THE TPATNESTILLE M6CNTAINIER
PAGE SIX
North Carolina Prepares
For Giant Road Program
By WILLIAM D SNIDER
Public Relations Director
State Highway Commission
Wlien tlip people of North Caro
lina approved .he SHOO. 00(1,000 bond
issue lor secondary loads, they set
the wheels turning on one of the
most ambition; roadhuildiiiK pio
grams in the I'niled Slate;.
No othei' stale ever authorized
that much money for county road
construction in one lump. Few
times in history have the peo
ple voted to mi lease their own
taxes. Hot h these things happened
in North Carolina on June A
I'miring $1200, IKIO. 000 into road
const rucl ion over the next live or
si years, in addition to the Com
mission's regular income, will have
a tremendous impact on binmes.
conditions in Noith Carolina. Us
repercussions will bo loll direct Iv
and indirect Iv on many levels -from
general stimulation in the
construction field to the enriched
income of the farmer suddenly able
to get his produce to town on a
regular schedule.
How docs the new Stale High
way Commission plan to launch
this program''
The eleven-man body which
meets everv month in the Highway
building at Raleigh is a far differ-'
ent organization from the first live
man commission authorized by the
General Assembly in 1015 Legally
the 1915 Commission could only
extend aid to the counties in em
ploying engineers and laying out
an integrated road program. They
had very little real authority in the
roadhuilding held.
Roadbuilding Speeds ( p
Today the Highway Commission
is a highly organized technical de
partment of State Government
which spent about $00,000,000 dur
ing the last fiscal year building
roads in North Carolina. The Com
mission has over 10.000 employees
and a two million dollar inonthlv
payroll.
As the good roadbinldmg season
approaches its pak. road (onstrue
tion is underway from the moun
tains to the sea.
And in each lughuav divi.ion
commis -ioiicrs and engineer, have
passed alone the siEiial to speed
up the already fast-moving pace
From a seiies of division meetings
held in Haleigb last month word
went out to rush to completion all
projects already authorized hut not
let to contract This, in the opin
ion of Slate Highway Engineer. W.
H. Rogers. Jr.. will clear tie- deck
for th, $200,000,000 program.
In the meantime commissioners
and their staffs have been work
Seeks Vatican Tie
HEAD of the Greek Catholic Church
in Palestine, Archbishop George
Hakim believes that it will be pos
sible for Israel to establish diplo
matic relations with the Vatican.
The Archbishop told newsmen that
he was confident that it would hap
pen in near future, (fnterrwtiona!)
They'll Do lt Every
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SPOCTCASTER
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FIRST DEQCJUST MISS
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IN A BLUE VELVET HAT IN
SECTION M. IT TAKES
TVO BOUNCES AND ROLLS
INTO BOX Q, WHERE
FOUR LITTLE BOYS FKjHT
FOR IT, BUT IT IS PICKED
UP BY JOE BUSH.THE
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ing overtime mapping the expand
ed program. A reshuffling of en
gineer personnel July 1 sent new
engineers to each division. Along
with their newly appointed com
missioners these technical execu
tives will survev the needs of each
division Kroin their reports and
from recommendations of petition
ing citizens- the Highway Commis
sion will decide which loads get
first attention.
Interesting legal points have
been raised about Senate Bill 52,
the ctlebrated road bond bill.
I"ur instance, it the Governor and
the Council of Stale authorized the
immediate issuance of $50,000,000
in bonds i as the Commission has
requested, would it be necessary
to spend thai money in the coun
ties on a pro rala basis?
The bond bill stipulates that at
least S1HO.000.UOO of the $200,000,
000 shall hi' spent in the counties
according to a formula based on
population, area and road mileage
as of the 1040 census. It does not
set any time limit on the expendi
ture of the funds, but both the
Highway Commission legal council,
li. Brookes I'eters, Jr., and At
torney Cem ral Harry McMullan
think each .segment of bonds is
sued, regardless of (he size, must
be split proportionately among the
100 counties.
This complicates plans of some
commissioners who hoped that by
grouping together large segments
of roads to be black-topped, con
tractors would offer better prices
and money could be saved. The
cost of hard-surfacing 20 to 30
miles of road as one project would
naturall.v be cheaper than paving
the same mih age as a dozen sepa
rate projects. It would be waste
tul. tin- Commission thinks, to di
vide, say. the SI 40.850 coming to
Camden County 'if $50,000,000, in
bonds were issued' into several
small piecemeal projects through
out the iniintv. But the legal rul
ing savs Camden and all counties
must share the bond money equally
as it heroines available.
