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Hiding llrliiml I Shadow
The Colorado Senator, explaining his op
position to Summer T. Pike for another term
on the Atomic Energy Commission, said he
voted "American".
The record shows that the Senator has
Voted more with the Republicans than he
has with his own party. The record also
shows that Sumner Pike is a true American.
The record further shows that there was
an unsavory political deal.
Then Senator Johnson has the gall to ex
plain his opposition to the man by saving
he always voted “American".
Well, it isn’t American for a politician to
run on one ticket and then bed up with an
other, especially when to do so favors the
big and mighty at the expense of the masses.
And for a politician to explain his position
by saving he voted “American” is merely
trying to hide behind a shadow.
7 7 mol y
Of course there is no direct connection,
but tlye lighting in Korea came just at the
right time to push the Buchanan lobby
committee findings on the back page or
crowd out facts altogether.
Congressman Frank Buchanan of Penn
sylvania and his committee were uncover
ing some unsavory facts about big-time lob
bying in Washington, but where one trump
ed up charge by that guy McCarthy was
aired in big headlines on the front pages, the
yvork of the' Buchanan committee went al
most unnoticed.
The committee has found that the super
lobby influenced much legislation in the
Both Congress, that the reactionary group,
supported by giant corporations, pumped
big money into several states to influence
elections.
Slii fis ll\ Ills linns
News and Observe!'
It will not surprise anybody who knows
Senator Frank F. Graham that he has stuck
by his guns cos:cci nmg u niattei ^ bich was
used to his injury during the recent cam
paign.
The Senator has announced that the Unit
ed States Civil Service Commission will
conduct competetive examinations on July
17 for all aplicants for appointment by him
to the Military Academy at West Point and
the Naval Academy at Annapolis.
The last time the Senator did that, a Neg
ro boy placed third in the examination and
was given the second alternate ranking to
which his grade entitled him. The Senator’s
opponents distorted the facts and it was
widely charged that Senator Graham had
“sent a Negro to West Point.”
It so happened that boy did not get to
West Point at all, as the first boy on the
list qualified for the appointment. Rut, if
the Negro had been able to finish first in the
examination, he would unquestionably have
been given the first opportunity to qualify
There are two ways by which members
of Congress can distribute their appoint
ments to West Point and Annapolis, by fa
voritism or on a merit basis. Some Senators
and Representatives use one system, some
another.
When Senator Graham went Washington
he was inclined to the merit system and he
was advised to use that system by the most
experienced rnan connected with Congress,
Vice-President Alben W. Barkley.
Under the merit system used by Senator
Graham, those who grade the applicants
do nqj. know their identity and the examina
tion papers are handled by numbers. Every
boy has an equal chance Certainly, white
boys who are applicants do not fear the com
petition. Bilt thousands of North Carolina
boy, who are qualified for West Point and
• Annapolis do not have any chance under a
IPMWMkssbw* . mrs*%
system of arbitrary selection based on fav
oritism—simply because their fathers lack
political influence.
The merit system is by far the preferable
way to make these appointments. It is not
at all surprising, but it is gratifying to see
Senator Graham stick to his guns in this
particular. It is a safe prediction that he will
continue to stick to his guns on all matters
for the remainder of the term in the Senate, i
Dinappninted
They have not said so, but quite a few of
the Scott haters have disappointment writ
ten all over their faces. They are so great
Iv disappointed because North Carolina’s
general fund came through the fiscal year
ended with more than a million dollars a
hove estimates.
It’s just abrtld as bad as the isms when a
man would like to see his state or country
in trouble just so he could rare back, pull
at his suspenders and say, “1 told you so”.
Lead On!
By Ruth Taylor.
Now is the time for courageous leader
ship. In the past months there has been too
much pleading and not enough leading. The
people are readier to follow than the leaders
are to lead - because the people look ahead
and the leaders too often look backwards to
make certain they are followed.
This is an hour fraught with opportunity -
whether it be an opportunity to forge
strong er the bidwarks of our democracy or
a crisis inwhich we face the weakening of
our system of government. Wo the free vot
ers have it in our power to elect the men
who can carry through, who dare to lead.
