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Editorial And Opinion Outstanding Citizenship One of Americas far-reaching organizations, the Boy Scouts of America, is marking its 44th birthday during Boy Scout Week, Feb. 7 to 13. On this notable milestone we find the Boy Scout movement at its peak in membership. Today 2,440,000 boys are enjoying the “game of Scout ing” in its three distinct programs, Cub Scouting, Boy Scout ing and Exploring, each appealing to boys of various age lev els. - - -;---—— '‘-r; - - We seldom stop to think^that this great work is made possible largely through the active sponsorship of the church, the school and other community institutions. But perhaps even more significant is the fact that some 860,000 adults share their time as volunteer leaders with theJboyhood of A merica. Theirs is a devoted service. A large number have served for many years. -— -- _______— Boy Scout Week this year has been dedicated to honor ing the Cubmasters, the Scoutmasters and the Explorer Ad visors — the men who bring Scouting dircetly to the boys. »To them has been entrusted the care and guidance of our boys and young men. It is their influence upon the Scouts of today, with whom they work and play, that help mould these boys and young men into better citizens and better pro ponents of the American way of life.: These unselfish men who give leadership in Scouting are performing an outstanding act of citizenship. Our nation owes them much. Irrigation In Orange County last summer, as well as in many an other Tar Heel area, the intense heat, without any rain, brought a drought not unlike the old far western drought of the early thirties. This drought last year did untold damage to crops in this area and many a farmer found himself, at the end of the sea son, with little more than enough money to pay for his fer tilizer and then some didn’t even have that much. Now the Extension department is emphasizing the ben efits of irrigation on farms where such projects can be set up. Irrigation on a farm last summer that was bothered by the drought would have been a life saver not only to the crops burtfrj the farmers pocketbook as well. * It costs money, sure. Anything of benefit always does usually- . But the costs in the initial expenditure will probably be far below the»actual monetary benefits in the long run. The farmer with a pond should look into *his situation and see if irrigation may not be the answer to any future dan ger to his crops by drought. Pay Raises Up at "Washington, I). C- President Eisenhower’s special ly appointed Salary Commission has>recommended that Con gressmen are grossly, underpaid and that their salary should be raised to $27,500 a year from the sum of $15,000 a year they now get. The commission commented that Congressmen were “grossly underpaid.” This is an interesting assumptions > ■ The Congressman has all his stationery printed for him, ail of his office help paid for and his office free together with traveling expenses and his $15,000 a year salary. When a man runs for Congress he also knows what he will get as a salary now and if he doesn’t like what he knows Tie will get, he doesn’t have to run for the job. It seems rather rediculous to us for the commission to recommend such raises in face of a time when white collar workers, many of whom work as long if.not longer hour* than a Congressman, are still getting the same thing they got five years ago despite the fact that prices have gone sky high. Good Manners Employees who have learned good business manners are a real asset to any business, for how often one determines their intention to deaf with firms where they receive cordial and courteous treatment, and vice-versa, how often ^ve turn away from a place of business where the clerk in the store, or the secretary in a business office appears careless and un-at tentive to pur needs. . - A few years ago an analysis of the jeasons for discharging help was taken from several large firms, from which 4,000 had been discharged. In 65 per cent of the instances it was found that something was wrong with the employee’ attitude either general un-reliability, insubordination, laziness, trou ble making, dishonesty, loafing, habitual lateness, etc, The young woman or young man who takes to his new job temper, lack of discipline, impudence, and the lack of ability to get on with people, is scheduled for- hard sledding ahead. Young men and women, entering any field of business, should come to realize in the beginning that good manners in business is a valuable asset. of derange County Published Every Thursday By THE NEWS, INCORPORATED Hillsboro and Chapel Hill, N. C. EDWIN J, HAMLIN Editor and Publisher ' SUBSCRIPTION RATES ONE YEAR (inside North Carolina) SIX MONTHS’ (inside North Carolina) ONE YEAR (outside North Carolina) $2.06 $1.50 $2.50 littered as Second mass 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 A Detroit A Philadelphia (Continued from page 1) say that we have won because of hard work, good friends, good luck and the good Lord.” “His son, Bill Poe, an associ ate editor of the Progressive Fanner (Eld. Note: He has an other son who is an attorney in Raleigh), says: “Dad jvorks „ar bout 50 per cent longer than any one else Jiere. He is the only one who works on Saturday.” That claim makes Clarence Poe grin and hg slyly adds, “But I even-up with them by taking a daily mid day rest. The real truth is that my generation worked too hard." “His day begins at first light “I do my best thinking”, he. ex-, plains, “when I first wake up.” He keeps a* stack of 3-by-5 cards close at hand at all times. From time to time, as he shaves for example, he pauses to scribble notes on a card. When he reach es the