North Carolina Newspapers

Editorial And Opinion •»f .... ■ Men In The Girl Scouts ..c'.* ' - <> We have always liked the Cirl Scouts. This week when thev are celebrating their (Stir birthday, we like them even . better\ ' ( "■■.The reason- Thevltave issued a call for men. Fathers, brbtltcrs. uncles, cousins ol (.ill Scouts, in fad. any man who • is interested in helping young people become good citizens. ■ can help. Today; more than 2.000.000 girls in the l nited States arc' learning to be good c itizens through (.ill Scouting. I fie people teac hing them are men and women in their own com munities. snmr (170,000 public-spirited adults across the (omftif. _- F . Men can do many jobs in Cirl Scouting. Some are coun cil presidents. Some are on board ol directors. Many — busi ness men. carpenters, architects, oiler to be consultants and pitc h ill when their spec ial experience and training are need ed,- . - ■ - ■ 1 - : ; . ” Ii s not even dav a man can be a hero. So lie heroes, into. I Jus, is tori ScxiutWxc:k. .. ... . Equal Rights For Fathers With the, (7111 anniversary ol Father's I)av coining' up June Kith, our only lady..Senator, Mrs. Margaret Chrse Smith, ol Maine-, lias rise'll in the' chamber ol that august body to castigate Iter- fellow solons lor their sell-consciousness and their small, sensitive leelings ". In supporting the crusade ol the motlu i who founded Father's Day. Mis. John Ilian c Dodd, ol Spokane. Washington, the I. iy from the opposi c side ol the continent presented what she called "an equa! ’ rights joint tesoytiticfU." to authorize die I'rcsidefu to pro claim tin- 111 i 1 cf kmnlav ol e.n li Jmu- as lathers Day 1 Inoitgh iHM-the'Tntred States. . Seiiatoi Smitlr reminded hei male colleagues'that Moth er's Dav was legalized in 11(17 and she was gll lor it. but said she sometimes felt "just a'little elnbarrassed at the deification accorded us by the male population ". She charged Congress with " pi Years ol the worst possible ovetsight" and dec lared: "F.ither we honor o«f parents, mother and lather, or let its desist Irom honoring either one. Hut to single out just one of our two parent's and omit the other is the most grevotts insult imaginable. r , ... - - .... '‘Congress represents all of our c itizens, men and women. At least. I always thought so. Hut instead ol considering leelings of both men and women, you gentlemen have only considered voin own ^feelings: you yvere too sell-conscious to honor yourse lves, as fathers, so every year you have pigeon-' - Jiolcd every lesolutiou introduced in this (.lumber to legalize jJiis line Aineric .m institution. how lirm.lv established -arid observed. wliiili the people .il jfS t ion. lick tall F TieFvDav. "As the onlv woman menibei ol this august body. I Pel certain 1 speak lor the women of the conntty when I siv to vou liefe and now, '(k-ntlemen, you are mistaken. Y ou did wrong when vou failed to pass the Fathers Day lesoltt lions seat Tbet vein. Mothers are proud that you have desig nated a dav for them. Hut they are filled’ with c liaigin that vou have fejet ted their life partners, their sweethearts, the pro tectors ol their land and their homes! the fathers of their children!' ■—■. F—-———-— Senator .Smith's resolution, similar to one introduced' in the House bv Rep. Walt Hoivu. ol Washington, was referred m tlu- Committee on the Judiciarv. Hut we do not think it • will get lost this time. I Tie geiuleiiien have, as the saving is, been told'. No Strings . . For aH* its assorted trophies, the world is <hi the thres hold up new freedom-—Ironi tlw -slnn sir ng. We do not meati the metaphoric shoestring on which our favorite tycoons st.u ted great c nlcrpi ises,. 