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6DH0RIAL & FEATURE PAGE
Chapel Hill News Leader
Leading With The News in Chapel Hill, Corrboro, Glen Lennox and Surrounding Areas
VOL: II, NO. 84
MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 19S5
More Than Haif Must Vote
'I'lir fitctioii on ()( toi)ci' 26, wliich is lo (Ic-
tei iiuiic the coordmal ion ol tiu: Stale and
Federal retiremeni sssicins, is an nmisiial
one. More lhan .V)",, oj llinsc t'lii^ililc {not
those Votioish niiisl vote 'yes’ il ihe syslein is
to he (ii; ■n.'nc'd. I'aiinre to vote is :t nei>at.i\(:
vote.
'J’here is no indixidiial option. /Ml Sttite
euij)loyees sitinrl or lall toi>ether. I'hey can
Up an Inch Out of Darkness
Nortli (iarolinti has nio\'ed anotlur inch
toward tlie i(‘nio\al oi' |)ris()n pr;i(ti(X's that
until Ititely lia\e not hc'cn lar Ironi medieval
conceptions on the one httnd .and Jewish
trihal ideas on the other.
William Id liaiU'y. sttHe prisons director,
has oiahicd thtit shackles he discontinued in
S| ol the present ();> piison camps. I'hese
shahkies consist of letilher leg caills held to
gether h\ ( liains. •
'JMe medieval notion ol a legall.v condemn
ed ma-n w.as th;n lie wais a sort ol dangeiams
wild heast. who wnts to he kept, either in a
dnngeon or in irons. I hc irihtil idea laid
dow'ii hv .Moses wats .in ege for an eye, a tooth
for a tooth. nid so on: in short, it was based
on reltdiation. ("serv'e iiim right”, etc.)
It took a long lime lor the heliei lo lie ac-
gepled that :i large percenttvge ol prison in
mates are not so hardcaied th;it they (annol.
A Weight on Democratic Legs
N'o one (amid expect a pidilical parly to
win with ;i weiglil lied ttronnd its legs. \'el
Texas Demotaans tliink the thing can he
done with a ".Sonlhern (oalition " wliich.
strange lo say, is tipproved hy (iovernor
] lodges.
I his projaosed (oalilion would, ;K((.>rding
to its sponsors, otaaipy :i cenirttl position in.
next year's {ti'niDaign. Ihit tK tnallv it would
he far to the right—that is, conservatli\e, moss-
hlden, tilid mol ion less.
,-\nv siK h (oalilion would put North C.aro-
iinti' in .;t hag’ vvhc'.s'e strings (onld, he lied fast
hy’ the Texas cta.i'wd, which in the last elec
tion cast ol f I he JdiaiKu rai ic label and worked
lor I'isei'iiiowcr: Inn" Texas Jiats got the big
voles—pS ol ilnan.
J'lie ellorts ol p u f-time Democrats lo make
their paitv a lwaaa 1 lealnm parly as ;i parinca' ol
tim (if I’ iwcedledee is hardly concetik'd.
It is donhilnl il the Democrats can win hv
catering to the rich and powerful and hy
keeping hc'hind the counter what is lelt ol the
New Deal. ^
'The kcpiihlicr.ii parly is historically the
servant of big hnsiness aiid its allies. Ihc
Dcanocralic ptirlv cannot hope to he water-
ho\ for the big interests in the same way. It
is iiaidilionally the party representing smaller
hill more nnmerons interests.
It can speak out for the farmer and the
small hnsiness m;in. .end for the victims ol
the big monopolies and trusts, hnt it (annol
win ;niy large section of the big interests
awav from the (i(.)P even hy pnliing on heavy
rouge ;md a higgsmile.
The jiroposed coalition wains to we;ni tlie
Democrats away from their place a'lid role in
next M'ar's h.allle. If ihev listen to the Texas
. j
warble, they will deserve what will hapjeen
I o them.
