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"It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness"
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29. 1970
Working for calmness
It is crucial that all legal action stem
ming from the indictments against 25
Kent State University students and fac
ulty members be conducted with utmost
scrupulousness, a total absence of rancor,
without any preconceived opinions as to
guilt, and with a recognition that what
America most desperately needs is a heal
ing of its present deep rifts. If there was
incitement to riot or violence, it should
be punished. But civil justice will do well
not to overlook the necessity of not only
being just but also of appearing to be just.
To do the latter, justice must keep two
factors in mind. The first is the unusual
mental conditions under which last May's
campus troubles took place as a result of
the Cambodian invasion. The second is
the present campus resentment over the
fact that the special grand jury did not
indict or blame either the National Guard
or state officials in the Kent State killings.
Sight must never be lost of the fact that
today's overriding need is to calm tem
pers while also maintaining law and
order.
Happily, several important steps are
now being taken by the Nixon adminis
tration to do just this. On Monday the
Justice Department held the first of its
50 scheduled campus dialogues with stu
dents. The reception given Assistant At
torney General William D. Ruckelshaus
at the country's oldest women's college.
Mount Holyoke, was encouraging. He was
questioned sharply but was also listened
to. If he did not convert, he at least dem
onstrated that Washington is not turning
its back cn students' deeply felt opinions
and sentiments.
Simultaneously, President Nixon's sur
prise visit to the campus of Ohio State
University and his insistence that vio
lence-prone students are a small minority
have had their favorable effects. Indeed,
he has chosen a good moment to stress
this theme, because on numerous cam
puses students themselves have begun to
build a backlash against the type of pro
test which results in bombing, rioting,
violence, and injury.
In view of this rising sentiment on so
many campuses, it would be tragic if un
wise words from any quarter, however
high, were to needlessly further embitter
the relations between students and the
rest of society. And it would, of course, be
just as unwise and unhealthy for words
from either the nation's student body or
the nation's faculties to further sharpen
the unhappily widespread dislike felt for
both throughout so many segments of
society.
Bombings aside, this fall has been
calmer than many expected. Let everyone
who loves America, values peace, and
seeks the brotherhood of men help to
keep it that way. Let us indeed lower our
voices and come together.
The sleeper issue
Election campaign headlines have until
now been mostly about youth unrest, and
crime, and Mideast and Vietnam initia
tives.
The economy has gotten strangely little
play.
But some of these other issues may have
been passed in appeal this week with the
news that consumer prices jumped ahead
at a 4.8 percent yearly clip in September,
double the August rate On a seasonally
adjusted basis, the rise was even faster, at
a 6 percent annual pace.
Of course, the September price activity
does not itself prove the Nixon adminis
tration's economic game plan has failed.
Business activity, despite the General Mo
tors strike, is picking up. albeit sluggishly.
But then, too, there is no sign yet that
the game plan is working, if the proof is
a substantial downturn in inflation.
Citizens have invested heavily in the
plan. Unemployment nationwide is 5.5
percent, in some cities more than twice
that, and among volatile young blacks
almost 35 percent. Real earnings are de
clining.
One of the imponderables of the coming
election, may be the feeling of many voters
that they have invested too heavily al
ready.
But perhaps more important, continued
price rises in coming months may yet
force the President to change his mind
about vigorously seeking wage and price
Editorials from The Christian Science Monitor
Browsing in the
of The Ntws-Jourvuil
25 years ago
November 1. 1945
Al a rouent meeting the
Raeford Kisvjnis club dected
Turn Cameron president to
succeed Di M.hcun K Smith
All red C i > I . athlctic
e h a i r man of i he I 11 is
Willimason p.>si ( f the
A mc i lean Legion, said
yesterday that a petition with
many signatures would be
presented if the County
Commissioner m then meeting
next Monday This petition
would ask the com missioned
to rebuild the gi.mdstand and
build a new fence aiound the
gall paik.
J. Roy Clunk, who will be
remembered by baseball tans
of this section, as business
manager of the Williamsport
"Grays" when that Clas> A
team used Id liain here, was a
visitor in town several hours
Tuesday.
Carlton Niven has accepted a
position with Israel Mann.
Word has been received from
Col. and Mrs. R.B Lewis and
daughters that they will soon
be in Raeiord.
?*?*
Mrs. Lola Pope received
word this week thai Iter son
S-Sgt. Howard Pope had
reiched tlie United States on
October 25. Sgt. Pope had
been a prisoner of the Japanese
since Ins capture on Corregidor
in 14>42.
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Sgt. Border Niven. who has
been in Burma and China lor
the past two yeais. is enroute
home and is at Calcutta. India
waiting transportation,
avoiding lo a message received
b\ Ins wile Tuesday.
