The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-10-31
OTHER EDITORS
WE ARE NOT HANGING
ON POLITICAL FENCE
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newspaper has been accused Of
hanging on the political fence
where a strong blast of hot all
could blow it either way in the
present presidential campaign
Anyone who will take the trouble
to look over our personal column
and editorials published in this
paper for the past two years and
three months will be forced to
admit that they have been badly
misinformed. We are often wrong
but we don't hang on the fence
about anything.
Nor are we on the fence about
the forthcoming election.
1t is not even necessary to give
any of our reasons, but we will,
and our biggest reason is our age.
A look through what newspaper
people call the ''morgue" or old
files of this paper would con-
vince even turncoat Eisenhow-
er Democrat. This paper records
the sale of cotton at five cents
a pound and peanuts at a dollar
a bag and they are the cash
crops of this section. This paper
also carries an ad in a November
issue, 1850 about peanuts at SIS
per bag.
We were old enough to carry
matches in our pockets before the
last Republican administration
and We knew hard times too; but
should we live to be twice as old
os Methusalem, we will never
forget the Hoover cart, fat back
three pounds for a quarter, and
the fact that we couldn't even
make enough money to take up
the bad habit of smoking until
along came a man by the name
of Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
who even with all of his aristo-
cratic upbringing stood next to
Abraham Lincoln, when it came
to having a love of humanity
in his heart.
We think the present admins
tration has made a mess of a lot
of things, and we absolutely fail
to see where the Republicans
have helped the cause one iota.
We think General Eisenhower is
a great soldier and only wish he |
could have stuck to the trade
in which he was raised, for then |
he would have gone down in his |
tory andin our minds, as one
of the greatest Americans that |
ever lived. AS it now stands, win
or lose, half the people will de-
test him and historians will nev-
er agree about him.
We hear a lot about the war
in Korea and how it should be
stopped. We think the same
thing, but fail to see how a man
trained all his life in war, will
be able to bring about instant
peace. We hear a lot about how
the present administration has
helped the laboring man, but
white collar workers are a for
gotten race. Being classed as a
white collar worker, we are in
clined to agree to that also, but
would certainly like for someone
to explain just how a profession
al soldier or sentimental Senator
is going to help us wear a clean
shirt every day.
People tell uS to take look
at Jimmy Byrnes and the stand
he has taken. We have, but are
bound to confess that we consid-
er him political "hasbeen." We
once thought he was a typical
southerner, but after he went
over and let Joe Stain trade
him out of his shirt, to say moth
ing of his underwear and half of
Europe, we are more convinced
than ever that the man and the
party that he is exposing to his
sour grapes is just the man and
party for us. And that man is
Adlai Stevenson plus John ].
Sparkman and we think every
one knows which party is back
ing them.
There is a saying to the eff
feet that, GAS Byrd goes, so goes
Virginia" There was once say
ing to the effect that, "as Sim
mons goes, so goes North Caro-
lima" Wonder what ever became
of Simmons? We also wonder if
the Republican party wants to
buy some apples, for when the
smoke clears, Byrd will likely
get the bird and will be selling
apples for a living next time.
Yes the administration has
made a mess of things in general,
and this ract is due to the in
filtration of the opposing party
and a lack of learned leader
ship at headquarters. This time
we have a candidate who has the
knowledge and ability. The coun-
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