Charity Nourishes Faith
Politics—geopolitic> or ward politics—has no plate in
Christian charity. It is the duty of, c harity to relieve suffering
wherever it may be found, just as it is the duty of government
to serve the best interests of the governed. The case of Poland
offers a current illustration that, there need be no tojvllitt
bqpveen these principles.
American Catholics, ' fhrougir their f \Vorld-wide relief
agency, Catholic Relief Services—National Catholic Welfare
Conference have begun a new Polish relief program with tllje
The first sur
IlllC 1 Ij^U.
pltis fofJfl’
Mto gdlU) POlAnd consisted of 100,
odo pounds of cheese and a similar quantity of powdered
milk, the value of both being 338,350. Additionally 7. >00
worth of medical supplies have already been sent to Polish
Primate Cardinal Stefan \\ yvvnski and shipments of 490.416
pounds of clothing valued at $753.000—collected in the an
nual Thanksgiving Clothing Col lection—are on the way. It
is the hope of CHS that these shipments of food and relief
supplies will be only the beginning of an expanded and con
tinuing program of aid *lor the people of Poland.
At the. same" time, proposals of economic aid to Poland
by .the ll.'dS. Covernment are drawing widespread public
criticism—as they should. Federal aid to a Communist satel
lite is a matter of national policy1, and clearly 1 means of re
lieving Poland's masters in the Kremlin <»f $omg of their re
sponsibility to that unhappy country—so that the USSR wifi
haye just that nuujlk to invest jn arms to point against
fhd West. and jrt*t tfoit'milcIV more substance with which.It)
dejay the day of deliseiante for its satellites. We can be sure
that CRS aid will j^et. to the siullejing Poles, individually.
Anjd sve can be equiiliysure that 'Wlytuaf Aid'froin Wash
ington would get Itp tire I’^SR.not to Poland
| It is appamjtjs rite, view oi Rome
■ rhe ChtrrrirfisA
the flesh, ftnt ,to the Christian spirit. And
that this Spirit has i>urviv?d all efforts of godless
to stamp it out is the last-best---Irone of ultimate fieedonf! In
this, certainly. Americans of all faiths will agree.
people-to
Ot only to
etf, the fact
ommunism
Practical-cum laude
In all t lit* cuYrent com motion crVtr liighdr jpducatiOHT
(Ttir “Trying nTrd; btr TTtmibtrTtofne scrcnristr^e 1r.iven't got,'
we think it's high time somebody gave a tlipught to the kids
—hundreds of thousands of tliVm across tlu.‘ natiop—who do
not go tooAt^Kcf*;tfld who wilt
matter what the inducements.
... TH<j&4t^e thff1 khrftlgsters wit
frflitiev at a-tender age; who Tnttst?«
to “help du^bat, Mime; the girlsj
the boys uftcX'Varif1 to be aecoujl
get tlWlrCj|rfu^UMiir»ia the
i who afe frJUttv liof wVtd^fjMft 1
ing to prepare for the battle of
_ JjtjO- .college, no
m jfj K|fjj|
slijittidyi^).es))< ittsi -
tlicntsfl-Yes tptti klv
('helpirietarics,
ihave to
ol m^uitHl others
lr*cr sotnWwf'ial grooms
life at a tiAMICkv te\ el. For
these, a Government program that would -tone them into
college would be froth heartless and futile—just as it is tragic
today to see^|*mi£^|>epjj|e iw.yjyy colleges who are there be
cause their pareim imisrupon Tt .Inn Tan pay the bills.
And let us i^rtvighifMAbift diat tili gtonp if our citi/eury
WfTfTVfbuttW'mrrre to the-natioHs economic and civil welfare,
to keeping the wheels turning in business and industry and
our Government functioning,at the national, state and local
levels than these business, school careerists. Without them, we
should be in a bad way—but jtpulcki. Xu fac t, we can think of
nothing more chaotic and generalb insnllerable than a world
of double-domes. . ' • - a ,
\< tuall\. so |,n jmu' can see, any inslitutiom to which
high sc hool graduates go ill further preparation to deal with
the world, whether a university or a business school is in sim
ple fact a college—and should be SO established in the pi
mind.
