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^Che - S'oumal PRESS ASSOCIATION Published Every Thursday at Raetord, N. C. 9837e 119 W. Elwood Avenue Subscription Rates In Advance Ptr Ytor . $4.00 6 Months - $2.25 3 Months - $1.25 PAUL DICKSON s s s s « seeeessss** , Publisher SAM C. MORRIS General Manager •TIM TAY^^DR • . . . . . Editor MRS. PAUL DICKSON Society Editor Sscond'Clus poatsgs p«ld at Rasford. N. C. Your Aword-Wlnnlng Community Newspapsr THURSDAY, APRIL 14. IMe ON LIQUOR LAWS A Modification Is Likely Although medical authorities claim that any other kind of drink ing Is dangerous, It Is becoming Increasingly difficult to take a "social drink" in North Carolina. The state’s attorney general has ruled that If N. C/ liquor laws are strictly enforced, the only place one will be able to legally take a drink Is in his home. If the liquor laws are enforced strictly along the lines laid down by the attorney general in his re cent Interpretation, it would mean: 1. Liquor could no longer be carried Into a cafe. 2. Liquor could not be con sumed in a "social club," such as a country club, lodge hall, etc. 3. Liquor could not be given as a gift to a friend. 4. Liquor could not be served at "social hours" before any sort of meeting or entertainment unless the affair happened to be In the home of the entertainer. It stands to reason tiiat Im bibers are unhappy with this rul ing. Unhappy to tjv# extent. In fact, that they will scream bloody murder If the law Is enforced to the degree the attorney general says Is possible and legal. Unquestionably, the Interpreta tion will lead to a liberalization of the state’s liquor laws when the General Assembly convenes In 1967. Strict enforcement would be entirely contrary to American drinking habits, and moral or Im moral, the people of the state will Insist on the right to take a sociable nip whenever they choose. What brou^t the whole thing about was the widespread custom of brownbagging; that Is, carrying liquor from car to cafe or dance hall In a brown paper bag and serving the beverage to oneself after the management had pro vided Ice and other accouterments. It also has been a widespread practice to stage cocktail par ties, or social hours as they are popularly called here, before Im portant gatherings of one sort or another. Now, neither can be done le gally, says the attorney general. The only legal way, then, to buy and consume whisky Is to pur chase it at an ABC store and take it by the nearest route to your home, there to drink It perhaps In the presence of a nagging wife. In fact, one Is In violation of the law, we are told. If he delays or detours on hls way from ABC store to home. Without Indulging In the moral ity or Immorality of drinking al coholic beverages, it can be noted that the state’s laws, as Inter preted by the attorney general, border on the absurd. What the Interpretation likely will lead to Is a drive for open bars. What almost certainly will happen Is a modification of the law which will provide some satisfaction to the people who voted die state wet In the first place. Clean-Up Campaign The local clean-up campaign be ginning this month and lasting for the next 365 days merits the thoughtful consideration and full cooperation of every citizen of Raeford and Hoke County. Since this area does not abound In scenic attractions. It behooves us to make the best use possible of the physical facilities we do have. And nothing speaks better for the citizens of a town and coun ty dian Immaculate lawiu, freshly- painted buildings, clean windows, and premises spruced up in gen eral. The local clean-up campaign Is a major effort by local civic, so cial and other groups. Each group county likely will disappear. Gone, too, will be the weed-grown vacant lots, littered wldi bottles and cans, for die sponsors Intend to see that property owners clean up the lots, else they’ll have the town do It at the expense of the property own er. A clean-up campaign certainly Is nothing new. but a beautification project which lasts the year’round Is unique. We all ought to pitch In and make die campaign so un necessary after two months that the sponsors will abandon that pro ject and begin another equally as useful. has been assigned a speclftc phase of the campaign, and through dielr leadership, a majority of the "trash" that litters our town and We are proud of our town and county. Surely we will show our pride by removing the eyesores, large and small, which mar the beauty of our hometown. Grassroots Opinion Hindsight nm According to the American Gas Association, costs of drilling a gas well may run anywhere from 9100,000 to more than $2 million, depending on depth and the dif ficulties encountered In drilling. The main cost stems from the fact that only one exploratory well In nine turns out to be a producer— and only one In 44 eventually be comes a profitable producer. In Barry Goldwater's view; “When the economy Is booming, govern ment should be taking the edge off Inflation by paying its debts Instead of piling up record-break-* ing new ones." CUFF BLUE... People & Issues wwiimn^iiMwmmnnimiiwmiini DEADUNI — FrUUy, April tht upro*r U AA.AotX^ii By Jim Taylor Golf Played For Big Cash Fat Jack Nlcklaus won the Masters golf tournament, to the surprise of no one In par ticular, defeating Gay Brewer and Tommy Jacobs In an 18- hole playotf Monday after they had tied at 288 — even par — for 72 holes. After the tournament, Nlck laus said he had made up hls mind before the affair started to win — *‘no Ifs, ands or buts about It.