Some Questions About Social Security
Q. If we obtain Social Securi
ty. will we still have our retire
ment system with all the bene
fits, rights and privileges?
A. Yes, we shall have both
the retirement system and the
Old Age and Survivors’ Insur
ance.
♦ ♦
Q. I am a married lady and
have two children and my hus
band is already covered under
Social Security. What advantage
is there in Social Security for
me?
A, (1) After you become cur
rently insured, should you die,
your two children would receive
benefits unlil tliey reach 18 years
of age. (2) If you become totally
and permanently disabled and
have years coverage out of the
last 10 years and covera.ge for
6 of the 12 quarters immediately
before you, a^e d'isabkid, your
years of lotal and permanent di.s-
abiliiy will not count and at age
65 your jien.sion will be calcu
lated on those years in which
you worked. (3) You may improve
benefits above those secured by
virtue of being dependent on
your liusband's coverage. (4) You
would establish eligibility for a
lump sum ch'atli benefit. (5) If
your husband should become, de
pendent on you he could be en
titled to a liusband's or widower’s
benefit.
if: * ^
(). Whal does Ihe term "aver
age monthly earniii.gs" mean in
calculating the benefits for a re
tired person who will begin cov'-
erage for first time January 1,
1!)55?
A. The "average m 0 n t h 1 y
earnings" means the total earn-
ing.s up to $4,200.00 per year for
each year from .January 1, 1955,
to age 65 divided by the total
months from January 1, 1955, (o
age 65. Earnings after ago 65 may
also be included.
k .•{: if:
Q. Who is eligible to vote in
the referendum?
A. All employees who are con
tributing members of the retire
ment system on both June 8, 1955,
and October 26, 1955.
* * *
Q. My husband is already cov
ered under Social Security. What
advantage would there be if I
became covered under Social Se
curity since he is already cover
ed?
A. You may improve your
benefits due to coverage in your
own right. (Sec question 2 if you
have chiluVen or a dependent
husband.) Also, a lump sum death
benefit would be payable up to
maximum of $255.00.
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Q. I am already 65 years old.
If we come under Social Securi
ty, what is the minimum time I
will have to wdrk in order to re
tire and draw benefits?
A. Six calendar quarters.
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Q. If I become covered Jan
uary 1. 1955, and work 10 years
and quite prior to age 65 could I
ever receive benefits?
A. Yes, at age 65 you would
be eligible for some benefits for
the balance of your life, and also
a lump sum death benefit would
be payable up to a maximum of
$255.00.
The Richest Planet
Earth is the densest of all the
planets, only (3001(3 approaching
it in this respect. But 'Venus has
no satellite, and the Earth-Moon
system forms a double world of
a type found nowhere else among
the planets. Its (node of forma
tion is a mystery still, but it is
known that when Earth was mol
ten the Moon circled at only a
fraction of its present distance,
and raised gigantic tides in the
plastic substance of its compan
ion.
As a result of these internal
tides, the crust of the Earth is
rich in heavy metals — far rich
er than that of any other of the
planets: They hoard their wealth
far down within their unreach
able cores, proiccled by pressures
and temperatures that guard
lluun from nian's depradations.
So as human civilization spread
outward from Earth, the drain
on the mother world's dwindling
resources steadily increased.
The light elements existed on
the other planets in unlimited
amounts, but, such essential met
als as niercury, lead, uranium,
platinum, thorium and tungsten
were alntost unobtainable. For
many no substitutes existed; their
large-scale synthesis was imprac
tical . . . modern technology
could not survive without them.
It was an unforgettable situa
tion and a very galling one for
the independent republics on
Mars, Venus and the larger satel
lites, which had now united lo
form the Federation. It kept them
dependent upon earth, and pre
vented their expansion towaz'd
the frontiers of the solar sys-
tein. Though they had searched
among the asteroids and moons,
among the rubble left over when
the worlds were formed, they
had found little but worthless
rock and ice. They must go cap
in hand to the mother planet for
almost every gram of a dozen
metals that were more precious
than gold.—From "Earlhlight,”
by Arthur C. Clarke.
