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Editorial And Opinion * 7 rA Nose In The Tent i It was a cold night on the desert. The camel had a chill That's why the Arab didn't object when the camel stuck its nose inside his tent. "Asjong as the camel only waftts to stick his nose in here to warm it for awhile — there's no harm in that.” the good-natured Aral)* reasoned. The camel liked the warmth of the tent. Slowly, cautious ly, it edged further inside. First its nose* was in the tent, then its head, then its neck, then its hump. Before that night was over, the cajnel had taken over, the tent entirely. The Arab was pushed out on to the cold desert. Dinning the last several decades, we’ve seen this incident reenac ted on a grand scale, with the I'ederatl government cast in the camel's role. It got its nose inside the states’ tent dur ing the depression. Ever since it has been edging in further and limber. The slates are being pushed outside. There are ever sojnany examples, but here’s a timely,ope: Back in the depression** the federal, government slapped a "tbm’pi wwrv " t irtfSrvlif.'-per ga«<in .tax cm gSvrif lt»«s ' iviut-xtfti l\k to balance the budget. \c> one objected much then. Con&ress frankly admitted it wasmu.se ling in on the states' tax territory but promised to moVe out the next year. That was in 1942 — twenty-three years ago. In 1940, the camel s head and neck pushed into the tent — when the federal ga'olinc tax was boosted ter 1 \A c ents. In -1951, the camel wiggled itiy hump under the canvas — the tax was" hoisted to two ( cuts, . Now. in 1955. some Congressmen have stopped even talk ing ilxmi dropping the federal gasoline tax. They're talking instead about increasing the rate. They’re thinking about h tclri ig this aged "temporary".t^x to a national road program that would make Washington the big wheel in highway plan ning.‘ • • • . * 4 Highway development is one field where the states are still supreme. But they won’t be tmicTT longer if,the national highway jwograih aren't satisfied with a federal gasoline tax its tease. They want-the states to boost their'gasoiiuc taxes. ‘ up. too — to fit the highway plans dictated from Wash-’ ington. flic camel is ready to'set up housekeeping in live tent. I lie i.ixp.m is will be shivering out in the cold unless enough . . bf them have the courage and the wisdom to put in a lew good' licks Tor states’ rights before it's tot) late. Good, Clean Fun j^ i lie tiKxIt i i) counterpart ol the ancient Roman circuses, wrtTi ^glacHatats, lions and Christian: martyrs, appears to he 15 rhe soap coin pa ny contest. And tvhrjjr in die old days it was - .tfafeAtpu&-Vt:ho made the killings; this is- now the li.ippy situa tion <>l the luckier contestants. . - Such innocent and harmless ventures into the realm Of chance {you could hardly call it “risk"), add excitement, su spense, expectancy to the lives ol millions who are frequently depressed hy the conviction that “nothing ever happens to me. Nor are these contests very difficult or demanding now adays. It used to be you had to write an essay (at least ay words), or guess the number-pf beans in a jar, or engage in some other, menial exertion. - But the latest contest .we have heard of requires duly that you know your name and address, and that tire latter be in the l S, Alaska or Hawaii. You can get someone else to write (his information on the entry blank-if that chore is too oner ous for you. And just to prove you can’t fail to win, you are automatically mailed an ingenious can-hanger which the sponsor hopes the contestants will fasten to the kitchen or bathroom wall. ’ Arrctsince tiny makes no sen se'w ft ho u Fa can to hang on it, she (we understant it's practically always a “she”) will go out and purchase a can of the sponsors luxurious liquid de tergent. After that, there's not a darn thing for the contestant to do but sit down and wait for the happy word that she has won one of the three super-duper V-8 hard-tops, or one of the to color television consoles, or one of tire 50 diamond rings, or one'.of the too chests of sterling silver. Tin's particular escapade is known as a “Free-for-All which it certainly is .. . unless you want to go to the expense Weird Twosome li,is.,^p( „iuo. h, oti tHc heels ol talk rease-Mixwith China’s Chou F.n-lai without Chinese Na tionalists present, chat Britain is- taking steps as an inter igS^pHi^set up s.ur|i, t;jlks. I his act ion. of tom se. not' only keeps J lei Majesty’s Cmeinmem on both sides of the fence, but inay even prolong the illusion that we can liave-a tete-a-tete with Chou without recogtii/tng that lie is a head of