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THURSDAY. APRIL 25. 1963
Sunday Closing Bill: Bad
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We are strongly opposed to any
law limiting the right of one class
of merchant to do business on
Sunday while others are allowed
to continue doing business as usuaL
We don’t feel ^at doing business
on Sunday is right or proper, but
we certainly don’t feel that we
have the right to tell others whether
they can or cannot do it.
This law, as we understand it,
is nothing more than an effort
on the part of some retailers to
have other retailers told when
they may and when they may not
have their firms open for business,
and the reasons are purely for
purposes of limiting competition
and not for saving anyone’s
character or morals.
Further, the law would be clearly
discriminatory and unfair to only
part of the retailers. While it
would make it illegal to sell on
Sunday merchandise traditionally
handled by department, specialty
and home furnishings estab
lishments. it would not prohibit
the sale of items “necessary to
public health and safety, i. e.,
drugs, food, gasoline, auto supplies
and items used for recreational
purposes including souvenirs and
novelties.” The law would also
not apply to some resort counties
of North Carolina.
When a man or group of men
have invested their money in a
location, bought stock to sell and
pay employees to sell it, it is
not the right of any other
competitor to tell him what days
he can open or what hours he must
or must not stay open. There is
already too much legislation in
business.
There is no right in this bill,
in the spirit of our Constitution.
We think the Supreme Court was
right to nullify a similar bill
when the last legislature passed
it, and we hope and trust they
will do the same with this one
if it is passed.
casENnoio Damr news
Pl’PPY CREEK PHILOSOPHER:
He’d Rather Have Federal Help
In The Country Than The City
Thanks To Our Town Fathers
We have no quarrel with our
town administration, and feel that
the mayor and commissioners are
doino a good job. We do think
it is bad when a business as large
as this town is. has a hard time
getting people to serve it in its
most responsible positions, just as
we feel that exhibitions of dis
interest in town affairs such as
that in the bond vote fiasco several
months ago are bad.
Here’s A Real
Xoophole
'rrt you are a businessman, you
'^ave begj, figuring out your federal
income tax under new rules that
apply to your transportation,
lodging, meals and entertainment
costs. And remember, there is
no exemption allowed for pro
ductive time lost in daily book
keeping.
It doesn’t set well with a hard-
pressed private citizen when he
reads of the loose manner in which
congressmen are permitted to list
their expenses for travel on junkets
around the world, for which tax
money pays. Instead of an itemized
statement they turn in a report
that reads, for instance, lodging
$400. meals $800. transportation
$500. miscellaneous $300. No
details are required about who,
when or how they fed a guest
whether the cost tor entertainment,
transportation and lodging per
tained togovernment business, etc.
Why shouldn’t a congressman be
required to fill out in detail the
same kind of an expense account
as a private citizen, before he turns
It in to the government for
payment*’ After all it is public
money he is spending and that
• should be more carefully accounted
for than personal income.
If the government is really trying
to plug tax-loopholes, why not
include the public officials who
Travel at taxpayer expense, as well
ii-; the private citizens who travel
ai their own or company expense?
In other words, let government
set a good example.
Dear editar:
It’s been so long since the
big city newspapers and maga
zines have exercised them
selves over the farm problem
tfiat I had the feeling some
thing was afoot, and it is.
According to an
article in a news
paper I found our
here on this Ber
muda grass farm
yesterday where
it had blown up
against a fence
and which I re
moved at once before the
thing blew over — I’m no en
gineer but I know what a few
more pounds of stress can do to
a fence of mine — big cities
are seeking 375 million dollars
In Federal grants to help them
finance transportation systems
for commuters.
As I understand it, so many
people work incities the streets
won't hold all their cars and
they have to use trains and
buses, but the trains and buses
are losing money and their
equipment is delapidated so nat
urally the only thing to do is;
to turn to Washington for money
to make up ^ difference.
Cities may denounce farmers
for doing this, but they know a'
good idea when they see it
I can’t get any big cities to
agree widi me. but clearly the
trouble is that we’ve got a sur
plus of cities. Marginal cities.
