CAPITAL CLIPBOARD
Behavior Patterns Elusive As
Assembly Goes To Third Month
By EULA N. GREENWOOD
PROTECTION . . . Although
the Legislature has now been
in session for more than two
months, very few definite be
havior patterns have as yet
been established.
We do observe, however, that
?hp legislators are determined
to do nothing which might in
terfere a great deal w^th the
State's over-all income. Efforts
to put holes into the sales tax
by elminating from it an item
here and there have received
little support. All efforts to
take the sales tax off food have
been utterly fruitless.
The road bond isues ? the big
mixup and confusion ? are still
in trouble. The school bond
business is apparently getting
little support .Thus we get the
impression ol financial conser
vatism.
Everybody knows that the
1963 General Assembly has the
fewest money worries of any to
meet here in a generation. For
this, thanks go to Governor
Terry Sanford who was instru
mental in doing away with a
long list of exemptions ? most
of them senseless ? to the sales
tax. Indications are that both
houses of the Legislature want
North Carolina to be free of
financial worries for the next
biennium.
In this thinking they are
more thoughful of the 1989
Legislature than some other
sessions have been of their suc
cessors.
OVER THEIR SHOULDERS
. . . Hie importance of the Re
publicans is out of all propor
tion to their members in this
General Assembly.
Rep. Henry Hill of Catawba
County has been quoted as stat
ing that one of the reasons the
Democrats introduced the min
imum wage bil lof $1 per hour
in the first few hours of the
session is that if they had not,
the Republicans would have ?
thus stealing a march and gain
ing important political thunder
for 1964.
Memberi of this current ses
son seem to feel that the
Republicans are looking over
their shoulders at every move
they make. Legislators repre
senting the Democratic Party
must this time think not only
of the economic and education
al effects of their actions. They
must figure what effect they
will have on 1964 elections.
MORE AND LESS . . . House
Speaker Clifton Blue must be
regarded as probably the busi
est man in the Legislature. But
he isn't too busy to begin a
campaign to be elected Lt.
Governor next year. We hear
almost as much about him as
candidate now as we did as
future Speaker two years ago.
The man who aspires to be
Speaker for the next term
must begin contacting his sup
porters during the current
term. Members of the House
elect their Speaker. But the
people, not the legislators, elect
the Lieutenant Governor. Gor
don Greenwood, a little akin by
marriage, is said to have 43 of
the 120 members of the House
lined up to vote for him as
Speaker of the House for 1969.
These votes, however, are usu
ally not as solid as the Rock of
Gibraltar, so he must stay
right with them. Meantime,.
Greenwood of Black Mountain
could have serious opposition
from Pat Taylor of Wadesboro,
whose father was Lt. Governor
several years ago, and from
Dwight Quinn, also a veteran
legislator, from Cabarrus Coun
ty.
So, Speaker Blue obviously
likes this presiding business,
for as Lt. Governor he would
preside over the State Senate
and have much the same power
over there that he now has in
the House.
When the Legislature con
vened on February 6, Blue's
name wasn't mentioned for the
No. 2 spot. The candidates were
said to be Ralph Scott of Bur
lington, Tom White of Winston,
Lunsford Crew of Roanoke Rap
ids, and John R. Jordan, Jr. of
Raleigh. They are all State
Senators with long experience
in that body.
We doubt that Tom White is
as much of a candidate now as
he was two months ago. You
can hear that Sen. Crew is no
longer interested in running for
Lt. Governor . . . though this
rumor may be in error. Ralph
Scott won't run if Cousin Henry
Jordan ... no kin to John Jor
dan of Raleigh . , . runs for
Governor.
The strong man of the 1963
Legislature is Tom White. He
is in the Senate saddle all the
way . . . and actually seems to
be calling all the shots. Wheth
er all this strength and re
sponsibility have enhanced his
popularity remains to be seen.
So, as of right now the only
two certain candidates for Lt.
Governor are Blue and Jordan.
LIFE-LINE ... As the State
beefs up its junior and senior
college programs in all areas
of the State, we can see our
fine denominational schools
like Campbell College, Mere
dith, Atlantic Christian, Louis
burg, etc., going the way of the
academies SO years ago.
