PACE POUTTHl DAILY IIEFLECTOll, GREENVILLE, N. C

Mondmy, July 10, 1001

JBfonday, July 10, *1961

Poor Orville

Local Capital LdrgelV Responsible

Millions of tourist dollars are flowing over North CaroUna now that the vacation season is mounting to its peak in the mountains and along the coast of this state*

The dollars, coming from Tar Heels who are vacationing in their own state and from out-of-staters, are giving the economy a boost at this season just as they do each year during the' summer months. One has only to visit the resort areas of North Carolina, aild view the development that has taken place in recent years to realize the growth in the tourist industry.

Sleepy mountain valleys of a few years ago have become popular resort areas. Quiet villages to whom visitors were rare strangers a few years ago now are bustling with tourists anxious to enjoy the natural beauty and the recreation offered by the state.

While the tourist industry has become one of the giants in the Tar Heel economy, it is also evident throughout the state that in this field most of the development has been done by local people with local capital. To be sure some money for the development of facilities has come from groups outside North Carolina, but by and large the accommodations for tourists, the facilities that they enjoy have been provided by literally thousands of small businessmen who have sought to develop their own communities into tourist centers.

Some communities have been more successful than others in their efforts, and yet it aeema that on every hand new sections of the state are becoming involved in the tourist bonanza each year. Those which have .neither mountains nor sea have found other natural advantages of their own that are being-used to lure tourists. Historical sites, industries, even agricultural operations are becoming in some North Carolina communities the major attractions for tourists.

The growing tourist industry of the state, it seems to us, is a vivid example of what small businessmen and small communities can do to boost the economy of their own immediate sections and the state as a whole through their individual efforts. The broader the variety of attractions North Carolina offers, the larger the number of tourists who are attracted to the state. ^

Those communities which have not yet endeavored to play some small part in the growing tourist industry of North Carolina should carefully evaluate^ their own position to determine iLthey have anjdhing which might be developed into a tourist attraction. Most communities which look into the matter carefully probably will surprise even themselves by discovering what they might offer tourists.

AttlQCtionS lO Hurry Seen In County

Holiday Fever Of Big

Draw Tourists

By LYNN NISBET

POTENTIAL Many North Carolina communities which are not on the traditional tourist routes are capitalizing on recently discovered attractions as a source of additional business revenue. This is a logical result of the changed concept of what constitutes a touri&t. Not so long ago a tourist was somebody from out of the state who came into North Carolina to visit traditional resort areaa and was a natural subject for exploitation by the local citizenry. The new definition of a tourist includes both in and out of state travelers who visit not only the big resort areas, but use back roads and side roads for visiUng sites of historic interest and scenic beauty and man-made recreational facilities which until Just a few years ago were not recognized as having any appeal.

Development and utilization of these facilities, both artificial and natural, has tremendously increased the potential of travel as a source of business Income and an economics asset for every eommunity in North Carolina.

SUPPLEMENTALFor more than 100 years the beaches and the mountains of North Carolina have attracted visitors from all over the world. In olden days people came to these places to rest. They came by train or clach or boat and holed in for a week or a month or a season. In those days, too, there were up-state watering places, various types of mineral springs, with hotels. Now people do not have time to spend weeks or months Just resting, and the few resorts which still cater to long tenure guests have found It necessary to provide entertainment and activity facilities.

Boat races and fishing rodeos, golf and horse races, folk dancing, etc., have been added at the major resorts. Meanwhile the off-side communities have awakened to the value of their historic, scenic and activity potentlaLs for attracting visitors.

Blowing Rock with Its natural beauty has long been a popular place. The addition of 'Twect-sie multiplied the daily visits several times over, and now there is under construction an

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nearby mountains.

A few years ago nobody would have thought of Iredell county as a place that tourists would drive long distances to visit. The Old West village In Love Valley attracts thousands of people every week.

The tourists make many side trips to historic points In Iredell

and surrounding counties, and find boating and swimming on nearby Catawba fiver.

LOCAL Numerous historic sites In North Carolina are gaining national recognition because of newly discovered or at least, newly publicized importance of events which happened there. The towns of Bath and Halifax and Old Brunswlck-town; Alamance and Benton-ville battlegrounds, birthplaces of famous men, are examples of these newly discovered general interest points.

A much bigger boost to travel and tourism and to the educational advantages of reviewing history will be found in the hundreds of local-appeal spots which have no great significance outside the commuting area. Every county in North Carolina has lots of places around which legend has developed tales of romance or horror.

