Editorial and Opinion
Should Be Worth It
The Orange County Grand Jury last week called upon
the county to increase jury wages from $4 to $6 per day
with milage from the juror’s place of abode to the county
- courthouse. ( 4 ,
All in all, we’d say this was an entirely modest request.
Apparently while everything elese has gone up during the
fabulous forties, the remuneration for jury duty has re
mained at pre-war levels and it is entirely likely that many
of those serving during the past year have done so at con
siderable financial sacrifice. Of course there are still several
of the so called “professional” jurors always available but
by and large the majority of those called for jury duty must
forego their own work. This many can ill afford at $4
per day.
So, while we’d normally feel like resisting most* such in
creases in public expense, the current Grand Jury request
appears entirely in order. When it is granted by the Board
of Commissioners, then the onus will be on it to earn its
pay, the opinion of no|t a few responsible citizens being
that a single buck has often been too much for value received.
What Else Expected
The inept Scott Administration is back in the news again
and everywhere most unfavorable.
First, Jeff Wilson, the chief <5f the Motor Vehicles Safety
Bureau, gets caught running from one end of the State to
the other, and beyond its bounds, at State expense which
enjoying himself immensely as a Big Young Democrat, a
big Lion, and most of all a big shot State official.
Then Tony Tolar, the campaign chauffer made colonel,
plows through a funeral procession with siren ablast while
playing patrol private and gets himself involved in criminal
action in Superior Court down East. The Chief, himself,
(ailed it “a lool thing to do.” __
Bin topping it afh'the Elections Board appointed to let
in more air in official posts everywhere decides to overlook
a little thing like the State Law and appoint who it pleases
ini eight counties which*did not support the Boss dike they
should, thus inaugurating what Lynn Nisbet calls a “new
kind of philosophy for North Carolina, a state in which
compliance with law rather than personal whims of of
ficials has always been the order.” Nisbet continues that
the Governor told Britt (Chairman C. M. Britt of Asheville)
he was chairman and that apparently gave Britt the idea
he could do anything he wanted with the board without
regard to the law. Thus, in the final analysis we find a
board charged with directing subordinate boards follow
ing a policy of arbitrarily ignoring the law whose language
was plain enough for any sixth grader to understand,
These instances are not the first and hardly the last which
may be expected to crop up from time to time to embarrass
North Carolinians outside the realm of the pressure politics
which rule the day. Let calm remain the watchword of the
hour.
This Type We Need
Governor Kerr Scoff sounded off before the teachers in
Raleigh a few weeks back ^urging them* to get busy and elect
to 4he general assembly men who would vote ample funds
for the schools. It seems the governor fears a dark conspiracy
to scuttle them, which we think is entirely groundless.
-jHaviog-made-this appeah,~^fh^'Trai^lvSnla~Times Be7*
lieves, the governor can now consistently address a similar
plea to the farmers, the unioneers, the merchants, the editors
and other workers to send men to Raleigh pledged to look
after their interests.
What we should like to. hear is a plea by someone in
authority that we send to Raleigh able and conscientious
men who will look after the interests of North Carolina
and every interest and element in it. We don’t think the
welfare of the schools requires that we send to Raleigh men
pledged to grab every nickle they can for them and the idea
of electing lawmakers because they favor some special group
or interest is one of the most deplorable trends in politics
today.
Dig Deep
In the past few years, it seems, the number of charitable
organizations have, tripled themselves because every time
we turn around there is a campaign going on for something
or other. However, most of them are worthy causes. And
just recently a new one has appeared on the scene—The
Easter Seal Campaign of the North Carolina League for
Crippled Children. '*
The League has as its goal to aid every crippled or handi
capped child in North Carolina whose family is not able
to completely care for him. For this projected aim, the
League needs the wholehearted support* of every person.
These are your kids or your friend’s, kids so come on
and dig deep, it won’t hurt half as much as you think it will.
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Thursday, March 30, 1950
PRESS COMMENT
Tolar’s Idea
Not So ‘Hot’
Commander Tony Tolar of the
State Highway Patrol has given
orders that a huge number one
in red paint be placed on the
highways of North Carolina at
every point where a person is kill
ed as a constant reminder to the
public of the fatalities on the
highways. If two persons cure kill
ed, the numeral will be a two,
and If three, a three, and so on.
Commander Tolar hopes in this
way to slow the motoring public
and check the ever-increasing
death toll on the highways. He
believes that the psychology of
the situation will operate in favor
of more care in driving.
Well, we hope Commander Tol
ar will change his mind before
he gets his new plan started. Sev
eral years ago it was decided to
mark the highways of North Car
olina with white crosses at every
poinf where someone was killed.
The crosses became numerous,
and the piA>lic reaction was bad,
especially when crosses were
placed in front of residences along
the highways. The practice was
finally discontinued.
We don’t believe that the ef
fect will be any different with
the recj lettering on the highways.
Furthermore, large numbers of
strangers going through the state
who figure a great deal in auto
mobile acidents would havp no
idea what the red lettering indi
cated. •
By all means have a safety pro
gram, but don’t mark up the high
ways with' grim.* reminders.—
Scotland Neck, Commonwealth.
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FARM HOME
HINTS
By
Ruth Current
State Home Demonstration Agent
_Ironing Musts—Points, to_re^
member: When ironing rayon
crepts or jerseys alwaps iron with
.the grain. Iron rayons on the
wrong side. Do touch-up jobs on
the right side using a pressing
cloth over the fabric.'If you don’t,
you wil have shine.
Avoid sprinkling—You will have
fabrics usually contain acetate
better results by ironing pour rap
ons as soon as thep have dried
to the right degree of dampness
rather than waiting until they are.
bone dry and then sprinkling.