+ + ** '
Cpl. Jolui T. Haiie. who has
been in Luzon, has been sent
to Japan tor further duly.
****
Sgt. Robert B. Hlis of
Poitland. Maine is sending a
fifteen ? day furlough with his
wife.
****
15 years ago
October 27. 1955
A special meeting of the
boaid of commissioners of
Hoke County was held last
Thursday night for the purpose
of considering steps lo take in
running the county without
.Mm McC?oi>guii. Register of
Deeds JH. Gulledge was
appointed acting county
auditor and no action was
taken toward the employment
of a permanent successor to
Mr. McGoogan.
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Jake Austin, campaign
chairman lor the second annual
drive of the Hoke County
I nited Fund said today that
the dates for the drive tins year
had been set by the campaign
committee as the week starting
Tuesday. November 8.
Filly cases were handled in
Hoke County iecordci's couit
before Judge TO Moses
Tuesday although only 10 were
actually tried
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Home Food Super Market
1st Anniveisary Specials aie as
follows:
Bacon ? lb ? 3')c
Steak lb ? 3<>c
Cigaicttes ct.i. SI .85
Sausage ? 39c
Coach Floyd Wilson took Ins
Hoke County High School
football team to Lous. S C. last
Thursday night and they came
home with a victory, first for
the team in 18 games.
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Congressman C B Deane of
Rockingham visited The
News-Journal while in Raeford
Friday and looked ovei the
new building.
From the Rockfish News.
Captain and Mrs. Gilbert M
Ray and children, who have
been in Japan for over two
years, landed at San Francisco.
October 5th.
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From Coopeis Super
Maiket ad:
Round ? Sirloin ? T Bone
Steak lb
I lb bag of cot lee ? 5l'c
Smoked Picnics lb - 3<>c
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Playing at the Raeford
Theater
Gary Grant and Nancy Kelly
in "To Catch a Thief
Olympian thunderbolts
By LAURIE TELFAIR sss
Babysitters Rule
Swinging Parents
There is a small group of
adolescents who hold a
tremendous power over the
affairs of adults in our society.
These are young ladies
ranging in age from thirteen or
so upwards who are willing and
available to babysit.
They are eagerly sought by
parents of young children who
wish to get out without the
kiddies occasionally. A new
babysitter who is kind to the
children, capable of meeting
emergencies and who leaves the
house in some reasonable
degree of order is a prire to fle
carefully guarded and cared
for.
Lists of babysit ters-the
good ones-are painstakingly
compiled and are shared with
reluctance or as the supreme
demonstration of friendship. 1
have seen more than one feud
triggered over nothing less
serious than the theft of a
regular babysitter by the
ingrate who was given her
name in good faith. Some who
liave the services of particulary
good babysitters keep the
names secret and feign total
ignorance of an> girls who sit
when queried by desparate
friends in search of a keeper
for the night.
What is a good babysitter?
She is a girl about sixteen who
has no boyfriend and doesn'd
date yet. whom the children
adore. She has high morals and
good character and the liquor
supply is safe in the house with
her. She also disapproves of
smoking and. the times being
what they are, is neither on
dope or pushing it. She is kind
but firm, competent and
trustworthy and will even
consent to keep the house in
order while tlie adults are
awa>--at least to the point of
taking the dishes back to the
kitchen. Finally she is allowed
to sta> out past midnight on
weedends.
The girl is really a jewel if
she can sit in the early evening
H ' < .--Vs
on schoolnights. And nobodj
else knows about her.
What makes a good
employer? They are parents
who, hopefully, have well
behaved children who have
been instructed to obey the
babysitter and not to lock her
in the closet while they set fire
to the cat or direct dial
Anchorage, Alaska.
They leave a phone number
where they can be reached and
call her if they change plans
and go somewhere else. They
refrain .from calling several
times a night, thereby waking
the baby. After all, if they are
that worried, they are better
off at home.
They don't expect the sitter
to nurse sick children.
Anyway, leaving a sick kid at
home is apt to cause guilt
feelings and defeat the purpose
of going out in the first place.
They leave specific
instructions about do's and
no-no's, bedtimes and what
food may be consumed before
their return.
They leave a reasonable
amount of goodies to eat.
After all, how is a growing
teenager to keep up her
strength for the job if she
ioesn't have refreshment cver>
liirty minutes or so.
They have adequate locks or
the door and insist that she us<
them and that she not open th<
door to anyone she doesn'
know--or perhaps not tc
anyone at all?until theii
return. And they make sure sh<
gets home safely.
