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iX'l X. ? x . Pt 3-Th rerqutaans Weekly, iwmf 3y unin now oqiun a-v:XT?ORp; N.C. 2744 trEatatf as second dus .MMe.' November 15, 1934 TatFpst Offlct to Hartford, n. C? ' RAT WARD' : Gmval Manager FRANCINE SAWYER ...TP .V Editor w fcU 0 J i OFFICE HRS. 12 Noon 3 P.M.'evcnjng in February. They accosted the Senator as he got out U'm.'L' .' wtir .:pKONB-426-7109 gafijSMtunftx nzC, SUBSCRIPTION RATES m : ..: ONE YEAR $3.64 in Perquimans County zl'$i.tS elsewhere Published by Dear Publication 4 Radio, Inc. ;Ervin i S&ys WASHINGTON --The ..; American people are rightly ' .IjwMnMHMrt that PsmDrpM . ' , i uciuauuuig hj w.. 1 " take new action to end forced busing of public schoolchildren. Last week, in a Senate Judiciary hearing on this issue, Iurged the Committee to support S. J. Res. 28, a resolution which Senator Allen .of Alabama and I in troduced on January 23, 1973. The resolution, which would have to be approved by two thirds of the House and Senate and ratiried by I three-fourths of the States, J jvkjJa.to end busing to J jSchJfvjs "racial balance' and 5 'pre.vnt.Federal Courts and ! bureaucrats from practicing J tyranny on helpless children. hive been reluctant to advocate alterations to the Constitution of the United States. History has proven it to be one of the most wisely drafted documents of all time. The framework of government It established and .the protection of individual liberty it in corporates have served our DeoDle'well. It is "only because of the perversion of its fundamental principles with respect to the public schools that I feel compelled to advocate this amendment. What has happened is that Federal Courts, including the' "Supreme Court.and Federal agencies have given an unjustified interpretation to the "equal protection clause" of the 14th Amend ment. "As a consequence, the adoption of a constitutional amendment may now be a prerequisite for restoring freedom to American's schoolchildren and for elinrfnating judicial tyranny with respect to our public, schools. " In North Carolina and in many other States-north, south, east, and west- ids of students have ordered to board buses dayy, to achieve some magical, racial-mixing crania to satisfy the whims arifftaprices of misguided Federal Judges and bureaucrats. This is absurd becjfase two decades after . the Brown decision, Federal ciPVt8 016 Department . . 1 SflBalth, Education, and Wwnure are now insisting j that race be used as the basis 1 - for pupil i assignment. Ironically, these orders and fCT' Ja seek to use racial , 'iK1 ,fas to effectuate a con t - nUUfipnal principle which ! r4fcrtils Government to fj -Twtfjrfa. people differentiy on '; ; BLt'9x)Utit of their race. ',t s,V8t Americans have 1 F -Vaitld and hoped that the '' g Sreme Court would regain i SrS 'icial sanity and reject i ::. ; Federal Court orders i --iv,J impose', massive - busing and racially based pupil ' assignment plans on kAlli.a vkawM ffufant. and' public school officials. ineynave waueu in raw. The people, according to everyiwbncopinionpouuiat. ' I have seen, feel that there must be an end to a practice that is doing irreparable . harm to the public schools.' Accordingly Senator Allen and I have proposed an amendment to the Con stitution to absolutely ,4ribit any court and any St. Ttment agency from .ing schoolchildren to r ' ju-ing them to attend a j-.i.cular school on account of race, creed, or color.. Hertford, N.O, Thursday, Apr! REPORT FROM U.S. I , WASHINGTON On Thursdaymorning of last week, I ' drove out to Walter Reed Hospital to visit with my line friend, Senator John Stennis of Mississippi. You will recall that Spnntnr Stennis wu shot bv of his car in front of his home. shot him for no reason at all. , .' , The Senator was near death foe about a month. After several weeks, his alleged assailants were finally found, and arrested and jailed. The Senator's watch was recovered at the home of one of them. But the two men were released almost immediately on bond! I visited with the Senator for about 90 minutes. He is immensely grateful for the prayers of millions of Americans who have been so concerned about him. I have known the Senator for more than 20 years, since the early 1950's when I was here as administrative assistant to Senators Willis Smith and Alton Lennon. Senator Stennis is one of the really great lawmakers of our time. He is a deeply religious