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three vacation* (the
her they said Ike has had)
within a hundred day
iod.
We don’t know how hard
the job is and don’t have any
inclination whatsoever to
vant to find out first hand,
Neither do we care whether
or not the president takes a
vacation once a month. What
we do care though, is wheth
?r or not the president is
president or some
il politician who is erone
ously believed to be a
< i smart” man.
President Eisenhower is
going to have to show us
much, much more than he
has to fall into our desired
catagory. We still hope that
he will, but we are fast re¬
aching the stage where we
doubt he is capable of doing
such.
TRUE BRITISH FORM
We noticed the other day
where Clement Atlee, for
mer prime minister of Great
Britain and still a powerful
political figure there, said
that the constitution of the
United States is out of date
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Thursday, May 14, 1953
HOPE BEGINS TO FADE
We supported Adlai Steve¬
nson for president and didn’t
make any bones about it.
When General Eisenhow¬
er was elected we wrote that
we would be glad to give
him all the support possible
without going contrary to
our principiss. We reserved
the right to stand on the De¬
mocratic foundation, with
the hope that many of the
new president’s principals
were along the same line.
We were afraid then, and
are more so now, that “big
business” would get control
again of the government and
squeeze out tne smaller men
and the farmer. We sat by
and watch , d the new presi
dent appoint cabinet mem
bers who were the very es¬
sence Oi. big business. We
held our breath while devo¬
tees of the appointments
went on to say tbat if a man
was capable enough to make
a success of General Motors
such as Charles Wilson, for¬
merly of General Motors,
he certainly should be cap¬
able enougii to make a suc¬
cess of the Department of
Defense.
Louis Johnson, one of
Truman’s appointees to that
position, was a successrul
businessman - but we defy
any man, Republican or De¬
mocrat, to say that Johnson
made a success of his Gov¬
ernment job.
What Johnson did was
cut the Air Forces, Army,
and Navy back to such a de¬
gree that they were woefully
inadequate when Korea
came along. Today the pa¬
pers are full of changes in
the top brass of the Military
services, full of a proposed
cut back in the Air Force,
full of proposels to reduce
the draft.
One of the brightest hopes
we had upon Eisenhower’s
election was the fact that he
was extremely successful in
his military career. We felt
that he would know enough
not to allow any crippling
of our military forces. We
felt also that he would re¬
duce the cost of the military
services by the elimination
of millions of dollars worth
of waste, without injuring
the mission and capabilities
of the services.
The disillusionment has
come. President Eisenhower
seems to be firmly in the
grip of Senator Taft and his
cohorts - and “big business »»
seems to be firmly in the
governmental saddle.
There’s one thing about it. !
No one can accuse President
Eisenhower of playing fav¬
orites with his alma mater,
the army. He just announced
that the new chairman of
the joint Chiefs of Staff will
be a navy man, Admiral Rad¬
ford.
We’re in accord with the
belief that it should be ro¬
tated but we are wondering
what the president’s old ar¬
my friends are going to feel
about it.
It is sometimes peculiar
what people will feel and
say about a man who is in
public office. For instance
one person said the other
day that they didn’t believe
the president’s job was suf¬
ficiently tiring to require
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and under our system it is
hard to determine who has
the most power, the presi
dent or someone like Senator
McCarthy,
j Our constitution is almost
177 years old, and may be
considered by some to be out
of date. We would like to
point out to our former
“friend” that although it is
getting a little age on it our
constitution is the only one
we know of which guarran
tees so much freedom to so
j many people,
And, oh yes. As much as
we abhor men such as Sena¬
\ tor McCarthy it is true that
in our country they have as
much power as the president,
excepting the duties and re¬
sponsibilities inherent in the
president’s job.
We suppose such state
ments are to be expected
from a man (a professional
politician, if you will) who
lives in a country which did
not know real freedom un
til George Washington and
his small army of patriots
licked the pants off them,
It is still a little passing
strange though, when one
considers the fact that we
have been pulling: Great Brit
ian’s chestnuts out of the fire
in every war since that date.
