PAGE FOURTHE DAILY REFLECTOR, GREENVILLE, N. C

Thursday, November 2^ 1959

Thrsday, November 26, 1959

Weve Almost Overdone It

More Blessings Than Coimtable

And what, asked the unthoughtful man, have we Americans to be thankful for on this day?

Prices are higher than ever and a dollar will buy only a fraction of what it once did. You used to be able to eat for a week on what Thanksgiving dinner costs now.

Taxes are so high that a man cant accumulate a little for his old age out of what the government leaves him. On top of that the Russians have the H-Bomb and the attomic bomb, missiles, a vast army and they might hurl them at us at any minute.

Whats more they say it is going to be a long hard winter and that means misery before another Spring.

These and other thingsmany othersmight be said by people not meaning to be ungrateful . . . just realistic people who say they take a realistic viewpoint in order to make out in a realistic world.

Perhaps they do, but does their realistic view encompass the worid in which half the men, women and children will go to bed hungry tonight as they do ever>' night? Does their view encompass the area of the world where people dont worry about their old age because they know a large percentage of the chil-

Most Counties

Hiked Tax, Rate

By LYNN MSBET

TAXESAlex McMahon, general counsel for the N. C. Association of County Commissioners, has compiled a report on the 1959 tax rates in the 100 counties. Fifty-two counties increased tax rates this year. 35 retained the same rate and 13 levied a lower rate than in 19.58.

REASONS Chief reason for rata increase was public schools. (This fact further negates the claim sometimes loosely made that in North Carolina the State supports the public school system out of non-property taxes. Actually, the percentage from ad valorem tax sources levied by the counties which goes to public schools is about the same as the percentage of State general fund rcv-erue appropriated for that pur-pos.'

Health and welfare services. Including hospitals, account for moift of the other increases. The newly authorized special levy to finance revaluation was a factor in several counties. That revaluation is worth while Is emphasized by the fact that seven of the 13 counties which reduced tax rates were able to do so because of revaluation, increasing property values. Six counties reduced rates without revaluation, mainly because of industrial development adding taxable property. One county was able to reduce the rate because of profits from ABC lores.

Where rates were increased nearly every taxpayer had a hhigher bill to pay. Where reductions ocqjirred because of revaluation the average tax bill remained about the same a ' lower rate on a higher valuation. Where reductions occurred by reason of new property valaes, or from non-tax revenue Much as ABC profits), the average tax bill.

The one certain fact is that government at all levels becomes more costly each year. Increased salaries of public employees. made necessary by rising living costs, is responsible for part of the higher cost. The main factor Is the growing demand for enlarged public services in the fields of education, health, welfare even entertainment and recreation. And It must be conceded that fringe benefits in all these areas, items which were not involved in basic budgets 20 years ago. account for a large part of the higher costs.

HISTORIC SITESDr. Christopher Crittenden, the erudite director of the North Carolina Departmnet of Archives and History, has digressed very briefly from his role as custodian of history and entered the field of applied mathematics-

In a recent news release he ays a margin of less than 15 len-thousandths of one per cent of all the registered voters of North Carolina was responsible for the defeat of the Historic Sites bond issue on October 27. (Try writing that in figures.

Of course, you have to start

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with a decimal point. Do you put three, or four, zeros before the 15? Was the margin really fifteen ten - thousandths of one and a half hundred thousandths? And whats the difference? Any way you figure or write it. tliere have got to be a lot of zeros represent the approximate two million potential voters who did not bother to vote.)

RESPONSIBILITY - In somewhat apologetic mood Dr. Crittenden reminds that the Hi.?torlc Sites Program was not assigned to his department until 1958 Just four years ago. Evidently a good many of our people do not know too much about itbut they will, he said. There is implication here that our people, those in the departmental set - up, are not concerned except about definitely assigned programs. Further inescapable inference from the small election turn - out is that same sentiment Is general among the citizenship.

As previously pointed out, failure of the bond issue will delay completion of some restoration projects, but may be seriously affect the long range pro -gram. The current budget includes $87.620 for this purpose. Further appropriations are anticipated for the future. There Is general acceptance of the fact that proper care of historic sites can do much to make vLs appreciate our heritage, and has definite cultural and educational significance. The hard-boiled business men who prepare the State budget are coming to realize that history has a provable cash value In promoting travel.

