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A '.l Four Amendments
Need Approval Saturday
On Saturday North Carolinians wfil deter
Tni ip at thp polls their wishes on four con
ati Ait tonal amendments. The most discussed
of the four is the school amendment set up
by the special July session of the legislature,
whifch, if passed, would authorize expense
(rnhts for private education and would
airhorize a local vote to suspend local
scl ools.
'.'he legislature approved the program of
the seven:mau advisory education committee
who worked from last August until May in
de-'isintr what is known as the "Pearsall
Plan" ? named after Tom Pearsall, who was
chairman of the seven-man committee.
Our own Senator William Medford was a
member of that committee and we know of
the long hours that were spent in studying
the problem and coming up with a plan de
signed, as the committee put it, "To find a
w-i) to preserve the public schools."
The proposal which the constitutional a
mendment would provide simply means that
any given school district in the state, by a
vote of the people could close a school in the
event the situation became "intolerable."
The closing of the schools in one district
would in no way affect the remaining schools
in the state.
Governor Hodges is a strong advocate of
th.? pjan, which found reedy approval in the
(it nernl Assembly, and other men and wo
men of North Carolina who have long been
interested in the betterment of the educa
te nal program in North Carolina have pub
Ik ly come out favoring the approval of the
constitutional amendment. Senators Kerr
S<ntt and Sam Krwin, Jr., are among those
w 10 have advocated the passage of the a
m-mdment In Saturday's election. Following
th" unfortunate outbreak in Tennessee, Gov
ernor Hodges and Senator Krwin and others
said that if Tennessee had the constitutional
amendment which is being presented to
Nirth Carolina voters on Saturday, the situ
ation in Tennessee might not have come to
the forefront.
It seeips apparent to us that the men who
hove devoted no much time and study to this
program, and have proven in the past their
undivided interest in our school program,
are aflOMnur North Carolina the proper steps
to tulwin-ttris sei iouir matter.?,
We feel that in the absence or any other
p-oposed pro cram, and in view of the de
cision of the Supreme Court, we have net al
ternative but to amend our constitution with
tie proposed school amendment.
As to the other three amendments, we feel
ti nt each of those should be given our ap
p*ovnl in Saturday's election. The first a
rr end mint is for increasing compensation
for members of the General Assembly: sec
ond, changing the date for convening the
General Assembly from January to Febru
ary ; and third, authorizing a married woman
to exercise powers of attorney conferred u|>
on her by her husband.
It's strange but the less one knows, the
ersier it is to form nn opinion on any jriven
subject.
A dictionary does you no jrood unless you
use it: the same observation applies to your
brain.
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In time and place n harmless lie is a great
deal better than a hurtful truth.
?Roger Ascham.
Lifesaving Program
Vital For 4-H Clubs
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We do not know how much time was de
voted at Tamp Schaub this summer in teach
ing the 4-1! cluh members who attended the
camp lifesaving and water safety measures,
but we do know that it was well worth while
and that one 11-year-old girl in Haywood
County attributes her life to the fact that
her 1 ft-year-old brother took the course and
remembered what he learned and was able to
apply it in time of emergency.
Fifteen-year-old Clifton Shook, Jr., dem
onstrated the value of this training last Fri
day as he brought the limp body of his 11
year-old sister, "Kitty", from a small pool
to the bank and with the aid of others was
able to revive her after she had been under
the water several minutes.
This heroic incident came less than 24
hours after a group of Haywood County wo
men, meeting at the Courthouse, had gone
on record urging that more young people be
come members of the 4-H clubs and that the
4-H club program include more basic studies
that would benefit the members throughout
life.
After the incident last Friday involving
this 4-H club member, we believe and feel
that the lifesaving program will be made a
greater part of the summer camp program.
Right at the moment we do not know all
the requirements necessary for a candidate
to receive a Carnegie Medal given those who
save a life, but we feel that Clifton, Jr., cer
tainly deserves one. We know he is not seek
ing it and will not seek it ? he was richly
rewarded when a few hours after the inci
dent as "Kitty" looked up into his face and
gave him a smile that could only come from
a heart that was bubbling over with admira
tion and gratitude.
