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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES " Cartarat County's N?w?papw EMTOMALS TUESDAY. JUNE 29, 1954 Shall We Invest in Past or Future? The State Board of Conservation and Development says it doesn't have money to maintain a classroom building at Camp Glenn which means thousands of dollars' income to this area during the summer. Yet it appears to have money to rebuild old broken-down homes of "historical interest." On a visit to Edenton a couple weeks ago Ben EL Douglas, director of the CAD Board, and several other board members decided they would recom mend to the full C&D Board when it meets here in July that $10,000 be in cluded in the budget to restore the Ire dell Home at Edenton. The Iredell Home is the old residence of James Iredell, associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1790-99. It's a "state historical site" into which North Carolina has already dumped $15,000. It's too bad Otway Burns or Robert E. Lee didn't sleep in that classroom building at the section base which is used each summer for State College ex tension courses. If either had, the state would probably jump up and down with eagerness to keep it in good repair. The only trouble is, tfte building wasn't standing in the days of Burns or Lee. The state recognizes that the build ings are in a state of disrepair. And we appreciate the fact that the Board of Conservation and Development, which has jurisdiction over them doesn't want to keep spending money, "needlessly" as they say, for maintenance. But what value is a total investment of $25,000 tax money in an historical site? Lovers of history and dwellers in the past can come up fighting in an swer to that question. They can un doubtedly list close to a hundred rea sons (what they call GOOD reasons) for maintaining historical shrines. We are n<)t averse to keeping in good repair some buildings of outstanding historical interest but it seems as though there is no end these days to what people want to restore. The amount of revenue Edenton (or North Carolina) would receive through ANOTHER historical point at Edenton is an intangible factor that can't even be reckoned with reasonable accuracy. But let's look at the section base building. Five hundred students, by the end of this summer, will have taken courses in those buildings. These stu dents are adults, men in industry, who come here to be brought up-to-date in the latest developments in their voca tion. Many of them combine work with pleasure by bringing their families for a seaside vacation. Assuming that 85 per cent of them bring their wives and children (the director of the extension division says 90 per cent do so) and that during their several days to two weeks stay here, each family spends at least $100, that's a MINIMUM income of $42,600 to this area over a three month period. Cost of maintenance of the classroom building during the past three years has been $1,300, according to figures from the director of the extension courses. Assuming that this is cost of minimum maintenance, a couple thou sand dollars more would be needed, probably, to put the building in first class condition. Yet this investment shows definite promise of bettering the economic status and cultural standing of the state whereas investment in a home of a for mer justice of the Supreme Court promises little. We believe that the present and fu ture of this country is as equally im portant as our past. And we believe that many, afraid of the things the future holds, turn unwisely to fanatic worship of things that are over and done with. We respect Judge Iredell and the part he played in our history. But we believe that education of our people NOW is important and that the state would do well to recognize economic needs and education needs and not ill vest thousands of dollars in maintain ing an expensive antique for sentimen tal (historical!) reasons. Justice Goes a Begging Caryl Chessman, 32, has waited near ly six years on Death Row in San Quen tin prison. Sentenced to die for kidnap assaults on young girls and women, a stay of execution has been granted sev eral times. A Philadelphia penologist believes he should not be put to death. Chessman, rated a genius by psycho logical standards, has even written a book about his life as a criminal. It's a best-seller, "Cell -2465 Death Row." One of Chessman's victims, a young girl, has been in a mental institution since the attack for which Chessman was convicted. Her mother urges his execution as an aid to restoring the girl's