X'i.
Incumbents are hard to beat.
Those who were looking for pro
Sanford or anti-Sanford trends
‘could find a little of both. Hi?
two chief supporters in thte Leg
islature' — Lunsford Crew and Tom
Wicker — will be1 back in State
Senate and House, repectively,' next
time.
Crew, Halifax County product,
•will now have it out with veteran
Clarence Stone of Rockingham for
presidency of the State Senate.
This popt will b« most important
this time since, there is no, Lt, Gov.
■ to preside over the body.
Should Crew win, he will be a
candidate for Lt Gov. in 1964. Op
ponents will likely be Tom White
of Kinston and Joint Jordan of
Raleigh. ' ;
me conservative wind which be
came so apparent in the defeat of,
the bond issues last fall seems atilt
to be blowing. Although W. -Z.
Wood of Winston-Salem and John
Kennedy of Charlotte waged all
out campaigns to unseat Congress
man f*aul Kitchin of Wadesboro
and Ralph J. Scott'(no relation to
the Haw. River Scotts) of Danbury,
they could not match the money
which flowed like a flood on the
other side.
, As a matter of fact, it is not
often that a N. C. Congressman is
defeated — unless there is'an emo
tional flurry or unusual situation.
It ip interesting to note, however,
that Congressmen Lennon, Kitch
in, and Scott won their House-, seats
oy defeating incumbents. ■>..and an
other coincidence about them : their
were all classmates at Wake Forest
in the late 20’s.
VALUE. . .We grow tired of "cut
rate” this and “wholesale” that, and
“specials” all around.- And so it
was with relief that we saw this
sign in a favorite store of oiurs the
other day: . ,
“We Have Ho Quarrel With
Those Who Sell for Less. . .They
Know What Their Stuff is Worth ”
KEEP IT OLD. . .Parents who buy
new cars about the tune their chi
dren become old enough to drive
'are making a serious mistake, ac
cording to an official' of the Dept,
of Motor' Vehicles.
' ft seems that a lot of parents
out'Of sheer stupidity or a left
handed love for their children buy
a new flivver when the son or
daughter reaches 16 years of age.
And some fond fathers or mothers,
believe it or not, actually make
the new driver a persent of a new
car capable of doing 110 miles an
hour. How foolish can we>get?
Keep the old car in good condi
tion. . ,gt>od brakes, good lights,
with,regular checkups. . .but keep
the old car. . .Until the boy or girl
has a good safety record back of
NOTES. . Mrs. W. H. Belk and
her son, Henderson, Presbyterian
lay leader, are now on a tour of
the Holy Land. . .In 34 years of
radio preaching Dr. Ralph W.
Sockman says the thousands of
letters he has received convince
him that "Fear” and "Death” are
the tWo topics his hearers are most
interested in . . .
*
Some of the newcomers were
surprised last week •when the
Knight papers in .Charlotte (Ob
server and News) came out for
^Kennedy over kitchin. . .but not
the old politicians. They said it was
because the papers figured Re
publican Charles Jonas would have
an easier time with' Liberal Ken
nedy than with Conservative Kitch
in. . .
If plans now under way material
ize, the Baptists will take- a page
from the Democrats come Novem
ber. . .and move the November
KINSTON AUTO FINANCE
Company
(to thf N. C. Bar Association)
Wild Gw.
A man constructed an artificial
pond of about four acres on bis,
land. During the winter months he
placed lame wild gedse (those that
cannot fly) on the pond, and kept
food and bait on and around the
pondf for the purpose of attracting
other 'wild geese.
The • first year,, because of the
food and decoys maintained on and
around the pond, approximately 200
wild gtesc Spent the winter there,
For the same reason 1,200 spent
session of' the State Convention to
the State Fair Arena. . .and for
about the same reason: parking
problems and rundown condition
of Memorial Auditorium area . . .
The Jefferson-Jackson Dinner lytis
in the Arena.
Big plans are 'moving for the
300 anniversary of the establish
ment of the State of North Caro-,
lina. . .next year. . .We have just
been looking over the fifth copy of
Tercentenary News, which began
publishing in January and is well
edited by Bob Page, Jr., son of the
former writer for the Charlotte
Observer.
the succeeding winter? and for the
third year about 3,000 stayed from
October until spring. ■ : f
These geese, using the pond as
a base, foraged put upon the ad
jacent lands of neighbors and de
stroyed their crops. One of the
neighbors repeatedly complained,
but the man who maintained the
pond only laughted and ridiculed
the complaint.
The neighbor brought a legal
proceeding to abate what he call
ed a' nuisance and to recover
damages sustained by him to his
crisps.
' The defendant contended that
there was no cause of action be
cause the geese were wild; that
he did not own them; that they
were in a state of nature; and that
he was not responsible for what
they did. He also argued that it
was lawful for him to build a pond
6n,his own land and that if he feeds
wild geese because of his love for
wild things he was within his legal
rights.
This was an actual case which
was, decided by the Supreme Court
of .North Carolina in 1955. No simi
lar case had ever before been de
cided.
. The Supreme Court said that the
complaining neighbor had estab
lished a cause of action against the
defendant.
The court said that a person
cannot so use his own land* as to
THANK
YOU
My sincere thanks and appreciation to
my friends for their vote and support
in the recent primary election.
W. H. Hammond Jr.
V7r 's'.T’fflo %
cause injury to another. Thelaw
makes it a private nuisance when
one by an improper use of his
property does injury to the land,
property, or rights of another.
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PAR AM'
SUNDAY THRU Wl
■' ,, 71
'Safe At Home9
Mickey
Mantle
with
Roger
Maris
STARTS THURSDAY
; JUNE 7
Walt Disney’s
rrm^ Red”
in Technicolor
BRIGHT LEAF
Drive-In Theatre
FRIDAY — SATURDAY
Jeff Chandler'
in
"Thunder In
The Sun99
Technicolor
-ALSO—
Jerry Lewis
'Don’t Give
Up The Ship9
SUNDAY — MONDAY
TUESDAY
Two Great War Dramas
Van Johnson
in
'Battleground ’
'Go For Broke’
To My Many Friends and Supporters
in Jones County
your confidence in me as ex
vote on May 26 and shall 'j,
discharge faithfully the
in me as your,Con