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NO CHARLOTTE?An official
of the Bank of Charlotte said last
week that Charles M. Johnson,
State Treasurer, would become
executive vice president of that
Institution in January.
It is understood that Johnson
has been proffered a half-dozen
handsome positions since his de
feat by Kerr Scott for the Demo
cratic nomination for Governor,
two of which would remove him
from North Carolina. Although he
received a relatively small vote in
Wake County, he has lots of
friends here, and many Raleigh
officials have expressed the wish
that he might find a suitable job
in the Capital City.
Incidentally, the Bank of Char
lotte is an unusual banking house.
It doesn't keep what has become
known as "banking hours." but
opens at 9 o'clock in the morning
and remains open until 5 o'clock
in the afternoon . . . and is the
only bank in the State to go to
such ends to keep its customers
happy. Its president is T. M.
Shelton, 38-year-old, ruddy-faced,
Esquirish powerhouse who is also
president of Mellon's (men's
clothes, etc.) an oil company, and
three other concerns. In a recent
issue of the Charlotte Observer
his firms carried five one-page
ads.
RECORDS?The report in Ra
leigh is that the Republicans are
1 now spending $1,500 per week on
j radio programs for John A. Wil
? kinson, Republican candidate op
posing J. M. Broughton for the
; U. S. Senate.
Last week, he was on 39 sta
tions lambasting in a good radio
; voice one Harry S. Truman, and
seems to be breaking all known
records in radio speech-making in J
North Carolina. He will be on
these stations "each week, same
day, same time" until further no
tice, for the records have been cut j
and are now wending their way
I like flying saucers all across the |
J State, from Waynesville in the
west to Elizabeth City down in
the flat country.
The general theme of the Re
publican advertising in North Car
olina this fall will be words to
this effect: "Tlie next national ad
ministration Is going to be1 Re
publican. Send a Republican to;
Washington to look after your
interests, etc." The above is for
the Congressmen and the Sena-1
torial candidate. In the State?if !
Wilkinson's early speeches are
any criterion?it will be the same
old theme song: "Break up that
Raleigh machine." Ho hum.
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| NOTES?Charlie Parker, Scott
(publicity man, said Saturday that]
| the Democratic campaign will get
| underway this week . . . He will
i handle the publicity and material
[for some of the speeches ... |
... They tell you in Durham!
j that it was not Henry Wallace .
!who cancelled his room reserva-,
tion there, but the hotel manage
ment, which did not want that;
| hostelry to be the scene of racial
j troubles ...
j ... Howard MoCrath, no doubt
I with an eye on the Negro vote, j
said a few weeks ago that there
| would be no segregation of whites i
and blacks who toil in the offices
of the National Dempcratic Ex
ecutive Committee. However, Joe
Blythe of Charlotte, N. C., now
says that Chairman McGrath was1
talking through his Stetson . . .]
At least, Negroes and whites will
not work cheek-to-jowl in the
National Democratic Treasurer's1
office . . .
. . . The entire State Highway |
Commission, with the possible ex
ception of Jordan, may be moved i
out because they didn't vote right;
in the Primary. Has the present'
Commission done a poor job of
road-building? Well, everybody is
complaining about all the detours.
That's a sign work is going on
somewhere . . . It's a good high
way indeed which does not have
"Slow Men Working" cautions
placed along the shoulders . . .
and it has been impossiWe during
the past six months to travel
from Durham to Burlington with
out detouring by Highway Chair
man Sandy Graham's home in
I HUlsboro . . . If the next Com
mission does as well as the pre
sent, there should be no com
plaints.
INSPECTIONS?Last Saturday
morning, as the temperature was
edging toward 95 in most sec
tions of the State, many a motor
ist realized that he had only a
few more hours in which to have
his car inspected. In Winston-Sa
lem, 500 cars stood waiting for
the arrival of the inspectors. Con
ditions had become so bad on
Friday afternoon at the Raleigh
inspection grounds that the radio
was used to urge car-owners to.
go to Wake Forest. There, on
Saturday morning, cars swarmed
all over the place. Perspiration
flowed. Tempers were short. In;
the Twin City, youngsters were
making ?good money selling soft
drinks to the drivers in line, while
In Raleigh State College boys
were doing pretty well as car
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?itters.