man, and was one of the founders of the weekly Senate Prayer Breakfast, which meets each Wednesday morning. He had written me a note earlier in the week, suggesting that I visit him "if I had the time." His note arrived Wednes day afternoon, and I was there at the hospital as early as possible the next morning. He looked exceptionally well. We walked up and down the corridor so that he could get some exercise. This past Saturday he made a one-day trip to Mississippi. So he's getting along fine, and hopes to return to the Senate in a couple of months. TAXES The income tax filing deadline having just passed, it is interesting to do a little homework on what the Congress really intended early in this century just before the federal income tax was imposed on the people. For example, I have been studying the debate on the floor of the House of Representatives in 1909. On May 3 (accord ing to the Congressional Record, beginning on Page 1692), it was made clear that nobody earning less than $5,000 would pay any income tax at all. And you must remember that $5,000 was a very healthy annual salary back in those days! And a man earning $10,000 would pay only $150! There were many pledges between 1909 and 1913 that the federal income tax rate would never, never exceed two per cent and the very mention of the possibility that one day a worker's income might be taxed at ten per cent well, this was laughed down as being absurd. One Congressman told his apprehensive colleague not to worry. "I assure my dis tinguished colleague," he said, "that such excessive taxation will never happen in America." Well, you know the situation in 1973. On top of spending every penny of the tax money coming in, the federal govern ment is now $450 billion in the red. The interest alone on this debt is costing you, the taxpayer, $40,000 a minute. That's why I am voting, every time I can, to reduce federal waste and extravagance. If we don't reduce federal spending, our children and grandchildren simply won't have a chance. Every baby born in America today owes a per capita debt of more than $11,000 as his or her share of the federal debt. That's a rather cruel heritage, I think. WashinartonReDO , w w 7 :.tx f ...... By STANFORD WHITE , HOUSE REPRESENTATIVE A public bearing was held this week in connection with the Coastal Management bill. After the hearing, there was a conference between Senator Monk" Harrington, Senator Phil Godwin, Representative Vernon James and myself in reference to this bill. It is our feeling that thereshould be no further action taken during this session. Between now and January, 1974, we would like for at least five public bearings to be held and we would want these hearings to be held somewhere in the coastal area from Manteo to the South Carolina line. These meetings would be held for the purpose of having local people express their new bill that will be drawn. This would give everyone who lives in the coastal area an opportunity to be heard such as farmers, fishermen, etc. It is my feeling that with a bill of mis magnitude and as far reaching as it is in certain areas, the people to be affected should have a great deal to say in the wording and meaning. It is my definite feeling that nothing further will be done during this session. It appears at this writing that the $300 million school bond referendum will be the priority method for raising additional funds for local school units. This method was' chosen in committee to take preference over the $100 million grant fund that had been proposed also. The minimum wage to$1.80, effective July 1, passed the House this week.' It places North Carolina ahead of the Federal minimum wage. An amendment was proposed to delay the effective date to allow for the Federal minimum wage to be enacted first However, it was defeated. i;r, A bill to provide for absentee voting in primaries is proposed and appears to be headed for passage. If it is enacted, it is a simple and yet safe method to provide for this. , An interesting proposal before the General Assembly is the Uniform Probate code. Several states have enacted such an act. It provides for a simple; and much less expensive method to probate estates. Many of the prolonged and expensive legal problems of estate settlement are simplified under the terms of this proposed bill. Congressman Walter B. Jones 'i' a AAAwiiinM . ttu-'MiMiA nnininn nnlla. one of in not crtni nroblems confronting