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Editorial And Opinion Who Deserves Consideration? Efficient and safe municipal administration would seem to dictate that downtown garbage be picked up in the early morning before traffic becomes congested on streets, rather than during the peak traffic period of 8:30 a.m. In Hillsboro, they do it the other way. Drivers on the way to work or to school invariably be come involved behirid the big, stopped truck picking up garbage from grocery stores and other downtown businesses or have to venture around it near an intersection with danger 'to. life and limb. Is, there any reason why Hillsboro garbage collectors can not go to work at 4, r, or 6 o'clock, which ever is necessary, to get downtown garbage picked up before the business and school rush begins? Kasper Is Something Different It is in the very nature of human behavior s seamier side that wherever there has been violence or attempted -.violence against school desegregation in the South some person or persons have Shouted the words that turned a confused and unhappy crowd into a mob. Most of those'who have thus tossed the match into the powder keg have been local citizens, themselves confused and thiliappy over a change for which they are; not prepared. Hut John Kasper is something different. He is not home grbwn. .He is not some resident of the community, emotion ally resolved to preserve the world as he has known it. He was born ig New Jersey, educated in the North, and before he - took up this profession of rabble-rousing against dcsOgrt.galioii' fraternized with Negroes in his Greenwich Village Shop. Kasper admittedly has moved from community to com humify to fan into flames whatever smoldering objection to desegregation he scents. After being twice convicted lor in citing-^ ommunity disorders in Clinton, Tennessee, lie an xfounced lie would go to Nashville and do the same. He did. He harangued groups, suggesting hanging ropes and dyna mite. Then a school was blown up. Nashville has arrested him for inciting to riot; And he is Held without hail. The city is asking the federal court to revoke his appeal bond on the Clinton conviction and to enjoin his inflammtaory activities. It has become clear that this sort of incendiarism cannot be allowed to run loose any lUore than the kind which runs around setting'lire to build ings. HUNK IT OVER! f&'-S.Z U.S- COHST>TUT>OH “CONGRESS , i SHALL^SiS? uW.ABsnoeiNG the freedom or speech or or THE PRESS, Aft Alarming Proposal is-good reason for alarm over the recent recom jjhemiation qf the Commission on Government Security ihat would make it a federal crime to publish information which had, by any means, .“leaked" past government security ar rangements. “All responsible American journalists recogni/eTthe'need for safeguarding information that would affect the national security or defense. But once a secret escapes through govern ment doors, through some failure of its custodians, letleral power to suppress it by fines and prison sentences upon 'America's citizens and press could be terribly more danger ous than the security “leak" itself. , History makes it tragically clear that punishing the press ,for publishing facts is fatal to a nation’s freedom. Aware of this, the framers of the? first ten amendments to the l'. S. Constitution provided that “Congress s'hall make no Jaw . . . abridging the freedom of speech or of the press." And this principle has precedence as the first article of our Bill of Hights—not to favor the press but to perpetuate 0114 people's freedom to be,informed. The violation of this principle proposed by the so-called yVmjht Commission would reduce our national law to the fevn of Peron’s'dictatorship in Argentina, where news re porters and their papers were subject to prosecution for the <fi]nie of truth. (Continued from page 1) have ^recently put into operation three fine new terrier the Emmet Winslow; the Sandy Graham, and the Governor Cherry. These ferries carry cars and boats of fishermen and other vacation ers from Tyrrell County over to Hyde County. Operated without charge by the State Highway Com mission, they run every 45 minutes, make the three-and-a-half-mile crossing in about 18 minutes. This is about an embarrassing incident which occurred on the Good" Ferry Sandy Graham on last Thursday evening, September 12, about 7:15", but solid dark because of a western-sky thunder cloud. The ferry, with ears and boat 'trailers, was rumbling along to ward Sandy Point from its eastern terminal. East* Lake. Suddenly it seemed to ioseits