PAGE SIX
KIDD BREWER'S
Raleigh
Roundup
GLAD OF IT . . . Remember
back yonder in school when the
older boys tried to persuade a cou
ple of fourth-graders to fight each
other? There would be taunts,
yells, and shoving.
Ejpt, all to no avail. The boys
just wouldn’t fight—and about that
time noon recess was over —so that
was that.
As the older fry filed into the
building, they philosophized on the
fight failure thusly: “One of them
was afraid; and the other one was
tickled to death he was afraid.”
A fight could have developed
when key elements of the State
Democratic Executive Committee
gathered here last Saturday to al
ter organization plans and to plan
for the Convention on May 15.
The reason no battle developed:
one side was afraid; and the other
was glad of it. Then, too, all were
together on one point: the Republi
can Party is about to ruin the coun
try.
Various factions of the Demo
cratic Party are still disgruntled.
Consensus is that Saturday’s meet
ing did little, to smooth out some
of the objections—but at least no
new ones developed and an all-out
fight was averted. But what about
the power of county committees ?
FAIR TRADE . . . Until lasi
week nobody seemed to care much
whether the N. C. Citizens Associ
ation had chosen the president of
General Electric as its chief speak
er at the annual meeting to be held
here on March 19.
But last week when GE announc
ed its was dropping fair trade pric
es on most of its smaller applianc
es, the talk coming at the Sir WaL
ter to the Citizens assumed much
importance. A large crowd is ex
pected.
PROTECTION. ... As we move
more definitely toward a decline in
revenue to the State, Raleigh sages
are inquiring more and more:
where are we going to get the
money in 1959 to balance the bud
get. Good question.
Although sales tax collections
for the calendar year 1957—re
-1 eased a few days ago by the N. C.
Revenue Department showed in
come from this source up a slight
fraction over 1956, business is off
sharply now in about half the coun
ties of the State. See RETAILER
out this week.
There is no need to whistle in
the dark about it.
Meantime, our school population
increases by leaps and bounds
and we have a solemn obligation—
set up in 1933 when we adopted the
sales tax—to support at State ex
pense our schools: from first grade
through twelve, for nine months,
black, white, Indian, or Smiling,
and wherever situated within the
confines of North Carolina.
And what about the multi-mil
lion-dollar tax sacrifice we are
making this fiscal year—and will
make next fiscal year—to big in
dustry in the hope of keeping the
big ones here and getting more?
Will it stick? You hear in Raleigh
that the State Highway Fund may
be in the greatest danger of- 25
years. Fearful of that, highway
users are girding their loins for a
battle if necessary. They say that
the main thing that prompted for
mer Highway Commissoner Em
mett Winslow of Perquimans Coun-
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SALVO, PERSONALS
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Midgett
and daughter Teresa of Norfolk
visited Mr. Midgett’s mother, Lucy
Hooper.
Earl Whidbee of New Jersey
spent the week end with his moth
er, Melvina Whidbee.
William Hooper of Norfolk spent
the week end with his parents, Mr.
and. Mrs. Garland Hooper.
Betty Ann O’Neal attended the
District Vacation Church School
Institute Monday, March 3 at First
Church, .Elizabeth City.
Burtis Hooper, who is working
with the State, spent the week end
with his family. A
Mrs. Salina Midgett of Manteo
spent Saturday night with Ker
mother and sister, Mrs. Josephine
Gray aind Melvina Whidbee.
Mr. and Mrs. Pharoah Payne of
Oregon Inlet spent Saturday night
with Mr. and Mrs. Sam Austin.
Mrs. Geneva Midgett of Manteo
visited her grandmother and aunt,
Saturday, Josephine Gray and
Melvina Whidbee.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hooper and
daughter Kay of Norfolk visited
relatives here
Mrs. Elsie Hooper and children,
Sharon, Gussie and Bertie Kay, of
Manteo visited Mr. and Mrs. Gar
land Hooper.
Perry Farrow attended a meet
ing at the Health Center at Bux
ton-
Charlie P. Gray of Buxton gave
an interesting talk at Clark’s
Bethel Church at 11 o’clock Sun
day. He was accompanied by Mrs.
Gray. , __
ty to announce for the Senate last
week is his desire to protect the
Highway Fund.
ON FOOD? ... Will a sales tax
be placed back on food. This would
create a fine howdy-do: take mil
lions off big industry and put mil
lions on food. Raise the sales tax
to four or five per cent so as to
hit the consumer harder?
The big legislative news a year
from now will be money news. That
is why, every time you pick up
your paper, you see about so-and
-30 deciding not to run.
DAVIS . . . The new public re
lations man for the Employment
Security Commission is Ted Davis,
son of the Rev. Theo. B. Davis, one
of the oldest living Wake Forest
alumni. His mother, who died sev
eral years ago, wrote one of the
finest columns anywhere, in the
Zebulon Record.