sanity. Both the governor of California and the judge of the Chessman trial say Chessman's execution is justified. But a noted penologist, Dr. Negley K. Teeters of Philadelphia says Chess man is a criminal psychopath who should not be put to death but who should "serve as a guinea pig." It seems to us that Dr. Teeters and other psychologists had ample time dur ing the past six years to learn anything they wanted to know about Chessman and that it's high time the court's sen tence is carried out. His Day (From the Greensboro Daily Newt) No document we have Been lately dramatizes so well the burdens of the presidency as the neat listing of Presi dent Eisenhower's appointments for a typical day . . . Tuesday, June i, 1954. Consider, if you will, what energy and enthusiasm it drained out of Ike to endure the following: At 9:30 the President saw Senators Ferguson and Potter and Representa tives Knox and Bennett, Michigan Re publicans, and * delegation from the Michigan legislature who presented him a resolution urging him to spend his 1955 Summer vacation in Michigan. At 10 a.m. the President received the winner of the American Trucking In dustry's "Driver of the Year" award. At 10 :80 members of the Connecticut delegation in the House invited the President to visit their state later this year. At 11 Senator Aiken and Nathan S. Ancell, board chairman of the Beaver Falls (Vt.) Manufacturing Corp., and Clifton R. Mickelly, managing director of the State of Vermont, presented a piece of colonial maple furniture to the President. At 11:15 the President squeezed in Deputy Secretary of Defense Anderson. At 1 the President had lunch at the White House with representatives of four veterans organizations. At 2:80 thj? President signed H. R. 7786 honoring American veterans. Whew I > It must have been nice for most of the parties involved, but were all those trips necessary? Sometimes we wonder when the President of the United States tend* to official state business ? or when he aits down to think. Carteret County N?w*-Tim?t WINNER OF NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION AND NORTH CAROLINA REM ASSOCIATION AWARDS A Major ti TU Beaufort Nm (EM. lilt) mi The Twin Cttjr Ttaoe (E It 1W) I Toaedayi and Fridaya by tlx Carteret PnblkUai 1 St, Morebead City, N. C. LOCKWOOD PHILLIPS ? PUBLISHER ELEANORS DEAR PHILLIPS _ ASSOCIATE RUTH L PEELING ? EDITOR In CbrtefM County and adjoining coontiee, 96.00 mm yw, $3S0 di months. I olaowbero >7.00 one year. HOP ate montba, ILflO one ' at AawkM Pita ? Greater Weekllee ? N. C I 1 o t Prats to anHUad (Mhrinly to ua (or r?p?bUcatioo a I WITCH YOUR WAGON Lincoln's Secretary of War Was Descendant of Quakers By F. C. SALISBURY (This is part two of a two-part story on the early Quakers in Car teret County.) Friends were very strict regard ing their religious rules. Any mem ber marrying "out of unity" or committing any serious act of mis conduct were disowned. Such mem bers condemning their conduct could be reinstated. Records show that in 1830 many members were disowned for marrying out of unity. Those early settlers coming into Carteret county, as well as others who followed, were good judges of farm land, for their former hold ings along the Newport River are today considered the most fertile and productive sections of farm land in the county. Friends, in their plain and sim ple habits of dress and customs, were not given to the building of elaborate, showy houses such as one finds in many sections of the eastern part of the state. A few of their former homes remain stand ing, some of which have been re modeled, others are in a dilapidat ed condition. Following the old country road a short distance eastward from the Core Creek bridge one comes to the old home of Edward Stanton, built soon after he came into the county in 172'. on the site of his 1,900 acre purchase. The house is two storied, of wood construction, with a one story wing connected by a wide gallery. Built of heart pine upon sill 20 x20 Inches square, the ancient structuure has weathered the ele ment* down through the years. It is one of the finest structures of early AmCrican architecture, in keeping with the Quaker simplicity, in the county. The property is now owned by J. S. Stanton, a descend ant from the Stanton line. On the outskirts of Beaufort, reached by a road connecting West Beaufort with highway 101, stands a house of ancinet structure fre The Readers Write June 22. 