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..ITUTION R-FUSED Raleigh, N. C. All the fuss Building anne has tuned up tome ; interesting items, i : ' It ill started about two weeks go when bids were opened on the annex, and found to be $197,000 more than the available cash -- 1 aome $1,000,000 appropriated for the purpose by the 1048 legislature. 2 That brought an explosion from Agriculture Commissioner L. Y. . IStag" Ballentine. SUg was quoted r as accusing the Governor, the Board of Building and Grounds and others of sidetracking the Ag Building : Annex for the Highway Building -- now ! being constructed. & And everybody concerned has t denied any connection with such a moveJn-fact, they say nothing of theort happened. - - More than S months ago, Gover . nw -Scott warned all department '.heads, members of the Board of Building and Grounds, and others 'who "had' anything to do with the state building program that they had "better -get a more on. He said ' pricee were not likely to get better, ad Ji'eeriM of you are going to get caught with your pants down if you , keep on . waiting around." Some of the officials were of the opinion they should wait for better ' prices, so they could get more for their money. ' - Then came the Korean war, and along with it scarce materials ana : steadily Increasing prices, xne out- come nas oeen u maur ucpu i- , ments find the money appropriated is not enough to cover the planned " buildings. BaUentine says responsibility for erecting the Ag Annex is not his. And, according to the law, it is up to the Board of Buildings and . Grounds to see that the building is c'i erected. ' ' Dr. Henry Jordan, highway . commission chairman, was respon sible for the highway building. He did not wait around, but kept the i wires hot and heckled architects - , and engineers until his plans were ' ready. He then-pushed it through : until contracts were let, and work ' " started. Consequently, the highway t huUdlnt will be done with the ap- propria ted funds. The story behind all the furore ? seems to be this: Tli aavnA MirilUlf IwJ firm hA " the contract for tiie Ag Annex, the new Health Building and three buildings in Durham. Ag Annex 5 plans -- calling for a five story building -- were ready before the highway building contract was let. '.But the Board of "Buildings and Grounds decided that they had enough money to add another floor or two and sent the plans back for The Board claims this should ,- have taken very little trouble, just ' a repeat on lower floors. ' Meantime, the story goes, Doctor Jordan got hold of this same firm ' and told them to do the plans for the Highway Building, if they would do it immediately and give it full priority. The company ag- reed, with capltol hill sources say ' ing that the company felt it al- ' . TUr k m fffar tvtttilpfing X lift 1 ' ' ' ' X WNBSStM - 5 - IS MriM Mt M lost C aftUagtllM. . 5 ttKnm War ColUja f C vm tikti, 1901. ,5 . mn -Tm biwck JaMos C ktM'.i771 ... 9 i :. m WiiHsr f WmMI jy - AtMiMMsyAt. 3 ... hm,: Vim. ;ml , B 8 . -fcttwMra III. Ma 9 J ' . "'- ' . ftesev. -n : C THE DUPLIN TIMES Ml Friday' in Kenansvilie, N.' C, County Seat ol ' ' ' DUPLIN COUNTY ' dltectal badness and printing plant, Kenansvilie, N, C. . -t, BOBSXT GRADY, EDITOR OWNER ' aWared t the Post Office, Kenansvilie, N. C, , . ' . -' ' as second class matter. , - , v TELEPHONE " Kenansvilie, 255-6 BCSSQBTFTiMT RATES: $3.00 per year in Duplin County Lfaotf, Jaaee, Onslow, Pender, Sampson and Wayne coun Kssi -d-H per year outside this area In North Carolina: and HCi Per year elsewhere. - Aivertlalng ratee A Demecratle' Journal, devoted to the material, educational, economic aal aaricultoral Interests of Duplin County. ' ready had the other contracts in the bag and could go ahead and grab this quick money.- The company says it had an ade qate staff to do "all of the Jobs simultaneously. Other folks say they think giving the highway build ing priority slowed down the plan making for the other buildings. If this is so, then the fault lies with the "Board of Buildings and Grounds for letting the company get away with such a move; They could have insisted on -- and watch ed to see that it was done -- the company giving priority, if any was to be given, to the buildings for which thel already had con tracted.: -'V: ' Ballentine admits that he bad not pushed for the building. He said it was not up to him to do so, that it was the responsibility of the Board of Buildings and Grounds to do so. " ..