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| CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES Cutant County's Niviptpw EDITORIALS FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1956 Another New Party Line In the United States we call a political leader, in his lifetime, all sorts of awful things, but after he's dead, even his ene mies manage to say something nice about him. But this is not so in Russia. The late dictator, Stalin, glorified in his life time, is now being given the old heave ho. This debunking of Stalin is called the new party line. It's a new line all right. There are many Communist party lines, all follow ed at individual and various times. What the Communists fail to admit is that each one has a noose on the end. So they periodically have to scramble around for a "new party line" to save themselves from the noose at the end of the old. That's why one can never predict what Russia may do. A government by men instead of a government by law is subject to all the foibles of a human being. Multiply the shortcomings of one man several times in a "collective lead ership" which Russia now says it is af fecting and you have a collective mon strosity. Stalin was no one to glorify ? from our viewpoint. But as dictators go, he was a good dictator. He killed when he wanted too, he shipped people off to concentration camps, his word was ac cepted without debate ? yes, as dic tators go, Stalin can well be classed with Genghis Khan, Caesar, Ivan the Terrible, and Hitler. Now his successors believe that top leadership should not be by one man. Stalin, when he gained power, chose to follow policies different from his pre decessors. But the new Russian clique is not being quite as skillful about it as was Stalin. Instead of debunking Marx and Lenin, Stalin "interpreted" their ideas to fit his needs. He let the Russian people "worship" Lenin and skillfully worked himself into a position of glory which equalled that of revered Com munist pioneers. Russians are not schooled in free po litical thought. They get a basic edu cation of sorts and the more brilliant are channeled into technical fields, in dustry and science. Yet the Kremlin cannot deprive the most insignificant peasant of common sense. Neither can it keep an active scientific mind from thinking inquiringly about the govern ment and party lines. The present Russian leaders, we be lieve, are underestimating the people they rule and are overestimating their ability to forge a "collective leader ship." To put it simply, it looks like too many cooks are spoiling the Rus sian broth. The free world can only hope that they continue their blunder ing. For somehow, we believe that the average Russian today feels the same way an American would feel if Presi dent Eisenhower were to declare that George Washington were a deranged murderer. Would we think less of Washington or less of the man who at tempted to ridicule him? Take a Second Look Folks should take more than a pass ing glance at the recently-released san itation ratings on county restaurants. A healthy majority of them have A ratings and several are in the high 90's, a rating of almost perfect in sanitation and cleanliness. This is a different stoijy than that of 10 years ago. Then a few restaurants were able to move over the 90 mark and get an A rating, and most eating places felt they were doing well if they could tack a B card up on the wall. But the complexion of things is changing. Competition is getting keen er in the restaurant business and the public is benefiting. Those restaurants which have ratings in the high 90's are to be complimented and recognized as pace-makers in the food-serving indus try. The public will show its interest in good food, served under best condi tions, by seeking these places where they need have no doubts about the food they are eating. Carteret's improvement in restau rants has had much to do with enhanc ing the county as a tourist spot. If a visitor here cannot get a good meal, he won't stay very long . . . and local resi dents would do well to dine out more often. With restaurants producing the best in food and service, it's no risk ; it's reasonable from the pocketbook standpoint, and it's pleasant. To the county health department and sanitation officer goes credit for hold ing to the line in enforcing health laws. In this county, an A rating can't be bought. And to restaurant owners and managers who continually strive to serve good food under healthful condi tions, the public owes, indeed, a debt of gratitude. An A rating is an achieve ment of which to be proud ? an achievement which pays many divi dends. Watch Out for Eva (Greensboro