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Successor — John Hodman,
Washington, D. C., attorney anti
political leader, will be named by
Sen. Willis Smith to succeed Gen.
John Hall Manning of Raleigh
as U. S. district attorney for
Eastern North Carolina. Rodman
assisted with Smith's campaign
last summer.
The position pays approximate
ly $9,000 per year and leaves time
for limited private practice.
Gov't VS Business — The fed
eral government about three years
ago said it wanted to build a
gigantic dam at Roanoke Rapids.
Virginia Electric and Power com
pany said it wanted to build the
dam and would spend about $25,
000,000 of its own capital over
a three-ypar period to develop
power for distribution to 450,OO0
customers in Virginia, North Car
olina and West Virginia.
The matter was turned over to
the Federal Power commission for
study to determine if VEPCO or
the federal government should
build the dam and provide the
facilities.
Frank A. Hampton, Yadkin
county native and many years as
sistant to the late Sen. F. M.
Simmons, as senior attorney for
the federal power commission
spent many months on the re
port.
Last April as a year ago he
came out with his voluminous and
shocking recommendation: that
VEPCO, and not the government,
should build the dam. Since he
is employed by the government
and has made a career of work
ing for it, he no doubt gave his
employer every benefit of any
doubt. But he just couldn’t see it
and sided with private enterprise.
You would have thought that was
the end of it. Then you do not
know the power-hungry interior
department, whose secretary,
Oscar Chapman, said his depart
ment would protest the ruling
made by the government’s at
torney!
Hampton has admitted privately
within the past year that some of
b:s Fair Deal friends have looked
daggers' points at him since the
rilling. The Hampton clan is not
given to fear and he stuck to his
guns.
Secretary Chapman, with the
support of billions upon billions
of tax money gathered from pri
vate power companies and others,
has moved steadily ahead in ef
forts to block private power
VEPCO. Last week, this para
graph moved over the Associated
Press wires from Richmond, \a..
"The federal government went to
court today in a new effort to
prevent the Virginia Electric and
Power company from building a
gigantic dam at Roanoke Rapids,
N. C.”
On Sept. 4, the federal appeals
court will review the case.
While the people plead for
economy in government, the gov
ernment is going to court in an
effort to prevent private enter
prise from expanding (and thus
paying more taxes! and to fix
it 'so that the government can
spend another $25,000,000.
Prison Trouble — Sudden de
parture of John Gold from his
position as director of state pris
ons and the difficulty of finding
a successor have focused attention
here in Raleigh once again on
this subsidiary of the state high
way commission.
Informal plans began shaping
up last week for another look
at the awkward setup in early
1053. These plans call for a di
vorcement of prisons from high
ways.
North Carolina three years ago
had one of the outstanding prison
experts in the nation to make a
thorough study of what we care
lessly refer to as our “Prison
System." Finding plenty of pris
ons, but little system, he flatly
recommended that the job of
operating our prisons is a tre
mendous project unto itself and
therefore should not be merely
another function of the state
highway commission. For obvious
reasons his advice was not fol
lowed—and in some quarters he
was critized because he did not
come up with the report which
was desired.
Events of the past two years,
and of the past three weeks, have
set to work again machinery de
signed to separate highways and
prisons.
Neither—Nor — One of Wins
This Mid-Morning Refreshment
Makes Home Work Smooth Sailing
ton-Salem's most prominent dry
leaders was in Raleigh last Thurs
day, two days before the vote on
Saturday to determine if the I" in
City was to pet legalized whiskey.
He stated that those opposing
whiskey stores seemed to have
"neither organization nor money ,
while the wets apparently had
both.
The wets won by “,411 to
7,3:16. Now all the large cities
of the state have whiskey stores.
The Show — Kerr Scott on Fri
day morning last week followed
the philosophy of the trouper that
“the sho*v must go on.
Late Thursday afternoon the
governor heard that one of his
closest friends, H L. Meacham,
had committed suicide at the ( ale
doma prison farm in Halifax
cor *y.
While Scott was commissioner
of agriculture, he and Meacham
used to take trips together: to
Washington, to Asheville, and to
several other points not so dis
tant from home base. Meacham
was much younger than his com
panion and at that time of a much
jollier disposition, and Commiss
ioner Scott liked to have him
along. He provided a lot of fun for
his taciturn companion.
Meacham later became man
ager of the Allied Farmers cooper
ative in Asheville. When Scott
became governor, he appointed his
friend director of state prison
farms. It would not have been a
great surprise if Meacham had
been named to succeed Prison Di
rector John Gold.
Although no doubt greatly sad
dened by the sudden death of his
friend and prison farm director,
the governor kept a date with a
local radio station last Friday
morning and acted as master of
ceremonies, record-player, cut-the
fooler, philosopher, and what-have
you.
Headliner — The New York
Times had as one of its “Head
liners” on Julv 15 Gordon Gray,
president of the Greater Univer
sity of North Carolina.
—Turn to Page 6, this Sec.
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
July 10. 1951
Editor
The Black Mountain News
Black Mountain, N. C.
Dear Sir:
The citizens of this country can
do much to relieve the anticipated
unprecedented burden upon trans
portation this coming fall and
winter and insure themselves
against physical discomfort and
inconvenience if they will lay in
the winter's supply of fuel now
during the summer months.
The suggestion is made in the
attached copy of Information Re
lease No. 101 issued May 29.
It will he exceedingly helpful
if you will pass the suggestion
on to the public through the media
of your paper.
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Sincerely „.... M
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J2th
IN WASHINGTON
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Screen doors & window
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woodworking and furniture re
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• Garages
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Phone 5611
• Where To Eat
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Cherry St. — Black Mountain
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Phone 7220
• Building Materials
READY MIXED
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Biltmore, N. C.—Phone 3-6421
• Auto Service
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Phone 7176 — State St.
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• Photographers
PHOTOGRAPHS
of anything & everything —
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in the shade of the maples.
Phone 5951 100 Church St.
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• Bulldozer Service
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& SHOVEL WORK
PHONE
4926
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• Wrecker Service
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McMurray’s Chevrolet
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Black Mountain, N. C.
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3141 5192
• Electricians
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R. W. COOK
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Phone 30 8 2
Black Mountain, N. C.
• Insurance
E. E. WHITE’S
INSURANCE AGENCY
212 State St. — Phone S191
Black Mountain, N. C.
• Cleaners
Blue Ridge Cleaners
Black Mountain, N. C.
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Expert Work — Moderate Prices
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• Florists
GREGG the FLORISl
Funeral Wreaths - Spray! j
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