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On The Tar Heel Front In Washington By Robert A. Erwin and Frances McKusick IT ■ ' Washington.—It is doubtful if there is a more homesick man in all Washington than Mills Kitch in, Federal Tax expert and Spe cial Assistant to the Attorney General. Mr. Kitchin bears a name which has become a state legend and is as much North Carolina as pine forests and traditional ad herence to the Democratic party. He is just as loyal to his state as were the history-making mem bers of his family. “I was born in Scotland Neck, brought up there, lived there most of my life and wish I were back there now,” Mr. Kitchin said tersely. He complains he can’t really live in Washington — his life is just an existence of vacil lating between a small unit in an apartment building and a small unit in an office building. After eight years of “servitude” in Washington, he asserts he still can’t adjust himself to the stand ards here. “You’ll find more honest, fund amental values in one block in Scotland Neck than are displayed in the whole set-up in Washing ton,” he declared. “Take for in stance when a man asks you out for lunch. Before you have had time to butter your hard roll (no relation to the Southern biscuit), you know why you’re asked out. And its certainly isn’t because they like you, or consider you a good conversationalist. There’s a hand out somewhere.” Lunching out with “acquaint ances” has come to the point NORTH CAROLINA FACTS ! Raleigh, laid out from A WOODED WILDERNESS IN 1792,WILL OBSl ITS ISOth ARRIVE >F APRIL WALLACE, N .C„ IS THE LARGEST STRAWBERI MARKET IN THE WORLD pROM MT.PISGAH IN WESTERN N.C CAN BE SEEN POINTS IN BOTH THE CAROL! NAS, GEORGIA, TENNESSEE Al VIRGINIA ! The NORTH CAROLINA BEER INDUSTRY PAID #4,800,000 IN FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL TAXES IN 1941 To protect this revenue to the State is one of the prime purposes of this Committee’s “Clean Up or Close Up’’ Campaign. You help when you buy your beer only in wholesome, law-abiding retail beer places. As in any business, there are a very few irresponsible beer re tailers among'the thousands of respectable ones. Re port any law violations you may see to your law of ficers or to this Committee. BREWERS AND NORTH CAROLINA BEER DISTRIBUTORS COMMITTEE Edgar H. Bain, State Director, 813* 817 Commercial Bldg. Raleigh PUBLISHED IN COOPERATION WITH TMi BREWM6 INDUSTRY FOUNDATION Parkway Bus Company, Inc. NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C. SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE APRIL 15,1942 BETWEEN North Wilkesboro- Roaring River-- Ronda t AM AM Lv. North Wilkesboro _650 700 Lv. City Limits _655 705 Lv. County Home _657 707 Lv. J. H. Shore Serv. Sta. .659 709 Lv. Queen’s Terminal _701 711 Lv. Valencia Club _702 712 Lv. Shell Service Station 703 713 Lv. Shoemaker Garage _706 716 Lv. Day’s Place _707 717 Lv. Roaring River _708 718 Lv. Ronda _720 730 Ar Elkin _ 745 AM AM t Elkin ft % * AM AM PM PM PM PM PM 930 1130 100 300 350 605 1100 935 1135 105 305 355 610 1105 937 1137 107 307 356 611 1106 939 1139 109 309 358 613 1108 941 1141 111 311 401 616 1111 942 1142 112 312 404 619 1114 943 1143 113 313 405 620 1115 946 1146 116 316 408 623 1118 947 1147 117 317 409 624 1119 948 1148 118 318 410 625 1120 1000 1155 130 330 420 635 1130 1010 1210 140 345 645 1145 AM AM PM PM PM PM PM ft * * Lv. Elkin ..... _ Lv. Honda _ Lv. Roaring River Lv. Day’s Place _ Lv. Shoemaker Garage Lv. Shell Service Station Lv. Valencia Club Lv. Queen s Terminal Lv. J. H. Shore Serv. Sta. Lv. County Home _ Lv. City Limits _ Ar. North Wilkesboro_ $ AM AM 615 725 620 732 621 733 624 734 625 737 626 738 628 740 .631 743 .633 744 .634 745 .645 750 AM AM * AM AM 815 1030 825 1040 830 1045 831 1046 834 1049 835 1050 836 1051 838 1053 841 1056 843 1058 844 1059 855 1110 AM AM . t t PM PM 1215 200 1225 210 1230 215 1231 216 1234 219 1235 220 1236 221 1238 223 1241 226 1243 228 1244 229 1255 240 PM PM t * PM PM 415 420 425 425 430 426 431 429 434 430 435 431 436 433 438 436 441 438 443 439 444 450 455 PM PM I t PM 700 710 715 716 719 720 721 723 726 728 729 740 PM * f ALL SCHEDULES MARKED WITH THIS MARK DO NOT RUN ON SUNDAY For Information Telephone 170 in Elkin AM 1215 1225 1230 AM I i where