Some parents of girl-childrer
(especially but not exclusively,
look forward to the time wher
they have reared their owr
babysitter for younger fry ir
the family. This is an elusive
hope, for the eagle-eyed
neighbors have watched hei
growth and measured hei
probable sense of responsibility
and are ready to pounce with
lures of cash and a well-filled
refrigerator as soon as she
looks old enough to wrestle
little Kevin off to bed and
evacuate the children in case ol
fire or flood-neither of which,
hopefully, were caused by her.
So Mom and Pop are left
slill sitter-less, vainly growing
babysitters for neighbors'
children until at last the
smallest youngster no longer
requires a sitter's services. But
until that day, a band of
youngsters barely past puberty
have the power to control the
goings and comings of an entire
generation of would-be
swingers.
STORIES
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BEHIND
WORDS
by
William S. Penfield
A thick, pulpy jam, or conserve, of any fruit Is called
"marmalade," a -.vortl that literally means quince jam.
The ancient Creeks called the quince "mellmelon" (honey
apple). The word passed Into Latin as "mellmelum," thence
iiitn Portugese as "marmelo."
The Portugese made a thick jam from the "marmelo" and
railed It "marmelado." '-Marmelado" became "marmelade"
In French and "marmalade" In English ? where Its meaning
'.vas broadened from quince jam to the thick, pulpy jam made
from any fruit.
CreTk Philosopher
L-ejr edit.ii:
According to an article I
read 111 a newspaper last night
during commercials for either
soap or candidates. I didn't pay
any attention to which, all I
know is they were trying hard
to sell whatever it was. it the
city of New York stopped
arresting law - breakers right
now it would take two years to
try all the criminals they 've
already got on hand. That's
how far behind the courts are.
In the same paper I read that
the Tate murder trial in
California was then in its third
month. And every once in a
while you read about other
trials lasting six weeks, two
months, some as long as four
or five months.
Lnderstand I'm in favor of
everybody's getting a fair trial,
if I was being tried I'd not only
want a fair trial but one that
got me oft even if it took I 2
months of the court's time.
But here's the situation: if
more and more laws are being
broken and more and more
criminals being arrested and
more and more time is being
taken to try them, you can see
we're going to run out of time
long before we run out of
criminals.
If one man is entitled to a
two-months trial, why isn't the
next one? And since fairness
demands that everybody who
is indicted ought to be tried,
won't there come a day wlien
the courts get so far behind
the>'II be trying a man indicted
two hundred years ago'' And
even if he's convicted won't
there be some lawyer who'll
appeal the case and drag it out
for another hundred years.'
If a court makes a reversable
error, clearly the defendant is
entitled to another trial, but
the thing can get unwieldy. 1
never have seen a football game
which, after the final gun
sounds, should the losing coach
appeal the score and ask for a
new game, the results might
not come out in his favor,
especially if he kept appealing
and re - appealing and dragged
the game out for six weeks or
more. You can see what this
would do to the schedule of
other teams waiting around to
play.
I don't know what the
answer is. By the lime I point
out a problem I'm too tired to
figure out an answer.
Yours faithfully.
J.A.
Just One Thing
After Another
By Carl Gocrch
According to Miss Ruth
Linney, of Roaring River.
Wilkes County probably has
more places that have changed
their names than any other
county in the state.
Wilkesboro used to be
known as Mulberry Fields.
Pores KLnob was Fruitland.
Clingman used to be known
as Frog Level.
Berry's L.me was Plum
Ridge and Eglantine.
Cranberry Community
formerly was Jarvis Post office.
Dellaplane was Oak Forest.
And Cvle was New Castle.
A distinguished writer some
years ago entitled one of his
short essays. "Fares. Please!"
All who have ridden on street
cars know wliat lliat means.
"To some people." said this
man, "the art of life consists in
evading the fare. On the lowest
rung of (lie ladder they are
called tramps. Higher up they
are called clever."
He does not say so. but 1
suppose those in between arc
called dead beats.
"Some ride on a pass." he
continues. "This pass is handed
to them by others, usually
ancestors, in the shape of
money, ,>osition, or talent.
Some Oik else pays their way.
and they accept it
complacently as the proper
thing. No sense of debt goes
with it.
"Some ride half fare on a
child's ticket. To the world's
demand for a strong man's
stint of work and service they
pleadingly insist that they are
only twelve years old and must
be let off with giving to the
world a half portion of their
share. They do not ask to be
curried to the skies on flowery
beds of ease: all they ask is to
be allowed to go in a
perambulator.
"Some pay. These are the
ones who make the world
morally solvent. They take no
delight in dodging. Their lives
are lifted out of triviality and
insignificance by the ennobling
power of a great obligation."
