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Evening star., 1960-01-31
15-Yeor-OId Girl Is Heroine
Of Outstanding First Novel
COUSIN TO HUMAN. BY

COUSIN TO HUMAN. BY
Jane Mayhsll CHarcourt,
Brace; S4.50O
Of several novels explored
for this week, Miss Mayhalls
first book proved the most
absorbing.
Cousin to Human" is an
unusual study of an adoles-
cent girl. also of her family
and her friends.
Most of them live on the
wrong side of Louisville, KY.
The older generation has lit
tie education and is more con-
cerned with the elemental
struggle to feed. clothe and
shelter everyone than with
such frills as advanced
schooling.
Talented Girl
There is, however, an ex-
ception, as usually happens in
such a bedraggled family,
Cleanth, mother of our Is
year-old girl, Lacy. Cleanth
and her Self-centered hus-
band, Norman Cole, have an
older son, but he is married
and also struggling along
and it's too late to worry
about his education. But
Cleanth is determined to give
her talented daughter advan-
tages none of them ever had
as far back as anyone can
remember. The daughter,
Lacy, plays the piano. reads
music and seems to have a
real gift.
Probably it's the only
thing Cleanth ever carried
out in her drudging, empty
life, but she is saving money
from her meager hoard for
Lacy to go to that music
school in Boston when she
finishes Junior high. 1t
means-and this seems a
little incredible-letting her
father be buried in a potter's
Evening star., 1960-01-31

excuse Castro's drumhead
trials, thought the author ad-
mits these hardly were trials
as Anglo-Saxon justice is
understood. Castro is made
out essentially a lovable per-
son.
However, Mr.. Tully ex-
planned in a newspaper COL
umn last week that the Cas-
tro Of just a year ago and
the Castro of today turned
out to be two different per-
sons. Today's Castro lis
working hard at qualifying
as one Of hiStory's upper case
incorrigibles."
Love Slick
Unfortunately for the book
as a novel. Mr.. Tully has
lugged in a conventional love
affair, which hardly could be
more obvious. He seemed to
feel he needed an amount Of
sex to make the book 60. If
the ending of this romance
is not quite rredictable, its
progress is merely slick and
pat.
&C. B. J.
Evening star., 1960-01-31
FIorido's Annual Oroy
Theme of RiboId Novel

il enough parents read the
book.
1t is hard to believe that
Mr.. Swarthout also wrote
They Came to Cordura.
which is poles apart in sub
ject matter from Merits
orgy. They made a movie of
Cordura, but it may prove i'm
possible to follow suit with
this one. Unless it's made in
France with Brigitte Bardot.
"A. l.. SINGLETON.
Evening star., 1960-01-31
Warfare
Without

THE BREAKFAST WAR.
BY Rupert Furneaux.


(Crowell; $4.50O
The siege Of Plevna in 1877
lasted l43 days. 1t bathed in
blood the armies of both
Russia and Turkey. War
correspondents gave it un-
precedented coverage, chiefly
because there was no Russian
censorship. The earlier dis
closures of j. A. MacGahan
Of the London Daily News
may have made the war
necessary. His stories of
Turkish atrocities in Bulgaria
inf1amed the divided west
ern powers, and, although
Disraeli turned away. Gar
Alexander II launched a holy
war.
The role Of war corre-
spondent is chiseled sharply.
The dispatches are more tell
ing even than those of the
Franco-PruSsian War. The
terrible conflict is showcaSed
in all its horror, depraved.
totally lacking in mercy for
the defeated.
The British. kept aloof,
read of the war over their
coffee, and resolutely brought
about a cessation of blood
shed before the Car could
get his hands on Constan-
tinople.
Thirty-six years later World
War I would break out after
a shot fired at Sarajevo, a
town in two provinces ceded
to Austria by the Congress
of Berlin.
Here is a book of great
interest to students Of jour-
nalism, history, diplomacy
and warfare. The Russians
used the same old techniques.
but the Turks used American
rifles and profited from les
sons about fire power taught
by the American Civil War.
H. A. LYON
Evening star., 1960-01-31
Show Falls
UnderPor.
o.
This Time
By MARY McGRORY
Star Staff Writer

