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GEORGE WAliACE FOR PRESIDED? TWs year - fore in file_ these United States people are really concerned with the pres idential election. More people are registered to vote than ev er before, and more are check ing up to make absolutely sure that they will have theft names on the voting books 'when Nov ember 5th rolls around. The Vietnamese War, the ever more deady war in our street^ and here in the South the heavy handed illegality of federal bu reaucrats and federal judges who are deliberately setting about to destroy the public school system are the really burning issues that, have inspir ed such a wide - spread interest in this 1968 presidential elec tion. In every part of the nation millions of voters are asking themselves, and those in whom they have some confidence many questions. Hopefully most of these questions are directed to the basic issues; and to what the country most, ra what 'will feathey one’s nest best. candidate is most like ly to put an end of the horrible mess in Vietnam? Which candi date is most likely .to restore law and order in our streets? Which candidate is most likely to return coiitrol over local schools to local officials? For the first time since 1912 a large percent of the voters is asking about the effect, and the good or evil that will result from having a major third-party can didate on the ballot in all 50 states. And this causes an entirely new set of questions to puzzle the serious voter. Can George Wallace win? Will a vote for George Wallace help Nixon, or Humphrey? Possible Answers This brief article will be an effort to answer these questions on the basis of nearly 40 years of watching national affairs closely, plus current efforts to read, and to isten as extensive y in this field as one person >ossibly can. As to the Vietnamese War, he only positive answer would lave to be than the least likely >f the three major candidates o bring the Vietnamese War to in end would have to be Hubert luihphrey . . . because, wheth er he likes it or not he is a pro iuct of his environment. He is :oo closely tied to the mistakes )f the past eight yeais to change rapidly enough to effect any neaningful changes in this hor rible war. Can Wallace Win? To put the rest of these ques tions in a proper frame for dis mssion it is necessary to answer jne of the last first: Can George Wallace win? The answer has to be: No. The Deep South, and Alabama in particiular have been too long pilloried in the propaganda mills t>f our time for a plurality of the people in enough states to make the psychological change that would permit them to vote for a 24-carat Southerner, for any THE JONES COUNTY iN UiVl£>J!/tt 21 11UUN1V1N, IN. IWUIWI/AI, OiLr 1 zi, iyt>o vuiAJjau x_xj School Board Member C. R. Hughes Resins, Maysville Principal has Quit to Operate New Private School The school muddle in Jones County grew just a little more/ muddy this week as C. R. Hugh es of Maysville resigned from the Janes County Board of Ed ucation and Maysville School Principal Amos Taylor also ten dered bis resgination. Hughes is present of Jones Academy, 3nc„ which begins op eration Monday in the Polloeks ville Community Bui ding with about 106 students in its eight , grades. Taylor win serve as headmast er of this new school. 1 The Board of Education has; not yet filled the vacancy creat ed by Taylor’s resignation and the Jones Coanty Democratic Executive Committee has not been convened to appoint a suc cessor to fill the unexpired por tion of Hughes’ term on the school board,; •„.v Long hours and a lot of hard work have culminated in. getting all of the many-tilings done in short order that had to be done in order to get the' Fol locksville School opened by Monday. There'are still vacancies in all of the eight grades and par ■v ents who would like to leaxn \ about the enrollment of their \ children may contact any of the \ school officials, including Tay \ lor. _ _ ; .» : 7‘" v In addition to Hughes the other officials are1 Vice President James Harriett, Secretary Mrs. R. L. Bryant and Treasurer Mrs. Jesse, Eubanks. I I ub'Meeting 19th "he first meeting of the fell Ion of the Trenton Woman's b is being held at 8 next irsday night, September 19th. nmittee members will b« nod in this ipeeting and plans 37th Gilbert Reunion Sunday the Jones County Branch of the Gilbert Family will hold its 37th annual re nion at Shady Grove Methodist Church with a business session to be followed by dinner on the church grounds at 1 p.m. All members of the dan are urged to be on hand, and, of course, to come armed with that well stocked picnic basket. (Xut-Again4n-Again Skinner Last week Nathan Skinner of Dover route 1 was released from prison, but on the way home he’s accused of stealing a truck in Carteret County and wrecking it in Lenoir Qounty. Which put him back in jail charged with theft of the truck, reckless driving and driving without a license. Speeders Hard Hit in Past Week as Patrol Tries to Cut Holiday Accidents rne recorus oi jqnes i/ouniy Recorder's Court for the past week reflected tije strong ef fort put out by the Highway Pa trol over the Labor' Day Week end to force people to slow down and live a little longer. Speeders monopolised the court records, including the following who paid Standard, fines and Court costs: Patricia Diane Stroud of Raleigh, Jose L. Tu ero of Brooklyn, N. Y. Cpl. Jef fry Lynn Zwetnow, pvt. Geof frey Chilton Barnhardt, PPC rung a stop sign, ogi. miyu up ward Creasey of Fort Fisher had a charge of driving while lic ense was revoked nol prossed, Gerald Wayne Royal paid $13 for improper passing, Alfred White of Pollocksville was found not guilty of reckless driving, Andrew Jackson Kinsey Jr. of Jacksonville route 1 paid $13 for running a stop sigh, and Johnny Melvin Hinson of White ville paid $13 for failing to yield the right of way. In non-traffic cases Freddie Lee Hawkins of Swansbor© P®id $21.90 to make good a check and pay court courts ,. ■ Obesk^ch^ge of Pollocks of Tren September Meeting Of Commissioners Relatively Routine The September meeting of the Jones County Board-jof Commis sioners was relatively routine, and ended with the morning ses sion. The board accepted the res ignation of Assistant Home Agent Patricia Ann Peterson and hired Linda Smith Johnson to take her place. The audit of the tax collec tor’s office was accepted, and sale of lots