Tyron Palace, Old Salem and other restorations which charge admission fees provide employment to a number of people. More important, they bring into their respective communities as do all the other attractions millions of dollars to hotels, motels, restaurants, filling stations, department stores, etc.

BIG TIME announcement from Ithaca, N. Y., that Roy H. Park has ben named editor-in-chief of the nationally famed travel accommodation books published by the Duncan Hines Institute, means another North Carolina small town boy has made good on the big time circuit.

Park was bom and reared in

Dobson (Surry county), graduated from N. C. State College, w'orked wdth the Carolina cotton co-ops. FCX and the N. C. Farm Bureau, and married a Raleigh girl, before establishing a public relations agency In Ithaca. In 1948 he helped organize Hines-Park Foods. Inc.. which was taken over three years ago by Proctor & Gamble, But the travel books and other accreditation features represented by the Duncan Hines Recommends signs were retained by the Institute. Prom now on the coveted roadside signs and listing in the travel books will be the responsibility of a lad born in the little town of Dobson 49 years ago.

dren born will have a life expectancy of only 10 years or so?

Certainly their view cannot encompass the areas of the world where every ^dividual is a pawn of tyrannical government to be used and discarded as suits the purpose of dictators; where individual rights and liberties, by our standards, are unknown.

There is no man so hardened by the years that he cannot be thankful that the world, equipped with weapons for nuclear wtfr, so far has been spared from another great conflagration. Neither is there a man so coarse that h( can face the prospect of another winter without being inwardly thankful for the privilege of viewing a fading autumn in all its glory.

What have we Americans to^be thankful for on this Thanksgiving Day?

Each for his own blessings, and for every person, more blessings than he could possibly count in a day.

The Answer Lies In The Hands Of Drivers

How high will North Carolinas traffic death toll go before 1959 ends and record books are closed?

Already this year more than 1,000 people have met their deaths on the highways of the state. The total is alarmingly above that of the same period last year and there appears little to Indicate a changing trend during the final month of the year.

Pitt County, fortunately, has a considerable better traffic safety record this year than last so far as fatalities are concerned. This year seven traffic fatalities have been recorded in the county as compared with 15 last year. Even so, carelessness on the part of drivers in this county in the next 30 days could run Pitt Countys 1959 highway death toll up to or even more than in 1958.

As winter takes its grip on this and other areas of North Carolina, driving conditions will be worse than normal. Shorter days will mean more driving in twilight and darkness, thus creating greater highway hazards. More rain, perhaps even sleet and snow will increase the hazard. Add to that the increased pace of activity as the Christmas season approaches, and the traffic situation is further compounded.

Only by exercising particular caution during the remainder of the year can motorists hope to avoid a sharp increase in the number of traffic injuries and fatalities. How many more times will death strike on the highways of Pitt County and North Carolina before the end of 1959?

The answer to that question is in the hands of the drivers ... in the same hands that hold the steering wheels.

Attorney General Has Won Running Battle

Attorney General Malcolm Seawell appears to have won his battle to bring gasoline prices of major companies from under the states fair trade law and to eliminate at least a portion of the price fixing which has been going on in gasoline sales in North Carolina.

The attorney generals running battle with the major oil companies goes back to last summer when the companies began fixing the minimum prices for gasoline handled by their dealers under the states fair trade law. Since that time gasoline prices have fluctuated wildly several times across the state, and each swung in prices brought a new swing at the price-^ fixing policies by the attorney general.

Now that some of the major oil companies have discontinued their price fixing dnder the fair trade law, there is little doubt that others will follow suit. Neither can there be any doubt that the effort ^f Attorney General Seaw'ell to end the practice has been a major factor in this latest decision by the major oil companies.

World Picture Seeing Changes

By ALVIN TAYLOB

Sul 'Not All Mornings

You jufit cant win for losing some times.

City Manager Leonard Boxam says he got a call last week from a lady. She had a complaint about a hole In the street In front of her home.

