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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES Cartarwt County's Newspaper EDITORIALS FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1958 Trial by Congressmen! This matter of giving gifts to per sons in influential places ? which is causing much furor in Washington and throughout the nation ? is producing a lot of heat and little light. What is the solution? A "law prohibiting govern ment employees from accepting gifts of any type,, as long as they are on Uncle Sam's payroll, might serve to curb much of the buying of government favors. No matter what steps are taken, all ef the buying of special treatment from persons in high places cannot be stop ped. But thus far, nothing has stood between the poor citizen and buyers of special favors except the integrity of the office holder ? and that integrity seems to be non-existent. Man learned, early in his days on this earth, that he could get George to do him a kindness if he first showed a kindness toward George. Tribal chief tains, eager to cement relations with a neighboring tribe, sent retinues of ser vants bearing gifts. Thus, giving of items of value in an attempt to curry favor is not a practice peculiar to the 20th century nor is it confined only to people in high places in Washington, D. C. People in government positions, (call them political positions if you prefer), learn early that if they "do someone a favor", even if it's just in the course of their job, that the person helped sometimes wants to return the favor. This is true from the small town level all the way up to the President of the United States. On the lower echelons, it might just be a box of candy at Christmas. As one goes up the scale and the position and influence of the office-holder is higher and more po tent, the value of the gifts or the extent of favors shown, increases. As present events show, this gift giving and gift-accepting can become mighty sticky business. But it is not a curse of any one administration. Both Democrats and Republicans have been caught in it. Congressmen virtuously investigat ing influence rackets in Washington may not be lily pure themselves. Be cause of the positions they hold. Con gressmen are offered ? and accept ? difficult-to-get tickets to Broadway shows, fine agricultural products from various states, an3 ""continue their world-hopping junkets at government expense. And who is going to investi gate the Congressmen? All of this smacks of dictator tactics ? everybody spying on everybody else and you don't know which "friend" is suddenly going to appear before a com mittee to "testify" against you. It seems as though legislators have taken unto themselves the robes of the judiciary. Therein lies the crux of this matter. Gift-giving (buying of special fa vors) is rampant, apparently, among government employees, thus making our government a government by men instead of by law. Perhaps it would be advisable to put into effect a law pro hibiting government employees from accepting gifts of any type. If they violate the law, then let the matter go to the courts and let's have done with these trials in legislative halls. Highway Patrol is Tops Every North Carolinian can hold his head high with pride ? this state has the best highway patrol in the nation. And this is the second consecutive year the Tar Heel highway patrol has won the honor. The patrols of the 48 states are judged by the -International Association of Police Chiefs. The patrol scored 91, followed close ly by California with 90. The award is given for outstanding achievement in traffic supervision. The average driver of a car is prone to look with jaundiced eye on the state trooper. Instead of regarding him as a guardian of our lives, the driver wants to avoid the patrolman, he wants to "open 'er up" to 90 or 100, he wants to drive his car the way he wants ? with out regard for the rights of others. It is a well-known axiom that your freedom ends where the other fellow's begins. Highway patrolmen are on the highways to see that everyone makes an effort to follow that. It has always been our deep regret that we cannot count the accidents that do NOT happen. Unfortunately, we can't report in a column of figures the number of accidents that didn't happen because a highway patrolman at a cer tain point at a certain time stopped a drunk driver or halted a speeder. North Carolina's highway fatalities are dropping. That is the only statisti cal indication to be had on how good a job the highway patrol is doing. Since 1956, the number of highway deaths in the state has decreased. In 1965 there were 1,166. In 1956, there were 1,108. In 1957, there were 1,063. The fa tality rate last year is the lowest in the state's automotive history. And this year, traffic deaths are down, as compared to the same period last year. Each locality's opinion of tke high way patrol is based on the patrolmen in that locality. Carteret is fortunate in having four of the finest highway patrolmen in the entire state. Like