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'Friends, I Want To Remove Any Cause For Contention Between You Two Fine Fellow-Democrats' CLIFF BLUE... NATIONAL NIWSPAPjl ASftbcMTW PRESS ASSOCIATION Published Every Thursday at Raeford, N. C. imw 119 W. Elwood Avenue Subscription Rates In Advance per Year $4.00 6 Months - $2.25 3 Months - $1.25 PAUL PICKSON . Publisher SAM C. MORRIS General Manager JIM TAYLOR Editor MRS. LUCY CRAY PEEBLES Reporter MRS. PAUL DICKSON Society Editor S.cond-Claaa Postal. Paid at Raelord, N. C. Your Award-Winning Community Newspaper THURSDAY, MAY 8, IMS Rocky, HHH Enter Political Picture Changes Two more presidential hopefuls entered the pre-convention politi cal picture during the past week, and they served to draw the center of attention away from at least three other candidates who had been hogging the spotlight. We refer, of course, to Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, who announced officially Satur day that he is going all-out for the Democratic nomination, and New York's Gov. Nelson Rocke feller, who is not exactly a bride in the presidential whirl, although he has never made it to the altar before. That is to say, Rockefeller cam paigned for the COP nomination in 1964 and 1960, but withdrew be fore the convention in each in stance. This time, he says he's in for keeps, and his principal opponent, Richard M. Nixon, no doubt is a bit less enthusiastic about Rocky's candidacy than he has indicated on television. Humphrey, a seasoned cam paigner and political professional, could not have been satisfied to sit. on the sidelines while Bobby Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy bat tled for the Democratic nomina tion. Humphrey, too, has been considered for the nomination in previous Democratic conventions, but never has had the chance that apparently accrues to him at this time. Actually, however, Humphrey and Rockefeller offer no appre ciable choice to the voters who cannot conscientiously support Kennedy or McCarthy. In fact, there is no appreciable choice be tween the five avowed candidates, since all are liberal, all from the northern half of the nation, and all dedicated to current legisla tive trends. The primary difference, how ever, is that Humphrey can be ex pected to preserve the identity of the Kennedy-Johnson adminis trations, and Rockefeller, who has never held sway over his party, appears to be more Democrat than Republican in philosophy. It is somewhat ironic that Hum phrey, who was totally unac ceptable to the South four years ago, and in earlier conventions, now seems the candidate most likely to gain widest support among Dixie Democrats. Ellly Webb, North Carolina's Demo cratic national committeeman, is a strong supporter of Humphrey, and other political bigwigs in the South are frantically trying to line up convention votes for HHH. Llsewhere in the nation, Hum phrey has uncollected political debts owed to him by politicians from precinct to national level, and now is a good time for him to collect them. While almost all political ex perts took Lyndon Johnson at his word when he said he will not seek, and will not accept, his party's nomination, it must be considered how the presence of Humphrey in the Democratic dog fight would possibly affect a draft Johnson movement. Consider that Johnson's name is placed in nomination at the convention and sizeable, not suf ficient support, develops on the first ballot. Humphrey's support on a subsequent ballot could well sew up the nomination for John son. This, of course, is the wild est sort of political speculation. but the idea has considerable in trlque. It is far too early to determine the extent of support for either Rockefeller or Humphrey, but if the events of this week are a" barometer, Rockefeller may well be the GOP nominee. He made his announcement Tuesday, the same day the presidential pri mary was conducted in Massa chusetts, and promptly won that primary by a large majority, even though his name was not on the ballot. That little victory could get the ball to rolling for Rocky, and the timing of his campaign is such that there is just enough time, but none left over, to reach a fever pitch by the time the GOP gathers in Miami to select its candidates. On the level, we have studious ly "stayed out of politics" this year. Now, with the Democratic pri maries coming up on Saturday, we mention the local balloting merely to point out to voters their obligation to vote. Not that the local, district and state contests are not Important. We feel that today, more than ever before In history, the people of this state must select men of in tegrity and leadership ability. We have chosen to sit tight until the Democratic and Re publican candidates have been se lected in the county and state. There will be time enough then to discuss personalities and issues. In the meantime, we urge you to vote this Saturday. The Woman's Club horse show and the Lions Club golf tournament are impor tant, but take care of your ob ligation to your community and your