Friday, October 19, 1962

Annexation On A Realistia Basis

Power Of Suggeston

No Sin

Annexation of a largre area of property south which are being: developed.*

existing city limits was carried out by the As the community continues to grow as it

I week on a much more realistic surely willit will be advantageous to the city to

, basis than originally proposed last August for the make reasonable efforts to eliminate pockets of un-j southward extension of the corporate limits. incorporated areas surrounded by the corporata

X" ir proposed tTiat the city^^^^^^^ limits. It will also be advsmgbW for

ill a long thin stem of property along Memorial annex the property to assure its being developed [ Drive in order to connect me existing corporate properly, rather than waiting until some future

* limits with the major area proposed for the new date when areas improperly developed may have to t annexation. Such a proposal did not prove feasible be annexed by the cityi Under existing subdivision

* according to the Attorney Generaland ordinances, developers of property taken into the

In Our

* the intervening months brought forth a much more c*ty agree to have drainage, streets, curb and gutter , reasonable annexation proposal. and other facilities within the property in accord-

The area annexed this iveek included*the with the city's standards. Property developed

great majority of property between Memorial Drive *^utside the corporate limitsbut later annexed and Hooker Road from the existing corporate limits could thrust upon the local government consider-to the 264 bypass.* The area beyond the bypass ^ble additional expense in bringing public facilities

* thus adjoining a considerable area within the cor- *be area up to standard.

; Porate limits rather than a thin strip. The plan This latter alternative could prove much more ; alfords the city much greater protection in future costly to local taxpayers than the additional burden . deyeiopment of the property and assures that the of providing services to a large undeveloped area j existing subdivision ordinances will apply to the annexed by the city.

* property as it is developed.

i ation

There is no mistaking the fact that the annex- f a

ion was a major step-for the city and one which X\IXAJXOA XS

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will extend its responsibilities over a considerably ^

I larger area. In the immediate future the city may SoHlWllClt /\SSU!TI1^

, find it financially burdensome to provide normal services over such a large additional area. From the

I long range standpoint, however, %ve believe it is in rr . proposed conference between President ' the best interest of the citv to annex sneh nrnnec. Soviet Premier Khrushchev on the

; the best interest of the city to annex such proper- r L soviet Premier Khrushchev on the tiewhen it can be done on a reasonable basis iN off-set to some degree spec-

, rather than ignore sections outside the corporate ^ Berlin crisis is in the making for

i Demo Hopes Up iln 8th And

9th

By WILLIAM A. SHIRES "

DISTRICTS-Democrats are

* feeling Just a bit more confi-dent in the. Eighth and Ninth

; districts but admit there Is hard

. work ahead with the Nov. electimi iMurely tiree away.

These two dirtricts, stretching north end eouth across the rald-Piedmoot from the Virginia border to South Carolina, are the stage for the hottest con-

* gressional campaigns being waged in the state this Fall.

The campaigns in both have attracted naUonal attention, and brought national political figures to the scene to do their bit.

There are three Incumbent reprceentatives, two Democrats

* and one Republican, among the four candidates for the two seats. And the fourth candidate, Republican James T.

* BroyhlU of Lenoir, began cam-

* paignlng earlier than the rest

j, back last Marchand appears

* to be working harder than any

* of the others.

PRESSURE The jressure

In the Eighth.

They also feel that Jonas has made some inroads in counties added to his old 10th district by the 1961 redistricting.

PEELINGAs close as the

It would not be surprising to see the President and Premier Khrushchev in a conference, and subsequently have the Soviets provoke a serious crisis in the divided city. Quite often in the past we have seen the Soviets butter-up the West with talks and then immediately pull a switch to impossible demands.

