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partUiiA, Ran FrajM-lttn, Alt C3, MEMBER or THE ASSOCIATED FREtl AtwMKed Prf to for orf aD the local printed In thU ai an AP rum ONE BIG REASON ottwr have bttttr awl schools Wtst Virginia it Hut pay for them. For initanct, rtal estate art about tjmts that el the Mountain Statt. ntarly quartan of thorn are paid by otrt-of or absontoe land ewntrt. Is Barron Desperately Grasping At Straws? Though they probably do not relish being accused of wrongdoing, the Republican leaders in West Virginia must have welcomed the apparently flimsy "kick-back" charge made Tuesday by Attorney General W. W.

Barron. Barron chose to level charges against a small county's Republican Party chairman without any real substantiation as though he had found a real skeleton in the closet of his opponent or- the -opjosing administration. When the evidence that has been presented against both Barron and his predecessors in the Democratic statehouse hierarchy is considered, it becomes obvious that Barren's big accusation is, in reality stuff, and is intended to allay the heat of the questioning of hisownacitivites, beginning with alleged bribery, go- ing through the motions of a $300,. 000 slander suit, and ending in a "kiss-and-make-up" secret settlement. Yesterday GOP Chairman Daniel Louchery issued a statement resulting from investigation of the comparatively piddling charges laid by Barron.

An attorney, Louchery got quickly to the point. The Summers County DP A-check recipient owed more than $370 on a store account to the county chairman, and had agreed to pay $20 a month on the account. His creditor has received seven such payments and is still owed more than $230. It is claimed that it's purely a business matter without any political aspects. Barron claims to have an affidavit he obtained from the DPA recipient.

It only purports that "an unidentified spokesman for the DPA" had instructed him to pay $20 a month on his bill. Louchery says pointedly that "if the Democratic nominee for governor has any information which would Indicate improper conduct on the part of any employe of the Department of Public Assistance, he owes it to the people of West Virginia to produce it." This is all the more true since Barron is a lawyer and has, in name, held the office of attorney general for the state for the past four years. He should know that his caustic words do not constitute any real case against anyone. If he doesn't know that, then not only should he not be governor, he really shouldn't even be a lawyer. Of course, we don't doubt that Barron knows how flimsy his charges are.

Rather it smacks of desperation on his part. He's been running for governor for four years and is both that ambitious and that well informed that his chances are growing dimmer day by day. This is why we figure the Republican leadership must be happy at this indication of such "grasping at straws." Voting For Service Men Requires Action Now There are, of course, considerable numbers of men and some with their wives registered to vote in the state who are members of the country's armed forces They will, of necessity, not be present at their precincts to vote in the more ordinary fashion on November 8. The law in this state provides that these registered voters may viHe an absentee ballot. This provision is usually brought to the attention of servicemen at their posts abroad.

But the initiative must br taken by the voter, a friend or relative. There is still time for this request to be made, a ballot to be forwarded and returned in time tr be put In the a box on election day, and counted. It is not necessary for a qualified voter In the Armed Forces to lose his franchise. Relatives or friends who suspect that a soldier abroad has not a a i himself of this opportunity, may act for him. The procedure is simple.

But the i is short and speedy action is indicated. It is only necessary to obtain a postal i "Request for Absent Voter's a from the circuit i office of the county where the absent voter resides, and fill it out. It is not necessary for the voter i to a rr- qucdt. Information ri'le! 'or en the rurd naire and tj a precinct in which If is rtfHtered, matmerial tljMrlct. cour.rt.

indpt'ty '0 TAtf Morning-- INFANTILE PARALYSIS! Our Mountainsides Becoming Colorful By Our wonderful highland area Is rapidly reaching time of year when its mountains arc covered with the glorious woodland hues of all autumn shades. The peak of the beauty is yet to come but there are marvelous views to be seen Though it always seems oAl, it is rhe higher points which escape frosts longest when the early frosts are light ones. Up In our Maxwell Hi 11 section, there are fewer trees that have to turn color than in the hollows. Looking around our place yesterday, we assumed thit there not yet be much color in the forests. But when you Ret out aloni? the lower lying ground, ihere is quite a bit of color.

-O- Speakinfc of our re-sL'ential section, along the Maxwell i Road, we were saJly disappointed Tuesday to find that there is thievery on everywhere. Tor almost ten years, the time we have lived at our present location, we have never bothered much about locking our house when we left: it. During all that time we had never suffered any losses. It had been our feeling that since there was not much that was easily transportable of any great value, we'd just about as soon have any would-be thief come in and help himself as to break in through a door oY window, The damage to the door or window would probably be heavier than any likely loss by theft. Now all this has changed a bit.

