I CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES I
CutWt County** Newspaper
EDITORIALS
Russia Scores Again
Whether the Russians are sincere in
their announcement to stop nuclear
testa, providing other nations dp, is de
batable. But you can chalk up firmly
another score for the Russians in the
1 propaganda war.
The first satellite, Sputnik I, was a
telling psychological blow that brought
the Communist world new friends and
adulation from old friends.
Now Russia announces that it has
stopped all nuclear weapons tests and
will not test any more ? unless other
powers continue tests.
Here again Russia has outstripped
the free world in the propaganda war.
First, Russia is in a position to make
such announcement. Having sent aloft
satellites, she can't be accused of being
so far behind in science that she wants
to hold back other nations by demand
ing that they stop nuclear research.
Second, Russia knows that the secur
ity of the free world depends on the
Western powers' being fully able to de
fend themselves with the best weapons
at hand ? nuclear weapons. Russia
knows that such weapons must be test
ed and that United States and other na
tions will go on testing. Therefore, she
has gained psychological advantage
by announcing she would stop testing if
others would, knowing full well that
the others won't.
Russia has repeatedly rejected United
States plans to stop testing. The plans,
of course, called for mutual inspection
in both countries to see that the agree
ment was being carried out.
Why doesn't Russia want such in
spection? The only conclusion that can
be drawn is that in her vast territory
she can carry on such testing, unknown
to other parts of the world IF there is
no inspection. Inspection, however,
would mean that such secret testing
areas might be discovered.
Russia is not in position now, nor will
she be for many years, to wage a suc
cessful war against the mighty indus
trial nations as long as those nations
are defended by atomic weapons. Dis
arm those nations, however, either
physically or psychologically, and
much of the battle will be won. This
is what Russia is aiming for.
The "peace walkers" who are parad
ing between cities In this country ask
ing that nuclear testing be stopped, are
playing right into Russia's hands.
Is the testing really dangerous?
You will find as many experts say
ing no as you will find saying yes. It's
another question like, "Is smoking dan
gerous to health?" Most smokers go
right on smoking.
And as for nuclear weapons, the free
world had best go right on testing.
The Last Call
Approach of the joyous Easter day
may result in many overlooking the
fact that all humans do not have the
ordinary everyday pleasures of life,
such as walking.
It is the crippled that the North
Carolina Society for Crippled Children
and Adults
hope to help
each year by
raisins' funds
to give as
many aa pos
sible relief
from being |
physically handicapped. \
Right now the society is in the midst
of its drive to raise funds through the j
sale of Easter seals. There's no maxi- i
mum you can pay for the sheets of
seals. The bigger the contribution, the i
more it will be appreciated. However,
if you can't give a big gum, five what
you can.
Every possible means of relieving
crippling conditions among children
and adults are resorted to by the socie
ty. However, the extent of the relief
depends upon the individuals who con
tribute to the drive through purchase
of the Easter seals or just by plain con
tributing.
Two camps are operated each year,
one near Micaville and Mount Mitchell
(or white crippled children, and the
other at Swansboro for Negro children.
These camps are the follow-through to
treatment given the crippled child.
The drive is about over. The need is
great. Send the society in this county
a contribution today, or mail it to
"Crippled Children" in care of the lo
cal postoffice.
Angry Young Woman
(Greensboro Daily News)
Realism in the theatre can be carried
too far. Last week a young lady named
' Joyce Greller mounted the stage of a
Broadway theatre and started beating
' up the leading man.
"I'd just had a fight a few days ago
with a boy friend, and this thing on the
stage reminded me of all the rotten
men I've known," said Miss Greller by
way of explanation.
A rage began building up in the the
atregoer during the first act of Look
Back in Anger. By the end of the sec
ond act she was seething', and smoked
furiously during intermission to calm
her nerves.
, But that was no good. As the third
act got under way she couldn't contain
herself any longer. She jumped up out
of her seat and somehow got on the
stage. Without realising what she was
doing, she began pounding on Kenneth
Haigh, who portrays a self-pitying
male who drives away his first wife
and takes her best friend as mistress.