Meantime, garages all over the
State raked in the cash. The
mechanics had their troubles, too,
however, finding parts for old
jalopies, collecting for the parts
and labor after the job had been
completed. All in all, the inspec
tion program is being called "a
good thing" in one breath and
oursed to a fare-thee-well in the
next. With new cars virtually un
obtainable and more old cars on
the road than ever before,.it hit
the State at a mighty bad time, j
Watch the '49 Legislature.
CHANCES NEEDED ??Back
yonder in 1926-35 North Carolina
people thought they had a good
State Agriculture Department,
but when Kerr Scott became
Commissioner in 1937 they found,
alas, that this department was in
a deplorable condition. Scott jack
ed it up and made it click. He
revamped it, let air in the win
dows, and developed it into of
the most efficient agriculture de
partments in the nation.
For years now we have been
thinking we had a good State
government, but h&ve we? What
constitutes GOOD government? It
might be that when Scott be
comes Governor, we will find
that a complete reorganization of
our North Carolina government is
needed. Our schools and roads are
not keeping pace with the times.
We know that. Our State institu
tions are also out of date. Are
we lagging in other matters as
well?
FEELING BETTER?With the
election only about three weeks
distant, North Carolina Demo
crats?at ieaat the Raleigh varie
ty are feeling much better varie
during those hot, humid days of
August. Plagued by- the Dixie
crats on one hand, the Progres
sive on the other, and running
head-on into a whole swarm of
Republicans, the sons of Jeffer
son, Jackson, Wilson and Roose
velt have been forced to roll up
their sleeves and take, to the
field. They have done it, roving
the Republican-infested moun
tains like squirrel hunters out for
the bag limit.
After a busy week, a few of
these foragers slipped into 'a re
latively calm Raleigh l^st Sat
urday for a peaceful week-end
of rest, olean clothing, and gen
eral stock-taking of the Demo
cratic situation.
i T9iey fouAd rit J:o their liking,
for one thipg-,! Ujp crowds at the
rallies had been good. For anoth
er, "that fellow Harry Truman
is getting the Republicans told."
sijr^feekir, ago many a
leading Democrat in this State
privately thotigh that Dewey
might carry North Carolina and
swing at least, two GOP Congres
smen with hioi, consensus this
past week-end seemed to be that
Old North Stat? is safe for de
mocracy with a capital "D" for
for the next four years.
OIL WELLS?Although the
Carolina-Texas game is a thing
of history' ribw, it is still being
discussed where two or more
Carolina men are gathered to
gether. And on that day in
which the meeting of those two
adversaries of the Lone Standard
the Tar Heel occur, great planes
did appear from out of the South
west bearing strange men under
cowboy hats and on high-heeled
boots. Chartered planes, they
were, 9on, and the Municipal
Airport of Raleigh was crowded
with them. They wanted to bet?
any amount?on that Texas team.
"Just think", said one Caro
lina alumnus to another last
week, "I could probably own an
oil well now if I had just had
more nerve."
NOTES?Any time you want
to have an informal conference
[with the associate justices of the1
State Supreme Court, just arrange
to get your noon meal at the
S&W (Stand and Wait) Cafeteria
here around 1 o'clock, Monday '
through Friday. . . Five of them1
descended on a little stenographer (
sitting alone at a table last week.
She didn't know who they were, j
chatted along gaily over a lei- \
surely lunch, and no doubt Im
parted some younger generation,
wisdom to the legal brains. ...1
. . . The latest edition of the Gall
up Poll gives Truman 44 per cent
of North Carolina's vote, with
33 per cent for Dewey, 13 per
cent for Thurmond, one per cent
for Wallace, and nine per cent
'no opinion" . . .
. . . President Truman's visit
to N C. Week after next is ex
pected to pull the percentage up
to better than 50. . . . while
Governor Dewey doesn't contem
plate making an appearance in
this State
(One of Gregg Cherry's
! principal clients when he returns
i to private law practice in Gas
itonia in January will be Queen
i City Coach Co. of Charlotte, . . .
' Woodrow Teague, Thomasville
native, Wake Forest alumnus, and
| a Lt. Commander during World
| War II, is J. M. Broughton's
j law partner here and should in
iherit many of the new Senator's
clients next year. . . .
. . . The John Langs of Welling
ton, D C. (he's Congressman
Deane's Good man Friday and
she's the former Katherlne Gib
json of Gibson) are the proud
parents of an eight-pound boy:
John, Jr.,
... Fred Dixon, State College
alumnus, former sports publicist
for that school, a State local
Jaycee leader for years, and for
some time now head of the At
lantic Life Insurance Co. in N. C.,
still does some sports publicity
for the News and Observer
(Raleigh daily). . . and is stili a
civic and church leader. . .and
the slogan he uses for his print
ed and vocal sales talk is: "Hon
estly, it's the best policy" . . .