There are caves where criminals or patriots are alleged to have hidden out for days at a time; rocks on which red spots are said to be Irremovable bloodstains; trees on which limbs never bear leaves and also never rot. because sometime a man was hung there. No cliff more than 20 feet high can maintain self respect without a legend of lovers leap. ^ There are hundreds of burying grounds where unmarked graves are alleged to hold the remains of great men who died mysteriously after living precariously. And if Daniel Boone really visited as many places as the late Hamp Rich put up arrowhead markers indicating his route he should be acclaimed the patron saint of all travelers.

ON THE MOVE The Travel Council survey disclosed that last year out-of-state tourists spent $230 million in North Carolina, and In-state travelers on long distance trips spent $160 million. It is entirely probably, although a survey to prove it would be almost Impossible, that the aggregate mileage of all visitors to these local points none of whom came from more than 50 miles aWay would exceed the mileage of all out of state visitors through North Carolina.

County historical associations, local chapters of national patriotic organizations and private enterprise profit - motive group have stimulated this kind of travel by proving that it is not necessary to go long ways from home to find scenic beauty, romantic legend and authentic history. Travel means movement ttid Whether the trip is long or short depends Upon the whim of the traveler.

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Its not news to anyone that people in Pitt County, like their cousins in the rest of the United States, always seem to be in a hurry whether they are working or on a holiday.

But the fact was pointed up more vividly than usual during the long July Fourth weekend when highway patrolmen put on a special effort to apprehend persons who violated traffic regulations. The fact that the countys patrolmen made more than 150 arrests during the long weekend is startling in itself. More startling, however, is the fact that two-thirds of these arrests involved motorists who were charged with speeding.

The safety experts have long pointed out that speeding is a contributory cause of the majority of highway accidents. While Pitt County recorded only four highway accidents during the holiday weekend which saw^fatalities reach a record high, it is evident from the highway patrol arrest reports for the period there was plenty of speeding on the highways in the county. The fact that more than 100 drivers were charged by patrolmen with exceeding the speed limit suggests there were many more who may have exceeded the peed limit but were not apprehended by the officers.

If a similar pattern of feet getting too heavy on the accelerator prevailed throughout the country during the holiday weekend, it is little wondet that such a staggering toll of highway deaths was reached.

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By ROGER BABSON BABSON PARK, Maaa. I have had ao many inqulrlea during the past two years asking how I Invert my own money, I have finally decided to diaclose thia inionnatioo in thla weekly release. Frankly, I try to invest in aomrthlng which la doing much good, ao that I will have a satisfacUon in my heart aa well aa in my pocketbook. I am today deacribing two eompaniea by way of illustrationthe^ ih*o-ducU ot which especially %tt9t9X

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GIBSON GREETING CARDS, INCORPORATED Thia Is one <rf the four leading companies which print greeting cards. Its headquarters are in Cincinnati, Ohio, All of these companies started in a small way. When I was a boy, there, were no such things as greeting cards. We had terrible comio valentines which we sent out to friends and enemies; but I do not remember sending a Christmas card, or Easter card, or birthday card. As soon as this greeting card industry was started I felt that It had a future, and^

I believe it has an even greater future in years to come. The one thing that we all are short of is time. Greeting cards not only retain our circle of friends, but the sending of them takes no time and yet often takes the

place of a letter. They surely^

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By ALVIN TAYLOR

A Night Spot To Visit

Controls For Arms-Makers?

Down in the city of Nassau on the isle of New Providence in the Bahamas is a night spot with the ominous sounding name of Dirty Dicks.

It is only one of a dozen or mm-e night clubs in Nassau but is the one your columnist and Russell Cowan, chose to visit as we vacationed in the famous Bahama islands last week. ^ We chose it partly because someone had told us to be certain we went there, and partly because we were intrigued by its name.

But if the name is ominous, the clubs entrance is even more foreboding. For nestled among the quaint shops which characterize Nassaus Bay St., is a long and dark corridor no wider than a standard door. This is the way to Dirty Dicks.

Undoubtedly we hesitated before taking the walk down this

corridor. After all, an establishment of similar appearance in the Unit^ States, we would have given tfie widest berth. But, then friends back home had recommended it and the souvenir book on Nassau had described it as one of Nassaus liveliest pubs, so we entered.

