Editorial And Opinion
Charlie James, Useful Citizen
Charlie James was one of Hillsboro s most useful citi
zens. and one of the community s most popular. His untimely
passing in the prime of life cast a.shadow over the community
that only time can erase.
As* opera tor of one of tire community s drug stores, he
was a friend to many when they were in need, and while he
was eminently successful in business life, many are those who
benefited from his gentle spirit and easy-going generosity
when they needed it most. Rarely within memory did Charlie
James turn down a ^request for a civic donation and his con
tribution in services to community causes and civic enter
prises will long be remembered.
The condolences of the community are extended to the
family who survives. ' , ' ** ' v
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&.fboctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief"
II you are eighteen—or so—about to graduate or just
.... graduated from high school and figuratively counting your
mental buttons for guidance in what to do next, you are
doubtless on*the receiving .etid of bundles of advice'.
Advice/.of course, is a line thing. InJfoter file von will
probably he paving a lot of motley for, it from time to time.
The trouble with it right now—is human nature. Older
people genuinely want to help. They have a light to leel
that their experience is superior. Bui sometimes they mistake
years for wisdom. Instead of evaluating you as an individual,
oldsters are inclined to put themselves in your place. They
look wistfully, back at the threshold Of adult life and see not
you, but themselves as faring forth again. And they want to
protect you from their mistakes. F.xjrerience should tell them
;yptrlTnr:rkeyfflirowny rcgafdlessr- " J
No matter how politely and appreciatively you listen tea
I others, the decision you make must be your own, for you have
, got to live with it. You must weigh your own virtues, and
weaknesses.- your tjtlents and tastes, the things that excite
you and those that leave you cold. And you must Include in
your consideration many kinds of jobs that didn't exist in
earlier days. One that is not thought of too often is that of x
ray technician. A high school graduate can prepare himself
for this highly specialized job in two years at any of 500 ap
, proved x-ray training schools—or continue lor four to earn a
5 college degree. When he has passed the exam pt the Ameri
can .Registry of X-Ray-Technicians, he is certified as a Reg
• istered Technician.
! In the medic al world, he becomes "the Radiologist s
!_ right hand”, actually taking x-ray films, processing them in
the dark room and generally assisting the radiologist—who is
a graduate physician who has prepared himself through years
of furthr study as an x-ray specialist. And the technic ian who
lakes further training isecpiipped to assist the radiologist in
tlie ac tual administering of -x-ray-therapy.
If you'd like to know more about these approved x-ray
training schools, write The American Society of X-Ray
Technicians, 16 Fourteenth St., Fond du l,ac, Wisconsin.
But', vvhatever you do, dope out your own future yoursell.
Don't take anvlrpdy’s advic^—tjeg^eyvn purs!.^
Heed 'em And Sleep
Every hour of the day and night $5,800 worth of property
goes up in flames, due-to*the -misuse of electricity.. This is
the estimate of the Committee on Statistics'and Origin ol
1 Eires of die -NatirmahBoajd. Of Fire Underwriters. which re
ports further that this 1 million annual loss is going up, not
|- - down.
In an effort to stem this rising tide erf needless destruc
tion—which is especially*-tfagic in .rural areas hey,mid, the
water ttuiins—t\>o groups of safety exjrerts, the International
| Association of Electrical Inspectors and the Safe Electrical
Cord Commit tee. have laid down a joint code of simple rules
! ’ that shoufdjfie followed by everyone, everywhere, at all times:
i. Don't connect too mam lamps 01 appliances to a
, single circuit. When a fuse blows, this is a danger signal, lie
1 sure to correct the cause (ttsually overloading) tudore replat
, iug fuse. ' * ,
*•"" -Don't run lamp ot appliance COfflAJUm radiators ot,'
1 pipes, or touch such grounded metal when handling cords
■ Or appliances .
J 5. Never touch an electric appliance, radio or light
- switch (not even the phone) when you are in the bathtub,
1 standing in a puddle (as on -.1 laundry floor) or have Wet
! hands,
4, Don't place cords ip door jambs or-under rugs. Con-,
stant closing of the door will dayiage insulation, sir will walk
ing on cord—and under the rug von w ill not see the damage.
5. Use convenience outlets in walls,, not lamp sockets,
for connecting appliances.
fi: *' Never leave ai*,electrics irmi connei ted—even for "a
• few minutes". *
7. Never yank plugs out of socket by the cord, (.rasp the
plug itself.
8. When you buy a lamp, appliance, extension cord,
power supply cord or cord set, always lirok for the Flag Label
on the cord and the words; "Inspected—Underwriters’ Lab
oratories. Inc." Thin"js your proof of a tested, electrically
safe cord.
9. Always call in a qualified electrical contractor for
* repairs or additions to your wiring. Electrical jobs are HO E.