FATAL WORDS
The head of the I.os Angeles
Civil Service Department says
that of the 11 words most fre
quently misspelled by applicants
for city jobs six begin with the
letter "a": accommodate, accu
mulate, afraid, all right, already
and aqueduct. . ’
. A little over 20 years ago Eng
lish professor Dr. Easley S. Jones,
with his assistants, examined the
spelling of over 4,000,000 words
written by high-school gradu
ates. lie found that just 25 words
accounted for 11 per cent of the
inisspellings. And not one of
these words begins with the let
ter “a,”
Which simply goes to show
that this sort of thing hasn't be
come an exact science.
Be that as it may. We have
known gifted misspellers who
can dance through the language
and, like Mignon among the eggs,
touch not a one of Dr. Easley's
“Superdemons’’ or of the Los
Angeles six beginning with an
"a."
THE HUSKING BEE
(Iclctit lilt' plan by not votinu. 'This tvotikl be
a tragedy lor those einjiloyees who have not
been able lo sa\e money lor retirement.
11 is hoped temporary employees will con
sider the weilare of the Slate, taking' a lontj-
r:mge v iew, .and join with all other St:ile em
ployees in adojiiing this importa'iit clninue.
It will make, a snbstantial dil'l'erence in re
tirement incomes.
be bronghi back lo norimil life. The beliel
in the inmilc clepr.ac itY ol hitman milnre diis
hard: it was in fact a leading’ tenet ol religions
le: ■hing’s lor many gener.ilions. '
The g’l’owiny beliel in the possibility ol
rehabilitation was accompanied by a leelinig'
thtil prisoners ought, not only to be reliewd
ol brutal pnnishmenis, but ol inhuman re-
slr.’iiius and indignities.
but |U'i,son progress in .Norlh C.arolina has
been draggin,'* its leei, due not only to slowl\
roused public sentiment but to an an ill-m.ide
union between the Prisons Department ti^nd
the State I liulnvay (lommission. It has not
been long- siiu.e a Iractious Ne.^ro girl was
gag-ged ;ind garroted in an isolated prison cell
at Raleigh and certitin prison enups haxe
been hell-holes. So we still ha\'e a long’ way
to go.
Noted Orange County Schools Chips That Fall
By CHARLES E. MADDRY
One of the noted schools of
Hillsboro was Burwell’s Female
School. It was opened in the
home now owned by Mrs. J. S.
Spurgeon. It was thoroughly ren
ovated when the school began
operations in 1835. It is today
one of the fine old homes of Hills
boro, occupying a commanding
site of some two acres.
The school had a capacity of
21 students and the' Burwells
had only eleven children of their
own. The student overflow was
taken care of in the homes near
by. The school closed in 1853,
and Mr. Burwell became Chap
lain of Peace Institute, Raleigh.
Burwell's School was highly
recommended by Judge Nash, Dr.
James Webb, William Cain Sr.,
J. W. Norwood, Judge Mangum,
Rev. Mr. Lacy of Raleigh, Rev.
F. Nash of Lincoln, Rev. William
S. Plummer of Richmond, and
Rev. W. M. Atkinson of Petex's-
burg, Va.
In 1837, Daniel W. Kerr an
nounced the opening of Mount
PDasant Academy, "twelve miles
noithwest of Hillsboro, six miles
north of Mason Hall, and six
miles of Prospect Hill in Caswell
County.” The school, which con
tinued for several years, later
changed its name to Union Acad
emy. In 1838, “Holden’s English
School” was to be held in his
home east of Hillsboro.
James Clark announced Fair-
field School, six miles north
west of Hillsboro, in 1838.
John R. Holt opened Union
Academy, in 1839.
From 1858, the daughters of
Judge Francis Nash, conducted a
school for young ladies, known
as the , “Select Boarding School
of the Misses Nash, and Sarah
Kollock.” This was a splendid
preparatory "finishing” school
and drew young ladies from a
wide area in Piedmont and Cen
tral Carolina. The school was
located on the site of the Farm
ers’ Exchange on Margaret Lane.