- : ; The Governor denies categoric ally that he had anything to do- with the delay. He says he has not opened his mouth to anyone con nected with the building program in an effort to get any building put in front of another. It is a matter of record that he has consistently urged all to do everything they could to speed up their own build ings, j Meanwhile, the Ag Annex still is just a bundle of plans. The Board of Buildings and Grounds voted the other day to ask the legisla ture to add the extra $157,000 needed plus a sliding scale to take care of any increase in prices. It also asked contractors to add 45 days to the normal 30-day period for acceptance of bids. According to the statutes, the Council of State can take enough money from the contingency and emergency funds to finish a build ing if the council decides it is an emergency. Whether this can be interpreted to mean that C&E funds could be used to add the money needed for the building has not been decided. And the Council of State has not been asked to de termine whether or not an "emer gency" exists In Agriculture Build-1 ing office space. , The general opinion around Capitol Hill is that plans would have been ready and the contract for the Ag Annex let some time ago if Ballentine had pushed the matter. They admit the legal and technical responsibility belongs to the Board of Buildings and Grounds but think the agriculture commiss ioner could have exerted tconsider able Influence had he tried. One member of the Buildings and Grounds said that Ballentine "has neved opened his mouth to me -- or at any board session - about the new annex." State Treasurer Brandon Hodges has come up with a novel excuse for the $32,500,000 general fund bond issue not getting a lower in terest rate than the 1.41V4 they did last week. He blames it on the telephone strike across the nation - says members of the buying syndicate could not get in touch with each other for last minute conferences. That's hogwash, and Hodges should know it. A representative of one of the firms in the purchasing syndieate pointed out that all of the firms are connected through their own teletype machines, and could con fer risht uo to the deadline of the Real truth of the matter is that the bonds sold for a pretty good in terest rate. What kept it from be ing lower is the "A" rating of the State as to general fund bonds, plus the anticipation of a greatly Increased State budget for the next two years. Capitol Hill forecasters proved themselves right on one count for the general election. They had pre dicted Willis Smith would either be low or next to low vote-getter on the Democratic ticket He was low man on the regular ballot - but was saved from being low Dem ocrat by the fact that Jeff Johnson, Clinton lawyer who was named Sut preme Court Justice . nominee at furnished on request ; SCRIPTURE: PMlm :10-; Pro verb S:M: Mark U:SS4; Corta. thlans 16:1-3; II Corinthians S:l-8 PM- CBVOTIONAJ. READDtai Jam 14-34. .. . , Cheerful Giver Lesson for November 16, UN TAKE a good look at a piece of money. Let It be to any form at all: "b a r d money," "folding money," a check,. money order, icrip, anything you can shove across a counter and : buy something with. Let us say it Is your jwn money,' and that you earned it 1 yourself Just take a look at that piece Or. Foreman of cash. Do you recognize it? You should; for It is nothing less than a piece of your own life.,.? , Money is Life ' You got rid of something quite valuable to get hold of that piece of money. ., Time, certainly; you are poorer than you were. 24 hours ago, poorer in time, for you have 24 hours less' to live than you had then. But you are richer In money, for you did not have this money then, if it is the return for your work during that time. You lost time but you gained money; in other words the money represents time, which in turn spells life. Look at It in another way: ' Yon pot out a certain amount of -energy for this bit of money. Yon plowed a field or yon raised tome chickens or yon laid seme 1 pipe or you taught some chU dren or yon sold a bin of goods. ' Whatever you did to earn the money, It tired yon bit. Yen ; ' put. out the- work,' and the i money came back to yen. Money Is time, money Is ener gy. Fnrthermore,' money la knowledge. ' Why is a skilled workman paid more than an unskilled one? Not because he works harder or sweats more. He is paid more because his work Is better, and his work Is bet ter because he knows more. Now, what would life be Without time, energy or knowledge? Not muchl So if a robber ever says to you: I "Your money or your life!" you ' would be quite