WEEKLY SUARY OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Series
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This Is The Seventh In A
Of Weekly Summaries Of
V Work of The 1943 Session
The General Assembly It
Not Intended As A Report
All Legislation, But Is Confin
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The major bills of the Session
up for passage in the House
Senate this week and received
action. .-,
SB 54, providing for a nine months
State-supported school term, passed
three readings in both the House
the Senate and was ratified Feb.
During the week a Committee Substi
tute for the Budget Revenue Bill, re
ported favorably by the House
Finance Committee last week, passed
its third reading on Monday and
sent to the Senate. The Committee
Subsitute made a number of changes
in the original bill, one more inv
portent being the deletion of the
vision in the original bill for giving
counties the option of collecting
intangible tax. Another change allow.
ed merchants making timely sales
payments to deduct 3 per cent. In
senate, several amendments were
added. The most controversial amend'
ment had the effect of removing
3 per cent sales tax from materials
be incorporated into ships and other
war requirements of the Federal
Government, constructed on a cost
plus-flat-fee basis. All Senate amend'
ments were concurred in by
House on February 26.
The Biennial Appropriations Bill
and the Supplemental Appropriations
Bill, being SB 11 and SB 12, respect
ively, were .both reported favorably
. by the Senate Finance Committee ai
to Committee Substiute, which retain
or increased all appropriations with t
few exceptions. Both bills passed
three readings in the Senate and
House. A feature of both bills is
new schedule of war bonuses to
teachers and state employees. The
bonuses will be payable as follows: $5
per month to those earning an "annual
salary up to and including $400; $10
for annual salaries from $401 to $899
$15 for annual salaries from $900 to
$1800; $16 for annual salaries from
$1801 to $2100; $18 for annual sala
ries from $2101 to $2400; $20 for an
nual salaries from $2401 to $2700; $22
for annual salaries from $2701 to
$3600, and $24 for annual salaries
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teachers will be figured upon an an
nual or semi-annual basis and will be
apportioned monthly.
. HB 144, the Wine Control Bill, in
cluding a' provision, for the sale, of
""dessert'" wines" having an alcoholic
content of 20 per cent and which
passed the House after considerable
controversy, was tabled in the Senate
on February 23. Numerous, local bills
have been introduced in both branches
of the General Assembly to control,
regulate or prohibit the sale of wine
and beer. To date, none have been re
ported from committees. However,
HB 180, a State-wide measure to pro
hibit the sale of wine and beer be
tween 11:30 P. M. and 7:00 A. M.,
every day and to make it unlawful to
allow consumption of wine or beer on
the premises between midnight and
7:00 A. M. every day, and which fur
ther authorizes any county or munici
pality to prohibit sales between 11:30
P. M. Saturday and 7:00 A. M. Mon
day, passed is final reading in the
Senate on February 26. And during
the week a State-wide bill was intro
duced in the House that would pro
hibit the sale of wine or beer between
the hours of 11:30 P. M. on Saturday
and 7:00 A.M. on Monday and would
make it unlawful to permit the con
sumption of wine or beer on the
premises between midnight Saturday
and 7:00 A. M. Monday.
During the week SB 29, to provide
for submission to popular vote the
constitutional amendment with regard
to the organization of the State Board
of Education, failed to pass the
second reading in the House. How
ever, on the following day a motion
to reconsider the vote was carried and
the bill is again awaiting action on
the House Calendar.
Still running considerably ahead of
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number of bills considered and with
respect to progress of major legisla
ion, a drive toward adjournment was
indicated by the appointment of a
.Calendar Committee. Since Tuesday,
Senate bills, with few exceptions,
have been referred to the Calendar
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bills have been introduced in the
Senate, referred to the Calendar Com
mittee, reported favorably, passed
second and third readings and sent to
the House during the same session.
