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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1968
Red Springs at bat
Congratulations of an increasingly
rare nature are in order for me Robeson
County community of Red Springs in
its successful effort to obtain a franchise
in the Carolina Baseball League.
The Thursday announcement of the
awarding of the franchise, and also of a
working agreement with the major
league Minnesota Twins for the team,
climaxed a drive which began last
summer. It was truly a community
effort and involved a lot of hard work
by governmental, business and civic
leaders.
If any one person deserves the lion'j
share of the credit, however, it would
have to be Tom Cope. Cope served as
business manager of the old Red Springs
team in the Tobacco State League in the
1950's and has kept baseball alive in the
town since the time through his
"Baseball For Boys" program.
Due to its size, also because baseball
is no longer the national pastime, there
is probably some skepticism about the
chances of success of a professional
baseball team in Red Springs.
But more important than its size is
the fact that Red Springs is a baseball
town, and these days, such communities
are rare indeed. For instance, Raleigh
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and Durham combine to field i team in
the same league, and until a few days
ago, there was considerable question as
to whether the Raleigh Durham club
would operate next year.
Thus the return to organized baseball
is a bold venture for Red Springs. The
move will make the town the smallest
municipality in the nation with a
baseball team competing in a "Class A"
minor league.
The enthusiasm which has already
been exhibited, however, seems to
assure support at the local level. And in
addition, Red Springs should be able to
draw baseball fans from surrounding
communities, such as Fayetteville,
Lumberton, Raeford and Laurinburg.
So come spring, when Minnesota's
farm teams take to the field, they'll be
throwing and batting at Denver, with its
half-million people; Charlotte, with over
a quarter-million; and Red Springs,
which might make it to 4,000 on a day
no one was allowed to leave town.
But it's a pretty good bet that Red
Springs will fare substantially better
when figures on 1969 game attendance
are compared instead of population.
THE FAYETTEVILLE OBSERVER
For a cease-fire in Vietnam
We wrote a short while ago: "There is
nothing sadder than the thought of a
soldier or civilian killed or wounded
while peace talks are underway." We
then went on to express the hope that,
now that peace talks have in fact begun,
a way might be found to bring about a
cease-fire in Vietnam or, if this were
impossible, at least a further scaling
down of the fighting.
We wish to repeat that plea. We do
not see what substantial gain - either
military or diplomatic - can be won
from further fighting at this time. All of
the four main combatants (the United
States, the Saigon government, Hanoi,
and the National Liberation Front) have
directly or indirectly obligated
themselves to seek a road to peace. We
doubt if any one of these four, under
present circumstances in Vietnam, is
ready to jeopardize this search by a
major escalation of the fighting. Thus, if
little is to be won through more
fighting, let us seek a further saving in
lives and a further lessening of
destruction.
Unless we are quite wrong, Hanoi
would be amenable to such an effort.
Indeed, there has been a sizable scaling
down already in the North Vietnamese
battlefield effort. We hope that Hanoi
could persuade the NLF that the Viet
Cong, continuing to suffer heavy losses,
would find it advantageous to agree to a
standstill along present lines.
As for the United States, we can
imagine few Christmas gifts which
would be more welcome to the
American people than word that steps
towards battlefront peace were being
made. Nor can we believe that the
Saigon government would in the end do
other than agree.
We do not underestimate the hurdles
which would have to be cleared to
effect such a development. Neither, on
the other hand, do we believe that such
hurdles are insurmountable. Regardless
of one's views on the Vietnamese war, a
strong argument could be made for a
continuation of the fighting prior to the
opening of the present phase of the
Paris talks. We do not believe that such
an argument now holds.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
Enhancing demagoguery
Following a speech by Stokely
Carmichael at A4T State University in
Greensboro. Senator-elect Hargrove
Bowles is seeking to draft legislation he
hopes will curb Carmichael-style
inflammatory speeches in North
Carolina. It has to be hoped that Mr.
Bowles and those who quickly identify
with his fears as well as his concern -will
take a closer look into this matter.
Carmichael may have given a unique
rendition of his spiel at A&T. The State
does do black militants the unfortunate
favor of maintaining what amounts to a
captive black audience on such
campuses. And, though news reports do
not indicate it. Carmichael may have
spoken there in substance and fashion
different from his appearance at the
University of North Carolina in Chapel
Hill a few days earlier.
