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Editorial and Opinion Forward In Ratal Electrification Despite Governor Kerr Scott’s wild attacks on the p>ower companies, which some of the observers are saying are dic tated by Jonathan Daniels and Interior Secretary J. A. Krug, there is considerable evidence that much progress in rura electrification has been made in North Carolina during the past year. On June 30, 1948, North Carolina s percentage of farms with electricity stood at 68.3, almost 10 percent below the average for the entire United States. By June 30, 1949, North Carolina’s percentage of electrified farms had increased to 83.6 percent, over five per cent higher than the national figure. Nineteen of the states are below the U. S. average while 23 states are above North Carolina s standing. Certainly, these figures indicate a substantial expansion in the rural electrification program in North Carolina. They may be further clarified by pointing out that in ad dition to the farms already using electricity, 14 percent of all North Carolina farms have electricity available to them but are not taking it and 8.3 percent of all farms in North Caro lina are unoccupied, the figures coming from reports of the United States Department of Agriculture. . These new. figures on North Carolina’s position in rural electrification are heartening, indeed. However, they point up more than ever the verity of the accompanying USDA announcement which said: “Experience indicates as the electrification of rural American progresses, the job of reaching the remaining unserved farms becomes more difficult,” Instead of brickbats, it would appear that the powei com panies, along with the REA, deserve at least some small amount of commendation for the progress of the past year. The State’s Need . .. and ours ...... t*’.'. Orange Countians arc indebted. n> the Hciideison l)n patch for one of the clearest, .most succinct comments yet made .on the need for the proposed new highway between Durham and Chapel Hill/which the highway department insists is still in the works and possibly will reach the con , tract' letting stage before the end of the year. It says: “Re curring accidents on the Durham-Chapel Hill Highway afford sound argument in favor of the building as soon as practicable of what Governor Scott once called the “football highway” between those two centers. It is doubtful if any where in the State 10 miles of improved road could be con structed that would serve more people of more different sections more often than this. "Perhaps it might be proper not to charge the cost to any one highway district, but instead to recognize the general need and to make it a State road. Durham and Chapel Hill would benefit more than any other specific areas, but tens of thousands from all over would likewise profit in the . greater Safety that would result. “Those who have occasion to travel this route even only ; now and then know something of the value of such a boule vard. The two roads which at this time and for years have been the only arteries of communication there can testify to their crookedness and the continuous hazards that exist .all the way. There arc curves or hills, ttr both, every"‘few' hundred yards, and when it is desirous or necessary to make time those who do are compelled to assume the risks in volved. The wonder is that there have been no more fatal accidents- than have occurred. * ' . • . • "We make no charge of the good people of either Dur ham or Chapel Hill for this plumping in their behalf. After all, it is not primarily in their behalf, but a plug for the people of the State generally.” To which we say, not completely irreverently, amen. The importance of the great educational center at Chapel Hill to the general scheme of North Carolina life and prog ress projects its needs to the doorsteps of every corner of the State, even as its triumphs and accomplishments are _accepted with, rightful pride from one end of Tar Heelia to ' the other. THE NEWS of Orange County Published Every Thursday by THE NEWS, INCORPORATED Hillsboro and Chapel Hill, N. C. Edwin J. Ham.un.Editor and Publishei Community Representatives—Miss Elizabeth Kirkland, New Hope; Mrs. Ira Mann, Carrboro; Mrs. C. H. Pender, Cedar Grove; Mrs. Mary Wilkinson, Mebane; Mrs. Marinda McPher son, Hillsboro Negro Community; Mrs. Golden Sellars, fhapel Hill Negro- Community. Manager, Chapel Hill Bureau, John Van Hecke. ~ . Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Hillsboro, N. C. under the Act of March 3, 1879. tasr--v -.Ss. •ar'.r.?^-.-saapc»J3 rXSESS* * SUBSCRIPTION RATES 1 Year (in North Carolina) ..... a.. 6'’Months (in North Carolina) . 1 Year (outside North Carolina) ..... Months (outside Nortft^Carolinal ..... .St 'J-Jk.'s* ... $2.0Q ... $1.5« ... $2.5t ... $2.0C Exclusive National Advertising Representative Ji I Greater Weeklies £ ★ .. . ... ..... . . * * New York • Chicago •Detroit • Philadelphia * ***VHHHHk^*************************§ Member North Carolina Press Association Thursday, October *7, 1949 PRESS Cr "VENT Governor’s Dry Efforts In Vain (An Editorial From the Char lotte News) Governor Scott’s session with local law enforcement officers yesterday went off about as ex pected. He showed them ligir-es on the enormous volume of bootlegging in dry counties, cited the power and arrogance of those who ply the trade, and called on the officers to do their 1 utmost to stamp out the illegal traffic. The meeting may do some good. We hope so. Every county in North Carolina that decides via the ballot to retain the dis credited standard of America’s Era of Wishful Thinking has the right to expect some semb lance of conformity to the law. When all’s said and done, however, no amount, o|_ need ling from Governor Scott or any State official fs going to stir local officers to action against the bootleggers unless -the peo- i pie of their home communities demand, and co-operate with, full enforcement. They will not demand it, of course, because the people who buy whiskey from .bootleggers would also be snared in any* all-out drive against the pedd lers. Few local officers could ~ af-ford- to- expose' so many -red faces to public scrutiny. Too many people are content to have a, dry law on the books so long as they have alcohol in their buffet. If — and this taxes _ the imagination — you could - ever enforce a bone-dry- Pro hibition stature in any place in North Carolina, you would soon see the people rebel against it and remove it from the iSooks. Governor Scott’s effort .is laudable. But it won’t work. r ; I Letters To The Editor. October 24, 1949 Editor The News of Orange County Dear Sir: “Why should Eno township be asked to give Chapel Hill the seven hundred thousand dollar school house?” Mr. N. W. Brown asks this question in his letter 5 on the proposed school issue was published in the News of Orange County last week. The answers to Mr. Brown’s question are:. 41) -the- proposed bond issue does not provide a sev en hundred thousand school house for Chapel Hill; and (2) the pro posed additions and improvements to its schools-of Chapel Hill and Carrboro contemplated under the bond issue will be fully paid for by the taxpayers of Chapel Hill township. Neither Eno nor any other township in the county will have to help pay for them, if the proposed bond issue is passed. Last yepr Chapel Hill Town ship had 52 per cent of all prop erty listed for taxation in Orange County. Next year this percentage will be higher. As everyone knows, the postwar expansion of student enrollment at the University has greatly stimulated private build ing in Chapel Hill Township. The Muirhead housing project is a case in point. This project is not being financed by the town of Chapel Hill, as Mr. Brown has been er roneously informed. .It is is a pri vate project and when completed may add over a million dollars to the taxrolls of Orange County. Aside from the Muirhead develop ment, the construction of both commercial and residential build ings is proceding apace. The com pletion of the new hospital will bring more people to Chapel Hill and will further increase the number of homes listed for taxa tion in Orange County. It is conservative to estimate that over the next twenty years, Chapel Hill township will con tribute at least 60 per cent of the county taxes required to finance the proposed school bonds.. Chapel P^oximately 58 per cent of the proceeds of the bonds. This indi cates that Chapel Hill township will pay for what it receives. It should not be forgotten in this connection that Chapel Hill’s two high schQols de-'not serve only the children of Chapel Hill town ship but all of the children in the southern part of Orange County. Mr. Brown believes that if a vote were taken a majority of the people would say that Chapel Hill township should build its own schools. As taxpayers, the resi dents of Chapel Hill township would not object to this. On a township basis, they could obtain the same school improvements as they are to receive under the proposed county bond issue with a slight saving in taxes to boot, do not agree with"'Mr. Brown, however, that a majority of the people want to shift from the county to the township, as a basis of school support. The State General Assembly made the counties responsible for the construction and maintenance of school buildings because it wanted to give every child whether he lived in the country or the city a chance to attend a good school. Many townships are too small and sparsely populated to support good schools, especially high schools. Under the county system, schools are located where they can serve the children of the county most effectively. They are fn no sense owned by the townships in which they happen to be placed, nor are their ser vices limited to the children of any one township. The county system of school building and mainte nance has given Orange County better schools. But many of these schools are still not up to the standards of other counties. Passage of the pro posed bond issue will go a long toward giving every child in Orange County a chance to at tend a decent school. Yours Truly, ' Clarence Heer Route 3, Chfcpel Hill lime To Treat Tobacco Beds Hillsboro—Within the nCxt two or three 'weeks, tobacco' farmers ■should treat their plant bed sites with a mixture of 1 lb. cjf Uramon and lb. of Cvariamid for each square yard of bed space for lis ease and weed control. " Growers are ,adV.isVd by the Ex periihent Station, according to Don S. Matheson, County Agent, to use this .mixture, rather than Cy Snamidalone,becausethemixtTire of both chemicals has a tendency to kill disease germs as well as weeds. The seed bed should be thoroughly disced and have a clod j free surface. Broadcast 2-3 of the : mixture evenly over the bed by [ hand and mix thoroughly with the upper three or four inches of top soil, then broadcast the re maining 1-3 of the chemicals and rake lightly into the upper 1 inch of top soil. If the spil is dry and rain does not occur within a few days after application, the bed should be wet down. -a Golden Gleams Poetry is vocal painting, as painting is silent poetry. ^—Simonides of Ceos. -o As civilization .advances,, poetry necessarily declines. _ —T. B. McCauley. NOW at Coleman-Laws Co., Inc, Newest Model PHILCO FREEZER for your Home PHILCO DH-81. Now 8.1 ea. ft. capacity in 5 ft. cabinet size. 3 compartments—one for sharp freezing at 15° below—two for sub-zero. Holds up to 280 lbs. toward your Philco Freezer Purchase Yes, for a limited time* 20 labels are worth $20 on a Philco Freezer ... choose either model shown on labels from All birds eye Frosted Foods ’roloi •« W« 0B!L mis nuerai ouer. 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