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Raleigh Round-Up Legislature Reaches Half Way Point; State Tax Payments Enrich Treasury BY KIDD BREWER RUNNING OUT . . . And so this old professor asked the bright young students gathered about his knee a question of log ic. He wasn’t a merit system ped agogue — but, somehow — man aged to get along, as he had for four score years. He asked this question: “How far can a dog ran into the woods?” “We don’t know, teacher”, they replied, almost in. unison. The professor looked off into the distance where millions of oak buds were graying the for est — and then he answered his question, thusly: “A dog, my little brats, can run only half-way into the woods. After that, he is running out of the woods.” They laughed fit to kill. HALF-WAY . . . The legislature has — theoretically at least— reached the half-way mark with its 1957 session. From here on, it will he running out of the woods. Pages employed for the first half of the term worked their last day on Friday, April 5, two months after their employment. Legislators now receive pay for 120 days — four months. TAXES ... This week literally millions of dollars will flow into the N. C'. Department of Reve nue: income taxes for 1956. There will be thousands of tax payers who postponed their payment, thus adding interest to what they owe and eventually making the state a little richer. True patriots. But, by and large, as some fel low said, the big money in the till by Monday night. Then the accountants and the IBM ma BK THI GREATEST GUT IN THI WORLD™ TAKI YOUR FAMILY m fijj TO OINI GAITHER’S | chines in the Revenue Depart ment joined hands in a mad scramble to give the legislature in general — and the Joint Fi nance committee in partcular— information on how we are do ing. This data used to be avail able on March 16. But Uncle Sam moved to April 15 as final pay ing date; North Carolina did the same; and that’s why the legis lature convenes a month later than formerly. BEGINNING OF END ... So, when the income tax figures are in. you have the beginning of the end of each session of the Gener al Assembly. When will it end? Our guess is that the session will not run later than Saturday, May 25. DEPENDS UPON GOVERN OR . .. Length of the session de pends to a great extent npon the attitude of the Governor. So far, Gov. Lather Hodges has not shown himself to be a stubborn individuaL He has stated firmly his opinions — but has compro mised when seeing he was in the minority. His entire popularity, the length of the session, and the future political strength of at least a dozen men in the Legis lature are being brought into sharp focus this week as we move out of the forest . . . tow ard summer and peace. DEAR COLTRANE ... If you are close to Sen. W. Kerr Scott, you have received already — or soon will — a copy of one of the hottest little books, and it’s not so little at that, entitled: “Addresses and Papers of Governor William Kerr Scott.” It came out a few days ago and is making the rounds. One choice item in it is the great letter Senator Scott wrote Old Friend D. S. Coltrane. Mr. Coltrane had one of North Caro lina’s champion fertilizer sales men. In 1936 he resigned this job and gave his whole time to cam paigning for W. Kerr Scott for Commissioner of Agriculture. In return, Commissioner Scott in ear ly 1937 made him assistant to the commissioner. Many a person said he had more to do with the actual running of the N. C. Department of Agricul ture than did W. Kerr Scott. Be that as it may, there was a time when his salary as assistant was right on a par with that of Com missioner Scott. He worked like a dog .. . in the office . . . and Kerr Scott almost as much ... out on the road eating barbecue, making speeches, and generally building the prestige of the N. C. Depart ment of Agriculture. When Kerr Scott became Gov ernor, he made D. S. Coltrane as sistant director of the budget. But Dave Coltrane had a mind of his own and didn’t gee-haw with Gov ernor Scott all the time. He had not when he was in the Agricul ture Department. On June 6, 1952 — during the last months of his stormy four years as Governor and within a few days after William B. Umstead had beaten down Scott Man Hu bert Olive for Governor, Kerr Scott wrote this letter to D. S. Coltrane: “Dear Coltrane: “In view of the events and con ditions that have developed dur ing the past two years (Ed. note: Scott had felt that Coltrane was too conservative, was giving too much comfort to the enemy and too much love to Umstead), I find that your usefulness as my assis tant in administering the affairs | of the Budget Act has been ham pered. “'ll is my earnest desire that the program of this administration be jearried out to the final day of my term of office. To do this I need the full cooperation, loyalty, and assistance of every department head; therefore, I do not believe it will serve the best interest of this administration for you to re main as assistant