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OTHER EDITORS SAY Small Tail Wags Very Big Dog The whole shouting match is just about over, of course, in the matter of integrating the public schools. And it is not our purpose today to forecast what might be the result of such an abrupt change in the customs and policies of a state or a re gion. That will be determined by human nature. ( What we have chosen to watch with considerable interest has been the strenuous efforts of school officials throughout the state to draft integration plans to suit the fancy of their mas ters in Washington. The feder al government has been acting the role of a tight-fisted father withholding a child’s allowance until a pledge of strict obedi ence has been made. We shall not belabor the point of whose money it is that the federal government is using as blackmail. If there is a taxpayer who yet persists in the belief that it is possible for the federal government to give anything it has not first taken from the people, it is far too late to un dertake the teaching of a les son in economics. What we pro pose to do is to examine a mess of pottage. We have at hand a copy of a seven-page doucment prepared by the North Carolina Depart ment of Public Instruction. It bears the title “Analysis of Cur rent Expenditures.” What it is, is a breakdown of the expendi tures for public schools of North Carolina last year. It gives the totals for the state, for the counties, and for the city school districts. It contains the full story of what North Carolina is doing in public ed specifically is doing it. It is told in both dollars and percentages. It cost, just under $633 mil lion to operate the public schools in North Carolina last year. We would ask you to re tain that figure: $633 million. Now we would ask a question: How much of this amount would you estimate came from the fed eral government? The answer is: four per cent, or just under $25 million. The rest of it was provided by the state and local governments. The state government furnished al most $495 million; county and city governments provided al most $112 million. Again, for the point of emphasis, the state and local governments raised 96 per cent of the school money spent in North Carolina; the federal government provided the other four per cent. Perhaps this is not the most classic example of the tail wag ging the dog, but it will do until a better one comes along. We do not suggest, of course, that hard-pressed school offici als could casually dismiss their proportionate share of the $26 million worth of federal manna. Schools are needing more mon ey each year, not less. But since so-called “federal aid” dollars are nothing more than diminish ed versions of the dollars tak en from North Carolina tax payers in the first place, it be comes an all-the-more humiliat ing spectacle to see North Caro lina jumping through the fed eral hoop to get back that which was taken from tls in the first place. According to the document at hand, the federal government provides $6.55 for every student in the Raleigh school system. That amounts to precisely 2.2 per cent of what it cost to send each child to school for the year. The state government pro vided $214.31 and the local go* ' ■ ernmental taxation added $72.31 to it. In other words, out of a total cost of $293.17 for each Raleigh school child, the feder al government provided $6.55. In terms of dollars, the state furnished $3,891,000 for Raleigh schools. Local taxation added another $1,312,000. The federal government then added its 2.2 per cent, or $119,000. Local citi zens can hardly contend that they could not have done, with out the so-called federal aid. That $119,000' represents about three cents oa the city’s tax rate. ' We intend to lecture no one with these figures. We simply think they should' be borne in mind ia the midst of such anxi ety about the loss of federal aid. Federal aid isn’t free, and it certainly isn’t free from con trols. The stomach cramps about which so many now com plain are the result of over-in dulgence. A mess of pottage has made us sick. OTHER EDITORS SAY THE MONTGOMERY INDEPENDENT Offhand Bigotry The kind of news story that makes you want to bite nails was peddled on the AP’s wire , the other day. It was explaining how the voting bill will work. If a Negro applicant has a complaint, said the story, he contacts his friendly, federal : registrar and alleges discrimina- ' tion. The Negro may be requir- : ed to show that he has been re- : fused registration within the past 60 days. Then the report- ! er let go with the gouge: “If they are asked to do this, it could mean that they will have to go back to the Southern ; •egistrar and be turned down igain and since this could re mit in a beating or other inti nidation, it will be ordered only it the option of the attorney General.” ' That’s the casual big lie that nakes Northern editors happy, there are 125,000 Negroes reg stered to vote in Alabama, but t’s good stuff to suggest that ;very one who approaches a southern registrar will get his eeth shoved down his throat. This is the image we’re sup posed to lie awake and worry ibout. Six Jones Countians Attend Meeting Last Week Held at A&T College six delegates trom Jones Coun ty attended the State Conference of Fanners and Homemakers and Town and Rural Ministers Institute held at A. & T. College at Greensboro June 15-17. The conference was centered around the theme, “Developing Human Resources Through Soc ial and Economic Opportunities.” There were a number of prom inent speakers appearing on the program, who gave interesting lectures. The following from Jones County attended, Mrs. Alice Cobbs, C. W. Cheston, Edward Johnson, Mrs. Dorothy Williams, and Rev. A. G. Cheston. The delegation was challeng ed to return to their communi ties and develop, “Strong Com munity Action Programs” to help eliminate some of the many so cial and economic problems in their respective communities. The Jones County