Oh, well, we still love ’em.
That is, I suppose we do. We
ar ? still sending them some
thing like five or six billion
dollars a year.
ORCHIDS AGAIN TO
MAYOR AND COUNCIL
Last week marked anoth
er milestone in the mayor
and council effort to com
pletely solve Fort Valley’s
traffic problems.
They installed signs at the
corner of Main Street and
Railroad Street and at the
corner of Maco* Street and
Central Avenue forbidding
« » U” turns.
We congratulate them on
a # ood Price of work. Not
on) y did - suc h “U” turns
cause a tra ^ lc . J . am occasion
ad ^ dut , constituted a
hazard to sate driving.
We hope they keep up the
trood work, bearing in mind
that no discriminatory ordin
ance is worth while.
Farmer’s Bureau
Has Final Meeting
The last meeting of the Peach
County Farmer’s Bureau and the
Associated Women, until the fall
season, was held Tuesday night
at the American Legion Home.
The business features were di¬
rected by the president, Henry
Williams, of Byron.
There were approrimately for¬
ty members present.
The Fashion Show arranged by
Mrs. Walter T. Pearson, presi¬
dent of the Associated Women,
furnished fine entertainment at
the meeting.
There were women’s dresses
modeled, some as old as the year
1869, and through the years of
the twentieth century to 1953.
Those who modeled the various
styles were Miss Peggy Pearson,
Miss Genene Young, Mrs. Grover
Cly< " Wils ” n '
The 1 oldest dress modeled
was
by Miss Deena Wilson and was a
dress of the late Mrs. George B.
Culpepper, Sr., and featured a
basque style, long and full, and
which is now in possession of Mrs.
| Chester Wilson. There were deep
V-necks, side-slit skirts, flapper
dresses and all lengths of waists
and skirts. Embroidery, lace and
sashes came in for the show.
The musical features were pre
se nted by Mrs. Chester Wilson,
Mike McAfee
Marks Birthday
Mike McAfee celebrate his 9th
birthday with a wiener roast and
his mother, Mrs. Henry McAfee
assisted in entertaining his little
frieds.
Those enjoying the party with
Mike were Roge Murphy, Bennie
Murnhy, Bob Hill, Bennett An
drews, Tommie Sanders, Billy
Madox, Jerre Moore, Judy Harris,
Lows Ann Chamblis, Carolyn Seag
ler and Patsy McAfee.
Circle One Meets
With Mrs. Tavlor
Circle One of the Woman’s Mis
sionary Society of the Baptist
Church met Monday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. L. P. Taylor,
with Mrs. R. R. Ransome, Circle
chairman, presiding.
Mr*. Nettle* of Atlanta was a
guest of the group. The program
of a study of Southern Baptist
Mission Fields was directed by
Mrs. Frank Young. The devotion¬
al study was presented by Mrs.
J. M. Allen.
Following the program and
business session Mrs. Taylor serv¬
ed her guests during a social hour.
Others present were Mrs. R. A.
Allen, Mrs. C. D. Lavender, Mrs.
r g. Jones, Mrs. J. E. Broadrick,
j^j rs Wilbur Martin, Mrs. W. J.
Braswell, Mrs. Lewis Armstrong,
Mrs. I/iard Bryan was hostess
Monday afternoon to Circle Three
0 f the Woman’s Missionary Soci
e ty, the Baptist Church,
The leader, Mrs. Ernest D. Lev
erett, presided over the meeting.
Mrs. Walter T. Pearson present¬
ed a program of mission study.
Mrs. J. R. Kinney gave the de¬
votional feature.
A study of the work among
young people in foreign fields was
presented by Mrs. Louis L. Brown.
Others present were Mrs. Mack
Bryant, Mrs. Hettie McDaniel,
Mrs. Nick Strickland, Mrs. Ray
Matthews, and Mrs. Sparks.