It is encouraging,-.therefor, to note that this attitude is
ri ii^urtii7ig 4n-HbKreT"AVlMfe it
v of the Horatio Alger persuasion to devote time- and money
to football—the primrostgpath. to. acclaim —jJ^bere is such a
thing as school spirit in these spci£alj/ed educational facilities.
In many business sufhjjcfh therec at£'.socill functions and
alumni organi/ations th^t,/keep tt*e®<iries green and contacts
alive. More and more of these schools hrttv conduct lorntal
and impressive graduation exercises—complete with perora
tions. prayers and patriotism and even to caps and gowni.
Therfc is, in other words, grow ing recognitions of the fac t
that it makes just as much sense ter live for good old Spivis
Commercial as to die lor dear old Harvard I.aw.
* * * *
£Mp<M)ggest * rtwv.Jwewa- of Or*
coverage of this trading area.
Most parents take credit for the good points erf their
Children but wonder where the bad ones originated.
x.\ ., . *.. , __■
1 he first thing you know, a democracy will, be an area
where minorities wag majorities.
,.,/r . * * *
Thedtuigc i so niiitv people have it
As an advert!
ange County for
®bLilrt06 of <0rangf Count?
’ricfctWiwI B«*r» Thvnday l»
THI NCWS, INCORPORATED
Hillsboro and Chapel Hill, H. C.
Editor^and Publisher
HP WIN J. HAMLIN
Entered <u Second Clast Maxtor at the Post Office at hulsboro,
Motth Carolina, motor the Act of Match 3, It79._
National Advertising Representative
•RHAThft WRBKLIKS
* Chicago * Detroit * Philadelphia
(Continued from Page 1)
community?
NEW CARS . . . We have been
• hearing talk about a recession. But
in November, according to fig
ures from the N- C. Dept, of Mo
tor Vehicles, there were 1,447 new
’ cars sold in North Carolina as
against 1.478 tor the previous year.
That’s not much of a recession,
now it it?
Buick had 528 new car sales ia
November compared with 376 for
November of 1956; Cadillac had
128 new car sales in November
as compared with 51 for 1956;
Chevrolet, 1,922 as compared with
2,103 in 1956 November; DeSoto,
116 atld 8; Dodge, 250 and 277;
Ford, 2.154 in this past November
as Compared with 2,804 for Nov
ember of 56; Hudson. 3 and 32;
Imperial, 19 and 5; Lincoln! 33
and 37; Mercury, 225 and 235;
Metropolitan, 10 this November
and none last; Nash, 3 and 62;
Oldsmobile, 393 and 319; Packard.
4 and 25; Plymouth, 574 and 566;
Pontiac, 412 and 417; Rambler,
87 and 9; Studebaker, 79 this Nov
ember and ,80 last; Willys, 2 and
3; F.dsel, 77 and O; and foreign,
125 and 0 in November of 1956.
Now watch for contested state
ments between Chevrolet and
Ford as to the champion for 1957.
Each will claim the leadership.
One led in production, etc., and
the other led in sales. We- hate
to say it. but believe, these little
old foreign cars are going to get
a bigger bite of the market in
1958. Keep an eye on them with
us. Ouch!
BUT LESS TOBACCO . Have
you listened to all those reports
about the dire things cigarette
‘ smoiUng wifi do /or .you?WeiL
then you are different from, the
average American smoker.
In 1957. more cigarettes were
sold than in 1956. Yes, this past
Yefcp. smokers puffed, chewed,
and threw away as butts or ducks
i according to where you were
raised—and I don’t mean reared'
410 billion “coffin nails"—as they
were railed back in the 20's.
The big trend last year was to
filters. Thirty-eight of every ICO
cigarettes sold were of the filter
type. In 1951, for example, filter
brands accounted for only one
tenth of one per cent of total sales.
In North Carolina, the feeling is
that the smoker gets no more to
bacco—maybe, less— in a filter than
in what is known as* a’“regular.''
The charge Has also been made
that, since, the- fitter cuts, the
strength and reduces the “real
old tobacco taste." stronger ■ to
baccos art1 being- used. 1,-, .. .