speed. There was hollering and hallooing between the captain up in his crow's nest and the crew. Then the ferry grumbled and ground to a Halt. It was about a quarter-mile from shore. Cars were asked to turn on headlights to find the shore. , But the captain-eould not see the reflector. "Pull the- pin,” he said. ' Oi can see’ the reflector, Captain,” cried out a member of his crew. "Well, you are down there and Oi m up here—and .Oi can't see it.” Passengers just stood around looking silly and asking questions. Two or three-- seemed mildly frightened. Finally, the pin was pulled"— ry was turned about. It had a searchlight, but since the ferry was moving backwards, the light was no good. It was shining away from shore and toward. East Lake. It could riot be turned and so—to turn the light—they had to turn the whole terry around and cars, trailer boats. and the whole shebang had to back off the ferry—amidst a loi of confusion and cussing. All be cause the Sandy Graham had a light that would not turn. You can bet the incident was not reported— until now—but please. New High way Commission, let's make those ferry lights more serviceable, NOTES . . . Sleeper in the Atlan tic 5Coast Conference gridiron wars tills yearjs said to be Slate College, quietly loaded . . In most of .the national ratings, Duke is ranked- in the upper "ten w. . We keep hearing talk of opposition to Harold Cooley —but we 11 believe it only when it happens*. . . Easier said than done, boys . . It now looks as if none of our N. C. Congressmen will' have scrioui opposition in next spring's Primary ... As the—battle rages in Washing ton over whether airlines should serve drinks to their passengers, it should be noted here that in dry North Carolina passengers can still purchase highballs shortly after boarding one of Hie flights frbm Charlotte-to-Ralelgh . . . Bourbon and-ginger-ale: $1.00 . . . —T-r- -. . Acquaintances in Raleigh say'Mrs. Eugene Shaw is largely responsible far the Commissioner of Revenue's- decision to enter the practice of law in partnership with their only son . . . and that the de cision goes back to an old family promise made when Shaw gave up his Greensboro practice to come to Raleigh in April of 1949. Also, the Shaw's have a lot of friends in Greensboi;p and want te be back with them, Eugene Shaw,, will not liave a unique opportunity to build for his son a terrific law practice relating , ... to taxes. They are high-type people. The Governor is having a busy week ... as usuai. It began Mon day with the regional meeting of Democrats here in Raleigh—big be ginnings for '58 and '60 ... . and ciids Saturday with the football double-header at Atlanta (Kentucky Georgia Tech and Geurgia-Tcxas i ... It will be education in Atlanta on Saturday morning with the Southern Regional Education Boa.rd meeting . . and on to Sea Island for politics with Southern Govern ors < Why a Southerner Can't be President) Conference ..... Meantime. Raleigh continues 'as hot as a fiddler's foot ... in more ways than fahrenlieit . . . and the humidity is worse than in mid j summer . T . .Be earefuf. . . at tending these football games please. Please don’t drink . . stay in line . . . don't speed . . . Watch fatigue. '—I really gate 'em a blick feye, did/ License Plates—1909 Evolution By BILL CROWELL Reporting From Raleigh TAG TALK . . . Prior to 1909, no one had any idea how many% motor vehicles were operating in the s'ate. No registration figures were maintained, no license plates were issued and, in short. North Carolina just couldn't have cared less. , jb «*.„• - But in 1909 the state awoke to tlie fact that the motor age was upon us. and that some system of counting noses ought to be set up Consequently thrP Secretary of State was dtreeted to start reg istering all motor vehicles efiiis-* irig the road then. . As it turned out, the operation was.’ extremely B casual. Owners simply, called .at the Secretary's office, mentioned the fact they owned an automobile, and were issued a set of digits and Instruct ed to place them somewhere on their machine. The do-it-yourself trend continu 'hd until 1913 when officials took a long look at the expanding auto population and decided to inject some uniformity into the operation. Thus the next year the state bpgan to issue plates to vehicle owpers and compile ac curate registration figures. The 1914 tag was a "re5-on white model, that is red numerals and letters against a white back ground. The combination has been repealed several times inciden tally. the latest in 1951. And color schemes through the years have s