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FRIDAY, DEC. 4, 1986
DID WE HAVE PLENTY?
Just why Doris Duke, donating heavily
to the Democratic campaign fund in Ala
bama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Mississ
ippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vir
ginia and Connecticut, didn’t include North
Carolina on her list is quite puzzling. Is it
possible that the North Carolina fund didn’t
need her $6,000?'
CAN’T 8TAY ON ROAD
The first freeze of the winter shows
that busses end trucks can’t handle ice to
any advantage. So the railroads do have
something left.
Truck and bus managements deserve
congratulations on their orders to stop all
schedules but before these regulations were
put into effect plenty of them went into
ditches. It would seem fitting and proper
that drivers be given general instructions to
stop when ice forms on the road. There is
no more helpless feeling in the world than to
be going down an icy hill in a small automo
bile with a ten or fifteen truck behind you.
You know if something happens to your
car you are going to be run over because the
truck can’t stop. This also goes for busses.
To have a car behind you is bad enough but
there is a little better chance for you-if a
car hits you.
This thing of stopping when ice forms
of iourse, is not Only advisable for drivers ol
commercial vehicles. Its a mighty good
plan for all drivers.
WE VOTE AGAINST IT
A bill to be introduced at the next ses
sion of the legislature would provide that ii
a teacher is elected by a school for three
years in succession, further elections will not
be necessary. The teacher, under such a pro
vision, may consider a job permanently hers
until she is guilty of some action sufficiently
undesirable to provoke her dismissal by the
school board.
The bill, in our opinion, is not only un
necessary, but would be a veritable trouble
maker. Dismissals Of teachers are suffic
iently rare that no teacher need have any
real fear of losing her job so long as she does
it well, so that awarding permanent jobs is
not necessary to the teachers’ peace of mind
and happiness.
On the other hand, if school boards give
teachers permanent jobs, they will soon find
themselves in a muddle of embarrassment on
the score of ridding themselves of some tea
cher, who being more or less indolent, lets
up on her job when she considers it a cer
tainty, but commits no actual offense tc
which the board might object strenuously
enough to dismiss her.
The business of hiring and firing teach
ers, in this day of keen competition for jobs,
is already a delicate one. The matter of re
electing teachers at the end of each year,
even though it be purely a matter of form
will leave the school boards a loophole in case
of an undesirable situation, and if they
should ask our advice about it, which they
won’t, we should say leave well enough alone.
TRAINING IN DISTRIBUTION
1
The George-Deen act in congress appro
priating $1,200,000 to the states, provided
states match federal grants to some extent,
for vocational training in distributive lines is
tremendously interesting.
In North Carolina now we have in most
instances only three vocational courses. In
town and city schools there are home eco
nomics and bookkeeping or other commercial
courses. In rural schools are home econom
ics and agriculture.
The new fund provides for training in
salesmanship, window dressing, delivery ser
vice and other courses in distribution jobs.
This shows the trend m education today; tc
make education serve actual needs of the in
dividual and the community.
In North Carolina we are so rapidly be
coming a commercial state the value of such
courses is apparent. From an agriculture
state a few years ago North Carolina has be
rome quite commercial and commercial mind,
ed and every indication is it will be ever
more so in the near future. Matching ol
federal funds for this kind of instructor
would seem greatly desirable, entirely teas
and eaonomicaily profitable.
JOHN RINGLING
On Tuesday, December 2, death invaded
a Park Avenue apartment in New York City
to write the final lines in the dramatic story
of John Ringling, last of the seven famous
Ringling brothers. John, whose death came
after a brief illness from bronchial pneu
monia, had put behind him 70 years as full
and rich and varied as often fall to the lot
of one man, a life which embodied a "poor
boy-makes-good” saga sufficiently .romantic
to fire the imagination of every youth who
reads his story.
The son of a poor harness maker and
second youngest of seven brothers, he began
his career as a showman by collecting pins
and marbles as entrance fees to the back
yard shows staged by his brothers, and from
thence went in swift strides to the top in the
amusement world. The brothers began their
real career in the show business with the
organization of a concert company, from
that 4o a small circus was an easy step, ten
years beyond that was ownership of a large
circus, beyond that ownership and manipu
lation of practically all the large circuses in
the country, and even beyond that ownership
of many railroads over which the circuses
travelled.
In addition to his collection of circuses
and railroads, John Ringling was a collector
of art treasures and founded a museum of
art at Sarasota, Florida, as a memorial to
his first wife.
He showed the world—what they have
seen often but persist in forgetting —that
humble birth and poverty are not deterrants
to a man of real ability and force; he enter
tained Americans for half a century and
taught them entertainment values; he went
outside his particular field to promote the
cause of art; and he must have had a tre
mendously good time doing all of it.
