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•EIGH ROUNDUP
By EULA NIXON GREENWOOD
GRAHAM SUPPORT . . . They
aren't saying much about it la
the schoolroom, bat reports
reaching Raleigh are to the effect
that 90 per cent of the school
teachers In North Carolina are
doing a lot of nuptfhl whooping it
«p for Sen. Prank Graham to be
retained to Washington, D. C.,
tor another fear years .. . a re
currence of IMC and 1944 Mo
Donaldism.
AWAT . . . Since most of them
trill be away from home and in
the midst of commencements on
the day of the primary, their ac
tive strength will be as weak as
a May wind. However, Indications
are that more than one teacher
will leave for home after school
on Priday so as to be able to drop
one in the box for Frank Gra
ham ... on the week-end of the
primary. , |
NODS . . . And in Raleigh this
week as 3,500 teachers gather
here for the annual convention of
the N. C. Education Association
—sometimes referred to as the
Teachers Union—friendly nods
will be made in the direction of
Incumbent Oraham. Nevertheless,
when they return to their schools
silence will prevail, for school
boards frown exceedingly angrily
oa school people dabbling in poli
tics until they have reached the
superintendent or principal stage.
IN 1975 . . . One of the great
est men ever produced in North
Carolina was Josephus Daniels.
Now Gov. Scott has taken the
first step toward having a Dan
iels memorial erected. He has ap
pointed a commission to study
the matter; but Tom Bost, the
old never-forgetter, finds there is
a law on the books to the effect
that such memorials paid for
from State funds and set up on
State property cannot be erected
within 25 years of the death of
the memorialised.
Since Mr. Daniels died in 1948
it looks as If the memorial may
have to wait antll 1974-75,.along
.iithere somewhere. He was Instru
mental in getting the majority
of the handsome markers now on
Capitol Square placed there—to
the extent that the grounds are
now sometimes referred to as a
marble orchard—and tt Is ironl
oal that Daniels' efforts iQ be
half of oar State great have
paved the way to a statute de
laying a statue memorlaliziag
Josephus Daniels.
APPLE JUICE . . . The future
of thousands of families In West
ern North Carolina mar be
closely tied to some research
work being done now on the
apple.
The Dept. of Conservation and
Development here has scores of
projects underway on a wide va
riety of items vitally affecting
cities, villages and whole sections
of North Carolina. Nothing much
can be said about them. The
firms and individuals contem
plating locating in this State or
developing special programs in
this area want it that way. Nev
ertheless, the work is progress
ing and younr lack of knowledge
of the activities won't hinder the
plans one lota.
A young, visionary fellow—
and his name doesn't matter—is
now laboring with the apple. He
hopes to come up pretty soon
with an apple juice concentrate
similar to the orange juice con
centrate you can ptarchase at the
corner grocery. Some time back
be thought he had it, but the al
ooholic content was rather stag
gering and he was forced back
into the laboratory. You can pur
chase bottled apple juice and
sweet cider at most super mark
ets, but the development of apple
juice concentrate is expected to
open an entirely new, and tre
mendous, market for the sale of
apples.
APPLE KINO . . . Speaking
of apples, one of the largest ap
ple producers In the world—Sen.
Harry P. Byrd of Virginia—will
speak at the annual meeting of
the N. C. Citizens Association
next week. Apple-cheeked Har
ry, Truman's chief Democratic
adversary, will talk for about 50
minutes, 30 minutes of which
will be broadcast ov«r a State
wide network. He is in great de
mand as a public speaker. The&f.
C. Citizens Association is fortun
ate to be able to get him.
BLACK MABKET . You are
not the only one who has been
forced to buy any kind of coal
you could get, here lately. The
State of North Carolina is in the
same boat. This may be denied in
official Quarters—since to admit
anything which frowns in the
ieast on labor is just awful, ex
clamation point—but some of tn«
State Institutions are scraping
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tli* bottom of their coal Mm and
are buying wfcaf i» known as
black market coal at a price o:
a little better than 410 per ton.
HAIL ALUMNI ... The report
was oat last week—and it came
from deep within the heart of
the Prank Graham-for-Senator
headquarters—that alnmni of the
University of North Carolina
would be contacted by circulars
and otherwise with appeals to go
down the lin« for the alma mat
er's former president.
The matter has been discussed
with Dr. Prank, but he thought
it hardly fair. However, latest
plans are to more ahead with
the idea, which eventually may
do more harm than good. If the
alumni list la made available to
Graham headquarters, it will no
doubt be sent, also, to Candidates
Willis 8mith, Bob Reynolds, Olla
Ray Boyd, e* als. Since Smith ia
chairman of the Duke University
Board of Trustees, he might be
able to obtain some names from
there. Frank Graham's publicist
is an alumnus of Wake Forest,
so he might rink in the Baptists.
All in all, it does look as if col
leg« grade are going to have a lot
of reading to do. Let us all hope
that the letters-to-alumni idea
came from someone in Graham's
camp who is letting his, or her,
enthusiasm for the cause get the
better of his, or her, judgment
NOT SO MUCH . . . Meantime,
as Sen. Frank Graham speaks a
bout the State it is becoming
more apparent that; he's not
really so much for the FEPC,
after all; he's against socialized
medicine; and he's interested In
a lot more things than history
and world plans. His next move
will likely be along the line of
decreased taxes and a balanced
budget.
If Willis Smith doesn't hurry
and" get started, he's going to
find himself only echoing the
sentiments already expressed by
Frank Graham. Watch that Epis
copalian conscience, DocV>r.
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NOTB8 . . . Regarding Got.
Scoott't blast at his Utilities
Commission: The feeling hare in
Raleigh was that It tu all right
It he wished to lambai^CWa ap
pointeea, but what was the ad
vantage la doing It for tha pub
lic .. . that Is, through the news
papers and radio?
. . Although businessmen are
complaining about sales, tha
stfles tax In February ran about
9115,000 over February a year
ago . . . General Fund revenue.
Including sales tax, Income tax,
and about eight other items was
nearly a million dollars lass this
February than in February of
1J48* In other words, some In
come was up, others down. In
come tax collection* accounted
fdr the biggest loss . . . and the
General Fund Is in bad shape, la
staring hungrily at March 15 . . .
... If tha people who are writ
ing, wiring, and phoning Willis
Smith aren't kidding, the Ra
leigh candidate will have no trou
ble getting into the second pri
mary . . . with the chances good
that he will bgjplglr man ... Of
course, it Mrstill over two
months until the first primary I
and a lot of. tilings can happen
. . . On* of hto staunchest sup
porters to Col. W. T. Joyner, son
of former Superintendent of In
struction J. Y. Joyner, who hu
already written a letter to be
used by frank Graham's front
men . . . Smith's manager may
come from Greensboro, with his
publicity man from Salisbury or
Winston-Salem . . . Sea. Graham
to speaking this week in Smith
field, Durham, and West Xsffer
son. ...
.... Raymond Maxwell has Just
written and published a book a
bout his father, "Life and Works
of Allen Jay Maxwell" . . . Ray
mond to sect., State Board of
Elections. . . .
... Dr. BUly Graham, evange
list, to now holding meetings in
Columbia, 8. C., and Got. Strom
Thurmond predicts the Charlotte
native will be another Billy Sun
day.
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The confinement method of rais
ing turkeys seems to be increasing
in popularity among North Carolina
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