1 i|it- the literal rac ing that always hfe'aks at the wrong time, that has nipped us all at one timc«m. anothei and consumed millions ol man hours and rvomgn-lmur.s and child-hours in relatively un productive. exhausting and frecpiently exasperating toil. . I.'heuition is here now—;*‘t hand anti at foot — in the ill" \< n<ion lot which the jet age has hec-n waiting, .the shoe latch”! This is a simple steel ( lamp that locks and unlocks at the Hick ol a linger. It is easily adjustable at any time, hut j. tisii: ' 1 \ set lor the tile of yoitr shoes wlu-n tires are lined. There-are no parts to thread or align. I he shoe latc h is at tached to a stout leather hand that covers the instep and makes the latch .invisible when pressed clown. It also makes shoes .v lot prettier than those tows ol old fashioned eyelets- • 1 lie new shoe latch will be a feature ol millions ol pairs of shoes this spring. They are being manufactured l>> more than twenty of. tht*'larger'shoe companies in it'll sizes and styles lor the (inane 1 p;»tion of all si/es and sides ol pecaple? inc luding mother who must dress septirming infants. locld * lets yvlyo yvanrito dress .themselves but cant cpiite manage those strings, tflose rvith middle-age spread erho have a hard ■^tfme^aTTtnig Trmiii7T*t(MCTr"aTTd arthritirs whose fingeTs aren’t as nimble as they used to be . . . and everybody yvlio is in a hurry and has something better to do than tyvaddle. We shall doubtless look back in some yvomler that a world tied down by shoestrings could have produced the atomic teat toujhe elec tronic computer and the guided mis sile. And we start If be looking bac k, no doubt, front the rvih rlotvs of out spare ships or A summer resort on Mars. From here on, rye should really be able to go places! Wte Jfrtog of #range Count? Published Every Thursday By th4 NEWS, INCORPORATED - Hillsboro and Chapel Hill, N. C. r,;- • . EDWIN J. HAMUN___^.- Editor and Publisher Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at hulsboro. North Carolina, under the Act of March S, 1879. Exclusive National Advertising Representative ^ GREATER WEEKLIES New York * Chicago * Detroit * Philadelphia -- SUBSCRIPTION RATES * - ONE YEAR (inside North Carolina) —----$2 50 SIX MONTHS (inside North Carolina) --,- $1.75 ONE YEAR (outside North Carolina) ---$3.00 / .. . • « :' -* ■ - *- ■- - - -. >■ (Continued from /’age lj ‘'First, are you paying the pas tor enough for him and his family to have a decent living? You ! farmers talk a lot about parity prices for farm products. How about parity for the preacher? Remember, it takes just as much, if not more, for the pastor to live as for you-and your family . . . "i Many preachers are Serving to day -for salaries which actually have less purchasing power than mm wei-e. getting »So ' '. ..... It is ah interesting article, i wish we had sufficient funds fo reproduce it and send it to th^_ -- governing body of every rural . church iu North Carolina. , AS A CHILD . . Since he comes from a rural community and has been an officer In his church. Hawftcids Presbyterian in Ala mance County, Sen. W. Kerr Scott "has an excellent talk he makes • about how city churches grow rich while the rural churches suf- ■ . ter He has pointed many a time to the country boy grown rich in the city and said words to this Ef fect: “You have given your tithe to your church . . and that is good. Cut you have forgotten the little _chureh back out in the woods . . . the church which nurtured you in your youth and laid the founda tion for the man you have be come. Go back for a financial, visit to that church. It needs you . . and you will profit by giving t to it.” \()'l KS . Those-whowent to tlu- Tournament here last week said they felt they were watch ing the championship game being played Friday evening . . . not Saturday . . . evening when UXC stomped USC . . . . Now that . the basketball season is out of the way, maybe the high schools can get down to work again . . .Some of them played three games a week. Why do parents stand for it ... or do they care . . really care? Estimates just released have North Carolina still in the poula tion forefront among Southeastern states . . . with 4,450,000 people to Florida's 3.858.000 . . but Flor ida’s population. increase since 1950 is estimated-at 39.2 per cent * . w as against ours of only jt.? per cent .... The Governor has a lot of ap , pearances to- make this week . . . but' his longest tyip will be 25 miles to Selma for a dinner hon oring W. B. Aycock. new' chan cellor at UNC .... The Governor was hale and hearty as he .moved into his sixtieth year last Satur day . . . , , . . .Among the various pro posals for new taxes for -cities tile ones on which \ve hear the most opposition are those which would permit each