The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter., 1962-06-01
By EyLA N. GREENWOOD

By EULA N.
THE RESULTS. Last Sat
urday's voting proved only one
thing for sure:
Incumbents are hard to beat.
Those who were looking for
Pro--Sanford or Anti-Sanford
trends could find a little of
both. His two chief supporters
in the Legislature-Lunsford
Crew and Tom Wicker-will be
back in State Senate and House,
respectively, next time.
Grew, Halifax County pro-
duct, will now have it out with
veteran Clarence Stone Of
Rockingham for presidency of
the State Senate. This post will
be most important this time
since there is no 1t. Gov. to pre-
side over the body.
Should Crew win, he will be a
candidate for 1t. Gov. in 1864.
Opponents will likely be Tom
White of Kinston and john
Jordan of Raleigh.
The conservative wind which
became so apparent in the de-
feat of the bond issues last fall
seems still to be blowing. AL
though w. 2. Wood of Winston
Salem and John Kennedy of
Charlotte waged all-out cam
paigns to unseat Congressman
Paul Kitchin of Wadesboro and
Ralph J. Scott (no relation to
the Haw River Scotts) of Dan
bury, they could not match the
money which flowed like a
flood on the other side.
AS a matter of fact, it is not
often that a N. c. Congressman
is defeated-unless there is an
emotional furry or unusual sit
uation. 1t is interesting to note,
however, that Congressman
Lennon, Kitchin, and Scott won
their House seats by defeating
incumbents, and another CO.
incidence about them: they were
all classmates at Wake Forest
in the late 20's.
In summary: the vote was
disgustingly small; the food tax
did not cut much mustard eth
er way; and we SEEM to be
more conservative.
VALUE. We grow tired of
'cut-rate' this and wholesale"
that, and specials" all around.
And so it was with relief that
we saw this sign in a favorite
store of ours the other day:
ave have No Quarrel With
Those Who Sell for Less. !
They Know What Their Stuff is
Worth"
KEEP 1T OLD. Parents
who buy new cars about the
.ime their children become old
to drive are making a
serious mistake, according to an
of the N. C. Dept. of
Motor Vehicles.
Last week when we were visit
ng the Dept. to look into a mat
,er, we heard the above observa-
ion made.
1t seems that a lot of parents
out of sheer stupidity or a left
handed love for their children
ouy new fliver when the son
Or daughter reaches 16 years of
age. And some fond fathers or
believe it or not, act
lally make the new driver a i
present of new car capable of
doing 10 miles an hour. How
foolish can we get?
Keep the old car in good con-
dition. good brakes, good
lights, with regular checkups. i
but keep the old car. until the
the boy or girl has a good safe
ty record back of him.
45 KILLED.. On the front
pages of newspapers last Thurs
day was the headline: "45 Killed
AS Airliner Rips Apart Over
Missouri"
Less exciting, because the
deaths came in two's and three's
and four's. but just as deadly
are these words: 1920 Killed in
North Carolina Highways in
January Inlay 25, 1862"
AS of last week we were run
ming over 1861 highway fatali-
ties by a few bodies. d..
NOTES. Mrs. w. H. Be,k
and her son, Henderson, Pres
byterian lay leader, are now on
a tour of the Holy Land. In "a
years of radio preaching DR..
Ralph w. Sockman says the
of letters he has re-
ceived convince him that "Fear"
and death" are the two topics
his hearers are most interested
in. :.