Editorial Arid Opinion
Postponement - A Good Idea
Ii is cm it ch possible that the yclicral public may never
leant all the aspects and ramifications ol tlie two proposals
for modernizing the state courts system—one incorporated in
the Constitutional Study Conmi'ssion report . id the other
in the so-called Kell Cunnn.ittec report. Hut. to our way ol
thinking, there is a great deal of merit in the recent ^ I>C.
sponsored proposal tor holding oil consideration ol con \ ■
union and court reforms by the (General Assembly until next
Fall, and then in a special session for that purpose
l— —The people, it would appear, have not*made up then
minds and neifhei has tlu- General Assembly, At least a few
more months of study and public debate will rlarily the is ties
further lor a lot of “people. . . .and the General .Assembly has
rnongh to do with other more, pressing issues.
Major changes proposed by the Victoi I>ryatit Constitu
tion Study (Commission would (t) provide for tedrstrii ring
of the.Senate b\ the Pies'dent and Pr&mfout pro Inn «*1 the
Senate and the Speaker of the House. amendment
by the (.eneraj—Assenibly: and imaldJSumitize the Speaker
to reapixjrtion the house according to the Constitutional
formula: (2) establish machinery to enable the General As
sembly to find that the Governor and other major elective
executive officers are incapacitated, and that they have re
gained the capacity to perform their duties: (3) require tli;t
tax classifications and exemptions be uniform throughout
the state: and (j) abandon the requirement that the Sta’e
maintain a genera1! and uniform system of free public schools.
The Constitutional Commission would leave the Su
preme and Superior Courts much as they now are, and would
replace inferior courts with district courts whose judges
would be selected as provided by law. The General Assembly
could, upon recommendation of the Supreme Court, estab
lish an intermedi: .e Court of Appeals.’ Waiver of jury trial
would he permitted in criminal cases other than those in
voicing the most serious offenses.
Comparison with the Bell Commit tee s proposals was
immediate. Many proposals art identical. The fundamental
difference between the two is that the Constitutional Com
mission's "Genera1! Court of Justice " is not a single court,
hut is a name for a system of separate courts: whereas the
Court Committee's “General Court of Justice" is a single
coartr+'Tom this difference in basic concept, most of the dif
ferences in detail naturally flow. Coder the Commission's
concept of a uniform system of courts, it is the General As
sembly which must make determinations as to jurisdiction of
the courts, and to relationships among them. I’nder the
Court Committee’s concept ol a single (the technical term
is "unilied ") court, there is simply a question of which part
of the single court can uest handle particular matters, and
this determination, well as administrative and procedural
details governing movement of cases Irom one part of the
court to another are problems of judicial administration to
be handled by the administrative machinery of the court.
Thi^e is no doubt of the need for Constitutional and
Court reforms in North Carolina, but at this point in the
confusion of an otherwise hectic General Assembly session, it
does seem wise to put them off.
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Too Burdensome For The Good
We are inclined to agree with those critics of the pro
)iosed North Carolina Withholding Tax that it will lie too
expensive, hard to administer and provide still another in
fringement of personal rights.
The--burden will again be saddled on the small business
man to administer and pay for the State s lax collection anil
receive neither appreciation or tax relief.
As for the revenue ‘windf. M" it will provide,, that is
patently unsound on.the face.
l et its have clone with the whole idea.
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Assembly who feel that this matter
of revising the constitution could
best be handled by a special session
devoted to that and that alone. It
would not be surprising that this
suggestion was adopted and the re
vision of the constitution postponed
to be dealt with by a special ses
sion in September or October of
this year.
On Friday Senator John Jordan, of
Wake County, submitted a Bill to
the Senate which- caused tongues
to start wagging and eyebrows to be
""lifted. His Bill would not only in
crease appropriations over those
recommended by the Budget Com
mission but he also pointed his fin
ger to the sources from which we
could get the necessary revenue to
implement his proposed appropria
tions. He' would increae the appro-'
priation in order to give salary iiy
creases to all teachers and other em
loyees, as welt as the personnel in
our higher educational institutions.
To finance these salary increases
hi: proposed a l-tfcc tax on bottled
drinks and a 10 percent increase in
tlte tax on alcoholic beverages in
addition to these two sources he
would take from the Budget Com
mission's proposal certain moneys,
chief among which would be the ten
million dollars proposed as “Incen
tive” pay to counties which would
match it with local funds for school
purposes.
