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Editorial And Opinion i • • — -—„■ - Spring Fire Danger The pungent odor of burning grass, rubbish and brush drifts through nearly every suburban community in the-coun try during spring months. But, more than 700,000 of these fires get beyond control, endangering lives and destroying property running into millions of dollars annually. Moreover, they all but drive the local fire departments - crazy, and cost town governments thousands of dollars in un necessary fire protection costs. These costs come directly out of taxpayers pockets. Burning over grass and brush areas may be beneficial spring clean-up of your property, but you should decide to — do the job properly and safely before you start. The following pointers will help you remain on friendly terms with your neighbors as well as the fire department and may save you the cost of a fine or a lawsuit. Collect the proper tools for effective grass fire control. These include a heavy shovel, wet brooms, and a portable pump tank extinguisher if possible. Lay out lengths of garden hose equipped with a nozzle and connected to a good water supply if the area to be burned is near buildings. Transport barrels or tanks of water to areas ' where water lines are not available. Be sure that sufficient help is standing by to lend assist ance if needed. Stay in attendance until all fire is extinguished. Never allow children near the burning area; they may get burned. Make sure that you observe local fire ordinances govern ing. this type of burning. In suburban areas it is best to notify the fire department of your intention and the time you plan to burn—you may find this a legal requirement. Always choose a day when there is no breeze, but be pre pared fof one to spring up any time. Keep in mind that wind and weather conditions, as well as conditions of grass or brush makes this type of burning tricky and unpredictable. The job should be tackled seriously with full observance of all safety rules. The Beauty Around You - i Any one who has a love of nature in his make-up, must agree that one would have to travel far to find the natural beauty that abounds in the County of Orange, State pf North Carolina,—that is if he has bothered to explore. In fact this God given beauty can be “discovered” not more than twenty minutes ride from any point in this historic old Early Ameri can tramping ground. Should this article exite your curiosity, and in turn the interest to explore, do not think it cah be done without leav ing the “beaten path”. That is the catch! TJie rustic old mills, winding *tr<;am% g3d plaqfatjon sites jwi|h .their slave quarters, are not to be found on the smooth highways that teem with those who want to “get somewhere quick”. No, one must take the good (not always) sand clay winding roads that lure and beckon the driver to continue on just to see what lies around that next bend. The next time you think about “taking a ride” don’t hit ‘ for the highway, but rather set your*course for the hundreds of out of the way places that will refresh your zest for living, renew your faith in mankind and cause you to thank God <hat He has made possible all this beauty in nature, that you can enjoy, so easily. Yes, it can be found right here in your Orange County. They 'Seen' Their Duty... in this land of ours there are still evidences of responsi Y bility being shown by our youth. Deserving of more than ordinary acknowledgement right here in North Carolina a recent item in the Warsaw-Faison News. The senior class of the Rose Hill-Magnolia School'has voted to give up the trip to Washington this year a pilgrimage that has long been an annual institution, and one for which the youngsters worked throughout the preceding year with eager anticipation. As the story goes, one of the seniors was dispatched on an errand of some miles to attend to class business. A teacher loaned her car. It went out of control in the hands of the young driver and landed in the ditch, $312 worse off for the experience. (According to the police, the tires were smooth, the road slick from rain, the driver neither reckless nor speed ing.) So, the class voted to repair the teacher’s car—and stay home. In so doing, these kids displayed a sense of citizenship that not even a trip to the National Capital could have given them. But, by the Same token, it suggests how much such responsible young Americans might have learned, had their dream-journey not been punctured. ®jje Jletos of (Grange Count? Published Every Thursday By THE NEWS, INCORPORATED Hillsboro and Chapel Hill, N. C. ';; y / - 1 v~ * ■ EDWIN J. HAMLIN _ Editor and Publisher JENNETTE MILLER Women’s Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES ONE YEAR (inside North Carolina) SIX MONTHS (inside North Carolina) ONE YEAR (outside North Carolina) _ SIX MONTHS (outside North Carolina) $2.00 $1.50 $2.90 $2.00 Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Hillsboro, North