*’ He was Inspired, If that's the word, by the tragic 18th tee, the issue still not de cided, when a Snead fan decided to he^ out the Slammer. When Hogan's tee shot bounded close to the fellow, he ducked under the gallery roped off and stomped the ball, which burled out of sight In the soft fairway. Hogan got a free lift, of course, and the Pinkertons got the practical Joker. The last time I laid eyes on him, a Pinkerton had him by each arm and hls feet were scarcely drag- Brewer missed on 18 Sunday. If that putt had dropped, he'd have won $20,000 In prize money and notelllnghow much infringe benefits. As It was, he col lected $8,300. That one little putt, then, cost him $11,700. That's a right high price to put on a single golf stroke. death of one of hls best friends* ging the turf, so fkst were they crash Ohio, who died In an airplane flying from Columbus, to Augusta. Of course. It was safe tor Nlcklaus to say that about hls determination after he sneaked In Sunday with a tie. Had he not missed a three and one-half foot putt on the 17th, he would have been the undisputed champion after the regulation four rounds. But he missed the putt. Brew er missed one almost as short on 18 and had that one dropped. Brewer would have been champ, tor all of Nlcklaus' determina tion. Personally, I don't see how a golfer can make up hls mind to win a tournament and then go out and do Just that. Looks to me like they'd make \g) their mind to win them all — or at least all the big ones — and thereby earn a coigile of mil lion dollars a year. ushering him off the premises. * * Monday's playoff reminded me of the one In 1984 when Sam Snead and Ben Hogan tied at 289 after 7$ holes and stayed over for another 18 holes on Monday. Snead beat Hogan, 70 to 72, as I recall, to capture hie third Masters title, Hogan, on the other hand, te a two-time win ner of the event. I was In the gallery that final day of the 19B4 tourney and I saw an amusing thing happen on the 18th fairway. The course was soggy from extended rain and the ball frequently would Imbed In the fairway. Snead and Hogan ware on the Several oddities worthy of note occurred In this year's Greater Greensboro Open. A fan picked ig> one golfer's ball and disappeared Into the crowd before she could be stopped. ITie golfer had to take a two-stroke penalty for a lost ball. If he'd had a witness to the theft, he could have escaped the penalty. There was a fellow standing ttere, he said, but he lost him while chasing the woman. On the final day of play, I saw another golfer hit a shot to the left of the fairway and Into the edge of the woods. Just as the golfer was some 80 yards from the ball, along came a kid and plucked It out of the grass. The Irate golfer went Into action. Ho yelled at the kid, waved a golf club over hls head, and started running toward the boy. The kid, meanwhile, took off down the fairway, dropping the ball as he went. An official was called and the golfer was allowed to drop a ball at the spot he believed the ball to have been. He went on to par the hole, so I reckon the kid didn't foul up hls game. Some of the professional golf ers are bothered by the slightest distraction. Concentration la supposed to bo the secret to winning golf on the tournament trail, and a mishit shot can sometimes cost a golfer a bundle of booty. Taka that four-toot putt Dave Marr, the handsome Texan who teamed with Tommy Jacobs to beat Bobby Nichols and Fayetteville's Ray Floyd In the CBS Golf Classic, told about the winning shot while he was at the Greensboro tournament. When Tommy knocked hls ball Into a trap after I had blown my chance to win the hole — which was the last of the match — I said to myself; 'well, we made a heck of a run at It.' Then Tommy — who’s one of the poorest trap players on the tour — striped Into the sand and knocked the ball Into the hole.’’ That little shot was worth exactly $30,000, because the winners got $80,000 and the losers only $20,000. I hope I never have to play for that amount of money. The strain of It would kill me. Pl/PPY CHEEK PHILOSOPHER Philosopher Has Strong Answer To People Wo Assert He’s Lazy 18 at noon la the deadline tor filing tor county and legUlatlve offlcea. The last days and hours are generally pretty trying daya on the candidates, who are hewing, but fearful that they will not get by without opposition. Candidates breed candidacies and contests breed contests. 