the to i hi costof living. On Monday of last week, the House had an oteellcnt opportunity to combaV this serious protl:, by amending the present Econoinic? Siat-w-zation Act. The legislation before the Kcura'would have imposed a freeze on all rood3 aad services at a price level which existed en Kcrcl IS. 1 have ccnc:tntiy te:t tst . fei3 U-cncc-accL3 actirt would ta te only tiirs Ciit could cool L-rtion and rc.:re some stability to the overall eccpemy., La fortunately, the majority cf the Members cf 28, 1973. Senator two vouna noia-up men one Thev robbed him and then - h nrices and the overall A Look? Backward APRIL 1135 By VIRGINIA WHITE , TRANSEAU . EPISCOPALIANS HOLD MEETING IN HERTFORD: Mrs. Fred Outland, of Washington, N.C., president of the Woman's Auxiliary of Erviri And BySAMERVIN U.S. SENATOR WASHINGTON - The President in his Budget Message of January 29th urged Congress to "develop a systematic procedure for maintaining fiscal discipline." While I have frequently been cast in the role of the President's adversary, and lately this seems to be happening with remarkable regularity, I am in whole hearted agreement with him in respect to the need for congressional fiscal responsibility. Congressi onal procedures relating to the spending of the tax payer's dollar are, to say the least, in dire need of a major overhaul, and have been for some time. Since 1960, Demos Getting Party Together The Democratic Party in North Carolina is setting up machinery to get their Party back in the winners column, according to Democratic State Chairman James R. Sugg. Sugg announced today that he had mailed a memorandum to county Democratic chairmen urging them to hold a rally during the month of May, calling it "Party Organizational Rally Month." "Some counties in the state have good organizations now," Sugg said, "But many others have never felt the need for any real ' grass roots organization. But with the opposition Party occupying the State House and one of the U.S. Senate seats, we must organize from the . The Party memo ; states . a that Party leaders such s i Sen. San Ervin, Lt. Gov. Jim Hunt, Atty. Gen. Robert Morgan, "Skipper" Bowles, Pat Taylor, Bob Scott, Nick Galifianakis, Everett Jordan and others have approved the idea. State Democratic Headquarters Staff will aid in the rallies by providing bumper stickers, speakers, and any help leaders at (he county level request. In addition, Sugg told county chairmen that field per sonnel will be available to help in planning rallies and meetings. State Headquarters states that several counties have already made plans -hat to hold a rally during' May, td are hope ful many more will plan .Party meetings. Tarheels Head ForSimshine Fla. State When North Carolinians travel-by car, apparently most of them head for Florida. According to statistics' compiled by the N.C. State Motor Club, the Sunshine ' State was by far' the most popular destination for Tar Heels who sought in formation , and travel routings in 1972. . "Forida won in a breeze," , said Mrs. Dorothy Gilleland, who supervises the routing section. Second place went to Georgia. North Carolina was right on Georgia's heels proving that many natives still like to vacation in their own state. More than four thousand requests were received during the year, an increase of four per cent over 1971. There has been a 114 percent , increase since 1969. Other states in the top ten were: 4 Virginia; $-Tie, Texas and CJaifornia; 8 New York; 7-Tie, Penn sylvania and Canada; 8 Louisiana; 9 South i Carolina; 10-Ohio. Top surprises were the high rankings of Texas and California, and the decline tfft South Carolina, always a leader In the past. South Dakota and Idaho brought up ' the rear. -. the Diocese of East Carolina, was the principal speaker at the annual get-together : District meeting of the Woman's Auxiliary, held at Holy Trinity Episcopal ; Church on Wednesday, Mrs. G. F. Hill, of Elizabeth City, Discipline federal spending has tripled, the inflation rate has also ,. : tripled, the dollar outflow " abroad has quadrupled; and the dollar has been devalued ' twice . the first' such ' devaluations since 1933, in v the heart of the Great Depression. It has been 52 years since Congress has . done anything about shar- pening its basic ' tools . for . ; controlling federal ex penditures. The Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 was the last major reform of congressional