. Recognizing he growth and pros
pective increase in air traffic, a bill
was introduced in the House Wednes
day to provide for the comprehensive
regulation of aeronautics. The sub
ject would be placed under the juris
diction of the Utilities Commission
which would be charged with the du
ties of assisting in the promotion of
aviation and the adoption and en
forcement 6f rules and regulations
which would be kept so far as prac
ticable in' conformity with Federal
legislation. This bill would require
Vaitavol mo-iafrfltinn nf aircraft and
pilots, and aircraft would be register
ed with the Utilities Commission,
which would issue annual certificates
and would license airports, schools
and facilities, rne aenaie receiver
bill upon the same subject. The Sen
ate bill would create a State Aeronau
tics Commission, which would be au
thorized to issue rules and regula
tions in regard to aeronautics, regu
late airports, their repair and main
enance, promote air transportation
and employ a Director of Aeronautics.
Under this bill a tax of 5 cents per
gallon would be 'levied upon each gal
lon of oil and gas used for aviation
purposes, 75 per cent of which would
be used by the Aeronautics Commis
sion and 25 per cent to be used. for
the maintenance of the airport collect
ing the tax.
Other bills introduced during the
week would: amend the Constitution
to provide for the prosecution of
criminal offenses upon information,
instead of upon indictment of the
grand jury; authorize the State
Treasurer, with the approval of the
Governor and Council of State, to pro
vide compensation for banks for serv
ices in redeeming N. C. bonds and
coupons; increase the maximum bond
of the clerks of the Superior Court
from $25,000 to $50,000; authorize the
Governor to set up a Bureau of Mines
within ;the Department of Conserva
tion and Development if mining de
velopments in the State should justi
fy it; make it unlawful to cut forest
lands without making provision for
reforestation unless the land is beinor
cleared Tor another use; raise the tax
on unfortified wines from 10 cents to
20 cents per gallon; repeal the re
quirement for keeping primary elec
tion books and provide for the use of
the general election registration books
in both primaries and elections; in
clude the National Guard and the
State Guard under the provisions of
the Workmen's Compensation Act
while at drill or on duty; increase the
appropriation for State aid to public
libraries by $50,000 for the coming
biennium; and permit a person 18
years of age to dispose of his proper
ty by will.
WOMAN IS DOING
ALL FARM LABOR
Mrs. Baum Cultivates 40 Acres
With Tractor; Husband On
Defense Job.
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Mrs. Leland Baum of Wake Forest
has solved the problem of labor on her
farm she does the work fctrselx.
Her husband has been working
a Navy Yard for two years, and their
only son is in the Army and now is
at an officers candidate school
Fort Sill.
"I broke all my farm of 40 acres in
1942 and cultivated my corn with
tractor," said Mrs. Baum when asked
about her activities. "I had a colored
man to help me at the time and to use
my mules when I needed mule plow
ing. I had 5 3-10 acres of cotton and
made 6 1-2 bales. I made 75 barrels
of corn, raised 600 chicks, kept a good
cow, raised 1,000 pounds of meat for
1943. I have four brood sows, and al
ready have 24 nice pigs.
"I canned 300 jars of vegetables
fruits, jams, pickles, and jellies, and
had a fine garden of flowers. I did
all my housework.
"I know this war will be won with
food, and we women can certainly do
a lot toward winning this war, Mrs,
Baum added. "Our government ought
to get down to brass tacks and do
something about the shortage of farm
labor, for our soldiers cannot wait till
1944 to eat if they are to win this
war in 1943. I am 50 years old, and
glad indeed, I can do somehing to
help in winning the war and in bring'
ing relief to any who are suffering."
MRS. LAURA P. ROWE
LONNIE M. THOMPSON
Benson. Funeral services for
Donnie Muriel Thompson, six weeks
old, who died at a Fayetteville hospi
tal Thursday, were held Friday after
noon at the home of her parents, Mr,
and Mrs. Alton Thompson, near Ben
son. Rev. W. Y. Moore, Advent
Christian minister of Benson, conduc
ted the rites and interment was in the
Stoney Run church near Dunn.
