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ROMER BROCK
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CLETUS BROCK
Sr ELMER BROCK
0916-1949)
Editor
Bus. Manager,
Entered as second class man matter April 21,1904,
at the Post Office at Mount Olive, N. C.
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and what doth tho Lord roqulrt of thoo, but
to do iustly, and to lovo mercy, and to walk humbly
with thy God?"—Mica 8:6.
Good Job, Well Done
The Mount Olive American Legion Post
is carrying on in fine fashion the type of ac
tivities for which the Legion was organized.
The local post has always been among the
leaders in its district in membership and pro
jects carried out, and is for the second time
in four terms furnishing the district com
mander, when Billy McPhail assumes that
post for the coming year.
We don’t know if Easter egg hunts are
exactly the type of project the Legion’s found
ers had in mind years ago, but if not, the local
fellows deserve all the more credit for going
beyond their “duty” to put on something so
worthwhile. The Sunday afternoon hunt, plan
ned, organized and paid for completely by
Legionnaires, was a whopping success. There
were several hundred persons, old and young,
l put there. Many were the words of praise for
the Legion among the grown-ups present
Well-deserved praise, too, for things were
planned and carried out so that all the chil
dren from one to 10 had a good time without
4 mishap. None of the parents seemed to be
bored either.
This was the second public Easter egg
. hunt the post has staged. Last year it held
hunts for white and colored children. This
year, the colored civic leaders took the ball,
and with minor assistance by the Legion, car
ried out their egg hunt. We hope both will
be annual fafairs from now on, for this is the
j type of activity in which Mount Olive is some
what lacking.
I We should not forget the Legion in nam
..ing organizations of which Mount Olive can
be proud. Such projects as that Sunday can
be added to its growing list of contributions
to the community, such as the blood bank,
(which has filled a great need with no reward
to the Legionnaires taking part except the
knowledge they have helped someone); the
Christmas parade with Santa, staged once a
few years back when nobody else could or
'would take the job; participation locally in
the Boys’ State program^ and many others.
We hope the Legionnaires will accept this
“pat on the back” for all the children who en
joyed Sunday afternoon—they can’t reach
that high, you know.—EB.
Building Sets Record
Recent figures show that construction dur
ing the first three months of 1954 set all-time
records. Figures from the Department of
Labor and Commerce show that more than
$7,300,000,000 was expended in this period.
This amount is slightly above the $7,175,
000,000 total expended in the first three
months of 1953. The 1953 expenditure was the
all-time record until last year.
Construction is obviously running ahead
of predictions and most of the increase in
March is reflected in the expansion of private
housing and public utility construction. Also
involved is an increase in highway construc
tion.
The latest figures show that private com
mercial building is leading the field of in
creases and is responsible for much of the
over-all increase.
This news is significant in view of the fact
that the nation’s economy has been experienc
ing a recession in most -fields. They show a
general business optimism and explain why
the prices of building materials have failed to
come down as had been predicted. They are
one of the significant and encouraging signs of
1954.
Why France, Britain Hesitate
Though the first inpulse of most Americans
has been to blame the British and French for
stalling op the U. S. plea for united action in
the Far East, a close look at the situation will
reveal why Britain and France hesitate in the
present crisis.
The first and primary reason is the near
ness of the Geneva Conference, scheduled to
open in that Swiss city on the 26th of this
month. The French have been counting heavi
ly on the conference to bring a truce in Indo
china, and naturally if this can result (which
the United States doubts), the French would
be hesitant to make any major move which
could possible complicate the Geneva talks.
The British likewise look to the Geneva
Conference as a possible source of a Far East
security pact. Therefore, the British — with
many troubles in various parts of the world—
are not eager to participate in a major military
effort in Indo-China until they are certain no
security pact is forthcoming from the Geneva
talks.
There is even evidence thafr Russia might
support a security pact under certain condi
tions. Izvestia, the Soviet Government news
paper, recently called for agreements on “se
curity” for the Far East. The newspaper said
security could result from normalization of
relations among all the countries of Asia and
this line from the official Soviet organ natur
ally encourages the British and French to hope
for a truce.
In the opinion of British and French dip
lomats, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles’
attempts to bring about a showdown prior
to April 26th, and commit the three nations
to united action on a large scale in Indo-China
might be premature.
While the United States position, that the
Chinese Communists are already intervening
in effect in Indo-China, is correct, and while
the United States is taking a practical view
of this intervention, one must' hot lose sight
of the fact that the British and French also
may have strong points on their side, and that
1 it is better to wait several weeks longer, to
obtain united action, than for this Government
to go it alone with a more forceful Far East
ern policy.
