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Scene From Top O’ The Hilt
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By: Jack Kelly
Good news for the Republi
cans! !
If Candidate Nixon hasn’t
s'uck his foot in his mou'b by
the time this article is printed,
he is “off and running” in front
of the DemocroHc Candidate,
th»t deserving man of the peo-
F o Hubert Horatio Humphrey.
All this happened because IJJJ
and HHH didn’t take my last ar
ticle to heart. I suggested that
one or the o'her of them should
resign. The last word I had on
the situation was that LBJ just
might do that very thing. If he
does, Nixon is a dead duck even
before Wallace kills him.
Right now, according to the
savants, there wiil be some 74
million vote’s who will place a
ballot in the slot this November.
Now close to 40 million of them
will be females who, according
to these wise men, are stirred
up about the War and Dange’ in
the streets. Therefore, these
v ise gentlemen compu e that
come 60% of them will vote
Republican, as they did for
Eisenhower. I think these fig
ires are fallacious. I agree that
some 60% of the females may
be misguided and vote against
the Democrats but I
think an awful lot of them will
vote for Wallace.
This election might well be
a replica of the 1948 comedy in
which everyone elected Dewey
before Election Day. the day on
which Har-y Truman was elect
ed byt the PEOPLE. That" was
the year in which Strom Thur
mond ran as a Third Party call
ed Sates Rights. Old Strom
carried 39 of the Electoral Vot
es. He lost Tennessee but car
ried just enough votes to keep
Dewey from taking the State
tom Truman.
Virginia reacted similarly to
Tennessee. Old Harry received
200 'thousand votes and Dewey
and Strom between them took a
bit over 215 thousand but that
division gave the State to Tru
man. That was the year that
the Republicans carried Dela
ware by some two thousand
tote* but, this year, with Wal
lace cutting in, watch the Re
publicans lose it. In Florida,'
Dewey and Thurmond carried
two thousand more vote* than
did Truman but due to the split,
Har-y took the S*ate.
Wi'h all the things going far
the Republicans that they can
show, the Democrats should
feel relieved that the OOP nomi
nated a habitual loser and
what’s-his-name lor fc* Ticket.
Rocky probably would lam put
the election In a crartar aacfc
and carted it off ant left tl»
Democrats luffing and psdPat
a country mile behind. (Rato
interropta me at this point and
suggests that I had better watch
out how I phrase my sentences
or seme of my Republican
friends will think I am bigoted
and one-sided in my views. I
can’t imagine how anyone could
possibly gel such a notion but
I will take his advice and
“watch” it.)
Right now, as I started off
saying, ”T-icky Dick” is way
ahead. just barked in and
said “There you go again.” I
am not quite sure what be
means.) Bui I will bet any
one 5 bucks that before this
election goes to the Polls, eld
Brother Nixon will start a cla
mor about folks wasting their
votes if they vo f e for Wallace.
(Hobo just nodded approval and
muttered “Nixon fears Wallace
like the Devil fears Holy Water.)
What I mean is that the Demo
crats can tell when Nixon gets
to hurting! He’ll claim fold and
try to cut up Wallace.
Hobo suggests that if anyone
thinks he can name 4 out of the
II Southern States that Nixon
will carry, he will bet them 5
bucks they are wrong and will
not keep the winnings but will
donate it to the building fund
of a local church or two so that
the loser will learn a team
and stop gambling. Hobo lists
the Southern States as: Alaba
ma, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia,
Louisana, Mississippi, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Tenn
essee, Texas, and Virginia. He
said he is sick and tired of
hearing how the Republicans are
going to carry the South and he
forward to a few souls
who might be courageous eno
ugh to bet they can pick out
four of the S a‘es they wll
carry. Hobo also is convinced
that the Democrats will ca"ry
more of the Southern States
than will George Wallace.
That’s what I like about Hobo.
He does not care what the
“wheels” in Washington say
about coming events. He da ms
that dogs have used the moon
for a satellite for passng on
information for thousands of
years and that is the reason
dogs bay at the moon. They
pass informat on along to o'her
dogs, and he cla ms to be one
of the orig nal “tuners-in” on
the moon-satellite. He claims
the Virginia dogs haven’t qu te
got the “scoop” on Virg nia as
yet but that from what he
ga’hero, it will end up 'n the
Democratic column, come Elec
tion Day. He claims both the
Democrats and Republicans can
forget about campagning n
Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi,
and South Carolina and poe
• bly old Tennessee because
Cousin George Wallace has a
pretty good lock on those States.
fĝhfgh
GRAFTON, N. D., RECORD:
“The march on poverty and
those graphic presentations of
the conditions some of our less
fortunate citizens live under
are appearing thick and fast
these days. . . There is just one
ingredient missing in these hu
man interest sagas. You never
see anyone with a mop or a
broom. You never see signs of
a desire for a change active
desire. Certainly no one in'his
r'ght mind would lack for de
sire to make haste from these
slum dwellings, but there are
different kinds of desire. A man
may have a passive desire for
most anyth ng, but that isn’t
going to belp him achieve it
It is active desire that goads b m
to act towards achieving his
ambit ons. A broom, a mop and
a bucket of soapy wa’er would
be a manifestation of that active
desire."
