Editorial and Opinion
Importance Of Local Government
Ret enity a pubfrr official in our county gave this concept
of his job and that of his col leagues.
- I want to express again my guiding conviction that
local government is the very nTnndation of afhgovermnem
-- countv, state, and federal. 1 do not believe the ini
portanre of holiest, efficient, economical Jocal government
can be over emphasized. G«kxI government, from the com
munity level to the national level, from Chapel Hill to
Washington, begins at home. — What hour do we spend
in Chajiel Hill which is totally unaffected by what our local
government does or fails to do? — Local government, when
it functions honestly, efficiently, and economically, helps
make the local community a more attractive, a healthier,
and a safer place in which to have our homes, rear our
children, operate our businesses, conduct our schools, main
tain our churches, and have our recreation. If we cannot
„ prove and demonstrate to our own local citizens and to
the world that it is possible to have g<x>d local government,
then how can we logically expect to have good local govern
ment, then how can we logically expect to have good
gQV-etpment■ oh higher levels farther removed from the indi
vidual citizen?” --—-=-7-—
We commend those words of Mayor Edwin S. Lanier of
Chapel Hill to all who are concerned with public admini
stration and to all who are interested in the.preservation
of our way of life. Too often we in the hamlets1 and by
—ways are disjxwed to a feeling of frustration in the face
of great national trends, proceedings- in that cotosstts of
governments which is Washington, or far-reaching events
which we are powerless to affect. A ‘‘whats the use attitude”
locajly is an insidious thing, but it is something that can
“ever happen if public officials, and ordinary citizens alike
- continue-.to keep alive their jespect for honesty and dignity
_in the handling of public affairs at every level.
The People Have A Right
—j£b£„Ne\\’$ is heartily in lavor of one amendment vvhic h ~
has beeii included hv the United States Senate in the Social
Security law up for passage in the national Congress.“And,
Irom all we can hear, public sentiment in this State and
other parts of the country would enthusastically support it.
The amendment in question provides that states may
open their public welfare rolls for inspection and examina
tion without suffering penalty of withdrawal of federal
lands. As it is now, welfare lists are secret information
except for those who administer the funds. — -
As sone other editorialist has said, it isn’t necessary to
open the relief rolls to every Tom, Difk and Harry in
order to assuage the growing belief that too many such lists
are padded and that some recipients of funds are chiselers
of the first order. Many honest, tax-paying citizens believe
the strict secrecy rule has contributed to the padding of
lolls and has helped to hide abuses ot a good intentioned
law. flie rapid growth of relief rolls during a period of
great prosperity has added fuel to that belief, and natural
ly -so-. — , -..
* 1 he time has come to relax some of the rulei again«t
°1/ei 111 t^^fiT^ihTcnesTurdeatiTrg~out"weffareTtmds7-TbeFe^
is a halfway point between absolute secrecy and wide open
publicity. Enough should J>c done to make it hazardous
and hot lot the leech and the chisler. Under present rules,
the gate is pretty wide open for abuses. For the sake of a
good law and to play fair with the folks who are paying
the bills there Should be some changes in the law as it now
stands, . ".
The Art Of (Betting Along
• Tilt foMouirig philosophy- omtains- lots. of.,good hojcac
sense. We offer it for the benefit of those who have not
seen it. /
HE LEARNS that it doesn t pay to he a sensitive* soul
_that he should let some things go over his head like
water over a duck’s bac k.
HE LEARNS that he who looses his temper,'usually
loses. . * ’
HE LEARNS that all men have burnt toast for break
fast now and then and that he shouldn’t take the other
fel low 5 grouch t(X) seriously
, HE LEARNS that carrying a chip on his shoulder is
the safest way to get into a figirh--_
HE LEARNS that the quickest way to become utipopu
lar is to carry tales and gossip about others.
HE LEARNS that buck passing always turns out to be
a boomerang, and that never pays.
HE LEARNS that even the janitor is human and that
tt doesn t do any harm to smile and to say “Good Morn
ing.”
TIE LEARNS that hard work and not cleverness is the
set ret of success.
HE LEARNS that without sincerity no man can eniov
lasting success. 1 '
THE NEWS of Orange County
Published Every Thursday By
THE NEWS, IN CORPdRATED
Hillsboro and Chapel Hill, N. C.