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Had you ever wondered
what the law is about
displaying the state flag? 1
came across this piece of
information while reading the
other day.
According to a law passed in
1887. it shall be flown above
every state institution except
111 inclement weather.
The state law also provides
that the several Boards of
Supervisors of the counties
shall cithei display the tlag 011
the courthouse staff or drape it
belling the judge's stand
displaying it on sucit occasions
as the Board may deem proper.
Arlington National
Cemetery doesn't have the
only "Unknown Soldier."
There aie 300 of them buried
at Bentonville Battlefield, on
the southeastern edge of
Johnston County.
It was here that one of the
last battles of the VVai Between
the States was fought, in
March. 1865. The remains of
the breastworks may slill be
seen as well as the house used
as a Confederate hospital. A
monument marks the spot
where the unknown soldiers
are buried.
An interesting name is the
possession of Mrs. Leon Gibson
of Fayetteville -? Margelet.
When she told us of tier
unusual name our immediate
query was. "Is it French'.'"
"No. American to the very
core." she replied. "It's the
good old word Telegram
spelled backwards." And then
she explained further.
Her father was a telegraph
operator and loved his work.
When the news came that the
new member of his family had
arrived, and was a girl, lie
spelled the word telegram
backwards and declared she
should have that name. And so
she is Margelet, and I venture
to say the only person in the
world possessing that name.
GTil Kt' BLUE ? ? ?
People & Issues
V0T1NC - With the 1970
elections only a few days away
there comes to mind the verse
from John Pierpont's poem,
"A Word From A Petitioner,"
so frequently quoted in
campaign speeches by the late
Governor William B. Umstead
which on 'The Ballot" which
goes like this:
"A weapon that comes
down as still
As snowflakes fall upon the
sod:
But executes a freeman's
will
As lightning does the will of
God:
And from its force nor door
nor locks
Can shield you - 'tis the
ballot box.
WHAT ONE VOTE DID.
Grover Cleveland once said:
"Your every voter, as surely as
your chief magistrate, exercises
a public trust." And we might
add that the vote of one person
has sometimes changed the
course of history.
Charles I of England was
beheaded in 1649 by a tribunal
of judges. The vote was 68 to
67. Just one vote made the
difference and Charles 1 paid
with his head.
Oliver Cromwell won
control of the English
Parliament in 1645 by a vote
of 91 to 90.
Andrew Johnson, president
of the United States in 1868
escaped impeachment in the
Senate by one senator's vote.
Thomas Jeffereson was
elected president in 1800 after
an electoral tie with Aaron
Burr, One vote in Congress
turned the tide.
Rutherford B. Hayes was
elected president in 1876 bv an
electoral vote of 186 to 185
for Samuel J. Tilden.
In 1923 Adolph Hitler was
elected leader of the Nazi Party
in Germany by a one ?
vote margin.
1938 RACE -? In 1938 in
the Eighth Congressional
Democratic Primary the race
was so close between the late
W.O. Burgin and the late C.B.
Deane that the winner had to
be decided in court as a result
of disputed ballots. The court
gave the nomination to Burgin,
but when Burgin announced
tight years later in 1946 that
he would not be a candidate
for reelection C.B. Deane ran
and won in a close racc with
William E. Horner of Sunford.
CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS -? On
November 3 the voters of
North Carolina will have the
opportunity of approving or
disapproving seven proposed
amendments to the State
Constitution.
The Constitution is the basic
law of the state and should
never be tampered with lightly.
In voting on a proposed
amendment the people should
inform themselves and not vote
for or against blindly.
AMENDMENT NO. 1 would
rewrite the State Constitution
to make it conform to U.S.
Supreme Court rulings, but
changing little in the way of
governmental functions. This
Amendment attempts to bring
the language of the
Constitution up to date.
AMENDMENT NO. 2 would
require the General Assembly
to reduce the number of State
administrative departments to
25 and would authori/c the
Governor to reorganize
administrative departments,
subject to legislative approval.
AMENDMENT NO. 3 would
permit three ? fifths of the
members of the General
Assembly to convene extra
sessions of the General
Assembly.
AMENDMENT NO. 4 would
revise those portions of the
proposed State Constitution
concerning State and local
finances. This amendment
should be given very careful
study as should any
amendment dealing with
finances.
AMENDMENT NO. 5 would
make it possible to eliminate
certain inequities, and leave
more authority in the hands of
the General Assembly to
regulate tax exemptions.
AMENDMENT NO. 6 would
provide that after June 30,
1971, the escheats shall be
used to aid North Carolina
residents enrolled in any public
institution of higher education
in the State. At the present
time, cschcats are used to aid
North Carolinians enrolled at
the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill only.