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THURSDAY, OCT. 31, 1968 NUMBER EIGHT ;
SUBSCRIPTION RATES $3.00 PER YEAR
OUT OF COUNTY $l9O PER YEAR
S sene From Top O’ The Hill
By: Jack Kelly
“You don't have to bo'her
sitting up on Election Night,”
Hobo greeted me. "Just sit down
at your typewriter and write
the, votes down as I give them
to you, then forget about it un
til President Humphrey gets
sworn into Office.”
“Are you serious, Hobo? I
enquired.
“Did you ever know me to
joke about politics?” His growl
indiea ed he would bite me if
I did anything o'her than shake
my head and indicate that I
never had known him to joke
about his politics, “i am a De
mocra ," he said. I allowel that
I was not too surprised and that
st- vral folks in the County felt
! »ia he was inclined toward the
Democratic Party, but, doubt
they would be happy that
t« Had finally “declared” his
poll ics.
This Elec'ion is serious bus
he recommenced. “Ore
set of figures gives me 41% for
Humphrey, 41% for Nixon, and
17% for Wallace. Anothers set
takes 5% away from Nixon and
gives it to Wallace, which mak
es it a 'cake-walk’ for Humph
rey, in ei her event. Os course,
the popular total vote has nbth
ing to do, or, very little to do,
with Electoral Vote."
Don’t tell me you are going
out on a limb wi b giving those
figures to otSr friends?” I said.
“Why not ’’ he asked. “I did
it with Ha“ry Truman and I
can do it with the Hump. Get
ready and I’ll give you some
figures.”
“Let them roll.” I said, and
sat at my typewri’er.
"Humphrev wi’l wm ’’ H'M
declared. “He might just take
the same total that Kennedy
took 301! Wouldn't that b** a
coincidence? Beating Nixon iust
the same as Kennedy did ”
When I didn't answer he con
tinued, “Counting the District of
Columbia and the fifty States
there will be a total of 538 Vote*
in the Electoral College, Wallace
gets at least 108, Humphrey
gets, at least, 303, and that
leaves 127 for the big loser,
Nixon.”
“If your figures are correct,**
j I interjected.
"Don't worry about my fig
ures. Have faith? I figure Hum-„
phrey to ca-rv 24 States, NWon
15 of them, and Wallace drags
up the other 12. Humphrey tak
es the District of Co' itnbij, that
is the reason the to'al reaches.
51. Now. in these figures, 1 get
a question mark sigs for Aru
b C;ui/ojfgta t pda
ware, Florida, Hmvaii. Idaho,
Lnuisafai; s Mary lan $ J Michigan,
that tfttats, ten States In the
'etlnl 4he Would ; Vote?
a little bit differed, Humphrey
could well carry six of them
for an addi ional 39 Electoral
Votes. California is not safe for
Nixon, nor can you count Flor
ida as beyond Humphrey’s
reach, despite the fact that it
leans heavily toward George
Wallace.
"The ’pol’s* disagree with
you.” I reminded him.
Hobo male a deep-throa*ed
growl and bared his teeth.
“That’s what I think of those
other ‘polls’. There are seven
S'a’es that carey 202 Electoral
Votes and almost SO% of the
•p-'milar’ vote, lb ink of that*
California, P’inis. sgchi?an.
New Jersey, New York, cfiio.
and Pennsylvania seven S at
es. and thev prectica'iv cwnfsrol
the Country. They will doubt
less vote ove* 35 5 iwPHon peo
ple and they carry 202 Elec or
al
pollsters, you will hear that
Nixon is going to carry aH aev
en of them. As a matter of
fact, according to them, you
don’t need to vote because
Nixon will carry all of the Stat
es that Wallace doesn't take.”
Hobo shook his head in defiant
disbelief. “That will never hap
pen,” he «aid.
“Do you Jjave any .other fig
ures?” I adted.
“Figures I got! exclaimed
Hobo. "Write them down so I
can forget them and have room
for something else in my head.
Here they are: About 75 million
people will vote. Humphrey will
carry about 43.0%. Nixon will
take 35.0% and that leaves old
George a fat 22%.”.
“If you’re wrong.’’ I com
mented, "you are going t- 1 be in
trugh shape. A lot of peo
ple in the County will be disap
poin'ed.”
“Worse than that.’" comment
ed “But I will ea f my
crow, wrapped in copies of my
predictions.”
LATE POLITICAL NOTES
Blanche and I returned home
cn Mondav evening as er two
weeks and “Heba” was in a stit.
He was all riled up because none
cf the politicians had come;to
visit him. However, right as er
supper, a truck pulled into the
>ard and I put on the ligh’s,
as I opened the door. A voice
prPe'ed me with. "H bo wm t
bite me, will he. Mister Ketiy.
As s .r-ct as I heard that ques
ts n I knew I had me a n»i i
enl \ isitor r, . from Hobo’s
-iti’owl.’ I flfpr the kind. Since *
i was a eol i» . evening I »nvi‘- ,
ed the visit ‘ urned out to
k %**!. flf?tho o.s font.- tnj)a"d v
get warm - were VVjyne
A November sth.
! i
Vote
jSSjsjk /fi your
PHtmeee
visited wi'h Blanche and me for
about half an hour. I felt right
sorry those fellows weren’t good
Democrats and B’anche made
me admit that if I were a Re
publican, I would brag on them.
Wednesday morning I receiv
ed a let er from a Democratic
cousin of Trena and Zoe, A. L.
