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The in Times *?'*.?? All 0? LOCAL EDITORIAL COMMENT Another Fine Program The Loulsburg Jaycees, true to their tradition, staged another outstanding production of their Pageant here Saturday night. One Is not quite sure just how they manage to pack so much emotion into the final few se conds of the contest each year, but again Saturday night, a waterbucket would not have held all the tears. People cried for no apparent reason. Surely all those folks could not have possibly been that close to the winner or, for that matter, to the losers. It was just a moment, skillfully manipulated by obvious profes sional hands, to bring the ?height of emotion to the tre mendous climax. This Pageant, whether a girl wins or loses surely roust be an experience which they will long remember. Most of us were very favor ably impressed that "* such amateur talent as Is generally found in our area, could be de veloped to such degree of true entertainment. It was an enjoyable evening. Our congratulations go to each of the girls for their beauty, their talent and their tireless; efforts. And to Miss Paula Justice, the new Miss Louisburg, head ed now for the" state pageant, we say congratulations, and Sic 'em Paula, The Gold Sand Grange At a time when Franklin County seems to be getting more than its share of un favorable publicity, it is heartening to take note of an organization, such as the Gold Sand Grange celebrating its 25th anniversary. The enthusiasm and the at tendance at Saturday night's observance in light of other conflicts in the area, shows the strength of such an organiza tion. It shows too, the things most people consider impor tant. It would be hard to, point out all the good this organization has meant to the IGold Sand community and to the county as a whole. In twenty-five years, it has had a number oif out standing leaders. These too, are far too numerous to men tion. But certainly three charter members should be commend ed. These three were present at the first and they were pre sent at the last Saturday-night. We have no way of knowing, but we suspect they were pre sent at most of the meetings in between. Mr. and Mrs. M. E.^Yatkins and Mr. O. F. Tharrtngton are to -be congratulated, along with all the others who have made this organization a going one over the years. Congratulations to the Gold Sand Grange on its twenty-fifth anniversary. May you have manymore. Loyal Goose Rivals Dog As Man's Best Friend Washington?Is the barnyard goose man's second best friend? Geese make faithful watch dogs, determined shepherds, efficient field hands, and good companions. When geese have reached the end of their work ing days, they make the supreme sacrifice. They are delicious to eat. Geese have been serving man as long as any other bird, the National Geographic Society says. The graylag goose, de picted on ancient Egyptian frescoes, is probably the oldest domestic bird. Chinese swan geese were tamed at least 2,000 years ago. Selective breeding of the two species has produced the many varieties of domestic geese. In , the process, the tamed geese have lost their ability to' fly and surrendered stable famil^ life.. Wild geese are monogamous, but dotnestic ganders are veritable Casa novas. | , Geese Saved Rome A honking, hostile goose long has been recognized as a su perior watchdog. In ancient Rome, the sacred geese of the Temple of Juno were credited with saving the city from ma rauding Gauls in 390 B.C. Ene my scouts sent into the city at night awakened the geese, aiich set up such a clamor that they woke the Roman defenders. Today in Dumbarton, Scotland, a gaggle of 18 geese patrols the sheds storing thousands of bar rels of aging whisky. At I the sight of an intruder, presuma bly thirsty, the geese Start cackling and guards come 'run ning. ' A Johannesburg, -South Africa, pet shop owner was deluged with orders for watch geese after he boasted: "They do not doze off and will not make friends with prowlers." Geese Weed Cotton Geese come Into their own as weeders. With ingenious en couragement, they can be made to clean cottonfields, strawber ry patches, asparagus., beds, and nursery plantings of unwanted plants. Grain is placed ;at one end of the field and water at the other to keep the birds movingbaok and forth. The foragers fan out evenly among the rotfs. Weeding geese have some bad habits: They tend to knock off in the heat of the day and will stop work to cluster around a visi tor. Perhaps a million- geese now warddle through southern cotton fields, destroying weeds more efficiently than man, mechani cal weeders, or herbicides. Geese are credited with reduc ing the cost of growing an acre, of cotton fro\m $124 to $98. Said the owner .of a 10,000-acre Louisiana plantation with 4,500 gee^e: '.'If it weren't for them, I couldn't stay in the cotton business." \ In Washington! and Oregon, thousanrffi of gee\se roam pep per'rj^int fields a\s weeders. They are retired after two sea sons, having by then developed a taste for young mint plants. Many a domestic goose has become a family pe^; it answer's to Its name and responds to petting with contented hissing. This wise goose knows a good thing? it rarely ends up on a holiday dinner table. The Fraijj^n Times . . . For Best Performance In A Supporting Role IEWPOIIMT "Shameful And Sordid little Item // By JESSE HELMS Is there any official definition of U. S. understating of the terms "Tand reform" and agrarian reform"? We frequently use these terms, but I wonder whether there is ahy definition of either term which is somewhat official in our foreign policy. J. S. Madison, Wise. % Dear Professor S.: We have not been able to discover a definition that might be called -"official" for