LOCAL EDITORIAL COMMENT
Coin Shortage
Once again, the ooln shortage
In the Loulsburg and Franklin
County area has been termed
"critical." This condition ex
isted last fall and never really,
was alleviated.
Several helpful measures have
bqen suggested, Coin savers
should exchange their coins for
paper moneyt or, better still,
bank them. Collectors, of
course, will continue to save
their valuable coins, but those
of no extra value should be
placed back In circulation.
Whenever possible, give cor
rect change. Store owners
should exchange paper money
for the coins taken from vend
ing machines In their places of
hiialnpss. Ask salesmen and
collectors from out of town for
their change.
In short, don't let any more
change than possible get out of
this area. Keep every bit In
circulation here at home.
It appears that It will be some
time yet before the shortage
can be helped by greater pro
duction of coins by the govern
ment. Meanwhile, it is impera
tive that we Intelligently use
what we now have in circula
tion.
Keep as little as possible in
your pockets and keep as much
as possible In circulation. A
further dip In the amount of
change now In use In this area
could be most serious.
A Debt Paid
Governor Dan Moore has paid
his political debt to Dr. I. Bev
erly Lake. * Without the aid of
Lake followers, chances are
that Dan Moore would not have
been Governor.
Often in politic^ when debts
are paid, unqualified men are
\^ometimes given appointments.
Thts. is not the case in the ap
pointment of Dr. Lake to be an
Associate Justice. There could
not have been a-t?etter choice.
Franklin County Citizens, hav
supported Dr. Lake in two
elections, will be pleased with
the appointment. However, this
could mean the end of any elec
tive aspirations Dr. Lake might
have. Local citizens and other
Lake followers might now need
to find another standard-bearer
for their causes.
Dr. Lake's experience in law
and his level-headed approach
to problems of the day will add
greatly to the effectiveness of
the State Supreme Court. V
His kind is needed, even more
so, on the federal' Supreme
Court.
NATIONAL EDITORIAL COMMENT
Kennedys Versus Johnson
The* political puUem. as shown by
the actions* of the two Kennedy
brothers in the V. S. Senate in the
I past five months,' is to build another
Kennedy nuiehme. inde|)endent of,
and sometimes opppsi^f ^to, Presi
dent Lyndon I Johnson.
T^c late President .Jiihn I' /van
ned? made the' division to ask then
Senate ,\1aj<rit* leader Lyndon
Johnson to lie his running mate in
August. I !JHO. That decision made
%l>oth men IVesident. Without John
son's ability to carry the South in
HM>0, Kennedy vsould not have Ix'en
elected and without having been
chosen to run iis Vice I Resident,
Johnson would, not have I icon ele
vated^ o the Presidency. -
ltol>l>\ Kennedy, iil HMiO, report
edl\ np}Htsed the iiaijpui! of Johnson
?is the Nice Presidential candidate.
Kour years later -lohnson, as Presi
dent, opposed the naming of Ifeibby
us Vice IV-sidcnt, and was able .to
do something about it.
TTie future, as far as a new
Kennedy machine is concerned,
centers on Senator Bobby Kennedy
as the national candidate. Only
when and if he fails, or withdraws,
will Senator Ted Kennedy become
political Kennedy'number one.
Clearly, the Kennedys are waiting
for the opportune moment, 19KH if the1
unlikely comes about (death or
assassination) but more probably
1972. Seven years is .not long to
wait for two young Senators ? and'
Kobbv will still be in his forties
come 1972, and just reelected in
New York two years earlier ? if he
mils and is reelected.
Hubert Humphrey will be HI in
1972. He run against one Kennedy
in in presidential primaries.
Ho may run, against another seven
'years hence.
Baffled On Buckles
Most folks Around Washington
credit defense Secretary Robert '
McNamara , with Ix-ipg the smartest
and most efficient 'lusinessnuin in
the' Administration's top hrnss.
Hence it's a hit disillusioning to
find that nil those human bniins iirid
computers in the Pentagon haven't
been able to solve the problem of ?i
20 - cent belt buckle.
It seems the supply branch has *
been trying for three years to come
up with a ' standard black buckle
acceptable to all the armed services,
figuring the government could save
something like $24,(XX) a year by
standardizing that little piece of
equipment.
Seems that on every model they
tried, the black chipped off under
the wear and tear of use.
So, at least for now, the Navy
will keep its polfahed vellowfasten
ers, the Air Force its nickel-silver
ones and the Marines will continue
to sport the reddish brass model
now in vogue'.
I'niformity will have to wait for
a new tactic in the Battle of the
Buckle.