Rayon sharkskin.—These crisp
. fabrics.usually.contain --a eetatt
rayon. For good results iron while
noticeably damp. Iron slowly to
dry out the fabric as you iron.
Watch the temperature of your
iron or ironer carefully. Iron .with
a WARM iron or ironer. (Rayon
setting.) '•
Rayon jersey—Rayon jerseys
usually ' contain acetate .rayon, so
be very careful that your iron
dotsnt get too hot. Iron lightly
to avoid pulUng the garment out
of shapt. Iron while slightly damp
with a WARM iron or ironer.
> Rayon satins—Iron heavier ray
bn satins while noticeable damp.
Iron till the fabric is dry. Some
rayon satins need a cooler iron or
ironer than others—test tempera
ture on a seam.
To prevent ironing from dry
ing out when you don’t complete
as much as you have sprinkled,
I have several suggestion for you.
Purchase’ a plastic pillow cover
that will allow ample room for
a large family’s ironing. You will
find that you will use less mois
ture for your clothes if they are
wrapped in plastic and that they|
will not dry out as much while
waiting to be ironed.
When you have a few pieces
left ewer or pieces that are hard
to iron, place them in refrigerator.
They will not dry out and due
to the coldness they will be much
easier to iron.
When starch sticks to your iron,
you can partially prevent it from
sticking by adding Borax to your
starch solution—one teaspoon to
a quart.
fine steel wool or whiting. Polish
it when thoroughly cleon with
beeswax. DO NOT use harsh
abrasive cleaners. 'V
The Morehead Planetarium at
the University- of North Carolina
is the only one on an American
Campus; It draws thousands of
visitors.
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North Carolina manufactures
more wooded furniture than any
other state. x
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LIQUID OR
TABLETS
GIVES
FAST
RELIEF
)wk«n COLD
miseries strike
THE
AMERICAN
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Chape! Hill Shut-In is Respansible
Fm» Bnnnies Cropping Up Over State
Chapel Hill—Thousands of bun
ny rabbits will be cropping up
all over the. State. ..this week .and
• weryhody
Although they Won’t be of the
lettuce-eating variety, singe these
are actually White felt lapel pins
in the shape of rabbits, anyone
who contributes to the Easter Seal
Campaign of the North Carolina
League for Crippled Children will
be given one of the, colorful but
tons. The drive eptinues through
April 9. , ' . • ' ' -
Largely responsible for the de
sign of the pins is Miss Nannie
Long of Chapel Hill, who has been
a shut-in for 30 years. She vol
the League in any waly she could
unteered some time ago to serve
and since the* she has produced
hundreds of pins.
The rabbits are stamped in blue,
purple arid green ink on large
sheets of white .felt. Then the
designs are cut out by volunteer
groups in various counties. The
Y-Teens, Girl ScoutS and high
school girls and boys at the Re
creation Centex in Chapel Hill
have also helped in tho ruling
-here^~JPxoeeeds ftrem .the*- Saig~oT
the pins and the League’s Eastr
Seals are used to help every type
of handicapped child in the State
who cannot -get this help other
wise.
The North Carolina League is
introducing “Felt Bunnies” for
two purposes: as a new fund-rais
ing device and as a posible item
which, if successful in North Car
olina, will be proposed to the Na
tional Soeiety for Crippled Chil
dren and Adults for nation-wide
sale in 1951 along with lilies and
other objects. The item would
be made- by,-and sold for, the
benefit of handicapped persons-in
Narlh.,,CaL'>;Icm. -.-«=*:
Design for the bunnies- has been
described as quite clevef"- and
original by League officials, which
is not surprisng snce Miss Long
won recognition throughout the
State some years ago for her
stamp craft. She made pictures
by cutting up cancelled postage
stamps and pasting them into
various designs and patterns.
When she isn’t working on her
current hobby, Miss Long enjoys
reading, listening to the radio and,
superintending the- gardening at
her home.
Through- its program for 1950,
the League wil .seek to improve
and * expand -projects for— direct
services to handicapped persons
for whom there are, no other
'sources. They hope, also, to ..as
sist in the- development of facili
ties for persons affected by ce
rebral palsy, and to cooperate with
the State Division of Special Ed
ucation in connection with the
educational program for handi
capped children. ' ■ _
The educational program will
include scholarships to persons
attending universities or colleges
in order to encourage them to take
certain courses which would pre
pare them for more efficient
service. _ ...
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Portsmouth, on the Outer Banks
of North Carolina, has more build
ings than people. Once a thriving
town of 1,000, and North Caro
lina’s first port of entry, Ports
Fishing and hunting are its in
dustries.
plowing and1 harrowing-or wishing the manure would haul
itseh- when the b.g tractor’s busy... you need’ another tractor
With a FarmaU Cub, you can plant, cultivate, or mow 12
^2 A^" 23 ^ an ^our • • • haul faster than a
P^P- run an elevator, plow snow
K 8fiDd ^“ hundred oth« jobs toZ
•mall for the big tractor. °
ComeinandieeiheFaraullCub.l,maj,bejmtwhatyo|inee4
Sm this Farmall at work on your own form
... the white Farmall with the gold stars
Call us for a demonstration now.
Coleman-Laws Co., Inc
Hillsboro, N. C.
Legal Meticcs
Having qualified as adminis
trator of the estate of John C.
Taylor, deceased, late of Orange
County, North Carolina, this is to
notify all persons halving claims
agrinst the estate of said deceased
to exhibit them to the undersign
ed at Durham, N. C. on or before
the 9th day of March, 1951, or
this notice will be pleaded In bar
-rec0v*ry. aTTH
denied to said J
make irmnediateTl^!
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