The Fr i.tif Tw?*4?r 4 THv*?4?y an Times W??| AN 0* Fr?*hkM Cm*?*r YourAward Winning County Newspaper LOCAL EDITORIAL COMMENT 4k Off To Siberia ? ' 1 Mel Broughton brought out some very good points in his speech here last night to the Louisburg Jaycees. He spoke of his concern for many things going on today in this country and he reminded his audience they should1 be thankful for their freedoms and their heritage. He perhaps hit the nail on the head best when he said to speak of patrio tism today is to be accused of being old fashioned. Undoubtedly this is true. Love of country doesn't seem to be the "in" thing nowadays. He called them disrupters saying that dissent had built this country. He said these people have a great deal for which to be thankful. He is right. If they lived anywhere else in this world, they might have been beheaded by now. A New Champion i We know not what course others may take, but as for us- we'll take Spiro. And as Jesse Helrhs says, they no longer ask Spiro, who because now they know Spiro who. When George Wallace stood in the school house door, the ever pious liberal newspapers and television com mentators scoffed. Wallace was a red neck southern racist, they said, com pletely forgetting that regardless of their holier-than-thou feelings, Wallace was a man of courage -standing up when others were afraid. And when Lester Mattox took a stand and even when that stand led to the Governor's mansion in Georgia, to the liberals he was and still is a lowly restaurant operator. They completely discount that whether they agree with his race stand or not, Lester Mattox is a man of great courage. He stands when others are afraid. So the Mattoxes and the Wallaces have been belittled, humiliated and defiled by the big newspapers and the liberal television commentators. In a word, they have been swept aside with a shrug of the shoulder or a wrinkle of the brow. They have been denounced in word and picture solely because they have opposed the liberal move to have the world their own way. But now comes a new champion. They'll not sweep Spiro Agnew under the rug, as much as they'd love too. Spiro, you see, is the Vice President of the United States- one heartbeat away from the top-and the political car toonists and the prettied TV newsmen Mel Broughton is a conservative and some reports indicate that he is not happy in the Democratic Party. Although he did not comment on w these reports here last night, he may easily be disturbed with some sugges tions from liberals in the Party that conservatives be sent to Siberia. Mel Broughton spoke like a true patriot here and we believe he is. .He's old fashioned the way most people in this section of North Carolina are old fashioned. He said he is thankful for the blessing of living here and irv this, we can all concur. ' ^ Aside from the challenging speech he made here, one note of interest must be added. If Mel Broughton goes to Siberia, he's going to take a lot of good Democrats with him. and the liberal newspapers can belittle him and make fun of his name, but it doesn't change a thing. He Is still the Vice President. What probably tears them most is that-like ^aftox--he used to operate a restaurant. 1 But that's what this country is all about. A restaurant operator can be come Governor or even Vice Presi dent There has been a day in the history of these United States when Spiro Agnew would have been highly praised for his rise from relative po verty to the second highest position in the country. And it would be today, if he had been a John Lindsey or a Ted Kennedy. But he isn't .and for this concerned ? Americans must surely be thankful. And thankful, too, that now-at long last -there is a man in a top position of government in this country speaking the language too long missing from the national scene. He may not have the best speech writer in the world and his delivery might leave some drama to be desired, but the things he's saying make sweet music to many ears in this country and we suspect that Mr. Agnew has the support of the majority when he champions support of the true values. Jhey may have had some difficulty remembering the name when it was first mentioned last year, but the liberal news ' media will not likely suffer from this deficiency any longer, Spiro Who has spoken and we like what he said. Thank You, Mr. Agnew The Dispatch-News, Lexington, S. C. The Courage of some people is often measured in their deeds on a battlefield, an athletic field or their actions against adverse odds. The Vice President of the United States showed he had some courage this past week as he publiciy chastised the three televi sion networks for their 'biased, slant ed reporting of the news.' Spiro Agnew, a name that may someday come bi-ck to haunt some people, who poked fun, especially Democrats, called it as he saw it, and it appears that many people feel that he was right. Television stations were flooded with calls supporting the VP, in spite of three presidents of the networks coming on shortly after * Agrww's speech, in defense of their policies, and saying that Agnew was threatening their freedom of speech. We would be the first to defend the freedom Of speech part of the Consti tution, but we question how much freedom you can allow three monopo lies whose