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Opportunity For Fame A view widely held is that putblic apathy toward high way safety and the enforcement of traffic law^ in North Carolina is in large degree responsible for the disgraceful accident record on our highways. While this'may be true, this newspaper is strongly dis posed tp suggest that such apathy may result from fustra tion engendered by the operation of the State courts in this field. If some'body can devise a way to keep the Superi ' or CoOrt in Orange County in session for more than 214 to three days for the trial of criminal cases, he will have rendered a service of such inestimable worth as to entitle him to eternal fame. Faced with the trial of 25 alleged drunken and reckless drivers last week, the court shut up shop on Wednesday afternoon after disposing of six such cases and left eight een defendants to prowl the highways another three months. A check of the records reveals that practically all cases on the calendar origniated in 1950 and many of them ' • in-1949.-.,■ . .. '. , . ..... v — - Is there any wonder that the rank and file of citizenry should become apathetic toward traffic law enforcement when by the simple expedient of hiring a! lawyer adept at devising pretexts for continuation he can stall trial for at least a year without half trying. There are plenty of indications through the operations of its local courts, the courage and zeal of its law enforce-^ ment officials, and through actions of its juries that Or ange County is alert to the problem of highway law en forcement. The higher court should not continue to drag -ks feet lest this fiue spirit be permanently’damaged. When the poet asked, “What is so rare as a day in June?”, we think he wanted to know what could be rarer than just a plain, common-or-garden day not dedicated to some th i ng-or-other. - — The entire month, for example, is claimed by the milk butter-and-eggs jieople as “Dairy Month.” It is also “Na tional Ragweed Control Month.” Personally, we are all for dairy products, when we can afford them; and our sympathy for hay-fever sufferers is acute. Thus, if it were possible to breed a strain of cows that would prefer rag week above all othef provender, both causes would be well served, and perhaps under the spur of the June publicity, something may be done about it. * We do not believe, however, that the fact that June 16th was “Expectant Fathers’ Day,” or the 17th plain, ordinary “Fathers’ Day” will have much impact on vital statistics. As for “National Swim-for-Health Week” June 25 to 30, we doubt whether many duakers are seeking health, or even so, that five days of it would develop a super-man (or woman). Swimming is a fine thing, however, for any luxiy . . if HE LJKES to swim, or if SHE has a new bath ing suit. You may make your own plans for “National Bow Tie Week.” Personally, we suspect it will be a good week fo^ going without a tie. Bin we commend June 22: First Day of Summer! Isn’t that what we’ve been waiting for? A Matter Of Taste "Fating corn on tin; Cob with lip stick is considered bad taste.” . :._ The ahove quotation was recently seen in a- national magazine commenting on the latest andjitp to date, methods and practices of social etiquette. This new-ruling handed down by tlTe high court on do’s and don'ts vaisei i tew - questions, which will probably have to be settled in a • „ test case. , Front what we have been able to gather in years of ex perimenting, all lip stick tastes alike. As a matter of fact it has very little taste, except for a lingering aroma and feel of gyease, and one brand be it "Innocence” or "Nuit naughtie” is just as hard to get off. , As a substitute for salt, peppir, and butter, we don’t recommend it either. Inflationary Problem Government economists in commenting on the current inflation, report that $1,000 saved in 1939 is now worth less than half of that amount on the consumer market. If this is true, then in the reverse situation a profit should, be made, For example, if one can stash away $500 now, then in a period of deflation this amount should purchase $1000 worth of’goods on the consumer market. There is oile little problem with this scheme to double your investment. Where does one get the $500. r-__ THE HEWS of Orange Ceaaty Published Every Thursday By THE NEWS, INCORPORATED Hillsboro and Chapel Hill, N. C. EmyiN J. Hamlin ....Editor and Publisher 8UB8CRIPTION RATES 1 Year (in Nor+hCarolina) ....$2.80 8 Months (in North Carolina) ..... $1.50 ] Year (outside North Carolian) .‘. $2.51 8 Months (outside North Carolina) ... $2.00 Entered as 8econd Claes Matter at the Pest Office at Hillsboro, N. C. unocr me «« 01 mmrcn «# y£'* Thflrsday, June 21, 1951 r’xtTsOO v^vjuvu.viiupi x Forego Beet, Beat Ioflatioii 1 • (Christian Science Monitor Price controls, back 1946, hit the Great Beefsteak Reef ahd floundered. When the ship went down, food (prices climbed from an index of 139 to one of 210. Controls once more are striving to navigate the same barrier, and this time they must not be allow ed to go down. For the price of beef is a major factor in the price of food; the price of meat makes up the largest fraction of the price of food; the price of food is a crucial element in the cost of living; and the cost of living will pretty much determine whe ther or not even a flexible wage line can be held. All together, they add up to whether Americans will fight back inflation "on the defensive fronts or whether they will