most police officers, they prob ably wouldn't come in with flying col ors in a popularity contest, but Car teret should know that it is fortunate to have Robert H. Brown, J. W. Sykes, W. J. Smith Jr. and W. E. Pickard as the patrol's contingent here. We are always glad to cooperate with the highway patrol in reporting news of highway accidents, in caution ing persons to drive carefully and cour teously. Only in receiving such infor mation can drivers be made aware of the danger on highways ? and their responsibility, too, in helping North Carolina's highway patrolmen to be the best in the nation. The Indians' Niagara The mighty Niagara Falls, which holds a sentimental meaning for many married couples who visit there on their honeymoon, held a far deeper significance to the Iroquois Indians who dwelt in the neighboring forests long ago. To them, the thundering cataract with its contrasting fqry of roaring waters and misty rainbows was earthly manifestation of the power of Manitou, the Great Spirit. When an Iroquois, worthy of the ac ceptance of Manitou, died, his spirit became caught in the fragile mists of the Falls and ascended to the happy hunting grounds over the rainbow, whose shimmering arc was the gate way from death to eternal life. But the spirit of an evil Indian fell into the angry currents of the rapids, and was hurled over the awesome drop, to be held forever captive in the depths of the whirlpool below. ? Sunshine Magazine Carteret County News-Times WINNER OF NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION AND NORTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION AWARDS A Merger of The Beaufort Newt (Est. UI2) and The Twin City Time* (E*t 19M) Published Tuesdiyi and Friday! by the Carteret Publishing Company, Inc. 504 Areodell St.. Horebead City, N. C. LOCKWOOD PHILLIPS - PUBLISHER ELEANORS DEAR PHILLIPS - ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER RUTH L. PEELING - EDITOR Hall Rates: la Caitarat County aad adjotiiihg countiea, K.M ooa year, $3.90 alz *1.25 ooa month; elsewhere 17.00 one year. <4.00 six months, $1.50 OM Member of Associated Press ? N. C. Pre** Assodatloc National Editorial Association - Audit Bureau of Circulations National Advertising Representative Koran 4 Fischer, Inc. 10 East ?th Street, New Yort M, N. T. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to us* for republication of local new* printed in this newspaper, as well aa all AP news dispatches EntaMd as Bacond Qass Matter at Morebesd City, N. C., Under Act at Much S, ltlt li ii li i ' ' i Hi I , ' ' ' Hill ' ? ? SO THIS IS WASHINGTON! mamamem&p.** fBK".- IMSSMBF* Security for You... By RAY HENRY Retirement at 65 should hold few fears for the man under 50. . Chances arc when he retires he'll have a fairly good income and a nest-egg for emergencies and tra vel. He'll have developed interests outside his job which will fill his free time. He'll be looked upon as a useful member of his commun ity. That's the picture of the retire ment of the future drawn by Dr. Eugene A. Friedman in his book, Free Time? Challenge to Later Ma turity, University of Michigan Press, $4.50. Friedman, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin, bases his conclusions on economic trends in recent years. Here, in general, is how he backs up his conclusions: Most men who retire after the early 1970's will have monthly in come from both Social Security and private pensions. Nine out of ten workers ire already covered by Social Security and nearly one third? not Including farm workers ?already are covered by private pensions. Thus, it's reasonable to say that they'll probably have an income large enough to allow an adequate living standard. In addition, the retired man of the future will have a sizable nest egg in the form of paid-off home, life insurance, government bonds, or other savings due to the favor able economic condition he's worked under. This, of course, as sumes that there is no major eco nomic setback in the future. The status of tomorrow's retired man will be considerably higher than today's because he'll no lon ger have to depend on his com munity for support or even recrea tion. He'll have the money to move to another city if his present one isn't satisfactory. At the same time, as a consumer he'll be sought by his community; and he may well have developed skills during his working years which bis community will want to keep. In short, he'll be a free agent, sought after ? rather than seeking ?by his community, by industry and by society. Since he'll probably have a more adequate retirement income than today's older person, he'll be less apt to think of work after retire ment age as an economic neces sity. He'll want to work only if the job gives him something other than economic satisfaction. Summed up, Friedman feels: Retirement in the near future will no longer come as a penalty for being old. Rather, it will repre sent for him a chance for the use of leisure. It'll not have the newness or fear for him that it does for the worker nearing retirement