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1 CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES I Cirtard Coutjr'i Newspaper EDITORIALS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1954 Carteret Has Two Winners! Carteret County should be proud to have within its borders two first prize winners in the Carolina Power and Light 195? soil conservation contest. To Miss Georgina P. Yeatman of the Open Grounds farm and to M. L Sim mons of Newport, congratulations. Miss Yeatman won $300 in the classi fication of farms over 101 acres and Mr. Simmons won the same amount in the category of farms under 50 acres. A total of $2,800 in prizes was awarded farmers throughout CP&L territory in North and South Carolina. The power company's contest to in duce farmers to make their farm "Caro lina's Finest" is the counterpart of the "Finer Carolina" program for towns. One-third of the customers served by the power company live in rural areas. In encouraging farmers to make bet ter use of their land by conserving its productive qualities, the power com pany says, "The soil w^hich all of us, city and country people alike, live from, is our country .. most important re source. Industry and labor, profes sional people as well as farmers have a large stake in the country's land. "Land, therefore, is our base. For everything we do, all we share, even whatever we amount to as a great peo ple, begins with and rests on the con tinued productivity of our lands. "Man seems to have a habit of wast ing the gifts of nature. Here in the United States, with its full and plenty, we have been especially guilty of mis use of our natural resources ... we are rapidly ruining our bounteous country And crippling the land lor future gen erations. "When we consider that our nation's population is increasing at approxi mately 6,000 persons per day it is im perative that we not only protect our lands and our water, but that we adopt practices which will provide for an ever-increasing yield." Farmers who participated in the con test undertook projects which conser vationists have proved will bring an "ever-increasing yield." These projects include strip farming, contour farming, terracing, construc tion of farm ponds: drainage of swampy land, wildlife field borders, reforesta tion, irrigation and pasture develop ment. Judges in the contest were trained soil conservationists. Roy Beck, district soil conservation supervisor, and heads of other county farm agencies which helped and en couraged Carteret farmers in the CP&L competition deserve a lot of credit for helping to produce two winners. And while it's nice that we are hon ored by being recognized for two out standing farmers, the many other farm ers who took part in the contest and carried out soil conservation practices, are winners too. To them we say thank you. What each contestant did to conserve our land and make it productive has in creased the wealth of all of us. Get Aboard! The first passenger cruise from More head City next October offers Carteret Countians the first real opportunity to do something personally to promote the port of Morehead City. Heretofore we have had to support the port program "morally," that is, back the persons who are being paid by the atiMato bring business to th? povtf show tlfi^etatcthat we are vital!#'" interested in its activity on our behalf ?-and that's about where it ended. NOW, however, you have the oppor tunity of planning your vacation so that YOU can be among the first to sail from Morehead City on a trans-Atlantic liner. Everyone aboard the Stockholm on its trip to Havana and Nassau next October will be making history! Aside from that, we believe it would be a tremendous thrill to simply drive to the dock ? a few minutes away ? get aboard and sail off to the blue Caribbean. For folks who live far from a seaport a major part of the trip is the travelling they have to do just to get to the ship. The week's cruise is no more expen sive than what a family would spend on the usual two-week vacation tooling around in a car somewhere within the country. And it is most important that ?4hw4iMt?rui8? fee a success. To make it successful, a full passenger list is of prime importance. Ocean cruises no longer are for the "rich." Expenses are moderate. The Stockholm cruise will be composed mostly of North Carolinians ? doctors and their families and the other Tar Heel folks who take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to visit Havana and Nassau. No matter how you look at it, it spells FUN! More information on the cruise may be had by contacting J. D. Holt, 6-3159 at the port. Religion, Line of Cleavage? In observance of Brotherhood Week which ends Sunday, Virginius Dabney, editor of the Times-Dispatch, Rich mond, Va., has written the following editorial on "Unity and Brotherhood:" A united country is a strong country. Cordial relations between the various segments of our population tend to pro mote and reinforce national unity. No one would be happier than Soviet Russia if the Catholics, Protestants and Jews of the United States could be brought to hate and distrust one an other. It is a foremost objective of the