Carolina, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Exclusive National Advertising Representative GREATER WEEKLIES \ New York A Chicago ★ Detroit ★ Philadelphia KIDD BREWER'S V', (Continued from page 1) (ways more oneness of opinion in the upper than in the lower body. SPRING - STRUCK . . . Mem bers of the Legislature were de scribed by United Press Corres pondent Edward Cornish last Sat urday as being “frisky". He refer red to them further as being “spring-struck”. Could be, for it’s been a long, hard, wet winter. [They say that back there in the , Hurricane section of Wake Coun ty—usually referred to as the “Harrieane” in the days when water-clear whiskey was prefer red over the colored variety — they have been “closed in” by the wet weather. The, Scott roads 'didn’t reach out to the Harrieane. Reports are that a lot of those farmers haven’t been able to get to town since Fair week. But the way bills — parking •meter, milk commission, nurses, garnishment, wage and hour, etc. —were flying and being shot down last week, it certainly did n’t look as if the Legislature was bothered too much with spring fevers Some committees were meeting at 9 o’clock in the morn ing, with the Finance and Appro priations groups preparing for long afternoon sessions. However, spring did move into (Raleigh last Friday, officially, and there’s bound to come a slowing •down until the supply lines catch up. As John Charles McNeill wrote 50 years ago (springs don’t change much): De bullbat gins to beller across de shimmery hill. Tain’t long befo’ a feller kin hear fde whuppoorwill. De Hawk sets i’roun’ en watches de biddies wjd de hen, er-scratcbin’ in de doodle dust ,ca’se springtime’s come again. Dirt - daubers soon be squealin’, shapin up deir mud, a sorta sleepy feelin’ gits a gwine long yo’ blood, till you lose yo’ iholt en dozes, en jerks, en wakes |up—den de fus’ thing you knows is dat de springtime’s come again. WHITTLING ... The Appro priation Committees’ biennial | spring whittling bee is now well underway. Many a State depart ment and institution head will soon find himself holding the short end t)f the financial stick as the Legislature strives grimly to trim the cloth to meet the pat tern... Looking over some of the funds set up for State schools last week, *we were surprised to find that the (Veteran Educator B. B. Dougher ty and his Appalachian State /Teachers College at Boone are ap parently taking a pretty severe licking this time. We havq seen iDr. Dougherty squeeze more out •f an educational dollar than pro bably any other man living. We (have seen him in Raleigh working for Appalachian, the school he and his brother, the late D. D. established, when he was hardly able to walk and was forced to use "a five-foot-long hickory stick as big as your wrist for assistance in getting around. He will come as near being the father of our consolidated, bus-operated school system as any man living. Well, the budget people have set up for ASTC an average of $222 per student for the next bi ennium as against East Carolina’s $295; West Carolina, at Cullo whee, $459; Woman’s College of <UNC, $579; Pembroke, $665; Eliz abeth City (colored) $305; Fayette ville (colored) $316, etc. Some body has slipped a cog on Appa lachian which for a generation now has been like a beacon send ing beams of light into the dark coves and green valleys of West ern North Carolina. Another thing. Appalachian has more grad uates teaching in our public schools of the State than any other college in North Carolina. Dr. Dougherty’s case is serious. ‘He is fearful the accrediting ag encies may give his school a hard time if something isn’t done. But scores of other men and women representing other State schools and agencies are also working, prodding, pulling, pushing in an effort to persuade the Appropri ations Committees to see their {needs. We have chosen the case Malenkov Goes West WHERE IS EVERYBODY' LETS get TOGETHER^ ah'm A PEACEFUL HOM8«E/ ^ Garden Time -Robert Schmidt —^ I have' had several phone calls during the past week asking me when I am going to plant my dah lias and what to do about dahlias that were left in the ground over Vinter and are now sending up stems. If you grew dahlias last year and left them in the ground over winter they should be dug up now and divided. Even if you "want only one plant, divide the clump, plant one division and give the others away. Leaving the clump in the ground will give you several main stems, a lot of early flowers and usually poor flowers in the fall when they ought to be at their best. In digging the clump be care „ful not to break the necks of the tuberous roots. Some varieties have very slender necks. In divid ing the clmup, which is best done With a long slender knife blade, you must leave at least one bud or eye and one root with each of Appalachian because it seems as sincerely severe as any. It’s dog-eat-dog and devil take the hindmost from here on out. division. You will find the buds on the main stem or at the base of the