One Of the characters in
Irwin Shaw's new novel is a
once-great director on the
skids. Another of the char
acters. a ferocious young
beatnik, tells him: Your
pictures look and sound as
II they were made by "a
man . who would throw
away a whole character for
an effect or for a gaudy
scene"
Alas, the same, I fear,
could be said of Irwin Shaw
Of TWO WEEKS IN AN
OTHER TOWN (Random
House; $4.95). His short stor-
les, his wonderful novel Of
the war ''The Young Lions"
read as though they had to
be written. This present eff
fort has flashes of the old
Shaw, the dead-on-target
imagery, the picture paint
ing, but while it is madly
readable it just doesn't add
up to anything at all.
Too Many Maniacs
One of the troubles is that
the story is awash in maniacs
OF one kind and another. The
old director, Delaney, is an
egomaniac. The hero's ex-
wife. Carlotta, is a nympho-
maniac. The wife of a sanity
Texas oil man who is financ-
ing the Roman picture being
filmed, is a dipsomaniac. All
the other characters carry
around their pasts, their
compulsions and their obses-
sions like placards. They are
almost all given to TRADES
about the goth century,
which sound remarkably
alike.
Mr.. Shaw's hero, Jack An
drus, an ex-film star turned
NATO civil servant, comes to
Rome to help his old friend
Delaney by clubbing in the
lines of the drunken star Of
a second-rate film. The first
thing that happens to Andrus
is that a drunken stranger
comes up to him and punches
him in the nose.
Nightmare Narrative
1t is the first Of a series
Of ugly confrontations which
make up the plot of Mr..
Shaw's nightmare narrative.
The next day, Jack is led to
bed by a glossy female
brute" whose lover comes at
Jack with a drawn knife
some time later. The director
has a well-deserved heart at
tack. Jacks second ex-wife
flies to Rome to tell the di-
rector on his deathbed that
of all the men she loved, he
has given her the most
pleasure.
All is violence, sex, betrayal
in this lurid mish-mash.
When it is over, Jack re-
mains as "uninvolved" as
when he began. The reader
will probably be the same.
The novel cries out for Q
little heart or a little common
sense.
Evening star., 1960-01-31
Democracy Works
In Convention
By CECIL HOLLAND
Star stan Writer

or all our political institutions the presidential nom
mating convention the has under the most
sustained challenge 1t has been questioned whether the
candidates they select represent the wishes electorate
all times and whether they should be replaced other
system.
Evening star., 1960-01-31
7 eIevision Show
Becomes q Book

MEET MR.. LINCOLN, by
Richard Hanser and Donald
B. Hyatt "a Ridge Book, Col
den Press; So, is a most un-
usual, perhaps unique project
the transcription of tele-
vision program into a book.
The program, an NBC Prof.
ect 20 production, fuSing
original photographs, prints
and drawings of the Civil
Mar period with narration,
won a number OF top awards.
The handsome book repro
duceS splendid pictures with
brief texts taken from the
eNlevision show.
&C. B. j.
Evening star., 1960-01-31

times. even takes on the
nobler stature of tragedy.
Not that Lacy is not well
delineated. The author re-
veals searchingly the girls
life at school, her teacher of
music appreciation, a young
man at whom she throws
herself but who restrains
himself at the last minute;
her petty adventures, her
first symphony concert. It's
simply that the child is not
a verv sympathetic charac-
ter. She seems, at times, too
naively dumb even for her
background, and her talent
for music is something in
which her mother appears
more interested than she
does.
Off to Boston
AT least. though, Miss May
hall does not jump ahead and
make her a concert artist.
We take leave of the brat
as she is about to start for
Boston and the music school.
What becomes of her after
that is conjectural.
Jane Mayhall is a novelist
to watch. Her characters,
even the minor ones, come
to life, and her descriptions
are crisp and evocative. II
she sometimes fingers too
long on atmosphere, slowing
up the story, this is merely
the fault of a writer who
knows how to describe and
wants to be sure she has
conveyed the whole setting.
She probably will learn
greater economy with words
as she goes on.
The author, who was born
in Louisville and now lives
in New York, has contrib
uted short stories and poetry
to the little reviews and to
some larger magazines.
Evening star., 1960-01-31
Before Columbus
THE CARAVELS OF
CHRIST Nv Gilhert ps


nault; putnam, So.
The Portuguese were far
ahead Of the Spanish ex-
plorers. This interesting
review Of their exploits finds
the Portuguese preceding
Columbus to the West Indies.
1t reveals that King John
knew more about the West
ern Hemisphere than Ferdi-
nand and Isabella learned
from the intrepid Genoese
even after two voyages. For
reasons of his own John kept
a great historical first a
secret.-H. A. l..
Evening star., 1960-01-31
In SIonder
Cases All
Suffer
BY JOSEPH O'KEEFE
Star stan Writer

