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The Chapel HillWeeklv
Chapel Hill. North Carolina
126 E. Rosemary Telephone 5*1271 or *>46l
F’ublished Every Tuesday and Friday
By The Chape) Hill Publishing Company, lnt
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Orville Campbell General Manage-
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Charlton Campbell Mechcmca. Sup:
Enlerec as seccwo-cia&s matter Fet>ruar> 2. ISZL *»>
the postoHirt at Cnat* H;L. Nortl, Carolina under
the art of Ma-cL L IB7S-
SIBSCRIPTION RATLs
In Orange County, Year J4..00
(6 months SL.iia, H month: 11-50*
Outside of Orange County t;. the lear
State of N. C., Va., and fc. C
Other States and Lust. of Columbia 5-Oo*
Canada, Mexico, South America 7.00
Europe - -°'-
These Amendments Should I‘a.ss
In addition to the urnendm*nts re
lating to the schools, North (uroiina
voters on September t v.L. ballot or.
three other amendments that are very
important.
These three propose a 30-day period
extension and subsistem* and tra\t.
allowances for memb»-rs of tin- Genera.
Assembly, a change m the Assembly
convening date, and th< grant - ; p .-•• r
of attorney to married women.
Basically, the first doe.- thi-:
Provides that legislator: will • receiv*
sls per day for 130 days of th* s* .or
instead of only 00 days ( I tie per diem
rate is unchanged) and th* n add.-: "Tr.*
members and presiding officer- sha!
also receive while engaged in legislal ■
duties, such subsi-tenc* and tra\ • al
lowance as shall be established by law.
provided, such allowances shall n •’ ex
ceed those established lor mer.ober-
State board.- and comrrii-.-inner,- gen
erally.”
The present maximum .-übsi. tenc* al
lowance for boat an comri
members is $8 a day in-id* th* slat*.
and tnr.*. allowance is s< \*n cents i*er
mile if the official- use,- his own car.
or actual cost of tickets on public trans
portation.
Since it is unlikely that any regular
.session of the Assembly, because ol
the increasing scop* "1 stat* bu. :i,*
jn vr> near lutur* ~\v;u run sot 1*
120 days, the effect of th< amen-:men’
will be to rai-e 1* gi- iators indi •si .a!
pay from about 81,350 to about '
The $8 per diem subsistence allow; n< *
for the duration of th*' session will ami.
it i- estimated, from about SI,OOO to
about $1,500 to the receipt.- <0 ea< -
r. causing bin, to draw ap;*r> >.,
matelv 53,000 tier .-*• ion.
A’t ogh : m* ■ ■ than dour • ' m
present rat*-, legi.- . •.-•!•- in ti.< pa '
have had to dig mt- ■• - r own pockets
to pay for the .| r. .liege of serving
the stat* and it- j»< ->jd« . it is not only
un.-at 1.-factory but also unwarranted.
.Having erv«.fl two .-e.-sions in th- ■
House as a legislator. 1 know to what
expense a legislator 1- put. A net 101 l
ll figure- When J was in the 1043 and
1015 si-.--ion.-, wi we*i■ pai<j- only shoo
regardless of the length of 1 he session.
That meant 810 a da\ for only 00 day
Hotel bill.- were 8150 per month (the
Kaieigh hot* Is will not rent a room now
on a monthly basis) or 85 per day. Meals
then a.eraged (if one was a light eater
or oh a diet) $1 each or 83 per day. Gut
of the remaining $2 the legislator had
to pay his irave! on weekends, num
erous incidental n«<es-itie- attendant
to Jiving away from home, telephone
bills, and meals for his constituents
when they carne to Kaieigh.
In addition, lie is, of course, exp* * ted
to mamtain his r* idenc* al horn*
Coupled with that i - his personal los -
of business and return at home wh le
being in ltaieigii attending to In
state’.-; busine.-s.