Miss Sallie McCracken
Last Sunday Miss Sallie McCracken, na
tive of Haywood, was honored at the Mills
Home Baptist Orphanage, Thomasvillo,
where she has been associated in that im
portant work for the past 60 years.
Many deserved tributes were paid to Miss
McCracken, and the following morning the
Raleigh News and Observer carried an edi
torial that perhaps expresses the sentiment
of all North Carolinians and many outside
the state.
The editorial was as follows:
This does not seem to be the season for
picking the North Carolina Mother-of-the
Year. Rut when that time comes in North
Carolina this year, it would be no mistake
to give the title to a maiden lady. Miss Sallie
McCracken. who has for sixty years worked
with the children at the Mills Home Baptist
Orphanage. The "children" to whom she has
devoted her life now number about 6,000.
And as one of them said. "She has woven
herself into the moral fibre of 6.000 like me
who came under her influence." Not many
mothers can claim such a record in the essen
tial meaning of mothering.
A Colorado man dislocated his jaw six
limes by yawning. Did he ever think of shut
ting off the TV?
Don't play around too much with
"schemes." Hard work pays much better
dividends.
"Guess who's calling?" seems like a
mighty good excuse for hanging up the
phone.
vir.ws iif ui ukk editors
Pearsall And Stanley Plans
Although the text of measures to effort the so
colled Stanley Plan in neighboring Virginia has
not been made public, enough has been revealed
tc show tbe contrast between what Is proposed for
the Old Dominion and the Pearsall Plan which has
a'ready received legislative clearance and awaits
outcome of the September 8 constitutional refer
cndum to become operative In North Carolina.
Thirteen bills will he offered In the special ses
sion of the Virginia General Assembly to carry out
the governor's program. But the key measure,, ac
cording to the Associated Press, "is the one that
amends the general appropriations bill to require!
withholding of state school money from any school
system that integrated?voluntarily or under court
order " Thus the Old Dominion would have rigid.
Inflexible controls, which could very easily choke
Its public school system to death, centered in Rich
mond. with the final decision left not to the people
but to the governor or General Assembly.
In North Carolina, the pupil assignment act will
take precedence and in extreme cases, where any
school (s truly endangered, decision will be left to
the people themselves There is no statewide, inflex
ible policy; rather North Carolina's policy is as flex
ible as the attitudes or wishes of every community
within Its borders. The state wilt not withhold
irtrfhey: the closing of any tfehool Is made exceed
ingly difficult and the responsibility in every in
stance will be pinpointed.
Those in North Carolina who are attacking the
Pearsall Plan?and their sincerity we da not ques
tion?ihust 'take cognizance of what has happened
The Pearsall Plan, for all of its uncertainties and
imperfections, shines when laid alongside what Vir
ginia i* offered and similar school strangulation
steps which are indicated over the South. North
Carolina, avoiding a battle between extremes and
staving off such pressure as has Heed built up in
Virginia. U going ita wonted middle course Its
school plan is flexible and flnal action will rest
directly upon the people.?Greensboro Dally News.
THE MOUNTAINEER
WtjUMvlllf, North Carolina
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The County Seat of Haywood County
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Thuntdav Afternoon. September 6, 1956
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(Governor Hodges is asking North Carolinians
to study the public school amendment to be voted on
in a general election September 8. He has fully en
dorsed the amendment, known as the Pearsall Plan.
Signs such as these have been placed in strategic
places in North Carolina. The space was given by an
advertising agency.
' .SAMPLE. BALLOT WM
/ OFFICIAL BALLOT ON
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTER
1. To vote FOR any amendment. make n trm ?] mark in th?> square td the
itsft of the vt?r?i FOR.
2. To voW AGAINST any amendment, make a cron* g} mark In tin- square
to the Lfft of the word AGAINST.
3. If yon tear or deface or wrongly mark this ballot, return it and get
another.
SPECIAL SESSION SCHOOL AMENDMENT
r fn POR constitutional amendment authorizing education expense grants
fur private education and authorizing local vote to suspend local schuoLs.
AGAINST constitutional amendment authorizing education expense
grants for private education and authorizing local vote to suspend local
school*.
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REGULAR SESSION AMENDMENTS
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j FOR amendment allowing limited necessary compensation ?t members
of the General Assembly.
I AGAINST tro^ndment allowing limited necessary compensation of
members of the General Assembly.