state, or liras Red China -is a state, imheimore, we are to talk to Chou afxnrt a cease-fire in. the fori,rosa Straits -withdut ialkirtgsabo.it Formosa. so as not "i Mt Dulles own words to ’-depart from the rn.tli ol fidelity and honor toward purely the Republic of Choua” At his press cotiferehee earltier in the day, President Risen liouei lrad backed up the Dulles statement and said that the .'sec retary s talks with Chou might properly include “anything i lat doesn i a Meet the Chine Nationalists”, but in matters in \ol\ itig om ally, we are not going to talk behind their backs” KrJlZ Y^T " t ’thlMk’ ^ * aS P^ed^Tnaror K ml .d as to bow this country could possibly negotiate nub il>e Cn..,MHui,sis without involving the interests of the Nation-disrT.?'-V*tS w,,h0',tIinvolving tlie interests or the .aa ' ‘ meetings should make good nadrn, .^.r are Messt^ Dulles an,1 Chou going to talk be. hiird out backs? EDWIN J. HAMLIN _ of (Prangr Published Every Thursday By THE NEWS, INCORPORATED Hillsboro and Chapel Hill, N. C. Editor and Publisher Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at hulsbon. North Carolina, under the Act of March 3, 1879. * Exclusive National Advertising Representative * GREATER WEEKLIES - New York * Chicago ★ Detroit * Philadelphia SUBSCRIPTION RATES ONE YEAR (inside North Carolina) SIX MONTHS (inside North Carolina) ^_ ONE YEAR (outside North Carolina^__ .1. _j'. ■ ■ . i i ————. — $2.00 — $1.50 — $2J“» KIDD BREWER’S fo/e/f/r l&tfndup (Continued from Page 1) pay, and the teachers don’t. The fact th awte don’t have the money is not reason enough. Either all should get sick leave pay or none. REIDSVILLE We were the * guest speaker af. the annual in stallation of .officers meeting of the Reidsville Junior Chamber of Cateitrerce ; test Saturaay ntg/ii. an’d after listening to retiring president, Allen He^n, Jr. enume rate the various activities and projects completed ^during the year were so tired --from' the thought of the work accomplished we just wanted to lie down and rest. Those fellows are really do ing a community job. Incidental ly, I understand a wave of buy ing uranium stock swept Reids ville recently, and they are still a little numb from the exper ience. I wonder hoj# many other <oinmunities in the State have • gone through the fever” 7-Day Food, Water , Supply Recommended By Civil Defense , J; The. Federal Civil Defense Administration recommended today that families and individ uals keep a 7-day reserve sup ply of food and water on hand as a home defense against -nu - dear attack. *— Theodore M. Willcox. acting , director of the FCDA Welfare Office, said this increase over previous recommendations for p 3T-day supply results from su- ‘ perbomb hazards. The delayed second blow of the hydrogen bomb—radioactive fall out—may cause longer con finement under shelter. "The change is an evolution in our planning to safeguard Americans in the light of new disclosures about, the larger weapons," Willcox‘ said. '‘The weapons have grown bigger and our planning must change ac cordingly.” He pointed out that fallrout “might keep people in shelters for anywhere from a few days to a week, depending on the intensity of the radiation re sulting from fall-6ut,’’ and add ed: . “If families and individuals plan against the larger hazard, it stands to 'reason that <there would be considerably less suf- ' fering.’ NO BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY TOLL Like all State and Federal highways, bridges and ferries in North Carolina, the Blue. Ridge Parkway will continue free of :=.r~to) 1 s this.o year. The Parkway Is now open, with several links of "FeBeraiL highways bridging un . completed portions, from ';-the . Great Smoky Mountains in North Carolina to (he Shetrandoafh Na tional Park in* Virginia. — DEATH AT CROSSINGS Traffic safety authorities ad mittedly are at a loss to find a fopl-proof way to stop grade crossing accidents. They divide such mishaps into a rough 80-20 ration—the minority being ..caus ed by daredevilswith a penchant for racing trains. The bulk of the accidents, they estimate, are caused by carelessness and inat tention. In either case, though, death is usually the victor. & Misguided Missifes by Choft Day I Th* Traveler* Safety Service . . and this buggy hat every safely feature the manu facturer could think to put in it." SENATOR SAM ERVIN * SAYS « WASHINGTON—I was invited to. address -the Harvard Law School Association of New York CUy oh lftSlTRursdaylhlgfitrThur afforded me an opportunity to speak on a subject that has given many members of Congress great concern, ft is what is happening to the law of the land and the