To Miss Greller he was "a composite
of one of the fine rats" called men that
she had known.
The denouement of the fight ? if not
John Osborne's drama ? came when
the curtain was rung down and two
actors carried Miss Greller to the
wings.
The moral of this story, it seems to
us, is that life is getting more and more
dangerous in mid-20th century Ameri
ca. In the same week a denuclearized
atomic bbmb fell on South Carolina,
damaging six houses and a church and
injuring six persons. But people said,
"Thank heaven, it was only TNT."
It used to be that TNT was enough
to scare everybody. And it used to be
that people were content just to hiss
the villain. Now an actor's person is no
longer safe from assault and battery by
females disappointed in love.
These are perilous times.
When a man's chief concern is in
making the grade, he starts out to learn
all the tricks of his trade. But he's soon
in a fix though he head the parade if
while learning the tricks he neglected
the trade 1
? William A. Philpott Jr.
Carteret County News-Times
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i
ANTI-MISSILE MISSILE
Security for You...
By RAY HENRY
It was in August 1956 that Pres
ident Eisenhower signed the bill
which made it possible for:
1. Women to qualify for monthly
Social Security payments at age
63. The minimum retirement age
had been 65.
2. Severely disabled persona to
qualify for monthly payments at
age 50. This was an entirely new
program.
Since then, more than a million
people in the two groups have been
added to the Social Security rolls.
Women under the reduced age
set-up could qualify for payments
on Nov. 1, 1956. The disability pay
ment program went into operation
July 1, 1957.
Because anniversaries are often
occasions for special note, this is
a good time to review some of
the details of the two programs.
Retirement Age for Women ?
With the lowering of the retirement
ag* for women, the Social Security
law set up three claaaea of women
for the purposes of drawing pay
ments: (1) widows and dependent
motbera, (2) working women and
(J) wives.
And, under the law, they are
treated differently when they apply
for payments.
Widows and dependent mothers
of deceased workers who were cov
ered by Social Security are able
to collect payments at 62? just as
if they had waited until they
reached 65.
Working Womea? That is. wo
men who have worked and paid
Social Security tax on their earn
ings?may qualify for payments
at 62. But their payments, if they
decide to draw them between 62
and 65, will be lower than if they'd
waited until 65 to collect. In all
caaca, they can collect at least 80
per cent of what they would be
eligible for had they waited until
65 to collect.
Wives of retired workers are
eligible to receive paymcnta at
62. But, if a wife starts drawing
payments at 62, her payments will
only be 75 per cent of what she
could get at 65. Each month that
she waits to draw her payments
after she reaches 62 will increase ,
the percentage of what she could
get if she waits until 65.
By June 30, about 710,000 women
had filed for payments under the j
reduced age provision of the So
cial Security law.
Disability Payments ? Under this
program, a person is eligible for
payments if he:
1. Has a medically established <
mental or physical disability so
severe that he can't engage in any .
substantial work, and
2. Has had the disability for at
least six months and it appears
that the disability is likely to last
for the rest of his life, and
3. Has worked under Social Se
curity for five of the ten years
before he was disabled and for
18 of the 36 months before he was
disabled, and
4. Is SO or older.
The payments under the disabil
ity program are the same as the
payments a person would be en
titled to if he were 85 and retired.
They may range from $30 to $108.50
a month. No additional payments
for dependents are paid under this
program until the disabled person
reaches 65.
A person who applies for dis
ability payments, can expect to
have his name referred to the vo
cational rehabilitation agency of I
his state. This is .done so he may !
get help to put him back in a job. 1
By June 30, some 230,000 dis- I
abled persona had applied and 1
qualified for payments under the
program. i
( Editor's Note: Yoa may con
tact the Mcial security repre
sentative at the courthouse an
nex, Beaafort, from t:J8 a.m. to
12:38 p.m. Wednesdays. Be will
kelp yoa with year own particu
lar problem). ,
l
F. C. Salisbury
Here and There
The following Information is
taken from t be files of the More
bead City Coaster:
FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1*1*
A. D. Ennett, postmaster of Ce
dar Point, was in the city Monday.
