NICHOLS REPLIES
TO JURYREPORT
(Continued irom Page One)
lowing for the benefit of the pub
lic:
• \Ve find that the municipal side
walk paving campaigns may be
„aid for by the property-holders
pn a ten year installment basis for
t;,c' Xort.h section of the city, and
a jwo year basis for the South
area. We have ascertained that ad
vance payments by the city to fi
ance the work are made from
funds already in hand. If it should
be m ; cessarv to borrow, the city
recently obtained money at an in
feres: rate of 1 1-2 per cent.
Property-holders are steadily
harrassed with burdensome taxes,
both Federal. State and local. They
are finding that a dollar steadily
buy? less Property owners of mod
est means who do not have ready
funds to pay the compulsory and
mandatory sums required by the
municipality, and find they must
elect to pay on a deferred basis,
probably will find it difficult to rec
oncile a situation through which
(hey are forced to pay six per cent
interest on deferred side - walk
charges. Especially so, when they
arc advised that the city is fi
nancing work with funds already
jn hand. Such funds are the proper
(v of the realty-owners and have
already been accumulated from
levied taxes. If the City should
bwTO '■ at less than 2 per cent for
tin- side walk campaign, the
property-owners then would be re
quired by the municipal authorities
!io pay a bonus of four or more
per cent for borrowing their own
money And this, to settle an ob
ligation the wisdom of which at
this time is doubted by many, forc
ed upon them without referendum,
or an opportunity to exercise pref
erence as to whether they desire*
ed to incur such a financial bur
den.
In his letter to Mr. Causey, the
City Manager said "it is not clear
Whether the public is being bene
fitted by the statements nor, in
fact, after the charge to the jury
by the judge, aS to why the state-.
n}en^® should have been made at
all...that property-owners on both
the north and south sides of the
city are permitted payments on
the same basis on a deferred plan
extending over a period of two
years.
He further stated that the city
is not making any money out of
the sidewalk work in the hand
ling of its finances . . . that the
program has been determined by
the representatives elected by the
voters of this city and that the
program is for the benefit, safety
and welfare of the community . . .
and that so far it appears the ma
jority of the people of the com
munity agree with this opinion ”
Mr. Nichols letter in full, is as
follows:
“There came to my desk the lat
ter part of last week a report of
the grand jury for the June term
1945 signed by you as assistant
foreman and by N. J. Kelly as
secietary. In this report the grand
jury makes certain statements
"for the benefit of the public” re
lating to the sidewalk paving that
is being done by the city.
“It is no* clear whether the pub
lic is being benefitted by the state
ments nor, in fact, after the charge
to the jury of the judge, as to why
the statements should have been
made at all. At least, we are sur
prised that statements should be
made without the formal appear
ance of some city official before
your body as a whole so that all
of the facts could be ascertained,
explored and properly evaluated.
We are unable to find that any
one familiar with this program
and the facts about it has been
called before your body, but we do
find that one employee in his of
fice answered some questions of
one member of the grand jury re
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“To take up the statements that
have been made—in the first place,
neither thr program on the north
side of the city nor on the south
permits payments on a ten year in
stallment basis. Both are exactly
on the same basis; that is, two
years. The persons who is billed
for the work that is done has 30
days in which to make payment
without interest being charged, or
if such person does not happen to
have that much money immediate
ly available he can borrow it and
so take advantage of any low in
terest rates. However, if the prop
erty owner elects to pay on a de
ferred payment basis it is quite
true that interest is charged by
the City at the rate of 6 per cent
although we have not yet figured
out how this results* in a bonus to
it. If the City went into the market
to borrow money it is very prob
able* that it could do so on the
basis of 1 1-2 or 2 per cent interest
rate, but we hope no one will be
lieve that that is the only expend
to the City in borrowing money.