Thievery Strikes Tuesday night someone stole an expensive camera and strobe flash and battery attachment. In actuality, the camera belonged to Beckley Newspapers Corp. and was In our automobile on the driveway. We've never owned a camera not even an inexpensive one. On Tuesday we had spent the day out trying to get some pictures and had gotten home rather late well after dark and had gone home to eat some dinner before returning to the office.

We made the mistake of leaving the camera in the car while we ate. The dog was la die garage for the night and she must have heard the thief or thieves, for she set up quite a ruckus. But by the time wife, Nancy, had let her out, the camera must have been gone. At any rate, it was gone when we went back out to the car, preparing to take it back to the Herald offices. It is highly doubtful if the camera do anyone outside the Herald staff much good.

Though it was not so old but what it was a good one, it had developed a number of "idiosyncrasies" and probably could not be operated properly by Just anyone. Yetterday And 175 Yean Of Mount Hope History-IH Ct.k ID 0f old 1 Etoat building is an ancient briers, aad general filth. It has beth Bti who are others of By SHIRLEY DONNELLY In the center of Mt. Hope immediately burial grqund. It was deeded as a graveyard by Mr.

and Mrs. Charles C. Brown interred there' with their kith and kin. 1 or the most part it Is little more than a jungle and a municipal eyesore. It is.

in its forlorn'and i i i an i a of business being nobody's business. A few of the, plots are cared for in commendable fashion but the picture, generally, is one of sad neglect. In this village of the dead are a number of very imposing grave stones. Here and there one comes upon a dornick. Some graves have fallen in and the sunken places look like sink holes in lime stone lands.

There art also pumbarltf unmarked School And Your Child-Are You Cheating Your Children? According to our dictionary, an Idiosyncrasy has the definition of "a constitutional among others. The term is usually applied to people but in this case it applies to the camera pretty well. It had several constitutional peculiarities which everyone on the Post-Herald staff knew about and took into consideration in order to get good pictures. It serves the culprit or culprits right that the camera taken will probably defy him or them to make any practical use of it. Those idiosyncrasies were seme- times Irritating to us but right now we think they were fine.

It serves to help mete out what must be a bit of poetic justice. And from now on, oar house and property will no longer be trustingly left open and unguarded. Rather it will be just the opposite. -O- We almost hope that whoever it that pilfered our car will come back and try for something else. They won't find the pickings so easy and inviting next time I It's a shame that there have to be such people who are "flies in the oint- ment'' of civilisation.

Life could be a lot more pleasant for everyone if the Golden Rule were a bit more popular, couldn't it? And top of the morning to all the good, honest people that largely make up this nationl No parent would purposely cheat his child, yet American citizens in this their most well- heeled era unintentionally shortchange boys and girls in the nation's schools. short- a i of 1 those dearest us occurs there aren't enough classrooms, there are unqualified teachers, and when plants are inadequate. Lawrence G. Derthlck, United States Commissioner of Education, tells us just how common this forjn of cheating is: Public elementary and secondary schools opened last year with 99,000 teachers holding substandard credentials. This year is no better.

An estimated shortage of more than 132,000 classrooms existed. And it still exists. There was an enrollment In excess of norrrtal capacity of 1,883,000 children. This figure, too, shows little change. How do these shortages affect youngsters? Children in overcrowded classrooms are more Irritable and easily fatigued than those in uncrowded rooms, according to Derthick.

Both pupils and teachers become tense and nervous; their morale suffers. I'upils progress more slowly, become inattentive and lose interest. Behavior and discipline problems increase. Bad work habits result. By putting boys and girls on half-day sessions, we deprive them of valuable learning time, the Commissioner of Education adds.

By crowding children in areas inadequate for healthy physical and educational development, we create situations conducive to mental and emotional insecurity. Would you cheat this child? We cheat thousands like him BO long as America is abort 100,000 qualified teachers and 130,000 classrooms. (Posed by Howard Williams, Jn, 6th grade, Boone, In this fabulous and demanding ige of rocketry, all too many children and teachers waste time that can never be re-lived when we require them, to work in second rate schools, Derthlck continues. Last year, approximately 19,. 000 one-teacher schools dotted the land.

Over the past decade the number of school'districts was halved, but some 42,000 remain. Only oae in eight enrolls over 1,200 pupils. One district in three a i a i schools for fewer than 50 pupils. James B. Conant, In his report titled "The Amrt-ican High School Today," noted that in order to provide the comprehensive programs needed, high school should be populous enough to have a graduating class of at least 100 each year.