So the city manager arranged for street department crews to take a load of crushed rock out to fill the hole.

That taken care of, he put the matter out of his mind.

But one morning this week he received another call from the lady.

Mr. Bloxam, I wish you would have the rock taken out of this hole here and fill it with dirt instead. she said in so many words.

The puzzled city manager asked why.

Well, the boys In this neighborhood are throwing the rocks at my house, she replied.

Some mornings it Just doesnt pay to get up.

tom down to make way for the Planters Bank building.

That sets the scene for what took place the other morning.

Jimmy came into his office all sleepy-eyed. He didnt know that workmen had begun the Job of tearing down the old Quinerly Manor.

So.as Jimmy bent down to light his heater, the first load of debris came down a recently-built chute from the top of the high old house.

There you have it. A lighted match at the gas heater and an ear-splitting crSih from across the street. I thought that heater had blown me sky high, Jimmy recalled afterward.

Jimmy Rayford has an office on Washington St.

In his office Is a gas heater which Jimmy lights each morning when he comes to work bright and early.

Across the street stands Quinerly Manor which is to be

What well-known young insur-anceman is rushing home these nights to paint, of all things?

And what is he painting?

This could be none other than M. Bud Lynch and what he is painting happens to be a nursery.

Needless to say, this will be the first child for Bud and Dill.

Ran into a problem in the news room yesterday.

Seems we had a picture of a turkey and, in writing the information to go beneath the picture, we referred to the fowl as

Mr. Tiukey.

Then we got to looking at the picture and wondering if it were a boy turkey. We consulted farm experts Jimmy Whichard, Jack Tetterton and John Trotman, all of whom also work in The Reflector composing room when they are not busy as farm experts.

Their decision was that this particular bird was a female.

That solved that, but another problem arose. Was she a Miss or a Mrs.

The farm experts couldnt solve that one so we gave her the benefit of the doubt and called the fowl Mrs. Turkey.

Opinions

Brief

Soviet Premier Khrushchev comes up with this solution for Americas parking problem: Do away with some of the automobiles. Next question, Nikita: What to do about our over-populated areas? New Orleans States and Item.

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By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP - The world which President Eisenhowers successor faces in 1%1 unless there are bitter changes before thenwill be different from the one Eisenhower had to deal with when he took office in 1953.

And It will require different American measures, to some degree and pejrhapa to a great degree, In coping the the world ahead if only because nations. like animals, are in an evolutionary process.

American foreign policy now is what it has been pretty much back into the 1940s when the cold war began: To maintain alliances and heavy armament to prevent Communist expansion: give American military help and economic aid to allied and friendly nations, and particularly economic aid to the backward ones.

Eisenhower. Hka President Truman before, him, has followed this policy. As Eisenhower begins his farewell tour next month to 11 countries, it. is doubtful he will propose any changes.

It is too soon in the presidential campaign to tell whether any of the would-be candidates who want his Job have any ideas different from Elsenhowers. So far they have offered nothing basically different.

Still, the world is not the same as in 1953 and it will be even more different 10 years from new.

When Eisenhower moved into the White Houaa almost seven years ago there was a war in

Korea; Red China was Just be-gmning to be a world power and feel its oats; Western Europe waa Just getting on its economic feet, with American help. There was no revolt in the Soviet satellites.

The United States was still far ahead of the Soviet Union in ttrmaments, since it wasnt until the summer of 1953 that the Soviets produced tlftlr hydrogen

bomb. The Soviet Union Itself was completely hostile and erratically dangerous.

But now the Korean war is over; Red China slowly is becoming a giant; Western Europe is highly prosperous and able to join this country in helping backward countries. There has been turbulence in the satellites. It may show up again.

Now the Soviet Union not only has the H-bomb, but missiles, too, and is ahead of this country in space development. It appears now to be thoroughly the military equal of the United States.

But one of the most significant changes Is the fact that the Soviet Union, under Premier Nikita Khrushchev, is talking peace and economic competition, disarmament and the end of nuclear testa. This country is trying to reach agreement on both.

If by 1961 there has been some progress on disarmament and the two sides have agreed on a fool-proof inspection system making further nuclear tests unnecessary, then Elsenhowers succesaor faces another kind of world.

