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PAUL DICKSON
Editor and Publisher
Entered as second-class mail matter at the post
office at Raeford, N. C., under the Act of March 3, 1870.
A. Happy Tradition ''
In the early days it was common sight to see neighbors
band together to .help each other. Barns were built, crops h^-
yested, land cleared and numerous other heavy tasks were
accomplished in a few hours instead of weeks or months. It
was done in an atmosphere of spontaneous fun. Th^ neighbors
simply dropped in for a raising bee, a husking bee, or what
ever the occasion required, with their wagons loaded with
food.
These work parties were a necessity in pioneer America.
But it is cheering to note that this tradition is still with us
in this machine age. A recent news item tells of a service
station operator in a spiall Minnesota community who had
an imusual run of bad luck. His competitors decided to help
him out. They closed their stations one Sunday and took over
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the job of manning his ca^h register and pumps to handle the
sudden rush of business, ^t was necessary for the local con
stable to direct traffic. Many people refused change, and the
supplier, which was one of the leading oil companies, fur-
ni^ed gas at cost. When the day was over the station opera
tor was considerably better off financially and he had gained
a new appreciation of his friends and neighbors.
If instances like this could occur more often-half the seem
ingly insoluble problems of the country would disappear.
probably be carried directly to die
people.
RACING AND LIQUOR — Dog-
racing and horse-racing bills are
rolling in from the seashore re
sort counties, with pari-mutual
betting the controlling motive for
these bills. The search for re
venue other than taxes on the
people is the compellihg reason
for this type of legislation.
Many local liquor bills from the
towns and cities have been in
troduced. Others are on the way.
Since the General Assembly Will
not permit a Statewide referen
dum on alcoholic beverages, there
is only one way out; votes of
counties and citise, the counties
going ■ dry and the cities, as , a
rule, going wet. Again, the search
for revenue other than taxes
seems to be the main reaspn for
all these local bills on liquqr.
Raleigh Roundup
By Eula Nixon Greenwood
TO CHILE — The opioion here is
that State Democratic Chairman
Capus Waynick will soon be nam
ed ambassador to Chile and that
the “courtesy call” made by Sen
ators Frank Graham and Clyde
Hoey on President Harry Truman
last Thursday afternoon was for
a* person-to-person indorsement
of Waynick.
Last fall dlls column said Way
nick would be appointed emissary
to i South American country.
One thing is sure: Waynick has
given up any idea of opposing
Senator Clyde R. Hoey next year.
If the new Democratic chairman
comes from- the western part of
the State, he may be the man to
take on Hoey.
HOME FOR EASTER — The
members of the Legislature may
be home by Easter. However,
some of the most important mat
ters to be considered by diem this
session firmly block the pathway
to adjournment by April 9.
Schools, roads and appropriations
—all splitting headaches three
months ago are still jthere, throb
bing. Leaders said last week they
NOTES — Look ‘ for a vigor&us
trimming of the appropriations by
the Senate Appropriations Com
mittee,— If this ,is not done, a
tremendous increase in State tax
es is inevitable ■ in 1951, if not be
fore —A return to a State tax on
land seems certain if the State
goes into the business 'of build
ing schoolhouses for the counties.
Governor Scott is not ging to
insist on the passage of the mea
sure to increase the Highway
Commission membership to 30
members. — The Highway Com
mission has . gone, on record as
opposing increasing the weight
limit for 'trucks, the chairman
stating that ‘Governor Scott a-
grees with this view. — At this
time it seems improbable that the
•Legislature' will pass the Scott-
„sporisored bill to increase the
membership of the State Utilities
Commission from three to five
members.
The. feeling in the faculty at
the University of North Carolina
is that the loss of Dr. Frank Gra
ham to the U. S. Senate is a. blow
to liberal thought- at the Univer-?
sfty, consensus being that the
trustees will not be as tolerant
with the next president, whoever
he may be, as they Were with
Graham.