On the other hand, the very fact that another conference between the two heads of state is in the making suggests that the Soviets may wish to avoid another crisis at Berlin, just as the West does. The West has made it clear that it does not intend to

By PATRICIA MOORE

j

ejphant Never Forgets

divided city. It has also made clear to the Soviets machines at East Carolina

weeks ~ Eighth" district appears fc be,

there is widespread feeling in ' r'.----,---------- w. ...ic ---------

key spoU of both the Eighth the West IS willing to risk the use of arms -* *>ut we have a more

and Ninth that the Alexander- defend the rights in Berlin

Broyhill race in the Ninth wiU 'ai. x i "in*',!"'* The first part of the story, to seat with its trunk and placed

be the closer of the two. Alex- , . ^^eting between the two heads of state .J ^ hours of prove that an elephant never the man in the special reserv-

in nr. ax . work thls Quarter. forgets, concerns a man in ........

Florida who passed the elephant

passed on to us a tale about the elephant, whichnever forgets. He was most sincere in vouching for the truthfulness of the story.

The first part of the story, to

be the closer of the two. Alex- , niecLiiiK uecween me two Heads of state

ander of Kannapolis, had a should, in our opinion, bring about nothing that --------

r^gin of only 8,874 votes over wlll precipitate a new crisis in Berlin Tf anvfhintr * might make things more in- Florida who passed the elephant Republican W. S. Bogle of Con- ^eriin. ll an3d:nmg, teresting to note that the usual which was in considerable oain

cord two years ago. meeting may provide groundw'ork for avoiding student load is is hours per from something in Its foot. The

fore a huge crowd.^ Su^enly the elephant noticed the Ifnari his hero sitting in the stands.

The elephant walked over to the man, lifted him from his seat with its trunk and placed

cord two years ago.

One factor proving troublesome to Democratic strategists in the Ninth is the addition of two traditional Republican counties, Yadkin and Davie, to the district. There still is a greater Democratic voter registration in the district as a whole, but all things being equal the Yadkin and Davie vote is almost certain to cut into the Democratic margin.

ISSUESReal Issues in the Eighth and Ninth districts have been rather vague and the campaigning has come to a duel of

the crisis w'hich the W^est already is anticipating.

Orchids Begdn ..n Old Mexico;

quarter or 45 a year.

The student, we understand, earnestly hopes he will get credit for all those 40 hours this quarter.

Norman Y. Chambliss, manager of the Pitt County Agricultural fair for the past 15 years or so, wasnt to be outdone in the storytelling this year. He

scene took place on the circus grounds.

The man, a true animal lover, took it upon himself to remove said obstacle from the elephants foot.

It was some considerable time later in another part of Florida, Tampa, we believe, that the very same elephant was performing in the circus arena be-

By JOHN Abney MEXICO CITY - There are a great many little-known facts

les R. Jonas^of Llncolnton has . been building up. Its full force i Is now being felt.

Democrats A. Paul Kitchln. ] opposing Jonas, and Hugh Q. . Alexander, facing Broyhill, are breathing hard. Both concede I that nothing can be taken for , granted between now and elec-

tlon day.

On tbe other side, Republican ^ efforts to unseat KItchin and

. Alexander are determined.

There is a lot of hard cam-J paignlng ahead for both sides.

, FIGURES - Both districts

present new aspects and new

pemmalitles for the voters In certain areas.

I These things are proving dlf- flcutt to assess. Any assessment

thus far has to be cautious.

; There were heard this week , expresslMis by some Democrats

that Kitchln has pulled ahead

of Jonas In the Eighth. The bas-

Is for this apparently is a feel-, Ing that Kitchln has gained . strength In Charlotte and Meck- lenburg County which Is con-

aldered Jonas stronghold and , the balance of power in the , Eighth, just as it was In Jonas

eld 10th.

The Republicans believe,

however, that they will get . enough support in Charlotte to

offaet Kitchln votes elsewhere

-!? and .sevetsi of a c

up for fire water we can _____

you a few loads of bamboo beer. Just keep it In the ice box for

ly prominent figures, on both sides, underscores the importance of the contests in national politics. These men, such as former president Elsenhower and vice president Johnson, have talked mostly in terms of national issues and spoken of the candidates themselves in relatively broad and general ways.