The Jordan BiU had not been
printed and I had not been able to
get definite reaction to his proposals.
No doubt there will be much support
for some of his suggestions and
great opposition to others. It will be
interesting to watch just what takes
place with the provisions embodied
Vi this Bill.
1 wish to call the attention of the
readers of THE NEWS that Mr.
•Tiipps, Chairman of the Democra
tic Executive Committee of Orange
County has called a meeting of his
Committee on March 23, to nominate
the two persons who will be named
in the BiU increasong membership
tn the Board of Education from three
to five. This will be an important
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St'/iotrl and Ymtr -ChHd
Parent Role
In Students'
"Cribbing"
By JOHN COREY
Appalachian Slate T'ohera College
• Do you force your child to cheat
in school?
Many parents militarily demand
their “Juniors” to bring home top
graJes, yet permit them to engage
in numerous side interests, such
as school bend, athletic teams,
scouting, clubs and TV.
High marks require considerable
outside study.. Most students, even
brighter ones, find there's not
enough time for this and extra ac
CtHttestoo. /_
To relieve parental pressure and
at the same time continue the
highly valued activities, many stu
dents copy each others' homework,
exchange information during tests
—in shart. cheat for the marks
Mamma end Papa require.
*' 'Cribbing' is prevalent in
schools throughout the country and
practically every child has been
guilty at one time or another."
contends Dr. Roy R. Blanton,
principal of the Appalachian State
Teachers College demonstration
high school at Boone. N. C.
Ironically most of the cheating
is done not by slower pupils try
ing to pass but by the brighter
ones gunning for "A’s” and "B's,"
says Dr. Blanton.
Facing up to the cribbing prob
lem, the principal and his faculty
have tried to determine reasons
for it and worked our partial rem
edies.
His teachers name these causes:
"Parents, especially those of high
er social and economic levels,
pressure their kids for high marks.
Youngsters indulge in excessive
activities. For example, it's diffi
cult for a football squad member
to practice hard in the afternoon,
get needed rest, make out-of-town
trips, undergo game-time anxieties
and at the same time keep "up-to
snuff" in studies.
The infamous West Point crib
bing scandal proved the point. The
Army academy,' well-known for
emphasis on honor, discovered its
star footballers fudging to keep up.
Students realize college entrance
and scholarship awards are based
largely on high school grades.
Several “B’s” rather than “A’s”
could mean the difference between
a plum scholarship or a college of
choice. •— ,—• ——
Most schools require pupils to
maintain certain marks to play
sports and be eligible for coveted
organizations.
Many youngsters feel much sub
ject matter outdated and not worth
the effort of learning.
Student' moral values are con
fused by grown-ups’ ambiguous
standards. Cheating is generally
considered not wrong but SOP
■ standard operating procedure >,
just like businessmen say “business
is business' when they fleece a
green competitor. *
Dr. Blanton’s teachers imple
mented these corrective measures:
Made cheating a serious offense.
Guilty students stripped of honors
and dismissed from athletic teams
and clubs.
Reported all instances Of cheat
ing to parents. Many schools try
to solve these problems from with
in and parents, who often can be
more effective in correcting them,
never know.
Requested churches to take more
interest in seeing that church
taught principles are applied.
Encourage parents to assume
more responsibility in teaching off
spring moral values and stressing
‘‘right’’ attitudes.
'lightened control and supervis
ion iq classrooms, reducing situa
tions affording opportunity for
cheating.
Presented subject matter more
colorfully in class so that students
secure information by learning it
rather than stealing it.
(Editors Note: Readers hav
ing questions concerning edu
cation are invited to send in
quiries to ‘School Ai'td Your
C hi i l <f,” Appalachian State
Teachers College, Boone, N.C.)
matter insofar as schools are con
cerned and an attempt should be
made to get two good men with
great interest in* public education to
serve on the Board after it’s mem
bership has beep increased. If any
readers have a good man in mind
1 suggest that they see their pre
cinct chairman so that his name
may be considered when the groui
meets'*! next Monday.