Communists to stir up antagonisms and sow seeds of discord among the major religious groups. Since Communists have no use for religion, they despise members of all religious faiths. Persons of a religious turn of mind are not likely to become robot-like and obedient "comrades," for Communism decries the dignity and that every soul has a right to worship as he pleases. Brotherhood Week, by contrast, is based on this concept. Members of the Protestant, Catholic and Jewish faiths who observe this week annually, under worth of the individual, and the belief the auspices of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, are determined that Rood will among the various faiths shall be promoted, and that those who seek to stir up strife among these groups shall be fought with every legiti mate means. It is fortunate that our domestic agencies devoted to the promotion of strife and hatred seem to be either dead or on the way out. Such organizations as the Silver Shirts appear to have van ished entirely, and the Ku Klux Klan is almost on its last legs, with a number of its leaders and members in jail. By contrast, the National Conference of Christians and Jews with headquar ters in New York and regional offices all over the United States, celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary last year, and is becoming increasingly in fluential. Brotherhood Week should remind us of the essential objectives for which the Conference stands, and should cause us all to strive for a more complete realiza tion of .these objectives. Carteret County Newt-Times WINNER Or NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION AND NORTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION AWARDS A Merger of The Beaufort Newi (Ect ltU) and The Twin City Time* (Est ISM) Published Tueodaya and Fridays by the Carteret Publieklnt Company. Inc. 804 Arendell St., Morotoad City, N. C. LOCKWOOD PHILLIPS ? PUBLISHER ELEANORE DEAR PHILLIPS ? ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER RUTH L. PEELW - EDITOR tail Rater In Carter* County and adjoining countiea. 18.00 oaa year, $2J0 tlx SI JS ode rtooth; olarwhors $700 oao yw. H-00 ate mnntto, SI JO o*a m Member of Aaaoetatad Preaa - Creator Weeklioe ? N. C. Pram Aaaod National Editorial AaaodaUon ? Audit Borami of Ctrrnlatloia . kg Aaaailatad Preaa it aa titled excluaiToly to oaa far repubUcatlM H leetl hoi Utotot t? ttfc <g?l|ia?ir. at well m all Af ttewa illiimatoa ? I P** ? ir Til'.?* """Tllji, II" f Mgrck s, isro. "WE GOT RID OF HIM, ALL RIGHIT .V I .ii> a-L.r'-j ."V irimmfTi'iHiimtt Do Hometown Folks Have No Brotherhood Problems? By GEORGE H. HECHTEL Former Editor, The Publisher's Auxiliary "The small town is often called the bulwark of America. Living close together, hometown folk don't worry about brotherhood prob lems. There simply isn't any prob lem." That is what we'd like to believe, isn't it? We'd like to call "typical" the Wisconsin town where the sports minded priest won the Catholic Youth Organization basketball championship' with a team com posed of a Jewish lad. two Metho dists, a Congregationalist, and one from his own church. We'd like to call "typical" the Missouri village where the town's only Negro family was so complete ly and traditionally accepted for three generations that children from other homes wondered what strangers meant when they spoke of "niggers." But are they typical? We wonder. During this National Brother hood Week, we'd like the folks of our town to examine their souls for a true and objective answer. It our town free of racial and re ligious prejudice? Maybe ours is one of the towns where there are no Negro resi dents. So we say we have no "Ne gro problem." But what was your comment, the last time you visited the Big City? Did you say, "Isn't it a shame that the Negro families F. C, Solhbury Here and There Th? following information is taken from the files of the More bead City Coaster: FRIDAY, FEB. 26, 1915 R. E. Aycock of Smithfield spent Sunday and Monday here. Mr. Ay cock was formerly cashier of the Bank of Morehead City. Miss Hazel Hawkins who has been spending a few days at home returned to Pine Grove Sunday af ternoon. Mrs. Clyde Morton spent a few days in Inston. Misses Bettye Pelletier and Thelma Latham of Beaufort visited relatives here Sunday. Miss Lucy Creech of Goldsboro has been visiting Miss Corinne Bell. Mrs. R. G. Moore and little daughter Stella Louise spent a few days at Pine Grove this week. The many friends of Mrs. C. S. Wallace, Jr., will be glad to know she is getting along nicely with a sprained ankle. Miss Eva Hardesty spent Sunday in New Bern. Frienda of Mrs. W. E. Headen will regret to learn that she is 111 at her home on Arendell street. Misses Lela Lee and Nanni Wade spent Monday in Beaufort. R. C. Nelson and family have arrived in the city and are stopping at the R. W. Wallace home. Mr. Nelson is connected with construc tion of the sewerage. Theodore Webb left Tuesday for New York and other northern cities. Ed Marka and Miss Beeda Rice were quietly married Monday night. They left Tuesday afternoon for Durham where they will make their home. The yacht "Conrade" with a party