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* —SECTION TWO PAGE EIGHT WEEKLY LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY Tkil » one of a aeries of #nUi saatmarles prepared hy the legislative staff of the laatitute of Government on the work of the North Carolina General Assembly of IM>. It is conlincd to Uiseus •ions of matters of genera! interest I pM major importance. The General Assembly contin ued to introduce bills at a fast pace. Interestingly, the increase pt bills over the comparable pe riod for last session is caused al most entirely by a heavier vol ume of public bills; local bills are coming in no faster than they did in 1957. Election Laws Unusual events during the past I year (tie votes, death of a candi date immediately before the pri mary) led to two new bills. HB 77 provides for run-off primaries in case of tie votes for legislative,' county and township offices; HB! 70 would permit election boards to reopen filing periods for an additional five days when the death of a candidate leaves only one candidate for the nomination, and there is sufficient time to re print ballots; if there is not time, the deceased candidate’s name remains on the ballot, and if he receives the highest vote, all candidates are rejected and the! appropriate executive committee selects a nominee. A third elec tions bill »(all sponsored by the State Board of Elections), would change the date for State and Congressional primaries from the last Saturday in May to the last Tuesday in June; a fourth makes numerous changes in the election laws, including the deletion of the requirement for alternating the relative positions of names on the ballot, and the substitution of an alphabetical arrangement. Con specuous by its absence was a proposal to abolish the civilian absentee ballot, a proposal en dorsed by both the State Board of Elections and the Governor. State Salaries and Revenue Three bills were introduced calling for salary increases not included in the Governor’s bud get. HB 68 would grant a 5% increase to all employees paid in whole or in part fom the High way Fund; HB 67 would grant a like salary increase to other State employees and school teachers. SB 34 would raise sal aries of public school personnel as much as 10%, and would au thorize the extra week’s pay rec ommended by the Governor. , Two House bills would alter the present sales and use tax structure. Both HB 69 and HB 114 would eliminate virtually all exemptions from the tax, and the former would reduce the tax rate to 2%. HB 130 is sure to cause some popping off by soft drink bott- H lers and sellers. This bill woidd impose a tax on bottled soft ■drinks of lc per 12 oz. or frac tion thereof, a tax of 76c per gal lon on soft drink syrup, and a tax of lc per 5c of cost on unbottled soft drinks. Milk sold in bottles, unfermented fruit juices, and syr up used in making drinks for sale in other states would not be taxed. Motor Vehicles Bills relating to motor vehicles, always a major item of legislative interest, began to come in. HB 65 would appropriate $370,365 to add 25 members to the Highway Patrol; this money would come from an increase of S 2 in the reg istration fee of vehicles now tax ed at sll or more (HB 66). Bills introduced Wednesday would re state the rules of evidence in re gard to the ownership and agen cy of the operator of a motor ve- .Good Reading /lor the 'Whole Family •News •Facts * Family Features - TVw Chris Hon Serene* Monitor On* Norway St, *ootan 15. Mat*. Stnd your newspoper for the timo i. chocked. Enclosed find my chock or Money order. 1 year »)8 □ £ | month* $9 Q 3 month* $4.50 □ S *"" 1 ' Wu* l * R*~- \ I .<ii_ •"■ Ti~i gag ~ I hide involved in an accident, and would repeal the requirement that courts enter notations of convictions of motor vehicle of fenses on drivers’ licenses. HB 106 would require three, rather than two, convictions within 12 months of speeding between 55 and 75 mph before the Depart ment of Motor Vehicles would be authorized to suspend-a driver’s license, and would require a warning letter from the Depart ment after the second conviction. Bills embodying the legislative program of the Department of I Motor Vehicles have not yet been introduced. Public Utilities Several bills dealing with pub lic utilities and the Utilities | Commission were introduced. •TB 92 would prohibit a utility from putting into effect propos ed rate increases pending a hear ing upon a suspension order of the Utilities Commission; at present a utility can charge the contested rate immediately upon filing a bond to assure refund of the excess if the rates are fin ally determined to be excessive. Other bills included SB 55 which would reduce the membership of the Commission from five to three and increase salaries to $12,000, and SB 