he would rather pay for his own lunch, Mr. Kitchin said with a smile. But if he doesn’t like Washing ton as a place to live, he does find his work most interesting. At the request of former Attorney General Homer Cummings in 1934 Mr. Kitchin came to Washington to head the Feaderal tax prose cuting unit. He appears person ally in trial of all sorts of federal tax evasion cases in appellate courts throughout the country. This has given him an opportun ity to see all sections of the Unit ed States and to observe their customs and way of living. Strangely enough, he contends that New England is more like the South than any other section of the country. “New Englanders, like South erners, are more sincere in their appreciation of genuine and fun damental aspects of living,” he stated. “Both sections of the country put honesty, friendliness and true Americanism ahead of any type of panhandling or mon ey-grabbing.” Asked what his favorite hobby was, Mr. Kitchin replied without hesitation, “Hating stuffed shirts, punks and fakirs.” He deplores men and women who are using the War to glorify themselves as self-sacrificing individuals, in stead of honestly admitting they may be using Uncle Sam as a ve hicle for receiving a high salary. His contempt of those who seek to destroy the capitalistic system is deep. “The strange thing about such people is that they usually are sons and daughters of wealthy, self-made men who earned mon ey the hard way,” he said. “After coming from school which is sup ported mainly through endow ments or contributions, they seek to defame the very system which made their education possible. They claim they are for ‘uplifting’ while in reality their only activ ity is an attempt at the destruc tion of a system which allows them the privilege of speaking against it.” Aside from his whole-hearted antagonism to every type of anti Americanism, Mr. Kitchin spends some time fishing and golfing, when he can. He likes to garden, but says the hardwood floors of his apartment don’t make very fertile soil for Victory Gardens. Mr. Kitchin isn’t a chronic “aginer,” however. He waxes en thusiastic when Farmer Bob Doughton’s name is brought into the conversation. “I think Mr. Doughton has more sense than 40 other Con gressmen put together,” he said stoutly. ‘To me, Farmer Bob and Josephus Daniels embody the real spirit of the Democratic party to day.” Mr. Kitchin is also very friend ly with his North Carolina neigh bors, Congressmen Herbert C. Bonner, John Folger and Harold D. Cooley. He says he is acquaint ed with most of the North Caro lina delegation, and believes them very fine men. POLITICAL PALAVER: The 1942 primary in North Car olina is living up to expectations of peace and quietude, with al most complete adjournment of politics. This is true with the ex ception of the First District where Marvin Blount, of Greenville, is seeking the nomination for the Congressional seat of Representa tive Herbert C. Bonner of Little Washington. It’s a poor rule that doesn’t work both ways, Bonner support ers pointed out this week, in cit ing Mr. Blount’s complaint that Mr. Bonner was nominated by the District Executive Committee in October 1940 when Lindsay War ren left Congress to become Con troller General. The procedure by which Mr. Bonner was nominated was es tablished by law for cases of re signations or death of members of Congress, and he was elected ov er the Republican candidate in the general election by a 12 to 1 majority. Added to this, his sup porters point out, there are other Representatives who received their first nominations the same way where vacancies occurred. In calling the roll, they remind you that Mr. Blount once was named Mayor of Greenville by the City Council when Roy Flanagan died, and that the present Pitt County Sheriff was placed on the Democratic ticket by the County Executive Committee when the incumbent resigned. Mr. Bonner’s friends are busy in his behalf, and they have told him he could stick to his job here in wartime without fear that his cause would be neglected. Other Congressional campaigns are quiet, according to reports reaching Washington. Evidence accumulated here points to re nomination of Mr. Bonner; Rep resentative John H. Folger of the Fifth District; William O. Burgin, Eighth; Major