We cannot afford to repeat the tragic
mistakes of the past. We cannot isolate our
selves as committies, states or sections any
more than we can isolate ourselves as a
nation. Those who thought so have had
their judgement proved lacious.
Therefore, because of the idealism which
is the basic strength of our nation, we must
be especially careful to select as our candi
dates only those men and women whose
ideals are our ideals, who will not be sway
ed by pride of power, by favoritism, by
prejudices, and who will not put party
loyalties ahead of the public interest. They
must not only have political honesty and
honor but they must be able to recognize
propaganda for what it is and see beyond
purely local issuys,. They must feel that once
elected they are the representatives of the
whole people, not of any one group or clique.
We have enough to do without fighting
each other. We have neither time nor energy
enough for that! No individual or group has
the right to think or act in terms of personal
interest to the detriment of the general na
tional good. To discuss and debate is a price
less privilege - but it is a privilege that must
not be carried to excess.
We need men who dare to act as the oc
casion demands for the good of the nation
as a whole - not for their own particular
group or clique. We need men whose eyes
are on the road straight ahead - not on their
political fences. We need men who have
courage to do the job without fear or favor -
who once elected to office remember that
their task is to represent all the citizens of
their community, state or nation and who
act accordingly.
We must pick leaders for their ability
and courage and then command them to
lead!
Almost, lint Not Quite
President Truman’s action on the Korean
situation received almost unanimous ap
proval, but the Daily Worker, communist
sheet, and the Chicago Tribune,, arch Re
publican journal, came forward with the
strongest political opposition. Bob Taft,
Ohio Senator, trailed along with the two
strange bedfellows, apparently (jisanoointed
because the Republicans had lost points to
argue in the elections.
It seems strange, but apparently there are
those who would prefer Americans to bog
down in Korea just so they could advance
their political scheming at home.
The Korean situation almost united the
nation and the the United Nations, but not
quite.
Must Have Some Merit
The Social Security system, still attacked
by those who have theirs guaranted by the
giant corporations, must be all right. Brand
ed only a short time ago as socialistic, the
system was recently expanded to double the
benefits of nearly three million persons. And
the action was favored by 92 Senators with
two voting against it.
Social security, after all, is thrift. The
worker puts aside some and the employer
puts aside some. The employer in some in
stances complains, but by all that which
is right and just he should be paying that
much or more higher wages.
Judging from the vote in the Senate, the
system has merit and can no longer be
branded as socialistic.
m BROADWAY AND MAIN STREET
Undauntsd.UnhauntedGotham
Finds a Ghost Story of Its Own
__ By BILLY ROSE
We men of Manhattan are an undaunted and unhatinted lot—
or at least think we are—and *o ghost stories seldom stand a ghost
of a chance in this town. ...... , »
The other night, however, a real estate man buttonholed ma coming
out of ‘ 21" and told me a chiller about a deserted hous* In the Flushing
section of Queens, and on the off-chance that your Scalp caa use a
tingle or two, I'd like to pass tt along ....
un me nigni qz uir u>*
winters ago, a doctor in Queens an
swered his doorbell end found a
smallish man In i
I • a « a macnnuw
■ landing on the
■ loop.
"My wife is very
sick," he said ‘ I
h»te to ssk you to
come out on a night
tike this, but it's
only a few blocks."
The doctor fol
lowed him to a
large wooden houst Billy IUu
near the intersec
tion of Vine street and Broadway,
and when the man unlocked the
door the physician could see by the
glare of an unshaded droplight that
the lower floor was empty except
for a few kitchen chairs and a
length of carpet.
“THIS IS NO PLACE for a lick
woman,” he said. “You ought to
have some heat in the house."
The man led him up a creaky
let of ttain to the tecond floor,
and in the front room an emac
iated woman was lying in an old
four-poster bed. She kept cough
ing into a blood-flecked handker
chief, and though the doctor went
through the motions of an ex
amination he knew at once it wat
an advanced case of tuberculosis.
"I can give her something to re
leve the congestion,” he told her
Husband, “but she'll have to be
moved to a hospital first thing in
the morning.”
He then wrote out a prescription.
'Til get it filled right away," said
the man, and showed the doctor to
the door.