sole intent seems to be to stir unrest and slant the "news", as they call it. The question con be debated pro and con for hours, Without reaching an answer that would satisfy all people. But we would venture to say that between the Supreme Court and the TV networks, it would be a tossup to see who had done the most to promote violence in our nation. The Ff^n Times ?MMMlffO HkMtt* TmMj I k fcr Tfc? Franklin TbnM. Inc. I ?M DM OTMW N. C. CUNT rULLEU, MlMgtag E4Hor CUZABVTM JOHNSON, ? <1111 M tma?m NATIONAL lOfTOMlAi li No** CmMm OMYaKMJkMoMillN TV-Mo-kltM OMifMnr OmTmv, M M, Mi NmUm. M OO TkMHNMliN rota* pm m *? Pm om- m u* taiN.C vm. Easv Rider' WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING A Conquered Province? Scotland Neck (N.C.) Commonwealth While the U. S. Justice Department and the Department of Health. Educa tion and Welfare go ahead vigorously with plans to completely integrate the schools of the South, virtually nothing is being done in the North and other areas of the Nation to enforce the policies. This policy is being followed without any regard for the damage which will be done, and is in fact already being done in the South, to the schools of the South; and, further, without any regard to the unquestion ed right of Southern children that thej?pchools be maintained for educa tional purpose?, and, npt be destroyed in the name of forced integration. The children and what they have at stake are the last considerations of the rabid integrationists of the Justice Depart meht and the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Senator John C. Stennis in a speech to the United States Senate this past month pointed out that "racial segre gation exists as much in the North, if not more than in the South" and he cites official figures to prove his state ments. The effect of this policy, he says, is to say that segregation in the South is wrong but segregation in the North is NOT wrong. Such a policy, he adds, is supported neither by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 nor by any decisions of the U. S. Supreme Court. He calls this a policy of "the wrong and the strong", "wrong" because it is a policy of political expediency in leaving untouched the politically con trolling and powerful States of the North and the East, and "strong" because at the same time the mighty p^wer of the Federal government is being wielded so vigorously in the South. He declares this to be "a willful and deliberate pattern of con duct known to the top officials of HEW over the years -and in fact envoi ved by them". Citing facts from the official re cords, Senator Stennis pointsout that in the North out of 7,015 compliance agreements signed Dy school districts only 46 have been checked. This is 65-100 of one percent. In the South 2,994 schools districts have filed com pliance forms- indicating intent to come within the laws-and every single district has been checked. In the South 568 districts have been given official notice that they are not in compliance. In the North and West only one of out of the 7,01 5 districts has been put on notice and made th^ subject of administrative action. In 1967 the Civil Rights Commis sion reported that racial isolation or segregation in the North had increas ed, not decreased. On March 1 of this year the report of the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare admit ted that almost nothing is being done in the North in this matter while a crash enforcement program is under way in the South. The actual quota tion from this report is as follows: "During 1968 there are compliance reviews in more than 400 Southern school districts, compared to only 40 district reviews in 13 Northern and Western States. Sixty seven staff mem bers are assigned to the South and only 32 to the Northern and Western States. While significant steps have been taken in hundreds of rural and urban school districts of the South, the large and sprawling urban centers of the North remain relatively un touched". It is amazing that the very officials charged with enforcement of the laws admit they are being enforced in a one-sided manner and only against the South. It is totally inconceivable that having admitted this they are doing nothing about it, and, further, that Congress is sitting down and permit ting them to get away with it. Is it now the belief of official Washington and Congress that the South is to be treated as a conquered province while the States with the massive voting power are permitted to go their way untouched? That's what it looks like. IgV'COIVIE w T0 gf THINK , OF IT..." by frank count I hadn't seen Zeke since last Wednesday. He was alright then. I set and watched him drink two 16-ounce Pepsis and eat a moon pie. 1 asked him how he felt and he admitted he felt fine. But it aint like Zeke to git lost, so I asked Rob -it the store -about him. "Naw. Frank. I ain't seen him for the .past few days. I been ? wondering myself what happened to him. Thought I might stop by and ask his old lady if he don't show by . Christmas. "Well, it just ain't liljfc Zeke to stay at home. Something terrible must a ? happened to him. Last time he done anything like this was when he holed up back in July. He said them men on the moon was gonna cause it to fall and he won't about to be