director of the budget and I am requesting your resignation immediately.” BLAGGUM AGAIN HICKORY . . . Well, Scott’s assistants—one in particular—thought D. S. Col trane would roll over and play dead. He did roll over, but that’s all. Those around Raleigh who knew Dave Coltrane best said: “He is tough in his way as Scott is in his’n. It’s black gum against hickory.” And that it was. Coltrane said nothing doing. He found the law was in his favor, that his job ran through Scott’s term of office. The Governor then stopped his pay. Some doings. That didn’t bo ther Coltrane. He kept plugging, had plenty to live on, and a fine wife to help him out. OTHERS, TOO . . . The Govern or fired Paroles Commissioner Dr. T. C. Johnson and Motor Vehicles Commissioner L. C. Rosser; John- j .. mBT I I . - 'kV l«M gat the best performance from today’s higher powered, higher » jompresskm motors... Performance PHILLIPS 49? FLITE-FUEL lor North Carolina If you'd like to know how good your new cor reolly l*, Test Drive new Phillips 66 Fute-FuelI The proof is In the drhringl Not only new cars, but older cars, too, benefit from the remarkable performance qualities of new Fute-Fuel It has extra high octane for smoothness and long mileoge. It's the only gasoline containing added Di-isopropyl. It's dean burn ing! And Fute-Fuel is specially made for local driving condi tions. It's blended for the climate and the season. Test Drive this new Phillips 66 FllTE-Fual Fill up at your Phillips 66 Dealer's, and discover a new high in performance! Phillips Petroleum Company fti Ttrformnc* 7fnt Counts! PHILLIPS 66 PRODUCTS Mt distributed in Brevard and vicinity by JUSTICE, WRIGHT OIL CO. N. C. . son on June 2, 1952 and Rosser on l June 15. D. S. Coltrane is still on the job as assistant director of the budget, serving under his third Governor. He finally got his pay. But a few days ago when Sen. W. Kerr Scott came down from Washington to Raleigh to autograph the book, Dave Coltrane wasn’t around ex pecting to get a special copy. A long-time friendship had been a long-time dead. Scott has gone to greater glory and is making a name for himself in the U. S. Senate. Despite his ex tremely bitter feelings of 1952 and the rough campaign to unseat A1 Lennon in 1954, he is probably more popular now than ever be fore. NOTES . . . Governor Luther Hodges is sticking around home pretty closely these days, confin ing his speeches to North Caro* lina environs . . . and as dose to Raleigh as possible. Keep an eye on Mecklenburg county’s Freshman Representative Frank Snepp as a political comer .. an attorney and smart . . . Trading stamp legislation is expected to flare up almost any day now in the legislature . . . Seen com ing out of the Governor’s side of fice last Friday: Tom Pearsall Plan fame, Joe Branch, the Gov ernor’s liason man with the Leg islature, and Paul Johnston, the Governor’s administrative assis tant . . . As a general thing, school kids coming to Raleigh waste their own time and their parents’ mon ey visiting the legislature . . . They are marched in, very quiet ly and mannerly, but they have not the slightest idea of what is going on down there on the floor and really get a false impresion of how laws are made. House Speaker Doughton, sensing this, has tried to give little explana tions for the kids benefit as de bate or readings progressed— but for the most part this seems futile . . . and the visitors might be better off behind their desks at school ... In general, there seems to he too much galavant ing around . . too much athletics, probably ... to many plays and entertainments . . . too much night stuff . . . and not enough solid worfc and study in our North Carolina school system these days. Wanta argue the point? Cordially yours. ifCvmtvmttitMmiiMMiMMMimaiMimtiamiiiiMiMMiiimM* •aaBaaMiaaamaiaaaaaaiiaaaaaaiaaaaMaaaaaaaaMiaaaaaMMaaaHMaaainaBfaaaaaMaai Transylvania County Library BOOKMOBILE SCHEDULE Lake Toxaway: April 2; April 30; May 28; June 25 Mrs. Lewis Tinsley’s home_10-10:15 a. m. 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Like the USAF Officer Candi date and Pre-Flight schools, also located at Lackland, basic mili tary training lays the groundwork for either an on-the-job assign ment or vocational schooling in line with capability of the individ ual Notice State of North Carolina County of Transylvania Having qualified as administra trix of the estate of YANCEY J. McCRARY, deceased, late of Tran sylvania County, North Carolina* this is to notify all persons having, claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the un dersigned at the office of Thomas R. Eller, Jr., Attorney, 3 West Main Street, Brevard, North Car olina/on or before the 28th day of March, 1958, or this notive will be pleaded in bar of their recov ery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. | This 23rd day of March, 1957. Esther M. Severs, Administra trix of the Estate of Yancey J. 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