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WEDNESDAY, HOVIMit 16. I60 PAG! rout THIFADUCAk XUM-DIMOCRAT From Bill Powell's Notebook: Editorial Ami Oilier G)mrncntg 8 The Neighbors By George Gark Aii Oldtiine 'Horse Doctor Mr. Kennedy Makes Aii Important Innovation Is Sick, Needy And Alone Dr. Splceland left tht farm In 1903 and went to Pasadena, Calif. There worked in a store.

While there, he saw President Theodore Roosevelt. President Roosevelt came along In a parade. In a carriage drawn by four white horses. Ho accepted a bouquet from a little girl and someone took a picture of the presentation. John narUa Spiceland waa Undinr on the sidewalk close girl and was In the plc-, tare.

He went to a photography hop later and ordered several of the pfctnrea. Do sent them homo to friend. Splceland came home in a little while. He rode the Southern Pacific trains and had a long, painful Journey. But he didn't stay at home long-He went to Evansvllle in 1903 and got a job in a mercantile company.

He got married there; he dldnt get "leave of absence' so was fired unceremoniously. But a company official, recognizing the big boy's talent, in Both President-elect John Kennedy and Vice President Richard M. Nixon brought Important Innovations to the 1080 presidential campaign. The widespread use of television time was unusual. The TV debates were unprecedented.

Vice President Nixon scored a first hen he engaged In a four-hour telethon on the eve of the election. But perhaps the most striking and Important contribution has been made by President-elect Kennedy in asking to meet with Mr. Nixon In order to discuss the Important problems confronting the world today. As Mr. Nixon said after the meeting, this shows the peoples of other nations how our American system of government works.

Our candidates fight vigorously with all the wits at their command lri order to caln the approval of the electorate ft er Roosevelt did not take office ur11 March 4, 1933, and the forces that were in movement between the election and his juration played havoc with financial conditions everywhere. In the first weeks of his admlnistra-tlon. Mr. Roosevelt took this country off the gold standard which resulted in the devaluation of the British pound sterling and the currency of other countries. The devaluation of the dollar prompted large and serious problems for people In Holland, Germany and other nations who had investments in this country, much of which consisted of money In American banks.

And you can appreciate how they felt when they had their dollars cut in half. We believe Mr. Kennedy was wise in having the conference with Mr. Nixon. He showed as he did during his campaigns, both for the Democratic nomination and the presidency, that he would go anywhere and meet with anyone If he thought It would achieve anything of Importance for this country.

Mr. Nixon's role in meeting with him reflects oh the caliber of the vice president also, for as a vanquished candidate who had Just emerged Xrom a tough, sometimes bitter, campaign only to be rejected by the people, meeting with his conqueror could have been a painful personal experience. But Mr. Nixon too has shown his respect for the democratic processes. Together, the two men have served to heal our country's internal wounds and to serve notice to the world that the United States ts ready to move forward with every resource at its command to meet the challenges facing the world today.

"Dear, if you'd Just glance up and grunt, I wouldn't feel my' talents as a decorator were entirely wasted." David Lawrence; Early Decisions Are Necessary To Avert Dollar Crisis Abroad BILL POWELL business places were left standing; the fire surged out of control on. election day, 1930, the day Roosevelt swamped All Lan-don for the presidency, after a little boy set some trash afire. "It was the hottest election day we ever had" said Conley Wallace, a state employe. Dr. Spiceland's house is a tiny place with a roof like" a dairy It is wedged between the old Golden Pond Bank and a garage.

There are ghosts in there; at one end sits a counter People wanted to know what happened to Dr. John Harlan Bplceland of Golden -Pond so I went with Lee Lane and Conley Wallace to see him. Here is the way it is: Dr. John H. Bplceland.

once one of the strongest and most helpful men in Trigg County, sick, broke and all alone. He went to Trigg County Hospital at Cadlx in October of 1959; lie wasn't released until February 4 of this year. While be was in the hospital his son John came to Golden Pond and got his mother and took her to Chicago. Dr. Bplceland, 85, hasn't heard from them since he got home; he isnt even sure his wife is alive.

Monday, they came out and sold his "ranch." The 50-acre place he called a ranch and used as a clinic for his veterinary business went to pdy the Trigg County Hospital bill. It brought about $2,000, and that will go lor the bill and the interest and the other charges involved in selling. Dr. Eplceland doesn't have a dime. He is being kept alive by Conley, Hae B.