Although the pay period of the leg
islators was subsequently extended to
90 days, and then to sls per day for
not exceeding 90 days, rising costs of.
living and inflation sopped up the extra
allowances, such as they were.
i maintain that even if the amend
ment is ratified the legislators will
receive very little compensation for
their time and services to the state,
and I’m not accounting for their loss
of time and business in their normal
gainful pursuits at home. They will not
have to pay for the privilege of serv
ing their state, but they will continue
to be giving their time largely free.
Not all of the legislators can afford,
that. Certainly not members of the
assembly who are salemen, teachers,
farmers, business men, doctors. The
same applies to lawyers, some of whom
look upon service in the legislature as
a step t* promfnence in official life,
practice before the state commissions
and boards, and greater recognition at
lent or jn the state. But a man run
ning a retail busine.--, farming or sell
ing. laky fertilizer and seasonal
g- -s-. c;.:.!.--: mentally reconcile his
sank .. .r.t ir. that manner. Admitted
... : :h. rr. ar- whang to give the
*. r - »■!,» :*gv r*--p.:r- . in th-' same
••• v rt. f r t?;* church and
, .. ..... ; * * ,* hn. - t r;' v
<s •.* * v t rr.amtair. two r- ,-idenc-es.
• *w , :j.g costs, ain: mis.- a week
at t: -.r r- rial gainfa. busin*--. Even
the ...w .r- lose a great deal of their
• practice a* j ••m*- while in
Kae.gr.
I n r, ‘ fa*.*-r making the assembly
p- «•. : pr fitabie p. ’• be plucked.
. , r- . are: eaten. Rv 1 do maintain
* 1 - -*<it* - bu-:n*-'s. as big as it
;• • ■;.r : a- gr* at a- .* will become.
-* *ran-acted by t: *who would
• • ••• • .n-licapped finar tally by liv
be farm
er- * r-. lawyer- aie.-men, or
wr.a* 3* tact tne pay •' -uld be such
tha* *’• will be a*4ru't*- That would
g. • ■- v a--en.ii '. a gr*;'-r cross-sec
ti i f hft than it bn.- been.
A- ' ••• < h\ ening <.;•'* of the As
—.■ n * .-.as I**.'*'!. in .i,. .uur.v ri d i—
now pr p —d for February.
A .* j,; *p i.-a. !»*• a ■ much
t.n* .- ' sjieciaiy t tr.e important
f■■ rr.rr.tttee. ir. tv- early day.-
wr av a ting report- - r. income tax .
y.-. N w. tha* the for filing
*•• t ~rr - •a- t>< * - T - . 3 t back Iron,
Mar • ]7 • Apr.. 15. uni* -- the Assem
t. , ■ • a month .a’* r more vaiu
a*,.* r<* lost awaiting esti
mates a: fig • • ■ 1 n th« Re\enu€
1*• part" •r * The appi - pnations com
r? ;• t».• • *r. the rr ••;.*•>' Ijodies con
•ra ' . a. y every ro mb r of the
A--*"' has v wj.:t . for the esti
rr at* - '*,at it ear. ar ticipate how
rv..- f. r v is f- rthc'irr ,-.g t- be ap
?, r * * r ; ■ * «
I 1 J » -A* » -
N ■ • to* tr.ird ar-e ri-jm* r;t. that
g.-. ,r g ■ ..• ?■*- - t a” rn* ■ to women,
it di-taiied by a Kaieigh corres
• ■•••*■ N 1 A ati-in ol
Aft* rr ■ J>a .l.y i.r N.-ia ’. a
• ■ .how.-:
•'!• . I.r g. r <' r- ->n law. upon
w * ■ : ■ •' i * :* ra and At at* law - ar<-
Pa,-. 5. -r* a-'*"! -!* <i small 11
, - . *, ■ 1 ,g» • ■ • tr * 4-1. or;- j 111 «■ ii* rr 1 4 -.
