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Carteret County News -Times "Carteret County's Newspaper" ? - ? ? ? o Court or Not to Court? There is no doubt in our minds that operation of a re order's court in the town of Beaufort would be desired, but e seriously doubt that the operation is feasible at the present me. We have been present at several discussions of the court ropofil and in each instance the arguments for or against are eclouded with extraneous debates such as will the court be an >set rather than a liability and will Beaufort become a town ith the "distasteful" reputation of being a community where le letter of the law is enforced. Actually, judgment as to whether a court should be estab shed should be based on two factors: is the court necessary |nd desirable and second, is it feasible? In truth, the court would be desirable IF it were possible ) operate it efficiently. Efficient operation involves an im roved police force (both equipment and personnel), equip .mg and maintaining a court room, operation of the jail as a iil and not a temporary lock-up, and court officers of better lian-average calibre. As to whether the court is necessary is a highly debatable luestion. The major argument of proponents is that better w enforcement would result if the town had a court. Their asoning follows this line: revenue from the court would ? .iake employment of more officers possible as well as the ob 1 lining of equipment such as radio-equipped patrol cars. This ? ould lead to apprehension of more violators of the law, thus M nproving law enforcement. IV Those against the court admit that "better" law enforce lent would probably be possible with more officers, patrol I ars, radio, etc., but declare that this would lead to appre ending persons for violating the "letter of the law," thus taking the town a veritable trap. Arguments, in this vein, by persons against the court are jouched in a phrase that generally runs like this: "Well I '?ouldn't want to live in a town where you have to be afraid (> drive down the street for fear you're going to be arrested." 'hat's another red herring dragged across the path of the basic sue. All laws should be enforced. If they are not enforcible ihey should not be made and thinking persons, if they are in a ?osition to make a choice, will choose a community where law is enforced as against a community where laws are winked at. Where there is the "choice" of enforcing some laws and tot enforcing others, the citizens by default delegate to the lands of a few town officials or police officers the tremendous nd dangerous task of deciding what law shall be brought to >ear against what individuals and when. There should be no question or debate about whether the ?ws should be enforced. We doubt, however, that a recorder's ourt in Beaufort would be the means of bringing about the jlesired enforcement. The same laws are on the books now that will be there if a ourt comes into being. We submit that the town has not used o best advantage the court resources it has at hand. In all uc respect to all the mayors the town has had, mayor's court as always been a casual affair. We have no quarrel as to the act ins out of justice, but the court, a minor one though it may e, should be conducted with a certain amount of dignity and fficiency. Though the jurisdiction is limited and the maxi num allowed for fines relatively small, offenders could at least c impressed by the court itself if the size of the fine didn't aze them. There has been the attitude recently of "Why bother with nayor's court? The fines and forfeitures go to the county any vny, so why should we go to the trouble of holding court and ollecting several measly dollars ($4.50) in rati from a con icted defendant?" If a recorder's court were established, fines and forfeitures lould continue to go to the county, and if the present attitude >revails and the recorder's court doesn't operate the way op imists predict, they will be saying. "Why bother, the fines and forfeitures go to the county anyway and why should we go :o the trouble of collecting just the costs?" Proponents argue that $21.50 is quite a bit more than $4.50 ind therefore it would be worth conducting the court because he $21. 50s would go toward getting a better police force ? and lien we're right back where we started, the predicted better l&law enforcement. Those in favor of the court seem to lose sight of the fact that a certain amount of capital is necessary to establish the court. In Beaufort's present financial condition, though it has improved in the past two years, we fail to see where that cap ital can be found. Before more officers can be hired or an other patrol car bought, or a court room equipped, there has to be money. And the money has to be spent on the desired items before all the dreamed-of potential defendants can be apprehended. It has been the contention of those who favor establishing a court that prisoners will be taken care of by the county. They contend that the county is legally obligated to do so. Whether the county is legally obligated or not, Beaufort is basing its hopes for a court on a factor that in itself can cause much friction. It is