Nlcholls Leads Emory University Field Trip J. C. Nlcholls, Murphy biological collector. Is shown at right running a tea strainer through the water at Wood Collett's pond near Andrews while on a biological collecting trip Friday night. Dr. W. D. Bur bank, center, Emory University professor, holds the cans of specimens as his zoology students look on. (Scout photo by Bagley) Professor, Students Here Annually Dr. W. D. Bur bank, center, is shown with a groijp of his Emory students skimming the water for animal life during a biological collection trip here. The students, some 16 strong, also collected specimens In the Copperhill -Ducktown area over the weekend. Emory Z? oology Students Look For Specimens Emory University zoology students look under logs (or specimens of ? particular type if salamander during a field trip to Cherokee County last week end. This field zoology iass makes an annual trek to Cherokee County to study the Uological life found only in hese parts. Emory University Zoology Students Visit Cherokee County HENN THEATRE MURPHY, N. C. Fri. 14- Sat. 15 Double Feature ?!The Plunderers" Delores Hart Jeff Chandler - John Saxon plus "Jazz Boat" Sunday 1 6- Monday 17- Tuesday 18 Wednesday 19 - Thursday 20 ?fWhere the Boys Are" Dolores Hart - George Hamilton ' A group of 16 students from - the Field Zoology class it Emory University In Atlanta visited the Murphy and An drews area Friday and Satur day to observe living animal specimens found In this area that they had been studying. Or. W. D. Burbanck, profes sor of the class led the group of students, most of whom are juniors and seniors working on their degrees. Friday night, the grot*), ac companied by Dr. Burbanck, and J . C. Nlcholls, a biologi cal collector of Murphy went to the old Wood Collect place just out of Andrews on the J un&luska road. There. In a vernal pond ( a swamplike pond DON'T MISS The Big Jamboree NEXT WEEK! which appears In the spring ), the group studied aquatic an imals of various types. Mainly they were interested in obser ving a special type of water salamander, more commonly known as a "water dog" and also a special type of shrimp. Later F riday night the group went to drier ground to find specimens of a terrestrial salamander who habitat is us ually under dead logs. After a night's rest, Satur day morning the groi^i went to the area around Ducktown and Copperhill, Tenn. to ob serve specimens in the streams there. The groi4> has been coming to this area annually for sev eral years with the exception of 1958. (Pictures and story by Ricky Bagley) WCC Glee Club Presents Concert At Robbinsville ROBBINSVILLE -The Wes tern Carolina College Glee Club presented a concert in the Robbinsville Elementary Auditoritm Monday afternoon, April 10. is th? ????( Cm knp u with what's |oia? yaar fritads art aaifbbars ia Far Wastara North Caroliaa BIST by raadiaf Tha Scaat ragalarly. To aoko this oosy far yea, boro Is ? SPECIAL OFFER for ooly o LIMITED TIME! Sobscribo NOW. RomI tho Scoot rogolorlyl MORE NEWS MORE PICTURES MORE FEATURES MORE INTEREST F ?r Two Ylifl R.^, T*?a?Ar?Only Scut K?i 190 Marphy, N. C. I'm glad to Ma THE SCOUT '*(>? Hm Mw," Clwua liri? ilnly mora comptra ud bmr nimiii . Hara'a $5.00 for ? 2 ymr ntecrtpdoa. NAMB tmmtM TOWN Taka Advantage Of Thla Spaolal Supar-Offar Nowl 8a va tl.OOf ' * ... ... . - ?&; :L Weekly Legislative Summary (Editor's note; This it one of a series of weekly sum maries prepared by the legis lative staff of the Institute of Government on the work of the North Carolina General Assembly of 1961. It If con fined to discussions of mat ters of general interest and major importance.) 0 ? * ?#??? The Senate Is developing Into the argumentative body this session. Debate at length has been the rule , and narrow voting margins are common. There Is some evidence of a split between lawyers and laymen, as the laymen weary of lengthy debate on what they regard as legal technicalities. On one occasion last week Senator Humphrey was moved to assure the laymen that "there Is nothing legal" about one of his bills, and Senator Moore, after hearing about "tort feasors" for an hour, moved to extend the court esies of the Senate to Mr. Feasor. LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATION Senate redlstricting was the first major Issue to reach the floor of either house this ses - sion. The North Carolina Con stitution requires that the Se nate districts be so altered after each decennial census that "each Senate district shall contain, as near as may be, an equal number of Inha bitants ..." Battle on the question was Joined when SB 66, the Currie bill to redis trict, reached the Senate floor on Wednesday. Debate raged for almost three hours, and when the smoke had cleared, the Currie bill had in effect been replaced by an amend ment submitted by Senator Banzet of Warren .The Bai zet amendment, which was promoted by Sen. Warren of Beaufort, leaves unchanged 30 of the existing 33 districts: It takes three existing 2-sen ator districts and divides each Into two 1 -senator districts, giving one senator to each of Wake, Durham, and Cumber land Counties, and one senator to the remaining counties in" each of the present district* which Include those counties. Wake, Durham and Cumber land are all now represented by a senator resident In each county. Under the amended bill, the smallest district, consisting of Alleghany, Ashe and Watauga, contains 45.031 Inhabitants, the largest. Mecklenburg, contains 272,111 persons. The new SB 66 passed third reading in the Senate Thursday. A new bill, SB 178, governing senate redlstricting was Introduced Friday by Sen. llalltg ?bibe-^9n Andrews, N. C. Friday 14 - Saturday 15 Double Feature | "Siltif Bill" - color - DALE ROBERTSON MARY MURPHY plus "Mill Is k City" I STANLEY BAKER I Sun. 16 - Mon. 1 7 1 Tuesday 18 "Bittirfiill I" ELIZABETH TAYLOR LAURENCE HARVEY BOOB FISHER Admission JSC I Wed. 19 . Tha ?111 Nifkt Fiihtirs" Davis of Forsyth. The bill would amend the Constitution to require redistrlcdng In 1963 and after each federal cens<>< thereafter. Each senator would represent an equal num ber of Inhabitants; no district could consist of more than 5 < counties; and no county could 1 have more than 2 senators. HB i 1. the bill to reapportion House ] seats. Is still in Senate Com mittee. There are reports to the effect that a bill revising ' Congressional districts will be Introduced by April 15. J FINANCE Latest tax bill is HB 383, by Rep. Woodard of North hampton, which would levy a 3% sales tax on retail sales of electric power and piped gas, whether sold by private utilities, co-operatives, mu nicipal systems, or others. Sales to governmental agen cies and hospitals, churches and schools would be exempt. At hearings before thejolnt Finance Committees during the week, spokesmen for new and used car dealers, soft drink bottlers, newspaper publishers, the State Farm Bureau, and State Grange were heard. The Grange opposed the food tax, except as a last resort, and suggested a 4% tax on the present base, and 1% Increase in the income tax as major alternatives. The Farm Bureau opposed the food tax. Both organizations op posed the proposed 1% tax on feed, seed, fertilizer and farm machinery. Automobile dealer spokesman feared for the existence of their busi ness, and soft drink spokes men appealed for fair play. Newspaper publishers p rotes- ' ted their inability to pass the tax on to the consumer. ? LOCAL GOVERNMENT SL 175 would allow infor mation as to county tax rates to be furnished to the tax payer on a separate sheet, rather than requiring the in formation to be on the tax receipts and stubs. SB 28, authorizing county commis sioners to regulate parking on county -owned prouei t?. lm _ J passed both houses. SB 76, authorizing counties to issue bonds for erection or purchase of county office buildings, pas ? s?f> la Mirphy, H. C.