Down In Duplin County, we learn they are
talking about reviving San Byrd's
"The Dn>lin Story," and we hope thai they
will, ft was an enjoyable drama, a histori
cal depiction of Duplin from its beginnings
to die present. Of course, die revived ver
, II. mmmmmmmmrnrn \
slw would hsve^to he brougta even more up
Duplin 'has made In diversified agriculture
and Industry.
The late Sam Byrd of Mourn Olive had a
wonderful gift for drama, as well as a fine
facility for story telling. We remember his
' 'Small Tow.) South" as delightful reading that
gave as good a picture of life in a Southern
small town as one would hope to find.
V"1
Aae Is Not A Total Loss
Reprint from Mt. Olive Tri
bune by Courtesy of Mr. Harvey i
McPhail of Mt. Olive.
In Mt. Olve Tribune
ft has often been said that
the practice of reflecting on
what Is past is a sign of ad
vancing years.To wnlch we
might add that if growing old
brings nothing more than the
wisdom to reflect truthfully and
analyze correctly about the
past, then age won't be a total
loss.
A reader of The Tribunesent
us a clipping, which you might
enjoy reading at this begin nine
of a new year. It was titled,
"Things I Wish 1 Had Known."
and was as follows:
A man of fjll, ripe years,
well preserveo. once sought to
divest himself before *group of
young people in his sacred
thoughts and reflections, such
as seem Impossible to ex
perience by the younger folk.
Here is tne message, as given
in Andrus Driftlngs:
Having passed the first two
score and ten years of my life,
and realizing that the more sand
that has escaped from the hour
glass of life the clearer we
should see through it, I find my
self more prone to medi
tate and philosophize.
My life has been rich. But
there have been regrets, re
grets which you, too. will ex
perience In time. These regrets
can largely be grouped
together as 'Things 1 wish I had
known before I was twenty
one."
I wish 1 had known what I
was going to do for a living,
and what my life work would
likely be.
1 wish I had knows that my
health after thirty was large
ly dependent on what I had put
into my stomach before I was
21.
I wish I had known how to
take care of my money.
I wish I had known that a
man's habits are mighty hard to
change after 21.
h 1 WlSh<|epe^s1<nOWn 'hat the
^ *rt^ht?h?i known the world
would give me just about what
I deserved.
I wish 1 had known the folly
of not taking the advice of older
and wiser people.
I wish I had known that Dad
wasn't such an old fogy after
all.
I wish I had known that evefy
thing Mather wanted me to do
was right.
I wish I had known what it
meant to Mother and F at her to
raise a son.
I wish l had known more of
the ^helpful and Inspiring parts
I wish I had known the tre
mendous value of the opportu
nity aid the joy of serving a
fellowman.
I wish I had known that there
is no better exercise for the
heart than reaching down and
helping people up.
1 wish I had known that the
"sweat of my brow" would earn
my bread.
I wish I had known that a
thorough education brings the
best of everything else.
I wis h I had known thai ho
nesty is the only policy, not only
In dealing with my neighbors
but also u dealing with myself
and with God.
I wish I had known the value
o f truthfulness In everything.
And today 1 wish I knew the
formula for impressing you and
other young people that life Is a
mirror which will reflect back
to you what you think Into it.
Long Uulance Loll
Radio astronomer* have picked
up some inexplicable noises com
ing from several very distant
star-systems. One researcher sug
gests that we may be eavesdrop
ping on signals being exchanged
by remote, non-human civiliza
tions.
SENATOR
SAMERVIN
? UK
WASHINGTON - The Senate
has taken a step toward deal
ing decisively with the growing
threat to our monetary system.
On April 2 it passed an amend
ed version of the House-passed
Tax Adjustment Act of 1968.
As amended by the Sen ati
under the Wllllams-Sma
thers substitute, the bill to ex
tend excise taxes on telephone
service and automobile sales
Incorporates a ten percent sur
charge on individual and cor
porate incomes and provides for
substantial reductions in the
fiscal 1969 budget submitted by
the President in January. I
voted for the measure as amen
ded, because I think that it is
Imperative that the Federal Go
vernment set its financial house
in order.
