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Editorial And Opinion * Why Not "Entrapment?" ~"y Fver since radar came into use to help enforce speed limits, there have been howls ; bout "unfair entrapment," for nabbing speedsters without warning. As wc see it. the bowlers are revving their motors with their mental clutches riiseti* ' gaged ! " M'hv should traffic law enforceluent he different from all other law enforcement? M’hv shouldn't a di.Her expect the law to be enforced, Anti win in the world should hjg.'be given spec ial warning that it will l»e-enforced? Do wc post sjiee ial warnings for burglars, 'embezzlers; kidnappers? The root ol the whole matter is ibis: traffic law viola , lions are not commonly regarded as genuine crimes. They are looked upon as mild'">erroj,s. unintentional disobediences, harmless ..blunders to be forgiven and forgotten ... as long as no oii£j> hurt. F.veiT drunken chiving sometimes gets a humoroiss play in the newspapers. But exceeding the limit or Tunning a red light to he called a "Yrime"? No, that’s too harsh a word. Alter rdl. itV only human to make mistakes onc e in a w hile, and these little driving mistakes only result in . . . gb.oou deaths and i\/f million injuries, each year! .^ M'e’ve got to realize that,we ranhbt make mistakes behind the wheel; that as ch iv et s. el’e liav e a nroraf^and legal c»l» ligation not to make mistake^; that t sal lie law enforcement. isn't a game, blit life-aiid-cicatli business.; that the laws aren’t lor observing only when the pfblicc ate watching, but for all time—IVm keeps! - ‘ > So . . . power to radar, eithet with or without posted warnings. And power to any other sc ientific devices that can help keep c riminal drivers from gi hiding innocent human flesh into the pavement! You Don't Have To Agree 111 case von don’t agree with any of the views expressed on tltis editorial'page." writes Editor Mark Waits, Of the Tobb Ccimitv nines, of. Marietta, l.a„ ‘don't (eel frustrated. AN rite ns a letter.” ‘ , , "Most ol the things written here are aimed at providing food ,for thought,” continues Mr. MVtts. "We don’t expec t everj one to agiTetwOfpavkaitg^se sav.-bf au editorial sets peo ple /o thinking, if has served its purpose. "Am newspaper-worth its salt should express an opinion cni subjects of local interest. ( itizens should do the same thing. M’e stand refdl to provide spare*'"'for citizens to sound off’, in. ahvavs subjec t to the libel laws ol Georgia, ol course/' Mr. Waits' next'paragraph should have been se t in bold' lace, so we ll do the best we can lor emphasis: " Too many /irofde today swallow then ojiiniuns Int/em of offending .some luihnoirv frou'ei anil thereby /dat ing their jinaift ial'.sec urily in jeo/tardy. JtV irould HJte to see this trend— reversrd.'\ ‘. * "Don’t be ait id of your opinions." conc ludes Mr. M ails, "if thev are-honestihrimgt out and sincere. Non may be wrong. Inn few people vyill condemn you just lot having .yi opinion/’ Mr need ba dh mend niucli time or space assijring vpu of ot r heart-felt igreEnn :u w ith these sentiments. <:r ' f on convict: ui hat this editor speaks lor theJgreat majovitv of his brethren. I he jmpcM taut point is that these things need t<> be s d i.i every community—and said again anti again.—Bed) Taylor for l'. S*. Press Association/ -f' - * 'V T - - - Burdens Of The Presidency As a result of the heart attack suffered by "President Dwight D. Eisenhower, White House aides and wrifers ha\c. suggested that a way should be found to reduce the staggering^ burden whic h is the lot of the President of the L'niucl Slates. We believe these suggestions have merit because a "President of the United States is up agaTnst perhaps tlu toughest exec u- ' tive job in the world today; We are not convinced, however, that Mr. Eisenhower's heart attack was a result of,overwork in the White House. Tension, resulting front his responsibilities, and the fac t that the President h id been a militan titan all his lile and was iit a new type of job. adcjecl to the fac t that lie had engaged tit which might have- been over-sjxenotis physical exertion the dav before, all contributed to the President,’* heart attac k—jn out opinion. But there i* no denying that the burden of being Piesi ejeut ol the United Sl. tcs is a terrific one and the medical history of those selected to serve as President proves the point. Otic of the differences I ret ween the' U. S. system and the British system, for example, is the fact tligt dje president ol the United States is Both the Opel ol State and the Chief Executive officer in the f ibvernmenr. In England the King is the Uhiel of State and the Prime Minister is the Chiel Execu tive officer, thereby separating the official functions from the actual operations of Government, permitting these duties, and the rime they consume, to be divided. We believe some progress can be made toward lightening the