When the report was written (1959), barely one-fourth of America's high schools met this standard. A small school is a waste teaching resources, maintains Derthick. Traditionally, we have though of schools in terms of bringing the pupil to the scene of instruction, he says. Now we should be thinking more of bringing instruction to the pupil by means of specialist teachers serving several schools and by greater use of correspondence schools and television. In the November elections this year voters will not only elect their political leaders.

In state and local elections across the country they will turn thumbs up or thumbs down on school bond Issues totaling more than ever before in history a fabulous $735 million. If we vote to cheat children of the opportunity, through education, to make the most of their talents and of themselves as individuals, we shortchange not merely the children, but the American future. Drew Pearson-- NOTES ON THE NEWS. Fit aid to rttnrntitm is a tilth MY ARISWER QlJKSTlON: 1 am a youns man of 1R. have played baseball for three years in school, and have been offered a contract by a biff leav'ue team, i am a Christian and would like for my life to count for kd.

What do you advise me about entering the field of professional athletics? H. T. A A 5 1 am that no person is qualified to tell another a r.rxl wants him to do, but I would i to help you with your problem. Though baseball is not a thought of as specific i i a I to know many professional baH players who are dedicated i i a To n.ake one's i count for ifcesn't necessarily a that one a i i a i i a or a profession! church VNp reed en in every a of who a a a i a i and I don't think arJilen? should be left oi.f. a rrartcf of a if you do fed led to this a a contract (and I would siuve-t you a it a matter of earnest you could have a real i i team members.

I of them i bafflin? personal A fightma: temptation, i he of i i a counsel. Just fhn: no matter vou a In Mr the pulpit or on the piv her You can ywir life count for (rol. a real snaky appearance. NEARLY a qentury and a half ago William and Sarah (Sallie) Blake buried their 15-months- old son William here. In those days the nearest doctor was at Lewisburg and parents had to doctor their own children as best they could.

When the little boy died there were no near neighbors and the distraught parents suffered their bereavement in utter loneliness. From far off Scotland, they had brought with them some linen and a roll of it they wrapped the lifeless form. The pioneer father fashioned a coffin of the crude materials at hand and dug his baby boy's grave with his own hands. It was in the dead of winter and a deep snow covered the earth. Only the parents were in attendance at this pioneer burial and that forlorn and heavy, hearted couple stood by the grave and sang the old hy.nn, "How Firm a Foundation." The snow covered hills and Canaan Valley hard by, echoed ihe tones of sorrow which came from the throats of William Blake and his wife.

Mrs. Moseley. 95, the grand daughter of William Blake, related the circumstances to me. STONES standing sentinel over the graves of Mt. Hope's long gone pioneers give the following salient facts: "William Blake.

Born 1771: Died 1842. Aged 63 years." There daes not come to mind any Fayette County person who was born earlier than William Blake. In the row with William Blake (1771-1842) are these stones: "Mrs; Sarah Blake. Died in 1821" This stone is to me memory of William Blake's first wife whom he affectionately called "bailie." Here are others of that same Blake family: "Margaret Blake, Daughter of Wm. and Sir ah Blake.

Blake. Born Jan, ft IMS. Died April 16.1867.'* This William Blake's sacood wife who came from the old Rehobotb Church section of historic Monroe County. Her oe, April 16 recalls that my parents married on April 16, a faoera- tion after Mrs. Blake's passing.

OTHER PIONEERS dust reposes IB decrepit hamlet of the dead: "Charles C. Browa. Born August 27. 1827. Died March 30, 1910.

No paia, grief, fear, can reach our loved one sleeping here." This was die father of Mrs. Elizabeth Moseley, the man who deeded the grave plot. By this Confederate veteran, C. Brown is buried his wifac "Mrs. Martha A.

Brown. Bom Sept. 29, 1835. Died Feb. 10, 1919." This is the woman who.

at the age of 28 years, had ID ride horseback through the Federal lines in Raleigh County to Narrows. when her husband was away at war. She had a child in front of her saddle and one behind; and was heavy with child herself. BY THE CRAVES of C. C.

and Mrs. Martha A. Brown are these stones: "Annie, Daughter of C.C. and A. Brown.

Died June 19, Aged 17 years, 5 months, and 12 days." This is the daughter of Confederate veteran Charles C. Brown, who carried dispatches for General Robert E. Lee at Gettysburg. This is the girl with whom her mother was pregnant when the mother and two other children were forced to flee to the Confederate refuggee camp at Narrows. The Yankees had burned her house at Mt.