A part of the old building re
mains and is the home of Mr. Ed
Lloyd at present in Hillsboro.
In 1892, Bethlehem School
"on Cain Creek twelve miles
from Hillsboro,” was opened by
by George W. Morrow., It was a
high class preparatory school.
In 1830, W. Anderson an
nounced the opening of "An
derson’s Female Boarding School”
.within one mile of Hillsboro.
The school seems to have con
tinued through 1836. It was de
scribed asy a family institution
in which the students met “in
every respect, with the same
treatment to which they have
been accustomd at home, so far
as consistent with a strict though
mild discipline.” The number of
pupils was limited and I have
been unable to ascertain the lo
cation of this school.
There were many other schools
and academies which lasted for
a season and passed away. They
all, in the absence of a public
; school system, rendered a great
service in educating some of the
boys and girls of another gen
eration.
(To be continued)
Nobel P nze Winners
Let's
Christian Science Monitor
The folloioing is the author
ised English version of a state
ment (known as the Mainau
Statement) issued, on July 15,
over the signatures of 18 Nobel
prize winners.
We who sign this appeal are
scientists from many countries,
of several races, of different
creeds, of different political con
victions. Our association is that
we have all been privileged to
be awarded Nobel Prizes.
W'o have given freely a life
time to the service of science.
Science, we think, is a way to a
fuller life for mankind. But we
arc alarmed at realising that this
same science is providing man
■with the instruments for self- •
destruction. In a full-scale war :
the earth can be so infested with
radioactivity as to destroy whole
nations. This cDstruction can
slrikc down neutrals as well as
combatants.
If the major powers engage in
a war, who can guarantee that
it will not dev'elop into such a
deadly struggle? Thus a nation
that engages in an all-out war
invites its own destruction and
endangers the whole world.
We do not deny that today the
peace of the world may be main
tained by the fear of these
deadly weapons. Yet we feel that
it would be selfdeception if gov
ernments should believe that
over a long period the fear of
these weapons will prevent war
from occurring. Fear, and ten
sion have too frequently pro
duced war. Likewise, it would be
self-deception to believe that
minor conflicts could always be
settled by the use of traditional
weapons. In extreme need, no
warring nation will deny itself the
use of any weapon that scientific
techniques can supply.
All nations must bring them
selves to the decision by which
they voluntarily renounce force
as the last recourse in foreign
policy. They will cease to exist
if they are no’t prepared to do
this.
Signed: Kurt Alder (Cologne),
klax Born (Bad Pyrmont), Adolf
Butenandt (Tubingen), Arthur H.
Comptori (Saint Louis), Gerhard
Domack (Wuppertal), Hans "Von
Eujer (Stockholm), Otto Hahn
(Gottingen), Werner Heisenberg
(Gottingen), George Hevesy
(Stockholm), Richard Kuhn (Hei
delberg), F. Lipmann (Boston!,
H. J. Muller (Bloomington), Paul
Muller (Basel), L. Ruzicka
(Zurich), Frederick Soddy (Brigh
ton), W. M. Stanley (Berkeley),
Hermann Staudinger (Freiburg),
Ilideki Yulcawa (Kyoto).
An editorial ironi the
News Leader oi October i;)
entirlecl '' The Oct. 2(1 Reler-
endiim” has been reproduced
and circulated by the Llni-
xersity Oonnnittee on Retire
ment .Yrranoements without
expense to the public. It was
iiitended ior Chapel Hill and
Cart boro employees oi the
Suite especially, but applies
to all persons on tlie Stale,
pay roll, xvho should make a
speek/'i note .to : vote , next
(\'eclnc.s,day, .
★ ★ ★
Persimmons are picntiiul
this year and taste good xvhen
eaten in brisk October air.
'Idle ' iollowing recipe for
’si'mmon beer appears in B.