W. B Wade and son, Stacey W.
Wade of South port, are spending a
few days in the city witb Capt. and
Mrs. D. B. Wade.
Mrs. C. M. Parker of Tarboro is
spending some time in the city vis
iting her brother, Dr. Frank Sta
ton, and Mrs. Staton.
Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Leclare of
South port arrived in the city last
week to make their future home
here. Mr. Leclare will open a Jew
elry store in the Bell building.
Mrs. Jennie and son passed
through the city Thursday, return
ing to their home in Swansboro
from New York.
S. P. Hancock of Beaufort is in
the city this week, attending a
meeting of the Fisheries Commis
sion Board.
II. L. Gibbs, State Fisheries
Commissioner, died Thursday in
the New Bern Hospital where he
had gone for treatment
The body of John Cask ill who
waa drowned off the Ocraeoke
More head mail boat on March It
waa found Monday near Davis
Island.
Mrs. PoUie Piner Wade, wife of
Benjamin Wade sf this city, died
Tuesday after a short sickness. She
waa born at Smyrna and was 71
year* of ago.
Mrs. Mary J. Willis. 7g, wife of
Henry Willis, died Sunday at tba
home at her son, Alonia Willis,
Smyrna.
Carlton Salter this week woo In
the prize essay contest. The >ub- 1
ject was "An Ideal Citizen." Bclva 1
Wade was second and Lucile Lewis
third.
Unveiling of an Odd Fellowi
monument took place Sunday at
Ocean View Cemetery, Beaufort.
It was erected to the memory of
George Pierce. The Hon. Charles
L. Abcrnathy was the orator.
Andrew Bell, formerly a member
of Battery "A", 113th Artillery, has
returned home after several
months' service in France. He will
be associated with his uncle, O. D.
Bell and Linwood Wade, in the au
tomobile repair business, these
three young men having bought J.
C. Helms' interest in the business, i
An April Day
rake a dozen little clouds.
And a patch of blue;
rake a million raindrops,
As many sunbeams, too;
rake a host of violets,
A wandering little breeze,
And myriads of little leaves
Dancing on the trees;
rhen mix them all together
In the very quickest way ?
Showers, sunshine, birds, flowers?
A*id you'll have an' April Day.
? Pleasant Hours
Author cf the Week
Richard Dohrman, author of a
First novel, "The Cross of Baron
Samedi," is a native of Brooklyn,
M. Y. Now 29 ? the age of his
hero ? he haa a BA degree from
Williams.
His first published work was a
short story in 1955.
louiitu CnivAV
?F1* WWW I
Words of Inspiration
WHERE WERE THEY ALL?
Where were they ail that fateful day when Jesus itood ? aloneT
They ihould have been defending Him, at Pontlui Pilate's throne . . .
Where were the lepera that He had cleanaed? The blind He'd made to
see?
They could have aaved Him from the croaa, who now faced Calvary.
Where were the lame He'd made to walk? The ones He'd raised though
dead?
Hii own diieiplea whom He loved? The multitude! He fed?
Where were they all? Theae people, who had felt the Maater'a touch . . .
Why did they forsake Him now? Who'd given them to much . . .
The rabble rousera won the case, against our Lord that day . . .
But He waa also crucified by those who atayed away . . .
? Betty Stuart
EASTER
The day of the Reaurrection. The day when the women came and
found the atone rolled away from the tomb. The day that Chriat aroae
from the dead, giving man proof of eternal life.
Eaater ia even more than this. We know that when Chriat was laid
in the tomb after His death upon the croaa, so were His teachings, Hia
ideala, His beliefs.
We know that if the atone had not been rolled away on that Eaater
morning almost two thouaand yeara ago, that the Christian code of liv
ing would (till be buried there and the story of Jesua would have been
forgotten long ago.
