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A Handy Hired Hand EDITORIALS Never Forget That These Editorials Are The Opinions Of One Man, --—----—----And He May Be Wrong. . — Poor Consolation Prize star for his Democratic Crown and about all we might add to that which may have gone belfore on this subject Is that John Is certainly a glutton for pun ishment. ^ ‘ ‘ t, t V, , , And we might add what Johhi told the Governor, when he was proposi toned about taking this job with much glory, much work and no pay. “it’s like Libby Ward says, Governor: ‘It’s a good thing John Larkins was bom a male child, because he’s never been known to say No To anybody in his life’." We just wish that Uimstead ha^-recog nized Larkins’ merits when he was nam ing a successor to Willis Smith. But we Democratic to suit tlidse, Including Urn stead, who seem to prefer that the two “Democratic” senators from North Caro lina vote the straight Republican Party line. Being named Chairman of the North Carolina Democratic Executive Commit tee is a rather empty consolation prize (for a man who should now be a United States Senator, and one who would have ■been if Umsteadrs reasoning ability and courage had not gone into total eclipse last summer. But, the post was right, “There are no sadder words; than, It might have been.” North Carolina’s Constitution The temporary inconveniences and dangers forced upon the people of North Carolina by a recent literal interpreta tion of the law with regards the arrest of misdemeanants may toe more than out weighed by the potential good that may come from this imiddlesome, trouble some situation. Few law enforcement officers, at this po'nt, will bO able to see anything good about a law and its present Interpretation which makes it Impossible to arrest a misdemeanant without a warrant. \ , To any reasonably intelligent person the dangers of such a stupid, yet legal situation are too obvious to dwell upon; yet we should consider one example: The drunken driver. Who upon the pre sent construction of the law may be stopped for questioning but not arrest ed. . ' . After the officer has decided that the But to return to the “sunny side of this legal street”: Maybe the absolute Ignorance and impracticability of this situation may convince our law makers of the great need there Is in North Caro lina for a complete re-writing of what we must rffer bo as "our” Constitution, when in truth the' bastard muddle of words that is “our” Constitution is some thing that floated out of the drunken dreams of the 1868 “Carpet Bagger” leg islature in which the average Assembly man, was either a recently freed slave or a Yankee cut throat. Just why and hoar the people of North Carolina have for so long accepted any such purported Constitution is beyond the veH of reasgn. Now, however, with the Ignorances of commission and ornis eafety there might appear 4» be some small chance of re-dohlg what Ottt in feriors so willingly did for Osbtek lh 1*8 as the State, and the entire fcdhth iky enr Me e whole Sa to All ss sopma Hoogood has re r what’s wrong with naan . Habgood School and » damned word “Mesfcortal” ads more like a tombstone. _ice filled with the shoots and * a* elementary age school child ' ' - ... ' An even more fitting name for the school woul4 he “Bruiton-Hobgood School” and thereby honoring'two fine women who have' seen mote elementary school. children pass through Kinston than any other pair one can bring to mind. We are of of course referring to Mias Ruby firutan, Principal at Lewis School. ■i : Uip In Oanboro a couple fellows stock up the bank last month and walked away with something like $0,000. The only persons in the bank at the time were the hanker and bis secretary. These un fortunate people later told the police that therotobers both needed shaves bat tttftt the sttck-up men were “very po lite.” well, we trust that the state troopers or the local police will he polite when they arrest these bandits. We know the solicitor will be courteous when he arraigns them and that the Judge who sentences them will be soft-spoken. And surely the turnkey at the state pri son will kick them in in a mannerly fashion. , • There seems to be more truth than hilmor in the crack that the Republicans have already sensed that they have But a short spell In power and are deter mined to get all they pan tote while they are In the “smoke house”. This adminis tration will make the looting of the Harrf ing Administration seem like petty lar ceny when the final theft is totalled up. Wonder what the “analytical minds” around town have to say about the city administration In view of the June 30 financial report of the city? This space might have been filled with some pugent line or with some semi-in telligent comment but .tor the weather. Hence, you just get this sentence to fill up the hole and It has about done that, so we’ll (jult. ; JOUtWAt % Ifcfitn ftort Zone—Hooper Year. flab*ertptk*iu*e« Payabk in AftnuM* T week. If nothing else la at I’ll get the paper filled up. I agree with Pugh wher hie letter to the Free Prei and gave it« two^column head saying as much. Secondly, Pugh refers to a pea slUe lawsuit that might ham resulted If relief had not been given to folks who were suffering from the “filthy water, coming off a hog pasture." Since at the thne this difficulty was plagtong the most totally undeveloped area (Hatdee Heights at that time) and having to be “sold on taking In the area south of (Hardee Heights”, which was completely built up. I have asked BUI Beard “why he tried to kill this (water Mnes to Ore$nmeade and Green Acres at public expense) and 80 days later recommended that we run a water line costing 3 to 4 times as much from a point where; :the railroad crosses Highland Avenue, out past Harvey Motor Co. (who dug their own well because the city refused them the line-at first), across the Greenville Highway, down past Beck Bland’s place, to connect with an exist ing line.” hall ‘trust’ so implteity” were shown par ticular favor, is that this line was prut down for two reasons. Personally, it was done to give ai&le water to those few customers along the Hhe but objectively It was done to give ample water to several hundred water customers Inside the dty
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