on board from Beaufort was in port for awhile Tuesday after noon. Miss Nellie Lewis has returned home after spending several weeks near Philadelphia. Dr. K. P. B. Bonner and R. C. Nelaon returned Tuesday from Raleigh. While in that city they were In consultation with the State Board of Health concerning plana for aewerage. C. 6. Wallace Jr., returaed home Wednesday night after spending several weeks tat Jacksonville, Fla. Irvin Davis of Smyrna arrived in the city yesterday to attend the funeral of hia sister Mr* W. Y. Fulford Little Miss Lyda Harris Wallace has returaed to her home in Bean fort after spending a few days here. Will Fulford of Durham arrfrtd In the city Wednesday to attend the funeral of Ms mother. Mrs. D. B. Cask 111 of Whits kors afrivad to the city Wednesday uitfht to attend the funeral of her aunt, Mrs. Fulford. The lighthouse tender "Juniper" was at the Carteret Ice and Coal dock yesterday taking on coal and water. Miss Ethel Weeks who has been spcrding some time here with her sister, Mrs. S. A. Chalk, has re turned to her home in Elizabeth City. The play "Won by Wireless" put on at the Palace Theatre made a big hit. It was a professional play produced by local players in a pro fessional manner. The cast of char acters was L. L. Leary, Cecil R. Willis. J. G. Bell, D. B. Willis, Miss Capitola Wade, Miss Helen Phelps, and Miss Eva McMillan. Dr. J. G. Bell has about complet ed the furnishing of his dental of fice over the Marine Bank. Theodore Webb left Tuesday morning for New York and Balti more where he will spend some time learning the latest styles in spring millinery and will also pur chase a complete line of millinery of "The Elite." Natural ability combined with experience makes Mr Webb rank with the very best milliners and it is the intention of "The Elite." with his help to make their millinery of the coming season second to none. Realizing that the present fa cilities for handling fire are not sufficient, the fire department has recently purchased another hose wagon and the same is expected in a few days. In the course of a few weeks Morehead City will have another machine shop added to its list. The one in question will he operated by T. C. Willis formerly with the John F. Bell Co., and will be lo cated near O. B. Willis' marine railway. The Bank of Morehead City has recently made a big improvement in the general appearance in this banking house. For several days a force of expert painters have been engaged in giving this institu tion a new dress of paint and bronze Morehead City ia to have a ce ment dry dock, something that can not be found in any other ? town along the Atlantic coast between Charleston. 8. C. and Norfolk, Va. Construction work has already be gun and will be conducted by O. C. Willis of this city and a Mr. Moore of Charlotte. Mrs. W. Y. Fulford died last Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock Just three month from the death of h*r husband. She leavea tq mourn tor loss five children, W. E. Ful ford and Mrs. J. F Giddens of this city. Mrs. Edwin Willis of South port. William Fulford of Durham and W. D. Fulford of Fort Worth. Texas, betides sisters and broth en. are moving into the fine old res idential section and squeezing out the white folks?" Was that Broth erhood? No Problem? Perhaps ours is one of the towns where we have only two or three Jewish families. We say we have no "Jewish problem." We haven't here in our lown. We've known our hometown neighbors for too long. But didn't one of our neigh bors say, the other night: "You know how it is with the Jews. They always take care of each oth er. no matter who gets hurt?" We have Catholics and Protes tants in our town, of course. We do business together, bowl on the same team, and swap the same triv ial gossip. We have no "Catho lic and Protectant problem" in our town, we say. But how often do we think aloud: "If thoae two get married, the Protestant girl will certainly turn for that Cath olic. Those 'red necks' make It that way"? or ? "You want to watch those Masons. They hold secret meetings to figure out how to run this town." We can claim that we do a pret ty good job of living brotherhood within the borders of our little community. We have learned, by experience, that men of all faiths and all colors can be neighbors and friends when they know and re spect one another. But that iin't enough. "We must "talk" brotherhood, too. Talk Builds Prejudice The "usual" phrase? the phrase that someone coined generations ago ? must be discarded. They must go the way of the long-for gotten prejudices. Why talk up a prejudice that seems to exist in another community that is demon strably false in ours? The phrases which perpetuate the "traditional" attitude toward the rest of the world are the logi cal target to be destroyed during National Brotherhood Week. They aren't true when an outsider says them about our town, why should they be true when we say them about outsiders? Besides, although we understand each other quite well, the idle phrase meant for someone elae in another city can be just the re mark that can upset our Ule of brotherhood at home. Today's Birthday BETTY MUTTON, born