THE TUMBLED HOUSE. BY
Winston Graham. Double
day; $4.50O
Winston Graham, a British
novelist, has written a sort
OF anatomy Of slander which
demonstrates the multiple
effects Of a calculated attack
upon a dead mans reputa-
tion.
Three main characters in
THE Tumbled House" have
attained success in the arts.
But nearly all those in the
book display traits Of nasti-
ness which lead to personal
distress.
Fleet Street Flynn
The key figure is Roger
Shorn, a Fleet street Enrol
Flynn, who smearS the good
name Of the deceased father
OF an orchestra conductor in
a newspaper article. Shorn's
motive is simple. He is in
love with the musicians ac-
tress wife and hopes to break
up the marriage.
The conductor, Donald
Marlowe, counters by writing
insulting doggerel. In an en-
suing libel suit, obscure wit
nesseS relate their stories of
the dead mans final years as
lawyers probe for the truth.
How had Shorn obtained per-
sonal letters OF the Queens
late counsel and recorder at
Cheltenham?
The Moral
Shorn lies suavely to the
court, hoping the trial will
not upset a deal aimed to
put him in an editors chair,
nor spoil a new romance
cooked up with a million
aires daughter. The jury's
findings strike close to the
truth.
But Shorn's son is less
self reliant. Engaged to the
daughter of the smear VIC
tim, he turns to crime for
easy money and is shot in a
robbery. The episode in
which his fiancee struggles
to deliver him to a hospital
as his life ebbS away is a
dramatic highlight.
II Mr.. Graham's story has
a moral, it is that in slander,
nobody wins.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1960-01-20

paid $50 In cash or works for
10 days or more On . time basis
during the year. Most day lab
orers are covered by social Sc
curity. Also. q domestic servant
working for q farm operator Is
generally considered an agricul-
tural employee. Since 4 share
cropper Is considered self-em-
ployed, he Is responsible fol
making wage reports on labor
be hires. A farm crew leader is
usually self-employed also and
makes the reports on his crew.
unless he has signed . written
spsement naming the farm OPP
orator as the one responsible
for this.
II the farm employer has paid
cash wages covered by the social
security law to one or more en-
ployees, he must secure an en-
ployer's Identification number
from Internal Revenue Service
and make his reports on Form
943. Self-employment income
goes on Schedule F of Form
1910. By keeping records and
making proper reports Of his
own earnings and those of hi,
workers, a farmer is doing his
part in making social security
earnings records correct.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1960-01-20
POOR PAPER BOYS

After two Tribune paper boys were attacked by
two other youngsters in December and suffered
the loss of their papers the situation prompted tht
remembrance Of the following story:
Not long ago a New York City Judge wrote to the
New York Times saying that in the II years he had
been the bench not one Chinese teen-ager had
been brought before him Juvenile delinquency
charge.
P. H. Chang, Chinese Consul-General in New York
was asked to comment. He said, Il have heard thi
story many times from many judges. l will tell YOU
why think this is Fal piety is cardinal virtue
my people brought from the China that was free
Chinese child matter where he lives. is brough
up to recognize that he cannot shame his parents
Before a Chinese child makes move, he stops to
think what the reaction of his parents would be. Will
they be proud, will they be ashamed? Above all
his parents"
The amazing record of the Chinese children and
the young people shows that it in the home that the
cure for juvenile delinquency will be found - and
in no other place.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1960-01-20
DELINQUENT PARENTS

