Green Wave Travels To Washington Tomorrow Night
Stiff Practice Held
Here Tuesday Nigld
Local Boys Are
Underdogs Alter
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On tin basis of their showing
in their first game at Ayden and
the way Washington defeated the
Roxboro Rockets last Friday, the
Williamston High School Green
Wave will take the field i'n. Wash
ington Friday night against the
Pam Pak in the role of underdogs.
This may not be too big a handi
cap as the Green Wave has play
ed some of its best games when
it was not supposed to have a
chance
With two first stringers out of
action for the contest the Wil
liamston team will have to fall
back on reserves for'mueh of then
offensive aetion but stiff practice
sessions this week appear to have
made some progress in the way of
a better coordinated offense and
the defense has some practice in
opposing Washington plays run by
the reserves
While Lindelle Ward is not like
ly to get into the Washington con
test and Harrell Everett is defin
itely out for several weeks, some
improvement in the play of some
of the other buys has been noted,
Russell Rogers showing more
power on his runs along with a,
bit more deception while Jack
Gray and Jack Edwards also were
ground gainers in the practice ses- ^
sion Tuesday night. Blocking is(
still one of 'the big problems for|
the Green Wave, especially down
field blocking to help the runner
aft' . he has cleared the line of
scrimmage.
The Green Wave is not without
some power if it can get it rolling
and there are sonic fellows in the
backtield who can run ll they get
any sort of blocking, so it is a
question as to whether the Wil
liamston boys charge fast enough
to preven* the speedier Pam Pak
from knocking them off balance.
Washington has one of the fastest
teams seen in this section for some
time and v- ill be a tricky team
to handle all the way. They have
several backs who can pass hnd
run and their game with Roxboro
was one of speed and deception.
When it comes to being the un
1 derdog, Washington had rated it
self a two-touchdown underdog
in the Roxboro game but won by
that margin. This rating was not,
however, made by sports observ
ers who did not underrate the
Pam Pak at all.
While Wiliiamston is rated as
an underdog in the game it does
not mean that Coach Stuart May
nard and his boys are conceding
anything. If Washington wins it
will have to fight for the victory.
If they are down after the victory
over Roxboro for which they had
been keyed up to a high pitch,
and the Green Wave can get some
spark into its play after the defeat
at Ayden which should have taken
all illusions from their minds,
then it may be that the score will
not be decided until the final
whistle has blown.
The weakest point of the Green
Wave defense, the ends, has been
given attention and it is expected
that flanking plays will not have
the run of the field as they did in
some instances at Ayden. Reg
Coltrain, barring injury, may well
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His uncontrollable temper prompts this virile action as Humphrey
Bogart slugs a youngster in Columbia’s "In a Lonely Place" at the
Watts Theater Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
CAPITAL REPORTER
The Edwin Gill appointment as
Collector of Internal Revenue for
North Carolina — predicted by.
Capital Reporter three weeks ago
—brought a lot of comment from
the experts. Some tried to make
it look as’though President Tru- 1
man was "agin" the Scott ad- |
ministration and National Com- [
mitteeman Jonathan Daniels.
Some said Governor Scott didn't
know anything about it. Fact is,1
the Governor knew about it and ,
did not try to stop it, despite the
fact that he invited Gill, a Char
lie Johnson-for-governor-man, to
quit his job as State revenue com
missioner. The job for Gill was
I engineered by some Washington
smoothies, this corner hears, and
they weren’t Senators.
The appointment of Charlie
! Johnson, ex-state treasurer and'
opponent of Scott in the gubcrna-*
toriai race, as customs collector
at Wilmington caused a lot of
raised eyebrows. He was named
by Senator Hoey, never a bosom
buddy of the Governor s, and ob- ]
jection by Scott could have caused j
a further rift in the Democratic |
party in the State- or at least''
added fuel to the flames.'
Some folks were surprised that ’
Johnson w'ould accept the job,
j which reportedly pays $(i,400 per 1
year to start. Reports from Char
lottee indicate:
1 That Johnson was not too!
happy in .his job there, despite i
ja salary estimated at anywhere
i from $10,000 to $15,000 per year.
2. That Johnson’s boss and the
! former State treasurer were not
I exactly pals.
i 3. That other Charlotte bankers |
idid not cotton to the addition of!
Johnson to their ranks.
The new job will give Johnson
'plenty <f leisure time and he is
| expected to live on his farm, some
'12 miles from Wilmington. The j
new job should hamper hint po-:
litically, since technically his
hands will be supposedly tied by j
the Hatch Act. That’s the law
| prohibiting federal employees
' from messing around in politics, it
I says.
Ninth Carolina bankers arei
moving to head off af least one
Yankee invasion. A bunch of New
York money men recently came
to the State to investigate possi
bilities of a time-payment plan
for cattle buyers.
It would work just like buying
a car or refrigerator So much
down, so much a month or week.
In some instances, they said, no
down payment would be neces
sary.
The New Yorkers liked what
they saw, went home for their
he one of the best ends in the eon
■ ference before the season is over.