INDICATIONS-Thls has not been entirely satisfying and there are Indications that a good number of voters in'^oth districts are still on the fence. In view of the expected closeness, this undecided element could be decisive in the final weeks of the campaign.

It is on this Indication that the slight rising of Democratic confidence may be based. The Democrats feel that they will be able to muster more ammunition in the waning weeks of the campaign and project their candidates. Kitchln and Alexander, more clearly in terms of the state, district and county politics than the GOP. Precedent still is on the side of the Democrats anywhere in North Carolina.

What has caused the hard breathing is the boldness, determination and hard work by the Piedmont Republican.s to break the precedent in 1962.

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All this time, you ve been thinking that orchids come from places like San Francisco, New York, London and Paris. The big deal posey for heavy operators who quaff champaign from ladies slippers.

Well, it says here in the book that so far as American and Europe are concerned, the crad-le of sophisticated orchid-cul-ture is here In the Valley of Mexico.

And right at the bottom of the paragraph, it adds there are at least 728 different orchid species In Mexico with maybe a lot more that have not been discovered yet.

_ The orchid had a name in Aztec that looks like a linotype operator had been smoking loco weed. The Aztecs took a tremendously deep breath and call-It COZTICCOATZONTECOMAX-OCHITL (honest) which means yellow - flower - in - the-form - of - the - head - of-a - serpent. Just one of the species.

There was a great demand for vanilla plaoifoUa (the vanilla orchid to us country boys) among the Indians down here, centuries before Europe ever heard of such a thing.

'The Totonac Indians of Veracruz State used to pay tribute to Aztec Emperors with Vanilla orchids and van(lla, itself.

A Totonac chief whom we might as well call Pigeon Ears would send his ministers out to the jungle to pluck some blossoms and requisition a little fre.sh vanilla before making x trip to see the Emperor.

As soon as he arrived with his entourage at the Aztec capital, the chief would rush to the Palace and announce. Your Worship. I brought you a bouquet of orchids and several jugs of vanilla extract as tribute from my outnumbered tribe down on the coalst,

The Emperor would groan and say, for Heavens sake. Pigeon Ears, I hope you brought along some aspirins, too. We still got a hangover frwn that last batch of jungle bay rum you presented us.

So the Totonac chief would shrug and say, if youre hard

Possibly it was the iract that led to the naming of the Aztec variety of orchid which was grown in higher regions,

A tribal botonist came racing into the conference room of the palace one day when the Emperor and his cabinet were stiff on extract.

Hey Sire, the bot(Hiist exclaimed. TiOok at this gorgeous blossom I cultivated.

And the Emperor shut one eye and squinted and mumbled, This blossom? Looks like a bouquet to me. What is it?

This is tbe stanbopea ocula-

ta. Oh .Celestial One. Aint it a gasser?

The Emperor took another sip of vanilla and said, You always make things so complicated, Snake Feet. Give it a sensible name like COZTICCOA-TZONTECOMAXOCHITL.

Then he slid under the table but the name was already a law.

Later on, the Spaniards dropped in for a 300 year visit and began changing names like mad. One of the first to go W'as this orchid, which they re-christened torito, or "little bull.

Way it works now, the Indians in the hot country sell orchids for a few cents a bundle to a man who resells them for a few pesos each to somebody who exports them for U. S. currency and a party in Chicago winds up paying fifteen bucks per, just to impress some lady.

Anyhow, it is pretty obvious that an orchid in the jungle is nobody and is subjected to the same fate as we suppressed males. It Is an accepted fact that no man is a king at home. He has to export himself somewhere before he -gets any appreciation.

Oth^r Editors SavirKo',.,

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S2''^i5ar Campaign Issue

ed seat section. You see, an elephant never forgets.

