The Franklin Times
Published E fry Tu?td?y A Thurt4?y Atl Of Frinkl>n County
LOCAL EDITORIAL COMMENT
Why Not At Home
Practically all of us live In
Franklin County by choice.
Whether we reside within thev
town limits or in the rural
areas, this Is home.
We live here. We raise fami
lies here. We' die hej^e. The"
place gets no better over the
years than we ourselves make
U.
Since progress, growth, the
good life all depends for the
most part on things financial,
we should be Interested in the
economic conditions of our
home.
With the tremendous decrease^
in farm Income experienced
this fall, now seems as good a
time as any to stop and consider
one very basic and important
fact. If those of us whoN live
here don't shop here, who will?
From where, if not from us,
will the economic well being of
the community come? Certain
ly not from the out-of-town
shopping centers. For surely
they pay no taxes, support to
churches,, perform no local
community services.
Going out of town for our
needs Is somewhat of a fad.
While, at times, necessary, it
is not always sa. '
What we need to do is decide
on which is which. Certainly,
it is the nature of us all to buy
at lowest prices and, quite na
turally, to choose what appeals
to us. No manner of persuas
ion is expected to change this.
However, there are a multi
tude of needs which can be sup
plied by our own county mer
chants. We should give them
first chance.
Make this a double Merry
Christmas. Make your shop
ping dollar ' do double duty.
Keep it at home.
Cut Them Off
Far too often, the story Is
told In Franklin, County of a
person refusing to work for fear
their welfare check will be cut
off. There are many cases
rumored almost dally.
The Superintendent of Welfare
has asked public aid In report
ing these cases, for action ijy
department. '
This could be one of the finest
things to happen In Franklin
County,
The taxpayer, always con
scious of the manner In which
his money is being spent, has
watched with awe the ever
mounting welfare rolls. Cer
tainly he does not wish to sup
port able-Dodled persons who
refuse employment when of
fered.
Just as surely, the people of
Franklin County do wish to aid
those Tn "time of distress. Wel
fare assistance to the sick and
disabled, those temporarily out
of work, and those handicapped
in finding Jobs they can do is a
mark of an enlightened com
munity. It Is necessary and
most will support It whole
heartedly.
However, it Is those who re
fuse employment the department
is after. It is those who stay on
the rolls week after week, loaf
ing and, in some instances,
hiding to keep from working. It
is good the department Is go
ing to crack down on these,
with the aid of the people.
If these people are able and
employment Is available which
they refuse to accept, cut them
off. It's the only thing to do.
NATIONAL EDITORIAL COMMENT
The Ray Gun
Today's scientists ? spurred l>\
technological competition with I lit ?
Communists ? arc caUliin^ ii|> with
Buck Rogers ami I I ash (lordon.
A top space expert predicts1 de
velopment soon of that awesome
weapon ? the* ra\ Rim.
Such a mm, according to I )< H'ti ?r
Arthur Kantrowit/, would ho ablij tif
fire deadly beams of radiation power
ful enough. to vaporize missiles 111
flight. lie foresees guns capable of
split-second, destruction of flung
missiles as far awas as miles.
Doctor Kiintpiw itze, director of
the AYCO-F.verett Research l.almra
tory in Kverett, Massechusetts, a
leading center lor missile work,
believes these weap>ns will protect
this country's vital satellites from
possible enemy attack.
He does not explain, however,
how we would defend our security if
hostile nations also possessed such
a weapon. That, no doubt, would
eventually be the case. As was
seen with the atom bomb, no country
can monopolize a new development.
Kach invention of war is in the
name of self-defense, and sooner or
later it becomes a Frankenstein's
monster.
U. S. Contracts & The Market
IVditiciniis ;uid government <>("
ficial-. in Washington hav?", for sonic
inexplicable reason, failed to con
sider tin" effect of awards of major
federal contracts on the stock
market.
As a result, there has lx>en little
security protection against advapce
leaks where contracts are, headed.
This has often influenced stock
prices. \ ' ,
, The S<vunti(>s and Kxchange Com
mission is reportedly alarmed. So
are securities industry executives.
The most glaring example 'of such
a leak was reciMit presentation the
of the two bil I iL, dollar C-.i2 jet
transport plane contract to the l.ock
heed Aircraft Corporation.