; This is his first experience in foot
I ball play.
i moneybags and said they’d be
'back this Way soon,
j Well, sir, Tar Heel bankers re
j acted like a heifer jabbed with a
pitchfork. The North Carolina
'Bankers Association has called a
meeting of “representative agri
iculture-minded bankers". They'll
meet here in Raleigh October 17
with State Commissioner of Banks
1 Gurney P. Hood, C. B. Ratcliford
'of the ,N. C. State College Exten
sion service, and other interested
i people. .
Their aim? It’s to set up a com
mittee and begin work immediate
ly on a livestock-financing pro
gram.
Mebbc we could stand having
{some more Yankees coming down
to show'the way. If you’re gonna
borrow money, it’s always nicer
to owe somebody you know.
Over at High Point there's a
gasoline price war going on.
Some folks started a self-service
station, where yoii. Till up your
own tank', and were able to loWer
! prices. ■ , '■ ■ ..
The Result, believe it‘or not, has
been that every ‘major gas com
pany slashed prices sonic four
cents a gallon in High Point. For
example, the; same gas that sells
in .pVeensboro for' 31 'cents a gal
lon- sells for; a neat 27 cents in
High Point. .. ."
That has revised some talk last
j heard, during" the Better Schools
and Roads campaign. Then the
gas companies were fighting the |
$200,000,000 road bond issue,. It!
was suggested that since the gas
companies raised prices without;
apparent rhyme or reason (in
cidentally, another price hike of;
|about a penny a gallon is report-!
ed coming soon), and $ince gaso- j
line has become a public necessi
ty, that perhaps it might he a good
idea to put the gasoline industry
under the State Utilities Conunis
sion.
That hrought a howl, of course,
but no explanation of how gas
prices were determined by the
big companies.
Now, tjpmc folks are wondering
how the same gasoline can be
j sold by the big companies some
| four cents a gallon cheaper in
High Point than it is in nearby
cities.
Operators of the High Point
self-service station charge that
the price cut is being made by
the major companies in order to
run them out of business. If that
isn't the reason, they charge, then
the big boys would cut prices all
over the State.
It has raised the distinct possi
bility of a bill being presented to
the legislature calling for the
Utilities Commission’s control of
the gasoline industry in North
Carolina, however.
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Since milk has become a ne- (
ecssity for families wifh children,
, it also has been suggested that
I the dairy industry should be put
| under the Utilities Commission.
! The argument is that milk, at
least, could easily be classified
as a public utility. It may not be
possible under the law, but it
makes interesting conversation,
anyhow.
| One rather prominent dairy
Jjjman, now living in Itale' h, was'
ijasked about the idea, lie said
* | that if he were allowed the same {
II margin of profit as the power
i) companies, he would welcome
I such a move.
| “The . dairy industry would |
I jnaki more money than it does
S nlny," he said. “And the cost of j
p milk would go up to about 28 j
cents a nuai-t here m Italeigh, 4
Boy Scouts Report]
Their Activities
Troop 29
The Boy Scouts of Troop 29
held their regular meeting on
Wednesday, September 20th.
Scout Wade Buntjng led the troop
in the Lord’s Prayer. The camp
orec to be held in Williamston
September 29th through Septem
ber 31st was discussed by the
members at the meeting. Tommy
Harris who had been elected to
give the program this week read
some jokes. Douglas Jones and
Alex Jones, Jr., were voted into
the troop as new members. Ralph
Parker was eleeted as program
chairman for next week. The
meeting was closed with the
Scoutmaster’s Benediction, led by
Hugh Lindsley.
Scribe, William Tetterton.
making milk cost as much as
Coca-Cola."
Capital Reporter hears that
several prominent N. C. State Col
lege alumnae will ask the 1951
Legislature for $5,000,000 to move
the railroad tracks which run
through the middle of the college's
campus. The trains have killed
I several students in the past, and
ialso damaged delicate instru
| ments used at the school.
Another nearly $4,000,000 will 1
be asked to build a center to house
the State Art Gallery, the Mu
seum of Natural History, the Ball
of History, and State Archives.
All now are scattered, and the
proposed building would put them
under one roof and more accessi
bly to the more than 200,000 peo
ple who visit them every year.
One argument to aid in the fi-1
nancing of such a building may be
that the space now used could be
turned back into offices, perhaps
eliminating a proposed new of
fice building.
. If the 5,000 farmers here for;
the State-wide Farmers Coopera- j
tive Exchange meeting can be used i
as a barometer, Kerr Scott has
not tost strength with the folks
down on the farm. His speech,
asking their support for flood
contiol, was well received. Seem
ed like everybody wanted to
shake his hand.
In fact, these folks from all
over the State were of the opinion
that farm people generally are
stronger than ever in their sup
port of the Governor. This was
particularly true of the western
part of the State, they said.
A number of farm women and
men, interviewed by Capital Re
porter, expressed the same opin
ion. It was reminiscent of a public
hearing on roads at the 1949 leg
islature. Farm folks streamed in
from over the State to tell the
lawmakers how they felt about
voting on the road bond issue.