It is necessary to spend money to
have an election, to have a legal
opinion of recognized bond attor
neys, to have the bonds printed, to
have the bond sale advertised, to
have the bonds sold, and when one
gets thru, especially on a small
bond issue, the expenses would
not justify one in saying that the
cost of the money was merely
the coupon rate as shown on the
bond. From another standpoint,
even if we assumed that there
might be a spread of 4 per cent
between what the City bays for the
money and what it receives, this
does not take care of the expenses
that develop in connection with the
handling of an installment account
running for two years including
postage, stationery, and clerical
help and for which no direct
charge whatever is made in con
nection with this program. The so
called extra pharge of this
“over charge” in interest
rates amounting to 4 per cent
as indicated in your report
then receive $2.60 on an average
for the services and the additional
expense incurred in handling an in
stalment account running 24
months. I hardly think that many
would care to take on the job of
following thru on such an account
for such a minor sum of money,
especially when the account was
merely a non-profit reimbursement
of an expenditure already made.
Of course, this may not be the end
in all cases because additional ex
penses may necessarily be incur
red in legal costs because of de
faults.
“It would seem clear from the
above that the City is not making
any money out of the sidewalk
work in the handling of its finan
ces. Nothing has been said about
additional costs of engineering and
inspection without any charge to
the property owner in connection
with this work.
“As to the program as a whole,
it has been determined by the re
presentatives elected by the voters
of this City that the program is
for the benefit, safety, and wel
fare of the community. So far it
appears the majority of the people
of the community agree with this
opinion.
‘"'Very truly yours,
(signed!
A. C. Nichols,
City Manager.”
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TRUMAN’S WAIVER
(Continued from Page One)
in his message that the question
of succession is of great import
ance now because there will be no
elected vice president for nearly
four years.
President Truman stepped up
from the vice presidency after the
death of President Roosevelt Aprii
12.
The present line of succession,
established by an 1886 law, is
through the presidentially appoint
ed cabinet, beginning with the Sec.
retary of State, a post now held
by Edward R. Stettinius, Jr.
“It now lies within my power,’’
Mr. Truman said, “to nominate
the person who would be immedi
ate successor in the event of my
own death or ‘inability to act.
“I do not believe that in a De
mocracy this power should rest
with the chief executive.
“Insofar as possible, the office
of the President should be filled
with an elective officer. There is
no officer in our system of gov
ernment. besides the President and
Vice President, who has been
elected by all the voters of the
country.
POUCESEEHNG
PURSE SNATCHER
City police still were investigat
ing the purse-snatching on South
Sixth street last night in which
Miss Olie Price. 514 Nun street
lost approximately $90.
Miss Price was knocked down by
an unidentified Negro who fled aft
er the attack. An employe of Camp
Davis, she had just left the post
bus at Sixth anpl Market streets
and was" walking home south on
Sixth sfteet when the Negro ap
proached from the front, seizing
her pocketbook and knocking her
down, police said.
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500 Of 86 th Division
Are Home In Carolina
(Continued from Page One)
Shipley, S: aff Sergeant Clyde Glenn
Lassiter, Technician 4th grade Tal
madge Batson ard Private First
Class W. D. mith.
The 340th Army service forces
band furnished n musical welcome
to the post. While Brig. Gen. Jonri
T. Kennedy of Orangeburg, S. C.,
post commander, delivered a briei
address of welcome.
Clothing was issued and the men
met their liaison officer. After
being billited thei' time was then
own.
A hearty dinner was served on
the train just oefore reaching Fort
Bragg with top grade steak, masn
ed potatoes, cabbage, pickles,
bread, soft drinks and oranges
comprising the "pre-war” menu.
All morning long, familiar rows
of tobacco plants, pine trees and
cornsights dear to the hearts of
the fighting men from Carolina,
drew most of their attention as
their train speeded south. There
were some card games but prin
cipally the men occupied them
selves by looking out of the window.
That was it—this is what 1hey had
come thousands o.' miles to see—
Home!
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Woman Of Warsaw
Reportedly Kills
Self By Hanging
WARSAW, June 19.—Believed by
relatives to have been despondent
because of ill health, Mrs. Mar
garet Kornegay Herring of Bowden
was reported to have killed her
self late this afternoon by hangnig.