PAROLES HEAD — Now that
Waldo Cheek of Asheboro is no
longer, interested in becoming
were “hopeful^’that April 9 woul^ State Paroles Cbm-
set them pad^gi take-
more hope^ br^K^^VSenata
and the HdS^. toJ^^.sdegree-ol;
agreement upcm'l%..iijne of these ;
three mattarsi. J
mission, the job vacated by Hath*
away Cross, Gates County native
and now a busy Raleigh attorney,
two men are being considered for
the post. In the lead seems to be
Dr. Talmadge C. Johnson, pastpr
of the Baptist Church at Newton.
•Pastor of the First Baptist
Church in Kinston for ten years,
Dr. Johnson is regarded as a li
beral thinker. After leaving Kins
ton, he moved to Raleigh and
during the war years was asso
ciated with Capus W^nick in the
State Venereal Disease Control
Program. He also served' for , a
time as Supply pastor with United
Church in Raleigh. For some time
now he has been in Newton. He
is around 55 years old.
The other man being consider
ed is N. F. RansdeU- of Fuquay-
Varina, an attorney who didn’t
start his formal schooling until he
was up in his teens. Pulling fod
der one day, he decided he would
go to school, ’did so, enrolling at
Farm- Life School in Moore Coun
ty. From there^ he went- to. Mars
Hill, working his way along as
he got an education. He finished
Law School at Wake. Forest in
1933. RansdeU has done well in
his, law practice, has served 'Wake
County in the Legislature, and is
a rather'prosperous farmer. Farm
Bureau, and Scott rnan. He has
been one of the Governor’s legis
lative assistants since January 5.
PERSONALS
Mrs. Chaiios J. Worth and
dau^ter of Helena, Montana,
have arrvied for a visit in the
home of Mrs. Worth’s father, E.
L. Peele. Miss Na^cy Peele, who
has held a ppsition at Moore
County hospital for the past sev
eral years, has resigned and is
also home for a. visit. •
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Gulledge
and Mr. and Mrs. Edison McGirt
visited relatives in Fairmont
Sunday.
ALSO JUSTICE Arch T. AUen
is not only the son of the late
State School Superintendent A.
T. AUen, he is one of Raleigh’s
leading attorneys’, a, ihertiber of
the Legislature from Wake Coun
ty, a former athlete at the Uni
versity of North Carolina,' ' and
secretary of its Board of Trustees.
The children of the third grade
at Hayes Barton Elementary
School here ' have been saying
Uttle prayers in their room chapel
services each mornirig. Recently,
it came Arch Allen’s time - he’s
the wide-awake offspring of the
above - to Uft his voice in praise
arid thanks to the Lord for his
many blessings. He thanked hs
follows:
“Thank You for the ^trees, for
the birds, for our friertds,Vfor this
school, and for everything like
that. ' But, Lord, tha^ you the
most for CharUe Justice. Amen.”
With that off his chest, he sat
down, and the class' went ahead
with itSj^y’s work.
Mrs. J. B. Mclmtyre, Mrs. Ernie
Metcalf of Fort Bragg, Mrs. Lon
nie Edwards of Fayetteville, Mrs.
W. B. Heyward, MrS. J. W. Mc-
Lauchlin and her guest, Mrs.
Archibald McFadyen, spent last
Thursday in Wilmington visiting
the gardens.
The strawbetrjr crop in the state
this spring Is expected *o total
2,400 acres, about 4 per cent a-
bove the acerage harvested in
1945.
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Sesame is an excellent oilseed-
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producing plant that iWill grow ft
wellvin certain areas of , the United * j
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States. ■ - ■ ' j.
Mrs. Harry Greene and daugh
ter, Frances Ward, are leaving
today to join Mr. Greene in Ra
leigh for a few days. They wiU
be joined there tomorrow by Mr.
and* Mrs. D. H. Hodgin and will
see the play “Harvey”.
' Miss Caroline Parker, who has
been with ithe War Department
in Washington, D. C., for the past'
five yearl, has resigned her po- •
sition there and is now visiting
in the home- of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Louise Parkef. , .
Mrs. E. C. Smith, Jr. and Miss
Margaret Gainey spent several
days the first of the week in Li
berty visiting Dr. and Mrs, K. B.
