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NEWS AND COMMENTS FROM RALEIGH Capital Letters By THOMPSON GREENWOOD t——■ ■ ■■ -.-■■■■■ ■■ ■■ . .■ + CALLING — W. B. Umstead, Durham attorney, former Congress man, and just-resigned chairman of the Democratic Executive Com mittee in North Carolina, made several calls in Raleigh last week lo inform department heads and others that he is definitely a can .iidate for Governor in 1948. The response, as might be ex pected, was not too good. Smart man and astute politician that he is, Umstead was looking for no commitments. Those called felt it is too early to get out on any body’s limb—even Umstead’s. MISTAKE — This column re grets the grave injustice thrust on Federal Judge Webb recently by making him a Republican. He was appointed to the bench by Wood row Wilson, of course, and is a member in good standing of the Gardner-Webb clan. Sorry. FORECAST—Many people who heard Governor R. Gregg Cherry’s speech to the Citizens Associa tion here last week felt they were getting a pretty accurate forecast bf weather conditions in the next General Assembly. The Governor said: the out standing need is better schools; we should improve good health in negroes and whites by encouraging better sanitation in our homes, more emphasis on health in the schools; and we must be careful with our spending, since our sur plus is war-accummulated. Generally speaking, the good health folk were not pleased. They ! realized the Governor is for good i health, but maybe not in the way j they would like for him to be (rur ' al hospitals, rural medical centers, j and a four-year medical school I and hospital at Chapel Hill). THREE MONTHS — The talk in Raleigh is that the Legislature will be in session at least three months —probably longer. NOTES — Although there has been some disagreement among teachers as to how much raise they should get, it seems they have not settled at 20 per cent, effec i tive January 1 . . . Although other I State employees aren’t saying any | thing, they would like to see the 1 schoolers get as much as possible, feeling that their increases will run along with the teachers’ . . . Lt. Gov. L. Y. Ballentine has done everything else virtually ex I cept make the actual announce , ment of his candidacy for Gov i ernor . . . dares not do this until after the General Assembly . . . J The State Farm Bureau couldn’t have much use for John L. Lewis, I for he came in one destroying that I California trip which 350 members i from N. C. are taking (no coal, no ! trains) . . . They had planned to go on a special train . . . were forced to take separate pullmans to New Orleans and a Diesel train from there . . . For a few days it looked as if there would be no jaunt at all. But they got away last week end. will return a few days before Christmas . . . Said Ed O’Neil, president of the National Siniard Transfer Co. | PHONE 118-W ]; FOR j! Hauling & Moving ]| Careful Handling \ \ Let us stone your driveways. It saves your gas and <► tires. < * CRUSHED STONE SCREENED OR o BUILDING ROCK UNSCREENED SAND j| Plenty of good wood, any amount, and length. All o wood is cash when delivered. o PROMPT AND COURTEOUS SERVICE j| Walter "Bud" & "Guis" Siniard i: Farm Bureau Federation, in a speech at Windsor, N. C., in the fall of 1937: “I want the Farm Bu reau to be recognized as the CIO of agriculture.” . . . RALPH AGAIN? — Itimus Val entine, of Nashville, has quite a record in this war as an officer • . . and before the war he had quite a record as a pusher and puller for Dr. Ralph McDonald (1936). Now they say Valentine may run for Governor, with Mc Donald’s support. The next Primary may be a good time for upsets. It looks that way now. If the trend continues, you may see Valentine (probably with the support of Louisburg’s Willie Lee Lumpkin, Wayland Spruill of Windsor, etc.) in there running. It will be tough on Valentine and, probably, on the “ins”. Of course he will run as an “out.” COOKBOOKS—The State has re ceived 20,000 additional copies of the immensely successful “Favor ite Recipes of North Carolina,” 20,000 copies of which were sold by the N. C. Agriculture Depart ment in 40 states last Christmas, January, February. Several also' went to Australian war brides who had married American boys and wanted to learn to cook like their mothers. Approximately 14,000 copies of this recent printing have already been bought—and the others will likely be gone before the legis lators get here—if they don’t hur ry . . . 330 pages ... 16 pages in colors. A beautiful thing . . . one of the most successful books ever produced in this State, it says j here. Miss York Kiker, Wades boro native, of the Agriculture De partment, gathered the recipes. JAILS—During the fiscal year 1944-45, 327 children under 16 years old were held in county jails of this State! . . . despite the fact that the law forbids jailing children under this age . . . putting them in with hardened criminals. But 10 of these children were 10 years old or younger; six were 11 years old; 19 were 12; and 92 were only 14!! This does not include jailing of children under 16 in city jails—no figures available. This is just something for you to think over after supper tonight while you lis ten to your radio or glance over the headlines . . . You see, N. C. has a long way to go in several fields . . . OFF THE CUFF—Possible gub ernatorial candidates: Umstead, Ballentine, Libby Ward of New Bern, Tom Pearsall of Rocky Mount, State Treasurer Charles M. • Johnson . . . Valentine . . . Ra leigh OPA offices are now clos ing out, some good men losing good jobs . . . good-paying jobs. Wake Forest college is looking for a good alumni secretary . . . Tom Bost, Jr., who handled sports this fall, is expected to take over all publicity for the college within a few weeks. Male Shopper: “I’d like to see some nice nightgowns, please.” Clerk: “For your wife, sir? Or do you wish something better?” I FLOWERS for Christmas | | Book your orders now for You will find in our new flower and gift shop many nice $ | Christmas flowers in order that Christmas gifts suitable for individuals and the home. We % you may ^ave a selection cordially invite you to visit us at any time. * | to choose from. G If•lli 171 • ■ CL And Greenhouse f | Hilltop rlonst ohop no^ne 325 j *White Christmas99 Modern Day Carol Irving Berlin’s “White Christ mas” has definitely joined the pro cession of Christmas music! Lest we hesitate to admit so recent a creation to the inner sanctum of cherished traditions, let’s see just how old some of our Christmas fa vorites really are. Denmark launched the annual Christmas Seal campaign against tuberculosis in 1904; Dickens’ ‘'Christmas Carol" was written in 1843; Samuel Clement Moore wrote “The Night Before Christmas” in 1822; W. C. Dobson, one of Queea Victoria’s favorite artists, dis patched the first Christmas card in 1845, and, historically, the first Christmas tree was set up in 1604. One can imagine the first Christ mas carol—the “Gloria in Excelsis” of the angels. However, of our popu lar Christmas carols today, “Adeste Fideles" is undoubtedly the oldest. Its origin is controversial: some say it was a graduale of the Cister cians, others date its composition variously—from 1250 to 1680. Even accepting 1680, “O Come All Ye Faithful” antedates—for example— “Hark, The Herald Angels Sing” (1730), “Silent Night” (1818), and “O Little Town of Bethlehem" (1868). There’s a lot of Christmas tied up in the confident expectancy of child hood and the nostalgic memories of grown-ups; so, “May your days be merry and bright And may all your Christmases be white.” Saint Nicholas Day in Holland When Christmas rolls around in Hollai.d, it is quietly and religious ly observed: St. Nicholas Day, De cember 6, is the day of gift-giving and jollification. For weeks, life-sized figures of St. Nicholas have decorated shop windows and men dressed as Nich olas have stood in front of business establishments, and driven around in horse-drawn carts delivering par cels. At last the great day arrives: if there are several children in the household, sometimes they are gath ered together from neighboring households, Bishop Nicholas (dressed in full vestments and ac companied by his Moorish servant) attends the children’s party and im presses them by his knowledge of their shortcomings and chides them' fatherly before distributing the' trinkets and gifts he has brought for them. After the youngsters have h*4 their fun, the grown-ups sit around a festive table and open their sur prises.” Small gifts are baked in loaves of bread, packed in enor mous crates, wrapped in bales of paper—each wrapper directing the present to a different person: the longer the donor and final recipient remain unknown, the greater the general jollification. Indicative of the spirit of the sea son, packages containing gifts are often entrusted to strange passers by who are instructed to leave the parcel on such and such a doorstep and ring the bell. California Has Mile Lon& Avenue of Lighted Trees The trees comprising the mile long Avenue of Christmas Trees in Alta dena, Calif., are descendants of the Deodar Cedars of India which grow upon the slopes of the Himalayas. While traveling in India in 1882, Capt. Frederick J. Woodbury gath ered the seeds which he planted lat er on his ranch in California. When the seedlings were about two feet tall, the captain’s sons transplanted them to line the wire driveway lead ing to the ranch residence. The once private driveway at the foot of the Sierra mountains is now a busy public thoroughfare and Cap tain Woodbury’s seedlings. Jumi nated each year at Christmas, at tvaet thousands of visitors annually RECOMMENDATIONS (From Front Page, Second Section) ommended that the bandstand be demolished and removed. 5. The grounds around the buildings are littered with trash, leaves and paper and the jury urged that the ground be kept clean. 6. The floor in the hallways of the main floor is not level and the remedying of this condition was recommended. 7. The seats in the court house are in a bad state of repair. The seats and the arms should be re paired and all furniture should be revarnished, it is reported. 8. The toilets of the court house are in a deplorable condi tion and are entirely unsanitary. It is the grand jury’s understand ing that a contract has been let to rebuild and modernize these toilets and that the materials to do this job are now on hand with the exception of several items of soil pipe and fittings. The jury j ascertained that this material can be obtained with a priority. The members of the jury being particularly concerned with the above conditions, requests and; recommends the following steps be 1 taken: i 1. That if the repairs have not been completed within sixty days from this date, the sheriff be in structed to lock the toilets and close them to the public until such time as the job is complete. 2. That the county commission ers be instructed to attempt once more to obtain priority to secure the lacking materials. 3. That the toilets, once they have been repaired, be closed to the public at a reasonable hour each night and kept closed until a reasonable hour the next morn ing. 4. That the toilets be properly cleaned and disinfected at fre quent and regular intervals to keep them in a sanitary condition. That the sheriff he instructed to allow no drinking or loitering in the toilets. NOTICE NORTH CAROLINA, TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY. The undersigned having quali fied as the administratrix of Archie C. McCall, deceased, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to pre sent same to the undersigned with in twelve months from the date hereof or this notice will be pled in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said es tate will please make immediate settlement thereof. This November 21st, 1946. MRS. VINESSA McCALL, Administratrix. ll-28-6tc I The Best Part of tlicTDeal <.v,</l’U DAY «SAVINGS DAY.... Your first stop after you collect your pay— should be at our Teller’s window: to deposit a hearty percentage in a savings account! Don’t let another pay day go by without putting some cash away! T HE PMupmaii mi tka b«nl[ it pledged to cautm trre operation. Tbt a. (try of depoaitori* fund* ■ oar primary consideration. la additioa, the bank a a mem ber of Federal Deposit Lnrar aac* Corporation . ariack it Mrea each of oar deposnoo •gaiaat loos to • — od $5.ooa o Transylvania Trust Co. 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