1954 To the Editors Last weekend was the first time I had ever visited your friendly city and I can't resist the tempta tion to write a "letter to the editor" and In this way, let your people know how one visitor was impress ed with Morehead City. Not only do you have great natural advantages which few, if any cities along the Atlantic Coast have, but your people aupply the remaining essentials to make a per son enjoy a stay in your city. To the people of the First Baptist church, I am particularly indebted for such a cordial reception, but it waa also my pleasure to meet a number of people from the other churches. A visitor is impressed by the fine spirit which seems to exist between the various denom inations in Morehead City. liay I compliment you on your attractive, well-edited paper. The story on John Tillery as "Father of the Year" waa particularly well done and we are taking the liberty of using information from it in a feature on John in our next issue. If and when you or any other Morehead City residents are In this section of the state, you have a standing invitation to visit the Mills Home branch of the Baptist Orphanage of North Carolina. We will be happy to show you around our grounds and buildings. Sincerely, J. Marse Grant, Miter Charity and Children Baptist Orphanage Thenasvllle, N. C. Home place of Henry Stanton, leader of. the band of Quakers who came into the county over 200 years ago. This staunch old house stands on the original tract of 1900-acre plantation bordering Newport River and Core Creek. It is now owned by J. S. Sabiston. (Photo by F. C. Salisbury) quently referred to as the Stanton place. Built by John Marshall Records show that this old house was built by John Marshall who had been granted a large section of several hundred acres in the early days of Carteret County. It came into the possession of a Stan ton, one Benjamin, who married Josephine Marshall about the mid dle of the 19th century. This Ben jamin has often been given credit as being the father of Edwin M. Stanton. Genealogy proves other wise. For persons interested in gen ealogy, that of the Stanton family, especially the line that resulted in the birth of Edwin McCaster Stan ton, who became Secretary of War under President Lincoln, is of more than usual interest, covering as it does the lives and activities of three generations of Stantons in in Cartefet County. A few years following the coming of the Pilgrim?, Robert Stanton, either of English or Scotish birth, came into the early colony at Ply mouth where he remained for a short time, later moving to ^New port. R. I. It was from that local ity that his son Henry, who waa to become the great grandfather of Edwin, came into the Granville district, now Carteret county in 1721, along with a number of other Quakers. Being what was known at that time as a polemical Quaker, (given to argument and controversy), this attitude of the sect in that period proved anything but popu lar. It is given as one reason for his removal from his northern home. Join Migration Attracted by the glowing ac counts of new land and the oppor tunity to better himself, he and his family joined in the migration of a large number of Friends headed for the southland. His first pur chase of land in the Granville dis trict consisted of 1.900 acres, lo cated between Beaufort and Core Creek bordering on Newport River. He also purchased property in the port town of Beaufort. In connection with his large land holdings, he set up the first shipyard in the colony as well as a brickyard and turpentine stills. Orchards and vineyards were set out on his plantation. He was one of the most active and progressive min of his day. He was highly re spected, both by his Quaker neighbors as well as those of other denominations. Mary Stanton, his first wife, died after coming to Carteret County. In 1745 Henry married Llbby Albertson. the daughter of one of the larger fam ilies in the settlement The family of Henry Stanton consisted of seven children, Henry Jr., John, Joseph, Benjamin, Han nah, Mary and Sarah. It was from the son Benjamin that Edwin de scended. Biographeri say littte See QUAKERS, Page I, Section i In the Good Old Days THIRTY-TWO YEARS AGO N. L. Carrow and Samuel Thom as had returned home from Rich mond where they attended the Coo federate reunion. Bids for the construction of a school bouse at Atlantic were en tertained by tbe County Board of Education. None were accepted aa they were considered trr high. Dr. and Mrs. George Lay an nounced the coming marriage of their daughter, Elisabeth, to Paul Elliott Green on July 8. TWENTY -FIVB YEARS . AGO The Sea Breeze Theatre in Beau fort was offering talking pictures to its patrons. The