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Deserved Recognition
It is witn a feeling of genuine pleas
ure that we record the appointment of
John W. Davis as chairman of an im
portant subcommittee in our nation’s
capital.
Congressman Davis has assumed the
chairmanship of the Police Subcom
mittee, a unit that oversees the opera
tion of the police force in Washington.
Welcome^ Gov. Maddox
Gov. Lester Maddox will be among
us as a guest next week. We would like
to tak" this opportunity to welcome
the governor to Chattooga County.
This will mark the first time that
Mr. Maddox has visited in our county
since taking office as governor.
When Lester Maddox took over as
the chief executive office of our state,
there were dire predictions in certain
quarters that Georgia would become
A Safe Fourth of July
With the national traffic toll climb
ing to near-record proportions, we, in
Chattooga County, are fortunate in
that there were no traffic fatalities re
ported over the long holiday period. At
last report, the Independence Day
scene was not marred by even a serious
accident.
Free Riders
The workings of the United Nations
are a mystery to most people.
If past reports are correct, members
who do not agree with some of its pol
icies can simply refuse to pay their
share of the cost and still retain their
right to vote, and the United States
will pick up the tab.
According to reports, the United Na
tions has given up on its attempt to
cut costs by making top diplomats
travel economy class in flying to and
from the General Assembly.
The H rang Crowd
The Portland Oregonian points out,
"An insidious effect of the hard-core
anti-Viet Nam campaign is its enthrall
ment of thousands, perhaps millions,
of young idealists who either disregard
or are ignorant of the horrors of 20th
century totalitarianism.”
The paper suggests that these young
people should ask themselves if they
go along with those who burn the
Express Your Opinion Now
How big can our cent ral government
get without becoming a self-perpetuat
ing mass of bureaus and administra
tive agencies beyond the control of the
President, the Congress or the people?
Such a government would quickly
lose concern for what should remain
its primary role of preserving the fun
damental economic and political
framework of a free society.
Taxes are apparently on the way up,
the value of the dollar on the way
down, deficit spending continues and
THE OLD TIMER
From A. A. Schlieake, Chica
go, Illinois: I remember when
we had street lanms and a man
used to go around on a bicycle
to fill (he tanks
When . . .
We had strawberry socials,
square dancing and Sunday
school picnics.
When policemen walked the
beat.
We had horse cars from Cen
tral Park /Avenue to /Ashland
Avenue, and the fare was only
a nick le.
We had street cars with straw
on the floor and a small stove
in one corner.
The best meats sold for 12c
to 15c a pound. Farmers came
to town and gathered around the
general store to discuss the news
of the week and help themselves
(The §*ummrrmlk News
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This important assignment is well
deserved recognition of the abilities of
Mr. Davis. We know that the congress
man will continue to uphold the fine
record he has made in service to his
hometown, his district and to his coun
try.
We believe a better choice could not
have been made.
the ridicule of the nation.
But this has not been the case. To
date, Mr. Maddox has projected an
image of honesty, dignity and sincere
ity — an image of which any state
could be proud.
The governor will be among many
friends here, having carried Chattooga
County by a sizeable majority.
We wish Gov Maddox a pleasant visit
in our county.
Motorists in our area are to be con
gratulated for making this one of the
safest Fourth of July holiday periods in
recent memory.
Let’s continue that record through
out the rest of the year and make 1967
the most accident-free year in Chat
tooga County’s history.
An African envoy is quoted as say
ing: “It is completely unrealistic that
an ambassador who lives and enter
tains on a diplomatic scale should be
expected to travel like an ordinary
tourist.”
One wonders if his country has paid
its full share of the UN budget.
Many a United States taxpayer and
tourist has to fly economy class to help
pay for luxury accommodations for
free riders from foreign nations.
American Flag, and what it stands for,
if they want a Viet Cong victory in
Viet Nam and if they wish the United
States and other Western countries in
volved to stand aside as totalitarian
aggression sweeps over the small na
tions of the world?
“If they don’t, as certainly the great
majority don’t, they have taken up
with the wrong crowd.”
new proposals abound for pouring
more untold billions of tax dollars into
expanded federal programs.
Only the people, through their votes
and expressions of opinion to elected
officials, have the power to control the
size of the federal government.
The future of freedom will depend
on a majority of the people making
their concern and disapproval felt at
the polling places, during state and lo
cal as well as national elections.
from HISTORY'S SCRAPBOOK
DATES AND EVENTS FROM YESTERYEARS
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Women were first Impaneled for service on n grand jury, at
I<aramie, Wyoming, July 7, 1870. Construction on Boulder Dam
began, July 7, 1930.
An American expedition under Commodore Perry arrived in
Japan, July 8, 1853. The Liberty Bell cracked. July 8. 1835.
Organized resistance ended on Saipan, July 9, 1944.
The temperature reached 134 degrees at Death Valley, July
10, 1943. The Allied invasion of Sicily began, July 10, 1943.
The Aaron Burr Alexander Hamilton duel took place, July
11. 1804.