56 which assigns an Assistant Attorney General to serve the Commission. Public Welfare If welfare assistance to depend ent children and the aged is to remain at its present levels,’ ad ditional State appropriations would have to be found to fill the gap which would be caus ed by the enactment of SB 41 and i 42. These bills would eliminate the county’s contributions to these welfare funds in which the federal government matches (about 4 to 1) State and local contributions. Miscellaneous Consistent with the Governor’s request for extension of the work-release program for prison ers, HB 107 would empower the Board of Paroles to authorize work-release privileges under certain conditions, and would ex tend the privilege to prisoners serving sentences of five years or less; at present the privilege is available only to those who arc*, convicted of a misdemeanor and* have not previously served a term * or parts of terms totaling six months. City (as well as State and other local employees) would be prohibited from joining a la bor union by HB 118. HB 119 authorizes cities to increase em ployee group insurance coverage from the present maximum of $2,000 to $5,000 per person. SB 53 would permit an employee who is dissatisfied with the re sults of the examination by an employer-selected doctor to ob tain another examination by a doctor of his own choice, and the employer would have to bear the expense. HB 90 would obligate the State to provide transporta tion to children who live more j than one mile from school, and | Glerimore KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY • 86 PROOF H f lUMQtt MnilfihES GO. HHK FQFKHOI OF PKOOUCT (0 T0I0ITI0O” IQtftfVjUJEi I | Archie •> <• By Bob Montum ] riM SELLING THIS STUFF ID RAISE MOW EY TO" BUY EASTER SEALS. MOW ABOUTVtXJ HELPING J would require that a school bus pass within Vi mile of all such children; the present law limits the obligation to those who live more than IVi miles from school, and requires the bus to pass with in one mile of each such pupil. HB 115 would require vegetable plnats shipped into the state and J intended for transplanting to J meet standards set by the Inter- J national Crop Improvement Asso-; ciation or other official certify- ] ing body. SB 30 would permit banks in towns of 70,000 to close on Saturdays; the present law limits this privilege to banks in towns of 85,000 or more. HB 91! would make numerous minor j changes in the National Guard;; it vws charged (and vigorously 1 denied by the sponsors of the measure) that it was aimed at; the incumbent Adjutant General. | A new minimum wage bill, HB 121, introduced by Rep. Burrow would establish a minimum wage of SI.OO per hour for employers of more than three persons; in the main the bills’ other provis ions are similar to those of the 75c bill introduced last week, j The minimum would not apply! to farm and domestic workers (including baby-sitters), or to per sons under 21 employed by their parents, and several other groups of workers. { Wecklv Devotiona i Cnbimr* Bt JAMES MacKKNZ’E ' This week’s column begins an original sermon by John Mitch ener, young member of the Eden ton Presbyterian Church. “How long halt ye between two opinions? If the Lord be God, follow Him: but if Baal, then fol low him” (I Kings 18:21). Our Scripture has one of the rpost dramatic of any event in the Bible. Only a few years before. Israel, under David and Solomon, had been a world power. But at this time Israel had also worshipped God. and had remained true to Him. They had had great faith in God, and had obeyed Him as a chosen peo ple. And as a result, God had blessed them greatly. Unfortun ately for Israel, times had chang- THE CHOWAN HERALD. EDENTON. NORTH THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 26 1959 - ■ «■ *«»• ed. Now she was a poverty i stricken nation; a country divid |ed by civil war. What had I wrought this great change? How i could a nation once so powerful fall so low? There are many reasons for the | great change that took place. I The kings that followed David | and Solomon were not godly men. I They did not try to lead the peo ple into what was good for them, ; but rather used their office for personal gain. Thus Israel fell from her love for God because her kings made her to sin. Be ; cause of this, political and moral I decay set in. Israel not only lacked strong faith, but, it seems, i had no faith at all. 1 The Israelites wandered from I God and followed after the vices i of the heathen nations surround j ing them, despite the warning of , God to have nothing to do with them. They forgot that God had said , “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, and the people whom He hath chosen for His inheritance.” y A period of decay and world | liness began. And notice the I parallel between Israel at this time and certain so-called “Chris tian” nations of today. lij the early days of Israel’s life as a na tion, their government had been a theocracy, that is. a government ruled by God. The Ten Com mandments had been to them as a Bill of Rights, and a Declara tion of Dependence on God. William Penn once said, “Men must be governed by God or rul ed by tyrants." This was the situation in Israel at this time."