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The Roundup
By WILBORIfE HARRELL A
THUMBNAIL BOOK REVIEW—]
An Bdenton man. Gurme Hobbs, 1
is making his initial bid for lit
erary recognition in the recent _
publication of his first book.!
''Reflections in Lafayette Park,
and Other Poems”. A first nov
el is scheduled to follow the
volume of verse.
Mr. Hobbs' verses run the po
etical gamut from the lofty phil-
J osophical and analytical to the
” uninvolved and earthy, and are
.written in blank verse, free]
’ vers* and standard metrical tech- :
nique. His poems are soul- j
searching and reveal a struggle ;
to understand life through self- ]
evaluation. Although all of his 1
poems contain a modicum of the 1
weaknesses and imperfectionsi
that all poets perpetrate at times■ j
in more or lesser degree, some j 1
of his lines contain a flash of
insight and true genius. It is
this reviewer's humble opinion
that Mr. Hobbs' first poetical
ottering will find its greatest re- <
sponse and understanding among
his fellow poets, and fall some
what short of appealing to the !
general reading public. J
The National Outlook
A Financial “Miracle”
By Ralph Robey
| Wfc have just witnessed what
property may be called a finan- 1
cial "miracle'* in connection with
the federal budget.
Last January it was estimated
the budget for fiscal year'
r iding June 30 would end up >
with a surplus of S2OO million. I
Although that was a Budget Bu- j
• read forecast, and although there
was only a little over five more
months to go, it appeared that
the figure was on the generous
side. The next news we had
was that corporation income.tax
payments would be clown sharp
ly, perhaps by seals a billion dol- ‘
lars. That meant, should it j
prove to be true, that the fisca’
year would result in a deficit.
Now we have the final account
ing for the year, and it shows
a surplus of sl.l billion.
The figures on this budget 1
showing haw been widely pub- ]
heued and we do not propose to i
repeat them here. None the)
there are a few items which
deserve emphasis.
First, the forecast on corpora
tion income tax payments was
wrong only in the sense that
the decline was even larger than
anticipated in the statement of <
a few months ago. In fact, rev
enues as a whole were below the
January estimate.
Second, the surplus was not
the result of reducing military |
spending. This item was up a
quarter of a billion dollars from
the January estimate, and at
$41.2 billion was almost identical
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| But, nevertheless, if you love
poetry and whether or not you
are a poet or an average reader,
_ you will find pleasure and may
! hap some profit in reading "Re
flections in Lafayette Park”.
The role of a movie star is
indeed a unique experience for
Edenton, but with an actor’s
debonair nonchalance the old
town has taken it in its stride.
The “Little Town on Queen
! Anne’s Creek,” the travelogue
film being made of Edenton,
may not win an ‘Oscar'’, but a
I lot of Oscars and Joes and Marys
I will view the film and the world
'will know we've got what it
takes; and that with our many
scenic, historical and economic
advantages and offerings, we can
build as good a mouse trap as
any other locality in the coun
try.
THE WEST—One of the most
colorful figures of the Old West
was the traveling medicine-show
man. He was usually known as
Doc or Professor, and in away
| he was a left-handed doctor, den-
with military expenditures in the
] fiscal year ending June 30. 1959.
, Third, the total spending was
$3.4 billion below the 1959 level
and the reduction, except for the
j military, was scattered pretty
| well across the board,
j Finally, and most important i
• here is definitive evidence that _
total government spending does
not have to increase year after
year. It may be granted that
some of the reductions were not
the result of anything which the
Administration,.itself did. A per
fect example was the large de
cline in agricultural expendi
tures. That came about because
farmers did not make as heavy
demands upcA the government
as anticipated, and had they,
made the demands there would
have been no alternative under
, the present laws but to make.
larger payments.
I The substantial drop In inter- I
est payments on the public debt
also was not because the Treas
ury did or did not do anything. I
It was the result of the decline 1
of interest rates in the open mar
ket.
j But, in general, it is accur
late to say that the surplus is I
the result of our having a pru- (
dent administration—an admini
stration which is not only inter- !
ested. but determined, to spend
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WORLD CHAMPION DIVERS, CYPRESS GARDENS
AQUABABIES.
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HNlTrl) All i r i nilrVi n i r OUllllw 1 illli VjN /
s tist, peddler, tinker, cobbler, ac
i tor, magician and Showman ex
traordinary. He doctored man
•! or beast, sold Indian remedies
• J that were guaranteed to cure
j anything or your money cheer
fully refunded—if you could find
i him. At night, under kerosene
• 1 flares, he held his audiences
i spellbound with the rolling and
I resonant tones of his compelling
. | oratory, pulled rabbits out of a
I I hat or teeth out of your head
t with equal facility, and declaim
|ed Hamlet apd Macbeth with the
i aplomb and smoothness of a
: Booth or a Barrymore. His visits
were eagerly looked forward to
by a ready-made audience un-
I accustomed or surfeited with
: i movies, TV, radio, Broadway
shows and revues. And it’s my
sneaking suspicion they got more
real entertainment and whole
some pleasure from these itiner
ant shows than we do todaiy, de
spite the abundance of amuse
ments, in every shape and form,
that clutter up our lives.
No compromise with Communism
no more than necessary. Os
course the Administration was
not completely successful in this
effort. There is, and probably
always will be, waste of enor
mous proportions in our federal
spending.