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? FOR constitutional amendment changing the date for convening thy
General Assembly from January to February.
? AGAINST constitutional amendment changing the date for convening
the General Assembly front January to February.
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] FOR amendment authorizing married woman to exercise powers of
attorney conferred upon her by bet husband.
[~j AGAINST 'amendment authorizing married woman to exercise powers
of attorney conferred upon her by her husband.
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Back Over
The Years
20 YEARS AGO
J. R. Boyd, president of the
First National Rank, goes to San
Francisco, Calif, for the Ameri
can Bankers Association meeting.,
Sydney Truesdale returns to
Duke University after spending
the summer with his parents, the
Rev. and Mrs R. S. Truesdale.
The Misses Mary and Cather
ine Palmer enter Brevard Col
lege.
Throngs enjoy flower garden of
W T Shelton on Pigeon Street
10 YEARS AGO
A J llutchins of Canton is
named on the planning committee
for construction of greater Wake
Forest College.
Spare stamp 51 is good for
sugar.
Miss Mary Patricia Gwyn will
be presented at Debutante Ball in
Raleigh.
Mrs W T, Hapnah wins St.
I John's bridge tournament.
Billy Davis gets discharge from
the U. S. Navy; enrolls at Mars
Hill College
5 YEARS AGO
James N. Swift is enrolled at
Georgia Tech.
Mrs Samuel Clement Satter
thwaite dies at 93
Balloons rise above town as
Kermit Hunter launches "Crusade
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For Freedom".
Miss Elsie ^ane Green is bride
of Edgar Jackson Noland
Edwin Rodgcrs returns to Mi
ami University where he is study
ing toward his Master's Degree.
Dr. and Mrs. Elmer T. Clark at
tend Ecumenical Methodist Con
ference in Oxford. England.
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Letters To Editor
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Editor, The Mountaineer'
Some careless, irresponsible
motorist struck Bogey close to
her home last Tuesday. She was
able to stagger to the feet of her
owner, Mrs. William Hannah,
where an? emergency call was an
swered by a local veterinarian.
Who was unable to save this mat
riarch of dogddm.
An English setter. Bogey was
18 years old. a childhood pet of
M rs Hannah's sons and daugh
ter Her affable personality and
cordial manner had won a host
of friends among Waynesville res
idents as well as summer visitors
who had become accustomed to
her daily jaunts down Haywood
Street, her friendliness and ap
parent ownership of the Town
and Country Shop, where she
would wait for Mrs. Hannah.
Bogey has been buried with her
favorite blanket and pillow but
she will be long remembered in
the hearts of her many friends.
Mrs Elaine Hudson.
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Rambling 'Round
By Frances Gilbert Frailer
Far more appalling right now than war and rumors of war, is
the ghastly epidemic of baby brutalities and murders. One can rare
ly pick up a daily paper without reading where a baby has been
kidnapped, stolen, tieaten. abandoned or killed by murder. What
has happened to the human race that such things can happen in a
civilized country! Even wild animals protect their young
When the culprits are apprehended, they are immediately put
through menial tests but in far too many cases these tests do not
confirm mental aberrations . . . unless the greed for revenge or
money can be termed mental digression. The frantic and agonizing
hours spent by parents while awaiting news of their abducted babies
cannot be comprehended by those who have never experienced such
a tragedy. How a mother who abandons her child can have one
second's peace of mind is beyond understanding. The most terrible
aspect of this horrifying situation is that It has spread so suddenly
into an infectious disease for which some remedy must be found to
stop its contagion.
Heard in passing: "She said I was making a mountain out of
a mole hill, and I'd like to ask her who started the mole hill in
the first place."
We have been the grateful recipient of a 12-inch ball point
pen. and we are getting a big kick out of the fact that it will
time before we write "The End". At first, the length sort of I^Pcd
us off base a bit but. as always, usage brought about routine and
we've learned to keep our "balance" and proceed normally.
How mankind has learned to demand instant reaction! There
was a time when we found no fault with the constant dipping of a
pen into an ink well ior bottlei with the usual upsetting of same,
and the blots incurred. Then came the fountain pen and we de
cided that our labors were limited to an occasional re-filling. Along
came the ball point, self-liquidating, and laziness rode the paga!
What next to make work less desirable?