similar to a man starting a business on one side of the street and telling the man across the street, 'Now I'm going into business, but 1 don't want to bear all the overhead expense. You'll have to help me do that because if you don't, 1 won't be able to make a success of this business." Unless Beaufort is willing to assume all obligations in con nection with the proposed court, unlets it is willing to relin quish the fond idea of riding to glory on the county's coat tails, we have little encouragement to give in this proposed venture. * We suggest that Beaufort show, during the next two years that its mayor's court can operate efficiently. The commis sioners have talked all year of working into the budget for the coming fiscal year an additional police officer, thus raising the force to four. Also hoped for is the location of enough money to equip the Beaufort patrol car with radio. It may be worthwhile, also, for the town to investigate whether $4.50 is the maximum permitted by law as to mayor's court costs. We suggest that Beaufort show during the next two years a sufficient number of cases in mayor's court and a sizable number bound over to the county recorder's court before con templating a town recorder's court. ~ And we further suggest that officials concentrate on im proving the financial condition of the town. If those things can be done, then we believe that the court could be justified on the basis of necessity, desirability, and feasibility. n CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES Carteret County's Newspaper A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Est. 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Est. 1936) Published Tuesdays and Fridays By THE CARTERET P U BUSHING COMPANY. INC. Lockwood Phillips ? Publishers ? Ele m ore Dear Phillip* Ruth Lecke'y Peeling, Editor ' Publishing Office At 904 Arendell St., Morehead City, N. C. Mall Rates : In Carteret county and sdjotnln* counties. $6.00 one year *3.50 six months. $1.25 one month; elsewhere, ff.OO one year. $4.00 six months. $1.90 one month. Member Of Associated Press ? Greater Weeklies ? N. C. Press Association Audit Bureau of Circulations The Associated Press Is entitled exclusively to use tor repub lication of local news printed In this newspaper, as well as all AP news dispatches. Eaur*d'" CK'- * L OUT OF HARNESS One Responsive Chord In the early spring of 1863, when the Confederate and Federal ar mies were confronting each other on the opposite hills of Stafford and Spottsylvania, two bands chanced one evening, at the same hour, to begin to discourse sweet music on either bank of the river. A large crowd of soldiers of both armies gathered to listen to the music, the friendly pickets not in terfering, and sjon the bands be gan to answer each other. First the band on the northern bank would play "Star-Spangled Banner," "Hail Columbia," or some other "yankee" air, and at its con clusion the "boys in blue" would cheer most lustily. And then the band on the southern bank would respond with "Dixie," or "Bonnie Blue Flag," or some other southern melody, and the "boys in gray" would attest their approbation with their sby-reitfing Confederate yell. But presently one of the bands struck up. in sweet and plaintive notes which were wafted across the peaceful Rappahannock, and were caught up at once by the other band and swelled into a grand an them which touched every heart ? "Home, Sweet Home!" At the conclusion -of this piece there went up a simultaneous shout from both sides of the river ? cheer followed cheer, and those hills, which had so recently resounded with the thunder of hostile guns, echoed and re-echoed the glad ac claim. A chord had been struck responsive to which the hearts of enemies ? enemies then ? could beat in unison; and on both sides of the river. "Something down the soldier's cheek Washed off the stains of powder." ? Reprinted. Classified Information Pertinent "want ads" clipped from various newspapers: Lost ? Green fountain pen by a man half full of ink. Wanted? Man to wash dishes and two waitresses. Wanted ? Man with horse sense to drive a motor truck. Lost ? A five-dollar bill by a working woman tied in a knot. Wanted? Energetic housekeeper who can milk cows, to keep house for one. Wanted? A writer with a sense of humor who will not be fanny around the office. Notice ? Anyone found near my chicken house at night will be found there the next morning. Sale ? Special sale of apples and chcstnuts. Come in the morning ?the early bird gets the worm. Found ? Lady's pocketbook in my car while parked. Owner can have same by paying for this ad. If she can explain to my wife how the pocketbook got there, 1 will pay for the ad myself. How Truel They used to take the fender off, and hammer out the dents, then put it on the iar again at just ? slight expense. ? But now the fender's stream lined in, and really meant to stay. So you must either keep the dents or throw the car away! Smile a While Old Mrs. MtCoy was an incura ble grumbler. Nothing pleased her. But one fall her pastor heard of her excellent apple crop and fig ured that at last he had found one thing about which she could not possibly coidplain. "Well, Sister