•• • •
BROWNFIELD, TEXAS,
NEWS: “I am worried about
the recent upris ngs in colleges
and universities. What sort of
an education can students get
under such conditions. Judgng
from what I read, many of the
kids are learning the three
R’s—Rebellion, Rioting, and
Ransackng.”
•• • •
MANCHESTER, GA., MER
CERY: “It should become evi
dent sometime that the working
few cannot continue to support
the peoples of the entire world."
•• • •
WATERVILLE, * MINN., AD
VANCCE: “Income tax, state
tax, federal tax, sales tax, lux
ury tax, inheritance tax, im
provement tax, etc., etc. You
name it, we’ve got a tax on it.
Now comes the surtax. Even
the citizens’ patience is being
‘taxed’ but that seems to make
no difference to our legislators
or administrat on. As long as
they can think of anything to
tax, they slap it on and then let
us worry about finding some
way to pay it.”
•• • •
GREENWOOD, MISS., COM
MONWEALTH: “Westmoreland
there can be no 'dank
victory’ in Viet Nam. This may
be fruaUratlng to the mfl tary,
but for moot Americana aa
honorable end of the fighting
would ha victory enough.**
Color Thom
Peaceful
My eyes have «een with horror.
The disrespect for good
Our flags a-e tom and trampled
By a dirty bunch of hoods.
They yell for peace and freedom
As they seek to demonstrate
Their slogan is “Love Brother”,
But their hearts are f iled with
hate.
Their ha f e for law and order *
and decency, it seems.
The only words they want to
speak
Are vile, cheap and obscene.
I’ve watched their demonstra
tions;
Hea-d tramping of their feet
As they break the l'ne Os
marching,
And spread into the streets.
They run, throw rocks and
bottles.
And form a scream : ng mob
And yell “You pigs”, at police
men
Who try to do their job.
And when the trouble'a over
When they’ve finally been oat
done.
They’ll sing “Polce Brutality”
In chorus, everyone.
Altho they tear “Old Glory"
down
But still she’ll always wave
Over land of peace and freedom
A symbol of the brave.
By: M nnie Ross Ramsey Wiae
berger, San Gabriel, Calif.
(A native of Yancey County)
Folk Groups .
At Olympics
Two North Carolina folk
groups wll perform at the up
coming Olympics in Mexico Cny
as pa-t of this country’s official
cultural program.
The groups an e ght-mem
ber team of the Blue Ridge
Mounta n Dancers and blind folk
sm"er Arthel L. (Doc) Watson
and his s:;n, Merrill, of' Deep
Gap will appear along wth
some 30 other d’stinguished folk
enterianers from throughout
the United States.
They will perform under the
auspices of the U. S. S.ate De
partment.
Ralph R nzler, director of the
Festival of American Folklife of
the Sm thsonian _ Ins.itution,
Washington, D. C„ sa d the
American Folk Company will
present its first pe-formance
October 7 at a reception offi
c ally open ng the Olympic
Games. Other performances
will be given through October
16 at various theatre loca ions
designated for the Olympic’s
cultural program.
1 Prior to return ng to North
Carol na, Rinzler said, the dan
cd team will take part in the
1 Festival of American Culture in
St. Louis, Missouri, Oct. 17-18.
The Blue R ; dge Mountain Dan
cers, comprised of youths from
the Hendersonv lie area, was
, formed in 1960 to preserve the
mountain folkart of “buck” dan
cing, frequently described as a
variation of the Irish “jig”.
S nce that time, the dancers
have gained national acclaim
as one of the country’s moat
authentic folk dance groups.
In addition to performances
at the New York World’s Fair
in 19G4, the group has entertain
ed at the National Folk Festival
in Covington, Kentucky, in 1963,
the Newport Folk Festival in
1965 and 1966, and the f rst Na
tional Folklife Festival in Wash
ington. D. C, in 1967. Film ex
cerpts from the 1965 Newport
Folk Festival were used to make
the documentary film “Festi
val”, which was nominated for
an Academy Awa-d in 1968.
The dancers will be accom
panied by their leader-director,
James Kesterson, of Hender
sonville.
Watson, a native of Watauga
County, is recognised as one of
the nation’s leading folk sing
ers and gu taris s. He hai per
formed at folk festivals throu
ghout the country and abroad,,
singing the ballads and folk
songs of the mountain region.
He is accompanied by h's son,
Merrill, who is also an accom
plished folk musician.
"'Etcute me iit. did you happen to
have seen a policeman anywhere about
1 here? 1
I m sorry, but I haven't seen a sign
; of one.”
All right, hurry up and give me your
! watch and pocketbook then."
Caller: "Madam, I'm the piano-tuner."
Pianist: "I didn't send for a tuner.”
1 Caller: "I know it, lady; your neigh
' bon did.”
Smith: "Shall we have a friendly'game
ol cards?”
Brown: "No. let's play bridge."