FACE POURTHE DAILY REFLECTOR, GREENVILLE, N.

Saturday, May SO, 1959

Saturday, May SO, 1959

Return Of A Prodigal

Basically, A Matter Of Procedure

When the Pitt County Gommisaioncrs look into" the matter of purchases of surplus property through the county government as Chairman Martin says they will, the governing board should review carefully the entire scope of county activities of this kind.

As we understand the situation, all property obtained in the name of Pitt County from the surplus property agency in Raleigh is paid for by a Pitt County check. And when the county uses its checks to pay for such propertywhether the county is reimbursed by individuals or other organizations or whether the amount is charged to a departmental budgetthe county has the obligation to know that property so obtained being^ properly acquired and properly used after it is acquired.

There are, it seems to us, a number of questions whit-n should be answered by the County Commissioners as they look into the matter. We do not ask these (luesiions with the intent of causing embarransment to any official or department of the county. By posing these questions we do not suggest that anything not completely acceptable to all has been done, inadvertently or otherwise.

We ask these questions because, In the interest of sound, bu.sinesslike government operations, and in the interest of all the citizens of Pitt County to whom our county government belongs, we believe the commissioners should provide the answers to the people of Pitt County. I

Has the property acquired through the use of Pitt Countys name been acquired and used for the

Tobacco Is Big Thina In N. C.

By LYNN NIKBET

TOBACCO Residpnt, of non-obRcco-growlng BUtes generally re Hot a war of the Importance of tobacco in our national and North Carolina economy, according to Carl T. Hick*, of Wala-tonburg, who* probably the beat-known tobacco farmer in the ilue-cured belt,

The gray - thatched farmer would blu*h at being called "Mr. Tobacco," but when tobacco problem* arle on a State or a national level Hlcka 1* called upon and folk* listen. He apeak* from experience.

He haa been a ucceBsful fanner in Greene County alnce the end of World War I. and 1* prea-tdent of the 58(),(KM^-member Flue-Cured Tobacco Cooperative Stabilization Corporation, He also la prcaldent of the Tobacco Grower' Information Committee, Inc. which Bcrvea a* clearing house for fact* on tobacco ia*ue* for farmer* In Itt *tate*. He current-ly la Chairman of the Farm Bu-leaua Tobacco Committee.

Mr. Hlcka, who ha* served three terma In the North Carolina Senate, waa aaked about a ii.h of bill* ret eiUly introdticed by legislators In South Dakota. Ulah, Missouri, Maasachusett*. Illinois, and New York all de-algned to act up nuisance labels on tobacco product*,

"Well, 1 have a theory," he aaid, "Ihal those folk* Just don't know enough about tobacco Many dont appreciate tobaccos role in our economy.

"Tobacco represent* fil per cent of our North Carolina cash crop value." aid Mr. Hick*. And North Carolina manufacturers over .511 per cent of our national cigarette output. Thl* State accounts for about .5 p<'r cent of all flue-cured tobacco giown in this country, atul amokers last year paid more than four million dollaja In salea tax* e* applied to cigarettes."

Flue - cured tobacco from North America haa traditionally made up the biggest bulk of unmanufactured leaf *hlpt>ed over-aeaa. North Carolina, which produces the largest quantity of this "sweet scented" tobacco, haa a big Interest In export operations.

"Thla haa been true for our State since the English tried to settle on our coast at Roanoke Island late In th Kith Century,* said Mr. Hlcka. "Sir Waller Raleigh sent hls own rcpresenta-llves, Thomas Herlot. who Is credited with making the first reports on tobacco cultivation by the Indians In Northeastern North Carolina

He recalled that Herior'a report tntereated Raleigh, then Governor of Kllcolman, in planting cro|ia In Ireland not only of tobacco but also of pntaloes. Yet U was many years later before tobacco WHS to be exported from Engli.sh-speaking colonists to the

Bi itlsh Isles. War with Spain delayed development and the Roanoke Island effort was doomed

PIONEER "Many school children know about the marriage of Pocahontas, the daughter of Powhatan, to .John Rolfe, waa later waa to become Secretary of the Colony at Jamea-town." aaid Hicks. "But some dont know that this marriage not only provide! p<ace with the Indians for eight year*, but H also had a direct influence on the development of tobacco.