McCoy." he said, "I know you are happy. I've heard a lot about that apple crop!" The old woman glared at him as she repliedi "Oh, I guess they'll do ? but wherc's the rotten 'una for the plgsT" CAMERA NEWS BY IRVING DESFOR ANDREAS FEININGER, eminent photo-journalist, believes there are a vast number of photographers in this country who arc potentially ripe for improved, creative, imaginative photography. To them he has dedi cated his new book, "Advanced Photography: Methods and Conclusions" (Prentice-Hall). Well printed in large, legible type and profusely illustrated, it com bines photo philosophy, practical experience and home construction hints. It is a sequel to "Feiningcr on Photography," which contained basic information. The book documents Feininger's many talents. His photos show us he is a thorough craftsman. His home-made telephoto cameras show his inventive, technical and mechanical abilities. His writing shows keen thinking that is at once scholarly, analytical and provocative. They all Combination of positive face and negative hands creates an imagi native conception of "Make-Up" by Rolf Tietgens. By semi-transpar ent rendition, the hands seem ts move. This is from "Advanced Pho tography" by Feininger. add up to intelligent, imaginative pictures. He thinks most photograph ers can do as well if their thoughts are turned in the right direction and if they use their minds as well as their cameras. ? TO GET DOWN TO CASES, let's assume you must photograph a sub ject. In almost all cases, there is one "obvious" way to shoot it. Un doubtedly it will be adequate, but usually it will not be outstanding. In stead of shooting it the easy way, Feininger advises a systematic ques tioning of every picture-making factor, along these lines: "What else can I do? How would my subject look from a dif ferent angle . . from higher up or lower down? How would it look taken with a telephoto lens from further away or with a wide angle lens from much closer? Could I use different background, different props or accessories, different pose or different light?" Undoubtedly better pictures will result if photographers took to thinking like this instead of snapping automatically. And anyone who can think that-a-way is just the guy Feininger had in mind when he wrote this book. CONTEST NOTE: The "Pets Are Fun" photo contest for youngsters 19 and younger is on the last lap. The deadline for mailing entries is April 26th, with the winner getting a choice of some mighty exciting trips. If a boy wins first prize he can choose a 15,000-mile flight to Afri ca plus a jungle safari or a two-week, all-expense air trip to New York or Hollywood. In a case of rank discrimination, if a girl wins first prize she has her choice only of New York or Hollywood. No jungle safaris. In either ease, first prize provides the same expense paid adventure for a companion-chaperone selected by the winner. Practically any amusing animal picture is a possibility whether taken at home, in a zoo or on a farm. The contest is sponsored by the Syl vania flash people and pictures must be mailed with an official entry blank, obtainable at your local camara atore. Raleigh Roundup BY JAMES POU BAILEY WITH THE WINNER ... Al though North Carolina's older Dem ocrats are leaning hard to Geor gia's bachelor, Senator Richard Russell, some of the younger ? and apparently more cautious ? ele ments of the Democratic party will be found looking westward and over the mountains to Tennessee and Coonskinner Estes Kefauver between now and the National Democratic convention this sum mer. ? Governor Kerr Scott and Na tional Committeeman Jonathan Daniels are keeping mum. They want North Carolina to be with the man who is eventually the winner, whoever that might be. It is rather obvious that they have a hunch it will not be Senator Rich ard Russell. BUSTING OUT . . . Spring is busting out all over. See where the young vigorous males at a col lege invaded the co-eds' dormitory a few days ago. Not to be out done, the girls soon invaded right back and surrounded and took over the swains' domicile. David Buckner. a candidate for editor of the student newspaper at the University of North Carolina, persuaded a local businessman to try out the idea of beer at five cents a glass. The proprietor agreed and last week began serving nickel brew at his two establish ments in Chapel Hill. Buckner made the move a part of his politi cal platform. Best sign of spring here is gam boling on the green of Capitol Square by high school students from throughout the state. They began their trek last week; and were welcomed with open arms by state officials and local merchants who see them not only as har bingers of spring but as items of Easter business. GOI.DEN ANNIVERSARY . . . Among the many conventions scheduled to be held here in Ral eigh this spring is that of the N. C. Merchants association. Found ed in 1902, the organization will thus be observing its 50th birth day. featured speaker will be J. C. I'cnney, one of the great mer chants of the world, whose first store was established the same <110111 h the N. C. Merchants associa tion was founded. The merchants will meet in Ral eigh on Monday and Tuesday, May 19-20. OUTSTANDING . . . Speaking of merchants ind annual meetings, the Durham Merchants association, year-in-year-out, probably has the most entertaining held in the whole U.S.A. They have had in years past such entertainers as Bob Hope, Arthur Godfrey, Bing Crosby, Perry Como. This year Durham merchants will have as stars of their annual meet ing Como, Edgar Bergen and his sidekick, Charlie McCarthy, and Peggy Lee. For this, the merchants owe a debt of gratitude to Executive Sec retary William A. Kirkland and the cooperation he has secured from Chesterfield cigarettes. CANDIDATE ... We never were able to figure out what happened to Dr. James R. Parker of Lum berton in his race for Congress in the seventh district a couple of years back. Anyway, he didn't get the nomination. He ran for the Legislature at one time, also, but didn't make it Speaking on a Dillon. S. C., ra dio station one night last week Dr. Parker announced he would be a candidate for president on an inde pendent ticket. They have radio stations in and around Lumberton, but we suppose Dr. Parker went over into South Carolina for his ad dress in order to make his candi dacy more national, more inter state in character. No use just messing around merely with Robe son county folks in this presiden tial thing, for they wouldn't even send him to the Legislature. LET HIM GO . . . Anyway, it's all right. Let Dr. Parker run. This is a free country. We doubt that this new candidate will be able to make it, but if he wants to run, more power to him. Let's hope, however, that Dr. Parker is an above-average or below-average fel low. We have had the "average man" type in the White House for seven years now, come Saturday, April 12, and there is some inkling the people would like to try an other variety of President during the next four years. FOREIGN POLICY ... The for eign policy of this country more deeply affects the future of ill of us, and of our children, than any thing else now on the horiion. We hear one <Jpy that we are losing the cold war. the next, that it may turn hot. The Near East simmers and the Far East boils. What should we do? Where should we turn? Recently. Dr. Eugene E. Pfaff, professor of history at Woman's college of UNC, spoke in High Point on foreign policy. I felt he had a real message for the Ameri can people. With his permission, here are five points for the conduct of our foreign policy. Look them over and see what you think. Re member we are in i long race. Militant belief, as Professor Pfaff says, not military muscle, may be the final dtcislva fore*. 1. Develop a plan for peace through which universal enforce able disarmament under law is practical. Make clear to the world that it is Russia, not the U.S.A., which prevents all men from being freed from the scourge of war. 2. Develop the pilot plant op eration of a worldwide cooperative program of economic development and social reform aimed at liberat ing all mankind from hunger, pov erty, disease, and oppression. This would demonstrate in action that democracy means more than mere anti-Communism. This is the func tional approach to peace. In many places in the world a plow is a more effective weapon than a ma chine gun. 3. Be sure that cold war expedi ency does not cause us to betray at home or abroad the basic prin eiples of a free society. 4. Build military power in such a way as to combine the maximum deterrent effect with the minimum of provocation and appearance of aggressive intentions. 5. Be sure that rearmament does not undermine the economic strength and political stability of a free world. DAVIS . . . You good Scott peo ple, and many of the supporters of Charlie Johnson in 1948. will re membtr editorials from the Zebu Ion Record. Excerpts and whole columns literally saturated North Carolina. They were written by Ferd Davis, Wake Forest alumnus and son of Baptist Minister Theo B. Davis and Mrs. Davis, salt of the earth in these par4s. Well, Davis probably got in more good licks for Kerr Scott than any of the other in the pure layman class. Subsequently, he was con sidered for several top brass posi tions in the Scott administration. Eventually, he was appointed to membership on the Board of Con servation and Development. A few weeks back, a resolution instructing Conservation Depart ment employees not to support ac tively any political candidate was introduced by Member Davis and unanimously adopted. Board Chair man Miles Smith of Salisbury said later that the resolution was not di rected at Governor Scott. Smith apparently didn't know what he was talking about, for Da vis stated flatly that the resolution was directed at the Governor. He said that Governor Scott's support of Olive prompted the resolution. Wrote Davis: "Mr. Scott is for Hu bert Olive and I am for JVilliam Umstead. But that gives neither of us the right to bring pressure on state employees to compel their support of either candidate." State employees, carefully ap proached on the subject last Fri day, said no pressure had as yet been appfied to them. One coy young thing asserted she had never voted, and was standing around waiting for the pressure. THE WEATHER . . . This is finger-crossing weather in the Sandhills. Blooms and peach