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Editorial and Opinion How Drab, Yesteryear Boys and girls of today have so totally different a daily routine from that of those who lived a century and a half ago, that the tremendous contrast may not be fully realized by the present generation. Today’s to-year-olds spend a generous part of their time attending movies, listening to gangster or murder programs on the radio or on TV, reading comic bcxiks, and other .papers of dubious cultural value. v Consider now the daily routine prescribed by Thomas Jefferson for his lo-year-old daughter, Martha (known as “Patsy”), afterward the wife of Governor Thomas Mann Randolph, of Virginia. In a letter written in 1783 to Pafeffy from"Annapolis, published in The Domestic Life of Thom as Jefferson, by Sarah N. Randolph, a qnce-rare volume reissued by the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, the master of Monticello said hewould approve the fob . lowing schedule: , “From 8 to 10,-practice musk-, “From 10 to 1, dance one day and draw another. » “From 1 tQ, 2, draw on the day you dance, and write a letter nexf day. = . . ' “From-y to p read-Fi end). “From 4 to 5,-exercise yourself in music. “From 5 til bedtime, read English, write, etc.” We do not happen to know whether Patsy actually car - tied out this rigorous routine, which left nractieajly no time for anything but study or for practicing music, att or the dance. Probably she varied from it only slightly, oi lier father would have refused his fconsent. Certainly it would be out of the question for any 10 year-old in 1951 even to consider so exacting a schedule. How would lie or she keep abreast of the doings of Roy . Rogers nr Henry Aldrich, or remain hep to the most re _ cent escapades of the "Casco Kid” or the “Green Hornet”? ~ Yes 1783 was a long time ago. A Patsy Jefferson, devoting " her entire day from 8 A. M. until bedtime to literature, art, language and letter-writing, is hardly conceivable in this year of grace. Grand Gesture Vice President Barkley celebrated his 74th birthday on the Korean front., It is reported that he autographed an artillery shell and personally fired it at the Reds. If it happened to kill any one, he will (as a non-combatant) have made the UN as guilty of murder as the Reds under the Geneva Conference rules. A technicality, of course, but the Reds love ’em. The dispatch did not mention this, nor the cost and confusion involved in protecting the Veep, and furnishing the expected honors in this dangerous and difficult area. Unless we've lost count, however, his visit means that Uncle Sam has now escorted all the VIP’s to Korea and back. Maybe' that will mean another plane or two for those who are' doing the fighting. Average Far* Biggest la History ' The American Farm is 3514 acres larger than it was in 1840, has a half a horse less, a quarter of a tractor more, .. about the same number of residents in the cowbarn and half a chicken more, according to the Bureau of the Census. Compared with 1940, there are 713,000 less farms, but the total acreage remains about the same. Nearly a mil lion and a half more frms were electrified and 221,000 more installed telephones from 1945 to 1950. We don’t know whether the hired man lit out for the city or whether he got lu ed, hut .during -live-decade -870,- - 000" workers quit the soil. This is'probably' the most signi ficant statistic in the farm census.-\Vhether we like it or not, the day of mechanical help a ml power fa rmihg-ir here. Fortunately, most Americans like it, Fatigue-An Accident Factor World affairs, economic strains and the general tempo of modem living tend to knep nerves at angry tension. No\vhere is this tension more in evidence than on the streets and highways as vehicles move at snail’s pace in crowded urban areas and too fast' an open roads. 1 However, it has not been given the attention it deserves as a major factor in fatal and non-fatal accidents. In fact, fatigue, the direct result of tension, has largely been over looked in our search for an answer to the holocaust on our arteries of traffic. The subject is being given increasing attention as we approach the time when the millionth traffic: fatality will be announced; a million lives -- our human sacrifice- for « traffic carelessness and recklessness since the advent of the automobile,-fifty years ago. The sad hour transportation progress will come during the new few weeks. f There is reason to believe, however, that if public con sciousness of the part fatigue plays in traffic mishaps can be aroused, it will be one of the most direct approaches to the safety problem we have yet found. THE NEWS of Orange County Published Every Thursday By THE NEWS, INCORPORATED Hillsboro and Chapel Hill, N. C. Edwin J. Hamlin. .Editor and Publisher _ Community Representatives__Mhs Elizabeth Kirkland, New Hope; Mrs. Jra Mann, Carrboro; Mis. Curtis Nickles. Cedar Grove; Mrs. Mary Wilkinson, Mebane; Miss Eloise Fogleman, Chapel Hill; Miss Dot Cooke, Orange Grove; Mrs. Mirinda McPherson, I^illsboro Negro Community. Entered at Second Class Matter at the Pott Office at Hillsboro, N. C. tinder the Act of March 8. 