About You
I By Heinz Rollman
The untimely death of Dave
Hall has put a tremendous
burden -on our Congressional
District. Only with the good
will of all the candidates in
both parties and only with the
help and understanding of a
large number of people, can we
overcome together what looks
now like a wasteful and time
consuming undertaking. Under
the law, the governor of the
state now has to call for a spe
cial election and X don't know
if there is anything in the
world that he could do about
it, even if he wanted to. But we
have to be realistic and we have
to be thrifty, especially when it
comes to the taxpayer's money.
A special election. Just simply
in election costs, can cost us as I
much as $50,000 and probably j
twice that much money.
"Why", you may ask, "so '
much"? The special election to
fill the unexpired term of Dave
Hall until January 2, 1961, will
require a special primary for
both parties with the possibil
ity, in case of a tie, of a run
off primary and on top of that
a special general election. In
other words, three Different
elections to send someone to
Washington who at besft could
start working there Jnaybe
sometime in May. Now you
must realize that our district
' has over 200 voting places and
! every voting place is supervised
by judges and registrars from
both parties so that you have
hundreds and hundreds of peo
ple who have to take care of
the technicalities so that the
voters can perform their priv
lige to vqte and all these peo
ple have to be paid, not once,
not twice, but possibly for
three different times of voting.
That is the law. No one can
change it except the State
Legislature, which is not in ses
sion now. And for the governor
to call the assembly, especially
to change this law, would also
cost the taxpayers untold thou
sands of dollars.
Now I have always felt that
it is mighty important for a
district to be represented at all
times in Washington, but we
must be realistic. When the
congressman gets up there in
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May to fill the unexpired term,
what will he find? He will Just
have time enough to shake
hands with his colleagues In
Congress before Congress goes
home. Remember, this Is a j
presidential election year! Cong- j
ress this year plans to go home
in June, and nothing will be '
deader in a presidential elec- !
tion year than Washington
from June until the middle of \
November of this year. All de
cisions by , all government de- '
partments are postponed. No
new laws will be passed since ?
the members of Congress are
not there, and everyone will be
in his home district running
around making arrangements
to be re-elected. Thinking about
those things made me realize
that a vacancy in Congress
until January will not hurt us
as bad as foolishly wasting a '
huge amount of money. There ;
Is not only the $50,000 or more .
that it will cost to hold the one
or two or three elections. That's
just the beginning. On top of
that, the cost to the taxpayers
would be about $12,000 for the
congressman's salary between
June and December. He would,
be paid seven months for shak
ing hands one month. And then
add to that another $17,000 that
will be paid from June to De
cember to the staff of the
Congressman if the vacancy is
filled. This staff will do little
while our government is in low
gear.
Many of you only know too I
well that communists all over |
j the world create crisis after
I crisis vheri Congress is not in
j session, especially' during a
presidential year, when most
j congressmen hate the idea of
I going back to Washington and
j are unable to work as hard as
they can on being re-elected.
! At times like this the Adminis
I tration runs the show alone,
| that is, th? President and his
| Cabinet and their staff.
I If you are very conservative
and add all the expenses to
j gether it will cost the taxpayers
I in excess of $100,000 to elect
I someone to fill this vacancy, a
j vacancy that for all practical
j purposes won't be much more
than a month or two. I don't
! think we have this kind of
money to waste, do you? I don't
j think that anyone, regardless,
| could do enough in a month so
I that we can afford to spend a
'hundred thousand dollars or
more, likely twice, on him.
Some people might feel that
a Congressional District can ill
afford to be without represen
tation even for a few days.
Please let me assure you that
there are now more than half
a dozen Congressional Districts
in our nation who have a va
cancy in Congress until next
January. The state constitution
in these states, where there are
the vacancies, foresees to keep
a Congressman's seat vacant if
during his term of office he
either resigns or dies. But we
must remember this: Senator
Jordan maintains, at the ex
pense of the taxpayers, an of
fice in the 12th Congressional
District and it would not be
unreasonable to foresee that his
office in the 12th District would
be delighted to take care of any
special situation that might
arise and to pass on this infor
mation to the Senator's office
in Washington. And, further
more, part of the staff that
worked for Dave Hall can re
main on the job until the new
Congressman is sworn in in
January 1961. Simply I want to
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point out this: Without wast
ing these huge amounts of
money, emergencies, special sit
uations and special needs still
can and would be handled.
