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ckc yiewA - journal NATION At NIWSPAMt Published Every Thursday at Raeford, N. Z.nvn 119 W. Elwood Avenue Subscription Rates In Advance Par Year . $4.00 6 Months - $2.25 3 Months - $1.25 PAUL DICKSON Publisher Editor SAM C. MORRIS ; General Manager MRS. LUCY GRAY PEEBLES Reporter MRS. PAUL DICKSON Society Editor Sacond-Clasa Pottage Paid it Kaeford, N. C. Your 4word-Wlnnng Community Newspaper The magic of the Christmas season is laying its hold upon the land. On city streets silver bells ring calling on us to give help to those less fortunate. The tinsel, the lights and decorations, the holly wreaths are going up and tens of millions of children know that Santa Claus'is coming to town. They hope that he will in some mysterious way visit their home in the shimmering silence of the night before Christmas. This is a time for children, and it is a time too for all men and women in all lands to remember the wonder of the Lord's birth on the first Christmas nearly 2,000 years ago. It is the power of this happening that puts magic in this season and lends the light of hope and understanding to all the world's people. Let this Christmas be for children -may it bring them warmth of a fire, the smell of a tree, the excitement of Who's most harried If you think last minute shopping is pushing your luck and endangering your chances of wanted selections, then think of the footsore clerk. Not that the clerk is worried about your opportunities. It's just a matter of who's the most harried. For all the October and November admonitions by retailers about early buying, for all the early December advertising which attracts buyers in throngs, there is still a goodly number among us who either procrastinate about all our yule buying or else just have to go back for one or two more items. Anyhow, through Christmas Lve may not be the busiest shopping day it once was. those final days before Christmas see shoppers still crowding for elbow room in stores and shops. Some folks actually find that through selections may not be so good, last minute shopping is really more relaxing than buying say early in the month. A few look for bargains, from sort of an after - Christmas - sale before the 25th. But a good many of us see last minute shopping as a social event. Often we run into friends and acquaintances we haven't seen in some time. If we are not looking too hard or trying to buy out the store we find time to stop and chat and feel a part of the seasonal spirit. Last minute shopping can be fun, at least to the buyers. Those sales people, though, are made much happier to see the last one of us leave the floor come the waning working hours of the 24th. -THL LAL'RINBURG EXCHANGE THl'RSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 18 Christmas Day 1968 waiting for Santa's visit. Let it bring visions of sugar plums on Chiitmas eve, and above all as the hour approaches, let it bring the warmth of knowing that the babe born in Bethlehem so long ago is very close to us all this night. Lesson from Brazil The value of a free pros in a democratic society was graphically depicted in last weekend's institution of a military dictatorship in Brazil. Backed by the country's armed forces. President Arthur da C osta e Sila issued a sweeping decree in which individual rights under the Brazilian constitution were suspended indefinitely. The "institutional act" under which the decree was issued granted the President his "emergency powers" indefinitely. The first thing Costa e Silv;i did was to suspend the duly-elected Congress, which had for some time been critical of Brazil's powerful military leaders. The crisis came to a head when the Congress voted against a government request to bring to trial a legislator who criticized the armed forces in several speeches. Then came the second move -censors and guns into the newspaper offices. Some of the incidents which occurred are inconceivable to residents of a free society such as the L'nited States. Finding a door locked at an opposition newspaper in Rio de Janeiro, police shot the door down to escort the censors inside. Several newsmen were reportedly jailed as the Army moved on other papers in Rio and in Sao Paulo. Thus the ruling military leaders ranked the striking dow n of a free press second only in importance to stripping the people of their representative government. History has proved that it is a sad but true fact that in maintaining any dictatorship, whether it be communistic or militarily inspired, blacking out the newspapers is a necessary step. Since this action has occurred in a country which has experienced years of internal troubles, perhaps it should not be too surprising. Extremist moves at both ends of the political spectrum seem to be the rule and not the exception in Brazil. To some Americans, Brazil also may seem far away even in this day and time. But what happened there ought to serve as another reminder to all how truly vital freedom of speech and the press is in this country. THE FAYE TTEVILLE OBSERVER PRESS ASSOCIATION Tis The YOU AND THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA The Board of Trustees of the University of North Caro lina, in its annual winter meet ing in Raleigh on December 2, adopted a resolution express ing appreciation to Governor Dan K. Moore for four yeari of loyal service to the State and the University and Rave the retiring Chief Executive a etamling ovation. GOVERNOR PRAISED Veteran Trustee Victor S. Bryant of Durham proposed the resolution which praised Governor Moore for his nota- ble contributions to the Uni versity. The resolution states, in part: "When Governor Moore took office the Speaker Ban Bill controversy was seething;. On the one hand there were those who vociferously demanded that the Governor appear before the 1H65 General As sembly then in session and actively seek the law's im mediate repeal. On the other hand, there were as many, or possibly more, who vigorously demanded that the statute either remain on the books or that it be made more string ent. Opinions were sharply divided and definitely crystal lised. However, there had been no open forum providing an opportunity for publicly debat ing the issues, a salutary device so often necessary in reaching true conclusions. "Keeping his head when some others, both frienda and foes, were losing theira and