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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
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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.
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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.
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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 <Jut
on the street when it did.
But aft^f the moon didn't
fall, old Zeke come on
back and laughed about
the whole thing."
see old Big Mouth coming, Frank. Maybe he can tell us
what's happened to Zeke. He almost always knows almost
everything."
"Hello, Big Mouth. We was just talking about Zeke. You
seen him lately?"
"Yeah, Frank. Well, I didn't exactly sec him. 1 talked to his
old lady just a tittle bit ago and asked as how Zeke was gitting
along. She said she ain't seen him since last Wednesday night
around 8 o'clock."
"Ain't seen him? You mean Zeke's been missing from home
for nigh on a week and his old lady ain't reported it to the
authorities? And ain't even reported it to us--his friends. For
all she knows Zeke might be off drunk in a ditch somewheres.
Ain't that just like a woman. She don't care one bit if Zeke's
off suffering. He might be out of cigarettes for all she cares."
"You're right, Frank. Zeke could be off somewheres. He
could be hurt or suffering or maybe even drunk but I don't
think he is. She said'he left in a powerful hurry."
"That ain't like Zeke. He aint never done nothing in a
hurry, Big Mouth. What's she say about his leaving? Any
thing?" n
"Not much, Frank. She said, tbey was setting, there
watching their daughter-in-law's television set and Y* ke was
nodding like he always does. He'd ai*uh?f at soma
pictures of them men up there on the moon and saying it
wont nary word of it the truth when all of a sudden his old
lady said, the house shook. She said she was about to ask Zeke
what he thought it was when he was gone. She said he didn't
even bother opening the screen door. She showed me where he
went out. Frank. -And shore enough, Zeke didn't open it. You
can see his print. It tore slap through that door and out back
you can see his tracks about six yards apart where he went
through them high weeds. He ought to a cut them weeds years
ago, Frank. I figured he headed for his cave on the river,
Frank. That's what I figured."
"Man, that's something. Big Mouth. "Hie house shook, Huh?
You know-come to think of it piy house shook last Wednes
day night, too, but I thought it was the little woman taking off
her shoes. I didn't pay no attention to it. You reckon Zeke
thought them men on the moon caused the house to shake?
That'd explain it, Big Mouth. Zeke's easy to spook when
there's men on the moon."
"But I thought Zeke always said there ain't been no men on
the moon and that it was all a television plot to git folks to
watch TV instead of trimming their toenails every night. You
meanWou think Zeke might be joshing and that he really
believes that junk about there being somebody on the moon,
Frank?'\
"Maybe we ought to go down to Zeke's cave and see about
him. It ain't right for a fellow to go off by hisself like that. If
he's still spooked, we might can talk him out of It. Them
moon men didnt cause no house to shake. There's got to be
another reason. I cant think of one right off, but there's got
to be one, otherwise Zeke's going to have some company."
?
"Well, Frank, I dont see no need to git excited. Zeke's old
lady says he aint been gone but six days and she expects him
back anytime now."
"Yeah? Why * that?"
"Well, two reasons, Frank. First she said he tried to dive
through the window when the house shook and didn't make it.
She figures he's lost a lot of blood by now from that gash in
his head...."
Letters to The Editor
"Yeah? What'i the other reaaon, Big Mouth?"
"He wont wearing nothing but hli shorts when he went,
Frank and you know how cold the* nights git "
To the Editor:
I have received I Franklin
Timet for the part few
month* In order to "keep up"
with the happening! around
my home. Aa a realdent of
Franklin County, and a very
Intereeted college Junior. I am
diatreeaed to read about the
"month-late" war-proteetlng
atudenta and faculty of Loula
burg College. What la happen
ing to Louiaburg College? Aa
a former itudent of this
achool, I reaerve the right to
aak thia queation and form an
opinion about what I read.
In the November 20th
laaue of the Franklin Timet,
the artlde on the morning
peace demonstrations cam*
to my attention. Louisburg
College students have the
right to protest and should
use It, but when did a profes
sor gain the right to "play
God" ? term used freely In
the artlde with the emo
tions and future welfare of
these students? In larger uni
versities of North Carolina,
one of which 1 attend, a
disruption policy has been
established so that organized
and mature protests may be
Inacted, however, any profes
sor, In spite of his personal
political belief*, la subject to
dismissal from the university
If these beliefs In any way
contribute to the neglect of
hit duties ai an educator, or If
they Incite a demonstration.
A professor's Job la not to
lead students Into something
that many of them do not
understand, but to educate
these students while they are
In college and have a chance.
Educate them to lead them
selves in any way they see fit.
This Is how Loulsburg College
can help the nation. Help
students who are groping to
ward an understanding of the
disadvantages and benefits of
our Involvement In Vietnam,
and of the morality of all
alternative!.
Mary Clifton King
Junior
North Carolina
Stat* University *
To the Editor:
I uw the article on the
Vietnam protest it Loulaburg
College and noticed that you
teem to try to draw a parallel
In the attitudes of past and
present Loulaburg students. "
A* and alumnua of Loulaburg
College and, more recently, a
veteran, I feel qualified to
suite that I know of no one
who Is against the soldiers in
Viet Najn, but I know of
many military! -and civilian
Americans who are against
soldiers l^eing forced to be
there. Do not, pi aaae, mistake
a man with a conscience for a
coward.
William A. Roble, Jr.
Digestion Viewed
Fratno, Chi. - Fresno
State College Student* have
watched the dlgectlve process
in cattle. A veterinarian, at
the college, had prepared the
window In the steer's tide a
year ago and no III effect* to
the animal have been observ
ed. Not only1 can they view1
the digestion but can test the
effect of different food*.
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