The second part of Chambliss story is about another incident, same topic.

Several years ago In R o c k y Mount an elephant ,was In the circus arena parading around like he was supposed to. He got pushed by other elephants into a big post and it apparently caused some Injury (to the elephant).

A year later, the same elephant was back in Rocky Mount. Same arena, same post.

When the elephant came near the post he shied away. Remembering.

You see, an elephant never

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(Rocky Mount Telegram)

Vice President Lyndon John-soft was on the campaign trail in behalf of North Carolina Democratic candidates recently, and it was only natural that he should mention Cuba. His theme on the subject was purely defensive, of course, since there was little else he could say about the matter. For example, he says that despite Russian activity In Cuba the Castro regime is contained and Isolated.

There isnt much consolation in that statement. The tragedy here is that Castroism and ^ subse^ently, Soviet influence should ever have been allowed to survive at all. Now Johnson proudly says America has a new national purpose: to prevent the aggressive spread of Communism to other areas of the Western Hemisphere.

Johnson, like other national Democrats, has to mention Cuba on the campaign trail. Cuba has to be explained away, somehow, because it sticks in the craw of those who would like to forget American foreign policy for awhile. And while on foreign policy Dwight Elsenhower had a few choice observations to make on the subject recntly.

Ike had been careful in his recent campaign speeches on behalf of Republican candidates to keep current foreign policy out of partisan debate. But Democratic charges came out recently against his policies during his eight-year tenure, so he feels justified In retaliating, Kennedy was quoted in one recent speech as saying foreign policy drifted aimlessly during eight years under Elsenhower.

Perhaps there was some drift: but there was no appeasement. Kennedy could do a little foreign policy reapprais

al before calling the kettle black. A look at the two-year record Illustrates this point. The New Frontier policy has shifted from the firm Eisenhower foreign policies to one of accommodation. How? By authorizing shipment and sale of subsidized farm products to Reds; approving the sale of grain unloading equipment to Red China through Canada; delaying a year the cut-off of U. S. trade with Cuba, thereby helping to boost Castros weak economy; and urging greater aid to Communist Poland and Yugoslavia.

Further, he allowed without protest the construction of the now infamous Berlin Wall, jusc as he allowed by default by Bay of Pigs invasion to wither and die. Vice President Johnson said in Charlotte recently that we will cooperate with our allies, talk with our foes, respect the constructive views of those neutrals who show respect for our views.

So far weve done little but talk. The U. S. insists there will be no deals on Berlin-Cuba. There has been some speculation Nikita Khrushchev expects to wring concessions out of us in Berlin in return for easing up on his activities In Cuba. Khrushchev is widely quoted as saying he fully expects the U.S. to avoid a fight on Berlin, therefore he is confident of getting what he wants.

In this respect he might make a serious miscalculation: we cannot honorably withdraw under pressure without losing face all along the front in the Cold War. Better Red than dead might appeal to some misguided intellectuals; we doubt if it has I much attraction for those who feel we should have long ago drawn the line against the advance of Communism.

Ellas presence out in the Atlantic reminds us of a scene here a few years ago w^hen another hurricane was nearing our coastline. We dropped in o u r favorite grocery store to pick up an item or so and almost got mobbed. Every housewife in town W'as running down to get stocked up on supplies.

The hurricane didnt come that time.

We arent so worried about the grocery store (weve already been). We just hope the beauty shop doesnt close down.

Tax cut to stimulate the economy? . . . Tax cut to head off a recession? , . . Tax cut to get out of a recession? Nuts! How about a tax cut just because government has gotten into the habit of spending too doggone much money? Mound (Minn.) Miimetonka Pilot.

We do not oppo.se the expenditure of one dollar of the $4 billion per year which goes for public assistance so long as it is honestly and legally spent. Loose administration of welfare not only wastes money, it undermines availability of men for work, and morale of workers who foot the bill Campbellsvillc (Ky.) Netts-Journal.

