Editorial And Opinion
Some Increases Long Overdue:;^
At this particular time ol the year as the County Com
missioners wrestle with details of a>new budget, we ; c re
minded eac h year- of one aspect ol Orange County government
that somehow depiesses__-U5*_For there Is'prevalent in our
county among a*ytfbstantiaIscgthent ol inlluencal citizens,
some in office and some formerly* in office, others with a
sAn ol quasi-oltic ial relalioitslijp. who h .c long made a
fetish ol conservatism insofar as ollicial salaries are conce ti
ed, These c itizens, we have noted, point with pride to the
fact that Orange Counts has never paid its officials high^
sal. lies. They seem to derive .1 sort ol peculiar satisfaction
in Orange Counts retaining its historic position near life hot*
tom in ans tabulation involving expenditures in behalf of
the "human side" of the-.local, government operation.
———— —T-b-roc+gli-t-bc succesirfi 11 efforts of these devotees *•( financial
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vc; s has underpaid most of itscelective officials and major de
parimem heads. There are some exceptions but salaries have
boen kc pi below the level of similar"jobs in neigh betting and
'' 'c< >rj)pfriibfc count ies. Sucft being ;hec;w . -it is small wonder
that the (OiTnfv has-been able til enjov the _c akber ol set
v iic tli. il h.i' m i.ec m vc.n s. s . •
(Continued inc reases in appropriations, lot ihe^ material
teeniests often find easier sledding than do officials salaries.
’ " ’ and the spread between rhe feSser and major -positions gen
et all v iy not enough.
‘-'fine cases in point: ...
The, Welfare Superintendent of Orange County who
superv ises the expenditure .of well over a quarter of a^tuil
Htm cfn+f s a vrat is ptiid a shameful 53.720. Oranges rank,
in this field, ,‘ll'h in a field of 55 counties of the state with
a. compaiable population and c aseload. •
TJte Clerk of 'Superior Court, who a Net, senes as Juven
ile Judge and Clerk of Recorder's Court, gets '$4,400: In
neighboring Chatham, the Clerk gets $5,620. in Person lie
gets $5,000. and so on.
Out Sheri 11 gets $4,100. Chatham's Sherif f gets $5,850,
Persons $4,500 with $2,400 travel ; lovvance. Cianvilles
$5,2oo, and so on. * '
The Accountant and l ax Supervisor gets $4,400. Chat
ham's gets $4,980 and other counties varying according to
functions and duties. - -
And so it goes.
Definite and drastic iinp'rovement in this field is just
and long overdue.
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Hullabaloo And Hooey
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The action of the County Commissioners in recommend
ing legislation which would result in more equally and
t justly apportioning the membership of that body lias brought
the expected reaction. Some factions in Chapel Hill, froqi
whence strangely came the original proposal, have begun
tkfciir pi assure tactics u> haveghe Compijssioners rescind their
action.
Most ol the molest heguilely centers around the premise
that tlte Board ac ted Jiastilv and didn't give opponents a
c fiance- ; 1 In- heard. Stated differently, the Board acted
premp iy < it the same day, but hours following the original
t miosai, arid with an impressive show of unanimity on a
matter de-erving ac tion and recommended strongly by a
group of responsible citi/ens. Further harangue, if the Com
missioners have the strength of their convictions, will hardly
change the result,,
° Strangely ironic 4!, and -lar from accurate, is a protest
. statement filed by the presidentol the l eague ol Women
VoicK li carried through one result will be- tantamount to
jdisenfrai« bisement of a part of the (omit v s population.”
'M>ie|K>steious. we say.» I lie right to vote, the denial or citi/cn
ship. is in no wi\e involved.
II so liberal and enlightened Cli. pel Hill's loval elec
toVaies bicH vbuug tactics have tong since disenlt anc liisecl
Little Ri^eiyaiid'nianv another Orange community's citi/eury.
The 'In-A-Hurry' Complex
We in this country liave ;i‘ hjgh regard lor speed, f lie
fact that ue "make things, f.oter and distribute them faster
than other nations has a great deal to do with-our ccouontit
strength, fn sports ue like lastmoving games. For most ol
us life is geared to a pretty last teni}#).
Hut there's a place for everything—including speed. And
the-Staggering toll of traffic deaths, plus the fact that speed
ts imo'u'd in i majoritv of them; makes it plain that >pml
lias no plate on the highway..
• Tliwt "in a hurry" complex is the target of the Slow
Down and i.ivr campaign on the highways ok.North Carolina
this summer. ‘ •
The sponsoring (inventor's Traffic Safety (a nine if be*
■ lieves that if this message tan he implanted in the minds of
drivers tvrVvivheie it tah-effect a reduction in the traffic toll.
