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PAG111VO THE NEWS-JOURNAL THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1958 The News-Journal NATI^Al I AS'ToCiiATljQN J I"* J (J Published Ever>’ Thursday at Raeford, N. C. Subscription Rates $4.00 per year in advance 6 Months — $2.25 3 Months — $1.25 in advance PAUL DICKSON Editor and Publisher Entered as second-class mail matter at the post office at Raeford. N. C., under the Act of March 3, 1870. ‘‘But We’re Not Mad At Anybody” The Puppy Creek Philosopher Wants To BeHandled In The Same Way The Mysterious East Is Handled /a !i Editor’s note: The Puppy Creek Philosopher on his Ber muda grass farm won’t get anywhere with his idea this week, especially with us. "Let os have faith that richt makes might; and in that faith iet us to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.”—Abraham Lincoln ‘T disapprove of what you say, but I wdll defend to the death your right to say it"—Voltaire 'h Bus Strike Illustrates Something Strike uf Greyhound bus drivers and other employees in 10 states Tuesday afternoon was called by the “Amalgamated Association of Street, Electrical, Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America (AFL-CIO)” as a result of what the union called a “contract dispute.” A union official said the company had not lived up to its contract agreement with the union. Just what this “contract dispute^’ amounts to should be of sme interest to the general public, for to us it illustrates an attitude on the part of many American workers which is dan gerous. and a paralyzing power on the part of their union leaders wnich is much more dangerous. Tne Greensboro paper of Wednesday quoted a union executive to the effect that the company broke its contract by asking a porter in the Portsmouth terminal to put oil in a bus and by suspending him from employment when he refus ed. This altitude indicates that the employees are not work ing for the company, but for the union. It indicates that they do not put first w'hat should come first, namely, the welfare of the company that pays the wages, without which the job wouldn’t be there. The quick draw of the strike weapon on the part of the union should serve as a warning to the American people that many of these union leaders are for themselves and have a “to hell with America” attitude. It demonstrates their tre mendous power to cripple the country’s economy, and shows that they are much closer than Kruschev and just as danger ous. These facts illustrated by this strike are not important just in New York, or Detroit, or Richmond or Charlotte; they are of increasing importance in Raeford, and Bowmore. They are danger to our way of life, and quite conceivably to life itself for manv of us. VC '*^5 J ■i ■ t-.-J'-. • 4^ GREENSBORO DAILY NEWS IIIIMMI KIIIIBIIi'l ■Mill iniinnitii Arthur D. Gore Essays on the coming of Spring or Fall, on religion, love or politics, the flutter of a bird’s wing or the twinkle in a youngster’s eye—all these will be missed by many residents of North and South Carolina who have read with interest the contributions of Arthur D. Gore to the columns of the News and Observer and the Charlotte Observer during the past half century. Mr. Gore saw things through his own eyes, and often showed us much that was fine in the commonplace, everyday things. He was a master of the English language with great capacity for beautiful and descriptive expression. Through his writings and his living shone his love of life arid people, and his accurate discernment of the little things that make both attractive. Mr. Gore loved his com- munity and its people, and through his illness he fought as hard as he could to get back to it. Failing, as we all eventually will, he *cKjk some of it with him. A big link with the younger da\ 5 of this community’ is gone. ^ IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE MOHAWK WOOL RUGS FOB ’THE HOME, CHURCH, OB OFFICE Variety 04 Grsidet and Colors To Choose From Hoae Firnitire Company or RAfTOID, INC. Ob Maim Street ia Raeford Thoughts in Passing By JAY WOODARD iHIIIBIMli iniuBin IIUIII PhoM SSfl BUIlBUIlIBiniBillllBIIIII The words of Theodore Roosc; velt in a speech given in Chicago in 1891 seem as appropriate now as then: Our country calls not for the life of ease, but the life of strenuous endeavor. The twentieth century looms before us with the fate of many nations. If we stand idly by. if we seek merely swollen, slothful ease, and ignoble peace, if we shrink from the hard con tests where men must win at haz ard of their lives and at the risk of all they hold dear, then the bolder and stronger peoples will pass us by and will win for them selves the domination of tEe world. Let us therefore bodly face the life life of strife, resolute to do our duty well and manfully; resolute to uphold righteousness by deed and by word; resolute to be both honest and brave, to serve high ideals, yet to use practical met hods. Our times need the guidance in the passage above as never before in the history of this country. There are those who claim that this country has no