CAPITAL CUPBOARD
Unusual Interest Seen Developing
In '64 Lieutenant Governor's Race
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SECOND SPOT ... We dont
recall seeing as many candi
dates for Lieutenant Governor
in one session Of the Legisla
ture before. ?
Those mentioned are Johrt
Jordan, Wake County State
Senator, Tom White, State
Senator from down Kinston
area; Lunaford Crew, State
Senator from Roanoke Rapids;
Clifton Rlue, Speaker of the
House, from Moore County; and
Ralph Scott, State Seiator from
Burlington.
That's ftae already. And we
have over a year to go before
the Primary.
MEANING . . . What is the
meaning of this early interest
on the part of so many in the
second slot?
There must be some reason
to think that our next Gover
nor will not live out his term.
Is there a feeling that the top
slot is becoming too hot for
four-jrear survival? Do those
planning to run for Lieutenant
Governor think the nest Gover
nor will be old and or in poor
health? Could be.
Our opinion is that each one
of the men mentioned sees the
No. 2 place a* > good stepping
stone to the No. 1 place. In
1968, the Governor? if we stay
Democratic and do no further
damage to the east-west rota
tion plan ? may come from the
eastern half of the State.
We might say in passing that
each of the men being mention
ed as a candidate for Lieuten
ant Governor would make an
excellent Governor for North
Carolina. Some interesting de
velopments are shaping up for
the race for Lieutenant Gover
nor.
ONE-FOURTH . . . May we
make the observation that "73
per cent of the people who have
had the flu this winter in North
Carolina have had the flu. The
other 29 per cent used it as an
excuse to goof out of work or
stay out of school.
, Have you noticed that sonre
people have everythUgftgKtiaj
comes along. Name it, ifl
have it, have had it) or iran^T
it
For every one pterson who
goes to woi*k when he shouldn't
? is not able to? you find two
who stay at home when they
: should be at work. T"*
? ? P?T "
i NI*ON VS BROWN ... Two
well know New York column
ists had a squib about Richard
Nixon a few days ago. He's em
erging from that dark Brawn
taste he had in hit mouth last
fall and is attracting a lot of
attention. So is Brown. The
columnists were Walter' Win
chell and Leonard Lyoni. They
were reporting ? each in his own
way ? Brown's visit to the fam
ous Stork Club in New York.
Winchelt wrote: "Stork Club
Rembrandt: Gov. Brown of Cal.
looking at Nixon's large auto
graphed photo in the foyer."
Wrote Lyons o t the same
visit: "Gov. Pat Brown of Cat
was brought t6 the Stork Club
last week. The proprietor, Sher
man Billingaley, had ample
warning ? and was able to re
move, in time, the large in
acribed photo of Richard Nixon
displayed in the loBDy."
SAFES . . . Former N. C.
Governor Luther Hodges as
Secretary of Commerce gets in
to the magazines and newspap
ers more than any other mem
ber of the Kennedy cabinet.
The Reader's Digest has this
in the March issue: "Secretary
of Commerce Luther H. Hodges
disclosed in a speech that many
valuable commercial secrets are
locked in the safes in his de
partment, and that whenever
there are important personnel
changes the safe combinations
must be changed.
"The official in charge, ask
ed how he could remember
them, replied, "It's really not
ao hard. I look at the nearest
secretary and ntake combina
tion a reasonable approxima
tion of her measurements: 86
24-38".
90 PROOF . . . Walter E.
Crissman of High Point, a for
mer legislator In the Hmue
from Guilford County, haa been
a Superior Court judge for Sev
eral years now. Judge Crissman
is a native of Surry County.
He estimated a few days afo
that nine out of every ten cas
es coming before him are con
nected with alcohol . . . and
includes wrecks, rape, man
slaughter, murder, and all the
grubby gamut of crimes.
NOTES . . . Aa of laat week
end, Hoy Parker '. . . called
Ace around the Newa * Ob
server office . . was recovering
nicely from a heart operation. .
Difference ? North Carolina
has a different Speaker of the
House every two year* ... and
not one has ever been re-elect
ed ... but down In South Caro
lina they have had the same
Speaker of the House for 25
years. His name Is Solomon
Blatt . . . and he is from Barn
well, S. C. . . No man, including
the Governor and Jimmy Byrn
Dan Miller
Is Leading
Salesman
Mr. W. K. Sturdivant, Sr.,
president of Sturdivant Life
Insurance Company, announced
today that Dan Miller of Boone
was the leading producer for
the month of February.
Since joining Sturdivant life,
Miller has started the com
pany's Basic Training Program
as he progresses in his new
career.
Sturdivant Life has its Home
Office In North Wilkesboro, N.
P., and the majority of its stock
holders reside in Wilkes, Wa
tauga, and Alleghany counties.