Edw,n J. Hamlin.■, ■ ~Edito, and PMU&,
wZne'1'1"’i Mr,. R. H.-Hutchison. El!
vvnuney, J. O. Tinmen, Woodlawn; Mrs. B D Hariri*
Pleasant Hill; Mary Wilkinson, Mebane; Mrs D T Ham
Sunnyvale; Mrs. Oliver Clark, Snow Camp; Ruth Walker
Plesant Grover Mrs. Thotnas J. Poole, Graham Vetrro
representative; E. P. D)XOn, Alamance County history.^
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PRESS COMMENT
Highway Deaths
Versus Battle
—lEroro Rutherford County News)
An average of 33 American
soldiers was killed daily in Korea
during the first year of the war,
While at home automobile deaths
averaged 99 a day, comparative
study of war and traffic fatalities
made by the Association of Cas
ualty and Surety Companies dis
closed todav.
Close to 12,000 combat deaths
have occurred among United
States forces in Korea since hos
tilities started on June 25,1950.
On the eve of the war’s first an
niversar ythe Association’s acci
dent prevention_ department esti- !
mated that the nation’s traffic ■
dead during the same 12-month j
period totals about 36,050, three !
times the U. S. death, toll jn Ko- ■
. rean battles,, ; - , ' , .
—S^affie- deaths . currently are
seven times heavier than U. S.
war fatalities, however, with the
estimated June average of 93 lives
lost daily on highways almost
equaling the low weekly average
of 95-soldiers killed in action in
Korea as the war entered its 12th
month.
American military deaths in all
of the nation’s wars, including
the first year of the Korean con
a total U 398,
000 in 176 years and two months
,iMce the Battle Of. I>xington on
April 9, 1775. In the 51 years
«»d six months since the first U
Su automobile death occurred at
OSOlin™ °f the century* yearly
980,000 men, women and children
have lost their lives in traffic ac
cidents.
Seven people have lost their
lives this year in highway acci
dents in Rutherford county.
Fast an ddrunk driving causes
most of our highway deaths. The
State Highway Patrolmen are do
ins~.a go°d job in enforcing the
traffic laws. They arrest all
I™1* dWv*rs>” regradless of
h° they are. The law should 6e
ho respecter of persons
New Rules Given
On GI Training
Thousands of veterans in trade
and industrial schools will have
to go to class at least 30 hours
a week, beginning July 1, 1951,
■n order to be considered full
time students under the G-I Bill,
Veterans Administration Regional
Manager J. D. DeRamus said.
Only full-time students are en
titled to full rates of subsistence
pay, which.' range from $75 to
S120 a'month, Mr.- DeRamus ex
plained.
' The new weekly minimum,
whiich a tiffed five hours to' the
previous rate of 25 hours a week
is^a requirement.of Public Law
610. enacted by Congress nearly
- a.•-year- ago. That requirement,
•however, didn’t become effective
Tor most schools until July 1, 1951.
'Veterans affected by the law’s
new attendance requirements are
only those in below-icollege-level
trade and technical courses where
shcu practice 'forms an integral
part of their daily activities. Ex
amples would be courses in -auto
mobile repair, machine shop or
ations and the like.
In case veterans continue toat
—tend such courses for 25 hours a
week, Mr. DeRamus said, they
now will be considered to be in
school three-quarters af the time
rather than full-time, and they
will receive no more than three
quarters uf the GI subsistence
rates.
The new 30-hour week need not
eonfsdst of straight training, for
the law makes allowances for a
30-minute rest period each days.
T h in the number o? t
hours of attendance applies only
to courses where shop practice is
necessary, Mr. DeRamus empha
sized. Under the laiw, belo«vy-col
lege-level courses in which theo
retical or classroom instruction
predominates wiU continue io . be
considered full-fme when a
minimum of 25 hears a week of
instruction is reqv’red.