today. He will have had the major part of his working life to get ready for it. And, society should have crystallized ita attitudes toward the retired man of the future and have defined responsible roles for him. Friedman is one of a dozen writ ers who contributed to "Free Time ?Challenge fo Later Maturity." The book also contains chapters by an economist, an anthropolo gist, a psychologist, a psychiatrist and a government official. All comment on various aspects of the leisure time of older people. (Editor*! Note: Yon may con tact the social security repre sentative at the courthouse an nex, Beaufort, from (:M a.m. to noon Mondays. He will help you with your own particular prob lem). F. C. Salisbury Here and There ine following lnlormation u taken from the files of the More head City Coaster: FRIDAY, JULY 18, ltlt Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Bonner of Bonnerton, N. C., arrived in the city last week to make their home here. Dr. Bonner will be associat ed with Dr. K. P. B. Bonner of the city. Joe Wells and family of South port arrived in the city Thursday to spend a few days with relatives. Carlyle Willis left Friday for Edenton where he has accepted a position with Leggett's Drug Co. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hill of Beau fort passed through the city Satur day enroute to Mansfield to attend the wedding of Mrs. Hill's sister. Miss Merle PeUetlef to Joe Hill. Mrs. William Riley Willis and children left Saturday for a visit with her parents, the Rev. and Mrs. W. Q. A. Graham in Winston Salem. L. L. Leary and family returned Tuesday from a short visit with the Rev. Theo. B. Davis in La Grange. Abe Adler and family of Ply mouth are spending a few days in the city with relatives. Born Tuesday, July 15, to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wade, a daugh ter Ethel. Weight 14Vi pounds. The many friends of Joseph Ro yal will be glad to learn that his condition is much improved since Saturday when he suffered a stroke of paralysis on the entire right side. At the monthly meeting of the county board of commissioners, the Rev. J. W. Alford of this city was elected county welfare super visor. Firemen of Hon Company No. 1 and No. ! who are attending the But* Tinm?t A?? ciaUan la Asnevuie tnis week are A. v. Wil lis, E. J. Willis, S. E. Willis, Cleve land Smith, Charles W. Styron, E. S. Davis, Percy Snooks and Eu gene H. Wade. George Gillikin of the North River section was shot and killed by his stepson, Kelly Salter. Trou ble over Salter's slapping his half sister and a threat by the father to throw Salter out of the house brought about the slaying, officers reported. Salter, who is in the last stages of consumption, is not ex pected to live to be brought to trial. Stamp News Br 8TD raONUH Turkey has Issued two new stamps publicizing two tourist at tractions. A 20 kurus brown shows the ruifls of the theater at Pamuk kale (Hierapolis). The 25 kurus blue depicts the travertina (springs) of Pamukkale near Den lzli. One of the moat popular iaauei of 1958 have been the stamp* from various countries of the world publicizing the Brussels Fair. The stamps already are greatly in de mand and price increases seem almost certain. Many countries have seta scheduled for issuance this year. The nation* who have issued Brussels stamps are: Belgium, Brazil, Czechoslovakia, France, French Morocco, Hungary. Liech tenstein, Luxembourg, Nicaragua, Portugal, Russia, San Maria* and Tuniait. The United States Issued a 3-cent commemorative en April 17 pic turing the U. 8. PavflUaa. Comment . . . j. Keihm Syrian-Arabic Proverbs We are at such pains to under stand the Near East, perhaps con sideration of some of its proverbs will give us some little light. In the October-December 1949 issue of the Journal of the Amer ican Oriental Society, American Consulate General Dayton S. Mak (Dhahran) lists forty proverbs told him by four young men of Syria, Palestine and Lebanon. Many arc like our own, such as "Go to bed early, get up early, and sec what happens to your health." Others are very different. For example: "Chaff of your own country ra ther than Crusader's wheat." "If you can't bite the hand, kiss it and pray for it to get broken." And, "If you have no power over the hand, kiss it and pray for it to get broken." "Let there be no grass after my donkey." (Who cares about the next man as long as I get what 1 want. ) "Suspicion is good sense." "Your close neighbor and not your far-away brother." (Nearness la mot* important than other re lationships. ) "Every rooster crows from his own garbage heap." (We are all brave, important, etc. at home.) "He who needs the dog will say to him 'Good morning, sir'." And, "He who needs the dog calls him Pilgrim dog." ('Pilgrim' is a title of respect, as to one having made the pilgrimage to Mecca. 