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eu?4 - journal OatoSma PRESS ASSOCIATION Published Every Thursday at Raeford, N. C. 28376 119 W, Elwood Avenue ^ Subscription Rates In Advance Per Year - S4.00 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-Class Postage Paid at Raetord, N. C. Your Award - Winning Community Newspaper "It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness " THURSDAY I11IV0 IQ7n Reducing troops and tensions There has been no war on European soil for the past 25 years. This is the longest such period of peace in modern times. Is this merely the result of great good fortune, or the balance of power between the United States and the Soviet Union, or is it traceable to a gradual but growing realization on Europe's part that, despite its many remaining differences and tensions, it must find peaceful means of settling its rivalries. Although good fortune and the balance of power have been important factors in this long period of European peace, we hope that we shall not be deemed either naive or overoptimistic if we express the conviction that more positive factors are also at work. We believe, in fact, that the peoples of Europe, for many varying reasons, have increasingly come to see the desirability of living at peace, whatever the disagreements over ideology and territory. Thus we refuse to look with a cynical eye on the possibility of some kind of an agreement on troop reductions in Europe between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Communists' Warsaw Pact grouping. The latter has just indicated that it is willing to discuss such a cut with NATO. NATO has long hoped for such negotiations. Such talks, and even their exploratory preliminaries have not yet been agreed upon, would be long, thorny and hard - fought. Not only would such troop reductions be a most difficult technical problem (for example, should Russia, being close to West Europe, withdraw a heavier percentage of troops than the United States, which is some 4,000 miles away from Eastern Europe'?), but there are also accumulations of fear and mistrust which must be dealt with. Each side would obviously move slowly and warily, fearful lest it find itself militarily and diplomatically boobytrapped. Yet, with the decreasing likelihood of war in Europe, the logic of troop reductions, becomes more apparent. Such a development would be a reasonable next step in an even broader movement which is helping to lesson tension between Communist and non ? Communist Europe and gradually bringing the two sides a bit closer together. This broader movement is compounded in part of the growing trade between East and West, the talks which West Germany is now having with the Soviet Union, Poland, and East Germany, and the mounting rhythm of cultural exchange. If Europe is increasingly ready to live at peace, a visible sign of this would be an eventual reduction of the number of troops which now face each other across the continent's ideological dividing line. -The Christian Science Monitor. Computer blackball? Before long, anyone applying for a Federal Housing Administration loan may find his name side by side with those of criminals in Federal Bureau of Investigation files. It's a chilling thought -- that the normal impulse to own a home should lump one with racketeers. But it's a possibility, part of a trend to expand and consolidate government dossiers on individuals. The computer is the device that makes it possible. No doubt the efficicnces of computer data banks are needed to keep modern bureaucracy operable. Several departments of the American Government are using such data banks. The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, for example, docs so to keep track of the schooling of 300,000 migrant farm-worker children. It is easy to see the attractiveness of computer files. But it is just as easy to see their dangers. They can easily become instruments for repressing dissent. The Secret Service, Justice Department, and the Army, as well as the FBI, all keep files on persons, the organizations they may belong to, their presence at racial or political protest rallies, their likelihood of "embarrassing the President" or wanting to assassinate him, and sc. forth. Individuals are listed as "radical" or "moderate." If merely to attend a rally, or to write a scholarly criticism of as a sign of being a dangerous "malcontent," then the freedom of assembly and speech are clearly threatened. On the side of keeping such files is the obviously greater turmoil and violence in recent years assassinations of national leaders, urban riots, campus unrest. With this in mind, the Warren Commission has, in fact, urged a more effective assailant surveillance system. But one must question whether the several data banks being built up are discriminating enough, whether they have enough safeguards on how such data is used, to prevent