h a m e d the* rainbow—running from deep purple to maroon.' orange and silver. * For the last several years, ot course, the plates have altor-nated between orange and black, a po SENATOR SAM ERVIN ☆ SA YS * j WASHINGTON — Last month there were some intriguing fig ures brought out in Senate tfebp'e. Realizing that figures and statis tical information are generally un interesting, I will- keep them at a minimum in this week’s column, but 1 do think the story they tell is of interest to gjl of us in North'' Carolina. - Golden Era I aim referring to ihe progress, of rural electrification made dur ing the first half of this century. It is aptly described as the golden era of rural electrification. In North Carolina Let’s look at the record for North Carolina. In 1935, for ex ample, as pointed out by the fig ures in t|iis Senate discussion, there were 300.957 farms. Of his number, only 9.672 were receiving central station elect:-ical service. This figures rough}y 3.2 percent of the farms with this service. In November • 1954, there were 267, 906 farms. By June 30, 1956. there were 257,500 farms with central station electric service, a phen ominal growth. That Is 96.1 per cent of our farms, with electricity. Gdne are the days of the ke rosene lamp as the source of light in so many of our farm homes; the drudgery of farm life has been reduced by the coming, of this golden era of electric ity. The’ credit for this, goes tp the power - I . companies and the REA. In May 1936, the Congress passed th«f Rural Electrification Act. This hastened the day of the spread of power to rural America. this program has done so much fundamental good for the people that 1 doubt that its authors could have even envisioned its scope when it was -created. North Carolina's rank on per centage; 96.1. of rural electrifica tion is high. New Jersey’s 99.2 percent is at the top; the bottom is represented by Nevada’s 73.5, which is easily explained by the Sparsity of population in that State. We rank ahead of our neighbors, South Carolina, Vir ginia, Tennessee and Georgia. Their percentages are 91.1, 93, 94.3 and 95, in that order Perhaps the kme will never come when the percentage will be 100, but the time has ccme when the record is about as per fect as could ever have been dreamed. ft would certainly be dreary to reflect upon our situation in North Carolina without the prog ress in rural electrifictaion. More over, 1 am glad that this progress was fast in coming our people. I have tried to take a stand in the Senate that would keep.'the progress of our power companies and he REA continuous. They are both vital to our economy. liey to be followed indefinitely according to Motor Vehicles Com missioner Ed Scheidt. It was Scheidt, too. who order ed the legend “Drive Safely" stamped on Tar Heel tags, begin ning in 1954. Indiana, incidentally, has copied the state , in that its current tags bear the same ad monition. _LAST LAUGH . . ItV terribly embarassing to say so, mind you. -but a couple of our state highway troopers were outwitted recently. And by an_ elderly, well-dressed o!d-t imer-^thc kind of gentlemen you automatically address as "Mister." But he was a sharpie, let me tell you that, Th boys in uniform were operat ing an electric timing device near the South Carolina line when it happened. Gramps ran over the Whammy at 65, was promptly hauled down, and preparations made to write out a picket The eld man pleaded«ypeedometer er ror. . "Honestly, gentlemen." he said, "my speedometer must be wrong. I simply couldn’t have been going that last." He wanted a .test. .. . —.~ w - .Le! ,!55e 89., back :up. the» roatr and come through again," he sug gested.' "You time me and let’s see who’s right.” The troopers agreed and" tlfe told man climbed back in his cat. Returning a min ute later toward the Whammy, he kept right on accelerating! zoomed straight through into South Carolina without a back ward glance. Troopers, hats in hand, muttered, "Well, that’s the way it goes sotnedays," T^r Heel PEOPLE & ISSUtl By Cliff Blue 1 FOOTBALL . . Saturday, Sep tember 21 is a pretty impoi.ant day with a good many people in North Carolina. This is the day that Carolina football team wUl meet State! in Kenan Stadium at Chapel Hfli. It also provides the occasion Which makes quite a few people want: to be: members of the Consolidated University of North Carolina Board oi Trustees. All the trustees; members of the General Assembly, Governor. Council of State and ether top ranking public officials are in vited to the roof-garden of the Morehead Planetarium at Chapel