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T Carteret Comity Mews-Tines , A Merger Of The Beaafort Newt (est. 1?U> * The Twta City Time* (est 1>M) EDITORIAL PACE FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1949 h Salute After years of faithful aervice to the Town of Beaufort, Judge Julius F. Duncan has resigned his town attorneyship. It was | job that paid him little more than headaches, but tkoae he bore, as he bears everything else, with i big, wide gene rous grin. No town anywhere has ever had a better public servant and Beaufort and all Carteret Coanty can thank their lucky stars that Jadge Duncan will be with then for at least another fifty years. The temperature here will have to drop to SO degrees below zero before Judge Duncan's advice is no longer needed. Wfc* Will Strva? Serving as a public official is no picnic. It requires tolerance, courage, patience and the ability to withstand criticism that is unjustified more frequently than it is justified. During wartime, men in uniform receive citation* for "ser vice beyond the call of duty" if they have distinguished them selves in military campaigns. Medals lor persons who have served beyond the call of duty in civilian lite are rare. Oc casionally. it has happened that a citizen who has served his fel low men well in public office will receive formal recognition from the townspeople or his constituents. For the most part, however, the only time a public official knows he has done a good job is when he wins a majority at the polls. And then he can't be sure; it may be that he was on the side with the best political machine. What then, are the compensations for holding public office? Certainly not the small amount of pay received; but for the honest official, there is the satisfaction of helping his towns people, and the people of his county, seeing the town or county progress, righting the evils th^ can beset a democratic form of government, keeping the government on an even keel, and main taining those ideals that have made our nation great. A small-minded, selfish individual cannot hold public office, for the highest requirement is willingness on the part of the of ficial to help his neighbors, the ones he likes and the ones he doesn't like. He must give of his time, an item frequently more valuable than money. It is small wonder then, that there iray be difficulty in find ing persons to accept positions where tlxy believe they will be open only to criticism and abuse, lor there are few persons who can rise above the pettiness of human nature. All of us would have overpowering claims to fame, if when we leave this world we could truthfully say, "I have aerved my fellow men." Thoughts for an open mind... In the light of the silent stars tliaf sKfne*on the struggling aea. In the weary cry of the wind and the whisper of flower and tree Under the wealth and laughter, deep in the vale of tears. We hear the loom of weaver that weaves the web of the years. We are children of splendor and flames, Of shuddering, also* and tears; Magnificent out of the dust we came, And abject from the spheres. ? Jim Morrill In The Good Old Days THIRTY-SEVEN YEARS AGO *A bulkhead from Holland's fish bouse to Live Oak St. was being built. It would be on the south aldr of the board walk which would eventually be done away with. A reprint from the Charlotte Observer commented on the fact that Beaufort was the prettiest aeacoast town along the Atlantic seaboard. TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO Swift ham was selling at 29c a pound, according to an advertis ment in the paper. A front page story commented on Dr. O. W. Hyman of Memphis, . Tens, who drove from his home to Beaufort and made the 1400 mile trip without any special dif ficulty. Dr. Hyman traversed roads In Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and North Carolina and found the N. C. roads best. TEN TEAKS AGO The Harkers Island electrifica tion project was completed at long last and it was hoped that a bridge would ?am replace the state own ed ferry. The midsummer meeting of 'the Eastern Carolina Chamber of Com merce was to he held in Beaufort next week. FIVE YEARS AGO An editorial in Ike Beaufort New*, now the Carteret County News Tinea, hoped that after the war, restoration might be made of the Ann St. cemetery, and pro vision made for its proper care. A soil conservation district was being organized to aid farmers ia the county. Sank a WMk UK BB8T cimc "Is it possible for a man to make a fool ?f himself without knowing it?" "Not K he ha* a wife." Bridge Bads Sadaa Duckings KHARTOUM, Anglo - Egyptian Sudan- (AP)-For centuries people crossed the great ' Gash River by having lour Welt Africans carry them across on angrees-natlve beds. Many fell Into the stream. Now clvtliatlon has ended the duckings. A new 433-foot reinforc ed concrete bridge with six spans and a 18-foot carriageway has been dedicated. lO. MIDSUMMER NI0HTMARE KiMMIlCBSiBV S -OtW0*U>MRr?? 1 I i vX\> T% aleigh M\oundup By Eu!a Nixon Greenwqod WHITE HOUSE? . . . Word leak-j ed out of an architect's office last week that several architects have been approached within the past few weeks in regard to the Gover nor's Mansion here being turned into a "white house." The story is that since his elec tion last fall Gov. Scott has been toying with the idea of having the residence on Blount Street painted a gleaming whiter" How ever, the architects have turned thumbs dawn on the proposal, saying this color scheme? -aside from the tremendous expense which would be involved ? would not fit into the architecture of the many gabled structure. It i? understood that funds have been made available for cleaning the exteriSr walls of the Mansion and painting The woodwork. Thup the "white house" will just have to wait a while. So, is