"Rolfe, learning from the Indians. successfully planted a crop of tobacco, but this was harsh and had a biting taste, as compared to the leaf already bi*tng sold in Europe by the Spanish and Portugeae. Somehow he acquired some seed from Trinidad and Venzuela, and hls resultlrig cross-breeding provided us with a desirable tyiw? that later was to be known th world over as "Virginia Bright.

Rolfe's first export shipment of 2,500 pounds was brought to London In Ifll3 by Captain Robert Adams In the Elizabeth, By lfil7 three years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock the English colonists were exporting 20,000 pound. and by 1029 the poundage amounted to over l,!WM).<K)0 pounds.

Use of tobaeco quickly grew In popularity, not only in Europe but throughout the Colonies. Raleigh Ik crofllted with showing Queen Elizabeth I and her lad-ies-tn-WHlting the plea.sure of smoking. Snuff later became a part of high coiirt fashion for ladles and gentlemen certain gestures, with snuffing from Jeweled boxes, were studiously employed.

Although King James I tried 1o forestall Us popularity with the publication of his "Counter-blaste". the u.se of tobaeco grew in acceptance by all segments of fcoclety.

REAL MONEY Tobacco served as money for the Colontst.s. Wages for public officials, soldiers, clergymen, and servants were paid In lot>acco. Records sliow tliat the cost for the first wives brought to Jamestown wa.s 120 pojitnls of tobceo. This contrasts with the fees ministers earned;, 2(K pounds for conducting a marriRg and 4(K) poiuuls for a funeral.

Tobacco literally helps supiMUt our Capitol In Washlnglon, where tobacco leaves are Incorporalcd In I/afrobc's design of Ml pillars In the north wing rotunda.

Tobacco, while providing solace for rl('ls md piM)i alike, today every dollar the farmer te-eelves for tobceo proce.sscd Into elgarettes, the equivalent of $.12,5. Is Imposed tn taxes by Federal, State, and local govern-menl.s on elgarettes manuiaelur-ed from tobacco. This amounted In.st year to over $2.571.IHMi.tKXi, aeeordlng to Mr. Hicks.

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purposes intended by regulations governing disposal of federal surplus property?

Has the county's governing board set or followed any hard and fast rules pertaining to obtaining and using this sort of property, or has it been left to each agency, division or authorized individual to acquire such property as may seem necessary to be used for specific purposes? ^

Have sound accounting practices been followed in acquiring surplus property for civil defense, paying for it from the Bard of Education revolving fund which i.s reimbursed by individuals or organizations to whom the property goe.*?

How extensive have the county's purchases of surplus.property been?

In the interest of the county government, its officials and the citizens of Pitt, the Commissioners should look carefully into the matter, report its findings to the people and let the chips fall where they may.

After all, the citizens of Pitt have a direct interest in the government of their county which has acquired these items; they have a direct interest in the .tute government whose agency is charged with the responsibility of disposing of these surplus items; and a direct interest in the federal government which gives them to the state in the first place

At Least The State Can Count On Surplus

There was good news for Tar Heel teachers and good news for the people of the state In the announcement that teachers will get a 1.09 per cent pay bonus at the end of this fiscal year.

11 mean.s that surplus revenues of the state for the fi.scal year which ends June 30 will be sufficient to jHiy the bonus promised by the 1957 legislature in resolving the teacher pay dispute. The 1957 legislature .specified the 1.09 per cent additional salary would be p^id teachers if surplus funds were available at the end of the current fiscal year.

While making additional teacher pay contingent upon surplus tunds in the state trea.sury i.s not wholly acceptable as a means of increasing teacher salaries, it doc.s mean that the 1957 promise by the General A.ssembly didnt turn out to he an empty gesture. The bonus is expected to average about $35 per teacher.

Even though it is in the form of a bonus, the legl.slutors and the people of the state should find some sati.sfaction in the knowledge that funds have become available to pay teachers a little more for the school year now ending.