correct (even If im pactful) If you said, "My dear felon, you repeat yourself; money Is life!" Life Comes from God ". AMONG the many differences be tween a Christian and a non ichristlan is this: t n e Christian knows too much to say, "My life is my own, to do with as I please." Consider those three elements of ilife: time, energy, knowledge. Time Itself is certainly God's gift, the Creator's gift. None of us can make a moment of It. We can accept it, use it; or we can waste lit but It was given us in either case. ' '' : : Energy cannot be created by yen or me.. Each of us has a certain (and a different) amount; we Inherit Is, we are endowed with It; bat only God In the long run la the aonree of energy. To make a long story short, Ufe Is God's gift, not est ereatlon. It la a blank page on ' which we write, an empty field in which we can bow as we wllL But though the writing and the sowing are our own, the page ' and the field are God's. So the. Christian recognizes this as the ' central fact, of bla life: I belong .. to God. Now if that is true It Is also true 'that our money is also, Just as much as Ufe itself, ours only as a trust from God. Stewardship . - sr STEWARDSHIP" is the word O, which recognizes God's right In our lives; It Is the word which' describes the principle of life tor those who honor God as source of aU they are and have. When the proverb-writer says, "Honor God with thy substance," he has just said, "in all thy ways acknowledge him." No man la likely to do what la right with his money who habitu ally does wrong with his life. No man Is going to admit his partner ship withGod In money matters who doea not confess God to be the Lord of all his life. Now there are two principles brought eat In lit gorlptnre . about stewardship el money in particular. ' One is ' this: Gad looks on what we have, not ea what we haven't, A widow who gives one tiny coin, If that la aO she has, is more generous '. than a mllllonnalre who has Just given - half a million te Charity. Second Is the princi ple of willingness. The Lord - loves a cheerful giver. Boar giv en, regretful givers, stingy giv ers, no. But the Lord does lev ; the man who gives with a smtte. ' It isn't how much you give, -It Isn't the fact that you give, it's HOW you give. Ia your heart gen erous in the first place? CrrlrBt r Inraatlraal Ciaa. il r iieiiffiaaa bm,.' mm mt m Protestant Saminauaa. Sbiai laaaa if WNW F.tr...) the last minute, got fewer votes. So-called political experts say Cat Johnson .would bnve f'Jen more (ps, and rr' ' ' ' ' "'1 I - t j V, i . . i ii -te bst i of i.s t. iUi :i i... . tine. The comuuiJoiicr was a mbO ber Of the Inner circle during the primaries, and reportedly was lis tened to more closely by Smith than any other of bla advisers. Stag's reward, boys supposedly In the know say, Is to be Ignored now by the Smith group that la trying to take over control of the Demo cratic party in the State. - What a lot of folks do not know la that a prisoner may be parolled it any time. He does not have to serve a certain time. If the Gov ernor is so Inclined, be may parole prisoner the first day after be starts his sentence. Paroles Commissioner Dr. T. C, Johnson says this causes a lot of confusion. The law requires that a man be considered for parole after he has served one-fourth of his time. That Is to say. each pris oners case must be reviewed as to his eligibility for parole after he has served one-fourth of hU sentence. - - -' This doea not mean, Johnson said, that ha must serve one-fourth of his sentence before he can be parolled. , Each case ' must be considered individually, he said, because the circumstances In every ease is dif ferent You cannot set hard and fast rule in dealing with paroles. He says, too, that It'a almost im possible to keep politics out of the paroles system. ;;: "It's hard, because you're deal ing, with human beings," he said. "And It's only natural that you would listen more carefully to a friend who's pleading a prisoner's case than you would to a political enemy,",,. - . : -Some folks think that Dr. John son has tried to keep politics out, though. But, they say, he's leaned over so far backward trying to keep 'from showing partiality to political friends that he's doing Just the opposite. - Tidewater Power Company will hold a stockholders meeting Nov. 27 at Wilmington to authorise new financing -- approved by the State Utilities Commission, But President Warren W. Bell has sent out a letter asking autho rity to issue preferred stock. One' member of the Utilities Commission said the Commission's approval was for common stock. and that he Is of the opinion that an attempt by Tidewater to issue preferred stock would not only be illegal, but also would nullify the recent commission order granting Tidewater a rate increase. Anyway, It should be Interesting to watch. , Vj . ,,, .. North Carolina's two senators Clyde Hoey and Willis Smith, both Democrats ' --are expected to go along with the administra tion's foreign policy in general. But both of the conservative gen tlemen are expected to oppose any Fair .Deal" domestlo legislation. ;". vA.,.,, .w; , .