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"It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness "
THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1970
Our success goes to Washington
The text of Supt. Donald
Abemethy's report to a U.S. Senate
committee this week on the experiences
of the Hoke school system during the
development and execution of plans for
school desegregation is mostly reprinted
in this issue, and makes interesting
reading. Further, it is our strong opinion
that its reading brings a feeling of pride
to most citizens of Raeford and Hoke
County who are honest with themselves.
All the citizens of the county can
justifiably share pride in the
achievement related to the committee
by Abernethy, for as he says in his
summary, a spirit of cooperation from
the general public, along with other
factors, notably the steadfast and
courageous leadership of the county
school board, has "combined to help
eliminate the inequities in public
education in a malMr 'in which citizens
of Hoke County are very proud."
Abernethy didn't name the members
of the Hoke County Board of Education
who provided the courage and
leadership without which the relative
smoothness and effectiveness of the
accomplishment would have been
impossible, because names would not
have been of interest to the members of
the Senate committee. These names are
of interest to Raeford and Hoke County
people, however, and as the voters of
the county saluted them in the election,
of May 2, we would like to publicly
salute and thank them now for seeing
the right way and having the courage to
follow it. They are D.R. Huff, Jr., Riley
M. Jordan, A.W. Wood, Jr., W.L
Howell, Jr., and Bobby Gibson.
The contribution of all involved has
been, and is, certainly important to
what has been achieved, but, as in all
group endeavors, the leadership is what
sets the course and provides the drive.
We feel comfort as well as pride in the
leadership we have here.
WILMOT, S.D. ENTERPRISE: "The
anatomy of any association or club
includes four kinds of bones: (1) with
bones - those who will go along with an
idea but want someone else to do the
work; (2) jaw bones - who talk a lot but
do little else; (3) knuckle bones - who
knocks everything everyone else does;
and (4) back bones - who get behind
the wheel and do the work."
CHETEK, W1SC, ALERT:
"Teen-agers are upset these days
because they're living in a world
dominated by nuclear weapons - and
adults are upset because they're living in
a world dominated by teen-agers."
HELFIN, ALA., NEWS: "Believe it
or not, but there are merchants who still
do not believe in advertising.
Advertising, Mr. Merchant, is not a fairy
story, or a magic wand, to wave over
incompetent business management and
transform it into a whopping success.
Back of the advertising that the
merchant pays for must be an ability to
serve the public efficiently and
economically. These factors, plus wise
and honest advertising, will make any
business grow."
BROCKTON, MASS., ENTERPRISE:
"One of the most promising signs on the
college campuses is the change in
protest from that of the Vietnam war to
that of the pollution of our
environment .... College students,
fortunately, have finally fastened upon
a crisis so grave that it needs their
impatience and tendency toward direct
action. More power to them!"
Letter to the Editor
Students of Hoke High School
Raeford, North Carolina
Instead of rebellion for your school,
you should always feel very proud of it.
Also, for your parents and teachers who
try to raise and teach you as U.S.
citizens should be.
There you have discipline and
organization. All, thanks to your
principal, Mr. Autry. I live where there
is NO organization of any kind in school
(Anything goes) Have you ever seen a
person on an L S D trip? A person in
such pain that the only thing that could
help was HEROIN? Ever see anyone so
high on pot that they couldn't even tell
you their name? Did you ever hear a girl
cry out in pain because she was "eat
up" with V.D.? I K^ve! These are not
very pretty things.
You Seniors, think about what
you've been taught as you leave home
for college or whatever, this Fall. Many
of you will be leaving mom and dad for
good, many for the first time. A few to
serve your country. It takes a lifetime to
become somebody, one day to lose
everything.
1 didn't attend school under Mr.
Autry, but 1 try to live by the morals
and standards taught to me by Mr.
Turlington and my teachers there at
Raeford. 1 also thank heaven for old
fashioned parents with old fashioned
morals. And I'm not talking about the
styles of clothes or hair.
My brother is under "Raz Autry" and
thinks the world of him. 1 think the
seniors of Hoke High should thank him
as they go out into the world. (Don't
forget your parents and teachers who
deserve a lot of credit too.)
Sincerely yours;
(Name withheld by reauest)
Browsing in tho files
of Tho Nows-Journol
25 years ago
June 14, 1945
At a meeting of the board of
director* of the Bank of
Raeford held June 7, T.B
Upchurch wai elected
resident, to succeed the late
B. McNeill. H.L. Gatlin and
F.B. Sexton were elected vice
presidents.