Grim. "While away they also vis
ited Dr. and Mrs. B. B. Dalton at
Asheboro.
Mrs. Make McLean returned to
her home here Monday after
spending the winter months in
Florida ^ visiting her children
there.
ROADS AND SPOOLS — If
the Legislature and the people
approve a bond sisue of $200,-
000,000 for roads and another
$50,000,000 for school buildings,
the State will go from the best
financial position it has been in
since the Civil War to the posi
tion of being bur^ned with the
heaviest debt in iflQhistory. This
is a simple statement of fact. The
matter of need is not questioned.
Such an important step should
Tarheel In Washin^on
By Lester Baker
Chairmap "Vinson, of the House
Armed Services Committee, has
announced that the armed fotces
do not plan to induct any more
young men under the' present
draft law. The draft act expires
July -1, 1950.
Mr. "Vinson got his information
from Maj. Gen. John A. Dahl-
quist. chief of . army personnel.
The general remarked, however,
that he thinks the draft act should
be kept on the statute books.
•No draft calls have been, issued
since January of tnis year.
EASTER FLOWERS
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RAEFORD FLORIST
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REASONABLY PRICED
Mrs. J. B. McLeod and sons,
Benny and Joe, spent Monday in
Raleigh and attended a meeting of
the Senate. Bennie and Joe,
grandsons of J. B. Thomas,’Hoke
County Senator were ^recognized
and made honorary pages, re
ceiving certificates to this effect.
Mrs. J. B. McIntyre was a guest
at the Woman’s Club luncheon
at the officers"club at Fort Bragg
Tuesday,
Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Jones. of
Washington, D. C. spent the week
end 'here with Mrs. Jones’ par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Parker.
Corsages
Potted Plants
If you want a job taking census
next year, now is trie time to ap
ply for it. You should apply
either to a senator or to the re
presentative from your district.
Senators will. name the district
supervisors, while representatives
will name the enumerators.
The job as enumerators will
last two weeks in cities, and a
month in country districts. As yet
the salary for enumerators hasn’t
been fixed. The pay, however,
will be more than the $5 a day
which was paid in 1940.
The Census Bureap fixes the
qualifications for the jobs. It will
ask each congressman to submit
three names for each job in his
district or state. The hvxeau •will
then send applicationt blanks to
each of the three. If none qUi
fies, it will ask the dbritt^ssmi
to submit three more ^atneSb
The Labor department tells us
that the cost of living has drop
ped for the fifth month in a row.
It still, however, is 27 per cent
higher than in June, 1946; and 71
per cent above the pre-war level
of August, 1939. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Cole
were guests of Mrs. Cole’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Owen,
in Aberdeen Sunday. '*
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fAk EASTER!
Arrow Easter Parade Enfembles
score several points in your
favor right ofF the bat! The shirt
is a broadcloth beauty with'
Grondrelle and satin stripes. '
And it comes in colors that go
magically with every suit.
Ditto for the related ties and
handkerchiefs which blend per-. '
fectly both in color and pattern.
See Arrow Easter Parade
Ensembles here today and the
smart Arrow collar styles
they come in. .
Arrow
Easter Parade Ensembles
Shirts $4.50 Ties $L50
Handkerchiefs 65^
Other Arrow Shirt $3.65
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Most persons find it quite dif
ficult to remember the birthdays
and anniversaries of their friends
and relatives. But that’s nothing
when compared to the 270 special
days and weeks that have been
set aside for observance during
■this calendar year.
Yep, whatever may be the qc,^-
casion for observance—^you naihe
it—^you’ll probably find that " a
special day, and in rniany fases: ®
a whole week, has been aligned
that specific cause or pxurpose.
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Some of the more unusual ob
servances found on the list of 270
special days and weeks include:
Save the Horse "Week, July 23-30;
National Tie "Week, Sept, 11-17;
Peanut Week, April 3-9; and Ale
Week, Oct. 29-Nov. 5.
VERSUS
ASHEVIllE BLUES
(NEGRO SOUTHERN LEAGUE