buds ?as this is written ? hang on the trees. But tomorrow, tonight, to morrow morning, frost may move in and ruin the crop, cripple it, or merely dance around, touching lightly here and playing rugged havoc over there. This is finger crossing time in the Sandhills. Orchardists watch the nights like soldiers tip-toeing in a mined field. Meantime, northwestern North Carolina is looking with longing eyes at dollars coined in the Sand hills during those rare seasons when frost doesn't damage. It isn't just the cold which hits the bloom and kills the fruit. The frost kiss is the death kiss. State college folks report that on the high rides of the Mount Airy section of the state weather is no major problem with peaches. John W. Olive operates a 300-acre orch ard out from Mount Airy. He has never experienced a complete crop loss because of the weather. ' TODAY'S BIRTHDAY DEAN GOODERHAM ACHE-' SON, born April 11. 1*93, in Mid dlcton, Conn., son of a clergy ! man wno oe ; came Episcopal bishop of Con necticut. Secre t a r y of State since 1949, he has guided U.S. foreign policy through a politi cally stormy pe | riod. Successor of George C. I Marshall, he had been one of the main architects of the Marshall Plan. He served un der Cordell Hull and James F. Byrnes. Hollywood Hollywood ? From kids to ehimps ?that's Cary Grant's latest switch in screen playmates. He "loved'' working with five at tractive children in "Room for One More." So did his wife, Betsy Drake. The experience gave them an idea, Cary said: "If we don't have some children of our own soon, we may adopt some. You've got to have one or two to know what life is all about." Presently Cary, an only child himself, has backed down the evo lutionary ladder to pick his picture partners. They're a couple of chimpanzees, in "Darling, I Am Growing Younper." In what should prove an agree able comedy. Grant is a research scientist. He works with caged monkeys in search of a fountain of-youth formula. His boss, Charles Coburn, egcs him on because Co burn has his monocled eye on his luscious secretary, Marilyn Mon roe. Well, Cary doesn't find the form ula but one of his chimps acci dentally does. The monk mixes a chemical concoction and dumps it into the bottle of office drinking water. Present the gray-templed Grant has retrogressed to his ja Ibppy and bearskin-coat days. And he and his wife. Ginger Rogers, who also drinks some of the stuff unsuspectingly, imagine themselves back on their honeymoon. Working with chimps can be try ing, as I saw in an hour on the set. One Chimp is supposed to yank off Grant's horn rimmed spectacles. On some takes she'd do it fine. Other times she'd sprawl on her back or get interested in another player or a length of string. You could hear Cary telling her, "Take 'em off, take 'em off!" as he thrust his spectacled face close to the chimp's. Obviously this coaching, invisible to the camera because his head was turned, would have to be wiped off the sound track. After acting in his preceding picture with children, how does Grant like working with such equally notorious scene-stealers as chimps? "Chimps are all right," he sajd. "It's me that's all wrong. It seems that when the chimps do a scene right, the actors do it wrong." Smakey Says: rGtc-i now here ai*T M> i . .kwest rbm our? the i Let's (taj ta tfacr* pitching anCfl tk* lut fin ii out! Here and There BY F. C. SALISBURY THE COASTER 8. 8. ARTHUR, Editor Publisher Friday, April U Mr. D. B. Wade has been visiting his son, Mr. Stacy Wade, at Ral eigh. Miss Gerakline Willis visited her parents here Saturday and Sunday. Mr. K. E. Terry and wife, who have been here for quite a while, left for home in Boston, Monday. Arrangements are being made for the entertainment of the New Bern district conference of the M.E. church which is to meet here May 13 to 18. Second quarterly conference will convene Sunday night. April 13 at Franklin Memorial M.E. church. District superintendent, J. H. War ren, will preach at 7:30 p.m. J. L. Dennis, pastor. Revival services will be held at the Baptist church here beginning next Sunday, April 13, and con tinue for ten days or two weeks. The new pastor, the Rev. fe<win R. Harris, will do the preaching and the Rev. Theodore B. Davis will assist In pwaoaal work. ' A spcciiil meeting of the cham ber of confmerce was held Wed nesday night in the hall over the Paragon. The public was cordial ly invited to consider with them the subject of the government cut ting out the basin and continuing the present channel westerly to Bogue sound. It seems that this project has been favorably recom mended by the board of engineers, but for some reason has been tem porarily held up. A committee of C. S. Wallace, C. D. Canfield and others will go to Washington for the purpose of presenting the claim to the board of review. Other matters of vital importance to the town were dis cussed. and it was planned to put more life in the town by reorgan izing the chamber of commerce within the next thirty days and start out on new lines and all who have the interest of the town and community at heart are expected to take a leading part In this great work. J
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