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"It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness"
THURSDAY. JANUARY 29, 1970
A rose by any other name
"....would smell as sweet." or
something similar, Juliet told Romeo, or
vice versa. "What's in a name," was the
way it started, and it's still being
discussed, by those of us who cuss and
get cussed.
Billy Arthur, diminutive giant on the
Chapel Hill "Carolina" scene for more
than forty years, picked up some fine
words on the subject recently by
Reynolds Davenport of Jacksonville,
published in the Scottish Rite
"Bagpipe" and ran them in his column
in the Chapel Hill Weekly. See if you
don't like them.
"To take a stand on any issue today
is to be branded. Your opinion of the
Vietnam war brands you a hawk or a
dove. Comment upon the political scene
invites a label reading liberal or
conservative. Your position regarding
urban violence tags you as a militant or
a redneck.
"It isn't merely the idea of being
branded that is so bad; what hurts is
that those who take it upon themselves
to affix your label usually do so with
the kind of scorn and repugnance they
might be expected to display when
viewing the perpetrator of the vilest
crime. There seems to be little room left
in this country for honest difference of
opinion. . You are either the saint who
holds my view or you are the devil who
disagrees with me.
"And these labels really are not fair
or accurate. A citizen is not necessarily
a conservative merely because he
advocates sound fiscal policies, nor Is he
necessarily a liberal when he supports
slum clearance. Each American deserves
the right to stand up for what he thinks
is best for America without being
vilified by those who hold different
views. Wc are tolerant of those who
prefer blondes over redheads, or who
like beef better than pork, or who had
rather fish than hunt, or whose likes and
dislikes are in so many instances at
variance ?with our own. Why, then,
cannot we amiably accept the fact that
two or more personalities are going to
produce two or more opinions on
almost every subject known to man'.'"
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"If the 1 970's are going to be like the
1960's, there will be no 1980's.
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Overheard at Town and Country
Beauty Shop:
"She wants to look like she used to
so that guys will look at her like they
used to."
Browsing in the files
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of Tho Nows-Journal
25 years ago
January 25, 1945
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Chason of
Lumber Bridge, RFD, have
received notice from the War
Department that their son,
Staff Sergeant Daniel E.
Chason, who had been
reported missing in action, was
kjiled in action on December
21.
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On furloughs from Carr.p
Chaffee, Arkansas, are Staff
Sgt. Luther Clark, Sgt. Jack
Pope, Cpl. Carlton Niven, Cpl.
James Stephens, Cpl. Tom
Conoly, Sgt. Wilson
Yarborough and Sgt. William
Harris.
M. T. Poovcy and J. C.
McKinnon reports that eighty
per cent of the production of
Edinburgh Cotton Mills in
Raeford is for items listed as
"critical war materials."
McKinnon also said that due to
absenteeism the production of
the local mill is 20 per cent
below what it could be
Funeral was conducted
Sunday at Antioch
Presbyterian Church for Mrs
Blennie C. Gibson by the Rev
J.W. Mann, pastor. Mrs.
Gibson, who died Thursday,
was the mother of John C. and
Walter Gibson of the Antioch
Community.
Mrs. French A. Hall died
early Tuesday morning at her
home in Raeford following a
licart attack. Surviving are five
daughters, including Mrs.
Pauline Clark and Mrs Berdei
Niven of Raeford and a son.
French Albert, Jr., also of
Raeford.
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Mrs. Joe Hancock received a
message yesterday from the
War Departmeilt stating that
her husband, Sgt. Hancock,
had been mining in action
since January II. He was a
member of the 45th Infantry
Division with the Seventh
Army in France.
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The ration board announces
that ceiling price on No. I
white m4 yellow corn for
Hoke County ia $1.33 per
Roland Covington advcitiscs
that he will deliver Fire
Starters, and Clarence Lytch
advertises a limited amount of
baled sliaw for tobacco beds.
15 years ago
January 17, 1955
John McCuogan
superintendent of schools
when Hoke County was
formed in I9||, |ud ,|1C
program at the weekly meeting
of the Raeford Kiwams Club
on the subject of the early days
of the community and of
elord Institute. Present as
guest and to help McCoogan
with hu facts was Edwin
McKeitlien of Moore Countv
who attended Raeford
Institute Irom 1898 to 1901
and who has b ecn
administrator of Moore County
Hospital tor many yeais. Also
along was Landon Tyson.
Aberdeen department store
operator who was a ics.dcnt of
Raelord about the time
R^?^an 8"mg ,o
Raeford Institute and who was
according to McCoogan j
grc.u handicap to the courting
of teachers on the campus.
Kiwams Club President J. H.
Blue also coninbiited to the
program tiom his memory of
lhe early days.
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Named directors of n,c
Merchants Division of t he
Raeford Chamber of
tommeiee this week were A.
