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TBENA P. FOX, EDITOR It PUBLISHER
MSS. ZOE YOUNG. ASSOCIATE EDITOR
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THURSDAY. OCT. 10, 19M NUMBER FIVE
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Scene From Top 0’ The Hill
BY: Jack Kelly
I was trying to take a nap the
other day down in my room
where Blanche thought I was
working, when I heard a thump
ing noise against my b g win
dow that the Hensley brothers
installed for me. i looked around
and there was old Hobo, motion
ing me wi'h his paw to come
out and talk. I opened the sde
v*nt on the window and told
him I was too busy and would
he please go away. Hobo just
looked at me and shook his head
kind of sorrowful-like. “You
know something?” he asked and
didn-t wait for me to answer.
You re up here on the Hll
resting and all of the Republi
cans are just busting up things
with beng busy trying to elect
Nixon and what's-his-name.”
I wasn’t really resting,” i
cut in, ”1 was thinking w th my
eyes closed trying to see the
picture more clearly —’”,
Hobo growled his disbelef.
Don’t give me that s.uff.” he
said. He was so mad he ignored
a squirrel that came close to
him. H s lips curled away from
his tce.h. “How long are you
going to let your “Editor-Lady”
insult me ” (He worried at his
last rema ning tick but didn’t
quite remove it). “You let
somebody insult me and you
don’t do anything about it, do
you?”
“Hobo,” I told him. “Trena
Fox would never insult you. As
a matter of fact, she always in
quires about your heal h."
Hobo made his chuckly bark
noise. “Hah! That’s just a
Radical trick. She does that to
fool you!” He pointed his bg
paw at me. “If she was to say
something threa.ening to, or
about you. I’d bite her-but you
lot her insult me and you never
bohered even to reply to heer.”
This remark sort of puzzled
me. “How ar.d when dd Trena
insult you, Hobo? You’re just
imagining things.”
Hcbo growled deep down and
I was glad Trena vasn’J, near
by. "She mentioned her cat in
the same brea h w th me, didn't
she?” Before I could ask any
thing, he went right on. •‘Cate.’’
he said, “are about the only
things I dislike more than I do
•Radicals.’ Now ths Lady-Edi
tor threatened that her cat
would see to it that I ate some
‘crow’ come election time."
That statement seemed to take
something out of him because
he sort of released his leg mus
cles and flopped on the ground.
I just m ght eat me thht cat in
s'ead of the ’crow’ she mention
ed. He raised his hoof Like paw
and waved me to keep quiet. He
worried at his tck a little bit
before he talked again. “You
want to know something?" |
signified that I dd. “Okay."
said Hobo, “I’ll tell you some
thing that just might surprise
you. I haven’t got the straight
‘scoop’ on R yet but I’ll get it
before the election. I’m talk'ng
about some Southern States that
Humphrey might take away
from George Wallace and sur
prise the you-know-what out of
folks."
“You might be going way out
of line,” I suggested.
“That’s what the Republicans
would like to think,” Hobo an
swe-ed. “But, you know what?
W th Nixon and Wallace cutting
each other up the way they are,
I am not completely certain that
Wallace can carry Louisiana."
Hobo licked his lips at the
thought. “You take the entire
South and the Border States
that Wallace claims to have
sewn up n his private ‘croaker
sack’ well, old Georae is just
whistling ’Dixie*.” Hobo leaned
closer to the window without
getting to hs feet and lowered
his growl. “The Cities will kill
him off in lots of places. I w sh
some Radicals would make a
bet wLh me on some of the
Southern cities. You take Balti
more, Houston, Saint Lou s, Dal
las, and New Orleans. That’s
five so-called Southern cities. I
will bet five bucks that neither
your Republican Ed tor nor any
other Radical in the County can
name three of them that Wal
lace or Nixon can carry."
"You mean take them away
from Nixon,” I corrected.
"I don’t mean any . such
thing,” he said. “If I had meant
Nixon I would have sad Nixon.
I meant what I said. I meant
Wallace.”
I told him I thought he just
might have some takers on that
bet and he grinned at me. “If I
do,” he said, “I’ll contribute
my winnings to a good charit
able cause that all of the Re
publicans can see, which will be
good for their souls, and t will
teach them that it is sinful to
gamble. However, if some of
the Radicals feel that they must
bet on this election bus ness, I
will name California, Maryland,
Michigan, Missouri, New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Ohio that’s nine States all
of which Nixon has clamed
and I will bet five bucks no
Radical can name six that
Nixon will carry. One f nal bet:
'I will bet one against ten that
Nixon won’t caTy Agnaw’s State
of Maryland.” A flock of crowa
cawed and Hobo walqed off.
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Letter To
The Editor
October 8, 1968
Dear Editor:
Until Friday, October 4, 1968
I believed myself to be a voter
in Yancey County. On that day
a restraining order was\ served
on the Yancey County Bdard of
Elections, the purpose being to
halt the re-registration of all
voters in the county.
