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eu?4 - journal mmmm PR ASSOCIATION Published Every Thursday at Raeford, N. C. 28376 119 W. El wood Avenue Subscription Rates In AdVance Per Year - S4.00 6 Months - S2.25 3 Months - XI.25 PAUL DICKSON Publisher-Editor SAM C. MORRIS General Manager LAURIE TELFAIR Reporter MRS. PAUL DICKSON Society Editor Second-I'lsu Poiuyt t'aid at Kiel'ord, N. C. Your Award - Wlnninj Community Newspsper "It is better to light one candle than to tunc the darkness " THURSDAY, AUGUST 20. 1970 SALT's good savor The high-level hopefulness of this summer continues. The Middle Eastern peace effort continues to inch forward, despite some late jars over alleged cease-fire violations. Russia and West Germany have signed a historic peace-pointing pact. And now the American-Soviet Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) have completed their second phase with both sides agreeing that encouraging progress is being made. Each of these events is highly important in and of itself. But more important still is the atmosphere which they reveal, and without which no such progress would be underway. True, the world is not about to step into the diplomatic millennium. Yet it is not only justified, but actually helpful, that wc recognise the good which is being achieved and the pathways to further improvement which are being opened. There is perhaps nothing on earth which would bring a deeper or more heartfelt sigh of universal relief than to have the world's two mightiest military powers sign an arms limitation agreement. This would lift from mankind's mind part of the terrible, threatening shadow which has lain so heavily upon it. It could have especially beneficial effects among young people, part of whose present restlessness and discontent comes from living in a nuclearly uncertain world. When SALT reconvenes on November 2 in Helsinki this progress must go on. Disarming opportunists An economist who has served the government in various capacities has developed a new concept of tabulating unemployment statistics. It starts with the fact that there is a sizeable group of persons, largely women and teen-agers, who move in and out of the labor force according to the availability of jobs. This "labor reserve", as it is called, is not officially looking for work and does not represent "hardship" unemployed ? for the most part. The statistics are adjusted for the movement of this group, as well as for other factors such as the age and sex composition of the population. Applied to the current jobless picture, 1his new procedure shows that unemployment is not as severe as the statistics show. Regardless of what method is used, more accuraratc unemployment information would go far toward disarming the opportunistic politician who seizes upon an exaggerated jobless rate to make political hay with the voters. Pitfalls of direct election /M> proposals ior cnangc in the methods of electing a man to fill the highest office in the land come under closer scrutiny, the faults of the Electoral College diminish by comparison. For example upon investigation, the merits of direct election of a President as provided in the Bayh amendment now before Congress prove highly specious as numerous students of government and the law point out. For one thing, direct election of a President could lead to numerous splinter parties and the weakening of the two-party system which has given stability to our Republic and its constitutional government ever since its founding. In addition to weakening the two-party system, direct election of a President could create massive problems of recounting close elections - problems that might prove disastrous to the elective proecss. In contrast to the Hlectoral College system, under which vote counting disputes are limited to individual states, direct national election of a President would open a Pandors's box of probable abuses that chill legal scholars method: "To enforce honest vote- counting in all the nation's 170,000 precincts, national policing becomes necessary. So, too, do uniform federal laws on voter qualifications . . . Residence requirements, too, must be made uniform in all states. The centralization required branches all American tradition." The more one studies the alternatives for 200 years, the more the wisdom of our forefathers become apparent. There are many pitfalls in the path of liberty and self-government. Studies are showing that direct election of the President of the United States is one of them. Browsing in the files of Tht N#ws-Journal 25 Years Ago August 23. 1945 Mi. and Mrs. H.B. Nixon have received word thai their stm, Douglas. seaman lirst class of the Navy, has returned to the U.S. attei several months in the South Pacific. They have also been notified of the safe arrival of jnotlicr son. Pvt. James Nixon, somewhere in the Pacific. Cpl. Malcolm B. ("ulbrclli arrived at Ft. Bragg August S alter three years overseas and lias received his discharge under the point system. The sun of Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Culbreth, Ik entered the army in March, 1941 and w-j* assigned to Hq. Buttery. 