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■ ... l Editorial And Opinion Learn Facts, Then Complain • \ Everywhere “you go these days in Orange County*, you find somebody upset about his property valuation, or you find somebody who has heard about somebody else who is upset. The talk, it seems, is pretty general, with the general concensus among the folks doing the talking being that Orange County’s taxes are going up next year, and drastically. From all we ear** learn about the revaluation and the plans of the Board of County Commissioners, this is not the case at all. Of course values have gone up tremendously, but we hope the evaluators have used the same yardstick on all. How high the values have gone in total, all should realize, has nothing to do with how much the eventual tax bill will be. The Commissioners, or any other governing body for that matter, are prohibited from levying more taxes than are needed for necessary operation of the various govern mental functions. The Orange County Commissioners, as has been emphasized in all of their meetings, have no plans or desire to raise any appreciable amount of money next year above this year. "V By reason of the revaluation, of course, some people will have to pay more taxes. But by the same token, about the same number of people willberpayingT^raxesTor 4he operation of their county governrtreht and schools. To those who are unduly excited we counsel more study and a cooling-off period. Find out what your actual tax bill is likely to be. If you think your property is out-of-line in comparison with your neighbor’s or other property that is comparable, then complain when the Commissioners meet in March as a Board of Equalization and Review. The Board is composed of reasonable men who are interested in the elimination of inequities. If revaluation has resulted in an inequity for you they will be interested in rectifying the mistake. ' ",Fall In!" After a year in the wrold s toughest job, which he under took with a prayer — the prayer that preceded his inaugural * address, and which all America heard — President Eisenhowr . er will again address the “Back to God" Service of .The Amer ican Legion on February 7th. • A year ago the President said to the great convocation in New York’s Center Theater, and to the millions more all over America who attended via radio and television: “As youf prayers (for Divine guidance for the Chief Executive) came your hearts, so there comes from mine a very earnest one — that all of us by our combined dedication and devo tion may^merit the great blessings that the Almighty, has brought to this land of ours.” ' What he may,tell his nationwide audience on the first Sunday in February, "we do not know. But we may be sure the President will approach this occasion in full awareness of the Power that has sustained hi nr through the most trying months of his eventful life . .and that the Legion’s call to prayer comes at a time when the peoples of the wrorld are be wildered, sick at heart over killing, and oppression and deceit, fearful of even greater horrors to come and aware that de liverance is only at the will of God. None realize better than battle-tried veterans this need for Strength we do not have, for Leadership above the mortal level. And none realize better that this Nation w?as born of sacrifice, its freedom sustainedvby sacrifice — and that sacri fice is made through Faith. Thus, it is fitting that The Amer-;, ican Legion should conduct these services — and that our. temporal Commander-in-Chief should lead 11s — all of us — in this inspiring pilgrimage “Back to God”. Freedom To Work — After 65 In his message to Congress on Social Security, President Eisenhower asked that ten million mote Americans, fanners, self-employed professional people" be added to the seventy million now covered by the Old Age and Survivor’s Insur ance System. The President recommended that the two percent paid by both the employer and employee on the first $3,600 of in come be extended to the first $4,200, and that the benefits, which now range from $25.00 up to a maximum of $85-00' ;7-fthe' averageis $5<koO) be increased. v Most significant of atl,ft however, is the President’s rec ommendation for lifting the so-called “retirement test”, which “imposes an undue restraint on enterprise and initia tive”. Under the present law, a beneficiary who earns more than $75 in a month must give up his OASI payment for that month. The President urges that the first $1,000 of annual earnings be exempted on the grounds that: “Retired persons should be encouraged to continue their contributions to the productive needs of the Nation.” — We agree most heartily with this viewpoint, but we fail to see any reason for it, the imposing any ceiling. If this is really “insurance”, as the Government terms it, the payments are due the individual who has fulfilled his