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THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1949 fe P Raleigb Roundup By Eula Nixon Greenwood ^ . ?■ iWHEJN? . . . When is the light ning going to strike? This is the question everyhody around Ra leigh is asking as the Legislature and Gov. Kerr Scott go into the third round of a scheduled 15- found bout. j Dark, dangerous looking thun- derheade'have been hanging there on the horizon for lo, these many months - and the rumble of the storm has been heard in the dist ance, but as of today the sun is still shining'^nd all is sweetness and light on C^tol Square. The governor’s inaugural address was " ambitious, his budgetary report was not unusual, and his road mes sage is causing no lifted eyebrows, for the Legislative feels it isjready to cope with it. July 4—this is something to keep in mind. An informal survey made by this column last week among leading senators ^indicates; also, that the State Senate^ will absorb a lot of, prodding before it will make any more whatever toward reducing, appreciably,, any re-, venues which now flow ^ daily in the thousands of dollars into the State Treasury. ^ , PROSAIC ... As yet, the man who has pointed with pride to “last spring’s revolution” has been a rather prosaic governor. The Legislature has beep ready for anything, but the bgrk-has been worse than the bite. In fact, every thing around Raleigh is ominously quiet. Could it be any chance that Gov. Scott, farmer that he is, real~ izes that he has a balky mule on bis hands and is planning to come up on the’iblind side? That seems a fair assumption. Through last week, Scott had handled the Leg-, islature very similarly to a Cherry, a Broughton, a Hoey, or an Ehringhaus Meantime, the bleach ers yell fof action. Like Hoover prosperity, it seemed to be—^just around the corner. CONSERVATIVE POJUS ... Ra leigh graytoeards say that -1949 State Senate is the most conserva tive to come to your State Capital in several years What they mean. , of course, is fhat the Senate will be exceedingly reluctant to add any new taxes on anything anywhere along the line As of right now— with the road question as hot as a NOTES . . . The word is oiit again- that' Revenue Commissioner Edwin Gill is on the agenda for removal July 1. . . . Before he left office, 'Gregg Cherry said that de cisions on death cases gave him the most worry as governor. . . . Now Scott is confronted with a 'death case which will haunt his dreams ... . . increasingly ...'. as the nights go by'. . . The yoimgest man in the Legislature; Bob Dalry- mple of Lee County ... only 27? .... Veterans, in point of service, are former Lt.- Gov. R. L. Harris of Person '. . . Libby Ward of New Bern . . . E. R. Johnson of Currir tuck . . ". yf. I. Halstead of Cam den . . , By the way, what is" thte talk about Johnson’s laying the legal groundtvork for liorse racing, etc., in Currituck C'ounty . . . ? friend of Kerr Scottt just the same .. . . is in Seat 2 , . . Th6 man from Gov. Scott’s own home county of Alamance . . . E. R. Hanford ... is in 106 . . . There are 11 Re publicans in the House . .'. Two in the Senate . . .B. C. Brock of Davie (24th district) and Dr. C. A. Peterson of Mitchell (30th dist rict) ‘. . . Doth in the rear of the Senate Chamber ... Ho hum . . . Democracy at work. REAR SE^TS ... Republicans . . . figuratively and literally . . . take a back seat in the North Caro lina General Assembly . . . The best any of them can do is Seat 100, which goes to T; E. Story of Wilkes, an able representative . . . S. C. Eggers of Watauga is back there in'101 . . . R. S. Hayes of Randolph 115 . . . Boone Harding of Yadkin 104 .. . But they all do better than Good Democrat Leigh Winslow of Perquimans. 119 . . if John Kerr, Jr.,, son of the Con\ gressman and former House Speaker, is in Seat 1 . . . J. V. Whitfield df Pender,''a Charlie Johnson man, naturally, but a . GOOD HEALTH . . . “T^at man sho do like tq be beat on. He take it and he like it.” Yes, the only man who can socI?^ov. Kerr Scott and get away with it is one An drew Feller, a man bigger and darker than Joe Louis. Further more. he gets to take a crack at Scbtt virtually every day in the week> Along albout 11 o’clock each morning, Kerr Scott slips out of his office and ambles across_ Edenton street to the XMCA Health Club, where he, strips to nothing flat. Then he is ready to waddle like a big old grizzly grizzly into the hot room for a good sweat, into the steam room for a fine old salt rub and more sweating and on to the shower and then to Andrew Feller, who works on him for 40 minutes, grinning broadly at the Scott jokes and the Scott groans and grimaces. After this, the honorable gov ernor, still au nature! if you please, takes his violet rays. Then he is ready to take on anybody as you might well imagine. During all his years as Agriculture Commis sioner he went through this same procedure. So.,when he says he is for the Good Health Program, he maftns it and he practices it. P. S. Scott’s 'ijealth Club mem bership for this - year was given him as a Christmas present by fornuer co-workers in the Agricul ture Department. OFF THE CUFF . . . See where the Durham coppers pinched Coach Carl Snavely for speeding . . . They also got Coach Peahead Walker a few months ago . . . Prior to that, Agriculture Com missioner L. Y. Ballentine