office, he has a pile of cards an inch or so high. They "serve as his agenda for the days work.” Thus we get a glimpse — one of many taken by various writers during, the past 50 years — of how the son-in-law of a Gover nor — a man with no formal ed ucation —- became a success. He was a success even before he married Alice Aycock, daughter of Gov. Charles B. Aycock. Dr. Poe had the Progressive Fanner well along the way when he was married at the age of 31 in 1912. Another outstanding North Carolinian is Dr. Poe’s brother in-law, Major L. P. McLendon, prominent Greensboro attorney, who also married one of the Ay cock daughters: Their mother, widow of the Governor, died here only about two years ago. A grandson of the Governor having the same name lives here in Raleigh. JOKER. . .Several of the fel lows are still joking a little about a secret meeting held here in Ra leigh a few days ago. This hush hush pow wow was conducted in a smoke-filled room at Hotel Sir Walter one evening to smooth out operations for a big confer ence the next day. And what was the big conference? Oh. just a day-long meeting: ttfe Freedom of Information meeting. Held here on January 14, the event received plenty of publici ty. But the laying of plans for it, the backstage discussions, the who’s, the why’s, and the where fore’s, including the secret meet ing on the evening of the 13th, would have made more inter esting reading than the main e vent. But that little huddle was secret, henee the humor. . . VISITOR . . Sunday afternoon while away from home, I had a visitor. His name: Lamar Caudle, of Wadesboro. Sorry I wasn’t home. He was just passing through Raleigh, left his card. Despite all his microphonic ut terances and the accusations, hearings, and what-have-you, no body has yet convinced me he intentionally did anything wrong in the Truman Administration in Washington. - When I was losing my job af ter Sen: Umstead had lost to J. M. Broughton, the only person thoughtful enough to call was La mar Caudle. He said he thought he could find a place for me in the Justice Department. But saw he couldn’t when he found I was not an attorney. AND SAFETY. . .Congratula tions to our good friend, Ed 'iiScJheldt^klStor "Come Back And Well See What 4 * r , ; We Can Do For You" Second Of Series District Organization Set Up To Solve Problem Of Erosion (Second in a series on the ex tent of erosion damage to the country, and the land use and practices fitted to the capabili ties of the land by which Orange farm families and landowners are checking it) With erosion continuing to de crease the size of their farms, as measured by their yields (when not compensated for by better va rieties and heavier fertilization) the farmers of Grange, Durham, and Wake counties acted. In 1939 the tarmers of the-three counties organized the Neuse Riv er Soil Conservation District as an instrument for solving their land and erosion problems. One of the first things the District did was to prepare a work program for its ac tivities. It is interesting to con sider parts of the summary de scribing the general land use con ditions and soil erosion problem such as “Present land cover anc erosion”: “About two thirds of the land; in the district have been under cut tivation 8t Some time withift the 200-odd years since the early set tiers began clearing the lowei Neuse River Valley. ... .A to bacco and cotton culture and ero sion susceptible soil types have been responsible for much soi loss, and the resultant abandon ment of tens of thousands of acres Such ‘thrown out’ lands were lef1 unprotected. Before pipes were able to take hold there was stil more erosion, with the result tha missioner, upon being chosen Tai Heel of the Week by a Raleigh paper. His Safety Program is de signed to save lives. You can hel[ him with this Program. . .ant the life you save may be youi own. today many pint lands are little more than subsoil and distinte grated rock materials. Even at present, this practice of turning out tqbacco land, and to a lesser ex tent cotton fields is father .gener al. Pines, however, when once es tablished effectively check erosion over most areas. Although the strips of alluvial oOils are not subject to erosion, they are greatly affected by un controlled run-off . water. Lack of adequate cover on the uplands per mits such rapid movement of water that frequent flooding results. . . There is little upland pasture which is not on ‘worn out’ lands... Some few pastures in excellent sod indicate the possibilities of proper ^methods of handling.” The District program to develop proper use and treatment of the land followed. NOTES AND COMMENTS Honesty is more often a policy tbaa a principle...._. • * ' * .‘ • A community cannot grow be yond the vision of its leaders. * * * Few smokers believe that to bacco does them any harm. .* * * Foreign-born citizens of this country have no other country,_ • A propagandist is usually a mar who seeks to becloud the truth. t * * Work is often tiresome and bor ing but have you ever tried nc work? * * * l True friendship is based upor ■ service to others, ^hot upon favor: received. KEROSENE BENNETT & BLOCKSIDGE Call 6161 Eno Chevrolet! '-"JUST LIKE. ^ VOU CAN DRIVE BETTER V*TH A BETTER CAR 1 lJOORIVE^ THAT’S why IALWAVS" BUY A USED CftR FROM WITH THEIR CARS VOU CAN BE A BETTER DRIVER THAN VOU k think You ARE"/ J ENO Cliei^mcf (M& MAKES SERVICED / (7*<~ 4101 'JjiUUfiotio-. H. C. >lans For Future * 'Limited Access' . By A. H. Graham Chairman, State Highway & Public Works Commissi North Carolina’s primary high- ] ways, carrying 73 per cent of the J state’s rural motor vehicle traf- ( fic, are definitely headed into a j new era known to engineers as i ‘limited access.” This