Institute Of Government BOTE: This is the fifteenth of a series of weekly summaries prepared by the legislative staff of the Institute of government on the work of the North Carolina General Assembly of 1959. It is con fined to discussions of 1 matters of general Interest and major importance. Those featured performers of every legislative show — the money bills — are being readied to move front and center. Intro duction Monday night of capita] improvement bills by Finance Committee chairmen to replace the original Budget bills was the opening note of the fanfare for the grand finale. Immediately there was a rush of new bills, as members sought to get their chil dren on the stage before the fin al cuntain. Introductions during the week totalled 145, ithe highest of any week of the session thus far. I Indications are that many bills will either die in committee or fail to be considered on the floor, or else will be the longest session in history. As the House contin ued to debate bills at extraordi nary length, Speaker Hewlett cast about for extra meeting ti mes, but found that committees were scheduled at every possible hour. ■ < CARPET • Quality You Can Trust • Beauty You Can See • Prices You Can Afford PERRY FURN. & CARPET COMPANY Shelby. N. C. Dial HU 7-7426 Open Fri. Nights ’til 9:00 APPROPRIATIONS The substitute capital Improve ments bills provided for addition al bonds amounting to about $4 ‘/i million, and made numerous cfhanges in individual appropri ations. Among the major changes were increased or new appropri ations of $2 million to the State Hospital at Goldsboro for a hos pital and administration build ing, 414 million for a Western N. C. Training School, $624,000 to the State Ant Society for an add ition to the Museum of Ant build ing, $500 to the State Ports Auth ority to construct port facilities at Spuithport, $430,000 to, SPA for improvements in port facilities at Wilmington, and $280,000 for the same purpose at Morehead City. The University at Chapel Hill lost $480,000 for a new dormitory, and A & T College at Greensboro lost $510,000, also for a dormitory. The Joint Appropriations Sub committee was scheduled to com plete its work by disposing of State employee questions Friday afternoon. On Thursday the sub committee completed its work on the Consolidated University Bud get by setting a figure which would give the University about % of the difference between its original requests and the amount provided in the original Budget Appropriations Bill. The subcom. mittee report will be presented to the full Appropriations Commit tees next Tuesday. Earlier in the week the sub committee rejected a report of a subgroup studying the welfare budget and recommended by the study group and $3.9 million re quested by the Welfare Depart ment. It was stated that the sub committee’s proposal would mean a reduction of 10 per cent in aid-to-dependent-children and disability grants, and 5 per cent in old-age assistance grants. FINANCE A real hassle developed in the Senate Finance Committee on the Help him work his way through college START your youngster’s college fund growing with us now! Help put him through college the easy way. Here's how: the savings you place with us earn our liberal returns that pile up and com pound year after year. By the time your son or daughter is ready for college . . . your earnings alone can pay for 6 months’ to a year’s schooling. Stop in soon and see just how profitable an early start on college saving can be! The easy Home S. & L. way! CURRENT DIVIDEND Vh% PER ANNUM HOME SAVINGS & LOAN ASS N. A. H. PATTERSON. SECTRETARY-TREASURER question of including corpora tions within the proposed with holding tax provisions. The com mittee approved an amendment to Include corporations, and then reversed itself the following day. The withholding provision was then aporoved by a vote of 14-8. The House Finance Committee already had rejected the corpora, tion-inclusion amendment and had approved the withholding proposal. New tax bills included HB 910, which levies an annual tax of $200 on each vehicle bring ing coal or coke into NC for de livery to a person not taxed as a dealer, and HB 949 which speci fies that when a distributing warehouse and retail outlet are under the saime ownership, deliv ery of goods to the warehouse in NC for the retail outlet shall be taxed as a wholesale sale. SCHOOLS Two new bills could add fuel to the alleged controversy be tween the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education. The first of these, HB 925, sent for ward by Rep. Davis of Lenoir, provides for the appointment of the State Textbook Commission by the Governor upon recommen dation of the Board rather than of the Superintendent, as at pre sent, and deletes the requirement, that the chairman of the Text book Commission be subject to the approval of the Superinten dent. The second, HB 983, intro duced by Rep. Satterfield, would make the Lieutenant Governor chairmon of the State Board in stead of permitting the Board to elect its own chairman. Other new bills in the school area would provide for the employ ment of guidance and counsel ling teachers in the public schools (HB 951), and would es tablish a 9-member commission to study the public school educa tion of exceptionally talented children (HB 973). In a joint ses sion Thursday the Assembly e leeted trustees of the Greater U niversity and ratified the Gover nor’s appointments