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Carlercl Counly News-Times
A Merger Of
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EDITORIAL PAGE
FRIDAY. DECEMBER 17, 1948
11 Is More Blessed lo Give ...
Today is the last day in many grocery stores where donations
can yet be made to the box car of food being sent overseas by
. Carteret county. The car will be packed this weekend and sent
ion its way early next week, just one of many cars which are part
of the 23 relief trains heading this month toward large Atlantic
coast ports. Known as "Yulctide Specials," these trains will sym-
bolize the true Christmas spirit in a tangible way to persons who
j do not face joy and merrymaking this season, who face, instead,
j without our help, a bleak Christmas full of want.
These contributions, when they reach Europe, are distributed
through the churches, solely on the ba'sis of need, with no regard
lo race, religious, or political affiliation. The bulk of CROP
goods gets into the hands of children, widows, the aged, and ill.
It reaches those who have no money to buy and who will receive
relief through no other channels.
The county CROP committee, working since Dec. 6, has met
with splendid cooperation from farm bureau members, home dem
onstration club members, and others In outlying communities
Hj well the grocery store owners have worked will not be known
until their "Food for Europe" boxes are emptied today and to
morrow. School children and church congregations have done
well it is not known, however, whether all of these contribu
tions will completely fill the box car.
That's why, if anyone has not yet contributed a can of toma
toes, a package of beans, or some other food item in an unbreak
able container, they should do so today. If the box in the neigh
borhood grocery store has already been emptied by the CROP
committee, the contribution can be taken to the NEWS-TIMES
office, 807 Evans street, Morehead City, or to the office of the
CROP chairman, B. J. May, second floor of the postoffice build
ing, Beaufort, as late as Monday.
There are thousands of children in Europe, little old wise
people, thin, undersized, pale, yet patient, ragged and barefoot,
living in bombed-out houses and dank cellars, orphans, many of
them, and uncounted thousands waiting in special centers for ar
tificial limbs to replace arms, hands, or legs.
How can our Christmas be merry when the shadows of this
misery fall across our land of plenty? If there is joy in giving,
give before it's too late to those who haven't known joy or will
not know happiness for many a year unless we help!
Wanted: One Mobile X-Ray Unit-
Tomorrow one week Will be Christmas. The end of the tu
berculosis Christmas seal sale. The end of a busy season when
many of us haven't been able io think any farther ahead than
Dec. 25 getting those packages wrapped and cards in the mail.
But there will be many days following Dec. 25, 1948. pays
in which disease can strike any one of us, and-in many instances
does--only wc discover too late How tick we are.
To safeguard against tuberculosis striking any one of our
county residents in such a manner, the Carteret County Tuber
culosis association aims this
year to obtain enough money
to finance the coming of a
mobile chest X-ray unit to the
county,
This X-ray equipment,
which can take a picture in
several seconds, will mnkj it
possible to detect the begin
nings of TB and enable the doctor to take necessary steps to curb
the disease and cure the patient.
Health officials, the tuberculosis association, and the Christ
mas seal sale committee are distressed at the small financial re
turn thus far in the Christmas seal campaign. The goal of several
thousand dollars is far, far away.
We acknowledge that there are many expenses to be met at
Christmas time, and the well-worn pocketbook, like an old rub
ber band, will stretch just so far.
In the budget for Christmas giving, however, don't forget to
include something, even though it may be small, for the TB asso
ciation. '
Thoughts for. an open mind.. ,
Life is not, for mere passing pleesur, but for the highest unfold
ment that one can attain to, the noblest character that one
can grow, and for the greatest service that one can render to
all mankind.
A character is a man who knows what he wants, who does not al
low his temper and moods to govern him, but acts on firm
principle.
Let not mercy, and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck;
write them up on the tablet of thine heart.
, Did your path suddenly turn sunshiny because some one gave you
you a cheery greeting? A different world because someone
had been unexpectedly kind to you?. YPU can make today
the same fpr somebody.