■e
Q: I am training several vet
erans on-the-job under the G1
Biil in my automobile repair shop,
and I plan to grant a slight raise
in the wage sdale they are re-eiv
h '• Hr / do I go about it?
i-A: YcU must notify the State
* irr vr- x Agency in-your State;
- s agency will then notify VA
at; which time, necessary adjust
ments in subsistence payments,
will be made,
-■■Virrmia Dare, grandaugftt.er ol
governor John White, leader of
•ie ill-fated group of men and
vrnnen cl THE LOST . COLONY
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t'.tifge hern' iff - • -■ ■
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OUR DEMOCRACY-***
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Money is as Money does
^Tloney makes the Pot boil.
9Ttoneu makes the 9Hare WOfl
^eaSy money is wfllabbin s lamp. ^eP-ayxo*
OTloney tvill always be in 3ashion. _
Olloney makes ffilastery.
thos.fulleA
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<r»US POETS AND PHILOSOPHERS AGREE THAT
MONET IS IMPORTANT AND THAT MONEY HAS POWER.
V| v V
J\ Sounb ‘Dollar has stability in its
-----L N_ arf
power to purchase the (3oobs anb
Services necessary to our Well-being.
vOsf,>
J\ Sounb ^Dollar ^^encourages Savings
{or the 3ufure, makes the
m more
potent jor Security.
J\ Soun^ ^Ogllar is a St^mbol anb
P W
Instrument of tUelbbeing S. Inkepeiu
ence.
KEEPING THE DOLLAR. SOUND IS THE
PURPOSE OF OUR. FIGHT AGAINST INFLATION
More Beet Is Foreseen
Raleigh—Increased cattle quot
as for civilian beef consumption
during July have been announced
by the Office of Price Stabiliza
tion.^ '
OPS has increased the cattle
quotas for July slaughter to 90
per cent of the 1950 base, an in
crease of 10 per cent over the
suota in effect during June.
OPS also announced increases
^ -5 per cent over June in the
July slaughter quotas for calves,
sheep and lamb. The July quotas
for these animals will be 85 per
cent of the 1950 base compared to
80 per cent for the lune account
ing periods.
The July slaughter quota for
hogs has been reduced to 105 per
cent of the 1960 base from a quota
of 115 per cent for June account
ing periods. This decrease is due
to the small number of hogs be
ing marketed at this time.
KWJMAZIK
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UNIT THAT GETS
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roafta••;»» more shifting of hot r ets No-*7 ou* ®ake* and
rack portion and get perfect results every time y°U bake “*
LOOKg SEE, COMPARE* T *
Westinghouse oven and feel the quality8 You’ll |the du°r of a
ble Two-Level Speed Cooker, the Color Cl* U !°T? the versa*
the score pf other convenience featur^ tW ^,? $TtroIs * * *
Ranges well worth waiting for. th t make Westmghouse
vou eAN*(suRE..iF iTsWestin^house
Coleman- Laws Co., Inc
m Hillsboro .-:T—
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Garden Time
- ± By .
Robert Schmidt
When we have coegnpleted the
garden planting for the season,
we usually have a quantity of
seed left over. Will they be any
good next spring, or should they
be discarded now? The longevity
or length of life of seeds depends
on two main factors - - the kind
.. seed and the conditions unddr
which the seed are stored.
Under the hot, humid conditions
in the South, seeds do not retain
their vitality as long as they do
in cooler climates. Different kinds
of seeds vary greatly in their
longevity. For example, onion,
sweet corn, and parsnip seeds re
tain . their vitality for only one
or two years; beans and peas for
two or three yeras; cabbage, ool
lards, kale, turnips and mustard,
four to five years; okra parsley
and salsify, about two years; cu
cumbers, melons, squash, and to
matoes. about five years - - all of
these under favorable storage
conditions, which means a cool
temperature^ and relatively Jqw
humidity. --- . ■ . ■ .. .
The difficulty in determining if
seeds are likely to be good next
spring is that we don’t know how
long the seed merchant has had
the seeds before he sold them to
us. In many instances, I have
found bean seed to be good only
for the- year that I purchased
hem. That might mean that the
seedsman has had the seed for
4 least one year before he sold
hem. *
If you do keep seed over until
he next^ year, you should* have a
termination test made before you
dar.t them. If you are saving any
>f your own seed this year from
-our garden, dry them out thor
New Uope
News ■
By Elizabeth Kirkland
Di. T Henry Patterson p
-teutrv^-Secretary^ Orar- -**
bytery will be director'
Pioneer Camp this weTk Z '
P^acha,^^^.
