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* . Carteret County MewsTnes ? A Merger tl ? ] The*feeaufort News (eft. ltli) 6 The Twin City Timet (ett. 1936) BMTORIAL PAGE FRIDAY, JANUARY ?, 1*M ^ . >? ? ! " Those Fishermen WiJh College Degrees Om of the most extenave research protects ever to be un dertaken in eastern North Carolina will jet underway this month when the federal government research vessel. Albatross III, <> comes to North Carolina. y The Albatross left its base at Woods Hole, Mass., Wednesday i i and will arrive at Morehead City Saturday, Jan. 14, not to leave for Massachusetts until Feb. 24 when its work is expected to be completed. Writing recently in the Winston-Salem Journal, Chester S. 1 ?i Davis, one of the South's best feature writers, pointed out that research is one of the largest blind spots in the New Souih's thinking. He remarked that our natural resources are being ex ploited dangerously, but that in this modem age a nation is not bent on finding physical frontiers ? virgin lands ? but frontiers that can be opened through science. Mr. Davis dwelt mainly on the necessity for research in the fields of engineering, chemistry, and industrialisation, but the University of North Carolina, one of the Soutli's leading education-research centers, realizes too that through science new worlds can be opened on the aeas. In com I parison to the progress other industries have made through science, the fishing industry is still in the Dark Ages. Cooperative efforts of the Institute of Fisheries Research, Morehead City, part of the University of North Carolina, and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, have made it possible, along with appropriations from Congress, of course, for the Al batross to 'make a second, lengthier visit to North Carolina than it made last summer. While it is generally known Chat the average fisherman has little faith in fish scientists and their high-falutin' ideas, it can't \ be denied that only through research has our modern world be i come the fantastic, wonderful, and awesome place that it is. it may be that facts learned on this current Albatross trip may not, for years, fit into the vast puzzle of fishermen's problems, yet year after year, a scientist here, a scientist there, gleans facts, records them, and makes it possible for future seekers of the truth to gain the final answer. Through just such manner we now have sulfa drugs, penicillin, nylon, and plastics. The potential in the fishing industry is just as great, and if one can conceive the challenge, it is overpowering. * Our tendency is to want things to happen as rapidly as ma chine gun fire. The average person learns a fishing research boat . is undertaking a project, and Immediately after its return to port from the first cruise a startling announcement is expected regarding, perhaps, a new fishing grounds teeming with fish, lo cation of a gigantic sea monster, or something equally sensational. Most fishermen don't even expect that. They merely think aqd occasionally say, "Those fishermen with college degrees are crazy." Funny, isn't it, almost every scientist the world has ever known, has been called crazy. Attempting something new isn't May. Only a minority, if that, looks favorably upon ventures into the unknown Research foundations Aid sponsors of research projects wait until years of tests are conclusive, before releasing information that a new scientific frontier has been opened. Human nature just isn't built to sweat it out with scientists through all the trials and disap pointments. And thousands of discoveries made in the labora tory are not of the type that make an impressive stir when re vealed to the public. They are just a few more pieces of the puz zle that may, in the distant future, fall perfectly together. The South as a whole may be deficient in the number of re search scientists, and engineers. But little do we in Carteret county realize how wealthy we are from that standpoint. Being constructed now on Fiver's Island is a radio isotope laboratory, hundreds of thousands of dollars have been appro priated for work on fishery projects headquartered there. At the south end of the island Duke university makes it possible for students to continue work in marine biology and other studies of the sea. At Morehead City Technical institute, a part of North Carolina State college, technological training Is the byword, and near MCTI is the Institute of Fisheries Research of the Uni versity of North Carolina. We are indeed wealthy from the scientific standpoint. Would that we were wealthy also in patience, Understanding that these scientists are seeking those things whieh will make a better world, if not for us, for our children. Letter to the Editor Te the Editor: I have been looking (or a letter io your "Letters to the Editor" column since the "Operation Econ omy" program of the Jr. Cham bers of Commerce of Carteret County got started. The column has carried numerous comments on how money should be spent or how it should not be spent, yet no comment has been made on on* of the biggest economy operations erer undertaken by any group Jn this country. The Hoover commissions recom mendations if enacted into law, would mean tax savings to every citlsen of Carteret County, not on ly income taxes, but the thousands of "hidden" Uxat which are bains extracted from us every day. The United States government is the biggest business concern in the world, yet U is using some account ing methods