Engineer-, would much prefer to
have the work done in larger seg
ment, 'it's cheaper that wayi and
they seem to have the answer: By
grouping ..everal projects in dif
ferent counties which lie adjacent
to
ich oilier, they can still realize
the economy of mass production
met hods.
The Commission wants legal ad
vice on another phase- of the bond
is. ue program. Can bond issue
money be u.ed to purchase equip
ment tor une on stabilizing secon-
Odl V
ro 'ds '
No formal ruling on this matter
has been handed down by the At
torney General, but Highway Com
mission Chairman Henry VV. Jordan
thinks (here is no doubt about the
legalitv ol such a move. "After all," b
tie pomt, out. "equipment is 3s
much a part of roadbuilding as -labor
and materials, ami we would be
loolisli not to anflcipaTe; burl
nW-fls,' ' " '" .-' . ;
lit i ho $.-,(i,oi,i).oiiii i bond mon
ey requested the Commission pro
posed to use $15,000,000 Tor the
purchase ol medium and small-si
maintenance and stabilization
equipment. Part of this is for re
placement of equipment worn out
land unobtainable since the pre
, war years. Other equipment will
be used on the program of improv-
tnf .1.1.000 miles of country maris.
In a speech delivered at a meet
ing of the Carolina Roadbuilders'
Association honoring the new High
way Commission in May, Governor
Scott said there would be no "radi
cal departure'' from conventional
roadbuilding policy under the bond
issue program. "Experience of the
State and nation has proved the
value of the contract plan for get
ting this kind of public work done,"
the Governor said, "and it is my
opinion that as long as the con
tract ors prove their ability to ab
sorb the offerings and get the work
done at reasonable prices, the State
Highway Commission should follow
the normal, well-chartered course
in this respect."
The Commission has always done
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TWO-YIAI-OID Roy Gsjer kisses his American grandmother, Mrs. Ann
Gager, Chicago, Di., as his brother, Dennis, 4, looks at the cameraman.
Th two youngsters may become principles in a future international
court battle.' Thar father, Frank Gager, an ex-GI, shot and killed his
British war bride, Mrs. Betty Bates Gager, and then ended his own life.
Both Grandmother Gager and the dead woman's family in Rugeley,
(England, want custody of the two boys. (International Soundphoto)
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Trial
(Continued from Page 1)
against Second Lt. Arthur McCut
cheon, 28, now stationed at Fort
Benning, Ga.
This morning, the judge declared
a mistrial in the case of Ear) E.
Howard, 2 8, of Louisville, Ky.,
after the jury that included one
woman failed to reach a verdict
after more than two hours of delib
eration on the evidence in the
2Vz day trial.
He set a new trial for Howard for
the November criminal term.
The testimony of witnesses was
to the effect that Mrs. Hair dis
covered the loss of $840 of her hus
band's money from her home after
the defendants had spent the night
there, but about 16 clays later,
$340 of it was found.
The testimony was that the lieu
tenant and his companion, a GI
trainee, were on their way to Louis
ville, Ky., when they became ac
quainted with Dr. and Mrs. Hair
at the American Legion Club in
Asheville. Lieutenant McCutcheon
was stationed at Fort Knox at the
time.
The four later went to the phy
sician's home in Canton.
After the loss was reported to
the Canton police, Howard and
McCutcheon were arrested in Mar
shall while continuing their trip to
Louisville.
Both men denied the charges
from the witness stand.
Mrs. David Hyatt of Waynes
ville and her fellow jurors started
deliberating on the cas at aboirt
4;45 p. m. yesterday, arid recessed
until this mornlirg. after, faiiing to
reich .agreement by 5:43 p. m
. After artother hour of study fail
ed to- nroduce.a.vercUpt this rnortf
ing. ,the-mlstHaLthjBlowai'd;s case
was declared. : ?
The Rev. and Mrs. Paul Town
send and daughter, Miss Ann
Townsend. are leaving tomorrow
for their home in Greensboro after
a visit to the Rev. and Mrs. Russell
L. Young.
a certain amount of its construc
tion and maintenance work with
State forces, and that policy will
be continued.