THE UNIVITED?Don't worry
too jnuch if you were not ipvited
to the big barbecue held at' Kerr
Scott's farm tast Friday. Around
J),000 people were present?in
Assistant Buyejr
CLAUDE V. BLACKMAN who
is now associated with Braxton
Auto Parts, Inc. as assistant buy
er and manager of inventory. A
native of Columbus County, he
spent 15 years in Alemarle and
four years with the North Caro
lina Ship Building Company. Be
fore going with the Braxton firm
he was employed by J. T. Mc
'Kenzie and Company of White
' ville.?Advertisement.
eluding all of those you see jm
big meetings of this type?but |
there were still thousands of other
good Democratic who did not part
icipate in the festivities. It was
impossible for the word to get
out to everybody, and Kerr Scott
wants you to know that he loves
yeu. Just the same. Anyway, the
?vent was more or less open to
the public, so if you were not
present, you really have nobody
but yourself to blame.
Pruning?As superintendent of
State Capitol Buildings and
Grounds, it is one of George
Cherry's duties to see that the
grounds and trees about the State
House are kept In good condition.
Some time back, Kerr Scott In
cited George and his wife up for
a Sunday meal in Alamance
County. After the meal and dish
washing, the two couples were in
leisurely conversation when Scott
I leaned over and said in a stage
whisper to Mrs. Cherry: "Don't
{you think we ought to prune
I George around January ?"
It was wholeheartedly agreed
' by all present that the gentle
: man from Bertie should not be
i "pruned" in January or at any
I other time.
FIRST ACHIEVEMENT ?Dur
ing the summer months for sev
eral years now State employees
have been working from 8:30 to
4:30 instead of from 9 o'clock
until 5. The State Employees
Association wants these hours put
on a permanent basis and last
Saturday morning had represen
tatives meet with Assistant Bud
get Director Bob Deyton ift re
gard to setting up the 8:30 to
4:30 day. Although various State
department heads were invited to
participate in the discussion, none
was present?but representatives
of the Association were there.
On October 1, the old 9-5 sce
dule was to have gone back into
effect but a recent survey show
ed that 85 per cent of the State
employees favor the present hours.
Deyton said he had no objections,
so it looks like 8:30 to 4:30 from
here on out.
TAKE WARNING?The 52-20,1
clubs, which have attracted so
much attention, will go out
through an Act of Congress on
July 1 next year. Self-employ
ment claims, which have come
principally from farmers in North
Carolina will go out at the same
time. Certain irregularities have
come up in regard to farmer'
claintp and a Federal Court has
these under scrutiny in Shelby
this week. The Employment Se
curity Commission now has over
[300 fraudulent veterans' and far
j mers' claims under consideration
in North Carolina. There the ap
proximately 200,000 of these in
the United States, 3,000 in Massa
chusetts alone.
j U. S. Attorney General Tom
j Clark sent word to district at
itomeys about a month ago to
"crack down" on these claims and
(work on them is now well under
J way in North Carolina. So far,
however, Federal judges have been
'very lenient with veterans who
i have attempted to cheat Uncle
'Sam through fraudulent claims.
SCHOOL TROUBLES?School
officials in Raleigh and through
out the State know that a gen
eral overhauling is needed in the
North Carolina educational set-up.
I This is with reference to
j houses, teacher load, te&chen
1 curricula. Many a teacher
' fall has 40-50 pupils in
!but can get no relief becaJ
the shortage of space. Mj-v
educational plant is mort"
1 barn and a firotrap than i
.house. What to do?
j A group known as the s
? Education Commission his i
i studying the situation for la
j than a year, but cannot str?
the best way to attack
'members wanting to go abou
one way and the other sever,
! other.
j Although as this is writt?
i minority and majority n
i have not been made putln
i main point of difference
to He in the method to be
ed in financing a school
building program. The na;
report wants the State to
'vide 80 per cent of the (?(,{
buildings, with 20 per cent ?
ing from the counties. As it (
i stands, local school units a
j build their buildings-bat
course they Just aren't doinj
They were slipping behind n
'before the war years, and a
it is almost an intolerable d
tion.
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