The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1962-04-27

completely off-base a few days
ago in his criticism Of the in.
ability Of the voting records Of
members of the. N. G. Genera
/ Assembly. We need to modernizt
some of our Legislative MACH.
nery.
He said ne suspected" the
voting records of 1861 action
were being withheld to keer
people from knowing how var
ious members voted on the food
tax. Bill is wrong there, for the
voting records on all hot issues
how each man and woman in
House and Senate voted-are
published in the newspapers. II
the argument is sharp enough,
the Associated Press and the
United Press international carry
the ayes and noes to every corr
ner of North Carolina. The
record is solidly recorded: no
hiding whatever.
OF course, it is in Raleigh as
it is in Washington and through
out the states of the union: 95
per cent of the voting is not on
an Individual basis-but in uni
son.
Now Mr.. Cobb, who has served
| in the State Senate, knows that
Rule 8 Of that body reads in part
las follows:
"All questions for a vote shall
be put as follows: "Those in ia
vor say Aye" and after the af.
fir1native vote is expressed
Opposed NO." After which the
President will announce the Ne
Tsult."
| Now if a member of the State
Senate hollers "Division!", the
President has to have those fol
to stand and then those OPP
posed to stand. BY looking close
ly you can see how each mar
voted. This so-called division is
usually called for when a lead.
er Of one of the sides of the
argument :. or leaders of botf
sides =. see it is impossible tt
tell by voice just how the vote
went.
Now, likewise, if somebody
wants the ayes and noeG
and If his request is upheld b.
one-fifth of the members pres
ent, then you come up with tbs
real thing: who voted yes ana
who voted no. This is covered II
Rule z. COP Chairman Cobt
knows it well.
But if you live outside Raj
eigh -. T. and it's several months
after the Legislature it il
not the easiest thing in the
world to find out how each mar
voted. We are backwoodsy or
this voting record business
Let's face it. And Sect. of State
Thad Eure himself says the
Journals this time are the latest
he's known them to be.
NERVES s.. After keeping
the even tenor of her way for
more than three months, while
all about her seemed to be fall
ing apart, Mrs. Frances Brewer
finally crumbled under the
strain a few days ago and was
sent to Duke Hospital with what
is described as q nervous
breakdown.
Nerves-and not a sense Of
guilt-was what caused her hus-
band, Kidd, to attempt suicide
back in the winter, he maintains.
Mrs. Brewer, q leading church
worker here, but ever away in
the background on Kidd's bust
ness dealings, was the stabi-
,lizing factor when her husband
was undecided whether he want
ed to live or die.
She led the way in pulling him
back to stronger mental health.
Mrs. Brewer had their minister
visit Kidd in the sick room the
first minute he was able to re-
ceive visitors. Now she is the
patient.
Meantime, the highway signs
case, first in the headlines back
in early January, is there again,
has multiplied into dozen diff
ferent indictments; and to this
date not a word Of trial testi-
mony has been spoken. But the
storm clouds seem to be gather
| ing.
Mrs. Brewer is a former
school teacher. She was a Linney
before marriage to Kidd Brew
er, who at that time was coach
ing at Appalachian. There is ne
finer family in North Carolins
than the Linney's and few
finer ladies anywhere than Mrs
Brewer.
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