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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES Cartmt Coast?'* EDITORIALS FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1954 Our Migrant Labor Problem Nine hundred migrant Negro labor era are now harvesting beana and pota toes in the county. An' influx of that many persona brings several problems. The first is housing and the need for maintaining minimum sanitation and health standards. The housing for mi grant laborers has improved consider ably here but the conditions under which the workers live is generally sub standard. North Carolina's reputation when it comes to migrant labor camps is "worst along the Atlantic seaboard." With the cooperation of the late Dr. N. T. Ennett, county health officer, the farm labor office was able to get better housing for the laborers. Now the work ers have bunks to sleep on whereas sev eral years ago they slept on the floor of shacks or on the ground. The health department now is making blood tests to keep tabs on venereal disease car riers. It treats persons found to be in fected. Investigation by the health depart ment on housing and the workers is of utmost importance, for the health de partment is the only agency with the authority to enforce minimum living standards. When a small army of workers moves into a community, it brings an added problem to law enforcement of ficers. Living as they do, the laborers can be expected to get drunk occasion ally or seek what diversion they can. As a whole, they have caused little trouble here in the past and when one considers their type of existence, it is surprising that infringement of the law has not been more frequent. Labor crew leaders have expressed regret in the past that the laborers have no contact with a church. It is impossi ble to transport them to Negro churches and if their campa are within walking distance of a rural Negro church they hesitate to go because the only clothes they have are the work clothes on their backs. The most logical thing to do would be to conduct services for them in their camps on Sunday. Perhaps some of the Negro congregations and ministers could undertake this as a home mission ary project. If they take the initiative, we believe that the white folks and their ministers would be willing to of fer assistance. Frank Nance, farm labor supervisor, said that migrant labor last year netted Carteret farme-s a million and a half dollars. Crops would rot in the fields if the laborers were not here. As THE NEWS-TIMES commented in a feature story on migrant workers last fall: "As an asset to the community migrant laborers cannot be underesti mated. As a responsibility of the com munity as a whole, they cannot be over looked." Come to the Playground A playground in Beaufort elsewhere than on the school grounds is something new to the town's youngest generation. Parents would be giving their young sters a thrill if they took them to the playground Sunday afternoon. As a matter of fact, everyone should visit the playground and if possible, attend the brief dedication ceremonies at 5 o'clock that afternoon. The Junior Woman's Club and the Chamber of Commerce have spent a lot of time and money on the play area. A large crowd at the dedication ceremony would help show the town's apprecia tion for their efforts. Non-Voters Sell Out America There are times when doing nothing is worse than doing something. Sitting home and failing to vote is doing nothing. And that can be more disastrous than voting for someone who may prove in several years to be un worthy of public office. The way things have been going, the vote increases every day in importance. It is the ONE AND ONLY weapon each American has against men like McCar thy. It is the ONE AND ONLY thing that stands between us and a shallow, meaningless democracy. We feel the swirl of world events around us and get a helpless feeling of "Well, what can I do?" YOU can Bhape the world by casting a ballot. America in one of the moat important, if not THE moat important nation among all nations. That makes each American citizen important and fully responsible for the course America travels. We determine that course by choosing the men who hold public of fice ? in Washington, Raleigh, Beau fort. By failing to vote (if you are eligi ble), by sitting home all day tomorrow, you are "casting a vote" against Ameri ca and all it stands for. There is no room for that type of negativism in a free world. Water Systems in the News Judging from the information sup plied by Carolina Power and Light Co. the proposed buyers of the Beaufort, Morehead City and Snow Hill water systems are experienced water utilities men. Transferral of a town water system is a matter of importance. Although the citizens are directly affected, they must leave to the present operators of the system the decision aa to who shall take over. And in Morehead City's case, residents must place their faith in the town