delegation was accompanied by Farm Agent Fletcher Barber. Lenoir County#s Automobile Bill Runs Over $20 Million Dollars Per Year With Washington irownmg on overseas travel, will Lenoir County residents forego such vacations this summer and do their traveling in this country instead? If they do so, what will their expenses amount to per day? According to Secretary of Com merce John T. Connor, domestic tourism is a “slumbering giant.” He finds that 52 percent of all Americans have never taken a vacation trip of more than 200 miles from home. The indications are that that percentage will be reduced con siderably this year. Domestic travel is expected to hit a new peak, what with all the new cars itching to take off. As to the cost of automobile trips, they are only a shade more expensive than they were in 1964. In general, food and lodg ing are about the same. In creases in the cost of gasoline pnd other items will be encount ered in some areas, however, due to tax hikes. Reports on these travel costs have been released by the Am erican Automobile Association and by the Commerce Clearing House. They show that Lenoir County travelers, in planning their trips, must expect to spend $31 a day for two people for their bas ic needs. \ This assumes that they cover 300 miles a day and that the cair does 15 miles per gallon of y The $31 provides for an out-| lay of $10.50 for food, $11 for* hotel or motel, $7.00 for gas and'Oil and $2.50 for tips and miscellaneous. The question of vacation costs brings up the bigger question of the year-round cost of car ownership and operation. New figures, just released by the AAA, provide the answer. It comes to $1,177 a year for a popular-price car, driven 10, 000 miles a year. Of this, $807 is in fixed costs, such as depreciation, insurance and registration tags. Operating costs, for gas, oil, All Kinds of gH MUTING m SEE US FOR BUSINESS, SOCIAL AND PERSONAL PRINTING. RIDER y ---PRINTING CO. 4S3 W. Vomon Avo. Kinston, North Carolina Extension Agent Gives Pros, Cons Of Five Pork Production Systems OTHER EDITORS SAY Williamston Enterprise CONFUSED THINKING Our difficulty lies not so much with obnoxious Communists in our midst as with the fuzzy-mind ed people who think we can have totalitarian economics in the hands of bureaucracy, and at the same time to have per sonal liberty . . . Their confus ed thinking convinces them that they are liberals — but if they are liberals, they have liberal ism without liberty. Nor are they middle-of-the-roaders as they claim to be: They are a half way house to totalitarianism.— Herbert Hoover, before the Re publican National Convention in Philadelphia, June 22, 1948. BAALM HILL 4-H CLUB The Baalm Hill Community 4-H Club held its regular meet ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rachel Badger, Route 2, Trenton on June 14. The meet ing was called to order by Jdhnie Barber, President. The devo tion was led by Fletcher Bar ber Jr. Pledge of Allegiance and 4-H pledee were eiven Rennrts of projects and activities were given by club members. Farm agent Fletcher Barber discussed the “Value of Milk,” in keeping with June Dairy Month. There were 12 4-H members and 4 leaders present. The Baalm Hill 4-H Club sponsored a film on Safety Driving at the Extension Building in Trenton on June 17. The film was designed to help the 4-H members and leaders to be more safety conscious. There were 60 4-H members and lead ers attending. Walter Jarman, adult 4-H leader was in charge of the program. tires, and maintenance, total $370. Applied to Lenoir. County and to the number of passenger cars registered, car ownership costs local drivers $20,974,000 a year. Local gas stations have profit ed from the increase in the number of cars. Their receipts last year reached $5,728,000, top-1 ping the previous year’s $5,278,-1 000. 1 What is the best system for feeding top hogs? A lot of farm ers are asking this question, since livestock expansion is cur rently a big development in North Carolina agriculture. T. S. Godwin, agricultural ex tension agent in Wayne County,* says there are five systems of feeding top hogs. All work well if they are operated as planned. Godwin outlined the five sys tems, their advantages and dis advantages, as follows: 1. On pasture or lots — Good for small operations. Too much land and labor are involved. About as expensive as concrete when lots are rotated as they should be. 2. Concrete feeding pen — Allows good supervision of hogs. Requires less land. Requires high type management. More leg trou ble. Requires a completely ade quate ration. 3. Farrow to finish unit — Looks very expensive. Less space per hog. Pigs are never moved. A unit of this type is at the Swine Development Center at Rocky Mount. Pork producers should know more about this type of unit in a couple of years. That is after the unit at Rocky Mount has been in op eration for a while. 4. Complete slatted floors— A high concentration of hogs; six square feet per hog. Com pletely automatic. Reduces lab or to a minimum but expensive — about $30 to $35 per hog. 5. Partial slat feeding floor — This may be the answer to part of the cleaning problem. Floor space requirements can be reduced from twelve to eight or ten square feet per hog. If one-fourth of the area is slatted, this could be placed over a la goon, which would greatly re duce cleaning time. The cost per hog should be about the same as a standard feeding floor. One disadvantage of the partial slat is the fact that the system works better if the hogs are fed on the floor. Godwin says the system that works best for a particular farm depends on the labor, land and money available. FARM and HOME Requirements Of Petroleum Products Hodges Oil Co. Phone JA 3 2338 P. O. Box 666 U. S. 70 EAST OF KINSTON, N. C. WHEN YOU NEED AMBULANCE SERVICE CALL Garner’s Funeral Home DIAL JA 3-2124 or JA 3-2125 Ambulance Equipped With Oxygen For Emergency Use “COURTEOUS ATTENDANTS”
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