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fifaouM the right thinking and good people of our community «wr get around to erecting a atetue Of your esteen contempo rary. H. Gait Baxton, I hope that the sculptor will portray that geratletnoan in characteristic pose, to-**: wtth too* firmly planted in mouth. Recently that gentle man has assumed his foot in mouth pose again to dashing att a bit of nonsense directed at the lower courts at Lenoir County for what he says to be & oramon practice of remitting fines in minor traffic and other cases. Now I would be the last person to deny that Editor Braxton 'has the three* line to heaven, but on occasions he has been known to have lapses of memory, a not uncommon falling. The most glaring example of the can cellation of safety by a court g couple of years ago In a case in which a defendant charged with failure to stop at a red light appealed a conviction, fine and oasts from the Recorder# Court to the Superior count. There, a jury made up of twelve of our finest citizens, after hearing the evidence and the plea of an able defense counsel, considered the matter thoroughly and re turned a verdict of guilty. It , was after this that a spineless Superior court Judge remitted not only the fine, but the cosits, in total disregard of the laws of ' the land. In case you don’t re member, the defendant in that celebrated case was none other than ye esteemed editor and tor the right, H. Gait and until Saturday of protest has been,' as the recent edi was Stand cam infractions of the . law, thereby cancelling the court’s opportunity to strike a blow tor safety”. Ye Editor nottes, incidentally, ’ that fines in Lenoir Ooqnty atone •would run an estimated $30,000.00 per annum if not remitted. Now Ye Editor is given to much tra vel of late, from which he gleams from time to tiire a few deadly gems for the reading public 'en titled, “Editorial Oorrespond ence” It could be, therefore, that Ye Editor did not receive a copy of his Ftee (?) Press last July which gave the report of the Recorder's Court collections for the yelar and Showing fines col lected tp be in excess of $60,000. 00. It is likely that the traffic story man was in Morehead City in hot pursuit of (the finny tribe-fishing tor whales and re turning home proudly displaying a minnow. I think Mr. B. is sincere in want ing to strike a Mow for safety, and with this in mind I. have a It is that he volun srtop driving an automo Such an unseMshaot would receive the commenda a relieved and grateful on, I hope you will mind my suggestion ie statue. I don't ex long enough to see and was through with the whole deal In lea tftne than it took me to speak to the four clerks at Seam.. " - Maybe Sears’ clerks are well enough trained to spot me as Just a “pricer”. Bbr a addle they all had to go out in other stores and 'twice” the competition, so perhaps with that training they can tell one from a dtetaruce. They say it ‘Takes one to -know one”. , perhaps I am over-shnpltfy ing this situation, tout I do sin cerely believe that the merchant who rolls over and dies at the sound of “chain stores” is that Kind of fellow who’s just look ing an excuse for being a flop. If this were true we'd just have one of each kind of business In the nation. , Let us not forget the tax structure too. A corporation such as Sears pays $32 income tax out of each $100 profit it makes up to $25,000 and all profits it makes above $25,000 are taxed at the rate of $50 per hundred. The focal merchant who is pot in corporated only pays tax at the regular personal income tax rate which is far'bellow the corporate schedule. Of course, now that the na tion has moved out of the rich sellers’ market which the mer chants enjoyed for go long and the buyer has once more become .the boss at the cash register the merchant who stilf triej to take the same exhonbitant mark up is bound to run on p severe fallacious business practice of many groups has bean to raise prices if business drops off. The railroads axe a prime example - REMEMBER — Rulane Gas Service Is Economical! " 409 N. Queen St KINSTON, N. C. • Distinctive Styling • Correct Colors • National Brands • Perfect Fitting •/Courteous Service Tin e I e Are A few Of The Reaiogi Our BaiuneM Has Grown More Solid With Every *f that. They scream about trucks taking ittrtlr business but svery time you pick up a paper some railroad, man Is hollering for higher rates. Xf one is not doing a sufficient rahune to stay In the profit side af the ledger at 95 per cent mark up it does not seem tit me bo be logical to advance prices five per cent, a five per cent cut wodld appear to be more logical. Most printers use what is called the'Franklin catalog for pricing their products. Butt I’ve never heard at a printer raising bis prices just because business was slack. The only time a printer Will Jump his prices is when he already has more printing than his Staff can get out, and to do a job would force over-time labor and resulting higher price. Now that you have heard the latest ‘feuthortaitlve word" from old Economist Rider, you are at liberty to Say. “He’s crazy as hell”. Which he probably is; a lot Of folks will agree with you anyway. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA LENOIR COUNTY NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION LENCY GREEN BURGESS Broken Knee (Cap for Officer Moore When CAr is Rammed in Rear Moore suffered a broken right knee cap in a freak accident at about 9 a. m. Saturday on West Highland Avenue. . Officer Moose -with Officer John Barrow bad stopped an Air Force lieutenant for driving Plaintiff RAYMOND BURGESS Defendant To — RAYMOND BURGESS take notice that a pleading for relief against you has been filed in the above entitled action; tht nature of the relief being sought is for an absolute divorce on the grounds of two (2) years separation. You are required to make de fense to such pleading not later than the 1st day of March, 1956, and upon your failure to do so the .party seeking sendee against you will apply to the Court for the relief sought. This 10th day of January, 1956. Caroline T. Bell Asst. Clerk of Superior Court of Lenoir County H. E. Beech, Attorney Jan. 12-12-26 Feb. 2 without license and had put him in the rear at the police car wldch was parked just behind the lieutenant’s car, Just as Of ficer Barrow started to get into the ftoUce car he sow a car ap proaching rapidly and ran to get out of the way. The car driven by Jimmie Lee Brown of 1707 Rosedale Avenue ratadned into the police car, throwing the BeUtenan*, who was In the rear aeaJt against the front seat with sufficient farce to push officer Moore’s Into the dash, where his knee cap was broken. Captain Olasco Evans who in vestigated the crash said about $900 damage was done to the lieutenant’s car, $650 to the po lice car and about $500 damage to the Brown car. Brown was charged with reckless driving. Local News —By— JACK RIDER Every Week Day At 8 A. M. and 12:20 P. M. Over Station WELS WHOSE MYSTERY FARM IS THIS? If you can correctly identify this MYSTERY FARM you may win a free subscription to the Journal. The first fire persons to do so will be the winners. This is a Jones county farm. Look at it closely and see if you can be one of the five winners. The owner ol tne farm pictured here may get a free beautifully framed print of this picture t) calling at the NEWS office. There is some-mystery about the farm pictured above, but there is NO MYSTERY over the FARMER’S STORE in Kinston. It’s HARVEY’S all the way, all the time. Everything from a needle to a huge diesel tractor can be quickly, economically and courteously purchased in our fully. air-conc{itioned location between Queen and Heritage on the 100 block of .North Queen. Truly, Kinston’s only one-stop shopping center. Save time... Save money.. .Save energy by using the easy r comfortable — friendly shopping facilities dedi cated to your positive satisfaction by one of Eastern Caro lina’s great mercantile institutions.
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