state before you give way to a weekend of recreation and entertainment. "Business is where the action is," with almost unlimited career opportunities for today's most ta lented young people, said Russell H. Venn, a vice president and director of Humble Oil & Refin ing Company. Young people on the verge of career decisions can choose business over other pos sibilities with confidence they will have many opportunities for mean ingful contributions and service to society. "Business is a place where one with a sense of social responsibility can feel that he is contributing to the national well being, as well as to the Interests of his community," the oil execu tive said. "It is a place where energetic and talented people can get all the thrills and excitement they want and all the challenge they can handle." According to a report released by the Colorado School of Mines, the future supply of natural gas is adequate to meet all foreseeable requirements. The report, written by Industry experts, estimated un discovered reserves (excluslng Alaska and Hawaii) at 690 trillion cubic feet. B. Warren Beebe, an Independent geologist, noted that 690 trillion cubic feet remain to be discovered "... provided there is adequate economic incentive.'' Tide Of Revolt Will Not Turn The revolution currently under wiy in America is not confined to this country. In fact, it began in India in 1946 and was a long time reaching the United States, which re mains one of the last places in which it has not occurred. Here, it Is just beginning, and before it is over, the so cial structure of this nation will be vastly different than to day. It is not a matter of one race acquiring all that it Is en titled to by law. It is mat ter of a race emerging as a vital, powerful force in na tion of 200 million people. In that sense, what we are witnessing is a revolution. True, there is no armed conflict, andf hopefully, there will never be. But in the sense that revolu tion means abrupt change, we are involved in one as much so as were the British in In dia, the French in Morroco, the Belsians in the Congo--and all those revolutions pro ceded our own. The way our revolution Is being handled or resisted is another matter. Unlike the British, who didn't give an Inch until it was apparent they would be driven from India, white America has extended to its black citizens the prizes they sought in the early days of the revolution. But the concessions, made almost entirely under the watch ful eye and die persuasion of the courts, were made grud gingly, slowly, and in most cas es, not nearly swiftly enough or completely enough to satis fy the revolutionary demands. Now, the revolution has de veloped to a morecritlcal point. On the part of the black man, his requests' have become de mands. Passive resistance (which the American Negro has practiced for more than 100 years) has given way to vio lence. And while violence is being perpetrated by a very small and irresponsible seg ment of the Negro population (and some whites, no doubt) it will become a fearful thing to deal with if permitted to deve lop beyond its present stage, or even to continue at its pre sent Intensity. Tragedy stares this nation squarely in the face. It must be averted, and the only way both white man and black can resolve their differences is to eliminate not only the diffe rence In what men stand for, but the difference in men. Like it or not, the tide of history is flowing and is ir reversible. At this point, the white man stands to lose more than anybody, and the loss can be damaging to the country for generations to come. That Is not to say that the white man has done nothing to resolve the differences, or that the black man's demands are totally justified. The moral issue is beclouded by pretense and falsehood, on both sides, to the point that an honest de termination of right and wrong is nigh impossible. In the end. corrective mea sures must be selected on the basis of the lesser of evils, for a legal delineation of human rights will not suffice so long as one man Is disposed to take advantage of another. A great deal of evil is ac complished within the frame work of the law. This evil People & Issues i fe must be eliminatedbut with in the framework of the law. What shall be required, then, Is rigid enforcement of the law, concerning black man and white, and legislative measures to cor rect inequities in the law. With that accomplished, the country will be on the road to a satisfactory' relationship be tween all its citizens. Ultimate ly, how well we are able to prosper together will depend upon a restoration of faith and respect, both of which are being torn to shreds by the present force on the one hand and re sistance on the other. There is no simple solution to the problems that have ac cumulated (and we have allowed them to multiply and magnify by a steadfast refusal to deal lntellegently with them). Tie only sensible approach to a so lution, however, is for the white majority to realize that the sheer preponderance of its num bers does not give