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II orlliy Of Stroni; Supporl
The cancel fund di iw now under way in
Martin County is worthy of strong support
frnm every one. and it is reasonable to be
lieve that our people will raise the $1,1)00
quota and more in a hurry.
Encou rap ini; reports are being heard, but
the fight to conquer cancer must not stop
until the victory is won Unfortunately, the
amount to be raised is not sufficient to ex
tend aid to victims, but every penny con
tributed to the'fund will help advance re
search and offer hope lor millions of others.
Well-known citizens in this county have
agreed to carry the appeal to the people.
They don't like the task, but they agreed
to accept it in the hope of helping suffer- !
ing humanity (livi them a lift and help !
a good cause
II ho Driftmini's \v4‘il?
Bills introduced in the State Legislature
a few davs ago would pave the way for add
ing ten judges to the State judicial system.
A Constitutional amendment, approved last
November, provides for the addition of more I
than one resident judge in a judicial district .
“where a need exists”.
It is admitted that superior court judges
have duties, possibly many duties, outside
the court mom Rut it is an established fact
that in some counties the courts are working
hardly half time, leaving cases on the dock
ets for months and a few for more than a
year The half-time work schedule is pos
sibly traceable to no one in particular. Here ,
in Martin County, a long calendar is pre
pared. but for one reason or another cases
are continued, the court siis a few days, re
cesses and comes back to sit two or three
more days and folds its tent for the term.
.Such a condition can be explained now and
then, but for vi ars it has existed with a full
time schedule being observed about one time
■in several years.
It tin1 courts work only half time, who can
truthfulh dmi i nline there is a .teed for
more judgi
II Ini s l.rmlinu llir l,vnnli‘?
Repeated shouts arc* heard almost daily,
charging someone with leading the country
toward socialisrrf.
Well, just look around and see who's lead
ing the parade to or away from the isms.
Big Business with General Electric’s Wil
son, Big Finance, contort- 1 • Wall Street
for tiie most part, and Big Brass in the mil
itary are just about directing our economy
these days. The group is hardly one 1o pro
mote socialism.
!! that crowd can set aside more than
eleven billion dollars for lug business, in
eluding one of the 1 ader's own firms, and
deny lilt It business sufficient yii to breathe,
a break is to be expected some where. But
the break will not come at the bidding of the
soap box orator. The break will come be
hind tht leadership of Big Business, Big Fi
•trance-and Pd-g Military, and the change is
likely to have the earmarkings of naziism or
fa-tei sen
It StinI,»
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation
probe is releasing a stink that bids to smell
all the way to high heaven.
It was bad enough when one Jesse Jones
manipulated and dominated the agency’s
affairs, but recent findings indicate that the
operations were deeper in the mire of cor
ruption, greed and back-scratching than in
Jones’s day.
The man who starts out with the idea of
merely getting rich won’t succeed; you must
have a forger ambition -John D. Rockefeller
Job Well Done
Those persons who sponsored the Red
Cross Bloodmobile on its recent visit to the
Martin County Chapter really did a noble
work. They, along with those who took time
out to donate a pint of blood, are to be com
mended for their willingness to lend a help
ing hand to a worthy cause.
There is little satisfaction in so many of
our acts, but the Martin County Chapter of
the Red Cross can get real satisfaction out
of the recent accomplishment. Competing
with chapters much larger, the Martin Conn- j
tv unit went ahead to establish a new col- )
lection record.
Surely, the program caused some incon
venience and possibly weighed heavily up
on the shoulders of ci few. but it is good to j
know that as a result ol those acts, no one j
m the Martin County Red Cross Chapter j
need die because no blood is available. It is :
also good to know that every pint of the
blood drawn a few days ago will figure in
aiding someone to live either on the battle
field or right here at home.
The Red Cross program is one of the most
promising and most deserving ever advanc
ed by any organization, and it is sincerely
hoped that the people of the chapter will
continue to support it.
Disgraceful
The 1951 General Assembly long ago earn
ed the reputation of being more dominated j
by lobbyists than any which has ever met in I i
Raleigh. ; 1
On Thursday, however, this subservience i !
to lobbyists was put on public exhibition in
a disgraceful proceeding before a House j
committee which has never been duplicated ,
before in North Carolina and should never j t
be duplicated again until the end of time.
From time to time, throughout the session
tin1 House Committee on Propositions and
Grievances has killed obligingly all bills op
possed by the liquor and gambling interests.
The lobbyists forgot all discretion and cir
cumspection and boldly strutted as the mas
ters of the committee.