\i I: (0 p.m. i in September
I *i' tens* 1 Secretary Robert McNamara
officially revcHleri l/wkheed hut)
Won the pact ovex Hoeing -and
Douglas Aircraft, the ot(ior bidders.
lilt u> stock investors, that was
'old news. Heavy trading in Lock
heed stock began the day lieforc and
reached such a crescendo by the
afternoon of the announcement that
the New York Stock exchange halted
trading.
Hoeing and Douglas stock prices,
itfeunwhile. suffered sharp declines.
Nobody in the Defense Department
is prepared to sa\ how stock, in
vestors anticipated the outcome,
lilt leyks of this kind should be
prevented b> everv possible means.
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Was He Wading
Too Deep?
By JESSE HELMS
It will seem to many of his
closest friends that former
Governor Luther Hodges was
wading perilously deep into the
swamps of political extrava
gance recently when he told a
gathering of Democrats at
Asheville that the growth of the
Ku Klux Klan can be traced to
Barry Goldwater's campaign
for the Presidency last year.
Mr. Hotlges should stay out
of the swamps, lest his Image
as an elder statesman become
sullied by the slither of more
snakes than Mr. Hodges can kill
There are, after all, some facts
to be considered, and weighed
against Mr. Hodges' blast of
generalities. Certainly, for
the sajte of his own party, Mr.
Hodges does not really want
to raise the question of which
politicians of which party have
Jone most to promote the racial
inrest In America upon which
the Ku Klux Klan Is said to
tove flourished.
In the first place, Governor
Moore ? whom Mr. Hodges
praised In his speech? has said
that there are relatively few
Klansmen at work in North
Carolina, in the second place,
If either Senator Goldwater or
his running mate, William E
Miller, really poured out poison
which nurtured the Ku Klux
Klan, Mr. Hodges should have
no difficulty In being specific
about It. With all due respect
to the gentleman, we doubt that
he can support the charges he
made at Asheville recently.
Mr. Hodges remarked on Oc
tober 30 that his last previous
speech In Asheville ' occurred
during the presidential cam
Pa'gn, and that he devoted his
speech a year ago to "answer
ing charges" by Republican
vlce-presldentlal candidate
William Miller. We happen
to remember those two speech
es well, for both Mr. Miller
and Mr. Hodges went to Ashe
ville to address a convention
of the North Carolina Associa
tion of Broadcasters. For the
purposes of the record, Mr.
Hodges? then Secretary of
Commerce? did not ?'answer"
the speech delivered the day
before by Mr. Miller. Mr.
Hodges spent much of his time
charging that Senator Gold
wis ?" Integrations.
Be that as It may, ? ?
;r"f ?*< Mr. Johnson
c? ' thro"^ the
?a ' rights bill
?" d,SU ful ,u nuch
of the South. senator Cold
water voted .gains, ,he bui?
as did every North Carolina
Democrat In the Congress of
the United States, it wa_ th
kind of legislation which Lyn
don Johnson him,*,,, ln
years, had described as ?lc?
torlal, unconstitutional and tv
rannlcal. There are ma?y
North Carolina who hT?eri
uw STT c?nn*c,lon wuh
iSrf Wan w,'? Still
"Old the v,ew that , yndon I
Johnson once held. These
Include many of Mr. Hodges'
closest friends, and certainly
a host of state and local gov
ernmental officials who are
trying to conduct their affairs
within the frustrating federal
controls embodied in the legis
lation sponsored by Mr. John
son and his political party.
But there is yet another haz
ard contained in Mr. Hodges'
choice of charges unloosed on
Saturday night. If Mr. Hodges
chooses to fault Senator Gold
water for the nature of some
of his support, then presuma
bly Mr. Hodges will agree that
it is equally fair to bring up
the question of some of Presi
dent Johnson's support. The
Communist Party USA support
ed Mr. Johnson. While we
quickly add that this does not
mean that Mr. Johnson is a
communist, it does serve to
put in perspective the gratui
tous Implications contained In
Mr. Hodges' speech last Sat
urday. \
Mr. Goldwater lost the elec\
tion, and lost It badly. In retro
spect, nobody denies that he was
an ineffective candidate who
conducted an ineffectual cam
paign. fkit he should not be
deprived of the credit for hav
ing said what he meant, even
If he sometimes said It with
startling detriment to his own
political cause. ?
In politics, one man's meat
is another man's poison. The
nation chose its brand of meat
last November, undoubtedly to
a great extent because the peo
ple were persuaded that the
meat would be free.