At least in the past fiscal year,
however, there was some need
less spending eliminated, and for
that we should all be thankful.
It would be encouraging al
most beyond words if we could
believe that an equally good rec
ord would be made in the current
fiscal year. At the moment it
does not appear that is probable.
Already a needless and quite un
justified S7OO million has been
added for increased pay to gov
ernment workers, and no one can
know what will happen in the
presumed brief session when the
Congress reconvenes. We do
know, however, that there are
some enormous spending propos
als on the docket, and back of
that is a Democratic platform
which, if enacted, would cost
billions.
The one great point to bear in
mind is that there is no eco
nomic necessity for spending this
year to be above that of the fis
cal period just ended. Some cate
gories may need more, but other
items can be reduced by more
than enough to take care of
these increases. 4
i The best security for people’s
doing their duty is that they
! should not know anything else
to do. —Walter Bagehot.
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natural environment, Ginger Stolz, left, and Mary Eagan dine
at Cypress Garri<»T>* r »-
j Weekly Devotional |
Column
By JAMfc.** MacnJSNZIK J
RABBI, we know that ' thou j
art a Teacher (Greek: Didaska-|
los) come from God—John 3:2. ;
The blind man said unto Him,
Lord (Greek; Rabboni), that I
might receive my sight—Mark
10:51.
Here are three Greek words
commonly used by the follow
ers and friends of Jesus to ad
dress Him—three terms that are
indicative of three attitudes to
ward Him still found among His
followers and friends.
The first word is DIDASKA
LOS. It is the common Greek
word for teacher, and nothing
more. To call Jequs "Didaska
los” is to look upon Him as a
Person possessing a certain de
gree of intellect and teaching
ability, but nothing special,
tt is easy to call Jesus DIDAS
XALOS—a teacher. The world
has had many tegchers, and
even the most ungodly are will
ing to surrender the Master
Teacher a place beside Con
fucious. Mark Hopkins, or Wil
liam Dewey.
The second form of address
is RABBI. This is a higher
form of address. The Rabbis
were, of course, the master
teachers of Israel. When the
Temple fell into disrepair and
disuse, and the people were
scattered, synagogues (Greek:
places where people come to
gether) were established to
teach the Old Testament Faith.
These were presided over by
the Rabbis, who were a step
above the common run of teach
er. The Rabbi was to the di
daskalos what the college pro
cessor is to a first-grade teach
er (though, come to think of it,
most first-grade teachers I know
are a good deal better teachers
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I learning above the average run]
] of teacher. I
I The third word is RABBONI.
I This is the worn Rabbi with
I the personal Hebrew suffix
“oni” which means “my own
teacher". It is one thing to
realize that Jesus is the Master
Teacher of all time. It is an
. other thing to say, "I will sit
at His feet and learn of Him."
Realizing that UNC is a great
, university will never gain you
an education—neither will con
. fessing that Jesus is a great
Teacher make us proficient in
His teaching. One must ran.
to Him and saw Rabbi. Thou
'iart Rabboni"—Teacher. Thou art
I I my teacher.
,! To accept Jesus Christ vis
Teacher demands complete sur
render of the intellect. One
cannot go to Him as one does
to human teachers and accept
or reject His teaching at will.
To learn of Him we must be
willing to empty our minds of
. all pre-conceived notion-* and
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j prejudices, and allow Him to
' fill them with His teaching.
This is what Paul meant when,
he said, ‘Casting down imagi
nations, and every high thing
I that exalteth itself against the
I knowledge of God, and bringing
j into captivity every thought to
the obedience of Christ" (II
Corinthians 10:5).
Let’s face it—the Bible and j
observation teach us that none 1
of us has a free mind. We are!
all captive to influences, mores. |
and prt/udiees that date back;
beyond our faintest memories.)
Our minds are captive to one 1
of two persons: God or Satan.'
Each vies for your intellect and
mine, and we think the thoughts]
jof whichever to whom we)
j choose to submit. The Master.
Teacher still seeks scholars—and
you are eligible.
Colerain Man Is
Named Outstanding ]
Airman Os The Year
Master Sergeant Elliott C.'
Phelps, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy I
[ L. Phelps of Star Route. Cole-]
. rain, has been selected "Out-
I standing Airman of the year"
Jat Air Reserve Recorr'-' Center
jin Denver. Brigadier General J.
M. Chappell. Commander, has
] announced. 1
Set. Phelps has been assigned
' to this organization since July,
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EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA
3% Interest Paid On Savings Accounts
MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
DEPOSITS INSURED TO SIO,OOO
Thursday, August 4, 1960
Edenton, North Carolina
1959. He is chief of the Selec
tion Folder Branch, and is re
sponsible for preparation of Re
serve Officers’ selection folders
for submission to promotion
boards. This is a highly com
plex function involving a de
tailed audit of basic records.
General Chappell’s letter nam
ing Sgt. Phelps as outstanding
airman points out that he has
been rated “outstanding" on
five of seven Airman Perform
ance Reports, and “exceptional"
on the other two. He is also
commended for his sound judg
ment. excellent leadership and
initiative, devotion to duty, and
participation in unit activities
and community projects.
He serves as a member of the
Airman’s Council and is a key
worker in fund campaigns at
the Center. He serves as an
officer in his church and is a
member of the Council of
Churches in Denver.
He is married to the former
Annie Ruth Baker of Merry Hill.
His two childen are Elliott. Jr.
12. and Roy Keith, 7.
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