The charge for which the couple were to be on
trial read gefore recent court session read
Failure to send their children to school!'
Results of the trial was that the husband and wife
were found guilty and placed under suspended
sentence More often than not, such judgment has
worked in Columbus County, it has been noted.
Floy Parker termed by the Board of Education the
Visiting Teacher; in actuaty her duties synoni-
nous to those of truant officer. Each day of the
school year will find this alert Visiting Teacher study
ing attendance records schools of the county visiting
homes of children who have amassed bad records of
attendance.
Mrs Parker recently noted that the rate of truancy
has decreased in recent years parents seem now to
realize the necessity of high school education when
thew annually fill out their tax reports if at other
time. But she has noted that high degree of alb
senteeism lately conferred around negligent parents
who are doing little nothing to further the pro-
ficienly of their broods.
An example cited by Mrs. Parker recently is an
extreme case With the attendance reports of two
young boys in hand she visited their farmer-athers
home two weeks Allowed entrance, the apologize
mother said that the husband in bed in a drunken
stupor.
Why the not in school? The mother
blamed the husband; when awakened he blamed his
wife fSon said Mrs Parker to of the youngsters,
why didn't you go to school today?" And she added
Il want to help you, you tell me the truth"
They (hs mother and father had drinking party
here last night with lot of other people 1t lasted
real late and we couldn't sleep, and didn't wake up
IN time to get ready for school, She (the mother)
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1960-01-20

where you're driving. how fasth
to drive. where not to drive anda
how many miles II is to where I
you're going.
Virtually all IF them play Wit
al roles In the life or death dra.
ma Of moving traffic.
Syn design involves more
than paint daubing. Long age
Tar Heel engineers replaced
small. old-fashioled signs winch
couldn't be read at much over
80 miles an hour. Now we have
Oversize markers up 10 10 by
Is feet.
Most Of the newer road signs
shine back at you at night. Ever
tine go. 900 license plate" types
installed as guides to secondary
road Identification. With modern
ca,s designed for efsortless
cruising at 80 nph signs have
to be bold, bright and legible -
even after dark. Otherwise they
cant be read.
Who hasn't at one time or tie
other been slowed up. even stop
per, by hesitant driver peering
for a certain road sign? Traffic
piles up and the usual frustra-
tionsbegin. Authorities say upset
tempers contribute to indccision
and this in turn is related to
accidents.
At night it's doubly hazardous
for drivers are unable to juage
the change in another cars
speed. Thus. they react too slow
ly and Wham! - another COLI
sion.
Perhaps this doesn't happen
with alarming regularity. but II
good sign work saves even mash
ed grill then it's a happy situa-
ton al laround. Erection of the
big rectangular sign, with its
white legend on a background
Of blue or green Ito harmonic
with the skyline) has made get
ting there easier and safer.
The signs that shine are coated
with approximately 10000 tiny
glass spheres per square inch.
This permits light to return 10
its source without glare. Making
road igns reflective is any thing
but q new idea to engineers. but
until recently 1t was all but i'm
possible to put into practice. The
latest reflectorizing process fused
in North Carolina) gives signs a
reflective power more than 100
times that of the whitest paint.
As nearly everyone knows,
highway signs are distinguishable
not only by color but by shape.
Stop signs are octagonal. some
times yellow, sometimes redt as
authorities recommend they all
should bel. Warning signs have
the distinctive diamond shape
and yellow background. Infor-
nation type signs are rectangu-
lar and ran crossing are marked
by the familiar round sign and
crossbuck.
Road signs will keep drivers
safe - IL they are read and
obeyed.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1960-01-20
Ten Dollar Club
For Methodist Oh,

Methodist churches in this
section and other parts Of the
56-eounty N. c. Methodist Con-
ference opened a drive last Sum
day to assist new Methodist
Congregations within the Con-
ference area to construct their
initial buildings. Each church
has a goal Of one or more new
members for the Ten Dollar
Club, the principal source of
financial aid to new congrega-
tons in their building pro-
grams.
This announcement was made
in Raleigh by the Rev. o. l..
Hathaway, Executive Secretary
OF the Conferences Board of
Missions and Church Extension.
which is directing the campaign
to secure a minimum of 1000
new members for the Club.
Some Of the new Methodist
churches in this section have
already received Ten Dollar
Club aid or are in line for this
assistance, the Rev. Mr.. Hatha-
way declared. A total of 81 new
churches have been aided in
their building programs, but
there is waiting list of nearly
~ new congregations needing
help.
Since the Ten Dollar Club was
launched in late 1853, nearly
100000 has been secured and
gwen new churches through it's
efforts, the Missions Board Sec
retary said. Under the plan
Methodist laymen and ministers
JON hands in giving a minimum
OF $40 not over three times an
nually on call to aid the new
churches.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1960-01-20