Original F* ! ■ , • State const it ons
.J. - , th* •' > rg* ’ t-> Vote or ho I*l
slid at rr.; the wif* ttle
r - • ••;. > • .- - . of t 1k j h 1 sband.
() • ■ :.- - . , - 4-1; if; the courts as
? v.!:> tr.* r ; <.* !i with j*'*w*'r <>f
• • i h-.-bi,- -! <•<- 1 1!■1
• ■ , e, .* ■ ; * -.pi rl y Wit h'eit Jlis
» * risent in <a< r in
”l h* a |! - *|*osed *• J - t*i
clarify tl Th* ...nguage ol the
■•• in *t ' I,a 1 ; 'E\ *■!*’. married
.vomai " • powers of att*ir
>.* rr * : 11 in r by h* r husband,
■ . ■ > *• , • ,\rr t- oxecute ai.-i a*-
, ■ • a *dg< • ■ to pr<q>erty owned by
l.i-r - r h". h* * and h* 1 husband <>r by
h*-r r u.-ban*:’.
I t,* att'-ri *’. general has written
that this.’";.-a • -mine.' business practice
that is r v. a.-owed in every stat* in
the union w*tn on* *-.\c* j*tion.
All thr«-4 ■- t r.*-e amemlna-nts slrnuld
h* a-!--; '- .! * ,* i w h-irningly. li. A.
A- t*» Pencils
(Si. ! .muis (ilolx 11« ino< rat)
l***ubtl<-." i\*Tvli***iy knows tiiat
there i- !.-■ i* ad n. a pencil, and that
rubber h not ah eraser. The rubber is
only a bin-!-'!• r th* p*rit that oblit* 1-
at< s tli<- mist.;-* i> i’ never conceals the
fact that it was mad--.. And the writing
material, «i * r - is a combination ol
graphite an-r * . . Rut how many know
that the right * lay i- to be obtained
only in on* ir n< in 1 Germany*? Luckily
there was jl* . ii. tiii- country wh« n
war.brok* - * considering the rate at
which the a* ■ : .-er\ic«'S began to use
up i*encils.
In,spite of 1 - wri'i rs, fountain pens,
dictating *f» and ball-points
not to nu n: ■ •<i:i ts against them by
arbiters <>) * .< tte—the use of pen
cils continu* t* increase. They come,
of course, in < y color of the rainbow,
but most p* *• -eern to feel they are
not much g- - jnit-.-s they are. yellow .
Anyway, tin >• ;. ifacturers say that’s
why they n: - * 75 per cent of their
output in that color. Many people also
feel that th* . should be of red cedar.
Incense cedar i- better, but many man
ufacturers dye it to keep customers
happy.
THE CHAPEL HILL WEEKLY
~ ...wA- f EAkv Vhapvt Hill
Mark Burnham mails this * ■ *r.tribution to us:
THE CAPITOL Cul l MN
Some Boring New -
T:.i- being an election year, y ur termite Washing
ton corn spon.i*-nt has a * 8 t report. 1 am writing
as u.- a. fr mmy vantage ].»**.r.t in Senator Doddery's
I*<*rt) *■ nun. He doesn’t know it but hi- whole porch
is g ling : collapse next year.
Fr-'i: w hat J hear of Senat r I> *•: iery’s conferences
1 think ‘ wiii i»e a good year 1 r us termites. He keeps
meriti l a lot of presidential tin »er getting close to
th*- gras- r •<*:.- and that is ;u-t where we like to see
it. Some of ' i- bound to get left ying by the wayside.
A w < i warning to tern.iti- m North Dakota.
Senat* -r D-; try has said he g* ::.g to stump North
Dak-*, a:.: if that happen- wood butchers out
then n :ght bt out of house and f-*od supply at one
lick. D see how one man c ..id get the stumps out of
a stat* al, by himself, but then nurr.ans sometimes do
queer things.