They are not in the "do-it-yourself" range.
Perhaps you are following all these rules now. But it s
mpre likely you take a chance here and there, now and then,
even when you know Tetter. 'Most everyIrody does. That's
why you hear ko. many fire-whistles in the night.
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Jletos of (Grange Count?
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STAYING AROUND ... Al
though he was scheduled to he
moving on or about July 1, we
heaixl last week that Eugene Shaw,
very efficient head of the N. C.
Revenue Department, may be
around for a few weeks longer,
s. Reason:: he is needed to as
sist in lining up the big changes
mace in the Revenue Act; he is
■a hard man to- replace; and the
. Governor has so many other items
pushing him between now and
July 1.
That's the way we get it. any
400 MILLION . . , The new plant
coming to Wilmington will ‘begin
as a 40Hmi:llion-<iollar opertaion . . .
but that’s only part of the story.
If it develops' as expected, the
project should be a 400-mHl ion
dollar operation employing over
2,500 people within ten years.
' BACK DOOR 7 . ,~You hear ta!k
about Yosemlto, Mt. Rainer, Old
Faithful, the Black Hills, and all
that. Know what the most popiftar
ntaional park was last year—by
far?
Only the Great Smokies of West
ern North Carolina, right at your
back door.
DOWN IN CHICAGO ... Al
though I'm not a Baptist or the
son*; of a Baptist, and probably
have no business with an opinion,
but I still can’t help wonc'ering:
What jn thunderation_is the
Southern Baptist ( Convention do
ing meeting in Chicago. Why did
they go away out there, up there,
or over yonder? Is the Southern
Baptist* Convention really South
ern? Or more?
NOTES _ .. . Four out. of ten
North Carolina high school grad
uates last year are continuing their
education in college, nurse-traln
ijj, t b us iness {rode school . . .
Hemymber when 95 per cent of our
fjlks only went to the seventh
grade and thereafter when speak
ing of their education referred to it
as a "free school education”, f. .
Some of the boys stayed in the
seventh grade three and four years
—or until expel led for whipping tire
teacher ....
A niote to the wise:: several
State Highway Patrol ^ears like
fflttrs and your neighbor's, . , ajj
’ plain and pretty with no fancy
paint, etc . . . will take to the.
road op July 1 ... We guarantee
this -rfl-oject ;alone will cut tl>e
*•'< age speed in North Carolina
ten miles per''how . . ; . .
... There will be a lot of areas
where vou will .be able to make as
much as 60 miles per hour legally
,«j. . ,«but it's going.to require -sev
eral weeks vet . and'a new
highway commissioner . . . to
work out these areas -. . ' likely
long stretches on level terrain on
the ooe^vay boulevards, and- then*»
only under certain conditions .
The Governor will be with other
Governors in Virginia and Dare*
County next wee* p. . and mean
time announcing one or two big
appointments a ltd scores of board
members, etc.
--' .T-v.1-Jl - -..,—,,—1
Gems Of.
Thought
“THE SHORTEST ANSWER"
The shortest answer is doing.
—George Herbert
Thinking well is wise; plan- ■
ning well, wiser; doing well l
wisest and best of all.—Persian
Proverb » v l
Whatever is worth doing at all,
is worth doing well.—Chester
field ' j
In order to do great things,
one must be enthusiastic. — De
Rouvroy
Do noble things, not dream
them,—George Kingsley.
He who giyes what he would
as readily throw away, gives
vAthout generosity, for the es
sence of generosity is in self
sacrifice*—H. Taylor.
He who & afraid of being too
generous has lost the power of
being, magwnvytnts. The best
man or woman is the most un
set fed, — Mary Baker Eddy
That's Whit I Like About The South
Senator Scott
reports
from WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON—Recently I have
been receiving increasing amounts
of mail'•concerning Federal aid of
education.
From all indications, there seems
to be sharp division of opinion on
the matter, which is certainly one
of the most important,, issues of.
our time.
TVfs important because of the
very serious—and really shameful
—condition we have allowed public
ec’iiivation facilities to get into.
§ These of us who wifi never again
. s!* in classrooms are indeed selfish
and foolish not to make it our
business to give every educational
opportunity we can possubly af
ford to the younger- generations. ■
*' fhose-who are- acquainted with
the prohjem agree that drastic
steps must be taken if we are to
overcome our current deficit in
school facilities—not to mention
keeping-up wllff a steadily increas
ing population.
Quite naturally there is much
disagreement about how the prob
lem should be approached And
this is as it should be.
1 But the important thing is this:
We are causing a bad situation to
' get worse a s long >as we keep' put -
ting off an attempt to meet the
problem.