budgetary procedure, yet we are now spending nearly one hundred1 . times what we were spen ding yearly in the 1920's. During the last session, Congress made provision for the establishment of the Joint Study Committee on Budget Control. This action -reflected on awareness of the disturbing fiscal situation facing the nation and the . compelling need to find meaningful ways to deal with it. Furthermore, within the last three months alone, some twelve bills have been introduced in the Senate ' embodying various ap proaches to the matter of congressional control over the budget. On April 11th, I introduced the Congressional Budgetary Procedures Act as Chairman . of the Senate Government. Operations Committee. The basic features of my proposal are as follows: First, the legislation establishes, a standing Committee on the Budget in each House. Second the legislation creates a congressional r Office of the Budget, a non- r, political, non-partisan entity under a Director and Deputy, , Director chosen by : the ., Speaker of the House! The". . Office will be equivalent to the General " Accoimting ' " Office, and will provide the Senate and the House; fith whatever information- is : needed with respect - to revenues, expenditures,;. , , Presidential budget, requests, the general state of the economy, and fiscal- ;, related data including , aggregate budget authority" ' and outlays enacted to date. Third, not later than the ' ; first of March each year, the ' legislation proposes that the ' Budget Committee of each House shall report to its House a concurrent " resolution dealing with the fiscal s situation. The resolution will, with respect , to the next fiscal year, estimate revenues, ' recommend an appropriate level of expenditures and an appropriate level of the ; public debt. It will establish ' . a spending ceiling and limits v on outlays within specific -. - categories as designated, by . the Budget Committees. Concurrent resolutions in -each House dealing with budget limitations will be highly privileged bills to expedite their consideration. This measure insures that . ; members advocating in- , creased spending will do sq in the realization ' that resources are limited; and the same restriction applies to tax cuts, which would have to be offset by changes , in spending totals or the ' public debt. " Fourth, the legislation 5 . provides that every measure . enacting , budget authority ' shall specify . a ' limit on outlays under such authority -for the fiscal year to which ' the budget authority relates. .: No measure providing budget authority would be considered until budget limits have been agreed to. The measure also requires responsible fiscal planning concerning new programs, provides control of "back- ' door spending" by requiring -meaningful review of money bills by the Appropriations Committees, and contains a number of mechanisms to ; assure control over spen- ; -;ding. , .. . w Vv''iV"'' i . In essence, the measure provides the basis for a total . rebuilding of the structure of fiscal responsibility through Congressional procedures.ta system that is' urgently needed. president, presided, 'Retf. E. T.Jillson, Vector of ,Uoly Trinity,, -conducted the devotional exercises, followed by the address of welcome "by Mrj.ifW' E. White. Mrs?C. W. Melick, of Elizabeth City; Mrs. Sidney McMulIan, of Edenton,',and Mrs. .Thomas . .Nixon of Hertford, were appointed on -the nominating committee to select officers for the coming year. Mrs. Wi E. White, was elected president, with the privilege, of appointing the secretary, and Mrs. John Stevenson, of Elizabeth City, , was elected vice-president. BETTER MAIL SERVICE FROM LOCAL OFFICE: Better mail service for the rural patrons of the Hertford post office is announced by Postmaster J. E. Morris as a ' result of a recommendation made by the postmaster. A' new schedule, which went into effect on April 19, enables those living on the rural routes served by this post office to receive on the same day the mail which reaches Hertford on the mail truck at 8 o'clock in the morning., The R.F.D. carriers now leave the Hertford post office at 8:30, instead of 8 o'clock. The new schedule will," of course, delay the mail carriers half an hour. W. H. NIXON ' DIES SUDDENLY OF HEART ATTACK: The sudden death of Wilson Hollowell Nixon, prominent Perquimans farmer, which occured at 9:30 oclock Thursday morning, shocked the 'entire Community. Mr. Nixon, "who was in his 45th year, was a native of Perquimans and has spent his entire life in the county. He was the son of the-, late Thomas J. Nixon, Sr.,, and Mrs; Alice Cox. Nixon. