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THE MEREDITH MATTER reaction immediately after when
Forgive me, dear friends, if I they rushed to the scene to be
do not ,join in the thunderous seen and photographed leading
applause sweeping across the another march identical to the
nation for James Meredith, the one they had but a few days be-
Mississippi Negro, who was shot fore disassociated themselves
down in cold blood as he peace-from.
fully walked down a highway ofI The move on the part of the
that state last week to prove a I civil rights supporters in this
point. The dividing line between' nation to gain their proper meas-
heroes and fools is often quite ure of freedom has my sympathy
nebulous, but in the Meredith and it has my support. But such
case, I, for one, do not have too support does not obligate me to
much trouble in seeing ft. There condone, approve and applaud
are only a few narrow minded that which is irresponsible, and
bigots in this country who would" smacks more of publicity seeking
deny Mr. Meredith the right to than genuine interest in the
cause. I am glad James Meredith
walk down a Mississippi high- was not seriously injured. I am
way, unmolested, and undoubt-
edly his assailant could be num-
bered amo0g those few. But Mr.
Meredith, far better than most
people in this country, because
of his experiences at the Univer-
sity of Mississippi a few years
back, either knew or stupidly
refused to admit that you cannot
taunt or tease a bigot, and to at-
tempt to do so is the most reck-
less sort of folly. I have nothing
but contempt for the man who
shot him, the same sort of con-
glad his assailant has been appre-
hended. And I hope his assail-
ant will be dealt with properly•
But I grimace when I see the
public attempt to make an act
of martyrdom out of an act of
pure foolishness.
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Mrs. G. E. Webb
tempt I heretofore reserved for ~~~~~
the Nazis and Adolph Hitler. But A recent visitor at the home of
just as I would not have encour- Mrs. Mae Ramey in Harpers
aged any Jew to flaunt Hitler Ferry was Mrs Elsie Sutten
when that deranged man was at Grimes of Fairn~ont, W. Va., who
his zenith, so I will not encour- taught first grade here in 1917
age other Negroes to emulate Mr. and 1918. Mrs. Ramey had been
Meredith in their quest for the in touch with Mrs. Grimes this
rights they deserve. Such con- winter and when Mrs. Grimes att
duct is abundant in zeal; it is ended the Alumni Banquet at
wholly lacking in discretion. How, Shepherd College, in Shepherds-
I dare ask, can the President of town, she came to Harpers Ferry
the United States stand before to see Mrs. Ramey. Mrs. Ramey
the world and decry the meedkss reports that Mrs: Grimes hasn't
sacrifice of the immolating Budd- changed at all and inquired about
hists in Vietnam, and at the same some of the older families in town
time condone what Mr. Meredith that she remembered and also
did, and be outraged at what asked if the elementary school
happened? Fanatical means of ac- was still being used. Some of her
complishing a desired end are first graders were Catherine Cope
not to be applauded, so I abstain. Dorothy Reed, Isabel Flanagan
I had thought Jefferson Count- and John Delauder. Mrs. Ramey
tans would be well aware of this said that if any of her former
considering the sad experience pupils wanted to get in touch
this country had more than one with Mrs. Grimes she would be
hundred years ago with one John glad to gwe them her address.
Brown. Kenneth Kain of the U. S. Navy
As much as I hate to say it,
and notwithstanding the justness
of the cause of the civil rights
movement, I cannot escape the
feeling that many of those who
are agitating in the most prom-
inent (and. I might add, most
stationed in Pensacola, Florida,
is spending an eleven day leave
at the home of his parents Mr.
and Mrs. Morris Kain in Harpers
Ferry.
Mrs. Dorothy Stottlymer of Bal-
timore, Maryland spent the week-
photographed) areas are more in- end ~t~the home of Mr. and Mrs.
terested in personal publicity M~rlqg~ain.
than the cause they espouse. Con- Mr. Thomas Kitchen and Lewis
sider, if you will, the little known Meadows led the secrives at the
fact that before Meredith madet Bolivar Methodist Church on Sun-
his eventful march he tried to| day, Mr. Kitchen is a member of
interest other civil rights lead- the Asbury Methodist Church in
ors in joining him, and they lCharles Town Mr. Meadows is.a
would not do so. Compare the layman in the Bolivar Church.
reaction of these same civil rights lThe pastor, Rev. ttarold R. Mc-
before march, to
lea~ers the their JClay, Jr. was attending a Confer-
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THURSDAY; JUNE 16, 1966
Charles Town, W. Va.