Ted had been newsman for Ra
leigh Radio Station WRAL. ESC
is lucky to have him. He is a broth
er of Major Barrie Davis, who ed
its the popular and well gotten up
Tar Heel Guardsman for the Na
tional Guard.
The Davis family are not only
good Baptists but no mean poli
ticians as well. The job Ted Davis
now has was held most capably for
a couple of decades by Mike Dun
nagan, who we are glad to report
seems to be holding his own health
wise after a difficult season.
NOTES ... On the day he an
nounced as a candidate to succeed
himself in the House, Pat Taylor,
Jr.—one of our finest young men
in the State—lost his mother and
wife of former Lt. Gov. Pat Tay
lor—heart attack . . . Avery High
tower, rambunctious senator forced
out in 1959 by rotation may oppose
him. Both reside in Wadesboro . . .
Robert Lee Humber of Green
ville, who did more than anybody
>'lse to bring North Carolina its
fnillion-dollar art museum, has an
nounced for the State Senate. . .
PRESENTATION TO GOVERNOR LAUNCHES 4-H CLUB WEEK
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To launch National 4-H Club Week, March 1 through 8. two North Carolina 4-H Club members
presented In a brief ceremony a 4-H calendar depicting this year’s North Carolina theme, “Keep North
Carolina Beautiful," to Governor Luther H. Hodges. Left to right are L. R. Harrlll, state 4-H Club leader;
Nancy Meadows, Garner; Alan Feimster, Taylorsville, Rt. 3; and Governor Hodges.
Alan Feimster, 4-H Club mem
ber, Route 3, Taylorsville, and
Miss Nancy Meadows, 4-H Club
member from Garner, presented
the calendar to Governor Hodges
in behalf of the more than 154,000
4-H Club members in North Caro
lina who are pledging their sup
port in keeping North Carolina
highways safe and clean.
The calendar, which pictures a
typical 4-H family erecting a
highway sign urging that citizens
“Help keep North Carolina Safe
and Clean,” is inscribed with these
words: Working Together for
Cleaner, More Beautiful Highways
—Governor Luther H. Hodges and
the 4-H Clubs of North Carolina.”
As a part of their observance of
National 4-H Club Week 4-H’ers
throughout the state will be con
centrating on things they can do
to make and keep the state beauti
ful. In 4-H meetings and civic
meetings they plan to tell others
how they can participate in this
program. Through demonstrations
and window displays they will
bring to the attention of the gen
eral public the importance of keep
ing the state clean and beautiful
and at the same time demonstrate
ways in which this can be accom
plished.
In the Governor’s remarks after
the calendar was presented to him,
he expressed his appreciation to
the 4-H Clubs of the state for their
active interest in the statewide
program and indicated his pride in
the achievements of 4-H Club
members in past years.
POPLAR BRANCH PERSONALS
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Jordan on Sunday were: Mr. and
Mrs. Jimmy Jordan and children
who have recently returned from
overseas; Mr. and Mrs. “Dinky”
Jordan and children; Mrs. Nettie
Hayman, Miss Mary Hayman, Bill
Gaylord, Mrs. Mary Johnson, all of
Norfolk, and Miss Becky Johnson
of Northwest. Va.
Wal’ice O’Neal, Jr.; Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Brickhouse and little son
visited Mr. and Mrs. Earl Baum in
Galax, Va. for the week end.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Betts and
daughter, recently of Yorktown,
Va., have moved to the home for
merly owned by the Grigsbys at
Aydlett.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cross of
Norfolk were recent visitors of Mr.
and Mrs. John Yon.
Very likely a serious fire was
averted by quick action of the com
munity people when the Sharon
Methodist Church caught fire
shortly after midnight on Satur
day. It was discovered by people
who had returned from the Basket
ball Tournament at Elizabeth City
and the' alarm given over the
nhones in the community. Soon a
good crowd had gathered, the de
fective heater removed and the
fire extinguished. Damage was
confined to the heater, a hole in
the floor, and smoke damage to
the ceiling.
Mrs. Evelyn Secrist, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Secrist were guests
of Mrs. Jennie Waterfield on Sun
day.
Mrs. Howard Forbes is ill at her
home in Poplar Branch.
Mrs. Vernon Douglas is a pa
tient at the Albemarle Hospital in
Elizabeth City.
GRAIN MAY BE CHEAPER
LIVESTOCK FEED THAN HAY
It may pa* to feed milking cows
ground whole corn and cob meal in
place of most of the hay at present
North Carolina feed prices. Recent
cold weather has caught many
dairymen short on both hay and
silage and no pasture is in pros
pect for another month, according
*p W. E. Thomas of N. C. State
College.