feature is mainly a safety device in these • days of fast travel and heavy, < ever-growing traffic. These arterial highways have been long neglected. Today finds them the immediate object of at tention by our 14 commissioners and the general offices here. The secondary roads program, as im portant as it was to meet the de mands of the people, of necessity consumed much of the 'Commis sion’s time and money since the end of World War IL There was neither the time nor the man power to keep the first-line high ways in step with the times. But now we face the demands of neces sity; and we must in humaneness try in every way to prevent more slaughter on all or our 67,500 miles of roads and highways, and especially on the heavier used segments. “Limited access” means greater safety for motorists, but more re strictions for roadside business and property owners. It means that traffic will be able to travel mainline routes safe from vehicles which dart in suddenly from side roads, business establishments and private drives. Along most State highways, property owners have had the right to build as close to the road as they wished, provided they stayed -baek of the right-of-way line. As a result, every local road and driveway tied directly into the main highway, and each enter ing vehicle was a real hazard. ' The “limited access” policy, so successfully tested in highly con gested areas of many states, will change all that. Under it, only important connecting roads and streets will tie directly into the main routes, artd even thes£ will be fed by way of specially engi neered intersectoins. Crossroads will traverse overpasses and under passes. Cloverleaf interchanges will become as commonplace as by passes, and sideline traffic will be handled by service roads. In most cases, service roads will run parallel to main highways. A motorist wishing to find a tour ist court or a filling station may pull out of the main traffic stream into a service road. Small side streets and private drives will, where necessary, be set back on service roads. And service roads will be provided for local use in towns and built-up rural areas. Stfictly speaking, “limited ac cess” is not new in North Caro lina. As early as 1944 and 1945 our highway officials and engi neers were trying to employ this feature. We have several such seg ments in operation now., Perhaps our major examples are the sec tons of US 29-70 which bypass Thomasville and Lexington. These were planned about 1947-48 and opened about 1951-52. Other ex amples are found between Dur ham and Chapel Hill, on the Hen derson bypass, from Gastonia to tings Mountain, on a part of >urham north-side >thers. There bypass, are about a dc nore segments now under itruction. The basic difficulty is the rerse reaction of property ov especially those' who derive the ivelihoods from traffic, such motels and service statior rhese owners plead the trad tional rights of ingress and ei vhch have always attached to ting property. Only the open-minded can that the basic purpose of the u sign is to impose safety, and tL if access is limited to all abuttii owners, then the traffic will see out the owners, although it may necessary to drive an extra hi dred yards or so. Though not yet extensively us such designs have proved the worth in terms of accident redt tion. Accident causes being many and so difficult to isolat considerable time and many are necessary to demonstrat safety effects by comparison. The U. S. Bureau of Publ Roads has reported that on a na-l tional basis, all available compar-| isons Indicate that, the limited ac cess feature of design on rural) highways results in about one third the rate of fatalities and one-1 half the rate of accidents per unit of travel as compared with see tioris Without this feature. Other I evidence indicates that such de signs are our most potent weaponj| for accident reduction. There is no doubt that the re-1 moval of “side” hazards—such aj from crossing and entering roads, from parking, and from driveways —makes for an inherently safer design, as well as permitting traf fic to move at desirable road | speeds without the need for con stant maneuvering, weaving and| other tiring and dangerous tac« tics which lead to nerve fatigue,! irritation and fatal errors of driver II JUUglllCUl. It is our plan to push this fea ture wherever conditions justify its need. “Limited access” is des tined to become a highly import ant feature of our primary high way system, on which a total of approximately $35,000,000 will be spent this curtent fiscal year end ing next June 30. Ours is the largest State system of roads in the United States, with only three other states, Virginia, West Virginia and Delaware, hav ing, jurisdiction over all secondary roads ak Well as primary highways. Additionally, it is the duty of our Commission to maintain and super vise some 10,000 prisoners. To build and maintain roads, North Carolina employs about 8,400 regular and 2,000 temporary workers. During the $200 million rural road program now being completed, hundreds of temporary workers were employed. In an effort to provide a sounder program, one nearer the people, Governor William B. Umstead asked the 1953 Legislature to con sider the feasibility of increasing the 10 divisions. He was author (See HIGHWAYS page 7) 'Owe money here and owe money there'... Is that your constant ditty? -a-loan/^"^®^ Our refusals are rare ... And you'll be sitting pretty! When you need either a small or large amount of money, see us! We have loan plans to meet any financial prob lem. Convenient monthly payments. HERRING Motor Finance, Inc 40Q W. Franklin St. — Gmpel Hill See Jake Conners Today
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