new Roman Catholic Church in Morehead City waa dedicated. County Recorder's Court waa in session for two and a half days this because of a crowded eaten TEN YE AM AGO Charlea Hasaell waa elected prea ident of the Beaufort Jaycees. Workers bound for Cherry Point from Beaufort were -unable to get there becauae of heavy forest flrea in the Newport area. Traffic ligbta had been inatalied in Newport FIVE YEARS AGO Charlie Krouae, Morehead Citj conatable, captured an eacaped con vict from Raleigh who had been at large for two yean. The county health officer an nounced that Taylora Creek water in Beaufort contained typhoid gen M. The United Stetea Fisheries Bio logical laboratory on Plvera Island which had been operated on United status for the peat year, would bi reactivated to full status. Ruth P? ling Sam Bundy Keeps Listeners Laughing with Joke Barrage S?m Bundy, Farmville. is one of those speakers who tells funny stories in a steady stream. The audience is given respite from laughter only on rare occasions when he shifts into sno<b?r gear and lets loose with a new barrage of jokes. Mr. Bundy, who looks like ? pocket size edition of Marshall Ayscue, spoke at the luncheon meeting of the wine control asso ciation Saturday a week ago at the Rex Restaurant. He started the audience rolling with a tale about being stopped by a highway patrolman. Just after he crossed the Carteret-Craven line, he was "easing down on the ac celerator" and before he'd gone very far, he heard that siren. He pulled to the- side and the highway patrolman talked to him a while. The patrolman, after listening to Mr. Bundy, said he understood why he was hurrying to make the luncheon date, but when Bundy passed the car the patrolman was chasing, that was too much! Telling his audience that we fre quently have to make the best of things, Mr. Bundy said a farmer had a cat who had kittens. The mother died and left three little motherless waifs. But out in his chicken house, a mother hen was sitting on a batch of eggs so the farmer decided he would use the hen as an incubator. He took the tiny kittens and put them under the hen among the eggs. Later that day, when a neighbor's 6-year-old son came home from school, the farmer call ed to him, "Danny, come here, I want to show you something." Danny followed the farmer out to the hen house. The farmer pick ed up the hen, pointed to the nest where the three tiny kittens lay and said, "What do you think of that?" Danny's eye* bulged. He Mid nothing. The farmer peralaUd, "What do you aay to that Durajr boy?" Finally the little fellow blurted, "I know one thing, I'ro eaten my last egg!" Then Mr. Bundy recalled hia dayf at Duke. During operation hazing, they got hold of one of the freah men, took him aeveral milea out the road toward Chapel Hill one night, dreaaed him up in a blue devil's suit complete with horna, pronged tail and pitchfork. The blue devil, you know, is Duke Uni versity's "inaignia." Then they left him to walk back to Durham. About 9 o'clock it start ed to rain and the boy sought refuge in a little colored church off a dirt road. It aeemed that a revival was in process. As the boy walked in the aide door, the preacher, choir, and congregation took one look and headed for the front door. Two rather heavy ladies in the congregation couldn't move quite as fast as the others and they reached the door at the same split instant. They got wedged there and couldn't move one way or tho other, front or back. The boy, being a kindly fellow, started toward them to help them out of their predicament. The two women tried harder and harder to get through that door. Finally, aa the visitor got to within three feet of them, one shouted. "Mr. Devil, I've belonged to this church 22 years but I want to tell you one thing. I've been on your side all tho time!" Rumor has it that certain ele ments, dissatisfied with the race track situation, are contemplating write-in votes for solicitor of Coun ' ty Recorder's Court in the forth coming November election. In con stable races in the county, twice in the past, the write-in candidate has been victorious. Beauty of Crested Dwarf Iris Rivals Blue Flag From late April through May and sometimes into June rich wood lands. bluffs and bottomlands of southeastern United States may boast a beautiful iris that may to some rival the blue flag of the wetter marshlands. The range of this attractive flower extends from the District of Columbia west to Indiana and Missouri and south to Oklahoma, Arkansas. Mississippi, Alabama and North Carolina. While the possibly better