Dixon and Lew Wallace, Conley's brother who runs a restaurant, Sunset Inn. Perhaps there are others who are helping Dr. Bplceland too; be is the kind of man who deserves and gets help you sometimes don't know about. Dr. Bplceland hasn't been eligible for the old age pension because he owns 200 acres of billy, unproductive land he can't sell.

He wants to sell the place but isn't going to give it away. He would lie there in his bed and starve, I believe, before he would beg or throw something of value "away just to bring in a gift from the state. He has big attractive signs up for sale of his land. He wants $100 an acre for, this Between-The-Rivers property land lying there between Kentucky Dam and what will be Barkley Dam, Perhaps this is high right now; but it is Just Doc's "asking" price. But the price doesn't matter; no one has expressed more than a feeble interest in the land at any price and Dr.

Spice-land is ineligible for state aid until he sells it. You see what I mean? He can't get state aid until he sells the land; he can't sell the land. This puts an old man, lying all day in his army-blanketed bed, in a bad spot. lor their philosophy of government. But when the people have spoken, wc unite in our efforts to bring about a better America, and with It a stronger and healthier world.

This example of bi-partisan unity has not always been prevalent in this country. In 1932, when Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Herbert Hoover for the presidency, the world was suffering a financial crisis worse than Americans had ever known. Mr, Hoover suggested a conference with Mr. Roosevelt for the purpose of discussing what tills country should do and how other nations could help to meet the crisis.

i Mr. Roosevelt refused to meet with Mr. Hoover, however, and that had a tremendous effect on the people of this country and the rest of. the world as wclL Mr. WASHINGTON, Nov.

15-AU over, the world people are wondering what kind of President of the United States the 43-year-old senator from Massachusetts John P. Kennedy Is going to make. The newspaper abroad refer to his youth as both an advantage and a disadvantage. They argue that a young man has flexibility, rather than rigidity, and thattnere is an inclination not to hesitate but to be bold and assertive. There is wonder, on the Where Does The Farm Vote other hand, how the new President will get along with the older and more experienced men in world affairs who head the governments of Great Britain, Fiance, Italy, West Germany and the Soviet Union.

The truth is that John F. Kennedy is today a mystery to the leaders of the other countries of the world an unknown quantity. The comments of the European newspapers on the whole reflects also their unfamillarlty with public opinion in America. Indeed some of the so-called "liberal" newspapers are already expressing the hope that Red China will be recognized and that some of the firm positions taken by the Eisenhower administration will be abandoned. It is natural for some Britishers to worry about keeping their colony terceded in the firing and kept Spiceland's Job.

In 1904, though, Splceland quit his job, married life and all involved, and went to St. Louis. He wanted to see the World's Fair. On the way back he stopped at Aon, and got a job with a firm doing business as a livery stable and funeral home. Ha stayed there nine years.

Then he came home to Golden Pond to take over the store that burned that frightful election day in 1936. As storekeeper, he also carried on as veterinarian which he learned to be while at Alton. and was barber, cook for a lunch counter and general community leader at the same time. One day a stranger came in and asked for a shave. Dr.

Spiceland strode in and took up brush and razor. The stranger liked the shave but said: "This is the. first time I ever was shaved by a man wearing gum boots." Dr. Splceland had returned from a veterinary call and hadn't had time to get out of his boots. "I was a homemade veterinarian," said Dr.

Spiceland. Yet he was licensed and highly respected; he was known in Trigg, Christian and Marshall County as one of the best "horse doctors" of his time. lie was huge six feet two and 225 pound and his strength was legendary. He could wrestle a wild cow or a stubborn mule into submission without any trouble at alL Dr. Spiceiand sits bed most of the time.

He covers those feet, because they hurt when they get cold. He shuffles through his papers time and again. One is his marriage license dated 1904 and issued in Evansvllle. Another is a piece of paper saying his tombstone has been erected in Hicks Cemetery in Stewart County, Tenn. On the monument, he said, is: Dr.

J. H. Splceland, LVM, Born Linton, July 15, 1875." Dr. Spiceland was a wonderful "horse doctor." He has been nice to people all of his life. Part of the money he made and let slip through his fingers went to suffering friends.

