Turpentine 'Drippings —#— Compiled By BUI Sharpe (Southport Pilot) There is another type of charac ter assassin who deserves some at tention from the honorable mem bers of the legal profession who detest abuse of court witnesses. Here is how they operate. The most honorable ftian may be. not of his own choice bu< because be is summoned to appear, on the witness stand. He has done noth ing but tell the truth as he sees it. Then comes the character assassin to cross-exarrtine him in an effort to impeach his testimony. Character ^ssassin: "You've had a little trouble in court, your self. haven’t you?” Mr. Witness: “No. sir." Character Assassin: “You were indicted for giving worthless checks up in Alamance County, weren't you?'* Mr. Witness: “A warrant was is sued, but ..." Character Assassin: “Just ans wer my question, yes or no. Were you or were you not indicted for giving worthless checks?" Mr. Witness: “Yes, but I . . . ” Character Assassin: “That's all I wanted to know." And the impression is created in the minds of the jury and th? » courtroom audience that Mr. Wit ness is a low sort of character, even though the worthless check warrant may have been drawn by mistake. No amount of explana tion later on will shake off tno harmful impression left by the question. \ * * « Emulation 0 The locomotive engineer's son got an electric train for Christ mas, but he is an only child and refuses to operate the train until he gets a second man to comply with union regulations. — Deca PRESIDENT TRUMAN Making his second address on foreign policy in two days. Pre sident Truman struck out sharp ly at the Soviet Union as ah ob ^struetor of peace and at those in this country who would reduce United States military and eco nomic aid to other nations. He charged that the Soviet Union vas ‘Tormenting aggression and ireparing for war” and that Vrnerican isolationists were "as angerous" as those who plotted gainst this nation's freedom. THE POWER OF THE PRESS (Nags Head Surfside News) “I think we'll have a good po tato crop this year," a newspaper editor told his housekeeper one morning. “No such thing," asserted the housekeeper. "I think the crop will be poor.” Ignoring her remark the edi tor proceeded to his office and caused to be inserted in the even ing paper his estimate of the I crop situation. That night when he returned ! home he found the housekeeper | waiting for him with a sheepish ! grin on her face and a copy of the paper in her hand. "I was I wrong,” she said apologetically. "It says right here in the paper that the crop v/ill be excellent this year.” HIT WOULDN'T HELP (Camden Chronicle) “A man has to be awake every minute he is on the job these days,” says a writer. And that re minds us of the story of the old farm hand, who was a splendid worker but who was late morn ing after morning. The farmer determined to put a stop to this and one morning he waited for him to arrive. “Now look here, Bob," he said, “you’re late again. I just won’t have it. You should have been here an hour ago.” "I know,” grinned Bob, “but I wouldn’t a’bin no good to ye as I wuzz fast asleep." STANLY HAS COME FAR (Moore County News) Stanly is one of the wealthiest and most progressive counties in the state with a rural population that can thank lespedeza for its broad rich acres. But it was not so when Senator U. L Spence of Carthage roamed the red hills of Stanly as a boy. It was consid ered one of the most backward counties in North Carolina, eco nomically and intellectually speaking Even in Union county, which was not much better, it used to be told that the Stanly ites were so far behind the times in the 30 s that they arrested a Western Union telegraph boy un der the impression that he was a Yankee Soldier. EASIER THAN NEWSPAPER (Asheboro Courier - Tribune) While waiting for “The Couyer” at the post office the other morn ing 1 heard right much news from behind the windows. Went Caveness and the other boys were making some comments, pro can eon. Nothing in violation of any regulations 8,535 as compared with Williams’ $62,028. The further' factor, however, which leaves the Red Sox bambino in less favorable economic position is the fact that the money Williams takes home will buy only about 57 per cent of the total goods anil services which Babe Ruth could buy with his. 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