H. McPhaul. John Draughon.
Israel Mann. Luke McNeill
Younger Snead and W |
Howell. '
Attending the 17th annual
meeting ol the Nation Cotton
Council m Hoi^ion, Texas, arc
Mr. J"d Lewis Upchuich
and Clyde Upclmrch. Jr.. of
Raeford Fred P. Johnson of
Raleigh and Hoke Couniv. is
also allending
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s her iff D. H. Hodg,
commended Raefor
Polijxman Jesse Lee f,?, |,i
work in catching a robbci j
Johnson Cotton Co. am
recovering some stolen go.*!,
Lee called lor help and WJ
agisted by CiHinty officer
J ones and Meeks ,,
surrounding the store
Civil court was postponed
due to the absence of Solicitor
Malcolm Seawell.
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Mrs. Mclnnis reports that
Mildouson School Principal T.
C. Jones, along with David and
Thomas Mclnnis. attended the
Ruritan convention in
Washington. D. C.
Cooper's Super Market
advertises frozen orange juice
for 10 cents a can, chuck roast
for 39 cents pound and T ?
bone and sirloin steak for 49
cents.
Lt. Col. William Lamont, Jr.,
and Major T. B. Lester went to
Fort Stewart. Ca. last week for
a planning conference on next
summer's National Guard
camp, winch is set for August
14-28
5 years ago
January 28, 1965
Rep Ncill L. McFadyen
who next week will begin hi!
third term in the North
Carolina General Assembly
said this week he favors repeal
of the controversial "Speakei
Ban" Jaw enacted in the 1963
Legislature.
Flags were flying at half
mast in front of the Courthouse
and the post office on Monday,
and Raeford was helping to
mourn the death of Winston
Churchill.
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Raeford's new airport, four
miles northeast of town on the
old Doc Brown farm, has been
completed and is ready for
inspection, according to J. D.
McMillian, chairman of the
airport commission.
The new strip is 3.600 feet
long and 100 feet wide, and
runs roughly north and south
It is long enough to
accommodate twin - engine
aircraft. McMillian said.
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Jim Taylor editor iallj
mourns the passing of Si
Winston Churchill, calling Itin
a great man and "probably tlx
greatest of this century
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A St P advertises fro/ci
orange juice for 30 cents a can
'You Can Tell This Is A backward Area ... The Stream
Is Clear And The Air Is Fresh.- x
The Charlotte Obsener
By William Friday, President
University of North Carolina
YOU
AND THE
UNIVERSITY
OF NORTH CAROLINA
North Carolina can now add
to ita list of superlatives an-\
other "first," this one as aff
attacker of air pollution.
At ceremonies in the Re
search Triangle Park, the na
tion's first consortium (asso
ciation) of universities aimed
at solving problems of air pol
lution was created when the
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill, N. C. State
University and Duke Univer
sity signed an agreement for
cooperative action.
The Triangle UnivcraitiM
Consortium on Air Poll JHpn
was organised in cooperation
with the National Air Pollu
tion Control Administration
(?NAPCA), which is a part of
the U. S. Department of
Health, Education and Wel
fare.
Dr. John T. Middleton,
NAPCA commissioner, said
that the consortium mecha
nism "will provide a maximum
use of resources by encourag
ing joint action among uni
versities in education and
training related to air pollu
tion control; providing an in
terchange of faculty, students
and research facilities; de
veloping trained manpower;
and furnishing technical ad
vice to state and local air pol
lution control agencies.
RESPONSE TO DEMANDS
"Through this cooperative
venture," Dr. Middleton added,
"the universities will provide
a response to society's grow
ing demands for clean air."
The clamor about pollution
was climaxed when President
Nixon assigned the problem
the highest of national priori
ties. I was pleased to be able
to say at the ceremonies that
the Triangle Universities have
had substantial commitments
in the study and betterment of
the environment for over a
quarter of a century and to
the study and betterment of
the atmosphere for over a de
cade.
Mueh of the current Inter
est in ecology, the concept
of environmental health, the
role of the environment In
planning our cities, and the
commonality of the several
element! of our environment,
has been the subject of Inquiry
here for some time past.
Now we must look ahead. In
North Carolina, with our sea
coaata, our mountains, our
rivers, lakes, cities, farmland
and forests, and industrial
centers, we have a rich variety
of environmental conditions.
V .
OUR TASK
Because of the balance of
our state's population and
economy, we have been spared,
until now, the worst mani
festations of environmental
deterioration we know to exist
elsewhere. It is our task to
keop our state habitable and
a joyful and productive place
to live.
The choice by the federal
government of the Triangle
Universities aa members of the
country's first pollution con
sortium is a high compliment
to them and to the people of
the state.
It was a tacit recognition
of the excellence of the three
institutions, of the fine work
they already have accom
plished in this area, and of
their history of cooperation.