" v Jim Morrill,
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By Eula Nixon Greenwood
LEGISLATIVE NOTES Lying
just the other side of the holiday
season is the 1949 session of the
Legislature. When does the Legis
lature meet?
The North Carolina Legislature
convenes on Wednesday after the
first Monday in January each odd
rjumbpred year unless vcolled to
special"" session ,'by the ' Governor,
irr which event it gathers when he
says gather.
So, this year, with the first Mon
day coming on January 3( fhe
general assembly will convene en,
January 5. There will be a caucus
held on Tuesday night for elect
ing the Speaker of the House, etc.
Members of the Legislature re
ceive $600 per term. They must
stay in session for 60 days.
There are 1200 members ol the
House and 50 in the Senate. To be
in the State Senate, a citizen must
be not less than 25 years oldAge
docs not matter in the House.
A session of the Legislature
usually costs around $275,000, with
a special session running at least
$100,000, whether it stays one day
or one week.
Attorneys usually dominate the
General Assembly. From 40 to 50
per cent of the members are law
yers as, a general rule, nd they,
being Conversant with legal lingo,
are the members who put the final
touches cn the bills.
And that is your government
lesson for today. ,
NO LETUP Individuals and
corporations looking for tax reduc
tions should set their sights be
yond 1949. The consensus in Ra
leigh is that there will be no tax
cuts on the State front or on the
national level next year. On the
contrary, there may be some tax
increases. Kerr Scott promised
cafe operators, etc., that the sales
tax would be removed from meals
served in public eating places, and
he is expected to recommend this
to the Legislature. However, it will
likely be necessary for the State to
get this lost revenue from some
source..
soon use "ain't" as "isn't," leaving
the choice to his secretary. "If
'ain't' ain't right, just use 'isn't",
says the Governor to Secretary
Bill Snyder. . . .
Kerr Scott may have trouble
with his syntax, but the people will
have no trouble knowing what he
is talking about. . . . Incidentally,
they are saying that Charles Park
er will stay with him as secretary
only through the Legislature, then
will become head of the Board of
Conservation and Development.
What's all this chit-chat about the
State Highway Commission selling
1947 Chevrolets with thousands of
miles of good wear in them? This
column noted the street talk re
garding this, checked ,on it and
found it to be true ... These
trucks were light-weight and were
sold at more than it would cost
fie State to purchase heavier pew
ones . . . under State contract.
State employees, most of them
in the higher salary brackets, are
now raising funds with which to
purchase Gov. Cherry a handsome
going-away present. Edwin Gill,
Harry McMullan, and Gurney
Hood are spear-heading the pro
ject s
though he has not received
mail from Kerr Scott as yet.
any
GARNISHMENT There is now
strong sentiment spreading in the
State for a garnishee law with
teeth in it in North Carolina. Vir
ginia has a law of this nature.
Though it is often messy, it has
been very effective in the collec
tion of bad accounts. The fact
that there seems to be a great de
sire for a cold-hearted garnishment
law in North Carolina is important
within itself. However, more im
portant is the fact thar the pay
ment of debts has become so slow
in this day of plentiful money that
it seems necessary to attach a
man's wages in order to obtain
settlement. Nevertheless, mer
chants in almost every section of
North Carolina are pleading for
a Strong garnishment law. Thdy
want the Legislature to get on fit
this time. .
Federal Government Seeks
Prcjsriy In Cresbn Fcre:
Condemnation proceedings Have
begun by the Federal government'
in acquiring four tracts of land
withm the area of the Croatan
National forest. On October 11,
the Federal government began pro
ceedings in the condemnation of
two tracts in Jones county, one of
them containing 59 acres and the
other 34 810 acres. . ; ;
Two Craven county tracts are
described as loqated o'n Hancock
creek.. Jesse Lr Moore, and . Wife,
parent owners of one tract; and
James L. Hardesty and wife, Cassie
Hardesty, the apparent owners of
the other tract Legal papers name
a lane number of other indivicV
uals, however, who may have pre-"!
perty. It adjoins some property
owned by Craven county.
i The condemnation proceedings
hive been begun by the United
States district attorney on behalf
of the attorney general, and the
l-d is described as necessary, and
advantageous and its acquisition in
the interest of the United 'States.
