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winners of the Americanism Essay Contest sponsored llVl'll' for vtmnno ”* •— --;--ainmjuicu * Veneral Federation of Womens clubs were presented in ap . « I 1 • • *v 4 » Uy\ t> 1 An1» If M / '__ a a t(e ceremonies ferver school. recently at the Black Mountain Grammar school the top picture, left to right, Mrs. Chester Sobol and Mrs. Williams, representing the Black Mountain Junior Woman’s , . u innor from thf» mmmar gchnnl irv., 11III v r , i uiiiuii a t„wfl stnmd. winner from the grammar school, and Mrs. Frank and Mrs. Kermit Allison, representing the American Home (jvic club. the lower photo, left to right. Mrs. Williams, Mrs Watkins. |vra jvrtiller. winner at the Carver school, essays follow. winnint f what America Means To Me" - Hv Jewel Stroud, fMountain Grammar School |). God intended America tc .he an : of the free.” i.,. ait'-way-aroum |(, !. Here alone, betweei K spread her out ■the a ■ a fields of the Nortl -roves of the south ■out the Vtlantic to the I’a |h, upplie• her people wit! •ery necessary fruit, wg : arid tree; underlying her |fuel, gas, oil, and the mod uircment, Uranium for th( fbomb. she’s almost self support the millions that call her ’(i and pepper are the only portant articles of consump ■ we cannot raise. Maybt I Lord thought these coulc ituted. [ring that God intended Am pn: a home for the free, th» pi.-t people to come over her< the 1’ilgrims, searching foi where they could worshij jccording to the dictates oi Hu-art'. Here through cold Ishardships and death thej pad built churches. In ’his New England settle Ion down the oast they came [England, Scotland, France I and Ireland, seeking a homt free home. laments from the New Eng ptates, down through New Pennsylvania, Virginia and South Carolina, on tt i composed 13 states . . (ginning of the U. S. A. Uj >w the people had been loy Ingland, but England begar the people, and make law: Ip them from selling to oth tnes their tobacco, etc. Als< ci wanted them to pay taxe: and buy stamps to helj raise money for war pur The people became dissat and began to make plan: c from under the English |The first thing they did vva: t at Philadelphia and draw Articles of Confederation the id states together tough were afraid that each ould want to be the centei pernnient. By this time the I had rebelled against the tej pd the- stamp act, and Eng pad sent soldiers over. Tht Patties of the Revolutionary rr" lt Lexington and Con Plassachusettes. Soon aftei P> tarted, the second Conti l(,mgiess met in Philadel [Lash Colony or state had £ P1 S-me df the people want plea,.. ;f from England com have independence 1 ‘:’l be mide. the •’ . ■ left alone to ur :l s. Angies; ip • v Washington a: • a'l the Americar a^hington had a hare fund ivante ItW - l H ta;- .,ers, -.vithoji raining and out few r etc;, ar‘d train .hem intc t of apable soldiers abb £ “P English “ ” ^lungton and hi: -vent through winters '-o their waists, colt OFFICE SUPPLIES • Typ«Wrjt#r R#P*ir Service JJICAS " ffar k Mountain, N. C. By Myra I'ertiller, Carver School. Constitution of the I nited Stated. The United States is old in the sense that Americans have lived longer under the same constitu tional government than almost any other nation in the world. Even at the present the United States can be thought of as a young nation. It is very young, for example, when compared with Eng land, France, Spain, and Portugal. Americans framed a constitution in 1787 and adopted it the follow and hungry, still they fought, often winning where the odds looked unsurmountable . . . . which again showed the Good Lord wanted America for a home for those who wanted freedom. So in June 7, 177<), Congress met to bring up the question of Independ ence. One of the Lees of Virginia said, “Resolved, That these Unit ed Colonies are, and of right ought to be free and independent states.’’ The signing and publishing of the Declaration of Independence did not mean the American people were really independent. They still had a long war to fight and win. Valley Forge has always been con sidered the hardest winter for the American soldiers. In 1783 the treaty of Paris brought the war to a close, with complete Independ But it was no easy matter to get the scattered people to realize that they were now a single unit. Con gress at the beginning did not have much authority over the states, Some people were afraid the states were so powerful that each might become a little nation. So the leaders of the Country met in a Constitutional Convention on Phil adelphia in 1787 to plan for the Government for the people. W ash ington wanted a Democracy. Here they wrote up the Constitution of the United States. Jefferson, Adams. Washington, and Hamilton were so busy plan ning the Constitution that they foi got the Bill of Rights. The Constitution went into ef fect in 1789. The Bill of Rights were added by Amendments; which gives the people the right to wor ship in any way they wish; they can speak, write or say whatever they wish. They can have a trial by jury, and no soldiers are let stay in the homes of the people by order of the Government. This Bill of Rights is the founda tion of Democracy. The U. S. A. holds that all men are created equal and should be free, for th-.c reason .ibwbm freed the laves; we went tc the aid of C ba end the Phillipines also to jtjlp Belgium, I ’ am e -n ■ Engla - in World War i; then