Feb. it, 1921 as Betty Jane Thornburg In Battle Creek. MW-h., daughter of a railroad brake man. Efferves cent singer and movie actress, ?he began her career as a vo calist with Vin cent Lopei or chestra. Her liater, Marian, w a a featured >1 noar uiilti I at a Glenn Miller's bind. Betty'f first film, "The Fleet's In," made her an immediate success. Other pic tures have been, "Annie Get Your Gun," "Incendiary Blonde" and "Greatest Show on Earth." Choice Bits Take caret t An evil thought passes thy door at first as a stranger. Then it enters aa a guest Then it Installs itself as master. ? J. J. Tharaud. Success or failure In business la caused more by mental attitude than by manUl capacity. Kidd Bfwr Raleigh Roundup ECHOES OP II . ? ? Hardly a man now alive knows what hap pened in "75. Bui in North Carolina ? and par ticularly in the Mecklenburg County section of North Carolina ?we maintain that we came up with the original declaration of independence from England on May 20, 1775. A part of that dec laration says that we "do hereby dissolve the political bands which have connected us to the mother country ..." In 1952, the Tenth Congression al District, whose Republican heartbeat is as strong at Tryon and Trade as in the mountains of Mad ison. broke loose from the parent and went Republican. Now in April of this year the Democrats, still hoping to bring that one lost sheep back into the fold, are importing Adlai for . ome advance campaigning in prepara tion for autumn. The Republicans are quietly tug ging at the sleeve of President Ei senhower. On May 20 they hope he will come to Charlotte atnl as sist in undoing any germs spread around there by Adlai Stevenson in April. It may be they can get him to stop off there enroute to Augusta. PIONEER . . . Being a non drinker and a non-smoker. I find myself very much interested in a new auto insurance firm which will insure at up to 45 per cent savings anybody who doesn't drink. Just between you and me. I have never felt that we teetotalers got all the rewards due us for the strug gles of total abstinence. Of course, we save broken necks, damaged limbs, bent fenders, torn-up homes, and ? money. But, still and all, there gleams always with the hu man heart that spark of larceny getting something at a bargain. So this Pioneer Auto Insurance Co., headed by Lee Braxton of White ville, appeals to me no end because it will save me insurance money if and when it gets going in North Caroling. With home offices at 6355 N. Clark St. in Chicago, Pioneer has initial capital funds in excess of $200,000. It hopes soon to oper ate in all 48 states. Right now, Hraxton drives to Fayctteville on Monday, is in Chicago at noon, and returns to Whiteville cach Satur day afternoon. BRAXTON ... We don't have space here to tell you much about that fabulous fellow, Lee Braxton. The son of a blacksmith, he stopped school in the sixth grade. He spent two weeks this past summer in JlawaiL This year he Is going to Europe. He is connected with a dozen different businesses. He is a former mayor of Whiteville. Although now only 48 years old, he is semi-retired and devotes most of his time to religious endeavors and public speaking. If you want a real speech, write him to talk to your club or speoial event on "The Fear of Prosperity." His youngest child, and only son, is a freshirian this year at Duke. CADILLAC . . . Governor Wil liam B. Umstead, laid low by a heart attack a year ago, was unaTlle to do much traveling in 1953. The Cadillac he inherited from his pre decessor (Gov. Scott started off with a Packard and switched to a Cadillac) served him all right. But there are indications that the Governor may be planning to spend more time on the road. Any way, the order hat gone out for a new Cadillac. JOHNSON . . . Charlie John son, former State Treasurer, has moved back to Raleigh ? he never sold his home here even while liv ing In Wilmington? and is now de voting his time to an organisation known as "The Voice of Indepen dent Business of N. C . Inc." Its main purpose, as listed in the pa pers of Incorporation last week, is "to study in a fair, impartial and non-partisan manner the policies of the State . . . and subdivisions . . . and to offer recommendations ... to strengthen and support the institution of good government . . ." MARCH 1 . .. . Although A. A. Lennon has been doing some right handsome campaigning for many moons now. he has had no place save his hat from which to operate. This will be cured on March 1 when he takes over the Manteo Room of the Sir Walter for the duration. W. Kerr Scott is expected to move into the Hotel Carolina for a fighting finish this week. AUTOS DOWN Sales of new automobiles in North Carolina were the lowest this past January they have been since September of 1952. In January of 1093. total sales ran to 8,971. In January of this year: 6.628. Sales of new trucks, according to figures gathered from the files of the ntw car registra tion division o( the N. C. Depart ment of Motor Vehicle*, were I, 688 in January of this year ss com pared with 2,449 in January of laat year. Moat cars ? Chevrolet and Buick being notable exceptions ? sold much fewer in January of 1994 than In the same month of 1993. Here ia how they atacked up: Buick this January, 920. and last January. 