I What Other Papers Say
run** was
(Salisbury Post) •
Leas than a year ago newspaper front pages were
crammed with picture*, maps and details of the war
between Italians and Ethiopians.
To a certain degree, that war is still going on.
One quarter—a rich section—of Ethiopia remains un
conquered, and to,000 natives are stoutly resisting the
Italian columns. Nevertheless, you are lucky If you
| can find a small item about the Ethiopian situation
in the back pages of your newspaper.
Now newspaper front pages are crammed with
pictures, maps and details of the civil war In Spain.
Let’s hope that a year from now a greater con
flict will not have usurped the front pages, n it's
hapd to, believe that may happen, remember that, a.
yefcr ago, th«e was ty> outward sign of a coming
Spanish war.
"When was the first lie detector made?” a read
er asks. While Adam was in a deep sleep.—Washing
ton Post.
Nobody*s Business
— By GEE McGEE ..
WHO'S WHAT IN PLAT HOCK
deer mr. edditor:—
yore kind letter received asking for a list of the
leading citlzons of flat rock for yore "who is who”
collum, and 1 will give you their names and their in
formation. as followers —
1—hon mike Clark, rfd, a direct ancestor of the
mr. Clark who opened up the front-tiers of the west
into Washington and oregon. and is mentioned in the
u. s. histry. he allso runs the finest beef market In
the south, hams, c23, fresh Uvvers, clT. porch chops,
all meat. c25. famous in pollutes and religion, a
noted publick speaker.
3—acudd Clark, son of the aforementioned mike
Clark, rfd. he was a world war Tetter an. wont acroat.
shot down 14 bumbing plains, torpedoed 1 german
warships on the way over, captured 1 machine guns
nests by hisself one day with 1400 prisoners of war,
Including the kaser, marshall von hindenbuxg, and
manny others, was deckers ted by baig and haig with
98 mettles but lost them on the way home.
S—mudd Clark, all so a son of the hon. mike Clark,
rfd. he is noted for being a ather-lete. he pitched
baseball for the yankees 9 years, for the Jints 9 yean,
then went on the football gridirons for yale and har
vard and beat the navy and army by scores of 67 to
0. mudd scored ever tetch-down made except one,
and he was laid up with a broke leg that
game, but played the next day against the university
of mltchigan and winned 48 to 1
4—miss sudle-lou Clark, third dartw of the afore
said mike Clark, rfd. flnnlahed high acholl in flat
rock, then when into the movies and played dubble
for norma west and mae talmage, was aHso In sewer
V Pitchers with bing crosby and tom mix. she evi
dently lives in beverly hills, hollywood, at pressent, as
she has not rote home in 8 months, she has both
tallent and vim.
5—dudd Clark, fifth son of yore corry sponctent, hon.
mike Clark, is allso famous, he went to the south
pole with It. byrd, so he says. <p. a he was away from
home enduring that expedition, and that’s what be
said when he got back: he beat mr. byrd home «
weeks), he handled pres. roseyvelt’s last election
with mr. farley and alf. smith, no one else in flat
rock deserves to get into yore “who’s that” coUum.
' only us Clarks.
i yores trwhe.
mikr Clark, rfd.
j corry spondem.
THREE’S A CROWD
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Washington
Daybook
By PRESTON GROVER
(AssoniateA Prtn Staff V. iter
WASHINGTON.-—Part of official
,Washington has the jitters over
what may grow out of the Mexican
expropriation law.
It is a sweeping act under which
tbs president of Mexico Is author
ized, In the inter
est of the public’s
need, to seize any
property within
the republic, eith
er temporarily or
permanently. The
purpose for the
seizure may range
jfrom military
needs to the sim
pler desire for
“the equitable dis
tribution of wealth
whether hoarded
or monopolized to MISTON L CSOVIf
the exclusive advantage of one or
several persons and In detriment
generally of the population as a
whole or a social class in particu
lar."
American investments in Mexico
are estimated at a billion dollars.
English and Dutch Investments also
ate large.
• • • •
Embarrasses Peace Parley
The law would be embarrassing
enough to United State officials at
any time. . But it was shot through
the Mexican congress at the behest
of President Cardenas just when
the inter-American conference was
taking shape.
Peace is the watchword of that
conference. Property seizure doesn’t
look too peaceful to American eyes,
whether on this continent or else
where.
The seizure law has a terrific
double-edged impact. It provides
far compensation where seizure or
government control is imposed. But
the compensation Is to be the amount
at which the property is listed for
tax purposes.
Now anyone acquainted with tax
procedure either in this country or
elsewhere knows that property is
assessed for taxes at any level from
kO per cent to Its full cash value.
