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Tuesday. June 30. 1053
Hotlni Heal
The deal dealt Dr. Alit-n V. Astin and the
American people by Commerce Secretary
Sinclair Weeks is about as rotten as any
ever recorded.
The Bureau of Standards head was fired
when he forthrightly explained that a cer
tain chemical compound was without merit
in prolonging the life of the average auto
mobile battery. Because Astin dared pro
tect the public, that fellow Weeks fired him.
Astin was rehired temporarily under pres
sure, but Weeks is still slobering at the
mouth because someone had guts enough
to stand up and champion the cause of the
consumer in the face of cheap politics and
politicians.
All that happened weeks ago. Now the
case is being aired again. Senator Hum
phrey, a pharmacist who is acquainted with
chemical formulas, says the battery addi
tive is just “Epsom salts and horse medi
cine.” or Glauber’s salts.
Secretary Weeks should not sacrifice the
rights of the people just to assert his ven
geance or favor a political crony.
If Week’s action is a sample of the treat
ment the people can expect- from the ad
ministration now in Washington, Lord help
the people. And if President Eisenhower is
the man he has been pictured to be, he’ll
fire Weeks before another sun goes down.
Social Affair Seurat
Perched in his Ivory Tower drawing a
$19,000 pension, Douglas MacArthur, back
yonder claimed he had a plan to end the ]
Korean War. The plan never hatched. But,
anyway, the cause; of peace was nut explor
ed and President-elect Eisenhower did not
bother to walk a few blocks to meet Mr.
MacArthur and Mr. MacArthur did not
bother to walk a few blocks to meet Mr.
Eisenhower. Maybe, it was just as well
that they remained apart.
But the striking thing is that the two
men did not or would not meet in the cause
of peace, but a social affair in the form of
a private dinner brought the two men to
gether in Washington recently. It could be
that Mr Eisenhower was paying off some
of his social obirgaCiOns, lor Labor Secretary
Martin P. Durkin was included in the list.
It seems as it Mr. Durkin has been ignored
on just about every other front in Washing
ton since he gave up his “plumber’s friend’’
back in Illinuis.
Sound Economy?
When irish potatoes sell for fifty cents
per hundred pounds, it is difficult to under
stand Washington officialdom when it talks
aboyt working toward a sound economy.
When irish potato prices fluctuated wide
ly, the ever-lasting gripers harped against
planted production and orderly marketing.
Now, when prices are pushing the produc
ers toward bankruptcy, little or nothing is
being said about the plight of the produc
ers.
The records show that up until production
planning was instigated for agriculture, the
greatest periods of prosperity ever enjoyed
by the country followed the low price of
cotton- But those who enjoyed the pros
perity never realized that the cotton farmer
himself was plowed under to form the
foundation for that prosperity.
Man's inhumanity to man is accepted,
but when cotton was plowed under to right
an economic wrong, our dear friends in the
high places declared that was socialism.
Thousands of migrants have moved
through here in recent weeks. They will
feet the potato price pinch alpng with the
producer. And just about all will be done
or said about it will be tor Mr. Benson and
bis friends to call them “cukers.”
Explain Firing Of Dr. it (in
I Milwaukee Journal.
j The Senate Subcommittee on Appropria
j lions has decided pot to investigate the
j ouster of Dr. Allen V. Astin, Director of the
Bureau of Standards.
The reason'.' Too many witnesses want to i
be heard. It would taJ<e too much time.
The problem is too extensive. Those are
the explanations of Senators Bridges, Re
publican of New Hampshire, subcommittee
chairman, and Ellender, Democrat of Louisi
ana, subcommittee member.
Ellender reports that during a subcom
mittee conference with Secretary of Com
merce Weeks he urged Weeks to withdraw
th dismissal of Astin, and take up the mat
ter again when a committee of scientists
studying the Bureau makes a report. W'eeks
refused. The subcommittee dropped the
whole matter.