the Governor's idea to go to the White House* or sit and hope that in the dim, distant fu ture the white houie might come to him? $50,000 PER DAY ... The bud get figures at the present time do not look too bad, particularly in view of the back-breaking ap propriations which a Scott prod ded Legislature passed. But wait. Prediction here among men who have followed the financial af fairs %of the State for 25 years Is that during this fiscal year North Carolina will go into debt at the rate of $60,000 per day. This is in the General Fund alone and has nothing to do with the $200,000,000 bond issue for roads. Put this down somewhere: The appropriations made from the General Fund will run approx imately $20,000,000 less than the; mooey which will come into the General Fund daring the 1949-50 ?fiscal year. Now divide this $20,000,000 by MS and )r.u will flad that this eeoftoray-minded State Gorera ment U sliding' into the red at a rata of a little batter than $60,. MM) each day, Saturday and San. day included. PERSONNEL . . . Henry Hilton, the new personnel director here, had his salary pushed up to $9, 000 per year last week. This is a new job created only this year and Hilton's salary was "worked out" one day last week in a con ference between Governor Scott and a committee from his "State Personnel Council." . . t M This brings the, estimate as to jrhat the Personnel Division will cost the State each year to $65, 000. WON'T LIKE IT . . . There Is | no doubt that Kerr Scott wants to be a good Governor, but his "branch head" friends, as he re-i ifers to them, are not going to like the way he is throwing money around. Improvements in his of GLAD IT isirr nine When thfe Are siren blows In your neighborhood it's natural to think to your self: "!'? g lad it isn't my home." But, suppose it were! . . . Would your present fire in surance provide enough dol lars to replace all of year lessee? Let as reassure yea oa that peiat by eherhlng year iasaraace sow. The aula thiac to remember Is that tomorrow's iasaraace meat pay today's loss. Phone - Write ? Call. No obligation. No cost. Ma pestering. John L Cramp Insurance a Real Estate , ?U Ar.nd.ll Street rfcsae M Mil M.r.h.ad Cky Barbour's Marine Supply Co. - Campletc aid Expert repair ' Mnto oa all nk? at ovtfcaaN Mian Day Phanc B-1311 ? NMa Phase B-Mlf MiMilll If I - ' ? fice and in bis Raleigh residence are going: to run elo?e to $75,000. We have had some rather good governors in the past, but they managed to get along: without air-conditioned offices. They did not have to sleep oh $750 beds. In fact, governors in the past, almost without exception, brought their own furniture to the Man sion. Some of the pieces of furn iture Governor Bickett brought to the Mansion ? some fine old piec es ? are still there. Scott came to Raleigh as a farm Governor and farmers are not known as reckless spenders (neith er is Gov. Scott personally), but he has the most expensive office ] setup ever seen here in the Gov ernor's office. If some of the things which are going 6n here are pulled out of the closet of legal ma mo-jumbo and the nan of tafreftuetfcty in which they are enshrouded; and are laid down piece by'i>iecje for the people to ?ee, the "braneh head" boy? are going to come down the creek. They will find that where we aje saving three cents on a postage stamp, we are spending $14M sOMvhirt eb?. AUTOMOBILES . . . Throafh June, a total of 86.6M autemo biles had been sold in North Car olina this year. Chevrolet led with 8,899. Then fame Ford with 7,801. Remember these are new ears, the iaforiation coming from the registration dept. of the Dept. of Motor Vehicles. Ottor totals for the ' six months period: Pljr mouth, 4,071; Baick, 2,781; Poa tiac, 2,422; Oldsmobile, 1,820; Mercury, l.?38; Studebaker, 1, 629: Dodge, 1,564; Hudson. 1,143; Packard, 926; Nash, 842; Chrys ler, 710;,DeSota, 618; Cadillac, 549; Lincoln, 501; Kaiser, 469; Willys (Jeepsters, etc.), 356; Fra zer, 208. In the month of June this year, 6,688 new cars were sold. Chev rolet led with 1,931. Next was Plymouth at 798. Ford was third with 599. The other leaders: Pop tiac, 537; Buick, 497; Oldsmobile. 378; Dodge, 847; Studebaker, 822; and Cadillac, 102. Trucks for the first six months showed: Chevrolet, 4,564; Ford, 2.224 ; Dodge, 1,143; Internation al, 915; CMC, 670; and Stude baker, 624. CHAIR OF RETAILING . . . John M. Carroll of Asheville, president of the N. C. Merchants Associa tion, is working with Louis Lipin sky, prominent Asheville mer chant, and Dr. I. G. Greer, execu tive vice president of the N. C. Business Foundation, toward the establishment of a Chair of Re tailing at the University of North Carolina. Proposal as adopted by the board of directors of the State merchants organization would call for special eourses under the School of Commerce in the man agement and operation of stores. Dozens of boys and girls are now forced to go to Northern states to obtain this work and the mer- i chants want to have facilities for teaching retailing right here in North Carolina. Carroll and Dr. Greer were in Raleigh last week discussing plans for the meeting of a special ad visory committee on the project early this fall. The N. C. Mer chants Association is expected to have the establishment of the Chair of Retailing as its No. 1 project this year. NOTES . . . Some radio stations in N. C. have been approached recently on a million-dollar prise contest for this fall . . . something similar to "Stop the Music** . . . providing the proper arrangements can be made . . . from New York and from Hollywood . . . ... A new $8,500 joh ip th$ Employment Security Commission should be announced any day now. Funds will come from Washington, of course, but authority from Ra leigh . 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