-, , ;;" Here's an Interesting note from the Nor. 8 Issue of Newsweek: "A serious power shortage is de veloping," the magazine states. "It will get worse before it gets better. Three months ago power output 'seemed adequate for whatever lay ahead; now both industry and government agree that capacity must be expanded,'.;'' . HIL.1 J f . M 111.. 41 j auoa i wuuv uu am awng. being sung by Louis Sutton, CP&L president and head of the Edison Institute power research and public relations organization. Incidentally, a check with Wash ington and New York financial sources Indicate a division In think ing among the power boys. These sources say he no longer speaks for the entire industry, as some of the big power men have changed their opinions as to a power shortage. State Personnel Director Henry Hilton, who last week resigned bis $9,00O-a-year .State job, had con fided to friends some time ago that he expected to be "the most bated man In Raleigh within two years." His job was a tough one, and one he did well. When you classify Jobs and cut some salaries while flit - CHtix' ji r;x;. i os,'y i with toys thy can un'r' A stand-toys they can etjoy toys G.ty can mar.': si with S'titcese. Car s 1 ft qua. i, C:ro- s. ' i tra' to h ' yiu a t tv-e i .t toys for your ';' l. mTwt iHtt ' jaawaMaeaiaaaWi ... raiains others you are bound to make folks mad particularly those whose pay was slashed. But Hilton, in keeping with the platform of his boss, Governor Scott, did the Job. He set up the job classification study; put lh the fivchday work week; and set up a program of pay Increments, which brought a well-done from Scott: "The achievements of the Per sonnel Department since its origin under his direction have been out standing" the Governor aald. lbs It Oc:n So Long Ago? This week a Times reader brought in a poem that appeared In the Times in 1045 with the re quest that we publish It again. He aald be was showing a clipping of it to some of the younger folks in Warsaw last week and they wanted to know if there ever really was such a thing as a "pot". Does It seem hardly possible that mod ern conveniences have become so universal that young folks today dont even remember when they wont?, r" The author- of this poem ia un known but to us It smells of James Whltcombe Riley. "The Passing of The Pot" As far back In childhood i As memory seems to go " One household vessel greets me ' That was never meant for show. , ' t v;;,iV. t 'f , Beneath the Bed 'twas anchored 1 Where only few could see But served the entire family With equal privacy. r Some called the critter "Peggy" And some the Thundermug" And others called it "Badger" 'A few Just called It"Jug." V To bring It In each evening Was bad enough, no doubt, But heaven help the person - ' Who bad to tote it out -. . Our bi$' one was enarmous, And would accomodate A watermelon party . Composed ef six or eight When' nights were dark and rainy It was a useful urn; On Icy winter mornings Te cold rim seemed to burn. At times when things were rushing And business extra good, Each took his turn awaiting " - Or did the best he eould. , Sometimes when in a hurry " -To our disgust and ahame, - . We fumbled in the darkness And slightly missed our aim. The special one "for company Was decorated well, But just the same it rendered That old familiar smell. . Today this modernism t Relieves me just a lot And only in my vision I see that homely pot Anonymous. PECAUS WANTED TOP MAEKET CASH PRICES . , PAID FOB ALL VARIETIES ; . ' ' , ! ! Ar.:,rcv; & lkz::hi Prc.!:ce Co. . v- . Mount Olive, N. C. ' -'" '' Tclerhone 2491 . : i r k Ideal For Christmas DIAMONDS s WATOTES CLOCKS r JEWELRY Lay Away Plan : Watch'and Clock REPAIR SERVICE BAKER JEWEL SHOP LAWTON BAKER, Prop. " Located in the Warsaw Furniture Co. Bldg. WARSAW BIG SAVINGS ea ROUND TRIP IARES You save an extra 10 or more cb way on every Greyhound Round-Trip ticket! Ak about the big Fall Rouod-Up of all kinds of trips, tours, special features! , a riw gxAHPiii There are hundreds nor Miami New York ; Jacksonville Chicago -PhUadelphia Cleveland ' Washington Richmond -Charleston, Greensboro : Ralelgh r Wilmington $16.45 $39.65 10.80 19.45 10.35 16.55 9.15 14.45 6.75 4.50 4.10 3.10 1.95 1.25 18.65 29.80 16.50 S6.05 12.15 ' 8.10 . 