It will be one in which neither side will completely let down its guard or strip Itself of the means of annihilating the other if it has to; but a world in which the Communists bloc v.'ould be much further advanced in its preparations for competing economically with the West.

There may be no hooting but the Western and Communist worlds will be in competition for the friendship and allegiance of the smaller and backward nations. This is a contest the world faces for years.

In the end the one who wins this one will probably dominate the earth for a long time to come, with communism either waning in its power and influence' or the West sliding into a (Continued on Page 1)

(Chattanooga News-Free Press)

A great deal of attention has been given in Chattanooga recently to the things that will encourage new industry to come to this community and the things that might keep it awayas well as the things that might be fair to existing industry and encourage it not only to remain but to expand.

There has been community-wide concern about these matters because It is generally recognized That industry provides jobs and pumps large sums of money into the local economy for everybodys benefit. But to most of us, just how much good industry does is generally considered a rather indefinite thing.

U.S. News tt World report passes along a set of estimates by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that gives a specific idea of Just what industry means to a community. This is what the national Chamber says:

Addition of 200 new industrial jobs will bring about 393 homes, 320 automobile purchases, 32 new retail stores, 24 more professional men, 18 more school teachers and 22 additional classrooms. 1.5 million dollars of new life insurance and one million dollars in new bank deposits.

That estimate indicates the far-reaching effects of good citizen industry in a community,

effects far greater than expectations. It may be surprising, for example, that 200 jobs may bring about 393 new homes. How come? The reason is that industry benefits not only its employes, but also those called upon to build and service the plant and the increased population attracted by it.

Almost any community these days win go to great lengths to attract a new Industry because it is good economic sense to do so. But sometimes we pay more attention to the bird in the bush than we do the bird in hand. Sometimes we seek a new industry with an eagerness that is not matched by fiiendly attention to the Interests of the industry we have, taking for granted the plants that are already here.

It might be noted, however, that companies looking over possible new plant sites usually are interested in the way existing industry has been treated, because that is a fair sample of the kind of treatment the new ihdustry will receive after the honeymoon is over.

Chattanoogans should consider these things in the current annexation discussions, for the decisions made by the city of Chattanooga will have a long-range effect on our economic climate, for better or for worse.

The impresin that children arent learning as fast as they used to is in error. A generation or so ago it took a child 15 years to learn more than hs parents knew: now, almost any 12-year-old has reached this point.Chicago Sun-Times.

There is no finer investment for any community than putting milk in babies.Winston Churchill.

In any event, if tiie Republicans want to win, they will have to choose a nominee who can get many thousands of votes from Democrats and independents, as Eisenhower did In 1952 and 1956. Richmond Times-Dispatch.

GIVE

THE UNITED WAY

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Often

Heard

By HAL BOYLE NSW YORK (AP) Remarks you can hearor overhearat any big family Thanksgiving Day celebration:

My, your house looks nice. Its always so spotless.*

Are you sure, really sure, theres nothing I can do to help?

Look at Grandpa Brown. Hasnt he aged?

Hi, Grandpa Brown, never caw you looking so young. What kind of pep pills are you taking?

I think Joan is making a mistake showing her boy friend our family album. When he sees the kind of tribe hes marrying into. hell run screaming for the hills.

Oh, I dont know. Our familys always stuck together pretty well, except for a few scattered fist fights and hair pullings. Hasnt it been a wonderful year? No deaths or sicknesses in the family. That'is, if you leave out cousin Amys gall bladder attacks, and after all shes been having them for 30 years.

Mama, Jimmy hit me.

I did not, Mama. Besides, she hit me first.

Oh, shut up the both of you. Cant we have just one day of peace and quiet in the whole entire year?

Yoohoo, Ella! That must be a wonderful turkey, we can smell it clear in here!

I do hope she cooks it long enough. The one she put on the table last year was still flapping Its wings.

Why does she always Insist on putting oysters in the dressing? They give me indigestion.* Not me. I love them.

Well, we dont have to worry about the cranberries. Young Joey says theyre all right. And he led his high school class in chemistry last year."