At Chapel Hill, however. Carmichael
showed himself careful as well as
demagogic, fearful of the law as well as
antagonistic toward it. He did not
advocate acts of violence. He made ugly
and, he hoped, shocking allusions and
inferences to violence, beating
rhetorically around the bush. His act -and
it was a stage act at Chapel Hill
was accompanied by the cheap drama
and silly theatrics of African-clad
associates raising their clenched fists in
the Black Power salute. He
unquestionably was "guilty" of baiting
civil authority and trying to stir racial ill
will. That however is not a violation of
law. And before any law is passed to
proscribe such a performance, legislators
ought to give the most careful possible
attention to the detail of this Kind of
inflammatory speech. They could begin
by listening to a tape of the Chapel Hill
speech. And they certainly should seek
some Information on the way it was
received. They will discover that
Carmichael'l rhetorical violence was
either carefully qualified or hidden in
humor; and they will find that it was
received with as much silent skepticism,
and almost as much youthful snickering,
as applause. A new law intended to curb
this kind of performance could enhance
demagoguery instead of protect the
students.
THE NEWS 4 OBSERVER
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By William Friday, President
University of North Carolina
UNIVERSITY r?
OF NORTH CAROLINA V
Before departing for their
homea to join their familiea
at Christmas this year, the
36,467 students on the four
campuses of the University of
North Carolina attended or
presented acores of special
Yuletide concerts, receptions,
programs, food drives, and
parties for underprivileged
children.
The University campuses
and surrounding areas in their
home communities bear many
signs of the spirit of peace
and goodwill that character
ise this special period of the
Christian calendar
During the week of Decem
ber 1, North Carolina State
students urged Raleigh groc
ery shoppers "to buy an extra
can of food for the needy."
The N. C. State Interfra
ternity Council conducted a
city-wide drive to pick up cans
of food from December 9
through December 14.
CHRISTMAS DINNERS
Goal of the drive was to
provide Christmas dinners for
some 7,000 poverty-ridden peo
ple within the boundaries of
Raleigh and Wake County.
Clement Huffman of Hic
kory, a aenior majoring in in
dustrial engineering, and lead
er of the food project, said
members of the 17 N. C. State
social fraternities and other
atudent organisations made
house-to-house canvasses in
the Capital City to collect the
food. Special pick-up points
were set up in the Cameron
Village and North Hills shop
ping centers.
The Class of 1872 at N. C.
State presented a Christmas
party on December 13 for 100
underprivileged children in
Raleigh. There are about 2,000
in the class and the party was
class project. Students be
gan working on it In October.
Waldrop Community Center
gathered the children and had
them ready to be taken by bus
to the Erdahl-Cloyd Union
Ballroom for the party.
The annual Christmas Con
cert, featuring the N. C. State
Band, was performed on De
cember 10, with 4,000 to 6.000
persons in attendance.
I'NCG ACTIVITIES
The University Choir at
UNC-G presented ita Christ
mas concert Sunday, December
IS, in Aycock Auditorium,
with Dr. Richard Cox, associ
ate professor in the school of
music, directing. On December
8, the University Glee Club
gave its annual Christmas pro
gram, with William C. De
Veny directing.
The annual Christmas re
ception, given by Chancellor
and Mrs. James S. Ferguson
on December 18, was held in
Alumni House for faculty and
staff.
The Chinqua-Penn Planta
tion near Kridsville, operated
by the University of North
Carolina at Greensboro, was
decorated for Christmas again
this year.
The acenic 27 -room man
sion was bedecked for the
Yuletide season last year for
the first time since the planta
tion waa given to the Uni
versity in 1959. Aa a result,
more than 1,300 visitors turned
out for a Christmae visit dur
ing the IS days it was open
in December.
"Since Chinqua-Penn re
ceived such an enthusisstic re
ception last Christmas, we felt
that many people, including
those in garden clubs, home
demonstration clubs and other
groups, would like to see it
decorated again this season,"
stated George W. Hamer, di
rector of development at the
University of North Carolina
at Greensboro.
Of special interest were tho
hundreds of poinsettiaa that
are grown each year In the
greenhouses at Chinqua-Penn.
The poinsettiaa that are grown
were on display In the Chinqua-Penn
House, along with
many other traditional Christ
mas decorations.
Christmas at Chinqua-Penn
began December 1 and contin
ued through December 15. Af
ter that date, it will remain
closed until March 1.
Chinqua-Penn waa completed
lust before Christmas in 1925
by the 1st Mr. and Mra. Jef
ferson Penn. On October 20,
1959, Mrs. Penn gave Chinqua-
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Pppy Philosopher
2 Creek
Dear editar:
When an original idea comes
along it makes i man tit up and
take notice, and that's what I
did - well I didn't actually tit
up, I mostly changed positions
in my easy chair to get more
comfortable - when I read this
article in I newspaper telling
how tome official! figured out
how to solve the problem of
speeding on a highway coming
through their town.