innocent citizens from being blackballed from activities that have nothing to do with national security or urban calm. Buying a house, for instance. The greatest danger, of course, is a master national data bank, which presumes to label individuals according to their allegiance or "safety." Income and other data is already available to states from Internal Revenue sources, and half the population is already or various other data networks available to business and other institutions. When one considers that computet errors run from 10 to 20 percent, thai rights to privacy and due process may be infringed, one must conclude thai the data bank trend must not b< allowed to proceed willy-nilly. It musi be closely watched and restrained. -Tin Christian Science Monitor Browsing in tho files of Tht Newt-Journal 25 years ago July 5, 1945 C.H. McGregor, school principal at Candor for the past rive years, has been elected new principal at Hoke High School to to succeed V.R. ?Write, who is moving to Faycttevillc. J. Wilmer McBryde. 57. died at hit home in Blue Springs Township early on the morning of July 4. U. W?. (Billy) Ptummer, ton of Mr. and Mrs. J.H. has been awarded ">L tlie Oak Leaf Cluster to the Presidentisl Unit Citation along with other members of the 362nd Fighter Group for their outstanding performance in action against the Germans James Gordon Currie Iras been promoted to Li. Col. and regimental executive officer with the 35th Infantry Division in Europe. T.B. Lpchurch lias returned from a most beneficial stay at Seven Springs. 15 years ago July 7, 1955 JS. Poole it a patient at Veterant Hospital in Fayetteville. *??? Robert E. Lee. 45. was killed in an accident at Balfour Crouroadt nine miles southeast of Raeford on N.C. 20 Friday afternoon. ???? Miss Mary Jane McNeill. 81 ? year ? old resident of Blue Springs Township, died Saturday night. ???? Dave Barrington of Elizabeth City is spending a 21 * day fur.'ough with hit mot Iter, Mn. Helen S. Barrington. A Social Drop-out Finds Tea Now Champagne By Laurie Telfair I went to a tea last week Now teas aren't really on my list of favorite things to do and this was the first one I have attended in about five years. There have been some changes in the social forms since then. To begin with, tea is a misnomer. True, tea and coffee too, were served, but the hands down favorite was the champagne punch being ladled out. Drinking champagne from two to four will certainly put a new light on preparing dinner. ? Tiny sandwiches and morsels of cake remain standard for the tea menu, however. Another change I noticed is the wearing of the hat. Five years ago, a hat was a must at such a function. Last week, a few wore hats but most of the group, including the two general's wives, were bareheaded 1 would have preferred to have been barefooted too. The affair began with a receiving line, which required standing around the hall outside the ball room until it was time to file bv and shake the hand of the guest of honor. I am always reminded of the story of the woman who went throught the receiving line smiling and saying "I just cut my husband up with an ax" while those receiving continued, without listening, to mumur social nicities. However, 1 have always marveled at the ability of dignitaries to stand patiently shaking hands and making it seem personal everytime. After the receiving line, there was nothing to do for about an hour but stand and drink tea or something.There were to be speeches later so no one could decently leave. A combo played soft music in the background but since there were about 200 women standing around with nothing to do but talk, their efforts were lost in the din. After awhile there were the speeches. The tea was held as a farewell to Mrs. Deane, whose husband has been the commander of the 82d Division at Ft. Bragg. Good-bys are always sad to me. 1 get emotional at airports watching people 1 don't know leave. Then the 82d Airborne Chorus sang a few songs and there was, of course, a photographer recording the event. One of the gifts to Mrs. Deane was a scrapbook of pictures were taken of her and her family during their time at Ft. Bragg. With a PIO photographer on hand for most of the events she attended, the book was probably well filled. At the end of the formalities it was socially acceptable to scram and the place cleared rapidly, except for a few around the punch bowl. My feet, unaccustomed to high heels, were protesting bitterely. I knew there was some reason why 1 hadn't been to a tea in five years. STORIES BEHIND WORDS I by :? Wilham S. Penfield Pedigree A pedigree and a crane's foot might not seem to have any thing in common, but they do. The original meaning of pedi gree is "foot of a crane." During the Middle Ages, genealogists -?persons who trace lines of ancestry used a three-pronged symbol to Indicate lineal descent. Because of its resemblance to a crane's