Capt. Neill J. Blue, ion of
Mr. and Mrs. NJ). Blue of
Raeford. has been awarded the
Air Medal for service as a
forward observer with the
SdOtli Field Artillery Battalion,
attached to the 66th Infantry
Division, in France and
Germany.
MM
Ctemnce A. Bums, sbn of
Mr. and'Mra, J. Fred Bums, has
been awarded the Bronze Star
medal for aervice with an
armored unit somewhere in the
South Pacific.
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V.R. White, principal of the
Hoke High School for the past
four years, has' accepted a
position as principal of the
junior and senior schools of
Fayetteville.
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15 years ago
June 16, 1955
Maurice Braswell.
Fayetteville attorney, has been
appointed solicitor of tire
Ninth Solicitorial District,
composed of Cumberland,
Hoke. Bladen and Robeson
counties. He succeeds Malcolm
Seawall of Lumberton. who
has been appointed resident
Superior Court judge of the
16th Judicial District
composed of Scotland and
Robeson counties.
First cotton blossoms in the
county were reported on June
11, about a week earlier than
last year, when the first reports
were on June 19. Bringing in
blossoms were Ang McLaucnlin
on Lawrence McNeill's farm at
Bowmore, G.C. Lytle of
Antioctf; wid J.K. McNeill. A
day later were Bonnie Kelly on
the G.B. Bostic farm, Kelly
Stubbs on R.J. Hatty's place,
I J. Holland, and Aaron Lloyd
on the T.B. llpchurch farm.
John Duncan McNeill has
been elected commander of the
Ellis Williamson American
Legion pott, succeeding
Truman B. Austin.
.Sure 100,000 troops were withdrawn but they've been replaced
by fact-finding committees'
ModernLegalCustomsCome
F rom Ancient English Ones
By Laurie Telfair
Monday was the 755th
anniversary of the signing of
the Magna Carta. Now this
really didn't make too much of
a splash on world attention but
it is interesting to note the
proximity of Flag Day on June
14 and the signing of the
Magna Carta on June 15.
The two dates are entirely a
coincidence and were of course
separated by many years - the
Magna Carta is a foundation
document on which many of
the legal rights and traditions
of English - speaki'g nations
are founded and wh^ii)
influenced the form of our
Federal Constitution.
The early states wrote the
language of the Magna Carta
into their constitutions and, as
late as the nineteenth century,
it was used as a basis for the
14th Admendment to the
Constitution.
When I attended the opening
session of Superior Court in
Sanford last January, the
presiding judge opened his
instructions to the grand jury
by asking how many people in
the court room had heard of
the Magna Carta. He got a fair
show of liands. Then he asked
how many people there had
read the document. 1 may have
missed it, but 1 didn't see
anyone raise his hand The
judge went on to say that lie
had found a copy in only one
county in which he had
presided as judge. He explained
that the Magna Carta was the
basis of our legal system, and
that such forms as the grand
jury and the right of habeas
conpus came from it.
This gave more meaning to
me to a document that I had
regarded heretofore only as a
date to be learned in my few
excursions into English history.
Most of the legal traditions
in this country date back to
English common law. One of
the oldest public offices is that
of the sheriff, which dates
from the year 1066.
The title sheriff comes from
the Saxon words "scyre"
which means sliire or county
and "reve", which means
keeper. The words gradually
were combined, but the
original meaning as the keeper
of the country remains.
The office of sheriff was
provided for in the North
Carolina Constitution of 1776
and much of the duties are
outlined either by the state
constitution or by statutes.
However, many of the duties
come down from the old
English common law.
An example of this is the
sheriff's function in the
courtroom of the county. In
the early Ehglish system, it was
customary for the sheriffs of
the counties within a judge's
district to meet the judge at
the borders and escort him into
town to hold a term of court.
It was also the responsibility
of the sheriff to prepare a
courtroom and provide all the
necessary supplies and
personnel - from ink, pen, and
stationery to food and lodging
for the judge and from the
court reporter to the
executioner.
While the modern sheriff
doesn't have to escort the
judge or provide him with
room and board, he is still
largely responsible for the
operation of the courtroom.
An interesting sidelight on
the eligibility for office is the
fact that the constitution
prohibits anyone from holding
the office of sheriff who denies
the being of Almighty God or
who has taken part in a duel in
anyway.
According to the North
Carolina Sheriffs' Manual there
have never been any cases
in which the office was denied
for cither reason.