blaming it on him, the Gover nor with calm Judicial tempera ment hided his time, and ap pointed an impartial committee of some of the State'a most able citizens. The Committee met and in open sessions heard protagonista of the various viewpoints. Then In a well reasoned report to the Gover nor, it pointed out a wise solution. Courageously, rigor ously, and with consummate skill the Governor recom mended an intelligent course, which waa adopted by a specially railed session of the General Assembly. His deep solicitude for the welfare of the State and Its Institutions of higher learning could not hate been more forcefully Vtiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiririiMiiittiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiriiititttiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiiiiiiiiiitw Puppy Creek Dear editar: I found this newspaper which somebody had wadded up and used as packing around a Christmas present to keep it from breaking and after I shook out the broken glass and smoothed it out. ran across an article that I wish a lot of my in-bus had read. According to it. the Paris peace talks were bogged down for several weeks while (he negotiators squabbled over the shape of the table they planned to negotiate around. Some wanted a two-sided table, otlwrs a four -tided one. others a iouiiJ one. others t curved one. or mavbe Season To Be Jolly . By William Friday, President University of North Carolina demonstrated. "Since becoming Chairman of this Board he has been highly instrumental in having Charlotte included as a fourth campus of the University, and later appointed a special study committee to consider the expansion of the University to include the campuses at Ashe ville and Wilmington. As Governor he initiated a major long-range study of the future of higher education in North Carolina with constant empha sis upon a strong University with adequate resources to carry out its statutory man date as the State's head of graduate and professional training, with solid grounding on a distinguished under graduate program. "Governor Moore has per sonally given careful atudy to the procedures relating to the preparation and administration of institutional budgets which should relieve the administra tors of the State'a higher edu cational institutions of burden some mechanical detaila, thus enabling them to devote more time to their educational responsibilities. NEW PROGRAMS "During the entire time, he has provided new programs of service by the University to the State, for example, the establishment of the highway safety research center, the marine science program, the expansion of educational tele vision, the development of the institute of water resources, and the establishment of a child development research and demonstration center. He has constantly insisted upon the highest standards of academic and professional performance, and has demonstrated in count less ways his understanding of the aims and purposes of a basically sound system of state-supported higher educa tion with the University of North Carolina at its fore front. Aa Governor his pri mary interest was the welfare of the State, and this, by reason of the interdependence of the State and University, also served the best interests of our University. Wt are proud and grateful to have Philosopher octagonal or hexagonal, and tome said it didn't matter. My immediate reaction was, w hy can't m in-laws get up on the international level and stait squabbling over the shape of the dining table they expect to eat Christmas dinner oft of off of me? Had the) kept abreast of the news, they could have picked the shape table thev demanded to eat off of. and by working one group against another it's possible I could have gotten everybody in an uproar and had the whole thing called off well in advance of buying the groceries. In-laws, like international leaders, are . ." had him as Chairman of our Board." SUBSTANTIAL GAINS Substantial gains have been made on the University of North Carolina's four cam puses during Governor Moore's administration. Enrollment increased from 28.7i'.l from January, 1965, when Governor Moore waa inaugurated to 3(1,467, the current four-cumpus enroll ment. During Goernor Moore's administration, the State of North Carolina awarded con tracts totaling a record $77, 786,721 for capital improve ments at the I'nhernity of North Carolina. The figures, compiled by the Property Control Division of the State Department of Ad ministration, represent the highest total in history for any four-year period. The time pan covered from January 1, '965 to September. 196S. The figures reflect costs for projects involving construction of dormitories, athletic facili ties, classroom and office build ings and major equipment such as heating and electrical sys tems. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill had contracts totaling $38,129,155 awarded during the time span. North Carolina State Uni versity benefited by $24,469,976 in capital improvements. Capital improvement con tracts awarded for other two University campuses included the University of North Caro lina at Greensboro, $8,830,108; and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 6,337, 482. GOVERNOR'S COMMENT Governor Moore said the figures were indicative of the State's continuous effort to meet the growing demands for eiucational facilities. "As the enrollment at our institutions of higher learn ing continues to increase," explained Governor Moore, "we must Insure that our facilities are readily available to meet the demand. entitled to save face I guess, although with some faces it's hard to figure out why. They're piobably saving the same for me. But when you get set of people both uninformed and hungry, you're stuck. Here tome of them come now. Oh well, it's Christmas time and just because we've never been able to get the Christmas spirit going among nations is no sign it can't be used among individuals. Merry Christmas to you and to all the readers of The News-Journal. Ynurs faithfully . J A tJIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIiMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIU Just One Thing After Another By Carl Goerch Down in the South, relates a writer in "Printer'i Ink," he encountered a sign, homely, wavy-lettered affair thai hung on the shaft of an elevator. To the world the sign was intended to