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"Les Soldats Anciens Never Die! Never Die! Never Die . . . NATION At NIWSPAMI Published Every Thursday at Raeford, N. C. " 119 W. Elwood Avenue Subscription Rates In Advance Per Year - $4.00 6 Months - $2.25 3 Months - $1.25 PAUL DICKSON Publisher i SAM C. MORRIS General Manager JIM TAYLOR Editor MRS. LUCY GRAY PEEBLES Reporter MRS. PAUL DICKSON Society Editor Sccond-Claaa PosU( Paid tl Raeford. N. C. Your Award-Winning Community Newspaper Pessimism On The The several thousand "poor" people who have descended on Washington for a summer's en campment In "Resurrection City" on the banks of the Potomac ap parently have discovered some thing some of us poor people have known all along. Washington ain't Mecca, and one can starve twice as quickly and even more unnoticed in the big city than down on the farm. Whatever dignity the crusade might have had at its beginning has been compromised to amarked degree by recent events. For one thing, several hundred of thepoor people" transported to the nation's capital to spend the summer dem onstrating Indicate early in the campaign that they were trouble makers and were shipped home, wherever that is, by Dr. Ralph Abernathy, head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, sponsor of the , poor people's march. , Then, "when a group of some ' 300 Mexican-Americans showed up to lend numbers and support to the cause, the M-A leader promptly charged that the black "majority" in the camp discrim inated against his group. More over, he said, the black militants were hogging the spotlight, and their protests and demands were so continual and so loud that no body else's voice could be heard. What apparently started out as quiet, forceful persuasion thus seems to be gaining more and more notoriety as the participants become more and more restless, and more and more militant. Moreover, the demands now being made on governmental agencies are more like threats, and sooner or later, official Washington will become weary of tills sort of in timid adon. When nerves and temp ers are frayed, there is likely to explode an animosity that rests just under the skin of both the With the last of the presiden tial primaries just around the cor ner (Oregon's primary was not over when this was being writ ten), Americans, especially poli tically oriented Americans, are looking to California to supply the answer it has so often come forth wiih: Who will be the Dem ocratic and Republican nominees for president? The Oregon vote is considered of great importance, for a poor showing there almost would kill off either Sen. Robert F. Kennedy andor Sen. Eugene McCarthy. Nonetheless, if they survive the Oregon ballot, they still mustmake strong showing in California to be given much of a chance at the nomination. The political signs of the times are being badly misread, in our opinion. Seemingly, the concensus in these parts is that Kennedy is the front runner and stands a good chance of winning the nomination. They point to his tremendous po pularity among people who gather to hear him speak (and McCarthy THURSDAY, MAY 30. 1968 Resurrection City Who's Ahead Now? PRESS ASSOCIATION Potomac protest people and government officials. That will be the signal for the more violent elements of the Negro population to touch the torch to Washington, which was all but burned to the ground several months ago when widespread riot ing broke out there following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It is doubtful that a majority of the so-called "poor people' , transplanted from Mississippi and elsewhere came to Washington with anything less than a major uprising in mind. Somehow, the threats leveled at Congress and other governmental bodies always had the implication that the powder charge has been set in place and there remains only the lighting of the fuse. Avoiding trouble will depend in large measure upon how far the government is willing to be pushed before it reacts. Certainly, most of the demands being made by the poor people cannot immediately be met like the guaranteed minimum annual wage, for ex-i ample, which undoubtedly would require lengthy congressional con sideration before it could be ram rodded through the legislative mill. Look, then, for trouble on the Potomac It almost certainly will come when the poor people row weary of living like camp fol lowers on the edge of the world's greatest jungle of humanity. It already has been made plain by many congressmen that they will not be intimidated into taking Inadvisable action. When they are pushed to the limit and still refuse to go against their con science, the poor people will be left with their most effective weapon, gentle persuasion, cutoff. Rather man retreat, we suspect they will wreak vengeance upon the capital, which will be a sad day, indeed, for all Americans rich and poor. is cordially received, too), never bothering to point out that their audiences are college students, by and large, and