Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1959-03-04

ance program. poor attendance
at the board meetings. poor tim
Ing Of school contract lettings
and other matters" said Will
Hanson In support Of his bill
that would have named a COM
pletely new county board of edu-
cation. His observations about
criticism were general in that he
offered no special incidents.
II am not one who believes
in drastic changes just to upset
the status quo. believe in
changes only when 1 feel they
serve the best interest of the
county" he noted.
In his discussing the move
that put him into hot water with
the Senator he pointed out that
changes relative to educational
progress in the county were in
no way connected with the ad-
ministrative officials.
He specifically singled out T..
Ward Guy. superintendent of
county schools. for his work.
He has done an excellent Job
with the school situation in the
county and is to be commended"
On the Whiteville liquor ques-
ton he took definite stand in
opposition to such a referendum.
II would not sponsor any
type of legislation that would
cause such a breech of feeling
among the people as this
would cause. The matter was
discussed while 1 was running
for office but 1 never commit
ed myself on any type of IL
quor legislation"
Il (believe a municipality has
certain rights it should exercise
by vote but when the rights car
~ over the county with the
force and impact that it has in
Columbus County 1 don't believe
the Town of Whiteville, being a
major factor in the county
buSinesswise, should be able to
evade deep seated feelings of the
people by special legislation. g
he commented.
This has been a hot session
thus far for the young Represen-
tative. The school board and
ABC referendum issues are
things that don't bcsicge many
Columbus County Representa-
tives.
While freshmen legislators us
ually adhere to the precedent of
being quiet except on local mat
tiers of legislation it may be that
Eds ideals will put him in a
different role.
Most House members are
interested In making certain
that local Legislation is in or
der. But it is not advisable to
indulge extensively i'm local
legislation to the disregard Of
statewide legislative matters"
he said.
Ed graduated from Wake For
est College and received his law
degrc from Duke University in
1853. He practiced first in Chad
bourn then moved to WhiteviIle
in January, 1856.
While at Wake Forest he was
president-elect of the Senior
Glass but was called into service
before he began serving his
term.
He served with the u. S. Navy
during World War III and was
recalled to service during the
Korean conflict. He is now a
member of the Naval Reserve
with the rank of Lieutenant
Commander.
Touching on the matter Of
finances required for a member
of the House. he pointed out
that the SIS per day plus So per
day expenses made it financial
y announcement for a man with
out means to serve and often
proved discouraging to those
who wanted to serve in the
House.
Although serving in the House
lakes up practically the entire
week the young attorney has his
office open on Saturday and
part of Monday.
No one knows what effect the
fued between Ed and Arthur
will have on his poll
tical career. Many feel it is II
political battle that
won't have any repercussions
should Ed decide to seek a Sec
md term in 1860.
Should he elect to run again
n 1860 the broad smile and
warm handshake plus political
knowledge gained this year in
he General Assembly could
make him strong favorite.