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m iiiHw twd - journal >5^ ASSOCIATION Published Every Thursday at Raeford. N. C. 28376 1W. Elwood Avenue Subscription Rate* In Advance Per Year - V4.00 6 Months - S2.25 3 Months ? SI.25 PAUL DICKSON Publisher-Editor SAM C. MORRIS General Manager LAURIE TELFAIR Reporter MRS. PAUL DICKSON Society Editor Second t'Uu PcMUfe hi id at Kscford. N. C. Your Award - Winning Community Newspaper "It is better to light one candle than to ainc the darkness" THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1970 On patriotism By Erwln D. Canham The Chnittnn Sdmct Monitor Perhapa not enough Amer icana. have been thinking about patriotism, aa this Fourth of July season comet, It ia an ambiguous concept and it ought to be clarified. Never, perhaps, has the vary Idea of patriotism been under such violent attack at In the United States to* day. The American flag, until a few years ago a sym bol which nearly everybody In tha nation respected, has been made by a few a sym bol of obscene derision. Hie term "patriotic" as applied to organizations is even aometlmes used as a synonym for right-wing ex tremism. There was sn abortive effort to make the Fourth of July thia year a onesided kind of political rally. It almply isn't good enough. Thoae who object to U.S. policies in Southeast Asia or elaewhere, those who ? like many blacks ? have suf fered discrimination for too long, should think hard whether their grievances will be served by trying to destroy the very essenct of American nationhood. Affirmation needed The United Stetea stands, and always has stood, for many principles which are vital to human freedom. Its system la not perfect, its efforts to live up to its ideala have been flawed, but the chaoe of anarchy and nihil ism is no answer, the police statea of Stalin or Mao are no answer. The anawer lies in striv ing to fulflU the ideala of Browsing in the files of Th? N?ws-Journal 25 years ago June 21.1945 William J. McDiarmid, one of the county's largest farmers, died in a Fayetteville hospital Sunday morning, and funeral waa conducted at his home west of Raeford on Monday afternoon. The Gold Star, in lieu of the second Air Medal, has been ? warded to Navy Lieut. Benjamin F. Currie of Raeford for exceptional valor against the Japanese while operating as a fighter pilot from the aircraft carrier Saratoga during the early phases of the Solomons campaign. Staff Sgt. Raymond A. McBryde, of the ISth Air Foroe, has returned home after having completed 35 missions as gunner on a B-24 Liberator bomber baaed in Italy. Jane 21, IMS . Sft, Irvtn R. Currie, son of Mra. Kate D. Currie of Red Sprtnp, Route One, has been recommended for the Certificate of Merit fo'r outstanding performance while Mfvtnf with the 83rd Signal Company In Germany. He had already been awarded the Bronze Star Medal. ? ? ? Boatswains Mate William Teimedft Bobbin has arrived aafely at Okinawa. He returned from nine months of In Rurope. William ft*>le, Jr? la al home on furlough after aompfaiwg Ms Infantry baaic training at Camp Standing, Fla. Ma wM report to Ft. Meade, Mi. ? ? ? funeral waa aonducted at free men ever more ear nestly and effectively. The answer lies in making the aystem work more ade quately, modifying, reform ing, improving but not deatroying. Patriotlam is not un Ignoble ideal. It is love of country. It is memory and respect for what ia worthy In the past. It is dedication to the future. Little about humanity's struggle anywhere toward the light is without flaw. It is not hard to And things to criticixe, even in great hours such as the Ameri can Revolution. Among the giants there were little men, and selflsh or stupid men. They often exhibited the limitations of common humanity. Intpiratlon reflected But wt should not and we cannot honestly revise the nobility out of American history. There were inspired hours, motives, actions. The American Constitution Is ? tremendous affirmation of human freedom, even if many of Its drafters had not progressed to the point of freeing their own slaves. The treatment of Ameri can Indians Is a long, dark episode. Countless individu al encounters between Eu ropeans and Indigenous Americans could have been more )ust, humane, decent. But historically could the flow of the European human tide across North America possibly have been pre vented? Of course not. Today we can look clearly at the evils of the past, but look beyond them both to the nobility of the past and Antioch Presbyterian Church Friday afternoon for Mrs. George C. Biggs, who died on Wednesday, by the pastor, the Rev. J.W. Mann. ? ? ? A meeting of Fayetteville Presbytery has been called for Monday afternoon to receive the Rev. Sam E. Howie, pastor ? elect of Highland Church in Fayetteville. ? ? ? TD. Potter, chairman of the Hoke AAA committee, warns farmers to conserve tobacco twine, as it will be in short supply this year. ? ? ? In "Poole's Medley," D. Scott Poole opines that "If the OPA were practical, they would reduce the price of molaaaes in half, and then cane growers would make mora sugar and lesa molaaaes." 