17th Field Artillery Bn. He saw action in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Fraiwe. (icrmany and Austria, and wean seven battle atars on Nat bTO ribbon. Manager J.C. McKumon of Idinburgli Cotton Mills here slid this week that the plant was starting to turn out yarn I'or civilian instead of military use. For most of the time sincc 1041 the plant's entire production has been for military use. "Once the high school football team front Kcd Oak high school. Wayne County, came here lor a game, and the score was 84 lo 0. It was a pretty good team. too. but they kept from scoring. Alfred Cole made a touchdown from the first kickoff." ? Paragraph from "FVmiIc's Medley." Pvt. Otis Webb lias been (pending it furlough with lib wife and hi* parents, Mr. und Mrs. J .A. Webb of Timberland. 15 Years Ago August 18. 1955 The Rev. L.A. McLaurin. I'irst pastor of Raeford Presbyterian Church. preached at tIk* homccoming at Bethel Presbyterian Church last Sunday, as lie did for the one 54 years ago. Mr. McLaurin. 85. was a guest of his old friend Wallace McLean. 83. while he was here. While Bethel Church is somewhere between 160 and 180 years old. the building is 100 tins year. A wage increase of live cents an hour has been announced for employees of Amcrotron Corporation in this area by Frank Roberts, vice president. Judpc T.O. Moses this week tent ? young defendant to the roads for a year for biting off his girl friend's oar. Site bought tit* Oar to court at cvidenec. Zane Grey's Western Tales Put Women In Their Place 'Nerve gag' IT J _ i| \6, "TV? Ckn?t??n By Laurie Telfair I found an entire shelf of Zane Grey novels in the library and it was like meeting old friends front childhood. Zanc Grey wrote 58 Western novels, all with a similar plot and cast of characters, but all, to a tiue Grey fan, spellbinding in their tales of romance and triumph by the hero and simpering worship by the heroine. It would probably turn the stomach of a modern feminist, as the women in Grey's books were definitely kept in their place. Usually they would have a try at dominating their men and then find out that they were much happier being dominated. Grey also took a few shots at the feminists of the I920's and proved, in every instance, that woman's place was always one step behind the man. It didn't matter though. His hcros were dashing, and always handsome in a rugged way; his heroines were beautiful; and good and truth always prevailed. "It is difficult to imagine any writer having less merit in either style or substance than Grey and still maintaining an audience," a critic wrote. "He brought about the vicarious wish fulfillment of millions of sedentary workers in the office of warrens of cities and industrial towns." He was a good story - teller, even if the story was always the same. And he had an eye for the beauty of the western scenery that he put in each book. That, alone, was sometimes worth more than anything else in the book. Grey began Ins career as a dentist in New Yoik but aftei four years of working at a practice, he quit to try writing full - tune. His first bouk, which lias always been my favorite, was a historical talc based on the life of his grandmother, Betty Zane. No publisher would print it, so in 1904, he turned to the vanity press and had it printed himself. His next novel, "The Last of the Plainsmen," in 1908 was also turned down but two years later, a book, "The Heritage of the Desert," was accepted. In 1912, he published "Riders of the Purple Sage," which sold over a million copies in the first printing and another 800,000 in later printings. He sold over 17 million copies of his Westerns, writing 25 novels in 20 years. After the success of his novels, he turned to non ? fiction, writing five boy's books and eleven out - door books. He was a ardent fisherman, and many of his stories, built fiction and non ? fiction, featured fishing. His last book, in fact, was "An American Angler in Australia." A few of his books were published after his death in 1939. While in the library, I found one that I haven't read - I've read most of his fiction, going down the list about five books a week until at last, unhappily, I had exhausted the supply and had to re ? read some of my favorites while I cast about fur another author from whum I would receive as much pleasure as 1 had from the Western romances of Zanc Grey. I approach this latest book with some misgiving and a feeling that maybe 1 ought to return it to the library unread. Like going home again, going back to books of years ago may bring more disappointment than pleasure. Or worse than that, it may be boring. STORIES BEHIND WORDS by William S. Penfleld CAVIAR IC THE GENERAL "General" :n the phrase "'caviar to the general" doe- not reter r,? a military officer. Inihis*en?e ir denotes rhe misses or multitudet rhe ^eiicral public. ,he phra.e come.