Lew Wallace, who runs the restaurant, and the others could keep Dr. Spiceland going. But it is a hardship on them. Maybe some of the thousands of people who knew and respected Dr. Spiceland when he was in his primes when he could get out of his one-room world will help them.

His address simply is Golden Pond, Ky. 1 niicdv 's Farm Plan? Leave Ke DAVID LAWRENCE budget and the position of the In Hong: Kong, with their big investments there, and this is dollar or the price of gold, perhaps one of the reasons why Britain has from the start rec and on it Is a showcase that was in its heyday 60 or 70 years ago. The stove in the middle of the room is tall and ornamental; it keeps the place warm with wood stacked by some kind soul in the back of the place. The place doesn't look like a home at all; Dr. Splceland prefers it the way it is.

Behind the counter is a hot-plate; around it are dishes and odds and ends by the hundreds. Under the counter is a shelf; on it are scores of instant coffee jars, all even and all empty. A sewing machine stand is beside the front door. A fur coat hangs on the wall but there Is nothing sentimental connected with it. "Well not mention the fur coat," said Dr.

Spiceland. "I kept that thing from the store and I have been trying to trade it." A strange little stairway leads to a room overhead, but it is never used. Scales used in some forgotten day are on the counter at the end of the room. Someone said Dr. Spiceland had a cash register, but I didn't see it.

Dr. Spiceland was born at Linton, a place in Trigg County which he says has "evaporated." From Linton his family moved to the West bank of the Cumberland River and started to farm. There, in the fall of 1888 Dr. Spiceland's mother Martha, wife of E. G.

Spiceland, was baptized in Crockett's Creek not far from Crockett's Baptist Church. She died 18 days later. Last October 9 Dr. John H. Spiceland had one of his biggest days perhaps his biggest day.

In his own way, almost- like a college professor talks, he described the day this way: "We motored to Crockett's Creek Church for serv-ices. Then we motored to the creek and were baptized. Then we journeyed to a neighbor's house and changed to dry clothing. 1 came home and had a hot meal and relaxed. I never have slept better in my life than I did that night." Although Dr.

Splceland talks like a college man, he only finished the "blue-back" speller A financial columnist in thet Financial Times of London thinks a currency crisis may be coming but believes it can be averted. He says: "It Is not difficult to see that, if trie decline in world confi ognized the Communist regime in Pelping. But the recognition of Red China by the United States could mean the collapse of the whole allied position in Japan. Formosa, the Philippines and Southeast Asia, and could dence In the dollar were to con- Dr. Splceland does stay in bed most of the time.

He has a dreadfully sore foot. While I talked with him he squirmed around many times and covered the sore foot, and the other one, with his foot blankets. "They get cold, and they hurt," said the big man with thick, wavy white hair and the eyes of someone who can look through little people all day long. Dr. Spiceland's headboard leans over towards him; so does the footboard.

The bed is iron and the mattress is pretty lum-" py. Over the bed hangs a light bulb and this is the only bulb In his one-room home. A familiar problem which has plagued administrations both Democratic and Republican In the past, lurks as a continuing problem for President-elect Kennedy. We are referring to the farm problem, which has been with us ever since the end of World War II. Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson was a favorite target of the Democrats throughout the Elsenhower administration.

Sen. Kennedy is among his critics, having promised a change in farm policies under his administration, based largely on BO per cent price supports. But the farm states rejected Mr. Kennedy. Mr.

Nixon cut a clear swath through the farm belt, capturing Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota and North Dakota, not to mention dairy-con- sclous Wisconsin. Where, then, does this leave Mr. Kennedy's farm proposals? Will he Impose upon these states a program which the people at the polls apparently turned down? Or will be make the assumption that other factors, not the farm vote, cost him the 52 electoral votes In these seven states? The answer is not clear. The only thing about this situation which Is clear is that the farm problem, which has baffled Democrats and Republicans alike in recent years, is still with us. Today's Talk By GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS KEEP EXPECTING TILE THINGS MOST DESIRED Anticipation Is what fires the imagination, picturing events as they occur.