to boards of trust of other State Institutions of higher learning. Food Costs Vaiy With Age Age is an important considera tion in estimating family food costs. Though it is often said that growing boys eat more than their fathers, and elderly people eat less than those who are younger, more definite information on food costs as related to age is needed for successful budgeting. In general, food costs increase with age up to 20 years, then de crease, according to Mrs. Ruby P. Uzzle, consumer marketing specialist for ithe N. C. Agricul tural Extension Service. Food economists used average countrywide retail food prices for August 1958 to estimate that on a moderate cost plan, feeding a three-year-old boy would cost $4.50 a week compared to $11.50 for a 16-year-oild boy and $8.50 for a 75-year-old man. The esti mates were based on home meals not “eating out”. Cost of feeding children at any age under 12 years is the same for boys and girls. Over 12 years, boys and men need more food than girls and women of the same age, thus their food costs are higher. It costs about a third more to feed a 16-year-old boy, on the aver age. than to feed a girl the same age. Next to the teenage boy, a man of 35 to 54 years averages highest in the cost of his food. These figures prove that age is important when planning the family food budget. North Carolinians hiave an es timate $85 million invested in farm fish ponds. Support Junior Baseball IN KINGS MOUNTAIN MAIL OR BRING TO: (make checks payable to:) KINGS MTN. AMERICAN LEGION JUNIOR BASEBALL TEAM c/o Joe H. McDaniel, Jr., Treasurer, P. O. Box 429 Ray Cline. Ath. Officer I WANT TO SEE JUNIOR BASEBALL CONTINUED IN KINGS MOUNTAIN. I WILL HELP THE BOYS AND THE PROGRAM BY: i *.( ) DONATION — Enclosed is my check for . (Amount). (Donations Could Be Deducted From Income Taxes) T Do ( ) Do Not ( ) wish this Gift Publicly Acknowledged ( ) I also wish to help undewrite the program — Please see Me. ( ) SUPPORT—I will Buy a Special Ticket Good For All Area 4 1st Round Home Games — Price $1 (Good for 7 Admissions) ( ) . (Amt. Enclosed. ( ) Please See Me. SALE ENDS FRIDAY7P.M. SERVICE — I WILL BE GLAD TO: ( ) Work at Ticket Gate or ( ) Concession Stand; ( ) Help With Transportation or ( ) Any Other Way I Can; ( ) Advertise Games By Reminding My Friends on Date of Games My Name. ..Phone No.. Address . i ADVERTISING HB 959 would regulate road side advertising along the Inter, state Highway System to North Carolina. The bill is keyed to the Federal Aid Highway Act of 19 58 which offered monetary incen tives for State regulation of bill boards on the Interstate System. Enactment of ithe bill would mean as much as $800,000 in ad ditional federal funds for the NC system. Rep. Kerr of Warren ser ved early notice that, if the bill reaches the House floor, it will receive the same close scrunlty which he has devoted-to other measures implementing federal aid laws. HB 725, which would ban ad vertisement of all alcoholic bev erages in any advertising media in the state, was the subject ol considerable interest in Houst Judiciary II Committee. Commit tee action was postponed until next Thursday. AGRICULTURE SB 331, the controversial bill prohibiting use of MH-30 or growing tobacco, was reported favorably by the Senate Agricul ture Committee Thursday. At th< time of the report two of th< bill’s original sponsors, Senators Morgan of Harnett and Hancock announced that they were with drawing their support and asked further study of the problem. In troductions this week included SB 359, designed to improve co ordination of federal, State and local agencies and programs for the promotion of agriculture in North Carolina. The bill author izes counties and (municipalities to appropriate funds for agri cultural development and resear ch. , FIREMEN'S PENSION FUND The House devoted two hours of lively debate Thursday to HB 690, establishing a firemen’s pen. sion fund to be supported in part by a State tax on fire and light ning insurance premiums. The bill, along with two companion measures, is designed to replace a 1957 act which was invalidated by the Supreme Court. After the r bill passed second reading by a 1 three-ito-one margin, Rep. Snepp : offered a floor amendment Fri day to limit the State’s contri- : button to proceeds of the insur anoe premiums tax; on a motion to table the amendment, a tie vote developed ( a real rarity in the House) and Speaker Hewlett then voted in favor of the a mendment. As thus amended the • bill passed third reading and was sent to the Senate. MISCELLANEOUS In the not too distant future, Tarheels may be able to enjoy sporting and cultural events from a "flap top’’ stadium. Identical HARRIS FUNERAL HOME —Ambulance Service— Phone 118 Kings Mountain. N. C >ills were introduced to create a stadium Authority with authori y to build a stadium within one nile of the State Pair Grounds, md to issue revenue bonds to provide the necessary funds. The sills specify that the stadium •oof may be either permanent or ■emovable. SB 367 was introduced this week to promote housing co-op eratives. The present law allows a simplified type of corporation to be formed and operated by five or more veterans for veter ans’ housing. The new bill woukb remove the restrictions as to vet. erans and specifies .that apart, menits can be Included in the eo. operative housing projects. Imagine This Smart Dinette in Your Kitchen... Only *5 Down! _X