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(-"JTirr T t1 PAGE TWO v. CARTERET COUNTY KEW3 TIMES, MOMXEAft CTTT AND BEAUFORT, M. C Carlerel County A Merger Of The Beaufort New (et. 1912) & The Twin City Times (est. 1936) EDITORIAL PAGE Who Saw-the Wind A-Passing By? Results of the hurricane: V one broken field daisy. splendid experience in perparation for big storm. some frayed nerves. .. loss of faith in communiques which put out false in- a formation. needless evacuation of beach families who may not ;: return for the rest of the season. " The big wind went out to sea, veering north northeast 110 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras. Even so, with gale winds cov ering a distance of 140 miles, as reported, it seems as though we should have felt more effect of the hurricane here than we did. Old Mr. Stormy viewed the coast with calculating eye and puffed to himself, "Reckon it's not worth wreckin'." That infor mation, however, was not obtained from the weather bureaus. He saw lew boats to toss about and those that were on the waterfront had so many lines to them they looked like spiders in the midst of webs. We are all ready for the blow that passed us by But even before the hurricane was scheduled to hit, radio flashes had practically half of eastern North Carolina inundated. Friends and relatives upstate and out-of-state had to telephone and speak to residents here personally. "Are you all right? We heard over the radio that Beaufort was under water!" Press services were told by NEWS-TIMES reporters that there was hardly a breeze stirring here, that there wasn't a drop of rain- but phones continued to ring all Monday night, "Have you started evacuating down there yet?" We told them no, but were going to start considering it seriously if they kept waking us up. Our folks have never run from a storm. If movie news reelmen, Broadcasting companies, and reporters hot-footed it down here expecting to see a mass evacuation they would have been disappointed. Our older folks have lived through many a storm right here, and we can too. Some businessmen estimate that $25,000 in Labor Day trade was sucked away by the threatened hurricane . . . others of us are wondering why reportsm the storm weren't sent hourly rath er than every three or four hours . . . also why radio reports in ferred Tuesday morning that Morehead City residents were in hopes that the strong winds and high waves would soon die down. There weren't any to begin with. But it's just another one of those cases where the spoken word, fleeting and intangible, carries weight only in times of dan ger or crisis. Tuesday afternoon Capt. Ted Lewis took a party to Cape Lookout by way of the ocean, and the water was as calm as an inland like. The rain we have had the past few days and the cool weather is just a plain old mullet shift, declare old-timers. The next hurricane may not pass us by. But ID to one that storm will blow up so fast we won't )iave a bit of warning. A Little Help, Please State Highway commission please take notice . . . The new highway from the Morehead City yacht basin sev eral hundred feet west to the intersection with highway 70 is splendid, but there should be red reflectors and an arrow point ing to the right on the sign stating that west bound traffic should make the gradual turn. t The red and white sign is all right in the daytime but at "night the car headlights don't catch it until the motorist is prac ' tically upon it. 'MViJNMMainmiJMaalMaMaMaVVHVMp"MMMMllBatta '" Ufo The Good Old Days THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO A hurricane swept the county , doing great damage to crops and livestock. At Marshallberg the two churches and a number of houses vere blown from their foundations, and Allen Taylor of the mail ser vice reported the woods full of boats. ':- Senator M. Leslie Davis attended the opening of Wake Forest col lege. His nephew, John Humher 1 entered the college as a freshman. ".'. Hugh Hill, Grayer Hudgins," Ray mond Wheatly and Thomas Noe were attending A & M. college. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO ' Public schools were to open Mon flay. Newport and Atlantic schools were scheduled to open in another two weeks. Japan suffered a terrific earth quake. Tokyo and Yokohama were severely damaged. TEN YEARS AGOx ?. There was a possibility that the WPA Bookmobile might come to - Carteret county in the late winter, ;. T. T. (Tom) Potter arranged for a plane to be here through Labor Day, which would take passengers CAHTESET CCTltTT Kn7&TC3S Carter County's Only Newspaper ".'"','. A Merger Of . THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Est 191J) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (EilI93S) Published Tuwdajrt and Fridays By 'THE CARTERET WTBLISHINQ COMPANY, INC V Loekwood Phillips Publishers Eleanor Dear Phillips Ruth Lecfcey Peeling, Executive .Editor - ' Publishing Of (lose At , SOT Evans Street. Morehead City X30 Craven Street, Beaufoif, N, MaU rate: In Carteret. CHtven, Pamlico, Hyde and Onslow Counties 15.00 one year; S3.00 six nonius: 1.W three months; fl.00 one month. Outside te above named -eouatles Sf.QB oste yvan; S3.5Q tlx months: -13.00 three month; 11.00" one month,; , . :. Member Of Associated Press Greater Weeklies N. C. Press Asaociatloa - ' - Audrt Bereau of Circulations . Entered as Second Claaa Matter at Morehead City, N. C under Act of March 3. 187S . . 'ihe Aaaorlated Press Is entitled evduslvely to aae for aMtweJIcatlon of le ft -w printed In this mews pa per, aa well as all AP news dispatches, .tits of republlcaUoa otaerwtaa reserved. Ilews-Timos FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1948 aloft for an aerial tour of Beau fort, Morehead City and Atlantic Beach for $1. The Carteret Hardware company was displaying a white marl in caught off Ocean City, Md., by Christopher Jones. FIVE YEARS AGO School opened with a record en rollment of students. " Beits Bakery closed after opera ting for 14 years. Shortages of but ter and sugar, plus the difficulty of getting help were responsible. The Beaufort police department received its first Black Myriah pat rol wagon. : : Smile a While : : He glanced at the beautiful wom an beside him, his look heavy with anxiety and humble pleading, but she was unconscious of his tippeal. For long moments he watched her, struggling with his. emotions, desir ing, yet afraid, to ask .the qvestioa that trembled on his lips. At last he spoke, wistfully, yearningly: "Mac, c'n I have another piece of pieT" Sunshine Magazine N. C. C. life mm mm an TO CHARLOTTE An official of the Bank of Charlotte said last week that Charles M, Johnson, State Treasurer, would become executive vice president of that institution in January. It is understood that Johnson lias been proffered a half-dozen handsome positions since his de feat by Kerr Scott for the Demo cratic nomination for GovcrnDr, two of which would remove him from North Carolina. Although he received a relatively small vote in Wake County, he has lots of friends here, and many Raleigh officials have expressed the wish that he mieht find a suitable job in the Capital City. Incidentally, the Bank of Char lotte is an unusual banking house. It doesn't keep what has become known as "banking hours," but opens at 9 o'clock jn the morning and remains open until 5 o'clock in the afternoon .... and is the only bank in the state to go to such ends to keep its customers happy. Its president w T. M. Shel ton, 38-year-old, ruddy-faced, Es" quirish powerhouse who is also president of Meltons (mens clothes, etc.). an oil company, and three other concerns. In a recent issue of the Charlotte Observer his firms carried five one-page ads. RECORDS The report in Ra leigh is that the Republicans are now spending $1,500 per week on radio programs for John A. Wil kinson, Republican candidate op posing J. M. Broughton for the U. S. Senate. Last week, he was on 39 sta tions lambasting in a good radio voice one Harry S. Truman,, and seems to be breaking all known records in radio speech-making in North Carolina. He will notice, for the records have beeji cut and are now wending their way like flying saucers all across the State, from Waynesville in the west to mm m-ms i mmm mm. wmmmm lltound up LIVESTOCK PASTURES mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmjm Growing pasture for livestock on poorly drained soils is good land 'use. Ask your Courtly Sofl Conser vationisi lo help yen plan Ihe correct use for soils found on your farm. FffiST-ciTEEiis mm fit TRUST COIIPAIIY TIT3 TX2D TESTED hfeiaBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT Eesdsrt, IL C PINS AND N'ZCZDLES Elizabeth City down in the country. The general theme of the Rc- publican aavemsing in .u roiina this fill will be woras 10 this effect: "The next national administration is going to be Re publican. Send a Republican to Washington to look after ybur interests, etc." The above is for the"' Congressmen and the Senator ial candidate. In the State if yilkinson's early