No. 3 and 4 in Smith’s Commons to Fletcher Barber was approved. Tax Collector Julian Waller was authorized to secure and in stall four signs welcoming peo ple to Jones County to be in stalled on Highways 70, 17, 58 and 258. The board authorized pay payment of $4 per month for collection of trash from the Ag Building and the surplus food warehouse. County Attorney James Hood was instructed to proceed with collection of welfare department liens against the estates of Ed ward Brown, Hattie Harris and Winnie Foy. thing. And so one is certainly due to ask: If Wallace cannot win, why vote for him? The answer to that is that Vote for George Wallace is perhaps the best tool, especially in the South, that we have to attain those most want ed goals — peace in Vietnam, peace in our streets and peace, too, in our schools. And the thoughtful voter may reasonably Wonder how a “los er” could possibly have so much effect on the immediate and long range future of our nation, and, for that matter, on the world as well? The answer is that Wallace can only have that kind of in fluence if he is given a sufficient bloc of electoral votes and espec ially a large enough slice of the popular vote to be needed ... in fact to be absolutely necessary to the other two candidates. If Wallace wins enough elec toral votes to deny a majority to either Nixon or Humphrey. . . he will for a short while become the most powerful man in the nation, because he will be in a position to pick the next presi dent, for which small favor he might expect some big conces sions. And how would these conces sions solve these three basic probeans? On Ending The War Wallace has said that he is in favor of winning the war mili tarily, if the joint chiefs of staff believe this can be done with out use of nuclear weapons, and at a price in men and money that the country is willing to af ford. If this cannot be done, or if the majority will of the nation is against this Wallace then says he is simply in favor of with drawing our men and leaving the Vietnamese to their own civil war. This is practically parallel to the position Nixon has taken, and it is impossible to tell what Humphrey’s position is, since on one day it echoes the senti ments of President Johnson and on the next day it sounds more like Senator McCarthy’s plat form. But in deference to all three candidates, they cannot avoid knowing that the country is nei ther willing philosophically nor able financially to continue this war and still do the things that so badly need to be done here at home. So, it is a fairly safe assumption that an end to the Vietnam War is not too far in the distance, no matter which presidential candidate is elected because whoever it is will be forced to by the pressures on congress from the people who are exhausted from sacrificing their sons and the nation’s wealth in this Asiatic frustra tion. Restoring Law and Order And so to law and order and an end to the crime in our streets. This is childishly simple. . . even so simple that a bird-brain such as Attorney General Ramsey Clark ought to understand it. . . but he doesn’t and he won’t. All that is needed* to restore order is to enforce the law and punish the guilty. No new laws, no additional police . . . just a helping hand from the courts . . . the courts at every level . . . but primarily from the fed eral courts which have usurped such a dangerously large part of all law enforcement to their bosom. Continued on page 4 Rockets Run Roughshod Over Richlands Friday Night With First Win 33-12 J.C. Richlands First Downs 8 4 Rushing Yardage 303 15 Passing Yardage 36 76 Passes 3/1 11/4 Passes Int. by 0 1 Punts 3/27 8/35 Fumbles Lost 3 2 Yards Penalized 39 63 Last Friday night Jones Cen tral racked up 21 points the first half and through great defensive play, coasted to a 33-12 victory over the Wildcats of Richlands. Paced by the fine running of halfback Leslie Strayhorn, Jones Central posted its first victory of the season against one tie. The offensive unit of J. C. totaled a whopping 303 yards rushing. Strayhorn ran up 164 yards in 14 carries. Strayhorn made three touchdown runs of one, 78, and 31 yards. Halfback William Hawkins also carried the pigskin for 60 yards. Fumbles again plagued the Rockets as they lost the ball twice deep in their own terri tory, but the Jones Central de fensive unit did an excellent job of stopping the Wildcats. Rich land’s offensive unit found, the ground a hard way of moving the football against J. C. as they managed only 15 total yards rushing. The Rockets’ defense managed to throw Richlands for big losses seven times in the second half. Jones Central started the scor ing when they received the open ing kickoff and marched 68 yards in 14'plays. During the drive, Strayhorn had two runs Of 11 yards. With the ball on the one yard line, Strayhorn plunged up the middle for the touchdown. The point after in route 2 and Robert Earl 5 of Jacksonville route 5 each paid $16 for public ftrunk m, touchdown was good on a run by William Haskins. After the Rocket defense stop ped a Wildcat drive on the J. C. 10 yard line, Jones Central moved to a touchdown in only three plays. Halfback Strayhorn, following fine blocking around the right end scampered 78 yards to paydirt. Again, Hawkins add ed the PAT. The Rocket’s last drive of the first half started on the Rich land’s 45 yard line. Strayhorn was again in on the touchdown as he passed to end Jimmy Smith for a 36 yard TD pass play. James Moore ran the ball over for the PAT. On Richland’s first play of the second half, Jones Central’s’ Steve Banks recovered a fum ble on the Richland’s 30. Two plays later halfback Hawkins broke loose around end for a 28 yard touchdown run. Richlands got on the score board the beginning of the fourth quarter. Eddie Johnson recovered a fumble on the Roc ket’s 18 yard line. Quarter War ren Howard then had a run of 11 yards. The touchdown was enitory with Kenneth Vin n earned the i 1 yard line. scored by Howard on i two yard snfeak. Jones Central’s final touch down was set up on a 33 yard kickoff return by James Moore. Moore also had a 20 yard run during the drive. Strayhorn then shot up the middle for a 31 yard gain and the touchdown. Rufus Parker intercepted a Rocket pass attlie J. C. 35 yard line to provide the way for the last touchdown of the night. Howard put the ball deep in
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