But usually far less than the lat
ter. Courts have upheld the right of
railroads, for Instance, to have one
value.for tax purposes and another
higher value upon which passenger
and freight rates are based.
In Mexico the situation is report
ed as the same. Oil wells, gold and
silver mines and other vast proper
ties are on the tax rolls at an assess
ment far under cash value. Thus an
owner of such property is faced with
this dilemma:
He either can run the risk of
having ttas government seize his
property at its low tax value or
voluntarily go to the tax official
and have the assessment raised..
That of course means paying more
taxes year after year.
• • • •
Capable Of Drastic Action
1 Troubled particularly are owners
I of mines and oil fields, where labor
j troubles have arisen Under crr
I lain circumstances these could be
Sundown Stories
For The Kiddies
Indian Fuddle Muddler*
By MARY GRAHAM BONNER
The bears and Sweet Face were
left alone. Nearby was the huge
pile of sticks and old leaves, built
where It was rocky so that there
was no danger of Ore spreading
from it. and. too. there were some
big buckets of water which Willy
Nilly had put nearby so that he
could make sure no flames would
creep along the earth without be
ing stopped.
"What do you suppose the secret
is?” growled Honey Bear. "
“I can't imagine,” answered Jelly
Bear. “I know It hasn’t anything to
do with food because Willy Nilly
spoke of bringing up a picnic sup
per. He made no secret of it.”
Just then came a terrific noise.
Shouts, and the beating of a
drum and whoops of Joy and shrill
cvrles came from the direction of
Willy Nilly’s house. And now the
Puddle Muddlers appealed.
Leading them was Willy Nilly,
his face magnificently painted; and
he was wearing a headgear made
of feathers, which he had put away
in the Big Box That Held Things
Just For Fun.
Next came Rip. the dog, with a
little drum fastened on his back
which he beat with his tail.
Next came the ducks, their fea
thers painted red and yellow*
After the ducks came Christro
pher Columbus Crow with a string
of beads around his neck. And then
came Top Notch, the rooster, a bow
and arrow under his right wing.
Now they all began to dance.
“Whoops, whoops!” they shout
ed, “The Puddle Muddle Indians
have come to celebrate the winter
sleep of fine brave bears!”
Predict* Settlement
PARIS. Dec. 4.—(AP)—Jean Misti
ler, chairman of the foreign af
fairs comlttee of the French Parlia
ment, today told a meeting of ra
dical-socialist deputies he was con
vinced the United States and
France will “in time” reach an
agreement on war debts.
taken by the government as justifi
cation under the law far exprop
riation of property of native and
foreign investors alike.
That the Mexican government is
capable of taking drastic action is
indicated by the manner in which
large landed estates have been
chopped into communal plots for
former peons.
The whole prospectus doesn’t fit
nicely into the peace picture Presi
dent Roosevelt hoped to see drawn
at Buenos Aires
FOR
STUFFY HEAD
A f»w drops up each
nostril reduces
swollen membranes,
clear* away clog
ging mucus, bring*
welcome relief.
Vicks Va-tro nol
yO< double quantity SOt
EVERYDAY
LIVING
Just Living
"Just living is sheer fun,” writes
a reader-friends, who is a painter
and a poet, as well as a dramatist.
Having known him for years, I
know how much
he has been in
love with the Job
of living.
“No doubt I
was lucky,” he
goes on, “to have
been born with so
great a sense of
wonder and cur
iosity, that I have
never been able to
get used to the incredltable odd
ness of Just being alive. .
“It is amazing. Even when I am
disillusioned as regards my own
life, as I sometimes am in off moods,
the strangeness of my fellow-livers
fascinates me. They are not only
amusing but Interesting. •
“They are funny and pathetic by
turns, like myself; and I have found
that in the darkest seasons of life
there is always consolation to be
had, if we are not completely im
prisoned within ourselves.
"How dull the world would be if
it had been people exclusively by
persons of my type. We should all
be living quite pastoral lives, far
from the maddening crowd—not a
machine on earth!
“If everyone else had my likes
and dislikes, belonged to my politi
cal party, held my religious faith,
and lived as I want to live, it would
drive all of us to the latch ditch of
desperation.
"To me every human contact is
an experience, every friendship—
or even acquaintance—is an ad
venture. Never yet have I met any
human being in whom I did not
find something unique, charming.”
In respect to the future, my friend
has a mystic philosophy—he does
not call it a faith—the roots of
which are too deep to discover,
which assures him utterly—leaving
no margin of fear.
How good it is to see a man who
loves life for itself, who enjoys it
and does not simply endure it; one
to whom it is a romance, not a
burden or a bore. Tet he has known
hard knocks apelnty.
Surely the secret of his joy to
living is that he is not Imprisoned
within himself. He knows how to get
into the lives of his fellows; and
that secret is open to us all.
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