At one point spectators witnessed the nau- ; ;
seating spectacle of the chairman turning
to a lobbyists for instructions and asking:
'Then it is all right to report House Bill 555 ;
as is, is that right?” I s
That was the climax of a most unusual '■
scene. The committee had previously killed
summarily the bill, which would have given 1
the people of Moore County an election on 1 :
wine and beer which they had been, unable j
to secure because < f the law forbidding such I
elections within (it) days of any other elec- ^
tion. The bill was introduced to block 1he t
activities of municipalities in calling an elec- ‘
tion on some other matter every time an elec- j
tion on wine and beer was proposed.
Beaten by the committee, Representative
Blue, the author of the bill, went into a pri- 1
vate conference with the lobbyists, one rep- (
resenting wine interests and the other beer 1
interests, whom he evidently considered
more important that the committee. Sub- !
sequent events proved his judgment correct.
When the conference was over, one of the 1
lobbyists announced arrogantly (without I
bothering to get the approval of any com- j
mittee member) that it had been agreed that I
the bill would be “allowed to go through” ;
and that the introducer had agreed, in turn, l
to oppose “latching on” by any other county. '
It developed that even this surprise piece
of arrogance had not exceeded the authority i
of thi1 lobbyists. Without a word of discus- j
sion except the abject effort of the chairman {
to be sure he had heard his master’s voice i
correctly and without even the formality
of an audible motion by a member of the (
committee, the committee reversed its pro- i
vious action on the bill. 1
When the lobbyists said no, what the com- |
mittee bad considered wrong suddenly be- j
came right, with no questions asked. •!
All of those beer and wine sponsored bills jl
should be defeated. One lengthens the hours j
for selling beer, another permits wholesalers j
to operate in a dry county and the others II
are of less consequence. The bills have little j i
merit and to pass them would be to sanction
the disgraceful proceedings by which they M
. were reported. News and Observer. j I
Slill Thorv
“If passed without amendment,” a state
ment by the United Forces for Education m
Noi th Carolina said of the appropriations i
bill, “this bill will continue to penalize child- j
ren by retaining u teacher-load already the '
heaviest in all states except Mississippi.”
It has been half a century since Avcock,
contemplating North Carolina’s backward
ness in schools used to say, “Thank God for
South Carolina," which alone was below us.
In fifty years great change has taken place.
So far as teacher-load is concerned Mississip
pi has taken the place of South Carolina but
North Carolina hangs tight to its place next |
to the bottom. -News and Observer.
| The world turns aside to let a man pass, j
j who knows where he is going. David Starr '
1 Jordan.
BROADWAY AND MAIN STRICT
TV Throws a Block in Marriage
Of Young Trombonist, Harpist
-By BILLY ROSE
a roupie or years ago one
trombonist I'm going to call Chi
nally in a position to realize his
ihe swing harpist he had been
to buy a house and a piece of lai
For the first year everything vv
Square tots—there was a garden tc
—; rvaighbo;» to acquainted v
telling the suburbanites what »n a
them a studio picture of her seated
st a harp with a big Spanish comb
in her hair.
But last January, when TV started
using a lot of live music, their mar
riage ran into its first snag. Charlie,
who had been doing an afternoon
stint on raaio,
was shifted to one
of the TV motor
car programs, and
a few weeks later
wt» assigned to
two other video
spots. These in
volved a certain
amount of late
rehearsals, which
meant that sev
rral nights a week,
instead of catch
lig me o ikJ, me nwim/v/116 ‘
lidn’t arrive home until after mid
light—that is, when he managed to
;et home at all.
HIS CITY-BRED spouse, of
:ourse, didn't take kindly to this
lev; routine—the country without a
eiia around tile house wasn’t much
un—and when it became clear that
lharlie was going to be spending
nore and more of his evenings at
he studio, she suggested selling the
louse and moving back to town.
"Id hate to give this place up.'1
aid the trombonist. "1 get a big
iek out of it, even if it's only week
nds. As for an apartment, they're
retty tough to find right now but
'll see what I can do."
For the next couple of weeks
Charlie answered ads and talked
to real estate agents but u ithout
any luck—either the rent teas
more than he could al/ord to
pay, or it involved plunking
down a couple ol thousand dol
lars lor a few stiiks ol lurni
Itire.
or tne srarr musicians at inbc—a |
trli* Michaels—decided he was fi- i j
two big ambitions: one, to marry j
keeping company with, and fwo, j
id in New Jersey.
as peaches and grade-A for the Tim* i
putter around in, house to do over, j
ith. Charlie got quit* t tiz}r ew* •# j
-list his wife had bean, and showing j
When he told his wife what th-* ;
situation was, aha said, "I know it i
isn’t easy but you've got to do soma- I
thing. I just can't take it out hers !
any mpre." i
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ONE EVENING not long ago, i i
while grabbing a sandwich during J '
a rehearsal 'break, Charlie picked i !
up a paper and an item caught his ]
attention: A young woman had com- •
mltted suicide by throwing herfell j
out of the window of a midtown i
apartment house.