22ND HOUSE DISTRICT-In the 28nd House Dlstrtct com posed of Lee and Harnett coun ties a hot contest Is shaping up tor Ihe two seats In the Stats House with tour candidates hav ing already announced — two from each county, William W| Staton, Jr„ and Jimmy Love of Lee County and Rep. Carson Gregory, Incumbent represen tative from Harnett and Clyde Adams, both of Angler. The question la will Rap. Shelton Wicker, the veteran Incumbent legislator from Leo, enter the race or bow out by deadline time next Friday. DR. LEO JENKINS—Whsre- ever Dr, Leo Jenkins of East Carolina College goes and whenever he makes a speech these days he provides good copy for the new^apers as he campaigns unceasingly In be half of university status tor hls Institution of higher learn ing. In recent years East Carolina College won two rounds In the General Assembly. First, Rep. Walter Jones led the battle tor a nurses school, and In 1968 Jones, then a state senator, led a fight for a medical school. Now Jones has moved up to congressional status and will not be in Raleigh to lead the battle for university status In the 1967 session, Walter Jones was a tireless battler for many sound pieces of legislation during hls several terms In the General Assembly. LIQUOR ISSUE — Twenty years ago the "wet'’ and "dry’’ Issue was a hot political ques tion In North Carolina, but the "wets'’ by attrition have moved ahead until North Carolina today can be regarded as a “wet state.'’ But the ruling by the Attorney General that It Is Illegal to con sume liquor outside one’s home has brought to the fore the liquor Issue which will remain an Issue until the 1967 General Assembly acts upon It, unless the governor calls a special session to take care of the thirst of our drinking people. Unless LA GRANGE, ILL., QTIZEN: "The opinion pollsters discov ered that a high percentage of those favorlhg medical care were not aware that the pro posed legislation would not cover doctor costs, that bene- nts are limited to short periods, tnat diere are no provisions for the major catastrophe long term Illness and high cost surgical bills. There Is goliw to M a lot of unhappiness wlm the limited benefits. But there will be elation amopg tfiosewho can afford to pay all their Ill ness costs. They will benefit In equal measure with those who have limited or no means to meet the bills of Illness." An editorial In the publication Michigan Medicine says: "Few, If any, new drugs or Inventions have oeen commercially developed In countries which do not offer proper patent protection to the Inventor. Of *e new drugs In troduced In the United States from 1941 to 1964, 369 came trom the United States, 44 from Switzer land, 33 from Germany, and 28 from the United Kingdom. Equal ly significant Is that 90 per cent of the new drugs originating In • the United States came from com pany laboratories." Dear edltart From tliTie to time some people around Raeford have Im plied, Implied thunder, have come right out and said that I'm lazy. "Ole J. A., whoever he la, must be the lazi est man In this part of North Carolina," 1 heard one man tell another In town one day while he was looking over a copy of The News-Journal. "You ever heard of anybody as far behind In hls work e* beseems to be?" I now wish to state that some people Just don't know the dif ference between an economist and a bum. According to a front-page ar ticle I read In a copy ofanewa- paper last night, the leading economists of this country have advised President Johnson to ask big business to slow down and even postpone some plant axjpanalon. In order to head off Inflation. They have itudled the economic Index and the cost of living and spiraling prices and decided that too fast expan sion at this time would be In flationary, and many industra- llsts have agreed, I am pleased to announce that I was years ahead of the econo mist. Some people thought the reason I didn't build a new fence around this crabgrus farm was that I was too lazy, whereas actually all the time mi I was fighting Inflation, 1 didn't have to wait for the economists to tell me that plunging Into the Job of putting a new roof on my house would be inflationary. In this modern, complex world, a man has got to know when to put the brakes on. You'd think the big In dustrialists would know. this without having to be told. Declining to Jump on my trac tor and plow up some un-used ground Isn't laziness. It's anti- Inflationary. You're not going to catch me tending the In flationary spiral off the top of the chart and bringing economic collapse to the entire nation. The next time you hear some body sty I'm lazy, ask him to get In touch with President Johnson. Yours faithfully. J. A, attlled by the count we expect the Oeoenl Ateembly to Uberallie the U- quor Uwf, at laaat to tha ex- tent reiardad aa legal until the recent ruling of the at torney generaL In fact we auepect tha laws will b* much more Ubtral after tha General Aiaembly geta through amend ing them than waa thought to be the ctaa before the attorney general tpoke out. 47TH DBTRICT—In tha 47th Houae Dlatrlct three Democra tic candidates have announcad for tha two saata. Comprialng tha 47th district are Haywood. Madiaon and Yncey counties. All the candtdatae are axpar- lenced laglalatora. Ernest Measer la tha Incumbent from Haywood County. Charles Mc Crary, tha other candldata from Haywood has served In the Houae before and Liston Ram say of Madison County has ser ved a couple of ter me, 19TH DISTRICT—In the 19th Senatorial District comprised of Davidson, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond and Scotland counties, three candidates are ••eking the two Democratic nomlnatlona. They are Senatore Joe Sink of Davidson and Volt Gilmore of Moore both Incum bents and J, F. Allen of Mont gomery, Before the deadline at least one other candidate Is expected to announce. If