GOOD YEAR A^EAP , WitJjy.
people . smoking more cigarettes
than ever before in the history of
the natiae and with reduced acre
age and ah extremely short sup
ply in storage, there is genuine
optimism among tobacco-growers
throughout the State.
But—the more filtered cigarettes
smoked; the more strong tobacco
used. The old-type “cigarette to
bacco'" as we knew it and grew
it 20 years ago from Carteret
County east to Alexander County
west may be on the way out.
WltH THE BRANDS . .. . In
1957, as it has for. several years
now. Camels outsold all other
cigarettes—with nary a filter.
Sales pf Camels were down a lit
tle over eight per cent when com
pared with 195f. However. Wins
tons, another Reynolds product,
were up nearly 18 per cent over
1958 and running fourth In total
sales, so there you are.
In second place last year was
Poll Mall; third. Lucky Strike;
fourth, Winston; fifth, Chester
field; sixth, Viceroy; seventh,
L&.V1; eighth. Manooro; ninth,
Philip Morris; tenth. Old Gold,
down in regulars 22 per cent, but
up in filters eight per cent; Kent,
another Lorlllard product, up 316
per cent and in eleventh place;
12th, Kool; 13th, Salem; 14th,
Tareyton; 15th, Raleigh; 16th, Hit
Parade; 17th, Parliament; 18th,
Cavalier; 19th». Newport; 20th.
Oasis.
Emnlattea
Barber: Now, my little fellow,
how would you like your hair cut?
Boy: Just like dad’s with a
round hole at the top.
N. C. 'Education
Back It Gobs Till Next December
i iJL1
k
New Biography
Thomas, Hart Benton, Hillsboro
Native,'Magnificent Missourian*
"Magnificent Missourian,” the
life story of Thomas Hart Benton,
has been completed by, Elbert B,
Smith, and will be published on
January 22 by J. B. Lippincott
Company.
Thomas Hart Benton was born
near the village of Hillsboro, in
the North Carolina piedmont. He
left home in January, 1798, to en
roll at the University of North
Carolina. The university was only
four years old, and had a student
body of forty. He j ined the
Philanthropic Sooaatv, only to be
expelled by ynanimus vote in
1799. Twenty-eight years later, the
Society passed a resolution that
“Thomas H. Benton be readmitted
a npemhen of our Society" and that
"a certificate stating -the same1
signed by the President "and Sec
retary be transmitted to Mr. Ben*
ton." -
In' 1801, when he was nineteen.
Benton went to Tennessee with
his widowed mother and fanijly
He was destined to make still
another move to Missouri, in 1815,
and to become the great spokes
man for Jacksonian Democracy,
serving in the U. S. Senate 7*
thirty years. He was the very per
sonification of noisy, brawling,
egotistical America in its great
age of growing pains. He created
and led most of the land, tariff,
debt, currency, banking, expansion,
and foreign -policies wbfclKjnade
up the prog am of the Democratic
Party for almost two decades. He
played a leading role between the
North and the South using all the
force and influence of a fighter
and a scholar to keep the country
Cgethcr. He was a significant fac
tor in tfie shaping of our national
politics and economics- » ~*\ „ t
Elbert B. Smith has an A.B. de
gree from Maryville College, Ten
nessee. and a Ph.D. from the Uni
versity of Chicago, where Benton
was the subject of his doctoial
dissertatiin. “My interest in him l
and the political, social, and per
sonal philosophy he represents has
grown through the years,” says
Professor Smith. “The book was
a .labor of love.” <
Professor Smith recently assum
ed the position of associate pro
fessor of history at Iowa State
College, jfit?reserving on t£e f.aculi
tv' of Youngstown University,’
Ohio, for >igT}.t years. He has
been a participant in, and. a di
rector rtf a seminar, program on
foreign policy for the State De
partment, as well as a visiting Ful
tnight lecturer; -■■■■■
Must Be A Reason
Watching black clouds gather
over an Alabama street, the man
said, “I don't like it. Those clouds
look just like the ones we had the
other day in Texas.”
A companion asked. "Was it a
bad storm?”
"Bad?" the man said. "How do
you suppose 1 came to be in Ala
bama?”