Thus Congress, which is usually pvereag
er to investigate anything and everything,
will ignore a ease that cries for investiga
tion. When Astin was discharged there was
a furor from scandalised Congressmen. As
tin was a brilliant scientist, the head of an
agency whose nonpolitical status was its
strength, a career man whose status should
not be touched by patronage.
Weeks impugned the Bureau's integrity
and Astin's ability. Under pressure of pro
tests which deluged him, Weeks temporarily
withdrew the dismissal notive, said he had
not meant to cast a shadow on the Bureau's
integrity and agreed to an investigation of
the Bureau by a committee of scientists as
Astin had suggested.
But now that the heat of the incident has
died down, Weeks is going ahead with what
he planned- Congress is going to let him
get by with it. Astin is out—whatever the
scientists discover about the Bureau.
Tlie case is too important to go by de
fault. If Weeks has grounds for firing Astin
and for casting doubt on the Bureau’s in
tegrity he shoujd present his case in public.
If he can’t justify his position the Bureau
should be cleared and Astin protected in his
position.
Only a congressional investigation can
provide the means for settling the case. To
refuse to do so is to keep a cloud over the
Bureau and crystaliae the belief that pa
tronage has reached ipto a Bureau whose
integrity is vital and which cannot operate
properly 4 it is tainted by politics.
Taking It WUtkoiU ( oniftiainl
The standing of the United States in the
world is rapidly degenerating, but those
who cursed Acheson, Truman and Company
ure, for some reason, mighty quiet.
It is admitted right jn the Eisenhower
camp that all’s not going well for the U. S.
light now. The Eisenhower followers say
Asia is all but lost, that the truce talk in
Korea is geared to Conynunists’ gains. Jn- ,
duchina is patiently waiting to break into
the headlines. Japan is leaning toward
Communist A*ia. In Europe the picture is
equally as dark as it is on the other side
of the world. U. S. leadership is passing
out of the picture. The European anny is
about on par with the ]HUr cowboys’ games.
If Dean Acheson were head of the State
Department every Old Guard reactionary
would be calling for his scalp.
As it is now, the nation is merely taking
a fust ride on the toboggan slide without
complaint.
Knowing too much is almost a* bad as
knowing too little.
60 Second Sermons
By Fred Dodge
TEXT: “The heart has reasons that rea
son does not understand.”—Bos
seut.
There was a "For Sale" sign on the quaint
old farmhouse that nestled quietly in the
trees. The owner was op thf porch when
a man of wealth drove up in his limousine
and asked the selling price, hooking over
the prospective buyer carefully, the owner
replied bluntjy,
“J don’t want to sell it to you.”
“I’m sprp you don’t understand.” said the
wealthy man, “I can pay your price.”
“And that’s why j don’t want to sell my
home to you,” said the fanner- “You have
the money to spoil it.”
* * *
There are many swaps a man will make
which wa do not understand. Yet men and
women with ideals ii) their lives which the
world cannot buy, warm our hearts. We
find these folks everywhere. I know a
manufacturer who gave the Qovernment
one million dollars because he felt he had
made too mueh profit on a war contract.
And a saw-mill operator who searched for
yean to find the widow of a colored man
Who Had wprifed foy him, to pay some un
paid wages. Their ideals were not for sale
The reasons the heart has, build our faith
in mankind.
CHURCH
NEWS
MACEDONIA CHRISTIAN
Church service unci business
meeting will be held Saturday
morning at 11:00 o’clock.
Sunday morning service. Bible
school at 10, David Guricin, Supt.
Chuicn service at 11. Evening
service at 8:00 o'clock.
Yuu are invited to attend ail
services at Macedonia. Give the
Lord the day that belongs to
Him. He has given man six days
to make a living. God is calling
man to worship.
HAMILTON BAPTIST
C. L. Gatling. Pastor.
Sunday School, 9:45 a, m.
Training Union, 7:00 p m.
Worship Services, 11:00 a. m.
and 8:00 p. m. 1st and 3rd Sun
days.