Doily News) Science is a strange and wonderful field. Just as we are getting used to the idea of radio, television and atomic energy, without being about to under stand how they all work, along come scientists with a new invention, which -they call "Eva." Eva is a machine that can take pic tures in complete darkness, color pic tures at that. Her full name is "evaporo graph" ? and she doesn't even need a flash bulb to operate. Eva can see and photograph a man 200 yards away, a house a mile away. The U. S. Signal Corps is one of Eva's sponsors and realizes how important she could be in time of war or danger. As for every day use ? or we should say every night use ? think of its po tentialities. Police could take pictures of burglars trying to rob stores or fill ing stations. Or of skulduggery in dark spots. Or of the revived Ku Klux Klan meeting in secrecy and without lights. Politicians could even utilize Eva to get pictures of what goes on in dark, smoke-filled hotel rooms. Aiid there's no limit to the uses divorce lawyers could make of little Eva. She sounds like a menace to man. But maybe she is expected to create only a small storm in man's life, so she is named "Eva" instead of lone and Hazel, like the larger hurricanes. The best advice is still to act like those three wise little monkeys: "See no Eva, hear no Eva, speak no Eva!" "Hath fortune dealt thee ill cards? Let wisdom make thee a good game ster. In fair gale, every fool may sail, but wise behavior in storm commends the wisdom of a pilot. To bear adversi ty with an equal mind is both the sign and glory of a brave spirit." ? Francis Quarles, English author (1592-1644) Carteret County New?-Tim?s WINNER OF NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION AND NORTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION AWARDS A Merger o f The Beaufort Newt (Eit. 1912) and The Twin City Time* (Eat. 1936) Publiahed Tueadayi and Fridays by the Carteret Publishing Company. Inc. 804 ArendeU St., Morehead City. N. C. LOCKWOOD PHILLIPS ? PUBLISHER ELEANORE DEAR PHILLIPS ? ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER RUTH L. PEELING ? EDITOR Hail Ratea: In Carteret County and adjoining countiea. 16.00 one year, $3.30 six months, 11.23 ODe month; elaewhere >7.00 one year, >4 .00 sU montha, *140 one month. Member of Aaaociated Presa ? N. C. Press Association National Editorial Aaaociation ? Audit Bureau of Circulation National Advertising Representative Moran A Fischer, Inc. 280 Madison Ave., New York 17, N. Y. The Aaaociated Press is entitled exclusively to uae for republication of local newt printed in this newspaper, aa well aa all AP news dispatches. Entered aa Second Claaa Matter at Morehead City, N. C., Under Act of March 1, 1I7>. X MARKS THE MAN <5fl THE SftSt War Moves into Carteret County By F. C. SALISBURY II is the year 186?. For several months men in grey and men in blue have been facing each other upon the battle fields of Virginia. The echoes of distant battles have reached the shores of Boguc Sound. The call to arms from the leaders of the Southern cause has brought a hearty response from the best manhood of Carteret County. Volunteers from throughout the county soon made up a company under the command of Capt. S. D. Pool of Beaufort, to be assigned as Company C, 2nd North Caro lina Regiment. Part of this com pany was transferred to the 10th Artillery and sent to the defense of Fort Macon. Out of Beaufort marched a com pany of county volunteers bearing the title of "Beaufort Plowboys," to join the 26th Regiment under command of Col. Zebulon B. Vance. They took part in the battle of .New Bern on March 14, 1862. Flying to the breeze at the head of the column, along with the Stars and Bars, was a beautiful silk company flag, made and pre sented by the young ladies of Beau fort. Into the making of this flag went the silk material from either a wedding or party dress of the makers. The life of this flag was short, for it was captured by a New Jersey regiment at the battle of New Bern. Forces Move South By the spring of 1862, people along the coast were aware of ap proaching war. From the outer banks came news that Federal forces were working their way southward. First to fall was Roa noke Island, with Hatteras offer ing little resistance. By March of that year Federal boats with troops and armament were working their way up Neusc River, landing at Slocum's Creek, from which point the assault on the outlying works along the Ncuse and Trent Rivers was made, and the town of New Bern taken by Federal forces. The last outpost of the Sound region was Fort Macon. Federal forces working their way eastward put the officers and men