It is not normally recommended
that ground whole corn be fed at
high levels mostly because it is
more economical to feed forages,
explains Thomas. However, if
ground whole corn and cob meal
can be bought for $45 per ton or
$1.60 per bushel it is unprofitable
to pay more than $34 per ton for
fair hay beyond the minimum
amount (4-6 pounds daily) you
pound cow milking 25 or 80 pounds
must normally feed.
THE COASTLAND TIMES, MANTEO, N. C,
Senator Scottiy®
reports
from
Washington.—Within the past
week, the subject of Presidential
disability once again has popped
up in the news.
President Eisenhower has re
vealed that he has an agreement
—a “clear understanding,” as he
put it—with Vice-President Nixon
about what should be done in case
the President becomes disabled.
As a result of the President’s
heart attack, his intestinal surgery,
and his stroke there has been con
siderable clamor for legislation to
clarify the steps to be taken in
the event a President becomes dis
abled during his term of office.
There is no shadow of doubt
about the chain of command, so to
speak, in the event of a President’s
death. But the matter of physical
or mental disability is another
question altogether.
The disability question involves
a lot of things, but at the core is
the ticklish matter of who is to
say when a Presidept is no longer
able to cany on the duties of his
office.
Is he disabled when he delegates
to others half, or three-quarters
of his duties? Is he disabled when
he has to take a week’s rest or
vacation, each month, or every oth
er month ?
These may seem like frivolous
questions, but all of them are in
volved.
Certainly, neither the cabinet
nor Congress is qualified to say—
as a matter of medical fact—when
a President should be relieved of
his duties because of disability. It
would take a board of physicians
and psychiatrists to do this.
I have thought about this mat
ter a great deal; and in the final
analysis, the President, himself,
must make the decision as to when
he is no longer able to do justice
to his duties.
Should a cabinet or Congression
al group—or for that matter, any
group—ever be given the authority
to make such a decision, very
grave consequences could result if
a question of Presidential disabil
ity ever arose.
Giving this authority to any
group could in itself be construed
as sub-ordinating the office of
President. It could have bad effects
in many ways, psychological and
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must make the final decision,
should the time come; but the
terms of that decision are no pri
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KITTY HAWK PERSONALS
The regular monthly meetings
were held at the Primitive Baptist
Church, Elder George Trevathian
presiding. His son, W. C. Treva
thian accompanied him here. Visit
ing members were Elder and Mrs.
I. S. Conner of Portsmouth, Va.,
Mrs. Katherine Cartwright, and
Mr. Vass of Norfolk.
Choir practice at Methodist
Church each night this week pre
ceding revival services next week.
Mrs. Gertie Baum entertained
the W.S.C.S. at her home Tues
day evening.
Thomas M. Dowdy, U.S.C.G., is
home after two months away on
the Nantucket Light ship, out of
Boston.
Miss Ruth Ballance, daughter of
Mr. and Mis. Roy Beacham is ill
in Elizabeth City hospital, Mr. and
Mrs. Beacham have just returned
from Greenbelt, Md. visiting an
other daughter, Mrs. Vera Breash
ears, who is very ill.
Ensign Dalton J. Beasley was
home with his family for a short
visit.
Mrs. Pennel Tillett is in Marine
Hospital, Norfolk, for treatment
Leslie R. Henley, U. S. Coast
Guard was home for the week end.
With him was a fellow guardsman,
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Mrs. B. E. Bingham, Mrs. Percy
Williams and Mrs. Dallas Miller
attended the Sunday School Work
ers Institute 'at First Methodist
Church in Elizabeth City Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Meekins
have returned to Camden, N. J.,
after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Moody
Meekins.
Mr. and Mrs. James Sawyer and
Bill Hamilton.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Miller,
Portsmouth, Va., spent a few days
at their beach cottage.
E. G. Pugh is getting busy at
some of the beach cottages, which
have busted pipes and motors, due
to the unusual freezing weather
we’ve just had.
Dempsey Perry has returned
home after several weeks treat
ment at the Marine hospital.
Roy Beacham Jr., who serves
with the Coast Guard, has been
assigned duties on the Cutter
Chincoteague, out of Norfolk. Roy
Jr. has just returned from one
year’s isolation duty.
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FRIDAY. MARCH 7, 1958
son Bobby left last week to live in
Portsmouth, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Walker Scarbor
ough were visitors in Portsmouth,
Va. Saturday.
Billy-Gray has been visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Gray.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Williams
and infant daughter, Annette,
were in Elizabeth City Sunday.
Mrs. H. E. Kuhl Jr. and chil
dren of Glen Allen, Va., Mr. and
Mrs. Milton Meekins of Norfolk
visited Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Meek
ins during the week end, a daugh
ter, Merian Meekins of Norfolk is
spending a week with them.
Mrs. Ebbie Hooper is visiting
her son and daughter-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Daily Hooper in Eliza
beth City.
Rev. and Mrs. Alvin Price of
Elizabeth City were here this week.
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