which were instituted by Alexander Hamilton, George Washington's Secretary of Uie Treasury. The only way to gat this legisla tion enacted is for the citizens of the United State* to rise up and protest such inefficiency as has bean brought to light by the Hoo ver Commission. By rise up, I mean write your Senator and your representative in Congress. Urge then to push this legislation. A poet card will do. Any J. C. in Morehead City or Beaufort will provide not only the addresses, but writing materials. Better yet, address a letter or card to Sena tori Graham, Hoey, and Rep. Gra ham Barden, care of "Operation Economy," Beaufort, N. C., and well see that the Congressmen get those letters Yours rery truly, Gene C. Smith Sail* Avttl* A millionaire, as he climbed in to bis limousine, saarled at a news- | bar, "No, I don't want to buy a paper!" "Well Imp your shirt on, boas,"; the ?i? answered; "the only difference between you and me it that you sre making your second million, while I1? still oa my lint." CAITEBET ItUlll HEWS- TIKES CirttrH County** Newspaper A Mtrgtr Of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Ert. 1913) Mi TUB TWIN CSTT TIMES (E*. IMS) PvtlUfce* TucMjqw Mi Fridays ? y THE CARTERET PUB! J8HIW0 COMPANY, INC Lock wood Phillip* ? PublUhart ? Elatnere D mr Phillip* Buth Lackey Paell?, fctuttw ?**or . W OO one month. m-4 & t T? NEWMAN I WAMT you TO MEET MV 1 SUCCESSOR /J WA6E EABNE Qy Ub Social ? Security TAX r? %\ tax IN I9SO Raleigh outidup By EhU Nixon Greenwood OPPOSITION . . . Former Sena l tor William Umstead will decide \ between now and February 1 whether he will be a candidate for the U. S. Senate in opposition to Sen. Frank Graham. The belief in this corner now is that he will not make the race; but that somebody else of almost equal importance and political popularity will get into the battle against the present Senator. This column has felt all along that Senator Graham would, and should, have strong opposition. He has nothing to lose. Should he win, he will emerge a much bigger mai in the eyes of the people. If he suffers a defeat, President Har ry S. Truman will provide him with a position of more import ance than that of U. S. Senator. DEFICITS ... A year ago wh?n he was inaugurated Governor, Kerr Scott said something to the effect that "We have a surplus of money, but a deficit in services to the people." Id his 12 months in office he has worked steadily to decrease the service deficit. In January of 194? North Carolina was in the best financial condition in its his tory. Now it faces the biggest debt in its history, and for the first ; time since depression dark 1933 the State is forced to borrow mon ey with which to carry on its day 1 1 >day operations. I Roosevelt cared little for finan ? cial deficits and went down into I history as one of our greatest Pres idents. It may be that Kerr Scott will follow the same route through -(the remaining three years in the | Governor's office. NECESSITY FOR TRUCKS ... A survey conducted in some manner by the State Highway Commis sion's Division of Statistics and Planning finds that trucks are using the State's highways as nev er before. This is probably true. But the report on the "survey" says, among other things, that "thft average truck owner has no con ception of the manner or extent of the damage his truck can inflict on the highway through high im pact load stresses." llobody Stands Still . . . . . . When you drive up here. While we're filling your gas tank, we're also checking your oil, battery, radiator and tire*, and cleaning your windshield ? all at no ex tra charge. Our tea** of friendly seivice ?ei work quickly for /our driving com fort. See for yourself. Drive up todayl Nil II! I HMCLAB SOB VICE t. t. tow rorm, J*. Phone B4726 IT* AT TIE ic nor It would be interesting indeed to know just what statistics the Division employed in arriving at this great statement. If the truck owner has no conception of what his truck does to the highway, who does? This is just another, case of statistics being off-base ! and used as a basis for a very un fair indictment. This State would be seriously crippled industrially without1 trucks. AT THE TOP . . . Although N. C. stands right near the top in the , trucking industry, the trouble i here and elsewhere is that we con- 1 tinue to look down our collective noses at trucking and still are in clined to view truckers as plug-1 uglies. Meantia*. wt (Umortot train* aW railroads Hardly a week panes tfiat the, state UtttitiM Connisskm here does not have some business con cerned with curtailing the opera tions of some railroad line. There seems to be a general move on among railroads to reduce their services. A tew weeks ago the Railway Express Agency eliminat ed deliveries on Saturday. Rail roads are constantly *t the mercy of one John L. Lewis. All of this emphasizes the de pendence we must place on trucks. We need more trucks, more truck ing companies, and highways suf ficiently strong to bear up under the biggest trucks. Trucking is only in its infancy. This industry' is about where railroads were 75 years ago Since we must depend more and more upon trucks, it is incumbent upon the State of North Carolina to fare the situation squarely and construct highways which can carry the freight of an industrious area. N?TES . . . State patrolmen were measuring the gas in filling station tanks on the night of Dee. 31, pre sumably preparing for a check on gas sales during the first days of the eent-per-gallon-increase