Humpliries’ iarm column in
the Nexvs ib Observer:
Use a 30-gailon keg with faucet
near the bottom. Put layer of
broom straw or clean oat or
wlieat straw in bottom, up to just
above faucet hole. Add 10 to 15
gallons of good, ripe persimmons,
one peck of baked sweet pota
toes cut up, and one peck of lo
cust pods mixed together. Weight
these ingredients down and add
warm water'until they are cov
ered. Store in fairly warm place
and let stand until ready for use.
How long should you let it
stand? At least several days. Just
keep lasting until it reaches the
desired strength. As you use it,
you can add more water until the
mixture becomes too weak.
The persimmons, of course,
must be ripe. That means they
must be bitten by frost before
use.
Thi.s is all right as iar as
it goes, except it goes too iar.
Persimmons do not all need
Irost in order to be palatable.
I here are x’arieties ripe
enougli to eat in September.
J hey are ripe when the sun
lias concerted the acid con
tents into sugar. ;is indicated
by redne.ss and ,soitne,ss. .Any
greenness or hardness indi-
cate.s pucker. ] lie persim-'
mons-and- irost legend dies
liard, xvhic'h iact prevents
j)eopIe irom enjoving a
worthy and healthiiil irnit.
A at ina Hoxveil, xvho tvas
Jellcison DaxIS s.second wile,
didn't cpiite like him xvhen
they iirst met. And she x'ir-
tually dropped him irom her
list when she learned that
tliough evidently gentle
man, he was a Democrat.
.She belonged to a Whio-
family, and the Whigs re'’-
garded Democracts with the
■same sentiment that a later
geneiation bestoxved on tlie
Bolsheviks.
1 hesc [acts appe.ar in a
iiexv biography of Daivis by
Strode. It goes up as iar as
the Civil (Var and does not
niention Zeb X'ance’s liitter-
ness toxvard the Confederate
.government headed by Davis,
.ibe N. C. governor once
(By SIDNEY SWAIM ROBINS)
Yesterday I received a letter
from "The Committee o( One
Million Against the Admission
of Communist China to the Unit
ed Nations”. The letter says we
all desire peace, but the Commit
tee “is aware of the painful reali
ty ihat a true peace cannot be
won by submission to Communist
blackmail”. Those are poxverful
words.
The thing they make me most
sure of, though, is that I do not
want to be righteous, or don’t
want to teel that way. I had rather
feel the sinner I am.
A similar problem has come
up several times when we were
talking about recognizing some
de facto government or other.
The way I understand it (at
least I have read it and not heard
it conlraciicted anywhere), the
first, time in our history when
recognition of a de facto govern
ment was supposed to depend
upon moral approval of it was
when (Voodroxx' ’Wilson withheld
recognition, for a time, from
Carranza down in Mexico.
We Have not stuck to the mor
alistic point of view from that
time on, and I believe that Wil
son himself did not. In any case
xve recognized Bolshevik Russia
after the first World War, so we
could do business with it. Not so
long ago we recognized Franco
in Spain so we could use him in
our business, as our government
understood our business or in
terests. We were not understood
to be approving Senor Franco.
Recognitions
As a matter of fact, attending
lo our own business with ’Some
admixed ideas about promoting
peace, has caused us to recognize
a number of governments we did
not fully approve of. And I sup
pose we have recognized and done
business with governments that
did not approve morally of us. At
any rate toat is the xvay .they
sounded off. And certainly we
cannot alwavc „ '
'^erstood or
right.
right.
one sees
business with
gobing thL
«ot a questio:;S
Pnovnig then, ^
beng in a
to our own P"
pght involve tni;;
Ple^we aveoutoipti
nsver hear om-
.ludice against k
"e'^sPaper accounts *
rectifying a
pout us. We
tneie too, and it ijjM
might ad/
the cause 01
smnlardelegatie
"a. meeting some ots
^^tingthed,.;
by some of our fa®,;
cnange some of ttiejs
. cool them off a kin'
■ esivable that thev nii.|
smile, like the Bui;
I find George Kti„
about the wayweprest
Japanese whentley,,,
bothering the .ciiiis,
mainland. Kennan sjt;
biggest result of oirn
and of our successial;;
get them out of Cliinit
tO" fix things so
ourselves instead of It)
who have the problem
with Russia in the Fj
in our lap.