Silver, who left Yancey County
seme forty yea-s ago and, at the
age of 81 is still a fighting De
mocrat down in Adairsville,
Georgia. Brother Silver sent me
some fine political clippings
and asked me to ex'end his
best regards S!o his otd friends
and even his Hepqblioan rela
tives, ' \ . -go
Letter To
The iditor
Rt. 9
Marshall, N. C.
October 94, 1968
Editor
THE YANCEY RECORD
Burnsville, N. C.
Dear Editor:
The affluence of our people
and the largest of our Sta'e’s
economy indicate beyond doubt
that we can afford the necessary
expenditures for education. The
old argument about the State
not being able to spend much
money at this time is no longer
true. The key to the education
al system of N. C. is well quali
fied and dedicated teachers.
The teachers of this state have
been put upon for so long in a
sort of bondage and treated
like step children so often that
any legitima'e means to improve
their lot is deemed justified if
devoid of violence.
Teachers must be better or
ganized to advance themselves
p-ofessionally and financially.
Teaching personnel must de
mand a greater role in decision
making in their school scstem.
Collective bargaining is fast be
coming an accepted means of
pressing demands in a number
of states, and the day is not far
distant when this will occur in
North Carolina.
The best way to avoid teach
er militancy is to remove or
alleviate those conditions which
contribute to frostra'ion on the
part of educators, such as poor
working conditions, inadequate
pay for services rendered, petty
politics in the school system, re
quests for contributions for the
.campaign kitty, and unrealistic
i certification requirements. isH
Tenure for our teachers is
needed in this state. Our teach
ers have virtually np job secur
ity $ SIU SsilfMfKoT
The repugnant solicitation of
funds from teachers for political
purposes in a number of the
smaH counties is shameful and
should be fade illegal.
I advocate a uniform system of
electing our school boards. The
systematic exclusion oc politic!
from the school system of this
state will do much to .restore the
confidence of the people in them.
Ideally, School Board elections
should be non-partisan.
Many of our finest citizens
will offer themselves for school
board posts if they are made
non-partisan, then such Boards
VV.ill not merely attract the poli
tically oriented as is too of
ten the case at the present thwj.
Sincerely,
Joe L. Morgan,
Republican Nominee for Supt.
of Public Instruction of N. C. in
the General Election. Nov. 5.
This Is
The Law
-*' • / '.u. • i I'j'S'j \•; ‘; i s nO£f>9iv ! 3
By Robert E. Lee 3
RESI DENTAL ELECTORS
This is the first of a fall Ser
ies of ar ictes which will appear
each we-k throughout the next
three months. They have been
written for the non-lawyer as a
public service of the North
Carolina Bar Association.
•• • %
Is the President of the UnPed
States elected by a direct vote
of the people?
No. The regis'ered voters cast
their ballots for presidential
clecto-s who have been previous
ly selected by poli ical parties
within the several states.
•• • •
How dees one become a pre
sidential elector?
The Consti ulion of the Unit
ed Sates permits each state to
** appoint "in such manner as the
legislature mav direct”
the requisite number of electors.
But all s ate legislatures at the
present time have passed the
privilege of chocsing them to
the registered vo.ers of the
state.
Wpat happens generally is
this;; A political par'y wi'.hin
a si ate nominates a number of
individuals for electors equal: to
the number of elec'ors to which
the, state is entitled.; These no
minees ire usually chosen by a
party convention held wi'hin
tj)p state or by a party com
v-.*h* tTgjf-'ered rioter
- -to the polls ip November
-udW&fW? h is ballot,.fry, all of ',,
4)k- elector candidaies select
party twUiin t
his sta*e, and not directly for
the President and Vice Presi
dent.
The electoral candidates who
receive the greatest number of
popular votes in a state are
elected. For example, if the
Democratic electors receive
360,600 votes, the Republican
296,000, and the American Inde
pendent 298,000, the Democratic
electoral candidates win, in
spite of the fact that they have
only a plurality, not a majority,
of the popular votes. Now, if
Democratic electors are chosen
in a particular state, we know
that those electors, be>ng good
party men, will cast their votes
for the Democratic candidates
for President and Vice President
when the time comes for them
to do so.
Legally speaking, the electors
do not have to vote for the no
minee of the party. They may
assert their independence. In
recent presidential elections
dissent Demrcra’s in several
southern states have done so.
The names of electors in most
states do not appear on the bal
lot, and the voters vote only for
the political party that has
selec ed them.
All of the electoral voters sel
ected in November throughout
the United S ates do not sub
sequently meet at one cenfal
P’ace. They meet on the first
Mondiy after the second Wed
nesday in December in their re- •
spec'ive states, where their bal
lots a~e signed, certified, and
transmitted sea’ed to Wash;ng
ton, D. C., directed to the Pre
sident of the Senate. In North
Carolina this meeting of the elec
tors is held at nrer, in the Hall
of the House of Represen atives
in Raleigh. The President of the
Senate on January 6, at a joint
session of the two Houses of
Congress, opens the certificates
and the votes are then formally
counted.
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE
NORTH CAROLINA
YANCEY COUNTY
Having qualified as Adminis
trator of the Estate of Horace
G. Hensley, deceased, late of
Yancey County, this is to notify
all persona having claims a
gainst the Decedent to exhibit
the same to the undersigned
Administrator at his home at
Rt. 1, Relief; N. C., on or before
the 17th day of April, 1969, or
this notice will be pleaded in
bar of their recovery
All persons owing the Estate
-P le «se make immediate
Payment.
>iil ' n,i s October 17, 1968 x
Albert Edwards, Administrator
«f the Estate of Horace fi
Hensley. Deceased '! ?.r.. oAr
in «ot.;oi»;. Jl.* Ji; Nov ?$