I guess you’d call them, like
marginal farmers.
It looks to me like any city
which is so big it can't get
its people to and from the work
ing areas every day, is simply
too big. In reverse, it’s like
the farmer who’s too small.
Both are uneconomic.
Now with the farmer, thecl^
answer has always been.
him give up unprofitable farm
ing and move to town, but it’s
Yours fsidifully.
J.A.
We would add one more com
ment, just to make our position
clear. We appreciate, and we
believe the citizens should
appreciate, that the jobs of mayor
and commissioner are of poor pay,
much work, worry and respon
sibility, and that they get a lot
of blame when they are doing the
best they can from many of us
who are doing nothing constructive.
For this, we thank this mayor and - " ' ' -
board for their services already m 9 rr« i
rendered, and for being willing UlUB S Tar Heel People & IsSUeS
to do it for another term in the
absence of others. These jobs
are not nearly so much honor as
they are service, and we shouldn’t
forget it.
Comments
and Pickups
We are glad to see that Hoke
Representative Neill McFadyen
voted against the amendment to
the education bill Tuesday, even
though this amendment was passed
by the House of Representatives.
The amendment would call State
College "North Carolina State Uni
versity of the University of North
Carolina’’ instead of “North Caro
lina State, the University of North
Carolina at Raleigh,’’ as pre-?
viously passed by the Senate.
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“Never in Godde’s Wourld will
there be bookes enuf.” wrote the
forgotten Scots poet, Jamie
Fulerton. in 1643. On the occasion
of National Library Week, April
21-27, we might comment that
never has his statement been truer
and,-happily, that more and more
Hoke County people are becoming
aware of its truth.
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During the 1937-49 period, the
maximum Social Security tax paid
by an employee was $30--one per
cent on the first $3,000 of pay.
The current tax Is •$174--3 5/3
per cent on the first $4,300. The
1963 tax will be $222—4 5/3 per
cent on the first $4,300.
hard to say that if a city is
too big, let It close up and
move to a smaller place. You
can say. it, but it hardly makes
sense.
; what Cities need actually is
eitfier wider streets, narrower
cars, or fewer people, but no
body seems to be making any
progress in any of these di
rections.
The way it looks to me.
big cities don't want die Fed
eral government helping farm
ers in the country, they want
them to move to town and then
help them diere.
Personally, if it’s all right
with Washington, I'd rather have
the help where I am and avoid
all that trafRc. It's easier,
mors, comfortable, and you can
do It in the shade.
UTILITY DEBATE ... In
recent months there has ap
peared to be a widening of the
breach between the private
power companies and the REA
associations furnishing power.
To me it has seemed that some
area of compromise should be
possible, that both groups, pri
vate and public, might condnue
to serve for the best interest
of the public.
I have discussed this matter
with both the private and public
utility representatives. I have
discussed the matter with num
erous legislators. Most widi
whom I have talked seem to
feel as I do. that there should
be some common ground on
which both groups might stand
and serve.
TELEPHONES ... 1 have
noted that the private and public
telephone companies seem to be
getting along fairly well without
any big debate going on or battle
brewing. It has been suggested
that the power companies might
well do what the telephone
companies—private an^ public,
did some years ago.
Some years ago the private
and public telephone companies
worjted out rather closely de
fined territory boundaries that
have been held pretty inviolate
except in rare instances. If
a plan could be worked out so
that the private and public power
companies would know just
where their territory is and
not have one or the o*er try
ing t: step over die line, it
would appear that it would be
a move In the right direction.
Also high on thecontroverstl
list are taxes, which the REA
group pays but little, and REA
service in municipalities.
It will not be easy to work
the matter out. for national
organizations are attempting to
tell both the private and public
utilities how to face the issue,
which makes a settlement har
der to arrive at than if it were
strictly a Tar Heel affair.
BOTH TO SERVE ... In
our opinion, both the private
and public power companies will
continue to serve. As the REA
group grows strong they wiU
undoubtedly start paying taxes.
