The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-03-31

AS it closed its legislative seS-
sion last week, the Arkansas Gen
eral Assembly voted overwhelming
ly against a bill which would have
removed the sales tax on food.
Hodges Could Use Some
Among those running for the Of
flee of Lieutenant Governor in
North Carolina in 1852 were: Luth-
er Hodges of Rockingham County;
Roy Rowe of Fender County; and
Ben Mcdonald of New Hanover
County. They finished in that or
der.
Roy Rowe was the only one of
the three who had had legislative
experience. He is still in the thea
tire business. Mr.. Hodges is now
associated in some position with
the Federal Government.
OF the three, Mcdonald is more
in the news-in Southeastern
North CaroEna-than the other
two combined. He is on television
literally hours each week with his
own show. Mcdonald is also in the
ir-growing business.
His ads say, among other things:
"Ben Mcdonald, Wilmington TV
commentator, bald for years, now
growing hair, using odorless salve."
About Roy Rowe we wouldn't
know-but we saw the winner of
that 1852 setto in Raleigh last
week. He could do with a goodly
dose CASUALLY known as "dost") of
Ben's salve.
Gen. Alex Andrews
There is no better known, and no
stronger, family in Raleigh than
the Andrews! They have managed
the town at times as mayor and
the Episcopal Church as lay lead
ers.
Thus we are glad to see another
one of the clan achieve new prom
inence. All of which is by way of
saying that Alex B. Andrews of
Raleigh has just been made the
first Tar Heel brigadier general in
the Air Force Reserve. The ap-
pointment received scant press
notice-and thus the mention here.
Gen. Andrews, founder of A. B.
Andrews Co., is a Raleigh attorney
and an alumnus Of the University
of N. Carolina.
Last Most Difficult
We have not seen it in the
papers but heard on good authority
last week that President Kennedy
has issued three edicts:
/. Jews can begin eating pork.
9. Catholics may consume meat
on Friday.
8. Baptists may start taking
drinks in front of each other.
Steadily Increasing
It is no wonder that the State
now plans to go to retail merchants
again as tax collectors to improve
the schools.
The N. C.. Department of Reve-
nue. reports that as of the close of
business this past December 81,
there were 80,241 active retail
merchants in this State. This fig
ure, they explain, includes anybody
who paid the 81 fee required to be-
come a merchant.
In 1912, North Carolina had
only $4,000 retail merchants.
Mecklenburg County, for in
stance, had 5,037 active retail mer-
chants as of this past December
and led the State-but ten years
before had only 1867.
incidentally, school principals
and school boards and school COM
mittees and school teachers might
give little thught to this:
Education would get better sup
port from merchants (who collect
about 90 million per year in taxes
for schools) if these schools would
close up the little stores many of
them operate in direct competition
with service stations, snack bars,
drug stores, ETC., which they must
depend upon for tax support.
A Different Tune
When Governor Sanford an
nounced that sales tax on food
should lead the way to Better
Schools in North Carolina, the
group that came up with the most
bitter protest was the N. C. Bakers
Council.
Last week it was the Governors
turn at bat. We do not mean to
imply that it would not have hap
pened anyway-of course it would
have-but last week the bakers had
something besides the food tax to
think about:
"A SO per cent increase in the