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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES, MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, N. C v
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1948
Carteret County UevS:Times
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I The Beaufort News (est. 1912) ft The Twin City Times (est. 1936)
f$jDlTORIAL PAGE
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1948
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rXqualizaiion Board Meets Each Month
" 'iir' The coun,y commissioners will meet Monday in the audi
.nui tor's office at the cpurt house and nine chances nut of 10 some
'"person will appear to request a change in valuat on of his prop
erly or property of the corporation he represents. In other
words the county commissioners sit as a board of equalization
every month instead of only once a year as they arc intended.
To consider mr.Uers involving change of property valuation
JlJJ'.akes time. That is the reason that one whole day was set aside
i"ifin March for the county commissioners to hear complaints on
."' valuations and not a single soiltary taxpayer showed up.
(llM. There's no excuse for people to say they don't know what
.Imiithe board of equalization is or does. It is always clearly and
plainly stated ahead of time in a special announcement in the
i'oIi. newspaper that "any adjustments in tax valuations . . . must be
OUT OF THIS WORLD
(hi it
made at this time.'
. !(') JO oe cccommooaung me commissioners stop 10 eonsiuer
"" Valuation problems at their monthly meeting. .But they would
, be fully within their rights to request such petitioners to appear
i at the 1949 board of equalization meeting.
Any taxpayer griping about valuation is usually complain
, , -,'fILng because it's too high-unless his senses ifave suddenly left
t him. Making adjustments after the tax bills have gone out not
only alters the amount of revenue the county planned in its bud
get but it wass the commissioners' time and causes extra
.M.1IT
,, ; trouble for clerks working on the tax books.
1 ' For efficiency and the sake of expediency and revenue, prop
' crty valuation adjustments should be made at the meeting of the
I ,,. board of equalization. If commissioners are willing to consider
1 ' ' 1 ' such requests, and they usually are, the least the taxpayer can
do is present that request at the proper time.
Oar Inninq . . .
Another Tidewster League baseball season has come and
gone, and local sports fans are turning their attention toward
"ihe Shaughnessy playoffs which will begin this weekend. TIIF
NEWS TIMKS sports staff hopes to cover the playoffs with the
same authenticity and reliability that enabled fans to get a com
prehensive picture of this season's race for the league champion-
hip and that moved the league to recognize THE NKWS-TIMES
--Tidewater League baseball standings as the official figure of the
'. 3ftpague at a meeting last week. '
' Be sure to follow the action in the playoffs on THE NEWS
I -p-TIMES sports page.
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the current numbers of "Life" and
"Collier's."
THE COLLECTION Although
State employees have not had a
general raise since July 1, 1947,
they will be called upon to make
contributions to the Democratic
campaign fund very shortly now.
Retiring Democratic Chairman W.
P. Horton turned over to New
Chairman Capus Waynick approxi
mately $14,000, but this will not
prove sufficient for the battle with
the GOP this year. No demands
are made on State employees for
donations to the party, but sug
gestions are passed down the line,
and most of tnem like to feel that
they are helping fellow Democrats
to victory.
SAVE THE SOIL
" " B Roy R. Beck
' Soil Conservationist
STATE EMPLOYEES ASSOCIA
TION The State Employees
group is now set up in districts
as follows: Elizabeth City, Wil
mington, Raleigh-Durham, Wins-ton-Salem-Greensboro,
Chariot te,
Gastonia, Asheville, and State Of
fice I and II. It costs $3.00 to
join. Main goal: five-day work
week.
A drive for new members is now
under way in the State Department
of Agriculture. Mason Swearingcn
is president. R. Mayne Albright
is attorney fori the association.
Farmers' cooperating with Lower
Neuse Soil Conservation District
are taking the lead in seeding
poorly drained land to permanent
pasture. Raymon Dickinson and
M. D. Pridgeon started things off
by getting their land ready and
seeding his pasture on September
nest Puinn seeded four acres to
ladino clover or hogs on Septem
ber 3 and Sam Poilard finished
setding his pasture on September
seventh. These early seedings
have time to make a good growth
before cold weather sets in and
the low-lying poorlv-drained land
becomes saturated by fall rains.