We now face a serious dan
ger of inflation which will rob
every American of his earnings
and savings if we continue to
engage in deficit financing of die
magnitude of $20 to 930 billion
annually. Moreover, the value of
the dollar U. at stake in the.
efforts we make to eliminate
deficit spending by the Federal
Government.
No one that 1 know welcomes
additional taxes. Nonetheless,
the nation has reached a point
in Its fiscal affaias that it
must chooaebetweenunpleasant
alwn^Wes. B^Congress does
spending, we flee crippling in
flation and a new attack upon the
dollar. In that event the entire
monetary system of the free
world could be imperiled.
During my mrrice in the
Senate, I have warned against
the dangers of fiscal irrespon
sibility many times. I have ad
vocated consistently that we
balance the Federal budget
as we went along. 1 have voted
against a number of major pro
grams that I deemed to be un
wise expenditures of Federal
funds. Had my views prevailed.
Federal expenditures would
have been reduced during my
Senate service by more than
$70 billion.
When the tax measure was
first proposed last year, 1 took
the position that I would not vote
for any kind of increase in
taxes unless there was a cor
responding reduction in expen
ditures. tne net effect of the
Senate-passed tax bill would be
to reduce expenditures by se
veral Ullion dollars more than
the revenues derived from the
sun ax. This would make ne
cessary fiscal adjustments.
The facts are these. We are
in the midst of fiscal 1968
that could produce a deficit of
some $20 billion or more. The
1969 budget projects an even
greater deficit of $24 billion or
more unless we reduce spend
ing or increase taxes as this
bill provides.
So the Senate has faced facts
and added the surtax and spend
ing reductions to the House
passed excise tax bill. The sur
tax will apply to 1968 and 1969
income. The spending reduc
tions represent a $6 billion
reduction in proposed spend
ing and a $10 billion reduction
in obligation al authority for fis
cal 1969. The net effect would
be a spending reduction appro
ximately $16 Milton in thefore
seeable future.
The measure also forbids die
sale of American gold to any
nation delinquent In its debt
payments to the United States,
imposes a limitation on the hir
ing of new Federal employees
to fill certain vacancies, and
impose quotas to protect the
American textile Industry
against foreign imports.
The outcome of these amend
ments is uncertain, for the
House must concur in them.
Still the measure as amended
seeks to restore fiscal re
sponsibility where it is needed
most -theFcderalGovernment.
thai (here irur? S'a^??mk?par^ |
liele that can travel faster than
light. If it exists, it may help to
make interstellar travel possible.
' Differential Risks
Smoking apparently does not
cause chronic heart disease, sev
eral recent studies indicate. How
ever, they add. it is possible that
it. among other things, raises the
risk for people with already dam
aged hearts.
The Mytferiou* Dip-Stick
Several Boston engineering
firms, and Marines in Vietnam,
are using a traditional water-find
ing device called the dowsing-rod
to locate hidden pipes and tun
nels. Nobody can explain why it
should work, but the users report
that it does.
ooo
Congressman David N. Hen
derson on April 2,1968 said on
the floor of the House that he
has written Secretary of De
fense Clifford to urge that at
least one full Army Division be
withdrawn from Western Eu
rope for assignment to Viet
nam.
Henderson pointed out that
By: 0. E Parkarson
Carrboro, N. C.
I read recently of a certain
grandfather who had been con
fined to a wheelchair for seven
full years. In spite cf his han
i
WASHINGTON RSPORT
frmi
Your Conerewnw*
DAVID N. H?BON
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NATIONAL CONCERN:
Steel Imports May
Imperil Industry
Washington?(HK) ? Senator
Vance Hartke. Democrat of In
diana, member of the Senate
Committee on Finance, warned
in a recent speech that continued
growth of steel imports may im
pair the ability of America's vital
steel industry to respond to a
rapid increase in both military
and civilian requirements during
a national crisis. The economic
effect on America is also worri
some, the Senator believes.