that collegians in general represent a point of view not popular with the proletariat. Moreover, less man one-third of all college students are old enough to vote, and while their support now is both vocal and volumious, if they can't X the ballot, their cries of victory and glory will be heard only as whispers in the November elections. At mis Juncture, we'd rather mink mat Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey is holding a slight edge, although Kennedy may by now be convincing the professionals that he can win in November if he can earn the nomination this sum mer. A strong showing in Oregon and California would give him a solid foundation of pledged delegates, provided he can withstand a first ballot onslaught by Humphrey and other. tMLk ma won PskVw js" JF Csurirr-Jlonrna1 Israel Mann Flying Home Etrller this week. I received letter with some strange hieroglyphs on the envelope; to wit: imn mil i Being t relatively poor stu dent of English -- and of other languages! not at til I was momentarily stumped. It was not arable. I figured, although it looked similar. And who in the world would be writ ing me from the Middle East, anyhow. Then It dawned on me. My good friend. Israel Mann, to gether with his wife. Ruth, their son. Dr. Milton Mann, and his wife, Clara, are touring Israel. The letter was from Mr. Mann, who had posted it in Tel Aviv, enclosing a photograph of the four taken earlier at the his toric Wailing Wall In Jerusalem. I gathered from his brief message that Mr. Mann and his kin were having a great time touring Israel. He explained that the picture was taken in Jerusalem, and said he had never dreamed he would some day see the Wailing WalU I was very happy for Mr. and Mrs. Mann when he told me several months ago they were going to make the trip. It was the first time he'd been out of the country since immigrating to this country from Lithuania about SO years ago. Too, his abiding Interest in Israel Is a part of his Jewish heritage and faith, and the trip, from a religious standpoint, mounted to a pilgrimage. More Important, it will serve, I am sure, to Israelis and others Puppy Creek Dear editerj A lot of people say the pio neering spirit Is dead In America and the rest of the world but I don't agree and would like to prove It According to an article I read on the sports page of a newspaper I found caught on the same clump of weeds In my front yard I found one on week before last, more and more sports promoters are turning to artificial grass for football fields, baseball damonds. race tracks, tennis courts, golf greens, etc Even the track events In the Olympic Games in Mexico this year wUl be run on the stuff. They say the man-made ear pet Is better than grass and you don't have to mow or water it. I've been thinking. Why wouldn't this work on home By Jim Taylor who come into contact with Mr. Mann, to better acquaint them with the United states of Amer ica and the American way of life. This country could have no better ambassador abroad than Israel Mann. He Is a patriot to the core, and I am sure his devotion to this country ranks high on his list of loyalties. He also is a great booster of Raeford, which has been his home since way back in the 1920s. The town is extremely fond of him, and he has been in love with the town and Its people ever since he and his brother stopped here briefly, exploring the possibility of lo cating here, got Invited to din ner, and Israel decided on the spot that this was to be his home. He has been a vital part of the community ever since. Ac tive In civic affairs, he has served as president of Kiwanis, and once was Its "man of the year." He also was the first North Carolinian to receive the Shofar Award the coveted Jewish award for contributions to the youth of the nation which was given to Mann for his years of work with Boy Scouts of America. I have no doubt that his story of Raeford, and his legion of friends here, was told to any body who would lend an ear. I am equally sure that given the choice between Raeford and the prime minister's palace, he would unhesitatingly choose to return to Raeford. It washard to realize how very Important Mr. and Mrs. Mann are to this community until they went away. Missing them as we Philosopher lawns? I know it's high-tone cus tom from the homes of Rae ford to the ancient grounds of Buckingham Palace to have a neatly-mowed lawn from early spring to the first frost In the fall, and the hum of lawnmow era in the late afternoons and on weekends can be heard round the world. You might say pride goeth before a lawnmower. 