' When a candidate says he was shocked by something his opponent has said or done, he doesnt mean to imply ne thinks his opponent Is a real live wire.Memnhls Prcss-Scimitar. i

Pension Fian Has Little Gloss

By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY Copyright. 1962, King Feature* Syndicate, Inc.

The Judaic - Christian doctrine of ski is the foundation of our Western European system of morality. We sin ntrt only against the offended perstm but against God. In the secular so-, ciety in which we find ourselves at this moment, there *are no sins. Even the younger clergy eschew the word, sin. They deal with a social conscience, with * crimes against society, with the crimes of society against the individual. In the current Marxist system, there are no sins, but there are crimes- against the ^ state which may be little more than a difference of (Inion given the grandiloquent term , of deviation.

To restore a system <rf morality, which may turn out tt> be ' the most serious task of the" Ecumenical Council, it may be necessary to redefine the word, sin. For In the Judalc-Christian tradition, that is. in the Old Testament and the New Testament, in the Prophets and in such Jewish thinkers as Philo and Maimonldes, there Is no consideration for what the modem sociologist calls society. There is only thought for the Individual who on the Day of Redemption must stand for judgment as to his own eon-duct. His alone and no one elses. His as one single individual, one soul pleading for mercy.

This concept of lift produced the morality of the Western world the resistance, the rejection of evil In thought and deed. We are now told that the Twentieth Century is different from ay other centuriesLth a t what has been sin since the day symbolically that Lots wife was turned Into a pillar of salt, is no longer sin; that abnormalities and abominations ahd disorders of thought and conduct are social disturbances. We have lost sight of individual and personal responsibility.

These are among "the more serious problems that the Second Vatican Council must deal with and It will take much longer than a demonstrative day to analyze precisely at what point, the human race took a wrong turn and what must be done to right the world.

To ignore these problems Is to accept defeat, for the secular forces are marching forward destroying centuries, fifty centuries or even more, of mans struggle from the lust of Cain to the gentleness of Tolstoy, to mention a modem. We need

' For truth is eternal and more is to be found in Mlcah or in the Beatitudes than in the repetitious platitudes of the socio- * legists and psychiatrists who dare not face the brutally chilling fact of individual responsl-blUty.

Hooliganism is the Soviet equivalent for nuisance, evil, bad manners, misconduct. Opposition to hooliganism is a morality, too. But it Is a response to collectivism. The Individual i.s not as guilty of sin as he Is of annoying the state, as though the state were a virtue instead of a mechanism.

Herein perhaps lies the essential error of the Twentieth Cen-"iury; the assumption, .that .the state is more than It is; that the state is an institution to be adored, despie the obvious historic fact that It is man-made and man-broken; that those who manipulate the state are, of themselves, superior men, although we all saw and knew them as they climbed to power with man-made tools and tricks and stratagems. In the quarrel between Karl Marx and Bakunin, Marx prevailed as Lenin prevailed over those who loved freedom and thus. In this century, in many parts of the world, government has taken on altogether a new personality. Instead of being a mechanism, a technique, it has become a master to be obeyed to the death, right or wrong.

God. we have heretofore believed. is a mystical power, beyond our knowledge and comprehension, which makes for righteousness. God therefore prescribed the Moral Law which teaches Man to restrain his nature. primitively, out of fear, in the higher orders of Man, out of love. Mans strength lies ta his virtue, not In his physical power and it is this virtue that has built civilization In its diverse forms.

(Continued on page six)

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By ELMER ROESSNER

Strength, For Today

By EARL L. DOUGLASS A GREAT IDEAL

Jesus commanded his disciples to be perfect even as the Father in heaven is perfect.

Is this possible? In a way, no. If by perfect we mean completely free of any fault or sin r then no one has ever been perfect except Christ himself. But what Jesus evidently meant in this commandment was that we are to press toward perfection a.s an ideal. To be sure, we will not completely and perfectly attain that Ideal, God is not so much interested Ih our attainments a.s He l.s lu our efforts. If we do not strive for perfection we will never even attain mediocrity. We mast always have as an ideal something which appears to be beyond our reach.