! Her king, Ahab, was one of the most wicked men ever to rule Israel, and his wife was more wicked than he. Because he was sc evil, the Bi ble tells us that “Ah»b” did more to provoke the Lord God of Is rael to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.” Ahab set up a new god for the people to worship: Baal. # Baal was a god of materialism, a god of the lower nature, whose pin | Taylor Theatre Edentoii, N. C. n Thursday and Friday, February 26-27 RETURN ENGAGEMENT AT REGULAR ADMISSION Lana Turner, Hope Lange, Lee Phillips, Russ Tamblyn. Terry Moore and Dian Varsi in "PEYTON PLACE" CincmaScnpe, Color and Stereophonic Sound Note: Due to length of pic ture one show each night. Open 6:30, shorts 7:15, Fea ture 8:00 P. M. o Saturday, February 28— DOUBLE FEATURE Rory Calhoun in "RIDE OUT FOR REVENGE" —also— John Agar in "FRONTIER GUN" o 1 Sunday and Monday, March 1-2 Richard Widmark and Tina Louise in "THE TRAP" Technicolor / 1 O Tuesday, March 3 Jeff Chandler and Lana Turner in "THE LADY TAKES A FLYER" CinmaSeope aid Ctbf Wednesday end Thursday, March 4-5 So few people aaw this pletare flntftj twining movie ia Teehaieolor . . . W V'- » h ■ Cam&g J Miipdl losophy was that man should look after number one first, that should satisfy his own desires and wishes before those of others. It is easy to understand what such ! a religion could do to a nation. | The people worshipped this pag ian god by over-indulgence, and lust, and threw aside all inhibi tions and restraints, j But the people had not com pletely forgotten God. They had simply made God over to their own specifications. They had mixed God and Baal together. But this did not work too well. The question began popping up in the minds of many, “Who is really the true God?” .Perhaps the priests of Baal tried to sup-1 press this question, but to no avail. Neither had God forgotten Is rael. For at this time He raised up a prophet, Elijah, who rea soned wiith the people to decide one way or the other whose side they were on. “If the Lord be God, follow Him, but if Baal, then follow Him.” The people could not understand that it is impossible to serve God and : Mammon. Therefore God sent a i great -drought upon the land which lasted several months. The people prayed to Baal for rain, but none came. How could an idol bring rain? Thus the people became dissatisfied with i Baal. Elijah now challenged ( BARcmmm sue ■ ~ "" ' 519.95 Value l!6-IV W \ II \\ \ : - ~^h 30-in G-E aujo-1 It 1 GENERAL electric luxury features Bargain Train Priced At || 1 I ■ 1 O Big-Capacity 23-in. Master 3ven • Extra Hi-Speed G-E Calrod Unit 1 • NEW Easy-Set Oven Timer ... and • Focused Heat Broiler with Fully $ V Separate Minute Timer Enclosed Calrod Broil Unit ■ e«/ 9(I I • Fingertip Pushbutton Controls • "No-Drip" Raised-Edge Cooktop I » G-E Written Warranty on all ranges • 1», Cu. Ft. Storege Drawer TRADE I a 'AL - < - i H m\ 0 I 1 • m I 111 1m w% |H 11 y* m v m ■ '• tb A A iflk f H j { n'rit a- ; I them to rise out of their com \i placency and decide once for all; 1 H ‘lf the Lord be God, follow Him; ; but If Baal, then follow him. (ontinued next week) Mrs. Janie Boyce Dies After Lengthy Illness! Mrs. Janie Byrum Boyce, 57, | died Sunday morning at 2:05' o’clock at the home of her daugh ter, Mrs. Larry Knox, after an illness of two years. She was a I native of Chowan and a member of the Macedonia Baptist Church.' Surviving are her husband, I Charlie Baker Boyce; a son, Jo- J seph Baker Boyce of Norfolk; I ) five daughters, Mrs. Richard Me- 1 Clenny of South Norfolk, Mrs. ( Lloyd Evans of Hertford,' Mrs.! George Hollowell, Mrs. Wayland Evans and Mrs. Larry Knox of Edenton; a sister, Mrs. Susie By-. LISTEN EACH SUNDAY -: AT 8:45 A M. io The Melody Five | KHKNTON’S OWN SPRITUAL GROUP Over Radio Station! WCDJ—Edenton j b“' "" rum of Portsmouth; a half broth er, Elton Ward of Florida, 22 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the Macedonia Baptist Church. | The pastor, the Rev. L. C. Chand- 1 ! ler, officiated and burial was in I Beaver Hill Cemetery. ! Pallbearers were Ray Byrum, Wallace Riddick, Bonney Lee Hobbs, Bristoe Perry, Willie Morris and Weldon Hollowell. All our knowledge is our selves to know.' —Alexander Pope. I JWinjYuvuu-j-irirLn n n « SELL YOUR HOGS TO M. D. EUKBI HOG BUYING STATION Tyner, N. C. 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