It the upper hand In the struggle, and that to avoid a position of dangerous disadvantage, the minority must be accommodated. That Is as inevitable as the daily rising and setting of the sun. Already, the protest has become almost too great to deal with, and the protest Is only a fraction of what It po tentially could become. ' The leadership of the min ority already has learned that the majority will retreat when faced with the prospect of ser ious loss, and henceforth, the minority will not be willing to wait because waiting has be come an unprofitable game. Time has run out, for both the white man and the black. The Sc. TAYLOR COLUMN, Pag. 11 SHAD BAKEytate officials from Raleigh, headed by Gov, Dan K. Moore, along with of ficials and prominent citizens from many counties in central North Carolina made their way to Aberdeen last Friday to eat shad ai d roe, fellowship and talk politics. Sponsored each year by the Town of Aberdeen and the Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad in honor of highway officials a: id workers. A & R President Forrest Lockey and Mayor Jac' M. Taylor 0reeted the some 300 citizens in attend ance. CHOWAN COLLEGE Fol lowing the shad bake at Aber deen last Friday, our friend, Sain C. Morris, general man ager of The News-Journal in Raeford, and the writer drove to Ahoskie, where the Eastern Press Association was holdlns its spring meeting. Saturday morning we attend ed the press session, which was held at Chowan College inMur freesboro. Chowan College, founded In 1843, has made tre mendous growth during the past few years. President of the vibrant institution is the ener getic and able Dr. Bruce E. Whltaker. who has ju,st returned from a study-tour of major European universities, many behind the Iron Curtain. PRINTING 3CHOOL--News-paper people all over North Carolina feel very warm to wards Chowan College because of its School of Graphic Arts, which is one of the leading printing schools in the nation. John McSweeney, who found ed the printing school in 1952 with the staunch backing of the late Rep. Roy Parker, has done a tremendous job during the past 16 years. McSweeney, a native of Hampton, S. C, and a son of the late Gov. Miles B. McSweeney of the Palmet to State, is retiring July 31 as Director of the Chowan Col lege of Graphic Arts at the ase of 70. He will be succeed ed by Malcolm B. Jones, form er editor of the Mebane En terprise. The graphic arts, is a good trade to learn and people not taking college courses and take short courses in printing for six. twelve and eighteen weeks. Young men and young women interested in the print ing and puDlishing business would do well to consider the Chowan Colle School of Gra phic Arts. BEWAREBeware last mln tue charges and counter chare- 1 "'MiN ATOR es made in the closing days of a political campaign. Sometimes a candidate or his supporters will try to get an advertise ment in a newspaper or pass out leaflets without giving the opposition the opportunity to answer! Most newspapers refuse to accept advertisements in their last issue of publication before a primary which makes any questionable charges with ref erence to the opponent or op ponents. CARD5--Many people do not like the Idea of being bombard ed with cards and unsought advice as they approach the polling places. In some In stances we learn that candi dates are making agreements to forego the handing out of political cards at the polling places. We think this idea good and com mend it to all. We be lieve that the voters in general will prefer to be let alone in stead of being blocked by out stretched hands with campaign cards. TESTING The manner In which a candidate conducts him self during campaign, and particularly during the last few days, is a pretty good test of a man or woman. When a candi date can keep his temper and not be talking out of both sides of his mouth in an attempt to please everybody, you can be on pretty safe ground to give his candidacy some considera tion. We heard a newspaper pub lisher say in Murfreesboro Sat urday that he had rather sup port a person he disagreed with on 00 per cent of the issues and to know that he was honest about his position rath er than to support someone saying one thing in one place and taking the other side in another section of the state. COl'RTSIndicatlons are that the citizenry in some of the counties where district courts have replaced the re corder courts and where mag istrates have replaced the jus tice of the peaces, are not too happy. They are saying that the cost of the taxpayers is far more than under the old system and that in many Instances Its the same old crowd meting outjhe same old justice with more paperwork and high er salaries. VOTE Remeber that a well organized minority can over come a dormant majority. Be sure to vote Saturday. SAM ERVIN H -Cr SAYS ,V T1 Mil Growing Crops With Music Doesn't Tickle Philosopher Dear editar: Somebody from another state sent me a marked copy of a magazine calling my attention to an article on the latest dis covery In agriculture, expecting