It is a legal reserve life in
surance company writing all
types of regular life insurance
throughout the state. In addi
tion to the branch office here,
under the supervision of Stan
HHHbe company main
iPPWfces in Statesville, Ra
leigh, Winston-Salem, Dobson,
North Wilkesboro and Lynch
burg, Virginia.
FASTEST BY FAB
Saigon, Vietnam ? Romantic
teenagers are making the most
Of the liberal laws in Communist
North Vietnam. According to
the Hanoi newspaper, it is call
ed "the land of the midnight
marriage and the dawn divorce."
Reporters claim that before
the ink is dried on some marri
age certificates the teenagers
report to the civil registry office
to sign a divorce act ? as easy ps
returning unsatisfactory mer
chandise.
Divorce is illegal in Sottth
Vietnam, whose president is a
devout Catholic.
es, ha* mora power in 8. C.
than Blatt
The State Senate (tela the
U. S. Supreme Court looking
over ita shoulder on radiatriet
ing. The nine old rtefi got into
the fracea in Tennessee who*
Indecision arose . . . Forsyth,
Guilford, and Mecklenburg
counties are in line for eatrti
senators ... one each ... 4
total of at* . . . from these
three metropolitans ... if and
when . . . redisricting begins. .
Sign of wisdom in State Gov
ernment buildings hare: men
are requested ... in interest of
conserving space . . not to
remove their hats. Another
case of where Southern court
esy run* head-on into modern
efficiency . . .
We have been watching N. C.
Legislatures for one or two
years now . . . and this one
seems to be the most seriooa,
down-to-business group we have
yet seen in Raleigh. Very, vqry
little foolishness ... in first
month.
In the blistering feud be
tween cooperatives and private
ly owned utilities. Governor
Sanford seems to be taking the
middle-of the-road . . . and this
is a surprise to all parties in
volved. But he agrees with Sen.
Frank Forsyth of Murphy that
Nantahala's rates were far 6ut
of-line . . .
Expanded Facilities Cost
Southern Bell $347 Million
pany reports a record breaking
expenditure of *347 million 111
IMS for expanded and im
proved facilities in the uine
state region it serves Highest
previous expenditure was $330
million in 1960.
In tHe firm'* 19M Annual
Report UMMd recently, Presi
dent Ben S. Gilmer revealed that
the Company's growth continue*
to be faster than the national
rate of telephone growth, as it
has been for the past 10 years.
"We have confidence in the
region and the people in it,"
said Mr. Gilmer. Evidence of
this was our expenditure of $347
million in 1062
"This in itself was a tremen
dous stimulant to the region's
economy, as was our $359 mil
lion payroll and the $224 Bil
lion in tax payments which
helped to support schools, build
ing programs, national defense
and other government services,"
said Mr. Gilmer.
In addition to the $224 mil
lion in tax payment* by the
Company, Southern Bell custo
mers paid $82 million, a reeord
figure, in 1962 in Federal excise
taxes on telephone service. Tele
phone service remains the only
household utility with such a
tax, the report stated, despite
efforts to repeal a part or all
ef the Federal excise tax.
Total taxes from telephone
service in 1962 averaged $3.28
per telephone per month.
leased here by Manager H. M.
lnabinet
At the end of 1962, Southern
Bell's total investment in plant,
?t original coat, exceeded $3
billion.
"To move steadily forward in
serving new customers and to
make our service even better
requires considerably more in
vestment," said Mr. Gilmer.
"And the money we need must
come from people who are will
ing to continue risking their
money in building this enter
prise."
Warnings per share in 1962
were $2.07 compared with fct.M
in 1961. While this was a
moderate increase, Mr. Gilmer
stated, "we must continue to
strive to improve these earn
ings to be in a position to build
boldly for the future."
In December, the Company
installed its eight millionth
telephone, less than 10 years
after the four millionth tele
phone was Installed. There was
an increase of 409,000 tele
phones in 1962.
"This underscores the rapid
economic growth in the South,
and. the tremendous expansion
of our services to meet this
growth over the past decade,"
said Mr. Gilmer.
The Report cited the out
standing teamwork among Sou
thern Bell and other Bell Sys
tem people ill 1962 dtirlhg the
Cufan crisis.
MALATHION
SA-50 Brand Malathion
formulations: 4% Malathion Dust
5% Malathion Dust
53% Malathion Emulsion
25% Malathion Wettable
Economical ? Safe ? Sure Fast Kill
Controls More Kinds of Pests Than Any Other Garden Insecticide
aessriO
Uses: Vegetables ? Ornamentals ? Poultry
Fruit ? Household Insects ? Dog and
Cat Pests ? Animals
See Your Local SA-50 Dealer
Southern Agricultural
Insecticides, Inc.
Box 85 Boone, N. C.
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HOSIERY
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Country Shirt
BAGS
Daveys
CULOTTES
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SKIRTS
SHIRT DRESSES
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