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ORANGE COUNTY
FARM AGENTS'
COLUMN
DON MATHPSON
Omni]/ Agent
ED "ARNES
CYRUS GREENE
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TOBACCO MEET MARCH 26
Charlie Langston. Chairman of
Cedar Grove Rural Progress Advis
ory Board, announces a community
meeting of interest to all tobacco
growers to be held in the auditorium
of Aycock High School the night of
Tnursday, March 26, 7:30 o’clock. H
M. Ellis, in charge of Agricultural
Extension Engineering at State Col
lege, will give facts oh the Irrigation
of tobacco.”'Donald •‘kobertS. A SC
Manager, states that the 3? tobac
co farmers in the county who used
irrigation in 1968 averaged 1985
pounds per acre, while the county
average was only 1559 pound per
acre.
A. E. Pollock. State Agronomist of
the Soil' Conservation Department,
will give Tacts' and- figures- - on-the
advisability of planting fescue or
some other suitable cover on tobac
co land.
AH families in the Cedar Grove
Rural Progress Program are urged
to attend this important meeting.
TO GROW GRASS INDOORS——
A couple ,of Orange County dairy
men are experimenting with a new
process of growing grass indoors in
electrically heated water tanks by a
process called Hydroponics. They ad
mit that they are not at all certain
whether it will prove to be practical,
but the idea is being tried in seyeral
tiller localities successfully. A pre
fabricated 12’ x 20' building is used
v.ith racks on which many small
trays are placed. Oats are placed
ir. the trays which contain chemi
caHy treated water. Within six days
the oats have sprouted and have
grown about 4 inches. 15 pounds of
this material is fed per cow each
day. The cows eat roots and all.
The sprouted oats are very digesti
ble and contain 19 percent protein.
As soon as the result^ mLthe -e
experiments are analyzed we will
be glad to report on whether or'not
i: is practical.
FEED MILLS BUILT
Richard Roberts, young poultry
fi'-mer of the St. Mary’s Commujiity,
is completing a 30' x 30' mill hpuse
and grain storage facilities. He is
installing a feed grinder and nyxvr
to process poultry feed on his fdrm.
Reid Roberts and David B»ird,
two other poultry men of St. Mary's
Community, have recently instilled
similar equipment on their farnjs.
A tour of some c^ihese process
ing facilities which have recently
been built in the county is expected
to be held in the next few weeks.
NEW FARROWING HOUSE
Billy Walker, young tobacco fat
er of Cedar Grove Community,
getting up the lumber and oil
necessary material^ to build a .<
stall hog farrowing house. For
past several years Mr. Walker ]
fed out market hogs, by purchas
pigs from other .breeders. Last'
b*» seeded severaL acres of Lad
clover for pastHrCf and this spr
tm
*i
will build his farrowing house which
will accommodate 15 to 20 sows.
This building will be entirely modern
v4th concrete floors; automatic
wxterers, and wired for heat lamps.
120 PIGS FARROWED
:< Eiiuisey Woods, * young farmer or
th^ S6hley . Community, Jhas 12 sows
that have farrowed ^ total of 120
mgs 'In Jan eight-day *period. Nine
’ these sows were hooscd-^n sem
a 'ate stalls in his new concrete
floored farrowing house. The other
sows had separate quarters on the
outside. Mr. Woods will have two
more sows to farrow in the next
few days.
COMMUNITY MEETING
The-xecond- community, meeting in
the Schley 1959 Rural Progress Pro
gram will he held at the Schley
Grange Hall on Tuesday night,
March 24, at 7:30 o'clock. The sub
ject will be "Farmstead Improve
ment.” /
Marvin Phelps, Chairman of the
community committee on farmstead
improvement, says that Schley
Community is developing plans to
encourage ail the families in the
community to take/part in this pro
gram. Everyone is cordially invit
ed to attend the meeting.
PLANT STRAWBERRIES NOW
Plant strawberries as soon as you
can for harvest in 1900. Have your
soi(.tested for lime, phosphate, and
potash. A pH o( 5.5 - 6.0 and med
iujj* to high phosphate and potash
are ideal. Apply 2 quarts of 8-8-8 to
each 100 feet of row; do this about
10 days before planting. Plant the
plants as soon as the soil is workable
because early runner plants produce
the largest crop. When planting, pro
tect the plants until they are set.
Don’t let the roots dry out; a dry
root' is usually a dead one. Cover
all roots as you set the plant, but
keen the crown above soil level.