"Something has to be done to
limit steel imports," he says. "If
we wait until the national con
cern is apparent to everyone, it
may be too late to redress the
long-term impact on our balance
of payments of a steel trade ac
count seriously out of balance."
During 1967, the value of steel
mill products shipped into this
country totalled nearly $1.1 bil
lion more than the value of such
products exported during the
year, according to estimates by
American Iron and Steel Insti
tute.
It is the steady rise in the
share of the American market
being taken over by imported
steel which worries American
steel producers, says John P.
Roche. Institute President, who,
like Senator Hartke, sees need
for import limitations.
Ten years ago, imports of steel
held'less than J per cent of the
market in the United States. Last
year they reached a record 12
per cent.
H?PWMH'l Ml WWII
One Year Ago
Open Houe held at Reeves
Brothers.
Nlel Edwards of Beulaville
wins Duplin County spelling
Bee.
Genealogy of the Kenans of
Duplin written by Claude Hunter
Moore.
Miss Mary Beth Hunter elect
ed secretary of PI Omega PI
honorary business education
society at East Carolina Col
lege.
Five Years Ago
Senator Leroy Simmons is
named head of tne N. C. Farm
Bureau's 25-man tobacco com
mittee.
Pat Sanderson and Jerry
Simpson received trophies for
"The Most Outstanding Bas
ketbai: Player of the year in
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Ten Years ^50
Broiler Industry making
more and more progress.
Home Demonstration Clubs
host to District Meet in War
saw.
BUI Qulnn is new county De
puty.
Duplin ASC receives addi
tional SoU Bank Funds.
Miss Betty PhUlips of War
saw chosen May Queen at East
Carolina.
30 Years Ago
WUlle White of Smith Town
ship helc on incest charge.
A tribute was paid to J. e.
Jarltt. ARC Chairman, for
many years service.
Mrs. John D. Robinson qf
Wallace I* named director of
women's division for Chas. M.
Johnson candidate for Gover
nor.
this would meet some of our
manpower requirements in
Southeast Asia which otherwise
must come from the draft or
callup of reserves as well as
reducing our balance of pay- 1
ments deficit and outflow of
gold. Not only would the divi
sion be withdrawn from Europe,
but when their dependents and
associated civilian personnel |
were returned to this country,
it would cut down substantially
on dollars now being spent in
Europe, Henderson said.
Our NATO allies would pro
test such a move, the Congress
man predicted, but he made the
point that we are theonlynation
in NATO which has ever met
its full commitment of men and
materials. "All of the othei
NATO countries certainly have
as much at stake in Southeast
Asia as we have. Since they
are not supporting the allies
there militaryily. It is not un
reasonable to expect them at
least to pick up the slack which
might be left by a partial with
drawal of American military
forces from Western Europe/'
he concluded.
Age Factor
Most deaths from lung cancel
seem to be occurring in men
born before 1901, several inter
national surveys have reported.. ]
The finding suggests that the dis
ease may become less widespread |
in the near future.
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dlcap of being confined to the
wheelchair there was one thing
he was bent on doing before he
died. He wanted to hunt just one
more bear. Accordingly, the
first time he was left alone with
his two grandsons, he persuad
ed them to give him his gun
and wheel him deep into
the woods, some ten miles
Suddenly a huge grizzly lum
bered directly Into their path.
The two brave lads promptly
left Grandpa in the wheelchair
aid hot-footed it, screaming,
back to town. Their mother was
putting her car away when they
got there. "Grmdpas ha? been
eaten by agrizzly Bear," they
wailed. They were obviously
shaken and could not under
stand why their mother seemed
to stay calm - at least not until
she spoke.