It also keeps us alive to ourselves, Throughout life interests must keep our mind fed and awaiting all opportunities that come our way. Many of these opportunities, however, must be ere-atedrand many a one has to be surprised. There must be a consciousness of good things awaiting discovery! It is this constant hope and desire that keeps our mind active and alert If we bear in mind to keep expecting the tilings most desired, we can be sure of attention and the promise of rich rewards. But we must not be afraid to keep searching for "openings" to prove our sincerity and readiness to keep giving ourselves away. John Mason Brown "once stated that "The only happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose." Michael Fairless in- her inspired little book, "Tlie Roadmender," wrote this: "After all, what do we ask of life, here, or indeed hereafter, but leave to serve, to commune with our fellow men and with ourselves, and Xrom the lap of earth to look up into the face of bring on the very war in the Far tinue during this phase, Wash-East that nobody in the West ington might find itself coming wants to Bee happen.

under strong pressure to make The spokesmen of the "left QUlcfc decisions. However, the wing-' to Britain, moreover, are fact" that Senator Kennedy has already expecting President-elect stressed that he has no thoughts Kennedy to take a softer line to- devaluing the dollar may ward- Russia and to pour out eU helP to avert a flight from more American billions than private and central-bank ever before to all. parts of the holders in the period before he world. They are in for a surprise, takes office. One thing is clear there ts urgent need for immediate con- What most of the editorial tact by President-elect Kennedy writers in other countries do not with President Eisenhower and realize is that in the United Secretary of the An- States there is a substantial Early meetings and de-r agreement on the fundamental cisions are necessary if a real principles of our foreign policy crisis in the dollar abroad is to and that, -while there may be a be avoided.

For there are many change in method coming and things to be discussed between an attempt to set forth Amen- the outgoing and incoming ad-can ideals more vigorously, the ministrations that concern the end result will not be any real flow of gold, the unfavorable The bulb is his world too; be uses the 'lifht from It to read the precious records and other pieces of writing- there on the big table by the side of his bedi The house he lives in was built in 1936, a short time after fire wiped out most of the Golden Pond business district. The fire started next door to Dr. Spiceland's store; it quickly swept through six business places, a church and historic old Golden Pond Hotel. Only two shift in the direction of Ameri When we started to leave Dr. Splceland said "Please wait a minute." He swung his sore leg and his other leg off the bed and laced on his feet his size 13 shoes.

Then he got up and walked to the door with us and said goodbye. He said goodbye proudly. He also seemed to be saying, "See, I can walk. No one has to help me." balance of payments between the United States and other countries, and the over-all effect on the price of the dollar in the can policies abroad. The mere fact that the heads of governments and the news' papers overseas are in such an currency exchanges of the world.

inaulring mood about the new vwopyngnt, imou, ew xors school. Herald Tribune Inc.) Kennedy's Legislative Program Faces Tough Sledding In House FAMOUS FABLES: Edison Wary Of Medicines Whenever Thomas Edison took ill, even with a minor ailment, he was a trial to his doctors. Once, when the inventor had a common cold, doctor gave him a prescription. "How much of this do I take?" asked Edison. The doctor poured some liquid Into a glass.

"This is about right," he said. 'About right?" exclaimed son, his scientific mind affronted. "This is powerful stuff. How much do I take, exactly?" The doctor told him. Edison sent out Jor.

the prescription. Then, he phoned his laboratory and summoned a chemical engineer to his bedside. The latter arrived with an imposing array of test tubes, measuring devices and other paraphernalia. TUnder Edison's watchful eye, the engineer carefully measured out the exact dosage. Then and then only did the Inventor take his medicine.

Test Your Horse Sense By DR. GEORGE W. CHAIN 1. The sound "Rah-Rah-Rah" is most suggestive of which one of these? LICENSE CHARTER FRANCHISE DIPLOMA 2. Which one of these is, usually associated with the word LEMON APPLE ORANGE" PEACH 3.

A slam is generally associated with which one of the following sports? FOOTBALL BASKETBALL TRACK BOWLING 4. Which one of these holidays was the first to appear on our calendar? CHRISTMAS DAY LABOR DAY MEMORIAL DAY MOTHER'S DAY 5. Which one of these is most frightening to a cat? BARTLETT DALMATIAN BALDWIN CONCORD 6. In the left hand column below you will find five characteristic sounds that pertained to the food items shown in the right hand column while the latter were on foot. Try to match them appropriately.