supposed sovereignty of the States. The Supreme Court The Constitutional Convention of 1787 comprehended the ever lasting political truth that no man or set of men can be safely trusted with governmental power of an unlimited nature. They were determined above all things to establish a government of laws • and not of men, and they pro vided for the doctrine of separa tion of powers. They failed to place any well defined limits on the judiciary powers. It was. strongly felt that the Chief Exec utive would always select men to sit upon the U. S. Supreme Court who would be able and willing to subject themselves to the restraint inherent in the judicial process. Although one may possess a bril liant intellect and be actuated by* lofty motives, he is not qualified for the station, of ft judge in a government of laws Unless he is able and willing to subject him self; to the restraint inherent in the judicial'process. How is this mental discipline required? It is ordinarily the pro duct of long and laborious legal 7r&7Uiu?Ji£x*L By BtLL Pauhom J "We get oar guaranteed an nual wage. Now all we hare to do is find t guaranteed annual factory!" work as a practicing lawyer, or , long judicial work as a judge of and appellate court or a trial court of general jurisdiction. It is sometimes the product of long and laborious work as a tCacher - of law. It cannot be-acquired by the occupancy of an executive or legislative office. Law is destitute of social value unless it has sufficient stability to afford reliable rules to govern the conduct of people, and unless it can be found with reasonable certainty in eetablished legal pre cedents For generations, Presidents se lected men who possessed the background-and mental discipline, to be distinguished Justices of the U. S. Supreme Court. These men had long participated in the administration of justice either as practicing lawyers or as judges of the^State Courts &rsas judges of the Federal Courts inferior to the Supreme Court. They knew that it is the duty of the judge to interpret the law, not to make it. I was taught by my father in my .youth to repose an absolute Confidence in the Supreme Court. He was accustomed to refer to - thc Supreme Court with-reveren tial awe. He used, to say that this tribunal would administer justice heavens fell. Candor compels the confession that on many occaslohs during recent years the Supreme Court has to all intents and pur poses usurped the power of the “Congress and the States to amend the Constitution and to nullify acts of Congress. The majority of „ the members of the Supreme Court during rec ent years have been either un able or unwilling to subject themselves ■ to the restraint in herent in the judicial process. All men of. high attainments and of the members are genial gentle significant accomplishments. But the majority have not had the background which is necessary to the judicial process. A quali fied occupant must lay aside his personal notions of what the taw ought to be and base his decisions on what the law has been de rnmips Kutseil Writes strated his belief that the object of govern ment was to muse the big private corpora tions and banks. There should be no occa sion for surprise therefore when the Hoover Commission is found sitting in ambush wait ing for a chance to assassinate the Rural Electrification Program. Mr. Hoover recommends that the REA be converted into a “Rural Electrification Cor* poration and pay double for its loans. There is no disguising the intention to make the REA line up with the Eisenhower adtuini stiation s efiort to throw all government en terprises back into the hands of private in terests, with private profit the goal and of* ject. ' f 1 he effect would he damage to one of the greatest boons- t at Rai ever come to rural7 America. There is no calculating the benefits that conic to the fanner and his wife from electricity that lights the house, heats the water, turns the wheels, and drives the saw. " But whit is astonishing about the proposal is not so much the proposed damage to out lying farms and homes as the fact .that Mr. , Hoover and his crowd are apparently ignor ant of the effect their urgings would cause. Ttogj; are so out of, touch with the basic things, in American life that they do not grasp what would happen to the production of foods and feeds if they have their way. Mr. Hoover was exposed by the Great De gression as completely ignorant of economics, business, and finance. The nation-*survived" hi nr; hut can the farms do it? * Garden Time Robert Schmidt It is a well known fact that the early tomato blossoms or blossom clusters often fail to set fruits. This