foot, the symbol was called "pled de grue" (foot of a crane) In French. "Med de grue" became "pedigree" in English. By then Its meaning had broadened from the symbol used to denote a line of ancestry to the line of ancestry Itself. Jade During Medieval times many precious and semiprecious stores were thought to have supernatural powers. One stone in particular was thought to have a healing power. This stone was found In varying shades---from creamy white to green. A person suffering from colic supposedly could be cured by applying the stone to his side. Because of this belief, Spaniards called the stone "ptedra de ljada"?stone of the side. "Fledra de ljada" became "le jade" In French. After en tering English, "le jade" was shortened to "jade." Puppy Philosopher Creek Dear editar: Since nobody pays any attention to the farm problem any more 1 was out here yesterday thinking about the city problem when 1 picked up a newspaper with a long article in it about the same thing, its main point being that the day is coming when all cars will be banned from metropolitan area. "It makes no sense," the article said, "to try to park 20.000 cars in a space big enough for only 10,000. Further more, most cities don't have enough streets to hold all its cars if everybody drove at the same time, and you get that many motors running at once and the pollution is insufferable " The answer, it said, is to simply ban all cars from cities. It might help. I said to myself, but they'll never really solve Use problem till they ban all ivrtnU from filirt However, I caught myself quick, you ban people from cities and you know what'll happen: they'll over-run the countryside. For that reason I bore down on the problem and believe 1 have a solution. What the cities need u a lottery somewhat like the draft lottery. Like it is, for example, everybody in a city tries to eat lunch at 12 o'clock noon. It's impossible. Everybody swarming out of the buildings and fighting to get a place in line at some cafe at the same time. The thing to do is have everybody draw a number from 10 to 2. Whatever number you draw, whether it'si 1 a.m. or 2 p.m., that's the time, and the only time, you can eat lunch. The number should be tattooed on the back of the hand to keep people from cheating. Another lottery should be used for driving a car. Use numbers from 1 to 7. If you draw a 1, you can drive on Monday, 2 on Tuesday, etc. The same number of course would designate the day you could shop, or see a movie, or use a swimming pool. Maybe a special lottery could be employed if needed to allow everybody to go to church on Sunday, although so far very few churches have the problem of overcrowding. The idea though that everybody in a city say of a million should be allowed to drive or eat or even walk or quit work at the same time, is so preposterous that if the cities don't catch on quick they're doomed. Anybody living out in the country or in a small lowi certainly doesn't want this to happen. Forget the farm problem. Let's concentrate on the city problem. Yours faithfully, J.A. Just One Thing After Another BvX arl Gocrch George A. Banner of Banner Elk, write* in to tell about an oak tree near Iris community which is more or lets of a freak. When the leaves come out in the springtime tlrey are a ?olden yellow. Then when the irst frost comet, the leaves change color and become a brilliant green. Mr. Banner says lie can't explain it. A.J. Fox, who recently returned from a trip to Puerto Rico, was telling us the other night about an experience he had at a sidewalk cafe there. A little fellow kept annoying him, asking for a dime. Finally A.J. turned to him and said: 'Look here; I'll give you a iime if you'll go home." "HoKay!" promised the youth. The transaction was made, snd the boy disappeared. The jnly hitch to the system was that within a few minutes, there were a dozen more boys ?n the scene, all of them promising to go home if he would give them a dime, too. We've teen the name, 3arefoot, a number of times in rariout sections of North Carolina and it's a very tonorable name; but down in Vilmington there's a sign in :ront of a store which mnounces that the proprietors ire BAREFOOTS AND IACKSON. A friend told us recently ibout a discussion of religious natters that he had with his rolks who live next door; tusband and wife. The two men were lined up igainst the lady and she was jetting the worst of the irgument. Her belief is sxtremely orthodox and, ealizing this fact, they were naking some rather ixaggerated statements. Finally the turned on our friend and laid: "Are you an authority on he Bible?" "I am not," he admitted. "Have you studied it closely?" He admitted that he liad not. "Once upon a time," she continued, "I had a girl-friend who owned a beautiful diamond ring. One day she was showing it to a gentlemen and he examined the stone closely. 