You are entitled to one point for each correct Judgment. (a) Ma-a (v) Finnan haddle (c) Bz-a (w) Veal' Chop (d) Oink (x) Ham (e) Splash (y) Hone- (z) Mutton answers- 1. Diploma (College) 2. Lemon (Tea.) 3. Track (Winning all places) .4.

'Christmas' "'President of the United States proves how Important America is to them all. Some newspapers and officials abroad speak of America as having elected not only a new President but "a new leader of the free world." Certainly it doesn't look as if the "prestige of the United States is so low, after all, despite the disparaging speeches made on this point during the recent campaign. Perhaps the most Important aftermath of the election is that there are so many pressures for a change in American foreign policy being built up abroad. Nor is the gravity of the whole situation entirely confined to the diplomatic policy aspects. Thus.

The Guardian, an independent daily in Manchester, England, says: "Looking the facts full in the face, one cannot avoid a fear that.Senator Kennedy, -when he takes office on January 20, may well have a major currency crisis on his hands even before the next Berlin hurricane blows up. If the confidence crisis which is now beginning to develop is not quickly stopped, it can produce the most disruptive crisis which the West has experienced since the last war This impression, of course, is' due to the costly programs on the social welfare side which Senator Kennedy promised in his campaign speeches. The British have been reading that there was a singular lack of dema- -goguery in the American Someday they will have to be told the truth that there was considerable demagoguery, after all, and that Mr. Kennedy isn't going to earry out a good many of the promises he made to spend money for social welfare which could, upset the national I Democrats whose seats went to Republicans fln Tuesday, 25 voted for -the bill, only two' against, But a shift of nine votes would have killed the bill (which President Eisenhower vetoed). The Senate also passed a fill-billion, two-year program of grants for school construction or teachers' salaries.

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tSM par ala aaontha. S100 per year. By Congressional Quarterly WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 Three top" items on Presidentelect Kennedy's legislative program are headed for trouble to the House, judging by what happened November 8. With five contests in doubt.

Republicans scored a net gain of 22 seats, giving them 175 to 257 for the Democrats in the '87th Congress that -convenes January 3, 1961. That should mean smooth sailing for Democratic admlnistra- tion proposals, since Democrats" will retain firm control of the House as well si the Senate, divided 64 to 36. But a closer look reveals an- other picture. Democrats, while picking up seven GOP seats, lost 29 to the Depublicans all of them outside the South. rThis could all up, in effect, td the loss of 22 votes for the Kennedy program a margin that might be decisive.

Consider what happened in I960 to three "must" bills on the Kennedy agenda measures concerning depressed areas, school construction 'and mini- mum wage, none which has enacted. After the Senate passed a 1390-mllllon package of loans and grants for depressed areas, a House committee trimmed it to $251 million before sending" it to the floor, 'where it was passed try a vote of 202-184 (D-173-63; 23-115). Of the .23 bill, providing $1,3 billion over four years for construction only, was passed by a vote of 206-189 162-97; 44-92). Of that vpte, 25 of the 29 Democrats whose seats switched to the GOP voted Jor the. bill, only three against.

Again, a shift of nine votes would have defeated the measure. The House Education and Loan Committee approved a bill raising the minimum wage from $1 to 1.25 per hour and extending coverage to 3.5 million new workers. But the House approved a substitute, raising the minimum to $1.13 for those already covered and extending, a $1 minimum to about 1.4 million' new workers, by a vote of 211-203 (D 90-176; 121-27). On that vote, 24 of the 29 crats whose seats switched hands voted against the substitute, only two for it. Pour more "nays" would have beaten the watered-down version.

All three of these votes found Northern Democrats opposed, by a "conservative coalition'' of Southern Democrats and That coalition has probably picked up 22 votes-more than enough to block "liberal versions of the three measure Just, cited, Judging by what happened in 1960. South-, era Democrats, it seems, will now decide whether the new President is to, have his way. (Copyright 1960, Congressional Quarterly, Incj One afternoon, when. Birdie Tebbetts was managing Clncin- natl, he came out of the dugout to dispute the plate umpire'; call. "Get back to your bench.

said the umpire. Toil couldn't see ''the pitch from where you were sitting, and i was watching 1 through my mask." Through the holes'. or the ban?" aJted TebUtti. 5. Dalmatian (Dog) 6.

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