Dirty Dicks had little more to recommend it on its inside than it did outside as fax as appearances go. We passed through the corridor and entered a large and dark room. On our right was a bar and stretching in front of the bar were a series of tables for customers. Alongside the tables was, what seemed to us, to be a rather small dance area and behind that was a bandstand. Beyond that were more tables and the far wall appeared to be covered with a mural, though it was too dark to

Other Editors Sayings...

By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY

Copyright, 1961, King Features Syndicate, Inc.

Manufacturing and servicing rockets and missiles is not like making candy. As things stand today, the very life blood of the nation is dependent upon the speed and the efficiency of the production. Nevertheless, it Is on the record that certain Americans have taken advantage of the urgency o( this situation to place this country at a disadvantage vis-a-vis Soviet Russia.

The record shows that on February 27, 1961, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, RoseweU L, Gilpatric, issues a memorandum which stated as follows:

Reports have been'made to this Office concerning excessive overtime work on contracts related to missile and >ace programs, including activities at test sites and operational sites under construction. It is particularly important at this time that our missile and space programs meet present schedules. It is also important that these programs be pursued with maximum efficiency and at reasoifS' Rble cost as well as speed, and that employment opportunities be expanded wherever possible.

Excessive overtime results in reduced efficiency, unreasonabla costs, and unnecessary restriction of employment opportunities.

It Is always possible to work slowly so that overtime becomes necessary. Such slow work is .sabotage and this has been a fairly general practice at the missile bases. Involved in this situation are not only workers but also contractors and government officials who have been lax in their handling of improprieties. ALSO, it has been unfortunate that not enough publicity has been given to this subject.

'General Thurman, in testifying before the Senate Permanent Committee of Investigations has taken the position that the responsibility, to carry out a contract is the contractors. He tes

tified:

Now. sir, I dont consider it to be mediation, conciliation, or any of those things when I tell a contractor with the Air Force who is carrying out a job at one of our missile bases and there Is a strike going onI dont consider it a violation of anything to tell that contractor I consider it your responsibility to find an answer to this situation, and I am expecting you to do it. I have done it,

Senator McClellan then asked him:

Notwithstanding the fact, now, that it may be a jurisdictional strike over which he has no control?

To this General Thurman made this astonishing reply: Notwithstanding that, sir, or anjrthing else. It is the contractors responsibility under his contract to manage. Finding solutions to these problems is his business. We are paying him for that. And the fact that it is difficult doesn't excuse him from performance.

Unfortunately, this is nonsense. No contractor has the power to force men to work, or to force them to work efficiently. No contractor can determine whether a labor union is to order a strike or not. The government took that power from the employer by all sorts of legislation, including the Taft-Hartley Act.

The Khrusjichev assumption of co-existence is that our society is soft and self-indulgent and that because of these qualities, we shall be a push-over when the time comes. Certainly a jurisdictional strike in a missile plant can only be characterized as the product of a soft society. There have been a large number of jurisdictional strikes in the mLsslI industry; whether a strike is jurisdictional or not, it results in lost man-hours and therefore in delay of the missile program. Also, the program becomes Increasingly expensive. The day may come when the (Continued on page five)

Sanfords Program

(Rocky Mount Telegram)

Gov. Sanford says he plans to institute an 11-point program for North Carolina during the summer months, anl said we will take another look at Labor Day and see what we can accomplish by Christmas.

The ll-point program, if only partially realized, will be a major accomplishment, and the schedule laid out by Sanford Indicates he will keep things busy In Raleigh an indication the state employes are going to earn their 5 per cent pay raises.

The first step in Sanfords plan is no more than the public expects: he says he will get things rolling on his quality education program. Well, the public is going to be paying through the nose on that one. and theyll be watching him to see how much quality he injects into our current school system.

Other items on the 11-point plan are worth listing. He says he will take a hard took at the efficiency of every department head to find ways to cut costs, save money and improve the efficiency of his over - all progrun.

Now we all learn very early that department heads are always reluctant to cut costs, being by nature very sensitive when it comes to budget matters, with more and more money always demanded each year when the budget hearings are held. If Sanford can effect any sort of savings at all, it will be more than any other governor or any president In our time has ever been able to do. Bigger government that co.sts more and more is the fashion

nowadays. If spending doesnt outrun income, than a government simply isnt operating according to the book. We want to watch Sanford on this score during the rest of his term.

