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Editorial And Opinion
fay Off The 'Whammies'
We heartily agree with the writer of » recent Pul»li«
Pulse letter that "topping the list of the WhatVDrOng
Witlt-The-Wor|cl-'Today-Department" is the bill introduced
in Raleigh by Reps. White and Tinner, aimed at restricting
the use of a device designed to cut down on traffic violations
and fatalities on our highways. We have never heard of anyone
making love to a Whammy, but if the device does a speed
retarding job legally or psychologically, why destroy its pur
pose by emasculation?
"II the representatives sponsoring this believe that the
Whammies are not properly installed, in good condition, or
operated by skillful personnel, it appears that this js a matter
for Highway Patrol administration, .rather than reducing the
effec tive Junc tion ol thr Whammy itself.'
"T. lor one. don't -feel rc'pnlsed .it the idea ol highway
WTj-s'?/ hdV at‘Vre 4epsbr?
'would judge that the inc idenc e-of semi-hidden patrol equip
■ici.il to be about- j per cent—the Name percentage Reps.
White and Turner ask for Whammy “toleranc e:"
It would seem that there are more important merit bad
ge's to be earned in the (.eneral Assembly session than those
being aspired to by a two-man anti-Whammy faction.
T he Whammies are saving lives in North Carolina, hid*
ben, partial I v hidden' or in plain view. We say, ‘-Leave’em
. alone." .
Help protect a child from
polio TOMORROW!
This We Can Do Without
. Senator Ralph Sc <»tt s bill to giiaiantee prolits for the.
milk ittchisi rv. come what m-iv, is bad anv way you look at
it, Tl ? sc Hiner ft is sent final I v to the grave, the better satis
lied we’ll be. Things being what they are. if Dairyman Ralph
had introduced a bill to guarantee nevVspajK-r profits it
would have been somewhat more becoming, but hardly more
palatable.
Do the people ol North Carolina want to be* compelled
1»v statute to pay more than is necessary lor their milk? We
t-*think m >t. . - - - ' ' " ■
We ate told that in Virginia a milk bitl "similar to the
one proposed for North Carolina is now in effec t. A half gal
lon of milk is available tn the North Carolina public for 47
cents In Virginia 49 tents is the absolute minimum
that a half gallon may be sold.
Kxcept in emergencies we are opposed to setting prices
lor the people lor the- benefits ol a very lew privileged dis
tributors ol the most necessary lood product sola?
I he American way ol life has always been based*on com
petition and the cornerstone of free enterprise,
Tacli stn.ithr and representative should 'figure- the cost Jo
’ Turn peisonallv aTicJ’rlieu multiply by the number of North
Carolinians that this bill will effec t and then vote on this
bill according to his own conscience. The outcome, given
these ebullitions, is a foregone conc lusion.
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point where public opinion is
now such that it is probably go
ing to work to the detriment of
the entire program of the State
Department of Motor Vehicles
at the hands of the i955 session
of the Legislature.
TROUBLE FOR WHAMMY...
As .predicted here .a couple of
weeks ago, a bill is now before
the Legf*#ffiir***> clip the wings
wniiiimy; Tiiwr is 'Wtr
sentiment to require that all pa
trol cars be painted the same
■ identifying colors rather than to
have some of them carrying the
usual civilian' Color and using
regular license tags rather than
the State type. ,
BEST? . . . There is a differ
ence of opinion as to whether
the best approach to safety is
through detection and arrests, or
through good, public .relations
and advertisement ,,
The idea of attempting to
achieve results through fear of
consequences or through en
couragement to play the game
fairly in cooperation with our
fellowmen is something which
must soon be decided.
These are the two approaches
and the sides are drawn. Which
of the two ideas will' emerge
victorious remains to be seen.
ENTIRE PROGRAM . . . Un
fortunately, the entire program
of the Motor Vehicles Depart
ment may suffer as the direct
result of bad public relations—
or the simple act of making mo
torist uneasy, uncomfortable
and. angry, unnecessarily.
The people as represented by
the General* Assembly seem to
fepl that they are as qualified
on the subject of highway late
ly as the Commissioner of Mo
tor Vehicles, Edward Scheidt—
and to bear this out they point
to the fact that his background
is the FBI—and not safety. ‘
WHO IS RIGHT? . . . Whether
the Legislature is right or wrong
is beside the point.
* It reminds me of one of my
college professors. One of the
students asked him:.“Professor,
you say one thing about this and
the text book says another.
When we have the exam,-which
answer"should we use?" V "
The professor said, “Well, of
course, you will be technically
correct if you give either of the
answers but I believe that—un
der the circumstances—if I were
in your place, I'd humor me, be
cause I’m going to be. grading
—you— The author of the textbook
won't be grading you!”