Since the passage of the bond
issue, each new highway commis
sioner has felt the heavy pressure
of groups seeking improvement for
particular roads. This pressure
was not unexpected and, in fact,
it has generally been welcomed
since each division engineering
staff is now mapping its priority
schedule for the big roadbuilding
push.
As things stand now, the bond
money building program won't pick
up real steam until early next
spring. In the meantime the plan
ning work moves ahead rapidly on
North Carolina's largest roadbuild
ing effort in a quarter-centry.
3 By Jimmy Hatla
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Tax Rate
(Continued from page one)
A capital outlay of $32,000 for
construction of the Beaverdam
sewer and water project, is also
included in the proposed budget.
The proposed budget for 1949
1950 is as follows:
Opera! ing:
Street maintenance including up
keep of Locust Field cemetery,
$34,114.
Water maintenance $44,839.96.
Police department, $27,293.36.
Police court. $3,100.
Fire department. $19,156.20.
Administration. $3.24(1.
Lights, $9,500.
General purpose. $16,879.
Donations, $:00.
Tav refunds, $200.
Health department, $1,140.
Library. $1,325.
Parking meters, $250.
Recreation Park. $7,000.
Total resources available are es
timated at $2 15,311. 1.70, as is shown
by the estimated receipts listed for
for the year.
WRONG THING TO STEAL
SPOKANK. Wash, i U P.) Police
caught an auto llnef In what prob
ably was record time. Ope half
hour after a truck driver stole the
automobile, lie was In the city jail.
The police bad a personal interest
in the case: the stolen car was a
police prowl car.
VOI! HAVE TO BE DEAD
JACKSONVILLE. I'la. ( U.P.I If
you can read tins, you can't be a
"mummy" in a sideshow here. A
new city statute bans peep-shows
of persons buried alive and except
in bona fide thealeds you can't be
exhibited as being dead, or just
lying In a casket, unless you really
are dead.
BOTH AT OXEORI)
OXFORD, Miss, i U.P.i The Rop
er brothers are both at Oxford, yet
separated by the Atlantic Ocean.
Jimmy Roper is a student at Ox
ford, England, on a Rhodes schol
arship. His brother Gene is a pro
fessor at the University of Missis
sippi at Oxford.
Beachcomber
Denim cUm-diggeri with thirL
By VERA WINSTON
FOR ROUGHING IT on the
beach or for fishing there arc
turdy little outfits that aren't
without a touch of smartr.esi and
sort of boyish charm. This one
goes in for clam-diggers that are
of white - striped gray denim.
There's a back pocket and two hip
pockets. A rope slipped through
loops is used for a belt A black
cotton T shirt and a matching hat
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Sidelights
(Continued from tmtt V
years after he and his people had
been expelled from tlreir Western
North Carolina homes.
He and his wife, Nicea, are
buried on a knoll overlooking Rob
blnsville. A marker and an iron
fence set up by the Daughters of
the American Revolution mark
their resting place.
The life of Colonel Thomas and
his long campaign to help the dis
possessed Indians provides another
colorful chapter in Haywood Coun
ty history, the professor indicates.
The historical marker at Soco Gap
notes the start of the Indian
Boundary, and gives a thumbnail
sketch of the colonel's efforts to
establish the reservation.
Dr. Crum, in fact, believes that
Haywood County people should be
come more familiar with the his
tory of the families who helped
make the county, in order to learn
mote about the history of their
county.
After all, he observes, this his
tory was made by these families.
To improve their knowledge of
their county and its families, Dr.
Crum recommends that the citi
zens read Prof. W. C. Allen's "The
Annals of Haywood County."
Skeletons of flying reptiles with
a wing spread of 25 feet have been
found in the chalk beds of western
Kansas.
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RED BAND FLOUR $2.29
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Mills has won a $400 scholarship
to the Art Students League of New
York for "outstanding" painting
and sculpturing. The 25-year-old
University of Nebraska student
was selected trom 400 applicants.
Mills is blind in one eye and suf
fers impaired vision in the other.
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MINUTE RICE
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Carolina
NEW POTATOES
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SPINACH
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her 14-month-old daughter .1
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an poimeu to ttie tragedy. Tl,
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mere a moment afio, was KoM,
Jerrie Ann was crying hard
hurried trip to the (loci or shw,-,
the pin wasn't in the girl though
it was stuck in her dress.
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