voted by the people last summer. Note to Gov. Scott: Somebody is taking collards out of the Wom en's Prison garden and giving them to neighbors in Raleigh . . . This has been going on for quite a while now, but the employee's stolen collards are winning him no friends . . . They are literally lousy. Raleigh is setting a standard for the entire nation in its overall sales and business activity. It has been written up in Sales Management, Business Week, and Forbes, the businessman's magazine, for keep ing its retail sales volume ahead of 1948. Forbes in a recent issue j says that only three cities in the U. S. showed a percentage gain over last year. They were: Al bany, Ga., 7 per cent: New York City, 1 per cent; and Raleigh, 10 per cent over last year. Raleigh employees of the Fed eral Land Bank report that loans to farmers are picking up sharply because of the boll weevil damage in the cotton areas . . . and gen eral leveling-off on farm front. The State will get its new High way Building underway very short ly now, but complaints about a State-operated cafeteria have died down. Mum is the word nght now. P. S. The State likely will not run a cafeteria, but will provide a floor for one which will be operated privately. During a lull to the Dixit Bas ketball Clastic fames hert, the man on the public address system announced: "WiH Raymond Hair please report to the press table?" The joke was on C. A. Dillon, Jr., son of the prominent merchant and leading Raleigh socialite, who was doing the announcing. He was so absorbed with the games that he did not realize he was casually ask ing for the appearance of a man being hunted throughout the na tion. It was the laugh-of-the-week in Raleigh. State employees are now on five day work week . . . Gov. Scott may come up with a surprise appoint ment early this spring . . . The Jackson Day Dinner here the latter part of this month is expected to be the best in several years be cause of North Carolina's increas ing prominence in Washington . . . So, if you are going to be here, get your reservations at your fav orite hotel now. Aside to politick candidates: filing time for candidates for so licitor, judge, all State offices, U. j S. Senate and -Congress closes at noon o.i March 18; and for those seeking to come to Raleigh for the 1951 General Assembly or to bold a county office or city office, at 6 j p. m. on April 15. ' * [ DOING WELL . . . Charlie John son, who lost out to Kerr Scot.t in the .gubernatorial shebang 18 months ago, is now selling stocks and bonds. Reports are that he is making slightly more in this business than he would have in the Governor's chair. Johnson's phenomenal success in this field may have influenced his cousins, Robert Grady John son, to resign from his post with the Utilities Commission, effective March 1. He could have stayed on until his term ran out on February 1, 1951, but he didn't stay around and wait for the Governor to give him the boot. This column pre dieted nearl/ a year ago that Johnson would move ?o, but it w?s a long time coining about and his decision not to serve out hit time occasioned some surprise here. ONE REASON ... In looking for this Johnson's record? which got underway on the Raleigh tent when he came to the Legislature from Pender County in 1929 ? it is significant that be was secretary of the N. C. Petroleum Industreis Committee during 1936-37, when Kerr Scott moved on the scene as (Continued on page 7) EVEN AM ESKIMO WANTS A IMF OVEN HIS READ! North pole or south pole, ?r any place in-between, ev erybody seems to want a roof over their bead. This human desire in more pronounced naturally in civilized dimes where there's a housing shortage, currently. Fire Insurance will reim, burse yon, Mr. Howe Owner for direct physical fire dam age to your home; but where are you going to stay during the time you can't live in it? You need temporary quarters then, and RENTAL VALUE INSURANCE will provide the money to rent a temporary "roof." Let us tell you all about this providential "Keep-a Koof-Over-Vour-ilead" Insur ance plan. Phone ? Write ? Call. Jofcn L Cramp Insurance & Real Eatate 823 Aretidell Street Ptw M 3631 Mowlwad City i A GOOD HEW YEAB'I RESOLPTIOH % Let us make ? survey of your Insurance to determine if you are receiving ade i quate protection at miaimuAi cost. SECURITY ? SERVICE ? SAvfccS FOR PREFERRED RISKS HDTUAL INSURANCE AGENCY BANK BLDG. MOREHEAD CITY TEL. M-8J62 ? S. A. CHALK, JR. CARL V. NELSON Excitingly. . .dramatically. . . and differently \ A classic of long , low and lovely styling Horo his! Now on MsptoytUte beautiful 1960 Chrysler ... the beauty surpriM at the year! From smart new front to smart new rear, ovary aleak, trim line waa deliberately styled to give it a new long, low streamlined look! With stunning new interiors, new nylon fabrics . . . it's today's new style classic, inside and out! And again for 1950 Chrysler's beauty reflects the sound engineering and the solid comfort Inside. Again there's headroom, legroom and shoulder-room to spare! Chair-height seats! Surprising visibility all-around ... in the easiest ot all cars to get into and out of. You've got to see and drive it really to appreciate it . . . the wonderful things that have been done to make it the smartest, moat comfortable? the safest, sweetest driving car today! (19 new body styles available.) BEAUTIFUL 'mo TODAY'S SEW STYLE CLASSIC PARKER MOTORS Mi iwM Hr? t Phma M9M4 Hmhui Ofr. M. C
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