- lrom Shakespeare's "Hamlet." Hamlet ay .->f i play "tva-- caviar to rile general." Caviar Is the pre ed uiid -aited roe, or e^s, of the sturgeon and is eaten u a reli.h. ne 0enerally ha< to acquire a taste for caviar. 5lncc It i- ex,?n. ive, the common man doesn't have the opportunity t ocquire the taste. Something that is "caviar to the ^en eroi," therefore is above the comprehension or taste of rhe ordinary per-on. Philosopher Creek * Dear editar: According lo all I lie newspapers that have turned up out here 011 tliis Bermuda grass farm lately, the annual squabble is now going on in Congress over government payments lo farmers, some people wanting to limit the payments more, others wanting to wipe them out completely. Personally I have never objected to paying farmers for not growing anything, we pay Congressmen and Legislators for not passing bills, don't we, but since the idea rubs some city people the wrong way I have worked out a new idea that ought to satisfy everybody. Instead of paying us farmers for not producting certain things the government would instead puy us for producing something every city man can't get enough of. And what's that? It's OXYGEN. Everybody knows tint oxygen Is produced by plants, crops, grass, weeds, brush, trees, etc. Kvcrybody knows lliat the average city doesn't produce a fraction of the oxygen it needs. Paved streets and crowded tall buildings just don't produce the stuff. Let the wind stop blowing and a mass of dead air settles over the city like New York say and in 30 minutes the people arc choking for air. It gets so bad doctors urge the pocpie not to exercise and parents, lest they use up more oxygen than the room has to spare, are afraid to shout at their children. Wlicre would the cities be without us oxygen-producing farmers? It's something they've never thought about. Why I've had city people come out here to this Burmuda grass farm and criticize the amount of weeds 011 the place, little knowing in their ignorance that one acre of my weeds might be the margin between their breathing and kicking the bucket. All right. C'ui out all llic subsidies lo turners, everyhtxiy knows food now comes from the supermarket anyhow, hut pay them for supplying oxygen lo a short-winded nation. - I don't know how the Agriculture Department will figure the pricc, but I know this one Bermuda grass farm produces enouglu oxygen for at least 25 city blocks, and depending on the city, that's anywhere from 1000 people to 50.000. Call it 2S.000 in round numbers. Any city nun in his right mind would pay a dollar u year for his oxygen and that comes to. let's ice. S25JOOO a Sear. In advuncc. of course, fith their crime rate, loo many of them aren't good credit risks. And I'll guarantee to deliver thfe oxyfen to them via upper air currents in its original pure, breath?able state. What they do with it after it aoacs their city limits it none uf my affair. Yours faithfully, J.A. Just One Thing After Another Bv%Carl Gocrch Some time ago we mentioned luving read about an old hotel that wa> in operatioit in 1888 in Charleston, N.C. We expressed curiosity as to its location. This curiosity was satisfied as the result of a card which was received from Francis B. Hays a few days ago. He said: "Swain County was established in 1871, with Charleston as the county seat. Some years later the name of Charleston was changed to Bryson City, in honor of Col. Thad D. Bryson, one of tiic 'fathers'of the county." What is the longest day of the year? A couple of weeks ago we said that it was June 22, but now comes the following comment from A. Andrews of Mount Olive. "Some text books say that June 21 is the longest, and some say that June 22 is. However, if you will check with the Naval Observatory, I believe you will find that in this part of the United States the two days arc exactly equal in length." R. A. Dcaton of Guilford County wants to know the longest "native" family name in North Carolina. So far as we know, it is either Laughingliuuse or Skittlethorpc, both of which have 13 letters. Another one that comes to mind is Sattcrtliwaite. which likewise lias 13 letters. A sign alleged to be hanging in the office of a Cleveland, Ohio, sales manager: "Confucius say: 'Salesman who covcr chair ? instead of territory always on bottom.' " And one more: "Anyone who thinks by the inch and talks by the yard should be moved by the foot." There is a story about a lady and Lord Northcliffc, the famous newspaper man, which most of us would do well to commit to memory. The substance of it. at least. So many of us read about famous men and women and envy them their gifts, or their wealth, or whatever it is that makes them famous. Too often we fail to think of what lies behind the reputation. At a formal dinner one-day a lady said to Lord Northcliffc, seated beside Iter: "Thackeray awoke one morning