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Raleigh Round-Up Allison James Given Potent Dose Of Republican Medicine By KIDD BREWER THE TREATMENT ... He felt just like a turkey on the day after Thanksgiving, did Allison James, of Greensboro, last week when one Elmer Rustad got through with him. Big, jovial Allison — at one time a druggist in Winston-Salem — had at last found what it was like for a Democrat to receive a formal vis it from a Republican boss. Republicans no doubt had sim ilar visits from Democratic superi ors back in 1933, when losing a job was a lot rougher than it is now, but that fact made the easement none the easier on Allison. Rustad, one of the U. S. Treas ury department’s hatchet men, ask ed James to resign as N. C. savings bond head, a job he has held for almost 12 years, or be fired to make room for good Republican Walter Johnson, of Sparta. Allison bowed up, said he def initely would not resign, said the job was not political, and forthwith started sending telegrams off in all directions requesting friends to intercede in his behalf with Treas ury Secretary Humphrey in “imme diate protest, in the strongest terms — by phone, wire, or let ter,” There s no telling how many mes sages — by phone, wire, or letter —Humphrey has received to this hour protesting the “injection of politics” in the sale of savings bonds in North Carolina. We doubt that even one of them will be worth a plug nickel. Good Druggist James should re alize he has been given a real Re publican concoction consisting of one part strychnine and two parts Maybe A New House Is Too Expensive At This Time Let us add a room, porch or picture window and new siding. You will be surprised at the difference it will make. C. E. Cochrane Contractor Phone 2-6161 Brevard, N. C. arsenic with just a dash of castor oil thrown in to make it more ef fective. His death pains may be long and lambastuous — but no less enjoyable as far as starving Re publicans are concerned. Good Democrat that he is, Alli son James should be familiar with Andrew Jackson, erica 1830, the spoils system, and all that. And the fact that James is a good man j and has done a wonderful job will I make little difference. Time may come when he will say this firing was for the best. I can sympathize with him, having lost out when J. M. Broughton defeat ed W. B. Umstead for the U. S. Senate. But the loss of my position was a blessing in disguise. May it be so with Allison James. Harry Gatton, you remember, was with the treasury department in Washington. He moved before the Republicans could get to him, is now administrative assistant to Senator Alton A. Lennon. Even if Lennon should be defeated for re election, the change in jobs was a wise decision for a hot Democrat like Gatton. GUESSING ... The experts (anybody coming into Raleigh from out in the state) were say ing all sorts of things here last week. Add them all up and it still eomes out confusion. But there was one significant thought to be gained from all the talk: The people of North Carolina are anxious for one of those Katie - bar-the-door cam paigns between Kerr Scott and Alton Lennon. That means root hog-or-die, knock - down-drag out, devil-take - the - hindmost, and a dozen or two other cliches of similar vintage. CONFLICTING . . . Trying to pin down the various rumors and the speculation was like holding hands with an octupus. The minute an “informer” from the western part of the state un loaded some “reliable” gossip, up came an equally “reliable source” from the other end of the line. But throwing out the chaff and after analyzing the apparent truths of politics, here’s what the politi cal situation looked like last week —at least as this corner saw it. HE WILL . . . Kerr Scott will run — bat he could be a lot hap pier about the way his advance planning is turning out. First of all, he isn’t getting the money he had hoped — and really expected — to get. But he’s getting some — probably more than you realize. And some of it is coming from people who are not particularly eager to noise it around that they’re sup porting Scott. The former governor realizes, They're Here... THE MOST TALKED ABOUT TRACTORS AND IMPLEMENTS IN AMERICA! McCormick Farmall COME IN AND SEE OUR COMPLETE LINE TODAY! Terms — Immediate Delivery The Tractor for Your Job! There is a McCormick FARM ALL TRACTOR and implement that will do your job in a “tailor made” fashion because it is “tailor-made” for the job. And after you become the proud owner, we are right here to serve you with AVAILABLE PARTS and QUICK SERVICE throughout the long life of your McCORMICK FARM ALL equip ment. CANTRELL Tractor And Implement Co. First Ave., East, Hendersonville, N. C., Phone 9759 Serves In Marines L Marine PFC. ODELL KING, son of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis L. King, of Pisgah Forest, is now attending the stockman’s course at the supply school, Camp Le jeune, on the North Carolina coast. Student stockmen will re ceive six weeks of instruction in all phases of warehouse proce dure. The course will cover the handling, packing, preservation and cataloging of all types of sup plies used throughout the ma rine corps. too, that he is getting only token financial support in some quar ters where Lennon will get real money. LABOR .. . Scott is finding that organized labor is not delirious with joy about the prospects of his running. Labor probably would have back ed Scott handsomely — and will still give him its best wishes — if Willis Smith had lived and Scott had opposed him. But now organ ized labor has other — and bigger —fish to fry. Scott likely won’t get any all-out support from the organized minori ty groups. He will get some — a lot more than Lennon — but Lennon is said to be acquiring some strong backers among the negroes and oth er groups in his home town. Letters are feeding out from