When they found out that
80 per cent of the ca.1
traveling that stretch of
highway were breaking the
speed limit, they decided
something ought to be done
about it.
What they did was simple.
They raised the speed limit.
That took care of that.
This opens up vast
opportunities in other fields.
It'll work in either direction.
For example, if schools notice
a drop in the number of honor
students, bring the educational
attainment level back up by
lowering failure to 40 and let
70 put you on the honor roll.
When some branch of
government sees it's going to
exceed its budget before the
year is half over, head off a
financial crisis by doubling the
budget nght then.
It the crime rate increasing?
Want to hold it at I constant
level? Figure out the
percentage of increase, then
throw out the same percentage
of laws.
Are you over-weight? This
one's easy. No diets needed.
Make the doctors decide ISO
pounds for woman is skinny
and 200 is normal.
Did the Jke you told fall
flat? You don't need better
jokes, just people with a lower
tense of humor.
Did that editorial you wrote
fail to go deep enough? You
don't need deeper thoughts,
just . . . well, I better not go
into that. I'm one of your
subscribers mvself.
Yours faithfully,
J. A.
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Just One Thing
After Another
By Carl Coerch
The late R. C. Lawrence,
Lumberton attorney, sent ut
the following collection of
tombstone inscriptions a
number of years ago:
1. In a cemetery at
Forestville a widower erected a
monument bearing the
following inscription:
"Gone before me O my idol.
To the promised land
Vainly I look for another
In thy place to stand."
2. At ten Mile, in Robeson
County, there is a monument
with a mule sculptured
thereon.
3. At Aberdeen there is a
tomb with this inscription:
COLIN BETHUNE
Born in Scotland
OF NECESSITY
But an American Citizen
BY CHOICE
4. Near Rowland there is a
flat stone with the following
initials arranged around the
circumference of a large circle:
"F. N. O. D. O. I. T. R. L."
It took the antiquarian,
David Townscnd of Rowland,
two years to get the meaning
which he finally succeeded in
doing with the aid of a
Presbyterian minister. The
letters arc the initials of a
quotation from the book of
Isawh: "Fear not, O daughter
of Israel; thy Redeemer
liveth."
Here's a sample of unusual
coincidences sent us by Dr. R.
H. Speight, of Rocky ount:
It has to do with Mr. and
Mrs. Dorsey Womble and Mr.
and Mrs. Richard A. Cooper.
Both couples lives in the
lame neighborhood near
Nashville, N. C. They were
married on the same day,
Saturday, December 23, 1903.
Mr. and Mrs. Womble were
. married at 1 0 o'clock.
Mr. and Mrs. Cooper were
married at 6 o'clock
Both births were attended
by the same doctor and the
same nurse. .
Both couples belong to the
same church.
Both Mrs. Womble and Mrs.
Cooper chose the same name
for their son, without knowing
what the other was naming
hers.
Into the dining room of the
Patrician Inn in Washington, N.
C. a number of yean ago came
a couple of tourists, a man and
his wife. The lady who ran the
inn - anxious always to extend
every courtesy - approached
and spoke to them.
"We have an unusual name,.,
said the gentleman, as he
prepared lu introduce himself,
"our name is Fruit."
"You have nothing on me,"
replied the Lady of the Inn,
smiling. "I am Mrs. Pickles."
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CLIFF BLUE . . .
People & Issues
Penn Plantation to the Uni
versity of North Carolina.
UNC-G has charge of the op
eration of the mansion and 36
acres of surrounding grounds
and formal gardens. UNC-G
opened Chinqua-Penn to the
public in order that the beau
tiful gardens, art treasures,
furnishings and decorationa
there may be enjoyed. The
mansion was opened to the
public on April 15, 1966.
The Yuletide decorations in
cluded a large Christmas tree
with lights in front of a pic
ture window in the front hall.
Also featured was a large
Christmas wreath on the main
gate leading to the Chinqua
Penn House.
A figurine of the Holy Fam
ily was on display inside the
mansion, along with several
Madonnas.
CHARLOTTE CONCERT
The Chorus of the Univer
sity of North Carolina at
Charlotte staged ita annual
Christmas season concert in
the University Union on Wed
nesday, December 18. Feat
ured in the program of choral
and aolo pieces was a group
of Christmaa songs by Char
lotte composers as a continu
ing University contribution to
the Charlotte Bi-Centennial
celebration.
On the afternoon of Sunday,
December 8, the University
Union presented the Wake
Forest University Madrigal
Singers in concert and fol
lowed thia with a tree decorat
ing and lighting party for stu
dents and faculty In the Uni
versity Union.