It is much better for the teachers and for the state than would have been the case had not surplus funds been nvaihfckle to pay the contingent bonus.

Nikita's Words ad A Promise

By DON SCHLIENZ

State Parks Preaarina

Schools closing.

Memorial Day is with us. Sunburns, big and little, cropping up among the incautious,

They all add up to summertime.

And summertime means for a lot of people vacationtime, as

Public Forum

By .lAME.S MARROW

WA.SHINGTON (AP) - The sly one Is Nikita Khnwhehrv. He has everyone hopping and no one knows why.

What he said la well known, but not why he said It

This Is a fact apt to be obscured In all the millions of words corning out of the Big Four foreign mtnl.stera meeting *' In Geneva.

Those rninlslers, after almost three week.s of gettliiK trowhert, flew here for John Foster Dulles' funeral. They flew back Thursday to iTsunie their talks today

But since the Western mlnls-lers only know what Premier Khrushchev demanded demands Ihul brought on the con-fereiue but don't know why, they are really working In the dark

La.st Nov. 27 he called on the Western AlUes to get their troops out of- Berlin and sign a peace treaty with CorninunLst Ea.st Oer-many.

Since then there have been all kinds of guessryr as to his rc'ason. But one thing Is sure: With a few words he put the West on Uie defensive and It Is still there.

When Khrushchev made his demand.s, he also tndleated he wa.s willing to hack them up by a showdown with the West.

The West could have said: "All right, ml.sti'r. show your muscle. You want trouble? Start It. Were not budging and were not even .going to discuss it. Were In Bei--Un and wc slay there."

Instead, to svold the showdown, the Western Allies Hgtnilz-ed themselves for montlw on how to find .some peaceful solution to the challenge Khruslichev raised. Tliey finally proposed the Geneva conferenc to dtscu&s Ber

lin and other thing*.

In the end. the Big Pour may reach some minor agreement on Berlin, with the West making some concession in return for some Soviet concession.

But since Khrushchev started with nothing the Allies were In Berlin any concession from the West will be good horse-trading for him.

It's possible he never thought through his demands at all but simply made them to keep the West Jumpy and off balance.

On Nov. 27 he gave the Alllea six months to get their troops out of Berlin, They looked on that as a deadline, which would have been May 27. It excited them.

Later Khrushchev casually bru.shed aside the thought they had to be out of Berlin abso-hitely by May 27. He said he Just picked the six months' Idea off the celling. Maybe thats where he got his original Idea, too.

Khrushchev may have the notion that 11 he can keep the West fully occupied somewhere as In Berlin It won't have time for, from his viewpoint, mischief sonjcwhere else.

These were some of the guesspg on why he raised the Berlin Issue;

To gain recognition for th# East German Communist regime and strengthen Its grip on the East German people; to strengthen. if the West backed down on Berlin, the Soviet grip on the whole satellite world; to try, by this slmpt maneuver on Berlin. to split the AlUes or probe a hit to sec where divisions lay

Blnce everything was quiet snd he had nothing to start with, anything he gains out of his Berlin demand* will be so much gtavy.

Strength For Today

Bv F.ARL L. l<n'(;i.AS.S GREAT AEFIIIM.ATIGN

Tlu*re could l>e aii eudless and highly dt.sordeiiy argument started over wiirther the world Is getting iM'tter or wor.se.

Whether the woiid as a whole l.s getting better I do not know, nor do I think anyone el.se doe,H But I do find in the mld.sl of life tuvlay more people than I hiue ever known lafore who without einlnirru.H.'.meul refer to t ti e m s e 1 V e s iis 'commttted Ghrislians In fact, this term ks so widely used that it lias t>e* come Hhuo.Ht commonplace among Ghrtstiun iMdtevers.