15 years ago Juim 23, 1955 Raeford Plumbing and Heating Company announota its opening In this Issue. Local Insurance agents estimate that more than $40,000 will bt paid to Hoke farmers for a crop da maps ui the hellatorm of June 11. At laat week's meeting of the men's organization of the Raeford Met hod let Church new officer* elected ware Clyde Upcharch, Jr., Everett Ferrall and John Haire. Martin BewMertner of the Raeford Chamber of Commerce la attending an mediate m Chapel HIU this to the opportunity of tl?o future. We need not repeat the time old miatakes. We can achieve greater social juitice for the future. Two of the outitanding chal lenge! lie of course in bet ter treatment for the tragic remnant of American In dians and the burgeoning minority of Afro-Ameri cans. They are not the only people for whom better things are required. Preferring roots The best kind of patrio tism lies in what we do to dsy and tomorrow. But let us not try to poison or chop off our roots. We need roots. And we need love of coun try. Hatred, so carelessly and obscenely expressed by strident groups today, de rives from fear and pro duces poisons. We must re place it by an awareness of our common humanity and a commitment to the solu tion of problems and re moval of injustices. The old Fourth of July oratory and its symbols, which many of ui have not forgotten, may have been banal and seemingly super ficial. They were not really superficial. They reflected a very great dream. We must not believe that American dream ? that unlverssl human dream?is dead. The dream Is that men can reflect their birthright and move steadily toward the fulfillment of their destiny. The United States is committed to these goals It has helped toward their fulfillment. We must all move forward, proudly, soberly, gratefully. June 30. 1955 Homer McGuinn, formerly of Hendersonville, has announced that he will open a new Western Auto Associate Store Saturday in the old News-Journal building on North Main Street. W.T. Walters will work in the store with McGuinn. ? ? ? County Farm Agent W.C. Williford says prospects appear excellent for the watermelon crop in the county this year. 5 years ago Funeral service for John Henry Plummer, 77, were held Friday afternoon at Parker Methodist Church. Raeford's town board has fven tentative approval to a udtet for next year of S302,000, the largest In the town i history, and without raising the tax rate from the SI. 17 per $100 valuation which it hat been for the put several years. Hugh's Texaco and Alignment Service announce its opening on North Main Street. July I. IMS Pinft was estimated in the thousands of dollars from a cloudburst which fell in an area of the county west of Raeford Thursday night. On the Bill Thomas farm, the 10 ? acre lake rate three and a half feet. Funeral service was held Wednesday for Paul Brownie Davie, 43 ? year ? old veteran of World War II, who died Sunday 'A burning issue just makes a brighter light' July Fourth Celebrates, Document Approved July 2 By Laurie Telfair Saturday is the Fourth of July, Independence Day, and this brings to mind several interesting facts about the Declaration of Independence, the document that announced the separation of the 13 colonies from England and set forth reasons justifying such a course. The declaration was adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, although it was approved on July 2. There had been statemenis and documents before then asserting that the colonies were no longer under the authority of Parliment and on April 12, the revolutionary convention of North Carolina specifically authorized the delegates of that colony to vote for independence at the Continental Congress. On May 15, the Virginia convention instructed their delegate to offer the motion that was to become the document of independence. On June 7, the Virginia delegate, Richard Henry Lee. brought up the resolution of independence. However, some of the delegates didn't have the authority to vote on a resolution of separation; some were opposed and some, including John Dickson, wanted to first set up a central government and try to secure foreign aid against England before declaring independence. Finally on June 11, a committee composed of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R Livingston was formed to prepare a statement justifying the decision to assert independence. This was voted on by nine of the colonies on July 1 and by three others on July 2. New York abstained until its delegates received permission on July 9 to vote. They voted on July IS. The adoption was celebrated on July 8 in Philadelphia with the ringing of all the church belli and the next day it was read to Waahington's army. Ten days later it was ordered Puppy Philosopher Creek Dear editor: Being unable to find i newspaper yesterday although I looked everywhere, that ii everywhere I could tee from my rocking chair on my front porch, 1 went inside the houie late in the afternoon and turned on the televiiion *t for the first time in a long time and will admit 1 learned something 1 didn't know before. Now I knew that in the summer time the networks re-run their winter and spring programs on the theory (guess that if Hamlet is worth seeing more than once so is Festus, but yesterday was the first time I discovered that they re-run their news programs too. It's > fact. Here came Huntley and Brinkiey telling us their names although I caught on to who they were years sgo, engrossed as "The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America" and was put on parchment, probably by Timothy Matlock of Philadelphia. On August 2. the members of congress who were present signed it and other members signed later. Those who