Her body was found suspended
from an iron bar in the yard of
her home shortly after a heavy
storm. Of middle-age, she had
been in ill health for some time.
Surviving are her husband, P.
M. Herring of Bodwen; one son.
Pat Herring of Camp Croft, S. C..
and one daughter, Mary Emma
Herring of Ralegh.
AUTHORITY ON
DEAFNESS
HERE
Mr. Wallace J. Harton
Will Demonslrate New
War Developed Hearing
Lenses At Wilmington,
N. C.
Mr. Wallace J. Harton will con
d'.ic; a free clinic for the hard of
hearing at City Optical Company
or, Thursday, June 21. 1945 from
5.00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Feature of this Better Hearing
Clinic will be a demonstration of
the new "Hearing Lenses,” a dra
matic development made as a re
st1:: of war discoveries.
Mr. Harton has had specialized
training on hard of hearing prob
lems and takes an understanding
interest in helping the hard of hear
ing. He is well qualified to make
scientifically correct fittings of
tone and air conduction instru
ments.
The new Acousticon Speech-Hear
ing Test will be given free as well
?s a private demonstration of the
new Futura Acousticon hearing *aid
which is made by America’s oldest
hearing aid manufacturer. Simply
call at the time mentioned above.
Evening appointment for a demon
stration in your own home may be
arranged ior. (Adv.)
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O BIT U A RIE S
GEORGE T. NEWTON
George Thornton Newton, SO.
died at his home. 615 South oth
street at noon yesterday.
He is survived by his widow
Mrs. G. T. Newton; seven sons,
George T. Newton. Jr., and Cur
tis B. Newton, of Wilmington, and
James M. Newton and Jack S.
Nrwton, both of the U. S. Army,
Thomas A. Newton and Joseph R.
Newton, both of the U. S. Navy,
and Haywood P. Hall, U. S. Ma
rines; a sister, Mrs. J. T. William
son, of Wilmington; fourteen nieces
and four nephews.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced later.
MRS. MARGARET CANADY
Funeral services for Mrs. Mar
garet H. Canady 77, widow of
James U. Canady, who died Mon
day morning at the home of her
daughter, Mis. Ge#rge B. Apple
white, of Carolina Beach, were
held at 3:30 p.m. yesterday at '.no
Yopp funeral home with the Rev.
Sankey L. Blanton, pastor of the
First Baptist chu.cb, and the Rev.
C. D. Barclift, officiating. Burial
was in the family lot at Snead’s
Ferry.
Active pallbearers were Leroy
H. Taylor, John D. Grant, R. G.
Davis, W. T. Kraft, Jr., Wilbur M
Warren and Thomas Burriss.
Surviving Mrs Canady are tour
daughters: Mrs Applewhite; Mrs.
Henry B. Marshburn of Wilming
ton; Mrs. Alfred Nelson of Wil
mington; Mrs. C. E. Brinson of
Charleston, S. C ; four sons: J. C.
Canady of Baltimore, Md.; George
R. and Fulton H Canady of Caro
lina Beach; and W. Herman Can
ady of Wilmington.
Also surviving are two sisters:
Mrs. Mary Grant and Mrs. Eliza
beth Taylor of Wilmington.
MISS ADA SCHENCK
Funeral services lor Miss Ada
Bromley Schenck, daughter of the
late Nicholas and Mary Eliza
Schenck, who didd at her home in
Saluda Sunday, were held at 3
p.m. yesterday at the Oakdale
cemetery with the Rev. M. M.
Glover, officiating.
A former Wilmingtonian, Miss
Schenck is survived by a sister,
Mrs. John J. Disosway, of Wilming
ton; nieces, Mrs. James F. Mc
Kinley of San Antonio, Texas and
Mrs. Cogswell Oakes of Washing
ton, D. C.; and one nephew, Nichol
as Holmes of Greensboro.
Pallbearers were Robert
Strange, Harris Clark. Eugene
Hicks, E. Y. Wooten, Stone Pul
liam, Allen Whitehead, Frank Har
rie and C. McD. Davis.
COL. AVERLY L. HOLMES
EL PASO, Texas, June 19—Full
military honors were accorded Col.
