CAPITAL CUPBOARD
F ood TaxFight F ailed T o Develop;
What To Call "State" Main Issue
By IULA N. GREENWOOD
NEVES KNOW ... A year
ago everybody wn saying that
the BIG FIGHT in the 1963
General Assembly would be
over the recently enacted food
tax. It was easy to make such a
prediction, for the item touch
es the pulse and pocketbook of
every living person in North
Carolina. ^
But on the food tax there is
no fight whatever. Instead,
there U an all-out battle over
what to call N. C. State College
. . . and so far this is the hot
test Hem to hit the soloos this
year. Not food, but words.
Truly, as Fata Waller used to
say, "One never know, do one?"
Or. to go from the ridiculous
to the sublime: Man does not
live by bread alone?.
THE WORD . . ?? The San
ford administration wu haunt
ed by the word "university"
? . , not "victuals." Everywhere
it turned, it seemed, "thine
ears shall hear a word behind
thee-."
Yes, and to the front of thee!
The administration may be
able to muster the strength to
keep N. C. State College from
being renamed "N. C. State
University". But, in winning
? ? . lose.
AHEAD . . . New car sales in
North Carolina and in the na
tion are running ahead of last
year. In March, new auto* in
this State totaled 13,734 as
against 12^31 for the same
month in 1963.
Although Ford is gaining
fast on Chevrolet, It is still in
second place, followed by Pon
tile, Buick, Oldsmobile, and
Falcon? in that order.
NOW 38 ... In answer to a re
cent question, we are glad to
report that this column is now
being printed in 36 good news
papers. Our latest addition:
Wallace Enterprise, in Duplin
County. Total column circula
tion: 1X0,000.
SIGNS . . . Now that the leg
islators have their own Indivi
dual private offices, one U able
to get glimpses o t their per
sonalities through photos, spec
ial books, mementos, and max
ims.
One will have a picture of his
son in the Air Corps. At least
one member has a big beauti
ful painting of an ancestor on
his wall. Then there are family
photos.
A sign on one office wall
reads as fellows: "A year ago
I could not even spell lejisla
ter. Now I are one."
Another: "It's getting hard
er and harder to support the
Government in the style to
which it has become accustom
ed."
BIBLICAL DEACS ... One
reason the Wake Forest base
ball team is again leading the
Atlantic Coast Conference:
Three players on its first
team have these names: Norell,
Israel, and Scripture.
All of which recalls some old
law * about a Biblical baseball
game to the efefct that "Eve
stole first, Adam stole second,
somebody (7) rattled the pitch- d
er, and the prodigal ion made >
a home run." 1
SOMEBODY ELSE . . . Who
gets the mo?t mall in North
Carolina? Now before you have
even read thii far, you should
know the answer. It's the N. C.
Revenue Department, of course,
those champion wool-gatherers.
In fact, they get so much
mail that? if there is any doubt
in the poet office about where
a letter should go ? it winds up
in the State tax office.
This may come as a surprise
to you, but It's true: The N. C.
Revenue Department receives
so much mail ? particularly In
April ? that many of its em
ployes have at their elbow a
stamp which reads: "NOT FOR
N. C. REVENUE DEPT." Saves
time.
NOW AND THEN . . .
Speaking of taxes, we saw the
other day that in 1039 a mar
ried man with two children and
a gross income of $28,000 paid
the Federal Government about
$1,700 in income and social sec
urity taxes. Today, this same
man would have to gross over
$78,000 to have the equivalent
purchasing power.
Taxes would take $28,000 of
this $78,000 ? and dollar de
preciation would take another
$27,000. Also, a worker with a
gross income of $3,000 in 1039
would have to earn $7,300 in
1003 to maintain his 1030 pur
chasing power.
But, off the record, we still
much, much prefer 1063 over
10301
HOLD IT! . . . One afternoon
last week this State College
boy roared his as-long-as-from
here-to-the-front - door converti
ble into this Raleigh service
station and yelled: "Filler up!"
The attendant put the hose
into the tank and stood loking
at the meter as the gas flooded
into the tank. After a little
while of this, he slowly made
his way around the car to the
TAXI ARREST
Oakland, Calif.? When three
taxi drivers saw a man break
the window of a Jewelry store,
they started the motors, trap
ped the man against a wall, and
yelled for the police.
The arresting patrolman
charged Glen Adams with at
tempted burglary when he
found several items missing
from the store in his pockets.
river. "Son", he said, "I gueu
?ou'd better cut off your motor.
You're gaining on me."
NOTES . , . Although George
Iizell of Bowan County and
im Vogier of Mecklenburg
lave served more terms in the
louse, Speaker Clifton Blue of
ioore County holds the record
n the current House for con
inuous service with nine con
wcutive terms , , ,
We would say that Sen. Perry
iartin of Rich Square, young
>st man in the State Senate, is
>ne of the most capable speak
in in the 1963 Legislature . . .
ind not to be sneeaed at is Re
>resentative George M. Wood
>f Camden County, the youngs
er who tok on the administra
ion last week in the State Col
ege name-changing fight . . .
vhich still continues . . . and
rill. . . Legislators are sick,
ick-and-tired of out-of-town
iessions.
Know The
Weather
By E. H. SIMS ?
In tummer, what can you
learn by 110 tine the height of
the early morning clouds?
The height of summer cumu
lus clouds gives you an import
ant weather clue. In the coming
summer months you might want
to take advantage of this wea
ther omen in making the day's
plans.
If the morning's early clouds
are low, that means there is a
considerable amount of mois
ture in the air, because the
day's updrafts or thermal! are
not rising yery high before
they turn into visible moisture
droplets.
Chances of rain are better
(from thundershowers) than if
the clouds form at a great
height, which will be an indica
tion that there is not as much
moisture in the air ? since con
densation is not taking place as
quickly.
Nature is grand until the
weeds begin to grow.
FOR SALE
1 ? 108 ACRES and old house. Plenty of water, near
Parkway. $72.80 per acre.
3? ONE 5 OR 10 ACRE TRACT near the New Hound
Ear Golf Club Site, adjoining Parkway property ?
$1,500 per acre.
8? THREE ROOM COTTAGE with bath (furnished) near
Boone ? $3,230.00; alio 5 acres of land adjoining?
$1,000.00.
5 ? 90 ACRES GOOD TIMBER LAND? $47.80 per acre.
6 ? 7 ROOM HOUSE and 5 acres of land, located on good
road? $6,990.
7 ? 17 ACRES ? Several acres of pasture land, has good
spring and branch? $390.00 per acre.
8 ? 0 ACRES on Blowing Bock Road. Good motel site.
9? IS ACRES on Blowing Rock Road, near Tweetsie
Railroad. Good business property ? $9,900.00.
10 ? 111 ACRES 8 miles from Boone. Will sell in 9 acre
tracts.
11? FURNISHED COTTAGE 2V4 miles from Boone, con
veniently located near highway 109? $3,990.00.
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 ? $3,900.00.
14 ? We have good buys in several motels and hotels.
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PEANUT CANDY Pk?. 35C
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INSTANT MILK SOLIDS 1 2*W9c
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All Varietiei Except Cot With Shelled
LUCK'S PREPARED DEANS 3-~49g
Choc., Banana or Cocoanot Flavoring Coating _
DREMNER JUMDO PIES 3 S2 S1 .00
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