I News of the Negro
Population
.(By Mrs. Maud* Kornagay)
? Mrs. Matthew Bryant and stu
dents of her Sunday school class,
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Mary Ann Musgrave, Rose Brock,
and Mary Frances Lane, shared
their Easter joy with the shut-ins
Monday night. They visited Mes
dames Anna and Mattie King, Su
die Herring, Nejson Cox, and Mr.
and Mrs. Thad Wynn. They read
the Easter story and sang and
had prayer in each home visited.
never saw so many worms—that bait shop
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The Wayne County Missionary
mass meeting was held at Wynn
Chapel Sunday at 3 p.m. The ad
dress was delivered by Mrs.
Evelyn Alston, state worker. Mrs.
Daisy Durham presided.
Mrs. Connie Williams of New
York City, N. Y., spent the Easter
holidays with her mother,- Mrs.
Mettie 0. Wynn.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Clark and
daughters, Lionel, Wilveria, and
Bernardett, came Thursday eve
ning to .visit Mrs. Clark’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Grady. The
daughters remained for a longer
visit.
Among the students returning
from the various schools to spend
the Easter holidays are: Misses
Shirley Faison and Juanita Brock
from Livingstone, Salisbury: Ar
delia Elliott, Scotia Seminary,
Concord: Eleanor Elliott, Shaw uni
versity. Raleigh; Minnie Gray Pow
ell, Saint Augustine, Raleigh; La
von D. Grady, N. C. college, Dur
ham; Arnetts Grady, Teachers
college, Winston-Salem, and Cor
nell Boney, A&T college, Greens
boro.
A call meeting of the Civic Lea
gue and the regular meeting of the
board of directors of the commu
nity center were held Monday
night at the community center,
i The missionary circle of Wynn
Chapel will meet Wednesday in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson
Cox on Hillsboro street.
! Miss Peggy Jean Johnson has
returned to school after being 10
at her home for a few days.
The Rev. G. W. Todd and the
Rev. Louis Wright of Goldsboro,
were visitors in Mount Olive Sat
mrd»y. ,
■ Rome fellows never look ahead
tor fear they’ll see their finish.
GREEN HERON f
01953 National Wildlife Federation
Green Heron
Most All or.
N. America
In much of North America; and
some of South America, fishelmen
and others who haunt streams and
marshes may frequently see vhat
looks like a slender awkward, ong
legged crow spring from the
ground, expel a long white
mark” and fly a relatively
distance only to alight clumsi]
some tree or shrub. In more
than not this will be a Green
a 17-inch bird with yellow or o:
legs that are too long for a
but too short to fit the average
concept of a heron.
Green Herons have been flying
about this type of country since
Pleistocene times and will prob
ably continue to exist so long as
suitable habitat may be found for
them in which to find their food,
build their nests and rear Jheir
young. Their only value probably
is to serve as a target for huhters
who do not know that they are
protected by law. They are of no
food value themselves, the Nation
al Wildlife Federation points out,
and do comparatively little dam
age to forms of life that are of
food value to man.
These rather dumb-behaving
birds are greenish black on. the
crown and when excited can raise
a ragged crest on their heads.
Their necks are brownish, their
bellies ashy, and at a distance their
bodies may appear to be gray. The
■young birdaihiye ;^l»ck streaks on
their breasts but these disappear
with the advent of maturity.
Green Herons are so well-known
to outdoor folk that they naturally
have many common names,
Sheouw is a common name; de
scribing their excitement call. JFly
up-the-creek is a common name
descriptive of their common? re
action to disturbance. Chalkline is
a common name descrlptiv4 of
their habit of evacuating when they
take flight. I
Green Herons nest from
Nova
)uth
Scotia to North Dakota and sooth
to the Golf Coast, Honduras land
Guatemala. They winter from slor*
ida and southeastern Texas to
northern Colombia. They have teen
found in Bermuda, Haiti and Rier
to Rieo. ’
The nest, a clumsily constrict
ed platform of sticks, is fount in
low trees over the water, usually
in colonies and 3 to 20 feet alove
the ground. Sometimes one nest
may be occupied by two females.
The pale blue eggs measure"Ll/2
by 1 1/7 inches and are incubated
for 17 days. The young are clumsy,
homely animals that gain 1/2 oi
a day for the first 0 days and
climb from their nest using
feet and wings to help the:
the act
The food of Green Hero
largely small marsh animals
which are caught by a lightigng
like plunge of the beak. On, oc
casion the bird may plun|e
the water from a perch to
prey. The food includes
frogs, mice, insects, worms
similar small animals. The
usually feed in early mo:
late afternoon.