The first civil service examinations were given, July 12,
1883. Alexander Hamilton died. July 12, 1804.
New York City was the scene of draft riots, July 13, 1803.
from the cracker barrel.
We used to go to the Post Of
fice for our mail, riding an old
bicycle which we had earned
cutting wood and sifting coal.
The fire department had a
horse drawn vehicle and many
times we helped others push
them out of the muc.
There were dirt roads and an
old toboggan slide in Marquette
Park
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The summit meeting between Presi
dent Johnson and Premier Kosygin of
the Soviet Union already is being hailed
by some people as a forward step in
easing the cold war tensions of recent
weeks. This, clearly, is an optimistic
view for which there is no real support
ing evidence.
It is true, to be sure, that it is bet
ter for the two superpowers to talk
than to fight. But the American pub
lic should not imagine that the full,
complete story of the high-level talks
in a small New Jersey college town will
be revealed. No one can tell what deals
or secret understandings may have
been arrived at by Messrs. Johnson and
Kosygin.
Generally speaking, summit talks
have not been good for the United
States. President Roosevelt held a sum
mit meeting with Dictator Stalin at
Yalta, and the tragedy flowing from
that meeting is still affecting the lives
of millions of people. Eastern Europe —
half of the historic civilization from
whence Americans came—was includ
ed in the Russian political empire be
cause of Roosevelt’s giveaway at Yalta.
No doubt Mr. Johnson, who has a
reputation as a tough wheeler-dealer,
is a much better negotiator than Mr.
Roosevelt. Nevertheless, the possibility
of secret agreements is frightening.
The traditional American position with
respect to international agreements is
that the U. S. believes in open agree
ments openly arrived at. A summit
meeting, however, is a closed meeting.
The public statements issued in its
wake surely gives no one any informa
tion concerning what was discussed or
agreed upon.
Another danger of a summit meet
ing is that it produces in the United
States a state ofeeuphoriaa —a feeling of
well-being, that is. Serious conversa
tions between heads of state carry the
suggestion of reasonableness, whereas
the records show the Russians are any
thing but reasonable. Communists
don’t regard negotiations as a series
of straightforward discussions but as
an opportunity for militant advance
toward their goals. Communists, after
all, don’t believe in telling the truth.
For them, “truth" is simply a hand-
GRASSROOTS OPINION
from the nation’s press
TOOELE CITY (UTAH)
TRANSCRIPT — A govern
ment is no stronger than
the character of its duly
elected servants. Likewise, a
political party or its elected
representatives are either a
source of integrity, industry
and accomplishment, or a
source of indifference, care
lessness and failure.
COLDWATER <KANJ
STAR—Food for peace is a
grand-sounding designation
for a government program,
but when the program is
used indirectly to feed our
By Thurman Sensing
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
Southern States Industrial Council
After the Summit
avowed enemies, the people
of the United States may
not think it so grand. Com
munism is a society which
can keep its people from
starving only with aid from
the freedom countries.
SULLIVAN (ILL.) PROG
RESS—Since our govern
ment demands such a strict
accounting of every penny
handled by every citizen—
for taxing purposes—those
taxpayers, by the same right,
should be entitled to a strict
accounting of how all those
tax dollars are being spent.
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maiden of communist interests.
The American people would be wise
to bear in mind, in the post-summit
era, that the pattern of Soviet behavior
is settled. This October, the Soviet
Union will celebrate the 50th anniver
sary of the October revolution. The
government of the USSR is made up
of revolutionaries. Kosygin, at age 15,
joined the Red Army and fought in the
revolutionary war. In the 1930 s and
19405, he was a faithful servant of Dic
tator Stalin and was made a member
of the Communist Party’s all-powerful
Central Committee. In short, Kosygin,
like the other members of Russia’s
ruling team, remains a dedicated com
munist warrior against the capitalist
world. These men no doubt hope to
celebrate the 50th anniversary of the
October Revolution with a spectacular
political victory over the United States,
which is the symbol and heartland of
modern capitalism.
Americans should never forget they
live in an era of communist challenge
and that the enemy is stern and ruth
less. For the last several years, liberals
have been saying that communism
has mellowed and that peaceful ac
commodation should be reached with
the Kremlin. The troubles in the Mid
dle East show that the Russian bear
is the same as before. The Soviets con
tinue to foment strife and work for
disorder. They still are trying to deny
the West the energy resources of the
oil-rich Middle Eastern countries.
No, the cold war isn’t over. The lib
erals have been wrong, as usual. From
the Middle East to the Far East, the
Russians are trying, as Khrushchev
said some years ago, to “bury” us.
This Soviet goal won’t be set aside
by some parlor talk in a New Jersey
College town or by an exchange of
toasts. News of the latest summit
should not be allowed, moreover, to
deter conservative, realistic citizens
from exposing the follies of liberal
programs, such as recognition of Red
China or trade therewith.
The Russian-inspired conflict in the
Middle East should be held up as a
true and faithful indication of the real
aims and methods of the communists
in the seventh decade of the 20th cen
tury.