to help . : opean countries >n 'Vor‘<1 War II. We went to Korea for the same purpo. e. I guess we will al ways help ttu downtrodden. -- looks like the Im.d meant us for that purpose. Free America means to me, ■■ little home of our own, dow. m the Blue Ridge Mountains of N=*rt:i Carolina ... A Father to work for our living at whatever he wan s to, hunt and fish on his vacation; a mother to work and caie oi us, and a big yellow school bus to come by to pick us up for sc 1 town, where we learn about • 111 erica and the world, and as little white church where we can go to preaching and Sundae si "’o There's lots of countries >n tne world where children cant have these privileges. W e hav e tm because God picked out - mt lK‘‘ to be a free Country and to ne I other people. t ,0n- Thc A'^'ican Con stituticn is sun in force Jefferson was the leader of tin Democratic-Republican party f agreed with Hamilton's re pe'ct fo •W «".l the Constitution. 11 d government which tSTC< ”’oro |,ovvcr given to it by tlu constitution granted. Soon after George Washington Sled ,Ce;Jhp Bm of Ri*h»* was added to the constitution in thc oim °f amendments. This Hill of Lhu ,*Tantees’ among othei light8, to the American citizen: i‘ light to worship as he chooses; the right to assemble in peaceable meetings; the right to express his opinions in conversa tions ,n speeches, or in the press; and the right to petition the gov ernment to redress grievances Our Forefathers Many people in England looked to America as a land where they make their fortune. Hut without money to pay for their ocean pas sage there seem to be little chance to leave England. These laborers were usually required to work for four years to pay the cost of theii trip. At the end of this time the indentured servants became Tree. In 1019 a few Negro slaves were brought to Virginia. The Negro population did not become large until the eighteenth century. Then, however Negroes increased rapid ly- Negro slaves could be found in all the colonies, both North and South. An important trade sprang up in the eighteenth century with Africa and the West Indies. h rom Roston or Providence 01 Salem, for example, a merchant might send a ship to the west coast of Africa laden with rum made from sugar cane. There the cap tain would trade the rum for Negrc slaves captured in the inland vil lages of the continent. The ship sailed rapidly because many of the Negroes chained to its decks soon died, and their death meant loss to the captain. A question was raised concern ing the Negro slaves in each state, Should all or only part of thc number of slaves be counted in deciding the number of a state's votes in the House of Representa tives ? It was decided that three fifths of the slaves in a state would be included in the count. Men have struggled for freedom from the beginning of history. In 1776 our forefathers won their lib erty through blood and tears. To day we hold that liberty in trust. I’he Declaration of Independence. On June 7, 1776, in Philadelphia Richard Henry Lee of Virginia rose in Congress. The room be came very still. Many men knew that Lee had received a message from Virginia which commanded him to bring up the question of independence. In a clear voice Lee read from a piece of paper in his hand: That the United Colonies are, and of right ought to be free and independent states. So long as we fight only for oui rights as subjects of the King,’ one man would say, “we can ex pect no help from the outside world. Alone we can hardly hope to defeat the great armies ane navy of England. If we declare for independence perhaps France will help us. Days passed while the eliscussior in Congress went on in secret, be hind closed doors. On July 2 the vote was taken. The delegates of every eolonj rose and voted in favor of inde pendence. Thomas Jefferson, Ben jamin Franklin, and John Adam were appointed to draw up a De claration of Independence. Jef ferson wrote a draft. That is, he wrote elown what he thought the Declaration should contain. Adams and Franklin offered some sugges tions, and few other changes were made. Finally the Declaration wa read and accepted. On July 4, Johi Hancock, president of the Congress signed it. The others signed lat er. In the Pennsylvania Prackel for July 6 appeared the first print ed copy of the Declaration of In dependence. What America Means to Me. America means a lot to me. It means freedom. The right to wor ship as you please; the right tc express your opinion in conversa tions, in speeches, or in the press; the right to assemble in peace able meetings; the right to peti tion the government to redress grievances. Free to oppose to wrhat you think is wrong; free to vote as you wish and many other free doms. I am happy to be a free American. —Commercial hatcheries in North Carolina produced 6,381,000 chicks during February, an in crease of 1 per cent over hatchings during the same period a year earlier. ununu nnrcn Hy Mrs. M. M. Elliott. Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Elliott had as guests last week Mr. El “°tt s sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. George Wanton, and their son •lames Blanton and his wife of Cl i ff side. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Lytle and children, Jimmy and Lamella, of W mston-Salem are spending this week with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Ledbetter on Broad River and Mr. and Mrs. V. C. Lytle on Bald Mountain. Mr. and Mrs. James Hall had as guests Sunday April 4, their daughter, Mrs. Dizer Fraidy, and her daughter, Janet Wilson, and Mr. and Mrs. Claud Elliott of Bill's Creek. Mr. and Mrs. ,1. B. Gilliam and daughter Pattie, visited Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Taylor last Wed nesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Hall vis ited Mr. Hall’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Hall, last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Edmondson and sons, Bobby and Dickey, of Gainesville, Fla., visited us last Saturday morning. Mrs. Lola Nanney and son Bruce visited their old home place last week-end. Bruce Nanney, John Ledbetter, and Yewitt Elliott did some repair work on Mrs. Nanney’s house last Saturday. Cecil Smith, who was badly in jured while working for the Clear Water Mfg. company recently was returned to his home from Marion hospital and is getting along fine. Mr. and Mrs. Pressley Ownbey and children visited Mrs. Ownbey’s mother, Mrs. Claud Searcy, who is ill at her home at Bat Cave last Sunday. Mrs. Mae Gilliam had as guests last Sunday her mother, Mrs. Ida Huntly and daughter, Lona Whit ker, of Fairview. Miss Sarah Childers of Candler, who has been keeping house for Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ownbey, and Boby Dotson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harley Dotson on Flat Creek, were married in Black Mountain last Friday. Miss Pearl Gilliam of this sec tion and Julius Bridges of Inman S. C., were married April 3. They will make their home on Mrs. Bridges’ farm on Broad River. Mrs. Dessie Titus of Broad Riv er underwent a major operation in Mission hospital last week. Mrs. Titus is doing as well as can be expected. Mrs. Paul Smith of Upper Ced ar Creek fell while waxing her floor breaking her leg last week. Mr. and Mrs. James D. Elliott celebrated their 44th wedding an niversary at their home in Beaver, W. Va., recently. An open house was given by their 11 children who with their families include Mr. and Mrs. Edward Moye and children, James, Henry, Thomas and Rob ert, Dr. and Mrs. Harwood James and son Benjamin, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Elliott and children Mary Jo, Margaret Jane, Loye, Ellen, and Sharon, all of Beckley, the Rev. and Mrs. S. M. Carter of Hewitt, Mr. and Mrs. James 0. Elliott and sons Dennis and Douglas, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Skelton and children, Judy and Branson, all of Blue Jay, Miss Maxine Elliott of Clarks burg, Mr. and Mrs. Grover Trail and children, James and Harold, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Elliott and son Richard of Beaver, and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Workman, Jr., and chil dren Danna, Rodney and Barbara of Pine Knob. Other friends and neighbors present were Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Smith of Glen Jean, Mrs. Rose Hatcher of Beaver, Mrs. Paul Payne and daughter UNIVERSAL Electric Irons Trade-in your old iron on a Universal Automatic. Round heel permits ironing back ward and sidewise as easily as forward without wrinkling. PRICE $8.95 Less Old Iron 2.95 Sales Tax .18 ALL YOU PAY $6.18 Swannanoa Hardware John D. Craig. Owner GLIDDEN'S ENDURANCE House Paint Contains more heavy bodied linseed oil per gallon, whiter white, weather proved, control led cleaning, easy brushing. Glidden's JOPALAC ENAMEL for interiors-exteriors use. Cov ers in one coat, dries rapidly, durable, bright colors. Glidden's FLORENAMEL for floors, porches, decks, for in terior-exterior. SUPER-KEMTONE for inter iors. Swannanoa Hardware John D. Craig, Owner »€ Stmt *6€ SAFE” - WHEEL BALANCING - Amoco Gasoline and Oil Your U. S. Royal Tire Distributor GARLAND & LONG TIRE CO. i/2 BLOCK WEST OF TRAFFIC LIGHT ON HWY. 70 Swannanoa, N. C. — Phone: Black Min. 6231 oi Heaver, Mrs. Myrtle Starks of Thurmond, Add Mead ows and children, Pauline and Johnny, of Beaver, Mrs. R. H. Hud son of Pine View, John H. Hoye of Oak Hill, Mrs. Erie Williams of Berkley, Mrs. P. C. Lynch, Miss Grace Lynch, and Mrs. E. J. Tour ney of Blue Jay, Mrs. Ord A. Sparks of Beckley, and Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Houchins and daugn ter Loupise of Blue Jay. James D. Elliott Sr., was born and reared in this section. He went to \\. Virginia when he was a young man, met and married Miss Grace Smith. He is a retired coal Mr. and Mrs. Grove Effler of Swannanoa, route 1, have a daugh ter born April 9 in Memorial Mis sion hospital. Horn to Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn N. Coker of Swannanoa a son, April 10, in St. Joseph’s hospital. miner. He never forgets his old home and relatives in North Caro lina. He and his wife come back on a visit almost every year. • TRY THE CLASSIFIEDS ---— BOBBY JOE GALLION HAS BIRTHDAY PARTY Bobby Joe Gallion was given a party by a group of friends on Saturday night April ■'!, at the home of John Wrenn in celebra tion of his fifteenth birthday an niversary. Games were played and refresh ments served. Those enjoying the evening were: Bobby Gasperson, John Wrenn, Lawrence Henderson. Jerry Stafford, Loretta Brooks, Donna Vee Gray, Sarah Kelly, Beverly Rogers, Nancy Cordell^ Regina Stafford, Carl Stafford* and the honoree. Bobby .Joe is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. 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