Averly L. Holmes, who died in the
Beaumont General hospital at Fort
Bliss Saturday. Mondav afternoon
Col. Holmes, who was the son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Andrew G.
Holmes of Councils, N. C., was
educated at Trinity college, now
Duke university, of Durham, N. C.
and Atlanta Dental college, At
lanta, Ga.
He entered the dental Corps of
the regular army in 1917 as a First
Lieutenant and served through the
various grades, including the rank
of Colonel, until he was retired in
1944 for disability. During World
War I he served in France and in
the army of occupation in Ger
many. Since returning to the
states in 1922, he served at army
posts in the United States and Ha
waii and as an instructor in the
Army Medical school in Washing
ton. His last assignment was the
Beaumont hospital, where he died.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Miss Mary Harrington,
daughter of Judge J. D. Harring
ton, of El Paso; a son, David, and
a daughter, Dianne; a sister, Mrs.
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A. R. Benneti,. of Norfolk, Va., and
three brothers, Dr. A. Bryon
Holmes of Fairmont, Cuthbert B.
Holmes, of Councils, and Clayton
C. Holmes, of Wilmington.
FRANK FARROW
Funeral services for Frank Far
row, 63, retired fisherman who died
Monday night at his home on Ma
sonboro Sound, will be held at 4
p.m. today at the Masonboro Bap
tist church with the Rev. T. H.
King, pastor, officiating. Burial
will be in the church cemetery.
The body will be taken from Har
rell’s funeral home to the church
at 3 p.m.
Active pallbearers will be Ray
mond, Frank, Julius, Tim and Sam
Farrow and Earle Todd.
Honorary pallbea >ers will be
Addison Hewlett, Sr., E. P. H.
Strunck, J. H. Fennell, Fred Pep
per, O. W. King, Henry Kirkman
and John Brinkley.
Mr. Farrow, who was a member
of the Masonboro Baptist church,
Woodmen of the World and im
pioved Order of Redmen, is sur
vived by his widow, Mrs. Frank
Farrow; a brother, Ilie Fariow
and Mrs. L. B. Todd, a sister, both
of Wilmington Rt. 2, and several
nieces and .nephews.
JOHN BARNETT
WARSAW, June 19—(Special) —
John Barnett, aged Warsaw Town
ship farmer died this morning at
his home after a long illness. Fu
neral services for him will be held
from the home in Warsaw tomor
row afternoon at 4 o'clock with the
Rev. G. Vann Stephens in charge.
Interment will be in Pinecrest
cemetery. Several sons and daugh
ters survive.
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4-H clubs throughout Wyoming
have adopted home ground beau
tification as one of their most im
portant current projects.
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OPA CHIEF CITIES
FOOD REDUCTIONS
(Continued from Page One)
placing of all the food program
under the Secretary of Agriculture
Mr. Herring predicted that the
cumulative effe :t of these moves
would result in improvement of the
meat situation.
Mr. Herring cited President Tur
man-s statement that we had a :
habit of running into impossible
jobs and doing thrm and he be
lieved that this d.'thculty would be
overcome soon.
Gene Edwards, manager of a
local grocery, agreed with Mr.
anc| expressed the opinion
that the farmers, in the face of
civilian panic and many handicaps
hp- ° Bcooroo'ished miracles.
He predicted a severe sugar
shortage lasting until next sprint
but added that crop production
would be great, possibly the second
greatest of all rime
Mr. Edwards explained tha'
shortage in the face of increased
Droduction was due to several
factors. First we are eating mon .
War-swollen incomes have ennabl
ed people to buy more food.
Another factor was the Army
which, with one-tenth of our popu
lation, takes one-sixth of the fold
and one-fourth of the meat.
The average civilian consumes
1,460 pounds of food a year, while
a soldier takes approximately one
ton. and twice as much meat. The
Army takes nearly all canned meat
and six of 10 canned foods. Waste
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is a large item and should be
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example of 106.000 pounds of rice
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Other factors are lend lease,
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fall along with canned goiids Egg*
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