Hill for a delightful boffet lunch eon and given free tickets for the football game. \ , POLITICS . . The oechsion provides a fine opportunity for the politicians to get-together and discuss how the wind is blowing in .the various sections of the state: for the legislators to get together and chat, many for the first time since the Assembly ad journed in early June. SAUNDERS . . . Governor Hod ges made the announcement abput Karl Rooouis buying fbe 4.000 acres of land on which he hopes to develop an industrial research park between Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill. But many will tell you that the main man who interested Robbins in investing a cool million bucks in the project was his close per sonal friend and former business associate, William P. Saunders, Director of the Department of Conservation and Development. Saunders, like Hodges has many excellent contacts in the field of industry due to his work in the textile field as President of the Robbins Mills of which Karl Rob s4£lnk was Chairman of the Board. BEN EATON . . . Ben Eaton, the Assistant. Revenue Commis sioner who resigned in a huff last week after being informed by Jim Currie, the new Revenue boss that his services would no* be desired under Currie's actmlflfetrd tion, was most likely already miffed at the Governor for pass:. IBg him over when the nod was given Currie to take over the job held by Eugene Shaw for the past eight years. Some think Lau rie McEacbcrn, Hoke native and career man in the revenue depart ment. would thake a good assist ant Tor Currie. - CONGRESS.. . Census experts are now predicting that North Carolina's population increase will not be sufficient in 1980 to enable the state to retain its 12 seats in the Natibhal Congress. The state is expected .to show a considerable increase in population but not up to the national average. If the census shows that the state will lose a congressman: membership and chairmanship on the General Assembly's congressional commit tee will become prized spots,—in . J.93L -Ordinarily, - membership on the committee is considered .an dlbply honor. R merely adds to tlie number of committees and enables the chairman to have his name, printed* on his stationary as chairman of the committee. INTEGRATION . . . North Car olina and Kentucky afre being mentioned in the northern news papers and magazines as southern states where integration is mak *“* progress in our public schools. Wod*es *s being commended for ©fcr Best Hop* For p«ate •MAMTAIH /afTEBH*7'0"*1' PfAce** +*fL Walt PatlymUterv ' ™ i'is natoinent tw] £be uig strengthen his cl 1 Presidential nomj» Happy chandler H ernor has already! he expects to rj dential nomination« We don't expect |j to get any furtherli did in 1956 when be J a handful of votes,1 his home state, ADLA1 ... Ad be coming to ^ a "non-politicar cation at Chapel This ^ will mark trip to Tar HeehTl 'the presidency J tune't o Lisenliower j the former Illinois k announced thaU seeking the piesl pie still consider I ablest possible cat he should not be t, out the picture at t remember that in t ning for reeiectm a Illinois that he i not seek the presah tion. Well, when was offered him cepted it: We be offered him-i be we believe Jennings Bryan, wn run a third time. ] called that' A1 defeat for the pn by Herbert Hoover a he would not run t years later he was for a second try 1 nominated the first t Jack Gilmore's1 Gari Gossl In late August, heavy rain, wc 3tt< ''See the Spider L#es| brilliant- scarU the thiPStxqufKWj nigh! they Vs" “ flaunt their three weeks So Lycoris family «H long, they come up' foliage to enhance beauty. _ 1 I have .lived in from the coast to tkj in the state of St but -I never saw a §pt til I came to Ihllsixnl Brown, our beloved I gave me ray fir® * ago. Now they sprielj in my border? iamu.parent- bulbs., Do not dig jout' til the foliage, whidj thru the soil just asj bloom dies, has dWj June. Should you. the b.ulbs at other I them-wp carefully"^ ing tlie soil about. ^ replant at once £*4 care they hnaj 1101 season. Spider Li*! remain gt’een a” add interest to the A good top dressing should be give" 3,1*1 good commercial P I ed freely "hen P13^ planting. Plant your winter now for best res*'1 a fuses to plan* 0Ilf says that he looks '0 , ter as a release r 1 ing to never end ta*J the lawn. Woe is «* Gems Thou< eauty of J n't v'is,e V < >», nor bark otf hant the ierson P man who cod. beheriff1* ry, while he * r defend.TJ* ' know is1 ^ imsod .1-mi uy 1 real , J for '«/«• i a* nrind.—Leffi ^
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