board ? which may or may not approve the transfer. We believe that Carolina Power and Light Co., whose primary interest is providing.power and not water service, has done its best to find buyers who are able to provide and operate a good water system. If CP AL has not done this, then the company is slitting its own throat for its future in Beaufort, Morehead City and Snow Hill depends i on the smooth functioning of all utili ties. It is predicted that eventually our water rates will go up. Experts say that the rate now is extremely low. It is also true that the systems in Beaufort and Morehead City are in need of repair and improvement ? which will cost money. A few months ago there was talk that Beaufort and Morehead City might be interested in taking over the water sys tems. We can think of no easier way to commit financial suicide. If the proposed owners and operators of the water system are as able and ex perienced aa CP&L reports, we believe that the transfer to them will be advan tageous and beneficial. The basic question of the farm price program: Is parity charity? ? Kings port (Tenn.) Times. Carteret County New*-Times WINNER or NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION AND NORTH CAROLINA PRE88 ASSOCIATION AWARDS A Merger of Tlx Beaufort Newi (Est 1812) and The Twin City Ttaaee (EM. ISM) Publlahad Tuesdays and Fridays by Um Carteret Publishing i SIM AnodMl St, Msrabsad City, N. C. LOCKWOOD PHILLIPS ? PUBLISHER ELEANORS DEAR PHILLIPS ? ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER RUTH U PEELDW ? EDITOR >11 Rata: h Carteret County aad adjoining counties, MM one year, ?SJQ ail ntontha, 91 Jt eae Math; oleowhare $7.00 oaa year, HOP ?i? months. 9LS0 om Month. ? of Aaaoriatod Pr Ota ? Greater Week ilea - N. C. PlM , a Editorial Aaaodattoa ? Audit Bureau of Preaa M an titled astasfroiy to mm far repubUeation of frtotod la thM hmmiim. aa woD aa aU AP City. N. C, Under Act af 1 TIME TO STEP UP AND START BATTING God's Sunset By BLANCHE ROSE Sea Level As I gazed from out my window Toward the sunset's radiant glow, I beheld a glorious painting Unexcelled on earth below. 'Twas a painting by the Master, Given to us mortals free. O my soul feast on its beauty 'Til His glory voij shall see. Why do people search for pleasure Search in vain along life's way? When there is a glowing sunset Painted by God's hand each day? O I know 'tis but a sketching rOf His beauty yet to see, But it lifts my soul toward heaven Where I'll spend eternity. Today's Birthday JOHN C. WARNER, born May 28, 1897 on ? (arm near Goshen, Ind. The president of Carnegie Institute of Technafogy (Carnegie Tech) has been a fac ulty member since 1926. head of the chemis try department and dean of graduate studies. He is the first prestaem 10 dc appointed from the staff. One of America's distinguished scientists, he helped in the development of the atomic bomb. Also noted auth or in field of chemistry. This is the Law By FERD L. DAVIS For the N. C. Bar Association Administrative Law The average person thinks ol law as falling into one of two cate gories: legislative action or court action. He knows generally that the legislature passes laws, the ex ecutive branch of the government administers these laws, and the judicial branch of the government hears cases in which it is alleged that these laws have been oroken. Much of this idea about I he law is not familiar to the non-lawyer, who follows most legislative pro ceedings only through the press and radio. He may go through life without oncl suing or being sued, or being cited to appear as a de fendant in a criminal action. But the cittzen comes face to face with the administration of the law a hundred times a day. These "adminiatrations" are attempts to make effective the policies dictated by the legislature, and involve d*1 cisions, by administrative bodies, that have the force and effect of law. A citizen's rights are deter mined by such administrative groups to the same extent that a court of law would determine his rights, but without the many legal safeguards provided in the law courts. Major Legal Field This activity has expanded in Arv.orica ? and in North Carolina ? lo the extent that administrative law ii one of the major fields in legal practice today. Counties* at torneys devote their entire careers F. C Salisbury Here and There The following Information is taken from the files of the More bead City Coaster: FKIDAY, MAY M, 1915 As a result of a revival meeting held in the Baptist church 27 were baptised in that church at the close of the meeting Sunday night. Mrs. S. L Lilly of Jacksonville Is in the city visiting her sister, Mrs J. W. Wallace. Miss Leone Herbert left Monday for Baltimore whera she will visit friends. Attorney General T. W. Bickett of Raleigh paaaed through the city Wednesday morning on his way to Beaufort where he delivered the commencement address at the clos ing of the schools of that place. Alonio Willis of Newport was in the city