June 13, 1966
Mr. Max Brown, Editor
Spirit of Jefferson-Advocate
Charles Town, W. Va.
Editor Spirit- Jefferson-Advocate
Charles Town, W. Va.
Dear Sir:
I think it possible that some
of your readers might be inter-
ested in derivation of names such
as Battle Town and Berryville.
On Oct. 23, 1750 George Wash-
ington surveyed a tract of land
Charles Town, W. Va. 445 acres, for Captain Isac Penn-
Dear Max: ington. Then in 1754 Colonel John
On page 30 of the 1964-65 Po- Hite. purchased this land from
lici~ and Criteria for Colleges Pennmgton. Lated Col. Hlte sold
an(l-~Secondary- Schools -of t'tle tnh:m~atndhteO esMta~or,,CaS~eit,,h who
North Central Association to . .. t .. 1o .
which Charles Town High School The name.~at.tle ~iown. was given
belongs, it states, "A new assist- to me p0stoHlce in tins locam in
ant hiuh school urine;pal must 1779. A parcel of the Battle Town
hold a'master's degree and have l estate was later sold to Benjamin
t n o ~ra ate l Berry who divided a portion of it
at least _e.. h_urs of o du .. _
.. • into lots and named the new
trammg m secondary school ad-I .........
...... aevempment ~erryvme "rue
mmlstratmn, supervlsmn and I ....... " .
~,uidun~e whpn ~mnloved undt name ot me postmzlce was cnang
~' ""- - ' ................ e- fro Bat-I T " ~"
must meet fully the requirements[ .ct m . t e ,~own to ~erry-
for a principal within four years."[ ~'.'~a°n ~vCats ~:s~as~en tieorge
Our superintendent, knowing| •
of this policy, employed a person Yeours Truly
to serve as an assistant principal J.W. Ware
(through no fault of the person
employed) not having the qual-
ifications stated above. It is the Be Wlse- Advea]se
duty of the superintendent and
the Board to see that the stand-
ing of the school in the N. C.A.
is not jeapordized by a flagrant
disregard for the criteria of the
North Central Association•
Taxpayers have a right to de-
NEEDED" A NEW BAIL LAW mand tlaat people employed, and
in particular those in administrat-
ive positions, bring to the county
The fifty states of the Jnion would do well to follow the and to the particular school, ex-
example of the 'Congress of the United States and commence ' periences and techniques of the
..... f latest in curriculum design and
the drafting of leg, slatmn desxgned to change the system o ..........
• " tod teachingproceaures, omerwlse
requiring bail for those who are being confined to cus Y thos- -e ¢on= Cuncti-- -nlv as
awaitain trial on criminal charges The present system was
g " - .... nder' - ....... ...............
never desie ned to permit the evils that are comm1 ect_ u "I[ taxoaver_ _ s a voor return__ __for
it. Not infrequently, citizens are apprehended, locked up, ana Ltheir investment when unquali-
forced to remain there until" the charc eso against" them are' [ fled' personnel are employed to
disposed of, simply because they do not have the money at l direct the training of their child-
or because ren What term can be used for
hand I;o guarantee their subsequent appearance, ........
they are unable to find anyone to post the money for them., ,,. "2" o-.v ..... .....
,, .... ,, .... ~- -'--l WHO IOIiOWS a less man aaequate
To be sure, they generany crem ume spen m,-olic., te .. ; .... li ....
"all if the are found uuilty But, as quite frequentely hap-i-e^_,:L ...........