The hung Him on a cross between two thieves They buried Him and
sealed His tomb. The grave could not hold Him for He had aaid, "I am
the resurrection and the life; he that believeth in Me, though he were
dead, yet shall he live."
In our world today, we like to take the eaay way around the things
we do. We like a pastor who compliments ua on the amall services we
render our Lord, and doesn't call on ua often to serve in Hia church.
The story of the croaa ia the atory of One who did not take the eaay
way, and on Easter aa we review the atory of Jesua, we find again Hia
proof of the opportunity for everyone to share a happy and eternal life.
Christ arose on that Easter morning. All of Hia teachings, His ideala.
His instructions arose with Him.
Phillipa Brooks once wrote, "Let every man and woman count him
self immortal. Let him catch the revelation of Jeaua in Hia Resurrection.
Let him say not merely, Chriat haa risen,' but 'I shall rise.' Not merely,
'He, underneath all death and change, was unchangeable,' but 'in me
there is something that no strain of earth can tarnish and no stroke of
the world can bruiae. I, too, am a part of God and have God'i immor
tality in me.' Then nobility muat come."
Through Hia reaurrection, Christ makra the offer of Eternal Life, but
every man must earn his right to share It, living by Christian ideala
from day to day.
PORTRAITS
Blessed are they who have not Been . . . But who believe in Me . . .
This is the faith we need to gain . . . God's great eternity . . .
We arc not privileged to behold . . . The countenance of God . . .
While we are atill the mortal ones . . . Who walk upon this sod . . .
But though His glory is beyond . . . Our power to conceive . . .
With all our heart and soul we must . . . Acknowledge and believe . . .
And that should not be difficult . . . Because His constant care . . .
Should make it obvioua to us . . . That God ia everywhere . . .
Aa He protects us in a storm . . . Consoles us in our strife . . .
And showers countless blessings to . . . Enrich our daily life.
? James J. Metcalfe
This is the Law
By ROBERTS. LEE
For the N. C. Bar Association
This Is the first of a spring se
ries of articles that will appear
throughout the next three months.
They have been written for the
general public as a service of the
North Carolina Bar Association.
MANURE
A tenant leases a farm for a
number of years. He owns a herd
of cattle which he maintains on the
farm. The cows are fed entirely
upon grass, corn, hay and other
roughage produced on the farm.
Does the tenant have the legal
right to sell to others the cow ma
nure?
No. In the absence of an express
Washington Report
Washington ? In the coming
veeks, all of us will be hearing
nore and more about the merits
?nd demerits of foreign trade ai
:hc time draws near for Congress
:o make a decision about the fu
ure of the Reciprocal Trade
Agreements Act.
Even though final action Isn't
lecessary until June, a bitter bat
Ie is shaping up over the foreign
lid issue.
The President has recommend
ed that Congress extend the act
for five years. The program
give* the Presideat authority to
enter Into trade agreements with
foreign countries and reduce
tariffs on good* coming Into the
United States.
The Reciprocal Trade Agree
nenta Act has been a mainstay in
nir efforts to promote free trade
imong the free nations of the world
'or the past 25 years. It has done a
(reat deal to enable other nations
:o purchase more of our raw man
ifactured goods, expand their own
From the Bookshelf
The Entertainer*. By John Os
borne. Criterion. $2.75.
A play, written for the stage,
can often deceive the reader in
the study; unused to the incom
pletions in the script, he misses
important and sometimes essen
tial details of the setting, the
movements of the characters, the
timbre of the voices.
And perhaps this is truer of Os
borne than of most dramatists, for
his intensities and Intonations seem
especially to require the actor in
person.
I found that, in particular, true
of "Look Back in Anger," a not
wholly satisfying work to read, a
superbly stirring experience in the
theatre. It must be this new work I
is even better, for at least it reads \
better. <
This concern! the Kica family
>f vaudcvillians, old BUly, retired,
ind young Archie, who still carries
>n ? it wis Laurence Oliver's role
n the London production.
Jean has broken with tier lover,
fhoebe tries to drown her help
cssness in alcohol, a boy has gone
xagically info uniform. But all
his lies on the edges.
