Proverbial Wisdom Causes No Harm Avoid Strife
A maxim urges restraint in conflict, advising against arguing with someone who has done no harm. The saying emphasizes choosing battles and maintaining peace by avoiding unnecessary strife.
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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1956
Page
4
A maxim urges restraint in conflict, advising against arguing with someone who has done no harm. The saying emphasizes choosing battles and maintaining peace by avoiding unnecessary strife.
Editorial endorsement praising Governor LeRoy Collins for leadership in Florida across economic growth and fair representation. Highlights his stance on reapportionment and court decisions, calls for sustained industry to steady employment, notes his educational leadership role and nuclear energy exploration, urges voters to support him on May 8.
A Tampa reader signed Confederate Grandson argues the Florida State Pardon Board, not just Governor Collins, authorized the commutation of Walter Lee Irvin from death to life imprisonment. He notes all five board members voted, highlighting the collaborative decision by state officials.
Atty Harry Johnson declines campaign posters, citing humility in a political role. The Leesburg county commissioners race highlights long service by Singeltary and upcoming retirements of Stokes and Lightfoot, with newcomers Mount Dora’s Simpson and Cowart. A courthouse restroom handbill accuses Gov Collins of racial mixing amid educational leaders as subjects.
The text argues that a pardon board should act only on hard facts and reasonable doubt. It asserts that unlawful killing is wrong, jurors must acquit if reasonable doubt exists, and commuting a death sentence is valid when information creates doubt. It emphasizes慎 calm, rational decision making.
Justice Stephen C. O Connell warned in Mount Dora that mudslinging and rumors undermine democracy. The speech urged voters to favor integrity over fear and criticized Sumter L Lowry for promoting segregation and aggressive anti court critiques in politics.
A Sylvan notes column recounts a Lake Gertrude birthday party for 11 year old Shiela Croak with eighteen guests and several local families visiting from Palmetto and Sewell. It also covers hospital recovery news for Miss Elizabeth Barrett and multiple local and out of state visitors, and reports on Marine Marvin Day awaiting redeployment as well as various social visits to Sylvan and nearby towns. The piece closes with a political column attacking Sumter Lowry and endorsing United World Federalists' disarmament and international cooperation approach.
Advertises use of T-4-L for 3 to 5 days to remove tainted skin and reveal healthy tissue. Promises instant drying and a 40 cent refund at any drug store if not pleased.
Sumter Lowry criticized President Eisenhower's patriotism in a remark to the Advertising Council. He warned against uninformed decisions focused on armaments as the solution to foreign problems. Disarmament is urged, with concerns about taxation to fund weapons.
The hospital hosts Mrs. Marie Fisher Mrs. Bessie McKown and Mrs. Frances Morley this week. Woodrow Wilson adds a note praising the patriotism energy and initiative of the average man.
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