A. L. Bulwinkle, New Eleventh, and to the nomi nation of Cameron M. Morrison in the New Tenth, without diffi culty. The political waters are so peaceful there are even reports of adjournment of politics in Wilkes County, where Democrats and Republicans have fought it out among themselves and with each other for decades. The Wilkes Republicans are reported as peacefully inclined because of fears of possible warfare between their own factions. Senator Bailey’s forces are practicing wise strategy in mak ing a straightforward fight against former Lieutenant Gov ernor Dick Fountain for the sen atorial nomination. Mr. Fountain is wending his way up and down the State, shaking hands, scratch ing backs and trying to arouse sentiment against the Senator. The grapevine telegraph to Washingtor reports he is making only negligible progress, if any. The Senator has in his favor his strong foreign policy stand and his consistent support of all defense and war lagislation. On the farm side, he has voted for virtually every one of the 110 ag ricultural measures to come be fore the Senate since the Soil Conservation Act was passed in 1936. He has been loyal to the farmers all the way through. Today, the senior Tar Heel Senator stands out as one of the foremost men in the Senate, one of its clearest thinkers, most bril liant speakers and scholars and consistent of fundamentally sound legislation. Josiah William Bailey never loses his head, nor does he yield to pressure to vote for anything he is convinced is unsound. If you carry a brief case when you enter the New House Office Building, it’s likely a fellow Tar Heel will be seated at the infor mation desk ready to search it before you are admitted. We re fer to Turner Robertson of War renton, who once lived in Scot land Neck, and for the past few years a member of the Capitol Police Force. Turner checks the cameras of all sightseers, keeping them in custody until the visitors depart, and gives all brief cases a good going over. His job has'been rush ing since Farmer Bob Doughton’s House Ways and Means Commit tee opened tax hearings. He ad mits newspaper photographers to the building only when they have 1942 passes signed personally by Speaker Rayburn. He doesn’t work the informa tion desk all the time. When he is on other duty for as long as a month, he forgets most of the office numbers of House mem bers in the building but commits them to memory again upon his return. Representative John K. Kerr gave Turner his appointment as policeman. Before coming here, Turner worked in a grocery store in Scotland Neck. A Washington State poultry man reports an egg shaped like a heart found in his laying house. Now’s the time to- get an OK USED CAR from your Chevrolet dealer • > mm 6000 600t> cocos' PRias "j/t GOOD VAIWS Defense workers! Make an investment in long, dependable, low-cost transporta tion! Buy an OK used car from your Chev rolet dealer and con serve time and energy for your job! Good buys • • • Good prices • • • Convenient terms. ★ SEE YOUR LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER - TODAY! F-W Phone 255 CHEVROLET COMPANY Elkin, N. C. Then follow these simple rules to add an extra 24 months of tire life, so that the rubber may serve both you and your country. t By setting 40 miles per hour as your maximum and not more than 30 miles per hour as your usual speed, you can get up to 12 months' extra wear. Remember—tires wear out TWICE as fast at 50 as they do at 30! A tire that is 30% below proper pressure will last only three-fourths as long as it should. Your Esso Dealer's air pumps have been checked for accuracy. Proper inflation can increase tire life by as much as. These waste rubber and cut tire life. By taking it easy, you can prolong tire use up to. Let an t5M) UtflLtK bKU55-iWllbf1 I Into, using spare At least every six months, have tires scientifically cross switched by your Esso Dealer. Use all five of your tires! This, with regular attention to wheel alignment, wheel and tire balance, quick repair of small cuts and bruises, re moval of oil and grease from tires, and avoidance of scuff ing, can add extra service up to. STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY Care Saves Wear DEALER
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