known blue flag may reach a height of 3 feet or more, our subject, the crest ed dwarf iris, rarely exceeds 6 inches in height. It is therefore most appropriately named as a dwarf iris. The flowers of the crest ed iris are daintily colored and Crested Iris rather fragile in appearance. The (lowers are pale violet. The crest ed characters which appears in the name steins from the nature of the broader outer divisiona of the flowers. The leaves of this splendid plant may be to 9 inchcs long and about H inch wide. They are flat, points ed, with unbroken margina and in stead of standing erect may spread somewhat, thus reducing the total height of the plant They may sheath the flowering sterna which are themselves only to about 3 inches long and bear 1 or 2 flowers. The fruit which is formed during early summer is pointed at each end, definitely triangular In cross section, about H inch thick and to * of an inch long. It bears many flattened, crowded aeeds. The matter of croas pollination is effected by a rather intricate arrangement whereby the stamens are hidden under the spreading tip* of the piatil. Insects probing to the base of the piatil for food find themselves dusted with pollen which they rub off on the piatil aa they leave but more likely when they visit another flower and con tinue their search for a meal. It should be easier to inveatigate the pollination story of an iris by uaing the common blue flag or even Today's Birthday PRINCE BERNHARD OF THE NETHERI<AND6. born June i?. 1011 in Jena, Germany, as Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld. The consort n( OiiM>n Jul*. ana tint met the monarch when the waa a crown princew in 1833. They were married in 1937. lie imme diately renounc ed hit German affiliation and became a Dutch auoject. Played * significant part in Holland'! struggle agalnat the I Nazis In World War II tor which I he received a medal froa Gen. ?J tl ? some garden iris. Besides it seems a shame to destroy an attractive wild iris to learn a lc**iu which may be mastered for the moat part by using grosser, more abundant (lowers to be found in almost any garden in early summer. As is the case with most irises, the underground part of the crest ed dwarf iris is a substantial hori zontal structure swollen at the end of a year's growth. This portion of the plant of course lives from year to year. It is relatively (len der when compared with similar structures of other irises but this may be in keeping with the dwarfed character of the whole plant. ? E. Laurence Palmer Captoin Henry Sou'easter Why do business men prefer t* hire married men? One of them gave me his reason the other day. Married men. he said, like to get off to work so they can avoid their wives. We'd been talking about business in general and my business friend ssld thst business was really pretty good slthough there wss a lot of talk to the contrary. As sn exam ple of what he meant he showed . me the following clipping from ths Cleveland, Ohio, Plain Dealer, t story written by Wes Lawrence, j Here it is: Ruined. Fellow who has run ? motel for years on Route 1 betweem Portsmouth. N. H., and Portland, He., complained bitterly about Um effect on his business when th? : Maine Turnpike was put through, J paralleling Route 1. Finally one of his neighbors tired of hearing about it. - "Look, Cal." said the neighbor, "I see a 'No Vacancy' sign out front of your place every night" ? "You cant go by that," said Cal. i "Before they put the turnpike ? through I used to turn sway 29 t? 30 psrties s night. Since the turn- . ' pike. I don't turn sway more'n 10 ? to 12 a night" Fisheries Commissioner Gehr? ' msnn Holland is now Carteret's j official host to the U. S. Navy. The highbrass that came ashore . Tuesday night lesrned thst Gehr msnn is now Admiral of the North <* Carolina navy and accepted hiM with all the reverence due such an exalted rank. They are even going to send him a cap with the right kind of scrambled eggs gold mark ings for the visor of his present headgear. Smile a While Oliver Wendell Holmes was small in ststure. One day he wss preeeat st a meeting which happened to attended by a number of rather J tall men, thus msking his dimin? 9 tive size rather conspicuous in ceo- I trast An acquaintance waggiahly J remarked. "Well, Dr. HetoaTH should think you would feel rather 9 small among these big fellow*." The genial but modest men plied. "1 do." but his ImsistMifl wit moved him to sdd, "I feel Ilk* J ? dime among a lot of pennlee.*fl -Wall Street Joanfl
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