On the spur of mood and moment, !
the musician hopped a taxi and
went around to the address men- ■;
tioned. "I understand you've got a j
vacancy,’’ he said to the superin- 1
tendent, "and it's worth ■ couple )
of hundred to me ff I can have first '
crack at it.” •<
The super took him up in th« J
elevator and showed him the apart )
ment—f our cheerfully-furnished j <
rooms. ! 1
"It's hard to believe anyone with i i
such a lay-out would jump out th« i \
window," Charlie small-joked. "Did i \
the woman live here alone?"
"Just betutm m," sand the
superintendent, "I think some
guy was paying the bills, lie ! j
leased the place in her name
about tuo months ago and at <
first used to show up pretty i
regularly. Lately he hasn't been
around, and I guess that explainI
why she look the dive."
"Was she as good looking as the ji
papers said?"
"She was quite a looker,” said '<
the super, "There's a picture of her ’
on the bureau.”
Charlie went over and examined j
it. j
It was a photograph of a girl S
seated at a harp with a big Spanish j
comb in her hair.
I pending lew days Oat Of Town j
Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Tice and
hilriren, Ann and Nency Lee,
ind Miss Mary Alice Tice are
pending a few days in Asheville
nd Abingdon, Virginia
NOTICE OF SALE
forth Carolina, Martin County.
Under and by virtue of die |
luthority contained in Chapter
4-2 of the General Statutes of I
'lorth Carolina the undersigned
ien holder will on Thursday,
\pril 19th 1951 at 12 o’clock noon
ell at public auction to the high
st bidder for cash at the Garage
f Hoanoke Chevrolet Company
i Williumston. N. C., the follow
ng described personal property:
One 1942 Modi'1 DeSoto Auto
nubile Serial Mo. 0145509.
This sale is to satisfy a me
hanic’s lien as provided in the
bove Chapter tind section of the
iencral Statutes of North Cam
illa.
This 29th day' of March, 1951.
Roanoke Chevrolet Company,
pr 3 4t
NOTICE
forth Carolina, Martin County.
In Superior Court
’enner Ke.spass vs William Bon
ier, Claude Bonner, Montecullus'
keys, Mrs. Mary !*. Keys, Ricard
'lurrell, Mrs. Magnolia Dudley
nd liusband, (Unknown).
The defendant Mrs. Magnolia
Ridley and husband, will take I
lotice that an action entitled as I
hove, has been instituted in the
office of the Clerk of Superior 1
Court of Martin County for relief i
on the ground of mistake of the {
draftsmen in the drafting of a ;
certain deed duly registered in j
Register of Deeds office of Mar- -j
tin Countv in Book "K”—4, Puge '!
190. j
The defendants will further ]
take notice that they are required j
to be a>ut appear before the Clerk j
rtf Superior Court of : ' Mortih 1 i
County on or before April 30, ;
1951, and answer or demur to the i
complaint in said action which j
has been filed in my office or the j
plaintiff will apply to the Court i
for the relief prayed in said com-1 j
plaint, |!
This March 10th, 1951 i
L. B. Wynne,
Clerk of Superior Court,
Martin County,
mch 20-27 ap 3-10
EXECUTRIX NOTICE
Hqving this day qualified as I
executrix of the estate of the late]
Mittie E. Fagan, deceased of Mar
tin County, this is to notify all
persons holding claims against j
said estate to present them for !
payment on or before the 9th day |
of March, 1952, or this notice wiil j
be pleaded in bar of their recov- 1
erv. All persons indebted to said .
estate will please make immedi- :
ate settlement. This the 9th day
of March 1951. Bernice M. Jor
the capture of a distillery and or
derinu said motor vehicle sold !
dan, Executrix. Robert L. Cob
urn, Attorney.
mr 13-20-27 ap 3-10-17 *
Build Healthy Cows
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MARTIN FEED WAY
l{enli/.c healthier slock anil hiugcr savings
In using Martin's scientifically forniuluteil
feeds. All feeds are mixed here at our mill
aeording to your iudiyidual needs, assuring
you of a well-balanced, vitamin and mineral
enriched feed for your stock. All this at a sav
ing. too, for you pay only for the ingredients
used in the feed plus a small mixing charge.
('omr in today. We'll be glad to help you
with your feeding problems.
Martin Feed Mills
Plume 2600
Williunislon, N. C.
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