of the Fort on the alert. Lying off shore were a number of Union Navy boats. Marching men in blue had reached Newport and established outpost pickets extending to New Bern. Aware 01 approacmng umuu forces, a detail from the Fort was sent over to the mainland to harry the invaders as much as possible. At Newport the wooden highway bridge was burned. An attempt was made to destroy the railroad trestl*, but advancing cavalry ar rived in time to save the struc ture. As the soldiers from the Fort retreated, they burned a three story hotel at Carolina City, threw up breastworks across Morehcad City at 14th street. Pickets were called in from Shackleford Banks and along Bogue Banks at Hoop pole Creek. By early April the site of Caro lina City was dotted with hundreds of tents of the Union soldiers. Morehepd City and Beaufort were under martial law. The Macon House In Morehead City became the headquarters for Union offi cers, much against the protest of the proprietor, Tom Hall, who was a rabid secess. At Beaufort the Atlantic Hotel became a base hos pital with Sisters of Mercy attend ing the sick and wounded. Fort Surrenders Refusal on the part of Colonel White, in command of Fort Ma con, to surrender the garrison to General Parke, set in motion the attack on the Fort on April 23 A one-day siege was brought to a close at sunset by a request from the Fort for an armistice. On the following day the surrender took place, thus putting the entire sound section in the power of the Union forces. For the next three years the county endured the hardships of war. Sickness became prevalent among soldiers and citizens. Yel low jack and small pox took their toll. At New Bern a military ceme tery was laid out. One of the hor rors of war for persons living along the line of the railroad, was the sight of the dead bodies of soldiers, piled like cordwood on a flat car, being taken to New Bern for burial. The large camp at Carolina City, long since a ghost town, was the base from which forays were made throughout the county, extending from Adams Creek on the Neuse River to the Cedar Point district along the White Oak River. The river acted as a barrier for Con federate forees in Onslow County, protecting the line of supplies coming out of Wilmington lor th? Army of Virginia. Detachments would venture into the county from time to time, ga ther a few prisoners and supplies before the Yanks could gather their forces to pursue them. Pickets on Bogue Banks wit nessed the chasing of the Con federate blockade runner "Pre vensey" by the USS New Bern on June 9, 1864. Unable to outrun the Federal boat or to reach an in let, the commander of the "Pre vensey" ran the craft on a shoal and blew her up. The crew land ing near Salter Path were cap tured by the pickets and held at Fort Macon until sent to a prison camp. Carteret County's noted Con federate spy, Emeline Pigott, kept the Yanks guessing. From under her voluminous skirt she carried many articles of comfort to (he Johnnies lurking about the be sieged towns. She also kept an eye on the movements of the Union troops, sending information to the outside. On one occasion she spent several days in the garret of the Bell home at Harlowe to escape capture. Friendships Formed Union soldiers stationed at Morchcad City and Beaufbrt, fol lowing the battle of Fort Macon until the close of the war, had an easy time, such as army life went. Friendships developed between many of the soldiers and citizens of the towns. UAntion im mart a in a >n1/liav'> diary of the marriage of Private John Newkirk of a New Jersey regiment and Miss Susan Moyer of Beaufort, the ceremony being performed by Squire Ward of Carolina City. Lt. J. E. McDougall, acting quar termaster of the same regiment, located at Beaufort, married Miss R. K. Johnston of that town. Quite a number of Union soldiers re mained in the county at the close of the war From the opening of Morchead City in the fall of 18S7 to the start of the Civil War in 1861, the town had taken on little growth. Popula tion did not exceed 200. Homes and small business places that had been built within the four years, were centered within two or three blocks of the center of the town. A study of a drawing by an ar tist for the Frank Leslie's Week ly, made from the upper porch of the Macon House, gives a good idea of the layout of the town in 1862. Dividing the town were the tricks of the AJiNCRR, first put in operation from Goldsboro to Morehead City in the spring of 1858. In the foreground of the pic ture is shown the home of An thony Wade, back of which is the Styron house. The Wade home later became the Ale* Webb home, being torn down to make way for the civic