But there is a way out. The
special election, by the time
this will appear in print, has
probably been called by the
governor. All candidates for
Congress have a certain time
in which to file. That is their
privilege and they should do so.
And then the only fair thing
to do to the people in our dis
trict would be the following:
That every candidate declares
under oath that he will not
run in this special primary,
run-off primary, or special elec
tion and that all the candidates
together will so Inform the
Board of Elections in Raleigh
and the governor. Then there
will be no elections, there will
be no candidates, and the gov
ernor has done his duty and
the candidates have done their
duty to the people. Naturally
if one of the candidates would
not go along with this idea
none of the candidates could
go along with the idea for If
one candidate would want to
have the election take place,
then all the money and ail the
effort has to be spent anyway
and the other candidates I'm
sure will not let him run un
opposed. Everybody who wants
to be a candidate for the reg
ular primary May 28 can natur
ally do so and then we have
our regular primary May 28 and
the two winners, the one on the
Republican ticket and the one
on the Democratic ticket, will
face each other in the general
election on November 1.
I will say very clearly this
right now. That if not all can
didates agree to forego the spe
cial election that in that case,
being a candidate myself, I
would take part in such special
elections. And should I be the
winner, should the people de
cide that they want me tor
represent them in Washington,
I will not accept the salary for
the unexpired term of Dave
Hall. I will give that money ,
Swafford's ^
Sayin's
Howdy Men:
Your 'Ole Country Grocery
man wants this to be for
men? and men only.
You've heard It said that
we profit by the mistakes of
others. Well, here's one who
made a bad mistake ? one
that caused me to suffer ?
and still ain't over it. All you
men? especially married men
? can keep from making the
same mistake, and if you be
lieve me ? you will love and
appreciate your wife more
and have a lot less trouble.
However, if you ever do what
I did ? don't tell your wife.
The other day (one of
those cold ones) I decided to
fix my own lunch. Now hash,
when made right, is a favor
ite dish of mine, so I got me
some ground beef, put it in
a frying pan, added salt and
plenty Of pepper. By that
time the pan was good and
hot. I didn't know what to
put in next, so I got me a
little sausage seasoning and
two or three other hot sea
sonings ? put these- on the
beef and kept stirring. By
that time the pan was so
hot black smoke arose, ming
led' with a peculiar odor. I
couldn't think of another
thing to add except some
eggs. So X broke two into
the beef and continued the
mixing process.
Knowing how long to cook
"anything is not an art of
mine, (I found out), for the
hash (?) was so tough and
hard it took me a long time
to eat it, and (which, by the
way, never did get cool
enough) only then by keep
ing a constant flow of strong
coffee following every bite. I
couldn't eat any supper, and
that night dreamed of eating
helping after helping of good
hash. Even the thoughts of
it now (a week later) causes
the same hard lump to form
in the pit of my stomach.
I could have ? and here's
what you do ? opened a can
of something and had a good
lunch.
When any of 'you men de^
clde T/> fix your own lunch ?
come by Swafford's Country
Store. I won't sell you any
thing to make hash ? but
plenty of stuff you can open
and enjoy eating. (Lots of
men eat herei. And you had
better keep a few cans of
food around the house to
open when jrou ^get hungry.
PAUL SW AFFORD
Swafford's
if
Country Grocery
1V4 miles from city limits
on Eryson City Road
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Play Given
A large group, Including visitor?
from various churches in this
section, were at Hlgdonvllle Bap
tist Church Sunday night to see
the play, "The Lost Church,"
presented by the Training Union
of the Burningtown Baptist
Church.
Cunningham Preaches
Attendance was good at Sugar
fork Baptist Church Sunday de
spite the fact that many are con
fined to their homes with flu.
Jesse Cunningham preached at
the morning worship service.
Reminder!