—E. Laurence P«l^<
PROFIT AND LOU
The means some people usr in
getting ahead in this world pyob
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NEWS for VETERANS
Nearly two-thirds of a million
disabled veterans have been train
ed for useful, productive lives un
der Public Law 16 a Federal law
enacted eleven years ago, Veterans
Administration announced.
VA said its experience in admin
istering this law has demonstrated
that veterans with virtually * every
type of disability can be rehabili
tated successfully.
Public Law 16, the Vocational
Rehabilitation Act, was enacted
March 24, 1943, during the height
of the bitterly-fought “leap frog”
landings in the Pacific and more
than a year before the historic D
Day invasion in Europe.
Originally designed for disabled
veterans of World War II, the law
was extended three years ago to
cover those disabled in service
since Korea.
So far, 602,000 disabled World
War II veterans have trained for
jobs they can hold despite their
handicaps. Another 13,000 veteran
trainees suffered their disabilities
after the outbreak of hostilities in
Korea.
A recent VA survey showed that
37 percent of all Public Law 16
trainees had disabilities of the
limbs; these included the ampu
tees, the paraplegics, muscular in
juries and others. (
Another 25 percent are veterans
who have suffered mental illnesses,
brain injuries, epilepsy and other
similar disorders.
Eight percent of the trainees
have had respiratory ailments; six
percent had heart or blood vessel
conditions; five percent suffered
from ailments of the rigestive sys
tem; three percent had hearing
difficulties or diseases of the ear;
two percent were blind or had eye
diseases, and the remaining 13
percent encompassed a wide var
iety of other disabilities.
The objectives for which these
veterans trained have ranged from
atomic physics to airplane mechan
ics.
Q—In applying for Korean G1
training, must I submit the ori
ginal of my separtion paper (DD
Form 214) along with my applica
THIS IS THE LAW
How often you have heard an ex*
prelskm such as, “I bought my
property (real estate) at a sale
ordered by the court, so I know my
title is good.” Thousands of dollars
are spent annually for the purpose
of property held at sales to collect
taxes, settle estates, and the like,
without examination of titles be*
cause of the mistaken belief that
the courts assume a responsibility
for the condition,of the title.
Any title attorney will tell you
that, as a class, titles which have
been through court proceedings
contain more defects than any oth
ers. Generally, the court has no
duty other than to pass on the is
sues Submitted to it The condition
of the titlerto property to be sold is
not usually one of the issues. It is
up to the buyer to satisfy himself
as to the condition of the title. *
To take a man’s land from him
and sell it is a very serious matter.
Yet, this can be done to collect the
taxes due on it. In doing so, how
ever, the county or municipality
must follow closely the procedure
required by the' law. If any detail
is overlooked, a sale pursuant to
the foreclosure may later be set
aside, thereby causing the buyer
to give up the land.
MUST NOTIFY OWNER
For example, the law requires
that the owners of the property be
notified of such foreclosure by a
tion form, or will a carbon copy
be satisfactory?
A—You may submit an official
carbon copy of your DD Form 214
as evidence of your active service.
It is not necessary to submit the
Original.
summons which must be personal
ly served if the owners can be
found by diligent search within the
state. Often this cannot be done
because the owner has abandoned
the property and moved to another
community, and his residence is
unknown to county officials. When
the property becomes valuable at
a later date, the purchaser .finds it
is almost impassible to avoid hay
ing the property taken from hh^K
the former owner who can
that if county officials had made
a diligent search, they could have
personally served a summons on
such former owner..
Often the executor of an estate
finds it necessary to sell the real
estate for the purpose of obtaining
funds to pay the debts of the de
ceased. In doing so, the executor
must remember that the real
estate belongs to the heirs of the
deceased and not to the estate it
self. or to the executor. It is nyerely
subject to the call of the executor,
who inay sell it to pay debts if the
persdnal property of the deceased
is insufficient for this purpose^ In
making such sale, however, the ex
ecutor must give to each heir pro
per notice that the sale will be
madfe, must prove the insufficiency
of the personal property of the de
ceased to pay the deceased’s debts,
and must otherwise comply with
the requirements of the law auth
orizing such sale. A failure to do
any of these things may create a
defective title to the property sold.
Correcting such defects is difficult
and often very expensive if they
are not discovered until after the
estate is closed.
NO WARRANTY DEED
In addition, the purchaser of
property which is sold under order
of court usually gets a deed with
out warranty, so if the title is found
to be defective, the owner Uas no
one to whom he can turn and de
mand payment of his damages.
Every attorney has seen dozens
of clients invest life savings in
property having defective. titles
such as outlined above. Your at
torney would much rather, charge
you a small fee for examining your
title and protecting your invest
ment than a large fee for trying to
clear a cloudy title. More about
title search next week.
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