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of a complete failure in the tobacco part
of their farming when to the really good
farmer tobacco should represent just
one important part of his income pic
ture. . /’V:'"
But every time that a “desk farmer”
such as ourselves comments on this
aspect of our Eastern Carolina economy
some farmer rears his head up from
the tobacco row and wants to knew if
we are trying to destroy tobacco.
Far from it. No one in his right
mind would want to destroy the to
bacco industry in any part of the na
tion, and most especially in North Caro
lina where it is such a major part of
our economy and even more particular
ly in Eastern Carolina where for too
many it IS the entire economy.
But we do have the land, the
agricultural ingenuity *- as proven so
thoroughly with tobacco itself — and
we have the climate and water to make
another Eden once our farmers really
get the message that has been brought
tp them over and over again — even be
fore EhribghaOs . . . that we live over
night from 28 per cent of this nation's
hungry population.
Thinning Ranks
Time takes its inevitable toll of all
men, but to those of us wbo share the
common bond of having served in the
armed forces in time of war the thin
ning ranks of war veterans has a par
ticular and peculiar significance.
In recent times we have watched as
the last veterans of the Civil War left
this mortal realm and even now the
Still with us, but
11th day the nightmare
ope which rcache'1
around the world
dragging, desultory
Pew of us paid any
to this annual co
haps it is for
works
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ity if
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once-good program
blance of reason. i ^ ^
Hearings will be held all over Tobac
coland in the next few weeks as the
pulse is felt by our legislators, wjho
themselves will be seeking answers to
extremely important questions. 'mm
Not the least of these question
ing how to keep a majority in
at least passively on their side
tobacco program despite all the 1
States Public Health Service can
destroy a big and innocent in<
with the quackery of medical stat
Each of us who has a serious int
in the future welfare of the "
dustry must apply whatever
have in the difficult job that hi
mediately ahead for this old,
and vitally important segment Of
local economy.
get from the statewide bond issue of
f 100 million dollars approved last week
we wish Lenoir County could have a
unified school command. % \
Lenoir is a small county geographical
ly and it no longer needs for any good
reason two school administrative units.
Not only is the maintenance Of two of
fices uneconomic on its face it also con
tinues a competition for funds that nei
ther serves the best interests of stu
dents nor the taxpayers.
It is too much to expect that one
school administration would spend 61,
311,647.25 in the same way that two
schools units would. Under the present
law the rural school system gets 6759,
845.94 and the Kinston system gets
$551,828.31.
The planning of each group is con
stricted by the specific amount of mon
ey it receives, but less obviously each
board is restricted by district school
lines that are ignored and honored as
each board’s whim dictates. This is nei
ther good for the morale of schools nor
For much too lohg we have stumbled
along with split planning that has seen
widely varying standards of education
offered to our children and absurdly
different expenditures of money per
student, per school.
Obviously, this is just one more mil
lion and a third dollars that will be
spent in this split-decision manner that
will not see the best return per dollar.
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always been, who affect not the slight
est regard for fidelity, either marital
or moral. And at the other end of the
discussion is the absolute blue nose
who still thinks it sinful for ;a man
to see a woman’s ankle when she steps
flivver.
Undoubtedly one of the major reas*
ons why the ancient, infernal and eter
nal triangle causes so much sorrow is
our refusal to discuss such a subject
rationally and father to-leave it to the
wild extremist view of which We have
heard too much recently in the field of
politics.
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Surely none of us who believes in
the civilized concept of family can ac
cept adultery, desertion and debauch
ery lightly. But it is, like the common
cold, much with us, and again, as with
the sniffle and sneeze, there seems to
be po cure available nor in distant
sight So it becomes incumbent upon
us to try to live with something that
is forcedly among us; unpleasant
though it may be.
In this difficult, tough and utterly per
sonal field of human relations each case
must be judged by itself because there
are no two exactly alike in every re
spect. There are even degrees of adult
ery, just as there are degrees of homi
cide. One person may find the idea of
living with an unfaithful mate absolute
ly impossible; while still another may
not mind, or at least not mind too bad
ly
tragic, for sometimes an affair straight
ens itself but and all involved wind up
with a happier and more full life. All
divorces are not family tragedies, al
though it is likely that a majority may
be. Even children sometimes find, a
happier climate with a new mother, or
a new father; than in a miserable life
with their own parents who may love
the children but despise each other. »
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