Sanford, in another item of his program, wants to press forward the agricultural opportunities program. This is already in the planning stages and needs the backing of everyone concerned. It is a worthwhile goal for North Carolina.

And the highway safety program is something that needs teeth. Apparently the recent General Assembly didnt know what the word teeth meant in connection with highway legislation designed to promote safety for motorists.

Water resources will come in for a great deal of attention. North Carolina is fortunate in comparison to some states in this respect, Sanford wants to make the fullest use of ttiis most valuable asset. The state is insituting this month a new project to leam more about the industrial potential of our water, and to sell industry on the idea of coming to this state because of this potential.

These items of course, are sufficient in themselves to keep our government busy. But in addition to these, of course, are the other normal duties and function of state government. If Sanford sees some * of these items brought to fruition he can rest assured that he had accomplished something worthwhile during hLs tenure. It is an ambitious, necessary program: the people should help support these measures.

rightly tell.

We felt a little uneasy as- we took out seats, but already a Negro band was unpacking and tuning up its instruments. From this point on the real native Bahamian charm of the place' began to unfold.

The band was the swinglngest, as they say, and, of course, they were at their best on the Calypso numbers. Actually everything could have been classified as such for even the slow ones they played with this peculiar beat. But it was on true Calypso that the six men showed their talent. On these numbers native couples, both colored and white, thronged the dance floor to give excellent exhibitions of the uninhibited Calypso dance.

They were, naturally, joined by others. This was a couple, obviously by their dress beatnik, who did as creditable a Job on the floor as anybody. There was an older couple, obviously from the United States, who shouldnt have been on the floor at all. Several Spanish speaking young couples, apparently students from South America, quickly got the hang of the Calypso.

The big event of the night was a limbo contest which the band Leader announced several times would be later in the evening. The limbo, as you might know, is part sport, part dance* and it is done to Calypso. The participants bend backward to the rhyme of the lively music and, neatly or otherwise, slide under a pole suspended between two uprights. Its sort of a high jump in reverse.

Well, the limbo contest finally came off around 11:^, after the apparently indefatigable band had taken a few minutes break. The contestants slid under the bar rather easily the first time around. But each new try the bar was dropped and the CalSTPSo music grew more frantic. Gntd-ually the contestants fell out as the pole was dropped to within perhaps eight inches of the floor. A few limber souls made under even In this tiny space. Nobody ever ftgured out who actually won. so it appeared, but everyone had a big time, particularly the customers.

This was Dirty Dicks", a truly entertaining night spot, complete with Calypso band, the limbo and waiters who spoke the Kings English. If youre ever in Nassau, look it up. Itll be worth the time.

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The above company in which I have invested has the following to commend it. If 3^u divida the number of greeting cards which this one company sells annually by the number of stockholders In the company, you get a result of nearly 100,-000. I kave always received a dividend on this stock; but, if it missed a dividend some year, I would still feel that my stockholdings (representing my share as one of the stockholders) are making 100,000 people happy each year. This is one illustration. But now to a second, which Is even more marvelous.

ASGROW SEED COMPANY

Although thera are several seed companies in the United States, I think this one Is the largest of all. Not only are seeds very essential to a nation whether it is a democracy, or one ruled by ^mmunlsm, or whether it is an underdeveloped nation with increasing population and a shortage of food, good seed is probably ttie greatest need. Furthermore, few people understand that unless the seeds are carefully selected each year from the healthiest plants, the quality of the seeds quickly run* out and the vegetable* ultimately return to their native wd state. Furthermore, a purchaser of seeds cannot tell whether they are good or bad until after they are planted, which is too late. It is absolutely Important, therefore, to deal wich companies of the highest reputation.

As an illustration, of the seed volume of this company, I understand they sell 10 billion bean seeds, 7 WUion of com, and many billions of pea seed. Figures for the small seeds, such as cabbage, broccoli, and celery, are also stupendous. To illustrate ^this company sells nearly 70 billion carrot seeds each year. The company spends so much money on selection and keeping up the character of its product that it does not pay great dividends; but if I did not get the money in cash dividends I would get the satisfaction of knowing that the number of seeds raised and sold, divided by the number of rtockholders of which I am onewould give about one-half billion seeds per stockholder. AU these seeds sold add up annually to some 250 billion seeds. In other wcuds, I have the great satisfaction of knowing that, as an average stockholder. I have the honor of plang half ft bUUon seeds eaeh^ year! I really get a great kick out of this.