G.,r foreign correspondent finally made contact
with a colon;, of termite- that has been living- above
the m- *.a! termite shield in the Russian Embassy. He
had a hard time getting there and an even tougher time
getting back. When he did g* ’ ■ . - he wrote a book.
It's caii*-d "Life Behind the Ir r. < irtain.” and it is
must rea-i.ng f**r all termite-, v. > * i borers, and flying
ant.-.
Th* DBi’SL had it- coir.er.* n here last week. That
short f■ r Daughters of th-- Battl* of Peter Stuyves
ant's L*-g. Th* y are very pr- id <*i their direct lineage
( to the * r.g nal I.»utch. termite • ‘'.at defended their
right ' -th- Dutchman's wood*: .■ / in which they had
tra\< ,*.•■<! fr-.rr, the tild c- irp.r. Th*-v have. greener
hi**»*d than the usual termite Higr ight of the conven
tion tii'-ir stand on th* p* a ;• rp*--t beetle pr<-!»lem
and th- n* < d < f increased vig: ar • finding new ; ro
jects before the beetles g* t tL• 1 •..
<tur lobby here in Wasr.ing?- • i- trying to push a
bill through C**ngr*-ss that w ,-i r*-*juire southern
farr-- .* st* use n-ithi- b -* an P-r,<> po-’- \\s all
know how hard it is to g* ’ a s .are nu al ofl th-i.-e
roun'i pos’s.
I'll *'iid my report i,n a happy r, t* ( ome N- vcmber
th* re will })>■ at least two party ■ atf*rm- with a lot
of planks that will be abandoned. L- ’\- be ready to take
th*'rr: ov<t. A!.-•<*. rem<‘mber 11,*-.** nothing better than
an old soapbox unless it’s ai - d ch* stn it.
*’* * •
Ji. • late.-t is - *l4 oj ti.i ! ■.*•!-.*. Librarv N*.*tes
ha.- a c*<upi<• of g-*od or.* - t ■. • ; u r.g without com
ment :
The August heat remind- u.- tr.at a \i.-iting -cholar
who ha 4-!i(,i.iri'd many a- .rr * - ~"*•! ll*!! fi>,c*-
r* marked concern.ng the M:. • l.iorary'Reading R*>om,
It - th*- only pla*'- I've seen h<-!i on a high level.”
And—
A lady from East Pepfcrell, M. s-achus'-Us. recent
ly sent »h<- library a li.-t <•!’ plays t.eat her drama r*a*i
* inggr-i .j* wante*! to b'-rr-iw from tie Exten-ion D< part
rn* nt. but srii' a-ked that tie- book - b<- < xamin* *i lor
objectionable words before being * nt. " I •.< m- rcii* t
<■!' rriy ciul* «io not «*b.-« -•♦ to impr per -it ;ations.'' sh
expl; ' -' “but w< f‘in * 1 rnjiroper word «*nibarr; i 1
to r.-a-i al*,u<l.” Th. stuff *,l tie E>.**'n.-i*.n l)epar»." -
t*' •' egt '■ <•!■'. 4-f 1 t}. g! •' I'!.’ ’ • 1 '
somewhat discouraged bv tin- r* a /at: t. that
that ar* I muy ):-.•! 1
in ( l ap*'! i ii!!.
* ¥ *
G1 r li . . .Jr. ilu ceitlr* -< *• \v* ;-l- 1- ar.
o'casi'-r.' as v. 4 -i] a- any ad ill I know.
i'-r in-’nnee, when v.e fill hi- gia- - witi miir' <*r
hi-' bow! with cereal, h, ey- its a “wi ■ > buie'ii.”
lii" ij’iier day i- *•--ire 4 i anotie-r i.ornatci.-d meta
ph'-r .off' f iiaving gnaw><l at a «i;ie):»-n leg Handing it
t<> tin Mis-us, in- saiii. ' .Moth* r, ti.i- b»*ne i- * mpty.’’
Ii surely was, too..