Commissioner Scheldt ^nay or
may not be right, but the Legis
lature is going to be passing out
the grades—in the form of ap
propriations and laws under
which the Motor Vehicles De
partment must operate for the
next two ydars ,
Whether Commissioner Scheidt
decides to stick to the book or
• humor the professor will deter
mine to a great extent his fu
ture. It is not an enviable posi
tion’to be in.'7~ ““
All These Things, These Moods
What Is North Carolina?
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The Charlotte News
What is North Carolina? she asked. Is it a
cropper's house on the edge of a field? Is it the
rusty cough of a ‘lint head ? Is it Jim Crow hiding
in the rear of a bus? Is it crowded prisons and
road gangs and murder in Harnett? Is it a ‘Gas
tonia incident’. Is it the homeless«and the hungry
and the cold? —__. --
yitlj,.,
• ear-sped *
black satin ribbon of highway, rolling and tumb
ling westward from Raleigh.
The sky was yellow with sunset and she
squinted into it, all the time talking of leaving the
South and going home to the North. It had been a
revisit to Raleigh which novV lay miles behind
her. Off to the left were the Sandhills, to the
right a rise called Chapel Hill. Ahead were Lib.
erty and Asheboro and Concord and Charlotte.
Is North Carolina these things? she ques
tioned.
Yes, she was told, they ate North Carolina
too.
But North Carolina is also Virginia Dare and
Kings Mountain, the Courthouse at Hillsboro, Re
construction, Btick Duke and Billy Graham, Green
and Odum, and Kay Kyser. It is thte folk music
In the mountains and the sollicking chanties of
the Outer Banks.
It is the hum and the whir of looms, the pun
gent odor of tobacco, the bent fields of grain, a
harvest of strawberries, factory smoke and honk
ing horns, a Bible elass at Gardner-Webb and an
atom smasher at State College.
It is a sociologist explaining away our foibles
and a professor discussing EiSP, it is vast medical
centers and a horse doctor, it is muddy spring
roads of orange and hot, brown summer dayst ■_
is a pot-bellied stove in a one-ro^m school house
ahd a sprawling school plant in a large city.
It is an orator from Buncombe, a barber from
the east in the Assembly, it is a high school girls’
basketball team and a national champion, a prize
winning poet and great illiteracy, it is a novelist
and a songwriter and 30,000 people singing ®n the
side of a mountain.
It is fancy cloths of synthetic yarns, an apron
from a flour sack. It is a hiyhway heavy with
people to see the scenery and a ‘32 t'ord twisted
with six dead.
It is a mind—a troubled, restless, unhappy
mind fighting for life. It, too, is a confident,
hardworking, happy tmind.
All these things, all these moods—all of this
is North Carolina.
Then the sun fell behind a distant hill and the
evening was still and red. * >
And she Said, I sep, I see. .;
MORE IMPELLING THAN EVIk
NEED FO.R.
BROTHERHOOD
In Small Places
At 6 o’clock we left the house
for evening services at our
church. My wife held a covered
dish in her hands, and each of
the girls held .some other item
A covered dish supper at church
means hour of the finest kind of
fellowship.
That is just what happened.
Several were present when ‘we
arrived. The ladies were busy ar
ranging the food on the tables—
meats first, then vegetables, fol
lowed by sandwiches, salads,
cookies, cakes, pies and drinks.
The men gathered in little
groups to talk over our life and
times. Children were In groupsT
picking at each other and talking
and laughing.
It dawned on me, even before
time for prayer meeting, that the
Christmas in New Testament
times set- this example for us.
They gathered for suppers once
a week in sffme of the early
churches. The first miracle of
our Lord was at a wedding party.
Fellowship is a vital part of life,
and some of the finest fellowship
we enjoy is at mealtime. There
is no better place to break bread
_together than at church.__
We served paper plates while
filing by . the table in a single.
* ’Six'smalt Htoys ’and PiVe 'girfs'
about their size sat around the
. table next to me. They enjoyed
themselves. immensely.
As soon as we finished our pie
and cake the paper plates and
cups were collected and placed
in garbage cans. The near-empty
dishes were placed on a single
table to be picked up later in the
evening by the housewives who
brought them.
Each age group went to a dif
ferent place in the church for
prayer and special study. . Our
pastor talked to the adults about
special services to be conducted
soon.
T •
He caljed for announcements.
There would be a meeting of the
men of the church next Monday
in the school cafeteria. ’Blotters
were passed ouj, bearing an an
nouncement about the revival
services. We were told about a
civic musical program. A basket
ball game was announced. The
pastor commended his people for
the fine spirit of community co
oeratlon with respect to the com
ing revival. Then, in an impres
our need for fresh commitment
and loyal devotion *to our Lord
and His church.