In fact some of the REA leaders
have indicated a willingness to
pay taxes. And when they start
to pay taxes they may find
it to their advantage to become
incorporated with the sufen
scribers becoming stockhold
ers.
HIGHER EDUCATION . . .
The Senate passed the Higher
Education bill last week and
the matter will be before the
House for decision this week.
It’s interesting to note that
the part about the report of the
Commission on Education Be
yond the High School which
caused so much debate last
fall--the recommendation that
the UNC President and other
college heads be members of
the State Board of Higher Edu-
cation-was never made a part
of the bill, and is now—only
a few months latter not causing
a ripple. Governor Sanford
can be given credit for pouring
oil on the turbulent waters.
RE-DlSTRlCTING ... The'
chances for pusage of a Sena
torial Re-Districting bill im
proved last week with the over
whelming approval by the House
Committee on Senatorial Re-
Districting of the Currie BllU
The bill is expected to pass
the House without too much
difficulty.
ABSENTEE VOTING , . .
The outlook'for passage of a
reasonable and practical bill
to curb the abuses which have
grown up under the absentee
ballot law is good.
SUB-COMMITTEE ... Its
taking the joint Appropriations
sub-committee longer to
complete their job ditn was
expected at first. The proces
ses of Democracy are some
times slow, cumtersome and
costly, but they are well worth
tile price we have to pay.
STEEL ... With tteelprieea
having gone up, you can expect
another round of inflation.
"Fighting Joe” Hooker
laundied his first (and last)
major fights as commander of
the Army of the Potomac 100
years ago tills week, snd the
way It went, it looked as if
he had a sure Are victory in
his hands. It looked that way,
but as Hooker was to learn,
appearances are deceiving.
His fight wis against the
the nemesis of the Federal
army. General Robert E. Lee
and some 65.000 Confederates
dug in around F redericksburg.
Va.. behind the Rappahannock
River’, where they had routed
tile Federals in December.
Hooker had been a subordinate
general then and had seen the
mistakes; he would not make
them, too, he thought.
So as April came to a
close. Hooker readied his army
of 130,000 men--twice the size
of Lee’s—for its big battle.
Hospitals were cleared of
wounded. Arms were inspected.
Ammunition snd supplies were
brought up. Horses were shoed.
Even the weather turned good.
HOOKER MOVES OUT
On April 27th, Hooker moved
out. Three corps —-4?,000
men--moved 25 miles off to
the right, crossed the Rapidan
and Rappahannock Rivers, and
Lee's suspicions apparently
were not aroused. At the
same time, Hooker sent two
other corps under Gen. John
Sedgewick down to the
Rajppahannock at Fredericks
burg, where tjiey threw across
pontoon bridges and began to
cross under Confederate fire.
Lee immediately resisted
Sedgewick* s advance, but that
was all right with Hooker;
his big movement was on
the right: while Lee fought
Sedgewick, Hooker planned to
move in on Lee’s left flank,
catch him by surprise and
destroy him.
Hooker's preparations went
off without a hitch. By the
evenliw of April 30tii. he had
assembled his men in the
woods and wilderness around
a crossroads and • brick *
mansion called Chancellors-
vlUe. 10 miles west of.
F redericksburg, snd all
appeared rosy. Men whistled
as they worked, and officers
played poker on the ground.
So pleased was Hooker with
his achievements that he issued
a statement of praise to his
troops: "The operations of
the last three days have deter
mined that our enemy must
either inglorlously fly or come
out from behind his defenses
and give us battle on our own
ground, where certain
destruction awaits him."
LEE'S PLANS
But it wasn't to be so. ^
On that same day, Lee had
learned of Hooker’s movements
and had begun his preparations,
and now it was a matter
of who would move the faster.
As Hooker issued his grand
statement to his troops, Lee
was moving.
Lee saw the situation just
as Hooker saw it; he must
"either ingloriously fly or
come out from behind his
defenses." That was an easy
decision for Lee, and he came
out from behind his defenses.