8.56 6.70 3.55 2.25 KENANSVILLE v BUS STATION ' i - yV-v? . v ; . '...).,; . .. v;S .;,au,. . i SI '1 1 ( ..( Vchington Bernard A. Goodktnd IT."" I V.'CIiZnnS: Usual down tacsia farm employment" started alter late harvest atend ol October. B for hundreds of . thousands of farj laborers, coming months will be Jerent- from, .last , year's, Larger Mscentage of these arm workers witt go Into industrial -employment, , where wages are tops, in rarming communities today, great fear is that tnstiv nf them 'will remain :n ' 'the factories.' At moment, for in- : stance, aircraft industry is in throe of terrific expansion. Plants are now opening their doors 01 thousands of unskilled workers. IT ADDS UP TO THIS: In Octo- ; ber, total labor force in U.S. was.; 65,438,000. It was composed of: i Armed forces'.-.--' 1.734.000 Agricultural 8,491.000 Non-agricultural 53,273,000 Unemployed (lowest , .. since 1944) . .1.940.000 Total r 45,438.000 DEFENSE COMES FIRST: This is how National Production Author ity (NPA) makes svailable. supplies go arouni Take steel for example. Certain agencies of the government (Dept. of Defense,! Atomic Energy Commission, ;" National J , jVdvisory Council for Aeronautical and U.S. Coast Guard) now have right to issuev"defense orders' (known as "d,o.V). With "do." in hand, these agencies or a contractor doing a Job for otte of 'mem can go to a steel mill and get orders filled ahead of other customers. NPA has also -ordered, the' mills to set aside cer tain parts of their production for "defense ' supporting programs," such aa freight .car construction. . Further, in order to prevent mad bidding for whatever steel Is not taken up in defense production, NPA has. just Issued an order re quiring mils to furnish warehouses! their usnabpercentage share, applied to their remaking steel. This is un- oortant because warehouses nor- I easily: supply small 'customers. The warehouie, itt turn,- is. expected not to show favotitism among ita reg ular customers . - PO-TS, V A8 "and jBUBSTl TOTES: Last week's fprder of NPA cutting civilian use "of alumi by 3S?& after January 1st, was even' more drastic than , expected. . It'a going to pot us back a tot way toward where we used to be wfaen aluminum for a number of . , consumer durable goods, 'electrical . appliances and motor vehicles just couldn't be had. ' Houatwives wttt find aluminum articles harder to get They will be more expensive, top.. , , TWO-HEADED UNPLE SAM: Attorney General J. Howard Mc Grath revealed last week how two gov't agencies can go different dV . rections at same time. After Elmer' Henderson, a .Negro,1iad lost hiS', suit in a three-judge district court to set aside an order of Interstate Commerce jCommisslon which up held a railroad's, regulation direct- ing racial segregation on dining . 'cars, lie appealed-to U.S. Supreme Court Interstate Commerce Com- , mission prepared a motion to die miss the Henderson appeal but here U. S. Solicitor General (Justice Dept.) stepped in. He notified Chief Counsel of Commission not only that he would not join the motion, but wobld actively oppose it Re sult: ICC did not file motion. Justice Dept argued against Commission's order in the Supreme .Court Hen derson won. , j - i t SCRAMBLED: Two weeks ago" 'r m y announced - system under which Reserves would be given credit for previous years of service, combat awards, overseaa duty, de pendents, etc., and that those with' most credits would be called last . Army now ' acknowledges it isnt sticking to this system. Says change for worse In Korea haa thrown it i ft track. . , I MATTAMUSKEET . GOOD SEASON EXPECTED AT LAKE v The blinds are ready, the hunterg are ready, and it looks as if the geese will be ready.. All of which-, adds up to good prospects for the opening of the 1950-51 water fowl season at Lake Mattamuskeet at noon on November 27. -With only a few days remaln'ii.?, sn estimated 50,000 Canada r - 9 already , have established t selves at 50,000 acre Mattan one of the world's best 1 i waterfowl, gunning spots. -The news about ducks Is ' too. The estimate on them is 1 which Is more than last yew time.; Most of them with a large number of t also are some widueo- , and black ducks. I " ? ed by opening dy. . 10'
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