If the peoide who call them .selves c o m m 111 e it Chrl.st lan.s mean what they .\av and there is no reiuson for doubting that they do then we have l)eople in the chiitvh who Indeed have discovered the .secret of tlie Chii.stian gospel, For being a ChrLstian means to he com mltteil " roimnltted to Christ, It Involvp.s belief. It operale.s on the hiusis of faith, The Christian life mu.st be characterized bv love 4ul gentlene.ss. A ChrLstian believer who really llve.s up to hl.s hellef.s mu-st be a rlghteou.s living person. But all these things.

Forty year* ago the little town of Ayden, North Carolina was in a desperate struggle of survival. The proud litUe town was trying to provide lights and water for Its citizens. The towns Light and Water Department had never made expenses and was being operated at a loss.

To help them out of this precarious position, the Town Fathers Imported a young man Anson W. Sawyer and made him Superintendent of the Ayden Light it Water Department.

Anson and his wife Rena moved to Ayden on December 1919. They have been loyal and devoted to Ayden on December 1, 1919, time.

It was a difficult time for Anson Sawyer during those first years. There was no town office. He fixed up a small place In the Town Hall and there collected for lights and water the first five days of fach month. The tax books were In a lawyers office and taxes were paid there.

In addition to keeping the power and water plants and lines In operation Anson had to read all meters for several years. He did the many miles of travel required for the towns business In his personal car. It was many years before he was given a travel allowance of forty dollars per month.

In 1928 Anson Sawyer built a town office In the Town Hall and all of the town business was consolidated there. This move brought him new duties and responsibilities. He became town tax collector, town treasurer, and town clerk. All of these duties were added but with no increase In salary.

During the depression year* when the town had little to go on except the profits from light and water department, which Anson had long since put on a paying basis, Anson Sawyer took on the duties of the police department during the day while Chief of Police Church Moore got some rest from hts night duty.

Ayden as well as many small towns wjas at low ebb during and following the depression of 1929. Anson carried on the services of the town with two worn out trucks; one handled the lights and water services, and one handled the garbage and trash, in addition to pulling an ancient grader on the many dirt streets.

Ayden was the first small town

In Eastern North Carolina to have a white way. This was possible because Anson Sawyer built it with labor he had trained and the town did not have to pay the high installation fees charged by the manufacturer. Anson Sawyer has always believed in progress. He built all of Aydens rural power lines in an effort to bring the comforts of electricity to rural homes.

When the Recorders Court was established in Ayden, Anson Sawyer began serving as Clerk of Court. He served in this capacity for some time without any extra pay. Later he was paid fifty doUars per month for this service.

The Town of Ayden has been Anson Sawyers baby since he came here. He has nursed It when it was young and weak. He has nursed it through the sickness of a major depression. He has seen it grow with a burst of development. His steady hand has always been there to help when needed and to restrain from unwise ventures. For nine long years when materials and equipment could not be purchased, Anson Sawyer never left Ayden for more than a few hours ai a time. During severkl droughts when many towns were without water he watched his pumps night and day and pulled the town through without its citizens having to ^experience the discomforts and dangers of dry faucets.

Yes, Anson Sawyer you have given a life of lojnil knd devoted service to your town. A town that has repaid you little for such an unselfish life of a man. In your heart you know you have made Ayden what it Is today. May this knowledge repay you In some measure. No one can take that away from you.

You have many friends in Ayden that love you and appreciate beyond measure your service to the town. Yes. and you have some enemies too. But one philosopher puts it Uiis way; "Two types of people do not like Anson Swyer; those that do not know him and those that he would not let beat the town out of something. And so Anson, for forty years of service to your town far beyond the call of duty and with little regard for personal security, the citizen's of Ayden hereby proclaimed you MR. AYDEN.

R L. Gaskins

Remember our unwelcome visitors "Hazel" and "Dianne"?

Well the Weather Bureau ha* a list of names picked out for hurricanes of the 1959 season. In ca.se you havent seen it elsewhere, this is the list:

Arlene, Beulah, Cindy, Debra, Edith, Flora, Grade, Hannah, Irene. Judith, Kristi, Lois. Marsha. Nellie Orpha, Pennf, Quella, Rachel, Sophie, Tanfa, Udele, Vlckf, Wilma. Xcel, Yasmin and Zasu.

