-imM.C
' Al
iky
()iC6ui;fy Tops TB Rrnxl Goal
Washington A number of
11 ball " votes in the United
lates Senate on the civil rights
roposals are proof positive cf
e value of extended debate. :
IIor .Than Voting Rights.
Tien .the ; Dirksen civil rights
Jill was attached to the Stella
school bill, it was hailed as . ai
simple voting rights bill. . This
being, generally believed, it wasi
necessary- to begin germane debate-to
show to the country that
more; was involved. Moreover,
it was necessary to convince
some of our colleagues that the
bill i in many instances was not
Constitutional, grossly unfair in
asmuch as it contained sections
patently irresponsible.
D t b a t e Focused Attention
When ; the extended debate f 9
Taylor Theatre
EDEXTONT, X. C.
Thursday, March 24
v LAST SHOWING
Paul Muni and
David Wayne in
"THE LAST ANGRY MAN"
Friday, Saturday, Sunday and 1
Monday, March 25-26-27-28
Walt Disney's
"TOBY TYLER"
with Kevin Corcoran, Henry
Calvin, Gene Sheldon, Bob
Sweeney, Richard ' Eastman,
& Mr. Siubbs the chimpansee
Technicolor
NO AUVANOK IN l'KICKtf
Tuesday and Wednesday,
March 29-30
1)0 l it I. K FKATURK
' Grace Kelly and
Bing Crosby in
"THE COUNTRY GIRL"
Grace Kelly and
William Holden in '
"THE BRIDGES OF
TOKI-RI"
Technicolor
Coming March 31 -April 1
"THREE MURDERESSES"
. Drl.axp Color
cused attention on these unwise
provisions, the Senate first took
a roll call vote, on my amend
ment to the i first section., - It
was adopted. As a consequence,
the first section penalties .were
greatly . reduced. Later pn, Sen
ator Lausche of Ohio successful
ly presented an amendment that
broadened the section to include
all resistance to court , orders, in
cluding labor-management mat
ters. . Upon overwhelming ac
ceptance by the Senate of this
amendment, there was a grand
rush to vote out the t "whole sec
I -i-j
By THOMAS MASTO'N '
As Carolyn Fay Rogerson: arid
her mother, Mrs. C. T. Rogerson,
remove the 1 last of the posters
tion, a matter we had been seek-1 from the TB window, depicting
ing since the beginning of de- scenes ot nome, tarmly circle
bate. It clearly had nothing to
do with voting rights. The sham
of the section was exposed. This
culin testing chest x-rays--siid
to "our patients, to help' readjust
their outlook and develop their
morale research, ,.to seek a drug
that will some day prevent tu-
bereulosis. By your support you
and community life to safeguard 1 have become partners in the tu-
the health of others, I realize, as
chairman of the Christmas Seal,
resoved one of the sections butj there is no short cut, that tuber
left more hard work , to be done'.culosis control belongs to the
to delete or change other pro-! people, that this disease can
visions. ' and must be controlled.
Bombina Provision Broadened.! Perquimans citizens have their
Last Thursday, the Senate ap- share of TB four cases were
nrnvert tho Keatins; amendment found last vear. and in I958 ninei
proved the Keating amendment
after accepting my; modification
to broaden the anti-Obombing sec
tion of the bill to1 prohibit the
transportation of explosives in
interstate commerce for purposes
of illegal bombing. This made
the section apply to all violence
of this nature, another exam
ple of the fruit of reasonable
debate,
befculosis program, as the doc
tors for their counsel teacher's
by " their ' daily cooperation in
educational' programs to the
churches for . their community
leadership to the social, civic
and health groups to the wel
fare to the Health Department
for their determination in find
cases were reported, ranking ' ing cases to our newspaper for
second high in North Carolina
in case rate according to papu
lation. The citizens of our
county realized this need by
topping their goal and contribut
ing $1,554.70 to the Christmas
Seal Sale Campaign to pro
mote year round health pro
grams, to keep their people in-
Voting Rights Bill. While Iiformed-in case finding-tuber-
the columns devoted to this
problem and the radio stations
for the willingness with which
they have used broadcasts on
tuberculosis.