This re-registration was to be
in accordance with the npw
state law of 1867.
The people of Yancey County
were prepared for the new re
gistration as was the local Board
of Elections. The majority were
pleased as there was reported to
be many discrepancies in the
old books. The Board of Elec
tions had complied with state
law down the line. Our old books
had been cancelled, the new re
gistration had not begun with
the exception of the Burnsville
Township. By state law. there
is not sufficient time remaining
before the election to complete
a new registration. Therefore,
at this writing according to my
interpretation, the only residents
of Yancey County eligible to
vote in the coming election are
those residing in the Burnsville
Township.
I do not understand all of the
facts. The State Board of Elec
tions has not clarified the sit
uation for me. Until this is done
I am astonished that this could
happen in North Carolina and
that Yancey County should be
involved so quickly again in
election irregularities.
Bobby Gus Randolph.
Color Season
To Reach Peak
During Oct. 13-19
l
Western North Carolina’s fam
ous autumn color season, al
ready in evidence at higher ele
vations along the Blue Ridge
Parkway, is expected to reach
a peak duripg the week of Oct
ober 13-19..
Drought conditions in the
mountain region have not been
as severe as elsewhe-e across
the State and are expected to
have little effect on the leaf
coloration.
“This probably won’t be one
of our better ye a -s, but we are
expecting a very satisfactory
fall color season,” reported
John H Davis, assistant super
intendent of the Blue Ridge
Parkway.
Davis pointed out that while
frost is required to bring about
proper coloration, severe cold
and wind during the peak of the
season could cause deciduous
trees and shrubs to shed their
leaves “almost overnight”. He
explained, however, that with
Weal weather conditions the fall
color season should last a cou
ple of weeks.
Highland forests along some
sections of the Parkway are al
ready beginning to show brill
iant hues of crimson and gold.
Early coloration along the Park
way can be seen between Blow
ing Rock and the Virginia line;
between Mount Mitchell and the
Craggy Mountains, just north of
Asheville; and in areas above
5,000 feet west of Asheville.
Popular high-altitude vantage
points for viewing the fall color
parade include Mount Pisgah,
Richland Balsam, Grandfather
Mountain, Newfound Gap and
Clingman’s Dome in the Great
Smoky Mountains National Part
Roan Mountain, Wayah Bald
Mountain and Mount Jefferson.
Davis pointed out that daily
autumn color reports may be ob
tained from the Blue Ridge
Parkway office in Roanoke,
Virginia.
Visitor centers along the Park
way will remain open until
November 1.
Blocking Os
Re-registration
Asheville Republican Con
gressional candidate W. Scott
Harvey, called upon Represen
tat ve Roy A. Taylor today to
join him in a bipartisan state
ment critizing the belated ac
ton taken Tuesday, to block
the re-registration of voters ia
Haywood County. “Such action",
Harvey said, “undermines de
mocracy in an area which ef
fects the democratic voting pro
cess ait the local, state, and
national levels.^
“I know”, Harvey continued,
“that representative Taylor is
just as concerned as I am about *
this abuse of fair election prac
tices”. “That ‘s why I am con
fident”, he added, “that the in
cumbent will want to join ma
in cri.ic’zing an action which
smacks of political irriesponsibi
-Ity at a time when local gov
ernments must be strengthen
ed
Tlie action. Harvey continued,
smacks not just of poll.ical
partnership but, far worse, of
elimental unfairness in the ex
erese of democratic practices.
“The injunction procedure”,
Harvey noted, “was taken nearly
three months after the county
board of elections called for re
registration and at a delayed
date when a court order would
make it impossible to carry, out
the reg stration regardless of
the decision of the court.
notice to the voters
. OF YANCEY COUNTY
Whereas: A court order sign
ed by Judge T. W. Bryson, Jr.,
has restricted the Yancey Coun
ty Board of Election from hold
ing a new registration in the
Cane River, Egypt, Ramsey
town, Green Mountain, Jacks
Creekt Brush Creek, Crabtree,
Sou.h Toe, Pensacola and Prices
Creek Precincts previously or
dered in compliance with state
law;
And whereas the registration
of these precincts has been
cancelled by public notice as re
quired in preparation for a new
registration;
And whereas the citizens in
said precincts are now without
title to legal vote in the Novem
ber elections, or to register for
same;
And whereas, the Yancey
County Board of Elections does
not in any manner deprive a
qualified individual of the right
to vote;
Now therefore, be it ordered:
That the order cancelling tbn
registration in the said precincta
be now rescinded;
And that the registrar will be
at the. polling places in all
county* precincts Saturdays.
October 12, 19, and 26 for the
Purpose of registering newly
qualified voters.
This October 8, 1968.
The Yancey County Board of
Elections
Charles B. Gillespie. rh«if^ m
Amie Pate, Member
W. A. Banks, Member
Oct. 10, 17, K.
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