may be due to a number of factors but is usually due to cool temperatures early in the grow ing season when the first two dusters of blossoms appear. It has been found that applications of certain plant hormones to the blossoms will cause fruits to set. In many cases these fruits are seedles or. almost seedless. Ex periments have shown that, in the case of tomatoes, it is only worth while to spray the hor mone on the first two or three clusters. These hormones are now available at any seed store under trade names such as “Blossom Set ’, “Sure Set” and “Fruitpne • Vhey. sheuld M SSear awwuiprSir the directyjns given by the manuu facturer, otherwise they may cause damage or heavy wrinkling of the tomato fruits. The material should be sprayed on the open blossoms wjth an atomizer or fine spray. Sitfde all the blossoms on a cluster do not open at one time it will require at least two applications for each - cluster. Many commercial , growers are now using fruit setting hormones successfully and there is no rea son why they should not be suc cessful in the home garden es pecially in cool growing seasons. The fact that many fruits would be seedless might he an added attraction or incentive. A TASTE Speaking of dogs, a gal took her five-year-old daughter to visit friends who owned a very friends ly Irish Setter. The dog was very fond of kids, blit the child was afraid of. dogs, not having one at home. On seeing the little girl the Setter dashed over to her, put his paws on her shoulder and "swipe?"her face a couple of times with his tongue. Naturally, the kid screamed bloody murder, and naturally her mother dashed over to investigate. “Did the nasty old dog bite“ mommy’s darling?” - “No. mommy, but he tasted of me!” STATEMENT OF THE AGES “My religion consists of a hum ble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals hint self in the slight details we are able, to, perceive with, our frail and feeble minds. That deeply emotional conviction of the pres ence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God.”—Albert Eknstein dared to be in legal precedents. I deplorevthe practice of Presi dents of the United States in recent years who ignore the numerous servants of the law who have performed years of de voted ' judicial service on courts inferior to the Supreme fcourt when they are called updiT to make appointments to the Su preme Court of the United States-. - , It may be'Jhat in making these* -^uhseryations. I .am merely enact ing the role of a fool who rushes ..Jn where. discreet angels fear to tread. If so, I can plead in ex —fenuatioh of ffty’ folly Tfidt i To've the American Constitution and kno wthat an indissoluble Union composed of indestructible States cannot endure if our government of laws does not survive. THIS IS THE LAW1 kicking mules - There was interesting case be fore the Supreme Court of North Carolina in 1926 involving a kicking mule. It is the case of Doctor v. Southern Coal Co., 192 N. C. 804 ... : to set eggs laip by hens'in a stall vi tiere a mule was kept. He wak kicked by the mule and seriously injured. There was no evidence that this particular mule was more vicious than mules-gtneral |v or that the owner/waj aware of its being more .than^rdinary .vicious. Although the jury rendered a judgment of six hundred dollars in favor of the injured plaintiff, the Supreme Court would not permit the judgment to stand. It said the judgment was contrary to law'., The opinion of the Supreme Court in this case is a legal clas sic. It was written by Justice Willis J. Brogden. The opinion is far more inter esting than the usual run of Su preme Court .dt&isions and for this reason the greater portion of it is reproduced herewith: The question of law presentgd by this case is, what duty does the owner of a mule owe to-an emp.Io.vec who has charge of the - mule -and 'who'goes-into-fhe stall' where the mule is? A male is a melancholy crea ture' It is a nullius filius in the animal kingdom It lias been said' that a mule has neither'"pride of ancestry nor hope of poster ity.”* John Billings remarked that if he had to preach the funeral of a mule he would stand at its head, Men love and pet horses, dogs, cats and Iambs. These do mestic animals have found their way in literature. Shakespeare *• said of a horse: “I will not . change my horse with any that treads' but on four pasterns, when-I bestride him I soar, I am a hawk, he trots the air; the earth sings vvhen-he touches it.” But nobody loves or pets a mule. No poet has ever penned a son net or an ode to. him, and no prose writer has ever paid a ■.tribute .to his good qualities. He is kicked and cuffed, and beaten and sworn at, and frequently un 'derfed and forced to work under extremely adverse conditions; yet, withal, he has a grim 'en ..