To all these people I owe, and
wish to express my sincere
thanks and appreciation for the
cooperation given me as Seal
Sale Chairman for our county.
feel that there are sufficient
laws already on the statute
books to guarantee the voting
rights of qualified citizens who
will use them and not demand
special provisions not given to
nthers. I nevertheless feel that
the denial of the right to vote marketings and government pay
to qualified citizens is indefen- ments in North Carolina during
;ib!e. If the Coneress is to en- 1959 at $974,919,000 was 7 per-
fact a voting rights bill, it should 1 cent below the preceding year's
1959 N. G Cash Farm Receipts
Seven Per Cent Below 1958
income dollar during" each of the
past .three years. ;.: ,1 :; v
pf the,. 975- million dollars
gross income for 1959, $290,275,
000 came from sales of livestock
and livestock products, $674,
019,000 came from sale of crops
and $10,625,000 from govern
ment payments. Cash receipts
from sales of all crops during
1059 accounted for 69.9 percent
of the total cash . receipts from
all farm marketings. , Receipts
from marketings of livestock and
livestock products accounted for
3Q,l percent of the total com
pared with 31.0 in 1958. The
$0,625,000 r received from gov
ernment payments in 1959 was
approximately 27 million dollars
below the 1958 total of $37,
538,000. Despite the- drop in net in
come per farm; North Carolina
continued to outrank - any other
slate in the South Atlantic re
gion in total cash farm receipts
during 1959. It ranked eleventh
among all the states in the na
tion in that respect. North
Carolina ranked fourth in the
nation in cash receipts from
crops, being exceeded by Illi.
nois, Texas and California. The
state ranked eighteenth in the
nation in cash receipts from
livestock and livestock pro
ducts. Nationally, cash receipts from
farm marketings at 32.8 billion
dollars were only 2 percent low
er than the record high 33.6 bil
lion dollars in 1958.
: ).
Sweet is the on taking, but
sour, in, the off putting.
James Kelly.
Oregon ; Inlet JjkJs
Opened March 29
The State Highway Depart
ment has asked for bids on the
dredging of Oregon Inlet chan
nel and will begin; a survey for
bridvmg the inlet in the next
two weeks.
Dredging, bids will be opened!
on March z in Kaieigh and the
Highway Commission ' will re-
view the bids at its Aj?ril 1
meeting jn Raleigh. - Specifica
tions of the dredging , project
call for clearing the present
ferryboat channel to a depth of
eight feet below low water ele
vation and a channel : width of
.! xeei.-.--ne -juo is oasea on
60,000 cubic yards of .excava
tion. " ' -(
Shifting shoals in Oregon , In
let, nad caused frequent inter
ruption of ferries plying ;-the
channel, but Division Highway
Engineer W. N. Spruill reports
the boats are 'operating on ; an
almost normal schedule. Some
trips are a bit slower than us
ual, however, because of restrict
ed ferryboat movement. He said
the slower operation resulted in
the loss of about one or 'two
crossings per day. ,
sSMALLER CORN ACREAGE
NOW INDICATED FOR 1960
March J, I960,' prospective
plantings reports from . North
Carolina farmers indicate that
1,948,000 acres of corn will be
planted for all purposes, accord
ing to the North Carolina Crop
Reporting Service. If farmers
I carry out their intentions, they I
will plant 60,000 acres pr 3 .per
cent' less than they did in: U959.
, Corn acreage allotments are
not in effect for ,1960 and were
not in effect in 1959. Most of
the reduction in acreage for 1960
is expected , to occur in the com
mercial coastal plains counties.
Another Cancer Clinic
Scheduled For April 1
The Northeastern . Cancer
Clinic will be held on Friday
afternoon, April 1st, with regis
tration beginning .af 1 o'clock.
A chest X-ray will be given to ,
anyone wishing it along with!
the examination of the five Areas
of the body1 where cancer is
most easily found and cured. .
There are no limitations as to
sex, race, physical1 or : economic
status at . the center; however,,
wpmen should be 35 or more; ,
men .should be 40 or over un
less referred by a .doctor, or
unless one of the "Seven Danger(
Signals".. ; or "symptoms' 'are
present. " j
Only . ,30 people can be seen at
the Center each month due to i
limited facilities, so it is sug
gested that anyone who wishes i
to be assured 'of an appointment
should write the Cancer Center, i
Health ' Department, Elizabeth
City, N. C for a priority. Ex
aminees .are : asked to bring a
robe or housecoat With them. -.
Of all debts, men ' are least
willing to pay taxes. What a
satire is this on government! . ,
Ralph Waldo Emerson.
viait -J jjm .
when you Jjf , j
can Call
jf'l can't
Everyone enjoys the
companionship and pleasure
of a personal visit. But
sometimes these visits just - .
, can't be mode. It's then thaJ O
friendly long distance
: 1 telephone call still lets you ,:. .
keep in touch, without losing
ony of the warmth and
meaning of a personal visit.
FEB NORFOLK ft CAROLINA
TELEPHONE ft TELEGRAPH
COMPANY
apply only to the ballot for Fed
eral officials. I cannot harmon
ize a proposal to put Federal
voting regulations down to the
election' of ijocal officials with
"the Constitution of the United
Sates. As a consequence, a ma
jor battle will have to be waged
on this point.