3ut If a man could attain the same neat look with carpet of man-made grass cut to fit his front yard, eliminating all need for fertilizer, crab-grasi pull ing, mowlry, weed control, and watering, wouldn't his yard look Just as clvllited as the rest? The only way to find out is to try It. If the makers of this artificial grass will come out here to this grass farm and measure my front yard and cut me out section and lay BBSHROSrjBiSlMBjam do. we realize now that they have been a blessing to us, and, hopefully, we to them. We wish them ajoyful Journey and a safe return to their HOME, which always shall behere with us. Somehow, I hope their return, which, I am sure, will be by air, will take them over or near the Statue of Liberty. Nobody In America has greater affection for that great guardian of the New York har bor, than does Israel Mann. Nobody In America has a deeper understanding of the things the statue stands for, or of a man's obligation to the country which permits him to live prosperously, in relative peace, and at liberty. I'm willing to bet that If asked to describe the most thrilling part of the month-long trip, Israel Mann will declare It was when his plane flew past the great lady, if he is so fortunate, or, lacking that, he'll say it was when he once again set foot on American solL To understand Israel Mann's feeling upon coming home, one has only to understand this verse, which comes to mind from the days of my youth: "Breathes there man with soul so dead Who never to himself hath said This is my own, my native land. Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned As home his footsteps he hath turned From wandering on some foreign strand , . ." Welcome home, Mr. and Mrs. Mann. It for me, I'll pioneer the new Idea and see how it comes out. I'll test neighbor reaction. If people say. "Look at his yard, hasn'thegotaprettylawn, he must be mighty energetic keeping It that trim all the time, why It's green even In the win ter time, and If It turns out that cows won't graze on It and I don't have to fool with keeping up a fence, then It'll open up a brand new Industry. Thee must be hundreds of millions ol square yards of lawns In the world. This will work a hardship on the lawnmower manufactur er, but did automobile makers hold back to protect the livery stable people? Did the students In Paris pay any attention to De Gaulle? Yours faithfully, J. A. CUFF BLUE... reopie ok issues Jh COUNTY CONVENTIONS Th. Mcond round In th. atat. Democratic party'! proc.aa of organization and responsibility took place laat Saturday with party conventions In th coun ties throughout th. stat. In some counties fights de veloped over th. party chair manship, in other counties th. reorganization was routine, but In most areas th. Democrats realized that they are now op erating in a two-party atat. where th. shouts of final vic tory can only com after th November election and not after th DemocraUc prlmarlea, as heretofore. LEE COUNTY In Lee Coun ty, where political battle, are frequent, an all-out effort was mad. to oust longtime Party Chairman Ralph Monger Jr. with Trudy Proctor a. th. opposi tion's candidate; but when th. amok, of battle and cleared away, Monger was th victor by a 14 to 9 count, DISTRICT CONVENTIONS Th. Democratic District con ventions wUl be held Thursday morning, June ( In Raleigh at designated p lice a. Some of th. party leader hav. wary eyes peeled toward th possibility of McCarthy or Kennedy supporters appearing at large number from th coun ties where "all Democrat In good and regular standing" are designated as delegate. Th party rule call for certi fied lists of th delegate from th 100 counties, but in th past many counUe hav not turned in list and let all who go from th. county eaat th county' vote. This Urn aom. of th. l.ad.rs ar concerned about what might happen under th. practlc. BOBBY Bobby Kennedy appears to be about as unpopu lar In North Carolina today as Hubert Humphrey wa follow ing th. 1MB Democratic na tional convention In Philadel phia. Many Democratic lead ers mak no con. about their Intention to bolt th presiden tial ticket if Bobby 1 th nom ine. Should Bobby be nom inated In Chicago, th. Tarheel delegation will probably object to any moUon to mak th nom ination unanimous in order to protect th. stat. DemocraUc delegation from wrath when it return to Tarheel soil. ADDISON HEWLETT An vanlng laat week our longtime This The Law BY ROBERT E. LEE (For the N.C Bar Association) ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN When is a person illegitimate? A person born out of wed lock Is illegitimate. A person born at any time during the marrlageofhls moth er or within a competent time thereafter is presumed legiti mate. This Is one of the strong est presumptions known to law, and can only be rebutted by ir resistible evidence showing that (1) the husband was Impotent; or (3) the husband could not have had access to the mother during the period when concep tion must have occurred; or (3) evidence of blood-grouping tests which Indicate that It would have been Impossible for the husband to be the father of his wife's child. A child born to a mother within a "competent time" from either the death of her husband or a divorce decree) is pre sumed legitimate. In general, a "competent time" Is ten lunar months or 280 days. A husband has been overseas In the armed forces for two years. When he returns