Hope in 1863. Possible malnutrition and severe exposure brought on the. tuberculosis with which this young 'teen age girl passed away more than 81 years ago. Tomorrow, the story of others in the Mt. Hope cemetery, and the story of why this graveyard holds a distinction held by DO other known in the land.

Ray Tucker-Dictatorial Regimes Pose Bipartisan Policy Problem so-called Senate watchdog'committee for the TV networks which hasn't done much watching lately should take a look at the way the American Broadcasting Company carried the statement of Congressman Adam Clayton Powell that he was coming out for Kennedy and Johnson Negro a from Harlem announced with iderable whoopl a from i House steps in 1956 that he was for Ike and Nixon. So the fact that he was officially for Kennedy and Johnson this time was national news. Especially newsworthy was the manner in which Powell phrased his an-' nouncement, because the Congressman is the pastor of the largest Baptist church in the world, the Abyssinian Baptist hurch of Harlem, and the southern Baptists have been amone the leaders attacking Kennedy's When Congressman Powell held a televised press conference therefore, and announced that the "bu'ots of the south turned in their white robes for ministerial it was picked up by the ABC news staff in a i as headline news and earned via the network on the regular p.m. TV newscast. A i i a taped recorJ- in.t' of Congressman Powell's 5-tjremrnt was carried by A at if? newscasts at 0, just as his I95fi a for Ike and i ha.i also l-een John a is vice president in ct, a of news for ARC a crcat roc.fr for Vice i Vxon.

Mr news how p.m. by C.i lil- the tape on Con- Mi as fed to a a i a it on his IS; 0 i 1 not ha 1 to i i it i 1 i a Daly promptly of PowrK'i 5 ml to the A ft; a faff ro la him Mr. Daly Is vice president of the network. His word on news is law. So Congressman Powell's remarks were promptly eliminated from the ABC network.

Possibly more important, the effect on the news staff is to do a little voluntary censoring. Knowing now that vice president Daly doesn't like news detrimental to his friend Vice President Nixon, the news staff tends to save Itself trouble by not feeding him this kind of news in the future. Note--Executives of the ABC network were financial contributors ro the F.isenhower-Nixon campaign in 1956. MATT LIST Two men are now at the top of President Lis- enhower's hate list, whereas there used to be but one. The old member, as everyone knows, is Harry Truman.

The President has hated Truman with a passion, ever since Truman pointed to Fisenhower in a speech In San Francisco in 1952ascommander in-chief in Furope who had been responsible for Icttinc; Rerlin get encircled by Communist territory. Truman and Eisenhower once had been old friends, but after that speech Ike refused to get out of the car in front of the White House on Inauguration Day to po inside and ijreet Truman, then retiring as President. Ike refused to invite Truman to the White House and even refused to see the in Kansas City, when Truman called up and wanted to pay a courtesy call. Hut now-, those conferring with the.PresjJent find that Truman has a rival --NihtaKhrushchev. The two men left the Camp DaviJ tilks a year ago apparently i poo-! friends.

There was a elow of warmth in rhe President's voice when he talked to advisers about Mr. after ('amp David. Put since Khrushchev disinvired Ike to po to Russia arvl the humiliation at Paris it his been a different story. has been unalterably, irrevocably on his old i of Camp David. He win sir ply have nothing ro "that fuy," as he calls for peace, he conferred especially with Prime Minster Nehru of India and President Nkrumah of Ghana who had proposed that Eiienhower and Khrushchev He found them deadly serious in their belief that the only thing that could ease world tensions was a face-to-face talk between' the two leaders of world's chief rivals.

He also found them and other leading neutrals fearful that Red China would attack the island of Formosa all-out right after the elections, and that this might touch off World War III. However, Macmillan did not carry out the neutrals' advice. He did not even suggest ro 1s- enhower that he sit down and talk with Khrushchev. Macmillan and Prime Minister of Australia had been tipped off in advance that the President was too irritable on this subject, that they would only rub him the wrong way. Macmillan did to Eisenhower his belief that the neutrals were becoming more and more important, that they now held the balance of power In the but he carefully avoided telling Ike: "You should sit down with Khrushchev." WASHINGTON Senator Kennedy has performed a real public service in raising the question of this country's ambiguous relations i foreign dicta- Si tors, i specific reference to our attitude toward the two Cuban a boys-Fidel Castro and the ex- Army sergeant he overthrew, Fulgenclo Batista.