incorporated community to place-a-*tax of as much as $10 per head on every person working in its boundaries . and the one allowing cities to place a vehicle tax of as much as $10 on each car . . . The Robeson Countv Mem orial Hospjtal now has a chaplain oii a full-time basis ... and is ’the first non-chilrch-'related hospi tal in the State to make such a {hove. Let me know if this is incorrect. Thank you . . ." . . . Some of the legislators are said to be looking Into the pos sibility of passing some kind of law to curb shoplifting. The N. C. Merchants Assn, reports in one of its' bulletins that losses last year were estimated at more than throe million doBars in North Carolina . . . ' . . . One of the men closest to ll .• Governor as legislative advisor is Sen. Jde Eagles of W m . . whose father was a senator for many terms. —-?»-.• ■ -— Nursery seeding production for the Soil Bank Program’s Tree Planting phase will total five bill ion plants this year. This figure Will double the total number yf all trees planted by the Civilian Conservation Corps from 1933 to 1942. ' Series E Saving bonds are 15 years old this year. The E bond is the most popular teenager of all time. ■ . *■ -. •- . 'How Did He Get Back Up There?' I (,. II. Daniel For I lie A ews I-STATE INCOME TAX FACTS - North Carolina Individual Tox Returns • - • =■ t* -- ■ (This is one of a series of articles prepared l>y the Committee on State Taxation, Xorth Carolina Association of Certified Public Ac , cOuntants, in co-operation with the Xorth Carolina Dcpartmqiit of Revenue.) t , Remember to mail your return* before •—■— ...t— Article No. 4 — Resident and Non-residents If you moved into or out of North Carolina during the year, if 'ou lived in this State and earned part of vour income in another state, or if vou are a resident of another Mate but earned part’of your income in North Carolina, you will’probably have an income tax liability to North Carolina. Tito North Carolina Revenue Act requires income tax returns of residents on aM income received and. returns of non-residents on income earned within .the" geo vr: phical boundaries of this State ' or from property owned or busi ness done in this State. N. C. Resident for Part of the tear If you were a resident of North Carolina foCcikrt of the year, mov •ng to another state during the '•ear. you are required to file a return as a resident for that pe-. - riod during which you lived, and earned income in North Carolina. Kntire income for the year is reported on your N. C. return and oeuuctian is made of the income earned alter giving up residence in the State. After this computa tion. only North Carolina income is kit to be taxed; and because you are taxed on only a percen tage of your income, you are al lowed only a like percentage of yotir personal exemption For example, if you earned 60 per cent of your income in North Carolina while residing in the State, you would claim 60 per cent of your otherwise allowable per sonal exemption. This means that a single person who normally would be allowed a $1,000 personal exemption would claim 60 .per cent of $1,000, or $600, as his per sonal exemption. Deductible ex penses incurred while you were living and working in the State may be claimed. A New Resident If you moved into the State dur ing the year, essentially the same pio.edtire- is followed in filing your N. C. return as that for the former N. C. resident outlined above. You become a tax resi dent of North Carolina by earning income aiid living in the State end become liable to file a return Tiie North Carolina Department of Revenue has indicated that there is no specified lentgh of domicile in/North Carolina re quired before an individual be u'i • . •• *'"V . - ;'.j . ■'■'•• comes a resident but .if you ary present for as much as *6 motifhs, you will be presumed to' be a resident; You may be present in the State and earning income - but still re tain jour legal residence in some other state because you • are in North Carolina for a clearly tem porary purpose. If 'on are a. legal resilient of another -state,' present in* North • Carolina for a clearly temporary pui p.:e, you. will have a N„ C. tax liability'If you .have income from sources in tils