~e?edWhs:s~ !t~s:j:u~:cgStil~!P,S:~tstcha~nem~l~°d~ne~aam~,oS°~i~l;e°lsi;~i~ei~the~ r~dreer ~frtgt~ts:~e::
things, a , " g • I s th's past year h ve be n, et
The bill under consideration by Congress would greatly re- I me restate the purpose.
o and m u hce b pe zmttlng It ]s my intent to reform the
duce the .Amnces of hard "p ' " j Y " " [ " " "
judges wide discretion in granting or refusing bail to persons, general public of the antiquated
without security, in proper cases• Experience has demonstrat- I policies whichshackle our.system.
ed that the bail business is, by and large, a racket almost as I nave never cuscre(med me pres-
" • • " wh' h ent system or any employee mere-
v mous, and in some cases more so, than the cr me for lc .... : ......
i o~ ~ nave attact mose poncms
it is no,ted Experience has also shown that cases of forfe - -_" ..............
• - ~ * . .... ali(l practices Willed nave ser-
e of collateral for non appearance Vhe accuseo to answer ......................
" - . ..... ~t,u~,y ~t,mteu the growm ana po-
the charges are rare. The present system archaic, neeas tential of our system
to be changed. And it is to be hoped that the West Virginia Many Jefferson County teach-
legi,slature will follow the example about to be adopted in the ers have realized the lack of pro-
Federal Courts by revision of the State Court system, gress, the lack of caring and un-
derstanding of their welfare. One
Also Heeded: Finandal Protection Against Crime CancountyStandandin moStlook anYintoPartcountiesOf our
where Jefferson teachers have
Speaking ~of needed legislation relative to bail in criminal gone--Loudoun, Clarke, Berkeley,
cases, it seems to this newspaper that there is another area Washington and Frederick. Mon-
tH which the legislatures of the various states are consider- ey is not always the main holding
ably behind the times. We refer to needed legislation whereby power that keeps qualified teach-
states.will undertake to indemnify, in proper cases, those ers even though the public may
who have been the special victims of a criminal act. Rare, be lead to believe that this is why
indeed, is the se :ieus crime that does not do some special teachers leave.
damage on some particular individual as distinguished from In September, our county sup-
erintendent
would scarcely dare!
society as a whole. For exaanple, in case of aggravated to publish the rather lengthy list
assault, the criminal now pays his debt to society in general of teachers" leaving the county
by forfeiture of his freedom. But how does he pay his debt this year. I predict 20 to 30% of
to his pal ci ular victim, who may be maimed or even dis- the county teaching staff will
abled for life ? To be sure, the victim, has a right to bring a leave. Let the county administrat-
civil suit for damages, and recover a money judgment. But mn prove these facts wrong. :
more frequently than not the criminal defendant is financially Very truly yours,
unable to pay the judgment and furthermore is even pre- William J. Brown
cluded from making any effort towards payment by reason Past Principal,
of his incarceration. Would not the ends of society be served
by creating a special court, with funds appropriated by the
legislature, empowered to award compensation in proper
cases to the hal)less victim? To be sure, legislation of this
sort would have to be carefully drafted to prevent unjust
enrichment but certainly a reasonably well drafted law in
this field would be better than no law at all. Society is pro-
tected from the theft of public officials of public moneys by
the general requirement that such officials be bonded. So-
ciety is also protected from the abusive policeman by a
similar requirement. Let us now give due consideration to
carrying the theory a further step forward: by legislation
creating a public bond, so to speak, for the unbonded criminal,
be he the drunken and uninsured motorist, the crazed assail-:
ant, or the thief who comes in the dead. of night.
ence on Sunday.
Mr. Raymond Wilt of Bolivar,
has been hospitalized due to ill-
ness.
Mrs. Mary Eackles has been
quite ill at her home with the
flu. There has been quite a few
cases of that ailment throughout!
Bolivar during the past few weeks
Mr. Ernest Littleton of Atlanta
Ga., Visited his mother, Mrs. J. W.
Rannsdill in Bolivar last week.
She has been quite ill, but is im-
proving, her many friends are
glad to note.
Miss Kate Marlatt is still a pat-
ient in Charles Town General ~ios
pital, where she has spent quite
awhile.
She is showing "
however.
Read The Spirit-Advocate
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