Prayer service?8:00 p. m., Wed
nesday.
VERNON "METHODIST
Thedro J. Barrett, Jr., Pastor
Church school, each Sunday.
Phillip Glisson, superintendent.
Worship service, 2nd Sunday,
8:30, 4th Sunday 11:00.
W. S. C. S each Monday night
after 2nd Sunday at 7:30.
Adult class meeting each Mon
day night alter 3rd Sunday at
7:30 Willing Workers class meet
ing each Thursday night before
second Sunday.
WEST END BAPTIST
William C. Medlin, Pastor.
Sunday school, 8:40 a. in. Leslie
Gurganus, Supt.
Worship services 11:00 a. m. and
8:00 p. m., 2nd and 4th Sundays.
Prayer service, 7:30 p. rn. Wed
nesdays.
PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS
J. W. Berry, Pastor.
10:00, Sunday School. J. B.
Nicholson, Supt.
11 00, Morning Worship.
0:30, Youth Service.
7:30, Evening Worship.
Mid-week prayer service, 7:30
Wednesday.
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OAK CITY BAPTIST
William ( Medlin, Pastor.
Sunday School 10.00 a. m„ J. C.
Johnson, Supt.
Worship services 11:00 a. m. and
8:00 p. m., 1st and 3rd Sundays.
Prayer service, 8:00 p. in.
Thursdays.
ROMAN CATHOLIC
Catholic services at the Amcri
can Legion hut. Mass every Sun
day ut 8 o’clock.
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Gasoline and other motor ve
hicles taxes were the biggest mo
ney raisers for North Carolina in
fiscal 1952, totaling 32.8 per cent
of all state tax revenue.
Make Changes In
Regulations For
I 1954 Stock Show
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(Continued frorp Page One)
grand champion steer; the re
serve champion steers; the grand
champion fat hog; the reserve
champion fat hog; the grand
champion pen of three fat hogs;
the reserve champion pen of three
fat hogs.
All other animals that are en
tered in the Sale rr-'ist be sold un
less bid is rejected Wore animals
leave the sale ring.
The champion and reserve
champion hogs in each class will
be sold separately. All others, in
cluding individuals and pen of
three’s will be sold in group.
Each exhibitor' or buyer must
assume all liability in case of
death or injury to his stock.
Buyers assume all liability for
animals at the time of purchase.
All sales will be subject to a
2 percent sales commision with
exception of commercial grade
steers to be paid by the exhibitor.
Neither the show and sale man
agers nor any of the exhibitors
will be responsible for any per
sonal accidents or property losses
in the warehouse, either before,
during or alter the show and sale.
Handled Thirty
Eases In County
Court on Monday
(Continued from Page one)
noon. Euch exhibitor in the Baby
Beef Department will be expect
ed to enter this contest. EacTr
exhibitor will be allowed to show
only one calf. Eight dollars—1st
prize and five dollars—2nd prize.
The sale will start at 1:00 P. M.
The following must be sold: The
Savage was adjudged not guilty
of attacking Chus. Manning, col
ojed, with a shot gun. It was
brought out in evidence that
Savage shot the man in self de
fense, and then-no* until he had i
been attacked. Manning was I
shot in the foot about the 8th of I
June and was in the hospital
about two weeks.
Pending trial since last Jan
uury, the ease in which Jos. lier
slurl Saunders, marine of Midway |
Park, Md, was charged with
drunken driving, was nol pressed. |
Jack Harris was taxed with the
costs for reckless and careless
driving. He pleaded guilty.
Pleading not guilty of an as
sault with a deadly weapon, Dan
Moore was adjudged guilty and.
was fined $25, plus costs. He up- j
peg led to the superior court and j
was required to furnish bund in |
the sum of $100.
Pleading gdilty of careless and ‘
reckless driving, James Edward
Andrews' was taxed with the
costs.
Bud Ruffin, adjudged guilty of
an assault with a deadly weapon,
was taxed with the costs.