Perhaps someone on this planet will some day attain perfection. Because it has never been done by anyone excepting Jesus himself does not mean that It never can be done. But whether this happens or does not happen, the value and force of our Lords commandment re-maln.s. Perfection is the ideal toward which we must pre.ss. And if we do this, how thrill-Ingly it raises our lives above the mere level of mediocrity! Always to be aiming for something above and beyond ourselves lilvc.s lift to the mind, courage to the .soul, objectivity to our effoils.

Be ye perfect as your father In heaven is perfect. It was one of our Lords great commandments, We need to cheiish It to our growth and happiness.

For almost 15 years, small enterprisers and professional men have been petitioning Congress for the right to set up tax-sheltered pension plans.

This year such a bill was passed. Although President Kennedy was reported to be opposed to it, he signed the bill into law, perhaps to save himself the embarrassment of seeing Congress pass It over his veto.

Now analysis of the new law shows that the self-employed have benefits which, unlike the quality of mercy, are strained to a thin soup.

The bill permits the self-employed, Including the owners of small businesses and partners therein, to deduct from taxable income up to $1,2.''0 a year paid into a pen.sion plan. Then pen-.slons would l>e .subject to Income taxe,s.

BUBBLE BURSTS At first glance, that looks like a sweet deal. A man In the 40 per cenfnracket who put

that much in a pension plan would escape |500 a year in taxes, and when he got his pension, he would probably be in a lower bracket.

BUT under the law, to get that advantage, he would have to put another $1.250 into the pension fund and that half would not be tax free.

FURTHERMORE, deductibility applies to a maximum of 10 per cent of the income of the self-employed. Thus a man earning $20.000 a year could deduct only half of a $2,000 annual investment in a pension plan.

FURTHERMORE, an owner of a small business, or a professional man, who sets up a pension plan for himself must provide comparable benefits for all employee.s with more than tliree years .service. In .some cases, this will be an advantage. It will enable small employers to offer key employees a pension plan to persuade them to stay when a large corporation seeks to lure them away with such a plan. On the other hand.

It will expose employers to demands for pension plans.

AND FURTHERMORE, there are many other festrictions In the law alpplying to special types of cases.

and STILL FURTHERMORE, the Internal Revenue SeVIce is still to write Its regulations under the law. IRS interpretations are always narrowly legalistic and, .since the Treasury opposed the bill, it is not likely that the interpretations will be otherwise SOME ADVANTAGES There are some advantages to be gained under the law. It is broad enough to allow all professional men, all other self-employed. and almost aU partnerships to make some .slight tax .savings and. when one is in a 50 per cent bracket, a dol-lor .saved is two dollars earned. The law will also provide a vast amount of work for lawyers, tax consultants and pension planners. It will also create Jobs for pension, Insurance and mutual fund saJesmaa.

Mutual funds, banks and insurance companies are already studying the law and are pre-' paidng pension plans for sale to beneficiaries under the law.

Meanwhile, campaigns will b( organized to persuade the next Congress to broaden the law. The small-businesa camel has its nose under the tax-shelter tent.

SHORT & SIGNIFICANT BUSINESS NEWS ITEMS Movie attendance has dropped sharply in Japan. Tele vision is blamed, . .Hess's, Allentown, Pa., is starting a course Friday on bridal fashions and customs for women about to remarry. . .u. S.-controUed manufacturing firms abroad produced $25.5 billion worth of goods last year. The U. S. gius.*! national product wa.s about $.">00 bllliou. . .Becau.se of quick I'e-

bulWing after the spring storm.s, w Jersey se'ashore resorts

Ne

grossed $1.68 billion this sum mer. an Increase of 2.5 per cent over 1961. y