payment con tract, regardless of how much he may continue to earn. As the law stands now, these payments are made to those who have large incomes from stocks and bonds — incomes that are not earned. wno wants to wori Wbeifctag of (Grange Count? Published Cvery Thursday By THB NEWS. INCORPORATED «d Chapel Hill, If. C. EDWOT J. HAMLIN Editor and Publisher SUBSCRIPTION RATES ONE YEAR (inside North Carolina)_ SIX MONTHS (inside North Carolina)_ ONE YEAR (outside North Carolina)_ $2jM $1.90 $3«M> at Second doss Matter at the Poet Office at BiUabom, North Caroline, under the Act of March 3, It79. Advertising Representative GREATER WEEKLIES York * Chicago * Detroit * from people who are not par ticularly eager to noise it around that they’re supporting Scott. The former .Governor realizes too, that he is getting only token financial support in some quart ers where Lennon will get real money. ' LABOR—Scott is finding that organized labor is not delirious with joy about the prospects of his running. Labor probably would have backed Scott handsomely.r— and will still give him its best wishes —if Willis Smith had lived and Scott had opposed him. But now organized labor has other—and bigger—fish to fry. Scott likely won’t get any all out support from the organized minority groups. He will get some—a lot more than Lennon— but Lennon is said to be acquir ing some strong backers among the Negros and other groups in bis hometown. Letters are feed ing out from Wilmington almost daily now. They’re sending the word around that Lennon is a de cet sort of fellow.. HE WONT—Don’t look for a dull campaign. Alton Lennon won’t pussyfoot when the fight gets going in earnest. And you know Kerr Scott won’t. Lennon regards Scott as a sure candidate and is loading his squir rel guns. Scott might as well expect Lennon to drag some em barrassing skeletons across this stage in this no-holds-barred affair. A lot of folks have Lennon sized up wrong in thipking he’s a “nice, quiet, young fellow.” That red hair ain’t up there for nothing. He also has redheaded temper^ In fact, Alton A. Lennon’s real trouble eventually may involve a test of his ability to control that temper. THEY WILL—Scott and Len non will provide the political arena with a djng-dong show. There will be plenty of sur prises. For example: Don’t be in at hurry to bet that folks like Hu bert Olive, whom Scott backed for Governor in 1952, will be in Scott’s corner in the coming bat tle. George Coble, who gave Scott his first big donation in the 1948 campaign ($5,000) is not expected to support him this time. On the other hand, don’t bet that Dr. T. C. Johnson (who was appointed and fired as Paroles Commissioner by Scott) will op pose his old hirer and firer.' Johnson is no mean campaigner, has a lot of friends across the State, and would mean °a lot where it counts most to Scott. TOGETHER — Seen in deep, dark conversation in a hallway of a local hotel the other evening were Terry Sanford and Bill Whitley. Wonder what they were talk ing about? Whatever it was, they scattered like snowbirds in the wind when flushed. Sanford within the past few weeks has been reported as plan ning Scott strategy, while Whit ley is Said to be lining things up for the Haw River squire’s pub WAITERS —- The recently op ened Howard Johnson place on the Chapel Hill-Durham Road had prominent waiters during its first few days of operation. None other than Lt Gov. Luther Hodg ' es and Democratic Chairinan Everett Jordan. They were all over the place, waiting on tables, greeting people, showing them to their seats, and generally per forming the role of efficient wait ers. Fine opening. Good waiters. The owners? Hodges and Jordan. For yoxtr flowers, call West-Williaas FLOWER SHOP Phone *8t4i Carvboro REPAIR JOB NEEDED! Garden Time -Robert Schmidt — It is new time to begin think ing about our garden plant sup ply for next season. It usually takes from five to ten weeks to grow plants from seed ready to set out . in the garden, depending on the kind of seed and on the., temperatures obtainable in' hot beds or eoldframes. Hotbeds and eoldframes are , structures used to grow early plants from seeds for transplant ing in the garden after danger of frost is over, or in some cases, to give sufficient protection to certain kinds of plants to allow them to mature during the late fall or winter seasons. A cold frame is built like a hotbed but has no source of heat except the heat from the sun’s rays. A hot bed is supplied with some artifi cial source of heat such as elec tricity, steam, hot water, hot-air or manure. The frames may be covered t with glass sash, glass cloth, plastic materials or heavy muslin cloth. Glass sash are the most efficient covers, but they are rather expensive. However, if given good care they last for many years whereas the other materials will have tovhe re placed every two or three years. The kind