Did you see the big new car cousin Roscoe drove up in? The big showoff must have borrowed it from someone for the day. He couldnt afford one like that self.

Well, cousin Elmo seems to be doing all right, ever since he got that job with the city. Yeah, thats probably why my taxes went up.

"Mama, can I have the wishbone this year? Jimmy had it last year.

I did not either, mama. Shes lying again, Mama. Make her go wash her mouth out with soap.

Sh-h-h, here comes the turkey. Isnt It beautiful?

Well, folks, come and get It. Its aU on the .table. Everybody bring his own chair,

Dear Lord, we thank thee.*

Strength For To(dav

By EARL L. DOUGLASS DUTY DAY BY DAY Some months ago on the western coast, a woman was informed by her doctor that she had a rare and incurable disease and would soon die. She forthwith interested herself in the case of a pair of fourteen-year old boys condemned to be executed for murder. She took a long journey to see the governor of the state in which the boys lived and to plead for clemency. I want to do something good,* she said, before I die.

This Is certainly commendable. No one could think of such an act in any other mood but that of praise. But with all the nobility which the lady manifested, we hope it will not be regarded as carping to point out that one should not wait until his or her death date is set before planning to do something good. No doubt this woman has done many good things In her lifetime, and probably in the great assizes they will count for just as much as her journey to see the governor and to plead for the boys.

In the great parable In the 25th chapter of Matthew, the people who heard the words, Well done, good and faithful servant, were astonished that their Lord should have noted their dally helpful ministry to people who were In need.

The place to be noble is where we are, and the time, right now. Great noble acts, spectacular servicethese things are all very good. But greater than any such are the dally, unremem-bcred acts of thoughtfulness and love.

Chuckling While Were Working

By ELMER ROESSNER

First thing tomorrow. Im going to rush down to the nearest caustic soda store and buy a big of Stauffers caustic soda. Dont need any caustic soda and I dont know what its used for except disposing of mothers-ln-law, and mines a dear. B^ihe Stauffers are my kind of jl|ople. although I dont know them. But they are doing in the caustic soda business what I have been trying to do in the business news business: chuckling while we

work.

The Stauffer people were baited Into it. The Salesmens Association of the American Chemical Industry publishes an annual book, Chemical Peddler, and the ads run to humor. In this year's edition, Stauffer took the bait and ran for the dam.

Its full-page ad was topped with a picture of mountains of caustic soda all but hiding a tiny factory. The caption: Stauffers Niagara Falla plant seen from caustic soda storage area. Even if you arent in the trade and know that theres a mild caustic soda glut, you get the idea.

WE NEED THE MONEY'*

The text, excerpted;

There Is no particular reason you should buy Stauffer caustic soda rather than Dow or West-vaco or Pennsalt or other respected victims of caustic soda surpluses, except we need the money and we have a reputation for being exceptionally nice people to do business with. Besides that, the name sounds good. Stauffer caustic soda rolls off the tongue lil<e the beginning of a great symphony or a lyric

poem. Might be like this:

Stauffer causUc soda is a noble aromatic.

You can use It when combining hydrocarbons aliphatic.

If you have the room to spare you can store it in your attic.

But be sure yours storing Stauffer's. . .

On that point were moat emphatic.

The caustic sola surplus has been a cause of concern to us for years. We lose money on every carload we sell. However, we must sell It, even at a loss, becaiise of the room it takes up. . .

For this purpose we have 32 pilots distributed between Niagara Falls, Henderson and Los Angeles to dispose of the stuff. They pile it here and pile It there until they run out of room and then they come back for in

structions. we give them a new suit of clothes and convert them to salesmen.

Theres the story, boys, . . you take it from here, and taks it frcxn us!

There ought to be more ads like that. They may not sell anything, not even caustic soda but they do make printed matter more fun.

KANGAROO HIDE INDUSTRY LEAPS AHEAD

The world shortage of leather Is booming the kangaroo hide industry In Australia.

Queensland, where kangaroos bound and abound. Is now gaining about $450.000 a year on the dollar market for hides. The leather brings premium prices for luxury leather goods. A good roo shooter can bring (lown from 300 to 400 of the marsupials a week, earning up to $225.