State. Your return should be filed according to the piocedure set forth for new resi dents and individuals who gave up X. C. residency during the year. Under existing ' North Carolina law a non-resideftt Is not entitled to claim deduction for medical expenses, personal interest, per sonal taxes, or contributions. Reciprocity of Tax Credits At the present time North Caro lina practices full reciprocity of tax eredits with- the neighboring* states of South Carolina and Ken tucky. if yon'are a North Caro lina resident who earns income in South Carolina or Kentucky, this means that either^ of these states will allow you. a deduction, from the income tax due to that state on income earned there to the ex . tent of the' tax paid to North Carolina on the same income. *- If you are a resident of South Carolina <or Kentucky) earning income in North Carolina, you should file your return as out lined earlier for non-residents and take a credit against the N. C. tax due in the amount you paid South Carolina ior Kentucky) on ' the 1st: C. income. Partial reciprocity is practiced ^.uith the Commonwealth of Vir ginia because Virginia law will •not allow a North Carolinian a tax credit if he present in Vir ginia for as much as six mouths. A Virginian earning income in North Carolina may claim a tax credit only if he is present in North Carolina for less than six months. No ‘ question- «£r reciprocity Is raised with Tennessee, as that state does not tax Individual earn ed income. Georgia will not give a North Carolinian credit for tax paid his home state on Georgia’ income; therefore, a Georgia res ident pays the full North Caro lina tax on any income earned in this Statp, and a North Caro lina resident pays Georgia tax. The North Carolinian would then file his North Carolina return in the same manner as a former resident does — reporting all in - come, -deducting Georgia Income, and pro-rating personal exemp tion For information about re ciprocity practice with other’ states, you should write to the Re venue Department in Raleigh. - - North Carolina Statutes do not - permit the practice of reciprocity where income.-from partnerships or individually owned businesses • is concerned.' Is This One Out Of Control? H alt l’ui.tymiller—York Gazette & Daily , ' • " ' • . Tar Heel • • . PEOPLE & ISSUES By Cliff Blue * WeAM ROLLER . From the r way the Highway Reorganization Dili passed the Senate and also the House committee on State Government last week, it is be ginning to look as if the General Assembly is getting ready to bow to the wishes ■ of Governor Hod ges on his several Reorganiza tion measures. Once the steam roller gets started it is often hard to stop It. It now appears that the Highway Bill will receive the blessings of the House and soon become law. Had there been more formidable opposition in the Sen ate it would have served as en •couragement for House members •to exercise and oppose it. How ( \ Ptv (here was considerable more opposition to the bill in^the Sen ate than the voice vote indicated. SPELLBINDERS ... Two flu ent speakers appeared before the joint" Appropriations committee last week. Dr Ellen W Winston, State' Commissioner of Welfare who appealed for * more ' welfare funds; and Robert Lee Humler who appealed for a small incerase in the appropriations for the North Carolina Museum of Art. ART , . . Humbler, paid high praise to John H. Kerrs eloquent and persuasive oration before the 1947 General Assembly which re sulted in an appropriation of $1 million on a contingent basis for the purchase, of art. Since the Art Museum opened last spring, over 67,000 people have visited ' the museum of' paintings and ta pestries which are valued at ap proximately $3l/i million. Hum bler called the art -museum the state's "greatest cultural achieve ment," making Raleigh a great center of culture. He pointed out that in one issue of Life magazine fivfe full pages were devoted the paintings and tapestries in the North Carolina Museum of Art. At $65,000 per page this would amount to $325,000 advertising for the Tar Heel state. DAME FLORA . . . Back in Tar Heelia for the week end was Dame Flora MacLeod, sprightly little woman from Dunogan Castle. Scotland and chleftan of the Macleod Clan