Mariner IV & Mankind
I he mission or Mariner IV ma\
not dofinitrK answer, the intriguing
question of whethep'l ilo exists on
Mars. * \
Hut even so, the fetjt- of sending
an effective exploring instrument
across the intervening millions of
miles liei.wf'en the earth and the
outer space planet is one which
almost staggers the imagination.
That such an instrument could
reach target at all is impressive.
Even more incomprehensible to th?
average mind is the fact that the
vehicle could be( controlled and
directed over a span of some eight I
months and that, finally," it would V
he ahle to transmit picture signals
across that vast span in the space
of just twelve minutes.
Such a feat must be cheering to
even those dubious of this country's
scientific capabilities.
But if man has the demonstrated
genius to reach back and forth in
the universe, Somehow it would
seem he would be able to., find a
way for people and nations to live
together on this little'planet that's
already so familiar to all of us.
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As The Busses Roll - -'s
Drive Carefully
Democracy Versus Idleness
By JESSE HELMS
Winston Churchill once said,
In commenting some years ago
upon what he called "the
American democracy," that the
truly remarkable thing about It
was not that It worked so well,
but that It worked at all. Mr.
Churchill was not viewing
America in her present pos
ture, but there Is room for
speculation as to whether there
was not a very clear Implicit
warning in his comment.
The news from California was
disturbing, not merely In terms
of the shocking violence that
was taking place but as a
measurement of the attitudes
that so threaten both the sanity
and the security of the land.
Ours Is a generation that has
condoned, if not encouraged, a
sense of Irresponsibility that is
now engulfing our way of life.
We have embraced the doctrine
of easy come, easy go. The
nation has gone on an equality
kick without really confronting
the question of equal to what?
We have become so mixed up
In oijr definitions! Political
hacks and clever rabble^,
rouse rs have shamed us? or
frightened us? into mistaking
wrong for right and lawless
ness for justice. The demo
cracy about which Winston
Churchill marveled threatens
to grind to an agonizing stop.
We have often voiced our
lamentations that the great na
tional sense of personal re
sponsibility, which figured so
prominently In the building of
America, Is now rapidly disap
pearing. And, In stating this
concern, we. haye often been
misunderstood; we shall, we
suppose, be misunderstood
again. Still, the' events In
California and Chicago support
our apprehensions. Surely It
Is now clear that we are wit
nessing the stark symptoms of
a national*disease. The ques
tion Is: how great an epidem
ic can the republic survive?
Who >111 Justify the conduct
of the mobs which have wrought
such destruction and bloodshed?
Who will explain It away as
merely a natural result of
grievances? Who will specify
the grievances that, in a civi
lized society, absolve men who
transform their communities
Into Jungles? The democracy
to which Mr. Church'lil refer
red Is In trouble.
One of the great strengths of
the republic which Mr.
Churchill st>_admired was the
ability " of its people to keep
busy at productive endeavors.
If idleness Is the devil's work
shop, It Is Interesting to specu
late the mad desire ofthe'na
tlontocreate even more Idle
ness. Indeed, We have reached
the point that Ac^st numbers of
Americans have been taught
that loafing Is an nbnQrable
career. It Is government poli
cy to pay people not to work.
Men who voluntarily quit their
Jobs are immediately eligible
for government checks, al
most without question. A gl
gantic recruiting program Is
underway for the devil's work
shop.
It would be Interesting to see
the results of a survey of the
thousands wfio burned and de
stroyed and robbed and pillaged
their community In California.
How many of these, one might
well wonder, did a day's work
prior to spending the night In
such a riotous and angry frol
ic?* How many of them, on
the other hand, ?at idle and
bored /or countless hours be
fore being swept into that emo
tional tide that transformed
them Into savages? The ques
tions seem to answer them
selves. j
And yeb, despite political ora
tory to the contrary, our gov
ernmental policy seems clearly
directed at making the situation
worse Instead of better. In
Washington, for Just one exam
ple,, there Is now federal legis
lation pending which, If passed,
will 'make It possible for a work
er to 'quit his job voluntarily ?
Just because he choosefc not to
work ? and draw a full year of
benefits from {he government.
Henry Kendall, head of the
state's employment security
commission, is quite properly
opposing this leglslatloh, known
as'the Mills-McCarthy bill. Un
doubtedly Mr. Kendall Is aware
thaMf this bill is passed, there
will, be even more Idle men in
America. ^
If democracy isto work, then
Its citizens must wfrvk.
GRASSROOTS OPINION
From The Wall Street Journ
al: "Irresponsibility continues
to be a conscious preachment.