The announcement carried the full twentf-slx names, but chances are all the names will not be used because it Is unlikely there will be 26 such storms in a year. Last years began with Alma and ended with Janice.

Just the same, the Weather Bureau is prepared.

well as weekends away from home. It is "fun season", if you will.

North Carolinas parks are also preparing to swing into their summer season come June 3. Our state parks are opn the year-round, but for summer the staffs are increased for the vacation and outdoor season.

Among the state parks offering an assortment of recreation facilities:

Cliffs of the Neuse, in Wayne; Fort Macon, Cartaret; Hanging Rock, Stokes; Morrow Mountain, Stanly; Mount Jefferson, Ashe; Singletary Lake, Bladen; William B. Umstead Park. In Wake.

Available are swimming, boating, picnicking camping, hiking, scenic beauty . . . our state parks are "loaded". Vacationers really dont have to leave the state to find what theyre seeking.

And then there are some who wont be going anywhere when their vacationtime rolls around; instead of familiarizing themselves with distant places they will choose to stick close to home.

A choice with which I have no quarrel.

A home is supposed to be comfortable, pleasant, even an enjoyable place to be.

Nr ink, Smel, Smoke

By WILTON WYNN

CAIRO (AP) How do you like your perfume to smell, smoke or drliUc?

Short, fez-wearlng Abdel Azix Aly can supply either kind.

If you're the new bride of an Arabian sheikh, "The Sheikhaa Kiss" is made just for you.

If you want a smoke thata different, try one of the cigarette* made by mixing amber paste with Turkish tobacco. The smoke perfumes the air while you enjoy exotic puffs.

And for the perfume that tastes try Abdel Aziz Alys "Elixir of Youth," which is amber with tea or coffee. He explains:

Especially for the Old

Just put a pinpoint of my amber paste on the tip of your tongue and swallow it with hot tea or coffee. It gets into your blood. The effect is enchanting and seductive and gives you a taste of pleasure. I recommend it for older people.

"My amber-paste is an open-sesame to re-enter the gates of youth.

Abdel Aziz Aly says his family has been making perfume since 1812, and claims to have secret formulae for i^ing the same essences as used by ancient Egyptians from lotus flowers, amber, sandalwood, musk and spices frmn the Orient.

His shop is a narrow, rectangular room with maroon curtains hanging from the ceiling. A servant boy switches on the lamplight as you enter.

While smoke from a brass incense burner filter* through the air, you sit on a carpeted couch while Abdel Aziz Aly serves green mint tea from Persia: he believes in making the customer comfortable before the selling begins.

Exotic Ingredients

In glass cases along the walls are bottles of perfume ingredients. Essence of lotus, tuberose, orange blossoms, and attar of roses come from the Nile Delta-Amber is brought from whales in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, Kohl for the eyes come from trees near Isfahan and from China. Musk is extracted from boils which form on oxen in Central Asia.

"Everybody knows these ingredients, but the blending Is what makes the difference," says Abdel Aziz Aly. "Thats what makes my perfumes superior the secret formulae handed down from my father and grandfather. This is an ancient art. It takes ages to perfect."

Abdel Aziz Aly has given his perfume* a wide variety of exotic names. Besides "The Sheiks Kiss." you can also buy "Garden of Allah." Harem Perfume." "Secret of the Desert." "Nights of Slwa, and "Scent of Araby.*

He explains that his perfumes have as many uses as names. Prom the residue of a flower distillery, he prepare.* a perfume paste with which to rub the skin after a bath. He says it gives a healthful smoothness to the skin.

Abdel Aziz Aly says a fla.sk of essence in a clothes closet will "give a lasting scent to your clothes. For personal daintiness, he suggests a touch of undiluted essence behind the ears and rubbed on the palms of the hands.

A special shade of kohl is prepared for very color of eyes. Abdel Aziz Aly* special kohl, he says, "has been used from time Immemorial as a magio medium for reductive harem eyes."

Opinions In Brief

Courageous teachers before now have pointed out that educations worst enemies may be educationist*, that teachers college* can be th* worst breeder* of poor teacher* and that those who have a vested interest In a system which cannot stand on Its merits have anchored It tn the statute bo^ks of many atates.*St. Lout* Post-Dis

patch.