900: Cadillac this year. 94, and laat year 127; Chevrolet, 1.841, aa against 1.542 In January of 1983; Chrysler, 122 and 180; Crosley, now discontinued, none this year and on* last; De Soto, 82 and 221; Dodge. 312 and 900; Fort, 1,848 and 1,878 hi January at 1963; Henry J, 2 and 36; Hudson, 33 and 63; Kaiser, 11 an4 52; Lin coln, 26 and 41; Mercury 339 and 446; Nash, 84 and 194. Olds, 274 and 396 Packard. 62 ?nd 135; Plymouth, 655 and 1,104; Pon tiac, 484 and 640; Studebato. 135 and 292; Willys. 32 and 188; and miscellaneous, 10 as against 23 in January of 1953. This past December. 8,433 Dew cars were sold in North Carolina as compared with 7,546 in Decem ber of 1952 and 7,040 in December of 1951. New cars are likely to continoe moving at a slower rate until the manufacturers become more realia tic with reference to what dealers can do to unload the used autos traded in. OBSERVATION ... Although the Governor has made it clear on several occasions that he will ex ert no pressure whatever on State employees and men holding key positions with the State to work for Alton A. Lennon, don't be sur prised if they do so ? in wholesale, all-out fashion. W. B. Umstead has real fatherly affection for Alton Lennon Word of this fine feeling between the two men is spreading like little fires in a broomsedge field through out the departments. So, our prediction is that this ad ministration. come May 29. will more nearly go down the line for Lennon than has any administra tion for a Governor's appointee in our memory. KIRK? ... All through last week Alton Lennon kept the folks gues sing as to who his publicity man would be He has been getting sug gestions from all over the place ? most of then unacceptable. The person being put forward most, probably, is Ed Kirk, who handles news for Raleigh Radio Station WPTF. An announcement concerning the publicist was to be made the weekend of the Jeffer son-Jackson Day Dinner. That date came and went ? and still no word. Kirk. Wake Forest alumnus and son of a retired Baptist minister now living in Stanly County, may be hard to pry loose from WPTF, if for only a few months. At least two other newspaper men are un der consideration. NOTES . . . Congratulations to Ben Douglas, director of the Dept. of Conservation and Development, "?ho hcrame a jzrandpappy again last week ... a daughter for Ben, Jr. . . of Charlotte . . . The good job being done by Charlie Gold as N. C. Insurance Commissioner adds ertnttr&sig to the adage that bus inessmen can find able assistants among the secretaries to our Con gressmen . . . Gold was for many years the late Congressman Bul winkle's Good Man Friday ? . ? The Governor still has not found a successor to Bill Bailey as head of N. C. Civilian Defense. Jane Ead? Washington Washingon ? While Mamie Eisen hower failed to make the 1954 list of the world's best-dressed women, she topped a local list. A trim 14, she favors grays, navy and black for daytime wear, with matching accessories and pumps with Cuban heels. Her clothes are simply tailored, with full skirts and rounded neckline. The First Lady is fond of bright little hat* and has many varieties of them, flower and feather-trimmed or sparkling with bead and sequin embroidery. She also has a number of fur wraps, a long mink coat, a short mink coat and stoles of silver and white mink. Pink is her favorite color for even ing. Mrs. Harold Talbott, wife of the Air Force secretary; Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, secretary of health, education and welfare; Mrs. Mat thew Ridgeway. the general's pret ty brunet lady, and Mrs. Arthur Summerfield, wife of the postmas ter general, were others on the lo cal list. Mrs. Henri Bonnet, wife of the French ambassador, who made fourth place on the world list this year, favors simplicity also for her daytime clothes but goes all out for glamour after dark. Being well dressed, she told lo cal fashion reporters, has nothing to do with the number of items in in a woman's wardrobe or the amount she spends on them. It depends on careful selection and having the right thing for every oc casion. She said her daytime ward robe consists of two tailored suits, two simple dresses, one matched to a coat for traveling, and two black afternoon dresses. She favor* black because you can do so many things to play them up with acces sories, such as bright hats, scarves and Jewelry. Evening clothes play an impor tant part in her life. She either hostesses a formal party or goea to one nearly every night. She has many beautiful evening gowns, all of them naturally from the big Paris designers, chiefly Dior. She says, however, that three evening dresses would be sufficient for the wardrobe of the welMreesed wo man. "These should include." she says, "one very simple, one big gala and one in between." Mrs. Bonnet says she plans her wardrobe from year to year adding only a few costumes to what she haa every season. Occasionally she sdda a new color note and start* tmildtos OB that .11:4
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