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Eula Newbold , Nixon, two daughters, Mrs. T. B. Smith, of Edenton; and Miss Eula Newbold Nixon, of Heitford; and one sister, Mrs. W. H. , HardcasUe. ' ' ' , MRS. DARDEN TO AT TEND P.TA. MEET IN ' FLORIDA: Mrs. V. N. , Darden will leave Saturday . for. a. trip to Miami, Fla., . Mrs.;" Darden, who: is "president of . the parent Teacher Association of the , North Eastern Distrifct, wiWWh.goftatwagdrJvb Cbnventibh'which wiU be in session - from aunaay thru Wednesday at Miami. ' ' ; , YOUNG PEOPLE ENJOY MARSHMALLOW ROAST: The girls of. the Girls' Aux., of Hertford Baptist Church ani jjje'boys of the Royal Ambassadors were given a, most delightful hike, ending in ar weiner roast and a marshmaliow toast, by their leaders, Mrs. T. ' Wi ;Perry and Mrs. Josiah Elliott, on Friday afternoon. The young people (participating in the fun . -v included.. t , -Julia Broughton, . Eugenia Gregory, Mabel Spivey, Jean White, Marie JUane, Reba Spivey,, Jeannette ' Perry,' Sarah -Ward, Margaret Mayes, Shirley Elliott; ; Dorothy; Strange, iCatheride- Campen, Cleveland u; Buqk, ti; Fred ' Campen, Eldon. Winslow, David Broughton. , Zack Harris, James Divers and .1 Milton Dail. .'" V '" UNDERGOES OPERA TION :- Miss Blanche Everett underwent art operation for,, appendicitis ., , at the,,. . Protestant Hospital, Norfolk ' Va.. on Thursday' afternood ' of last week. Miss Everett's condition ii' 'reported as satisfactory." s- '. ' ; - STALfclNGSvPERRY Miss Doris Perry, of Bethel, daughter of Mrs. R. A. Perry and Walter Stallings, of CutawayrMd.; son of Mr. ; and Mrs.' John Stallings, of . Camden County, h were ; quietly married on Saturday, April 30, at South Mills, me ' -couple will make their home in Maryland. MORGAN'S 21st AN NIVERSARY SALE IS NOW .v ON: Big Contest "on with $150.00 worth of High Grade Furniture given away to contest winners. On Thur-.; sday morning. May 23 after (he great sale, Mr. Morgan .' will place SO pounds of ice upon the sidewalk in front of 1 his store, and the person .guessing the nearest to how., - long it will take for the cake of ice to melt will be the, winners in the $150.00 worth: .of merchandise to be given . r 'away.-c '' l A SALE AT THE JCV . , FLANCHAF.H .'-i CO. was ".advertising lawn mowers. with 16 In. blade for just,, ?3.75; Ice cream freezers all, es lust $.98. v - . FJJJk ' HOUSE REPRESENTATIVE v . As of April 12, approximately 1880 bills have been introduced, and 250 have been ratified, making them law. 1 " s ' A bill was introduced in the House which would woride an economic development program to aid , if????" North Carolina. It would authorize toe Division of Commercial and Sports Fisheries of the Department of Natural and Economic Resources to provide services to promote the efficiency - and economic well-being of fishermen. Services to include promotion of business management practices, and counseling In meeting environmental, healthy and safety standards Improvement of waterways and harbors, It would also authorize the Secretary of Natural and Economic Resources to employ per floonel to carry out the .program. a Introduction of House Bill 1037 would prohibit the ' sale of meat and meat products in containers othir than metallic containers which do not allow the purchaser to see both sides of the product This bill has been sent to the Agriculture Committee. If passed, it would go into effect July 1; 1974. The Story Of 'Catfish' Hunter So folks that's how Jimmy got his nickname "Catfish" Hunter. They told Mr. Charles O. Finnley . that whole story about Jimmy catching that little, catfish when he was only seven years old. Mr. Charles " Finnley sure enjoyed hearing about it. ' And that same year the Korean War ending and peace again the boys came home from the war to their loved ones and there in September school started again. By now Jimmy was getting, use to going to school like any other boy would at his age. He was getting to be a big boy by now, and he was beginning to take notice of what you said and done, From now on until he was ten years old there wasn't much that you could say about him that you couldn't any other boy his age. His daddy and brothers would take him to a movie on a Saturday