voted for the declaration were not always among those who signed it. The last signature, of Thomas McKean of Delaware, was not put on the document until after 1777. For 101 years after it was signed, the document had no permanent home, but was transferred to ten cities in five states. It was almost captured by the British in both the Revolution and the War of 1812 and twice it was almost burned. Finally, in 1894, with the text dimmed by exposure to light and the signatures damaged by the rolling and unrolling of the parchment, the declaration was placed in a safe in the library of the state department. In 1921. it was removed and put in the Library of Congress, where it remained until 1952 when it was taken to the exhibition hall of the National Archives. The North Carolina delegates who voted for the adoption of the declaration were William Hooper, 1742 ? 90. a lawyer. Joseph Hewes. 1730 ? 79. a merchant and John Penn. 1741 ? 88, a lawyer. A few weeks ago, the singing group, The Fifth Dimension, appeared oil television with a recording of The Declaration of Independence. It was identified as such before they began and its a good thing too, because it is a most inflamatory pronouncement. It is a clear call to revolution that would probably be denounced by Spiro Agnew except for its venerable origin. Such irresponsible rhetoric probably shouldn't be allowed on television and the radio, where impressionable young people can hear that our nation was born in an agony of violence lashed on radical and then they gave exactly the same newt they gave months ago. For example, they reported that Israel fought off an Arab attack with the lots of one jeep and three canteens while destroying eight Arab planes, and in the same skirmish, which the Arabs Mid the Israelii launched, the Arabs taid they destroyed ten Israeli tanks and shot down ten planes. Then they switched to London where a newscaster in a trench coat standing in the wind outside some building reported a new proposal for Cace in the Middle' East is ing discussed. In Vict Nam thay ran the film of the reporter dodging bullets, failing once more to tell us what was happing to the camera man. Getting around to the home agitators. For those who haven't heard the Fifth Demcnsion recording or haven't read it since school, here for July 4th, is the first part of the Declaration of Independence. "When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station1 to which the laws of nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation? We hold these truths to be self ? evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed with their Creator with ccriain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men. deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principle and organizing its powers in such form as to them shall seem most likely to effect their sal'etv and happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light or transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while events are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off a government and to provide new guards for their future security. front, they reported the cost of living went up three-tenths of one percent last month, the stock market fluctuated, another freight train had derailed, Agnew had spoken, there was a riot in Memphis or Los Angeles, 1 forget which, more studies are being made to halt inflation, pollution has shown up off tha ihora of whatever coast it was they had the camera trained on, tha urban crisis is still tha urban crisis, etc. It's a fact. Thy nawtworkt are using re-runs on thalr newcasts. All they're changing is the shape of David Brinkwy'l tie. The.e's nothing to tha report, ii there, that th? football leagues aren't going to play this fall, Just re-run last season's games?' Yours faithfully, J.A. Just One Thing After Another Bv Carl Goerch There's an old tradition that Abraham Lincoln and William Jennings Bryan learned public speaking by using tree stumps and cornstalks as practice audiences. Similarly Bill Graltam says that he practiced in the woods using the trees as lus audience. The late Hallet S. Ward, congressman from the 1st District of North Carolina, was requested to go to a certain town less than 150 mile* from where he lived and make a talk upon an assignd topic. A friend of his was curious to know how he got along, and when the two met on the street after his return, the friend inquired: "How was your speech? How did you get along?" "Didn't get along at all," was his answer. "Didn't get along at all! Without doubt it was the most unresponsive audience I ever spoke to in my life!" "Yei, sir! The most unresponsive! When I was a young man studying law and knowing that public speaking would be required of me, T used to practice by going out into a piece of cutover woodslana not far from where I lived, and there 1 would declaim for hours before the stumps and the bushes. And 1 tell you, last night as I was talking to those people, 1 longed for that audience of stumps and bushes! It would have been much more inspiring, sir. Much more!" Last week we mentioned a story about two men running for sheriff in McDowell County, and one man winning out by only one vote. Now we've got that beat. John Taylor of Stokes County was a member of the Legislature. A number of years ago, he ran on the Democratic ticket for register of deeds in Stokes County. When the votes