speeches are anv criterion it will be the same old theme song: "Break up that Raleigh machine." Ho hum. NOTES Charlie Parker. Scott publicity man, said Saturday that Democratic campaign WUI gel underway this week ... He will handle the publicity and material for some of the speeches. They tell yon in Durham that it was not Henry Wallace who cancelled his room reservation there, but the hotel management, which did not want that holstery to be the scene of racial troubles. Howard McGrath, no doubt with an eve on the Negro vote, said a few weeks ago that there would be no segregation of whites and Howard McGrath, no doubt with an eye on the Negro vote, said a few weeks ago that there would r no segregation of ,whites and blacks who toil in the offices of the National Democratic Execu tive Committee. However, Joe Blythe of Charlotte, N. C, now says that Chairman McGrath was talking through his Stetson . . . t least Nearoes and whites will not work cheeck-to-jowl in the Na tional Democratic Treasurer's of fice. The entire State Highway Com mission, with the possible excep tion of Jordan, niay be moved out because they didn't vote right in the Primary. Has the present Commission done a poor job of road-building? Well, everybody is complaining about all the detours. INSURANCE CORPORATION flat That's a sign work is going on Qnmouhnra It's a PonH hiuh- way indeed which does not have I "Slow Men Working" cautions placed along the shouldcjs . . . and it has been impossible during the past six months to travel from Durham to Burlington without de touring by Highway Chairman Sandy Graham's home in Hillsboro . . . If .the next Commission does as well as the present, there should be no complaints. INSPECTIONS Last Saturday morning, as the temperature was tiwin toward 95 in most sections of the State, many a motorist rea . . . . . . , - . . ... . . . ., ... hours in which to have his car inspected. In Winston-Salem, 500 cars stood waiting for the arrival of the inspectors. Conditions had become so bad on Friday afternoon at the Raleigh inspection grounds that the radio was used to urge car-owners to go to Wake Forest. There, on Saturday morning, cars swarmed all over the place. Pers piration flowed. Tempers were short. In the Twin City, young sters were making good money selling son armies to me drivers in line, while in Raleigh State Col- lege uuys were uuing incuy wcu as car-sitters. Meantime, garages all over the State raked in the cash. The me chanics had their troubles, too, however, finding parts for old ja looies, collecting for the parts and labor after the job had been com pleted. All in all, the inspection program is being called "a good thing'' in one breath and cursed to a faYe-thee-well in the next. With new cars virtually unobtain able and more old cars on the road than ever before, it hit the State at a mighty bad time. Watch the '49 Legislature. OFF THE CUFF Although many 01 mo uixiecrai electors an Hnuun! Illegal Entry. Property Damage, Perjury. Theft Yery Sad. Very Sad! Poor Junior! He's 1 ' ways In a Jam. It'd he much worse if It were i, real burglar and then Dad would be in lam! Unless he hat our burglary Insurance which fives complete ' coverage. Call today and consult our agent , about your needs. , Dial I1-3S2-1 John L. Cramp ; '" ' ' -X:"''' -v '-' v..'.-:'- i INSURANCE ft REAL ESTATE 2) ArendeU St ' Harchead City . I I nounced Sunday have been known for years as anti-New Dealers, there were two or three' eyebrow lifters in the group, among them Oldline Democrat Wiley Barnes of Raleigh (whom some blame for causing Wake to go against J. M. Broughton in the Primary) and Dr. Luther Little of Charlotte, one of the South's leading Baptist mi nisters, v ' Secretary of State Thad Eure is ranidly becoming known as an expert on the harmonica. He's been playing the "mouth-organ" for a lone time in a nonchalant, casual sort of way, but now he seems to be more in demand cs a French harpist than as a speaker. He performed for the taxi-drivers in convention the other day, and I has several requests" on tap now for performances about the State. Nobody seems to know what the new Governor will say and do about taxation, appointments, I roads, and education. Kerr Scott has everybody guessing. He said something the other day about the j possible necessity of accelerating the gas tax. He is also known to have a sharp eye on what is hap pening down in Louisiana, where gasoline now sells for as much as 31 cents per gallon and cigarettes cost 27 cents per pack. In