home, he Is shown a three months old child that was born of his wife. Is the child legitimate? The presumption is that the child Is legitimate. It was born during wedlock. Under the circumstances th husband should be able to rebut the presumption on th ground of his non-access to his wife during the period when concep tion must have occurred. The husband has the burden of re butting the presumption, and until he does so the child Is his legitimate child. How may an Illegitimate child become legitimate? In addition to adoption pro ceedings, there ar two statu tory methods In North Carolina: (1) by petition filed by th putative father in the superior court; and (J) by a subsequent marriage of the mother and the reputed father. A new birth certificate Is made out bearing the name of die father. It should be observed that under the first of these two methods t legal parent-child relationship can be created without a mar rl4ofth child's parnts. i- frl.nd Addtaon Hewlett Jr., former speaker of th. North Carolina' House of Repreeen tatlv and this writer enjoyed dlnnar together whU th Wil mington attorney wis attending a meeting of th State Board of Higher Education in Southern Pin. Hewlett, on of th. fln.at public officials w. hav. v.r known, 1 .njoylng a lu crative law practlc. In th. port city of Wilmington. RELIGION Th. Gallup Poll . report that "th. proportion of people who think religion is losing Its influence on Amer ican life 1 climbing at rat. that wUl depress ministers and church goers allk.." a W. feel that If th church U losing Influence for God and th right way of living It 1 b caua th church leaders both ministers and laymn ar getting too liberal and ar not preaching and Uvlng th. "old tlm. religion" that you read about in th Holy Bible. POOR PEOPLE W. hear lota of talk about th ghetto and th poor people In th ci ties. W think that If som of th. poor people' program could be directed to th rural areas and encourage th ghetto people to mov. to th. rural areae that It would be a healthy thing. But first, you must hav. Job for th. poor ptopl. whan they mov. to th rural area, and her is where th. lead r a of Industry th Fords, th Gen- ral Motors, th Central Elec tric, Westlnghou and other leaders can play an Important part. RIOTS Franc, has been going through a period of law. lsnss during th paat few daya similar to what America has been wltnlng only to a greater degree In Franc. Som people yes, many peo ple do not appreciate demo cracy and will trample precious rights andprlvllgundr their feet as swln. do pearls. Whan lawl.ssn.st and dis order tak over in a demo cracy, you can b tur that If it continue very long that a Mussolini, Hitler or Stalin will spring up to reitor It, Benjamin Franklin one. said to a lady In Philadelphia: "W. hav. given you a republic, If . you can kp It." And th last phras of Franklin's state ment Is moat pertinent at this tlm.: "If you can keep ltl" Unfortunately. In the minds of many of our people an Illegiti mate person Is stigmatized at birth. A social work of dis grace or Infamy Is placed upon him which he must carry throughout life. This should not be. It is something over which he had no control. From the moral viewpoint, such persons are not "Illegitimate children" but rather children of "Illegi timate parents". Although In many places In our lsw terms "illegitimate" and "bastard" are used to describe such per sons, there.ls a noticeable ten dency In both our statutes and our court decisions to use In stead the term "born out of wedlock". It Is much softer term. ADVERSE POSSESSION OF OF CHATTELS Taylor stole a valuable and distinctive type of diamond ring from th Jewelry store of Sut ton on January 10, 1965. Th following day th. ring was sold to Webster, who ha sine, worn It regularly. May Sutton today recover the ring from Webster? No. Webiter baa acquired ownership to th ring under the doctrine of adverse poe- . saailon. If a person hold openly and adversely th personal proper ty of another for a period of three year, th original owner In North Carolina and most t state cannot bring a legal let- Ion to recover the same. A trong public policy forbids ad verse claimants from disturbing th xlitlng situation by th. presantatlon of ancient right, concerning which proof may be difficult because of faulty rec ollection and th absence of (ntlal wltne. It I polbl tor a thief, or a person who purchase! from a thief with knowledge of the theft, to bold ao openly and notoriously aa to acquire title under th. doctrine of adv.reo possession. Th mere fact that th orig inal owner has searched with du diligence for hi stoln or lost chattel u not enough In Itself to prevent acquisition by adverse polon. Th fact thai th original true own- r did not know who had bis chattel during th. three-year period Is Immaterial. Ownership to real property may b acquired under th doc trln of adverse possession, but th. statutory period In suotj eas I muck longer.
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