*-* * .
llf ’ il* 1 kl< po!:’ • J*4 ak * I If dl l wi ..!:g
to li,-'* ii Ifj one. you -i.oiiii! b*r willing t-* take the pun
ishment.
¥ ¥ ¥ ¥
These days a man who hitches hi- wagon to a afar
evidently doesn't own a « ar.
* * * *
All th** good peopl* don't die >-- .ng. horn*' ii\* t<*
a ripe old age and die p-ior.
¥ ¥ * *
The pre-using ne»r*i l-*r nior<‘ model driv*rs than
n* \v model cars.
* * * *
A wife is a person who remod*!s your story as'
you ti ll if.
* * * *
Daylight was invented so that dinner guest- would
know when to go home.
* * * *
Some men are bon: good, some make good, and
others are caught with ihe goods.
* * *
¥ ¥ * *
A fish never lies ai* it the size of the man who
caught him
*****
Many a modern no\* i is an instant success and the
next in-taut forgotten.
Mighty Proud
(The Franklin Press)
Whatever honors have <<. i
to him—and they have he in'
many Judge George i!. Fatten
las remained unspoiled; i .
body who knows him can
imagine George Patton ever
“putting on airs.”
'kjiat is one of many reasons
why we -feel sure we expr<
the felling of niost Maconian
when we offer congratulations
on his appointment as attorney
general of North Carolina, and
add that we are ' “mighty
proud” that th« appointment
has come to a native son of
this county.
It is the highest state poli
tical office held by any Macon
County man, so far a- we can
learn, since Janies L. Robinson'
was lieutenant governor, hack
in 1881-85. The appointment
also is new proof that tln4f
southwestern end of the state,
long forgotten (if, indeed they
every heard of it) by Raleigh
officials, is winning recogni
tion. For Judge Patton will he
the second Macon County man
in a responsible state position;
A. B. Slagle long has been a
member of the State Board of
Chapel Hill Chaff
(Continued from page 1)
their queer 1 .’king-horse ga.it.
Beyond the plain 1- a naked
mountain range.
Perhaps th« Men* was heav
ily effr.tr vet: Maybe the gi
raffe v ere Lana one- * r had
!.e*-r, r-undci up
for that on* -hot. The b y
wearer fi m Br - kiyn, New
York, running a r ss a desert
near Palm Spr.ng.-. Caitf rma.
gainst .. ed-in Afri u
hi*' k^rGun<i.
If the contriving was
. • . • ■ igh ' me t
(■omjilete sat -faction. It ra:-ed
th* . bumps I felt I was
really ,-eeing a part of As
■ a. N : just a phys at part
iat something of its tragic
■. ■ ■ ry. Th* little Ne g-a
rrr \'ing dot ■■ the face of the
land. Am..: : him the tawny
: .a.n. the .'.age mountains,
th<- .-pi* r.: ar. ma.s. H:s beau
tiful and that no longei be
'- •' t* • ■ his 1 ■ pit
Running t- p*t -help for those
who took it.
* * *
A ■ fr :: y r
law wh i:\e- -n a furrr. in
th* t|orth-:• 4• : f Virg.nia'-
Sht-nan-ioa! Yasey -ay>;
■‘Sev 1 tno *. thi- -
rr.cr when we read in the
Week iy • • ■ • : • ••*.*.
~Kd*jK~aT.~m
Tl high honor t Mi Pat
tor. -i t- honor on hi- home
* out -a.: 4-f u- can take
pn*].- . - ••. Ma • < ur ty
char act- r a - . : talert that won
ii- for h:
to School 'l'his Fall?
snmsoniTE - (
( , \ '
, * o 'Sy
<X / C$K
,Suv ' K*thl-.in R-A-jrrs, >-l\ \\/
SnUonnl C<AU (Jf / * l •> \ /|\ M vr Somioniu Str.omlite
licauty Queen ( { / ) LADIES'THREE-PIECE SET
!'r y '\ OKIY *57 SO ,
\ I 4 ✓ ■'■y Train Coie, sl7 50
I 1 j / "T , "■ Wordrob., SJS 00
\ , Vy ' / Hot 80., sls 00
-4' I
fr
fr / j
lliipnbing "Cassady Top
(’ollcijf All-Am>riran , ...