Hlgdonvllle folks, remember
that tonight (Thursday) at 7:30
is meeting time for the Higdon
ville Community Development Or
ganization at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Moses. The 4-H Club
will lead the devotional.
Has Quilting
Tuesday bf this week some of
the Higdonville and Cullasaja
? home demonstration club women
met at the home of Mrs. Fred
Ruppenthal for a quilting. The
completed quilts will be given to
a worthy family.
Cruse Preaches
Sunday night, the Rev. Floyd
Cruse preached at the Cullasaja
Assembly of God Church. The pas
tor, the Rev. R. E. Stephenson,
was helping in revival services at
ihe Burningtown Assembly of God
Church.
Club Meeting Set
Cullasaja Home Demonstration
Club will hold its monthly meet
ing Friday < tomorrow i at 1:30 at
the home of Mrs. A. C. Moore.
Special attention is called to the
time set for th? meeting, as the
club has been meeting at 2 o'clock
in the past.
The theme for the program will
be "Care of Furniture and Rugs."
Mrs. Thomas Lindsay and Mrs.
Charlie Anders, housing and home
furnishing project leaders, will be
in charge of the demonstration.
School News
The flu bug has visited both
teachers and students at Cullasaja
School. So far, four teachers have
suffered attacks of flu and ab
sences among the students arc in
creasing daily as a result of flu.
The Cullasaja P.-T.A. has made
a $25 contribution towards the
sponsorship of the Little Sym
phony.
The students are looking for
ward to hearing the Little Sym
phony on March 9. The thirc'
through eighth grades are study
ing the orchestra instruments, as
well as the background for the
back to the government for I
would not feel that I would
have earned seven months pay
for one months work. If the
government would not take the
money back I would give It to
the United Fund in all of our
ten counties in exact propor
tions to the population. If the
people would want me to rep
resent them for the unexpired
term I could not possibly ac
cept a salary anyway also for
this reason: How can i face
the voters in the regular pri
mary May 28 and the regular
general election November 1 if
I do my campaigning at the
expense of the taxpayers?
People who want to be elect
ed to Congress have to be clean,
they have to be honest, and
they have to be thrifty with
the taxpayer's money. I believe
these things start right at home
and this is an opportunity for
I all candidates for Congress to
prove at least with one action
and without a lot of words that
they think &nd feel and know
that the voter and the taxpay
er is our master and that a
Congressman is only the serv
ant of the people. Not knowing
what the next few weeks might
bring from the other candidates
I would like to make the follow
ing statement here:
I believe the honor to serve
in Congress is bestowed by the
people on a man. This honor
cannot be bought. Please do not
come to me under any pretext
asking for money to help me
win in the campaign it it
should come to the special elec
tion which I hope it will not.
I will not insult the integrity
and decency of the people in
our mountains, the people
whom I have learned to love
and respect during 20 years of
mingling with them. I will not
insult them by paying for
transportation to go and vote or
in any other wajf. Voting is a
privilege and upright and hon
est people don't need any other
inducement in the world to ex
ercise that right and privilege
except to know that we live in
the most wonderful democracy
that has ever been created by
human beings.
.ll'alJ Pol .\J)
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music and the composers of the
symphony music. They are learn
ing to sing two songs, which they
will sing with the Little Sym
phony.
Cullasaja School played Car
toogechaye School in the Frank
lin High School gym Wednesday
night of last week. Cartoogechaye
won both the boys and girls
games.
Personal^
Miss Ethel Gibson, of the Mash
burn Branch section, is spending
some time at Andrews with her
brother, Charles Gibson. She went
there last Tuesday.
Mrs. Grace Bryson Hoilman
spent a few days last wek visiting
her brother and sister-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. George Bryson. Friday
she left for Knight's Landing.
Calif., with her nephew, Bryant
Bryson, and her brother, Patton
Bryson. She plans to make her
home in Knight's Landing with
Mr. and Mrs. Bryant Bryson and
their family. Before coming here
to visit, Mrs. Hoilman lived in
Detroit for a number of years.
Mrs. "Dude" Berry happily re
ports that she has finally taken
the cast off her leg that has been
such a burden for the past weeks.
She has advanced to the crutch
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