Surviving are the parents, two bro
thers, William P. and Carroll, and the
grandparents, Mrs. Rosella Thompson
of near Benson, 'and Mrs. Maggie
Best of Erwin and J. H. Best , of
Mount Olive. . . L. , . i -
Mrs. Laura Pierce Rowe, 66, wife
of Will G. Rowe, died at her home in
Princeton Friday at 11 a. m., follow
ing an illness of several weeks.
Funeral services were conducted
Saturday at 3 p. m. at the Raines
Cross Roads Free Will Baptist church
by the Rev. Henry Ruark, a former
pastor of Princeton Methodist church,
assisted by the Rev. N. C. Yearby,
the present pastor. Interment was in
the church cemetery.
.surviving are ner husband: six
sons, Dalma, Gilbert, Edward, Lee and
Clarence of Princeton, Mrs. H. B.
Raines, Newport News, Va., Mrs. Gur
ney rittman, Micro, Mrs. Ueorge W.
Ayers, Portsmouth and Mrs. Ephriam
Rose, Princeton; three brothers, B. L.
and A. W. Pierce of Pikeville and W.
H. Pierce of Kenly and one sister,
Mrs, George N.Watersof Durham?"
I 0 Friday e&
We have just received another shipment of
these popular priced suites.
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Stepmothers Can Overcome
Family Problems
THE ordinary problems of marriage are almost insignificant when
compared to those which face a young woman who assumes the
responsibilities of stepmotherhood.
The average bride enters happily into marriage, and as a rule is
confronted by no immediate problems. She assumes the welcome bur-
aea ot making the home attractive for the bridegroom and planning
with him for their future.
But the young woman who be
comes a bride of a man who has chil
dren by a previous marriage has to
overcome the natural hostility or
shyness of the children and the pos
sible suspicious, antagonism of
grandparents.
However, these problems can be
met and overcome and a happy
household can be the result if the
advice and suggestions of a success
ful stepmother are followed.
In the March issue of Good House
keeping Magazine a stepmother, who
prefers to remain anonymous, has
detailed a manual for other women
in the same situation or for those
contemplating marriage with a
father of children by an earlier union.
"The stepmother steps into a
world of complexities," writes the
author. "After a week of problems
she is likely to conclude that her
first-rate love affair has dwindled
into a second-rate motherhood and
that the columnists are correct who
write that 'being a stepmother is the
most thankless job on earth.' But
after a year Of intelligent, honest
effort, there is every reason for her
to think differently; and after five
years she may find, as others of us
stepmothers have, that she has taken
on one of the grandest, most satis
fying jobs on earth, that her step
children are in a special way her own
children. This happy conclusion de
pends primarily on herself, the point
of view she achieves, and the degree
of affection she develops for her
stepchildren."
The author makes a thorough
analysis of the problems which arise
in such a household and shows how
they can be solved and the children
changed from emotional, hostile
strangers to affectionate, obedient
youngsters.
roots and slow up growth. Shallow
cultivation is the rule for gardens.
9. Don't spare the water.
Light sprinkling brings roots to the
surface. That's bad. Thorough soaking;
pushes down to the roots, and keeps
them down where they belong. Soak;
only when the ground is dry.
10. Don't let the weed crop win.
Amateur gardeners often dream
about dishes full of luscious fresh
vegetables the moment they put their
seed in. While they dream the weeds
sometimes become the major crop.
11. Don't let the bugs beat you to it.
Gardeners must be on the alert
from beginning to end for insect ar
mies and the onset of disease. Bo
ready with spray gun and duster and
the proper death-dealing ammunition.
12. Don t let anything go to waste.
If your garden yields too much for
you to eat or store or preserve for
yourself, see that someone else gets
the leftovers. Tell your local Civilian
Defense office about your surpluses.
Dozen 'Don'ts For A
Gardener
1. Don't start what you can't finish.
Before you plant a garden, count
the work involved even before seed
time and through harvest. Abandoned
gardens are a waste of seed, fertiliz
er, tools, insecticides, and labor.
2. Don t waste good seed on bad
soil.
Gardens need good, well-drained
soil, not the usual kind of city lots
where soil is mostly cinders and rub
bish. Places where weeds flourish are
promising garden spots.