Over twenty-five other District
cooperators are preparing land
this week for pasture seedings.
Lawrence Garner. District Super
visor, says "several thousand acres
of poorly drained land in Cartoret
county should be seeded to per
manent pasture because it is good
land use and because the farmers
of the county need a livestock
program." And the county AAA
committee is supporting this pro
gram by assisting the farmers in
the purchase of lime and by fur
nishing certified pasture grass
seed through a purchase order
plan. i
Your County Soil conservation
ist has included permanent pas
tures in practically all soil conser
vation farm plans and is now help
ing district cooperators and their
pastures.
Truck Wrecks Boat
SINGAPORE (AP) - Most
surrealistic accident of the year
truck collides with boat. The boat
was parked in a field for repairs.
The driver of a military truck
backed into it. Considerable dam
age was done.
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WRITING PADS ,
BELL'S DRUG STC3E
BEAUFORT
LETTERS
TO THE EDITOR
1
shrimping season this can be very
costly. Dut to this hardship and
cost involved we wonder why some
system of registration was not
established here on the Island.
Iffo aleigh RfeteMigSir
jffiound up
September 6, 1948
a j, Ocracoke, N. C-
Editor of The News-Times
Beaufort, N. C. '
Dear Sir:
... For a. long time we, the people
cT Ocracoke Island, have been
treated as a forgotten people by
Itfc mainland part of Hyde county
-J"& mam nf iiq this hna not hopn
i ficK o worry about; at times we
r .ve considered ourselves very
tunate in not being asked to
f ,le part in Hyde's crude game of
t ftlitics. But during the past few
jars things have gradually gone
t .4m bad to worse. At the present
are searching for some means
t- fireminding Swanquarter that we,
t!kTtthis isolated sand spit, are a
. fge part of the commonweaiin
illyde.
The Jatest two events are just
i'fo6 much for a people to take
ifiwtthout registering some sort of
complaint.
- The children have not received
niom the county vaccinations for
small pox. typhoid, and diphtheria
In about six or seven years. Dur
ing these years the parents have
bpn forced to buv the serum and
then pay the local nurses for giv
ing the shots. About two weeks
ago the County Nurse honored us
with a visit. She very graciously
save the small pox vaccination and
the first treatment for typhoid
and diphtheria; at this time she
Informed the parents that she
would not be able to come back
to give the additional shots necev
sary for diphtheria and typhoid.
We ask why is it that she can not
come back? Where are the chil
dren suppose to get these addi
tional treatments? We would like
to ask if her duties as County
Nurse do not Include Ocracoke?
r Even in the registration of the
young men of this Island Hyde
BBuntv has failed us. Under the
. present system the boys have to
undergo an unnecessary hardship
and expense. In order to reach
Swanquarter these boys have to
leave at 6 p.m. one day and travel
through three counties. This trip
requires two days as they will have
This means that they will lose two
days work in the middle of the
The above examples
juchtreatmenui that we ha
beeav'iteeelvinfl ' for "lo" the
are only
ave !
ese ,
many years, , W.fre now begin-!
nmg-to worfaer just how much i
longer are we to remain a forgot- j
ten people.
Very truly yours.
Troy S. Williams
Bv Kula P.'-xon Greenwood
PAVER I'KICKS In the event
your favorite newspaper finds it
rocessarv to increase the subs:'rip-,
HUM ('1 111 , lllll l in auiiin.il". i
Newspaper paper . . . called
I pcwsm-int by the trade . . . sold
for $53 per ton. delivered, before
I the war. On September 1, 194:),!
I K had gone to $U2 per tun. On
(October 11, 1946, the price had
climbed to $38.
! On August 1, the newspaper
raper on which your hometow
n" s was printed, cost, delivered,
$106 per ton ... or a jump of 100
per cent since prewar days.
tion, Shoe-Shiners Association,
etc., etc.? If you do, better have
a talk with the man who will re
present you in the General As
sembly next year. There seems to
be a move on foot to curtail the I
powers of some of these licensing
boards, and one or two are being !
considered for possible liquida
tion. Plans for new boards, etc.,
will have tough sledding indeed.