I believe the consortium will
provide, with the support of
our federal and state govern
ments, a major vehicle to the
solution of one of our major
environmental problems.
I welcome the consortium to
a seat alongside our Water
Resources Institute, our pro
gram in Oceanography and
our Institute for Environ
mental Health Studies as one
of the means we shall employ
to meet the environmental
challenge before North Caro
linians now.
STORIES
BEHIND
WORDS I
by , |
Willi?m S. Penfleld ?
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BLOOD MONEY
In the Middle Ages a murderer could evade the vengeance of
his victim's relatives by paying them a sum of money. The sum
varied, depending upon tne slain person's importance.
If the person was slain while asleep or in church, no amount of
money was acceptable. The murderer was outlawed and
abandoned to the vengeance of the victim's relatives.
In cases where the sum was paid, it was known as "blood
money," an inducement for the next of kin to forego his right to
"blood for blood."
The term "blood money" was applied later to a reward paid to
a person who informed on anyone who had committed a serious
crime. Now it refers to the money paid to a person for betraying
anyone in any matter.
CreTk Philosopher
Dear editar:
In case you've forgotten, in
my letter last week 1 promised
to figure out something for the
50.000 people being let off by
the space agency to do.
As you know, the space
agency has decided by popular
demand that one trip to the
moon after another from now
on is more than the people are
interested in paying for. so it
has let off SO .000 of its
workers and cut back some on
its programs.
Now here we've got a fine
group of trained, skilled people
who have demonstrated, with
the amazing success of the
moon shots, that they know to
concentrate on a problem and
whip it brilliantly.
Why let them scatter to the
far reaches of the country and
hunt up other job* that won't
challenge their full abilities?
Why not keep them intact and
put them to work on
something at challenging as the
firtt two moon thou were?
Of course, it has to be
something within the realm of
the possible. No use assigning
them the job say of ending
wars. Everybody knows the
way to end wars it to change
the brand of human beings
we've got, which it like saying
the way to end hurricanes is to
change the brand of weather
we've got.
Pollution? That problem it
too big too. I figure the answer
to pollution is people and the
more people you have working
on it the more pollution you've
got.
Remember, 50,000 is a
relatively small Oiure in a
population of over 5)0 million,
so let's put them on a relatively
small problem.
I'd Hke to see them tackle
the problem of tin cant and
bottles. I've forgotten how
many million tons of cans and
bottles this country is throwing
away every year but it's
enormous, judging by the ones
on the road near this bermuda
grass farm, and a hundred years
from now we'll all be up to our
ankles in the things, not to
mention where 200 years from
now.
What this country needs is a
tin can that disintegrates IS
minutes after you open it and a
bottle that melts when you're
through with it. Also, while
they're at it they ought to
work on a plate you can eat for
dessert and a cup and saucer
you can crumble up for dog
food.
If you don't think this idea
will work, remember I don't
either.
Yours faithfully.
Just One Thing
After Another
By Carl Goerch
Maybe tome of you
remember that Will Rogers in
onf of ltis talks said that if lie
just had control of the traffic
there would be no accidents ~
one day he would just make all
the vehicles go cast, and the
next day they would all have
to drive west; the next day,
east, the next day west. Then
there never would be any
collisions. And some one asked
him, "Why not make some go
north and some go south?"
Will then would strike a pose,
place his hand over liis heart,
and with eyes upraised would
say; "There is no North, and
there is no South! We are all
one country!"
Well, Bennett Cerf bides his
time and goes Will one better.
He offers tliis problem for
solution:
"A single railroad track,
upon which two trains arc
approaching each other,
hopelessly, relentlessly, each
maintaining a constant speed
of 100 miles per hour. At the
throttle of Train A is a
Norwegian engineer. At B's
throttle is a drunk. Ali
evidence notwithstanding, the
trains do not collide. Why?
Because Norse is Norse and
Souse is Souse, and never the
twains shall meet."
Things that never have been
explained: Why do we mention
the female sex first when we
say: "Ladies and gentlemen"
and why do we mention the
male sex first when we say:
"Men and women?"
From W.H. Bond of Raleigh
and E.N. Shaffncr of
Winston-Salem comes a
sentence which is intriguing, to
say the least. It contains ek'vcn
"hads" in a row, and here it is:
"Though John, is the
sentence where James had had
hid had had Itad had had liad
had had the approval of the
examiners. Of course, if John
and James both liad had had
liad had had would be in the
sentence twelve times instead
of eleven, though it doesn't
make quite as much sense."
That's the way Mr. SlulTitcr
expressed it. Mr. Bond's
interpretation went like this:
"Two boys. William and
John, were standing on English
exam. William passed and John
failed. The reason William
passed and John failed was
because William, where John
had had had, had had had had:
had had liad had the approval
of the examiners."