throughout the world. Dame Flora was born at -No. 10 Downing Street in Londoti^ Her father was Chancellor of the Exchequer to the Crown under Queen Victoria. Her husband was the owner and publisher of the London Times, newspaper with world's largest circulation. Three years ago when she visited North Carolina she won 'wide acclaim and* recognition. Dinner at the Governor's mansion and appear ances before the House and Senate marked her visit this time: LAMARR CAUDLE . . Opin ion of all with whom we talked about the Lamarr Caudle sen tetk-e was that he U8e(1 ment and was iiidiscre( of his associations but * far from having crin|j In dealing with the maii brought about hi? ^ We remember how Sinning of the 1948 p. election in North Can no one at the meail Democratic State Exec, mittee meeting dared Truman's , name after sourian had been not* remembr how at the i convention in Greensijqt* Caudle made a folksy President Truman, tc interest incidents about dent and fits sounded the keynote*^ organization to back f with many groups it * .popular thing to do. ( Truman himself we ifc, Caudle did about as ni oqf eltje to turn the tilt of Truman in the 48, Certainly so in Tar Ha TERRY SANFORD are saying that it was! ford's blast at Goverj school salary stand 1 the governor to move his proposed 9.1 per( increase for school tea state employees Son* teachers and state empi already marking dowel brance in their 1960 pti endagr Sanford's forthng lion of suport. We undcnj the Fayetteville attoraj ed much favorable rese all over the state. In 01 followed by a prepared a few days later, St much to establish him , serious contender for I natorial nomination in 1 PRICE-PAC'KTNG " auto dealers, we undersl tinue to bam-boozle II with price-packing. Thii deception works this » dealer marks up the pa iiew car above the few mended list: then he fa packed price to give tin feeling he's getting i gain. A New York City! merchant quotes a fond vedero at $3.76 vs recommended $2,795. Bd for $2,462. says the Wk Journal. democrats- . I March 16. from all o« Carolina Democratic f* ers ■ and. followers Ml the Sir Walter Hotel ii for the state's - Stomal I lng dinner. The speaks Senator Lyndon John** who seems to have his ( ed toward .the 1960 I* nomination, if in the l his recovery from his W continues unabated. SENATOR SAM ERVIN ♦ SAYS ♦ WASHINGTON -L The extent to which the underworld has been able to corrupt officials and or ganiztaions In currently being de monstrated by the hearings con ducted before the Senate Rac keteering Committee. ~ ' Threat Of Vice Our committee has been continu ing its investigation of this sordid activity. 1 am certain that you have been following the hearings; I will not outline here the evidence we have heard. There is one thing ihat all good citizens should learn wuth renewed emphasis. It is that the tentacles of crime and the underworld can corrupt in high and low places and that the bat tle against vice and corruption is a threat to legitimate organiza tions. In this particular phase of °‘is investigation, we have been inquiring into the activities of same of the leaders of the Teams ters Union and their tie-in will, tt»e underworld. It must be shock ing for the law-abiding members 01 this unl<)nl' to learn of the apparent deep Tpentration of. the underworld into their union in , ^‘fte ^Northwest. It ' must “too be shockm* to the good peo Pie of Portland. Repeated It can be taid that the story ~ will undoubtedly be *1 other places as our 0 folds. I hope that wed -7- '• '• « strumental in keipiug 1 this cancer ^ thal n threatening Die icrj many of our cities. I d* infiltration of the undeH high places of indued trol. * , As the overflowing c? the committee hearing' the testimony, '"any ** and find considerable this store* of vice and4 As 1 sit as a member® mittee, I find this eVl from amusing •< isa of mankind’s weakness failure to perform 111 when entrusted with re New la»'s The work of the in'* for the purpose of d* . what extent preset*' remodeling and "hat legisl talon is needed infiltration of the und£ legitinVate labor and m* activity, If it has the ^ of calling attention W , try the necessity f°r c0| ance to prevent t>*. this plague.the he»«“ been very wortbwb^