Its use, among other things, is des
cribed as the production' of timber.
Queenie Moore, are named the ap-
Smile a While
Caller: I want to see the boss.
Office Girl: Sorry, but he's in
conference with the vice-president
and general manager. j
in.
Caller: Lot me
funny story, too. '
I. know
Cecil Rhodes, British colonial 1
statesman, provided in his Will for'
three-year Oxford scholarships fof
about 200 students. Of these 32
scholars are elected fro the JUni
ted States; five annual scholarships!
allotted to Germany were annulled
in 1916. . h
Give Gifts of Fine J ewel ry
We Have A Fine Assortment of Wonderful GUIs For Every
Member oi The Family. Come In Today and Look Around.
LADIES & GEHTS
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See Our
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CIIRISTIIAS GIFTS GALORE -- FILL YOlffi GIFT
"PnESCniPTIOIIS" AT HOnEIIEAD'S LARGEST DRUG STORE!
fe STAR HOSTESS I
CROSS Let it be known by all
and sundry that J. M. Broughton
did nqt turn down Hathaway Cross
as hs administrative assistant. It
was the other way around ...
Matter of fact, Cross accepted the
Job in early Sept., as reported here
at the time, but' after 10 weeks de
cided he would prefer to live in
Raleigh and practice law. It takes
a man these days to refuse a $10,
000 position, but Hap Cross did it.
He's expected to inherit some va
luable Gates County farm proper
ty . . . and that may have had
something to do with his decision
to remain in North Carolina.
BILLION-DOLLAR GOVERN
MENT North Carolina, which
only a few years ago could count
its expenditures in the hundreds
Of thousands of dollars with the
casionally, and then only in whs-
casionally, and then oly in whis
pers is now moving swiftly
toward the billion-dollar figure, j
In fact, if requests placed before
the Advisory Budget Commission
this fall could be granted, Kerr
Scott's administration would cost
the taxpayers over one billion. dol
lars! It's vetting so we talk rather
glibly In billions. What it billion?
This will give you some idea:
If an inventor 1948 years ago had
built a perpetual motion machine
whose main wheel would make a
complete revolution each minute,
the wheel would have turned only
a little more than one billion times
from the birth of Christ until the
present hour. . ( t
NOTES The Norfolk Virgin!-na-Pllot
refers to recent Raleigh
developments as the "Dread Scott
Decisions" .... Gov. Greet Cher
ry says he Is looking forward to be-
ing "denaugurated" on January ,6,
and that t not bad word play fOi
PORTS - Robert W, Redwine,
Itinerant advertising, newspaper,
and public relations mart, will do
the lobbying in the 1949 Legisla
ture for the N. C. Porta Authority,
Since his influence with the mem
bers of the General Assembly wil
be in the heavyweight division,
our ports should have easy sailing
this time- J. M. Broughton was in-'
strumental in our receiving $90,
000 from Uncle Sam for a ports
survey. At least this corner is of
the opinion he turned the trick,
and it Mhought that about $60,000
of this haa gone to Chip Roberta'
firm in Atlanta for, a general sur
vey of our ports situation, . .
Redwine will follow through in
the Legislature. The ports have
dpne only fairly well with the Gen
eral Assembly heretofore, but with
Kedwine at the helm their legtsia
ture success is virtually assured.
' OFF THE CUFF R. Mayne
Albright will lie. In- charge of
Statewide radio broadcast each
evening while the Legislature is
in session. . . , Scott 'revealed last
week that former Lt Gov.' Elmer
Long will be hia liason man dur
ing the General Assembly, t re
ported nere several weeks ago .
Henry Hilton, he skid would be his
personnel director, , as you read
here three weeks ago . , . Raleigh
still thinks Edwin Gill will move
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