Beaufort
Sept. 4, 1948
to the Editor:
The new Carolina Telephone
and Telegraph books are very nice.
It's about time we got some new
ones, too. But to look at the front
cover one would think that they
were issued for the county of
Morehead of which Morehcad City
is the county seat.
For the information of the tele
phone company: Atlantic, Beau
fort, Marshallberg, Morehead City,
and Newport are located in Car
teret county. The directory would
be more accurately titled if "Car
teret County" appeared on the
cover with the listing of the five
towns alphabetically beneath it.
They should also appear alphabe
tically throughout the book.
Swansboro, too, is partly in Car
teret county, perhaps numbers
there could be listed in next year's
directory as well numbers at Bo
gue. If the phone company has a sug
geation box, maybe someone will
drop this In.
A Reader and Phone-Uset
:: Smile a While ::
Political Speaker: I'm pleased
to see this' dense crowd here to
night. .
Voice from the back: Don't be
too pleased; we ain't all dense.
THE DRY VOTE State offi
cials were not so much surprised
t tlirs cow-ties' votinu out beer
and wine in fact, most of them
were expected to toss the brown
brew and the "sneaky Pete"
as wine is sometimes referred to
ut the window. But the tre
mendous vote by which they were
beaten knocked most observers
for a loop, and it was the subject
of much conversation in Raleigh
last week.
(.m look for the large distillers to
spend plenty of money between
now and January and during the
l.egislitiue in an attempt to halt
the dry movement.
Kerr Scott came out for a re
ferendum and said he meant it.
With the folks back home talking
dry and voting dry and with L. A.
Martin, United Dry Forces leader
1 1 Davidson County in the House,
it may be that the General Assenv
j lily will clear the way for a State-
xMr rpfeiendum.
The feeling in Raleigh is that
manv a legislator will regret it if
he doesn't abide by the wishes of
his constituents in this regard . . .
and the wishes seem to be leaning
sharply to the arid. Pulling
against the House member or
Strte senator from dry area will
be wet friends nnd lobbyists.
The House has given the wets
all their troubles since 1941, but
it may be the State senate this
time.
WHY? Why are people turn
ing so sharply against the legal
aic of alcohol? The No. 1 answer
to this question, as picked up at
random by this column during the
past few days, is the careless and
en lawless manner in which the
places which handle wine end beer
operate. Also, the young people
are drinking too much. One State
official says that he stopped at a
service station to buy some gas
on Easter Sunday afternoon and
'ound the place swarming with
boys and girl; drinking beer and
wine, dancing, and kicking un a
fuss in general. Too many crimes
are being traced to beer, wine, and
likker.
The people just seem to be get
ting sick and tired of it.
IN THE LEGISLATURE You
PREPARATIONS William C.
Bullitt, writing in "Life" on "How
We Won the War and Lost the
Peace," says there is a strong pos
sibility of war with Russia within
six months.
Meantime, here in Raleigh and
in North Carolina, reserve officers
are daily being called back into
service; young men are registering
for the draft, are being inducted,
and two North Carolina bases will
be reactivated by January 1. Read,
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REFERENDUM If a vote
throughout North Carolina were
held today on whether wine, whis
key and beer could be sold legally
in all the counties,' you would
see the drys win hands down
probably by a two to one margin.
You keep an eye on this prohibi
tion movement, for it's the host
test thing going these days . . .
and is getting hotter all the time.
$500,000 From the Washing-Merry-Go-Around
of September 4:
"The Republican National Com
mittee is sending special publicity
men to help GOP Senatorial candi
dates in doubtful states. Also, the
committee has earmarked $300,000
for these contests."
How much is coming into North
Carolina, Bub?
LOOK OUT! Do you belong
to the Barbers Association, Plum
bers Association, Builders Associa-
Boyi Capacity Tested
YARMOUTH, England (AP)
The ice cream man was Irate.
Four boys, two of them 12, one 11
and the other eight, stole 64 bricks
of Ice- cream and ate them all in
one night, he told the court. The
boy were placed on probation.
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