Next morning, wondering how
:he woman was getting along, the
physician stopped by the wooden
house, but there was no answer
when he rang the bell. Moreover,
there were no tracks In the snow
to indicate that an ambulance or
any other vehicle had pulled up in
front of the place.
flIXTY SIGE
- he wants ter know,
Ef live folks dont take no stock
of thay-selves, do them thats gone
beryond ever think of 'em?
Long time ago. I seed ther rael
old Liberty Bell, with ther eraek
in it whar them old Patriots bust
ed it that day^a-ringin it so strong
a-juberlatin over thay Declaration
of Independence. But now hit has
got so old and preshus, ther Gov
inent won't let it travel round lak
thay uster. So thay hav got-up a
zact-patern like it, and is now
senriin it round ther country, try
in to stimei late ther wanin patri
tism of us people of today. And
tother day I seed ther Old-Bells
step-chile fixt up on a truck, and
a-standin on ther street fer all to
see, and ad-mire, and re-flect on
what-all it to us of ther present
gineration, and them of ther fu
ture. And I stood and thort a lit
tle bout—Spose sum them old
Valy-Forgers that hungerd, and
shiverd, and bled, and died a-set
tin-up this Nation to hand down
to us and uthers, was a-standin by
that Bell and a-astin ther passers
by—Do you predate what this
Bell aims to signerfy? And ther
Country vve Fus-Timets suffer'd s.
to formerlate and hand down tc
you? What air you doin today ir
ther way of sacryfise fer ther good
of ther thing you-to air a-goin tc
hand down on to-morrer to then
that rums berhind yer? Air then
future ginerations a-goin to b<
proud of ther things you dun hen
en-durin your tenant-time? We
all had Statesmen and Patryots t<
hep i s when we made ther set-up
and we bowd-down in Revren
thanks that thay worked and blei
and d-nied fer ther good of the
country. What air you doin t
put your best efforts forards fe
ther country as a whole, fore yo
looks out fust fer your-self? An
what er-but them you votes-in t
sarve for ther rest of you-all? Ai
thay Statesmen that considers
Public Ofis is a Public-Trust? C
air thay jest ornry Poly-tishur
that uses thay hi-ofis as a hobj
horse to see-saw on fer ther goo
uv then thay picks outn ther fart
lys uv Greed and Grab? Whi
erbout yer churches? Air tha
fulled-up on Sundys with foil
givin thanks fer ther good thlnj
thay air receivin’ Or air ther h
ways ram-pantin with speede
and reckers a-goin here and yai
Puzzled, he went to the office of
a real eftato a amt on the neat
street and .asked IX ha could Jet j
some information about the rest '
denti of the house. |
• • •
"THAT'S A rtm sort otqjies- i
tion,-’ said the want' ‘'Thera Aren't
any residents “and there aren’t like
ly to be any. The house hasn't t>a«n j
occupied in IS years, and thou§h !
it'a alway* bean on my list, no
body’s ever wanted it." I
"Do you think squatters might .he
living in it on account of tha hous
ing shortage?" asked the doctor.
“Could be, but I doubi It,’’, laid
tha agent. "There's been a lot of
queer talk about that bouae. and tha
last family that mavtd in during
tha depression could only stand it
for a few weeks. The husband and
wife slept in tha front room on the
second floor, and to boar them toll
it they were kept awake night after
night by tha sound of a woman
coughing. It finally got sa bad they
packed and left "
"I know^lt* sound* absurd,” said
the doctor, "but I examined a sick
woman ther* last sight, and if
you’ve got a key I’ll walk over with
you and prove it.”
Wbttt thty go! to tht bout*,
it took tho tf tot guilt s U’biit to
get tht rusty lock opto, tn/uhtn
they tnttrtd ihtrt utsn’S o stick
of fumiturt f» sight. "I could
htvt suoro I tow somt choirs
tod o csrgtt down btrt lost
night," soid tht doctor.
"Maybe you've got this house
mixed up with another on*," tb#
agent suggested.
"1 still think It's the same pise*.
Let's look upstairs."
On tht second floor they went into
the front room. It was also empty.