After a great deal of study and
consideration, the Education and
Labor Committee of the House of
Representatives has approved a
bill that seems sound and reason
able. . -
' The official report on the com
mittee action and the bill it has
recommended were made public
last week. It is a sobering ex
perience to read the report and
see what is'at stake in-our schools
- today.- •• --—— -
Had. not it been for the regret
table issue of integration vs. segre
gation entering into the picture,
-otne sort of school construction
legislation would have passed long
ago.
The matter of possible Federal
control over such expenditures has
caused me a great deal of con
cent ever Federal aid for educa
tion for several years. In studying
the House committee’s report, it
Is clear to me that the Federal
government would have no say
whatever over the actual opera
tion of the schools under the bill
as it now reads. In every -sense
of the word, it is a brick-and-mor
tar bill. It provides for the con
st-ruction of buildings and it is
left to the local communities to
decide how the schools will be
operated'.”
I have felt all along that such
a bill could be worked out, because
we have other areas of Federal
assistance that function without
any strings attached. - . - •
Lengthening Shadow*
^ V\aTERiaL
. ‘vUCCE^‘3
Walt Party miller—York -GazetteZk Daily
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R. Daniel*fur The News
Garden Time
By M. E. GARDNER
This request comes from a read
er who lives in South Euclid, Ohio.
She has been reading "Garden
Time" in the “Cherokee Scvut"
and tells me that Murphy is to be
her future" home.
Her question:: "Can you tell me.
if the European White Birch will
grow in that area? We have grown
a .beaut v .herc.Jand I. know 1 shall
imiss it.” While the River Biroh,
Sweet Birch and Yellow 'Birch
are more commonly grown in
North Carolina, I am. suggesting
that she try the European type. We
are quite fortunate that many of
the trees which are’ considered
..northern types will grow in some
cf our mountain countries because
tile altitude helps compensate for
latitude in the northern states.
Watch out for thrips on your
roses. The thrip. is a very small
sttckiug,. insect, whieb gets Under
the petals and sucks the juices.
They may attack when the plants
are in bud and the petals damaged
to such an extent that the flower
•never opens. It is difficult to con
trol because the spray or -dust
must come in contact with the in
sect'to be effective. .1 suggest that
V'ou use 5 per cent DDT dust, or
1 per cent Lindane dust. You may
also use both of these materials
in spray form by following the
manufacturers . instructions Do a
thorough job. of spraying or dust
ing.
This is the time of year when
j>’ou may read a newspaper article
stating that tomatoes have been
found growing on Irish potato
.plants. The stories are more com
mon frpm eastern North Carolina.
These tomato-like fruits are the
seed bails and contain true seed
of the Irish potato. We use these
seed balls in breeding new varie
ties from controlled .‘crosses of
known parentage.
RATIONED BUILDING
New Castle, N. Y., has passed a
law restricting the number of new
houses that can be built in umnror
•porated parts of the town during
1956 and 1957. The law provides
that when any residential district
outgrows its schools, trunk sewers,
storm drains, roads, water mains,
and other public factlties. the town
'board is to ration building permits
in the district. No more are to be
issued than the annual average for
the last six years. During 1956 only
•*0 new houses were buHt and 100
will be 'built in 1957. Top prtority
lor permits wi'J go to private own
ers. second to 'builders of four or
five ’houses a year; and last to
large-scale builders —Popular
Government.,.
Tar Heel
PEOPLE & ISSUE!
By Cliff Blue
AVERAGE SESSION . . K has
been the writer's privilege to serve
in the lower house of the North
Carolina General Assembly for six
,con.secutive terms—beginning in
1947.
To our way of thinking the 1957
session of the General Assembly
'was an average session so far as
[major legislation is concerned. In
1947 the ‘Good Health Program”
claimed considerable attention. In
1949 Kerr Scott's $200 million
secondary road 'bond issue claim
ed major attention. In 1951 Scott
had reached the half-way point
jn his administration and the As
sembly 'leaders showed much in
dependence and often refused to
heed the wishes of the Squire of
Haw River. In 1953 ailing Bill
Umstead had just been' inaugurat
ed governor but the General. As
sembly followed his wishes pretty
much as it did Hodges' this time.
In 1955 Hodges had just’succeeded
- to th<-governorship and the-Gen
eral .Assembly followed in general
his wishes but. balked at several
of his tax ideas.
in the 'corporation tax allocation
formula in our opinion .was the
most far-reaching legislation en
acted bv the 19a7 General As
sembly. Generally speaking, Hod
ges fared quite well with the legis
lation he proposed. Its true that
he didn’t get the minimum wage
fcill enacted, a reapportiomnent bill
passed or a liquor referendum sub
mitted but there are people who
will tell you that he was not doing
much pushing regarding some of
those ill-fated proposals.