afternoon or to a fair in the fall in our two neighboring towns. They would take him also to most of the High School games and take him to town to the drug store every Saturday so from seven years ..old until ten years old he was just like most any boy. ; He 1 would get a little staging with a i whip if he disobeyed but most of the time Jimmy was really a good boy. He didn't get many whippings. Mr. & Mrs. Hunter said in fact didn't none of our children get too many whippings. They were all good children so you see the next three years went by just like any otter boy he was just another boy. He studied bis school books and passed his grade every year and would get good marks on his work, and even at his age he would play baseball with other boys his age in there little - country community known as Beech-Spring where ':, Jimmy was raised. They always had a little baseball team that would side up and play each other every , Saturday and Sunday. I guess you would call that the nee-wee sandlot baseball There wasn't anv little leaeue back there like there ; r ' J,, . h ailllUC DV11W1 niuui nuu UIV VIAMI v -wm grades the boys of Hertford School would play the boys of Winfall School which was only two miles away. So , when the year 1957 came Jimmy was eleven years old. and in the sixth grade he was getting to be a big boy then and that Spring he was Hertford's main pitcher. But in 1956 when Jimmy was ten years old the school : on Grubb St. that Jimmy went too caught 1 afire on the 17th of February and burnt down. Mrs. Hunter said to Mr. Hunter, "Albert " I see a big black smoke over in the area of 5 Hertford wonder what is it?'.' . Mr. Hunter said, "I do too!" . ,- Mrs. Hunter said, "Call someone in. Hertford and Z find out because it looks like a big fire. . It was a very very dark dreary cold morning. The v children had all got in school and the classes were in . session. It was about 9:30 O'clock, over two hundred children enrolled In that school the other Hunter children were over in the Perquimans High School about one mile away. " .:':V.'.' By this time Mrs. Hunter had called in she then put ' the receiver down and call "Albert come here quick." Mr. Hunter was out in the yard cutting some wood ( for the house. Mr. Hunter came running to the house ' and said "what is the matter?". 91 ; Mrs. Hunter said "the school house in Hertford is burning down go to Hertford at once and see about Jimmy Oh my God I hope and pray that none of the Children are injured in that fire." Mr. Hunter said "Oh Honey! Hold yourself ' together it might not be as that all of them have got out of it." 4'0h! Lorcf, I hope so," said Mrs. Hunter "Get the tar and go and see if Jimmy is alright." '! ' Which he did, his prayers was surely answered. When he got to the schoolhouse it was about finished the old brick walls were falling in. The-teachers had been giving the children instructions of what to do in time of a fire. She had been giving them fire drills, so when the fire was discovered the teachers which numbered about fifteen or more held their nerve and . ' flnnroAched the children ' wouldn't get excited and go pannick. The teachers fold 'them to get their books and march out quick and don't get excited no one was going to get hurt. The orders were I want you all to come out just the same old way that we have been teaching you to do everyday if you ' see fireor smoke just stay close together and get out as quick as you can. Listen to me and don't get ex cited this time it is a real fire the children done just like the teachers had told them. Yes, very brave bunch of children. It could have been fatal to all of them . but thanks to God and them brave teachers because none of them children suffered any injury. There was a Mr. James that had a little boy in there. - Mr. James eot so excited about it that he went into a heart attack and died the cf the Old Grutb St School which many many years was tasowtt a8,t-e old Grutb1 St. Acaimy. So the iteiatas of Cls Ci School Was torned clown the yard ' wss cleared up and was made ir.t3 $ recret!;n center and a beau-.J play ground which is being tz : J ' toisy The next yesr a new school wss t'"t bf"-"- -r , race acrccs C.8 rr".rcad ' v Avenue but r.cn r..r. uunter crove up 10 tr.e cut- . z uny wh bad as we think. 'I'm sure in a calm .way so they next day. So that was the end track callad x trs, x it ' !
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