It Issues from those in the arts
who deliberately seek to loosen
moral standards. It Is taught
by those who Insist that the
unformed schoolchlld must have
total freedom of expression.
It Is proclaimed by sociolo
gists who say the criminal has
no responsibility for his crime.
It Is evidenced In countless
ways In the responslblllty-dl
mlnlshlng efforts of the nation
al government It Is sometimes
declared the law of the land by
our highest magistrates."
?
Shortly before his untimely
death In London, Adlal Steven
son said: "Aggression begets
aggression. Retreat begets re
treat. We either stand, as we
discovered In Europe, and hold
the line at appropriate places
or we don't. ..And If we doa't
and aggression Succeeds, they
knock on door after door and
find that they open. Ultimately
they come to ,the ultimate door
where resistance becomes Im
perative. 1 Then you have a holo
caust. You have a major war.
This is what we are trying des- -
perately to avoid In South Viet '
Nam."
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? LoiMwrx ? MAIL '
ORDKR6 KII.I,KI?. '
has declined for the sixth
straight year. It (ell during
1964 from a level o( 86.2 to
an all-time low o ( 86.0 (1949
equals 100). This Index, which
measures price changes, an
nually, has been prepared by
Dr. John M. Firestone o( the
City College o ( the^Clty Uni
versity o( New York.
Handicapped people In mope
than 25 different disability
groups are served by the non
profit Goodwill Industries.
They receive on?-the-Job train
ing, paid employment and hope
(or a fuller life. Goodwill needs
public support by giving house
hold Itetns no longer needed.
Barry Goldwater writes:
"Income In the business world
Is distributed on the basis of
how hard and how w?M you work
or build or plan. But when
a politician passes out money
the basis may be for any reas
on at all. Including partisan
advantage. No matter what the
reason, however, the giving of
money Is a poor substitute for
the earning of money. Money
earned In a productive job I*
true business expansion. Money
given away Is nothing but a
drain on available resources."
While drilling for oil In the
Sahara Desert, Oil Facts re
ports, 0. S. oilmen discovered
a huge underground lake of
fresh water. More than 200
water, wells Ijave now beeij
drilled In 'the area, each capa
ble of Irrigating up to 500'
"COME
TO
THINK
OF IT..."
" frank count
I been told that I had a visitor at the newspaper office other
day.. .old James "Hoss" Alford.that curly hatred Softball
player from around Bunn... dropped by to set us straight on
some road paving In these parts Old "Hoss" Is a pretty
fair softballer and a dang good highway man. ..and we're
mighty sorry we missed him... but, then, they don't let us hang
around the office. ..something about upsetting the glr^ some
how..... -
They don't give us much space for this column... mostly, we
suppose, because we don't have much to say. ..but what they'll
give us, we want to let "Hoss" have so's his folks in Raleigh
will know he is on the old ball and that this no a Count boy,
If he ain't nothing else, Is of fair mind and sound body
Here's "Hoss's" figures:
SECONDARY ROAD6 PAVED IN FRANKLIN COUNTY SINCE
JULY 1, 1964
Secondary Road
Number
1237
1457
1460
1707
1212 & 1213
1748
1724
1606
1226
1454
Name
1
Beasley Rd.
Douglas Williams Rd.
J. B. Leonard Rd.
Joe Denton Rd.
Layton St.^Frankllnton
Middle Rd.
Gay Rd.
Jule Pearce Rd.
Gayllne Drive, Loulsburg
Dorsey Rd.
Total
.ength In Miles
3.6
1.8
1.2
" i.6
0.3
1.9
1.1
2.9
0.4
278?"'
18.5 Miles
ROADS WHICH WERE GRADED & STABILIZED IN FRANKLIN
COUNTY SINCE JULY 1, 1964
IfiiV
1143
1118 Extension
1633 Extension
1450 Extension
Addition
1200
Montgomery na.
Sultt Rd.
Jim Thompson Rd.
Beddingfleld Rd.
-Read Rd. ^
Edwards Rd.
Wes Sandllng Rd.
Total
u.s
0.5
0.6
1.0
0.5 ?
1.5
579Mlles
Now, ain't you surprised? Come to think of It, we wuz.
acres. With this water supply
the desert can produce three
crops of fruits 'and vegetables
a year.
WEST POINT, MISS., TIMES
LEADER: "The U. S. Supreme
Court has nullified the federal
law which bars communist par
ty members from serving as
officers in labor unions. That's
what- we said! Don't you know
the Kremlin is pleased with -k
that one!, Come to think of it,
we frequently get the Impres
sion that the communists have
a Supreme Court in this coun
try... and it's about time we
Americans got one of our own!"
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