burdens ol the U. S. Presidency* but we are ttot optimistic that the job c ut be made primarily one of delegated powers. v General fTen bower is most able at delegating "ant bon tV. and tfrrrcau Ittsion wc teach is that the job ol being President ol ilte United-"States will continue to be a back-breaking j77f,T -mayitc nj.anything :!».' • can Ik- dune about it. 1 here are ton . tpaitv dec isipjis the President must make, and wc see no wav of shifting this burden to others. We s‘>-{l»is with no elfcjrt to qtulim- thr course of at lion Provident E isenhower should follow in ic|-,(>., Cljt i&fog of (Grange Count? Published Ei/ery Thursday By THE NEWS, INCORPORATED • Hillsboro and Chapel Hill, N. C. E HAMLIN . ... ....il ,—— Editor and Publisher 1 *** ' ' —' *U " Am i .1 . , . - Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at haltboro, North Carolina, under the Act of March 3. 1379. , ■ ■ „ ...-. .;_ . Exclusive National Advertising Representative V GREATER WEEKLIES b ^ New York * Chicago ★ Detroit * Philadelphia — ■ 'IIHM—fc' .- .—fl — . 11 ' mi ' __■ SUBSCRIPTION RATES ^ ' ONE YEAR (inside North Carolina) . .. $2.50 SIX MONTHS (inside North “Carolina).* $j 75 ONE YEAR (o tside North Carolina) . $3 00 I . ■■■■■■ ■-■■■ ... ■ - -- ■* ... - .. _I * (Continued from Page 1) j vertising linage. It ranked only behind “Better Homes and Gar dens" and ‘‘Ladies Home Journ al,’’ both of which are national publications as against the Pro gressive Farmer, which is regard ed as a Southern publication. Its largest circulation is in Texas. In second pjacc i» North Carolina. In total advertising revenue it is among the top ten. In number of pages, it ranks ninth. And it approaches its three-score-and-ten livelier and healthier—and bet ter loved—than ever. FATIGUE. . .Children have a wav of expressing themselves' in just tho Tight way sometimes. Last weekend as a Raleigh fam ily wa.-,- unloading the wilted Christmas tree" preparatory to hauling it to the yard for the trash man. the two-year-old boy looked over the bedraggled tree bare of its ornaments, shook his head, and/Skid: _ ' “Christfpas tree tired, Monrmic" FEELING OLD DEPT. . Speak ing of getting tired, old, etc., etc., as most of us are jftclined to do as we move into another yeaiy here is something that will make a lot of North Carolinians—es pecially those living in the west ern counties —feel old. Otto Wood, the nearest thing' North Carolina had a Dellinger type roustabout in the roaring 20‘s, never lived to see 1931 move on the scene. Yes, 25 years ago last Satur day /— December 31, 1930 — _ys-hile at large on his fourth pri son escape—seven' years Qtto Wood was killed in art olrt fashioned gun battle with Salis bury's chief of police. R. L. Ran kin. . ' HOME-INDUSTRY. . Herman Talmadge. former , Governor aarl predicted candidate for the L7 S Senate, against ScAator George, was with me on a trip to Louisa na last week. Talmadge started a few years ago in the ham business. He be gan by processing Talmadge ham* for some of his old friends. His... first year in business he sold 4.700 hams. This past year his sales came to a total of 63,000 ham*. That's a good example of build ing > home industry. \ . .. .... SHOULD BE JPROUD Kays Gary of the Charlotte Observer has won the Pulitizeh Prize. His .stories are full of human warmth and understanding, nnd wc should all be proud of him. He has a way with words Writing of the newly organized Travel Council recently he de scribed its purpose perfectly as follows: "To promote the State's prestige for tourists—to bring more tourists here and to keep them here as long as possible.” TATUM. . .You will recall tturf we recently devoted a portion of this column to Maryland Coach Jim Tatum. We have ^.-tetter front Big Jim asking us to give him un til February I decide whether he will join us in the insurance busines.% He will probably decide to coach at the U. of N. C. and' his announcement will be forth /Coming any day. 'V " ' SPIRIT OP CHARITY Among the little irritating —things of life is to Be standing in line for service^gt a bank or store and to have sojneone cut in ahead of yqy. ■.*••/, There comes' mind It he story of the woman who rushed in and interrupted the butcher as he was explaining the good points of a roast to a gentleman customer. “Give me a half pound of cat meat — quick!” the woman or dered. Then she turned to the 'first customer and said, *»1 hope you won’t mind my being served ahead of you.” "Oh. shrpgged * the gen tleman, “not if you're as hqngry as all that,0—Stiiithfifld Herald fyofth, .'Carolina dairymen can increase their net incomes by add ing commercial egg production-- to their present operations, accord ing to a Slater College extension farm management and marketing specialist. >|t . I —v;_ Straw Grasping Christian Science„■ Monitors jop-wise Anq investment-wise 7955 Was Good Year f -■ __ — 7n A/.C. Development Investment-wise as well as