OCALA (FLA.) STAR
BANNER—An opinion sur
vey reveals that most Amer
icans favor a cut in federal
spending rather than in
crease taxes as a means of
controlling inflation. What
this shows is that more peo
ple are becoming aware of
the real cause of the rising
inflation which is troubling
our country today. Do the
politicians want us to be
lieve that giving them more
money to spend will result
in a lower cost of living—
that is, a dollar with more
purchasing power?
An honest error may be a
boner but it usually is not as
stupid as the snorting which
greets it.—Somerset (Mass.)
Spectator
Thursdav^Si
COMMENT
By WOODROW ESPY
They Fight to Insure the huture . . .
From the dark, dank jungles of Viet Nam, where
danger lurks behind every tree, a Chattooga County
soldier has taken a moment’s respite to remember a
loved one on a very special occasion.
We received a letter Monday from James M. Par
ker 179th M. P. Detachment, Long Binh, Viet Nam,
who enclosed a poem and said that “I would like you
to print (this poem) for my wife, Bertie Lou Parker,
who lives in Summerville ... To me, she is the most
wonderful wife in the world. I can’t be with her on
her birthday which is (was) July 5, but I am here so
that she may have more birthdays in the future.
So Bertie Lou, here is a special birthday present
to you from your husband in far-away Viet Nam. This
is the poem he enclosed:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DARLING
// I knew all the adjectives . . .
And all the phrases, too,
They would not be enough to tell
The love I have for you.
And if the stars were messengers,
Their legions would not be
Sufficient to convey my thoughts
Os all you mean to me.
My love for you is boundless
As the kingdom of the skies.
And endless as eternity,
Where nothing ever dies.
My love is deep, high and wide,
Beyond all measurment.
And far beyond the Universe,
Whatever its extent.
I love you and I cherish you,
And honor you with pride.
And lam yours on earth as long .. .
As you and God decide.
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Tina On Road to Recovery . . .
Little Tina Hancock, who our readers will re
member from a story last year as suffering from a
rare kidney disease, is back at home after having sur
gery at Floyd County Hospital in Rome.
Tina was able to be out for the first time this
week and we hope she continues on the road to re
covery.
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Some Guys Have All the (Bad) Luck...
Top prize of the year for “one of those days” goes
to a New York lad of nineteen who drove to the court
house in answer to a traffic summons.
As the case was about to be called, he realized his
parking meter was running out. He asked the judge
for time to replenish it.
Granted time, the youth raced out and started
across the street when a policeman grabbed him for
jaywalking. He gave the boy a ticket and a long, long
lecture.
The lecture was so long, in fact, that a meter
mai dgot to his car before he did. She gave him a tick
et, ignoring his plea.
When he got back to court, the judge had gone
to lunch. The boy fed the meter diligently until hiz
zoner returned. The verdict: Guilty ... $5 or one day
in jail.
The lad went to pay the fine and found only $2 in
his wallet. The clerk let him go on his promise to pay.
When the youth got to his home, he found a let
ter:
“Greetings,” it said, “report for induction in the
Army July 20.”
The ______
|Minister Speaks j
By Rev. Robert L. Franklin
Pastor, Summerville First
Baptist Church
As the Apostle Paul stood
in the midst of the Areo
pagus In Athens, he re
minded the men of Athens
that Ood has “made of one
every nation of men to dwell
on all the face of the earth,
having determined their ap
pointed seasons, and the
bounds of their habita
tion ...”
With this thought in
mind, the founding fathers
of this country of ours
sought to assure that this
nation would be one in
which the rights of each In
dividual would be respected.
We are Indeed a "land of the
free”. This meant that
every man would have equal
opportunity. This was not
really a new thought in co
lonial America for when
Christ walked on earth, He
told by his actions that all
people were alike in the
sight of God. He accepted
water from the hands of a
Samaritan woman, when all
the world knew that the
Samaritans were despised by
the Jews. This nation was
founded upon the principle
that all men are created
equal.
The acceptance of this
fact has not always been a
ready one. During the War
Between the States, Lincoln
made the statement at
Gettysburg that that war
was being fought to deter
mine if our nation or any
nation, founded upon such a
principle could long endure.
One might ask why it is
so important for such a
nation to endure. In addi
tion to the manifold bless
ings which we know, a na
tion which believes that all
men are created with equal
opportunity is a nation
which believes in God as Fa
ther and Leader. It is a na
tion which builds on foun
dations more firm and
steadfast than only ma
terial possessions can make
them. Many nations of the
world today are in great dis
tress. Many are ruled by men
who have thrown God out of
their program and who feel
that their people are better
than any other people—they
are superior to all nations.
But, people no longer have
freedom of speech and of
press or of worship, things
held dear by freedom-loving
people.
So, let us keep the herit
age that is ours and protect
it always. May the words
written by Emma Lazarus,
inscribed on the statue of
liberty always be true!
"Give me your tired, your
poor,
Your huddled masses
yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your
teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless,
tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the
golden door.”
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