stem—not on the root it self. If long sprouts have developed, they may be cut back to about one-half inch of the stem or eye. ■Usually you can get from three to five divisions from each clump. These divisions may be planted now or can be kept in a cool place, covered with peat moss or idry sand until the proper plant ing time. „ I rarely plant before May 1 here at Raleigh. My advice would be to plant during early May in the cen tral and western portions of the ;state, and about May 25 to June 1 in the extreme eastern portion of the state. How can you grow large dinner (plate size dahlias? You must buy varieties which naturally grow ■large. There are hundreds of va rieties ranging in size from one to 17 inches in diameter. Culture and removing the buds will in crease size to a limited extent, but if you want the big ones you must buy the proper varieties. .idatrve Summa Long Sessions Ahead As Sofoi Get Down To Important Busin (Note: This is another of a se ries of weekly summaries pre pared bjrthe legislative staff of the Institute of Government on the work of the North Carolina General Assembly of 1953. It is confined to discussions of mat ters of general interest and ma jor importance. At the and of ten and one-half weeks the 1953 General Assembly still has much left to be done. Af ternoon or night sessions are not far off, for despite. lengthy ses sions, more bills are reaching the House calendar than can be con sidered on the floor. Alter deciding to conduct open sessions in their consideration of the biennial appropriations bills, (the joint sub-committee met this week to approve some minor re quests and disapprove others, with a promise to begin work next week on the major budget items, includ ing requests for the University of North Carolina, the public schools and mental hospitals. Although there has been no concrete pro nouncement of the fiscal policy of the State for the next biennium, scattered rumors indicate that some agreement may be in the offing. Pinal approval is expected this week for SB 334, making an emer gency appropriation of $341,155 for Memorial Hospital at UNC, in line with Governor Umstead’s request “on Monday. Local Government One day after North Carolina cities had proposed a method for better enforcement of municipal parking regulations to the General Assembly, HB 884 was introduced to abolish parking meters. Persons owning cars found parked in viola tion of any traffic.regulation would be deemed prima facie guilty of the violation if HB 850 were pass ed, but they would have the op portunity to prove their innocence. {Legislative sentiment against park ing meters as a regulatory device suggests that traffic congestion in cities may get worse before it gets {better. A compromise proposal for helping small towns spend street funds more effectively was intro duced on Friday. Towns under 5000 could request the SH&PWC to con struct and maintain their streets | out of Powell Bill allocations, but once a town elected to contract with the highway department, it could withdraw only by Sp >f the General Assembly. Meanwhile, the House entangled in parliamentary cedure in its consideration ( 280, a substitute bill for deu power to county commission^ fix salaries for all county, ees (provided that no inc: reduction exceeded 20% in. year). After members finkl termined that the bill sho^l ply to about 40 counties,! House sent the bill back to i mittee for a last-minute amendments. Efforts By realto behalf of SB 288, which „v quire a referendum beiorT, public housing project coi constructed, met vigorous om tion from groups favoring hotting as a means of substandard housing. Con action on the bill was postp< Substantial amendment to ban redevelopment law is prom iby HB 830. The principal recommended would permit) to condemn land for redevelop purposes if as much as two of the area concerned is 1 Highways and Highway While the Highway Con is not sponsoring any le this session, Commissioner J has led the expected attack on| 588, which would raise weight limits by almost a t( axle. A public hearing on the p posal found the Commission In ly and flatly opposed to all eiii made by truckers present to ott a favorable report for the committee decision should next week. “Mail order license driver license renewals secured! mail without the necessity of { porting to an examiner—have b approved by the House but i handled more roughly in the S ate. With the ratification ofl 622, driving instruction mayi be given at night, and should ^ 823 meet legislative approval, i instruction could lawfully be j two months prior to a lea 16th birthday. * Election Laws and Senatorial Districts Proponents of Senate redis ing and House reapportiom argued without opposition in < iic hearing before a House com tee on Wednesday. Despite the« stitutional mandate and gub (Continued on Page l get more of what you want... Adva nceDesig n Trucks do more work for less money! more engine power! 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