PLANETARIUM PROGRAM
"Star of Bethlehem," the
Horehead Planetarium's tradi
tional Christmas program at
the University of North Caro
lina in Chapel Hill, was pre
sented for the first time thia
season by Planetarium Nar
rator Richard S. Dodson, Jr.,
a former editor of This Week
Hagasine and a senior Plane
tarium narrator.
The program haa been en
larged thia year to include
brief discussions of the origins
of many traditions of the
American Christmas.
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TERRY SAN FORD - Had
President Johnson chosen
Terry Sanford to chart the
school desegregation guidelines
and given the former Tarheel
governor a free hand at it
instead of permitting Harold
Howe to have a free hand, our
opinion is that Hubert
Humphrey would now be
picking his cabinet members
instead of Dick Nixon. Howe
not only turned the South
against the Great Society but
also millions of people in other
states of the nation.
WORM TURNS? -- From
headlines and newt stories in
the newspapers it appears that
before long the Negro leaden
may be fighting the
Washington integration
guidelines more than the white
people. With Negroes in North
Carolina constituting only
about one-fourth of the itate'i
population, in many instances
they will be giving up their
own schools to be swallowed
up in the white schools. The
recent turmoil in Hyde County
would indicate that the
Negroes are very much
opposed to giving up their
schools.
NIXON - Nixon appears to
have named a cabinet that
should be able to cope with the
problems facing the new
Administration.
But in his campaign Nixon
decried the violence and
turmoil in the country and
particularly the nation's
capital. But, last week he
announced that he would keep
on as the capital city's mayor
commissioner, Walter E.
Washington under whose
administration violence and
lawlessness have stalked the
itreets of the nation's capital
city.
Nixon'i attempt to bring
Senator Jackson into his
administration as Secretary of
Defense and his re-appointment
of Mayor Washington, an
LBJ Democrat, indicates that
the president elect is keenly
aware that a majority of the
nation's voters still consider
themselves Democrats and that
he already has an eye peeled
towards 1972.
Nixon, like LBJ is an out -out
- out politician - unlike
Eisenhower, and will be doing
everything possible to make
the road as easy as possible in
1972.
P.M. GENERAL - Winton
M. (Red) Blount, Nixon's new
Postmaster General spoke in
Raleigh before NCSU
Foundations dinner at the
Sheraton Sir Walter on
November IS. As we listened
to the Alabamian speak we
never dreamed that within less
than a month he would be
tapped for membership in
Nixon's cabinet. One of his
sons is a student at NCSU in
Raleigh.
BOB BROWN -" Robert J.
(Bob) Brown, the High Point
Negro who has been tapped by
Nixon as one of hri White
House assistants was active in
the Democratic party before (
lining up with (he Nixon
candidacv this year.
SKIPPER BOWLES - When
our stale institutions of higher
learning bring onto the
campuses extremists like
Stockley Carmichael it looks
like poor and loose operation
of our lax-supported colleges.
Whe reeve r he goei Carmichael
tries to upset the people and is
doing his best to promote riots -and
strife.
Most Tarheels will likely
agree with State Senator elect
Hargrove (Skipper) Bowles, a
Greensboro businessman and
former C&D Director when he
calls for changes in our state
laws "to protect the people of
North Carolina from any
extremist like Stokely
Carmichael."
MORMAX CLUB -
Recently it was my privilege to
visit and speak before the
Mormax Club in Maxton. This t'
is a unique club - organized in
1922, its name is derived from
the two words "more
Maxton." Maxton is the
trading center for one of the
state's enterprising agricultural
areas, which by the way was
hard hit by the drought during
the 1968 summer months.
DISASTER AREAS - We
were talking with a farmer in
one of the counties designated
as a disaster county a few days
ago. The firmer told me that
designating s county proved of
no help at ill. After the county
has been designated a disaster
area then the job really begins
when you start looking for Tow
cost money!
TOM McKNIGHT - Tom
Mcknight, one of North
Carolina's outstanding country t
editors died last week. Tom
was publisher of the award
winning Moorcsville Tribune,
and was noted for his hard
hitting editorials. f
Probably the high-mark in
his journalistic career was his
discovery and promotion of
Dorothy Brown, a pretty
country girl of the Mooresville
community who was tagged as
"Long Sam" and who received
nation-wide publicity.
A poor girl, "Long Sam"
graduated from college, taught
school and is now married.
You may not he as young as
you feel, medically speaking,
says the North Carolina Heart
Association. See your doctor
before you play the gatne of
touch football. You may not
be in as good a shape as you
think.
Everyone can witch what
they eat, states the North
Carolina Heart Association.
Reduce your risk of heart
attack by reducing the amount
of animal fats in your diet.
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