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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 194a
Carteret Counly News-Times
.' " A Merger Of
The Beaufort News est. 1912) & The Twin City Timet (est. 193p)
EDITORIAL PAGE
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1948
A Problem With Only One Answer
.-. Ever since counly government has begun to figure largely in
the lives of residents schools, welfare, health, law there has
never been the problem here of what to do with "til the money."
There has always been too much to do with too little.
.And as continuous as this problem may be, there is always
an occasional crossroad more momentous in its ramifications
than the rcadway over which we have just passed.
Such a crossroads was encountered by county commissioners
a their November meeting. The welfare department made a re
quest that would increase the amount originally set aside for it
this year, there was a request by a salesman that the county pur
chase a tax calculating machine which would modernize the pres
ent system, and there was the request for an assistant county
: farm af?ent.
Recalling that at previous board meetings it was mentioned
that fireproof vaults should be obtained for tax records and that
the vault in the register of deeds' office should be greatly en
' larged, commissioners are wiping their brows and hoping that
some wildcatter will strike oil on county land.
When the Carteret Counly Bar association presents a re
quest in December for a soundproof court ro6m and other im
provements in that part of the court house, the commissioners
better call to the fore their sense of humor and the bar associa
tion better do likewise.
All these improvements to the court house would be desir
able, and aid 'to welfare department "dependents" in some cases
should be increased. But from a long-range view, no request has
been placed before the county commissioners- which would better
the county as a whole more than the request for an assistant farm
agent.
This request, which has the support of county farmers, Cham-
! bers of Commerce, and State College agriculture extension spec
ialists, holds within it potentialities of financial enrichment for
1 the farmer and the businessman.
S The major work of the assistant farm agent would be to
i teach 411 boys and girls how to profitably raise chickens and dairy
herds. Within a recent 12 months meat markets in Beaufort
alone paid to growers outside of this county $38,000 for poultry.
I It is estimated that within the next 12 months 772,000 pounds of
milk, more than $100,000 worth, will be imported into the county,
j!, This is the same as going to Onslow county to buy collards
I . -when we can grow them in our own backyards. It's a constant
?'. unnecessary drain on financial resources.
And this business about Carteret county not being able to
1 support grasses for grazing is, according to Dr. R. S. Lovvorn;
i professor of agronomy, State College, just so much baloney, to
,put it bluntly. It can be done and done profitably, but wc have
to be taught how and the best place to begin is with youngsters
J who don't have notions handed down from generation to genera-
; tion about what will grow here and what will not. , ., , .. . ,
Each year science makes advances in agriculture improved
! fertilizers come on the market, improved seeds, improved feeds for
poultry and if the majority of us ignore this and continue to
( weep over our plight, we deserve no sympathy.
' It has been proved time and time again, in this state, and
1 others throughout the nation that projects undertaken, by 4 II
boys and girls have blazed new trails in farming. These small
scale projects have grown into businesses by which the youngsters, ,
grown into adults, earn their living and better the communities in
which they live. - x
But the youngsters must have intelligent guidance and con
' slant supervision. The present county agent, whose duty it is to
assist the thousand farmers in Carteret county and also conduct
boys' 4-H meetings, cannot devote the time needed to promote
Poultry and dairy industries.
And what would be the cost to the county for an assistant
. ajgent? $1,200. One hundred dollars a month. The remainder
of his salary would be paid by the state and federal governments.
' Looking at the proposition from a cold business view-point,
what request for funds placed before the county commissioners
has the promise of return on investment equal to this?
- If the commissioners arc to make a favorable decision, it
ean't be put off until Christmas, or after. It should be made at
Jtholr next meeting, Dec. 6, or before, because requests for as
sistant agents from other counties are numerous and if the prop
er man is to be found, our request, to .schools graduating poultry
and dairy specialists must be math; as soon as possible.
An assistant farm agent means a more prosperous future -for
Carteret county.
: : Smil a While : :
A foreman, while watching a
f ship carpenter working en the side
: of a boat, noticed that the work
( roan would drive a nail into the
siae oi me ooat, men anotner, and
then throw one over his shoulder.
When 'this continued, he called to
I the workman. "Hey you, why throw
( those nails away?"
i Back came the prompt answer,
"Why, they have the head on tlu
wrong end."
To which the foreman replied,
i "You fool, don't throw nails like
that away; we use them on the
j other side of the boat."
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DIDN'T KNOW IT WOULD THAT KKD. C? PAOTY
kit iS
mJMh ' j
bor isn't satisfied with what his
outfit ,has been granted, he has
recourse in the Legislature, This is
true of all departments.
What Kerr Scott has beep wit
nessing, then, was only " the
first round of a three or four-round
bout. So far, he has been only an
Intensely interested, onlooker. , In
January, he steps into the ring.
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By Eula Nixon Greenwood
EYE-OPENERS Kerr Scott,
who will be your next Governor,
sat with the Advisory Budget Com
mission last week and watched the
parade go by. Each appropriation
request was an eye-opener for him
and for the members of the body
which will have to do the whittling.