When we left I was glad we
could go to church on Wednes
day night. Attention had been
called to my place in the com
munity and the church fellow
ship. Friends came together who
seldom have an opportunity to
see one another. Families came
together.
I was a new person with a
“-fresh outlook. Eating, talking,
singing, praying, listening to the
scriptures', and heading a chal
lenge from my pastor or did
something to me on the inside.
My soul was refreshed. My out
look was made brighter. My lifa
Garden Time
— Robert Schmidt — -
Gardeners in eastern and pied
mont North Carolina should be
thinking about planting their
early Irish potatoes. The land
should be prepared as soon as.
possible but planting may be
delayed until in March without
any loss in earliness. Do not
plant potatoes in poorly drained
areas or the seed pieces may rot
in the ground. The Irish potato
requires heavy fertilization as
well as good soil. At least one to
114 gallons of a 6-8-6 or 8-8-8
fertilizer mixture should be used
per l6dl.fi.. «f row thoroughly
. mixed- in the row .soil about a
week before planting time. Com
mercial growers usually plant by
machine which also puts down
the fertilizer in bands' on each
side of the seed piece so that
there is no contact of seed piece
and fertilizer.- However, in the
home garden potatoes are usually
planted by hand and if the fer
tilizer is applied in the furrow
at planting time there is danger
that it will come into contact
withthe seed piece and damage it
Do not apply limb to potato
soils. Lime and fresh stable ma
nure will promote the--- growth
of potato scab disease if pres
ent. in the soil* or on the seed.
.m-av rohivicrirstiinfir^t
early white potato for home gar
dens. Warba is also good and is
was made more complete. I was
ready to confront the opportuni
ties and problems ahead. Revival
has already taken place in my
life. This l. need every Wednes
day night and again on Sundays.
very early, if you can find a
source of seed. Essex, Sebago
and Kennebec are good but are
later than Cobbler. For those
who prefer red potatoes, the
/Triumph variety is the best
early. This is also called . Red
Bliss. For a later red variety,
Pontiac or LaSoda can be used.
It is best to use certified seed
if obtainable. Certification is a
guarante that the sed potatoes
are practically free from the
most Sjerious diseases. Seed
pieces Should be cut so that
they average from 1*4 to two
** ounces in. weight and. should
contain at least one good eye.
Small seed pieces will give lower
yields. Space the rows about
three feet apart and the seed
pieces 10 to 12 inches apart in
the row. The usual planting depth
is about four inches. Contrary
to a common Idea,' there is no
advantage in turing ail the eyes
up in planting the seed pieces.
MUST BE
The average kid these days can
simultaneously read a comic
book and listen to a bloodcurd
ling story over the radio. He must
be ambidextrous in the head.—
EFFICIENT
When it wanted to have One
of its own- safes cracked,, the
Police Department couldn’t find
an unemployed safe-cracker who
wasn’t already occupied at Jef
ferson City. Somd people arfe
just too darned. efficient.-^-fit.
Louts Post Dispatch'
IjIH liy 1 011 by Dick Skdw
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Lucky you vou were careless but those in your
path were not
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The Smithfield Heraw r.ugs
For Plain English
' Fine print" in insurance policies is pretty r()l
‘thinks the Charlotte -\Ws, but ‘ far worse is. tltc
mass of semi-legal language setting out the teams of,
policies."
We agree. Some policies could be set in 2 t-|>o^
tenham Bold Extended, which is a fairly readable
headline size, but the policyholders wouldn’t know an
about the coverage thef had or didn t have than the
if the policies were set in live-point solid, which
lettering even for ‘ legal notices" in a newspaper.
lettering even for ”iega>i nonces m a newspaper.
Since this is “there ought to be a law’ season m
Carolina, we suggest that the legislators consider ra
every insurance policy of any kind to carry, in a lewp
words, a summary of the protection contained iiyhe
' This, in addition,-to the detailed wording of the-'cod
. Jaig( [ . ^: , :-v . ; 5I
SgP* aren't aBowwi-to:osr.tfhi
own in explaining the terms of policies, but was re(|i|
explain policies only by^ the readhig the legal pin ay
policies, he would make'few sales and would soon fie cl,
jobs or applying for relief at the welfare office. Ihj|
ance salesman, of course, interprets. He tells a pro.
buyer of insurance in plain English what lie is asked]
If the insurance agent can interpret in -making
why can t the insurance company interpret, in writiijj*
face of each policy it issues, the terms of the contract asl
by the lawyers? A brief interpretation, clearly written!
prevent jiiucll misunderstanding on the pan of a (xdlq
concerning the protection he has bought.