"For a country that want* badly to become a member of the United States, Communist China seems determined to do everything possible to make the job harder." Green Bay Prea-Gazette.

"Mrs. Luce ia suggested as the Republican vice presidential candidate. There goes the Bolivian vote." Columbia (B.C.) State.

Important as they are. are .subsidiary to this matter of commitment.

Jesus Christ is a apiritual person. Cuinmitment to him means commitment to God. Commit menl to him means the living of the heavenly life here and now ever though the best of Christ-tans stumble, make mistakes, and oteaslonally fall into sin.

Hut the committed man Is ,one who has taken hh stand A conmnttted Chrhttnn Tliat i.s a great term ---_,a great affirmation. .

Quote. .

"Anterkam of our time* are Hie tncftIngest p'ople e\i-r to have ll\ed on tin.* earth, fkiine-tlmes tt scf'im a.* thotigh, on any gtvcn night, half of ttie adults in tlir United Siate.s mu5t be t-li'iutinc .*ome meeting or other ^ Uarent - Tracliei.*, community Ut>provemeiu, Cub parent*, or a hat ha\f you." The Montana StandatU.

Number Of Distillers Shrinkina

By ELMER ROE.S.SNF.R

The number of companies producing distilled spirits has dropped sharply In the last 25 years.

If the decline continues. In a few years there will be only a few btg dLstiUera. The distilling Industry L* following the pattern of the brewing, auto and several other Industties.

Time was when every valley had Its own brewery making dia* linctlve beer or ale. Moat of these are gone and the beer market ia largely In the hands of a few big eompanlet that produce brews that taste much alike And the auto Industry haa shiunk to the Big Three and two Mnallrr producers,

W L. Lyons Brown, Brown-Forman chalrntan, told a .xpirtu industrv meeting that In 1933, when prohibition ended, there were .seven companies licensed to produce medicinal w hisfcey in 16 dttUUei'ioa.

RLSE AND FALL Three year later there were tlO companies operating 13U dis-tillerlea.

Today there are lesa than 35 companies operating less than 76 disttllertes.

The actual concentration is even higher than those figures Indicate. According to govem-meiil figures, seven companies control 60 per cent of all dis-Ulleries and produce between 75 and 80 per cent of all the whiskey in the country.

He gave three reasons fr th# trend to fewer companies:

Heavy taxation. Nothing is taxed as heavily as diattlled spirits, with cities and states, as well as the Federal government, levying on them. While the taxes are eventually paid by the consumer, they have to be financed from the point of bottling, which is costly By Us nature, the indua-icy muat autoiii to a vast

amount of regulation, for which u must pay.

CAPITAL COSTS

Inventory. Because the public insists on aged w'hiskey. huge amounts of money are tied up in barrelled stock. This also tends to keep newcomers out. An investment in a new distilling company. with little hope of sales before four years and not mirch chance of profit before eight, would not attract much capital.

Mr Browm recalled that shortly after prohibition ended, .some of the new brands bore labels proclaiming, "THREE MONTHS OLD!"

Competition, A* companies become fewer, competition becomes more Inteiwe. and advertising and promotion costs rise This also lies up more capital, Mr. Brown pointed out. He said that his company has spent more than $35,000.(100 just to promote one brand lOid Foresten.

He added. "Prom an examination of history and future expectations: the number of companies producing distiller spirits is shrinking and will continue to shrink in the future; the tnve.st-ment necessary to promote and adverU.*e the brands of these companies has increased and will continue to Increase. rrc ACCUSES "VANITY PUBLISHER

The Federal Trade Commission has accused Exposition Press, Inc , of New York, of falsely advertising it pays authors 40 per cent royalty on books it publishes

The PTC said authors are not paid any kind of royalty, but are required to pay all costs, plus a profit to the company in practically all cases, and. "the concern agrees to pay them 40 per cent on all books sold and paid for. but only rarely ire sales sufficient for them to recoup their lavMUotaig."

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