Leaving 10.000 men to hold
off Sedgewick, he began moving
west from Fredericksburg
toward Chancellorsville. His
top general, "StonewaU"
Jackson, kissed his wifegoodby
(she had visited him with their
5-month-old daughter, Julia;
it was tile first time Jackson
had seen his daughter) and
put his men in motion toward
a battle that would cost him
his life.
Next week: Chancellorsville
--Lee’s greatest battle.
SENATOR
SAM ERVIN
SAYS
'sir
“sir
EDWIN GILL . . . With Na
tional Library Week upon us,
we can think of no better mes
sage for the occasion than a
brief excerpt from an address
by State Treasurer Edwin Gill
to the Friends of the Library
at Chapel Hill several years
ago. Said Treasurer Gill who
is not only i statesman but a
scholar and a student:
'iBooks, my friends, are
summer-rain and winter-snow.
They are the dogwood of the
spring and tiie crisp sere beauty
of autumn. Books are people
witii all their hopes and fears,
their joys and sorrows. Books
tell hot only of deceit and
treachery, but of the Faith,
tile Hope and the Charity of
mankind. Books are also the
human-heart—that last refuge
and cloister of the human soiL
Books live and breathe and have
within them a sort of circulation
of the blood. They are saints
and sinners. They are the hot.
meaty, robust talk of common
men. absorbed in tiie everyday
banalities of life. They are
also the cool and lofty speech
of philosophers. And lastly,
books are a pan of freedom-
part of the spirit of liberty
Itself."
Smtohay Smy$:
WASHlNGTONr-The President
in a White House ceremony
last week bestowed upon Sir
Winston Churchill the honorary
American citizenship granted
by Congress earlier this month.
This is a fitting tribute to
England’s great war leader
who meant so much to the
cause of freedom when only
a Churchill could summon
the world to resist civilization’s
most deadly challenge.
In the summer of 1940 after
Dunkirk Churchill set the tone,
raised the hearts of the
democratic peoples, and
breathed spirit and life into
the fiber of men who did
not believe in tyranny. His
courage found expression in
his oft quoted words: “Nothing
in life is so exhilarating as
to be shot at without result."
In June 1940 during England’s
darkest hour he wrote the
history of a people in five
words: "This was their finest
hour." As long as men cherish
freedom. Sir Winston Spencer
Churchill will occupy a revered
place in history. It is well
to reflect on the commanding
personality of this great man
who has influenced the course
of history as have few other
men of our time.
The Senate has passed the
wil^jertiess preservation bill.
It passed the Senate during
the last Congress, but the
House took no action on It.
It now goes to
I voted for the measure, which
I deem a fine one, on both
occasions,
the House.
Although the measure applies
for the most part to the public
lands of the western United
States, it could have a useful
effect on some of North
Carolina’s national forests.
At heart most Americans
deeply love our primitive
wilderness areas where
civilized man can enjoy the
the quiet of natural lakes,
clear streams, and peaceful
forests. The object of this
bill is to preserve for this
generation and future genera
tions by statute these areas
of scenic beauty.
In essence, the bill provides
for the setting aside
of approximately eight million
acres immediately as a part
of the wilderness system.
It also provides that from
time to time additional tracts
of land may be set aside by
the President with the consent
of the Congress.
Normally. I would not favor
vesting power of this nature
in the President. Here the
fact is. however, that the public
domain and all the national
forests are already managed
by the Interior and Agricultural
Departments of the Federal
government.
Stories
Behind
Words
by
William S. Pen/ield
White Elephant
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According to an old story, a king of Siam
presented a white elephant, which is sacred in
Siam, to any man he wished to* ruin.
The man could not refuse to accept the gift,
nor could he give it to someone else, ft.r either
action would be an insult to the king. And
he could not let the sacred animal starve to
death, for that would be a crime. Therefore,
the new owner was saddled with the expense
of feeding the elephant, which has an enormous
appetite. Eventually the expense exhausted the
man’s financial resources.
From this alleged practice came the expres
sion "white elephant,” meaning some possession
or advantage that brings more expense or re
sponsibility than it is worth.
^ 'pyright 1962 William S. Penfield