Of .course,' it's always difficult to say exactly why art ac
cident didn't happen.
I But certainly the Lightening highway death anti injure
toll commands the support of everyone in this national ef
fort to keep speed in its proper plat e.
This newspapei accepts Slow Down and Five as its slogan
for the highways.
If our readers want to follow %u.t— jjren welcoiipt to the
cluh!
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Frankly, we are expecting big
things some day from J. M.
Brougton, Jr., here, who has play
ed some leading roles in the cam
paign's of others — but has man
aged to refrain frbm going big
time himself. He is quietly build
ing a good law practice, makes
friends easily, and may one of
these days ask for a return ol
many favor* he has been giving.
THE STRONGEST?.One of
Waite County's * feadiftg Republi
cans--we still have quite a few
with that label on them and more
without the label—got tired last
week of Democrats talking to him
about . President Eisenhower’s
health.
He finally said to one of them:
‘Let me tell you something. Ike
-is the strongest, physically, of
the three leading candidates for
the Presidency. Adlai Stevenson
/has had a kidney taken out. Ave1
roll Harriman has had his prost
rate gland taken out All Ike has
done is have a portion of his in
testines taken out. He's in better
shape than any of them.” *
Put Ft down. This health talk
finds more thin skins among the
Republicans than anything else.
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UP GRAY? . . . Another liabili
ty of the Republicans seems to
be Secretary of Defense Charles
Wilson.
He came up with two bloomers
last week . . . and was apparently
called down by the White irfouse
on both of them. Word we get is
that President Eisenhower is be
coming increasingly nettled at
Wilson—and is therefore expect
ed to promote Gordon Gray to
this important,j>ost early this fall.
THANKS TO PIEDMONT . . ,
An announcement by Piedmont
Airlines last week that jtjs going
to purchase a fleet of n^f turbe
prop 'airliners points to airport
progrj-ss in North CaroliniSVPied
mont, in which we have more
confidence than any other line
in the country, serves Wilming
ton. Morehead City,' New Bern,
Kinston, Raleigh-Durham, Greens
boro-High Point, Charlotte, Wins
ton-Salem, Fayetteville, Hickory,
Finehurst, and Asheville.
Some of these airports need
better facilities — particularly as
regards longer runways-, etc. Pur
chase of the new planes by Pied
mont will make it necessary for
sharp-im provoiwcwt s- to • accommo
date -ithe bigger jobs
Prediction: Piedmont will be
absolved «f any blame in its first
fatality a few weeks ago.
CALAMUS AND DAHIJAS . . .
See how Oscar Coffin of the
Greensboro Daily News has been
gently chiding Raleigh Times Edi
tor Mark Ethridge, ^Jr., for not
knowing ,something about that
old- Uncle Remus root ^called
calamus. * ■
Says Oscar:' “I whittled off a
taste from one of the small -
chunks I generally carry with me
when I have pockets enough!"
Ethridge tasted it and said: "I
have tasted this, before. Do they
ever call it something else?"
Yes, replied Coffin, those who
haven'}, had much truck with
Brer Fox. Babbit, and among
them, may call - 4} sweet flag.
Well, for our money Mark Eth
ridge qualifies as a good South
erner, anyway, and the boss of
a .mighty good paper.
Now, as to dahlias, let's see
what another editor — J. E. Buf
flap of Edenton — has- to say
about his son and this flower:
'|When he moved to a new neigh
borhood in a Midwestern North
Carolina town he starteduto plant
a garden. He found a lot of bulbs
and he was sure they wer$ arti
chokes, so he dug all of ’em up
an I had his wife pickle 'em
"However, when they began to
gnaw on the things they didn't
taste just right, so the wife was
blamed for not knowing how to
can artichokes. But the mystery
was solved when a neighbor in
formed my son that where he
dfig up ‘artichokes’ the person
who formerly lived there had a
beautiful patch of dahlias
“Now he wants me to send him
some dahlia bulbs.” „
Well, -I've heard of calomel:
and if calamus is any relation to
it whatever, I personally want
nothing.to do with it. Just don't
put me in that briar patch.
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Smithfield Herhld.
Garden Time
Robert Schmidt
The time is at hand for sowing
seed for some of the» fall crop
vegetables that are transplanted
Seed of tomatoes should be sown
at once and seed of broccoli,
cauliflower, collards, Brussels
sprouts and cabbage should be
so\frn during the next two weeks
for fall plants. In the wCstefil
part of the state it is also time
to. plant rutabaga turnips if you
like this vegetable.