I don’t know
am suspicious of tiri
preach to 'other nali®
does it get us? Se«]
way to deal with mei»
on ignorance and prsjj
open the sluices oiia
•servation and knoslel'i
tainly is not worth li
a fly where we will h
into our soup.
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The Drivers' Cli
(A question and answer col
umn on traffic safety, driving
and automobiles conducted for
this neivspgper by the State
Departvicnt of Motor Vehicles)
Question; What’s the proper
geat to use driving, in slick mud?
Answer: High. This gear puts
less poxx'er to the rear wheels
and reduces the likelihood of the
wheels spinning. Better traction
results,
Q. (Yhat may be indicated by
high oil pressure? Low pressure?
A. High oil pressure may in
dicate a clogged oil line. How
ever, it’s possible the press
ure guage is defective. Low press-
sure indicates-a leak in oil line
line and bearings may not be
receiving oil. Extremely low
pressure is dangerous. When no
pressure shows, stop the engine
at once.. Consult a mechanic.
Q. What’s a quick method of
determining whether a defective
thermostat is causing the engine
to overheat?
A. Squeeze the water hose be-
tolcl Davis if lie didn't order
the Confederate cavalr-y out
of N. Ci. lie xvould have them
arrested by the N. C. home
guard.
'Tlie liook confirms xvliad,
is genert^lly acccjrted now:
that. Ids oxvn people never
understood the Confederate
president. He could be as
gentle as Robert E. Tee, but
lie had a streak of pride and
intellectual aTooiness that
jirex’entcd his receiving the
affection he craved.
As a young’ man lie was
Jtandsome, xvitty, atid Bm-
loving. But tlie manv trage
dies in his life reduced his na
tural high spirits. He was a
Stoic. Under aliuse, criticism,
arrest, and imprisonment he
never cpiailed. He neither
bent nor broke.
This book, though too
partisan in spots and plod
ding in others, brings a bet
ter focus upon a man ol fine-
ne.ss and distinction. He xvas
Prometheus chained to a rock
that disintegrated under him.
.Automobile drix’ers, ex'en
the maddest, niight keep J
lookout on Halloxve’en night
lor the x'oungsters xvho xvill
be all over the streets and
xvho xvill ol' course not Be
looking where they are go
ing. In fact, on that particu
lar night, driving might he,
kept within the legal limits,
25 an hour, even tliough it
hurts.
inig III/
tween your ttiimb sil
while the engine is 1111s
less the hose is vetji
mn feel the waterpaisi
If you do not deled i
iiieiii, tue thennosh!
'oe open. Remove lie h
engine head and tib
thermostat. If it is fl
hot, it is defective,
Q. How can wind ke
to d’riving?
A. 'Wind gusts acrei
way can force cats
over the centerline M:
er can react. XVindiset
den hazard that s’siks'
tie or no warning,
day a driver can obrl
regular movement ol
ahead caused by irial
perhaps anticipate W
forces 'are very W|
miles an hour, the te
an automobile are s
create a five horsepiii]
ance.
Q. You’re in a t
you keep from h
A. A car will ml “
if the driver ki.,
of the car’s frame u IJ
paraj lei to the origin J
in which the
when the skid i
no danger of h,
ject the driver ca»
iect’theskidbysrtj
end skillfully
original direction
applying power snrfM
rear wheels can ai 1
position. Don’t b
This aggravates be ‘
the car to roll.
Chapel
Thursday by » F
Boxll®,
Chapel HilM
Street
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Roland Gidiiz^
L. M. Pollan'*®
Robert Mink®^
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