A two-lold purpose could be served:
*(i) Misrepresentations by an unscrupulous nH,
agent could be readily detected upon delivery ol a pc
(2) By reference to a “policy interpretai ion" jJ
bolder could quickly refresh his memory fPfiffl H§f
concerning the protection he has. '
We are all for insurance—in understandable ]juj
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SENATOR
SAM ERVIN
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WASHINGTON — The Nation
al Park Service has announced
its purpose to charge a fee for
the use of the Blue Ridge Park
way by automobiles beginning on
May 1, 1955. In common with the
entire North Carolina delega
in the Congress, l am strongly op
pose^ to converting the Blue
-parkway, into a toll ujad.
Opposed to Tolls
As a matter of principle, I am
opposed to the Federal Govern
ment raising revenue by charg
ing people for the privilege of
gazing upon the handiwork of
Almighty God. Despite all pro
testations to' the contrary, the
plan of the National Park Ser
vice is a revenue raising measure
for all tolls collected are to be
“paid into the Treasury as mis
cellaneous receipts.” And even
apart from the matter of princi
—plefthe plan is -indefensible- in
_ that it is, in substance, an en
•deavor to collect ..revenue upon
a gilt made to the Federal Gov
ernment by private individuals
and foundations and the States
of North Carolina and Tennes
.#eer—— —
The Blue Ridge Parkway and
its counterpart in Virginia, the
skyline Drive, connect the Shen
andoah Nation Park on the north
and the Smoky National Park on
the south.
A Difference
When the Yellowstone National
Park and ’the other National
National Parks of the west were
established, they were created
out- o land areas already owned
by the Fedral Govenment, The
lands embraced in the Smoky
National P^rk were purchased
by private individuals and foun
dations and the States of Tennes
see and North Carolina at a cost
of approximately 10 million dol
lars and donated to the Federal
Government for the enjoyment
of all the people. I am advised
by those active in the acquisition
and donation of these lands that
ft was 'never contemplated that
W , would imposed' ea
‘hose visiting the Smoky Nation
al Park. Moreover, all of the
right-of-way of the Blue Ridge
Parkway other than that situated
within the National Forests was
acquired by -the State of North
Carolina at a cost of approxi
mately $2,260,000 and conveyed
without charge by the State of
North Carolina to the Federal
Goevmment. Since the State of
North Carolina has steadfastly
refused to exact a toll of any
person for the use of its bridges
and highways, I am satisfied that
the State of North Carolina would
never have made these valuable
gifts to the Federal Government
if it had known that the Federal
Government would pervert its
gifts to the raising of revenue.
The National Park Sot
tempts to 1«*‘ ■ '
of the proposed toll i
ground that the toll is 11
to defray the cost of mi
ing , the Shenandoah S
J afk. the Skyline Drh
Blue Ridga Pfarkway. a
the Smoky Nation..! Pitt
totals S54{),000 nmi;i::y
.have already pointed o
'tolls collected arc to be«
into the general treasuij
Popular Parkwij
During the past year. 1
autonjobilfs used the. Bin
Parkway. If such use”cc
in the ufture, and the J
Park Service collects the
mum proposed fee, i.e., ll
day" $1.00 fee. from each
mobile, it will collect thm
the maintenance cost. 1
called this significant fact
attention o the -National
Service, I receiyed the ad
ing reply that only «•
torisfs would" '!>.■ C(i®i
pay the fee to raise the*
maintenance, and # that all
motorists would be perri
use the Parkway without1
This would be, indeed, I
practice in a country whi
lieves in ,“equal justice
the law.”
“•'•ft is to '-b< n.'itiOTfihrt
the Federal Government i
collects two cents on each
Of gasoline consumed hj
mobiles using t he. parkwi
that it would be just
to impose a toll on other hi
constructed in part with H
" funds as it is to impose > |
the Blue Ridge ParW
argument that the toll is
fied for the Blue Ridge ^
because it is used for recrei
al purposes lacks validitJ
other highways are used i>
measure for recreational
poses.
Abandon the l<hJ
The difficulties inherent
administration alone ought
duce the National P>ar'i
to abandon its plan ,iJ 1
prOximately .500 am?
trances of one kind of"
to the Skyline Drive and
Blue Ridge Pakrway As aj
sequences, the -N’a,iona'|j.
Service proposes to est3
different stations f°r
lection of the toll 0 !,ie.
tions are placed at f(fua
tances along the 325 on1
Parkway now cotr.P-e!'’ ’
motorist will have his v'
the beauties of nature 11
by the revenue collec-ung
cies of the Federal f,0'cr
In conclusion, it i* lw°‘
not that the National <’ark
vice maintains several
roadways in other par'5
couptry and does not P"’p
impose any*fee for their'