Also, there is still plenty of
time left to plant succession crops
of butterbeans, snapbeans and
swfeet corn, although late sweet
corn is usually severely attacked
by earworms.
The dry hot weather of the
past two weeks is the cause for a -
flock of complaints that tomatoes
are rotting on the lower side or
blossom end of the fruit. This’ is
npt an organic diseaap but rather
(See VrARDEN, Page 6, '
WASHINGTON REPORT
BUSY. It was a busy week for
Senator Scott last week.
After over a year of work, ap
proval was finally given to Scott's
pl?n for a World Food Bank by
the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee.
It came in the form of a rider
attached to the controversial
foreign aid bill.
The overall bill is up for final
. Senate floor actiop this--week,
and the Tar Heel Senator is hop
ing the section on the World
Food Bank will avoid the hot de
bate over the general foreign aid
features.
BUSINESS. After making scv
. e^al speeches on the subject
and working with, individual Sgn
r- »
■tors, Scott convinced the corrt
mittee a World Food Bank would
help put foreign aid on a more
businesslike "Basis. —
SENATOR
SAM ERVIN
*.SAYS *
WASHINGTON—As this is be
ing written,.we are debating the
defense budget in the Senate.
Air Fore* Funds
I support the move by the
Senate Appropriations Commit
tee to increase “the defense bud
get by $1.1 billion to try to re
capture the emphasis on suf
ficient defense for our country.
The defense cuts carried out by
the Administration threaten our
security as a free nation. This
is no idle comment, in my sin
cere opinion, as I feel that such
is true from the testimony of top
level witnesses" we have heard
testify before the Alt* Inquiry
Committee of which I am a mem
ber <■»
As a consequence of this in
quiry, it is reasonbale to assume
that the trend in defense puts
my be halted.
Textiles
There is a move afoot to t$ck
on an import quota amendment
for textiles when the Foreign
. Aid, Bill comes up for action in
the Senate., Senator Green was
unsuccessful ip getting h i s
amendment Accepted by the For
eign Relations Committee. I plan
to support with all my. Ability
legislation to halt w.hat I believe
is a complete perversion of the
original idea of reciprocal trade,
and the virtual- disruption of a
vital segment of our economy,
o Foreign Aid *—
There is strong sentiment
around Congress that the Admin
istration has failed to make out
a case for increased foreign aid
spending. Here is a basic and
fundamental issue. It cannot be
brushed Off lightly. The Senate
is likely to suppojrt the cuts that
the House made. For two years I
have carefully followed the argu
ments that have been made for
increased foreign aid. I have not
been convinced that the argu
ments are sound. There was a
need to help struggling countries
after the war. We did that, re
storing many nations to better
economics than they enjoyed
prior to the war. I subscribe to
the theory of military aid and
some technical assistance, but
think that foreign economic aid
cannot be justifiably increased at
this' time.
Atomic Age
Our attention was directed to
the slow blit sure rate at which
our civilizattion is moving into
the atomic era. Last week the
Senate passed a bill authorizing
the construction of an atomic
powered merchhttt" ship. The
President pushed hard for this
and the > Congress was glad to
go along with the idea.
Other Legislation
The Senate also passed and sent
to the House a bill to change gov
ernment budgeting and account
ing procedures as recommended
by the Hoover Commission. It
would require government agen
cies to prepare budget estimates
_<>n the basis of accrued annual
expenditures. It is designed to
eliminate the multi-billion dollar
carryovers of, funds for defense,
foreign aid and the like.
"
Under Scott's plan, the United
States and other nations of the
free world would pool surplus
larm products and other raw
materials. Nfeedy nations in the
free world would borrow from
the pool, and repay later in cash
or kind.
“It is a business like way f
getting Tid of some of oqr farm
surpluses," Scott said, “and at
the same time help some of the
nations we are now giving cash.”
VETERANS. The Senate Fin
ance Committee has approved a
bill that would give thousands 'of
World War Two and Korean vet
erans* the opportunity to take
out National Service Life Insur
ance.
Many veterans either, failed to
take the insurance’ while in ser
vice or. allowed it to lapse after
discharge, 'The- recently, approved
bill would give qualified, veterans
a chance to’take advantage of
the insurance program.
EXPOSE. On Wednesday morn
ing, June 20. 1956. aUexactly 11
a.m. a big black limousine was
parked on Constitution AvCnue
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UONS This week, the week
ot June 24-30, probably more Tar
Heels are in Miami, Florida than
ever before at one time. Between
3,000 and 4,000 Tar Heel Lions
plus their wives and families in
mo.'t instances, are attending the
39th International Convention of
Lions Clubs at Miami Beach.