job wise, 1955 was a better year for utainrtTHtl—development in North Carolina than was T99+s-accqrding to the Department of Conservafloir and development. A comprehensive and year-long survey, preliminary' in scope and subject ,tu chauai. with receipt oi delayed reports^shows $115.3207 000 earmarked for investment in new plants and plant expansions in the State during 1955 as compared with $112:901,000 in 1954. In all, there were 329 new plants and expansions-announced in' 1955 as 'Finnpared with 271 in 1954. J.ob-wise, the proposed invest ments. highlighted by the $20 mil lion plant of General Electric Company ip the Hickory-Newton area, will provide empinvirient for aii estimated 19,348- perxf;: as compared with 17.200 in 1.954 The survey. C&D Director Will iam P. \Saunders emphasied, was conducted throughout the year by the Department’s Commerce and Industry Division with the aid of Industrialists, local development orgahia/ions. Chambers of Com merce throughput the State, and nationally rctognied reporting or ganizations. \ Saunders was high in. his praise of “the . well-con&idered decisions of industrialists in selecting North Carolina sites for new plants artd -fne decisive actions being taken by our old and long-established in dustries to expand their present ope.ations /by moderination of their matwifaeturing facilities." " The C&D director also praised local, industrial development groups, individuals, and Chambers of Commerce for “the great wolk they have done—and the work they will do—to help make North Car olina a grealer-State and provide a more, abundant life for all its people." New plants'announced for the State-during 1955 totaled 122, with Investments of $48,808,000.- - em ployment of 8.691. and a*pfttenlial annual payment of S24,199,000. Expansions totaled 207, with in vestments of $66,512,000, employ ment of 10.657, and a potential an nual payroll oi •^27*,742,000. In 1954, there were 131 ^ew Hants announced, with investments of $66,512,000, employment 0f 11, 544, and a potential annual pay roll of $28,323,000. Expansions tot aled 140. with Investments of $44, 279.000, employment of 5.656, and a potential a amp! payroll of $12, 921.000. r , • \ -A.~r.yses of the reports show ino 'Piedmont area again led other sec tions of the State in new indust ries, but not” by J|je overwhelming majority noted In previous years. Sixty-three percent of , the new plants tor 1955 are m the pftjjB mont, 24 percent ip the eastern section, and- 13 percent in tire western arch. i “ ' "tH*"" - ■ ■ . __• ■ " >. Rated according to investment involved the Piedmont ■ area ac counts for 82 percent of the total, but this high percentage is boosted -by-ifce General Electric Company's in\esttnent id. $20 million or more in its new pole-type transformer plant in the Hickor'ysNewton area. Thirteen percent ol the new plant ’Investments are in the East and five percent in the West. Employment wistf, 55 percent of the potential-new Employment is in ' the Piedmont area plants. 32 per cent in the-eastern section and 13 percent in the western. The four major electric utility companies operating in North Car olina spent substantial sums in 1955 to expand their facilities to meet the increased demand for electric power in.the State. Duke Power Company started installation of two '775,000 KW generating units near Belmont, the cost of which, when completed, will approximate $40 million. Duke also/ placed in operation a 150.000-KiV emit near Leaksvilie during the year. ’ Virginia Elect ic and Power Co., which operates largely in north eastern North. Carolina, spent an additional $11,700,000 on its Roa noke Rapids hydro plant. Natahala Power and Ligiit Co., -ve*hici» operates largely in the Agestern section of the State, com plcted a 10.800 KW capacity plant in Jack Sop County at a cost 'of $4. 107,000" anct'afso spent $150,000 on other projects vvithin the State. Carolina Power ahclLight Com pany spent $22 million Tor expan sions and improvements. Brought into service during the year w’as t the* 150.000 horsepower "unit near Wilmington and the company is continuing construction of its 180. 00(j horsepower unit near Moncure., the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company started a $1 million wheel and agle shop at Hamlet. planning itk completion in 1956. It is near company's $7.«KL000- freight classification yard put into service jn hloveitiher, 1934. . Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph company spent appYox imatejy $21 million in expanding and irngroving its North ;Carolina facilities. H ivg e t h e r, t e fe p h o n e complies operating iVthe State spent almost $35 million in 1955. While -textile plants continued to lead the procession in industrial development in North Carolina .during 1955 with ~ approximately 26 percent of the new plants, they .account for onjy about 16 percent'* of the total pew plant investments anck only about 22 percent- of the potential new employments. Saunders -said fui ther analyses of the preliminary reports indicated that efforts to bring about more... "■dfspocsipiL^of plants and diversi Jication „of Tpr^luct's manufactured ar^ bringing good results. During the year new plants ‘ ■' '-S. -"'v i ■' Garden Time Robert Schmidt This week I would like to dis cuss a a few topics about which we are receiving requests for-in formation. . t A much repeated question is oie asking if pecans'can be graft ed on hickory seedlings. Often sdmeone has a wood lot or pas 1 lire in which many hickory seed lijngs liavo come up and decides hjr would like io change them over to .pecans.-'/"The pecans is closely related to the hickory and tjfin be grafted upon it, but it (toes' not. make a goojf tffee. It ii much better to graft pectin*, on pecan seedlings. Pecan seed* Ijngs can be easily grown by planting newly harvested pecan nuts c>4 any variety. Do not let the nuts flrv Vtlt TOO mtich before planting.. Another question frequently asked at this time of the year is about the pruning of broadTeaved evergreen shrubs such as privet, p iotinia, cuonvmous or pyraean •the—that--have-grown so large as to obstruct the views from win dows. In the first plac'e. these shrubs should not have been al lowed to get that lalrge. Timely pruning each year would5 have kept them in bounds. Certainly a little judicious pruning at this time is in older and can be done now. However, the usual desire is to C.ut them down almost to the ground. Perhaps that is a good thing to-do, but not now. If you cul them severely no\^ you will be Looking at bare stumps the -rest of the winter. The shrubs • will not put out..new growth un til spring. Therefore, my advice /would be to let them alone now and cut them back severely just before growth starts in the spring. Then in a short time new growth, w ill appear to cover up the ugly si.t limps. >ktny people want to know if it is .tob-jate to plant spring flow ering bujlbsxsucii as tulips and daffodils. No/St^ isn't, It would have been betterto^ave plant ed them in October hr Novem ber but it is not too late'^sjong as_the_blllhs arp Ktitl in condition. They will bloom later than early planted bulbs of the same varfgtips. manufacturing products in 16 dif-, :erent classifications started opera ions began constructions or have infinitely committed themselves ■o locate plant., in North Carolina. Emphasis placed on development locally-owned and constructed small industries during the year also brought pleasing results, Saunders said, with 20 such plants being announced for construction in the State. ” Service agency that m it, ds, the Depa tment of Conservation and [development, Saunders emphasied, is always ready to assist industrial ists, local development groups, Chambers of* Commerce and all oth fijilfVa it easier'for m rlust •> to find suitable site for plant MauWs*tn the state. . * . * I I - .1--^— Tar Heel j PEOPLE & ISSUES By Cliff Blue SECRECY'.. .»«ep. W. W. Tay lor, Jr., of Warren County is (line of the abler young members? of the North Carolina General As sembly, and served as chairman of House Judiciary Committee No. 2 in the ’55 General Assem bly. As attorney for, the State Ad visory Committee on Education he has no doubt done a good joD but when he wrote letters to the l local and county advisory com mittees suggesting that fie work of the committees be shelved without publicity he should have known that his cdhfidential let ters would 1 iak out and that more publicity would surround it than had he made a public statement of his-letter in the first place. ★ CREW .. , Senator,, W. Lunsford Crew of Halifax County took a sensible view regarding a special session of the General Assembly to deal >vith the school segrega tion question last week when he said that such a session* should not be called until sentiment had “crystallized.” ■% POSITION ... There seems to he a growing sentiment that Gov ernor Hodges is beginning to vacillate in his position regarding segregation and the public schools, probably in an effort to keep the issue from becoming the paramount issue . in the ’56 gubernatorial primary campaign. The iksue will likely bdfl down to the point of whether private schools wiir be supported by the state for those who do not wish to attend integrated schools. Some think that the Governor will in the final analysis advocate letting the people vote on the is sue county by county somewhat like ABC elections are •'held to day. but there is nothing definite oh this, \7’ * - ,—r ★ " GlLMUfRE ,... V p i t Gilmore, mayor of1 Southern Pines and YDC National Committeeman during the year 1954-55 has been named YDC Rally Chairman by Henry Hall Wilson, state YDC president. Gilmore, who is in his middle thirties, is smart as a whijj and is likely to go places in Tar Hpcl politics. He is planning to promote a YDC rally in each of the twelve congressional districts before the 1956 November elec tion. His aim is to bring the 1956 Democratic nominee for presi dent tot be 1956 YUC estate com. vention and to have‘top - flight speakers for the dozen congress , ional rallies. Keep your eye ont Gilmore! • - ■ • ■ ,-x_★ BLADEN ... In his column, “This ‘n* That”, Norman McCull och, business manager of the Bladen Journal and a Bladen par ty leader makes a good many pre dictions concerning Bladen Coun « . * • •_* ' r~.. 