Monday, coming here to get his launch in shape for the summer. E. A. Council, cashier of the Ma rine Bank, left Tuesday afternoon for Greensboro to attend the Shrin ers convention. Miss Velna Canfleld spent Tues day at Pine Grove with Miss Haxel Hawkins who is teaching there. Mrs. Chas. V. Webb who has been visiting in Oxford returned home Wednesdsy. Mrs J. W. Chadwick and chil dren who have been spending sev eral days here with Mr. and Mrs. C. W Chadwick, left Monday for their home in Saluda, S. C. The Singing Clasa of the Ox ford Orphange gave a concert it the Palace Theatre Wednesday night which was enjoyed by ? lsrge audience. Miss Vida Newborne delightfully entertained several frienda at her home on Evans and 9th Streets Monday night. Various games were played and refreshments served. Those enjoying Mia Newborns'! hospitality were the Misses Janice Levy, Lucile Lesry, Ruth Davis, Fannie Wade. Alice Willis, Marie Jackson, Henrietta Moore; Messrs. Earle Piuer, McDenald Willis, Her ace Mlselle, Gray Hawkins, Rob ert Taylor, Dewey Willis, Walter Lewis, Claude Lewis, Arendell Dan iels. Cecil Cherry, Will Brinson. The harbor of refuge work is going forward at Cape Lookout. Two double tracka are being built from the Atlantic Hotel to Pier I. Rock is expected to start mov ing by July 1. Speaking Thursday in the old historic town of Beaufort, In sight of 'ocean gray and melancholy waste," and within sound of the eternal song of the sea, T. W. Bickett, Attorney General of North Carolina, got his subject and his inspiration from his surroundings and for an hour gripped the atten tion of the large crowd assembled to hear him. He took for his sub ject the scriptural injunction: "Launch Out into the Deep." E. G. Cox, a prominent cititen of Greensboro spent a few daya in the city this week, being the guest of W. C. Willis. Before re turning home Mr. Cox waa treated to a few hours of hook-and-line fishing and together with Mr. Wil lis on Monday caught over 390 nice large fish in less than two hours. Taking their many friends by surprise Charles A. Guthrie and Miss Mary Guthrie were married Sunday evening at the parsonage of the Methodist Church, the Rev. J. T. Pierce, the pastor, officiating. Miss Guthrie is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tobe Guthrie. Mr. Guthrie holds a responsible posi tion with J.*C. Helms. A first class plumbing estab lishment waa launched here thla week when the Morehead City Plumbing Supply Co. Ihiew open its doors to all comers in the Webb building just west of the Ho tel Charles. The officers oi the new company are G. D. Canfleld, president, Charles W. Styron, man ager. Miss Annie Lane of New Bern arrived In the city Tuesday night, coming here for an operation in the Morehead City Hospital. Dr. ft. B. Primrose of New Bern arrived here Wednesday morning and performed tbe opwatlon. to practice before only one ad ministrative body, such as the Fed eral Communications Commission or the Interstate Commerce Com mission. The development of American civilization has made necessary this enormous expansion of adminis trative law. Our life is geared, more and more, to administrative decisions in fields formerly regard ed as purely legal. The lawyer and the non-lawyer alike would, for example, regard as absurd the necessity of bringing a formal law suit whenever the Wildlife Resour ces Commission set an opening date for fishing season or the High way Commission decided to widen a state highway. Sometimes hardships arise in the field of admins tratlve law. In most cases, the citizen is protected by the right of appeal to the court*, as in matters before the Utilities CommtNion. In other cases, there is little the individual can do after a decision is made, provided the ad ministrative official or agency has been "reasonable." Protection How can the average taxpayer protect himself? He can and does join various organizations to pre sent his views to the administra tive agency. He enlists the aid of his 1 jislator in many cases, and he writes letters to the newspapers in an effort to arouse public opin ion. But the greatest help the indi vidual can get in such matters ia from his attorney. Many students of administrative law believe that the greatest assistance a lawyer can give his client lies in this field. Yet this assertion runs againat the feeling of many men, who rea son that they are not going "into court" in a matter before an ad ministrative body and conaequently do not need an attorney. The competent lawyer, however, will be familiar with the proced ures of any agency before which he appears. He will know when hia client's rights are being trampled. He understands the rules of evi dence, and knows what evidence will be considered relevant by the par ticular administrative body hearing his client's caae. He knows bow to prepare his clients' petition in order to have an administrative de cision reviewed by the courts of law, if that should be necessary. And