I DEAR MR. PUBLISHER, I
by PARSON JONES
Dear Mr. Publisher:
My youngest boy is in mourning this week. Some -
body stole his bicycle. The thing that really made it
rough on him was that he bought it with his own money.
What made it even rougher is that somebody stole his
skates last week. It looks to me like society has com
pleted the full cycle. We started off with the old mo
rality, then moved to the new morality, and now we
have arrived at no-morality. I noticed in the paper
the other day where somebody stole a man's false teeth
while he was sleeping on a park bench. They would
have taken his tongue but it was fastened on the other
end.
It dawned on me that the only safe business to be in
now-a-days is the lock business. When I was a young
'un we never locked anything. Now I lock the door
when I go to the mailbox.
Yes Sir, I've been thinking very seriously about go -
ing into the lock business. I would make loclc for cars,
houses, refrigerator doors, dresser drawers, medicine
cabinets, and toy boxes. I would also sell locks for
pockets, pocketbooks, dogs, cats, false teeth, and gpld
fish bowls.
One thing about all these locks, Mr. Publisher, is
that they would remind everybody that there is such a
thing as sin on earth. A lock always reminds me of
sin. It used to be that folks only stole from another
tribe or another country. Now-a-days we steal fro m
one another. One of my neighbors allowed as how he
stole so's he could get back what somebody else stole
from him. Things are getHnp >~rettv Md " ben teal
ing becomes away of 11
The only alternative I see
ing over our society is changing people* hearts - so
they won't steal. I reckon when you take a long sober
look at our people, the only sensible answer to any of
our problems is changing peoples' hearts. Some how
or other, we either haven't taken a long look, or else
we ain't been sober when we did look.
Anyway, it shore would be nice if the day would
come when we could let everything go unlocked, and
not be afraid that our possessions would be stolen.
Sound like a dream? Well, at least I like it better
than the present night-mare. Good night!
Parson Jones
Letters To The Editor
Dear Editor:
As our nearest neighbor in
your new business home we
bid you hearty welcome. It
is good to have neighbors with
common interests and indeed
we do have many.
Churches and newspapers
are dedicated to the commu
nity progress. They share
the ups and downs, the ad
versities and the joys. They
stand for integrity and the
common good and their goals
are close akin. They sym
bolize the truth, the whole
truth and nothing but the
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truth. By every standard ours
is the path of friendship and
cooperative endeavor.
Within your first mo nth as
our neighbor, however, your
columns through Tom Ander
son have persistently, repeat
edly, deliberately and ve
nomously attacked The Uni
ted Methodist Church and
The National Council of
Churches of over thirty de -
nominations. By innuendo,
half truth, examples out of
context, distortion and false
accusation Anderson's poison
pen reveals his bitterness and
his loveless life. Frankly we
think the people of Yancey
County deserve something bet
ter than this banage of dia -
tribe. Bill Kennedy, Marilyn
Manion and some of the mis
cellaneous features are scarce
ly better.
You have been plugging
liberally for a cleaner town
and countryside, more re
laxed credit, and for less
pollution in the streams and
air of Yancey. Now let's be
fair and quit polluting our
potential friendship with this
foul and one sided handling
of the truth. OK?
Your friend,
Ralph Jacks
Pastor
I 'Victory For Sportsmen’ Soys Taylor
WASHINGTON -Congress
man Roy A. Taylor said the
House Wednesday "scored a
I victory for sportsmen" when
■ it joined the Senate in repeat
ing restrictions placed on
rifle and shotgun ammunition
sales contained in the Fire -
arms Control Act of 1968.
Taylor said he voted for
the repeal "with enthusiasm"
The 11th District Congress
man said the House action, if
approved by the White House,
generally means that rifle
and shotgun owners will no
longer be required to provide
personal identification and
other information to sellers
in order to buy shells.
The House did not repeal
these restrictions on handgun
and certain other types of
unusual weapons or destruct
ive devices, he said.
The Black Mountain Con
gressman said the repeal
move was consistent with le
gislation he introduced last
January to accomplish the
same objective.
Taylor observed that in
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some mountain areas where
hunters sometimes purchase
only three or four shot gun
shells the record-keeping re
quirements of the 1968 law
"have proved a burden to
both dealers and purchasers".
"In some cases, it has
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NOVEMBER 27, 1969
caused rural merchants to
quit selling ammunition en
tirely, thus greatly inconven
iencing hunters and sportsmen
alike", he said.
The Congressman express
ed hope that the President wil
quickly approve the action.
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