There has never been anything
like it in this State. No matter
what North. Carolina's income may
be during the next two years, it
cannot begin to fulfill the finan
cial -demands which are being
made upon it.
However, here is one thing to re
member as you read and hear
October Liquor Sales
ToUl $56,845.20
Liquor spies (or the month of
October totaled $56,846.20, accord
ing to a report issued from the
county auditor's office.
Sales in Morehead City totaled
$24,713.30, Beaufort, $19,786.15,
and Newport, $12,336.75. Cross
profit amounted to $14,956.04 and
net profit (estimated), $4,665.35.
Cost of operation Was $2,913.69
and North Carolina sales tax, $4,
831.93. 1
Beaufort's' share of the income
was $905.22, Morehead' City's
$563.93, hospital's, $563.93, and
Newport's, $511.99.
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about all those budgetary requests
from the various departments: The
men who . draw up these fiscal
"needs" for the 1949-51 biennium
are, generally speaking, experien
ced in the gentle art of throwing
figures at the boys who must ba
lance the budget. They know that
if they ask for $1,000,000, for in
stance, this will usually be cut
to around $700,000. So if they ac-tually-need
a million, they request
a ,miUiori-nd--quarter, come jput
'with the "million and go away grip
ing, but inwardly very happy.
This isn't always the situation,
of course, but it's the rule.
The departments won't know
how much each has been appro
priated until about the time the
Legislature convenes. The Advi
sory Budget Commission must hear
all requests, mull over them, and
then make the decisions. If Forest
Shuford of the Department of La-
' WALDO CHEEKT The word
Is out that Waldo Cheek, Asheboro
attorney, insurance man and civic
leader may succeed .Hathaway
Cross as head of the Paroles Com
mission.' Cheek, like Cross, is a
Wake Forest Law School graduate
(1936) and a Baptist lay leader,!
Cheek was a Kerr Scott disciple
B. E. (before Easter) and played
no small part in swinging his sec
tion of the State for the man .with
the steel blue eyes and the beetle
brow. He might have to take a cut
in salary since the parole job will
pay only around $6,000, but the
experience it will give him should
be worth it. As this corner sees
it, Cheek is ably fitted for the po
sition or for almost any other
position Kerr Scott will have run
ning loose next spring.
CHEWERS There used to be
some little rhyme in vogue as fol
lows: "Old man, old man, gimme
chew uh backer. If you ain't got
homemade, gimme manufactured."
Well, Kerr Scott likes his chew
either way though he prefers just
a twig of twist with a slice of plug.
It's fine and thoroughly appropri
ate that the Governors of this
great tobacco State can take their
"backer" raw or doctored.
Christmas is just around the
corner, and here is a prediction
that Kerr Scott will receive as
presents enough plug tobacco to
spit his way through his entire
administration, with sufficient ci
gars coming in for the first bien
nium. Although he cares not at
all for cigarettes, he was not
averse, while Agriculture Commis
sioner, to dragging from his desk
an old corncob pipe when confer
ences became too long.
In this generation, we have had
two chewing Governors. Cam Mor
rison, you know, liked nothing
better than to pack his right Jaw
With a huge chew, then the "am
beer would start flying at random,
Ransom, or at anybody or anything
else which happened to get in the
Way. It is said that one chew of
tobacco and liis reckless abandon
with his spitting broke up Cam
Morrison's courtship with one of
the wealthiest ladies who ever
lived in North Carolina.
Then there is our present Gov
ernor, VR. Gregg Cherry, who can
chew and spit with the best of
them. '' ' r .
TEACHER PAY Althoughl
teachers have not been noted for
their love of Gov. Gregg Cherry,
here is the progress ' of teacher
pay checks during the past 'our
years, together with the proposals
for the next two years as set up- by
the State Board of Education and
presented to the Advisory Budget
Commission:
Four years ago the beginning
teacher, equipped with a certifi
cate and four years' college train
ing drew $98 per month. The
figure is now $180 per month.
Have you made that much increase
in salary 4n four years? The pro
posal for the next two years is $266
per month for first-year teachers.
In 1944, the top salary for teach
ers was $135 per month. It is now
$241. If the proposal is , followed,
top-grade (most, experienced, etc.)
teachers will next year receive
$400 per month.
SCOTT SAYS It is the belief
of Kerr Scott that beginning teach
ers should draw a minimum of
$2,400 per year, but he isn't too
sure about the necessity for push
ing teachers' salaries up to $400
per' month. One reason .for his
thinking: There are . about ten
times as many teachers, as of this
date, in the experienced (and
therefore high-salaried) bracket as
in the beginning group. , In his
campaign pledges, he promised a
minimum of $2,400 for teachers.
He seems intent on seeing this
through.
SPORTS NOTES . Although
State College has not had a very
successful season on the gridiron,
alumni have no hard feelings
toward Cpach Beattie Feathers,
feeling that hehas done well with
the material on hand.
' There was talk arourtd the State
last week that Wake Forest play
ers were, not' consulted about the
Dixie Bowl bid and acceptance and
that they were a little miffed about
it. However, alumni consulted
seemed to think athletic- officials
at the Baptist School did the right
thing in snapping up the offer.
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