his training and experience tells him when an appeal would be proper. * Types of Cases The coat of telephone calls, the granting of radio licenaes, the sus pension of beer and wine licenses, the evaluation of property for tax purposes, the location of highways, the site of oyster dredges allowed by law, the passage of municipal ordinances ? all these decisions and thousands more are in the field of administrative law, and deter mine your rights. Your attorney can advise you of steps to be taken and the probable results of any disputes with even greater cer tainty that he can advise you of the probable outcome of a lawsuit. in short, the counsel of a com petent attorney is. just as desirable ia .administrative law matters as in a law court action. Next week, apecific instances of the help given individusls through such counsel will be presented in this column. San Bet Maybe this newly discovered cle ment No. 100 is no good for bombs, but what'll you bet it will turn up before long in soma brand pf tootb paate, gasoline or soap chips? ?Columbia (8. C.) Mate IQdd Iwww / Raleigh Roundup TOO LATE . . . Well, the cam paigns arc about over. Ai this week't outpourings move out of haleigh this tha 23rd of May IBM ?it ia less than a week until tlie Primary. It it were all to do over, as we sometimes aay, the candidates would have fought a different fifht. Being human, like the rest of us, hardly a aeeker for office ia happy with the campaign he has conducted. For instance, Insurance Commis sionner Charlie Gold says if he had it to do over, he would have had badges printed with no reading thereon, except possible the words: "For Insurance Commissioner." The badges would have been of a metallic orange -or golden color. Charlie says he figures that would prove sufficient to get over his message. His slogan is "Keep the Commis sioner of Insurance office on the Gold standard." There will be many a campaign er who on Saturday night as the votes start pouring in will say: "I should have worked harder." Several candidates will be heard to mutter words to the effect that they waited too late to start swing ing. Procraatination is not only the thief of time, but frequently it is the thief of victory. DOWN EAST ... The oldtimers around here ? and there are few er of them all the time ? are saying that the race for the U. S. Senate will be decided in about 30 counties lying east of Raleigh. There is the battleground, they say, and Messrs. Lennon and Scott apparently believe it, for they have spent a lot of time and money on visits and advertising in the eastern areas. Why is the east so important when the big votes are in the Pied mont? Because it has been observed that in recent years the Piedmont and the mountain counties general ly cancel themselves out. They cast a lot of votes, yes, but with Scott and Johnson in IMS they were about even. The same was true ? except with Forsyth -in the Broughton ? Umstead contest in 1948. It was certainly true in the Smith - Graham battle in 1950 and in the Olive - Umstead battle of 19S2. On the other hand, the cast gen erally slugs one way or the other. Scott's big strength in 1948 came from those big counties down east. But since Senator Lennon is from down east, he is conceding nothing. A lot of things have been hap pening in the senatorial thing with in the past two weeks. It teems doubtful that there will be a sec ond Primary Watch your money, boys, for only the careless will bet on this one. Our main reason for thinking there will be no runoff is that the "other" candidates have not been able to get up as much steam as we thought they would three or four weeks ago. DURHAM FOR SCOTT? . . . We keep hearing that Governor William B. Umstead's home county of Durham is one of the weakest for Lennon in these parts. Re ports we get insist that it it one of the hottest Scott counties going. Could be-despite the fact that Governor Umstead hat a lot of frienda there. In 1948, Senatorial Candidate Umstead beat Wake County Native J. M. Broughton in Wake and all but took Broughton's home precinct here in Raleigh. SEARCHERS . . . Since I wrote here three or four weeka ago that the public it entitled to know all the facta regarding candidates for public office -and facta regarding individuals holding public office- - a Raleigh daily has had at least three of its top political reporters on the beat investigating me and making inquiriet in at leaat three State departments. 