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I.IONS STRONG IN STATE ... -
The Lions clubs have long been
strong in North Carolina, and
this year the Tar Heel Lions will
dominate at the Miami conven
tion because Jack Stickley of
Charlotte, now first vice presi
dent of the great organization
with over 540.000 members and
' with dubs in 74 countries of the
s-WJiHdr-iwill Wi elevated U> the
presidency of the international
Organization.
In the group of Tar Heel Lions
■ will be Governor Hodges, a Ro
tarian of international fame.
The writer of this column plans
to attend the convention, and
next week we hope to give a re
port on the- convention from the
Tar Heel viewpoint. c
IKE LONDON ... Ike London,
editor of-the Rockingham Po.-t
Dispatch is a pretty good political
prognosticator. Last week' in his
"Glimpses—On The Cuff” editori
al column, he predicted that the
Democrats would nominate Tru
man for president and Harriman
for vice president. He added that
it was'a “prediction we earnestly
hope wil! not come to pass.” He
also speculated that it could be
Harriman for president with Sym
ington or Kefauver for vice presi
dent. but the Trmnan-Harriman
slate was his prediction.
London added another interest- .
ing prediction: That when Con
gressman C. B. Deane retires
from Congress he may sign up
with M. R. A. in an important
world-wide, executive capacity.
This column feel • that there is
more likehaod of his Deano pre
-dictksn coming true than there is
of the Democrats naming Tru
ro >n and Harriman. Like Ike Lon
don, “We like Adlai." „ ,
. COOLEY . . Tom I. Davis,
manager, of the Johnstonian Sun,
who “was active in the Harold
Cooley campaign for renomina
tion this year and who is .aid to
at the main entrance of the Sen
ate Office Building. D. C. license
No. 111. Sun bright. Traffic or
derly ,• ■ •—
Everything normal: Air con
ditioning going full blast. White
sidewalls sparkling. Fiber boards
“-"spi&itSewfc- AlL-four tires' properly
touched to the asphalt street.
To anyone who keeps up with
such important- matters as who
- has what license number, it was
a cinch that it was the vice- pres
ident’s ear. Blixon, Nixon, or
something like that.
(See REPORT, page 6) ■
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be toying with fh0 ih
ning tor State ydc p2
boosting Cooley f„r'vJ
m the editorial elm,
newspaper.
*•" • A race is q, ,
National CemmitteeJ,
Bill Wood of Win ■ om
Bill Smith of Charlotte
one else’ enters the rJ
be sure of a /‘Bir [„,
Committeeman. Steve i
of Fayetteville is regw
most certain t0 run ]
president. Smith i-geWj
over the state quite
campaign for the nat#
mitteeman s post
CFoJtct: RUSs
Ross who served us ji
lhe Department ui cot
and Development Und
Stott and who served uni
for years in the Depa
Agriculture has moved
his home in Jackson S|
Moore County, where
.before moving to Raleigh
with the Stale govern™
under the Administrate
late O. Max Gardner, fcf
_appoinmeif1 1):r etiif.j
Owned Farm- by ttardat
representetl Moore f|
couple of terms in the a
HODGES . . Tar Heel
who saw, Governor Hodji
NBC “Strike It Rich" |
Thursday of la • week say
did a superb job and in
Heel people everywhere]
their chief executive.
While speaking of Hod
interesting to note that
Kerr Scott have taken#
different attitudes tew#
propc ■ .1 of Governor1
man of Si nth r.iroliiu
would have the rich-gat*
the Shut hern states cm
hew best to preceed at tht
go convention in AugMt
raised his bristle and I
the idea. Hodges says hot
no objection to Southernea
ing their vi.ev prior to I
tiongL Democratic Cow
The Dodges viewpoint mg
nearer representing Tat
sentiment' th in Scott s |
-vvhieh will likely have
national appeal than «
Hodges statement. J
CHARI IE C ARROLL J
State Superintendent of
tion Charles Carroll }
stamp of approval on tfc
and objectives" of Govern
ges and the Pearsall ca
in its public achoo
be of erect to the c .eneri
Bjjr ttT h'.wna^eiwiofl.3 #
ous step was. malic h'"3^
ing down anypossiblejodl
opposition to fhe-jUMj
the General As ^
ond in the fall-e’.eetioaj|
amendment, dr amenda*
the State Constitutinn «
voted on by the people
Pardon Me, I'd Like to Take His Pulse' j
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