1879. PRESS COMMENT Caudle Naive To Say The Least The Washington Post. For a man who rose virtually to the top of the nation’s dhief law enforcement agency, former Aosis'.mt Attorney General Ther rn Lamar Crndle seems to have had a wonderfully naive' sense of ■ discrimination. Mr. Caudile, who was head of the tax division of the Department of -Justice until fired by Preside^ Truman two weeks ago, apparently saw noth ing wrong in accepting favors from a friend involved in a $2, 400,000 tax case. It seemingly did ret occur to Mr. Caudle that there 'was any imporpriety in accept ing the loan of an automobile for five months from his friend, Keith Beaty, Charlotte, N. C., taxi fleet owner—“the boy’s” help in ob taining a discount on a new 1947 1947 Chevrolet—t h e discount bringing to a mere $285 the price difference between the 1947 model and Mr. Caddie’s 1942 trade-in. The fact that Mr. Beaty refused the $285 also did not brother Mr. Caudle, for the sum remains on his books as a debt. Some remarkable coincidences have developed from Mr. Caudle’s testimony before the King Com mittee. He admitted that he “may have” told the Bureau of Internal Revenue that the tax case against Beaty was part of -“fekeme ani mosity” on the part of persons in North Carclirta. Beaty was not that he “may have’! telephoned the general counsel of the Bureau of internal Revenue about remov ing tax liens against another Char lotte businessman, Troy White head. The tax liens were removed the next day. Whether or not there was any connection between between these two events, it is significant that Mr. Caudle had been, the guest of Mr. Whitehead on two' fishing trips to Florida, and the general counsel of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, Charles Oliphamt, went along on one of them. All these circumstances may have been mere coincidences. "But they are the sort of coincidences that amply justified President Truman’s drastic action in this case. They furnish perhaps the best illustration so far cxf the kind of activity which, if not technical ly illegal is highly improper on the part of a public official. The Christian Viewpoint Prepared by Department of Bible Presbyterian Junior College Maxton, North jCarolinj Jesus refused to use the tools of the world in setting up His kingdom. Force and threatening and coercion were puV behind him a9 temptations of Satan and He chose to win the hearts and minds of men by truth, goodness, service, teaching, and organizing a free fellowship based on loyalty to Hhnsdif.t^Pheie ^are -no r eal Christ* Fans made by external compulsion. Real Christians must be free to choose, and must for themsfilves accept. God’s grace and guidance and set out to serve Him and help build Christ’s kingdom of right eousness and kindness. The tools cf Christians are preaching, teach ing, and serving. I’m always afraid to trust any one who wants to do away with freedom or who wants to use the schools for propagating some anti Christian philosophy. In a news release issued by Labor Informa tion of the United States Econom ic Cooperation Administration re cently we read: Communist indoctrination is "the objective of Berlin’s school sys tem under U. S. S. R. occupation. In 1945, the 90vietizing of schools began with the abolition of priv ate schools and institutes. Next, parental authority over the formal education of youth was curtailed by (a) abolitiin of pa rent-teacher associations and (b) substitution therefor of a communist-controll ed agency. Finally, religious in struction was banned from the public school system. One of the marks of American freedom is that we have public and private schools '"operating side by side. Public schools can not teach any special sectarian doctrine and therefore are in dan ger of becoming vague and too general in their influence on the religious life of students. The private and church schools have greater freedom . to teach the truth about the Supreme Truth as they can best understand* it. Their danger is in becoming nar row and dogmatic. Each type of education can balance the other in Amerioa. As long as we have freedkim. in the publie schools, to recognize the primary place nf spiritua land moral values in edu cation and as long as parents and students are free to go to private and denominational schools when they Wish, where more emphasis is placed upon religion; we have a wholesome situation. ; J'Fpr fit£Qdc*p did Christ free, stand fast therefore? and he hot entangled' again in a yoke of bondage.” Gal. 5:1 OUR DEMOCRACY-WMat FINISHING WHAT THc/VE STARTED OF THE MILLIONS OF CHILDREN ENTERiN^ SCHOOL FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR, I OUT OF 2, STAT.ST'C.ANS ES™^E. WILL GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL 1 °UT °^ . BEG|N'NE(a ' THROUGH COLLEGE. A GENERATION