Don't set too deep so the plaint
Ja'k Gilmore's
Garden
Gossip
It is reallj daffodil time in my
garden for I'm sure there must be
over a thousand in bloom at this
time. At first there were the small
“najjjve" ones. ilwjjtJtUe “King Al
freds" begah^o" bloom! now there
are about ten varieties blooming
in the borders. I love_ the creamy
’ncdding ' ^la/fodiK I do not know
[iiwt nwe* i*4 JClSd|*4 theoi for
20 years or rrrore starting from a
few bulbs. These bulhs do not mul
tiply as fast as the “King Alfreds"
but over a period of years they
have made a substantial increase.
Here and there a dump of bhie hy»
cinths add an interesting color con
trast against the yellow of theclaf
fodils and the Forsythias in the
background.
The lovely white flowering Quince
is now struggling to regain its
beauty of last week after the sear
ing frost that scorched its delicate
flowers. It reminded me of the
plum tree I saw in full bloom in
Mildred'Kennedy's (Mrs. Lewis)
yard last Thursday A white cloud
of bloom that was a delight to see
after the past wretched winter. 1
guess I am just “Spring hungry."
Do not disturb the mulch on the
borders until after Easter. We al
ways have a hard freeze before
or just after Easter which comes
early this year. A good rule to fol
low is never work the borders un
til the Maples are in leaf. Last,
year I jumped the gujn and un
covered my Madona lilies too early
and paid for it by not having a
single bloom out of nine clumps.
This year I'm going to let them
grow up thru the mulch.
Now is a good time to visit your
neighbor just to look out from her
windows and get an.eyeful of what
she has to look at. Evaluate what
you see—is it a picture 0f a well
kept yard or just a mess? What
can be done to improve the over
all view? Ask yourself several
questions on this subject and go
home and get to work.1
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PEOPLE & ISSUE
Bv Cliff Blue
GUBERNATORIAL . . . with the
1960 Democratic primary only
about 14 months away, Terry San
ford of Fayetteville is still regard
ed as the leading contender as of
th s time and if somebody else ex
pects to win the nomination, they
will to do so between now
and and primary day I960. John
Larkins of Jones County, former
S.ate Democratic Party Chairman
ai d now Democratic National Com
mitteeman, is said to already be
runn'ng with the strong probability
that we will make his candidacy
official long before this tirtSe next
year. Tis said that both Sanford
and Larkins have assurances of
good financial support which, is
quite necessary unless the candi
date can work up a burning issue.
PARTY LABELS . . . Terry San
ford, generally speaking, is regard
ed as a member of the “liberal”
wing of the party whereas Larkins
has been a member of the “con
servative” wing. But since both are
out sto win votes", you will find
Sanford wooing the conservatives
and Larkins making eyes toward
the liberals.
; HODGES . . . It is generally ex
pected that since neither Sanford
nor Larkins would be expected to
champion the Hodges Administra
tion that someone will be in the
running with the blessings of Gov
ernor Hodges. At the present time
it appears that either State Treas
urer Edwin Gill or Lieut. Governor
Luther Barnhardt might receive the
Hodges nod
OTHERS . . . There are several
other possibilities who would not
resist a call of the people to serve
as governor, including Commiss
ioner of Agriculture L. Y. Bal
lentine. Speaker Addison Hewlett,
Jr., Tom Pearsall, Edwin Pate,
Woodrow Jones and others.
SENATE .'. *. While Everett Jor
dan is running hard for renomina
tion to the U. S. Senate, specula
tion continues as to who will,op--,
pose him in the i960 Democratic
primary. Most speculation centers
around young J. Melville Brough
ton, Jr., whose father was elected
to the Senate in 1948 after serving
from 1941 to 1945 as Governor; and
Congressman Alton Lennon of
Wilmington who is now represent
ing the seventh district in Congress.
We keep hearing talk that Terry
Sanford may run for
rather than governor
doubt. While Everett J,
pointment to the U. s
not regarded as a popul
ment, people versed wit
politics, feci that he ,
easy to defeat, j*
wealthy man himself aa
will be on his side inf
campaign. Ad we state
tioning the gubernak
money is quilt imp,
State-wide race unless
a burning issue to aro«
pie •
Big question is; Can
Lennon or some other i
ate an issue to offset
and organization which
on the Jordan side’ j
big order but far strai
have happened in Tar ft
SLOW DOWN . in,
noted Tar Heels wtrei
their doctors to slow
week. In Melbourne,
Evangelist Billy Grahaa
dered to take a two-i
tion because his weaken
was not getting back I
ifalsjt enough. Up at Flat
aging poet-philosopher a
biographer. Carl Sanih
ordered to bed for two
cause of physical exhaust
LEX1E RAY . . . |
Lexie Ray have .started a
urge the committee nan
lect a Chancellor to suca
Bostian at State Colltf
careful consideration to!
for the past few years
serving as Director of Ft
i t State College.