3. Don't work ground too soon.
Starting too early will spoil the
soil. When , a piece -. of earth will
cfumbie apart as you hold or press it
between your fingers, the soil is dry
enough to cultivate. Make sure yours
is.
4. Don't run rows up and down a
hill.
If you must plant your garden on a
hillside, make sure that the rows are
horizontal long the line of the hill. If
you plant them up and down, rain
will wash off seed and topsoil.
4. Don't use too much seed.
Crops seeded too thick will come up
close together, they will need lots of
thinning. Learn how to space the seed
you use. Overseeding wastes seed and
labor. Waste won't win.
6. Don't plant too much of one
thing.
Too much of any vegetable, even if
it comes from your own garden, is
hard to take unless you are sure
someone else can use the surplus you
can't use. Plant a variety of things.
7. Don't let the pole beans black
out the beets. .
In fact, don't let any of the tall crops
shade the short ones, what ever they
are. Growing things must get sun.
Plant climbers, like beans, to the
north; short ones, to the south.
8. Don't wield too heavy a hoe.
Vegetable roots grow near the sur
face. They are tender, too. When you
cultivate them deeply, you injure the
AAA GIVES ESSENTIALS
FOR GOOD GARDENING
Every farm family is asked to
grow a garden in 1943. This also ap
plies to town families where suitable
space is available. No other plot of
ground on the farm of similar size
contributes more to the health of the
family and wholesome, economical
production of food than the family
vegetable garden. To attempt to
evaluate the home garden in . terms of
dollars and cents is a difficult task
when one considers the value of the
crisp, juicy vegetables that come fresh
from the real home garden and the
definite cash savings in the year,
round food budget.
It is not a difficult task to grow as
many as 20 different vegetables dur
ing some period of the year in North
Carolina, and have at least three or
more different kinds growing each
month in the garden for at least
eight , months of the year.
During the past few years, the
AAA has been making payments on
farm gardens meeting minimum re
quirements which are listed below.
1. The Garden shall be adequately
protected from poultry and livestock.
The home garden shall consist of
not less than 1-10 of an acre per per
son, and preferably planted as one
unit. However, not more than a one
acre garden will be required per
family.
3. A minimum of ten different
kinds of vegetables shall be produced
during the year. Irish and sweet pota
toes, corn and field peas may be
planted elsewhere.
4. Three or more different vege
tables shall be growing in the garden.
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This bedroom suite consists of three pieces large poster
bed, all oak interior woodwork. This is the same suite that
people stood in line to buy last November and December.
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JUST RECEIVED A SHIPMENT OF
WAn&Dnaai)iiBiE .
This is the first lot we have been able to get since last year.
Special Price On Entire Stock
If you want to save money C Hub B-4-U Buy
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Payroll Savings Plan. At least 10 of your salary every pay
day. Not 6, or 7 or 8 but at least 10. And more,
if possible.
Many Americans who ought to be buying War Bonds through
the Payroll Savings Plan every payday, aren't. They just
haven't yet STOPPED TO THINK what it means to
Johnny.
Don't be like that, lady. Invest your 1C with Uncle Sam
payday after payday. You'll get a big kick out of it.
Knowing that you, personally, are serving him the guns,
planes, bombs, tanks whatever it is liz r.eccs!
WHAT YOU SHOULD DO
If you are . .
J m Already inverting 10 ef your pay in War
' Bond through the Payroll Savhujt Plan boost
that 10 if yea can.
2 Working in plant where the Plan it installed,
but havaa't lifnad ap yet tifn up tomorrow.
2, Weriing in a plant where the Payroll Saving's
"r:n hasn't been installed, talk to yonr union
head, foreman, or plant manager and see if it
can't be installed right away. The local bank
will be glad to help. 1
f Unable to get in on the Payroll Savings Plan
for any reason, go to your local bank, or wher
ever bonds are sold. They will be glad to help
you start a plan of your own.
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AMERICA'S ALL-OUT WAR PROGRAM BY
R. H. GRIFFIN,jQASHIER
SELHA, NORTH CAROLINA.