I guess that It would arouse my Interest. AcMally It has only aroused my agitation. You ought to stop sending The Nef s Journal out of North Carolina. According to it, a woman sci entist up In Canada, having heard that a corn farmer In Illinois claimed he Increased his crop yield by serenading his plants with a piece of music called "Rhapsody In Blue" over and over again, and that an Au stralian fruit grower said he produced more and bigger bananas by constantly playing phonograph record of a loud bass not. among the tree, pro ceed) to test tills Strang. Idea out scientifically, and sure enough, she claims, by piping tones to one Oaten of wheat and not to another, she discovered the former produced more wheat I have given this long and thoughtful consideration and hav. decided women should stay out of science. They talk too much there too. Hav. you stopped to think what the spread of this notion could do to farming? Up to now, one of the main pleasures of living on this Puppy Creek farm has been the peace and quiet of the plac, but you let my neighbors hear about that woman scientist's new theory and there'll be juke boxes and radios blaring out in all di rections night and day, amateur musicians sawing away and croaky-voiced youngsters wall ing about their lost loves and the inconvenience of th. draft and th. horrors of earning a living. If I was a stalk of com. I'd grow faster too. Anything to get It over with. It'd ruin farming. Take all the pleasure out of it. And when you sell a crop nowadays, that's about all you've got left anyway. Of course there are some bands I've heard on television which some corn farmers might hesitate to grow a crop with, feeing the net result couldn't be anything but a bunch of nub bins. I won't attempt to say what it would do to cotton. Why don't women scientists stick to inventing new formulas for eye shadow, run-less hose and more powerful determents and leave farming alone? I tell you, any time I have to hire a guitar player to make crop, I'm quitting. What would It profit a man to gain a bigger crop and lose his own nervous system? Yours faithfully, J. A. WASHINGTON This week we celebrate Law Day In our country at a time when turmoil and disrespect for the law seems in the ascendency. We have witnessed riots in more than one hundred cities, including the nation's capital. In recent days. Individuals have flaunted the authority of govern ment We have had slaughter, pillage, and burnings which have caused Incalculable damage to the lives, the property, and the attitudes of the people. In un mistakable terms, these events restate the necessity of pre serving the "rule of law" which is the symbol of Law Day. The challenge to the "rule of law" has become increasingly clear. Either we shall pre serve the "rule of law" or we shall suffer the consequences of unparalleled chaos. When we recur to fundamental principles, we find that the first obligation of any civilized society is the maintenance of law and order. The challenge to this obligation often comes in new phrases and In appealing ways. But it should be understood that when an individual chooses to decide for himself what laws he Is going to obey and what laws he is not going to obey and receives public sanction for his conduct, we are wit nessing the deterioration of th. "rule of law". In truth, there Is no right to disobey a law or to choose those laws which are to be obeyed. Moreover, the basic freedoms of every citizen are thereby imperilled when a government permits or condones conduct which is in violation of the law. Real free dom cannot exist without the protection of a government of laws. Today, we find the "rule of law" challenged by impatient men who justify their conduct by saying that the end justifies the means. But witness what th. means involves; terrorism, senseless destruction of the lives and property of others, and bitterness that is dividing the country. In this hour, we should recall the advice of Abraham Lincoln when he said: "Let every American, every lover of liberty, every well wisher to his prosperity, swear by the blood of the Revolution, never to violate in the least particular, the laws of the coun try . . . Let every man remem ber that to violate the law is to trample on the blood of his father and to tear the charac ter of his own and his child ren's liberty . . ." Our country must rebuild the attitude that no individual or group at any time, for any rea son, has the right to extract self-determined retribution no matter how righteous their cause appears at the moment, for this is the credo of an archy and the antithesis of free dom and liberty. On this occasion, I make a renewed plea that we restore order to our society, for Justice cannot be obtained without or der. Unless we have order, freedom will cease. The time Is here and now for every citi zen to stand against -violence and disrespect for the "rule of law". This has been the sustaining power of our gov ernment since our republic began. Mor. 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