BROOKS HAYS I
tentative Brooks Hays
Rock, Arkansas, the mod
attempted to effect a
solution to the Little K#
crisis ,in 1957, and as a
be defeated by a write
date in 1958, appears to la
demand as a speaker, hat
lit} in North Carolina sevi
since his defeat for Congi
week he,spoke before ti
Convention of the NCEA
'illy, A book by Hays,1
ern Moderate Speaks" i
the press which Tom Ri
the Charlotte News in at
review says, "should be
both sides of the Mt
line.”
The Land- -Of OrangJ
Recent clearing of power line
right-of-ways is leaving many acres
of formerly idle land ready lor addi
tional use. - ---—
Herman Hecht, Hillsboro, Rt. 1, is
among the Orange County farmers
getting ready to seed pasture-grass
and clover on tlje newly bull dozed
areas. t
Other areas along the line are in
conveniently located for pasturing.
Here wildlife plantings will make
good use of the land.
A fifteen to twenty foot strip of
Shrub lespedeza along the woods on
each side, with the center filled in
v.ith sericea lespedeza, will provide
wildlife food and cover that will do
more to restore and increase game
populations than any other way
known. Being perennials, they will
continue to provide food and cover
yi ar after year with very little man
agement. *
Shrub and sericea lespedeza will
also help in the keeping the right-of
way in good condition for mainten
ance work by retarding
croachment of trees and
They will even benefit t(
caskinat mowing that ml
sirable from time to tint
maintenance of the righT-t
The N. C. Wildlife Hesou
mission will provide shrub
for the edges, and at leas
the sericea for the erf
year's planting materia
a'lotted, but it is not to*
put in an order for then
next planting season in Jai
February. You can pot in
cation at the Soil Conserve
ice office.
In the meantime, annual
will provide ground cover
ion control on these areas i
as well as furnishing some
cover for . wildlife._
T. R. Tapp, Buckliorn,1
had surveys made for a
tion, Reserve pond
Senator Jordan Reports
By SEN. B. EVERETT JORDAN
Quick action within the next ftw.
w eeks is necessarylf tobacco sup
port prices are stabilized fob the
1959 crop.
in reeent years, the position of
flue-cured tobacco in world mar
kets has been gradually weakened
because of steadily increasing
prices, especially when they are
comparted with the prices of tobac
co produced in foreign countries _
Realizing the danger of continued
upwaui spirals in prices, a large
group; of representatives of all
segments of the tobacco producing
industry met with Secretary of
Agriculture JBenson last November
pikj suggested that price Supports
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tn the 1959 crop be stabilized at
the 19a8 level.
The specific recommendation was
that the law should be changed to
compute tobacco price supports un
der the old parity formula rather
than under the so-callad ‘'modern
ized” or ‘Benson” formula.
Since the new Congress convened,
legislation to return to the old pari
ty formula has been introduced.
It was assumed by those ac
quainted with the tobacco program
that the Department would not op
pose such legislation. However,
when hearings were held, it was
impossible to determine exactly,
how; the Department felt.. Since
that time, the Department*has tak
en an official position of not be
mg specifically opposed to a price
• support freeze bill. . .
While the Department's latest
position is not to oppose such
legislation. Secretary Benson has
made it clear that he wants price
supports on tobacco to be a great
deal less than the 1958 level.
Because of the delays that have
been encountered in determining
the Department’s position, time is
now running short.
Now that the Department has
taken an official position, I cer
tainly hope that the way is now
clear for such legislation to be
enacted, because it could mean a .
grept deal to q>e futtire of the en
tire tobacco program T*
In recent years, the price of
* ft
flue-ciired tobacco »» ^
kets has increased "
of having considerable1
the amount of tobacco *
Unless steps are take'11
more of our tobacco >®
markets, we will contia
crease tobacco surplus*
Avill mean further acred
tions as well as a po»5^
tion of the tobacco:.PrlCl
program._ .
In other words, .
choice of either stabil^
or taking acreage redu
year find at the same w*
the risk of Secretary
ing Mg proposed flexible I
• poA program on tobac®
gress. 9
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