SEEDS AND GREEUNG CARDS IN RU86U

When I was in Moscow, I found the bert-treated peopla were seieniists and ballet dancers. On the other hand, the two businesses which were allowed to oolitinue as manufacturers under govemmrat tnpervisloo were the seed busness and the greeting card ooncems. This is because the ralaing of seeds depends abeoltttely upon the character of thoee in it, while the preparing of greeting cards requires an artistic originality which cannot be purchased with money or foread uixm people. It must be vohmtary.

Frofits Picture Not Favorable

By RALPH ROBEY ~

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Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOUGLASS

YES-THEY EXIST

My barber and I had an interesting talk recently as he cut my hair. What do you think we were talking about? Angels, He is a devout CaUiolic. Why don't the ministers preach more about angels? he asked. And my reply was: I havent the faintest idea. Ive often asked myself that question.

Angels are mentioned hundreds of times in m Btme, If angels do not exist, then the Bible it full of misstatements (something that neither the barber ncnr I believe). If angels existed h) antiquity, they exist todi|y, Jesus declared that the angels of little children do always behold the fact of my fathtr which it in

heaven. (Matt. 18:10). If children have angels, certainly you and I, now grown to mature years, have them. Personally I feel that I need their guidance now even more than when' I was ft child.

Of course there are angels They arc round about us. They guard and guide us. The word angel both In Hebrew and Greek means a messenger. The angels are, among other things, God'a messengers to our souls. They walk by our sides. Their protecting hand Is often Interposed between ourselves and disaster. ' (

My Catholic barber and I whooped our approval of the reality and presence of angels. Rome and Geneva sure got together on that dooUina.

Official figures on business profits are compiled by the Federal Trade Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission. The mere Job of collection and estimation makes it necessary Uiat publication be somewhat delayed, and the report for the first quarter of this year was released only a few days ago.

Actually this compUaGon covt, ers only manufacturing, and this Is only about one half of the total of corporate profits. What has happened is not favorable. This is true regardless (rf how one measures profits.

If one uses the aggregate profit figure, which is Important from the viewpoint of determining possible government revenues, the total Is the lowest since the first three months of 19.'58 a period of recession. This Is distressing because the volume of alea ainca then haa ahows a

This growth of sales without any increase in the aggregate of profits is measured by the percentage made per dollar of sales, in the ftrst quarter of this year this was 3.5 cents, and this is the average figure. It means that many companies made no profits at all on their saJes. In the first three months of last year the comparable figure was 4.7 cents, and in the second quarter of 1959 it was 3.5 cents. That was the highest rate of profits per dollar of Mtles in the past several years, and* it lasted only one. quarter.

three months of 1959.

Now what difference doei H make whether profits are higher or lower? It makes a whale of

a difference.

The third method for measuring profits is as a percentage on stockholders equity. Thia has to be on the depreciated value of the property, and for this -ea-son the figure always is relative-ly high. In the first quarter Ihfs was 6.8 percent, as compared with 9.8 I percent a year earlier, and 12.4 percent to ths second

From the. point of view of federal revenues ths total of business profits can easily be the deciding issue as to whether we have a surplus or a deficit. This is because just about one half of all business profits are paid to the federal government in taxes. In 1960 this amounted to almost $22 billion. States and municipalities also collect large taxes frwn business, from levies on its income and also on its property.

From the viewpoint of management and the investor, the* possible rate of profit will determine whether It is worthwhile to buy a new and better machine, create more capacity to produce, develop neii? products, expand marketing procedures, and so forth. And the amount of profit

raallzed will diraeOy alfoct tita volume of funds which are available for invertment In sew plant and equlixnent.

To the consumer, as a purchaser, the only profit which Is Important is that per dollar of sales. If this was incrtftted a half cent, or a pwuiy, it would not even be noticeab^ In mort instances, but it could naake a company operating at a loss Into a, iM-ofitable coDoem, and 'this would be of tremendous valua to the nation as a whole.

This is not a plaa. of eourM. for excessive profiU. There can be no such thing as excessive profits If we have oomprtltion. and under present lawe the government has ample anlharlty to assure competition. AH we are pleading for is a rate of profit

adequate to provide i^e' real eSondtnio

incentive In oar eeondtnio eye-tem. Under present taxes It is increasingly difficult to get thoea with funds to take a real risk and break new ground.

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