got-his come-uppance via die speeding law in Durham . . . Appropriately known as the bull city, Durham had better be careful . . . Remem ber when the late O. Max Gardner, while gdvenor, was pinched for crashi^ a stop light in Hdllsboro? . . . Nw the main Durham-Bur- lington highway misses HUisboro ... Speaking of Snavely and speed, the report is that Carolina is trying to schedule series of games with Notre Dame. . . _. . Kerr Scott inherits ^a virtua lly new' Packard long as from here to front door . . . Gov. Cherry in four years put only 34,000 miles on it . . . SBI Chief Walter Anderson, Sunday Schooling former head of Charlotte and Winston-Salem po lice departments, tried to stay neu tral in governor’s race, was at last forced into Johnsoii camp . . . Will probably remain in same job luring Scott’s administration . . . . . . Raleigh, which takes its sports seriously, is down in dumps over State College’s basketball bosses . . . Accusing figures' are pointed at 'Eddie Bartels, rank guard who is said to have imibibed too heavily of Reno rattlesnake juice and was fired from team by Coach Case. . . .". . First District job as highway commissioner now tests between Harry Feretoee of Camden County and Henry G. Shelton of Tartooro, with former coming up fast . . . W. B. Austin of Ashe County still has inside track in Northwest . . . .... You may see renewal of old margarine-butter fight in Legislature, also in Congress . The dairy folks in State will likely be led by George Coble of Lex ington . . .The feeling: Gov. Scott will not take sides, knowing that it will be a battle between dairy farmers on one hand and cotton and peanut farmers on other . food dealers will be with latter’ group . . .Also, Department of Tax Research (W. O. Suiter and L. O. Ray, former WF economics pro fessor) has just submitted quar- ter-ineh-thick report on farmers’ cooperatives . • . There lies poten tial dynamite . . . Handle with care ... ... The girl on the current Bed- book cover Is Nancy Bass of Ba led^ . . . Kerr Scott denies that mules which invaded Capitol Square one ni^t early this month Were his advance l^ard . . . A Dunn attorney is being considered for special judgeship . . A Negro may be appointed to State Bo^rd of Education in April . . . Dry forces of Raleigh area m try the new mw White sidewall tires available at extra cost. • V-' Yes, one word tells the whole story of the new Ford—it's "Feel”! You feel a new ease of handling ... in traffic, in parking, on the open rood. That’s Ford’s Fingertip Steering! You feel a new kind of surging power. That's Ford's new "Equo-Poise" Engines—your choice of a liew 100 h.p. V-8 or a new 95 h.p. Six! You feel new stopping power! That's Ford's new 35% easier-acting "King-Size” Brakes. You feel new'comforf, too, from Ford's new springs, front and rear! And Ford’s "Mid Ship" Ride has the feel of luxury and safety you've olwayt wanted. But take the wheel—try the new Ford "Feel” yourself! . Your Ford Dealer invites you to listen to the Fred Allen Show, Sunday Evenings—NBC Network. Listen to the Ford Theater, Friday Evenings—CBS Network. See your newspaper for time and station. Cutaway view shows Hi* "MM Ship" RMu and brand-new springs that let the wheels step over bumpsi COME IN AND DRIVE IT TODAY RAEFORD There'sa in your future 's. COMPANY Phone 251-1 Raeforrd, N. C. held a meeting Sundaiyv January 16, at the Tabemada ‘Baptist Church here ... Anodip* and more important meeting oj^'aame type is being held this week at &e Edenton Street Methodist Church here . . . Incidentally, this column was wrong recently in saying Tab ernacle had largest memtoerrfiip of any church in N. c. . Largest seems to be Edenton Streert Meth- ... Dr, J. Clyde Turner, reeea- tly retired pa.stor od the first Bap tist Church in Greendboro and brother of Pastor Jim Turner of j the Lauriniburg Baptist Church is ■ now living in Raleigh at the cor- ' ner of Edenton and Daw'son streets. We Have In Stock Garden Wire Hog Wire Barb Wire Electric Fences Pressnre Cookers Chicken Fountains . I Chicken Feeders Electric Brooders Garden Rakes Plow Casting Mule Bridles, Collars, Harness, Trace Chains, Etc. Coal Stokers for Tobacco Barns Oil Burners for .1 Tobacco Barns ^ * Shallow & Deep Well Myers Water Systems. RAEFORD HARDWARE CO. PHONE 2621 RAEFORD, N. C. QQ U UTT iD £23 lofTO^ a □ □ 92 • • li". •5 i i I I i These are the people who own your electric light and power company. Chances are you are one of tfiis group, too. They represent a cross-section of America — housewives, doctors, teachers — in dustrial workers, craftsmen, farmers — mechanics and milkmen. Yes, people from aU walks of life have put their savings into companies like ours. They’re direct owners. But there are countless indirect owners, too — many who don’t know they have a stake in the electric industry. They’re people with life insurance policies and^vings accounts. When banks and insurance companies accept your mopey, they must Invest it wisely. And because business-managed electric companies\^ve a long^record of successful service, much of that money is invested in utility securities. So, you see, the electric industry is owned by the people it serves. • HELEN HAYES start la THt UECTRIC THEATMf Hear It uvary SuaSay. CBS. 9 P. M..’ tST. C CAROLINA POWER & LIUHT COMPANY J
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