were counted, it was found that he and his Republican opponent had received exactly the same number of votes. So what happened? Simply this There were three ?Mirnmiiminniiinmiiiiiiiiii CLIFF BLUE... People & Issues iiiiiniiiinniiiiiniinininniiiiiiii I CHANGING ?? The new Democratic Party rules which provide that County Party Chairmen can't serve more than two consecutive terms seems to have prompted a number of changes a couple of years in advance. While the new rules would not have necessitated anyone stepping down until 1972 it appears that a number dccided that this year would be a good time to initiate the change. Here are a half dozen counties where we have noted changes and there arc no doubt manv others across the state: DARE Moncie L. Daniels, Jr., former State Representative and a member of the State C&D Board under Governor Dan Moore has been elected to succeed Mrs. Estelle B. Tillett who succcedcd Robert D. Ownes several months ago. RICHMOND ? ? In Richmond County Clyde H. Causey, a former County Party Chairman has been elected to succeed Hugh Lee who has held the post for several years. LEE ?? In Lee County longtime Democratic Chairman Ralph Monger, Jr., declined to stand for reelection and to succeed him the Lee Democrat! turned to Fletcher Harri*. SCOTLAND ?? In Scotland County William Winn was elected chairman to succeed Mrs. W.G. Hunt, who recently succeeded Wade Maness as County Chairman. MONTGOMERY ?? In Montgomery County William C. Holder of Troy was elected chairman to tuoceed John C. Wyatt who recently lucceeded John Kern who resigned to run for Sheriff this iprlng. ANSON - In Anion County WyUt Teal succeeded Herman H. Hardison, Jr. at County Chairman. OBSERVATION ?? From the counties noted, it would ?ppear that the Democrats have started two years sooner than necessary to put into ? rrect the new party rules limiting oounty chairmen to ,wSL-? ?wo ? year terms. ? PERMISSIVE SOCIETY - Tarhaal Native Billy Graham told some 33,000 persons last weak In his New York City Crusade that the problem of members of the board of elections. Two Democrats and one Republican. They Ivad an election among themselves and naturally the score was two to one, in favor of the Democrats, which meant that John was duly elected register of deeds. J .W. Russell calls our attention to a sign-painter down at Carolina Beach who evidently got badly mixed up in his lettering. The sign reads like this: FRESCH FRISH Walker's Place Fort Fisher. N.C. R.W, Nading of Winston-Salem sends along this little puzzle for you to ponder over: 'He walked on earth, He talked on earth, He convicted man of sin. He is not on earth. He is not in heaven. Nor can lie enter therein." Do you know what the answer i?? During his administration the late Governor Cherry was making a speech in Hillsboro. During the early part of the evening, a Jewish resident of that town by the name of Mr. Bleden spoke to the Governor and said: "Mr. Cherry, 1 just want to tell you that I think you are a great Governor, and I am proud to inform you, sir, that i worked for you and succeeded in getting the entire JeWish vote of Hillsboro for you." "My dear friend, Mr. Bleden," said Gregg, "I can't begin to tell you how much I appreciate this effort on your part. 1 shall never forget what you did for me. It wasn't until later in the evening that His Excellency found out that Mr. Bleden was the only Jewish voter in Hillsboro. rebellious youth was not caused by parents or the government but by the nature of America's "permissive society." With Billy, we are in complete accord. NO CODDLING! - An article on the front page of the Coastland Times published in Manteo last week caught our attention. The lead paragraph read: "District Judge Fentress T. Horner continued last week to hand dofcrn firm decisions in cases dealing with driving under the influence, speeding and breaking and entering in the session of criminal court held Friday in Dare County Courthouse." We au told thai crime is increasing pcrcentagc - wise faster than our population. While we believe in justice tempered with mercy we have never felt that coddling those who have no respect for law, property and justice will help build a better society. We suspect that if more of our judges followed Judge Horner's example of handling down "firm decisions in cases dealing with driving under the influence, speeding and breaking and entering" that the law ? breakers would soon start taking notice and that crime's rampage would start losing some m Its steam. SCOTLAND ?? Scotland County with a new group in charge at its county convention on June 20 adopted 13 resolutions concerning the state of public affairs in the county, state and nation. If more county conventions expressed the feelings of their people chances are that their influence and attendance would increase. Cut and dried political conventions do not augur for good attendacne. UNUSUAL ?? We note that the Maxton Town Board took an almoat unheard ? of action at a recent meeting - cutting the mayor's salary from S30 to S2S per month and the commissioners' from a possible S30 per month to a flat fee of S 1 0 per month. The commissioners' had been receiving S10 per meeting, not to exceed payment for three meetinga a month. John C. Haaty Is mayor and the commissioners are, F.E. James, John Moier, Marshall Brooks and Robert Mlsenheimer.
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