Empty, that Is, except for a piece
of paper on the window alii—the
prescription the doctor had written
the night before.
der to mingle with ther works of
ther Devel? What erbout yer
Pore-Folks thats uilus with yer,
eg us ther Lord giv ’em a will to
make yer bread fer yer, sted uv a
brain to pick yer fleece? And
when yer Publio-Sarvants hand
Cow* Should Be Put
On Pasture in Morning
• —
A. C. Kimrey, dairy specialist
for the State Oollpge Kxtension
Service, says dairy rows should
hr put on pasture parly in the
morning, so thpy can secure their
fill of grass during the cool part
of the day. It is also good prac
tice to put them on grazing after
the night milking. When cows
are. seen grazing during the hot
test part of the day, it Ls a sure
sign that the pasture is not as good •
or abundant as it should be.
On'good pasture the cow will
get her fill in one or ;lwo hours
and then seek some comfortable
place to spend the hottest hours i
of the day. while she compile* di
gestion of the grass already,paten.
Each pasture should have en
ough trees to furnish ample shade
for the number of cows to-be graz
ed. The ideal place is near the
source of water. In case trees'are
not available, temporary shade
should be provided. Fairly good
shade may be obtained from a
straw shelter made by placing a
few posts in the ground, con
structing a cross lattice on top,
and covering with straw or other
similar material.
Kimrey says cows don’t perspire
in the same way that most other
animals do. They must rely on
other ways of eliminating body
heat. The passage of large
amounts of water through a poVs
system aids greatly in controlling
her body' temperature. For this
reason cows need to drink more
water in summer than in winter.
but ther ole-age money, do thay
start at ther bottom, and giv it to!
them that needs it most? Or do
they start at ther top mongst thay
own ilk, includin them thats in
ther Peny-tensury? And air thay
tryin to head-off ther creepin
Isums? Or air thay heppin to
propergate ’em, by certain dis
cords mungst Jher men-with ther
hoe? To git round all these things
is what Valy-Forg wus fer, and
what this old Bell is tryin to call
hack to yer. .And what ther old
By-Goners air u-wonderin bout
yer over yander in our Sluhl>er
Land.
--ft
Defrosting home freezers usu
ally is done by scraping off frost,
But if ice formed or if the freezer
needs complete cleaning, a fan
helps melt the ice by blowing
warm air,in and cold air out.
IMPROVING
Mr. Herman Manning is re
covering from injuries received in
a logging accident near Oak City
last Thursday morning.
NOTICE OF SALE
OF PERSONAE PROPERTY
Notice is hereby given, that un
der, by virtue of and pursuant to
authority conferred upon me, the
undersigned, as Administrator C.
T. A. of the Estate of the late Dr.
J. E. Ward, deceased, of Rober
sonville, Martin County North
Carolina. I will offer for sale, at
public auction, to the highest bid
jrr, for cash, at the Courthouse
Door of Martin County in Wil
liamston. North Carolina, at elev
en o'clock A. M., on the 5th day
of August, 1950, the following per
sonal property of the late Dr. J. E.
Ward, deceased, to-wit:
One 1949 LINCOLN COSMO
POLITAN SEDAN AUTOMO
BILE Motor No. 9F.H-24851 -Ser
ial No. W326620B.
The above being the Lincoln
Sedan automobile owned by the
late Dr. J. E. Ward, deceased, at
the time of his death.
This the 30th day of June 1950.
R. L. Moore, Administrator C.
T. A. of the Estate of Dr.~,J
E. Ward, Deceased.
Hugh G. Horton, Attorney,
Williamston, N. C.
Jly 11-18’
speciaTTroceeding
North Carolina, Martin Count?'.
In The Superior Court
Before the Clerk
Rosa Staten Vs. Thurston Daven
port, l.eora Davenport, Ocenia
Davenport, Robert Davenport,
Lillie D. Hardy, Lena D. Hardy,
Clifton Davenport, and Lizzie Da
venport.
The defendants will take notice
that a Special Proceeding, at*
above entitled, has been institut- 1
ed before the undersigned Clerk
of the Superior Court of Martin
County, for the partition of lands
described in the petition, which
has been filed in my office, The
defendants will further take mo
tive, that they are required tribe
and appear before me in my..of
fire in Williamston. N. C., uni or
"before July 22. i 950, and ansvjrer
or demur to the said petition or
the petitioner will apply to the
Court for the relief prayed.in
petition. r
This June 15, 1950.
L B. Wvnne, C. S C.
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