Wilmington almost daily now. They’re sending the word around that Lennon is a decent sort of fellow. HE WON’T . . . Don’t look for a dull campaign. Alton Lennon won’t pussyfoot when the fight gets going in earnest. And you know Kerr Scott won’t. Lennon regards Scott as a sure candidate and is loading his squir rel guns. Scott might as well ex pect Lennon to drag some em barrassing skeletons across this stage in this no-holds-barred af fair. A lot of folks have Lennon sized up wrong in thinking he’s a “nice, quiet, young fellow.” That red hair ain't up there for nothing. He also has redheaded temper. In fact, Alton A. Lennon’s real trouble eventually may involve a test of his ability to control that temper. THEY WILL . . . Scott and Len non will provide the political are na with a ding-dong show. There will be plenty of surprises. For example: Don’t be in a hurry to bet that folks like Hubert Olive, whom Scott backed for governor in 1952, will be in Scott’s corner in the coming battle. George Coble, who gave Scott his first big dona tion in the 1948 campaign ($5,000) is not expected to support him this time. On the other hand, don’t bet that Dr. T. C. Johnson (who was ap pointed and fired as paroles com missioner by Scott) will oppose his old hirer and firer. Johnson is no mean campaigner, has a lot of friends across the state, and would mean a lot where it counts most to Scott. TOGETHER . . . Seen in deep, dark conversation in a hallway of a local hotel the other evening were Terry Sanford and Bill Whitley. Wonder what they were talk ing about. Whatever it was, they scattered like snowbirds in the wind when flushed. Sanford within the past few weeks has been reported as plan ning Scott strategy, while Whit ley is said to be lining things up for the Haw River squire’s pub licity. WAITERS . . . The recently op ened Howard Johnson place on the Chapel Hill-Durham road had prom inent waiters during its first few days of operation. None other than Lt. Gov. Luther Hodges and Demo cratic Chairman Everett Jordan. They were all over the place, wait ing on tables, greeting people, showing them to their seats, and generally performing the role of efficient waiters. Fine opening. Good waiters. The owners? Hodges and Jordan. TRY TIMES WANT ADS PROCLAMATION 8 WHEREAS, February 8, 1954, is the 44th anniversary of the i founding of the Boy Scouts of America, chartered by the Congress | of the United States, as a program for all the boys of America, and WHEREAS, the Boy Scout program has affected the lives of | 21,000,000 American boys and men since 1910, and now has an ac I tive enrollment of 3,300,000 and WHEREAS, the movement, through its current theme, “For | ward on Liberty’s Team,” seeks to provide a higher quality pro | gram for its ever-increasing boy membership, and WHEREAS, the Boy Scouts of America, is a great force for | training youth in right character and good citizenship; NOW THEREFORE, I, John A. Ford, mayor of the town of | Brevard in the state of North Carolina, do hereby proclaim the | week of February 7th to 13th as “Boy Scout Week,” and do urge | our citizens to join with the boy membership of this great move | ment in now honoring the volunteer Scout leaders whose unself | ish efforts in behalf of boys make an inestimable contribution to | our city. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto signed my name | officially and caused the Seal of the Town of Brevard to be af I fixed, this 11th day of January, 1954. (Signed) JOHN A. FORD, Mayor 3.......................-ra TIMES WANT ADS BRING RESULTS Pisgah P-TA Will Observe Founders’ Day Next Tuesday Founders’ Day will be observed at the February meeting of the Pis gah Forest Parent-Teacher associa tion. This meeting will be held Tuesday, February 9th, at 7:30 p. m., in the seventh grade room. Musical numbers will be present ed by several members of Mrs. Duncan Hunter’s flute band and Rev. Neal McGlamery will give the devotional. The program chairman, Mrs. Mer rill Capps, assisted by Mrs. C. F. Allison and Mrs. Walter Moody, will present a round table discus sion on “Know Your P-TA.” Fol lowing this a film will be shown. A Founders Day offering will be taken, after which a social hour will be held in the library. A birth day cake and other refreshments will be served. A cordial invitation is extended to parents, teachers and school pa trons to attend. Past presidents and charter members will be recogniz ed at the meeting. I MEVAftft^PtWIBEB it is vtxjRseuT^ VVOU ALWAYS CHEAT-) / “N WITH PLUMBING 1 , THAT IS OBSOLETE / 8-21*1 PREtflEY^BOBHE Sa&mf/MBlNGt HEATING / J 1- r-T?_ t?uA CO&\J% <PpM it <?{&. <, E—_ it; ‘r'tZ-.^ • BRE VA ip.N.C. When you think of prescrip ts. think of VARNTR’S_ad*. WARNING ! DON’T MISS SEEING... J FOURTH SEASON 1953-'54 Brevard Little Theatre Comedy “Cuckoos On The Hearth” DIRECTED BY ROBROY FARQUHAR ASSISTED BY FREDDIE NORRIS TWO PERFORMANCES Tuesday A - Wed'day | A February |/ February 1 IP 8:00 O'CLOCK CAST OF CHARACTERS Abby Rodick_ Lulu Pung_ Charlotte Carlton_ Sheriff Preble_ Don Carlton_ Zadock Grimes_ “Doc” Ferris_ The Professor_ Rev. Clarence Underhill Beulah Peck_ Dr. Gordon___ State Trooper_ _Margaret Hampton _Becky Macfie _Rosemary Conklin _Alex Kizer, Jr. _Charles Jolliff Charles Norlander, Jr. _Bill Norris _Bill Bangs -Bruce Livengood -May Chamberlain _Helen Ritch _Richard Davis COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN FOR STAGE Production Manager Stage Manager_ Asst. Stage Manager. Stage Furnishings_ Properties_ Costuming_' Make-Up_ Hair Stylist_ Lights and Sound_ House_ _Donald Hill _Marcy Newell _Smith Conklin _Lila Hill _Martha Choate _Kitty Loeb .Adrienne Allison _Edith York Charles Glazener __Harvey Sigmon THIS SPACE CONTRIBUTED BY Ecusta Paper Corporation SUBSIDIARY OF OLIN INDUSTRIES, INC PISGAH FOREST, N. C.
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