N. C. Education
It's Up To All Of Usl
.Walt I’atlyinilln—Yoih Gawltc jfc Daily
Jack Gilmore's
Garden
ip
i . f i
It is hard to write abouf gar
dens and flowers with the snow
falling, however, it is an ideal time
to speak of beauty. As I came
vacant lots and even the garbage
tans were' part of a fairy land,
all spun gla$s and chaste beauty.
Trees wore caps of snowfeathers
and many of their limbs ar.d
branches dripped like crystal
chaiidliers, and even if the sky
is overcast 1 know that the first
rays of a cold winter sun will turn
the frozen world into a symphony
of silver. Especially beautiful are
the cedar trees with heavily laden
branches- dipping iuto . graceful
bows. Even the biting cold wind
awakens every sense and one can
not help but feel alive and tingling
with Winter's Mozie. Believe ’me.
anything that can do that when
your fifty years old. has got to be
something very special.
If you haven't planted all your
tulip or daffodil bulbs, wait until
the ground thaws, even if it fs as
late as March, before planting.
Then if tire ground freezes again
your bulbs will not be damaged.
One of the most delightful sights
I ever saw was daffodils (King
Alfred i planted late, blooming
along with a pink dogwood.
downtown today all the barren
Gems of Thought
LITTLE THINGS
Little things console ns be
cause little things affect us.—
Blaise Pascal
, Most persons would succeed in
small things if they ‘were, not
trqubied • with ‘gred{f
Longfellow, ' ^ ■
In the great matters men show
themselves a,<T they wish to be>
seen; in stuff? as /thef
are—Gamaliel Bradford
Even a wild mistake must be
seen a:: a mistake, in order to be'
cvrjecttid.—Mary Baker Eddy
When a man is wrapped 'up in
himself, he makes a pretty small
package.—John Ruskin
If 1 can not do great things, I
cah do sma'l things in a great
way—J. F. Clarke
CHOW HOUND
The butcher was busy \pjting on
a customer when a woman rushed
in and said, Give me a pound of
cat food quick!” Turning to the
other cus'omer she said, “I hope
you don't mind my getting waited
on before.you.”
“Not i(j you're that hungry,” the
other woman replied. ... »
— N C Education
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Tv Heel
PEOPLE & ISSUES
By Cliff Blue
PARTY MEETINGS . . . Two
Democratic dinners will be held
in North Carolina within the pext
month which will give" the politici
ans an opportunity to get together
and discuss coming Events.
YDC . . . First on the docket
will be a state-wide meeting of
the Young Democratic Club at the
Washington Duke Hotel in Dur
ham on Saturday, January 11
which will feature the installation
of new officers and an address by
D S. Senator Frank Church of
Idaho. It will be the first meeting
of the Young Democrats since
the- annual convention held in
Southern Pines three months ago.
A reception will be held at 6 p.m.
followed by the dinner meeting
at 7. Dinner tickets are $5; each.
Arthur Vann Is ehairman of *<tee
rally It- was Senator Church who
introduced the Jury Trial Amend
ment to the Civil Rights bill in
Congress last year.
JEFFERSON-JACKSON ... On
Saturday, February 1, the annu; 1
Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner will
be held at the Sir Walter Hotel in
Raleigh. These are always impor
tant events which brings together
Democratic party leaders from all
T ovet the state, binnef tickets are
' " en quotas Those 1 diiig" the ’
dinners do not necessarily pay the
full price for the tickets. Quite
ofteit many people in a county w 11
contribute, then those w*ho want to
attend or can attend get to use
'the tickets. Don’t think that just
because someone you know is at
tending that he or she planked out
the full $30 for a place at the long
table. Maybe " he did and m ay be -■
he didn't.
GOVERNOR COLLINS . . . Key
note speaker for the Jefferson
JtfcltSbiV Day dinner ‘Will be Gov
ernor LtjjRoy . Collins of Florida,
f Gbvenior"' Coffins and llSwSiSr
Hodges of North Carolina have a
!treat deal in common. iBoth were
•lected lieutenant governor of
heir respective states and became
tovernor upon the death .of the
elected governor of heart attacks.
jBoth won /ull term nominations
in the next primary. Both are
labeled as "moderates” on
Tace issue. Both ai-e regarded as
very much interested in the vice
presidential nomination in 19j0.