11 ty politics for 1956. He pre( that Terry Sanford will “try governorship for size;" that Clark will run for the State ate without opposition; that Ja R. Powell will run for the hd and that Bob ^Morgan of Har will run against Ertel.Carlyle Congress. ' /To our way of thinking a Lennfen is a more likely ca date tqr Congress in the sevi district' than is young Bob ! gan of Harnett. * DEANE ... Congressman ( Deane has put a scotch to rolling rumor that he would be a candidate to succeed him and that his secretary, John Li would run in his place. There several in the district who wo be glad to relieve the Rock ham man of his duties In W ington. Some have done s checking and all seem to comi with thfe conclusion, that “C. has grown in strength and sta during his five terms in the tion’s capital and that he wi be a mighty hard man t0 c -^As-of_nowjyeJian_see no fori able opposition for him in the primary. * FARM TALK .1 Get amoi group of tobacco farmers and the chief subject of convi tion ii> not tobacco quotas, much the acreage will be cut ’56, school segregation or y will be the next president. V then is the chief subject? It to do with Coker’s 139 toh about which you have lead q a bit - of late. Most farmers had the 139 variety in 1953 well with it—in fact many a record crops which sold for prices. Because it is easy to die and cure, it is extremely ular with growers. It’s hare convince a farmer who Tiad greatest success with ceitaim not t-o try them ag3in. The Si Carolina Extension Service Week , placed Coker's 139 on approved list to plant In Noi ber the North Carolina S College announced that iU* not recommend Coker’s 139 planting. So there you are! JOHN ,UMST^\D . . Mos the public officials send Cl mas greeting cards, but Itep.. Umstead is a little different! years lie has been- sending Year's greetings on a simple postal card with the fam greeting: May the New. Bring Health and Happines ’You and Yours. John Umste North Carolina State Collcgi tension forestry specialists that treating fence posts Pentach loro phenol adds from ' 20 years life. SENATOR SAM ERVIN »xm VY ASH IJJG TON-^Th c announce ment that the Eisenhower Ad ministration was (prepared to re quest nearly $5 billion in foreign aid for the next fiscal year came as a shock 16 me. It was my un derstanding Ahat fairly general agreement had beep reached that such large expenditures were not needed. h. Dollar Aid While it is unrealistic to dis count the value of dollar aid. 1 think that our country has placed fai too much—emphasis—on—it iMjreign economic aid as a stand ard'''djet for the* American tax payer isNtlavisb luxury when it is overdoneNchere is a “climate” in Washington UKjhe Administra tion ■ that apparently- breeds and nurses the belief that dollar aid will solve our world problems. Military aid has been and will continue to be a major responsi bility for us in the defense of the free world; economic aid has un doubtedly 'made a -substantial contribution to the healing of many nations’ economies. But the reports that come back to Con gress from people who have ex amined the tremendous economic aid programs seem to indicate that American dollars have been foolishly spent when huge sums have been hurriedly appropriat ed. - — - Which Direction? is difficult for me to recon eile these enormous cxpemli for careless foreign econo1"! programs with the /gjeat > that we fa?e at home. I am ( ing, of the urgency ¥ p School house construction ways, social security, fai'fy lation, and a Tiost of other * ly pressing national mattei is true that our country has blessed among nations ijnd also a worthy precept ih> do have a responsibility Christian perfoirh^nce >" area of human nil-' v'' combat hunger abroad ult surplus food; we can Pr military aid to the countries pressed by communism^"1 set an example for ** America falls for the that all we need— to mats world, safe and happy > <nl creasing dollar aid, we a:e i a disappointment of eiioi proportions. Diplomacy eo oK more noble internationa formance than dollar f°r • tion for„the minds of men We shall await thc1,exi>1»n fpr this big request' by lh< ministration. 1 'Mill be "i"1 give all the facts very, fi consideration, for if is ‘‘xtr< difficult to adopt a fiaid ;l'’( rule in the fielt| mfcworla ters. It is my opinioto to* gress will do a lot of i\ick'n of the traces on this mat* looks like a hectic session - ' f .'jsvuAtifrr- ■ . 'V''
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