'Dog' is a title of utter contempt.) "Beware of your enemy twice but beware of your friend a thou sand times." "We gave him a ride and he slipped his band into the saddle bag." Marbleless Speaker Representative B r o o k ? Hays, who has the reputation of being the Capitol's top story teller, in sists this is the way public speak ers were trained when he was young: "The instructor emulated De mosthenes, who practiced his speeches with pebbles in his mouth. At the beginning of the course, each student was given a mouthful of marbles. Every day the instructor reduced the number by one marble. The student be came a public speaker when be had loat all his marbles." -Robert C. Albright Lou If Splvy Words of Inspiration GOOD AND BAD Carteret County is definitely the place to go for a summer vaca tion. At Atlantic Beach, entertainment is offered for all kinds. If you are a resident of the county and wish to enjoy the beach, I would certainly advise that you take your family and go during the early part of the week and leave Friday, Saturday, and Sunday open for our tourists. I was there last Saturday night and people were so thick, you could hardly get from one place to the other. Finding a parking place was really difficult. Went bowling for my first time. I believe that, if I ever learn how, I might like it. The biggest complaint that I have is that the balls are so heavy. Bowling in the alley right next to us, was a father and his three children. I did not know them, but they were really enjoying them selves. I thought how nice it was for a father to be able to find so much pleasure in a "night out" with his children, or to enjoy vacationing with them. While I did not go any farther back than the bowling alley in this largest amusement business on our beach, 1 liked the arrangement of what 1 did see. All of the game machines were busy, men, women, boys and girls, trying to make a "high score", just as we were as we bowled. Our nowspapers, radio, and television tells us that "beer" is here to stay. In this amusement center there is an area roped off for the beer drinkers, so if you go there, you do not have to sit by anyone drinking it, or step on a can as you walk. As I looked around, I saw a new type haircut on a lad, one that 1 had not been used to seeing. The sides and back was long enough to plait? almost. At first I thought he was bald-headed on top, but was told that right on top it was cut very close to the scalp. This young man, my informer said, was called a "beach bum." It took me a long time to become accustomed to "crew-cuts" for our young son, 1 would be hopeless, I know, if I had to deal with this new style. At 11:30 we walked down one of the fishing piers to see what sort of luck they were having. As usual, some were pulling them in two at a time and had full buckets, others were just sitting and growling because the fish just ate the bait. The ice in their buckets only served to keep their beer cans cold. I saw a very cross young mother give a small boy who looked to be about 4 years old a good shaking with matching words, because he was tired and sleepy and cried. Another young mother said to us as we passed, "Don't step on my baby," as she turned the infant wrapped in a pink blanket out of the path of our feet. Down the boardwalk we could see the youth and the aged grouped around small tables drinking beer? mostly. In the background were the loud refrains coming from the piccolos with rock and roll music for dancers. We wondered when the people would ever go home. The golf courses were still crowded, and small children still rode the backs of the ponies. Just a few feet away, close to the water's edge, everything changed. The beach was uncluttered, and the roar of the foaming whitecaps drowned the strains of "rock and roll", and peace was everywhere. The entire beach was covered with the lovely canopy of God's Heavenly Sea filled with bright stars. And the moon made a golden pathway from the water's edge straight to God's heaven, and lighted the ocean rim with etchings of deep purple, just as far as I could see. It is all there, the good and the bad, happiness and sorrow, peace and turmoil. Vacations are like any other phase of life. We, as indivi duals, choose the paths we want to follow. The paths are there, come and see, find your own and enjoy yourself. One thing I missed especially were parents. Where are you? It is important for you to see the places you permit your children to visit. Come and see. Your presence is always important. From the Bookshelf Baa Baa Black Sheep. By "Pap py" Boyington. Putnam's. $4.50. A Marine Corps colonel, retired, Gregory "Pappy" Boyington has acquired a reputation for being a tough guy, a hard drinker, a fel low who spent too freely and ran up big debts. A service acquain tance, he says, gave an impression of refinement, "a department," Boyington adds correctly, "in which I am lacking." But this devil-may-care attitude, this being ready with the punch, drunk or sober, in uniform or out, no doubt had a lot to do with the fact that he holds both the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross for flying his Black Sheep squadron to meet the Japanese in the Pacific in World War II. The trouble maker back home is apt to have