John Covington or Dr. Bill James does not run tor Richmond County Senator Jennings King of Scotland Is expected to enter the race. STONEYBROOK — From all over the state and beyond the horse people and others will gather at Southern Fines Sat urday tor the annual "Stoney- brook'* steeplechase races which attract thousands each year. Many come early for a picnic lunch at the noon hour and enjoy the mule races be fore the main attractions get under way at 2 p.m. LIP SERVICE—While there will be lots of Up service to "law. enforcement” In the "brown bag” liquor talk, you need not expect much effort other than a "token” raid here and there. DR. CARROLL—Dr. Charles F. Carroll, state superintendent of public Instruction leads a Tar Heel delegation to Wash ington this week to oppose the federal desegregation guide lines which the State Board of Education has called “Imprac tical, irregular and Illegal.” STATE REPORT ■Y STATE SENATOR VOIT GILMORI CAMPAIGN TRAIL — Cam paigning la a healthy American activity. It puts candidates and voters eyeball-to-eyeball on Is sues of the day. At least, that Is the case when an elective Job Is contested In a primary or general election. There Is no lack of competition In the new 19th Senatorial District which embraces Davidson, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond and Scotland counties. It’s still a bit early for the average voter to be warmed up about the North Carolina primary election coming on May 28. As I move about through the 19th District, I observe these characteristics; Voters are confused by the recent redlstrlctlng which re sulted from federal court ac tion. Candidates must take time to explain the new lineup of counties for Congressional, State Senate end House of Rep resentatives voting. Almost every house occupied by someone has Its television set operating, no matter what hour of the day or how terrible the program. Often while greet ing a visitor at tha door, a housewife will still keep her eyes half-glued to the television screen, Vietnam quickly enters most casual political conversations around the district, Usually It la because television car ries almost hourly notices about the war. Too, moat people sfsm to have some relative or acquaintance Involved with the military. Whan they learn that I have only recently returned from an Inspection trip In Viet nam, strangers aak ma If there aaama to be any prospect of our winning It. Many algh and and the convaraatlon with this Bsntlmsnt, "Wall, 1 guaaa It's nacasiary, but I wlah wo weren't over there,’' REVAMPING STATE TAXES — If you have a com plaint about North Carolina taxaa, now la a good time to sound off. The special Tax Study Commission, Instructed by the last General Assembly to update state taxation, la meeting regularly and prepar ing Its recommendations for the 1967 legislature. Recommenda tions and protests may be filed with the coihmlBslon's secre tary, HudsonC.Stanabury, Rev enue Building, Ralslgh. Some of tha fiercest growls will be over the N, C. Intang ibles Tax. It Is described In four-letter words by many resi dents of the Plnehurst-South- ern Pines area who have sub stantial parts of their estates In out-of-state securities. Their tax burden Is dispro portionately large as a result of the I. T. — or would be large If they made North Car olina their legal residence. Many refuse to move here be cause of the I. T., maintain ing a home elsewhere while they come to the Sandhills for something less than six months of golf or horses. It would be interesting If the Tax Study Commission could estimate how much In death taxes our state loses as a re sult of estates probated In other states which belonged to people kept out of North Carolina by the Intangibles Tax. FOR BETTER MAPS — Less than ons-thlrd of North Caro lina Is covered by up-to-date topographic maps. This tact causes problems as our rapid growth requires precise sur veying to position new high ways, buildings, water and sew er lines, watershed programs, flood control, power lines, min eral surveys and a host of other dally needs. With Incorrect maps, roads might fall to In tersect properly and water could flow In an embarrassing ly wrong direction. The state’s Society of Civil Engineers Is urging Raleli^ to adopt a ten-year program to eonipletely map North Car olina. It’s a necessity for orderly growth. And, oh yes, tht federal government has fig ured out a way to pick up half the tab for the Job. IN PURSUIT OF BEAUTY — Hundreds of concerned Tar Heels met In Raleigh last week to see whether beauty can keep a toehold among the sprawling Industries, highways and sub urbs which dally gobble up more acres of North Carolina, The Governor’s Conference on Beauty considered highways, natural resources and city- county planning. Although gard en clubs and roadside business men differ sharply on what beauty Is, the cross-section of citizens who met In Raleigh guidelines which can a prettier, healthier adopted assure state. 1 was which state's chairman of the group considered what the travel industry might do. Greater use of architec tural and landscaping advice was agreed on. There should be more emphasis on native assets, such as our southern See STATE REPORT, Page 10
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