At the heart you find the same
iplendid surliness, the gravelly
'oice raised in fury, the utterly
iespcrate frustration, that made
rou feel you'd never forget "Look
Sack in Anger."
? W. G. Rogers
One and all agree that the world
? in a ferment Only time can tell
vhether the end result wi" be
ihampagne or vinegar.
?Cincinnati Inquirer
foreign sales ind in general build
up strong resistance to com
munis in.
In spite of the positive contribu
tions it has made, the program has
certainly been abused in the past
five years. The most serious mis
take has been the fact the Eisen
hower administration ha? used It
as a tool of foreign policy rather
than an Instrument of economic
development. In many cases, con
cessions have been made in the
hope they would make political
friendi for us abroad rather than
for the purpose of promoting trade.
The concept of reciprocal trade
Is soaad and businesslike, tat
President Eisenhower and Secre
tary Dalles have tried to ase it
to bay off would-be enemies and
calm down restless frleads of the
United (Kates. The way the Japa
nese textile Import problems
were handled la a perfect exam
ple of Uls.
Foreign trade always has been
a major factor in our farm econo
my in North Carolina. It U still
essential that we expand our for
eign markets, not restrict them, in
the future.
While foreign trade kas rneaat
a great deal to oar farm ecaao
my, the way the Eisenhower ad
ministration kas als-?sed it, the
reciprocal trade program haa
broaght oa serious problems far
the textile industry, plywood in
dustry, and ethers.
Consequently, we are In a diffi
cult position, because we have
many interests and problems in
volved.
Ia order to get the reciprocal
trade program continued, I think
it lar essential for the President to
give positive assurances that he
wUl be more realistic about tariffs
and import quotas in the future.
One* he gives hi* assurance, it
will be much easier to work out
a trade program in Congress that
will maka sense and have the sup
port of the public.
contract, to the contrary, the ma
nure cannot be 'old or carried
away by the tenant without the con
sent of the landlord.
Manure made by animals upon a
farm becomes a part of the real
property. The tenant is guilty of
waste if he sells such manure so
produced on the farm.
The tenant must use the manure
on the farm to maintain the fer
tility of the soil, and must leave
whatever of it which has accumu
lated when he moves at the end
of hia lease, so that it may be used
for the same purpose by his suc
cessor.
A cow is personal property. So
Is harvested hay produced on the
farm. But if the cow eats the hay,
the law says that the manure pro
duced therefrom becomes real
property. It becomes a part of the
farm and passes with the farm
when it ia transferred to another.
May the nner of the farm oral
ly contract to sell the manure to
another?
Yes. For this particular purpose
the law treats the manure as per
sonal property.
Suppose the masre is produced
from feed or roughage not raised
on the leased farm. Does the ten
ant have the legal right to sell to
others the cow manare?
Yes. There ia no rule of good
husbandry which requires a tenant
to buy bay or other fodder for con
sumption on the farm.
If the tenant feeds the cattle upon
grain or fodder procured by pur
chase or raised by him on other
lands not owned by his landlord,
the landlord has no more legal
right In the manure so produced
than he does in the grain or fodder
before it is consumed.
It is not made in the ordinary
course of husbandry. It Is pro
duced in a manlier substantially
like the production of manure in a
livery stable. Such manure is con
sidered as personal property for all
purposes. It may be orally sold
by the owner.
Suppose the tenaat feeds Ms cat
tle partly from feed produced on
the farm and partly from feed par
chased by the teaaat. To whom
does the maaare belong?
That portion of the manure which
is the product of feed raised on the
farm belongs to the landlord, and
that portion of the manure which
ia the product of feed purchased
by the tenant belongs to the tenant.
If the landlord and tenant dis
agree aa to the percentages, their
dispute may be aolvod by a court
proceeding. Based upon the evi
dence, the jurors, will render a de
cision of fact.
Just in Passing . . .
A government bureau is where
the taxpayer's shirt ia kept.
Moat folks who wake up famous
haven't aver baan asleep.