suited In causing lung cancer in these
animals.
80. Reveals that human lung tissues
undergo changes, considered SUSPECT
Gus by some, that are found among
young and old, non smokers and
smokers, while lung tissues may be
perfectly normal in heavy smokers.
-. confirms the long-establisheG1
but little publicized fact that lung
cancer occurs more frequently in peo-
pie who have 4 medical history of
previous serious lung ailments, such
as tuberculosis, pneumonia and influ-
enza, indicating relationship of
possible significance"
1t will be recalled that the commas
ton over lung cancer and smoking
arose with the discovery that labora-
tory animals developed skin cancer
after being painted with tobacco
"tars". Certainly, the failure Of smoke
inhalation tests is more significant in
view Of the fact that people smoke
tobacco rather than using it as a
cosmetic. y
All in all, the Public Health review
may be criticized for undue reliance
on the published opinions of those who
have been long committed to the
theory that smoking is the principal
cause of lung cancer
On balance. most thoughtful peo-
pie, we believe, will 60 along with,
DR.. Ittle's summation that I'VE are
only at the threshold of understand
ing the breadth and depth of the lung
cancer problem"
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1960-01-20


all farm income, such as eggs,
vegetables, proceeds from crop
insurance, patronage dividends,
and fair prizes, in addition to
the main crops or livestock sold.
Part of the overall farm income
may be received by other men,
bers Of the farmers family. For
example, the wife may raise
vegetables or prepare canned OF
bakery goods for sale.
A farmer is required to keep
a record Of the names, social Sc
curity numbers, and wages paid
to his employees who are COW
cred by social security. This
means IL the farm worker Is
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1960-01-20
Editorials . . T..
THEY SPEAK TOO SOON

THEY SPEAK IOO SOON
Inc recent blast of the Public
health Service on Smoking and Lung
Cancer" gives US official assurance
that If we don't smoke and get lung
cancer anyway - it won't be from
smoking.
This is about as far as anyone can
60 In the light of present knowledge,
yet, IN the effort to make tobacco APP
pear the culprit, this Government re-
port drags out tired old statistics that
were presented to the public years
ago, yet admits that experimental evil
ience. does not support the theory of
smoking as cause of lung cancer.
The Public Health review also ad-
mits that we still don't know the
effects of air pollution and occupa-
tonal exposures and that the tobacco
in lung cancer. incidence rates.
DR.. C. C. Little. scientific director
of the Tobacco Industry Research
theory does not explain differences
Committee, anil who has spent 30
years in cancer research, notes that
the report gives little or no attention
to new evidence of recent months
that:
Il. Finds that people described as
the worlds heaviest cigarette smokers
have low lung cancer death rates
compared with people who smoke
less but have been long exposed to
urban air pollution.
'2. Shows that direct inhalation of
tobacco smoke by laboratory animals
over long periods of time has not re-
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1960-01-20
Social Security
BY FRANCES ". JONES
(Ffeld Representative, Social
Security Administrator

"a farmer has legal rights
under social security, and he al
so has legal obligations" stated
Miss Frances Jones Of the Will
mington Social Security District
Office. All self-employed farm
ers must keep a complete and
accurate record of their income
and expenses. This need not be
a complicated bookkeeping sys-
tenn, but may be a simple list
kept currently. 1t should include
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1960-01-20
Free
vvhceIinu

SINGWORK In North
carolina It's hard to drive any
where without a sign of some
sort admonishing. advising -
or astonishing!
At one point on US Dol, as an
example, traffic is greeted by a
wnopping big green sign say
ing, Squeeze Right" A hodge
Dodge Of other signs tell you
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1960-01-20
Prayer Group States
Tuesday PM. Session

The Prayer Group Of the Saint
Paul Methodist Church will meet
Tuesday, January 26, at the
church for services announced
Mrs. Walter leonard, Spiritual
Like Secretary.
Although the services are
sponsored by the w. S. c. S. the
men Of the church are invited to
attend and take part on the pro-
gram.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1960-01-20

IL may De that you can
furnish the identity of the
children described by the
writer.
81 wonder if you would
play detective for US. At
the Christmas Parade in
Whiteville, one Of the wo-
men from your town asked
me to take a picture Of her
children. She said her hus-
band was overseas, and she
wanted to send him a pic
ture of them. l took her
name, but lost the snip. Her
children are the young girl
and boy in the front of the
attached picture.
IF any of your reporters
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1960-01-20

Bob Jones College of Green
vile, s. Ccrolina trains more
ministers and missionaries than
any other American college
20 million Of our 10 million
drivers receive traffic tickets
each year. go.
About IS per cent of the In
scome Of the average America an