'If I were you,' he told her, *1 would change the shape of the stone; I'd shave off a little of it on this side, and I'd cut it down a little bit over there, and I'd bring out these angles just a trifle more.'...I let him finish. When he got through, I asked him: 'Are you a diamond cutter?'...He said he wasn't...'Do you know anything about the business?' 1 asked...He said he didn't ...Then I'm not going to let you tamper with this precious stone of mine.' I told nim." For a moment neither her husband nor our friend said anything. Then, after a perfunctory cough or two, they turned the topic of conversation into other channels. Our friend told us: "In all my life, I don't believe I've ever been sat upon so gently and yet so terribly effectively." There was a curious liquor law in North Carolina during early colonial days. A tavern-keeper could collect not more than 40 shillings for liquor charged a customer at his public-house or tavern, no matterhow much liquor the customer had consumed on credit. An odious name in our State history has remained because of the unpopularity of a man of the same name. Josiah Martin, the last of the royal governors, was hated because of his attitude toward American Independence. Alexander Martin, elected by the State Legislature to serve as governor 1782-1784 was so popular as a governor that he was elected in 1789 to serve a second term. CLIFF BLUE... People & Issues! DEWEY BRIDGER -- North Carolina lost a valuable citizen in the passing of Dr. Dewey H. Bridger of Bladenboro. An outstanding physician, civic leader ana legislator, he had long been active in the Crusade against cancer, Having served as President of the North Carolina Division and was a recipient of that organization's Distinguished Servioe Award. ELECTIONS BOARD - The suggestion by the State Government Reorganization Commission that the State Board of Elections be played under the Secretary of the State has met with considerable flak and could be the beginning of considerable opposition to the proposed constitutional amendment designed to stream-line state government and make it more of a cabinet-type operation. GENE SIMMONS -- State Democratic Party Chairman Eugene Simmons it not planning to permit the State Convention to be held July 14 to be made a circus as has happened at some political meetings across the nation. He is planning for an orderly meeting to receive tlus reports and to pass on properly presented resolutions but he is not planning to turn it over to any irresponsible group to make a play for the television cameras. UP, UP AND AWAY - In Hoover Adams' Daily Record fjblished in Dunn, John G. homas has a column on the editoral page with a most intriguing caption' "Up, Up and Away... It is a folksy column in which he discusses most any subject which comes to mind. Here is an item from his July 1 column: "I have always been interested in how the "you all" in the south got started. I have been reminded repeatedly down the years I have spent in Eastern North Carolina that 'you all' doesn't mean what it implies. It means only one person. "For instance you address one person and comment 'you all going to town today'. This is addressed to one person. But on the other hand you can use it as applying to several persons, too, just as well. It is slowly disappearing in North Carolina as the various people from various other parts of the country arrive on the scene. HUMBLES ?? A few evenings ago we stopped for gas at the Beaver Dam Grocery in Davidson County and became acquainted with a most pleasant and courteous couple - Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Franklin Humble. Mr. Humble is a native of Asheboro, and his wife who before marriage was Miss Virginia Dare Dixon of Ramseur is pretty good evidence that the parents of both Mr. and Mrs. Humble had a deep appreciation for our early history and leaders of this young nation from the names which they gave thier children ?? "Benjamin Franklin" Humble and "Virginia Dare" Dixon. Mr. Humble is also a member of the "Humble" clan from which one of its members founded the "Humble" Oil Company which has now grown into one of the biggest enterprises in the United States. In their store on the Blaine Road between Highway 109 and 49 they serve the growing Baden Lakes area which flourishes to great proportions during the summer months. PAY TAYLOR ?- Lt. Governor H. Pat Taylor, Jr., speaking in Aberdeen on July 4th mentioned that people often referred to rights and privileges guaranteed by the U.S. Constituion. Pat said that while the Constitution set forth the rights of people, that only contemporary people could enforce and safeguard them from year to year. There i: a whale of a lot of truth in what Pat had to say. Here in North Carolina our F.xecutive Budget Act calls for a balanced budget. In fact a balanced budget it mandatory with the governor#
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