convey the information that the elevator was out of commission, and that to summon the car, the riding public must thump on the floor. That was what the sign was intended to indicate, but the stub pencil and direct-action vocabulary of the operator had contrived the sign thus: BUTTON Dl ISN'T BELL YU GOTTA BUMP Which reminds us of l pasteboard sign we saw attached to the rear of I dilapidated Ford some yean ago - in the days when, if you had ordered your car license from Raleigh and it had not come, you were privileged for a certain number of days to carry a placard saying, "License Applied For." This car, belonging to one of the younger colored citizens, had suspended from the rear a portion of a shoe box, on which was printed, in pencil -PLIDE FOR And nothing will ever erase from our memory a word painted on a mail box on one of the back streets of our town. It was just the one word, LIAM. I think a left-handed man must have painted it. During the past month we had a national election at which time a number of people predicted that we might even see a realignment of political parties as a result of the strong bid put up by George Wallace's American Independent Party. That remains to be seen. However, the other day we were al the State Library and were looking through old newspapers there when we came across i number of items relating to the big Whig victory IIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIINIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIttlllllllllllllllllll CLIFF BLUE . . . People & Issues 5 IIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIimilllllllllllllllllllimllllllMIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIHII ORDERLY TRANSFER -In North Carolina and in the nation we are witnessing orderly transitions of state and national adminittrationi, unlike many transition periods of the past. President Johnson and President-Elect Nixon appear to be working about as well it any two men of different parties, who only i few weeks ago were hitting hard at each other, could work together. This is a tribute to both Johnson and Nixon. When Eisenhower was elected president in 1952 the transfer period was very chilly between Truman and Eisenhower - largely we hive always thought oi account of Eisenhower's aloftness. For years Eisenhower never invited Truman to visit the white house when the former president would be in Washington. Near the tail end of Ike's term he did ask Harry to drop by but after having been given the cold shoulder for seven years the Missourian then passed up the invitation, and we don't blame him. Franklin D. Roosevelt was cool towards Herbert Hoover and if memory serves us correctly FDR never invited Hoover back to the white house during his 12 years tenure there. When Truman succeeded to the president upon Roosevelt's death, Hoover became a welcome and frequent visitor and Truman named him to head the Government Commission known as Commission. President Reorganization which became the Hoover Johnson has certainly been kind and considerate of former President Eisenhower and former President Truman. RALtIGH - In Raleigh Governor Dan Moore has been most cooperative with Bob Scott since trie latter's election in November - providing him with ample office space in the new Administration Building and helping him in every way possible. of 1840: WHIG SALUTE May 5 - A salute of 23 gum was fired it the depot in this city (Raleigh) on Saturday night last in honor of the Whig victory in Virginia. A barrel of hard cider was drunk by the crowd on the occasion. WHIG CENTRAL COMMITTEE Appointment of a Whig Central Committee has been announced. The committee consists of Charles Manly, John W. Bryan, George W. Haywood, Hugh McQueen, W. R. Gales, Henry W. Miller. William H. Battle, and Thomas J. Lemay. GLORIOUS WHIG TRIUMPH August 18 - We are most happy in Stating that the returns of our lute election in this office and published below leave no loop to hang t doubt on as regards the results. In the election of our Governor, the state has gone for Harrison and against Van Burcn by a tremendous majority. Morchead hal defeated Saunders. The Whigs will gain 6 seats in the Senate and 32 in the House. The older wc gel, the more absent-minded we become. I was reminded the other day of a Mr. Simpson of Sampson County who started 10 look up something in a book and called out to his ton: "Tom, where are my glasses." "They're on the telephone," said Tom. "Oh, yes, the telephone," replied the old gentlemen, with his mind on other things. So he went over to the telephone, picked up the receiver and said: "Hello." When Moore and Scott assumed the offices of governor ind -lieutenant governor four years ago they did not do so as bosom friends but after four yean in office together as governor and lieutenant governor the two men in recent months have developed i close working relationship at evidenced by the party which Governor and Mrs. Moore gave for Bob and Mrs. Scott al the Sliearton-Sir Walter i couple of weeks ago. GOP ELECTOR BOLTS -With everything taken into consideration we feel that Dr. Lloyd W. Bailey of Rocky Mount made i rather courageous gesture last week when he declined to vote for Richard Nixon for President and instead voted for George Wallace. It should be recalled that Dr. Bailey ran for elector on the Republican ticket and that Nixon carried the Stite. On the other hand Wallace carried Bailey's district. Under the present electoral system Dr. Bailey wai well within his consitutional rights in switching from Nixon to Wallace. But many will question his running, at I candidate on one ticket -knowing who the nominee of the parly is, then after the election voting for the of an opposing candidate party. But Dr Bailey knew well that his switching would not change the results and thai it would point up the weakness in the present system of electing our presidents. When the U. S. Constitution was written the drafters felt, and properly to at that time that the average citizen was neither qualified or informed to the extent that it would be desirable for every Tom, Dick and Harry to be standing shoulder to shoulder with th, well-educated and well-, informed in selecting tht presidents to guide our new and young nation. And too, up until that time wc had been governed by Great Britain winch had a King.
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