-durance and a stubborn courage which survives his misfortunes and enables' him to do- a large w\nk°n ’°f ltK vvorlti’s rough It K a inatlpr of ‘ eomhinn knowledge men who kn,owvmuIes and deal With them, that they are uncertain, moody, and morose: ..Thii.,.pajgjculat-mule—-eharged with' injuring plaintiff, was re ferred to in the oral argument as an unsafe mule” and as an “un safe tool and appliance.” The idealist ,may dream of the day when the ‘world is safe for de By Robert E. u (For the N. C. B«r mocracy,” but this event hap* arrive long befc world will be safe from th of a mule. The evidence in this Q closes that the mule oj fMutant did- not kick 0f attack the plaintiff, but the plaintiff went mule into the stall, he around and his rump Pl plaintiff against a pa^ tition of the stall and him. The liability of an o, injuries committed by animals, such as dogs, ^ mule*, depends upon \n tial facts: injury ‘must &e danger* ious, mischievous or fern one termed in the law as sing s “vicious propensity 2. The owner must tual or constructive kg of the vicious propensity, ter and habits of the air The general rule snppo the overwhelming weight thority is thus state m, burton v. Fair • Asso., i]| 526: ‘There was no es ides either of the defendants, time the horse was enta at the time' of' permitth to be entered or run. I knowl edged that he was dangerous or untrained the owner of a domestic can be charged for iniut flicted by it, it must b« that the .owner h^l ka cS the fact that the anin vicious or unruly." The defendant offered dgflCC of the friaintiff liberality which the law i it does not appear that complained of was in itself ious act or' onr • f I owing — <tvich>as ■propensity:' Th* elusion is supported by tl as declared in Tolin v. T supra, in these words: "fo of the fact that there w«s mony to show that this m«i of so gentle a dispositk* children cvould play at its it is a matter of commoni edge and common exp« that there is no telling vrl under what circumstances I will or will not kick. The way to escape danger frit feet of a mule is not to go in the radius of its heels.' Upon the whole record.I fore, we are of the opiniJ there was no suite a nt « that the mule was "aocu to do mischief,” or that tlx er had actual, or const! knowledge of any vicio . dangerous habit, or propt and that the motion form should have, been allowed, eovery could, be permittd der the facts in tins a<t, every farmer or contractor ■ State could ill-afford :i' •mule.v Reversed. -—*.t DEATH AT INTERSECT Two-car "collisions at id tions totaled 12,681 in Noll olina last year of which# fatal. In cities the rate was what higher, here, were al fatal accidents at "in,e* involving pedestrians. mm «,800,000 «W<8 I. tv IMHO »IJ,*00.000 added lax cost (■MONTANA , *10,100,000 added tax cost rWYQMWG k **.006,000 added tai cost NORTH. DAKOTA 112,800,000 added tax con NEBRASKA - *34,000,000 added, tax cost SOUTH DAKOTA* *13.200,000 added tea cost onto *236,000,000 added tax cast ■MINNESOTA . *69,600,000 added tax cat! WISCONSIN *01.000,000 added t»ee. MICHIGAN - 6IN.400.000 added tax cast INDIANA—. *'•2.600,0007 / added tax cast/ / INTAKES forjB «»*-——jCJ/ H2.000.000 iMiu ui cni / / —U i iSOURI -__ W-000,000 Added tax cost ARKANSAS ---- f <27,200,000 added tax coat LOUISIANA___ <53,800,000 added tax cost ,-- PENNSYl'"" '*277,800,000 ----N€W «« '*493,600,000 __—!-vanijj ‘ *7,100,000 ■NEW F .—new 912,000.000 ***** ’ *11,100,000 •a*'*'’' -MASSKHUStlfl *127,800,000 —CONNECT'^ *80,800,000 ,)l ^ -RHODE IS!** *20,800,000 .Ad**"" -NEW IEI* 144,000,000 *»•'“”*_ ■ DEL4**" •14,880.000 <«n*» ——.» WEST ViHCl ■ .-wco.1. V ^ *38,800.000 .dd<4'4'® -VIRSIW 17,800,000 .dd*d *** ■NORTH CAROL* --NORIH (88,800,000 -SOUTH CAROL*1 (14 400 000 •dHtdO"* !TT—KERnig (80,888,000 <KM«d u‘ , -GEOOfl* (81200.000 ■tennis# 18,800.000 ' ,A* MAP above ‘hows how much the Upper Col- j Ty B°‘m bill‘. bofc Congress* would co» the taxpayer, of each state in the nation These bill » for a number of large dam, on the upper reorU "*,*? Colorado River and numerous irriaotion • * °f ,h* N,w v sss&z National tax authorities say that h,dd.n «***££* .•o-colled "-damoHon" project bilk would cost th* P*« of the United State* more than U billion in odd*d ” •otal com to tanpayers it based an repaym*"' »ch** presented to Senate and House Interior Commit**1 ■» U S. Bureau of Reclamation. The cost to each state "" computation, by The Twrlowndation. New YeiM ond Washington, D.C.
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