The case in which Levi Howard
Roebuck was charged with forc
ible trespass was no! prossed.
Pleading guilty of operating a
motor vehicle without a driver’s
license, Asa Tom Lanier was
fined $25, plus costs.
Adjudged guilty of pon-sup
port, Bill Samuel Atkinsop was
adjudged guilty and was sentenc
ed to the roads for six months.
The road term was suspended for
two years upon the payment of
the court costs and $25 a month
for the support of his family.
Tyler Williams, pleading guil
ty of non-support, was sentenced
to the roads for six months, the
court suspending the road sen
tence upon the payment of $20
a month for the support of his
children. He is to report at the
end of two years for further
judgment.
Champ Scott pleaded not guilty
when he was carried into court
for non-support. Adjudged guil
ty, he was sentenced to the roads
for three months, the court sus
pending the road term upon the
payment of $10 a month for the
support of his child.
Charged with an assault with
a deadly weapon with intent to
kill, Jesse Staton pleaded not
guilty. He was adjudged guilty
and drew sixty days on the roads,
suspended for two years upon
the payment of a $10; fine and the
court costs.
Charged with speeding, the
following defendants had their
cases aired in the court;
Marvin David Futrefl of Wood
land, taxed with the costs.
Ewell Clark Smith of Chapel
Hill, taxed with the costs.
Anna Wood Ragland of Ral
eigh, $10 fine and costs
Jesse Edgar White of RFD 3,
Windsor, taxed with the costs.
Albert Gilbert Womack of RFD
5, Sanford, $10 fine and costs
Marj Ward Boone of Gurys
burg, taxed with the costs.
Otis Wendt 11 Casper of Oak
City, $10 fine and costs.
Charged with speeding 85
BAKE SALE
j The ladies of the Free Will
'Baptist Church, of Williamston
will sponsor a Bake Sale Satur
day morning July 4. in the Em
ployment office here on Main St.
Sale will begin about 8:110 o’clock.
Cakes, pies, cookies, cup cakes,
chicken salad, Brunswick stew,
fresh vegetable, dressed chicken
will be on sale. The funds will go
for the new church here. Your
help will be appreciated.
North Carolina has about 60
livestock poisoning plants. But
only about 10 are responsible for
most deaths.
miles an hour, Jesse Wilbert Tay
lor of RFD, Williamston asked
for a jury trial, the action auto
matically placing his case on the
docket for consideration in the
superior court
Quite a few of the speeding
cases were carried into the court
by Williamston police.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to take this opportun
ity to thank our many friends and
relatives for the many kind deeds
extended to us during the illness
and death of our husband and
father.
Mrs. W. W. Holliday
and Children.
~CARP OF THANKS
The family of the late R. T.
Chance wishes to express its sin
cere apreciation for the many
kindness shown every member of
the family following the death of
our father. We are indeed grateful
for every floral expression of sym
pathy. Your thoughtfulness and
the knowledge that he lived a
(Christian and noble life gives us
J comfort in this hour. K. B. Chance
I George Hyman, Peggy Chance
j Ward.
CARD OF THANKS
We want to express our sincere
(thinks to each and everyone for
j the sympathy and kindness ex
tended to us during the illness of
; our Mother. We appreciate exery
' thing and may each thought and
deed be remembered with a bless
ing from one who never did a
wrong.
The family of Maggie V. Wea
ver.
EXECUTORS’ NOTICE
North Carolina, Martin County
The undersigned, haviri
j lied as executors of the c
JR. T. Chance,
Martin County,
all persons having
said estate to present
undersigned or their
Bethel, North Carolina,
for the 29th day of June
this notice will be
of their recovery,
debted to said estate
make immediate
undersigned.
This 29th dav of June.
K B. CHANCE,
GEORGE HYMAN.
PEGGY CHANCE
Executors of R. T.
Dec
C W. Everett, Atty.
Bethel, N. C.
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