center. itiftj* - - - ... .... In the center foreground is a one story brick building, erected by Silas Webb for a residence, said to have been the first briek structure in the new town. Windmill Shown Beyond the Webb house are sev eral wooden buildings housing the businesses of that period. Against the sky in the distance is the out line of a windmill used to pump sea water to the salt plant at the Point. On the other side of the tracks, on the corner where the Wallace home stands, is a two story houfe with basement. A double deck porch is on the front with a cupola gracing the roof. During the battle of Fort Macon a member of the 1 signal corps from there directed the firing of shells by the Union forces stationed in the sand dunes in the rear of the Fort. Beyond the briek building are several small house*. After the town became a per manent Union camp, a two-story building was put up next to the large brick bouse, serving as a base hospital. In later years the building was converted into a resi dence, known as the Royal house. This was Morehead City in its infancy. As late as 1S70 when the census of that year was taken, it showed only a population of 267. Probably less than fifty houses and business places made up the town. The history of its early years is meager. Such as is recorded has come down by word of mouth, or items in old diaries or court rec ords. At such time as the city sees fit to celebratc its anniversary of a century, facts of great interest of its early days may come to light. Loulf Spivy Words of Inspiration Id til churches there It t time tet tside, prior to Ettter, (or each Christian to pause and check into his own life. In some churches this is called Lent, in others, Weeks of Prayer. It is t time for quiet thought, dignity and prayer as we take stock of ourselves. Do we find that we are living a life of service? Are we giving to God the things that are God's? Are we doing the best we can each day? Are we giving our children a living example of the right way to live, such at Jesus taught us, so long ago? Are we worth the price He paid for us on Calvary's hill? Whether it be for good or evil, the education of the child is princi pally derived from its own observation of the actions, words, voice and looks of thoec with whom be lives. The friends of the young, then, can not be too circumspect in their presence to avoid every and the least appearance of evil. ? Jebb What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? And when he ha!h found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he cometh home, he calleth to gether his friends and neighbors, saying unto them. Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost. ? Luke 15:4-6 A GROWN SHEEP WENT ASTRAY "Twas a sheep, not a Iamb that strayed away, In the parable Jesus told, A grown-up sheep that had gone astray From the ninety and nine in the fold. Out on the hillside, out in the cold, "Twas a sheep the Good Shepherd sought; And back to the flock, safe into the fold, Twas a sheep the Good Shepherd brought. And why for the sheep should we earnestly long And as earnestly hope and pray? Because there is danger, if they go wrong, They will lead the lambs astray. For the lambs will follow the sheep, you know, Wherever the sheep may stray When the sheep go wrong, it will not be long "Til the lambs are as wrong as they. And so with the sheep we earnestly plead. For the sake of the lambs todav. If the sheep arc lost, what terrible cost So lambs will have to pay. ? Unknown Just as the twig is bent, the tree is inclined. ? Pope Let all children remember if they are weary of laboring for their parents, that Christ labored for his; if impatient of their commands, that Christ cheerfully obeyed; if reluctatt to provide for their parents, that Christ forgot himself and provided for His mother amid the agonies crucifixion. The affectionate langusfee of this divine example to every child is "Go thou and do likewise." ? Dwight From the Bookshelf The Proud Man. By Elizabeth Llnington. Viking. Four centuries ago. when Eng and'a first Elizabeth was a novice it being queen, there was across the Irish Sea a big burly proud Irishman Shane O'Neill, with a mad dream of ruling Ulster, and wedding tf>e virgin Tudor, and uni fying Ireland. Out of this ready made material, this writer has constructed a first novel that takes off at a gallop and rarely slows its breakneck speed. The spy and the hated English man's lovely mistress overhear the plot to assissinate Shane; he's Fleeted prince, and Rory is chosen tiis bodyguard; the renegade Scot iraws his knife and tries for the fatal thrust; O'Neill's wife is ban ished to her father's; he