Collins recently succeeded Hodges
as chairman of the Southern Gov
ernors’ Conference. He is a past
chairman of the Southern Regional
Education Board and was suc
ceeded in that post last year by
Governor Hodges. Collins is 48,
and served in both'"the Florida
Ifouse of Representatives and' Sen-,
ate before being elected governor.
A full banquet hall is expected
for the dinner.
. CUMBERLAND A red hot
race js ExpertARA Me 12fh judi
cial district between Heaman R.
Clark wlio was named by
nof Hodges last week t0
3 unexpired term of jut|ge
Nimocks, Jr., who resig*
tive ( December 31 after
years of service, and
Seavy A. Carroll. The shei
faction is expected to be i
with Carroll in the expect
test. Sheriff' Guy himself
pected to be a candidate
election so you can look foi
of activity in Cutinberlaj
spring. Heaman Clark is a
and able man and with
vantage of being judge sit
able to keep the post. Ma
pie seem to think that q
also be able to win renom
RICHMOND . With
Raymond W. Goodman an
of the Court Thomas I.
ton of Richmond County ;)s
ly preparing to go after the
job in that county, a real fl
be expected. Politics is g
warm in Richmond »j
Sheriffs office general!', n
as the top prize.
GARDNER Last
newspaper told you of one
Watson Gardner, 33. who
from the State Prison i
Lee County eight years ai
to Houston, Texas to
over again anti there 1
nose clean" and operated
cessful insurance agent
slipped back to North Ci
marry the girl he loved,
couple with a son hare Ihn
estly in the flourishing Tet
Having escaped from pris
only four of an 18-months i
left to serve, wc tliinin
-determination to—sHtft
live a clean life entitles
the plaudits of his fellow
the extent that he be pa
to return in peace and dig
his home in Houston, Texa
JffIM :
Peop
been asking i| John A La
who served as secretary
gressman C. B. Deane for
ten years will be a candidi
Congress against Rep. i
KitcTiin. We think not. unit
stutnps his toe between t
filing deadline March 21 J
recently offered the job
rector of the N. C." Vetera
mission which pays about
per year by Governor Hod
turned it down to remain
ingt<m for his job there "hi
about $12,000 per year
John will have sufficient
as a Federal worker
'for a small retirement,
be surprised to see him
back to his native; Tar 1
time to- participate in the
campaign that year jn one
another. John, whd liet
N. C. NY-A arirninistratioa
Hie Roosevelt administrat
fore he entered .the "Art
private io come out as
is now in his late 40‘s
Abo
to
SENATOR
SAM ERVIN
* SAYS * 4
WASHINGTON — The prospects
for much work faces the Congress
at the. beginning of- the second ses
sion.
Busy Session
In looking ahead at my schedule
I foresee virtually unlimited time
Uk.be sn£nt on such things as na
tional defense, labor-management
investigations, as well as the
heavy amount of legislation that
fl'yays comes before the Senate
fJudii^-y Committee.
Senator Russell has stated that
“the principal matter before the
Congress will be missiles, reflect
ing the importance of the defense
picture. I am, in agreement that
no other problem is more urgent
at this time.
We are awaiting the President’s
message on the State of the Union.
This will give Mr. Eisenhower an
opportunity to let Congress and
the people know the facts, things
that we have not been told fully.
In other words, this session will
afford the President and the Con
gress an opportunity for leader
ship of a high oVder; it ought to
Jse forthcoming.
i f ' Defense Spending
Just how much more serious the
recession will get is t lie s
considerable speculation
move into the new-year, la
defense spending
seems to1 be almost <
agreement that it will be
will provide somev hut of
in the economic arm of (W*
try.
Labor - Managenieat
The trail of sordid test®
some unions and manage®
require aggressive pursuit
gommittee to learn "hat11
islation is needed in llliS
am told that there is a'1 't101
ly large amount of work to
by the Select Commit if6
I am a member.
Bottom Hung
At the moment there
little possibility of any D
rights legislation getting
ous attention of Cong'esS
that situation exists bees
is absolutely no need to ''
time and money of the P*
this country on civil
should be relegated to lhe
rung of the laddei of
needs, letting the people of
cal communities work 11