~f v r | ls srna rt as a high IQ 1
u *' •’tja* Samsonite lets you pack ffl
.amsomte 15 t/u 3- . more clothes in less space I
<i,if utest Lwjijaij) Hun J ') without worrying about
a Student Can wrinkles ..lasts through
Make!’’ semester after semester.
(' 11* \ r *°*' "better-than-leather”
\lt j /y ■/, finish wards off scuffing
jV ' \ \M| 1 jn an d wipes clean with a
V 'I fl damp cloth. Bright non
\ ® yy tarnishing drawbolts open
/ \ \ . 1 v7"| and close as easily as a
k ' ‘ textbook! Come in today
youraet
—OI’KN WEDNESDAY UNTIL ONE—
—(JI*EN FRIDAY EVENINGS UNTIL NlNE—
yjjim im
427 W. Franklin St. Phone 8 . 451
we wished wt could have sent
v, 1 j some of ours. It has been
:no-1 viifficut to get the thresh
ng . • ■ The - lassie story < f
h w wet it has been around
;t . > -ummer is that a
\*..i dock laid her eggs in a
. -, f 1 urley at the Harden
■ , i.nd the day the nu-n
wi r.t t put the barley on the
wi.o a t 1 haul it to the thresh
.r.g tchine .-he flew out in
*.*.’-> faces and they saw that
eggs were just hatching.
>. -:.y left the shock in the
/ , ,• “
♦ * *
M. I-a’cel Win.-lette is that
rar* p-u.-on who flies a great
dv-ai ' ;t dot -n't like to fly.
Sht - ften goes by plane when
she take- a vacation in New
York r some other distant
part -f the nation. Last month
she flew t Europe and, with
par as a base, made trips
ry • various other cities
• -<■•*.' ii. European countries,
r.g England. Then she
ff w i .ck across the North
A:, a r.t. to America.
I . At enjoy flying." -he
• . : fr.erid. "1 do it only
• .• get- me there quick-
Ya at. t,- are short an-i
'.••*•• - • ' time to waste.”
M.- V. .r.-b-tte saiii the ocean
*•;• -gig- were specially, un
is ... '. , her. ‘We were on
a t0..:.-*, class plane,” she
it seemed small and
. ' a :• d. 1 just sat there in
my -* ..t a i the' way across he -
*I felt 1 would upset
t.'.'g- f 1 got up and moved
Tuesday, August 21.* 1956
Letter to Editor
Sourwood Drive
„ Chapel Hill, N.C.
To the Editor:
1 should 1 like to express
through your newspaper my
deepest appreciation for the
many kindnesses afforded to
u- by the town-people of
Chape: Hill. Although our fire
• was eertainly no tragedy and
of little moment to the com
• munity, it was of con id* rable ,
import to my family.
Neighbors put out the fire
and -aw that we never lacked
f r food, clothing, shelter, or
any of the comforts that
ai d true heart- may offer.
To our neighbors, the trades
people with whom we deal in
Chapel Hill, my associates at
work, and indeed, to many
strangers, our heartfelt 'thanks
for enriching our lives by your
kindnesses which will leave
with u- a wealth of memory of
tar rhore value to us than any
thing we lost.
'Gratefully,
John Clayton
around.”
Overheard la.-t week in a
doctor’s office, a woman who
had brought hei elderly fa
ther for treatment saying to
the doctor’s receptionist as
the other waiting patients
gawked:
■'l 11 tell you one thing about
my father. He's not afraid of
pain. He was born and raised
up there near the Great Dis
mal Swamp where the big bear
and th<- rattlesnake came out
and looked him in the eye
when he was little.”