8ince thia haa come to my at tention within the past ten days, it may well be imagined that the oth er reporter!? if there are any left unoccupied? are also devoting time on me. It might be well, from the vo ters' standpoint, if this newspaper spent more time searching out the facts on the candidates themselves. I have heard of no case where any inquiry has been made by this newspaper on charges and counter charges made involving the two principal candidates for the U. & Senate. If there is any information re garding my activities although I am not a candidate for office ? which the reading public would like to have regarding my private business, good. While I have ob served little general interest in the conduct of my business, I am not opposed to answering any questions regarding it. FROM THE SCENE When O. Max Gardner, brother-in-law of the late Senator Clyde R. Hoey, died a few years ago on the eve of his sailing for England as am bassador at the Court of St. Jame's, this State was deeply shocked. But within a week after Gardner's fun eral at Shelby, State Auditor George Ross Pou died of a heart attack. He had gone to Gardner's funeral and was visiting friends in South Carolina when the end came. Within a week after attending the Hoey funeral, Labor Commis sioner Forest Shuford died sudden ly in Washington. Veteran Newspaperman Tom Bost and his good friend, State Su preme Court Chief Justice Walter Parker Stacy, died within a week of each other two years ago. Then came State School Supt. Clyde Erwin and Senator Willis Smith. If these deaths, virtually sudden, and wholly unexpected, aren't con vincing proof of the rigors of pub lic life in this mid 20th century, then we are completely blind to the ever-increasing burdens being piled upon the shoulders of our officials. Of the great officials we have lost within the past ten years, in cluding J. M. Broughton, only one ? Clyde R. Hoey had attained three score and ten. Most of them were nearer 50 to 60 than to 70 when stricken. APPOINTEES We have never had a Governor with as many opportunities for key appointments as have come W. B. Umstead's way. And let, his term of office still has a little better than two years and six months to run. Were he a politician, which he definitely is not. Governor Um stead could now be well aloag with a powerful political machine through the many appointments which have come to him naturally through resignations and deaths. In no appointment yet has he shown decision governed by politi cal advantage. Now he has two key appoint ments facing him: another U. S. Senator and a Commissioner of Labor. Who will they be? The list of those mentioned for sena tor is now approaching 75, with Ir ving Carlisle of Winston-Salem, Monroe Redden of Hendersonville, and Ben Douglas of Charlotte ~e ceiving right much notice within the past few days. For Labor Commissioner, Build ings and Grounds Head George Cherry is being discussed. A dark horse for the appointment may be Seth Brewer, federal labor concil iator who has the respect of both Iftbor and management and who was a friend to W. B. Umstead in his races for the U. S. Senate and Governor. Since Hoey's successor must come from the west, people are say ing Shuford's successor will likely come from east of Greensboro. But, as the song goes, this an't necessarily so. Join Eod? Washington Washington ? Twice ? week, and when she haa company, Mr*. Grade Pfont, the Democratic congresswo man from Idaho, poura out a little of her sourdough atarter, adda a lit tle flour and water to it and makea the mining country'! favorite hot cakea. Mrs. . Pfost (pronounced Poat) waa given the atarter during her 1952 campaign by a housewife back in the mountains 85 milea from the oiled roada. It came from a batch given to the houaewife by a miner atlil farther off the beaten track. The miners us* it for biacuita, the congreaawoman says. "Probably in the beginning the original batter ia made with some kind of yeaat foam," ahe told me, "I. don't know how old my batch la. When you're ready to make hot cakea u waffles you mix the start er with flour and water." lira. Pfoat aaya in modern daya people add an egg, some soda and a little augar or honey, a pinch of salt and aome shortening in addi tion to the flour and water. When ever ahe poura off some tar break fast for herself and her husband, Jack, a retired master mechanic, she adda water to what'a left to build up the amount needed for the next time. With the pancake*, or waiflaa. which Mrs. Pfost says have a tangy, cheesy flavor, she serves grape Jelly, or Jam made of redcap rasp berries. apricots, gooseberries or sand plums, which grow on the Pfost's half-acre and which she puti up herself. "The wild plum jam is just out of this world," she says. "The plants were given us by pioneer Idaho relatives who transplanted them from Kansas creek bottoms." Shapely, auburn haired Mrs. Pfost is considered one of the "gla mour girls" of Congress. Born in Harrlaon, Ark., in 1906. she grew up on her father's dairy ranch in the Boise valley and married Jack Pfost in 1023 She ran for Con gress in 1090, after serving 10 years as treasurer of Canyon County, but was defeated and went into the real estate business at Nampa. She say* it waa her husband who "needled" her into making an all-out second try.. Smil? a While She: Sometimes my father take* things apart to sec why tbey wont go He: So what? She: So, you'd bet tar go.
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