It took, us about fifteen
miliTutcs to make sense out of
the sentence, but finally we
succeeded in doing so. Maybe
we can help you by
punctuating it this way:
Though John, in the
sentence where James had had
"had." had liad "had had";
"had had" had had the
approval of the examiners.
Whenever things gel dull,
they're enlivened considerably
by a letter from O.F. McC'rary
of Raleigh.
Mac has supplied us with
many puzzles and problems in
the past. Now he comes
forward with another one:
"Although this is not
probable, it is possible.
Professor Popoff built a house,
rectangular in shape. There
were windows in each of the
four walls. Each window had ;j
southern exposure. How could
this possibly be?"
We thought about it for a
little while and believe that we
have the correct answer. As a
matter of fact, there can be
only one answer, so we'll let
voii fionrrvJr
CLIFF BLUE ...
People & Issues
UPS AND DOWNS ... As
the passing days hasten us to
the threshold of another
political campaign it is
interesting to take a look
backwards and note some of
the ups and downs of our
contemporary statesmen and
some who have passed on.
One of the poets once
wrote:
"Not in the clamor of the
crowded street,
Not in the shouts and
plaudits of the throng,
But in ourselves, arc triumph
and defeat."
And how true the poet has
written:
A man may have lost in a
contest but defeat comes from
within the heart and mind.
CUILF JUSTICE BOBBITT
_ . . Chief Justice William H.
Bobbitt lost in a race for
associate justice of the state
supreme court to R. Hunt
Parker, but he was later
appointed to the court and is
now serving as chief justice.
? RALPH SCOTT . . . Stale
Senator Ralph Scott of
Alamance County ran for
congress several years ago and
lost out to the incumbent Carl
Durham. However, Ralph later
returned to his scat in the State
Senate where he has labored
long and well for good and
progressive govcrmmcnt serving
as chairman of the Senate
Finance Committee and a
member of the Advisory
Budget Commission.
BOB REYNOLDS ... In
19 24 Bob Reynolds was
defeated as a candidate for
lieutenant governor and in
1926 he was defeated for the
United States Senate. He did
nut give up and in 1932 the
colorful mountain man came
back to win in the U. S. Senate
race against former Governor
and the incumbent U. S.
Senator Cameron Morrison
O. MAX GARDNER . . .
The late 0. Max Gardner lost
in a close race for governor in
1920 by less than 100 votes to
Cameron Morrison. Eight years
later he came back to win the
nomination unopposed and
served as governor from 1929
to 1933 and had been
appointed Ambassador to
Great Britain and was
preparing to sail to London
when he died early in 1947.
WILLIAM B. UMSTEAD ...
William B. Umstead served his
district for a few terms in
Congress, retired and managed
Gregg Cherry's campaign for
governor in 1944. Cherry
appointed Umstcad to the U.
S. Senate when Senator J. W.
Bailey died. At the next
primary in 1948 Umstead lost
the Senate to J. Melville
Broughton in a close race. But
four years later Umstcad
bounced back to win the
nomination and election as
governor.
C. B. DEANE . . . The late
C. B. Deanc lost twice to W. 0.
Burgin in congressional races
before he made the grade in
1946 over W. E. Horner of Lee
County.
JIM GARDNER ... Jim
Gardner lost in his first race for
congress to Harold Cooley in
1964 but came back to win big
in 1966, and then lost for
governor to Bob Scott in 1968.
ROY TAYLOR . . .
Sometimes a close contest and
a good scare can be turned into
stepping stones for buildinn a
stronger organization. In 1966
W. Scott Harvey, Republican,
gave Roy A. Taylor, Democrat
in the llth congressional
district a scare. Two years later
found Taylor with a much
stronger organization and he
took the district 91,477 to
68,657 for Harvey..
DAVID HENDERSON . . .
In 1968 Herbert H. Howell
received 48,81 5 votes to David
N. Henderson's 57,244 votes in
the Third Congressional
District. Howell, we
understand is planning to
challenge Henderson again this
fall. The question is: Will
Henderson be able to grow
stronger as Roy Taylor did, or
will Howell be able to
overcome Henderson like Jim
Gardner did in the Fourth
District over Harold Cooley?
REPUBLICAN' PARTY . . .
In North Carolina it has not
been the Republicans who have
been carrying elections
against the Democrats in recent
years but Democrats who have
moved over into the
Republican parly.
Jim Gardner was a Democrat
before moving across into the
Republican Party. Jack
Slicklcy was a Democrat
before finally moving over into
the Republican tent. There arc
by far more former Democrats
voting the Republican ticket in
North Carolina than there arc
hard - line Republicans.
The Republican Parly in the
cast is now made up largely of
conservative Democrats who
.ound the party of their fathers
too liberal for their tasting.
Yes, politics makes strange
bedfellows!