schemes to risk his life in the Queen's ?ourt ; he abducts Calvagh O'Don noll, the traitor; and his lovely Lady Catherine; Rory meets the maid Moyna. That's only the opening, and so it rushes on, the scene laid in Ireland and England and Ireland igaln, and Shane's career develop ing in war and conquest, with the fates spinning out his destiny to its end. If you like historical novels, here's an uncommonly good one. The men are the tough old breed, brawling, roistering, arguing, rac* ing off pellmell to war; the wo men, coarse and frank or lovely and ladylike, yield sooner or later to husbands, friends or strangers; tempers flare murderously; bat ties arc gory; lovers meet briefly, but never waste a second. W. G. Rogers Smile a While It's okay to slam on the im proved power brakes in the new automobiles because 1956 models have safety belts to keep you from bashing into the wider visibility windshields that enable you to look for the two spaces necessary for parking the longer bodies needed to accommodate the more powerful engines which is why you had to jam on those power brakes in the first place. - Harold Coffin in Quote Jerry Schumacher Weather-Welcome Was Wet... Florida had some really bad weather the early part of the win ter. However, the day we arrived the cold snap broke and the sun came out in all its glory and it stayed out every day 'til the day we left. In fact, as we crossed the Florida line a shower greeted us in Georgia. Now you would think that North Carolina would at least welcome in with roason ably nice wea ther, but no. as non as we crossed the line it rained and mined and then turned cold. We were tempted to turn around and go back, but af ter three days at Ray and Ellic Garrett's in Wil Jerry rv riav. we sort of got used to it and are now home and happy to be back. Each time I leave Carteret County I swear I'll never do it again. Penny and me are so glad to be home that never will we leave unless it is ? matter of life and death, so there. Myrtle Thompson, that cute lit tle aviatrix from Sclma was han gar flying one day some weeks past and during the conversation food was mentioned, so impulsive ly they loaded two airplanes with people and flew to Morehead City for some seafood at Captain Bill's. When they got here there weren't none, Captain Bill's, that is. Not even ? piling, 'twas just at the time between tearing down the old and before the pilings were in for the new. One of the biggest surprises on getting home was Capt. Tony Sea mon. The new Tony looks some kind of good, he lost 25 pounds, right where it did the most good too. First impressions, driving into town: Bud Dixon's new motel is sure a thing of beauty and almost ready to open. To me it is a good wedding a fine fellow and a fine motel, ought to be a big success. The Episcopal Church lawn ia a sight for sore eyes. Just like a beautiful green carpet. Now, in stead of bingo, why not make a putting green for the golfers, all you would have to do is put In a few holes for the balls to drop into, then we could raise lots of money for the new additions. Most people that I know would rather putt than play bingo anyway. TO all of Ray and Ellie Gar rett's friends. They are doing fine at the Cape Fear Country Club in Wilmington. Ellie la feeling better and ia now back to work after her recent illneaa and Ray ia playing some kind of good golf. Clobbered me four times in a row, now either he la getting good or I'm allpplng. Don't know which. Incidentally, there is a certain newspaper publisher here who is now shooting like a pro. No more will I have an easy mark for the cokes. No sir, I am faced with the humiliating fact, I have to ask HIM for strokes. Stamp News By SYD KRONISH Monaco's expected commemora tive honoring the royal wedding of Prince Ranier III to U.S. actress Brace Kelly will be quite unlike any stamp ever issued by that little principality. But then there never has been an international romance quite like this one before, either. The design features a non-smil ing portrait of the beautiful prin cess to-be at left and the monarch in the uniform of an army colonel at right. Misa Kelly's hair Is swept back severely. This picture was chosen especially by the Prince for use on the stamp. Between the photographs is the wedding date - April 19, IBM. Be low are the entwined letters "R" and "G." Two stamps have been issued by Poland to honor the first "world championship chess tournament for deaf and dumb," reports Stamp* magazine. The stamps art of iden tica' design showing a chess piece a .id a pair of hands giving a sign. The 40 groszy to rod brown and the SO ( is blue.
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