AGO ONLY I BEGIN OUT OF 6 FINISHED HIGH SCHOOL - ONLY OUT OF_ COMPLETED COLLEGE. /V)4rn'£0 More and better, schools- and the fact that FOR THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH THEIR SAVINGS AND 9 LIFE INSURANCE- RESULT IN MORE EDUCATION FOR MORE CHILDREN. TH/S MEANS A BETTER-TRAINED C/T/ZENRY FOR. OUR DEMOCRACY. Garden Time - By Robert Schmidt ■ by JAMES H.POU BAILEy (Continued from Page 1) completed by the Army Engineers, according to our information from General Choopening, is related to a proposed project in Western North Carolina. Another report, not yet completed, conderns a project near Belhaven - - which is a far piece from Hiaw River or the Cape Fear. Larkin Advice. .. .Although the Governor has no love for State Senator John Larkin of Trenton down in Jones County, he could follow John’s plan. Larkin, chair man-of the Appropriations Com mittee in the 1951 Senate, had A habit of talking to himself a great deal in the last Legislature. (An occupational disease of chairman otf Appropriation. Committees.) Finally, one of his friends asked him why he talked to himself so much. “Well”, replied Larkin, “There are two reasons, in the first place I like to talk to a smart man. In the second place, I like to hear a smart man talk.” Now the ^ Governor could - - when he wants to sound off - - just talk to himself. In that way, his statements would injure no enc; facts and figures .-could—be tossed around at random; and he could daily listen to^ words of wisdom. Notes. . .Prisons Chief ArA son has struck his first snT® hto new position, . .More on tv a later date. . .it now i* the Southern Conference split up, with Clemsorv goin, the Southeastern and Man-! forming a new conference Penn., Villanova, etc. . c, * Bill Urn stead’s friends hi Asheville area are said to miffed at Secretary of State Th Eure for muddying the water * gubernatorial talk. A Rialeigh resident was tr here last week for freakin' speed limit. . .He said he\ listening to WRAL's Fred Fletd er, who is nephew of A. L. son of A. J., and didn’t nofi his speedometer.' . .Fletcher half the caurt costs. . - Better Schools and Roads, I® which in 1949 promoted sueca fully the $225,000,000 road ai school bond issue js expected 1 go out of existence on Deceit 19 When it meets here to ded what to do with the $15,000 It out of the approximately $70,0 (mostly from road contractw raised to get out the vote. Gove nor Scott is president of the « ganization. . .and the two n* -who handled the job indhrdrti of 1949 are now officials in tl Governor’s office: John Marsha andl Ben Roney. . . Service Insurance and Realty Ct. Insurance, Property Management, Real Estate CHAPEL HILL Last week I discussed some of the basic principles of pruning, but did not get to say all that I wanted to say about it, so herei is some more about pruning trees and shrubs. As I said last week, about this time of the year, many, people get the urge to go out and cut their shrubs and trees. I have noticed many times here in the city that when shrubbery has become too large and must be cut back se verely it will be done at this season instead of the period just before growth, starts in the spring. What I am trying io bring out is the fact, that if you prune trees or shrubs back’severely now' you will have to look at the naked stumps all winter since there will be no growth until spring. On the other hand, if the pruning is done in late winter or early spring^, it will take only a short while for the new growth to coyer up the ugly stumps. Of course,..no -shrubs-should be allowed to. get into so bad a con dition that they, should have to be 'cut back to large stumps. In telligent pruning each year should prevent this. Spring flowering shrubs should, be pruned only lightly during the dormant season if you wish a lot of bloom. That would include spiraea, for sythia, climbing roses and other similar spring bloomers. Heavier pruning can be done immediately after they are through blooming. Summer flowering shrubs such as crape myrtle and hybrid tea roses may be pruned quite severely during the dormant period. Many gardeners worry about the fact that their Muscadine vines bleed when they are prun- , ed. This “bleed/ing” dose not have any injurious effect on the vines. Muscadines will bleed less if they are pruned early in the dormant season but it will fhake little dif- j feremce if they are pruned! early i or late. The 1931 corn crop is estimated at 3 billion bushels. -o Fresh mash should be added to poultry feeders at least twice a day. —--o The Food and Agricultural Or ganization of the United Nations wits created in 1945. U nchallenged in beauty of design ... unsurpassed in value... In Grey, Green, Rose, Beige. Also In Floral Patterns, Mode .. __,_ . 1 (,JI and Ranch House Texture.- - in SFF (H R COMPLETE LINE OF MOHAWK’SAMPLES FOR CUSTOM MADE RUGS OR WALL-TO-WALL INSTALLATION Smith Furniture Co. Telephone 2695 ( Hillsboro
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