and found himself basking in fame." "When that morning dawned," Lord Northcliffe replied, "Thackeray had been writing eight hours a day for fifteen years. Hie man who wakes up and llnds himself famous, madam, has not been asleep." Of course, everybody knows that Virginia Dare was the first female white child born in North Carolina and in America but how many do you suppose know the name of the first male child bom of white parents in the state? His surname was ilarvic though he had not received a given name when White left North Carolina on his second trip to Lnglund. He was the sou of Dyonis and Margery llarvie and born only a few months alter Virginia l):ire CI il KF BLUE! ? ?? People & Issues] LL'AU...From a Demociatic convention where (lie liberals appeared to be in the majority, t lie Governor's Luau ai Wrightsvillc Bcach on Sept. 5 will have as its keynote speaker a governor from the "Old South" and the old school-John J. McKeithen. McKcithcn has tics in North Carolina dating back to 1936-38 when lie was a student at High Point College. Afterwards, the Louisiana chicf received his A.B. and Law Degrees t'rom Louisiana State University. McKcithcn, who is now serving his second term as Governor of Louisiana, has hinted towards a Third Party in 1972, and lie could be the successor to George Wallace as head of the American Party in 1972. A strong man in Louisiana when rc-clcctcd in 1968 lie bccamc the first man in this century to serve two consecutive terms as Governor of the State. First a state representative for a couple ul terms, lie was an unsuccessful candidate for lieutenant governor in 1952, but in 1954 made a come-back to be elected to the Public service Commission, a position to be held until his election as governor in 1964. STUDY COMMISSION... .The Democratic Party's Study Commission will hold its final meeting at the Sir Walter Hotel in Raleigh on Friday and Saturday. August 21-22. Cliicl topic lor decision will be that ot j Presidential Primary and Delegate Selection to the National Convention. Chairman Jim Hunt says thai he is personally convinced that the precinct meetings should be moved up into May and that they sJiould be held on a Tuesday night throughout the State. COURTS... We hear considerable talk reforming or modernizing the court system. North .Carolina has recently revamped it's court system with many ol the counties already under the new plan and other slated lo come into the system in December 1970. We feel thai long drawn-out trials with this questions being repeated again and again with the trials running into weeks and months in many instances is an abuse ol the judicial system. We Iccl thai many trials could well be shortened and at the same time serve Cslice just as well if not better. c arc not thinking of contailing any evidence necessary lor a just verdict-we Just have in mind gotting along 111 an orderly and expedient manner without necessary delays. WtLFARt...We arc in agreement with Governor Scolt about the public welfare program. If (lie Federal Government is going to lay down the rules and have the final say about how the welfare program is to be run it seems that the best tiling for the counties and the states to do is to turn the whole program over to Washington. We have been hearing talk about giving more funds and responsibility to the states but we have long heard that the proof of the pudding was iu the eating and the eating computer seems to grind out a different answer-that the grind is not towards more local authority. With local control having slip|K'd away why tliould the county commissioners and the state legislatures be saddled with the program when the authority is in Washington? In a civili/cd and Christian nation like the United States we must provide proper lood, shelter, clothing and medical services lor the individuals who arc unable to caic lor themselves -? the aged, blind, disahlcd and the very young. Ikiwever, we doubl that we can solve the social problems ol this nation by guaranteeing able-bodied individuals a decent standard of living without work. It would seem that the duel trust of any rctorm should be directed towards providing job training for the unskilled individuals who are able to work. On-llic-job-training with the employer pay mp the major part, but less than the minimum wage with the govern men l supplementing would probably come nearer ending up with the man having a job than any other way. Yes, job-training and job-placement should be the main thrust in a program to help many who need helping who arc well and able to work. hor the unskilled and the untrained today the road is rocky and hard to travel. For these people, on - the - job ? training could be and should be the answer. ? O*or*d Powder* Metal powderx of nickel and iron are used to make utronjf light and intricately ahapec mar* for amall enginea. Th< guar* art formed hy compraanior and heat.
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