The Senior Young Peoples cv»
ferenice directed by Rev n n
Jackson of Ashdboro, assfi?*'
the morning worship service!"
day, July ■! and present
drarnatzation Sundaf^ 1
from 2:30 to 4 in fhe ^°°l
Memorial Lodge. 1 enual
Mrs. W A. Craig, Elanor Cra:
Mattie Blackwood, Mrs w •
Nunn, Virginia Nunn, Mr
Mrs. Gilbert Craig, john
Jame Blackwood, Mrs
Johnston, E. ' C. and Pif^
Kirkland, f*>m th? CoSf*l
attended the funeral of Mrs Sa
Lockhart Jr., in the PrSbJtjJ
Church ,n Chapel Hill Safi
June 30 at 10:30. Officiating 5
isters were Rev. John L™
Hope Chuthh ®
Rev. Charles Jones, ^nasto, !
Chapel Hill Church. -
The Nannie Kirkland Ch
wdl meet Tuesday Jfllv to a
F «*• with Miss Matd- -Bll
wood. “ 1
oughly and then keep as cool
possible during the hot
Do you have
U. S. Series E Defense
Bonds maturing
this year?
L>ood news! A new law says now
those bonds can ^eep* on earning
you interest tip to 10 years longer
without your lifting a finger!
A RE you one of those wise and patri
otic people who bought Series E
Defense Bonds back in *41 and have
i„. — . held them the full ten years? Congratu
hi rn«UrSeIf Because new Bond Law, just passed,
vmi h Pess’ n,°^,ma^es them pay off even better than
you had expected!
having todo a thing, you-tan letthosS bond,
go on earning extra interest for ten years more.
noftSww?!? ^n£wh/ch «>st you $18.75 will pay you
$50 $hnf°°«^tc!33^3f Your $37’50 bond wm Pay not
A^dw on$ ' -Y<>Ur $75 5** .Pay &33.3JL
h -T* j1*8 ^ra money, there’s absolutely nothing you
earninomfi^pyour ^onds and let them go on
earning interest for you.
If you wish, you may still redeem any Series E Bond
T&Jr- *^er ^°U Ve owned it for 60 days. But
,< l1 c eder t° hold your bonds, just as you’re
better off to hold saving, in any form.
oraSnothinae+POCJet nlelts. awfly fast—often with little
is alwav lu° s^ow ^or it- But cash in bond savings
which rJS Kere~gr°'?dn« steadily toward the big sum
which can buy something really worth while.
co^Z^f ^°”ds ccDdnff due, why not take the wise
And nL L?f ““l let them go on making money
buying mn it adding to your cash savings by
thePavrol/oJ1’- 5ffense Bonds regularly—through
A-Monfch*Plan where you work or the Bond
Month Plan where you bank.
The^r T' ^ ** your inteTe*t at current income
Bonds, in WMWsSrS yOU t°reXchange yOUr f
which pay °r m°re’for Special Senes G Bonds
year jffftS®!!?.semiannually at the rate of 2X% F*r
tor full details, ask at any Federal Reserve Bank.
fTkii ,M, "rUr’na b°"-* ## *" *•"*"» •«*» Hi# new low I
~ ' -f^Koml 51 00 band, „ -< k—. s 11 c—f «nnd. grow.)
ft1,:':"1"
Imu» price_
Period alter isi,.« da(.
I' yeort. 11 1 -
-*3-jieortv; rr.
13 years,.,..
I 4 years.
1 5 years..,.,
16 years.
1 7 years...
J 8-yeari.....
19
veon..
20 yearr. ... ,";'7 •’ '"*>
l»we date). . .. t V0UM* ViQ rears from
Redemption values during eoch year
325.31
25.94*
26.56
27.1-9
27.81
28.44
29.06
30.00
31.33
32.67
33 33
550.62
* 507
53.12
54.37
55.62
56.87
58.12
68.00
62.67
63.33
vj. .iM' S. Defense 'Bonds'TBtfe ;
«ow they ears interest 10 years lonjJir