"Stop yelling," she said,
"Your grandpa got home five
switch &n?%
DEAR mans EDITOR: <
1
Bug Hooktim, that Is always i
on the lookout tor ways to exer
cise without working or moving, I
told the fellers at the country ,
store Saturday night he had ,
found a Guverament agency that
was Just what he was looking t
fer and that be aimed to write ,
to Ms Congressman to see if ,
he could git on this agency. {
Bug brung a newspaper clip
ping fer the fellers to read that ,
explained all about it. This ag- j
ency, according to this newspa
per piece, was called toe Sub
versives Activities Control
Board and was knowed in Guv
erament circles as SACB.
This piece said SACB hadnt
held a meeting since Novem
ber IB, 1965, had five members
on the board and they got $96,
000 a year. But things was pick
ing up with SACB, this piece
said. Their Job was to watch fer
Communists, and they was fixing
to investigate a club that was
supposed to be Communist in
spired.
Natural, since they was going
to hold a meeting, they was ask
ing the Congress fer a S3 per
cent boost in their budget, plus
$18400 extra fer this meeting,
and the 33 per cent boost in
cluded a raise of $2,000 a year
in salary fer the board mem
bers.
I recollect. Mister Editor,
when this board was set up.
It was back during the days
when Senator McCarthy of Wis
consin and everbody was scared
we had a Communist hiding be
hind ever bush. If I recollect
minutes'before you did."
You never know what you can
do until you have to do it.
Things that we think are Im
possible suddenly come within
easy reach if there is a sense
of necessity or urgency. Our
story about the grizzly might be
just a fable, but is has a high
degree of truth in it. If it didn't
happen It certainly might have
happened.
Many of us are inBself-im
posed wheelchairs of difficulty.
We refuse to rise and walk - or
even run - because it is much
easier to sit in the wheelchair.
This always results in a sour
disposition and a selfish and de
manding dependency upon
others.
I am thlntogrf.mawy^owig,,
people to whom,$pd has been n
provident and geowous in the,,,
provision of capacities .- but
who quit school and say , "I
can't go on."He imposes upon
himself the wheelchair of ig
norance and his mind shrivels
until it can fit easily within
?orrect, this was back about
I486 It turned not that SaCB
Inat been holding on aH tbeae
rears, drawing their pay and
loing nothing and holding no
meetings.
That seems to be the pattern
tor all our Guvernmentpmen
cies. Onct the Congnas s?s op
s agency for a special pnfpoae,
they stay on the Gavernment
payroll ferever, long after the
need for the agency has dlsap
I recollect bock during World
War I when we was using a lot -
of wood in our airplanes, they
set np a agency to buy the pro
per kind of wood. In about two
year we switched to airplanes
made from metals and did away
with the wood requirements.
But this wood-buying agency
hung on fer yean, with nothing
to do, but drawing down fancy
pay all the time.
I ain't got no way of knowing
the details, but rd guess we got
agencies in Washington that has
outlived their usefulness yean
and yean ago but that was still
on the Government payroll at
fancy salaries.
Ifs hard fer me to Agger
why our Congress allows this
to go on an the time. But, fer
a country feller like me. tfs
hard to flgger out a lot of things
going on in the Congress. But.
anyhow. Meter Editor, I hope
Bug gits on this SACB agency.
He might find a communist hid
ing under the country store.
Yours truly
Uncle Pete
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the framework ot narrow dt
que? or prejudices.
Then were Is the young adult.
He often says, "I can't brand*
out. I had better not reach out
to new horizons. It would be
better for me to fit into the
pattern of everyone else my
age. I would like very much to
help alleviate the ills of my
society, but I would have to
give up some of my leisure
time." Social customs and pat
terns can indeed be a wheel
chair. How much richer our
society would be if we could
only get out of the wheel
chair called custom. The tra
gedy is not that we do not
want to launch forth but that we
delay it - we procrastinate.
?ve caR' get out of wheel
chairs - if we want to, or if
we have to. Don't conform for
conformity sake. If Columbus
had conformed you would be
reading this in Cnoctaw!
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