short. Scott has the perennial lobbyists . . . who heretofore have been able ' i to pro-guess incomine Governors, i . . . running around in circles. Tiiev are placing their whole con fidence in a conservative, stand onl Stnte Senate, where 26 stub born men can, if they wish, tie up the Governor's program and the vill of tip entire Legislature. This may well happen next January-February-March. HOW MANY How many Re publicans will there in the next Legislature? Normally, there are .""o'liid 12 to 15. In moments of slack conversation. State officials I'st week made their guesses as to the number, and solemnly wrote down and filed them away, to be forgotten if they arc far wrong, to be gleefully brought out again and paraded with "I-told-you-so's" if they are right.' In 1929, after, the Al Smith de bacle, there were around 40 Re publicans in the two branches of the General Assembly. Guesses this time run as high as 30, which indicates 1 that leading Demomts don't think the party is in as bad shape as in 1928 despite the Pro gressives and the Dixie boys. This time we may have four in the Senate, and 18 to 20 in the House. India Plans School CALCUTTA (AP) India's government has announced plans to set up a technological institute modelled on the Massachusetts In stitute of Technology. The plans call for initial expenditure of $2. 500,000. The government of West Bengal has donated 1,000 acres of land for the project. . E. O. MOOR Carl:rci County Tax Ccllcdcr IIEERDION Mr. J. C, Mclntvre, of Newport News, Va., b spending his vacation with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Adams and Miss Nita Carraway. 'Mr. and Mrs. Tom Carraway, of Beaufort, spent Sunday afternoon with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Carraway. . ; Mfssrs George Dixon, J. M. Stall ings, Sr., and Jr-M. Stallings. Jr., Elizabeth Stallings, Joan Nelson and Robert Lee Nelson spent Sat urday in Pamlico County. Mrs. Ben Rogers, Mts. Bell Campion and children and Miss Nan Rogers left for Graham on Sunday after visiting with Mrs. J. W. .Adams and Miss Nita Carr away. Mr. Grav Willis, of Morehead City, spent the weekend at home with his family. Mr. D. M. Salter, Mrs. W. E. Lawrence, Mrs. Thurman Pittman and Guy Carraway were in New Bern on Thursday of last week. Mr. and Mrs. George Carraway and children, of Bachelor and Mr. and Mrs. 'John Felton and little daughter of Beaufort. RFD. spent the weekend with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Carraway. Mrs. H. M. Carraway returned home on Sunday night from Cher- rv Point wher shn had hppn rnn- . . ,. . , . vuiesiiug at me iiuiue ui net daughter, Mrs. Milton Pittman. 3-Pc. Bedroom Suite Consisting of bed, vanity and chest of drawers. Here is your chance to save on the purchase of a new bedroom suite. Come in today! Beg. $149.95 How $119.88 EASY Government Restrictions On BUY Complete Home SO. FRONT ST. NEW BI5IS11 iTiii We Deliver in Radius of 100 Miles 1948 AX HAY BE PAID 11017 1 DISCOUNT FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER i, 1918 Mrs. Carraway is much better we are glad to report. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Enter, of Cher ry Point, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Carraway over the weekend. Rev. W. D. Caviness, of More head City, filled his appointment here on Sunday. He was dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Carraway. Friends Of Mrs. Emily Nelson ,i(r .. gave her a surprise birthday party -on last Thursday night. Mrs. Net- son was taken out for a ride about : 1 nVlnoIr whan cna arrived and en- ill''., ; tered her home the lights came li" on and everyone sang-happy birth' m 4. day. She received many nice and i) ' useful gifts. After many games, riHit ' Mrs. W. E. -Lawrence and Mrs. Iwid . J. M. Stallings served assorted can dies, ice cream end cakes to ap proximately the 35 persons pre sent. BARCELONA (AP) Gabino Stuyck, director of Spain's Royal Tapestry Factory, is the sixth gen eration of his family to hold this post. Jacob Van der Goten, Fle mish artist, was the first director when Phillip, the fifth, founded the factory in 1720. A grand ne phew, Livinio Stuyck, succeeded him, and ever since there has been a Stuyck as director of the Mad rid factory where the ancient art is kept alive. All Wool Rugs 9' x 12'. See the patterns and colors designed to har monize with the scheme of your home. $37.88 TERMS Credit Are Effective Sept. 20th NOW! 1 Furnishers BERN, N. C. 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