It is a problem which transcends partisan or presidential politics, for a new and large crop dictators may come to power in the recently freed nations of Africa and Asia. In fact, they have already appeared on the world stage as heads of their delegations to the New York meeting of the United Nations General Assembly. To illustrate the scope and Importance of this question, Senator Kennedy might have asked why Washington recognizes such totalitarian rulers as Khrushchev, Tito of Yugoslavia. Franco of Spain. Nasser of tigypt.

Suk- arno of Indonesia and Chiang Kai- shek of the Nationalist Chinese regime. support word i I the Powell to censor KNORI Prirr Mtcrtillan flew f'on LofvVyi TO try ret IN hick on tf-e track WORKFD FOR "LITTLE Congressmen bow out of the halls of legislative turbulence, i un- moumed, not even mentioned. Hut as cordon Canfield, lonR- tine Republican Congressman from New Jersey, retired from the House of Representatives this year there was genuine regret on the part of both Republicans and Democrats. I Congressman Ctnfield is best known as father of the Coast i Ciuard Reserve and author of the amendment that enables narcotics Commissioner Harry Ans- linper to send special agents abroad to break up mafia narcotics shipments to the I'nited Less publicized, but possibly more important, Canfield scent his years in Congress working for the little man So when it became known mat Congressman CenfiHd, weary of Che futile bickering in flw "menkey house" en Capitol Hill, was fDing to retire. ef men, hofn Mf and fumed out in rarer MM.

N. to Marat appreciation. 1ULALISM AND Rl Al.ISM-- Many less prominent Americans have wondered with Senator Kennedy why we have any dealings with these undemocratic figures, and why we provide them with billions In economic aid, and in some Instances with military equipment and assistance. Senator Kennedy asked specifically why the Fisenhower- Nuon Administration supported Ratista (so did Truman) with arms and a subsidy, spite his-known violation of the "four freedoms," and why we originally favored Castro, de- spire his leanings. The official and diplomatic answer not political retort --is that the United States must temper its democratic idealism with reaJism in view of world conditions.

With Khrushchev branding us as in his effort to win over the A fro-Asian ami Latin American blocs in the "cold war." this Vim! of restraint has become a political and ideological necessity. QUIET, EFFECTIVE AID-To have tried to oust Batista or any other foreign dictator, or to have tried to prevent them from coming to power, would have been wanton and dangerous interference in domestic affairs of foreign states. The same observation applies to that we should have opposed CastroVs revolt against his predecessor In dictatorship. Woodrow Wilson tried to pursue such a preventive policy against the murderous General Huerta before World War and the attempt embittered our 'attons with Mexico for two decades. It is, according to this official viewpoint, up to the people of these a i a ruled countries to get rid of their military and dictatorial regimes.

If they can. They have done so in several Latin American countries. Where possible, of course, Washington has given quiet but effective aid to the restoration of relatively democratic rulf. BUSINESS AS USUAL-- can firms with heavy investments in these "Iron countries must also play aloeg with the controlling government, no matter how it came to power. They cannot afford to jeopardize their stockholders' interests by inviting the sort of harassment which Castro has visited on U.S.

firms. In fact, Senator Kennedy was on less sound ground when he criticized the extent of American ownership of Cuban industry. Had it not been for this development, Cuba would be a more impoverished and unstable country than it is today. Indeed, Senator Kennedy might have directed the same criticism toward American economic Involvement in such a friendly country as Canada, U. S.

interests own 51 par cent of alJ industry there. Our holdings amount to 96 per cint in automobiles, 88 per cant In rubber, 74 per cent in oil and gas, ami 44 per cent In timber and pulp. Most of this production is for the Canadian market. which wooM lack such goods save for American initiative and Investment. Finally, retopnlrton of a Jtolnj government, whether de facto (factual) or de (fcgal), not imply approval of its estlc or foreign policies.

Our Readers Speak-Which Party Is To Blame? The people in general art not satisfied with the contuct of the 54th Legislature of West Virginia. Some blame one party some other. Let's take the record. In the State Senate there are 32 members, 21 and nine Republicans. In the of arc 100 83 ami 15 If i Ii by 17 in The Senate and ro the Mouse of passed by it 1 for Jusr the hill, what hurl to 17 senators can pass bill over the jjovernor's veto.

The same SI of the can do likewise. The bill will tw comr law wlttirmt the si attire Of Mr. May I ask whtt party Is ro The of Virginia should drclda that on Nov. 8 once- and for all. Name withheld by request Saton TWIN KOt i i i i i N.

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