the terms. There are some functional terms of reference used in the Alliance for Progress which might be helpful to you. In that context "land reform" Is a general description covering all those activities which are directed toward greater availability of land resources for the needs of the people as a whole, and "agrarian reform" is an even broader description covering all those activities di rected toward improvement of the agricultural sector as a whote. Thus, you can see that the working definition is in terms of objectives, rather* than in terms of means or mecha nisms or institutions. A "land reform" measure might exclude a minimum wage law for agricultural workers and include a land redistribution. _ -0 Mischler Bremen, an overseas passenger steamship trans portation agency, issued some sort of book, visa, or passport to each passenger coming to the U. S. in 1906 or 1907. It Is understood that this book had pertinent information about the passenger. In addition, this book is purported tp have some sort of Seal of the German Government which probably con sisted of stamps resembling postage stamps. Was this seal composed in part of postage stamps? If so, -we??. these stamps of any value to stamp collectors? Can identical stamps be obtained today? M.D. ? Royalton, ni. Dear Mr. D. : j We gather, on the basis of information received ^from the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Washington, D.C., that the seal mentioned in your^ letter was a tax or free stamp. This stamp is no longer available. The Department has no information whether such stamps are of value to stamp collectors. ; Last week there came out of Oxford, the county seat of Gran ville .County, a shameful and' sordid little item of news that was all but. obscured by other events which newsmen conclud ed were of greater interest and significance. But we are not so sure. Indeed, the item from Qc ford may well have been of ex ceedingly great importance to white Southerners who recog nize the necessity'of self-exam ination tn this time of racial discord and strife. Five young white men were sentenced in Granville County Superior Court last Thursday to 15 years in prison each on charges of assault with intent to commit rape. The victim in the depressing affair was a 17-year-old Negro girl. Testi mony in the case, uncontradict ed insofar as we have been able to determine, was that the girl was violated a total of eleven times by the five men during a six-hour period beginning at 1 a.m. on January 23 of this year. CUr purpose here is not to question the verdict of the jury in this case. Its duty was to deter m+ne the ^iiilt of the five white men beyond any reason able doubt. We have discussed, at some length, the details of the '.case with five men most familiar with the details, four of them officers of the court. Without* exception, they agreed that there was testimony during the trial which tended, in any fair man's mind, to raise ques tions as to the degree of guilt of the five defendants. As a result, the five young men on trial were given the benefit of the doubt and were convict ed, not of the capital crime of rape, but of the next most seri ous possible charge, assault with intent to commit rape. White citizens, However, should not expect their Negro | neighbors to understand fully, In this case, the distinctions of the law, or rules of evidence by which our courts function. Still, there ought to be some way by which Negro citizens coukl be assured that the vast majority of white citizens share their sense of revulsion regard ing every aspect of this crime. News accounts of the trial did not reveal enough to satisfy the doubts of those who believe In equal Justice for all. There was mention of the fact that the victim of the attacks was lured from her home at one o'clock In the" morning on the pretense, by one of the five accused men, that she was needed to stay with his child while he took his wife to a hospital. For the girl herself ad/n it ted, during cross examination, that she had been immorally involved a year earlier with one of the five defendants. The defendants claimed that on the morning of January 23, she had wllUngfy accompanied them, knowing their purpose. The girl denied that such was the case. Even so, a reasonable measure of doubt had been raised in the Jury's mind. It is not our purpose, as we say, to discuss whether justice has been done in this case. What bothers ,us is the ines capable fact that, psychologi cally speaking, the total image of the South has been sullied by the conduct of the five white men involved in this re volting episode. This is the sort of incident that critics of the South always grasp in great glee. We would not be sur prised to see it used hereafter as evidence, however unjusti fied, that our courts use double standards and that all white Southerners are Immoral and decadent. *w. Neither charge is true, of course. But it Is the "fcort of conduct which the South should not have to humiliate itself in trying to explain. Further more, it was ascertained after the trial that three of the five defendants had to be forcibly restrained by police last Sum mer to prevent their becoming involved in physical violence against Negro demonstrators during a civil rights protest in Oxford. Presiding Superior Court Judge E. Maurice Braswell, be fore passingsentenceonthefive men last week, commented: "In my opinion, you have prosti tuted ignorance and psychologi cally committed race rape." Then he handed down the maxi mum sentences under the law. The Judge was right. These five defendants, and others like them who possess the morals of an alley cat, may not be guilty of rape in the legal sense. 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