It may be that the next time
Mr. Hodges mades a political
speech, he should bear in mind
that extremism In the pursuit
of oratory can very easily be
a vice unbecoming to a man
presuming to speak as an elder
states man. A
In The Ring
Heavyweight Boxer ? The
trouble Is, I don't sleep well.
Doctor,-- You must ?practice
auto-suggestion a little. Why
not lie on your back, relax and
count slowly up to ten.
Senator Sam A&yA
Washington ? Great events
move in relentless fashion, but
when we pause we notice there
are differences in the players
on the stage of history. A few
?months ago the world was
shocked by the death of Adlai
E. Stevenson. Time has not
lessened the loss.
North Carolinians felt the loss
keenly, for an empathy existed
between our people and Am
bassador Stevenson that no
other could claim. When he
came to visit North Carolina
as Governor of Illinois or U. N.
Ambassador, he was at home.
His sister, Mrs. Ernest Ives,
calls North Carolina hoiner.too.
Many of the Ambassador's an
cestors came from our State.
They were among our early
settlers and were numbered
among our first leaders. So
a kindred feeling for the "Gov
ernor" grew in our state. North
Carolina said is much In twice
honoring him with its electoral
vote.
Like Sir Winston Churchill
and President John F. Kennedy,
Ambassador Stevenson was a
master of the spoken word and
the English language. He gave
a freshness to worthy values.
He possessed a rare intellect.
He demonstrated tliis at the
U. N. which many thought
brought ? out his best. Fe^'
can forget his finest hour
there during the Cuban missile
crisis when he challenged the
Russian Ambassador at a Se
icuruy Council meeting. It was
a crucial moment for the world.
Stevenson's questions were
devastating. His own answers
were too.
In an age when men of high
purpose are needed, it is well
to reflect on the life of a dedi
cated public servant. It can
be said that no man had greater
fidelity to principle. And the
tasks he undertook were never
easy. To him, we owe the
quickened tempo of our intellec
tual life, the improved quality
of our political debates, and
the heightened dialogue between
man and society, between citi
zen and government, and
between this Nation and the rest
of the world.
Fundamental to the^ fabric of
the American philosophy is the
dream for a finer world. Stev"-"
enson gave voice to {his dream.
Known for his intellect and
wit, he exhibited the complexi
ties of the 20th century Ameri
can. Talented^ scholarly, often
lonely, he gained nObility, and
an ability to inspire when oth
ers failed. Yet, twice he suf
fered political defeats that
would have embittered lesser
men.
The % world and events rush
onward, but there is regret that
this battler for causes is gone
from the scene of action. Many
asked when he died on a Lon
don street: "Who now can
speaR for America?" Others
can, but no one so well as
he.
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Poor little thing. Just lies there. Bare to the bone. Not
a speck of life. Not a bit of covering. Just lies there staring
back at you as if you'd done it all by yourself.
Well believe me, we didn't. We had plenty of help. Ohe fellow
Just can't make a turkey look the way this one does. He would
have had to have help. But don't they look pitiful. ~~
We Just didn't have the heart to, tell hi it), his remains were
stewing in the pot over there? that he'd be long gone right
after supper. And boy, will we be glad. Turkey hash, turkey
stew. Ugh!
It was a pretty good day though... for everybody but the turkey.
Now . .on to Christmas. We are a slow starter. We don't
like to think about Santa ctaus until after Thanksgiving. We're
ready now. Bring on your parades... your shopping crowds...
your money-spending wives... (What am I saying?)
Christmas is a wonderful time of year. The music, while
pretty, makes you think of funerals... the dimmed lights re
mind one of a wake . .and the way the money 'goes Is enough
to worry any poor soul to death... but it's still a Joyful time.'
Kids want everything they see. So do mom and dad. Every
body has a ball. Nothing to pay until February... that's, a good
gimmick. Only trouble is by the time you clean up the Christmas
mess. ..it's February. And we haven't seen anybody any better
off financially in February, than he was in December. He just
puts off the-nmlsery.
But right now, we have four weeks to get ready. Watch
everybody wait until the last day. We always fao. And we
fuss because everything has been picked over. You can't
find a thing you want.
We're looking forward to it, though. Come to think of it,
we can hardly wait for tliat green and black polka-dot tie and
unmentionables.
Parakeet Wins
Contest
Chicago ? A parakeet, called
Tweedy, won first prize in a
talking-bird contest and a thank
you note from President John
son. Tweedy says; "Vote for
Johnson'* and "I'm a Demo
crat and a Texan." Competing
against eight other parakeets,
his first prize was $150.
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