They summed up the situation, as
concerns the Governor and his
program, with, the same words
heard at the FCX meeting:
“Kerr Scott’s our boy. We want
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what he wants.
In another speech at Wilming
ton, Scott said $110,000,000 in now
industrial construction now is go
ing on in North Carolina. In 1949
construction of new industrial
plants in the State totaled above
$3,00,000,000. He sees this as a
vindication of his often-repeated
claim that road-building and ex
pansion of utilities will bring
prosperity, and sees a possible
new industrial building total of]
$450,000,000 by January 1.
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The State has earned more thun |
$1,500,000 cold cash by investing
its idle money—a hot 1948 guber
' natoriai campaign issue—during
the fiscal year which ended June
30. Additional accrued interest,
( not yet paid, totals more than
, $600,000. That will send the total
Gene Autry is a one-man posse in "Loaded Pistols,” his new Colum
bia thriller at the Viccar Theatre Saturday with Barbara Britton as
his co-star. Champion, World's Wonder Horse, is also in the film.
the State earned through invest
ing instead of letting its eash lie
around to more than $2,000,000.
What with the east-west tradi
tion still paramount, reports in
Raleigh indicate D. Hiden Ramsey
of Asheville gradually is pulling
out in front of the pack as an
early favorite for the 1952 guber
natorial race. The Asheville ed
itor is backed by a united west,
about tradition. He's one of the
State's most dynamic speakers,
with a biting tongue and an abili
ty to think fast on his feet, and
could be expected to put on one
of the most vigorous campaigns
in many a moon. Bill Umstead of
Durham would have to overcome
the east-west stigma, as well as
considerable opposition from la
bor. Intimate friends of Umstead
still contend that it is doubtful
if he could make the run because
his health, which reportedly kept
him out of this year's senatorial
race.
From Washington via Raleigh:
•Look for a draft speedup, with
all physically fit. non-veterans be
tween 19 and 25 being tapped
soon. Drafting of married men of
that age bracket can be expected
soon. Young veterans now exempt
are likely to lose their exemption
in early 1951. The 26-30 group is
not likely to be touched, barring
a spread of the war. Top brass, my
informant says, doesn't believe
sudden spread of war likely. They
think Russia will take no chances,
but in the same breath say the
place to watch is Berlin.
Although a report of the Gov
ernor's Advisory Committee on
Highway Safety still is in the
drafting stage, seven major rec
ommendations have been agreed
upon thus far. Most, if not all,
will be in bills presented to the
legislature. They are:
1. ( Training of driving teachers i
for high schools, plus driver I
training in all high schools. Some I
| highway safety instruction for
! elementary grades also will be in
cluded.
2. Establishment of a system of
traffic courts to deal with traffic
violations.
3. New motor vehicle inspection
law, modified and streamlined.
4. Uniform traffic laws and or
dinances, signals, signs, markings,
and uniform court cost and prac
tices throughout the State.
5. Traffic safety council in each
county.
6. Legislation to eliminate road
side hazards, such as glaring eldc
i trie signs and drive-in theatre
screens facing the highways.
)■ 7. Addition of at least 100 high
way patrolmen to take care of the
expanding road system. (Secon
dary roads now are becoming
speedways, with most folks aware
that they are not patrolled.)
Clean-Up Day Scheduled
At The Tire Cemetery
I
Plot owners and others are be
ing asked to meet at the Tice
|Community Cemetery in Griffins
Township at 7:00 o’clock on Sat
urday, September 30, wfth their
hoes, rakes and other tools to \
help clean up the property. The!
request is being made by Geo. |
C. Griffin, chairman of the clean- [
up project.
Left Fur School
Landy Griffin left yesterday for
the University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill. He was accompanied
by his parents and Guy Carrow, i
who will re-enter State College,
Raleigh.
Things To Watch
For In the Future
For people who can't remember
to set the alarm clock every night,
there's an electric “repeater” mod
el that automatically resets itself
j to ring at the some hour- each <
j morning . . . Another timely in
! novation is a world clock that
tells the time in 124 principal
! cities all over the globe. Yes, it
tells local time, too. . . . Ice cubes
won’t melt for four hours in
drinks served in new insulated
; tumblers. Insulation is provided
by a vacuum sandwiched between,
two layers of Lucite. ... If you'
should run out of gas in a new.
• Chrysler, just pour a quart of wat-i
er in the tank, it will get you toi
the nearest filling station. The|
aqua causes the gas at the tank’s;
bottom to rise to the level of a
special filtering element, permit
ting the car to run a few more
miles. But be sure you run out of
gas near water. . . . Upended gar
bage cans, the bane of thousands
of home-owners, may eventually
be a thing of the past. Mounted
20 inches above ground, a new- ,
style container receives refuse
from the top, drops it into collec
j tors’ cans from the bottom.
Special Rally At The
River Hill Church Here
A seven seal rally will be held
in the Kiver Hill Christian Church
Sunday, beginning at 1:30 o'clock
p. m.r it was announced by the
pastor, J. R. Green. Visiting min
isters and song leaders will lea$l
the services, lasting until after
! 5:00 o'clock.
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• Because of economical operations, tho
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