A sheriff may be dismissed
for, among other reasons,
"being intoxicated or being
convicted of being intoxicated;
failing to use diligence in
searching for and seizing illegal
liquor distilleries within the
county after having been
informed of their existence or
for allowing a prisoner to
escape."
If a sheriff is suspended and
the county commissioners
don't appoint a replacement to
fill the vacancy, the county
coroner automatically takes
over the duties of the sheriff.
Sheriff D.M. Barrington was
kind enough to provide the
information on the office of
sheriff - including that portion
on how sheriffs may be
removed.
STORIES
BEHIND
WORDS
by
William S. Penfield
VOCARL
rhe Latin word "'vocare," which means to call, is the root,
or foundation, of a number of English words. Several words
can be built from it by adding prefixes.
The prefixes are: In (in, into or upon); ex or e (out of or
away from): con (with or together); pro (before, on behalf of,
forward or forth); and re (again or back).
Adding die prefixes results in the following words: Invoke
(to call upon for aid, as in prayer): evoke (to call out of or
summon, as from seclusion); convoke (to call together); pro
voke (to call forth, as from another person); and revoke (to
call back, hence to repeal or annull.
1
P?ppy Philosopher
Creek
Dear editar:
Some people are saying thej
world was never in as bad a
shape as it is now, but as I sit
out here on this Bremuda grass
farm and examine it through
the newspapers I wonder about
that.
For example, take the
astronauts. No sooner do they
get a good look at what s
outside the world out there in
forlorn space and get safety
back than they take a desk job
in Washington or run for some
office, here on the good earth.
Things have a way of
balancing out. Take the
colleges. According to an
article I read last night, over
300 college presidencies are
vacant, just not enough capable
men willing to take on the job.
even with combat pay. Yet
what happens? College riots
shut down about that many
universities and so, what's the
problem?
Or take government
employees. For yeari they
dreaded to see Washington's
birthday for example fall on
Saturday or Sunday, thus
knocking them out of what
otherwise would have been an
extra holiday.
So what happens? They
convince Congress it's the
holiday, not the birthday, that
counts, so now if the birthday
falls on Saturday they get
Friday off; if on Sunday, they
get Monday off. I don t care
what the problem is, if a man
thinks long and hard enough,
there's a solution, although I
don't know what would have
happened if Washington and
Lincoln had been born on the
same day of the month, or if
Columbus had arrived here on
Christmas. I presume however
that Washington has a
commission drawing up
emergency plans in the event
some future holiday ? worthy
hero gets born on an
established holiday
The problem wouldn't come
up however if they'd put me in
charge of declaring holidays. I
declare one whenever i feel like
it, having no patience with a
man who waits till Congress
tells him when to go fishing.
What does Congress know
about when the fish are biting?
Your* faithfully
J.A.
| Just One Thing
I After Another
g ByC?rlGo?rch
If you're a reader of the Li'l
Abner comic atrip, you know
all about Sadie Hawkini.
But did you know that there
really ia a Sadie Hawkina?
There most aaauredly ia, and
the livea in Hurdle Milla, North
Carolina. However, when the
got married, her name was
changed to Sadie Hawkins
Davit. She admits that site has
had to stand for a lot of
joshing because of her maiden
name, but aire lias enjoyed it.
Which leads us to wonder
whether Mr. Davit had to run
her down on November 9
(Sadie Hawkins Day) in order
to get her to marry him.
A friend of oun in Marion
was telling us the other day
about an election that was held
in McDowell County back in
either 1918 or 1920. Anyway,
two men - John Laughridge,
Republican, and George
Conley, Democrat - were
running for sheriff. When the
votes were tabulated, it was
found that John had won out
over George by one vote.
Wonder if any other county
official ever was elected by
such a small margin? And,
while we're wondering, has it
ever happened that two
candidates for a county office
received exactly the same
number of votes?
Mrs. Jacqueline Prevost
Jones, daughter of Jack Prevost
of Raleigh, visited 43 states of
the union, three provinces in
Canada and took a trip down
into Mexico without ever
getting aboard a train. In fact,
her first train ride occurred
after all this traveling when she
went up to Mara Hill a few
years ago to attend summer
school.
We publish the following
announcement from a recent
issue of the New Bern
Sun-Journal without any
comment whatsoever.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
Kenneth Leo Landesk, of
Washington, D.C. to Ada
Naomi Whitford, of
Vanceboro, N. C.
PLANS FOR 10.
Headline in the Richmond
County Journal, published in
Rockingham:
SHE PASSES AWAY
AFTER 17 YEARS
OF FAITHFULNESS
Advertisement in the St.