need, indeed no business, attempting to defend the offshore islands in the Que- moy straits. The truth is that we, this nation, must decide where the battleground between our poli tical system and that of Soviet Russia will be. It may be the Far East, it may the Middle East. But it is one of the strongest tenets of the Communist system that world domination is the eventual end of all efforts. No doubt the Communists realize as we do, that a nuclear war will result in the destruction of civilization. There fore, the battleground is likely to be in so-called ‘‘little situations” such as Quemoy and Matsu. There are no ‘‘little situations” as far as Communists are concerned. Every mile won, every diplomatic victory takes them closer to their even tual goal. “Peaceful co-existence” is a^ phrase that is pnouthed a great deal by politicians and statesmen alike. If we wish to see our way illllililllllllllllllllililiillliliillllilllllll Call 316 or 541 for HEATING OIL • burnt HOT • burnt CLEAN Raeford Oil Co., Inc. RAEFORD, N. C. IIIIUBIllll ilBIlBHBIIIIi IIIBHIIBIIIIIBMBIIIUB of life gradually and relentlessly destroyed,, thei) we will leave Que moy and Matsu to Red China. In another year we will have to leave another territory to “appease” our Communist neighbors. The giving over to them will continue until I strength for their benefit. ed. It may be • that John Foster Dulles will emerge from the ashes being heaped on him as having more foresight than the nation’s other leaders and the editors of the newspapers who have denounc ed him. The fact that seems most clear to me is that we must decide where we will stop and fight not only for our rights but for those of other peoples of the world to whom we have an obligation to extend our Dear editar; People are always talking about the ignorant toiling masses in oth er countries, but I have about come to the conclusion they may be smarter than we think. For instance, I was reading in a newspaper last night about the Mysterious East, how over there what’s known as saving face is very important and other coun tries, especially us, have to con sider it very care fully. It’s a deli cate matter. Say Red China has taken a few islands away from Formosa and it’s up to us to see that she gives them back, although it’s not quite clear in my mind why the job always has to fall to us. You never hear anybody saying it’s Mexico’s turn to solve the Middle East problem, or Spain’s, or Switzerland’s. It’s al ways us. At any rate, before we can do it, we’ve got to figure out some way for Red China to give them back without losing face, because if you solve a problem and cause a country to lose face, the solution is worse than the problem. This is something we don’t un derstand over here, and it’s a shame. Say I owe the bank some money and the note comes due. Is the bank interested in me saving face? Do the directors go into a summit meeting and say, How can we han dle this most delicately? Say your taxes come due and they’re bigger than you expected and you don’t have the ready cash on hand. Is the government inter ested in your face? What happens if you miss the third installment on your television set? I’ll tell you, them Mysterious East people have out-thought us on problems like these. Holding something that belongs to some body else is a serious matter, all right, but not enough people in this country appreciate this face saving business. The Mysterious ^ast has maneuvered the thing a- round to where, if an installment payment comes due on a set of harness for a pair of oxen, it’s the store owner that has to 'do the bowing and scraping and apologiz ing, not the fellow that’s behind with the payment. That’s the kind of system we need around here. I will appreciate you referring hereafter to my farm as the Mys terious Bermuda Grass Farm, and I hope every store in Raeford will fill in line.'Just to lead the way, how about handing my subscrip tion to The News-Journal in this fashion? It comes due soon and you ought to be working on the proper diplomatic approach. Yours faithfully, J. A. O The soil Conservation Service provided technical assistance to more than 25,000 North Carolina farmers during the first six months of 1958. SPECIAL TWO BIG WEEKS Sept. 22 to Oct. 5 DRY CLEANING SUITS O’COATS Plain DRESSES 79c LAUNDRY 3 Shirts 55c Pick-Up Tuesday Delivery On Friday For Pick-Up Service CALL 2293 Barbara’s Beauty Salon Or Write Scottish Laundry Laurinburg, N, C. To Our Customers In an endeavor to keep our banking services up to date and to be as much help to our customers and friends as possible, we have installed a new banking service. We Have Qualified As Agent For The Skyland Life Insurance Co. Of Charlotte, N. C. And Are Prepared To Write Insurance Coverage Loans Both Installment and Non-Reducing When borrowing from us if you are interested in protecting your indors er or collateral in case of death before you pay the loan please ask for particulars. The premiums are low for the protection furnished. The Bank of Raeford “Hebhl Baakiit Since 1903”
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