abandon the field to a devil-take-the-hind most rush. That could put every body through the wringer until the economy adjusts itself at some Himalayyi altitude or is brought down 'through intolerable distress into some Dead Sea of monetary revaluation. t _ As we see it from here, the beef producers have not made a 1 case either for their expmptlgn_: from controls or for abandonment of the whole control system. They argue that production is the cure, and that they cannot boopt pro duction under the roll-back. Yet the price of beef is at 152 per cent of parity. There may be some inequities to be ironed out between the way the roll-hack may affect the rancher, the feed er, and the (packer. But 52 per cent above what is supposed to .be the point of fair relationship between what the cattle raiser gets for the beef he sells and what he pays for the things he buys makes a (pretty wide margin, above hardship. Nevertheless, we trust Mr. Dd Salle and the administration will sit tight. For if beef is so costly to produce, it may be that Ameri cans around the dinner table will need also to sit tight and man age to get toy with eating a little less meat for a while. Oherwise, they may wake up to find they have sold much of their birth right to the fruits of their earn ings for a plate of roast beef, medium. o Letter To The Editor Dear Editor? Sotfeecne riiatie the remark the other ddtf that has become a truism, we hear it so ofteh, “It costs money to do anything these days.” We all are aware of this fact adding that it keeps costing more money than it used too. For mstance- look at our community recreational program. Two years ago .people in Hillsboro enpoyed softball “under-the-lights” to the point that they dug down in their pockets and purses when the pan was passed around. The program paid its way and took a big slice out of the debt on the lights. Last year it was the same good story so the program has been enlarged to include midget base ball teams. The ground fees are more ,the light bill the same, but when the pan goes aibund the contributions are only little in ex cess of the ground fees. The pro gram costs about $12.00 a night and $6.00 has been a good in come for a collection. The real rub comes, though where the failure to pay our bills on the softball may make il necessary to eliminate the fullei program and the director of re creation who has been hired tc carry that program on. Softball is good for those whc play and entertaining to thos< who watch but the fact remains we can’t have it for nothing Those pans need to clink wit! coins or it will be curtains fos the whole program. I. E. Birdseys --o Consumption of snufl m th< United States during the flsca year ending June 30, 1950, i estimated at 41 million pounds. Glasses Fitted . Repaired HAVE YOUR EYES EXAMINED ZENITH HEARING AIDS A BATTERIES City Official Co. 523 Trust Bldg: Durham 121 E. Franklin St: Chapel Hill Tel. 3566 Garden 1 ime »y Robert Schmidt While we at$ between crops, ir i sense, we should be thinking ol ways to improve our garden soils Much needed organic matter maj t>e added through the use of sta ble manures or summer and fal green crops to be turned under Ihese materials will make heavj soils easier to work and ■'Will giv< sandy soils a better water-hold ing capacity and along with that there is the added fertility. Bu what I wish to talk about is soi acidity and the use of lime. Man} gardeners do not understand th< proper use of lime because the} do not know the needs of the in dividual crops. Also, they do no know how acid their soil i§. I is foolish to add lime to soil i; you do not krtow that it need; lime or that the crops to be growr require more lime. Lime reduces soil acidity. Mos vegetable crops will thrive ii slightly acid (pH 6 to 6.7) soils But there are a number of then that will not thrive at all in ver} acid (pH 4.5 to 5.0) soils. Thes* are asparagus, spinach, onions celery, lettuce, beets, muskmelons cauliflower, broccoli, iparendipS| okra, and salsify. Crops such as beans, cucumbers, watermelons »rn, sweet (potatoes, Irish pota :oes and tomatoes are quite tol erant of very acid soils - - in fact ;t is desirable for watermelons It is also desirable to grow Iris! potatoes on quite add soils t< prevent the development of potat< scab, a serious disease which i: nade worse by liming the soil. The soil testing laboratory ft the N. C. Department of Agri culture, Raleigh, will test you: soil free of Charge and tell yoi bow much lime to use. That leave; no excuse for not knowing th< correct acidity of your soil. Tak< samples by slicing the soil witt a spade or trowel to a depth a four to six inches which will giv< you soil from the tap as well a; lower down. Thoroughly mix anc BRIDGE PROJECT The State Highway Commis sion will ask for bids on a roac project in Orange County at it; letting on June 26. The project calls for a structur< over Eno River on a county roa< west of Cedar Grove. Low bids received at the let ting will be reviewed by the Com mission at its next meeting or July 6. - ■ ■ o Experiments b- y agricultura scientists in Guatemala have dem onstrated that ripe bananas, in cluding skins, can replace thi carbohydrates of corn in ration! for growing and fattening pigs ii that country. send about one pint to the lab oratory. If your garden as larg' take samples from more than on location. It is possible that you county agent has equipment fo making simple soil "tests. 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