Pauls Review:
"Whoever stole the
accessories off my little girl's
bicycle, if you will let me
know. 1 will give you the rest
of the bicycle. D A. Roebuck."
Nobody has called for it as
yet.
Mrs. Nelson P. Angell, Sr.,
Route 4, New Bern, calls our
attention to a recent
advertisement in The News and
Observer:
The best bargains in plants
we have ever had, including
one hundred thousand
screaming plants that will run
from two to four feet that we
are selling for 25c each, Dunn
Evergreen Nursery, Dunn, N.C.
No thank you; there's
enough noise in our
neghborhood already without
our investing in a bunch of
screaming plants. By the way,
what are they screaming
about?
CLIFF BLUE...
People & Issues
FINCH - Some people are
saying that HEW Secretary
Robert Finch's forced
resignation from the Nixon
Cabinet is the first concrete
evidence of the influence
which George Wallace's victory
in Alabama will have on the
Nixon Administration's
determination to salvage the
south's electoral votes for
Nixon in 1972.
The look on the faces of
Nixon and Finch as the two
appeared together following
the announcement that Finch
was stepping down from his
cabinet post told more than
you could read in the
accompanying story. Finch
didn't want to be demoted but
Nixon insisted. So far as Nixon
making Finch a white house
advisor, all cabinet members
are available at the President's
call 24 hours a day and Finch
knew this as well as Nixon and
this was the reason for Finch's
foot-dragging on the change.
Also, the announcement last
week that several Federal
School suits in the.South were
being dropped may have been
an aftermath of the Wallace
victory.
Wallace's Alabama victory
was regarded as far more
damaging to Nixon and the
Republicans than to the
Democrats. Nixon's 1972
hopes depend right much on
electoral votes he can muster in
the South.
HUMPHREY ? There were
three serious presidential
candidates in 1968, Dick
Nixon who won and now
resides at 1600 Pennsylvania
Avenue, George Wallace who
ran third but who recently
chalked up a come-back
victory by winning the
Democratic nomination for
Governor in Alabama. Now the
third man in the 1968
presidential sweepstakes race -
Hubert H. Humphrey has
announced his candidacy for a
comeback try for a seat in the
United States Senate. If
Wallace and Humphrey are
successful in November, as it
now appears that they will be,
eight months hence will see the
three 1968 presidential
contenders again in top
Editions in American political
e with each still interested in
a rematch come campaigning
time 1972.
While Nixon's renomination
it taken for granted, it it much
lets sure as to whether
Humphrey and Wallace will be
in the 1972 presidential finals.
HOLLERIN' CONTEST -
Spivey's fnrner, a small cross ?
roads community in Sampson
County between Dunn "and
Clinton will be the scene of
lots of grass roots and down to
earth people Saturday, June 20
when the Second Annual
National Hollerin' Contest is
held. While Dewey Jackson
who was named the hollerin'
champ last year will not be
eligible this year, his brother,
O.B. Jackson and plenty of
others will be on hand to give
their voices a try-out.
A half century ago hollerin'
was quite an art with many of
the outdoor people who
wlrould be traveling by foot,
and especially at night when
alone and sometimes a little
skiddish.
But, with modern methods
of transportation, hollerin' like
many other arts of fifty years
ago have gone the way pf the
old gray mare and the one
horse farm. We think it fine
that the people of Spivey's
Corner have seen fit to restore
the hollerin' art - if just for a
day each year.
CENSUS -- Rumblings are
that many communities
throughout the state, and
probably the nation, feel that a
pretty poor job has been done
in some areas in the census'
counting heads this year. In the
Wadcsboro area people were
concerned lest they be short -
changed in the population
count. A rccheck, according to
reports added some 500 people
in Wadcsboro and adjoining
area.
Most every community takes
pride in having a growth in
population and when the tally
lags behind the people become
concerned.
Many things depend on an
accurage population count.
Representation in the U.S.
House of Representatives
depends upon the census count
as well as state representation
in the General Assembly at
Raleigh.
GRADUATE SCHOOLS -
Governor Bob Scott who is
also ex-officio chairman of the
Slate Board of Higher
Education sounds a timely
warning when speaking in
Houeton, Texas last week he
called for a close look at the
South'i proliferating graduate
college programs. "The orderly
development of graduate
education calls for much closer
scrutiny of existing programs
than most states or institutions
have been willing to give," said
the Tar Heel governor.
Scott was on solid ground
when he said close examination
should be given some existing
programs as well as the new
ones being proposed.