INDEPENDENCE The legis-,,
lators showed independence when
it came to the teachers salary
issue. It was apparant early in
ihe session that there was not
enough iK.wer on capital square
<o keep .the teachers raise down
to 9.01 per cent. In automobile in
spection the legislators again re
jected an Administration proposal
and even refused to pass a volun
teer on after Rep. John K. Keer,
Jr., shouted that it was an attempt
to bring inspection in by the back
door. But in most matters “The
Man Down Stairs" had only to nod
his head and he got what he asked
because when he asked his re- '
quests were most always well
founded, forward***
scnebie.
WALTER JONES
conscientious work as,
our hat is off to Rep
of Pitt County, who tl*
serving his second w
out the session he can*
iden that went with j,
icomipulsory automobile
responsibility act. w
ful forces he had to
Step of the wav but
success crowned his (
MsiU is unusual in that
expiration date and w|
'less reenacted. We thj
will prove its value and
and that it will i* rwt|
the measure does noti
festive until January •
will be to the advanu
those who are not m
automobile indie »
secure it now and *
the rush January i if^
may fiijj yourself ,
suran.ce and auto tagsi
days while your instil*
'tion is being process*
SENATOR HOYLE .i
J, W. Hoyle of Lee<
freshman in the Sent*
terested himself in «
bills of major com
Heels. First, he sta
the Senate an amem
1955 “Blue Bill"
notice would have toh
fore health, accident t
nation insurance
after January 1,.
• ‘cancelled.” the issft
sponsored in the Sena*
provides that similar!
toe given “•group”
less than 10 persons m
The 1955 law coveg
dividual and family
people were afraid i
surdhce companies mi
vent the 1955 law toy I
family policies grot?’
thereby wrecking the ‘
by back door entrantt
seoottM bill, and in oun
other good one, would i
the law books a nun
exempting ■gored agrirnl
was aimed at a matter«
.checked nrgfit well tta
(S4e PEOPLE, m
SENATOR
SAM ERVIN
• SAYS *
WASHINGTON — Last week I
was in Boston for a talk before
the Suffolk University Law ScAuol
/Association. -
Boston Speech
I spoke on the Civil Rights Bill,
pointing out that it undertakes to
rob Americans of the right, of trial
by jury by extending the juris
dlction of Federal courts of equity,
in which trial by jury is not avail
able, beyond their proper limits
into the field of criminal law. 1
told the audience that M was al
together fitting for me to discuss
this phase of the bill in the his
toric City of Boston, whose citi
zens were once made the victims
of similar legislation enacted hy
the British Parliament at the ill
stance of King George HI and his
ministers.
Legislation Recalled
Let me retail this legislation to
your minds.
In 1765 the British parliament en
acted the Stamp Act and other
measures whereby they deprived
American colonists of the right
of trial by jury in eases arising
under the revenue law's by a de
vice astoundingly similar to that
Invoked by the 'pending Civil Rghts
Bill, namely, “by extending
beyond Its ancient limits ... the
jurisdiction of the courts of ad
miralty" Jj, Wjlich triaJ Jypy
was not available. And in 1764 and
1768 the British Parliament enact
ed the Sugar Act and the statute
know n as 8 George, IJI, chapter 22.
■whereby they deprived American
■colonists of the right of trial by
jury in eases arising under the
laws relating to trade and revenue
by repetitions of the device of
extending . beyond their an
uent limits .... the powers of
the courts of admiralty.”
Provoked Declaration
These acts of the British Parlia
ment provoked the declaration of
* ltajTH> Act Congress of 1765
"that trial by jury is i*
and invaluable rijHf1
British subj^i
the declaration of the f
tinental Congress of
American coloui>t>. "fl*
to the common law d
and more especially K>
and inestimable privilef
tried .bv their i>eei> d df
according to tlie rom*
law;” and the assertio#
deration of Lhdcpende*1
that among other
American colonists •»*
to severing" their po®*
■with England w as beci
'been deprived in
the benefits ot trial bv
Enshrined In t""5®
This tyrannical lejijjj
was directed primsri
pie of Boston, contr
measure to the a
Founding Fa t he**
jury trial guarantied
stitut ion of the Uni
says tiiat the ' lrialJV
except in the ease*™
meat, shall be by W
III. Section 2).
It this bill should I*®
Congress, it would 1
the first time g°ver'“*
junction in the civ t
and could result 'in
of government by in^
many other fields
ought to be restricted
field in which it w“
operate. It has no rt
in the field of crimt«*
pecially when it 's
use as a subtei‘1 ufS*1 t0
cans of their condiW
to trial by )ur-v . g
If the constitution*
systems America lia>
ojatvuio *—- j
loved are to endure "
pel the government w
its proper field for 1 V
^WoeainstimWvul"-*
of tew "against lndiv
the criminal lid'1