress.
Fall In Step
America will find it eas
ier to fall in step in whole
hearted support of the for
ward movement because of the .
example set by Kennedy and
Nixon. It never happened be
fore. Kennedy asked if he
might have the priviledge of
coming to visit Nixon. The
latter replied, adding that he
would have been pleased to
answer a summons to the
new president-elect.
The two young men had a
long and sober talk. Neither
tried to say about what other
than on problems confronting
the nation.
It is well that this demon
stration of the American way
should go to the world. It
can be an example to any
of us who may still be smart
ing under the lash of having
failed to elect a particular
candidate. We have settled
our differences at the ballot
box. Now we are one.
Thanks. Kennedy andNixon,
for yourwillingness and swift
ness in this meeting together.
Valley River
Garden Club
Meets
ANDREWS - The Valley
River Garden Club met on
Thursday, November 17, at
3:00 p.m. at the Carnegie
Library.
Mrs. A1 Brown, president,
presided.
The program was given by
Mrs. J. Wiley Davis. She spoke
on flowers and shrubs of Porto
Rica.
Further plans were made
for Christmas Sale at the
Power ar. 1 Light Company on
December 16 and 17. Home
rooked (ood, jelly, jam. pick
es, and Christmas decorat
ons will be sold.
Hostesses were Mrs. Zeb
Donley and Mrs. A. B.Chand
er.
CHEROKEE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
BONDED INDEBTEDNESS, NOVEMBER 30, 1960
DESCRIPTION
General
Refunding
County Wide
DATE OF
ISSUE
1/1/40
12/1/54
12/1/54
12/1/54
DATE OF INTEREST
MATURITY RATE
1/1/69
6/1/63
6/1/64
6/1/71
4 1/4 %
(>%
2 3/4 %
651
OUT- OUT
STANDING STANDING INTEREST
11/30/58 11/30/60 to 7/1/61*
* 12,000
100,000
20,000
140.000
I 12,000
60.000
20,000
140,000
$ 510.00
3600.00
550.00
8400.00
School
Building
County Wide
12/1/54
12/1/54
12/1/54
12/1/54
12/1/54
12/1/54
Township
Refunding
Beaverdam
Hot House
Murphy
Noda
Shoal Creak
Vaileytown
Valley town
unexchanged
TOTALS ..
1/1/40
1/1/40
1/1/40
1/1/40
1/1/40
1/1/40
6/1/63
6/1/64
6/1/71
6/1/77
?6/1/80
6/1/85
1/1/85
1/1/69
1/1/74
1/1/69
1/1/65
1/1/69
6%
2 3/4%
6%
3%
1%
1/4 %
3%
5*
4 1/2 *
5%
4 1/2*
4 1/2*
50,000
10,000
70,000
150.000
75,000
125,000
21,000
12,000
86,500
13,000
29,000
32,000
5,000
30,000
10,000
70.000
150,000
75,000
125,000
10,000
6,000
42,500
6,000
15,000
14,000
S.000
1800.00
275.00
4200.00
4500.00
750.00
312.50
285.00
300.00
1800.00
300.00
62 5.50
562.50
) 950.500 ? 790,500 $ 28.770.50
Interest on $10,000 in Township Bond* which have been called effective
1/1/60 is not Included In the Interest totals. William P Walker
Cherokee Courry J
Senator
SAM ERVIN
Say*
(Editor's Now Tb? Scout
curt ad a rqprtnt at aa edi
torial calling for a revision
a i the electoral vote system
ii we now know it, to last
week's papar. Senator Sam
Ervin expresses much the
same views In his weekly
newspaper column below.)
WASHINGTON -The general
election has demonstrated the
wisdom of changing the elec
toral vote system to permit
s state's electoral vote to be
divided proportionately in ac
cordance with the popular vote
cast.
EQUITABLE - This is a
fair approach to the problem.
It does not strengthen demo
cracy to have an entire state's
electoral vote be cast for one
party. It permits pressure
groups and swing parties to
exercise an inordinate power
in choosing a President of
the United States. That Is
why I strongly believe in
changing the provision and ex
pect to do all I can in the next
Congress to see whst can be
accomplished.
PARTY STRENGTH - When
a person votes in the Presi
dential election, that person
normally is casting a vote as
a member of either the Demo
cratic or Republican parties.
That person has a right to
have his vote translated Into
the national picture of his
party. As you know. I believe
in political parties as the
vehicle on which democratic
government in our country
depends. Now that there ap
pears to be strong two-party
systems in every state, there
is good reason for bi-partisan
support of any effort to have
electoral votes counted pro
portionately.
TRANSITION - The trans
ition from a Republican to a
Democratic administration
will be made much easier by
the fact that Senator Kennedy
and President Eisenhower
have pledged cooperation In
working out this important
activity. President Truman
was wise in establishing this
policy when President Eisen
hower was elected. After all,
the good of the country must
be the prime consideration.
Senior Cfoe At :
A U| II | Mi. ? ??
ADorowi n? Name*
Senior Superlatives
ANDREWS ? At i NCMt
cUm meeting of the Senior
Claes the following luper -
ladvee were named. Beat Per -
sonalidea - Judy Weal and
Charlea Adama.Clasa Fllrta -
G oral dine Jenkins, Buddy Hol
land. Men Dependable - Erla
Creasman, Jack MoCuire.
Moat Atfcletic - Maxlne Whe
eler, Larry Adams. MaetStu
dloua - Judy May - Kenneth
Bradley. Wiueat- Dottle Jor
dan, Joe Taihain. Beat All
Round - Ann Pullium, Prank
Jonea. Moat likely to luc
ceed - Linda Ellis. Wallace
Weat. Annual King and Queen -
Carolyn Thompeon and Wen
dell Barloe. Maacots ? J Hie
|Pulllian and Dave Crawford.
A large portion of human
beings live not ao much In
themselvea aa In what they
desire B be.
-E.P.Whipple
Get Your Watch
checked
Electronically
AT
E. C. MOORE
Jewelers
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a New Watch
for Christmas
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(or Christmas.
Your Photo is ? personal gift that will be cherished
for years to come by your grandchildren.
Don't depend on a snapshot to leave behind.
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