A tax is a payment exacted
by he authority ompart of
the community for. the. benefit
of the whole.
v Samuel Johnson.
Gross cash receipts from farm ; per farm, or 15.4 percent below
the $2,188 average for 1958. Ex
cept for 1957 when net farm in
come averaged only $1,718, the
average for 1959 was the small
est since 1949.
Decreases in receipts from to-
total of $1,048,198,000, according
to the North Carolina Crop Re-
nnrtinfr RprvirA Whfn allow
ance is made for items con-1 bacco, peanuts, eggs, prouars
sumed on farms and for gross and hogs accounted for most of
retail value of farm dwellings, j the decline in ," cash receipts,
realized gross income per farm Production expenses continued
is calculated at $4,341. Although J to rise largely because of de
4 6 percent below the record j preciation charges and repairs
high $4,550 average for 1958, it ' and operation 01 capital items,
was the highest of any other
year of record. On the other
hand, realized net income that,
remaining after deduction of pro
duction expenses fell to $1,851
5 1
Production expenses last jyear
amounted Jo about 57.5 .percent
of fthe gross farm income. ' Pro
duction .expenses have v taken
more than 50 cents of the gross
Seed Corn Now In Stock
Coker 67 616 911
Dekalb 609 633 803A 837 1051
Funk's G-76 G-144 710 134
McNair 42 304 442 444
M & W US523W NC288
Pioneer 302A 309A 309B 342A 338A
Speight's D4 VPI426 NC46
SEED BEANS
HOOD . . . LEE . . . OGDEN
Early and Late Wood Yellow
Place Your Order With Us Today
WE SELL THE BEST
Armour Fertilizers
Royster Fertilizers
Time Tested And Approved
HIGHEST MARKET PRIC E FOR HOGS EVERY DAY
FOR THE BEST IN-FEED
Try Our Line Of SPARTAN QUALITY
Made In-; The South For Southern Fafafters
-4'
Always Ready To Serve You
SHOP PHTHISIC'S - SAVE TWICE -- WE GIVE
f, IU ,vi
mm
mm
TOP VALUE
STAMPS
?0 When Quality Counts .. .
THROUGH SATURDAY. MARCH J6 '
HARRELL'S FIRST CUT LEAN i lb. swifts premium
Pork CHOPS Ib.gclb Rc
CAROLINA GRADE A WHOLE L-1
FRYERS ib. 2Qc oqc
rrawss . .
, II f jr fif jr Jipr-VM Vlrr- i lb. gwaltneys signal
TOdafelgPlECT Sausage 25"
''" 1 1111
10 LB. PILLSBURY NO. 2'a MARTINDALE - 2-OZ Old MailSlOn '
PLAIN OR SELF-RISING . ' vm i""iaiu
FLOUR Sweet Potatoes Qc LACK
X- f 1 46-02. POCAHONTAS SWEET - . !l GDOfilT
bagy 7t Orange Juice J 31c
starkist , ". can C
SeWfr Chunk Tuna 29c
rlTdnQiVL J FREE 1LB-LOAF BREAD free . t n .
VI UiliUtt WITH PURCHASE OF CARTON , (PUui N.C. Tax) XVargarilie
JT L&M Cigarettes $189 ft jj c
WHITE I 26-OZ. JOHNSON'S KLEER I M'
Potatoes Floor Wax I g9c
f I rTN 4-STRING DURABLE CLEAN SWEEP fiSlSCllltS
bagg3j BROOMS 79cg)forc
GIANT SIZE . .:.;,. . .J: ' - ..Lr- ' - - T.,..
1-LB. FRESH CRISP '' C'ffVlO
CarrOtS Blue Cheer box (gjg)c WEP
. .. ,. '. 1 ."mmmm7m7mmmm . 1 ' :6-oi. Richfood ' - can -
bag Pc- .WIN A . SILVER DOLLAR ftH! Jft.!
l-Lb. SlrUtmann i tW! . WLL PAV A SILVER DOLLAR FOR THE OLDEST .PENNY . r?-1, CT-ff
Honey Urahams 6bC t registered in cur store thru Saturday, april 2. I cL-.ii . . lrli
IW Lbs. Blue Karo bottle Reg. Six 3c off box Quart 'v ; ; bottle Medium 4 bart
Syrup... 25c Fab...,. 31c Mqzola.Qil 57c ivory Soap 39c
SOO't Kleenex box 25-Ft Holl s ioU Soft Wear a for Rj. SUe . 2 Pkgt.
Tissues . . . 15c R. Wrap . .31c Tissue . . 25e Trend . . . . 39c
Hi. 1
.ft'I;.''
in
r
j ,
lit
i;
. Phone 2501 ',' ; ' r. : Hertford, f. C f