of heat to be used will depend on what Is most easily available. On farms very often manure is easily obtain able. Fresh horse manure is the only kind that will give satis factory results. Where electricity is available, that is the most ef ficient and dependable source, of heat because it can be controlled by means of a thermostat so that the heat control problem will not be as great as in other types of beds. An electric hotbed six by six feet in size will require 60 feet of lead cable as a heating unit and two standard glass sash for cover. A hotbed of this size should grow sufficient warm sea son plants of all kinds for the average home garten. ■ - A coldframe without hedt but with glass or other type or cover will take care of the production of most cool season crop plants such as cabbage, lettuce, broccoli Winston-Salem Journal What It Was, Was Hard Work By now, perhaps everybody is familiar with “What It Was, Was Football,” the monologue spoken by Andy Griffith. And perhaps his sudden fame is also known to all. The appearance of a re cording of his act was the sig nal for sudden fame and pros perity, and he has now made his debut on a New York TV show and is looking forward to a $75,000 income this year from personal appearances and the sales of his records. Apparently his success came overnight. He was an unknown suddenly become known. The arts are full of such spectacular and apparently instantaneous fame. F. Scott Fitzgerald, so it is *8hid, woke up one morning to find himself famous. Writers, painters, composers, actors—they often seem to burst upon the public with a startling sudden ness. And the public is likely to believe that their success came with their first efforts and to ascribe it to luck, to the breaks. But it doesn’t happen that way. Fitzgerald didn’t really awake to fame. His first book, This Side of Paradise, was a product of skill and understanding devel oped through .many years. The suddenly famous actress had her years of school and study, of ap pearances in barns and auditori ums in the sticks, of waiting in the outer offices of agents. Luck — the happy accident of being at the right place at the right time—does play a part in some careers, but ail are built on long, patient, dedicated work. Just so with Andy Griffith. First, for this Mount Airy boy, and cauliflower. Controlled temperature, water ing and ventilation are the im portant operations in the care of hotbeds and coldframes. Temp eratures should not be allowed to go too high, and watering should not be excessive if you wish good plants. Both of these operations are controlled by ventilation as well as by thermostats. Have a good soil thermometer — don’t guess at the«temperatures. Bulletins on construction and management of hotbeds and cold frames may be obtained free by writing Department of Agricul tural Information, N. C. State College, Raleigh. came four years of study University of North Carolu with the Carolina Playr the beginning of an acti reer. He- appeared for years in The Lost Colo Manteo, and he and hi through the years appearc and there at one-night before organizations « at the olina and, haymakers, acting cb seven Colony, n I afld his wife appeared here one-night stand B«*u*ations wantinc entertainers for a dinner meet in* or a convention. En route to I one such engagement he mart* up, “What It Was, Was Foil I ball,” and a friend in Chand Hill recorded it. It became a sud. i den hit; it was the key that: opened the door. But he would not have been capable of such originality and such speakins skill without those long yea^ | behind him during which hii' financial rewards were chicken feed. raient, hard* work, patience dedication to an art—these ar^ the touchstones. ' Carolina Drapery Shop Pw> Material* Drapery Fabrics • Yard Goods Opposite Bus Depot Chapel Hilt N. C. ARTHRITIS? '■S I have been wonderfully blessed in being restored to active life af ter being crippled in nearly every joint in my body and with inusco lar soreness from head to foot 1 had Rheumatoid Arthritis and oth er forms of Rheumatism, hands de formed and my ankles were set. Limited space prohibits telling you more here but if you will write me I will reply at once and tell you how I received this wonderful re lief. Mrs. Lela S.Wise 2805 Arbor Hills Drive P. O. Box 2695 Jackson 7, Mississippi , convenience. f* j '&mpktoly new/ The new Comfortmoster cob is only one of the | •wy great new advances offered by the most powerful, finest performing, best-looking Advance-Design trucks ever built! The ne^ 54 Chevrolet trade Comfortmaster cab offers increased visibility with new piece ctrvej windshield. Instruments are easier tojread and controls are easier to reach. And me new Ride Control Seat* provides extra comfort for driven. Here hre more new features you’ll like— NEW ENGINE POWER AND ECONOMY. 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