the stuff of front-line heroes. Boyington tells about resigning from the Marines to serve in the Far East piloting P-40s in Claire Chennault's Flying Tigers, about trying to return to the Marine Corps after we entered the war and getting badly tangled in red tape, about his stints in those down - under, insufferable places whoae names some men will never forget, Guadalcanal, the "Slot," the Russell Islands, Choiseul, about spending a year as a prisoner of the Japanese. Free Wheeling By BILL lHUneLL Department of Motor Vehicle! LOSERS . . . Drivers, live your pitch for leniency if you're ever convicted for any one of the fol lowing motor offenses; your li cense, under the law, must be sur rendered, period. Other highway boo- boos may be appealed, but violate any of the following and have the judgment go against you and your legal driving privileges come to an end. For awhile, any how. Manslaughter or negligent homi cide, resulting from the operation of a motor vehicle. Driving while under the influence of an intoxicant or narcotic drug. Any felooy in which a motor ve hicle is used. Failure to stop and render aid in the event of an accident. Perjury or making a false state ment to the Motor Vehicles De partment in any matter relating to the ownership a < ? motor ve hicle. Two charges of reckless driving within a period ot 13 months. One charge of reckless driving while engaged in the transporta tion of intoxicants for the purpose of sale. SUDDEN THAWT . . . Why will a parses wair *30 (boat oo his feet ??a Keep junnyara um un aia car? ANTI-TRASH . . . Many southern slates, probably taking the lead from Governor Hodges, are getting pretty fierce about litterbugging, so I bear. Which suggests tbat maybe a paper sack to dispose of travel refuse wouldn't be a bad Item to carry along on your vaca tion trip. And incidentally, the term "litterbug" is to be included in new editions of Funk and Wag nall'a dictionaries. FOR REAL... In California a state trooper was chasing a speed ing car over a winding and hilly road with the speeder slowly pull ing away from the pursuing offi cer. Aa the speeding car topped a hill and started down, the driver spotted a road block dead ahead with a dozen patrol cara and sev eral shotgun armed officers stand ing nearby ready for action. He brought his speeding car to a screeching stop and climbed out vlaibly shaken at this unexpected reception. What be didn't know waa that he bad run into a motion picture company on location and the "traf fic officers" were only actors who were probably more confused than the driver. He was promptly ar rested and jailed by the real offi cer. You don't get a very clear pic ture of operations? a man is killed, an enemy plane is downed, a mis sion is flown, someone dives on someone else's tail and chases him into the ground, a prisoner is beat en, starved, meets a friendly and a hateful captor, is freed. Boyington interests you because of Boyington. This isn't really a book; it's a man letting you have his run-through of his remarkable experiences, his rough, untutored talk, his opinions? and some sound ones, too. He says it was Max Mil ler who persuaded him to write, but tha subtle Miller couldn't have given him the slightest hint about how to do it. This is raw meat, and good if you like it. -W. G. Rogers Once to Sinai. By H. F. M. Pres cott. Macmillian. $5. Friar Felix Fabri, Swiss-born Dominican of Ulm, went on a pil grimage to Jerusalem in 14*0, as Miss Prescott, reworking his own account, told in an earlier book. In 1483 this indefatigable Christ ian went on a second pilgrimage, this time to Mount Sinai as well. As Miss Prescott took him on the outward-bound trip before, she now brings him home, from Jerusalem to Gaza across the hazardous des ert to Mount Sinai where Moses saw the burning bush and the Law was given to him, up to Cairo and Alexandria, across the Mediterran ean and through the Adriatic to Venice and back over the Dolo mites to Innsbruck and Ulm, the starting point. "It was delightful to see these things," said Felix at the baths at Gaza; and though there was dan ger from nomads, though travel was a hardship and tips were more of a nuisance even than now, he found it delightful all the way. He was a thoroughly good hum ored man, says Miss Prescott, who, thoroughly good humored her self, has given us an utterly ab sorbing picture of Mideast people and placet 500 years ago. W. G. Rogers Tbe End of the Road. By John Barth. Doubleday. $3.95. An odd stick of a doctor tells Jacob Horner that tbe best way to cure what ails him is to teach school. So off Jake goes to Wicomico State, rents a room, gets a job, seduces two women? telling you an about it In his aimleas, rambling way. The trouble one woman gets into takes you to the climax of the novel, to "Tbe End of the Road" and to the end of your credulity and patience. The moat unbelievable thins about it all la that this inept con coction la by the author of a highly praised first novel, "Tha Floating ? ,
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