Playing "hard to get" is usually the quickest way to win.
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We regretfully say good bye to our recent visitors at Lake
Junaluska and the Methodist Assembly. It has been a great privi
lege and pleasure to have met and known the many personages from
other countries who. for the first time, have learned our Southern
way of life. Many have said it was a revelation to find such a deep
understanding between peoples of so many different races.
But a" have been drawn together by a common bond of religion
and humanity, a bond that ever tightens with the years. While this
has been a world conference, we eagerly anticipate the return of
many who will come back to renew friendships made this \ sar, and
they will find the same hearty welcome awaiting them
September morn is here again.
The month that leads us into fall.
Get out the coats and blankets, too.
Then vaporize the old moth ball!
Views Of Other Editors
safety fair
A Farm and Home Safety Fair
held recently in Haywood Coun
ty is believed to be the first of
its kjnd in the nation. The one
day exposition dramatized the po
tential danger spots in the home
and around the farm.
A project of the Thickety com
munity and held in conjunction
with other organized communities
and Home Demonstration clubs in
the county. It should awaken farm
families to the many dangerous
conditions and situations in the
home and around it. Such an
awakening will cut down on ac
cidents in the coming months.
The theme of the fair well
could he copied by other com
munities and counties.
?Asheville Citizen
&J4&WASHINGT0N
MARCH OF EVENTS
Tennessee's Governor Now
Figure to be Reckoned With
Fire-and-Biimstone Style
Has Powerful Vote Impact
Special to Central Press Association
TTWASHINGTON?Tennessee Gov. Frank Clement's evangelistic,
\V fire-and-brimstone convention keynote has brought him na
tional political stature and the 36-year-old newcomer will be a
figure to reckon with when presidential politicking gets underway
again in 1960.
Despite criticism from some quarters, most observers conceded
that Clement's speaking style and unbridled oratory has a poten
tially powerful impact on voters.
some aeiegai.es were so women up dv ine
ferver of his speech, they promptly began talk
ing about a Clement-for-Presi<lent boom im
mediately. However, advisers to the you^
governor counselled waiting for another * r
years.
The plans for Clement now call for him to
run for the United States Senate in 1958 which
would give him a platform to launch a presiden
tial venture two years later.
A major hitch to Clement's time-table, how
ever, is the fact that to win a Senate seat in
1958, he would have to unseat Sen. Albert Gore
who is a young and popular newcomer himself.
? FARM AMMUNITION?The Democratic-controlled 84th Con
gress may have given the Eisenhower administration some power
ful financial ammunition to use in this year's political battle for
the farm vote. i
Before adjourning, the Senate and House okayed more than five
billion dollars to aid farmers and most of the money will be dis
tributed by the Agriculture department.
The biggest appropriation was two and a half billion dollars extra
In borrowing power for the Commodity Credit corporation which
will be used to beef up farm prices and encourage overseas sales.
Another one billion, 200 million dollars was voted for the new
soil bank program and one and a half billions was appropriated
to promote sale of surplus farm products abroad in exchange for
foreign currencies. A half billion dollars was approved for the
department to buy perishable farm commodities whenever the secre
tary decides that market prices are too low.
Of course, the Democrats will keep a careful eye on how the
funds are allocated and will be prompt to claim credit for generosity
among the farmers wherever and whenever possible.
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? SUEZ SESSION -Should open conflict break out in the Middle
East as an outgrowth of the Suez canal crisis, President Eisenhower
is expected to summon Congress swiftly into a special session
Short of outright hostilities, however, no such action by Mr.
Eisenhower is anticipated
The administration is firmly opposed to the sending of American
troops into the area, no matter how hot the situation becomes
Should Britain and France have to resort to armed force, however,
the United States might quietly see to it that strategic materials
would be available to the two European allies.
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? HST TO THE HUSTINGS-Despite former President Harry S
Truman's abrasive tactics at the Democratic con
vention. you can look for him to wage a vigorous Harry Will
campaign on behalf of the party this fall
Democratic strategists know that he has im- Campaign
mense vote-getting popularity in city areas and is Regardless
willing to help wherever he can
Another factor will be the fact the Republicans will continue to
nse his record as a target and the man from Missouri isn't likely
to sit silent while he is under attsek.
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Governor Clement