New York State, seeing some
thing similar happening up
there, went to the rescue of
the church colleges three years
ago. The program is working
out exceedingly well. New York
threw out the life-line.
Now in North Carolina Gov
ernor Terry Sanford and Good
Friends D. S. Coltrane, Presi
dent Leslie Campbell of Camp
bell College and Brother Caryle,
president of Meredith, are try
ing desperately to save the
church colleges by having the
State provide $200 for each
student enrolled in these de
nominational schools.
There is a SO-SO chance the
bill will pass the Legislature.
In many, many ways this is one
of the most important pieces of
legislation now before the -Gen
eral Assembly. Passage qf this
law would lift the 1963 Legis
lature from the level of medio
crity to which it has been as
signed by so many of its critics.
Of course, the bill must run
the old church-state gauntlet.
But as we see it church-state is
preferable to church-nothing. It
grieves us to see consigned to
the trash heap our fine little
colleges which nurtured us in
in our youth. And, it would
seem that a State which could
crush them through competi
tion must feel some responsibi
lity for their future well-being.
NEXT OF KIN ... BUI
Sharpe tells of this big old boy
being processed for the service
at Fort Bragg. He was asked
the name of his nearest kin.
"Aunt Ella", he said.
"Father and mother both
dead?" inquired the interview
er.
"No, they are both living."
"Well, you know your parents
are closer kin than your aunt."
"No, Sir. Aunt Ella lives here
in Fayetteville. My parents live
down in Lumberton."
Southern Bell
To Improve
Its Facilities
The Southern Bell Telephone
Company, with ita "plant" scat
tered over nine atatea, expects
to Improve and enlarge ita facili
ties by $390 million In IMS.
This expenditure, which is
about the same as the record
breaking 1962 expenditure, waa
revealed by President Ben S.
Gilmer of Atlanta.
Mr. Gilmer said the proposed
multi-million dollar program is
necessary because of continuing
heavy telephone needs in the
South up to the present and
expectations of future heavy
requirements for a variety of
service.
About $128 million is ear
marked for new central office
equipment, $83 million for
cables, poles and supplies for
outside plant and $14.9 million
for land and buildings, among
other itema.
See Us For These
Real Values In
Real Estate
FOR SALE
1?106 ACRES and old bouse. Plenty of water, near
Parkway. $72.90 per acre.
2? ONE 5 OR 10 ACRE TRACT near the New Hound
Ear Golf Club Site, adjoining Parkway property ?
$1,500 per acre.
3 ? THREE ROOM COTTAGE with bath (furnished) near
Boone ? $3,250.00; also 5 acres of land adjoining ?
$1,000.00.
' 4 ? 14 ACRES located on Hwy. No. 105, 5V4 miles from
Boone $475.00 per acre.
5?90 ACRES GOOD TIMBER LAND? $47.50 per acre.
6 ? 7 ROOM HOUSE and 5 acres of land, located on good
road? $6,950.
7 ? 17 ACRES? Several acres of pasture land, has good
spring and branch ? $350.00 per acre.
8 ? 6 ACRES on Blowing Rock Road. Good motel site.
9 ? 15 ACRES on Blowing Rock Road, near Tweetsie
Railroad. Good business property ? $9,500.00.
10?111 ACRES 8 miles from Boone. Will sell in 5 acre
tracts.
11? FURNISHED COTTAGE 2tt miles from Boone, con
veniently located near highway 105 ? $3,950.00.
12 ? 37 ACRES 2% miles west of Boone. Lots of farm
land. Has beautiful view, branch and several springs.
Has tobacco base.
13? HOUSE AND 2 ACRES of land with spring and
branch? $3,500.00.
14 ? 65 ACRES on Parkway. Plenty of water. Small lake,
mostly covered in white pines.
15 ? We have good buys in several motels and hotels.
Whitaker & Holt
Realty Company
Office Located at Daniel Boone Inn
105 Hardin St.? AM 4-8657 Boone, N. C.
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